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Colleges start offering 'midnight classes' for offbeat needs

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By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY Updated It's midnight. Do you know where your students are? By Jim Stem, for USA TODAY Larry Braue teaches an evening Veteran Success class on the University of South Florida campus in Tampa in March. A few colleges now offer later classes, including some at midnight, to cater to even more students' schedules. By Jim Stem, for USA TODAY Larry Braue teaches an evening Veteran Success class on the University of South Florida campus in Tampa in March. A few colleges now offer later classes, including some at midnight, to cater to even more students' schedules. Well, they're in class. A handful of colleges across the USA are offering "midnight classes" that cater to the schedules
of students with children, inflexible jobs or just a yen to stay up all night. On overburdened campuses, the late-late classes have the chance to use space that's booked during conventional hours. Midnight classes are still a relative rarity but are growing in popularity among community colleges, which are geared toward working students. Many of those colleges have ballooning enrollments and overbooked traditional night and weekend classes. "They would rather do anything than turn students away," says Norma Kent of the American Association of Community Colleges. "If you've got faculty that's willing to teach at an unconventional hour, then it's a solution for a lot of things." About two-thirds of community college students work full or part time, and colleges are finding that many of their students work late. Others simply do their best work at night, says Community College
The school this year offers five midnight courses. Goodie calls her Intro to Psychology class "Insomniac Institute." It meets weekly this semester from 12:01 a.m. to 2:55 a.m. She says two kinds of students take the class: those, like her, who are up late anyway and of Baltimore County (Md.) those who mistakenly thought psychology instructor Joy Goodie. they were signing up for a noon The idea took shape in 2009 at an class. They couldn't transfer out. o v e r c r o w d e d B u n k e r H i l l Early on this semester, Goodie's Community College in Boston, nine students agreed to fortify where an instructor volunteered to each class with a potluck dinner. teach a class at midnight, just They invite the night janitorial a b o u t t h e o n l y t i m e w h e n staff and security guards for a classrooms weren't in use. The bite. Goodie likes the mix, saying college's facilities, built to i t g i v e s s t u d e n t s a t t h e accommodate 2,500 students, Catonsville, Md., campus an struggle to make room for 13,000 appreciation of the otherwise invisible workers who keep the enrollees. "We found out there are many college running. A self-described insomniac, more folks than we'd imagined in Goodie says she keeps the class the Boston area who are working t h i r d s h i f t s , " B u n k e r H i l l active and engaging, telling jokes President Mary Fifield says. "It's a and getting students on their feet population that we didn't know for presentations. By 2:30 a.m. most weeks, she says, "everyone existed." is pretty miserable." But for most
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At last, honors for the first black Marines

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For decades Joseph Smith, 87, didn't want to think or talk about his time in the Marine Corps. By Adam Gerik, for USA TODAY Long time coming: It took nearly 70 years, but Joseph Smith said he finally feels like a U.S. Marine. By Adam Gerik, for USA TODAY Long time coming: It took nearly 70 years, but Joseph Smith said he finally feels like a U.S. Marine. "Whenever military service came up I couldn't truthfully say, 'Yeah, I'm a proud Marine,'" Smith said. "I tried to say it and it wouldn't quite come out." Smith was one of thousands of African Americans who joined the Marine Corps during World War II and then learned they would be shipped off to a separate boot camp for blacks and serve in segregated support units commanded by white officers. Along the way they suffered indignities limited to support assignments while on duty, and confronted with racism when they were home on leave. After their service, they were not encouraged to stay in the military. Most faded from history. "No one knew we existed," he said. That's changed. One balmy evening this summer, Smith and other black World War II-era
Marines sat alongside the Marine Corps commandant and watched an evening parade in their honor at the historic Marine Barracks in Washington. Some of them were using canes. Others were in wheelchairs. Ranks of crisply dressed Marines passed in front of the reviewing stands, where Smith sat during the parade. Smith struggled later to explain the emotions he felt. "It was liberating," said Smith, who received a doctorate after the war and went on to a career as a professor and administrator at the University of Illinois-UrbanaChampaign. "At last I feel like a damned Marine." The Marine Corps is determined to rescue the story of the Montford Point Marines so named because of the segregated boot camp they attended even though it has meant confronting uncomfortable truths about the history of the Corps and some of the earliest black Marines. "How could we have taken that part of our history and slid it off to the side and not embraced it?" Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos said in a recent speech. Amos has ordered the Marine Corps to teach recruits the history of the Montford Point Marines, with the rest of the Corps' legacy. He also intends to incorporate their story into the curriculum of advanced courses for senior officers.
Most Americans have heard of the Tuskegee Airmen, black pilots who flew during World War II, and the Buffalo Soldiers, the legendary African-American Army units that fought during the Indian wars. The Montford Point Marines barely rated a footnote in the "We're going to anchor the rich military's history. Even some history of Montford Point in the Marines don't know of the story, 236-year history of the United said Chief Warrant Officer 4 States Marine Corps," Amos told James Averhart Jr., an active duty a gathering of Montford Point Marine who is president of the Montford Point Marine Marines this summer. This week, the House of A s s o c i a t i o n . Deciding to incorporate the Representatives unanimously approved a Congressional Gold Montfort Point Marines into the Medal honoring the Montford pantheon of Marine Corps legends Point Marines. A similar bill is is notable in an institution that reveres its past. pending in the Senate. The outpouring of appreciation Every recruit learns the story of after so many years has surprised Belleau Wood, the World War I battle where the Marines' ferocity some of the aging veterans. Recently, Smith joined more than earned them the name Devil 100 other Montford Point Marines Dogs; and of the exploits of a s t h e g u e s t s o f A m o s i n "Chesty" Puller, the legendary Washington, D.C. The veterans, Marine commander. now mostly in their 80s, met Now the Montford Point Marines black officers, attended a parade will officially be part of the Corps' in their honor and visited the story. commandant in his circa 1806 Recognizing the Montfort Point home. Young Marines assisted Marines meant confronting racism in the Corps' past. The Marines them when needed. The Marine Corps treated them to were slower than the Army in a breakfast on white table cloths allowing African Americans into and served them chipped beef their ranks. with eggs a staple of chow With the exception of a few slaves and freemen in the halls for decades. "We got treated royally," said Continental Marines during the Theodore Peters, 88. "I've never American Revolution, blacks did experienced anything like that." not serve in the Marine Corps until World War II and even Fighting institutional racism
then, many military leaders were reluctant to include them. "If it were a question of having a Marine Corps of 5,000 whites or 250,000 Negroes, I would rather have the whites," Maj. Gen. Thomas Holcomb, the Marine commandant, said in 1941, when the services were ordered to desegregate. "Why the Marine Corps was the last one, I don't know," Amos told the gathering of Montford Point Marines. "It breaks my heart." African Americans joined the Marines during World War II despite the hostility. To train them, the Marines carved a camp out of a spit of land at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. The woods were filled with bears and snakes, and the humid air was filled with mosquitoes during the summer. From 1942 to 1949, 20,000 black men were turned into Marines there. Theodore Peters was drafted in Chicago in 1943, and when he arrived at the processing center he was told he would be sent to the Navy. He told the Selective Service officials that he didn't want to be a sailor, knowing that he would likely end up as a steward serving white officers in a ship's wardroom. A Marine recruiter sitting nearby heard Peters tell the officials he didn't want to join the Navy. "Send him over to me," the LAST, page 4
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EU leaders reach a deal to tackle debt crisis

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euro1 trillion ($1.39 trillion) firewall to prevent larger economies like Italy and Spain BERLIN Banks agreed this from being dragged into the crisis. morning to take half of what they World stock markets surged are owed by Greece as part of a higher Thursday on the news. Oil deal brokered by European prices rose above $92 per barrel leaders to solve the continent's while the euro gained strongly debt crisis and prevent it from a signal investors were relieved at igniting a new global financial the outcome of the contentious meltdown. negotiations. B y V i r g i n i a M a y o , A P In exchange for getting a break European Commission President on its debt, Greece will come Jose Manuel Barroso, left, and under much closer supervision European Council President than the past year, in which Herman Van Rompuy take part in monitoring missions by EU a news conference after an EU inspectors have visited every three summit in Brussels on Thursday. months to assess fiscal and monetary policy decisions. Now, By Virginia Mayo, AP a team of advisers will be based in European Commission President Greece, a condition Germany Jose Manuel Barroso, left, and insisted on. European Council President "I think that this is better than a Herman Van Rompuy take part in Troika traveling back and forth a news conference after an EU t h e r e e v e r y t h r e e m o n t h s , " summit in Brussels on Thursday. G e r m a n C h a n c e l l o r A n g e l a "We can claim that a new day has Merkel said after the meeting. come for Greece and also for "It's a permanent system of Europe," said Greek Prime supervision." Minister George Papandreou. "A "We have reached an agreement, burden from the past has gone -- which I believe lets us give a w e c a n s t a r t a n e w e r a o f credible and ambitious and overall development." response to the Greek crisis," The strategy that emerged after French President Nicolas Sarkozy 10 hours of negotiations focused told reporters after the meeting on three key points: ended early Thursday. "Because Significant reduction in Greece's of the complexity of the issues at debts. stake, it took us a full night. But Shoring up the continent's the results will be a source of banks, partly so they can sustain huge relief worldwide." the deeper losses on Greek bonds. The deal with private creditors Reinforcement of a European would significantly cut the debt bailout fund so it can serve as a problems of Greece, whose
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by 2020. Under current conditions, they would have ballooned to 180%. To achieve that massive reduction, private creditors like banks will be asked to accept 50% losses on the bonds they hold. The Institute of International Finance, which has been negotiating on descent toward bankruptcy started behalf of the banks, said it was the crisis that threatens to engulf committed to working out an agreement based on that the entire European Union. "These are exceptional measures "haircut.," The challenge now will for exceptional times. Europe be to ensure that all rivate must never find itself in this bondholders fall in line. s i t u a t i o n a g a i n , " E u r o p e a n It said the 50% cut equals a Commission President Jos contribution of euro100 billion Manuel Barroso said after the ($139 billion) to a second rescue for Greece, although the eurozone meetings. W a s h i n g t o n w a s c l o s e l y promised to spend some euro30 watching the talks, which if b i l l i o n ( $ 4 2 b i l l i o n ) o n u n s u c c e s s f u l c o u l d c a u s e guaranteeing the remaining value economic instability in the United of the new bonds. The full program is expected to States and elsewhere. "We have made clear that we be final by early December and believe that the Europeans have investors are supposed to swap the financial capacity to deal with their bonds in January, at which this challenge and they need to point Greece is likely to become meet that capacity with political the first euro country ever to be w i l l , " W h i t e H o u s e p r e s s rated at default on its debt. s e c r e t a r y J a y C a r n e y s a i d "We can claim that a new day has come for Greece, and not only for Wednesday. A f t e r s e v e r a l m i s s e d Greece but also for Europe," said opportunities, hashing out a plan Greek Prime Minister George was a success for the 17-nation Papandreou, whose country's eurozone, but the strategy's troubles touched off the crisis two effectiveness will depend on the years ago. "Let's hope the worst is details, which will have to be over." Since May 2010, Greece has finalized in the coming days. The most difficult piece of the been surviving on rescue loans puzzle proved to be Greece, worth euro110 billion ($150 whose debts the leaders vowed to billion) from the 17 countries that bring down to 120% of its GDP use the euro and the International
Monetary Fund since it can't afford to borrow money directly from markets. In July, those creditors agreed to extend another euro109 billion but that plan was widely panned as insufficient. Now, in addition to euro30 billion in bond guarantees, the eurozone leaders and IMF said they will give Greece euro100 billion ($139 billion) in new loans. With the banks being asked to shoulder more of the burden, though, there were concerns they needed more money in their rainy -day funds to cushion their losses. So European leaders have asked them to raise euro106 billion ($148 billion) by June. The last piece in the complicated plan was to increase the firepower of the continent's bailout fund to ensure that other countries with troubled economies like Italy and Spain don't get dragged into the crisis. The third- and fourth-largest economies of the eurozone are too large to be bailed out like the smaller euro nations Greece, Portugal and Ireland have already been. To that end, the euro440 billion ($610 billion) European Financial Stability Facility will be used to insure part of the potential losses on the debt of wobbly eurozone countries like Italy and Spain, rendering its firepower equivalent to around euro1 trillion ($1.39 LEADERS page 5
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recruiter said. Smith joined the Marines in Boston in 1943. He and a group of other recruits, white and black, were changing trains in Washington, D.C., on their way to North Carolina when a conductor stood in Smith's way. "Where you going?" the conductor asked Smith as he was about to climb aboard. He pointed Smith to the car reserved for blacks, which was immediately behind the engine car. In the summer, it got hot and when passengers opened the windows, cinders and ashes blew in. A white recruit who was in charge of the small group confronted the conductor. "We'll sit where he sits," the white recruit told the conductor. "We're together." The conductor relented, but Smith and others from the North were in for more humiliation. The recruiter in Boston told him he would receive the same training as other Marines. Smith learned otherwise on the train south, when he compared his orders with those of white recruits. The whites were headed to Parris Island, S.C. He was on his way to Montford Point. "I was bewildered," Smith said. After boot camp, black Marines were not allowed into traditional combat units, but instead were put
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into support roles, such as defending bases or hauling ammunition. Even so, they did make a mark in other ways: In training, black units set servicewide marksmanship and gunnery records. "We wanted to be excellent in every aspect of our being," said Edwin Fizer, 86, who served in the Pacific after Montford Point. 'We just took a lot of stuff' The color barrier broke down when they faced Japanese machine guns. Black Marines were on Iwo Jima, the bloody fight that came to define Marine Corps tenacity and bravery. Their job was to supply ammunition and other supplies to combat units, but the distinction between support jobs and combat arms didn't matter. "Can you imagine being on the island of Iwo Jima and your job is going from ship to shore with just thousands and thousands of rounds firing over your head to deliver ammunition, deliver food and water, and to evacuate the wounded and the dead?" asked Marine Maj. Gen. Ronald Bailey, who is black and commander of the 1st Marine Division. They patrolled in jungles, hauled ammunition and carried injured white Marines. When white Marines were killed, blacks picked up their weapons and fought, Averhart said. [unable to retrieve full-text content]
"We had done everything to prove our mettle," Fizer said. It made little difference back in the United States. Smith and other black Marines were on a troop train that stopped in Tupelo, Miss. A sign that said "Welcome Servicemen" promised hot coffee and food for the tired and hungry Marines. When the locals saw that the train was carrying blacks, the Red Cross closed the food booth and the train pulled out of the station. "It was the most humiliating thing I encountered while in the Marines," Smith said. When they faced racism, they often checked their impulse to openly fight back. "We didn't want anyone to say we messed up, that blacks couldn't be Marines," Peters said. "We just took a lot of stuff." There were times, though, when a Marine's sense of brotherhood transcended the racial divide. Fizer said he once was sitting in a bus station in Jacksonville, N.C., returning to base after leave, when a Marine asked why Fizer hadn't boarded a bus yet. Fizer told him they allowed only one black for every 10 whites who boarded a bus. The Marine pulled out his .45caliber pistol and pointed it at the head of the station clerk. "I want him on the bus
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immediately," the Marine said, a cigarette dangling from his lips. The frightened clerk complied, Fizer said. When the war ended, many of the Montford Point Marines left the service because they didn't feel welcome. Some tried to forget their experience. "I gave all my Marine Corps things away when I got out," Joseph Burrell, 89, said of his uniforms. Smith put the Marine Corps behind him as well. He surprised himself about 40 years ago when he was at a Rotary Club. By turn, veterans of each service had stood to be recognized. He and another Marine stood when their turn came. Someone from the audience yelled, "Only two Marines?" "That's all it takes," Smith shot back. It was a typical bit of Marine Corps bravado, but Smith said he was surprised it came out of him. "What the hell am I doing?" Smith recalls thinking. He went back to suppressing his memory of the Corps. But about five or six years ago he asked his wife, who was more skilled on the computer, to research Montford Point. Smith began attending reunions, including one at Montford Point. The camp has been renamed and is home to a Montford Point [unable to retrieve full-text content]
museum. "I swore I would never go to that place again," Smith said. But he said he was glad he went to share stories with other men who had similar experiences. During a meeting of Montford Point Marines about six years ago, Smith ran into a senior Marine officer who was black. "You can't imagine how much pride I feel seeing you in that uniform," he told the officer. "It's enough to make an old Marine cry." "I owe much of this to you," the officer told Smith. Bailey said he has drawn inspiration from the Montford Point Marines throughout his career. And when he took command of the Marines' storied 1st Marine Division, about 50 aging Montford Point Marines were at the ceremony. "I'm standing on their shoulders," Bailey said. 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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trillion). That should make those countries' bonds more attractive investments and thus lower borrowing costs for their governments. "These are exceptional measures for exceptional times. Europe must never find itself in this situation again," European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said after the meetings. In addition to acting as a direct insurer of bond issues, the EFSF insurance scheme is also supposed to entice big institutional investors to contribute to a special fund that could be used to buy government bonds but also to help states recapitalize weak banks.
Such outside help may be necessary for Italy and Spain, whose banks were facing some of the biggest capital shortfalls. Using the insurance promise, the eurozone also hopes to attract big institutional investors from outside the eurozone, such as sovereign wealth funds, to contribute to a separate fund that would back up the EFSF. Sarkozy was due to speak to Chinese President Hu Jintao later Thursday. On Friday, the head of the EFSF, Klaus Regling, will travel to China, which has huge cash reserves, to detail the insurance plan. So far, Beijing has promised to help only by continuing business as usual, trading with Europe and
stockpiling some of China's multibillion-dollar trade surpluses in the safest European government bonds. Walsh reported from Dublin. Contributing: The Associated Press 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
China Reins In Entertainment and Blogging - New York Times

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AFP China Reins In Entertainment and Blogging New York Times The restrictions arrived as party leaders signaled new curbs on China's short-message, Twitterlike microblogs, an Internet sensation that has mushroomed in less than two years into a major
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China, South Korea Tax Protests Rock pledge to enhance Eastern China Town exchanges - Xinhua - Wall Street Journal
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AFP China, South Korea pledge to enhance exchanges Xinhua SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang and South Korean Parliamentary Speaker Park Heetae on Thursday pledged to enhance exchanges between the
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AFP Tax Protests Rock Eastern China Town Wall Street Journal BEIJINGAuthorities in a town in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang ordered residents to stay indoors Thursday after protests by small-business owners and
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Blacks Leisure: 'significant doubt' over future

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The fragility of finances at Blacks Leisure was laid bare after the camping and outdoor retailer unveiled a doubling in losses, and "dire" current trading.
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Economic Growth in US, Though Still Modest, Speeds Up - New York Times
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for the rest of this year and all of 2012. That would be an improvement over the first half of By SHAILA DEWAN Published: this year, but a strong recovery October 27, 2011 would require a rate closer to 4 Economic growth in the United percent. In the 25 years prior to States picked up in the third the recession, the United States q u a r t e r , t h e C o m m e r c e economy grew at about 3.25 Department said Thursday, in an p e r c e n t a y e a r , t h o u g h e n c o u r a g i n g s i g n t h a t t h e demographic changes have led to recovery, while still painfully lower expectations for future slow, has not stalled. growth even in a healthy Total output grew at an estimated e c o n o m y . annual rate of 2.5 percent from This economy is still a flurry of July to September, still modest mixed signals. Real income has but almost double the 1.3 percent declined, but so has the number of rate in the second quarter, the people filing for unemployment, a department reported. trend that continued in the number The pace, however, was not brisk o f n e w c l a i m s a n n o u n c e d enough to recover the ground lost T h u r s d a y m o r n i n g . in the economic bust, lower The stock market has rallied but u n e m p l o y m e n t o r e v e n consumer confidence has substantially dispel fears of a plummeted to levels last seen in second recession. Still, the report 2008. That sentiment helped push o f f e r e d a s m a l l h e l p i n g o f pending sales of existing U.S. reassurance. homes down for a third successive It aint brilliant, but at least its month during September, the heading in the right direction, N a t i o n a l A s s o c i a t i o n o f said Ian Shepherdson, the chief Realtors reported on Thursday. United States economist for High The economy may be growing, Frequency Economics, a data but Americans cannot feel it. analysis firm. I want to see 4 For most people, theyre unable percent, but given that people to really make a distinction w e r e t a l k i n g a b o u t a n e w between a recession and just 2 recession, Ill take 2.5 or 3, thanks percent growth, which means the very much. economy is growing so weakly it The consensus forecast of cant hire enough people to make economists shows continued a dent in unemployment, said growth at about a 2 percent rate Bernard Baumohl, the chief
economist for the Economic Outlook Group. Thursdays numbers showed a larger than expected increase in consumer spending, fueled by purchases of durable recreational goods like televisions. Personal spending increased by 2.4 percent, accounting for the lions share of the growth. But business investment, which has been strong throughout the recovery, continued to grow as well, with a 13.3 percent increase in non-residential building and a 17.4 percent increase in equipment and software purchases. Growth in residential construction slowed, but spending on furniture and appliances picked up. Government spending stayed flat, with a reduction in state, local and federal non-military spending canceled out by an increase in defense spending. The growth rate was weighed down by a meager increase in inventories, which Mr. Shepherdson said he expected would turn out to have been higher than believed. The initial G.D.P. report is based on estimates and is subject to multiple revisions.The growth that economists expected in the first part of the year was dampened by shocks like blizzards, a spike in gasoline prices and the earthquake
in Japan, which disrupted the global supply chain. Those effects were fading away by the third quarter, economists said. But other risks still loom, from Europes debt crisis to the possibility that President Obamas proposal for renewed stimulus measures, including a payroll tax cut, could fail to get through Congress. The better growth performance in the third quarter doesnt mean that the economy cant doubledip back into recession, wrote Nigel Gault, an economist with IHS Global Insight, ahead of the report. But it suggests that it has more momentum than there seemed to be just a month or two ago, and underscores that the primary recession risks are from external shocks, with Europe the biggest wild card. On the domestic front, analysts seemed to be betting that the payroll tax cut would continue, but were divided on the odds that extended unemployment benefits would be renewed. The two programs together represent spending power equal to about 1 percent of G.D.P., though some of that money may go into savings or be spent on imported goods. More pessimistic economists fear that the third-quarter growth will be unsustainable because housing values remain low and consumers,
whose spending accounts for more than 70 percent of G.D.P., have little reason to expect that their financial situation will improve. The increase in consumer spending was accompanied by a drop in the savings rate and an inching upward of credit card debt, possibly to accommodate purchases that could no longer be delayed. That is unlikely to continue if the economy grows weakly because Americans are much more conscious about adding on a lot of debt to their balance sheet, said Kathy Bostjancic, director for macroeconomic analysis at the Conference Board, which tracks consumer and executive sentiment. The negative outlook was beginning to spread to businesses, Ms. Bostjancic said. C.E.O. confidence is starting to melt away, along with consumer confidence levels, which have always been low, she said. This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: Correction: October 27, 2011 An earlier version of this article gave an incorrect name of the company where Nigel Gault works. It is IHS Global Insight, not HIS Global Insight. This entry passed through the ECONOMIC page 7
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concern, in particular, that Italys huge accumulated debt might be the next focus of a bailout effort. By LANDON THOMAS Jr. The plan agreed to by European Published: October 27, 2011 l e a d e r s i n B r u s s e l s e a r l y LONDON Investors on Thursday, the subject of weeks of T h u r s d a y l a r g e l y c h e e r e d contentious bargaining, has three Europes broad agreement to m a i n p l a n k s : a n e f f o r t t o address its sovereign debt crisis, recapitalize weak euro-zone choosing to celebrate the fact that banks, an increase in the size and the Europeans finally agreed on scope of Europes main rescue something as opposed to the fund, and a proposal that banks thornier question of how the plan take a 50 percent write-down on is to be carried out. their Greek bonds. The positive sentiment was It was the latest in a series of reinforced by a report that the gatherings over the last year United States economy had grown seeking to keep the sovereign debt at an annual rate of 2.5 percent in problems of Greece and other t h e t h i r d q u a r t e r , t h e b e s t vulnerable European nations from performance in a year, adding to radiating through the financial confidence that the United States system on the continent and will not experience a double-dip beyond. Each meeting seemed to recession and prompting investors head off an immediate crisis, only to put some of their long-dormant to prove insufficient within cash to work. months or weeks and prompt a But even amid the surge in stock new search for solutions. markets worldwide, there were And as always with the grandly reservations in some quarters. The presented European rescue plans, response in the European debt the devil with the latest one is in markets, the epicenter of the the details. Despite Thursdays crisis, was muted, with little relief exuberance, many investors reflected in the interest rates that expressed caution as to how the Spain, France and Italy must pay plan would hold up in the coming on their bonds. There has been days and weeks.
For one thing, while the agreement by banks to write down 50 percent of Greek debt was welcomed, the deals success is c o n d i t i o n e d o n investors agreeing to take such a large loss. If a large number of investors refuse to accept such a loss, then the plan loses its voluntary status and would thus become a default creating more unease and panic in the markets. Investors have also questioned whether the answer to the euro zones debt crisis is taking on even more debt. The main bailout fund, the European Financial Stability Facility, relies on the sterling credit of Germany and France for its borrowing power. Euro zone leaders have promised to use the fund to both provide insurance for investors looking to buy risky Italian and Spanish bonds and to increase its borrowing capacity to as high as 1 trillion euros ($1.4 trillion). But it has been criticized as being too small and cumbersome and too reliant on France, which may well see its AAA rating taken down a notch because of its own
debt and deficit problems. Such a move would hurt the vehicles ability to issue bonds and attract capital from investors. It also remains unclear if Europe, as it has promised to do, would be able to entice Asian and Middle East investors to put money into vehicles that would be linked to the bailout fund. Europes 106 billion euro answer for its bank problem may also raise more questions than it answers. In contrast to bank rescue plans in the United States and Britain, European governments are not injecting funds directly into the banks. Instead they are asking that banks significantly raise their capital level, to 9 percent by next year. But for banks that have been weakened from their exposure to dubious European debt, raising money from private investors will be difficult especially as many of the likely sovereign fund candidates are the ones that suffered deep losses from investing in troubled American banks in 2007 and 2008. All in all, despite the relief that an immediate crisis over Greeces debt had been averted, it seemed
clear that the continents tightly woven economic and financial systems remained fraught with risk. The yield on Italys 10-year bond, which recently hit a high of 6 percent on concern over the countrys debt and commitment to fiscal reform, remained uncomfortably high at 5.8 percent. And the interest rates for Spanish and French bonds narrowed only slightly as well, reflecting a broader skepticism that this plan will provide a magic cure for Europes debt problems. This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: Correction: October 27, 2011 Because of an editing error, an earlier version of this article referred imprecisely to United States economic growth in the third quarter. The 2.5 percent figure represents an annual rate. 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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Why Digital Talent Doesnt Want To Work At Your Company

Aaron Shapiro (Fast Company)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:04:15 AM
Why doesn't digital talent want to work at your company? Its not because youre a consumer packaged goods company, rather than Google. Its not because youre in Ohio instead of Silicon Valley. Its not because your salaries are too low, or because you dont offer free food and laundry services. Its because youre not providing them the right opportunity. The talent you want would be happy to work in an un-air-conditioned garage in New Mexico if it meant the chance to change the world. This, the opportunity to do great things, to make a real difference, is what drives most digital talent-whether theyre developers, designers, producers, marketers or business folks. Most companies dont offer this, so they skip your company and work somewhere thats more innovative and exciting. End of story. But the good news is that you can offer them something exciting and great. The promise of changing a giant, behind-thetimes organization into an Internet -savvy business is an incredibly exciting challenge and a big way for ambitious people to make an impact. But it takes more than lip service
to make the sale. Job candidates and new hires with digital chops must truly believe in the companys dedication to digital transformation and they must see that they are empowered to make this change. Trouble is, many big businesses arent structured to deliver on this type of opportunity. The attributes of a soul-crushing, Sisyphean, antidigital workplace run deep. Digital talent wont want to work
at your company if: Every element of their work will be pored over by multiple layers of bureaucracy. Even if thats how the rest of the company operates, it cant spill into the digital department. In a technology environment, new products and businesses spring up daily and a new endeavor can go from conception to launch in a matter of months. Reining in the momentum will be read as
inaction and a clear signal the company isnt willing to grasp the new way of the world. Mediocre is good enough. While clocking out at 5 p.m. is attractive to some, it will discourage digital talent. They want to be expected to do something great. They want to be pushed. They care about their work. Their leadership, and those they rely on to get things done, must match their appetite for success. Trial and error is
condemned. The freedom to try out new ideas allows employees to take initiative, make decisions, and learn from their mistakes. It also demonstrates an attractive and inspiring entrepreneurial spirit. Your company is structured so it takes a lifetime to get to the top, and as such there are no digital experts in company-wide leadership positions. Digital talent WHY page 12
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Dropbox Cracks The Enterprise With The Help Of Addicted Users

Austin Carr (Fast Company)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:17:45 AM
Drew Houston is one of the few people out there who was able to turn down an offer from Steve Jobs. He had good reasons. His startup, cloud-syncing and sharing service Dropbox, has shot to more than 45 million users todate. After reportedly turning down an $800 million offer from Apple, Houston raised $250 million in Series B funding at a $4 billion valuation. Now, the M.I.T. graduate aims to continue his company's rapid growth by opening up a whole new market for the three-year-old startup, the enterprise. Users have helped bring the service into more than a million businesses around the world, Dropbox reports, with hundreds of thousands of them taking advantage of the product at Fortune 500 companies. Dropbox has typically been viewed as a consumer product, whereas startups like Box.net have claimed a stake in the fastgrowing enterprise space. As Dropbox executives tell Fast Company, they see a massive opportunity in blurring the lines between the consumer and enterprise segment. That's why Dropbox introduced Dropbox for Teams on Thursday, a premium service that provides 1,000 GB
storage to teams of five for an annual fee of $795. "People keep saying that there's this business market and there's a consumer market," says Sujay Jaswa, VP of business development and sales at Dropbox. "What our users have told us--we've tracked the data incredibly closely--is that there's just one market, a need that people have to solve the 'universal sync' problem." In other words, Dropbox noticed
strategy that many have referred to as the "Trojan Horse" model--a strategy we've seen in various forms from the likes of Pandora, YouSendIt, Flickr, and Hulu or Spotify (discussed by Sean Parker in the video below). Trying out the service for free, users become hooked. In the case of Dropbox, they're hooked on having their data in the cloud. [youtube f1Hx8_y_g88] To feed their addictions, users either help the service grow by inviting more friends, convert to paying customers, or help Dropbox spread through the workplace. "Our product markets itself," says ChenLi Wang, Dropbox's business and sales lead. Still, Jaswa says Dropbox hadn't any intention of implementing a "Trojan Horse" strategy because the company never had any intention of entering the enterprise that users wanted to sync all their with an inherently viral business m a r k e t . " I t w a s n ' t a c t u a l l y files--at work, home, wherever-- model. Users can store several expected that this would enter the using just one service. It wasn't gigabytes of files online for free, business market," he says. "I don't necessary to have a consumer accessible from most any Internet- think Steve Job designed the product at the office and a connect devices. But once the iPhone for people at work. He separate app on one's personal max storage limit is reached, users designed it for people, and it just iPhone or laptop. As Jaswa have two options: They can invite so happened that people love it so explains, "When you go to work, more friends to join, which much that they brought it to you use Google search, and when rewards them with an upgrade in work." you go home you use Google capacity, or they can pay to use Because of that, "the conversion search." Why would you want a more space, purchasing various rates we have on sales leads is different experience to sync all levels of storage for a monthly or staggering," Jaswa adds. (The your files in the cloud? annual fee. Dropbox is a freemium service It's a freemium-to-premium DROPBOX page 11
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UN ends mandate for NATO mission in Libya - CNN International

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Smoke billows from a suburb of Tripoli on June 4, after NATO warplanes launched intensive air raids the capital. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Thursday's resolution ends the NATO mission as of Monday A March resolution authorized "all necessary measures" to protect civilians It became the basis for NATO airstrikes in the North African nation United Nations (CNN)-- The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to end military operations in Libya. The council adopted a resolution that rescinded its mandate for military intervention in Libya, effectively canceling the NATO mission there as of Monday. Libya's interim leaders declared their nation liberated last Sunday after the capture and death of deposed dictator Moammar Gadhafi. "Today, in a sense we are completing a sequence which was started by the vote of Resolution 1973 when the international
community decided to act to prevent Gadhafi from slaughtering his own people," said Gerard Araud, the French ambassador to the United Nations. "During the seven months that have followed, we have seen dramatic events where the Libyan people have succeeded to free themselves with the support of NATO." In March, the council adopted Resolution 1973, which imposed
a no-fly zone in the country's airspace and authorized member states "to take all necessary measures to protect civilians under threat of attack in the country ... while excluding a foreign occupation force of any form on any part of Libyan territory." There were no opposing votes on the 15-member council, but China, Russia, Germany, India and Brazil abstained. Germany
wrongful imprisonment and extrajudicial executions." Last week, U.S. Admiral James Stavridis, commander of NATO's military forces, recommended that NATO wrap up its mission in Libya by October 31. NATO ministers gave preliminary approval to that plan. But U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said this week that Libya's National Transitional Council wanted NATO to stick around until it could establish governance. However, Libyan Deputy Ambassador Ibrahim Dabbashi told the 15-member council Wednesday that the Libyan people were looking forward to ending the NATO mission. While Libyans were grateful for said it was concerned about a the international community's protracted military conflict. support, he said, such measures The resolution became the basis felt like an infringement of for NATO's airstrikes in the North Libya's sovereignty. African nation. This entry passed through the In ending the mandate Thursday, Full-Text RSS service if this is the Security Council expressed your content and you're reading it concern at the proliferation of on someone else's site, please read arms in Libya and said it intends the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentto address that issue further. The only/faq.php#publishers. Five resolution also expressed "grave Filters recommends: Donate to concern about continuing reports Wikileaks. of reprisals, arbitrary detentions,
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Sony Now Owns Sony Ericsson, Samsung To Get Expedited Appeal In Australia, Spotify Is "Most Addictive Social Music Service"
Nidhi Subbaraman (Fast Company)
most recent digital experiment: @GuardianTagBot. Tweet search terms at the account, and it will Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:43:39 AM search the website, and return a Breaking news from your editors list of links to news that fits. It's at Fast Company, with updates all still a beta service though, they day. warn: sending bald search terms Apple Passes Nokia For Number works best as it's likely to struggle One In China. In the key, rapidly- with full sentences, particularly e x p a n d i n g , C h i n e s e m a r k e t personal ones. --NS Apple's now reported to be the Sony Pays $1.5 billion, Owns number one smartphone maker Sony Ericsson. Sony has bought ahead of previous leader Nokia. out Ericsson's side of the Sony A n d m o r e t h a n a t h i r d o f Ericsson mobile phone business consumers prefer the iPhone, for $1.5 billion, taking five twice that of Nokia's prefference patents and licensing agreements rate--with Apple's purchase to other intellectual property, the intention rate soared faster than BBC reports. With this buy, Sony anyone's. Meanwhile Samsung can better integrate its mobile, firmed-up its third place. --KE tablet and gaming devices and --Updated 11:30 a.m. EST operating systems. In the @GuardianTagBot Will Answer meanwhile, Ericsson is focusing Your News Requests On Twitter. on developing mobile phone The Guardian has announced their infrastructure in China. --NS
Samsung To Get Expedited Appeal In Australia. When Apple won an injunction from an Australian court to ban the sale of Samsung Galaxy tablets until a later full hearing, it was looking like a bleak, tablet-less Australian
Christmas for the Korean manufacturers. Now, Samsung has convinced the courts expedite its appeals hearing. A date has yet to be set, but they hope they'll be able to trot out the tabs well before the end of the year, Reuters
reports. Meanwhile an Italian court has denied Samsung's plea to ban the iPhone 4S. --NS Spotify Wins "Most Addictive Social Service" Award. Spotify has been voted into the top spot to win the title of "Most Addictive Social Music Service" at the MTV O Music Awards. When Spotify heard they won, they did the only appropriate thing and created and shared a victory playlist. --NS --Updated 6:00 a.m. EST [Image: Flickr user epSos.de] Yesterday's Fast Feed:Conde Nast Subscriptions Soar On Newsstand, 90,000 Sweden Bloggers' Accounts Hacked, "Asha" Is Nokia's Hope For Emerging Markets, and more.
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--often in their 20s and 30s--need to see a clear path for uninhibited career development thats based on merit, not years spent, and thats beyond the confines of the digital department. If they dont, they wont see a reason to stay with the company in the long term. Your offices are cold, impersonal and downright stodgy. It may sound like it conflicts with the you dont need to be in Silicon Valley point, but appreciate the nuance. A traditional office layout is designed to communicate power among certain individuals and barriers between departments. This does not support the collaborative ethos which is intrinsic to the web. Companies should do everything possible to provide the digital team friendlier, open office space. A location in a hip, young neighborhood (which surely exists in every mid- to
large-sized city) is also a big plus. When all of these digital-talent deterring points are addressed, company leadership has effectively and proactively demonstrated the companys dedication to a digital transformation. It is at this time that their words, a broadly communicated firm stance on the significance of the companys digital goals, will make the most impact. Without this conspicuous top-down support, politics in the organization or simply one influential disbeliever can hinder the effort, limit the extent of digital integration possible, and discourage valuable employees. You need them more than they need you. Demand for their services is so high, they can afford to be finicky. If they dont like where theyre working, another firm with a more attractive culture and more grand
opportunity will quickly swipe them up. That could be your company. But it could just as easily be someone else. Adapted from Users Not Customers: Who Really Determines the Success of Your Business(Portfolio), by Aaron Shapiro, CEO of HUGE, a digital agency that helps companies including PespiCo, Comcast, Target, HBO, and Unilever reimagine how they interact with their customers and manage their business in the online economy. Visit aaronshapiro.com. For more leadership coverage, follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn. [Image: Flickr user redteam]
Major Fashion Development On Wall Street: The SlickBack Has Returned

Julia La Roche and Daniel Goodman (Business Insider)
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the look that Gordon Gekko and Patrick Bateman rocked is definitely in right now. This guy's Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:23:37 AM side parted slick-back gives him In case you haven't noticed, the the Pete Campbell look from slick-back hairstyle is definitely "Mad Men." back on Wall Street. Here's another example of the We've seen the look everywhere side-parted slick-back. from hedge funds, banks, CNBC The side part is definitely and Bloomberg and even the popular. We suggest that this guy traders on the floor of the stock even out his part so not all of the exchange. volume is on his right side. We were curious what the craze See the rest of the story at is all about so we asked around. Business Insider We've heard three different Please follow Clusterstock on theories from hairstylists as to Twitter and Facebook. why the slick-back is back. See Also: 1. According to a barber who 15 Work Accessories That caters to high end Wall Street Every Wall Streeter Must Have clientele, the trend is mostly for CNBC's Steve Liesman And the younger guys, especially Keith McCullough Had A HUGE traders, who like to look "flashy." Nasty Fight On Twitter Last 2. Another hairstylist who works Night downtown on Wall Street said he The Competition For Bonuses think it's the bad economy and At Morgan Stanley Just Got they're just getting fewer haircuts. Cutthroat 3. A different hairstylist based in the Lower East Side, who had to Presented By: Win New do the slick-back for a TV show C u s t o m e r s as a project, said it's the "Mad Ads by Pheedo Men" trend. Whatever the theory or the reason
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THE GOOGLE INVESTOR: Why Google Is Spending So Much Money On Acquisitions And Lobbying (GOOG)
Heather Leonard (Business Insider)
Value / EBIT, inexpensive relative to historical trading levels. Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:22:17 AM Google Putting That Money To The Google Investor is a daily Use, $150 Million For Zagat report from SAI. Sign up here to Alone...( Reuters) receive it by email Google spent more than $1.4 GOOG Up Strong As Markets billion to purchase 57 companies Soar of various sizes and persuasions, Stocks are going bonkers after blasting apart the company's European leaders agreed to boost previous record of 48 acquisitions the region's bailout fund and f r o m 2 0 1 0 . T h e c o m p a n y struck a deal with banks and the paid$151 million in cash to U . S . G D P m e t a n a l y s t acquire Zagat in September. The expectations. Shares of GOOG acquisition, which added a are strong, over 10 points. valuable brand to Google's Catalysts include continued content offerings and bolstered its A n d r o i d m o m e n t u m i n t h e push into the local commerce smartphone and tablet markets market. Google spent more than worldwide; Motorola acquisition $500 million to acquire another a p p r o v a l a n d i n t e g r a t i o n ; 27 companies during the third regaining ground in China; any quarter alone. s i g n s o f l i f e f o r G o o g l e ...The Company Is Also Using It TV(including Motorola); the roll- To Lobby Main Street(Search out of Google Music, social Engine Watch) network Google+ and Google While spending on lobbying has Wallet; and progress in other slowed for some sectors, it has newer initiatives (location-based surged for fast-growing high-tech services, mapping, gaming, daily firms. Google is spending more deals, etc.). The stock trades at money on lobbying than it ever approximately 11.8x Enterprise has in the past, as legal woes nag
the search giant. As the FTC continues to investigated antitrust issues and the DOJ reviews the Motorola deal, Google has already spent $5.9 million on lobbying this year alone. Google spent $5.6 million on lobbying for all of 2010. This quarter alone saw Google drop $2.4 million on their lobbying efforts, almost double from the same quarter last year. YouTube Set To Launch Video "Channels" As Early As Next Week(The Wall Street Journal) YouTube is expected to announce as early as next week that it has signed partnerships with media companies and wellknown personalities to produce original content. Partners include IAC/InterActiveCorp., News Corp., RTL Group, as well as Tony Hawk and "CSI" creator Anthony Zuiker. Google is trying to upend the way entertainment is created and distributed; trying to become a next-generation cable provider overseeing dozens of free online "channels" with professional-grade shows. And
putting that $100 million commitment to use. Google Losing Significant Ground In China( Business Insider) Baidu now holds 77.7% market share by revenue and Google 18.3% in Chinas search engine market, according to third quarter data from iResearch. About 18 months ago, Google engaged in a public dispute with the Chinese government, refusing to continue censoring its search results and redirecting Chinese traffic to its Hong Kong site. In that same time period, Baidu has gained 10% market share while Google has lost 11% in the world's largest and growing Internet market. Mozilla Packages Bing With Firefox(Read Write Web) Mozilla has released Firefox with Microsoft, a customized version of the browser that makes Bing the default homepage and search engine. This is a win for Microsoft, much like an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) deal with Windows. Google (the usual default for Firefox) is the
most widely used search engine among Firefox users and was born and lived with Google's help to wrestle control of the browser market away from Microsoft's Internet Explorer. No word on what this means for the relationship with Google, but something seems heavy about it. Please follow SAI on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story See Also: THE MICROSOFT INVESTOR: Microsoft Wants Windows XP To Die REVEALED: Google Paid $151 Million For Zagat THE GOOGLE INVESTOR: Is The Modest Android Growth A Sign That Users Are Jumping Ship For The iPhone 4S? Presented By: Win New Customers Ads by Pheedo
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differences between Berlin and Paris. But key aspects of the deal, By Luke Baker and Julien Toyer including the mechanics of BRUSSELS| Thu Oct 27, 2011 boosting the EFSF and providing 12:20pm EDT Greek debt relief, could take (Reuters) - Euro zone leaders weeks to pin down, meaning the struck a last-minute deal to limit plan to rebuild confidence after the damage from the currency two years of crisis could unravel b l o c ' s d e b t c r i s i s e a r l y o n over the details. Thursday but are still far from "I see the main risk is that we are finalizing plans to slash Greece's left waiting too long again for the debt burden and strengthen their i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f t h e s e rescue fund. agreements," European Central After a summit in Brussels, B a n k p o l i c y m a k e r E w a l d g o v e r n m e n t s a n n o u n c e d a n Nowotny said on Thursday. agreement under which private "Speed is very important here," he banks and insurers would accept told national broadcaster ORF. 50 percent losses on their Greek Three months ago, euro zone debt holdings in the latest bid to l e a d e r s u n v e i l e d a n o t h e r reduce Athens' massive debt load agreement that was meant to draw to sustainable levels. a line under the debt woes that Reached after more than eight threaten to tear apart the 12-year hours of hard-nosed negotiations old currency bloc. But they between bankers, heads of state realized within weeks that it was and the IMF, the deal also inadequate given the depth of foresees a recapitalization of hard- Greece's economic problems and h i t E u r o p e a n b a n k s a n d a the vulnerability of their banks. leveraging of the bloc's rescue The new deal aims to address fund, the European Financial these holes. Stability Facility (EFSF), to give " A B S O L U T E L Y it firepower of 1.0 trillion euros S U S T A I N A B L E " ($1.4 trillion). Under it, the private sector European stocks surged to a 12- agreed to voluntarily accept a week high and the euro shot nominal 50 percent cut in its bond above $1.40 to reach its top level investments to reduce Greece's against the dollar in seven weeks debt burden by 100 billion euros, following the deal, which had cutting its debts to 120 percent of appeared at risk due to deep gross domestic product by 2020,
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from 160 percent now. The euro zone will offer "credit enhancements" or sweeteners to the private sector totaling 30 billion euros. The aim is to complete negotiations on the package by the end of the year, so Greece has a full, second financial aid program in place before 2012. The value of that package, EU sources said, would be 130 billion euros -- up from 109 billion euros in the July deal. "The debt is absolutely sustainable now," Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said in Brussels after the deal was struck. "Greece can settle its accounts from the past now, once and for all." A top lawyer for the International Swaps and Derivatives Association said that because banks had agreed to accept the losses, the deal was unlikely to trigger a "credit event" under which default insurance contracts would be paid out. In a bid to convince markets that they can prevent larger countries like Italy and Spain from being swept up by the crisis, euro zone leaders also agreed to scale up the EFSF, the 440 billion euro bailout fund they have already used to provide help to Ireland, Portugal and Greece. Around 250 billion euros remaining in the fund will be
leveraged 4-5 times, producing a headline figure of around 1.0 trillion euros, which will be deployed in a variety of ways. The EFSF will be leveraged in two ways, either by offering insurance, or first-loss guarantees, to purchasers of euro zone debt in the primary market, or via a special purpose investment vehicle that will be set up in the coming weeks and which is aimed at attracting investment from China and Brazil. The methods could be combined, giving the EFSF greater flexibility, the euro zone leaders said. But EU finance ministers are not expected to agree on the nittygritty elements of how the scaled up EFSF will work until some time in November, with the exact date not fixed. There is also concern about Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's commitment to implementing reforms seen as crucial for restoring confidence in the bloc's third largest economy. Dogged by scandals, Berlusconi has promised to raise the retirement age to 67 by 2026 and attempt other reforms, but the EU is reserving judgment. SARKOZY TO TALK TO HU Japan and Canada welcomed the euro zone agreement. China's official Xinhua news agency said
the outcome was "positive but filled with difficulties." A spokeswoman for China's foreign ministry confirmed that President Hu Jintao would speak with French President Nicolas Sarkozy by phone later. An EU source told Reuters the conversation would center on Beijing's possible participation in the bailout fund. Beijing has been a big buyer of bonds issued by the EFSF, which is triple-A rated by credit agencies. As with the July 21 agreement, the concern is that Thursday's deal will only work if the fine print can be promptly agreed with the private sector, represented by the Institute of International Finance (IIF). Charles Dallara, the managing director of the IIF, said those he represented were committed to making the deal work. "We believe (bank take-up) is likely to be very, very high," Dallara said on Thursday. "All parties recognized not only that the future of Greece but also the future of Europe and the future of the world economy was at stake." Josef Ackermann, chairman of the IIF and CEO of Germany's largest bank Deutsche Bank, described it as an "acceptable EURO page 22
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Consumers, businesses pump up Q3 growth

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Submitted at 10/27/2011 9:44:17 AM
A customer shops along the cleaning product aisle at a Sam's Club store in Bentonville, Arkansas, June 2, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Sarah Conard By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON| Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:44am EDT (Reuters) - The economy grew at its fastest pace in a year in the third quarter as consumers and businesses stepped up spending, creating momentum that could carry into the final three months of the year. However, part of the increase in output came from the reversal of temporary factors that had restrained growth and some analysts worry the economy could stumble badly in the new year. Still, the expansion was a welcome relief for an economy that looked on the brink of recession just weeks ago. U.S. gross domestic product expanded at a 2.5 percent annual rate in the third quarter, the Commerce Department said in its first estimate on Thursday. That was a jump from the 1.3 percent pace in the April-June quarter and matched economists'
expectations. "It validates that the economy is in a modest growth mode. It's a solid report, there were gains across the board," said Michael Strauss, chief economist at Commonfund in Wilton, Connecticut. The data and an agreement by European leaders to boost the regain's bailout sparked a rally on Wall Street. U.S. Treasury debt prices fell, while the dollar dropped against a basket of currencies. The report could offer some solace to Federal Reserve policymakers who meet next week to debate additional ways to help the economy. Consumers and businesses appeared to have set aside their fears about the recovery. Consumer spending was the strongest since the fourth quarter of 2010, while business investment spending was the fastest in more than a year. Businesses had not anticipated the fairly strong demand and were slow to restock warehouses. The peppier spending and a slower pace of inventory accumulation by businesses will lay a base for a solid fourth quarter, but a slowdown in Europe
and the exhaustion of pent-up U.S. demand could leave a weak spot early in 2012. And the recovery is still too weak to lower a jobless rate that has been stuck above 9 percent for five straight months. A separate report from the Labor Department showed new claims for state unemployment benefits fell 2,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 402,000, pointing to a gradual improvement in the labor market. FEARLESS SPENDING A jump in gasoline prices had weighed on consumer spending earlier in the year, and supply disruptions from Japan's earthquake had curbed auto production. Motor vehicle output has surged as those supply constraints have eased. As a result, consumer spending, which accounts for about 70 percent of U.S. economic activity, grew at a 2.4 percent rate after a 0.7 percent pace in the second quarter. But consumers had to dip into their savings to fund their expenditures in the third quarter after disposable income adjusted for inflation fell 1.7 percent. Economists expect abating price pressures to prop up incomes in
the quarters ahead. The personal consumption price index (PCE) rose at a 2.4 percent rate in the third quarter, slowing from the April-June quarter's 3.3 percent pace. Core PCE, which excludes food and energy, rose at a 2.1 percent rate after increasing 2.3 percent. The relative vigor in consumer spending comes in spite of consumer confidence hitting levels last seen during the worst of the 2007-09 recession. Similarly, while some business surveys have pointed to a contraction in factory output, corporate America actually increased its investment spending during the quarter. Business spending rose at a 16.3 percent pace as companies splurged on equipment and software, and invested in nonresidential structures. Inventories posted their smallest gain since the fourth quarter of 2009 and subtracted 1.08 percentage points from GDP growth. Excluding the drag from inventories, the economy grew at a 3.6 percent pace -- pointing to underlying strength in domestic demand -- after expanding 1.6 percent in the April-June period. The careful management of
business inventories bodes well for fourth-quarter production. Apart from consumer and business spending, growth in the third quarter was also supported by a smaller U.S. trade deficit. Spending on residential construction rose modestly. Still, there are no signs of the housing market improving and a report from the National Association on Realtors on Thursday showed pending sales of previously owned homes fell for a third successive month during September. Government spending was flat in the third quarter, reflecting continued budget cuts by state and local governments. However, the pace of decline in state and local government spending is moderating. (Additional reporting by Glenn Somerville and Jason Lange; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama) 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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Muslims Say Catholic Univ. Violates 'Human Rights'

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The Washington, D.C. Office of Human Rights confirmed that it is investigating allegations that Catholic University violated the human rights of Muslim students by not allowing them to form a Muslim student group and by not providing them rooms without Christian symbols for their daily prayers. The investigation alleges that Muslim students must perform their prayers surrounded by symbols of Catholicism e.g., a wooden crucifix, paintings of Jesus, pictures of priests and theologians which many Muslim students find inappropriate. A spokesperson for the Office of Human Rights told Fox News they had received a 60-page complaint against the private university. The investigation, they said, could take as long a six months. JOIN TODDS FACEBOOK FAN PAGE! The complaint was filed by John Banzhaf, an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School. Banzhaf has been involved in previous litigation against the school involving the same-sex residence halls. He also alleged in his complaint involving Muslim
students that women at the university were being discriminated against. You can read more on those allegations by clicking here. Banzhaf said some Muslim students were particularly offended because they had to meditate in the schools chapels and at the cathedral that looms over the entire campus the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. It shouldnt be too difficult somewhere on the campus for the university to set aside a small room where Muslims can pray without having to stare up and be looked down upon by a cross of Jesus, he told Fox News. A spokesman for Catholic University released a statement to Fox News indicating they had not seen any legal filings but would respond once they do. Our faithfulness to our Catholic tradition has also made us a welcome home to students of other religions, said Victor Nakas, associate vice president for public affairs. No students have registered complaints about the exercise of their religions on our campus. In a 2010 interview with National Public Radio, university president John Garvey acknowledged that they dont set aside prayer rooms for Muslim students.
to sponsor because were a Catholic institution rather than Muslim, he said. Patrick Reilly, the president of the Cardinal Newman Society, an organization that promotes Catholic identity among Catholic schools, seemed stunned by the complaint. I dont know what the attorney wants them to do if he wants them to actually move the Basilica or if the Muslim students can find someplace where they dont have to look at it, he told Fox News. Catholic University, he said, is a We make classrooms available, very conductive to their religion. Catholic institution. or our chapels are places where As for the creation of a Muslim One wouldnt expect a Jewish they can pray, he told NPR. We student group, Banzhaf said the institution to be responsible for dont offer Halal meat, although university has an association of providing liturgical opportunities there are always meals that Jewish students so why not a for other faiths and I wouldnt expect a Catholic institution to do conform to Halal regulations, that Muslim group? allow students to do what they I think they are entitled as a that, he said. want. matter of law to be able to form a This attorney is really turning Banzhaf said that it is technically Muslim student association and to civil rights on its head, he said. not illegal for Catholic University have the same privileges as Hes using the law for his own to refuse to provide rooms devoid associations, he said. I think d i s c r i m i n a t i o n a g a i n s t t h e of religious icons. that most of them would much C a t h o l i c i n s t i t u t i o n a n d It may not be illegal, but it prefer to have a place to pray e s s e n t i a l l y s a y i n g C a t h o l i c s u g g e s t s t h e y a r e a c t i n g that they are not surrounded by U n i v e r s i t y c a n n o t o p e r a t e improperly and probably with various Catholic symbols a according to Catholic principles. malice, he said. They do have to place that is more conductive to Read coverage from Catholic pray five times a day, they have to their religious beliefs than being Universitys student newspaper look around for empty classrooms surrounded by pictures of Popes. by clicking here. and to be sitting there trying to do Garvey, in his 2010 interview This entry passed through the Muslim prayers with a big cross with NPR, addressed that issue. Full-Text RSS service if this is looking down or a picture of Jesus Its just not something that we MUSLIMS page 18 or a picture of the Pope is not view as an activity that we want
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Worlds Largest Rare Earth Company Halts Production To Maintain High Prices
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A picture taken on Sept., 2010 a man driving a front loader shifts soil containing rare earth minerals to be loaded at a port in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province, for export to Japan. China's restrictions on exports of rare earths are aimed at m (STR/ AFP/Getty Images) Production will be suspended for a month by Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare Earths, the worlds largest producer, in order to stabilize prices. This manipulation of an important market has drawn concern from the Wests financial press, while some users of these important tech materials have been forced to close their doors. State-owned Baotou Steel Rare Earths (Baotou) announced a production suspension on Oct. 17. During the shutdown, Baotou will also stop supplying raw materials to smelters and other enterprise partners, reported China Securities Journal on Oct. 19. Baotou, with a 90 percent share, dominates the light rare earth market in northern China. The company has nearly a 60 percent slice of the global market. Rare earth prices have risen quickly in China. The price of the lighter rare earths (La,Ce, Nd)
already used up their quota for the whole year. The Awakening of the Rare Earth Industry Strategy in China, published by China Science and Technology Fortune on Oct. 18, said that China has gradually adjusted its rare earth resources strategy in recent years and the measures adopted have enabled the upper tier of China's rare earth manufacturers to earn more in one year than in the past 10. The article also stressed that the Chinese state has been fully aware of the importance of rare earths. China, after all, can still control the rare earth resources for a period of time. With regard to the halt in production by Chinese state-owned mines, many western media have expressed concern. The "Financial Times," for example, published an article on tripled by early July compared to In the third quarter, demand dried at approximately $141,000 per Oct. 18, saying, "Baotou 's move the beginning of this year, and the up due to the soaring prices and ton, at the lower end of the price suggests that Chinese efforts to price of the medium and heavy rare earth prices began to decline range for September, but prices control rare earths prices could be rare earths (Ho, Er, Yb) nearly rapidly. Compared with the kept dropping and are now below greater than previously thought." Read the original Chinese article. quintupled. highest price in the middle of the $125,300 per ton. This rapid rise in raw materials year, the price of lanthanum oxide Chinese media reports say chinareports@epochtimes.com h a s a f f e c t e d d o w n s t r e a m had dropped about 15 percent, and Baotous shutdown this time is to This entry passed through the industries like wind power, cerium oxide, neodymium oxide, meet the controlled quota for total Full-Text RSS service if this is automotive, liquid crystal display and praseodymium oxide had all rare earth mining issued by the your content and you're reading it and other applications. Many decreased more than 20 percent. Ministry of Land and Resources. on someone else's site, please read p e r m a n e n t m a g n e t m o t o r In order to stop the price drop, The quota for 2011 is 93,800 tons, the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentm a n u f a c t u r e r s ( w h o n e e d Baotou intervened twice in one including 80,400 tons of light rare only/faq.php#publishers. Five Samarium and Gadolinium) in month. It started purchasing rare earths and 13,400 tons of medium Filters recommends: Donate to China have cut production or earths on Sept. 19. and heavy rare earths. However, WORLDS page 18 shutdown. Baotou began buying PrNb oxide early in July, some enterprises had
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A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange October 24, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Brendan McDermid By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK| Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:37am EDT (Reuters) - Stocks surged 2 percent on Thursday after European leaders reached a longawaited agreement to boost the region's bailout fund and struck a deal with banks and insurers to accept 50 percent losses on Greek bonds. The S&P 500 was on pace for its best monthly percentage gain since January 1987 on optimism that European leaders were nearing a resolution to the sovereign debt crisis that could remove market uncertainty and drive stocks for the near term. "We are rallying today because the active players, mostly hedge fund managers and tactical investors, have been very neutral
to even short until now. The market is up a lot, but they are rushing into getting long because they are capitulating," said James Dailey, portfolio manager of TEAM Asset Strategy Fund in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 249.60 points, or 2.10 percent, to 12,118.64. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index climbed 27.78 points, or 2.24 percent, to 1,269.78. The Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 50.95 points, or 1.92 percent, to 2,701.62. The gains on the S&P 500 broke the benchmark index out of a trading range between 1,2301,250, with the 200-day moving average of 1,274 viewed as the next significant technical resistance level. Financials were the best performers, with JPMorgan Chase & Co up 6 percent to $36.24 and Citigroup Inc jumping nearly 7 percent to $33.32. The KBW Bank index climbed 4 percent. After more than eight hours of hard-nosed talks, European heads
of state, the International Monetary Fund and bankers sealed a deal that also foresees a recapitalization of hard-hit European lenders and a leveraging of the bloc's rescue fund to give it firepower of 1.0 trillion euros ($1.4 trillion). Analysts see the European developments removing risk to the U.S. economy and tamping down fears of it spilling over into the global financial system. "We advocate "re-risking" and do take comfort in the belief that there should be no recession on the horizon," said Keith Wirtz, chief investment officer at Fifth Third Asset Management in Cincinnati, with $18 billion in assets. The latest economic data showed U.S. growth increased at its fastest in a year in the third quarter, while new U.S. claims for unemployment benefits fell modestly last week. Exxon Mobil Corp edged up 0.2 percent to $81.25 after the U.S. oil and gas major said profit rose 41 percent in the third quarter,
helped by higher crude oil prices and refining margins. Dow Chemical Co's quarterly profit narrowly missed expectations. Still, the stock rose 8.2 percent to $29.10, along with the broader market. Of 262 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported quarterly earnings, 72 percent topped Wall Street expectations, according to Thomson Reuters data. In another piece of economic data, pending sales of existing U.S. homes dropped for a third successive month during September, a real estate industry group reported. (Additional reporting by Angela Moon and Jennifer Ablan; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe) 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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Knife crime changes 'no deterrent' - The Independent

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Tristan Nunez Signs Full Time With Performance Tech

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Tristan Nunez sits atop his Performance Tech IMSA Lites car in the paddock at 2011 Petit Le Mans. Performance Tech was so impressed with his driving, they hired him full-time for 2012. (James Fish/Epoch Time Staff) 15 -year-old race driver Tristan Nunez is on his way upquickly. After a highly successful 2011 season in which he earned four podiums in three IMSA Prototype Lites races and won the Skip Barber Summer Series championship, Nunez has finalized his 2012 plans: he will be driving full-time in the IMSA Cooper Tires Prototype Lites Series for Performance Tech Racing. The Prototype Lites series is the last rung of the development ladder below the top endurance racing series in North America, the American Le Mans Series. Nunez is standing on the threshold of the Major Leagues, and he isnt yet old enough to have a drivers license. While racing for Performance Tech, Nunez will have the chance to test the teams ALMS LMPC Oreca. If he does well, he could be driving in the nations top-tier series before he graduates from high school.
"I am really happy to have next year's plans figured out so soon," Nunez said in a press statement. "I had a lot of different opportunities and I am confident that we chose the right path to head down. I have always had a dream of becoming a professional driver in the American Le Mans Series and this is a great stepping stone for me to achieve that goal." Nunez has talenthis record proves that. But talent is only part of what a race driver needs to succeed. Drivers need funding,
and they need both on-track success and name recognition to get funding. Nunez has made a big gain on that front as well. The young Floridian has signed up with communications giant AT&T to promote its "Txtng & Drivng ... It Can Wait" campaign. As a teenage driver (though not yet on the road) Nunez is the perfect person to tell his peers about the dangers of driving while distracted. "I am glad to join forces with
AT&T. As a young driver that is just now getting his license, I can understand the dangers of texting and driving, Nunez said in his statement. The distractions in a street car are substantial compared to driving 150 miles per hour on a controlled racetrack, and a split second can be the difference between life and death. I am out to raise awareness about the risks of texting and drivingsafety comes first when you're in the driver's seat."
The young champion will make his first public appearance this weekend at the Pre-Halloween Safety Fair and Game Day in Deerfield Beach, Florida. The event, sponsored by the Dori Slosberg Foundation, State of Florida Department of Transportation, Florida Highway Patrol, Geico and Enterprise at the Safety Fair, will give Nunez the chance to tell teens about driving to surviveand will also increase his public profile. While teaching young drivers to avoid accidents is by far the more important goal, gaining new fans wont hurt. For Nunez, who started racing in 2008, signing with Performance Tech for only his fourth season in the sport is another huge leap on his high-speed rise through the ranks to the pinnacle of sports car racing. Signing with a national business giant like AT&T or his first promotional gig is fitting for this young man who does everything fast. 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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Childhood Malnutrition in China Causes Significant Economic Losses

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deficiency is 4 times that of metropolitan kids. Submitted at 10/27/2011 7:46:53 AM Ma Guansheng told China Breakfast: nothing; Lunch: rice E c o n o m i c W e e k l y t h a t or polenta, salt water soaked soy malnutrition results in slow beans; Dinner: rice or polenta, salt growth, iodine deficiency, and water soaked soy beans. This is anemia in children, which leads to not a recipe for losing weight, but loss of productivity. In 2001, the the daily menu of children from loss of productivity from slow poverty stricken-areas in western growth was estimated to be 16.6 China. According to a state report, b i l l i o n y u a n , f r o m i o d i n e the loss to Chinas economy due deficiency 19.8 billion yuan, from to malnutrition in children adult anemia 65.8 billion yuan, amounted to 4 percent of GDP. and from childhood anemia 259.9 In an Oct. 10 report of China billion yuan. The combined total E c o n o m i c W e e k l y , M a loss to economy was 362.1 billion Guansheng from the National yuan (US$56.7 billion) or 4.01 Institute of Nutrition and Food percent of GDP. Safety (NINFS) said: China now Ma estimated that in 2010 has about 290 million children Chinas GDP was 40.1 trillion between the ages 0 to 14, among y u a n , a n d t h e l o s s d u e which 15 million are below the malnutrition was 1.6 trillion yuan poverty line. 12 to 36 percent of (US$252 billion). these kids are underweight Liu Wenkui, Deputy General compared to the standard set by Secretary of the China Foundation the World Health Organization for Poverty Alleviation, told (WHO). Their growth rate is 6 Sound of Hope Radio on Oct. 16 t i m e s l e s s t h a n t h a t o f that a lot of elementary schoolmetropolitan kids. The Vitamin A age kids in western China suffer
from malnutrition. They only have potato, polenta, rice or soy beans to eat. According to a Xinhua News article of June 22, the kids in Tanglangqing Elementary School in Luquan County of Yunnan Province can only afford 2 meals per day. All they have for meals is potatoes, which causes severe malnutrition. Some kids have never seen milk. Some kids say their biggest wish is to taste a watermelon. On April 24, a Southern Daily reporter discovered that 53 children in Happy Elementary School in Yangcheng Township of Guangdong Province had only cold corn polenta sprinkled with a little salt and drops of oil from home for lunch. Soy sauce for them is a luxury. Liu Wenkui said China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation had started a fundraising campaign to help kids in western China to eat a snack between classes.
Editors note: This is the second in a two-part series examining the He said that the participation rate European Unions approach i s o n t h e r i s e , b u t t h e i r toward the integration of the organization is under pressure on Balkans into the union. Part I i s s u e s o f t r a n s p a r e n c y a n d examined the record of EU professionalism. About 30 to 40 integration to date. Part II percent of the donations come examines the road ahead. from the public and rest from With the global spotlight focused b u s i n e s s e s a n d e n t e r p r i s e s . on the European Unions ongoing Research shows that a diet d e b t c r i s i s , t h e E u r o p e a n deficient in meat, eggs, and Commissions recently issued v e g e t a b l e s w i l l r e s u l t i n reports on the progress Western malnutrition. The person will be 3 Balkan countries are making to 4 centimeters shorter; the IQ toward accession may seem will be 10 to 15 points lower. The marginal. But for these nations, resulting loss to productivity will t h e a c h i e v e m e n t o f E U membership is an essential be 2 to 9 percent. Read the original Chinese article. symbolic and practical goal. As the reports indicate, this goal is chinareports@epochtimes.com This entry passed through the still a long way off, even in the Full-Text RSS service if this is best-case scenarios. ... your content and you're reading it This entry passed through the on someone else's site, please read Full-Text RSS service if this is the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- your content and you're reading it only/faq.php#publishers. Five on someone else's site, please read Filters recommends: Donate to the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Wikileaks. Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
US third quarter GDP a 'sigh of relief': analyst reaction

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US economic growth increased at its fastest in a year in the third quarter as consumers and businesses set aside fears about
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Madoff Wife Reveals: 'WeDecided to Kill Ourselves'

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NEW YORK Ruth Madoff, the wife of Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, told CBS News that she and her husband attempted to commit suicide after the disgraced financier's crimes came to light. "I don't know whose idea it was, but we decided to kill ourselves because it was so horrendous what was happening," Ruth Madoff said in an interview with "60 Minutes." "We had terrible phone calls. Hate mail, just beyond anything and I said '...I just can't go on anymore.'" According to the article on CBSNews.com, Ruth said the two took some pills on Christmas Eve, some Ambien and possibly Klonopin. She said he swallowed more than she did. "We took pills and woke up the next day....It was very impulsive and I am glad we woke up," she said, according to the report. Bernie Madoff, 72, swindled a long list of investors out of billions of dollars. He admitted that he ran his scheme for at least two decades, cheating thousands of individuals, charities, celebrities and institutional investors. Losses are estimated at
around $20 billion making it the biggest investment fraud in U.S. history. Ruth Madoff's public comments come shortly after her daughter-in -law, Stephanie Madoff Mack, released a memoir detailing her heartbreak since her husband, Mark Madoff, committed suicide at age 46 in the aftermath of the scandal. Barbara Walters told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Thursday that she interviewed Madoff for two hours at the prison in Butner, North Carolina, where he's serving a 150-year sentence. No cameras were allowed in the prison. Walters said Madoff told her he thought about suicide before
deceptive financial scheme in 2008. Speaking on "The View" Monday, Madoff Mack called her late husband "a hero ... he stood up to a man he admired so much, in an instant." "Mark Madoff was an honorable man, he was duped by Bernie Madoff too," she continued. Though she said her husband was attempting to put the pieces of his life back together again, ultimately the weight of his father's deception was too much. being sent to prison. But since "I think he did it [committed he's been there, he no longer suicide] because he thought we thinks about it. would be better off. He couldn't Walters quoted Madoff as saying: get over the betrayal. He was in a "I feel safer here (in prison) than lot of pain," she said. outside. I have people to talk to, Newscore and the Associated no decisions to make. I know I Press contributed to this report. will die in prison. I lived the last Oct. 6: Ruth Madoff talks to "60 20 years of my life in fear. Now, I Minutes" correspondent Morley have no fear because I'm no Safer in New York. longer in control." Walters also said he told her he This entry passed through the understands why his one-time Full-Text RSS service if this is clients hate him, and that the your content and you're reading it average person thinks he "robbed on someone else's site, please read widows and orphans." But he also the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contenttold her, "I made wealthy people only/faq.php#publishers. Five wealthier." Filters recommends: Donate to Mark Madoff and his brother Wikileaks. Andrew, 45, were responsible for alerting authorities to their father's
Leadership tilt talk alive as Rudd stays low on pokies - Cobar Age
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compromise." Alongside the hit to the private sector, euro zone leaders agreed the banking sector needs recapitalizing to the tune of around 106 billion euros. German sources told Reuters that four German lenders -- NordLB, LBBW, Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank -- would be asked to shore up their capital. Three leading French banks ruled out the need for government help in meeting tougher capital requirements. "While the headlines look good, the devil is in the details," said Damien Boey, equity strategist at Credit Swisse in Sydney. "We don't actually know how they are planning to increase the bail-out fund size from 440 billion euros to a trillion. On top of that, there are some questions as to whether
one trillion euros in itself is enough." There were corporate doubters, too. Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell said it planned to curb its investments in the European Union in future due to doubts about the bloc's chances of recovering from the crisis. "Europe's macroeconomic position can only recover and the sovereign debt crisis can only be addressed through underlying economic growth," Simon Henry, chief financial officer, told reporters on a conference call on Thursday. "We do not see the European Union creating the conditions for that, in fact quite the opposite," he said. ($1 = 0.724 Euros) (Additional reporting by Julien Toyer, Jan Strupczewski, Yann Le
Guernigou, David Brunnstrom, Robin Emmott, Harry Papachristou and John O'Donnell in Brussels, Annika Breidthardt and Sarah Marsh in Berlin, Daniel Flynn in Athens, Barry Moody in Rome, Tom Bergin in London; Writing by Noah Barkin, Luke Baker and Mike Peacock; Editing by Ruth Pitchford) 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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situation at a meeting of senior officials. The high-level meeting,... Zee News Congress, NC spar over Omar's T e r r o r a t t a c k s i n J & K : AFSPA remark IBNLive.com Chidambaram steps in, Congress CCS had 'requested' Omar to and PDP blame Omar on AFSPA r e v i e w d i s t u r b e d a r e a t a g Times of India Hindustan Times PTI | Oct 27, 2011, 09.40PM IST J&K: NC leader accuses army of NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR: In the 'hurting' people India Today wake of grenade explosions in Kashmir Dispatch- Indian Jammu and Kashmir, home Express- Daily News & Analysis minister P Chidambaram on all 547 news articles Thursday reviewed the security
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U.S. Needs New Civilian Tools, not Just More Diplomats

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With President Barack Obamas announcement last week that all U.S. troops will be out of Iraq by the end of this year, most Americans breathed a sigh of relief. Lost in those headlines was the collective shudder of national security experts and practitioners who know Washingtons dirty little secret: More than 10 years
after the war against violent extremism began, the United States still lacks true deployable civilian power. The handover in Iraq from the Defense Department to the State Department at the end of this year will showcase this Achilles heel, one that will haunt U.S. foreign policy until it is truly addressed. Part of the problem is a misidentification of the problem. In military circles, the tools of
power are referred to by the acronym DIME -- diplomatic, informational, military and economic. Many observers have already pointed to the numerical imbalance between the U.S. military and diplomatic corps to highlight the dearth in U.S. civilian power, but what the U.S. needs is not just more diplomats but another civilian foreign policy tool in its DIME kit: a C that stands for operational, deployable
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Qaddafi's Son Reportedly Considering Surrender

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Reuters Saif Al-Islam, son of late Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi DUBAI Muammar Qaddafi's fugitive son Saif al-Islam has reportedly requested an aircraft to take him to The Hague war crimes court so he can turn himself in, a source with Libya's National Transitional Council told Reuters on Thursday. Saif al-Islam fled to Libya's southern desert shortly after his father was captured by Libyan fighters and died shortly afterward. The cause of Qaddafi's death is still being investigated. Saif al-Islam, along with Qaddafi's ex-intelligence chief Abdulla al-Senussi, are facing charges of crimes against humanity for their response to Libya's uprising. There are warrants out for their arrest from the International Criminal Court. Both men have reportedly said they are prepared to surrender to justice, NTC officials have said.
Though reports of Saif al-Islam's whereabouts have been conflicting, a source tells Reuters that Saif has not left Libya and is being sheltered by a prominent figure among the nomadic Tuareg people, Reuters reports. "Saif is concerned about his safety," an NTC source told Reuters. "He believes handing himself over is the best option for him." Saif reportedly wants a third country to be involved in the deal to transport him to The Hague. Abdulla al-Senussi is reportedly in Mali, an adviser to the president of Niger tells the
Associated Press. The adviser says Saif al-Islam will join al-Senussi in Mali soon, following the same route through the Niger desert. Click for more on this story from Reuters. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is (Nation - Google News) your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:30:12 AM the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentBBC News only/faq.php#publishers. Five Vincent Tabak trial jury to return Filters recommends: Donate to for third day of deliberations Wikileaks. The Guardian The jury in the trial of Vincent Tabak will begin a third day of deliberations on Friday as it tries to decide whether he is guilty of murdering his neighbour Joanna Yeates. The six men and six women began considering their
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Black money issue worse Vic govt in damage control over OPI report than loot during British rule: Advani - NDTV.com Sydney Morning Herald
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4 Strategies for Managing Your Online Brand

Sean Ammirati (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:02:00 AM
In the late 90s, Tom Peters famously declared that we were all CEOs of our personal brands. In Fast Company he wrote: "Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to understand the importance of branding. We are CEOs of our own companies: Me Inc. To be in business today, our most important job is to be head marketer for the brand called You. It's that simple - and that hard. And that inescapable." This is even more true for professionals today and no group more so than entrepreneurs. When you talk to investors, partners, customers and most potential new team members one of the first thing all of them are going to do is get a sense for who you are and what you've done. When you first start a company, the corporate brand hasn't yet developed a reputation or any customer momentum, so most early-stage companies leverage the brands of the individuals involved for credibility. If you don't believe me, think how many times have you described a startup to someone by first describing the background or people involved?
Therefore, for those of you planning to be serial entrepreneurs your personal brand is an invaluable asset. Sponsor One quick but important note similar to managing any other type of brand - it's not a sustainable strategy to try and cover up terrible products with a good brand. For more information on this or inspiration check out one of my favorite marketing books, Seth Goodin's Purple Cow which he describes as: "(A) plea for originality, for passion, guts, and daring. Not just because going through life with passion and guts beats the alternative (which it does), but also because it's the only way to be successful. Today, the one sure way to fail is to be boring. Your one chance for success is to be remarkable. If you're not focusing on being remarkable, the rest of this is irrelevant! With that out of the way, I'd like to get to the heart of this post: How do you highlight things that are remarkable about yourself to build your online brand? Or put another way, how do you manage your online identity or brand? What we mean by brand in this post? Evan Williams wrote a post back
similarly can help clarify what activities you should focus on doing. There are tons of tips for developing your startup's pitch. An interesting question to consider for your personal elevator pitch is: how would you want someone to describe you (professionally) at a cocktail party? In talking to entrepreneurs, I have found this forces them to Refine your personal elevator keep it simple and concise when pitch thinking about their personal in April about Five Easy Pieces of Monitor what's being said about brand. Monitor what's being said Online Identity in which he you online about you online summarizes a different things that P r o a c t i v e l y d o c o n t e n t Again similar to the advice many could be called branding. In this m a r k e t i n g good brand consultants would post, I mean what Evan calls Aggregate and curate to give for a company, it's important "representation." The whole post reinforce to make sure you know when is worth reading if you missed it people are saying things about back in April, but to quote the key I'll spend a little time expanding you online. This is not a new point from representation: on each of these 4 strategies, but r e c o m m e n d a t i o n . I n f a c t , "Back in the day, us web geeks would love to hear other key ReadWriteWeb first wrote in thought everyone needed (and strategies in the comments below. 2008 about tools to monitor would want) their own website Refine your personal elevator what's being said about you online with a custom domain. Turns out, pitch and later in 2009 talked about the that's a pretty high bar, and not Before you start trying to figure future of social media monitoring. even that useful for a lot of out what you want to do with your Most of these tools are still people. But most people online online brand, it's worth stepping making it possible to easily have 'profile pages' on one or back and thinking about how you monitor what's said about you more services. People also choose want to position your experiences today online. However, the profile pics/avatars and usernames and goals. As you've probably important thing is to actually to represent themselves. experienced, in a startup your make the investment of time to do "Obviously people care a lot elevator pitch can be a great i t . P r o a c t i v e l y d o c o n t e n t about how they appear to others in m a n a g e m e n t t e c h n i q u e f o r m a r k e t i n g the real world. Turns out, they do c l a r i f y i n g t h e t h i n g s y o u r Content marketing is creating online, as well. They spend tons organization should focus on. In relevant and valuable information of time (and sometimes money) the same way, this is your w o r k i n g o n r e p r e s e n t i n g personal elevator pitch that STRATEGIES page 33 themselves. Representation is a
large part of any social network, but some more than others." Four key strategies While the specific tactics you take for each of these will be certainly different depending on the tools you choose to use, I think everyone needs to take steps around the following four strategies:
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Sony Just Bought Its Future

Chris Davies (SlashGear)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:11:00 AM
Sony, with a $1.47bn check, just bought back its destiny. In agreeing to buy out Ericssons 50percent stake in the Sony Ericsson smartphone partnership, the Japanese company brings to an end a decade of collaboration; more importantly, though, it buys the opportunity for Sony to come up to speed with its rivals and if it leverages its strengths correctly overtake Samsung, LG and even Apple in the consumer electronics market. We can more rapidly and more widely offer consumers smartphones, laptops, tablets and televisions CEO Howard Stringer promised in the announcement, that seamlessly connect with one another and open up new worlds of online entertainment. Big words, but Sony is one of the few companies that could ever deliver on them. A lot has changed in the ten years since Sony and Ericsson inked their partnership, and Im not just talking about that oft-quoted pivotal iPhone moment. High speed cellular networks have proliferated in North America, Asia and Europe, delivering 3G and increasingly 4G speeds not only in patches but more consistently across states and entire countries. Meanwhile user expectations have snowballed, beyond simple calls and the multimedia, along with persistent o c c a s i o n a l S M S t o i n c l u d e access to a range of cloud stores multimedia messaging, email and c o n t a i n i n g m u s i c , v i d e o , documents and other data."No
longer is it enough to slap Walkman branding on a basic cellphone and coast through the marketplace"
Then theres hardware. A decade ago, sub-centimeter thick tablets with all-day battery life, big touchscreens and processors as
fast as computers were, quite literally, the stuff of science SONY page 27
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fiction. Cameras have gone from being chunky, standalone gadgets to ubiquitous accessories. In short, no longer is it enough to slap Walkman branding and a headphone jack on a basic cellphone and expect it to coast through the marketplace. Sony Ericsson had already confirmed it was shifting its focus exclusively to smartphones in 2012, betting the farm on Android and the increasing demand for handsets that do more than make calls and play music. Nonetheless, the company had struggled as an also-ran, in many cases, against its Android contemporaries. Samsung led the way in cutting edge hardware, a benefit of its considerable manufacturing heft, while HTC had been in many ways the consumer choice, its efforts with Sense the most compelling and thorough of the UI modifications. Motorola had its close relationship with Verizon Wireless, and now of course is slipping neatly into Googles back pocket. In contrast, Sony Ericsson was beginning to look precariously balanced on the periphery, with no homegrown tablets only cousins in Sonys line-up and word of increasing managerial tensions over how well-established brands like Walkman and PlayStation would be leveraged. All the time, Apple
continued to build momentum as the wunderkind of the smartphone segment, the obvious choice for fashion following consumers."Sony has always been the most likely challenger to Apple" Ironically, Sony has always been the most likely challenger to Apple; in fact in many ways it already had a head start. The companys BRAVIA TVs are well respected, and their position in the gaming segment firmly cemented with the PlayStation range; the VAIO line-up is one of the rare computing exceptions to the adage that only Mac shoppers will pay for styling. Steve Jobs even admitted once that he looked to the Japanese company for inspiration in their consistency of design and purity of product message, factors which have waned over the years. What Sony has struggled to do is capitalize in its potential, only now beginning to rise to the challenge of interconnectedness across its various ranges. The companys Google TV products sank after making little impact to the smart TV segment, while PC sales across the board have been drearily unimpressive. Standalone MP3 players long ago lost their charm as first the iPod and then smartphones took over their functionality. Most promising has
been the DLNA and universal remote support in the recent Sony tablets, taking functionality that has been around for some time but dressing it up in a way that makes it more compelling, more instantly appealing to consumers. Android will undoubtedly play a significant role in Sonys mobility future, and by bringing Sony Ericsson fully into the family fold the platforms potential can be leveraged. With some clever integration between phones and tablets, for instance, Sony could leapfrog Samsung in tying together ownership of both, similar to how Apple has positioned iPhone and iPad as ideal companions. The Qriocity subscription-based streaming media service begins to look a whole lot more compelling when you have multiple devices you can use it on. Then theres gaming, an area that Apple undoubtedly lags behind in today but is forever rumored to be targeting as the Next Big Thing, and which has the potential for truly engaging multi-device functionality for the company who controls not only your console but your high-powered smartphone, PC and tablet. In the end, its control over its own future that Sony so desperately needed: the flexibility to react to the market and rivals
by itself, to develop devices it finally considers truly worthy of its coveted branding, and most importantly control over the speed at which it can act. Buying up Sony Ericsson isnt the be-all and end-all of this story in fact its just the start of it but if Sony can deliver on its ambitious fourscreen strategy of phones, tablets, computers and TVs it could well make this a two horse race between it and Apple. Relevant Entries on SlashGear.com Sony axes the SIXAXIS Sony buys inFamous game developer Sucker Punch Toshiba and Fujitsu Wants Payback from Sony Sony PS3 Launching 50 3DCapable Video Games in the Near Future Sony Seeking Out Android Developers for Mobile Gaming Sony OLED Walkman X arrives in UK Wednesday Sony UX180P Sony Ericssons retro-clockstyle Bluetooth hands-free Sony Just Bought Its Future is written by Chris Davies& originally posted on SlashGear. 2005 - 2011, SlashGear. All right reserved.
Jolicloud Pivots Up To Be Your Personal Cloud Machine

Mike Butcher (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:33:13 AM
It seems like Tariq Krim, founder of the early organise your digital life play that was NetVibes has been on a journey a journey to tackling fundamental problems about our online life, like how to interface and organise it all. Seems like he just cant let go of that idea. And the Atomicobacked Jolicloud has been an ambitious evolution of this, to create an apps-based interface to the cloud, as well as a Netbook OS, which 600,000 users responded to. But today Krim unveiled a major pivot for Jolicloud in the form of a new product which seems to bring all of that learning into a new place which very much speaks to the proliferation of social networks, photo apps and other services.
Sony takes control of Sony Ericsson as its squares up to Apple

Katherine Rushton (Finance News - Business news from the UK and world)
Sony is to buy Ericsson out of their Sony Ericsson mobile phone joint venture for 1.05bn
(920m), as it positions itself to take on Apple and Samsung in the smartphone market.
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A new auction house, this one for mobile ads

(CNET News.com)
users know exactly what they're buying and without having to blindly trust the ad networks. MoPub, a mobile advertising "The current process is so startup founded by former Google opaque," says Payne, who started and AdMob employees, today is Google real-time search initiatives l a u n c h i n g a N a s d a q - t y p e and then worked at AdMob before exchange where buyers and it was bought by Google. "With sellers can bid in real-time for ad the ad networks, you hand your space on smartphones and tablets. app over to someone else to MoPub's new virtual exchange handle and don't really know what f o r m o b i l e a d s . ( C l i c k t o you're getting." enlarge)(Credit: MoPub) That was fine to a point, says T h e S a n F r a n c i s c o - b a s e d Payne. But as app publishers company, which in July grow, he says, they are scored$6.5 million in funding, is demanding better and better tools one of several firms trying to and control. capture the swelling mobile MoPub often gets described as advertising market, which is on DoubleClick for mobile. Its track to double this year to $3.3. b u s i n e s s h e l p m o b i l e a p p billion worldwide, according the publishers of all sizes manage and Gartner research. monetize their ad inventory. It CEO and co-founder Jim Payne works with all forms of ads, says that among several players, including banners, video, and including Google, MoPub is the interstitial ads and is now serving first to offer a self-service system- billions of ads a month across -he calls it a "virtual trading floor" thousands of apps. --that should appeal to all types of What Payne is trying to do is publishers, from big media firms reminiscent of Right Media, a to makers of mobile apps and firm started in 2003 by a former social games. DoubleClick employee named A big part of Payne's pitch is that Mike Walrath. Walrath built an MoPub Marketplace offers full exchange for unsold display transparency--a common pitch for advertising. The system took off, anyone going up against Google and shortly after Google bought and its black box approach--so DoubleClick for for $3.1 billion in
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2007, Yahoo snapped up Right Media for $680 million--a purchase considered steep for such a young firm. Walrath created a powerful system that users could plug into to buy or sell cheap and fast, with Right Media taking a sliver of the each transaction--just how it works on electronic stock exchanges. The opportunity was big because there was so much
needs to emerge. Sure, $3.3 billion of mobile advertising worldwide this year is a big number. But it's a crumb next to what's getting spent on web advertising, which is on track to approach$30 billion this year (PDF)--and that's just in the United States. You just need huge liquidity to make the exchange model work," says Andrew Frank, a Gartner analyst. "It takes a while to build up the buying side because the agencies and marketers all worry about metrics and who they're reaching." Payne is well aware of that, of course. "Real-time bidding will bring a whole bunch more spending," he argues. "We're trying to get the virtuous cycle going." This entry passed through the demand from advertisers looking Full-Text RSS service if this is for places to buy ad space on web your content and you're reading it pages. on someone else's site, please read Whether the same opportunity the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentexists of Payne and is hard to tell. only/faq.php#publishers. Five Such as system makes sense for Filters recommends: Donate to mobile advertising, but the market Wikileaks. is still young. The supply is clearly there, with smartphone sales booming and app usage growing in lockstep, but the demand part of the equation still
TED: Jay Bradner: Open-source cancer research - Jay Bradner (2011)

TEDTalks (TEDTalks (video))
Submitted at 10/27/2011 10:24:40 AM
How does cancer know it's cancer? At Jay Bradner's lab, they found a molecule that might hold
the answer, JQ1 -- and instead of patenting JQ1, they published their findings and mailed samples
to 40 other labs to work on. An inspiring look at the open-source future of medical research.
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Dropbox for Teams Not Ready to Take on Box.net

Joe Brockmeier (ReadWriteWeb)
glitch with Dropbox, I can see using phone support, but the service itself doesn't require much Submitted at 10/27/2011 12:00:00 PM hand-holding. Dropbox has been testing its Secondly, you get the "pack-rat" Dropbox for Teams service for perks for free. This means that some time, but the other shoe has Dropbox throws in the Dropbox finally dropped. The company Pro feature for saving a file formally announced the service history indefinitely. I have to say, today, which looks a lot like this is a nifty feature that can save standard Dropbox with corporate your bacon if you overwrite a billing tacked on. Good news for presentation or other work file. companies wanting to offer Finally, there's a subtle perk Dropbox to employees, but is it when it comes to storage quotas. up to competing with Box.net? The file sharing features for the Drobox may be the world's 5th Teams works just like file sharing most valuable startup, but it's still for standard Dropbox except that lagging Box.net pretty badly. files shared between team Sponsor members are not counted twice D r o p b o x f o r T e a m s a d d s against storage quotas. If I share a centralized billing and admin 5MB file with any random controls to the standard Dropbox Dropbox user, we both have the service. Pricing starts at $795 5MB counted against our quotas. annually for five users, which If you share a 5MB file with a comes with 1,000 GB of storage. fellow team member, then it only Additional seats run $125 per counts once against the Dropbox year, and grant an additional quota for that team. (Sounds 2 0 0 G B o f s t o r a g e . B y trivial, but I suspect actually comparison, a personal account coding that up was tricky.) tops out at 100GB of storage and Competing with Box.net $199 per year. The Dropbox clients stay the The Teams package also gives same with Dropbox for Teams, all companies a few perks over the that really changes is pricing and personal accounts. First is phone support. Which makes me wonder support, which shouldn't be too how well Dropbox for Teams will heavily used. If there's an actual compete with Box.net.
that most users don't come close to hitting their quotas anyway. A team of five sharing typical work documents is not going to need 1TB (1,000GB) of storage or even close. (Hint: You'd need to do some selective pruning of what to sync to your laptop if your team was hitting the storage cap, since most lappies don't have 1TB drives.) One interesting thing about the pricing for Dropbox for Teams Box.net has a lot more in the way if you actually come close to the of features that Dropbox isn't full usage, you'll be saving more offering. As it's offered now, than $100 a year on what it would Dropbox features little integration cost to store 1,000 GB on with business software, no Amazon S3. The cost for 1,000 workspaces or task management GB on S3 for one year would and collaboration features. The average out to more than $1,680 pricing for Dropbox undercuts plus charges for requests, at the Box.net slightly it works out to $0.14 per GB/month rate. Of about $13.25 per month for a course, Dropbox is surely getting Dropbox user, compared to $15 Amazon's top-tier pricing (or per month/user for Box.net. better) which means that it should Dropbox sharing is just as clunky be paying around $660 a year for as the personal version, which is a 1TB of storage. to say that you have to select a For small businesses, or those folder, and then manually share it that prefer simplicity, Dropbox with one or more people. That's may be the better option. But for fine for personal use, but I think it teams that actually need to could get really annoying if you collaborate, Dropbox is still need to share with a large team. wanting. Discuss Granted, Box.net looks to be a bit stingier with actual storage space, but Dropbox's dirty little secret is
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Pixelmator 2.0 released with new tools, content-awareness, Lion support

Victor Agreda, Jr. (TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 12:00:00 PM
I ditched Photoshop for Pixelmator about a year ago, but there were a few things missing in Pixelmator which caused me to fire up Photoshop once in a while. I also recently bought Aperture in an effort to better organize and retouch photos I started taking on my new Canon Rebel. Pixelmator 2 fixes many omissions which had me reaching for Photoshop, and in some ways is better than Aperture. Read on to learn about a few features I checked out in the short time I tried out the update. Lion Support Full screen is great, but when dealing with images I think full support for Lion's autosave and versioning will really hit photogs and designers in the sweet spot. I also dig how Pixelmator has eschewed floating palette-mania for inline toolbars that appear when various tools are selected. Text tool Oh, finally we have some control over text! Here's a great example of the toolbar appearing in a document (image) window when
needed, and it's really helpful. No clutter, no moving things around, just the tools you need to tweak the tool you're using. Anyway, the Text tool finally has the fine control over text alignment, adjustment and placement that was sorely lacking before. Vector Shapes Mercy me, there's a vector set of tools in Pixelmator at last. Create shapes, use a proper pen tool and
editing tools, etc. I'm not going to say Pixelmator matches Photoshop here, because there are still some tricks you can't do with paths in Photoshop that are still missing from Pixelmator, but the addition of vector shapes keeps me from launching something else just to add a simple shape that I can easily scale. Smudge, Sponge, Red Eye and Healing Smudge does exactly what you'd
Pixelmator. If you have ever been aggravated by Aperture's crummy pinch-to-zoom and scrolling when dealing with the red eye and healing fixes, you'll be happy to know that Pixelmator is "like butter" by comparison. Apple needs to optimize Aperture (or fix the bugs!) fast. Mac App Store Pixelmator 2 is on the Mac App Store for a lowered price right now ($29.99), and I gladly bought it even though I had the non-MAS version. Why? Because totaling up every penny I've spent on Pixelmator in the few years I've been using it is still about 10% of what Photoshop will cost you. There's hardly a better value out there, especially if you work with expect, and works great. Sponge pixels on a daily basis. allows you to saturate and Pixelmator 2.0 released with new desaturate areas of your image, tools, content-awareness, Lion and it works well also. But support originally appeared on photographers will be stoked to TUAW - The Unofficial Apple use the excellent red eye feature, Weblog on Thu, 27 Oct 2011 and even more excited by the 12:00:00 EST. Please see our smart healing brush. terms for use of feeds. I actually think red eye and Source| Permalink| Email this| healing work better in Pixelmator Comments 2 than in Aperture. One thing I can definitely say: the responsiveness is better in
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Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel Another sign points Back Next-Generation Digital to Google Music Book Publisher Hyperink download service
Leena Rao (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:00:35 AM
Hyperink, a next-generation digital book publishing platform, has raised $1.2 million from Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, SV Angel, Lerer Ventures, Launch Capital, Cyriac Roeding, Jack Abraham, and others. Simply put, Hyperink, which was a graduate of Y Combinators Winter 2011 class, wants to disrupt the book publishing world. The startup is a digital book publishing platform and fullservice agency that will help any aspiring author write, design, publish, market, and sell a book without any up-front fees. Hyperink wants to represent the long-tail of book demand. As co-founder Kevin Gao explains, traditionally, the publishing industry is very hitsdriven and slow. With Hyperink, he explains, people can create books that are far more niche and targeted, and do it ten times faster than traditional publishers so that the information is the most
current and relevant. For example, instead of publishing a book on how to get into college, Hyperink aims to publish specific titles on how to get into Stanford, how to get into Harvard, how to get into MIT. Another way that Hyperink is looking to disrupt the industry is sheer cost. With big publishing houses, books cost tens of thousands of dollars to produce and market, and take 16-18 months to publish. Hyperinks books cost under $1,000 on average, and are published in under a month. Hyperink also offers higher royalty rates, and give authors up to 50 percent of their earnings (many publishers give authors around 25 percent) For example, one Hyperlinks top selling books is Marketing Your Android App. The expert and author is Eddie Kim, who has successfully built and sold 6figure Android apps. He spent under 10 hours working with Hyperinks journalist team to produce a book, and its already
profitable. Authors can write their own books, in which case Hyperink uses its publishing platform to go from manuscript to for sale, providing editorial support, cover design, layout, content advice, etc. Hyperink also provides it own marketing channel and will publish to platforms like Kindle, iBooks and Nook and provide marketing support through search optimization, social media, and email. If you dont have the time or interest in writing your own book, Hyperink pairs you with a ghostwriter who will interview you and then write the whole book, with your input and editing. Of course, Hyperink is taking on Amazon, who is already launching its own army of publishing imprints as well as self -publishing options. But there is a wave a disruption that is already taking place in book publishing world and if Hyperink can attract high-quality, niche content, it could be a compelling player in this space.
(CNET News.com)
listen to a track once, unless they received the same song from another user, which would allow Google Music appears to be well them to listen one more time. on its way to adding a download In a follow-up report, the Wall service. Street Journal said earlier this Just yesterday, Android phone week that the MP3 download users who tried to access Google store's social feature will be Music from their device's browser linked with Google+, the search were shown a splash page that giant's social "project." noted the service's users could not Even as details emerge, Google is only upload their "personal music still staying mum on when it will collection," but would also be able actually launch the service. to "shop millions of songs in Sources have told CNET that the Android Market." A description company has yet to ink deals with of the offering under that tagline all four major record labels, which said that users can "get songs could delay things. However, the from your favorite artists in Journal said recently that Google A n d r o i d M a r k e t , i n c l u d i n g plans to launch the download hundreds of free tracks." store within the next couple of Talk of a Google Music MP3 weeks. downloading service first started Google did not immediately last week when Google's Android respond to CNET's request for chief Andy Rubin said that his comment on its launch timing. company would allow users to (Via TechCrunch) download tracks from the service. This entry passed through the He added that the store would also Full-Text RSS service if this is come with a "twist--it will have a your content and you're reading it little Google in it." on someone else's site, please read S o o n a f t e r w a r d , C N E T the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentexclusively reported that the twist only/faq.php#publishers. Five was a social feature that would let Filters recommends: Donate to users gift tracks to others. Wikileaks. However, CNET's sources said, the gift's recipient could only
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Motorola DROID 4 leaked in Beta build photos

Chris Burns (SlashGear)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:32:26 AM
It appears extremely likely that the photos and specifications youre about to see belong to none other than the fourth in the basicnamed DROID line from Verizon and Motorola. This is the DROID 4, if I may be so bold, ladies and gentlemen, and it looks rather similar to the rest of the very recent stylings of the Motorola family, having the same bent-in corners, dual ports (microHDMI and microUSB), and overall look of both previous DROID models and the ATRIX 2, the DROID RAZR, and the unconfirmed nextlevel XOOM tablet. This device has a similar keyboard to what weve seen in the DROID 3, though now with slightly more raised centers on the keys and a a bit more space around the board. The display is said by a source speaking with Droid Life exclusively to be 4 inches and theyve decided its likely that itll be Super AMOLED Advanced. The
keyboard, they say, will not just be what were used to from Motorola and their past QWERTYs, instead itll be illuminated lights! Like the DROID RAZR, this device will have a non-removable battery, and also just like the RAZR, this device will be working perfectly well with the MotoACTV. This device is said to be running Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread, likely
has an 8-megapixel camera on the back capable of recording 1080p video, and has some sort of front camera likely right around 1.3megapixels. This device will of course be running on Verizons 4G LTE network, and judging by the 1.2GHz dual-core OMAP4430 processor that the DROID RAZR is coming out with, we must assume that this device has something along those same lines,
and it appears that the code-name for this device,Maserati has been tracked by Android Community back to the 27th of September. All signs point to a 2011 release. You gonna grab it? See the gallery below for some comparative photos of similar Motorola products as of late including the DROID 3, whats possibly the XOOM 2, DROID RAZR, and ATRIX 2.
[ via Droid Life] Relevant Entries on SlashGear.com Motorola Droid Bionic ads surface from Best Buy Droid Xtreme Hands-On Verizon Motorola Droid (aka Sholes) outed in new leaked photos Pics of Motorola Targa, Droid X 2, and Droid 3 surface DROID 2 summer release confirmed in leaked Verizon catalog Motorola Droid Bionic Pictures Leak, 4.5-Inch Screen After All? Motorola Droid 3 To Arrive At Best Buy July 13? Motorola DROID RAZR gets MotoCast app for easy content streaming Motorola DROID 4 leaked in Beta build photos is written by Chris Burns& originally posted on SlashGear. 2005 - 2011, SlashGear. All right reserved.
Spooky Halloween Photos: Haunted Air- TIME

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Submitted at 10/27/2011 10:28:23 AM
Haunted Air TIME But we don't know a better way Spooky Halloween Photos: to describe these anonymous
Halloween photos. Old and weird? Check. Haunted Air, a new book by Ossian Brown showcases anonymous Halloween
photographs taken between 1875 and 1955. It is published by Jonathan Cape,... and more
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for prospects and customers as part of a brand's overall marketing mix. It's becoming a bigger and bigger part of the way many brands allocate their marketing budgets. In fact, according to CMI:"B2B marketers allocate approximately 26% of their total marketing budgets to content marketing initiatives. 51% of B2B marketers plan to increase their spend in content marketing over the next 12 months." In the same way that companies are using these techniques to improve their position in the marketplace, individuals need to think about speaking, writing, commenting and generally contributing their expertise online to improve and reinforce their brand. Aggregate and curate to reinforce Finally, many people end up leveraging a tool to serve as the central place they aggregate and curate certain content to reinforce their brand. This can be everything from setting up a website to just creating a compelling about.me page. For example, our Founder and Editor-
in-Chief, Richard MacManus, leveraged WordPress to setup his own personal blog to aggregate personal and professional information about himself as well as links to other social profiles at ricm.ac(screen shot below) If you're active across a number of sites, this central location pointing to all your profiles and selected links and personal blog posts seems to make a lot of sense. Even if you don't setup a homepage, you can be intentional about the "atoms" (in both senses of the word) that are being broadcast across your social communities. It's worth pointing out that the landscape is changing with frictionless sharing. Richard MacManus, Joe Brockmeier and David Strom all diagnosed the implications of these changes. Richard's post pointed to a great analysis by the Atlantic, The Problem With Facenbook's Frictionless Sharing, which captured this implication perfectly: "The problem with that, of course, is that it eliminates the curation
aspect of our self-presentations. It would be as though I told everyone that I was wearing blue jeans and a somewhat worse-forwear t-shirt right now in addition to revealing that earlier today I wore a sharp, tailored suit. Both are accurate, but only one is the impression I'd like to leave with people. (The latter.)" Obviously if this becomes a trend or you trust Facebook to maintain your key profile this is something you need to be aware of. Conclusion As stated at the beginning of this post, it's extremely important for anyone manage their personal brand. However, as entrepreneurs this is even more true then usual. I'd love to hear other strategies or techniques you have found valuable in managing your personal brand. Thanks to Paul Watson for moleskin image. Discuss
Apple issues firmware updates, Thunderbolt software update, more

Dave Caolo (TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:30:00 AM
Handy Digitized Art Apps - The iPhone Finger Paintings by Jorge Colombo are Simply Realistic (TrendHunter.com)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 10:54:02 AM
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Apple has issued a number of updates this week, in addition to iPhoto 9.2.1. Here's what's newly available. Thunderbolt Software Update 1.1 is for those using Lion on a Thunderbolt-equipped Mac. Apple says it "provides support for the Apple Thunderbolt Display and bug fixes for Thunderbolt device compatibility." Mac OS X 10.7.2 or later is required. iMac EFI Firmware Update 1.7 is for early 2011 iMacs. According to Apple, this update "enables Lion Recovery from an Internet connection and includes fixes that resolve issues with Apple Thunderbolt Display compatibility and Thunderbolt Target Disk Mode performance on iMac (early 2011) models." MacBook Air EFI Firmware Update 2.2 is for mid-2011 MacBook Airs and offers stability improvements, resolves Thunderbolt display compatibility issues and improves Lion recovery from an Internet Paintings. Jorge Colombo has connection. created luxuriously creative Mac mini EFI Firmware Update landscapes with just an iPhone... 1.4 is for mid-2011 Mac minis
and offers, you guessed it, improved stability of Lion Recovery from an Internet connection and fixes for Thunderbolt Display compatibility. Plus, improved Thunderbolt Target Disk Mode. MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.3 is also available (are you sensing a trend?). This update is for early 2011 MacBook Pros and it improves the stability of Lion Recovery from an Internet connection, fixes Thunderbolt Display compatibility and fixes Thunderbolt Target Disk Mode. Apple issues firmware updates, Thunderbolt software update, more originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments
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IBM listens in on wave energy's subsea sounds

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ocean energy," European Union Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Mire Harnessing energy from the Geoghegan-Quinn said in a oceans involves a lot more than statement. putting a generator in the water. When operational, IBM said the IBM Research today announced a system will produce one of the project to monitor the impact of largest streams of underwater noise on marine ecosystems from acoustic data. The data will then a wave energy generator in be analyzed and made available to Ireland. Done in conjunction with researchers, regulators, and ocean the Sustainable Energy Authority energy developers. IBM also Ireland, its part of an ongoing hopes that the project will SmartBay project to monitor the establish reporting standards and environment of Galway Bay with thresholds for other uses, such as sensors and telemetry to advance offshore oil and gas drilling. ocean energy. Getting useable power from the To monitor the acoustic impact of motion of waves or the changing wave power, a generator from of tides has the potential to supply O c e a n E n e r g y i n I r e l a n d i s a significant amount of energy to equipped with audio sensors. Data countries with the appropriate f r o m t h e s e n s o r s i s f e d resources. But there are numerous continuously to IBM's data technical and environmental centers for analysis with the goal barriers. of understanding noise levels and Even after they are installed, the the effect on the local ecosystem. generators themselves need to "Underwater noise is a global withstand very harsh conditions environmental issue that has to be during operation. There is also a addressed if we are to take dearth of information on how advantage of the huge potential of underwater devices impact local
Submitted at 10/27/2011 10:02:59 AM
ecosystems, such as local fish populations or marine mammals. Europe, particularly the U.K. and Ireland, is ahead of the U.S. in terms of having the testing infrastructure for wave and tidal machines. There are a couple of proposals in the U.S., including one off the coast of Cape Cod, to set up locations to test devices and their environmental impact. IBM Research's wave power project in Ireland is one of many related to renewable energy where processing big data sets can help take the risk out investments or advance energy technology. Earlier this week, IBM announced it will analyze meteorological data to better position turbines in wind farms for optimal energy output. 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
Disable that Mac OS X Internet download warning

Kelly Hodgkins (TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:00:00 AM
Mac OS X 10.5 introduced a new feature that warned users when they first opened a file downloaded from the Internet. It's a protection mechanism to prevent users from opening potentially harmful files. It's also extremely annoying for users who download many files from known trustworthy. Thanks to a script from Creative Bits, disabling this feature just became a whole lot easier. When this download warning first debuted, Macworld detailed a few terminal commands to disable this feature. You could either disable it permanently which removed all protection from accidentally downloaded files or disable it on a case-by-case basis. Running the command on demand lets you decide when you want to disable this protection, but you have to remember the command each time you wanted to turn it off. Having to look up the command was almost
inconvenient as responding to the warning dialog in the first place. To make it easier, Ivan from Creative Bits has created an Automator script that you can place in your Dock. Every time you need to download a bunch of files, you can simply click this script to disable the warning. You can download the script from Creative Bits website to try it yourself. It should work on Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7 Lion. Disable that Mac OS X Internet download warning originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Source| Permalink| Email this| Comments
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Dropbox for Teams service aims for small business owners

Chris Burns (SlashGear)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:41:38 AM
So youve got a business in the works that needs to share files that are potentially gigantic across the ocean and through the woods, but you dont exactly want to be transferring these files by mailing iPods back and forth what do you do? How about Dropbox for Teams? Thats what Dropbox is essentially saying this week as it launches the new service which has plans starting at $795 for a total of five users. The differences between this and Dropboxs free service might seem slight to the lay user, but for the small business owner features here are great. Theres a new central set of controls made specifically for IT administrators, and Dropbox is now offering phone support as well as centralized billing to cover all users on the Team. The initial cost of nearly $800 will cover a full year for five users, while each additional user will tac on another $125. That $795 basic plan includes one full terabyte of shared storage between all users, while each user added beyond the first five in the group adds on another 200 gigabytes (GB) of space. Sound like enough room for all your event photos?
Self-hackers blaze a trail in personal informatics

Olivia Solon
Submitted at 10/27/2011 7:08:00 AM
Dropbox is also pushing their security features this week with a note on how all files are stored and encrypted with Amazons S3 service in secure data centers. Amazon S3, for those of you that dont know, is Amazons Simple Storage Service, designedto make web-scale computing easier for developers. Basically its a dedicated and secure place for data trusted by thousands of already-satisfied customers, if you know what I mean. In addition to this, as with all Dropbox accounts, youve got the option of
backing up all your files on a Dropbox folder that can sit on your own computers desktop. Sound like the deal for you? Get droppin! Relevant Entries on SlashGear.com Dropbox drops the ball, leaves all encrypted user accounts open to any user with no password Dropbox Hits 25 Million Users, Updates iOS App All future HTC Sense 3.5 smartphones will get 5GB of Dropbox storage free HTC partners with Dropbox,
5GB free on every Android Dropbox legalese tweak prompts privacy panic NVIDIA combines core-logic and SoC teams Apple Wins American Brand Excellence Award Microsoft Live Arcade For PC Dubbed Vega Dropbox for Teams service aims for small business owners is written by Chris Burns& originally posted on SlashGear. 2005 - 2011, SlashGear. All right reserved.
We need to encourage data analysts to create visualisation platforms that we can interact with so that we can interrogate our own data, according to Adriana Lukas, self-hacker and founder of the London Quantified Self group. "How can we understand and analyse our own data without becoming quants?" she asks. Lukas describes self-hacking as self infomatics combined with action. "It's not about the data, but about how we change, tweak and hack ourselves based on the findings of that data." By: Olivia Solon, Edited by: Duncan Geere Continue reading...
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Motorolas New LTE -Packing DROID4 Caught On Film

Chris Velazco (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:36:14 AM
Motorola fans may still be riding high on the announcement of the Droid RAZR, but Droid-Life has just gotten their hands on images of yet another Motorola handset in the works: the DROID4. The DROID4 apes some of the RAZRs industrial design (like the funky corners and non-removable battery), but it sadly isnt quite as svelte thanks to the spacious slide -out five row keyboard. Like its direct predecessor, the DROID4 also sports a 4-inch display, although new additions like an LTE radio and the ability to sync to the MotoACTV fitness device manage to set it apart from previous models. In addition to all that fun stuff, it also packs a few of the things weve begun to take for granted in our high-end smartphones: a front
-facing camera, HDMI output, and the ability to shoot 1080p video. If the four discrete soft keys havent given it away yet, the DROID4 doesnt yet run ICS its reportedly stuck on Android 2.3.5. This may come as bad news for Motoheads hoping for a taste of Ice Cream Sandwich sooner rather than later, but it makes sense considering the DROID4 is looking nearly ready to ship. Its even got an introductory decal plastered on the screen, which leads me to believe it has a decent shot of hitting shelves before Christmas. Given the pace at which Motorola seems to be churning these things out, Im seriously wondering if their engineers have time to sleep. Images courtesy of Droid-Life
Who Says the iPad Isn't For Programming? Meet Codify

John Paul Titlow (ReadWriteWeb)
that utilize the accelerometer and multitouch gestures on the iPad. During development, you can tap Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:15:00 AM certain properties to define things Tablets like the iPad are ideal for like colors and images using a certain activities, but touch-based UI, rather than programming is not typically writing those things out in straight among them. Much like writing code. text, you can write code on the The downside? The code you iPad, but it's more cumbersome create in Codify can't be exported without an external keyboard and or compiled for use elsewhere. It's you'll probably need to port your kind of just stuck there, thanks to draft over to the desktop for it to Apple's current restrictions on iOS combination of hand-coding and development. Still, it wasn't long be truly useful. We don't expect to see developers touch-based visual programming. ago that an app like Codify ditch their laptops anytime soon, Sponsor couldn't have existed at all on C o m i n g f r o m t h e g a m e iOS, so it's possible those but a new breed of apps for the iPad help make the device more development shop TwoLivesLeft, limitations will continue to loosen coding-friendly. One of them is Codify uses the lightweight Lua with time. C o d i f y , w h i c h w e n t l i v e scripting language to build games Discuss yesterday. It lets you build simple that make the most of the iPad games and simulations using a and iOS. Thus, creating games
Video: The social future is one of digital narcissism

Olivia Solon
said author Andrew Keen at Wired 2011 this afternoon. "William Gibson said the future is We shouldn't be corrupted by the the past, only better. I would add kind of narcissism and stupidity the future is the past, only better that social media is promoting, or worse," he said.
Submitted at 10/27/2011 6:31:00 AM
He explained that what we are seeing is the "reappearance of the
social" and that it has happened before: "We are shifting from an analogue, industrial network to the knowledge economy defined by a digital network." By: Olivia Solon, Edited by: Nate
Lanxon Continue reading...
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Video: Upgrading your utility bill with datadriven recommendations

Duncan Geere
A Complete Annotated Breakdown Of Everything EU Leaders Have Agreed To So Far

Simone Foxman (Money Game)
hand in the room goes up. More than 90 percent of US Submitted at 10/27/2011 6:38:00 AM citizens think that wasting energy "How many of you have checked is a bad idea, and Laskey is on a your energy use this week?" asks mission to try and work out why A l e x L a s k e y , f o u n d e r a n d so many of them aren't doing president of OPower, from the anything about it -- and perhaps stage at Wired 2011 in London. even change that. A smattering of hands are raised. By: Duncan Geere, Edited by: "How many of you have checked Nate Lanxon Continue reading... your email this week?" Every
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How Halloween Works

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Submitted at 10/27/2011 9:00:56 AM
Which day in October can you see pumpkins, skeletons, ghosts
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Is It Time for an Anti-Turkey Coalition?

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Submitted at 10/26/2011 11:00:00 PM
Kurds and Kurdistan have never felt so much promise. Federalism in Iraq is secure. Iraqi Kurdistan attracts billions of dollars in investment, Masud Barzani no longer needs a borrowed Turkish passport to travel abroad, and the Kurdistan Regional Government has offices which act as virtual embassies in Washington, London, and other major capitals. It is ironic, therefore, that against this progress, Kurds wield so little influence over the issues about which Kurds inside and outside Iraqi Kurdistan most care. After Kurdistan Workers Party [PKK] members attacked Turkish military outposts in the early morning hours of October 19, Nechirvan Barzani, a former prime minister who retains the power of that post, rushed to Ankara to try to defuse any retaliation. He failed. So too did regional president Masud Barzani, who placed an emergency phone call to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoan. Turkish President Abdullah Gl vowed revenge and dispensed with the notion for proportionality that Turkey demands from others. "No one should forget that those who are inflicting this pain upon us will suffer in multitudes," Gl declared. Thereafter, Turkish jets
bombed targets in Iraqi Kurdistan and Turkish tanks reportedly crossed the border. While Turkish officials say they have killed several hundred PKK members, such declarations cannot be taken at face value. Turkish authorities label any Kurd killed in such bombardment as a terrorist, regardless of reality. Civilians often pay the price. Turkey has yet to apologize or pay compensation, for example, to the families of the seven Kurdish civilians killed in an August strike. Nor has the Kurdish government forced Turkey to provide proof the any recent attacks inside Turkey had a crossborder component. The failure of Kurdish leaders to fulfill their diplomatic agenda extends beyond the latest Turkish incursion. After all, even before the Hakari attacks, the Turkish Army stationed more than 1,000 troops stationed on mountains and around villages several kilometers across the Iraqi and Iraqi Kurdish border. Indeed, as much as Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutolu frames his country's foreign policy as seeking good relations with all its neighbors, the fact remains that Turkey is the only aspirant to the European Union that unabashedly occupies other countries. Turkish occupation in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan, as well as in Cyprus
suggests the true meaning of neoOttomanism. Turkey's occupations, however, provide the Kurdistan Regional Government with an opportunity. On September 2, 2011, Egemen Ba, Turkey's Minister for European Union Affairs, threatened Cyprus with military action. Should that European Union member not stop oil exploration in international waters off its coast, Ba said, that Turkey might respond militarily. "That's what a navy is for," he quipped. While Arab states focused on the simultaneous rupture in the IsraelTurkey partnership, Turkey's bellicosity toward Cyprus was the subject of greater concern not only in Nicosia and Athens, but also in many other European capitals. Apart, neither Cyprus nor Kurdistan has much leverage. Turkey's 37-year occupation of Cyprus is seldom front page news in Washington, London, or any other country. While former Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer tries to broker an agreement, and occasionally UN Secretary General Ban Kimoon makes statements about the need to resolve the conflict, lack of international interest condemns Cyprus to continued division. Of all Turkey's neighbors, it is the Armenians who have the greatest influence in Washington. Corollary Armenian Diaspora
groups are also influential in London, Paris, and across Europe. In the United States, at least, the Armenian lobby has failed repeatedly in its principle goal to win American recognition of Armenian genocide by Ottoman Turks in World War I. Alas, the Armenians can join the Kurds, Cypriots, and perhaps Greeks as well in eschewing coalitions in a failed attempt to go it alone. If those victimized or threatened by Turkey, however, would pool their resources and demands, each group may find its influence amplified exponentially. Kurds who seek recognition of the Anfal as genocide might solicit the support of Armenian counterparts, but also must be willing to offer support as well. Kurdish officials should be outspoken in support of Greek Cyprus, and should leverage Cypriot and Greek influence to ensure that a Turkish withdrawal from Iraq and Kurdistan becomes a European Union platform. In mature diplomacy, coalitions are essential. The Kurdish Caucus in Congress is more symbolic than effective. True diplomacy should extend beyond wining and dining congressmen whose concern about Kurdistan is fleeting and limited by the next election. With the Americans withdrawing from Iraq--a milestone that should evoke
memories of 1975 in Kurdistan and 1991 in Iraq--it is essential that Kurdistan's rulers understand their limitations. There are issues more important than oil deals and real estate. While it is natural that rulers inexperienced on the world stage fret more about the intricacies of protocol than broader issues, it is time the Kurdish representatives stationed abroad are able to talk fluently about broader issues. Kurdish communities should lend their support to Greek Cypriots, and demand that they, in exchange, make clear that Turkish policy has gone awry not only in the Eastern Mediterranean, but in other areas as well. Kurds should be proud of their achievements, but they are not as solid as they once were. That the Kurds have no friends but the mountains will simply be an epitaph unless Kurdish leaders become far more apt at building alliances than they are now. Michael Rubin is a resident scholar at AEI Huygens/Wikimedia Commons 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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Massachusetts Supreme Court Foreclosure "Bombshell" Ruling Nothing But Hot Air
noreply@blogger.com (Michael Shedlock) (Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:40:00 AM
Many people sent links regarding a bombshell ruling in Massachusetts by the Daily Bail that allegedly " made foreclosure sales in the commonwealth over the last five years wholly void." On Oct. 18th, 2011 the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court handed down their decision in the FRANCIS J. BEVILACQUA, THIRD vs. PABLO RODRIGUEZ and in a moment, essentially made foreclosure sales in the commonwealth over the last five years wholly void. However, some of the more polite headlines, undoubtedly in the interest of not causing wide spread panic simply put it "SJC puts foreclosure sales in doubt" or "Buyer Can't Sue After Bad Foreclosure Sale." In essence, the ruling upheld that those who had purchased foreclosure properties that had been illegally foreclosed upon (which is virtually all foreclosure sales in the last five years), did not in fact have title to those properties. Given the fact that more than two-thirds of all real estate transactions in the last five years have also been foreclosed properties, this creates a small problem.
The Massachusetts SJC is one of the most respected high courts in the country, other supreme courts look to these decisions for guidance, and would find it difficult to rule any other way in their own states. It is a precedent. It's an important precedent. Clueless Hype Let's first dispose of the nonsense that the "Massachusetts SJC is one of the most respected high courts in the country, other supreme courts look to these decisions for guidance, and would find it difficult to rule any other way in their own states." The more important issue is the way sites trump up these cases with preposterous statements such as " In essence, the ruling upheld that those who had purchased foreclosure properties that had been illegally foreclosed upon (which is virtually all foreclosure sales in the last five years) ..." The essence of the matter is the Daily Bail preaching clueless hype. I asked Patrick Pulatie at LFI Analytics to chime in on the significance of the case. Pulatie writes ... US Bank foreclosed upon the property, but no assignment to US Bank occurred until after the foreclosure. B then bought the property. The court ruled that the
foreclosure was unlawful, like in Ibanez. Therefore, B could not own the property. That said, the court ruled that if the Chain of Title could be corrected, then the foreclosure can be redone. The author completely misrepresents the ruling like so many do. They claim that gold exists, where there is only lead. Unfortunately, this will only give homeowners more false hope. What tells you how little the authors know is their claim the MA court is so well respected that other states will use the ruling as guidance. That is laughable hogwash. Third Opinion We have heard from the Daily Bail and from Pulatie. Let's find a neutral party for a third opinion. I just happen to have one. The Massachusetts Real Estate Law Blog asks What Now? Bevilacqua v. Rodriguez Leaves Toxic Foreclosure Titles Unclear The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued its opinion today in the much anticipated Bevilacqua v. Rodriguez case considering property owners rights when they are saddled with defective titles ... Contrary to some sensationalist headlines[linking to the Daily Bail], the sky is not falling down as the majority of foreclosures performed in the last several years
were legal and conveyed good title. Bevilacqua affects those small percentage of foreclosures where mortgage assignments were not recorded in a timely fashion and were otherwise conducted unlawfully. Bevilacqua does not address the robo-signing controversy. The Bad News First the bad news. The Court held that owners cannot bring a court action to clear their titles under the try title procedure in the Massachusetts Land Court. This is the headline that the major news outlets have been running with, but it was not a surprise to anyone who has been following the case. Sorry Daily Kos, but the court did not take away a property from a foreclosure sale buyer. The buyer never owned it in the first place. If you dont own a piece of property (say the Brooklyn Bridge), you cannot come into court and ask a judge to proclaim you the owner of that property, even if the true owner doesnt show up to defend himself. Its Property Law 101. The Good News Next the good news. The court left open whether owners could attempt to put their chains of title back together (like HumptyDumpty) and conduct new foreclosure sales to clear their titles. Unfortunately, the SJC did
not provide the real estate community with any further guidance as to how best to resolve these complicated title defects. It should be pretty clear now as to what is hype and what is not. As far as president setting cases from respected courts, please consider 9th Circuit Court Ruling Legitimizes MERS. As a followup post including an analysis of Assignment of the Deed of Trust in the California case Calvo v HSBC, please consider More on the Coming Wave of Foreclosures. Mike "Mish" Shedlock h t t p : / / globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. com Click Here To Scroll Thru My Recent Post List Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http:// www.sitkapacific.com/ account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.
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Good News for Bears: Torture by Rumor Ends

is coming? The bulls got nearly everything No structural problems have they wanted, putting an end to been solved torture by rumor. What could Submitted at 10/27/2011 1:22:00 AM A deal has been reached. While Banks most assuredly need possibly be better news for the many decisions are yet to be made m o r e t h a n 1 0 6 b i l l i o n i n bears? the agreed upon deal looks recapitalization efforts. The idea Mike "Mish" Shedlock something like this: that French banks only need to h t t p : / / raise 8.8 billion is preposterous. globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. A "voluntary" haircut of 50% Banks that fail to raise enough No investors in their right mind com on Greek debt capital on the markets will first will fund Greek and Spanish Click Here To Scroll Thru My Bank recapitalization set at 106 tap national governments, falling banks to the tune of 56.2 billion Recent Post List Mike billion euros back on the EFSF rescue fund euros "Mish" Shedlock is a registered EFSF will use leverage to get to only as a last resort. The haircuts were not voluntary investment advisor representative at least 1 trillion Euros The above details pieced together for SitkaPacific Capital L e v e r a g e w i l l b e v i a a f r o m E U S e t s 5 0 % G r e e k Instead of the rumor mill of Management. Sitka Pacific is an combination SIV plus Insurance Writedown, $1.4T in Fund and potential actions working to lift asset management firm whose plan Impasse on Greek Debt Relief the market 24 hours a day for goal is strong performance and Banks get an additional 21 Threatens EU Crisis Summit Deal three straight weeks, it will be up low volatility, regardless of billion Euros in "official aid" The fuzziest point in the deal is in to the EU to make the plan work. market direction. Visit http:// The ECB is going to continue to regards to what banks get the However, the plan won't work w w w . s i t k a p a c i f i c . c o m / buy Italian bonds come hell or additional 21 billion Euros in because of point number one account_management.html to high water "official aid", with what strings, above: not a single structural l e a r n m o r e a b o u t w e a l t h and where the money comes from. problem has been solved. management and capital A group of 70 European banks Good News for Bears Although this rally may run for a preservation strategies of Sitka will need to raise 106 billion Although many details are yet to while longer on fumes of past Pacific. euros in the next eight months. b e r e s o l v e d , t h e b u l l s g o t rumors and blind hope, it will Recapitalization Breakdown everything they wanted except eventually wear itself out. endless printing by the ECB. Bear market rallies tend to end on Greek banks need 30 billion However, the sad fundamental good news. What more good news
euros Spanish banks need 26.2 billion euros French banks need 8.8 billion euros Italian banks need 14.8 billion euros Remaining countries 26.6
situation remains unchanged
Take a More Realistic Approach to Your To-Do List with the 3 + 2 Rule [Time Management]
Jakub Stastny (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 9:30:00 AM
Developer Jakub Stastny had a problem with organizing his day for ages. Never-ending TODO lists led to frustration and consequently to procrastination; exhaustion from context switching; the feeling that he wasn't accomplishing anything. A few weeks ago he had a breakthrough, and he calls it the 3 + 2 rule. More
SD Memory Card Quiz

Submitted at 10/27/2011 9:00:56 AM
smartphones and other portable electronics. Test your knowledge of these flash-memory wonders. SD cards are small and reliable, Earn a point for every right perfect for digital cameras, answer! Save your score at the
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License to Lie: The "Most Transparent Administration Nice Job On GDP America, But Ever" Seeks Law to Respond to Freedom of Information Here's A Healthy Reminder Of What Requests with "Information Does Not Exist" Really Matters To Our Economy
Submitted at 10/26/2011 8:17:00 PM
The Justice Department of the Obama Administration, the selfproclaimed "most transparent administration ever Proposes Letting Government to Respond to Freedom of Information Requests Denying Existence of the Documents. A longtime internal policy that allowed Justice Department officials to deny the existence of sensitive information could become the law of the land -- in effect a license to lie -- if a newly proposed rule becomes federal regulation in the coming weeks. The proposed rule directs federal law enforcement agencies, after personnel have determined that documents are too delicate to be released, to respond to Freedom of Information Act requests "as if the excluded records did not exist." Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice, says the move appears to be in direct conflict with the administration's promise to be
more open. "Despite all the talk of transparency, I can't think of what's less transparent than saying a document does not exist, when in fact, it does," Sekulow told Fox News. Earlier this year, in a case involving the Islamic Council of Southern California brought against the FBI after the plaintiffs learned about the existence of documents denied by the FBI, a federal judge in California expressed great concern about the agency using the internal policy not only in response to the FOIA but to mislead the court. "The government, cannot, under any circumstance, affirmatively mislead the court. The court simply cannot perform its constitutional function if the government does not tell the truth," the judge wrote in a stinging rebuke. A final version of the proposal could be issued by the end of 2011. If approved, the new rule would officially become a federal regulation with the force of law. Pure Insanity This proposed law is pure
insanity. Wrong accused persons might go to prison or guilty persons purposely protected based on this law. All that is required is for some government official (possibly protecting himself or his department) to think information is "too sensitive". The U.S. should be ashamed to even consider such a law. Mike "Mish" Shedlock h t t p : / / globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. com Click Here To Scroll Thru My Recent Post List Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http:// www.sitkapacific.com/ account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.
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soon. Sadly, it looks like something PIMCO's Mohamed El -Erian wrote about recently: We're all very excited that the Americas economy today risks GDP numbers that came in this stall speed. Specifically, the morning didn't tank. At 2.5%, question is not whether it can GDP came in right in line with grow, but whether it can grow fast expectations. And even better, enough to propel a large economy p e r s o n a l c o n s u m p t i o n b e a t that, according to the US Federal expectations of 1.9%, coming in Reserve, faces balance-sheet at 2.4%. deleveraging, credit constraints, The problem is that GDP isn't and household and business really the number that the average uncertainty about the economic American feels at least not outlook. And, remember, it is consciously. That number is just over a year since certain US unemployment (or employment, if officials were proclaiming the you're a glass half-full kind of economys summer of recovery person), and 2.5% may not cut it a view underpinned by the to get us to full employment fast erroneous belief that America was enough. reaching escape velocity. Here's a chart that the CBO made So yeah, no time for celebrating back in August ( via macroblog). just yet. It shows our economy's output Please follow Money Game on gap under various GDP growth Twitter and Facebook. scenarios. What we want to do is Join the conversation about this have our actual output meet or story exceed our potential output as See Also: soon as possible. That's how we Goldman: Stop Freaking Out, can get America working again. China Will Have A Soft Landing The CBO estimates that if we get The #1 Problem Immediately GDP growing at 3.5% (or 3.6% as Facing Europe... they were projecting we could do The American Worker Is between 2013 and 2016), we Increasingly A 'Variable Cost' could have the economy meet its That Can Easily Be Cut potential by 2017. As you can see from the curve, 2.5% doesn't get us there anytime
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European Markets Absolutely 10 Noise-free Explode On The Heels Of iPad Games Yesterday's Big EU Summit
Submitted at 10/27/2011 9:00:56 AM
Simone Foxman (Money Game)

Submitted at 10/27/2011 10:59:00 AM
European markets staged a major rally after EU leaders made progress on addressing the sovereign debt crisis at yesterday's big summit. DAX: +5.10% CAC 40: +6.21% FTSE 100: +2.68% In fact, the DAX is now up a full 25% since its low on September 12, although it's still down on the year. Banks across Europe also made remarkable gains today, after months of steady losses. SocGen: 21.08% Credit Agricole: 22.50%
BNP Paribas: 16.49% Deutsche Bank: 14.15% Royal Bank of Scotland: 9.89% UBS: 7.98% Barclays: 17.50% Progress from the EU summit overwhelmingly exceeded negative media expectations that next to nothing would get done. But on the whole, we're not convinced yesterday's progress really met overwhelm long-term investor expectations. Further, news of 50% bank haircuts can't be good for banks in the long term, recapitalizations or no. Banks will be forced to write down more than double what they expected on Greek bonds, and 106 billion ($147 billion) still
doesn't seem like enough to recapitalize banks sufficiently and bolster markets in the long term. We can only wonder how long this rally might last. Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story See Also: A Complete Annotated Breakdown Of Everything EU Leaders Have Agreed To So Far This Is The Progress We Can Expect From The Big EU Summit Today Open Europe: What Tonight's EU Agreement Will Look Like
case for games where sounds signal the player to take a certain action or prepare for something A f u l l m u l t i m e d i a g a m e that's about to come onto the experience on the iPad includes screen. sound. That includes theme music In this article, we're going to look that plays during different stages at some iPad games that you can of the game or on a continuous play noise-free without losing the loop; audio effects that play when quality of game play. Check these something drops, bounces or out when you need something to explodes on the screen; or even play in a quiet setting or just want "dings" that sound when you to avoid annoying others within reach an achievement or award. earshot. We'll start with some You can avoid the noise from an familiar games that you might iPad game when you need to, have played without an iPad, and though. Many games let you mute we'll work on through to games some or all of their sound effects that make full use of the iPad's from their app settings, so you features. Let's kick things off with don't have to mute the iPad something trivial. altogether. In addition, some This entry passed through the games let you play music from Full-Text RSS service if this is iTunes in the background in place your content and you're reading it of their own sound effects. on someone else's site, please read When sounds are an essential part the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentof game play, muting or lowering only/faq.php#publishers. Five the volume can take away from Filters recommends: Donate to the game experience. This is the Wikileaks.
Greece: The End of the Beginning

David Frum (FrumForum David Frum)
Submitted at 10/26/2011 11:40:00 PM
A deal on the Greek debt may or may not be helpful, but it certainly is clarifying. Now we
can begin to understand: the Euro crisis is not about Greece, and its not even really about European government overspending. Its about the negative consequences of building a union and about Europe making monetary union without a political
the awful decision whether to move forward towards the latter or giving up its hopes for the former. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it
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The Phatty Is a Phave

Michael Calore (Wired Top Stories)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:30:00 AM
Not the recommended playing position, but why not? Moog Music is known for making some freaky instruments. The company started out producing a theremin, an instrument you play by moving your hands through thin air, and later became famous for hulking modular synthesizers that were controlled by messy and confounding patch bays. However, Bob Moogs legacy as an electronic music innovator was cemented by a few key products: 1970s Minimoog, a small, stageready version of those huge early synths; the Taurus, a floor-bound bass synthesizer you play with your feet; and the Voyager, an updated take on the Minimoog released in 2002. Join us as we step away from the daily gadget deluge to review some of our personal favorite products This particular keyboard Ive been testing, the Moog Little Phatty, is also destined to one day sit at the top of Mount Moog. Its simple and easy to play, so its great for newcomers or the synth-curious. Compared to the massive Voyager and Taurus synths, its easy to schlep, making it an attractive synth for gigging musicians. And while it isnt cheap (street price is around $1,300), its certainly easier on the wallet than other Moogs,
which cost twice as much. Its a standard monophonic synth, and fairly stripped-down (hence Little). On the base are 37 keys, a mod wheel, a spring-loaded pitch wheel and switches for changing octaves. Up top are knobs for controlling the dual
analog oscillators, modulation, filters and envelope generators. There are 100 preset voices, and the keyboard is loaded with fun sounds for all tastes classic funky leads, super-fat bass tones, wooshy-washy psychedelia and plinky percussion.
The Little Phatty has been around for a spell the original version was released in 2006. On this model, the Little Phatty Stage II, some key features have been updated (so excuse me while I geek out for a moment). Theres a new arpeggiator that
can be applied to any preset, with a selectable latch mode. The tempo of the arpeggiator can be set using tap-tempo, or by using the new MIDI clock sync feature that matches the rate of the PHATTY page 44
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arpeggiator or LFO with your other MIDI sequencers. If your world is strictly post-five-pin, theres a MIDI-over-USB function. The addition of the USB port means the LP Stage II can also be used as a USB controller for whatever software youre using. In my tests, I never had to install a driver. Oh, and one other new feature here: all-black side plates have replaced the wood-clad design of yore. So it looks a little more nouveau goth than British prog. Most of those updated features will probably only appeal to synth -heads or serious electronic musicians. To everyone else, all that really matters is what it sounds like when you turn it on and start playing it. And thats where the Little Phatty really shines. This is one of the easiest synths to grok, and, consequently, one of the most fun to play. You just switch it on, touch a key, and it starts making cool sounds. Im no Geddy or Herbie, but Ive fiddled with a lot of synths. This is one of the easiest synths to grok, and, consequently, one of the most fun to play. You just switch it on, touch a key, and it starts making cool sounds. You dont really need to know much about how the knobs work in
fact, there are so few knobs, the intimidation factor is very low and its easy enough to reach up and start experimenting. When demonstrating the test unit it for friends, a ten or fifteen-second orientation was all that was required. The simplicity of the thing can feel limiting in the age of the does -it-all digital synth. Newbies ask why you cant play a chord (its monophonic, and only sounds one note at a time), and there arent any digital representations of pianos or organs. But while those digital synths do more for around the same price, they dont have this much charisma or personality. And the Little Phatty has that special sauce, that natural quality that Moog does so well. As you flip through the Little Phattys 100 presets and surf the dual oscillators, youll find dozens of those classic sounds that are all Moog, just dripping with pure analog authenticity. Moog Music chief engineer Cyril Lance says this is because Bob Moogs DNA is inside the Little Phatty. Development on the keyboard began in earnest when Lance first joined the company in 2005, he tells me in a phone interview. Unfortunately, company founder
Bob Moog died soon after the team got started. Because everyone knew this would be the last Moog instrument actually designed by Bob, the team took great care in making sure everything about the Little Phatty was spot on not only the aesthetic and the sound, but also the deeper, intangible aspects of what makes an instrument special. Bobs passing gave the project an unprecedented weight. It was the product that was going to show to the world what Moog would be like without Bob Moog. Everyone involved poured their hearts and souls into the project as a tribute to Bob, says Lance. Once a working prototype had been created, Lance took it home and plopped it onto a table in his house. It was nothing more than a bunch of circuits and wires connected to a keyboard and an array of knobs. My neighbors four-year-old son came over. His eyes got wide and he immediately started playing with it. He was totally consumed for the next hour and made incredible sounds, he says. That was my confirmation that we got it right. WIRED An honest-to-Bob analog synth in a stripped-down package. Portable and compact, great for performers. USB
features make it feel more at home in modern, software-based situations. TIRED Simplicity of the design is somewhat limiting. Quality is expensive. Menus on the tiny LCD are tough to decipher, you gotta RTFM. I kind of miss the wood side-pieces. Photo by Jim Merithew/Wired See Also: Moog Debuts an iPad Synth From the Outer Limits PolyTheremin: Moogs April Fools Day Gift to the World Moog Taurus 3: Modern Synth With One Foot in the 70s Original Models: A Look at Iconic Tech Prototypes Moogs New Guitar Is an Awkward Blind Date Is a Moog Renaissance Nigh? 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
Will and Kate's Six-Month Anniversary - See Their Lives as Newlyweds!

Allie Merriam (PopSugar)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 9:35:10 AM
It's hard to believe it was just six months ago that the world watched Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding in London! Millions of people tuned in to see the amazing wedding and pour over images of their memorable day, and the fascination didn't stop after the nuptials. The couple has been in the spotlight since with their North American tour and several public appearances around England. When they're not in front of the cameras, though, Kate and Will are busy settling into life as newlyweds at their home in North Wales. Let's take a look at the royals as they celebrate six months of marriage! View Slideshow
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Gasp! Lockheed Gets Millions More to Fix Its Stealth Fighter's Oxygen System
David Axe (Wired Top Stories)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:30:00 AM
didnt find a definitive cause for the incidents prompting the decision, and thats still the case, The Air Force is giving Lockheed Lt. Col. Tadd Sholtis, an Air Martin another $24 million to, Force spokesman, told Danger among other things, figure out Room. A public report on the why the roughly 170 Raptor initial investigations is due in stealth fighters it built have November. apparently been asphyxiating their Youd think after $65 billion pilots. spent on the F-22s already the On no fewer than 20 occasions most expensive fighter ever built since 2008, Raptor pilots have Lockheed might throw in this reported mid-air black-outs, investigation into the faulty Ond i s o r i e n t a t i o n a n d o t h e r Board Oxygen Generation System symptoms of oxygen deprivation a s a f r e e b i e . ( A m a n n e d a.k.a., hypoxia possibly dogfighter isnt much good if its related to the stealth fighters On- pilot cant breathe, after all.) Board Oxygen Generation But thats not the way the System, built by Honeywell. military-industrial complex rolls. The Air Force grounded all of its The Air Force is giving Lockheed F-22 Raptors between May and a$24 million contract to conduct a September, and half the fleet for hypoxia root-cause analysis in four days last week, while it addition to work on titanium investigated the problem. We c r a c k g r o w t h a n d o t h e r
No Fix in Sight as Stealth Fighters Oxygen Woes Spread Oxygen Losses Ground Stealth Fighters, Again Some Hobbled Stealth Fighters Cleared to Fly Grounded! Stealth Fighter Fleet KOd by Oxygen Woes Toxic Fumes Suspected in Stealth Fighter Crash 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
engineering tasks, according to Defense News Dave Majumdar. Meanwhile, hundreds of Raptor pilots are trying to relearn the flying and fighting skills they lost during the F-22s stand-downs. Theres a degradation of
readiness associated with any significant cessation of training, Sholtis explained. The Air Force said it is carefully monitoring the pilots for further signs of hypoxia. Photo: Air Force See Also:
Native American nations face legal limbo

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Domestic violence against Native American women and pollution of American Indian landmostly at Threats from non-Native the hands of non-Native Americans may require a change Americansare just two of many in tribal membership codes to issues that could destroy the allow tribes to protect themselves, American Indian way of life, says says one legal expert in a new Michigan State University law study. professor Matthew Fletcher.
Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:20:00 AM
Tribes can actually be a domestic nation that can exercise the
necessary government authority More research news from top over all the people in their universities. territory. But in order to do that, Photo credit: Michigan State they have to liberalize their University membership criteria," says Permalink| Leave a comment Fletcher, who is a member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. Full story at Futurity.
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Mozilla, Microsoft Join Forces for 'Firefox With Bing'

Scott Gilbertson (Wired Top Stories)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 10:06:00 AM
Mozilla has announced a new special release of Firefox that integrates Microsofts Bing search engine into the open source browser. The special Firefox build, dubbed Firefox with Bing, makes Bing the default search provider in both the search bar and Awesome bar, and makes Bing.com the default homepage. If youd like to try Firefox with Bing, head on over to the new firefoxwithbing.com and download a copy. If youre already using the standard version of Firefox the site will instead offer to install the Bing Search for Firefox add-on, giving you the same Bing features without downloading a new browser. Not a fan of Bing? Theres no need to panic, Mozilla isnt replacing Google with Bing in the
official version of Firefox. Rather Firefox with Bing is part of Mozillas growing number of partnerships designed to tailor Firefox to niche markets. Similar special releases exist for Twitter, Yahoo and others. Of course theres always the possibility that Mozillas partnership with Microsoft will grow into something more. Some news sites have been speculating that Firefox with Bing is a sign of things to come when Mozillas contract with Google ends in
November. Its certainly a possibility, but given Googles contribution to Mozillas bottom line it seems unlikely that Mozilla will walk away from its Google deal any time soon. See Also: 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
Permian dieoff: Animals faced brave new world

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From the ashes, the survivors, a handful of genera labeled disaster taxa, were free to roam The mass extinction that ended more or less unimpeded, with few the Permian Period 252 million competitors in their respective years ago was disastrous for land- ecological niches. Among the based animals, setting off a boom- survivors was Lystrosaurus, a and-bust period that lasted for 8 relative to mammals, along with million years. the meter-high spore-tree Researchers at Brown University P l e u r o m e i a . c o n d u c t e d a s p e c i m e n - b y - Full story at Futurity. specimen analysis in an effort to More research news from top c o n f i r m t h a t l a n d - b a s e d universities. vertebrates suffered catastrophic Photo credit: Victor Leshyk losses as the Permian drew to a Permalink| Leave a comment close.
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Handwritten manuscript details Ben Jonsons lost trek

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Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:24:00 AM
How to Get a Personalized Financial Plan Without Spending a Fortune [Personal Finance]
Melanie Pinola (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 8:00:00 AM
The chance discovery of a manuscript hidden among papers in an ancient family archive is shedding light on the life and career of Ben Jonson, William Shakespeares biggest rival. As portrayed in the new Shakespeare movie Anonymous, Jonson was the leading wit of his time and lived a life full of notoriety and intrigue. Weighing in at just under 20 stone (around 280 pounds), he famously completed a walk from London to Scotland in 1618. But because his own account of the journey was
destroyed in a fire at his house a few years later, no direct record of the trip was known to exist. The newly discovered, 7,500word handwritten manuscript is
expected to reconstruct a large missing piece of the jigsaw of Jonsons life story and disputes previous theories that he made his famous walking trip alone. Its exciting to think of Jonson at the forefront of a tradition of literary walkers that comes right up to date with figures like Iain Sinclair and Will Self, says Julie Sanders, professor of English Studies at the University of Nottingham. Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Permalink| Leave a comment
One of the best ways to get your financial affairs in order is to consult with a financial plannersomeone who can answer questions about your specific goals and individual situation and guide you towards covering all your bases (from budgeting to saving enough for emergencies to consolidating student loans or planning properly for retirement). At $100 to $400 per hour to see a Certified Financial Planner, however, that's
out of range of many people's budgetsor at least what most people are willing to spend. Money management site LearnVest offers an inexpensive alternative: unlimited email access for a year to a CFP for less than what you might pay for just one hour with an in-person visit. Here's how it works. More
Jessica Simpson Covers Up Her Tummy For an AM Business Meeting

Submitted at 10/27/2011 8:53:26 AM
Jessica Simpson had help with an umbrella this morning when she went inside a building in NYC. It was another early morning
meeting for Jessica, who's been in the Big Apple working on her clothing business with sister Ashlee and mom Tina for the past few days. The long hours haven't distracted fans from speculating about Jess's personal life. The
Jessica Simpson pregnancy rumors are all over, and Jess
herself seems to be getting more comfortable showing off her growing stomach with formfitting shirts and sweaters. To celebrate her likely pregnancy, we are looking back at Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson's
sweetest moments. View Slideshow
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Kate Bosworth Cozies Up to Her Man at Burberry Launch With Rachel and Rosie
Submitted at 10/27/2011 8:31:01 AM
Molly Sims Talks Hosting 'Project Accessory': 'I'm Southern Tough'

Keep MicrowaveReheated Pizza Crispy with a Sheet of Parchment Paper [Food Hacks]
Adam Dachis (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 8:30:00 AM
Maggie Furlong (AOL TV)

Submitted at 10/27/2011 6:00:00 AM
Kate Bosworth gave her boyfriend Michael Polish the look of love last night at the launch of Burberry's Body fragrance in LA. It was her and Michael's second fashion outing in the last week, as they also cozied up at last Thursday's Vogue's 2011 CFDA Fashion Fund finalist celebration. Kate and Michael were joined yesterday by Burberry designer Christopher Bailey and Rachel Zoe. Rachel was decked out in a teal trench from Christopher's collections, and she tweeted that
the event was, "Way fun!" Kate also found a minute to catch up with Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, who's the face and body of the Burberry scent. View Slideshow
Reheating pizza in the microwave often results in soft and soggy slices that can't begin to compare to the fresh pie you had before you stuck the thing in the fridge. According to home life blog the Simply Day, you can easily solve this problem with parchment paper. More
Google Maps Provides Street View-Look at Store Interiors - PCWorld

Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:17:17 AM
Singularity Hub Google Maps Provides Street View-Look at Store Interiors PCWorld Google Maps is moving you off the street and inside local
businesses with a new feature called Business Photos that shows you 360-degree images of store interiors using Street View technology.... How to Use Google Business Photos FleshEatingZipper all 13 news articles
Filed under: Features, Celebrity Interviews, The Show Girl Are Molly Sims and Heidi Klum competing for total world model domination? Hear me out: They were born just days apart, both got their start modeling, both own their own jewelry lines and now Sims is hosting the spin-off to Klum's baby, 'Project Runway,' titled 'Project Accessory' (premieres Thurs., Oct. 27, 10:30PM ET on Lifetime). "No!" Sims said with a laugh, although she didn't deny their eerily similar careers. The biggest difference? Sims hasn't hosted a show since her days on MTV's 'House of Style' back in 2000. "Listen, this was the first time I was actually nervous in a really long time," Sims admitted. "I'll never give up acting -- I just did an episode of 'Royal Pains' -- but after being on a drama ['Las Vegas'] for five years, I needed a break. Mama needed to find a husband!" Sims, who's still buzzing from
her September wedding -- "I'm so happy ... he's been a good husband for four weeks and a day!" -- is also crazy busy doing press for the show and her new lifestyle Web site, MollySims.com, also launching today. Keep reading for more scoop and tell us: Do you think 'Accessory' can replicate the success of 'Runway'? Permalink| Email this| Linking Blogs| Comments
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Markets gain on eurozone debt deal

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Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:25:35 AM
Stocks rally, led by banking sector, on action plan to tackle debt crisis, but some say more still needs to be done. Last Modified: 27 Oct 2011 16:25 Sarkozy announced the deal, which could help contain Greece's financial woes, in Brussels on Wednesday [Reuters] World stocks have surged and the euro jumped to a seven-week high against the dollar after European leaders agreed on a debt deal in Brussels aimed at resolving the two-year-old eurozone sovereign debt crisis. Investors reacted positively to details of the plan, announced early on Thursday, which envisaged leveraging the eurozone rescue fund to $1.4 trillion, a 50 per cent write-off for private bond-holders of Greek debt and recapitalisation of the region's banks. In France, where banks were considered especially vulnerable to a potential Greek default, the CAC index closed Thursday's session up 6.28 per cent, while Germany's DAX ended the day up 5.35 per cent and the UK's FTSE gained 2.89 per cent. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones was up moer than 2.5 per cent mid -session, while the Nasdaq was up 2.7 per cent. Banks led the way in Europe with several of the continent's biggest institutions posting huge
daily gains. France's Societe Generale closed up 22.54 per cent, Credit Agricole was up 21.96 per cent and BNP Paribas gained 8.76 per cent. Germany's Deutsche Bank was up 15.24 per cent, while the UK's Barclays was up 7.13 per cent. But banks now face the challenge of having to find 106 billion euros ($146bn) to shore up their capital by the end of June. Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland, reporting from Berlin, said, "European leaders have been
accused of delaying, procrastinating which they say, made the situation worse." "But the question is how in practice will it work, how will the money come into that fund. "And how are banks going to raise level of capital, which means are they are going to be lending less money to ordinary people? These all kinds of details need to be flashed out." Greece is inundated with debt and in its third-straight year of recession. Without a "firewall" in
place, analysts said its economic troubles could cross over to other eurozone economies, like those of Ireland and Portugal, and to bigger economies such as Italy. Al Jazeera's John Psaropolous, reporting from Athens, said "Reaction has not been so good on the political side. The communists came out saying the deal means the country has gone bankrupt." "There is a phenomenon here in Greece called "book cooking" on
the government level, and that has happened repeatedly," he said. "There is mistrust of Greek accounting figures." Positive impact While investors responded positively to the deal, others warned that more still needed to be done to shore up the eurozone's finances. "It would be clearly premature to declare the euro crisis as fully resolved. Much more needs to be MARKETS page 52
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Egyptians freed in swap deal arrive home

Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:18:34 AM
Twenty-five Egyptians jailed in Israel released in exchange for US -Israeli man accused of spying by Egyptian authorities Last Modified: 27 Oct 2011 16:18 Grapel, a US-Israeli dual citizen held on spying suspicions, will be exchanged for 25 Egyptians jailed in Israel[Reuters] Twenty-five Egyptians have left a jail in southern Israel and crossed into Egypt in an exchange that has led to the release by Egyptian authorities of a USIsraeli man they have been holding since June 12. Al Jazeera's Sherine Tadros, reporting from Taba crossing near the Egypt-Israeli border, said the prisoners were going to to a nearby hotel and would hold a news conference there. The Egyptian prisoners had all been convicted of smuggling drugs or weapons or infiltrating Israel illegally. The Associated Press news agency reported the prisoners had been driven by bus to the border with Egypt on Thursday ahead of the release of Ilan Grapel, who was jailed in Cairo, the Egyptian capital, on suspicion of espionage. Israeli army radio said that Grapel boarded an Israeli military plane to Ben Gurion airport after his release and was accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's
envoys. Al Jazeera's Tadros said heads of various clans had checked lists to see if names of those freed matched their faces. Among those released were teenagers that had been held for years, she said. The exchange, reportedly mediated by the US, came after a successful Egyptian-negotiated swap between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas that freed Gilad Shalit, a captive Israeli soldier. The swap deal saw more than 400 Palestinian prisoners freed,
although the final number to be released totalled more than 1,000. Grapel, 27, was volunteering at a legal aid group in Cairo when he was arrested and accused of spying for Israel during the uprising that overthrew Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's former president, in February. Israel denied the espionage allegations, as did Grapel's family and friends. Tadros said there was also a domestic reason for the deal, adding that Egypt was "trying to score some points" by securing the release of the prisoners from
Israeli prison. Grapel's arrest led to fears in Israel that relations with the Egypt, the first Arab country to sign a peace deal with Israel in 1979, would sour following the fall of Mubarak. Grapel made no secret of his Israeli background and entered Egypt under his real name. His Facebook page had photos of him in an Israeli military uniform. Wounded in fighting Grapel's sister, Michal, told Israel's Army Radio that their mother, who lives in Queens,
New York City, had flown to the region to meet her son after he arrived in Israel. She would fly back with him to the US where he is studying law, at an unspecified date, the sister said. Grapel moved to Israel, where his grandparents live, as a young man. He did his compulsory military service in Israel during its 2006 war in Lebanon and was wounded in the fighting. He later returned to the US to study. At the time of his arrest he was doing a legal internship with a local nonprofit organisation in Cairo and planned afterwards to return to the US for his final year of law school. Some Israelis have criticised their government for making a deal to free a citizen arrested in a friendly nation on what they think were trumped-up charges. Since Mubarak was toppled, Egypt's military rulers have often warned against what they call "foreign" attempts to destabilise the country. 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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UN votes to end no-fly zone in Libya

Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:35:38 AM
Security Council members vote unanimously to end no-fly zone in place since March despite Libyan calls for a delay. Last Modified: 27 Oct 2011 16:40 Interim leader Mustafa Abdul Jalil has asked for an extension of NATO's presence[Reuters] The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously to end NATO's no-fly zone over Libya, despite the country's calls for a delay. The 15-member body voted on Thursday to end the no-fly zone, in place since March, from 11:59pm Libyan time (21:59 GMT) on October 31. NATO, which carried out the airstrikes that played a key role in the downfall of Muammar Gaddafi, the former Libyan leader, is due to meet Friday in Brussels to formally declare an end to its seven-month-old air operations. The meeting will also discuss new ways to help the National Transitional Council, which is now in control of Libya. Al Jazeeras Kristen Saloomey, reporting from the United Nations headquarters in New York, said a unanimous decision was not unexpected, but it came very quickly. "Clearly there was a lot pressure
in the council particularly coming from countries like Russia and China to wrap up the no-fly zone and NATOs involvement in Libya," she said. "The resolution that was adopted today ends the protection of civilians mandate and ends the no -fly zone and also emphasises a need for the establishment of an inclusive and representative government in Libya." The decision comes a day after Libya's interim leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil urged NATO to
continue its Libya campaign until the end of the year to prevent Gaddafi loyalists from leaving the country. Trial for killers of Gaddafi Ibrahim Dabbashi, Libya's deputy UN envoy, had earlier told a UNSC meeting on Wednesday that the transitional council may have to ask for an extension of the mandate. Dabbashi said Libyans were "looking forward to terminating the no-fly zone" and the mandate to protect civilians, but cautioned
that Libya's armed forces were not yet ready to take on national security. "We wish to ask you not to be hasty in adopting a resolution and we will inform you of the official decision of the NTC, which we hope will be done by the end of this month," Dabbashi told the meeting. But many countries on the 15member council wanted NATO to stick to its plan to end its Libya mission on October 31. Vitaly Churkin, Russia's UN
ambassador, said an extension past October 31 would be "unrealistic". British Foreign Secretary William Hague said the decision shows that Libya has entered a "new era". Hague, however, warned that after Gaddafi's controversial killing by the interim regime forces last week it was "vital" for Libya's new rulers to respect human rights. His comments come after the NTC said they would prosecute the killers of Gaddafi following the international outcry over the circumstances of his death. "We had already launched an investigation. We have issued a code of ethics in handling of prisoners of war. I am sure that was an individual act and not an act of revolutionaries or the national army," Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, vice chairman of NTC, said on Thursday. "Whoever is responsible for that (Gaddafi's killing) will be judged and given a fair trial." 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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done, especially regarding fiscal consolidation," Credit Suisse Private Banking said. Analysts said the broad agreement was just the beginning and European policymakers would need to overcome several hurdles to fully resolve the debt crisis. Economist Shahin Vallee told Al Jazeera that it would take years before Greece's economy could stand on its own. "I think that it's clear that whatever comprehensive solution we have achieved over night it hasn't solved the crisis at all," he said. "It is comprehensive in the sense that it deals with several bits of the crisis - the banking part, the
sovereign part, the institutional part. "But it's not comprehensive in the sense that so long as countries like Greece or Spain cannot borrow on their own, we wouldn't solve anything. And I think that's a few years down the line. We haven't even touched that." 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
Car Receives $44,500 Ticket For 1,800 Years Of Illegal Parking

Laura Northrup (The Consumerist)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:30:00 AM
A 'Scrubs' Reunion On 'Cougar Town,' Jennifer Carpenter Heads to 'Good Wife' & More Casting News
Chris Harnick (AOL TV)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 7:30:00 AM
Regis Strips for Snooki (VIDEO)

Alex Moaba (AOL TV)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 7:00:00 AM
Filed under: TV News'Scrubs' star Zach Braff is paying 'Cougar Town' a visit. He'll join fellow Sacred Heart alumni Robert Maschio (The Todd!), Sarah Chalke, Sam Lloyd and Ken Jenkins in an upcoming Season 3 episode. Details on Braff's role are being 'Cougar Town' returns to ABC kept under wraps, but TVLine sometime during midseason. reports he'll be seen in the flesh In other casting news ... this time. Braff's voice previously Permalink| Email this| Linking was heard in a Season 2 episode. Blogs| Comments
Filed under: TV Replay Usually, Snooki is the one taking her clothes off in front of the TV cameras, but on'Live With Regis and Kelly,'(weekdays, syndicated on ABC) it was Regis' turn. Snooki was on to promote her new book 'Confessions of a Guidette' and hand out some guidtastic party favors, which included a zebra-striped tie for Reeg. Things got real Jersey after that. "Guidos usually don't wear ties, so you should like, take off your shirt, and then it'd be cool," Snooki said. As Regis eagerly
obliged, standing up to take off his jacket, Snooki and Kelly Ripa couldn't believe what they were seeing. "You're getting naked?" Snooki asked. "Let this happen," Kelly Ripa pleaded, as Regis unbuttoned his shirt and the crowd began to chant his name. "You think I'm afraid of you?" Regis asked Snooki, who seemed slightly shocked at the spectacle that was unfolding. Finally, after Kelly had egged him on by calling him a "juicehead gorilla," Regis took his shirt completely off, and put on the zebra tie. Permalink| Email this| Linking Blogs| Comments
Accurate data entry is important. Need proof? Just ask the woman in Italy who was taken to the hospital for a dizzy spell after receiving a 32,000 ($44,500) parking ticket. How long does a car have to be parked to receive that kind of fine? About 1,800 years. Wait, what? See, the fine was backdated to 2008, but the police officer missed one of those zeroes, calculating fines and interest back to 208 A.D. The actual fine was only 102 ($143). Whew. Whopping fine in Italy on parked car dating back to 208 AD[Yahoo News/AFP](Thanks, Anti!) 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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Sean University: Zombie or not Zombie? That is the question for your business.
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Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:00:00 AM
Dead, alive, or sort-of inbetween, everyone needs haircuts. Think about that! Force yourself to fall in love with someone who groans and limps a lot. Itll make the transition to a zombie customer base much easier; whenever one of those gross, mangled creatures comes through the door, youll just sigh longingly and say, Youre just like my Cynthia! Milk these zombies for all theyre worth! Zombies are lesser beings than humans, after all, so its fair game! I mean, when has anyone ever spoken up about big businesses taking advantage of the little people?
Two letters might not sound like much, but they can totally change your meaning. For example, theres a big difference between saying I cycle to work and I re cycle to work. The first means you ride a bike, and the second means youve found a way to make old bottles and cans into a means of transportation. Along the same lines, if you say, business is pretty dead these days, thats totally different than if you say, business is pretty un dead these days. In one case, youre saying things at work are customs. slow; in the other case, youre saying you run a business whose c u s t o m e r b a s e i s p r i m a r i l y Remember: if you market too much towards zombies now, zombies. youll go out of business before E n f o r c e a N o B i t i n g the apocalypse even happens. On Employees policy now. Then the other hand, if you market too later, if you kick a zombie out much towards normal people now because they try to bite you, they and then switch your focus to c a n t c l a i m t h a t y o u r e zombies later, youll just seem discriminating against them for like someone who rides fads. o n e o f t h e i r l o n g - s t a n d i n g Thats why its important start
with a marketing strategy for both zombies and to humans. For example, a brain trauma center is too living-person-centric and a brain buffet is too zombiecentric, so you should call it a brain transplant buffet to please everyone. Try to avoid any business where you might need to go down to a dark, spooky basement to get
supplies.
Start spreading rumors among your customers now that your brain tastes better than anyone elses. That way, when all of your These tips are all pretty general, customers turn to zombies, theyll so if you tell me about your want to save your brain for last, business in the comments, Ill tell giving you extra time to earn you how to make it zombiesome cold, hard cash! friendly and human-safe in the comments.
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2012 Honda Civic EX: Testedbut not Recommended

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Sony buys out Ericsson's share in mobile-phone partnership

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but that alone doesnt make it a good car. That brings us back to the Civic Submitted at 10/27/2011 9:29:59 AM EXs price. While we dont score 2012 Honda Civic EX: Testedbut cars based on price, it costs a not Recommended fairly high sum for what you get. Back when we announced that An Elantra Limited, with a the redesigned-for- 2012 Honda sunroof, leather, and 17-inch alloy Civic LX scored too low to be wheels comes in at $21,205. We recommended, we were asked to merely OK rather than class- havent tested one, but its likely what would have happened if we leading. Opting for the heavier, that those additional features tested the up-level Civic EX. bigger-tire-shod EX also brings a would improve its score over the Given how much interest from fuel economy cost--one mpg already-top-scoring Elantra GLS. our readers there is in the popular- overall in our instrumented Never mind that a few hundred -and previously high-scoring-- t e s t i n g . H e r e s h o w t h o s e dollars more buys a bigger Civic, we bought one to find out. performance numbers for the two Hyundai Sonata. Let me explain why we selected Civics compare to our current CR Hopefully Honda can address the the Civic LX for the initial test: Top Pick small sedan, the $18,205 Civics shortcomings in a midHonda sells approximately the Hyundai Elantra GLS: Braking cycle refresh. But for now, the same number of LX and EX d i s t a n c e s d r y / w e t ( f e e t ) Civic remains a considerable C i v i c s . W e c h o s e t h e l e s s Avoidance manuever speed (mph) fumble in a newly competitive expensive $19,405 LX because its Fuel economy, CR measured market segment. price falls more in line with the overall (mpg) Civic LX 143/158 Related: typical $20,000 small sedan in our 51.5 30 Civic EX 137/153 54.5 29 Honda redesigns: Is the Ratings than does the $21,275 Hyundai Elantra GLS 136/139 automaker resting on its laurels? EX. The EX has 16-inch wheels 55.5 29 2012 Honda Civic LX: Scores and tires instead of the LXs 15- Overall, while the Civic EX does too low for Consumer Reports to inch running gear. But thanks to score better than the LX, it still recommend Hondas strict options packaging, doesnt score high enough for us Subscribe now! the EX trim also includes a to recommend. Thats because S u b s c r i b e t o mandatory sunroof, which pushes m u l t i p l e i n h e r e n t p r o b l e m s ConsumerReports.org for expert up its price. remain, including a choppy ride, Ratings, buying advice and As youd expect, the EXs bigger abundant road noise, , vague r e l i a b i l i t y o n h u n d r e d s o f wheels and tires do improve steering, and cheap interior. We products. Update your feed braking distances and cornering do expect the Civic to be reliable, preferences grip, but those measures improve
Sony buys out Ericsson's share in mobile-phone partnership Sony Corp. has bought out its Swedish partner Ericsson for 1.05 billion euros, making the handset business a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony and ending the two companies' joint venture, which first launched in 2001. Sony plans to launch new phones that will connect with other Sony electronics in the home, such as TVs, stereos, and the PlayStation 3. Said Sony CEO Howard Stringer of the buyout: We can more rapidly and more widely offer consumers smartphones, laptops, tablets and televisions that seamlessly connect with one another and open up new worlds of online entertainment. At the press conference announcing the move, Stringer also said Sony would be phasing out feature phones in favor of smart phones. Stringer noted that Sony will not use proprietary technology, which may indicate that its mobile devices will continue run on Google's Android OS. Sony began to use Android for its smart phones in 2008.
Sony Ericsson has lagged behind competitorsmost particularly, the Apple iPhonein the smartphone arena. Its phones, while displaying innovative features (such as the gaming-focused Xperia Play smart phones), haven't topped Consumer Reports' Ratings. Now that Sony will fully control its smart-phone business, Ericsson plans to focus on wireless connectivity for other kinds of electronics products. Sony: We're phasing out feature phones[Pocket-lint] 'Less of a name change, more of a game change': Sony buys out Ericsson for 875m[MailOnline] 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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The 'Light Bulb Conspiracy' probes planned obsolescence

Submitted at 10/27/2011 10:19:59 AM
How To Beat HDTV "Customer Service"

Ben Popken (The Consumerist)
The 'Light Bulb Conspiracy' probes planned obsolescence The Light Bulb Conspiracy, a 2010 documentary by filmmaker Cosima Dannoritzer, is screening this month in several U.S. cities, including Miami, New York and Albuquerque. The film explores the issue of planned obsolescence, and argues that the lightbulb is the first case of a product being designed to have a deliberately short lifespan. The story begins in Livermore, California, home of the world's longest-burning lightbulb. The filament-style bulb, which hangs in the Livermore fire station, has been glowing continuously since 1901. The secret to its longevity apparently died with its inventor, a French immigrant professor named Adolf Chaillet. The Light Bulb Conspiracy goes
then looks at ways consumers are pushing back and challenging manufacturers to develop more resilient products. Where lightbulbs are concerned, planned obsolescence (if you support the theory) is already on the way out, thanks to the emergence of LEDs, which are part of Consumer on to show how many early Reports' lightbulb Ratings, and incandescent lightbulbs lasted which manufacturers claim could upwards of 2,500 hours. But then last up to 50,000 hours. That's the leading manufacturers of the well short of the 100,000 hours time formed an international t h a t a t l e a s t o n e e a r l y cartel whose ostensible goal was incandescent lightbulb supposedly to standardize the lightbulb. Its managed. But it's a step in the real intent, however, as least as right direction. the conspiracy theory goes, was to Watch more of The Light Bulb s h o r t e n t h e l i f e s p a n o f a l l Conspiracy at Top Documentary lightbulbs. By the 1940s, bulbs Films. Subscribe now! S u b s c r i b e t o were burning for 1,000 hours, which is their expected lifespan ConsumerReports.org for expert Ratings, buying advice and today. From lightbulbs, the film reliability on hundreds of suggests other examples of products. Update your feed planned obsolescence, including preferences computers, printers and iPods. It
times this just delays the inevitable. Then when the part Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:00:00 AM completely breaks for real, you I f y o u r H D T V s e t i s may already be past the warranty malfunctioning you follow the period and out of luck. advice most HDTV manufacturers So if you start noticing your put on their website, you can HDTV acting funny, call up the actually end up screwing yourself. set maker right away and start Surprise, surprise. Here's what documenting the issue. If you you should do instead. establish proof that the HDTV HD Guru says that if your set was starting to fail within the starts to fail, even briefly, warranty period it will make filing immediately call the HDTV f o r a w a r r a n t y r e p a i r o r manufacturer and start a case r e p l a c e m e n t a l o t e a s i e r . number to document the issue. How To Deal With HDTV Here's the thing. HDTV makers Customer Service and Win[HD tell customers on their website Guru] that they should just reboot their This entry passed through the HDTV to fix most issues. But if Full-Text RSS service if this is the issue is a faulty part, it's your content and you're reading it usually failing because it gets on someone else's site, please read powered up and overheated in the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentsome way. Unplugging the TV only/faq.php#publishers. Five and then turning it back on may Filters recommends: Donate to temporarily help because it let the Wikileaks. part cool down. However, often
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Wells Fargo Admits To Sending Thousands Of Statements To Wrong Addresses

Chris Morran (The Consumerist)
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Video of the Day: A Different Kind of Herman Cain Smoking Ad

Garance Franke-Ruta (Politics : The Atlantic)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 10:43:51 AM
SEC: LSU 2nd in football players graduating Associated Press

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Submitted at 10/27/2011 6:10:13 AM
BATON ROUGE, La.(AP) LSU posted the second-highest graduation rate in the Southeastern Conference in football. That's according to the NCAA's Graduation Success Rate data released this week. LSU football's Graduation Success Rate, or GSR, of 77 trails only Vanderbilt's mark of 86. The only other SEC football program with a GSR above 70 is Florida at 76. The LSU football program has shown improvement with each year's report, going from 51 in 2006 and 2007 to 54 in 2008, 60 in 2009 and 67 in 2010.
Given that the anti-marijuana regulation position espoused by Republican presidential candidates Ron Paul and Gary Johnson appears to be part of their appeal to libertarian supporters, this Slate V reimagination of the Herman Cain viral Web ad(well, video, really) showing his campaign manager smoking a cigarette could actually win the man votes: See web-only content: http://www.theatlantic.com/ In the other two revenue- politics/archive/2011/10/video-ofproducing sports, men's basketball the-day-a-different-kind-ofranked fifth in the SEC and the herman-cain-smoking-ad/247461/ baseball team scored ninth. But This article available online at: http://www.theatlantic.com/ LSU spokesman Herb Vincent tells The Advocate ( http://bit.ly/ politics/archive/2011/10/video-ofsftNmy) both of those sports still the-day-a-different-kind-ofsaw significant gains from five herman-cain-smoking-ad/247461/ This entry passed through the years ago. Full-Text RSS service if this is ___ Information from: The Advocate, your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read http://theadvocate.com This entry passed through the the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentFull-Text RSS service if this is only/faq.php#publishers. Five your content and you're reading it Filters recommends: Donate to on someone else's site, please read Wikileaks. the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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When the end of the NBA lockout is nigh, sing a song yall - YAHOO!
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Submitted at 10/27/2011 9:44:58 AM
We weren't in New York on Wednesday evening. Heck, we haven't been in New York in nearly four years, and the closest we came to being in New York last night was sending back smartalecky Twitter Direct Messages to our friends that were staking out the NBA lockout negotiations in a Manhattan hotel for over 15 hours between Wednesday and early Thursday morning. We can no more tell you whether or not the end of the NBA's lockout is near than any other scribe you've likely read this morning; even considering the bits of anonymous stuff that is sent our way. If you want a recap from Thursday morning, read Adrian Wojnarowski. That's our advice. He runs this. Our second batch of advice? Make this your own. The NBA, and to a lesser extent the NBA's players, have screwed you over. Whether you're a wellheeled fan with courtside seats, the sort of follower who happily comes home to 10 box scores late on Wednesday night after work, or a fair-weather fan that would really like to have something to watch for a half-hour before heading out on Friday night, you haven't been treated well. If you're
one of the thousands (we're talking five, or if worldwide accounts are anything, six figures here) who have been left missing paychecks because the NBA owners have locked out their players, you have been terribly mistreated. All of you, no matter
the influence, are right to complain at best or give up on the NBA at worst. But if you're going to stick around? Make this turnaround, especially if the lockout is resolved this week, your own. This is where you try to affix a
good feeling to a bad one. Where you remember what song you were listening to, what "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" rerun you were watching, when you saw the text from your buddy, or scanned past Woj's Tweet on your phone. If last June's NBA
Finals were the ultimate (if completely inaccurate) representation of good vs. evil, with Dallas triumphing over the Miami All-Stars, then the last four full months have been evil vs. WHEN page 61
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Two with good hoop knowledge try to explain where all the NBAs money went
Kelly Dwyer (Y! Sports Blogs Yahoo! Sports)
work with the NBA's Player Association. His take, I'm sorry, is too insightful to ignore; much less Submitted at 10/27/2011 9:25:33 AM dismiss outright. Murphy knows There are two ways of looking at what he's talking about, and he the financial landscape of the doesn't really need this gig in NBA. Then there's a third way, order to prove his acumen. which you really shouldn't look at. NBA.com, in an admirable show Starting with the uncounted third of journalistic integrity, allowed way -- don't pay attention to me, the venerable Steve Aschburner to or most other punters attempting interview Murphy and post his to play economist while they expertly-positioned rants against prattle on about the numbers the NBA owners and how badly behind a sport that they care they've gone wrong. We'll post about. There are exceptions in the parts of the interview, but even if NBA blogosphere realm, but I you're not out for NBA owner mean that. I have a fair idea as to blood this is an utter must-read what I'm talking about regarding beyond what we'll post. Please this lockout, but at the end of the follow up, starting with this take day I'm revealed as a hopeless from Murphy: mug. Were this a typical lateI would say the primary October Thursday, I'd be telling disagreement is not over the you about what the Sacramento accounting numbers. It's what you Kings should be doing with their include and how you interpret the backcourt, and not their cooked n u m b e r s . F o r e x a m p l e , t h e books. accounting picture of the NBA The other ways? You can listen isn't very different from what it to those who are biased and have was five years ago or 10 years ago an agenda to serve (two different in terms of ratio of revenues to things, if we're honest), or those costs and all the rest -- it's that know what they're talking changed very little. Which about. immediately tells you, wait a NBA union employee and minute, if the underlying financial MacArthur Foundation genius picture is similar today to what it grant winner Kevin Murphy is a was five years ago or 10 years renowned economist, to say the ago, and people are paying $400 absolute least, and bias might play m i l l i o n o r w h a t e v e r f o r a role in his take on the NBA's franchises, and you're telling me ongoing lockout because of his that these things lose money every
the right tax position, it's actually pretty good because you've got a tax loss annually on your operating and you've got a capital gain at the end that you accumulate untaxed until you sell it and then pay at a lower rate. So you get a deferred tax treatment on the gains and an immediate tax treatment on the losses, that's not a bad deal. [] But who bought anything in '07 that they're happy with the price they paid? If you bought a house in '07, if you bought stocks in '07, if you bought bonds in '07 -- I don't care what you bought, you're not happy with the price you paid. When you buy at the top, you don't make your money. That's not unique to the NBA, that's everywhere in life. But by and large, NBA franchise ownership has been a good investment. You can't base long-run projections on how you did in the biggest financial downturn of the last 50 years. On that basis, there are no good investments out there. But we know that's not true." On the flip side of this, more toward my realm of unknowing, is year, something's missing, right? There are a couple of things that Paul Shirley barely housing his These people aren't stupid, right? are really attractive. One is, contempt for those he used to These guys are worth billions of h i s t o r i c a l l y , y o u ' v e s e e n share a locker room with, at the dollars. So why did they pay all franchises appreciate in value and Wall St. Journal. Yeah, that forum this money for franchises that, it that appreciation has more than looks like, lose money? outstripped any cash-flow losses TWO page 62 Well, the answer is pretty clear. that you've had. And if you're in
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Rangers try again for first World Series title in St. Louis - FOX News
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situation that we were last year throughout the playoffs gives you more of an edge, more relaxation. Colby Lewis tries to pitch the That's for sure." Texas Rangers to their ever World Lewis has emerged as one of the Series title this evening when they best postseason pitchers in attempt to finish off the St. Louis baseball over the last two seasons, Cardinals in Game 6 at Busch going 4-1 with a 2.22 earned run Stadium. average and a 1.07 WHIP (walks This game was originally slated and hits per inning) in seven to be played on Wednesday, but starts. the threat of rain in St. Louis "He totally believes in what he's prompted a postponement. Now trying to do out there," Rangers should a Game 7 be necessary, it manager Ron Washington said. would be played on Friday. "He never gets away from what he "I don't think it favors anybody," does best. That's mainly the key said Texas' Michael Young. "Both right there. ... Colby never doubts teams are going to be ready." what he's capable of doing, and I T e x a s ' f i r s t W o r l d S e r i e s think that's what [sets] him apart appearance last season ended in a from some guys at this stage." f i v e - g a m e l o s s t o t h e S a n Lewis, who is 1-1 in three starts Francisco Giants. But, after 51 this postseason with a 2.95 ERA, years the Rangers are on the cusp did not get a decision in his Game of their first title and hold a 3-2 2 start, despite a terrific effort that series lead with a chance to close saw him allow just a run and four the Cardinals out tonight with hits in 6 2/3 innings. exactly the man they want on the The Rangers put themselves in hill in right- hander Colby Lewis. this position with a win on "Well, you definitely think when Monday, as Mike Napoli's twoyou're a kid, you want to be in this run double proved to be the position, be on this stage," Lewis difference in the 4-2 win. said. "I think just being in the " I ' m g l a d I c a n h e l p t o
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contribute," Napoli said. "Anybody in this lineup can do it. You've got to give ( Adrian) Beltre credit for hitting the homer to tie the game up. If he doesn't do that, I don't have a chance to do that in the eighth inning. We all do it together, and there are key things that are overlooked, but we fought hard." Napoli, who has driven in nine runs in this World Series and is hitting .314 with three home runs and 14 RBI this postseason, also snuffed out two potential Cardinals' rallies by gunning down Allen Craig at second on what were supposed to be hit-andruns with Albert Pujols at the plate. The Cardinals didn't help themselves any in the Game 5 loss, as they were just 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position and left 12 runners on base. "If you're going to beat a good team at their ballpark, you've got to capitalize when you have the opportunity," Berkman said. "The longer you go without it, the more confidence I think they have that somebody's going to have a big
hit." Since erupting for 16 runs in Saturday's Game 3 triumph, the Cardinals have managed just two runs. Take away that rout and St. Louis is 4-for-30 with runners in scoring position this series. And aside from his epic Game 3 performance, Pujols is 0-for-12 in the set. History does not appear to be on the Cardinals' side, as the team that won Game 5 has prevailed in 26 of the previous 39 World Series that were tied at two after four games. However, of the five previous occasions that St. Louis has been in this position it has gone on to win the series four times. Getting the call for the Cardinals tonight will be lefty Jaime Garcia, who is 0-2 this postseason with a 3.97 ERA. Garcia was tremendous against the Rangers in Game 2, as he scattered three hits over seven scoreless innings, but did not factor in the decision of his team's 2-1 loss. "You don't want to think that because that happened once, that's going to happen again," Garcia
said. "Every time I go out there, I'm thinking that I want to do good. What I've done in the past against them, you learn from that, but you move forward." Over his last six home starts Garcia is 3-1 with a 1.87 ERA. He's also pitched to a 0.77 ERA at Busch here in the playoffs. "I'm going to sleep good and get ready," Garcia added. "I've worked really hard in between starts through the whole season to get to this point, and it all comes down to whoever is better." Should the Rangers win tonight they would become the ninth different team in the last 11 years to win a World Series title. They'd also become the seventh expansion team to win and the first since the Anaheim Angels in 2002 to win their first-ever title. 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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pure evil. There has been nothing to take from this labor impasse. So make your own take last. I'll start. I wrote about the 1998 NBA lockout for a website. When you typed in "NBA" into the Yahoo! search engine back then, our website was one of six sites that popped up for perusal, and ours was an entirely amateur affair. Later, they'd call us a blog, if we'd hung around that long. As it was, I bashed together alternately frustrated and pleading tomes that documented a labor impasse that had gone all wrong. It wasn't a good time -- probably made worse by the fact that I couldn't legally buy beer back then. Also, we had to get our free mp3s through FTP sites, and it took me until December of 1998 to even figure that out. Oh, how we suffered. The last day of the lockout? For some reason, my TweetDeck wasn't working, so I took the money I earned bagging groceries to Nike Town in Chicago and bought a pair of Cincinnati Bearcat shorts that I'm literally wearing (nearly 13 years later) as I type this. I snagged some Gary Payton-sponsored shoes and a litany of socks. In a van I listened to Steely Dan's " The Royal Scam," purchased through the
years-old Amazon.com at that point, for the third time, and trudged around slushy downtown Chicago with older friends as if I knew what I was doing. I awoke a day later, much too late, to drive back home to bag more groceries in one of my last few days off before heading back to University, happened upon CNN with my contact lenses out before my head got together, and learned that the NBA lockout was over. It was January 5th, and I was 250 miles away from my computer. It should have been an awful day, frustrating and snowy and the culmination of a labor disagreement that should have ended months before. The 1998 free agent class, in terms of sheer numbers, was the largest ever; and instead of 29 teams taking their time as they worked through the hundreds that were available, the league and its players were forced to take fewer than three weeks to figure out where about half its workforce was going to play for the next few years. Also, the worst season ever ( don't let them tell you anything different-- it was flippin' miserable until the playoffs) was about to commence in the gray of February. I should have been ticked.
I wasn't, though. Such are the benefits of youth, and naivet. Maybe it was the Jordan Brand Bearcat shorts. Maybe it was the tasty guitar work of Larry Carlton. Maybe it was the hope that Vlade Divac and Scottie Pippen would team with Jason Kidd(notes) in Phoenix. Maybe it was the idea that supposedly the Chicago Bulls were a few months removed from using all their cap space on a litany of expiring rookie deals for would-be superstars. Maybe I just missed basketball. Whatever the reason, I made that turn my own. This is what I'm asking of you. I can't tell you if the end is nigh. We might not see a season. We may have to wait until February. This may end on early Sunday morning. This may never go away, or it could end within hours. The timeline doesn't matter. When it does end, and it will end, you need to define it on your own terms. You need to make these memories your own. You need to take good things from the league that has taken nearly five months from you. And you do that by equaling your own good times, even if they just involve putting together enough to pay off a bill or enjoying a nice batch of homemade tacos, with the good
times that should emanate from the prospect of eventual NBA basketball. It's a stupid league. The lockout is the height of ridiculousness. None of this means anything. You've made it this far, though. To the end of this ponderous column, and months living with this lockout. Your reward shouldn't just be to see the Hornets and Grizzlies in a little while, though that would be nice. No, your reward should be whatever you make it. A new pair of basketball shorts. A mid-level cigar. A night out with your better half, or a spirited bout typing expletives at the lockout's driving forces on Twitter. Whatever your release, have fun with it. Lord knows you deserve it. Related: Chicago Bulls, NBA lockout 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
Hands On With Adobe's Photo Carousel - PC Magazine

Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:05:54 AM
Mac Rumors Hands On With Adobe's Photo Carousel PC Magazine Adobe today released a new product suite and service called Carousel, a kind of photo hub that lets users upload pictures from any enabled device and access them from any other device that has the Carousel app.... Hands on with Adobe Carousel for iOS and Mac GigaOm Adobe Carousel Arrives AppAdvice Adobe Launches Carousel App and Photo Service for Mac and iOS Mac Rumors The Next Web all 12 news articles
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doesn't sound right to us, either. Paul is using big words again, feebly attempting to hide his utter and abject disdain for those he was apparently forced to commiserate with under the guise of pulling the covers off a subject we'd never considered. I mean, NBA players are terrible at saving money? You mean J.R. Smith isn't playing in China because of a deep-seated love of pro basketball? The idea that NBA players are better prepared this time around is, for the most part, poppycock. The passage of 13 years has not turned NBA players into CPAs. When this year's lockout ends, it will probably be for the same reason as the last one: On average, NBA players are not particularly good with money, and NBA owners know this. [] Most people assume that pro athletes are lousy with money because they're stupid. Some professional athletes aren't very
smart, and some of the time, this leads to horrendous financial decisions. But stupidity isn't what usually drives sportsmen to the poorhouse, or, in the case of team leagues, back to the bargaining table during a work stoppage. The trait that causes most NBA players to burn through their savings is the same trait that allows them to become NBA players in the first place: an almost unlimited capacity for irrational behavior. Readers and even friends and family sometimes take me down for the way I attempt to stave off ennui while I put fingers to keyboard using rhetoric typically unread during their usual trolls through the internets. The problem, and it is a big problem (especially in the smart-aleck circles I tend to run in) is that I actually talk this way. I'm that weird. Does anyone believe that Paul Shirley actually speaks as he writes? Geez, what a ponderous mess. It's
no news that NBA players aren't that much better off when it comes to saving scrills as compared to the last extended lockout in 1998, but Shirley somehow tops me in terms of haughtiness, and that's like beating Steve Kerr in a threepoint shootout. He's not wrong, in most of his points, but with the abject lack of respect that he's earned following his (of its time, groundbreaking; I suppose) breakthrough as an ex-NBA blogger in 2005, he has to do a lot better to convince us. And perhaps use words that he actually says out loud, in actual conversations. I'd start with losing "poppycock." Christopher Grant (Joystiq) Apologies for losing the bit, as I Submitted at 10/27/2011 12:27:00 PM attempt to run. Just trying to keep it real, compared to nonsense. Ubisoft has had a string of highprofile (and notably high-quality!) digital releases over the years; everything from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game to Outland to this year's combo of I Am Alive and Shoot Many Robots. You can add a third game to this year's offerings: Babel Rising, a "next-generation version of the popular iPhone game of the same name." That iPhone game tasked players with inhabiting the role of God and preventing builders from completing the tower for as long as possible; we'll leave the religious interpretation of that futility to you. Ubisoft has partnered with Mando Productions, a French developer which took over development of the iOS game, to bring the experience to Xbox 360
Babel Rising on XBLA and PSN courtesy of Ubisoft, Kinect and Move support biblically appropriate
and PlayStation 3. The hook: touch controls are out and motion controls are in. Babel Rising will support both Kinect and PlayStation Move, as well as competitive and cooperative multiplayer modes. If you can't wait until the "calendar year 2012" release date, we'd suggest trying out the iOS version for a buck - that's a small price to pay to play God. Gallery: Babel Rising (10/27/11) Continue reading Babel Rising on XBLA and PSN courtesy of Ubisoft, Kinect and Move support biblically appropriate Babel Rising on XBLA and PSN courtesy of Ubisoft, Kinect and Move support biblically appropriate originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments
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Sparanos house is up for sale, though not for the reason you think
Chris Chase (Y! Sports Blogs Yahoo! Sports)
foot house has gone on and off the market a number of times this year, reports Ben Volin of The Submitted at 10/27/2011 9:26:29 AM Sporting News: Miami Dolphins coach Tony According to a listing on Sparano put his home up for sale Zillow.com, Sparano originally two days after his team blew a 15- listed his house for sale on Jan. point lead to Tim Tebow and the 13, five days after Ross awarded Denver Broncos to drop to 0-6, him with a contract extension leading to speculation that the end through 2013 that would pay him of Sparano's tenure in South a total of $6 million. He removed Beach might be near. The coach the listing in March, re-listed it insists the timing is coincidental two weeks later, and removed it and that he and his wife, who are from the market again on Sept. empty-nesters, simply want to 10, two days before the Dolphins move closer to the beach. opened the regular season against The five-bedroom, 5,659-square the Patriots.
Sparano originally listed the price at $1.75 million, and put it back on the market Tuesday at a price of $1.499 million. He paid $1.7 million for the house in April
2008. Even if the timing is pure coincidence and has nothing to do with rumors that Sparano could be gone as soon as next week, the
coach shouldn't bristle if asked about it. A guy who's on the verge of getting fired on Sunday shouldn't choose Wednesday to clean his office and bring stuff to his car in a cardboard box. We have to keep up appearances here, Tony. If Sparano says he wants to move, let's take him at his word. And if he's looking for someone to overpay for that house, he should find Hue Jackson's number. That dude loves buying at more than the list price.
Assassin's Creed sneaking a third mobile entry onto iOS in 'Recollection'

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locations" from across the entire AC franchise. Submitted at 10/27/2011 12:20:00 PM How does it work, exactly? We're Ubisoft is adding yet another just as curious as you are, as the Assassin's Creed title to its stable PR only vaguely explains the RTS of iOS releases. Unveiled last e l e m e n t s a s a s t a n d - i n f o r night in San Francisco during an " p o l i t i c a l b a t t l e s " r a g i n g Ubisoft event, Assassin's Creed: t h r o u g h o u t t h e w o r l d o f launch "before the end of the Recollection is a melange of art A s s a s s i n ' s C r e e d . W e ' l l calendar year." exploration and real-time strategy, undoubtedly learn more soon, Update: We've added a gallery employing "key characters and though, as Recollection is due to
below that teases how the gameplay will work. Gallery: Assassin's Creed:
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David Ecksteins back in St. Louis to deliver Game 6s first pitch

'Duk (Y! Sports Blogs - Yahoo! Sports)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 9:21:25 AM
ST. LOUIS So far, the World Series first-pitch duties have been handled by a crew that included a NBA champion, a Super Bowl hero, a former U.S. President and Bob Gibson. But as we head into tonight's Game 6, it appears that the St. Louis Cardinals are really starting to pull out the big guns. Throwing out tonight's first pitch will be none other than David Eckstein, the pint-sized hero of the 2006 World Series. Eckstein, as you'll remember, was named MVP of that World Series win against the Detroit Tigers after he went 8-for-22 with three doubles and four RBI in the five-game series. He played another season with the Cardinals before finishing off his career with the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres. He retired
Techland doing digital ATV racer for Ubisoft, codenamed 'Project Haste'
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after 2010. Over the years, Eckstein has become a smirking punchline in the SABR community as the tributes to his unquantifiable "scrappiness" piled up. I've never found a home on either extreme, though I do like the move to bring him back to Busch Stadium for tonight. Regardless of what you think of his overall value as a
ballplayer relative to the publicity he received, he definitely created some October memories around these parts. If the Cards go onto force a Game 7, perhaps he'll make one more. Want more Big League Stew all postseason long? Follow 'Duk on Facebook and Twitter!
We'll find out exactly how closely it hews to its insane ATV forebears in "calendar year 2012," A m o n g U b i s o f t ' s m a n y , when this is scheduled for release. s i m u l t a n e o u s d i g i t a l g a m e And if you can't wait that long, announcements is news of a new you'll be able to read Joystiq's ATV racing game by Nail'd upcoming preview. developer Techland. Currently Gallery: Haste (XBLA/PSN) codenamed "Project Haste," Techland doing digital ATV Ubisoft said that the racer will racer for Ubisoft, codenamed feature "fast-paced racing, aerial 'Project Haste' originally appeared t r i c k s , e x t e n s i v e v e h i c l e on Joystiq on Thu, 27 Oct 2011 customization options and a 12:35:00 EST. Please see our c o m p e t i t i v e m u l t i p l a y e r terms for use of feeds. experience." Sounds a lot like Permalink| Email this| Comments Nail'd, actually!
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The Jobs book

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Submitted at 10/27/2011 8:44:30 AM
I'm having a tough time reading the Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson. The reason is pretty simple, it's personal and painful and repetitive. Like Jobs, I was born in 1955, and up until 1979, there are a lot of parallels in our lives. I dropped out like he did, and did a lot of the same stupid stuff. There may even be some overlap in our personalities. But after 1979, when I moved to California, determined to be a software star, his story and mine overlap a lot. I was an Apple II, Apple III and a Mac developer. I've heard the stories of how wonderful Bill and Andy et al were and I know that a fair amount of of that is bullshit (actually a lot of it). This is one of those stories that is so big, so close to home, so well-rehearsed, so often repeated and over time has become fairly divorced from the realitiy that I lived. The early years of Apple were hard years for everyone involved. We were young and stupid, and the world told us we were the super-exceptional people that Jobs apparently believed he was until he died. That's what makes this so hard to read. We weren't that special. It's just that the reporters
had no clue how we did what we did, and to them, that made us geniuses. But what were doing is what any good engineer or marketer does. (One thing Isaacson does get right, is that it's the ability to combine tech and the humanities that's where the power is in this business. This is a very powerful and mostly unappreciated idea. A great book could be written about just that idea.) The ladder we chose to climb was a very short one, unlike the ones the reporters climb. To get to the top meant convincing one or two people we could make a contribution. And there were, at the time, so few people who knew how to create commercial software, that anyone with any skill at all could get employed. That meant there were a fair number of bozos working at Apple, for Steve. Even though he was supposedly such a great judge of character. And some of the people he threw away were actually pretty good, and as humans, deserved better than he gave. Their stories will not be told in such an exalted manner, but they might have made a difference, had Steve not been so Steve. The story about Dan Kottke is a heart-breaker, for example.
Also, while Isaacson is a good writer and a good reporter, he doesn't really understand how this stuff works. And you might think that's what it takes to explain it to someone who doesn't understand it, but I don't think so. So much of the Jobs story is how he related to people who actually made the products. If one doesn't understand the substance of those relationships, it's impossible to tell the story, imho. It would be like writing a romance without having ever experienced love. It's 2011. Surely there are reporters who go deeper into tech than Isaacson. Hopefully his source material is available for other authors to approach writing a biography of Jobs from a different perspective. I also don't support the author's belief that Jobs' life was strictly a net-plus for the human race. I think he stopped a lot of good things from happening. I once heard, second-hand, Jobs say of a developer who wanted to create software for the NeXT box that "We can't let just anyone develop for this machine." Even if Jobs didn't say those exact words, it's very consistent with the way he expressed himself. Anyway, the book, for me, is a combination of boring, frustrating and naive -- from my very insider
point of view. I may put it down and hope that I live long enough to see those days as worth remembering. At that point I might enjoy reading this book. Right now I have work to do. PS: I'm looking forward to the new Stephen King book that's coming out in a couple of weeks. PPS: On Twitter, the question came up of who would I recommend to write a great Steve Jobs bio. I actually have a few ideas. 1. Robert X. Cringely. 2. Randall Stross. 3. Farhad Manjoo. 4. Ryan Tate. All of them write insightful must-read pieces about tech. Stross has the advantage of having already written a Jobs bio, while he was still at NeXT. It's the best tech book I've ever read. Also, 5. John Siracusa, who writes definitive reviews of Apple products, in some sense is already a Jobs biographer. The best Microsoft book I've read was by 6. David Bank. Great reporting, he really got to the core of what made Bill Gates tick, unlike most of the other books about Microsoft. I might also tap 7. Paul Andrews or 8. Dan Gillmor. There's probably also someone who writes for Tim O'Reilly who would be up to it.
User-led RSS advocacy

(Scripting News)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 9:22:45 AM
If you're a regular reader of this blog, take a few moments and read this manifesto by actress Felicia Day about the importance of supporting RSS. She says that some sources are turning off their feeds. I was not aware of this. I subscribe to new feeds all the time, and rarely do I find a source that updates regularly that doesn't have one. I think I'd notice. But what's reallly cool about this is that passionate and intelligent advocacy is coming from users. For me, that's new. And very welcome. I've felt like the only person who's willing to stick his neck out of the idea that we could USER-LED page 66
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have news flows that were not controlled by the tech industry. I was told that users would never understand why this is important. Well, looks like the people who said that were wrong. This happens regularly in the tech industry, as I've written about so often. In the early days of a technology, in this case news feeds, users need training wheels on their tools. But a few years later, they understand how it works, and they can see how they're being controlled. Shortly after that they break free of the bonds and a new layer of tech comes online. If you're a developer, it seems
now is a good time to take a fresh look at building networks of news flow that doesn't run exclusively through Google, Twitter or Facebook. There is an architecture possible here, built on formats and protocols we all know well. XML, JSON, HTTP, DNS. All of it lightweight and easily cloned for lots of choice for users. (Shots - Health Blog) But at least read Ms Day's screed. Submitted at 10/27/2011 9:15:00 AM PS: I never nominate my articles for inclusion on TechMeme. I Shoes that make the news often think that would be untoward. But look funny. there's nothing stopping you from Whether they're touting health doing it. benefits like those toning shoes that didn't quite pan out or the glove-like footwear being marketed as the anti-shoe. But some GPS-enabled shoes designed to help keep track of people with Alzheimer's, look exactly like some shoes already popular with the elderly. And that sense of familiarity is no accident. The maker of the shoes, GTX Corp., has done its homework, working with senior care specialist Andrew Carle on a design that would be reasonably
High-Tech Shoes Aim To Stop Wandering Alzheimer's Patients

appealing and practical. The system works with devices that the children and caretakers of Alzheimer's patients are familiar with, too. The system uses a "geofence," allowing the shoe's wearer to move through their house, yard, or even a familiar neighborhood at will. But once that line has been crossed, you get a computer or email alert and a Google maps update of the shoes' location. Yes, there's even an app for that. The shoes should be on sale at the beginning of next week, and can be purchased online. The retail price is $299, which may be a little steep for some people. Tnen there's a monthly service fee of $34.99 on top of that. But wandering is a major problem for dementia patients. And some companies already offer bracelets that serve the same purpose as the new shoes. As The New York Times points out, a bracelet is easy to take off and lose, and people with Alzheimer's usually don't like unfamiliar objects. Ambling seniors may not shuck their shoes quite as easily. 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
1 John 2:17 (10-27-11)

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Submitted at 10/27/2011 2:00:00 AM
The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. 1 John 2:17(NIV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... So much of what we pursue is fleeting. Once we
acquire it, we have to try to preserve it because we know it will soon be gone. God has promised us that just as he is eternal and will live forever, so also are those who pursue a relationship with him and are committed to do his will. So let's sit down and look at how we
spend our time, our money, and our efforts and ask if what we are pursuing is really something that is worth having. Then let's ask one more important question: "Even if it is worth having, is it going to last long enough to make a difference?" My Prayer... Eternal Father, please give me the
courage to be honest about what I am pursuing with my life. I want it to count for your cause. I want to make a difference for good. Some of that desire, I confess, is self-serving. However, dear Father, I truly do want to have a life that impacts others for good and that brings you honor. I don't
want to waste my time chasing after things that won't last and don't matter. Please give me the spiritual wisdom to follow your will and find your life rather than chasing the shadow values of my culture. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
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Your Living Conditions as a Child May Be Detectable In Your DNA for Life
Clay Dillow (Popular Science New Technology, Science News, The Future Now)
life, regardless of how your living conditions change along the way. In some ways, we already knew that. Some adult diseases--type 2 Submitted at 10/27/2011 10:51:26 AM Methylation Christoph Bock diabetes, coronary heart disease, ( M a x P l a n c k I n s t i t u t e f o r etc.--have been linked to socioInformatics) via Wikimedia economic disadvantages in early Noted geneticist Snoop Dogg life. But we don't really know once said--and I'm paraphrasing why or how. Researchers in here--that no matter where one Canada and the UK may have just goes in life, one's surroundings found the key. during one's formative years stay Their sample size is admittedly with one for life. No matter where small, but what they found was you go, you can't change where significant. In 40 research patients you're from (I think Prof. Dogg in the UK that are participating in was actually calling back to an old a n o n g o i n g s t u d y t h a t h a s Comrads lyric from the song documented many aspects of their Homeboyz--I'm sure you all will lives, researchers looked at correct me in the comments). differences in gene methylation. Findings published today in the Methylation is an epigenetic I n t e r n a t i o n a l J o u r n a l o f modification to one's DNA that Epidemiology suggest that he may c h a n g e s a g e n e ' s a c t i v i t y , h a v e b e e n c o r r e c t - - s o c i o - generally reducing that activity economic status and living within the genome. Various standards early in life may factors can influence methylation, actually cause changes to your i n c l u d i n g e n v i r o n m e n t a l DNA that you carry with you for c o n d i t i o n s .
In their sample, the researchers looked at DNA taken from the subjects at age 45. They chose subjects that had come from either very high or very low standards of living, and they looked at differences in DNA methylation across some 20,000 genes. They
found that 1,252 methylation differences were associated with socio-economic circumstances in early life while just 545 were associated with socio-economic circumstances in adulthood, suggesting that where you come from really does make an impact
on the very fiber of your biological being. Moreover, the methylation patterns were clustered together in large swaths of DNA, suggesting an epigenetic pattern linked to humans' early environments. That's actually good news. If we know some diseases are linked to a person't early upbringing, and we can see where there are changes happening in the DNA during early life, then we can narrow the window on where in the genome things like coronary heart disease and diabetes take root. Future research could peg where certain methylation differences are associated with specific diseases, then target those areas with drugs or other treatments. [ ScienceBlog]
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New Measurements Size Up Distant Dwarf Planet Eris As Pluto's Twin

Rebecca Boyle (Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future Now)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 9:59:42 AM
Dwarf Planet Eris Space Telescope Science Institute/ Wikimedia Pluto may not be a fully fledged planet, but at least it's not the dwarfiest of dwarf planets. Its sibling, Eris, is not as large as astronomers thought, according to a new study. A rare stellar blockage event last year helped astronomers obtain some new measurements of the distant icy world, and they say it is quite dense and it may develop a feeble atmosphere as it moves closer to the sun. Eris was discovered in 2005 and is partly responsible for knocking Pluto out of the planetary pantheon, because it's more massive than the object-formerly-
known-as-a-planet. It is supremely far away, almost 100 times farther away from the sun than Earth is, so it's difficult for astronomers to characterize it. Putative measurements have suggested Eris was much bigger than Pluto, as well as more massive, but that turns out not to be the case. Astronomers led by Bruno Sicardy of the Paris Observatory and the University of Pierre and Marie Curie derived the new measurements after a rare stellar occultation on Nov. 6, 2010. This means the small planet temporarily blocked the light from a background star and cast a wee shadow toward Earth. Astronomers were able to use two separate telescopes to measure the shadow and how long it took for the star to reappear, arriving at a new measurement of the planet's size. (Astronomers were already
of methane ice, and is one of the brightest objects in the entire solar system, they say. The team found Eris' atmosphere is about 10,000 times more tenuous than Pluto's present atmosphere, and they suggest that it fades away as the planet moves farther away from the sun in its elliptical orbit. All in all, the occultation event enabled a major leap in scientists' understanding of large Kuiper Belt objects, said Amanda Gulbis, an astronomer at the Southern African Large Telescope and South African Astronomical Observatory in Cape Town, writing in Nature. "Whether they pretty sure of its mass because of This size relative to its mass also are called planets or not, there is the way it interacts with its small means it must be a dense, rocky clearly still much to learn about moon, Dysnomia.) world, the astronomers report. these distant, icy bodies," she Eris is 1,445 miles in diameter, Also noteworthy is its greater- wrote. just 10 or so miles wider than than-expected brightness, the [ Nature] Pluto, which rings in at 1,432. So astronomers report in the journal it is still bigger, but only a tad. Nature. It is covered in a thin shell
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Enter the Popular Science/InnoCentive Education Challenge

Jacob Ward (Popular Science New Technology, Science News, The Future Now)
Morning Bell: What is the American Idea?

Mike Brownfield (The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 8:57:38 AM
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"hands on" activity for students and should cost no more than $50 total in readily available materials. The areas of science we're looking for are biomimetic design, climate change, fuel cells, polymers, and "big data" analysis. To read more about our challenge, visit the Popular Science Innovation Pavilion.
What is the American idea? That all depends on whom you ask. According to President Barack Obama, its the notion that the federal government is the answer to Americas problems, and that through its interventionby sheer force of spendingit can create a brighter future for all Americans. Theres a different view, though, MORNING page 70
Gibson Guitar Targeted as the Lacey Act Falls Flat in Nashville

Jim Roberts (The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation)
hardwoods in violation of foreign laws. Condemning this overreach by the feds, Gibson chairman and Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:00:02 AM In recent months, the U.S. CEO Henry Juszkiewicz, reported g o v e r n m e n t h a s d i s p a t c h e d that armed people came in our heavily armed federal law f a c t o r y e v a c u a t e d o u r enforcement officers to raid employees, then seized half a G i b s o n G u i t a r million dollars of our goods f a c t o r i e s A m e r i c a n g u i t a r without any charges having been factories!in Tennessee for filed. In total, U.S. government violations of the Lacey Act, a agents have seized more than $1 federal statute that makes it a million of rosewood, ebony, and crime to import some tropical finished guitars from Gibson
factories in Memphis and Nashville in raids in 2009 and August 2011, Juszkiewicz said. Welcome to 21st-century green protectionism, Obama Administrationstyle. And apparently not just protectionism but green cronyism is afoot, too, since other reports indicate that the Obama Administration is enforcing the Lacey Act in an arbitrary and selective manner. John Hinderaker reports on the
Powerline blog that Juszkiewicz is a Republican donor, while the CEO of one of his principal competitors, C. F. Martin and Company, is a Democratic donor. Martin reportedly uses the same wood, but Justice Department hasnt raided them, leading to speculation that the Obama Administration is sending a warning to Republican businessmen that they had better not oppose his re-election lest they face criminal investigations.
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that has again found its voice in the past year. Its the idea that America is at its best when its people are allowed to be free and produce, not thanks to the government or even in spite of it, but on their own merit and initiative. Yesterday, those two competing visions were on displaythe former delivered in Denver by President Obama, and the latter in Washington at The Heritage Foundation by House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI). In Colorado, President Obama announced his latest plan to stimulate the economya student loan giveaway paid for by the taxpayers. The President declared that, When I wake up every single morning, what Im thinking about is how do we create an America in which you have opportunity, in which anybody can make it if they try, no matter what they look like, no matter where they come from, no matter what race, what creed, what faith. And, a few breaths later, he said that theres only one way, only one force, that can achieve that outcomethe federal government: So the truth is the only way we can attack our economic challenges on the scale thats necessary the only way we can put hundreds of thousands of people, millions of people, back to work is if Congress is willing to cooperate with the executive branch and we are able to do some bold action like passing
the jobs bill. Thats what we need. In an auditorium in Washington, Ryan offered a different vision of the American Idea, and its one that celebrates freedom and prosperity, individual achievement and opportunity: The American Idea belongs to all of us inherited from our nations Founders, preserved by the countless sacrifices of our veterans, and advanced by visionary leaders, past and present. What makes America exceptional what gives life to the American Idea is our dedication to the self-evident truth that we are all created equal, giving us equal rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And that means opportunity. Ryan said that it is in times like these, when America is struggling with unemployment and businesses are closing, that the American Idea is in jeopardy, that Americas commitment to equality of opportunity is called into question. Unfortunately, he explained, President Obama is responding to these challenges by giving in to the temptation of exploiting fear and envy by embracing petty and trivial rhetoric, avoiding making tough decisions on spending and the debt, and by attempting to score cheap political points instead of building consensus: Instead of appealing to the hope and optimism that were hallmarks of his first campaign, he has
launched his second campaign by preying on the emotions of fear, envy, and resentment. This has the potential to be just as damaging as his misguided policies. Sowing social unrest and class resentment makes America weaker, not stronger. Pitting one group against another only distracts us from the true sources of inequity in this country corporate welfare that enriches the powerful, and empty promises that betray the powerless. Ryan points to the Presidents policy decisions as evidence of damaging class warfare: higher taxes on the rich to pay for more failed stimulus spending; the EPAs punishment of disfavored yet commercially competitive sources of energy, while doling out cash to politically favored alternatives; the National Labor Relations Board threatening hundreds of jobs by suing a company for politically motivated reasons; and granting Obamacare waivers to politically connected firms and unions, all while the rest of America wonders whether they will lose their health care coverage. All of this, Ryan says, points America toward a future where equality of outcome is favored over equality of opportunity, and where a class of bureaucrats and connected crony capitalists trying to rise above the rest of us, call the shots, rig the rules, and preserve their place atop society. In the House, Ryan has helped lead Congress to pursue a series
of policies that promote an American Idea far different than the Presidents. It involves spending within our means, reforming the tax code, and enacting meaningful entitlement reforms. Meanwhile, he points out, it has been more than 900 days since the Presidents party has passed a budget in the Senate. Yet still we hear the steady drumbeat from the White House calling for more taxes and spendingnone of which has mustered support within either chamber in Congress. While the President crosses the country, America is at a crossroads. Should it head toward bigger government in the fruitless pursuit of equal outcomes or restrain government so that equal opportunity can flourish? For the sake of the American Idea that the Founders envisioned, lets hope our leaders make the right choice. Watch the full video and read the full text of Ryans speech at Foundry.org. Quick Hits: 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
The Lefts Worst Crime in the Middle East

Daniel Greenfield (FrontPage Magazine FrontPage)
Submitted at 10/26/2011 11:13:35 PM
The lefts worst crime in the Middle East has been its support for the regions Arab-Muslim majority at the expense of its minorities. It has supported the majoritys terrorism, atrocities, ethnic cleansing and repression of the regions minorities. Very rarely has it raised a voice in their support, and even then only in muted tones completely different from their vigorous defense of the nationalism of the Arab Muslim majority. The left is obsessed with the Arab Spring, which rewards the ambitions of Arabist and Islamist activists at the expense of Coptic, African and other minorities. It is dementedly fixated on statehood for the Arab Muslims of Israel, (better known by their local Palestinian brand), but has little to say about the Kurds in Turkey or LEFTS page 72
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San Francisco Chronicle Reprints UCSBs Lies about Viewpoint Discrimination against Horowitz Event
Adam Kissel (FrontPage Magazine FrontPage)
$1,100 deposit. (I doubt that Hamill was the one lying here; she probably just accepted Submitted at 10/26/2011 11:14:35 PM whatever lies and Reprinted from TheFire.org. misrepresentations other people Reasonable people disagree about fed to her, even though the truth a wide variety of things. But was not hard to find.) sometimes, people just lie or It was not until October 6 of this misrepresent the truth. Sadly, a year that UCSB released a lot of this is happening over at document showing that $1,800 University of California, Santa had been deposited in the College Barbara (UCSB), and the lies are Republicans account from making it into the press. UCSBs After Dark program, split The documentation is quite clear between money from the UCSB on the following points: Office of Student Life and the 1. Student government officials student government (the completely denied funding for Associated Students or AS). $2,000 for a David Horowitz Thats when FIRE finally could event sponsored by the College confirm the truth, which we Republicans, because of announced in a nationwide press opposition to his views and release on October 10. UCSB had expression. Some of the students stepped up to its responsibilities stood up for free speech, but they in the wake of the viewpoint lost to those advocating for discrimination by the AS. inclusivity. Journalist Bob Egelko then wrote 2. A second group of student about the case in the San government officials voted to hide Francisco Chronicle on October the evidence by suppressing the views and expression. After the attention on May 6 and June 7, A c c o r d i n g l y , t h e C o l l e g e 13. Egelko made the error of Republicans have received the m i n u t e s o f t h e m e e t i n g . audience erupted in complaints, 2011. calling FIRE a conservative these student government officials 5. On June 21, UCSB Campus full amount of their $1,100 (Fortunately, we have the minutes group, which I immediately then revisited the question and Counsel Nancy Greenan Hamill request. anyway and have posted them.) pointed out to him. r e p l i e d t h a t t h e s t u d e n t In contrast to Hamills statement, 3. This second group of student allocated only $800. Disappointingly, this false government officials also voted to The documentation also is clear government had approved the however, the College Republicans characterization has not been requested $800 for security and had requested $1,770 that time. allocate $1,100 for the event, but on these points: corrected. 4. FIRE brought this viewpoint the Office of Student Life covered And the College Republicans only after airing strong SAN page 72 denunciations of Horowitzs d i s c r i m i n a t i o n t o U C S B s the additional $300 requested . account showed no $800, $300, or
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the Azeri in Iran. The million Jewish refugees and the vanishing Christians of the region never come up in conversation. They certainly dont get their own flotillas. The Africans of Sudan could have used a flotilla, or an entire UN organization dedicated to their welfare, which the Arab Muslims who had failed to wipe out the regions Jewish minority are the beneficiaries of. But instead they had to make do with third tier aid. Unlike the Arab nationalists and Islamists of Libya, the French, English and American air forces did not come to their rescue. They came to the rescue of the Libyans who showed their gratitude in the time honored way of the Arab majority by massacring the African minority. All under the beaming smiles of the selective humanitarians of the left. But whats a little genocide between friends? The left embraced Pan-Arabism, a race based nationalism, in line with the Soviet Unions expansionist foreign policy. Pan-
Arabisms socialism made it easy for the left to ignore its overt racism along with the admiration of many of its leading lights for Nazi Germany. The same left which refused to see the Gulags and the ethnic cleansing under the red flag, turned an equally blind eye to the contradiction of condemning Zionism for its ethnic basis, while supporting PanArabism, which was ethnically based. Under Zionism, Israel retained a sizable Arab minority. The PanArabists however drove their Jews out with mob violence, political repression, prisons and public executions. The lefts criticisms of Zionism are rendered moot by their own support for PanArabism. In the Middle East and North Africa, Arabization has led to repression of non-Arab minorities and the destruction of other cultures through the insistence on unity through race. As the sun of Pan-Arabism sets, the left has turned its attention to Pan-Islamism with equal enthusiasm. While Pan-Arabism allowed Christian Arabs some
representation, Pan-Islamism excludes them based on religion. Having endorsed a racial tyranny, the left has fallen so low that it now champions majority theocracies. The lefts fledgling support for Kurdish nationalism has faded as Turkey has gone from a secular ally of the Western powers to an Islamist tyranny dreaming of empire. This perverse twist of affairs has the left abandoning the national struggles of an oppressed people when their rulers align themselves more closely with the bigoted regional majority. The War on Iraq, which the left hated, removed a tyrant aligned with the regions Sunni majority and the Libyan campaign, which the left supported, removed a tyrant who had deviated too far from the positions of that majority. So too in Egypt, where Mubaraks excessive tolerance for minorities, led the left to endorse the Pan-Arabist and Pan-Islamist calls for his overthrow. And in Tunisia, where a government tolerant of minorities has been replaced by Islamists.
The pattern repeats itself over and over again as the left rises in support of racial and theocratic rule. And for all the lefts critiques of American and European foreign policy, its own foreign policy which endorses racial and theocratic rule and works to bring it about is the true crime. It is no coincidence that the one country in the region that the left hates above all else, is neither Arab nor Muslim. Just as it is no coincidence that the Arab Spring replaces regimes tolerant of minorities with Islamists and Arabists. The lefts true regional agenda is the racist and theocratic agenda of its Arab and Muslim members. The Arab Socialists and the Islamists who have defined its regional positions have turned the left into a vehicle for their racial and theocratic agendas.
Does Austerity Work?

David Weinberger (The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 9:55:19 AM
Remember the Great Depression of the 1920s? If not, thats because it didnt happen. The recession of the early 20s quickly ended after spending and taxes were cut dramatically. It provides a clear lesson in austerity that President Obama should heed. In 1920, newly elected President Warren Harding inherited a very sharp downturn from his predecessor, Woodrow Wilson. According to Cato economist Jim Powell, the downturn was almost as severe, from peak to trough, as the Great Contraction from 1929 to 1933 that FDR would later inherit. The estimated gross DOES page 73
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Egelko got the rest of the facts right. But today the Chronicle ran a curious correction that includes at least two lies, based on zero evidence. The entire correction reads: College Republicans reimbursed; Oct. 13; C5 A story about an appearance by
conservative author David Horowitz at UC Santa Barbara misstated the student councils actions on his $1,800 fee. The council approved all the funding it was authorized to provide, $800, and did not withhold any funding because of the speakers viewpoint, as the Foundation for
Individual Rights in Education alleged. Katya Armistead, assistant dean of students, said the university administration approved on its own the remaining $1,000 from a school security fund. The first lie here is that the SA was authorized to approve only
$800. This idea has no basis in reality. Before the audience eruption, in fact, the SA had already approved $1,100, fully believing it was authorized to do so. Also, the complete denial of funds the first time around is nowhere to be seen in this correction.
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national product plunged 24 percent from $91.5 billion in 1920 to $69.6 billion in 1921. The number of unemployed people jumped from 2.1 million to 4.9 million. Unlike President Herbert Hoover, who dealt with the initial downturn precipitating the Great Depression, President Harding knew that the market would best recover if left to do so on its own. He loosened governments inflexible grip and gave the economy the breathing room it needed. He cut spending sharply, from $6.3 billion in 1920 to $5 billion in 1921 and $3.2 billion in 1922. At the same time, Harding took the advice of his Treasury Secretary, Andrew Mellon, and steeply slashed tax rates. The top income tax rate went from 73 percent to 24 percent. The bottom rate went from 4 percent to 0.5 percent. These combined cuts resulted in
economic recovery in 1922, only a year-and-a-half later. Gross national product (GNP) rebounded, and unemployment fell to 2.8 million. The cuts fueled an explosion of growth and prosperity through the rest of the 20s. Powell notes that GNP expanded year after year without inflation. Productivity improved, and real wages increased. The stock market tripled. There was a dramatic expansion of the middle class. The unemployment rate was as low as 1.8 percent in 1926! The policy lesson of the 1920 downturn becomes even more accentuated in light of the mistakes and mismanagement of policy during the 1930s, which enabled the 1929 downturn to become a decade-long depression. The contrast could not be clearer: Government meddling is counterproductive to economic growth. Lamentably, thus far with our
current troubled economy, lawmakers have decided to pursue policy decisions closer to those of Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt than those of President Harding. The results are as predictable as the severity and duration of the Great Depression were avoidable. The real lesson is that government austerity leaves room for private-sector growth. Its not too late to pursue it. 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
Windows Phone Apollo coming 'middle of next year,' says Nokia VP

Sharif Sakr (Engadget)
revealed that he's been pushing Microsoft to integrate NFC and a Submitted at 10/27/2011 12:42:00 PM "positioning framework" to make A top Nokia exec just confirmed its mobile OS work better with the much-rumored schedule for Nokia's Navteq mapping platform the next Windows Phone update, and thereby provide new locationcodenamed Apollo. Michael based services. Sorry HTC, Halbherr, Executive VP for Samsung, but everything points to Location and Commerce, told us a more 'Nokia-fied' OS. that it'll launch in mid-2012 and Windows Phone Apollo coming be a "very different game" to 'middle of next year,' says Nokia Mango-- hinting that Apollo V P o r i g i n a l l y a p p e a r e d o n actually refers to Windows Phone Engadget on Thu, 27 Oct 2011 8 rather than any mere decimal 12:42:00 EDT. Please see our increment. What do we know terms for use of feeds. Permalink| about Apollo at this point? Well, | Email this| Comments not a great deal, but Halbherr also
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Occupy Wall Street Out!

Jacob Laksin (FrontPage Magazine FrontPage)
Submitted at 10/26/2011 11:15:56 PM
After weeks of raucous protests and fawning media coverage, the Occupy Wall Street movement finally has worn out its welcome. Since it kicked off in New York last month, OWS has styled itself as a populist campaign. In its own mythology, it represents the voiceless 99 percent against the ostensibly rich and greedy Wall Street executives in the top 1 percent. Considering that the top 1 percent already bear the largest share of the countrys tax burden, this class warfare-driven charge never quite stuck. But now the OWS protestors have a bigger problem. As the protests have dragged on, turning city parks and plazas across the country into open sewers and crime havens, the everyday people the protestors claim to champion are turning against them. The latest demonstration of the movements plummeting popularity comes from Oakland. City officials were initially supportive of the OWS campaign,
with mayor Jean Quan, a Democrat, justifying the protestors misbehavior on the grounds that democracy can be messy. But having watched the protestors turn the plaza surrounding Oaklands City Hall into a garbage-filled trouble spot complete with fire hazards, public urination, rats, vandalism and other criminal activity the mayor decided that it was time to clean up the mess. Oakland police did just that this week. Following repeated
warnings to the protestors to pack up because they were illegally camping in the plaza warnings many of them chose to ignore the police moved to clear out the site, arresting some 85 protestors in the process. Undeterred, a mob of 1,000 protestors armed with rocks and bottles tried to reoccupy the plaza by force, prompting clashes with riot police. When the tear gas cleared, the protestors seemed to have been successfully evicted.
Who Burned the GOP brand?

David Frum (FrumForum David Frum)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 7:50:27 AM
Aaron Blake and Chris Cillizza describe a new CBS/NYT poll: The poll also asked which class voters thought the Obama Administration and Republicans in Congress favored. While people were pretty evenly split on
whether the administration favors the middle class, the rich or the poor, they were all but unanimous about which class the Republicans favor; 69 percent said Republicans in Congress favor the rich, while just 9 percent said the middle class and 2 percent said the poor. WHO page 75
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Voters say the darndest things! The identification of the GOP as mouthpiece for the selfish interests of the wealthy is a stubborn image, difficult to overcome at the best of times. For three years, however, Republican leaders have been doing their utmost to confirm the stereotype and to quash and quell any attempt to counter that stereotype. Did we really spend months and months arguing that one of the things most wrong with the US tax code is that the poor and unemployed pay too little tax? Yes we did. Head shake. Face slap. Given the terrible economic fundamentals, this reckless self-
branding by Republicans may not in the end be enough to save President Obama from himself. But if he does manage to eke it out, the CBS/NYT result is the beginning of wisdom as to how and why. 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
Rumor Alert: Google Refused To Remove Police Brutality Videos, But Not From Occupy Oakland
Sarah Kessler (Mashable!)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:25:33 AM
Snip.it Lets You Collect and Share Web Content That you want to collect76 share SNIP.IT page and Matters to You If[INVITES]
Theres an unsubstantiated rumor making the rounds that law enforcement asked Google to remove YouTube videos of police brutality captured during Occupy Oakland protests. While Google recently acknowledges law enforcement has made such requests in the past, the allegation that one such request was made to remove footage of the Occupy Oakland protests seems to be based on a misinterpretation of a transparency report the search giant released Wednesday. In the report, Google details requests it receives from governments to remove content and reveal information about users. It releases such reports every six months. This time around, the observations section for the U.S. states: We received a request from a local law enforcement agency to remove YouTube videos of police brutality, which we did not remove. Separately, we received requests from a different local law enforcement agency for removal
of videos allegedly defaming law enforcement officials. We did not comply with those requests. Because the report was released the day before police fired tear gas at Occupy Oakland protesters, some news organizations and individuals have conflated the two events and mistakenly concluded that police asked Google to remove videos of that incident. In fact, the report refers only to reports made between January and June 2011 several months before Occupy Wall Street appeared in the physical world. Throughout this period, there were two incidents in which
Google was requested to remove videos for reasons filed as defamation. The company says it has categorized requests to remove police brutality under this category. We have reached out to Google for more information about the context of these requests and will update this article when we hear back. Image courtesy of iStockphoto, hillaryfox More About: Google, Occupy Wall Street, rumor, YouTube
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web content, and express your opinion in a structured fashion, where would you turn? Certainly not Facebook or Twitter, says Ramy Adeeb, founder of Snip.it, a startup launching this week in private beta to help you collect web content you want to save with your voice. Adeeb, formerly a principal at Khosla Ventures, founded Snip.it as a place where people can create collections. Theyre comprised of content and opinions appropriately termed snips and they can be saved privately, or shared with friends and strangers. Snip.it users clip content as they browse the web, just as they would do using any other bookmarklet, add a little commentary of their own and then plop their digital discoveries into collections. You can think of collections as elegantly styled, topic-themed buckets for storing the web content that relates to your interests. And you can use your collections for personal reference or as curation tools to publicly demonstrate your expertise and subject-matter knowledge. The latter use case speaks to the very existence of the site. Adeeb, an Egyptian, was closely
following the Egyptian revolution earlier this year. His inability to collect and share content in a relevant, permanent and structured fashion became the inspiration for Snip.it. I was glued to my laptop. I was consuming content night and day, he says. All my friends reached out to me and they said, Ramy, whats happening in Egypt? What should we read?, and I wanted to share what my thoughts were. So I turned to social media. Social media was great for real time topics, but it was very painful to actually say an opinion something thoughtful or to say here are the three or four articles that you should read What I wanted was a place for me to collect what matters most, add my opinion and to share it with people, he says. In essence, I wanted a scrapbook. I wanted to collect my favorite articles, my favorite images, my favorite videos and to add my voice to it. Snip.its collections emphasize content and opinions. This is what makes it distinct from the buzzy, picture-based pinboard app Pinterest, Adeeb argues, although the differences may be hard to spot for the first-time user. Were more of a new Tumblr only were about curation and
about emphasis on content as opposed to layout, he says. Snip.it strikes us as a fresh twist on yesterdays basic bookmarking service but instead of being a place where bookmarks go to die, Snip.it turns them into a living library organized around your interests and makes them ripe for conversation. And while each of the elements that make up the Snip.it experience are not wholly original, they work together to engineer a pleasant environment that users will want to revisit. Snip.it has raised an undisclosed sum in funding from Koshla Ventures, True Ventures, Charles River Ventures and SV Angel. 500 Mashable readers can sign up for access to Snip.it using the code mashable_500. More About: Social Media, startup 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
When Are You Most Distracted by Technology? [POLL]

Todd Olmstead (Mashable!)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 10:39:38 AM
Mashable Editor in Chief Lance Ulanoff recently opined that tech has simply become overly distracting for him and it isnt just a personal problem. The phenomenon even has a name: Inattention blindness, coined by a 2009 University of Utah study(PDF). The term was created to describe how drivers fail to see objects in their driving environment because they are talking on their cell phones. But Lance sees this phenomenon as something more than just cell phones and driving environments: I do so many things that I
promised myself I would never do: Work on the computer when Im supposed to be listening to someone on the phone. Watch my tweets flow by on my laptop while someone is standing right in front of me, talking to me. And worst of all, I sometimes Tweet or text while walking on New York Citys crowded streets and avenues. Many Mashable readers agreed. Dave Cawood wrote, I kept getting distracted from this article by the podcast I am listening to on Stitcher. Tia Kelly added, Some days Im on two computers, my cell and iPad at once. Ridiculous. WHEN page 77
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St Paul's Canon blasts church over 'violent treatment' of tent protesters

Tom Harper and Peter Dominiczak (Evening Standard - News)
"In the name of God and Mammon, go." The Bishop of London said he will meet the protesters on Submitted at 10/27/2011 3:46:36 AM T o m H a r p e r a n d P e t e r Sunday to invite them to a debate Dominiczak inside the cathedral if they agree 27 Oct 2011 to leave the camp. A senior Church of England Lawyers representing the Occupy cleric resigned today in the latest London movement vowed that extraordinary twist in the siege of they will fight every attempt to St Paul's Cathedral. eject them from their churchyard Canon Chancellor Giles Fraser base. quit in protest at the cathedral's Speaking exclusively to the plan to clear the anti-capitalist Standard, Dr Fraser, 47, said he protesters encamped in a tent city was forced to quit when the on its doorstep for the last 12 cathedral backed moves to clear days. the demonstrators. Announcing his departure after it "The Church should not put its had backed moves to evict them, name to any course of action that Dr Fraser wrote: "I resigned may lead to violence against the because I believe that the Chapter protesters. I can't in conscience go has set on a course of action that down the road on which they are could mean there will be violence embarked." in the name of the Church." At least 200 protesters are in On a day of high drama: tents outside the 300-year-old Boris Johnson called for new cathedral which was forced to l a w s t o p r e v e n t t e n t c i t i e s close last Friday for the first time "erupting like boils" across since the 1940 Blitz. London in the wake of the St In his first interview since Paul's protest, telling the activists: leaving office, Dr Fraser said: "I
care deeply for my colleagues at St Paul's and our discussions in the last few days have been incredibly thoughtful." Police, senior City of London Corporation officials and leading clerics from St Paul's have been locked in talks for days in a bid to find a way to end the encampment that has "squeezed the life" out of the city. It is understood the cathedral will join the corporation in seeking a High Court injunction allowing police officers to remove the protesters. In an appeal to the activists today, the Mayor said: "In the name of God and Mammon, go. For the good of the economy and the wellbeing of the Church. London needs new by-laws, proper ground rules to stop people being able to camp anywhere without being moved on." He also hinted that City of London Police may remove empty tents from the site as they are considered to be "abandoned property".
A City of London Police spokesman said he "could not comment on what our tactics are". The Mayor added: "We are in discussion with the authorities to stop these encampments erupting like boils across the city. It is very important for London." It is understood Dr Fraser is not alone in his view among senior colleagues at St Paul's that enforced removal of demonstrators would be a disaster for the Church. Dr Fraser quit as the Dean of St Paul's admitted the crisis engulfing the cathedral was "its most difficult times since the Second World War". Graeme Knowles said: "Giles has brought a unique contribution to the life and ministry of St Paul's and we will be very sorry to see him go. "We are obviously disappointed he is not able to continue his work with the Chapter during these challenging days. We will miss his humour and humanity and wish Giles and his family every
good wish into the future." Dr Fraser, who has lectured in philosophy at Oxford University said: "Like many people, I am not entirely sure what this protest camp is for. "My own view is not that capitalism is an inherently bad thing. It has created jobs and prosperity but it is clear prosperity has not been fairly distributed in our society." The Chelsea fan and former Vicar of Putney rejected allegations that he helped protesters by sanctioning their right to camp outside the cathedral last weekend. He said he has no plans to leave the Church of England. 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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Death penalty plea for Mandatory jail killer Robert Black - guilty sentences for of fourth girl's murder teen knife crime
Rashid Razaq (Evening Standard - News)
missing and that she knew something was wrong when Jennifer did not arrive on time. Submitted at 10/27/2011 8:09:01 AM "She was a very thoughtful little One of Britain's most notorious girl. She liked to be back in time serial killers was today convicted for Jackanory and for that reason of the murder of a nine-year-old she always checked her watch," girl ending her family's 30-year Mrs Cardy said. wait for justice. Black showed no emotion when Paedophile Robert Black, 64, was the verdicts were read out. He was found guilty of kidnapping and already serving 10 life sentences murdering Jennifer Cardy who with a minimum recommendation was abducted while cycling to a of 35 years. friend's house in Northern Ireland He was convicted at Newcastle in 1981. crown court in May 1994 of the The Scottish van driver, who was murders of Susan Maxwell, 11, already behind bars for the f r o m C o r n h i l l - o n - T w e e d , murders of three schoolgirls in the Northumberland, in July 1982, Eighties, was given a life sentence C a r o l i n e H o g g , f i v e , f r o m at Armagh crown court today as Edinburgh in July 1983 and Sarah Jennifer's mother, Patricia, wept Harper, 10, from Morley, near in the public gallery. Leeds, in 1986. The schoolgirl was snatched in Speaking after the verdict, Mrs t h e C o A n t r i m v i l l a g e o f Cardy said: "We have the relief Ballinderry. Her body was found that the perpetrator of this six days later behind a roadside gruesome, horrible crime has been layby 15 miles away. brought to justice." Mrs Cardy had told the jury that Her husband, Andy, said: Jennifer left on a red bike, bought " S o m e b o d y w h o c o m m i t s for her birthday two weeks before, murders like this. Their life to visit her friend Louise Major. should be taken away. They Mrs Cardy said she could still should be put to death." remember what her daughter was Black's knowledge of the UK's wearing on the day she went road network meant he could
make a quick getaway in his van after abducting girls. His killing spree ended in 1990 when he was caught by police with a barely alive six-year-old girl hooded, bound, gagged and stuffed in a sleeping bag in the back of his vehicle. He had sexually assaulted her moments earlier. Black is also the prime suspect in the case of Genette Tate, 13, last seen in a country lane in Aylesbeare, Devon, in 1978. Three years ago the Crown Prosecution Service decided it did not have enough evidence to charge him. However, detectives from Devon and Cornwall Police have been monitoring events in Armagh and today's conviction could prompt them to submit another file to the CPS. 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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of Baby Peter in Haringey. The American-style mandatory penalties, which were today criticised as misguided and Submitted at 10/27/2011 2:23:45 AM U p t o 4 0 0 t e e n a g e k n i f e ineffective by penal reform offenders a year will be given a campaigners, came as Mr Clarke mandatory prison term after a also unveiled a barrage of new dramatic Government U-turn on statistics on re-offending and s e n t e n c i n g , K e n C l a r k e freed criminals. announced today. They showed that: The Justice Secretary said he 271,000 crimes were committed wanted to send a "clear message" in one year by a hard core of freed about the seriousness of juvenile p r i s o n e r s w h o h a d a l r e a d y knife crime by introducing a committed 25 offences or more. compulsory four-month sentence 950 freed offenders, including 17 for 16 and 17-year-olds who used murderers and 10 rapists, are on blades to threaten their victims. the run after ignoring efforts to His comments came as he recall them to prison. published official estimates Nearly half of burglars freed showing that between 200 and from jail reoffend within a year 400 juvenile knife offenders are with burglary and theft among the expected to be jailed each year as main new crimes that they a result. commit. The new knife crime penalty Jailed rioters will have added follows a wider Government U- 1,000 to the prison population turn on sentencing which will also within a year. Mr Clarke's s e e m a n d a t o r y l i f e t e r m s announcement of new mandatory introduced for crimes other than sentences comes only days after murder under a new "two strikes he told MPs of his concern about and you're out rule" for a second adopting such a "non-British" serious sexual or violent offence. system. The new mandatory life term for The changes, seen at Westminster repeat serious offenders will also as being forced on the Justice cover those who cause or allow a Secretary by the Prime Minister child to die in a move aimed at MANDATORY page 79 those guilty in cases such as that
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and other Cabinet ministers, will also undermine Mr Clarke's efforts to save money by cutting the prison population. Despite this, he insisted the mandatory sentence for 16 and 17 -year-olds who use knives was necessary. "We need to send out a clear message about the seriousness of juvenile knife crime," he added. Meanwhile, new statistics published today showed that 510,00 crimes were committed in 2009 by freed prisoners within a year of their release. Of these, more 271,601 were by released
inmates with 25 or more previous offences. 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
Video: You wanted a jobs plan?

Jazz Shaw (Hot Air Top Picks)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 10:25:00 AM
Can the GOP deliver flat-tax reform?

Ed Morrissey (Hot Air Top Picks)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 9:45:49 AM
Has the world gone flat? It seems that the concept of the flat tax has now become almost universal among Republicans candidates, at least to some degree. Herman Cain offers a version of a flat income and corporate tax as a means to get to the Fair Tax; Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry have similar flat-tax proposals intended as ends in themselves. Mitt Romney talks
We cant wait! Thats the call coming from the President of the United States as he scrambles to figure out the puzzle of why more people cant find work. Wouldnt it be great if there were only some working model available to show how lots of people could find new, good paying jobs so he could expand upon that at the national level? If only there were someplace where that was already happening today. Oh wait. The Marcellus Shale Coalition has produced a new video showing that in the state of Pennsylvania its been happening for some time. Sitting in the middle of one of the larger about how his plan makes taxes deposits of natural gas in the flatter, although hes not world, (not to mention coal and exactly a flat-tax purist. formerly oil) the industry has But then, neither are Mitts been ramping up steadily for competitors. Cain wants the Fair several years and is bucking a Tax as an end result, not a tax of national trend by driving the any kind on personal or corporate unemployment rate down. But income. Both Perry and and rather than producing some Gingrich offer exemptions and potentially biased report of their deductions on mortgage interest own, this video is simply a and donations to charities (Cains compilation of stories which were also includes a charitablealready reported in both the local contributions deduction), and both and national news. (Though Im retain the existing tax code as an CAN page 81
Pennsylvanias Northern Tier Jobs added between 2008 Q1 and 2011 Q1 This potential isnt unique to Pennsylvania. Other states, including New York, are sitting on the same resources but being blocked by bureaucratic red tape. Similar deposits exist in other guessing they must not get most parts of the country as well, but of these channels in Washington, could use a solid push from D . C . s u c h a s F o x a n d Washington to pick up the pace. To be clear, Im not talking about MSNBC?) subsidies to the natural gas The video is roughly eight minutes in length, but well cover industry here. We dont need that. a few of pertinent numbers below. If the product isnt sustainable on A summary of the economic its own, then there would be no impact of this activity is available point in doing it. But it is viable here, but these numbers should be and its working today. All thats enough to gain the attention of the really required is to take the more odious regulatory shackles off of We Cant Wait crowd. the exploration and development 27,000 New Marcellus Hires There were more than 18,000 process and to stop using this as a new hires (core & ancillary) in p o l i t i c a l f o o t b a l l f o r t h e 2011 Q2 and 9,000 in 2011 Q1 e n v i r o n m e n t a l m o v e m e n t . This post was promoted from 214,000 Marcellus Related Jobs GreenRoom to HotAir.com. Marcellus Employment total in To see the comments on the 2011 Q1 original post, look here. $76,036 Average Marcellus Wage Marcellus Wages 2010 Q2 to This entry passed through the 2011 Q1. This is $29,800 greater Full-Text RSS service if this is than the average of all industries your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read 3,600 Online Job Postings In August 2011, there were 3,600 the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five (core & ancillary) job postings 2075.9% Increase in Core Jobs Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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There's America -- and Then There's Washington

Andrew Cohen (Politics : The Atlantic)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:00:00 AM
Does the prosperity of the capital region color the perspectives of the journalists and lawmakers who live there? Rob Shenk/Flickr Over at Harper's, Thomas Frank has an interesting essay that touches, among other things, on the destructive disconnect that exists between Washington, D.C., and the rest of the nation. I've written about this growing gulf from a political perspective. I've written about it from a media perspective. But Frank writes about it from an economic perspective and e x p r e s s e s quite eloquently what those of us outside Washington, D.C often think of what goes on there. Frank's piece, "The Bleakness Stakes," isn't yet freely available online. But here are the graphs which caught my attention. He's writing about how the District of Columbia ranked as the most "positive " place in America based upon an economic poll by Gallup in August. Frank writes: Washington's optimism isn't that hard to understand, really. The D.C. metro area, when measured by median family income, is the richest in the nation. Six of the ten most affluent counties in America
are Washington suburbs. And thanks to the federal government - the gift that keeps on giving -recessions almost never happen here. In fact, D.C. real estate prices are actually going up... Frank continues: While the familiar critique of Washington insularity gets some
important facts wrong -- most federal employees are, for example, paid considerably less than people doing equivalent work in the private sector -- it gets the big story right. Washington is indeed out of touch with the suffering of the nation. Let us venture even further down
this path. The peculiar economic makeup of the Washington area makes the city a kind of naturally occurring Potemkin Village, an illusion of prosperity that has persuaded its resident journalists and pundits and policymakers to credit all sorts of unsound economic ideas.
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option, at least temporarily. Why? A flat tax on personal income is a tough sell, especially when economic turmoil exists at the levels it does now. Policies that raise taxes on the rich remain popular, and a flat tax goes in the opposite direction. Small wonder, then, that politicians looking to champion these proposals want significant hedges on those bets. In my column for The Fiscal Times, I suggest that the GOP should focus less on selling the personal-income flat tax and focus more on the reforms that a corporate flat tax would provide: Taxpayers like their own deductions and exemptions, but they despise corporate carve-outs, and not without cause. Although the U.S. has the highest explicit corporate tax rate among freemarket nations, we have a corporate tax code filled with loopholes that confers benefits on politically connected companies and imposes competitive disadvantages on the rest. A poorly researched claim by The New York Times that General Electric had no tax liability in 2010 overshadowed the accurate report that GE claimed $3.2 billion in tax credits for the year on a total net income of less than
$12 billion, which highlighted the inequality in the corporate tax code. Too often, larger corporations successfully lobby for tax exemptions and carve-outs that put smaller businesses at a competitive disadvantage. This contributes to the income gap, reduces competition, and ultimately creates economic stagnation. Unfortunately, it also contributes to incumbent job security in Washington. Rep. Ryan explained how tax reform got killed in the early part of the last decade while Republicans controlled Congress, under pressure from the taxexpenditure lobby, which Ryan also called the gauntlet. When the corporate lobby sensed that their ability to get politicians to manipulate the tax code might be in danger, they quickly used their leverage to end the threat. If Republicans put corporate-tax code reform at the center of their platform, they might be able to take a flatter personal income tax along for the ride. If they feature that as a means to clean up Washington and address the problems of natural wealth distribution, they could end up attracting both Tea Party and
some Occupy grassroots to their banner in 2012. The only question would then be whether Republicans in 2013 will stand up to the gauntlet and produce real reform. There arent many similarities between the Tea Party and the Occupiers, but a healthy distaste for crony capitalism is one of those few ties. Eliminating the ability of Congress to manipulate the corporate tax code to bolster big donors would not just reform the economic impact of taxation but also the politics of Washington. The Tea Party has demanded this kind of reform since it erupted in early 2009, and just like the Occupiers, prompted from a disgust at the bailouts given to financial institutions and automakers. Not too many of the hard-core Occupiers will ever cast a ballot for a Republican. There are many, though, who share the somewhat-incoherent anger and resentment of the Occupiers, but who are honestly looking for actual reform. The GOP has an opportunity to make that their platform in this election by focusing on their proposals to rid the corporate tax code of its inequities close loopholes, as
Democrats have demanded in the past and strip it of any political value for the gauntlet, as Ryan called it yesterday. That would cut the rug out from underneath Barack Obama and Democrats in 2012 by offering real change as an option from Obamas Solyndrastyle crony capitalism. Of course, if Republicans win the election, they had better deliver on that promise. Will the Paul Ryans of the GOP lead the party in defeating the tax-expenditure lobby and produce honest tax reform? If they do, they could set themselves up as the governing party for a generation an opportunity that they rejected in 2001-2006. 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
TSA disciplines inspector who left freak note in baggage

Ed Morrissey (Hot Air Top Picks)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:05:28 AM
If youve somehow missed the story of the blogger who unpacked her luggage only to find a personalized TSA note referring to her battery-operated relaxation device, be sure to read Howard Portnoys coverage in the Green Room for a quick primer. Until today, the TSA had offered only passive denials to Jill Filipovics accusation, saying that they had no evidence that an agent had scrawled Get your freak on girl after finding a vibrator in her luggage during a security inspection. Today, the Washington Post reports that TSA must have found some evidence after all: A Transportation Security Administration screener who wrote a personal message on the back of a formal inspection slip placed in a female passengers bag is no longer checking luggage, the agency said Wednesday. Amid media inquiries, TSA initially questioned the allegations, but Wednesday announced it had identified the employee responsible for the message. That individual was immediately TSA page 83
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How President Obama Neuters Independent Reporters

Conor Friedersdorf (Politics : The Atlantic)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 11:30:36 AM
There are unwritten rules that the White House press corps is forced to follow. Since other journalists are less constrained, they get less access. In a Tuesday editorial, The San Francisco Chronicle lashed out at President Obama for what it called a failure of transparency. "The Obama White House's restrictions on media access to its fundraising events makes a mockery of its claim to be the most transparent administration in history," the newspaper insists. "If anything, there is almost a Nixonian quality to the level of control, paranoia -- and lack of credibility -- this White House has demonstrated on the issue of media access to President Obama's fundraisers. Bay Area reporters will not be allowed inside the W Hotel today when the president meets with hundreds of contributors paying $7,500 or more to attend." What I found most interesting was the next line. "Only Washington-based journalists were allowed in the pool -continuing a disturbing trend by this White House to severely limit access to fundraisers." Doug Mataconis gives useful
background: earlier this year, an SF Chronicle reporter "was threatened with being 'blacklisted' from future pools because she had shot video during a pool event, which the White House claimed was an 'unwritten rule.' That video, you may recall, showed a group of protesters on behalf of Bradley Manning interrupting an Obama fundraiser earlier this year. After that incident, the White House started barring local reporters from pool coverage." Two observations:
1) Interesting that reporters on the White House beat full time are regarded as the most reliably compliant as the Obama Administration tries to control information. This makes sense. If your livelihood depends on generating stories within the bubble of the White House press room and presidential travel, you're particularly reliant on your minders, and vulnerable to their displeasure. This isn't a knock on the reporters so constrained, but an observation about the
distorting effects that make their way into presidential coverage and the need for journalistic organizations to invest in reporters who are covering the Obama Administration from outside the bubble too. 2) Now that so many San Franciscans get their national political news from the New York Times or the Washington Post or Politico or CNN or blogs or "The Daily Show" (or right here on The Atlantic's politics channel), it is much less important for presidents
to care about pissing off the editorial boards of regional newspapers. Editors in San Francisco and Seattle and Phoenix and Austin and Chicago and Atlanta and Miami enjoy less influence, compared to their counterparts in Washington, D.C., than they once did, and national coverage is more shaped by folks who share an inside the Beltway perspective, if only because it's where they live. Early on in the HOW page 84
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removed from screening operations and appropriate disciplinary action has been initiated, the agency said in a message posted on its blog. The handwritten note was highly inappropriate and unprofessional, and TSA has zero tolerance for this type of behavior, the agency added. The TSA claims it has apologized to Filipovic, who hasnt noted that yet on her blog, although she is still traveling. TSA also refuses to say what disciplinary action it took with the agent involved. Why? Heres a healthy dose of irony theyre concerned about privacy for the employee, per federal personnel regulations. Its tough to buy that argument, however, for two reasons. First, the employee hasnt been named, so privacy isnt exactly an issue when revealing the disciplinary action taken. Second, and more importantly, federal employees are paid by taxpayers, and taxpayers have the right to demand some accountability especially when the employee involved was abusing the privacy of a law-abiding traveler.
However, Filipovic reminds readers that the invasion of privacy should remain the point of this story, and not just the onetime abuse by a single person within the TSA but the systemic abuse of privacy we have created: Its easy to scape-goat one individual here, but the problem with the note is that its representative of the bigger privacy intrusions that the U.S. government, through the TSA and other sources, levels every day. The invasion is inherent to the TSAs mission, regardless of whether a funny note is left behind the note only serves to highlight the absurdity of all this security theater. The note was inappropriate, the agent in question acted unprofessionally when s/he put in in my bag, there should be consequences and Im glad the TSA takes these things seriously. But I get no satisfaction in hearing that someone may be in danger of losing their job over this. I would much prefer a look at why security has been used to justify so many intrusions on our civil liberties, rather than fire a person who made a mistake.
This is exactly what we created when we decided that we couldnt screen for actual threats, and instead had to do random screening based on nothing more than political correctness. Unless Filipovic demonstrated some observable indicators of a threat, the TSA agent shouldnt have been in her bag in the first place. Until we come to grips with the fact that were not making travel safer through this security theater, as Filipovic calls it, except as an indirect result, we will continue to hear stories of absurd abuses by TSA for no good purpose at all. 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
brokers, including too many of its media leaders, aren't detached enough to see clearly. Most Americans detest Washington because it seems so immodest without having any justification for being so; because the people who run the country, and the people who pontificate about the people who run the country, act like they have all the answers when, clearly, they don't. The popular movements of our day -- the Tea Party, Occupy Wall Street -- all stem from the simple idea that Washington is unable or unwilling to fix the obvious problems that have made life more difficult for ordinary Americans. The people are calling for action. The response is the filibuster and, as my colleague James Fallows has so aptly pointed out, the media myth of "false equivalence." Americans in flyover states are loudly saying: "If y'all in Washington are so smart then where are the smart policy choices? Where are the solutions?" That Washington so far has no answer only makes the rest of us find it that much more contemptible. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a cornerstone of Washington's elite edifice, may blithely call this political gridlock constitutionally natural and comforting. It's easy for him to say so, with his life tenure, book tours, and speaking fees. But 300 hundred million or so Americans call what's happening in Washington, and the way it has
often been enabled by too many Washington journalists, as unacceptable. It's as if Washington has a conflict of interest in dealing with what's now happening in Washington. In or out of government, too many are too close to the story. Washington is home to some of the best journalists in the world. And some of our federal lawmakers and administrators are good and decent souls. But, as Frank points out, too many live and work in a bubble, largely unbuffeted by the uncertainty and economic strife that has the rest of the country up at night. It is a dilemma that goes beyond partisan politics and journalistic ethics. It's both a structural problem and a failure of communication. And the sooner Washington acknowledges that, and does something about it, the better off the rest of us will be. This article available online at: http://www.theatlantic.com/ politics/archive/2011/10/theresamerica-and-then-thereswashington/247442/ 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 recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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Internet era, some people expected that just the opposite would happen -- that online connectedness would make it easier for journalists all over the country to help shape the political conversation, and that the resulting culture of political discourse would be less driven by insiders. Image credit: Reuters This article available online at: http://www.theatlantic.com/ politics/archive/2011/10/howpresident-obama-neuters-
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Rotor Concept HPQ-1 quadcopter eyes-on (video)

Brian Heater (Engadget)
Submitted at 10/27/2011 12:36:00 PM
We're here at the PhotoPlus show in New York, and as usual, the stranger products are being showcased on the outskirts of the show. A company called Rotor Concept out of Southern California was showing off the HPQ-1, a quadcopter designed to lug around your digital camera.The copter itself is surprisingly quiet and steady, the latter of which is no doubt helped
out by the presence of four propellers and advanced stabilization system (put the controller down and it will automatically hold its position). The HPQ-1 can hold payloads of up to 12 ounces, so users can use standard digital cameras to live stream events or a pair of smaller shooters to capture arial 3D clips. According to the company, SWAT teams are looking into using the product for surveillance. The other recommended usage? Weddings, of course. The copter
Continue reading Rotor Concept HPQ-1 quadcopter eyes-on (video) Rotor Concept HPQ-1 quadcopter eyes-on (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| | Email this| Comments can reach a max altitude of 2,000 video after the break. f e e t a n d h a s a t h e o r e t i c a l Terrence O'Brien contributed to maximum flight radius of up to a this report. mile. It's available now for an Gallery: Rotor Concept Inc. MSRP of $899. Peep a quick quadcopter camera system
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Brad Molen (Engadget)
on the corner as the RAZR, and tapered back akin to the Droid Bionic. And, interestingly enough, We were just a tad disappointed it appears to be nearly complete, when the Motorola Droid 3 came j u d g i n g b y t h e n o n - M r . out without Verizon's signature Blurrycam quality of the images LTE logo on the back, but a mere and the tutorial stickers on the three months later the QWERTY screen. Not only does the device slider is back with a new model appear to offer LTE, it also adds that should be packing 4G. The Webtop and should be compatible i m a g e s a b o v e a n d b e l o w , with the LapDock 100 and 500. procured by Droid-Life, show Rounding out the tentative specs what looks to be a super-slim are a 4-inch display, spacious five device with the same slight curves -row keyboard (with number row
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included), 1080p HD video capture, front-facing camera and a non-removable battery. It also comes with Android 2.3.5
installed instead of Ice Cream Sandwich, something which we hope to see remedied soon after launch. Looks like we're finally
close to having a high-end QWERTY option on Verizon's 4G lineup. Motorola Droid 4 exposed to our wandering eyes, comes with LTE in tow? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Droid-Life| Email this| Comments

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