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Republican party chief says he’s staying put despite spending

furor
Jeremy Pelofsky (Front Row a sex-themed nightclub as well money elsewhere. Still, he said
Washington) as tens of thousands of dollars he understood the furor of
Submitted at 4/5/2010 5:15:49 AM spent on luxury hotels, private donors and members.
planes and limousines in the On Sunday, the U.S. Senate’s
Under fire for the Republican month of February. No. 2 Republican, Jon Kyl,
National Committee’s free- “I’m not staying in fancy hotels, declined opportunities to
wheeling spending on posh in the Four Seasons, and flying express confidence in Steele.
hotels, private jets and a party at around in corporate jets,” Steele “I hear my donors, I hear our
a L o s A n g e l e s n i g h t c l u b , said. One RNC staffer has base out there, I hear the
committee Chairman Michael already lost her job because of leadership, and we’re taking
Steele said Monday he will not the nightclub incident. “We steps to make sure that we’re
resign despite the controversy. have managed the money in a even more, how shall we say,
“No,” he said flatly on ABC’s way that has allowed us to fiscally conservative in our
“Good Morning America” when compete in some races that we spending and making sure that
asked whether he would step otherwise wouldn’t have been the dollars are there when it’s
down. It was his first television able to compete in.” time to run our campaigns,”
interview since the controversial Last year, Republicans wrested Steele said on a morning talk
spending came to light. “When I victories in two key governors’ Steele said that the organization donors, are used to a particular show.
first heard about this behavior races — Virginia and New was establishing some controls type of event, we’ve been - Photo credit: Reuters/Molly
going on, I was very angry and Jersey — and also won an upset to rein in spending since scaling those back,” he said, Riley (Steele during a news
we dealt with it.” victory in January to fill Republicans no longer control predicting that the RNC would conference after being appointed
Steele has been excoriated over Democratic U.S. Senator Ted either chamber in the U.S. have a good fundraising effort in RNC chairman)
the last week, including by some K e n n e d y ’ s seat in Congress or the White House. April despite media reports that
members of his own party, for Massachusetts after he died “A lot of our donors, our major some donors are sending their
spending that included $2,000 at from cancer.
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Tories accused over cancer drugs pledge

(Top stories from Times a tax that hasn’t been available to meet the cost of employers.
Online) implemented yet, so it’s not new cancer drugs. Labour insists that the sums do
Submitted at 4/5/2010 6:25:27 AM particularly a cost that the NHS “From next year onwards the not add up because Mr Osborne
has to bear at the moment," he employers in the NHS don’t has failed to identify where he
George Osborne was accused of said. have to spend £200 million-plus would make the £6 billion worth
spending money that does not “It’s a sleight of hand to say the on an increase in national of cuts, beyond saying they
exist as his promise to fund new least because the money isn’t
cancer drugs was questioned by there to be saved yet, so the
insurance, they will have that
money available to meet other
would be on “efficiency
savings” such as axing IT
Apple sells
a leading health think tank. money will have to come out of
Professor John Appleby, chief existing budgets.”
needs.”
Mr Osborne insisted that the
projects, leaving posts vacant
and striking better deals with 300,000 iPads
economist of the King's Fund, His criticism was seized on by
said the Tories were indulging Labour because it goes to the
£200 million was not “magicked
out of nowhere”.
contractors.
Gordon Brown today led a on launch day
in a “sleight of hand” in heart of criticisms about Mr The Shadow Chancellor today make-or-break Labour assault (Holy Kaw!)
pledging to spend £200 million Osborne’s plans for national launched the Tories latest on Mr Osborne’s national Submitted at 4/5/2010 8:16:00 AM
a year on licensed drugs that insurance contributions — that campaign poster, two giant insurance plans, warning that
have yet to be approved by they are uncosted and would boots claiming Labour’s one per taking money out of the Long lines and a plethora of
National Institute for Health threaten frontline services. cent national insurance increase economy this year would hype didn’t keep eager iPad fans
a n d C l i n i c a l E x c e l l e n c e , Andy Burnham, the Health would “stamp out” recovery. threaten the recovery. away as Apple sold 300,000
(NICE), the medicines advisory Secretary, said the Tory promise Separately, he also tried to see Party strategists fear that the units of the new tablet device on
board. on new cancer drugs was off Labour accusations that he plan, which has helped restore the gadget’s debut day. Industry
Under Tory plans, the money unravelling within days of its would be forced to raise VAT the Tories’ double digit poll analysts estimate Apple moved
would come from savings the announcement. “What we see to make his figures add up. He lead, threatens their election between 600,000 and 700,000
NHS would realise as an from the Tories is a shallow told the BBC that he did not chances unless they can unpick iPads over the entire weekend.
employer from Mr Osborne’s attempt to grab headlines rather need to raise VAT to cut the Mr Osborne’s sums. The sales figures include both
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plans rested on using cash the the £200 million the NHS would £150 a year for seven out of ten reach beyond gadget geeks?
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“This is like making a saving on bill to the Treasury would be amount per worker for all Tons of iPad coverage.
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'Miracle' China mine survivors tell of Stressed teachers

ordeal 'considering suicide'
(Top stories from Times caring for the 115 survivors, survived. Rescue worker Chen (Latest news, breaking news, secretary, said: “Teaching is
Online) rescue workers pressed on with Yongsheng recounted their tale. current news, UK news, world widely recognised as one of the
scouring the flooded tunnels of He said: “They were very news, celebrity news, politics most stressful occupations but
Submitted at 4/5/2010 8:44:10 AM
news)
the Wangjialing in search of 38 smart. Several gathered together a healthy workforce is central to
After eight days and eight men still missing hundreds of and they turned on their lamps Submitted at 4/5/2010 7:53:26 AM delivering healthy outcomes
nights trapped in the pitch metres below the surface. in rotation to try to save the By Graeme Paton, Education for pupils.
darkness of a flooded mine in More than 5,000 rescue and batteries until they could be Editor “The research confirms the need
northwest China, 115 men have support workers have worked found. When we rescued them Published: 3:53PM BST 05 Apr to tackle the root causes of
been pulled out alive in what around the clock ever since the they still have plenty of power.” 2010 stress in schools, such as the
officials described as nothing accident, pumping millions of But their ordeal was harrowing, School staff are suffering from impact of the high-stakes
less than a miracle. gallons out of the mine to bring caught by the sudden flood with a series of stress-related accountability regime on the
Some of the miners were strong down the water levels so that nothing to eat or drink. They illnesses, including heart wellbeing of school leaders,
enough to walk almost unaided teams could enter the mine. picked the bark from pinewood palpitations, lack of sleep, teachers and other staff.”
to lifts bringing them out of the The teams, accompanied by supports used to prop up the eating problems and depression, The union commissioned
shafts where they had been d i v e r s , o n F r i d a y b e g a n shafts to eat as hunger began to it was claimed. Compass, the Centre for Mental
entombed since floodwaters descending in rotation into the gnaw. They even drank the A report from the NASUWT Health Research and Policy, to
gushed through the colliery just mine. Late on Sunday, they freezing – and filthy – water blamed the “target culture” in analyse the causes of stress
after noon on March 28. were led to the first survivors by around them. the state education system among teachers.
One man even clapped his coal the sound of tapping on pipes One man described how the coupled with bullying and a lack It interviewed 39 staff members
dust-coated hands as he was along the flooded shafts. floodwaters had gushed at great of support from senior managers with mental health problems and
brought out on a stretcher and One rescuer said he was sitting speed through the tunnels, and headteachers. six school managers.
gripped the hands of rescuers on a tap when he suddenly sweeping him and his It came as members of the The study suggested that
and officials who reached out to glimpsed a light glimmering colleagues away. He was carried National Union of Teachers said teachers’ mental health
touch him. and moving in the distance. He for a long distance along a shaft that the Government had problems were worsened by
“It is a miracle,” said Luo Lin, raced to telephone the news to until his belt caught on a failed to cut workload, despite excessive workload, poor
head of the State Administration colleagues on the surface. protrusion from the wall. He the introduction of high-profile behaviour among pupils and bad
of Work Safety, waiting at the The men raced along the shaft, remained hanging there against reforms to give staff at least school management.
entrance of the mine pit. “The the deepest in the pit, and found the wall for three days and three half a day outside the classroom It said that “suicide ideation” -
trapped miners stayed so a group of nine men huddled on nights, able to sleep without every week to plan lessons thinking about killing yourself -
unwaveringly determined down a working platform. These were drowning. and mark work. was one of the symptoms of
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Police seize passport of cricketer
Shoaib Malik amid bigamy claims
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Submitted at 4/5/2010 6:42:47 AM
Indian police have seized the
passport of one of Pakistan’s top
cricket players and are
questioning him over allegations
that he plans to commit bigamy
by marrying India’s top
women’s tennis star this month.
Shoaib Malik, who captained
Pakistan between 2007 and
2009, is due to wed Sania
Mirza in the Indian city of
Hyderabad on April 15 in an
unprecedented cross-border
sporting union between South
Asia’s arch rivals.
But the Muslim couple’s
nuptial plans have been
overshadowed by claims from
another Indian woman, Ayesha
Siddiqui, that Mr Malik married
her over the telephone in 2002,
signed a wedding certificate,
and even got her pregnant.
He admits taking part in a
telephone ceremony and signing
the certificate, but says they are
invalid because he never
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knowingly met her and she sent
him photographs of another,
more attractive, woman
claiming they were her own.
The dispute has caused a media
frenzy in both India and
Pakistan as cross border
relationships are unusual
between celebrities from the two
countries, which have fought
three wars since independence
from Britain in 1947.
It has also sparked protests
from religious conservatives on
both sides of the border and
shone a rare spotlight on dating
practices among young South
Asian Muslims.
Ms Siddiqui raised the stakes
last night by filing a police
complaint against Mr Malik,
accusing him of cheating her,
offering her money to keep quiet
and threatening to kill her if she
went public.
Dr Shams Babar, a relative of
the Siddiquis, then told a news
conference this morning that
Mr Malik had sexual relations
with Ms Siddiqui and that she
suffered a miscarriage as a
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Grandmother, 83,
bludgeoned to death on
result.
"All reports and other proofs
have been given to the police
Easter Day
(Latest news, breaking news, some time so perhaps he
today," he said. "Shoaib must current news, UK news, world
admit, apologise and finish off passed away.
news, celebrity news, politics "She lived here for a very long
the matter. Or else he will land news)
in big trouble." time. She was a very friendly
Asked why Ayesha was not Submitted at 4/5/2010 8:08:55 AM woman who always said hello
By Richard Edwards, Crime if you passed her in the street.
making a public appearance, he
Correspondent "She was always out and about.
said: "With so much rubbish
Published: 4:08PM BST 05 Apr She was quite small and petite,
thrown at her, Ayesha is
2010 like a traditional grandmother.
depressed, anxious and
Detectives believe the woman, "How anyone could do this to
nervous."
named locally as Doris her is beyond me. It's awful and
Police said they had questioned
Langlands, was murdered in a it happened in her own home
Mr Malik, who has been staying
suspected “domestic” incident. as well."
at the Mirza family home since
It is understood they want to Forensic officers are searching
Saturday, and confiscated his
question the woman’s the house. Police believe the
passport until they completed
grandson. death was not a random attack,
their investigations.
A Scotland Yard spokesman and a source said: "We think it
"I am not leaving the country. I
said no arrests have been made. is domestically related."
will cooperate with the Indian
The pensioner, who had Another neighbour, who did not
government and the police till
suffered head injuries, was want to be named, said: "She
this matter is sorted. I will
found at her home in was a lovely old lady who had
follow the rules," Mr Malik, 28,
Winchmore Hill, north London, time for everyone.
said today at a joint news
at around 7.15pm on Sunday. "She was just very sweet and
conference with his fiancée.
Neighbours said she lived on I'm very sad that this has
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George Osborne - I can cut taxes and How to Sell to The

deficit without VAT hike Bama Companies
(Top stories from Times “The plans we’ve set out The denial came after Mr (Inc.com) "We also look at the company
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restraint, about 20% from tax exist as his promise to fund new Tips from the inside: "Our talk to their management people,
George Osborne today insisted increases. cancer drugs was questioned by company dates back to the pie look at their environmental
he could cut taxes and the “The tax increases are already in a leading health think tank. company my grandmother programs, and talk to a lot of
deficit without raising VAT. place, so the plans do not Professor John Appleby, chief started in 1927. Today, we have employees. A company that has
As he sought to fight off involve an increase in VAT. economist of the Kings Fund, over 1,000 employees in six high employee turnover would
Labour claims that a Tory We have set out our plans and, said the Tories were indulging manufacturing facilities and are be a real red flag to us. If it
government would be forced as I say, they do not involve an in a “sleight of hand” in one of the largest suppliers of doesn't have a stable work
into an urgent tax rise to pay for increase in VAT. pledging to spend £200 million pies and baked goods to quick environment, that's indicative of
the pledges it has already given “There is no shadow chancellor a year on licensed drugs that service restaurant chains and a lot of problems that we might
the Shadow Chancellor said or chancellor in Britain over the have yet to be approved by large retailers," says Paula be buying."
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Schools Secretary Ed Balls developed plans to increase NHS would realise as an facility. It's not just about your it helps give us a good first
claimed that the Conservatives VAT in recent years were the employer from Mr Osborne’s ability to supply a product and impression of someone we
would raise the tax “within Labour Government, and we plans to increase national ensure the supply; it's also about might not have worked with
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Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik Apple Sells More Than

questioned over 'secret wife'
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news)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 7:00:14 AM
Published: 3:00PM BST 05 Apr
2010
The former international was
quizzed by Indian officers after
revealing he is due to marry
Sania Mirza in April and settle
in Dubai.
A woman called Ayesha
Siddiqui filed a police case
against Malik claiming the
two married in 2002 and has
demanded a divorce.
She has made a range of
accusations including that the
two signed a wedding
agreement and that Malik
offered money to keep her
silent.
She has also appeared on
television to denounce Malik as
a cheat who dumped her
because his teammates said she
was overweight.
Yesterday, he dismissed the
allegations as the couple
appeared together in
Hyderabad to insist that their
wedding plans would not be
affected by the allegations.
Malik said he had fully co-
operated with police and he
accused Siddiqui of lying in
order to gain “cheap
popularity”.
“This woman must prove all
those things she is saying and I
am here to answer all the
questions,” he said. “I have not
done anything wrong.”
Mirza defended her husband-to-
be, saying he had never kept her
“in the dark” about Siddiqui.
“If there is anything for him to
prove, he can prove it,” she said.
“But it is unfair for her to say
these things without proof, and
it is very painful for our
families.”
Malik arrived in India last week
and is staying at Mirza’s house
in the southern city of
Hyderabad, where police
questioned him for nearly two
hours. They have also alerted
Indian airports not to allow the
cricketer to leave the country.
“The case is under investigation.
We have come here for
investigations,” said Assistant
Commissioner of Police R.
Ravinder Reddy.
Malik, 28, has been fighting a
12-month ban by the Pakistan
Cricket Board for poor
performance and indiscipline.
Mirza, 23, was the first Indian
to win a WTA tour event in
2005 and reached her highest
world ranking of 27 two years
ago although she has since
slipped to 92nd.
The marriage had already
sparked controversy with the
hardline Hindu group Shiv
Sena, who said Mirza’s heart
could not be truly Indian if she
chose to marry a Pakistani.
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300,000 iPads in First
Weekend, Analysts Take Note
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Submitted at 4/5/2010 11:00:00 AM
Filed under: Launches, Apple
Inc (AAPL)
Talk about a good first
weekend. This morning Apple (
AAPL) announced that it sold
more than 300,000 iPads as of
midnight on Saturday, including
deliveries of preordered iPads to
customers, to channel partners,
and sales at Apple Retail Stores.
The company added that iPad
users downloaded more than
1,000,000 apps from their App
Store and more than 250,000
ebooks from its iBookstore the
first day.
Steve Jobs noted that "It feels
great to have the iPad launched
into the world -- it's going to be
a game changer ... iPad users, on
average, downloaded more than
three apps and close to one book
within hours of unpacking their
new iPad." This is great news
for the company, and it lead to
JPMorgan upping the company's
price target to $305 from $240
while raising 2010 EPS
estimates to $12.74 from
$11.59. Kaufman expects AAPL
to now reach $295 as well.
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Arraignment Set in Phone Caper at Senator's Office

(Newsmax - Politics)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 3:42:45 AM
A court date has been set for
four conservative activists
facing reduced charges after
federal authorities initially
accused them of trying to
tamper with the phones in Sen.
Mary Landrieu's New Orleans
office.
James O'Keefe, Stan Dai,
Joseph Basel and Robert
Flanagan are scheduled to be
arraigned April 21 on
misdemeanor charges of
entering a federal building under
false pretenses. They had been
arrested on felony charges on
Jan. 25.
The new charges are contained
in a bill of information, which
typically signals a plea deal.
Basel's lawyer has said his client
has agreed to plead guilty to the
new charge, while Flanagan's
lawyer has said his client
worked out an agreement with
prosecutors to resolve the case.
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Salvage experts assess ship grounded Saudi Arabia Raises Oil

on Great Barrier Reef
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news)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 6:57:45 AM
By Bonnie Malkin in Sydney
Prices to Asia and U.S.
Buyers
the constant shifting of the
vessel in strong winds was
grinding up the reef below it.
Planes had been used to spray
dispersant over the two-tonne
oil slick, which was contained
Connie Madon
Anna Bligh, the premier of in two patches, he said. (BloggingStocks)
Queensland, said that the cost of However, a white ribbon of
salvaging the ship and damaged coral could be seen Submitted at 4/5/2010 10:30:00 AM

Published: 2:57PM BST 05 Apr cleaning up the spill, will be stretching for several miles
2010 Filed under: Oil
sent to its owners, Cosco Group. away from the ship.
Two tugs have been sent to The Shen Neng 1, which is Saudi Arabia's Saudi Aramco
Conservationists have
stabilise the Shen Neng 1, which carrying 975 tonnes of heavy raised its light crude oil prices to
demanded tighter controls on
became stuck on Douglas fuel oil and 65,000 tonnes of Asia and the U.S. For Asia
the thousands of ships that
Shoal, 43 miles east of Great coal, was more than 15 miles buyers it raised its crude price higher prices.
pass close to the reef every year.
K e p p e l I s l a n d o f f t h e wide of its designated shipping by $1.00 to $2.10 over the Continue reading Saudi Arabia
Douglas Shoal is off-limits to
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and travelling at full commercial vessels because it is
Saturday. Authorities have speed, when it slammed into the raised the premium it charges U.S. Buyers
within the Great Barrier Reef
warned that it could take weeks reef. U.S. customers by 40 cents a Saudi Arabia Raises Oil Prices
Marine Park.
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Patrick Quirk, the general The Shen Neng 1's presence in
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Obama Aims to Save Mass. Gov. Patrick

(Newsmax - Politics)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 2:31:09 AM
President Barack Obama's
recent trip to Boston was part of
an effort to support Gov. Deval
Patrick, according to a
Politico.com report.
The governor, who has deep
ties to the president and his core
team of advisers, faces a tough
reelection battle this year. His
disapproval ratings are
reportedly tempered only by a
three-way race.
Patrick, who has been at the
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Amazing Presentation On The End Of The Copper Era
The Oil Drum (The Money
Game)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 7:51:00 AM
(This is a guest post from The
Oil Drum by Jean Laherrère, a
longtime head of exploration for
TOTAL. As is his nature, Jean
speaks more with graphs than
words. This posts contains over
40 images amounting to 2
Mbytes of data; keep this in
mind when proceeding.)
Copper has been an important
mineral in the world growth, in
use for at least 10 000 years.
The Bronze Age is well known
for having replaced the Stone
Age, and bronze is the alloy of
copper and tin. Copper has the
second highest electrical
conductivity after silver. Its
price went so high that copper
cables are now often stolen,
disturbing telephone and
Internet communications.
Copper is used in piping (water
supply, refrigeration and air
conditioning). Measured by
weight, it is the third most
important metal used by man
after iron and aluminium
(Radetzki 2009). Its use is
challenged by new substitutes,
but copper production will peak
because it is a limited resource
amounting to around 1400 Mt.
Unlike oil, copper can be
recycled, but developing
countries’ needs are huge.
What follows is an evaluation
of world copper production,
then an analysis country by
country--there are many charts
and graphs so that we may try
to understand where we are with
regard to future copper
production. See The Coming Of
Peak Copper > Soon we will use
all of Earth's copper
I found it fairly easy to model
gold production both for the
world and the main producers
in my 2009 post The gold peak,
easier to model than the oil
peak( part II). In this post, I
have tried to do the same for
copper production.
The best source of data is the
USGS which provides complete
time-series since 1900 for the
US and the world. For other
countries unfortunately, I had to
turn to individual annual reports
(from 1932) where the scanned
data is hard to read in old
reports. The USGS should
compile the country by country
copper production data from the
annual reports in one document
like Porter and Edelstein did for
the world and for the US: U.S.
Geological Survey, in Kelly,
T.D., and Matos, G.R. Historical
statistics for mineral and
material commodities in the
United States: U.S. Geological
Survey Data Series 140.
Since 1995, the USGS reports
its annual remaining reserve
estimate as USGS reserves and
USGS reserve base. The
cumulative production from
6000 years ago to 1900 is
estimated at 17 Mt. The world
copper cumulative production
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1600 metric tons (Mt) is the
high estimate for cumulative
reserves
The Hubbert linearisation of
production data - being the
growth of production (or
annual/cumulative in %) versus
cumulative production - is
extrapolated with a linear trend
with the aim of estimating the
ultimate, but it works only if the
cumulative production fits a
logistic curve, when in reality
there are often several cycles.
The present plot for the world
shows only a recent trend from
2000 onwards, which can be
extrapolated towards 1600 Mt
can be easily modeled with a plotted on a single graph. These (present cumulative production
logistic curve for ultimates of eight producers have an ultimate plus USGS reserve base) but
1200 Mt and 1600 Mt fitting of 820 Mt that is about 60% of the previous declining trend
the USGS estimates. the world's ultimate. (1975-1995) was pointing
Production will peak in a short Chile emerged as the key towards 1000 Mt.
time producer But copper reporting is sloppy.
For these two ultimates the Gavin Mudd in Historical Russia has "not declined" in 15
annual production can also be trends in base metal mining: years.
easily model led and the peak back casting to understand the The best approach is to rely on
seems to occur soon, despite (or sustainability of mining[pdf!], a the geological inventory of the
because) the high price increase publication from 2009, shows world potential estimated by the
since 2000. Yet the copper price a n n u a l c o p p e r p r o d u c t i o n USGS, based on the study of
today is cheaper than in 1900 s t a r t i n g i n 1 8 4 0 . known discoveries and possible
when reported in 1998 dollars International Copper Study yet to find. The USGS does not
per kg (USGS data). The G r o u p ( I C S G ) a p p e a r s t o give a good and precise
secondary production is small o v e r s t a t e t h e r e s e r v e s definition of its estimates
a n d d e c r e a s i n g t o a l m o s t The details for the eight main reported as reserves and reserve
nothing! copper producers are presented base!
These eight countries have 60% in the following slides. Contrary to the obsolete SEC
of the resources World rules for oil, forbidding
T h e e i g h t m a i n c o p p e r The world primary production reporting of probable reserves
producers (Chile, US, Peru, is less than the secondary (now changed in 2010) the SEC
Indonesia, China, Australia, production and both added less rules for minerals (industry
Canada and Russia) have been than the refined reported by the
studied and the synthesis is ICSG. AMAZING page 9
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guide 7) allow to report proved
and probable. The USGS only
changes its data on copper
reserves from time to time,
when it shows the remaining
discovered reserves, but it
should be decreased when
production isn't matched by new
discovery. Only US and Canada
reserves have decreased!
The reserves reported by the
USGS since 1995 show a poor
evolution when plotted in a log
scale.
This poor evolution, such as for
Russia with no change during 15
years, means that their estimate
lacks good data!
Geoscience Australia in their
2009 report [pdf!] use a more
precise definition of resources
and report Economic
Demonstrated Resources (EDR)
for Australia and the world at
the end 2008 being 78 Mt and
603 Mt respectively. In its turn
the USGS reserves stand at 24
Mt and 540 Mt and the USGS
reserve base amounts to 43 Mt
and 1000 Mt. USGS reserves
look pessimistic compared to
Geoscience Australia EDR. The
reserve base looks similar, but
there should be an upper limit.
It is difficult to estimate the the
point at which production ceases
to be economic
In mining, economics depends
mainly on the grade of the ore
and it is important to plot the
evolution with time. But my
data is not good enough. Gavin
Mudd (2009) has a graph
showing the decline of the ore
grades for the world, US,
Australia and Canada, all
declining below 1% in 2008. It
is difficult to estimate the the
point at which production
ceases to be economic.
America estimates reserves at a
high percentage of reserve base
-- that means we are very
optimistic in the amount it is
feasible to recover
United States
The cumulative US copper
discovery (starting in 1545)
from USGS 98-206A is 350 Mt
at the end of 1998 and seems
very optimistic compared to the
USGS reserve base (around 200
Mt with cumulative production).
The cumulative production in
1900 is assumed to be around 6
Mt and it is at 129 Mt at end
2008. We have taken 200 Mt as
the ultimate production.
We can see that the U.S. has
200Mt
The Hubbert linearisation of
production is more reliable,
having passed peak, trending
towards 200 Mt.
The US annual production of
copper is increasing chaotically
from 1900 to a peak in 1998 at
2.1 Mt, and drops drastically to
1.2 Mt in 2005, despite a sharp
increase in price!
The USGS has almost doubled
Chile's copper reserves from
1995 to 2009.
Chile
Chile probably has 275Mt
We have model led for an
ultimate of 250 Mt because the
Hubbert linearisation since
1999 trends towards such value,
but also 300 Mt, guessing that
275 Mt is not a bad value.
Chile copper production has
peaked in 2007.
Peru has 100 Mt
Peru
Like for Chile, the USGS has
doubled its reserves estimate,
but in 2008, from 30 to 60 Mt.
We guess that the ultimate is
around 100 Mt.
But it is hard to estimate the
peak for Peru
The Hubbert linearisation is
hopeless, being far from peak.
Peru's production will peak
around 2025
For an ultimate of 100 Mt,
Peru's copper production will
peak around 2025 at 1.7 Mt.
China is also hard to plot
China
Data for China is hard to check
and the USGS has increased its
reserves lately. We have taken
an ultimate of 50 Mt.
The Hubbert linearisation plot
trends towards infinite!
But China should peak in 2020
The annual production should
peak around 2020 at 1.2 Mt.
Indonesia has around 45 Mt
Indonesia
The USGS has sharply
increased Indonesia’s reserves
around 2000, but reduced them
last year. We have taken an
ultimate of 45 Mt.
Once again, it is hard to
estimate the peak
Hubbert linearisation plot is
impossible to extrapolate.
But Indonesia has already
peaked
Indonesia copper production
has peaked in 2001 and will
decline slowly until 2100.
Australia has a better way of
predicting reserves
Australia
In the US, Wall Street (SEC)
dominates reserves definition
and it is good to see a country
with a better scientific approach.
Australia is a good choice to
compare the USGS estimate
with Geosciences Australia's
estimate [pdf!]. Australia has a
better reserve definition for
minerals (EDR = Economic
Demonstrated Resources).
Check out the volatility
The sharp increase in
Australia’s copper reserves
comes mainly from the huge
Olympic Dam field (copper and
uranium) in South Australia.
K.F.Bampton in Copper mining
and treatment in South Australia
[pdf!] displays (in a logarithmic
scale) the up and down copper
production in South Australia
starting around 1840.
We see that Australia has 100
Mt
Olympic Dam copper reserves
are estimated at 32 Mt. Australia
copper ultimate is estimated at
100 Mt.
Volatility makes it hard to
name the peak in Australia
The Hubbert linearisation is
hard to extrapolate!
9
Australia may peak in 2030
For an ultimate of 100 Mt
Australia’s copper production
will peak around 2030 at 1.5
Mt.
But this optimistic future
production increase is based
only on geological constraints
(reserves), yet above ground
constraints (Economy) could
dampen this forecast into a more
chaotic behaviour!
Canada has 50 Mt
Canada
Canada is another good place to
compare USGS and Natural
Resources Canada (NRCan)
approaches. NRCan reserves are
more complete and slightly
lower than the USGS reserves.
From NRCan we estimate
Canada's copper ultimate at 50
Mt.
At least Canada has a clear
sense of reserves
The Hubbert linearisation
seems to be trending towards 50
Mt since 1970.
Canada's production will peak
in five years.
Canada’s copper production has
peaked in 1974 and will be
producing at half peak around
2015.
Russia has 60 Mt
Russia
Russia is a difficult country to
get reliable data from, because
before the break up of the USSR
the data was global and because
the cold war data was very
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David Rosenberg: Here's 7 Economic Stats You Shouldn't

Believe
Joe Weisenthal (The Money indeed show an index averages out to be 71.0, the 2009 lows) in buybacks as expected to come in and resolve
Game) increase of 0.4% MoM (using and in source of all the problems in the economy.
Submitted at 4/5/2010 7:23:32 AM the Case-Shiller Composite-10), expansions, it averages 102.0. comfort. But here’s the rub: This
but the raw What does that tell you? The vast majority of companies view is deserving in some sense
David Rosenberg of Gluskin- data revealed a 0.2% dip — the 4. The ISM index came out are buying because not only did the Fed
Sheff welcomes you back to fourth decline in a row! Now it before the payroll numbers did back their stock to avoid the and the
work with seven economic would be and injected a big dilutive effects of expiring stock Treasury break the boundaries
datapoints requiring you to look one thing if January was an round of enthusiasm into the options — of between the private and public
behind the headlines. unusually weak seasonal month pro-cyclical camp. The index the 214 companies that did a economy
1. U.S. consumer spending in for home did shoot up in buyback in Q4, only 50 resulted this cycle to bail out the banks,
the first quarter is higher prices deserving of an upward March, to 59.6 from 56.5, and in share auto sector and housing
because the savings skew from the adjustment while many of the components count reductions (see page B2 companies, but
rate has slipped to 3.1% from factors; however, were up, of the weekend WSJ). they have continued in these
4.7% at the end of last year. from 1998 through to 2006, the prime reason for the Moreover, it really efforts despite a record $1.5
Organically, they rose in each and every increase was the eight-point says something about the trillion deficit.
spending is actually doing quite January and by surge in the widespread excess capacity in With no other goal, it would
poorly and that reflects the fact an average of 0.6%. But what inventory component, to 55.3. the economy seem, than to allow the
that happened is that home prices Moreover, the orders-to- and poor perceived rates of residential real estate
wage-based incomes remain collapsed in inventories ratio return on new investments that market to clear at lower prices,
under pressure. So, without that each of the past three Januarys slid to a level suggesting that companies the government now intends to
unsustainable decline in what is — by an average of 1.8%, or a we could be in for a big would opt to deploy cash for permanently reduce the
already a low personal savings 25% pullback in the next buyback strategies at this mortgage balance for all
rate, annual rate. And, seasonal few months. Meanwhile, very presumed early homeowners who are
consumer spending in January factors typically weigh the little attention has been made to stage of the business expansion. “under water” and unemployed
would have actually contracted experience of the the If there is one trend that is homeowner mortgage borrowers
0.4% and prior three years construction spending data, indeed are also
0.6% in February. In other disproportionately so what looks which sagged 1.3% MoM in constructive — certainly for our going to be recipient of
words, what we are seeing like steady gains in February with income theme — it is that taxpayer assistance (but not the
unfold right now is housing prices may be little broad-based declines across companies are renter). The
a ‘low quality’ consumer more than a statistical mirage. sectors — and January’s 0.6% beginning to pay out more of problem ahead is that the bond
recovery in the U.S., not Consumer confidence drop was their retained earnings in the market may no longer be in a
deserving of the P/E (Conference Board version) rose revised to -1.4% (the fourth form of cooperating
multiple expansion that the to 52.5 in March slippage in a row). dividends — $5.1 billion in net mood to finance all this
retailers have enjoyed in recent and yet again this was treated 5. Stock buybacks are widely dividend increases in Q1, the largesse. With the 10-year yield
months. A gleefully on the Street and in the (and erroneously) viewed as most since now pressing
sector to clearly fade going media being a major 2007Q4 (but still down 21% against the 4% threshold, we
f o r w a r d i s c o n s u m e r because it beat the consensus fund-flow driver of the equity from two years ago). have a crucial week ahead for
discretionary. estimate. But here is the reality: market, and many a pundit 6. There seems to be this the Obama
2 . O n h o m e p r i c e s , t h e in points to the entrenched view now that the
seasonally adjusted data did recessions, this confidence 37% QoQ jump (+98% from government can be DAVID page 16
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10 Essential iPad Tips & Tricks

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Company) read classics, and the project
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Tap any editable text four Take Giant Screenshots
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imprecise. We have assumed the
copper production of Russia
during the period of the FSU by
taking a certain percentage of
FSU data. The USGS reserves
have not changed from 1995 to
now, despite production,
indicating the uncertainty of the
estimate. The largest field is
Udokan in Eastern Siberia,
which displays some negative
growth (from 20 to 14 Mt); it
was sold in 2008 to be
developed and is planned to be
producing 0.5 Mt by 2016. We
have assumed Russia’s copper
ultimate to be 60 Mt.
Their peak is hard to predict
The Hubbert linearisation could
be extrapolated towards 60 Mt
but it is not reliable!
Russia's peak is now
Russia’s copper production has
dropped sharply with the break
up of the FSU, and is likely
peaking now.
US consumption has likely
peaked
Copper consumption
The US copper consumption
displays a chaotic constant
increase from 1900 to 2000,
and then a decline. The US
consumption peak follows the
US production peak.
And the 'One Book, One Twitter' Winners Are ...
Jeff Howe (Wired Top Stories)
Submitted at 4/4/2010 9:00:00 PM
I spent a good share of last
week poring over election
Did world consumption peak in
2006? Or will it continue to
rise?
The world copper consumption
(N. Brewster, Rio Tinto,
Outlooks for commodity
markets [pdf!] displays a
harmonious increase since 1850
but a possible peak in 2006, or
just a bump! The real (in 2009
dollars) copper price displays an
opposite trend!
This is how we use copper
It is hard to find a good graph
of the distribution of the world
copper use.
This Russian graph (from
Copper industry: world
production – Part I) shows the
large range of use by industry.
Another good graph on US
copper use.
Copper is roughly 20 years
behind gold
Copper & gold & oil
Gold production has peaked in
2000 and copper will likely peak
in 2020. Their growth was
roughly parallel (with a 20 years
gap).
Like gold, the price is chaotic
Copper's price in 1998 dollars
has been chaotic with a sharp
increase in 2006 (still, lower
than in 1900!), but the gold
results for the One Book, One won handily with an aggregate
Twitter (#1b1t) project. I don’t of 431 votes.
think anyone will be surprised to
hear that American Gods, a
Hugo Award winning novel,
price was also chaotic.
Now copper pricing follows oil
Since 1980 the copper price has
been following the oil price.
The copper age is ending. The
only question is when.
Conclusions
Copper has been an important
mineral in the world growth, in
use for at least 10 000 years.
The Bronze Age is well known
for having replaced the Stone
Age, and bronze is the alloy of
copper and tin.
Copper has the second highest
electrical conductivity after
silver. Its price went so high
that copper cables are now often
stolen, disturbing telephone and
Internet communications.
Copper is used in piping (water
supply, refrigeration and air
conditioning). Measured by
weight, it is the third most
important metal used by man
after iron and aluminium
(Radetzki 2009). Its use is
challenged by new substitutes,
but copper production will peak
because it is a limited resource
amounting to around 1400 Mt.
Unlike oil, copper can be
recycled, but developing
countries’ needs are huge.
Chile and China dominate the
world's copper production. But
Chile's production peaked in
2007 and China will likely peak
around 2020. The future of
copper is uncertain!
The Copper peak seems a real
concern for many and there are
several “Peak Copper” sites.
The use of peak xxx has become
a fashion following the
introduction of the term Peak oil
by Colin Campbell in 2001.
Peak fat is described by Ugo
Bardi.
From Goggle (February 2010)
peak oil finds 2 080 000 quotes
but oil peak only 91 400 quotes;
peak copper finds 53 100
quotes, but copper peak only 24
100 quotes.
The Copper peak is not
something new! The only
question is when.
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Spanish Gov't Officials
Active Uploaders And
Downloaders Of
Unauthorized Content
Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 2:11:56 AM
The entertainment industry has
been pushing hard for new
copyright laws in Spain, even
pretending that they might pull
out of Spain if the laws aren't
changed. That's because, under
existing laws, file sharing for
personal use is considered legal.
Of course, economists have
pointed out that the new laws
would do more harm than good.
TorrentFreak is now reporting
that someone has been checking
in on Spanish gov't IPs, and
discovering that it appears that
gov't officials are regular
uploaders and downloaders of
unauthorized content. Of
course, as noted, that is legal in
Spain right now -- but it does
raise some questions about why
the government would be so
keen to change the law. And,
before someone brings it up: no,
an IP address is not evidence by
itself, but as a bit of aggregate
information it is a good way of
getting a general sense. The
problems with IP as "evidence"
is when they're used to accuse a
single person, not of
understanding the wider usage
patterns.
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Pending Home Sales For February Unexpectedly Rise 8.2%

Vince Veneziani (The Money reflects contracts and not a closer relationship between
Game) closings, which usually occur annual index changes (from the
Submitted at 4/5/2010 7:16:53 AM with a lag time of one or two same month a year earlier) and
months. year-ago changes in sales
Pending home sales rose Lawrence Yun, NAR chief performance than with month-to
significantly in February, e c o n o m i s t , s a i d t h e -month comparisons.
climbing 8.2% month-over- improvement is another hopeful An index of 100 is equal to the
month and 17.3% year-over- sign. “The rise in buyer contact average level of contract activity
year. activity may signal the early during 2001, which was the first
Analysts were looking a decline stages of a second surge of year to be examined as well as
of 1.0%. home sales this spring. The the first of five consecutive
Prior month-over-month was healthy gain hints home prices record years for existing-home
revised lower from -7.6% to - are continuing to flatten,” he sales.
7.8%. Lawrence Yun of the said. “We need a second surge Existing-home sales for March
National Association of Realtors to meaningfully draw down will be reported April 22 and the
says this is a sign that "may inventory and definitively next Pending Home Sales Index
signal the early stages of a stabilize home values.” will be on May 4; release times
second surge of home sales this The PHSI in the Northeast rose are 10 a.m. EDT.
spring." 9.0 percent to 77.7 in February Join the conversation about this
The full release below from the and is 18.9 percent higher than d e m o n s t r a t e a d d i t i o n a l A sale is listed as pending when
story »
NAR: improvement from buyers the contract has been signed but
February 2009. In the Midwest See Also:
Pending home sales rose in the index jumped 21.8 percent responding to the tax credit,” the transaction has not closed,
• Map: Here Are The 29 Cities
February, potentially signaling a to 97.9 and is 18.7 percent Yun said. though the sale usually is
At Risk Of A Housing Double
second surge of home sales in above a year ago. Pending home The National Association of finalized within one or two
Dip
response to the home buyer tax sales in the South increased 9.2 Realtors®, “The Voice for Real months of signing.
• Actually, What We Need Is
credit, according to the National percent to an index of 107.0, Estate,” is America’s largest The index is based on a large
MORE Foreclosures, Not
Association of Realtors®. trade association, representing national sample, typically
and the index is 17.5 percent Fewer. And Soon.
The Pending Home Sales higher than February 2009. In 1.2 million members involved in representing about 20 percent of
• Here's What A $100,000
Index,* a forward-looking the West the index fell 4.8 all aspects of the residential and transactions for existing-home
Salary Gets You In 20 Global
indicator based on contracts percent to 98.0 but is 14.6 c o m m e r c i a l r e a l e s t a t e sales. In developing the model
Cities
signed in February, rose 8.2 percent above a year ago. industries. for the index, it was
p e r c e n t t o 9 7 . 6 f r o m a “Anecdotal ly, we’re hearing ### demonstrated that the level of
downwardly revised 90.2 in about a rise of activity in recent *The Pending Home Sales monthly sales-contract activity
January, and remains 17.3 weeks with ongoing reports of Index is a leading indicator for parallels the level of closed
percent above February 2009 multiple offers in more markets, the housing sector, based on existing-home sales in the
when it was 83.2. The data s o t h e M a r c h d a t a c o u l d pending sales of existing homes. following two months. There is

Snap Links Lite Opens Multiple Links in Tabs [Downloads]

Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker) predecessor, Snap Links Lite for release. It's handy for blog
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Facebook Services to Remain Free
Courtney Rubin (Inc.com)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 7:09:00 AM
Observers have long wondered
if Facebook could convert its
400 million plus users into
actual profit – and if and when
the social networking giant
would start charging businesses
for services it currently provides
for free.
Well, the privately-held
Facebook "has been profitable
for a long time," the company's
chief operating officer Sheryl
Sandberg said in an interview
with the U.K.'s The Sunday
Telegraph. And the site will
focus on being an "ad-based
business," she said – not on fees
for functions.
"You are right that a lot of the
products we provide for
businesses are free - we love
that," she said. "And we think
that if those free products work -
and they do - then people will
advertise against that and spend
money against them to promote
them."
She added: "We want the world
to use Facebook and I think the
Get Around the iPad's Single Calendar Sync
Limitation [Syncing]
Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 7:30:00 AM
Google Sync can keep your
Google Calendar changes in
best way we get revenue is
when people put up the page
and it is all free and then they
advertise to show people where
the pages are. You've got to
show people you've arrived. If
I'm a business I can advertise to
the whole world or to the people
in Liverpool. We offer at both
ends of that spectrum."
Sandberg trumpeted the site as
the "best platform" for brands to
build awareness – challenging
even television, she claimed.
The site's unique strength is in
users' interaction with the ads –
and in its ability to promote and
hit the fast-forward button on
viral marketing.
"Facebook is genuine two-way,"
Sandberg said. "When you put
an ad on Facebook, users can
interact with it and, more
importantly, they do it publicly.
If I watch a TV commercial and
I like it I might tell my husband
sitting next to me and that's it. If
I see an ad on Facebook and I
like it, I give it a 'thumbs up' and
my average 130 friends see I
like it and it spreads."
She said Facebook planned to
sync with your brand-spanking-
new iPad, but only through one
primary calendar by default.
You can switch on multiple iPhone browser and heading to
calendars by emulating an
be careful that advertising didn't
intrude on users' experience and
turn them off.
"We are very conscious that this
is people's space and that's why
our ads look and feel the same
as the rest of the site," she said.
There will be no big pop-up ads
– only ads that interact with
users like everything else on the
site.
"So, when Alice In Wonderland
opened and bought an ad saying
'come see it', people could
RSVP just as if the invitation
had come from a friend," she
said.
As for Facebook's long-term
plans: An initial public offering
is the company's ultimate goal,
but for right now there's no
plans for one because profits are
enough to fund growth.
"We've been profitable for a
long time, we're cash-flow
positive ahead of our forecasts
and we're doing very, very well
out of that model," Sandberg
said.
"The more people that use
Facebook, the more inventory
we have for adverts and the
more useful it is for advertisers.
The key question is: when we
see our usage go up, do we see
our revenue go up? And the
answer is 'yes' in really
compelling ways."
On Friday, Facebook bought
Divvyshot, a Y Combinator-
backed San Francisco startup
that launched in March. Photo-
sharing company Divvyshot –
founded by 25-year-old Sam
Odio – was in the middle of
raising an angel round when
Facebook appeared with,
presumably, a better offer.
(Terms of the acquisition
weren't disclosed, though Odio
at least got a free breakfast out
the courtship: eggs, sausage,
homefries, and a blueberry
shake, he tweeted.) More than
three billion photos are
uploaded each month on
Facebook.
What do you think? Can
Facebook build a large enough
business through advertising
alone?
Google Sync's mobile page.
More »
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Instapaper
Threestyled/Greystyled
Adds Polish to Saved
Articles [Downloads]
Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 8:00:00 AM
Most browsers: The article-
saving, text-streamlining
webapp Instapaper intentionally
keeps its site dead simple to use.
If you'd like just a bit of a color
and style upgrade, the
Threestyled script, and its
Greystyled counterpart, add a bit
of polish. More »
Sequencing the
Video Genome
Jennifer Welsh (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 5:35:00 AM
Scientists are using the same
technique behind gene
sequencing to match video
sequences in an effort to fight
internet video piracy.
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Lifelike Geminoid F Robot Creepily Blurs Boundaries of
Reality
Kit Eaton (Fast Company)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 9:21:48 AM
We cover a lot of robots here
on Fast Company, sometimes
exciting tech, sometimes
promising for healthcare, or the
future of daily life...and
sometimes outright creepy. The
latest Japanese android is firmly
in this category.
She's a product of the
Intelligent Robotics lab at Osaka
University and robot builders
Kokoro Co. Ltd., and she's
dubbed Geminoid F(the "f" is
for female.) And all that use of
the word "she" is justified, as
the bot is quite definitely
convincingly female--which
technically makes her a gynoid
rather than an android. All this
super realism is because she's
modeled after a real twenty-
something Japanese woman--on
the right in that image above--
via a sophisticated scanning
system. Silicone realistic skin,
convincing hair, and teeth that
seem so real they make
Geminoid F have a nearly
human smile. Add in subtle
movements, driven by a batch of
servos, that give the robot the
ability to raise an eyebrow, or
mimic those tiny tics that our
fallible flash-and-blood bodies
get up to all the time without us
realizing, and you've got a
machine that is freakishly real.
She truly delves into that
uncanny valley between
detectably artificial and
undetectable human-mimicing.
[youtube 5dJOAf2Dt98]
So what's the purpose of all this
weird aping of reality? Partly it's
because it's easy to develop a
more trusting relationship with
something that has a face--it's
why people find it easy to love
dogs and cats but turtles and
spiders are harder to think about
in the same anthropomorphizing
way. The team behind this robot
think she'll work fabulously in
roles like receptionist at a
museum. And they're probably
right. It'll be a while 'til the tech
is advanced enough and portable
enough to re-skin robots like
ASIMO...but probably not as
long as you think. And that
speediness is reflected in the
fact that you'll be able to buy a
Geminoid F of your own next
month for around $110,000.
But if super-real robots aren't
your thing, or you're in denial
that your daily life isn't going to
be touched by this sort of tech
soon, then check out this other
innovation: A "wearable"
augmented reality robot. This is
also a Japanese creation, coming
from assistant professor at
Toyohashi University of
Technology, and it's designed to
inject the missing "sensations"
into cross-Internet
communications.
Revealed this weekend at the
very first Augmented Human
International Conference in
France, the "iFeel_IM!" robot
Business/ 15
takes the form of a kind of "suit"
that's essentially sensor and
servo-laden straps that are
wound around the wearer's
body. The system can measure
what the wearer is doing in
terms of movement, and can
deliver sensations back from a
remote user also wearing a robo-
suit, in the form of flutters down
your spine or even warmth.
Confusing? Well, the simplest
way to explain it is as a way of
replacing emoticons--if you're
far away from your partner, but
Skyping them or IMing to keep
in touch, then it'd be nice to feel
a hug in some way, instead of
just reading an emoticon.
The remote future of this sort of
tech is for all-immersive AR or
virtual reality system that makes
the virtual world a more total-
body experience. Think of sci-fi
precedents like the VR in Matrix
or the gargoyles in Snow Crash,
and you'll see what I mean.
There's also the question of
teledilonics to ponder on... The
robotic future is coming,
mankind. Soon.
To keep up with this news and
more like it, follow me, Kit
Eaton, on Twitter. I'm a real
person, by the way. That QR
code on the left will take you to
my Twitter feed too.
16 Tech News/
ESSENTIAL
continued from page 11
resolution—making it
potentially a lot more useful in
the full-sized monitor realm
than iPhone screenshots.
Push the top (power) and home
buttons at once for half a
second. The photo will be stored
in your photo library.
Super Fast Webpage Scrolling
So you're all the way to the
bottom of a blog when you
realize that you want to read a
story back at the top. Don't do
the whole repeatedly drag your
finger across the screen thing.
That's a horrible method for
covering a lot of real estate.
Instead: Tap the title bar once.
WOOOOSSHHH. You're right
back on top of the page.
(Making "wooosh" noises
doesn't expedite the process, but
it does wonders for general
effect.)
Preview More Of Your Mail
Did you know that you can set
your mail to preview more than
two lines? The iPhone has this
option, too, but its smaller
screen means that it's not so
practical. On the iPad, however,
Start Your Voicemail Messages Without a Gasp [Voicemail]
Gregor Samosa (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 6:30:00 AM
I find the feature is pretty handy
for skimming several emails
without opening them. Go to
Settings -> Mail, Contacts and
Calendars and select "5 lines"
under Preview. Also, while
you're at it, you might want to
update your Push email from
"Manual" if you like to have
your messages waiting when
you open the Mail app. Of
course, this will drain power a
bit more quickly.
Bring Up the Virtual Keyboard
With a Real Keyboard When
you have a Bluetooth keyboard
connected to your iPad, the
virtual keyboard will cease to
appear. (This is a good thing.)
However, what if, for some
random reason, you needed that
virtual keyboard? Don't unpair
your Bluetooth. Just...
Hit the eject key on Apple's
physical keyboard. It'll bring up
the virtual one.
Downrez 1080P HD
Videos...Or You Can't Watch
Them
You may have 1080P videos on
your computer, but the iPad
If you've noticed how many
people have voicemail messages
that sound like they're gasping
can't play them—in fact, iTunes
won't even let you copy them to
the iPad! The easiest solution?
Downrez them to 720P using an
app like Handbrake.
Joel gives you a full tutorial on
that here.
#11 BONUS: Put 6 Apps In the
Bottom Tray
Just discovered at Gizmodo
HQ—the iPhone and iPad
default to hold 4 icons/apps in
the bottom tray. But the iPad
can store more! By clicking and
holding on any icon (just as you
do to rearrange apps), you'll
unlock each app's position. Then
just drag any two additional
apps into the bottom tray. Super
handy.
Hopefully you learned at least a
thing or two, but of course, the
iPad is a new device. So we
need your help spotting the best
tips—share them in the
comments!
DAVID
continued from page 10
team’s financing capacity as a
further $82 billion of debt sales
are being
put to the market for added
digestion.
Another source of concern for
the bulls who continue to rely
on
government support for the
recovery is the general
population — the part
of the public that took in a
mortgage it could afford and
never used the
house as an ATM. Resentment
is starting to build as Uncle Sam
is
increasingly being viewed as
Robin Hood at best, or the
Artful Dodger at
worst. There were two great
reads over the weekend
pertaining to this
theme of emerging class
warfare — Tea Party Anger
Reflects Mainstream
Concerns on page A13 of the
weekend WSJ and Help Paying
Mortgages
7. While everyone is treating
the nonfarm payroll report as
gospel, let’s keep
in mind that the ADP count
showed that private payrolls fell
23k,
for air when they record them, leave smooth radio-announcer-
this simple trick from reader quality messages. More »
Gregor Samosa will help you
E-reader News Edition
completely at odds with the
Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS), which claims
that this metric was up 123k.
Now, we are not going to
dismiss the BLS
data at all, but wouldn’t it be
nicer if both surveys said the
same thing?
The ADP is a pretty simple
concept — and does not have
any “plug”
factors to try and assume how
many new businesses were
created or
destroyed in any given month.
Meanwhile, wages are now
deflating and
the 0.1% decline in March
could be the thin edge of the
wedge as the
Gallup Daily tracking finds that
20.3% of the U.S. workforce
was
underemployed in March — a
slight uptick from January and
February.
Join the conversation about this
story »
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iPad's Sales Figures Better than iPhone's

Addy Dugdale (Fast
Company)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 10:19:52 AM
Apple has just sent out its sales
figures for the iPad's debut on
Saturday, and the company is
claiming *rips envelope open*
300,000 units were shifted on
Saturday alone. Not bad,
although, the pre-sale feeding
frenzy made one analyst revise
his initial estimate of 250,000 to
300,000 tablets in the first
weekend, to between 600,000
and 700,000 (Yes, Gene
Munster, that means you). But
how does that compare to sales
of the iPhone, Cupertino's first
mass-market device it sent out?
Back in June 2007, Apple
claimed that 270,000 first-gen
iPhones were sold in the first 30
hours or so, although it took
another three months for the
device to hit the magic 1 million
mark. Blame that on the price--
$599--and the fact that it was
only available on AT&T at first,
although when hackers finally
managed to jailbreak the phone,
it suddenly became a lot more
covetable (the iPad's already
been jailbroken). A year later,
when Apple released the iPhone
3GS, it took just three days to
reach seven figures. Total sales
of the device are now
somewhere around 45 million
worldwide.
So, will the iPad do as well?
Interestingly enough, Apple put
its sales estimate for 2010 at
around 10 million units,
although a couple of analysts
halved this number, saying that
Jobs and Co. were over-stating
their product's usefulness. What
you have to remember about
Apple's mass market products is
that they do their own PR, and
the firm has no need to resort to
sending its employees out to
boost sales. Fanbois with a bad
case of Priapism (iApism? Or
iPriapism?) are surplus to
requirements. As with the
iPhone, the sales look after
themselves once the device is
out in the open.
Unlike the iPhone, which
basically did a better job than
any of the other smartphones on
the market, the iPad has, as yet,
no direct rivals (Dell and
Toshiba tablets and ereaders
aside). It is a radical new way of
computing--just look how easy
it is to " get" it. Even the
technophobic olds, those little
old ladies who refer to their
computers as the "tellybox" will
get it. And they'll get obsessed.
Trust me: if one person turns up
to their book club with an iPad,
then, the next month, expect the
other members to be following
suit. And that's going to send
Apple sales in the opposite
direction to that which Isaac
Newton discovered, 340 years
ago.
[ I m a g e
http://www.flickr.com/photos/iv
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Chasing Value: 2010 Picks Triple Market Returns

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18 Business/ Tech/ E-reader News Edition

How to Sell to Valero Energy

(Inc.com)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 6:00:00 AM
Tips from the inside: "We
operate in 22 different market
areas, so we have to be aligned
with and attuned to regional
offerings that may not be
coming from large
manufacturers," observes Hal
Adams, vice president for retail
merchandising at Valero
Energy, a petroleum supplier
that operates about 1,000 service
-station convenience stores. "A
lot of times, we are dealing with
a mom-and-pop operator that is
only selling in, say, San
Antonio. But smaller suppliers
should know that we have to
hold them to the same minimum
standards as we do the large
corporations.
"For example, we have a
minimum amount of liability
insurance that any product has
to carry in case something goes
wrong. In order to do business
with us, you need to be aware of
our minimum requirements and
preliminaries, and you need to
be able to do those things. All
that information is available on
our website. When you come
face to face with one of our
buyers, it's usually a one-chance
deal, so it adds some credibility
data -- and use it as part of your
sales pitch."
What not to do: "Don't be
overly aggressive with your
sales budget. Entrepreneurs are
very passionate. That's
wonderful, but that passion
sometimes leads them to be
unrealistic. A potential supplier
should be reasonable in its sales
projections in terms of what will
sell in our stores. Be aware of
how many customers an average
store sees per day. If you're
coming in and saying that you
are going to sell 500 units a day
and I have an average of 900
when you've invested some time where it has been able to create customers, that's probably not
in researching Valero and some sort of a test level. If you very realistic."
learning what role you might believe in your product, get it What Valero Energy is looking
play in it. into some smaller retailers and for: Convenience-store items,
"However, it's unlikely that a get some real-life market data. such as beverages and snacks;
local supplier would make it Sometimes that might even t r a n s p o r t a t i o n s e r v i c e s ;
into our locations first. Usually, mean giving a retailer your maintenance professionals;
a regional manufacturer will product for free to see if it consulting; legal services; office
h a v e t o h a v e d o n e s o m e moves. In turn, you can then ask supplies
footwork in smaller stores that retailer to give you the sales

iPad Peek: See How Your Website Looks on the iPad

Stan Schroeder (Mashable!) lets you see how any website user agent string to that of the Version/4.0.4 Mobile/7B334b
Submitted at 4/5/2010 4:39:37 AM will be rendered on the iPad. Apple iPad. Safari/531.21.10.
Click on the top border to To do this last bit in Firefox, For more Apple coverage,
The iPad is finally available, s w i t c h f r o m l a n d s c a p e t o type “about:config” in the follow Mashable Apple on
and it’s already residing in the portrait mode; the virtual address bar, click the right Twitter or become a fan on
hands of some 300,000 people keyboard and the buttons on the mouse button, select New – Facebook
who purchased it on launch day. iPad browser are just for show, String, and name it Tags: ipad, iPad Peek, web
In a couple of months, the iPad but the reload button on the iPad “general.useragent.override”. design, Web Development
user base will become big browser works. Then enter the value
enough for web developers to However, merely opening a works (and it shouldn’t). To get “Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; U; CPU OS
start paying attention to how website in iPad Peek doesn’t closer to the real deal, you 3_2 like Mac OS X; en-us)
their website looks on the iPad. really offer the “real” iPad should disable the Flash plugin AppleWebKit/531.21.10
iPad Peek is a nifty tool that experience; for example, Flash in your browser and change the (KHTML, like Gecko)
E-reader News Edition Business/ Tech News/ Gadgets/ 19

Jan Chipchase, Nokia's Usability Guru, Leaves for Review:

Frog Design
Cliff Kuang (Fast Company)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 10:36:09 AM
Chipchase is perhaps the
world's most admired expert in
Truphone
for iPad used to dissolve indentured
servitude: Housekeepers with
cellphones can now book out John Biggs (CrunchGear)
their services, rather than
relying on the whims of a single Submitted at 4/5/2010 8:03:37 AM

"human-centered design": Know household.

how people use their gadgets, Just when you thought side-
Obviously, you can't really
and how to design for them. talking was dead, Truphone has
translate those findings directly
Frog Design--already one of release Truphone for iPad, an
into the design of a tiny brick
most influential design firms in iPad-ready of their popular
phone. But Chipchase's job at
the world--has just caught a very VoIP service. The system uses
Nokia was to funnel all his
big fish: Jan Chipchase, the iPad’s built-in speaker and
insights about user needs into
formerly Nokia's chief usability mic to create what could be the
cellphone design. It's not a
researcher, is leaving the most ridiculous talking
stretch to say he's probably the
Finnish firm and joining Frog as experience you’ve ever seen.
world's most admired practioner
Executive Creative Director of The app worked quite well and
of human-centered design
Global Insights. if you’ve used it on the iPod
research.
Chipchase will be based in Touch you’re familiar with the
Presumably, since he'll be
Shanghai, and that tells you a lot call quality – standard – and
based in Shanghai for Frog, he'll
about both what Frog is hoping populations in the world that discovered has been richer than be doing something very similar ease of use – standard. It’s great
to do and what Chipchase has d o n ' t h a v e t h e m a l r e a d y . anything you could ever glean --opening new markets for for making quick calls from
done in the past. abroad, however, and until
Namely, the developing world, behind a desk. For example, he Frog's clients, by learning how Skype goes iPad we’re kind of
As Nokia, Chipchase was at the in countries all across Asia and discovered that in Africa, people needs differ across cultures.
l e a d i n g e d g e o f N o k i a ' s Africa. stuck with it.
use cellphone minutes as a kind For more about Chipchase's Obviously this doesn’t match a
overarching strategy: They're [youtube Qn2NR901NMY] of banking system, transferring work, read this superb profile
a b o u t v o l u m e n o t p r i c e To support that, Chipchase flew calling card minutes to others, from The New York Times real calling application that I
premium, and as such, they've all over the world for Nokia, who redeem them for cash. In Magazine, from 2008. doubt will be included in the 3G
growth in the last few years has watching how people used I n d i a , h e d i s c o v e r e d t h a t version of the iPad. However,
been predicated on selling cellphones. And what he's cellphones are actually being for calls in a pinch this is a great
cellphones to the few solution.
Product Page
5 Secrets of YouTube's Success
Wired Magazine (Wired Top
Stories)
of the site that launched a
million memes. Here are the
Apple Sold 300,000 iPads On the
Submitted at 4/4/2010 9:00:00 PM five secrets of YouTube's
success.
First Day [Ipad]
Wired goes behind the scenes John Herrman (Gizmodo) numbers—namely Apple's
Submitted at 4/5/2010 9:01:14 AM previous product launches—it
isn't stunning. More »
This is a massive number. But in the context of other massive
20 Business/ Popular News/
Keith McCullough: The Best Hope Cuba 'will not cede to
For The Poor Is To Buy Scratch-Off blackmail'
Tickets, The Rest Of Us Buy iPads
Vince Veneziani (The Money
Game)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 7:40:06 AM
Keith McCullough has a
beautiful rant this morning on
the Fed's ZIRP strategy, and the
way it's affecting the rich and
poor differently.
He calls this tomfoolery the
craftily-titled "Piggy Banker
Spread":
Hedgeye: After WWII, inflation
has been a popular short-term
market solution for easy money
politicians. With the exception
of the late 1970’s and early
1980’s, most of the revisionist
economists advising
Washington have been able to
get away with pretty much
anything on this front. The US
government has changed the
calculation for inflation 9 times
since 1996, so we’ve pretty
much made this popularity-fest
permanent.
If you are wealthy and fully
invested right now, inflation has
to be popular with you. The
politicized Federal Reserve is
keeping interest rates at an
“emergency” rate of ZERO
percent, so that the bankers get
paid while savers in America
pay the bill. We call this the
Piggy Banker Spread and the
US government underwrites it.
At +285bps wide this morning
(10-yr yield minus 2-yr), it is
within 0.08% of its all-time
widest spread ever. Oink, oink.
If you are poor and fully
committed right now, inflation
is not popular with you. It’s
your cost of living. You feel it at
the pump. You feel it in your
wallet. No matter where you go,
there it is. Don’t even try
thinking about saving either;
you wouldn’t be making any
money on those treasury bonds
or cash-savings accounts
anyway. So you may as well
buy yourself another scratch
bingo card and hope to live
another day; the rest of us will
buy iPads.
Harsh words for America's
elite.
Join the conversation about this
story »
See Also:
• Chris Dodd's Financial
Reform Bill Is A Road Map
Leading Directly Into The Next
Crisis
• Chris Dodd's Incredibly
Stupid Plan To Expand The
Powers Of The Fed
• Hedgeye: Expect A "Material
Fall" In The Jobless Numbers
Soon
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since the death in jail of Orlando
Zapata Tamayo in February, the
first such death of a dissident in
Submitted at 4/5/2010 2:44:56 AM
nearly 40 years.
Cuban President Raul Castro The 42-year-old was arrested in
has attacked international March 2003 in a crackdown
criticism over hunger-striking against opposition activists.
dissidents, saying Cuba will Mr Zapata, who was declared a
"never cede to blackmail". "prisoner of conscience" by
Mr Castro said the US and Amnesty International, had
Europe were using Western refused food for nearly three
media to wage "a ferocious m o n t h s i n p r o t e s t a t j a i l
campaign" to discredit Cuba. c o n d i t i o n s .
Cuba has been under growing Another dissident, Guillermo
pressure to release political Farinas, began his hunger strike
prisoners and improve its human shortly after Mr Zapata died. He
rights since a dissident died in is now in hospital, being fed
February after a long hunger intravenously.
strike. "We are doing what we can to
Another dissident has been save his life," Mr Castro said
refusing to eat or drink for more without referring to Mr Farinas
than a month.
by name.
In a speech to the annual "But if he does not change his
c o n g r e s s o f t h e Y o u n g own self-destructive stance, he
Communist League, President will be responsible, along with
Castro said his government had those who back him, for an
the right to resist efforts to outcome which we too do not
destabilise it. wish to happen," said President
"We will never yield to the Castro, who officially took over
blackmail of any country or from his brother Fidel in 2008.
group of countries, no matter The Havana government denies
how powerful they may be, no that there any political prisoners,
matter what happens," he said. saying they are "mercenaries"
"We have the right to defend paid by the US to try to
ourselves."
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Tips from the inside:
"Changing vendors can be very
expensive, so we're always
looking for long-term partners,"
says Ying McGuire, senior
manager of global supplier
diversity at the computer maker
Dell. "When companies first
come to present to us, they may
be starting off very small, but if
they have a long-term global
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We want all of our suppliers to
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This Nintendo 3DS concept looks like a DS and PSP offspring
Matt Burns (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 7:10:21 AM
We’ve always admired the
"We worked with a small
business based in San Diego that
opened its first overseas market
in China as a Dell IT services
partner. The company
specializes in data centers,
infrastructure, and networking.
Today, it is training workers in
China and expanding its
business in an emerging market.
And Dell was able to use a U.S.
small business to help our
customers in China. It was a win
PSP’s sleek exterior, but loved
the DS’s fun games. We’re
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Jackson doctor expected
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Submitted at 4/5/2010 7:25:35 AM
Michael Jackson's relatives are
set to attend a court appearance
later by the doctor accused of
giving him a lethal dose of
powerful anaesthetic.
Dr Conrad Murray, who is due
at a preliminary hearing at Los
Angeles Superior Court, has
pleaded not guilty to involuntary
manslaughter.
A spokeswoman for the district
attorney's office said up to 15
for everybody." relatives would be at the
What not to do: "Most small hearing.
businesses are willing to learn A large number of journalists
from us. However, when people and fans are also expected.
don't want to change, when they Jackson's parents and brothers
want to stick to their own and sisters are among relatives
practices and philosophies, that's expected in court.
kind of a warning sign for us." California's attorney general
What Dell is looking for: IT has asked the judge to suspend
services, staffing services, office Dr Murray's licence while he
e q u i p m e n t a n d s u p p l i e s , faces the charges.
facilities maintenance But Dr Murray's lawyers have
said he is "hanging on by a
thread" financially.
"His ability to pay for his own
defence depends almost entirely
on his ability to continue to treat
combine some of the PSP’s
trademark style with the DS’s
functionality. If so, the 3DS
would probably look something
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patients," they said in court
documents.
Dr Murray has previously been
ordered not to administer any
anaesthetics as a condition of his
$75,000 (£49,050) bail.
He is alleged to have
administered a lethal dose of
Propofol and other drugs, which
resulted in the pop star's death
on 25 June.
According to US reports, Dr
Murray's legal team is to argue
that Jackson accidentally killed
himself by injecting himself
with Propofol.
In court on Monday, a judge is
expected to be assigned to the
case and a date set for a
preliminary hearing.
At that hearing, a judge will
decide whether there is enough
evidence to go forward with a
jury trial.
If convicted, Dr Murray faces
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Strong quake kills 2 in Mexico, rattles US states (AP)

(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) Across the border in Calexico, but no one was injured. evacuated and its residents crying.
Submitted at 4/5/2010 4:49:03 AM police patrolled streets littered Scientists said the main moved to a Red Cross shelter. "I grabbed my children and said,
with shattered glass Monday, earthquake probably occurred The Fire Department also 'Let's go outside, hurry, hurry!'"
M E X I C A L I , M e x i c o – and a downtown area containing on a fault that has not produced brought some sick and elderly said Elizabeth Alvarez, 54.
A f t e r s h o c k s r a t t l e d t h e was closed because of damage. a major temblor in over a people to hospitals because of No tsunami warning was
southwest Mexico-U.S. border Scientists measured about 100 century. Preliminary data power outages and gas issued, but hundreds of people
on Monday morning in the aftershocks early Monday suggest the quake occurred on problems. on Tijuana's crowded beach
aftermath of a major earthquake morning, said seismologist Kate the Laguna Salada fault, which Strong shaking was reported feared the worst and fled when
that killed two people, blacked Hutton at the California Institute last unleashed a similar-sized across much of Southern they felt the ground shake, said
o u t c i t i e s a n d f o r c e d t h e of Technology in Pasadena. quake in 1892. Since then, it has California. The earthquake Capt. Juan Manuel Hernandez,
evacuation of hospitals and They caused no new damages sparked some magnitude-5 rattled buildings on the west the fire department's chief of
nursing homes. in Mexicali, said Alan Sandoval, temblors. side of Los Angeles and in the aquatic rescue. The beach filled
Sunday's 7.2-magnitude quake, a civil protection inspector. U.S. Geological Survey San Fernando Valley, up again shortly.
centered just south of the U.S. At least 100 people were seismologist Erik Pounders interrupting Easter dinners. If the preliminary magnitude
border near Mexicali, was one injured in Mexicali, most of described the area as a "chaotic" Some stalled elevators were holds it would be the area's
of the strongest earthquakes to them struck by falling objects. system of faults that needed reported and water sloshed out largest temblor since the 7.3-
hit region in decades, shaking at Power was out in virtually the more research. of swimming pools. magnitude Landers quake hit in
least 20 million people. It had a entire city and the blackout was In Calexico, California, a city Susan Warmbier was putting 1992, Jones said. There were at
shallow depth of 6 miles (10 expected to last well into of 27,000 right across the border away groceries in the San Diego least two other 7.2-magnitude
kilometers). Monday, Escobedo said. from Mexicali, the city council suburb of Chula Vista when her quakes in the last 20 years.
The human toll was minimal in All 300 patients were evacuated declared a state of emergency. husband asked, "Is the house The main quake was even felt
large part because the energy from the Mexicali General Calexico police Lt. Gonzalo moving?" hundreds of miles away in
from the quake moved Hospital because of the Gerardo said most of the "We turned and we looked at the Phoenix, a rarity for residents
northwest of Mexicali toward a s t r u c t u r a l d a m a g e t o t h e damage occurred downtown, house, and it was actually there. Jacqueline Land said the
less populated area, said Jessica b u i l d i n g , w h i c h a l s o w a s where buildings constructed in moving. You could see it king-sized bed in her second-
Sigala, a geophysicist from the without electricity and water. the 1930s and '40s were not slightly moving left to right," floor apartment felt like a boat
U.S. Geological Survey. Some patients were taken to retrofitted for an earthquake of she said. gently swaying on the ocean.
"We were just kind of lucky that private clinics but others were in this magnitude. Elsewhere in San Diego, there "I thought to myself, 'That can't
the energy went the other way," tents. "You've got a lot of cracks. were reports of shattered be an earthquake. I'm in
S i g a l a s a i d . " W i t h e v e r y It was unclear how long the You've got a lot of broken windows, broken pipes and Arizona,'" the Northern
earthquake, the earth starts emergency generators powering glass," he said. "It's unsafe for water main breaks in private California native said.
moving a certain direction. It the private clinics could last. people to go there." buildings, but no reports of The quake was felt as far away
started south of Mexicali and the Sandoval said the most critical Rosendo Garcia, 44, was injuries, San Diego Fire-Rescue as Las Vegas, where there were
rupture moved northwest." patients would be transported to driving his daughter home from Department spokesman Maurice no reports of damage or injuries.
Sunday afternoon's earthquake hospitals in Tijuana and the work when the quake struck. Luque said. Coronado Bridge Most of the 3,000 customers
hit hardest in Mexicali, a coastal town of Ensenada. "It felt like I was in a canoe in over San Diego Bay was briefly who lost power in southwestern
bustling commerce center along Sandoval said the Easter the middle of the ocean," he closed as a precaution. Arizona and the more than
Mexico's border with California, h o l i d a y d e l a y e d d a m a g e said, adding that homes in his In Tijuana, the quake caused 5,000 who went dark in
where one man was killed when assessments for Mexicali, as did trailer park were seriously buildings to sway and knocked Southern California regained
his home collapsed just outside landslides that slowed traffic on damaged, including one out power in some areas. power within minutes, utility
town and another died when he the toll road into the city. knocked off its foundation. Mexican families celebrating officials said.
into the street in panic and was The parking garage at A home for seniors in Calexico Easter ran out of their homes STRONG page 23
struck by a car. Mexicali's city hall collapsed built in the early 1900s was with children screaming and
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Space shuttle Discovery, 7 astronauts blast off (AP)

(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) traveled almost all the way Japanese journalists and space lab's high-quality window, and before sunrise, pushing all the
Submitted at 4/5/2010 4:26:28 AM across the Atlantic. program officials crowded the other equipment totaling action into the graveyard shift.
"It's time for you to rise to orbit. launch site; the roads leading to thousands of pounds. The mission will last nearly two
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Good luck and Godspeed," the Kennedy Space Center also All these supplies are needed to weeks and coincide with the
Discovery and seven astronauts launch director Pete Nickolenko were jammed with Easter keep the space station running 29th anniversary of the first
rocketed into orbit Monday on told the astronauts right before vacationers and spring breakers long after NASA's three shuttle flight on April 12.
one of NASA's final stockpiling liftoff. eager to see one of the few remaining shuttles stop flying. Once combined, the shuttle and
missions to the International "Let's do it!" replied commander remaining shuttle flights. NASA will rely on other station crews will number 13:
Space Station, its takeoff flames Alan Poindexter. Only three shuttle missions countries' vessels to deliver eight Americans, three Russians
bringing an early dawn to the Discovery could be seen with remain after this one. NASA crews and supplies, but none are and two Japanese.
coast with this last scheduled the naked eye for seven minutes intends to retire its fleet by the as big and roomy as the shuttle. Most everything went smoothly
shuttle launch in darkness. as it shot upward, adding to the end of September, but is unsure The space station will continue in Monday morning's
The liftoff, less than an hour show. And almost as an encore, what will follow for human operating until 2020 under the countdown. A half-hour before
before sunrise, helped clinch a the exhaust plumes fanned out spaceflight. President Barack Obama plan. The idea is for liftoff, a failure was noted in the
record for the most women in in spirals across the sky, turning Obama will visit the area April commercial rocket companies to Air Force system for sending
space at the same time. pale shades of rose, peach and 15, while Discovery is still in eventually provide ferry service self-destruct signals to the
Three women are aboard gold in the glinting sunlight. orbit, to fill in some of the for astronauts. Right now, shuttle in case it strays off
Discovery, and another already The six space station residents blanks. NASA is paying for seats on course. A backup line was
is at the space station, making gathered around the dinner table NASA's moon exploration Russian Soyuz rockets. That's working fine, though, and the
for an unprecedented foursome. to watch the launch on a laptop program, Constellation, already how U.S. astronaut Tracy launch occurred at 6:21 a.m.,
The shuttle should arrive at the computer. "We are absolutely has been canceled by Obama. Caldwell Dyson got to the space right on time.
orbiting outpost Wednesday. delighted to have our friendly Poindexter and his crew will station Sunday, two days after ___
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NYC doormen may strike April 21 (AP) gameplay video for
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) professionals, says he'll miss the residents volunteered to man to him and hardly ever thank your Monday morning
Submitted at 4/5/2010 2:49:03 AM families he feels he's an their own lobbies and open the him. Matt Burns (CrunchGear)
honorary member of, especially door for arrivals. A deal was "The people don't appreciate
NEW YORK – They collect the the 40 kids who run through the reached in 2006 during the last what you do for them," said Submitted at 4/5/2010 7:35:01 AM

laundry and the mail, baby-sit, halls. strike threat. Correa, 52. "They want things
call 911 and, of course, open "I know them from birth," said It’s sad, really, that we never
The two sides are debating their way."
doors. got to play Duke Nukem
Hawkins, 53, of the South wages, health benefits, sick days But many speak of their role as
As ubiquitous on New York Bronx. "It's more than just a job. Forever. I mean, it probably
and overtime rules. The industry so important their presence
C i t y s i d e w a l k s a s y e l l o w It's a relationship." would have failed to live up to
association cites the failing real could mean life or death to their
taxicabs on the streets, doormen Tenants have come to rely on the hype just like Doom 3, but I
estate market and declining building's residents.
are security guards, bellhops, Hawkins as they would a friend like to think that it would have
property values as reasons the Carlos Pellecier Jr., 50, has
p e r s o n a l a s s i s t a n t s a n d or relative for much more than been fantastically entertaining.
owners can't pay as much as the been a doorman at a building on
neighbors to the thousands of opening doors: Hawkins and There really needs to be more
union wants. The union says the Riverside Drive for 28 years. He
New Yorkers who brush past others have chipped in to take FPS’s where egotistical
industry is fundamentally strong said he once helped an elderly
them on their way to upscale care of child care problems, protagonists spout out one-lines
and the recession is over. tenant who had suffered a
high-rise homes. and catch phrases ad nauseum.
handle 911 emergencies, tote Todd Saunders, 48, who runs stroke.
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Manhattan. "They make life Hawkins says he can barely
days a week, said he relies on
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upstairs to the man's apartment,
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But the groceries and packages Apartment workers earn an
livelihood, getting him packages
that messengers deliver every
extra key.
"If I wasn't on duty, it wouldn't
Stars Head
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later this month when an April a c c o r d i n g t o t h e S e r v i c e
21 deadline passes for some Employees International Union,
day. Without the workers,
"anything that comes through
the front door" wouldn't get to
have been a good outcome for
him," he said.
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Submitted at 4/5/2010 7:10:00 AM
building workers. Their union city strike. The Realty Advisory But other doormen say relations Ilnytzky contributed to this
authorized a walkout last week Board, representing owners, say are less rosy between tenants story. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
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Discovery blasts off from Florida

(BBC News | Americas | excess heat from inside the
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The astronauts will also retrieve
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The shuttle launched from The shuttle is carrying about
Florida's Kennedy Space Center 7,700kg of cargo in a
The space shuttle Discovery has pressurised container dubbed the
blasted off on its mission to the "moving van" by Nasa -
International Space Station otherwise known as a multi-
(ISS). purpose logistics module
The shuttle, on one of the final (MPLM).
missions before the programme The cargo includes a crew
is shut down at the end of 2010, sleeping quarters and science
is hauling equipment and racks which will be transferred
supplies to the station. to the station's laboratories.
The astronauts are due carry out Only four shuttle flights remain
three spacewalks, to make - including this one - before the
repairs on the station and fleet is retired later in 2010.
retrieve an experiment. vehicles intended to replace the doubters. Engineers said the anomalies On Sunday, a Soyuz spacecraft
The shuttle, launched from shuttle, which would have taken "I would have explained to spotted during tests of booster carrying Nasa astronaut Tracy
Florida's Kennedy Space Center, astronauts back to the Moon by people on Capitol Hill and to the hardware were unlikely to affect Caldwell Dyson and Russian
includes three female astronauts 2020. American public that we are not launch safety. cosmonauts Alexander
for the first time. But the plans have met with a losing our leadership in human Mike Moses, the space shuttle S k v o r t s o v a n d M i k h a i l
The shuttles are coming to the negative reception in the US exploration. We are not losing launch integration manager, Kornienko docked successfully
end of their lives as useful Congress. Politicians say the o u r l e a d e r s h i p i n s p a c e said: "We're really excited about with the station.
vehicles, and the BBC's Andy replacement strategy has not e x p l o r a t i o n , " h e s a i d . this mission and the science During their stay on the ISS,
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President Barack Obama is due In a sometimes emotional play. and demonstrate its true ability shuttle missions to the space
to visit the Space Center soon to interview with BBC News, Nasa Nasa chief's tears over shuttle as a national laboratory." station.
outline Nasa's future direction. chief Maj-Gen Charles Bolden N a s a ' s s h u t t l e m i s s i o n Spacewalkers Rick Mastracchio Print Sponsor
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Earthquake rocks western Mexico
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Seismologist Lucy Jones:
"There will be aftershocks over
the next few days"
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake
has hit the Mexican peninsula of
Baja California, killing two
people and causing tremors as
far away as Nevada.
Some people are still trapped in
their homes in the city of
Mexicali, where a state of
emergency has been declared.
The quake struck at 1540 (2240
GMT), 26km (16 miles) south-
west of Guadalupe Victoria in
Baja California, according to the
US Geological Survey.
It was the worst quake to hit the
region for many years, officials
said.
The US Geological Survey said
some 20 million people felt
tremors from the largest quake
to affect the area since 1992.
It struck at a relatively shallow
depth of 10km, the survey said.
Bridge checks
Mexican civil protection
officials said a man had died
when his home collapsed
outside Mexicali, near the
earthquake's epicentre.
Another man was run over by a
car in Mexicali after he ran out
of his house during the quake,
officials said.
Rescue teams with digging
equipment and sniffer dogs have
been despatched to the worst-
affected areas of Mexicali from
the nearby city of Tijuana.
The regional government
declared a state of emergency in
Mexicali, a city of about
900,000 people.
The quake caused buildings to
sway in Tijuana, where Easter
celebrations were interrupted as
families rushed for open ground.
There were power cuts and
hospitals and public buildings
were evacuated in Mexico's
Baja California state.
In the United States, firefighters
were called out to inspect roads,
bridges and power-lines.
The LA Fire Department also
responded to a number of
automatic alarms and people
being stuck in lifts, reports said.
Rides were temporarily
suspended at the Disneyland
theme park in California.
Many readers who contacted
the BBC spoke of the "surreal"
swaying of buildings for up to a
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Kyle Stockburger, in Los
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wasn't violent, just unreal. It felt
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south of the U.S. border near
Mexicali killed two people in
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The U.S damage appeared to be
limited to California's
southeastern Imperial Valley in (CNET News.com) ONE!!!
CALEXICO, Calif. – Police including someone who was hit what was one of the strongest
patrolled streets littered with in the head by a sign at a earthquakes to hit the region in Submitted at 4/5/2010 6:30:35 AM IT TOOK COURAGE AND
shattered glass Monday morning carwash in the California town decades. The shaking was felt THEY SEEMED TO HAVE
and closed off several blocks of of El Centro. WOW!!! THIS ALL PLANED OUT!!!
hundreds of miles away in
historic buildings damaged in a Scientists measured about 100 I THOUGHT THIS WAS I SAY, WELL DONE, IF I
Phoenix and Las Vegas.
d e a d l y E a s t e r S u n d a y aftershocks early Monday, said GREAT!!!! HAD THE MONEY, I WOULD
Jacqueline Land said her king-
earthquake across the border in seismologist Kate Hutton at the IT TOOK A LOT OF BALLS DO IT TOO!!!
sized bed in her second-floor
Mexico. TO DO THAT!!! BUT WHAT THE HELL DO I
California Institute of Phoenix-area apartment felt like
No injuries were reported in T e c h n o l o g y i n P a s a d e n a . THESE ARE JUST KIDS, LET KNOW!!!
a boat gently swaying on the
Calexico, the U.S. area hardest Statistically, there will be one THEM HAVE THEIR FUN!!! IN 1990, I GAVE 6.9
ocean. "I thought to myself,
hit by the 7.3-magnitude quake. aftershock of around 6.0 and MONEY IS ONLY MONEY!!! MILLION AWAY TO THE
'That can't be an earthquake. I'm
A 3-block-by-4-block area perhaps 10 of 5.0 or larger, she POSESSIONS, ARE ONLY POOR!!!!
in Arizona,'" she said.
containing prewar buildings said. POSESSIONS!!! MY MOTHER WAS
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housing businesses was closed Despite the jolting, Serrano said IN A FEW YEARS, THAT FURIOUS FOR MANY
Associated Press Writers Chris
because of damage. THING MOST LIKELY WILL YEARS BEFORE SHE DIED!!!
there were few emergency calls Weber, Andrew Dalton and
"There's broken windows, some and no sign of panic. BE IN SOME LAND FILL BUT GOD GAVE ME THAT
John Antczak in Los Angeles
cracked masonry buildings" and The initial earthquake downed ANYWAY!!! MONEY AND I DID WHAT
and John S. Marshall in San
some buildings had falling three power lines, a gas leak TOO MANY PEOPLE PUT EVER THE HELL I WANTED
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28 Popular News/ Gadgets/ Entertainment/
How to improve yourself with 42 practical tips
(Holy Kaw!)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 6:51:00 AM
Improving your life doesn’t
always mean conducting a
complete overhaul—little
tweaks can make a big
difference in personal growth.
Stepcase Lifehack has compiled
a list of forty-two practical
tidbits that will help lead you
down a path of overall
betterment.
A handful of highlights: Pick
up a new hobby. Beyond just
your usual favorite hobbies, is
there something new you can
pick up? Any new sport you can
learn? Examples are fencing,
golf, rock climbing, football,
canoeing, or ice skating. Your
new hobby can also be a
recreational hobby. For
example, pottery, Italian
cooking, dancing, wine
appreciation, web design, etc.
Learning something new
requires you to stretch yourself
in different aspects, whether
physically, mentally or
emotionally.
Microsoft invites us to mystery event, April 12th!
Joshua Topolsky (Engadget)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 11:01:00 AM
Well... we don't know what to
make of this one. Microsoft just
snail-mailed us a circular
package with an invitation to an
event on April 12th in San
Wake up early. Waking up
early (say, 5-6am) has been
acknowledged by many
(Anthony Robbins, Robin
Sharma, among other self-help
gurus) to improve your
productivity and your quality of
life. I feel it’s because when you
wake up early, your mindset is
already set to continue the
momentum and proactively live
out the day.
Ask for feedback. As much as
we try to improve, we will
Francisco. They also tell us that
it's "time to share," and
apparently intend that sharing to
go on between young, attractive
Urban Outfitters models
(according to the images on the
notice). Okay. So what is this?
Pink? Courier(gasp!)? Windows
always have blind spots. Asking
for feedback gives us an
additional perspective. Some
people to approach will be
friends, family, colleagues, boss,
or even acquaintances, since
they will have no preset bias and
can give their feedback
objectively.
Learn from people who inspire
you. Think about people you
admire. People who inspire you.
These people reflect certain
qualities you want to have for
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yourself too. What are the
qualities in them you want to
have for yourself? How can you
acquire these qualities?
Full list at Stepcase Lifehack.
A plethora of life tips and
tricks.
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Submitted at 4/5/2010 7:15:00 AM
Hollywood couple Brad Pitt
and Angelina Jolie reportedly
arrived in Bosnia Sunday night
to meet with those displaced by
the Bosnian war that ended 15
years ago.
Jolie, a United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR) ambassador, and Pitt
visited those who have never
returned to their homes because
their villages and/or houses have
not been repaired, the
Associated Press reports. An
estimated 117,000 people are
displaced, 7,000 of those people
live in refugee centers.
Prior to this trip, the Jolie-Pitt
family was in Italy while Jolie
was been filming 'The Tourist'
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Tech coalition to Obama: Set home energy info free

(CNET News.com) energy. People should also have home-automation network, a
Submitted at 4/5/2010 5:46:21 AM access to pricing information person could control heating and
and find out the sources of their cooling and "smart appliances"
A g r o u p o f c o n s u m e r electricity supply, the letter said. remotely using a smart phone.
t e c h n o l o g y c o m p a n i e s , "Technologies exist today that They could also program
including Google, General can be deployed to achieve this applicances to take advantage of
Electric, and Intel, on Monday goal. To ensure success, we off-peak electricity rates. Many
urged President Obama to create need clear rules on consumer of these home-energy
policies that give consumers access to information; incentives management systems rely on
better access to home energy to promote the deployment of smart meters, though they are
information. technologies, including (utility) not always necessary.
In a letter, 47 companies and cost recovery; programs that Energy management tools can
nongovernmental organizations e d u c a t e a n d e n g a g e b o t h be an important component to
said that making detailed data providers and energy users; and home weatherization services,
on electricity and fuel use e n c o u r a g e m e n t o f d i v e r s e where energy auditors and
available to consumers is a key technologies. Robust privacy contractors retrofit buildings to
step toward meeting national and security protection for be more efficient, the letter
energy and environmental goals. consumers and their information noted.
Google has developed an is essential," according to the Although some of these energy
application called PowerMeter letter. management systems can be
that can take home electricity The statement was made public sophisticated, there remain
information and display it on a in advance of an event to be questions as to how much
W e b b r o w s e r o r s m a r t hosted by Google on Tuesday at consumers will engage in
p h o n e . ( C r e d i t : G o o g l e ) its Washington, D.C., office to tracking energy use over time,
Giving people "actionable discuss innovation in home particularly if the process is
i n f o r m a t i o n " t h r o u g h energy use. Representatives complicated.
computers, smart phones, or in- from Google, Intel, smart-grid Regulations are also a barrier
home energy displays could start-up Tendril, Whirlpool, the for many utility-led smart-grid
"unleash the forces of Federal Communications programs, which sometimes
innovation in home and Commission, the Federal subsidize installation of these
business," according to the Energy Regulatory Commission, tools because most utilities don't
letter. If all U.S. households cut and the Climate Group are have a financial incentive to
energy consumption by 15 scheduled to speak. reduce the electricity use of their
information. people electronics that are
percent over the next 10 years, Rather than propose one consumers.
There are a growing number of consuming power even when
the greenhouse gas reductions sweeping measure, the group Many consumer electronics
tools to help consumers get they aren't being used. Early
would be equivalent of taking that said information access companies are seeking to
detailed information on tests have shown that real-time
35 million cars off the road and should be a priority in a number expand into home energy
electricity use, many of which and daily electricity data can
save each customer $360 per of rules related to electricity management, either by offering
are being made available help consumers shave bills
year, or $46 billion. distribution. The group also dedicated devices as Intel has
through utility smart-grid anywhere from a few percent to
Consumers should be able to recommended an initiative proposed. Telecom providers or
programs. The products surface 10 percent or more in some
see how electricity is consumed among federal agencies, states, security service companies are
electricity usage information cases.
within the home, which will and industry to devise a strategy TECH page 30
that can, for example, show With a two-way thermostat or
help them find ways to save around consumers and energy
30 Tech/ Economy/ Entertainment/
5 Tips for Using LinkedIn to Find Star Employees
Sharlyn Lauby (Mashable!)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 6:54:35 AM
This post originally appeared
on the American Express OPEN
Forum, where Mashable
regularly contributes articles
about leveraging social media
and technology in small
business.
Successful business people are
always looking for their next
rock star employee. The
question is where do you find
them? The good news is that
the latest LinkedIn stats – 60
million professional profiles
spanning 200 countries – would
indicate this is a good place to
look.
Many of us already have a
LinkedIn account, and if you
don’t, LinkedIn is free and easy
to maneuver. The trick is
incorporating some strategies
(habits, if you will) into using
LinkedIn.
Below are five easy things you
can add to your LinkedIn
strategy to give you greater
exposure to top talent. 1. Build
Connections
In the course of your daily
business, you never know where
your next sale is going to come
from. The same can be true for
recruiting. It’s important to
connect and build relationships
Inflation Debate at the Fed
Barry Ritholtz (The Big
Picture)
with a variety of different
people. For example, my
LinkedIn profile has
connections from prior jobs,
clients, and local entrepreneurs I
do business with. It’s great
when I can make introductions
between people with varied
needs. 2. Join Groups
In addition to being a part of
groups for your personal and/or
professional benefit, join a
couple of groups that might help
surface candidates. Let’s say
you’re always looking for sales
professionals. There’s a
LinkedIn group – The Sales
Association– that you might
want to join as a way to connect
with possible candidates. They
have almost 20,000 members,
are affiliated with a national
association, and have a job
posting system when you’re
ready to let people know about
your next opening. 3. Engage
with Questions and Answers
Once you start connecting with
groups, look for opportunities to
engage with people in
discussions. Notice people who
share your culture and enter into
a conversation with them. I
belong to a group called Social
Media in Organizations. This
group offers multiple channels
to talk about workplace social
media – discussions, webinars,
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Since most people have a include the Consumer
presence on LinkedIn, it’s an Electronics Assocation, the
obvious place to keep tabs on Green Electronics Council,
what’s happening in the AT&T, Nokia, Comcast, Best
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business owners, you can easily venture capital companies, and
articles, a book club, etc. 4. Get leverage LinkedIn to find talent.
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LinkedIn offers versions for the small business Submitted at 4/5/2010 10:26:57 AM
iPhone, BlackBerry, and Palm.
Over the years, LinkedIn has Everyone in Hollywood is in
taken some hits for being rehab these days, but these three
nothing more than an online souls are having a particularly
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Are Computers in Africa Really Interview: Ben Folds

Weapons of Mass Destruction? Talks Chatroulette and
Kevin Donovan (Techdirt)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 4:16:00 AM
basic literacy, not to mention
programming prowess, is a
challenge. When Franz-Stefan
Africa will be the same.
Finally, as Miquel Hudin points
out, it is ridiculous (and very
Merton [VIDEO]
Brenna Ehrlich (Mashable!)
In recent months, a number of writes in one of the articles likely offensive) to think that
folks have argued that the a b o v e , t h a t " s k i l l f u l Africans are any more likely to Submitted at 4/5/2010 7:51:31 AM

arrival of high-speed bandwidth cybercriminals operating out of keep their PCs insecure than
in Africa represents not an an unregulated Internet cafe in When Merton the Chatroulette
anyone else. An American or
o p p o r t u n i t y f o r e c o n o m i c the slums of Addis Ababa, Piano Guy burst on the scene
European who points to Africa
growth, but a dangerous threat Lagos, or Maputo" will create last month, a considerable
as the source of infected botnet
to the world. According to these the world's biggest botnets, he number of people believed him
computers is wildly hypocritical
Western pundits who are, s h o w s t h a t h e h a s l i t t l e to be musician Ben Folds. Folds,
considering the enormous
incidentally, often promoting understanding of those "slums." in turn, started making like
number of insecure computers Folds are not one-in-the-same.
their cybersecurity services, For starters, electricity is Merton at concerts, uploading
that wealthy, educated After Folds released his
computers and connectivity in intermittent enough to make his“Odes to Merton” to
Westerners have in their homes final“Ode to Merton” last week,
Africa either pave the way for cyberwar a sputtering failure. YouTube. Mashable recently sat
and offices. It seems quite we decided to contact the
terrorists to unleash cyber- Secondly, although there are down with Folds via Skype to
unlikely that African computers musician and get the lowdown
attacks or for botnet operators to pockets of terrorists on the talk about Merton, Chatroulette
are any more insecure than on his foray into the infamous
gather millions of unprotected c o n t i n e n t , b y a n d l a r g e , and whether he is, in fact, the
elsewhere. social site.
machines into their control. elsewhere terrorists have access man behind the hood.
Frantic articles painting Africa After speaking with Folds, I’m
A l t h o u g h w e ' v e s p e n t to far better finances and Merton the Chatroulette Piano
as just another threat, especially pretty much 100% sure that he
considerable time debunking the bandwidth than their comrades Guy garnered his fair share of
with regard to a great and Merton are not the same
hysteria around cyberwar, this in Mogadishu. The fact that fame from going on the video
opportunity for the continent - person. Check out the interview
new version of the meme is those terrorists haven't used the chat site and composing
connectivity - are reckless and below if you’re still not
even more unfounded. improvisational songs on his
Internet for these types of miss both on-the-ground context convinced, as well as our
Worrying that Africa is going attacks with any regularity piano about the people he
and level-headed responses to original interview with Merton
to start producing top-notch suggests that they place far more encountered there. Mashable
the challenges of the continent. himself.
hackers in any great quantity faith in tried-and-true methods recently spoke with the man,
Permalink| Comments| Email For more web video coverage,
seems pretty absurd, when we're of terrorizing, and there is every who prefers to remain
This Story follow Mashable Web Video on
talking about a continent where reason to believe that those in anonymous, about his musical
aspirations as well as striking Twitter or become a fan on
resemblance to Ben Folds. Facebook
Many of you (including some Tags: chatroulette, music, viral
Mashable staffers) remained video
unconvinced that Merton and

Hot Teacher Sex Banned, at Yale [Ivy League]

Hamilton Nolan (Gawker) A sad day in the history of free sex with undergrads. Well, what joke." [Typical Yale pic via]
Submitted at 4/5/2010 11:14:28 AM love: Yale has formally banned the fuck is the point of teaching More »
faculty members from having at Yale now? " Harold Bloom
32 Tech/ Entertainment/ E-reader News Edition

Online Communities
North Face Decides South Butt Patented; Lawsuit Against
Lawsuit Is Not Worth Exploring Facebook Moves Forward
Mike Masnick (Techdirt) the settlement appear to be enjoying a number of young
Submitted at 4/5/2010 6:18:00 AM under wraps, there's no ladies who enjoyed themselves Mike Masnick (Techdirt) together an online community
indication that the South Butt is donning and sporting South Butt Submitted at 4/5/2010 7:24:00 AM not an obvious thing?
The lawsuit between North going away any time soon: The wear," Watkins says. "He Back in 2007, the company
Face and South Butt sure was most recent post on South Butt's immediately returned to Panama It's always fun to see patent holding that patent, Cross
entertaining (especially the Facebook page, meawhile, states City to give away many more T- s y s t e m d e f e n d e r s i n o u r Atlantic Capital Partners, sued
filings by South Butt's lawyer). t h a t f o u n d e r J i m m y shirts." Just imagine how much comments insist that the patent Facebook. In turn, Facebook
However, with the North Face W i n k e l m a n n , a f r e s h m a n better things would have worked system rarely makes mistakes in asked for the trial to be held up
g e t t i n g s o m e p r e t t y b a d biomedical engineering student out if the North Face hadn't issuing patents, and how really while it explained to some
publicity over its tactics, which at the University of Missouri, lawyered up over this, but had bad patents get pushed out upon patent examiners that they were
seemed to focus more on was "partying hard in Panama simply talked to the South Butt review. And yet... then we hear i n s a n e t o t h i n k t h i s w a s
embarrassing the founder of the City with South Butt." Watkins guys and worked out a friendly stories like the following one. patentable. Apparently, the
South Butt and his father, it said the settlement did not deal in the first place? Four guys, back in 2001 filed patent examiners haven't used
looks like the North Face has prevent his client from handing Permalink| Comments| Email for a patent ( 6,519,629) on a the internet very much, and
realized this was one lawsuit not o u t m e r c h a n d i s e w h i l e i n This Story " s y s t e m f o r c r e a t i n g a affirmed the validity of the
worth exploring. Florida on spring break. community for users with patent -- so the lawsuit is now
Late Friday, the two sides "Jimmy was down in Panama common interests to interact in." back on. This is just one in a
settled-- and while the terms of City having a great deal of fun, Seriously. Reading through the g r o w i n g s e r i e s o f p a t e n t
patent application, I'm having lawsuits against Facebook --
ET Set To Live Stream Conrad trouble seeing how this wasn't once again highlighting that
covered by a ton of prior art. once you get big enough to be
What in that patent does not noticed, some nobody will sue
Murray Hearing apply to early BBS systems, for you for patent infringement.
example? And, even if there Permalink| Comments| Email
(ETonline - Breaking News) Michael Jackson, is scheduled to The court hearing has been really is something new (I can't This Story
Submitted at 4/5/2010 6:26:00 AM appear in an L.A. courthouse scheduled to assign a judge to find anything), how is putting
today and ETonline will be the case as well as to set a
ET has the latest... streaming live as he -- as well as preliminary hearing date.
Dr. Conrad Murray, who's been a number of Jackson's family Check back here after 12 pm
charged with involuntary members -- arrive at the today to watch live!
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Jonathan Ive buys a couple of iPads
Michael Grothaus (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 4/5/2010 8:00:00 AM
Filed under: iPad
Steve Jobs wasn't the only one
paying a visit to an Apple Store
on iPad launch day. Jonathan
Ive, Apple's top industrial
designer, was snapped buying
two of his own products at an
Apple Store on April 3rd. It's
not clear which store the above
pictures were taken in, but you
can clearly see the form of two
iPad boxes in the bag.
What's the iPad's number two
creator doing buying a toy that
he helped create? Some might
joke that Apple is cheap. Some
might say it's a move for more
free publicity (like the iPad
needs any more free publicity).
Me? I'm chalking it up to
professional courtesy and class.
Support your product in all the
ways that you can; get out there
to get a buzz off of the
excitement you've helped create,
and use that buzz to funnel your
energy into making the next
version even better.
I've got one more image for you
below. It's a shot of Steve Jobs
during his visit to the Palo Alto
Apple Store.
Tech/ Entertainment/
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Marriage Troubles
for Tori Spelling and
Dean McDermott?
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 6:52:00 AM
Tori Spelling says she's
committed to her marriage to
Dean McDermott regardless of
the arguments and bickering
seen on their reality show "Tori
& Dean: Home Sweet
Hollywood."
"We're just like any other
couple," Spelling told Ann
Curry on the "Today" show on
Monday. "We have fights. We
have our ups and downs. It's a
real relationship. Some issues
have come up this season and
the cameras were there to
capture it. I'm happy to put that
out there to my fans. We're a
normal, relatable couple and
things happen."
The former "Beverly Hills
90210" star says she's fine with
having cameras document the
good and bad times in her
marriage. "We do a reality show
and I signed up for this. I said
I'm going to put it all out there
because otherwise I don't
believe in doing it."
34 Tech/ Entertainment/ Sports/ E-reader News Edition

Adobe releases Adobe Ideas for iPad Playboy Fetishists Fear

Michael Grothaus (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 4/5/2010 9:00:00 AM
Filed under: iPad Just because
Adobe can't have Flash on the
iPad doesn't mean that they
want to miss out on the Apple
tablet bandwagon. Adobe has
released a pretty cool app called
Adobe Ideas. Adobe Ideas is a
sketchbook for the iPad. The
app features vector-based
drawing tools, zoom control,
sizable brushes, layers, and the
ability to email PDF documents
for editing in Adobe Illustrator
and Photoshop.
While Adobe Ideas isn't as
feature-rich as Brushes for iPad,
it is a free app that starving
Playboy Fetish Getting
Less Cool [Sex Pervs]
artists will appreciate (though, if
you've bought an iPad, I don't
think you technically count as a
"starving" artist). Brushes for
iPhone was used by Jorge
Colombo to paint a cover of The
New Yorker.
It's going to be cool to see how
artists start embracing the iPad
and its larger screen with apps
like these. Picasso may have had Hamilton Nolan (Gawker)
his Moleskine ( may have), but Submitted at 4/5/2010 10:40:38 AM
the next great artists might just
be sketching their budding Playboy's once-mighty breast
visions on the iPad. photography publishing empire
TUAW Adobe releases Adobe is crumbling into dust, so the
Ideas for iPad originally company is just selling its logo collected Playboy crap before it
appeared on The Unofficial to anything and everything in was cool. More »
Apple Weblog (TUAW) on order to raise some cash. This
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Official: Apple sells more than 300K iPads on day one

Dave Caolo (The Unofficial home and downloaded more iPhone sold one million units in
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) than 1,000,000 apps (oh, it's on) 74 days.
Submitted at 4/5/2010 10:00:00 AM and 250,000 ebooks. TUAW Official: Apple sells
As Steve Jobs notes in the press more than 300K iPads on day
Filed under: iPad release, the average owner one originally appeared on The
Apple announced this morning downloaded about 3 iPad apps Unofficial Apple Weblog
that it sold more than 300,000 and 1 book on Saturday. Selling (TUAW) on Mon, 05 Apr 2010
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comprehensive number includes impressive, but a far cry of terms for use of feeds.
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s a l e s a t A p p l e S t o r e s . with his initial guess: between unit sales for any unsold and 3GS sold one million units
Additionally, customers went 200,000 and 300,000. Note that inventory that's at Best Buy or in three days and the first

UConn rolls through Baylor for 77th straight win

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Apple: Over 300,000 iPads sold on
first day
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 6:23:00 AM
Apple's iPad(Credit: Apple)
We'd heard analysts' predictions,
but until now no one knew for
sure how many iPads were sold
on launch day.
On Monday, Apple announced
it sold more than 300,000 of its
new tablet computers on
Saturday.
That figure included preordered
iPads delivered to customers,
sales at its retail stores, and
deliveries to channel partners.
In addition, Apple said, iPad
owners downloaded more 1
million iPad apps and 250,000 e
iPad Stats: More Than 300,000 Sold on First Day,
1 Million Apps Downloaded
Stan Schroeder (Mashable!)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 6:11:59 AM
Apple announced on Monday
morning that it sold more than
300,000 iPads in the U.S. on the
first day of sales, including
“deliveries of pre-ordered iPads
to customers, deliveries to
channel partners and sales at
Apple Retail Stores.”
Furthermore, iPad users
-books from Apple's iBookstore
on Saturday.
Piper Jaffray senior analyst
Gene Munster had originally
predicted Apple would sell
downloaded more than one
million apps from the App Store
and 250,000 e-books from the
iBookstore on the first day.
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene
Munster estimated that 600,000-
700,000 units were sold over the
weekend— his estimate,
however, was too optimistic.
The numbers are still fantastic, the web. Once the initial frenzy
and we’re glad Apple checked subsides and the 3G model hits
the wild predictions floating on the market, we’ll have a better
between 200,000 and 300,000
iPads on the first day, though he
upped his estimate to 600,00 to
700,000 over the weekend.
Only Wi-Fi iPad models are
available right now. Apple will
begin selling models with Wi-Fi
and 3G in late April.
"It feels great to have the iPad
launched into the world--it's
going to be a game changer,"
Apple CEO Steve Jobs said in a
statement Monday.
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Kraken Released All
Over America's Face
[Monday Box Office]
Richard Lawson (Gawker)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 10:35:38 AM
This movie-going weekend, lots
of people wanted to see the gods
killing each other. And others
Cyrus lookie loos, who are
wanted to see married couples
creepy. More »
trying to kill each other. And of
course there were the Miley
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Young customer Street Fight

Noam Scheiber (The New
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Submitted at 4/4/2010 8:31:37 AM
battle to tame the banks: Both
sides recognize that the
reformers have the momentum,
And yet, the longer you talk to
such K Street denizens about the
politics of financial reform, the
from Steve Jobs given the way last month’s
L a s t w e e k , A l a b a m a health care victory has unified
more they concede that this is
what the landscape may give
Dave Caolo (The Unofficial Republican Richard Shelby, the Senate Democrats, and given the them. This same person told me
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) ranking member of the Senate political peril for Republicans in he sensed that Dodd was open to
Submitted at 4/5/2010 11:00:00 AM
Banking Committee, floated a appearing to do Wall Street’s compromising on everything but
compromise on the consumer bidding. But both sides also the consumer agency. He added:
Filed under: iPad When Steve financial protection agency recognize that, p.r.-wise, the "For the average American, it's
Jobs visited the Palo Alto Apple that’s currently stalled in the consumer agency tends to the only piece of the bill they
Store on University Avenue last Senate. Under the bill Chairman overwhelm other elements of can really sink their teeth into.”
Saturday, he did more than Chris Dodd moved through the the reform effort. The logic becomes even more
observe the sale of iPads. He c o m m i t t e e i n M a r c h , t h e In light of this, Republicans compelling once you home in on
gave one attendee a personal c o n s u m e r a g e n c y w o u l d seem to be settling on a strategy: particular issues. For example,
demo. effectively have its own budget Give the Democrats much of one of the most important but
And she was just a kid. none of them had to shop like and an independent, White what they want on the consumer least understood parts of the
Cédric Lignier shared the "the rest of us," but it's nice that House-appointed director. It agency and bet that Democrats financial reform bill relates to
experience of watching Jobs they did. would also have significant (but won’t be too picky about the derivatives, which are
demo the iPad for his daughter T U A W Y o u n g c u s t o m e r not unchecked) authority to rest. If the bet pans out, the essentially bets on the prices of
via Twitter: "Met Steve Job @ receives iPad demo from Steve w r i t e a n d e n f o r c e r u l e s industry and its GOP allies other assets, like stocks and
Palo Alto today! [He] demoed Jobs originally appeared on The protecting consumers from would, in effect, be trading a bonds. The credit default swaps
t h e i P a d 2 h e r d a u g h t e r . U n o f f i c i a l A p p l e W e b l o g a b u s i v e b a n k p r a c t i c e s , robust consumer agency for a that brought AIG to the
Unbelievable!" He also snapped (TUAW) on Mon, 05 Apr 2010 like deceptive mortgages. Until chance to scale back a number government’s doorstep are
this great photo of Jobs leaving 11:00:00 EST. Please see our now, the banks and the GOP of highly consequential but probably the most famous
the store. terms for use of feeds. have largely tried to eviscerate below-the-radar reforms. But example of the trouble-making
Johny Ive also showed up to Read| Permalink| Email this| these provisions. But, according will it? potential of this financial
purchase a couple of iPads, and Comments to one person familiar with the Of course, this being a high- instrument. AIG’s derivatives
Woz even waited in line. Sure, discussions, Shelby’s proposal stakes negotiation, no one is portfolio was largely a bet on
took a big step in the direction prepared to concede much of bonds backed by mortgages.
Germany splits with EU over Greek o f t h e D o d d a p p r o a c h . anything yet—at least not When the mortgages took on
(Spokesmen for both senators explicitly. When I asked one water, the bet left AIG on the
rates declined to comment beyond bank lobbyist last week about a hook for billions in losses,
(Financial Times - US Published: April 5 2010 14:45 | saying that “we continue to grand bargain involving the pushing the company to the
homepage) Last updated: April 5 2010 discuss a number of options,” as consumer agency, I could brink of bankruptcy.
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Energy Independence Talk Is Just So Much Gas

(AEI.Org: Articles) talks about independence for of the damage of the higher have drained all of our own environmental catastrophe was
Submitted at 4/4/2010 4:00:00 PM other products. We don't care price. But if that hedge is domestic reserves. finally stopped on Nov. 3. By
about automobile independence, viewed as attractive, we don't The third argument one then it had spewed more than
Last week, in front of a bio-fuel or bottled water independence, need to drill to acquire it. We sometimes hears is that we 100,000 barrels of oil over the
jet fighter at Andrews Air Force or underwear independence. We could just encourage Americans should stop buying oil from evil course of 74 days, producing oil
Base, President Barack Obama avoid asserting that those would to invest in the equities of -doers such as Iran, as that only slicks that cumulatively covered
announced his intention to open be worthy goals, for a good publically traded foreign oil provides them with resources more than 22,000 square miles,
up much of the eastern seaboard reason: Free trade enhances our companies such as BP Plc, they can use to do us harm. But according to one estimate, an
and parts of the Gulf of Mexico welfare by allowing us to import PetroChina Co. or Royal Dutch the problem is, oil is a area almost the size of West
and Alaska to offshore oil products from those who have a Shell Plc. commodity, and if we do not Virginia.
drilling. comparative advantage Fear of Embargo purchase it from a given Clearly, a spill like that would
The White House press release p r o d u c i n g t h e m . The second reason sometimes supplier, someone else will. be an environmental catastrophe
said the move will "enhance our Why should energy be any given for more U.S. production Such a boycott has no effect in our waters, too. Whether we
nation's energy independence different? Three arguments are is that a foreign enemy might whatsoever. should accept the risk of such a
while protecting fisheries, most commonly offered. decide to organize an embargo Focus on Benefits catastrophe depends on the odds
tourism, and places off U.S. Fluctuating Prices against us and shut off our This doesn't mean that Obama's that such an accident could be
coasts that are not appropriate The first is that oil price supply of oil. Such an embargo idea to allow drilling offshore is repeated here.
for development." As Obama fluctuations harm the economy, might, indeed, harm the necessarily a bad idea. But the I doubt such cold calculation
put it, "For decades we've talked and that owning more oil would economy, as it did back in 1973. benefits and costs need to be was behind the latest decision to
about how our dependence on help inoculate against them. Still, think about it. If we fear weighed rationally. The benefit allow more drilling. One
f o r e i g n o i l t h r e a t e n s o u r This is specious. If the U.S. does there might be an embargo in is that an oil discovery increases suspects that the almost
economy--yet our will to act discover a mother lode of oil, the future, the optimal response our collective wealth, which is a religious commitment of both
rises and falls with the price of a that discovery will affect the is to purchase more oil from good thing. Once we know that parties to the pursuit of energy
barrel of oil." global price of oil. After the abroad today, not less. We we have a proven reserve, we independence makes costs and
The president apparently price adjusts to the new supply, should try to get as much as we can choose to let it appreciate in benefits irrelevant.
decided that the potential it will go on and fluctuate from can before the spigot is turned the ground, or tap it and Kevin A. Hassett is a senior
environmental risks are worth there. Before the discovery, off. We should also reduce generate current income. In fellow and the director of
taking because of the benefits of Americans would pay the world domestic production, not either case, we are better off. economic policy studies at AEI.
e n e r g y i n d e p e n d e n c e - - a price of oil, and watch and increase it, secure in the That benefit must be weighed Photo Credit: Flickr user
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misconceptions. Nobody ever wealth increase to offset some embargo down the road after we day into pristine ocean. That

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Work-Sharing Could Work for Us
(AEI.Org: Articles)
Submitted at 4/4/2010 4:00:00 PM
With the nation's
unemployment rate still
hovering close to 10%--more
than 12% in California--and the
typical unemployment spell
stretching to 20 months,
politicians of both parties are
rightly looking for ideas to
improve labor market
conditions. This recession
clearly threatens to do
permanent damage to the
careers of a generation of
workers, and policy action is
urgent.
After surveying policies around
the world, we found that there is
one that clearly dominates in
terms of impact and cost-
effectiveness: work-sharing.
The idea is simple. Currently,
firms mostly respond to weak
demand by laying off workers.
Under a work-sharing program,
firms are encouraged by
government policy to spread a
small amount of the pain across
many workers.
In Germany, for example,
which has used work-sharing
aggressively in this downturn, a
typical company might reduce
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the hours of 50 workers by 20%
rather than laying off 10
workers. The government would
then provide a tax credit to
make up for most of the lost
pay, with the employer kicking
in some as well. In a typical
arrangement, a worker might see
his weekly hours go down by
20%, and his salary go down by
about 4%.
This policy has kept the
unemployment rate in Germany
from rising even though the
country has seen a sharper
decline in GDP than the United
States. The Netherlands, which
also uses work-sharing, has
managed to keep its
unemployment rate near 4%
even though its GDP also has
fallen more steeply than in the
United States.
Work-sharing should be
familiar to Californians because
it's a variation of the furlough
policy that state and local
governments have used to avoid
further layoffs. The big
difference is that the furlough
policy means workers take pay
cuts that are proportional to the
length of their furlough--20%
fewer hours, 20% less pay.
By contrast, with a work-
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sharing arrangement, workers
would keep their jobs while
effectively dividing up the
unemployment benefits that they
could receive if they were laid
off. For example, if a furlough
requires them to take every
fourth week off, instead of a
25% cut in pay, their pay would
fall only 5% to 10%. The
additional money could come
from either the state
unemployment insurance
program or a new federal tax
credit.
The cost to the government of
going this route would be
roughly the same as with the
current unemployment
insurance program. The big
difference is that instead of
unemployment benefits that
effectively pay people for not
working, we would be paying
people for working shorter
hours.
California, and 16 other states,
already have some form of work
-sharing. California's program
dates from the 1970s and applies
to both public- and private-
sector employees. However,
these programs are
underutilized. Many workers
and employers do not even
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know of their existence. A broad
federal program, publicized
extensively from the bully pulpit
of the White House, would have
great promise.
In addition, instead of waiting
for companies to reach the point
where they plan to lay off
workers, the government could
instead encourage companies to
merely shorten hours. This
could be done in any number of
ways. Perhaps the simplest
approach would be for the
government to provide a credit
roughly equal to what would be
the proportional unemployment
benefit to support the salaries of
workers who work reduced
hours.
The effect of work-sharing on
employment can be substantial
even when the economy has
stopped losing jobs. Even now,
firms in the private sector lay
off or fire about 2 million
workers each month. This is
offset by roughly the same
number of hires, so that net
employment does not change
much. However, if work-sharing
policies could reduce the
number of monthly dismissals
by 10%, this would have the
same effect on employment as
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creating 200,000 jobs a month.
In addition to lifting net job
creation, this policy also would
accelerate the recovery. As
firms ramp up production, the
workers they need to do the
work will already be on staff.
Firms can avoid spending time
and money searching for new
workers.
Congressional members of both
parties have begun crafting a
number of bills to enact work-
sharing. The American people
clearly want politicians to put
aside their differences and focus
on sound economic policies.
Work-sharing would be a great
place for them to start.
Kevin A. Hassett is a senior
fellow and the director of
economic policy studies at AEI.
Dean Baker is the co-director of
the Center for Economic and
Policy Research.
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Argument Without End

E.J. Dionne Jr. (The New benefits that would flow to entirely within the American election-year choice. Endorsing
Republic - All Feed) Americans in the middle- or tradition, an effort to restore substantial tax increases now
Submitted at 4/4/2010 9:00:00 PM lower-middle range of incomes. some of the security and would be politically suicidal, but
In addition, Republicans predictability that defined the failing to do so opens
WASHINGTON -- Toward the concede a great deal when they economy before the erosion of Democrats to charges from
end of the health care battle, a say they would "replace" the employer-provided benefits that deficit hawks that they are not
b e l e a g u e r e d O b a m a s t a f f plan and not simply return to the began in the 1980s. serious about the red ink.
member sent me an e-mail that pre-reform status quo. Their They will also have to make a In the short term, Democrats
ended with the words: "Sisyphus slogan makes clear that all strong case that the new rules on can argue reasonably that
was a sissy compared to what future arguments about health finance are not aimed at raising taxes or slashing
we've been through!" care will be premised on a more reducing genuine private risk- programs before the economy
Yes, the fight for health care active government role. The
seemed very much like the debate will never be the same
taking. Their purpose is to end a
system that allowed a small
has recovered would be bad
policy. And they can assert that Right Off the
Greek myth: Every time the again. number of financiers and firms the commission Obama has
White House found itself on the Moreover, the Democrats'
verge of rolling the health care ability to hold together and pass
to make fortunes by taking
enormous risks in full
named to grapple with the
deficit will clarify the trade-offs
Bat, Rivalry
stone up the hill, some event -- health reform may encourage
say, Scott Brown's win in some Republican senators to
knowledge that taxpayers would
ultimately be forced to cover
between tax increases and
program cuts. This, in turn, will
Ratcheted Up
Massachusetts -- would force it seek compromises on other their losses. Reform is designed open the way for a more rational Ed Price (FanHouse Main)
to start over with a new strategy. issues rather than stand aside yet to reduce the exposure of argument about deficits. Submitted at 4/4/2010 7:01:00 PM
Alas for President Obama, this again and thereby limit their taxpayers and those outside the It would be nice if things
will not be the last moment that impact on final outcomes. financial system, not to create a worked out this way. But Filed under: Red Sox, Yankees
i n v i t e s c o m p a r i s o n s w i t h But the outlines of the next risk-free private economy. between now and then lies an BOSTON -- NASCAR used to
Sisyphus. His health care phase of this year's election The trickiest political problem election campaign likely to be be the only sport that began its
victory marked the beginning of argument are becoming visible. confronting the administration characterized more by anger season with its marquee event,
a n e w p h a s e i n t h e Sophisticated conservatives and its allies is rooted in rising than reason, and in which the an hours-long affair filled with
administration's political have begun to argue that concern about the deficit. Here, opposition has the advantage of wrecks, lead changes and close
struggles, not a final triumph. Democratic proposals across a Republicans will be able to not being in charge at a moment finishes.
It is still, of course, an range of issues are designed to engage in their own kind of risk- of great discontent. Sisyphus And then Major League
enormous achievement, and it make the United States more free politics. As the party out of would understand. And Obama Baseball and ESPN, in their
alters the political terrain in like Europe. Without shouting power, they can condemn will have to get used to it. infinite wisdom, gave us Red
ways that are favorable to the word "socialism," they claim deficits, attack "big E.J. Dionne's e-mail address is Sox- Yankees for Sunday night's
Democrats. By creating new that programs to guarantee government" in the abstract, and ejdionne(at)washpost.com. (c) season opener.
facts on the ground, health greater economic security (such oppose tax increases -- all at the 2010, Washington Post Writers The Daytona 500 of baseball.
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popular, and even its tax Countering these arguments involve tax increases of some
increases (a large share of which will require progressives to sort, Obama and the Democrats
hit the very wealthy) are tied to insist that their program is are looking at an unpalatable
40 Politics/ Sports/
The Nuclear Option
(AEI.Org: Articles)
Submitted at 4/4/2010 4:00:00 PM
An ashen Walter Cronkite
intoned: "The world has never
known a day quite like today."
The face of American television
news was speaking on March 28
1979, the day a faulty cooling
valve led to a meltdown at
Three Mile Island.
Nuclear Armageddon did not
arrive-–there is no conclusive
evidence that anyone was even
injured that day-–but the
incident did mark the beginning
of the dark ages in the nuclear
power industry in the US. New
plant construction was halted.
An absolutist opposition to
nuclear power became a canon
of the American left.
It was hardly surprising then
that anti-nuclear advocacy
groups reacted in orchestrated
horror when Barack Obama,
taking a centrist position,
announced the government
would provide $8bn in federal
loan guarantees to build two
nuclear reactors. With two
dozen or so nuclear plants
stalled on the drawing board
across the US, supporters hope
the guarantees mark the
beginning of a nuclear revival.
According to the left's
playbook, there is no viable way
to reduce greenhouse gases
except to ratchet up renewable
energy sources such as hydro,
solar and wind power and clean
coal technologies. Nuclear
energy, they remind us,
currently represents just 16% of
the world's supply, and that
percentage is expected to grow
only fractionally over the next
two decades even if the US
market opens up.
That's the all-or-nothing
argument. Let's be clear, we still
get about 10,000% more energy
from nuclear sources than from
all the renewable (non-hydro)
alternatives that exist in the
world. A massive switchover to
alternatives is not and never was
technologically feasible.
Big Money
The main resistance in the US
has not been technological but
financial. You can't build new
plants without loans. But
bankers hate nuclear
investments because of the
inevitable regulatory struggles.
That creates uncertainty. If the
government comes through with
guarantees then uncertainty
becomes more manageable.
But will banks make loans?
Nuclear energy is not Wall
Street's friendliest money-
making model. It is capital
intensive at the front-end, takes
years to break even, but then
offers low ongoing costs and
high returns.
That's the opposite of the high
leverage, fast profits style of
hedge and private equity funds
that fuelled the get-rich-quick
era. But the equation is
changing. As fossil fuels
become scarcer and pricier,
nuclear costs will also decline
over time, just like with all
technology.
Even today, nuclear energy is
cost competitive. A 1,500-
megawatt reactor should cost
about $5bn, which sounds
expensive until you compare it
to alternative energy favourites.
The equivalent capacity in wind
power could easily cost $4bn:
4,000 wind turbines at $1m
apiece plus miles of
transmission lines and backup
natural gas generators for when
the wind doesn't blow.
Nuclear is consistently more
reliable than other forms of
energy, up and running 90% of
the time. Although it constitutes
only 11% of US generating
capacity, it actually provides
20% of the electricity.
Concerns over emissions and
waste, once considered
insurmountable, are dated. The
"emissions" from nuclear power
plants are almost the same as
any large concrete structure.
There is little evidence that the
very occasional low radioactive
air releases represent any health
risks.
The US energy department's
proposal to drop plans for a
federal nuclear waste vault at
the Yucca mountain storage
facility has revived the issue of
what to do with nuclear waste.
It's addressable. The problem
results from decisions made in
the 1970s to halt fuel
reprocessing, which reduces the
volume of spent fuel by 97%.
France reprocesses and stores
beneath the floor of one room in
their La Hague plant all of their
waste from 30 years of nuclear
energy production.
Claims that Obama is the
puppet of the American nuclear
power lobby are laughable.
There isn't much of an
American nuclear energy
industry. Areva is French.
Toshiba owns Westinghouse.
South Korea has a growing
footprint. GE partners with
Hitachi but they have only a tiny
slice of the market. When the
first new reactors are built here,
70% of the parts will come from
abroad.
Obama sensibly recognises that
a technologically advanced
society has to place a lot of
energy bets to seriously confront
our carbon-limited future. If the
congenital sceptics don't block
construction of new nuclear
facilities, he may yet go down in
history as the first green energy
president.
Jon Entine is a visiting fellow at
AEI.
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Rises To the Top
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Submitted at 4/5/2010 3:00:00 AM
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INDIANAPOLIS -- This is not
where many rational people
thought Jon Scheyer's career at
Duke would end, considering
how his career had begun.
That refers not to his first career
game, but to the last one of his
freshman season, in Buffalo in
the first round of the 2007
NCAA tournament, when the
Blue Devils -- still talented,
highly-regarded and not far
removed from their last national
championship or last Final Four
-- lost in shocking fashion to
Eric Maynor and Virginia
Commonwealth.
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On SCOTUS, Obama's Not Looking For A Fight
contributors@theatlantic.com
(Marc Ambinder) (Politics ::
The Atlantic)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 5:56:22 AM
The many profiles of soon-to-
be-retiring justice John Paul
Stevens, featuring rare, on the
record interviews, are trial
balloons. The man is likely to
retire by the end of the month.
Since he informally sent this
signal to the White House late
last year by hiring one clerk,
the White House's informal
team of Supreme Court mavens
(Dan Pfeiffer, counsel Bob
Bauer, vice presidential chief of
staff Ron Klain) has been
actively, though quietly,
preparing for the eventuality.
Whether that includes the
leaking of a list of names of
BusinessWeek-- Diane Wood,
Merrick Garland, Elena Kagan -
- I don't know. No one has
leaked a list of names to me,
although it makes sense that
Obama would consider the
same people he considered
when the last spot opened last
year.
Obama made sure that Garland
was vetted, and interviewed
Seoul sends destroyer to intercept pirates
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homepage)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 3:11:31 AM
Seoul has sent a navy destroyer
serving off Somalia to intercept
both Kagan and Wood last year,
but he had his heart set on
Sonia Sotomayor from the
beginning, and used the vetting
process as a way of testing his
own heart against the thoughts
and feelings of his advisers.
The legal cognoscenti believes
that Kagan, the solicitor
general, has the inside track,
with some folks swearing that
Obama has already decided on
her, and that he'll simply go
through the motions again. It's
not unreasonable to assume that
Obama had his SCOTUS picks
mapped out from the beginning
of his presidency: the guy is a
student of the Court, and he has
a very particular theory of the
types of justices that would best
ensure that his vision for the
court is appropriately
articulated.
Sotomayor's pick was about
changing the narrative. The
second pick will be about
adding some intellectual
creativity to the mix. One reason
he might not pick an appeals
court judge this time is that
appeals court judges tend to
constrain themselves to
the Samho Dream, a South
Korean-owned supertanker
carrying as much as $170m
worth of crude oil that was
hijacked by pirates, South
Korea’s foreign ministry said on
precedent a bit more than
Obama believes is necessary,
while long-serving district court
judges, or academics, are likely
to be more expansive in how
they approach the job.
Of course, Obama would never
admit this, because the Senate
expects a certain formalism in
the president's nominees: given
the constraints impose by
conservative politics -- the
nominee can't be an open and
aggressive opponent of
originalism -- the White House
and the President are likely to
emphasize the same narrow
band of qualities that ensured
Sotomayor's confirmation:
amply qualified, good life story,
intelligence, and fidelity to
"interpret" not "make" law.
Obama and his team are well
aware that judicial confirmation
battles almost always excite
Republicans and confuse
Democrats. They are also well
aware of the particular political
constraints imposed by the 2010
election.
Ideally, he's looking for
someone who can persuade
swinger (uh, swing-ideological
Monday.
Samho Dream, which was
carrying almost 2m barrels of
crude oil from Iraq to the US,
was seized by Somali pirates on
Sunday in a demonstration of
justice) Anthony Kennedy to
change his mind on a set of
issues, someone whose
qualifications are beyond
approach, who doesn't have a
lingering paper trail of
outrageous(i.e., conventionally
liberal) viewpoints, and yet
someone he trusts can subtly
steer the court to the left. The
complication here is that
Stevens is the conscience of the
court's liberal wing, and space
he occupies now is not a space
that any nominee simply fills.
So growth capacity -- the
potential to grow into a Stevens
-- will factor in, too.
Politically, the White House
wants to find an unimpeachable
nominee who the American
people quickly accept. Let
Republicans make the noise
they do and will -- which may
excite their own base but won't
really do much more than that -
- and get the nominee confirmed
quickly, and without and fuss.
Kagan, Wood and Garland fit
the bill.
their increasing willingness to
strike in the open ocean. Contact
with the ship, which has a crew
of 24, was lost some 1,500km
(930 miles) south-east of the
Gulf of Aden.
Politics/ Economy/ 41
Taliban claims
attack on US
consulate in Pakistan
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 4:36:24 AM
PESHAWAR - Militants using
a car bomb and firing weapons
attacked the US consulate in the
Pakistani city of Peshawar on
Monday hours after a suicide
bomber killed 38 people
elsewhere in the north-west,
officials said.
Pakistani Taliban militants
claimed responsibility for the
attack on the consulate – in
which eight people, including
three militants, were killed but
no one in the mission was hurt –
and vowed more violence.
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Crist Calls for Federal

Probe of Florida GOP
(Newsmax - Politics) out, more and more knowledge
Submitted at 4/4/2010 2:48:18 PM is gained,'' Crist said. ``The

What Michael Steele Doesn't Get more knowledge you have, the
Gov. Charlie Crist is asking more opportunity one has to
federal authorities to investigate evaluate and re-evaluate and
contributors@theatlantic.com uniquely unsuited to that job, in between now and 1994 is that in the Republican Party of Florida
(Marc Ambinder) (Politics :: determine what the appropriate
fact. Really, unless Steele were 1 9 9 4 , R e p u b l i c a n s h a d a as concerns grow about secret
The Atlantic) action should be.''
manifestly more interesting and plausible leadership team in deals and misspent money.
The prospect of a federal
Submitted at 4/5/2010 5:18:41 AM c h a r i s m a t i c t h a n o t h e r place that hadn't discredited ``It's a mess,'' Crist told The
After watching Republican Republican Party leaders, which themselves in the eyes of investigation is likely to roil a
Miami Herald. ``This thing state Republican Party already
National Committee Michael he isn't, he has three main roles independents and party leaners.
stinks.'' reeling from the discovery this
Steele's performance on Good to play: one: he keeps the That's manifestly not the case
Crist is calling for the U.S. week that Greer siphoned party
Morning America, it's clear that machinery going. He's a C.O.O., today, as evidenced by the Tea
attorney's office to take over the donations to a shell company he
he hasn't learned his lesson. Of not a C.E.O. He makes sure the Party movement, which derives
criminal investigation of former owned. Top officials also
course, Steele believes that, as a party's voter databases are it power as much from the
GOP Chairman Jim Greer and planned to pay him a $125,000
black man, he is subject to ready. He tends to the party's failure of the party to lead as it
examine the use of party credit golden parachute if he resigned.
increased scrutiny inside and internal preparations for 2012. does from dissatisfaction with
cards by top GOP lawmakers. Read more at The Miami
outside the party, and the notion He facilitates coordination Obama or the economy. Steele
``A federal comprehensive Herald’s Web site.
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investigation is . . . fully © N e w s m a x . A l l r i g h t s
is a bit quaint, and quite makes the resources of the RNC a wrestling metaphor, unless he
appropriate,'' the Republican r e s e r v e d .
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on in 2010 (and by saying he'd party's message and agenda are controversies over the RNC's
consult with Newt Gingrich, of set, and Steele executes this. spending practices are largely Strong support for equities after
a l l u p - a n d - c o m i n g p a r t y Problem is, Steele doesn't want (though not entirely) irrelevant,
superstars), Steele is making the t o b e c o n s t r a i n e d b y t h e except in the way they harden US jobs data
same mistake that underlies all fecklessness of his party's public opinion against Steele (Financial Times - US showed that 162,000 jobs were
of the problems he faces: he congressional leaders, which is and are easy targets for his homepage) created in the US in March,
wants to represent, or remake, perfectly understandable. But (many) enemies. Steele would Submitted at 4/5/2010 6:59:28 AM while upward revisions to
Brand Republican. Steele is just not as good a be well-served to focus on the January and February helped
Two problems with this: One: communicator as he thinks he is. built-in competencies of the There was strong support for keep the unemployment rate at
he doesn't have the street cred He comes off sounding, well, RNC, stop explaining himself equity markets on Monday after 9.7 per cent.
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The Power of 'No!' Tea Partiers Are

contributors@theatlantic.com
(Steven Schier) (Politics :: The
eight years of the Bush/Cheney
administration. That was the real
administration's effort to
stimulate citizen activism for a
Conservative. Moving
Atlantic)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 7:35:51 AM
wind beneath their wings.
Obama provided a particularly
"yes" through their Organizing
for America has produced fewer Along...
Paul Tewes is an experienced attractive vehicle for delivering recruits. contributors@theatlantic.com who are dismayed by the
political organizer, best known that rebuke. So, to complete the Presidents as they govern (Marc Ambinder) (Politics :: direction of the GOP and who
f o r h i s 2 0 0 8 d i r e c t i o n o f sentence: "Yes, we can...say NO gradually build a "no" coalition The Atlantic) don't want to identify with the
Obama's breakthrough effort in to eight years of Bush and in response to their actions in Submitted at 4/5/2010 6:30:03 AM party's brand. That's not
the Iowa caucuses. Paul is a Cheney and replace them with office. A vital test of their Gallup's new survey of the Tea surprising, given how tarnished
veteran of my 1993 Carleton better people." political success is the growth Party movement is instructive that brand is. Only 8% identify
College Washington program, Paul discovered this truth while rate of that coalition. The larger for what it didn't find: the as Democratic; 7% identify as
and he met with me and my recently trying to organize it becomes, the more politically movement does not encompass liberal; 70% percent identify as
program students last winter young people to address climate endangered is the president. Democrats, including conservative; two-thirds are pro-
during our time in DC. He left change. His focus groups found George W. Bush managed to independent-leaning Democrats, life; nearly 90% were opposed
us with an enduring lesson that t h a t m a n y y o u n g O b a m a create a large "no" coalition by or more than half of true to the health care bill.
explains much about America's supporters felt they had already the end of his second term. Independents. In other words, Next time, I'd love for Gallup,
popular politics. made their contribution to the Barack Obama has created one the 28% or so of adults who say or any other pollster, really, to
His lesson: It is much easier to cause in 2008 and now had at an unusually brisk pace in this they're Tea Partiers are very ask self-identified Tea Partiers
organize people around a "no" other priorities. Climate change first term. The blowback much likely to vote Republican for their vote histories, for their
than it is to organize them activism involves a "yes" to resulted from the large when the chips are down. views on immigration and race,
around a "yes." Opposition is a expending time and energy on ambitions of these two Pay attention to terminology: for their views on questions
much more fruitful basis for very complex issue. So "no" presidents. Obama's immediate it's true that just half of those about Obama attributes (is he a
political organization than is activism in 2008 became "yes" task is to stem the growth of his Tea Partiers surveyed called socialist?), for their specific
support. That may seem an apathy in 2010. "no" coalition to prevent the loss themselves Republicans. Yes, views on policy matters (do
unlikely lesson from an architect The rise of the Tea Party of Congress in 2010 and the the lion's share of the other half they support a "fair tax?").
of the "yes, we can" Obama movement supports Paul's White House in 2012. Obama is say they're independent. But
campaign. But explore further generalization. This is an now encountering the costs of they're not: they're Republican-
the motives of active Democrats emphatic "no" movement in audacity. oriented conservative voters
in 2008. Their central drive response to the Obama agenda.
involved rebuking and replacing I n c o n t r a s t , t h e O b a m a

Easter
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iPad: The First Real Family Computer
Sarah Perez (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 8:37:13 AM
With the iPad's arrival this
weekend, a holiday weekend for
many Americans, this new iPad
owner had the chance to see the
device in action. In fact, "see" is
the operative word here. Not,
"play with myself," as is the
case with most new tech gadgets
I purchase. Instead, I simply
watched from a distance as, over
the course of the day, the iPad
found its way into the hands of
nearly every family member
from ages 4 months to 87 years
old. The incredible thing? No
one walked away confused,
frustrated or disappointed. It did
precisely what they wanted it to
do and with such ease that my
tech support was not required -
not even once - allowing me to
sit back and relax...with an old-
fashioned, paper-based
magazine.
Sponsor
After hearing the hoopla from
the iPad launch, the crowd
of"not-so-early" adopters has
likely been left wondering if this
is a case of media over-hype or
if something revolutionary has
truly occurred. If you count
yourself among this group, then
perhaps the spec-filled,
analytical reviews won't sell you
on the device's potential.
You already know what the
iPad can do: apps, games,
eBooks (or rather, iBooks),
media and so on. But what can it
do for you? How does it fit in
with your life? This anecdotal
review may help you to answer
that question: A Day in the Life
of an iPad
The morning after the iPad's
arrival - incidentally Easter
Sunday here in the U.S. - I spent
the first half hour of my day
with the iPad in one hand and a
baby bottle in the other. While
the little one ate, I read the New
York Times. For free. Well, at
least some of it. Although a full-
featured paid application is on
its way, the " Editor's Choice"
app available now is a great way
to hit the highlights from the
paper's top sections. The iPad's
weight here was a bit of an issue
- 1.5 pounds may not seem like
a lot, but holding it aloft away
from baby's grabby fingers was
a bit tricky, especially because,
unlike an actual, dull grey-
colored newspaper, the iPad's
glowing screen and colorful
images is an invite to touch that
can't be denied.
Morning Newspaper
Later, in the car to the family
gathering, I finished reading the
articles I missed in the NYT's
offline mode. I have the Wi-Fi
version of the iPad, so Internet
access is limited. But the articles
were still available, cached to
the device for just this situation.
I then passed the time with a
game of iMahjong. Like most
iPad games, Internet isn't
needed to play.
Upon arrival at our destination -
the sister-in-law's house where
extended family would meet,
dine and relax, I mistakenly
imagined that the only two
people who would be interested
in my latest purchase were the
teenage nephews, already iPod
Touch owners and avid gamers.
Although they were
immediately engrossed, to be
sure, they weren't the only ones
who would spend time with this
new device, as I would later find
out.
Game-Playing Device
The first question from the
oldest nephew: "I heard iPad
apps are a lot more expensive
than those for the iPod Touch -
is that true?" Unfortunately, it
is. For whatever reason, iPad
developers have mistakenly
assumed that a bigger screen
means a bigger price tag. This is
not how the minds of penny-
pinching, allowance-earning
tweens and teens think, though.
And although they may not be
the target market per se, their
moms and dads are. A game
priced too high will simply be
ignored - or worse, torrented,
the nephews tell me. There are
plenty of iPhone app on torrent
sites, I'm being told - referring
to the online stores of cracked,
hacked and otherwise ill-
acquired software programs,
movies, TV shows, music and
media made available for
download for those running free
torrenting client applications on
their computers. iPad apps will
soon appear here, too. Should
developers be worried about this
black market for their super-
sized creations? Yes, possibly.
Unlike the more moderately
priced iPhone apps, iPad apps
can be much more expensive.
And if their prices extend
beyond the comfort levels of
today's consumers, you can be
sure the apps will leak out on
backchannels such as these.
With pricing in mind, I tell the
nephews they could download
anything they wanted so long as
it was free. And so they set forth
upon their iPad adventure. After
playing a number of games,
including the Guitar Hero-like "
Tap Tap Radiation," a tilted
maze in " Labyrinth Lite," the
role-playing game " Aurora
Feint 3," some sort of shoot-em-
up called " EliminatePro," and
several others, my iPad was
soon filled with a screen of apps
I knew I'd never touch but
would be regularly accessed
time and again at subsequent
family functions.
Child's Plaything
Once the older nephews had
their fill, it was the 5-year-old's
E-reader News Edition
turn. With adult supervision, he
enjoyed Disney's interactive
book app, Toy Story and created
works of art fingerpaint-style
via Doodle Buddy. (He got a
real kick out of the sound effects
that accompanied the paste-in
clip art in the program, too.
Animal sounds, apparently, are
incredibly funny).
We mistakenly thought that the
Marvel comics book application
would also be a fun diversion
for this second-youngest of the
family. (Don't laugh - comic
book aficionados we are not.)
But after a second-page
reference to "Girls Gone Wild"
in the free Spiderman comic and
a third-page image of our
favorite superhero shouting
"Shut the @#*% up!," we
realized that, at some point,
comics must have grown up.
These one-time children's past-
times are now adult graphic
novels. Oops. App closed. Back
to doodling.
Grandma's Photo Album
Later, with bellies stuffed by
Easter ham and dessert, the iPad
found its way to the baby's
grandmother. One guess what
she looked at? Yes, baby
pictures. "Can you email me
some of those later?" Of course
I could, but not later, now. Like
the iPhone and iPod Touch,
photos (a max of 5 at a time)
can be sent directly from the
iPad's built-in Photos
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You Are Not a Gadget: The Continuing Case Against Web 2.0
Richard MacManus
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 4/4/2010 9:30:42 PM
Jaron Lanier was a pioneer of
"virtual reality" in the early
1980s and in his book, You Are
Not a Gadget: A Manifesto, he
makes the case for a more
humanistic approach to Internet
technology. Lanier rails against
web 2.0, which he calls at the
start of the book "a torrent of
petty designs" and "freedom [...]
more for machines than people."
Lanier's main issue with web
2.0 is that, in his view, it
promotes the 'hive mind' over
individual expression. He writes
that web 2.0 presents the current
generation of kids with a
"reduced expectation of what a
person can be."
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Many new iPad owners might
object that they're a reduced
person because of their new
gadget. Nevertheless, Lanier
offers an intriguing counterpoint
to web 2.0 philosophies and so
it's worth exploring that.
Lanier is of course just the
latest in a long line of web 2.0
cynics. They range in quality
from the sharp critiques of
Nicholas Carr, to the
sensationalistic rantings of
Andrew Keen. Lanier is
thankfully more akin to Carr, in
that he's thought provoking and
brings something new to the
table.
Lanier's theories are intriguing
and in some cases very
compelling. However,
ultimately I found his
"manifesto" to be fragmentary
and lacking a definitive
conclusion. I was not entirely
convinced by the end of the
book - which is a problem,
because a manifesto should
ideally provoke further action
from its readers. Wikipedia:
Mob Rule
Wikipedia comes in for the
most criticism in the book,
because the online encyclopedia
is written by an army of mostly
anonymous people. Therefore,
Lanier claims, Wikipedia stifles
individual expression.
According to Lanier, Wikipedia
is "intellectual mob rule" and
"seeks to erase point of view
entirely." He goes so far as to
call the individual voice "the
opposite of wikiness."
Although this is an extreme
view of Wikipedia, and wikis in
general, I did find one point to
be particularly compelling:
Wikipedia dominates search
results and for that reason it is
suppressing individual voices.
As Lanier put it, "Wikipedia
provides search engines with a
way to be lazy" - by putting
Wikipedia results at or near the
top of search results for millions
of topics. Facebook: Multiple-
Choice Identities
Other Web 2.0 stalwarts don't
escape Lanier's withering gaze.
Facebook is criticized for
encouraging people to create
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out with scientists and Internet individual expression are valid.
intellectuals. Is it any wonder He puts it rather poetically here:
then that he is so gung-ho on "The central mistake of recent
individual expression? The digital culture is to chop up a
people he associates with on a network of individuals so finely
daily basis are the intellectual that you end up with a mush.
elite! You then start to care about the
In my opinion Lanier is a bit abstraction of the network more
too quick to dismiss the content than the real people who are
of blogs and Twitter, simply networked, even though the
because the design of those network by itself is meaningless.
publishing platforms are Only the people were ever
"standardized." The design may meaningful." Beyond The Flaws
well be standardized, but many of Web 2.0
people have created original and However, I also think that
compelling content using these Lanier glosses over the benefits
web 2.0 platforms. Even Lanier of web 2.0 - that it gives
recognizes that if you look past everyone who has a computer
"standardized presences," due to the first layer of Wikipedia (and nowadays a smart phone) a
i t s b l a c k a n d w h i t e results in Google, you'll often publishing platform with which
categorizations of people. Later find compelling individual to explore their creativity and
in the book Lanier writes that voices. The Network By Itself is have their say.
Facebook organizes people into Meaningless Regardless of what you think of
"multiple-choice identities." Lanier's argument that web 2.0 the resulting content - whether
Blogs are also criticized, for designs "actively demand that it's largely unoriginal, or the
their "standardized designs" that p e o p l e d e f i n e t h e m s e l v e s best of it gets lost in noise, or
encourage "pseudonymity" in downward" is a compelling one. aggregators make "mush" of it -
features like blog comments. I agree that Wikipedia and the fact that web 2.0 has
Lanier doesn't highlight though Facebook both have significant democratized the publishing
that the rise of blogs and other flaws and that both are indeed industry is something that
social media websites have contributing to a middling, less should continue to be
given a voice to hundreds of creative culture. In particular I celebrated. Lanier's book tends
thousands of people, who were am sympathetic to the notion to dismiss this blossoming of
previously excluded from the that individual expression is new media as simply the
mainstream media landscape suffering - every time I see an product of web 2.0
because they didn't have access a n o n y m o u s c o m m e n t o n "standardized designs" - and
to an adequate publishing ReadWriteWeb that is critical of that comes across as elitist and
platform. Lanier: Elitist? s o m e t h i n g , I w i n c e a n d pompous.
This is where I found myself immediately place less value on Overall, You Are Not a Gadget
most in disagreement with it than if the comment had a real is a thought provoking and
Lanier. Here is a highly name attached to it. compelling book. If, like me,
i n t e l l i g e n t a n d s u c c e s s f u l So, Lanier's concerns about the YOU page 46
software architect, who hangs ' h i v e m i n d ' a n d l o s s o f
46 Tech News/ E-reader News Edition
IPAD:
Our Network is Alive continued from page 44

application. Debates about the iPad's worth

Curt Hopkins (ReadWriteWeb) person on the globe, branches ...And Everything Else as an eReader, aside, fears that it
Submitted at 4/4/2010 9:15:00 PM like a Mandelbrot set. It consists Now hours had gone by, and will somehow transform us from
of computing devices from the iPad was still in circulation. a population of content creators
The British novelist Ian desktop computers to laptops to With nothing else to do, I to passive consumers (most of
McEwan said, "The naming of tablets to phones; it consists of opened a wrinkled, balled-up us already are just that), hopeful
what is there is what is every program written to run magazine I had thrown into my claims from big media that it's
important." But there is a thing, those devices, every website and bag precisely for this reason. I the "future of publishing" - I'd
or an idea, a system or network, service that helps us to process didn't expect to get much iPad- argue that none of these are
that we live with every day, that and move the truths we witness time myself, I just didn't realize reasons to buy or not to buy an
we live in, that we, in point of information. or create; it consists of cell that it would literally never iPad.
fact, are, which has no name. In the course of this discussion,
towers and server farms; it return to me. As one person Simply put: the iPad is the first
W h e n a p p r e h e n d i n g a n d w e c a m e t o a s u r p r i s i n g consists of social media tools played on the iPad - reading, real family computer. No longer
recognizing something new, we realization. Twitter was no more and word processing programs; watching a video, playing a is computing an isolated
humans name it. Some say we the issue than the so-called but above all it consists of, it is game, etc. - others relaxed with experience with one person
name things in order to control mainstream media was. We powered by, human beings, both TV, a book of Sodoku puzzles, staring at one screen, fingers
them and there might be some were beyond all of that now. singularly and in aggregate, toys, and(gasp!) even printed clacking away on the keyboard
truth to that. But who would not Our network was not restricted minds and mind. newspapers. while the rest of the family does
elect to control an earthquake to three news channels, or the Our network is alive. On the iPad, someone was something else. The iPad was
than be controlled by one? cable news networks, or a
But it needs a name, and we playing cards. Then someone shared between brothers,
Our information gathering handful of social media websites don't have one. Jokingly, one of was watching Netflix. Grandma giggled over by children, and
network has changed out of or thousands of Facebook us called it The Culture. It isn't. is showing great-grandma more downright snuggled up with by
recognition, but its taxonomy accounts, or even all of those It isn't even a culture. Just a photos. Look! The baby is parent and child. It was no more
has lagged behind. We need to things taken as a whole. Our network. But a vast one, a doodling! Now someone is isolating an experience than
name this new network, and we access to information, our possibly game-changing one trying an iPhone app on the someone reading the paper in
would like the readership of ability to exchange it, was no and, above all, a nameless one, iPad.(Verdict? Not a good the next chair over. It was easily
ReadWriteWeb to help us. longer bound by anything at all,
one which we should control experience. Forget the fact that just another everyday object.
Sponsor with the possible exception of
rather than allow to control us. the iPad runs all the iPhone apps And that may be its biggest
In the Big Room, our editorial time. The reason for this sea- Help us assert control over an - they look awful. Don't bother.) selling point yet: the iPad hides
chat room, we were speaking change is that we ourselves have exciting, but daunting reality. Interestingly enough, one "app" away the technology, and makes
about the earthquake that struck in part become the system W h a t s h o u l d t h i s g l o b a l that was never launched was content king. And at the end of
Baja this afternoon. formerly we only used. We have
network, this lace of machine Safari, the iPad's built-in web the day, that's not really such a
Before the media, even the new become the fulcrum of our own and human, location, data and browser. bad thing.
media, got it, we had read it on network. Prometheus is well and feeling, thought and thing, By nightfall, the iPad had been Disclosure: The New York
Twitter. ReadWriteWeb has truly unbound. observer and observed, speaker in rotation for hours upon hours Times is a syndication partner
written before on the ability of This network, the one that and listener, be called? Discuss and still had nearly 40% battery with ReadWriteWeb. Discuss
this new tool, and others like it, connects us to virtually every remaining. The battery
to gather and disseminate part of the world, to every longevity claims (10 hours+) are
YOU true, it seems. A Family
continued from page 45 Computer
you find yourself iPad-less this consuming this book. Discuss
weekend, then I'd encourage
you to spend some time
E-reader News Edition Tech News/ Gadgets/ 47

Google Gives Suicide Hotline

Number For Certain Searches: Diets
For Fast Food Next?
Mike Melanson bicycle that will help save the
(ReadWriteWeb) environment? Cheap cigarettes?
Submitted at 4/5/2010 8:12:00 AM Didn't you mean Nicorette gum?

Nevermind complicated
McDonalds? Why yes, we do
have a few diet programs and
Panasonic's waterproof ME550
algorithms and personalized
content streams according to had a hard time finding poison eating.
some instructions on healthy and ME650 TVs offer optimal
past search patterns and the like control," Dr. Zeiger said. "Now In reality, we think that this
- Google has, for only the when you search for poison could be a great compliment to
tubby time entertainment
second time in its history, control or similar queries, we all those apps and engines out Tim Stevens (Engadget) boosted 1Seg tuners for better...
decided to offer specific results, make it straightforward to find there that simply look to show Submitted at 4/5/2010 9:59:00 AM tuning. Both can record to
a sort of guidance, in response the number for poison control." you exactly what you're looking SDXC cards but only the
to select search terms. So can we be as callous here as We don't get many handheld ME650 has PMP functionality,
for before you ever even get to
When users search for phrases to wonder where else the portable TVs here in the US for able to play back audio, video,
searching. Let's use the web to
such as "ways to commit company might take this? Can challenge ideas, not simply echo a variety of reasons, but that and still image files from
suicide" or "suicidal thoughts", anyone really take issue with a them. As long as results are doesn't stop us appreciating storage. No price on either, but
they now see the toll-free company offering the phone clearly identified, is there a them from afar. A few weeks look for these to start hitting
number for the National Suicide number of a suicide prevention problem? ago Panasonic unveiled some Japanese bubble baths next
Prevention Lifeline at the top of hotline to those looking up While this is a loaded area to new portable Digital Viera TVs month.
their results. We have to wonder phrases like "I want to die"? look at (questioning Google's that looked great for lounging Panasonic's waterproof ME550
- when will Google advise users Perhaps this could be a new action can be made to seem as if on the patio with the comfort of and ME650 TVs offer optimal
buying cigarettes to seek help direction - rather than simply it were a promotion of suicide) some classic Takeshi's Castle t u b b y t i m e e n t e r t a i n m e n t
too? offering results directly related reruns, and now the company is originally appeared on Engadget
we still think there are
Sponsor to a user's query, or looking to upgrading bath time as well with on Mon, 05 Apr 2010 09:59:00
interesting implications to its
The New York Times quotes personalize content by looking a c t i o n s t h a t s h o u l d b e the ME550 and ME650 Vieras. EST. Please see our terms for
Dr. Roni Zeiger, the chief health at what friends and peers are considered. Do we want Google Both offer 5-inch, 480 x 272 u s e o f f e e d s . P e r m a l i n k
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Google user. offer up a Devil's Advocate set speakers for better audio and
its results to do better for the
"A mother wrote in a suggestion of results on every query. world? And who's version of
to us -- her daughter had Looking for a brand new SUV? better will it go by if we do?
swallowed something that she While you're at it, why not What do you think? Discuss
thought was dangerous, and she consider this beautiful, used
48 Gadgets/ Media/
Waterstone’s to bring their own
eReader to the U.K.
Tablet
(BestTabletReview.com)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 6:38:21 AM
Waterstone's is working on
their own eReader
In case you haven’t realized,
eReaders have become the new
“it” accessory. Manufacturers
don’t look to create an eBook
reader that depends on its
hardware to sell, but rather as a
media consumption device —
it’s a spoon used to digest their
eBooks and periodicals.
That’s exactly what
Waterstone’s, one of the largest
U.K. bookstores, plans to do.
They announced that they would
be making a Kindle-like
eReader set to launch within the
next few months. The eReader
would most likely have WiFi
and 3G connectivity and would
definitely be hooked up to the
Waterstone’s online
marketplace in a similar vein to
the way the Kindle accesses the
MediaDailyNews: Goodby, Silverstein
Partner Leaving
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 5:30:44 AM
Harold Sogard, vice chairman
and a partner, is leaving
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
E-reader News Edition
Kindle Store. It’s unclear if they began selling Sony
iPad apps: utilities you
Waterstone’s is interested in
making their own unique eBook
reader or is merely researching
Readers.
Source: The Bookseller via
Teleread
need
Chris Ziegler (Engadget) available to iPad owners in the
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fact, they quickly followed rarely pretty, but gosh darnit, of these suckers come at
Amazon to be the second they're good for you. Whether absolutely no cost to you.
retailer to sell an dedicated they're checking that your new Follow the break for the full
eReader. In September of 2008 TV has been mounted square on rundown -- and don't forget to
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NintendoWare Weekly:
Mr. Driller, Game and
Watch, Fishie Fishie
JC Fletcher (Joystiq)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 10:00:00 AM

This week marks the one-year

anniversary of the DSiWare
service launch, and Nintendo is
observing the occasion by
putting interesting content on
the service! Every week should
be some kind of milestone. And
speaking of annual observances,
there's a Neo Geo game on
Virtual Console.
Gallery: Mr. Driller: Drill Till
You Drop (DSiWare)
Continue reading
Adobe AIR developer demonstration: one game, NintendoWare Weekly: Mr.
Driller, Game and Watch, Fishie
Fishie
five platforms, all the same code NintendoWare Weekly: Mr.
Driller, Game and Watch, Fishie
Sean Hollister (Engadget) that AIR was not yet up to the only a series of seriously tiny game, five platforms, all the Fishie originally appeared on
Submitted at 4/5/2010 10:59:00 AM task. However, Adobe dev platform-specific wrappers to same code Joystiq on Mon, 05 Apr 2010
Christian Cantrell has the proof make his program function on Adobe AIR developer 10:00:00 EST. Please see our
We love the idea of Android -- he created a game of Reversi each. Since each platform has its demonstration: one game, five terms for use of feeds.
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50 Gadgets/ Economy/ E-reader News Edition

Stock/bond tug
of war about to
intensify?
Peter Boockvar (The Big
Picture)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 6:26:26 AM

On Jan 6th I wrote, “the US

Treasury market/interest rates
hold the key to stock market
performance this year.” With the
better than expected private
sector payroll gain in Friday’s
data (yes, partly weather bounce
back), including revisions, this
thesis and tug of war will be put
to the test now as the 10 yr note
yield is matching the highest
level since Oct ‘08 and the 30 yr
bond yield is at the highest since
Oct ‘07. Commodity prices are
also rising in response to the
jobs data and the implied
inflation rate in the 5 yr TIPS is
rising to a 6 week high at
iPad runs circles around Snapdragon-powered 2.22%. This backdrop comes
ahead of $82b of notes and bond
supply this week as the Treasury
Nexus One auctions off 3’s, 10’s, 10 yr
TIPS and 30’s and is possibly
Nicholas Deleon found in the Nexus One(and performance is also better than mobile phone is a bit unfair, not the biggest test of US issuance
(CrunchGear) others). The iPad: useful (to the Nexus One by just less than to mention silly: you’re going to since this credit/economic crisis
Submitted at 4/5/2010 8:00:00 AM some), and quite quick. Neat. 40 percent. be with your phone 24/7, but began. Following the solid ISM
Anandtech benchmarked the Neither the Nexus One nor iPad you’re probably not going to be manufacturing number last
So, the iPad? I hear it’s good, iPad, bless their hearts, and can run Crysis, so a big “meh” walking down the street with Thursday, the ISM services
but again, it’s not for me—don’t found that Apple’s divisive can be heard from people your iPad every day of the report is out at 10am and
cry. But what’s indisputable? device was anywhere from 9 to currently rocking an ATI 5970 week. At least I don’t think so… expectations are for 54.
The fact that it’s pretty damn 60 percent faster than the or Nvidia GTX 480! Flickr Five Filters featured article:
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Tongfang Q5 MID has Android and Hanks and Scolari Will

Rockchip for under $300
Tablet
(BestTabletReview.com)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 7:18:31 AM
The Tongfang Q5 Android
MID
Tongfang has introduced the
Q5 which is a 4.8-inch
capacitive touchscreen MID that
runs an Android OS and is
powered by an 866MHz
Rockchip RK2808 processor.
The Q5 weighs a slight 7.4
ounces and measures 4.7 x 3.2 x
0.39 inches.
Other specs include 128MB or
RAM, a 4GB flash drive, WiFi
a/b/g, SD card for storage
expansion, headphone jack,
accelerometer and 2200mAh
battery that’s rated for 7 hours
of video playback. It also
supports 720p HD. While the
Q5 certainly looks to have nicer
specs than most Chinese-made
MID products, it also has a
higher-than-expected price. The
good news is that it’s available
now for 1,999 yuan ($293), but
for that much we wouldn’t
expect it to find much of a
market outside of China. Even
in China is doubtful as an iPod
Touch 8G sells for 1,650 yuan.
Source: Cloned in China
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Accept a TV Land Award
for 'Bosom Buddies'
Brad Trechak (TV Squad)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 10:02:00 AM
Who besides myself has been
aching for a'Bosom Buddies'
reunion? Your wish has been
granted now that Tom Hanks
and Peter Scolari will reunite to
accept a TV Land Anniversary
Award for that very sitcom,
thirty years later.
Fellow cast members Donna
Dixon, Thelma Hopkins and
Holland Taylor will also be in and Henry are actually doing in
attendance. Sadly, the late the 'Bosom Buddies' universe
Wendie Jo Sperber cannot (may thirty years later. Henry
she rest in peace). The show will probably wrote that book about
be broadcast on April 25th and their experience posing as
will be hosted by Tim Allen. women in order to keep a roof
While I won't say that 'Bosom over their heads and it became a
Buddies' launched Tom Hanks' bestseller. They might have
career (the movie 'Splash' gets even decided that they liked

WonderCon 2010 more credit for that), it

Kevin Collins (Flickr Blog)
Submitted at 4/4/2010 11:02:08 PM
Super heroes, super villains and
those who love them were out in
full force at WonderCon, the
comic and sci-fi convention in
San Francisco this past
weekend. Where else on Earth
can you see Captain America
checking for text messages?
Answer me that! They also had
a number of actors and movie
makers there to talk about their
projects.
Photos by earthdog, Generik11,
LynxPics, Inkyhack, Edopeno
and lbc42. You can poke around
more in the WonderCon 2010
pool or you can just search!
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definitely showcased his
comedic talent. Peter Scolari
was also an excellent foil for
him and even made a cameo in
Hanks' directorial debut 'That
Thing You Do.'
It makes you wonder what Kip
dressing in drag and continue to
this day.
[via Pop Candy]
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52 Apple/ E-reader News Edition

iPad: Our First Impressions

Josh Pigford (TheAppleBlog) annoying aspect of the iPad is after using the iPad for a while virtual magazine reader I’ve
Submitted at 4/5/2010 7:23:11 AM the inability to easily share it apps on iPad are only so-so then move to the iPhone. Third, always wanted. I’m less happy
with others. Unlike a MacBook (especially true for games). fast. The iPad screams with the Apple is apparently censoring
The iPad has been out here in or a netbook, I can’t login with I think the iPad will highlight speed. Snappy and loads things what Zinio can display in the
the U.S. for 48 hours and many my own settings. Sharing it with the importance of good UX super quick. Fourth, my new device. I’m finding Pages to be
us here at TheAppleBlog have the spouse is proving to be a design in software. There is just favorite app, ABC Player. Great harder to figure out than I
been using ours obsessively in problem and I’m sure not going enough room on the screen that quality video and the speed is expected. It seems not very
that time. Here are our first to buy two! I’m using the well designed interfaces are again fast. Fifth, non-iPad apps Apple-ey, in that there is an
impressions. David Klein Facebook App while anyone going to shine on the iPad. It look like garbage. The look of extra step to complete a task.
Waited outside in the cold for else that uses it has to use the was possible to scoot by with a these apps makes me not want I’m also not thrilled you can’t
15 hours. Store opened at 9AM. web interface. For other things simple, list-based UI on the not want to use them. iDisk and create your own templates, and
Had it at 9:08. Interviewed by a like twitter, we are using iPhone. That approach will not Gallery apps are great examples moving files isn’t intuitive. I’m
variety of local reporters and different clients. More on iPad cut it here. The early efforts on of how these iPhone apps do not also amazed it doesn’t support
Molly Wood on CBS. The iPad • Day One: 300,000 iPads Sold native apps like Omnigraffle look great on the iPad. It is a iDisk.
is heavier than I expected. Very Mac Love and Twitterrific for iPad neat idea that Apple used to iPhone apps in 2x mode look
s m o o t h t r a n s i t i o n s . A p p s • iPhone vs. iPad: Do Games (amazing to think that they were blow the size of the apps up to like crap.
designed specifically for the Really Scale That Well? Mac designed with only a simulator) fit the iPad screen but I think So far all I have been doing has
iPad are beautiful. Apps that Love show just how good native iPad that it makes the apps less been content consumption. I’m
haven’t been adapted for the • Video: Launch Day iPad software can be. Alex Layne appealing on the iPad. looking forward to creating
iPad are ugly in full screen Purchase Mac Love The interface is incredibly A few things I really like on the content this week. Josh Pigford
mode. Typing with two fingers • Walkthrough: Initial iPad responsive and video playback OS. When you plug in the iPad As others have mentioned, my
is fast. Typing with ten fingers Setup Mac Love is immediate. The virtual you get a pop up window on the first impression was that the
seems impossible so far. I can’t keyboard is a lot better than I lock screen that tells you the iPad felt a lot heavier than I
wait to try all the new apps, but Weldon Dodd expected; typing is faster than percent the battery is charged. expected. Sure, we all knew that
for now I must sleep. David The iPad just might deserve the on my iPod touch, especially in Nifty little addition. The screen it weighed in at 1.5 pounds but I
Greenbaum “magical” moniker. This device landscape mode. It’s also rotation switch is amazing. The know I didn’t have any sort of
Apps are significantly faster, is an absolute joy to hold and heavier than I expected and my speakers are not awful like I real idea of how it felt to hold a
virtually instant on the iPad. I’d use. It feels very responsive and arms got a little tired in the five thought they would be. The last device with that weight. I still
appreciate a faster bootup time, quite fast compared to an minutes that I played with it, but is the little flower icon on the haven’t figured out a really good
though. The sound is incredible iPhone. I fired up the Netflix they weren’t falling off. The lock screen, a nice touch to way to hold the device for
and unexpectedly brilliant. a p p a n d s t a r t e d a m o v i e , hardware is sleek: Imagine make the iPad a picture frame reading.
Netflix streaming and LogMeIn launched the ABC Player app taking the screen off a MacBook while it is docked and charging. The device is blazing fast and
are killer apps for this device. I and watched a show and I felt Pro and adding some thickness. Mark Crump all the iPad-specific apps I’ve
also like Gmail’s new iPad web like I was visiting the future. Kevin Keheley The screen is never better than I tried have been beautiful.
i n t e r f a c e f o r e m a i l . T h e Can’t wait for Hulu. I think First thoughts are this thing is had imagined. I have no iPhone apps blown up on the
smudges on the screen are Apple got the screen size just heavy. It has some weight to it problems withe the virtual iPad look awful. But those few
frustrating me, though. I’ll wait right and the orientation lock and takes a minute to figure out keyboard and can even thumb issues aside, it’s just plain fun to
for screen protectors, though as was a better choice than the the best way to hold it. Second, type in landscape mode. It’s use.
we know you won’t find those original mute switch. Native it makes my iPhone look tiny very fast and responsive. The
at the Apple store. The most apps are wonderful, but iPhone Zinio app is amazing. It’s the
E-reader News Edition
Day One: 300,000 iPads Sold
Charles Jade (TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 7:34:49 AM
Apple has announced that on
Saturday more than 300,000
iPads were sold, including pre-
orders, deliveries to channel
partners, and sales at Apple
Retail Stores. Steve Jobs, no
doubt from his iPad, was
ebullient.“It feels great to have
the iPad launched into the
world—it’s going to be a game
changer. iPad users, on average,
downloaded more than three
apps and close to one book
within hours of unpacking their
new iPad.”
Regarding those applications
and books, iPad users
downloaded more than a million
apps and 250,000 e-books from
Apple’s iBookstore, but it’s the
iPad numbers that matter. While
the iPad had a solid first day of
sales, the numbers weren’t
exactly “magical.”
Just yesterday, sites like Apple
2.0 were reporting estimates by
financial analysts like Gene
Munster of between 600,000
and 700,000 iPad sales over the
weekend. Given first day sales,
and considering Best Buy was
closed on Sunday, as well as
some Apple Stores, that seems
highly unlikely now.
More on iPad
• iPad: Our First Impressions
Mac Love
• iPhone vs. iPad: Do Games
Apple/ Media/ 53
Around the Net In
Media: Broadcasters
Endure News Ratings
Fall
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 4/4/2010 8:34:11 PM
The first quarter of the year
weren't good news for ABC's
evening newscast, "World
News," which dropped to the
lowest numbers the program has
had in a first quarter since the
People Meter was introduced by
Nielsen in 1987. The same
situation hit CBS, where the
"Evening News" also hit a new
low for the months of January
through March.
The good news was all for
NBC, where "Nightly News"
scored its best first-quarter
numbers since 2005. Over all,
the numbers were: 9.92 million
Really Scale That Well? Mac international. So the iPad devices like the Kindle. That
viewers for NBC; 8.27 million
Love outsold the iPhone on launch would definitely help overcome
for ABC and 6.45 million for
• Video: Launch Day iPad day, but who bought those iPads any “PC gap” the iPad might
CBS. Viewers are stitl watching
Purchase Mac Love may prove more interesting. face and measurably boost
-- more than 24 million in the
• Walkthrough: Initial iPad Again via Apple 2.0, of the 448 future sales.
first quarter - continue to dwarf
Setup Mac Love iPad buyers surveyed by Piper But today, Apple has sold more
any news program on cable. The
Jaffray, some 74 percent were than 300,000 iPads, more than
falloff may be attributed to
Without knowing Sunday’s Mac users. As Mac users the original iPhone, and even
changing anchors: Gibson left
likely drastically reduced sales, represent only a tenth of the more could have been sold had
"World News," while at
an exact count for the launch personal computer users in the the 3G iPad been available. And
" G M A , " G e o r g e
weekend can’t be had, but U.S., that could be problematic. yet, despite outselling the
Stephanopoulos takes over from
300,000 is the number that H o w e v e r , a m u c h b i g g e r iPhone, there just isn’t the same
Diane Sawyer.
Apple wants the focus to be on. problem exists for Amazon, sense of “game changer” that
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54 TV/ Gallup Poll/
Who Will Win 'American Idol'?
Jane Boursaw (TV Squad)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 9:00:00 AM
The'American Idol' season nine
finale is still a ways off, but I'm
ready to start talking about who
I think will win. I'm tempted to
say that the judges missed the
boat on some of the contestants
who made it (or rather, didn't
make it) into the Top 24, but
that's not really fair. Sometimes
a contestant will shine during
the auditions and Hollywood
Week, but once they get to the
big stage, nerves or a lack of
confidence take over, and it
shows in the live performances.
If 'Idol' moves on to another
season, I'd like to see more
behind-the-scenes footage with
the Top 12 -- more scenes of the
music coaching, what the
contestants go through making
those all-important song
choices, and what goes into the
hair and wardrobe we see on
stage. Future wish-list aside,
follow me after the jump for
more analysis on the remaining
contestants, and my choice for
the winner.
Continue reading Who Will
Win 'American Idol'?
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Four Reasons Why
'Chuck' is an All-Time
Favorite
Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 11:06:00 AM
One thing that TV fans love to
do is create their list for "My
Favorite TV Shows of All-
Time." Every few years I
calculate mine, and for several
years, the list didn't change that
much.
Oh, maybe a couple of shows
switched places or maybe a
show dropped from number five
to number eight, but for the
most part the list stayed the
same. That all changed a couple
of years ago when I had to add definitely top twenty. Here's
both'Mad Men' and'30 Rock' to why.
the list. I still haven't figured out Continue reading Four Reasons
which two shows in the top ten Why 'Chuck' is an All-Time
I'll have to take off.
I'll also have to add a third
show to that list, and that would
Favorite
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its way into the top ten, but it's
Tea Partiers Are Fairly Mainstream in Their
Demographics
(All Gallup Headlines) politically; but in terms of their
Submitted at 4/4/2010 8:00:00 PM age, education, employment,
and other basic demographic
[ fivefilters.org: unable to characteristics, they are
retrieve full-text content] Tea generally representative of the
Party supporters skew public at large.
Republican and conservative
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'The Amazing Race' -
'You're Like Jason
Bourne, Right?'
Jackie Schnoop (TV Squad)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 1:02:00 AM
(S16E08) Tonight will make or
break this season's strongest
team, Jet and Cord, on'The
Amazing Race.' I know some
folks might say they aren't the
strongest team as they came in
last in the previous leg and were
only saved by it being a non-
Philimination leg. But I beg to
differ. They definitely had a bad
leg; they most certainly screwed
up by not reading a clue. Even
taking that into consideration,
TV/ Sports/ 55
Tiger Hears First Shouts From the
Gallery
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix) mounted the tee box instead.
Submitted at 4/5/2010 6:30:34 AM Couples turned to Woods and
extended his arms in a What the
Let it be noted that the first fan ? gesture. Woods shrugged and
call-out to Tiger Woods this said, He got there first. He put
morning, at 7:39 a.m., was a his bag down first. Would a
reference to the boxer player like Hansen have
Muhammad Ali: Greater than deferred to Woods and Couples
Ali, Tiger. Greater than Ali. a competitive round. But Woods last year? Would Woods’s
Associated Press Even for a was notably more responsive reaction or that of Williams
practice round the Augusta than he has have been in the have been different last year?
National crowd swarmed Tiger past. When Woods finally walked to
Woods. Woods had arrived at the range the tee box, by now stacked with
The comment, made by a tall, around 7 a.m., 15 mintues fans four or five deep, there was
bearded man, was the first to before fans were allowed to start only the mildest of applause,
ring out as Woods and his trickling onto the property, and no call-outs whatsoever.
c a d d i e , S t e v e W i l l i a m s , despite there having been When Mr. Couples walked up a
approached the cordoned-off lengthy lines at the gates since 6 minute later, there were several
passage leading from the new a.m. They found Woods hitting Go Freddy! cries.
practice range at the Masters to balls at the practice facility next Everyone is going to be in
the carts that would transport to Fred Couples, with whom he observation mode all week, it
them to the course itself. It was had arranged to play a practice looks like, Nick Faldo, the
followed by a dozen or so other round. At first, they were the former Masters champion and
they're the strongest team. They supportive remarkes Welcome only two on the range. Within CBS commentator, told me a bit
seem to be up to almost every back, Tiger and Go get em, 10 minutes the grandstands were later.
task thrown their way, and they Tiger from the crowd lining the packed. For the record, Woods pulled
work well together as a team. ropes, accompanied by polite But Woods didnt come close his first drive big time, and had
Can they overcome the speed applause. Not a negative word. enough to the galleries to hear Mr. Williams toss him another
bump and continue the race? Unlike Woodss typically tuned- their comments until after he ball for a reload. He hit that one
Continue reading'The Amazing out response before the events finished hitting balls and then straight. After Mr. Couples
Race' - 'You're Like Jason of the last few months, he practiced short pitch and bunker pounded his drive down the
Bourne, Right?' frequently made eye contact shots. middle, they walked off down
F i l e d u n d e r : O p E d , T h e with the people who called to Woods and Couples clearly the first fairway to subdued
A m a z i n g R a c e , E p i s o d e him, nodded his head and said, hoped to be the first ones teeing applause and calls of, Go get
Reviews Thank you. It wasnt quite the off for their practice round at 8 em, guys. There were no Tiger-
P e r m a l i n k | E m a i l t h i s | | Phil Mickelson Show. Neither is a.m. But while they were still on specific calls that I picked up.
Comments walking to a Monday morning the putting green near the first
practice round the same thing as tee, Soren Hansen of Denmark
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MLB Diary: Red Sox 9, Yankees 7

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Getty Images Dustin Pedroia,

shown hitting a two-run home
run in the seventh inning, was 2-
for-4 with two runs scored and
three RBI on the night.
The Journal provides minute-by
-minute analysis of the Boston
Red Sox’s 9-7 victory over the
New York Yankees in tonight’s
Major League Baseball regular-
season opener at Fenway Park.
Guest blogger Nando Di Fino
offers commentary on the game
and the YES telecast.
4:58 pm | by Nando Di Fino
The 2010 Major League
Baseball season begins tonight
the way it should every year: to improve upon a 2009 the Giants and Mariners, surrounding the World Baseball three of the four fielding plays
with the Yankees and the Red campaign that ended in a three- dangling above the real seaon Classic. I am on record as a fan thus far have been made by new
Sox dueling it out in Fenway game ALDS sweep loss to the opener on the schedule like a of the tournament, but it's great additions.
Park. We would have also Los Angeles Angels with three confusing, low-hanging fruit. to not have to hear the talk about 8:23 pm | 0-0 tie; 1st Inning | by
accepted Giants-Dodgers and new additions that put the Instead, re-read former the players who participated, it's Nando Di Fino
Cubs-Cardinals. emphasis back on defense. They Commissioner Bart Giamatti's nice to have the season starting Michael Kay on the YES
The Yankees are preparing to harken back to the 2004 late- paen to the game, "The Green at a normal time, and if the Network: "It is about the most
defend their 27th World Series season trade of Sox legend Fields of the Mind" and prepare Yankees or the Red Sox (or beautiful day you will see" at
title with a team that is just a Nomar Garciaparra for yourself for the start of a new both) make it to the postseason, any point this season for a
few tweaks away from their defensive specialists Doug season with one of the game's it will be at least a week baseball game. And he's right.
2009 squad. Granted, at this Mientkiewicz and Orlando oldest rivalries. warmer, since the WBC won't It was 82 in Boston today on a
time last year, Cody Ransom Cabrera, which eventually 8:15 pm | 0-0 tie; 1st Inning | by be pushing the season into date you might have expected to
was their third baseman and brought them the elusive World Nando Di Fino winter like it did last year. be 45 and windy.
Johnny Damon was patrolling Series title. Marco Scutaro is the The first pitch of the 2010 8:19 pm | 0-0 tie; 1st Inning | by 8:29 pm | 0-0 tie; 1st Inning | by
left field, but with some mid- latest in the post-Nomar season becomes a groundout by Nando Di Fino Nando Di Fino
level (for the Yankees at least) revolving door of shortstops, Derek Jeter to Marco Scutaro, After Nick Johnson drives a Sabathia retires the side in
moves -- trades for outfielder Adrian Beltre was signed to play who throws over to first for an ball to deep center, Teixeira order in a relatively
Curtis Granderson and pitcher third base, and Mike Cameron easy out. grounds out to Youkilis to end unremarkable half-inning --
Javier Vazquez and naming Phil will patrol centerfield. The three 8:18 pm | 0-0 tie, 1st Inning | by the inning. Jacoby Ellsbury outside of him retiring his
Hughes as their fifth starter -- additions have five Gold Gloves Nando Di Fino leads off the Boston half of the former catcher with Cleveland,
they return essentially the same between them. One of the things that is inning with a flyout to Victor Martinez, for the last out
core group of players. So pay no attention to that final refreshingly absent from the Granderson in center. So if MLB page 57
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-- as Michael Kay points out
that the YES Network will tally
pitch count all year long as part
of the graphic under the score.
This is one of those "why did it
take so long?" inventions in
televised sports.
8:31 pm | 0-0 tie; 2nd Inning |
by Nando Di Fino
The Red Sox lineup this year
comes with a lot of flexibility.
For those readers wondering
(including online questioner
Joe), for instance, where Jason
Varitek and Mike Lowell are,
the answer is: the dugout. Victor
Martinez is catching and Adrian
Beltre is playing third base.
However, they can always shift
some players around -- have
Varitek catch, Martinez play
first, Youkilis play the outfield
or third -- and work the veterans
in.
8:32 pm | 1-0 Yankees, 2nd
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
Jorge Posada just hit one of the
most unique-to-Fenway
homeruns a baseball fan will
see. It hit the Pesky Pole in short
right (Pesky was, ironically,
introduced to a roaring Fenway
during pregame ceremonies),
and bounced onto the field. Â 1
-0, Yankees.
8:36 pm | 2-0 Yankees; 2nd
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
Curtis Granderson just hit one
of the most not-unique-to-any-
park home runs a fan will see,
as he absolutely drills a Beckett
pitch to deep centerfield. It's his
first as a Yankee, and it came in
his first at-bat. I am sure we will
have some kind of specific stat
soon from the booth (for
example: "Curtis Granderson is
just the 23rd Yankee to hit a
home run in his first at-bat for
the Yankees!"), but for now, it
is 2-0, Yankees, and Red Sox
fans have to be at least a little
concerned that the homer-prone
Beckett is not starting the season
off on the right foot.
8:43 pm | 2-0 Yankees; 2nd
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
Derek Jeter grounds into a
fielders choice to Scutaro -- they
barely get Brett Gardner at
second -- on Beckett's 36th pitch
of the game (YES, you've done
it again! Pitch counter!). It was
a little weird seeing the Yankees
bat around without Hideki
Matsui in the lineup, less so
without Damon in there, but we
move on to the bottom of the
second, with the Yankees ahead,
2-0.
8:50 pm | 2-1 Yankees; 2nd
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
David Ortiz is one of the bigger
question marks in baseball this
season. He is in his contract
year, but still managed to almost
hit 30 home runs last season,
even though he was a disaster
for more than half the year. He
grounds out in his first at-bat of
2010, but advances Kevin
Youkilis to third. Youkilis
scores on a deep sacrifice fly to
center by Adrian Beltre. Two
outs, the Yankees lead, 2-1.
Two of the three runs have been
driven in by new acquisitions.
8:59 pm | 2-1 Yankees; 2nd
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
Sabathia gets J.D. Drew to
strike out, ending the second
inning with the Yankees ahead,
2-1. Not to take us off the rails
here, but I was getting a lot of
texts about Donovan McNabb
being traded to the Washington
Redskins, and the Eagles just
confirmed it. A second-round
pick this year and a third-or-
fourth round pick next year go
back to the Eagles. Just to at
least justify this news somehow
in a baseball live blog, this
would be akin to the Yankees
trading Derek Jeter to Baltimore
for a couple prospects.
9:03 pm | 2-1 Yankees; 3rd
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
The Yankees getting Nick
Johnson is going to kill the pace
of the games this season.
Yankees fans will hear two
things about Johnson this year:
1. He will walk a lot, and 2. He
gets inured a lot. When he steps
up to bat, it's going to be like
that part of a concert you go to
where the band plays boring
new songs. Half the stadium
will get up and go to the
bathroom, knowing that Johnson
will probably see 116 pitches
per at-bat and slow the game
down considerably.
9:07 pm | 2-1 Yankees; 3rd
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
Nick Johnson, on cue, walks.
Teixeira follows it up with a fly
out, and A-Rod grounds into a
double play (started by Scutaro)
to end the inning. We go to the
bottom of the third with the
Yankees ahead, 2-1, and
Boston's new centerfielder,
Mike Cameron, leading off. But
first, YES introduces another
new feature of the game, with
some on-field reporting by Kim
Jones. In all honesty, it's
actually pretty informative.
Jones gives three solid tidbits on
Sabathia's mechanics, Brett
Gardner's move to left field, and
the 8th-inning reliever role.
9:11 pm | 2-1 Yankees; 3rd
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
Words you may never hear
again from the mouth of
Michael Kay: "And you just saw
Dr. Dre next to LeBron."
James, a friend of Sabathia's, is
at Fenway Park after playing the
Celtics today. Mike Cameron is
at first base after walking, but
Scutaro lines sharply to A-Rod
at third, who then fires it to first
to double off Cameron. He
might have been safe as he dove
back to first, but there's no real
argument and Dustin Pedroia
Jacoby Ellsbury grounds to third
to end the inning. Yankees lead,
2-1, as we go to the top of the
fourth.
9:19 pm | 2-1 Yankees, 4th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
Robinson Cano leads off the
fourth with a deep fly to left that
glances off a leaping Ellsbury's
glove and bounces away from
him, sending Cano to second.
Posada advances Cano to third
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on a groundout, followed by a
Granderson groundout to
Youkilis that fails to plate the
runner. Nick Swisher, who at
this time last year was an
afterthought in a trade from
Chicago for Wilson Betemit,
walks. There are men on first
and third with two outs, and
Brett Gardner is up.
9:26 pm | 3-1 Yankees; 4th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
As different as the Yankees and
the Red Sox try to be, they do
have this in common: they both
pushed speedster centerfielders
to left in order to make room in
center for their new acquisitions.
For the Red Sox, it was
Ellsbury; for the Yankees, it was
Gardner. Both could have very
similar seasons, with a decent
average and plenty of steals. On
Beckett's 68th pitch of the game,
Gardner singles a 3-2, two-out
pitch to left for a run-scoring
single. It's Gardner's second
opposite-field hit of the night. 3-
1, Yankees.
9:27 pm | 4-1 Yankees, 4th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
Beckett then narrowly misses
Jeter, brushing him inside
around stomach level with a
pitch, bringing Martinez out to
try and calm him down. As
revenge, Jeter grounds a ball
past a diving (who else?)
Scutaro, scoring Swisher and
sending Gardner to third. All
four of the Yankees runs tonight
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have been scored with two outs.
Nick Johnson is up, so expect
your next update in five
minutes. 4-1, Yankees.
9:34 pm | 5-1 Yankees; 4th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
Scott Schoeneweis is warming
up in the Red Sox bullpen. Two
pitches after Ken Singleton said
we should watch for a steal by
Jeter, to "maybe steal a run
here," Jeter steals second and
Gardner steals home. The plan,
according to the booth, was a
designed play for Jeter to stop
running, get himself in a
rundown, and allow Gardner to
score while the infielders were
trying to get Jeter out. The
throw went to second from
Victor Martinez, Jeter stopped,
but jogged to second, as the
throw immediately went back
home to try and get Gardner.
Gardner scores, Jeter is safe at
second, and it's 5-1, Yankees.
Nick Johnson strikes out
looking, and we move to the
bottom of the fourth.
9:36 pm | 5-1 Yankees; 4th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
CC Sabathia wins a footrace to
first as Pedroia slides head-first
into the base and is called out in
the second close play of the
night that has gone New York's
way. Pedroia gets up and
throws a right hook at nobody in
particular, which couldn't be
more inappropriate:
1. It could have been construed
as a punch thrown in the
umpire's direction (from five
feet away)
2. It is the gesture for "out," not
"safe."
3. It looked more celebratory.
Pedroia looked legitimately like
a Duke player who had just hit a
big three-pointer.
The Sox go down 2-3 after
Pedroia's "1." We go to the top
of the fifth with the Yankees
ahead, 5-1.
9:43 pm | 5-1 Yankees; 5th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
Beckett is on pitch 85 right
now, and seems to be all over
the place, with 36 balls to 49
strikes. Teixeira and A-Rod go
down quickly, but Robinson
Cano hits another hard ball, this
time to right. J.D. Drew plays it
"beautifully," according to Kay,
and holds Cano at first on a shot
that 85% of the time is probably
a double. Drew just one-handed
it, turned, and threw a rocket to
second base.
9:53 pm | 5-1 Yankees; 5th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
Jorge Posada walks on pitch 94
from Beckett. Terry Francona
comes in and yanks his number-
one starter with two outs in the
top of the fifth. Scott
Schoeneweis comes in to pitch
just as Michael Kay mentions
that many Sox fans thought Jon
Lester should have gotten the
start instead.
9:54 pm | 5-1 Yankees; 5th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
Schoeneweis, a lefty, is a little
all over the place with his first
few offerings to the lefty
Granderson, including a wild
pitch and a nearly-hit batsman,
but he manages to strike out the
new centerfielder, and we go to
the bottom of the fifth with the
Yankees up, 5-1.
9:59 pm | 5-1 Yankees; 5th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
Sabathia has only thrown 63
pitches at this point, which is as
good a time as any to bring up
this stat from ESPN: the
Yankees are the only team with
three pitchers on their current
staff who threw 200+ IP last
year (Sabathia, Javier Vazquez,
A.J. Burnett). Andy Pettitte just
missed with 194 2/3.
10:02 pm | 5-1 Yankees; 5th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
Beckett's final line included
five runs, eight hits, three walks,
and two home runs. In last
year's the 2008 opener against
Toronto, he gave up five runs on
three hits and five four walks,
with one home run. Before that,
he had all stellar starts going
back to 2003, when Philly
hammered him in 2 2/3 innings
pitched.
10:07 pm | 5-2 Yankees; 5th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
J.D. Drew gets the second hit of
the game for the Red Sox,
followed by Cameron getting
the third, after Ortiz popped out
and Beltre struck out to lead it
off. With men on first and
second, Scutaro ropes a hit to
left, which Gardner almost
chased down but seemed to pull
up on. He then makes a wild
throw that comes nowhere near
home plate, allowing Drew to
score, and Cameron and Scutaro
to advance to third and second,
respectively. 5-2, Yankees.
10:10 pm | 5-2 Yankees, 5th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
Ellsbury strikes out to end the
fifth. 5-2, Yankees. We learned
two things this inning: First,
moving Gardner to left may take
a little while to get used to for
Yankees fans (or, being the
Yankees, expect to see a chorus
of fans chanting for the signing
of Jermaine Dye in the next
couple weeks). Second, David
Ortiz needs to start clicking, or
one of those moving parts I
mentioned earlier could be DH.
10:24 pm | 5-2 Yankees, 6th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
Schoeneweis gets Swisher and
Garndner on two quick outs,
then is yanked in favor of
Ramon Ramirez. While we
have the pitching change, here is
a bit of fun "Where Are They
Now?" trivia: Tony Womack,
who briefly played second base
for the Yankees before they
called up Robinson Cano,
enlisted the help of three people
he recruited in a bar this past
weekend and finished in second
place (out of twenty entries) in
the Cuervo Games in Tempe,
Ariz.
10:24 pm | 5-2 Yankees, 6th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
Jeter singles off Ramirez,
followed by a Nick Johnson
liner to center. It's 5-2, Yankees
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10:25 pm | 5-2 Yankees; 6th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
If I had to rate the new
additions to YES tonight, I think
it would be:
Pitch counter - 5 stars (out of 5)
In-game info visits with Kim
Jones - 4 1/2 stars
The little arrow next to the
inning which indicates whether
it's the bottom or the top half - 3
1/2 stars
Obsession with making
references to LeBron James - 1
star
10:28 pm | 5-2 Yankees; 6th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
Pedroia walks to start off the
bottom of the sixth, followed by
a rope by Victor Martinez to left
for a double. Gardner makes an
on-line throw to A-Rod at third,
where Ellsbury decides to hold.
Yankees pitching coach Dave
Eiland just pulled a move after a
visit to the mound that I don't
think I've ever seen before: he
took the ball with him and then
flipped it to a fan behind the
dugout.
10:33 pm | 5-4 Yankees; 6th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
Youkilis lines a ball to right
that lands about six feet to the
left of Nick Swisher and ships
by him to the wall. There's a
great shot of fans screaming at
Swisher with middle fingers
raised as he runs it down and
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Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins reach agreement on

Donovan McNabb trade
ESPN.com news services and know we shared a lot more great person. He has been an Sources tell ESPN the Redskins interception. Over the last four
(ESPN.com) good times than bad." excellent representative of this offered defensive tackle Albert seasons, the only QB with at
Submitted at 4/5/2010 7:36:48 AM Mike & Mike in the Morning organization and the entire Haynesworth in one of their first least 1,000 attempts and a lower
Eagles coach Andy Reid National Football League both attempts to land McNabb, but interception percentage is Aaron
discusses why he decided to on and off the field. I look that the Eagles were not Rodgers. McNabb has thrown
• Email trade Donovan McNabb within forward to honoring him as one interested. As a free agent in 683 more passes than Rodgers
• Print the NFC East, the difficulty of of the greatest Eagles of all-time 2009, Haynesworth signed a in that time period.
• Comments making the deal and his and hopefully see him enshrined $100 million contract with the "These people never learn,"
• Share expectations for Kevin Kolb. in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Redskins, including $41 million Jurgensen told the Redskins'
• Shortly after news of the trade in Canton one day." in guaranteed money. Web site when informed of the
broke, former Redskins running The trade is the boldest move to Haynesworth will earn a trade Sunday night.
ESPN.com news services back Brian Mitchell spoke with date for new Redskins coach guaranteed $3.6 million in 2010 McNabb, a six-time Pro Bowl
PHILADELPHIA -- Donovan M c N a b b o n t h e p h o n e , Shanahan and could spell the and $5.4 million in 2011. quarterback, led the Eagles to
McNabb is changing uniforms a c c o r d i n g t o C o m c a s t end in Washington for Jason The Redskins and McNabb five NFC Championship Games
and staying in the NFC East. SportsNet. Mitchell, who played Campbell, the starter for 3½ have not had any contract talks and one Super Bowl in 11
The Philadelphia Eagles traded several years in Philadelphia, seasons. McNabb and Campbell yet, league sources told seasons in Philadelphia. His
McNabb to the Washington told Comcast SportsNet his spoke on the phone Sunday Schefter. McNabb's contract failure to lead the team to its
Redskins for a pair of draft f o r m e r t e a m m a t e s e e m e d night about their experiences runs through the end of the 2010 first NFL championship since
picks on Sunday night. The e n e r g e t i c a b o u t h i s n e w with each team, league sources season. 1960 plus the emergence of
Eagles will receive a second- d e s t i n a t i o n . told Schefter. Washington and Philadelphia Kevin Kolb made him
round pick (37th overall) in this "In his voice I heard a lot of Shanahan already has signed are rivals in all the major pro expendable.
month's NFL draft and either a enthusiasm," Mitchell reported free agent Rex Grossman as a sports, and the idea of Redskins McNabb, the No. 2 overall pick
third- or fourth-round pick next on Comcast SportsNet. "And backup and has been actively fans finding a way to welcome in the 1999 draft, leaves as the
year. you know, he may not be scouting the top quarterbacks McNabb in their hearts will be franchise leader in yards passing
ESPN NFL Insider Adam exactly like me, but I could hear available in next month's draft, nearly as interesting of a (32,873), completions (2,801),
Schefter was the first to report he had a little revenge in that when the Redskins will have the dynamic as the prospect of attempts (4,746), completion
that McNabb had been dealt to voice, too. And he wants to go No. 4 overall pick. McNabb facing his old team percentage (59.0) and
Washington. to the Eagles and show them The Redskins still have twice this upcoming season. touchdown passes (216). He
"I'm really excited about my that they made a mistake." Oklahoma quarterback Sam Shanahan can only hope the 33- also rushed for 3,249 yards and
future with the Washington League sources told Schefter Bradford scheduled to visit on year-old McNabb works out as 28 TDs.
Redskins," McNabb said in a that McNabb wanted to play for Tuesday, league sources told well as the last big-time Kolb, who has started two
statement Sunday night. "I'm the Redskins and not the Raiders Schefter. Washington-Philadelphia games in three seasons, becomes
eager to work with Coach or the Bills, which is why the "Welcome to our newest quarterback deal. The Eagles in the starter. Michael Vick is the
[Mike] Shanahan. He's been a trade happened. teammate to DC!" cornerback 1964 sent Sonny Jurgensen to backup.
very successful coach with a "Donovan McNabb was more DeAngelo Hall posted on the Redskins, where he played "This was a very tough
couple of Super Bowl victories than a franchise quarterback for Twitter. "Really excited about 11 seasons until he was 40 and decision," coach Andy Reid
on his resume. While it has this team," Eagles chairman what Coach Shanahan and became a Hall of Famer. said. "Donovan McNabb
been my goal to win a Super Jeffrey Lurie said. "He truly [general manager] Bruce Allen Keeping The Ball represented everything a
Bowl in Philadelphia, we came embodied all of the attributes of are doing to help us compete for Donovan McNabb doesn't turn
up short. I enjoyed my 11 years, a great quarterback and of a a championship!" the ball over via the PHILADELPHIA page 63
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fires it to the infield, but it is too
late. Two runs score, Youkilis
has a triple, and the Yankees
lead is cut to 5-4.
10:35 pm | 5-4 Yankees; 6th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
David Ortiz hits a broken-bat
dribbler to Cano, who pulls a
great move by pumping to the
plate while running towards
first, which accomplished the
dual goal of holding Youkilis at
third and getting Ortiz at first.
Sabathia is being pulled with a
man on third and a one-run lead.
10:35 pm | 5-5 tie; 6th Inning |
by Nando Di Fino
David Robertson's first pitch of
the inning is hit past Cano in the
first-second hole by Adrian
Beltre for a run-scoring single.
It's a tie ballgame, 5-5, with one
out in the bottom of the sixth.
10:38 pm | 5-5 tie; 6th Inning |
by Nando Di Fino
I know it doesn't hold the same
importance as having it for the
starters, but there is no pitch
counter for David Robertson,
and, I can only assume, the rest
of the relievers. YES should
really keep that up throughout
the game. Not because it serves
any real purpose, but because
you get used to it and want to
check every so often just out of
habit.
Drew and Cameron ground out
to end the inning. We go to the
top of the seventh, a 5-5 tie.
10:45 pm | 5-5 tie; 7th Inning |
by Nando Di Fino
After Teixeira walks, A-Rod
hits a bullet against the Green
Monster -- maybe 10 feet too
low for a home run -- and the
Yankees have runners on second
and third with no outs. Ramirez
is being pulled in favor of lefty
reliever Hideki Okajima, who
will face a lefty (Cano), a switch
-hitter (Posada), and another
lefty (Granderson), if there are
no double-plays.
10:48 pm | 7-5 Yankees; 7th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
Cano grounds to Pedroia, who
pumps towards the plate then
decides to throw to first for the
out. Teixeira scores, Ken
Singleton feels that if Pedroia
didn't pump he would've gotten
the runner at home, A-Rod
advances to third, and theÂ
Yankees lead, 6-5.
Before YES gets a chance to
show a fifth replay of the Cano
RBI, Posada strokes a single
that scores A-Rod from third. 7-
5, Yankees.
10:49 pm | 7-5 Yankees; 7th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
And we have the first Michael
Kay pun of the night: Curtis
arrived "in Grand-erson style"!
Huzzah!
10:53 pm | 7-5 Yankees; 7th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
A walk by Granderson pushes
Posada to second, with one out.
And we interrupt this Nick
Swisher at-bat to let all fans
know that Chan Ho Park is
warming up in the Yankees
bullpen. We should probably
interrupt the interruption to let
fans know that Chan Ho Park is
on the Yankees. Swisher
grounds into a double-play to
end the inning, with the
Yankees leading, 7-5, heading
into the seventh-inning stretch.
10:56 pm | 7-5 Yankees; 7th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
Michael Kay is reporting that
Steven Tyler, of Aerosmith,
sang "God Bless America"
during the seventh-inning
stretch.
10:57 pm | 7-5 Yankees; 7th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
Chan Ho Park's first pitch of
the game is high and inside as
Scutaro sets up to bunt, making
this our third almost-hit-batter
of the game.
11:02 pm | 7-7 tie; 7th Inning |
by Nando Di Fino
Park gives up a single to
Scutaro, strikes out Ellsbury,
then allows a home run just next
to the left-field foul pole over
the Green Monster to Pedroia. It
is a 7-7 tie once again.
11:09 pm | 7-7 tie; 7th Inning |
by Nando Di Fino
After Martinez grounds out to
Cano, Youkilis launches a ball
that just missed a Green
Monster home run, instead
bouncing down for a double.
The Kay Pun Count is now at
two, as he notes that "Chan Ho
couldn't keep it in the Park," and
Damaso Marte enters the game
with two outs and a tie
ballgame.
11:13 pm | 8-7 Red Sox; 7th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
David Ortiz is up in a spot that
will either earn him weeks of
reverence in New England, or
have most of the region shaking
their heads, saying he's through.
Just as Michael Kay mentions
that Marte has been bothered by
a cranky shoulder, he skips his
first pitch in the dirt to Posada's
left for a wild pitch, moving
Youkilis to third. Three pitches
later, a ball bounces off Posada's
mitt for a passed ball, and
Youkilis scores. 8-7, Red Sox.
Marte walks Ortiz and is
promptly yanked.
11:18 pm | 8-7 Red Sox; 7th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
Joba Chamberlain comes in to
get the last out for the Yankees
and mercifully end an inning
that seemed to last for a solid
two hours. We are through
seven innings, with the Red Sox
leading, 8-7.
11:28 pm | 8-7 Red Sox; 8th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
Bard induces Gardner and Jeter
groundouts to start the inning,
bringing up Nick Johnson, who
is working on a mustache.
Quick thought: if you know the
date of Opening Night for
months, why would you be
halfway through the mustache-
growing process? Wouldn't you
have started growing it a couple
weeks ago to have it ready for
today?
11:32 pm | 8-7 Red Sox; 8th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
Nick Johnson walks (template
to be created in time for next
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Yankees live blog). Randy
Winn, a relatively late signing
by the Yankees, enters the game
as a pinch runner, but it is all for
naught, as Teixeira grounds into
a fielders choice. 8-7, Red Sox,
as we go to the bottom of the
eighth.
11:35 pm | 8-7 Red Sox; 8th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
Fans at this game are going to
tell their kids they went to a
concert and a baseball game
broke out. The Sox brought out
Neil Diamond to sing "Sweet
Caroline," which they play after
the top of the eighth inning
every game, one inning after
Steven Tyler sang "God Bless
America." To sum up: a one-run
game with plenty of offensive
firepower in one of the nation's
best parks between the game's
two best teams on what Michael
Kay described as the best day
anyone could ask for. Plus Neil
Diamond. And Steven Tyler.
This is how you open a baseball
season.
11:36 pm | 8-7 Red Sox; 8th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
It is also, coincidentally, how
you open a Denny's.
11:42 pm | 8-7 Red Sox; 8th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
Joba had a promising start to
the inning, getting Drew to
quickly ground out to third, but I
think the fact that Fenway Park
is doing The Wave right now
indicates how much the game
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AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Let the
records show that Tiger Woods'
first golf shot in front of a public
gallery since his highly
publicized personal scandal led
to a mulligan.
Meanwhile, the galleries at
Augusta National Golf Club
seem to be offering him a
mulligan of a different kind.
Despite speculation that Woods'
return could be marked by
disruptions, there were no signs
of such behavior during his
early Monday practice round in
advance of the Masters
Tournament.
When Woods made his way
from the putting green to the
first tee at exactly 8 a.m. ET, a
crowd estimated at 500 watched
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in silence. The first smattering
of applause took place when
playing partner Fred Couples
showed up seconds later.
Woods' initial tee shot was
pulled way left, but he drew
some laughs when he asked for
a second ball, which found the
His swing appeared to be the
same maneuver he's been
working on for years, looking
strong throughout the round --
that opening tee shot
notwithstanding. It is the first
time his swing has been seen
publicly since Nov. 15, when he
won the Australian Masters.
Two weeks later, he was
involved in a car accident which
led to reports of extramarital
affairs, a stay in rehabilitation
and a public statement where he
admitted to indiscretions.
More noteworthy was the fact
that Tiger not only prepared for
the tournament without incident,
but actually seemed to interact
with those outside the gallery
ropes more than in years past.
After walking off the first tee,
one fan called out, "Welcome
back, Tiger!" to which the four-
time Masters champion nodded
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his head in acknowledgement.
Later, another observer
commented, "Great day for golf,
Tiger," and the pro cheerily
responded, "Yes, it is."
This was largely the theme of
the morning, as a large,
supportive gallery followed
Woods and Couples, often
applauding and offering words
of encouragement to the two
players. An increased security
team was also on hand to
prevent any possible disorderly
conduct toward the competitors.
"Good to see you Tiger," said
Connie Mickey of Columbus,
Neb., as Woods played the
second hole.
"Thank you," replied Woods,
showing a big smile and clearly
making eye contact with
Mickey, who was 15 yards
away, behind the ropes. "It
was nice to see him smile,"
Mickey said after Woods made
his way down the par-5 hole.
During practice rounds, fans are
allowed to bring cameras;
seemingly every person in
attendance was clicking shots of
Tiger throughout the round.
For their part, Woods and
Couples appeared comfortable
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in the public setting, talking
amiably while walking down
fairways, but otherwise working
on their respective games. There
was no friendly match taking
place, as each player chipped
and putted multiple balls to
various spots on each green.
The crowd increased with every
hole, and it included some
familiar faces -- Masters
chairman Billy Payne was
among those watching. Also
getting plenty of attention was
his swing coach Hank Haney,
who posed for a half-dozen
pictures behind the third tee.
Haney declined to talk about
Woods or his game.
"Everyone can see for
themselves how he's playing,"
Haney said.
This was the sixth day Woods
has played the course in the past
three weeks. Reports are that he
plans to practice on Tuesday, as
well.
Woods played the back nine on
Sunday afternoon with Mark
O'Meara when the course was
open only to participants and
club members.
Following the round, Woods
was scheduled to meet with the
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assembled media in his first full-
length interview since the
scandal broke in November.
ESPNEWS will carry the news
conference at 2 p.m. ET. It will
also stream on ESPN.com. His
news conference is getting
plenty of attention -- so much so
that Augusta National is limiting
media to fill the 207 seats in the
press center.
Woods has finished sixth or
better in each of the last four
editions of the Masters, but
hasn't won the green jacket
since 2005.
Tee times for this week's
tournament will be released on
Tuesday afternoon. The opening
round begins on Thursday.
Jason Sobel is a golf writer for
ESPN.com. Information from
The Associated Press and ESPN
golf editor Kevin Maguire was
used in this report.
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normally have the feel of late- game as it clearly was on the nature and tone of Woodss
summer Fridays at the office: A practice range before his last responses to questions from the Univision and CBS' GameSpot
half-day for most, the key actors competitive round at Augusta on golf press is qualitatively are teaming up on a new
absent, relaxed conversations in Sunday of last years event (he different from the pre-scandal videogaming site. The
the hall among those present. was hitting almost amateurish c r e d e n t i a l s a r e f r o m era. In the past, for those of us
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Masters is different. Tiger n o t i c e a b l e . cover the Masters. But many of with Woods in interviews, it
information, including Spanish-
Woods is back. The day may Scene Two of Mondays first act them feel stung by Woodss w a s l i k e f a c i n g a c h e s s
language content, such as news,
rival Thursday, when he plays will be his press conference recently-revealed deceits and grandmaster who could see five
reviews, editorials and videos
his first round, or Sunday, when scheduled for 2 p.m., which has have had weeks to come up with moves ahead. In large part that
about the top-selling games
the leaders hit the back nine, for the potential to be the most incisively-phrased queries and was because he alone made the
worldwide. Univision indicates
human interest. Associated interesting hour of the week, follow-ups to fire his way. Some rules: He didnt have to answer
that Hispanic gamers are twice
Press Tiger Woods arrives in a especially for Tiger-watchers may even involve golf. any questions he preferred to as likely to purchase games in
golf cart with caddie Steve who don’t much care for golf. Here are some of the questions avoid or ever, ever reveal
the next 30 days compared to
Williams for practice Sunday at The first thing to watch for will likely to be asked and my anything meaningful about his
their non-Hispanic counterparts.
Augusta National. be whether Woods or the predicted answers: inner life. For CBS Interactive, it's an
Woods appeared on the grounds Augusta National member Is your wife Elin coming this He was totally within his rights
opportunity to reach one of the
of Augusta National Golf Club officiating at the conference week? Why or why not? (No, to do so. Interviews were not
fastest-growing segments of the
Sunday. He hit balls and played i m p o s e s a n y l a s t - m i n u t e and thats private.) governed by U.S. Golf videogaming community.
a short practice round with his restrictions on the questions to What is the nature of the in- Association rules, and he didnt
Univision will translate
old pal, Mark OMeara. which Woods will respond. patient therapy you said you need anything he didnt already
GameSpot content into Spanish,
But if Woods plays another There were no such restrictions have been undergoing and are have in the way of publicity.
and GameSpot will also produce
practice round Monday, as during the five-minute mini- you still in treatment? (The type The interviews he did were done
exclusive weekly Spanish-
expected, it will be his first interviews he gave to the Golf of therapy is private but he may p r i m a r i l y t o f u l f i l l h i s
language content appearing on
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editor-in-chief Ricardo Torres
accident on Nov. 29 and the time for any kind of meaningful your advisors knew more about obligations to the PGA Tour and
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practice rounds to judge how The reporters present will not accident (Its all in the police n o t . B u t M o n d a y s p r e s s
sharp a players game is. The include members of the so- report.) conference will be an early read.
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and around the green practice m o s t p a r t , t h o s e g r a n t e d wouldnt have come here to play
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football player could be during
his 11 seasons in Philadelphia.
He carried this organization to
new heights and set a high
standard of excellence both on
and off the field. We thank him
for everything he did for this
football team and for this city."
With three quarterbacks on the
roster in McNabb, Kolb and
Vick, the Eagles faced a
decision on which QB to keep
and which to trade. Monday, on
ESPN Radio's "Mike & Mike in
The Morning," Reid said
McNabb was not the only
quarterback he considered
moving.
"I can't deny there wasn't a
choice to be made. There were
things offered for Kevin," Reid
said. "I thought this was the best
deal here."
"I did not go into it saying
Donovan was the guy [who
would be traded] -- this
happened to be the best deal for
everybody," Reid said.
McNabb threw for 3,553 yards
and 22 touchdowns with 10
interceptions in 14 games last
season, leading the Eagles to the
playoffs. His passer rating of
92.9 was the third-highest in his
career.
But McNabb played poorly in a
loss to Dallas in Week 17 that
cost Philadelphia a division title
and a first-round bye. He also
struggled in a loss to the
Cowboys the following week in
the wild-card game.
Reid said immediately after the
season that McNabb would
return in 2010. Reid repeated
that several times throughout the
offseason until acknowledging
last month the team was
listening to offers for all three of
its QBs.
McNabb then issued a
statement saying he wished to
remain with the Eagles, but
understood the situation and
hoped for a quick resolution.
It was not easy telling McNabb
that he had been traded, Reid
said on "Mike & Mike in the
Morning."
"Listen -- we are friends and
will remain friends and we had
11 great years together," Reid
said of McNabb.
"Unfortunately, this game
moves fast -- it's a terrible,
terrible thing to deal with as a
player and as a coach."
But change is part of the game,
Reid added.
"It doesn't last forever -- that's
the problem. We all face it, we
all know it's coming sometime,
someplace," he said. "And then
you kind of move on and the
game moves on."
The Eagles were 92-49-1 in
regular-season games that
McNabb started and 9-7 in the
playoffs.
"Donovan is the ultimate
professional," Eagles president
Joe Banner said. "He has an
incredible work ethic and has
been an integral part of our
success. Over the years,
Donovan has always carried
himself with a great deal of
dignity. He's an excellent role
model for young men and
women from across the region.
In my mind, he'll always be
remembered as one of the
greatest Eagles of all time."
The Redskins waited until late
in the evening to announce the
trade and did not make
Shanahan available for
comment.
"Donovan is an accomplished
quarterback who has been a
proven winner in the National
Football League," Shanahan
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said in a statement released by
the team. "I have long admired
his competitiveness and feel he
will be an outstanding addition
to the Redskins and our
community. He knows our
division and the roadmap to
success in the NFC East."
McNabb overcame numerous
injuries and controversies
throughout his career, including
criticism from Rush Limbaugh
and a feud with former
teammate Terrell Owens. He
sustained injuries that ended his
regular season in November in
2002, 2005 and 2006. McNabb
missed a total of 24 games
because of injuries. The Eagles
were 14-10 in those games.
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has slowed down as Joba paints
every corner of the plate. Mike
Cameron is on second after a
single up the middle and a walk
to Scutaro.
11:46 pm | 9-7 Red Sox; 8th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
After Ellsbury flies out to
shallow center, Pedroia lines a
ball to right. A charging Swisher
makes a good throw to almost
get Cameron at the plate, but no
dice. 9-7, Red Sox, with two
outs and runners on first and
third. Pedroia has three RBI on
the night and will now probably
get the lions share of the text
votes for Player of the Game.
11:50 pm | 9-7 Red Sox; 8th
Inning | by Nando Di Fino
The pitch counter is back! Joba
has thrown 31 pitches! The
Joba Rules live on the YES
Network! Pitch number 32 is a
fly out to Swisher in right, and
we go to the top of the ninth,
with the Red Sox ahead, 9-7.
Jonathan Papelbon will come on
to try and finish the game for
Boston.
11:58 pm | 9-7 Red Sox; Final |
by Nando Di Fino
Papelbon makes short work of
A-Rod and Cano to start the
ninth. "The Yankee bullpen has
not done the job," Kay notes, in
the understatement of the game.
Posada singles with two outs,
but Curtis Granderson grounds
out on a 1-2 pitch to end the
game. The Red Sox win, 9-7, to
take a commanding 1/2 game
lead in the AL East over the
Orioles, Rays, and Blue Jays.
12:06 am | Postgame | by
Nando Di Fino
The story of the game tonight
can best be represented by
David Ortiz in 2009. On paper,
it looks like he had a good
season, but it really was just a
couple very exciting months in a
sea of "blah." This Yankees-Red
Sox tilt had a few fun parts, but
the whole was a display of poor
relief pitching and a game that
seemed a little boring at
stretches.
Did we learn anything from
Opening Night? Maybe. The
Red Sox and Yankees have no
problem taking walks this year,
for one. The moves the teams
made in the offseason seem to
be the right ones, at least in the
small sample size of Just One
Game. CC Sabathia is a fun
pitcher to watch. Ken Singleton
may have psychic powers. And
Nick Johnson needs to buy
either a calendar or a razor.
If this game was played two
months from now, we'd
probably see a much different
result, with players being more
focused and displaying more
stamina. For now, though, it
was kind of a messy, yet
exciting debut. A paradox, so to
speak. But it did see the debut of
the YES pitch counter, and they
can never take that away from
us.
My prediction is that we'll see
these two teams beating up on
each other for the rest of the
season. Whether or not the
Rays can take advantage of that
and sneak past both -- like that
lucky contestant who is in third-
place heading into Final
Jeopardy and bets nothing,
while the two leaders guess
wrong and knock each other out
-- remains to be seen. I'd like to
say it's going to be fun, but with
the relief we saw tonight, that
could be far from the truth.
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Don't Stumble
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Filed under: Connecticut,
Women's Basketball SAN
ANTONIO -- Once upon a time,
Connecticut coach Geno
Auriemma used to taunt the rest
of his sport with the phrase,
"We have Diana [Taurasi] and
you don't," meaning he had the
best player in the game, and she
was enough to make his team
the best in the game.
Auriemma wasn't in a taunting
mode after the Huskies turned
back Baylor 70-50 in the sliced a 17-point deficit down to
national semifinal here Sunday three.
night, but he has two of the best But Moore, a 6-foot junior who
players in the game, Maya won the Wade Trophy, given by
Moore and Tina Charles, and the Women's Basketball
they made all the difference. Coaches Association to the
The Huskies, who have won 77 nation's best player, and
straight games -- all by double Charles, who won the
digits -- were rocked on their Associated Press Player of the
heels for a time by a scrappy Year, carried Connecticut down
Baylor team that had already the stretch into a rematch with
knocked off Tennessee and Stanford Tuesday for the
Duke in the regionals and national title.
smelled blood in the water early
in the second half, when they
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Reliance Big
Entertainment acquires
50% stake in Codemasters
David Hinkle (Joystiq)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 11:01:00 AM
Reliance Big Entertainment -- a
subsidiary of Reliance Anil
Dhirubhai Ambani Group -- is a
pretty big deal in India, handling
a variety of different media and
entertainment businesses in the
region, including movies, sports,
music, internet and video
games. That last item is what's
most important to this story, as
Reliance now has a 50 percent
stake in UK-based firm
Codemasters, publisher of
games like Operation
Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, Dirt,
Overlord and Grid.
Zapak Digital Entertainment,
Reliance's gaming division and
India's largest gaming company,
will oversee Reliance's
investment in Codemasters. The
company also runs an online
gaming portal.
"Reliance and Zapak have
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us realize the full potential of
our game coding and online
excellence across so many
platforms, and especially in the
world's fastest growing
markets," said Codemasters'
CEO Rod Cousens. "The future
of Codemasters has never
looked brighter."
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ESRB rates Star Wars:
Dark Forces for PS1
Classics re-release
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Resident Evil: Afterlife Though we've all played some
trailer adds a new dimension form of Jedi-centric game
throughout the course of our
lives, some of our younger
to the Zombocalypse readers may have missed out on
the ground floor of the Star
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There's a moment in the debut meat tenderizers -- all of which PlayStation classic, Star Wars:
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Afterlife(the next Paul W.S. right 'atcha thanks to the won't have to go hunting
Anderson/Milla Jovovich joint) i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f J a m e s through pawn shops to get your
where series antagonist Albert Cameron's 3D technology. Is it Kyle Katarn fix. The game
Wesker throws his glasses at too early to start talking Oscars? recently showed up on the
you, the viewer, who will also [Via Hell Descent, Thanks CJ!] ESRB's list of adjudicated titles,
presumably be wearing 3D Continue reading Resident Evil: slated to land on the PSOne
glasses when watching the full Afterlife trailer adds a new Classics platform.
film. The glasses pop off the dimension to the Zombocalypse We've contacted LucasArts to
screen, and come flying towards Resident Evil: Afterlife trailer find out a time frame for the
y o u r g l a s s e s , w h i c h i s a adds a new dimension to the game's arrival on the PSN. As
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Put Down Trade Spats, Pick Up a Mirror
Guest Author (The Big
Picture)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 8:00:22 AM
Andy Xie is a former Morgan
Stanley analyst now living in
China.
~~~
Put Down Trade Spats, Pick Up
a Mirror
by Andy Xie
China and the United States
should face domestic issues,
from middle class support to
Wall Street theft, and avert a
trade war
~~~
A confrontation between China
and the United States is
looming sooner than I expected.
Quite likely, the U.S. Treasury
Department will name China a
currency manipulator in its
April report to Congress. Such a
conclusion would require that
the Obama administration
impose punitive tariffs on
Chinese imports.
China may be tempted to strike
back with a trade-war volley.
But such a move would be in
China’s worst interests. China is
the biggest beneficiary of
globalization and must do
everything possible to defend
the global trading system. So
its best response, in my view,
would be to take the case to the
World Trade Organization,
even though any resolution
would be a long time coming
and would not help the current
situation.
China also would be wrong to
stoke a dispute with the United
States in hopes of diverting
attention from its domestic
problems. China’s biggest
challenge today is how fruits of
its economic growth are divided,
not how fast the economy is
growing. And a key to this
dividing game is held by the
middle class, which deserves
support.
Unfortunately, a middle class
squeeze is under way that is a
bigger threat to China’s
economic development than
slower export growth. High
property prices have turned
into an unfair tax on the middle
class while, in numerous cases,
powerful people are enriched. A
bit more economic growth will
not solve this problem.
Meanwhile, low interest rates in
an inflation era are actually
taxing savers to benefit two
classes of borrowers – state-
owned enterprises and
speculators. Thus, low interest
rates are mainly a kind of
middle class tax.
The United States is picking a
fight with China because it can’t
resolve internal problems. Since
the financial crisis began, 9
million households have lost
homes because they could not or
did not want to make mortgage
payments. Another 10 million
households have negative equity
in properties and could be
forced or decide to give up
homes. That’s 15 percent of all
U.S. households. Meanwhile,
the U.S. unemployment rate
stands at around 10 percent, and
the federal government’s deficit
is more than 10 percent of GDP.
The biggest state, California,
faces bankruptcy.
How could a single economy
face so many major problems all
at once? The immediate cause
was the credit-cum-property
bubble burst, although the real
villains in this case got away
with the loot in the confusion
after the big bang. Short-sellers
were blamed for puncturing the
bubble, but guilty parties with
power were not.
Bubble Trouble
An asset bubble has many
aspects. Most people understand
it as the rollercoaster ride for
prices. For example, Hong
Kong’s property prices
quadrupled between 1990 and
‘97, then fell 75 percent
between 1997 and ‘03. In other
words, it was a 13-year round
trip. China’s A-share market
index rose from 1,000 in 2005
to 6,100 in 2007 and fell to
1,600 in 2008 – a round trip
that lasted three years.
Why are bubbles so harmful?
Because three dynamics are at
work:
1) Taking advantage of most
bubbles are a few insiders who
know how to rob ignorant
people. This redistribution
aspect can haunt an economy for
years after a big bubble bursts.
For example, most subprime
mortgage brokers knew they
were lending to people who
could not repay. Wall Street
traders who bought mortgages
from these brokers and sold
them in pools or CDOs knew
the brokers were incentivized to
sell poor quality stuff. But the
traders didn’t care because they
received bonuses for selling
the stuff to someone else. Fund
managers who bought the CDOs
probably knew they would go
bad eventually. But they, too,
decided to look toward annual
bonuses for each year of
performance.
The people who got hurt didn’t
even know what was coming
because they were savers who
put money in pension funds,
bought insurance products, or
invested in bond funds.
The reallocation game isn’t
restricted to the financial sector.
Profits as a share of GDP from
corporations – and not just the
financial sector – reached
historic highs during the bubble
period, while relative wages
slipped to all-time lows. Thus,
the whole corporate sector was
monetizing the bubble. And
now, the U.S. corporate cash
stash as a share of total assets is
at a record high.
2) Money tends to be spent in
the wrong way or overspent in a
bubble. Economists call wrong
spending “misallocation of
resources,” which means the
pie doesn’t expand as fast as it
should. Overspending involves
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money that one thinks he has
but actually doesn’t have. So
when a bubble bursts, he’s
chased by creditors.
These money factors amount to
a hole in the economy that needs
to be filled either through
spending contraction or by
increasing exports. Neither is
easy. Cutting spending is, of
course, unpleasant. Increasing
exports is hard, too, because it
requires devaluation. But unless
domestic demand contracts,
devaluation leads to inflation,
erasing competitiveness gained
by devaluation.
3) Capital destruction within
the financial system is another
factor that weighs down an
economy for years after a
bubble pops. The U.S. financial
system reported losses of more
than US$ 1 trillion during the
crisis, creating a capital
shortage that will restrict credit
expansion for years to come.
This is another headwind for
the U.S. economy.
Action the U.S. government has
taken so far shows it cannot
resolve domestic problems.
Americans consumed as much
as US$ 3 trillion, or 20 percent
of GDP, more than they could
afford during the bubble. A
retrenchment strategy would
call for accepting a major
downgrade in lifestyle. It would
also require that consumption
fall below the long-term
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sustainable level to regurgitate
overspending of the past.
Long-term sustainability is
possible if the U.S. trade deficit
is small. Although the trade
deficit was cut in half after the
crisis, U.S. consumption
probably is still above the long-
term sustainable level.
Moreover, export orders on the
China side suggest U.S. retail
sales have been picking up in
the second quarter. This is
good news for the short term but
reflects the U.S. household
sector’s reluctance to change an
unaffordable habit. It seems
pretty remote to expect
consumers to regurgitate that
US$ 3 trillion.
Ill-gotten bubble gains, if
recovered, could help the
economic recovery. So far,
though, U.S. authorities have
done very little to settle the
score. U.S. government action
looks suspiciously like a cover-
up for wrongdoings during the
bubble, and it’s a problem that
the same people are in charge.
Not a single, significant player
from Wall Street has gone to
jail, despite mounting evidence
of widespread fraud. Financial
reform legislation has been
delayed again and again. And
the current reform bill includes
so many measures contingent
on studies that it would not bite
for at least two years.
Expansion Option
The Obama administration
scored a major victory in
passing the biggest healthcare
reform bill in four decades. It
will provide health insurance to
32 million people who are not
insured today and cost US$ 1
trillion over 10 years. Obama
will go down in history as a
significant president just for
this.
But its impact is mainly in the
area of social justice, not
efficiency. The U.S. economy’s
biggest problem is skyrocketing
healthcare costs, and the reform
won’t reverse that. Even though
the administration aimed to cut
costs and expand insurance
coverage, politicking forced it to
give up the first goal,
demonstrating again that the
U.S. system can’t solve
problems through cutbacks.
What sells politically is
problem-solving through
expansion, in which no one is
hurt and a rising tide washes all
problems away. The only way to
achieve this goal is by
expanding exports. This is why
the administration wants to
double exports in five years.
But Europe and Japan are so
depressed that the United
States could hardly export ore
goods there.
The Chinese economy is also
too small to absorb much. Of
course, if China doubles or
triples its currency value as
Japan did after the Plaza
Accord in 1985, its economy
would be big enough to support
U.S. export growth. But is
China in a position to accept
that? I seriously doubt it.
Japan was a developed
economy in 1985, and about one
-third of China’s population
lives in a developed economy,
mainly in coastal cities. Two-
thirds are living in a developing
stage, and an overvalued
currency would block their
path to economic development.
The Democratic Party may lose
a lot of votes for passing
healthcare legislation, but
blaming China for U.S.
economic problems could win
votes in the November mid-
term elections. Thus, pressure
on China’s currency value will
skyrocket before November.
But as long as China remains
calm, pressure will dissipate
over time. The United States
has been selectively imposing
tariffs on Chinese products over
the past few months. Nothing
will change in the near future,
and a massive, across-the-board
tariff on Chinese products is
unlikely.
Most Chinese exports to the
United States are designed,
owned and sold by major U.S.
corporations. IPhones, Nike
sneakers, and HP PCs are good
examples. A massive tariff
would hit their profits and
trigger a stock market collapse.
It would bring down the U.S.
economy and trigger a double-
dip.
The U.S. government doesn’t
have the courage to prosecute
people who caused the bubble
and brought down the economy,
fearing negative economic
consequences. Neither will it
have the guts to do something
against Chinese exports that
would surely bring down its
economy.
What the government can do is
impose tariffs on Chinese
products that are commodities
still produced in the United
States. Chemical and metal
products fall into this category.
But even if Chinese exports of
these products are fully
blocked, the impact would be
limited, since China doesn’t
have to depend on exports as in
the past.
What Matters
A labor “shortage” is now
emerging as a major turning
point in China’s development.
Wages will likely rise faster
than GDP for years to come,
which is the best news for
growing domestic demand.
Low wages due to a labor
surplus depressed China’s
consumption development, but
the labor market is now turning
to an advantage for workers. An
unlimited labor supply is a
thing of the past. Consider, for
example, that rural schools
across the country are closing
because they’re running out of
students.
Another factor is that
multinationals now rooted in
China’s consumer market are
increasingly relying on China
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for profits. This trend is
strengthening China’s global
bargaining power. Moreover,
global stock markets will
become more dependent on
China’s economic performance.
For the United States, then,
hurting China would be like
hurting oneself. Time is on
China’s side. China can wait out
U.S. protectionism.
The global economy has shown
signs of recovery, but it’s still
not stable. The bursting of the
credit bubble has been followed
by even greater growth for
two, separate bubbles – the U.S.
Treasury market and China’s
land market.
What to do? Cooling the land
bubble would make the Chinese
economy less vulnerable to any
shock from U.S. protectionism.
So interest rates should be
raised as soon as possible.
Many analysts argue that
raising interest rates would
increase currency appreciation
pressure. This argument is
normally correct. But a great
deal of hot money is already in
China, chasing a bubble rather
than paying interest. If China
raises interest rates, hot money
may exit for fear of a bubble
burst, and appreciation pressure
on the yuan may ease rather
than strengthen.
China’s land bubble is vast and
has far-reaching consequences
for the country’s future. The
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bubble may spread to farmland
in coming years, creating new
complications. The bubble’s
existence has been widely
acknowledged, but no clear
measures have been taken to
control it, proving that powerful
interests are behind it.
The bubble makes China
vulnerable to shock. If trade
friction with the United States
drags on, hot money may leave
en masse for fear of an
economic collapse. And it may
make the collapse self-fulfilling.
To strengthen China’s position
in the coming conflict with the
United States, taming the land
bubble is a must. Trade friction
with the United States will
command headlines and
attention from policymakers.
But China’s main challenges
are internal. How to divide the
pie created by economic
development is critical to the
country’s future. Many argue
growth will solve all problems.
I’m not sure about that.
Asset bubbles in China are
mainly for taxing the middle
class, and they stunt growth.
No modern economy can be
stable without a big, healthy
middle class. As long as
China’s middle class is vibrant
and growing, external
challenges cannot derail
economic development. So the
answer to China’s problems lies
within. International
confrontation offers no
solutions.
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Turning at Year End
(MediaPost | Media News)
Javelin Strategy Research, in
the past few years, card
networks have changed their
prepaid and gift focus as
core, rather than emerging,
products. The global economic
downturn has furthered this
paradigm shift, with pay?now
and pay?before products gaining
increasing prominence as credit
markets have tightened.
Nevertheless, in 2009, the
combined use of prepaid and
gift cards shows a 5 percentage
point decline from 66% to 61%
of consumers, reflecting a
decrease of 11 million
consumers. With unemployment
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First Spaceborne Infectious Disease Study Exposes Human

Cells to Pathogens in Microgravity
Clay Dillow (Popular Science - define the infectious disease the research could shed some
New Technology, Science process and the progression of serious light on bacterial
News, The Future Now) diseases like cancer and immune virulence and the mechanisms
Submitted at 4/5/2010 7:58:55 AM system disorders, but it will also pathogens employ to adapt so
As Space Shuttle Discovery provide key data that could well to their surroundings.
lifted off this morning -- setting benefit crews aboard prolonged As for the three women aboard
a record for the most women space missions. Crews exposed Discovery, they joined the one
simultaneously in space-- three to prolonged conditions of woman already orbiting Earth
other women on the ground microgravity are particularly aboard the ISS to round out a
looked to break some ground of susceptible to infection because record-setting foursome that
their own. An Arizona State U. of reduced immune system marks the most women ever to
Biodesign Institute research trio function during spaceflight. ride the outskirts of the
launched a first-of-its-kind We know that cells react atmosphere simultaneously.
experiment aboard Discovery differently to low-gravity food-borne bacteria Salmonella other. [ Science Daily]
that will offer insight into how e n v i r o n m e n t s , b u t t h i s typhimurium loose on a culture Bacteria like Salmonella are
cells react to infectious disease experiment is the first to expose of intestinal cell, measuring the particularly adept at responding
under the low-gravity conditions human cells to infectious responses of both the bacteria to environmental conditions and
of space. pathogens in spaceflight. The 13 and the human cells to tweaking their virulence to best
The experiment aims to better -day experiment will turn the microgravity as well as too each circumvent cellular defenses, so
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up to 9.7% as the consumers develop a trusting gender reveal a preponderance

Gaming on the iPad
(Yahoo! News Search Results television or a PC monitor, most
nation officially enters its third relationship with a financial of female gift card users: 40% for e-readers)
year of recession in 2010, U.S. institution. According to Javelin compared to only 32% of of the native iPad games are
consumers have cut back on data, approximately one in every males using gift cards in the last
Submitted at 4/5/2010 12:19:05 AM quite stunning. Less welcome
unnecessary expenditures, five 22% of American 90 days were the smudges that began
including prepaid products, and households, or 26 million • By ethnicity, there are no Those rosy predictions may or building up on my screen after
particularly the purchase of gift households, is underbanked, significant differences in themay not be valid, but what about only an hour or so of play. If
cards. defined as having no checking use of gift cards. This may be the important things--namely, you plan to do a lot of iPad
Indicators from leading and/or savings accounts. 8%, because providers have video games? gaming, keep a screen cleaner
stakeholders in the gift card self?identify as having no specifically designed products As a gaming platform, the iPad handy.
market suggest that the decline financial products. centering on a cultural or ethnichas a lot going for it. The sheer Battery life is exceptional:
in gift card sales and value Language, trust, economic focus number of applications already After six or seven hours of
began to turn around by status, and many other factors • Higher use of gift cards by available is staggering, to say extended informal testing,
year?end 2009 and will regain play a role in barriers to banking younger consumers may nothing of legacy applications during which I ran the iPad on
momentum in 2010 in keeping adoption, but repaid or payroll reflect convenience for the iPhone and the iPod Wi-Fi and downloaded and
with prepaid products. cards offer a way to start a Touch. And though I wasn't played a number of games, my
N o t a b l y , b o t h financial servicing relationship More information from Javelin particularly impressed with how battery meter hovered near the
American Express, the largest without the fear of overspending Strategy & Research can be d o u b l e - p i x e l a p p l i c a t i o n s 30 percent mark. As you would
U.S. issuer of gift cards, and that is possible with credit or the found here. looked, backward compatibility w i t h m o s t o t h e r p o r t a b l e
BlackHawk Networks, the anxiety of overdrafts that are Five Filters featured article: is sure to please users with electronic devices, you'll want
sizeable third?party gift card possible with checking Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: heavy investments in App Store to pack a pair of headphones.
provider owned by Safeway, accounts, says the report. PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, products. Sound quality from the single
reported increasing gift card Use of gift cards demonstrates a Term Extraction. The iPad's biggest drawback as iPad speaker is fine, albeit
revenue in 2009. clear age progression, with a gaming platform is mirrored lacking in bass or depth, when
The study suggests that prepaid heaviest usage concentrated in across all of its use cases: How the speaker isn't obstructed.
products continue to present a consumers under 45 the heck are we supposed to Unfortunately, such obstruction
prime opportunity to help • In comparison with prepaid hold this thing? At 1.5 pounds can happen easily--particularly
unbanked/underbanked cardholders, studies by it's heavier than it looks, but if the game you're playing takes
trickier still is the business of advantage of the accelerometer.
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continued from page 69 screen while holding it aloft. I make or break this device as a
electronic gaming platform is advantage of Facebook Connect, out the iPad to play a bit of had the most success sitting gaming platform. And in this
here. Though the iPad's $500 to keep iPad owners up to speed Scrabble isn't as awkward as upright on a couch (as the iPad regard, the initial App Store
price tag means that it won't w i t h t h e i r b r o w s e r - b a s e d you might think--and not having ads encourage users to do). offerings do not disappoint.
t h r e a t e n t h e m a r k e t f o r brethren. We may lament the to set up or clean up keeps Playing while lying in bed was Even better, games available
cardboard and plastic pieces increasing encroachment of things casual. If you're limited doable, too, though a bit more now provide an excellent view
with extinction anytime soon, backlit screens on our social to a single iPad, the device is cumbersome than with the of the iPad's strengths and
the device's size and perpetual lives, but asynchronous gaming light enough to be passed Nintendo DS or Sony PSP. weaknesses, and offer a few
connection make it a great fit for that keeps friends connected around with ease, and the The iPad hardware leaves little i n t e r e s t i n g l e s s o n s f o r
group games and shared spaces. with a minimum of fuss--despite application is simple enough room for complaint. The 9.7- d e v e l o p e r s .
Scrabble leads the charge, with schedules or time zones--is that anyone to figure out how to inch screen is gorgeous; and iPad Plays Well With Others
a readily accessible app from always a good thing. play it. though the 1024-by-768-pixel Board-game aficionados, your
Electronic Arts. When you do have a bit of time GAMING page 70 resolution may be a bit less GAMING page 69
EA's Scrabble app takes to gather with friends, breaking precise than what you'd get on a
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Then there's the Party Play
feature. With the iPad lying in a
central location as the board, up
to four players can compete,
using their iPhones and iPod
Touches as personal tile racks.
After all of the players have
downloaded a free app onto
their Apple handheld, they'll be
able to sync with the iPad,
rearrange their tiles and flick
them onto the board, or browse
a Scrabble dictionary for valid
words. True, it's a bit gimmicky-
-but it's also fun, and it adds
some nostalgic value, with your
letters safe from roaming eyes.
EA may have the board game
with the highest profile out on
the App Store, but with this
much money lying on the table,
a digital board game revival
can't be too far behind.
Multitouch Shines Where
Precision Counts
As a dyed-in-the-wool strategy
game fan, I was surprised to find
that the iPad made Command
and Conquer: Red Alert
legitimately bearable to play--
certainly a first for the real-time
strategy genre on a platform that
lacks a mouse and a keyboard.
Multitouch is the key here,
coupled with the size of the
display. Though Gameplay
suffers from limited AI and an
occasionally choppy frame rate,
the level of control over units is
impressive.
Micromanaging units can be
tricky, as the developers were a
bit too ambitious with the size
of combat engagements.
Nevertheless, the ease with
which I could pan about the
map, divide my troops into
groups, and execute
multifaceted attack strategies,
dwarfs anything that consoles--
portable or otherwise--have
attempted with the genre.
While real-time strategy games
have their proof of concept,
tower-defense games have hit
the ground running. Consider
PopCap's Plants Versus
Zombies. It's a stellar game in
its own right and has appeared
on multiple platforms, but the
iPad version is hands down the
best iteration of the game thus
far: superior in execution even
to the original PC version.
Blasphemy? Not quite. Though
Plants versus Zombies HD may
not include all of the features
that shipped on the PC version
of the game, the core experience
is vastly improved. The visuals
scale excellently down to the
iPad's 1024 by 768 resolution,
while offering ample
maneuvering room.
Better still is the multitouch
experience. Response and
reaction times are faster, simply
because you don't have to slide a
mouse cursor across a map, and
because you can tap (frantically)
in as many locations as you
have fingers to reach. It's
portable, too, without the
drawbacks we saw when the
game made the transition to the
iPhone.
The App Store Experience
Apple's App Store is already a
phenomenal success, having
sold billions of apps, to say
nothing of the popularity of the
Apple handhelds. The iPad
shows no sign of changing any
of that for the worse.
During the initial launch, there
was no clear division between
iPad and iPhone apps; but the
applications have subsequently
fallen into place, with
developers settling on naming
conventions--appending "for the
iPad" or "HD" to their games.
Still, further streamlining, and a
clear line of demarcation
between the devices, would be
welcome.
Pricing will be a learning
process for consumers and
developers alike. App store
enthusiasts have grown
accustomed to a glut of readily
accessible, 99-cent titles. But
the prices of iPad games are
venturing into "real game"
territory: Most start in the
vicinity of $5, and some go as
high as $15.
Though console and PC gamers
may be accustomed to the
pitfalls of digital distribution--
such as being unable to share
game purchases, or to return a
product they're dissatisfied with-
-some iPad owners shelling out
increasingly significant dollar
amounts for games are going to
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be sorely disappointed. Some
sort of trial program, or demo
system, wouldn't hurt either.
It's too early to claim that
Apple's iPad will revolutionize
the portable video game
industry. But regardless of how
successful the device is at
changing the way we play, it's
sure to be a windfall for game
developers: After just 20 How It Works:
minutes of casual browsing
through iTunes, I managed to A Lean, Mean
burn roughly $70 on a handful
of games.
Convenience is great, but a
Nail Gun
Max Fischer (Popular Science
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Tap the Buy button, and your
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brand new game will be yours in
Bosch reinvents the common
seconds. Those $5 to $7
nailer, making a smaller tool
purchases start to add up
with the nail-driving power of
alarmingly quickly, however.
the big guns
Now that the iPad has arrived,
Pneumatic nailers can slash the
offering greater potential for
time it takes to fasten everything
iPhone developers to improve
from window trim to roof
the overall quality of their
rafters. The basic guts of the
wares, we'll have to wait and see
tool haven't changed since the
whether pricing scales
1960s: Compressed air pushes a
accordingly.
piston that drives a rod, forcing
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10 percent, so it can drive nails
into hard woods like walnut
with less pressure than other
guns. Instead of reserving some
of the compressed air for
resetting the piston, which
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weakens the strike, the tool uses
all of the air's energy to drive
the nails. A vent exhausts the
air, and a second burst returns
the piston. Since Bosch's nailer
can operate at lower pressure, it
reduces wear on compressors
and components, while still
hammering home 1- to 2.5-inch-
long nails all day. Design
Highlights on the Nail Gun
Self-Cleaning Filter: The
pressurized air leaving the tool
cleans this filter, which captures
debris like sawdust and dirt,
preventing it from clogging the
cylinder.
Fitting: A connection to an air
hose allows pressurized air to
flow from an electric air
compressor into the nailer,
where it's moved by valves
controlled by the trigger.
Bump Firing: Like most nailers,
the Bosch also has a
semiautomatic mode called
bump firing, in which you can
hold down the trigger and fire a
nail just by pressing the nose to
the wood. A toggle switch on
the trigger changes the position
of a metal lever inside so that it
touches the trigger-valve pin. At
that point, depressing the nose
pushes the metal lever into the
pin, activating the trigger.
Depth of Drive: A dial lets you
adjust the distance between the
nose and the board, which
changes how deeply the gun
drives the nail. Step By Step
1. A spring in the magazine
feeds forward sleeves of 16-
gauge nails one at a time,
putting one directly under the
driver blade.
2. Squeezing the trigger opens
the nailer's main valve, letting in
air from a compressor that sets
the 33-gram aluminum piston in
motion.
3. The driver blade, a 5.3-inch
steel rod attached to the bottom
of the piston, smacks the nail,
driving it into the wood.
4. Just behind the nose is a
plastic vent that exhausts all the
air as the piston descends in less
than 0.1 second, so it meets with
almost no resistance. A second
burst of compressed air pushes
the driver blade and the piston
back up, ready for the next
strike. In conventional nailers, a
reservoir captures some of the
air and rechannels it to push the
piston back into position.
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The Convergence of
Renewables, the Smart Grid
and (Maybe) PV Inverters
info@greentechmedia.com interact with the appliances in
(Greentech Media: Headlines) the home, they typically work
Submitted at 4/5/2010 7:09:04 AM through some hardware and
software gateway; one that is
There is an entrepreneurial and armed with wireless capabilities
venture capital rush in building and intelligence on household
out the Home Area Network behavior.
(HAN). Companies like People What if there was already a
Power, Tendril, Google, Cisco, piece of home electronics that
iControl, Lixar(bought by contained some intelligence on
Gridpoint), Greenbox(acquired energy usage, was connected to
by Silver Spring Networks), t h e g r i d a n d h a d s o m e
C o n t r o l 4 , E n e r g y H u b , communications capabilities?
EcoFactor, et al. are all working Startup iControl already has a
on software and hardware pieces piece of hardware in the home
of home and building energy in the form of a home security
management. product. They don't have to
The millions of deployed smart worry about the high cost of
meters tend to look out towards
the utility. When these meters CONVERGENCE page 72

Connecticut Light & Power Proposes 10:1 Ratio For Peak

Power
info@greentechmedia.com The proposal, based on their Rebates will be provided for low peak day pricing of $1.20 per Connecticut's average retail
(Greentech Media: Headlines) Plan-it Wise Energy pilot -income customers who reduce kwh. Tack on another potential price at that time was 17.94
Submitted at 4/5/2010 4:15:24 AM program, calls for a 10 to one their energy during peak hours. 40 cents to PG&E's rate and the cents.
ratio in off-peak to critical peak Wait, let's back up a second. Mystic River will feel more like High prices for peak power,
H o w v e r y E u r o p e a n o f pricing. In the pilot, participants $1.60 per kwh. Yes, that's right. the Italian Riviera when it however, are in some ways the
Connecticut Light & Power. were paying up to $1.60 per According to the Hartford comes to what people are paying point, because steep price
The utility recently asked the kilowatt hour (kwh) during Courant, the rates are not likely for energy during the hottest signals can encourage
state's Department of Public critical peak time, which totaled to be exactly the same, but days of summer. The national conservation and an expansion
Utility Control to change its 40 hours over 10 different days. CL&P is still gunning for a 10 average in December was of demand response services.
pricing structure starting in Customers would be able to opt to one ratio in critical to off- around 9.44 cents per kwh, Connecticut is already a leader
2012, and boy will it be a in to either peak-time pricing or peak pricing. Pacific Gas & according to the Energy
change from a flat rate. four-hour time of use rates. Electric, by comparison has a Information Administration. CONNECTICUT page 72
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customer acquisition -- they
already have a customer. Their
ambitions of moving into the
smart grid space seem logical
and intuitive.
But there's another piece of
electronics starting to appear at
the home that might also have a
head start as the gateway to the
HAN -- solar inverters.
Enphase is not be limited to the
DC to AC microinverter
function, and apparently never
intended to be. The company's
CEO, Paul Nahi, hinted at their
grander ambitions at Greentech
Media's Solar Summit in
Phoenix last week. (BTW -- last
week was a good week for
Enphase.)
Nahi spoke of "Their Energy,"
the utility's domain, and "My
Energy," the energy generated
and consumed within the four
walls of the home. That's where
Enphase expects to play -- and
where other microinverter firms
like SolarBridge are considering
a market entry.
Enphase, like other HAN
dashboards, envisions a product
that provides control over
generation and consumption
with a simple web-based
interface leveraging their
existing microinverter, internet
gateway, energy monitoring
services and powerline
communications. Nahi sees the
product as granular -- the right
size for the customer, resilient,
and providing plenty of
actionable data.
Greg Madianos, Product Line
Director at microinverter
manufacturer SolarBridge, said
in an email: "We firmly believe
that inverters will play a central
role in enabling the smart grid to
incorporate large quantities of
distributed generation. Not only
as an abstract concept, but with
specific command-and-control
functionality in mind for
allowing sophisticated
management of power factor
and reactive power, for
example, while also (at the other
end of the spectrum) informing
a homeowner of how much
power the PV array is producing
relative to the homeowner's
overall usage as a means of
moderating consumption."
There are other inverter
companies looking for "grid
awareness" and grid integration,
such as PV Powered and
Advanced Energy. We reported
on microinverter firm Petra
Solar and their utility grid
monitoring capabilities here.
And at the utility scale, inverter
firms like SMA, Satcon, and GE
incorporate features like low
voltage ride through (LVRT)
and the ability to compensate for
reactive grid power.
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in demand response, with
approximately 12 percent of
peak megawatts under demand
response management,
according to Gregg Dixon, the
senior vice president of
marketing at EnerNoc, one of
the demand response providers
in Connecticut.
Currently, most customers that
opt into demand response
services are financially
rewarded to cut their use during
critical peak periods. Demand
response companies give them a
check for conserving (and the
utility gives even a bigger check
to the demand response provider
for relieving congestion on the
grid). Demand response has
been particularly popular with
businesses, which have larger,
more predictable daytime power
loads. The rates for CL&P's
proposed peak-time pricing
effectively adds some stick to
the carrot approach of demand
response.
Perhaps more importantly, the
proposal by CL&P will help
to be done to get ready for all of
this, beginning, of course, with
DPUC approval," Jessica
Brahaney Cain, director of
customer solutions at CL&P,
said in a statement. "By 2017,
we believe 25 percent of our
residential and 50 percent of
commercial and industrial
customers will be participating
in the program. Hopefully, the
numbers will be even higher."
In the past few months,
consumers in Texas and
California have complained that
smart meters have unfairly
raised their bills, a charge
denied by utilities. But in a trial
in Oklahoma, consumers were
surprised to learn about peak
power and ways they could
save.
CL&P admits that nothing is
finalized yet. The DPUC is not
expected to make a decision on
the proposal until later this year.
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Cracking the Financial Aid Code recoup a substantial portion of

the cost of installing some 1.2
million smart meters starting in
(Kiplinger Personal Finance) midair as students stroll by, only troll for top students but
chattering on cell phones. also calibrate exactly how much 2012, which is estimated to be
Wander Ursinus College and But Ursinus College, in money it will take to bring them nearly $500 million.
you’d think you had stepped Collegeville, Pa., lacks the to campus and keep them there. "There is still plenty that needs
into an Ivy League idyll. Stone- wealth and status that allow the In college-speak, it’s called
clad buildings overlook a real Ivies to choose from among enrollment management -- a
sweeping lawn, which slopes to the best students in the country way of slicing and dicing
a picture-perfect small-town and to cover their full financial admissions policies and
Main Street. Winding paths skirt need with no-loan financial-aid financial aid to attract a strong
c a r e f u l l y t e n d e d g a r d e n s . packages. Like the vast majority
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and diverse student body while
bringing in enough revenue to
keep the doors open. Whereas
elite colleges take merit as a
given and extend financial aid
only to those who need it,
Ursinus offers sizable
scholarships to outstanding
applicants from every economic
strata, including the wealthiest.
Surprised? Consider your own
college search. As a parent, you
look for the best academic
program for your student at a
price you can afford -- the same
basic process that colleges use
to attract the best students, but
in reverse. The better you
understand how colleges
conduct their deliberations, the
better you can go about yours.
Measuring merit
Ursinus’s academic reputation
once relied heavily on the
sciences, especially its pre-med
program. When John
Strassburger arrived as president
in 1995, he broadened the focus
to include liberal arts and
boosted academic expectations.
Says Strassburger, “We believe
outstanding students make other
students outstanding.”
About the same time, Richard
DiFeliciantonio, who was then
admissions director, began
reexamining Ursinus’s financial
-aid policy, which focused
almost entirely on need. “The
college was enrolling a lower
percentage of low-need students
and a high percentage of high-
need students. It was laudable
but not sustainable over the long
haul. We were making the
college commitment really
lopsided.”
Hoping to attract stronger
students who could also pay a
higher portion of costs, if not the
whole amount, Ursinus moved
from a need-only financial-aid
policy to one that includes
scholarships for top applicants.
Other colleges, faced with a
similar financial crunch, did the
same. “We haven’t thrown need
out the window,” says
DiFeliciantonio, “but we’ve
introduced merit into the
equation.”
To define what constitutes
merit at Ursinus,
DiFeliciantonio (now vice-
president for enrollment)
devised a system that rates
applicants according to their
grades, standardized-test scores
and accomplishments. Students
who score 1300 or more on their
math and verbal SATs and rank
in the top 10% of their high
school class are typically
assigned the highest rating, a 1.
Those with at least 1100 total on
their math and verbal SATs and
who rank in the top third of their
class rate a 2. Students who fall
somewhat below those criteria
rate a 3.
But numbers don’t represent the
whole picture, says
DiFeliciantonio. “We read each
application twice and have the
latitude to bump a student up or
down.” The school recently
made reporting SAT scores
optional for students in the top
10% of their class, and it
considers their other strengths,
including the number of
Advanced Placement classes on
their high school transcript and
any leadership roles.
Admissions counselors use the
ratings not only to decide which
students to admit but also to
determine how much merit aid,
along with need-based aid, they
will receive. Not surprisingly,
students who rate a 1 generally
elicit the best scholarships --
$13,000 to $20,000 or more.
Number 2s might be offered
$10,000 to $13,000. The 3s are
less likely to get merit
scholarships but can still qualify
for need-based aid.
Discomfiting as it may be to
think that your child is being
assigned a number, much less a
dollar amount, such calculations
go on across the country as
colleges build their classes and
parcel out their money. “Not
everyone is a 1, by definition,
and every school has its 2s and
3s -- they are just at different
levels,” says DiFeliciantonio.
“We’re ultimately trying to
match the quality of our
programs with the potential of
our students.” Knowing the
formula
Once Ursinus decides which
students to accept and how
much merit money, if any, to
offer, the financial-aid office
takes over. Like every college,
Ursinus uses the Free
Application for Federal Student
Aid (FAFSA) to dole out federal
money, such as Pell grants, and
to give students access to federal
loans, including Staffords. The
feds pay the interest on
Staffords for students with need
while they are in college.
Unsubsidized Staffords are
available to anyone who applies.
(Use our interactive college-aid
letter to learn how to distinguish
the various types of aid offered
to you.)
Public colleges generally rely
on the FAFSA to calculate how
much families are expected to
contribute. Many private
schools, however, also have you
fill out the CSS Profile, a more-
detailed financial-aid
application that uses a different
calculation -- called the
institutional formula -- to
determine how much you are
expected to pay. Some tailor the
Profile to suit their criteria or
ask that you submit a third
application that bores even
further into your finances.
Which formula the college uses
can make a huge difference in
your potential for financial aid.
For instance, the FAFSA
considers fewer assets than the
Profile; it ignores home equity
as well as the assets of family-
business owners with 100 or
fewer full-time employees. If
you have significant wealth in
home equity or in a small family
business, the institutional
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formula will penalize you. The
federal formula won’t.
But because the Profile gives a
fuller picture of your finances
and lets you explain special
circumstances, it could give the
financial-aid officer a reason to
bolster your need-based aid.
Colleges must follow strict rules
in distributing federal funds but
can make their own rules for
their own money. Private
colleges, which set their own
tuition and often have
endowments, have more
freedom than public schools to
do as they see fit. “If you have
blond hair and blue eyes and
they want to give you money for
that, they can -- or not,” says
Suzanne Sparrow, director of
financial services at Ursinus.
Sparrow conducts seminars for
the parents of prospective
students and encourages them to
bring their concerns to the
financial-aid office. One family
recently did just that, informing
Sparrow that sky-high, ongoing
medical bills offset their assets,
which were significant. She
adjusted the financial-aid
calculation accordingly.
Assembling the awards
By early February, Sparrow has
already put together 500 awards,
mostly for applicants who have
been accepted through early
decision. The software she uses
shows how the FAFSA would
calculate the expected family
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74 Finance/
High Yields From Foreign Stocks
(Kiplinger Personal Finance)
There’s a lot to like about
stocks that disburse high and
rising cash dividends. Dividend
growth helps you stay ahead of
inflation. And because corporate
earnings are more than twice as
volatile as dividends, prices of
cash-paying stocks are less
jumpy than those of nonpayers.
In its May 2010 issue,
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
described 15 blue-chip U.S.
stocks with special appeal to
dividend fans. But that’s just
half the story. High-dividend-
growth strategies work globally,
too. “Studies done all over the
world show that dividends have
been a strong clue over time to
superior returns,” says Thomas
Shrager, who co-manages
several funds for Tweedy,
Browne, including its
Worldwide High Dividend
Yield Value fund.
Though there’s been more
emphasis on dividends lately in
the U.S., domestic stocks on the
whole still offer some of the
lowest yields in the world.
Standard & Poor’s 500-stock
index yields 1.9%, while the
MSCI EAFE index offers 2.9%.
And when foreign companies
have extra cash, they’re less
likely to buy back their stock in
lieu of paying cash dividends.
“Once you invest globally,
you’re in a much better
environment for dividend
strategies,” says Cliff Remily,
co-manager of Thornburg
Investment Income Builder
Fund, which invests around the
globe. The five foreign
companies below yield from 3%
to 6% and have the ability to
raise dividends regularly and
substantially. Each trades on the
U.S. market in the form of
American depositary receipts
(prices and other data are as of
the close on April 1).
British American Tobacco
(symbol BTI), $70.14. Most of
the economic growth in the
world today is emanating from
developing nations. So let’s start
our hunt for attractive dividends
there. We particularly like the
theme of tapping into rising
consumer spending through
multinational corporations.
As incomes rise, people eat,
drink and smoke more. They
also seek the quality and cachet
of brand-name products. A
classic example of a company
that benefits from this trend is
BAT, the world’s second-largest
cigarette maker, after Philip
Morris International. Rajiv Jain,
manager of Virtus Emerging
Markets Opportunities Fund,
estimates that BAT generates
65% of its profits from
developing countries. It reigns
in big ones, such as Brazil, India
and Malaysia.
Tobacco is an ugly product, but
the economics of the business is
a thing of beauty. Producers
have minimal capital-spending
requirements, they enjoy pricing
power, their returns on capital
are towering, and they generate
copious cash flow. That enables
the companies to pay generous
dividends. BAT’s dividend has
compounded by 19% annualized
over the past five years. The
stock yields 5.1% and sells for
14 times estimated 2010
earnings.
Unilever ( UN), $31.29. Like
BAT, Anglo-Dutch Unilever has
been selling stuff to consumers
in the developing world for
more than a century. The food-,
household- and personal-
products giant generates half of
its $57 billion in annual sales
from emerging markets, up from
one-third as recently as 2004.
Unilever’s brands include
Lipton tea, Flora margarine, Ben
& Jerry’s ice cream, Dove soap
and Axe deodorant.
Unilever already serves
hundreds of millions of
customers a day. But the
company is far from exhausting
its opportunities. China, India
and Indonesia, where Unilever
has planted deep roots, have a
combined population of 2.7
billion -- almost nine times that
of the U.S. But Americans
spend ten times as much per
capita on ice cream, shampoo,
detergent and skin-care
products, all big Unilever
businesses. Unilever is the
global leader in ice cream and
skin products, along with tea,
deodorant and salad dressing.
The second part of the Unilever
story is its restructuring. The
company lags competitors such
as Procter & Gamble and Nestlé
by several measures of
efficiency and profitability. So
Tweedy, Browne’s Shrager
thinks Paul Polman, the recently
installed chief executive officer,
is just the man to weed out
inefficiency. Polman was
formerly head of P&G Europe
and chief financial officer of
Nestlé. “I can see a huge ship
starting to turn in the right
direction,” says Shrager.
Unilever yields 3.4% and sells
for 14 times 2010 projected
earnings.
BP ( BP), $57.74. Europe is the
place to look for high income
from oil stocks. It doesn’t matter
whether it’s France’s Total,
Italy’s Eni, Royal Dutch Shell
or BP -- an enticing yield of
about 6% is on offer from all
these major, integrated oil-and-
gas companies. Compare that
with ExxonMobil’s miserly
2.5% yield.
Thornburg’s Remily favors BP
for its continued success at
adding new oil reserves. Unlike
many oil majors, the British
company has long replaced
more than 100% of the oil it
produces with new discoveries.
BP produced the equivalent of
four million barrels of oil a day
in 2009 in locations as varied as
Russia, Alaska and Angola. It
expects to expand output by 1%
to 2% a year until 2015 -- solid
volume growth by industry
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standards. BP shares yield 5.8%.
Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Co. ( TSM), $11.
Technically, Taiwan is
considered an emerging market,
but TSMC provides compelling
evidence that it’s time for the
keepers of such indexes to
declare Taiwan a developed
country. TSMC is by far the
world’s largest semiconductor
foundry -- and its largest
competitor, United
Microelectronics, is a neighbor
in the science park where TSMC
is located, in Hsinchu, Taiwan.
TSMC’s main business,
generating 70% of its revenues,
is the manufacture of
semiconductors for chip
designers, such as Broadcom,
Nvidia and Marvell, that lack
wafer-fabrication facilities,
which are hugely expensive.
The rest of TSMC’s sales are to
chip makers that are short of
capacity, such as Advanced
Micro Devices. Simon Hallett,
chief investment officer of
Harding Loevner, a global
investment-management
company, says TSMC is the
technological leader and lowest-
cost producer, with “financial
strength that is shining through.”
Financial might is key in an
industry that requires billions of
dollars of investment in new
capacity and research and
development each year. TSMC,
which should produce net
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Momentum Mounts for Financial Overhaul
(Kiplinger Personal Finance)
An overhaul of financial
regulations is a good bet as
President Obama, fresh from his
health care victory, takes on
another huge swath of the U.S.
economy. “The general
atmospherics has shifted in
favor of a bill,” says Robert
Litan, vice president of research
and policy at the Kauffman
Foundation.
One thing working in favor of
the bill is the popular support,
with polls showing almost a
reverse of views on the more
contentious health care bill.
According to a Pew Financial
Reform Project survey last
month, 59% of voters said
Congress and the administration
should support financial reform
now over other priorities. They
are still seething at Wall Street
over the crisis that helped send
the economy into a long, deep
tailspin leading to job and home
losses. “There is a lot of
pressure on lawmakers to get
something done,” says Charles
Taylor, head of the Pew Project.
The House passed its version of
reform in December, and a
Senate measure is headed to the
floor later this month. To get
through Congress, bill sponsors
need to hang onto Democratic
support, while picking up a vote
or two from the Senate GOP
side. Without at least some
bipartisan support, the bill will
fall prey to a filibuster. Key
Republicans want to reach a
compromise, and probably will.
“Republicans in the middle
don’t want to be accused of
being handmaidens of the
banks,” says Litan.
But powerful and well-heeled
opponents are doing their best to
block the bill-- or at least
weaken many of the proposed
restrictions on bank activities.
Big banks and business groups
are spending millions on
lobbying, trying to turn the
tables on Democrats, saying the
bill will ensure, not prevent,
new bailouts.
They may well succeed in
winning some concessions, but
with momentum mounting, they
will be hard-pressed to stop the
bill altogether.
Over time, as the bill gets
implemented, the new law will
affect almost all Americans,
providing safeguards for
consumer and business lending.
It will touch financial products
ranging from payday loans to
private equity investments.
Big financial firms will feel the
most pain. Banks, investment
companies, insurers and other
large financial institutions that
hold $50 billion or more in
assets will face more regulation,
additional disclosure rules and
new fees. Smaller banks,
nonbank lenders and credit
unions will see heightened
scrutiny as well.
Despite the ongoing debate,
most of the measure’s planks are
settled, at least in principle. The
remaining battles are being
fought over the scope and scale
of reforms. Key elements
include:
• Consumer protections. A new
watchdog agency will police
financial products, requiring
better disclosure of risks and
blocking those deemed likely to
lead to a bubble. Disagreement
persists over where to locate the
consumer watchdog and what
limits to put on its power.
Obama wants an independent
agency, but that won’t fly.
Expect it to end up inside the
Federal Reserve. Also, its
jurisdiction is still being worked
out--specifically, whether it
should supervise auto dealers
and real estate brokers.
• Systemic risk council. The law
will bring together existing
regulators in a council headed
by the Treasury Department to
keep track of the big picture.
New tools will give it flexibility
to handle big corporations that
run into trouble. Its most
important and controversial
element is an emergency pool of
more than $50 billion funded
through fees on the largest
firms. It’s that emergency pool
that opponents point to when
they say it will encourage risky
behavior and ultimately lead to
more bailouts.
• Regulatory agency shuffle.
Say good-bye to the Office of
Thrift Supervision. The Fed will
watch over the biggest banks
while the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporate regulates
state banks and the Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency
supervises national banks.
• Derivatives. More trading will
move from private, over-the-
counter desks to exchanges,
where regulators can keep a
better eye on them.
• Hedge funds. Those with at
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least $100 billion in assets will
have to open their books to
regulators.
• Credit rating agencies. The
Securities and Exchange
Commission will boost
oversight.
• Insurers. Expect a federal
office to monitor, but not
regulate, the industry.
The bottom line: We expect
enactment of a bill before
summer ends, but it will take
years to implement the law and
overhaul the regulatory
architecture. And whether the
changes will work will still
depend on how adept regulators
are at spotting trouble. Michael
Konczal, a fellow at the
Roosevelt Institute, points out
that regardless of the available
tools, “at the end of the day, you
can’t always rely on people to
get it right.”
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contribution, but she uses the
institutional formula, with a few
tweaks, to come up with
Ursinus’s calculation. (Use our
interactive college-aid letter to
learn how to distinguish the
various types of aid offered to
you.)
Sparrow pulls up a screen and
reviews the application of a
student whose parents’
household income exceeds
$200,000. Their investments and
cash accounts add up to about
$150,000. Even before factoring
in home equity, they do not
qualify for need-based aid.
But the student has been rated a
1 by the admissions office and
awarded a merit scholarship of
$20,000. Sparrow pulls out a
yellow form on which she
records the family’s expected
contribution and award. To the
$20,000 scholarship she adds
$5,500 in unsubsidized Stafford
loans, which the family can
accept or decline. The total
award comes to $25,500, about
half of Ursinus’s $50,000 sticker
price.
The next student, also rated a 1,
qualifies for almost $21,000 in
need-based aid owing to her
family’s modest net worth --
about $60,000 -- and annual
income, just over $120,000.
Despite her rating, she has not
been awarded a scholarship.
“Maybe she had good SATs but
she didn’t have enough AP
classes, or maybe she didn’t
visit the campus and didn’t seem
interested,” says Sparrow. “It’s
not cut and dried.”
According to Ursinus’s
guidelines for 1s, she will be
awarded a need-based grant of
$21,000 -- a good deal but not
the best one. “Every year, the
student will have to reapply for
a grant,” says Sparrow. "A
scholarship will never change as
long as the student meets the
grade-point-average
requirements. So for the same
amount, it’s better to get the
scholarship."
The third application is from a
2-rated student whose family
income is $125,000. The
family’s biggest asset is home
equity, a substantial $172,000.
Under the federal formula,
which ignores equity, the
student would qualify for
$25,000 in need-based aid, but
the institutional formula
qualifies her for only $11,000.
Consolation? As a 2, the student
receives a merit scholarship of
$13,000, and Sparrow adds a
$2,000 grant to the mix.
The final application under
review for the day is that of a
student whose family makes
about $26,000 and has no assets
to speak of. Rated a 1, this
student is the kind colleges fight
over, both to fulfill their
educational mission and to
strengthen their incoming class.
In addition to federal grants,
Ursinus offers him a $13,000
scholarship, a $19,000 grant and
subsidized Staffords, plus a job
through the federal work-study
program.
But Sparrow cannot come up
with a package that meets the
family’s full need. Along with
most colleges, the school often
leaves a gap between award and
cost, the better to spread its
resources. The award falls short
by $8,000. Nonetheless, says
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Sparrow, “with $32,000 in
grants and scholarships, it’s a
nice package.”
Sparrow wraps up for the
afternoon, having allocated
more than $100,000 from
Ursinus’s coffers in just a few
hours. The college has budgeted
$33 million for financial aid for
the upcoming academic year,
and it will use that money to
attract the precise mix of
students it wants to enroll.
Message to parents? Encourage
your kids to study hard. “In
almost all schools, the aid
package will reflect the strength
of the student,” says
DiFeliciantonio. “The stronger
the students are, the more
options they’ll have.”
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letter to learn about the various
types of aid offered to you.
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earnings of at least $3.5 billion Bank of Montreal, founded in

(Kiplinger Personal Finance) may not have much of an effect and for 20% less." Can you on $12 billion of revenues in 1817, remained solidly
on the pricing of your home, if charge more for a cream puff? 2010, sets the industry standard. profitable through the recession
You hope to sell fast for top it's in good shape. Yes, but not as much as you The company has virtually no (which wasn’t nearly as nasty in
dollar. Reality check: You'll Based on their research, agents think. debt and $6 billion in cash, and Canada as in most countries).
probably have to compromise -- will develop a price range for If you're selling an entry-level it plans to invest nearly $5 Bank of Montreal is not as local
with a price that not only your home. Whether you start at home that will attract first-time billion in 2010. The stock yields as its name suggests. It is, in
satisfies you but also attracts the the top, midpoint or bottom of buyers, you can anticipate that 4.3%, unusually high for a fact, one of a handful of
right buyers and won't exceed the range is a decision that they will want help with their technology company, and sells nationwide powerhouses in
the market value determined by depends on how quickly you closing costs, which usually for 13 times earnings. Given Canada. It also has a large
your buyer's appraiser. need to sell. amount to 3% to 6% of the that analysts expect earnings to mutual fund and investment-
Agents don't pull a list price out If you start a little lower than purchase price. So you may grow at an annual rate of 15% advisory business. Bank of
of thin air. To begin homing in y o u r c o m p e t i t i o n , y o u ' l l want to price it a bit higher to over the next three to five years, Montreal has compounded
on the best price, you should generate traffic, and you can start. Keep in mind, though, that the stock appears inexpensive. dividends by 11% annualized
expect that your agent will look always say no to unacceptable a buyer using conforming Bank of Montreal ( BMO), over the past four years. The
at recent sales of homes similar offers. But don't start at the very financing (backed by Freddie $61.51. For the last pick, let’s stock yields 4.3% and trades at
to yours, current listings and bottom. Instead, build in room Mac or Fannie Mae) or a travel to our sober neighbor to 13 times this year’s earnings.
pending sales. for negotiation so you can come Federal Housing Administration the north, Canada. While U.S. Five Filters featured article:
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closed within the past 90 days. the price a bit is especially $300,000, but the analysis stuck to basic commercial,
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checks the county tax records r e d u c e d t h e p r i c e f o r $240,000. Once his agent
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Dairy Queen: Small-Town Texas Institution
contributors@theatlantic.com
(Michael A. Parks) (Food ::
The Atlantic)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 5:42:00 AM
Michael A. Parks
To view a slide show of several
Texan Dairy Queens, click here.
Along the cracked and endless
highways of rural Texas, certain
types of landmarks appear
repeatedly. Whitewashed grain
elevators rise on the horizon,
like flags marking the
settlements below. Larger towns
have schools, and almost every
town has a water tower.
Wherever Main Street is, the
courthouse sits at the end of it.
There's the cemetery, and there
are the churches. Then, if the
town is big enough, there's the
Dairy Queen.
For residents, the Dairy Queen
is at once a restaurant, meet up
spot, and place to pass the time.
For travelers, the Dairy Queen is
an oasis; it's what transforms a
blur of buildings into a real,
memorable place. As a native of
the relatively large (population
212,169) city of Lubbock,
which is six hours from
everywhere, I've always
appreciated rural Dairy Queens.
At home, my family never goes
to a Dairy Queen. On the road,
though, we sometimes start
planning our orders hours in
advance. And yet I've never
known how Dairy Queen came
to be the small town restaurant
of Texas.
A few weeks ago, I traveled to
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operates a small fleet of stores.
"My son does a lot for me," he
said when I called him. "But I'm
still the emperor."
When Tolbert Mayfield opened
his stores, franchising was new,
and Dairy Queens were
spreading rapidly across Texas.
Most of the innovation came
from franchisees. "My dad was
experimenting with drive-in
windows, and even the first
dining rooms, if you can believe
that," said Robert. Another
second-generation operator,
Perry Anderson, told me Texas
Dairy Queens were the first to
serve food. In January of 1950,
Anderson's dad became one of
the earliest franchisees to sell
hamburgers. To this day, Texas
Dairy Queens offer a food menu
unique to the state.
One later franchisee innovation
is Robert Mayfield's favorite
Idalou (population 2,157) to sit Google's newspaper archives: one of the most enthusiastic frozen item: the Blizzard. It's a
at the Dairy Queen and ponder In 1997, Warren Buffet buys farmers in the British Isles ... p r o d u c t D a i r y Q u e e n
Texans' affection for the brand. Dairy Queen for $585 million. there is not a dairy in the three a f i c i o n a d o s a r e g e n e r a l l y
It was a Sunday, and church had In the 1950s, Dairy Queen goes kingdoms that can hold a candle enthusiastic about. In 1985
just let out. Almost every seat national. In the 1940s, Dairy to the dairy at Shaw Farm, alone, a year after a St. Louis
was full. A little boy in church Queen ceases to be a restaurant Windsor." operator inspired by Ted
clothes carefully deconstructed a and becomes an honorific. "A VIEW SLIDESHOW>> Drewe's frozen custard made a
vanilla cone. An old man and Dairy Queen was chosen. She is Michael A. Parkst Asking prototype, Dairy Queen sold 175
woman sat on the same side of a willowy Willough Thomas." around about Dairy Queen, I million Blizzards nationwide.
table, the woman feeding the "Miss Alice Baker, 18 year-old eventually encountered Robert "I tell you, they're all good,
man a Blizzard. All over the Dairy Queen of Wisconsin, M a y f i e l d . I n t h e 1 9 4 0 s , man," Mayfield said. "You see
state, citizens of small towns arrived yesterday ... to celebrate Mayfield's father, Tolbert, a how they mix 'em up? I don't
had made the same ritual the climax of Cheese Week." cattleman who traveled between know how it does it, but when
Sunday trip, and within a few All over the country, "girls 17 to Kansas and Texas, happened to they beat it up it beats out all the
hours, before the wind picked unmarried" pursue the coveted stop at a Dairy Queen in Forth calories. It's like, W.C. Fields
up, everyone went home. title. Prior to 1900, America Worth, and decided to open his would say, 'I've never met a
• fades from the news. Real own. Though an attorney by DAIRY page 80
Searching for Dairy Queen in monarchs appear. "The Queen is training, Robert Mayfield now
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The Gluten Game: How to Cross a Menu Minefield
contributors@theatlantic.com
(Sophie Brickman) (Food ::
The Atlantic)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 6:05:25 AM
FotoosVanRobin/flickr
To try Sophie's recipe for
gluten-free shrimp stir-fry, click
here, and click here to try an
accompanying recipe for
coconut jasmine rice.
How do you live without
bread? Pasta? Cookies? Beer?
Chicken Lo Mein?!
Alas, my friend Elizabeth has
been forced to do without these,
and much more, after being
diagnosed with celiac disease,
an autoimmune reaction to
gluten. All wheat products are
out. Nonetheless, I made dinner
plans with her, confident that I
could handle another restrictive
meal. I had done vegetarian. I
had done kosher. But of course,
my confidence hit me right in
the gluten-filled butt. Gluten
hides in everything.
Before menu planning, I'd
boned up on the basics of the
disease at the Celiac Disease
Foundation's Web site, parts of
which read like a battle cry,
capitalization and bold lettering
popping off the page: "... these
proteins are found in ALL forms
of WHEAT ... and related grains
RYE, BARLEY, and
TRITICALE and MUST be
eliminated!" (Simmer down
now, Celiac Disease
Foundation.)
While chat boards were atwitter
debating the "Oat Controversy"
(whether or not pure oats are
dangerous to a gluten-free diet,
a.k.a. the Oat Conundrum, or as
I've dubbed it in casual
conversation, "The Great Oat
Conundrum of 1804"), I was not
discouraged. Elizabeth had
offered to handle the dessert,
and I felt fine eliminating wheat
and oats from the appetizer and
main course.
I decided to start with a rich
pureed soup to salute the last
gasps of winter, and follow with
a shrimp and vegetable stir-fry
over coconut jasmine rice. I
took my shopping list to the
grocery store. And then my
troubles began.
The chicken stock posed my
first problem. Some brands
contained "hydrolyzed wheat
gluten protein," which was
clearly out of the question, but
other ingredients were more
confusing: "chicken flavor,"
"garlic extract," "autolyzed
yeast extract"? Is garlic extract
gluten-free? Is yeast? I strained
to get service on my phone in
the depths of the store and
learned that some types of yeast
are gluten-free, but not all. So
much for that. I had planned to
marinate the shrimp in soy
sauce, garlic, and ginger, but a
quick scan of soy sauce
ingredients—wheat was in all of
them—nixed that as well. Other
products were made in the same
facilities as gluten-filled
products. What was I supposed
to do with that information?
Shopping took three times as
long as usual, and I felt the
plight of the celiac crowd. I was
thankful for leftover homemade
chicken stock—I had just
enough to make the soup.
When I got home, I stuck a
large NO FLOUR reminder sign
above the stove and got to work,
which, once I'd vetted my
ingredients, was quick and
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simple. Everything was ready in
under an hour, and though I
almost offered Elizabeth a beer
when she walked in, I caught
myself and opened some wine
instead. Party foul averted.
The soup and shrimp were hits,
but, as I soon realized, the real
rub for the celiac population
comes with desserts. You can
forego a sandwich for salad,
substitute rice for pastas, drink
hard cider or wine instead of
beer, and eat rice noodles in
your chicken lo mein. But
cookies, cakes, ice creams, and
candies become harder.
Elizabeth brought over gluten-
free chocolate-ginger cookies,
which were surprisingly good,
all things considered, but they
still lacked the right texture.
Something was off.
After dinner, I looked up some
gluten-free pastry recipes to see
how others had tackled this
problem. One cake recipe
contained tapioca starch, potato
starch, corn starch, corn flour,
white rice flour, amaranth flour,
and xanthan gum.
Hats off to you, celiac disease
population. I'll never look at
bagels the same way again.
Recipe: Gluten-Free, Crispy
Shrimp Stir-Fry
Recipe: Coconut Jasmine Rice
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bottle I didn't like.' I've never
met a Blizzard I didn't like."
In Crosbyton (population
1,874) on another Sunday, the
church crowd had already gone
home for the day and the
famous West Texas wind was
blowing full gale. A flagpole
wire pinged wildly against its
pole. At the deserted Dairy
Queen, I ordered a Snickers
Blizzard. The machine beat out
the calories. Would the server
turn the Blizzard upside down?
She turned the Blizzard upside
down. Mayfield told me that
Blizzards do sometimes fall out.
But in Crosbyton mine stayed
put.
•
The Blizzard has been good for
Dairy Queen, but neither it nor
Dairy Queen itself would exist
without soft serve ice cream.
After all, Sherb Noble opened
the first store in Joliet, Illinois,
only to sell the soft serve his
friends, J.F. "Grandpa"
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them. Just cover the matzohs
with the water. The water is
absorbed and softens the
matzoh. After five to 10
minutes, pour off any remaining
water. If you are impatient like
me it will be shorter, but even a
few minutes is good enough.
Break two eggs into the
bowl—you can add another egg
for a richer mixture or pre-
whisk, if you want—and mix to
create a matzoh-egg
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McCullough and his son, Alex, couldn't finish it. Though I can't
had invented. Today, of course, say how soft serve compares to
soft serve is not so glamorous or other ice creams I've had, I will
novel as it was when it first say that it was delicious—and
debuted. Having now that the structure itself was a
considered it in detail, however, modern-day miracle.
I think I should offer some Finally, and most importantly,
praise for soft serve ice cream. soft serve requires a machine. A
First off: soft serve is cheap and machine, in turn, requires a
soft serve is low in fat. (Unlike store. Not quite solid, and made
Mayfield's claim about largely of air, soft serve can't
Blizzards, this is actually true.) survive a freezer. You can't buy
Furthermore, because soft serve soft serve in a carton. Every
doesn't freeze your mouth, it cone requires an excursion into
tastes better than hard ice cream. the world. It is a public ice
That was Grandpa cream, meant to be eaten fresh.
McCullough's theory, anyway,
and Dairy Queen boosters have
Following the invention of soft
serve, the creation of thousands
Breakfast Worth
treated it as gospel ever since. I of new places to go and sit and
haven't done a taste comparison,
but I did tackle a monstrous
eat it was almost inevitable. Wishing for Leftover
Brown Derby (chocolate dip
cone) in Aspermont (population Matzoh
1,021). In size and shape, it contributors@theatlantic.com Truth be told it is the only dish I
recalled a Dr. Seuss mountain. (Ezekiel J. Emanuel) (Food :: can recall he ever cooked for us.
Tens of millions of Whos could The Atlantic) Sorry Dad, but it was horrid.
have lived on top; even with the Submitted at 4/5/2010 6:09:28 AM Hard on the throat. The matzohs
help of my mom and dog, I dremiel/flickr were firm and in big chunks and
Passover is here. Yuck! This is only scratched as they went
a holiday where the food you eat down the gullet.
is supposed to make you Over the years I have found the
gemish(mixture). Shake some own children liked this so much remember the suffering of being
secret to good matzoh brei:
ground cinnamon to taste on the we would use up the matzoh a slave. Nowhere is that more
boiling water. I always thought
gemish. For variety you can add making this even after Passover true than in relation to breakfast.
that during the Seder we should
chopped up apple pieces if you ended. (Truth be told, I hate Gone are the pancakes, waffles,
thank God for the miracle of
want. matzoh so much I was always and French toast, not to mention
boiling water.
Heat up the griddle add butter tempted just to throw out basic cereal. What is left? Only
So here is the recipe for a
(or margarine). And plop down whatever was left after the sun two things: eggs and matzoh
decent Passover breakfast.
small circles of the matzoh-egg went down on the eighth day.) brei.
Crumble three matzohs into
gemish as if it were pancake So remember to be thankful for Eggs you can handle yourself.
smallish pieces in a bowl, and
batter. Cook both sides and boiling water—reduces the Matzoh brei is an art form.
then pour boiling water over
serve with pure maple syrup. suffering of Passover breakfasts. When I was growing up, my
Presto! Now you have a decent BREAKFAST page 81 father made us matzah brei. BREAKFAST page 80
Passover breakfast. Indeed my
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