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Elena Kagan is making the
rounds.
To get a seat on the U.S.
Supreme Court, a nominee must
first wear out a lot of shoe
leather on Capitol Hill. And
smile, smile, smile.
So that’s precisely what
President Barack Obama’s
choice for the high court has
been doing this week. While
Kagan is considered likely to get
Senate confirmation, nothing is
ever guaranteed in this process –
remember President George W.
Bush’s nominee Harriet Miers?
The other hard-and-fast rule of
these Hill chats is that afterward
the senators talk, the Supreme
Court nominee doesn’t.
So let’s take a look at what
the senators took away from
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their meetings with Kagan.
Senator Arlen Specter of
Pennsylvania, a Democrat who
used to be a Republican, said
Kagan agreed with him that the
court takes too few cases and
erred this year in a landmark
ruling that struck down
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wins out and where people from
every walk of life can receive a
fair hearing.”
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they need “freakin” jobs
Tabassum Zakaria (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 5/13/2010 4:58:18 PM
Perhaps that’s how they greet
visitors in the region famous for
spicy chicken wings.
“You’re a hottie with a smokin’
little body,” Luann Haley, 45,
said to President Barack Obama
when he stopped in at Duff’s
Famous Wings during a visit to
Buffalo, New York.
For that she got a big hug from
the president who said his wife,
Michelle, would be watching on
television.
“That’s alright,” Haley said. “Hi
Michelle, eat your heart out.”
(We’re thinking that the first
lady, who is trying to eradicate
obesity, would more likely be
upset that her husband ordered
10 chicken wings – five regular,
five extra spicy).
But the passions in the city near
Niagara Falls clearly can run hot
and cold.
A billboard in the economically
troubled region stated “Dear Mr.
President, I need a freakin job.
Period.”
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Obama did not pass by the sign
during his time in Buffalo, but
his message was all about the
economy.
“I won’t stand here and pretend
that we’ve climbed all the way
out of the hole. There are too
many folks right here in Buffalo
and all across the country who
are still hurting,” Obama said.
“But I want to just say to
Buffalo — I want to say to all of
you and I want to say to
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Is a Brash Management Style Behind Blockbuster's $65.4M

Quarterly Loss?
Austin Carr (Fast Company)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 9:41:42 AM

Why Blockbuster's 28-day

advantage, "additional daily
rates" (don't call 'em late fees),
and stay-the-course CEO may
not be enough to save the video
rental giant.
A few years ago, Netflix
founder Reed Hastings told
analysts in an earnings call, "In
the last six months, Blockbuster
has thrown everything but the
kitchen sink at us." The
following day, Hastings
received a large box in the mail
from Blockbuster. Inside, he
found a kitchen sink.
Today, Blockbuster's brash
style continues with its CEO Jim
Keyes. The outspoken
Blockbuster chief made
headlines recently for his
pointed jabs at Netflix, arguing
the popular subscription-movie
service is only good for "older have or do anything that we largest shareholders, who is beneficiaries of a very smart, dramatically outperforming
titles and television," and joking can't or don't already do currently battling to gain a seat focused, and visionary Blockbuster, our belief is that
that its library is chock-full of B ourselves." Keyes's attacks are on the board of directors. management team," Meyer tells [his] public criticisms are
-flicks like Herbie Goes to certainly bold, but are they Meyer, the former owner of FastCompany.com. "I think it oriented to driving attention
Cancun. This isn't the first time justified? Is his Blockbuster kiosk company DVDXpress, would be more productive for away from Blockbuster's poor
he's knocked Blockbuster's boasting more bravado or drew a line in the sand Tuesday, Keyes to try to learn from the performance relative to Netflix's
online competitor--Keyes has business strategy? threatening that if he's not success of Netflix rather than accomplishments," wrote
made a habit of deriding the "Between the time Keyes took voluntarily named to the board, criticizing this company which professors Duane Ireland,
service publicly for years. For on the reins as CEO of he will launch an election has executed consistently and Michael Hitt, and Robert
example, in a 2008 interview, he Blockbuster and today, the price campaign for a seat. "Investors managed to gain millions of Hoskisson to me in an email, co-
cracked, "I've been frankly of Netflix stock is up 500% and in Blockbuster have been the highly loyal subscribers." authors of Strategic
confused by this fascination that the price of Blockbuster stock is victims of a massive destructive Meyer isn't the only one Management: Competitiveness
everybody has with down about 90%," says Greg of shareholder value while voicing concern about the CEO.
Netflix...Netflix doesn't really Meyer, one of the company's Netflix shareholders have been "Given that Netflix is BRASH page 4
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continued from page 3
and Globalization. "These
criticisms are quite unlikely to
benefit Mr. Keyes or
Blockbuster. If anything, we
think these criticisms will prove
to be counterproductive."
"I think Blockbuster is teetering
on the brink," added professor
Hitt, who guesses Keyes's
vocalness derives from internal
power politics. "This company
could soon possibly be another
Polaroid."
Meyer notes that Blockbuster
"does indeed" have reasons to
boast these days, especially with
their 28-day exclusive window
to offer new releases ahead of
Netflix and Redbox. But he
believes the CEO's brash style is
unnecessary. "Bravado should
be replaced with clear and
humble corporate
communication," Meyer says.
In an earnings call Thursday,
Blockbuster posted a net loss of
$65.4 million for its first
quarter of 2010, a period
Blockbuster EVP and CFO Tom
Casey called its "peak season."
This follows a $558 million loss
for 2009. During the call,
investors questioned
Blockbuster's 28-day window
advantage, asking whether it has
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helped gain any traction at all
among customers. Casey
waffled, saying that Blockbuster
has not had the liquidity for an
aggressive advertisement
campaign yet, and that traction
with consumers will remain
"choppy" for some time. When
pressed on the issue, Casey
explained that "it'll take a while
to get [our] message across."
However, this did not stop him
from talking up the advantage,
boasting that Netflix wouldn't
have Avatar available for
streaming for "some years,"
whereas Blockbuster has had it
since the first day of release. "I
haven't seen any advertising
from Netflix bragging about the
fact that their customers are
going to have to wait 30 days --
I doubt they'll do that," he told
analysts. "[Redbox] is not
announcing the fact that [they
won't] have Avatar for 28 days,
which is an eternity for a new
release."
Casey also would not provide
any data about the company's
number of by-mail subscribers,
only saying that Blockbuster is
in the process of "re-tooling"
that part of their business.
The highlight of the earnings
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starting to panic again, and in
such scenarios what they really
call was when Casey explained
Blockbuster's new policy on late
fees, a term the company has
euphemistically dubbed an
"additional daily rate." "We're
very careful not to call it a late
fee," Casey said. Now, if you
have a movie out longer than the
typical 5-day rental period,
Blockbuster charges an
"additional rate" of $1 for each
extra day; however, you can
keep the rental for "as many
days as [you] want to keep it,"
the Blockbuster CFO explained.
By "as many days as [you]
want," Casey actually meant 10
days, which is when
Blockbuster will then charge the
customer the retail price for the
movie, as a follow-up question
helped point out. "It's exactly
the same thing the competition
has been doing with their daily
rates, and we think our
customers will be fine with it,"
Casey added.
In an email from Meyer, the
Blockbuster shareholder said
he's eagerly awaiting
Blockbuster to leverage its
advantages but says that it's only
possible if the company can
escape its "culture of
complacency."
want is greenbacks.
Remember, Meyer is fighting to
earn a seat on the board of
directors--a fight which he calls
"unnecessary," positing that
Keyes's decision to wage the
war shows how he is "definitely
exercising poor business
judgment and acting in a way
that is damaging to the
company."
Meyer did have a few nice
things to say.
"Keyes has done some good
things over the past few years,"
he says, "but it has not been
enough...He needs to be more
realistic about the lingering
negative perceptions that plague
the Blockbuster brand and
exercise more leadership to
address these issues head on."
While CEO Jim Keyes was
unavailable for comment, he
ended the earnings call
Thursday by acknowledging the
company's "near-term
challenges," but said that
Blockbuster still has "every
reason to stay the course."
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Options Update: Euro
Currency Trust
Volatility Elevated as
Euro Trends Lower
Paul Foster (BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 10:00:00 AM
Filed under: Options, Kinross
Gold (KGC), Currency Euro
Currency Trust ( FXE) closed at
$129.70. FXE May and June
option implied volatility is at
15, September is at 16; above its
26-week average of 12
according to Track Data,
suggesting larger price
movement.
Kinross Gold( KGC) closed at
$18.83. Gold is recently up
1.51% to $1247 according to
Bloomberg. May option implied
volatility is at 44, June and
August is at 45; verses its 26-
week average of 46 according to
Track Data, suggesting non-
directional price movement.
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Back To Marketing 101: Pitch The Benefits, Not
The Features
Gregory Galant (Business
Insider)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 9:05:00 AM
Kickstarting your marketing:
The big news today is that four
NYU students raised over $100k
for a project to challenge
Facebook (fueled by geek rage
about Facebook’s new privacy
changes) on Kickstarter with a
project called Diaspora. To me
the big take away isn’t this
particular project, but rather the
potential for Kickstarter and
group fundraising services like
it.
Four years before Kickstarter
launched in 2009, Fundable
launched a service that does
pretty much the same thing.
Fundable’s now shut down and
latecomer Kickstarter’s thriving.
A quick look at the top couple
hundred pixels of both service’s
homepages offers a great case
study in good and bad design.
Pitching the benefits vs. pitching
the features. Marketing 101
that’s so easy to forget.
Fundable’s message is “Group
Pledges” (why do I want to
make a pledge?) and “You pay
only if everyone else wants to
too” (who cares?). That’s just
details of how the service
works. But why should I use it?
Kickstarter just tells me it has
Business/ 5
easy and sharing is so powerful
over platforms such as Twitter
and, well, Facebook.
Nevertheless, it’s great to see a
venture that’s executed well and
Europe Is
in Kickstarter’s case its
competency certainly extends to
its design. First thing I’m going
Crashing
Gregory White (Business
to do is review all of the design Insider)
and copy that’s on our network
Submitted at 5/14/2010 8:55:00 AM
of products and make sure we’re
not bogged down in feature Last weekend's massive
speak. I suggest you do the same European bailout was supposed
for yours. The benefits are to fix everything, right? Well it
tremendous. doesn't look like it today, with
Gregory Galant is founder and markets across Europe getting
CEO of Sawhorse Media, which decimated by further concerns
makes cool sites like MuckRack over the euro's future.
and organizes the Shorty The German DAX is down
“a new way” to fund ideas and But Fundable makes no
Awards. He also created and around 1.9%, the French CAC
endeavors without resorting to m e n t i o n o f e v e n a b s t r a c t
hosts Venture Voice, a podcast down nearly 3.5%, and the UK
to cheesy marketing speak like projects to get involved in. Their
for and about entrepreneurs. FTSE down 2.4%.
“Get money for your ideas!”. search box simply says “search”
This post was originally U.S. indices are also charting
It’s intriguing. Raising money is (search for what?). Kickstarter’s
published on his blog, and is lower, DOW down 1.55%, S&P
the most painful part of the menu (“discover projects”,
reprinted with permission. 500 1.83%, and NASDAQ
creative process, at least for “starting a project”) and large
Join the conversation about this 2.17%.
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story » The fall is most obvious in the
all you need to say. all about the causes.
See Also: PIGGS countries.
Most notably, Kickstarter Now it’s important not to
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makes no mention of how their overlook all the other things that
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“new way” works on their might have caused one business
Results Portugal's PSI, down 3.7%
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Next Version of Android to Offer Tethering and Mobile

Hotspot Features
Dan Nosowitz (Fast TechCrunch got their hands on a hungry, which is where we may
Company) screenshot showing two veeeery run into problems. Just because
Submitted at 5/14/2010 9:19:40 AM interesting new features: a phone supports these features
tethering and mobile hotspot. doesn't mean a wireless carrier
The next version of Android, Tethering is when another is going to let you get away with
2.2, code-named Froyo, short device, usually a computer, is using them for free. The HTC
for frozen yogurt--Android connected to a smartphone to Evo 4G's mobile hotspot feature
v e r s i o n s a r e n a m e d use the smartphone's mobile costs $30 per month extra, for
chronologically after desserts network as its own. It's usually example.
(Cupcake, Donut, Eclair)--isn't banned, since it costs the These are great features to have
far off now. Google put a giant networks more bandwidth and built in--but we're going to keep
statue of a cup of frozen yogurt thus more money (think of how our excitement level low until
on the front lawn of their much more Internet-intensive we see how wireless carriers
Mountain View campus, next to your computer habits are than plan to deal with Android 2.2's
the huge eclair and donut, which y o u r s m a r t p h o n e h a b i t s ) , new features.
is, adorably enough, a good sign although some OSes have ways Dan Nosowitz, the author of
that Android 2.2 is close to to get around it. Jailbroken this post, can be followed on
release. What do we know about iPhones can tether, as can feature. Some phones, like the greater variety of devices Twitter, corresponded with via
it? Windows Mobile phones, and Palm Pre Plus and the HTC Evo support Wi-Fi than can tether a email, and stalked in San
Not much, truthfully. We know Android phones can tether 4G, can output their mobile phone. (You can't tether an iPad Francisco (no link for that one--
it'll pack full Adobe Flash 10.1 without even unlocking them by connections as a Wi-Fi signal. to a phone, but you can use a you'll have to do the legwork
support, a new launcher, and the u s i n g c e r t a i n a p p s i n t h e This is better than tethering, phone's mobile hotspot). yourself).
ability to save apps to an A n d r o i d M a r k e t . since more than one device can The mobile hotspot feature is,
external memory card. Now, Mobile hotspot is a similar use it at the same time, and a like tethering, very bandwidth-

Before the Bell: Futures Decline Ahead of Economic Data

Melly Alazraki
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 8:20:00 AM
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morning, pointing to a weaker
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Hulu's Top Five New Updates: Better Quality,
Better Interface, Better Design, Just Better
Dan Nosowitz (Fast
Company)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 9:13:37 AM
Oh man, Hulu just issued an
exhaustive and exhausting list of
updates to their site and service,
all of which look really great.
You can check out the full list
on their official site her e, but
I'll lay out the biggies and
explain why Hulu is way better
than ever before.
Adaptive streaming. You know
how Netflix never really stutters
or skips in Instant Watch mode,
but instead the quality just goes
up and down depending on how
many episodes of Treme your
roommate is downloading?
(This may be a problem specific
to my apartment.) That's due to
adaptive quality streaming--it
measures your bandwidth in real
time, and adjusts the amount of
data (which you can see as the
quality of video) accordingly.
What it means for Hulu is no
more skipping or stuttering
video.
Pop-up thumbnails. Trying to
find that one killer line in Parks
and Recreation? Sometimes it's
hard to skip around and find
exactly what you want, and you
Playing real good for free
(Scripting News)
Submitted at 5/13/2010 9:41:34 PM
end up watching commercials
for no reason because you can't
find what you're looking for.
Hulu added in real-time
thumbnail previews so this
doesn't happen--hover your
cursor over the progress bar to
see a thumbnail.
Ad volume normalization. This
has never really been a problem
for me, but apparently some
people have found that Hulu's
ads play back at a higher
volume than the video--
annoying, for sure. Hulu fixed
This guy brought his piano to
that little flaw.
Bigger and better video. Hulu
just upped both the size and
resolution of its video. It's 25%
larger, packing a resolution of
720x404. The interface is
changed as well--it's a much
cleaner design, with everything
disappearing unless you mouse
over it. That includes the
progress bar and controls--it's a
design choice called
"chromeless," and it's so very
clean.
Customization. Hulu is pulling
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a Netflix and getting into the
personalization game, figuring
out what you like and offering it
to you as suggestions. Like Top
Chef? You might also like After
Hours With Daniel Boulud.
Thanks, Hulu! I do indeed like
both those shows!
Dan Nosowitz, the author of
this post, can be followed on
Twitter, corresponded with via
email, and stalked in San
Francisco (no link for that one--
you'll have to do the legwork
yourself).
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Joe Weisenthal (Business
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Submitted at 5/14/2010 9:05:28 AM
What happened to gold $1250?
We'll tell ya. Everyone is
starting to panic again, and in
such scenarios what they really
want is greenbacks.
Join the conversation about this
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Buffalo billboard
petitions president for "a
freakin' job" (The
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M buzzed up: Where's the oil?
Model suggests much may be
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MIT Engineers Create Stackable "Legos" Made of Cells

Cliff Kuang (Fast Company)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 9:34:49 AM
The "Legos" are made of cells
encased in tiny gel blocks that
are 100-millionths-of-a-meter
on a side.
Tissue engineers are already on
the cusp of printing organs. But
there's one fundamental
problem: It's difficult to get
tissue that's either printed on a
sheet or grown in a dish to
become truly 3-D (like your
heart or your liver). Researchers
at the MIT-Harvard Division of
Health Sciences and Technology
(HST) think they have a way
around that: They've invented a
way of embedded living cells in
tiny cubes, so that 3-D
structures could be build in the
same way that a kid would
assemble a pile of Legos.
The researchers--Ali
Khademhosseini and Javier
Gomez Fernandez--call their
new technique micromasonry,
and have just published a paper
on the technique. First, cells are
encapsulated inside a common
medical polymer called
polyethylene glycol (PEG),
which starts as a liquid but
becomes a gel when illuminated.
The cubes that result measure
100 to 500 millionths of a meter
on a side. Then, they can be
arranged like Lego bricks inside
a tiny little template made of
silicone. Once in the proper
formation, the assembly is then
recoated with the PEG and
illuminated once again, so that
everything binds together. The
template is removed, et voila!
The technique is a far cry from
the way bladders, cartilage, and
other tissues have been built in
labs: Usually, cells are built up
on biodegradable scaffolds
made of foam. The problem
there is that they can''t match the
real-life complexity of tissue.
Printed tissues, meanwhile, rely
on expensive equipment.
Gomez Fernandez and
Khademhosseini think their
process could be used to
building something as complex
as liver or heart tissue; they've
already created tubes that could
function as capillaries.

Facebook Adds Login Protection Security Features

Dan Nosowitz (Fast privacy settings to turn it on.
Company) This might be a mistake, given
Submitted at 5/14/2010 9:25:43 AM how complex and intimidating
Facebook's privacy settings
The AP reports that Facebook already are.
is in the process of rolling out The new features have already
some new login protection started rolling out to some users
security features that seek to and will continue to reach more
combat an unwanted user and more users until the whole
hacking into one's account. It's a 400-million-strong network is
specific problem but a serious covered.
one that needs to be addressed, Dan Nosowitz, the author of
so it's good they're getting to it this post, can be followed on
now. should be annoying very rarely. a c c o u n t , l i k e c o r r e c t l y There'll be a log of all the times Twitter, corresponded with via
You can choose to be notified F a c e b o o k i s a l s o " a d d i n g identifying tagged friends and places you've logged in, so email, and stalked in San
by email or text message if roadblocks" to suspicious (which is actually kind of cool, you can make sure it was you Francisco (no link for that one--
you're account has been logged actions like simultaneous logins if you ignore that a hacker will doing the logging in every time. you'll have to do the legwork
in from a new computer or from China and New York. In at least see a picture of your Oddly, this system is "opt-in," yourself).
mobile device, for one thing. It that case, it might ask you to friends, even if it's the ultimate meaning by default it's not
might be annoying, but if your confirm who you are by actually stumbling block to his taking enabled. You have to dig
account isn't being abused, it using the info already on your over your account). through Facebook's labyrinthine
E-reader News Edition Business/ Economy/ 9

Kidnapper Steals Banker's Wife And Strong Sales Help

Refuses To Accept Ransom In NVIDIA Turn a
Normal Euros Quarterly Profit
Courtney Comstock (Business Mark Fightmaster
Insider) (BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 8:47:11 AM Submitted at 5/14/2010 9:30:00 AM

Thomas Bögerl's wife, Maria Filed under: Earnings Reports

Bögerl, has been kidnapped in
Germany and a savvy kidnapper
has demanded German-backed
Euros.
According to BILD, Bögerl,
Sparkasse bank's CEO, got a
call from an anonymous
kidnapper about an hour after
his wife was taken, around
11:30 AM on Wednesday
morning (in the Heidenheim
region of Baden-Württemberg in
Germany).
The kidnapper said that they
had Maria and that Thomas
should deliver to them an
unknown amount of "German-
flagged" Euros, the only Euros
that are backed by the German
government. Evil like a fox.
Thomas spoke to his wife on
the phone, who said, “I have
been threatened with death.”
The German-backed money
was delivered to the A7
motorway at Heidenheim, as the
kidnapper requested, but no one
showed. They money was left
there.
The fact that the kidnapper
requested German-flagged euros
is interesting and could be a key
to his identity. He must be savvy
enough to know that the euro is
doomed and that Germany is
pretty much the only country in
good economic standing.
See how much the Euro tanked
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• Euro CDS Plummet
After the closing bell Thursday,
Nvidia Corp. ( NVDA)
announced that it earned 23
cents per share in the first
quarter, boosted by a 51% jump
in sales of its graphics
microprocessor products. The
results topped the consensus
estimate by two cents per share.
In addition, revenue increased to
$1 billion, beating both last
year's first-quarter revenue and
the consensus estimate.
While the first-quarter results
were a nice surprise, the current-
quarter forecast didn't do the
company any favors. The
company expects current-
quarter revenue to fall between
$950 million and $970 million.
The top end of this range is
short of the expected $990.9
million.
Continue reading Strong Sales
Help NVIDIA Turn a Quarterly
Profit
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Markets Quickly Open Sharply Lower: Dow Off Triple Digits, NASDAQ Down 1.5%
Joe Weisenthal (The Money Let's see how this develops. soon. story »
Game) Right now the Dow is off over If things get into panic mode
Submitted at 5/14/2010 8:43:00 AM 120. The NASDAQ is off 40. again... we have more bullets to
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10 Top News/ E-reader News Edition

BP tries tube to siphon spewing Gulf oil to tanker (AP)

(Yahoo! News: Most Viewed) While some data were being the first time from congressional Crabtree said Friday. daily from the leak comes from
Submitted at 5/14/2010 8:15:43 AM transmitted to shore for and administrative hearings. Crews overseeing the effort the National Oceanic and
safekeeping right up until the They suggest there were both hope to have a better grasp Atmospheric Administration
Undersea robots tried to thread blast, officials from Transocean, crew mistakes and equipment Friday evening on whether this and has frequently been cited by
a small tube into the jagged pipe the rig owner, told Congress that breakdowns at key points the latest method to stem the BP and the Coast Guard. Some
that is pouring oil into the Gulf the last seven hours of its day of the explosion. gushing oil spill is going to scientists have said based on an
of Mexico early Friday in BP's information are missing and that Buzbee said that when work, Crabtree said. analysis of BP's video of the
latest attempt to cut down on the all written logs were lost in the Halliburton showed BP PLC If the tube doesn't work, BP leak that the flow rate is much
spill from a blown-out well that explosion. Earlier tests that and Transocean officials the could try a second containment higher, while others have
has pumped out more than 4 suggested explosive gas was results of the pressure tests that box, which would be placed concluded the video is too
million gallons of crude. leaking were preserved. suggested gas was leaking, the over the well and also would grainy to draw any such
The company was trying to The gap poses a mystery for rig workers were put on siphon the oil to the surface. conclusions.
move the 6-inch tube into the investigators: What decisions "standby." BP is the rig operator In another experiment, BP BP is sticking with the NOAA
leaking 21-inch pipe, known as w e r e m a d e — a n d w h a t and leaseholder. might wind up shooting junk of estimate, company spokesman
the riser. The smaller tube will warnings might have been Buzbee said one of his clients all shapes and sizes to plug the Mark Proegler said Thursday.
be surrounded by a stopper to ignored? told him the " Transocean and nooks and crannies into the He said BP hasn't sent down
keep oil from leaking into the "There is some delay in the BP company people got their blowout preventer — a giant equipment that might be able to
sea. BP said it hopes to know by replication of our data, so our heads together," and 40 minutes piece of machinery that's more accurately measure the oil
Friday evening if the tube works operational data, our sequence later gave the green light. allowing some of the oil to because "our focus is on
and can siphon the oil to a of events ends at 3 o'clock in the The attorney said the escape. In the aptly named "junk stopping the leak, not measuring
tanker at the surface. afternoon on the 20th," Steven Halliburton crew members were shot," engineers would shoot it."
Since an April 20 drilling rig Newman, president and CEO of not shown any new test results. pieces of tires, golf balls, As for the missing data, rigs
e x p l o s i o n s e t o f f t h e Transocean Ltd, told a Senate "They said they did their own knotted rope and other items like Deepwater Horizon keep a
catastrophic spill, BP PLC has panel. The rig blew up at 10 tests, and they came out OK," he into it in hopes the right size daily drilling report. It is the
tried several ideas to plug the p.m., killing 11 workers and said. "But with the phantom test stuff makes its way to the version of that report given to
leak that is spewing at least unleashing the gusher. that Transocean and BP appropriate holes. Once the leak Congress that cuts off at 3 p.m.
210,000 gallons of oil into the Houston attorney Tony Buzbee, allegedly did, there was no real is clogged, heavy mud will be The log confirms that three
Gulf a day. The size of the who represents several rig record or real-time recordation poured in. It would then be pressure tests, conducted from
undulating spill was about 3,650 w o r k e r s i n v o l v e d i n t h e of that test." sealed off with cement. the morning to the early
square miles, or the size of accident, questioned whether None of the three companies BP also has sprayed chemicals afternoon of April 20, indicated
Delaware and Rhode Island what he called "the phantom would comment Thursday on on the oil to break it up into unseen underground leakage
combined, said Hans Graber, test" was even performed. whether any data or test results smaller droplets, with about 4 into the well. But there is no
director of the University of "I can just tell you that the were purposely not sent to million gallons of oily water mention of a fourth test that BP
Miami's Center for Southeastern H a l l i b u r t o n h a n d s w e r e shore, or on exactly who made recovered. and Transocean say was
Tropical Advanced Remote scratching their heads," said the final decision to continue the The size of the spill, as conducted and that they say
Sensing. Buzbee, whose clients include operations that day. measured from satellites, seems indicated it was safe to proceed.
In the fateful hours before the one of the Halliburton crew Five thousand feet under the to have grown about 50 percent In the hours leading up to the
Deepwater Horizon exploded m e m b e r s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r sea, the effort to thread the from May 10 to late Thursday, explosion, workers finished
about 50 miles off the Louisiana cementing the well to prepare smaller tube into the larger pipe said Graber from the University pumping cement into the
s h o r e , a s a f e t y t e s t w a s for moving the drilling rig to began overnight. But the of Miami. exploratory well to bolster and
supposedly performed to detect another site. crushing depth requires "There's a hell of a lot coming seal it against leaks until a later
if explosive gas was leaking Details of a likely blowout engineers to work slowly and out," Graber said of the oil. TRIES page 13
from the mile-deep well. scenario emerged this week for carefully, BP spokesman John The estimate of 210,000 gallons
E-reader News Edition Top News/ 11

Japan leader is poll victim after fashion faux pas (The

Newsroom)
(Yahoo! News: Most Viewed) isn't Hatoyama's first fashion Hillary Clinton: During the
Submitted at 5/13/2010 9:26:03 PM offense — he once wore a pink 2008 campaign, the then-senator
blazer over a shirt emblazoned from New York got roundly
T h r o u g h o u t h i s t o r y , t h e with hearts. You can see it in a criticized for her pantsuit-heavy
shortcomings of political leaders Huffington Post slide show of wardrobe. "Project Runway"
have been a depressing litany: Hatoyama fashion.) fashion dean Tim Gunn went so
c o r r u p t i o n i n o f f i c e , s e x "This shirt comes from the '80s far as to suggest that the
scandals, verbal gaffes and the or '90s," said Konishi. "His candidate was "confused about
like. But it's rare for a politician ideas and philosophy are old. what her gender is" — an
to fall out of favor over fashion Japan is facing a crisis, and we arguably unfair shot at a female
sense (or lack thereof). can't overcome it with a prime political icon who has suffered
Yet that seems to be the fate minister like this. A fashion intense fashion scrutiny going
that history has singled out for designer like me can wear this, back to her tenure as first lady.
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio but not the leader of Japan." In Michael Dukakis: During the
H a t o y a m a . T r u e , t h e another interview, Konishi homestretch of the 1988 general
beleaguered leader was already wondered, "Is anyone able to election, Massachusetts Gov.
struggling in the polls, but his stop him wearing such a thing?" Michael Dukakis staged a photo
popularity has taken a nose dive While it's rare for a leader like -op atop a tank, sporting an
since his appearance in public Hatoyama to catch serious heat oversized helmet. Dukakis, an
wearing a shirt that one U.S. over an outfit, it certainly isn't Army veteran, hoped that the
fashion blogger described as "an unprecedented. In fact, several image would counter
item last seen whooping it up on leading American politicians Republican claims that he was
the Arsenio Hall show." Behold have also suffered fallout in the soft on defense issues. It didn't,
AFP's photo of the shirt here — ever-delicate matter of dressing to put the matter mildly — in
if you dare: to impress the voting public. fact,"Dukakis in the tank" is
H a t o y a m a w o r e t h e We've rounded up some of the now a shorthand term in
multicolored monstrosity to a more notable cases (and couldn't Washington circles for political
recent barbecue with voters. As resist adding Kim Jong-il); the PR disasters.
CNN reports, the event was a background on the missteps is wool cardigan. issued strict executive dictates Barack Obama: When throwing
tragically misguided effort on below. Kim Jong-il: The communist on the proper length of hair for out the ceremonial first pitch at
Hatoyama's part to connect with Click on the photo to see a slide dictator of North Korea has male and female citizens alike. the 2009 Major League Baseball
the ordinary voter. His approval show proving that politics and taken many shots in the Western John Kerry: Kerry being All-Star game, the president
rating has dropped 9 points fashion definitely don't mix press for his hairstyle and photographed windsurfing in the wore what many termed "mom
since. AP glasses — most notably in the Atlantic at the height of the jeans." The high-waisted jeans
Japanese fashion critic Don Jimmy Carter: Trying to Matt Stone and Trey Parker 2004 presidential campaign style was lampooned in a
Konishi told CNN that the dramatize the need to scale back animated puppet film " Team provided late night comedians "Saturday Night Live" skit, but
fashion misfire shows that consumption habits during the America: World Police." But as with plenty of ammunition, not the president defended his
Hatoyama is way out of touch energy crisis, Carter gave a a nonelected leader, Kim has to mention helping the Bush choice:"They're comfortable."
with the lives of everyday s p e e c h t o t h e n a t i o n o n suffered no political for his campaign to portray him as an
citizens. (Konishi also notes this conservation wearing a beige fashion sense; indeed, he has elitist. JAPAN page 12
12 Top News/ E-reader News Edition

Underground broker network a bane in terror probes (AP)

(Yahoo! News: Most Viewed) funds to Shahzad but may not money." the other direction. the system here, despite tough
Submitted at 5/14/2010 8:22:37 AM have known how the money But because the dealers operate Occasionally, the two brokers penalties for those who have
would be spent. The three have informally, outside of will need to balance their books broken the law.
NEW YORK – Long before been arrested on immigration regulation, they are also a by making an actual cash In one New York case, the
there was MoneyGram and violations. hindrance to law enforcement transfer, if more money is Yemeni-born owner of a
Western Union, people in South In Washington, a senior agents trying to investigate the needed one way than the other. Brooklyn ice cream shop was
Asian countries often used an military official said Pakistani flow of illicit dollars across For a U.S. immigrant of modest sentenced to 15 years in prison
informal network of brokers, authorities had arrested a man international borders. means, the system has great for transferring nearly $22
called an "hawala," to transfer claiming to be an accomplice of "You are able to send money advantages. You don't need to million overseas. One of his
money over long distances when Shahzad. The official was quickly and effectively under have a bank account. There are customers was Sheik
it was too inconvenient or unable to say what information the radar without going through no forms to fill out. It is faster Mohammed Ali Hassan al-
dangerous to send cash by the suspect may have provided. the formal banking system," and cheaper than using an Moayad, a Yemeni cleric
courier. The official spoke on condition Levitt said. official money transfer service. convicted of conspiring to aid al
Today, the centuries-old system o f a n o n y m i t y t o d i s c u s s The networks operate like this: Plus, the whole system is built -Qaida.
still exists and is used to move i n t e l l i g e n c e m a t t e r s . A person who wishes to send on trust. In the U.S., the brokers This week in Manhattan federal
billions of dollars annually in While most money transfers cash abroad visits a broker, who are often small businessmen court, Iranian-born business
a n d o u t o f c o u n t r i e s l i k e made through these hawaladars, takes the money plus a fee of who see themselves as consultant Mahmoud Reza
Pakistan, Afghanistan and or brokers, are benign, the around 5 percent. The broker performing a public service for Banki is on trial for allegedly
Somalia— often to the chagrin system is also routinely used by then contacts a counterpart in their countrymen. violating a U.S. trade embargo
of U.S. law enforcement. drug smugglers, terrorists, and the country where the money is For these reasons, U.S. against Iran. Authorities say he
A federal law enforcement other criminals who want to going and relays instructions on authorities have had a difficult used a hawala to illegally move
official told The Associated move money without leaving a how much is being sent and to time shutting the networks more than $3 million to Iran.
Press that terror suspect Faisal paper trail. whom. Within a day or two, the down. His defense attorney says he
Shahzad is believed to have "Hawalas are not themselves recipient gets a cash delivery, Operating an unlicensed money was just trying to help out his
tapped into such a network to nefarious," said Matthew Levitt, typically in local currency. remitter in the U.S. is a crime, family.
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production phase. After the tests
that indicated leakage, workers
debated the next step and
eventually decided to resume
work, for reasons that remain
unclear.
At the same time, heavy drilling
fluid— or mud — was being
pumped out of a pipe rising to
the surface from the wellhead,
further whittling the well's
defenses. It was replaced with
lighter seawater in preparation
for dropping a final blob of
cement into the well as a
temporary plug for the pipe.
When underground gas surged
up uncontrollably through the
well, desperate rig workers tried
to cap it with a set of supersized
emergency cutoff valves known
No bomb as New York vehicle scare ends
(Reuters: Top News)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 6:20:51 AM
NEW YORK(Reuters) - New
York City police cleared several
blocks near downtown Union
Square late Thursday and early
Friday to investigate a
suspicious vehicle but reopened
streets a few hours later, saying
the car had posed no danger.
U.S.
Local news reports said what
appeared to be two gasoline
canisters were spotted in the
back seat of a car on Irving
Place, spurring a call to the city
bomb squad to investigate.
But police gave the "all clear"
as a blowout preventer.
However, the device was
leaking hydraulic fluid and
missing at least one battery, and
one of its valves had been
swapped with a useless testing
part.
Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa,
said the lack of offsite data
storage is something he intends
to look into further.
"I'm sure we'll be taking action
to follow up with those
requirements," he said.
"Because it's critical information
that would give rise to
understanding of what happened
and why more wasn't done to
shut off the flow of oil and
prevent this from happening."
___
signal early on Friday after
locating the owner of the car,
identified as a 1991 Oldsmobile
Cutlass, and determining there
was no danger.
A police captain on the scene,
who declined to give his name,
said there was no bomb, "just
someone who did something
they didn't know was wrong."
A Reuters editor attending a
concert at the Filmore on Irving
Place on Thursday evening said
police directed everyone out the
back door to 15th Street and
patrons were not allowed to
leave through the front door on
Irving Place.
During the height of the scare,
Associated Press writers Jeffrey
Collins in Hammond, La., Jeff
Donn in Boston, Chris Kahn in
New York, Justin Pritchard in
Los Angeles, Garance Burke in
Fresno, Calif., and Fred
Frommer and Seth Borenstein in
Washington also contributed to
this report.
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square blocks between Union
Square east and Irving Place,
witnesses said. They also
evacuated some buildings.
The car may have sparked
special concern because it was
parked directly in front of the
headquarters of the electric
utility Con Edison.
The city has been on alert since
a crude car bomb was
discovered in Times Square on
May 1, leading to the arrest of a
Pakistani-American two days
later. Faisal Shahzad, 30, has
been charged with attempting to
use a weapon of mass
destruction and trying to kill and
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Thai troops battle protesters as crisis deepens

(Reuters: Top News) buildings. premier Thaksin Shinawatra, a several days. political risk consultancy said.
Submitted at 5/14/2010 8:26:07 AM Five people have been killed graft-convicted populist The cost of insuring Thai debt "But it will not end the
and at least 72 were wounded, billionaire ousted in a 2006 coup jumped and Thai bond yields polarization that has led to the
BANGKOK(Reuters) - Thai including three journalists, since for abuse of power and alleged fell to a nine-month low as current instability -- ensuring
troops opened fire on rioting the fighting erupted Thursday disloyalty to the revered investors rushed to the relative that the pressure from the red
anti-government demonstrators night, according to hospitals and monarchy. safety of government debt. shirts will persist and that
on Friday in an attempt to throw witnesses. They chafe at what they say is Five-year Thai credit default political volatility will remain a
a security cordon around their A Bangkok-based Canadian an unelected elite preventing swaps, used to hedge against persistent problem for Thailand
protest site, turning Bangkok's journalist working for France 24 allies of twice-elected Thaksin debt default, widened by more for the foreseeable future."
commercial district into a television station suffered from returning to power through than 30 basis points -- the It is unclear who shot the
bloody battlefield. multiple gun shot wounds but a vote and had sought biggest jump in 15 months -- to renegade major-general who has
World| Thailand was in stable condition. Two immediate elections. They say 142 basis points. been in charge of security for
Troops fired tear gas, rubber Thai journalists were also shot. the British-born, Oxford- RIOTING NEAR EMBASSIES thousands of protesters
bullets and live rounds at the The army said it did not plan a educated Abhisit lacks a popular In clashes during the day, occupying a 3 sq-km (1.2 sq-
protesters who hurled petrol crackdown on Friday on the mandate after coming to power protesters set fire to a police bus mile) stretch of central Bangkok
bombs and launched home- m a i n p r o t e s t s i t e w h e r e in a parliamentary vote in 2008. and truck, a motorbike and tires since April 3.
m a d e r o c k e t s o n r o a d s thousands of the red-shirted Underlining concerns that some as they retreated down a road Khattiya Sawasdipol, a
surrounding an area of luxury demonstrators, including women members of security forces may lined with office towers, hotels, suspended army specialist better
hotels and shopping malls they and children, have gathered, be sympathetic toward the red the U.S. ambassador's home and known as "Seh Daeng"
have occupied for nearly six protected by medieval-like walls shirts, a Thai policeman fired several embassies, which were (Commander Red), was shot in
weeks, witnesses said. made from tires and wooden bullets at soldiers while giving closed and evacuated. the head, apparently by a sniper,
By nightfall, at least five loud staves soaked in kerosene and cover to a wounded protester, a Sporadic bursts of gunfire and while talking to reporters on
blasts were heard followed by topped by razor wire. Reuters witness said. A police grenade blasts have been heard Thursday evening.
bursts of automatic gunfire in "We will allow protesters to spokesman denied that. throughout the day. Television He underwent brain surgery and
the business district. Armored leave the area today," army The two months of protests showed footage of a mob of was in critical condition.
personnel carriers were seen s p o k e s m a n Sansern have spiraled into a crisis which protesters beating a soldier. He had been branded a terrorist
arriving in the area. Kaewkamnerd told reporters, has killed 31 people, wounded The latest violence followed by the Thai government, which
The fresh wave of violence adding that authorities were more than 1,400 wounded, tough security measures accused him of involvement in
follows an assassination attempt attempting to seal off the paralyzed parts of Bangkok, imposed on Thursday evening to dozens of grenade attacks but
on Thursday on a renegade encampment, cut off their scared off investors and reclaim Bangkok's commercial denied it was responsible for the
general who had been advising supplies and limit the crowd squeezed the economy. district after the collapse of a shooting.
the protesters and was critically size. Thousands of protesters reconciliation plan proposed last But recently he was equally
wounded during an interview POOR VS ELITE remained defiant, singing along week by Prime Minister Abhisit critical of some protest leaders,
with foreign reporters outside The turbulence adds to a five- to live music on stage and Vejjajiva. accusing them of embracing
the barricaded encampment. year crisis that pits the royalist calling for Abhisit to dissolve Abhisit is under enormous Abhisit's "reconciliation" plan
As night fell, heavily armed urban elite who back Prime parliament immediately. pressure to end the protests, which unraveled after protesters
t r o o p s r o a m e d B a n g k o k ' s Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva "Abhisit must take political which began with festive rallies refused to leave the streets.
e v a c u a t e d b u s i n e s s a n d against the rural and urban poor responsibility. Otherwise, there on March 12 and descended into His shooting sparked half a
commercial districts, w h o say they are will be more chaos," one leader, Thailand's deadliest political dozen confrontations overnight
skirmishing with protesters at disenfranchised in a country Nattawut Saikua, told Reuters. violence in 18 years. between rock-throwing
several intersections as gun fire with one of Asia's widest Some protest leaders, including The Thai government stands a protesters and armed security
and explosions echoed across income disparities. the movement's chairman, have good chance of clearing the THAI page 15
office towers and apartment They broadly support former not been seen at the site for streets, the Eurasia Group
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BP stock closed up 1.1 percent
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Federal authorities said more
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A U.S. Senate committee
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Live: violent stand-off in heart of Thai capital

(World News from Times experience you can find in his wrist, which has multiple Thousands of troops have stage. (TNN)"
Online) Thailand" fractures. The doctors say his circled the encampment, armed 12.28
Submitted at 5/14/2010 4:31:52 AM 2.07pm condition is now stable but that to the teeth. An army Tulsathit is tweeting for The
Andrew Chant has told Sky he was gravely wounded." spokesman, Samsern Nation newspaper in Thailand.
2.25pm news that it is "all-out war" Mr Payen said that he had been Kaewkamnerd, told Thai media He also has good photos in
From Bangkok Sian Powell between the militant black- told that Mr Rand had been hit that the site would not be Twitpic
sends us the latest shirted wing of the Red Shirt by three rounds from an M16- retaken tonight, but this He reports that Bankok's lavish
The usually congested streets of protesters and the Army. type assault rifle of the sort reassurance has done little to shopping centre The Emporium
B a n g k o k a r e e e r i l y q u i e t He said that the camp, which is issued to the Thai army troops calm nerves. Sporadic fighting will be closed from 6.30pm
tonight, with military and quickly piling up with rubbish, deployed in Bangkok. has continued through the day, today.
police blockades diverting has large numbers of women, Bernard Valero, a spokesman and the protesters expect a big "I'm seeing Reds on motorcycles
traffic through the city, and children and elderly living there. for the French Foreign Ministry, push when night falls. confronting troops at Sua Phlu.
impatiently waving on any 2.01pm said that Paris “deplored the Meanwhile, speeches amplified Rubber bullets fired. Rockets
motorists who dare argue. Reuters are reporting that a incident” and that diplomats in by massive speakers echo fired in retaliation"
The streets are so car-free that Bangkok medical centre has Bangkok were following events through the encampment, where 12.17
one northern thoroughfare has dealt with 45 wounded. closely. rubbish is beginning to pile up Florian Witulski twitters from
become an impromptu soccer 13.47pm 1.02pm in unsightly heaps since refuse Bangkok:
pitch, where small boys are More from AFP on the Sian Powell, at the scene in collection is not longer a daily "guy was shot five meters next
kicking a ball around. Helmeted Candadian journalist wounded Bangkok, sends us this from the occurence. A middle-aged to me 10mins ago... real bullet"
soldiers and police officers in today. encampment where thousands woman begins to cry as she "he got shot in through the knee,
riot gear stand at the ready, in A Canadian television of troops are circling: looks up from under a tarpaulin ambulance got him now"
some cases behind sand-bagged c a m e r a m a n , o n e o f t h r e e As dusk falls in Bangkok, shelter, and then busies herself 12.07
barricades. journalists hurt Friday during tension has mounted in the Red with the evening meal. Unconfirmed report from
The elevated metro rail has clashes in Bangkok, was hit by Shirt protest site in central 12.50 Twitter
closed down, as has the subway. three bullets from a military Bangkok. At the eastern AFP report that the death toll "Car with gas canister bomb
Queues of frustrated commuters assault rifle and “gravely Ploenchit end of the has now risen to three since last explodes on Ramintra 34 Road,
line the streets, and the ever- wounded”, according to his encampment, a clutch of night, according to hospital no initial casualty report /via
present hordes of motorcycle employer. volunteer guards stood just officials. MCOT http://www.mcot.net/"
taxis have been doing a roaring Nelson Rand, a veteran reporter inside the massive bamboo 12.39 12.02
trade. who was covering fighting barricade, waving over every Florian Witulski tweets: This timeline sets out the main
2.15pm between troops and protesters motorbike rider for a "bomb exploded inside red flash points in the crisis which
The AFP is reporting that five for the France 24 news channel, comprehensive search. Inside fortress... total chaos at red has been deepening over the
people have died in today's i s b e i n g t r e a t e d i n preparations are under way for Side" last two months.
violence, according to an Chulalongkorn hospital in the dinner, with food vendors 12.37 11.56am
u p d a t e d t o l l f r o m l o c a l Thai capital after he was shot. readying their offerings and the From the twitterers at The Nelson Rand is the journalist
hospitals. “I’ve just come out of the free food provided by the protest Nation newspaper in Bangkok. for France 24 who was shot
The official Erawan emergency hospital where I spoke to the movement nearly ready for They say loud bangs have been today. According to this
centre said 46 people were also surgeon,” Mr Rand’s colleague, consumption. heard at the Rajprasong stage twitterer, he is being treated for
wounded. Cyril Payen, said in a live As the toll of injured and dead where protesters are gathered. injuries to the wrist, abdomen
2.13pm France 24 report. rises the Red Shirt leaders have "Urgent: Loud bangs have been and foot.
Idongphoto posts this picture of “It has been confirmed he was asked the Thai Government for heard at Rajprasong stage. 11.50
a soldier on Twitter. The poster hit by three bullets. One hit his a ceasefire, but they know their Leaders asked protesters to LIVE: page 18
behind him reads "The only new leg, one his torso and another request is unlikely to be met. duck while the leaders left the
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Garrett Gray tweets from the
scene:
"A lot of gunfire AGAIN here
near Rangnam Rajaprasong
intersection."
"Many people are standing
outside literally only 20m on the
other side of the wire facing the
troops."
"So, not only has the Army
failed to control the perimeter of
the rally site, their actions have
led to an EXTENTION of the
danger area. Hmmm."
11.45am
Sian Powell sends this update
from the scene.
One protester was killed and at
least 20 were injured as tensions
flared in Bangkok today. The
barricades along the edge of the
anti-government protest site in
central Bangkok were set alight
near the southern end of the
encampment, where a hail of
bullets had peppered protesters
for most of the morning. At
least one western journalist and
one Thai photographer were
shot and wounded, possibly by
snipers.
As the bad news flew around
the encampment, which
stretches for 3 square
kilometres in the heart of
Bangkok's retail district,
protesters readied their
weapons and prepared for the
worst. At the central stage on
Ratchaprasong intersection, a
Red Shirt protester handed out
large plastic bags to use if the
site was bombarded with teargas
canisters. Still, a young woman
kept belting out folk songs from
the central stage and the food
vendors continued barbecuing
squid and preparing coconut
juice.
The protesters are braced for an
all-out assault tonight yet,
although the fear in the air is
sometimes palpable, it remains
rare to see individuals packing
to leave.
11.32
Red Shirt leaders called the
stand-off a “civil war”. Nattawut
Saikuar, a leading Red Shirt,
told AFP that Prime Minister
Abhisit Vejjajiva had “already
started a civil war”.
“We urgently demand the
government withdraw the
military and stop all violence,”
he said.
“I don’t know how we can
survive tonight if Abhisit does
not agree to a ceasefire. We
hope that Abhisit does not want
war.”
He insisted that protesters
would stand their ground to
force the premier to dissolve
the lower House of Parliament
and step down.
11.20am
Richard Lloyd Parry, Asia
Editor of The Times, has done a
useful Q&A on the background
and probable next steps in the
confrontation.
11.16am
Two people have been killed
and at least 20 wounded,
including three journalists,
since the fighting erupted last
night, according to hospitals
and witnesses. Other reports put
the death toll at one 32-year-old
Thai man.
11.04am
Alastair Leithead, in Bangkok
for the BBC, is tweeting.
"Young nervous soldiers
looking very scared firing live
rounds. Took out street light.
No indication of injuries, if any,
from last gunfire."
11.01am
A loud explosion has been
heard near Bangkok's business
district, according to Reuters.
10.30am
Sian Powell is in the heart of
the 3km sq Red Shirt
encampment in the main
upmarket shopping district and
will be sending us updates from
the scene.
Earlier today I was in Lumpini
Park where missiles and bullets
were arriving overhead. It's
very difficult to tell the
difference between bullets and
fire crackers but the people I
was down there with assured me
there were bullets being fired.
The Army has also been using
rubber bullets, but one man was
shot in the face with a rubber
bullet yesterday and was
killed."
Three journalists have been
injured in the clashes, she says.
One who it is believed used to
work for the English-language
newspaper The Nation was
apparently shot in the chest.
The Red Shirt encampment is
surrounded with barricades
made from sharpened bamboo
stakes and they have trucks to
prevent the military getting in.
There are several thousand Red
Shirts inside the barricades,
sleeping, eating and listening to
their leaders making speeches
from the stage. There is plenty
of water and stockpiled food.
The Government's threat to cut
off water will only succeed up
to a certain point. But rubbish is
piling up.
10.10am
Mr Thaksin set out his hopes
for Thailand in an exclusive
interview with The Times last
year
10.02am
Reports from AFP that ousted
Prime Minister Thaksin
Shinawatra has urged the
current Thai PM to pull back
troops and restart negotiations
with the protesters.
9.47am
Volleys of gunfire sent
residents fleeing in panic earlier
today near the Suan Lum Night
Bazaar, popular with tourists,
while protesters set fire to an
empty police bus and vandalised
army vehicles and water cannon.
9.42am
CNN reports that the Thai
army deny shooting at the
renegade general Major
General Khattiya Sawasdipol
yesterday. His condition is said
to be critical and reports say his
prospects for survival are slim.
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9.32am
Businessweek has this on the
fall of the Baht because of the
increased death toll in
Bangkok.
Overseas investors sold more
Thai equities than they
purchased every day this
month, offloading a net $665
million as of yesterday,
according to stock exchange
data.
9.28am
This is the latest travel advice
from the Foreign Office on
travel to Thailand. It comes
after the British Embassy in
Bangkok closed because of the
danger in the Ratchaprasong
area.
9.22am
Despite the tear gas and gun
fire from Thai troops earlier
today the army, according to
AFP, the army say they have
"no plan" to clear the protesters'
main site in the heart of
Bangkok's financial district
today.
9.14am
Here's a quick briefing on the
Red Shirts
Who are the Red Shirts?
United Front for Democracy
against Dictatorship (UDD)
Roots
Mainly the rural poor and urban
working class
Beliefs
Most support Thaksin
Shinawatra, the deposed Prime
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Minister and former owner of
Manchester City. The UDD
believes the 2006 coup against
him, his conviction in absentia
for corruption and the
dissolution of his Thai Rak
Thai party, later the People's
Power Party (PPP), were
masterminded by royal
advisers, generals and
aristocrats.
Leaders
Among them are Jatuporn
Prompan, the UDD chairman
Veera Musikapong, the UDD
speaker Nattawut Saikua,
Arisman Pongruangrong and
Kwanchai Praipanna.
9.12am
Journalist Andrew Chant told
Sky News that the situation in
Bangkok was becoming “more
extreme,” as troops were
advancing on the main Red Shirt
camp.
He said, “In the last hour, we
have had many people pretty
much evacuated from the area.
“Some people are coming into
work, not aware of how bad the
situation is, and people in
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area as quickly as they can
while this army operation is
proceeding.”
9.08am
There are reports that a Thai
photographer has also been
wounded in gun fire.
9am
A Canadian journalist has been
shot in the leg, according to
AFP. He was working for
France 24 television channel
“He was hit in the leg while he
was covering the clashes near
the Suan Lum Night Bazaar.
Shots were fired,” Cyril Payen
another correspondent with the
channel in Bangkok, told AFP.
“He was taken to hospital."
8.56am
We're hearing from Reuters that
a Thai policeman has opened
fire on troops.
The policeman stood in front of
the Lumpini police station and
fired a handgun towards troops
trying to seal off the area
leading to an encampment
occupied by the demonstrators.
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violence.
8.55am
The AFP news agency is
reporting that the military
operation to clear the area
occupied by protesters is aimed
at putting pressure on the Red
Shirt leaders to return to
negotiations, according to the
country's defence minister
General Prawit Wongsuwon. At
least one person has been killed
and 11 people wounded since
violence broke out last night,
but that toll was expected to
rise.
8.50am
The two-month protest in
Thailand turned violent as the
government laid seige
yesterday to the Red Shirts
encampment in the centre of the
capital. Sian Powell, our
woman in Bangkok, has this
report in today's Times about
the conflict. 30 people have
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been killed since the
demonstrations began on April
12.
The Red Shirts are
demonstrating against the
government of Abhisit Vejjajiva
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help of the military. They want
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the exiled PM Thaksin
Shinawatra who was ousted in
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compromise, including the offer
of elections in November, now
appear to have fallen apart and
the stand off seems to be
entering an end game.
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April 10 Military and police
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attacks and explosions outside
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their camp in an historic area of May 10 Red Shirts say that they Online)
March 12 Red Shirt protesters, Bangkok. Clashes between accept Mr Abhisit’s election full alert, he started circling me.
mainly rural poor who call troops and Red Shirts result in proposal but will not end their Submitted at 5/14/2010 1:33:01 AM “There was no doubt about what
themselves “have-nots” and 25 deaths and more than 800 protest unless a top government he wanted, the randy old thing.
“ c o m m o n e r s ” , g a t h e r i n injuries An amorous kangaroo looking It was a huge kangaroo and
official faces criminal charges
Bangkok in a bid to drive out for love has been stalking quite intimidating.”
April 15-18 Red Shirts May 12 The Government
P r i m e M i n i s t e r A b h i s i t consolidate their protests in women in Australia’s Top End. The woman said that she tried
withdraws its election offer and
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turns to siege tactics after
legitimate leader having come shopping and tourism district, have received reports of a lustful show him I wasn’t interested,
protesters refuse to disperse,
to power unelected with the aid constructing a barricade around kangaroo hanging around a but he was persistent”. He
announcing that the Army will
of the military. Many are their encampments walking track at the Honeymoon eventually bounded off when
cut off supplies of water, food
supporters of former PM Ranges, near the township of other walkers approached.
April 22 Grenade attacks and electricity to the protest
Thaksin Shinawatra, who was a g a i n s t a n a n t i - R e d S h i r t Tennant Creek, popular with Later that day a mother of three
zone
exiled in a bloodless military gathering kill 1 person and bushwalkers and joggers. encountered the kangaroo at a
May 13 Major-General
coup in 2006, and want his wound 75 One woman recounted her night-time speedway meeting,
Khattiya Sawasdipol, a renegade
return and fresh elections terror when the kangaroo, which while a man said that he
April 28 Troops clash with Red army officer who aided the Red
March 16-17 Protesters hurl S h i r t s o n a n e x p r e s s w a y , she said was obviously aroused, challenged the intimidating
Shirts, is shot in the head while
containers filled with their own blocking their efforts to take the followed her as she went for a macropod and came off second
talking to reporters in
blood into the government demonstrations into the suburbs. morning walk along a bike best, receiving a swift punch in
downtown Bangkok, triggering
compound of the Prime Minister One soldier dies as a multi-lane track. response.
more clashes that kill one person
March 28 Mr Abhisit meets highway is transformed into a Realising that she was being Northern Territory police said
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Q&A: what does the crisis mean for TUAW's Daily App:
Thailand? Crazy Test
(World News from Times closing shops and businesses, spread to areas of Bangkok Mike Schramm (The Unofficial humor. The app has quite a bit
Online) they are disrupting Bangkok’s popular with tourists, and there Apple Weblog (TUAW)) of silly, nonsensical violence
Submitted at 5/14/2010 6:00:00 AM Skytrain, an arterial transport is potential unrest in other parts Submitted at 5/14/2010 8:00:00 AM and various bathroom-related
link in a city afflicted with of the country, particularly the jokes. There's nothing you
What do the latest shootings paralysing traffic jams. north. Anyone visiting Bangkok Filed under: iPhone couldn't see on TV these days,
mean for the crisis in Thailand? What effect is it having on should stay well away from the Some of the best apps are born but if you're easily offended by
They show that, having lost Thailand’s economy and tourist protests. from the wackiest ideas, and childish jokes, steer clear
their confidence after a botched industry? Does this latest violence mean while Crazy Test probably isn't ( T a c t i l e ' s D e n m a r k - b a s e d
assault that killed 25 people last At the moment it is that the conflict is reaching its one of the best apps on the App European sensibilities probably
month, the Thai security forces incalculable, but the economic crisis? Store, it is a wacky idea. Tactile p l a y a f a c t o r a s w e l l ) .
are once again prepared to use cost will be great and lasting. Thailand’s divisions have Entertainment has been working Otherwise, Crazy Test is an
deadly force to clear anti- Bangkok’s central shopping and become so deep and gaping that on their Pocket Creatures title, amusing time. While it seems
g o v e r n m e n t R e d S h i r t business district — a zone of even if this particular protest is b u t w h i l e g o o f i n g o f f ( I like there might not be too much
protesters. After the collapse of department stores, hotels and dispersed, there will certainly be suppose), they've put together variety at first, the mini games
negotiations this week it now offices, the equivalent of Oxford future protests to come. Even if this WarioWare-inspired bit of eventually start showing off new
seems likely that any resolution Street and Regent Street in the Red Shirts get what they silliness. Basically, Crazy Test wrinkles the more you play with
of the conflict will be violent. London — has been closed for want — a snap election and a consists of a series of absurd them. It's not for everybody, but
What will happen next? weeks. Thailand’s image as a government more representative mini games; some of them have if you enjoy a little absurdity
The security forces will safe and peaceful tourist of the Thai majority — there are you swiping the touchscreen in with your iPhone gaming, you'll
probably move to drive out the destination is being gravely likely to be new protests by their various ways, some of them find it's well worth the buck.
protesters by force. In the past, t a r n i s h e d . T h e B r i t i s h enemies, the Yellow Shirts. have you tapping in certain TUAW TUAW's Daily App:
spikes in violence have been Government’s travel advice is to Five Filters featured article: places, and some even have you Crazy Test originally appeared
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But the protests are having an unless essential. Ministerial - The 2010 UK touch. Each "test" gives you a Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 14
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Europe Is Crashing
Gregory White (The Money
Game)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 8:55:00 AM
Last weekend's massive
European bailout was supposed
to fix everything, right? Well it
doesn't look like it today, with
markets across Europe getting
decimated by further concerns
over the euro's future.
The German DAX is down
around 1.9%, the French CAC
down nearly 3.5%, and the UK
U.S. indices are also charting Spain's IBEX, down 5.2%
lower, DOW down 1.55%, S&P Portugal's PSI, down 3.7%
500 1.83%, and NASDAQ Join the conversation about this
2.17%. story »
The fall is most obvious in the
FTSE down 2.4%. PIGGS countries.
Italy's MIB, down nearly 5.2%
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Adobe co-founder: 'We never abandoned Apple'

(CNET News.com) change our strategy and to all? occur over the next six to 12
Submitted at 5/14/2010 8:33:30 AM inform the rest of the CG: Not really. I mean there months, it's going to be huge.
community of what the pluses may be certain features in That's a much bigger
A couple of weeks ago, Apple a n d m i n u s e s a r e o f n o t decide. But I will tell you that certain environments that you'll population, and we're just
CEO Steve Jobs published supporting Flash on the iPhone the Flash version we're coming want to do customization for, focusing on making our
"Thoughts on Flash," a 1,671- and the iPad. out with now--where, for the but the more you go down that technology operate as
word execration of Adobe Our customers, a large first time with the Mac platform, road, the more you get the effectively and efficiently as
Systems' Flash platform. percentage of them, are the we can actually get to the lower- experience of HTML on the possible for it.
On Thursday, Adobe co- p e o p l e w h o g e n e r a t e a n d level interfaces--is going to run Web, where the kind of browser, JP: In his "Thoughts on Flash"
founders and co-chairmen distribute information and like the wind. And the same is hardware and OS you use essay, Jobs accused Adobe of
C h u c k G e s c h k e a n d J o h n content, and for them they have true on Windows. determines what your abandoning Apple. "Apple went
Warnock followed suit with one production stream that they JP: Shouldn't Apple have the experience. That's because through its near death
some thoughts of their own. use to do that and they've gotten right to define the means by HTML is not well codified and experience, and Adobe was
Their eight-paragraph essay, " used to the fact that we've which apps for its own platform standardized and people sort of drawn to the corporate market
O u r T h o u g h t s O n O p e n worked very hard to open up the can be written? roll their own. with their Acrobat products," he
Markets," mentions Apple only standards that we support so that CG: They absolutely have the JP: How much of Adobe's wrote. Is Job's implication here
once. But when it does, it is to we can offer them ubiquity of right. No one says they don't. revenue comes from Flash? a fair one?
lambaste the company for its output on all kinds of platforms. JP: Cross-platform mobile apps CG: I would share that number CG: We never abandoned
position on Flash, a position the So the fact that Apple is tend not to take advantage of if we disclose it, but I'm not sure Apple. Apple now seems to be
two claim "could undermine this precluding that puts them in a native features unique to each that we do. It isn't a huge abandoning at least one aspect
next chapter of the Web--the tough position because it means device. What do you have to say amount of revenue, but it is an of our product line right now.
chapter in which mobile devices that they're going to have to about complaints that write-once extremely popular platform that No, we never abandoned them.
outnumber computers, any create that content twice, and -run-anywhere software results a l l o f o u r a p p s h a v e t h e We've always ported our apps
individual can be a publisher, that's not very productive. It's in subpar apps? opportunity to exploit when it's simultaneously to both
a n d c o n t e n t i s a c c e s s e d certainly more expensive than CG: Well, people don't say that distributed everywhere. Flash platforms. There have been
anywhere and at any time." what they do today. And as you about Photoshop. They certainly tools aren't the largest piece of times when Apple has changed
I s p o k e t o G e s c h k e o n know, the content industry is an don't say it about Acrobat....I'm o u r b u s i n e s s , b u t i t ' s a its strategy on hardware or on
Thursday afternoon about the industry under a lot of cost a little confused about what the significant one and obviously operating systems that didn't
pair's letter, Adobe's new "We pressure these days. real examples of that are. If we feel it's extremely important meet our product cycle, so there
heart Apple" ad campaign, and JP: Both Apple and Microsoft there's a problem with the to our customers and partners have been periods of maybe six
Apple's stance on his company's have said publicly now that p e r f o r m a n c e o f F l a s h a s who want to build third-party months where we didn't keep up
software. Below, a transcript of Flash has issues with reliability, demonstrated on the iPhone, it's apps in an environment where with their latest release. But
our conversation. security, and performance. Do because we haven't been able to they can, in fact, put them on a that's our own business model;
John Paczkowski: What is you think those complaints are access the inner layers of variety of devices without we can only afford to re-
Adobe is hoping to get out of legitimate? hardware and software we need having to re-implement them. implement our products at a
t h i s n e w " W e L o v e CG: I think they're old news. to to provide the kind of JP: So could Apple's exclusion certain rate. We have never,
Apple/Freedom of Choice" Go to our Web site and read the performance we can provide on of Flash hurt Adobe sales? ever abandoned Apple and we
campaign? actual facts about Flash. We other platforms. But that's CG: I don't think it will have a don't want to abandon them
Chuck Geschke: We mostly are enumerate the facts about Flash Apple's choice, not ours. And significant effect. As well as today.
u s i n g i t a s a w a y t o there as we see them. [Microsoft now, of course, you can't use it Apple is doing, if you look at JP: Why isn't Flash an open
c o m m u n i c a t e w i t h o u r and Apple] may have a different at all. the number of platforms out in standard?
customers and partners to assure set of facts that they believe are JP: So you don't think write- the market and the number of
once-run-anywhere is limiting at release of new ones that will ADOBE page 26
them that we're not going to accurate. It's up to you to
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Angels in the Valley - The Willamette Valley, Snack Smart:

That Is You Say
Audrey Watters
(ReadWriteWeb)
that he along with his student to-face with potential investors Potato ... Chip
Phil Knight parlayed into the and partners. But part of the WomansDay.com Editors
Submitted at 5/13/2010 11:46:09 PM Nike Corporation. The city benefit to entrepreneurs came (Daily Woman's Day Blog)
boasts the oldest open-air craft from simply watching the
Submitted at 5/13/2010 2:00:00 PM
E a r l i e r t h i s y e a r , market, where roughly 300 pitches, listening to the
ReadWriteWeb ran a series entrepreneurial artisans sell their questions asked of the Potato chips aren't the absolute
"Never Mind the Valley," goods each Saturday. Eugene competitors - questions about healthiest snack but sometimes a
featuring some of the locations has solid tech roots as well. scaling, IP protection, and exit girl needs some crunch! (And
outside of Silicon Valley and the Brøderbund Software, Palo Alto strategies, for example - and after all, eating healthy isn't
Bay Area that are home to Software, and GarageGames Seven startups competed in l i s t e n i n g t o a p a n e l o f about total deprivation!) Many
v i b r a n t e n t r e p r e n e u r i a l were all founded here, and today's contest, each giving 10 entrepreneurs this afternoon of the baked versions just don't
communities. While Oregon's Symantec and Playdom have a minute pitches. Six were chosen speak to some of the common cut it for me and I end up
largest city Portland made the service center and studio here i n a d v a n c e b y t h e a n g e l issues with which they struggle. wanting to eat the real thing
list, the city to the south -- my respectively. investors based on their business "I'll be here next year," was a afterwards. One that I always
hometown -- of Eugene did not. Today's Willamette Angel plans. The seventh was selected phrase I heard repeated a lot. come back to: Kettle-Cooked
But today, RWW co-editor Conference is a joint venture by an audience vote after a short A recent Harvard study found Cape Cod potato chips—the
Marshall Kirkpatrick and I between Eugene and Corvallis, "ignite pitch" round. Based on that angel-backed companies are 40% reduced fat version. I
attended the Willamette Angel h o m e t o O r e g o n S t a t e the investment interests of the m o r e l i k e l y t o s u c c e e d . always buy a small bag—they
Conference here in Eugene, and University - the UO's PAC10 W i l l a m e t t e A n g e l s , t h e According to the report, "Access come in either 100 or 200-
it was a great reminder that and Civil War rival. But despite companies ranged from cancer to capital per se may not be the calorie versions. They're a little
entrepreneurship thrives in s p o r t s r i v a l r i e s a n d a diagnostic software to a small most important value-added that higher in fat (9 grams) than is
m a n y c o m m u n i t i e s . M o r e competition for an investment business e-commerce tool. angel groups bring. Some of the ideal, but I try to go lower in fat
importantly, you needn't head to prize at today's event, the event Those presenting their pitches 'softer' features, such as angels' in other things I eat that day.
"the big city" in order to pursue was thoroughly focused on took questions from a panel of mentoring or business contacts, Another favorite of mine is the
your startup dreams. building a strong and investors as well as from the may help new ventures the popchips. Their sea salt &
Sponsor sustainable local entrepreneurial audience. While only one most." It was good to see the all vinegar flavor is my absolute
Now granted, Eugene, Oregon community. In the words of company walked away with the of this - along with some very favorite.
is no stranger t o John Sechrest, Economic $165,000 investment prize, innovative startups - at work in -Amy Brightfield, Health
entrepreneurship. University of Development DIrector for the arguably everyone benefited my hometown of Eugene. Director
O r e g o n t r a c k c o a c h B i l l Corvallis-Benton Chamber from the event. Photo from Flickr Discuss Five Filters featured article:
Bowerman invented the sole for Coalition: "Buy local. Product Part of this stemmed, of course, The Art of Looking Prime
a running shoe here, something local. Invest local." from the ability to network face- Ministerial - The 2010 UK
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24 Technology/ Culture/
Is IT Showing Insecurities in the Distrust of End Users?
Alex Williams
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 3:18:01 AM
We just looked at the survey
results from a CA sponsored
report about IT's views on cloud
computing and security.
Is it us or does IT seem a bit
threatened by the overwhelming
interest in cloud computing?
Or is IT prudent in their views
that the trends to put everything
in the cloud is security
nightmare waiting to happen?
Sponsor
The CA survey results were
tallied from more than 600 IT
professionals in the U.S. and
more than 200 in Europe. The
gist of the report states that end
users are using cloud computing
services without the okay from
IT. End users are using cloud
computing services with not
enough attention paid to security
and privacy. In essence, end
users are running rogue and the
consequences are dire.
End users are taking advantage
of cloud computing services
because they work. It's the
Wise Words: Don't Let Them Get Under Your Skin
WomansDay.com Editors
(Daily Woman's Day Blog)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 6:30:00 AM
Here's a little bit of inspiration
to make your day fun, fabulous
and full of joy. Today's quote
comes from Rose of
business groups that in many
respects are spurring innovation.
These groups take advantage of
web oriented services as the
alternative can often be an
endless slog through a maze of
IT.
Plus, many of the services are
affordable. Business groups can
expense the cost without
needing to go through an IT
budget cycle.
The report demonstrates IT's
own insecurities about cloud
computing. It reflects the
general distrust that IT harbors
for the people who are making
their own choices about what
services to use.
It seems the argument is more
about consumer IT than
anything else. IT considers it a
security risk. But the concern
also points to the uncertain
climate that is enveloping the IT
establishment.
SaaS services do not require the
level of integration that on-
premise systems do. Security
can be dialed up or down,
depending on the organization
using the service. The result is a
Philadelphia, PA.
When it comes down to it, I let
them think what they want. If
they care
enough to bother with what I
do, I'm already better than them.
-Marilyn
Monroe.
changing role for IT. Security is
increasingly the responsibility of
the SaaS company. In truth there
is tremendous opportunity out of
this.
The smart ones will learn the
skills that come with managing
public cloud infrastructures and
SaaS services. For instance, the
operations costs will be
How do you not let what others
think about you bother you?
Have a favorite quote? Send it
t o u s a t
wdwisewords@gmail.com with
your name, city and state. You
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relative concerns. But it's nuts to
argue that end users are
irresponsible with cloud services
and may be revealing company
trade secrets or health
information. We are sure it
happens but similar types of
breaches have a long history in
the on-premise, IT world.
What's really at risk is IT as we
know it. The IT department is in
danger of becoming irrelevant.
And this trend will continue if
the issue is always about the
dangers of the cloud.
Instead, the focus should be on
learning and trust. Cloud
computing points to an era of
sophisticated IT networks,
managed by smart, open people.
If such an intelligent
environment is not fostered then
s u b s t a n t i a l f o r c o m p a n i e s IT only has itself to blame if it
deploying cloud environments. becomes marginalized and
This is where IT should focus relegated to a back room role.
its effort. IT is needed to Discuss
provide efficiencies and secure
systems that enable the adoption
of cloud computing so a trusted
environment can blossom.
The issues about cloud security
v. on-premise security are
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Microsoft: IE6 is past its expiration date

(CNET News.com) IE's future is looking brighter.
Submitted at 5/14/2010 7:06:59 AM Microsoft has lit a fire under its
IE development team to come
In an Australian marketing back with a strong IE9. One big
campaign, Microsoft is urging selling point of the new
those using Internet Explorer 6 browser, which is available only
to upgrade already. in a developer preview version
"You wouldn't drink nine-year- for now, is support for Web
old milk, so why use a nine-year standards.
-old browser?" asks the Web IE9 is emerging in the midst of
site urging IE6 users to upgrade a highly competive browser
to something closer to the front market, with four primary
of the fridge. competitors: Opera, a small,
The shelf life of software and scrappy company with a long
dairy products is not often history of going up against
considered to be in the same Microsoft; Google, a relatively
range, but leaving that aside, new contender but one with
Microsoft does offer a good serious Web skills and a strong
reason to upgrade: better brand; Apple, with a major
security. incentive to improve browsers
"When Internet Explorer 6 was Microsoft is urging Internet diversity of browsers on the u s e i s t h a t i t ' s b u i l t i n t o as a replacement for Adobe
launched in 2001, it offered Explorer 6 users to upgrade for Internet, but IE6 is a particular Windows XP, which remains in Systems' Flash; and Mozilla,
cutting-edge security--for the b e t t e r s e c u r i t y . ( C r e d i t : problem given its continuing, widespread use. Windows 7-- whose Firefox browser is in
time. Since then, the Internet has S c r e e n s h o t b y S t e p h e n though dwindling, widespread which, unlike in-between Vista, second place after IE.
evolved, and the security S h a n k l a n d / C N E T ) use. is showing signs of catching on- Via IStartedSomething.
features of Internet Explorer 6 IE6 is scorned by technophiles According to research from Net -comes with IE8 built in. Five Filters featured article:
have become outdated," the site not just because of its security Applications, IE6 accounts for Convincing corporations to The Art of Looking Prime
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Patrick Dempsey Doubles Up on Work at Play at the Beach

PopSugar (PopSugar)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 4:00:00 AM
Patrick Dempsey arrived on the
Malibu beach to shoot his latest
Avon commercial on
Wednesday with no signs of the
scruff he was sporting one day
earlier. His family joined him on
the set and he took a break to
check out the waves with one of
his twin sons. The Grey's
Anatomy doc has been keeping
busy with his racing team and
endorsement deals during his
break from the show, but next joins the good-looking cast of
month he'll be back in front of Transformers 3.
the camera shooting a film with View 5 Photos ›
Jessica Biel. Later this Summer
he'll switch gears from playing
the McDreamy role of Mr. Nice
Guy to a dark villain when he
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DNA robots spin gold in molecular continued from page 22

CG: It is. What are you talking during the PC era--for PCs and
factory about?
JP: Flash is proprietary to
mice"?
CG: What do you think an
(CNET News.com) molecules. Adding DNA strands Adobe. It's not Open Source. iPhone is? It's a personal
Submitted at 5/14/2010 7:00:00 AM to the walker and the forklifts Let me rephrase: Why isn't computer.
allows them to move. Flash an open standard overseen JP: One last question. What do
If you thought nanobots might Another study appearing in by an open-standards body? you think of the iPad?
give us cause for concern when Nature featured a programmable CG: As soon as Adobe acquired CG: I think it's a neat thing. I
the singularity occurs, how DNA walker that could start, M a c r o m e d i a , w e o p e n l y personally have no particular
about nanobots made from stop, and turn. Led by Columbia published the SWF format and interest in it; I'd much rather
DNA? U.S. scientists have University biochemist Milan removed the requirement that have a general-purpose
developed microscopic robots Stojanovic, the scientists got the you have a license to use computer. I think there's
composed of DNA that can walker to move down a path 100 it....No, we haven't put Flash out definitely a market for that kind
follow instructions and work n a n o m e t e r s l o n g , a n to a standards body yet as we of product. We certainly know a
together like an assembly line to unprecedented feat. The robot have with PDF and Postscript. lot of people that want to
make products such as particles could follow a complex curve or But I wouldn't be shocked if we produce content for it and a
of gold. a straight line. do someday when it makes large percentage of them are
Is this what our future robot Though random walkers had sense. disappointed that they're going
workers will be made been developed before, the team With the standards that we have to have to do that separately
of?(Credit: Wikimedia made their robot move around built and made open to the from the way they produce
Commons) by manipulating how it interacts entire world, we've tried our content for all the other devices
Reporting in the journal Nature, with the landscape. In effect, best to get them to the point they support.
New York University chemistry chemical commands to "stop," where they're mature enough so Story Copyright (c) 2010
professor Nadrian Seeman and " s t a r t , " o r " t u r n " w e r e that we're not doing design by AllThingsD. All rights reserved.
colleagues describe a tiny DNA programmed into the DNA committee. If you look at the Five Filters featured article:
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The team had produced the first Nature Podcast. "This is very computation tasks or deliver d e v e l o p m e n t .
such DNA walker in 2004, analogous, in my mind, to the agents into specific cells. JP: Any thoughts on Steve Jobs'
knitting together strands of way the chassis of a car rolls by At the least, this would make a claim that "Flash was created
D N A t o f o r m a m o b i l e t h e v a r i o u s r o b o t s i n a n good plot device for a film if it
molecule. With the walker automobile assembly line." hasn't already been done.
working in the nano-factory, the The research takes advantage of Five Filters featured article:
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Pitney Bowes: Business Giant Taps
The Cloud in Shift From Software
Alex Williams
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 5/13/2010 11:04:51 PM
The value of cloud computing
is reaching another giant of the
business world with some help
from WeoGeo, an emerging
geodata service provider.
Pitney Bowes Business Insight
(PBBI) is developing a "Data as
a Service" (DaaS) platform that
it is calling "Project Miami".
The company will use the
WeoGeo platform to offer its
geodata to Pitney Bowes
customers. PBBI will integrate
WeoGeo as a SaaS. Project
Miami will go live in June.
Sponsor
Pitney Bowes sees the cloud a
rich place to serve its data to
clients. But, according to
Ventana Research, it took some
time to get there. It's a new
initiative came to lie after the
less than optimum integrations it
did in recent acquisitions such
as MapInfo.
According to Ventana, Pitney
Bowes President Mike Hickey
said the company made the shift
to a DaaS after a year of
discussions with employees and
customers.
The new approach is a
departure for Pitney Bowes
from its focus on software. The
new service will provide
customers with a range of
analytics-based data that will
give it the capability to offer
customers services such as
"location intelligence."
Ventana:"It is clear that PBBI is
making a major step to embrace
cloud computing and the
software-as-a-service (SaaS)
model in which technology tools
can be rented and data can be
purchased in an online
marketplace but how far and fast
they can transform is yet not
clear. Cloud computing is part
of an industry transition to
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Facebook Clams Up
After Meeting on
simpler access to applications
and services, along with
technology infrastructure, that in
Privacy
Curt Hopkins (ReadWriteWeb)
a traditional enterprise data
center would be complicated Submitted at 5/13/2010 10:28:00 PM
and expensive to install,
As we reported yesterday,
configure and maintain." PBBI
Facebook's high and mighty
is also partnering with Microsoft
summoned unto them their
Bing. Aerial and hybrid imagery
employees, to talk about the
will be integrated with street
savage beating they've been
map data.
taking in the media, on blogs
This is where WeoGeo comes
and among users, big and basic. answered."
into the story. Geodata needs to
The meeting, held at 4:00 pm Noyes declined, however, to
be readily available to work
PST has produced no audible say if the social networking
with the location intelligence in
results. giant made any decisions about
the PBBI data portfolio.
When we asked a Facebook changing its contentious privacy
WeoGeo will provide the
spokesman about the meeting policies or if the meeting was
geospatial content. According to
we got the same boilerplate as simply to allow employees to
the PBBI web site, Project
every other organization. We ask questions about the
Miami Marketplace key features
have an open culture and it brouhaha that has arisen over
allow the user to browse, view
should come as no surprise that them.
and select the content that fits
we're providing a forum for The notion of an open culture
the needs of their organization.
employees to ask questions on a as the PR trope from Facebook
Before, customers would only
topic that has received a lot of just seems silly at this point. The
see a thumbnail image. Only
outside interest. company will not issue any
after getting CD or DVD did the
Sponsor substantial comments about a
customer get to see the data.
The only news of the meeting meeting that was called in
Discuss
we have found came from response to the poor reception to
Computerworld In an e-mailed its recent changes. These
statement to Computerworld, included objections to what
Facebook spokesman Andrew some have seen as underhanded
Noyes said, "We had a changes and poor
productive discussion where communication. Discuss
comments were made and
questions were asked and
28 Technology/ Culture/
iNet Pro is a handy network utility
for your iPhone
TJ Luoma (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 5/14/2010 10:00:00 AM
Filed under: App Store, iPad
iNet is incredibly handy. I
needed a list of the MAC
addresses of all of the devices
on my network. It's a fairly
tedious process that requires a
lot of copy and pasting and a lot
of poking around in network
settings. Then, I remembered I
had iNet Pro on my iPhone. I
fired it up, ran a scan, and then
emailed myself a nicely-
formatted report that listed all of
the devices.
Later, my satellite Internet went
down. Every couple of minutes,
I launched iNet and had it run
"ping" against www.google.com
to see if the connection was
back up. I've used it to see if my
wife's iPhone was on the
network (a good way to see if
she is awake) and to remember
the static IP address of a
network printer at my office.
iNet Pro can run port scans
(offering a custom set of ports to
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explains the differences. You
can upgrade from iNet to iNet
Pro as a $3.99 in-app purchase,
retiring?
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so if you aren't sure that you
need everything the Pro version Submitted at 5/14/2010 9:00:00 AM and Endeavour, before the entire
does, you can start small aging orbiter fleet is mothballed.
CNET News Poll It's supposed to be replaced by
without worrying that you're
Space Shuttle Atlantis is set to smaller crafts from private
going to cost yourself more by
launch its final scheduled companies that won't have the
not buying the Pro version right
mission on Friday-- STS-132, a grandeur of the old-breed
away. The developer also offers
12-day rendezvous during which shuttles.
iNet Wake On Lan (WOL) and
the craft and its six astronauts Now that we're looking at the
iNet Portscan, each for $1.99.
check or letting you run your will deploy new parts for the end of the program, one that
It's important to note, though,
own) and show you a list of International Space Station, many once said was impossible,
that iNet Pro contains both
Bonjour services that are including the awesomely named what are your thoughts as you
WOL and Portscan capabilities.
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There are several versions of secret Department of Defense Ministerial - The 2010 UK
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TweetDeck Is Working On A Rich Microsoft To Upgrade

Mobile Web Client Office Live Workspace
Robin Wauters (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 9:13:32 AM
TweetDeck says that by
focusing its efforts on a single
Web client, it can provide the
Accounts To SkyDrive
Robin Wauters (TechCrunch)
Social stream aggregator attention and resources to
TweetDeck realizes full well “really make the experience Submitted at 5/14/2010 7:26:23 AM

that there’s a lot of opportunity shine”. The startup plans to

for growth in the mobile area, Microsoft will soon be
create style sheets and
and that apps for iPhone, iPad upgrading Office Live
Javascript dedicated to each
and (soon) Android is not going Workspace accounts to
platform, and promises it will
to cut it if it wants to be a Windows Live SkyDrive
work well on slimmed down Group Manager, Office Live
dominant player there. accounts, the company has
devices. Workspace adds, as all
Hence, the startup announced in a blog post and an
A timing for launch wasn’t workspaces, documents, and
has“embarked on a secret email (screenshot below).
provided, but TweetDeck says related sharing permissions will
mission” to develop a full- Office Live Workspace users
they’ve been developing the be available directly within
fledged mobile Web client to will get many of the same
product for months, and that SkyDrive.
cater to people with browser- capabilities they’re used to, plus
testing about to begin (you can If you use the same Windows
equipped BlackBerry, Palm, a number of new features (e.g.
sign up here). Live ID to sign into SkyDrive as
Windows Mobile, Symbian and the Office Web Apps, Web-
The company has started by you do to sign into Office Live
other devices. based ‘companions’ to the
is what the product will likely optimizing TweetDeck Mobile Workspace, your documents
The cross-platform mobile Web be called, an app running in the Web for BlackBerry devices, software giant’s most popular
business software products, will be moved into the same
client for TweetDeck will background draining your and says that it will be looking account. Office Live Small
benefit from cheaper and faster phone’s juice stops being a at what the community says to expected to roll out on June 15th
in conjunction with Office Business account owners will
Internet access in the years to problem. see which platforms it should be not be affected by the upgrade
come, CEO Iain Dodsworth That’s not to say the startup polishing next. 2010) and up to 25 GB of
storage space. of Office Live Workspace to
writes, and more powerful and w i l l s t o p d e v e l o p i n g n e w One of the competitors it will SkyDrive.
standards-compliant browsers features for its existing and be facing a lot of heat from is … Microsoft didn’t provide a solid
timestamp for when the More in the FAQ on the topic.
and HTML5 will make for an future dedicated mobile clients, Twitter, which also boasts a (Thanks for the tip, Ian Patrick)
even greater opportunity. automatic upgrade will occur,
commenting that “the Android fairly powerful mobile Web only saying that it will come in CrunchBase Information
Dodsworth also mentions that app is coming very soon and the client. CrunchBase Information Windows Live SkyDrive
battery life is an issue on all iPhone and iPad apps will T w e e t D e c k I n f o r m a t i o n the ‘coming months’, and that it
will be opt-in. Users needn’t do Microsoft Information provided
mobile devices, and particularly continue to be improved moving p r o v i d e d b y C r u n c h B a s e by CrunchBase
o n o l d e r p l a t f o r m s . W i t h forward”. a thing, Sam Sengupta, Principal
TweetDeck Mobile Web, which

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Time.com Dips its Toes Into the Real Hackers can remotely disable
-Time Stream
Frederic Lardinois
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 8:00:00 AM
For mainstream newsweeklies
like Time Magazine,
Newsweek, the Web must still
feel like a wild a wooly place.
Now that we expect to get news
in real time over the Internet, a
weekly publication rhythm
seems almost quaint to many
news consumers. While all of
these weekly magazine now
have a Web presence, speed isn't
necessarily their strong suit.
Time Magazine's website,
however, is launching
NewsFeed today, a new feature
today that tries to bring the
world of newsweeklies and the
real-time web together.
Sponsor
As Dan Fletcher, the lead writer
for Time's new NewsFeed site,
as well as a Time reporter and
social media producer, told us
earlier this week, NewsFeed will
Instachrome Brings Instapaper
Clipping to Chrome [Downloads]
Jason Fitzpatrick (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 5:00:00 AM
Chrome: If you're a big fan of
the bookmarking/web clipping
service Instapaper for your read-
your car's brakes, create
offer Time.com's readers fast
updates about trending topics
with lots of links to third-party
sites. NewsFeed's team of
editors plans to post about 20
updates per day, with topics
ranging from politics, to
breaking news, sports, tech and
entertainment. According to
Time Magazine, the site is
meant to put " put breaking
news and online memes into
perspective as they happen."
Time Magazine is using
WordPress as its publishing
platform and the site's
comments are powered by JS-
Kit's Echo commenting
platform.
NewsFeed will also become
Time.com's hub for breaking
news. It will replace the "Latest
Headlines" widget on
Time.com's homepage that is
it-later needs, you'll be excited
currently populated with
headlines from the Associated
Press. Besides the editorial
content, NewsFeed will also
display the raw feed of trending
topics from Google and Twitter.
NewsFeed will offer daily email
digests and breaking news
updates by email.
For those of us who take real-
time updates and the publishing
speed of modern technology
blogs for granted, Time
magazine's excitement about
these new features feels almost a
bit strange. The real-time web,
however, is something these
publications have to adapt to
and even if they are just dipping
their toes into the stream for
now, the fact that they are now
taking this movement serious is
a good indicator that the real-
time web is indeed becoming a
mainstream phenomenon.
Discuss
to try out Instachrome. It brings
simple navigation bar
integration of Instapaper to
Google Chrome. More »
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sensationalist headlines
Tim Stevens (Engadget)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 9:16:00 AM
We think you're going to be
hearing a lot about this one over
the next few days... or weeks. A
team of researchers at the
University of Washington and
the University of California San
Diego have determined that,
with physical access to your
car's ECU, a hacker could
"adversarially control a wide hacker hanging around in your
range of automotive functions car looking all shady, or a laptop
and completely ignore driver computer sitting in the footwell
input -- including disabling the that totally wasn't there before,
brakes, selectively braking well, you know who to call.
individual wheels on demand, Continue reading Hackers can
stopping the engine, and so on." remotely disable your car's
For example, the team was able brakes, create sensationalist
to connect a computer to a car's headlines
ODB-II port, access that Hackers can remotely disable
computer wirelessly, and then your car's brakes, create
disable the brakes in the first car sensationalist headlines
while driving down the road in a originally appeared on Engadget
separate vehicle. The conclusion on Fri, 14 May 2010 09:16:00
is that these in-car systems have EST. Please see our terms for
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physical access. So, if you see a
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iPhone image metadata hints at more

cameras on the next iPhone
Mike Schramm (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 5/14/2010 3:00:00 AM

Filed under: iPhone Well, this

Rumor: Apple building
is interesting. Our twitter
follower@chenks points out
that, hidden in the metadata of a
Facebook into iPhone
picture taken with his OS 4.0-
enabled iPhone, there is a title
OS
stating that the picture came Mike Schramm (The Unofficial iPhone's code interface.
from the phone's "Back Apple Weblog (TUAW)) It's all rumor and speculation at
Camera." Of course, if the Submitted at 5/14/2010 1:00:00 AM this point, so don't get (too)
phone currently has a back freaked out about Facebook's
camera, there's a possibility that Filed under: Apple, iPhone privacy problems spreading off
it could, in the future, have a Business Insider says a source to the iPhone just yet. However,
"Side Camera," or more has told them that Apple is it's true that Facebook is quickly
appropriately, a "Front Camera." less a terribly-kept secret that TUAW iPhone image metadata w o r k i n g o n i n t e g r a t i n g becoming one of the Web's
We're being facetious, of the next iPhone will finally have hints at more cameras on the Facebook directly into the next biggest sources of personal
course. This certainly seems like a front facing camera. The next iPhone originally appeared iPhone OS. This would mean information, and qualms about
yet another hint that the next question is: will you use it? I'd o n T h e U n o f f i c i a l A p p l e the use of Facebook Connect to privacy aside, Apple would do
version of the iPhone (expected rather not have my ugly mug Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 14 bring contacts directly into the well to at least catch up to
sometime next month) will have going out across the wires every M a y 2 0 1 0 0 3 : 0 0 : 0 0 E S T . phone (which we've heard as a Android and start getting the
a front facing camera; that's not time someone calls me, but I Please see our terms for use of rumor before, and which would hooks into the main OS.
only a long-awaited feature for suppose there are a few feeds. make sense, considering that the TUAW Rumor: Apple building
the iPhone faithful, but it was applications (possibly including Read| Permalink| Email this| Android OS already does that). Facebook into iPhone OS
also seen on that lost iPhone an official iChat Mobile Comments BI also suggests that Apple originally appeared on The
prototype not long ago. application) where it might might be working on features U n o f f i c i a l A p p l e W e b l o g
So, at this point, it's more or come in handy. like showing Facebook pictures (TUAW) on Fri, 14 May 2010
of your contacts when they call 01:00:00 EST. Please see our
Elegant Outdoor Dining or building the Facebook API terms for use of feeds.
into the official iPhone SDK. Read| Permalink| Email this|
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32 Technology/ Culture/
Student moves quadriplegics with Wiimote wheelchair control
(video)
Sean Hollister (Engadget)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 8:51:00 AM
There were certainly a couple
whiz kids at Intel's International
Science and Engineering Fair
this year, but high school senior
John Hinckel's a regular
MacGyver: he built a
wheelchair remote control out of
a couple sheets of transparent
plastic, four sliding furniture
rails and some string. A
Nintendo Wiimote goes in your
Venture Returns Rose 3 Percent Last Edit Files Windows Insists
Year, But Longer Term Returns Are You Don't Have Permission
Still Hurting
Robin Wauters (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 8:38:50 AM
Venture capital returns
improved in the fourth quarter
of 2009, according to the
Cambridge Associates U.S.
Venture Capital Index, the
performance benchmark of the
National Venture Capital
Association. Fourth quarter
returns saw a 3.3 percent rise,
ending the year with a 3 percent
return overall, on average.
The key words here are “short-
term improvements,” however,
because performance continued
to decline in the 5- and 10-year
hat and tells the whole system
what to do -- simply tilt your
head in any direction, and
accelerometer readings are sent
over Bluetooth. The receiving
laptop activates
microcontrollers, directing servo
motors to pull the strings, and
acrylic gates push the joystick
accordingly to steer your
vehicle. We tried on the headset
for ourselves and came away
fairly impressed -- it's no mind
control, but for $534 in parts, it
to Access [Windows Tip]
periods ending in the quarter.
Annual returns rose from 2.3
percent in the third quarter of
2009, as venture-backed exits
began to show signs of
improvement at the end of last
and the beginning of this year.
However, 3-, 5-and 10-year
returns deteriorated, with the 10
just might do. Apparently, we
weren't the only ones who
thought so, as patents are
pending, and a manufacturer of
year horizon even falling into
negative territory. You have to
go back 15 or 20 years to find
decent returns of 37.8 percent
and 23.4 percent, respectively,
and Cambridge Associates is
quick to point out that they also
continued to outperform public
market indices.
The trend, however, is clearly
not upbeat news – will it reverse
at some point?
The full report is available from
the NVCA website.
CrunchBase Information
National Venture Capital
Association Information
provided by CrunchBase
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Wiimote wheelchair control
(video)
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Submitted at 5/14/2010 6:00:00 AM
Sometimes Windows throws up
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Self-assembling DNA
circuits could power
your next computer
Tim Stevens (Engadget)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 9:41:00 AM
Sick of silicon? It is getting a
bit played, so maybe it's time to
shift some paradigms, and Duke
University engineer Chris
Dwyer thinks that pure proteins
are where it's at. He's
demonstrated a way to force
DNA to create shapes all by
itself, a process he likens to a
puzzle that puts itself together:
It's like taking pieces of a
puzzle, throwing them in a box
and as you shake the box, the
pieces gradually find their
neighbors to form the puzzle.
What we did was to take billions
of these puzzle pieces, throwing
them together, to form billions
of copies of the same puzzle.
Right now the waffle-shaped
structures he can form aren't
particularly useful, but going
forward the hope is that nearly
Technology/ Culture/ 33
Miranda Kerr Looks
Heavenly For
Victoria and Elle
PopSugar (PopSugar)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 6:00:00 AM
Miranda Kerr struck an array of
any type of circuitry could be
made to build itself in massive
Red dot sight for hotshoes tantalizing poses - showing part
of why her man Orlando Bloom
is such a lucky guy - for Elle.
quantities at next to no cost. It
sounds exciting, promising,
makes shooting tangos a When she's wasn't gushing
about her favorite traveling
almost utopian -- exactly the
kind of research that we usually viewfinder-free experience companion, Frankie, the
Victoria's Secret model
never hear of again. Tim Stevens (Engadget) laser strengths. Yes, we know cheerfully promoted the brand's
Self-assembling DNA circuits Submitted at 5/14/2010 8:22:00 AM people have been doing this for latest fragrance, Heavenly
could power your next computer years on their own, but this is Flowers. She also shared some
originally appeared on Engadget If you've been playing Modern the cheapest ($45) and easiest secrets from her upcoming
on Fri, 14 May 2010 09:41:00 Warfare 2 so much that you've way we've seen to get such a book, Treasure Yourself, on
EST. Please see our terms for studied Arabic just to learn what thing secured on your SLR. Oh, how she maintains a super
use of feeds. Permalink| Duke the OpFor team is saying, yet and "Tango sakat?" It means m o d e l f i g u r e : " W i t h m y
U n i v e r s i t y | E m a i l t h i s | y o u ' r e m o r e i n t e r e s t e d i n "tango down," duh. schedule, I know how important
Comments p h o t o g r a p h i n g b i r d s t h a n Gallery: Tactical Four Reticle it is to eat well and keep my
capturing flags, this is the Sight energy up." Check out what
hotshoe accessory for you. Red dot sight for hotshoes Miranda has to say about
Thanks to Brando it's easy to m a k e s s h o o t i n g t a n g o s a embracing her curves and
make your camera a little more viewfinder-free experience showing off those long legs in
lethal looking with the Tactical originally appeared on Engadget her behind the scenes video
Four Reticle Sight, an adapter on Fri, 14 May 2010 08:22:00 below!
that screws into a camera's EST. Please see our terms for View 5 Photos ›
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If You Love Austerity And Spending The Eclipse Gang Toasts

Young Hollywood With the
Cuts, You Better Love Deflation Too Vampire Diaries Cast and More
Vincent Fernando, CFA (The
Money Game) PopSugar (PopSugar)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 8:30:45 AM Submitted at 5/14/2010 9:00:00 AM

Spain's consumer prices fell in Starlets in LA had another

April for the first time since data reason celebrate last night with
was first collected. Annualized the Young Hollywood Awards.
core inflation hit 0.1%, after The Eclipse gang was well
rising +0.2% in March. On a represented with Nikki Reed, with the Style Icon statue and
month to month basis, prices fell Peter Facinelli and Ashley shared her five minute
3% vs. March. Greene, who had her second makeover tips. Peter took to the
As Alphaville highlighted, this evening out in a row following stage to introduce Nikki's
is horrendous news for a nation Thursday's big Nylon bash. Superstar in The Making award,
struggling with high levels of Ashley posed for photos in a though he already thinks she's a
private debt. A paranoid revealing cream dress, while her star. Nina also accepted a prize
government rushed out to romper-wearing costar Nikki with her Making Their Mark
reassure markets that this Reed stuck close by Peter honor. Justin Bieber wasn't able
faced with a likely financial o r d e r . S p e n d i n g c u t s a r e Facinelli's side. Peter's wife
deflation would not continue in to attend, but he sent a video
crisis should they not cut necessary since the current J e n n i e G a r t h , m e a n w h i l e ,
the coming months. message thanking his fans for
government spending. situation is untenable, but we reconnected with her fellow
Nevertheless, this means that helping to make him Favorite
Thus being forced to enact may need to accept European 90210 actress Jessica Stroup.
Spain, Slovenia, Portugal, and Newcomer.
austerity measures, Spain could deflation or at best disinflation Nina Dobrev smiled for the
Ireland are currently
have no choice but to face for the European periphery in cameras during a rare minute
experiencing falling prices,
deflation risk at the same time. return. The balancing force, away from her Vampire Diaries
according to Luigi Speranza of To see lots more from the event
Given that price declines are which could temper this, might pal Paul Wesley, as their season
BNP Paribas. just read more.
already happening for other oddly be the suddenly currency- finale aired on the CW.
Worse yet, the austerity View 45 Photos ›
European periphery nations in printing-happy ECB. See how The Jonas Brothers also made a
measures Spain is currently
addition to Spain, there's then ugly Spain's austerity budget cameo at the event, where they
trying to push through, will only Images include: Nikki Reed,
clearly a risk of deflation hitting would be if it came to the U.S. > mingled inside with Rumer
likely exacerbate deflationary Peter Facinelli, Ashley Greene,
all periphery European nations Join the conversation about this W i l l i s a n d M i l e y C y r u s ' s
forces by exerting downward Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas, Nick
who will (hopefully) push story » boyfriend Liam Hemsworth.
pressure on near-term economic Jonas, Jessica Stroup, Jennie
through austerity measures in Once action outside wrapped up,
activity. Yet Spain has little Garth, Liam Hemsworth
order to get their finances in everyone headed inside the
choice since they're otherwise
Ebell theater for the main event.
Ashley Greene was presented
36 Economy/ Culture/
Kidnapper Steals Banker's Wife And Kate Hudson Joins
Refuses To Accept Ransom In
Normal Euros
Courtney Comstock (The
Money Game)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 8:47:11 AM
Thomas Bögerl's wife, Maria
Bögerl, has been kidnapped in
Germany and a savvy kidnapper
has demanded German-backed
Euros.
According to BILD, Bögerl,
Sparkasse bank's CEO, got a
call from an anonymous
kidnapper about an hour after
his wife was taken, around
11:30 AM on Wednesday
morning (in the Heidenheim
region of Baden-Württemberg in
Germany).
The kidnapper said that they
had Maria and that Thomas
should deliver to them an
unknown amount of "German-
flagged" Euros, the only Euros
that are backed by the German
government. Evil like a fox.
Thomas spoke to his wife on
the phone, who said, “I have
been threatened with death.”
The German-backed money
was delivered to the A7
Gaga, Elton, and More
to Save the Rain Forest
motorway at Heidenheim, as the
kidnapper requested, but no one
showed. They money was left
there.
The fact that the kidnapper
requested German-flagged euros
is interesting and could be a key
to his identity. He must be savvy
enough to know that the euro is
doomed and that Germany is
pretty much the only country in
good economic standing.
See how much the Euro tanked
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Brink Of Extinction
• Jim Rogers: The Euro Will
Now Dissolve
• Euro CDS Plummet
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Kate Hudson was just named
the new face of Almay, and she
was out last night to represent
the brand at their concert to
celebrate the Rain Forest Fund's
21st birthday in NYC. Lady
Gaga, Elton John, Mary J. Blige,
Sting and more performed to the
carpet social schedule full.
crowd at legendary Carnegie
Hall. Kate, who showed off her
singing skills in Nine, tried her
To see more from the event
hand at a duet with Bruce
including Chris Noth, Deborah
Springsteen. We may not all
Harry, Mary J Blige, Elton John,
understand Kate's taste in men
Sting, Trudie Styler, and others
like Alex Rodriguez, but the
just read more.
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blast spending another season in
the city. This time she's been
Images include: Bruce
staying away from Yankee
Springsteen, Kate Hudson, Lady
Stadium, however, instead
Gaga, Chris Noth, Deborah
sticking to filming Something
Harry, Mary J Blige, Elton John,
Borrowed, spending time with
Sting, Trudie Styler
Ryder, and keeping her red
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May 14, 1771: Industrial Utopian Robert Owen Born

Randy Alfred (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 5/13/2010 11:00:00 PM

1771: Robert Owen is born in

Newtown, Montgomeryshire, in
North Wales. The capitalist and
social reformer will gain
influence as a proponent of the
humane treatment of industrial
workers, a critic of unrestricted
child labor, a co-founder of
labor’s cooperative movement
and the founder of several
utopian communities.
The son of a saddler and
ironmonger, Owen was
apprenticed to drapers in
Lincolnshire and London,
starting at age 9. He later moved
to Manchester, the epicenter of
the Industrial Revolution in
England. There, he formed a
partnership with a mechanic to
open a factory that made cotton-
spinning machinery.
Rather than just making
something, Owen was making
the machines that made
something. And he was making Dale had been, for his time, a He also instituted sickness and their workers, and they broke avoiding the worst of its evils.
money. considerate employer who was old-age insurance funds. off with him. Owen found new Humanity’s shortcomings on
At age 19, Owen was the concerned about the welfare of Although Owen continued the partners in Quaker William both the personal and societal
employer of 500 people. He his child employees. He wanted common practice of employing Allen and utilitarian philosopher level, Owen believed, could be
imported the first bales of Sea Owen to continue this brand of child laborers, he created Jeremy Bentham. overcome by subjecting people
Island cotton from the United benevolent industrialism, and schools for them — about a Owen propounded his theories to the proper influences and
States to England and improved Owen agreed with his century ahead of his time. New of utopian socialism in an 1813 environment, starting at birth.
the quality of the spun cotton. principles. Lanark became famous book, A New View of Society, Only then would competitive
He and his partners set up the Dismayed by by the living throughout industrialized or Essays on the Principle of the society make way for
Charlton Twist Co. in 1794. conditions of the company’s Europe. Formation of the Human cooperative society.
They purchased the New Lanark employees, Owen quickly But Owen’s business partners Character. Owen desired to Owen drafted a bill for
mills in Scotland from David established a model village for didn’t like having their profits bring people the benefits of the
Dale in 1799. Owen married them, with up-to-date sanitation. siphoned off for the good of Industrial Revolution while MAY page 40
Dale’s daughter the same year.
38 Culture/ E-reader News Edition

Open Facebook Alternatives Gain Momentum, $115K

Ryan Singel (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 5/13/2010 7:00:00 PM

A screenshot of a beta of the

open-source, federated social
networking program
OneSocialWeb running on a
server at betavine.net.
When Wired.com called for an
open alternative to Facebook
last Friday, lamenting the
company’s untrammeled desire
to control your online identity
and reconfigure the world’s
privacy norms, reader response
was overwhelming, with
hundreds of comments and
ironically, thousands of “Like”
votes on Facebook.
Now, a group of four New
York University students —
who were working on just what
we called for — have harnessed
that dissatisfaction in the form
of more than $115,000 in
crowdsourced funding for their
distributed, social networking
system called Diaspora. That’s
the equivalent of a significant
angel round of funding in the
internet startup world, and their
fundraising on the Kickstarter
crowdsourced funding site has
another 19 days to go.
It’s also an impressive for a
project proposal from four
students who say they aren’t
going to start coding until they
graduate from college this
summer. And a testament to
how strongly that a growing alternative to a page
OPEN centralized
39 and
number of people want an
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continued from page 38
dominant social networking site.
The students took their
inspiration from a speech in
February by the outspoken
Software Freedom Law Center
founder and Columbia
University law professor Eben
Moglen. In that speech to New
York’s Internet Society, Moglen
accused Facebook founder Mark
Zuckerberg of having “done
more harm to the human race
than anybody else his age” and
described Facebook as a
“terrarium for what it feels like
to live in a panopticon built out
of web parts.”
Diaspora isn’t the only effort to
break open the “terrarium.”
For instance, there’s
OneSocialWeb, a distributed
social networking service that’s
under development by four
Vodafone employees.
It’s got working code and
currently lets users share
messages and make
connections. The basic protocol
is open, using the instant
messaging protocol XMPP —
the same as Google’s innovative
but lightly used Wave
collaboration and messaging
system.
Power users can install their
Nano-Cement Wins Annual MIT Entrepreneurship Grant
Paul Adams (Popular Science
- New Technology, Science
News, The Future Now)
Submitted at 5/13/2010 4:10:06 PM
C-Crete, a startup company that
makes a nano-engineered
own server, while others can use
a version hosted on someone
else’s. That’s much like the
open-source WordPress
publishing system, which
anyone can install on an owned
or rented server — or choose to
use WordPress.org’s online
service.
Currently, users can create
profiles, “follow” and “friend”
other users, “like” their updates,
and share videos and photos.
Laurent Eschenauer, one of the
OneSocialWeb developers, says
his project and Diaspora share
the goal of providing a “free,
open and decentralized
alternative to the social
networking silos that are
Facebook and Twitter.” He says
he hopes that Diaspora looks to
work cooperatively with his
project, rather than “reinventing
the wheel.”
OneSocialWeb already allows
accounts hosted on different
servers to send messages and
photos in real time, and the
group plans to have a version
1.0 available this summer (early
beta versions can be
downloaded to your own server
now). A hosted version that less
-technically inclined users can
cement, has won $120,000 in
the school's Entrepreneurship
Competition. C-Crete's cement
is reportedly stronger than any
extant cement, and reduces CO
2 emissions. Runners-up
use should be available by end
of summer.
The recent news also
reinvigorated developer Michael
Chisari, who decided to reopen
his open source social
networking project called
Appleseed, which already has
working code that allows users
on different sites to “friend”
each other and interoperate.
Chisari describes the project as
“seeing the user as an online
citizen, as opposed to a
consumer to be targeted”, which
he says is in “stark contrast to
current social networking
websites, who rely heavily on ad
placement and data mining of
their users.”
Both OneSocialWeb and
Appleseed share the same
problem: getting enough users
to make users want to sign up —
the so-called network effect
where a network gets
exponentially more useful as it
gets bigger. (Think of the fax
machine as an example — two
fax machines in the world aren’t
very useful, but your fax
machine becomes much more
useful when there are 1,000 of
them, and even more valuable
when there are 10 million.)
included makers of a nano-
engineered insulin chewing gum
and a silent alarm clock that was
not nano-engineered.
The MIT $100K
Entrepreneurship Competition
Diaspora is taking a different
tack, according to Moglen, who
has taken the students on as
clients and is informally
advising them.
Users don’t have to choose to
stop using Facebook or Twitter
and will be able use the
Diaspora client to use those all
those services in one place —
much like Friendfeed currently
does. But when Diaspora knows
that the person you are trying to
communicate with also has
Diaspora, it will use peer-to-
peer, encrypted methods to send
that message. And as more and
more people start using the free
software, they’ll slowly find
themselves weaned from for-
profit services, according to
Moglen.
“This is the crucial way out of
the walled garden,” Moglen
said. “It gives a smooth
transition to federated network
services.”
Moglen says he’s not picking a
favorite in the race to unseat
Facebook with open source and
free software.
But he says the money raised
by Diaspora is also a significant
moment for the free software
movement.
has been conducted annually Levant Power, and Harmonix,
since 1989, giving money to makers of Rock Band.
student entrepreneurs. Past [ MIT]
winners have included Akamai,
the web acceleration company,
PopSci Invention Award winner
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“The funding is not through the
capital market and not through
the venture capital system, but
through civil society,” said
Moglen. “This is a signal to
Facebook, and I am sure
Facebook is getting it.”
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Time for an Open Alternative
• Today Facebook, Tomorrow
the World
• Pandora and Facebook: So
Happy Together
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• Privacy Flare-Up Prompts
Facebook Meetings with
Congress, Employees
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“industrial emancipation” in
1815. It would have prohibited
employing children less than 10
years old, and set a maximum
10½-hour day for those 10 to
18, He was greatly discouraged
when Parliament finally enacted
a watered-down reform with a 9
-year-old limit and 12-hour day
in 1819.
Owen testified before the
House of Commons Committee
on the Poor Law that the
increasing automation of
industrial production robbed
working people of their jobs. He
believed that villages of 1,200
people should be set up on 1,200
-acre (2 square-mile) plots
devoted to a mix of agricultural
and industrial production. This,
he reasoned, would reduce
poverty, and he urged
individuals, churches, counties
and the national government to
form such settlements.
Owen set up some of his own.
In 1825, he bought the town of
New Harmony, Indiana, from
the German immigrant Rappite
religious sect and established a
utopian community there. Or
tried to.
Although New Harmony
prospered at first, the farmers,
laborers and professionals soon
fell to quarreling about politics
and religion. The utopian colony
failed in 1828. Owen lost 80
percent of his investment of
50,000 pounds sterling (the
equivalent of a $5.3-million loss
today).
Owen returned to Britain and
quit the New Lanark enterprise
over disagreements with fellow
shareholders. He financed
Owenite communities in
Orbiston, Scotland; Ralahine,
Ireland; and Queenwood in
Hampshire, England. The first
two lasted only a few years, but
the third had a six-year run from
1839 to 1845, gaining
considerable fame.
Owen set to work establishing
— and aiding the establishment
of — cooperative societies for
mutual trading: essentially
stores owned by their customer-
members. He also set up co-op
factories and markets for their
products. Following the creation
of the London Equitable Labor
Exchange in 1832, similar
organizations sprang up in other
cities.
The system bogged down when
benefits for the worker-members
exceeded profits. Prices at the
co-ops rose, and people bought
from the competition. But
worker- and consumer-owned
co-ops still exist on a smaller
scale in Great Britain,
throughout Europe and indeed
around the world.
When Owen retired from active
leadership of the cooperative
movement in 1834, the Owenite
Trade Union had a million
members.
Owen lectured and wrote on his
social, educational and
philosophical theories, penning
Book of the New Moral World,
Revolution in the Mind and
Practice of the Human Race and
The Life of Robert Owen
Written by Himself.
Despite the anti-religious tone
of much of his earlier written
work, Owen became involved in
the Spiritualist movement in
1853. He died Nov. 17, 1858,
age 87.
Source: Various
Image: Robert Owen’s plan for
New Harmony, Indiana,
exemplifies his concept of the
ideal community.
Wikipedia
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Machine Orchestra Features Hacked Guitar, Trampoline-

Triggered Music
Hugh Hart (Wired Top Stories) put out of business by DJs who to dictate musical data to the
Submitted at 5/13/2010 7:50:00 PM show up and play prerecorded robot ensemble. “I chopped the
music — that’s ridiculous.” back off my guitar and put in an
KarmetiK Machine Orchestra Instead, Kapur says, “What XYZ accelerometer as well as a
includes a student-built servo we’re trying to do here is to sensor that determines how
and stepper-motor controlled bring performance back into much pressure my hand places
electric guitar. electronic music. We don’t want on different parts of the
Sensor-embedded trampolines, a h u m a n s i t t i n g b e h i n d a instrument,” he says. The add-
accelerometer-hacked guitars c o m p u t e r t y p i n g . T h a t i s ons “figure out rhythm ideas and
and robotic glockenspiels take a b s o l u t e l y n o t a l l o w e d . ” detect pitch depending on where
center stage Thursday when the As in its previous gigs I am on the fretboard. That
KarmetiK Machine Orchestra ( v i e w a b l e i n t h e v i d e o means I can play guitar like I
g o e s l i v e i n a S o u t h e r n embedded below) the Machine normally would, but at the same
California concert. Brainchild of Orchestra performs a mixture of time I’m also communicating
CalArts robotic engineer/sitar world music compositions and with the Machine Orchestra.”
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embedded with stress sensors,” out the guts of his sitar and
stuck behind speakers,” says direction program.
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How are young adults benefiting

from U.S. health care reform?
(HowStuffWorks Daily Feed) decision: Should they purchase bill has to be paid somehow.
individual health insurance, Usually, those people with
Spring is graduation season, a which can be extremely pricey? insurance end up picking up the
time for flinging mortarboards O r d o t h e y f o r g o h e a l t h tab in the form of higher
to the sky and framing those i n s u r a n c e a l t o g e t h e r ? premiums.
hard-earned diplomas. But it's Statistics show that many In March 2010, President
also a time of uncertainty for young people go for the latter. Barack Obama signed the
many grads. What will they do? According to the nonpartisan Patient Protection and
Where will they live? What will Commonwealth Fund, 13.2 Affordable Care Act into law.
the real world be like? million young adults aged 19 to The legislation is designed to
Saying hello to these grown-up 29 -- about 30 percent of that lower the costs of health
responsibilities often means population -- lacked health insurance for everyone, but
saying goodbye to their parents' insurance in 2007. Young there are some special
health insurance for many people are one of the largest
young adults. Each state has its groups of uninsured in the
provisions for these young
adults beginning to make their
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Harold Pollack (The New
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Submitted at 5/13/2010 11:00:00 PM
This week, the White House
Office of National Drug Control
Policy, the "drug czar" office,
unveiled its first National Drug
Control Strategy. The policy's
release has been repeatedly
rescheduled, and last week, drug
czar Gil Kerlikowske explained
the delays to me with disarming
candor: "It's just been hard to
get it on the president's calendar
because of what he has had in
front of him."
Now that the strategy is out:
What's different—as a matter of
both the strategy document and
Obama's broader approach to
drugs—and what's the same?
The Disappointments
(1) We're still too focused on
fighting drug suppliers. America
will continue to spend billions
on operations against drug
suppliers which have little
demonstrated value. In the run-
up to this week's release,
ONDCP tried to shift some of
this money to a more balanced
portfolio of evidence-based
enforcement, prevention, and
treatment efforts. But the office
lost that internal political fight
with the supply-side
enforcement community, which
favors an excessive emphasis on
measures such as crop
eradication, border interdiction,
and law-enforcement operations
against drug dealers, despite the
lack of evidence that these
actions effectively disrupt drug
markets.
(2) Prevention is still
underfunded. In part because of
entrenched political resistance
from the supply-side
enforcement community, and in
part because of general
budgetary pressures, the Obama
administration is not providing
sufficient funds to back up its
own lofty prevention rhetoric.
The $151 million increase in
federal funding will be helpful,
and ONDCP proposes more
effective, evidence-based
approaches than the federal
government has employed
before. Yet, as ONDCP Deputy
Director Thomas McLellan puts
it, that's "not a lot of money
compared with what we could
really do, given the state of the
science. We could do a lot more
with one point five billion."
Given the amounts we know are
required to make the best
prevention programs work, this
is a missed opportunity.
(3) We're not focusing on other
addictive substances. ONDCP
would face a political firestorm
in Congress (and, ironically,
perhaps from others on the same
turf within the public health
community) if it addressed
alcohol and tobacco in the same
spirit as other addictive
substances. That's too bad,
because these separate lanes
continue to undermine efforts to
reduce crime and promote
public health.
The Improvements
(1) The attitude and orientation
of drug policy is changing.
Despite these missed
opportunities, the new strategy
is a major improvement. On the
level of principle, I'm heartened
that the plan departs from the
traditional blunderbuss rhetoric
of American drug policy. This
change is matched by
Kerlikowske's personal
inclusiveness and civility, traits
that his Republican predecessor
John Walters—who is known
for alienating liberals and
conservatives alike with his
ecumenical disregard for
opposing views—certainly did
not possess.
(2) The definition of success is
changing. During the past 20
years, as street prices of drugs
have declined (underscoring the
failure of enforcement efforts),
more than 150,000 injection-
drug users have died of AIDS,
and the population of
incarcerated drug offenders has
climbed past 500,000. Yet
ONDCP has still pronounced
drug policy a success, as long as
fewer Americans reported to
national surveys that they had
recently used some illicit
substance. In effect, this
yardstick elevated the
prevention of casual marijuana
use into the cornerstone of drug
policy.
Preventing simple use,
particularly among young
adults, remains a stated policy
goal. Yet the new strategy
focuses much more explicitly on
harmful consequences: deaths,
illness, and injuries associated
with substance use. For the first
time, ONDCP will help public
health authorities implement
syringe exchange. ONDCP also
focuses on the surprisingly
widespread problem of drug
overdose, which now surpasses
firearms as a cause of death in
the U.S.
(3) Our health care and
financing system is finally
focusing on addiction. The best
aspects of the new strategy
concern addiction services.
ONDCP's report acknowledges
the uncomfortable reality that
addiction treatment needs to
improve. Kerlikowske
explained, "We have about
12,000 treatment centers. Yet
most of those treatment
programs don't employ
physicians. Some don't have
computers. We're not
particularly sure that they're
using the best-tested or evidence
-based treatment."
On a day-to-day basis, the new
strategy's most important policy
goal is to integrate addiction
services within general medical
care. Only one in six Americans
with drug or alcohol disorders
will actually use specialty
addiction services. Improving
services within primary care and
mental health services is thus
essential to halting or reducing
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individuals' substance use.
McLellan describes these
aspects of the new strategy as
"the biggest thing of my
lifetime. … It's the end of
segregation, separate but equal."
The new plan pays special
attention to improved diagnosis
and screening. The medical
community has long recognized
that many people with drug and
alcohol problems pass through
emergency departmtion.
Starting in 2014, anyone with
an income below 133 percent of
the poverty line will be eligible
for Medicaid, and will thus be
entitled to a basic benefit
package that includes addiction
services. This one simple
change will finance care for
hundreds of thousands of
homeless individuals, childless
ex-offenders, and many others.
Medicaid eligibility also
finances the medical and
psychiatric services serious drug
and alcohol users usually need.
Right now, millions of drug
users lack coverage for serious
co-occurring conditions ranging
from depression to chronic liver
disease.
Also in 2014, the new health
insurance exchanges will require
insurers to provide addiction
and mental health benefits on
similar terms to those provided
for other medical and surgical
benefits. Altogether, an
estimated five million uninsured
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Pullout
Armin Rosen (The New
Republic - All Feed)
Submitted at 5/13/2010 11:00:00 PM
If you've been following
developments in Darfur, then
you know the situation is dire.
Last month, the U.N. reported
that fighting between the
Sudanese army and an obscure
rebel faction rendered the Jebel
Marra region in southern Darfur
inaccessible to humanitarian aid,
cutting off some 100,000
Darfuris who had relied on aid
agencies for food, water, and
medical care. In late April, not
far from there, dozens were
killed in a shootout between
Arab nomads and the armed
forces of the Sudanese People’s
Liberation Movement (SPLM),
the rebel group that holds sway
in the country’s semi-
autonomous south. And, earlier
this month, the Darfur peace
process suffered a blow when
the Justice and Equality
Movement (JEM), a Darfuri
rebel group, suspended its
participation in the Doha peace
talks, alleging that the Sudanese
government had bombed JEM
positions near the Chadian
border.
But there is another danger to
peace and security in the region.
The next setback will likely
happen in neighboring Chad,
where an estimated half-million
genocide survivors have taken
refuge in a volatile area near the
Sudanese border, patrolled by a
U.N. peacekeeping force called
MINURCAT. The mission is
considered vital to the refugees’
continued safety. In a February
letter to the U.N. Security
Council, Human Rights Watch’s
Africa division head Georgette
Gagnon wrote that “the
peacekeepers appear to have
prevented a resumption of large-
scale violence and mass
killings.”
So it's worrisome that—with
MINURCAT's mandate set to
expire on May 26—Chad's
dictator, Idriss Deby, who calls
the mission a "failure," seems
poised to send more than a third
of the nearly 4,000 U.N.
peacekeepers back to their home
countries. Deby, who famously
diverted World Bank
development grant monies to his
military despite Chad's seventh-
to-last position on the Human
Development Index,
understands that he cannot get
rid of the entire force at once.
Instead, he has convinced the
U.N. to agree to a phased
withdrawal: According to a
report from U.N. Secretary
General Ban Ki Moon, the first
1,400 MINURCAT troops will
leave Chad by July 15, and the
remainder of the mission’s
military component will begin
leaving the country on October
15.
Ban’s recommendations create
the outward appearance of a
compromise, since they mean
that at least some peacekeepers
will stay in Eastern Chad for the
next five months. But the
consequences of this deal are
potentially catastrophic. (And,
as of May 12, Deby is
stonewalling even this
compromise—probably because
of the report’s strong language
on the Chadian government’s
responsibility to protect civilians
in the absence of a U.N.
peacekeeping force. When the
U.N. finally does pass a
resolution, it could be on terms
that are even more favorable to
the Chadian government.)
MINURCAT patrols a region
that the International Crisis
Group describes as a “ powder
keg” of ethnic and political
tensions. The Sudanese
government has used Eastern
Chad as a staging area for
attacks by its militant proxies,
who have come alarmingly
close to overthrowing the
Chadian government (they
reached the capital of
N’Djamena in 2006 and, less
than two years later, nearly
overran the presidential palace).
For its part, Chad has used
ethnically “African” rebels from
the region as its own
proxies—including the JEM,
which attacked Khartoum just
three months after the 2008
siege of N’Djamena. The
potential for inter-ethnic
violence in this region is so
great that scholar Roland
Marchal has characterized the
Darfur conflict as a
"continuation of a war (in Chad)
that had never ended."
Sudan and Chad have recently
had a rapprochement, which
enabled them to reestablish
diplomatic relations in late
2008. But even that is in danger.
Peace between the two countries
is very closely connected to the
now-suspended Doha process.
And the last week of April
brought an ugly relapse of the
kind of violence that
necessitated the presence of a
U.N. peacekeeping force in the
first place—when the Chadian
military announced that it had
fought a major battle with anti-
government rebels in eastern
Chad, reportedly killing over
100 militants and losing one of
its own soldiers.
This means that MINURCAT
will withdraw from an
increasingly violent region, in
the midst of a decaying regional
peace process. Two
governments that were actively
plotting to overthrow each other
until just a few years ago, each
with variously appalling human
rights records, will then go back
to holding effective veto power
over regional security.
The United Nations' decision to
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accommodate Deby exposes the
moral poverty of the
international community’s
approach to Darfur, which
involves an apparent willingness
to play dice with both regional
peace and the protection of a
half-million refugees. Ideally,
the U.N. would not be setting a
timetable for MINURCAT's
withdrawal—it would be
bolstering the force, increasing
the number of peacekeepers and
expanding the mission’s
mandate. As an Enough Project
report from 2009 recommends,
MINURCAT's mandate should
be upgraded so that the mission
can become a means of
“pressuring the Chadian
government" to “identify and
discipline predatory local
government officials in the East
who are contributing to
insecurity and threatening the
ability of humanitarian
organizations to operate in the
region.” Instead, the reduction
of MINURCAT to a skeleton
force will only add to the Deby
regime’s sense of impunity and
set the stage for future human
rights abuses. What it will not
do is bring a troubled region any
closer to long-term peace.
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Holder Balks at Blaming Radical Islam for Terror
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Despite crediting the Pakistani
Taliban with fostering the recent
failed car bombing in Times
Square, Attorney General Eric
H. Holder Jr. was reluctant
Thursday to say radical Islam
was part of the cause of that and
other recent attacks.
Mr. Holder, testifying to the
House Judiciary Committee,
repeatedly balked at a half-
dozen questions from Rep.
Lamar Smith, the ranking
Republican on the committee,
about whether "radical Islam"
was behind the attempted car
bombing, last year's so-called
"underpants bomber" or the
killings at Fort Hood in Texas.
"There are a variety of reasons
why people do these things.
Some of them are potentially
religious," Mr. Holder told the
committee Thursday, though he
would not go further than saying
people who hold radical views
may have "had an ability to have
an impact" on Faisal Shahzad,
the man the Justice Department
says tried to detonate a car
bomb in Times Square.
Story continues just below the
video.
The exchange comes as
President Obama and
Republicans spar over whether
the administration is taking a
tough-enough approach to the
war on terrorism. Critics want
the president to hone his
criticism, while he and his
advisers have sought to avoid
painting the conflict as a battle
against a religious belief or its
adherents.
"I don't know why the
administration has such
difficulty acknowledging the
obvious, which is that radical
Islam might have incited these
individuals," Mr. Smith, Texas
Republican, said after the
hearing. "If you can't name the
enemy, then you're going to
have a hard time trying to
respond to them."
In his near daylong appearance
before the Judiciary Committee,
Mr. Holder was repeatedly
asked about Arizona's new
immigration law, which the
attorney general has criticized
and suggested may run afoul of
the Constitution.
Mr. Obama has asked the
Justice Department to review
the law to determine whether the
federal government should try to
block it before it takes effect at
the end of July.
But Mr. Holder acknowledged
to the committee that he hasn't
read the law, and his criticisms
were based on what he's seen on
television or read in the
newspapers about the law.
"I've just expressed concerns on
the basis of what I've heard
about the law. But I'm not in a
position to say at this point, not
having read the law, not having
had the chance to interact with
people who are doing the
review, exactly what my
position is," Mr. Holder said.
Last weekend, Mr. Holder told
NBC's "Meet the Press"
program that the Arizona law
"has the possibility of leading to
racial profiling." He had earlier
called the law's passage
"unfortunate," and questioned
whether the law was
unconstitutional because it tried
to assume powers that may be
reserved for the federal
government.
Rep. Ted Poe, who had
questioned Mr. Holder about the
law, wondered how he could
hold those opinions if he hadn't
yet read the legislation.
"It's hard for me to understand
how you would have concerns
about something being
unconstitutional if you haven't
even read the law," the Texas
Republican told the attorney
general.
The Arizona law's backers
argue that it doesn't go beyond
what federal law already allows,
and they say press reports have
distorted the legislation. They
point to provisions in the law
that specifically rule out racial
profiling as proof that it can be
implemented without conflicting
with civil rights.
But critics said giving police
the power to stop those they
suspect are in the country
illegally is bound to lead to
profiling.
Mr. Holder said he expects the
Justice and Homeland Security
departments will finish their
review of the Arizona law soon.
Meanwhile, the failed Times
Square attack is the latest
incident in which the
administration has found itself
explaining its strategy toward
terrorism.
Authorities on Thursday raided
several locations in the
Northeast and detained at least
three people on immigration
violations, Mr. Holder said.
He said they suspect the three
people were involved with
providing funds to the suspected
bomber, though it was unclear
whether they had knowledge of
specific plans to try to ignite a
car bomb in Times Square.
The attorney general said the
Pakistani Taliban is likely
responsible for the attack.
Mr. Holder also detailed his
plan, raised last weekend, to try
to expand the exceptions to
Miranda rights warnings police
are supposed to give before
questioning a suspect.
Mr. Holder said there's already
an exception for public safety,
Politics/ 47
in which evidence is accepted if
it was obtained while authorities
were trying to head off
immediate danger, such as
asking a gunman where his gun
is. The attorney general said he
wants Congress to update that
exception for the current fight
against terrorists, so officers
could ask a suspect if another
attack is imminent or if other
bombs have been planted.
The American Civil Liberties
Union said that was a worrisome
departure, and pointed to Mr.
Holder's repeated testimony that
reading Miranda rights hasn't
hurt interrogations thus far.
"Even if the administration
proposes broadening Miranda
exceptions only in terrorism
cases, the change is sure to
bleed into non-terrorism cases,
as there is no way for an
arresting officer to know upfront
whether or not an arrestee will
be charged with terrorism-
related crimes," said Laura W.
Murphy, director of the ACLU's
Washington legislative office.
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Morning Bell: Congress’ Historic Decision to Ignore Its Basic

Duty
Mike Brownfield (The how much Congress is spending to convince the American
Foundry: Conservative Policy and how high taxes will go. people that his economic
News.) Heritage’s Brian Riedl policies have steered the
Submitted at 5/14/2010 8:05:08 AM explains: economy in the right direction.
House Majority Leader Steny Members of Congress are likely Yesterday in Buffalo he said:
Hoyer (D-MD) once said that hesitant to show the American I knew that if we didn’t act
the “most basic responsibility of people how seriously they have boldly and quickly — if we
governing is to pass a budget.” damaged America’s current long didn’t defy the politics of the
Yesterday it became clear that -term budget picture. This moment and do what was
Congress has decided to shirk Congress has refused to pare necessary — we would have
that responsibility, as word back runaway spending and risked an even greater disaster.”
broke that the House likely will d e f i c i t s , a n d m a n y o f i t s There are 172 days left until the
not pass a budget resolution for Members may now hesitate to November election, which
the first time since the modern pass a budget resolution that leaves Congress time to act
budget process was created in shows the resulting trillion- boldly and quickly, to do what is
1974. dollar deficits. Instead, Congress necessary to take up its “most
That’s earthshaking news, is likely to try burying this vital basic responsibility,” pass a
especially given the ballooning issue in this election year. budget resolution, get a grip on
federal spending, which soared Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) spending and set a course for the
to an$82.69 billion deficit in tepidly acknowledged election United States’ fiscal future. To
April, a projected$1.5 trillion year fears yesterday when she sit back and do nothing would
deficit in 2010, and even more said, “There’s no question there truly risk that greater disaster.
deficits as far as the eye can see. is, at this moment, an anti- Quick Hits:
Like any American’s household incumbent mood.” With 93% of • The Environmental Protection
budget that tracks income and Americans calling the federal Agency yesterday released its
expenses, budget resolutions set deficit a “crisis” or a “major final greenhouse gas regulations
a framework for Congress’ problem,” it might make sense designed to increase energy
taxing and spending. But it’s a for Congress to consider putting costs. Watch the Heritage
framework that the leadership in two-and-two together, recognize tasked with making decisions on an indication that Congress Foundation’s entry to the EPA’s
the House would rather do there’s a reason Americans taxing and spending. The won’t find a way to limit ‘why federal regulations are
without. aren’t happy with their commission, though, is focused runaway entitlement spending. good’ video contest, here.
The news came from Rep. performance, and exercise some on long-term issues and doesn’t I t a l s o m e a n s t h a t o t h e r • Today at 2 PM EDT, join
Hoyer himself, who said “It’s leadership in righting the meet until well after the FY priorities, such as extending the Heritage Foundation experts
difficult to pass budgets in country’s fiscal ship. 2011 spending bills are due. 2001 and 2003 tax cuts will fall Ben Lieberman and David
election years because they Instead, Congressional That leaves America in a lurch. by the wayside, leading to steep Kreutzer online to discuss
reflect what the [fiscal] status leadership and President Barack Riedl explains that the failure to tax hikes, all while America is disastrous EPA regulations, and
i s . ” I n o t h e r w o r d s , w i t h Obama are abdicating their p a s s a b u d g e t in the midst of a recession. also hear from Heritage
November looming on the authority and putting America’s resolution prevents Congress In the middle of this leadership Action’s Dan Holler and Dan
horizon, the left doesn’t want financial future in the hands of from capping discretionary vacuum, President Obama is
their constituents to realize just an unelected deficit commission spending for FY2011, and it’s touring the country in an attempt MORNING page 52
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Americans with substance use

(Newsmax - Inside Cover) realities and needs. The same or is going up," said Ms. poverty measure, nor will it be disorders will gain insurance
Submitted at 5/14/2010 2:59:56 AM problem: some experts think the Boteach, whose organization used to calculate eligibility in coverage.
current measure overstates the has set a goal of cutting the U.S. poverty programs. Instead, it (4) We're dealing more
The Census Bureau's formal number of poor Americans, poverty rate in half in the next will show what happens to effectively and diplomatically
release of an alternative way to while another group argues it decade. households when non-cash with drugs abroad. ONDCP has
measure poverty in the United vastly understates the number. "But if we are able to actually income (such as assistance for resisted the temptation to scold
States is 16 months away, but "Call me cynical, but I can see track our progress with a food, utilities and housing) is other countries, which has
the rumblings of unease can this [measure] as an attempt to supplemental measure, and see added in, and certain expenses caused especially painful
already be heard about the redistribute more wealth further the impact of policies we know and taxes are deducted, said Mr. frictions with our Central and
politically sensitive indicator. down the road," said Pamela work, such as the Earned Johnson. South American neighbors.
The bureau's Supplemental Villarreal, who studies tax Income Tax Credit or child-care "No one knows" yet what the ONDCP also notes with greater
Poverty Measure (SPM), which issues at the National Center for assistance," it will be easier to SPM will find, Rebecca Blank, candor the holds-on-nominees-
will be released September Policy Analysis in Dallas. make a better case "for Commerce Department who-appear-to-have-been-
2011, is "a bogus and dishonest "I think that what is going to investments to lift families out undersecretary for economic confirmed">stalled by
propaganda device," Robert happen is that, even though this of poverty," she said. affairs, said. The Obama anonymous Senate hold.
Rector, senior research fellow at i s a n a l t e r n a t i v e m e a s u r e Conservative critics like Mr. administration has asked for Moreover, McLellan is leaving.
t h e c o n s e r v a t i v e H e r i t a g e [today], there's going to be a lot Rector are overreacting, she $7.5 million to support the His own deputy, Keith
Foundation, told a Brookings of political pressure to make this argued. The SPM will be like SPM, and "I am looking forward Humphreys, is leaving, too.
Institution briefing recently. alternative measure the standard the unemployment rate - it to fall 2011, when we'll start These are real losses.
"It's a Trojan horse," introduced measure. And then you're going provides a snapshot of how the seeing some numbers," she said. These efforts will ultimately
under the name of poverty, but to see a lot more money devoted nation is doing on its In 2008, the federal poverty line stall unless Vice President
d e s i g n e d t o f i n d e n d l e s s to fighting poverty," said Ms. employment problems, but the for a family of three was Biden, ONDCP's mercurial
"income inequality" that must Villarreal. unemployment rate "doesn't $17,600. That year, 39.8 million patron, provides more vigorous
b e f i x e d w i t h e v e n m o r e Melissa Boteach, manager of make you eligible for people, or 13.2 percent of the and more public support. Based
s p e n d i n g o n a n t i - p o v e r t y the Half in Ten Campaign at the unemployment insurance," she population, lived in poverty on what I've just seen and heard,
programs, Mr. Rector said. The Center for American Progress said. according to the official they deserve a serious chance.
government will spend $900 Action Fund, countered that the The SPM will debut in definition. Harold Pollack is a professor at
billion on means-tested aid to benefits of the proposed new September 2011 when the © Copyright 2010 The the University of Chicago
poor and low-income persons measure will outweigh any Census Bureau releases its Washington Times, LLC School of Social Service
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50 Politics/ E-reader News Edition

The Fannie and Freddie Solution for Pollution

Dave Mason (The Foundry: attempting to vest a sort of private sector to make optimal
Conservative Policy News.) property right in existing energy use of carbon the Kerry-
Submitted at 5/13/2010 5:00:33 PM -generating uses of carbon fuels, Lieberman bill establishes a
but then they do everything else series of fees to pay and hoops
Senators Kerry and Lieberman wrong. The bill does not make to navigate. That’s why the bill
h a v e i n t r o d u c e d t h e i r the rights freely transferable, but is really a cap and tax scheme.
“compromise” climate change limits the market to existing There is one last irony. There
legislation that relies largely on utilities. And rather than is actually an operating carbon
a “cap and trade” scheme to reducing transaction costs, the exchange in Europe, with
reduce carbon emissions. bill increases them by limiting trading on the London Stock
Even assuming there was a t r a d i n g t o a g o v e r n m e n t - Exchange and a futures market
need for carbon limits, the Kerry m a n a g e d e x c h a n g e . managed by a US-based
- L i e b e r m a n b i l l g e t s t h e Under the bill the Treasury company. There is even a US
m e c h a n i s m a l l w r o n g , Department will decide who market ready to start trading. If
apparently because the Senators gets to be a “market maker” on there really is a need for a
either don’t understand or don’t the exchange and how much carbon market, Congress just
t r u s t m a r k e t s . K e r r y a n d they can charge. “Market needs to define the property
Lieberman propose that the m a k e r s w o u l d b e i n t h i s rights involved and get out of
government manage a carbon business not to make vast sums the way. (And under the Coase
market because controlling of money,” explained one Theorem, it doesn’t even need
pollution is really important. Senate staffer. Sorry to burst to get the property rights
This will work about as well as y o u r b u b b l e A n o n y m o u s assigned perfectly.) Trying to
the government running grocery Staffer, but market makers are micromanage the market from
stores because everyone needs in business to make money: vast Capitol Hill is a sure way to
food. sums if possible. The way to failure.
The insight underlying the use limit those profits is not through Tags: cap and trade, energy tax,
o f m a r k e t m e c h a n i s m s t o limiting the market participation energy taxes, Fannie Mae,
achieve public goods (such as and prices controls but through Freddie Mac, Joe Lieberman,
reducing pollution) is the Coase vigorous competition. John Kerry
Theorem, developed by Nobel Come to think of it, we do have they would get the price wrong. market fail?) You can follow any responses
Economics laureate Ronald some recent experience with In the real world, a license from The magic of the market is that to this entry through the RSS 2.0
Coase. The theory holds that government-approved market the Treasury Department to everyone who wants to play can feed.
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Kerry and Lieberman begin by Freddie), but it is certain that
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Guest Blogger: Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) on Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac
Rep. Peter Roskam (The
Foundry: Conservative Policy
News.)
Submitted at 5/13/2010 6:33:55 PM
In the last week, the
government-backed mortgage
finance giants Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac asked the taxpayer
for $19 billion to stay afloat.
Add that to the $127 billion in
bailouts they have already
received since September 2008,
and we are now talking about a
whopping $146 billion of your
hard-earned tax dollars being
used to prop up these failed
entities. In more than a year and
a half we have heard nothing
from the Administration about a
plan to implement real reforms
to stop the bleeding. This
Democratic Congress, in the
midst of a debate on financial
regulatory reform, is completely
silent on the issue.
Instead of showing leadership
on this issue, the Democrat
Majority in Congress has chosen
to duck Fannie and Freddie
reform, putting off hard
decisions for later. According
to Senator Christopher Dodd,
reform will have to wait until
the “ next wave” of legislation.
The most substantive action
we’ve seen from the
Administration dealing with the
mortgage finance giants was the
little-noticed Christmas Eve
decision to lift the limit on the
amount of bailout money the
Administration is willing to sink
into these two. As if $400
billion was not enough, the
Administration lifted the limits
on the same day they announced
lucrative pay packages for the
executives. And now, as Fannie
Mae and Freddie Mac are
hemorrhaging taxpayer
dollars, Treasury Secretary
Timothy Geithner said a plan
that has been a long time in the
making is still six months away,
perhaps conveniently after
November’s election.
Rather than address an issue
that will be fundamental to the
recovery and long-term growth
of the housing market, the
Democrat Majority is keeping
their head in the sand. President
Obama himself said in his
inaugural address that “our time
of standing pat, of…putting off
unpleasant decisions – that time
has surely passed.”
Has it?
Make no mistake: no true
financial reform bill will be
complete until it deals with
reform of Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac and their $5.4
trillion in liabilities.
Republicans have been standing
ready to work across the aisle on
this issue, introducing a number
of measures over the past 18
months that would phase out
taxpayer subsidies and sunset
their conservatorship. I myself
offered a simple, common-sense
bill to ensure that, while they are
under government control,
compensation for their
executives is no more than any
member of our Armed Forces.
So long as Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac are effectively
owned by the government, there
is no reason any of their
employees should be
compensated more than the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
With a massive national debt
set to exceed $13 trillion this
year, the American people can
ill afford the Democrat
Majority’s procrastination. The
point of financial reform
legislation, and its great
opportunity, is to address the
fundamental problems that
caused the economic collapse of
Politics/ 51
2008 and to protect the
American taxpayer from this
ever happening again.
We can do better. We owe it to
the American people to do
better. True financial reforms
means reforming Fannie Mae
and Freddie Mac.
The views expressed by guest
bloggers on the Foundry do not
necessarily reflect the views of
the Heritage Foundation.
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Ziegler about what you can do.

(Newsmax - Inside Cover) declare Indonesia an Islamic "But it's actually very, very hard "They did not say it, but this • Attorney General Eric Holder,
Submitted at 5/14/2010 4:41:28 AM state ruled by sharia law. to pull off something like that so was evident in their books and who has been critical of
"They planned to attack and I don't know how far these documents, that the leader of Arizona’s new immigration law,
Indonesian militants captured in murder state officials at the operations would have America was their enemy and admitted Thursday he hasn’t yet
r e c e n t p o l i c e r a i d s w e r e August 17 celebrations. There, succeeded," she added. should be attacked whenever read the 10-page law and is
planning a series of attacks they saw all of the state officials Southeast Asian Islamic possible," he told Reuters by going by what he’s read in
including a Mumbai-style hotel a s a s s a s s i n a t i o n t a r g e t s , militant group Jemaah Islamiah phone. newspapers or seen on
siege targeting foreigners and an including the state guests and its offshoots have pulled off Obama, who spent part of his television.
assault on the president at an attending the ceremony," Danuri several bomb attacks in childhood in Jakarta, was • A New Jersey Senate
independence day ceremony, said. Indonesia over nearly a decade. expected to visit Indonesia in Committee yesterday approved
police said on Friday. A security source involved in Several of the leaders and key March but delayed his trip until legislation creating scholarships
The men also planned to target the investigation said that the bomb-makers have been killed mid-June so he could oversee for students to attend private
U.S. President Barack Obama, attackers had planned to lay or imprisoned, while Indonesia's the passage of the U.S. health schools.
who is scheduled to visit the s i e g e t o t h e p a l a c e o n anti-terror unit has captured bill. • Mervyn King, Governor of
country later this year, and Independence Day, staging a hundreds of militants, reducing Another intelligence expert told the Bank of England, says the
plotted the attacks to install coup. their effectiveness. Reuters last year that militants United States shares many of the
sharia law in the world's most The militants also planned to But recent intelligence shows planned to use snipers to attack same fiscal problems currently
p o p u l o u s M u s l i m n a t i o n , attack and occupy hotels used the groups are forging closer Obama's convoy during his haunting Europe.
officials said. by certain communities, links and adopting new visit.
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Fighting Terror Through Courts: Not Good for

Courts, Not Good for Safety
Conn Carroll (The Foundry: preclude the government, after
Conservative Policy News.) appropriate interrogation, from
Submitted at 5/14/2010 9:15:17 AM then deciding to send the
suspect to trial in federal court
Since coming into office the or a military commission.
Obama administration has Heritage Foundation Senior 'Private Practice' - 'The
insisted on approaching all Legal Fellow writes: End of a Beautiful
terrorist attacks as a law- After 9/11, the White House
enforcement-only problem. For rightly shifted the focus of Friendship' Recap
purely ideological reasons, counterterrorism operations (Season Finale)
Attorney General Eric Holder from investigating attacks to Isabelle Carreau (TV Squad)
has refused to learn what the preventing them. By being more
Submitted at 5/14/2010 4:40:00 AM
rest of the country already concerned about safeguarding
learned from the 1990s and the opportunity to prosecute F i l e d u n d e r :
9/11: that this unconventional suspects than stopping terrorist Recaps(S03E23)"This is a crap
enemy requires the government plots, Holder is returning to the day," one character said in the
to use all lawful tools at its wrong-headed strategy that second half of the episode.
disposal, including holding he is taken into custody are Bomber, Holder has discovered characterized this nation’s pre- Indeed, this was not a so happy
some terrorists captured in the court-created extensions of our that this exception is not enough 9/11 approach to fighting day for the'Private Practice'
U.S. as enemy combatants. 5th Amendment Constitutional to properly protect the country.
terrorism. The Attorney General characters and the show's fans.
But now that he is in power and rights. If law enforcement forget So now he wants a legislative has forgotten that intelligence The lives of Maya and her baby
has some actual responsibility, or intentionally choose not to change to our criminal justice gathering, at the outset of hung in the balance, Pete lied to
Holder is beginning to learn the read the suspect his Miranda system. But Miranda is a court- capture, is more important than Sam, William decided his fate,
limits of the law-enforcement warnings, then the government created Constitutional doctrine. preparing for a trial. someone lost the battle for the
only approach. Unfortunately he usually cannot use those un- It would be unconstitutional for Tags: Eric Holder, Fifth woman he loved, a series
has decided to change our law Mirandized statements at trial. Congress to change it. Amendment, Miranda, regular died, and couples broke
enforcement system to fit the Behind the government’s use of There is an existing
terrorism, U.S. Constitution, war up. However, one couple did get
fight against terror instead of M i r a n d a i s a n u n d e r l y i n g constitutional way to protect our on terror engage, and other couples got
treating it as the war that it is. assumption: The case is going to c o u n t r y : C o n g r e s s ’ s You can follow any responses together.
So this past Sunday, and again trial, and the government wants A u t h o r i z a t i o n f o r U s e o f to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Are you happy with the show's
yesterday, Holder said we to preserve the possibility of Military Force and subsequent feed. season finale and where its
needed to“update” our Miranda using the defendant’s statements court cases allow the President Five Filters featured article: heading? I'm not.
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54 TV/ E-reader News Edition

Private Practice Exclusive: The Real Story Behind the

Heartbreaking Death
(TVGuide.com: Breaking honestly one of the best actors happen. All of us on the show compliment what she gave my
News) I've known, but there wasn't so knew this was going to be my character over the past three
Submitted at 5/14/2010 1:00:00 AM much story for a midwife on the last episode. I remember seasons. She's given me some
show," Rhimes tells actually getting the script and it pretty heavy stuff and I'm just
Private Practice TVGuide.com. "Losing him rocked my world. We had the flattered to be given the
[Warning: This story contains from the show feels like a bit of table read and we got to my last challenge.
spoilers from Thursday's Season a death because he is part of our monologue and I totally lost it. I TVGuide.com: Earlier in the
3 finale of Private Practice, family." was a complete mess, a season, you told me that Dell
including which series regular TVGuide.com sat down with waterfall. Everyone else was was going to get really dark this
died.] Lowell on his character's death- too. It was really emotional. season, but he really didn't.
How do you make the cast of day to get the real story on why These guys are my family. I What happened?
Private Practice cry? Write them Dell is dead. love them. Lowell: For a long time, the
a scene in which they learn that Private Practice cast dishes on TVGuide.com: Dell has really thought was that Dell was going
their longtime friend and co- tragic season finale grown a lot from being half- to go down the drug path and
worker has died. Kate Walsh TVGuide.com: All cards on the naked in the pilot to now. die from the drugs, or be put in
needed a moment between takes table: Did you want to leave the Lowell:[ Laughs] It's funny. We rehab and that's how he leaves
to wipe her eyes after Addison show? Was it a contract thing? always forget about the pilot. It's [the show]. I think they may
and Amelia ( Caterina Scorsone) Or were you surprised when you From the beginning, I knew I wild to think how far this have been afraid of going
were tasked with delivering the found out? really wanted [Dell] to die character has come. I remember perpetually darker.
bad news: Dell ( Chris Lowell), Chris Lowell: I'd say it was a because I've never been killed we all signed our contracts Private Practice exclusive: Will
Oceanside Wellness Center's very, very mutual separation and on a show before, so I wanted to without reading the script Cooper and Charlotte's
midwife, had succumbed to his a totally positive one. Shonda experience that. At first, they because we had blind faith in engagement stick?
injuries sustained in a car and I had a conversation about were hesitant about it because Shonda. I remember getting the TVGuide.com: He does go out
accident while rushing Naomi's how it was difficult to find a they had [Dell's former wife] pilot and being like, "No, I can't on a high note because he saved
pregnant daughter, Maya ( way to utilize Dell in each Heather's death planned, and be that stupid surfer eye candy. Maya.
Geffri Maya Hightower), to the episode. Neither of us wanted to they were having trouble finding This is not what I signed up Lowell: I remember finding out
hospital. Dell's death was have these episodes where Dell a way to do it without it being for." I was the butt of all my that Dell was driving Maya to
heroic, as he refused treatment is bringing files or whatever. so dark. The way they've done it friends' jokes. the hospital and freaking out
while helping to save Maya We devised this formula where is really poetic. It's a really When we started shooting the thinking it would be my fault.
himself. we'd do less episodes, but he beautiful way to go out. I'm first season, I sat down with Then when I read it was a drunk
Dell has grown quite a bit from would be featured more in those happy this is my last episode. Shonda filled with this fire to driver and I was like, "OK,
the half-naked surf bum we saw episodes, which is obviously Exclusive: Grey's Anatomy and say, "Please don't make me half- thank God." I just didn't want to
in the pilot episode. His speech something that I was happy to P r i v a t e P r a c t i c e ' s n e x t naked again." As soon as I sat go out a villain or a victim. I
about "bad things" to his hear. Then it was a matter of crossover? A Shepherd reunion down, she said, "You're never will always look back on this
daughter in Thursday's episode figuring out how Dell should TVGuide.com: How did you going to have to do that again." experience with the utmost
was particularly wrenching, as leave the show or if he should feel when you found out the She also said, "I'll make you a gratitude. These people have
was the decision by executive leave the show. I wanted Dell to season finale would be the end deal. I'll make sure everyone taught me more than I ever
producer Shonda Rhimes to cut go big and in a fun way, so for Dell? else on the show has to be half- thought I could learn.
Lowell from the Private Practice Shonda was open to all sorts of Lowell: I knew about two naked before you ever have to
roster. "We adore Chris and he's ideas. PRIVATE page 56
weeks prior how it was going to be again." [ Laughs] It's a real
E-reader News Edition
ABC Orders Six More Series For
Fall
(TVGuide.com: Breaking
News)
Submitted at 5/13/2010 11:12:00 PM
Matthew Perry
Matthew Perry and Michael
Imperioli are among the stars
returning to TV as ABC picked
up six more new series this fall,
Variety reports.
Friends star Perry will return to
the small screen in Mr.
Sunshine, a comedy about a
sports arena manager facing 40.
Perry will executive-produce the
series, which co-stars Allison
Janney.
14 promising pilots: What new
fall shows look best?
ABC has also ordered two
romantic comedies: Happy
Endings and Better Together.
Happy Endings, created by
David Caspe, focuses on a
couple who split at the altar and
how the breakup hits their
friends. Eliza Coupe, Elisha
Cuthbert( 24), Zachary
Knighton( FlashForward),
Damon Wayans Jr.( My Wife
and Kids), Casey Wilson(
Saturday Night Live) and Adam
Pally will star.
Better Together(formerly
known as That Couple), which
looks at two couples in widely
different relationships, is from
Shana Goldberg-Meehan and
stars JoAnna Garcia(
Privileged), Jennifer Finnigan(
Head Case), Josh Cooke( Four
Kings), Jake Lacy, Kurt Fuller(
Supernatural) and Debra Jo
Rupp( That '70s Show).
V renewed for second season
Among the dramas, Imperioli
— who won a supporting-actor
Emmy for his performance in
The Sopranos— headlines the
cop series Detroit 187. Jason
Richman wrote the pilot, which
follows homicide cops.
The Whole Truth is Jerry
Bruckheimer's second new
series for 2010-11, following
NBC's Chase. The drama, which
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examines legal cases from the
prosecution and defense
perspectives, stars Rob Morrow(
Numb3rs), Joely Richardson(
The Tudors) and Eamonn
Walker( Kings).
ABC orders No Ordinary
Family for fall
Formerly titled Generation Y,
My Generation follows a decade
in the lives of a group of former
high school classmates and
comes from Noah Hawley(
Bones).
The pickups put two other
bubble shows' renewals in
V Renewed for Second
question. Morrow would return
to Numb3rs if the CBS series is
Season
renewed and Knighton is still (TVGuide.com: Breaking in November. V, based on the
News)
tied to ABC's FlashForward if it 1984 miniseries of the same
returns for Season 2. Submitted at 5/13/2010 9:39:00 PM name, will wrap its first season
News of ABC's six new shows Tuesday.
comes on the heels of ABC's V Besides V, ABC has renewed
first order for fall — the The Vs will be back! Desperate Housewives, Grey's
superhero drama No Ordinary ABC has renewed V for a 13- Anatomy and Private Practice
Family. e p i s o d e s e c o n d s e a s o n , for full seasons.
Will you watch ABC's new TVGuide.com has confirmed. ABC will announce its fall
series? A B C c a n c e l s S c r u b s , schedule Tuesday as well.
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Report: ABC Cancels Scrubs,
FlashForward, Romantically
Challenged and Better Off Ted
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Submitted at 5/13/2010 11:18:00 PM
Scrubs, Romantically
Challenged
ABC has canceled Scrubs,
Better Off Ted, FlashForward
and Romantically Challenged,
Entertainment Weekly reports.
The end of the Scrubs comes as
no surprise to fans. The comedy
was rebooted with several new
faces this season to middling
numbers and star-executive
producer Zach Braff wrote on
his Facebook a few months
ago,"[ Scrubs] is no more. It was
worth a try, but alas ... it didn't
work."
V renewed for a second season
Scrubs, along with Better Off
Ted, aired a shortened season.
After both series' low ratings,
the last new episodes were
burned off in March to 3.4
million viewers and 2.55 million
viewers for their respective
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TVGuide.com: What's next for
you now?
Lowell: I moved out of my
apartment and I'll be flying to
New York. I'm going traveling
for the summer and then moving
to the Big Apple.
finales.
FlashForward, thought by many
to possibly be the next Lost,
premiered to 12.47 million
viewers in September. However,
ratings have since fallen to 4.77
million viewers for last week's
new episode.
Romantically Challenged,
starring Alyssa Milano, made a
modest debut in April to 10.67
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Filed under: TV News The
annual network upfront
presentations are just days away,
which means not only are there
a slew of new shows coming our
way, but also some surprising
cancellations, too. The latest
cut:'The Wanda Sykes Show' at
Fox.
Deadline.com reports that Fox
is pulling the plug on the show
after just one season. Sykes' talk
show, which replaced 'MadTV'
as the network's 'Saturday Night
Live' counter-programming,
premiered last November with
strong ratings. But in the
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Artemis Dibenedetto push back the day when he or
(Consumer Reports) she might outlive your joint
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income for your spouse and for your survivors if you don't premium dollar.
dependent children in the event have an adequate amount of life • How much do I need?• What
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But for many, life insurance Working couples who delayed is the insurer?
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Celtics hand LeBron, Cavaliers early playoff exit

Associated Press it's time to lock in as a group. I thing, my only concern," James minutes)...until tonight. In LeBron was doing."
(ESPN.com) think we did just that. I think the said. "I've always prided myself particular, the five shined on It was the second straight year
Submitted at 5/14/2010 1:31:27 AM experience is taking over." -- it's all about winning for me defense. Cleveland has finished the
Despite his sixth career playoff and I think the Cavs are Mo Williams scored 20 of his regular-season with the No. 1
BOSTON -- The Boston Celtics triple-double, James is headed committed to doing that. But at 22 points in the first half for the overall seed, and the second in a
sent LeBron James and the for another early offseason after the same time, I've given myself Cavaliers. row that they have failed to get
Cavaliers back to Cleveland to winning a second MVP award options to this point. Me and my Boston's Paul Pierce scored 11 out of the East. Last year, they
admire all of their regular- and leading the Cavs to an NBA team, we have a game plan that of his 13 points in the second lost to Orlando in the conference
season accomplishments and -best 61 wins and a home-court we'll execute and we'll see half after playing just nine finals, an exit that left James so
ponder their future. advantage they never got to use. where we're at." minutes -- and shooting 1-for-5 - shaken he skulked off the court
It's the Celtics who are still in "The fact that it's over right now James scored 27 points with 10 - in the first with foul trouble. without shaking hands.
the chase for an NBA title. is definitely a surprise to me," assists, and his 19 rebounds The Celtics had missed their This year, he might not stop
More on Cavs-Celtics James said. "A friend of mine matched a career-high and were first eight 3-point attempts when until he finds himself in a new
It all came together for the told me, 'I guess you've got to the most he's ever had in a Pierce hit a 3 that gave them a city.
Celtics in a victory over LeBron go through a lot of nightmares playoff game. But he also had 65-58 lead with 4:06 left in the James seemed like he couldn't
James and the Cavaliers, writes before you realize your dream.' nine turnovers, and he may have third. wait to slip off his Cavaliers
ESPNBoston.com's Peter May. That's what's going on for me been hobbled by an elbow injury It was 67-61 when Rasheed jersey, pulling it off as soon as
Story individually right now." that limited him to dunks and Wallace hit a 3-pointer, and then he reached the tunnel to the
• Dime: Where does LeBron go Cavs LeBust short jumpers, going 8 for 21 Ray Allen stole James' pass and locker room. He casually flipped
now? LeBron James had a triple- from the floor overall. got the ball to Pierce for another it to an attendant moments after
• Ford: Early guess is LBJ to double on Thursday. But he also "I just told him, 'Keep your head 3 that completed a 16-4 run. he walked into the dressing
Chicago had nine turnovers. As James up, man. I've been there,'" said James hadn't made an outside room.
• O'Connor: James ready for goes, the Cavs go. Here's a look Garnett, who was a star without shot before hitting back-to-back Brown said he wasn't ready to
NY? at the series: a title in Minnesota for more 3-pointers to cut it to four think about the future yet.
• Forsberg: Healthy KG the This offseason is destined to than a decade before joining the points, 78-74, early in the fourth "Obviously, he's a heck of a
difference define the future of the franchise Celtics and leading them to their quarter and force the Celtics to talent and a great guy," he said.
• Check out the Celtics blog -- and the rest of the NBA, too. NBA-record 17th championship call a timeout. But Rondo drove "But right now we just lost the
Kevin Garnett scored 22 points The LeBron watch began at in 2008. "'You have a very, for a layup, then set Pierce up series. I'm not thinking of that. It
and added 12 rebounds, and 1 0 : 5 3 p . m . , w h e n R o n d o very, very bright future. for another 3. Pierce found wouldn't be fair to everyone in
Rajon Rondo had 21 points and dribbled out the last 14 seconds Continue to work and make Wallace for a 3-pointer and then that locker room to think beyond
12 assists to beat Cleveland 94- a n d t h e C e l t i c s b e g a n decisions based on you and your Tony Allen's steal led to a tonight."
85 in Game 6 on Thursday night celebrating their 4-2 victory in family." Garnett dunk at the other end Brown's future with the Cavs,
and advance to the Eastern the best-of-seven series. James Celtics starters find their that sent the Cavaliers into a too, appears uncertain. After a
Conference finals. They'll play is eligible to opt out of his playoff groove timeout to regroup, down 88-74 second straight postseason
the Orlando Magic, who are contract this summer, a move The Celtics starting five of with 5:53 left in their season. flameout, there's no guarantee
undefeated in the playoffs. that would make the two-time Rajon Rondo, Ray Allen, Paul "You knew it was coming at management will bring him
"Winning is gratifying," Garnett MVP -- and zero-time NBA Pierce, Kevin Garnett and some point with LeBron," said back for a sixth season.
said. "You're playing the best champion -- a free agent and set Kendrick Perkins was the best Celtics coach Doc Rivers, who Same goes for the hired guns
team in basketball; the challenge off a scramble for his services five-player unit in the NBA reminded his players that they brought in to help James.
is there; you don't have to dress from New York to Miami to Los during the regular season weren't good enough to take Shaquille O'Neal finished his
it up. One thing we don't lack is Angeles and, of course, back in (+298). They had not been over the game. "That's what that first -- and maybe last -- season
confidence. We're a veteran Cleveland. nearly as dominant in the timeout was about: to remind CELTICS page 62
team and we understand when "I want to win. That's my only postseason (+3 as a unit in 188 them that we can't do that, what
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Kansas City Royals fire manager Trey Hillman, replace him

with Ned Yost
Associated Press day we've got to make decisions start, had a dismal 3-8 road trip relational skills that he has with and picked it up again less than
(ESPN.com) that are best for our baseball that ended with a four-game people, somebody who knows 12 hours later. Moore made the
Submitted at 5/13/2010 8:58:06 PM team and our organization long- sweep at Texas last weekend our system." decision but then made the rare,
term and that's the conclusion and plummeted to the bottom of It still wasn't an easy decision heartfelt gesture of giving
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Even that we made." the AL Central with a seven- to replace Hillman, at least from Hillman the option of managing
as the losses piled up, Trey Hillman had been considered a game losing streak. an emotional standpoint. one last game.
Hillman never lost the respect of m a n a g e r - i n - w a i t i n g a f t e r Hillman, who had been Hillman had formed a strong There wasn't a doubt.
his players or the Kansas City spending 12 years in the New criticized at times for his bond with Moore and the Telling no one but his wife,
Royals' management. York Yankees' organization, handling of the bullpen and in- players, his professionalism and Hillman tucked his emotions
It was evident in the way the where he won several manager game decisions, was 152-207 in straightforward-yet-easygoing inside and tried to treat the game
Royals allowed him to manage of the year awards in the minors, two-plus seasons with the approach rubbing off on just like any other while taking
one last game, in the tears that and five more years in Japan. Royals, including 12-23 this everyone inside and outside the in the surroundings for one last
filled general manager Dayton T h e 4 7 - y e a r - o l d b u i l t a year. Royals' clubhouse. time.
Moore's eyes as he spoke about reputation for working well with "There won't be any second- He was just as gracious with the The Royals finally did score
the man he hired to rebuild a younger players, being attentive guessing," he said. "I have the media even after being fired, some runs for Greinke and the
struggling franchise. to details, possessing good ultimate respect for the people I waiting around until Moore was Royals won 6-4, though it was
Those losses were just too hard communication skills. work for, but to put it into done with his announcement to already too late for Hillman,
to overlook. He just didn't win enough in perspective, sometimes things in take questions from reporters who broke the news to his
The Royals needed a change Kansas City. this business work and and thank nearly everyone in the surprised team in a brief training
and, tough as it was, Hillman The Royals went 75-87 his first sometimes they don't." organization for more than 30 -room meeting after the game.
had to take the fall. season in 2008 but then dropped His replacement has plenty of minutes. "It's on your mind because you
Hillman became the first to a last-place tie in the AL experience. "This game is a roller coaster, don't ever have a guarantee that
manager to get fired this season, Central at 65-97 in an injury- Yost became the Brewers' but the one thing that stayed you're going to be in a dugout
bowing out with a graceful exit plagued 2009 season. manager in 2003 and was fired consistent over the last couple of again, much less a major league
and a win in his final game on Kansas City came entered this late in the 2008 season with the years was his character, the way dugout," Hillman said. "I was
Thursday. season with high expectations team in the playoff race. The he approached us every single very appreciative of getting a
Former Milwaukee Brewers after adding a few new pieces Royals hired him last winter as a day," right-hander Brian chance to be in the dugout, but I
manager Ned Yost will move a n d Z a c k G r e i n k e b a c k special adviser for baseball Bannister said. "I know he gave had to keep reminding myself
from the front office to replace following his AL Cy Young operations, starting speculation 100 percent to us all the time. stop thinking about what you've
Hillman in the dugout for the Award last season. that Hillman was on his way He was a man I was proud to got to cover after the game,
remainder of the season. Instead, the Royals seemed to out. play underneath. He was a man I you've still got a game to
"I love Trey Hillman, I love him take another step back. Yost was not in Kansas City on looked up to." manage. It was pretty
as a ... ," said Moore, who The bullpen was a disaster-in- Thursday but was expected to be That's why they gave him a challenging, but the goal was
needed several seconds to waiting for the second straight at the helm for Friday's game chance to manage one last achieved."
c o m p o s e h i m s e l f b e f o r e season, several starters struggled against the Chicago White Sox. game, to go out with a win, not Copyright 2010 by The
continuing. "Obviously, it's a and the Royals couldn't score "Ned, obviously, has been a lengthy losing streak. Associated Press
very difficult decision. The for Greinke, who was winless in through what we're going Moore and Hillman started Five Filters featured article:
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Brian Vickers hospitalized with blood clots
David Newton (ESPN.com)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 8:51:17 AM
DOVER, Del. -- Brian Vickers
has multiple blood clots in his
veins that will keep him out of
Sunday's Sprint Cup race at
Dover International Speedway
and off the track for the
unforeseeable future.
Jay Frye, the general manager
of Red Bull Racing, confirmed
Vickers' medical condition on
Friday at Dover.
On the advice of the team's
physician, Vickers entered an
undisclosed hospital in
Washington, D.C., on
Wednesday night complaining
of chest pains. It was discovered
several clots had developed in
his veins, including one in or
around his lungs and one in his
legs.
Vickers was immediately put
on high dosages of medication
to thin his blood and break up
the clots. When it became
apparent he would not be able to
drive this weekend, Red Bull
officials contacted Casey Mears
as Vickers' replacement.
CELTICS
continued from page 60
with the Cavaliers with 11
points against the Celtics.
Antawn Jamison, acquired at the
trade deadline from
Washington, had five points.
The sold-out Boston crowd
taunted James' every free throw
with a chant of " New York
Frye said there is no timetable
for Vickers' return to the track.
“ Frye, without being specific,
It is a minor setback in a young
man's life and career. Obviously
it is a major setback for the race
team and this weekend. As far
as a timetable for his return,
we're not sure.”-- Jay Frye, GM
of Red Bull Racing
"In our press release [Thursday]
we said this is a minor setback,"
Frye said. "It is a minor setback
in a young man's life and career.
Obviously it is a major setback
for the race team and this
weekend. As far as a timetable
for his return, we're not sure."
Missing the race likely will end
any chance the 26-year-old
Vickers has of making the 12-
driver Chase for the
championship for the second
straight season. He is 20th in
points, 160 points out of the
12th and final spot for the 10-
race playoff. By missing a race,
he will lose at least 156 points to
the 12th spot and up to 190 to
the race winner.
"He's a long-term player with
Red Bull Racing," Frye said.
Knicks!" and fans wore Knicks
jerseys with his name on them.
The only "M-V-P!" cheers were
not for James, who was the
league's best player in the
regular season, but for Rondo,
who was the best player in this
series.
"Our main concern is his
health."
said some of the things Vickers
does as a driver on a daily basis
could have contributed to the
condition. He discounted the
condition had anything to do
with Vickers breathing a heavy
dose of carbon monoxide inside
his car after a recent incident at
Texas.
"At Texas we had damage,"
Frye said. "We had to park the
car early because of stuff going
on inside the cockpit. In
conversations with Brian, that
never was mentioned."
Frye said there was a chance
Vickers could be released from
the hospital as early as Friday,
adding the uncertainty made it
necessary for the team to move
forward with Mears in the No.
83 car. He indicated having
Vickers take the first lap on
Sunday, which would allow the
driver to keep any points the car
earned in the race, was not an
option.
Frye did not sound optimistic
that Vickers would be in the car
Game notes
The hottest T-shirt in the stands
was a takeoff of the famous
Barack Obama campaign poster
with James' image and the
caption, "Nope." ... Wallace was
called for a technical foul in the
second quarter. He had 14 in the
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Vickers qualified for by winning
at Michigan last season.
"There's really no hurry for him
to get out," Frye said of Vickers.
"Our real focus is to get through
the weekend and then evaluate.
We'll know more next week.
There are questions about the
All-Star Race. Are we in or out?
I am trying to get clarification."
NASCAR doctors must give
Vickers clearance before he can
race again. Spokesman Ramsey
Poston said the governing body
is working in conjunction with
the team.
David Newton covers
NASCAR for ESPN.com.
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locker room, he had whipped his
Cavaliers headband into the
stands, tugged anxiously at his
Cavaliers shorts and stripped off
his Cavaliers jersey with
disgust, leaving nothing but a
vacant black T-shirt. If this
wasn't heavy symbolism about
LeBron James and his future,
what exactly was it? He kept
walking through the hallway of
the raucous enemy arena, then
turned into the room and
immediately threw his jersey
toward the equipment manager,
as if to say, well, you know.
Take this uniform and shove it.
"LeBron is leaving! LeBron is
leaving! ... New York Knicks!
New York Knicks!" came the
derisive chants of the Boston
fans, knowing that the final
seconds of the Eastern
Conference semifinals very well
could have been the final
seconds of the James era in
sorry, woebegone Cleveland.
And really, why shouldn't
Thursday evening have marked
the end of a maddening early
phase of what still could be an
all-time career -- but only if he
escapes to a market and
franchise that allow him to win
NBA championships? It's hard
to believe James will re-sign
with the Cavaliers this summer
after the way he and his
teammates wilted so feebly
against the Celtics, who
performed like a mature,
purposeful, defensive-driven
machine in a six-game dismissal
of a team that wasn't well-
coached or conceived, even with
LeBron as the epicenter.
He needs a new residence,
away from his native northeast
Ohio, where he can shake the
pressure of saving a city and
replace it with more reasonable
objectives of simply beginning
his championship trail. After the
94-85 elimination loss in Game
6, he sat in the interview room
and confirmed that, yes, he and
his advisers will pursue an
aggressive free-agency battle
plan in the coming weeks.
Presumably, he'll attack the
process with considerably more
vigor than he attacked the
Celtics, who systematically
diminished his skills to humble
averages over the four series
losses: 22 points, 36.8 percent
shooting, 2-of-17 from the three
-point line and six turnovers.
Was this LeBron James? Or
Mike James?
"I'm gonna approach this
summer with the right mindset.
Me and my team are going to
figure out the best course for
me," said James, who didn't
wear a Yankees cap or deliver
any other hint. "I love the city of
Cleveland. It was a
disappointing season, to say the
least, but we'll see what
happens.
"I want to win. That's my only
thing, my only concern. I've
always prided myself -- it's all
about winning for me and I
think the Cavs are committed to
doing that. But at the same time,
I've given myself options to this
point. Me and my team, we have
a game plan that we'll execute
and we'll see where we're at."
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Source: New England Patriots,
defensive end Derrick Burgess
reach 1-year deal
Adam Schefter (ESPN.com) the first week of March.
Now, the two sides have
Submitted at 5/14/2010 8:38:49 AM
figured out a way to bring
Just as the New England Burgess back to New England,
Patriots retained Vince Wilfork, which acquired him last summer
they have done the same with in a trade with the Oakland
defensive end Derrick Burgess. Raiders.
The Patriots and Burgess Burgess led the NFL with a
reached agreement on a one- career-high 16 sacks in 2005,
year contract, a league source when he made his first of two
said Friday morning. The consecutive Pro Bowls with the
agreement enables New England Raiders. He had 11 sacks in
t o c o n t i n u e t o s t o c k p i l e 2006.
defensive linemen. Adam Schefter is ESPN's NFL
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Portal is free, and here's a cute video about it

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LeBron 'Nope' Shirts a Hit in Boston

A.J. Perez (FanHouse Main)
Submitted at 5/13/2010 11:37:00 PM

Filed under: Cavaliers, Celtics,

NBA Playoffs
BOSTON --- Most of the fans
who poured out of TD Garden
and toward any number of Celtics Send
merchandise stands didn't care
where Cleveland Cavaliers star Cavs, LeBron
LeBron James will play next
season,.
They just wanted to rub in the
Packing
Pat McManamon (FanHouse
fact their Celtics advanced to the Main)
Eastern Conference Finals with
Submitted at 5/14/2010 12:03:00 AM
a 94-85 victory Thursday night,
and what better way than a
Filed under: Cavaliers, Celtics,
"Nope" shirt --- a play off
get just minutes after the the were plenty of those to be had thinking about creating a shirt NBA Playoffs
President Barack Obama's
Celtics clinched the series. One long after the "Nope" shirts that plays off of Orlando BOSTON -- The whys and how
famed "Hope" campaign
of the managers of the company were gone, not an unexpected Magic standout Dwight comes now take a backseat to
posters.
who created the shirts said about revelation for something Howard. the what: For the second year in
"You don't get famous until
600 shirts were sold Thursday modeled after a player who has "It's still up in the air," a row, the Cleveland Cavaliers
after you win a title," said
night, most going for $20 each. yet to play a minute in the Williams said. "We have some won more than 60 games,
Celtics fan Gary Kosiewski,
Share"I sold the last shirt off postseason. time to figure out what we're LeBron James won the MVP,
who purchased the shirt for his
my back for $40," said vendor "You think Celtics, you think going to come up with." and the team sent its fans home
buddy. "Michael Jordan was the
Sam Williams, a student at Scal," one female Celtics fan Follow Us on Twitter Friend Us too soon and too disappointed.
exception. He was in all those
nearby Northeastern University. said in passing. "He's played on Facebook The time might come soon
Nike ads before he won a title
The "Nope" shirt is a fairly new zero [minutes], but he has nice enough when James leaves
and he backed it up. LeBron
creation compared with the suits." Cleveland crushed. He is fully
hasn't backed it up."
Celtics forward/center Brian For the conference finals,
The shirts sold well before the CELTICS page 65
Scalabrine"Hope" shirts. There Williams said his company is
game, but were impossible to

Sausage, Peppers, and Onions

(Simply Recipes) to order them at a hole-in-the- hand holding more sausage, that lunch, you just don't need
Submitted at 5/13/2010 4:48:47 PMwall lunch counter in Burbank, peppers, and onions than you much for dinner. Yum.
you know the type of place think you can possibly eat. But Continue reading "Sausage,
M m m m m . M m m m m . where the big loud guy behind eat you do, because they are so Peppers, and Onions" »
Mmmmm. Sausage, peppers, the counter works fast and so good. And then you have a
and onions. This is one of those furious, takes your order (you food coma for the rest of the
classic Italian American street- better know what you want!) the line, and within minutes you afternoon, and you eat steamed
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Peaking Celtics the Better Team
Pat McManamon (FanHouse
Main)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 1:23:00 AM
Filed under: Cavaliers, Celtics,
Magic, NBA Playoffs BOSTON
-- There's no complex
explanation for the Boston
Celtics beating the Cleveland
Cavaliers in six games in the
Eastern Conference semifinals.
The Celtics were simply better.
Plain and simple. The better
team won. The Celtics were
smarter, played harder, played
more mature, came up bigger in
games that mattered most and
simply outplayed Cleveland.
Especially defensively.
Boston put the clamps on the
Cavs in ways few teams have
done -- and especially put the
clamps on LeBron James, who
CELTICS
continued from page 64
expected to become a free agent
when he opts out of the final
year of his contract. Where he
plays next season, nobody
knows -- not even James.
"I love the city of Cleveland, of
course," James said after he and
the Cavs were sent home with a
94-85 loss to the Boston Celtics
in Game 6. "The city, the fans. It
was a disappointing season to
say the least, but at the same
time we had a great time
averaged 21.3 points the final
three games and needed 53 shots
to score 64 points. After taking a
2-1 series lead, James shot 18
for 53 in the final three games
and had 19 turnovers.
Cleveland played the way it
played all season -- coasting and
assuming it could turn on the
together. We'll see what
happens."
Hard for a Cavs fan to find a
single word of comfort there
about James staying and playing
for his hometown team. Nor did
he offer many others as he
discussed his future. As he's
done all along, James continued
to leave folks guessing about his
upcoming free agency.
"First of all I want to win," he
said "That's my only thing, my
Users report Magic: The
switch when it was needed. That
worked in the regular season, Gathering 'Expansion Pack
but in the playoffs things are
different. And Boston, a team of
veterans, understood.
2' DLC breaks the game
David Hinkle (Joystiq)
"The playoffs come around, it's
time to pick it up a notch," Submitted at 5/14/2010 1:30:00 AM
Boston's Kevin Garnett said. It would seem the recent
injection of fresh cards into
Magic: The Gathering - Duels of
the Planeswalker has had an
unintended effect for some
only concern right now. It's all players, with the new DLC
about winning for me. I think apparently crashing the game
the Cavs (are) committed to and displaying only a black
doing that, but at the same time screen. Users on both the
I've given myself options to this GameFAQs and Wizards of the
point." Coast forums have reported the
same issues.
Downloading the Title Update
gave us some hiccups --
specifically, we were booted
back to the dashboard after
downloading it and then were
forced to download the entire
Magic: The Gathering - Duel of
the Planeswalkers game again.
But the actual DLC pack itself
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didn't give us any problems. We
even played a game online and
tried restarting the title multiple
times to repeat the effect to no
avail.
Eric Sorensen from Wizards of
the Coast's community team is
aware of the issue, and WOTC
is working with Microsoft to
resolve it. We'll let you know
when we're all in the clear.
Source- Wizards of the Coast
forums
Source- GameFAQs forums
Users report Magic: The
Gathering 'Expansion Pack 2'
DLC breaks the game originally
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Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Map Pack detailed
David Hinkle (Joystiq)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 9:46:00 AM
[Vacant, as seen in Call of Duty
4]
Xbox Live's Major Nelson had
Infinity Ward "creative
strategist" Robert Bowling on
his podcast recently to talk
about the upcoming Resurgence
Map Pack for Modern Warfare
2. Set to release on June 3 on
Xbox Live, the pack will be
priced at 1200($15) -- the same
as its predecessor, the Stimulus
Pack. Resurgence will feature
maps old and new, including
two Call of Duty 4 maps and
three new locations:
• Vacant -- the wide open
Russian office complex from
CoD4
• Strike -- the urban town
surrounded by hotels from
CoD4
• Carnival -- an abandoned
carnival area with a Ferris
wheel, fun house and other
attractions
• Trailer Park -- full of "super
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Cyber Girl:
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Leigh
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Submitted at 5/14/2010 3:00:00 AM

Photos courtesy of Playboy

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Interview: Skate 3 Brittany set the Cyber Girl bar
pretty high when she risked
getting a traffic ticket the night
producer Chris Parry Augmented-Reality Window Display
before her shoot. She tells
Playboy, "I'm scrambling to put
Mike Schramm (Joystiq) over the PA: "Did you see that my dress on while the
Submitted at 5/14/2010 9:05:00 AM little ripper go? That was sick!" Lets Passing Shoppers "Try On" Virtual policeman is walking toward my
After he finished the
It was a motley crew at the giveaways, we pulled the Watches Without Entering Store car. I think he knew what I was
up to."
Venice Beach, CA skate park on producer of all three Skate Denise Ngo (Popular Science d i v e r f u n c t i o n a l i t y , a n d To see what that policeman
Wednesday, as EA held a public games to the side and asked him - New Technology, Science thermometers. Watch faces even almost saw, check out her photo
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letting shoppers swap watches, [ Telegraph]
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with functions like compasses,
68 Gaming/ Science/
Fable 3 box art crowned with 'Windows' label
Ludwig Kietzmann (Joystiq)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 10:02:00 AM
"Dudes, this box art rules!" We
would have been satisfied to
leave it at that after sharing
Fable 3's regal cover art with
you, had it not been for the
curious stamp at the top: " Only
on Xbox 360 & Windows." The
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Scientists Say They Can
Measure Rate of Oil
Leak if BP Releases
Clear Seafloor Video
Clay Dillow (Popular Science -
New Technology, Science
News, The Future Now)
Submitted at 5/13/2010 4:57:26 PM
The Largest of Two Leaks on
The Deepwater Horizon Riser
Since BP's Deepwater Horizon
rig exploded into one of the
worst man-made ecological
disasters in history, one big
question has remained
unanswered: Just how big of a
mess is it? While BP asserts
there's no way to know, marine
experts say that if the oil giant
would but release more video
l a b e l , w h i c h d e n o t e s elaborate labeling error or an 'Windows' label originally from its submersible ROVs and
"exclusivity" on Microsoft's accidental announcement of appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 14 provide a little data on the well
console and PC, was most Fable 3 heading to PC. We'll do M a y 2 0 1 0 1 0 : 0 2 : 0 0 E S T . itself, they could deduce the
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Since this official Microsoft- writing, neither Microsoft US C o m m e n t s So far there have been a lot of
provided art has now been n o r M i c r o s o f t U K h a d numbers floated out there
retracted (from Games Press), r e s p o n d e d t o o u r c a l l s . concerning the amount of crude
you're either looking at an Fable 3 box art crowned with spewing into the Gulf; the U.S.
Coast Guard continues to repeat
the earliest estimate of 5,000
barrels per day, but BP officials
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continued from page 68
told Congress that as many as
60,000 barrels per day could
potentially be flowing into the
ocean.
BP has already released some
video of the largest of the two
known leaks along the riser
pipe, and that could help
researchers make some kind of
assessment as to just how bad
things are on the seafloor.
Timothy Crane of the Lamont-
Doherty Earth Observatory -- an
expert on natural sea-floor jets --
told the Guardian a full suite of
information on the leaking pipe
and some additional video could
give him and other researchers
all they need to make an
informed estimation:
"If they took about 20 or 30
seconds of video with a very
specific purpose of measuring
flow rates, which means having
the ROV [remotely operated
vehicle] stay completely still or
parked on the bottom, and you
got video of the plume close to
the leak, and if it was
illuminated and with high
resolution, then you could get
pretty good estimates of the
flow rates."
BP has already tried lowering a
100-ton containment dome over
the leak, but hydrate crystals
formed in the plume and
clogged the pipe that was
supposed to ferry the oil to
tankers on the surface, and that
effort was abandoned.
BP now wants to try to fit a
smaller tube inside the larger,
crushed riser pipe to siphon off
the oil flowing from the leak.
The idea of clogging the leak
with various debris -- the so-
called "junk shot" -- has also
been considered, as has
lowering a smaller containment
dome. In an interview with MIT
news, oil spill expert (and
emeritus professor) Jerome
Milgram said ideally engineers
would drill a relief well, then
use it to pump salt water,
concrete and mud into the
reservoir that will seal the
leaking well. That,
unfortunately, could take a
while.
Of course, researchers point
out, devising a solution to the
problem would be a lot easier if
BP and the other entities trying
to stop the leak had an idea just
how big the problem is. While
marine and geological experts
await better undersea data to
work from, NASA has chipped
in its overhead resources,
mobilizing its Earth Resources-2
(ER-2) aircraft over the Gulf,
using the plane's Airborne
Visible/Infrared Spectrometer
and Cirrus Digital Camera
system to collect detailed
images of the slick. The space
agency has also deployed
satellite resources that are
tracking the movement of the oil
from orbit.
Meanwhile, the Deepwater
Horizon Response team wants
your ideas as to how to stop the
flow of oil.
[ Guardian]
Tabloids Turns Twitter
Into a Beautiful iPad
Magazine
Jolie O'Dell (Mashable!)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 12:49:39 AM
From the gorgeous-apps-we’d-
love-to-use category, we bring
you Tabloids, a Twitter app that
turns your stream into a pretty
and useful news magazine.
Tabloids takes your Twitter
feed and uses the data to make a
newspaper-esque page. It
transforms shortened links into
elegantly formatted articles and
even includes descriptions and
images, when available.
Trending stories are also
included.
The app provides something the
typical Twitter stream
desperately needs — order from
noise and chaos and beauty from
links and hashtags — and
provides it in a way that works
perfectly with the iPad’s unique
specs. This isn’t an enlarged
iPhone app; take a look at these
screenshots:
A rep from the developer team
told us that making and testing
Tabloids “made us evaluate
people we were following
depending on the URLs they
were posting. To sum it up,
Tabloids helped us increase the
average quality of the people we
were following by unfollowing
uninteresting people[...] This is
why Tabloids is so great: the
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news is personalized for you.
The news that reaches you has
reached you because you
wanted to.”
At this time, the app’s list of
features is still under
development, It includes the
ability to display the 10 most
recent shared URLs or stories
from a feed, multiple account
support, as-needed web
browsing and native support for
YouTube video playback.
Tabloids is a product of 25th
Avenue, and it’s available in the
App Store for $2.99.
Is this a good Twitter client for
the iPad, in your opinion? What
other features would you like to
see Tabloids add?
For more social media
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New Method Lets Researchers Entangle Five Photons For the

First Time, and That's Just the Start
Clay Dillow (Popular Science - computing. but that the technique for doing
New Technology, Science Israeli scientists have for the so appears to be scalable to just
News, The Future Now) first time developed a technique much higher numbers of
Submitted at 5/13/2010 3:33:33 PM that can entangle numerous photons. There's some trade-off
Entangling Multiple Photons particles at the same time -- here; the entanglement between
Using a beamsplitter, a photon meaning each particle (in this particles is less than absolutely
"squeezer" and a couple of case photons) exists in two perfect, but it still retains the
mirrors, researchers were able to possible states at the same time - useful properties that
create the right kind of quantum - and demonstrated it on a set of researchers are looking to
interference to generate an five particles. When particles exploit.
almost-perfect state of quantum are entangled, exerting a change Unfortunately the quantum
entanglement for five photons. on one also exerts a change on states of these particles are quite
The cats were mainly for show. the other, even if the two are fragile, so while researchers can
Science separated by miles or even light demo this technique in the lab,
How many cats have to be both years. next-generation computing is
d e a d a n d a l i v e b e f o r e Einstein called this "spooky still a good ways off. But a
researchers are content that action," but taking advantage of scalable, demonstrable
t h e y ' v e e n t a n g l e d e n o u g h quantum entanglement has technique for entangling
particles? The current count is already yielded some pretty systems look primitive. quantum systems can calculate multiple particles is a big step
now five, but research published amazing results in the realm of Quantum computers can carry several solutions to the same toward the kinds of quantum
today in the Science suggests data encryption, and by creating out computations exponentially problem at the same time. systems that could rewrite the
that it could be many more than larger and larger entanglement faster than traditional computers But the big news from the underpinnings of modern
that. Perhaps that's bad news for s y s t e m s s c i e n t i s t s m i g h t because rather than being Science paper isn't just that computing.
Schrodinger's cat, but it's great someday be able to build limited by the "on" or "off" researchers were able to [ Science, Reuters]
news for quantum pursuits like quantum computers that make nature of semiconductor chips, entangle five particles at once,
precision imaging and ultra-fast today's "zero-or-one" computing

iPad Made of Gold Will Set You Back $189,000

Stan Schroeder (Mashable!) diamond-encrusted version of weighing 2,100 grams due to all
Submitted at 5/14/2010 6:31:46 AM Apple’s magical and that gold.
revolutionary tablet. For more Apple coverage,
Thinking of buying an iPad, but The price is £129,995 or follow Mashable Apple on
the$829 price tag for the top approximately $189,125, but it Twitter or become a fan on
model just sounds too plebeian will buy you the top iPad model Facebook
for you? UK-based company with 53 flawless diamonds on Tags: apple, Apple Tablet,
Stuart Hughes, specialized in the Apple logo, and a casing of Gold, ipad
luxury gadgets, comes to the solid 22ct gold. Even if you’re money for a tablet, have in mind
r e s c u e w i t h a s o l i d g o l d , willing to dish out this much that it’s a very heavy tablet,
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Inhalable Local Anesthesia Could Replace Painful Herpes
Needles at the Dentist
Clay Dillow (Popular Science -
New Technology, Science
News, The Future Now)
Submitted at 5/13/2010 1:45:11 PM
Inhalable Local Anesthesia
Could Render That Needle
Obsolete
Your dentist may soon be
moving from needle drugs to a
snort-able variety. Researchers
have found that local anesthesia
delivered through an inhalable
nasal spray quickly travels down
one of the face's primary nerves
to the mouth, which could be
more effective than injecting it
into the gums with a needle.
The discovery was made when
researchers took a closer look at
the trigeminal nerve, which
brings feelings to the nose,
mouth, and face. Scientist have
long known about the trigeminal
Don’t Tell Ashton: Artwork Made Out of Twitter Users
Stan Schroeder (Mashable!)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 3:24:55 AM
Don’t Tell Ashton is an
interactive art project which lets
any Twitter user participate
simply by replying
to@donttellashton. The size of
each participant’s avatar
depends on the number of
followers he or she has. Hence
the name of the project, Don’t
Tell Ashton; if Twitter’s most
Gladiatorum
nerve, but they'd never thought
to see whether it might be a
good conduit for intranasal
drugs.
It turns out it's extremely well-
suited to moving drugs through
the face. Common anesthetics
like lidocaine sprayed into the
popular user, Ashton Kutcher,
were to add himself, his avatar
would be so big that it would
cover the entire frame.
When you move your mouse
over the artwork, you can see
the position of individual users’
avatars and the number of
followers they have. Space
seems quite limited, so you need suffers from some obvious
to hurry if you want to be a part problems. First of all, what if
of the project.
While the idea is interesting, it
noses of lab rats quickly hopped
a ride down the trigeminal nerve
and pooled in the jaws and teeth
at levels 20 times higher than in
the brain or blood. The
discovery opens the door to far
less invasive - and less painful -
forms of administering
someone tells Ashton? His
Science/ Social Media/ Health/
anesthetics for common oral
surgeries.
But oral surgery is just the
beginning. A new breed of
drugs concocted for intranasal
delivery could treat all kinds of
face-oriented ailments, from
common toothaches to
migraines to trigeminal
neuralgia, a condition that
results in pretty severe facial
pain. For most of us, it means
that "tiny pinch" the dentist
always describes right before
jabbing a needle into your gums
may be a thing of the past. So in
a sense, the discovery also
clears up a certain pain in the
neck as well.
[ Eurekalert]
enormous avatar in a picture
frame wouldn’t make much of
an artwork. Secondly, the entire
thing is a bit…unsightly. It
reminds us of the Million Dollar
Homepage which was fun while
it was being built, but ended up
being quite an eyesore.
Yet the authors of the project,
students from an interactive
communication class at Berghs
School of Communication, are
quite serious about it. The
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(Mensfitness.com)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 5:00:00 AM
Sirius Radio's Dr. Steve
discusses the odds of
contracting the virus through
wrestling or mma
by Dr. Steve
Print Article Email to Friend
"I remember a few seasons ago
on an episode of The Ultimate
Fighter one of the guys got
kicked off because he had
herpes on his head. I didn't even
know that could happen! How
the hell does someone get
herpes on their head? Can you
catch it off a gym mat or
something?" &mdash James D.,
Little Rock, Arkansas
I believe you're talking about
HERPES page 72
artwork will eventually be
turned into a physical piece by
Swedish artist Jon Holm.
Just don’t tell Ashton.
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Paul Bradley, who was given
the boot by UFC owner Dana
White after he was diagnosed
with "Herpes Gladiatorum"
(HG), a viral infection of the
skin that is relatively common
among wrestlers and
participants of other grappling
contact sports. Although I know
nothing about Mr Bradley's case
other than what I saw on T.V., I
can give you some information
about this condition in general.
Herpes Gladiatorum is caused
by the Herpes Simplex I virus
(HSV-I), the same virus that
causes cold sores on your lip.
People with HG have recurrent
bouts of blistery rash, usually in
the same area of the skin. Each
blister contains viral particles
that can be transmitted to others
by direct skin-to-skin contact.
After an outbreak clears up, the
virus hides in the nervous
system where it is safe from
antibodies (that can't cross their
protective barrier). During
periods of stress, or factors we
don't understand, the virus
comes out of hiding and causes
recurrent skin lesions.
Herpes viruses have been
detected on inanimate objects
for up to seven days so it's
theoretically possible to pick up
an infection from a piece of
equipment if it hasn't been
disinfected properly. However,
rigorous mat disinfection has
not prevented several outbreaks
of HG in high school wrestling,
so skin-to-skin remains the
accepted route of transmission.
There is evidence that treating
people with HG with antiviral
medications like Valtrex helps
to prevent HG spread. Due to
the high prevalence of the virus
in high school wrestlers, some
experts have recommended
treatment during wrestling
season for all who test positive
for the virus.
If you've been exposed to
herpes simplex virus before, you
may have some defense against
HG. By the time people reach
adulthood, about 50% have been
exposed to HSV-1 and have
protective antibodies; this
number increases with age. In
contrast, most cases of HSV-2
(the virus that most often causes
genital herpes) are acquired
after adolescence and "only" 22-
25% of the population has
antibodies to that infection. This
is still a huge number; herpes is
a very, very common recurrent
viral infection.
If you suffer from HG, you
should take medication to
suppress it at times when you're
at risk for transmitting the virus.
If there's no chance your lesions
will come into contact with
another person's skin or
equipment, it's very unlikely
that you'll transmit the virus to
someone else. If you don't suffer
from HG and are worried about
getting it, you can relax if you're
doing casual workouts in a
gymnasium as your risk seems
to be so low as to be
unreportable in the medical
literature. If, however, you're a
competitive grappler, make sure
you lobby your local conference
to enforce isolation and
treatment of infected
combatants. The outbreak
during the 1999 Minnesota State
High School League (MSHSL)
wrestling season involved 61
wrestlers and three coaches on
19 teams over 42 days and it
was estimated that infected
wrestlers had a 33% probability
of transmitting the virus to
people they sparred with.
If you're the owner of a Mixed
Martial Arts franchise and have
a client who has HG, studies
have shown that isolation during
the outbreak, then suppressive
treatment with Valtrex, Famvir
or Zovirax will significantly
decrease transmission of the
virus to your other fighters.
This information may help you
prevent firing someone with
potential in mid-season (unless
the exigencies of reality
television prevent you from
allowing someone 8-10 days
off.)
**Remember, don't do anything
you read here without first
consulting with your own health
care provider.**
Dr. Steve is the resident
medical expert for the Opie and
Anthony and Ron and Fez
shows, and the host of his own
Sirius XM Radio program,
Weird Medicine.
Related articles:
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Ever since the iconic image of
Usher's album cover for
8701(2001 LaFace/Arista) first
appeared, the man's abs have
become the stuff of legend.
We've teamed up with trainer
Cliff "Hollywood" Boyce to
show just how you can get
Usher's abs.
Image Courtesy of
LaFace/Arista
At least three times per week,
Usher completes this ab circuit.
He does a move for 30 seconds,
then, after a 10-second rest, runs
on the treadmill for two
minutes. He repeats with the
next movement until he's done
with each exercise. His goal:
Five circuits in less than an
hour.
Incline Resistance Ball Plank
In a push-up position place
your hands on top of the
resistance ball. Make sure
hands are shoulder width apart,
feet are securely balanced on the
floor and glutes are not
positioned higher than your
shoulders. Balance and hold
this position for 30 seconds.
Breathing is instrumental to
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maintaining balance. Run on
treadmill for 2 minutes with a
speed level of 5.4 (adjust levels
as needed). After 10 second
recovery, repeat. Goal is to
complete three sets of this
series. Prone Knee Tuck
Begin on all fours starting in a
push-up position. Kneel down,
and bring right knee in towards
your right elbow. Be sure to
alternate knees - right leg to
right elbow/left knee to left
elbow - and return to the starting
position. Continue this exercise
for 30 seconds. Run on
treadmill for 2 minutes with a
speed level of 5.4 (adjust levels
as needed). After 10 second
recovery, repeat. Goal is to
complete three sets of this
series.
T-Push-up Hold
Start in a push-up position with
your left hand on the floor and
your right hand balanced on top
of an 8 lb. medicine ball. While
going down simultaneously roll
the ball to your left hand.
Remember one hand should
always be on the ball and the
other on the floor - at all times.
This is an advanced exercise and
requires balance and arm
coordination. Continue this
exercise for 30 seconds. Run on
treadmill for 2 minutes with a
speed level of 5.4 (adjust levels
as needed). After 10 second
recovery, repeat. Goal is to
complete three sets of this
series.
Upside Down Banana Crunch
Laying flat on your stomach,
slightly lift your hands and feet
as they should not touch the
floor. The goal is to roll over on
your back reach up and touch
your toes without having your
hands or feet touch the floor.
This is an advanced movement
and requires balance. Continue
this exercise for 30 seconds.
Run on treadmill for 2 minutes
with a speed level of 5.4 (adjust
levels as needed). After 10
second recovery, repeat. Goal is
to complete three sets of this
series.
Egg Roll Crunch
Lay on your back with your
hands palmed over your ears -
cupping your ears. Lying on
your back, bring your knees to
your chest; Rolling up into a
sitting position. Be sure to
maintain positioning by keeping
your hands over your ears.
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Once in a sitting position, roll
back on your shoulders and your
hips should be above your chest.
Your goal is to not allow your
hands to touch. Continue this
exercise for 30 seconds. Run on
treadmill for 2 minutes with a
speed level of 5.4 (adjust levels
as needed). After 10 second
recovery, repeat. Goal is to
complete three sets of this
series.
Trainer: Cliff "Hollywood"
Boyce
American Sports & Fitness
Association (ASFA) Certified
Master Trainer
Aerobics & Fitness Association
Tiptoeing on Kagan’s
of America (AFAA) Certified
International Fitness
Professionals Association
background
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Earlier, Mollie looked at some that there should be ritual bat
initial coverage of Kagan’s mitzvah in the synagogue, no
nomination. She noted that The less important than the ritual bar
N e w Y o r k T i m e s b r i e f l y mitzvah,” Rabbi Riskin said,
covered Kagan’s religious referring to the rite of passage
background but left us hanging. for 13-year-old boys. “This was
The original story said that really the first formal bat
Kagan challenged her family’s mitzvah we had.”
rabbi over her bat mitzvah. But while Elena, the brainy,
Today, Lisa Foderaro explains self-assured daughter of a
what took place. lawyer and a schoolteacher,
Elena Kagan was a star pupil TIPTOEING page 74
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asked to read from the Torah on
a Saturday morning, just as the
boys did, it was not to be.
Instead, her ceremony took
place on a Friday night, May 18,
1973, and she read from the
Book of Ruth, which she also
analyzed in a speech.
This is the most specific
mainstream report on Kagan’s
religious background that I’ve
seen so far. Foderaro does a nice
job of placing this in historical
context to help us see why this
is so significant. A professor of
Jewish history explains that
what is unusual about Kagan’s
case is that a woman was asking
to read the Torah in an
Orthodox institution.
Ms. Kagan now considers
herself a Conservative Jew. But
like Supreme Court nominees
before her, she has not granted
interviews with the news media.
It is unclear when the Kagans
joined Lincoln Square, which
introduced adult education
programs and held lectures on
topics like Jewish history,
sexuality and the afterlife. Rabbi
Riskin said they attended
services occasionally.
In the late 1980s or early 1990s,
however, long after Ms. Kagan
had left home, her parents, who
have since died, began attending
the West End Synagogue, now
located next door. Their new
s y n a g o g u e w a s
Reconstructionist, a more liberal
offshoot of Conservative
Judaism, which retained
traditions like keeping kosher
and reciting prayers in Hebrew
but embraced equality between
the sexes from its inception
early in the 20th century.
These bits of information help
us understand where Kagan is
coming from theologically.
Whether it matters on Supreme
Court cases, who knows? If I
could quibble with the ending, it
falls a little flat to me. Kagan’s
reception coincided with another
boy’s bar mitzvah’s reception,
and she consoled him when his
parents’ divorce was making the
event difficult. The story is also
recalled in The Jewish Week.
We’re left with this quote: “That
is the Elena Kagan that one
should think of when
considering her nomination to
our highest court.” While this is
a fine anecdote, it seems as
thought the reporters wants us to
have warm and fuzzy feelings
instead considering how her
religious upbringing could
impact her decisions on the
Supreme Court.
On another issue related to
Kagan’s background, there’s a
larger discussion among
bloggers, journalists, media
critics, and others over whether
reporters should do stories on
Kagan’s sexuality. Earlier this
week, Andrew Sullivan
compared her Jewish
background to her sexuality in a
post entitled “So Is She Gay?”
It is no more of an empirical
question than whether she is
Jewish. We know she is Jewish,
and it is a fact simply and
rightly put in the public square.
If she were to hide her
Jewishness, it would seem
rightly odd, bizarre,
anachronistic, even arguably
self-critical or self-loathing.
And yet we have been told by
many that she is gay … and no
one will ask directly if this is
true and no one in the
administration will tell us
definitively.
William Saletan responded at
Slate by saying “Don’t Bork
Kagan.” Saletan reminded
readers of when reporters
attempted to dig into Supreme
Court nominee Robert Bork’s
religious background.
What happened to Bork is a
warning to any of us who would
press a nominee to divulge her
faith or sexuality. It’s a portrait
of how grotesque our country
can become in its determination
to expose and pick at the
personal lives of public figures.
The political threat is that
unconventional sexuality or
religion can destroy the
nominee. But the moral threat is
far greater. In the act of forced
disclosure, “one’s ability to
describe oneself, one’s freedom
to say who one is, is
peremptorily taken away,” a
great essayist once wrote. At
stake is the most fundamental of
human rights: “the ability to
choose who one is and how one
is presented, to control the
moment of self-disclosure and
its content.”
Andrew Sullivan wrote those
words 19 years ago. They were
eloquent and true then. They are
no less so today.
Politico’s Ben Smith takes on
the subject by explicitly asking
Kagan’s friends to address her
sexuality. In the story, it’s clear
that the story is investigating
rumors spread by others.
The rumor about Kagan has
circulated for months on gay
blogs and became a matter of
controversy when it was cited as
fact by a conservative blogger
on the website of CBS News,
drawing a sharp White House
rebuttal. It has, since, been a
source of particular fascination
in some socially conservative
circles and particularly among
gay and lesbian political
observers, some of whom
objected volubly Tuesday to a
Wall Street Journal cover image
of Kagan playing softball, which
they perceived as a jab at a
stereotype of lesbians.
The result has been an awkward
dilemma for the traditional
media, for whom reporting
about homosexuality has always
been considered to be off limits.
Reporters and bloggers have
debated, publicly and privately,
the propriety of asking whether
Kagan is gay. But Walzer—who
has spoken regularly to the press
this week—said that in a series
of interviews with reporters she
had been asked only obliquely
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about the nominee’s “social
life.”
The Washington Post’s Howard
Kurtz offers a lengthy round-up
of the debate but while opposing
any attempts to out anyone.
Michael Triplett, a journalist
and lawyer who has covered the
Supreme Court and who sits on
the National Lesbian and Gay
Journalists Association’s board
of directors told Poynter that the
mainstream media outlets need
to focus on facts we know and
don’t know.
Triplett, who writes about
LGBT issues in the media for
Mediaite, said the mainstream
media aren’t shying away from
covering the issue so much as
they’re trying to figure out why
they should care. Kagan’s
sexual orientation, he said, is
relevant to the extent that it
affects her experience of
particular laws.
“A gay or lesbian judge is going
to bring a certain set of
experiences that other people
don’t have, in the same way
Justice Ginsburg’s experience as
a woman shapes how she
experiences the law,” Triplett
said. “It doesn’t mean that the
judge is biased or can’t rule
against same-sex marriage, for
example, but it does mean they
experience the law differently.”
As Slate’s Jack Shafer noted,
out that two of this week’s most
popular Google searches are
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Doctrine, politics and same-sex attraction

Mollie (GetReligion) that homosexual acts were
Submitted at 5/13/2010 12:21:20 PM sinful. We learn that he is
married with four children:
Gay issues are some of the most In 2006, Henson gave up a
difficult to write about. People marketing career to go into
have such strongly held feelings ministry full-time. Henson says
about sexual orientation and he’s “not 100 percent free of
behavior. Emotions tend to run same-sex attractions,” and
roughshod over reasonable doesn’t expect other gays who
discussion. turn to faith to end up in a
So I was actually impressed straight marriage.
with how Associated Press “I’m not out to sell it, I’m not
writer Jay Lindsay treated the out to promote it or to promise
story of an evangelical minister it, but it is something I’ve
who focuses on the matter. experienced,” he said.
Here’s how his provocative What I like about this story is
story begins: that it manages to be dramatic
Bill Henson is used to and engaging without inciting
skepticism in his mission to unnecessary politicking. It
bring together gays and addresses the political without
evangelical Christians. making it the focus of the piece.
He spent years in a gay It shows that you can show
relationship, until he came to conflict over “simple” doctrinal
believe that homosexuality is a disagreements without making it
sin and married the only woman all about politics.
he says he’s ever been attracted And while I recognize that this
to. is probably due to the particular
The minister founded Fish On subject of the story, I also
The Other Side (FOTOS) appreciate that this piece isn’t so
because he believes the church “us vs. them” or “black and
drives away gays with a narrow white” as many stories dealing
focus on sexual orientation, with sexuality read. Henson
compared to its own sins. obviously approaches the issue
It seems so simple when you from a traditional perspective.
read the passage above or the p r e d e t e r m i n e d t e m p l a t e . or against the doctrinal view that acts are sinful and gays are But he has plenty to say about
rest of the article, but Lindsay Henson’s views, as the story homosexual behavior is sinful. “broken” and need to change. where he thinks the church has
simply lets his sources describe lays out, aren’t so easily So, for instance, we get this The article treats Henson’s gone wrong in its treatment of
t h e i r v i e w s i n t h e i r o w n shoehorned and require a bit view: attractions respectfully. We gays. Again, his quotes are
particular way. I think so much more space and time to explain. Bill Carpenter, of the gay rights learn that he was in a five-year doctrinal. As any good reporter
of the frustration that opposing The story explains more of group Soulforce, sees Henson’s relationship with a man that he knows, religious folks tend to
sides have with media reports Henson’s doctrinal views and conciliatory approach as a cloak described as “beautiful.” We speak using religious language.
are the clumsy attempts to how those put him at odds with for imposing a faulty Biblical l e a r n a b o u t b e c o m i n g DOCTRINE, page 77
r e p h r a s e v i e w s i n t o a folks who are arguing simply for interpretation that homosexual convinced, through Scripture,
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Ghosts in immigration coverage?
Mollie (GetReligion)
Submitted at 5/14/2010 9:01:56 AM
Did you read the story last
week about House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi urging Catholic
leaders to instruct their
parishioners to support
immigration reforms?
Probably not. It barely got any
media coverage. And I’m
honestly confused as to why. It
was overtly political, which is
normally enough to get too
much ink. It involved Pelosi and
Catholic bishops — who already
have a newsworthy history.
They’ve had to speak with her
about her misrepresentation of
Catholic teaching on abortion
but also tried working with her,
unsuccessfully in the end, to
ensure federal funds would not
be used to pay for abortions in
the new health care legislation.
Now, if it were a Catholic
bishop telling a Catholic
politician how to vote, I still
think that would be newsworthy.
So why is it not newsworthy
when Pelosi makes comments
such as these?:
“The cardinals, the archbishops,
the bishops that come to me and
say, ‘We want you to pass
immigration reform,’ and I said,
‘I want you to speak about it
from the pulpit. I want you to
instruct your’ — whatever the
communication is,” said Pelosi,
who is Catholic, speaking at the
Nation’s Catholic Community
conference sponsored by Trinity
Washington University and the
National Catholic Reporter.
“The people, some (who)
oppose immigration reform, are
sitting in those pews, and you
have to tell them that this is a
manifestation of our living the
gospels,” she said.
That’s what FOX News
reported, even going so far as to
ask Pelosi if she wanted to
clarify her comments. Cathy
Lynn Grossman highlighted the
comments — rather
exuberantly, in fact — on her
blog at USA Today. Pelosi
made the comments at a
conference also attended by
Sister Carol Keehan, president
and CEO of the Catholic Health
Association. Grossman also tells
readers about Keehan’s remarks
to the group:
Yesterday, Pelosi with a
standing ovation and shouts of
gratitude from the nuns, priest,
academics and activists gathered
for a “Washington Briefing” on
faith and public policy. Now
they added sports event-worthy
cheers for the sister who spoke
out for the controversial
legislation.
Keehan, president and CEO of
Catholic Health Association and
one of Time magazine’s Top
100 most influential people this
year, rolled her eyes when she
was introduced by a long list of
honors awarded by the Church
and joked that she may have
seen the last of those. That’s
because angry bishops say the
legislation does not adequately
block federal funding for
abortion.
We learn late in the story that
only about 100 people were
gathered to hear Pelosi.
Anyway, that’s the general vibe
from the story — rock stars and
gratitude versus “angry”
bishops. But at least the event
and speeches were covered.
It seems interesting and
newsworthy to me. If it were
Tom DeLay giving marching
orders to evangelicals, I’m sure
that would have been covered
by more media outlets. I
personally don’t find anything
troubling — in terms of church-
state issues — with what Pelosi
said but usually comments of
this nature get much more media
coverage. Is it just that we have
a hard time discussing religion
and immigration?
I just wish we could get a much
meatier conversation going
about religious values and
immigration law. Is Pelosi the
only religious expert on
immigration we have out there?
What do other Catholics say?
Does everything think this issue
is so cut and dry as politicians
make it out to be? I know
members of my church body are
attempting to discern how to
balance competing obligations
when it comes to immigration
law. Wouldn’t Pelosi’s doctrinal
statements be a great hook for a
bigger discussion? What are
some of the theological concepts
in play?
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“elena kagan husband” and
“elena kagan personal life.”
Does it matter, though? Are the
details of her personal life up for
scrutiny of the masses? She’s
not being elected to office to
represent anybody, so does it
matter whether she’s a lesbian
or not?
I lean against reporters digging
into her sexuality since she has
chosen to not divulge this kind
of information. To me, it’s like
digging into whether she has
had an abortion or not.
However, a justice’s ruling on
cases could very well be
influenced by his or her
experience. Since Kagan is not
accessible to the media and has
not said anything on the matter,
does that change things? Weigh
in on journalistic discretion, not
on your personal opinions on
sexuality. What do you think of
Sullivan’s logic comparing her
sexual orientation to her
religious beliefs?
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So why do so many of the
sources chosen and the quotes
given tend to be secularized or
political?
Again, an example:
Henson said evangelicals have
too often offered only alienation
and judgment to gays, shutting
out many from the grace and joy
found in faith and depriving
itself of the talents of the gay
community.
“What we’ve really created is a
nice, comfortable gospel for us,
but then we use that to inflict
heavily on others who sin in the
ways we don’t,” Henson said.
Henson thinks the church is
responsible for repairing its
relationship with gays — though
it’s not solely at fault —
because God has given it the job
of effectively delivering the
message of salvation to all
groups.
The story is long and well
worth a read, including a
vignette of a discussion held at
Wheaton College. Folks on
various sides are identified in
part based on their own same-
sex attraction but also on their
views about whether
homosexuality is sinful. This is
nuanced and helpful and I
appreciate this report. The
journalist allowed the minister
to explain his views, got
responses from a wide variety of
perspectives, and showed how
his approach plays out in
discussion. It’s not perfect but I
think it provides a nice template
of how to discuss contentious
issues without allowing a story
to become compromised.
Comments should focus on
journalism and not personal
feelings about same-sex
attraction, sexual behavior,
politics or religion.
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of the desktop version, allowing
them to make Skype-to-Skype
calls, chat through a wireless
connection, and access to their
contact list.
The Skype BlackBerry app is
available exclusively for
Verizon phones. For non-
Verizon BlackBerry users,
check out iSkoot.
Cost: Free (plus Skype call
rates, as applicable) 6. Google
Mobile Apps
Google Mobile Apps for
BlackBerry includes versions of
Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader,
and more. The apps allow you to
receive, edit, and send e-mails
and docs, catch up on your
subscribed blogs, and make sure
you don’t miss any meetings.
Cost: Free 7. Bridge for
Highrise
The Bridge BlackBerry app for
Highrise by 37 Signals transfers
your detailed business contacts,
tasks, and e-mail info from
desktop to mobile, and vice
versa, ensuring you’re never too
far from what you need. The app
is easy to install for existing
Highrise subscribers, and offers
full create, edit, and delete
capabilities for all standard data.
Cost: Subscription plans,
starting at $4.99 per month 8.
Tungle.me
Tungle.me enhances your
existing calender by syncing it
with a public version where you
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10 Must-Have BlackBerry Apps for Small Business

Tammy Camp (Mashable!) The trick isn’t so much finding Cost: Free 3. Google Sync and shares their expertise for
Submitted at 5/14/2010 9:14:31 AM BlackBerry apps for small Google Calendar and Google free. The BlackBerry WordPress
businesses, but rather finding Contacts are great ways to keep app offers most of what you’d
Tammy Camp is a serial the best ones. Here are 10 of the track of your business network expect in the web version,
entrepreneur, company advisor, best. 1. BlackBerry Messenger and appointments. However, allowing you to add posts,
blogger and adventure traveler. My favorite BlackBerry app, each application is only truly manage content, and moderate
Find her via@TammyCamp on bar none, allows unlimited free valuable when it is mobile and comments.
Twitter. worldwide text/image chatting up-to-date. The Google Sync Cost: Free 5. Skype
Blackberry, the enterprise with other BBM users. In a BlackBerry app syncs your Many small businesses,
device, can do more for your small business landscape that’s but got stuck without a way to calendar and contacts between especially those that work
business than just receive e- increasingly decentralized, write it down or share it? your phone and computer, internationally, use Skype for
mails and make phone calls. The BlackBerry Messenger allows Evernote helps bring some sense allowing you to add, modify, or video and text communication.
increasingly robust list of you to keep up with your to your world, allowing you to delete items on either device, Skype is a free, effective, and
B l a c k B e r r y a p p s c a n partners, connect with clients, make lists, take notes, share and access them on-the-go. enjoyable way to interact with
significantly improve how small organize tasks, and get work m e m o s , t a g p i c t u r e s , a n d Cost: Free 4. WordPress partners and clients alike. The
b u s i n e s s e s o p e r a t e , done. organize streams of information, I’m of the opinion that every Skype BlackBerry app gives
s i m u l t a n e o u s l y b o o s t i n g Cost: Free 2. Evernote all on the move with your small business should have a users much of the functionality
productivity and the bottom- Ever have that perfect product BlackBerry. Go innovate with blog that exhibits who its
line. idea, or new marketing insight, freedom. employees are, what they do, MUST-HAVE page 77
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Is Google Discriminating Against “Cougars?”

Jolie O'Dell (Mashable!) possess many of the finer things more difficult time than their
Submitted at 5/14/2010 1:47:59 AM in life — but now want the younger counterparts. Yet men
young, hot guy to go with it.” in the same age range don’t
A website called CougarLife, a The copy and the images that go suffer nearly as much when it
dating network targeted toward a l o n g w i t h i t a r e f a i r l y comes to getting attention from
“women in their prime,” has i n n o c u o u s : potential partners. This latest
called Google out for sexism Even a CougarLife YouTube revelation — that someone at
because the search engine has a d , w h i c h t o u t s t h e Google considers something
classified CougarLife ads as not attractiveness of a late-30s/early about CougarLife inappropriate
s a f e f o r f a m i l i e s . B u t -40s woman to a group of expensive gifts or financial — might have less to do with
CougarLife’s CEO says Google construction workers, comes off assistance in return for childproofing online ads and
d o e s n ’ t m a k e t h e s a m e as cute rather than trashy: friendship or intimacy.” Inviting more to do with the larger
distinction for “sugar daddy”- The Sugar Daddy Angle young people to walk the fine cultural bias against mature
type dating sites, whose ads can On the other hand, and blurry line between sex- women dating younger men.
be seen by anyone. SeekingArrangement is related leeching and bald Have a look at CougarLife, and
A Google rep told the National considered family-safe by prostitution is safe for families? let us know if you see anything
Post today that the classification Google but is totally sleazy by And since “family” is a there that you personally would
of CougarLife ads as for-adults- other standards. Copy on its euphemism for “children,” let’s consider unsafe for families —
only was “not just about the ad, landing page reads, “Sugar make the distinction even especially when comparing the
it’s about the ad and the landing Babes are college students, clearer: Would you rather have site to dating networks of the
page of the site[...] Anything aspiring actresses or someone your kids know that mature “sugar daddy” variety.
that’s considered non-family just starting out. You seek a ladies can be desirable to cute [img credit: dracobotanicus.]
safe will not run on the Google generous benefactor to pamper, young guys, or that college girls For more technology coverage,
content network at this point.” mentor and take care of you — can get their bills paid by having follow Mashable Tech on
But defining “family-safe” is a p e r h a p s t o h e l p y o u sexual relationships with older Twitter or become a fan on
confusing exercise in financially?” men? One message seems fairly Facebook
community standards, it seems. The site goes on to describe a sex-positive, and the other just Tags: cougars, Google, online
The CougarLife Angle mutually beneficial relationship creepy. A Culture of Stigma dating
CougarLife’s landing page as “a relationship between an When it comes to online dating,
states, “Cougars are classy, older and wealthy individual statistics show that women over
confident women that already who gives a young person a certain age typically have a
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can propose meetings to
partners or clients and allow
them to book the appointments
at pre-approved times.
Tungle.me’s customized pages
make calenders easy to find, and
their BlackBerry app allows you
to use most of the features from
anywhere.
Cost: Free 9. Do Not Disturb
Sometimes, phone calls bring
good news to a small business.
Other times, they’re unwanted
distractions that interrupt your
actual day-to-day operations.
The Do Not Disturb BlackBerry
app allows you to automatically
filter your calls — screening out
some numbers while letting
others through — without
turning off or silencing your
phone.
Cost:$3.99 10. IM+
IM+ is an all-in-one instant
messaging system that integrates
AIM/iChat, MSN/Windows
Live, Yahoo, ICQ, Jabber,
Google Talk, MySpace, Skype
and Facebook chats into one
BlackBerry app. With this tool,
you can keep up with business
partners and stay connected with
clients, no matter what system
they use.
Cost:$39.99 Conclusion
There are many great
BlackBerry apps for small
business owners, allowing you
to stay in touch, get things done,
and move forward. These 10
must-haves serve as a great
starting point. Do you use any
that are not mentioned here?
Leave them in the comments
section below.
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