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Peter Peterson says Republicans and business need to step up

Tabassum Zakaria (Front Row drug bill “without paying for it” business it seems to me, has to
Washington) during the administration of step up to the plate and use its
Submitted at 7/21/2010 4:07:50 PM former Republican President tremendous power when it gets
George W. Bush. focused on helping the White
Peter Peterson knows a little “So one of my big concerns House. It’s gonna take a
something a b o u t about the Republican Party – it’s partnership to get things done.
Republicans, Wall Street, and one thing to state a principle So I don’t think business has
American business. He’s a called fiscal conservatism, and been doing as much as it should
former Commerce Secretary it’s another thing to come up on the long-term structural
under Republican President with a program to do something problems, on trade, for
Richard Nixon, a former New a b o u t i t . A n d l i k e t h e example,” Peterson said.
York Federal Reserve chairman Democrats, they have been very Given his criticism, does he
and a former chairman and CEO lacking in coming up with such plan to stay in the Republican
of Lehman Brothers. a plan,” Peterson said quite Party? “I’m not comfortable,
And what he sees right now is bluntly. really, with American politics
that Republicans and business American business groups generally at this point,” he said.
are not stepping up to the plate. criticize Democratic President “I am very much of a centrist at
“One of the things that troubles Barack Obama’s administration the present time.”
me about the position of the for not being very receptive to So is he staying in the
Republicans is they’ve also been their needs, but Peterson turned what they’re now doing,” to make sure the White House Republican Party? “At the
the party of ‘yes,’ not just the that around and said it was Peterson said. gets the support of Congress in moment, I am, yes.”
party of ’no’,” he said in an business groups who needed to Business groups complain, but moving that legislation, he said. Photo credit: Reuters/Larry
interview with Reuters Insider step up to the plate. d o n ’ t m e n t i o n t h e l o n g - “So my criticism is whether it’s Downing (Peter Peterson March
TV. “I’ve been a businessman term structural deficit, he said. long-term structural deficits, 14, 2008)
Peterson gave as an example a virtually my entire life, and I While they are unhappy that whether it’s trade, it takes two to
rise in discretionary spending would like to suggest some liberalizing trade is not making tango and the White House has
and the e n a c t m e n t things that business might do headway, they don’t take steps to deal with the Congress. And
of the Medicare prescription that’s somewhat different than
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Simon Denyer (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 7/21/2010 4:36:05 PM
It was two years in the making,
runs to 2,300 pages, took three
Republicans to pass it, and 11
pens to sign it into law.
President Barack Obama put the
seal on a drastic overhaul of the
rules governing Wall Street and
the banking industry today,
using a separate pen for each
letter of his name.
Behind him, Joe Biden chatted
throughout the signing
ceremony, often with his back to
the camera, so we just have to
assume the vice president thinks
this particular legislative victory
is also a “big … deal”.
Influential business groups
lined up with Republicans to
criticize the new law for the 533
new regulations they say it
imposes, while Obama’s one-
time friend, JP Morgan CEO
Jamie Dimon, was not even
invited to the signing ceremony.
No sign of a rapprochement in
the relationship between the
presidency and Big Finance, as
Obama used the occasion to take
another swipe at “unscrupulous”
lenders and the “abuse and
excess” that lay behind the
financial crisis.
It was Obama’s second major
legislative victory of the year,
confounding all those obituaries
of his presidency written in the
wake of Scott Brown’s
Massachusetts victory in
January. But there was one other
set of numbers today that the
president may find particularly
uncomfortable reading.
Another poll, this time from
Quinnipiac, showed the
president’s approval ratings
falling to a new low, and
independents continuing to
desert the Obama cause. More
voters are now saying they
would pick an unnamed
Republican over Obama in
2012, although at this early
stage the president still comes
out ahead when pitted against
Sarah Palin.
For Ross Colvin’s account of
the financial regulation signing
ceremony, click here and for on
the Quinnipiac poll, see our
blog.
Here are our other top stories
from today:
Bernanke says Fed to act if soft
recovery falters
The Federal Reserve stands
ready to ease monetary policy
further if the budding U.S.
economic recovery stumbles,
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke
said. Bernanke said the outlook
remains muddled, but that
policymakers still expect
economic growth to be
sustained despite a recent
softening evident in economic
data.
For this story by Pedro da Costa
and Glenn Somerville, read
here.
Plumes, politics and the sultan
of spill
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U.S. announces new sanctions
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The United States announced
new sanctions against North
Korea, targeted against its
leadership, and warned of
serious consequences if it again
attacked the South. Relations
across the divided peninsula
have turned increasingly hostile
after South Korea accused the
North of sinking one of its
warships in March, killings 46
sailors.
For the story by Andrew Quinn
and Phil Stewart in Seoul, click
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It is a Thursday morning in transferred between agencies – answers on the sanctions, click
early July and Thad Allen is some of which must be created here.
ready to start his day. There are from scratch. Lawmakers demand tough
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for the former Coast Guard electric cars, solar U.S. goods ranging from music
boss, the unlikely face of an Millions of electric-powered CDs to manufactured products.
Obama administration that has vehicles that would slash “I think we ought to consider
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tepid response to the worst oil foreign oil and cut its carbon R e p r e s e n t a t i v e W i l l i a m
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perception the White House and road under legislation approved frustration of many Democrats
Allen vehemently dispute. by a Senate committee. The and Republicans at a House of
For the rest of this special legislation, passed 19-4 in favor, Representatives Foreign Affairs
report by Jeff Mason, click here. was one of several bills cleared Committee hearing.
Long road to implement U.S. by the Senate Energy and For Doug Palmer’s story, click
financial reform bill Natural Resources Committee here.
The landmark financial reform that might be folded into a What we are blogging today:
legislation that President Barack broader energy and climate bill Republicans create caucus ‘to
Obama signed into law will take Democrats are struggling to listen’ to Tea Party
y e a r s t o i m p l e m e n t , w i t h bring to the Senate floor. There are scores of U.S.
hundreds of new rules to be To get Tom Doggett’s full
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Obama may want to cover his eyes,
poll numbers not good
Tabassum Zakaria (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 7/21/2010 11:37:51 AM
A standard public line for
presidents is that they don’t
make policy based on opinion
polls.
But we’re fairly certain no
president likes to see his poll
numbers drop. Well, President
Barack Obama may want to
cover his eyes for this one.
The latest Quinnipiac
University National Poll found
that Obama’s approval rating
has dropped to a net low,
with 44 percent saying they
approve compared with 48
percent who disapprove of how
he’s doing his job.
The poll also says independent
voters have turned on him –
which other polls have also
found. The survey of more than
2,000 voters found a majority of
independents disapproved of
Obama, 52 to 38 percent, and by
37 to 27 percent said they would
vote for a Republican in the
2012 presidential election.
The kicker in the Quinnipiac
poll is that more voters said they
would pick an unnamed
Republican over Obama in
2012, by 39 percent to 36
percent. If Obama faced
Republican Sarah Palin,
however, Obama comes out
ahead.
In the November elections for
the House of Representatives,
43 percent said they would vote
for the Republican candidate in
their district compared with 38
percent who said they would
vote for the Democrat.
Those type of poll numbers are
likely to unnerve Democrats
already jittery about holding
onto their majority in Congress
in this year’s election.
A higher percentage of voters
disapproved than approved of
Obama’s handling of key issues:
the economy, foreign policy,
Gulf of Mexico oil spill, illegal
immigration and the nomination
of Elena Kagan to the Supreme
Court.
“It was a year ago, during the
summer of 2009, that America’s
love affair with President
Barack Obama began to wane,”
Peter Brown, assistant director
of the Quinnipiac University
Polling Institute, wrote.
“Today, his support among
Democrats remains strong, but
the disillusionment among
independent voters … is what
leads to his weakness overall
when voters start thinking about
2012,” he said.
Photo credit: Reuters/Kevin
Lamarque (Obama speaks at
music performance at White
House), Reuters/Larry
Downing (Obama walks to Rose
Garden to speak about BP oil
spill)
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Baidu Earnings Soar
Connie Madon
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:00:00 AM
Filed under: International
Markets, Earnings Reports,
Internet, Competitive Strategy,
Technology Baidu ( BIDU),
China's most popular search This move clashed with China's
engine, reported net income of policy of having content pass
837.4 million yuan or 2.40 yuan through official censors for
per American depositary receipt, approval. Google redirected
in the June quarter. Analysts' traffic to its Hong Kong site
estimates compiled by and, in doing so, lost market
Bloomberg had projected net share to Baidu.
income of 710.4 million yuan. Continue reading Baidu
Last year Baidu reported profit Earnings Soar
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June Existing Home Sales Come In
Way Stronger Than Expected
Joe Weisenthal (Money to be over 8%, so this is
Game)
generally looking like a rare big
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:02:00 AM beat on housing.
The stock market is surging, as
The annualized rate of existing Bernanke's testimony from
home sales was 5.3 million, but yesterday has been completely
analysts were looking for an erased..
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THE GOOGLE INVESTOR: Defenders Line Up

Saying Stock Is Undervalued (GOOG)
Heather Leonard (Business company could easily extend its
Insider) stranglehold from conventional
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:46:04 AM search to mobile. Any risk of its
monopoly slipping as the world
The Google Investor is a daily goes mobile is amply factored
report from SAI. Sign into its stock price.
Turkish Military Has
up here to receive it by email. Google Is Beating Apple in Started Harassing
GOOG Up With The Market Smartphone Sales(Searchblog) Cash-Strapped Greece
Stocks are rebounding after a According to John Battelle,
few positive earning Apple has moved about 130,000 Gus Lubin (Business Insider)
announcements and some signs iPhones a day since the debut of Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:45:42 AM
of life from Europe. While iPhone 4. If you back out the
investors fear rising costs with mad rush to get one on release Turkish jets and ships have
no real second growth engine day and the run rate drops to violated Greek territory many
for the company, catalysts for more like 65,000 a day. Google times in recent weeks, causing
GOOG include continued reports that 160,000 Android high tensions in the Aegean,
Android and mobile traction; the phones get activated every day, according to the Kathimerini.
release of Chrome operating which crushes even the more This week a Turkish research
system this fall; regained generous iPhone statistic. vessel was spotted on a seabed
momentum in China; as well as debt crisis. Trefis research firm t h e c o m p a n y s u c c e e d s i n Android-based phones will far where Greece claims
progress in other newer believes that Google's margin generating. It's the growth rate outnumber any other smart exploration rights. Yesterday
initiatives (social networking, decline will be temporary based of earnings that will generate the phone by year's end. But, will four Turkish fighter jets buzzed
gaming, etc.). The stock on the long-term thesis that size of the future income stream. lower pricing hurt margins? over the island of Agathonisi
trades at approximately search margins will stabilize Discount that back to get the Join the conversation about this and were chased off by Greek
18x 2010 EPS and 13x around 59%, the company will present value, and one will find story » aircraft.
E n t e r p r i s e V a l u e / E B I T , gain search share, and the that Google is an undervalued See Also: The Greeks feel vulnerable
inexpensive relative to European market will recover. growth stock. • THE GOOGLE INVESTOR: after slashing defense spending
historical trading levels and the The margin decline does no Investor Worry That Google Stop Hoarding Cash And Give It as part of IMF-imposed
broader Internet group. impact the $683 price-target. W i l l Lose Search austerity. The package included
To Your Investors
Margin Decline Only Value Google On The Future, Stranglehold(SmartMoney) a 13% ($0.8 billion) cut to
• THE GOOGLE INVESTOR:
Temporary, No Change To Price Not On The Past(Seeking Wall Street's ambivalence has A n a l y s t s A n d S e n t i m e n t Greece's relatively high military
-Target(Forbes) Alpha) made shares of Google a relative budget.
Indicating Ho-Hum Quarter
Google's EBITDA margin Google missed the mid-point of bargain. Despite new rivals, the In other words, Greece really
• THE GOOGLE INVESTOR:
shrank sequentially from 54.3% t h e a n a l y s t s ' e a r n i n g s company remains a dynamic Wall Street Can't Agree On The can't afford a war right now.
to 51.7% in the most recent expectation by pennies and the online-search business that will Quarter Meanwhile, it's been scarce
quarter due to higher operating stock tanked. What investors thrive as more advertising weeks since the last violent
costs as well as to revenue should be focused on is the dollars leave traditional media Greek riot -->
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iFive: BP's Photoshop Disaster, Apple Is Evil, Robot Car Trip

to China, Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Freebie, Cow Wash!
Addy Dugdale (Fast
Company)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:32:22 AM
While you were sleeping,
innovation was reviewing its
quality-control policy down at
the factory, before jumping in a
robot-controlled van and
heading out to the car wash.
1. What is it about BP and its
ongoing relationship with the
phrase "up to its neck in s***"?
The leak from the Deepwater
well may have slowed to a
trickle, but there's no end of
doctored photos to cheer up
those of you missing the oil
firm's status as summer's top
whipping boy. WaPo puts the
figure of federal government
workers-turned-oil lobbyists at
around 75%, while Transocean,
the firm operating the
Deepwater rig, surveyed its
workers to find out if they were
happy with safety practices. No,
they weren't. Meanwhile, BP is
sending out invoices to its
partners in the Deepwater rig.
It's safe to say that they're large.
Meanwhile, on the other side of
the world, China is suffering its
own oilsplosion.
2. Apple is, apparently, " evil".
This is according to Fred
Wilson, managing partner of
Union Square Ventures. The
firm has, perhaps stung by the
past month's criticism of it,
recruited a quality control dude.
Looking into the firm's power
cords might be a good place to
start. Jeff Williams, formerly of
IBM, is now Senior VP of
Operations. The firm's location
tracker on some of its devices
has already bagged itself the
world's unluckiest thief, who
cycled up to an iPhone-toting
woman, performed a snatch-'n'-
grab--and was promptly nabbed
by the fuzz.
3. Any hitchhikers looking to
travel between Italy and China,
but without having to make
polite conversation with a driver
("So, do you do this route
often?" "May I compliment you
on your stick-shift technique?"
"Why is there a child lock on
the passenger door?") might
want to keep their eyes peeled
for two orange vans. They're
robot cars, and they're leaving
from in front of Milan Cathedral
next Tuesday. Destination is
Shanghai.
4. Undaunted by the less-than-
sparkling reviews that its
Windows Phone 7 has garnered,
Microsoft is offering its 90,000
workers worldwide a free
Windows Phone 7 device. Does
that count as sales?
5. At the Cow Wash. Woah,
woah woah woah. A note to
employers--this is how to make
your workers happy.

AT&T Second-Quarter Earnings Increase, Boosts Forecast

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Is HP's Windows-7-Powered Slate Still Alive?
Dan Nosowitz (Fast
Company)
Submitted at 7/21/2010 9:16:47 PM
HP's Slate was one of the early
stars of The Year of the Tablet.
Before anyone knew what the
iPad would be, HP and
Microsoft introduced the Slate
at January's Consumer
Electronics Show. Microsoft's
Steve Ballmer even did the
actual introduction, so the Slate
was guaranteed a ton of buzz.
But the Slate was actually a
pretty traditional tablet--
according to a leaked spec list, it
ran the full desktop version of
Windows 7 (possibly with a
touch-oriented skin), and packed
netbook internals, including an
Intel Atom processor. In the
wake of the iPad, the most
successful tablet, well, ever, the
public started to rethink the idea
that tablets would be shrunken,
keyboard-less PCs. The iPad
was an overgrown smartphone,
rather than a shrunken PC, and
its success indicated to both the
industry and the public that
perhaps mobile OSes and
mobile hardware would make
for a better product.
Fact or Fiction: Herpes
(HowStuffWorks Daily Feed)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:00:00 AM
When you think 'herpes,' you
probably conjure up visions of
cold sores or (gulp) genital
Back in April, shortly after the
introduction of the iPad, HP was
reported to have axed the Slate.
Then, after HP acquired Palm,
the tech press started to wonder:
Could Palm's WebOS be the one
operating system that could
compete with Apple's iOS in a
tablet form factor? An HP
Taiwan executive confirmed
that HP would be bringing such
a device to market. And then
just this week, HP filed for a
trademark on the term
"PalmPad." What else could that
be but a Palm WebOS-fueled
blisters. And, yes, oral and
genital herpes are the most
common types. But herpes
really gets around -- there are
many more versions out there,
and many people have no idea
tablet?
But, oddly enough, this week
also brought the discovery of a
Lazarus taxon on HP's website.
Like the coelacanth, the HP
Slate was thought to be extinct,
but discovered living, alive and
well, as the "HP Slate 500." The
specs match what we knew
before--1.6GHz Atom
processor, 8.9-inch screen, dual
webcams, five-hour battery--and
yes, it does indeed run Windows
7. HP's response, that the
company is "in customer
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Windows Slate isn't a lock to
come to market--but it's
certainly possible.
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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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Annie Leonard
Releases "The
Story of Cosmetics"
Ariel Schwartz (Fast
Company)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:50:22 AM
If you've seen filmmaker Annie
Leonard's short videos--The
Story of Stuff, The Story of Cap
and Trade, and The Story of
Bottled Water--you know that
she has a knack for explaining
environmental issues in a simple
and entertaining manner.
Leonard doesn't disappoint with
her latest, The Story of
Cosmetics. Produced as part of a
partnership with the Campaign
for Safe Cosmetics, the 8-
minute film explores the world
of toxic beauty products--and
demands that we take action.
Check it out below.
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Ariel Schwartz can be reached
on Twitter or by email.
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Demand Media Writer: "I Hope To Jobless Claims Increase
God People Don't Read My Advice" by 37,000
Nicholas Carlson (Business
Insider)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:48:00 AM
Demand Media is a massive
algorithm-based freelancer
platform that plans to be the
biggest Internet IPO since
Google this fall.
Mostly, Demand makes its
money paying lots and lots
"content contributors" a little
money to write "how-to" articles
for domains like eHow.com and
Wine.com. These articles are
written so that they will appear
high-up in Google search
results. Demand collects ad
dollars off the traffic.
People – old-school media
types in particular – often
complain about Demand Media
content, saying it's mindless
garbage ripped off Wikipedia.
A new report from MediaShift
seems to confirm some of these
fears. In the story, a recent J-
school graduate describes how,
after getting out of her program,
she wrote for Demand to earn a
couple bucks between more
serious freelance gigs.
PBS: The articles she wrote --
all of which were selected from
an algorithmically generated
list -- included How to Wear a
Sweater Vest" and How to
Massage a Dog That Is
Emotionally Stressed," even
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(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 10:30:00 AM
Filed under: Economic Data
The unmber of initial state
unemployment benefits
increased by 37,000 to 464,000
during the past week, the Labor week average of continuing
Department reported Thursday. claims also dropped by 21,500
This was above economist to 4.57 million.
expectations for initial claims of Continue reading Jobless
450,000. The four-week average Claims Increase by 37,000
of initial claims also increased, Jobless Claims Increase by
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has never owned a dog. Associated Content. 223,000 to 4.49 million during United States Department of
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was writing crap," she said. "I which includes interviews with the volatility in the number of Jobless claims- BloggingStocks
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61% of Netflix Subscribers Choose to Stream

Video
Dan Nosowitz (Fast
Company)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:57:53 AM

Netflix reported their quarterly

earnings today, and the news
was mostly--though not entirely-
-good. Revenue was $519.8
million, up 27% from the year-
ago quarter, but fell a few
million short of Wall Street
expectations. As a result, the
stock was down nearly 10% in
after-hours trading. But the
number of subscribers is up 42%
from the year-ago quarter, up 2
million from last quarter--and
there are sure to be more as
Netflix expands northward into
Canada.
There are also some very
encouraging signs for Netflix's
streaming video empire, even
more interesting to those of us
who have been following the
company's transition to non-
physical media. Of the now 15
million Netflix subscribers, a
whopping 61% have streamed
some sort of video for more than
15 minutes. That's way up: Only
37% did the same in the year-
ago quarter.
But that has a slightly
unfortunate effect on Netflix's
business. Though many
customers now use Netflix for
its streaming capabilities than its
traditional mail-order DVD and
Blu-ray business, the company's
pricing is still disc-based. So
there has been a shift toward the
cheapest possible option that
still allows for streaming video,
the $8.99 plan, because discs are
becoming less important.
Netflix's average subscriber
price, in turn, has lowered from
$13.29 last year to $12.29 this
year. It's not surprising, but it's
something Netflix will have to
think about.
Oh, and Netflix's CEO, Reed
Hastings, had a few words for
Hulu when asked if Netflix is
concerned about Hulu's move
into paid subscription plans with
Hulu Plus: "The Hulu team is
sharp, and we’re not going to
underestimate them."
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).
Today's European
Industrial Surprise Was
Led By Some Of The
Most Laughed-At
Nations
Vincent Fernando, CFA
(Business Insider)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:43:00 AM
The chart below from
Econompic shows how today's
industrial new orders data,
which was much better than
consensus had forecast and
helped power a rally, was
actually driven some PIIGS
(Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain),
and Eastern Europe.
Europe's core, ie. France,
Germany, and the UK, were all
contracting:
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BP defends CEO and eyes new option for plugging well

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Coca-Cola's Second- Netflix Earnings: Sell or Wise Words:

Quarter Earnings Top
Projections
Steven Mallas
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 10:00:00 AM
Filed under: Earnings Reports,
Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP)
Coca-Cola ( KO), the main
rival to PepsiCo ( PEP), closed
higher by nearly 1.6% while the
Dow received a beating. Shares
of the beverage giant settled at
$54.08. The market gave its
approval to the company's latest
earnings report.
I have Coke in my portfolio as
a long-term holding, and I was
pretty satisfied with the
numbers. What I want from a
quarterly report is an indication
that the business continues to
remain on a stable track to
deliver quality future cash flows
(I'm not expecting anything too
exciting, for the most part). I
believe investors essentially got
Hold On? Reach for
Steven Mallas
(BloggingStocks) Your Goals
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Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:30:00 AM
(Daily Woman's Day Blog)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Submitted at 7/22/2010 6:30:00 AM
Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) Netflix (
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Wednesday's after-hours to make your day fun, fabulous
session. It dropped 9% to Or, to put it in terms of a range, and full of joy.
$108.70. The second-quarter the 52-week low is $39.27 and A good goal is like a strenuous
earnings report was the catalyst. the 52-week high is $127.96. exercise- it makes you stretch.
that on Wednesday. See what I mean? —Mary Kay Ash
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LIVEBLOG: New York Times Q2 2010 Earnings Call

Joe Pompeo (Business and how its cash situation seems quarter of 2009. But operating • The New York Times Is
Insider) to be improving. profit nearly doubled from$23.5 Tumbling!
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:56:00 AM On the print side they declined million to$60.8 million. • Michael Wolff: 'The Future
6.1% ( versus 12.1% in Q1). But We'll be live-blogging the For Rupert Himself Is Death'
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SunChips' Compostable
Bag Not So
Compostable?
Ariel Schwartz (Fast
Company)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:36:21 AM
We were more than a little
excited when SunChips
announced a plan earlier this
year to roll out the world's first
100% compostable chip bag. A
bag that breaks down entirely
after 14 weeks in a compost
bin? It has to be the beginning
of some sort of packaging
revolution, we thought. But
maybe not.
Over at the anotherkindofdrew
blog, Drew Odom has been
documenting the SunChips bag
compost process. So far, the
Business/ Top News/ 11
Wichita Council Keeps Prayers at
Meetings
(The Christian Post RSS Feed Three of the council members he stated, after encouraging
| Society) disagreed with Stangl's participants to look at one
Submitted at 7/21/2010 3:35:37 PM arguments. another rather than bow their
Councilman Paul Gray said heads. "Let us not only look to
The Wichita City Council in nearly every culture and corner the heavens for inspiration but
Kansas will continue having of life has established some also to each other and open our
invocations before each meeting form of religion. And though eyes wide to accept the reality
despite protests by a group of many quote 17th century British that confronts us without losing
humanists. philosopher John Locke when sight of our ideals of what could
"I can't agree with the statement arguing for the separation of be. Through the prudent use of
that religion has no place. It has church and state, Gray stressed reason and compassion we can
a place in our entire lives. It's that no such words are found in assure the continued success of
not just here at city hall," said the one document that has any
Councilwoman Sue Schlapp on r e l e v a n c e – t h e U . S .
this great city."
Following Alderfer's speech,
Tuesday. "So I don't think I can C o n s t i t u t i o n . Schlapp decided to bless the
exclude that from my daily life "M'am, this is not an open
just because I walk into city debate," Gray said.
meeting.
"I believe all good flows from
hall." He and others on the council
Vickie Sandell Stangl, president noted, however, that they make
our Heavenly Father and I'd like
to bless this meeting this
e x p e r i m e n t i s n ' t g o i n g a s of the Great Plains chapter of s u r e e v e r y o n e h a s t h e morning," she said.
smoothly as Frito-Lay might A m e r i c a n s U n i t e d f o r opportunity to express their If the city council plans to
like. After three weeks, the bag Separation of Church and State, opinion, celebrate their religion continue with invocations before
looks pretty much the same as it brought her concerns before and give the invocation at their every meeting, Stangl suggested
looked at the beginning of c o u n c i l m e m b e r s a t t h e i r meetings. that they be more diverse to
Drew's experiment. And it m e e t i n g T u e s d a y . "But it doesn't require us to have include such persons as Wiccans
hardly matches up to what She argued, "There's no good an absence of religion because a and humanists.
SunChips predicts for the three reason to use public time to few people out there, a very slim Mayor Carl Brewer said the
week mark (see video below). express private beliefs. The only majority, feel offended," Gray invocations already reflect the
This doesn't necessarily mean real purpose seems to be an added. "I think the majority of diversity of the community.
that Frito-Lay is lying--after all, elevating of public officials' the country does not have a "City hall is everyone's city
that would be an incredibly poor piety before the citizenry." problem as long as everybody hall," he assured.
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12 Top News/ E-reader News Edition

Ships ready to leave leaky well as storm brews (AP)

(Yahoo! News: Most Viewed) Worse yet, retired Coast Guard If the work crews are the effort to contain the oil and by Lloyd's Register Group
Submitted at 7/22/2010 7:46:14 AM Adm. Thad Allen said foul evacuated, it could be two clean it up. Hurricane Alex found that several pieces of
weather could require reopening weeks before they can resume stayed 500 miles away last equipment — including the
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO the cap that has contained the oil the effort to kill the well. That month, yet skimming in rams in the failed blowout
– Crew members aboard dozens for nearly a week, allowing oil would upset BP's timetable, Alabama, Mississippi and preventer on the well head —
of ships in the Gulf of Mexico to gush into the sea again for which called for finishing the Florida was curtailed for nearly had not been inspected since
prepared Thursday to evacuate days while engineers wait out relief tunnel by the end of July a week. 2000, despite guidelines calling
as a tropical rainstorm brewing the storm. and plugging the blown-out well The relief tunnel extends about for inspection every three to five
in the Caribbean brought the "This is necessarily going to be by early August. two miles under the seabed and years. Transocean said most of
deep-sea effort to plug BP's a judgment call," said Allen, Scientists have been is about 50 to 60 feet vertically the equipment was minor and
ruptured oil well to a near who was waiting to see how the scrutinizing underwater video and four feet horizontally from the blowout preventer was
standstill. storm developed before deciding and pressure data for days, the ruptured well. BP plans to inspected by manufacturer
Though the rough weather was whether to order any of the trying to determine if the capped insert a final string of casing, or guidelines.
hundreds of miles from the spill ships and crews stationed some well is holding tight or in danger drilling pipe, cement it into A spokesman for Transocean,
site and wouldn't enter the Gulf 50 miles out in the Gulf of of rupturing and causing an even place, and give it up to a week the owner of the rig leased by
for at least a few more days, Mexico to head for safety. bigger disaster. If the storm to set, before attempting to BP, confirmed the existence of
officials ordered technicians The cluster of thunderstorms prevents BP from monitoring punch through to the blown-out the reports to The Associated
trying to plug BP's well to stand passed over Haiti and the the well, the cap may simply be well and kill it. Press.
down because they needed D o m i n i c a n R e p u b l i c o n reopened, allowing oil to spill BP's broken well spewed "As part of Transocean's
several days to clear the area, Wednesday, and forecasters said into the water, Allen said. somewhere between 94 million unwavering commitment to
where about 65 ships are the system would probably BP and government scientists and 184 million gallons into the safety and rigorous maintenance
tending to the spill. move into the Gulf over the were meeting to discuss whether Gulf before the cap was discipline on all our rigs, we
"It's a controlled chaos out weekend. They gave it a 40 the cap could be monitored from attached. The crisis — the proactively commissioned the
there," Lt. Patrick Montgomery percent chance of becoming a shore. biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. safety survey and the rig
t o l d a n A s s o c i a t e d P r e s s tropical depression or a tropical As the storm drew closer, boat history — unfolded after the BP assessment review," Transocean
reporter aboard the Coast Guard storm by Friday. captains hired by BP for -leased Deepwater Horizon rig spokesman Lou Colasuonno
cutter Decisive heading to the Crews had planned to spend skimming duty were sent home exploded April 20, killing 11 said in an e-mail early
spill site from Pascagoula, Miss. W e d n e s d a y a n d T h u r s d a y and told they wouldn't be going workers. Thursday. "A fair reading of
The cutter, with a 75-member reinforcing with cement the last back out for five or six days, The cause of the blast is still those detailed third-party
crew, is the Coast Guard's few feet of the relief tunnel that said Tom Ard, president of the under investigation, but there reviews indicates clearly that
primary search and rescue will be used to pump mud into Orange Beach Fishing have been repeated questions while certain areas could be
vessel and would be the last ship the gusher and kill it once and Association in Alabama. raised by rig workers over the enhanced, overall rig
to leave in the event of an for all. But BP put the task on In Florida, crews removed equipment and safety conditions maintenance met or exceeded
evacuation. It was within a few hold and instead placed a booms intended to protect aboard the rig. regulatory and industry
miles of the well site Thursday temporary plug called a storm waterways in the Panhandle The New York Times reported standards and the Deepwater
morning. packer deep inside the tunnel, in from oil. High winds and storm early Thursday that rig workers Horizon's safety management
Just days before the expected case it has to be abandoned until surge could carry the booms into said in a confidential survey was strong and a culture of
completion of a relief well the storm passes. sensitive wetlands. before the April 20 explosion safety was robust on board the
designed to permanently throttle "What we didn't want to do is be Also, Shell Oil began that they were concerned about rig."
the free-flowing crude, the in the middle of an operation evacuating employees out in the safety and the condition of some ___
government's spill chief said and potentially put the relief Gulf. equipment on board. Associated Press writers Jay
Wednesday that work was well at some risk," BP vice Even if the storm does not hit The Times reported that another SHIPS page 13
suspended. president Kent Wells said. the area directly, it could affect report conducted for Transocean
E-reader News Edition Top News/ Culture/ 13
SHIPS
'Hot' Russian spy leaves enigmatic Facebook trail continued from page 12

Reeves in Orange Beach, Ala.,

(AFP) David Dishneau and Phuong Le
in New Orleans and Robert Barr
(Yahoo! News: Most Viewed) But just hours later, followers mused on her "stunning green adding that it had a recording of in London contributed to this
Submitted at 7/21/2010 10:05:03 PM of her page on the Facebook eyes." the conversation. report, along with AP energy
social networking site read an It is not clear whether Chapman Chapman would be obliged to writer Chris Kahn in New York.
MOSCOW (AFP) – Two weeks opaque message. "It was the has Internet access and is hand all the proceeds from an Five Filters featured article:
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unknown location since her a l l h e r p h o t o g r a p h s a n d Facebook page angrily denied a contacted Chapman on the
arrival in Moscow, reportedly m e s s a g e s . report in the New York Post on Internet to ask for an interview
b e i n g d e b r i e f e d , s h e h a s Her page has -- surprisingly -- Monday that Chapman was and that she asked for payment.
apparently found time to write been regularly updated ever "secretly shopping" for a "This is the first time I've been
enigmatic Facebook updates and since, with Chapman gaining 250,000-dollar interview deal, asked to pay to give someone
negotiate with journalists on her dozens of new "friends," many citing unnamed sources. another chance to promote
first interview. of them journalists. "This is an absolute lie," a themselves," he said in an e-
C h a p m a n h a s d o m i n a t e d On July 14, she switched to an comment read. mail.
coverage of the spy scandal, inspiring quote from Eleanor However, the tabloid daily As the buzz around the spies
despite her apparently minor Roosevelt: Komsomolskaya Pravda refuses to die down, a
r o l e , t h a n k s t o s a l a c i o u s "You gain strength, courage and claimed on Wednesday that newspaper in her hometown of Use Dropbox to Easily
revelations by her British ex- confidence by every experience Chapman asked the newspaper Volgograd launched a
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photographs that she posted on fear in the face. You are able to and said she had been offered at about Chapman. Android Apps [Android]
social networking sites. say to yourself 'I have lived least 250,000 dollars by other One entry, titled "Anya will Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Russian tabloids call her through this horror. I can take media. make contact," has the chorus Submitted at 7/22/2010 7:05:00 AM
"Agent 90-60-90" based on her the next thing that comes A journalist rang Chapman "Hands off our Anya, Freedom
hourglass figure, while the along.'" offering 25,000 dollars after she for Anya Chapman," using a Android phones allow users to
Washington Post called her the Many wrote messages of called an offer of 1,000 dollars shortening for Anna, grab apps outside the official
"hot one" in a jokey opinion support. Chapman responded "not serious," the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda Market, but it usually involves
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14 Top News/ Technology/ E-reader News Edition

Opponents of Ground Zero Mosque Push for

Landmark Status
(The Christian Post RSS Feed
| Society)
Submitted at 7/21/2010 7:44:30 PM
A Christian legal group
representing thousands of
Americans opposed to the
track and sidestep a well-
documented process in order to
clear the way for this sacred site
to be used as a location to build
an Islamic mosque,” expressed
Jay Sekulow, chief counsel of
the ACLJ, in a statement.
insensitive to build just two
blocks from spot where the
Twin Towers once stood a place
of worship to the same religion
that 9/11 terrorists cite as their
motivation for the attacks.
Islamic experts, meanwhile, say
enemy when we act as if we are
at war with Islam,” Prothero
wrote on CNN Belief Blog.
To those that say the Cordoba
mosque would be too close to
Ground Zero, Prothero says it
would be too far.
Fotolia’s slideshow
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Flixtime goes pro with
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Roxanne Varza (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:46:38 AM

building of an Islamic mosque
near Ground Zero has urged
New York City officials to grant
landmark status to the current
building on the site.
The American Center for Law
and Justice contends in a written
testimony to the New York City
Landmarks Preservation
Commission that the building at
45-47 Park Place should be
considered a landmark because
the landing gear of one of the
hijacked planes on 9/11 fell
through its roof. The site of 45-
47 Park Place is where The
Cordoba Initiative wants to
build a 13-story, $100 million
Muslim community center.
“We’re concerned that the City
of New York is trying to fast-
“We urge city officials to reject
the pressures of political
correctness and embrace
common sense,” said Sekulow.
“This is not the place to build a
mosque. It’s time to approve a
landmark designation that will
preserve the historical integrity
of this building.”
ACLJ is currently representing
Tim Brown, a firefighter and
first responder who survived the
911 attacks on the Twin Towers
and lost nearly 100 friends in
the tragedy. The legal group
also represents thousands of
Americans who signed on to the
Committee to Stop the Ground
Zero Mosque.
Opponents of the Ground Zero
mosque proposal argue that it is
a mosque near the 9/11 site
would be a powerful political
statement that Islam is here.
Supporters of the Ground Zero
mosque proposal, however, both
Muslims and non-Muslims, say
allowing the Islamic cultural
center construction would
improve interfaith relations and
demonstrate religious tolerance.
Stephen Prothero, a Boston
University religion scholar,
argues that officials should
allow the Ground Zero mosque
to be built because it shows the
terrorists have not changed one
of America’s core values –
religious tolerance.
“[I]f the enemy is terrorism,
then we should realize that we
only incite and inspire that
“I believe a small mosque ought
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Sweet Deal: A Free Groupon Android App

Robin Wauters (TechCrunch) an official one) enables users to iPhone app, which has been out whopping$173 million in
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:11:33 AM buy deals in over 65 cities, since March 2010. venture capital, most recently
access their purchased Groupons Not much to add to that little scoring a$135 million round at
Daily deal sensation Groupon and find ones that are nearby. nugget of news, apart from the a$1.35 billion valuation.
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Oil cleanup workers protest ‘flotel’ housing (The Upshot)
(Yahoo! News: Most Viewed)
Submitted at 7/21/2010 2:03:05 PM
One of the logistical difficulties
in combating the Gulf oil
disaster has been finding
housing for the thousands of
workers brought in by BP and
its contractors to work on
cleanup and containment
operations. Many of the coastal
communities, especially in oil-
soaked Louisiana, are sparsely
populated and don't have the
ability to accommodate a
sudden influx of people. Enter
"flotels."
Many workers have been
housed in floating hotel/motels
— structures similar to trailers
or shipping containers stacked
on top of each other on a barge.
[ Photos: Latest from the Gulf
oil spill]
BP told a New Orleans Fox
affiliate that the flotels were
useful for keeping workers close
to cleanup sites, thereby
eliminating travel time.
But some aren't happy about it.
In fact, a group of fishermen
Droid X can now be counted among the rooted
Joseph L. Flatley (Engadget)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:14:00 AM
It's recently come to our
attention that Birdman over at
the AllDroid.org forums has
rooted the Droid X. By all
decided to go on strike in protest
of their accommodations, and
some workers have expressed
concerns about safety.
"We're on strike, so we're not
going to work," Jules Dag told
WDSU, an NBC affiliate in
New Orleans. "I'm not living on
no quarterboat," Dag said.
"When I signed up, the
agreement was we lived at a
motel or somewhere they
accounts (which, at the time of
this writing, consists of two
forum posts that exclaim "it
works!") things are going
beautifully, so what do you
think? Ready to pierce the soft
underbelly of your smartphone's
supplied us to live."
Dag said that some workers
have no choice but to accept
lodging at a flotel because
they've yet to be paid and have
depleted whatever savings they
had as a result.
"We ain't been paid yet," Dag
said. "We've used almost
everything we got to live out
here already. Forty days, we
ain't seen nothing yet. What we
OS? Been dying to get a hot
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holding 12 bunks. The close
quarters made another worker
concerned about disease.
A fire even broke out inside a
flotel in Plaquemines Parish on
Tuesday night, injuring five
cleanup workers. A spokesman
for the local sheriff's office said
the injuries were minor,
though — mostly smoke
inhalation.
BP did not respond to The
Upshot's requests for comment
on the latest developments.
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16 Top News/ Technology/ Economy/
Boney M asked to skip hit in West
Bank gig (AP)
(Yahoo! News: Most Viewed)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 7:58:36 AM
RAMALLAH, West Bank –
When the iconic 1970s disco
group Boney M rocked
Ramallah this week, the local
music festival prevented the
band from performing one of its
biggest hits.
Lead singer Maizie Williams
said Palestinian concert
organizers told her not to sing
"Rivers of Babylon." The song's
chorus quotes from the Book of
Psalms, referring to the exiled
Jewish people's yearning to
return to the biblical land of
Israel.
Palestinians often question the
Jewish historical connection to
the Holy Land. Organizers said
they asked for the song to be
skipped, deeming it
"inappropriate."
Status update
(The Economist: Daily news
and views)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 4:47:04 AM
THE world's largest social
network announced that it had
reached 500m members on
Wednesday July 21st. If
Facebook were a physical
nation, it would now be the third
most populous on earth. And if
E-reader News Edition
Who Needs Minutes
Anymore? Skype Gets
"I don't know if it is a political
thing or what, but they asked us
not to do it and we were a bit
following pressure from pro-
Palestinian groups.
"I believe you should entertain
Multitasking for iOS 4
Mike Melanson
disappointed that we could not wherever you are asked to (ReadWriteWeb)
do it because we know that entertain, whether it is Israel, background when other apps are
everybody loves this song no whether it is Palestine, whether Submitted at 7/22/2010 10:45:00 AM running and even when the
matter what," she said. it is Lebanon, where ever it is, phone is locked. This means that
In May, voice-over-IP calling it can sit in the background,
The band performed its other we go," Williams said in
and chatting service Skype silently waiting for calls or chat
big hits, like "Ma Baker," Ramallah.
finally put to rest a year-long messages to come in and
"Daddy Cool," and "Rasputin" "At the end of the day, politics
battle between itself, Apple and interrupt whatever it is your
in front of hundreds of is one thing and entertainment is
AT&T, bringing voice calls to doing to alert you.
screaming fans. another thing and when I got
the iPhone over AT&T's 3G In essence, Skype has become a
The Palestinian International into the entertainment business I
network. What had previously fully functional telephone app.
Festival started Monday and didn't get into it for politics. I
been a funky alternative for Having to keep the app open
runs through Saturday, bringing got into it to make people
making cheap international and and the phone unlocked to listen
international performances to happy," she said.
long-distance calls - when f o r i n c o m i n g p h o n e c a l l s
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Previously, Skype was really background operation, the new
the service continues to grow as like our nation-state,” says useful only as a way to save on version takes full advantage of
rapidly as in the three months to David Post, a law professor at some minutes if you were the iPhone 4's "Retina Display"
July, it will reach one billion in T e m p l e U n i v e r s i t y , running low, to make long- and the high quality sound
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E-reader News Edition News Wire/ Economy/ 17

North Korea says U.S. drills pose danger to region

(Reuters: Top News) "This move is not only a grave the ship, which a South Korean- and regional powers China,
Submitted at 7/22/2010 7:05:08 AM threat to peace and stability of led investigation concluded was Japan, the United States and
the Korean peninsula but also to sunk by a torpedo fired by a Russia.
By John Ruwitch and Jason the region," Ri Tong-il, a North Korean submarine, before "If (the United States and South
Szep member of North Korea's talks can resume. Korea) are really interested in
HANOI| Thu Jul 22, 2010 delegation, said of the military Japan backed that position at the denuclearization of the
8:05am EDT drills. the ASEAN Regional Forum in peninsula, they should take the
HANOI(Reuters) - North Korea "It also violates the spirit of the Hanoi, said Japanese deputy lead in helping establish the
on Thursday denounced planned U . N . S e c u r i t y C o u n c i l press secretary Hidenobu settings (for restarting talks) 10 Ways To
U.S.-South Korean military president's statement," he added, Sobashima. "It may be difficult before they resume military
drills as a grave danger to the referring to a U.N. statement to resume six-party talks as if drills," Ri said. Go Short
region and criticized new U.S. that condemned the sinking of nothing has happened in the Analysts say Washington and
sanctions as "hostile," urging the Cheonan but did not cite wake of the incident," he told Seoul are reluctant to head back Barack Obama
Washington to focus instead on N o r t h K o r e a b y n a m e i n reporters. into the talks, which the Joe Weisenthal (Money
restarting nuclear weapons talks. deference to China, the North North Korea has denied any ostracized North has previously Game)
The comments by a North only major ally. role in sinking the ship, and used to extract benefits from the
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:36:00 AM
Korean diplomat in Hanoi at China has harshly criticized the made that point in bilateral talks international community while
Asia's largest security forum military drills and launched its on Thursday with Southeast still pressing ahead with efforts Earlier this week, the New
came a day after the United own naval exercises off its Asian foreign ministers, said to develop a nuclear arsenal. York Times quoted hedge fund
States announced expanded eastern coast. diplomats who attended the But they may have little choice manager Hugh Hendry as saying
sanctions against the North and SIX-WAY NUCLEAR TALKS meetings. with Washington nervous about "If there was a way to short
two days after Seoul and On a visit to Seoul on "North Korea explained their North Korea's potential to Obama, I would."
Washington unveiled plans for Wednesday, Clinton insisted side of the story that they were export atomic weapons. South Well, we doubt that Hendry
joint military exercises. additional sanctions were aimed not responsible for the incident. Korea's leaders, also, do not needs new trading ideas, but just
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Pyongyang's leaders and not at They also expressed a want to be seen as completely in case, we've compiled what we
Clinton arrived in Hanoi on ordinary North Koreans, who willingness to return to six-party turning their back on their think our 10 ways to short
Thursday expected to seek make up one of the world's talks," said Thai Foreign neighbor. Barack Obama.
regional support for Seoul, poorest societies and whose Ministry spokesman Thani (Additional reporting by Suh Maybe someone can create an
which has sought repercussions stumbling economy is already Thongpakdi. "They are reaching Kyung-min in Seoul and ETF and let the retail investor
for the torpedoing of a South cut off from the world. out." Ambika Ahuja; Writing by do it. Click here to see the 10
Korean naval vessel that has "The sanctions will deepen the The six-party international talks Jason Szep; Editing by Sanjeev trade ideas >
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attack in March that sunk the Seoul and Washington have pushed for Pyongyang to return
corvette Cheonan, killing 46 said the North must admit to the negotiations, which
South Korean sailors. responsibility for the attack on include North and South Korea
18 News Wire/ Economy/ Culture/ E-reader News Edition

Obama challenges Arizona immigration law in

court
(Reuters: Top News)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 8:27:15 AM
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX| Thu Jul 22, 2010
9:27am EDT
PHOENIX(Reuters) - President
Barack Obama's administration
heads to court on Thursday in a
showdown over whether
Arizona's crackdown on illegal
immigrants encroaches on
federal authority over
immigration policy and
enforcement.
District Judge Susan Bolton
will hear arguments in a federal
lawsuit seeking to block
Arizona's tough new
immigration law that is
scheduled to take effect on July
29.
The Republican-controlled
Arizona Legislature passed the
law in April to try to stem the
flow of illegal immigrants over
the state's border with Mexico
and cut down on drug
trafficking and crime -- setting it
on a collision course with the
federal government.
The law requires state and local
police, during lawful contact, to
investigate the immigration
status of anyone they reasonably
suspect of being an illegal
immigrant.
The Justice Department filed
suit this month, arguing the
measure would undermine U.S.
foreign policy and violate the
U.S. Constitution.
Bolton could issue a
preliminary injunction if she
finds the Obama administration
would ultimately succeed in its
quest to have the law struck
down.
"A ruling in either direction will
probably be a very strong signal
about how this judge views the
validity of the Arizona law and
the strength of the
administration's arguments,"
said Carissa Hessick, an
associate law professor at
Arizona State University.
At stake is "whether the
administration has the full
authority over immigration
policy and immigration
enforcement. It's potentially a
very big day," she added.
Immigration, particularly what
to do with some 11 million
illegal immigrants working in
mostly low-wage jobs across the
United States, is a divisive issue
in this election year.
Obama, whose Democratic
Party faces an uphill battle to
maintain its congressional
majorities in November
elections, backs a Arizona argued the government
comprehensive overhaul of
immigration laws. It would
tighten workplace and border
security, and allow unauthorized
migrants in good standing to
learn English, pay a fine and get
on the track to citizenship.
POLLS SHOW SUPPORT
FOR LAW
Opinion polls consistently show
the Arizona law is supported by
a solid majority of U.S. voters,
posing risks for Obama in
opposing the measure, which he
warns could lead to a
'patchwork' of conflicting state
laws across the country.
In a brief filed earlier in the
week, lawyers for Arizona
Governor Jan Brewer argued the
state had not pre-empted federal
authority, but sought to "assist
with the enforcement of existing
federal immigration laws in a
constitutional manner."
In a statement, Brewer said she
was confident the court would
"reject President Obama's
attempt to prevent our state from
protecting its citizens as a result
of his failure to enforce federal
immigration laws."
had failed in its duty to secure
the porous Mexico border. It
said half of all illegal
immigrants in the United States
entered through the state and
that illegal migrants who had
committed crimes accounted for
17 percent of the state's prison
population.
The Justice Department suit is
one of seven opposing the law.
The challenges could delay any
final determination of the law
for years.
(Additional reporting by David
Schwartz in Phoenix; Editing by
Jeremy Pelofsky and Peter
Cooney)
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Today's European
Industrial Surprise Was
Led By Some Of The
Most Laughed-At
Nations
Vincent Fernando, CFA
(Money Game)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:43:45 AM
The chart below from
Econompic shows how today's
industrial new orders data,
which was much better than
consensus had forecast, was
actually driven some PIIGS
(Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain),
and Eastern Europe.
Europe's core, ie. France,
Germany, and the UK, were all
contracting:
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Jobless claims rise more than expected last week

(Reuters: Top News) economic recovery pace. holiday in the prior week could The number of people on
Submitted at 7/22/2010 8:31:24 AM On Wednesday, Federal have caused a backlog in emergency benefits declined
Reserve Chairman Ben processing applications. 404,049 to 3.48 million in the
WASHINGTON| Thu Jul 22, B e r n a n k e d e s c r i b e d t h e Job growth has slowed down week ended July 3, but the
2010 9:31am EDT economic outlook as "unusually after strong gains early in the figure is set to rise in coming
WASHINGTON(Reuters) - uncertain" and told lawmakers year, dampening household weeks after the Senate finally
New claims for jobless benefits "a significant amount of time spending and holding back the voted late on Wednesday to Three Things You
climbed more steeply than will be required to restore the economy's recovery from the extend benefits for the long-
anticipated last week, the latest nearly 8-1/2 million jobs that most painful recession since the term unemployed.
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37,000 to a seasonally adjusted levels after the data. The U.S. underlying labor market trends deadlocked over how to cover
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forecast claims rising to 445,000 news is that companies have not aid dropped 223,000 to 4.49 in June had been out of work for meditating...went a lot when I
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Angelina Jolie Sports Sunglasses as Salt Goes to Comic-Con

Molly (PopSugar) brought out her glamorous best and she showed off an excited against Inception at the box
Submitted at 7/22/2010 8:00:00 AM for the big LA premiere on little dance on the red carpet. office.
Monday. Angelina's chemistry Angelina's main man Brad View 5 Photos ›
Angelina Jolie hid behind with Brad was among our top 10 keeps bringing us beard-free
s u n g l a s s e s l e a v i n g a n observations from the evening, glory on the set of Moneyball,
appointment in LA yesterday. and she spoke about their while she's headed to San Diego
Her action-packed Salt hits supportive relationship in this story. The film's director gushed for Comic-Con before seeing
theaters tomorrow, and she week's People magazine cover that Angelina perfected the role, whether Salt can hold its own
20 Technology/ Culture/ E-reader News Edition

Less Than 1 Year Until The Internet Runs Out of

Addresses
Richard MacManus of unique addresses. Enough, in urges ISPs to move to IPv6, so
(ReadWriteWeb) fact, to give every person on the that a "black market" for
Submitted at 7/22/2010 1:18:02 AM planet over 4 billion addresses! Internet addresses won't occur.
John Curran from ARIN, the Another Y2K?
The Internet will run out of non-profit responsible for Critics view some of the push
Internet addresses in about 1 managing the distribution of for IPv6 as Chicken Little 'the Robert Pattinson
year's time, we were told today Internet addresses in the North sky is falling' talk. Commented
by John Curran, President and A m e r i c a n r e g i o n , t o l d @ajbraun, a self-described Roughs Up His Pretty
CEO of the American Registry ReadWriteWeb that of the technology leader at Sony Face For a Role!
for Internet Numbers (ARIN). approximately 4 billion IPv4 Ericsson, via Twitter: "We PopSugar (PopSugar)
The same thing was also stated addresses available, all but 6% should call this "IPv6: Y2K II."
recently by Vint Cerf, Google's have already been allocated. An obvious issue for 10 years, Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:45:00 AM

Chief Internet Evangelist. Curran expects the final 6% to IPv6 activity. Curran also noted we will panic at the end and
that new Internet of Things f i n a l l y m u c h a d o a b o u t Robert Pattinson was spotted on
The main reason for the be allocated over the coming
initiatives that use sensor n o t h i n g . " the set of Water For Elephants
concern? There's an explosion year.
networks, power grids, RFID Others see a technology called yesterday with his face made up
of data about to happen to the This is largely an issue that ISP
and similar technologies, are N A T ( N e t w o r k A d d r e s s to look bruised and bloody. It's a
Web - thanks largely to sensor (Internet Service Providers) and
being directed to use IPv6 and Translation) as a solution - it different look for Rob, who's
data, smart grids, RFID and telecoms carriers need to deal
not IPv4. lately been filming wearing a
other Internet of Things data. with. However content service maps multiple addresses to a
There is also solid support from single IP address, thus reducing tux and looking dapper. Rob is
Other reasons include the providers, including large-scale
the big Internet companies. t h e a m o u n t o f u n i q u e I P no stranger, though, to getting a
increase in mobile devices Internet companies like Google
Curran said that Google has addresses required. However little roughed up for a movie
connecting to the Internet and and Facebook, also need to
already put the majority of its this is at best a temporary project - he sported similar fake
the annual growth in user- ensure that the transition from
services onto IPv6. Declaring its solution. Google argued back in bruises while working on
generated content on the Web. IPv4 to IPv6 takes place. Curran
support for IPv6 on a special 2008 that NAT and similar Remember Me last Summer. He
Sponsor explained that a content
webpage, Google states that technologies "complicate the and his costar Reese
IPv4 countdown on Twitter - company like Google (for
" I P v 6 i s e s s e n t i a l t o t h e Internet's architecture, pose Witherspoon have been
less than a year to go before example its YouTube operation)
continued health and openness barriers to the development of spending long hours on their
IPv4 addresses run out... Why a will need to work with its ISP to
of the Internet [and] will enable new applications, and run latest project, but they've each
New Internet Protocol is Needed transport the content via IPv6 as
i n n o v a t i o n a n d a l l o w t h e contrary to network openness been able to enjoy downtime
Currently the Web largely uses well as IPv4.
Internet's continued growth." principles." with their loved ones. She spent
IPv4, Internet Protocol version This transition is happening
In June, Google held a Google Whether or not there is Y2K- last weekend out and about with
4. Each IPv4 address is limited "slowly," says Curran. But he
IPv6 Implementors Conference. style fear mongering, the bottom her boyfriend and children,
to a 32-bit number, which warns that "deployment is where
A t t h a t e v e n t , F a c e b o o k line is that IPv6 is a much larger while Rob's cruised around LA
means there are a maximum of w e ' r e b e h i n d . " G o o g l e ,
announced that it had begun to platform for the coming Internet with his BFF Tom Sturridge and
just over 4 billion unique Facebook & Others Making
use IPv6. even enjoyed nights out with
addresses. IPv6 is the next Good Progress of Things. So one way or
In his opening remarks to the another, the move will have to Kristen Stewart.
generation Internet Protocol and John Curran told us that large
conference, Google's Chief be made. Discuss View 2 Photos ›
uses a 128-bit address, so it carriers like Verizon and
supports a vastly larger number Comcast have announced trial Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf
E-reader News Edition Technology/ Culture/ Politics/ 21

More Touchscreen Innovation: ABC News for

iPad Launches
Sarah Perez (ReadWriteWeb) not found on the ABC News opposed to simply replicating it.
Submitted at 7/22/2010 10:21:27 AM website itself. The same may be true for the
Upon first launch, iPad users ABC News app. It doesn't
Launched this week, ABC s e e a s p i n n i n g g l o b e - l i k e merely duplicate the same
News for iPad is a notable free animation which contains the 25 content using the same layout
application which continues the f r e s h e s t s t o r i e s f r o m found on ABCNews.com, but Jennifer Aniston
trend of companies developing ABCNews.com. The news in rather engages users with its Celebrates Her Sexy
i n n o v a t i v e a n d c r e a t i v e the globe is automatically fed "touchability." ABC News on Scent Launch at Cipriani
interfaces designed specifically into the app, but unlike similar the iPad isn't about just reading
for tablet-sized touch screens. continually updated news- Molly (PopSugar)
the news, it's about interacting
The new app, which includes focused mobile applications, with it. Users can touch, shake Submitted at 7/22/2010 7:00:00 AM

photos, videos and various news t h e r e i s n ' t a l e n g t h y and spin the app and also take
stories, presents the content in a "downloading new content" advantage of built-in sharing Jennifer Aniston wore a sheer
3D spinning globe which users delay. Instead, after a brief features that let them Twitter, dress under her black blazer
can shake, spin and tap with splash screen, the app just email or post news items to leaving Cipriani in London last
their fingers. displays the spinning globe, night after dinner. Jennifer had a
embracing the possibilities of Facebook. Stories can also be huge day in the UK as she
Sponsor waiting for users' tapping the new tablet form factor are saved to the "Favorites" section
The content featured within the fingers. launched her eponymous
seeing the most success. Take for later reading, too. signature fragrance at Harrods-
app is pulled from ABC News Media Companies Embracing t h e W i r e d i P a d a p p , f o r Given yesterday's launch of the
properties, like "Good Morning the iPad check out FabSugar UK's
example, a digital magazine that "social," personalized magazine firsthand account of the
America," "World News with In a way, it's somewhat off- sold 24,000 copies within its called Flipboard for iPad, not to
Diane Sawyer," "20/20," "This putting to access serious news afternoon and our exclusive
first 24 hours of sale and then mention the interactive and video about Jennifer's charming
Week," "Nightline" and others. content discussing politics, war, 95,000 by the end of its first run. engaging interfaces of other
Users can also tap a "browse" crime, death and other sobering meet and greet with fans. At the
Inside of simply duplicating the news and media applications event, she spoke about how she
button to filter content by top material in such a game-like - page-turning experience of like those from NPR, Reuters,
stories, most popular, video a n d y e s , d o w n r i g h t f u n - keeps looking so fantastic with
reading a paper mag via the Entertainment Weekly, Reeder, workouts seven days a week.
only, U.S., International, and manner. Shouldn't these articles iPad's screen, the magazine Pulse and more, it's clear that
several other categories. An be presented in a more grown- Jen's famous figure is helping to
i n c o r p o r a t e d i n t e r a c t i v e tablet-enabled touchscreen promote her scent with sexy
"archives" section includes u p f o r m a t l i k e a v i r t u a l elements, including video innovation is only beginning.
articles, photos and videos from n e w s p a p e r ? shirtless ads, and it's also earned
f e a t u r e s a n d a n i m a t e d You can download ABC News her a place in our bikini bracket
"this day in history" (although it Perhaps not. infographics. Reading Wired on for iPad from iTunes here.
actually goes back a couple of As other news companies and elite eight. Aniston is currently
the iPad enhanced the media Discuss losing by about 20 votes, but
days) and there, iPad visitors media publishers clamor to consumption experience, as
have access to exclusive content make the digital transition, those there's still time for a comeback
before the round ends tomorrow
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Nokia profits plunge 40 percent
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:41:36 AM
Nokia reported Thursday a 40
percent drop in second-quarter
earnings.
The Finland-based mobile
phone maker took home a profit
of 227 million euros ($291
million), down from the 380
million euros a year earlier.
Sales for the quarter that ended
June 30 were virtually flat,
inching up 1 percent to 10
billion euros from 9.9 billion a
year ago.
The company's share of the
mobile phone market dropped to
33 percent for the quarter,
compared with 35 percent in the
second quarter last year.
However, it did sell 111 million
phones in the quarter, an 8
percent rise from a year ago.
Sales of mobile computer and
smartphone devices shot up 42
percent to reach 24 million
units, Nokia reported, though its
slice of that market stayed the
same at 41 percent.
Chief Executive Officer Olli-
Pekka Kallasvuo--who may be
on his way out, according to
reports--tried to strike a positive
Bust A Cap
The Editors (The New
Republic - All Feed)
Submitted at 7/21/2010 11:00:00 PM
For years, most Democrats and
environmentalists have been in
tone.
"Despite facing continuing
competitive challenges, we
ended the second quarter with
several reasons to be optimistic
about our future," Kallasvuo
said in a statement. "For one, the
global handset market has
continued to grow at a healthy
pace, led by some of the less
mature markets where Nokia is
strong. We are also encouraged
by the solid second quarter
performance of our Mobile
Phones business, helped by an
improving lineup of affordable
models."
The company had been cautious
about its outlook for the second
quarter and is continuing that
theme for the current quarter,
forecasting operating margins of
7 percent to 10 percent. Nokia
also continues to expect its share
of the mobile phone market to
stay flat this year while the
overall industry's share rises 10
percent.
Although Nokia still commands
the leading share of the global
mobile phone market, most of
its phones are low-end units that
fail to deliver the profits that
Apple, Research In Motion, and
rough agreement about how to
tackle global warming. Set an
overall limit on carbon-dioxide
emissions, let polluters buy and
sell permits, and watch the
market work its magic. Both
Samsung enjoy with their crop
of higher-end phones. Kallasvuo
voiced optimism about the
company's upcoming
smartphones, including the
Nokia N8.
"We believe that the Nokia N8,
the first of our Symbian 3
devices, will have a user
experience superior to that of
any smartphone Nokia has
created," Kallasvuo said. "The
Nokia N8 will be followed soon
thereafter by further Symbian 3
smartphones that we are
confident will give the platform
broader appeal and reach, and
kick-start Nokia's fightback at
the higher end of the market."
Nokia recently embarked on its
latest reorganization, this one
designed to help launch new
products more quickly and unite
its high-end mobile computer
and smartphones into a single
unit.
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Clinton campaigned on this
idea, and the House passed a
climate bill last year centered on
an economy-wide cap.
Manage Staff
Scheduling Online With
"When I Work'
John Paul Titlow
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 1:00:00 AM
With so many cloud-based
productivity and project
management suites out there, it's
a wonder there aren't more that
drill down and focus on one of
the most universally common
aspects of work: scheduling it.
Sure, project management suites
like BaseCamp and Zoho
Projects feature calendars, tasks
lists and collaboration tools, but
some companies have relatively
complex staff schedules to
manage. A Web and mobile
app called When I Work
launched by ThisCLICKS
Interactive earlier this week
aims to meet precisely that need.
Sponsor
When I Work's Web-based
dashboard provides a platform
for managers and staff to view
and edit work schedules, define
shifts and schedule time off.
The weekly calendar view
neatly lays out who's working,
at which times and on which
days in color-coded blocks.
The week's schedule can be
printed and hung in a real-world
office or live solely in the cloud.
Depending on each person's
account settings, an email or an
SMS text message fires off to
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employees anytime there's a
change to the schedule, or when
a person's shift is about to start.
Crucially, the site has an app for
Android and one coming soon
for iPhone, so workers can have
the most up-to-date schedule in
their pockets.
From the dashboard, staffers
can set their notification
preferences, mark off their "do
not disturb" hours and request
time off, which notifies the
manager of the request, who can
grant or deny it.
While such a tool may not be
necessary for distributed virtual
teams, it could simplify
scheduling for many real-world
businesses, especially retail,
food service and office jobs,
some of which likely wouldn't
need a more robust project
management suite.
When I Work does not
currently integrate with any
other cloud-based applications,
but this will change once the
API used to drive the site's
mobile apps is fine-tuned and
documented, according to Chad
Halvorson, creative director at
ThisCLICKS Interactive.
Discuss
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Energy retrofits could save $41 Mark Zuckerberg on

billion a year 'The Simpsons?' No,
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:25:31 AM
on a commercial scale. Why
then, isn't there a boom in this
new industry that could
federal buildings more energy
efficient.
But that's a small dent, as
really
(CNET News.com) Facebook creation-tale film
If all the commercial buildings potentially put many people to federal buildings make up less
in the U.S. that exist as of 2010 work? As with residential than 3 percent of existing U.S. Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:30:59 AM"The Social Network" hits
were retrofitted to be more retrofits, the main problem is commercial space, according to theaters. Which, of course, is
energy efficient, the country as a financing. F a c e b o o k C E O M a r k probably a good public relations
Pike Research.
whole would save over $41.1 "The current financial crisis has Zuckerberg's interview on move on Zuckerberg's and
While some major companies
billion a year in energy bills. had a significant dampening " A B C W o r l d N e w s " o n Facebook's part, as Facebook
have invested in green updates
T h a t ' s a c c o r d i n g t o t h e effect on property owners' Wednesday night was pretty has not sanctioned the creation
for their properties it's yet to
r e p o r t " E n e r g y E f f i c i e n c y investments in their properties. boring. But according to one of the film and Zuckerberg
really catch on. Pike Research
Retrofits for Commercial and Financing for such projects is hilarious rumor Thursday, the alluded to it in the "ABC World
believes this is about to change
Public Buildings" released s c a r c e , a n d t h e l i m i t e d 26-year-old founder will soon News" interview as "fiction."
and that energy retrofitting for
Thursday by Pike Research. i n v e s t m e n t i n b u i l d i n g be showing up on a very Appearing on "The Simpsons"
commercial properties will
Of course, in order to get to that efficiency is not keeping pace different kind of prime-time right around the same time is a
become a strong growth market
$41.1 billion per year in savings, with the growing national television. very public move to show that
"through 2014 and beyond."
the owners of commercial demand for energy," according Apparently he will be voicing a he can, indeed, poke fun at
"In addition to cost savings,
properties would have to invest to Pike Research. cartoon version of himself in a himself ("poke" pun completely
energy retrofits are attractive for
in the initial retrofit adaptations The federal government has cameo appearance on "The intended).
purposes of greenhouse gas
and construction upgrades. So been doing its part to encourage Simpsons." CNET has contacted Facebook
reductions, energy
how much is that going cost? energy retrofits as far as its own New York Magazine's pop- for comment to find out if any
independence, green branding,
Well, as it happens, we as a buildings are concerned. There culture blog Vulture claims to of this is remotely true. Because,
property valuation, and
country have a lot of space to are policy mandates for federal have heard this much: "Lisa if so, it would be awesome.
productivity," according to the
retrofit. (Simpson) decides to help fund Even though, as we made clear a
building energy efficiency and Pike Research report.
To energy retrofit all 79 billion available financing to bring Nelson's new bike company. few April Fool's Days ago, we
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iPhone-grabbing thief picks wrong

phone at wrong time
Michael Rose (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 7/22/2010 12:00:00 AM
Filed under: Odds and ends,
iPhone We love iPhone/iPad vs.
unwitting criminal stories,
especially ones that end happily.
Across this category, though, it's
hard to hold a candle to the story
of Jordan Sturm, Horatio Toure,
and one particular purloined
iPhone.
As reported by the Chronicle,
Sturm was standing on the street
in San Francisco's SOMA
neighborhood this past Monday
when Toure rode up on a
bicycle, grabbed the iPhone out
of her hand and sped away.
Most of the time, the phone
would be gone for good, or
(with luck) tracked down by
Apple's Find My iPhone service.
In this particular case, though,
there was an easier way.
The iPhone in question is
owned by Covia Labs, and it
was being used to test the
company's Alert & Respond
Unlucky for him, but lucky for
Covia Labs; they saved the cost
of a new iPhone and gained a As November Elections
whole bunch of free publicity.
Note: Several commenters are
insinuating that this theft was set
Draw Near, AOL Launches
up as a stunt to provide
exposure for Covia Labs. There
Ad Hub For Politics
is absolutely no evidence to Leena Rao (TechCrunch) such as congressional district
support that theory at this time; Submitted at 7/22/2010 8:52:09 AM targeting, in addition to the
the suspect was arrested and current suite of geographic,
details on his arrest were As the November election demographic and behavioral
season draw near, AOL is targeting options.
provided by the SFPD, per the
software for police officers and original SFGate story. The launching a specialized AOL has even created a
military personnel. CEO David suspect was booked on felony advertising politics hub, to allow specialized Political and Issue
Kahn had asked Sturm to step charges and placed in jail. campaigns, organizations, and Advocacy team to focus on
outside -- with a phone running [via Techmeme] companies to target certain helping political marketers tap
A&R's GPS live tracking app -- Photo by oedipusphinx| flickr: constituencies online. The hub i n t o t h e p o w e r o f o n l i n e
so he could demonstrate the cc allows these parties to tap into advertising. The company even
geographic tool to his PR folk. TUAW iPhone-grabbing thief AOL’s Ad Desk for Politics and nabbed a former Googler, Rena
Moments after she walked out picks wrong phone at wrong Display University to easily Shapiro, who helped create the
the door, the system came to time originally appeared on The purchase display advertising search giant’s political ad team
life... and showed an indicator U n o f f i c i a l A p p l e W e b l o g
online. in 2007.
heading off down the street at (TUAW) on Thu, 22 Jul 2010 The new hub includes ‘Display It’s wise for AOL to try to take
high speed. Oops. 00:00:00 EST. Please see ourUniversity,’ a platform to help a piece of this growing market.
Sturm ran back inside, they terms for use of feeds. p o l i t i c a l m a r k e t e r s b u i l d As mid-term elections draw
c a l l e d p o l i c e ; T o u r e w a s Read| Permalink| Email this|campaigns. The site provides near, political advertising online
arrested ten minutes later and Comments e d u c a t i o n a l m a t e r i a l s f o r should pick up significantly.
about half a mile away, in p o l i t i c o s i n t e r e s t e d i n And AOL definitely needs some
possession of the stolen phone. advertising online, including h e l p i n t h e a d r e v e n u e
how to structure and online ad department. And we should get

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New Microsoft brand logos, company tagline revealed at MGX

event? (update: no new logos, tagline is a go)
Joshua Topolsky (Engadget)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:35:00 AM
It looks like Microsoft may
have revealed something big at
its annual MGX (Microsoft
Global Exchange) event,
namely... new logos for its main
brands and a fresh brand motto.
"Be What's Next" touts a teaser
which has been posted on
YouTube, along with a fast
moving sequence of morphing
logos, shuffling from Windows,
to Windows Phone, Xbox, Bing,
and finally the familiar Office
logo that's been kicking around
for a little longer. It's unclear if
these are just treatments used for
a promo at the event, or if this is
a signal that Redmond is
dumping its familiar (and
frankly dated) iconography for
something a little looser, leaner,
and hipper, but we can't say it
would be a bad thing. It would
certainly make sense against a
backdrop of potential comeback
in the mobile space, gains in
search, and the seemingly
successful(or at least satisfying)
Windows 7 launch. One thing is
for sure, MGX is a corporate,
non-public opportunity for the
Microsoft faithful to cheer the
brand (Ballmer received a 30
year commemoration at MGX
2010), so this would definitely
be the place to unfurl some new
branding. Check the video after
the break to see the new style,
and hit the gallery below for a
will be showing up here and
there.
[Thanks, Anonymous]
Gallery: New Microsoft logos?
Continue reading New
Microsoft brand logos, company
tagline revealed at MGX event?
(update: no new logos, tagline is
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New Microsoft brand logos,
company tagline revealed at
MGX event? (update: no new
logos, tagline is a go) originally
appeared on Engadget on Thu,
bigger look. that these are not new logos 22 Jul 2010 09:35:00 EDT.
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Update 2: We've just been brands. However, the "Be
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The New York Times’ Net Income Falls 18% As Advertising

Slide Halts
Robin Wauters (TechCrunch) the second quarter, and things decline of print advertising Boston.com and other Web
Submitted at 7/22/2010 8:08:55 AM aren’t looking terrible for them revenue slowed down to 6 sites. The media company
– but not stellar either. $60.8 million. percent, leaving the company’s intends to start charging for
In the first quarter of the year, The company’s Q2 profit Total revenues increased 1.2 overall advertising revenue some of its content next year.
The New York Times Company declined 18 percent to $32 percent to $589.6 million in Q2 roughly flat. Online advertising CrunchBase Information New
announced upbeat earnings million, compared to the same 2010 compared with the second thus continues to make up 26 York Times Information
results, reporting a profit and period a year earlier, when it quarter of 2009, essentially percent of the NYT’s overall provided by CrunchBase
growing digital advertising recorded a $37.7 million tax reversing the first quarter 2010 advertising revenue – this was
sales, albeit after significantly benefit and net income of $39 decline of 3 percent. already the case last quarter.
scaling down costs last year. million. On an operating basis, Digital advertising revenue The company’s Internet
Earlier this morning, the media profit more than doubled, grew 21 percent, while the businesses include
company released earnings for increasing from $23.5 million to NYTimes.com, About.com,
26 Technology/ E-reader News Edition

Barnes & Noble Debuts NOOK For

Android As eBooks War Heats Up
Leena Rao (TechCrunch) mode. You can also sort and
Submitted at 7/22/2010 7:38:49 AM filter your eBooks by author,
title or recent reads. New
Barnes & Noble is launching an customers downloading the
Android app for its e-reading Android app will get free
platform, Nook, today. Barnes
& Nobile already has NOOK
versions of Dracula, Little
Women and Pride & Prejudice Olive Pad VT100 brings a
apps for the iPhone and iPad. as well as amples of two current
The new app also represents a bestselling eBook in their voice-capable, 7-inch Android
shift in B&N’s branding; the library.
company will now be brand all While it’s good news that tablet to India's airwaves
of its e-Book platforms and apps Barnes & Noble is expanding Darren Murph (Engadget) all goes well, it'll seep out in
with the NOOK name. beyond Apple’s mobile India next month, with a price of
Submitted at 7/22/2010 10:25:00 AM
NOOK for Android allows platform, the space is fiercely around Rs.20000 to Rs.25000,
users to browse and shop in competitive. Amazon recently Ha, and you thought Dell's or $425 to $530 in terms of
Barnes & Noble’s eBookstore of launched an Android app, and S t r e a k w a s p u s h i n g t h e Greenbacks. We wouldn't get
more than one million eBooks slashed the price of its Kindle boundaries of what's acceptable our hopes up for an immediate
directly from their mobile device. And Apple is now to hold to one's ear. In a bid to launch in North America, but
device. Any customer’s personal playing in the space with iBooks make even the xpPhone look word on the street has it that
Barnes & Noble eBook library, and the iPad. Plus, Google is diminutive, Olive Telecom has Russia and Europe could see
if it is purchased on a NOOK expected to launch Google just announced India's first 3.5G this bad boy in the not-too-
eBook Reader, online at Editions, their e-Book platform Android (2.1 for now) tablet in distant future.
BN.com or on another BN soon. the Olive Pad VT100. This 7- [Thanks to everyone who sent
eReader-enabled device, will Barnes & Noble recently rolled inch slate is said to boast an 800 this in]
sync to their device in so their The app itself has much of the out a new pricing for NOOK x 480 resolution on a capacitive Continue reading Olive Pad
library goes wherever they go. same functionality as its sister with Wi-Fi at $149, and a new touchpanel, not to mention VT100 brings a voice-capable, 7
NOOK customers can also iPhone app, including the lower price for its NOOK 3G Bluetooth, WiFi, an SD card -inch Android tablet to India's
share some eBooks for up to ability to access your personal model at $199. CrunchBase slot, 512MB of internal memory airwaves
two weeks with friends, who B&N library from the app, the Information Barnes & Noble (plus 512MB ROM), a 3.5mm Olive Pad VT100 brings a
can read the digital titles on the a b i l i t y t o c u s t o m i z e y o u r nook Information provided by audio jack, 3 megapixel camera, voice-capable, 7-inch Android
NOOK eBook Reader, or on any eReading experience by font, CrunchBase m i n i U S B s o c k e t a n d a tablet to India's airwaves
of the NOOK’s mobile apps. size, landscape view, or portrait 3,240mAh battery. There's also originally appeared on Engadget
a mysterious front facing on Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:25:00
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Facebook Deploying Salesforce.com Find the North Star for

as its Internal CRM Solution Navigation and Night
Klint Finley (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 12:15:00 AM
automation suite featuring its
own social networking system Photography [Navigation]
Chatter, among other features. Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Salesforce.com announced Salesforce.com has previously Submitted at 7/22/2010 7:40:00 AM
today that Facebook, citing According to Salesforce.com, offered a Salesforce.com and
scalability benefits, has selected Facebook replaced its own in- F a c e b o o k m a s h u p c a l l e d Not exactly up on your
Salesforce.com's Sales Cloud 2 house CRM system Sales Cloud originally called FaceForce and constellation knowledge?
as its CRM solution. Facebook's 2 after considering the benefits n o w c a l l e d F a c e b o o k Photographer Peter West Carey
been growing fast: last year it of using a SaaS CRM solution Connector, but it's not clear explains how to find Polaris, the experiments for great effects.
took in $700 million and expects instead of maintaining its own whether Facebook will be using North Star, for both practical More »
to reach $1 billion in revenue system. Facebook has already either Chatter or Facebook survival purposes—and to help
this year. In Q1 of this year, deployed Sales Cloud 2 to its Connector internally. Update: orient your nighttime photo
F a c e b o o k s u r p a s s e d b o t h sales staff and integrated the Faceforce developer Clara Shih
Yahoo! and Microsoft in total software with six other existing has clarified that FaceForce/
ads displayed. The company is systems. Facebook Connector is not an
certainly in need of a scalable S a l e s C l o u d 2 i s official Salesforce.com offering.
sales solution. S a l e s f o r c e . c o m ' s s a l e s Discuss
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New Apple VP to address product quality

Victor Agreda, Jr. (The COO, possibly the successor- global rollouts of the iPod and,
Unofficial Apple Weblog designate to Steve Jobs) to more recently, the launch of the Ear Candy
(TUAW)) ensure the company's products iPhone. We hope his new Automatically Fades and
Submitted at 7/22/2010 10:00:00 AM are of the highest quality. position will improve Apple's
Filed under: Apple Corporate If Williams will also keep an eye track record for quality gear. Raises Volume Levels in
you thought Apple wasn't o n t h e s u p p l y c h a i n TUAW New Apple VP to Linux [Downloads]
serious about quality you management side, a critical address product quality Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
haven't been paying much element in keeping costs low originally appeared on The
Submitted at 7/22/2010 5:30:00 AM
attention for the past decade. In while pushing quality into the Unofficial Apple Weblog
addition to making better stratosphere. As AppleInsider (TUAW) on Thu, 22 Jul 2010 Linux only: Free utility Ear
hardware every year (with the reports, Williams cut his teeth at 10:00:00 EST. Please see our Candy makes your sound
exception of iBook keyboards), IBM before moving to Apple, terms for use of feeds. system smarter. If you're
Apple has now promoted Jeff and his expertise in supply chain Read| Permalink| Email this| listening to music and a Skype
shelf" components -- the shelves
Williams to Senior VP of management shone as he helped Comments call comes in, or you load a
being mostly located in China.
Operations; he'll be working get the pieces for the iPod back YouTube video, Ear Candy
Williams was instrumental in
alongside Tim Cook (Apple's when it was largely " off the gently lowers your music
volume to let the other sounds
through. More »
28 Technology/ Culture/ E-reader News Edition

Katie, Suri, and Isabella

Take a Spin on the Set
of The Kennedys
PopSugar (PopSugar)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 6:00:00 AM

Katie Holmes gave Suri a twirl

during a visit to the set of The
Kennedys in Toronto with her
older sister Isabella yesterday.
Katie was once again decked out
in her Jackie O wardrobe, which
included at least four different
outfits - red, white, and blue
included - in one day. Katie left
Jackie's classic brown bob
behind and opted for curls
during a quick trip to NYC on
TUAW's Daily App: Pilgrim's Punch Out Monday to promote The Extra
Man, but was back in character
Mike Schramm (The Unofficial coming out soon, and of course Comic-Con -- it's got news and TUAW TUAW's Daily App: immediately upon her return to
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) the Michael Cera-enhanced updates straight from the Pilgrim's Punch Out originally C a n a d a . M e a n w h i l e , T o m
Submitted at 7/22/2010 8:00:00 AM movie in theaters in a few convention floor, and there is a appeared on The Unofficial Cruise was an ocean away
weeks. To celebrate, NBC trailer and gallery from the Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, flashing that movie star smile as
Filed under: iPhone, App Store Universal has released this free movie to unlock. Yes, it's 22 Jul 2010 08:00:00 EST. he premiered Knight and Day in
Comic-Con starts in San Diego retro Punch-out game starring adware -- if you have no interest Please see our terms for use of Munich with Cameron Diaz.
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Barnes & Noble's NOOKstudy coming to students

in August
David Winograd (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:00:00 AM
Filed under: Education Barnes
& Noble is diving deeper into
the education market with an
expected August release of
NOOKstudy which will run on
Macs and PCs and not require a
NOOK or any other mobile
device. NOOKstudy will act as
a hub for eTextbook, class
will also be able to tag items for
or Dictionary.com to look up
The program is currently being
piloted at Penn State, University
of Nevada, Queensborough
Community College, and the
Rochester Institute of
iPad used
Technology.
[via Campus Technology] for 3D
TUAW Barnes & Noble's
NOOKstudy coming to students
in August originally appeared
effect
Mike Schramm (The Unofficial
on The Unofficial Apple Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 22 Jul
2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see Submitted at 7/21/2010 8:00:00 PM

notes, syllabi, scanned handouts,
and even non-educational
eBooks. It will allow students to
take notes as well as highlight
passages in eTextbooks. Users
easy retrieval using common
terms like: "for the final exam".
It will provide full searches of
anything, in the eTextbooks or
your notes, and link into Google
terms.
Multiple eTextbooks can be
opened at the same time, or two
pages from different sources can
be simultaneously displayed.
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Swedish Pirate Party launches ISP to raise funds for its

impending shutdown trial
Joseph L. Flatley (Engadget) while flying the flag for privacy ISP to raise funds for its
Submitted at 7/22/2010 10:48:00 AM rights, copyright reform, and impending shutdown trial
state transparency. And now? originally appeared on Engadget
As a fan of Swedish electoral Northern Lights TV has recently on Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:48:00
politics, you're obviously aware posted an interview with Gustav EDT. Please see our terms for
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Nordic country since 2006, that refuses to monitor traffic or
access in Lund, with plans to go Pirate Party launches ISP to
doing crazy things like hosting keep user logs keep the Swedish
nationwide at the end of the raise funds for its impending
the Pirate Bay's servers and government at bay? We'll
summer. Video after the break. shutdown trial
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Continue reading Swedish Swedish Pirate Party launches
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IPAD
continued from page 29
used the iPad to create a 3D
effect, but not what you'd think,
with the standard glasses and
views. Instead, the iPad is used
to project a set of three images
onto a specially-coated glass
pyramid, which then reflects the
three video images in all
directions, creating a 3D effect
as you move around the display.
You can see the thing in action
in the video after the break -- it's
not completely perfect
(obviously, when you hit a seam
while moving around, the image
distorts and breaks up), but there
is a definite projected hologram
feel to it as you look head on.
And really, any high resolution
display could be used here, but
I'm sure the iPad is the cheapest
Learn How Real
Cheapskates Think
[Frugality]
Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 6:00:00 AM
Jeff Yeager, author of The
Cheapskate Next Door and
blogger at Wise Bread, shares in
an interview the unifying traits
of people who are better at
spending less than you. One
such trait: buying appreciation
and most handy option for
something like this. Very cool
idea for sure -- it's tough to
think of a real application
(maybe a museum installation is
the most obvious use), but it is a
neat effect.
[via MacStories]
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Guru'board cancels
Miniguru keyboard
project
Donald Melanson (Engadget)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 8:51:00 AM
It seemed like a bit of a
longshot when it was announced
back in January, and Guru'board
has unfortunately now
confirmed those fears -- the
Miniguru keyboard project has
been canceled. In case you
missed it, the Miniguru was
designed to be a completely
customizable keyboard that
would basically let you keep
your fingers on the home row at
all times (a modifier key would
let you turn JKLI keys into
arrows, and the caps lock into
control). True to its name, they
E-reader News Edition
Cameron and Alex
Have a Big Apple Day
With His Daughters
PopSugar (PopSugar)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:00:30 AM
Cameron Diaz and Alex
Rodriguez arrived in NYC with
his two daughters, Natasha and
Ella, yesterday. The actress
keyboard would have also been reunited with Alex following
small, and it seemed like it her quick trip to Germany for
would have been fairly high- the latest stop on her Knight and
end, with three different types of Day promotional tour. Prior to
m e c h a n i c a l k e y s w i t c h e s Cameron's European getaway,
available. As for the reason for she and Alex attended a friend's
the cancellation, Guru'board birthday party on Sunday and
says it simply "lost faith in m i n g l e d w i t h J a y - Z a n d
being able to sell the initial Beyonce. Cameron's romance
production run." with Alex has her spending lots
[Thanks, Tian] of time on the East Coast, but
Guru'board cancels Miniguru she's still a California girl at
keyboard project originally heart - she recently purchased a
appeared on Engadget on Thu, $10 million Beverly Hills home.
22 Jul 2010 08:51:00 EDT.
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A Cool Look at the Cold War

(AEI.Org: Articles) telegram" and containment Margaret Thatcher, Charles de the key to the European project more technologically dynamic:
Submitted at 7/21/2010 6:00:00 PM doctrine, Reagan's "evil empire" Gaulle, and Helmut Schmidt. and the creation of the NATO Sputnik "was the calling card of
speech, the Strategic Defense The focus on Europe is a useful alliance. The success of modern Communism."
The Cold War is rapidly Initiative, and the climactic stare complement to the bipolar Germany was by no means Although the U.S. rose to the
receding in the rear-view mirror -down with Gorbachev at approach to the Cold War more assured in the late 1940s, and challenge of Sputnik, the space
of history, with the current war Reykjavik? Stone downplays the familiar to American readers. Stone singles out Ludwig race was about the only arena in
(if you are a conservative) or ideological dimension of the Stone takes us back to the hard Erhard's market liberalization, the 1960s and 1970s where the
"long twilight struggle" (if you East-West conflict, and does not winter of 1946-47, when the as well as that of the framers of U.S. bested the Soviet Union.
are a liberal) against radical spend much time noting the economy of Europe was still West Germany's post-war Stone gives a mordant survey of
Islam having replaced it as the L e f t ' s s y m p a t h y f o r very weak and tenuous, with political structure--"wise men of the rot that beset the West in
preoccupation of political Communism. The "enemies of near-starvation conditions in the Philadelphia class," Stone that period, notably the
leaders and intellectuals. The the Atlantic" referenced in the Germany. The U.S., this time judges. By contrast, East American failure in Vietnam.
Left isn't as interested in t i t l e w e r e n o t s o m u c h willing to step up to the Germany's status, culminating in But as in the early chapters,
d i s p u t i n g o r r e v i s i n g o u r mendacious as idiotic. Yet it is challenge of holding Europe the Berlin Wall, was a perpetual Stone is at his best in describing
understanding of the Cold War precisely Stone's departures together, stepped in with the embarrassment to Communism- the economic rot, as the U.S. let
as it once was. All the basic from the standard political- Marshall Plan, which Stone -"a slow-acting embolism in the inflation run away and the
elements of the Cold War story diplomatic themes that enable judges was "enormously entire arterial system of dollar's stability collapse, with
are now well known; barring the h i m t o o f f e r a f r e s h a n d successful." Whereas most European Communism. In that baleful consequences
unlikely revelation from a still- provocative perspective on narratives of the Marshall Plan sense the West had won," even worldwide. Stone blames the
secret American or Russian events we might have thought tend to portray it as merely a though it took more than a hubris of liberal economists:
source, there is seemingly not thoroughly familiar. giant Keynesian welfare- generation to consummate the "Economists of the younger
much new to say about the The Atlantic and Its Enemies is stimulus program, Stone's victory. generation were convinced that
matter. perhaps best described as an narrative gets into the details of Despite the creation of a stable they were legislators for
Given this state of affairs, is economic and cultural history of how the Marshall Plan was Europe with a durable anti- mankind, and even that they had
there room or need for Norman t h e C o l d W a r f r o m a integrated into the larger project Soviet alliance in the space of a abolished all problems. . . . The
Stone's new history of the Cold E u r o c e n t r i c p e r s p e c t i v e . of restoring Europe's economic few years after the war, the essence of the Sixties was the
W a r ? T h e a n s w e r i s a Although he sets up his foundations, creating the Soviets had reason for their belief that there were easy
surprisingly strong yes. Stone, narrative by suggesting the Cold "European Phoenix" out of the surging confidence in the 1950s answers, so long as grumbling
the veteran British journalist and War ought to be understood as ashes. and 1960s, after Khrushchev old men got out of the way."
historian, has produced an " t h e W a r o f t h e B r i t i s h Today the "European project" succeeded Stalin. "Khrushchev One of the beguiling charms of
original interpretative narrative Succession" (which superpower of economic and political was of just the generation to Stone's narrative is the way in
t h a t i s i d i o s y n c r a t i c a n d would inherit the worldwide integration is taken for granted, think that Communism would which his cool, understated
downright odd in places. (The British empire?) and gives his even if the euro, first triumph, worldwide," Stone prose bursts from the page at
British edition of the book bears due to the United States ("the contemplated in the Marshall observes, even if it was hated in piquant moments, especially
a different and more suggestive United States, in it all, was the Plan days, looks a little shaky at most places where it ruled and when describing the defects of
subtitle: "A Personal History of great creative force"), his main the moment. In addition to his required tyranny to maintain its political leaders of the 1960s
the Cold War.") His chronology focus throughout is on Europe fine-grained details of the hold on power. Soviet high and 1970s. He dismisses John F.
j u m p s a r o u n d , r e q u i r i n g and some of the peripheral reconstruction of basic culture seemed richer than Kennedy as "a hairdresser's
concentration on the part of the nations of the developing world, industries, the stabilization of Western culture, and the Soviets Harvard man," and is scarcely
reader. He omits a lot of familiar such as Egypt, Turkey, and currencies, and the revival of were rushing to fill the vacuum more impressed with Lyndon
g r e a t e s t h i t s : W h e r e a r e Chile. Although he is properly trade between European nations, in the Third World where Johnson or Richard Nixon. The
Churchill's "Iron Curtain" respectful of Ronald Reagan, Stone reminds us that making Western empire was crumbling. COOL page 33
s p e e c h , K e n n a n ' s " l o n g Stone's three leading heroes are Germany respectable again was For a time the Soviets seemed
32 Policy/ E-reader News Edition

Contrary to China's Recent Behavior, Washington Is Still

Stronger than Beijing
(AEI.Org: Articles) and respects power. It was no through its own political turmoil tough." What one hears from the is ripe for us to begin creating
Submitted at 7/21/2010 6:00:00 PM accident that Sino-American and, through no fault of Chinese is, "we are strong and an informal network of alliances
relations were stable, and at President Obama's, thus not going to take it in anymore." operating more closely together,
What happened to China's times even constructive, while unavailable to help maintain the The "it" includes arms sales to particularly since much of what
much vaunted "soft power" and President Bush was balancing balance of power. Taiwan and U.S. military our allies are buying is
"good neighborly" diplomacy China's power by upgrading Predictably, Beijing saw a U.S. activity in China's periphery. American equipment.
about which we have heard so relations with Japan, selling government it could push The Obama administration Washington should start to build
much in recent years? China's arms to Taiwan, and developing around and wanted more. Now appears to have gotten the the institutions today that will
supposed "soft power," always a strategic partnership with it is going for the jugular, message. They did sell a much allow the allies to train together
overstated, has passed from the India. demanding an end to arms sales needed package of arms to on their fifth-generation aircraft,
scene in short order. President Obama approached to Taiwan and declaring the Taiwan. Secretary Gates did not patrol the South China Seas, and
Over the past few months, the China differently, eschewing South China Sea a Chinese lake. mince words in talking about hunt for submarines. How about
Chinese have not-so-softly balance of power politics and China's manifold domestic U.S. and allied interests in the announcing the creation of a
declined to invite Secretary of going out of his way to avoid problems are another cause of South China Sea and the fifth generation aircraft "center
Defense Gates to visit Beijing; ruffling Beijing's feathers. For China's belligerence. With an administration appears to be for excellence" in Singapore,
called the South China Sea a example, the U.S. relationship upcoming political succession in going forward with joint anti- where all allies can train?
"core interest" (akin to claiming with India was not considered 2012, featuring party cadres submarine warfare exercises The point is that there is still a
that the sea is China's territorial an important part of Asia's without any ties to the with the South Koreans despite chance to present China with a
water); threatened to retaliate if balance of power, China's communist revolution vying for howls of protests from China. choice: act like a responsible
the United States proceeds with human rights abuses were leadership roles, the politburo Washington still has a strong power or face a great wall of
the sale of additional F-16s to ignored, and the administration has every reason to worry. hand to play. China is growing resistance. The good news is
Taiwan; and refused to so much put off selling needed arms to Popular unrest is also becoming stronger, but, for all of its chest that there are many Chinese who
as condemn the North Koreans Taiwan or meeting with the more political, sophisticated, thumping, it pales in strength want the former.
for killing 46 South Koreans Dalai Lama for as long as it and organized, as many migrant compared with the United States Dan Blumenthal is a resident
sailors in cold blood. could. While Obama saw these workers have worked in and its allies in Asia. And none fellow at AEI.
Why are the Chinese coming m o v e s a s s t r e n g t h e n i n g a different places, and seen of our Asian allies want a Photo credit:
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continued from page 31
unraveling of America (what
Paul Johnson elsewhere called
"America's suicide attempt")
that commenced under Johnson
and Nixon left America "at its
witches-of-Salem weirdest."
The less said about Britain's
Edward Heath the better. Stone's
most splendidly contemptuous
prose is reserved for Jimmy
Carter: "Carter's regime
symbolized the era. It was
desperately well-meaning. It
jogged; it held hands
everywhere it went with its
scrawny wife; it prayed, Baptist-
fashion; it banned smoking
where it could; it sent bossy
women to preach human rights
in places where bossy women
were regarded as an affront to
them." The Carter
administration invited mostly
contempt because Carter "was
rather stupid." (Stone obviously
isn't a member of the Nobel
Prize committee.)
But even as matters continued
to deteriorate in the U.S., both
the U.S. and the U.K. were
experiencing "tissue
regeneration under all of this,"
culminating in the elections of
Thatcher (who "meant business,
at last") and Reagan a year later.
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the higher of the two, calling her
the most able prime minister
since David Lloyd George, with
the ability to know "when to be
Circe and when to be the nanny
from hell." His reading of
Reagan is fuzzier. Stone credits
Reagan with having correct
perception of the political and
economic crisis of the moment,
and with the insight and
determination to challenge the
Soviet Union directly, but Stone
goes astray in understanding
Reagan as "a Nixon with
charm." Stone's overall reading
of the 1980s is pitch-perfect,
rebutting the liberal slogan
about a "decade of greed."
Although Stone judges that both
the "Reagan revolution" and the
"Thatcher revolution" were
"something of an illusion," as
government taxes and spending
continued to grow despite the
two leaders' intention to reverse
this, he concludes that "no two
decades could have been more
different [than the 1970s and the
1980s]. . . . The Eighties had
been a magnificent counter-
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Stone thinks "the most
interesting question about 1981
is why it did not foresee 1989,"
though, throughout, he notes the
intellectual inertia of Western
Soviet-watchers, himself
included. (He makes several
mea culpas in this regard.) Stone
thinks the Afghan invasion of
1979 was the beginning of the
end for the Soviet Union, a
bookend of sorts with the British
decision in 1947 to quit Greece,
which "was the pebble,
announcing an avalanche." He is
unimpressed with Gorbachev,
whom he calls "the last useful
idiot," and though "obviously a
decent man," not really a
revolutionary figure as everyone
liked to claim. He thinks even
less of Boris Yeltsin, calling
him "another of those sinister
clowns whom Russian history
throws up."
If Stone's narrative eschews
some of the rhetorical
triumphalism of other Cold War
narratives, he nonetheless thinks
the end of the Cold War "was an
Atlantic hour" and "was quite
well managed," making the
1980s "the most interesting, by
far, of the post-war decades."
Culture/ Food/ 33
Here and there are hints and
foreshadowings of the present
condition of the Atlantic world,
raising the implicit question of
whether our current leaders are
equal in strength or ideas to
those of the Reagan-Thatcher-
Schmidt era. There are many
other subplots (including a
rollicking account of Stone's
own brief imprisonment in
Cutest Pet
Czechoslovakia in 1968) and
themes, such as the self-inflicted of the Day:
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education, that further
distinguish Stone's approach and
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Bernanke Says Economic Outlook is "Unusually Uncertain",

Fed Prepared for "Actions as Needed"
noreply@blogger.com keeping rates low for an inflation over the forecast risks surrounding their inflation of employment resulting from
(Michael Shedlock) (Mish's “extended period.” Economic period. Several participants projections. ongoing structural adjustments
Global Economic Trend data over the past month that noted that these revisions were Participants generally continued in product and labor markets,
Analysis)
were weaker than analysts largely the result of the to judge the uncertainty participants’ longer-term
Submitted at 7/21/2010 3:29:00 PM projected have prompted incoming economic data and the surrounding their projections for unemployment projections had a
Be prepared for Quantitative investor speculation the Fed anticipated effects of both economic activity and central tendency of 5.0 to 5.3
Easing Round 2 (QE2) and/or may increase monetary stimulus developments abroad on U.S. inflation to be unusually high percent, the same as in April.
other misguided Fed policy in a bid to keep the economy financial markets and the relative to historical norms. Forecast Uncertainty
decisions because Bernanke growing and reduce a jobless economy. Overall, participants The Outlook The economic projections
Says Fed Ready to Take Action. rate from close to a 26-year continued to expect the pace of Participants’ projections for provided by the members of the
Treasuries rose, pushing two- high. the economic recovery to be real GDP growth in 2010 had a Board of Governors and the
year yields to the fourth record “Bernanke acknowledged that held back by a number of central tendency of 3.0 to 3.5 presidents of the Federal
low in five days, as Federal things weren’t very strong factors, including household and percent, slightly lower than in Reserve Banks inform
Reserve Chairman Ben S. economically and left action on business uncertainty, persistent April. Participants noted that the discussions of monetary policy
Bernanke said the economic the table without going into weakness in real estate markets, economic recovery was among policymakers and can
outlook is “unusually uncertain” details, and that’s sending only gradual improvement in proceeding. Consumer spending aid public understanding of the
and policy makers are prepared investors from stocks into labor market conditions, waning was increasing, supported by basis for policy actions.
“to take further policy actions as bonds,” said James Combias, fiscal stimulus, and slow easing rising disposable income as Considerable uncertainty attends
needed.” New York-based head of of credit conditions in the labor markets gradually these projections, however. The
Ten-year note yields touched a Treasury trading at primary banking sector. improved. economic and statistical models
three-week low as Bernanke dealer Mizuho Financial Group Participants generally Participants anticipated that and relationships used to help
said central bankers are ready to Inc. Monetary Policy Report to anticipated that, in light of the labor market conditions would produce economic forecasts are
act to aid growth even as they the Congress July 2010 severity of the economic improve slowly over the next necessarily imperfect
prepare to eventually raise Inquiring minds are slogging downturn, it would take some several years. The central descriptions of the real world.
interest rates from almost zero through the 56 page Monetary time for the economy to tendency of their projections for And the future path of the
and shrink a record balance Policy Report to the Congress converge fully to its longer-run the average unemployment rate economy can be affected by
sheet. July 2010. Here are a few key path as characterized by in the fourth quarter of 2010 myriad unforeseen
“An unusual outlook may call snips. sustainable rates of output was 9.2 to 9.5 percent. developments and events. Thus,
for unusual measures, and that Summary of Economic growth, unemployment, and Consistent with their in setting the stance of monetary
means the Fed may take more P r o j e c t i o n s inflation consistent with expectations of a gradual policy, participants consider not
action as needed, which would Participants generally made participants’ interpretation of economic recovery, participants only what appears to be the
lead to lower rates,” said Suvrat modest downward revisions to the Federal Reserve’s dual generally anticipated that the most likely economic outcome
P r a k a s h , a n i n t e r e s t - r a t e their projections for real GDP objectives; most expected the unemployment rate would as embodied in their projections,
strategist in New York at BNP growth for the years 2010 to convergence process decline to 7.1 to 7.5 percent by but also the range of alternative
Paribas, one of the 18 primary 2012, as well as modest upward to take no more than fi ve to six the end of 2012, remaining well possibilities, the likelihood of
dealers that trade with the revisions to their projections for years. About one-half of the above their assessments of its their occurring, and the potential
central bank. the unemployment rate for the participants now judged the longer-run sustainable rate. costs to the economy should
The Fed chief didn’t elaborate same period. risks to the growth outlook to be Although a few participants they occur. Fed Enormously
on steps the Fed might take as Participants also revised down a tilted to the downside, while were concerned about a possible
he affirmed the Fed’s policy of little their projections for most continued to see balanced decrease in the sustainable level BERNANKE page 38
E-reader News Edition Economy/ 35

Road Stimulus California Style, the Seen and Unseen

noreply@blogger.com affected by four-day street of these kinds of stimulus
(Michael Shedlock) (Mish's closures. Finally, business efforts. If improvements in one
Global Economic Trend access itself was rendered place do cause increased overall
Analysis)
impossible by fresh concrete traffic, it will simply be at the
Submitted at 7/21/2010 2:24:00 PM and dug-up sidewalks. expense of some other business
Here is an Email from reader My second point regards the somewhere else.
Gregory Levine on how road cost of the project. I conducted Contrast wasting money on
stimulus money is squandered informal interviews stimulus projects like the above
in one California city. of eight business. All but one vs. lowering corporate taxes.
Levine writes ... Dear Mish, suffered major revenue losses. Which one has a chance of
I have conducted an informal Most reported promoting hiring? It sure is not
study of American Recovery being closed for 2-4 days with money wasted on projects and
and Reinvestment Act some suffering losses for five or this is another reason why
stimulus fund usage in my more days. Keynesian stimulus is
h o m e t o w n o f C l a r e m o n t , Business owners estimated ludicrous.
California. Recently the city revenue losses from $2,000 to Mike "Mish" Shedlock
c o m p l e t e d a f o u r - m o n t h $3,700. The average h t t p : / /
"sidewalk a c c e s s i b i l i t y loss was $2,850. Total revenue globaleconomicanalysis.blogspo
enhancement" project. I have losses to businesses comes to t.com
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only make two points about the was awarded to an out of town Looking at both Sides - the at risk. Capital Management. Sitka
project. First, the construction Seen and Unseen The bottom line however, is Pacific is an asset management
s i d e w a l k s w e r e i n g o o d company. So in the short run, Admittedly some most of the work did not need firm whose goal is strong
condition and did not need to be Claremont businesses suffered improvements were made, to be done. The administration performance and low volatility,
replaced. $273,600 in losses notably wheelchair access, but wanted "ready-to-go" projects regardless of market direction.
Claremont Village, where the for prettier sidewalks. Most say $1,497,232 worth of them? No and so money was wasted on V i s i t h t t p : / /
"improvements" took place it was not worth it, especially in chance. "ready-to-go" projects. www.sitkapacific.com/
represents the major this economy. Levine totaled it up but it is On a case-by-case basis this account_management.html to
retail and tourist center of In conclusion, it looks to me difficult to say what businesses may seem trivial, but the learn more about wealth
town. At least 96 businesses like this "stimulus" project cost actually lost. Did shoppers cumulative effect is hundreds of management and capital
were in some way more than it merely postpone buying or did billions of dollars were wasted preservation strategies of Sitka
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Gas and water supply was shut negative for my community. former, the affected businesses projects were supposed to
down to Sincerely, did not lose a thing. "stimulate" the economy.
restaurants for up to four day. Greg If shoppers did go somewhere However, no lasting jobs were
Parking, which is tight in the 1 - In front of the Diamond else, then overall sales tax created, and no net business will
Village was negatively Center - Before collections did not change. be generated as a result of any
36 Economy/ Culture/ E-reader News Edition

Bernanke is "Unusually Uncertain" - Is that an

Improvement?
noreply@blogger.com is guessing. power it will attempt to grab. However, we can be certain that
(Michael Shedlock) (Mish's Let's recap the Fed Uncertainty Over time this leads to one or more of corollaries two,
Global Economic Trend Principle to see what it suggests dangerously concentrated power three, and four will be in play.
Analysis)
may be certain or uncertain. into the hands of those who Finally, we can also be certain
Submitted at 7/22/2010 4:26:00 AM Fed Uncertainty Principle: have already proven they do not that whatever Bernanke tries
In response to Bernanke Says The fed, by its very existence, know what they are doing. will ultimately be a failure given
E c o n o m i c O u t l o o k i s has completely distorted the Corollary Number Three: Don't Bernanke's Deflation Preventing
"Unusually Uncertain", Fed market via self reinforcing expect the Fed to learn from Scorecard is a perfect zero.
P r e p a r e d f o r " A c t i o n s a s observer/participant feedback past mistakes. Instead, expect Hopefully this clarifies things Christopher Lee
N e e d e d " I r e c e i v e d t h i s loops. Thus, it is fatally flawed the Fed to repeat them with you can and cannot be certain
comment from " Economics logic to suggest the Fed is bigger and bigger doses of about, even if Bernanke himself Sauve's New Collection
Teacher". simply following the market, exactly what created the initial is "Unusually Uncertain". Is Obsession-worthy
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and saying the Fed's prepared would not be a Fed in a free Fed simply does not care globaleconomicanalysis.blogspo
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I suppose there's a difference Corollary Number One: The Sort of Valley of The Dolls
And forgiveness is just another investment advisor
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means to the desired power grab representative for SitkaPacific
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it is seeking. That was written Capital Management. Sitka
way it comes out this way - Ben market does. The Fed will be his new t-shirt collection.
on April 03, 2008. Many of the Pacific is an asset management
doesn't know squat! That may sound confusing, but
disingenuous about what it Corollaries have played out time firm whose goal is strong
I s " U n c e r t a i n " a n knows (nothing of use) and Sauve makes the unexpected
and time again. performance and low volatility,
Improvement? mix work. He's currently
doesn't know (much more than Things to be Certain About regardless of market direction.
Bernanke was pretty certain it wants to admit), particularly showing the collection in
When Bernanke says he is V i s i t h t t p : / /
there would not be a recession, in times of economic stress. Tokyo, but it's simultaneously
prepared to take action "as www.sitkapacific.com/
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needed", you can be certain of account_management.html to
bubble, that the unemployment government/quasi-government And if that's not quite busy
it. learn more about wealth
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Moreover, you can be pretty management and capital
paying interest on reserves creating this mess (the Fed), will made a limited run of custom
certain that he is about to take preservation strategies of Sitka
would enable the Fed to hold attempt a big power grab, leather t-shirts for the
action soon, whether action is Pacific.
short-term rates above 2%. Christopher Henry gallery in
purportedly to fix whatever needed or not. The pertinent
Bernanke was wrong on every problems it creates. The bigger collaboration with Polar
question is "What Action?"
count. At least now he admits he the mess it creates, the more Buranastit and Edward Fong.
On that, we cannot be certain.
Check them out
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Mish Mailbag: Job Seeking Advice 10 Quirky Facts About

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(Michael Shedlock) (Mish's
Global Economic Trend
Be flexible!
This market is too brutal to be
holding out for exactly what you
miss a good opportunity for
another job that will be long
gone by the time you realize the
Mass-produced Food
Analysis) (HowStuffWorks Daily Feed) on vacation?
want. need to be flexible.
Can miracles happen? Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:00:00 AM There are drawbacks, of course,
Submitted at 7/21/2010 11:54:00 PM
Here is a Dear Abby kind of Yes they can. Other than that, all I can say is like the blanding of our food
question that I get all the time. However, please do not count Wandering through a modern supply, and knowing exactly
keep your hopes up and your
A reader asks .. grocery store, it's easy to forget which chips to buy when you're
on it or hold out for it. expectations reasonable.
Hi Mish, there was a time when all food on vacation. And then there's the
General Advice For All Job Attitudes play a role. Companies
My girlfriend just got her MBA Seekers was local. People baked their mystery inherent in mass-
will always give preference to
and wants to become an own bread, churned their own production: What exactly is this
those with a cheerful, can-do
"Executive Coach." Considering • Be flexible. Broaden your butter and slaughtered their own food we're buying?
attitude.
we are heading into a depression horizons as to what companies chickens, or else they bought Here, you'll find 10 fun,
Mike "Mish" Shedlock
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h t t p : / /
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globaleconomicanalysis.blogspo
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discarded. Worse yet, the same regardless of market direction.
I suspect the answer is none. which chips to buy when you're
applies if you are highly V i s i t h t t p : / /
Making matters worse, she overqualified. Tailor your www.sitkapacific.com/
might be overqualified for other resume with this in mind. account_management.html to
positions she might take. • Never lie about schooling, learn more about wealth
My advice to her would be to degrees, or experience. Even if management and capital
take ANY job at any company you land a position, resume lies preservation strategies of Sitka
she thinks she might like to are grounds for dismissal. Pacific.
work for. Holding out for • Accept any reasonable job
something close to what she opportunity. If you hold out for
wants to do is a mistake. exactly what you want, you may

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38 Culture/ TV/ E-reader News Edition
BERNANKE
continued from page 34

Optimistic last. start by reading Rockefeller

In my opinion the Fed is
enormously and erroneously
overoptimistic about its
assessment of the economy,
especially unemployment. The
odds we get back to 5%
unemployment anytime soon are
close to zero. And unless the
Alexander Wang Will
Moreover, one thing banks
have going for them is a steep
Institute Confirms Rising Retail
Sales a Mirage. Sign Your Gum
yield curve, forcing that down Mike "Mish" Shedlock
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participation rate collapses, we Hyperinflationists will be "Mish" Shedlock is a registered

are far more likely to see higher
highs, possibly above 12%
before we start to see the rate
drop.
Be Prepared for "Unusual
Actions"
The Fed seems to be sensing it
may be wrong in its optimistic
assessment judging from
Bernanke's "Unusually
Uncertain" statements.
Risks are not just "skewed" to
the downside, they are
enormously skewed to the
downside.
By the way, history suggests
that when Bernanke implies an
unusual outlook may call for
unusual measures, he means it.
However, there is absolutely no
reason to believe it will be any
more effective this time than
coming out of the woodwork on
the Fed's statements today.
However, I calmly note that
Bernanke has met his match:
consumer attitudes.
We have reached a
Consumption Inflection Point -
No One Wants Credit and
consumer spending plans have
plunged. There is nothing
Bernanke can do to "fix" that.
Besides, there is nothing to
"fix" anyway. Boomers headed
towards retirement better be
saving more and spending less.
The same applies to kids out of
college without a job.
Finally, I note that Bernanke
thinks consumer spending is on
the rise. It's not. Bernanke needs
to get out in the real world and
see what's happening. He can
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Pacific.
At Barneys successful (and fun)
Trunk-a-palooza a couple of
months ago, Alexander Wang
set up his own tent on the
seventh floor and spent just as
much time selling his fall
collection as he did meeting
fans.
This week, he dragged the tent
up north to Canada's Barneys
equivalent — Holt Renfrew —
and greeted a whole new set of
fans, girls who asked him to
sign Chloé sunglasses and a
group of three with just one gum
wrapper. So naturally, they split
it into three and he happily
signed each piece.
While that's kind of like asking
Cameron Diaz to autograph a
picture of Drew Barrymore,
Wang's gotten just as far from
being nice as he has from being
a great designer. But here's a
tip, next time you buy a piece
from T(which given its stellar
fall outing will probably be
soon) stick the tag in your wallet
just in case you run into him
next time you're downtown.
Photo via Alexander Wang

CBS Cancels 'The Bridge' After 3 Episodes

Chris Harnick (TV Squad) watching the Canadian import headlined 'The Bridge,' a series
that aired Saturdays on CBS?
Submitted at 7/22/2010 5:00:00 AM about a police union head
Vulture is reporting the low- cleaning up the corrupt force.
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goodbye to'The Bridge.' Wait, episodes. Its replacement?
what do you mean you weren't Repeats of CBS's canceled Aaron Douglas, Chief Tyrol
one of the 2.8 million viewers crime procedural 'Cold Case.' to'Battlestar Galactica' fans,
E-reader News Edition
What You Need To Know About
The June Housing Slide
Calculated Risk (Money
Game)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:34:00 AM
The NAR reports: Existing-
Home Sales Slow in June but
Remain Above Year-Ago
Levels
Existing-home sales, which are
completed transactions that
include single-family,
townhomes, condominiums and
co-ops, fell 5.1 percent to a
seasonally adjusted annual rate
of 5.37 million units in June
from 5.66 million in May, but
are 9.8 percent higher than the
4.89 million-unit pace in June
2009.
...
Total housing inventory at the
end of June rose 2.5 percent to
3.99 million existing homes
available for sale, which
represents an 8.9-month supply
at the current sales pace, up
from an 8.3-month supply in
May.
This graph shows existing
home sales, on a Seasonally
Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR)
basis since 1993.
Sales in June 2010 (5.37
million SAAR) were 5.1%
lower than last month, and were
9.8% higher than June 2009
(4.89 million SAAR).
The second graph shows
nationwide inventory for
existing homes.
According to the NAR,
inventory increased to 3.99
million in June from 3.89
million in May. The all time
record high was 4.58 million
homes for sale in July 2008.
Inventory is not seasonally
adjusted and there is a clear
seasonal pattern with inventory
increasing in the spring and into
the summer. I'll have more on
inventory later ...
The last graph shows the
'months of supply' metric.
Months of supply increased to
8.9 months in June from 8.3
months in May. A normal
market has under 6 months of
supply, so this is already high -
and probably excludes some
substantial shadow inventory.
And the months of supply will
increase sharply next month
when sales collapse.
Join the conversation about this
story »
Katy Perry's Launching
a Fragrance (Without
Coty!)
ELLE.com (ELLE Fashion
Blogs)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:39:08 AM
Katy Perry's new scent is one of
the first celebrity fragrances not
coming courtesy of Coty.
Instead, the popstar's partnering
with Firmenich on a Japanese
inspired fragrance that sounds
super fruity. It's called Purr, and
according to WWD"has top
notes of peach nectar, forbidden
apple and green bamboo; a heart
of jasmine blossom, pink freesia
and Bulgarian rose, and a
drydown of vanilla orchid, white
Economy/ Culture/ 39
amber, creamy sandalwood and
musk."
The fragrance was inspired by
her favorite catwoman costume
and it launches at Nordstrom in
November.
Meanwhile, yesterday
afternoon, Columbia Records
released the artwork for Katy's
new album, Teenage Dream,
and there's a lot less going on in
the image than there is in her
new perfume. She's appears to
be just barely wrapped in cotton
candy floating through the sky.
Photo via Columbia Records
40 Economy/ Politics/ TV/
So Wait, Now Bernanke's Testimony Tiger's Endorsements
Wasn't That Bad? (MMM, CAT,
UPS)
Joe Weisenthal (Money
Game)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:18:00 AM
When Bernanke's testimony hit
the wires yesterday, we didn't
find that much to freak out
about.
But the market's freaked out,
and so it was then very easy to
find things in there that sounded
bad: He's too bullish! He hasn't
specified what his bullets are!
The sky is falling!
And now the market's up big,
easily erasing yesterday's
Bernanke-induced fall.
But we still have a Fed chair
who's asleep at the wheel, right?
Well, whatever. Caterpillar,
UPS, and MMM all beat
earnings, so it doesn't matter.
Now, pointing out that the
market seemingly acts bi-polar
isn't much of an insight, except
Foxy Brown Arrested Again
Gina DiNunno (TVGuide.com:
Breaking News)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:21:00 AM
Foxy Brown
Foxy Brown was arrested on
charges of violating an order of
protection, an NYPD
spokesperson tells
Down Estimated $22M
that you should be reminded not
to queue off the market all the
time, when trying to find
meaning in the words of one
man.
Don't miss: Bernanke's charts
that show the nightmare of this
economy >
Join the conversation about this
story »
TVGuide.com.
Ice-T lashes out on Twitter
against cops after arrest
Brown was arrested on
Wednesday in Brooklyn, N.Y.
after 911 received a call
claiming that she had violated
an order of protection issued further details were available.
against her, police say. No
See Also:
• Markets Forget Bernanke, All
Indices Up Over 2%
• THE DUO DELIVERS: Both
UPS And Caterpillar Earnings
Blow Away Expectations
• June Existing Home Sales
Come In Way Stronger Than
Expected
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is $52 million, compared with
$70 million for Woods.
Floyd Mayweather Jr., LeBron
Tiger Woods' estimated James, Alex Rodriguez,
endorsements for 2010 are Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant,
worth $22 million less than last Derek Jeter, Peyton Manning
year, according to Sports and Dwyane Wade round out
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Bloatware Creeps Into Android Phones

Priya Ganapati (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 7/21/2010 7:00:00 PM

Android-based smartphones are

falling victim to something that
has plagued PC users for years:
bloatware.
Android phones are being pre-
loaded with trial software and
apps that can’t be deleted off the
device by the user. These apps
touting mobile TV, football
games, location-based search
and games are the new face of
bloatware, also known as
crapware or craplets in the PC
world. The term is shorthand for
non-essential software or media
files bundled with a device in a
bid to boost revenue and
ostensibly give consumers a
chance to try new services.
Samsung’s Vibrant phone that
launched last week on T-Mobile
is a good example. The device
includes apps such as Mobi TV,
GoGo Flight internet and
Electronic Arts’ The Sims 3
game. Both Mobi TV and GoGo
are applications that require
users to pay a fee beyond the
trial period. Motorola’s Backflip
phone, introduced on AT&T a
few months ago, includes phone and operator to operator,” to call the idea of pre-loading widgets are usually basic apps the Android version of
Where, a location-based service says Keith Nowak, spokesman trial apps and other non- such as calendar, e-mail or jailbreaking a phone in order to
app, and YPMobile, a Yellow for HTC. “But in general, the essential software as a deal integrated social-networking gain complete control over it.
Pages app. Even the HTC Evo is apps are put there to meet the designed to help the consumer. feeds. Now phone makers are The preloaded apps “highlight
packed with programs such as operator’s business and revenue Handset makers have always going a step further to load apps the key features and
Sprint’s Nascar app, Sprint needs.” added skins and custom widgets from other companies in a way performance” of the Vibrant,
Football and Sprint TV, among Nowak’s comment is a to Android phones, some of that prevents users from deleting says a Samsung
others. surprising admission in an which can affect performance it completely off their phone
industry that otherwise prefers and battery life. But these without rooting the device — BLOATWARE page 45
“It’s different from phone to
42 Culture/ E-reader News Edition

Political Appointees Vetted DHS Public Records Requests:

Report
Kim Zetter (Wired Top The DHS issued a directive to order to make more records might help the administration
Stories) employees in July 2009 available to the public and make prepare a response in
Submitted at 7/22/2010 8:32:00 AM requiring a wide range of public them available more swiftly. anticipation of a news story. For
records requests to pass through In January 2009 during a staff example, the e-mails show
EFF lawyers Marcia Hoffman political appointees for vetting. swearing-in ceremony, Obama concern about making sure the
and Nate Cardozo celebrate the These included any requests cited the Freedom of department didn’t release
arrival of two large boxes full of dealing with a “controversial or Information Act (FOIA) as one information about Obama’s
government documents relating sensitive subject” or pertaining of the most important tools of father without first coordinating
to telecom immunity. Picture by to meetings involving prominent oversight the nation possesses with the White House.
hughelectronic/flickr. Used with business leaders and elected and called on all government The practice created ill-will
gratitude via a Creative officials. Requests from agencies to lean toward among career employees who
Commons license. lawmakers, journalists, and transparency. Obama asserted resented the interference of
C o n t r a r y t o t h e O b a m a activist and watchdog groups that no one should ever withhold political appointees and were
a d m i n i s t r a t i o n ’ s p r o m i s e d were also placed under this information out of political often unclear what information
c o m m i t m e n t t o o p e n scrutiny. expediency or simply because it was supposed to be passed by
government, the Department of The reviewers included might expose embarrassing the appointees for review,
Homeland Security, in a highly Homeland Secretary Janet information about departments according to the news report.
i r r e g u l a r m o v e , f i l t e r e d Napolitano’s top staff members, or officials. In its defense, the DHS said
hundreds of public records including her deputy chief of press and other stakeholders, “For a long time now, there’s that fewer than 500 FOIA
requests through political staff, senior department lawyer especially as it pertained to been too much secrecy in this requests, out of more than
appointees, allowing them to a n d d e p u t y d i r e c t o r o f documents generated during the city,” he said. 100,000 submitted during the
examine what was being s c h e d u l i n g . previous administration,” DHS Under the FOIA, the last fiscal year, were diverted to
requested and delay releasing Although the vetting did not spokeswoman Amy Kudwa told government is required to political appointees for scrutiny.
sensitive material, according to prevent information that should Threat Level in an e-mail release requested records unless The department reportedly
internal e-mails obtained by the have been released from getting statement. She noted that the they would harm national halted the practice earlier this
Associated Press. released, the AP noted, it did department, under the Obama security, violate privacy rights month at the same time it
The political appointees were cause numerous delays — administration, had reduced a protected by statute or conflict handed over its internal e-mails
allowed to vet records requests sometimes lasting weeks — in FOIA backlog inherited from w i t h s p e c i f i c e x e m p t i o n s to the AP. The Office of
that were deemed politically releasing records to Congress, the Bush administration from e n a c t e d b y C o n g r e s s . Inspector General is now
sensitive and require career watchdog groups and reporters. 74,879 requests at the end of The e-mails obtained by the looking into the matter to
employees to provide them with The delays led some department fiscal year 2008 to just 12,406 A P , h o w e v e r , r e v e a l t h a t determine if there is any
information about who officials to worry about requests as of January of this political appointees were less evidence of wrongdoing,
r e q u e s t e d r e c o r d s — f o r potential lawsuits, according to year and had also reduced the interested in vetting record according to the news service.
example, where the requester one internal e-mail the AP typical processing time for requests for these reasons than The White House says it was
lived and worked, whether the obtained. requests. for determining — based on the not involved in creating the
requester was a private citizen “All this article points out is that The practice began just six kinds of requests coming in — DHS directive.
or journalist and, in the case of senior leadership had visibility months after President Obama what areas of the government A new policy replacing the
congressional representatives, into FOIA releases to enable the vowed in a speech to reform the m i g h t b e u n d e r s c r u t i n y . directive says that records can
whether they were Republican department to be as responsive way the government responded K n o w i n g w h a t r e c o r d s
or Democrat. as possible to requests from the to public records requests in journalists were requesting POLITICAL page 45
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July 22, 1933: Wiley Post Flies Around the World Alone
Jason Paur (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 7/21/2010 11:00:00 PM

1933: Pilot Wiley Post returns

to Floyd Bennett Field in
Brooklyn, New York, 7 days, 18
hours, 49 minutes after leaving.
Aided by new technology, his
flight is the first solo
circumnavigation by air, and it’s
also the fastest-ever around-the-
world-trip.
Born in Texas, Post wanted to
be a pilot after seeing his first
airplane at a county fair at the
age of 15. He got his break at
age 24, when a barnstormer let
him fill in for his injured
skydiver. Post performed
several jumps, but always
wanted to be the pilot, not the
skydiver.
His dream was almost ruined
while working in the oil fields to
earn money for an airplane: He
lost his left eye in an accident.
Despite the lack of depth
perception, Post was able to
earn his pilot’s license and, with
his workers’ compensation
checks, bought his first airplane.
Post quickly advanced his
flying skills and became the
personal pilot for wealthy Post to use the sleek Lockheed by an airship, the Graf Zeppelin. effort, Post set out to disprove the first significant flight where
oilman F.C. Hall. His boss Vega aircraft, named Winnie Their 15,000-mile-flight lasted 8 his critics the very next year by the new navigation technology
encouraged Post to use the plane Mae after Hall’s daughter, to days, 15 hours, 51 minutes and making the trip solo. He would replace the human
when it wasn’t needed for pursue any air records he included 13 refueling stops. The equipped the Vega with two navigator.
business, and the now-32-year- wished. Winnie Mae had slashed more significant pieces of new The early autopilot proved to be
old pilot promptly went out and Post wasted no time, and in than 11 days off of the previous technology: a primitive autopilot problematic at times, though it
won a prestigious air race from 1931 he and navigator Harold record. from Sperry Gyroscope and a did help the solo pilot stay on
Los Angeles to Chicago. Gatty broke the around-the- After several people suggested radio direction finder for JULY page 46
With the success, Hall allowed world record that had been held Gatty was the brains behind the navigation. The trip would be
44 Culture/ E-reader News Edition

Stan Lee Unveils 3 New Superheroes at Comic-Con

Lewis Wallace (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:29:00 AM

Stan Lee and the creators of

upcoming comic book series
Soldier Zero, Starborn and The
Traveler show off their new
superheroes at Comic-Con.
SAN DIEGO — A time
traveler, an unwitting heir to an
intergalactic empire, and a
wheelchair-bound professor
who winds up bonded to an
alien weapon: These are the
latest superheroes cooked up by
comics legend Stan Lee and his
creative co-conspirators at
Boom Studios.
Lee, whose Pow Entertainment
is partnering with Boom on the
three series, introduced new
characters The Traveler,
Starborn and Soldier Zero
during a Wednesday press
conference at Comic-Con
International here.
Boom Studios’ Chief Creative
Officer Mark Waid, writer of
time-bending series The
Traveler, said the new comics
would be inspirational and non-
cynical, without resorting to a
retro feel. He also said the
characters would breathe with
the kind of human foibles for guys, but the humanity gets 1960s, said the key to coming also,” Lee said. “And these And from what I’ve seen of the
which Lee’s creations are lost,” Waid said. up with quality characters and guys, with these three stories, great artwork that’s coming with
known. Lee, who brought to life Spider- stories is staying true to Soldier Zero and Traveler and it, I think these are going to be
“What superhero comics have Man, Iron Man and many of yourself. Starborn, they’re writing stories tremendous characters.
largely become — in the last 10, Marvel Comics’ other “If you do something you really that they really care about and “They’re writing from the heart,
20 years in particular — are sort memorable characters during his like, the chances are there’ll be a they themselves would like to
of like WWF wrestling matches work with the publisher in the lot of other people who like it read. And they’re good writers. STAN page 46
between good guys and bad
E-reader News Edition
BLOATWARE
continued from page 41
representative.They are there are
to showcase the phone’s
processor and display, a T-
Mobile spokesperson told
Wired.com.
But not all Android users are
buying it. Some have taken to
online forums to vent or find out
ways to remove the pre-loaded
apps from their phones. In May,
The Consumerist published an e
-mail from a Verizon subscriber
complaining about non-essential
software loaded on his device.
“It’s a throwback to the days of
the feature phones,” says
Charles Golvin, an analyst with
Forrester Research. “Handset
makers and carriers would
bundle messaging and music
clients with feature phones
hoping to provide some
differentiation. They are now
trying that with smartphones.”
As far as the inability to delete
these pre-loaded apps, Golvin
says, “I suspect that a lot of
operators think consumers won’t
notice or get to a point where
they would want to get rid of
them.”
Computer makers started the
trend of pre-loading software
apps, such as anti-virus
software, search toolbars, games
and internet-access services
from companies like AOL. It
seemed innocent enough at first:
Consumers would get to try new
software when they bought their
machines, software makers
would get a chance to reach new
users and PC makers would
make some money on the side
through deals inked with the
software companies to promote
their products on the devices.
But soon, many consumers
found that these pre-loaded
applications made their PCs run
slower by increasing startup and
shutdown times for their
machines and hogging memory.
Many of the pre-loaded
programs turned out to be trial
versions and required users to
pay a monthly fee to keep them
going. That resulted in a
backlash from consumers. Even
the Wall Street Journal’s Walt
Mossberg railed against
bloatware in a 2007 column. PC
manufacturers have now
significantly reduced the
practice of adding bloatware on
the devices.
Now, the practice is making a
comeback on smartphones.
But bloatware isn’t a feature in
all smartphones. AT&T hasn’t
piled extraneous software onto
Apple’s iPhone. Motorola’s
Droid phone ships with just the
core applications. Google and T-
Mobile resisted the bloatware
impulse with the Nexus One.
So, why does bloatware
suddenly seem to be multiplying
on some Android devices?
Android’s popularity means
every few weeks a new device
running the operating system
hits the market. Wireless
carriers and handset makers see
the new devices as an
opportunity to generate
additional revenue.
“Ultimately revenue from data
plans will reach the same level
of saturation as voice services.
So carriers see some of these
services as an additional
revenue stream,” says Golvin.
Nowak says HTC would prefer
to have pre-loaded independent
apps in one folder or just in the
app store but it’s not a decision
for the handset manufacturer
alone to make. “We have to
work with our operator
partners,” says Nowak. “We
would prefer to give consumers
a choice or put the pre-loaded in
a separate store as it is with
some Verizon phones.”
If they’re lucky, consumers
may not have to worry about
this much. Golvin says he
doubts pre-loaded apps on
smartphones will ever reach a
similar level of annoyance as
they did on PCs.
“The real shortcoming and
downfall of the bloatware on
PCs was it consumed system
resources,” says Golvin. “With
phones, operators and handset
45
POLITICAL
continued from page 42
makers understand how precious now be released without the
those resources are.” approval of Napolitano’s
For now, the bloatware on political advisers but must at
phone is more about taking up least be submitted to them three
storage space than processing days before the records are
resources. Golvin says he doubts released to the requester.
companies like AT&T and See also:
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his desired course. Aided by the
radio direction finder that
allowed Post to navigate to any
radio station’s transmitter, the
Winnie Mae stayed on record
pace through the early part of
the flight.
After several unscheduled stops
in the Soviet Union and the need
to fix a bent propeller, Post was
able to make it back to North
America still ahead of schedule.
Fighting fatigue in the final
hours, Post developed a very
simple piece of technology to
keep from falling asleep in the
cockpit. The former mechanic
tied one end of a string to a
wrench and the other end to a
finger.
He would simply hold the
wrench while he flew. If he fell
asleep, the wrench would fall,
tugging on his finger and
waking him up.
The klugey wrench alarm
worked, and as the clock
approached midnight, Post
landed back at Floyd Bennett
Snack Smart: Real Licorice
WomansDay.com Editors
(Daily Woman's Day Blog)
Submitted at 7/21/2010 2:00:00 PM
I know I may be in the
minority, but I actually like
black licorice. I like the red
stuff, too, but every now and
then I crave the old-fashioned
black kind—especially if I have
Field in front of thousands of
spectators who had come to
greet him. He credited the
autopilot and radio direction
finder for making the record-
setting flight possible. He had
beaten his previous record by 21
hours.
Post would later go on to
develop a pressure suit allowing
him to set more records by
flying at altitudes as high as
40,000 feet.
In 1935, the record-setting pilot
set off on a flight with his good
friend Will Rogers. The famous
humorist had hired Post to fly
him around Alaska in search of
new material for his newspaper
column.
Post ended up settling for some
pontoon floats that were too big
for the modified Lockheed they
were flying on the trip. Post and
Rogers took off from a lake in
northern Alaska on Aug. 15, and
the engine quit.
The airplane was difficult to
control with the oversize floats,
a slightly upset stomach. A
while ago I read that licorice
contains medicinal properties
that can soothe your digestive
system, and I assumed that
you'd find such properties in,
say, Twizzlers. But it turns out
that Twizzlers (the red kind,
anyway), don't actually contain the ingredient list). I'll still eat
any licorice at all (just check out them on occasion, but when I
and it crashed into a lake, killing
both on board. Rogers was 55.
Post was 36.
Source: Various
Photo: Wiley Post and Harold
Gatty in Germany, 1931/
Wikipedia
See Also:
• Aug. 10, 1519: Magellan Sets
Sail Into History
• June 27, 1898: Down to the
Sea in Ships, and Then Some
• June 15, 1919: First Nonstop
Flight Crosses Atlantic
• May 21, 1927: Lucky Lindy
Flies His Way Into the Celebrity
Ranks
• June 9, 1928: Across the Vast
Pacific, by Air
• July 2, 1937: Earhart
Vanishes Over the Pacific
• March 2, 1949: Around the
World Without Landing
• May 10, 1960: USS Triton
Completes First Submerged
Circumnavigation
• March 21, 1999: Around the
World in 20 Days
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STAN
continued from page 44
• Around the World in a Boat and it comes out in the stories,”
Fueled by Human Fat he added.
• March 20, 1933: Dachau Soldier Zero
• March 27, 1933: Just One Soldier Zero, by writer Paul
Word … Plastics Cornell( Doctor Who, DC
• April 7, 1933: King Kong Comics) with art by Javier Pina,
Opens Wide is first in the chute, with an
• April 7, 1933: Gimme a Tall, October launch date. The
Cold One wheelchair-bound teacher who
• June 6, 1933: A Car, a Movie, becomes Soldier Zero is “a chap
Some Popcorn and Thou who is in a wheelchair who gets
• Sept. 12, 1933: Physicist’s the chance, bonded with this
Reaction Begins Chain of alien soldier, to be out of the
Events chair doing extraordinary,
• July 22, 1952: Genuine Crop- superheroic stuff,” Cornell said.
Circle Maker Patented “Rather like Peter Parker is a
• July 22, 1962: Mariner 1 hero who is limited only by his
Done In by a Typo environment, and escapes as
Spider-Man, [Soldier Zero] is
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10 Amazing Telescopes
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Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:00:00 AM
Th-e drive to map the sky is as
old as civilization itself. The
Great Pyramids in Egypt point
straight at specific stars. The
ancient stone configuration
Stonehenge in Britain is
arranged to track the progress of
the sun toward its northernmost
point in the sky. The first
astronomical observatories date
back as early as the third
century in the Middle East; at
that time, astronomy was mixed
up with astrology, and sky-
watchers used cosmic
measurements to predict the
future. Since Islamic law forbids
such superstition, many of the
earliest astronomers were
executed for heresy.
But during the Renaissance
period in Europe, astronomy's
ties to astrology were broken
and it became a real science. In
the late 16th century, Hans
Lippershey, an eyeglass-maker
in Holland, applied for the first
telescope patent, claiming
invention of a device that made
distant objects on Earth appear
closer. Soon after, Galileo
Galilei in Italy turned his own
telescope to the sky for the first
time and saw incredible sights,
like craters on the moon and
four bodies orbiting Jupiter. His
discoveries tended to fly in the
face of religious dogma, though,
and he had to retract much of
what he said. Still, the telescope
went on to completely change
our understanding of the world
beyond our planet.
What Galileo viewed through
his "far looker" was a blurry
mess compared to what we can
see today. Not long after Galileo
saw the moon up close,
inventors like Johannes Kepler,
Isaac Newton and N. Cassegrain
made a succession of major
innovations in telescope design.
Since then, developments in our
understanding of astrophysics,
along with technological
advancements in optics,
engineering and rocket science
have led to amazingly clear,
distant vi-ews of our galaxy and
far, far beyond. Current
telescopes can even see matter
disappear into a black hole.
And the telescope race is just
heating up.
In this article, we'll look at 10
of the most amazing telescopes
of our time, including several
that are still on the drawing
board and promise to reveal
images of the Big Bang itself.
Many of these new telescopes
are funded partially by private
donors. We'll begin with some
of the greatest ground-based
telescope systems in use today.
Because they have to be able to
see through the Earth's
atmosphere, these telescopes are
truly massive.
Technically speaking, the South
African Large Telescope, or
SALT, is the biggest telescope
in the Southern Hemisphere. But
when it comes to telescopes,
how big is "big?"
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assassins from the future known
as the Split-Second Men. The
hero doesn’t play by the
standard rules of time-travel
stories, Waid said.
“This guy doesn’t care whether
he messes with history or not,”
he said. “As a matter of fact, this
is the kind of guy who, if he
were standing in Dealey Plaza in
1963, he wouldn’t let Kennedy
be killed…. What you see is
what are the repercussions if
you’re willing to actually
tamper in time.”
“We should have called it The
Tamperer,” Lee interjected,
laughing. Starborn
Starborn, written by written by
I, Zombie scribe Chris Roberson
with art by Khary Randolph,
hits comic shops in December.
It’s about a regular Earth guy
who discovers he’s heir to an
extraterrestrial empire.
“What this guy discovers,”
Roberson said, “is, as he goes
out into space trying to basically
liberate these oppressed humans
in this alien culture, that his dad,
who he’s taking the reins from,
who died before he was born,
was the bad guy. And the guys
he’s fighting are the freedom
fighters who overthrew his dad.
“It’s an attempt to approach that
kind of clichéd story from a
different direction,” he added.
“It’s so intellectually complex it
makes Star Wars seem like a
quickie,” Lee quipped.
The 87-year-old former head of
Marvel characterized his role on
Culture/ 47
the three series as “an overall
editor or buttinski.”
“They create the books, but then
they bring them to me: ‘What do
you think of this idea? How do
you like this? Let’s talk about
the art,’” he said. “So I felt as
though I was back in the bullpen
again like I used to be at
Marvel. And I’ve never had a
better time. And I’m in at the
creation of these stories, and I
marvel at their imagination and
their sense of drama.”
Lee also marveled at the current
media interest in comic books.
“In all my years at Marvel, I
never had this many reporters in
the room!” he cracked.
Images courtesy Boom Studios
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Campaign for Best Cameo
• Stan Lee Says His Thor
Cameo Will Be Good But Small
• Stan Lee Ain't Joking About
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Sharon Osbourne:
"Mum's" the Word on
Her New Talk Show
Michael Maloney (TV Squad)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 3:02:00 AM

Filed under: TV Previews, TV

News Sharon Osbourne tells TV
Squad that she's going to be
bringing the most experience to
her role as a talk show host on
the recently announced untitled
yakfest series that's taking the
place of CBS soap opera'As the
World Turns,' set to go off the
air in September.
"I've got the oldest children and but they do on Osbourne's new
I'm the oldest woman on the gig. "I can't wait to see her,"
show," Osbourne said after last Mandel says. "She's got the
night's taping of'America's Got dichotomy of being a mom
Talent.'"I'll look at things who's nurturing and at the same
through different eyes than the time she's hip and edgy. I will
Desperation Dinners: Super Fast rest of my panelists. I have more
life experience. My kids are 24,
definitely tune in to see Sharon."
"Sharon has been asked to be a
gabby mother," Morgan muses.
Summer Sandwiches 25 and 26. The problems get
worse [as kids get older]. It
never goes away."
"I can't think of anyone better
suited to that role!"
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E-reader News Edition Politics/ 49

Dispatches From the Blago Trial (Part 5)

Margo Howard (The New who felt state contracts were conferences when he exited the followed by poor hapless Blago take the stand because 1)
Republic - All Feed) held up or monkey-wrenched building at the close of each Robert’s: he of the normal hair, it would be quite dangerous in
Submitted at 7/21/2010 11:00:56 AM depending on a contractor’s day’s session. Judge James Republican affiliation, and lack the opening-new-doors-
stomach for “pay-to-play.” It Zagel (a smart, tough judge of political background. His department, 2) his brother had
Click here to read Margo was entertaining to hear Blago and—full disclosure—a friend) stance was one of denial and gotten tripped up, and 3)
Howard’s first, second, and on the tapes badmouthing turned down a prosecution ignorance of misdeeds and Blago’s “rehearsals” hadn’t
t h i r d d i s p a t c h e s f r o m t h e everyone from President Obama motion to nix the outside-the- being indignant about gone particularly well. One
Blagojevich trial. And click here on down. He referred to both courthouse schmoozefests with suggestions that he may have hopes the jury has not been
for her assessment of the Jesse Jacksons as “effing” this, pedestrians because, he said, picked up the politics of his reading or watching any news,
opening statements. and “effing that,” a female “When you say, every day, ‘I brother. One high point was since the disgraced governor has
So where were we? When last I o f f i c e - h o l d e r a s “ e f f i n g am innocent,’ it all becomes when he flat out denied putting said, almost every day, “I want
was in Chicago, it was early incompetent, and an effing liar,” pretty pointless.” the strong arm on the head of to testify so the truth can come
June for the opening of the etc. etc. (There are now free ring The prosecution rested on July [Children’s Hospital, and the out.”
Blagojevich trial. It really had tones, you should know, with 15, weeks before expected. July prosecution played a tape For comedic purposes, the
everything. An impeached Blago attaching the F-word to 19 the defense took over. Its showing that he, shall we say, silencing of Blago is a great
blabbermouth showman of a almost any sentence.) first witness was Julie misremembered. A few times he loss. He clearly allowed wiser
governor who favored 2-to-8 And the best part: Blago’s Blagojevich, the wife of Blago’s became what older folks from heads to prevail. (The ones that
hour work weeks. A foul- courthouse behavior suggested brother, Robert. Julie’s purpose the South would call “sassy.” paid attention in law school).
mouthed wife. 500 hours of he cares not a whit about how was to show that the brothers Then he apologized, as he did For skeptics, however, his
wiretaps. $400,000 spent on scummy he comes off. From the weren’t close, and that in fact it for the profanity he “never blowhardness has been
clothes. 24 corruption charges. beginning of the trial, he has was she who encouraged her expected anyone to hear.” confirmed—if it ever was in
Two chiefs of staff turned been playing to the crowd. He husband to help his brother When Robert concluded his doubt. Alas, the cooked goose
government witness. A key m u s t h a v e t h o u g h t t h a t (when most everyone had quit testimony, it was assumed that could not fly.
associate who offed himself. A schmoozing press people during or been indicted). This was Blago himself would take the Margo Howard is a syndicated
good schnook brother who breaks would be advantageous. I because their mother’s deathbed stand. However … there was an advice columnist for Creators
“helped out” for only four was somewhat startled when wish was that the brothers get 11th hour news leak Tuesday S y n d i c a t e a n d
m o n t h s a n d w o u n d u p a s Blago bounded out of his seat at closer. So I guess you could say saying that Blago’s two lead www.wowowow.com. Last
d e f e n d a n t # 2 . A c r a c k the defense table on the first day the mother done it. Mrs. lawyers, father and son, as it year, she covered the Clark
prosecution trio. A small mob of when he spotted Jimmy Breslin Blagojevich #2 also said that happens, disagreed on whether Rockefeller trial for The New
so-so defense lawyers who seem in a press row. He wanted to say Blago told her and her husband he should. Even more Republic.
not to have figured out they’re hello, pay his respects, and that “the investigations were intriguingly, a seasoned judicial For more TNR, become a fan
no longer in state court. (The compliment him on his writing behind him.” (He had, in fact, source told me that the father- on Facebook and follow us on
pattern has been that they ask a style. Blago would mingle with been under federal investigation son duo spends all its free time Twitter. Blago Trial Update >>
q u e s t i o n , t h e g o v e r n m e n t whoever was in the hallway since 2004—and it had never chatting up press people, and the
objects, the judge sustains.) outside the courtroom, accept stopped. That is six years of “disagreement” was the message
During the past two months, we good wishes in the men’s room, sleuthing and listening.) After they wanted to get out. My
have been treated to a parade of shake hands with those in the 20 minutes she was done. source felt the decision had
prosecution witnesses, those cafeteria, and hold mini-press Her brief testimony was already been made not to let
50 Politics/ E-reader News Edition

Australian for 2010

E.J. Dionne Jr. (The New to conservatives who governed They quickly produced an all. But Rudd was dropping in ahead in the polls, partly by
Republic - All Feed) the country for 11 years before online advertisement repeatedly the polls, hurt by his virtue of a disciplined personal
Submitted at 7/21/2010 11:00:00 PM Labor's 2007 victory. quoting Sessions saying "we government's mishandling of performance in her first weeks
And in the coming months, one need to go back to the exact cap-and-trade legislation and in office and also by tying
Washington—It's rare to see a of the Democratic Party's very same agenda," and suggesting controversy over its proposed Abbott to the earlier
d r y r u n f o r a n e l e c t i o n favorite words will be "Bush," the agenda he had in mind was tax on soaring mining profits. conservative government's
campaign. But over the next as in George W. Bush, by way Bush's. Rudd's colleagues panicked unpopular labor relations
month, Australia will provide a of making the same point. A party spokesman insisted that and, lacking a strong base in the policies—even though Abbott
testing ground for some of the Democrats now hope they can the quotation in question was party's factions, he was forced has said he would not
core themes in this November's persuade voters to see their not a reference to Bush, aside for his deputy Gillard, reintroduce them.
American elections. ballots in this year's midterm although Sessions had said who moved promptly for an As Australia goes, so goes
Last weekend, Prime Minister elections not as an up-or-down earlier in the show: "People had election to legitimize her America? Not necessarily. But
Julia Gillard, who took office in vote on their own stewardship jobs when Republicans were, leadership. The switch at the top for the last decade, politics in
June after the fall of her but as a choice between—well, not only in charge, but George halted the momentum of the the two countries have run in
predecessor, Kevin Rudd, called going forward, or moving back Bush was there." With polls opposition Liberal Party (which, tandem, with Rudd's 2007
an election for Aug. 21—they to the Bush era. showing voters more inclined to just to keep Americans victory prefiguring Obama's. At
do things fast down there—in Over the last few weeks, a blame Bush than President confused, is actually the the very least, when Democrats
which her Labor Party will be series of Republican tactical Obama for the economic mess, conservative party) and its say our election is about
using a central argument that errors helped inject the Bush all such statements by leader, Tony Abbott. whether we want to move
Democrats hope to invoke l e g a c y i n t o t h e p o l i t i c a l Republicans will come at a high And to make the trans-Pacific forward or go back, they can
against the Republicans. dialogue. When Republicans price. comparison even more give a respectful nod to Prime
Gillard's statement opening the went on the offensive in calling Can the forward-or-back theme interesting, Abbott's party is Minister Gillard.
campaign left no ambiguity for a renewal of the Bush era tax work? That's where Gillard's running on themes the E.J. Dionne's e-mail address is
about Labor's message. "This c u t s f o r t h e w e a l t h i e s t Australian experiment comes in. Republicans hope to use here. ejdionne(at)washpost.com.
election will revolve around a Americans, Democrats were In many ways, her center-left Its latest advertisement includes E.J. Dionne, Jr. is the author of
clear choice," she declared, given the opportunity to assail Labor Party is in a far better the tagline: "More Labor. More the recently published Souled
"whether we want Australia to one of the former president's position than the Democrats are. Waste. More Debt. More Out: Reclaiming Faith and
move forward or back." In one least popular initiatives. The Australian economy is a Taxes." And to drive home the Politics After the Religious
minute and 41 seconds, Gillard And when the heads of the global marvel. It never went into Liberals' point that new Right. He is a Washington Post
used a variation of "move R e p u b l i c a n c a m p a i g n recession, and the nation's leadership has not altered the columnist, a senior fellow at the
forward" six times and "go committees for the House and unemployment rate is an incumbent government's Brookings Institution, and a
back" four. Senate, Rep. Pete Sessions and astonishingly low 5.2 percent. direction, an announcer opens professor at Georgetown
Labor's slogan, "Let's move Sen. John Cornyn, defended the Given the country's buoyant and closes with the words: University.
Australia forward," is thus all Bush record last Sunday on economy, it's remarkable that "Nothing's changed. It's the (c) 2010, Washington Post
a b o u t i t s s u b t e x t : t h a t "Meet the Press," Democrats Labor members of Parliament same Labor." Writers Group
Australians don't want to return pounced. even considered ousting Rudd at For now, Gillard has pulled
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Morning Bell: The Obama Tax Tsunami is Here

Conn Carroll (The Foundry: government taxes on capital and deep-water oil drilling.
Conservative Policy News.) entrepreneurship, and its • While the oil spill has been an
Submitted at 7/22/2010 8:23:01 AM reinstatement will be yet another economic disaster for the Gulf,
job killer from the Obama like everything else in the
The American people are administration. It rewards estate Obama administration, it has
already well aware of President t a x l a w y e r s , i n s u r a n c e been a boon to Washington’s
B a r a c k O b a m a ’ s h i s t o r i c companies and big businesses at economy as energy and
e x p a n s i o n o f g o v e r n m e n t the expense of small family- environmental groups spent
spending: his $862 billion owned enterprises. According to millions to shape any energy
economic stimulus that has a study by the American Family legislation inspired by the crisis.
completely failed to keep Business Foundation, a full • According to The New York
unemployment below 8% as repeal of the death tax, like the Times, the TARP inspector
promised; his still-expanding one rejected by the Senate last general has called the Obama
health care law which the night, would create 1.5 million $1,800 more in federal income States, often hovering around 10 administration’s mortgage
Congressional Budget Office jobs. Before the vote, Sen. taxes in 2011. Tax Foundation percent. Now that is no longer modification program “one of
now admits will cost more than DeMint described the tax as an president Scott Hodge tells t h e c a s e . U n d e r O b a m a ’ s the greatest failures” of the
$1 trillion; and an Obama “unfair, immoral double tax on MSNBC: “I’m hard pressed to economic leadership, U.S. Treasury Department.
b u d g e t t h a t i n c r e a s e s property and assets that folks think of another moment in the u n e m p l o y m e n t r a t e s a r e • Thanks to unemployed older
g o v e r n m e n t s p e n d i n g b y have already paid taxes on history of the tax code in which surpassing Europe’s. Americans, illegal immigrants
$12,000 per household. But all throughout their lives.” He we have had so many provisions Last night’s vote was just the and an increase in the minimum
that spending is just the first half added: “The Obama death tax is expire at the same time beginning of a larger choice the wage, the teen unemployment
of President Obama’s game just the latest example of this impacting so many Americans American people must make: do rate in June was at 25.7 percent–
plan. administration’s assault on small all at once.” they want to continue down the about three times the national
The second half of Obama’s businesses.” For two generations after post- Obama path of high taxes, high rate of 9.5 percent.
attempted transformation began Sen. DeMint is dead on. Last war reconstruction, Europe and s p e n d i n g a n d h i g h • According to Gallup, only 11
last night when the Senate night’s vote to raise the Death America have pursued different unemployment? Or do they still percent of Americans say they
rejected Sen. Jim DeMint’s (R- Tax is just the beginning of the economic models, and b e l i e v e i n A m e r i c a n have a great deal or quite a lot
SC) effort to end the Death Tax. Obama administration’s historic accordingly, moved in different exceptionalism, in limited of confidence in Congress,
This year is actually the first tax hike campaign. Unless economic directions. The government and in a vibrant placing them dead last out of the
year since 1916 that Americans C o n g r e s s a c t s t o o p p o s e American model was low tax, U.S. economy? Last night’s vote 16 institutions rated this year
do not have to pay any federal President Obama’s agenda, low spending and small was a step in the wrong
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December 31, 2010. The Death four with two earners making double those of the United and Canada are increasing their
T a x i s b u t o n e o f m a n y $85,000 a year would pay about
52 Politics/ TV/
Sherrod Says She'd Love to Talk Race With
Obama
(Newsmax - Inside Cover)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 2:43:10 AM
Former Agriculture Department
official Shirley Sherrod says she
wants to discuss racial issues
with President Obama, but
there's need for him to apologize
for her wretched week.
Making appearances on
network news shows, Sherrod
repeats she isn't certain she'll
return to the Agriculture
Department, which forced her
out earlier this week and then
invited her back. Sherrod got in
trouble over comments she
made in a speech indicating she
didn't give a white farmer as
much help as she should have
24 years ago.
Sherrod got apologies from
press secretary Robert Gibbs
and Agriculture Secretary Tom
Vilsack, but says, "I can't say
the president is fully behind
me." She says Obama is not a
person who "has experienced
some of the things I've
experienced in life."
The White House apologized to
Shirley Sherrod. Agriculture
Secretary Tom Vilsack offered
her a new job. But after a
whirlwind week, Sherrod says
she needs to think about it.
It has been an emotional roller
coaster ride for Sherrod, who
until this week had been the
Agriculture Department's
director of rural development
for Georgia. First she was
branded a racist by conservative
pundits, then attacked by the
NAACP for alleged racist
remarks, followed by a demand
for her immediate resignation
from her bosses in Washington.
On Wednesday there was finally
an admission that she had been
attacked falsely, followed by a
plea from Vilsack — and the
White House — for forgiveness.
"This is a good woman. She's
been through hell. ... I could
have done and should have done
a better job," Vilsack told
reporters after he had talked to
Sherrod by phone.
Sherrod accepted Vilsack's
apology.
But on Thursday she was still
pondering whether to return to
the Agriculture Department,
where Vilsack said he is ready
to offer her "a unique
opportunity" for a new job.
The embarrassing series of
events stemmed from remarks at
an NAACP luncheon. She told
of how her views on race had
evolved from having decided
arbitrarily not to help a white
farmer 24 years ago as much as
she could have, to later realizing
that the farmer's plight "opened
my eyes" that whites were
struggling as much as blacks
and the issue was not race but
poverty.
But the two-and-a-half-minute
portion of her remarks that
surfaced Monday on a
conservative website dealt only
with her early comments about
the white farmer. When the
entire speech was made public
Tuesday, it became clear the
accusations of racism were not
warranted.
So a new job offer has been put
on the table as the Obama
administration hopes to keep the
embarrassing events of this
week from being more than a
three-day distraction.
But will Sherrod want to return
to the Agriculture Department?
"They did make an offer. I just
told him I need to think about
it," said Sherrod in a telephone
interview with The Associated
Press.
President Barack Obama said
nothing publicly about the
developments while
administration officials tried to
both show his concern and to
distance him from the original
ouster.
How much involvement was
there from the White House?
Was there White House pressure
last Monday to push Sherrod
out, when the snippet of remarks
incorrectly suggested a racist
bias?
"No," insisted Vilsack. He said
he made the decision without
knowing all the facts and
regretted it. "I am accepting the
responsibility with deep regret,"
Vilsack told a news conference.
White House Press Secretary
Robert Gibbs also insisted the
decision was one made at the
Agriculture Department and he
denied White House pressure
for Sherrod's immediate
resignation. He apologized to
Sherrod "for the entire
administration."
The president had been briefed,
Gibbs said, and "he talked about
the fact that a disservice had
been done, an injustice had
happened and, because the facts
had changed, a review of the
decision based on those facts
should be taken."
——— Associated Press Writer
Ben Feller contributed to this
report.
———
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Practice' and 'The
Middle' a Question
Chris Harnick (TV Squad)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 4:00:00 AM
Filed under: Outside the Box
Breathe a sigh of relief, your
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Fall is right around the corner
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In a new round of Outside the
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Father-Son Lawyers Claim Rift at Blagojevich
Trial
(Newsmax - Inside Cover)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 1:50:08 AM
Father knows best.
Standing before a forest of
microphones after former
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich
announced that he wouldn't
testify at his corruption trial as
he'd promised, defense lawyers
Sam Adam Sr. and Sam Adam
Jr. wasted no time explaining
why their client opted for the
rare-for-Blagojevich move of
keeping his mouth shut.
Sam Sr. told him to.
"Well, he didn't (testify) ...
because he took my advice and
it's still my advice and someday
we will know the answer of
who's right and wrong," the 74-
year-old father, a grizzled
criminal attorney, told reporters
at the federal courthouse.
"It came down to an argument
between an old bull and a young
toad," the younger attorney
added. "The old bull won."
High-profile clients, from O.J.
Simpson to former Illinois Gov.
George Ryan, rarely take the
stand. So questions remained
about whether this was a
strategy Blagojevich's attorneys
had long agreed on as he fights
charges including that he tried to
sell an appointment to President
Barack Obama's old Senate seat.
In his opening statements last
month, Sam Jr. — just 37 and a
rising star in legal circles —
pointed dramatically to his
client across the courtroom and
pledged to jurors he'd take the
stand. So in his closing
sometime next week, jurors may
expect him to give some
explanation for why the ousted
governor didn't testify.
On Wednesday, he
acknowledged the quandary
about his vow to jurors —
without offering a clear solution.
"Look, did I tell them this?" he
said about the pledge, his
voicing rising. "Is there a harm
when I go back and look at them
on Monday and say, 'Look, I
promised you. He wasn't there.'
Certainly. We're adults. We
know it."
Sam Jr. has gained a reputation
as a fiery courtroom orator
whose closing argument two
years ago preceded R&B singer
R. Kelly's acquittal on child
pornography charges. His father
was also on the defense team in
that case.
The father and son bantered
before reporters on Wednesday,
joking about each other, in turn
smiling and shaking their heads
when the other was speaking,
sticking to a script familiar to
those who have followed them.
Blagojevich portrayed himself
in comments to reporters as
caught between the two —
leaning toward Sam Jr.'s
argument in favor of testifying,
but reluctantly accepting Sam
Sr.'s counsel that he shouldn't.
"Sam Jr. still at this moment
wanted me to testify and frankly
so did I," Blagojevich said about
their late-night discussions
Monday. "Sam Adam Sr.'s most
compelling argument, and I
believe the one that swayed me,
was that the government in their
case proved my innocence ...
there was nothing further for us
to add."
Only a few hours earlier, a calm
and confident Blagojevich stood
before U.S. District Judge James
B. Zagel.
"Is it your decision not to
testify?" Zagel asked.
"It is my decision," Blagojevich
responded, nodding slightly.
His attorneys rested his defense
without calling a single witness,
and prosecutors rested theirs.
Blagojevich, 53, has pleaded
not guilty to scheming to sell or
trade the Senate seat and to
plotting to launch a racketeering
operation in the governor's
office. His brother, Robert
Blagojevich, 54, of Nashville,
Tenn., has pleaded not guilty to
charges including taking part in
the alleged Senate seat scheme.
Trial lawyers said Blagojevich's
decision may have caught
prosecutors off guard and could
force them to adjust their
strategy, which included cross-
examining Blagojevich and
potentially offering tough
rebuttal witnesses.
"I think the government was
outfoxed by him," said Leonard
Cavise, a DePaul University law
professor.
Other observers said
Blagojevich's move is a high-
risk gamble that spared him
from a possible ordeal on the
witness stand but could backfire
with the jury.
"I think the cross-examination
would have been devastating,"
said Ron Safer, former head of
the criminal division of the U.S.
attorney's office and now in
private practice. "But I think the
silence is also devastating."
——
Associated Press Writer Don
Babwin contributed to this
report.
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reserved. This material may not
be published, broadcast,
rewritten or redistributed.
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Roly Ralking
Rug, Rat-
man!
(Woot! - One Day, One Deal)
Submitted at 7/21/2010 2:30:00 PM
How come when people try to
train their pets to "talk", "I love
you" is always the thing they
make them say? That's not hard.
OF COURSE they love their
owners. I'd tell anyone I loved
them if they walked me, fed me,
and cleaned up my poo. That's
why I got married, after all.
Seems to me that, if I were
going to train my dog to do
something that could get me
fifteen minutes of internet fame
on YouTube, I'd try to teach my
dog how to say something
infinitely more awesome. Like
this little guy:
Hmm. I wonder how many
table scraps I'd have to dole out
in order to get my dog to say "I
HAVE BECOME DEATH,
DESTROYER OF WORLDS".
Should go over well with the
neighbors.
54 Politics/ E-reader News Edition

“Lame Duck” Shouldn’t Equal “Last Chance”

Charlotte Davis (The Foundry: still-Republican-controlled they have no sense of morality
Conservative Policy News.) Senate would drop an or propriety. Republicans do
Submitted at 7/21/2010 6:00:08 PM “omnibus” bill containing the things like that because of their
outstanding appropriations bills (misplaced) sense of fair play
There have been several press in a conference report to the and ethics. Or, as is becoming
a c c o u n t s l a t e l y o u t l i n i n g Military Construction and increasingly obvious, they are
Democratic plans to hold off on Veterans Affairs Appropriations just stupid. The various
taking difficult votes before Act of 2007 to complete the committees of the Republican
November, and then to have a spending process. Party keep phoning me and
robust “lame duck” session in However, Senator DeMint sending pompously worded
N o v e m b e r a n d D e c e m b e r , blocked that process from letters and slanted “surveys”
where they can get the rest of moving forward, and another with the letter or survey
their liberal agenda and pork C R h a d t o b e p a s s e d o n ALWAYS ending with a request
passed. December 9. for money. There is no feeling
I couldn’t think of a worse idea At the time, DeMint was on my part that this “survey”
for America. chided. Pundits and fellow will ever be read by anyone
Not only are cap and trade, card Republicans speculated that other than a minimum wage
check, and ratification of the Reid and the Democrats would clerk or a volunteer and if noi
START being thrown around as just pass their own omnibus in money is pledged it will end up
possibly getting legislative J a n u a r y , w i t h e v e n m o r e in the trash.
action during the lame duck , spending and earmarks than the • Ben on July 21st, 2010 at
there will also be a need to wrap Republicans had in theirs. 7:00pm said: We should do
up the appropriations process, However, the CR expired on things the British way. If the
the process that determines$3.6 F e b r u a r y 1 5 , a n d S e n a t e prime minister is booted out, he
t r i l l i o n w o r t h o f f e d e r a l majority leader Harry Reid has less than 24 hours to leave
spending every year. passed a CR for the rest of the Downing St. The entire premise
A better idea for America, and fiscal year. The end result? of the lame duck session is
Americans’ pocketbooks, is 10,000 less earmarks than the ridiculous.
instead to look at the 2006/2007 year before, and only a 2.4%
transition as a model. By the i n c r e a s e i n d i s c r e t i o n a r y the lame duck session, but it congressional representatives You can follow any responses
time the 2006 elections rolled spending from FY2006 (the year should vow to leave wasteful could go home long before any to this entry through the RSS 2.0
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maintains the level of spending others and use the time to block Senate Republicans would allow they need now; they have an
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The original plan was that the may have a lot on its plate for the public’s business – all the mahority after November 2. and
E-reader News Edition Politics/ 55

To START or Not To START? Should It Even Be a Question?

Ricky Trotman (The Foundry: making sure that neither side negotiation record will clarify
Conservative Policy News.) was cheating, and avoiding a the language in the preamble
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:00:54 AM breakthrough that could have regarding offensive vs.
changed the strategic balance. defensive capabilities and
In an interview with National The new START reflects the determine whether that language
Journal(subscription necessary) fact that the Russians are now affects the U.S. missile defense
Senator Richard Lugar (R–IN), really looking for stability, and system.
r e s p o n d s t o a s e r i e s o f they want to avoid a race to This treaty impacts the very
objections to the new START greater numbers of nuclear foundation of our national
Treaty and outlines why he weapons.” The only problem is security. The Senate must not
b e l i e v e s r a t i f i c a t i o n i s that under START I, as noted by rush this debate.
necessary. the U.S. Department of State, Ricky Trotman is currently a
Sen. Lugar addresses the Bureau of Verification and member of the Young Leaders
question of tactical nuclear Compliance, it is clear that Program at the Heritage
weapons, yet gives a less than Russia cheated. If the new Foundation. For more
satisfactory response. He states, START Treaty is less about information on interning at
“A large percentage of Russia’s detecting cheating (which is Heritage, please visit: http://
short-range tactical weapons are obvious, given the reduction of www.heritage.org/about/
actually deployed along its on-the-ground inspections and departments/ylp.cfm
border with China.” While he overall rigor in verification Tags: china, INF, Intermediate-
states a problem, he ultimately procedures), there is much to Range Nuclear Forces, New
fails to connect the dots. worry about if this treaty is START, Russia, verification
By not addressing Russia’s ratified. You can follow any responses
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56 Politics/ Gaming/ E-reader News Edition

New START: White House Figures Are

Deceptive
Baker Spring (The Foundry: radically and unilaterally change
Conservative Policy News.) its nuclear deterrence doctrine.
This recommendation comes
Submitted at 7/21/2010 5:00:14 PM
despite the fact that New
Thor and Amaterasu
According to press reports, an START’s ceiling is 1,550 descend into Marvel
undisclosed State Department accountable warheads and
report on the new strategic arms Russia plans to maintain in
vs. Capcom 3
control treaty with Russia, excess of 2,000 real warheads. JC Fletcher (Joystiq)
called New START, reveals that Apparently, the Obama Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:35:00 AM
the Obama Administration is not Administration’s assertions
concerned about the about the kind of strategic Marvel.com seems to have
implications of Russian cheating nuclear force the U.S. would accidentally revealed two more
under the treaty. Specifically, retain under New START in its Marvel vs. Capcom 3 characters
the State Department report Nuclear Posture Review is little ahead of time. Character art and
supposedly states that “any more than subterfuge. screenshots depicting Thor and
Russian cheating under the Tags: deployed strategic Okami's Amaterasu appeared in
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any, on the assured second- deployed strategic nuclear game, though it seems to have
strike capabilities of U.S. f o r c e i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h fold advantage in the numbers w a r h e a d s , F e d e r a t i o n o f been taken down since.
strategic forces.” R u s s i a ’ s l e s s e r n e a r - t e r m of deployed strategic nuclear American Scientists, minimum However, because sites like
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Epic
Matt Roush (TVGuide.com: murderous machinations of the
Breaking News) endlessly scheming villains
(most notably McShane
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hamming it up as a cunningly
Company of Heroes
Pillars of the Earth ambitious church official). Online seeking beta
They really don't make them Amid the beheadings and
like this anymore. And we're not hangings, revenge plots and recruits
talking about 12 th-century repetitive armed sieges, there's Alexander Sliwinski (Joystiq)
Gothic cathedrals. The Pillars of matricide, a witch hunt, murder, Submitted at 7/22/2010 8:00:00 AM
the Earth, a sprawling historical rape and other calamities. One
melodrama based on Ken prays for relief, but first they've Company of Heroes Online,
Follett's mammoth bestseller, got to finish that blasted church. Relic's freemium real-time
conjures nostalgic memories of Along its bloody, irresistibly strategy title, has opened up
the days of yore, way back in hokey path, Pillars builds a case registration for its upcoming
the 20 th century, when for restoring the mega closed beta. To receive a code,
networks devoted entire weeks miniseries to its former glory. applicants will have to make
to "event" miniseries like Shogun 2, anyone? sure to check both "Receive
Shogun, The Winds of War, The through the royal and religious several decades of twists and The Pillars of the Earth News" and "Receive Offers"
Thorn Birds, Lonesome Dove, intrigues that swirl around the turns, many of them tragic, premieres Friday, July 23, and when making their account, as
t o n a m e a m e m o r a b l e construction of a cathedral in an there's rarely a dull moment. airs through August 27, 10/9, on beta keys will be sent out using
few—although in this case, otherwise unassuming English There aren't all that many Starz the opt-in mailing list. A post on
North and South is the best market town. credible moments, either, not Subscribe to TV Guide the CoHO site states that a
comparison. It gives juicy roles to a large that it matters once you get M a g a z i n e n o w ! limited number of keys will go
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Fringe: Five Questions for the Cast Nate Corddry to Star in

TV Guide Magazine News
(TVGuide.com: Breaking
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Brown: I'd probably be either a
therapist or a math teacher. I
think at some point I would like
NBC's New Series,
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Lance Reddick
to teach.
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Reddick's favorite superheroes could compete on one reality actors the worst feeling must be
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questions with Josh Jackson, because I know Cloris series. Right before you're fired,
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Keck's Exclusives: Castle's New

Menace
William Keck (TVGuide.com:
Breaking News)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:48:00 AM

Stana Katic and Nathan Fillion

I am delighted to have been
asked to moderate Comic-Con's
first-ever Castle panel this
coming Sunday in San Diego. If
you're there, please come see me
have fun with Nathan Fillion
and his co-stars. Now here's a
little exclusive Castle Season 3
scoopage for you.
Save for a special two-parter,
Rick Castle and Kate Beckett
have been successful in
apprehending their killers at the
end of every episode.
Unfortunately for the sexy
sleuths, that's about to change
around the seventh episode of
the new season.
"We're creating an incredibly
manipulative villain who will
get away and become a thorn in
their sides," teases creator
Andrew Marlowe, who hopes
his serial killer, known as '3xK'
because he kills in threes, "will
have the delicious appeal of a
Hannibal Lecter." Yikes! Let's
just hope 3xK doesn't turn Rick
(who'll be a murder suspect
himself in the Sept. 20 season
premiere) into a...white Castle
burger. Sorry. I promise my
material will be better on
Steve Carell Hints of an
Sunday (10:30 am, Room
6BCF).
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as much on'Late
Night'(weeknights, 12:37AM
ET on NBC). The studio
audience cheered and gave a
standing ovation.
Umm, no... Just kidding.
(Dude! That's mean.) But he
then described a Ron Burgundy
rendition with even more
appeal: a Broadway musical,
with the film's original cast.
"Sort of as the Marx brothers
did their stage show, we would
develop bits and things within
the show. And then at the end of
the Broadway run, we would go
shoot a movie," said Carell.
They're all "down with it," but
director Adam McKay and Will
Ferrell"can't seem to connect
with whatever they need to do."
Maybe everyone's waiting to see
how'Elf' does on the Great
White Way.
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How do you deal with rude salespeople? Ask Our

Consumer Reports Shopping
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What tactics and behaviors on
the part of customers do you
find inconsiderate or
Submitted at 7/22/2010 7:13:13 AM
intolerable?
How do you deal with rude To get the ball rolling, here's a
salespeople?
snapshot of some of the
Last winter, I shared my tale of
comments that readers passed
being accosted by an
along following my original
overzealous salesperson at a
blog post about my
local mall. Worse than the her
misadventures at the mall:
aggressive, take-no-prisoners
• You're way too polite. The
attempt to bully me into buying
very last time, I had enough of it
her handy-dandy nail-care
and without much thought, I
products, was my stammering,
think I shocked myself and a
wimpy response. She caught me
rather unsuspecting salesman
off guard and I never really
with a tirade of profanities I
recovered.
didn't think I even knew! It
Many of you commented on my
worked, though.
predicament with personalized
• Society has changed. No one
tips on how to effectively deal
seems to know what a personal
with difficult salespeople. Now,
boundary is anymore. We seem
we'd like to turn the best of
to have morphed into me-first,
those suggestions into a
I'm entitled, you're-in-my-way-
Consumer Reports article, in
from-making-a-buck, society.
time for this holiday season, to
It's time to fight back.
help other shoppers avoid,
• W hen I'm shopping with my
defuse, or stand up to retailer
husband I let him do the
rudeness.
"thanks, but no thanks."
Of course, bad behavior is a
Somehow, some way, he
two-way street, and there are
developed the ability to be
plenty of boorish customers who
listened to. I think it's because
treat salespeople like dirt. So,
he doesn't smile at all, while I
we'd also like to hear from store
smile when I'm nervous.
clerks, managers, and other
• I've developed this harrowed
customer-service folks who
look. It's the look of hitting the
have to interact with the public.
mall with a toddler in tow. A lot
of parents have it. It's cool to
imitate it from other people if
you don't have a toddler of your
own. It's a cross between
exasperation and madness. I get
left alone more times than not.
• Walking faster past places
where you know you will
encounter pushy salespeople
works, too. It makes you pick up
your breathing rate and if you
don't look in their direction, they
won't bother you. They know
you're in a hurry.
• For the truly tenacious and
audacious, a capacity for non
sequitur is a great help: no
matter what the hook, "No thank
you; excuse me; goodbye" is my
response.
• If someone really happens to
annoy me despite repeated
attempts on my part to maintain
politeness, I stop, look them
straight in the eye, and say, "I
have already said no. Thank you
anyway," with a very clear,
serious emphasis, and walk off.
If I hear so much as a mutter
behind me, I head straight to the
supervisor and report that one of
the employees is treating
customers disrepectfully and
that I'm sure they will want to
know since it's so bad for
business.
• I tend to be polite, but pointed
with people who are pushy.
People who poke and grab get
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Health insurers raise rates while building huge Quick

surpluses Chicken
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(Consumer Reports)
location of the enrollees. And
our research shows that insurers
have learned to predict claims so
states, rate increases in property
insurance face significant
scrutiny from state authorities,
Dinners
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well that they have not actually while health insurance rates get
Health insurers raise rates while suffered much in the way of far less. But the health insurance
building huge surpluses Time: 40 minutes
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attention to what the insurance
$3 aspirins hospitals dole out, or surpluses. These rate hikes $717.1 million, which is more companies want and why they Serve with Mascarpone Mashed
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insurance companies may be avoided if companies applied regulators consider to be the State insurance commissioners cubed peeled Yukon gold
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Michelin Smart Jumper
Home-cooked dinners can help kids avoid being Cables with Automatic
Polarity Adjustment
overweight Woot (Woot! - One Day, One
Deal)
Artemis Dibenedetto meals eaten on-the-run from the The researchers speculated that
(Consumer Reports) back of the car, while I’m some of the beneficial effects of Submitted at 7/22/2010 12:00:21 AM

Submitted at 7/22/2010 1:59:59 AM refilling Mom’s Taxi at the gas dinner with family are due to the
station. At the height of the fact that meals prepared at home Don’t Let’s Smart
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around the table at dinner. An season, condense “weekend” to topics such as how often they acquire several more hours in more than one thing I hate – it’s
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much. If an intense electrical
shock every once in a while was
good enough for my Dad, it’s
good enough for me. Now, if
you’ll excuse me, Mr. Super-

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Fanboys: After work, Dyson Alabama coach Nick Saban

engineers float an idea
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Submitted at 7/22/2010 4:59:59 AM
Fanboys: After work, Dyson
engineers float an idea Take one
blue balloon, a bevy of bladeless
fans and some Dyson engineers
with time on their hands and
you’ve got the latest YouTube
sensation. In a “couple of
evenings after work” the
engineers set up a series of the
fancy fans and released a
balloon near the first. The
airborne orb is sucked through
the fan and then through the
next and on and on it goes
winding its way through the
warehouse.
The engineers claim that the
stunt shows how inducement
and entrainment works on the
“Air Multiplier” but to us it just
looks like a whole lot of fun.
Which makes us curious about
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when discussing the improper
contact with athletes by
unscrupulous agents, comparing
their behavior to that of a
"pimp."
The Alabama coach was upset
about the rash of recent agent-
related incidents that have
resulted in NCAA investigations
at several Southeastern
Conference schools.
"I don't think it's anything but
greed that's creating it right now
on behalf of the agents," Saban
said in a rant at the Southeastern
Conference media days. "The
agents that do this -- and I hate
to say this, but how are they any
better than a pimp?
"I have no respect for people
who do that to young people.
None. How would you feel if
they did it to your child?" Saban
said.
Secret's out on agent issue
The Topic Du Jour at SEC
media days was obvious. Agents
dominated the conversation.
Coaches, players, the aggrieved
and the accused went on the
offensive, but the debate is far
from over, writes Pat Forde.
Story
Agents, not national titles, was
the primary topic on Day 1 at
the Wynfrey Hotel. Three SEC
teams -- Florida, Alabama and
South Carolina -- are
investigating allegations
involving improper contact with
an agent. Saban and SEC
commissioner Mike Slive both
emphatically said it was time for
a change to NCAA rules
governing agents.
Saban confirmed that Alabama
is looking into a trip defensive
end Marcell Dareus took to an
agent's party at Miami's South
Beach. South Carolina is
looking into claims from the
same South Beach party with
tight end Weslye Saunders.
Georgia associate athletic
director Claude Felton
confirmed that the NCAA
requested permission late
Wednesday afternoon to
conduct an inquiry on the
Bulldogs' campus. He would not
say what the inquiry was about
or whether it was related to the
South Beach party.
"This is all we can say," Felton
said.
Florida and the NCAA are
reportedly investigating whether
offensive lineman Maurkice
Pouncey-- now an NFL rookie --
received $100,000 from a sports
agent's representative between
the SEC championship game
and the Sugar Bowl.
Pouncey denied the allegation.
"I did not accept $100,000, it is
an absolutely ridiculous claim,"
he said in a statement through
his attorney. "I have completely
cooperated with the
investigation and answered any
and all questions put to me."
Florida coach Urban Meyer
said the Gators support
Pouncey.
"If something happened, we
should be punished severely,"
Meyer said. "If it didn't happen,
then it's nonsense. I heard his
denial today and we stand by
Maurkice Pouncey."
The player's twin brother,
Florida offensive lineman Mike
Pouncey, said they have both
cooperated with investigators.
"I talked to my brother and it's
not true," Mike Pouncey said.
"He pretty much cleared that up
in his statement. I feel bad about
it because they're ruining
somebody's name and they
really don't know who my
brother and I are. We pride
ourselves on having a good,
clean name. It's just hard right
now.
"I'm just ready to be done with
it," he said. Mike & Mike in the
Morning
NFLPA executive director
DeMaurice Smith explains the
NFLPA's stance against agents
acting improperly with college
players. Plus, he updates the
latest on the collective
bargaining talks.
Saban said he wants the NFL
Players Association to get
involved and suspend agents
whose dealings help cost players
eligibility, sending a message
through their bank accounts.
"That's the only way we're going
to stop this happening, because
it's ridiculous and it's
entrapment for young people at
a very difficult time in their
life," the former Miami
Dolphins coach said. "It's very
difficult for the NCAA to
control it, and it's very unfair to
college football.
"I think we should look into
doing something about that," he
said.
Meyer said it's impossible for a
coach to keep agents or their
"runners" off campus and said
they need to be "severely
punished" by either state laws or
the NFL for wrongdoing.
"It's epidemic right now," he
said. "It's always been there, but
I think we've reached a point
where the magnitude of college
football is really overwhelming.
We've really got to keep an eye
on that."
The NFL itself, though, seems
unlikely to get involved. Told of
Meyer's comments, league
spokesman Greg Aiello noted in
an e-mail exchange with The
Associated Press: "The agents
are regulated by the union."
Asked whether the NFL might
prod the NFLPA on the matter,
Aiello wrote: "The union's
comments make clear that no
encouragement is necessary."
NFLPA assistant executive
director George Atallah wrote in
an e-mail to the AP: "We take
violations of NFLPA rules by
agents seriously and investigate
them vigilantly. This situation is
no different."
Atallah's boss, NFLPA
executive director DeMaurice
Smith, voiced an even stronger
stance in an appearance on
ESPN Radio earlier Wednesday
-- before Saban's remarks.
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"I think that any agent or
contract adviser who does that,
and preys upon kids like that in
college, is something that we're
going to deal with extremely
aggressively," Smith said.
"Frankly, god help those agents
if they're found to be in
violation, because I've given our
players ... the green light to take
the most aggressive steps that
they want to take.
"If those steps include me or
someone else in our office
making a criminal referral under
certain circumstances, that's
what we'll do," he said.
Slive said he wanted the NCAA
to change its philosophy for
dealing with agents from one
based on rules enforcement to a
policy that is more oriented
toward educating student-
athletes.
He said the current NCAA rules
"may be as much part of the
problem as they are the
solution."
In statement released
Wednesday afternoon, Rachel
Newman-Baker, the NCAA's
director of agent, gambling and
amateurism, said the governing
body is reviewing its policies
but pointed out that schools can
"change or amend the agent
rules through the normal
legislative process."
"NCAA rules allow
conversations and information
gathering between agents and
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BOSTON -- Ralph Houk, who
guided the powerhouse New
York Yankees of the early
1960s to two World Series
championships during his 20
years as a big league manager,
died Wednesday. He was 90.
Houk also skippered the Detroit
Tigers and the Boston Red Sox
in a managerial career that
spanned three decades.
Houk's Career Retrospective
Ralph Houk holds a unique
place in the Yankees-Red Sox
rivalry since he's one of four to
manage both the teams. Blog
Red Sox spokesman Dick
Bresciani said Houk's grandson,
Houk died at his home in Winter
Haven, Fla. Slaboden, who lives
in the Boston area, wrote in an e
"died peacefully of natural
causes after having a brief
illness."
Before reaching the big leagues
with the Yankees in 1947, Houk
served in the Army in World
War II and rose to the rank of
major -- a moniker that stuck
even when he returned to
Houk spent parts of eight
seasons as a backup catcher for
New York, appearing in just 91
games. Former Yankees
shortstop Tony Kubek, who
played for Houk in the minors
and majors with New York, said
Houk learned a lot about
handling a pitching staff from
working with Hall of Famer
catchers Yogi Berra and Bill
Dickey in the bullpen.
"He had the Yankees' spirit, the
Yankees' winning attitude,"
Kubek told The Associated
Press in a phone interview. "He
had all the qualities that make a
special manager."
Houk managed 3,157 games
and won 1,619 with a winning
percentage of .514. He followed
Casey Stengel as Yankees
manager in 1961 and was
George Steinbrenner's first
manager for New York in 1973.
He resigned after one year
working for the Boss and moved
on to Detroit.
Houk managed the Tigers from
1974-78. His final stint in the
dugout came with Boston from
1981-84.
"People forget that before he
was a manager, he was a war
hero and he was a catcher for a
lot of years," Tigers radio
analyst Jim Price said. "He was
a great guy, I knew him very
well, and everyone that played
for him loved him."
It's been a tough couple of
weeks for the Yankees
organization, which has lost
three notable figures from its
storied history in the last 10
days. Longtime public address
announcer Bob Sheppard died
on July 11 and iconic owner
Steinbrenner passed away two
days later.
Houk's best seasons as a
manager were his first three in
New York. He took over the
Yankees in 1961 and behind
Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris
the team won 109 games and a
World Series championship.
The Yankees repeated as
champions in 1962 and won the
AL pennant in 1963, but were
swept by the Los Angeles
Dodgers in the World Series.
Houk managed a handful of
Hall of Famers in New York,
but Kubek said he was an
integral part of the team's
success.
"Sometimes when you have
good players, you can mess it up
and he didn't do that," he said.
"He didn't overmanage. He was
probably, more than a strategist,
a handler of men."
Houk moved into the front
office after the series loss to the
Dodgers, serving as Yankees
general manager in 1964 and
'65. He returned to managing the
Yankees in 1966 and held the
job until 1973, but he only had
four more winning seasons and
never finished better than
second place.
The Lawrence, Kan., native had
only one winning season with
the Tigers, his last in 1978.
"Ralph was a great baseball man
who handled his players well
and they played hard for him,"
Tigers Hall of Famer Al Kaline
said in a statement released by
the team. "He was well
respected and a fun guy to be
around. I enjoyed playing for
him during my last year."
Longtime Braves manager
Bobby Cox played for Houk
with the Yankees in 1968-69.
"Great guy. Great guy," Cox
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said Wednesday night after
Atlanta lost to San Diego in 12
innings. "Sorry to hear that. I
love Ralph. He was just
outstanding."
Houk came out of retirement at
the age of 61 to become Red
Sox manager. He had three
winning seasons before retiring
for good in 1984, leaving behind
the core of a team that would
reach the World Series in 1986.
"He was a great players'
manager, a real good guy and a
tough son of a gun," Dodgers
manager Joe Torre said. "I got
to know him after his managing
days, and he's a great credit to
the Yankees, Red Sox and
Tigers organizations."
But he'll most be remembered
as a Yankee.
"He was just a wonderful guy,
loyal to his players," Kubek
said. "The Major was just a
great person."
Houk is survived by his
daughter, Donna Houk
Slaboden, his son Robert Houk
and four grandchildren and 10
great-grandchildren.
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LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles he said, smiling. Broxton before Andres Torres rule the veteran manager said he He said Sherrill should have
D o d g e r s p i t c h e r C l a y t o n Torre received a one-game came up. Mattingly took a few wasn't clear on until asked Johnson for more time.
Kershaw, manager Joe Torre s u s p e n s i o n f o r K e r s h a w ' s steps off the dirt toward the Wednesday. "Nobody told George that he
and bench coach Bob Schaefer actions after plate umpire dugout before turning around Instead, reliever George Sherrill had as many as he had," Torre
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as a result of incidents in the warning to both benches in the James Loney what depth to play customary eight warm-up but evidently the umpire behind
team's loss to the San Francisco fifth inning. at. pitches when the rules state he the plate didn't know that
Giants a night earlier. Torre was set to serve his Giants manager Bruce Bochy should have had unlimited warm because he did go out and tell
More On The Dodgers suspension Wednesday night in protested that Mattingly's about- -ups. George that there was a warning
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Bob Watson, vice president in general manager Ned Colletti. "That's not the first mistake I've without being loose," Torre said. didn't know that rule because
charge of discipline, rules and "Hopefully, last night was about made and it's not going to be the Mike Port, vice president of he's the one that stopped him."
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student-athletes, but agreements
and receiving extra benefits are
not permitted," the statement
said. "The NCAA Division I
Amateurism Cabinet, a group of
individuals from across
membership with representation
by 21 conferences, is currently
reviewing how the NCAA can
continue to help student-athletes
gather information about
pursuing a career in professional
athletics."
Improper contact with agents is
hardly just an SEC issue, and it
appears the rest of college
football is paying attention.
At Miami, players said
Wednesday they're reminded
"constantly" about the rules
prohibiting contact with agents.
And the investigations that have
come out in recent days led to a
reiteration of those rules,
Hurricanes wide receiver LaRon
Byrd said.
"It's kind of crazy," Byrd said.
"You look at things like that,
and I feel like those guys are
being selfish, not looking out for
the team. That's something we
always instill. It's all about
teamwork here. I would not put
my teammates in danger, in
jeopardy of losing games or
damaging this program because
I want to be greedy and take
gifts or take things."
Alabama is among SEC schools
who use former NFL executive
Joe Mendes to counsel players
and families about dealing with
agents. Heisman Trophy-
winning running back Mark
Ingram said Tide players are
educated about dealing with
agents or their representatives.
"We have a great program in our
organization that teaches us how
to deal with situations like that,"
said Ingram, a junior.
"Everybody is educated on how
to deal with situations and how
to approach those situations.
"My focus is on this team and
this football season. Anything
else is irrelevant," he said.
Tide junior linebacker Dont'a
Hightower said he hasn't
personally been contacted by
agents.
"We try to keep away from
things like that and not bring it
into the team," Hightower said.
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Wants Trade Out of
New Orleans
Will Brinson (FanHouse Main)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 8:35:00 AM
Filed under: Heat, Hornets,
Knicks, Lakers, Magic, NBA
Rumors Chris Paul joked at
Carmelo Anthony's wedding
that he, 'Melo and Amar'e
Stoudemire could form a new
super team to challenge LeBron
James, Dwyane Wade and Chris
Bosh in Miami.
Ken Berger of
CBSSports.com's report from
Wednesday takes all the funny
out of that toast for Hornets fans
though, because the word on the
street is that Paul wants to get
traded before the 2010-11
season.
According to Berger's source,
Paul has "put into motion an
aggressive exit strategy that will
accelerate in the coming weeks"
with the end result being Paul
joining one of the following
supposedly preferred teams: the
Knicks, the Magic and the
Lakers.
"He wants out," said the person,
who has been briefed on Paul's
strategy but spoke on condition
of anonymity because he was
not authorized to discuss it
publicly. "He wants to play with
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another superstar. He wants to
follow LeBron's model of
teaming up with other great
players." The underlying logic
behind Paul's desire to exit New
Orleans is a combination of a)
having slowly seen what was a
championship caliber team in
the Bayou erode around him and
b) watching The Three Am-egos
join up South Beach to make a
run at a dynasty.
Needless to say, the outcome of
any Paul trade from the Hornets
to one of those teams -- all three
of whom would instantly
become must-watch television;
the Magic and Lakers would
hop the Heat for title faves --
would have long-lasting,
cataclysmic ripples across the
NBA.
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Armstrong Would Be Biggest Fraud Carl Edwards Docked Points,
of All
Jay Mariotti (FanHouse Main)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 12:10:00 AM
Filed under: Cycling PARIS --
In the ultimate drubbing of an
embattled man, they are
ridiculing him as a wimpy has-
been, a ceremonial rider, a
hapless greeter who shakes
hands and kisses babies, just
another spectator watching the
race he used to dominate. All
through France, all through the
cycling domain, Lance
Armstrong is seen now as a
wobbling legend who stuck
around much too long and, by
doing so, faces dire
consequences that might not
have arisen had he simply
stayed in retirement.
Harsh? Not at all. Because if a
federal investigation finds that
Armstrong has used
performance-enhancing drugs,
just as other probes have linked
so many other athletes to
steroids, then what do we tell
the cancer patients who use him
for inspiration, the people who
stand along the road at the Tour
de France and hold signs that
say "Hope'' and "Never Give
Up!'' and consider him a god?
What about the millions who
wear the yellow LIVESTRONG
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Fined, Put on Probation for
Nationwide Incident
FanHouse Newswire
(FanHouse Main)
Submitted at 7/21/2010 3:34:00 PM
Filed under: Carl Edwards,
NASCAR Crashes, Nationwide
Series, NASCAR(AP) --
NASCAR docked star Carl
Edwards 60 Nationwide Series
driver points, fined him $25,000
and placed both Edwards and
Brad Keselowski on probation
through Dec. 31 following their
last-lap antics at Gateway 4. Keselowski slid toward the
International Raceway. inside wall before being struck
Jack Roush, owner of Edwards' by several opponents, his car a
No. 60 Ford, was also docked shattered mess as it crossed the
60 owner points after the latest finish line in 14th while
Edwards celebrated his second
bracelets that have symbolized beginning, sit up and enjoy it. run-in between the feuding win of the season.
his mission against the disease Look around, look at people, drivers ended with a chain Though NASCAR has publicly
he beat? listen to people. There's nothing reaction accident that left encouraged drivers to police
It's disturbing enough to see wrong with that. I'm not going Keselowski's No. 22 Dodge in themselves by encouraging a
him crash his bike regularly, go to win the Tour.'' Who wants to tatters and another nine cars "boys, have at it" philosophy,
limp on the mountain climbs wander into Europe for the sustaining damage last weekend. director of competition Robin
that used to be his signature and event that defined Armstrong Edwards and Keselowski were Pemberton said Keselowski and
fail to win even one stage of and witness a deterioration in battling for the lead on the final Edwards took things a little too
what he swears -- and we hope - the painful vein of Willie Mays lap when Keselowski nudged far even though Edwards
- will be his final Tour. It's sad with no bat speed, Muhammad Edwards out of the way coming maintained afterward he was not
enough to hear the beast shrivel Ali fighting a mixed martial out of Turn 2. Edwards returned at fault. NASCAR disagreed.
into a mouse, uttering such artist, Ken Griffey Jr. falling the favor a few seconds later,
wave-the-white-flag mush as, asleep in the clubhouse or sending Keselowski into the
"Once you know you're not J o h n n y U n i t a s t h r o w i n g outside wall coming out of Turn
going to be the best guy, then interceptions for the Chargers?
I'm going to, like I said in the
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The Audacity of Two
Dopes: Mike Garrett
and Pete Carroll
David Whitley (FanHouse
Main)
Submitted at 7/21/2010 6:55:00 PM
Filed under: USC, Coaching,
General CFB Insanity Mike
Garrett (right) will be packing
up his office soon. Somewhere
on his desk, buried under all the
candy wrappers and doodles,
there has to be an NCAA rules
manual.
If only he'd have remembered
to look at it every few years,
USC wouldn't be O.J.-deep in
trouble. Here's the latest for
those scoring at home:
Four years probation.
Two missing persons.
One Heisman Trophy available
soon on eBay.
In the latest bit of damage
control, USC is returning its
replica of Reggie Bush's trophy
and erasing all traces of Bush
and O.J. Mayo. No jerseys, no
murals, no oil spots in the
driveway where they used to
park their tricked-out rides.
It will be as if they were never
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NCAA Adding Georgia
to Agent Probe
FanHouse Staff (FanHouse
Main)
Submitted at 7/21/2010 8:00:00 PM
Filed under: Georgia, SEC
Although Georgia wide receiver
A.J. Green has denied attending
a recently celebrated Miami
South Beach party hosted by an
agent, NCAA officials are
expected to interview him in
regards to his connection with
the host and event.
Georgia associate athletic officials, coaches and student
director Claude Felton told athletes decline to comment
reporters on Wednesday that the until the inquiry is completed.
NCAA has requested permission Green, considered one of the
to conduct an inquiry on top three wide receivers in the
there. Sort of like Garrett and country, told Sports Illustrated
campus.
Pete Carroll. that he did not attend the party
Felton told The Associated
That's why the administrators held over Memorial Day
Press that Georgia will fully
should be getting the same weekend in Miami.
cooperate with the investigation
treatment as the athletes. USC "I never went to South Beach,"
and that the NCAA has asked
should remove all photos and Green told SI.com.
that athletic association
references to its ex-coach and
athletic director. The jocks were
NCAA outlaws, but none of this
would have happened under
proper adult supervision.
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2
Andrew Yoon (Joystiq)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:02:00 AM
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate
Ninja Storm 2 aims to deliver
what any sequel should strive to
offer: expanding on the original
game's strengths while
diminishing its weaknesses.
While the first Ultimate Ninja
Storm was far from a perfect
game, it delivered an incredibly
polished (and most importantly,
faithful) recreation of the first
seasons in the Naruto series.
With a number of significant
enhancements being made for
UNS2, there's good reason for
hardcore fans to get excited.
Undoubtedly, the most
noteworthy aspect of the first
Naruto game on PS3 had to be
its graphics. Many of the
anime's biggest moments were
recreated using the in-game
engine, arguably besting the
visuals found in the original
series. While we haven't seen
the Xbox 360 port in action, the
PS3 sequel still retains the
vibrant, authentic look of a hand
-drawn cartoon. It's hard to say
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Final, Ultimate Spider-
Man: Shattered
Dimensions universe
revealed
Griffin McElroy (Joystiq)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 10:19:00 AM
As deduced by our industry-
leading experts on men who are
also spiders, the fourth and final
Spider-Man: Shattered
Dimensions universe will be
Ultimate. That is to say, it will
be set in the Marvel Comic
if the graphics have gotten fights have gotten much more Continue reading Preview: Ultimate universe -- we can't
better, but there are definitely dynamic than before. My fight Naruto Shippuden Ultimate v o u c h f o r i t s r e l a t i v e
moments in UNS2 that are against Kakashi was lengthy, Ninja Storm 2 "ultimateness" quite yet.
simply jaw dropping. and moved from one arena to Preview: Naruto Shippuden So, what's different about this
The combat system has, for the another. The enemy AI has a U l t i m a t e N i n j a S t o r m 2 one? Well, according to IGN's
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using their suit's increased
offensive capabilities. Whip
swaths of enemies with your
Spidey-tendrils, shoot web-
spikes out of your chest, or
summon black spikes from the
ground to wreck enemies' shops.
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Tactics Ogre remake for It’s no secret that Nokia’s

North America
JC Fletcher (Joystiq) players can use alongside the
game's existing magic and
Submitted at 7/22/2010 10:50:00 AM
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We didn't have to wait long at There's still some waiting
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Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo addressed
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failure to compete in the looking for a new CEO. “I’m
smartphone arena is hurting its
business, and it shows in the
not in a position here and now to
really shed any more light on
company’s Q2 financial results. the topic,” he said. “There has
Although Nokia’s net sales been a lot of speculation on my
were slightly more than €10 to a higher proportion of lower- position, on myself, during the
billion (roughly $13 billion) and priced converged mobile device last couple of weeks and that is
actually increased 1% compared s a l e s a n d p r i c e p r e s s u r e , not good for Nokia and must be
to Q2 2009, profit before tax in particularly in certain high-end brought to an end one way or
the second quarter of 2010 was smartphones.” another,” he added cryptically.
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About Flipboard and reading

surfaces
(Scripting News) a proposal to the content tools
Submitted at 7/22/2010 4:45:35 AM vendors (of which I happen to
be one) and say this: If you want
A few days ago Scoble posted a to produce content flows that
tweet saying that he had seen look beautiful in our
the Excel or Pagemaker for the environment, here's how to do
iPad platform. It turns out that it. Let us either put hints in our
product is Flipboard, from Mike source code for you, or create
McCue, who I know from new renderings of our source
Netscape days. Mike went on to
he's been using it for hundreds code specifically to be viewed in Poplar Science: Custom Proteins Drawn
found Tellme which sold to the new environment.
Microsoft.
of hours and still likes it. That's
a point in their favor, Scoble I want to get this idea out there from Genetically Engineered Trees
I haven't been able to use
Flipboard yet, their servers are
really works this stuff. as soon as possible. Mike is a
smart guy, and I'm sure he has
Expand Silicon Chips' Memory Capacity
Normally I wouldn't write a Rebecca Boyle (Popular increasing capacity, according
too busy, but from Scoble's hired some smart people. I don't
piece until I'd had a chance to Science - New Technology, to a university news release. The
video and their website, I think I doubt that they've thought of
use a product, but this time I Science News, The Future findings were published in the
understand what the product is. this. The question is -- have they Now)
want to put a question out there journal Nature Nanotechnology.
Prior art: Pointcast, Netscape's done it?
about the architecture and The technology involves
initial RSS aggregator, Daylife And more broadly, there Submitted at 7/21/2010 5:03:04 PM
plumbing, and see what comes Poplar-Enhanced Computers In genetically engineering poplar
(a NY company I have invested certainly are others working in
back. the future, improved computer- proteins so they can hybridize
in). this area. How can we all work
With no disrespect, Flipboard is memory systems might use with the silica nanoparticles.
If subscribes to your Twitter together to boot up a great new
a scraper. It takes content flows proteins found in poplar trees. The nanoparticles attach to the
and Facebook feeds, grabs links level of reading and writing, on
that weren't intended for this via Flickr/ Matt McGee inner pore of the protein, and the
to pictures and stories your the iPad and elsewhere?
kind of presentation and In the future, we won't need poplar pores are arranged in an
friends point to, and presents I want to be clear -- I'm on the
repurposes them. How could rare-earth elements to make array of molecular memory
them in a visually appealing authoring tools side of this.
they do otherwise, it's a chicken- powerful computers. We can use elements.
way. Behind the scenes there's a Aside from my small investment
and-egg situation. Right now poplar trees. Engineers in Israel The research team, led by Prof.
lot of RSS (hence the in Daylife, I have no stake in the
there is no content that is have figured out how to use Danny Porath at the Institute of
connection to Netscape's RSS reader side, at least not at this
specifically designed for a protein molecules from poplars C h e m i s t r y a t H e b r e w
aggregator), but it's not a River time.
Flipboard-like environment. But to improve computer memory. University, found the memory
of News, it's a "magazine style" For background, I explained
now that their product exists, it The technique uses silica elements can carry out stable
reader. It is initially appealing, this idea in a piece earlier this
seems we have one half of the nanoparticles combined with computing activity. They hope
but I'm not sure whether it is month.
puzzle in place, why not put out poplar proteins, according to the technology can provide an
useful over time. Scoble says
researchers at the Hebrew alternative to current computer
University of Jerusalem. memory fabrication processes.
The nano-poplar approach [ PhysOrg]
marks a new way to miniaturize
memory elements while also
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New Redshift-Scanning Technique Could Create
Map of the Universe with 500 Times More Detail
Clay Dillow (Popular Science -
New Technology, Science
News, The Future Now)
Submitted at 7/21/2010 4:30:42 PM
The Cosmic Web of the
Universe Nickolay Y. Gnedin,
Nature, 435 (2 June 2005)
It took mankind centuries to
map the Earth, and even with all
of the indexed knowledge in the
world behind it Google can't
always figure out exactly where
the nearest Pinkberry is. So one
might imagine how even with
the amazing leaps in technology
over past decades, mapping the
universe is no small
undertaking. But a new
technique could allow cosmic
cartographers to map 500 times
as much of the universal
landscape as they have thus far
at a fraction of the cost.
We don't know a whole lot
about dark matter, outside of the
fact that gravity suggests that it's
there. But we do know that
galaxies exist in a sort of dark
matter web that runs throughout
the universe. Using luminous
galaxies as waypoints,
astronomers have been able to
map this cosmic web to some
extent, but galaxies more than 5
billion light-years away are too
dim to survey. Since we know
that the leftovers of the Big
Bang have left us with a far-off
waypoint that we've determined
to be about 45 billion miles
away, we can be sure that we
haven't mapped the vast
majority of the observable
universe because we simply
can't see it.
Instead of looking for the light
emitted from individual
universes, the new technique
looks for red-shifted radio
waves emitted from hydrogen
atoms clustered in gas clouds
within galaxies. These red-
shifted waves are distinctively
red-shifted 21 centimeters,
indicating the presence of
hydrogen and hence a galaxy.
The technique can detect
galaxies far beyond that 5-
billion-light-year boundary,
plotting the locations of galaxies
as far as 12-billion-light-years
out.
A radio telescope optimized for
the task could do even better,
and researchers are presently
developing plans for just such
an instrument. What's more, it
should cost about $20 million.
E-reader News Edition
Researchers Spot the
Biggest Star Ever Seen,
265 Times Larger Than
the Sun
Clay Dillow (Popular Science -
New Technology, Science
News, The Future Now)
Submitted at 7/21/2010 2:57:57 PM
Hunting Massive Stars in the
Large Magellenic Cloud ESO
When speaking of the cosmos,
we like to attach really amazing
modifiers to the phenomena we
find there, prefixes like "super-"
and "extra-" or adjectives like
"massive" and "giant." So,
having used up most of the good
ones, we're not really sure how
to describe the gargantuan (oh,
In terms of space telescopes, that's a good one) star that
that's dirt-cheap. With it, they European researchers just
think they will be able to map as discovered with the ESO's Very
much as half of the observable Large Telescope; at 265 times
u n i v e r s e f a s t e r a n d m o r e the mass of our own sun, it is
cheaply than galaxy surveys the largest star ever discovered,
can. by more than 100 solar masses.
Now all we need is a vehicle That is to say: it's really, really
that allows us to put these big.
intergalactic maps to good use. Named R136a1, the star is
[ Science] about 165,000 light years away
from Earth in the Large
Magellanic Cloud - not so very
far by super-massive galactic
standards. It is easily the
brightest star in the
neighborhood (millions of times
brighter than our own), but
RESEARCHERS page 76
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Divers Use Bar Codes on Tablet Computers to

Visually Control Underwater Bots
Rebecca Boyle (Popular
Science - New Technology,
Science News, The Future
Now)
Submitted at 7/21/2010 3:41:58 PM
Underwater Bot Divers can
control robotic submersibles,
like this flippered one, by using
a tablet computer that
communicates with bar codes.
via Technology Review
First dolphins caught on. Now
underwater robots are using
iPads to communicate, thanks to
a new system designed at York
University in Toronto.
As Technology Review reports,
divers can use symbols on tablet much power, and aquatic Flashing the tags at a free- untethered, it can respond to a
computers to control underwater particles interfere with light swimming AQUA robot's tag command, perform its task
'bots. The system could enable waves. One new system would underwater camera allows for and report back to the diver.
enhanced diver/robot give robots transmission fast, robust communication. It's To date, the system has been
collaboration. capabilities, allowing them to better than other untethered tested in the open ocean and in
Despite their importance for relay information and work in communication platforms like swimming pools. Possible future
aquaculture, surveillance and oil swarms. sonar, Tech Review reports. uses include studying
-spill cleanup, it's still difficult The waterproof tablets may be The tags correspond to a shipwrecks or even military
to remotely control robots the solution. They can display command stored in the robot's applications, Tech Review says.
underwater, especially when two-dimensional bar codes, or memory. When the bot is [ Technology Review]
they are not tethered to a mother tags, that are already in use for tethered, it can react to the tags
ship. Radio waves are too easily smart phone applications. The instantly and transmit video
distorted, sonar requires too tag at left is showing 10 bits. back to the tablet. When it's
76 Science/
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continued from page 74
while it's still putting up nice
statistics ESO researchers say it
used to be a whole lot bigger. In
its early days it was probably
320 times the mass of the sun,
more than double what some
contemporary astronomers
thought was more or less the
upper limit for star mass (around
150 solar masses).
But the bigger they are the
harder they fall, and R136a1
could be a further boon for
researchers should it begin to
burn out, as it is a candidate for
an exotic kind of star death
called pair-instability supernova.
Largest-Ever Solar-Powered Boat Prepares for a World Tour
Alessandra Calderin (Popular
Science - New Technology,
Science News, The Future
Now)
Submitted at 7/22/2010 9:23:50 AM
PlanetSolar Christian Charisius
In February, the Swiss
company PlanetSolar SA
unveiled PlanetSolar, a floating
test bed for renewable energy,
during a ceremony held in Kiel,
Germany. The $15-million
catamaran measures 49 feet
wide, 25 feet high and 102 feet
As expected from a star that is
so big it defies description, such
a demise would be particularly
violent and extremely bright.
But it could also teach
researchers a lot about star
death.
Such monster stars are
extremely rare and one
researcher on the ESO team says
it's probably as big of a star as
will be discovered with our
current telescope tech (beyond a
certain point we can no longer
pick out individual stars in a
cluster). But next-gen telescopes
that will go online in the coming
long and weighs 94 tons. It is
equipped with 5,380 square feet
of photovoltaic solar panels, and
its four motors run entirely on
solar power (when it's cloudy
E-reader News Edition
decade will let us see even
farther, hopefully helping us to
discover even more extra-super-
gigantuous stellar bodies - and
words to describe them - in the
not-too-distant future.
Check out The Guardian's mind
-blowing visualization of
R136a1 compared with our own
solar system here.
[ The Guardian, New Scientist]
conserve global resources. The
company's scientific coordinator
and COO, Pascal Goulpié,
hopes that its size and visibility-
the boat will make a world tour
next year-will inspire others to
pursue alternative-energy
ventures throughout the next
decade.
out, energy stored in batteries
powers the boat).
The designers purposely
eschewed fuel-powered engines
to emphasize the need to
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Totally secular right to die

Bobby (GetReligion)
Submitted at 7/21/2010 1:30:41 PM

A billboard campaign
orchestrated by a right-to-die
group remains alive and well,
but it already has gone straight
to heaven.
Free-media heaven, that is.
From the New York Daily
News to ABC, the mainstream
media are shining a spotlight on
the billboard’s message:“My
Life / My Death / My Choice /
FinalExitNetwork.org.”
Religion News Service picked
up a Star-Ledger story on the
billboards this week and
distributed it nationally.
Datelined Hillside, N.J., the
RNS report explains:
The 15-by-49-foot billboard
went up June 28, paid for by
Final Exit Network, a
nationwide group that provides
guidance to adults seeking to time trying to find out what we we finally have somebody who What religious beliefs, if any, different life issues, such as
end a life of constant pain from do, they might actually support understands us,’ to ‘You are a does Levine actually hold? abortion, euthanasia and capital
incurable illness. us,” said Bob Levine, 88, of bunch of atheists and you ought What about Final Exit’s punishment.
The billboard, along with one in Princeton, who founded the to be put in jail.’” reported 3,000 members Contrast the RNS approach
San Francisco and another group’s New Jersey chapter Criticism has also come from nationwide? Do they come from with that of Fox News, which
planned for Florida, anchors a after his first wife died of two other corners: suicide diverse religious backgrounds or consulted a variety of faith
national campaign by the cancer. prevention counselors and the share a common theological — leaders and religious scholars
network to raise awareness of From there, the story Catholic Church. or lack of theological — for its report on the moral
itself and its mission. Members immediately delves into what Jim Goodness, a spokesman for perspective? Unfortunately, debate sparked by the right-to-
say the locations were chosen could be considered religious the Archdiocese of Newark, said RNS provides no answers — or die billboard campaign.
for their reputations as being issues — just as you’d expect the message “cannot be even clues — on any of these I know that wire services, such
socially progressive and, in from the nation’s only secular condoned.” questions. as RNS and The Associated
Florida’s case, for its elderly news service devoted to “The Catholic Church teaches, Those two paragraphs about the Press, face word-count
population. unbiased coverage of religion and has always taught, that all Catholic Church, meanwhile, constraints, but Fox managed to
“What we’re trying to do is let and ethics: human life has dignity and all are as deep as that theological answer a key question with two
people know that Final Exit Levine said reaction on the human life is precious,” he said. discussion gets. There is no single words:
Network exists, and that we’re organization’s website has been OK, the organization has been context on the complexity of TOTALLY page 79
here, and if they spend a little mixed: “From, ‘God bless you, called a “bunch of atheists.” how the church hierarchy views
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No ghost in this sex-ed story!

tmatt (GetReligion) thereof? those talks?
Submitted at 7/21/2010 10:41:12 AM Well, apparently just such a One member of the board states
debate is unfolding in the state the obvious:
Let’s face it. There are hot- of Montana, if you trust the Trustee Terry Beaver said he
button topics in the American f o l l o w i n g s t o r y f r o m t h e thinks much in the policy is
public square that, in even in the Associated Press (and, as we all favorable, but believes the
context of our increasingly post- know, the AP provides the news public backlash means they
Christian culture, are going to that most Americans hear and should carve out the sexuality
raise religion flags. read). Here’s the top of this elements and deal with them
Abortion is one of them. While t y p i c a l r e p o r t , u n d e r t h e separately.
i t i s p o s s i b l e t o h o l d a headline, “Helena school board “It appears to be a strong
completely faith-free debate gets earful on sex ed proposal.” divisive issue. I think when the
about that subject, that is rarely HELENA, Mont. — A community is that strongly
going to happen. There are, after proposed sex education program divided we need to take a
all, religious liberals with strong that teaches fifth-graders the further look at it,” Beaver said.
views on that topic as well different ways people have Beaver said his issue with the
religious conservatives. Truly intercourse and first-graders plan revolves on whether certain
secular voices often frame their about gay love has infuriated components are being taught too
arguments in favor of abortion parents and forced the school young. “I don’t know that
rights in terms of keeping board to take a closer look at the anything needs to be taken out,”
religious doctrine out of public issue. he said. “Some of it might be
life (even though many, but Helena school trustees were age inappropriate. We are going
certainly not all, opponents of swamped … at a hearing that to have to consider how we
abortion are willing to debate left many of the hundreds of teach it and when we teach it.”
the issue in faith-free terms). parents in attendance standing Now, if the community is
It’s hard to talk about life-and- outside a packed board room. divided, what is the nature of the
death issues — such as hospice They urged the school board in division? What are its key
care and end-of-life directives this city nestled in the Rocky characteristics? For example,
— without raises questions that, Mountains to take the sex what national groups are getting
for most Americans, would education program back to the involved in this case and how
involve religious doctrines or, at drawing board. The proposed 62 are they framing their
the very least, seeking the -page document covers a broad -gender relationships, fifth- were too one-sided. In fact, a r g u m e n t s ? A n y s i g n s o f
advice of a pastor, priest, rabbi health and nutrition education graders that sexual intercourse readers don’t find out anything religion or those who are
or imam. program and took two years to includes “vaginal, oral, or anal about how the plan deals with worried about the public role of
The list goes on an on. Anyone draft. But it is the small portion penetration,” and high school values-based issues linked to religion.
want to try to hold a forum on dealing with sexual education students about erotic art. sexuality, which is strange to I don’t know. Click here and
h o w p u b l i c s c h o o l s t e a c h that has drawn the ire of many The supporters of the program, say the least. see.
American history or biology or in the community who feel it is it seems, argued in terms of Thus, opponents are talking Five Filters featured article:
sex education without people being pushed forward despite its science. And the arguments of a b o u t l a w s u i t s a n d t h e Headshot - Propaganda, State
showing up and voicing strong obvious controversial nature. the opponents? Apparently, no i m p e a c h m e n t o f b o a r d Religion and the Attack On the
o p i n i o n s — l i b e r a l o r Parents appeared most worried one there argued in terms of members. Now, are we to Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available
conservative — about their about pieces of the plan that morality or religion. Apparently, believe that religious groups are
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Levine, an agnostic, says he has
no problem with other people’s
religious beliefs. “If you want to
say, well, God just has to take it
(my life) that’s OK as far as I’m
concerned for you, but certainly
not for me.”
An agnostic. See, that wasn’t so
hard. Now, granted, if RNS had
used that description, I would
have wanted an explanation of
what Levine means by that. But
that’s because I expect more of
RNS. Smile. Seriously, though,
in a story about religion, such
details matter.
Fox also turned to a leading
religious scholar for insight:
And that’s where the secular
and sacred worlds part. None of
the major religions condone
suicide, as defined as the willful
taking of one’s own life, says
religion scholar Stephen
Prothero, author of “God is Not
One” and “Religious Literacy.”
“Suicide is forbidden in
Judaism, Christianity, and
Islam,” and it is considered “bad
karma in Buddhism and
Hinduism,” he said.
But the question of whether it is
acceptable to end pain and
suffering or commit to
martyrdom is nuanced in many
faiths.
Again, that’s great information.
And I couldn’t help but chuckle
at Fox quoting a regular CNN
Belief Blog contributor. But I
digress.
Here’s another meaty chunk of
the Fox report:
But Pastor Tom Nelson of
Denton Bible Church says
martyrdom “is not taking your
life (or anyone else’s). It’s
giving your life.” He says that’s
a major distinction, even when a
person is in severe pain.
Nelson, author of “A Life Well-
Lived,” says nowhere in the
Bible is there a glorified suicide.
“You see good men wishing
they were dead, and asking God
to take their life” — like Jonah
or Elijah. “But they never do it
themselves.”
One of the problems with our
society is that we never have
conversations about death, said
Rabbi Irwin Kula. It’s the
common denominator of all
human beings, the great
equalizer, yet most of our talk
is polarized.
“What we need is a genuine
conversation about what it
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means to die, which we don’t tools: PDF Newspaper, Full
have,” said Kula, author of Text RSS, Term Extraction.
“Yearnings: Embracing the
Sacred Messiness of Life.”
“The billboard is rhetoric, it
avoids conversation,” he said.
He also said it’s part truth. “It’s
not ‘my life’, it’s both my life
and God’s life…. It’s not just
my choice, it’s my choice and
God’s choice. “You’re not here
alone. You’re part of a
network.”
Unless I’m missing it, Fox
doesn’t tell me where Denton
Bible Church is located or give
any more details on Kula’s
home congregation — both facts
that seem relevant.
But I’m impressed with Fox’s
attempt to dig below the surface
and conquer the religion ghosts
in this story.
Five Filters featured article:
Headshot - Propaganda, State A cut and paste fail
Religion and the Attack On the Mollie (GetReligion) Resurrection. The project is
Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available spearheaded by FutureChurch, a
tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Submitted at 7/22/2010 7:02:29 AM Catholic church renewal
Text RSS, Term Extraction. Whenever I come across a organization,. [sic]
particularly puffy story, I might And here is the press release for
say it reads like a press release. the event:
But a reader sent in a story that In mid-July, organizers around
really was just a slightly the world are joining together to
modified press release. Here’s expand awareness of women
how Michigan’s Midland Daily leaders in the early Church on
News began a story about an the feast day of St. Mary of
upcoming local event: Magdala, the first witness the
This week, organizers around Resurrection. The project is
the world are joining together to spearheaded by FutureChurch, a
expand awareness of women Catholic church renewal
leaders in the early church on organization,. [sic]
the feast day of St. Mary of
Magdala, the first witness the CUT page 80
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As if it’s not bad enough to cut is invisible in the Catholic

and paste from a press release,
including the typos is not
something to be proud of.
Other exact duplications from
the press release include these
quotes:
“This is the largest number of
international celebrations we
have ever had,” said Sr.
Christine Schenk, FutureChurch
executive director. “It is so
heartening to see the growth in
worldwide awareness of St.
Mary of Magdala’s leadership
and now all the other women
leaders from the first to ninth
centuries.”
“We are especially happy to
have a prayer service in which
women can preside and preach,”
said FutureChurch Board
member, Mary Louise Hartman.
“Too often, women’s leadership
context. We want to change
that.”
This is every press release
writer’s dream — journalists
who just use whatever you
provide them with. It happens
on all beats, not just religion,
but it is still not fun to see.
One thing that wasn’t
mentioned in either the press
release or the story was that the
group advocates female and
married priests.
Five Filters featured article:
Headshot - Propaganda, State
Religion and the Attack On the
Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available
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Text RSS, Term Extraction.
Write.fm Makes Sharing Text and
Files Amazingly Simple
Stan Schroeder (Mashable!) “tool was originally built to help
Submitted at 7/22/2010 3:30:31 AM the Task.fm team move code
snippets around, but after seeing
I love simple solutions to how well it worked, we decided
common problems. Write.fm is to open it up to the world.”
one of those services that Good idea: we’ve seen many
manages to reduce the number similar projects over the years,
of steps to do a task – in this but this one takes the cake for
case, sharing simple text simplicity and elegance.
messages and files of any kind – choose and upload any file from Image courtesy of iStockphoto,
to the absolute minimum. your disk drive. Once you’re DNY59 Reviews: iStockphoto
Coming from Anthony Feint, done writing the text and adding More About: cloud, file
the same developer who brought files, rename your project in the sharing, notepad, text sharing,
us the simple, intuitive web- upper left corner of the screen. Write.fm
based task manager Task.fm, T h a t n a m e , p r e c e d e d b y For more Tech coverage:
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Open it, and you’re greeted first and foremost, to be simple
with a text input field and an and easy to use.
“add file” icon which lets you Author of the project claims the

10 Terrific New Tumblr Themes

Christina Warren (Mashable!) Posterous and Blogger, Tumblr features have recently hit the taken up a notch; you might be
Submitted at 7/21/2010 11:28:00 PM is free to use and doesn’t require service, including Pages and amazed at some of the designs
users to install or manage any reader-submitted Q&A and you can install on your own
This series is supported by software on their own servers. contributions. Tumblr blog.
Rackspace, the better way to do What really makes Tumblr — Tumblr has also ramped up its Check out this slideshow for
hosting. Learn more about and Posterous for that matter — theme customization options, ten of our favorite new Tumblr
Rackspace’s hosting solutions stand apart from the pack is that adding new features to its theme themes, and please share your
here. these platforms are extremely your friends post. documentation and even own favorites in the comments!
We’re big fans of the micro- easy to use. Posting an image, a While Tumblr isn’t quite as offering its own marketplace for 1. Royal Ribbon
blogging service Tumblr. Like quote, a link or a video is very advanced as hosted content premium Tumblr themes. Royal Ribbon
o t h e r b l o g g i n g p l a t f o r m s simple, and the reblog feature is management systems like Over the past few months,
i n c l u d i n g W o r d P r e s s . c o m , a great way to share cool things Tumblr theming has really been TERRIFIC page 81
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" src="http://cdn.mashable.com/
wp-content/gallery/tumblr-
themes-2/royalribbon-
tumblr.jpg" />
Simon Fletcher's Royal Ribbon
theme is a really elegant way to
display your content. The colors
are beautiful and the typography
just pops. We love the subtle use
of JavaScript animations for
post descriptions and for
navigating forward and back.
(Free)
2. International
International" src="http://
cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/
gallery/tumblr-themes-2/
international-tumblr.jpg" />
Chambers Judd's International
theme is really simple but really,
really beautiful. We like the
JavaScript tooltip for the Share
functionality and the use of
whitespace.
The off-grey background is also
a great choice.
(Free)
3. Modern1
Modern1
" src="http://cdn.mashable.com/
wp-content/gallery/tumblr-
themes-2/modern1-tumblr.jpg" /
> based on a personal design that
Jiew Meng's Modern1 theme is
just that, modern. The color
combination of light blue and
red, matched with stenciled
icons and a terrific font make
this theme really eye catching.
We also love the use of the
sidebar for more options and for
linking to other sites and
networks.
(Free)
4. Neue
Neue" src="http://
cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/
gallery/tumblr-themes-2/neue-
tumblr.jpg" />
Matt Kempster's Neue theme
might not have tons of contrast
(though you can make those
edits on your own), but it uses
large icons and typography in a
unique way.
We also love the subtle roll-
over effects on the post-type
icons.
(Free)
5. Rockstar
Rockstar
" src="http://cdn.mashable.com/
wp-content/gallery/tumblr-
themes-2/Rockstar-Theme-
tumblr.jpg" />
WooThemes might be best
known for its WordPress
creations, but the company also
has a line of Tumblr themes!
While all of the choices are
attractive, Rockstar -- which is
one of the founders used on a
previous version of his own
blog -- has some great jQuery
effects and it's also free!
We love the colors, the use of
animations and the hover effects
on the different elements.
(Free)
6. Headline
Headline" src="http://
cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/
gallery/tumblr-themes-2/
headline-tumblr.jpg" />
Headline is an impressive
theme from Airspace Workshop.
In fact, without the Tumblr
"Follow/Reblog" buttons, you
would likely never even know it
was a Tumblr theme.
Great use of space, columns
and post types, along with lots
of great elements and little
touches. If you've ever wanted a
magazine-style theme for your
Tumblr blog, check out
Headline!
(Free)
7. Cardstock
Cardstock
" src="http://cdn.mashable.com/
wp-content/gallery/tumblr-
themes-2/cardstock-tumblr.jpg"
/>
Cardstock is a theme from
Parker Quinn that is simple yet
beautiful. It's perfect for the
minimalist lover and it has some
great typography.
(Free)
8. Peapod
Peapod" src="http://
cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/
gallery/tumblr-themes-2/peapod
-tumblr.jpg" />
Peapod is another theme from
Parker Quinn and it, again, uses
a great font and stunning
typography. It's also utilizes
some color elements and post
type designations that make the
theme really stand out, while
still remaining elegant and
minimalist.
(Free)
9. Solaris
Solaris
" src="http://cdn.mashable.com/
wp-content/gallery/tumblr-
themes-2/solaris-tumblr.jpg" />
Solaris is a premium theme
from Matthew Buchanan and at
$9, it's a solid package.
It comes with support for all
kinds of options, including
recent tweets, Facebook like
buttons and even the option for
a dark background.
I like Solaris so much that I use
it on my own rarely updated
Tumblr blog.
($9)
10. Antiquity
Antiquity" src="http://
cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/
gallery/tumblr-themes-2/tumblr-
antiquity.jpg" />
Antiquity is a premium theme
from Obox Design, that not only
gives you two choices of home
page style (single column or
multi-column), but also includes
quick links to your various
social networks, has some great
JavaScript effects and
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incorporates colors and fonts
that truly stand out.
This is one of my favorite
recent entries to the Tumblr
premium marketplace, and the
Obox guys continue to add new
features to their themes all the
time.
($9) Series supported by
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Bearhug Brings a Social Approach to Customer

Service Management
Christina Warren (Mashable!) associated with outages or Microsoft development tools, as
Submitted at 7/22/2010 12:39:09 AM maintenance, or other ongoing well as connecting you to a
status info via Twitter, RSS nationwide network of investors
This post is part of Mashable’s feeds, SMS messages or e-mail. and incubators. There are no
Spark of Genius series, which • Answers– Answers is where upfront costs, so if your Microsoft Will Give a
highlights a unique feature of the greater community can ask business is privately owned, less
startups. If you would like to q u e s t i o n s a n d a l s o o f f e r than three years old, and Free Windows Phone 7
have your startup considered for f e e d b a c k a n d a n s w e r s . generates less than U.S.$1 Device to Every
inclusion, please see the details Administrators are notified million in annual revenue, you Employee
here. The series is made when an answer comes in; they then be voted on by other can sign up today. Entrepreneurs
possible by Microsoft BizSpark. can quickly respond by pointing community members, and other can take advantage of the Azure Stan Schroeder (Mashable!)
Name: Bearhug to an FAQ or assigning the users can post comments to Services platform for their Submitted at 7/22/2010 5:25:51 AM

Quick Pitch: Bearhug is a q u e s t i o n t o a n o t h e r s t a f f those suggestions.. website hosting and storage

customer engagement platform m e m b e r . T h e o v e r a l l Check out this video which n e e d s . M i c r o s o f t r e c e n t l y Even before we hear the first
t h a t g i v e s b u s i n e s s e s a conversation can be followed gives a closer look at how a n n o u n c e d the“new sales estimates, we can safely
c o n t i n u o u s , c u s t o m i z e d via RSS. Bearhug works: Many small CloudApp()” contest– use the say that a Windows Phone 7
approach to customer service. • First Rate– First Rate is where businesses are looking for a Azure Services Platform for device will be in the hands of a
Genius Idea: Bearhug is another the community can post reviews solid way to connect with their hosting your .NET or PHP app, rather large user base. How do I
take on the web-based customer and give ratings that can then be c u s t o m e r s ; t h i s s p a c e i s and you could be the lucky know that? Well, Microsoft
service/feedback systems that shared with others in the continuing to evolve and grow. winner of a USD 5000* ( please announced it will be giving a
h a v e b e e n s u c c e s s f u l l y community. Administrators are What we like about Bearhug is see website for official rules and free Phone 7 device to every
implemented by GetSatisfaction alerted when these reviews or that the focus is really on g u i d e l i n e s ) . ” R e v i e w s : employee– all 90,000+ of them.
and Tender Support, with ratings are submitted, and they connecting the customer and BearHug, PHP, Twitter More Although this gesture will come
Bearhug’s emphasis being more can respond on the fly. business to have a sustained About: bearhug, customer at quite a cost for Microsoft, I
on building a collaborative • Overheard– Overheard is a conversation. For those of you s e r v i c e , G e t S a t i s f a c t i o n , always believe that all
relationship with customers than way for businesses to monitor i n v o l v e d w i t h b r a n d productivity, tender For more companies should try to make
on just managing support and what is being said about their m a n a g e m e n t , c u s t o m e r Tech coverage: evangelists out of their
feedback. products or services across other relationship management, and • Follow Mashable Tech on employees, and what better way
Bearhug launched its private channels and then share those similar tasks: What do you think Twitter to do that than to hand them a
beta last week and has already conversations with others in of Bearhug? Is this a product • Become a Fan on Facebook free, bleeding-edge device to
undergone some changes and their organization. you’d like to try, and what • Subscribe to the Tech channel use?
added some new features to its • Thinktank– Thinktank is sort features would you add or take • Download our free apps for Of course, Microsoft might
core offering. of like Uservoice or the away from the current product? iPhone and iPad want to make sure that edge
Bearhug’s dashboard consists GetSatisfaction “suggestions” Sponsored by Microsoft isn’t bleeding too heavily,
of four different feature groups: feature. It lets customers submit BizSpark BizSpark is a startup because not even their own
• Pulse– Pulse lets businesses their own suggestions or feature program that gives you three- employees will want to use a
broadcast updates, information requests. Those suggestions can year access to the latest buggy device. However, from
what we’ve heard about
Windows Phone 7 lately, it’s
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definitely usable.
For now, though, judging by
their tweets (above), the folks
from Microsoft are definitely
excited about their new phone.
If you’re working at Microsoft
and haven’t heard the news, you
might want to read this internal
email from Microsoft’s Andy
Lees, which explains that the
“process will vary based on your
market, your carrier, and your
launch date” and promises
“more information closer to
launch.”
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