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Arizona sheriff sees others like
Loughner
David Morgan (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 10:58:04 AM
Jan 10, 2011 11:58 EST
Pima County Sheriff Clarence
Dupnik sounds worried about the
possibility of other attacks on
elected officials like Gabrielle
Giffords.
Not that he’s got evidence of
another shooter or anything. But
Dupnik says there are thousands
of people like Jared Lee
Loughner, the shooting suspect
described as a mentally disturbed
loner.
“These people are very
susceptible to emotions like anger
and paranoia and so forth, and I
think that the tone of rhetoric that
has occurred in this country over
the past couple of years affects
troubled personalities,” he tells
NBC’s Today show.
Dupnik also says the unhealthy
rhetoric is being driven by people
who foment discontent for their
own living and the benefit of
some politicians.
“There are people in this country
who make a living off of anger
towards the government, which I
think perhaps benefits some
people in politics.”
“Constantly 24-hours a day, 7-
days a week, making the people
angry at government, public
officials, elected officials and so
forth, may benefit some party. But
I think those people have to
consider that they may have some
responsibility when incidents like
this occur and may occur in the
future,” he tells ABC’s Good
Morning America in a separate
interview.
Dupnik doesn’t mention names.
The Democrat has already been
chastised by Republicans
including Arizona Senator Jon
- 10/01/11
Kyl for linking Gifford’s
attempted assassination to
vitriolic political rhetoric. The
conservative Web site RedState
has gone so far as to predict that
he will lose the next election over
it.
The sheriff’s defense?
“That’s my feeling, that’s my
belief. Do I have any proof? No.”
“I know these people personally
and I’m very, very affected by
what occurred, and I’m just
expressing my feelings. I have no
agenda.”
Reuters Photo Credits:
Eric Thayer (Dupnik); Official
Hand Out (Giffords); Rick
Wilking (Memorial)
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Mindray Medical Announces
Strong Preliminary Earnings
Results
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Names We Loved - and Loved to Hate - in 2010
Laurel Sutton (Fast Company)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:39:04 PM
Ah, 2010. Seems like a million
years ago, when in fact we're only
two weeks into the new year. Like
all good bloggers, I have a
professional obligation to look
back at the year that was and
summarize the highs and lows of
my particular area of expertise--
that is, naming. So, for your
enjoyment, my colleagues at
Catchword and I put together a
rundown of names that made the
headlines in 2010.
Bad Ideas, Bad Names (adding
insult to injury)
Vuvuzela: The world's population
learns this word simply so they
can talk about how much they
hate it. Surprisingly, no one
confuses it with a Venezuelan
pudendum.
The Double-Down: KFC
introduces its heart-attack-in-a-
sandwich. Might as well call it
Double Infarction. Or better yet,
ClusterCluck.
Eyjafjallajökull: A name that
would live on in infamy ... if
only we could pronounce it. (We
suggest calling it "Jeff.")
Top Kill: Yet another BP tactic
that couldn't cap America's worst
oil spill. Deepwater indeed. More
like deep sh*t.
Crotchal Area: TSA's genital pat
downs and nude imaging
technology give new meaning to
flying the friendly skies. We think
TSA means Totally Screwed
Anyhow.
Double-Dip: Oddly cheery term
for rollercoaster recession ride.
Rumor has it the new rollercoaster
at Six Flags will be called the
Great ReDepression.
Congressman John Boehner:
That's BANE-er, not BONER.
The tanorexic congressman and
soon-to-be butt of a thousand
SNL jokes.
Refudiate: It ain't a word, and it
blurs the distinction between two
perfectly good ones. Score
another one for the mama bear.
Four Loko: Apt name for caffeine
-and-alcohol concoction causing
blackouts and worse. Why not just
call it liquid crack?
Bad idea, good name (but a good
name won't save a terrible
concept!)
Hoarders: Documentary series
spawns collective fascination, and
"hoarder" becomes buzzword for
every even remotely possessive
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themselves, thus dooming this
trend forever.
Gleek: Original TV show gives
rise to slick name--and scary new
breed of fanatics. Eek!
Tea Party: Deft marketing ploy
confounds Constitution's
forefathers with fear-mongering
naysayers. But it was fun to see
the movement "embrace" the term
teabagging. Paging Urban
Dictionary!
Good idea, bad names (close but
no cigar--but thanks for playing)
WikiLeaks: Sounds like an
incontinent Wikipedia in need of
Depends. But this is one leak that
won't be contained. Maybe it
ought to be called WikiFloods.
The Situation: Sorry, Sitch, this
name's a bitch. But props for
branding yourself before the
tabloids did!
Kinect: Super-cool tech for Xbox
360 video game platform gets
dreary name tied to ill-fated old
brand. Does anyone actually own
a Kin?
Silly Bandz: Crazy-popular kids'
fashion accessory for under $3.
Although if these Bandz aren't
bannedz at your kid's school
person. already, they will be soon.
Auto-Tune: Just what we need: PPACA: Government-speak for
technology that makes the world a Patient Protection and Affordable
friendly place for really crappy Care Act. Or Piss Poor Acronym
singers. Can't Assist an otherwise
Bieberize: The boy with the important idea. (Why does the
bulletproof hairdo inspires a wave Pentagon get all the cool names?)
of copycat fashions among Good ideas, good names (hooray!
identity-challenged males. Note: namers everywhere rejoice)
studies have shown that J-Beeb is iPad: Forget the menstrual
more popular with mothers of 16-
year old girls than the girls NAMES page 5
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IBM Is (Still) the Patent King in the U.S. [Video]

Kit Eaton (Fast Company)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:54:04 PM

IBM has emerged, yet again, as

the United States' patent king for
2010. It's the 18th straight year it's
topped the list for the most new
patents, and it actually grew the
number it owns by an impressive
20%. That wasn't the fastest
growth, however: Apple was tops
in that category.
In its press release about the
news, IBM is proud to blow its
own trumpet and notes this is the
18th consecutive year it's "topped
the list of the world's most
inventive companies." And while
it's a bit of a stretch to equate
patent awards with inventiveness
(especially given the increasing
controversy about the U.S. patent more patents added in 2010 data analysis system that provides germanium photodetector." This was Samsung, with 4,551--up
system, driven by excessive versus 2009--it isn't a bad sign for "more effective diagnoses of represents the culmination of 10 26% on 2009. And while Apple's
patent trolling), it's IBM at all, since the 31% growth medical conditions," to a system years of research into integrating patent tally only jumped up by
unquestionably impressive. IBM in patent awards is the largest on for predicting traffic based on electronic and optical 563 new patents, this represents a
also became the first company to record for the USPTO. short-range wireless data. There's communications tech onto one growth of 94% over the previous
be "granted as many as 5,000 U.S. Remember that IBM spends a fascinating patent (number single slice of silicon chip--an year--if Apple chooses to spend
patents in a single year," with enormous amounts on patents that 7,693,663) that uses data from the advance we've covered several more of its tens of billions of
5,896 awarded in 2010--a stark seem to extend far beyond the motion-sensors in computer hard times, and which represents a step dollars of cash reserve on deeper
contrast to the 50 years it took business domains you may be drives to "accurately and precisely toward the future of optical research over the next several
IBM's engineers to mark their first familiar with--it's responsible for conduct post-event analysis of computing. years, it could easily begin to
5,000 total patents following the a scanning-tunneling microscope seismic events" to help with better While the growth in patents could challenge the leaders on the patent
company's 1911 founding. breakthrough that gave us the emergency responses in the be seen as a sign that the economy winners list.
[video_twistage 1] world's smallest logo, in just a aftermath of earthquake disasters. is (finally) on the upswing, and To read more news on this, and
IBM's figure last year is 20% few atoms (shown above). In a field that's more classically IBM's in the lead here, there are similar stuff, keep up with my
higher than in 2009. While that's So what did Big Blue patent last IBM-ish, the firm also won patent indications that IBM's lead may updates by following me, Kit
less than the overall growth of the year? An extraordinarily wide number 7,790,495, which is for an be under threat in the long term. Eaton, on Twitter.
patent archive--there were 31% range of things--from a medical "optoelectronic device with In second place in patent growth

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Kevin Kolb Wants Out Of Philly But Words as Weapons

The Eagles Shouldn't Budge
Kevin Baumer (Business
Beth Monaghan (Business
Insider)
industry conversations. However,
frequently the most extreme
points of view garner the most
second-most Pro Bowl votes in period. Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:48:33 PM

Insider) attention simply because they are

the NFL. Plus, Kolb has an extremely As I watched the events unfold e x t r e m e . C o n t r o v e r s y a n d
Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:40:36 PM Kolb did get some sporadic reasonable salary of under $1.4 in Tuscon this weekend and differing points of view are
action during the 2010 season but million in 2011 before he hoped against all hopes that powerful tools, particularly when
While Kevin Kolb has refused to he was never able to establish a becomes a free agent. In a time of Representative Giffords would
you are competing against
directly ask the Philadelphia rhythm before Vick became the such financial chaos in the NFL, make it through, I came across
millions of voices in social media.
Eagles for a trade, he's made his undisputed starter. Kolb didn't such a cheap alternative at this article in The New York
And they can be a great tools,
desires well known. If the Eagles outperform Vick this season, but quarterback is a huge asset. Times by Matt Bai: A Turning
when used properly. We live in an
are willing to hand Kolb the he also didn't get much of a Philadelphia obviously has a Point in the Discourse, but in
age where “news” is defined by
starting quarterback position, he'd chance. playoff contender, and keeping a Which Direction? Bai noted that an amalgamation of professional
be more than happy to stay, but So it's understandable that Kolb, quality quarterback who knows a number of politicians had begun
and “citizen” journalists. This
since the team seems all but w h o w a s a g o o d s o l d i e r the system might be the wisest removing pages from their Web
means that depending on what
guaranteed to sign Michael Vick throughout the season, would course of action for 2011, whether s i t e s , p a g e s t h a t c o n t a i n e d
you are reading, fact checking
to a long-term extension, Kolb want to seek a starting job with Kolb likes it or not. powerful rhetoric that could be d o e s n o t a l w a y s h a p p e n .
wants a chance to start elsewhere. another team. The Eagles would Bookmark the Sports Page > associated with some sort of Consumers must be more cautious
You have to feel for Kolb a bit be dumb not to listen to offers for Join the conversation about this militant response to politicians on
about which sources they trust.
here. The Eagles cleared the way t h e 2 6 - y e a r - o l d , b u t t h e r e story » the other side of the aisle. My While reporters like Bai will
for the fourth-year pro to be the probably won't be too many See Also: post is not about politics, so I will continue doing his research and
starter when they traded Donovan scenarios that blow them away, • Tucker Carlson changed his leave those details out, but I
writing thoughtful, balanced
McNabb in April, but just 10 especially considering their initial mind, he doesn't really think encourage you to read Bai’s piece,
stories, there are lots of other
throws into his season Kolb asking price of two first-round Michael Vick should have been and many of the other thoughtful
outlets that exist solely to
suffered a concussion and missed picks. executed. articles that have followed (just a d v a n c e a n a g e n d a . A s
the next two games. When Kolb Unless they can secure a huge • VIDEO: Tucker Carlson Says do a quick Google search on
communicators increasingly
returned he put in two very strong package for Kolb, the Eagles Michael Vick Should Have Been “Giffords and political rhetoric”).
become creators of original
performances in four stars, but the might be wise to ignore his trade Executed This kind of article is a reminder content that promotes our clients’
momentum had already swung in requests and keep him as a backup • Hey America, It's Time To for communicators whose job is
points of view, we have the
Vick's direction. for Vick in 2011. No. 7 took a Forgive Michael Vick focused on e l e v a t i n g responsibility to balance the need
We all know what happened next beating this year and it could be conversations and points of view for visibility with the need for
as Vick went from a global villain just a matter of time before he above the din. The din is a accountability and responsibility.
to the player that received the goes down for a significant powerful obstacle, and as I have We need to push ourselves to
noted here in the past, controversy take the hard route to getting out
almost always leads to interest. the right message in the right way.
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Smartphone Credit Payments Go Free ... For Now
Kit Eaton (Fast Company)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 2:10:05 PM
Wireless credit card payments
may hit the mainstream in 2011,
but there's still scope for other
mobile payment systems: Intuit,
maker of the smartphone plug-in
"GoPayment" peripheral, is trying
to kick things off with free
hardware and no monthly fees.
Intuit's plan is to make it "easier
and cheaper" for small businesses
to leap aboard the mobile
payments bandwagon--it's
offering its GoPayment credit
card processing system for free to
new customers until mid February
2011. The GoPayment peripherals
have been around for a while, and
are just one example of the
number of mobile payment
processors out there--with Square
being one of the more headline-
grabbing examples. The idea of
all these systems is simple:
They're a challenge to the existing
credit-card processing equipment
you're familiar with, since they
work through smartphones rather
than dedicated hardware that's
leased to store owners by banks or
credit card companies.
It's expected that the point-of-sale
market will leap to a value of
around $55 billion by 2015,
compared to the $1 billion market
in 2010--according to analysts
from the Aite Group, quoted by
Intuit in its press release. This is
certainly driving Intuit's decision
to promote its services for free--
an effort to gain mindshare and
market standing (and possibly
vendor loyalty). And the
company's not making zero
money, since the "no monthly
fee" promotion only applies for
"lower or intermittent" processing
volume, and discounted rates of
2.7% for every swipe, and 3.7%
for key-entered transactions. And
higher volume vendors will still
pay $12.95 monthly fees, and
Business/ 5
NAMES
continued from page 2
spoofs. Nothing's gonna stop this
baby. Pod, phone, pad--any bets
on the next p-word from Apple?
Inception: A movie title as cold
and precise as its sci-fi premise.
And bonus points for giving high
school kids a leg up on their
verbal SATs.
Lady Gaga: The name, the
persona, the phenom: we're Gaga
for all of it. We draw the line at
Gaga-branded meat dresses,
though.
Jeggings: What you get when you
smush jeans and leggings together
(besides skinnier thighs). Fun to
say, fun to wear--although Clinton
and Stacy may disapprove.
Coco: Leno/Conan furor inspires
"I'm with Coco" movement. As
names go, it's more fun than
Conan, and minus those Arnold-
the-Barbarian overtones. Yep,
we're with Coco.
Groupon: We can't wait to see
them adopt a cute grouper fish as
their mascot. (Note: grouper fish
benefit from discounted swipe a r e n o t c u t e . ) F o l l o w
fees. @FastCoLeaders for all of our
There's another reason Intuit's leadership news, expert bloggers,
trying this trick--which will and book excerpts.
undoubtedly benefit many smaller Droid: Whatever they paid to
-sized vendors: 2011 is the year license the name from Lucasfilm,
we're expecting Apple, Google, it was worth it. Now if only it
and Nokia to radically change the could make us a latte and walk the
credit card game by introducing dog, it would be the perfect little
w i r e l e s s c r e d i t p a y m e n t robot pal.
technology directly into
smartphones.
To read more news on this, and
similar stuff, keep up with my
updates by following me, Kit
Eaton, on Twitter.
6 Business/ E-reader News Edition

DuPont
Purchasing Danish
Firm Danisco
Mark Fightmaster
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 2:30:00 PM

Filed under: Deals,

duPont(E.I.)deNemours (DD)
Late yesterday, DuPont ( DD)
announced that it will purchase
Danish food-ingredient producer
Danisco for $5.8 billion. The
company is making this move in
order to expand both its foods and
biofuels operations. Along with
the $5.8 billion, DD will assume

Cambodia Gets First Commercial Cow Farm $500 million in debt. These
companies are not strangers, as
Danisco is already a joint venture
Jenara Nerenberg (Fast that--and as Cambodia is still Sweden’s HPT Dairy Company. expand our business further.”
Company) partner of DD in the development
largely agricultural, it's surprising They entered into a $250 million Cambodia is looking to expand of cellulosic ethanol technology.
Submitted at 1/10/2011 2:03:18 PM that commercial cow farms don't deal whereby the highly its agricultural productivity in The Dutch company is expected
already exist. productive Holstein cow breed other ways--late last year the firm to recommend that its
The country's current supply of There was talk of an earlier joint will be imported from New Angkor Kasekam Roongroeung shareholders accept the deal.
fresh milk is entirely imported, c o w f a r m v e n t u r e b e t w e e n Zealand with a goal of producing announced plans to operate its Continue reading DuPont
but that is about to change with Cambodia's Mong Reththy Group about 317,000 gallons of milk in first rice-husk-powered generator Purchasing Danish Firm Danisco
the introduction of New Zealand's (MRG) and the British farming the first year of operation. The to, you guessed it, mill rice. DuPont Purchasing Danish Firm
Holstein cows. company, Lordswood Farms, last farm is set to begin operating in Follow me, Jenara Nerenberg, on Danisco originally appeared on
Cambodia is set to get its first year, but it's not clear if that November of 2011. Twitter. BloggingStocks on Mon, 10 Jan
commercial cow farm this year panned out. “This is the first time in history [Image: Flickr user 2011 14:30:00 EST. Please see
with construction on a 247-acre Either way, Cambodia is taking a that our country will produce aWorldTourer] our terms for use of feeds.
farm breaking ground this month. leap in agricultural innovations fresh cows’ milk,” said Srey Permalink| Email this| Comments
Cambodia's current supply of this year and the farm that's set to Chanthou, managing director of
fresh milk is 100% imported and open is a joint venture between 7NG Group. “We hope it will be
the cow farm is meant to change the Cambodian 7NG Group and successful, and that we can
E-reader News Edition
Alaska Pipeline Closure Seadrill (SDRL): Dollars
Could Drive Oil Prices to from the Deep
$100 per Barrel
Connie Madon
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 2:00:00 PM
Filed under: International
Markets, Products and Services,
Industry, Commodities, Oil,
Headline News Alaska Pipeline
Service, which operates the Trans
Alaska Pipeline, on Saturday told
BP and other producers to reduce
their output by 95%. An extended
shutdown could drive oil prices to
$100 per barrel.
This is a nasty situation coming
in the middle of winter. The Wall
Street Journal quoted BP
spokeman Steve Rinehart who
said that this is a "significant
event." He further added: that the
latest shutdown means "a big
reduction" in the middle of winter
Watch Out Investors, Check Out What The "Smart
Money" Just Started Doing (SPY, GLD, BAC)
Joe Weisenthal (Business
Insider)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:52:03 PM
Individual investors are now
(almost) uniformly bullish on
equities.
"Buy the dop" has been a killer
strategy for months and months
now, and we're once again in that
"when we have temperature and
weather challenges."
Continue reading Alaska Pipeline
Closure Could Drive Oil Prices to
$100 per Barrel
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Drive Oil Prices to $100 per
Barrel originally appeared on
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2011 14:00:00 EST. Please see
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mentality where nobody sees any
risks, and nobody wants to settle
for the skimpy returns offered by
Treasuries.
But watch out.
According to Bank of America/
Merrill Lynch's latest look at
hedge fund positioning, the smart
money is starting to turn on this
market. For the first time since
Steven Halpern
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:00:00 PM
Filed under: Newsletters,
Commodities, Oil
"Seadrill ( SDRL) is the best-
placed contract driller in my
coverage universe," says energy
sector specialist Elliott Gue.
The editor of The Energy
Strategist explains, "The company
doesn't produce or explore for oil
and natural gas; rather, it is in the
business of owning drilling rigs
that are leased out to major
producers for a daily fee known as
a day rate.
"There are three major reasons to
buy Seadrill. First, the company
has the youngest and most
October, Long/Short funds have
reduced their net long exposure
Business/ 7
A Quick Look At The
Emerging Market
Inflation That's Panicking
advanced fleet of drilling rigs of Investors Worldwide
(FXI, EWH, FRN, IDX,
any of the major contractors.
Continue reading Seadrill EIDO, INDY, INP)
(SDRL): Dollars from the Deep
Seadrill (SDRL): Dollars from Mamta Badkar and Gregory
White (Business Insider)
the Deep originally appeared on
BloggingStocks on Mon, 10 Jan Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:41:32 PM
2011 13:00:00 EST. Please see
our terms for use of feeds. 2011 has only just begun, yet
Permalink| Email this| Comments there's already a key trend
investors need to be aware of.
Some of the emerging markets
most lauded for their gains in
2011 are now dipping, some even
tanking, as a result of inflation
and rate hike fears.
This isn't exclusive to Asia either.
The slowdown has hit Latin
American and South American
shares too. Click here to see the
countries >
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'Band of Brothers' inspiration dies at age 92 (AP)

(Yahoo! News: Most Viewed) Another member of the unit Bulge, he and his men held their Magazine:
Submitted at 1/10/2011 10:00:49 AM living in Philadelphia, Edward place until the Third Army broke "If you can," he wrote, "find that
Heffron, 87, said thinking about through enemy lines, and Winters peace within yourself, that peace
PHILADELPHIA – Richard Winters brought a tear to his eye. shortly afterward was promoted to and quiet and confidence that you
" D i c k " W i n t e r s , t h e E a s y "He was one hell of a guy, one of major. can pass on to others, so that they
Company commander whose the greatest soldiers I was ever After returning home, Winters know that you are honest and you
World War II exploits were made under," said Heffron, who had the married his wife, Ethel, in May are fair and will help them, no
famous by the book and television nickname "Babe" in the company. 1948, and trained infantry and matter what, when the chips are Rumor: Best Buy stores
miniseries "Band of Brothers," "He was a wonderful officer, a Army Ranger units at Fort Dix down." to add more Apple
d i e d l a s t w e e k i n c e n t r a l wonderful leader. He had what during the Korean War. He started When people asked whether he products, get Genius Bars
P e n n s y l v a n i a . H e w a s 9 2 . you needed, guts and brains. He a company selling livestock feed was a hero, he echoed the words
Winters died following a several- took care of his men, that's very to farmers, and he and his family of his World War II buddy, Mike Steven Sande (TUAW)
year battle with Parkinson's important." eventually settled in a farmhouse Ranney: "No, but I served in a Submitted at 1/10/2011 2:30:00 PM
disease, longtime family friend Winters was born Jan. 21, 1918 in Hershey, Pa., where he retired. company of heroes."
William Jackson said Monday. and studied economics at Franklin Historian Stephen Ambrose "He was a good man, a very good An anonymous tipster who works
An intensely private and humble & Marshall College before interviewed Winters for the 1992 man," Guarnere said. "I would at a Best Buy store let us know
man, Winters had asked that news e n l i s t i n g , a c c o r d i n g t o a book "Band of Brothers," upon follow him to hell and back. So this morning that he was informed
of his death be withheld until after biography on the Penn State which the HBO miniseries that would the men from E Company." by his Apple rep that the Apple
his funeral, Jackson said. Winters website. started airing in September 2001 Arrangements for a public section of the computer
lived in Hershey, Pa., but died in Winters became the leader of was based. Winters himself memorial service are pending. department will be going through
suburban Palmyra. Company E, 506th Regiment, published a memoir in 2006 ___ a transition sometime this Spring
The men Winters led expressed 101st Airborne Division on D- entitled "Beyond Band of Online: to allow more products to be
their admiration for their company Day, after the death of the Brothers." h t t p : / / displayed. At the same time, the
commander after learning of his company commander during the Two years ago, an exhibit www.majordickwinters.com/ stores will get a Genius Bar, up to
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was never in the back. A leader the Bastogne area of Belgium at leadership for an August 2004 renewed commitment to customer
personified." the time of the Battle of the article in American History service by Apple.
Rumor: Best Buy stores to add

Marion Cotillard Is Pregnant! more Apple products, get Genius

Allie Merriam (PopSugar)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 11:23:35 AM
Another actress is now on the
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Playboy agrees to Hefner buyout offer (AP)

(Yahoo! News: Most Viewed) publishing and TV business into a As part of the deal completed lure readers and advertisers as the
Submitted at 1/10/2011 12:11:11 PM "brand management" company, Sunday night, Scott Flanders will Internet supplants print as the top Holtzbrinck Ventures
leaning more on revenue from remain Playboy CEO and keep purveyor of adult content. Falling And HarbourVest Closes
NEW YORK – The publisher of licensing out the Playboy name what the company called a revenue has forced several rounds
Playboy magazine has agreed to and bunny ears for a range of "significant" equity investment in of layoffs at the company since
€117M Early Stage Fund
accept a sweetened buyout offer p r o d u c t s , s u c h a s l i n g e r i e , Playboy, the company said. Icon 2008. Lukas Zinnagl (TechCrunch)
from a partnership headed by h a n d b a g s a n d s u n g l a s s e s . Acquisitions is paying for the Not surprisingly, it wasn't the Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:17:32 PM
founder Hugh Hefner, allowing "I believe this agreement will give purchase with equity paper magazine but Playboy's
the original playboy to fulfill his us the resources and flexibility to commitments from Rizvi digital prospects — on the Web We've just learned that German
plans to take the company private. return Playboy to its unique Traverse, a private investment and on mobile devices — that had VC Holtzbrinck Ventures will
Hefner is Playboy's largest position and to further expand our firm, and a debt commitment from been of interest to Marc Bell, the announce that it's closed a
shareholder with about 70 percent business around the world," said Jefferies & Co. CEO of Penthouse owner whopping €117 million early
of Playboy Enterprises Inc.'s H e f n e r , w h o s e r v e s a s t h e Playboy said Monday that a FriendFinder, who said in July the stage fund tomorrow. The
voting shares and 28 percent of magazine's editor-in-chief and group of board members had been business "needs to be run like a Holtzbrinck Ventures Fund IV is
the nonvoting stock. By leading a chief creative officer. evaluating Hefner's offer and 21st century company." backed by both Georg von
buyout for a larger portion, the 84 Hefner-controlled Icon decided to recommend the deal to Representatives for Playboy and Holtzbrinck publishing group and
-year-old known for his penchant Acquisition Holdings LP is stockholders Sunday night. A FriendFinder did not immediately funds managed by HarbourVest
for silk pajamas and young blond o f f e r i n g $ 6 . 1 5 a s h a r e f o r tender offer is expected to begin return a message for comment late Partners, a global private equity
women is betting that the racy Playboy, an 18 percent premium by Jan. 21 and the deal is Monday morning. investment firm. This is a
magazine he launched in 1953 can over Friday's closing price. Shares expected to close by the end of This entry passed through the significant new fund for European
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year ago as its revenue fell 7 offer of $5.50 per share in July, ranges from other men's Again?. brands4friends.
percent to $52.1 million. though it's just shy of an offer magazines such as Maxim to far
To stem its losses, Playboy's made by a group led by Penthouse racier content available on the
management has been trying to magazine that's valued at $210 Web for free. In recent years, the
transform the company from a million. company has found it difficult to

Verizon Tweets from Twitter for iPhone

Evan Selleck (SlashGear)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:52:39 PM
There’s a certain point where
believing in coincidences just
doesn’t work. Unless you’ve been
living under a rock, you’ve
probably heard the rumor mill
churning out rumor after rumor
regrading tomorrow’s Verizon any indicator, anyway. Obviously nothing has been
event. The consensus is that it’s As you can see in the image confirmed, as Verizon is keeping
going to be an iPhone running on above, the tweet looks like any a tight lid on what’s to come. But
Verizon’s network. It’s reached a normal one. However, knowing we know that it’s going to be big.
remarkable level, and now that it’s officially from Verizon, [ via TechCrunch]
everyone is basically expecting an and then seeing the line “via
iPhone to show up on stage Twitter for iPhone” is kind of
tomorrow. So while we wait, it employees haven’t had to — if the indicative of what we should
l o o k s l i k e s o m e V e r i z o n official Verizon Twitter account is (probably) expect tomorrow.
10 Top News/ News Wire/ E-reader News Edition

Apple No-Show's the 2011 CES, Still Wife of WH

Has Huge Impact AdviserFound Dead in
(ContributorNetwork) D.C.
(Yahoo! News: Most Viewed) profitable. Plus the computer one for me is an iPhone or iPod (FOXNews.com) been critical on so many of our
Submitted at 1/10/2011 11:37:08 AM giant will offer more choices for projector. Optoma created the Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:38:19 PM legislative and regulatory issues.
consumers when the Verizon Neo-i dock for your handy Apple She was also a dear friend to
Despite Apple being absent from iPhone is released. As one reader device and lets you watch the WASHINGTON -- Homicide many of us and this news is very
the 2011 International Consumer to the Wall Street Journal points image projected at about 50 investigators were called to the hard to take. I know we all will
Electronics Show in Las Vegas, out, the iPhone was part of the lumens of power. scene Monday of a burning car keep her husband, children and
the company that brought us the biggest news from the CES and While it won't replace your that contained the body of the parents in our thoughts and
iPod, iPad and iPhone still yet it didn't happen in Las Vegas. laptop's plasma screen, it's handy wife of a White House adviser. prayers. ... Ashley's tragic death
grabbed headlines. Here's a look Are there any new apps for Apple if you want to watch a larger Ashley Turton, a Washington reminds us all to keep perspective
at some important innovations and products this year? version of your movie and not lobbyist who was a former chief in all things," reads the statement
announcements made by Apple A huge announcement was the bring along a cumbersome screen. of staff to Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D- by Bill Johnson, president and
regarding the 2011 CES. launch of the new Mac App Store For those who love "wow" Conn., and the wife of White CEO of Progress Energy.
What upgrades will be available on the Apple website. The apps gadgets, this projector is perhaps House congressional liaison Dan Piringer said that initially
for the iPhone? are available for Macintosh the niftiest audio video gadget at Turton, was found inside the car residents at the complex where
Apple did make an iPhone computers and laptops as opposed just more than 2 pounds. Just located in southeast Washington. the fire occurred said everyone
announcement at the 2011 CES, to iPods, iPhones and iPads. dock your device and you can Property records show the Turtons was accounted for, and only after
but it didn't show consumers PC Magazine reports more than a project something as small as 5 lived at the southeast Washington t h e f i r e w a s p u t o u t d i d
anything. Instead, the buzz was million apps were downloaded on inches and as large as 10 feet home where D.C. firefighters firefighters discover that a body
about Apple branching out its Jan. 6, the first day the online across. Amazon sells Optoma's found the body. They have three was in the vehicle.
iPhone business. Instead of store was available. That's very Neo-i for $450. children. D.C. Fire/EMS is working with
having an iPhone with AT&T impressive considering there were This entry passed through the D . C . F i r e a n d E m e r g e n c y the Metro Police Department
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release date but chances are it will up around 600 apps. our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/ Officials determined that the car crashed into the garage and
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Severe Snow SnarlsTravel in the South

(FOXNews.com) In Atlanta, under three to four with ice in Shelby County, just Georgia Department of imperative to travel.
Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:38:19 PM inches of snow and ice, state south of Birmingham, where Transportation spokesman Rick Most canceled flights across the
officials were forced to move Waffle House waitress Stephanie Parham said Monday morning region had been scheduled to fly
Southerners more accustomed to Monday's inauguration of Gov. McGougin served eggs and grits that at least one lane was open in into or out of Hartsfield-Jackson
sunshine than snow ditched Nathan Deal from the state to the few diners who could make each direction on all major Atlanta International Airport, the
wrecked cars on icy roadsides and Capitol steps into the House it inside early Monday. There highways. world's busiest. The airport's long
huddled in chilly, dark homes chamber. The inaugural gala was were plenty of empty seats at the "Since it's going to be pretty cold halls were nearly deserted on
Monday as a wintry blast swept scrapped to keep supporters off restaurant, which is normally over the next few days, we could what would normally be a chaotic
the region and threatened days of treacherous roads. busy. see whatever accumulates sticking Monday morning.
treacherous conditions. Emily Blackwell and Whitney "I think we're about the only place around for a few days," National For some whose flights made it
Forecasters say the storm is Ball, both 22-year-old students at open," McGougin said. Weather Service meteorologist to Atlanta, the sight of snow-
rolling across the South and Georgia State University, were Despite officials imploring Daniel Lamb said. covered runways was
heading for the Northeast, parts of stuck Monday at a north Atlanta people to stay off the roads, Tim Loucks, general manager of disorienting. Larry and Judy
which are still digging out from apartment complex where they'd interstates around Atlanta were the Pilot Truck Stop in the Keefauver, of Buffalo, thought
t w o m a j o r s n o w f a l l s t h a t come to watch football the night clogged with cars early Monday. northwestern Louisiana town of their flight from Sacramento had
blanketed the region within the before. Ball's late 1990s model, Elsewhere all over the South, cars Haughton, said he had an empty landed somewhere else when they
past two weeks. white Ford Mustang had rear- were having trouble on the diner as truckers who slept on his looked out the window.
The storm has so far canceled wheel drive and couldn't make it slippery streets and highways, lot during the night were pulling "I have been flying (through
more than 2,000 flights in the up the steep hill at the complex. with numerous slideoffs. out. Atlanta) since the early 70s and
South, cut power to thousands and "It was slushy" Sunday night, Ball In Nashville, Tenn., 24-year-old "Interstate 20 is open, but it's I've never landed on snow here
even forced Auburn University to said. "I tried to drive on it, but it Jay Rebisz described the roads as moving slow," Loucks said. ever," Larry Keefauver, 62, said.
cancel campus viewing parties for was just as bad." terrible, saying he'd seen many "There's ice on the bridges and Auburn University students must
the national championship bowl Both had hoped to get home cars abandoned where they had overpasses." go somewhere other than campus
game. Sleet and freezing rain before the snow hit. They said spun out. Loucks said the situation was to watch the Tigers play in the
followed the snow in many areas they had been well-stocked with "With the economy being what it different for drivers trying to national championship bowl game
from Louisiana to the Carolinas, food and supplies at their own is, people are trying to make it to drive on local roads. "If you're off Monday. The university has
and low temperatures across much homes -- but that their friends work no matter what," said the main roads, it's a skating canceled all viewing parties and
of the region were expected to weren't as prepared. Rebisz. He and a friend operate a rink," he said. other events planned as the state
turn slushy roads into sheets of ice "I even bought a sled," Ball said. private snowplow and had been Icy roads were blamed in prepares for severe winter
by Tuesday morning. "And now I'm here without it." busy all day clearing out separate accidents Sunday that weather.
The governors of Alabama, Michigan native Phil Cooper, apartment complexes, parking lots killed two people in northern Classes were also canceled at the
G e o r g i a , L o u i s i a n a , N o r t h who lives in the Atlanta suburb of and shopping centers. Louisiana. Two others died in University of Mississippi in
Carolina and Tennessee declared Marietta, said he drove 20 miles Georgia was expecting up to 6 separate Oklahoma crashes: a Oxford, where the city used
emergencies, and schools and on barely plowed highways to get inches in the northern mountains woman whose car went off an icy backhoes to clear roads because it
colleges called off classes. to work in the northern part of the from the powerful storm that was road and into a pond in Tulsa has no snow plows.
Most major cities in the South city. also dumping snow and ice in County on Sunday and a man "They aren't as good as plows, but
have only a handful of snow "Pretty normal for Michigan, but Mississippi, Alabama, the whose pickup slid off an interstate they do a pretty good job," said
plows, if any at all, and their work here in Atlanta, you take 16 lanes Carolinas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and hit a tree near Henryetta the Mayor Pat Patterson, adding that
was hampered in some places by of highway and it turns into two," Arkansas and Texas. Sleet and next day. some parts of the city got 8 inches
stranded cars. Officials in several Cooper said. freezing rain could last into Alabama Gov. Bob Riley said of snow.
states reported hundreds of The snowy weather would begin Tuesday in Georgia and the workers had readied snow and salt University worker Joel Weems
wrecks and urged drivers to stay spreading north to Ohio by Carolinas. trucks to help clear icy roads, and said the city is virtually shut
home. At least four people died in Tuesday, forecasters said. Highway crews were working to asked all residents to stay home
weather-related crashes. In Alabama, roads were coated keep major roads passable. through Monday unless it is SEVERE page 13
12 News Wire/ Culture/ E-reader News Edition

ECB gives Portugal temporary lifeline, traders say

(Reuters: Top News) do this either," Merkel said on a Ireland, which accepted an 80 PedTeles wrote: 917&SM=1
Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:17:02 PM visit to Malta. States would have billion euro EU-IMF rescue in Portugal’s fiscal health (in I would like to know why news
to decide for themselves whether December. comparison with other countries) items like this are never
A sculpture showing the Euro they required help, she added. "LITTLE CHANCE OF deficit: 7.3% mentioned by the WSJ. As a
currency sign is seen in front of The interest rate premium on ESCAPING" from the economist: Portuguese citizen I feel
the European Central Bank (ECB) Portuguese sovereign debt fell Economists said high-deficit http://www.economist.com/blogs discriminated by this journal as
h e a d q u a r t e r s i n F r a n k f u r t , back on Monday after rising Portugal, with a stagnant /dailychart/2010/12/charts_2010 they seem to always only want to
December 5, 2010. sharply late last week as traders economy that has lost Portugal’s deficit 2010: 7.3% bring the bad economic side and
Credit: Reuters/Alex Domanski said the ECB intervened to buy competitiveness since joining the Greece’s: 9.7% never the good one. The country
By William James and Jan g o v e r n m e n t b o n d s o n t h e euro area, was inching inexorably UK: 10% is making an effort yet it is never
Strupczewski secondary market. toward seeking aid. US:8.9% recognised. It’s time the
LONDON/BRUSSELS| Mon Jan One trader said the ECB "If market spreads keep rising, France:7.8% Portugeuse start complaining we
10, 2011 2:17pm EST appeared to be buying Greek and Portugal has little chance of Spain:9.6% can’t be made the scapegoats of
LONDON/BRUSSELS(Reuters) Irish bonds too. EU sources say escaping a bailout," said Laurence Ireland:34.5% this crisis, when we are clearly
- The European Central Bank the central bank has not yet Boone, research director at etc… not the worst in terms of public
threw Portugal a temporary bought Spanish government debt. Barclays Capital in Paris. economic growth is also online. finances neither in economic
lifeline on Monday by buying up The ECB has bought 74 billion Deutsche Bank economists Gilles http://www.bloomberg.com/news performance!
its bonds, traders said, as market euros ($95.53 billion) in troubled Moec and Marco Stringa said in a /2011-01-07/portugal-s-debt- You must stop this Portugal
and peer pressure mounted for euro zone sovereign bonds since it note that the Lisbon government worries-worsen-as-bond-yield- persecution. It’s getting tiring
Lisbon to seek an international began intervening to stabilize the would have to significantly "over- rises.html VirNeto wrote:
bailout soon. market last May. Last week's issue" debt in the first four in this article it is stated 1.3% but Thats just too sad to see…
A senior euro zone source said on purchase of 113 million euros was months to avoid a sharp if you look on eurostat it will tell there are numerous episodes of
Sunday that Germany, France and the smallest since October. deterioration in its cash position you 1.4% and the government its mismanagement.
other euro zone countries were But even at their peak, ECB while Portuguese banks will face confident it’s going to be 1.5%, The worst is that at these times,
pushing Portugal to seek an EU- purchases have only bought a a peak in their refinancing needs but definite figures will only be the austerity measures afect the
I M F a s s i s t a n c e p r o g r a m , short-term respite from market in January and February. available in one month. In any most vulnerable.
following Greece and Ireland, to pressures. "It would be rational for Portugal case it is growing and it also just too sad.
prevent contagion spreading to The euro fell to a four-month low to call for external help sooner recessed less than most EZ This entry passed through the
much larger Spain, the fourth against the dollar and European rather than later," they said. countries last year. Portugal GDP Full-Text RSS service — if this is
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rescue. would need between 50 billion necessary or not, and fiscally, it os balance!
"We never pushed countries into and 100 billion euros ($64.5- NOT, Portugal fiscally is better http://www.rttnews.com/Content/
doing something and we will not $129.1 billion) in loans, similar to than most countries in Europe AllEconomicNews.aspx?Id=1521

Video: Natalie Portman and Javier Bardem Gush About Their Loves and Talk Bar-Hopping!
PopSugar (PopSugar) Natalie Portman and Javier about their real life loves and bar-
Submitted at 1/10/2011 10:54:24 AM Bardem are both winners at the hopping in Spain together!
2011 Palm Springs Film Festival and took the time onstage to talk
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Suspect in Arizona shootings to appear in court continued from page 11

down.
(Reuters: Top News) responsiveness, Dr Michael counts of first-degree murder, one congresswoman who was shot "There's about six inches of snow
Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:12:48 PM Lemole, chief neurosurgeon, said. count of attempted assassination was an outspoken endorser of in my yard and the streets still
The shooting spree on Saturday of a member of Congress and two “gun rights.” i.e.: She “defended have a bunch of slush and ice,"
Susan Shobe, with her children in Arizona has fueled debate other counts of attempted murder. the ability to shoot her…” Weems said. "Towns down here
Violet Schorr, 1, and Willow about extreme political rhetoric in FBI Director Robert Mueller A fellow was caught on security just don't have the equipment to
Schorr (R), 3, kneels for a t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a f t e r a n cautioned public officials to be on camera, with his head bowed deal with this much snow."
moment of silence at a memorial a c r i m o n i o u s c a m p a i g n f o r alert, but said there was no down, next to the emotionally Click here to read more on this
outside the hospital where the c o n g r e s s i o n a l e l e c t i o n s i n information to suggest a further disturbed boy who did the story from MyFoxAtlanta.com
victims of last Saturday's November. specific threat. shooting. The Associated Press contributed
shootings are recovering in While the motive for the attack Mueller said "hate speech and My take: the kid was the trigger- to this report
Tucson, Arizona January 10, was not yet clear, several facts other inciteful speech" presented a puller, order follower, and fall- This entry passed through the
2011. emerged about the suspect, Jared challenge to law enforcement guy; for some nefarious political- Full-Text RSS service — if this is
Credit: Reuters/Rick Wilking Lee Loughner, 22. People who officials, especially when it hit. your content and you're reading it
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TUCSON, Arizona(Reuters) - A Investigators said they had found about paranoia of how set-up; while the puppeteers leave Why is Wikileaks a Good Thing
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c o n g r e s s w o m a n G a b r i e l l e phrases "I planned ahead" and basis, 24 hours a day, seven days told conservative radio host
Giffords in a shooting rampage "My assassination," along with a week, has impact on people Tammy Bruce of the graphic:
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wounded 14, is due to appear in a p p e a r e d t o b e L o u g h n e r ' s personalities to begin with," said to be gun sights. It was simply Autos Trend Report -
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Biden on surprise Afghan trip for talks with Karzai
(Reuters: Top News)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:07:19 PM
Vice president Joe Biden (R)
talks with General David
Petraeus, commander of U.S. and
NATO forces in Afghanistan, at
time. This is a pivot point in our
policy," a senior administration
official traveling with Biden told
reports on board Air Force Two.
"We moved from a surge last year
to the transition to Afghan lead
that we'll be starting this year and
David Petraeus, chief of U.S.
forces in Afghanistan and U.S.
Ambassador Karl Eikenberry.
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KABUL| Mon Jan 10, 2011
2:07pm EST
KABUL(Reuters) - Vice
President Joe Biden arrived in
Afghanistan on Monday on a
surprise trip to assess a shift in
security operations to Afghan
forces before a gradual U.S. troop
withdrawal starts in July.
Biden, whose trip was not
announced in advance for security
reasons, is due to meet Afghan
President Hamid Karzai for talks
on Tuesday.
Violence is at its worst in the
near-decade-long war against a
Taliban-led insurgency, with the
insurgency spreading from
traditional strongholds in the
south and east into once-peaceful
areas in the north and west.
"The visit comes at an important
concluding in 2014. So what he
(Biden) wants to do in the first
instance is to assess the progress
we're making toward transition."
NATO leaders agreed in
November to Karzai's request to
end combat operations and hand
security responsibilities to Afghan
forces by the end of 2014.
With the U.S. public growing
weary of a conflict that costs
taxpayers some $113 billion a
year, U.S. President Barack
Obama has promised to begin
withdrawing U.S. troops from
July.
Critics, including some
Republicans in the U.S. Congress,
say the Democratic president's
target is too ambitious, stressing
that setting a deadline only
emboldens the insurgents.
Upon landing at Kabul's airport,
Biden flew in a helicopter to the
U.S. Embassy for 1 hour and 45
minutes of talks with General
an Afghan National Army
Training Center. He is due to have
lunch with Karzai and other
officials and meet Karzai
privately.
The trip is Biden's first time in
Afghanistan as vice president. He
was last in the country in January
2009.
Obama visited Afghanistan last
month. He was scheduled to talk
with Karzai, but the face-to-face
meeting was canceled because
bad weather prevented their
travel.
A review by Obama last month
found U.S. and NATO forces
were making headway against the
Taliban and al Qaeda, but serious
challenges remained. It said the
Taliban's momentum had been
arrested in much of Afghanistan
and reversed in some areas.
The review also said the United
States was on track to begin the
gradual withdrawal of its troops --
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Foodspotting Scoops Up $3 Million From BlueRun Ventures

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English Professor Travels from Connecticut to see
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Performing Arts in New York.
Mr. Nagy is an English professor
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and English professor in
Connecticut traveled to the
Lincoln Center's David H. Koch
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Shen Yun Performing Arts on
Sunday. The tickets were a
Christmas present bought by Mr.
Nagy for his wife.
"I think it is mesmerizing," Mrs.
Nagy said, noting that Shen Yun's
use of a hi-tech backdrop
synchronized with the dancers
added to that feeling.
The New York-based company
impressed the couple with its
artful display of China's rich
history.
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5,000-year history, but in
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On a day where the Dow Jones
Industrial Average is down by US
$38.20 and the Nasdaq composite
is nearly flat, once again, AAPL is
bucking the trend and going
straight up. At this writing Apple
stock is at $342.05, (a new intra-
day high) and bouncing. So far
the stock is up $5.93 or 1.76
percent on moderate volume. I'm
sure that this is at least partially
due to the anticipated Verizon (
VZW) announcement tomorrow.
Surprisingly enough, Verizon is
about flat for the day trading at
$36.01 or up only $0.08 so far. If
the Verizon announcement goes
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Biden Makes SurpriseTrip to Energy Companies Duke

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Energy to Merge
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Jim Carrey, The Black Keys Bring In Cameron Diaz Is Back in

High Ratings For SNL (Video) Her Bikini For a Hawaiian
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Jim Carrey introducing the Black York City’s failed clean-up of the between 18 to 49 years old, their Doronin. Cameron and Alex were
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weekend’s episode of Saturday Armisen played mayor Michael 2008 episode hosted by Ben Cameron Diaz was in a sun and do some paddle boarding
Night Live (SNL) with host Jim R . B l o o m b e r g d e l i v e r i n g a Affleck and with a guest mismatched bikini yesterday to go in Cabo. They made a brief trek
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The New Rules: U.S. Defense Cuts a Step in the Right Direction
(World Politics Review: Articles) encouraging the trade-fueled rise Qaida has been greatly weakened missile defense systems -- as presents almost no capacity for
Submitted at 1/9/2011 10:50:00 PM of fellow great powers would over the past decade, forced into they're willing to buy. As for any projecting -- and far more
create a better world. greater diffusion in terms of its further proliferation triggered by importantly, for sustaining-- its
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert We were both correct in that network and relegated to even these two states' nuclear forces beyond its immediate home
Gates unveiled his much- assumption and incredibly weaker, more off-grid nodes -- achievements, it will primarily waters. Moreover, China has no
anticipated budget cuts last successful in making it happen. such as Somalia and Yemen-- to involve our friends: Turkey, Saudi actual major combat experience
Thursday, signaling the beginning There is now more peace across sustain itself. Yes, AQ central is Arabia, Egypt, South Korea and over the last three decades, while
of the end of the decade-long the system, on a per capita basis, still to be found in northwest Japan. So it's hard to get too America's is both extended and
splurge in military spending than at any time in human history. Pakistan, but now America scared about those prospects, comprehensive. Other than
triggered by Sept. 11. Gates And the same holds for poverty consistently brings the fight outside of the usual fears about sporadic border skirmishes with
presented the package of cuts as reduction, income growth, life directly to it, increasingly terrorists getting nukes. Vietnam across the 1980s, China
being the biggest possible given expectancy and social resilience "symmetricizing" our application As for "rising military powers," has not fought a war since Deng
the current international security in the face of natural and man- of force through the use of small we can cut that subject down by Xiaoping established the nation's
landscape, warning that any made disasters. Frankly, the special ops units and drones. admitting that we don't worry mantras of "peaceful coexistence"
deeper reductions could prove biggest collective challenges we Will we continue to live with the whatsoever about most of them -- and "non-interference."
"potentially calamitous." Frankly, face going forward are: 1) threat of catastrophic terrorism? India, Brazil and Turkey -- and With its military build-up, China
I find that statement hard to accommodating the resource Absolutely. Do we need a huge that we're the primary weapons- is essentially constructing a force
swallow. demands triggered by a conventional military to deal with provider to a host of others, that makes it far harder for
How can America basically ballooning global middle class; that? We certainly need a military including Egypt, Israel, Saudi America to remain the dominant
match the rest of the world's and 2) adjusting human life to appropriate to the security Arabia and Pakistan. Yes, we military power in East Asia. But
defense spending combined, and c l i m a t e c h a n g e . T h e s e t w o environment from which such were certainly dismayed by whether or not America should
then describe anything less as admittedly daunting challenges terrorists spring, meaning one Russia's incursion into Georgia in expect to remain the dominant
"potentially calamitous"? Clearly, grow out of our past, current and able to deftly wage small wars 2008, along with other military power there is a good
given the "nation's grim financial future success in extending across globalization's many interventions in Moscow's so- question. The region features
outlook," as Gates himself put it, globalization's benefits across the shifting frontiers, along with called near abroad. But Russia's three other strong powers: Japan,
we're going to have to come up planet. appropriate counterinsurgency alleged military prowess remains South Korea and India. We sell
with a more-realistic force-sizing But you wouldn't know that from and nation-building operations. but a dim shadow of what we arms to all three of these states
principle, rather than simply the way our national security As for any "barbarians" already once faced, and its future and have explicit military
adding new threats to the list establishment so stubbornly holds inside the "gate" of advanced prospects are bleak. alliances with the first two. When
while never having the courage to onto every one of its old fears economies, they require a So all we're really left with in all of that is factored in, it's
trim back less-plausible ones. while piling on new ones. In response based on solid terms of " rising military powers" reasonable to expect that Asian
Much like with the dollar's c i t i n g t h a t " p o t e n t i a l l y intelligence and police networks. is China, one of our biggest trade trio to be able to stand up
declining status as global reserve calamitous" pathway of deeper How about all those "nuclear- and financial partners. That's it: an collectively to anything China
currency, Americans are going to defense cuts, Gates listed our armed rogue states" Gates ominously vague pool reduced to might be foolish enough to try --
have to admit that we cannot and nation's security challenges as mentioned? Here we face the one player. especially as Beijing knows that
should not seek to dominate the being "global terrorist networks, same two states that we've spent Is China building up its military? America and the rest of the West
global security system as much as rising military powers, nuclear- the last several years obsessing Definitely. Does it project that would back them up in any
we have, by default, over the past armed rogue states and much, over: Iran and North Korea -- power around the world along the genuine conflict.
two decades. Far from being a bad much more." unless you want to be impolite lines that we do? Not at all. As for the plausible scenarios for
thing, this is a tremendous Let's dissect that diagnosis. and mention Pakistan, too. In both Beijing can't match our globe- genuine war, as opposed to naval
achievement. America spent the No experts are credibly arguing instances, our cheapest and most- spanning regional combatant incidents over disputed
second half of the 20th century that today's global terrorist effective response has been to arm command structure; possesses no sovereignty, we're basically down
building an international order networks are growing in strength. neighboring states with as many foreign military bases, compared
premised on the notion that Indeed, the majority say that al- defensive weapons -- including to our several hundred; and NEW page 20
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Middle East Heralds New Year With Winter of Discontent
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Submitted at 1/9/2011 10:57:00 PM
The Middle East and North
Africa welcomed the New Year
with a rare phenomenon: protests
in an arc stretching from Algeria
to Kuwait, directed against
repressive regimes at home rather
than a foreign power. The protests
are a rare outpouring of pent-up
frustration and anger at
discrimination and failed
economic and social policies as
well as corruption in a region that
is governed by authoritarian
governments intolerant of public
criticism.
It is too early to conclude that the
protests signal a milestone after
which Middle Eastern population
groups no longer quietly endure
repression and economic
deprivation and instead
increasingly and publicly
challenge their authoritarian
leaders. Yet even if they are
unlikely to repeat the regime-
toppling successes of the velvet
revolutions of Eastern Europe, the
protests reflect increased chafing
at disenfranchisement and lack of
opportunity and good governance.
Tunisia is witnessing the most-
sustained demonstrations against
an Arab government in recent
history. The New Year's church
bombing in Alexandria, Egypt,
has sparked a rare public outburst
of pent-up Coptic anger.
Demonstrators in Algeria this
week protested food-price hikes,
unemployment and an alleged
deterioration of government
services. Riots in the southern
Jordanian town of Maan erupted
following a brawl in which two
people were killed. And protests
in Kuwait denounced the beating
by police of a law professor
critical of the government.
The wave of discontent follows a
series of underreported
economically inspired protests in
recent years across North Africa -
- including in Tunisia's southern
Gafsa mining province in early
2008, in Morocco's impoverished
port city of Sidi Ifni in the same
year, and in various Egyptian
towns over the past several years -
- as well as ethnic and political
clashes sparked in recent weeks
by soccer rivalries in Jordan and
Iran. A draw last week in the
world's most violent soccer derby
between Cairo arch-rivals Al Ahly
and Zamalek sparked speculation
by Egyptian sports commentators
that the government had fixed the
match to prevent potential soccer
riots that could turn political.
Algeria this weekend postponed
all national soccer league matches
in a bid to prevent games from
turning into anti-government
protests.
If anything, the protests indicate
that the window of opportunity
for Arab governments to talk the
talk on political and economic
reform without walking the walk
is narrowing. They also call into
question the instinctive U.S. and
European Union preference for
stability in the Middle East and
North Africa at the price of
democracy. The recent wave of
protests furthermore suggests a
hardening of the battle lines.
There is a sharper, more violent
edge to the protests compared to
past demonstrations. Moreover,
this time around, the waves of
discontent originated more often
than not in underdeveloped rural
areas rather than major urban
centers, signaling discontent
among more-traditional layers of
society over shifts in power due to
inequitable economic
development.
The Tunisian protests were
sparked in mid-December when
an unemployed 26-year-old
university graduate in the central
Tunisian province of Sidi Bou Zid
set himself on fire to protest
unemployment, corruption and
dictatorial rule. A 17-year-old
Tunisian high school student
immolated himself this week.
Rioters in Algiers stormed the
police headquarters and attacked
the Directorate-General for
National Security. Youth in the
Algerian port city of Oran threw
animal bones in the streets
because the government, in the
words of one protester, "has left
nothing for us except bones." The
protests in Maan as well as the
soccer riots in December in
Amman reflect fears resulting
from a shift in power in Jordan
away from the East Bank tribes to
urbanized, more-affluent,
Westernized Jordanians of
Palestinian descent.
Governments across the region
have responded by increasing
repression rather than addressing
grievances. They blame
unidentified foreign forces for the
unrest and often target Al Jazeera
because of its extensive reporting.
Tunisian President Zine Abidine
Ben Ali ordered riot police to use
tear gas and rubber bullets in a
failed attempt to quell the unrest.
Like Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad during the 2009
protests against his country's
election results, Ben Ali has also
shut down communication
networks in a bid to disrupt the
demonstrators' ability to organize.
Algeria has resorted to mass
arrests, while Jordan has imposed
a clampdown and warned
protesters of dire consequences.
The protests put the Obama
administration and the European
Union on the spot. That is
nowhere more the case than in
Tunisia, which until the outbreak
of discontent last month
constituted the West's successful
model of economic and social
liberalism void of political
reform. That image was shattered
not only by the protests, but also
by Wikileaks' disclosure of
reporting by the U.S. Embassy in
Tunis that painted a very different
picture of Tunisia. Embassy
cables detail the rampant
corruption of Ben Ali's regime,
and particularly of First Lady
Leila Trabelsi and her family. The
cables suggest that U.S. diplomats
have all but given up on working
with the Tunisian leader, whose
regime former U.S. Ambassador
Robert Godec described as
"sclerotic."
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The current wave of protests may
not constitute a tipping point in
the region. But in an environment
of boiling anger and pent-up
frustration, they could trigger
events that spin out of control.
This week's warning by the U.N.
Food and Agriculture
Organization that record food
prices are likely to rise still further
as a result of erratic global
weather patterns certainly does
not bode well for Arab
governments.
The protests offer the Obama
administration as well as the
European Union an opportunity to
alter a widespread Arab
perception that the West favors
authoritarian rule in the Middle
East at the expense of the region's
population. So far, Western
governments have been slow to
grasp the opportunity. The U.S.
State Department waited until the
22nd day of the Tunisian protests
before it publicly expressed
concern on Friday, calling on the
Ben Ali government to protect
civil liberties. In remaining
largely silent, the West denies
authoritarian governments the
ability to paint the protesters as
stooges, particularly of the United
States. But as authoritarian Arab
governments cling to power with
ever-greater repression and
restriction of freedoms, silence is
a policy that is likely to ultimately
haunt not only regimes across the
region but also their Western
backers.
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continued from page 18
to North Korea's regime collapse
and Taiwan pushing openly for
independence. On the former,
there are no plausible pathways
for direct Sino-American war.
Both superpowers would be
concerned with addressing
refugee flows and securing North
Korea's weapons of mass
destruction, but there is simply no
logic in our two states warring
over either. Indeed, a scenario
based on the Kim regime lashing
out to stave off collapse is likely
to trigger unprecedented
collaboration between our two
militaries.
So quite frankly, all we're left
with is Taiwan as the scenario that
is driving a stealth arms race
between the United States and the
People's Republic. China is
seeking to add cyberwarriors,
stealth fighters, attack
submarines, an aircraft carrier, an
anti-ship ballistic missile and vast
quantities of more-conventional
missiles to its already substantial
stockpile of assets focused on the
MIDDLE
continued from page 19
James M. Dorsey, a former Wall
Street Journal foreign
correspondent, writes about ethnic
and religious conflict.
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Abidine Ben Ali (Photo by the
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president, licensed under the
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say, focused on America's ability
to intervene in that scenario. The
Pentagon, in return, is readying its
new U.S. Cyber Command and its
fairly provocative AirSea Battle
Concept, a warfighting paradigm
that would see America bombing
the length and breadth of China in
the opening days of an extended
conventional war.
If that last bit strikes you as a bit
incongruous with our economic
relationship with China, then
you're not alone. Just understand
that when Gates and others wield
the "rising military powers"
bogeyman, this truly implausible
scenario is the only one they're
actually selling you.
It's a bit more difficult to
deconstruct Gates' concluding bit
about "much, much more,"
because of its vagueness. Most
experts would include
cyberwarfare in that catch-all
category. But there again, the only
serious nation-state threat to be
cited would be China, and there
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again, the only warfighting
scenario that would trigger a
widespread attack is the
increasingly implausible Taiwan
scenario. So it's safe to assume
that Gates was just offering
himself a bit of cover.
So there you have it: the usual
concerns about terrorists and our
increasingly symmetrical efforts
to keep them on the run; small
wars and nation-building when
and where we choose to engage in
such efforts; arms sales galore to
the neighbors of Iran, North
Korea and China; and the Taiwan
scenario involving a military
opponent that we dramatically
outspend. How dramatically?
China has almost five times
America's population, and yet
Washington outspends Beijing 5-
to-1 on defense.
Reducing that overwhelming and
disproportionate spending gap
will not usher in a "potentially
calamitous" world, so you'd do
well to tune out all the coming
nonsense about "Obama gutting
Sign-N-Send Lets You Sign
and Email Documents from
Your iOS Device [Video]
iOS: Sign-N-Send is a helpful
app that lets you sign documents
(whether a PDF or an image)
directly on the screen of your iOS
device, allowing you to send it off
defense." Gates' plan is entirely
warranted and easily defended. If
anything, it doesn't go far enough.
Thomas P.M. Barnett is chief
analyst at Wikistrat and a
contributing editor for Esquire
magazine. His latest book is "
Great Powers: America and the
World After Bush" (2009). His
weekly WPR column, The New
Rules, appears every Monday.
Reach him and his blog at
thomaspmbarnett.com.
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Watch Out Investors,
Check Out What The
"Smart Money" Just
Started Doing (SPY,
GLD, BAC)
Joe Weisenthal (Money Game)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:52:03 PM
Individual investors are now
(almost) uniformly bullish on
equities.
"Buy the dop" has been a killer
strategy for months and months
now, and we're once again in that
mentality where nobody sees any
risks, and nobody wants to settle
for the skimpy returns offered by
Treasuries.
But watch out.
According to Bank of America/
Merrill Lynch's latest look at
hedge fund positioning, the smart
money is starting to turn on this
market. For the first time since
October, Long/Short funds have
reduced their net long exposure
(currently at 25%), As
MarketFolly notes, the last time
they retrenched, there was a
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Foursquare to Add Restaurant, Other Reviews, From

Questionable Source
Marshall Kirkpatrick comment. though, and the company has
(ReadWriteWeb) Sponsor raised tens of millions of dollars.
Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:37:56 PM We've long written about location A simpler explanation is that the
as a platform for innovation here company's leadership doesn't
Location based social network at ReadWriteWeb and we're really really care.
F o u r s q u a r e i s r e p o r t e d l y excited about it. Given the
Raw Footage Of The
street from my house. I go there That much is disappointing, but if Inflation And Stock
partnering with bulk-content i n c r e d i b l e a m o u n t o f r i c h often and decided to Google the the Examiner content now being
c o m p a n y E x a m i n e r . c o m t o information that could be tied to name of the park. On the second added is as bad as some critics say Market Riots In
provide revues of restaurants and F o u r s q u a r e p l a c e s , i t i s a page of search results, I found a and is as tightly integrated into the Bangladesh
other venues whenever a user disappointment that a major new PDF map of all the trees in the Foursquare experience as it
checks-in at a location. On one feature on the site sounds like it Joe Weisenthal (Money Game)
park, listing what kind of tree they sounds, this move could be more
hand the move will add helpful will look more like a commercial are and offering more information t h a n j u s t a n o t h e r m i s s e d Submitted at 1/10/2011 12:44:37 PM

content to otherwise barren place than a living encyclopedia. in a walking tour! I added a tip to o p p o r t u n i t y - i t c o u l d b e
pages when users haven't yet The way that most brands have Earlier we mentioned the violent
the venue to do that same Google downright annoying. If you're not riots in Bangladesh falling a
added their own tips to those been using Foursquare is to search, but otherwise that great familiar with the Examiner, the
places, and it will provide upload tips about places around stunning 9% collapse in the
place-based content never would W i k i p e d i a e n t r y a b o u t t h e Dhaka stock exchange in
lengthier content even when user the country, then encourage users have been surfaced in Foursquare. c o m p a n y i s i l l u m i n a t i n g ,
tips are available. On the other to Friend their account. Once you Bangladesh.
Instead we'll have to settle for especially the criticism part. In addition to the stock market
hand, the inclusion of reviews do that, if you check in near a some content-farm's review of the Basically, the company pays
instead of news and other content place that's been annotated by a collapse, the country is currently
d i v e b a r a c r o s s t h e s t r e e t . contributors bottom of the barrel being wracked by devastating
seems like a big lost opportunity. brand you're following, you'll get Presumably because the content rates to write content that's widely
Examiner content is also widely a push notification with that food inflation.
farm paid Foursquare for the criticized. Via Russia Today, here's some
derided as low-quality. Some brand's tip. The History Channel, privilege. Thanks, Foursquare. For what it's worth, each time
users will undoubtedly feel that for example, is a great account to remarkable footage of the riot,
The company has said in the past Foursquare frustrates me or though before you watch that, we
Foursquare has chosen a content f o l l o w - i t p u s h e s r e a l l y that it is interested in adding Gowalla disappoints me, I get
partner who paid over place interesting and educational tips wanted to pull out this from just
cultural and informational layers more hopeful about the fast- to show what the front of the
annotation solutions that add more about places around the country. to the check-in experience, but approaching public launch of
value for the users. The untapped potential on a Dhaka Stock Exchange looks like:
that it's limited in its ability to do another little geo startup called And here's the video:
David Kaplan at PaidContent platform that ties a person's so in the near-term by constrained Geoloqi. Somebody's got to nail
reported on the partnership this declared location to the web and Join the conversation about this
resources. Branded location this location based web stuff. story »
morning but very few details are to their friends is incredible. Last annotation has gone on via Discuss
available and Foursquare has yet week, for example, I checked-in Foursquare for at least a year,
to reply to our request for on Foursquare at a park down the

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22 Technology/
Obama's Internet Plan Sounds an
Awful Lot Like a National Internet ID
Curt Hopkins (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:00:00 PM
White House Cybersecurity
Coordinator Howard Schmidt
announced to the Stanford
Institute for Economic Policy
Research on Friday that President
Obama intended to turn over
development of a national Internet
ID to the Commerce Department.
Pursuant to the Orwellian-
sounding National Strategy for
Trusted Identities in Cyberspace,
which the administration is
currently writing, Commerce will
create a program to provide and
administer an allegedly voluntary
interoperable verified online IDs.
Sponsor
An early draft makes the case for
such an ID."(A) secure
cyberspace is critical to the health
of our economy and to the
security of our Nation. In
particular, the Federal
Government must address the
recent and alarming rise in online
fraud, identity theft, and misuse of
information online. One key step
in reducing online fraud and
identity theft is to increase the
level of trust associated with
identities in cyberspace. While
this Strategy recognizes the value
of anonymity for many online
transactions (e.g., blog postings),
for other types of transactions
(e.g., online banking or accessing
electronic health records) it is
important that the parties to that
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Square Raises $27.5M From
Sequoia And Khosla, On Track
To Process $40M In Q1 Payments
program
• A user would be able to use one Leena Rao (TechCrunch)
login to sign in to all of their sites Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:21:13 PM
So, a user would have one, We recently reported that Jack
"verified" ID, which would be Dorsey’s mobile payments startup
Square was in the process of
transaction have a high degree of known by the government, and a raising a new round of funding at
trust that they are interacting with set of large corporations. Given
the periodic outbreak of a $200 million valuation. Today,
known entities." Square’s general manager Keith
A c c o r d i n g t o C o m m e r c e governmental and corporate
Rabois tells us that the company
Secretary Gary Locke, as reported shenanigans, we fail to see the has officially closed its largest
by CNET: benefit of such a system.
round of funding to date, raising
"We are not talking about a Further, the "Identity Ecosystem" $27.5 million in new funding led
national ID card. We are not sounds strangely like the national public last Fall. Dorsey also
by Sequoia Capital with exiting
talking about a government- intranet the Chinese government investor Khosla Ventures brought on PayPal and Slide
controlled system. What we are has been working on, as an veteran Rabois as General
participating in the round.
talking about is enhancing online alternative to the Internet as a Sequoia partner Roelof Botha has Manager in August.
security and privacy, and reducing w h o l e , and more Botha’s addition as a board
c o n t r o l l a b l e . " T h e I d entity joined Square’s board of
and perhaps even eliminating the directors. We’ve heard from member makes sense considering
n e e d t o m e m o r i z e a d o z e n Ecosystem is the embodiment of his experience as CFO of
sources familiar with the matter
passwords, through creation and t h e v i s i o n . I t i s a n o n l i n e that Square’s valuation in the payments giant PayPal. Rabois
use of more trusted digital environment where individuals, says that the new funding will be
organizations, services, and round was around $200 million
identities." (that’s up from a $40 million used to go on a hiring spree for
W e a r e t a l k i n g a b o u t a devices can trust each other the company particularly for
valuation in the startup’s Series A
government-controlled system. because authoritative sources round in 2009) engineers and designers. The
That is exactly what we are establish and authenticate their investment will also be used for
Square has steadily gained
t a l k i n g a b o u t . I n f a c t , t h e digital identities." traction as a simple payments sales and marketing purposes. He
presentation of what few facts We write frequently here about adds that Square will process
option for small businesses and is
exist is vague enough as to be Facebook's efforts to become the processing millions of dollars a around $40 million in payments in
good for nothing but worry. source of a universal verified the first quarter of 2010.
week in transactions.
Here are the few facts on the online ID system, but a campaign By way of history, The brainchild “It’s about empowering people to
program that are available. by the US government to do grow their businesses,” Rabois
of Dorsey and Jim McKelvey,
• The government will enable the something similar is another Square was unveiled last explains. “And you are going to
creation of verified identities matter. It would be niave to see more and more instances of
December as a small credit card
• The government will create an assume that either party is reader that could turn any iPhone larger businesses accepting
"Identity Ecosystem" motivated by nothing more than Square as they want to bring the
into a mobile cash register. The
• Getting a verified identity will convenience on the part of users. startup unveiled apps for the iPad, Apple-store like experience to
be elective Discuss consumers.” CrunchBase
Android and iPhone.
• Verizon, Google, PayPal, Square initially launched as a Information Square Information
Symantec and AT&T support the provided by CrunchBase
private pilot limited to only
50,000 users and launched to the
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Microsoft looking into 'phantom'
Windows Phone 7 data use
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:36:33 PM
Microsoft says it's investigating a
Windows Phone 7 software
behavior that has the phone
slurping up cellular data, even
when the phone is connected to
Wi-Fi.
The cause of this data use is not
yet known, but the BBC points to
a handful of reports that say it's a
built-in feedback tool that's
essentially phoning home.
If true, this type of behavior
would not be out of place
compared to other smartphone
operating systems. In fact, Apple's
iPhone came under similar
scrutiny last year, with some users
reporting large chunks of data
getting sent in the wee hours of
the night.
Where Are You Most
Productive When Working at
Home? [Ask The Readers]
Adam Dachis (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 10:00:00 AM
The desk was designed for work,
but many of us find ourselves
are you most productive when
taking our laptops to the couch or
working at home? More »
the bed to get things done. Where
A Microsoft spokesperson said
simply that the company was
"investigating this issue to
determine the root cause and will
update with information and
guidance as it becomes available."
Several years ago background
data use would not have been as
much of an issue, however within
the last year, carriers like AT&T
and Verizon have moved away
from so-called "unlimited' data
plans, to packages of data that can
be purchased in allotments. For
consumers these represent a more
economical way to buy into a
smartphone purchase over the
course of a long-term contract, but
can carry steep penalties for
overages.
With some entry tier data plans
hovering in the 150-200MB range
(depending on which carrier
you're on), that amount can fill up
quickly when normal use is mixed
with this extra data polling, which
is said to range from 30-50MB of
data per day.
Microsoft's first big update to its
Windows Phone 7 platform is set
to roll out to users in the next
month or so. It's not yet clear
whether that update will address
this issue, or whether new
software will be necessary to
make any changes.
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Best Buy buy-back
program could boost e-
recycling
(CNET News.com) percent of the purchase price
Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:43:44 PM within six months, up to 40
percent for between six and 12
Best Buy today launched a buy- months, up to 30 percent for one
back program designed to quash year to 18 months, and up to 20
t h e f e a r o f t e c h n o l o g y percent for 18 months to two
obsolescence. In the process, tech years. For TVs, people have up to
b u y e r s c a n f i n d a w a y t o four years to get 10 percent.
r e p u r p o s e o r r e c y c l e t h e i r The primary goal of the buy-back
electronic gadgets. program is to encourage
In exchange for a fee, Best Buy consumers, particularly early
customers can return their product technology adopters, to spend on
and get paid for a fraction of its new products rather than wait,
purchase price, depending on how Sherman said.
long the consumer had it. But having another channel to
If it doesn't have any resale value, return electronics goods could
the PC, TV, or smart phone will increase used product take-back
be either stripped down for parts rates. Best Buy projects that it
or recycled in the U.S., as part of will increase the amount of
Best Buy's existing programs, said electronics it takes back in stores
George Sherman, the senior vice by about 15 percent to 160 million
president of services at the p o u n d s i n t h i s f i s c a l y e a r ,
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Apple Stores certified by US Green Startup Sherpa (Kickstarter):

Building Council...barely Going Direct To The Audience
Dave Caolo (TUAW) towards innovative wastewater For Crowdsourced Funding
Submitted at 1/10/2011 3:00:00 PM technology as its stores lack any Erick Schonfeld (TechCrunch) your own project on his site.
significant landscaping. Rule No.1: Think what you can
Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:33:30 PM
While Apple has made great give your audience that is of
gains in the environmental Elsewhere in the test, Apple If you want to crowdsource the value, whether that is early access
friendliness of its products, s c o r e d w e l l i n i n d o o r funding for a project—whether it to your project or a discount.
manufacturing and facilities, the environmental quality (its most i s a p r o d u c t , a l b u m , o r a “This is not about extracting
U.S. Green Building compliant category) and poorly in film—one of the best places to value,” he advises. It’s a two-way
Council(GBC), a "non-profit the materials & resources and find both patrons and early street.
community of leaders working to innovation & design process customers is Kickstarter. In this Rule No. 2: Promote the hell out
make green buildings available to categories. week’s episode of Startup Sherpa, of your project. “You have to be
everyone within a generation," You'll find more information on host Chris Dixon dives deep into willing to market it to your
has identified its retail stores as the LEED for retail standard here. t h e c r o w d s o u r c e d - f u n d i n g audience,” says Chen. “You have
ripe for improvement. Apple environmental quality. Congratulations to Apple for phenomenon with Kickstarter to get the ball going. The Internet
earned the group's low "certified" Unfortunately, Apple's stores receiving certification; hopefully founder Perry Chen. is not just going to find you.”
ranking, but it wasn't due to poor failed to qualify for certain points, there will be opportunities to gain The majority of projects on Startup Sherpa is a new series on
design or implementation. contributing to its low ranking. a higher ranking next time. Kickstarter are creative ones TCTV where founder and angel
The group's tool is the Leadership For example: Apple Stores certified by US involving film, art, or music. But investor Chris Dixon talks about
in Environmental and Energy • Sustainable sites: Apple won Green Building Council...barely product design and startups can be startups with other founders and
Design, or LEED standard, which points for for site selection and originally appeared on TUAW on just as creative. Chen describes investors. Please let us know in
measures a building's density, but was unable to earn Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:00:00 EST. the funding model on Kickstarter comments who else you’d like to
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materials selection and indoor loses out on possible points
including open social network Going
Diaspora and the TikTok iPod Startup Sherpa (Kickstarter):
CES 2011: The Wootable Awards Nano watch that raised almost $1 “You Really Gotta Want It.”
million. CrunchBase Information
(Woot! - One Day, One Deal) we've put the Wootables in video Didn't I already see this? If In the videos below, Dixon and K i c k s t a r t e r C h r i s D i x o n
Submitted at 1/10/2011 12:35:00 PM form this year, immersing you in you've watched the Wootcast this Chen discuss what made those I n f o r m a t i o n p r o v i d e d b y
the CES experience without the week, yes. We present it again in two projects take off. Chen also C r u n c h B a s e
Our magical bag of CES 2011 unsavory convention center this blog post because we want to offers advice for how to kickstart
video goodies still holds a couple t o i l e t s . T a k e i t a w a y , D r . keep both our Wootcast archive
of surprises - you'll see those later H e r c u l e s ! and our CES 2011 coverage
today - but none will be more Want more? Need more? Crave archive clean and complete. And
enchanting than the Wootable more? The crimes of CESes past man, those Wootcast posts have
Awards, our annual roundup of are memorialized forever in our boring titles, don't they?
the expo's flotsammest jetsam. In Wootable Awards posts from
light of the declining literacy rate, 2010, 2009, 2008, and 2007.
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News Corp’s “The Daily” iPad App
Landing January 19th
Evan Selleck (SlashGear)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:05:29 PM
The talk about News Corp’s The
Daily application for the iPad has
been a pretty constant piece of
news for awhile now, with people
guessing about the content
therein, or trying to pinpoint the
exact release date of the app.
Others, though, didn’t even think
it was coming out. But, thanks to
a new “coming soon” site
dedicated to The Daily, we can
probably safely assume that it’s
coming. And, according to
Forbes, its launch date is only just
a little off from that previous
rumor we heard not too long ago.
While Forbes is reporting that
The Daily will launch on January
19th now, further details about the
application are still hazy at this
point. We do know that the app
will function as a sort of
What Cities Will Be Hot for Entrepreneurship in 2011?
Audrey Watters
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:30:15 PM
Here at ReadWriteStart, we
frequently profile cities outside
Silicon Valley that are thriving
hot-spots for tech
entrepreneurship. Our " Never
content.
What will be most notable about
the app, though, is the push
notification system that has been
hinted at in the past. This is meant
for a subscription plan, and not
for notifications on the iPad. That
means that iTunes will
automatically bill customers,
whether it be on a weekly or
monthly schedule, depending on
the individual user. If it comes to
fruition, then there’s a possibility
that magazines and other
subscription-based periodicals
could use the same system, and
perhaps boost sales.
And finally, The Daily now has a
repository for news articles from
“coming soon” website, with a
many different sources across the
new logo which you can see
United States. It will also include
above.
some international content. There
[ via Forbes]
are also writers that were
specifically hired to write for The
Daily, who will publish original
Mind the Valley" series has
featured cities like Austin,
London, Montreal, New York,
and Boulder.
These cities tend to have strong
business climates, but in
particular they offer a strong
community for startups - often, universities. Frequently, these
but not always, centered on communities provide startup
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Stuck On A Sudoku?
Google Goggles Will
Solve It For You [Video]
Mike Melanson
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:26:08 PM
Google Goggles, our favorite
magazines from August 2010
mobile app that lets you visually
onwards.
search the Web simply by taking a
As for the Sudoku, Google
picture with your smartphone, has
Goggles will now solve any
learned a couple of new tricks. In
Sudoku puzzle that you just can't
addition to speeding up its
solve. According to Google, "if
barcode scanning feature, Google
you ever get stuck, take a clear
Goggles now recognizes a variety
picture of the entire puzzle with
of print ads and...solves that
Goggles and we'll tell you the
Sudoku puzzle you just can't
correct solution." Take a look at
solve!
the video for a quick demo:
Sponsor
What do you think of Google
Last November, Google
Goggles? Is it simply a fun parlor
announced and experiment using
trick type app (at least for the
Google Goggles to bring users
moment) or do you actually
extra content when they scanned
certain ads. Though similar, that visually search for anything, ever?
Obviously visual search is
experiment returned users to a
specific link, whereas this new something new that we'll see more
feature brings related search and more of in the future, but
results, recognizing that you we're wondering when it will
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Hey, your iPhone's

untied!
Rick Martin (TUAW)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 2:00:00 PM

In the market for a shoe-phone?

iShoes are funky little iPhone
cases coming out of Asia that
make your phone look like a tiny,
somewhat flattened-out sneaker.
Recently available for purchase
from Japan-based vendor Strapya,
iShoes are made by Korean
internationally.
company Play Hello. These
If you do want to convert your
colorful cases seem to have been
iPhone into a cute l'il shoe-phone,
around since earlier this year but
then this might be for you. I can't
surprisingly without much foreign
help but think however that
fanfare. Strapya is selling the
somewhere Don Adams is yelling
iPhone 4 iShoes cases on site for
down at us that we're doing it
2380 yen (or about $28), and the
wrong.
Windows Phone 7 Performance company will take orders from
outside Japan. Cases are available
in an assortment of colors: black,
Hello, Chief?
Hey, your iPhone's untied!

Upgrade Demoed on Video blue, orange, pink, red, and white.

Play Hello has cases available for
originally appeared on TUAW on
Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:00:00 EST.
Please see our terms for use of
Evan Selleck (SlashGear) games. previous version. the iPhone 4 and 3GS, and even
feeds.
The demonstration below (filmed The update, along with the for the homegrown fave Samsung
Submitted at 1/10/2011 12:09:24 PM
Source| Permalink| Email this|
by Anandtech), which you can see updates mentioned above, is also Galaxy S, though as far as I can
Comments
Microsoft has been open about i n a l l o f i t s v i d e o g l o r y , meant to bring a better search see the company doesn't ship
their first update to Windows showcases applications, mainly experience to the Marketplace.
Phone 7, saying that the update games, being loaded in two
w o u l d b r i n g p l e n t y o f devices. The Samsung Taylor in
However, the biggest question of Wootcast for 1/10/2011
all regarding the first software Woot (Woot! - One Day, One
improvements to the mobile question, of which one of them is we hope you're not applying the
update for Microsoft’s newest Deal)
Operating System. What most loaded with the new software will-it-float test to determine
mobile OS is when it’s coming,
people are waiting for is Copy & build of Windows Phone 7 (you’ll Submitted at 1/10/2011 12:00:00 AM value. With all that in mind, this
and that’s still not answered. So,
Paste, but Microsoft is also adding have to watch it to find out which week's Woot podcast features a
check out the video, and if you
They say it's the cream that rises few of the things that bobbed up
other flourishes to make sure that one), is put against the same have yourself a Windows Phone 7
to the top, but the truth is that in front of us at CES in Las Vegas
the package isn’t just a one-hit device running the older version handset, you’ll have to keep on
buoyancy is a poor measure of last week. Our Wootable Awards
wonder. Namely, the update, of the mobile Operating System. waiting for that Copy & Paste
quality. After all, which would aren't necessarily given to the
which is build number 7.0.7353.0, Bejeweled manages to load up update.
you rather own, a gold ingot, or a BEST stuff at the show -- just the
also speeds up applications — about 16.9 times faster than the [ via WinRumors]
Ziploc bag full of hair? When most buoyant.
especially the graphic-intensive same game opening on the
someone offers you this choice,
E-reader News Edition Technology/ Featured/ 27

Re-Use Your Keurig K-

Cups!
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Do you love the Keurig coffee

system?
Are you tired of paying 50¢ per
cup? Do you want to start saving
money today? Turn your used K-
Cups into reusable K-Cups!
The Keurig standard approach
involves the purchase of K-Cups
with coffee, tea, hot chocolate,
etc. The K-Cups make excellent
coffee. But they each cost
anywhere from $.25 to $.50 per
cup depending on the quantity and
where you purchase them. If you
like to drink coffee like me, this
Silent Hill: Downpour is the Next can add up to quite a bill really
quickly.
So you say, why not get a
$14 and up. If you want 10 of
them, that is $140 just for the
reusable cups. Second, the cup
does not produce as good of a cup
of coffee as the K-Cup itself. The
designs are different and the water
flows out the sides of the filter
rather than down through the
coffee (take a look at it closely).
Third, the design is big, bulky,
and hard to store. If you already
have a turnstile for K-Cups, you

Installment in the Series reusable K-Cup. Good idea. But

Evan Selleck (SlashGear)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 12:41:49 PM
The Silent Hill games are part of
a long-running series from
developer and publisher Konami.
It’s a survival horror franchise
that has seen releases on several
different consoles over the year,
but Konami has focused primarily
on Sony’s home videogame
console mostly, with a few
divergents here and there. With
the latest edition to the franchise,
which is in development now, it
marks the 8th title for Silent Hill,
and it looks like rain is going to
be playing a huge role in the
upcoming title.
According to Game Informer, the
next game will be titled Silent
Hill: Downpour, and the
developers are making sure that
rain is an integral part of the
game’s structure. And not just
rain, but water in general, it
seems. Details about the game are
still sparse at the moment, but GI
will have full details in their
February edition of the magazine.
In previous installments, the
Silent Hill world has been
invaded by a rust-covered version
of the town, where the monsters
and main antagonists of the
franchise lurk. Fog has played a
huge role in the games as well.
Most recently, though, Silent Hill:
Shattered Memories utilized snow
and ice, instead of rust and broken
down buildings to imagine
Konami’s other world. It will be
interesting to see how water might
play into the nightmares of the
main protagonist.
[ via Game Informer]
there are a few problems with the
system Keurig wants you to use.
First the reusable K-Cups cost
NYT on future-safe archives
(Scripting News)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 7:34:21 AM
Over the years I've written
frequently about making the web
a more permanent medium, I call
the topic "future-safe archives."
Yesterday there was an excellent
article in the NY Times Magazine
by Rob Walker on this topic. He
contacted me via email initially in
can not store these there. With
this product you can.
August of last year, and we
exchanged 21 emails, some quite
lengthy, over the months.
I appreciate the thought he put
into this story, and now that the
Times has written on it, maybe we
can make some progress in
assuring that people who want to
create lasting works on the web
have a way to do it.
28 Policy/
How to Cut $100 Billion Without Really Crying
(AEI.Org: Articles)
Submitted at 1/9/2011 5:00:00 PM
To listen to Democrats, they have
new Republican House Speaker
John Boehner right where they
want him.
"The reality of governing is
different than the reality of
campaigning, and it's easier to
throw out a number than it is to
support it," David Axelrod,
President Barack Obama's
outgoing senior strategist, said
last week.
The number, of course, is the
$100 billion in cuts to federal
spending that House Republicans
have been discussing since they
unveiled their 2010 campaign
platform last September.
Republicans in the House barely
had time to adjust to their
majority status before facing
questions and skepticism about
whether and how they can pull
that off.
Boehner is going to win this one.
Government spending has surged
so much in the past two years that
cutting $100 billion is a piece of
cake.
First, let's understand exactly
what Boehner and his team
promised.
In their "Pledge to America,"
congressional Republicans wrote:
"With common-sense exceptions
for seniors, veterans, and our
troops, we will roll back
government spending to pre-
stimulus, pre-bailout levels,
saving us at least $100 billion in
the first year alone and putting us
on a path to balance the budget
and pay down the debt."
Would Americans really suffer if
taxpayer-funded travel by federal
employees was slashed? I doubt
it.
Note the operative phrase, "the
first year." Those now predicting
defeat for Boehner--dare I say,
rooting for it--make his task
tougher by implying that the word
"fiscal" precedes "year."
Months Gone By
The 2011 U.S. fiscal year began
on Oct. 1, 2010, without a budget
in effect, and with Democrats in
charge. Since that time, the
government has been funded by
passage of continuing resolutions,
maintaining expenditures at 2010
levels. When the current one
expires on March 4, Republicans
will have just seven months to
make their mark on the 2011
budget.
But since Boehner didn't specify
"fiscal year," Republicans simply
can say that the starting pistol
went off only last week. House
Budget Committee Chairman Paul
Ryan said as much: "We will be
cutting $100 billion plus over this
calendar year. If you think we're
stopping shy of $100 billion in
cuts, you got another think
coming."
The budget hawks have tied a
hand behind their backs by
vowing not to cut spending for
seniors, national defense and
veterans. Still, with 12 months to
accomplish it, the lift is pretty
easy.
No Tears
The Heritage Foundation's Brian
Riedl came up with an ambitious
plan for cutting $343 billion in
spending. I'll shoot for one-third
of that target, with the added goal
of avoiding some of his proposals
--such as reducing Pell Grants and
eliminating homeland-security
funding to states--that would be
most likely to lead to wailing in
the echoing halls of the Capitol
complex.
Here's how to do it.
First, it's finally time to take on
farm subsidies, which topped
$15.4 billion in 2009, according
to the Washington-based
Environmental Working Group.
Farm-state lawmakers in both
parties, using the Agriculture
Committee as their base, have
long beaten back efforts to slash
direct payments to growers. So
why might now be different?
Because of the unprecedented
power that Boehner is investing in
Ryan and the Budget Committee.
This doesn't mean America's
farmers have to be left to fend for
themselves.
Farmer Savings
Canada has experimented with a
program that provides
government matching funds for
farmers' deposits into savings
accounts that help them buffer
their incomes against the ups and
downs of farm prices. Such a
program in the U.S. could achieve
the objective of helping family
farmers survive while enabling
policy makers to withdraw
billions of subsidies to big
agriculture.
These changes, plus closing the
U.S. Agriculture Department's
Foreign Agricultural Service,
would save about $19.5 billion.
Not a bad start.
Next, target energy subsidies,
which might make us feel good
but make little economic sense.
As I've written before, if Congress
wants to encourage innovation in
energy, it should tax carbon, not
subsidize politically favored
approaches such as ethanol. Riedl
says cutting energy subsidies
would save about $6.5 billion.
(We could go after the tax-credit
subsidies too, which technically
aren't spending.)
Justice Department block grants--
annual sums given to state and
local governments, which largely
get to decide how to spend them
to achieve a certain goal--have
also been targeted for cuts, and
then saved, again and again. Here,
too, it's high time to strike a blow
for federalism: local law
enforcement is, by definition, a
local concern. That's $7.3 billion
in savings.
Grounded Bureaucrats
Would Americans really suffer if
taxpayer-funded travel by federal
employees was slashed? I doubt
it. Riedl counts $22.5 billion in
savings from that and from
cutting in half the cost of
maintaining vacant federal
properties. (How about selling
some of them?)
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The easiest cuts are to money not
yet spent. There are various
competing estimates of how much
remains unspent from the great
stimulus of 2009. I'll take the
most conservative estimate, $12
billion--the biggest chunk of
which would go toward high-
speed rail, something that we all
covet when visiting Europe or
Asia but that would require a
wholesale transfiguring of the
American landscape that the U.S.
simply will never do.
We're two-thirds of the way to
$100 billion.
Just because we're all tired of
hearing about alleged "waste,
fraud and abuse" doesn't mean
there isn't a lot of it. Riedl
estimates that a $5 billion
investment in updated computer
systems could halve errors in
government payments, saving $44
billion. That lifts our spending
cuts to $111.8 billion: target
achieved, with wiggle room to
boot.
Of course, there's still the matter
of my bill. Kevin A. Hassett is a
senior fellow and director of
economic policy studies at AEI.
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Michelle Williams Has a
Don't Let O Disarm Our Military New York Weekend
While Ryan Gosling
(AEI.Org: Articles) in Virginia for closing and talked one of the canceled F-22 Raptor cyberwarfare are the military's
Submitted at 1/9/2011 5:00:00 PM of forgoing replacement vessels fighters employs some 1,000 future, goes the claim. Talks "Real" Sex
for our carrier strike groups. subcontractors and suppliers and But the focus on the hi-tech side Katie Henry (PopSugar)
Call it President Obama's During his tenure, Gates has also 95,000 workers. of modern warfare mistakes the
Submitted at 1/10/2011 10:55:33 AM
"conditional-surrender Pentagon sent a clear message to America's A modest 15 percent rise in the trunk for the elephant. The trunk
budget"--and bad news for the US defense industry: If you want new Pentagon's outlays for makes him distinct, and he can't Michelle Williams broke out her
economy. weapons contracts, don't look for procurement, research and function without it. But it's the favorite fur-lined jacket for a
The 2012 Defense budget that them here. That's why most are operations would mean 300,000 rest of him that makes him lord of stroll in Brooklyn on Saturday,
Secretary Robert Gates unveiled rapidly expanding their sales jobs and $30 billion pumped into the jungle. though yesterday she didn't let the
last week calls for cuts of more overseas and one reason Northrop our manufacturing and That includes our Marines. The Winter weather affect her
than $178 billion--more than a Grumman is selling its Newport engineering sector--with ripple savage irony is that, just as Gates wardrobe choice when she
quarter of today's Pentagon News shipyard--the one place effects throughout the economy, is slashing their numbers and stepped out for a Blue Valentine
spending. Some $100 million in where we build nuclear carriers from technology spin-offs to new taking away their vertical-take-off Q&A hosted by The New York
cuts are coming now, including and subs. basic research grants for F-35s, they're doing so well in Times in NYC. She chose a short
$35 billion from the Navy alone, The White House message to corporations and universities. Afghanistan he's sending in black Chanel dress for the event,
with the other $78 billion slated friends and foes has been clear: Think of our military buildup another 1,400 of them. which she attended alongside
for the next five years. Being a superpower isn't for us during World War II, which Republicans in Congress must reporter Dave Itzkoff and the
On the chopping block are the any more. doubled our GNP. Think of the firmly reject this budget, and call musician Lang Lang. Her costar
Marine Expeditionary Fighting Liberal critics point out that Internet, cellphones and GPS--all Obama's bluff. They must fight Ryan Gosling was slated to
Vehicle and the Slamraam surface Pentagon spending won't actually spin-offs from past military for our Marines, sailors and attend, however, he didn't make it.
-to-air missile system, while the F go down. With personnel benefits spending--and the point becomes soldiers, and for the equipment Michelle will reunite with Ryan
-35 Joint Strike Fighter will face and health-care costs rising 5 obvious. they need to make us all safer, just on Sunday to attend the Golden
more delays--which without a percent a year, it'll go up--but by Of course, the Pentagon exists for as those forces fight for us. Globes, where they're both
doubt will trigger cost overruns. the most modest amount in almost an even more important reason: to They'll be fighting for our nominated for their roles - don't
The official story is that Gates is a decade. defend the nation and maintain economic future, too. Arthur forget to fill out Buzz's ballot for
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(AEI.Org: Articles) Payscale has a large database of Delaware, the 16th is the the Georgia Institute of
Submitted at 1/9/2011 5:00:00 PM wage and salary data, allowing it University of California at San Technology will see a return of
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We're Learning A Huge Lesson About Inflation Right Now

Joe Weisenthal (Money Game)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:26:00 PM
People yell a lot about inflation
and its potential harm to the
economy, but if you're screaming
about food or energy inflation in
the US you don't have a clue
about what it can really do.
Where inflation stings is in places
like Indonesia, India, and
Bangladesh, where rampant
inflation and a stock market crash
have lead to riots.
For some perspective, here's what
the Dhaka Stock Exchange has
done in recent weeks. Obviously
ugly.
To even talk about the US
experiencing inflation in
anywhere near the same ballpark
as what's going in in the emerging
world is a joke. Yes, it sucks to
pay $3/gallon in gasoline, or pay
more for a box of cereal, but this
sort of inflation is not going to
lead to riots or abandoned
vehicles or crater the US market.
Bernanke is happy to tolerate a
bit of commodity inflation to fight
off deflation in wages and
housing. (Whether he succeeds is
another story.)
Join the conversation about this
story »
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Brazil Accuses US, China of Currency Manipulation; Intense
Monetary Tightening in China; Iceland Solution Tempts
Ireland;Unprecedented Hell in Belgium
noreply@blogger.com (Michael
Shedlock) (Mish's Global
Economic Trend Analysis)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 12:26:00 AM
Here are a few of the many
stories I am following: The risk of
trade wars escalates as Brazil
accuses the United States and
China of currency manipulation.
In turn, the IMF is upset at Brazil
for imposing capital controls. In
Belgium, the king wants to end
the "unprecedented hell" that has
left Belgium without a
government for 211 days smack
in the midst of a budget crisis.
China is set for multiple rounds of
credit tightening even though
China's growth is weakening.
Interest rates in Portugal and
Spain suggest more bailouts
coming up. Ireland is pondering
the Iceland Solution and that has
the IMF more than a bit upset.
Brazil Finance Minister Warns of
Trade Wars
The Financial Times reports
Brazil Warns Trade War Looming
Brazil has warned that the world
is on course for a full-blown
“trade war” as it stepped up its
rhetoric against exchange rate
manipulation.
Guido Mantega, finance minister,
told the Financial Times that
Brazil was preparing new
measures to prevent further
appreciation of its currency, the
real, and would raise the issue of
exchange-rate manipulation at the
World Trade Organisation and
other global bodies. He said the
US and China were among the
worst offenders.
“This is a currency war that is
turning into a trade war,” Mr
Mantega said in his first exclusive
interview since Dilma Rousseff,
Brazil’s new president, took
office on January 1. His
comments follow interventions in
currency markets by Brazil, Chile
and Peru last week and recent
sharp rises in the Australian
dollar, the Swiss franc and other
currencies amid an exodus of
investment from the sluggish
economies of the US and Europe.
Tensions Rise in Currency Wars
In related news, the IMF is
arguing against Brazil's
imposition of capital controls as
Tensions rise in currency wars. If
the world’s shell-shocked
investors thought that 2011 might
see an outbreak of peace in the
currency wars, they were sadly
mistaken. Not only did Brazil last
week take more action to stem the
rise in the real but Chile, one of
the most free-market of emerging
economies, has also unveiled a
campaign of intervention against
its currency.
With a sense that the battles
against destabilising capital
inflows are here to stay has come
a determination to set new rules of
engagement on controlling them.
But given the uncertainty and
political explosiveness around the
issue, any such venture faces a
tough future.
The International Monetary Fund
last week revealed an attempt to
put itself at the centre of the
debate, releasing a study arguing
for global rules to constrain
governments’ use of capital
controls. But observers doubt that
it will broker a deal soon. “The
IMF has made a pre-emptive grab
for power without a clear idea of
what it is asking for,” says Eswar
Economy/ 31
Prasad, a former senior IMF
official now at Cornell University.
The case for global rules is that
one country’s actions can spill
over to others. Last year’s rash of
direct currency market
intervention to slow speculative
capital inflows, for example,
proved self-perpetuating as
country after country rushed to
stop its own exchange rate being
the only one to rise. China's Trade
Surplus Weakens
The New York Times reports
China’s December Trade Rises,
but Growth Weakens
China's December exports rose
by double digits, possibly fueling
tension with Washington ahead of
Chinese President Hu Jintao's
U.S. visit next week.
Exports rose 17.9 percent,
producing a $13.1 billion trade
surplus, though growth was down
from November's 34.9 percent
surge, customs data showed
Monday. Imports gained 25.6
percent over a year earlier, down
from the previous month's 37.7
percent growth but reflecting
China's relatively strong
economic growth.
December exports of $154.1
billion might be the highest
monthly level ever for China,
which overtook Germany in 2009
as the world's biggest exporter,
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Campaign To Recall Illinois Governor Pat Quinn Underway

noreply@blogger.com (Michael more money to fund pension With high property taxes, high 85% vote turnout for Quinn in
Shedlock) (Mish's Global plans sales taxes and now high income Chicago. Sadly, Mayor Daley did In essence, Public unions own
Economic Trend Analysis) taxes, the flight to low-tax states nothing to stop this, although the Illinois, California, and New
Submitted at 1/10/2011 4:37:00 AM The Tribune notes "As a measure will only pick up speed. mayor is complaining mightily York.
I have exciting news this o f h o w d e s p e r a t e s t a t e Enough is enough. Indiana now about the Governor's New Jersey Governor Chris
morning. I am launching a g o v e r n m e n t ' s f i n a n c e s a r e , Governor Mitch Daniels On proposals. Christie is starting to turn things
c a m p a i g n t o r e c a l l I l l i n o i s Cullerton said the state would use Quinn's Plan “It’s worth remembering that around. Wisconsin and Ohio also
governor Pat Quinn. the income-tax hike to borrow The Illinois Policy Institute is not Governor Quinn only found one have newly elected governors
This is not a frivolous effort. It is $12.2 billion. Of that, $8.5 billion the only one who thinks Governor program—out of thousands—to willing to take on public unions.
a serious undertaking and one in would pay overdue bills and $3.7 Quinn's proposal would be horrid veto outright when he signed this In Illinois, Governor Quinn
which I intend to see to the end. It billion would cover a government for Illinois. So does Indiana year’s spending bill in July. Had remains beholden to public
will take hard work and lots of w o r k e r p e n s i o n p a y m e n t G o v e r n o r M i t c h D a n i e l s he taken a closer look at structural unions, not taxpayers, in spite of
v o l u n t e e r s b u t w e w i l l b e lawmakers skipped when putting according to The Northwest spending reforms and not agreed massive voter rejections
successful. together the current budget, he Times of Indiana. to politically motivated “no layoff nationally of tax-and-spend
I need volunteers to ... said." "We already had an edge on and closure” deals with public policies.
Raising corporate and personal Illinois in terms of the cost of employee unions, we could be on Organized labor contributed
• Gather signatures income taxes to borrow $12.2 doing business, and this is going the path back to recovery instead mightily to his campaign, and
• Talk to state legislative billion is not "desperation", it is to make it significantly wider," of being stuck in ever-mounting Governor Quinn wants to pay
representatives to get them on fiscal insanity. It will drive Daniels said. debt,” noted John Tillman at the them back. His proposals will do
board businesses out of Illinois and push The Tax Foundation, a Illinois Policy Institute. that by taking money out of your
• Provide legal help many struggling taxpayers into nonpartisan tax research group in Those "no layoff" agreements pocket so that the public unions
• Design a website bankruptcy. Washington, noted if the proposed bought Quinn votes. So did other get wages and benefits that most
• Help with advertising Quinn is unlikely to get all of corporate tax hike becomes law, union-pandering deals. It did not taxpayers will never see.
those measures passed, but it does Illinois businesses will pay the matter that Illinois could not Quinn bought the election, even
I will pay for website hosting and not matter. Those are his highest combined national-local afford those deals. Quinn did what if barely.
domain names. intentions and they they show his c o r p o r a t e t a x r a t e i n t h e he could to get elected, taxpayers Constitutional Amendment To
We need to be successful because b l a t a n t i n c o m p e t e n c e a n d i n d u s t r i a l i z e d w o r l d . be damned. Recall Governors
Governor Quinn has plans that disregard for both taxpayers and That is the wrong course for There still is no serious Last November, Illinois voters
will destroy Illinois. businesses. Moreover, he will try Illinois to take, Daniels said. discussion from Quinn as to how were presented a chance to vote
Massive Tax Hikes Will Drive again. "It does show that you can make to rein in exorbitant taxpayer on a constitutional amendment
Businesses Out Of Illinois Enough Is Enough very different choices, and the giveaways to public unions. His allowing governors to be recalled.
The Chicago Tribune reports John Tillman at the Illinois contrast between the choice we've only "solution" is to raise taxes. I am pleased to report the Illinois
Governor Quinn has reached a P o l i c y I n s t i t u t e s a y s . . . made and the one they have is Four Big States - Four Big Governor Recall Amendment
d e a l w i t h t o p D e m o c r a t i c Amazingly, the deal will also hike stark," he said. " Obviously I Problems Passes With Two-Thirds Of Vote.
lawmakers including Senate the corporate income tax rate. think ours is wiser, but self- California, Illinois, and New The Illinois constitution was
President John Cullerton to .... Combined with the personal governance means people get York all have massive fiscal changed last night, with an
property replacement tax and the what they vote for." problems. They all have other amendment swept in by a wide
• Hike the state income tax by federal corporate tax, Illinois Indeed, people get what they vote things in common. margin.
75%, from 3% to 5.25% would have one of the HIGHEST for, but how did Quinn win? Over two million voters approved
• Hike the corporate income tax corporate income tax rates in the Governor Quinn Bought The • Collective Bargaining a process for the public to recall
rate by 75% from 4.8% to 8.4% world. You don't have to be a Election • Prevailing Wage Laws governors during their term,
• Hike the cigarette tax by $1 a rocket scientist to figure out this Governor Quinn barely won the • Illinois, California, and New giving the measure well over the
pack means bad news for job growth in election against a very weak York are NOT " Right to Work"
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according to Cohen.
Imports were $141 billion. The
trade surplus was the third-lowest
monthly level in 2010 and down
sharply from November's $22.9
billion.
Beijing promised more exchange
rate flexibility in June and the
yuan has risen by about 3.5
percent against the U.S. dollar
since then. Analysts expect the
currency to rise by about 5
percent this year, but that is too
little for critics who say the yuan
is undervalued by up to 40
percent.
Beijing also faces criticism that it
is hampering access to its finance
industries and is improperly
supporting its fledgling producers
of solar, wind and other
renewable energy technology by
shutting foreign suppliers out of
government-financed projects.
Those last two paragraphs also
smack of trade wars. Currently,
China is on the Congressional
back burner, but that will change
as soon as the US economy stalls
even a bit.
China Faces Intense Monetary
Tightening
Bloomberg reports Reserves Set
for $2.8 Trillion Mean Tightening
People’s Bank of China
Governor Zhou Xiaochuan
ordered lenders to increase funds
on deposit at the authority six
times in 2010, as the yuan’s
interest-rate advantage over the
dollar attracted capital that stoked
inflation. The yuan may gain the
most among currencies in the so-
called BRIC nations, rising 5.4
percent by year-end, compared
with a 0.8 percent drop for
Brazil’s real, a 0.3 percent
increase for Russia’s ruble and 5
percent advance for India’s rupee,
according to Bloomberg surveys
of strategists.
“We will probably see a round of
pretty intense tightening in the
first half,” said Ren Xianfang, an
economist in Beijing for
Lexington, Massachusetts-based
research company IHS Global
Insight. “The yuan’s appreciation
in 2011, particularly in the first
half, should be faster than last
year.”
The reserves, which exceeded $1
trillion in 2006 and $2 trillion in
2009, will reach $3 trillion by
June 30, according to UBS AG
estimates.
Premier Wen Jiabao is seeking to
sustain the economy’s growth to
create millions of jobs each year,
while preventing rising prices for
homes and food from fueling
social unrest. Benchmark
borrowing costs for Chinese
banks have risen to a two- year
high, fuelling an 11 percent
decline in the benchmark
Shanghai Composite Index of
stocks in the past 12 months.
While a stronger currency and
higher rates may help tame
inflation, they also risk attracting
capital from abroad. In
November, consumer prices rose
5.1 percent from a year earlier, the
most in 28 months, food costs
jumped 11.7 percent and property
prices gained 7.7 percent,
government data show.
“The risk of a widening interest-
rate gap attracting hot money
inflows may be part of the reason
behind the central bank’s
inclination to use the reserve ratio
tool more frequently than interest
rates,” said Wen Pengyong, an
economist at Essence Securities
Co., a Shenzhen-based brokerage.
Unprecedented Hell In Belgium
As Debt Crisis Escalates
Bloomberg reports Belgium’s
King to Tackle Political Deadlock
as Debt Woes Mount
Belgium’s king will make a fresh
bid to end the 211-day post-
election deadlock that has left the
country without a full-time
government and fanned concern
that Europe’s debt crisis will
widen.
Belgium’s 10-year borrowing
costs jumped to an almost two-
year high last week, prompting
business leaders to demand an
immediate coalition deal between
feuding parties in the Dutch-
speaking north and French-
speaking south.
“Financial markets will be
merciless if the country doesn’t
extricate itself from this
unprecedented hell as soon as
possible,” billionaire financier
Albert Frere told Le Soir
newspaper.
For the first time, investors view
western European government
bonds as riskier than emerging-
market debt, the Markit iTraxx
SovX Western Europe Index of
credit-default swaps showed last
week.
European leaders may discuss
expanding the 750 billion-euro
($965 billion) financial backstop
for indebted nations at their next
summit, Handelsblatt reported
yesterday, citing German
government officials it didn’t
identify. German Chancellor
Angela Merkel has said she
opposes increasing government-
funded aid for euro countries and
her chief spokesman, Steffen
Seibert, said yesterday that “no
decision has been taken about
widening the rescue fund.”
The extra borrowing cost over
German bonds, a gauge of the risk
of investing in Belgium, has risen
to 126 basis points from 79 basis
points on election day June 13.
The spotlight shifts later this
week to southern Europe for sales
of some of the $1.1 trillion that
euro-region governments need to
borrow on bond markets in 2011.
Portugal will auction bonds
maturing in 2014 and 2020 on
Jan. 12. Spain follows on Jan. 13
with the sale of bonds maturing in
2016.
Portugal’s 10-year yields rose 50
basis points to 7.10 percent last
week, while Spain’s rose 6 basis
points to 5.51 percent. The market
has signaled it's all over for
Portugal. Spain is next.
Icelandic Way Out
The Telegraph reports Iceland
offers risky temptation for Ireland
as recession ends
Iceland has finally emerged from
deep recession after allowing its
currency to plunge and washing
its hands of private bank debt,
prompting an intense the debate
over whether Ireland might suffer
less damage if adopted the same
strategy.
Iceland's budget deficit will be
33
6.3pc this year, and soon in
surplus: Ireland's will be 12pc
(32pc with bank bail-outs) and not
much better next year.
The pain has been distributed
very differently. Irish
unemployment has reached
14.1pc, and is still rising. Iceland's
peaked at 9.7pc and has since
fallen to 7.3pc.
Iceland's president, Olafur
Grimsson, irritated EU officials
last month when he said his
country was recovering faster
because it had refused to bail out
creditors – mostly foreigners.
"The difference is that in Iceland
we allowed the banks to fail.
These were private banks and we
didn't pump money into them in
order to keep them going; the
state should not shoulder the
responsibility," he said.
The Irish press reported that EU
officials "hit the roof" when Irish
negotiators talked of broader
burden-sharing. The European
Central Bank is afraid that any
such move would cause instant
contagion through the debt
markets of southern Europe.
Comparisons between the Irish
and Icelandic banks must be
handled with care. Iceland is tiny.
It could walk away from liabilities
equal to 900pc of GDP without
causing a global systemic crisis.
Ireland is 12 times bigger. The
balance sheets of Irish banks are
$1.3 trillion (£822bn). The
interlocking ties with German,
Dutch, Belgian, and British banks
create a nexus of vulnerability.
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Australia's "Tulip Mania" About to Crash; 44% Jump in Property
Listings Proves the Proposed Housing Shortage is Gargantuan
Myth; Playable Actions
noreply@blogger.com (Michael
Shedlock) (Mish's Global
Economic Trend Analysis)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 10:36:00 AM
For years I have been hearing
about a housing "shortage" in
Australia. That myth has been
shattered by latest stats that show
a 44% jump in property listings.
The property market could be set
for early-year price falls due to a
build up of unsold properties, with
new figures by property research
company SQM Research showing
the number of listings swelled
44% over 2010.
Managing director Louis
Christopher says overall the huge
number of listings means prices
are now hanging by a thread and a
market downturn is imminent.
"It's still very clear to us that they
are now at levels that would
suggest a downturn in the housing
market, although the stock levels
have fallen seasonally. The
overall number is up now by 44%
across the nation."
"I wouldn't like to see another
interest rate rise anytime soon – it
will accelerate the downturn."
The new figures suggest that the
shortage has been overblown.
Residential property listings were
328,270 during December,
representing an increase of 44.9%
over the year.
"In Surfer's Paradise, for instance,
I know there are now over 2,000
properties on the market in one
postcode – just one. That area is
really struggling at the moment,
and it is now the equivalent of
Florida in the United States."
Christopher also says he is
concerned about Darwin, which
recorded the largest increase out
of all capital cities at 57.3%.
Listings increased in Brisbane by
59.4% and Perth by 54.8%.
Melbourne followed closely with
a 42.7% rise, although Canberra
recorded a rise of 46.5% as well.
The region with the highest
growth in stock levels was North
Queensland, with an increase of
216.3%. The region with the
highest month-on-month stock
growth was Launceston, with
18.1%. Australia Heads For
Economic Crunch
The Daily Telegraph reports
Australians sinking under debt
burden
AUSTRALIA is heading for an
economic crunch as family
finances collapse under the
burden of record debts, rising
interest rates and utility bills.
With banks warning they will be
forced to raise mortgage rates by
0.50 per cent in 2011 and Sydney
rents forecast to rise by between
$160 and $190 a month,
according to analysts Residex,
householders look set to suffer.
Repossessions and tenant
evictions are expected to rise
sharply. "It's going to be tough"
said Shane Oliver, chief
economist at AMP Capital.
According to the Reserve Bank,
Australians have added almost
$220 billion to household debt
levels since the beginning of
2008, taking our borrowings to a
record $1.3 trillion.
"Unlike the rest of the world,
Australia has slipped back into its
old habits," said Steve Keen,
professor of economics at the
University of Western Sydney.
"We're spending ourselves right
back into trouble. With so much
extra debt to service, we don't
need interest rates to reach
anything like the 9.6 per cent they
hit in 2008.
Mr Oliver has estimated that debt
will become unmanageable for
many households when mortgage
rates rise from 7.80 per cent to
about 8.50 per cent.
"At that stage homeowners could
hit a wall," he said.
Economists are forecasting three
0.25 per cent rate hikes for 2011,
taking the typical mortgage rate to
8.55 per cent. Australia's Tulip
Mania
I rather doubt those interest rate
hike are coming. I would guess
there is one more hike at most.
Then at some point there will be
panic cuts by the Reserve Bank of
Australia.
History suggests it will not matter
one bit once.
Remember the housing
"shortage" in Florida? People
stood in lines overnight and
entered lotteries for the right to
buy condos. Others were going
door to door making offers on
homes that were not even for sale.
From that aspect, it sure looked
like there was a shortage. There
wasn't. It was nothing more than a
speculative mirage much akin to
the shortage of quality tulip bulbs
in the year 1635 during Holland
Tulipmania. So anxious were the
speculators to obtain them that
one person offered twelve acres of
building ground for the Harlaem
tulip. That of Amsterdam was
bought for 4600 florins, a new
carriage, two grey horses, and a
complete suit of harness. Housing
mania did not get as far out of
hand as tulip mania. Nonetheless,
many lives were ruined in Florida,
Las Vegas, Phoenix, and dozens
of places in California and
elsewhere in the US.
Until the bubble pops,
speculative manias always make it
appear as if there are shortages
and infinite demand.
Playable Actions
The day of reckoning has finally
arrived for Australia. A day of
reckoning awaits Canada, China,
and the UK as well. It's too late
now to do much of anything
except
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• Get out of the Australian dollar
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Addendum:
Steve Keen added this comment
to the blog.
Spot on as always Mish. One
factor that I'm following closely
in all this is what Biggs, Meyer,
and Pick called "The Credit
Impulse".
This is the change in the change
in debt, expressed as a percentage
of GDP, something I've covered
in a couple of recent posts:
A Fork in the Road?
Deleveraging, Deceleration and
the Double Dip
It follows from my argument that
aggregate demand in a credit-
driven economy is the sum of
GDP plus the change in debt,
since it also follows that change in
aggregate demand is the sum of
the change in GDP plus the
acceleration of debt.
Australia got out of the crisis in
2009 by exploiting the upside of
this factor: if you can encourage
people into debt, then aggregate
demand grows as debt accelerates
--so even slowing down the rate
of deleveraging gives a positive
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60 percent of voters required for • Who becomes governor: If the incompetence and vote buying. would appreciate it. We need to
its passage. The amendment is governor is recalled, the The state House of put a stop to Quinn's proposals
widely viewed as a reaction to the lieutenant governor becomes Representatives consists of 118 that will drive businesses and jobs
corruption charges against former acting governor until a special representatives elected from out of the state and massively
Governor Rod Blagojevich. What election is held. If there is no individual legislative districts for raise your taxes as part of the
Does A Recall Effort Take? lieutenant governor, the attorney a two-year term with no limits. bargain.
general becomes acting governor. The Illinois Senate is consists of Please email Recall Governor Pat
• A voter has to file an affidavit If there is no attorney general, the 59 senators with staggered two- or Q u i n n
stating his or her intent to secretary of state becomes acting four-year terms. Today(RecallQuinnToday@gmail
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governor. The affidavit cannot be • Special election: A special members of the Illinois House and effort to save the state of Illinois ABC Renews 'Grey's
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California Budget Balancer Interactive Map from
LA Times Misses the Mark
noreply@blogger.com (Michael
Shedlock) (Mish's Global
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Submitted at 1/9/2011 5:32:00 PM
I just took the interactive LA
Times California Budget Balancer
exercise.
I vehemently protest.
This was a blatant effort to force
people into accepting a need to
raise taxes. To balance the budget
I made every possible program
cut offered. It was not enough. To
balance the budget I had to raise
sin taxes and gas taxes.
There are worse solutions of
course, like hiking income taxes
or corporate income taxes.
Exercise Misses the Mark
• Where was a proposal to
privatize the prison system using
non-union labor?
• Where was the proposal to
eliminate prevailing wage laws?
• Where was the proposal to
eliminate defined benefit plans for
all government workers?
• Where was the proposal to
virtually privatize every
conceivable government job to the
private sector?
• What about programs that could
be eliminated entirely?
California Agencies
Look at this disgusting list of
California Agencies.
I sorted out some but not all of
the more ridiculous ones.
Does the state need a ....
• Acupuncture Department
• Office of AIDs
• Air Research Board
• 3 different agencies for alcohol
and beverages
• 2 Apprenticeship Councils
• Art Council
• Asian Pacific Islander
Legislative Caucus
• Bureau of Automotive repair
• Barbering board
• Biodiversity council
• Calvet Loan program
• Climate Change Portal
• Coastal Commission
• Cool California
• 4 Delta agencies
• Digital Library
• Bureau of Electronic and
Appliance Repair
• Employment Training Panel
• Energy Commission
• Equalization Board
• 2 Fair Employment agencies
• Film Commission
• Flex Your Power
• Healthy Family Program
• Hearing Aid Dispensers Bureau
• Home Furnishings Bureau
• Humanities Council
• Independent Living Council
• Indoor Air Quality Program
• Economic Development Bank
• Interagency Ecological Program
• Labor and Workforce
Development
• Latino Legislative Caucus
• Learn California
• Little Hoover Commission
• Maritime Academy
• Managed Risk Board
• Museum for History
• MyCali Youth Portal
• Native Heritage Association
• Natural Community Planning
Program
• Naturopathic Medicine
Community
• Outreach
• Peace Officer Standards Board
• Postsecondary Education
Commission
• Prison Industry Authority
• Privacy Protection Office
• Psychology Board
• Railroad Museum
• Recovery Task Force
• Refugee Branch
• Regents of the U of C
• Save Our Water commission
• Smart Growth Caucus
• Status of Women Commission
• Take Charge California
• We Connect
• Wetlands Information System
• Workforce Investment Board
California does not need ANY of
those. Moreover I assure you I
missed dozens more that could be
cut back if not eliminated entirely.
What the heck do those cost? And
how much can be saved by my
suggestions above.
I propose the LA Times re-do
their preposterous exercise meant
to convey the idea that taxes have
to be raised. They don't. In fact, I
bet they could be lowered.
Here is the LA Times Discussion
Thread on California Budget
Balancer
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Kinect Hacks: Build
a monument to
yourself in Minecraft
Griffin McElroy (Joystiq)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:30:00 PM
Behold, a singularity of internet
phenomena! Nathan Viniconis has
modded Kinect to capture images
that are imported into Minecraft,
creating gigantic monuments out
of household objects. "Household
objects?" Who are we kidding --
you're going to turn yourself into
Mount Rushmore.
Continue reading Kinect Hacks:
Build a monument to yourself in
Minecraft
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Bondholder defaults would risk
contagion to Spain and Portugal,
where the banks rely heavily on
foreign capital markets.
Of course, banks are only half the
story. Nobel economist Paul
Krugman said Iceland has been
able to eke out recovery sooner
because it never joined the euro.
"Iceland devalued its currency
massively and imposed capital
controls. And a strange thing has
happened: although it experienced
the worst financial crisis
(anywhere) in history, its
punishment has been substantially
less than that of other nations," he
said, referring to Baltic states
pegged to the euro.
Two years later, the krona is
down 30pc, aluminum smelters
are firing on all chimneys to meet
export demand and local produce
has displaced imports, including
such exotica as vegetables and
tomatoes grown in greenhouses.
The underlying tale of Ireland
and Iceland, and the tale of the
1930s, is that a devaluation shock
may cause a violent crisis – that
looks and feels terrible while it
happens – but the slow-burn of
policy austerity and debt deflation
does more damage in the end. To
Ireland With Love
Uno for uno dollar on iThings this Tuesday
Richard Mitchell (Joystiq)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 3:00:00 PM
If you've been looking for a
(legitimate) excuse to scream
"UNO!" in public, Mattel has got
Once again I implore Ireland to
tell the IMF and EU to go to hell
in response to the IMF's Trojan
Horse offering. Flashback
November 28, 2010: To Ireland
With Love.
I believe we have all heard the
story and know how it ends.
Iceland is No Ireland
Inquiring Irish minds just might
be interested to see how Iceland
fared after they told EU bankers
to go to hell. For the answer,
please consider Iceland Is No
Ireland as State Kept Free of Bank
Debt
Iceland’s President Olafur R.
Grimsson said his country is
better off than Ireland thanks to
the government’s decision to
allow the banks to fail two years
ago and because the krona could
be devalued.
“The difference is that in Iceland
we allowed the banks to fail,”
Grimsson said in an interview
with Bloomberg Television’s
Mark Barton today. “These were
private banks and we didn’t pump
money into them in order to keep
them going; the state did not
shoulder the responsibility of the
failed private banks.”
Vote the Bums Out and Tell the
EU and IMF to Go to Hell
a deal for you: To celebrate Uno's
40th anniversary, the iPhone and
iPad versions of the card game
will be available for $1 on the
App Store tomorrow, January 11 -
- 1/11/11, geddit?
Unfortunately, the idiots running
Ireland's government, especially
Minister Brian Cowen, don't see it
the way Iceland’s president does.
However, Iceland's government
did not see it that way either, but
the citizens of Iceland took
matters into their own hands and
voted the bums out, rejecting
"Icesave".
Regardless of what deal Cowen
signs, I see no reason it need be
binding on the next Irish
Parliament. Indeed, I recommend
to to citizens of Ireland that they
firmly tell their representatives
that if they vote for Cowen's
proposed budget, they will be
voted out of office.
Just Who The Hell Do You
Think You Are?
Nigel Farage in a speech before
European Parliament says“The
Euro Game Is Up… Just Who
The Hell Do You Think You
Are?"
Words alone cannot describe that
video. Please play it. Iceland told
its creditors to go to hell and is
better off for it. Ireland can and
should do the same.
For still more on the European
sovereign debt crisis please see
my Sunday post France, Germany
Pressure Portugal to Take Aid; No
Continue reading Uno for uno
dollar on iThings this Tuesday
Gaming/ Daily Word/
Gov't in Belgium for 210 Days;
Private Debt Placements in
Portugal; Is China the Red Knight
Savior?
Also see Friday's post Italy The
Invisible Elephant
If Italy blows, the currency union
has had it.
Mike "Mish" Shedlock
h t t p : / /
globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.
com
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Recent Post List Mike "Mish"
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investment advisor representative
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Management. Sitka Pacific is an
asset management firm whose
goal is strong performance and
low volatility, regardless of
market direction. Visit http://
www.sitkapacific.com/
account_management.html to
learn more about wealth
management and capital
preservation strategies of Sitka
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2 Corinthians
4:5 (01-10-11)
(Verse of the Day)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 2:00:00 AM
For we do not preach ourselves,
but Jesus Christ as Lord, and
ourselves as your servants for
Jesus' sake.
— 2 Corinthians 4:5(NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse... Our
message is not ourselves. Jesus is
Lord. One day all of creation will
acknowledge and praise him. But
for the people around us to praise
Jesus today, they need to see him
alive in us. We serve others in
Jesus' name. We are his body --
his hands of compassion, his heart
of mercy, and his voice of
tenderness. So let's lift up Jesus --
not just by telling others about
him, but serving others as his
presence in the world. My
Prayer... God of grace, thank you
for the privilege of sharing your
love with others. Thank you for
saving me FROM my sin. Thank
you for saving me FOR service to
bless others for Jesus' sake. In the
name of Jesus, my Savior, I pray.
Amen.
38 Culture/ TV/ E-reader News Edition
AUSTRALIA'S
continued from page 34

boost to demand (this stuff is a bit globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.

hard to get one's head around, but
it's correct and aligns with the
impact of inventories on
aggregate demand).
That's how the USA looked a bit
better in recent months--you
slowed down deleveraging. But
since Australia went from
marginal deleveraging to
releveraging, the acceleration in
debt was all the more extreme--
and we had a apparent boom.
That appears to be ending now,
since though the Credit Impulse is
still positive on a yearly basis, it's
turned negative in the last few
months. So this should be a
leading indicator of an
"unexpected" (don't you love that
word from the mainstream?)
slowdown in Australia. Mike
"Mish" Shedlock
h t t p : / /
com
Click Here To Scroll Thru My
Recent Post List Mike "Mish"
Shedlock is a registered
investment advisor representative
for SitkaPacific Capital
Management. Sitka Pacific is an
asset management firm whose
goal is strong performance and
low volatility, regardless of
market direction. Visit http://
www.sitkapacific.com/
account_management.html to
learn more about wealth
management and capital
preservation strategies of Sitka
Pacific.
Tablet Wave Means Few Will
Succeed, Many Will Fail
Erik Malinowski (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 6:00:00 AM
LAS VEGAS -- Every year at
CES, there's a theme or
expectation that quickly becomes
codified the moment you step
inside the cavernous and often
soulless Las Vegas Convention
Center. This year, it was clear that
everyone and their grandmother
was coming out with a tablet PC.
Pre-show estimates put the
number of tablet introductions at
around 50. Scuttlebutt inside
Central Hall here put that figure
closer to 80, although an exact
count would be a near-Herculean
and mind-numbing task.
What is painfully obvious is that
many tablet makers showing off
their wares are second-tier
players, and will be drubbed by
giants like Apple, Samsung,
Motorola, RIM and maybe a
couple of other fortunate ones.
For tablets, 2011 is going to be a
gruesome battle of attrition
amongst dozens of companies.
"The market will only bear so
much," said IDC analyst David
Daoud before CES kicked off.
"It's going to get pretty ugly as the
year goes on."
And with so many options out
there to pick from, it's going to be
up to manufacturers to separate
themselves with unique features.
Let's look at who some of the
major players of 2011 might be.
Photo: Erik Malinowski/
Wired.com
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Australian Solar Car Breaks World Speed Record

Keith Barry (Wired Top Stories) According to Mawer, the car was building ultra-efficient electric
Submitted at 1/10/2011 7:00:00 AM steady on the road, though the vehicles,” Friedman said. “Our
handling dynamics changed after vision is hopefully that a few
A student-built solar car has the team removed the 55-pound other teams take on the challenge
broken the world record for o n - b o a r d b a t t e r y t h a t w a s and try break this record again.
fastest solar-powered vehicle. designed to power the car on We might even find some
Last week, we told you that the longer journeys. designing cars specifically geared
students at the University of New “The car is designed to travel at toward breaking this record, and
South Wales were trying for a these speeds, so the aerodynamics in the process develop even more
record run in Sunswift IV — meant the car was steady,” Mawer efficient cars.”
affectionately known as IVy. Last said. “However since we were That’s a goal we can definitely
Friday, with racer Barton Mawer going for solar only, we removed get behind.
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'The Kennedys' Update: Did Caroline Get the

Miniseries Pulled?
Chris Harnick (TV Squad) miniseries off History's schedule. collection on 'Good Morning
Submitted at 1/10/2011 7:40:00 AM Caroline Kennedy reportedly America' and other media outlets.
personally lobbied Anne However, if AETN had gone
Filed under: TV News Did Sweeney, co-chair of Disney through with the project, it's been
Caroline Kennedy and Maria Media Networks and president of suggested Kennedy would not
Shriver influence the History Disney/ABC Television Group. have been as cooperative in
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Jan. 10, 1863: Take the Tube
Tony Long (Wired Top Stories)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 6:00:00 AM
1863: London inaugurates the
world’s first subway service.
Approximately 40,000 Londoners
ride the trains the first day.
The original line ran from
Paddington Station to Farringdon
Street, via Edgware Road, Baker
Street, Portland Road (now Great
Portland Street), Gower Street
(now Euston Square) and King’s
Cross. The train took 18 minutes
to make the 3¾-mile journey. By
1880 the line was carrying 40
million passengers a year.
Despite its success, it was not
widely copied for more than three
decades. The next metro subways
to open were Budapest and
Glasgow in 1896. Boston opened
in 1897, Paris in 1900 and New
York in 1904.
The system relied on steam-
driven trains, which made proper
ventilation critical. There were
also several independent
companies operating the trains,
making logistics a nightmare.
By the 20th century, however,
trains had been electrified and
tunneling methods improved. The
Vernon Davis to Kyle Orton: 'Come On, Buddy'
FanHouse Staff (FanHouse
Main)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 10:58:00 AM
Filed under: 49ers, Broncos
Vernon Davis will have a new
coach this season in Jim
Harbaugh, and probably a new
system, which became known as
the Underground, was largely
consolidated by 1902 under the
ownership of American tycoon
Charles Yerkes.
But it wasn’t until 1933 before all
the lines came under the control
of a public corporation called the
London Passenger Transport
Board. Governance of the system
has successively passed to the
quarterback as well. And Davis
apparently knows who he wants.
TMZ caught Davis Sunday night
and brought up the prospect of
Orton getting traded to the 49ers.
When asked if he'd be opposed to
Orton throwing him the ball in said, "I love Kyle Orton. I love
San Francisco next year, Davis him to death. Kyle Orton: if
comprises 11 lines(not counting
the Dockland Lights Railway or
the converted suburban rail lines
of the London Overground),
serving 270 stations in
metropolitan London. The system
carries roughly a billion
passengers per year, making it one
of the largest in the world. By
comparison, the New York City
subway system carries 1.6 billion
passengers annually and Tokyo
3.1 billion.
Source: Various
Photo: Underground trains at
Earl’s Court Station.
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2007.
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Today the Underground
you're coming, come on, buddy. I
love ya."
Orton has had the two best
seasons in his career as Denver's
starter, throwing 41 touchdowns
and only 21 interceptions with a
quarterback rating in the high 80s.
But with Tim Tebow in the fold
E-reader News Edition
Whitewashing
Hillary Kelly (The New Republic
- All Feed)
Submitted at 1/9/2011 11:00:00 PM
I like to think that my
bookshelves hold a staggering
variety of fiction, that I have the
reading tastes of a true eclectic.
The truth is, perhaps, a bit less
exciting. A wander through my
(freakishly organized) shelves
will turn up a large amount of
nineteenth-century literature, a
smattering of modernism, and a
hearty amount of “contemporary
classics” (a term I despise but can
find no substitute for). Some of
these pages have yet to be turned,
and others look like they have
been through a war. I’m not
boasting: Overall, it’s rather
standard fare, the evidence of a
pretty conventional literary
education.
(From 'Huck Finn' to 'Humpty-
Dumpty,' check out our slideshow
of the worst literary revisions of
all time.)
But conventional is not the same
as inoffensive; and my
wholesome library is riddled with
WHITEWASHING page 42
and a new regime led at the top by
John Elway and whomever the
Broncos hire as coach, Orton's
exit could be near.
E-reader News Edition
Whitewashing
Hillary Kelly (The New Republic
- All Feed)
Submitted at 1/9/2011 11:00:00 PM
I like to think that my
bookshelves hold a staggering
variety of fiction, that I have the
reading tastes of a true eclectic.
The truth is, perhaps, a bit less
exciting. A wander through my
(freakishly organized) shelves
will turn up a large amount of
nineteenth-century literature, a
smattering of modernism, and a
hearty amount of “contemporary
classics” (a term I despise but can
find no substitute for). Some of
these pages have yet to be turned,
and others look like they have
been through a war. I’m not
boasting: Overall, it’s rather
standard fare, the evidence of a
pretty conventional literary
education.
(From 'Huck Finn' to 'Humpty-
Dumpty,' check out our slideshow
of the worst literary revisions of
all time.)
But conventional is not the same
as inoffensive; and my
wholesome library is riddled with
passages that are, by our
standards, ugly and obscene. Old
books, the ones we call classics,
are often fascinating and offensive
in the same measure, for the same
reasons. Reading is an activity
that frees our mind to parse moral
and emotional complications, as
we dig through the dilemmas of
fictional characters and grapple
with the fruits of our discovery.
Often, those dilemmas are of a
comprehensible and even banal
nature—the stuff of ordinary
experience, which transcends
differences of time and place. But
sometimes, we come upon
characters or sentiments that repel
us, that we find hard to
comprehend and also to condone.
We discover that our most
cherished authors do not follow
our own codes of civility, and
their writing is scarred with
racism, sexism, and the like.
The noteworthy thing is that we
continue to be moved by these
same morally imperfect books.
Edith Wharton’s cruel
representation of the Jew in the
character of Simon Rosedale does
not quite ruin or disqualify The
House of Mirth. Despite its
narrow views on evangelical
Christianity, I keep coming back
to Jane Eyre. As for the ill
treatment of women—the canon is
rife with it. We frequently
encounter “offensive” material
wrapped in delightful, elegant,
illuminating narrative, and we can
do nothing, save stop reading
these novels and plays, to avoid it.
The authors are no longer around
to receive our protests, or to alter
their work—and only they would
have the authority to do so. We
can scribble our rage in the
margins, but the text we must
leave alone.
Or must we? In an attempt to
“rectify” the reputation of The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
Alan Gribben, a professor at
Auburn University, has joined
forces with NewSouth Books to
publish a new edition of Mark
Twain’s most lauded novel, in
which the word “nigger” has been
entirely removed and replaced
with the word “slave.” The
reasoning behind Gribben’s
prettifying tweak is that this one
“single, singularly offensive
word” has become a barrier to its
inclusion on school reading lists.
Students, he claims, cannot bring
themselves to read such offensive
language, and teachers feel that,
“in the new classroom,” they
simply “cannot [teach Huck Finn]
anymore.” He goes on, “For a
single word to form a barrier, it
seems such an unnecessary state
of affairs.”
I understand Gribben’s impulse
to rebel, but I’m afraid this “state
of affairs” he doesn’t like is
indeed necessary. The integrity of
a writer’s text is one of the
sanctities of literature. What a
writer writes is what a writer
writes, and there is nothing we
can do about that. Of course,
translators, editors, and those
closely involved in the publication
process do have their way with
the author’s manuscript, and there
are gray areas in which the
author’s language may not be
clear or his intention known; but
that hardly justifies our own
intervention in a text because we
would prefer it to read differently.
It is also true that many writers
repeatedly dip back into their own
work, revising and editing for
decades; but the text is theirs to
do as they wish. The text is a
living but finished thing, and we
have no democratic right to
change it to suit our tastes, even if
our tastes are more ethically
justifiable.
Moreover, to reach into the past
with a contemporary mindset can
be a dangerous game to play.
Presentism can only lead to a
severely distorted perception of
history, as differences are erased
and anachronisms abound. This
should be obvious. But the
inhibition of the itch to reach back
and insert our own view of a
social or political or moral
question into a text may be a little
less obvious in this era of
customization, when it is common
practice to edit and customize
everything from Nikes to
Facebook pages. Perhaps it is not
surprising that a professor would
choose to “find and replace” his
way through an archetype of
American literature so that it may
no longer offend us.
Most importantly, the memory of
prejudice is our most potent
weapon against prejudice itself.
As a society, we cannot afford to
bowdlerize our collective
memory. We do not shy away
from teaching our children about
the Holocaust; we do not disallow
all mention of September 11; and,
even more to the point, we pass
along the history of our nation’s
own faults—Japanese internment
camps, slavery, the systemic
destruction of the Native
American way of life. To “never
forget,” as the bumper sticker
commands, is to remind ourselves
daily that we are responsible for
the moral quality of our future.
Politics-Left/ 41
And so, the removal of the word
“nigger” from Huckleberry Finn
is another chink in the armor of
our critical thinking. If the n-word
is a barrier to reading Huckleberry
Finn, then I see all the more
reason—I say this as a former
teacher of literature to
schoolchildren—why its retention
is imperative. Novels are safe
havens for young children, places
to explore the dark sides of
existence without real-world
ramifications. That is why the
study of fiction is itself a moral
education. In this imaginative
exploration of human weakness
and error and cruelty, the student
also encounters the reality of
racism. Indeed, the classroom is
the optimal environment for such
an encounter. With the support
and guidance of a teacher, the
shock and the anger can be
recognized and analyzed, and
turned into a beneficial
pedagogical experience. A lesson
on racial epithets, and why we do
not use them, and what their
career has been in the history of
American English—surely this is
preferable to the avoidance of the
subject, which is an exercise in
cultural dishonesty.
And where will it end? Shall we
have The Merchant of Venice
without the merchant of Venice?
Should we skip over Daniel
Deronda entirely? How about
using the latest in computer
technology to remove the
blackface from old “Amos and
WHITEWASHING page 43
42
WHITEWASHING
continued from page 40
passages that are, by our
standards, ugly and obscene. Old
books, the ones we call classics,
are often fascinating and offensive
in the same measure, for the same
reasons. Reading is an activity
that frees our mind to parse moral
and emotional complications, as
we dig through the dilemmas of
fictional characters and grapple
with the fruits of our discovery.
Often, those dilemmas are of a
comprehensible and even banal
nature—the stuff of ordinary
experience, which transcends
differences of time and place. But
sometimes, we come upon
characters or sentiments that repel
us, that we find hard to
comprehend and also to condone.
We discover that our most
cherished authors do not follow
our own codes of civility, and
their writing is scarred with
racism, sexism, and the like.
The noteworthy thing is that we
continue to be moved by these
same morally imperfect books.
Edith Wharton’s cruel
representation of the Jew in the
character of Simon Rosedale does
not quite ruin or disqualify The
House of Mirth. Despite its
narrow views on evangelical
Christianity, I keep coming back
to Jane Eyre. As for the ill
treatment of women—the canon is
rife with it. We frequently
encounter “offensive” material
wrapped in delightful, elegant,
illuminating narrative, and we can
do nothing, save stop reading
these novels and plays, to avoid it.
The authors are no longer around
to receive our protests, or to alter
their work—and only they would
have the authority to do so. We
can scribble our rage in the
margins, but the text we must
leave alone.
Or must we? In an attempt to
“rectify” the reputation of The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
Alan Gribben, a professor at
Auburn University, has joined
forces with NewSouth Books to
publish a new edition of Mark
Twain’s most lauded novel, in
which the word “nigger” has been
entirely removed and replaced
with the word “slave.” The
reasoning behind Gribben’s
prettifying tweak is that this one
“single, singularly offensive
word” has become a barrier to its
inclusion on school reading lists.
Students, he claims, cannot bring
themselves to read such offensive
language, and teachers feel that,
“in the new classroom,” they
simply “cannot [teach Huck Finn]
anymore.” He goes on, “For a
single word to form a barrier, it
seems such an unnecessary state
of affairs.”
I understand Gribben’s impulse
to rebel, but I’m afraid this “state
of affairs” he doesn’t like is
indeed necessary. The integrity of
a writer’s text is one of the
sanctities of literature. What a
writer writes is what a writer
writes, and there is nothing we
can do about that. Of course,
translators, editors, and those
closely involved in the publication
process do have their way with
the author’s manuscript, and there
are gray areas in which the
author’s language may not be
clear or his intention known; but
that hardly justifies our own
intervention in a text because we
would prefer it to read differently.
It is also true that many writers
repeatedly dip back into their own
work, revising and editing for
decades; but the text is theirs to
do as they wish. The text is a
living but finished thing, and we
have no democratic right to
change it to suit our tastes, even if
our tastes are more ethically
justifiable.
Moreover, to reach into the past
with a contemporary mindset can
be a dangerous game to play.
Presentism can only lead to a
severely distorted perception of
history, as differences are erased
and anachronisms abound. This
should be obvious. But the
inhibition of the itch to reach back
and insert our own view of a
social or political or moral
question into a text may be a little
less obvious in this era of
customization, when it is common
practice to edit and customize
everything from Nikes to
Facebook pages. Perhaps it is not
surprising that a professor would
choose to “find and replace” his
way through an archetype of
American literature so that it may
no longer offend us.
Most importantly, the memory of
prejudice is our most potent
weapon against prejudice itself.
As a society, we cannot afford to
bowdlerize our collective
memory. We do not shy away
from teaching our children about
the Holocaust; we do not disallow
all mention of September 11; and,
even more to the point, we pass
along the history of our nation’s
own faults—Japanese internment
camps, slavery, the systemic
destruction of the Native
American way of life. To “never
forget,” as the bumper sticker
commands, is to remind ourselves
daily that we are responsible for
the moral quality of our future.
And so, the removal of the word
“nigger” from Huckleberry Finn
is another chink in the armor of
our critical thinking. If the n-word
is a barrier to reading Huckleberry
Finn, then I see all the more
reason—I say this as a former
teacher of literature to
schoolchildren—why its retention
is imperative. Novels are safe
havens for young children, places
to explore the dark sides of
existence without real-world
ramifications. That is why the
study of fiction is itself a moral
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education. In this imaginative
exploration of human weakness
and error and cruelty, the student
also encounters the reality of
racism. Indeed, the classroom is
the optimal environment for such
an encounter. With the support
and guidance of a teacher, the
shock and the anger can be
recognized and analyzed, and
turned into a beneficial
pedagogical experience. A lesson
on racial epithets, and why we do
not use them, and what their
career has been in the history of
American English—surely this is
preferable to the avoidance of the
subject, which is an exercise in
cultural dishonesty.
And where will it end? Shall we
have The Merchant of Venice
without the merchant of Venice?
Should we skip over Daniel
Deronda entirely? How about
using the latest in computer
technology to remove the
blackface from old “Amos and
Andy” clips? Might the world be
a better place without the oeuvre
of Henry Miller?
Perhaps, but let’s not find out,
and let’s not even imagine.
Hillary Kelly is the assistant
editor of The Book.
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Andy” clips? Might the world be

E.J. Dionne Jr. (The New every single bill was going to be behind the health law in a buy coverage. Couldn't
Republic - All Feed) a better place without the oeuvre
an open bill.” systematic way. Republicans at least keep those of Henry Miller?
Submitted at 1/9/2011 11:00:00 PM In other words, he was for an Instead, they showed right out of nice business-friendly tax credits? Perhaps, but let’s not find out,
open process before he was the box that policy analysis Then there is the presumption and let’s not even imagine.
WASHINGTON—Rule One of against it, and it depends on what doesn't really interest them. The that by repealing the law in its Hillary Kelly is the assistant
politics: When you have the the meaning of the word “open” Congressional Budget Office entirety, the House is speaking for editor of The Book.
advantage, don't allow your is. Not a good start. issued a painstaking study finding “the people.” Wrong. Even a Fox
opponents to turn the tables. Moreover, the GOP highlighted that the repeal bill would add$230 News poll, taken last month,
House Republicans violated this the extent to which this legislation billion to the federal deficit over found that only 27 percent of
rule when they decided to make is all about politics by giving it the next decade. They treated this Americans wanted to repeal the
repeal of the health care law their the jarringly unpoetic name, as if it were just a point of view health law entirely, while 32
first major act in the 112th “Repealing the Job-Killing Health tossed off on Bill O'Reilly's show. percent wanted to repeal parts of
Congress. The mistake will haunt Care Law Act.” This is less a bill “CBO is entitled to their opinion,” it. On the other side, 16 percent
them for years. than a piece of propaganda.
It's a surprising error from a But the biggest problem is the
Boehner said.
No, the CBO is not expressing an
wanted to keep it as is, and 15
percent wanted to expand it.
Rhetorical
leadership that showed shrewd signal this vote sends about how
j u d g m e n t a n d e x c e p t i o n a l the Republicans plan to use their
d i s c i p l i n e d u r i n g P r e s i d e n t new power. Rather than leading
“opinion” in the way that, say, “I
prefer green ties to red ties” is an
This poll and many others do
show that supporters of the law Reality
“opinion.” But, hey, bold have a lot of work to do. But this David Rieff (The New Republic
Obama's first two years. John off with positive action showing assertions are a lot easier than week, House Republicans will be - All Feed)
Boehner is now Speaker of the what the party stands for, they math. helping them to do it. Maybe Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:22:08 PM
House because he and his party start by tearing something down In the meantime, Democrats have someday, their bill will be seen as
f o c u s e d o n d e m o n i z i n g before they have anything to put never been as united behind the the Republican Majority-Killing In “A Few Words in Defense of
e v e r y t h i n g O b a m a d i d a n d in its place. Do they really want health care law as they are now. Repeal Act of 2011. Our Country,” Randy Newman’s
winning the public argument over us to believe that theirs will be a True, Republicans might pick up a E.J. Dionne, Jr. is the author of wistful, Bush-era song about the
both the health care plan and the reactive majority—unless you few stray Democratic votes for the recently published Souled end of the American empire, there
stimulus. By contrast, this week's prefer the word reactionary? repeal—though only 13 of the 34 Out: Reclaiming Faith and is a line about “the leaders we
health care debate will put And how much of what they do Democrats who voted against the Politics After the Religious Right. have/are the worst we’ve ever had
Boehner and the Republicans on will be defined by the imperative final bill remain in the House. But He is a Washington Post /but they’re not the worst this
the defensive. of throwing bones to the tea party this debate is a gift to supporters columnist, a senior fellow at the poor world has ever seen.” Words
Already, it has forced the GOP to movement, which sees health care of the law who will now get to Brookings Institution, and a to take to heart as we debate
fudge its pledge to respect the repeal as a holy cause? point out all the popular professor at Georgetown whether or not hate speech on the
minority's rights, since the Boehner and his colleagues could provisions the Republicans would University. right—above all, on Fox News, in
l e a d e r s h i p r u l e d o u t a n y have been more deliberate and scrap. (c) 2011, Washington Post the blogosphere, and on talk
amendments to its bill. The serious by first holding hearings Consider, for example, that Writers Group radio—has made events like the
inconsistency led Boehner to to highlight what they see as the voting for repeal is, in part, a vote For more TNR, become a fan on attempted assassination of
produce one of the lamest sound flaws in Obama's approach and to for a tax increase because it would Facebook and follow us on Congresswoman Gabrielle
bites of his career. “Well, listen, I begin the work of writing a bill of involve eliminating a slew of tax Twitter. Giffords more likely. Despite the
promised a more open process,” their own. They could have credits, including $40 billion over irate denials on conservative
he said. “I didn't promise that questioned the assumptions a decade to help small businesses websites (as usual, National
Review Online, with the
honorable exception of Heather
Mac Donald, made this case with
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RHETORICAL
continued from page 43
particularly breathtaking
dishonesty), there is really no
doubt that the apocalyptic rhetoric
that is the common currency of
the Becks, Palins, Limbaughs, and
worse has the potential to make
unstable people murderous. Take
National Review’s editor, Richard
Lowry, fresh from his December
31 column asserting that the
United States is so self-evidently
the greatest country in the history
of the world that “only the
churlish and malevolent can deny,
or even get irked at the assertion.”
He may choose to pretend that
Americans have always used
martial language in politics, and
that “no one ever [sic] before has
ever thought it constitutes
incitement.” But this is quite
simply a lie: Ask the Secret
Service, which takes such
threatening speech extremely
seriously.
Is this speech the worst it has
ever been? Again, echoing Randy
Newman, probably not. The
rhetoric of many white
southerners during the civil rights
struggle, and in Texas in the
months leading up to the Kennedy
assassination, was almost
certainly worse. (And yes, Mr.
Lowry, whatever it pleases you to
imagine, we all know JFK was
assassinated by a communist, but
that does not mean the anxieties
that the Secret Service had at the
time about right-wing violence
were without foundation.) In
reality, when, for example, we
talk about Sarah Palin’s website
putting the image of a rifle’s
crosshairs around the 20
Democratic candidates, including
Giffords, that her PAC wanted to
see thrown out of office, we are
talking about something quite
different from using words like
“campaign,” “rank and file,” etc.
that are derived from the lexicon
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of war. And there are far more
telling examples. During her
Senate campaign against Harry
Reid in Nevada, Sharron Angle
(whom Richard Lowry has said he
likes) told conservative radio talk
show host Jim Manders that she
hoped Harry Reid could be
defeated at the ballot box so that
there would be no need
for“Second Amendment
remedies.”
If the American right does not
see the problem with this, then
they really have lost their minds.
And, if they do see the problem,
but refuse to admit it, then they
have lost their honor.
David Rieff is the author of eight
books, including A Bed for the
Fringe First Look: Doc
Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis.
Bishop Meets Doc Brown
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ABC Renews Grey's, Castle and More
— But Which Shows Were Left Out?
Adam Bryant (TVGuide.com:
Breaking News)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 12:44:00 PM
Ellen Pompeo, Nathan Fillion
Six ABC series have received
early renewals, the network
announced Monday.
Medical dramas Grey's Anatomy
and Private Practice, crime drama
Castle and the network's three
sophomore comedies, The
Middle, Modern Family, and
Cougar Town will each return
next season.
Winter Preview: Get scoop on all
your favorite shows
"We really stood by our
Wednesday comedy block and
who would have thought a year
ago that The Middle, which I
think is such an underrated show,
would kick off what I think is one
of the best nights of comedy,"
ABC President Paul Lee said at
the Television Critics
Association's winter previews.
"That's a core part of our
schedule."
Lee also said Grey's and Private
Practice"were really at the top of
their creative form" this season,
while he heavily praised Castle's
performance in the difficult
Mondays-at-10 timeslot. (The
show topped CBS' buzzed-about
Hawaii Five-0 reboot several
times in the fall.)
" Castle really showed its mettle
this year," Lee said. "It's a show
that I think hits the target of our
brand. ... We have a really
powerful procedural there."
Get more of today's latest news
Notably absent from the pickups,
however, were Sunday dramas
Desperate Housewives and
Brothers & Sisters. Housewives
creator Marc Cherry is contracted
for two more seasons, but
contracts for stars Teri Hatcher,
Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross
and Eva Longoria expire at the
end of this season.
Brothers & Sisters' renewal
prospects have been debated all
season. The network originally
ordered only 18 episodes for its
current season. Decent ratings
then led ABC to up the order to
the traditional 22 episodes.
This batch of early renewals
doesn't necessarily mean those
two shows or other network series
such as Detroit 1-8-7, V and
Better with You are doomed. Lee
said the network "[has]
ambitions" to renew Housewives
and that a decision about Detroit
wouldn't come for two or three
months.
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you most excited about?
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Tatyana Ali on 'Love That Girl,'
How She Avoided Being a Child
Star Tragedy, and Willow Smith
Chris Jancelewicz (TV Squad)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 8:00:00 AM
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Celebrity Interviews, Midseason
TV Tatyana Ali, who most of us
know as Ashley from ' The Fresh
Prince of Bel-Air,' has certainly
grown up. Now 31, the actress is
helming her own show, ' Love
That Girl,' which premieres
tonight on TV One.
Charming and quick to laughter,
Ali is over the moon about her
new show and her return to
comedy. With a recurring role on ' about 'Love That Girl,' how she
The Young and the Restless,' Ali avoided being a child star tragedy,
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Lie to Me's Cal Flies Over the
Cuckoo's Nest
Joe Hudak (TVGuide.com:
Breaking News)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 10:36:00 AM
Lie to Me
Two lies don't make a truth, but
the two new back-to-back
episodes of Lie to Me airing
tonight are honest fun. In the first,
Cal Lightman ( Tim Roth)
investigates a mental hospital that
may be holding a patient against
his will and promptly begins to
lose his own mind after he's
mysteriously medicated. "Cal
starts to descend into madness,"
says exec producer Alex Cary.
"He's quite aware of the limits of
his own sanity." He's unaware,
however, of just who slipped him
the hallucinogenic drug causing
him to see visions of his parents
— and leading to a 48-hour
lockup. "There's a terrific amount
of dark humor," Cary says.
Fans can expect a dose of dark
romance in the second episode.
The story centers on George
Parker ( Mad Men's Sam Page), a
charming yet shady ladies' man
who is about to become engaged
to a wealthy divorcée. "He's
almost too good to be true," says
Cary. Spoiler alert: There's
nothing "almost" about it, and
Lightman is tasked with
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Builders' Show: Redefining the
hefty trash bag
Ahead of the spring cleaning and
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CES 2011: A Consumer Reports coverage wrap-up

Carol Mangis (Consumer your pocket aims to take on the iPad show even starts ways, including glasses-free
Reports) • Samsung's smart appliances • Hands on with Panasonic's 3D • OnStar to launch Android voice
Submitted at 1/10/2011 10:32:22 AM keep you connected and green HDC-SD90 camcorder (video) January 5, 2011 app and Verizon prototype
(video) • New Dell Streak 7 tablet uses T • Fujifilm debuts low-priced
CES 2011: A Consumer Reports • Viewsonic tablets range from 4 -Mobile 4G • Olympus redesigns SLR-like, point-and-shoots with GPS and
coverage wrap-up to 10 inches (video) • Hands on with Panasonic's 3D unveils 6 new cameras RAW
The 2011 Consumer Electronics • Casio's prototype watch keeps HDC-SD90 camcorder (video) • Sharp debuts Galapagos e-
Show is over; our reporters and tabs on your phone • New Dell Streak 7 tablet uses T reader/tablet January 4, 2011
analysts have made it back to our • Hands on with Toshiba and LG -Mobile 4G • Casio unveils new camera
office and are already looking glasses-free 3D TVs • Hands on with Samsung's new design and digital art service • Four Asus tablets run the gamut
toward the next big things • Vudu begins 3D streaming, Verizon LTE 4G devices (video) • Sony debuts over two dozen • Hands-on with Vizio's first
(Verizon iPhone, anyone?). ESPN 3D to go 24/7 • Sony prototypes show the cameras and camcorders tablet and cell phone
But just in case you missed any • JVC unveils Everio GS-TD1, its future of 3D (video) • Sony touchscreen all-in-one PC • Funai to bring "Cloud" content
of our coverage, we thought we'd first 3D HD camcorder • Hands on with Sony Vaio F cuts down on fingerprints to TVs, Blu-ray players
pull all our posts together in one • Cool new wireless cameras and Series 3D laptop • Sony adds new 11- and 13-inch • Sprint announces HTC EVO
mega-post. Here you have it: over accessories (video) • GoPro HD Wearable Camera laptops Shift 4G, MiFi mobile hotspot
100 stories, including previews, • T w o C o n s u m e r R e p o r t s can record in 3D (video) • Sony debuts F Series 3D • Our top five must-sees
news, videos, and perspective. webcasts, live from the show • Hands on with Lenovo IdeaPad Laptops • Vizio to debut Google TVs,
January 8, 2011 • Mitsubishi rocks 92-inch 3D U1 Hybrid laptop-tablet (video) • Intel processors focus on plus its first tablet and cell phone
• GE Brillion smart appliances DLP, shows first 3D LCDs • Panasonic focused on 3D TV, content • Toshiba launches the Toshiba
monitor energy usage • Are any of the new tablets an expanding Web-based content • T w o C o n s u m e r R e p o r t s Tablet
• 3D TV overview for 2011 and 'iPad killer'? • 3D gets simpler, cheaper, and webcasts, live from the show • LG unveils 'Smart TVs,' plus a
beyond • Panasonic's Viera tablets can surprisingly innovative • LG shows smart TVs, motion- set-top box, with full Web
control what you watch on the big • Sony Ericsson debuts Xperia based remotes (video) browsing
January 7, 2011 screen (video) arc phone with extra-sharp display • AMD, Intel processors combine
• Energy-frugal color e-book • Sharp goes bigger with LCD CPU and graphics on one chip January 3, 2011
readers promised for mid-year January 6, 2011 TVs • Philips Simply Straight wall
• T h e A n d r o i d C l o u d • So that's why Reese's is the • Sony makes 3D TV personal, mount puts HDTV where you • PCs with Intel's 'Sandy Bridge'
Communicator is not a tablet official candy of CES launches streaming music service want it CPUs
• A tablet overview (video) • Sprint and RIM team up for 4G • Motorola debuts Droid Bionic, • Lenovo shows how to "mod" • Will passive 3D TVs solve the
• iRiver claims highest-resolution tablet Cliq 2 smart phones your computer 3D glasses problem?
6-inch e-book reader ever • Close-up of Motorola's Xoom • Microsoft Windows 8 will run • AT&T announces LTE plans, • Here come the passive 3D TVs
• Fujitsu's teddy bear 'reads' your tablet on thumb-size motherboard 4G devices
emotions (video) • Hands on with Nintendo 3DS; • Samsung's Smarter Life devices • LG announces two Optimus December 31, 2010
• Canon brings back the optical 3D, glasses-free provide a better connected smart phones, 3D mobile display
viewfinder • Olympus's new Tough cameras experience • Vizio launches 21:9 ultra- • Unusual gadgets from CES
• FCC's Genachowski pushes can do 3D with one lens • Samsung joins the Smart TV widescreen 3D HDTVs 2010: Where are they now?
hard for sale of unused spectrum • Verizon unveils ten 4G LTE set, adds inches to TV lines • One-button Netflix launching
• Eye-Fi will expand wireless devices • Samsung debuts Wi-Fi-only coming to many remote controls December 30, 2010
capabilities later this year • Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy Tab and pocketable • A product preview video from
• Samsung adds Time Warner, Galaxy Player Galaxy Player CES Unveiled • What we'll see in Web
DirecTV and Comcast to Smart • Hands on with Sony HD • New Acer laptops put emphasis • Sonomax promises fast, custom s t r e a m i n g t o T V s
TV initiative Camcorder with Projector (video) on entertainment -fit earphones
• LG puts glasses-free 3DTV in • 3G/4G Motorola Xoom tablet • A digital avalanche—before the • Toshiba offers 3D TVs three CES page 49
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Lenovo 11.6” X-Series ThinkPad Ultraportable Notebook

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Maybe Too Literal still, how can a computer like the small footprint Windows 7 Home Premium 32 • Wireless cellular modem
What a horrible lap top. It doesn’t Lenovo 11.6” X-Series ThinkPad • Avoid spotty WiFi with this • Color: Midnight Black – • Cellular enhancement protocol:
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CES
Detroit Auto Show 2011: VW rolls out continued from page 47

December 8, 2010
American Passat December 29, 2010
• Sony's new technology will
Consumer Reports Shopping version is due to start at less than • What we'll see in smart phones speed up LCD TV's response time
Blog (Consumer Reports) $20,000, taking advantage of
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VW’s new factory in • Westinghouse 2D/3D glasses
Detroit Auto Show 2011: VW Chattanooga, Tenn., the • What we'll see in 3D TVs can replace your TV
rolls out American Passat company’s first U.S. plant since it • MSI to launch Windows and
Volkswagen rolled out the long closed its Pennsylvania factory in Android tablets November 18, 2010
awaited update to the Passat at the 1988. • What we expect to see
Detroit Auto Show this morning. The Passat is following in the • Samsung to announce Google
The big news is that for the first the highway and have a range of footsteps of the 2011 Jetta sedan, December 23, 2010 TVs?
time since 2005, Volkswagen will more than 800 miles. which uses cheaper interior
offer its biggest sedan with its The new Passat is the largest materials and an older, less • Microsoft to unveil tablet November 11, 2010
clean diesel TDI engine. The 2.0- Passat yet, three inches longer in sophisticated, and less powerful version of Windows at CES • 50 new tablet computers, smart
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Two hybrid versions of
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2011 Detroit auto show: Two
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coming
Ford introduced plug in and full
hybrid versions of its upcoming C
-Max minivan at the North
American International Auto
Show. The C-Max Energi will be
the first plug-in hybrid from the
carmaker, and Ford claims it will
charge overnight using a 120-volt
outlet and will have a range of
more than 500 miles, more than
the Chevrolet Volt.
Ford says the C-Max hybrid will
be capable of speeds greater than
47 mph on electric power, and
deliver better fuel mileage than
the Ford Fusion hybrid, which
returned 34mpg overall in our
testing. Both models will use
lithium – ion batteries, which
Ford says are lighter and smaller
than the nickel-metal-hydride
batteries used in most current
hybrids.
C-Max Energi owners will be
able to use the recently introduced
MyFord Mobile to remotely
monitor and control their cars
charging systems.
Both models are due in 2012.
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Terrell Suggs: Baltimore Ravens vs.
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ESPN.com (ESPN.com)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 12:26:39 PM
bitter rivalry this season with
Baltimore winning on the road 17
-14 in Week 4 -- Pittsburgh's first
the road in the playoffs and won't
be intimidated playing in
Pittsburgh for a second time this
Updated: January 10, 2011, 1:26 loss -- and the Steelers winning at season.
PM ET Baltimore 13-10 in Week 13 -- the "We're looking forward to
Round 3 of Ravens vs. Steelers is Ravens' only loss at home this walking into Heinz Field with a
Saturday. Pro Bowl linebacker season. certain swagger," Suggs said.
Terrell Suggs said it's more like Suggs said the "whole football Suggs said that swagger comes
"World War 3" to the Ravens. world" is looking forward to from the leadership of Baltimore's
On Sunday, after the Ravens beat seeing another "smash-mouth" two longtime defensive stalwarts -
the Kansas City Chiefs 30-7 in an battle between the two teams. - Ray Lewis and Ed Reed.
AFC wild-card game, Suggs said " W e ' r e l i k e m o d e r n - d a y "When we get on the road we get
that the divisional-round matchup g l a d i a t o r s , " h e s a i d . the feeling it's us against the
between the Ravens and Steelers Both teams finished 12-4 but the world. We've got the whole city
is "personal between the two Steelers won the AFC North of Baltimore behind us, but at that
cities, Baltimore and Pittsburgh." thanks to a better division record. moment they're not there with us,"
“ "We're very evenly matched. Two Suggs said. "It's just us guys. Us
This is World War 3 to us. This is p h y s i c a l , f a s t , o u t s t a n d i n g 53 men. We're just trying to get a
definitely Armageddon.”-- Terrell defenses," Suggs said. "Two very Super Bowl ring."
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It's personal again: New York Jets' Rex Ryan against New
England Patriots' Bill Belichick
Rich Cimini (ESPN.com)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 12:04:22 PM
Updated: January 10, 2011, 1:04
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- It's
personal -- again. This time, Rex
Ryan is out for Bill Belichick.
Calling out one of the most
successful coaches in NFL
history, the New York Jets' coach
delivered an unsolicited rant
Monday, admitting he was
outcoached by Belichick in last
month's blowout and vowing to
flip the script in Sunday's AFC
divisional playoff game against
the New England Patriots.
"This is about Bill Belichick
versus Rex Ryan," Ryan said,
addressing the upcoming
showdown in Foxborough for the
first time. "There's no question,
it's personal. It's about him against
myself. That's what it's going to
come down to."
“ Monday news conference about
There's no question, it's personal.
It's about him against myself.
That's what it's going to come
down to.”-- Rex Ryan on facing
Bill Belichick
In terms of football duels, this
was the verbal equivalent of a
white glove across the face.
Ryan said both teams are even
from the standpoint of talent and
assistant coaches, and that the
rubber game will be decided by
his ability to match wits with
Belichick. In their last meeting,
Dec. 6 in Foxborough, the Jets
were humiliated on Monday Night
Football 45-3.
"I was outcoached in that game,"
said Ryan, who also used the "it's
personal" line last week in
preparation for Peyton Manning
and the Indianapolis Colts. "I said
it then, I'm saying it now.
Belichick, I recognize the fact this
is a Hall of Fame coach. He'll go
down in history as maybe the
greatest football coach in the
history of this game, or going to
be close to it.
"He was at that level that week
and I was not. For whatever
reason, I never had my team
prepared the way it should've
been prepared. That falls right
down on me."
Belichick, in a conference call
about two hours after Ryan made
his comment, took a lighthearted
approach. Rex Ryan news conf.
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"I might have a little quickness on
him, he's probably got a little
more strength and power on me,"
Belichick said. "I don't think
you'll see either of us out there
making any blocks, or tackles, or
runs, throws or catches. At least
you won't see me doing that. It's
probably a good thing for our
team."
Ryan's latest verbal assault,
obviously orchestrated, was a
variation of his celebrated "rings"
rant from last year. A few months
after being hired by the Jets, he
said he didn't come to New York
"to kiss Bill Belichick's rings."
Ryan is 2-2 against Belichick, but
his credibility took a big hit last
month. A few days before the
anticipated showdown, Ryan said
he wanted to "kick Belichick's
ass." It turned out to be the other
way around, as the Jets suffered
the second-most lopsided defeat
in franchise history.
The Jets were ill-prepared, and
Ryan made questionable tactical
decisions early in the contest. He
wasted a replay challenge on a
fourth-and-1 spot, and he let the
then-slumping Nick Folk try a 53-
yard field goal into swirling winds
-- and he missed badly.
Defensively, the Jets had no
answers for Tom Brady, who
passed for 326 yards and four
touchdowns.
Clearly, the Jets missed safety
Jim Leonhard, the "quarterback"
of the secondary. He suffered a
season-ending injury three days
before the game, a major
disruption in their defensive
preparation. The Patriots picked
on Leonhard's replacement, Eric
Smith. Nevertheless, Ryan
blamed himself. Jets blog
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"There are chess matches
involved every week. It was
checkmate," he said. "He
definitely outcoached me."
This perhaps was a clever
motivational ploy by Ryan to take
the heat off his players this week.
Instead of being reminded by
reporters about how badly they
played in the last meeting --
namely, Mark Sanchez, who
threw three interceptions -- they
will be bombarded with questions
about Ryan's challenge.
The players were off Monday and
not available to the media.
"This is going to be about me
raising my level against Bill
Belichick," Ryan said. "I
recognize he's the best. I'm just
trying to be the best on Sunday,
and I plan on being the best coach
on Sunday. ... That's what it is. I
recognize my level has to come
up. He's going to get my best shot.
He's going to get everything I
have on Sunday. If he slips at all,
we're gonna beat him."
Ryan felt the Jets outsmarted
themselves in the previous game,
installing a game plan that looked
good on paper but wasn't realistic.
There may be some truth to that
because, after playing
Thanksgiving, they had 10 full
days to prepare for the Patriots,
who also played on Thanksgiving.
Most teams thrive when given
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extra time, but the Jets tend to
struggle after extended layoffs.
This time, they will use a
"ridiculous amount of
preparation" to formulate a game
plan that doesn't confuse the
players, according to Ryan. But
he added, "That doesn't mean
we're going to dummy it up. You
dummy it up against them, and
you get crushed."
The Jets won the first meeting in
Week 2, 28-14. After the 45-3
debacle, Ryan told Belichick
during the postgame handshake
they'd meet again.
"I told Belichick after the game,
'We'll see you in Round 3,' " Ryan
said. "He just looked at me."
This time, the stakes are huge.
The survivor plays the Pittsburgh
Steelers- Baltimore Ravens
winner for the AFC
championship.
"If we win this one, we'll be the
same old Jets," Ryan said, "right
back in the AFC Championship
Game."
Rich Cimini covers the Jets for
ESPNNewYork.com. You can
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Former Philadelphia Phillies manager Dallas Green,

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Rematch Factor Adds Kick to AP Top 25 Poll: Duke

Tantalizing Divisional Round Remains No. 1
Dave Goldberg (FanHouse FanHouse Newswire
Main) (FanHouse Main)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 12:14:00 PM Submitted at 1/10/2011 11:21:00 AM

Filed under: NFL Playoffs, NFL Filed under: Connecticut, Duke,

Analysis There's no better
testimony to the parity in the NFL
than the upcoming weekend. Just
look at the numbers.
The two AFC games will be the
third between divisional foes --
the Steelers and Ravens; the Jets
and Patriots. Both Pittsburgh-
Baltimore games were decided by
three points and won by the road
team; New York and New
England split, although the point
disparity was wider -- the Jets
winning at home by 14, the
Patriots by 42.
In the NFC, both regular-season
games also were decided by three
points, a 23-20 win by Seattle at
Chicago on Oct. 17, providing at
least a glimmer of suggestion that
the rank outsiders from the Pacific
Northwest, still under .500 at 8-9
overall, can advance to the
conference-title game.
That sets up this weekend
perfectly and will probably lead
again to record television ratings,
making folks wonder again why
the threat of a lockout hangs over
the NFL. Are the owners really
that strapped financially (with
close to $2 billion a year
reportedly coming soon from
ESPN) that they're willing to turn
off fans by locking out the
players?
But that's for another day.
Right now, it's about enjoying the
next four weeks.
So on to this week, which starts
with what will undoubtedly be the
most bruising matchup, Baltimore
at Pittsburgh.
Kansas, Notre Dame, Ohio State,
Pittsburgh, Syracuse Duke is
again a unanimous No. 1 in The
Associated Press' college
basketball poll following a week
that saw 12 ranked teams lose.
The Blue Devils received all 65
first-place votes Monday from the
national media panel. Ohio State,
the Spartans haven't been ranked
Kansas, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, San
since the final poll of 2006-07.
Diego State and Villanova held on
The Big East has five teams in
to second through seventh.
the top 10 and eight ranked
Purdue, Notre Dame and
overall, one off its record set in
Connecticut round out the top 10.
January 2009.
There are four newcomers this
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No. 20 Wisconsin is in for the
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Michigan State is one of the
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Foursquare Users Upload 1 Million Photos in 3 Weeks

Lauren Indvik (Mashable!)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 12:37:53 PM
1 million photos have been
uploaded to Foursquare since the
New York-based startup began
allowing iPhone and Android
users to upload photos to the
service.
Foursquare tweeted earlier today
that it had passed the 1 million
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photo, which was uploaded on
Sunday.
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Les Miles Anticipates Meeting

With Michigan, Reportedly as
Soon as Tuesday
FanHouse Staff (FanHouse
Main)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 12:30:00 PM
Mercedes SLS
Filed under: LSU, Michigan,
Coaching, Rumors LSU coach
AMG E-Cell hitting
Les Miles confirmed on Monday dealerships in 2013
that he expects to meet with
Michigan officials regarding the Tim Stevens (Engadget)
Wolverines' vacant head coaching
position, and multiple reports
indicate that a meeting between
Black Ops led 2010 UK Submitted at 1/10/2011 2:33:00 PM

You may disagree with the car's

Miles and Michigan athletic
director David Brandon could
substance of such a meeting.
game sales, Just Dance color and its powertrain choice,
but you can't argue with 528
horsepower, 649lb/ft of torque,
take place as soon as Tuesday.
Speaking at a press conference to
announce cornerback Patrick
However, Miles also noted that
he is "extremely happy" at LSU top of the pops on Wii and AWD acceleration so good it
should come with a neck brace.
and that his family is very Alexander Sliwinski (Joystiq) top of the charts on PSP. It's a legitimately hot car, and it's
Peterson's intention to enter the
comfortable in Baton Rouge, La. Although one could speculate as l e g i t i m a t e l y c o m i n g t o
2011 NFL Draft, Miles told Submitted at 1/10/2011 2:00:00 PM
Miles' current contract with LSU to why Black Ops wasn't at the dealerships. Mercedes today
reporters that nobody from
runs through the 2014 season, Although it comes as little front line of PC sales in the UK, confirmed that the SLS AMG E-
Michigan had contacted him
with him scheduled to make $3.7 surprise, Call of Duty: Black Ops it's just as fitting that Football Cell will be available for order at
directly and he had no knowledge
million annually. He would have was the best-selling game in the Manager 2011 and 2010 occupied dealerships in 2013, and while no
of a timetable for a meeting, but
to pay the school a $1.25 million UK last year. The UK Interactive the forward spots in the region. price was given, expect it to be a
he nonetheless anticipated a
buyout if he were to leave. Entertainment Association's 2010 C h e c k o u t t h e c o m p l e t e lot. The gasoline-powered model
meeting taking place. He also said
that he could not speculate on the bestsellers list features the usual breakdown by format after the cost around $200,000, after all.
suspects, with Black Ops, FIFA jump. Oh, and that citrus color? It's
11 and Just Dance occupying the Continue reading Black Ops led pretty stunning in the flesh, a
top three spots, respectively, 2010 UK game sales, Just Dance matte hue that makes you go
across all platform sales. top of the pops on Wii "Mmm."
Breaking it down by format, Black Ops led 2010 UK game Gallery: Mercedes SLS AMG E-
Blops landed in the top sales spot sales, Just Dance top of the pops Cell
for Xbox 360 and PS3 games, on Wii originally appeared on Mercedes SLS AMG E-Cell
while Just Dance and its sequel Joystiq on Mon, 10 Jan 2011 hitting dealerships in 2013
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Limbaugh Blasts Media for 'Sick'

Coverage
(Newsmax - Inside Cover) said.
Submitted at 1/10/2011 8:34:32 AM “They’re trying to link this
shooting to me, to Sarah Palin, to
Monday, 10 Jan 2011 02:34 PM talk radio. There’s no logic in any
With Democratic of the assertions they’re trying to
Congresswoman Gabrielle make.”
Giffords fighting for her life after Limbaugh noted that Loughner
Saturday’s shooting in Arizona, reportedly has been stalking
Rush Limbaugh angrily blasted Giffords since 2007 — before the
the left on Monday for its “sick” tea party came into being.
a t t e m p t s t o t a k e p o l i t i c a l “One of the first acts of insanity is The reaction to the Arizona
No More Heroes: Heroes' advantage from the tragedy. to take an obviously deranged kid, shooting has been a “lame, purely
L i m b a u g h r a i l e d a g a i n s t insane, irrational, and try to political attempt by the left to do

Paradise slicin' fools on suggestions from the mainstream analyze him with sanity and what they cannot convince the
media and others that Sarah Palin, rationality. American people to do, and that is
the tea party, and conservatives in “It is all political. I was blamed support them. It’s embarrassingly,
PS3 this fall general were somehow to blame for the Oklahoma City bombing depressingly sick.”
for inspiring 22-year-old shooter in 1995.” Summarizing his views,
Ben Gilbert (Joystiq) Besides making the graphics look Jared Loughner, whose rampage When these kinds of incidents Limbaugh said he and those who
Submitted at 1/10/2011 2:30:00 PM much, much nicer, and adding killed six and injured 13. occur, Limbaugh said, “I don’t listen to him, Palin and the people
Move support, a handful of No “ W h a t a n e m b a r r a s s i n g recall one conservative, one who voted for her, and “half the
N o M o r e H e r o e s : H e r o e s ' More Heroes 2 content will make weekend,” Rush told listeners to Republican, one conservative country have been indicted for the
P a r a d i s e w a s o d d l y p l a c e d its way into the PS3 re-release. his radio show. “I knew this was blogger, making a mad dash to a actions of a lone, deranged
(misplaced?) on a PlayStation 3 We're also hoping that developer going to happen. computer to blame Democrats for individual.”
2011 "exclusives" list, and given a AQ Interactive is secretly working “It has led a number of people to what happened. © Newsmax. All rights reserved.
tentative release window by the on more wacky TV shows for make fools of themselves. The “Here we have a 22-year-old This entry passed through the
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Are Women Too Naive About Marriage -- and Divorce?
Delia Lloyd (Politics Daily)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 12:50:00 PM
There's a sobering article in last
week's Salon that bears reading by
all mothers near and far. Titled "
Regrets of a Stay-at-Home Mom,"
it depicts the mindset of a recently
divorced, partially-employed
mother of two who -- after being
out of the workforce for 14 years -
- discovers it ain't so easy getting
back into the game when she
needs a full-time job.
The author, Katy Read, only
partly blames the current
economic crisis for her job-
hunting woes. Rather, she places
most of it on her decision 14 years
ago to invest first and foremost in
her children ("sliding . . . skating .
. . supervising art projects . . .
helping them with their
homework") over and above
things like securing a retirement
fund or a sufficiently well-
cushioned savings account.
As she writes: "I did what the
experts advised: developed my
skills, undertook new challenges,
expanded my professional
contacts. I advanced creatively if
not financially, published essays
in respected literary journals that
often paid (cue ominous music) in
copies of the magazine." Fast
forward 14 years and Read finds
that "My income -- freelance
writing, child support, a couple of
menial part-time jobs -- doesn't
cover my current expenses, let
alone my retirement or the kids'
tuition."
Her conclusion? Much like
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Sandra Tsing Loh -- who, in a between her and her husband.
much-hyped article in The Or go read " Heartburn," Nora
Atlantic a few years back urged Ephron's thinly disguised 1983
women not to marry lest they end memoir about the break-up of her
up, like her, in a workable but marriage to Washington Post
loveless "companionate marriage" journalist Carl Bernstein (which
-- Read does the same. She was subsequently made into a
counsels new mothers to forget all film starring Meryl Streep).
that stuff they hear about having Throughout the book, even
"quality time" with their kids. though the Ephron-stand-in
They should go get a job so that protagonist knows something is
they don't end up broke and bereft amiss (it turns out that her
like her. husband is having an affair while
It's tempting to read this piece she's pregnant with their second
and dismiss Read as somewhat child), she works desperately to
unworldly. As my colleague Jill keep the marriage together.
study by Ohio State University 's of friends and family members,
Lawrence opined in a private (Ephron, like Wolf, has since
Center for Human Resource many women continue to believe
email exchange about the channeled her insights about
Research found that divorce that our marriages will somehow
article,"You really have to be marriage and divorce into a
reduces a person's wealth by 77% be different. Others might fall
hopelessly naive to believe that community-based forum: she is
compared to that of a single apart. But ours won't crumble. It's
you could abandon your career the Founding Editor of the
person. a sort of NIMBY -- "not in my
and never have to worry about Huffington Post's new divorce
But I read Read's piece a bit backyard" -- phenomenon applied
money. Or that her husband vertical).
differently. I didn't think it was so to our personal lives.
would never die or lose his job." I myself am hardly a hopeless
much about the financial realities And something tells me she's not
Particularly in a world where you romantic. Heck, not so long ago, I
of divorce for women -- though alone in idealizing the security of
can't open the newspaper without wrote a post on these very pages
that was the ostensible topic of the her marriage. Go read some of the
reading another article about the encouraging more women who
article -- as it was about the entries over on the blog Big Little
death of journalism, one would were "settling" in unhappy
continually high, and unrealistic, Wolf's Daily Plate of Crazy where
also think that Read would have marriages to dump their husbands.
assumptions women bring to the D.A. Wolf (another freelance
realized long ago that freelance But I too -- another freelance
table about marriage. As my writer!) talks about the"isle of
journalists who earn real incomes journalist, mind you! -- find it
colleague Sarah Wildman put it in denial" which she lived on
are about as prevalent these days incomprehensible to
the same email exchange: "The throughout her marriage and well
as full-time travel agents. (For a conceptualize my marriage ending
unspoken bit in here is that she into the divorce. In a particularly
quick and dismal take on the dire and what it might mean for my
assumed she'd never divorce." moving post entitled " Something
state of journalistic salaries right sanity, let alone my long-term
Precisely. Sure, according to The Like Marriage," Wolf confesses
now, see this mock job posting for income stream.
National Marriage Project's State that as early as her honeymoon
a news producer on McSweeneys. I remember once, about nine
of Our Unions 2007 report, for the and even on her wedding day,
Ouch!) years ago, having a terrible
average couple marrying for the there were signs all around her
It's also no secret that divorce argument with my husband in
first time, the lifetime probability that "I was married; and he was
itself is expensive. The average front of his office. It ended with
of divorce or separation remains not." And yet, so strong was her
cost of divorce in the U.S. is me slamming his office door,
between 40 and 50 percent. But need to believe that her marriage
estimated by Forbes to be $15,000 running out onto the street and
despite all the statistics, all the would endure that she silenced
to $30,000. Court fees can add
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$25,000 for a two day trial. A
and -- let's face it -- the divorces pointed towards the growing gulf
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Howard Kurtz Denounces Palin The Heroic Namesake of

Attacks in Giffords Shooting John Boehner's
(Newsmax - Inside Cover)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 7:33:43 AM
murderer who opens fire on a
political gathering and kills a half-
dozen people, including a 9-year-
Hometown Church
Matt Lewis (Politics Daily) communion to other prisoners.
Monday, 10 Jan 2011 01:33 PM old girl.
By Dan Weil “On her Facebook page, Palin Submitted at 1/10/2011 12:30:00 PM After two weeks of starvation and
Moderate Howard Kurtz, offered her ‘sincere condolences’ dehydration, Kolbe was the only
Washington bureau chief of The Columnist Speaker of the House prisoner still alive. In order to
to Giffords and the others who
Daily Beast, has written a strong John Boehner is a longtime empty the bunker, guards
were shot, saying that ‘on behalf
rebuke to the liberal pundits who member of St. Maximilian Kolbe eventually gave him a lethal
of Todd and my family, we all
contend that Sarah Palin shares governor posted a map on her pray for the victims and their parish in Liberty Township, Ohio. injection. He is an official
blame for the Arizona bloodbath Facebook page with crosshair families, and for peace and Many Catholics are familiar with Christian martyr.
that killed six in what appears to t a r g e t s r e p r e s e n t i n g 2 0 justice.’ the church's namesake-- but The man whose place he took
be the attempted assassination of Democratic lawmakers she was “This isn't about a nearly year-old everyone should know his story. lived 53 more years, dying at the
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. “I hate to singling out for defeat after they Sarah Palin map; it's about a lone Here is a very brief retelling of it. age of 95.
say this, but the blame game is voted for President Obama's nut job who doesn't value human As a priest living in Poland Kolbe was canonized by Pope
already under way,” he writes on health care plan. One of them was life,” Kurtz concluded. during World War II, Kolbe John Paul II in October 1982.
the website. helped hide thousands of Jews With the Roe v. Wade
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bursting into tears... about what, I
no longer remember. What I do
remember was the sensation -- for
the very first time in our life
together -- that our marriage, like
so many others I knew, was
fragile. That it was possible that
we, too, might not make it. I was
unemployed at the time, in the
midst of a career change and had
an eight-month-old baby. And I
suddenly thought: what if?
I can't speak for Katy Read. But
when I read between the lines of
her story, I wondered if she, too,
was overly, perhaps naively,
invested in the permanence of her
marriage.
That doesn't make her stupid. It
just makes her human.
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Joe Biden in Afghanistan on

Unannounced Visit
Lynn Sweet (Politics Daily) Obama would inherit as president. commitment to a long-term
Submitted at 1/10/2011 12:03:00 PM According to a pool report, Biden partnership with Afghanistan.
landed on Monday evening -- While in Afghanistan, the Vice
Correspondent Kabul is nine hours ahead of East President will meet with President
Vice President Joe Biden is in Coast time -- and will meet with Hamid Karzai, visit with U.S. Ford Focus Electric pops
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Cooking Light's 12 Healthy Habits Apple drops iPhone 3GS to

(Cooking Light: Editor's Picks) Here's what to expect, month by
month:
August: Go Vegetarian at Least 1
Day a Week— Expand the $49 on contract, we pretend
Forget the grandiose, impossible January: Eat More Fruits and number of all-vegetable dishes
New Year’s resolutions: The path V e g e t a b l e s — A d d 3 m o r e
to a healthier lifestyle begins one servings of fruits and vegetables
that you eat by making 1 dinner or
main-meal-of-the-day vegetarian.
the timing is coincidental
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little habit at a time. Welcome to to your diet each day. Download September: Go Fishing— Cook
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Each month this year we’ll focus PDF. a week.

on one healthy practice that Feb: Get Moving— Increase the Hey, a phone that Apple
October: Focus on Healthy
you’re probably already doing but amount of aerobic exercise you introduced back in 2009(that'd be
Fats— Swap healthy fats for
want to do a bit more (usually do. the iPhone 3GS) is now selling --
unhealthy fats in your diet.
food-related, but we’ve thrown in March: Get Cooking— Cook at brand new with a two-year voice /
November: Be Portion Aware—
a couple that focus on exercise). least 3 meals more per week than data agreement -- for $49, both at
Cut your portion size of less-
We’ll profile people and explore you are now, even if that means AT&T and through Apple
healthy or higher-calorie foods at
their challenges and goals, then cooking breakfast or lunch (for directly. Of course, you could get
least once per meal.
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December: Eat Mindfully— Be
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The 15 Worst Health & Diet Myths

David Zinczenko (Eat This, Not
That)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 4:18:54 PM
“I don’t know what to order,” my
friend told me over lunch
recently. We were sitting in a
great new Italian restaurant near
my office.
“I know,” I replied, scanning the
menu. “Everything looks terrific!”
“Yeah, but everything is bad for
you!” she exclaimed, practically
in tears. “I’m passing on the panic, and explain that most of harder and eating less enjoyable.
veal—red meat causes cancer. what we consider “bad for you” So relax, and start enjoying food
And the eggplant foods aren’t bad for you at again: Here are 15 food fallacies
parmesan—cheese has fat, which all—they’re just innocent victims you can forget for good.
gives you high cholesterol. And of well-intentioned Myth #1: Too much protein hurts
the bread plate—carbs give you misinformation. A well-balanced your kidneys
diabetes. I can’t eat anything! And diet, combined with some smart Reality: Protein helps burn fat,
I’m really hungry!” choices, is all you need to lose build muscle, and won’t harm
With those kinds of fears, it’s a pounds and keep most of our your kidneys at all
wonder my “health-conscious” greatest health worries at bay. But Way back in 1983, researchers
friend didn’t die of starvation: no many food and nutrition “myths” discovered that eating more
protein, and no fat, and no carbs? author of Eat This, Not That!, I persist, confusing our food
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protein increases the amount of
blood your kidneys filter per
minute. Many scientists
immediately made the leap that a
high-protein diet places your
kidneys under greater stress. They
were proven wrong. Over the past
two decades, several studies have
found that while protein-rich
meals do increase blood flow to
the kidneys, this doesn't have an
adverse effect on overall kidney
function.
Put the Truth to Work for You:
Eat your target body weight in
grams of protein daily. For
example, if you're a chubby 180-
pound woman and want to be a
lean 160, have 160 grams of
protein a day. If you're a 160-
pound guy hoping to pack on 20
pounds of muscle, aim for 180
grams each day.
Bonus Tip: Lose weight fast.
Build muscle. Get out of debt.
Whatever your resolution for
2011, here's your plan.
Myth #2: Sweet potatoes are
healthier than white potatoes
Reality: They’re both healthy!
Sweet potatoes have more fiber
and vitamin A, but white potatoes
are higher in essential minerals
such as iron, magnesium, and
potassium. As for the glycemic
index, sweet potatoes are lower on
the scale, but baked white
potatoes typically aren't eaten
without cheese, sour cream, or
butter—all toppings that contain
fat, which lowers the glycemic
index of a meal.
Put the Truth to Work for You:
The form in which you consume a
potato—for instance, a whole
baked potato versus a processed
potato that's used to make
chips—is more important than the
type of spud.
Myth #3: Red meat causes cancer
Reality: Research says enjoy the
steak!
In a 1986 study, Japanese
researchers discovered cancer
developing in rats that were fed
"heterocyclic amines,"
compounds that are generated
from overcooking meat under
high heat. Since then, some
studies of large populations have
suggested a potential link between
meat and cancer. Yet no study has
ever found a direct cause-and-
effect relationship between red-
meat consumption and cancer.
The population studies are far
from conclusive. They relied on
broad surveys of people's eating
habits and health
afflictions—numbers that
illuminate trends, not causes.
Put the Truth to Work for You:
Don't stop grilling. Meat lovers
who are worried about the
supposed risks of grilled meat
don't need to avoid burgers and
steak—just trim off the burned or
overcooked sections of the meat
before eating.
Myth #4: High-fructose corn
syrup (HFCS) is more fattening
than regular sugar
Reality: They’re equally
fattening. Beware!
Recent research has show that
fructose may cause an increase in
weight by interfering with leptin,
the hormone that tells us when
we’re full. But both HFCS and
sucrose—better known as table
sugar—contain similar amounts
of fructose. There's no evidence to
show any differences in these two
types of sugar. Both will cause
weight gain when consumed in
excess. The only particular evil
regarding HFCS is that it’s
cheaper, and commonly shows up
everywhere from bread to ketchup
to soda.
Put the Truth to Work for You:
HFCS and regular sugar are
empty-calorie carbohydrates that
should be consumed in limited
amounts. How? By keeping soft
drinks, sweetened fruit juices, and
prepackaged desserts to a
minimum.
Myth #5: Too much salt causes
high blood pressure
Reality: Perhaps, but too little
potassium causes high blood
pressure too
Large-scale scientific reviews
have determined there's no reason
for people with normal blood
pressure to restrict their sodium
intake. Now, if you already have
high blood pressure, you may be
"salt sensitive." As a result,
reducing the amount of salt you
eat could be helpful. However,
people with high blood pressure
who don't want to lower their salt
intake can simply consume more
potassium-containing foods—it's
really the balance of the two
minerals that matters. In fact,
Dutch researchers determined that
a low potassium intake has the
same impact on your blood
pressure as high salt consumption
does. And it turns out, the average
person consumes 3,100
milligrams (mg) of potassium a
day—1,600 mg less than
recommended.
Put the Truth to Work for You:
Strive for a potassium-rich
diet—which you can achieve by
eating a wide variety of fruits,
vegetables, and legumes—and
your salt intake won't matter as
much. For instance, spinach,
broccoli, bananas, white potatoes,
and most types of beans each
contain more than 400 mg
potassium per serving.
Myth #6: Chocolate bars are
empty calories
Reality: Dark chocolate is a
health food
Cocoa is rich in flavonoids—the
same heart-healthy compounds
found in red wine and green tea.
Its most potent form is dark
chocolate. In a recent study,
Greek researchers found that
consuming dark chocolate
containing 100 milligrams (mg) of
flavonoids relaxes your blood
vessels, improving bloodflow to
your heart. And remember: Milk
chocolate isn't as rich in
flavonoids as dark, so develop a
taste for the latter.
Put the Truth to Work for You:
Now that you know which "bad"
foods aren't actually so awful, you
need to know which deceptively
dangerous diet-destroying foods
to avoid. Check out our must-see
slideshow of 25 "Healthy" Foods
that Aren’t.
Myth #7: Gas station snacks are
nutritional nightmares
Reality: Even at filling stations,
you’ll find food that isn’t filling
Beef jerky is high in protein and
doesn't raise your level of
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insulin—a hormone that signals
your body to store fat. That makes
it an ideal between-meals snack,
especially when you're trying to
lose weight. And while some beef
-jerky brands are packed with
high-sodium ingredients such as
MSG and sodium nitrate,
chemical-free products are
available.
Put the Truth to Work for You:
Sometimes, the service station is a
healthier rest stop than a fast food
joint. Heck, even pork rinds are
better than you’d think: A 1-
ounce serving contains zero
carbohydrates, 17 grams (g) of
protein, and 9 g fat. That's nine
times the protein and less fat than
you'll find in a serving of carb-
packed potato chips.
Myth #8: Restaurants comply
with nutrition disclosure
regulations
Reality: Most restaurants would
rather load you up with additional
cheap calories
Even though many restaurants
offer healthy alternatives, you
could still be at the whim of the
kitchen's cook. A recent E.W.
Scripps lab investigation found
that "responsible" menu items at
chains ranging from Chili's to
Taco Bell may have up to twice
the calories and eight times the fat
published in the restaurants'
nutritional information.
Put the Truth to Work for You:
Restaurants run from us, but they
can't hide. Discover their secrets
every day by signing up for our
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newsletter or by following me
right here on Twitter, and you'll
make 2011 the year of your
flatter, toner belly!
Myth #9: Sports drinks are ideal
after-workout refreshment
Reality: You need more than that
to keep your muscles growing
Carb-loaded drinks like
Vitaminwater and Gatorade are a
great way to rehydrate and
reenergize; they help replenish
glycogen, your body's stored
energy. But they don't always
supply the amino acids needed for
muscle repair. To maximize post-
workout recovery, a protein-carb
combination—which those drinks
may not offer—can help.
Put the Truth to Work for You:
After you suck down that sports
drink, eat a bowl of 100 percent
whole-grain cereal with nonfat
milk, suggests a 2009 study in the
Journal of the International
Society of Sports Nutrition. A
glass of low-fat chocolate milk is
a good choice as well.
Myth #10: You need 38 grams of
fiber a day
Reality: More fiber is better, but
38 is nearly impossible
That's the recommendation from
the Institute of Medicine. And it's
a lot, equaling nine apples or
more than a half dozen bowls of
instant oatmeal. (Most people eat
about 15 grams of fiber daily.)
The studies found a correlation
between high fiber intake and
lower incidence of heart disease.
But none of the high-fiber-eating
groups in those studies averaged
as high as 38 grams, and, in fact,
people saw maximum benefits
with a daily gram intake
averaging from the high 20s to the
low 30s.
Put the Truth to Work for You:
Just eat sensibilty. Favor whole,
unprocessed foods. Make sure the
carbs you eat are fiber-rich—that
means produce, legumes, and
whole grains—because they'll
help slow the aborption of sugar
into your bloodstream.
Myth #11: Saturated fat will clog
your heart
Reality: Fat has gotten a bum rap
Most people consider turkey,
chicken, and fish healthy, yet
think they should avoid red
meat—or only choose very lean
cuts—since they've always been
told that it's high in saturated fat.
But a closer look at beef reveals
the truth: Almost half of its fat is a
monounsaturated fat called oleic
acid—the same heart-healthy fat
that's found in olive oil. Second,
most of the saturated fat in beef
actually decreases your heart-
disease risk—either by lowering
LDL (bad) cholesterol, or by
reducing your ratio of total
cholesterol to HDL (good)
cholesterol.
Put the Truth to Work for You:
We're not giving you permission
to gorge on butter, bacon, and
cheese. No, our point is this: Don't
freak out about saturated fat.
There's no scientific reason that
natural foods containing saturated
fat can't, or shouldn't, be part of a
healthy diet.
Myth #12: Reduced-fat foods are
healthier alternatives
Reality: Less fat often means
more sugar
Peanut butter is a representative
example for busting this myth. A
tub of reduced-fat peanut butter
indeed comes with a fraction less
fat than the full-fat
variety—they’re not lying about
that. But what the food companies
don’t tell you is that they’ve
replaced that healthy fat with
maltodextrin, a carbohydrate used
as a filler in many processed
foods. This means you’re trading
the healthy fat from peanuts for
empty carbs, double the sugar,
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JUSTIN ROBERTS
Hometown: Indianapolis
Age: 33
Height: 6'2"
Weight Before: 265 lbs
Weight Now: 190 lbs
Twins share everything,
including genetics, of course. But
that's not always a good thing,
especially if they also share being
obese. Growing up, Justin and
Jason Roberts were the same
weight as most of their peers—but
they were never overly athletic.
As Justin reached high school,
he'd visit the weight room
sporadically, though he never
liked cardio. That strategy caught
up with him in college, where he
(and his waist) fell victim to fast
food and lots of soda. At one
time, Justin was downing as much
as 1,300 calories a day from
sugary beverages alone.
After graduation, he found a job
as a systems engineer working
right alongside Jason, who had
adopted many of the same bad
habits and ballooned to 265
pounds—the exact same weight as
Justin.
Long hours, a marriage, and three
kids gradually replaced exercise
in Justin's life, but he wasn't
worried. "I used to feel that if my
weight was ever going to pose a
problem, I'd have to see it to
believe it," he remembers.
Soon, he saw it. In September
2009, Jason received bad news
from his doctor. His weight had
put him at risk for serious heart
problems. The news jolted Justin
even more than it did his brother.
"I realized I really had to do
something," Justin says. "As twins
with the same genes, I knew it
was just a matter of time until I
would develop the same
conditions."
The next day, Justin joined a
local gym and began a three-day-a
-week workout program. His two-
hour sessions were split between
full-body lifts and—yes—cardio.
In the kitchen, Justin was just as
methodical, creating a 1,400-
calorie-a-day meal plan with
specific ratios of nutrients
designed to maximize fat burning.
"I went from eating 60% of my
diet as carbs, 20% protein, and
20% as fat to 60% as protein and
20% as carbs," he says. Once his
new workout and diet were in
place, he stuck with them
religiously, vowing to never miss
a session.
It worked. Today, Justin we ighs
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Jason were to follow his lead and
get fit too. He hasn't yet, but
Justin hopes that just as his
brother's sobering health news
scared him into getting in shape,
his own new energy and
confidence will inspire his own
brother and his own children. "I'm
trying really hard now to make
sure that my kids grow up with a
good, healthy lifestyle," he says.
"I'm trying to create the right
habits for them, because I've
never felt better or been happier
than I am right now."
Justin's Tip: Value Your Health
"The one thing that you can't buy
in life is being healthy. Making
that a priority in your life is worth
more than any amount of money."
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who drive German cars. From the base of the windshield
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intersecting lines, triangles,
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geometry class occupied for a
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Providing the go for the Coupe's
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liter V-6 that can be coupled with
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Fresh Mediterranean Lentil Salad
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Ingredients
• 1 cup dried lentils, rinsed well
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1/4 tsp dried oregano
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 cup extra-virgin oil
• 1 tbsp brown rice vinegar
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 1/2 tsp ground cumin
• 1/4 tsp sea salt
• 1 red bell pepper, seeded and
Open the door (there's no handle,
just a touch pad) and you'll see the
same firm seats and vinyl-
wrapped dashboard as the sedan.
Although it lacks the meticulous
execution on an Audi interior, the
CTS is a huge step forward for a
domestic car. Regardless if its
size, the steering impresses with
its accuracy and connected feel.
The scales may read heavyweight,
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Cadillac's CTS Coupe starts at
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style that's sure to get you noticed.
After all, it has something the
diced
• 1 small cucumber, diced
• 1/2 cup pitted Kalamata olives,
sliced
• 3 tbsp chopped mint or parsley
• 2 oz feta cheese, crumbled
How to Make It
1.) Combine the lentils, garlic,
oregano, bay leaves, and
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Protein: 7 g
Carbs: 21 g
Fat: 12 g
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This Is Not War

Submitted at 1/10/2011 11:00:35 AM
they are. “hanging party” and “targeting” “campaign” and “battleground,” whether on their way from daily
That said, the posturing for the and “crosshairs” talk and imagery waging “war” on poverty or Mass, learning about democracy
A voluntary rhetorical cold foreseeable future is going to be even where it is not at fault, even various cancers, and even “truce” at a young age, or simply
shower. about rhetoric, just as it was after where -- or especially where -- are as much a part of our politics participating in our democracy
A s after any violent attack, there the bombing of the Alfred P. that talk has been the province of as the Constitution. But too much and engaging with its brave
is great temptation to posture Murrah Federal Building in both sides. beyond that, and the reality is that representatives. And we ought to
politically, from both sides and Oklahoma City -- and while the Let’s be clear, again: Tough talk our words and imagery can combat the evil and derivative
even among law enforcement. It is allegations that rhetoric caused and imagery are not at fault here. become a turn-off and a nonsense with as much goodness
wrong. Not every moment is the shooting are false, this is an Has anyone yet uncovered any distraction. And they can all too as we can stand.
political, and those who rush appropriate moment to consider nexus between the rantings of the easily lead to just the kinds of Decency from all and to all
where angels fear to tread are our words and imagery just the Tucson shooter and the rhetoric absurd and distracting should be our calling cards -- both
fools. We could begin to list the same. Perhaps our rhetoric can and imagery that has been recriminations we have witnessed in our politics and in our analysis
statements, but now is not a time improve. There is a difference blamed? And even if they were to: this past weekend. of these events. That might not
for that. Evil does and always will b e t w e e n a n e n e m y a n d a n The truth is we talk tough daily This is not a call for a dilution of have been the overwhelming
exist. As will madmen who o p p o n e n t , n o m a t t e r h o w on, yes, Fox News, and MSNBC, principle or opinions but for a reality for some of our media
succumb to it. And those looking w r o n g h e a d e d a n o p p o n e n t . too. And as Howard Kurtz points better engagement with one venues this weekend, but maybe
to cast blame in the wake of the Thomas Jefferson put it this way: out, even journalists are quite at another. Just because some of we can begin again right now. To
Tucson shooting ought to stop “Every difference of opinion is home using war imagery in those who are talking about quote Lincoln again: We must not
pointing fingers at Sarah Palin, not a difference of principle. We writing about politics and cooling down the rhetoric are also be enemies. That begins with how
Arizona’s illegal-immigration have called by different names policies. Tough, harsh talk and casting blame where it doesn’t we talk to and about one another.
laws, or anyone or anything else. brethren of the same principle. war imagery tends to be just that - belong does not mean we can’t do --- Kathryn Jean Lopez is editor-
The cause of violence in Tucson We are all Republicans, we are all - talk and imagery. Justified or and be better. We always can. We at-large of National Review
looks, right now, to simply be the Federalists.” Abraham Lincoln deranged, it is passionate political know we can. Online and a nationally
dark and confused mind of a man this way: “We are not enemies, rhetoric, some examples of it We’ll soon learn much more syndicated columnist. Seth
who is a declared fan of Mein but friends. We must not be better than others, all of it about Saturday’s shooter. Beyond Leibsohn is a fellow of the
Kampf and The Communist enemies. Though passion may charged. prosecutorial necessity and Claremont Institute and a
Manifesto, who railed against our have strained, it must not break Our thoughts just now are not insights into early-warning signs, principal with the consulting firm
currency and t h e our bonds of affection.” about recriminations, but about we ought to forget his name as Leibsohn & Associates. Kathryn
unconstitutionality of his The horror of Tucson can rethinking some of our words and quickly as most of us have Jean Lopez Seth Leibsohn
community college, and was reinspire those notions. It hurts no considering voluntarily swearing forgotten the name of the Virginia
troubled enough to think violence one and deprives no one of their off some of them whenever Tech shooter. And we would be
was the only way to make his First Amendment rights to suggest feasible. Such rhetoric will always wise to remember instead the
points -- however indiscernible we all tone down some of the be with us; words like heroes and innocents of the day,
E-reader News Edition
Atrocity in Arizona
Arnold Ahlert (FrontPage
Magazine » FrontPage)
Submitted at 1/9/2011 10:18:53 PM
A town hall-style meeting held
outside a supermarket in Tuscon,
Arizona was the scene of a deadly
rampage on Saturday. 19 people
were shot. Five were killed at the
scene and one died in the hospital.
Congresswoman Gabrielle
Giffords who hosted the event,
was shot in the head at point
blank range by a 22-year-old man
identified as Jared Loughner. She
remains in critical condition in a
local hospital, but is expected to
survive. Police claim Giffords
was the target of the assassination
attempt. An additional man,
described as a “Caucasian male
with dark hair, approximately 40-
50 years old,” is also being sought
in connection with the crime.
Forty year old Ms. Giffords is a
former registered Republican who
changed her affiliation to
Democrat. Despite that change,
Ms. Giffords is not a lockstep
party member. She was one of 19
Democrats who refused to support
Nancy Pelosi for House Speaker
last week, is reportedly a gun-
rights advocate, and broke ranks
with her party last summer, when
she criticized president Obama for
not sending enough National
Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico
border. She is married to
astronaut Mark Kelly, a Navy
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“will always have a neurological
deficiency, such as memory loss
or a lack or motor skills.” He
added that the “next three or four
days” are the most critical period,
and that recovery “could take
years to achieve.” On Sunday
there was good news: surgeon
Dr. Michael Lemole said at a
news conference that Giffords
responded to doctors’ commands.
The alleged shooter, 22-year-old
Jared Loughner, was an army
reject who has posted several
disjointed videos online, on
subjects such as mind control, the
currency, terrorism and the
Constitution. A picture posted at
captain and Desert Storm veteran, way that she has it depicted has pertained to the health care bill. his MySpace page showed a
w h o i s t r a i n i n g t o b e t h e the crosshairs of a gun sight over Giffords voted in favor of the handgun resting on top of a U.S.
commander of the next space our district. When people do that, politically-charged legislation. history book. Reading material he
shuttle mission, slated for an April they’ve got to realize there are Ms. Giffords is currently in the listed as his favorites on MySpace
launch. Her brother-in-law is consequences to that action.” ICU at the University of Arizona included Animal Farm, Brave
currently serving aboard the What Ms. Giffords meant by that Hospital, having survived a New World, The Wizard Of OZ,
International Space Station. statement remains unclear. “through and through” gunshot Aesop Fables, (sic) The Odyssey,
Ms. Giffords was re-elected to a Ms. Giffords has held several wound to her brain. State Sen. A l i c e A d v e n t u r e s I n t o
third term representing Arizona’s “Congress on Your Corner” Linda Lopez, a friend of the Wonderland,(sic) Fahrenheit 451,
8th Congressional district in events over the past four years, Congresswoman, confirmed the P e t e r P a n , T o K i l l A
November, winning a tight race including three previous events at bullet entered Giffords’ head at Mockingbird, We The Living,
against Iraq veteran Jesse Kelly, a this venue. According to Pima her temple and exited through her Phantom Toll Booth, One Flew
candidate backed by the Tea Party County investigators, Giffords forehead. Lopez added that O v e r T h e C u c k o o ’ s N e s t ,
movement. During that campaign had no security for this particular Giffords was responding to Pulp,Through The Looking Glass,
Ms. Giffords’ district was one of meeting, despite having a glass commands before surgery, but is T h e C o m m u n i s t M a n i f e s t o ,
20 which appeared on former vice door and side window broken at u n s u r e o f h e r l o n g - t e r m Siddhartha, The Old Man And
-presidential candidate Sarah her office last March, an act of prognosis. Dr. Manny Alvarez, The Sea, Gulliver’s Travels, Mein
Palin’s Facebook page with the vandalism purportedly related to senior managing health editor of Kampf, The Republic, and Meno.
d r a w i n g o f a g u n s c o p e “42 threats or acts or vandalism in FoxNews.com, said the survival
superimposed over it. “We’re on the first three months of 2010 rate of a gunshot would to the
Sarah Palin’s targeted list,” reported by lawmakers. Nearly head is about five percent, and
Giffords said at the time. “The all of the incidents reportedly three percent of those who survive
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The Arizona Shooting and the Blame Game

Mike Finch (FrontPage A quick look at Loughner’s often final arbiter of politician
Magazine » FrontPage) background shows that he read “discussion”, the duel.
Submitted at 1/9/2011 10:17:48 PM the Communist Manifesto, Mein Obviously, we are not calling for
Kampf, was anti-God, and if the return of fist fights at
What a relief! President Obama holds any political philosophy at Conventions and duels to settle
can pull FBI Director Mueller all, would be classified as an our political differences, but in a
back from Arizona and call off the extreme anarchist. What in the free and open democracy, that
investigation into the shooting of fuzzy reaches of the minds of the allows for dissent, in fact,
Congresswoman Giffords. The parade of Democratic politicians encourages dissent, politics often
smoking gun has been found. and their lackeys in the is a raucous mud slinging
It is obvious after listening to the mainstream media would connect enterprise. And we are thankful
Sunday morning news shows that t h a t p h i l o s o p h y w i t h for it, for that freedom is what has
the shooter had been listening to Constitutional Conservatives? It kept this government thriving and
conservative talk radio, was doesn’t connect at all, but that is free for over 230 years.
heavily influences by the Tea not the point, this is a teaching Cuba has political harmony, no
Party, Sarah Palin, loose gun laws moment for the left. disagreeable discourse happens
in Arizona, and the hate discourse Which is why, following down there. Is that what we
that is created by right wing immediately on the heels of their want? In the spirit of cooperation,
organizations and politicians. dissecting the causes of the I will not assign any preference
Sherlock Holmes has nothing over shooting, the post counseling has for those thoughts to Messrs
David Gregory. already begun. On Meet the Grijalva and Cleaver.
Gregory in questioning newly Press, we got schooled on ethics, We allow freedom and dissent,
e l e c t e d C o n g r e s s m a n R a u l racial harmony, peace and justice but we are also a nation of laws.
Labrador of Idaho, said “I by the Congressmen Cleaver and Loungner needs to be dealt with
mention the Tea Party, not to Grijalva and Congresswoman swiftly and once found guilty
assign blame, but….” Well, then Wasserman Schultz. We must needs to be sent to his maker post
why mention it? By opening the tone down the criticism and our haste. Our love of freedom did
discussion with that statement, political discussion must become not cause this tragedy, human
the nostalgia for those “civil” civility in our politics.
Gregory, of course, is doing more “civil” or more violence will
days of discourse makes me A cursory glance at American nature did.
exactly what he says he isn’t ensue.
wistful. history would show that civility in Michael Finch is the Chief of
doing. Assigning blame. Our heated discourse must give We know what is happening of politics has never been the norm. Operations of the David Horowitz
Gregory’s performance this way to civility of yesterday. By
course. “Civility” in politics American politics is raucous, Freedom Center, a non-profit
morning, from someone who once that of course, they must be
means Conservatives agreeing heated, fiery, yes, at times hate organization based in Los Angeles
in awhile, shows signs of even speaking of the civility of “Blood
with the Left, it calls for muted filled and dirty and in tragic rare and headed by author David
h a n d i n e s s , w a s s h a m e f u l . for Oil”, “Bush lied, people died”
objections and ceding the moral cases, turns violent. 19th Century Horowitz. He is a regular
F e e d i n g t h e i d e a t h a t t h i s the Jim Crow Republicans,
high ground to the other side. American politics was filled with contributor to FrontPageMag.com
deranged idiot in Arizona was a Republican Nazis and the mantra
Then, and only then, we will all the dirtiest campaigns, fights and NewsRealBlog.com.
Tea Party, Sarah Palin plant, is that the religious right is more
get along and have peace and (literally) at conventions, and the
despicable. dangerous than the Taliban. Yes,
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The Most Cynical Campaign Dorwan

Submitted at 1/10/2011 3:00:57 AM
that this was political, but the
odds are that it was.” Liberal
T he Tucson shooting was an blogger Markos Moulitsas blamed
Jared Loughner is clearly
deranged, his fevered mind drawn
to irrational extremes, whether
thought it constitutes incitement.
That said, all of us have an
obligation to speak with truth and
Stoddard,
u n s p e a k a b l e h o r r o r , a Sarah Palin because she included
c h a r a c t e r i s t i c e x e r c i s e i n Giffords’s district on a map with
those of Adolf Hitler or Karl
Marx. He was anti-government
charity in making our political
arguments. Not because hateful RIP
A m e r i c a n d e m o c r a c y - - a crosshairs denoting Democrats the way paranoiacs who think the talk will drive the mentally ill to Submitted at 1/10/2011 2:00:00 PM
townhall meeting outside a she wanted to see defeated. Keith government is controlling their criminal acts, but because civility
Safeway store -- interrupted by Olbermann called for Palin to be minds are anti-government -- is a good in its own right. We An overlooked story of heroism
gunshots and bloodshed. The drummed from public life unless think John Nash, not Milton could always use more of it, but D orwan Stoddard and his wife,
gunman targeted Democratic Rep. she repents of her role in the Friedman. Like the Virginia Tech it’s not true that this is an Mavanell, grew up together as
Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot tragedy. Pima County Sheriff shooter, Loughner had behaved unprecedentedly vitriolic time in friends in Tucson, and were high-
through the head but survived, Clarence Dupnik blamed “the bizarrely around his fellow American politics. The signature school sweethearts in the 1950s.
and killed six and wounded vitriol that comes out of certain students, frightening them. One chant of the Vietnam protesters The two parted, moved away, and
thirteen others. Any time someone mouths about tearing down the former high-school classmate still lionized by the Left, “Hey, married others. But 15 years ago,
attempts to assassinate a public government,” and called his state remembers him as a liberal, yet hey, LBJ, how many kids did you having survived the death of their
official it is an attack on the entire “the Mecca for prejudice and given what we’ve learned so far kill today?” is worse than most spouses, the two were reunited --
country, and the Tucson shooting bigotry” -- apparently for the about his ravings, it is doubtful everything you hear on the and then married -- in their
has been appropriately treated as offense of enforcing immigration Loughner’s disordered mind was airwaves today. Nonetheless, if hometown.
such by politicians across the laws. And so on. capable of a holding a coherent we all can endeavor to be more When Jared Loughner began
political spectrum. The irony of criticizing the ideology. civil, a place to start is to not to firing on the crowd gathered
#ad#We barely knew all the facts overheated rhetoric of your That doesn’t stop the Left from try to score gross political points around Rep. Gabrielle Gifford at
in the immediate aftermath of the opponents at the same time you arguing that he was basically off the heinous act of a disturbed the Safeway supermarket in
shooting, though, before this call them accomplices to murder taking his cues from a map on individual. Tucson on Saturday, Mavanell
vicious act was being milked for apparently was lost on these Sarah Palin’s Facebook page. Our prayers are with Rep. thought the sounds came from
political advantage by ghoulish people, most of whom have never About that map: Martial imagery Giffords, everyone wounded in firecrackers. Dorwan knew
opportunists on the Left. Their been noted for their subtlety (or has been central to American the attack, and the families of otherwise and quickly pulled his
argument was that the suspect, civility). It is vile to attempt to tar politics for more than a century. those who were slain. The Editors wife to the ground and threw
Jared Loughner, was effectively the opposition with the crimes of Why do Palin’s critics think we himself over her. Mavy -- as she
sent from the Tea Party. Paul a l u n a t i c s o a s t o r e n d e r say “campaign” or “rank-and-
Krugman rushed to his keyboard illegitimate the views of about file”? We all use language of this DORWAN page 70
to say, “We don’t have proof yet half of America. sort, and no one ever before has

Let’s Avoid Political Games Over Arizona Shooting

Ernest Istook (The Foundry: It’s worsened by the sadly me. Local police beefed-up their a failure of civil discourse. What debates.
Conservative Policy News.) predictable efforts of Washington patrols around my home during it demonstrates instead is the risk Those who believe in “never
Submitted at 1/10/2011 12:00:12 PM interests to twist every tragedy that time. And from representing of being accessible to the letting a crisis go to waste” are
into an excuse to restrict our Oklahoma City, I’m aghast that public—but that is a necessary unjustified and shameless in
Posted January 10th, 2011 at freedoms or to bash their political spin doctors are already aspect of serving in Congress in a trying to point fingers at groups
1:00pm in Ongoing Priorities adversaries. As a former Member encouraging President Obama to free society. Greater attention to like the Tea Party movement. But
Print This Post of Congress whose life was use this tragedy as his “Oklahoma security is proper, but it should if the sun rises in the east and sets
The horrid shootings and killings threatened, I know the issues first- City moment.” not restrict citizens from frequent in the west, some see it as a
in Tucson demonstrate the always hand. A man went to prison for The attack on Rep. Gabrielle face time with Members of
-unpredictable nature of mayhem. threatening to kill and dismember Giffords (D-AZ) and others is not Congress, nor suppress robust LET’S page 72
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Mr. Civility
Submitted at 1/10/2011 10:30:00 AM
The worst peacemaker in the
world
M SNBC host Keith Olbermann
announced Saturday that all
Americans must abandon rhetoric
with violent imagery, saying that
“the [political] rhetoric has
devolved and descended, past the
ugly and past the threatening and
past the fantastic and into the
imminently murderous.” Urging
every politician and politically
engaged American to promise to
do so, Olbermann said, “I
apologize for and repudiate any
act or any thing in my past that
may have even inadvertently
encouraged violence.”
There’s a lot for Olbermann to
regret. He explicitly
acknowledged and apologized for
a rather mild (by Olbermann
standards) reference to then-
candidate Hillary Clinton, in
which he’d proposed that a male
Democratic delegate go into a
room with Clinton “and only he
comes out.”
#ad#Maybe he regretted that one
only because it involved a fellow
Democrat? Over the years, he’s
told opponents they have “blood
on their hands,” should “go to
hell,” are equivalent to al-Qaeda,
and are responsible for creating
terrorism.
In 2007, Olbermann called rival
network Fox News “worse than al
-Qaeda#...#for our society” and
said the channel was “as
dangerous as the Ku Klux Klan
ever was.” He referred to Gen.
David Petraeus as “betray us.”
The following year, Olbermann
said that the terms the president
had applied to Iraqi terrorists
applied to his administration. “Mr.
Bush, at long last, has it not
dawned on you that the America
you have now created includes
‘cold-blooded killers who will kill
people to achieve their political
objectives’?” demanded
Olbermann. “They are those in, or
formerly in, your employ, who
may yet be charged some day
with war crimes.” In 2009, his
rage naturally extended to former
vice president Dick Cheney,
whom he called “as dishonest, as
insane as any terrorist.” He also
railed against Cheney for his
support of the war in Iraq, stating,
“You were negligent before 9/11.
Your response to your complicity
by omission on 9/11 was panic
and shame and insanity, and lying
this country into a war that did
nothing but kill 4,299 more of
us.”
In 2009, he said that deprived of
“the total mindless, morally
bankrupt, knee-jerk, fascistic
hatred,” Michelle Malkin would
be “a big mashed-up bag of meat
with lipstick on it.” Then,
Olbermann shared this hateful
message with those participants in
Glenn Beck’s 9/12 movement: “In
short, Glenn, 9-12ers, if you are
invoking 9/11 just to oppose
health-care reform, go to hell!”
Last April, Rush Limbaugh
argued that Oklahoma City
bomber Timothy McVeigh was
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motivated not by talk radio, but
by how the federal government
handled Waco. Olbermann
reacted by talking about
Limbaugh’s “hate radio” and said
that “frankly, Rush, you have that
blood on your hands now and you
have had it for 15 years.”
During the 2010 special Senate
election in Massachusetts,
Olbermann infamously said, “In
Scott Brown we have an
irresponsible, homophobic, racist,
reactionary, ex–nude model,
teabagging supporter of violence
against women and against
politicians with whom he
disagrees.”
This dismal record makes it clear
that if Olbermann is faithful to his
pledge, he’s going to have a
difficult time finding enough
things to say to fill up five hours
of air time every week.
--- Katrina Trinko is a staff
reporter for National Review
Online.
Katrina Trinko
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“Kate and Allah”
Abigail R. Esman (FrontPage
Magazine » FrontPage)
Submitted at 1/9/2011 10:16:37 PM
Call it Katie Couric’s “Sarah
Palin Moment.”
As pretty much everyone knows
by now, during a wrap-up of the
events of 2010, CBS
anchorwoman Katie Couric
expressed concern about what she
felt was “seething hatred” she
claims faces Muslims in
America.“ Her solution? “Maybe
we need a Muslim version of
’The Cosby Show,’” Couric
suggested. “I know that sounds
crazy. But ‘The Cosby Show’ did
so much to change attitudes about
African Americans in this
country, and I think sometimes
people are afraid of what they
don’t understand.” That will
change, proposed Couric, “if they
[Muslims] became part of the
popular culture.”
Popular culture? Like Kareem
Abdul-Jabaar? Like Mohammed
Ali? Like Ahmad Rashad? Memet
Oz, perhaps, named among both
Esquire’s and Time’s“Most
Influential” lists? How about Ice
Cube, perhaps, or Mike Tyson, or
Jermaine Jackson, or Snoop Dogg
– all Muslims?
I also wonder what, exactly, “The
Cosby Show” did to “change
attitudes” in America. Were
blacks not part of the popular
culture before the “Cosby Show”?
Was “The Jeffersons”
meaningless? Were Diana Ross
and the Jackson 5 and Stevie
Wonder white? For that matter –
wasn’t Bill Cosby part of the
popular culture long before the
show that bore his name?
The irony, of course, is that the
so-called “Muslim hate” in
America is itself a fiction. FBI
reports show that while there are
twice as many Jews as Muslims in
the US, nearly ten times as many
Jews as Muslims were the targets
of hate crimes in 2009. Ten
times. Where is Ms. Couric on
this? Why isn’t she suggesting a
fictional sit-com about a fictitious
Muslim family living in America,
and presumably it will change the
way people think about Muslims
– even as, in reality, Muslims like
the American Faisal Shahzad
attempt to bomb Times Square;
or like the Pakistani-American
Farooque Ahmed, plan mass
bombings of Washington
Metrorail stations; or like Nidal
Malik Hasan, massacre their
colleagues and friends in a mass
jihadist shootout.
But okay: let’s just say that
fiction can override these facts.
How do you put such a show
together?
It’s one thing, of course, when
you’re dealing with race. Blacks
have continually attacked Cosby –
and his eponymous TV show –
contending that he is really a
white man in a black man’s skin.
But suppose you create a show
Jewish Cosby show? about a Muslim American family
Moreover, the idea that the in which the 15-year-old daughter
Cosby Show itself made a real dates a non-Muslim boy, and the
difference is questionable, at best. family has no complaints. There
W h i l e N e w Y o r k e r s h a v e are indeed many such Muslim
embraced blacks, America has not families in the USA. But how
– and as a journalist, she should would Muslim extremists – in
know that. Or has she forgotten America and abroad – approach
the thousands of people who that? Answer: they would say
revolted against the idea of a “these aren’t Muslims.” (And
black president? Has she forgotten then threaten to kill the show’s
the cries of those who outwardly producers. Remember “South
stated they “will never vote for a Park”?)
black man”?
But okay. Let’s say that there’s a
relationship here: create a
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Zardari’s Defense of
Taseer Comes at Crucial
Moment for Pakistan
Lisa Curtis (The Foundry:
Conservative Policy News.)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 11:00:03 AM
Posted January 10th, 2011 at
12:00pm in American Leadership
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The international community has
been shocked and sickened by
reaction in Pakistan to the
assassination of Punjab Governor
Salman Taseer. Support for the
Governor’s murderer was found
not only within the religious
parties but also from lawyers,
parts of the media, and even some
politicians from the mainstream
political parties. This has been a
wake-up call for U.S.
policymakers, who now see that
support for extremist ideologies is
much broader and deeper in
Pakistani society than previously
understood.
In the midst of the horrific
demonization of the late Taseer,
Pakistani President Asif Ali
Zardari rightly defended him last
week as a man with “courage to
stand up to bigots and fanatics.”
Zardari’s statement provides a
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70 Politics-Right/
The Impact of Obamacare: From the Frontlines of
Our Health Care Crisis
Kathryn Nix (The Foundry:
Conservative Policy News.)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:00:57 PM
Posted January 10th, 2011 at
2:00pm in Health Care Print This
Post
The fight against Obamacare has
begun on a new front as the
House of Representatives
prepares to consider H.R. 2, a
measure to repeal the health care
overhaul in its entirety. New
Members of Congress
campaigned on a promise to fight
the unpopular new law, and this is
the first step to making good on
that promise.
Meanwhile, proponents of
Obamacare continue to claim that
repeal would hurt Americans and
increase the federal deficit. In
fact, the reverse is true. The
negative impact of the health law
will be felt by every American
citizen. For example:
• Obamacare creates trillions in
new spending and will add to the
federal deficit, putting future
taxpayers on the hook.
• 16 million more Americans will
be added to the 58 million
receiving Medicaid, a program for
low-income citizens that
incoming New York Governor
A n d r e w C u o m o
called“dysfunctional on many
levels” and in need of “a
desperate overhaul.” Millions
more will remain uninsured.
• Expanding Medicaid will put
already-suffering state budgets
further in the red, while the
overreach of the federal
government threatens state
autonomy under our federalist
system.
• Increased enrollment in
government health programs, new
regulations, and less
reimbursement all mean that
physicians face more obstacles to
the practice of medicine.
• Cuts to Medicare mean that
seniors face reduced access to
services, fewer benefits, and
higher premiums.
• New taxes and penalties will
make it harder for businesses to
create jobs and continue offering
health benefits.
• Government intrusion into
family life reaches new heights, as
federally funded projects aimed at
reducing teen pregnancy deny
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is known to her friends -- was hit
three times in the legs, and is now
in stable condition and expected
families any knowledge about the to survive. Dorwan was shot,
services their children receive. fatally, through the head, at the
age of 76. Dorwan was
Our contribution to the debate memorialized at the Mountain
h a s n o t b e e n l i m i t e d t o Avenue Church of Christ -- a
researching the facts. Heritage has small Tucson-area church where
also highlighted the stories of he and Mavy had worshipped and
ordinary citizens already dealing served -- on Sunday.
w i t h t h e c o n s e q u e n c e s o f #ad#Trading his life for his wife’s
“reform” or awaiting worse to was Dorwan’s final act, after
come. Our new brochure, “ The which he could manage no final
Impact of Obamacare: From the words. Rev. Mike Nowak, the
Frontlines of Our Health Care pastor of Mountain Avenue
Crisis,” provides a glimpse into Church of Christ, visited Mavy at
the lives of affected individuals the University Medical Center, to
and highlights why the best way which she and Dorwan were both
forward for all Americans is to rushed, and she spoke about the
fully repeal Obamacare and then aftermath of the attack: “She
start over to get health care reform talked to him for ten minutes as
right. he breathed heavily. He never
To learn more about how talked back to her.”
everyday citizens will be affected In pictures, Dorwan typically
by Obamacare and the need for wears a bolo tie, a white cowboy
repeal, we invite you to check out hat, and a graying beard, and
our new brochure and the research keeps his arm firmly around his
papers, charts, graphs, and impact wife. He had retired from a career
calculator that accompany it. as a construction worker, and had
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survived the fall, but he needed 17
stents.
Dorwan and Mavy led the
church’s “benevolence
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Adding Insult to Tragedy
Rich Trzupek (FrontPage
Magazine » FrontPage)
Submitted at 1/9/2011 10:20:01 PM
The shooting spree that left six
dead and fourteen wounded in
Arizona on Saturday was a
horrible tragedy involving a very
unstable young man. It’s clear that
twenty-two year old Jared
Loughner, who was allegedly
attempting to assassinate Arizona
representative Gabrielle Giffords,
has been deeply disturbed for a
long time. As Pima County
Sheriff Clarence Dupnik
observed: “there is reason to
believe he has a mental issue.”
Yet, Dupnik and a number of
media outlets were not content to
stop there. Surely there must be a
way to blame conservatives and
“right-wing rhetoric” for the
tragedy, right? We’ve seen this
kind of knee-jerk reaction from
the Left before, of course. Like
other attempts to make political
hay out of tragedy, this one is
equally doomed to failure and
does little but embarrass the
rabble-rousers.
Let’s begin with Jared Lee
Loughner’s view of the world, as
posted in his YouTube videos.
Consider a sampling of his
pronouncements:
•“This video is my introduction to
you! My favorite activity is
conscience dreaming; the greatest
inspiration for my political
business information.”
• “I can’t trust the current
government because of the
ratifications: the government is
implying mind control and
brainwash on the people by
controlling grammar. No! I won’t
pay debt with a currency that’s
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school is breaking the
constitution. If you watch the
video then you’ll understand. The
teachers are taking advantage of
you in the first and Fifth
Amendment. The United States
Constitution, which is the law,
can be broken at this school.”
These are not examples of right-
wing rhetoric, nor of left-wing
rhetoric. These are the paranoid,
delusional ravings of a young man
who lists both Mein Kampf and
The Communist Manifesto among
his favorite books. Yet, that didn’t
stop Sherriff Dupnik from
claiming that Loughner was
motivated by an “atmosphere”
that is created when “one party is
trying to do something to make
not backed by gold and silver! this country a better country and
No! I won’t trust in god!” the other party is trying to block
• “ I k n o w w h o ’ s l i s t e n i n g : them.” The Lookout implied that
Government Officials, and the Giffords’ Republican opponent,
People. Nearly all the people, who retired Marine Jesse Kelly, was to
d o n ’ t k n o w t h i s a c c u r a t e blame, because Kelly held a
information of a new currency, campaign rally last June called
aren’t aware of mind control and “Get on Target for Victory”
brainwash methods. If I have my during which attendees could fire
civil rights, then this message a fully automatic M-16 with the
wouldn’t have happen.” candidate.
•“Hello, I know you’re illiterate!
This is the greatest protest for
exposure into a wrongful act. The
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LET’S
continued from page 67
reason to bash the Tea Party and
to restrict both our First and
Second Amendment rights. The
gun control lobby is already
making its typical arguments,
ignoring that Rep. Giffords
describes herself on her campaign
website as “a longtime gun owner
and strong supporter of the
Second Amendment.”
Then there are articles publicly
advising Obama of how to speak
at funerals in Arizona, and
headlines such as“Barack
Obama’s Oklahoma City
Moment.” Victims are still in the
hospital and mortuaries, yet
political spin doctors are
suggesting how Obama can ride
the Arizona shooting back into
political popularity.
As Howard Fineman suggests at
Huffington Post:
As was the case with Clinton,
Obama may be able to remind
voters of what they like best about
him: his sensible demeanor. Amid
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continued from page 70
committee,” a group devoted to
helping the poor. The Stoddards
helped care for sick church
members and provided
transportation for those who
needed it. Several friends and
church members praised their
work on the committee as
Christian charity. The couple
didn’t just write checks; they
sought out those in need, listened
to their problems, and offered
their friendship as well as their
financial support. Several people
stood up at the funeral services to
the din and ferocity of our
political culture, he respectfully
keeps his voice down, his
emotions in check and his mind
open.
That is the pitch, at least. The
trick is to make it without
seeming to be trying to make it.
He will, after all, be speaking at a
funeral.
It’s true -as I experienced first-
hand – that President Bill Clinton
benefited from his sincere
displays of compassion regarding
the Oklahoma City bombing. I
was with him at the memorial
service we held; I don’t question
the authenticity of his words and
conduct there. The timing indeed
coincided with the start of his
political rebound that led to what
had seemed to be an unlikely
second term. But the real reason
was changes in Clinton’s agenda
(including an eventual signing of
welfare reform), not because of
his commendable compassion.
speak of how Dorwan had helped
them. Kat Joplin said she had
been homeless until the Stoddards
helped her and her husband get
off the streets, into a motel room,
and eventually, onto a payroll.
The Joplins even stayed at the
Stoddard’s own home for a time.
Friends described Dorwan was an
enthusiastic Arizona Wildcats fan,
and pictures show Dorwan at the
piano at a church picnic.
Nowak said that Mavy credits
Dorwan with saving her life, and
had joked from her hospital bed
It’s tawdry to suggest that
President Obama should now seek
political gain from public displays
of empathy. Unfortunately, it’s
also typical Washington, just one
more thing Americans don’t like
about today’s politics.
Former Congressman Ernest
Istook is now a distinguished
fellow at The Heritage
Foundation.
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that “Dory will never have to
worry about another stent again.”
Nowak described their
relationship for KGU9: “They
were inseparable. You saw one
and you knew the other one
wasn’t far behind. That will be a
whole other life for her, so I’m
afraid it will hit her harder down
the road.”
Dory and Mavy “didn’t write any
books. There are no streets named
after them. There is no monument
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continued from page 69
glimmer of hope that there are
still sane voices inside Pakistan
who understand that basic
principles of freedom of
expression and respect for
minorities form the building
blocks of civilized society.
Zardari also took the opportunity
to emphasize the ideals that his
Pakistan People’s Party —
especially his late wife Benazir
Bhutto — have strived for in
recent years as the country stares
down the abyss of a rising wave
of extremism. Demonstrating he
fully recognizes what’s at stake
for his country in Taseer’s
murder, Zardari said, “An
egalitarian, tolerant, inclusive and
just order that serves all the
people of Pakistan remains our
goal.”
The widespread support for a
cold-blooded murder of a
prominent leader in the name of
religion has led some in the U.S.
to wonder whether Pakistan has
already been lost to extremism.
They are asking whether U.S. aid
for Pakistanis and backing of the
government can make a difference
in a country where fanaticism is
catching like wild fire and the
country’s political, civilian, and
security leadership are
increasingly unable to staunch the
flames. The answer is yes.
The U.S. must keep faith with
Pakistan’s beleaguered leadership.
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Statements like those from
Zardari last week remind us what
is at stake and why the future
direction of Pakistan matters so
much to the security of the
civilized world.
Rather than throwing up our
hands on the challenges in
Pakistan and allowing extremists
to increasingly dictate the
direction of the region, the Obama
administration must support those
like Zardari who are willing to
take a stand against extremist
ideologies. At the same time, the
U.S. must relentlessly pursue an
integrated political-military
strategy in both Pakistan and
Afghanistan that seeks to change
the calculations of the Pakistani
security establishment on the
costs and benefits of providing a
permissive environment for
militants who are fueled by these
destructive ideologies.
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to them, but their impact in the
community of Tucson will last a
lifetime,” Nowak said.
Dorwan Stoddard is survived by
two sons, four stepdaughters, and
his wife.
--- Matthew Shaffer is a William
F. Buckley fellow at the National
Review Institute. Matthew Shaffer
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A Location-Based Scavenger Hunt for
… Buick?
Todd Wasserman (Mashable!) is social media marketing. While
Submitted at 1/10/2011 12:12:52 PM GM discontinued its Oldsmobile
brand in 2004 and shuttled
Buick — yes, Buick is getting Pontiac in 2009, the automaker is
into the social media scene with a hoping Buick will endure. The
platform-agnostic, mobile-based scavenger hunt is part of an effort
scavenger hunt. to skew the brand younger.
Called the “Quest for the Keys,” Craig Bierley, head of advertising
the program, which starts and promotions for Buick and
Monday, is designed to build GMC, told MediaPost last month
excitement around the General that the average Enclave buyer is
Motors’ brand’s lineup. This in his mid-50s and a third of
includes the Regal, Enclave and people buying the Regal are 40 or
Foursquare, Gowalla or Facebook
LaCrosse, along with the new younger.
Places to guide participants on the
Verano. Quest for the Keys will More About: advertising, Big
hunt. In each city, the program
roll out in seven citiesincluding Fuel, Buick, Facebook Places,
awards six keys that reward each
Miami, Los Angeles, Atlanta, foursquare, GM, gowalla trips,
contestant $2,000. A final
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Meetup Now Lets Businesses Offer Targeted Deals to Group
Members
Meghan Peters (Mashable!)
Submitted at 1/10/2011 12:48:28 PM
Group organizing platform
Meetup has announced a new
feature that allows businesses to
offer special deals to members of
Meetup groups.
The added functionality, called
Meetup Perks, gives both local
businesses and national brands the
opportunity to reach targeted
communities. The idea is not to
provide one-off deals to members,
but to foster relationships between
businesses and Meetup groups
with ongoing offers, says Meetup
Vice President of Strategy Andres
Glusman.
It’s a self-serve model where
businesses can visit the Meetup
Perks page and search by group
topic and location. They then
choose which groups they’d like
the deal to be available to — for a
fee of $5 per month, per group.
Meetup organizers receive a daily
digest e-mail of all the offers
available in their area, and the
first 10 organizers to opt in for a
deal get it for their group.
Perks can be anything from
discounted merchandise for each
group member to a free venue for
hosting the group’s meetups. “If
you’re a business and you want
Meetup groups to publicize your
Perk, it better be good or else
organizers won’t opt in,”
Glusman says. “The vision is
about businesses having the
opportunity to earn the group
members’ business.”
As most Meetup groups are
created around a common interest,
specialized businesses can tailor a
deal for that community. For
example, Houston’s JeepPeople
Meetup has already gained deals
for members on parts and services
with local Jeep dealers and
mechanics. Glusman hopes the
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new functionality will help ease
the process for these existing
deals, while encouraging new
offers from others.
“Right now, it’s a platform that’s
very much DIY,” he said.
“Meetup Perks is taking away the
friction that keeps it from
happening more.”
Offers only go out to active
groups (those that have met
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recently) and can be disabled by
group organizers should they not
want to receive deals.
Meetup Perks is in line with the
group buying trend that began less
than a year ago and has recently
exploded with the success of daily
deals site Groupon. Yet there’s
additional value for businesses
with the ability to target interest
groups, while group organizers
can benefit by attracting more
members. It’s a true win-win.
Will your Meetup group
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PALM
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executives on stage would talk
dollars and cents, but this makes it
fairly clear that there will
definitely be separate plans for 4G
phones, most likely ones with
higher prices. Feel free to hit the
source link if you'd like to poke
around, but we wouldn't expect it
to remain online for much longer.
One more look is after the break.
Update: As we predicted, the
page has been pulled. Good thing
the important bits are right here
for you and yours.
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LTE voice plans, quasi-affirms
new pricing
Palm Voice Test portal
foreshadows Verizon's LTE voice
plans, quasi-affirms new pricing
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Darren Murph (Engadget) and 4G for data. Heck, not even no way an LTE-enabled Pre is
Submitted at 1/10/2011 1:50:00 PM all of the first-wave LTE devices planning to slink into VZW's
will support simultaneous 4G data lineup -- but it's pretty obvious
See that image above? It's not a + 3G voice. Of course, we all that at least someone within the
forthcoming Palm LTE phone for know that LTE voice is coming company is thinking about a
Verizon Wireless, but it could be eventually, and a new test portal world where voice calls are
a sneak peek into Big Red's plans at Verizon's official website may completed over LTE. Potentially
for the future. If you'll recall, be a clue as to how things will be more interesting is the "4G plan
VZW's CTO Tony Malone hinted arranged once it's live. We're pricing on this phone" line --
last week at CES that integrated guessing that an admin simply during Verizon's second LTE
LTE voice + data wouldn't come p o p u l a t e d t h i s p a g e w i t h presser at CES, none of the
until 2012 or 2013 at the earliest, information and images from the
and for now, all LTE devices standard Pre Plus page -- there's PALM page 75
would be relying on 3G for voice