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Palin won't run for president in 2012

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By Richard Wolf and Jackie Kucinich, USA TODAY Updated Sarah Palin made it official Wednesday evening: She won't run for president. By Scott Olson, Getty Images Palin's path to the nomination would have been complicated by the presence of Rick Perry and others destined to split the conservative vote. By Scott Olson, Getty Images Palin's path to the nomination would have been complicated by the presence of Rick Perry and others destined to split the conservative vote. In a statement to supporters, the 2008 vice presidential nominee said she would not seek the Republican nomination for the White House by entering what is [unable to retrieve full-text content] [unable to retrieve full-text
already a crowded field. Instead, Palin said she can be more effective helping other Republicans win office "from the nation's governors to congressional seats and the presidency." Her statement from Wasilla, Alaska, was a shorter retreat than New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's bowing-out on Tuesday, which came at a lengthy press conference in Trenton. Taken together, the twin Shermanesque statements leave Republicans facing what's likely to be the complete GOP field dominated by former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and Texas Gov. Rick Perry, and with pizza magnate Herman Cain rising in the polls. Most Republicans had not expected Palin to run ever since Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota got into the race and soared to the top in the Iowa straw [unable to retrieve full-text content] content]
I respect her decision and know she will continue to be a strong voice for conservative values and needed change in Washington." The man who picked her as his running mate in 2008, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, said on Twitter that Palin will "continue to play an important role in our poll. But Bachmann's stumbles party and for our nation." since then opened the door a bit The announcement could mark for another female contender with the end of Palin's meteoric political career. strong conservative credentials. Palin's path to the nomination She was an obscure first-term would have been complicated by governor in America's 49th state the presence of Perry and others when she became the surprise including Bachmann, Cain, vice presidential candidate on the Ron Paul, Rick Santorum and eve of the 2008 Republican Newt Gingrich destined to split National Convention. But her campaign was bumpy, the conservative vote. including her claim that living Perry, who has dropped in the p o l l s r e c e n t l y f o l l o w i n g near Russia gave her foreign u n i m p r e s s i v e d e b a t e policy experience. For more performances, issued a statement information about reprints & calling Palin "a good friend, a permissions, visit our FAQ's. To great American and a true patriot. r e p o r t c o r r e c t i o n s a n d clarifications, contact Standards
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Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder, dies

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SAN FRANCISCO Steve Jobs, the innovative co-founder of Apple who transformed personal use of technology as well as entire industries with products such as the iPod, iPad, iPhone, Macintosh computer and the iTunes music store, died Wednesday. By Jeff Chiu, AP CEO Steve Jobs holds up the new MacBook Air after giving the keynote address at the Apple MacWorld Conference in San Francisco. Apple on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 said Jobs has died. By Jeff Chiu, AP CEO Steve Jobs holds up the new MacBook Air after giving the keynote address at the Apple MacWorld Conference in San Francisco. Apple on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 said Jobs has died. The Apple chairman was 56. The iconic American CEO, whose impact many have compared to auto magnate Henry Ford and Walt Disney whom Jobs openly admired abruptly stepped down from his position as CEO of Apple in August because of health concerns. He had been suffering from pancreatic cancer. "Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being," read a statement on Apple's website. "Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a
dear friend and an inspiring mentor." Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, a former Apple board member, called Jobs the best CEO of the past 50 years perhaps 100 years. A seminal business and technology leader, Jobs' success flowed from a relentless focus on making products that were easy and intuitive for the average consumer to use. His products were characterized by groundbreaking design and style that, along with their technological usefulness, made them objects of intense desire by consumers around the world. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dies at 56. He was known as a demanding, mercurial boss and an almost mystical figure in technology circles as well as popular culture. Author and business consultant Jim Collins once called Jobs the "Beethoven of business." He was one of the people who made Silicon Valley the capital of technological innovation and venture capital fortunes. His creation of iTunes as an online way to purchase music digitally helped transform the music industry and delivered a blow to the standard industry practice of packaging music in albums or CDs. With iTunes, consumers initially could buy individual songs for 99 cents. The music industry didn't welcome the change at first, but after waging
an intense battle against illegal downloads, it came to rely on the business model iTunes created. Jobs' work at Apple and other projects made him a fortune estimated by Forbes magazine in 2011 at $8.3 billion. He was No.110 on Forbes' list of billionaires worldwide and No.34 in the United States, as of the magazine's March 2011 estimates. His death raises questions about whether Apple, one of America's most successful businesses, can maintain the momentum it has built as the source of must-have technology products that have helped to define a generation. Unlike tech rival Bill Gates of Microsoft or business leader Warren Buffett, Jobs did not make a practice of public philanthropy. While he may have made anonymous gifts to charity, he did not publicly embrace Gates' and Buffett's call for the wealthiest Americans to pledge to donate half their fortunes. Jobs was married to Laurene Powell Jobs, 47. He had four children, three with Powell Jobs. A fourth child, Lisa, had an early Apple computer a predecessor to the Macintosh named after
her. The family succeeded in keeping the children out of the spotlight and largely unknown to the public. Jobs was a Buddhist. Apple, and a re-boot Jobs dropped out of Reed College to build computers with high school friend Steve Wozniak, creating what became the Apple I computer in 1976. As sales lagged by the 1980s, Jobs was ousted from the company's leadership in a 1985 boardroom coup led by thenApple CEO John Sculley. He returned in 1996 after Apple bought his technology start-up, NeXT, for $400 million. Within months, Jobs took over as Apple CEO for the ousted Gil Amelio and led a major corporate turnaround. Five years later, with the release of the iPod personal digital music player, Apple had leaped from computer maker to become the leading consumer electronics giant worldwide. Millions of its computers and gadgets were produced in Asia and sold to U.S. and worldwide markets, making the company one of the most recognizable and beloved brand names ever. Once on the brink of a financial abyss, Apple had a market value of $350 billion not far behind No.2 Exxon Mobil by the time Jobs resigned as CEO. After his forced departure from Apple, Jobs bought what became Pixar from filmmaker George Lucas. The digital animation
movie company has produced box -office hits including Toy Story and Finding Nemo. Disney bought the company for $7.4 billion in 2006. Jobs held a 7.3% ownership stake in Disney. Health concerns He was known for creating a culture of secrecy at Apple that fueled intense media speculation about the company's next product. Jobs himself introduced major products with flair at highly anticipated events that proved to be one of the company's best marketing tools. Jobs didn't hesitate to level caustic comments at competitors, particularly Microsoft in earlier years and later Google, which he ridiculed as evil, mediocre and lacking in taste. His skewering of Microsoft was parodied in a series of TV ads featuring the characters "Mac" and "PC." Jobs was known for firing employees in profanity-laced tantrums and reducing some subordinates to tears. Yet many of his top deputies at Apple and Pixar worked with him for years. Jobs is listed as an inventor or coinventor on 313 Apple patents, including the iPod's user interface. Although he brought simple, elegant technology to the masses, the reclusive Jobs was often uncomfortable around people and rarely spoke publicly. On rare occasions when he spoke with reporters, he offered few or no STEVE page 4
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Italian judge: Knox may know 'truth' in case

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defendant, Raffaele Sollecito, were acquitted Monday night, the judge stressed on state TV that the ROME (AP) The Italian judge verdict was the fruit of the "the who was part of the jury which truth that was created in the trial." acquitted Amanda Knox said "But the real truth could be Wednesday the American and her different," Pratillo Hellmann ex-boyfriend might know the added. "They could also be "real truth" about who killed her responsible, but the proof isn't British roommate. there." By Ted S. Warren, AP "So maybe they know, too, but as Amanda Knox waits to talk to far as we (the jury) go, they reporters Tuesday in Seattle. She didn't," he added. was freed Monday after an Italian Speaking of Knox and Sollecito, court threw out her murder P r a t i l l o H e l l m a n n t o l d t h e conviction. interviewer: "I felt emotion Judge Claudio Pratillo Hellmann because they are two young said in a state TV interview that people who suffered, justly or "maybe" the two defendants know unjustly, I repeat, we can never what happened in the 2007 say with certainty." slaying of Meredith Kercher in Knox and Sollecito have the flat the two women shared in vehemently denied wrongdoing in Perugia, the Umbrian town where Kercher's murder. Knox flew they were student. home to Seattle on Tuesday, her Hellmann, who was also one of first full day out of jail since she the eight jurors, said "the real was arrested a few days after the truth could be different." But murder. Sollecito was resting at based on trial evidence, the jury his family home, his lawyers said. acquitted them, he said. In Italy, Asked who knew the truth about the presiding judge is part of the the slaying, Pratillo Hellmann jury, along with another judge, referred to a third defendant, and six civilians. Rudy Guede, who was convicted In his first public comments since of Kercher's murder in a separate K n o x a n d h e r I t a l i a n c o - trial and is serving a 16-year
sentence in Italy. "Certainly Rudy Guede" knows, he said. "I won't say he's the only one to know," the judge added. Referring to Knox and Sollecito, who were both convicted of sexual assault and murder in a the lower court trial, the judge said that "maybe the two defendants also know" what really happened, but "our verdict of acquittal is the result of the truth that was created in the trial." Guede, of the Ivory Coast, has denied wrongdoing but has acknowledged being in the house when Kercher was slain. The court in convicting Guede indicated in its ruling that he committed the murder along with someone else. But it never said who that was. The judge described Knox and Sollecito as "two kids barely in their 20s, normal, like so many of today's (youth). Indeed, they were polite, composed, put to the test and matured by this kind of experience." The judge added that Kercher's family has "all my human compassion." "But we cannot assign responsibility (for a crime) with
such a high penalty solely to ease the suffering of these parents," he said. The prosecution had sought convictions and life sentences for Knox and Sollecito. Knox had been sentenced to 26 years in prison by the lower court trial, while Sollecito had been given 25 years. Pratillo Hellmann's comments might hint at the explanation for the verdict which the appeals court must put in writing within three months. Then the prosecution can decide if it wants to appeal the verdict to Italy's top criminal court. That tribunal, the Court of Cassation, could either uphold the acquittals or throw out the verdict if it should find some technical error, paving the way for a second appeals trial. Pratillo Hellmann dismissed a suggestion that the jury might have been influenced by the "media circus" surrounding the trial. "You have to rely on your own conscience," he said. "If you are at peace with your conscience, the media circus doesn't have the least impact." Copyright 2011 The Associated [unable to retrieve full-text content]
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personal insights. His reluctance to appear in public led to questions about his health, as did a dramatic loss in weight and gaunt appearance. Jobs was diagnosed with a form of pancreatic cancer in 2003. He informed Apple employees in 2004. "No one wants to die," he said in a commencement speech at Stanford University in 2005. "And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it." Jobs' status as a corporate star put him on the covers of Time, Fortune and Forbes. "Jobs led an enormous cultural shift of the businessman as a creative, even artistic, force," says Alan Deutschman, author of The Second Coming of Steve Jobs. "When Jobs first came on the scene, it wasn't cool to be in business," Deutschman says. "Through the 1970s, the Dow hardly moved. Being in business was seen as being a total sellout. But Jobs was young and glamorous, and gave business that image. Now, young people aspire
to be in business." The early years Steven Paul Jobs was born in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 1955, to unwed parents. He was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs of Mountain View, Calif. The young Jobs contacted William Hewlett, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, to ask for parts for a class project. Impressed, Hewlett offered Jobs a summer internship. Upon graduating from Homestead High School in Cupertino, Calif., in 1972, Jobs briefly went to Reed College in Portland, Ore. After a stint as a video-game designer at Atari, Jobs trekked to India in 1974, where he embraced Eastern culture and religion. Shortly after that, he lived in a commune in California. In 1975, Jobs began hanging out with the Homebrew Computer Club and a friend from high school, Steve Wozniak. Jobs, then 21, and Wozniak the "two Steves," as they became known co-founded Apple Computer in Jobs' parents' garage in 1976.
By 25, Jobs was a millionaire. His first go-round at Apple was highlighted by the creation and introduction, in 1984, of the Macintosh, a revolutionary personal computer with an inviting graphical user-interface and mouse that popularized PCs for the masses. The influence of the Beatles ran deep to Apple's core, too. Jobs presented a Mac to Yoko Ono, wife of the late John Lennon, and was ensnared in a long-running trademark lawsuit with the music group's Apple Corps label. It was settled in 2007. In a 1996 interview in San Francisco, Jobs offered a glimpse of his hopes to mirror the success of Walt Disney and George Lucas. "Computers are commodities with a six-month shelf life," he said. "Classics like Snow White and Fantasia are passed from generation to generation." Wozniak said Apple is a reflection of Jobs' creative daring. "He helped it achieve incredible things in music, smartphones, tablets and retail, while still
making great computers," said Wozniak, who said he and Jobs occasionally talk. Leander Kahney, author of Inside Steve's Brain, said Jobs reconciled conflicting personality traits into an eclectic business philosophy. "Jobs embraced the personality traits that some considered flaws narcissism, perfectionism, total faith in his intuition to lead Apple and Pixar to triumph against steep odds," Kahney says. "In the process, he became a selfmade billionaire." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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The First Time I Met Steve Jobs...

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Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, has passed away at the age of 56, leaving behind a larger-than-life legacy which no obituary could possibly capture. Eds. Note: Steve Jobs, cofounder of Apple, has passed away at the age of 56, leaving behind a larger-than-life legacy which no single obituary could possibly capture. As colleagues and family members and all those who he inspired begin to reflect on his life and impact, it's impossible not to do so without feeling an almost shared sadness, as if the world is collectively mourning the loss of a close relative--even if most of us were never fortunate enough to meet him. We all knew this day was coming, but we can't believe it came so soon. Simply put, Steve Jobs made our lives better, and the world is an emptier place without his presence and vision. In his memory, we'll be re-publishing stories on Jobs and all that he came to represent. Please leave your thoughts and memories in the comments below. Do you have a personal story to share about Steve Jobs? Email us. In Gay Talese's famous Esquire profile of Frank Sinatra, he describes the lasting impact of a brief interaction between Sinatra and screenwriter Harlan Ellison. "The whole thing had lasted only
about three minutes," Talese wrote of their exchange. "And three minutes after it was over, Frank Sinatra had probably forgotten about it for the rest of his life--as Ellison will probably remember it for the rest of his life: he had had, as hundreds of others before him, at an unexpected moment between darkness and dawn, a scene with Sinatra." The same could be said of Steve Jobs and those fortunate enough to have experienced their own scene with the recently resigned Apple CEO. Many who have met Jobs describe their encounters,
however brief or inconsequential, as magical--life altering, even. A brush with Jobs can be overwhelming: as inspiring as a handshake from Neil Armstrong, as intimidating as a confrontation with Mike Tyson, as intoxicating as a tour from Willy Wonka. "So I just met Steve Jobs," recalled one New Yorker last year. "All I could muster is, 'I love Apple.'" A similar sentiment poured out across the web this week, as news of Jobs's retirement made the rounds. On Twitter, Tumblr, Google+, Facebook, fans and colleagues alike described some
of their most memorable moments with Apple's chief executive and visionary. Below, a collection of the better anecdotes out there, along with some stories sent to us directly, that show just how influential Jobs has been. [UPDATE: We've since added more stories below.] David Laituri, founder & CEO, Vers: Throughout much of the 90s, I was a partner with Lunar Design located in downtown Palo Alto. I lived about a mile from downtown, and about six blocks from Steve's house. I would often
see him around town biking with his daughter or in the local Safeway checking out cold medicine. Mostly just 'sightings,' really, of an average guy enjoying life. I do remember one particular night riding home late one Sunday evening through his neighborhood, and as I got closer to his house, I could see there was a blue glow coming from a corner window that lit up the street. Closer still and I could see Steve was giving someone one hell of a FIRST page 6
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chewing out on a video conference... lots of apparent yelling, lots of finger pointing-good old fashioned rage. Was glad I was on the other side of that window ...with an escape route. Years later, as director of design for Polaroid (the Apple of 1972), I learned that Steve was an admirer of Dr. [Edwin] Land, Polaroid's founder, and that the two had met on more then one occasion. I sent Steve a short email asking him what he thought of his encounter with Land with zero expectations of a response, but to my surprise he did respond: "He was an amazing man." You were too, Steve--you will most certainly be missed. Fred Cook, CEO, Golin Harris: The first time I met Steve, we were discussing how we might help Pixar build its reputation as a movie studio in the shadow of Disney. Not really an issue anymore. When the meeting ended, Steve asked me and my colleague if we would like to see the new Pixar headquarters that were currently under construction. Of course, we said yes. We followed his black Mercedes to the site in the East Bay, and he took us on a tour which lasted about an hour. Not surprisingly, he had designed much of the campus--from the theater to the cafeteria. And he was excited to show us every detail. He wasn't the creative force behind Pixar's characters but he certainly created their home. Dan Harden, president, Whipsaw Inc.:
I worked with Steve Jobs in 1989 /90 when I was at Frog Design consulting to NeXT Computer where he was CEO. I would present concepts to him and his team every Friday afternoon at 2pm. I often felt on edge before meeting him because he was always cantankerous, intense, razor sharp, and uber-confident, which many misread as arrogance. Most NeXT employees were afraid of him but we designers liked him. He was passionate, analytical, creative, and criticallike us. He loved design so I think he cut us a little slack. Steve had an uncanny ability to see right through a concept and if there was any weakness he would find it and improve it. His genius was true and so unsubtle. Several years later in 1996 I was working with Larry Ellison, CEO Oracle, on the then futuristic Network Computer or N/C. He preferred working secretly one on one, and wanted all meetings to be at his grand Japanese style house in Atherton, away from the prying eyes of his staff and the press. Our final presentation was to be at Larrys house on March 19, and dinner was going to be served. I pulled into Larrys driveway and noticed a silver Mercedes sedan with the license plate PIXAR." It was Steve Jobs car. Larry had invited his buddy Steve over for dinner and an N/C design show and tell. My pulse raced. Larry alone was difficult enough; now I had the two biggest and baddest titans of Silicon
Valley to present to. After a cordial meal I unveiled five computer models. Steve quickly challenged every assumption we had made about the future of computing. "The network cant handle the speeds or data throughput and the designs are too big and clunkybut keep going because anything is better than Microsoft he said. Larry and Steve discussed and argued about the future of computing for another hour while I humbly inserted my design angle at the right cues. I wish I had recorded the conversation because everything Steve and Larry had predicted pretty much came true. At one point in my presentation Larry dropped one of the models, shattering it dramatically into a dozen parts. I was stunned but neither Steve or Larry said anything at allthey just kept talking (I needed CPR). I always found that curious. I guess they were too big to worry about a broken model. The evening concluded with Larry strongly encouraging Steve to rejoin Apple as CEO. Nine months later NeXT was purchased by Apple; Pixars Toy Story became a huge box office hit, and the rest is history. When I left Larrys house that night I clearly remember saying to Andy Laursen of Oracle (the fourth person that was there that night), "Wow that was pretty cool evening, wasnt it?" Brett Lovelady, Chief Instigator, ASTRO Studios, excerpted from Co.Design:
My company ASTRO Studios started in downtown Palo Alto in the mid 90s where we shared a small private parking lot with Steve and his private office. In fact, our office windows faced each other on this narrow treelined street. More than once Steve would be trying to park his stainless steel Mercedes, as our crew was finishing an RC car race on the back lot. Hed patiently wait for us to finishthen give us a look of you boys have your funIm changing the world, or maybe it was a look of envy in our ability to just hang out and play. Tough to know for sure... [Head to Co.Design for Brett Lovelady's full story about Steve Jobs.] But the thing I remember most often was seeing Steve looking out the back window of this office where he had set up a little gym, his head bobbing up and down as he climbed the stair master. Our young design team could look out from our front window to see this icon of the valley sweating, swigging water and toweling his red facejust like the rest of us. It gave me a sense that hes not just a living legend, but also a regular guy with a lot of dreams that come true one step at a time. Gaston Legorburu, SVP & Worldwide Chief Creative Officer, SapientNitro: I never worked with him directly, but Clement Mok, one of my mentors, often told stories of just how Steve was focused on the smallest detail. I recall one story about how, even in early days at
Apple, Jobs would obsess about the font kerning on the invitation to the company summer outing. Robert Brunner, founder & partner, Ammunition: I never actually met Steve. My running joke is that my time at Apple was "between Jobs." But being a designer working in consumer electronics, barely a day goes by that he is not mentioned. The constant question is usually WWSD? (What Would Steve Do?) I often tell people that it really does not matter. That you are not Apple and you are not Steve Jobs. But what's important is to learn from what he and his company does, and apply that to who you are and what you do. To be honest, I at times found myself annoyed by all the focus on Steve (and to some degree annoyed by his impeccable success rate). But it is an indicator of the impact of this man and what he achieved. Everybody running a company, division, group or project wanted to be like Steve. I think we all have heard the stories about him. Being deep in the details. Pushing people. Berating them. Canning them. Calling at 3 am to ask why the color on a package is slightly off, and to get on fixing it now. Some people thought this was crazy or inappropriate. To me the stories always illustrated what I thought the most important leadership quality a CEO could have. He cared deeply. Cared deeply about the art and quality and integrity FIRST page 7
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and relevance of the goods his company provides. And he requires that all his people live up to this standard. And that they will take the time and spend the money to do it right, and that compromise is something not easily taken. While we were developing our first Beats by Dr Dre products, Jimmy Iovine would call Steve regularly to ask him his advice and thoughts. I was always impressed how he would get back to him immediately with candid feedback. And it was always geared toward doing the right thing. I find myself saddened by Mr. Jobs retirement. He set a standard that has driven an entire industry and changed most if not all of our lives in some way. I am sure his presence will not fade, though. The legacies and stories are all too good. Like all of us, I do not know all the reasons why he has had to step down, but I sincerely hope he does well and recovers. And that we see him again soon. Helen Walters, writer: Steve Jobs once emailed me to quibble with one line in a BusinessWeek slideshow about Apple design. Can't say that happened with other CEOs. Akshay Kothari, co-founder of Pulse: About a year ago, my co-founder Ankit Gupta and I were graduate students at Stanford watching Steve Jobs's WWDC keynote in a dorm room. Before releasing the brand new iPhone 4, he mentioned a few apps that he
really liked. The first app he mentioned was Pulse, which he called a "wonderful reader if you haven't seen it. We were just two regular students who had been working on Pulse for a class project, and suddenly, our guru, our role model, gave us five seconds that we will cherish for the rest of our lives. Besides building the most valuable technology company in the world, Steve Jobs has helped start hundreds of companies by giving them a phenomenal platform. Pulse is one of them, and we're grateful for his support. Ken Carbone, Founding Partner, Carbone Smolan Agency: I ran into Steve Jobs once on a sunny afternoon on Madison Avenue. He was with his family. I complemented him on a recent speech. He thanked me and we shook hands. At that moment Michelangelo's Creation of Adam popped into my head. Vic Gundotra, Google's VP of Engineering, via Google+: One Sunday morning, January 6th, 2008 I was attending religious services when my cell phone vibrated. As discreetly as possible, I checked the phone and noticed that my phone said "Caller ID unknown". I choose to ignoreThe message left was from Steve Jobs. "Vic, can you call me at home? I have something urgent to discuss" it said. "So Vic, we have an urgent issue, one that I need addressed right away. I've already assigned someone from my team to help
you, and I hope you can fix this tomorrow" said Steve. "I've been looking at the Google logo on the iPhone and I'm not happy with the icon. The second O in Google doesn't have the right yellow gradient. It's just wrong and I'm going to have Greg fix it tomorrow. Is that okay with you?" Of course this was okay with me. A few minutes later on that Sunday I received an email from Steve with the subject "Icon Ambulance". The email directed me to work with Greg Christie to fix the icon. Since I was 11 years old and fell in love with an Apple II, I have dozens of stories to tell about Apple productsIn the end, when I think about leadership, passion and attention to detail, I think back to the call I received from Steve Jobs on a Sunday morning in January. It was a lesson I'll never forget. CEOs should care about details. Even shades of yellow. On a Sunday. Mark Parker, president and CEO of Nike, via Fast Company's 30 Second MBA: We had worked together on a Nike-Apple collaboration called Nike+. So we took what Apple knows and Nike knows, and brought new technology to the market. Anyway, long story short, he said, "Congratulations. It's great [that you've been named CEO]. You're going to do a great job." I said, "Well, do you have any advice?" He said, "No, no, you're great." Then there was a pause. "Well, I do have some advice," he said.
"Nike makes some of the best products in the world--products that you lust after, absolutely beautiful stunning products. But you also make a lot of crap." He said, "Just get rid of the crappy stuff, and focus on the good stuff." And then I expected a little pause and a laugh. But there was a pause, and no laugh at the end. George Bodenheimer, president of ESPN, via Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN, by Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller: The story goes that ESPN president George Bodenheimer attended the first Disney board meeting in Orlando, Florida, just after the company had bought Pixar, the innovative animation factory, and spotted Apple CEO Steve Jobs in a hallway. It seemed like a good time to introduce himself. "I am George Bodenheimer," he said to Jobs. "I run ESPN." Jobs just looked at him and said nothing other than "Your phone is the dumbest fucking idea I have ever heard," then turned and walked away. David Carr, media columnist for The New York Times, via Twitter: Not on Apple beat steady, but career highlight when Steve Jobs called me at home a few times to chew me out or give me a compliment. Allen Paltrow, student at Princeton University, via Tumblr: Growing up I was a huge apple fan-boy (fine, still am.) The first NY apple store in Soho opening
was probably the coolest thing that happened to me between the ages 6 and 12. For a while I would spend almost every weekend there. Every year for halloween I was a mac, and I made a habit of shaving the Apple logo into my head to celebrate every OS launch. My neighbor Brooke mentioned that Steve Jobs, busy as he is, always reads email sent to his public address. I think I was around 12, and I sent a very enthusiastic and grammatically incorrect message including a picture of my shaved head. Apparently he forwarded it to the head of Public Relations, Katie, and I got invited to the opening of the 5th Avenue Cube. I can never thank them enough. This was probably the high point of my childhood. Apparently the kid in the blue coat just said Im Apples biggest fan to which Steve replied, what about that guy. David Cairns, Apple employee, via Tumblr: I had always dreamed of working at Apple someday, and, eventually, I did. For part of my time there, I had an office that received no visible sunlight and had no view of the outside. It wasnt all bad, I was enjoying my work enough, but Id go out of my way to try to enjoy the sunshine whenever I had it.One day, I was working late and left my office to get dinner at the cafeteria. When I stepped outside, I realized it had been the first time FIRST page 8
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I had seen the sun all day, as it had been foggy that morning, and I had skipped lunch. I looked up at the sun and smiled, enjoying the feeling of it warming my face and arms, and I continued walking across the quad like this, face up at the sky, eyes closed, smilingAnyway, I knew the distance pretty well, so when I sensed that I was reaching the other side of the quad, I opened my eyes and looked down and Steve was holding the door for me, grinning to himself. I have no idea how long he had been holding it, though it was probably only a couple seconds, long enough to cause him to smile at my basking in the open air. Those couple seconds probably cost Apple $1.4bn. Jonathan Berger, Apple intern, via Blogspot: Steve got to about his 4th question from the audience [at an Apple Town Hall in 2000] and by this point almost every single intern had their hand up. He gestured in my direction but I could tell he was actually looking at an intern in the row right in front of me. I got a bit aggressive and barged ahead with my question anyway before the other intern could begin. Steve smiled a bit in apology to the intern I had just trampled over but let me continue. I was nervous. "Steve, many years ago you left Apple to start Next. But recently you returned to Apple. Why did you come back to Apple?" [Jobs answered:] "When I was trying to decide whether to come
back to Apple or not I struggled. I talked to a lot of people and got a lot of opinions. And then there I was, late one night, struggling with this and I called up a friend of mine at 2am. I said, Should I come back, should I not? and the friend replied, Steve, look. I dont give a fuck about Apple. Just make up your mind, and hung up. And it was in that moment that I realized I truly cared about Apple." David Sheff, freelance journalist, via Playboy magazine's 1987 interview: The Interview was all but complete when I met [Steve] Jobs at a celebrity-filled birthday party for a youngster in New York City. As the evening progressed, I wandered around to discover that Jobs had gone off with the nineyear-old birthday boy to give him the gift hed brought from California: a Macintosh computer. As I watched, he showed the boy how to sketch with the machines graphics program. Two other party guests wandered into the room and looked over Jobss shoulder. Hmmm, said the first, Andy Warhol. What is this? Look at this, Keith. This is incredible! The second guest, Keith Haring, the graffiti artist whose work now commands huge prices, went over. Warhol and Haring asked to take a turn at the Mac, and as I walked away, Warhol had just sat down to manipulate the mouse. My God! he was saying, I drew a circle! But more revealing was the scene after the party. Well after
the other guests had gone, Jobs stayed to tutor the boy on the fine points of using the Mac. Later, I asked him why he had seemed happier with the boy than with the two famous artists. His answer seemed unrehearsed to me: Older people sit down and ask, What is it? but the boy asks, What can I do with it? UPDATES: Rick Lucas, managing partner, Lucas Design: During the go-go days of the mid to late 1980s, the primary criteria for landing a job in the nascent high technology industry was the ability to hang on to the tigers tail. In my case, I was only six years removed from a rural Iowa high school when I had the experience of working with Steve and his inner circle on development of a third-party software product for NeXT. For nearly anyone working on the frontlines of high-tech at the time (especially the self-taught, as so many of us were), Steve Jobs was the zeitgeist personified. With several friends at Apple, I was well acquainted with the Apple milieu. Upon visiting the NeXT offices for the first time, it was clear that Steve was attempting to build something very different in both physical and cultural space. While modest in size, the NeXT offices were extraordinarily well appointed (including a remarkable freestanding spiral stairway, bespoke by Steve and which I recall as being one of the few of its kind in the world).
In vivid contrast to the physical space was a classic Silicon Valley bootstrap culture that screamed laid back (with seemingly displaced hippies at every turn), while possessing the energy of a coiled spring just beneath the surface. I met with the NeXT inner circle numerous times over a period of several months, with Steve in attendance at each meeting. Reputation aside, in my entire experience with Steve I found him to be soft-spoken and gracious to the point of being deferential. What others have characterized as bluntness struck me as simply an efficiency of words. Each word spoken by Steve furthered an objective. In the end, I was offered a job at NeXT. I declined, afraid the energy of the place, and of Steve Jobs, would consume me. In the [above] photograph from 1988, I am pictured on the left with Steve Jobs on the right. A NeXT cube can be seen in the background.) Mike Evangelist, former director of product marketing for applications at Apple: I worked at Apple from 2000 to 2002. I had occasional interaction with Steve as part of my job. But this one event sticks out. It was early on November 30th, 2001, and I was sitting at my desk in 1 Infinite Loop reading the news. I was stunned when I saw a headline saying the George Harrison had died. As with many others of my generation, his music had been an important part of my
life for many years. It really hit me hard. I sat there in a dark contemplative mood for quite awhile, feeling quite alone in my grief. But then I realized I wasnt alone; many of my colleagues at Apple were Harrison fans, and I was sure theyd also feel the need express some of their feelings at this moment. This gave me an ideaone that took considerable courage on my part: I would suggest to Steve that Apple put some sort of tribute on the home page. Up to this point, all my dealings with Steve had been strictly business, and I was afraid hed think I was some kind of sentimental looney. But my feelings pushed me forwardI sent Steve this note: Then I waited nervously. Several hours passed with no response, so I concluded that he wasnt interested and sort of put it out of my mind. But that wasnt the end of it. Later that evening, Im back at my desk and get a call from Tom McDonald (the Final Cut Pro product manager) who tells me he had just come from a meeting with the web design group and they were all working overtime tonight because of me. "What? What do you mean?" I asked. Turns out that Steve did not think it was a stupid idea, as I feared, but instead had put the web team to work on coming up with something suitable. So, late that night, after a couple rounds back and forth with Steve to choose the best photos, the FIRST page 12
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Eds. Note: Steve Jobs, cofounder of Apple, has passed away at the age of 56, leaving behind a larger-than-life legacy which no obituary could possibly capture. As colleagues and family members and all those who he inspired begin to reflect on his life and impact, it's impossible not to do so without feeling an almost shared sadness, as if the world is collectively mourning the loss of a close relative--even if most of us weren't fortunate to meet him. We all knew this day was coming, but we can't believe it came so soon. Simply put, Steve Jobs made our lives better, and the world is a worse place without his presence and vision. In his memory, we'll be re-publishing stories on Jobs and all that he came to represent. Please leave your thoughts and memories in the comments below. Steve Jobs's return to Apple in 1997 is often referred to as the greatest second act in business history. He had been ousted more than a decade earlier in 1985, and was forced to watch helplessly as the company he built tumbled toward bankruptcy, hampered by poor management, a weak product line, and a dearth of innovation. That all changed when Jobs came back, and breathed new life into
the struggling company. We know how the story goes from there: Apple unveiled revolutionary products--the iMac, Mac OS X,
iTunes, the iPod, iPad, and iPad-which led to unprecedented growth. When Jobs returned in 1997, Apple shares were being
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But to get to that point, Jobs had to do more than introduce flashy products. He had to define Apple's future. And he did so over the years, fighting off skeptics, refocusing the company, and most importantly, giving Apple a longterm vision. Responding To Critics [youtube FF-tKLISfPE] Steve Jobs's return was never a cakewalk--many were skeptical that Jobs would be able to rebuild Apple. After all, NeXT, the ultrahigh end computer company he started while away, failed to crack the mainstream market (though Apple ended up acquiring the startup for $400 million). In this rare Q&A session at 1997's Worldwide Developers Conferences (WWDC), an audience member takes Jobs to task, angrily questioning his technical understanding and telling Jobs that he doesn't know "what he's talking about." Jobs responds calmly to the question, even going so far as to say, "People like this gentleman are right." He apologizes for his mistakes in the past, acknowledges there will likely be more mistakes in the future, and admits he does not have all the answers. However, he says, "We've tried to come up with a strategy and vision for Apple--it started with: 'What incredible benefits can we give the customer?' [And did] not start with: 'Let's sit down with the engineers, and figure out what awesome technology we have and then figure out how to market
that.'" Jobs goes on to cite the reaction consumers had when first seeing the laser printer. "People went, 'Wow, yes!'" Jobs said. "That's where Apple has to get back to." Focusing On Saying No [youtube H8eP99neOVs] Apple in the 1990s had a lot more products than the Apple of the aughts. QuickTake digital cameras, LaserWriter printers, Newton PDAs--all of these product lines were discontinued when Jobs came back. And Jobs's thinking can be found at WWDC 1997, when he explained how Apple had lost its way. "Apple suffered for several years from lousy engineering management," he said. "There were people that were going off in 18 different directionsWhat happened was that you looked at the farm that's been created with all these different animals going in all different directions, and it doesn't add up--the total is less than the sum of the parts. We had to decide: What are the fundamental directions we are going in? What makes sense and what doesn't? And there were a bunch of things that didn't." "Focusing is saying yes, right? No. Focusing is about saying no. You've got to say, no, no, no," Jobs continued. "The result of that focus is going to be some really great products where the total is much greater than the sum of the parts." Burying The Hatchet, Letting Apple Be Apple [youtube WxOp5mBY9IY]
Microsoft is likely the main reason Apple had lost its way. The bitter battle between the two companies--for market share, over operating system superiority and patent issues--ended with Apple in a significant hole, trying to bite off more than it could chew. Steve Jobs--who probably more than anyone had the right to be bitter about Microsoft--decided on his return to put the intense rivalry to rest. "Relationships that are destructive don't help anyone," Jobs said at MacWorld in 1997. "I'd like to announce one of our first partnerships today, and a very, very meaningful one, and that is with Microsoft." Predictably, the crowd groaned and booed--even more so when Bill Gates made a cameo appearance via satellite. But the partnership showed just how far Jobs had come, and just how much he and his vision for Apple had matured. The deal proved incredibly important for the company: Microsoft injected $150 million into Apple; agreed to provide Macs with Microsoft Office; and agreed to patent crosslicensing and Java collaboration. But most important was just how much Jobs dramatically changed the direction of his company, during one 12-minute speech. "If we want to move forward and see Apple healthy and prospering again, we have to let go of a few things here. We have to let go of this notion that for Apple to win, Microsoft has to lose," Jobs said. "We have to embrace the notion that for Apple to win, Apple has
to do a really good job. If others are going to help us, that's great. Because we need all the help we can getThe era of setting this up as a competition between Apple and Microsoft is over." The Apple Hierarchy Of Skepticism, Redefining Product Strategy [Youtube LWuR88AIKLg] At MacWorld 1998, Steve Jobs finally got the chance to silence a few skeptics. After the release of the iMac, he had the facts to back up his success. Profits were surging, to $47 million his first quarter, and to $55 million during his second. He had launched Apple.com, which he refers to here at the "gold standard of ecommerce," a site that rocketed from 1 million hits per day to more than 10 million. And Apple's market value had quadrupled to roughly $4 billion. "This went a long way to convince a lot of the skeptics," Jobs said. "When I came to Apple a year ago, all I heard was that Apple is dying, that Apple can't survive. Turns out that every time we convince people that we've accomplished something at one level, they come up with something new. I used to think this was a bad thing. I thought, 'When are they ever going to believe that we're going to turn this thing around?' But actually now I think it's great." In what he calls the "Apple Hierarchy of Skepticism," Jobs lays out all the ways critics will be skeptical going forward--in many ways, the critics would
never be silenced, and as Jobs said at the time, that's a good thing. It meant Apple was ahead of the curve--that it was taking risks, and trying to innovate. One of the riskier moves Jobs also took that year was to redefine Apple's product strategy. At the time, most other OEMs were spitting out dozens of products into the market--Apple was no different. "When we got to the company a year ago, there were a lot of products--15 product platforms with a zillion variants of each one," Jobs said. "I couldn't even figure this out myself, after about three weeks: How are we going to explain this to others when we don't even know which products to recommend to our friends?" Jobs dramatically changed and streamlined Apple's product roadmap. The company, he said, would now just offer four products, a simple offering plan that has allowed Apple to differentiate itself over the years from the endless options available from competitors such as HP, Dell, and others. The Big Picture: Vertical Integration = Customer Experience [youtube qTYGdhy09UA] "I remember two-and-a-half years ago when I got back to Apple, there were people throwing spears, saying, 'Apple is the last vertically integrated PC manufacturer. It should be broken up into a hardware company, a VIDEO: page 19
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Democrats Seek Tax on 'Richest,' Aiming Gauntlet at GOP - New York Times
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Mr. Reid said the surtax would raise $445 billion over 10 years, just about the amount needed to By ROBERT PEAR Published: pay for the jobs bill, though it October 5, 2011 appears unlikely it could make it WASHINGTON In proposing through Congress. a 5 percent surtax on incomes of The proposal, he said, would more than $1 million a year to pay have the richest of the rich pay a for job-creation measures sought little bit more specifically, 5 by President Obama, Senate percent more to fund job creation D e m o c r a t i c l e a d e r s o n and ensure this countrys Wednesday escalated efforts to e c o n o m i c s u c c e s s . strike a more populist tone and to Mr. Reids proposal was to have d r a w R e p u b l i c a n s i n t o a taken effect in 2012. The White confrontation over how much House suggested a one-year affluent Americans should pay to delay. Mr. Reid agreed. On help others cope with a struggling Wednesday night, his office economy. announced a change, saying: The T h e W h i t e H o u s e , a f t e r millionaires surtax will now take dismissing a similar proposal late effect in 2013, not 2012. The last year, left the door open to surtax rate is also changed, to 5.6 backing the plan. We are open to percent from 5 percent. different ways of paying for the Many economists predict that the very important broadly supported economy will still face serious measures in the American Jobs p r o b l e m s , i n c l u d i n g h i g h Act that would grow the economy unemployment, in 2012, an and create jobs, said the press election year. Mr. Reid made secretary, Jay Carney. clear that he thought his party The new plan, devised by the would gain a political advantage Senate majority leader, Harry from the proposal. Reid, Democrat of Nevada, has a Its interesting to note that twofold purpose: to draw a sharp independents, Democrats and contrast with Congressional Republicans and even the Tea Republicans, who have dug in P a r t y a g r e e i t s t i m e f o r against any increases in tax rates, millionaires and billionaires to and to quell a revolt brewing pay their fair share of taxes, Mr. among some Democrats who Reid said Wednesday. objected to parts of the White The plan, pushed by Senator House plan. Charles E. Schumer of New York,
the No. 3 Senate Democrat, comes after Mr. Obama earlier proposed a Buffett Rule that would force wealthy Americans to pay more in taxes. It also comes against a backdrop of protests against Wall Street, giving Democrats hope they can tap into some of that sentiment in next years elections. Indeed, the Democratic proposal seems more about politics than policy. Even if wavering Democrats could be rounded up to support the presidents plan, Senate Republicans could block the proposal by denying Democrats the votes needed to overcome a near-certain filibuster. Republicans, who control the House, scorned the new proposal. In an interview with Bloomberg Television, the House majority leader, Representative Eric Cantor, Republican of Virginia, said: Here we go again, continued insistence in Washington raise taxes on job creators right now. Thats not what we need. Most people in America think its counterintuitive to raise taxes if you want economic growth. Details of the surtax proposal are still being worked out. Congressional aides said it would probably work this way: The government would collect an additional tax equal to 5.6 percent
of the amount of income exceeding $1 million. So for a person with income of $1.1 million, the extra tax would be $5,600, which is 5.6 percent of $100,000. Estimates from the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation indicate that 330,000 households have more than $1 million of income, broadly defined. The proposed surtax would apply to wages and salaries, capitals gains, interest, dividends and some other types of income, Congressional aides said. It was drafted as a temporary measure that would end after 10 years. Public opinion polls suggest some support for the Democrats approach. In a recent CBS News poll, 64 percent of people said taxes should be increased on households earning $1 million a year or more and 30 percent said the government should address the budget deficit without increasing taxes on those households. Only a quarter said this tax increase would help job creation, 18 percent said it would hurt job creation and about half said it would not make a difference. Tax rates on the wealthy have declined in recent decades. The total federal tax rate for the top one-thousandth of all earners a
group that now starts at about $1.5 million in annual income was 53.7 percent in 1980, according to research by the economists Emmanuel Saez and Thomas Piketty. By 2004, the latest year for which the economists have data, the total federal rate had fallen to 33.7 percent. To pay for his jobs plan, Mr. Obama proposed a grab bag of tax increases. Individual Democratic senators objected to some of the proposals, including ones that would have eliminated tax breaks for oil and gas companies, limited the value of itemized deductions for high-income people and required owners of corporate jets to pay higher taxes. Mr. Schumer said Wednesday that he hoped the new proposal would deflect criticism aimed at the presidents proposals. Drawing the line at a million dollars is the right thing to do, Mr. Schumer said. In the eyes of many, it is hard to ask more of households that make $250,000 or $300,000 a year. Many of them are not rich. In large parts of the country, that kind of income does not get you a big home or lots of vacations or anything else thats associated with wealth. Representative Doug Lamborn, DEMOCRATS page 19
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Apple home page became this: It was one of my proudest moments at Apple: to be part of a company that lets its heart guide its actions. And the company is built that way because of Steve. Greg Grusby of Industrial Light & Magic: It was July of 2002, and I had been asked to take part in a series of grand opening week presentations called Made on a Mac at the new Apple SoHo store in Manhattan. Having met a bunch of the Apple team at Macworld Expo my friend Glenn, who worked for Apple retail, and I decided to visit the store and check it out. We took the subway down to Spring Street and walked over to the store that was filled with eager shoppers jostling to enter this new temple of Apple products. Glenn and I made it inside and managed to meet up with Ron Johnson who was the VP of Apple retail at the time. We were speaking with Ron for about five or six minutes when he began to appear a bit distracted, I noticed that the chatter in the store had become much quieter as well. Glenn who had taken a small step away from me and closer to Ron, now had a strange expression on his face. I mentioned to Ron that I thought the store was beautiful and inviting and unlike any other retail experience I had ever had seen. And the stairs, well they
were simply a work of art and I was gushingabout how the architects had really outdone themselves and how you could see the thought that went into even the smallest details like the hardware supporting the stairs. Ron smirked a bit and I got the sensation that someone was standing right behind me. As I slowly turned to see whom Ron and Glenn were looking at and, there he was, Steve Jobs in the flesh. I was wondering how long he had been there as Ron made a brief introduction of Glenn and I. Steve turned to me and said, Im glad you like the stairs, we worked really hard on getting them just right. Glenn and I congratulated him on the opening and stepped away so he and Ron could speak. We headed upstairs to see the theater and the Genius Bar and wander around a bit. A bit later I saw Ron, he smiled and said You chose the right thing to complement, Steve was personally involved in the design of the stairs. Lisen Stromberg, neighbor of Steve Jobs, via WordPress: I first met Steve (does anyone call him Mr. Jobs anymore?) years ago at a backyard pool party. I was so flummoxed by the off chance I was breathing in his DNA, I could barely say a word. I am sure I made a winning first impression as I stumbled over my
own name when we were introduced. I watched as he swam in the pool with his son. He seemed like a regular guy, a good dad having fun with his kids [Head here to read Stromberg's full story about her neighbor, Steve Jobs.] It was at Halloween not long after when I realized he actually knew my name (yes, my name!). He and his wife put on a darn scary haunted house (to be specific, a haunted garden). He was sitting on the walkway, dressed like Frankenstein. As I walked by with my son, Steve smiled and said, Hi Lisen. My son thought I was the coolest mom in town when he realized The Steve Jobs knew me While Newsweek and the Wall Street Journal and CNET continue to drone on about the impact of the Steve Jobs era, I wont be pondering the MacBook Air I write on or the iPhone I talk on. I will think of the day I saw him at his sons high school graduation. There Steve stood, tears streaming down his cheeks, his smile wide and proud, as his son received his diploma and walked on into his own bright future, leaving behind a good man and a good father who can be sure of the rightness of this, perhaps his most important legacy of all. KC ("kc!") Bradshaw, then contracted by JumpSport Trampolines, via his blog:
I can say that going into it, I was strangely nervous. I guess, it is not every day that you get to meet one of the most famous icons in the modern computer business... especially at his house, while he is finishing his breakfast. Steve lives in a nice, big expensive house in Palo Alto--but it is a different kind of nice then what I would expect. It is more like a Buddhist-Nice than a Trump-niceYou walk through a front yard filled with fruit trees, through an opening in the exterior, 6 foot wall running around the property; into and open front yard which splits into the left to go up to the main house and to go straight back through an antique garage to the backyard. He lives on a corner, and so he has a rather large yard for this part of peninsula, and it is filled with flowers, vegetables, fruit trees and rose bushes. The garden is naturally (yet orderly) landscaped with nice pathways and benches everywhere. The centerpiece of the garden is a large teepeeshaped trellis. Quite an understated elegance. I will spare you most of the boring details of the day... We set up in the back corner of the yard, and began the install which took us 3 hours to complete. During the process, he would come out and check on us every 45 minutes or so, usually staying for a bit to chat about the trampoline, the
company that built it, the manufacturing process, or how the trampoline could be simplified and improved upon. We didn't really get any opportunities to chat about things outside the task at hand, but it was nice that he would spend any time at all with us. He even got up to test-jump a bit too (I really wish I had that on video). [Head to KC's blog to read his full story.] Before we finished the install, his daughter discovered the present and came outside to start jumping. She was having a party of some sort with all her friends, and was very excited to have a new trampoline! We watched the girls play as we hung around, waiting for Steve to finish a conversation in his front yard. He finally finished talking and came around back. Rob explained a little about the safety rules and the specifics of the install as we walked back towards the back corner of the yard. He jumped up inside the trampoline and started jumping with his daughter. It was really sweet. Have you got an I Met Steve Jobs story to share? Email us. Special thanks to Belinda Lanks for helping to put this all together. [Image: Flickr user Zadi Diaz]
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GOP Boycott of Univision Risks Alienating Latinos

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an interview with Ramos (host of Al Punto), that you will drop this investigation into his family and the story will never air?, ( P h o t o : R E U T E R S / Y u r i Harris asked. Gripas) Senator Marco Rubio (R- Like us on Facebook FL) speaks at the Washington Lee responded, while there are Ideas forum at The Newseum in no guarantees, your understanding Washington October 5, 2011. of the proposal is fair, according to The Miami Herald. Over the summer, Univision ran Lee denied that there was a quidan investigative report on the pro-quo offer, saying, With 1987 drug bust which led to the r e s p e c t t o S e n a t o r R u b i o , conviction of Rubio's brother-in- Univision covered the story in the law. same objective, fair manner we The allegations of Univision's cover every significant story. attempted extortion came to Univision did not offer to soften light on Saturday when The or spike a story we would not Miami Herald published an in- make such an offer to any other d e p t h r e p o r t o n t h e s t o r y . subject of a news story and did According to the report, Univision not offer it in this case. President Isaac Lee offered to kill Rubio, who worked for Univision or soften the story if Rubio agreed before becoming a U.S. senator, to appear on Al Punto, a has not commented specifically political talk show. on the case, but said he always Unnamed members of Rubio's k n e w U n i v i s i o n t o b e a staff and Univision insiders told professional organization until The Miami Herald that the this happened. incident happened during a Jul. 7 No other news networks reported conference call between some of on the story of Rubio's brother-inRubio's top-level staff and law's drug bust because it was Univision executives. deemed a non-story. Rubio was After Lee suggested that the drug only 16 years old at the time and -bust story could be changed, or was not involved in the crime. not run at all, if Rubio agreed to The candidates who have, so far, an appearance on the network, a g r e e d t o t h e b o y c o t t a r e Rubio political advisor Todd M i n n e s o t a C o n g r e s s w o m a n Harris asked for clarification. Michele Bachmann, businessman Youre saying that if Marco does H e r m a n C a i n , f o r m e r U t a h
Governor Jon Huntsman, Texas Governor Rick Perry, and former Massachussetts Governor Mitt Romney. We have not received any invitation from Univision for a debate, but we are troubled by these allegations and would not participate in any such debate unless and until Univision satisfactorily addresses this situation, a Romney spokesperson said. In Perry's statement, he noted that Telemundo, a rival Latino network, will also be televising a debate the same weekend. We will have ample opportunity to engage with Spanish-speaking Americans, a Perry spokesperson wrote. In an Oct. 5 interview with The Christian Post, Kevin Wagner, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Florida Atlantic University, said that there has been tension between the Latino media and Republican Party in Florida, particularly over the issue of immigration, and Rubio has been caught up in that conflict. Republicans in the state who take a position that would provide a path to citizenship to undocumented workers or their family or to allow the children of undocumented workers to attend universities with in-state tuition risk riling the Republican base,
Wagner added. Rubio is considered a rising star and potential vice-presidential nominee by many in the Republican Party. The Univision boycott is indicative of wedge issues among Latino Americans, according to DeeDee Garcia Blase, founder of Somos Republicans, a Latino Republican political advocacy group, in an Oct. 5 interview with The Christian Post. Blase believes that the candidates supporting the boycott are responding to the concerns of the Cuban-American community, which is strong in Florida, and risks alienating the rest of the Latino-American community. The candidates who are boycotting Univision are committing Hispanic political suicide, Blase believes. Univision is the number one Spanish network in the nation, and the lifeline of Hispanic media. Blase said that Somos Republicans was already upset with Rubio for saying that he does not support amnesty for illegal immigrants, because, as a CubanAmerican, his family has already benefited from an amnesty-like government program. Republican candidates who support the boycott, are trying to
appease the Cuban-American population at the expense of the rest of the Latino community, Blase believes. Do they want to go after the 3% (Cuban-American population, prominent in Florida) or do they want to go after the 70-75% (Mexican-American population, prominent in the Southwest)? That is what I see taking place with their moronic move, fighting Univision, Blase said. Florida recently moved its primary to January 31, which will likely make it the fifth nomination contest. With its large number of delegates and early primary, Florida will be one of the most important states on the path to securing the Republican nomination. C o n t a c t : napp.nazworth@christianpost.co m This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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up for new phones. This was the future right in front of you. It was sleek, responding to your touch. Steve Jobs and the idea of letting Imagine explaining an iPad to go By Hank Stuever, someone from 1984. They might Remember a few years ago, when get it, they might not. your Apple store on any given Jobs died Wednesday at age 56 Saturday afternoon ceased being after a long battle with pancreatic the clean, technological zendo cancer that his wasting form came you once admired the place to wear as familiarly as his you bought your iMac and preference for outdated jeans and instead became a crowded bazaar black turtlenecks. When news of of idealized wonder and hopeless his death broke around 7:30 p.m. waits at the Genius Bar? on the East Coast, a good number The movement spread. People of us sought immediate solace (to built their lives around the objects say nothing of information) from S t e v e J o b s g a v e t h e m : t h e our Apple stuff. The rippling MacBook, the iPod, the iPhone, tweets and shares fanned outward. the iPad. What happened with Swipe, swipe, touch. The Jobs and Apple over the past nighttime news anchors, fearful of d e c a d e i s o n e o f t h e r a r e the obsolescence that dogs them participatory phenomena of our at every turn, turned to -socialdisconnected and no-longer- media feeds for confirmation of a common culture. It was as if this shared sense of loss; they invited generations defining event took hipster tech writers and thinkers place in a shopping plaza and then who scorn old-media ways to up in the cloud, and this time make themselves available to everyone (that is, everyone who grieve analytically on the air. (The could afford Apple products) got digital air, that is; in Jobss world, to go to Woodstock. we sacrificed the broadcast band People stopped lining up for to the broadband.) You can easily concert tickets and started lining imagine newspaper assignment
desks, similarly afflicted with professional hypochondria, scrambling reporters to Apple stores to gather quotes from the bereaved. That is what Steve Jobs gave us: the future. A sense of ourselves moving forward into this century, which has proved especially hard to do, with its lack of employment opportunities and its addiction to panic. He gave us a look at the future and all the ambivalence and worry that comes with it. It was the most elegant form of social disruption, and now your kids wont glance up from their iPhones. Theyll never need to. We spend a lot of time wishing for the past, carping about our gizmos and the sway they lord over us, while loading up our iPods with songs that were popular when we were in high school, while stalking old boyfriends on Facebook. That in itself is a pleasant form of grief, but it is grief all the same. Jobs kept nudging us away from that. Under his leadership, Apples subliminal selling point was: Let it go. Let go of the
uneasiness about computers. Let go of ugly, antique technology. Let go of the fantasy future of personal rocketships. Let go of the expensive, shiny new phone that you bought last year for the slightly less expensive, shiny new phone thats coming out this year. But let go of something deeper, something resistant in you that romanticizes the past. In 2011, so much of our culture as well as our politics feels as though were losing grip on the old, beloved things. Where did record stores go? What happened to letters that come in the mail? Where did movie theaters go? What about the books? Where is my Main Street? Where is my America? Jobs had been teaching us to say goodbye to all that for decades we just didnt know it. Some of us said goodbye to typewriters in the 1980s when we finished term papers using MacWrite on a Macintosh Plus for the first time. Some of us said goodbye when we made PTA fliers and Lost Dog posters that were far and away better than their Sharpie-
scrawled predecessors. Let it go, let it go: Take your CDs to Goodwill; give your books to the library sale. It was therefore an irresistible metaphor, in these final years, when the auditorium lights would go down and the crowd would go wild for Jobs, who increasingly greeted his followers and touted the latest neat, new thing even as he wore the look of a person who was not going into that future with us. He would be getting off here; we were to proceed without him into the unknown. Let it go and look ahead was the message all along. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Steve Jobs passes away, aged 56

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Palin Opts Against 2012 Presidential Run - Fox News

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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced Wednesday that she won't enter the 2012 presidential race, making it all but certain that the final slate of GOP candidates has been set. In a letter to her supporters, the 2008 vice presidential nominee and Fox News contributor said her decision was based on a "review of what common sense conservatives and independents have accomplished, especially over the last year." "I believe that at this time I can be more effective in a decisive role to help elect other true public servants to office -- from the nation's governors to congressional seats and the presidency," she said. "I will continue driving the discussion for freedom and free markets, including in the race for president where our candidates must embrace immediate action toward energy independence through domestic resource developments of conventional energy sources, along with renewables," she said. "We must reduce tax burdens and onerous regulations that kill American industry, and our
candidates must always push to minimize government to strengthen and allow the private sector to create jobs." "I apologize to those who are disappointed in this decision," Palin said during an appearance on "On the Record," with Greta Van Susteren. Palin's announcement comes one day after New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie affirmed his decision not to jump into the race, despite Republican leaders urging him to reconsider. After watching Christie announce numerous times that he would not run Palin chose to send a letter over holding a press conference because she wanted to "put the marker down and say 'no I'm not running,'" she said on "On the
focus on listening to their ideas and understanding their track records. A McClatchy-Marist poll showed last month that Palin could have been just as competitive against President Obama as any of the top -tier GOP candidates. In the poll, she trailed the president by just 5 percentage points. The poll also showed Palin doing better than the other candidates, including Perry, who trailed Obama by 9 points, and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, who trailed Record." by 13 points. Republicans have been searching "She is a very important voice," for an alternative to former Bachmann said of Palin, during an Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney appearance on "On the Record." and were disappointed when But the poll also showed a large Texas Gov. Rick Perry delivered a majority of voters did not want lackluster performance in the her to enter the race, with 72 most recent GOP debate. percent of Republicans and GOPRomney and Perry remain the leaning independents saying she front-runners in the race but should stay on the sidelines. former pizza company executive This entry passed through the Herman Cain has been surging in Full-Text RSS service if this is the polls recently after turning in your content and you're reading it c o n s i s t e n t l y s t r o n g d e b a t e on someone else's site, please read performances and winning the the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentFlorida straw poll late last month. only/faq.php#publishers. Five " T h e r e i s n o t o n e p e r f e c t Filters featured article: A 'Malign candidate," Palin said when asked Intellectual Subculture' - George about the current Republican M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , presidential field, adding that Herman, Peterson, Pilger And voters should not put all of their Media Lens. hope in one individual, and should
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The internet pays tribute to Steve Jobs

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'No Surprise' on Sarah Palin Decision Not to Run Say Analyst

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Tuesday found that two-thirds of likely Republican voters did not want her to run. I have decided that I will not be Kondik also added that the filing seeking the 2012 GOP nomination deadline for candidates in New for President of the United Hampshire and Florida is coming S t a t e s , P a l i n w r o t e i n a up in the next couple of weeks statement. As always, my family a n d P a l i n h a d t o m a k e a n comes first and obviously Todd a n n o u n c e m e n t s o o n . and I put great consideration into Like us on Facebook family life before making this Palin has spent considerable time decision. When we serve, we traveling the country over the last devote ourselves to God, family four years, most recently in a a n d c o u n t r y . M y d e c i s i o n summer bus tour that coincidently maintains this order. made several stops where major Kyle Kondik, a political analyst candidates just happened to be. who works with Dr. Larry Sabato She also penned a memoir at the University of Virginia detailing her political experiences C e n t e r f o r P o l i t i c s , w a s n t during the 2008 presidential race surprised by Palins decision. when she ran on the ticket with Sarah never gave much of an the partys nominee, Sen. John indication she was going to run McCain (R-Ariz.) and given her poll numbers over When asked by Levin who she the last several months, I dont will support the candidate who think many people felt she was a wins the Republican nomination, viable candidate in a general Palin said, I have confidence in election. that. I look forward to supporting A recent poll released on our nomineethe right candidate
will be elevated that will be our nominee. Well be able to get behind that person and make sure that Barack Obama is replaced. Now that Palin and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie have both indicated they are out of the race, the remaining announced candidates will appeal to the conservative base for both support and financial donations. Knock on wood, I think the field is set since Christie, and now Palin have decided not to run, said Kondik. Its now appears to be a two-person race between Perry and Romney and it will be interesting to watch in the next few weeks. Palin did indicate she could have an influence over the election process in 2012. The consideration was given to what role can I play best to help pursue this mission and succeed in this mission of defending our republic, she told Levin. I believe not being a candidate
really youre unshackled and youre allowed to be really more active. I look forward to coordinating the strategies that will assist in replacing our president. Palin, also a paid Fox News contributor, will further discuss her decision on Greta Van Susterens, On the Record. In addition, she is scheduled to speak at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia on Saturday. Be the first of thousands of iPosters by sharing your news, views, and analysis. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Occupy Wall Street Protesters Are Broadcasting From INSIDE A Paddy Wagon!
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Steve Jobs: A Mega, Meta Mashup in Tweets

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no greater tribute to Steves success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing Submitted at 10/5/2011 11:10:26 PM on a device he invented" Wading through the river of [ P r e s i d e n t B a r a c k O b a m a tweets in the wake of Apple eulogized] (@pfeiffer44). Ive founder Steve Jobs' death. never been this sad about the Steve Jobs' death [became] the passing of someone I didnt know trending topic of all trending (@glennf). I feel bad I never topics (@deliacabe). He was the wrote him a letter, even if he most innovative entrepreneur of never saw it, telling him how our generation (@SteveCase). Not i m m e a s u r a b l y m y l i f e w a s many people have a vision, and c h a n g e d b y h i s g e n i u s then execute it so thoroughly. A (@rosannecash). The joy and role model for control freaks delight my first Mac brought to everywhere (@anamariecox). For college work touched everything I those of us lucky enough to get to created with it and set me on this work with him, its been an course (@shobe). I was never an insanely great honor (@billgates). Apple fanboy but I will always be Jobs' legacy winks light from a S t e v e J o b s f a n b o y every shiny wonder he put in our (@weldpond). Once in a rare eager hands (@carr2n). Steve while, somebody comes along Jobs was a genius who will be who doesn't just raise the bar, they remembered with Edison and create an entirely new standard of Einstein. His ideas will shape the measurement (@candylion5). w o r l d f o r g e n e r a t i o n s Thank You For Saving Us From (@mikebloomberg). Writing our Mediocrity (@om). Thank you obituary for Steve (which I had Steve Jobs, for the iPad--the best not done before, because it b a b y s i t t i n g t o o l e v e r seemed ghoulish). My fingers are (@matthewherper). Thank you for s t i l l u n w i l l i n g t o w r i t e i t making 1984 not like '1984' (@jason_pontin)."There may be (@adnys). Turn your iPhone off
howling at the top of her lungs, in what I can only imagine is her own personal tribute to Steve Jobs (@pwthornton). I know with absolute certainty I could never make my life as profoundly impactful as yours was. I stand in awe (@clevertitletk). Apple campus flags at half-staff (@mental_floss). It's really kind of touching to see virtually every tweet and post be about Steve Jobs. True influence isn't measured in Twitter followers (@augieray). Apple changed my life. Over and over again (@poetabook). Honor Steve Jobs by building things which matter & lead from your heart (@hunterwalk).The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do (@jackiyo). Fuck cancer. for an hour, honor Steve Jobs. (@nicolebernier). In memory of Seriously (@kul). When you turn it back on, Steve Jobs, all music's on shuffle Adam L. Penenberg is a remember how different your life f o r t h e n e x t 2 4 h o u r s journalism professor at NYU and i s b e c a u s e o f h i s w o r k (@annkpowers). Sacrilegious a contributing writer to Fast (@thatdrew). Prayers tonight image: Steve Jobs arrives in Company. Follow him on from the 5-year old, not kidding: Heaven. The music is terrible. Twitter:@penenberg. "Dear God, please have fun Pressed against the gates, John [image: Flickr user tsevis] tonight with the guy who invented Lennon: "Steve! Get me out of iPhone and i P a d " here!" (@tcarmody) My dog is
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S t r o n g h e a d w i n d u p t o w n , Map: 1 hour 4 minutes. 11.59 beautiful cruising tail wind miles. coming home. 75 degrees and bright sunny day.
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Obama Jobs Bill Needs Modifications, Sen. Reid Says

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smart, effective way to spur job creation. The American people Submitted at 10/5/2011 8:53:29 PM believe it's time for millionaires Pass this bill, President Obama and billionaires to pay their fair has been urging Congress in share. We'll ask Americans s t u m p s p e e c h e s a c r o s s t h e who make more than $1 million to country. contribute a little more . I n a s t u n t d e s i g n e d t o Like us on Facebook demonstrate lack of support for McConnell responded by saying, the bill in Obama's own party, f o r t h e p a s t t h r e e w e e k s Senate Majority Leader Mitch President Obama has been racing McConnell(R-Ky.) brought the around the country trying to rally Obama jobs bill to the floor of the public support for a second Senate on Tuesday and asked for stimulus bill and demanding that a vote on the bill. As McConnell Congress pass it 'right away.' anticipated, Senate Democrats Just yesterday in Texas, he called objected and blocked a vote on it. on Congress to put the bill up for What a charade we have going a vote so the entire country knows on here, Reid said on the Senate exactly where every member of floor after McConnell offered the Congress stands, McConnell said bill. with a smirk. Reid and McConnell sparred S o y e s t e r d a y I t e s t e d t h e again Wednesday on the Senate president's rhetoric. I proposed floor. that we do exactly what he wants [Obama and Senate Democrats] and vote right away and the may have different ideas on how Democrats blocked it. In other to pay for it, Reid said, but we words, the president's own party is know the present legislation is a the only obstacle to having a vote
on his so-called jobs bill. Obama's proposed bill would provide additional funding for constructing roads and schools, funding for state and local governments and an extension of the payroll tax cut. To pay for it, Obama wants to end the tax cuts for the top two income brackets, or families making over $250,000 per year, end some deductions for high income earners, and impose a Buffett rule, or minimum tax for millionaires. Obama's tax proposals did not, apparently, have enough support in the Senate's Democratic caucus. Reid's new plan would instead pay for the jobs bill by imposing a 5 percent surtax on incomes over $1 million to cover the $450 billion cost of the bill over 10 years. In stump speeches, Obama has been touting the fact that his proposed tax increases would not go into effect until 2013, but in Reid's new plan, the tax increases
would start in 2012. Leaders in the Republican-led House have said the Obama jobs bill is dead, but parts of the bill, such as tax cuts and regulatory reform, may be voted on individually. C o n t a c t : napp.nazworth@christianpost.co m Be the first of thousands of iPosters by sharing your news, views, and analysis. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Astrobiologists test whether extremophiles could survive on Europa

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software company, what have you,'" Jobs said in 2000 at MacWorld. "And it's true, Apple is the last company in our industry [that's vertically integrated]. What that also means if managed properly is that it's the last company that can take responsibility for customer experience--there's nobody left." That strategy--to keep Apple a hardware-software integrated company--has allowed Apple to thrive in recent years. It was the opposite approach as the one taken by Microsoft, which licensed its OS, Windows, to device makers. And even with critics arguing that Apple should follow suit, Jobs resisted--in fact, Apple pre-Jobs-comeback had tried (and failed) to license its operating system to OEMs such as Gateway. Jobs devotion to hardware-software interplay led to breakthroughs with the Mac/OS X and iPhone/iPad/iOS. "There's no other company left in this industry that can bring innovation to the marketplace like Apple can. It means that we don't have to get 10 companies in a room to agree on everything to
innovate--we can decide ourselves to place our bets," Jobs said at the time. "We're going to integrate these things together in ways that no else in this industry can to provide a seamless user experience where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. We're the last guys left in this industry than can do it. And that's what we're about." The Digital Hub [youtube b5C7pnrS4oY] At MacWorld 2001, Jobs began by looking backward to describe what he called the golden ages of the PC, from the age of productivity to the age of the Internet. He then spoke at length about what the next golden era would be. "I'd like to tell you where we are going," Jobs said. "What is our vision?" Describing the "explosion of new digital devices" such as cell phones and music players, Jobs said he envisions Apple (the Mac, specifically) to become the new "digital hub for our emerging digital lifestyle." While he didn't explicity say what products were likely to come from Apple--Jobs
would never do such a thing--he described a future very much like the one we're living today, where Macs, iPods, iPhones, and iPads are central to our digital media experience. "We don't think the PC is dying," Jobs said. "We think it's evolving." In the decade that lay ahead, traces of Apple's products and innovations can be traced back to this talk, and speeches Jobs had delivered in the years prior--to what Jobs had envisioned for the company all the way back in 1997. And in true Jobsian style, he concluded his 2001 MacWorld address with what is now justified hyperbole. "We think this is going to be huge," Jobs said. And he was right. [Image: Flickr user Mathieu Thouvenin] Follow @fastcompany.
Republican of Colorado, said he thought the Senate plan would be harmful to employers. There are a lot of so-called millionaires who are small businesses, Mr. Lamborn said. Theyre not a movie star, theyre not a Hollywood actor, theyre the dry cleaner on the corner. Mr. Schumer said the new proposal spared many small businesses whose income is passed through to their owners and taxed as personal income. If the owners income is less than $1 million, Democrats said, they would not be affected by the millionaires tax. The proposal may help unify Democrats, allowing them to present themselves as populists in a tax fight with Republicans. Democratic leaders said they believed the new proposal would
win support from Democratic senators like Mark Begich of Alaska and Mary L. Landrieu of Louisiana, who have expressed reservations about some of the tax changes in the presidents plan. Jennifer Steinhauer contributed reporting. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Here's How The World Responded To The Passing Of Steve Jobs

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Steve Jobs: the co INTENSE Footage Of Cop -founder of Apple Swinging Billy Club At 56 Protesters At Occupy Wall Street dies aged(Finance News Telegraph Staff
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Barack Obama See the rest of the story at Submitted at 10/5/2011 10:15:00 PM Business Insider The horrible news of Steve Jobs' Please follow SAI on Twitter and passing is taking the world by Facebook. storm. See Also: We've collected tweets and A Photo Biography Of The comments posted by the most Great Steve Jobs important people we can find, The 13 Most Memorable commemorating the life and death Quotes From Steve Jobs of one of the world's greatest The Life and Awesomeness of i n n o v a t o r s , i n v e n t o r s , a n d Steve Jobs visionaries. A message from Steve Jobs, in his own words.
story See Also: The Truth About Spending All Submitted at 10/5/2011 9:05:00 PM Night And Day Protesting Wall We've seen several tweets to the Street effect that tonight's protest has Wall Street Protester: Check culminated in several arrests, and Out How The Police Fenced Us In this video going around makes it On The Brooklyn Bridge look like things got violent. Check Out The "Occupy Wall We haven't confirmed what/ Street Journal" The Official where it is, but it's pretty wild. Newspaper Of The Protesters Please follow Clusterstock on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this
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Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple and the man who transformed consumer technology, has died at the age of 56.
Unions Support Wall Street Protesters

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Street as the rest of America struggles to survive, said Larry Hanley, ATU International Union members and Occupy president, in a statement. These Wall Street protesters stage a young people are speaking for the protest near Wall Street in New vast majority of Americans who York, Oct. 5, 2011. (Emmanuel are frustrated by the bankers and D u n a n d / A F P / G e t t y I m a g e s ) brokers who have profited on the Amalgamated Transit Union and backs of hard working people. others pledged support for the Members of the AFL-CIO Next Occupy Wall Street protesters, Up Young Worker Summit in who have been assembling in the Minneapolis announced that they financial district of New York for stand with those on Wall Street three weeks. who are making their voices The ATU applauds the Occupy heard, according to Donna Wall Street activists for their Jablonski on the AFL-CIO blog. courage and strength to expose In Boston, members of the the greed and corruption on Wall Massachusetts Nurses Association
rallied in Dewy Square on Oct. 5. In a statement, the group said hundreds of members would join the Occupy Boston Protest, to show their support for the
movement and to highlight the MNA/NNUs Main Street Contract campaign for a tax on Wall Street financial speculation to provide revenue for Main
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No Intervention in Missing Womens Inquiry: Attorney General

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If this commission is allowed to fail, which would certainly be the case if it is ultimately seen as A plea to B.C. Premier Christy i l l e g i t i m a t e b y a f f e c t e d Clark to fix the Missing communities, the result will be to Womens Commission of Inquiry not only aggravate old wounds, before its hearings begin on Oct. but open new ones. 11 appears to have fallen on deaf The letter added that the subject ears. matter being canvassed by this A group of NGOs granted commission is information we standing at the inquiry along with have wanted to be brought before the families of 17 missing and the public for years. murdered women sent a letter to Led by former attorney general Clark asking her to intervene in Wally Oppal, the commission will this broken process and appoint a probe police investigations of senior government official to hold women reported missing from the an emergency meeting with them DTES between Jan. 23, 1997, and to address their concerns. Feb. 5, 2002when serial killer The letter said the inquiry is in Robert Pickton was arrestedand serious jeopardy of not living why attempted murder and other up to its mandate to determine charges against Pickton were why so many women have gone dropped in 1998. missing or been murdered in In response to the groups letter, Vancouvers Downtown Eastside Attorney General Shirley Bond (DTES) and what can be done to cited budget constraints and noted prevent a re-occurrence. that four independent lawyers Despite our unflinching desire h a v e b e e n a d d e d b y t h e for this Commission of Inquiry to c o m m i s s i o n . succeed, and for our communities Let me be clear, we will not be and organizations to be able to intervening in the work of the participate in it, the people and Commission. Given the budget communities who are intended to challenges the ministry is facing, be benefited by this process have we have made our priority been made to feel that their funding legal counsel for the participation is not needed, or families of the murdered and even particularly desired, the missing women, she said in a letter said. statement.
As part of the study hearings, the Commission recently held meetings in several northern communities to hear from a number of interested groups and individuals. The Commission also recently added four independent lawyers, two retained pro bono, who will represent certain participant groups. These lawyers are in addition to the commissions several previously retained lawyers. $1.5 Million Needed The four additional lawyers, two of whom are legal assistants working pro-bono, were appointed to represent the DTES community and aboriginal groups. But several of the groups say the move is not enough and more funding is needed for legal representatives to speak on their behalf. The commissions mandate includes a hearing portion and a study portion. During the hearing phase, which will begin in Vancouver on Oct. 11, lawyers are needed to hear testimony, examine witnesses, and sort through reams of documents. While legal representation has been granted to Vancouver police officers and family members of victims, the government has been
criticized for its failure to provide funding to all groups granted standing at the inquiry. Oppal has recommended more funding, saying it would cost about $1.5 million to have lawyers represent the range of groups that can help him with his investigation. Several groups have dropped out of the inquiry, saying they are unable to participate given the current structure and lack of legal funding. The government has said that the non-participation of these groups will not negatively impact the effectiveness of the inquiry. Bond noted that commission counsel Art Vertlieb has said the commission is satisfied its mandate can be fulfilled with the present configuration of participants. Bond said the government has not received a request from the commissioner to extend its deadline and as such, the commission is expected to complete its work as planned by Dec. 31. In early September, a group of close to a dozen prominent lawyers and academics also sent a letter to Bond expressing concern about the governments refusal to fund all participants.
We can identify no other case in Canada where a government, having appointed a commission of inquiry, then, in effect, overturned a commissioners decision on standing by refusing funding for participation, the letter said. A coalition of DTES womens groups is the latest to boycott the hearings, calling them a sham. On Monday, the coalition called for a new inquiry that truly represents and is inclusive of women in the Downtown Eastside, particularly first nations women. It is believed that Picktona former pig farmer currently serving life in prison for the murder of six womenlured 49 women from the DTES, many of them drug addicts and prostitutes, over a period of 14 years before police arrested him. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Jets Hope to Stop Swoon Against Patriots

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Jet's running back Joe McKnight's 107 yard kickoff return highlighted his stellar performance against Baltimore. (Larry French/Getty Images) The suddenly free-falling New York Jets (22) head to New England this weekend looking for a muchneeded win against their rivals, the first-place Patriots (31). The two have played a pair of memorable games there the past 10 months as last December New England put on a Baltimore-like whipping of the Jets in a 453 blowout that sent New Yorks season into a temporary tail-spin. After losing three of four during that stretch they eventually turned things around, culminating in a shocking 2821 playoff win again at Foxboro that sent them to the AFC title game. Despite getting the last leg up in their continued rivalry, Rex Ryan, a recent inductee to the Southwestern Oklahoma State University Hall of Fame, still has plenty of respect for the task in front of them. Said the Jets coach according to their website, We know what it takesit takes everything. Everything is something the Jets havent come up with lately. While their loss at Oakland was perplexing to say the least, the 3417 shellacking that the Ravens put on them was flat-out embarrassing.
Not only could their offense not create room to run the ball (something fans are by now getting used to) they couldnt provide protection to throw it either. Sadly their best chance at scoring was when their overmatched-offense was on the sidelines. They really gave it to us up front, said a considerably understated Ryan. Fortunately for their front, AllPro center Nick Mangold is scheduled to make his return this Sunday after missing the last twoand-a-half games with a high ankle sprain. His return on paper
would seem to be the answer to whats ailing their supposed bread -and-butter ground game but Ryan doesnt think their offenses success is a one-player solution, We have one of the best left tackles [DBrickashaw Ferguson] in football right there, a great right guard [Brandon Moore], the best right guard in the league in my opinion, a massive right tackle with athleticism [Wayne Hunter], a huge left guard [Matt Slauson]. We ought to be able to run the football more than 38 yards. Center Nick Mangold locks up with New England's Vince
Wilfork last September in a 28-14 win over their rivals. His return will be paramount to their success Sunday. (Al Bello/Getty Images) Maybe he should look at Sundays opponent to see how its done. Bill Belichicks Patriots rank fifth in the league in yards per carry (4.8) and are one of three teams that have yet to fumble. Conversely, the Jets blocking malfunctions have led to a lowly 3.1 yards per carry on the season (third-worst in the 32-team league), while their two fumbles on Sunday (courtesy of two blindside hits on Mark Sanchez),
though more a result of faulty pass-blocking, led to a pair of back-breaking touchdown returns that added to the Jets misery. While the running game continues to sputter, third-string running back Joe McKnight continues to impresselsewhere on the field of course. The second -year athlete from USC may have been the lone bright spot against the Ravens with his 107-yard kickoff return as well as his brief but effective role on defense. Whether he would carry the ball more this week though wasnt clear according to the head coach: When you look at him, the production hes hadhe returns a kick for a touchdown, forces a fumble on a kick, causes an interceptionI think if we can ever establish the rhythm we want to establish, I think he can do some things offensively for us. Indeed, the Jets will certainly need to do some things offensively if Ryan plans on entering any other Halls of Fame. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens. JETS page 23
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MNS workers attack auto drivers, 12 held Delhi, Kabul enter first - Indian Express
strategic partnership Indian Express

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The Guardian Delhi, Kabul enter first strategic partnership Indian Express Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Afghan President Hamid Karzai exchange documents after signing a MoU on Strategic partnership at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. (PTI) Underlining that Afghanistan deserves to live
in peace without outside interference,... Pak reacts cautiously to IndiaAfghan pact Hindustan Times Yousuf Raza Gilani plays down India-Afghan strategic partnership Daily News & Analysis Strategic pact with India not against Pakistan: Karzai Business Standard The Asian Age- IBNLive.comTimes of India all 1,288 news articles
meter and not refuse passengers in... Day after: Auto drivers bear the India Today brunt in Mumbai Daily News & MNS workers attack auto drivers, Analysis 12 held MNS-wary Sena enters auto Indian Express politics Times of India A day after autorickshaw drivers Mumbai: MNS targets protesting got a 50 paise/km fare hike, they auto drivers IBNLive.com w e r e t a r g e t e d b y a l l e g e d Calcutta Telegraph- Hindustan Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Times- Zee News (MNS) activists, who damaged all 52 news articles two autos at Sion, beat up drivers and forced them to ply by the
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PM speech fails to deliver one policy on how to tackle economic crisis Mirror.co.uk
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Snippets from the Conservative Party Conference - Scotsman

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The Guardian PM speech fails to deliver one policy on how to tackle economic crisis Mirror.co.uk WITH Britain plunging towards a double-dip recession, it was the ideal chance for David Cameron to deliver his master plan to get the country back on its feet. But the clueless PM failed to come up with a single... Cameron says no short cuts to success Herald Scotland Low-key Cameron haunted by speech blunder Scotsman David Cameron calls for Britain 'to show some fight' The Guardian The Independent- Daily MailTelegraph.co.uk all 3,478 news articles
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The Scottish Tory leadership contender Murdo Fraser has emerged as 97th on the list of most influential Tories in the UK. However, as his campaign pitch is to scrap the Scottish Tories and creat ea new party we can only
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Alleged people Qld run by 'drunks, smugglers charged punks, desperadoes': Sydney Morning Herald Newman - ABC Online
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BigPond News Alleged people smugglers charged Sydney Morning Herald Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers say they have disrupted the operation of an international people-smuggling ring after charging two alleged key players. The men were arrested in
Melbourne on Wednesday following an elaborate undercover operation... Victoria duo charged over people -smuggling The Australian Melbourne men charged with people smuggling ABC Online People smuggling arrests in Victoria BigPond News Northcote Leader all 32 news articles
outburst, Mr Newman said the state is being run by 'drunks,... LNP hits out at Labor 'dirt unit' Brisbane Times Sydney Morning Herald Qld run by 'drunks, punks, Newman welcomes CMC probe desperadoes': Newman Brisbane Times ABC Online Newman has 'nothing to hide' The Liberal National Party (LNP) The Australian leader Campbell Newman is Ninemsn- Courier Mail- Sky standing by his strong criticism of News Australia the Queensland Premier after all 42 news articles labelling Anna Bligh a "sleazebucket". In an angry
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The Email From Tim Cook, Apple CEO, To Apple Staff

John Biggs (TechCrunch)
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No Ayodhya in Advani Passengers rescued yatra itinerary - Daily from grounded News & Analysis
for change of guards in the Centre.... (Nation - Google News) Advani yatra to skip major part Submitted at 10/6/2011 3:41:15 AM Zee News of UP Hindustan Times No Ayodhya in Advani yatra Govt protecting 'corrupt' Passengers rescued from itinerary ministers: Advani Times of India grounded ferry Daily News & Analysis Advani to use 14 aircraft, 6 ABC Online Come October 11, senior BJP choppers Business Standard Maritime Safety Queensland is leader LK Advani will embark IBNLive.com- Zee News investigating the grounding of a upon a journey in search of better all 69 news articles passenger ferry in Redland Bay political acceptability of his party, off Brisbane. Bay Islands Transit and sound the bugle for the need System says no-one was hurt
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when the ferry Jumpipin hit a sand bar near Garden Island at about 7:30am (AEST).... Passengers taken off stranded ferry Brisbane Times Passenger ferry runs aground The Australian Bay islands ferry commuters stranded Bayside Bulletin all 25 news articles
An email from Tim Cook to the Apple Staff, sent today. Team, I have some very sad news to share with all of you. Steve passed away earlier today. Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple. We are planning a celebration of Steves extraordinary life for Apple employees that will take place soon. If you would like to share your thoughts, memories and condolences in the interim, you can simply email rememberingsteve@apple.com. No words can adequately express our sadness at Steves death or our gratitude for the opportunity to work with him. We will honor his memory by dedicating ourselves to continuing the work he loved so much. Tim
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Steve Jobs: Death Is The Destination We All Share

Alexia Tsotsis (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 10/5/2011 7:46:08 PM
stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out? Were going to go into whatever It started before I was born. My the blog equivalent of a moment biological mother was a young, of silence is here, because many unwed college graduate student, of us are still staring at our and she decided to put me up for computers shocked by the sad adoption. She felt very strongly news of Steve Jobs death. that I should be adopted by In lieu of keeping up with the college graduates, so everything tech news churn and/or returning was all set for me to be adopted at to the hamster wheel of funding birth by a lawyer and his wife. posts immediately, were going to Except that when I popped out take a little time to honor Steve. they decided at the last-minute In the meantime, Ill let one of the that they really wanted a girl. So most inspiring men our industry my parents, who were on a has known (if not the most waiting list, got a call in the inspiring) speak for himself, in his middle of the night asking: We own words about life, death have an unexpected baby boy; do and the love of technology. you want him? They said: Of This speech, from a widely course. My biological mother regarded Commencement address later found out that my mother Jobs gave to Stanford students in had never graduated from college 2005, never gets old, no matter and that my father had never how many times you watch it. graduated from high school. She I am honored to be with you refused to sign the final adoption today at your commencement papers. She only relented a few from one of the finest universities months later when my parents in the world. I never graduated promised that I would someday from college. Truth be told, this is go to college. the closest Ive ever gotten to a And 17 years later I did go to college graduation. Today I want college. But I naively chose a to tell you three stories from my college that was almost as life. Thats it. No big deal. Just expensive as Stanford, and all of three stories. my working-class parents T h e f i r s t s t o r y i s a b o u t savings were being spent on my connecting the dots. college tuition. After six months, I I dropped out of Reed College couldnt see the value in it. I had after the first 6 months, but then no idea what I wanted to do with
take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn my life and no idea how college how to do this. I learned about was going to help me figure it out. serif and san serif typefaces, about And here I was spending all of the varying the amount of space money my parents had saved their b e t w e e n d i f f e r e n t l e t t e r entire life. So I decided to drop combinations, about what makes out and trust that it would all great typography great. It was work out OK. It was pretty scary beautiful, historical, artistically at the time, but looking back it subtle in a way that science cant was one of the best decisions I capture, and I found it fascinating. ever made. The minute I dropped None of this had even a hope of out I could stop taking the any practical application in my required classes that didnt life. But ten years later, when we interest me, and begin dropping in w e r e d e s i g n i n g t h e f i r s t o n t h e o n e s t h a t l o o k e d Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it interesting. It wasnt all romantic. I didnt all into the Mac. It was the first have a dorm room, so I slept on c o m p u t e r w i t h b e a u t i f u l the floor in friends rooms, I typography. If I had never returned coke bottles for the 5 dropped in on that single course in deposits to buy food with, and I college, the Mac would have would walk the 7 miles across never had multiple typefaces or town every Sunday night to get proportionally spaced fonts. And one good meal a week at the Hare since Windows just copied the Krishna temple. I loved it. And Mac, its likely that no personal much of what I stumbled into by computer would have them. If I following my curiosity and had never dropped out, I would intuition turned out to be priceless have never dropped in on this later on. Let me give you one calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the example: Reed College at that time offered wonderful typography that they perhaps the best calligraphy do. Of course it was impossible to i n s t r u c t i o n i n t h e c o u n t r y . connect the dots looking forward Throughout the campus every when I was in college. But it was poster, every label on every v e r y , v e r y c l e a r l o o k i n g drawer, was beautifully hand b a c k w a r d s t e n y e a r s l a t e r . calligraphed. Because I had Again, you cant connect the dots dropped out and didnt have to looking forward; you can only
connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. My second story is about love and loss. I was lucky I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation the Macintosh a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it STEVE page 28
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Steve Jobs: A timeline

(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 10/5/2011 9:06:37 PM
Jobs unveils the original iMac all -in-one design in 1998.(Credit: Apple) Renowned technology pioneer Steve Jobs died today at the age of 56. The Apple co-founder, had been the company's CEO until August when he stepped down for health reasons. For the past two months, he's resided as Apple's chairman of the board. You can read more in our full coverage. Here's a recounting of key moments in Jobs' life. February 24, 1955: Steven Paul Jobs is born in San Francisco to Joanne Carole Schieble and Abdulfattah Jandali. The then-unmarried couple give up their son to adoption. Paul and Clara Jobs become Jobs' nonbiological parents. 1961: The Jobs family moves to Mountain View, Calif., part of what would later become known as Silicon Valley. 1968: Jobs calls Bill Hewlett, the cofounder and co-namesake of Hewlett-Packard, looking for spare parts to build a frequency counter. Hewlett gives Jobs the parts, as well as an internship with the company that summer. 1970: Meets future Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak through a friend. In Wozniak's 2006 autobiography, " iWoz," he notes that the two "hit
shareholder meeting. "For the first time ever, I'd like to let Macintosh speak for itself." The computer's voice then says, "Never trust a computer you can't lift." Macintosh becomes the first commercially successful small computer with a graphical user interface. September 12, 1985: CEO John Sculley engineers Jobs' ouster from Apple. Jobs resigns as Apple chairman, saying in a board meeting, "I've been thinking a lot, and it's time for me to get on with my life. It's obvious that I've got to do something. I'm 30 years old." Soon thereafter, Jobs starts Next Computer (which later becomes Next Software), funded by selling $70 million of his Apple stock. An "interpersonal" Next workstation, sporting a built-in Ethernet port, is used by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN to become the first server of the World Wide Web. it off" immediately, despite their required for a prototype of a Apple incorporates. February 3, 1986: four-year age difference. single-player version of Pong, the June 5, 1977: For $10 million, buys the 1972: game that would go on to become Releasesthe Apple II, the first Graphics Group division of Graduates from Homestead High Breakout. Jobs leaves Atari in the commercially available personal Lucasfilm that becomes Pixar School in Cupertino, Calif., and summer to travel through India, computer in a plastic case with Animation Studios. enrolls at Reed College in only to return back to California color graphics--and Apple's first 1988: Portland, Ore., only to drop out a to live in a commune. successful personal computer. Next Computer releases its first semester later. Jobs would go on 1976: December 12, 1980: computer. to sit in on classes that interested Co-founds Apple Computer with Apple goes public, putting Jobs' 1993: Next discontinues him, such as calligraphy, despite Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. net worth north of $200 million. hardware business, gets into not getting credit for them. That same year, the company sells January 24, 1984: software instead. The company is 1974: the Apple I in the form of a kit Two days after the $1.5 million renamed Next Software, Inc. Begins a brief stint as an engineer that sells for $666.66. Ridley Scott-directed"1984" November 29, 1995: at Atari. Working the night shift, The Apple II computer.(Credit: Super Bowl commercial airs, Becomes Pixar's President and he employs Wozniak to help Computer History Museum) introduces the Macintosh to much STEVE page 27 w h i t t l e d o w n t h e h a r d w a r e January 3, 1977: fanfare during Apple's
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CEO. Later in the year, Jobs brings Pixar pubic one week after the release of "Toy Story," starring Tom Hanks' voice as Sheriff Woody and Tim Allen's voice as Buzz Lightyear. The film earns $192 million at the box office. Its success helps make it quite attractive for celebrities to lend their voices to animated characters. December 10, 1996: Returns to Apple, as an adviser, after it buys Next for $429 million. July 9, 1997: Becomes CEO, initially as the de facto chief, then as interim chief in September. November 10, 1997: Introduces the Apple Store, which lets consumers customorder Apple products directly from the company online. Apple's original iMac.(Credit: Apple) August 6, 1997: Announces a$150 million investment from Microsoft, coupled with a partnership on Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer for the Mac. January 8, 1998: Apple returns to profitability. May 6, 1998: Introduces the iMac, which becomes commercially available in August. January 5, 2000: Drops the "interim" from his CEO title at the Macworld Expo, joking that he would be using the title "iCEO," paying homage to the company's product-naming conventions. Takes a $1 annual salary. Soon terminates projects
including Newton and OpenDoc, and changes licensing terms to make Mac-cloning costprohibitive. Technologies developed at Next ultimately evolve into Apple products such as the Mac OS. January 9, 2001: Introduces iTunes, then exclusively for Mac users. "iTunes is miles ahead of every other jukebox application, and we hope its dramatically simpler user interface will bring even more people into the digital music revolution." March 24, 2001: Apple ships the the first version of Mac OS X, codenamed Cheetah. May 19, 2001: Opens Apple's first retail stores in Tysons Corner, Va., and Glendale, Calif. The store designs and personal sales methods proved to be tremendously popular. Apple was running 330 stores worldwide as of July 2011. The original iPod.(Credit: Apple) October 23, 2001: Introduces the iPod: "With iPod, Apple has invented a whole new category of digital music player that lets you put your entire music collection in your pocket and listen to it wherever you go...With iPod, listening to music will never be the same again." Apple's shipped more than 300 million iPods as of October 2011. July 17, 2002: Apple introduces the first Windows-compatible iPods at Macworld.
April 28, 2003: Opens the iTunes Music Store in the United States. Apple sold 10 billion songs via iTunes as of February 24, 2010, and it counted 225 million iTunes accounts with credit cards as of June 2011. October 16, 2003: Introduces "the day hell froze over," announcing iTunes' compatibility with Windows. August 1, 2004: Jobs undergoes surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in his pancreas. January 11, 2005: Apple introduces an iPod Shuffle. "iPod Shuffle is smaller and lighter than a pack of gum and costs less than $100...With most flash memory music players, users must use tiny displays and complicated controls to find their music; with iPod Shuffle you just relax, and it serves up new combinations of your music every time you listen." June 6, 2005: At WWDC, announces switch from IBM chips to Intel's Core Duo chips with Apple's new MacBook Pro and iMac. September 7, 2005: Introduces iPod Nano: "iPod Nano is the biggest revolution since the original iPod...iPod Nano is a full-featured iPod in an impossibly small size, and it's going to change the rules for the entire portable music market." October 12, 2005: Introduces iPod with video: "This is the best music player we've ever made...It's 30 percent thinner and has 50 percent more capacity
for the same price, and you get video as a bonus." January 13, 2006: That year, Apple's market capitalization surpasses Dell's. January 25, 2006: Disney buys Pixar for $7.4 billion; Jobs joins Disney's board as its top shareholder. As of March 2011, Jobs owns 138 million shares of Disney, an estimated 7.29 percent of the company, and his net worth is estimated to be $8.3 billion. He owns 5.426 million shares of Apple as of February 2011. February 2, 2006: iTunes sells its billionth song: "I hope that every customer, artist and music company executive takes a moment today to reflect on what we've achieved together during the past three years." Apple debuts the original iPhone in 2007.(Credit: Declan McCullagh/CNET News.com) January 9, 2007: Drops "Computer" from Apple's name. Introduces the iPhone: "iPhone is a revolutionary and magical product that is literally five years ahead of any other mobile phone...We are all born with the ultimate pointing device-our fingers--and iPhone uses them to create the most revolutionary user interface since the mouse." Apple owns 19.1 percent of the smartphone market as of August 2011, having shipped 108 million iPhones worldwide as of March 2011. September 5, 2007: Introduces the iPod Touch: "The iPod Touch is a landmark iPod,
ushering in a whole new generation of features based on its revolutionary multitouch interface and built-in Wi-Fi wireless networking...People are going to be amazed at how thin it is and how much it does." December 5, 2007: Inducted in the California Hall of Fame by Gov. Arnold Schwartzenegger. January 15, 2008: Introduces the App Store as an update to iTunes. Also introduces the MacBook Air. The App Store facilitated 18 billion app downloads as of October 4, 2011. June 9, 2008: Unveils MobileMe, Apple's first cloud offering: "Now users who are not part of an enterprise that runs Exchange can get the same push email, push calendars and push contacts that the big guys get." January 14, 2009: Jobs takes a 6-month leave of absence for medical reasons. January 27, 2010: Introduces the iPad. Apple sells 500,000 iPads during their first week on the market and gains 84 percent of the tablet market by the end of the year, with an estimated 12.9 million shipped as of December 10, 2010, and 25 million shipped worldwide as of June 2011. That same month, the company discloses that it has sold 200 million iOS devices. November 16, 2010: Convinces Apple Corps. and EMI Group to make Beatles albums STEVE page 31
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was devastating. I really didnt know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over. I didnt see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life. During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the worlds first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apples current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a
wonderful family together. Im pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadnt been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Dont lose faith. Im convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. Youve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you havent found it yet, keep looking. Dont settle. As with all matters of the heart, youll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Dont settle. My third story is about death. When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: If you live each day as if it was your last, someday youll most certainly be right. It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today? And whenever the answer has been No for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. Remembering that Ill be dead soon is the most important tool
Ive ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didnt even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctors code for prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought youd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes. I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a
microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and Im fine now. This was the closest Ive been to facing death, and I hope its the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept: No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven dont want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Lifes change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true. Your time is limited, so dont waste it living someone elses life. Dont be trapped by dogma which is living with the results of other peoples thinking. Dont let the noise of others opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was
one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960s, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions. Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. Thank you all very much. Full text via: Stanford Crunchbase APPLE STEVE JOBS Company: Apple Website: apple.com Launch Date: January 4, 1976 IPO: October 6, 1980, STEVE page 36
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Apple: Steve Jobs has passed away (updated)

Megan Lavey-Heaton (TUAW The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
Submitted at 10/5/2011 7:41:00 PM
The Associated Press moved a bulletin at 7:35 p.m. stating that Steve Jobs has passed away. We at TUAW send our heartfelt sympathy to Jobs' family in their time of grief, and thank Steve for all of the hard work he's done that's touched every aspect of our lives. Update (7:45 p.m. ET): Apple has confirmed that Jobs passed away today without listing a specific cause, but he had been battling pancreatic cancer and related illnesses for several years. He was 56 years old. Apple has encouraged those who want to share memories of him to email rememberingsteve@apple.com. Feel free to post your memories in the comments. Update (7:55 p.m. ET): In a brief statement, Apple's Board of Directors said, "We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today. Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve." Apple.com has changed its front page to a memorial to Jobs. Update (8:05 p.m. ET): Tim
Cook, who recently took over Jobs' role as Apple's CEO and unveiled the iPhone 4S on Tuesday, sent an email to employees confirming that Jobs passed away early Wednesday. As reported to Ars Technica, "No words can adequately express our sadness at Steve's death or our gratitude for the opportunity to work with him," he said. Apple is planning a celebration of Jobs' life soon. Update (8:20 p.m. ET): Microsoft
co-founder Bill Gates released a statement talking about his nearly 30-year relationship with Jobs saying, "The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come. For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it's been an insanely great honor. I will miss Steve immensely." Update (8:25 p.m. ET): A statement from Jobs' family says
that he passed away peacefully surrounded by his family. "In his public life, Steve was known as a visionary; in his private life, he cherished his family. We are thankful to the many people who have shared their wishes and prayers during the last year of Steve's illness; a website will be provided for those who wish to offer tributes and memories. We are grateful for the support and kindness of those who share our feelings for Steve. We know
many of you will mourn with us, and we ask that you respect our privacy during our time of grief." Update (9:30 p.m. ET): US President Barack Obama has released the following statement on the White House blog: Michelle and I are saddened to learn of the passing of Steve Jobs. Steve was among the greatest of American innovators - brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it. By building one of the planet's most successful companies from his garage, he exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity. By making computers personal and putting the internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only accessible, but intuitive and fun. And by turning his talents to storytelling, he has brought joy to millions of children and grownups alike. Steve was fond of saying that he lived every day like it was his last. Because he did, he transformed our lives, redefined entire industries, and achieved one of the rarest feats in human history: he changed the way each of us sees the world. The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve's success than the APPLE: page 36
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Television and newspapers react to Jobs' death

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technology." In addition to U.S.-based newspapers, several prominent A p p l e c o - f o u n d e r S t e v e newspapers around the world Jobs.(Credit: Apple) have also made Jobs' death their Apple co-founder and Chairman top headline, including the The Steve Jobs' death has both Times of India, which called Jobs shocked the world and become an a "visionary." important topic of discussion in Apple announced earlier tonight the mainstream media. that Steve Jobs had died at the age Just minutes after Jobs' death was of 56 after a long battle with announced, newspapers made the pancreatic cancer. In a statement, Apple co-founder's death the top Apple said that "the world is headline on their sites. As of this immeasurably better because of writing, the New York Times, Steve," adding that he was the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, "source of countless innovations and other prominent newspapers that enrich and improve all of our around the world are leading with lives." Jobs' death. Outside of newspapers, television The New York Times, for networks are also chronicling the example, has called Jobs a " life of Steve Jobs. CNN is holding visionary," that led a "cultural special coverage of Jobs' death, transformation in the way music, interviewing several figures with m o v i e s , a n d m o b i l e insight into his professional life, c o m m u n i c a t i o n s w e r e and discussing what the Apple coexperienced in the digital age." founder's impact was on both It's a similar sentiment from the Silicon Valley and the mainstream Wall Street Journal, which says market. Jobs "changed the way people Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak think about technology." USA joined Anderson Cooper on CNN T o d a y a d d e d t h a t J o b s tonight, saying that Jobs' death "transformed personal use of has left him "dumb-founded,"
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adding that "can't put his mind into gear, can't do things. It's kind of like when John Lennon died [or] JFK. It's like there's a big hole left in you." Related stories Apple co-founder, Chairman Steve Jobs dies How Steve Jobs reshaped the tech industry Remembering Steve Jobs: Be a part of the discussion Steve Jobs at Apple: A photo retrospective
Twitter reacts with emotion to Steve Jobs' death Video: Jobs, a life in technology CNBC followed CNN's lead, discussing Jobs' contributions to the world, and talking about the impact he has had on the business world. Bloomberg television has dedicated its broadcast to Jobs, bringing analysts and other folks from the financial industry on to discuss Jobs' death, and what it might mean for the business world, as a whole. However, not all networks focused their programming around Jobs. News networks, like Fox News and MSNBC, have so far dedicated their programming to politics but have provided comments on Jobs' death in the scroll at the bottom of their shows. Major networks have also kept their regular programming on. Several prominent figures have been quoted by newspapers and television networks in reports on Jobs' death, including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who said that "it's been an insanely great honor" to work with Jobs, adding
that he "will miss Steve immensely." However, it's President Barack Obama's comments that have perhaps received the most attention from the mainstream media. In a statement, the president said that Jobs was one of the greatest innovators the world has seen. "Michelle and I are saddened to learn of the passing of Steve Jobs," President Obama said in a statement. "Steve was among the greatest of American innovators-brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Why money diets don't work

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Submitted at 10/5/2011 4:07:30 PM
Tell me if this sounds familiar: You're feeling bad about your debt load or your lack of savings, or both. So you decide to do something about it.
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available on iTunes: "We love the Beatles, and are honored and thrilled to welcome them to iTunes...It has been a long and winding road to get here. Thanks to the Beatles and EMI, we are (CNET News.com) a natural path to take. Now that which is living with the results of now realizing a dream we've had Jobs has passed it isn't. other people's thinking. Don't let Submitted at 10/5/2011 9:15:14 PM since we launched iTunes 10 Whether you love or hate Apple-- the noise of others' opinions Steve Jobs has passed away and or fall somewhere in between--it's drown out your own inner voice. years ago." what you'll find on these pages hard not to acknowledge that Jobs And most important, have the January 17, 2011: and many Web pages like them was a brilliant man. He's also a courage to follow your heart and Goes on medical leave of absence are planned storylines about the man who we don't really know a intuition. They somehow already from CEO post nearly two years after the six-month break he took life Apple's co-founder. lot about. But he's also a man who know what you truly want to to undergo a liver transplant. That's life in the news business. changed a lot of lives. become. Everything else is February 10, 2011: You plan ahead. Now that we're Here's what stuck out about Jobs secondary. Apple starts selling iPhones via posting stories, video packages, for me: For now, Jobs' passing is Verizon Wireless, officially and other pieces of content it all Innovative. garnering a bevy of statements-ending AT&T's exclusive U.S. just feels off. Like way off. Quirky. mostly canned like a lot of the contract. Why? You don't quite know what Stubborn as hell. stories tonight. But all you really February 15, 2011: your reaction will be until the Controlling. need to know about Jobs and what Launches a media subscription moment actually comes. We all Great leader. he left behind can be found in his service in the App Store: "Our knew Jobs' day would come. We An artist's eye for design with Stanford commencement speech philosophy is simple--when Apple also knew it would come soon. an engineer's brain. from 2005 ( full text). As you brings a new subscriber to the That's why the thoughts that Amazing legacy. ponder Jobs it's worth adapting app, Apple earns a 30 percent emerged when Jobs stepped down "Stay hungry, stay foolish." some of these life lessons for your share; when the publisher brings as CEO came out like obits. Few days ahead. an existing or new subscriber to of use wanted to totally I'd argue that Jobs is my This story was originally acknowledge it, but Jobs' fate was generation's Walt Disney. He published on ZDNet's Between the app, the publisher keeps 100 percent, and Apple earns obvious when he stepped down as entertained. He delighted. And he the Lines. nothing." CEO. built something enduring. Jobs This entry passed through the Those CEO stories primarily was a disruptive force. Given the Full-Text RSS service if this is March 2, 2011: focused on the business side of Disney comparison, it's a bit your content and you're reading it Jobs makes a surprise appearance Jobs. His first tour at Apple. The ironic that Jobs wound up being on someone else's site, please read to take the wraps off the iPad 2 at NeXT diversion. Pixar. And then Disney's largest shareholder via the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- an invite-only event in downtown San Francisco. It's his first public the rebirth at Apple, which the Pixar acquisition. only/faq.php#publishers. Five appears to be set up for a nice post More importantly, Jobs loved Filters featured article: A 'Malign appearance at a company event Jobs run. Frankly, setting Apple what he did. And pursued that Intellectual Subculture' - George up to thrive beyond his tenure love with a passion. In a 2005 M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , may turn out to be Jobs' greatest Stanford commencement speech, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And business accomplishment. Jobs said: Media Lens. When Jobs stepped down as CEO Your time is limited, so don't I chose to look at his ride through waste it living someone else's life. the lens of Apple products. It was Don't be trapped by dogma--
since announcing his third medical leave from the company in January. June 6, 2011: Gives a keynote speech at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, it's Jobs' last public appearance at an Apple event. June 7, 2011: Pitches Cupertino on a new Apple campus. August 9, 2011: Apple shares edge past those of Exxon Mobil to become the most valuable U.S. company, in terms of market capitalization, at $337.17 billion. August 24, 2011: Resigns from Apple CEO post; becomes chairman. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Samsung Nexus Prime pictured clear as day

Chris Burns (SlashGear)
Submitted at 10/5/2011 6:41:45 PM
Its less than a week now from the final reveal of whatever Samsung has in store for us near the Autumn edition of CTIA, and would you look at that, someones posted a photo of the next Google hero phone, clear as a bell. Whats actually going on here is a cleaning up of the image weve all been staring at for about 19 hours now released by Samsung early this morning, one that showed off the next Samsung device amid signs that itd be released at Samsung Mobile Unpacked 2011: Google Edition next week. This is one good looking device. If youll remember exactly what the Nexus S looks like (surely many of you still have one in your hands right this moment) youll find that this design isnt all THAT FAR off from the last Google hero phone. That one was working with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, this new one, likely called something along the lines of Galaxy Nexus or Nexus Prime, is set, very possibly, to be running Android x.x Ice Cream Sandwich, a system thats set to combine both the tablet-based Android (Honeycomb) and the handsetbased Android (Gingerbread.) Have a look at the video source
for this image below: Then have a look at a bigger version of the image here by clicking on the thumbnail its so very lovely! The person who created this image (or made it more clear, however you want to see it, goes by the name Greyhaven7 on Reddit and fancies himself a graphic artist. I think so! Heres his take on it: I believe that the screens curve is much LESS extreme than Samsungs teaser video might lead us to believe. If you look closely, there is a light-gray bevel
at the far ends (by the top and bottom of the phone) that the blue line heavily overlaps in the middle. Ive done my best with Photoshop to undo the overlay and clean up the background to reveal a better approximation of what the phone probably looks like under that glowing blue line. Look like the hero for you? Well be at the Samsung Mobile Unpacked 2011 Google Episode next week LIVE, so stick with us here on SlashGear for all the details and the greatest set of photos and hands-on videos
youve ever seen in your freaking LIFE! [ via Reddit] Relevant Entries on SlashGear.com Samsung Nexus Prime confirmed by legal team Live pics of Samsung Nexus Prime leak Samsung Nexus Prime to land in October packing Ice Cream Sandwich according to rumor Verizon passed on Samsung Galaxy S II for DROID Prime exclusive Nexus Prime Bluetooth certification revealed
Some Nexus S handsets will use Super Clear LCD not Super AMOLED confirms Samsung Nexus Prime Chassis Specs Reported, Support Page up at Samsung Samsung Nexus Prime to be first Ice Cream Sandwich phone? Samsung Nexus Prime pictured clear as day is written by Chris Burns& originally posted on SlashGear. 2005 - 2011, SlashGear. All right reserved.
Stars take to Twitter to talk about Steve Jobs (AP)

(Yahoo! News: Obituaries)
AP - Celebrities took to Twitter many on Apple devices to
share their thoughts about Steve Jobs' death Wednesday. A
sampling of posts:
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Steve Jobs Passes Away, the world mourns a legend

Submitted at 10/5/2011 6:54:48 PM
Today weve learned a sad fact, as reported by Apple themselves, that Steve Jobs has passed away. In a statement published by Apples Board of Directors it was announced that Jobs passing has of course brought sadness as well as reverence to the hearts of all that knew him. The world has lost a great mind and a great man, and we all mourn his passing with the utmost respect and honor. The news came from Cupertino California today that Steves brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. Of course we need no reminder of this, having sat on the edge of our seats at his every word over the past decade and more. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve. The announcement of Jobs passing went on to note: His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his
extraordinary gifts. Apple CEO Tim Cook today sent the following email to all Apple employees: Team, I have some very sad news to share with all of you. Steve passed away earlier today. Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and
work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple. We are planning a celebration of Steves extraordinary life for Apple employees that will take place soon. If you would like to share your thoughts, memories and condolences in the interim, you can simply email
rememberingsteve@apple.com. No words can adequately express our sadness at Steves death or our gratitude for the opportunity to work with him. We will honor his memory by dedicating ourselves to continuing the work he loved so much. Tim An undeniably sad day for the world at large, but also a time to reflect on the undeniably massive impact this modern marvel has
had on the earth. Relevant Entries on SlashGear.com Fake Steves secret identity has been revealed Jobs best CEO says Google chairman Steve Jobs rapid health decline reason for canceling Macworld? Steve Jobs informs MY iPhone they they are in need of a name change Steve Jobs taking a leave of absence from Apple due to heath concerns Steve Jobs to Give iPods to Chilean Miners as a Personal Gift Steve Jobs knighthood blocked by ex UK Prime Minister Slashgear to cover the Gates vs. Jobs showdown at D5 Steve Jobs Passes Away, the world mourns a legend is written by Chris Burns& originally posted on SlashGear. 2005 - 2011, SlashGear. All right reserved.
Steve Jobs: co-founder of Apple dies aged 56

Telegraph Staff (Finance News - Business news from the UK and world)
Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple and the man who transformed consumer
technology, has died at the age of 56.
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Sprint iPhone will have Unlimited Data Plan

Submitted at 10/5/2011 6:07:28 PM
will make the lowest tier start at $79.99. Theres also an unlimited voice and data plan thatll run at In a confirmation that comes less $99.99 a month (or $109.99 with than 24 hours after the first the $10 surcharge, of course.) announcement that Sprint would These prices and the unlimited finally, at long last, get their own nature of the plans are some of the set of iPhone devices, the 3rd factors that Sprint is hoping will largest mobile carrier in the USA allow them to stand apart from the has announced that theyd be new set of iPhone carriers, working with unlimited data plans themselves, Verizon, and AT&T. f o r t h e r e l e a s e . I t s b e e n Verizon and AT&T will not, as confirmed that these unlimited far as we know at this point, be plans would be starting at just offering any sort of unlimited data $ 6 9 . 9 9 a n d w o u l d i n c l u d e plan for the iPhone. All three unlimited data and 450 voice carriers will offer the iPhone 4S, minutes plus unlimited mobile-to- while Sprint and Verizon will mobile calling. Look like the deal have the iPhone 4 exclusively and for you? AT&T will be the only carrier to The prices Sprint has quoted, continue working with the iPhone when you include the $10 per 3GS the only iPhone that a user month surcharge for smartphones can get completely for free with a that the carrier adds on to every 2 year contract. smartphone after the initial price, Its still unknown if Sprint will
Access Pack Verizons Unlimited Data Plan for iPhone Ending Soon Verizon drops data plan prices before release of iPhone competitors Secret AT&T Unlimited Plan to Keep iPhone customers Sprint add Any Mobile, Anytime unlimited cell calls to $70 package iPhone has officially been added to AT&Ts business plan Sprint Playbook Suggests Data Throttling is Imminent launch pre-orders for any model at the same time as the other two carriers and the Apple store. For more information on pricing for all of the iPhone models currently on the docket, head to our posts on-contract and off-contract. [ via Phonescoop] Relevant Entries on SlashGear.com Unlimited Data coming with iPhone on third largest carrier in the US according to rumor Sprint has new Unlimited Sprint iPhone will have Unlimited Data Plan is written by Chris Burns& originally posted on SlashGear. 2005 - 2011, SlashGear. All right reserved.
iPhone 4S: Siri Should Be Sulu

Alicia Eler (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 10/5/2011 7:00:00 PM
Was anyone else peeved to discover that the new iPhone 4S voice-command personal assistant app's voice is a robotic-sounding lady named Siri? There should be an option for iPhone 4S users to choose a voice from whatever gender they prefer. But until that day, if we're going to be stuck with only one voice, it should be
Sulu. Sponsor Star Trek's Mr. Sulu (played by actor George Takei) has a gentle nature and well-attuned ear that makes him quite fit for the role of personal assistant. Plus, he's a real character - er, person - that people have already come to love. His voice isn't robotic in the least and in the tradition of new technology releases like the iPhone 4S, which make us feel
one step closer to the wonders of the universe, we trust Takei to
navigate us through the universe. Just watch him stay calm under pressure while navigating his fellow Trekkies through the universe: As Sulu says, "The whole universe is ahead of you." Now, if we're going to travel in that universe, ultimately we're going to need even more options. Sulu is a good alternative to Siri, but what about a few other options like Sassy Gay Friend,
Shane from The L-Word or Wanda Sykes? This would help further a vision for personalization taken to the extreme. Besides, not every iPhone user wants to be caught dead speaking with a robot-like woman. We all need options - and we can't take commands from just any voice. Image via StarTrek.com. Discuss
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Sprint confirms unlimited data for iPhones, but not so fast

Mike Schramm (TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
Submitted at 10/5/2011 7:30:00 PM
Just in case you missed the news at the end of the conference yesterday, the rumors are all true: Sprint is indeed carrying the iPhone 4S, and a spokesperson for the company confirms Sprint will offer an unlimited data plan for iPhone users. That means if you were one of the many users (myself included) who switched away from Sprint for AT&T way back when the iPhone debuted, you can now consider the option of switching back, at least later on this month when the iPhone 4S debuts. But you may want to think about that option carefully. While Sprint is offering an unlimited data plan on the CDMA 3G network, that
network is relatively untested for iPhone levels of traffic, so there may be just as many issues there as AT&T and Verizon have had with the iPhone in the past. Yes, it's possible that fewer customers will be using Sprint's network, but the iPhone drags a lot of data
down, and the iPhone 4S will call for and send data back and forth even faster than the current model. Customers who run over to Sprint may not find the grass is as green as they thought. [It's also worth noting that both AT&T and Verizon offered unlimited data
plans for the iPhone at launch, but both companies quickly rescinded them and rolled out tiered data plans. --Ed] Still, options are always nice, and a three-way iPhone battle between US carriers will be interesting. AT&T is obviously still the grandfather of running the iPhone, but Sprint may set its targets on Verizon first, making for some real competition between those two services. We'll see how it all plays out. Sprint confirms unlimited data for iPhones, but not so fast originally appeared on TUAW The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Source| Permalink| Email this| Comments
Wordy Dessert Branding - Honey & Mackie's Packaging is Printed with Colorful Typography (TrendHunter.com)
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( TrendHunter.com) There's something both fresh and traditional about the aesthetic of Honey & Mackie's packaging, which are the same two qualities that draw consumers to the sweetness of ice cream cones in the first place....
Daily iPad App: iBuild ABCs

Kelly Hodgkins (TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
Submitted at 10/5/2011 7:00:00 PM
iBuild ABCs is a children's game that helps youngsters learn their letters and improve their fine motor skills. It's designed for young children and its gameplay is appropriately simple. There are 26 letters that are
exploded into three to five parts made of different building materials like wood, pipes or steel. The child must build each letter by arranging the parts on a virtual blueprint. Each part of the letter will match the blueprint diagram perfectly and there are holes to help the child line things up. There are also hinges and bolts that must be placed on the
letter to hold it together. The iPad learning game has nice
big interface that's perfect for the small hands of a two to four-yearold child. And it has just enough sound effects and verbal rewards to keep the game interesting, not loud and annoying. It's a great game for the pre-school child, as long as you don't mind handing over your iPad to your three-yearold. iBuild ABCs is available from
the App Store for a very reasonable 99-cents. Daily iPad App: iBuild ABCs originally appeared on TUAW The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Source| Permalink| Email this| Comments
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TCTV: Reflections On Steve Jobs And His Legacy

John Biggs (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 10/5/2011 10:18:51 PM
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Its been a hard night and Erick and I thought it would be fitting to reflect a bit on Steve Jobs and his legacy. Were both understandably crushed by the news but rather than look back we wanted to look forward, forward to what comes next in a world without one of its greatest thinkers. Steve Jobs is important to us because the gifts he gave mankind are innumerable. He gave us the gifts of elegance, of clarity, of drive. He gave us computers that spawned industries, phones that
NASDAQ:AAPL Started by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, Apple has expanded from computers to consumer electronics over the last 30 years, officially changing their name from Apple Computer, Inc. to Apple, Inc. in January 2007. paid millions of salaries. He made because millions of people are Among the key offerings from it so I can Facetime from the road bewitched and ignorant. Hes Apples product line are: Pro line with my children before they go being praised because millions of laptops (MacBook Pro) and to bed and not have to worry people see the future as he did: a desktops (Mac Pro), consumer a b o u t c o n n e c t i o n i s s u e s , p l a c e w h e r e t h i n g s g e t line laptops (MacBook) and downloads, fiddling. The stuff he increasingly better, where we are desktops (iMac), servers (Xserve), made just works. more connected, better informed, Apple TV, the Mac OS X and Call him prickly. Call his and generally happier. Theres a Mac OS X Server operating p r o d u c t s o v e r p r i c e d a n d reason the old Apple logo was a systems, the iPod (offered with... underpowered. Call Apple a human and a computer smiling at Learn more Person: Steve Jobs toymaker, not serious, not real. e a c h o t h e r . T h a t s m i l e i s But remember that everything primordial. Its the smile of a S t e v e J o b s t o u c h e d w a s a worker with his best tools. Its the masterpiece of engineering in a smile of a thinker over his favorite w o r l d w h e r e j u s t O K i s book. Its the smile of a man, increasingly the norm. His alone in a hotel room, watching products outsell almost anything his daughter read Cinderella to else by an order of magnitude. her dolls. Hes not being praised here
Website: Companies: Apple, Pixar, NeXT Steve Jobs is the co-founder and CEO of Apple and formerly Pixar. Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. -Steve Jobs Steve Jobs regularly makes most rosters of the rich and powerful. It is surprising for a guy who takes home an annual salary of U.S. $1. The reasons why he is on all power lists are; Apple, Next, iPod and Pixar. Jobs is also known as the one man who could have upstaged Bill Gates. But Jobs was as... Learn more
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fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented. Michelle and I send our thoughts and prayers to Steve's wife Laurene, his family, and all those who loved him. Update (10:05 p.m. ET): We've heard that Apple Stores across the world intend to darken the lights behind their logos until after Jobs's memorial service. Flags at the Cupertino HQ campus are at half-mast. Both Google and
Microsoft have linked to tributes to Jobs. Many reports on Twitter indicate that people have gathered both at Apple's Cupertino campus and at several retail stores in order to pay their respects. Jobs is survived by wife, Laurene, and three children. We will update this post as more details come out. Apple: Steve Jobs has passed away (updated) originally appeared on TUAW - The
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Xbox 360 to get BBC, LoveFilm, Channel 4, Channel 5, YouTube and more
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Steve Jobs, 1955-2011

Jon Mitchell (ReadWriteWeb)
energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich Submitted at 10/5/2011 8:07:00 PM and improve all of our lives. The The technology world was world is immeasurably better saddened to learn today that Steve because of Steve. His greatest Jobs, co-founder and former CEO love was for his wife, Laurene, of Apple Inc., has passed away. and his family. Our hearts go out He was 56 years old. to them and to all who were Apple's board of directors touched by his extraordinary gifts. released this statement: We are Sponsor deeply saddened to announce that Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple Steve Jobs passed away today. on August 24, naming Tim Cook Steve's brilliance, passion and as his successor. Jobs had suffered
from pancreatic cancer and went on medical leave at the beginning of this year. To remember him, watch his famous 2005 commencement speech at Stanford University entitled "How To Live Before You Die:" Here are some of our favorite posts celebrating this worldchanging icon: Boom! iPhone Rocks Tech World
Microsoft has just announced a mammoth stack of global TV and movie services set to land on the Xbox 360 later this year, including the BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5, LoveFilm, Blinkbox, Vevo, YouTube, Crackle, Muzu and Daily Motion in the UK. A number of these providers have been available on the PlayStation The Steve Jobs Formula and 3 for a while, such as the BBC Why It Works and LoveFilm. Better late than As Steve Jobs Steps Down, never though, and providers Linux Turns 20: Which Changed announced today join live TV the World More? services from Sky to finally make What is Apple Without Steve the Xbox a viable replacement for Jobs? a cable TV or satellite service. Most if not all, however, require Discuss an Xbox Live Gold subscription, which costs 40 per year. Continue reading...
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Open Letter to Merkel, Trichet, Sarkozy, Big Question (Answered): "Were You Papandreou, Berlusconi: Extend-andon the Internet in 1995?" Pretend Session is Finished, It's Do or Die
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Submitted at 10/5/2011 9:45:15 PM
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After seeing today's " Facebook is as Big as the Internet of 2004" story, and the graph of internet users beginning in 1995, I began to think back to my own early days on the web. I asked a few people around me if they were on the web in 1995, and the stories started pouring out. Some were, using AOL, a few using college resources instead, but most weren't. That made me wonder how many ReadWriteWeb readers were dialing up 16 long years ago. Were you on the internet in 1995? We culled your responses from Twitter, Facebook and Google
Plus and we used Storify to present it all back to you. If you have additional responses, please leave them in the comments. Sponsor View "Were you on the internet in 1995?" on Storify Discuss
latter. In the meantime, if you come up with a credible plan to recapitalize insolvent banks, a plan that sticks Submitted at 10/5/2011 12:56:00 PM Dear Chancellor Merkel, it to bondholders and not President Sarkozy taxpayers, a plan that lets Greece The market has indicated the default, perhaps you can appease extend-and-pretend session that the market and buy additional you have come to love, is over. time while working on a vitally It's now time to do or die. needed plan B (a breakup of the H o p i n g - a g a i n s t - h o p e t h e Eurozone). problems will go away will no I am not sure how long the longer work, and in fact never market will give you on the these worked ever (it just eventually plans. It could be as little as two made the problems worse). days or as long as five weeks, but So, either you put together a action in the banking sector and credible plan for a fiscal union or stocks in general says not long. you put together a credible plan cc for a breakup of the Eurozone. ECB President Jean-Claude Since the former is impossible T r i c h e t , P r i m e M i n i s t e r because of German supreme court Papandreou, Prime Minister rulings, common sense would Berlusconi, Eurogroup Chairman dictate you start working on the Jean-Claude Juncker
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Steve Jobs Has Died

Henry Blodget (Money Game)
Submitted at 10/5/2011 6:48:00 PM
country and to hundreds of millions of people around the world. Terribly sad news: Apple founder Along with everyone else who and CEO Steve Jobs has died at has benefited from Steve's the age of 56. amazing life, we are deeply Steve was one of the most saddened by this news. Our remarkable entrepreneurs and thoughts go out to Steve's family. inspirational leaders in history. Apple released a brief statement His death is a tremendous loss, this evening: not only to the company he C U P E R T I N O , founded and built, but to the Calif.(BUSINESS WIRE)
We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today. Steves brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve. His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all
who were touched by his extraordinary gifts. Here's How The World Responded To Steve Jobs' Death 13 Of The Most Memorable Steve Jobs Quotes Please follow SAI on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story See Also:
The 13 Most Memorable Quotes From Steve Jobs This Is What Apple's Home Page Looks Like Right Now A Photo Biography Of The Great Steve Jobs
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Peter Van Buren's Account of the PRTs Can't Stand - By Stephen Donnelly
STEPHEN DONNELLY (Foreign Policy)
Submitted at 10/5/2011 3:20:07 PM
Peter Van Buren's account of the foibles of the Iraq PRTs doesn't tell the whole story. BY STEPHEN DONNELLY| OCTOBER 5, 2011 I was surprised to see Foreign Policy providing so high a soapbox for Peter Van Buren, a U.S. State Department Foreign Service officer who, by his own admission, " meant well" during his brief and unproductive jaunt as a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) leader in Iraq in 2009, but, according to him, caused more damage there than most any other individual I have ever heard of or witnessed. Two articles and a blog spotlight in just a few days! Obviously, Van Buren never got the drift of PRTs, a decisive and controversial 2007 effort by the State Department's Office of Provincial Affairs' director, Henry Clarke, to break through the failed bureaucracy of top-down U.S. colonial administration programs by forcing decision-making out to committed civilian reconstruction staff on the ground. Clarke always knew that the Achilles' heel of Van Burens was to have many PRTs was poor assignments of PRTs so that the failures did not unqualified individuals and that pull down the whole mission. the only defense against the Peter The real Iraq PRT story is not
pretty, is fraught with bureaucratic snafus, and involved much waste, fraud, abuse, and war wreckage. The best laid plans of
mice and men seldom survive a powerful IED, regardless of bravery or the best of intentions! But it is not the story that Van
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entire Foreign Service, with which he seems very dissatisfied. The military, as Clarke often explained, had a "do it now" attitude that compelled each new brigade to launch one "quick hit" program after another to have Iraqis pick up the trash. The PRTs had to break that mold by focusing on the real problem: The Iraqis had no system, post-2003, to pick up their own trash. PRTs had to work across the rotational boundary with Iraqi counterparties, down to the local and provincial levels, to create permanent solutions for Iraqis' technical, resource, and administrative problems, or we would be locked in Iraq forever. The real conflict was the damaging one between U.S. bureaucracy (the embassy and agencies) and the field, where localized Iraqi solutions had to be found and nourished. Clarke's effort echoed the philosophy of former Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) colleague Ronald Neumann, who later served as U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, that endless weekly metrics reporting -- the underpinning of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's managerial philosophy -- always showed the same problems and never solved anything, and that absent a new approach, the only way to improve the metrics was to manipulate them or fudge the reports. Of course, none of that was PC for Rumsfeld, who, according to Pentagon documents released
after a Freedom of Information Act request from the New York Times, opined: The guy who replaced him is just terrible Neuman [ sic]. I mean he's a career foreign service officer. He ought to be running a museum somewhere. That's also off the record. No, he ought to be assistant to the guy.... I wouldn't hire the guy to push a wheelbarrow. Rumsfeld added that the Pentagon working with other agencies" was like an elephant talking to a monkey," acknowledging who really controlled the power, staffing, and budgets in Iraq, and the interagency conflicts that defined much of the Iraq and Afghan debacles. Even within the State Department, the PRT concept in 2007 directly confronted policyplanning director Stephen D. Krasner, a leading advocate for nation-building who deeply believed in the concept of almost permanent American neocolonialism as the answer to failed states -- the implicit CPA strategy outlined in a March 2008 Harvard International Review article " Fixing Failed States: A Cure Worse Than the Disease?" Bringing in actual senior civilian advisors -- the opposite of the tried-and-true "whole of government" strategy in which any federal employee (from the Internal Revenue Service? Department of Homeland Security?) could do a better job running a water-treatment-plant
reconstruction than any experienced public-works engineer -- threatened to open even more institutional Pandora's boxes, especially if many of those civilians saw local power grabs and influence pressures as something routine to their field (the regular problem to be overcome) rather than as unique proof of the corruption and incompetence of the colonials in need of intense and enduring U.S. oversight. Decentralization of decisionmaking and civilian engagement, the big "new ideas," were the essential keys to Provincial Reconstruction Teams -- getting civilians (not military or federal assignees) out on the ground to figure out what was wrong and what was needed, to deliver it with the mantra of empowering Iraqis to do things for themselves, and to rapidly work the U.S. (military) out of the job of micromanaging Iraq from Washington through short-term assignees. The risks of decentralization, especially with civilians at the tip of the spear in dangerous, unstable, and corrupt environments, were many, as Clarke knew from Bosnia, but were the only way to escape the devil we already knew. One risk that Clarke was abundantly aware of in 2007 was that a provincial team leader, always a Foreign Service officer, might be inept, whether at the larger provincial-level teams, with as many as 100 experts and
security and support staff, or in the smaller embedded teams of a dozen or fewer members attached to military units. That risk, of course, could only be offset by the number of PRTs (one in each province), their independence of action, and the rolling assignment process (if one failed, it would not affect the others and could be corrected by reassignment). More important for Clarke and his team, now back from Baghdad to oversee recruitment, was the selection process. Getting the right team leaders and advisors on the ground in 2008 was the key, while recognizing that some might not actually pan out and that some civilians, arriving in the chaos, might just go home (as some did). Although not nearly as entertaining as Van Buren's work, another book, Career Diplomacy: Life and Work in the US Foreign Service, by Harry W. Kopp and Charles A. Gillespie, seriously explains the challenges faced by Clarke and the State Department in responding to the Iraq mission, not the least of which was the sheer lack of numbers in the State Department (trained or untrained) to fill the postings needed without harm to the State Department's overall operating environment. In December 2007, prior to my deployment as senior civilian urban-planning advisor, I sat in the coffee shop at Foggy Bottom with the ambassador and a group of former staff from the Office of Provincial Affairs and the Iraq Reconstruction Management
Office. They made no bones about the mess I would find on the ground there or the need to steel myself from the "this is the way we do it" bunch. If our small handful of senior civilian advisors was not fired up every day with serious problem-solving (much of the problems being U.S. ones), then it was time to move to the next batch of problems. It was the same message Clarke had given earlier to my whole Foreign Service Institute class in Alexandria, Virginia, but with details for my particular assignment to join Steven Buckler's PRT operating out of Tikrit. The class was a dozen Foreign Service officers (all volunteers and no "weenies" among them) and a dozen senior civilians, all past military age but fit and ready to do what was necessary. None in our civilian cohort was a federal employee, except one from the Federal Highway Administration, the only woman in our 50-something group, and a very brave and particularly competent one bound for the Transportation Department's advisory mission to Iraq's Transportation Ministry. The rest of us were all headed for northern Iraq, giving up the safety of civilian jobs as city managers, transportation engineers, utility managers, and planners in Miami Beach, Anaheim, Kansas City, and Crofton, Maryland, for the dangerous sojourn to Mosul, Diyala province, Kirkuk, and PETER page 41
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Tikrit without any knowledge about hardship pay premiums or vacation schedules. All of us had called the State Department in May 2007, as the war raged, after a Washington Post article indicating that Ambassador Ryan Crocker (and Clarke as we learned later) needed experienced senior civilians; the job descriptions and pay scales were created afterward. Surprisingly, from this national pool, many of us knew or knew of each other, having worked as senior staff on related projects or for the same employers. My transportation-engineering partner and I knew each other's portfolio, and Diyala's senior economic advisor (our provincial next-door neighbor for this assignment) and I had shared the same Gulf Coast employer at different periods of time. As explained by Clarke, the plan was simple: Each of us had been picked because of our backgrounds and skills as problem -solvers in our respective fields; they would teach us what we needed to deploy and then deliver us to the problems. From there, we were on our own, so learn as much as you can beforehand. The Foreign Service Institute course we attended in the fall of 2007 brought the likes of Phebe Marr, author of The Modern History of Iraq, who provided us with detailed briefings on the past and present of what we needed to know (and the obvious reading assignment of her book), and a military colonel to teach us
(mostly veterans) the basics of current military structure, protocol, and procedures. The two Arabic speakers in our group supplemented our digital and classroom language course (though mostly with just the idioms and cuss words that make a language real). Beyond the classroom, we learned the basics of war-zone first aid and how to use a tourniquet and all the other parts of the field kits we would later carry on our military movements. The infamous "crash and bang" tactical driving course taught us the fine points of very rough and dangerous driving, which, in hindsight, made the death-spiral landing into Baghdad's airport seem rather tame afterward. We also refamiliarized ourselves on weapons and had demonstrations on improvised explosive devices. As our group set off for Iraq, all of us felt as very well-briefed and trained as we could be under the chaotic and fast-track circumstances, though the parallels to disaster movies like Meteor, in which a group of drillers is rapidly assembled and shot into space to emplace a nuclear device on a meteor threatening Earth, was not lost on any of us. Our biggest challenge, as was predicted, was to get out of Embassy Baghdad and up to our duty stations. Transportation out of Baghdad for the uninitiated was not easy. Embassy staff held one mandatory "briefing" after another, as different departments
could tell us little but implored us to report what we found to them (not the guy in the stove-piped office next door). After we finally arrived at the sprawling Contingency Operating Base (COB) Speicher in the first week of January 2008, the lack of resources, planning, and preparedness was obvious, offset only by the warmth and competence of Buckler, the Salah ad-Din PRT team leader who, like Clarke, was one of the best examples of the Foreign Service - a dedicated diplomat with a strength in people skills and vast experience in many diverse (and sometime very challenging) places. The huge Salah ad-Din PRT, comprising more than 100 members, was hobbled by the lack of secure movement opportunities (just a few brief movements a week to nearby Tikrit), which Buckler had offset by establishing satellite PRT offices in Baiji, Balad, Samarra, and Tuz Khurmatu in order to get out as far as the security bubble would let him. Thus, the motto of the PRT: "Outside the Wire." My and my transportationplanning advisor partner's assignment was to rapidly survey public and private infrastructure and come up with big fixes as fast as possible that would synchronize U.S. and Iraqi efforts in and around Salah ad-Din (northern Iraq) -- a nebulous assignment to do whatever it is we could to make a difference. Within a week, we had hooked up with the division headquarters
staff (Multi-National DivisionNorth), co-located with us at COB Speicher. They had their own helicopter and military ground movement resources, so we could travel the length and breadth of the north without PRT constraints. Steve also got us in to meet the senior provincial officials, and out to the satellites to get as far as we could as fast as we could get there. Multi-National Division (MND)North, under then-Maj. Gen. Mark Hertling, made two engineering battalions available -if something needed fixing, they could do some heavy lifting -essential in provinces where every desk, pencil, and bulldozer had been looted or destroyed. The entire military team joined in our effort of mapping and assessing the north -- every road, bridge, poultry house, oil-refining facility, concrete plant, and electrical facility -- and followed that up with lots of unexpected expertise from electrical engineers to physicists (yes, really important when you are reconstructing power grids and oil refineries). By April 2008, Hertling, using "helicopter diplomacy" (flying Iraqi ministers to broken bridges on the Tigris to meet with local officials at the problem site), had cajoled Iraq's Transportation Ministry to prioritize reopening the bridges across the Tigris -first with temporary bridges, then with permanent ones at Mosul, Baiji, and Diyala, and all with Iraqi military security bases and checkpoints. Agricultural tracking
had identified each component of the "value chain" assets and stages, from grain supplies to poultry hatcheries, with priorities on reopening local production (chickens and tomatoes) instead of big processing plants (the old U.S. way). Iraqis needed very little training to simply start doing what they used to do once bridges and roads reopened access to markets. Behind us through the PRT was a wealth of expertise. The second in command of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was our health team lead (there to study cholera responses firsthand); his military civil affairs equivalent was a skilled senior hospital administrator from Minneapolis (essential to reopening Salah ad-Din's hospital system); the U.S. Agriculture Department sent one of its best dry-land farming experts to help restart small animal and rangeland activities; and most prominent from our group was a bold and tireless rule-of-law team, led by a senior federal prosecutor who worked closely with threatened Iraqi judges to, with great danger to all involved, establish a fledgling system of courts and prisons. By June 2008, all hands at the PRT and many at MND-North were involved in drought relief and cholera prevention with the Iraqi ministers, provincial staff, and medical professionals. Our friend from the Federal Highway PETER page 42
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Administration (based in Baghdad) worked closely with the Iraqi Transportation Ministry and MND-North's military and mapping resources to develop a complete national transportation map with every bridge mapped, assessed, and identified (by code number) using the Iraqi highway coding systems. The embassy provided no centralized meeting or information-sharing processes between the civilian advisors -every communication was one way -- but the MNDs took up the slack through regional conferences. Additionally, because we had all trained together, we had our own informal networks. The greatest assets in many respects were our "clients," the Iraqi ministers, provincial officials, and local residents who were active and engaged at every level. The minister of planning needed maps and air photos to create regional assessments to plan and allocate Iraqi funds. His critical agency had access to mountains of planning, budgeting, and project resources desperately needed in the north, so we had much to share. Plus, he sent nice thank-you letters to Ambassador Crocker for the assets we were able to make available to him. These kinds of ministerial relationships helped bridge Iraqi funding gaps for essential projects for the provinces, from hospitals in Samarra to housing projects in Tikrit. Across all our activities, the
biggest stumbling block to Iraqi self-governance was the lack of basic maps, studies, and information to allow effective management. No two governors had the same maps of the same provinces, and many in key positions were constrained from traveling. Getting basic resources like geographic information systems (GIS, or integrated digital mapping and resource information) was a critical next step that, in real life, needed to be done on a national level and through the ministries. It was also part of our immediate assigned mission. By July 2008, our Salah ad-Din planning pair shifted to Baghdad (with support from our PRT and the embassy) to coordinate the GIS effort with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. military terrain specialists (Multi-National CorpsIraq at Camp Victory), the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (in Baghdad and Bethesda, Maryland), the Iraqi Ministry of Planning, and the Iraqi Mapping Directorate. A basic Iraq-wide GIS framework was widely distributed to ministries and provinces in October 2008 following a large GIS conference at Al Rasheed Hotel in Baghdad. By September 2008, much of our provincial reconstruction efforts were coming to their conclusion (as was our short-term assignment), but Hertling, of MND-North, brought us down to talk to the ambassador about the
next big U.S. problem, the Kurdish disputed boundaries for which our mapping and wide travel throughout the north was important. At that point, our tour was extended and we were specially assigned to the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq's disputed-boundary team to help where we could in that effort. Certainly, my planning partner and I accomplished a lot during our temporary assignment, but it was no different from the accomplishments of many of our senior civilian advisor cohort working throughout the north. Several were in embedded PRTs in Diyala and Mosul. They came with the tools and put them to use. Some followed the military into Sadr City in June 2008 (not for the fainthearted). Beyond our cohort, there were truly remarkable bands of civilians in other PRTs and EPRTs, rebuilding industry, government, and agriculture in Kirkuk and Anbar, and folks out on the very dangerous streets of small towns across Iraq, side by side with soldiers, doing important work, wherever and whenever they could. Throughout if all, we had one mission: to turn over control to the Iraqis so that we and our military colleagues could go home leaving a functional, but far from perfect, Iraq behind. How much did we waste in stupid project funding? I don't know that I ever wasted a penny, particularly because much of our efforts were Iraqi-funded or
funded through sharing of already existing resources (mapping, assessments). Knowing the role and resources of the Iraqi ministries assured us that money was really not an effective weapon. Behind us was Hertling, notorious for not wasting Commander's Emergency Response Program funds unless there was a genuine emergency, and with whom we forced through conditions that no U.S. funds would be used without Iraqi concurrence to accept and sustain the projects (that one condition killed off a lot of stupid U.S. projects). How much waste, fraud, and abuse did we see that was not "in our lane?" Plenty. One of the biggest prosecutions by the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction was against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' contract manager for northern Iraq. Like some poorly managed contract-management departments in U.S. counties and school systems, he never saw a contract he didn't like, and most -- for schools and clinics that were never completed and not accepted by the Iraqis -- were a Gordian knot of "pass along" contracts, shoddy construction, and bloated budgets. Our main focus was on larger Iraqi-funded projects (roads, bridges, treatment plants, etc.), so we were not completely dependent on our Corps of Engineers staff as many PRTs were. In fact, we routinely saw waste,
fraud, and abuse; we fought it daily or just avoided it (through Iraqi-funded projects). One big battle, for example, was between the State Department and the Corps of Engineers over their competing $25 million-dollar, multiyear GIS projects; the only way to stop it was to create your own (as we all did) and give it to the Iraqis. One battle we couldn't avoid was a State Department-funded program for 23 schools in Salah ad-Din that the provincial government did not want. These were the bureaucratic vampires that seemingly could never be killed -- until a very good new Corps of Engineers officer rotated in and killed it dead in late 2008 after a U.S. contractor showed up to knock down a crowded 12room schoolhouse in Samarra to replace it with a six-classroom one. Nobody in Samarra wanted to lose classrooms just to accommodate a silly State Department program with no rhyme, reason, or purpose on the ground (the kind Clarke was working to stop). Like so many things in Iraq, the Corps of Engineers was disastrous in one year and excellent in another. Every rotation is a new year in this game. As explained by provincial officials, if we ask for a water tank, the United States gives us a firetruck that we can't maintain (yes, in Tikrit), and if we want a school, we will build a good one PETER page 47
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From Tahrir Square to Wall Street - By Joshua E. Keating

JOSHUA E. KEATING (Foreign Policy)
Submitted at 10/5/2011 5:07:59 PM
What can "Occupy Wall Street" learn from the activists who took down Hosni Mubarak? BY JOSHUA E. KEATING| OCTOBER 5, 2011 After three weeks of camping out in Lower Manhattan, and with protests now breaking out in other cities throughout the United States, the "Occupy Wall Street" movement has proved it has staying power. It also has an image problem. The movement has been widely portrayed in the U.S. media as a disorganized group of dreadlocked, privileged college studentswithout coherent goals. But as we've seen throughout the Middle East this year, a movement of fed-up, tech-savvy young people can quickly snowball into something more significant. So I spoke with a veteran of the Tahrir Square uprising that toppled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to get his thoughts on what lessons Occupy Wall Street can take from the Arab Spring. 1. You don't need a leader, but you do need a platform. Like Occupy Wall Street, there was no one leader of the antiMubarak movement. Mosa'ab
Elshamy, a medical student and freelance photographer whose Twitter feed became a must-read
for those trying to follow the demonstrations, says that a lack of central authority isn't an issue as
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Italy Hits the Iceberg - By Maurizio Molinari

MAURIZIO MOLINARI (Foreign Policy)
Submitted at 10/5/2011 4:32:33 PM
Did anyone just hear that crash? Moody's downgrade of the Italian economy is the Titanic hitting the iceberg. BY MAURIZIO MOLINARI| OCTOBER 5, 2011 Perhaps it was already too late for Italy to avoid the financial downgrade that credit-rating agency Moody's threatened at the beginning of this summer. It's not as if people didn't see it coming. Italy's economy has been battered by rising debt and worsening credit spreads. A default or bailout is every European central banker's nightmare scenario -- it's the economy "too big to save." Indeed, as Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti ominously warned in July, "If we don't act now, then we will be like the Titanic, and even the first-class passengers suffered." Not to push the analogy, but Italy may have just hit the iceberg. It's not necessarily sinking, though. The government in Rome can still try to exploit the pressure generated by the current financial crisis to jolt the economy out of its semistagnation, launching a bold and comprehensive program of structural reforms to increase productivity and growth, while driving down debt. But does anyone believe that embattled Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi still has the will -- or enough political juice -- to do it?
Moody's Oct. 4 decision to downgrade Italy's sovereign debt to A2 follows a similar decision by Standard & Poor's on Sept. 19 that knocked the country down to a single A rating; but Moody's slash of three notches was in some
ways more shocking. Both agencies also give Italy a negative outlook, which means that future downgrades are likely. Italy's high and mighty have reason to worry. The downgrades are based on three concerns. First is the sharp
deterioration of the international economic outlook, particularly in Europe. This is obviously something over which Italy has no control, but which it's more impacted by than other advanced countries because of its endemic
low growth rates. Italy does not have the fiscal space or the flexibility to change monetary or foreign exchange policies to boost growth. Second, and ITALY page 46
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target, which was toppling Hosni Mubarak," Elshamy says. "Nobody thought about whether we are going to have parliamentary elections after, or how we were going to write a constitution or all these fiascoes we have now. These divisions emerged after toppling. But during those days, no one brought these issues up." Elshamy recalls that the protesters' list of demands was written on a building-size banner so that "everyone inside and outside the square knew what we wanted." Watching the protests in New York, Elshamy says it "took me a while to figure out what their demands are." Although there have been a number of proposed manifestos circling online and a declaration of grievances, addressing topics ranging from tax and trade policy to the funding of elections to animal cruelty, it's still difficult to pinpoint what exactly would constitute a victory for the activists camped out in Zuccotti Park. Elshamy says the agreed-upon demands need not address the grievances of everyone present, but that in Egypt it was critical that there were "three or four or five that everyone agreed upon." 2. Widen the base. On the other hand, the goals of the movement also need to be broad enough to attract as wide a base of support as possible, Elshamy says. In Egypt, this meant bringing together groups that would normally be on
opposite sides of the country's cultural divide. "The leftists and the Muslim Brotherhood both equally hated Hosni Mubarak and believed that toppling him was the place to start," he says. Elshamy acknowledges that finding common ground might be more difficult for Occupy Wall Street, whose aims are not to bring down a widely despised dictator, but bring about reform reform of the political and financial system. He says the two movements, however, share the challenge of proving that their struggle "is not exclusive to the media class." "You have to appeal to the poor, the middle class, the student, the trade unions, even the police officer who might arrest you later," he says. "That's why it's so important to keep the message simple." A coalition of labor unions joined the occupiers for a march on Oct. 5, so perhaps the message is beginning to spread. 3. Keep it friendly with the police. Relations between the New York Police Department and the protesters have been highly contentious so far. Over 700 demonstrators were arrested after attempting to march across the Brooklyn Bridge on Oct 2. Protesters have accused the police of using excessive force and have launched name-and-shame campaigns against individual officers accused of abuses. Although the relationship between demonstrators and police
is inherently tense, Elshamy says a bit of kindness can go a long way. "Even when we were being attacked by water hoses, we cheered for the police. This was both ridiculing the attack and making the environment less hostile," he recalls. "We would wave to the police, talk to them, tell them we're not how the media is portraying us." All the same, Elshamy dismissed the idea of "some sort of monk revolution where you get attacked and you never reply. In my experience, this never works anymore." He remembers that "when it got really brutal, there was no way the revolution was going to carry on but to selfdefend," at which point demonstrators started responding to attacks by pro-regime forces with rocks and Molotov cocktails. As for what's going on in New York, Elshamy says "getting confrontational right now would just generate more negative media attention against them. I would advise them to keep it peaceful." 4. Don't blame the media; change the narrative. Occupy Wall Street's supporters have continually criticized both the dearth of media coverage of their movement and its dismissive tone. "The media has begun dismissing the protesters, calling them delusional, childish hippies," Elshamy says. "This is actually very similar to here in Egypt when the media portrayed protesters as thugs or foreign agents who were getting paid and had other agendas." At one point,
Egypt's state media even suggested that the demonstrators were being brought out to the square by the promise of free buckets of KFC. The crowd took the charges in stride. Vendors began selling Tshirts reading "I am a thug" and fake pamphlets featuring "foreign agendas." The square's makeshift medical tent was renamed "KFC hospital." Most importantly, Elshamy says, is to be as "neutral and friendly as possible with whatever journalist, no matter where he is from." "There was a stage in Tahrir, about two months ago [during a sit-in against Egypt's postMubarak transitional military government], when protesters started getting really overprotective and would push media away from the square -especially channels they didn't agree with. Gradually they lost steam and the sit-in in August was dispersed because people were really fed up with it." 5. Keep the energy up. Revolution is hard work. It took nearly a month of continuous occupation of central Cairo in the dead of winter to force the downfall of Mubarak and many protesters are still demonstrating against the country's military government. "Whenever there was a possibility that the movement was slowing down, protesters would come up with new ideas to inject more blood into the movement," Elshamy recalls. These included public marches every Friday and sometimes
midweek, during which the hardcore demonstrators in Tahrir would be joined by people throughout the city, as well as day -to-day diversions like "concerts, competitions, discussions, speeches from major media figures." The Wall Street occupiers have had visits from everyone from Roseanne Barr to Nobel Prizewinning economist Joseph Stiglitz, though a rumored concert from Radiohead didn't pan out. In a movement without a central leader, Elshamy says it's particularly important for the most active participants to keep everyone else motivated. Most importantly, he says, "You have to celebrate every gain you make. The fact that the media started paying attention to them is a very positive thing. They have to cherish all of these gains, no matter how small." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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compounding the problem, sluggish growth risks undermining the otherwise good fiscal results achieved by Italy in the past few years, particularly the primary budget surplus. Third is the political component: Growing frictions within the ruling coalition and its slim parliamentary majority have undermined the government's ability to enact necessary but unpopular measures to front-load fiscal consolidation and break the numerous logjams that hamper growth. And political uncertainty is not going to disappear anytime soon; even if Berlusconi steps down, it is unclear who will be his successor or whether new elections will lead to a more effective government coalition. Even if Berlusconi and Tremonti did see the Moody's iceberg coming, it is unlikely that they could have turned the ship of the Italian economy in time to avoid it. This, however, doesn't mean that they're above fault. Italy should have taken immediate action to strengthen its economy and to try to distance itself from the contagion of the debt crisis in Greece and the other European peripheral countries. Specifically, Rome should have embraced the stern recommendations issued in early August by European Central
Bank (ECB) President JeanClaude Trichet and his incoming Italian successor, Mario Draghi, who requested that Italy act with urgency on several fronts, including liberalizing public services and professions, making the labor market more flexible, increasing the retirement age in line with international standards, and streamlining the public administration. These measures, as the ECB urged, should be part of a "comprehensive, bold, and credible strategy of reforms." Rome gravely nodded and promised to get to work, but the result was more of the same: lots of talking and only marginal improvement. After some procrastination, the Italian government did push through Parliament a set of measures aimed at having a balanced budget by 2013, a plan that would allow the debt-to-GDP ratio to start to decline from its very high level. But the plan's effectiveness and credibility have been questioned: Most measures don't actually cut government spending but rather increase tax revenue, including a muchvaunted program to strengthen tax collection. (We'll see what comes of that.) In any case, many of the structural reforms and growthenhancing measures suggested by
the ECB are missing. The predicament that the Italian government now faces is like trying to fix the flaws in the Titanic's construction as it's hitting the iceberg: Sound the alarm, save the women and children, plug the holes -- and while you're at it, build more lifeboats, double-plate the hull, and make sure that those rivets aren't subpar. Markets are asking Italy to resolve long-standing problems that will take years to redress, even assuming its full commitment to the task. This commitment, however, is severely lacking now and in the foreseeable future. Berlusconi is under fire for nonstop sordid revelations about his private life; the current coalition government lacks any clear candidate to replace him; and the opposition is too fragmented and weak to offer a credible alternative. Even civil society seems unable to offer credible leaders. The only exception to this lack of leadership is the president, Giorgio Napolitano, whose moral authority has grown considerably in recent months but whose powers are strictly limited by the Italian Constitution. Napolitano, however, has never said that he's eager to assume the premiership.
Under these circumstances, it is unclear who will be able to take those bold, comprehensive actions recommended by the ECB; Tremonti is preparing plans, but the political will to push them forward is lacking. This is due largely to Berlusconi -- whose weakened stature makes it nearly impossible for him to take command of a fractious government. Meanwhile, Italy remains exposed to the spillover effects of the debt crisis, though its budgetary situation appears much stronger than those of most European countries. But the Moody's downgrade doesn't help. It's now going to be more difficult -- and it cost Italy a lot more -- to enter credit markets and reassure bondholders. To make matters worse, like with the Titanic's sinking, the Carpathia is too far away to come to Italy's aid. European leaders have been unable to decide on an effective strategy to cope with the debt crisis and contain its effects. The European Financial Stability Facility (ESFS) that is designed to assist countries dealing with the economic crisis is not yet operational, pending the ratification of the last of the 17 eurozone countries, Slovakia. Even assuming the ESFS does come online in the near future,
most serious analysts doubt whether it has adequate resources; only $300 billion would be available to it, and most estimates hold that it will take more than $1 trillion to calm the restive markets. Still, there's a glimmer of hope on the horizon. There is no doubt that Italy -- as well as a number of other eurozone countries -- is navigating through very dangerous seas. But it's not yet a foregone conclusion that it will go down like the Titanic. That said, if Italy's politicians think that anyone but themselves will come and save them, then they might want to start taking swimming lessons now. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Apple: can the company continue the magic of Steve Jobs?

Telegraph Staff (Finance News - Business news from the UK and world)
As the "Leonardo of Silicon Valley", Steve Jobs encapsulated a rare union of technological
genius and an instinctive and perfectionist eye for design.
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for $300,000 where we want it and how we want it. If you build it, it will cost $3 million, be of such poor quality that we cannot maintain it, and be in the wrong place. They had watched us in every year and knew what to expect. Oh, I forgot. The stereotype is that the Iraqis, not the Americans, are corrupt and inept. Well, no more so than the U.S. parties who trained and appointed them. How many times did all of us see the U.S. military and PRTs alike working on projects that were little more than "make-work" projects to help create muchneeded income for the many destitute families (and especially the widows) in need of any humanitarian resources within the appropriate U.S. role for postconflict humanitarian relief? Plenty, and though some of the efforts may look silly on paper in a very slanted presentation, they made perfect sense if you were there and understood what was really happening: women's groups, small-business efforts, trash pickup, canal clearing, etc. That was not waste, fraud, or abuse to anyone confronted with those circumstances. None of us, civilian and military alike, were unaffected by the destitute war widows and once proud engineers begging for jobs -- any jobs. The battles for pure waste, fraud, and abuse projects were nasty, routine, and mostly between U.S.
agencies. Management of reconstruction leaves little to be proud of by any U.S. agency (USAID, the State Department, or the Defense Department). All the civilians and military personnel who actually accomplished things did so by the serious efforts that Clarke had explained from the outset. Ineptitude was not a norm, but it was around, as was corruption, but so too was bravery and sacrifice. There were some truly remarkable and competent Foreign Service officers in the mold of Clarke and Buckler (10 percent), regular folks doing the best they could (80 percent), and, as in any organization or profession, a small group of very questionable ones not appropriate for these kinds of assignments (10 percent). It is ridiculous to compare what a dozen carefully selected civilian troubleshooter experts were involved with or accomplished to the reconstruction capabilities of a Foreign Service officer with no particular training or exposure to our professional fields. Our role was to either support them or target through them. Beyond the PRTs, nothing "we" accomplished could have happened without countless Foreign Service officers, military personnel, and embassy staff handling the immense bureaucratic tasks and battles needed to keep us active. There
were few big projects "we" succeeded on without Vinnie Azzarelli, chief of staff of the Iraq Transition Assistance Office; Hertling; or Maj. Gen. Mark Zamzow (Gen. David Petraeus's adjutant) fighting it through or, as with our ministry and U.N. work, without Ambassador Crocker's approval. PRTs aside, Embassy Baghdad, given the U.S. role in Iraq, was a huge endeavor with many Foreign Service officers in Baghdad doing their actual professional tasks -analysis, administration, reporting, diplomacy. Was all of this hard for everybody? You bet. Was it a chaotic mess? You bet. Did security make all of this much more dangerous and problematic? Absolutely. One of our senior advisors, Terry Barnich of Chicago, died in May 2009 in a car bombing, to the great regret of many of us who worked closely with him. Many of us, too, owe our lives to the young soldiers who died or were severely injured making things safe for us and our projects. Christopher Warren Lotter, 20 years old, from Chester Heights, Pennsylvania, died on Dec. 31, 2008, after being shot while on patrol to inspect one of our watertreatment-plant projects in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Tikrit. I went to Arlington National Cemetery for his service in January 2009, but
didn't want to intrude on his family. I didn't know what to say, so I watched from the hillside. He's the soldier I carry in my memory as the symbol for so many more. But how do you explain all of this to his parents if they asked deeper questions? Sadly, too, many of our Iraqi provincial colleagues were killed in the March 2011 attack on Tikrit's provincial headquarters. Political infighting aside, the friendliness, courtesy, and professionalism of these folks to their U.S. colleagues left many in the PRT with lasting fond memories and sadness at their losses. So much bittersweet. So many mixed emotions. So many tears and smiles. And then you read the reports of Peter Van Buren. It is just incredible. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Another Chart For People Who Think That History Doesn't Repeat
Joe Weisenthal (Money Game)
Submitted at 10/5/2011 4:52:13 PM
On Tuesday, we posted the chart of the S&P closing at exactly the same level on both October 3, 2011 and October 3, 2008, an ominous similarity since 2011 has already been compared to 2008 so much. A reader, Joerg, sends us another "history repeats" chart showing how similarly the NASDAQ is behaving to that year. We're not totally sure what to make of it or whether there is even a reflection but still, it's nice eye candy. Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story See Also: THE MARKET IS GETTING WORSE: NASDAQ Off 3%, Dow off 240, Banks Getting Killed UH-OH: STOCKS JUST BROKE THROUGH A BIG STRAIGHT LINE Most Asian Markets Are In The Red As The Global Selloff Continues
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"Does Anyone Really Know What is Going on with Foreclosures?"

Submitted at 10/5/2011 1:28:00 PM
million were not current of the 32.7 million being monitored.) 800,000 REOs If 1.57 million loans are more than 60 days late and 5.5 million are late by over 30 days, then 3.8 million must be between 30 days and 60 days late. Even worse, this only represents 62% of all first mortgages. Amherst Amhersts Laurie Goodman comes up with different numbers.
800,000 REOs Rick Sharga formerly of RealtyTrac/Moodys Sharga says:
Data Sources for Figures Cited Above
Corelogic Report LPS August Report Rick Sharga, Realty Trac 800,000 are in foreclosure. Jim Saccacio, RealtyTrac CEO 1.5 million are delinquent. OCC (Does this include the foreclosure Amherst - Laurie Goodman loans?) Addendum: LPS As a comment to this post, This is what LPS says: Pulatie added ... OCC is likely getting their information from the 8.13% total loan delinquency GSE's, since that would be easy to Of 55 million mortgages, 4.5 rate. track. I "assume" this because million are non-performing or 4 . 1 1 % o f l o a n s i n t h e they only follow 62% of the delinquent. (Non-performing f o r e c l o s u r e p r o c e s s . loans, which is about the size of would be those that are 30 days 12.44% total delinquent or in the market that the GSE's held late or more.) foreclosure. during the peak of the boom. 10.6 million at risk of 2.38 million loans less than 90 Either LPS or Corelogic gets foreclosure. days delinquent their foreclosure numbers from 400,000 REOs (compare to 1.87 million loans 90+ days 2 2 0 0 c o u n t i e s i n t h e U S . OCC 800,000) delinquent. However, there are 3143 counties 2 . 1 5 m i l l i o n l o a n s i n in the US. Likely, they use It Monitored 32.7 million first Corelogic foreclosure process. electronic reports, but if almost mortgages out of 53 million total, Corelogic does not match any Total of 6.40 million loans 1000 counties are missed, then representing 62% of all first numbers except REOs of OCC delinquent or in foreclosure in what good is the reporting? mortgages. but not Amherst August. RealtyTrac uses county data. But, 4.9% or 1.57 million were more RealtyTrac is actually Moody's. than 60 days late, or at least 1 Current Residential Shadow Why does the OCC, which looks And with Mark Zandi, who knows month late while in Bankruptcy. Inventory is 1.6 million homes. at 62% of the loans tend to have what the hell that they doing and 5.5 million are late by over 30 Of the 1.6 million shadow numbers that if extrapolated over coming up with. days, or in the foreclosure inventory, 770,000 loans are the total amount of loans, would Amherst Holdings appears to be process. seriously delinquent. suggest much higher numbers fairly accurate, based upon what 1.3 million in some stage of 430,000 are in some stage of than all other entities? information that they actually foreclosure. foreclosure. (Compare to the I have to ask: "Does anyone reveal. The do consider some 88% of mortgages were current. OCC saying 1.3 million are in really know what is going on with outside influences that the other (This would mean that 3.944 foreclosure. foreclosures?" companies do not consider. Laurie Patrick Pulatie at LFI Analytics has noticed a huge discrepancy in the number of reported foreclosures by varying organizations. Via Email Pulatie writes ... Much of my off time is spent in reviewing the reports of other entities regarding the foreclosure crisis, correlating data and trying to forecast what to expect in the future. Frankly, I am at the point where I am wondering whether anyone has a true reading on what is happening. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency At the end of the 2nd Quarter, the OCC reports:
Goodman appears quite knowledgeable when she reports to Congress in her testimony.. Amherst actually provides a "best case" scenario, and a "reasonable" scenario, at least in regards to their projections. However, "reasonable" appears to be at least 20% below what "worst case" would suggest at the moment. At this time, I think that "worst case" is more important than all others. A potential source for delinquencies may be the Credit Reporting Agencies. Each lender would detail in their monthly tapes who was delinquent, and by how many months. Then, it would be a matter of actually determining what one considers seriously delinquent. (This is especially important to know, but in my view, since once a loan goes 30 days late, it is a 90% likelihood of default and foreclosure occurring.) How they are determining "underwater" loans, I haven't got a clue. Perhaps they are trying to incorporate Automated Appraisal Date sources. Or they take the original loan to value as reported in monthly reports on lending, and then apply general decreases in value in geographic areas to arrive at "underwater" numbers. I believe that there is a tendency "DOES page 49
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It's Fashion Week in Paris (and I have Pictures to Prove it)

Submitted at 10/5/2011 7:48:00 PM
"DOES
In the lighter side of the news of those who comment on the news, I am pleased to report that Max Keiser won an Honorary Life Membership from University of Limerick for His Work as a Journalist Exposing Financial Terrorists Moreover, I am also pleased to report that Charlotte Kemp Muhl, an American model and actress from suburban Atlanta, Georgia, and the youngest model to appear on the cover of Britains Harpers and Queen magazine, just happens to be a big fan of the Max Keiser Report. Given that it's fashion week in Paris, it is only fitting that Muhl would seek out the ever-stylish Max Keiser for a photo-op. Given that it's extremely difficult to judge who in that picture is more stylish, I defer to my readers to decide for themselves. In God I love fashion week in Paris!!! Max Comments: " This photo was taken by Charlottes boyfriend and band mate Sean Ono Lennon in the lobby of their hotel earlier this evening. Turns
for the different companies to want to under report what is happening. This would be in part to try and stabilize housing to some degree. If the public thought things were much worse, then it would only worsen the public perception. Mike "Mish" Shedlock h t t p : / / globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. com Click Here To Scroll Thru My Recent Post List Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital
Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http:// www.sitkapacific.com/ account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.
FINALLY, Asia Rallies, Korea Explodes Higher

Joe Weisenthal (Money Game)
out Sean and Charlotte are big Keiser Report fans. but I noticed they seemed to ask Stacy all the serious questions. Maybe I should go back to go-go dancing in the West Village." Mike "Mish" Shedlock h t t p : / / globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. com Click Here To Scroll Thru My Recent Post List Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative
for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http:// www.sitkapacific.com/ account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.
story See Also: The Korean Market Is Getting After missing out on the recent Massacred, Markets Unimpressed rally, finally Asia is participating. By Latest Statements From While US futures are down Europe modestly, Japan is up 2%, and This Is Weird... The Korean Korea's KOSPI (after getting Market Is Already In The Red drubbed two straight days) is up Again huge. Investors In Asia Are Clearly Please follow Money Game on Freaking Out About Something Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this
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Reactions to Steve Jobs' death

(Holy Kaw!)
Submitted at 10/5/2011 10:29:00 PM
Barack Obama Michelle and I are saddened to learn of the passing of Steve Jobs. Steve was among the greatest of American innovators - brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it. By building one of the planet's most successful companies from his garage, he exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity. By making computers personal and putting the internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only accessible, but intuitive and fun. And by turning his talents to storytelling, he has brought joy to millions of children and grownups alike. Steve was fond of saying that he lived every day like it was his last. Because he did, he transformed our lives, redefined entire industries, and achieved one of the rarest feats in human history: he changed the way each of us sees the world. The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve's success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented. Michelle and I send our thoughts and prayers to Steve's wife Laurene, his family, and all those who loved him. Bill Gates I'm truly saddened to learn of Steve Jobs' death. Melinda and I
extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends, and to everyone Steve has touched through his work. Steve and I first met nearly 30 years ago, and have been colleagues, competitors and friends over the course of more than half our lives. The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come. For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it's been an insanely great honor. I will miss Steve immensely. Tim Cook, Apple CEO [in an email to Apple employees] Team, I have some very sad news to share with all of you. Steve passed away earlier today. Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple. We are planning a celebration of Steve's extraordinary life for Apple employees that will take place soon. If you would like to share your thoughts, memories and condolences in the interim, you can simply email rememberingsteve@apple.com. No words can adequately express
our sadness at Steve's death or our gratitude for the opportunity to work with him. We will honor his memory by dedicating ourselves to continuing the work he loved so much. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO Steve, thank you for being a mentor and a friend. Thanks for
work. Bob Iger, Disney CEO Steve Jobs was a great friend as well as a trusted advisor. His legacy will extend far beyond the products he created or the businesses he built. It will be the millions of people he inspired, the lives he changed and the culture he defined. Steve was such an 'original,' with a thoroughly creative, imaginative mind that defined an era. Despite all he accomplished, it feels like he was just getting started. With his passing the world has lost a rare original, Disney has lost a member of our family, and I have lost a great friend. Dick Costolo, Twitter CEO Once in a rare while, somebody comes along who doesnt just raise the bar, they create an entirely new standard of measurement. Larry Page, Google CEO I am very, very sad to hear the news about Steve. He was a great man with incredible achievements and amazing brilliance. He always seemed to be able to say in very few words what you actually should have been thinking before you thought it. His focus on the showing that what you build can user experience above all else has change the world. I will miss you. always been an inspiration to me. He was very kind to reach out to Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO I want to express my deepest me as I became CEO of Google condolences at the passing of and spend time offering his advice Steve Jobs, one of the founders of and knowledge even though he our industry and a true visionary. was not at all well. My thoughts My heart goes out to his family, and Google's are with his family everyone at Apple and everyone REACTIONS page 53 who has been touched by his
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Remembering Steve Jobs through his own words

(Holy Kaw!)
Submitted at 10/5/2011 9:04:00 PM
George Clooney Jokes About Picking Ryan Gosling to Star in Ides of March: "He Was Cheaper"!
Molly Goodson (PopSugar)
Submitted at 10/5/2011 4:26:58 PM
On Technology But its a disservice to constantly put things in this radical new light that its going to change everything. Things dont have to change the world to be important. [Wired, February 1996] On Design Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didnt really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. Thats because they were able to connect experiences theyve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that was that theyve had more experiences or they have thought more about their experiences than other people. On Business Being the richest man in the cemetery doesnt matter to me Going to bed at night saying weve done something wonderful thats what matters to me. [The Wall Street Journal,
1993] On Life Im an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals. As individuals, people are inherently good. I have a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. And I remain extremely concerned when I see whats happening in our country, which is in many ways the luckiest place in the world. We dont seem to be excited about making our country a better place for our kids.
[Wired, February 1996] No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven dont want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Lifes change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true. Your time is limited, so dont waste it living someone elses life. Dont be trapped by dogma which is living with the results of other peoples thinking. Dont let the noise of others opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. [Stanford commencement speech, June 2005] Permalink| Leave a comment
George Clooney had a pressfilled day promoting The Ides of March in NYC today ahead of this evening's red-carpet premiere in the city. George stopped off at the Time building for its 10 Questions Live series and paid a visit to David Letterman for a Late Show interview, which airs later tonight. George's latest directorial project, in which he also plays a political candidate, hits theaters this Friday after already receiving widely positive reviews at both the Venice and Toronto film festivals. George may not be interested in running for office in real life, but he's certainly a charmer, and he showed off his signature sense of humor as he joked about Ryan Gosling having a hard time finding work and why he's not on Twitter. Check out highlights from Clooney's TIME Q&A and check back tomorrow on PopSugar Rush for all the action from the premiere: On choosing Gosling for the part:"He was cheaper. He hasn't worked in awhile. I felt bad for him . . . When we were adapting
the screenplay, from the very beginning, we had been considering Ryan all along. He and I had long conversations about film a couple of years before so I always wanted to work with him. I liked him. I thought he was smart . . . He's an interesting actor. He's now in sort of every movie, but for a long period of time he was sort of the reluctant star." On Twitter:"I don't Twitter, because I will drink in the evening and I don't want anything that I could possibly write at midnight to actually end my career." On running for president:"No. I would run from." View Slideshow
OBITUARY - Steve Jobs "may never be equalled" (Reuters)

(Yahoo! News: Obituaries)
Reuters - Passionate, prickly, and deemed irreplaceable by many
Apple fans and investors, Steve Jobs made a life defying
conventions and expectations.
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Jennifer Aniston Talks Pregnancy HowStuffWorks and Joins Hollywood's Hottest Daily Feed - powered Ladies to Turn Heads For Elle by FeedBurner
Katie Henry (PopSugar)
Submitted at 10/5/2011 4:25:07 PM
Jennifer Aniston's piercing blue eyes stand out on the November issue of Elle, on stands Oct. 18. Jen slipped into a sexy black tank top from Balmain, Balenciaga shorts, a Cartier necklace, and David Yurman bracelets for her cover shoot while boyfriend Justin Theroux watched her pose for photographer Alexei Hay - shop Jen's luxury look now! Inside the magazine she talks more about the rumors surrounding her personal life, including pregnancy speculation, and reveals her experience working in front of and behind the camera. Jen's not the only famous face inside the issue; she's joined by veteran actresses like Naomi Watts, Viola Davis, and Michelle Pfeiffer as well as newcomers like Elizabeth Olsen and Evan Rachel Wood see the full spread on Elle.com. The ladies talk about what it's like working in Hollywood in addition to pinpointing the moment they all decided to become actresses. Here's more:
Jennifer on baby rumors: "But it's not what you read. There's no desperation. If it's meant to be, it's meant to be. I'm at peace with whatever the plan is. But will you hate me if I say I don't want to talk about my relationship?" Jennifer on the first time she stood up to a male director: "I threw a chair at a director. It wasn't my proudest moment. He was treating a script supervisor horribly . . . When the director walked in, I threw a chair at him. I missed, of course. I was like, 'You can't speak to people like that.' I can't tolerate it." Naomi on her breakthrough role in Mulholland Drive: "It was a
game-changer, but I knew I had to be careful. You can get a lot of attention and still be gone in a flash." Naomi on becoming an actress: "One of the things was seeing the movie Fame, as cheesy as that sounds. I was like, That looks fun! It wasn't that I wanted to be famous. I just wanted to go to acting class." Elizabeth on taking a year off school to make her film debut: "They're all indies, so the shoots were relatively short - it was great because every single film was a genre, and the directors were so completely different. It helped me figure out what worked for me and how I would adapt. It was difficult at times - like a great year of conservatory training. It was that intense." Elizabeth on her desire to act: "Watching old Frank Sinatra musicals when I was, like, 6. I wanted to be one of the love interests when I got older." View Slideshow
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Blake Lively Moves Past Her Leonardo Breakup With a Tarot Card Reading
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A newly single Blake Lively got a jump start on her Halloween preparations with a stop by Madame Tussaud's Halloween suite at NYC's Renaissance hotel today. During Blake's stay at the party, she got a private lesson on how to read tarot cards and chatted with the ghoulish crowd. Blake may not know what's in the cards for her future, but as of now it looks like it might not include Leonardo DiCaprio. Leonardo and Blake confirmed their split this week, and she's keeping distracted with work on Gossip Girl while he's still in Australia shooting The Great Gatsby. Leonardo was also spotted playing with a big snake while Down Under, where he got a visit from Blake just last month. A couple's Halloween costume
may not be in the cards for Blake this year, though in the past she's chosen sexy outfits like Cleopatra and a short-skirted flight attendant. Perhaps she and her Green Lantern costar Ryan Reynolds will find themselves trick-or-treating together since Blake and Ryan were reportedly spotted together in Boston. View Slideshow
Celebrity College Degrees

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and the whole Apple family. Sergey Brin, Google Co-founder From the earliest days of Google, whenever Larry and I sought inspiration for vision and leadership, we needed to look no farther than Cupertino. Steve, your passion for excellence is felt by anyone who has ever touched an Apple product (including the macbook I am writing this on right now). And I have witnessed it in person the few times we have met. On behalf of all of us at Google and more broadly in technology, you will be missed very much. My condolences to family, friends, and colleagues at Apple. Permalink| Leave a comment
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was the most celebrated person in technology and business on the planet. No one will take issue Steven Paul Jobs, 56, died earlier with the official Apple statement today at his home with his family. that the world is immeasurably The co-founder and, until last better because of Steve August, the CEO of Apple, Inc., This entry passed through the
Oscars, butt in line at the minimart, know what Reese Witherspoon smells like, endorse Democrats, butt in line at Five As if it wasnt enough that G u y s , w e a r p o p p e d c o l l a r s celebrities make ridiculous without getting made fun of, and amounts of money, sleep with break iPhone screens without whomever they want, travel the breaking a sweat, they have to get globe expense-free, eat at the college degrees, too? Here are 10 worlds finest restaurants, know well-schooled celebs who can strippers by their first names, sit teach us a thing or two about courtside at NBA playoff games, being, like, the best thing ever. (Yahoo! News: Obituaries) Submitted at 10/5/2011 9:45:16 PM boss around assistants, talk with Continue Reading their mouths full, present at the AP - Minnesota businessman Kenneth Dahlberg, a World War II ace and an inadvertent figure in the Watergate scandal that Full-Text RSS service if this is M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , brought down Richard Nixon's your content and you're reading it Herman, Peterson, Pilger And presidency, has died at age 94, his on someone else's site, please read Media Lens. lawyer said Wednesday. the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George
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Apple Offers Oh-Sh*t Insurance for the iPhone; You Can Get the Same No Matter What Your Gadget [Warranties]
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Submitted at 10/5/2011 4:30:00 PM
Real Interview Questions

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Apple's updated its extended AppleCare warranty to include accidental damage insurance, which is fantastic for those prone t o d r o p p i n g , s l a m m i n g , o r gadget you have, even if it isn't otherwise breaking their phones made by Apple. Here's how. More due to unkind physics. You can get that same protection for any
Emily Procter Dishes on the Duquesne-Delko 'CSI: Miami' Relationship (VIDEO)

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With the help of Glassdoor.com's Interview Questions & Reviews section, Business Insider compiled 23 of the strangest interview questions asked in the past year. These questions come
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Filed under: TV Replay Emily Procter stopped by'The Talk'(weekdays, syndicated on CBS) to chat about her show'CSI: Miami' and being a new mom. She's so thankful to be on the show, now entering its 10th season, that she went back to work only four-and-a-half weeks after having a baby last December. When Sara Gilbert asked if her Whitson Gordon (Lifehacker) character Calleigh Duquesne's relationship with Eric Delko was Submitted at 10/5/2011 5:00:00 PM John Verive (Lifehacker) toned down because of her Readers offer their best tips for pregnancy. "I don't know why Submitted at 10/5/2011 4:00:00 PM protecting your gadgets' screens, they did that. I can't be with my Watch programing from over 40 recycling old CDs and DVDs, and fake boyfriend when I'm having a major outlets on your Xbox 360, fixing AirPlay issues on iOS. baby with my real boyfriend?" get an unlimited date plan for More Procter joked. your iPhone on Sprint, and optPermalink| Email this| Linking out of Barnes & Noble claiming Blogs| Comments your customer data. More
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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs passes away

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Former CEO, who gave the world iPhone and iPad, dies at age of 56 after years-long and highly public battle with cancer. Last Modified: 06 Oct 2011 02:03 The Silicon Valley icon who gave the world the iPod and the iPhone resigned as CEO of Apple in August [Reuters] Apple Inc co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, counted among the greatest American CEOs of his generation, has died at the age of 56, after a years-long and highly public battle with cancer and other health issues. "We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today," Apple's board of directors said in a statement on Wednesday. "Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve." Tim Cook, Apple's current CEO, mourned the loss of Jobs. "Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor," Cook, who succeeded Jobs, said. "Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the
foundation of Apple." Cook said the company was planning "a celebration of Steve's extraordinary life for Apple employees that will take place soon," and urged readers to share their memories of Jobs via e-mail at rememberingsteve@apple.com.
Barack Obama, the US president, remembered Jobs as a visionary and great American innovator. "Steve was among the greatest of American innovators brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented
enough to do it," Obama said in a statement. Apple home page pay tribute Apple turned its home page into a tribute to the co-founder, posting a large black-and-white photo of the company's visionary leader after the announcement of his
death. The photo shows Jobs in his trademark black turtleneck and small round glasses. The only caption to the photo is "Steve Jobs, 1955-2011." APPLE page 58
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Powerful unions join Wall Street protests

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Lending the movement credibility, diverse group of community organisations joins "Occupy Wall Street" march in New York. Last Modified: 05 Oct 2011 21:31 Newly joined by labour unions, protesters will march from Foley Square to Zuccotti Park in New York [Reuters] A diverse group of powerful unions has joined demonstrations in New York's financial district, lending some focus, credibility and potentially hundreds of participants to a movement that began with a few university students. The "Occupy Wall Street" protest movement, which began three weeks ago in New York's financial hub, was joined on Wednesday by a dozen US labour unions. Among those who joined the clamour were members of the Chinatown Tenants Union and the Transit Workers Union, the liberal group MoveOn.org, and community organisations such as the Working Families Party and United NY. The groups will embark on a march starting at Foley Square in lower Manhattan, an area encircled by courthouses. Organisers say the marchers will then head to Zuccotti Park, the unofficial headquarters where protesters have been camped out
in sleeping bags. It is unclear how many people will be joining the march, but some organisers said thousands could show up. "We're really excited that labour is part of the protest,'' said Sara Niccoli, a spokeswoman for the Labour-Religion Coalition, an Albany, New York-based organisation that aims to "do justice" for workers. Al Jazeera's Cath Turner, reporting from the scene of the rally, said protest organisers are "ecstatic that more groups are starting to take hold" of the movement.
The organisers feel their reach and appeal is expanding, she said. Getting more organised Police said that United NY had sought a permit for the rally on Wednesday and were expecting about 2,000 people to attend. "I think they're capturing a feel of disempowerment, feeling like nobody is listening to them," said Camille Rivera, executive director of United NY. "What do you do when no one is listening to you? You speak up, you take action." Participants will not need permits to protest in a city in which picket
lines and marches go on nearly every day. But a permit allows demonstrators to do things that would normally be illegal - like filling an entire street. About 700 members of the Wall Street group were arrested and given disorderly conduct summonses for spilling into the roadway of the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday despite warnings from police. Paul Browne, a spokesman for the New York police department, said police were prepared for a large group march on Wednesday, and that officers were anticipating
spillover onto the streets. "Officers will be in the lane next to the sidewalk, and we will try to keep people on the sidewalk, but we realise they may need to walk on the street if it's crowded," he said. The type of activity that could result in arrest would be if members of the group purposefully try to stop traffic on Broadway, Browne said. The Occupy Wall Street protests started on September 17 with a few dozen demonstrators who POWERFUL page 57
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Clashes in Athens as workers strike

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Pain of debt crisis felt on Greek streets The march was organised by Riot police scuffle with protesters union members and workers from in Athens as striking public sector the public sector, which staged a workers march against new 24-hour general strike over a u s t e r i t y m e a s u r e s . L a s t government plans that would see Modified: 05 Oct 2011 19:34 30,000 civil servants put in a At least 16,000 anti-austerity 'labour reserve' programme, protesters have converged in which effectively means they will central Athens, chanting slogans, lose their jobs within months. banging drums and blowing Schools, government offices, whistles in a display of opposition museums and archaeological sites to the Greek government's latest were all closed on Wednesday, austerity measures. while hospitals were operating T h e v a s t m a j o r i t y o f with reduced staff numbers. demonstrators were peaceful, but "One in five people are employed a few dozen protesters clashed in the Greek public sector, so with riot police, Al Jazeera's t h e s e s t r i k e s c o m e s a t a n Jonah Hull reported from the enormous cost, which Greece Greek capital on Wednesday. c a n ' t a f f o r d i n t h e c u r r e n t Youth broke up marble paving climate," our correspondent said. slabs and hurled the chunks of "Ongoing strikes are becoming rock at police in full riot gear the norm, and if the Greek public while others who were masked believe the bailouts will work, threw stones, sticks, petrol bombs then they wouldn't come out on and other projectiles at the police the streets and strike. The Greek lines. The police responded by public are against more austerity firing tear gas grenades, chasing and taxes." the protesters and dragging some The labour reserve plan, of them away. In Video accompanied by layoffs at scores
of state entities, is designed to ease the state payroll struggles to balance its bulging deficit. But many Greeks believe they are being made to suffer as a consequence of financial mismanagement for which they bear no responsibility. "Deep inside I believe we've already gone bankrupt, but we must keep fighting," 52-year-old Niki Xydous, who has two unemployed sons and a husband who risks losing his state job, told Reuters. "I want the government to step down, but what's the point of having elections now? Nothing will change." Enough cash Evangelos Venizelos, the Greek finance minister, said on Tuesday that the government had enough cash to pay pensions, salaries and bondholders until mid-November. Greece had previously said it needed more money by midOctober to avoid a default. The additional austerity cuts are mandated by Greece's international creditors, the EU,
IMF and European Central Bank, under an economic recovery programme launched last year in return for a $149bn loan. The crisis has sent stock markets tumbling, with European banks under extreme pressure over their possible exposure to a Greek default on government debt. The Athens stock exchange plunged to an 18-year low on Tuesday after EU officials postponed a Greek debt bailout. The EU delayed the release of loan funds, demanding Athens make more sacrifices and warning banks may have to shoulder more losses as part of the resolution of the debt crisis.? This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Shakira Now an Advisor to President Obama

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Via Miami New Times: In a hip-shaking move surely aimed to help his Hispanic outreach efforts, Barack Obama has appointed international pop star Shakira to his Presidents Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. When shes not busy shaking her honest hips, Shakira (AKA Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll) has racked up some impressive education credentials over the years, according to the White House news release. . . What a joke. Greg Pollowitz This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
tried to pitch tents in front of the New York Stock Exchange. Since then, hundreds have set up camp in a park nearby and have become increasingly organised, lining up medical aid and legal help and printing their own newspaper, the Occupied Wall Street Journal.
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The Silicon Valley icon who gave the world the iPod and the iPhone resigned as CEO of the world's largest technology corporation in August, handing the reins to Cook. Jobs, who fought a rare form of pancreatic cancer, was deemed the heart and soul of a company that rivals Exxon Mobil as the most valuable in America.? His health had been a controversial topic for years. His battle with cancer had been a deep concern to Apple fans, investors and the company's board alike. In past years, even board members had confided to friends their concern that Jobs, in his quest for privacy, wasn't being forthcoming enough with directors about the true condition of his health. Now, despite investor confidence in Cook, who has stood in for his boss, there remain concerns about whether the company would stay a creative force to be reckoned with beyond the next year or so without him. The news triggered an immediate outpouring of sympathy. Among others, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said he will miss Jobs "immensely". Ina Fried, Senior Editor, AllThingsD, told Al Jazeera: "This is a huge loss for the entire
industry, there is only one Steve Jobs and his contributions are almost too hard to list. His influence is felt far and wide." "The next gen leaders, from Mark Zuckerberg on, have all modeled themselves in Jobs' image. "It's a tremendous loss for the entire technology industry." Revolutionised mobile technology A college dropout, Buddhist and son of adoptive parents, Jobs started Apple Computer with friend Steve Wozniak in the late 1970s. The company soon introduced the Apple 1 computer. But it was the Apple II that became a huge success and gave Apple its position as a critical player in the then-nascent PC industry, culminating in a 1980 IPO that made Jobs a multimillionaire. Despite the subsequent success of the Mac, Jobs' relationship with top management and the board soured. The company removed most of his powers and then in 1985 he was fired. Apple's fortunes waned after that. However, its purchase of NeXT the computer company Jobs founded after leaving Apple - in 1997 brought him back into the fold. Later that year, he became interim CEO and in 2000, the company dropped "interim" from
his title. Along the way Jobs also had managed to revolutionise computer animation with his other company, Pixar, but it was the iPhone in 2007 that capped his legacy in the annals of modern technology history. Two years before the gadget that forever transformed the way people around the world access and use the Internet, Jobs talked about how a sense of his mortality was a major driver behind that vision. "Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life," Jobs said during a Stanford commencement ceremony in 2005. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Apple Co-Founder and Former CEO Steve Jobs Has Died at Age 56
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Submitted at 10/5/2011 3:15:00 PM
Filed under: TV News There's no doubt about it: Apple is a company that has changed our lives, the way we communicate and how we interface with technology forever. Steve Jobs, the co-founder and longtime CEO, is largely to thank for that. Just over one month after he resigned from his high-profile role as Apple's CEO back on August 24, saying he could "no longer meet duties and expectations" of the job, Jobs succumbed to his long battle with cancer today, leaving people saddened, most of them reading the news on their Mac computers or iPhones. With iPods, iPads and iPhones as common as television sets now, Jobs' advances in technology at Apple have greatly influenced the way people watch TV, among other things, with iTunes and Apple TV continuing to grow as a
source for legally downloading and watching your favorite programs, wherever you are. In 2010, Forbes estimated Jobs' net wealth at $8.3 billion, making him the 42nd wealthiest American. Jobs is survived by his wife, Laurene Powell Jobs, and four children. Permalink| Email this| Linking Blogs| Comments
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Higher Education Charging High Prices For Food On Campus

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William Shatner On George Takei Feud: 'I Think He Secretly Was in Love With Me' (VIDEO)
Alex Moaba (AOL TV)
Shatner's comments on his feud with Takei probably won't make a reconciliation any more likely. "I Filed under: TV Replay William don't know whats the matter with Shatner's interview on'Good Day him ... he just won't make up. I NY'(weekdays, 9AM ET on Fox) think secretly he was in love with got off to a strange start when come, the fact that I kissed him on host Greg Kelly's cell phone rang. the lips gently on occasion In typical Shatner style, it only seemed to inspired him," Shatner got weirder from there, as he said. In his new book 'Shatner speculated that the basis for his Rules,' he writes that he believes long-running feud with 'Star Trek' Takei couldn't handle not being co-star George Takei was that the one in the 'Star Trek' spotlight. Takei was secretly in love with Permalink| Email this| Linking him. For good measure, he also Blogs| Comments recited a few lines from 'Bohemian Rhapsody.'
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It's not just drug stores that have boosted prices for grocery items, but also campus dining options at universities. Reader Bryan Carrol wrote an article about them for his school newspaper at Stonybrook University, The Statesman. On average, he found the food items from the campus commissary were a whopping 42 percent higher than local grocery stores. In his article for the Statesman, Bryan Carrol writes that while strolling through the campus Student Activity Center he noticed that a half-gallon of milk was $3.37, while it could be had for $2.19 at a nearby Target. The perfect compliment to that beverage, Oreo double-stuff cookies, were $8.27 on campus, but only $2.50 at Target. He continued his research and found that in surveying 26
different items at the Student Activity Center, they were, on average, 42 percent higher than what three local grocery stores were charging. From a purely supply and demand standpoint, it makes sense. The store has a prime location for its target market and reduced competition. But it also takes advantage of harried and sleep-deprived students who may not have a car or time to go shopping at the local supermarket. Bryan Carrol writes that it raises questions as to whether the vendor is following SUNY's Procurement Guidelines, which require the school to, "justify and document the selection of the vendor and establish the reasonableness of the price." "Perhaps this might give you a new perspective next time you visit the SAC to buy food," he adds. Yes, college students, you too must do comparison shopping.
You need look no further than the book in front of your nose. Have you ever seen the cost of textbooks from the college bookstore compared to what you could buy used on Amazon and elsewhere? It's crazy! Questionable Pricing At Campus Dining[The Statesman] RELATED How Buying Grocery Items At A Drug Store Can Be A Bad Deal From ConsumerReports.org: This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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As BMW i3, i8 electric cars charge to market, more tech details emerge
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range electric vehicle.) His idea included reducing the size and capability of the gas powertrain to Submitted at 10/5/2011 3:19:59 PM make up for the extra weight of As BMW i3, i8 electric cars the batteries. charge to market, more tech At a BMW-hosted event in New details emerge York City yesterday, we had an BMW is taking the next step in opportunity to meet with key the development of plug-in people on the i3 development hybrids with its i3 electric car due team, to learn more about this out at the end of 2013. The i3 will intriguing car and the technology be a city car made of carbon fiber within it. that BMW plans to sell in big When asked whether the i3 cities around the world. would use an engine from Last year, BMW announced the BMWs car or motorcycle parts i3 would come with an optional bin, Chief Engineer Ulli Kranz, g a s o l i n e - p o w e r e d r a n g e initially demurred. But his eyes lit extenderan internal combustion up when it was suggested that a engine that runs a generator to motorcycle engine might be a provide additional range once the perfect fit for such a car. At the batteries are depleted. same event, BMW announced that The Chevrolet Volt and the its upcoming i8 plug-in hybrid Fisker Karma have similar set- supercar will use a small threeups. Both use versions of General cylinder engine, boasting 220 hp, Motorss Ecotec four-cylinder to drive the rear axle. BMW has engine. The Volt uses an 84-hp, claimed the i8, which will cost 1.4-liter version, while the Karma more than $130,000, will have uses a 260-hp, turbocharged, 2.0- acceleration times of less than liter version. Intended as a city five seconds from 0-60 mph. car, the i3 will use a much smaller Reports have noted that the gas engine. electric motor on the front axle is This follows more in line with good for 260 kW, or 349 hp, w h a t D r . A n d y F r a n k a though were not sure how much mechanical engineering professor of that it will use. Presumably at the University of California most of its power will come from who is considered the father of the the electrically-driven front plug-in hybridhad in mind wheels. years ago. (A plug-in hybrid is In electric cars, BMW has said, another name for an extended- reducing the overall weight has an
use of naturally grown fibers in the interior, including the dashboard and seats. BMW believes that sustainability will be seen as a luxury feature when the car goes on sale. The i3s drivetrain will be tested in BMWs upcoming Active-E electric car, a 1 Series coupe exponential effect on reducing converted to electric power. weight and cost in the battery and Unlike BMWs previous electric thus boosting performance and car, the Mini-E, the Active-E range (and reducing charging w o n t h a v e i t s b a c k s e a t times). Thats why the i3 is made consumed by batteries. The new 32-kWh flat-format battery pack of carbon fiber and aluminum. The i3 will use an all-aluminum and its cooling system are smaller chassis that will house all the than the 35-kWh battery pack in drivetrain components, including the Mini-E. Kranz says this is the flat-format prismatic lithium-ion drivetrain prototype for the i3. batteries (made by Bosch and The i3 will roll out in major cities Samsung, and assembled by around the world, including the BMW), and an electric motor on Mini-E markets. It will include the rear axle. Kranz estimates the two new cities in the United carbon fiber that sits on the States: Boston and San Diego. chassis will offset the total weight Other U.S. cities include: Los of the batteries, saving about 500 A n g e l e s , S a n F r a n c i s c o , pounds. A further benefit, these Sacramento, and New York smaller batteries will reduce ( i n c l u d i n g N e w J e r s e y a n d charging time. The batteries will C o n n e c t i c u t s u b u r b s ) . Rich Steinberg, manager of be liquid cooled, which will allow owners to pre-heat and pre-cool BMWs electric-car programs in the cabin, and thereby minimize the United States, says the the effect of cold weather on company is focusing on cities that have planned for electric vehicle range. Kranz also announced that the car rollouts and have some public will be 100-percent recyclable. charging infrastructure in place to T h a t s r i g h t , 1 0 0 p e r c e n t ease electric-car buyers range including the batteries. To aid that anxiety. Of course, that would goal, the i3 will make extensive not be an issue for owners of the
version with the optional rangeextending gasoline engine. He says he sees public infrastructure as eliminating a psychological barrier, even though BMWs analysis shows most electric-car drivers will charge at home. BMW expects that between 5 percent and 15 percent of cars will plug in for some or all of their power by 2020. The i3 will fit in with other electric cars on the market such as the Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan Leaf. Like the Leaf, the i3 is targeting about a 100-mile range without the range-extending gas engine. Our just-released test of the Leaf has shown that its claimed 100-mile range is about 75 miles in the real world (and about 90 miles on an ideal day). Our tests show electric cars are very inexpensive to run. If BMWs weight saving technology can bring down the required size and cost of the batteries, that could strengthen the case for electric and plug-in hybrid cars. Subscribe now! S u b s c r i b e t o ConsumerReports.org for expert Ratings, buying advice and reliability on hundreds of products. Update your feed preferences
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Ford joins boxtops for educationbut where's the box?

Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs Passes Away At 56

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lead the company to revolutionize the music and electronics industry with the introduction of the Submitted at 10/5/2011 6:54:19 PM iPhone and the iTunes store. Jobs' Less than two months after would later repeat this success officially stepping down from his with the iPhone and the iPad. role of CEO at Apple, the Jobs did live long enough to see company's co-founder and the one yesterday's announcement of the person most directly associated iPhone 4S, the first major product with Apple has passed away at the launched under the leadership of age of 56. new CEO Tim Cook. In a statement on the Apple "I believe Apple's brightest and website, the company writes: most innovative days are ahead of Apple has lost a visionary and i t , " w r o t e J o b s w h e n h e creative genius, and the world has announced his decision to step lost an amazing human being. down as CEO. I have made some Those of us who have been of the best friends of my life at fortunate enough to know and Apple, and I thank you all for the work with Steve have lost a dear many years of being able to work friend and an inspiring mentor. alongside you." Steve leaves behind a company This entry passed through the that only he could have build, and Full-Text RSS service if this is his spirit will forever be the your content and you're reading it foundation of Apple. on someone else's site, please read Jobs had been battling pancreatic the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentcancer for most the last decade only/faq.php#publishers. Five and had gone on medical leave Filters featured article: A 'Malign several times in the last year, Intellectual Subculture' - George though he still made public M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , appearances at Apple's biggest Herman, Peterson, Pilger And product announcements. Media Lens. Though Jobs left Apple in the 1980s, he would later return and
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Apple Co-founder Steve Jobs passes away at 56

with the iPhone and the iPad. Jobs did live long enough to see yesterday's announcement of the Submitted at 10/5/2011 7:44:59 PM iPhone 4S, the first major product Apple Co-founder Steve Jobs launched under the leadership of passes away at 56 new CEO Tim Cook. Less than two months after "I believe Apple's brightest and officially stepping down from his most innovative days are ahead of role of CEO at Apple, the it," wrote Jobs when he company's co-founder and the one foundation of Apple. announced his decision to step person most directly associated Jobs had been battling pancreatic down as CEO. I have made some with Apple has passed away at the cancer for most the last decade of the best friends of my life at age of 56. and had gone on medical leave Apple, and I thank you all for the In a statement on the Apple several times in the last year, many years of being able to work website, the company writes: though he still made public alongside you." Apple has lost a visionary and appearances at Apple's biggest Subscribe now! creative genius, and the world has product announcements. S u b s c r i b e t o lost an amazing human being. Though Jobs left Apple in the ConsumerReports.org for expert Those of us who have been 1980s, he would later return and Ratings, buying advice and fortunate enough to know and lead the company to revolutionize r e l i a b i l i t y o n h u n d r e d s o f work with Steve have lost a dear the music and electronics industry products. Update your feed friend and an inspiring mentor. with the introduction of the preferences Steve leaves behind a company iPhone and the iTunes store. Jobs' that only he could have build, and would later repeat this success his spirit will forever be the
Bet He Marries The Firestarter Girl: Woot Weads The Wire

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Mitch Hurwitz says his U.S. comedy series is returning to television for a limited time. Every week in this space, well Television experts note that, take a look at the news and offer technically, it did that the first o u r o w n i n c i s i v e b l e n d o f time too. commentary, analysis, and poop CUPERTINO, California ( jokes. The news you need, from a Reuters) The tech titan's newest voice you can trust, in the 90 iPhone left Wall Street and fans seconds you have to spare: thats wishing for more than a soupedWoot Weads the Wire. up version of last year's device, CHICAGO ( UPI) -- Chicago igniting a rare storm of criticism rocker Jim Peterik says he is a n d d i s a p p o i n t m e n t o n t h e striking a blow for songwriters I n t e r n e t . everywhere by pursuing the full Online sources were shocked rights to his 1982 hit "Eye of the today to learn that Reuters Tiger." reporters don't seem to know that Lawyers hope to settle the case "Internet" is actually a synonym pre-trial, but are prepared to start f o r "criticism and a montage sequence if forced. disappointment". LOS ANGELES ( Reuters) LONDON ( UPI) -- The Stephen King is writing a follow- previously unpublished first novel up to his 1977 horror classic "The of Sherlock Holmes creator Shining." Arthur Conan Doyle has been Horror fans are said to be amazed published in London more than a how the master can generate such century after it was written. fear in a single sentence. Critics say the kid might have a LOS ANGELES ( UPI) -- future. "Arrested Development" creator
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Vote Here For Occupying Facebook The Worst Ad In America Awards!

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You told us which TV ads annoy you the most, now it's time to select the worst of the worst! In case you need to do proper research before voting or if you just want to annoy yourself click on any nominee to view the associated YouTube video in a new tab or window. VOTING ENDS 5 p.m. ET SUNDAY, OCT. 16! Absolute Worst Ad In America Most Grating Performance By a Human Group That Ought To Go Its Separate Ways Most Irritating Animated Actor Worst Abuse Of An Existing
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There you have the coming faceoff. And it's going to be a good one. Whatever plays out Yesterday I was given a list of won't be in Cairo or Tunisia, it'll Occupy sites on Daily Kos, about be in New York and Silicon 200 of them. Most were Facebook Valley. It'll look a lot like the sites, there were a handful of faceoff on the Brooklyn Bridge. blogs with feeds. But visible to everyone in the Of course without feeds they world. This is what American can't be part of occupyweb.org. democracy looks like. It's always But that's okay, because been class warfare, but now the occupying Facebook is every bit formerly disarmed class has a way as good as occupying Wall Street. of organizing. Seriously. And because of what's But everybody, be sure you have happening on Facebook, the show a good backup plan. Where will is going to move out to the web. you congregate on the web if you Read this article about where lose your Facebook presence? Facebook thinks they're heading. Really, seriously be thinking And then try to imagine the Facebook. Who are they kidding. about that. conversations they're having with People are going to find what the At the DNC in Chicago in 1968, advertisers. How long before brands have to say very easy to the protesters chanted"The whole there's an Occupy for individual ridicule. Basically I can't imagine world's watching." This time in a brands. And do they really want they will do anything but cede the whole new way. to compete with the occupiers on space to protestors.
Palin 'will not run for president'

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6 Oct 2011 Sarah Palin says she will not run for president. Her announcement left little doubt that the eventual Republican nominee will come from the current field of
contenders. The former Alaska Governor said in a statement that she and her husband Todd "devote ourselves to God, family and country." She said her decision maintains that order. Palin was the 2008 GOP nominee for vice president. She often
hinted that she might run for president in 2012 but never committed herself. Her announcement came one day after New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said he would not run. Republican insiders say the field is set. It includes former Massachusetts Governor Mitt
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Lames: Schaub to open Dunder Mifflin branch in Houston

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Each week the Noise highlights six unobvious names who he believes are destined to morph into human torpedos. For those playing the Lames home edition, each player must be started in at least 50 percent of Yahoo! leagues to qualify. As an accountability advocate, results, whether genius or moronic, will post the following week using the revamped scoring system listed here. If you're a player on TEAM HUEVOS, list your Week 5 Lames with projections in the comments below. Matt Schaub, Hou, QB (Noise Week 5 QB rank: 15, 64-percent started) Matchup: vs. Oak Schaub, minus a posterior tatt, will channel the managerial spirit of Andy Bernard this week. Without the services of Andre Johnson and considering the gross inefficiencies of Oakland's run defense, count on Gary Kubiak to call Arian Foster's number at least 25 times. It's even conceivable No. 23 could surpass 35 touches. With Darren McFadden also expected to tote his usual heavy workload, this is a game bound to have a feel reminiscent of the storied Jim
Brown-Cookie Gilchrist battles of the early 60s. Yes, the Raiders are beatable vertically. So far this season, the Silver and Black has surrendered 290.8 yards and 2.0 touchdowns per game to QBs, equal to the seventh-most fantasy points. But Jacoby Jones is a
significant downgrade from Johnson. In 12 career starts he's averaged an uneventful 44.7 yards per game and scored just one touchdown. Kevin Walter is interesting and Owen Daniels should see a healthy dose of targets, but given the weakness of
the opponent, Schaub will keep gun strapped in holster. His disappointing No. 18 ranking (per game) among QBs is bound to slip into the 20s. Hey, the Noise tried to warn you( Full disclosure: Hopefully you ignored any additional warnings, particularly
Ryan Mathews, Steve Smith and Greg Jennings. Galactic fails on my part.). Fearless Forecast: 19-27, 203 passing yards, 1 touchdown, 1 interception, 13.1 fantasy points LAMES: page 65
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[ Set your lineup anywhere with Yahoo! Sports' Fantasy Football app] LeGarrette Blount, TB, RB (Noise Week 5 RB rank: 23, 80percent) Matchup: at SF For those buried in a deep hole heading into last Monday's tilt with Indy, Blount's medicinal 141 -total yard, 1-td exhibition certainly eased the pain. Now the 17th-best RB currently in fake football, he's not only overcome a slow start, he's dropkicked it. Despite netting 4.5 yards per carry over his past three games and, in a possible sign of the Mayan apocalypse, contributing in the pass game (two receptions for 27 yards), the battering ram could sink in Candlestick's thick mud. Linebackers Patrick Willis, Navorro Bowman and Ahmad Brooks have feasted on the flesh of running backs this year, each ranking well inside the top-20 against the run according to Pro Football Focus. On the season, the suffocating trio has surrendered just 2.9 yards per carry, 49 rushing yards per game and zero touchdowns to rushers, equal to the fewest fantasy points allowed. And it's not like they've faced the Chiefs every week. Felix Jones, Cedric Benson and LeSean McCoy combined for 3.4 yards per carry against them. Because of San Fran's problems against the pass, anticipate Raheem Morris to lean on the arm of Josh Freeman and not the legs of Blount. Pass
him. Fearless Forecast: 18 carries, 58 rushing yards, 1 reception, 8 receiving yards, 0 tds, 7.4 fantasy points Beanie Wells, Ari, RB (Noise Week 5 RB rank: 21, 52-percent) Matchup: at Min Once the perfect ballpark complement, the artist formerly known as "The Weenie" is no longer behind the wheel of America's most beloved motorized meat. The No. 1 ranked RB (on a per game basis), running with purpose and determination, is finally starting to live up to the All-Pro expectations many within the Cardinals organization believed he was capable of when drafted in Round 1 two years ago. Still, in a game of matchups, any player, no matter how hot, can cool off in an instant. With RB eater Kevin Williams back in tow, the Vikes D, which was slaughtered in the trenches over the first two games of the season, appears to be on the mend. Over its past two contests, Minnesota has yielded just 2.5 yards per carry to rushers. Yes, Arizona, in an attempt to steer away from Williams, will likely attack the edges, a place where Wells has thrived, early and often. However, expect Leslie Frazier to creep an extra defender into the box to contain the perimeter. No doubt this is Beanie's breakout year, but, for one week only, the Vikes will smother him in sauerkraut. Fearless Forecast: 18 carries, 73
rushing yards, 0 receptions, 0 touchdowns, 7.3 fantasy points Stevie Johnson, Buf, WR (Noise Week 5 WR rank: 28, 92-percent) Matchup: vs. Phi Stevie has eliminated all doubts 2010 was a fluke. Currently the 10th-best receiver in fantasy, he's officially graduated from the WR2 ranks. In an explosive pass offense, he's a legit top target. However, even the game's best drop an enormous stinker from time-to-time. This could be Stevie's week. Philly's trio of fantasy death ( Nnamdi Asomugha, Dominque RodgersCromartie and Asante Samuel) hasn't exactly lived up to its advanced billing. Roddy White, Victor Cruz and, of all random people, Josh Morgan each posted quality fantasy numbers against it. Still, the threesome has performed well compared to most secondaries in the league holding wide receivers 17.1-percent below the league average in overall fantasy production. In a must-win situation, expect the Eagles secondary to play its best game of the season. Johnson, coming off a very vanilla 4-58-0 effort in Cincinnati, posts his secondstraight flavorless game. Fearless Forecast: 4 receptions, 47 receiving yards, 0 touchdowns, 7.7 fantasy points Dustin Keller, NYJ, TE (Noise Week 5 TE rank: 12, 60-percent) Matchup: vs. NE As a tight end, anytime your head coach insists a "ground and
pound" philosophy must be reinstituted that generally means one thing: stay in the box. If Rex Ryan's conservative side truly resurfaces against New England, Keller is destined to make little noise, despite what appears to be an incredible paper matchup. After all, the very exploitable Pats have yielded 9.0 passing yards per attempt and 376.8 passing yards per game this season. Keller, who is in the midst of a breakthrough campaign (Pace: 72-1,044-8), has the appearance of a 5-75-1 slam dunk. But, outside last week's 478-0 line allowed to Oakland's Kevin Boss, the Pats have done a stellar job hindering tight ends. Plus-sized targets are performing 27.4-percent below the league average against them. That combined with Keller's more runblock intensive role suggests a quiet afternoon could be in store. Ground him in shallow leagues. Fearless Forecast: 4 receptions, 35 receiving yards, 0 touchdowns, 6.5 fantasy points BONUS WEEK 5 LAMES Bring the noise on Twitter. Follow Brad@YahooNoise. Also, be sure to tune into The Fantasy Freak Show this Friday starting at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT LIVE on Yahoo! Sports Radio. -Image courtesy of Getty
Remembering Steve Jobs: We all pay tribute

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Submitted at 10/5/2011 11:28:00 PM
As news has of the passing of Steve Jobs spread tonight, people have started showing up at Apple's stores to pay tribute to its co-founder and former leader. We stopped by the 5th Avenue, NYC store and found this scene with many gathering to pay tribute through their thoughts, words and pictures. Outside there's signs and flowers, downstairs the store is packed. The images we've captured are in the gallery below, if you have something to share of your own then contact us via our tips form so we can include it here. Gallery: RIP Steve Jobs, Apple Store 5th Ave., NYC Remembering Steve Jobs: We all pay tribute originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| | Email this| Comments
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Never a shortage of subplots when Jets, Patriots square off - NFL

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Wednesday what he thought about Cromartie's continued trash talk, but the freshly shorn quarterback Things have been quiet -- almost wasn't biting. too quiet -- surrounding the New "I don't care what he said about York Jets and New England me, I really don't," Brady told the Patriots as they prepare to renew Boston Herald. their border war Sunday in Ellis' reunion: Defensive end Foxborough. Shaun Ellis was a first-round draft Much of this can be attributed to pick of the Jets way back in 2000, the struggles of Rex Ryan's Jets, playing his entire career in New who are coming off two ugly York before signing with New losses. It's difficult to boast about England during the offseason. He your greatness when you're being admitted Wednesday that he still summarily destroyed by your struggles to see himself as opposition. anything other than a Jet. That said, this is still Jets- "It's hard," Ellis told the Herald, Patriots, which means there are laughing. "You know what I plenty of subplots to go around as mean? When you're talking or kickoff approaches. whatever, (Patriots) will be like, Let's take a look at where we 'You with us now, you ain't over stand right now: there.' So, just got to re-train my Brady v. Cromartie II: Jets whole thinking. I've been there cornerback Antonio Cromartie forever. ... Sometimes, I catch kicked off the week by saying he myself saying 'we.' But it's one of still didn't have fond feelings for them things. It's like, 'Oh, did I T o m B r a d y . A s y o u m i g h t say that? I ain't there no more.' " remember, Cromartie used an It's Week 5, Shaun. Let's get this expletive to describe the Patriots worked out. quarterback before last season's Revis on Ocho: Darrelle Revis AFC Divisional Playoff Game. and Chad Ochocinco share some Brady repeatedly was asked history. It was during the 2009
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regular-season finale when Ochocinco -- then with the Cincinnati Bengals-- said he would change his name back to Chad Johnson if he left "Revis Island" without a catch. Ochocinco was shut out, though he kept the name anyway (Where's the honor, man?) Fast forward two years, and Revis still is talking about his old rival, who has struggled during his first season in New England. "Only thing I can say is that he should be playing more," Revis said, according to the New York Daily News. "But I'm not the coach. I'm not (Bill) Belichick." Welker watches his words: Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker was benched for one play in last year's playoffs for a series of not-so-veiled foot references in relation to Ryan. Welker was a guest on "The Rich Eisen Podcast" this week, but he wasn't about to anger his coach again. When asked by Eisen if there was anything on Ryan he'd like to say, Welker replied:"I ain't gonna bite, Rich. I ain't biting." Probably a smart move.
Plax thanks Pats: File this one under "Knife, Twisting The." Burress reminisced Wednesday about his touchdown catch that beat the previously undefeated Patriots in Super Bowl XLII. "They had single-covered me maybe a handful of times that whole game," Burress told The Boston Globe. "Coming off the NFC Championship Game and the game that we had Week 16 in Giants Stadium, they were really focusing on taking me out of the football game. For them to give me that coverage with that on the line, I didn't think they would, but thank you." We're sure the Patriots and their fans appreciate the gratitude. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Photos: Nicaraguan girl fighting cancer celebrates her 15th birthday Washington Post
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Columbus Ledger-Enquirer Photos: Nicaraguan girl fighting cancer celebrates her 15th birthday Washington Post ( no / Associated Press ) - In this photo taken Tuesday Sept. 20, 2011, leukemia patient Maria Jose Martinez, 15, sits in Dr. Mercedes Arguello's office in the oncology area of La Mascota Children's Hospital in Managua, Nicaragua.... Photos: Nicaraguan Cancer Patient Marks Birthday NPR Photos: Nicaraguan cancer patient marks birthday Forbes Photos: Nicaraguan cancer patient marks birthday Columbus Ledger-Enquirer all 78 news articles
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Theres no O in Phillies Philadelphia Daily News

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ST. LOUIS - What else could they say? After Wednesday's 5-3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals that tied the best of five National League division series at two games apiece, the Phillies professed confidence in winning the decisive game Friday at Citizens Bank Park. Having Roy Halladay on the mound, will add to that confidence. "That is why you play the regular season to get home field advantage," Phillies rightfielder Hunter Pence said. "Now we have Doc [Halladay] at home and it's still going to be a great game against some of the best hitters in the world." Pence outlined the script. "You have one of the best offenses in the league going against one of the best pitchers in the world," he said. "It doesn't get much better than this and it is
what the postseason is about." Pence said he felt he was safe while trying to steal second base in the first inning. Instead it turned out to be a double play with Ryan Howard striking out. "That happened so fast," he said. "In baseball it's hard to get the call." When asked about the impact he added, "it was in the first inning of the game and you just move on." Rollins sizzling Lost in the loss is how hot shortstop Jimmy Rollins has been. Rollins went 2 for 4 with a run scored and is now 9 for 16 (.562) with four doubles and six runs scored. His previous high for hits in any playoff series has been six, something he accomplished twice. Howard struggling Ryan Howard had that huge three -run homer that turned a 3-1 deficit into a 4-3 lead in Game One's 11-6 win, but he has been struggling with that old enemy the strikeout. Howard struck out three times on Wednesday and now has six for
the series. He is 2 for 15 (.133) with six RBIs. "The last couple of days he's having trouble tracking the ball, staying on the ball," manager Charlie Manuel said. "When he does that, he usually struggles." Howard isn't the only Philies struggling. Placido Polanco is 2 for 16 (.125), Carlos Ruiz is 1 for 14 (.071). The Phillies as a team have struck out 26 times. What is interesting is that the Cardinals have struck out 36 times. A boost by Holliday Matt Holliday made his first start of the series for the Cardinals. He is still not 100 percent from a finger injury, but after taking batting practice, he told manager Tony La Russa that he could play. Holliday went 1 for 3 with two runs scored. He was also hit by a pitch. More than that, he changed the dynamic "It all starts with having Matt Holliday back in our lineup," said third baseman David Freese, who
hit a two-run double and two-run home run. "His presence in the lineup is huge." High ratings The Phillies ranked first in all of baseball for 2011 regional TV ratings, according to a report in Sports Business Journal. Ratings on Comcast SportsNet rose 11 percent this season, the ninth straight season of improved ratings. St. Louis was second. According to a Comcast SportsNet spokeswoman Maureen Quilter, this year's Phillies games had an average 9.1 rating. One rating point in the Philadelphia area equals 30,363 homes. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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What you need to know from this week on The Ultimate Fighter
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Bedford (Miller) vs. Josh Ferguson (Bisping) Round 1: Ferguson wins the first Submitted at 10/5/2011 8:00:06 PM exchange, but Bedford gets the Welcome back for the third week first takedown. From the top of "The Ultimate Fighter." This position, Bedford landed elbows episode is apparently called Death until Ferguson got back to his Leprechauns, which should make feet. Bedford managed another for an interesting episode. What takedown, then maneuvered into does that mean? Will Team Miller north-south position. He tried for make it 2-o? What happened to an armbar, but Ferguson got out Miller's car? Read on for spoilers of the hold. Before the round and a recap. ended, Ferguson got one last Technique of the week: Miller takedown. started out the practice by Round 2: The two focus on stand explaining the first rule of the -up early in this round, with Octagon: protect yourself at all Ferguson landing flurries and times. He illustrated that by Bedford throwing big kicks. After passing out pool noodles, and being clinched against the fence, starting a noodle fight. Ferguson caught Bedford as he Prank of the week: Since Miller tried to throw a flying knee and himself when he was on "The point during their face-off did talk. It goes on. And on. And on. did a tire-related prank last week, took him to the ground. Ultimate Fighter," then thought it they stop jawing at one another. And on. Annnnnnd on. Bisping removed the tires from Bedford won the unanimous was necessary to say these Prank II of the week: Akira Alliance of the week: John Miller's car. Miller laughed it off, decision, though he said he was fighters are not another way to Corassani messed with everyone Dodson, of Team Miller, and but it's clear that the prank war is disappointed that he didn't get the call a cat a kitten. Bisping, as throughout the episode by putting Diego Brandao, Louis Gaudinot, just starting. finish. That moves Miller to 2-o. always, is a class act. birdseed and notes and pool balls and Josh Ferguson of Team Stupidity of the week: At Afterwards, Miller said that there Fight pick of the week -- Johnny in people's gloves, but then was Bisping, are all buddies and have Bisping's practice, Marcus was something wrong with Bedford (Team Miller) vs. Josh displeased when Dustin Neace c a l l e d t h e m s e l v e s T e a m Brimage and Diego Brandao Bedford's hand for the fight. F e r g u s o n ( T e a m B i s p i n g ) : retaliated by putting rice in Leprechaun. That means that sparred a bit too hard. Brimage Ferguson expected that this fight Corassani's bed. According to Bispng has a mole in Miller's took it in stride, but Brandao took w o u l d h a p p e n , a n d c a m e Corassani, messing with the bed is c a m p . O h g o o d i e . A n o t h e r exception to it, threatening to kill equipped with a sign that said, worse than messing with gloves, s p y g a t e . Brimage. Bisping said that "[Expletive] you, Bedford." At no which led into unproductive trash Fight of the night -- Johnny Brandao reminded Bisping of
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NLDS Game 4: Freese goes deep, Cards force series back to Philly
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in the sixth and catcher Yadier Molina was the middle man on a strike-'em-out, throw-'em-out Submitted at 10/5/2011 6:33:56 PM double play that changed the Score and situation: The St. complexion of the Phillies' first Louis Cardinals stayed alive and inning. forced Game 5 of the NLDS with Head hangers: Ryan Howard a 5-3 victory at Busch Stadium on went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts Wednesday night. and is batting .133 in the series. Leading lads: David Freese hit a R i g h t - h a n d e r R o y O s w a l t long two-run home run to center received a two-run lead out of the field and added a two-run double, box, but couldn't keep St. Louis' and right-hander Edwin Jackson offense down for long. Shane overcame a shaky beginning to Victorino made the funniest play hold the Phillies offense in check of the season not in a good over six innings. way trying to throw a ball into Watch Mr. Freese turn a cold t h e i n f i e l d . U t l e y ' s o v e r l y shoulder aggressive baserunning might St. Louis' defense helped out have cost the Phillies at least a Albert Pujols cut down Chase run. Utley trying to take an extra base Key play: It's a tough call
and the rest of Team Fredbird for the NLCS? What's next: The best pitcher on the planet, Roy Halladay, gets the call with the Phillies' great season on the line, going against former teammate Chris Carpenter(he's good too) in Game 5 at Citizens Bank Park on Friday. Be there. Other popular stories on Yahoo! Sports: Against all odds, Burnett saves the Yankees Brewers manager gets a pass for walk with bad results between Pujols' head's up throw to appearance of the series. NBA on the brink of canceling third to get Utley and the St. What they'll be talking about: season's start Louis double play in the first Was THAT Pujols' last game at Dan Wetzel podcast: Breaking inning. Instead, let's go with the Busch in a Cardinals uniform, or down the Red River rivalry Busch Stadium Squirrel, who will he be back with Jason m a d e h i s ( h e r ? ) s e c o n d Motte(young Yukon Cornelius)
Steve Jobs in his own words

Tim Stevens (Engadget)
few years when I'm not there, but I'll always come back -- Steve Jobs, 1985 That's a quote I'll always stay connected with from a Playboy interview Steve Apple. I hope that throughout my Jobs gave back in 1985. February life I'll sort of have the thread of of 1985, to be specific, right my life and the thread of Apple before Steve would be ousted weave in and out of each other, from the company that he colike a tapestry. There may be a founded with Steve Wozniak and
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Ronald Wayne in 1976. Apple of
course famously grew out of a garage, the brains of Woz, the drive of Jobs building the company over the next nine years into a powerhouse in the burgeoning home computer market. Join us for a look back at the life of Steve Jobs.
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Bill Daley: 'I Don't Know if [Occupy Wall Street] is Helpful'

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Posted: Wed, Oct 05 2011 Via Slate: 03:00:00 -04:00 . . .After the speech, I asked Daley Ground Beef Recipes Posted: about Occupy Wall Street. Why Wed, Oct 05 2011 03:00:00 not? I asked if it was helpful to 04:00 the White House, in its current jobs bill campaign, to have This entry passed through the economic angst protests in dozens Full-Text RSS service if this is of cities. I dont know if its your content and you're reading it helpful, he said. I wouldnt on someone else's site, please read characterize it that way. Look it: the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentPeople express their opinions. In only/faq.php#publishers. Five the new social network world, Filters featured article: A 'Malign they can do it pretty effectively Intellectual Subculture' - George outside the normal way, Monbiot Smears Chomsky, historically, people have done it. Herman, Peterson, Pilger And So whether its helpful to us, or Media Lens. helpful for people to understand in the political system that there are a lot of people out there concerned about the economy I know the focus is on Wall Street, but its a broader discussion that were having. He pointed to Sam
Stein, whod been asking about supercommittee negotiations. Part of the thing here, about a balanced approach I think people want to see fairness in the system. Did he like seeing the people in the streets? If you go to other parts of the world, you see people who dont have the opportunity to protest like that. Its always good to see.. . . Dear Bill Daley: get to love your new buddies! Greg Pollowitz This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Women Exposed To Hormone In Utero Face Lifelong Health Problems

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exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES). Back in the 1940s, '50s and '60s, Submitted at 10/5/2011 6:00:00 PM doctors prescribed a hormone Courtesy of Women Make called diethylstilbestrol, or DES, Movies to millions of pregnant women in A still from A Healthy Baby Girl, the unfounded belief it would a 1996 documentary in which prevent miscarriages. f i l m m a k e r J u d i t h H e l f a n d Smack in the middle of this c h r o n i c l e s t h e h e a l t h period, the deformed thalidomide consequences of her own in utero babies demonstrated the terrible
things that can happen when drugs are casually prescribed during pregnancy. But the effects of DES were much more insidious. It wasn't until 1970 that doctors in Boston, where DES use was especially popular, discovered a rare vaginal cancer in young women who had been exposed to the hormone in utero.
Now comes the most definitive accounting so far of the lifetime toll on the so-called DES daughters. A study in this week's New England Journal of Medicine tallies the risks of a dozen DESrelated disorders among 4,600 women whose mothers took the hormone during pregnancy, compared to 1,900 others who
weren't exposed. For instance, DES daughters have had: Five times the risk of delivering a premature baby; Nearly four times higher risk of a second-trimester miscarriage; Almost four times more risk of an ectopic pregnancy. WOMEN page 72
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They're also considerably more likely to be infertile, suffer a spontaneous abortion, have a stillbirth, develop a dangerous condition called preeclampsia during pregnancy, have early menopause and have early signs of uterine cancer. Overall, the risk of breast cancer is not different from women who weren't exposed to DES. But a subgroup of DES daughters those whose mothers started taking the hormone earlier in pregnancy and thus exposed their fetuses to a higher dose have about twice the risk of breast cancer than non-exposed females. (In absolute terms, they have about a 4 percent risk, versus 2.3 percent among DES daughters who had lower exposures.) Perhaps the most significant new finding is the very high incidence of reproductive problems among DES daughters who had higher exposures to the hormone. Two out of three had preemies. Nearly 60 percent had spontaneous abortions. Forty-one percent were infertile. One in four had ectopic pregnancies or suffered preeclampsia. And nearly
one in five lost a fetus during the second trimester. The study identified women with higher DES exposures by the presence of telltale changes in vaginal tissue. However, this isn't a useful marker for increased risk for DES daughters today, because the abnormality heals as the woman ages. In any case, except for breast and cervical cancer, most DES daughters today are beyond most of the bad outcomes associated with their prenatal exposure to the hormone. Most of them are in their 50s and 60s. They're advised to get regular Pap smears and mammograms because of their increased risk of uterine and breast cancer. The publication of this new study is putting DES researchers in a reflective state of mind, 40 years after the landmark 1970 paper that first revealed the problem. Dr. Robert Hoover of the National Cancer Institute, one of the new study's authors, notes that the harm of prenatal DES exposure might never have come to light if it hadn't been for the fact that one of those harms was
such a never-before-seen cancer in adolescents. "Without a really rare tumor occurring in a really odd group of women, we would know nothing about the huge impact on health and reproductive outcomes, because it wouldn't have been brought to anyone's attention," Hoover told Shots. The subsequent miscarriages, infertility cases and other reproductive problems would have been lost in the general background rate. Even so, it was a matter of happenstance that the connection was made in the first place. Dr. Arthur Herbst, another study author and the lead researcher on the 1970 paper, says in a recent You Tube posting that two women whose daughters suffered the vaginal cancer asked him, "Do you think it could have been that drug I took during pregnancy?" That set him on the trail that led to DES. Without that sleuthing, Hoover says, DES "would have kept being used," exposing many more women and their daughters to the dangers.
As it was, nobody knows how many women were exposed, or how many DES daughters there are today. Estimates range from 3 to 10 million. And are there risks for the daughters of DES daughters? "There is certainly laboratory animal evidence of thirdgeneration effects," Hoover says. "So we have been trying to put together enough granddaughters to study them as well. Thus far, we do not have enough data to say much." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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My Smartphone Is A Microscope. What Can Yours Do?

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Courtesy of Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu and colleagues The upper row of images shows blood samples through a traditional microscope. The bottom row shows the same
samples imaged on a smartphone. I lied. My smartphone isn't a microscope yet. But there are some smart physicists who want to make that transformation possible very soon, if not for you and me at first, then for doctors who don't have easy access to laboratories. There are a lot of ways to trick out your smartphone. And if
you're an eager Apple fan, the brand-new iPhone 4S will come with fancy apps that use its increasingly sophisticated camera to scan and image the world. A smartphone camera lens can measure objects, help translate words, and even tell you whether your potato chips have been caught in a food safety recall. But Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu
and colleagues at the Center for Biophotonics, Science and Technology at the University of California, Davis say a smartphone's camera lens can also serve as a microscope and a spectrometer, which both could be pretty handy for looking at blood samples. A few years ago, WachsmannHogiu was thinking about creating
tools to help doctors do tests right at the site where they're caring for patients, something called "pointof-care testing." He'd heard about bioengineer Daniel Fletcher's work developing a low-tech mobile microscope called CellScope. But Wachsmann-Hogiu was interested SMARTPHONE page 74
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Penalties For 'Worst' Hospitals Could Hurt Minorities

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worst hospitals had similarities. They tended to be small public hospitals and for-profit Submitted at 10/5/2011 3:56:00 PM institutions in the South. They Rating the best hospitals has treated twice as many elderly, become commonplace, with U.S. black patients as did the 122 News & World Report, various "best" hospitals (those that r e s e a r c h f i r m s a n d l o t s o f provided high-quality care at a w e b s i t e s r o u t i n e l y i s s u i n g low cost). rankings. The worst hospitals also had Now some health researchers many more Medicaid patients have come up with a way to than the best. Being a "worst" evaluate which hospitals are the h o s p i t a l h a d s i g n i f i c a n t worst. In a paper just published in implications. Heart attack and the policy journal Health Affairs, pneumonia patients at the worst three researchers classified 3,229 hospitals were more likely to die hospitals by quality, using than those at the best. Medicare's reports of how often Now, we know what you're e a c h h o s p i t a l f o l l o w e d thinking. Which hospital was the recommended guidelines of care worst and which was the best? for basic things like giving heart Sorry to disappoint you, but attack patients aspirin upon researchers didn't publish the admission. names, a condition of getting the Next, the researchers evaluated detailed data from Medicare they the hospitals by how much they needed for the analysis. spent providing care. Combining Still, their conclusions are pretty the two ratings, they identified important because Medicare is 1 7 8 l o w - q u a l i t y , h i g h - c o s t moving ahead with changes to the institutions. With refreshing way it pays hospitals. Those that bluntness, they designated those provide high-quality care costas the "worst" hospitals. effectively will get rewarded at The researchers found that the the expense of those that provide
substandard care at a high price. That approach was required by the federal Affordable Care Act. But, this study warns, it could end up hurting hospitals that treat lots of poor, black patients, undermining efforts to reduce disparities in care. "As hospital payments are reduced over time, becoming more efficient while maintaining quality will become even more important," the study says. "Whether poor-performing hospitals will lose part of their reimbursement possibly even going out of business as a result or institute new and effective quality improvement efforts is unclear." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
in making something even simpler. And he noticed that when water droplets formed on the top of his iPhone camera, they magnified the image. So he took a tiny lens just 1 millimeter in diameter and attached it to the phone to try to get a similar effect. "With that we were able to record great microscopic images," he tells Shots. His team set out to test a range of lenses between 1 and 3 millimeters that would get different magnification. The smaller the lens, the more it magnifies. "We found that the small lenses are good for microscopy of blood cells while the larger lenses could be good for skin and dermatological applications," he says. A smartphone camera lens can also do cool tricks with light and blood, with the help of a simple spectrometer attachment to the phone. Wachsmann-Hogiu's smartphone-friendly spectrometer involves a short plastic tube covered at both ends with black electrical tape. The tape has narrow slits that allow beams of light from a blood sample, for example, to enter and exit the tube. This grating smears, or spreads, the light into a spectrum of colors that doctors could use like a fingerprint to identify various molecules.
In a medical setting, the smartphone spectrometer could be used to measure oxygen levels in the blood. Levels that are too low or too high can be a clue that something else is wrong with the heart or many other organs. So does it matter what kind of smartphone you use for these new tools? Wachsmann-Hogiu says no. In fact, even the simplest smartphone camera with 1 to 2 megapixels should be sufficient. The project's next phase is testing in the clinical setting in rural areas of the U.S. where laboratories are few are far between. Wachsmann-Hogiu and colleagues will present their findings at the Optical Society of America's annual meeting next week. They also published a paper on their work in the journal PLoS One earlier this year. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Supply and Demand, Part II: The Money Supply

David Weinberger (The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation)
economic growth and creates with it an equal flow of demand. Successfully growing an economy, then, requires targeting production, not aggregate Submitted at 10/5/2011 5:00:42 PM My recent post explained why demand. The Presidents plan P r e s i d e n t O b a m a s n e w l y addresses the wrong problem. proposed $447 billion spending This comment challenged these package aimed at boosting total basics: demand is doomed to fail. Some You leave too much unaddressed commenters offered a challenge to here. Your example of the supply that assertion. of a farmers crops constitutes his The basis for assessing the ability to demand an automakers spending package: Economic automobile is true if we operate growth is determined by the in a barter economy. Once you supply side of the economy, i n t r o d u c e m o n e y i n t o a n beginning with productivity and economy, all of a sudden you can labor supply. Recessions result have supply and demand for from an external shock (for something that isnt a good or example, rapidly rising oil prices) servicemoney. If everyone, in combined with a structural the aggregate, decides to demand d i s t o r t i o n p r o d u c e d b y a more money, then everyone must significant public policy (for therefore be choosing to demand example, encouraging rapid less goods and services. And if increases in home ownership by everyone chooses to demand less reducing loan requirements), that goods and services (and more leaves production below full m o n e y ) , t h e n w h a t e v e r i s capacity. In other words, the produced (supply) is greater than natural state of the economy is what is consumed (demand); one of growth, and recessions are hence, supply does not create its only inevitable insofar as external own demand. shocks are beyond control and There are a couple points to take public policy is left at the mercy away from this comment. First, if of human error. its true that people demand to But it is production that drives hold more money, then money
demand can be addressed through monetary policy, which controls the money supply. By increasing the money supply, however, there could be risk of stoking inflation, which would increase money demand as people seek to hold more cash in the face of rising prices. How the Presidents plan could affect the money supply. On one hand, President Obamas new spending proposal would not alter the money supply, since it would be financed by borrowing money from the private economy (and would later be repaid by increasing taxes). On the other hand, the Presidents plan risks stoking inflation and increasing the demand for money. Even though the money supply would be left unchanged, if people expect prices to rise because of unrestrained government spending, these expectations could make inflation a reality. Businesses could raise prices expecting wages (labor costs) to rise. Again, this would result in people demanding to hold more cash. So not only would the Presidents plan leave unaddressed any money demand problem that may exist, but it
could actually make money demand worse. Production still drives the economy. Money demand does not change the fact that production ultimately drives supply and demand. When people demand to hold more money, it means money velocity (the speed at which a given dollar changes hands through economic transactions) slows. But it doesnt change the fact that whatever is produced at a given time will be applied as demand somewhere in the economy. Heres why: Any dollar of income an individual produces gives that individual the choice of either spending that dollar on a good or service, or saving that dollar by putting it in the bank. Either choice affects economic output equally. Spending the dollar contributes to gross domestic product (GDP). Saving the dollar allows the bank to loan it to someone else to spendalso contributing to GDP. When people are hesitant to spend and banks hesitant to loan and thus total savings increase, banks invest savings in T-bonds to earn interest. This channels savings toward someone who will spend
them on goods or services, again equally contributing to GDP. In sum, the Federal Reserve, through monetary policy, has the tools to deal with problems relating to money demand. This is unrelated to and does not negate the fact that production creates demand and determines economic output. Short-term economic fluctuations are therefore caused by shocks to productivity, resulting from external factors combined with major public policy errors. The Presidents stimulus plan targets the superficial problem of depressed aggregate demand rather than the fundamental problem of lower productivity, and therefore it will not stimulate economic growth. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Free Trade Proposals Solutions to Tech Sector Job Losses

Josh Peterson (The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation)
Submitted at 10/5/2011 4:33:53 PM
The House Rules Committee advanced three proposals Wednesday that may help curb a growing problem for the nations economy: stagnant job growth in the technology sector. The three pending free trade agreements with Columbia, Panama and Korea are up for full House approval next week. Senate Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) also said that the Senate will vote on the agreements next week as well. 115, 800 U.S. hi-tech industry jobs were lost in 2010-the second straight year of decline for the industry- according to a report released by TechAmerica Foundation today. Bloomberg Businessweek reported the findings by TechAmerica Foundations annual report, based on data by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The approved free trade agreements would increase the export of American goods, including those of the hi-tech sector. According to data from the World Bank, the U.S. exported $141,518,550,520 in hightechnology goods in 2009, ranking third in the world behind China and Germany, respectively,
and ahead of Korea. U.S. information and communications technology exports to Korea accounted for $8.7 billion 2008 to 2010 on average, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. Improved access to the South Korean market through the Korea-
US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) is a necessary concern to analysts in Washington. South Korea will continue to open its dynamic market; the question is whether U.S. or foreign companies will benefit, said Bruce Klinger, Senior
Research Fellow for Northeast Asia in the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation. The United States has already lost $40 billion in lost exports as Washington dithered on the KORUS FTA. Without KORUS, U.S. businesses would remain even more disadvantaged against
EU competitors. KORUS FTA specifically would also guarantee fair play for US telecommunications companies operating in Korea, e-commerce and the protection of intellectual property rights. The U.S. Panama FREE page 77
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A Plan to Limit Dishonesty in Congress

Ernest Istook (The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation)
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emergency spending is exempted from budgetary limits, so they propose that any claimed emergency must have Submitted at 10/5/2011 7:40:22 PM Give two U.S. Senators credit for supermajority approval. ( As trying to do something about the Heritage has noted,routine smoke-and-mirrors games in expenditures [are] given the Washington. emergency designation simply to The Honest Budget Act by evade spending caps.) Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and No phony piggy bank raids. We Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) have hundreds of billions in goes to the heart of public distrust u n s p e n t m o n e y t h a t w a s of Congress, namely the dishonest appropriated in prior years$703budget gimmicks and accounting billion was the total at the start of tricks. fiscal year 2011. Rather than The public is rebelling because canceling those old, unused and too many budget cuts have unnecessary obligations from t u r n e d o u t t o b e s p e n d i n g prior years, Congress re-directs increases or, at best, promises that them to new spending that is then a future Congress will curtail exempted from normal spending spending. limits. The proposal would curtail By no means does the senators the practice. legislation fix all the problems, A freeze should be a freeze. but its definitely a good start. Remember President Obamas They take aim at what they claims last year that federal calculate are $350-billion in workers pay has been frozen for gimmicks used during recent two years? The claim is phony, years, by both political parties. b e c a u s e o f b a c k d o o r s t e p Their checklist includes: increase adjustments that have No budget, no spending. Its averaged 2-3% increases. Under been over two years since the the plan, those would be frozen Senate has adopted a budget plan. until 2013. The proposal is to prevent any No time games. Billions of new spending whenever an dollars of revenue and spending overall budget has not been have been deemed to occur a approved by Congress. day earlier or later, so that theyre Quit crying wolf. So-called credited to a different federal
fiscal year. The IRS wont let taxpayers ignore the actual calendar, so Congress shouldnt either. The Sessions-Snowe plan is good. As they say, the goal is, No more gimmicks, tricks, or empty promises. America deserves an honest budget. Their plan will not, however, curtail all of Washingtons huge bag of tricks. Many more are described in a Heritage guide, Things You Never Knew About AppropriationsBut Should. And even if Congress fixes its process, that wont fix the rhetoricthe false claims that are routinely made about the contents of spending bills. But the longest journey begins with a single step, and the senators plan would start that journey on the right foot. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) also includes provisions for telecommunications and electronic commerce. Congressional approval of the U.S. Columbia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) would open Colombias $134 billion services market to highly competitive American companies and increase U.S. Gross Domestic Product by nearly $2.5 billion, according to estimates by the U.S. International Trade Commission. Congressional approval of the U.S. Columbia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) would open Colombias $134 billion services market to highly competitive American companies and increase U.S. Gross Domestic Product by nearly $2.5 billion, according to estimates by the U.S. International Trade Commission. Trade agreements benefiting the U.S. tech industry couldnt have come at a more timely moment. Of the four hightech sectors highlighted by the TechAmerica report, only software services added jobs in 2010 noted Robert F. Bennett, Chairman of TechAmerica Foundation, in a statement about the tech sector findings. The software services sector added 22,800 jobs, culminating in a one percent gain between 2009 and 2010. Of the jobs lost, 72,100 were in communications services, 53,600 were in tech manufacturing, and 12,900 were in engineering and tech services, said Bennett.
Fortunately, the initial numbers for 2011 look more promising in terms of job growth. In light of the employment trends of the past several years, the initial 2011 numbers might look promising to Bennett and the USbased trade association. Heritage, on the other hand, noted that unemployment still remains high under current trends. Job creation in the first six months of the year was barely enough to keep pace with population growth, said William Beach, Director of the Center for Data Analysis at The Heritage Foundation, in a July 2011 interview. If the economy immediately began creating jobs at the pace it did in the 2003-2007 expansion (+176,000 jobs/month) then unemployment would not return to its natural rate (5.2 percent) until mid-2018. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Palin: Already Almost Forgotten

David Frum (FrumForum David Frum)
two more years or four. Her political career was brief, bizarre, and sordid. But now at least it is Submitted at 10/5/2011 9:51:29 PM definitively finished. I will continue driving the Palin will never become a party discussion for freedom and free elder stateswoman. Over the past markets three years, it became apparent to - From Sarah Palins statement all but a handful of cultists that announcing her decision not to her only interests were money and run for president. celebrity. She had no concept of Um, probably not. Sarah Palins public service, and no capacity to political voice had dwindled well serve even if she had wished to do before she announced her decision so. Soon even those last cultists not to run. Now it will sink w i l l q u i e t l y a b a n d o n t h e altogether into inaudibility. She argument. We talk often these will be no kind of force in future days about makers and takers. national discussions. She will Sarah Palin was the ultimate have no sway over party debates. taker. She abandoned her post as She will retain some starpower for governor of Alaska to cash in on a little while longer. She may for lectures and TV. She squeezed her another cycle or two be able to supporters for political donations help certain candidates for certain and spent the money on herself. political offices raise some To adapt an old phrase, she seen money. Even that will fade within her opportunities and she took
em. In the end, she exploited, abused, or embarrassed almost everyone who had believed in her. Most embarrassing of all: she was never even a very good con artist. Everything that was false and
petty and unqualified in her was visible within the first minutes of encountering her. The people she fooled were people who passionately wished to be fooled. To that extent, what was important in her story was not the
faults and failings of Sarah Palin. There have always been grifters in politics. What was important in her story was the revelation of conservatisms lack of antibodies against somebody with the faults and failings of Sarah Palin. Thats the story that should trouble us still. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, has passed away at 56

Tim Stevens (Engadget)
Submitted at 10/5/2011 7:41:00 PM
We just got some very, very sad news. Steve Jobs has passed away. As confirmed on Apple's site, Mr. Jobs has died at the age of 56 after recently stepping down from the position of CEO and
naming Tim Cook his successor. Steve has had a profound effect on the world of technology, both at Apple and through his many other endeavors. Our thoughts go out to his family. Update: All Things D has posted a memo sent out by Tim Cook to t h e r e w i l l b e a n i n t e r n a l Apple employees stating that celebration to honor Steve's life
soon. Those words can be found after the break, along with statements from Apple's Board of Directors, his family, and Bill Gates. Continue reading Steve Jobs, cofounder of Apple, has passed away at 56 Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple,
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How to Fix Obamacare

David Frum (FrumForum David Frum)
majority altogether. In such a case, after January 2013, the US would have a Submitted at 10/5/2011 12:00:02 PM president committed to the repeal In my column for The Week, I of the Affordable Care Act (aka, d i s c u s s w a y s i n w h i c h t h e Obamacare) but lacking the Affordable Care Act could be votes to carry out his pledge. streamlined into a workable Perhaps the Supreme Court may solution for health care reform: rescue that hypothetical president If the election were held today, by voiding the ACA, resetting the President Obama would probably screen for a Republican do-over. lose. The Republicans would very More likely, though, the Supreme likely score gains in the Senate, Court will act cautiously, leaving but probably lose seats in the a h y p o t h e t i c a l R e p u b l i c a n House maybe even lose their president with a serious problem:
how to keep his faith to his party without wrecking his own popularity. Remember, large elements of the ACA remain very popular with the public. Republicans have assured voters that the popular bits will be maintained in a new Republican measure to replace the Affordable Care Act. But 21 months into the 111th Congress, nobody has even outlined such a replacement. Meanwhile, the clock is ticking. The Affordable Care Acts major
provisions go into effect January 1, 2014. Come Inauguration Day, 2013, a hypothetical Republican president will have less than 12 months to devise, draft, explain and enact a new Republican health care law that preserve the parts of ACA the voters like, while junking the pieces that Republican activists and donors despise. But a prudent Republican president will want a Plan B: a plan for living with the ACA and revising it in light of Republican
priorities. What would such a Plan B look like? Click here to read more. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, HOW page 80
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13 Inspirational Steve Jobs Quotes

Meghan Peters (Mashable!)
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For many, the name Steve Jobs is synonymous with inspiration. Throughout the years, hes not only changed our lives with innovative products, but also with memorable words. Among the ways people are commemorating Jobs passing is posting their favorite Jobs-isms. We took to Tumblr to track down what Jobs quotes have resonated most with the tech world. Check out the gallery below to be inspired. Do you have a favorite Jobs quote? Share it in the comments below. Jobs quote from 2005 Stanford commencement address. Posted by livinglauren. Jobs quote from 2005 Stanford commencement address. Posted by heiids.
Jobs quote from 2005 Stanford commencement address. Posted by mondobarbie. Quote from 2008 interview with Fortune. Posted by snapshotdiaries. Jobs quote from 2005 Stanford commencement address. Posted by littleredheadgirl. Jobs quote from 2005 Stanford
commencement address. Posted by blogsforjobs. Jobs quote from 1993 Wall Street Journal interview. Posted by missambear. Quote from 2008 60 Minutes interview. Posted by planetickets. Quote from 1998 BusinessWeek interview. Posted by b-duarte. Jobs quote from 2005 Stanford commencement address. Posted by soupsoup. More About: apple, inspiration, quotes, steve jobs For more Tech coverage: Follow Mashable Tech on commencement address. Posted Twitter by marleytothe. Become a Fan on Facebook Quote from 2003 New York Subscribe to the Tech channel Times article about the iPod. Download our free apps for Posted by idiazsosa. Android, Mac, iPhone and iPad Origin of Jobs quote is uncertain. Writer and critic Phil Patton has said Jobs told him this when they met in 1981. Posted by nickslog. Jobs quote from 2005 Stanford
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Steve Jobs: Goodbye to an Icon

Lance Ulanoff (Mashable!)
Submitted at 10/5/2011 9:16:35 PM
It felt like Id been slapped in the face. There it was: On Twitter. In my email. On a phone call. Steve Jobs, the tech industrys one true icon, was gone taken from us far too soon, at the age of 56. Say what you will about the dynamic maverick who built and rebuilt Apple over the course of four decades, but Steve Jobs was a visionary. A maker of things. A doer who intimately understood the excitement of a new product. How the interchange of 1s and 0s could produce a sublime piece of software. Steve Jobs got all this. We admired him for it. Some loved him for it. None of us will forget him for it. On Stage I had the privilege of attending many Apple product launches where I witnessed the master in action. Jobs may have ruled the boardroom, product meetings and led Apples strategy behind the scenes, but first and foremost he ruled the stage. He was a magnetic figure. No, Steves voice didnt boom. Sometimes he sounded and looked like the nerd he was. Yet he knew when to pause, when to push, when to point to the right highlight and when to stop, almost walk off stage, then produce that one more thing from his back pocket. Jobs relished the stage, I think, because it was the place where he could share his delight in the new. I always believed Steve Jobs was
passing year (he battled cancer for almost seven years), but his energy on stage was unstoppable. The last time I saw him, it felt as if he had sucked up all the energy from the room, swallowed it and then sent it back out for the iOS 5 introduction. It was inspirational. The Master I am no Apple fanboy. I eventually gave up for Mac for a Windows PC. This was during the early 1990s, when Apple went through its darkest hour. Jobs was pushed out of the company in 1985, and Apple lost its way. When Jobs returned in 1997, he seemed more mature. He accelerated Apples product development, setting up a decadelong run of innovation rarely seen in any industry. One iconic product followed another, all with Jobs fingerprints on them. He leaves behind a strong of accomplishments and a legacy of truly in love with his own Apple, and thus because of Jobs. was important for him to set a products that will be remembered products. When he unveiled the Obviously, not every Apple idea new tone. In hindsight, Tuesday for decades to come. iPad, Jobs was smiling from ear to sprung fully formed from his felt like the beginning of the In the coming days and weeks ear. Granted, he had some really mind. But like any good leader, he mourning process. I cant guess much will be said of the life of good stuff to show off. To this s u r r o u n d e d h i m s e l f w i t h whether or not Cook and other top Steve Jobs. Eventually, the talk day, no other tablet has surpassed exceptional professionals who Apple execs knew what was will turn to whats next for Apple, (or even come close) to the iPad helped create the world we know coming but if they did, and how Steves absence will or its market share. know as the Apple ecosystem. A yesterdays mood makes sense. affects the company he built. But Steve Jobs taught an entire Deep Loss Having followed his career and for now, I will remember Steve industry that product experience Jobs death comes less than 24 products for so long I was Jobs on stage pausing just a didnt begin or end with the hours after Tim Cook took the using an Mac SE in 1985 (and moment, smiling wryly at the hardware or application. It started stage for the first time as CEO owned an Apple IIe before that) crowd, saying and one more on stage, continued in the store, and unveiled the iPhone 4s. It was I feel as if Ive lost a relative. I thing. One more thing that will and was ultimately realized when an oddly subdued affair that felt simply cannot believe that Steve never pass this way again. an Apple customer opened the like a change of direction for Jobs will not appear one more More About: apple, steve jobs product packaging. Unboxing Apple. Cook is not Steve Jobs. He time on an Apple stage. Yes, he STEVE page 82 stories were invented because of will do things his own way, and it got thinner and weaker with each
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came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apples CEO, I Google has put rivalries aside to would be the first to let you pay tribute to late Apple founder know, he wrote. Unfortunately, Steve Jobs on its homepage. t h a t d a y h a s c o m e . M o r e Under the companys trademark Coverage of Steve Jobss Death search box, a message simply Apples Board of Directors on reads: Steve Jobs, 1955-2011, Steve Jobs and links to Apples homepage Apple Pays Tribute to Steve (which features its own tribute). Jobs Apple announced that Jobs had Newspapers React to the Death passed away on Wednesday. Jobs of Steve Jobs [PICS] resigned as CEO of Apple back in Jobs Family Statement: Steve August, writing at the time that, I Died Peacefully have always said if there ever Steve Jobs Remembered: 10 of
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What's Next for Sarah Palin?

Molly Ball (Politics : The Atlantic)
Submitted at 10/5/2011 7:12:47 PM
Now that she's not running for president, it's boosting the tea party, mentoring conservative women and taking potshots from the sidelines In retrospect, it's clear that what Sarah Palin has really been running for over the past couple of years wasn't the GOP presidential nomination. It was Queen of the Tea Party. She spent the 2010 campaign cycle touring the country with the Tea Party Express. She was the subject of a hagiographic movie, "The Undefeated," that cast her in that royal mother role. With idiosyncratic aplomb, she's continued to bop in and out of the spotlight with her bus tour, Facebook posts and Fox News Channel appearances. All the while, she's continued to hone her critique of the entire political establishment -- drifting ever farther from the Republican Party line and championing the tea party movement's crusade for ideological purity. During the debt-ceiling debate, she implicitly warned GOP congressmen not to go squishy and compromise, in a Facebook note that carried an ominous postscript: "P.S. Everyone I talk to still believes in contested primaries." Speaking in Iowa over Labor Day weekend, she rolled out her attack
on "crony capitalism," lumping both parties into a sinister "permanent political class." Days later in New Hampshire, she called for tea party unity, calling the movement "not about any one candidate." "Real hope comes from realizing that we the people can make the difference. And you don't need a title to make a difference," she said in Iowa. She struck a similar note in her statement Wednesday: "I believe that at this time I can be more effective in a decisive role to help elect other true public servants to
office -- from the nation's governors to Congressional seats and the Presidency," Palin wrote in her email to supporters. Appearing on Greta Van Susteren's Fox News show last month, Palin said she was enjoying life on the sidelines, where her celebrity gives her some ability to set the agenda without becoming the target of attacks from rival campaigns. "I'm getting kind of a kick out of ... getting out there, giving a speech, making some statements about things that must be discussed and then the very next
day watching some of the candidates get up there and discuss what it was that we just talked about," she said, adding, "That perhaps is my role right now." In the same interview, she took a hard line against Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a onetime close ally. She pointed to Perry's executive order mandating that preteen girls get an STD vaccine -- after a top Perry aide went to work for the vaccine's manufacturer -- as a prime example of the "crony capitalism" she'd been warning about.
Palin singled out Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann for praise for having brought up the issue in a GOP presidential primary debate. It wasn't the first time she'd praised Bachmann, whom she also lauded for sticking to her guns on the debt-ceiling fight. That's another potential role for Palin going forward: den mother of the Mama Grizzlies. Earlier this week, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer revealed that Palin had agreed to write the foreword to her book, "Scorpions for WHAT'S page 87
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not know if she was running and were keeping abreast of primary filing deadlines. Submitted at 10/5/2011 10:02:55 PM *** Ive had about an hour to process WE NEED YOU, Nashville everything, and I just want to tell supporter Mike Marshall posted, everyone that we must keep up echoing hundreds of supporters on the good fight. Palins Facebook wall who, Because everything weve stood within minutes, bared their for these past three years Its feelings on her decision online. not over. Governor Palin set the Some were furious, like Chris standard. She gave us the VISION Atwood of Carlsbad, N.M. of what we wanted in a leader. I am very disappointed!!! Once Now its still up to us to make that the liberals get ahold of this they vision a reality. If we cant have will hammer you all over again, Sarah, we will fight to make he wrote. You are an amazing Sarahs issues front and center in woman and what we need to get the GOP nomination, we will this country going the right force whoever DOES emerge to way. embrace her vision of reform, and B u t t h e m a j o r i t y o f t h e ethics, and fiscal responsibility. comments that took over Palins She created an ARMY of Sarahs Facebook were supportive of and eventually one of us will Palin, who said she planned to f i n i s h w h a t s h e s t a r t e d . have an impact in the race without Someday holding an elected office We remain UNDEFEATED. Sorry to hear, you had my vote, *** Sheryl Gray Hettinger of Sarah Palin kept her decision not Asheboro, N.C., wrote.Maybe to enter the 2012 presidential race 2016? shrouded in secrecy until the last *** minute even to her closest What, in the end, has Palin confidantes. contributed to the political ABC News has learned that discourse? She is not identified members of Palins staff were with any overriding issue; indeed, only very recently informed that i s s u e s h a v e a l w a y s b e e n she wouldnt be running and that secondary to her persona. What an announcement would likely Palin has pursued is the politics of come on Wednesday, but they grievance, conveying the notion were not informed of the exact that theythe establishment, the details of how the information elites, the academics, the MSM, would be released the condescending inquisitors A s r e c e n t l y , a s T u e s d a y who demand to know what afternoon Palin staffers still did newspapers she readsare out of
touch with the real America. She channeled the anti-Obama sentiment out there in a more visceral way than any of her potential rivals Had Palin acknowledged months ago that she had no plans to run for president, the traveling circus would have moved on, dimming the lights that surround her. She would not have been on the cover of Newsweek. She had every incentive to keep the threat alive, and so too did her chroniclers, not wanting to surrender her as an inimitable character in the political wars. There will be much talk now about how Palin can still impact the debate, about the uses of her megaphone, about who she might endorse. But most of that talk will be empty. Sarah Palin will continue to be a huge star,
perhaps serve as a party fundraiser, but her days as a powerbroker, and serious political player, are over. She has at long last ended the pretense, and now can resume the lucrative business of marketing the one product she excels at promoting: herself. *** The bottom line is that it seems to me that you have made the right moral decision for all the wrong reasons. Ironically, you think you are preserving your political career by not exposing yourself to a potentially embarrassing loss, but in reality you are ending it. This is the exact conclusion for which the seeds were sown during your resignation. As you recall, my warnings about such an inevitability began a rift between us that ultimately resulted in the
end of over two years of colorful and consequential contact. As someone who attended your spectacular convention speech and who put their fortune, career and reputation on the line in your defense, this is a very sad day for me. There is no doubt that you were dealt a horrible hand by a media determined to destroy you because you were once a threat to Obama. You made choices in dealing with your situation which have secured your familys financial future and insured that you will always have a gig on television, but these decisions have also extinguished a flame which had the potential to light the conservative path for a generation. I still believe that had you stuck it out and remained as governor of Alaska things could have been very different today. *** To tell you the truth, I made my announcement today, in the format that I did, because that was his [Christies] seven millionth no and I didnt want to go through all of that. I wanted to just kind of put the marker down and say no, Im not running, not have a big press conference about it, not make a big darn deal about it, because this isnt about me, and its not about Chris Christie, Palin said, adding that it was about Americans working to get good people elected. Click the image to watch. QUOTES page 85
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Obamas chief of staff: Im not sure these Wall Street protests are helpful to us
balanced approach I think people want to see fairness in the system. Submitted at 10/5/2011 9:35:37 PM Theyre helpful insofar as They arent. Yet. anything that shifts economic After the speech, I asked Daley blame from The One to anyone about Occupy Wall Street. Why else Wall Street, Eric Cantor, not? I asked if it was helpful to those darned tea-party wingnuts the White House, in its current is helpful. The problem for the jobs bill campaign, to have White House is that these people economic angst protests in dozens very much arent ready for their of cities. media close-up yet; if you doubt I dont know if its helpful, he that, read this dynamite little piece said. I wouldnt characterize it from TNR posted a few days ago. that way. Look it: People express Blame the banks, not Obama! is their opinions. In the new social exactly what O wants to see on network world, they can do it TV, but not coming out of the pretty effectively outside the mouth of a hippie so caricaturish normal way, historically, people that he looks like he might have have done it. So whether its stepped out of a Weekly Standard helpful to us, or helpful for people cover. All that does is play into to understand in the political the GOPs talking points about system that there are a lot of Os agenda being a trojan horse people out there concerned about for socialism. What they need is the economy I know the focus t a d a s o m e b e t t e r is on Wall Street, but its a messaging, stat. Tell em, broader discussion that were Michael Tomasky! having. He pointed to Sam Stein, I want to stipulate up front that I w h o d b e e n a s k i n g a b o u t am firmly on OWSs side. I dont supercommittee negotiations. really know who its leaders are, Part of the thing here, about a and I dont especially care. I dont
know its exact goalsa subject on which the movement has been roundly, and in my view pointlessly, criticized. But it is desperately needed. It needs to succeed. And I fear it wont. To succeed, it would have to model itself on 1963, not 1968. And Im not confident that any left-wing protest movement today can understand that And this is where todays protesters need to steal a page from the Tea Party activists. I beg, plead, implore, importune: Get some spokespeople out there for the cause who are just regular Americans. Dont send Van Jones out there to be the public face of this movement. I happen to have a high opinion of Van Jones personally. Hes dedicated his life to justice in a higher-stakes way than I have. But any movement that is led by someone who was forced to resign from the White House and who signed a 9/11 truther petition will be dismissed by the mainstream media as leftwing and elitist in three seconds. You may like that or not like that,
but its true. In other words, as Jonah Goldberg puts it, Put normallooking people out front to convince Americans that Occupy Wall Street is something it isnt. Thats a nifty piece of snark, but thats exactly what Democrats have in mind: The sooner they can coopt the movement and turn it from what it is (a grab bag of hard -left/anarchist grievances against capitalism) into what it isnt (a mainstream union-backed expression of support of Obamas tax the rich agenda), the sooner Daley can pronounce the protests helpful after all. Some Democrats have already begun the process, in fact. Said Louise Slaughter, Its time for all Americans to pay their fair share. And Im so proud to see the Occupy Wall Street movement standing up to this rampant corporate greed and peacefully participating in our democracy. Is that what the fringe thats been camping out in the park is all about? People paying their fair share? Huh. Two clips for you here, one (via
Greg Hengler) of CNN trying to make sense of the protesters agenda and the other (via the Corner) of a little Truther-y zest in the social-justice stew. (Remember, per the medias coverage of the tea party, its always fair to paint an entire movement with the worst excesses of its slimiest participants.) If youre not up for video, though, read this sharp take by Red States Leon Wolf on OWS and the economic retrenchment going on across the country since the financial crisis struck. The truth is simply too terrible to face on both sides. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Barnes: Executive Authority Needed to Do What Congress Won't Do

Garance Franke-Ruta (Politics : The Atlantic)
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limited resources...and with limited resources we have to focus on enforcement priorities. Submitted at 10/5/2011 6:10:02 PM There's no way we can use our In a conversation with National dollars to go after every single Journal Group's Editorial Director person in the United States who is Ron Brownstein, White House petitioned Secretary Duncan to here who is undocumented." And Domestic Policy Council Director move forward with the flexibility so the administration has chosen Melody Barnes defended the he's granted in the Elementary and to administratively "prioritize president's use of executive Secondary Education Act," she those who pose the greatest threat a u t h o r i t y a n d s t a t u t o r y said. "We have parent who have to our country." "At the same time interpretation to try to untangle said no more of this cookie cutter w e h a v e c o n s i s t e n t l y s a i d two of the thorniest policy issues one size fits all approach to Congress has to address this, our tangled up in Congress even as education.... So the secretary is immigration system is broken. We public pressure for action on them being responsive to the needs of need to pass a law to fix it," has mounted."We are moving people across the country while at Barnes said. "We are here, our forward based on the hue and cry the same time he is still saying we hand out, to do so." from the states," Barnes said of are going to work with Congress This article available online at: E d u c a t i o n S e c r e t a r y A r n e to get this done." Meanwhile, on http://www.theatlantic.com/ Duncan's move to override the immigration, Homeland Security politics/archive/2011/10/barnesprovision in the 2004 No Child Secretary Janet Napolitano has executive-authority-needed-to-doLeft Behind Act that 100 percent w r i t t e n a l e t t e r i n s t r u c t i n g what-congress-wont-do/246217/ of students be proficient in math e n f o r c e m e n t t o c o n s i d e r This entry passed through the and reading by 2014. Describing "individuals who were brought to Full-Text RSS service if this is the law as a "slow-motion train this country as small children and your content and you're reading it w r e c k , " D u n c a n h a d c i t e d know no other home" a low on someone else's site, please read authority in the law for the priority for the purposes of the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentexecutive branch approach in deportation, Brownstein noted. only/faq.php#publishers. Five August, responding to concerns Barnes suggested the budgetary Filters featured article: A 'Malign that the law was encouraging a problems the country is having Intellectual Subculture' - George lowering of standards in efforts to were part of the administration's M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , r e a c h t h e p r o f i c i e n c y thinking in this area, though it has Herman, Peterson, Pilger And benchmarks."Understand that we also been subjected to increasing Media Lens. have national organizations. We pressure from Hispanics groups as have governors, practically every efforts to pass the DREAM Act governor in the union, that have have stalled once again. "We have
There was substantial agreement at a roundtable of political reporters at the Washington Ideas Forum that Mitt Romney is the likely Republican presidential nominee and that Herman Cain, who has recently surged in national polls, stands little chance of winning the nomination. As well, reporters repeatedly pointed to Senator Marco Rubio of Florida as the ideal Republican vice presidential pick, and weren't ready to discount Texas Gov. Rick Perry's prospects, thanks to his significant fundraising ability. Participating in the panel were The Atlantic's Molly Ball, National Journal's Marc Ambinder, ABC News' Jonathan Karl, Fox News Channel analyst Juan Williams and Mark Liebovich of The New York Times. Bloomberg's Margaret
Carlson queried the reporters at what was the closing event of the public portion of the forum's first day. This article available online at: http://www.theatlantic.com/ politics/archive/2011/10/politicalreporters-rubio-is-ideal-gop-vpromney-likely-to-win-nomination/ 246229/ This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Breakfast: My Fight Against Special Interests, Liberal Media and Cynical Politicos to Secure America's Border." Last year, Palin's team released a slick video heralding a "mom awakening." Palin, who describes herself as a feminist, clearly hopes to mentor a new generation of feisty conservative women. So Palin will stay on the sidelines, taking potshots and starting fights, infuriating the left and the establishment and rallying her ever-dwindling hard core of devoted fans. Will she endorse a 2012 candidate? Bachmann, the contender with whom she's shown the most sympathy, has faded to near-insignificance in the polls. On conservative radio host Mark Levin's show, where Palin broke the news Wednesday, she said only, "I look forward to supporting our nominee." Another question is whether she'll continue to be employed by Fox News, which is paying her handsomely for her occasional contributions. She didn't choose the network as the venue for her not-running announcement, a
potentially telling snub. In an interview with the Associated Press published Wednesday, Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes said he hired Palin "because she was hot and got ratings." But Ailes also told Newsweek recently that the network was engaged in a "course correction" away from the tea party, Glenn Beck and the hardright line. And Palin has feuded with some of her fellow Fox personalities lately. And then there's the question of what her supporters will do. Though polls showed they constituted only a sliver of the electorate, some of them maintained a single-minded faith in her, gathering in online forums and parsing her every word for marching orders. In Iowa, a California lawyer has spent nearly a year organizing for an expected Palin run as his full-time job. The finality of Palin's statement Wednesday made it difficult for those supporters to maintain the fantasy that she might still get in the race, perhaps as a third-party candidate. On the Palin-boosting
website Conservatives4Palin, the mood was mournful. "My heart is heavy," one commenter wrote. "I am feeling a bit hopeless right now for our country. However, I do understand her decision. Family first. No matter what, I stand with Sarah Palin." Image credit: AP Photo: Ed Andrieski This article available online at: http://www.theatlantic.com/ politics/archive/2011/10/whatsnext-for-sarah-palin/246230/ This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Rubio: Lets get this straight Im not going to be the VP nominee

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First the Palin announcement, now this. Is today National Kick Grassroots Conservatives in the Stones Day? Actually, hes said this before. No one believed him then either. Asked during the forum if he would turn down an offer if the Republican presidential nominee asks him to, Rubio responded, Yea, I believe so, adding again, the answer is gonna be no. As he has in the past when asked, today Rubio spoke about the seriousness with which he takes his job as a U.S. Senator, held up as his reason why he is not considering the Vice Presidential position. Im not focused on that, he said. I dont crave it. I wanted to be a United States Senator. I didnt run for the Senate as an opportunity to have a launching pad for some other job. I think one of the things that I lament is that people somehow come to the conclusion that United States Senator is not enough. Listen, the United States Senate is still an important, I think very important institution. For what its worth, lefty pollster PPP claims that Rubios job approval in Florida is 44/39 and that a plurality (36 percent) says
itd be less likely to vote for the ticket if he was on it than more likely (30 percent). The only reason I give that a tiny bit of credence is that he seems awfully young and inexperienced to be one heartbeat away, especially when viewed through the fog of three years of young, inexperienced Hopenchange crapola. Its compounded by the fact that he looks 10 years younger than he actually is: As polished and impressive as hed undoubtedly be in a debate against, ahem, Joe Biden, how many people watching (and unaware of constitutional requirements) would conclude that they simply cant abide a twentysomething as president? Maybe we should think older. Wiser. More experienced. More Newt-astic. Exit quotation from Rubio: We cannot be the anti-illegal immigration party. We have to be the pro-legal immigration party. We have to be a party that advocates for a legal immigration system thats good for Americans, good for America and honors our tradition both as a nation of immigrants and as a nation of law. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it RUBIO: page 87

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