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Pelosi tells Harvard students she read every page
of healthcare bill
By Ros Krasny (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 5:39:47 PM
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
told students at Harvard
University on Friday that she had
indeed done her reading.
Taking questions during the 90-
minute event, Pelosi assured one
skeptical undergraduate that she,
and many other House members,
had read “every page” of the
roughly 1,900-page healthcare
bill passed by the House.
She expounded on leadership
qualities, healthcare reform, the
impact of more women in
Congress, troops to Afghanistan
— oh, and healthcare reform.
Participating in the healthcare
debate, so long a signature issue
of the late Massachusetts political
titan Ted Kennedy, was
“humbling,” she said.
Pelosi said she would have had a
hard time cobbling
together enough votes for a
healthcare bill without a public
option to balance the influence of
insurance companies.
And she sympathized with
women’s groups fearful of the
Stupak-Pitts anti-abortion
amendment contained in the
House bill.
But of all the heavy legislative
lifting in Congress this year,
passing supplemental funding for
the war in Afghanistan was the
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hardest, Pelosi said.
Looking forward, she said, “it
would be very hard to get many
Democratic votes to support a big
increase of troops to
Afghanistan.”
The first female speaker of
the House — who said having
more women in Congress had a
big impact on pushing healthcare
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legislation forward — added that
compromise and an ability to
negotiate were critical tools.
“You have to be passionate about
what you believe in, but
dispassionate when you’re at the
table … we all have our theology
of what we believe in, but you
have to be agnostic when you go
to the table.”
Pelosi’s biggest applause line
came in her unabashed support of
her liberal positions.
“I take it as a compliment” to
uphold so-called “San Francisco
values,” she said. “Tolerance is a
condescending word. It’s about
respect, it’s about taking pride in
the beautiful diversity of our
community.”
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Droid (Sales)
Blowing Up
[Droid]
By Chris Jacob (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 6:05:00 AM
Don't worry, it's not the batteries
that are exploding. But if third-
party data is any indication, sales
might be. Location network
developer uLocate, creators of
WHERE, saw about 25,000
active accounts using its
software. Traditionally, uLocate
is installed on about 10% of
launch units. Multiply it out and
you've got a healthy estimated
250,000 Droids out there. Not
iPhone level, sure, but not a bad
first week considering the Palm
Pre sold 300,000 in one month. [
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McCain camp pushes back against
Palin
By Steve Holland (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 1:26:43 PM
You’ve seen the Sarah Palin
book excerpts in which she
complains about being “bottled
up” by Republican John
McCain’s campaign last year.
Long-time McCain adviser Mark
Salter explains here the thinking
behind the McCain campaign’s
media strategy that Palin seems
to be complaining about in an
excerpt of her book published by
the Drudgereport today.
“After we had been criticized in
the press for a lack of disciplined
messaging earlier in the
campaign when we provided
frequent and unscheduled access
to the candidate, we felt it
necessary to adopt the same
deliberativeness and discipline
employed by our opponents and
rely less on impromptu press
conferences with our traveling
press, and more on interviews
arranged in advance so our
candidates would have the same
opportunity our opponents
enjoyed to discuss and prepare
for the interview.
“Approximately one week
elapsed from Governor Palin’s
nomination to her first major
press interview, the first in a
series of major interviews
Governor Palin did. Those
interviews were discussed and
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Royal Navy crew
watched couple being
kidnapped by pirates
By Jenny Percival (World the vessel, carrying 75 merchant
news and comment from the seamen and 25 Royal Navy
Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
sailors, could not have acted
Submitted at 11/14/2009 4:22:42 AM without risking the lives of Paul
Chandler, 59, and his wife,
The crew of a Royal Navy vessel Rachel, 55.
watched a British couple being A spokesman said: "Significant
kidnapped by Somali pirates, but efforts were made by Royal Navy
were ordered not to open fire in v e s s e l s a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l
case they endangered the couple's maritime forces to locate the
lives, it emerged last night. Lynn Rival. Everything possible
Paul and Rachel Chandler, from w a s d o n e w i t h o u t f u r t h e r
Tunbridge Wells in Kent, were endangering the lives of Paul and
kidnapped in the early hours of Rachel Chandler."
23 October when armed men A Royal Navy source said the
stormed their yacht, the Lynn Chandlers would have been
Rival, as it sailed from the transferred to the pirates' mother
Seychelles towards Tanzania. ship, the Kota Wajar, in a
Their captors are continuing to crowded open boat alongside
demand a $7m (£4.3m) ransom, armed pirates, placing them in
which the government has danger. The source added that the
agreed to by senior members of s e g m e n t i n t e r v i e w s s o t h e refused to pay. vessel's first responsibility was to
the campaign staff in consultation Governor would maintain a An official account of the kidnap ensure the Chandlers' lives were
with the candidates. Nicolle presence in the media while she released last month said only that not put at further risk.
Wallace, along with others, was was in debate prep. And to the a Royal Navy vessel found the • Piracy at sea
tasked with helping the Governor best of my knowledge, any empty yacht, without disclosing • Somalia
p r e p a r e f o r s o m e o f h e r interviews the Governor had with that its crew saw the action • Military
interviews. She did not decide the individuals she referred to unfolding. The full picture
which interview requests the were approved and arranged by emerged when an anonymous Jenny Percival
candidates would accept. Nor the campaign management with crew member leaked the details guardian.co.uk© Guardian News
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Campaign management and the speech in July)
candidates agreed to multi
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Republican sees Democrats passing
healthcare overhaul
By Donna Smith (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 11:53:22 AM
Sarah Palin says on her
Facebook page that the
healthcare overhaul passed by the
U.S. House of Representatives
last week should be “Dead on
Arrival” in the U.S. Senate.
The House-passed bill, which
includes a new government
health insurance plan, may not be
what the Senate passes. But the
far-reaching healthcare reform
backed by President Barack
Obama is far from dead. At least
one influential Republican
senator believes Congress will
enact sweeping legislation.
“I think a bill is going to pass,”
said New Hampshire Republican
Senator Judd Gregg. In an
interview with C-Span’s
“Newsmakers” that will air on
Sunday, Gregg said Obama has
invested too much political
capital in his top domestic
priority to allow it to fail. Gregg
once considered joining the
Obama administration, but now
has become a major critic
of Obama’s proposed healthcare
reform and its impact on the
country’s mounting debt.
“We’re on an unsustainable path,
it is that simple,” Gregg said.
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Stories)
Gregg said he does not see
Democrats scaling back the
legislation in the face of eye-
popping, record deficits. On the
contrary, with Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid struggling to
muster the 60 votes needed to
pass the bill in the 100-member
Senate, Gregg sees “more
baggage” being added to it in an
effort to win votes.
The bill that initially passes the
Senate is not likely to include a
new government-run health
insurance program, Gregg said.
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But he said the legislation will
likely “move to the left” once
Senate and the House negotiators
meet to work out their
differences and develop a single
bill. He said he expects the final
bill to include some version of a
new public insurance option.
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Abercrombie & Fitch: A
momentum play after
Q3 release?
By Steven Mallas
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 6:00:00 PM compared to 72 cents per diluted
share in the year-ago period.
Filed under: Earnings reports,
After adjustments, earnings came
Aetna Inc (AET), Gap Inc (GPS),
in at 30 cents per share. Okay,
Kohl's Corp (KSS), Abercrombie
that profit drop is bad enough,
and Fitch (ANF), American
but wait till I get to the really bad
Eagle Outfitters (AEO)
stuff. Which would be revenues.
Back in August, I discussed my
Total sales declined 15%, but
amazement at Abercrombie &
same-store sales were even
Fitch ( ANF). The stock just
worse: they plunged off the
didn't seem to be acting in a
proverbial cliff, falling 22%.
manner which reflected the
Continue reading Abercrombie
fundamentals of the business it
& Fitch: A momentum play after
represents. Well, my bout of
Q3 release?
amazement continues, because
Abercrombie & Fitch: A
shares of the retailer are up 9% as
momentum play after Q3 release?
of this writing on the latest
originally appeared on
earnings report. One that didn't
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NSMB Super Skills
Trailer
like an amazing game. Nicholas
Submitted at 11/14/2009 7:42:07 AM
will have a review up tomorrow.
via ConsoleNintendo
Why? Just because. This looks
output.
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US and China, locked in equal embrace | John Gittings
By John Gittings (World news
and comment from the
Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 7:00:00 AM
Obama's trip comes at a time
when the US needs China as
much as China needs it – and
neither nation can afford to let go
When President Obama arrives
in Shanghai tomorrow he will be
carrying the baggage of a
relationship between communist
China and capitalist America that
dates back more than 60 years.
"There is no such thing as
America not intervening in
China," Mao Zedong told a US
diplomat in 1945 – and offered to
fly to Washington to talk about
the future with President
Roosevelt. Mao's proposal, made
a year before the Chinese civil
war in which the US backed
Chiang Kai-shek's rule, never
reached Roosevelt. What might
have happened if they had met is
a fascinating counter-factual
question of history.
After the communist victory in
1949, two decades of hostility
ended with Nixon's visit to
Beijing in 1972 when China
became a useful ally for
Washington against the Soviet
Union. Since then the
relationship has fluctuated but
has always been seen on the
Chinese side as essential – less
consistently so by the US.
Court Silences CIA Operative Despite Yellowcake Scandal
By David Kravets (Wired Top
Stories)
What is different today, and
what takes the Obama
administration into new territory,
is that it is at last a relationship of
equals: the US now needs China
as much as China needs the US.
The contrast with the last
presidential state visit to China,
by Bill Clinton in 1998, is
striking. That event was more
show than substance, carefully
choreographed to give the
president a much-needed boost
after the Monica Lewinsky affair.
Clinton urged the virtues of
democracy upon President Jiang
Zemin and offered to act as a go-
between for him and the Dalai
Lama. It looked good at the time
but the Tibetan offer came
predictably to nothing and six
months later Jiang launched a
crackdown on the Chinese
democracy movement.
Within another six months, the
US air force bombed the Chinese
embassy in Belgrade, provoking
a wave of genuine anger across
China. George Bush, in his
presidential campaign, would
label China as a potential
strategic threat, not as a partner.
It was the shock of 9/11 that
gave China a grim golden chance
to make itself more useful to the
US (and target its own Muslim
dissidents in Xinjiang province)
by signing up to the war on
terror. Yet in spite of Chinese
entry into the World Trade
A federal appeals court is
barring outed spy Valerie Plame
Organisation, Beijing knew that
the relationship remained less
than equal: in the wry expression
of a senior Chinese diplomat "we
think it is better to remain
number two".
Today's relationship occupies a
completely different world in
which there is talk of a Sino-US
G2, and even suggestions that
China might become No 1. The
past rhetoric of both sides –
"empty cannons" as Chairman
Mao once called them – seems
dated. China is not going to make
too much fuss about continued
US arms sales to Taiwan (when
was that island last in the
headlines?). Human rights in
China – never a huge concern to
Washington (only a month after
the Beijing massacre in 1989, a
secret US envoy was sent to
Beijing to maintain relations) –
will be mentioned for form's sake
by Obama. But the priorities
identified by Obama earlier this
week are the only ones that really
matter: "climate change,
economic recovery, nuclear non-
proliferation".
The US says it seeks a
"comprehensive partnership"
with China in what Jon
Huntsman, new US ambassador
to Beijing, calls "the most
important bilateral relationship in
the world". This is music to the
ears of Chinese foreign policy
advisers in Beijing who have
Wilson from discussing her
tenure as a former CIA agent.
often worried about the
underlying "inequality" in US-
China relations.
The presidents whom they
advised, Jiang and now Hu
Jintao, can privately tell internal
critics that their long-term
strategic policy of putting the
relationship with the US first has
paid off.
More openly, the US secretary
of state, Hillary Clinton, has
warned the US military
establishment that China should
be regarded as a partner, not an
adversary.
Does China perhaps have the
upper hand in this relationship, as
it measures another 8% growth in
GDP against the limping US
economy? Hardly so, if we
consider the real implication of
the familiar statistic that China
now holds $800bn in US
Treasury bonds.
Obama may ask Beijing to
revalue the Renminbi; Hu may
ask Washington to "focus on its
own financial deficit", but the
Chinese surplus rides on the
American debt as if on the back
of the Old Man of the Sea:
neither can let go of the other.
And China's extensive growth
over almost two decades is not
only unhealthily dependent on
foreign markets, but has been
bought at the expense of a
deteriorating environment and a
worsening rich-poor divide.
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US presidential visits to China
have always had a showbiz
element – ever since Richard
Nixon stood on the Great Wall
and declared that it was truly a
great wall. We may expect a
wave of Obama-fever in the
Chinese media: every tabloid
paper – and there are a lot of
them now – will want to have
Michelle on the front page. Yet
the widely read Huanqiu Bao
(Global Times) says that the
Obama visit "won't shake the
world" and that most Chinese
people have "neither strong
concerns nor high expectations".
In a more equal Sino-US
partnership, fewer heads may
actually turn for the presidential
motorcade.
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Republic of Ireland v France - live minute-by-minute report
By Josh Widdicombe (World
news and comment from the
Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 10:15:49 AM
Hit the auto-update button for
the latest posts and email
joshwiddi@gmail.com with your
predictions and witticisms.
Follow all tonight's scores live
here
Josh will be here from 7.30pm.
In the meantime read David
Hytner's take on Giovanni
Trapattoni's progress in his plan
to reinvigorate the Republic.
Republic of Ireland near ultimate
test of Giovanni Trapattoni's
vision
When Giovanni Trapattoni
outlined his mission statement at
his official unveiling as the
Republic of Ireland's manager in
May 2008, he drew what he
hoped would be an inspirational
comparison.
"Nobody would have thought a
couple of years back that Greece
would have won the European
Championship in 2004," he told
the assembled hordes who, as
much as the nation's players, had
grown disillusioned after the
torpor and paranoia of Steve
Staunton's reign. "But Greece
had trust," the Italian continued.
"They believed in themselves.
We have to begin like this. The
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players must believe in
themselves first and foremost.
Trust and belief come with
results and continuity."
Trapattoni name-checked a
handful of what he described as
"technical" Irish players. Robbie
Keane, the captain, was
prominent, as he has been since,
while Damien Duff, Kevin Doyle
and Aiden McGeady featured in
dispatches. So, too, did Stephen
Ireland; you cannot win them all.
"Duff is Duff, Robbie Keane is
Robbie Keane," has become one
of Trapattoni's many
catchphrases. On the face of it it
means nothing but, to his mind, it
conveys the grandest seal of
approval.
Yet the parallel with Greece was
clear and it extended beyond
Ireland's recruitment of a
seasoned overseas coach. For
Trapattoni, read the German Otto
Rehhagel. An unheralded group,
the Greek players were driven by
a collective desire to become
greater than the sum of their
parts. Theirs was a ferocious
work ethic.
It is a disservice to say
Trapattoni has a squad without
reputations. He feels that in
Manchester City's Shay Given he
has a goalkeeper to rival Italy's
Gianluigi Buffon, and the
defenders John O'Shea and
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of its Chrome browser with two
fixes, including one to fix a
Richard Dunne have both
enjoyed upwardly mobile
Premier League careers. Yet his
squad and, indeed, his likely line-
up for tomorrow night's World
Cup play-off first leg against
France at Croke Park is peppered
with players who have taken
somewhat humbler paths to fame.
The central midfield pair of
Glenn Whelan and Keith
Andrews, now of Stoke City and
Blackburn Rovers, and the right
midfielder Liam Lawrence,
another Stoke player, who is
expected to get the nod over
McGeady tomorrow, have spent
the lion's share of their careers
outside the English top flight.
The trio have played in all four
divisions.
Sean St Ledger, meanwhile, who
is on loan at Middlesbrough from
Preston North End, has never
played in the Premier League.
"This is the biggest game of my
career," the defender said with a
smile, as he prepared for Thierry
Henry, Nicolas Anelka et al,
"although I seem to be saying
that every time I join up with
Ireland."
Wolves' Doyle also began at an
unfashionable club, Cork City in
the League of Ireland, while
Kevin Kilbane who, together
with Given, has 100 caps to his
name, is currently out of the Hull
security hole. The developer's "kiosk" mode.
builds have also been updated, Originally posted at The
most notably with the new D o w n l o a d B l o g
City team.
It is a good thing that matches
are not played on paper. France's
team contains not only players
from the top clubs in Europe's
biggest leagues but major stars at
those clubs. Keane noted with no
little admiration that France have
been able to omit Patrick Vieira
while they will be without
arguably their key player, the
forward Franck Ribéry, who has
a knee problem. Ireland cannot
afford any injuries and Trapattoni
knows that his squad's virtual
clean bill of health represents a
stroke of fortune.
"If you look on paper at the
players that France have," Keane
said, doing what many Irish fans
have tried not to do, "you see
world class all over the pitch but
we have desire and commitment
and we are absolutely desperate
to get to South Africa. France are
the favourites, no question, but
they cannot expect an easy
game."
The basic tenet of Trapattoni's
philosophy, drummed into him
from birth in Cusano Milanino,
the town in which his roots
remain inextricably set, is that
only through hard work can you
succeed. He was not an
extravagantly gifted player but
through sheer grit and
determination he carved out a
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fine career with Milan and Italy.
He has embraced the likes of
Whelan, Andrews and St Ledger,
shunning the more mercurial
talent of the Sunderland
midfielder Andy Reid, and he has
worked tirelessly on a compact 4-
4-2 system. Togetherness has
been prized. He has made Ireland
difficult to beat – they did not
lose in their 10 Group Eight
qualifiers – and with results and
continuity has come belief.
Trapattoni is not one to over-
complicate but now comes the
ultimate test of his approach.
Will it prove substantive enough
to upset France? Trapattoni has
called for his players "to add
something more" now that it
matters most. Greece have lit the
path. They themselves beat
France at Euro 2004. Ireland
holds its breath.
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• France
• France
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A green call to arms | Joshua Wickerham
By Joshua Wickerham (World
news and comment from the
Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 9:00:00 AM
debt that the US will make
necessary domestic changes
without retreating into
protectionism.
Obama also needs to convince
entirely on the green business
agenda. With landmark support
from the Swedish ministry of
foreign affairs and the Chinese
ministry of commerce, global
While universal action is
unlikely, unilateral action is
insufficient.
This is Obama's chance to gear
up a low-carbon economy that
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ViewSonic heats up
phone collection, V901
spotted on Microsoft
China site
By Ross Miller (Engadget)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 11:58:00 PM

T o j u m p - s t a r t t h e g r e e n Americans that China is part of non-profit research organisation ensures decades of common
In just one week, ViewSonic has
e c o n o m y , O b a m a s h o u l d the solution and that only further AccountAbility, with Chinese prosperity between emerging
gone from a glint of a 3G phone
encourage co-operation between partnership will ensure common partner WTO Tribune, will markets, established players and
maker to having two models
US and Chinese businesses prosperity. China has committed present findings from a joint a stronger China. In addition to
prominently on display. We've
Barack Obama can use his vast political, social and business report on responsible improving prospects of a global
already seen VPC08 Windows
inaugural China visit to jump- resources to promoting the competitiveness in China. This deal in Copenhagen, Obama's
XP phone, and now up to bat is
start the transformation to a technology and "corporate social report suggests that China is business call to arms should lead
the V901, found in the pages of
global low-carbon economy. The responsibility" agenda that will becoming a major enforcer of to concrete action. Obama can
Microsoft China's official site.
US and China must both cut underpin low-carbon markets. It intellectual property, that its ensure that the next Sino-US
The Windows Mobile 6.5,
carbon emissions as quickly as is scaling up company use of companies are "doing more and strategic economic dialogue is
apparently TouchWiz-skinned
possible, but business-sector international sustainability saying less" on low-carbon – in more than a discussion about
device has a 3.6-inch, 480 x 800
action remains overlooked in s t a n d a r d s a n d r e p o r t i n g short, that Chinese businesses are exchange rates and trade policy,
touchscreen, a Marvell PXA310
deepening the relationship t e c h n i q u e s , i n c r e a s i n g well on their way to a green but a true platform for companies
processor, 128MB RAM and
between both countries and investments in green laboratories transformation, but cannot do so and officials, including wider
256MB ROM storage with
securing fast low-carbon growth. and issuing laws and guidelines alone. stakeholders, to set the
microSD expansion, 5 megapixel
Obama should call on American that spur companies to "compete Obama's key messages in collaborative rules for jump-
camera, GPS, Bluetooth, all
and Chinese companies, with up" for recognition in setting and Beijing should not ignore starting the economy and saving
hailing to the wavelengths we
p a r t n e r s i n E u r o p e a n d meeting common environmental governments or citizens, but the planet.
call CDMA EV-DO Rev. A.
e l s e w h e r e , t o s t e p u p t h e goals. China now produces more should target corporate leaders. • China
Launch is Q4 2009, so sometime
d e v e l o p m e n t o f m a r k e t electric vehicles, solar panels and He should encourage • US foreign policy
very soon -- but we get the
mechanisms and sound policies renewable energy than any other corporations to invest more in • Carbon emissions
feeling this is China-only, at least
t h a t r e w a r d l o w - c a r b o n country, but, like the US, still efforts like IBM's collaborative • International Trade
for now.
investments. depends heavily on dirty coal. laboratories programme, GM's • Climate change
[Via iTech News Net]
With outcomes at the UN China and the US should pursue Shanghai partnerships, China's • Barack Obama
Filed under: Cellphones
Copenhagen climate change opportunities for joint research new$1.5bn Texas wind farm and • United States
ViewSonic heats up phone
c o n f e r e n c e i n c r e a s i n g l y and sharing intellectual property. Warrant Buffet's stake in • Copenhagen climate change
collection, V901 spotted on
uncertain, setting bilateral, Time is running out on a global automaker BYD. Companies conference 2009
Microsoft China site originally
regional and sector strategies is climate deal. If Obama takes a should increase mutual learning • Renewable energy
appeared on Engadget on Fri, 13
crucial. Calls from Obama to "business as usual" approach in and engagement with local
Nov 2009 23:58:00 EST. Please
increase technical co-operation Beijing, it will seem out of step. stakeholders. They can improve Joshua Wickerham
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Egypt's Darwin debates | Riazat Butt

By Riazat Butt (World news incompatibility between religion, religious language. was no debate – people were
and comment from the
Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
namely Islam, and evolution. He
illustrated his point with a roll
The stately Bridget Kendall, who
was chairing the opening debate,
merely presenting their opinions
– and there was very little very
The daily roundup:
Submitted at 11/14/2009 9:30:00 AM call of famous Islamic scholars, to be broadcast next Saturday on little engagement with people here's what you
telling delegates that Muslims the World Service, asked whether fiercely opposed to evolution.
Scientists from around the world had carried the tradition of the root cause of this tension was A British academic, Dr might've missed
gather in Alexandria to discuss science through the Dark Ages. that evolution threatened belief in Francisco Diego, from University By Ross Miller (Engadget)
evolution – but is religion getting He then quoted a hadith that a God. After all, if science College London, railed against
Submitted at 11/14/2009 4:11:00 AM
in the way? stressed the value of knowledge – provided an explanation for life the hold of religion. Its very
It was perhaps fitting, and more "The ink of scientists is equal to on earth then God was irrelevant. placing alongside evolution Editorial: Hey, AT&T -- drop
than a little fortuitous, that this the blood of martyrs" – before Dr Eugenie Scott, from the confused science, how it was lawsuits, not calls Chumby One
w e e k e n d ' s c o n f e r e n c e o n turning to a 13th century scholar, National Centre for Science taught and received. "How did review YouTube begins
Darwin's legacy coincided with Ibn Al-Nafis (pdf), who said: Education, said science could tell religion start? With myths and streaming 1080p insecurities next
Egypt's crucial World Cup " W h e n h e a r i n g s o m e t h i n g people many things but it, too, traditions and superstitions. That week Other news of import
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British Council's chief executive reject it, for that would be folly. to find God's hand in our ability But there is an explanation for week away from launch?
Martin Davidson joked about Indeed, horrible things may be to understand the natural world. the natural world whether we like • Dell Mini 3i officially set for
natural selection and survival of true, and familiar and praised It cannot tell us whether there is a it or not." imminent launch in Brazil and
the fittest, the audience tittered things may prove to be lies. Truth God and whether God acts." She Nobody talked about Isis or China
along. It was against a febrile is truth unto itself, not because objected to science being viewed Osiris these days, he said
backdrop of flag waving, horn [many] people say it is." through a religious filter and said afterwards. "Who knows if Sony's 2010/2011 OLED and
honking and patriotism that more Delegates later heard Nidhal the two should not be confused. people will talk about our god in flagship XBR series LCD
t h a n 1 5 0 s c i e n t i f i c m i n d s Guessoum, professor of physics "A biologist who studies 1000 years time?" roadmap leaked? T-Mobile
attempted to unpack the issues and astronomy at the American enzymes that cause cell division • Islam launching BlackBerry Bold 9700
around evolution and religion, a University of Sharjah in the does not bring the Qur'an or • Religion on November 16 for $199.99
major theme of the event. United Arab Emirates, say that Bible into it. It does a great • Evolution • UK Channel 4 set to throw
"We are in the Muslim world," only three Muslim or Muslim- violence to science to run your • Egypt some 3D programming our way
declared Ismail Seragaldin, majority countries out of a explanation through a religious • Middle East
director of the Bibliotheca possible 22 taught evolution. filter for this understanding to be • Charles Darwin
Alexandrina, "and there are many Salman Hameed, professor of accepted." • Nokia rumored to be eyeing
here who are questioning if there I n t e g r a t e d S c i e n c e a n d At lunch delegates spoke Riazat Butt Palm buy yet again
is a contradiction between their H u m a n i t i e s a t H a m p s h i r e hurriedly and through gritted guardian.co.uk© Guardian News
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Nothing game changing, just
bug fixes and small tweaks. Don't
syncing hacks, because iTunes
support is nowhere to be found.
Fire up your updaters, 1.3.1 is G a d g e t s O n T h e G o , t h a n k s
live now. [ B G R , Jimmie!]
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There Shouldn't Be A
Beating the diabetes bulge | Neville Rigby GPS Tracking System
By Neville Rigby (World news and how long that is depends on little late in the day. WHO the drug. A decade later, In My Lingerie [Nsfw]
and comment from the a rigorously disciplined approach research experts, including Dr researchers found that diabetes
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) By Rosa Golijan (Gizmodo)
to control the diabetes. We tend Sarah Wild from Edinburgh incidence was reduced by 34%
to take insulin treatment for University, have estimated that among the lifestyle group, but by Submitted at 11/13/2009 11:00:00 PM
Submitted at 11/14/2009 6:00:01 AM
granted. But, in some parts of the overall diabetes cases will double only 18% for the group receiving I'm all for naughty, oh-come-
With cases of obesity-related world, it is a different story. If to 366m by 2030, compared with drug therapy. treat-me-like-a-bad-girl-tonight
type 2 diabetes due to double by you are unlucky enough to be a 171m in 2000. This lends great strength to the scraps of lace. What I'm not such
2030, we must – and can – do child with diabetes in in sub- This is why taking serious steps theme set by the International a fan of is trashy oh-come-follow
better than drug therapy Saharan Africa, after being to address overweight and Diabetes Federation for World -me-using-the-built-in- GPS
We often hear about diabetes as stricken with type 1 diabetes, the obesity is given so much Diabetes Day over the next five lingerie. I don't care if it's pretty,
one of the downsides of obesity – rest of your life can be as short as emphasis. Recent research from years. It may be too late for frilly designer lingerie. It's got a
and now the United Nations even seven months. Type 1 diabetes Sweden is already signposting a some, but it suggests that we damn tracking system embedded
has chosen to highlight the issue can be a death sentence for many way forward. A new analysis need not accept that a doubling of in the fabric.
by endorsing World Diabetes unfortunate young victims. confirms that the size of diabetes is inevitable. Education Designed by Lucia Lorio, this
Day, marked every year on 14 But type 2 diabetes is what we abdominal fat cells and a waist-to and prevention – if it results in fashion line is dubbed "Find Me
November. But there is still a lot are really referring to when we -height ratio clearly predicted intensive lifestyle changes – can If You Can." But how could you
of confusion about the disease, talk about the consequences of women who were likely to be a lifesaver, too. not find someone when they're
its causes and its treatment. overweight and obesity. It used develop type 2 diabetes. There is • Obesity running around with a pager-
One of the odd things about to be called NIDDM – non- ample evidence now type 2 • Health sized GPS device sewn into a
diabetes is that it is, in some insulin dependent diabetes diabetes can be avoided. • United Nations bodice? While the fact that it
respects, more than one disease. mellitus – and it accounts for The latest follow up to the US • Fitness would be impossible to not notice
Type 1 diabetes, or insulin more than 90% of diabetes Diabetes Prevention Program, • Food & drink the gadget makes me laugh off
dependent diabetes mellitus, is worldwide. published a fortnight ago in The • Drugs the whole paranoia of jealous
the sort that suddenly hits The theme of this year's World Lancet, confirms how the • Pharmaceuticals industry men using this as a sneaky way
children and younger people Diabetes Day is education and remarkable effect of "intensive • Medical research to keep tabs on their lovers, I still
when their body no longer prevention. For the 1.6 billion lifestyle intervention" (basically, think it's a ridiculous design.
produces insulin, produced in the p e o p l e w h o a r e a l r e a d y changing diet and exercise Neville Rigby Why you would spend between
pancreas to regulate blood sugar overweight or obese globally – habits) was more powerful that guardian.co.uk© Guardian News $1200 and $1600 for something
levels. This form used to be and who therefore provide the the commonly prescribed drug & Media Limited 2009 | Use of intended to be ripped off a body.
called juvenile diabetes. most eligible candidates for treatment with metformin. In the this content is subject to our [ The Age via GizmoWatch]
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cope with daily injections of the concept of education and reduced the incidence of diabetes
insulin for the rest of your life, prevention may have come a by 58%, compared with 31% for

Five winners of a weak dollar

By Jamie Dlugosch Last week, under the guise of recovery of the economy. What 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see
(BloggingStocks) betting on America, Warren he did not say was that this was a our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), offer to buy all outstanding of a weak dollar
Starbucks (SBUX), PepsiCo shares of Burlington Northern( Five winners of a weak dollar
(PEP), Caterpillar (CAT), Stocks BNI) for a significant premium. Buffett confidently claimed that originally appeared on
to Buy, Best Stocks for 2009 In making the announcement, rail would play a big role in the BloggingStocks on Sat, 14 Nov
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I Desperately Want
Comfort Zone Two more arrests in This Video To Be
Investing: The unmighty Madoff saga Fake [Image Cache]
By Rosa Golijan (Gizmodo)
By Tom Johansmeyer
dollar (BloggingStocks) Submitted at 11/13/2009 10:20:00 PM

This video shows Oli Lemieux

By Ted Allrich Submitted at 11/13/2009 6:20:00 PM

(BloggingStocks) practicing on the trampoline wall

Filed under: Scandals of Cirque du Soleil and I've
Submitted at 11/14/2009 10:30:00 AM Normal tech support phone call: watched it twice already. I keep
"Press 1 for help with e-mail. searching for clues that it's just a
Filed under: Toyota Motor Corp. Press 2 to have your password
(TM), Comfort Zone Investing cleverly edited video, that
reset." someone couldn't possibly really
The dollar doesn't buy what it Madoff tech support phone call:
used to, especially if it's do these stunts.
"Hello, how can I help you Despite all the discussion of
something made in another dummy up some trading records
country. When the dollar is weak, what the human body can be
today?" pushed to do, I feel feel a sense
imports cost more because it The investigation of Bernie
takes more dollars to buy a take their renminbi, buy dollars of disbelief watching Oli jumping
Madoff's fraudulent financial around. I know that he's a
foreign product. And the weak and repatriot the money. They empire is leading to more arrests.
dollar is just the way our still make the same profit on the Jerome O'Hara and George talented man and that this clip is
government likes it. product and enjoy stronger sales, almost certainly not edited in
Perez, both computer ways that enhance the stunts. But
That's because the other side of due to the weak dollar. programmers employed by the
the dollar bill is that when it's Continue reading Comfort Zone Ponzi schemer, were arrested by Continue reading Two more a part of me desperately wants
weak, U.S. products become Investing: The unmighty dollar arrests in Madoff saga the video to be fake, because,
the FBI on Friday morning. The despite the many years of
cheaper for other countries to Comfort Zone Investing: The charges include conspiracy for Two more arrests in Madoff
buy. While China is having a unmighty dollar originally falsifying books and records. saga originally appeared on practice it must've taken him to
resurgence in its economy, it will appeared on BloggingStocks on They are accused of doing the BloggingStocks on Fri, 13 Nov make everything look easy, Oli
buy more goods and services, Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:30:00 EST. deed for the boss and accepting 2009 18:20:00 EST. Please see has forced me to realize my own
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buy dollars. U.S. manufacturers afloat.

Weak dollar winner #1: Whirlpool (WHR)

By Jamie Dlugosch
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 11:00:00 AM
Filed under: Stocks to Buy, Best
Stocks for 2009
The collapse of the domestic
housing market crushed
businesses that made things that
went into the building boom. One recovery in the domestic real Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:00:00 EST.
of the biggest makers of stuff for estate market. What has yet to be Please see our terms for use of
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market crashed, so did WHR Weak dollar winner #1:
WHR has made a big recovery.
stock. Whirlpool (WHR) originally
That recovery was based on a
Since bottoming earlier this year, appeared on BloggingStocks on
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Former auto task force Weak dollar winner #2:

chief calls GM one of Caterpillar (CAT) MacMall Early Black
Friday Sale, Discounted
'worst-run companies' ever By Jamie Dlugosch
(BloggingStocks)
Hardware Galore
[Dealzmodo]
By Zac Bissonnette Submitted at 11/14/2009 1:00:00 PM
(BloggingStocks) By Chris Jacob (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 12:10:00 PM
Filed under: Caterpillar (CAT), Submitted at 11/14/2009 9:30:00 AM
Stocks to Buy, Best Stocks for
Filed under: Management, 2009 MacMall's running a hardware
General Motors (GM) Nothing says manufacturing like sale all weekend. You can expect
Speaking at Bloomberg Caterpillar( CAT). Those price cuts on par with the edu
Washington Summit Friday, monster trucks made for earth- discount, so if you've lost a little
Steven Rattner, the former head moving, digging and trucking are too much hair to use that student
of the government's auto task the epitome of making stuff in ID anymore, MacMall has you
force, wasn't exactly in the mood task force chief calls GM one of the good old USA. covered. [ MacMall via I4U]
for pulling punches. 'worst-run companies' ever Emerging markets are gaining
Referring to his time overseeing Former auto task force chief confidence in building again, and Caterpillar (CAT) originally
the government involvement in calls GM one of 'worst-run a d e c l i n i n g d o l l a r m a k e s appeared on BloggingStocks on
the auto industry, he said that companies' ever originally Caterpillar equipment cheap for Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST.
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Continue reading Former auto

Cranberry DiamonDisc: the $35 DVD that'll last longer than

your ghost
By Darren Murph (Engadget) company is selling its wonder information, and each one will [Via DailyTech]
Submitted at 11/14/2009 11:40:00 AM
product right now. The so-called run you $34.95 if purchased Filed under: Storage
DiamonDisc -- which is individually. Oh, and it's only Cranberry DiamonDisc: the $35
We've seen outfit after outfit reportedly constructed from playable on "most" regular DVD DVD that'll last longer than your
trumpet their long-lasting optical "diamond-hard stone" -- is drives, so across-the-board ghost originally appeared on
s t o r a g e w a r e s b e f o r e , b u t designed to store precious compatibility seems less than Engadget on Sat, 14 Nov 2009
Cranberry seems different. memories for 1,000 years or likely. The more we think about 11:40:00 EST. Please see our
Rather than promising that more, and it's even built to it, the more sense that whole "just terms for use of feeds. Read|
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unearthed will be available "in extending up to 176 degrees DVD discs." Unfortunately, each generations to see" mantra
the very near future," this Fahrenheit as well as UV rays disc holds just 4.7GB of makes. Kudos, cavemen.
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Normal Was Never Cool: Inception of Perception [Aimee

Mullins]
By Aimee Mullins (Gizmodo) Her parents were impressive in ill as waves of stress and worry
Submitted at 11/14/2009 10:00:00 AM
their own right, first by not pummeled me. I panicked at what
imposing labels or limits on her, role I might have played in this
Last year I met a beautiful five- and then making this medical chain of events, and how I
year-old child, who had been journey of decisions for their couldn't guarantee that this child
born with neurofibramatosis child a collaborative process that would have anywhere near the
(NF), causing her left leg to have included her, appraising her of same experiences I had had as an
extremely brittle bones. new options in technology that amputee. I found myself having
For nearly the first year of her had arisen as they became aware doubts I had never had about
life, her parents and doctors were o f t h e m . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , myself or, indeed, most any
unaware of the NF, and the t e c h n o l o g y i n h e r c a s e — a amputee: "Would she be okay?
brittleness had contributed to successive series of operations to Would her life be happy and full
multiple bone fractures of the try and stretch the brittle leg of opportunity?"
lower leg, unbeknownst to using internal rods and pins to I spoke to the mother one last
anyone. These early bone breaks fuse the bone—hadn't progressed time before the surgery, and she
resulted in her left leg being as fast they would have hoped. informed me of the surgeon's
seven centimeters shorter than After the first two of what they decision to do an amputation
the other, and as a bright, knew would be many surgeries, through the ankle, the common
precocious and athletic child, she her parents and doctors had made thinking to be to "save as much
adapted to her leg imbalance the decision to proceed with this of the flesh and bone leg" as
incredibly well. I felt like I could rod approach until she reached possible. I couldn't be sure about
have been looking at myself as a five years of age. Then they this and hesitated even
5 year old. Unlike me, however, would re-evaluate the process, mentioning it, but I asked the
who didn't have a clue about an considering any advancements in mother if she had consulted with
a e s t h e t i c s t y l e i n o u t w a r d technology. If it hadn't advanced the child's would-be prosthetist
appearance until college, she past this type of treatment, they about this "Syme's" style
already had been bitten by the would consider "other options." amputation, because I had heard
fashion bug, and was particularly Amazingly, because of reports of resulting limitations in
excited by the prospect of a new t e c h n o l o g i c a l p r o g r e s s i n people being able to obtain the
holiday dress or her first day of prosthetics, amputation was now latest prosthetic technology.
school outfit. Her source of an attractive option for this Ironically, by keeping more of
distress lay in the fact that the f a m i l y . A m p u t a t i o n a n d the residual limb, you negate
vast majority of little girls' shoes s u b s e q u e n t f i t t i n g s w i t h more options for different
were off-limits for her, as there prosthetics was simply seen as prosthetics, as there is no
when can I get a new leg?'" She she, her spouse, and the doctors
were only a few companies that liberation from a leg that didn't physical room to put the
even did her show-and-tell at collectively made the decision to
made shoes that could be adapted function. Shortly after her sixth components (think of the shock-
school about prosthetics! amputate, and that they would be
with a special lift to even out her birthday, her mother told me, absorber and spring leg). An
That is decidedly not what I telling the child this news that
walking planes. These shoes had "She downloaded all these incredible facet of this story for
would have expected a six-year- very night. My reaction was
to work within the structure of images of you off of the internet, me was learning that, at no time
old to do. visceral and very surprising to
the external leg brace she grew and she's always asking ‘when,
After a few months, the child's me: I felt my breath grow short
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mother called me, telling me that and my heart pounded, and I felt
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before this rather momentous
surgery of this child, did the
pediatric surgeon and the
prosthetist ever have even one
conversation.
Her mother investigated with the
prosthetist who confirmed that,
by leaving as much of the limb as
possible, the child wouldn't be
able to get any of the legs in the
images she downloaded from the
web. The surgeon was shocked to
learn this, and had never
considered that it might actually
be better to amputate a few
inches higher, increasing the
future mobility options of the
child.
This past April, while walking
through a street fair hosted by the
Tribeca Film Festival, I felt a tug
on my shirt. It was this little girl,
6 months after her amputation,
with colored paints on her face
and in her hair, and a plastic tee-
ball bat in her hand. She was
jumping up and down (post-
cotton candy) and she wanted to
show me her new High School
Musical 3 "tattooed" leg. She
asked me if I knew Zac Efron
and "could I get him to autograph
her leg?" (I don't, but I'm
working on hooking this up.)
She pulled me a few meters over
to the batting cage stand, where
she deftly used her prosthetic leg
to press the foot pedal, launching
a whiffle ball pitch that she
smacked as hard as she could. On
her feet, she proudly sported
Mary Janes covered with red
sequins. Seven months ago, she
was as active as a child could be
with a leg brace and tremendous
pain; here, she ran and jumped
and cartwheeled and tackled her
little brother, who tackled her
back. Even I, who rarely doubts
the incredible ability of human
beings to adapt to their adversity,
was awe-struck.
I wondered how her childhood,
her adolescence, her college
years would collude to shape
how she saw herself. Would she
struggle through various
identities, wanting to be "normal"
as I did, only to find eventual
freedom of self-expression in the
absence of normalcy? Barring
puberty, which is probably awful
for everyone, I think this girl is
going to skip over ever wanting
to be "normal." Why be normal
when you can have Zac Efron
and Friends staring up at you
everyday from your ankle?
The generation of children
growing up today has a distinct
advantage in this realm of
identity, thanks to their daily
interaction with the internet and
video games. It's commonplace
for them to create avatars and
parallel representations of
themselves, and they see their
ability to change, transform, and
augment those bodies to best suit
their surroundings as beneficial.
That kind of fluid thinking was
once solely the domain of those
whose imaginations were heavily
influenced by both technology
and science fiction. Talk about
seeing evolution speed up before
your eyes. My being able to
embrace the art in my artifice, to
change my identities—how I
perceive myself and how others
respond to that perception — has
profoundly changed the way I see
the world and my opportunities
in it. But I didn't possess that
ability at age six.
I keep thinking of how long it
takes for most of us to go through
the process of first accepting
ourselves as we are, strengths and
weaknesses, then celebrating that
self and starting to have fun with
your strengths and weaknesses,
then transforming ourselves as
architects of own our identities,
redefining what our strengths and
weaknesses actually are. I think
kids today are able to do this
faster than previous generations.
I've noticed a progression from
how kids used to respond to my
wooden legs to responses toward
a prosthetic limb today. Quite
simply, the fear-as-first-response
has all but disappeared; I do not
experience children who are
afraid to meet me and in fact, I
haven't recently met any child
who, when I'm sporting obvious
prosthetics like the RoboCop
legs, wasn't drawn like a magnet
to them, accompanied by a list of
very astute questions.
For the most part, it's adults who
rein kids in, in an attempt to not
have them stare or offend with
their natural curiosity.
But curiosity is necessary; it is
the foundation of imagination
and innovation. It's tremendously
important to allow children to see
the diversities of human
experience and understand how
their own lives relate to it, so we
can acknowledge how much
more similar we are as human
beings than different…even if
what makes us different is where
we discover and engage our rare
and valuable qualities, offering
them to society.
When I was a child, I watched
plenty of episodes of Star Trek:
The Next Generation. Where
some see Professor Xavier, I
secretly know he's Captain Jean-
Luc Picard. And thanks to airport
security, I admit that I often
daydream of being able to be
molecularly transported around
the world. I think about that other
little girl and wonder to what
extent her ability—and that of
her peers—to google the word
"prosthetic" and come up with
tons of imagery to inspire their
imaginations marks a marvelous
shift in our society.
There's plenty of evidence that
connects our visualization of
what we dream to be possible to
what we eventually create as a
new reality. Gene Rodenberry's
imagination in Star Trek and that
of Arthur Clarke's, Marvin
Minsky's and Stanley Kubrick's
in 2001: A Space Odyssey had a
direct impact on funding certain
projects at NASA because
scientists and researchers had
"seen" this whole imaginary
world, and they sought to make it
real.
For my own childhood
inspiration, I had the Bionic
Woman and Six Million Dollar
Man(to this day, the somber
phrase "we can rebuild him"
makes my heart pound wildly!),
and even Inspector Gadget
cartoons made me draw third
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grade pictures of legs with rocket
jet packs flaming from the heels.
This "entertainment" not only
asks questions but encourages
more of them, replete with
inherent timelines for answers:
"When are we going to do
molecular transport? We've been
seeing it for forty years on Star
Trek!" It's within the scope of our
imagination.
I remember in high school
seeing Forrest Gump when they
convincingly transformed Lt.
Dan—Gary Sinise, an actor with
two flesh and bone legs—into an
amputee. A budding actress, I
thought "Oh my God, if they can
do this with CGI, couldn't they
do the opposite? Could they
create an image of me on screen
with full flesh and bone legs?" I
was intrigued by the imaginary
visual of a different version of
myself, and I suspect it provided
something tangible when asked if
now, at this point in my life, I
would trade my prosthetics for
flesh and bone legs. (I wouldn't.)
The transformative power of
films lay in engaging how I
imagined myself and my
"realities," giving me license to
re-imagine them as I desire. Now
that many people, starting from
an early age, are creating and
choosing their own identities in a
virtual world—or in multiple
virtual worlds—this self-
malleable perspective has a lot of
power. People can align
themselves with global groups of
their own choosing, and see
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It’s Google’s world and handset makers just live in it
By John Biggs (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 6:44:48 AM
When the Motorola Droid
launched this month everyone
was amazed that a company so
down on its luck was able to put
together a well-designed phone
running a powerful,“brand new”
OS. The whole package –
hardware, software, and
marketing – seemed flawless. In
fact, phones running Android 1.5
now look hopelessly outdated
and with 2.0’s gesture, CDMA,
and search support you’d wonder
why handset manufacturers like
HTC, LG, Kyocera, and
Samsung are using 1.5 at all.
The reasons have more to do
with Google than any decision on
the carriers’ part. In fact,
according to a source close to the
handset business, Google’s
Android team directly assisted
Motorola and Verizon in building
the Droid’s software from the
ground up and is currently
assisting another, unknown,
handset maker in Korea to create
a finely-tuned hardware and
software combination. Most
important, however, is that this is
sort of assistance most
AMD breaks 7GHz barrier with liquid helium and nu-metal
By Devin Coldewey
(CrunchGear)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 4:30:51 PM
A while back I went to a fun
overclocking event held by
AMD, where there was a lot of
manufacturers do not receive
and, in the end, they are dinged
for running an “older” version of
Android.
These two bits of information –
that Google assists certain
companies in making specialized
hardware and software and that
Google is now helping another
manufacturer to the detriment of
others – sounds like sour grapes.
However, the original vision for
Android (as it was understood by
lay users like myself) was an
open, free OS available to
multiple manufacturers and
carriers. This preferential
treatment is an anathema to that
thought. This is akin to Linus
Torvalds building a special
version of Linux just for a
commercial partner and refusing
to release it until that partner has
milked its value.
While it is clear that some
manufacturers like HTC are
keeping a stiff upper lip and
running their special special UIs
over 1.5, reviewers consistently
ding manufacturers for running
1.5 while the Droid is given a
pass.
And 2.0 matters. We asked Ross
Rubin from the NPD Group
vapor, some exploding burritos,
and some overclocking that got
tantalizingly close to 7GHz. It
was just an arbitrary number, and
they broke a bunch of other
records, but they couldn’t quite
months and I can only guess how
hit that last target. But a few
Gadgets/ 13
We asked him why he thought a certain partner in exchange to
Motorola got 2.0 early. He wrote: unfettered access to the design
As to why it debuted on a process which, in Motorola’s
Motorola device, there could be case, was gravely needed.
several reasons. Verizon’s Why is there no outcry? Handset
subscriber strength and more manufacturers are deathly afraid
direct competition with AT&T of Google. They worry that they
and the iPhone may have led it to will be cut out of the upgrade
push for Android 2.0 to be more process and lose access to
competitive. Or it could be Google’s Android team.
about his thoughts on 2.0 and got simple product development What needs to be done? In the
back a half a book: timetables. Moving forward, interest of fairness, all updates
Android 2.0 brings refinement HTC will want to put its Sense should roll out to the general
and more integration to the u s e r e x p e r i e n c e o n t o p o f ecosystem before heading to any
operating system, Examples Android 2.0, which requires one carrier. Sadly, this hippie
include support for Microsoft development time. Google wants attitude is no good for Google’s
Exchange and Facebook, which a healthy Android ecosystem and business and by creating flagship
are the digital contact centers of a c o m p e t i t i v e M o t o r o l a devices featuring their latest and
many people’s professional and c o n t r i b u t e s t o t h a t . greatest they ensure forward
social lives. It also brings a While this desire is absolutely momentum for the platform.
revamped and much faster understandable on Google’s part, Fairness, it seems, stops at the
browser, albeit one that Google there is a method to this madness. grade school sandbox.
isn’t yet deriving from Chrome. Google releases major updates on Again, you can take this as a
T h e o t h e r b i g a p p l i c a t i o n one handset and one handset complaint or a call to action.
i m p r o v e m e n t i s G o o g l e alone. These updates are then Android is an excellent platform
N a v i g a t i o n , w h i c h i t h a s pushed out to other android but Google’s tendency towards
introduced as a free service on partners. Case in point: “flagship” phones is detrimental
top of Maps. Many carriers, • 1.0 went to the HTC G1• 1.5 to the general ecosystem,
including Verizon, charge for went to the HTC Hero• 2.0 went especially once the OS falls in
such functionality in other to Motorola along with RIM and Apple as a
devices. Google is aggressively preeminent smartphone platform.
driving a major update while
Microsoft is between major
revisions of Windows Mobile. In short, they offer exclusivity to
much liquid helium later, they embodies the concept of
nailed it. overclocking. Well, that’s not
Their video, far from the really true. But it’s better than the
lighthearted hijinx and sloppy constant hissing noise that is the
editing of my own, is a soundtrack to mine.
professional affair, dominated by
some nu-metal that perfectly
14 Gadgets/ Tech/ Popular News/
Palm Pre WebOS 1.3.1 update available now
By Richard Lawler (Engadget)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 12:49:00 AM
webOS 1.3.1 was always
destined to come right around the
launch of the Pixi, but it's
surprised us by showing its face
early. No app catalog bombshells
here, but there are a slew of more
minor fixes and updates that
should make users experience a
great deal smoother. Is this the
update that finally unlocks access
to the GPU and provides the
speed boost Pre owners are
waiting for / advances the iTunes
chess match another step? We'll
let you know once our unit
reboots, for now here are a few
highlights from Palm's list of
changes:
Update: Downloaded, applied
and rebooted. iTunes still isn't
spotting our Pre as a device to
sync with, and at least for the
moment there's no great speed
increases to speak of, but we
have noticed a few more key
tweaks that owners are sure to
Modders hard at work circumventing Xbox banning
By Dave Freeman
(CrunchGear)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 5:00:04 PM
Were you one of the 1 million
Xbox live users that got banned
yesterday? Well, you might not
want to go buy that new Xbox
quite yet. Some of the modders
(you know, the ones who got you
like -- setting a specific ringtone
for text messages is exactly what
we've been looking for.
• Yahoo! now appears as a
Calendar/Contacts/instant
messaging synchronization
account.
• You can forward a text or
multimedia message by tapping
banned in the first place) are
working on a solution that returns
the firmware to an almost stock
configuration, which would
allow you to actually use your
console again.
Much like the jailbreakers, the
Xbox modders are nothing if not
persistent. Yesterday, Microsoft
went after the estimated 1 million
the message > Forward.
• A new option is available for
restarting the phone: press and
hold power > Power > Restart.
The prior restart method (Device
Info > Reset Options > Restart) is
still available.
• Widescreen videos (including
YouTube) now display in
widescreen mode on the phone
Xbox owners that had tampered
with their systems. The ban
by default, instead of being
cropped.
• If you tap to play a YouTube
video embedded on a web page,
the YouTube application
launches and the video plays in
the app.
• You can select a unique
ringtone for new message alerts:
Open Messaging > application
menu > Preferences & Accounts
> Sound > Ringtone.
• While listening to a song with
album art displayed, you can tap
the screen below the art to
display a playback slider.
Dragging the slider jumps
forward or backward in the song.
Filed under: Cellphones
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locked out the installation of
games on the hard drive, stopped
Windows Media Player from
working, wrecked the gamertags
stored on the Xboxen in question,
and blocked the consoles from
logging in to Xbox Live.
There are two fixes currently
being worked on, one from
iXtreme LT, which isn’t ready
E-reader Newspaper
Yahoo Messenger
10 waves bye to
'beta'
By Jessica Dolcourt
(Webware.com)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 1:52:00 PM
Yahoo Messenger 10 leaves
beta, adding social-networking
and video chat improvements to
Yahoo's general chat app
offering.
Originally posted at The
Download Blog
Madoff's personal
belongings up for
auction in NYC (AP)
10 seconds ago 2009-11-
14T10:35:03-08:00
This content has passed through
fivefilters.org.
yet, and one from Xbox-Scene
which works, but is extremely
complex. And you need to know
your CPU key, which can be
difficult to obtain, particularly if
you’re already banned.
[via Daily Tech]
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themselves as their ideal selves
without many of the social
constraints present just a
generation ago.
Although it took surviving junior
high, I evolved myself to the
point where I decided against
measuring myself to "normalcy,"
deciding instead to self-
determine what was cool, who
was cool, and the transformation
subsequently happened in how
other people treated me. "Cogito,
ergo sum." It's one of the
simplest truths we revealed for
ourselves, right? "I think,
therefore I am." If you think you
can pull it off, you can. Or as
Henry Ford put it, "whether you
think you ‘can' or you think you
‘can't': either way, you're right."
BBC redoubles its Wii efforts with dedicated iPlayer channel
By Donald Melanson
(Engadget)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 7:17:00 AM
The BBC's iPlayer streaming
video / radio service has been
available on the Wii in the form
of a browser-based app for some
time now, but it looks like it's
now set to step up its game
considerably with a full-fledged
London Flash: The Storm Circuit MK2 watch
By Dave Freeman
(CrunchGear)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 9:00:44 AM
Created by the design firm
STORM of London, the Circuit
I'd postulate that technology is
innately teaching today's children
that very same lesson, and they're
learning it much earlier.
This confident perspective, one
perpetually shifting from
imagination to invention—be it a
personality, a human figure or a
new technology—would not have
happened a hundred years ago. If
I had been born back then, I
doubt I would have been enabled
by society to do much, even with
a self-ignited fire of human spirit,
as being a woman was as much
of a disability as anything.
Today, I'm grateful for all of my
strengths and weaknesses,
changing and morphing as they
are, and I'm especially grateful
for technology's advancements to
iPlayer Wii channel. Launching
in the UK on November 18th, the
new channel boasts a
streamlined, Wii-friendly
interface that was apparently the
result of extensive testing, and
includes a number of other
smaller design touches, like some
nifty background animations
during radio programs, and some
use of the Wiimote's rumble
MK2 is an LED watch integrated
into a stainless steel bracelet.
While it looks like it might have
a bit of a learning curve, it
definitely has a unique look that standard analog dial or digital
should stand out from your
prosthetics, as my life has been
successful because of having had
them, not in spite of having had
them.
Aimee Mullins is an athlete,
speaker, actress and model we
met at TEDMED. She's also the
guest editor for our theme week
This Cyborg Life. Read her bio
here.
[Lead Image:
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feature for added feedback. Best
of all, the whole thing's
completely free -- now, about
EU's Cookie Law
Should Crumble
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 1:51:41 PM
A bunch of folks have been
sending in versions of this story
about new EU cookie rules that
will require anyone placing
cookies on your computer to first
get consent. This is the sort of
law that is passed by people who
don't understand the technology
at all, and misinterpret "cookies"
as automatically being malicious.
that UK-only part...
[Via BBC News, thanks Lenny]
Filed under: Gaming, Home
display.
It’s a fairly basic watch, there’s
no chronograph functionality
(obviously) but it does display
the time and date. Sure it’s not
quite as bling as a Tokyoflash
Gadgets/ Tech/ 15
This is the sort of thing that
people who were first
understanding the web got
concerned about a decade ago,
until they realized it was nothing
to worry about. Except... it
appears some people haven't
quite figured that out yet, and
tragically, they make laws in the
EU.
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watch, but this one you might
actually be able to read. Retail
price starts at $200.
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The Hills Are Alive

with the Sound of...
the Hills [Terrafon]
By Chris Jacob (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 8:40:00 AM

The Alunda Church Choir

How would you change wanted to see what their giant

earth phonograph, the terrafon,
would sound like if they dragged
Garmin-Asus' nuvifone Archos 9 PMP sneaks it across the ground.
Unsurprisingly, it sounds like dirt

G60? into the FCC, gets being plowed. But louder.

Occasionally, nature's music of
scraped soil and rocks is
dissected when caught
By Darren Murph (Engadget)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 3:35:00 AM
now we're overly anxious to hear
how you feel about it. After two
augmented by a loud creak from
the giant gramophone horn. If
years, does this thing really live By Darren Murph (Engadget) FCC labs are actually credited you must know what that sounds
The nüvifone G60 took nearly up to the expectations? Are you with handling the (admittedly like, check out the surreal 11+
Submitted at 11/14/2009 9:43:00 AM
two years to go from introduction satisfied with the navigation messy) dissection. Shocking minute video.
to on sale at AT&T, and just capabilities? Is the lackluster Archos has already made it pixels await you in the read link, Harvest by Alunda Kyrkokör
weeks after its introduction, it has battery life worrying you yet? a b u n d a n t l y c l e a r t h a t i t s so make sure you go in fully (2009) from Olle Corneer on
been nearly completely forgotten. Should Garmin-Asus even bother Windows 7-based Archos 9 prepared. Vimeo.
Smartphones like Motorola's with a second-gen device? Sound media player is US-bound, but [Via jkkmobile] The "Harvest" performance was
Droid and HTC's Droid Eris have off in comments below! just in case you were worried Filed under: Handhelds part of the Volt Music Festival in
already snagged the spotlight, Filed under: Cellphones over legalities, this FCC filing Archos 9 PMP sneaks into the Sweden. The group wants to
and of course, that $300 (on How would you change Garmin- should crank your stress level FCC, gets dissected when caught bring the terrafon to other
contract) price tag that it debuted Asus' nuvifone G60? originally down a notch. Best of all, this originally appeared on Engadget croplands soon, so if you hear
with didn't help attract any eyes, appeared on Engadget on Sat, 14 particular entry includes external on Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:43:00 what sounds like a really loud
either. That said, we're sure at Nov 2009 03:35:00 EST. Please a n d i n t e r n a l p h o t o g r a p h s , EST. Please see our terms for plow in your backyard, go give
least a few (couple?) of you bit see our terms for use of feeds. meaning that the camera-toting use of feeds. Read| Permalink| the team a hand. That thing looks
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Verizon Starts Passing

On RIAA Infringement
Letters To Users
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 3:55:00 PM

Relive your misspent Allison K alerts us to the news

that Verizon is the latest US
broadband provider to agree to
youth with these pass along the RIAA letters
accusing Verizon customers of
unauthorized file sharing.
Transformers USB drives AT&T, Comcast, Cox and some

Palm Pixi Review: Not By Dave Freeman

(CrunchGear)
other ISPs already do this. The
certainly are cool. There are two letters don't include specific
models to choose from, Jaguar on threats of action (so, no "three

For Everyone, But It Submitted at 11/13/2009 5:00:43 PM

Brando, home of the odd USB

the Decepticon side, and Tigerton strikes" type policies), but the
from the Autobots. RIAA is clearly hoping that by
So is it just me, or were passing on the letters it will
Fits A Niche device, finally has a product I Transformers cooler in the 80’s? discourage unauthorized file
want to order. No no, it’s not a I was looking at one at the store sharing. It's a bit of a waste for
By Greg Kumparak were run, and countdowns ticked heated slipper or a spy camera, the other day, and it just seemed V e r i z o n t o n e e d t o s p e n d
(CrunchGear) away. With the Pixi? They’ve got it’s a Transformers USB drive. c h e a p c o m p a r e d t o h o w I resources on this, and it really is
a commercial. How cool is that? remember them. just the RIAA's first step in the
Submitted at 11/13/2009 9:38:36 PM
Compared to Palm’s last run, the It’s only a 2GB drive, and it’s door to eventually push for
Palm and Sprint have taken a marketing campaign surrounding pretty expensive at $45, but they kicking people off of the internet,
very different approach to the the Pixi is decidedly more but on the whole it's not that
launch of the Pixi than they did average – and after spending a
with its slightly older and slightly few days with the phone, I’d say
Dolly Parton endorses IE 8 terrible to pass along notices. In
the end, my guess is that it will
brawnier brother, the Palm Pre. they made the right decision
In the days leading up to the Pre, there. Web Slices actually serve to do a lot more to
promote encryption services than
both parties were on full attack Read the rest of this entry at By Don Reisinger Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 anything else. Maybe some
mode; keynotes were held, MobileCrunch >> (Webware.com) and its Web Slices feature. Yup, encryption service can approach
massive tradeshow booths were Submitted at 11/13/2009 12:40:00 PM
you read that correctly. Verizon about "sponsoring" those
built, full page newspaper ads Originally posted at The Digital customer notifications.
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10 WordPress Plugins to Help Build Community

By Jessica Faye Carter through the WordPress options for those building Love
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Submitted at 11/13/2009 1:57:18 PM
integrate your highlighted allows you to re-brand the successor to Breadcrumb
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Jessica Faye Carter is an award- of your site. logging in/out, and lost site’s navigation by building this
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NASA spacecraft confirms water ice deposits on moon

(CNET News.com) Reconnaissance Orbiter
Submitted at 11/13/2009 5:27:00 PM
spacecraft. Working in a 31-mile-
high orbit, LRO is designed to
Making a bigger splash than create a high-resolution map of
expected, the crash of an empty the moon's surface to help
rocket stage in a permanently identify sites for future manned
shadowed crater near the moon's missions.
south pole last month kicked up a It also is measuring the solar and
surprising amount of water ice cosmic radiation that future lunar
and vapor, confirming the explorers will face and mapping
presence of a potentially valuable out the surface topology,
resource for future space mineralogy, and chemical
travelers. composition of Earth's nearest
"I'm here today to tell you that neighbor. One year will be spent
indeed, yes, we found water," scouting future landing sites
said Anthony Colaprete, the followed by three years of purely
project scientist and principal scientific observations.
investigator for the Lunar Crater While LRO was launched
Observation and Sensing directly to the moon by an Atlas
Satellite. "And we didn't find just 5 rocket, LCROSS and the
a little bit, we found a significant booster's empty Centaur upper
amount." stage were sent into a looping
Holding up water jugs to make four-month orbit back around the
the point, he said "if you Earth.
remember, a month ago we were The spacecraft aimed itself and
talking about teaspoons going the attached Centaur stage back
into glasses over football fields. at the moon, targeting a
Well, now I can say today that in permanently shadowed crater
the 20- to 30-meter (65- to 100- near the south pole. Data from
foot-wide) crater LCROSS made, about in the months ahead, moon system and the early solar and have breathable air for crews previous spacecraft indicated the
we found maybe about a dozen looking at the LCROSS data." system." to breathe. But also, if you have presence of hydrogen in the polar
of these two-gallon buckets Spectroscopic data from NASA's Michael Wargo, chief lunar significant quantities of this stuff, regions, possibly associated with
worth of water." LCROSS lunar impactor shows scientist at NASA headquarters water really is the constituents of water ice just below the surface.
And more than water. Data from the presence of water in two i n W a s h i n g t o n , s a i d t h e one of the most potent rocket LCROSS mission managers
the LCROSS instruments show s p e c i f i c b a n d s ( y e l l o w discovery holds promise for fuels: oxygen and hydrogen." initially selected a target crater
signs of other compounds that r e g i o n s ) . ( C r e d i t : N A S A ) future exploration. Using solar Whether the water ice detected known as Cabeus A, but after
may shed light on the moon's Said Greg Delory, a researcher energy, future astronauts could, by LCROSS might be accessible a d d i t i o n a l a n a l y s i s o f
evolution. at the University of California at in theory, break down recovered to future astronauts remains to be topographic data, the target was
"It's a whole lot more beyond the Berkeley: "This is not your ice and in effect live off the land. seen. But scientists were elated switched to nearby Cabeus, a
water," Colaprete said. "That's father's moon. Rather than a dead "Water can be used for the kind with the initial findings. crater measuring some 62 miles
the exciting part in my mind, it's and unchanging world, it could in of things we think about every The $79 million LCROSS across and about two-and-a-half
not only about the water now. fact be a very dynamic and day, drinking water if we have mission was launched June 18 as miles deep.
There's actually a lot more here interesting one that could tell us extended crews on the surface," a companion payload to NASA's
that we're going to be talking unique things about the Earth- he said. "You can break it down $ 5 0 4 m i l l i o n L u n a r NASA page 25
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Google Books settlement sets geographic, business limits
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 10:19:00 PM
A revised settlement filed late on
Friday over Google's rights to
scan digital books narrows the
scope of out-of-print works to
English-speaking countries only,
restricts the ways Google can
make money from scanning and
digitizing out-of-print books, and
requires the registry to seek out
copyright holders who do not
come forward.
The amended settlement comes
after Judge Denny Chin of the
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
granted the parties a deadline
extension on Monday to try to
resolve issues the U.S.
Department of Justice had with
the original settlement from
October 2008. The settlement
now applies only to out-of-print
books registered with the U.S.
Copyright office or published in
the U.K., Australia, or Canada,
countries that have a common
legal heritage and similar book
industry practices, according to
the FAQ on the revised
settlement.
Each of those countries will have
an author and a publisher seat on
the Book Rights Registry board,
a nonprofit that will be
FatWallet gets in on Black Friday craze
By Don Reisinger
(Webware.com)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 11:31:06 AM
responsible for paying authors
and publishers.
The Book Rights Registry will
be required to search for
copyright holders who have not
yet come forward and to hold
revenue on their behalf, under the
revised settlement. An
independent fiduciary approved
by the court will make decisions
regarding unclaimed works.
Readers will be able to preview
and purchase books, institutions
can buy subscriptions, and
libraries will have free access at
designated terminals. The revised
settlement limits Google's future
business models from the works
to individual subscriptions, print-
on-demand, and digital
downloads. The company will
need to get approval from the
Registry's board and provide
notice to all claiming copyright
holders before implementing any
of the business models.
Copyright holders can now
choose to make their books
available for free or allow re-use
under Creative Commons, as
well have the option to modify or
remove restrictions placed on
Google's display of their books,
such as limits on the number of
pages that users can print.
The settlement still allows any
bookstores to sell online access
FatWallet preps for Black Friday
with new Black Friday and Cyber
Monday page. It joins one of
many companies that are offering
to out-of-print books covered by
the settlement, including
unclaimed books. Copyright
holders will still receive 63
percent of the revenue, while
retailers will keep the majority of
the remaining 37 percent.
A portion of the revenue
generated from unclaimed works
may be used to locate copyright
holders after five years and will
not be used for the Registry's
general operations or
redistributed to other copyright
holders as previously planned.
After 10 years, the Registry may
ask the court to distribute these
funds to nonprofits.
The Book Rights Registry will
now hold unclaimed funds for 10
years, instead of five. After that
time, the funds will go to
nonprofits in the English
speaking countries.
The Registry also is prohibited
from sharing pricing information
with anyone but the book's
copyright holder, according to
settlement. Authors and
publishers now have until March
31, 2011 to make claims for the
$60 to $300 per book digitization
payments, and have until March
9, 2012 to remove works from
Google's database.
The revised settlement makes it
clear that Google will not display
information on the latest Black
Friday deals.
any content by default from
works that are for sale as new
internationally, which are
considered commercially
available. In addition, it includes
language that specifies that
Google will not share any private
information with the Registry
without valid legal process.
Authors and publishers from
outside of the covered countries
can still enter into promotional
and revenue-generating programs
through Google's Partner
Program.
"The changes we've made in our
amended agreement address
many of the concerns we've
heard (particularly in limiting its
international scope), while at the
same time preserving the core
benefits of the original
agreement: opening access to
millions of books while
providing rightsholders with
ways to sell and control their
work online," Dan Clancy,
Google Books engineering
director, wrote in a statement.
"We're disappointed that we
won't be able to provide access to
as many books from as many
countries through the settlement
as a result of our modifications,
but we look forward to
continuing to work with
rightsholders from around the
Tech/ 21
world to fulfill our longstanding
mission of increasing access to
all the world's books," Clancy
wrote.
Google is seeking rights to scan
and display out-of-print books as
part of a larger effort to create the
modern day equivalent to the
Library of Alexandria.
Opponents argue that the
settlement puts too much power
in the hands of one company.
In September, the Justice
Department voiced objections to
the proposed settlement on
antitrust grounds. The agency
was bothered by the fact that
Google and the Books Rights
Registry, a nonprofit that will pay
authors, would have sole control
over the pricing of institutional
subscriptions to the digital
library. The DOJ also raised
questions about whether the
proposed settlement complied
with Rule 23 of the Federal Rule
of Civil Procedure, as well as
copyright law in general.
Google first announced plans in
2003 to make books searchable
and has hit snags with its efforts
since, being sued by authors and
facing opposition internationally.
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Verizon Won't Offer Free Tethering, But Droid Hackers Might

By Roselyn Roark (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 1:53:00 PM
The Droid will be able to do a code, which will enable mods to
lot more than Verizon is telling unlock features such as free
you. All we await is for Google tethering, iPhone-like pinching
to open Android 2.0's source and more.
E-reader Newspaper Tech/ Tech News/ 23

Newspaper Industry Lawyers Attack Fair Use,

Claim Google Is Illegal
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) that seems rather relevant (what commercial advantage issue is But without legal reform to back
Submitted at 11/13/2009 6:21:00 PM
happened to those FTC only a small part of copyright up these new business models,
Water on the Moon:
disclosure laws?). law, and there are plenty of well- publishers will not have the Even Google’s
Hmm. So, on Monday Rupert While I do actually agree with established cases of fair use in bargaining power to make the
Murdoch suggests that the courts the lawyers that it's a shame the commercial use. In fact, I'd search engines into true partners Celebrating!
would reject fair use as a focus on the Google Book Search suggest that they consult the very willing to compensate them By Ben Parr (Mashable!)
concept, and by Friday two settlement avoided the big fair media companies they work for, meaningfully for their
Submitted at 11/13/2009 6:04:39 PM
newspaper industry lawyers just use question, I think they're as most of them regularly rely on copyrights. Yes, proposals like
happen to have an op-ed piece in entirely wrong to suggest that fair use defenses for reprinting or the ones that you guys suggested Google’s been on a homepage
t h e W a l l S t r e e t J o u r n a l Google itself violates copyright broadcasting content -- despite in the Washington Post without logo changing spree: they’ve
explaining how Google violates law. The copyright code allows the fact that they're very disclosing who pays your bills? celebrated H.G. Wells, the bar
copyright law by caching the public libraries to copy texts as commercial entities. Funny how that works. And code, Confucious, Gandhi, and
websites it indexes. If the names long as there is no "direct or Furthermore, it appears that those proposals are not about Sesame Street over the last few
of the lawyers -- Bruce W. indirect commercial advantage." Sanford and Brown are either "helping the publishing industry months alone.
Sanford and Bruce D. Brown -- But that does not describe what unfamiliar with how Google transition profitably." Plenty of If you check Google.com now
sound vaguely familiar, that's search engines do. They use the works -- or are purposely smart publishers are perfectly though, you’ll see that the search
because they're the same two complete copies they take for misrepresenting it. In the case of profitable. The proposals are giant is celebrating something
lawyers who, six months ago, free to sell the advertising that most news stories, Google has about protecting the status quo different: the discovery of water
wrote a laughably ridiculous has made them enormously little or no ads. It only recently and hurting the innovators who on the moon! NASA made the
editorial (that time for the profitable. This has a direct put ads on Google News -- long better serve the market. Sanford stunning announcement earlier
Washington Post) proposing impact on book publishers, and after the decline in ad revenue for and Baker are trying to protect today after its moon bombing
special new copyright laws to on the publishers of magazines newspapers. Besides, if local their big clients, but they'd be mission successfully revealed
s a v e n e w s p a p e r s , w h i l e and newspapers that are losing advertisers are finding a better better off telling them to water under the lunar surface.
d e s t r o y i n g p r e t t y m u c h the advertising that once return by advertising on Google, innovate, rather than push bogus And now the Google logo depicts
e v e r y t h i n g t h a t m a k e s t h e supported them. According to isn't that a good thing? That's editorials and pass ridiculous the bombing revealing water.
internet useful. Of course, both Ken Auletta's recently released called competition, and I'm laws designed to hold back When you think about it, Google
the Washington Post and the book "Googled," its search surprised these lawyers would be progress. had a quick turnaround time for
WSJ conveniently left out the business alone now takes in 40% against that. In the last year, Permalink| Comments| Email this logo. As fellow space
fact that these two lawyers of all advertising across the many fresh ideas have begun to This Story enthusiasts, our hats go off to
regularly represent newspapers Internet. Perhaps Sanford and circulate on how to help the NASA and the men and women
a n d o t h e r m e d i a a n d Brown are unfamiliar with basic publishing industry transition behind the successful mission.
entertainment firms -- even as c o p y r i g h t l a w , b u t t h e profitably to the online world. Hopefully this is only the
beginning of something even
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Stories) Sometimes the corporation that Top Stories) It's true, and despite being super
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Switzerland Continues
POLL: Microsoft Office Overpowers Google To Fight Google Street
View; Takes Google To
Docs in Reader Vote Court
By Ben Parr (Mashable!) based versions of its popular Week 5: By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 5:01:17 PM
software. With the two giants - WordPress vs. Typepad Submitted at 11/13/2009 2:54:00 PM
locked in battle, we wanted to get - WINNER: WordPress, 2714
Since its inception in 1990, your take on things. We asked votes (Typepad: 267 votes, Tie: A few months ago, when Google
Microsoft Office has quickly you to vote on which doc- 357 votes) launched its "Street View" tool in
been the dominant force in office building tool you prefer… weeks: Week 6: Switzerland, the government got
applications and document …and while it may not come as a Who would win in a fight: - Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard upset and told Google to take the
building. Need to build a surprise, Microsoft Office came Microsoft Office or Google - WINNER: Windows 7, 3632 site down because it violated
p r e s e n t a t i o n ? T h e r e ’ s out on top. But surprisingly the Docs?( poll) votes (Snow Leopard: 3278 people's privacy. This was
PowerPoint. Looking to create match was a close fight all the Web Faceoff: Overall Results votes, Tie: 121 votes) despite the fact that Google had
complex spreadsheets? Excel is way to the end. Microsoft Office Week 1: Week 7: been discussing the project with
still the gold standard. And with only secured a slim majority of - Mozilla Firefox vs. Google - T w e e t D e c k v s . S e e s m i c the government and put in place
the power of Windows to help the vote, 51% or 1365 votes. Chrome Desktop multiple privacy safeguards,
push the desktop software, its Google Docs registered 37% of - WINNER: Firefox, 4600 votes - WINNER: TweetDeck, 3294 including blurring faces and
presence only grew. the tally with its 994 votes. (Chrome: 3310 votes, Tie: 911 votes (Seesmic Desktop: 1055 license plates. Apparently, it
Over the last few years though, Finally, 12% of you (315 votes) votes) votes, Tie: 260 votes) wasn't enough. Mr. LemurBoy
the web has begun to change this said it was a tie and both were Week 2: Week 8: Microsoft Office vs. alerts us to the news that
dynamic. Collaboration has good tools. - Tumblr vs. Posterous Google Docs Switzerland is now taking
become more important in We expected Office to win this - WINNER: Tumblr, 1809 votes - WINNER: Microsoft Office, Google to court over Street View,
business. At the same time, web one, but from the votes and the (Posterous: 1496 votes, Tie: 256 1365 votes (Google Docs: 994 claiming that it doesn't blur
applications have become more reader comments, it seems that votes) votes, Tie: 315 votes) Reviews: people enough, and that
and more able to match the the winds of change have begun Week 3: Chrome, Facebook, Firefox, sometimes the cameras can see
power and features of their to blow. Whether Office 2010’s - Pandora vs. Last.fm Google, Google Chrome, Google over fences or walls. Of course,
desktop counterparts. In the web integration will be enough to - WINNER: Last.fm, 1187 votes Docs, Mozilla Firefox, Pandora, anyone walking down the street
document space, Google Docs fend off Google’s attempts to (Pandora: 1156 votes, Tie: 122 Posterous, Seesmic Desktop, can see the same things as well,
has carried the banner for web- challenge Microsoft, we’ll just votes) Tumblr, TweetDeck, Twitter, and if they're tall enough, they
based document building. have to wait and see. Week 4: TypePad, WordPress can see over walls. Is
Now Google claims that Docs Be sure to tune in next week for - Twitter vs. Facebook Tags: Google, google docs, Switzerland going to take tall
will be a viable alternative to the next edition of our Web - WINNER: Facebook, 2484 microsoft, microsoft office, poll, people to court as well?
Office by next year. At the same Faceoff series! Below are the votes (Twitter: 2061 votes, Tie: web faceoff Permalink| Comments| Email
time, Office 2010 boasts web- full results of the last eight 588 votes) This Story

Turn a Plank into a Folding Table [DIY]

By Jason Fitzpatrick
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 8:00:00 AM
If you need a small table for
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the space for permanently storing
it, this simple folding table, made
from a single plank, packs away
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NASA
continued from page 20
LCROSS successfully separated
from the Centaur stage the night
before impact, rotated 180
degrees to aim its instruments
forward and then followed its
doomed companion to the
surface, trailing it by about four
minutes.
The Centaur is believed to have
hit the moon within about 650
feet of the planned target,
blasting out a crater 65 feet to
100 feet across. Colaprete
showed photographs from
LCROSS Friday that clearly
showed the plume of debris
kicked up by the crash. Another
photo showed the crater itself.
LCROSS flew through the ejecta
cloud, collecting data all the
while, before crashing a short
distance away.
The Centaur impact was not
particularly impressive to the
untrained eye--a pinpoint flash of
light in the inky darkness of the
crater's shadowed terrain--and
many observers, expecting a
more dramatic show as indicated
in NASA animations, were
disappointed.
But Colaprete said Friday the
impact more than lived up to
scientific expectations.
Spectroscopic data from two
instruments aboard LCROSS
clearly showed the presence of
Where the Botched Children's Book Adaptations Are
By Hugh Hart (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 2:23:00 PM
water ice, along with a variety of
other materials, in the ejecta
plume.
Shown is the ejecta plume at
about 20 seconds after
impact.(Credit: NASA)
"We can constrain right now how
much water we think is in the
field of view of our instrument,"
he said. "Based on these
measurements, there is more than
100 kilograms in the field of
view of our instrument. What
does that mean, a hundred
kilograms? That's the dozen or so
two-gallon buckets I described.
"But what we need to do next is
take all the information, the
amount of ejecta, the size of the
crater, how this all changed over
time and actually reconstruct the
entire event, understand how it
all fits back into the ground along
with all the other things we've
seen in the ejecta plume to really
understand this whole thing."
Delory said more analysis will
be needed to figure out where the
water ice originated.
"One possible source of the water
is from comets," he said. "If that's
true, and the lunar polar regions
really are repositories for this
material, they are a literal
treasure trove of information in
terms of the composition of
comets, which are themselves
A beloved kids' book does not these are some of the biggest kid-
necessarily translate into a friendly failures.
wonderful movie. From The
Polar Express to The Hobbit,
indicative of early solar system
conditions. That would be of
extreme interest to many
planetary scientists."
Another possibility, he said, is
that the water ice is the result of
chemical reactions that start with
the solar wind, "which is
basically an ionized gas
streaming from the sun
composed mainly of hydrogen."
"It impacts the lunar surface,
undergoes chemistry, eventually
these molecules hop around the
moon and end up concentrated
around the poles," he said.
"Studying those deposits would
tell us something about solar
history, also about the history of
chemical reactions occurring on
the surface of the moon. Two
completely different theories, we
don't know which one is right
yet."
Other sources are also possible,
he said, including deposits from
molecular clouds the solar system
may have passed through earlier
in its evolution as well as subtle
chemical processes on the moon
itself.
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WIPO Director General Against
Draconian Anti-Piracy Punishment...
But For The Wrong Reasons
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 12:43:24 PM
We were a bit surprised,
recently, to hear at a WIPO
(World Intellectual Property
Organization) meeting that they
actually appeared to be taking
more of an evidence-based
approach to copyright, rather
than just assuming that "more is
better." And now, the Director
General of WIPO, Francis Gurry,
gave an interview where he
explained why he thought that
high fines and jailtime weren't
the answer to piracy. He's
exactly right, which is a bit
surprising. But as you read the
details, it sounds like he might be
right for the wrong reasons --
which isn't all that surprising.
It's not that he thinks that the
better approach is for companies
and content creators to adjust
their business models -- but that
he's afraid the draconian
punishment schemes are
basically a PR nightmare for
WIPO's continuing fruitless
effort to convince people that
infringement is evil:"I don't
believe we are going to win this,
(to) find the solution by putting
teenagers in jail," Gurry said in
an interview on a visit to India. "I
think that is not going to win
public sympathy."
"Part of the battle here is to
sensitise the public to the fact
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that there is a real issue involved.
It is not simply a victimless
crime...." Amusingly, the whole
reason the RIAA kicked off its
lawsuit strategy was based on
similar thinking: that it was an
"education" campaign that would
convince people that there was
"harm" done from file sharing.
Of course, it didn't work. At all.
And no education campaign is
going to work, because it's just
the basic nature of economics. If
the technology has made the
product infinite, it's not a moral
issue or a legal issue: it's a
business model issue. The
answer is to change business
models, not hope and pray that
you can somehow convince
people that it's "bad" to do
something that obviously can be
done quite easily.
So, yes, Gurry is correct that
draconian punishment has
created a massive PR backlash
that has helped make things even
worse, but an education
campaign isn't going to make a
difference. Only a business
model change can fix a business
model situation -- and we're
already seeing that happen just
fine in many parts of the world.
It's not an education campaign
that will help the content
industry. It's smarter business
models.
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Medpedia to best the more

democratic Wikipedia? New Economics Paper Explains
(CNET News.com) Anyone with an account can
Submitted at 11/13/2009 6:43:48 PM
submit here as well, but this
section appears intended to work
How Shorter Copyright
Medpedia, a collaborative
project for medical information
something like Google Reader,
with all sorts of feeds plugging
Stimulates More Music
launched in February, is getting into the platform. By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) money and attention that might
beyond the medical-data basics And finally, Medpedia News & Submitted at 11/13/2009 7:32:00 PM
have gone towards new works
as it adds answers, alerts, and Analysis lets a wide range of end up going instead to those
analysis. sources accepted by the In the recent debate in the UK older works. Increasing the
The nearly year-old Medpedia Medpedia community self- about copyright extension for returns in the case of success may
grows up with the addition of organize by category, and tag and performances, one of the key be counter productive for
three key features.(Credit: cross-link to articles. This section points raised by many who were helping new artistic careers. Most
Medpedia) is not, strictly speaking, licensed against the proposal was that artistic markets operate in the
Founded on the noble and create accounts and suggest by Medpedia, so copyright is economic studies suggested that framework of an overwhelming
s e m i p r a c t i c a l s y s t e m o f changes, but not actually make held by the authors themselves, it would really only help a few machinery of promotion and
providing free online medical them.) which could prove tricky, as big superstars (who probably advertising. Incentives to invest
information generated for and by The jury's still out on whether Medpedia hosts content that may were well enough off already) i n t h e p r o m o t i o n o f t h e
physicians, journals, schools, Medpedia will be big enough to or may not be allowed to be while harming up-and-coming superstars rise as the prospects of
patients, and more, Medpedia's be a successful repository of up- there. a r t i s t s g r e a t l y . C h r i s t i a n superstars' revenues improve (as
three stated goals are to be to-date information and tame Since Medpedia went live earlier Zimmerman points us to a recent caused by modifications in the
collaborative, interdisciplinary, enough to be useful, but three this year, it has drawn thousands economics paper by Francisco regulation of copyrights or the
and transparent. The idea is to new features, announced this o f m e m b e r s , i n c l u d i n g Alcala and Miguel Gonzalez- size of global markets). In this
m a x i m i z e k n o w l e d g e a n d week, might at least help push it p h y s i c i a n s , r e s e a r c h e r s , Maestre that models why this e n v i r o n m e n t , t h e e x p e c t e d
minimize the kind of screwing out of beta incubation: organizations, and experts happens, and points out that discounted return of a young
around that continually threatens Medpedia Answers is a Q&A contributing to its growing copyright extension actually artist' career may be reduced as a
the efficacy of other wiki-based feature, collecting questions and knowledge base. Plus, it has the serves to decrease incentives for result of a positive shock to
projects. Of course, the extent to answers about health, medicine, likes of Harvard, Stanford, the the creation of new content. The s u p e r s t a r s ' r e v e n u e s . A s a
which this is successful hinges on the body, etc., tagged for search National Health Services, and full paper(pdf) basically points consequence, larger high-type
t h e q u a l i t y , i n t e g r i t y , a n d optimization, and pushed to American Heart Association out that extending copyright artists' revenues may result in the
transparency of the editors. relevant articles and patient participating. Will Medpedia's really only helps the superstar long run in fewer numbers of
While Medpedia uses the open- communities. Anyone who takes less democratic editing system performers, since, for everyone artists, and therefore, less high-
source software Mediawiki(also the time to create a profile can prove more bulletproof than else, the economic value of the quality artistic creation. Nice to
used by Wikipedia), it is less contribute to this section, with a Wikipedia's? So far, so good. content is exhausted by the time see more economists recognizing
collaborative than the vast top-contributors list cluing in This content has passed through the extension would matter. the problems of the current
encyclopedia site, allowing only users to which answers are fivefilters.org. That's pretty obvious. But the copyright system.
physicians and Ph.D.s approved written by the most informed more troubling part is that this Permalink| Comments| Email
by an editor to contribute to and (and involved) users. also then negatively impacts the This Story
edit articles. (The less medicine- Medpedia Alerts aggregates market for new artists, because
literate masses are allowed to health and medical-news alerts.
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exceed your expectations – not
your budget. We can get your
games on the App Store
By Mike Schramm (The
name out there. Unofficial Apple Weblog
Contact us for more information (TUAW))
about supporting Mashable’s
Submitted at 11/14/2009 12:00:00 PM
growth and development.
Alternatively, visit our advertise Filed under: Gaming, Apple,
section for more details about: Developer, iPhone, App Store,
-Competitive direct ad sales SDK Touch Arcade has the news
-Sponsorship Opportunities for that the long-awaited
Events and other channels Ravensword and a number of
-Sponsored giveaways and other games built on the Unity
contests game engine have been rejected
-Custom ad deals and by Apple from the App Store.
partnerships The problem appears to be a
CPM-based advertising is number of API calls in the engine As I understand it, this is the
available through our partner, (though not specifically the game same type of issue that came up
Federated Media, but if you themselves, as I understand it) with Google a while back. It's not
contact us directly, you’ll be that allow the games to access the the same APIs (Google was using
entitled to exclusive unpublished iPhone's number and send it back the proximity sensor back then),
discounts. Reviews: Facebook, to the developer's servers. but now as then, it's Apple's call
Firefox, Gmail, Google, Internet Apple considers these to be whether they will allow
Explorer, Mashable, MySpace, private APIs, and they also got developers to use these private
Safari, The Conduit, Twitter games developer Storm8 in and undocumented calls.
trouble earlier this week; their Obviously some apps on the
games were pulled from the store iPhone have to access the address
in response to a lawsuit alleging book from time to time, but it's
that they were collecting data Apple's call whether they can use
from users without their APIs like that or not. This time, it
appears, they said no.
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powered by Livestream this story, and they said that originally appeared on The
while the Unity engine does Unofficial Apple Weblog
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Verizon Doubles Early Termination
Fees for Smartphones
By Barb Dybwad (Mashable!)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 2:24:42 PM
Want to bail out of your Verizon
service for a shiny new iPhone,
or head to another carrier before
your contract ends? There’s an
early termination fee for that.
And starting next week, that fee
is going to double if you’ve
bought a smartphone or other
mobile the carrier considers an
“advanced device” high-end
enough to warrant a steep $350
penalty for ditching.
Currently the ETF starts at $175
and is pro-rated by $5 each
month you’re in your contract. If
you pick up a BlackBerry or
Android phone (like the new
Droid) after November 15,
though, you’ll be in for a $350
starting fee that drops by $10 a
month. That means even if you
cancel your contract in the very
last month of service you’d owe
Verizon a $110 chunk of change.
To explain how we could
TVbytheNumbers by the numbers: top browser/operating system combos
By Robert Seidman
(TVbytheNumbers)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 10:28:32 AM
possibly have even gotten here
requires a bit of backstory. When
you buy a phone on a carrier in
the U.S. (and in many other
countries around the world), you
typically get a discounted price
on the phone in exchange for
signing a 1- or 2-year service
contract with that carrier. The
cell companies are willing to
subsidize the actual street cost of
a phone because of the guarantee
that they’ll make it back as well
as a tidy profit off of your cell
service over the life of the
contract.
Thus the argument goes that
because smartphones are even
more expensive in actual cost
People seem to want to have a
discussion about which browser
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Here’s the access info for the top
value than that basic, no-frills flip
phone you can get cheap or even
free, the carrier needs more
“insurance” should you decide to
duck out early. However,
consumers and even some
legislators are none too happy
with the news, including a
Minnesota Senator who seeks to
block the deal. Others like David
Pogue in his NYTimes editorial
tie Verizon’s announcement to
other shady revenue tactics and
the carrier’s overall reputation of
aggressive pricing and steep
additional fees.
What do you think: is Verizon
over-reaching its bounds? Do we
already pay enough in extra data
costs for these “advanced
devices” to offset the subsidy, or
is the company justified in trying
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Whoa! AT&T has had
enough of the Verizon
slams
By Mel Martin (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 11/13/2009 2:00:00 PM
Filed under: Odds and ends,
iPhone AT&T is clearly not
going to take it anymore. Today,
they blasted back at Verizon for
the nasty ads about AT&T
coverage.
In a press release today, the
communications giant pulled out
all the stops:
"AT&T's wireless data coverage
reaches 303 million people - or
97% of the U.S. population,
where they live and work.
AT&T is the #1 network for
smartphones, with twice the
number of smartphone customers
than Verizon, our closest
competitor. Some of the reasons
include:
Most popular smartphones.
Unlike Verizon, AT&T offers the
most popular smartphones in the
industry.
More wireless apps. Unlike
Verizon, AT&T customers have
access to more than 100,000
the last 30 days there were 144
combos over the last 30 days, but
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applications, more than with any
other wireless company.
Talk and E-mail at the same
time. Unlike Verizon, AT&T's
3G network lets wireless
customers simultaneously talk
and surf the web or do e-mail.
Fastest 3G in the nation. Unlike
Verizon, AT&T has the nation's
fastest 3G network."
It's a bold move to respond to
someone doing a number on you.
Microsoft tried to counter Apple
pricing with mixed reviews, and
AT&T, unlike Apple, has a lot of
unhappy customers. This will be
fun to watch, but one wishes
AT&T was improving service
and features (tethering anyone?)
instead of getting into these
lawsuits and public mud baths.
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FBI searching
Ricky Gervais helps reveal pain of cell phone backyard of Ohio home
with 11 bodies (AP)
salesmen (Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
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Submitted at 11/13/2009 6:17:00 PM

Ever wander into one of those
Verizon or AT&T stores, attempt
to have a conversation with one
of the smartly dressed
salespeople, and whisper to
yourself, "What kind of
emotionally awkward humans
end up working in a place like
this?"
Well, I have good news for you.
Ricky Gervais, who made David
Brent perhaps the most painfully
sympathetic character in modern
television in the original BBC
version of "The Office," has been
asking himself the very same
question. " Phone Shop" a new
British sitcom, enjoys Gervais as
its script editor (he reportedly
took one look at the idea and
volunteered his involvement).
The pilot airs Friday evening on
Channel 4.
"Phone Shop" will explore the
life of salespeople in a soul-
sucking mall cell phone
shop.(Credit: Channel 4)
Unlike "The Office," which
gained existential pleasure from
the old-world business of paper
manufacture, "Phone Shop" is set
in a mall cell phone store.
The pilot episode follows the
troubles experienced by trainee
salesman Christopher, who has to
sell a cell phone by 6 p.m. as part
of his one-day trial.
Clearly this series will reside in
the emotional halfway house that
has just two difficult residents--
comedy and tragedy. And one
wonders just what impression
pushing yet more portable
technology on a populace that
bristles with sensory overload.
I am deeply concerned that the
cell phone business will not come
out so beautifully in "Phone
Shop."
You see, The Independent
quoted Angela Jain, head of the
E4 Channel, which has bought
the series. And beneath her
words I sense a little cackling:
"Everyone's got a mobile phone
and has had some encounter in a
phone shop. It's also about those
difficult dead-end jobs that
everyone has at least once in their
lives."
So the Droid and the iPhone are
being pushed by people in dead-
end jobs? What has become of
our brave new, smartphoned
world?
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India is morphing into a
global R&D hub, but
can it ever take on
Silicon Valley?
By twitter:@vwadhwa
(TweetMeme)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 6:02:15 AM
India is morphing into a global
R&D hub, but can it ever take on
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The gift of love; the gift of recycled Mac and iPhone jewelry
By Steven Sande (The people at PowerBook Medic have These lovely personal be found here.
Unofficial Apple Weblog a wonderful gift idea for you! accessories can be yours for only TUAW The gift of love; the gift
(TUAW)) They make a living out of US$14.95 per pair, so it's of recycled Mac and iPhone
Submitted at 11/14/2009 10:00:00 AM repairing old Mac laptops and probably a good idea to order a jewelry originally appeared on
iPhones, and it's apparent that complete set so the recipient The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Filed under: Accessories, o v e r t h e y e a r s t h e y ' v e doesn't think you're a complete (TUAW) on Sat, 14 Nov 2009
Humor, Odds and ends Are you accumulated more than a handful cheapskate. 10:00:00 EST. Please see our
looking for that perfect holiday of buttons from machines that The company is also giving terms for use of feeds.
at right) and the power buttons
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geekette? If so, then the clever iPhone home buttons (see photo of their Twitter-fied contest can
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Dropbox is taking suggestions on
new features, vote for resource fork
support!
By Matt Heerema (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 11/13/2009 1:00:00 PM
Filed under: Software, Internet
Tools
Dropbox, one of my current top
5 favorite apps, has opened
voting for their features roadmap.
Some neat suggestions so far, but
the most cryptic of the top 5 is
among the most useful for Mac
users: resource fork support!
For those less technical among
us, the resource fork is metadata
attached to a file that helps Mac
OS better understand a file.
Things like custom icons, folder
info, spotlight comments,
Fox News Tries Selective DMCA Takedowns: If
Liberal Bloggers Use It, Take It Down
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 5:13:00 PM
An anonymous reader alerts us
to the story that Fox News has
sent a series of DMCA takedown
notices to YouTube for a guy
who's been putting up clips that
have been popular among the
"liberal" blogworld. Now, there's
an open question as to whether or
not these clips are fair use -- but
openmeta tags, and even file type
are defined here. This is how
Mac OS can do extension-less
file names. This resource fork
information is stripped in many
backup applications (including
Dropbox).
Go vote this feature request
up(sign-in required) so we can all
rejoice!
Here's the top 5 requests at time
of writing:
• Selective sync. Ability to
choose which files or folders get
sync'd to which computers.
even if we assume that they are
infringing, there's an interesting
element to this. They only
targeted the guy who posts clips
that liberal blogs are using.
There are tons of other clips that
conservative blogs use -- and
those remained up.
In many ways, that shows how
the DMCA is really being
abused. It is not being used
because of any loss in revenue
• Watch any folder. Sync folders
outside the My/Dropbox folder
• Share folders without forcing
other members to lose space.
• Email files to Dropbox.
• Mac resource fork support
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from these clips being online. It's
really being used solely to stifle
opposition speech. I don't care
which side of the political
spectrum you fall on, this is an
example of an attempt to stifle
speech, not protect some sort of
business model. It's using the
DMCA to take down clips that
are being used by people that
disagree with the copyright
holder, even while they leave up
Facebook Unlinks Your
Twitter Links
By Pete Cashmore
(Mashable!)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 9:02:43 AM
Mashable reader Ben Kerin has
noticed an odd change on
Facebook that began last night:
those importing their Twitter
feeds into the service no longer
see their links as clickable.
In short: if you’re posting web
links (Bit.ly, TinyURL) to your
Twitter feed and using the
Twitter Facebook app to share
those updates on Facebook too,
none of those links are
hyperlinked. Your friends will
need to copy and paste the links
into a browser to make them
work.
If this is a design decision on
Facebook’s part, it’s an
tons of other clips used by people
who agree. I can understand why
Fox News is doing this, but it
goes way beyond the intended
purpose of the DMCA (while
also suggesting that Fox News
apparently is way too sensitive
about its critics).
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extremely odd one: we’d like to
think it’s an inconvenient bug,
and we have a mail in to
Facebook to check. Suffice to
say, the issue is site-wide: it’s not
just you.
Are you having issues with links
in Facebook status updates? Let
us know in the comments.
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Stink Different with an
Apple toilet
By Victor Agreda, Jr. (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 11/14/2009 8:00:00 AM
Filed under: Humor, Cult of
Mac, Odds and ends We've long
heard jokes of the iCar, the
iToilet, and other iCrap, but until
now we'd never seen a real,
working example of one of these
things. Well, here's your iToilet,
gang. It doesn't connect to the
internet in less than three steps,
but it does connect to a series of
tubes.
Tipster Mike Jones actually had
this made for himself, but
through Rival Toilets, makers of
custom, printed potties. Yep, the
owner of Rival, Fred, has figured
out a way to get decals under a
coat of specially-formulated
finish (a trade secret), resulting in
some glorious toilets you see in
the gallery. They last, they are
custom and they are really quite
something to see.
Rival's specialty? Sports team
toilets with rival team logos in a
"special" place on the bowl. I'm
told the Apple version seen here
has a similar "rival" logo in the
Authors win Google book concession
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 6:20:28 AM
Book publishers and authors in
most countries outside the US
bottom of the bowl. I'll leave the
specifics to the reader's
imagination. I don't think it's
IBM, however.
Gallery: Custom toilets by Rival
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won a significant concession late
on Friday as Google and
American book industry
representatives agreed to make
changes to their landmark digital
books settlement.
Sal Soghoian talks
Automator use in
education
By Dave Caolo (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 11/13/2009 4:00:00 PM
Filed under: Software,
AppleScript Total Apps has
published a nice guest post from
Sal Soghoian, Apple's Production
Manager for Automator, intended
for teachers. He describes how
educators have a limited amount
of instruction time with the kids,
and even less for maintenance
tasks like making sure the proper
software is installed, that students
are on the proper web page, and
so on.
Sal wants to help, and points out
a number of links useful to
anyone (not just teachers) who
wants to automate these
repetitive and often time-
consuming tasks. Best of all, he
shares a link to The Teacher's
Helpers(scroll down a bit), which
is a free collection of Automator
actions specifically written to
The amendments, disclosed in a
legal filing in New York close to
midnight on Friday, were made
after strong objections from the
governments of Germany and
France, as well as complaints
Tech/ Tech Tips/ Economy/
assist teachers with Macs in their
classrooms.
If you've been put off by
AppleScript, give Automator a
try. Its drag-and-drop interface is
much easier to use.
TUAW Sal Soghoian talks
Automator use in education
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Eat Breakfast Like an
Olympian with "Super"
Oatmeal [Diet]
By Sarah Rae Trover
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 3:00:00 PM
Dietitian Bob Seebohar has
guided the diet of many a U.S.
Olympic athlete; here he
demonstrates how to prepare an
oatmeal breakfast that aims to
give you the energy of a gold
medalist.
Although Seebohar uses a rice
cooker in the video above, your
stove top or microwave would
work just fine for creating this
energy and antioxidant packed
oatmeal. The mixture is packed
with enough essentials to fuel
your body through workout
sessions, an afternoon hike, or
maybe some Black Friday power
shopping (assuming it's not all
done online). The ingredient list
is as follows:
• Rolled oats
• Water
• Whey protein powder
• Dark cocoa powder
• Ground flax
• Blueberries
• Raisins
• Banana
Do you have a power packed
breakfast routine? Ever tried
something similar to this "super"
oatmeal? Let us know in the
comments. Upgrade Your
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Apple quietly updates
the 5th Generation iPod
nano to 1.0.2
By Joachim Bean (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 11/13/2009 3:00:00 PM
Filed under: Audio, Software
Update, iPod nano This week
Apple issued an update to the
iPod nano, bringing it to version
1.0.2. Fixes and additions
include:
• Fixed audiobook playbook
setting so Normal, Slower,
Faster, works for audio podcasts
• Resolved issue where Genius
Mixes did not work when using
the Nike+ Sport Kit
• Accessibility setting for Mono
Audio in now working
• Fixed bug so VoiceOver menu
items are no longer skipped when
using headphone + and - volume
buttons to navigate
As always, you can download
this update by clicking on the
"Check for Update" button in
iTunes when you connect your
iPod nano to your computer.
TUAW Apple quietly updates
the 5th Generation iPod nano to
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It’s Not Just You:
Twitter Pages Massively
Broken
By Ben Parr (Mashable!)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 5:30:30 PM
Update: Twitter seems to have
fixed the issue. If your pages are
still having the issue, make sure
to refresh and/or clear your
cache. You may still see broken
pages for a while.
- in some way (or the servers
If you’re taking a look at
Twitter.com right now, you’re
going to see some very messed
up web pages. Images gone,
design layouts borked, text
overlapping, and missing fonts
are just the start. Now thousands
of Twitter users are complaining
or completely confused.
From our perspective, it looks as
if the Cascading Style Sheets
(CSS) of Twitter.com is broken
Remembering the most famous
exploded whale in TV history
By Danny Gallagher (TV
Squad)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 9:00:00 AM
A lot of Americans mentally
record where they were and what
they were doing when they first
heard that the Berlin Wall had
fallen, John F. Kennedy was shot
and the Challenger Space Shuttle
aren’t loading them). We’ll
figure it out and update you when
Twitter is fixed and why this
massive error occurred in the first
place.
In the meantime, here’s a
screenshot of you’ll find on
Twitter profile pages if you
haven’t visited already:
Reviews: Twitter
Tags: twitter
exploded. But one famous
tragedy has remained
suspiciously ignored, until now.
This week marked the 39th
anniversary of Oregon's famed
"exploding whale," a beached
whale that washed up on the
shores of Florence, Oregon.
Officials exploded it with almost
half a ton of dynamite because
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US to seek
death penalty
for 9/11 suspect
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 3:48:51 PM
The Obama administration on
Friday set the stage for what
could be the most high-profile
trial in US history when it said it
was seeking the death penalty in
a New York court for Khaled
Sheikh Mohammed and four
accomplices accused of being
behind the September 11 attacks.
Announcing the move, and a
related prosecution of five men
allegedly involved in a 2000
attack on the USS Cole, Eric
Holder, US attorney-general, said
it was the most difficult decision
he had made in office.
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they couldn't think of another
way to remove the sea creature
from the beach. We know go to
reporter Paul Linnman who was
live at the scene...
[via The Exploding Whale]
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Moon Water Confirmed Fort Hood Hero Story

(Little Green Footballs)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 10:57:01 AM
huge amount of data the
spacecraft collected. The team
concentrated on data from the
Changes Heroes
When NASA deliberately satellite’s spectrometers, which (Little Green Footballs) Sergeant Todd said he was
crashed the LCROSS satellite provide the most definitive Submitted at 11/13/2009 2:07:32 PM
slightly in front of Sergeant
into the moon last month, the information about the presence of Munley on the hill. “Once we
media spun the event as a dud water. A spectrometer examines A lot of the early reporting in the took fire, she broke right and I
because the impact didn’t create light emitted or absorbed by Fort Hood mass murder story broke left,” he said.
a huge glowing explosion and materials that helps identify their turned out to be false, and here’s Sergeant Todd said he did not
pretty pictures for the nightly l u n a r p o l e s . T h e L C R O S S composition. another detail that the press got see Sergeant Munley get shot. He
news. In fact, it wasn’t even findings are shedding new light “We are ecstatic,” said Anthony wrong: Sgt. Kimberly Munley, said he started to circle around
visible from Earth at all. applauded as a hero for shooting t h e b u i l d i n g , b u t t h e n
on the question of water, which Colaprete, LCROSS project Nidal Malik Hasan after being b a c k t r a c k e d a s p a n i c k e d
But it was no dud, because the could be more widespread and in s c i e n t i s t a n d p r i n c i p a l
real point of the experiment was greater quantity than previously investigator at NASA’s Ames wounded herself, apparently bystanders told him of the
t o p e r f o r m s p e c t r o g r a p h i c suspected. Research Center in Moffett Field, didn’t even fire her weapon. The gunman’s movements. “As it
analysis of the dust and vapor Permanently shadowed regions Calif. “Multiple lines of evidence officer who actually fired the unfolded, I went a different
kicked up by the crash — and could hold a key to the history show water was present in both shots that brought down Hasan direction and he went a different
that analysis has now confirmed and evolution of the solar system, the high angle vapor plume and was Senior Sgt. Mark Todd. direction, and we met up in the
the presence of a significant much as an ice core sample taken the ejecta curtain created by the In the interview, Sergeant Todd front of the building,” he said.
amount of water. said he and Sergeant Munley had Sergeant Todd said he then saw
on Earth reveals ancient data. In LCROSS Centaur impact. The pulled up to the scene in separate Sergeant Munley on the ground,
The visible camera image a d d i t i o n , w a t e r , a n d o t h e r concentration and distribution of
showing the ejecta plume at compounds represent potential water and other substances cars at the same time. He said wounded. He shouted again at
about 20 seconds after impact. resources that could sustain requires further analysis, but it is they began running up a small the gunman to drop his weapon.
(Credit: NASA.) Scientists have future lunar exploration. safe to say Cabeus holds water.” hill toward the building that held “Once I came around the front of
long speculated about the source Since the impacts, the LCROSS the processing center where t h e b u i l d i n g , I c a u g h t h i s
of vast quantities of hydrogen science team has been working unarmed soldiers reported for attention again, started shouting
that have been observed at the almost nonstop analyzing the check-ups and vaccinations commands, and then he opened
before deployment. The gunman up a second time,” Sergeant Todd

Anthony shines as Nuggets snap Lakers'
streak
By Associated Press
(ESPN.com)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 12:01:53 AM
Fast Facts
• The Nuggets outscored the
Lakers 29-8 in the third quarter in
their first meeting since the
Lakers knocked the Nuggets out
of the playoffs in the Western
Conference Finals.
• Kobe Bryant went scoreless in
the second half after scoring 19
points in the first half.
• Carmelo Anthony, who entered
the game averaging 19.9 points
in 12 career games against Ron
Artest, finished with 25 points.
• The Lakers had their six-game
win streak snapped.
• The Nuggets won for just the
second time in their last eight
meetings with the Lakers.
• The Nuggets' bench outscored
the Lakers' bench 43-16.
-- ESPN Stats & Information
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was already outside, Sergeant said. “And that’s when I returned
Todd recalled. fire, neutralized him and secured
“That’s when the bystanders him.”
were pointing in his direction,” Both officers deserve to be
he said. “And when we popped called heroes, for charging
up, he was standing there, and we d i r e c t l y i n t o a d a n g e r o u s
s h o u t e d o u r c o m m a n d s — situation and putting an end to it.
‘Police, drop your weapons!’ —
and he just opened fire on us.”
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Tech Note: RSS Reader Rewritten

(Little Green Footballs) characters were caused by a header to set the character
Submitted at 11/13/2009 3:36:26 PM
difference in character encoding encoding to ISO-8859-1, before
between the RSS feed and the sending the formatted RSS data
Our left-column Ajax RSS LGF page where it’s being back to the calling Javascript
widget, with a drop-down list of displayed. Rewriting everything routine. This ensures that all of
news sites and blogs that lets you to use my own RSS parsing code our lovingly parsed characters
check out their current RSS instead of an external library look presentable.
feeds, has been completely (like SimplePIE or MagpieRSS) header("Content-Type:
rewritten. The code now uses helped me figure out the real text/html; charset=iso-8859-1");
PHP’s native SimpleXML object reason for the problem. Once I My RSS script caches the
library to parse all three flavors understood it, the solution was HTML output of each feed for 30
of RSS (0.92, 1.0, and 2.0) or amazingly simple. Just one line minutes, to avoid abusing
ATOM feeds. Namespacing, of code using the iconv function anyone’s bandwidth. But if
XPATH, and attributes, oh my! to convert the characters from you’re really craving the hottest,
Another improvement fixes a UTF-8 to ISO-8859-1 encoding: freshest news, you can manually
small but annoying issue where $theString = iconv("UTF-8",
strange characters would show " I S O - 8 8 5 9 - 1 / / T R A N S L I T " ,
refresh the feed before that time
limit by clicking the ‘Reload’
The Gingerbread
up in place of em dashes, curly $ t h e S t r i n g ) ;
quotes, and other types of The server-side PHP script also
punctuation. These odd and ugly needs to send a ‘Content-Type’
button next to the drop-down list.
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Top 10 Homemade Remedies for What Ails You [Lifehacker
Top 10]
By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 9:00:00 AM
Feeling under the weather?
Thinking—as you look around
your office—that you might be
soon? Hone your home remedy
skill set with a look at 10 of our
favorite DIY cures for illnesses
and your body's annoyances.
Photo by Robert Couse-Baker.
10. Honey for rough coughs
When you've got a bad cough, it
feels like your own body is
fighting against you—your throat
dries out, your lungs spasm
beyond your control, and it all
makes a bad illness experience
feel even worse. Before reaching
for the over-the-counter stuff,
consider a spoonful of honey. It
did better in studies of children's
coughs than any of the expensive
elixers, and it very likely elicits
fewer taste complaints. Even
better? An Ayurvedic-style
honey-lemon-ginger infusion
drink, or our readers' cold and
cough remedies from their
grandparents. (Original posts:
honey, infusion)
9. Toothpaste for bee stings
Slate's William Brantley tried
out all the pharmaceutical and
home remedies he could find for
bee stings, including the well-
regarded sliced onion. Brantley
said the onion made his sting feel
worse, actually, and pulls for the
acid-neutralizing, itch-reducing
properties of toothpaste. If that
doesn't seem to work for you,
Caladryl with an analgesic is the
preferred store-bought solution.
8. Olive oil for children's
earaches
When a tyke has an earache,
everybody knows about it. To
soothe the pain until you can get
to the doctor, a Columbia
University Medical Center
pediatrician recommends using a
syringe or something similar to
put 2 to 4 drops of warm oil in a
small child's ear, age 2 and older,
or 5 to 10 drops in your own if
you're the one with the aches.
Photo by fdecomite.
7. Vick's VapoRub or thyme oil
for toenail fungus
It's not the most pleasant of
afflictions to discuss, but nobody
wants to keep dealing with
yellowed, brittle toenails if they
don't have to. Vick's VapoRub
has thymol in it, a derivative of
the herb that reasearchers have
found effective in combating
fungus, and it's much cheaper
than the prescription treatments.
eHow explains the step by step of
applying Vick's to infected feet,
and the Times suggests adding
essential oil of thyme, found at
health and natural food stores, to
a bath is a strong supplement.
6. Vinegar, oatmeal, and others
for sunburns
Ever get the feeling that the
makers of sunburn treatments
kind of have you in a painful
price position? If your bottle of
the green goopy stuff doesn't
seem to work, or you don't have
any, the Wise Bread blog's
natural recommendations might
do the trick: vinegar, crushed-up
aspirin, tea, milk, and straight-up
aloe vera. We've also heard that
an oatmeal paste can do the trick.
(Original post: remedies,
oatmeal)
5. DIY elixers for colds and flu
The Hot Knives blogger loves an
excuse to hit the grocery store,
and when stricken with a cold (or
maybe the flu), he found his
muse: a DIY, Southern-Comfort-
based elixir to make sleeping,
resting, and feeling better much
easier. If SoCo's not your poison
of choice, the comments thread is
full of formulas that won the day
for many formerly ill readers.
4. Duct tape for warts
There's not a lot we can add to
this amazing little mash-up of
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modern life, other than to say
that, while a double-blind,
placebo-matched study isn't
available to assuage the
uncertainty, many Lifehacker
readers swear by the gray stuff's
wart-healing powers.
3. Clear nail polish or hot water
for bug bites
Gil Grissom on CSI claims its
true, but the crime scene scientist
has a lot of fellow believers in
the air-blocking, itch-reducing
power of a small drop of clear
nail polish on especially bad
bites. Using Ben Gay can also
work, and some commenters
suggest close-but-not-direct
contact with heat to draw off the
need to scratch.
2. Baby or talcum powder for
greasy hair
When you're traveling, pressed
for time, or otherwise unable to
shower on your regular schedule,
your hair can end up looking a
bit, well, greasy and unwieldy.
The simplest solution we've
found is running baby powder
through it. That link comes from
eHow, but the testing is, sadly,
rigorously vetted by a certain
Lifehacker editor whose morning
blogging sometimes leaves him
little time to get presentable in a
rush. If your baby powder leaves
you smelling like a changing
station, consider talcum powder,
or a little cover-up scent. (
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From the Tips Box: Multiple Logins, Firefox Betas, and
Electrical Tubes [From The Tips Box]
By Whitson Gordon
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 5:00:00 PM
Readers offer their best tips for
logging into the same site with
two accounts at once, running
multiple versions of Firefox on
the same Mac, and threading
wires through long electrical
tubes.
Don't like the gallery layout?
Click here to view everything on
one page.
About the Tips Box: Every day
we receive boatloads of great
reader tips in our inbox, but for
various reasons—maybe they're a
bit too niche, maybe we couldn't
find a good way to present it, or
maybe we just couldn't fit it
in—the tip didn't make the front
page. From the Tips Box is
where we round up some of our
favorites for your buffet-style
consumption. Got a tip of your
own to share? Add it in the
comments or email it to tips at
lifehacker.com.
Using Multiple Logins at Once
Marc lays out a workaround for
logging into the same site more
than once:
Just a tip I like to use when
managing multiple gmail
accounts, flight check-ins, etc.
simultaneously.
Instead of logging out of one
account and into the other, I open
an incognito window in chrome
(don't know if this works in ff /
ie) and login from there. Not a
game-changer, but saves a hassle
every now and then...
I tested this in Firefox and it did
not work; starting a private
browsing session gets rid of all
your open windows.
Running a Firefox Beta
Alongside a Stable Mac Build
Brad shows us how to run
multiple versions of Firefox on
one Mac:
It seemed obvious to me, but
apparently a lot of people don't
know that you can run a release
and beta versions of Firefox on
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‘little' because they will share the
same profile (where your
bookmarks, extensions and the
like are kept), and so cannot be
run at the same time. This has the
plus side of meaning you won't
have to re-import bookmarks and
such, but you will have to sit
through a harmless extension
compatibility check whenever
you start a different version of
Firefox than was last run.
You can find Brad's original
blog post here.
Easily Thread Cables Through
an Electrical Tube
Photo by Rick Heath.
Joost shows us how he gets
cables through long electrical
tubes:
If you can't get a cable through
an empty electricity tube:
Find an audio tape, break it and
put an end of the tape in the tube.
Put a vacuum cleaner at he other
the Mac without them overriding It's simple: end of the tube, it will drag the
e a c h o t h e r ( a f e a t u r e t h e 1. Grab a Firefox beta download, tape through the the tube in
Windows Firefox installer nicely then mount the disk image seconds. Tie the tape to the cable
provides). 2. Instead of dragging the you want to pull through, and
On Windows, the Firefox Firefox app to your Applications pull it through. I've done it
installer (quite considerately) folder, drag it to your desktop several times.
won't override existing non-beta temporarily The main idea is to use
versions of the browser with a 3. Highlight the app on your something lighter than the cable
beta version (like the recently desktop, hit the return key, and that will actually be pulled by the
released Firefox 3.6 betas). give it a new name (like "Firefox vacuum—I imagine a piece of
Though it doesn't explicitly say 3.6 Beta") string would work just as well, if
so, Mac OS X users can have a 4. Drag the newly renamed app you're not the type to ruin your
similar behavior, which by the to your Applications folder music collection.
surprised faces I see when I tell You can then run these two
people this, many people don't Firefox versions with little
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know about. interaction between the two. I say
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This Week's Most Popular Posts [Highlights]
By Adam Pash (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 4:00:00 PM
This week we taught you how to
get started teaching yourself to
code, rounded up five of the most
popular antivirus apps on the
block, and helped you out with
some clever DIY fixes for your
broken stuff.
• Programmer 101: Teach
Yourself How to Code You've
always wanted to learn how to
build software yourself—or just
whip up an occasional
script—but never knew where to
start. Luckily, the web is full of
free resources that can turn you
into a programmer in no time.
• Five Best Antivirus
Applications Computer viruses
are increasingly sophisticated and
pervasive. If you can't afford to
run your computer without some
sort of antivirus software
installed, check out these five
popular options to protect your
PC.
• Stop Paying for Windows
Security; Microsoft's Security
Tools Are Good Enough When it
comes to keeping your Windows
PC secure, all of the scare tactics
and overblown virus stories out
there make it hard to feel safe
TOP
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Original post)
1. Bacon sandwich for
hangovers
The morning after a long night
out, your brain is depleted of
neurotransmistters, and your
online. The fact of the matter is
that you don't need to pay for
Windows security.
• Top 10 Clever Fixes for Your
Broken Stuff Buying a
replacement at Target isn't
always the necessary solution
when your stuff goes on the fritz.
Fix common problems or
altogether broken gear with these
clever repair methods.
• The Gaia Desktop Reader
Sweetshop Union's Windows 7
stomach is in need of something
calm and steady. A bacon
sandwich, according to British
researchers, is just what the
hangover doctor ordered. The
bread has the carbohydrates
desktop has been completely
transformed with the Gaia09 skin
for Rainmeter, complete with
widgets, wallpaper, and a visual
style to match.
• Paint.NET Releases Big
Update, Still a Killer Photoshop
Alternative Windows only:
Paint.NET is a free, fast, and
powerful image editor for
Windows. It's a giant leap above
Microsoft Paint, and a serious
alternative to bigger, bloated (for
you're hungry for, while the
bacon's protein (made more
appealing by tasty fat) breaks
down into amino acids, which
your brain has been starving for
ever since happy hour started.
most users, at least) image editors
like Photoshop or GIMP.
• Tom's Planner Is an
Impressive, Intuitive Project
Scheduling Tool If your work
life's all laid out in Gantt charts
but you're not happy with the tool
you're using, check out Tom's
Planner, a web-based project
scheduling and collaboration
tool.
• Grab the MacHeist nanoBundle
for Free If you're a fan of the free
Photo by amagill. ( Original post)
What's the best home or natural
remedy you know of, or that your
parents swear by? We want to
hear about it in the comments.
Tech Tips/ 37
OS X software offered at
MacHeist, you'll want to scoot
over there to grab some free
software before their software
giveaway expires.
• Best Antivirus Application:
AVG Last week we asked you to
share your favorite antivirus
application and then we rounded
up the five most popular
candidates for your review and a
final vote. We're back with the
results, and this was one very
close race.
• Happy Birthday: A Look Back
at Five Years of Firefox Five
years ago, an open-source
browser called Firefox—one that
didn't ship with your
computer—was available as a 1.0
download. To say it's changed
the world's web experience is
understatement.
• Dual-Boot Windows 7 and
Ubuntu in Perfect Harmony
Windows 7 and Ubuntu, despite
their opposing missions, can get
along like best pals on a single
computer. Here's how to set up a
dual boot system that lets you
enjoy the best of both worlds in
perfect harmony.
38 Tech Tips/ Tech News/ Popular News/ Twitter Trend/
DVD Knife Quickly Extracts Any
Clip from DVDs [Downloads]
By Whitson Gordon
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 2:00:00 PM
Trying to extract clips from a
DVD is usually a roundabout
process that involves a lot of
waiting. Free utility DVD Knife
makes it easy to extract clips
from any part of your DVD.
Generally, in order to extract a
small clip from a DVD, you've
got to rip and convert the entire
movie—or at least a specific
chapter—before you can work
with it. DVD Knife does away
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Medical Helicopter Crashes
Near Nevada, Killing 3
(FOXNews.com) morning occurred in southern
start and endpoints, and click Submitted at 11/14/2009 7:50:05 AM
Lassen County, about 15 miles
save. DVD Knife will extract the north of the border between
clip (without compressing or DEVELOPING: A medical California and Nevada,
decompressing) into a small helicopter crashed Saturday near authorities said.
VOB file that you can then the Nevada-California state line Further details weren't
convert into whatever file type north of Reno, killing three crew immediately available.
you need, giving you more time members aboard, officials said. This is a developing story.
to actually concentrate on the KOH Radio in Reno reports the Refresh page for updates.
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project quickly and go do out of Susanville, Calif., was on a contributed to this report.
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with this lengthy process with a DVD Knife is a free download, patient to Renown Medical fivefilters.org.
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Rackspace Says it Is Closing the Gap with
Amazon
By Alex Williams business. cloud computing providers such
(ReadWriteWeb) Sponsor as Joyent. Microsoft will soon
Napier did not provide details enter the game.
Submitted at 11/14/2009 12:11:17 AM
about the gap nor how much offering the service. Napier said The key will be in how to add
those tight margins have been margins to the cloud business.
Rackspace says the company has A m a z o n . offset by its hosting business. Depending on traditional hosting
closed the gap with Amazon, He did say the Rackspace cloud Rackspace provides hosting to business may get tricky if more
gaining significant market share business contributed 10 percent l a r g e e n t e r p r i s e s . C l o u d of that business goes to the cloud,
computing services are primarily too.
to a year ago. third quarter. Business for cloud provided to customers for hosting Amazon seems to be fighting
In an interview with Reuters, computing services has been
websites and renting servers that that battle on a daily basis. They
growing in excess of 100 percent can be scaled up and back down continue to add features but have
said a year ago Amazon was per year. In the second quarter, at any time. to respond to market pressures
" i n c r e d i b l y f a r a h e a d , " o f the Rackspace cloud business But can this scenario continue? with competitive pricing. The
R a c k s p a c e i n t h e c l o u d grew 17 percent. Competition is only starting in company recently announced it
computing market. But this year The cloud business does have its the cloud computing market. was dropping prices for its EC2
he said Rackspace has closed the pitfalls, in particular in respect to Rackspace competes with other service. Discuss
gap with Amazon's web services the tight margins that come with
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Should Apple Care That Facebook's iPhone App

Developer Has Quit?
By Guest Author Pinch Media reports that the few days and get great placement
(ReadWriteWeb) average iPhone application has on Apple's virtual store shelves.
Submitted at 11/13/2009 12:13:31 PM
netted (for the developer) a grand Electronic Arts, for example, has
total of $8,500, and 80% of no public rejection stories and
News reverberated through the developers have made less than
developer community that long- that. That's not per month - which
currently has titles throughout the
list of top grossing apps, Review: Monk
time and highly prominent would be a starting point for a suggesting that it is in the top
community contributor Joe two-person team - but rather total 10% for App Store revenue
medium, not a marketing and generation.
- Mr. Monk is
Hewitt has quit developing the revenue earned.
iPhone Facebook application. And as reported a few thousand
While Joe said that Apple has the times, the approval process is a
sales platform. Apple has a And so, Joe Hewitt has quit the
system in place for enabling App Store. It's a great show of
the Best Man
customers to quickly and easily unity for small developers, but By Allison Waldman (TV
right to do what it wants, he does black box. For the most part, Squad)
not agree with its policies and has developers don't know whether purchase and download software A p p l e h a s c l e a r l y l i n k e d
chosen to move on. Joe posted their app will be approved or in for their devices. And it has been successful applications to big Submitted at 11/14/2009 12:55:00 AM

this tweet in the afternoon of what timeframe, making the a massive success, with over two b r a n d s , a n d t h o s e b r a n d s
November 11th: billion downloads. (S08E13) Just three more
entire experience a nail-biter. continue to clamor for iPhone
"Time for me to try something Should Apple Care? The difference, though, is that presence. episodes till the end of Monk, so
new. I've handed the Facebook Well, of course, Apple should the apps that Apple needs in the Guest author: Elia Freedman is it sort of feels like they're
iPhone app off to another care. Apple should be inclusive App Store most - gaming and the CEO of Infinity Softworks, wrapping up some loose ends.
engineer, and I'm onto a new of its community and encourage entertainment titles - are getting the leading provider of software Tonight, the focus was on Leland
project." in. And they are being developed calculators with over 15 million Francis Stottlemeyer, Monk's
small developers to grow and
Sponsor by some of the biggest brands in distributed. In its 13-year history, best friend, the guy who has been
make a living from developing
This guest post was written by for the iPhone. Apple rightly the world. After all, the iPhone Infinity Softworks has developed solidly behind Adrian through all
Elia Freedman. The Problem and iPod Touch are, first and a p p l i c a t i o n s f o r i P h o n e , the difficult years since Trudy's
views the App Store as a
Apple's App Store is a mess for competitive advantage and foremost, entertainment devices. BlackBerry, Windows, Palm OS death, helping Monk to cope and
s m a l l a n d i n d e p e n d e n t should continue striving to keep Note that these big brands do not and Windows Mobile. Elia writes remain gainfully employed as a
developers. Very few developers its developers in-house. face the same problems as the about tech, mobile and running a police consultant.
are making even a livable wage, On the other hand, Apple is not rest of the developer community. b u s i n e s s o n h i s b l o g , Leland's always been a good
and the approval process is a responsible for marketing and Many have contacts deep in eliainsider.com and at Twitter as guy, but not so lucky in love. As
black box. Apple, are magically ushered eliajf. Discuss the title suggested, if Mr. Monk
selling for its developers. The
Let's start with making money. App Store is a distribution through the review process in a is the best man, that means that
Leland was the groom. More
China detains dissidents ahead of US visit about the nuptials after the jump.
Continue reading Review: Monk
(Financial Times - US visit to China, according to to get cooperation from Beijing - Mr. Monk is the Best Man
homepage) family members and human on issues such as climate change, Filed under: Other Drama
Submitted at 11/14/2009 7:27:29 AM
rights activists. trade and the economy. Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews,
The crackdown comes as human This content has passed through Reality-Free
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dozens of dissidents and political Obama, who arrives in China on Comments
reform advocates ahead of US Sunday, will play down China’s
President Barack Obama’s first poor human rights record in order
40 Tech News/ Economy/
Second Life Founder Launching
Reputation Currency System
By Dana Oshiro
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 5:11:00 PM
Six years after creating Second
Life, Philip Rosedale announced
that he would be focusing on a
new project. Shrouded in
mystery, the Linden Chairman
and fellow Lindenite Ryan
Downe began work in October
on Love Machine Inc. Said
Rosedale in today's blog post,
"Yes, we are working on making
a version of the Linden Lab
LoveMachine (and some other
tools too)...hopefully we can sell
[this] to some companies and
help them out." ReadWriteWeb
sought to answer the immortal
question - What is love?
Sponsor
LoveMachine is best known
amongst Linden employees as a
method of peer review.
According to a 2006 Second Life
Herald article, it was once used
as a points-based employee
incentive tool. Linden employees
gave and received "love" for a
job well done. If an employee
Obama says China not a threat
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 9:26:25 PM
was well-received amongst his or
her peers, their accumulated love
currency was redeemable for a
cash bonus at the end of the
month. Similar to social capital
systems like Whuffie Bank, it
appears that LoveMachine may
become a reputation currency
system for businesses.
Intrigued, we visited the location
of LoveMachine's virtual office
for more information. Judging by
the posh waterfront property and
lack of outside distractions, the
real world's down economy has
not affected the peaceful Second
Life metaverse. While startup
companies in San Francisco are
downsizing from their SOMA
lofts, Rosedale and Downe have
built themselves a tropical
paradise. The duo have left their
boardroom open for potential
contractors to view the company
worklist. Contractors have a
America will not try to contain a
rising China, Barack Obama, the
US president, told an audience in
Japan on Saturday on the eve of
choice of being paid in US or
Linden dollars and must
complete an initial project before
becoming a long term employee.
From the projects given to
potential employees we know
there is an iPhone app and
database involved. At this early
stage, other tasks include setting
up a server, printing 50 decks of
cards and delivering Ryan
Downe a steak burrito. For the
sake of the company we're
hoping the burrito is a lower level
priority.
Given Rosedale's success at
Linden, it will be interesting to
see if the plucky entrepreneur can
infiltrate middle management and
monetize employee incentive
programs. While the Second Life
universe has been a boon for
virtual learning environments,
widespread adoption in the
boardroom has yet to materialize.
Depending on the barrier to
technical entry, Rosedale may
find more mainstream appeal in
this latest venture.
Discuss
his first visit to the world’s most
populous nation.
Speaking during the first leg of
his inaugural visit to Asia, which
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Google Executive Says
Companies Can Get Rid of
Microsoft Office...Next Year
By Alex Williams
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 11:34:04 AM
The Google executive in charge
He admitted that at this point,
of Google Enterprise is talking
Google Docs is much less mature
smack about Microsoft Office,
but efforts are underway to add
saying that firms will be able to
30 to 50 new features and
get rid of the software suite in
performance upgrades that will
one year's time.
put it in a position to work for the
Man, those are some fighting
"vast majority" of users.
words. The remarks came from
He added that Microsoft Office
Dave Girouard, president of
will never go away but as it
Google's enterprise division, in
stands it is overkill for most
an interview with ZDNet Asia.
users. In his words, Office will
Sponsor
be more for specialty users.
In context, what Girouard says
Hubris? Perhaps. Microsoft still
does make sense. Open formats
has a huge lead and its
are the rule these days and
Sharepoint product is really the
proprietary formats like those
future for Microsoft's place in the
from Microsoft will have less of
enterprise.
an appeal. But it may not be just
But open formats are what's hot.
Google that rules the enterprise.
Young people are used to the
Microsoft SaaS offerings will
way the Internet works. They
become more robust and a
have access to so much
number of new players are
information that it is critical for
making headway.
them to port it to where they
Girouard, one of four presidents
want it to be. Girouard says this
at Google, said that in a year's
movement will spread into the
time, Google Docs will have a
"point of capacity," that will be enterprise. Discuss
enough for people to make the
switch from Microsoft Office.
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Obama said the US did not view
China as a threat.
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Despite Layoffs, Adobe Expands What's On Tonight: iCarly,

Investment in E-Books Secret Saturdays, Robin
By Frederic Lardinois
(ReadWriteWeb)
support for business models like
subscription, advertising and
Hood, Wanda Sykes
retail. By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 11:05:44 AM
Sony, for example, currently Submitted at 11/14/2009 12:12:00 PM
Adobe announced earlier this uses Adobe's Content Server to
week that it plans to lay off power its DRM solution for e-
almost 10% of its workforce. At books. While Sony offers its e- • At 7, ESPN has College
the same time, though, the books in the ePub format, it also Football, Alabama vs.
company also announced that it uses Adobe's Content Server to Mississippi State.
plans to expand its investment in wrap a proprietary DRM solution • ESPN2 has College Football at
• Also at 9: Hallmark has the
e-books and digital publishing. around the open ePub format. 7, Auburn vs. Georgia
movie Flower Girl.
Adobe is creating a new Bill McCoy is Leaving Adobe • At 8, ABC has College
• At 9:30, Biography Channel
organization within the company Bill McCoy drove Adobe's push Football, Notre Dame vs.
has a new Ghostly Adventures,
that will focus on products for towards making ePub the default Pittsburgh.
followed by a new Celebrity
book, newspaper and magazine b o o k b u s i n e s s g r o u p s t h a t format for eBooks. McCoy, • FOX has a new Cops at 8.
Ghost Stories.
publishers. With Bill McCoy, worked on the Adobe Reader however, is leaving Adobe as • Food Network has
• At 11, FOX has a new Wanda
however, the company is also Mobile SDK, Adobe Content part of the restructuring. We can Thanksgiving episodes of shows
Sykes Show, then a new Sit
losing one of its most visible Server, Adobe Digital Editions, only hope that the company will starting at 8: two episodes of
Down, Shut Up.
advocates for open e-book as well as the group that worked continue to push for open Good Eats and episodes of The
• At 11:30, NBC has a new
standards in this week's layoffs. with the New York Times on the standards in McCoy's absence. Secret Life Of... and Unwrapped.
Saturday Night Live, with
Sponsor Times Reader 2.0. The new More details about McCoy's role • Nickelodeon has a new iCarly
January Jones and Black-Eyed
Reorganizing Adobe's E-Book group will focus on developing at Adobe can be found at at 8, followed by a new True
Peas.
Groups p r o d u c t s a n d b u s i n e s s TeleRead. Discuss Jackson, VP.
• At 12:30AM, Cartoon Network
This new organization within o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r d i g i t a l • TCM has Saboteur at 8.
has two new episodes of Bleach.
Adobe will bring together the e- publishers. These will include • At 9, FOX has a new
America's Most Wanted.
Check your local TV listings for
White House hits out at plan to • CNBC has a new Suze Orman
Show at 9.
more.
strip Fed powers • Cartoon Network has a new
Secret Saturdays at 9.
Filed under: Programming, What
To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
(Financial Times - US Chris Dodd, the Senate banking Permalink| Email this| |
• BBC America has a new Robin
homepage) committee chairman, this week Comments
Hood at 9, then a new Graham
Submitted at 11/13/2009 4:09:53 PM
published draft legislation to Norton Show.
merge four US banking
A Senate proposal to strip the regulators into one, with the Fed
Federal Reserve of its bank the most high-profile loser.
supervision powers met This content has passed through
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senior Obama administration
officials.
42 Apple/
The Apple Store: An Unsung Hero
By Charles Jade
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 12:23:24 PM
Apple previewed its Upper West
Side store in New York
yesterday. Besides welcoming
the media into the company’s
latest example of retail
minimalism taken to its logical
extreme, Apple Senior VP Ron
Johnson talked retail.
Glass and stone enclose 8,500
square feet of retail space on
street level, topped with a glass
ceiling 45 feet above, and with a
glass spiral staircase leading to
the floor below. According to
Gothamist, which has some
really nice photos, the street level
enclosure could fit 11 of the glass
cubes like the one in front of the
5th Avenue store.
“We opened our first store in
Manhattan seven years ago, and
the response has been
incredible,” said Johnson, and
not just at New York stores. A
look at the numbers shows just
how successful the Apple Stores
have been.
Apple opened its first store in
May 2001. At the time, it was a
controversial decision, and not
just because the store design
looked like something out “2001:
A Space Odyssey.” Rival PC
retailer Gateway was cutting
back on its stores, but Steve Jobs
envisioned Apple Stores as a
boon to both sales and marketing.
One goal was to eventually put
an Apple Store within driving
distance of 85 percent of
consumers in the U.S., a goal
which must be nearing
achievement. For 2009, Apple
opened more international stores
than domestic. The company now
intends to open at least one Apple
Store in one new country a year.
Further, according to Gizmodo,
the company plans on opening
“more like 50 stores in the
current fiscal year, including
more “significant” stores. The
outlets, formerly known as
“flagship stores,” will be built in
multiple countries in Europe as
well as Canada, and at least one
in Shanghai, China. Also, in the
future, stores will be larger in
general, making room for more
product tables, as well as a bigger
Genius Bar. Anyone who has
sought technical support at an
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sales per store is now $26
million, coming in behind
competitor’s like Best Buy, but
besting Best Buy by a factor of
five in terms of sales per square
footage, $4,300 to $872. Apple
beats even Tiffany’s on a retail
space-based comparison.
Finally, there is the marketing
factor. According to Apple, there
are more than 100,000
applications on file for positions
at Apple Stores. For the Upper
West Side store alone, 10,000
applications were submitted,
2,500 applicants were
interviewed and 200 were hired.
While it’s something of a jibe to
describe Apple as a cult, if you
think of Apple Stores as
metaphorical churches, or in the
case of the Upper West Side, a
cathedral, one role of Apple Store
Apple Store can see the need for employees becomes clear:
that improvement. As for the making converts. Consider this:
number of stores being opened, Half of those purchasing Macs at
50 in 2010 would equal that of Apple Stores are new to the
2 0 0 7 , w h i c h i s e s p e c i a l l y platform. That statistic that hasn’t
impressive considered the current changed since the first Apple
difficult economic times. Store opened more than eight
However, Apple and the Apple years ago.
Stores appear immune to those While the Upper West Store
economic troubles. More than stands out architecturally, it is
170 million people visited Apple Apple Retail that has arguably
Stores this year, and for the done as much for the company as
quarter just ending that meant OS X, the iPod and the iPhone.
$1.87 billion in revenue. Average
E-reader Newspaper TV/ 43

TV Ratings:Ghost Whisperer leads night with 18-49;

Smallville hits season high with viewers
By Robert Seidman to a program in the average
(TVbytheNumbers) minute. Ratings are expressed as
Submitted at 11/14/2009 8:53:53 AM
a percent.
Share (of Audience): The
More or less your typical Friday, percent of households (or
with CBS taking the night overall persons) using television who are
with adults 18-49 and with tuned to a specific program,
overall viewers. Ghost Whisperer station or network in a specific
was the night’s highest-rated area at a specific time. (See also,
program with a 2.0 adults 18-49 Rating, which represents tuning
rating. or viewing as a percent of the
Meanwhile Smallville fans will entire population being
delight that Smallville hit a measured.)
season high in viewers (2.7 Time Shifted Viewing– Program
million) and matched its season ratings for national sources are
highs with adults 18-34 (1.2/5) produced in three streams of data
and adults 18-49 (1.2/5). – Live, Live+Same
Smallville ranked #1 in the hour Day(Live+SD) and Live+7 Day.
in men 18-34 (1.3/6) and men 18- Time shifted figures account for
49 (1.3/5-tie) and ranked second incremental viewing that takes
in adults 18-34. And for those place with DVRs which are
who just can’t stand not currently in approximately 24.4%
knowing, Smallville pulled a of all U.S. TV households.
1.0/4 with women 18-34. Nielsen Company. All Rights include all programming on the For example, with a World Series L i v e + S a m e D a y ( L i v e + S D )
Ugly Betty was on par with last Reserved. affiliated stations, sometimes game, Fast Affiliate Ratings include viewing during the same
week with adults 18-49, though Definitions: including network programming, would include whatever aired broadcast day as the original
down slightly with viewers. Fast Affiliate Ratings: These sometimes not. The figures may from 8-11PM on affiliates in the telecast, with a cut-off of
Meanwhile over on FOX, a first national ratings, including include stations that did not air Pacific Time Zone, following the 3:00AM local time when meters
B o n e s r e r u n o n c e a g a i n demographics, are available at the entire network feed, as well live football game, but not game transmit daily viewing to Nielsen
outperformed the most recent approximately 11 AM (ET) the as local news breaks or cutaways coverage that begins at 5PM PT. for processing. Live+7 Day
airing of an original Dollhouse at day after telecast, and are for local coverage or other The same would be true of ratings include incremental
9pm by 50 percent (1.2 vs. .8). released to subscribing customers programming. Fast Affiliate Presidential debates as well as viewing that takes place during
Full details: daily. These data, from the ratings are not as useful for live live award shows and breaking the 7 days following a telecast.
= National People Meter sample, programs and are likely to differ news reports. For more information see
You can see TV ratings from a r e s t r i c t l y t i m e - p e r i o d significantly from the final Rating: Estimated percentage of Numbers 101 and Numbers 102.
other recent Overnight ratings information, based on the normal results, because the data reflect the universe of TV households This content has passed through
reports here. broadcast network feed, and normal broadcast feed patterns. (or other specified group) tuned fivefilters.org.
Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2009 The
44 TV/ Twitter Trend/
Lopez Tonight does better than
Seinfeld reruns for TBS, now what?
By Robert Seidman
(TVbytheNumbers)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 4:02:10 PM
In its Monday premiere, TBS’
George Lopez show, “Lopez
Tonight” averaged 1.7 million
viewers on TBS (3.2 million total
including the simulcast on TNT
and truTV). The simulcast
across multiple networks was
only for the premiere. On
Tuesday, it dropped down to 1.4
million, Wednesday it hit a TBS
high with 2 million viewers and
Thursday it hit is low with 1.3
million. James Hibberd has some
analysis on week 1 and suggests
the show is holding up OK.
By way of comparison to what
TBS was airing from 11p-12A
last week:
Monday 11p : “My Name is
Earl” (1.166 million)
Monday 11:30p “My Name is
Earl” (981,000)
Tuesday 11p: “Seinfeld”
(931,000)
Tuesday 11:3op: “Seinfeld”
(1.045 million)
Facebook Unlinks Your Twitter Links
By twitter:@mashable
(TweetMeme)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 8:03:17 AM
Mashable reader Ben Kerin has (Bit.ly, TinyURL) to your
n o t i c e d a n o d d c h a n g e o n Twitter feed and using the
Facebook that began last night: Twitter Facebook app to share
Wednesday 11P: Seinfeld (1.135
million)
Wednesday 11:30p Seinfeld
(942,000)
Thursday 11p: “Seinfeld”
(843,000)
Thursday 11:30p Seinfeld
(926,000)
The good news is it easily bested
10+ year old “Seinfeld” reruns
and “My Name Is Earl” reruns
in a heavily promoted first
those importing their Twitter
feeds into the service no longer
see their links as clickable.In
short: if you’re posting web links
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Fox Exec On Dollhouse:
“I’ll still get hate mail
and death threats”
By Bill Gorman And in a bit of Dollhouse
(TVbytheNumbers) blowback imagining, Ben
week. If “Lopez Tonight” Grossman of Broadcasting &
improves or merely retains the Submitted at 11/14/2009 9:33:34 AM Cable has some “What They
margins it held over reruns in the It appears that Fox doesn’t think Said, What They Wanted To
first week a couple of months its “patience” with Dollhouse is Say” :
down the road, TBS will surely g o i n g t o s a v e i t f r o m f a n What They Said: “Dollhouse got
claim success. But I wouldn’t b l o w b a c k . cancelled. F-ck you, Fox. F-ck
be looking for any press releases And last week, Fox chucked Joss you so hard—YET AGAIN for
from TBS declaring George Whedon’s Dollhouse on the doing this to Joss and all of
Lopez the new king of late night. scrap heap. Though the network us!!!”—One of America’s great
This content has passed through has promised to air all 13 of the thinkers (and the show’s dozens
fivefilters.org. show’s commissioned episodes, of devoted fans), on Twitter.
loyal Dollhouse fans aren’t likely What They Wanted to Say: “Hey
to go gently into that good ma! Can we get some meatloaf?
night.“I’ll still get hate mail and The meatloaf! We want it now!
death threats,” says Preston The meatloaf! F-ck!”
those updates on Facebook too, Beckman, executive VP of via Broadcasting & Cable.
n o n e o f t h o s e l i n k s a r e strategic program planning at This content has passed through
hyperlinked. Your friends will Fox. fivefilters.org.
need to… via Broadcasting & Cable
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Bears – 49ers averages 3.899 million Michael Moorcock to

on NFL Network write Doctor Who story
By Robert Seidman By Brad Trechak (TV Squad)
(TVbytheNumbers) Submitted at 11/14/2009 12:29:00 PM

Submitted at 11/13/2009 2:57:54 PM

(my understanding is this figure
also includes the simulcasts in
the San Francisco and Chicago
markets).
Via PI Feedback forums:
NFL Thursday Night Football:
Chicago at San Francisco
(NFLN; 8:21-11:23pm et)
- 3.899 million viewers
- 2.4 HH
- 1.7 A18-49
And for a sports on cable
comparison:
NBA Thursday: Cleveland @
Miami (TNT; 8:16-11:10pm et)
- 2.564 million viewers
- 1.7 HH
- 1.0 A18-49
Last years’ game during the
same week on NFLN did a bit
better: 4.411 million, with the
Mangini vs. Tom Brady-less
mentor matchup between the
New York Jets and New England
Patriots. (as the comment below
notes, last year’s version of the
New York Jets also included
Brett Favre). Last year the
NFLN led off a week earlier than
this year with a Broncos/Browns
Fantasy novelist Michael
Moorcook will be writing a
Doctor Who story. No, it won't
be a script for the actual
television show bur rather an
original novel. He revealed this
on his forum.
The mind boggles with regards
to what a fantasy novelist like
Moorcock could do with Doctor
Who. He's used to antihero
game. I don’t have handy access creations like Elric. Any spin he
to those numbers, but commenter could put on the character would
“romo” says it pulled a 1.9 be interesting. As of yet, it's not Moorcock.
household rating on November 6, even known which incarnation of Moorcock has influenced
2008. The Doctor he'll be writing legendary writers like Alan
This content has passed through about. Moore. Whatever take he has on
fivefilters.org. The most appropriate Doctor for the Doctor Who universe will at
Moorcock to write about could least be interesting. What do you
be the first (played by William think?
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Review: Stargate Universe - Time

By Mike Moody (TV Squad)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 11:49:00 AM
(S01E08) So that was bleak. But
don't worry, Stargate Universe
will hit the reset button next
week, and everything will be
peachy. Well, as peachy as things
can get aboard The Destiny.
While some fans have been
pushing for SGU to ditch the
drama for more action and
adventure (like SG-1 or Atlantis),
this week's episode tried to offer
a compromise: An off-world
adventure that turned dark and
caused a lot of drama for the
characters.
The crew faced death - you
know, like they do every week --
but this time they were struck by
a dangerous virus and attacked
by a pack of nasty fang-toothed
worm things. But this episode
wasn't really about combating a
virus or an evil alien entity. It
was about seeing how the
characters would react after
staring into the dark abyss of
certain death.
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Review: White Collar -
Flip of the Coin
By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 12:20:00 AM
(S01E04) "Yeah, and I didn't
even have to go to prison first." -
Lauren, after Caffrey pointed out
that she just joined the team
I want Neal Caffrey's life. He
gets out of jail by promising to
help the FBI with cases with his
expertise in ... well, just about
everything. And he gets to do it
from the penthouse apartment of
an incredibly cool Manhattan
mansion. This is a lesson for all
the kids out there. If you are
going to be a criminal, make sure
those crimes are in fields where
the U.S. government will have no
choice but to take you out of jail
and have you help them because
they can't solve cases without
you.
Oh, and I also want Peter
Burke's dog.
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Review: Smallville -
Idol
By Brad Trechak (TV Squad)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 12:32:00 AM
(S09E08) Wonder Twin Powers,
Activate! Okay, so it wasn't so
much the Wonder Twins as an
homage to the Wonder Twins. Or
Wonder Twins: The Next
Generation. You get the idea.
The blingy Gleek cell phone was
a nice touch. Hell, the ringtone
even sounded like an alien
monkey.
Of course, the Wonder Twins
were just gravy for the actual
purpose of the episode: to further
the legend of the Blur and
heighten the Lois/Clark
relationship. Like her predecessor
in the 1990's Lois & Clark series,
Lois is a smart cookie but really
Galaxy Advance to MLS Cup Final
By FanHouse Newswire
(FanHouse)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 7:30:00 AM
by FanHouse Newswire
Filed under: MLS CARSON,
Calif. -- Gregg Berhalter and
Landon Donovan scored in
overtime to put the Los Angeles
Galaxy into MLS Cup final with
a 2-0 victory over the Houston
Dynamo on Friday night.
The Galaxy will play in its first Chicago and Real Salt Lake.
MLS Cup final since 2005 on Los Angeles will make its sixth
Nov. 22 in Seattle against the MLS Cup final appearance since
winner of Saturday's Eastern the league began in 1996. The
Conference final match between
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Spain gets 53% of its
energy from wind! —
GreenMonk: the blog
By twitter:@monkchips
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Submitted at 11/14/2009 6:11:54 AM
Ok, not all the time, but last
weekend at 5:50am on Sunday
morning (8th Nov) Spain set a
new record, hitting 53.7% of its
energy requirements being
supplied by wind energy. As you
blind when it comes to secret can see from the graph above, the
identities. Speaking of cell amount of electricity being
phones, her ringtone for the Blur supplied by wind, the light green
was very cute indeed. portion of the graph, doesn’t go
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Galaxy won championships in
2002 and 2005.
David Beckham's free kick set
up Berhalter's goal in the 102nd
minute. The Dynamo's Eddie
Robinson tried to clear Omar
Gonzalez's header off Beckham's
free kick but Berhalter poked the
ball into the net from 7 yards.
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The Fix Picks the NFL: Week 10
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 12:58:03 PM
The stench of some truly awful
games in Week 10 is mitigated
by two tremendous matchups that
should make for compelling
viewing: Cincinnati at Pittsburgh,
where the two rivals will battle
for the AFC North lead; and New
England at Indianapolis,
featuring the NFL’s two
winningest teams this decade (the
Colts have 109 wins; the Pats,
108) with two electrifying
quarterbacks, Tom Brady and
Peyton Manning. Associated
Press Tony Romo has won 13
straight starts in November.
Then there are questions: Can
New Orleans go to 9-0 for the
first time? Can Dallas QB Tony
Romo win his 14th straight
November start? And why are the
Cleveland Browns on “Monday
Night Football”? Some things
defy logic, and answers.
Week 9 recap (overall): David
Roth: 5-8 (63-65-1), Garey Ris: 8
-5 (67-61-1), Al Toonie, the
Lucky Canadian Two-Dollar
Coin: 7-6 (58-70-1)
SUNDAY’S GAMES
Atlanta (-1) at Carolina: There’s
a lot to like about this matchup.
OK, seriously. Problems abound
for both teams, but Atlanta’s
inability to win more than two
games in a row could have
playoff implications. Falcons QB
Matt Ryan has two consecutive
wins against the Panthers. He’s
also won eight straight when his
passer rating is above 100. One
way to get there is to throw to
WR Roddy White and TE Tony
Gonzalez, who have a combined
10 TD catches. Not so for the
struggling Panthers duo of Steve
Smith and Mushin Muhammad.
GR
Pick: David: Atlanta, Garey:
Atlanta, Al Toonie: Atlanta
Tampa Bay at Miami (-10): It
seems like a decade has passed,
but the Dolphins are only a year
removed from a surprising AFC
East division title. Now they’re
only 3-5 and facing a Tampa Bay
team that finally won last week
after a seven-game losing streak
to start the season. “Swoon over
Miami” pretty much sums up the
Dolphins’ scattershot season,
although they have won three of
their past five games. Blame an
offense (23rd) and defense
(22nd) ranked in the bottom third
overall. As bad as those rankings
are, they are better than Tampa
Bay’s showing on offense and
defense. GR
Pick: David: Tampa Bay, Garey:
Tampa Bay, Al Toonie: Miami
Detroit at Minnesota (-16.5): It’s
not a stop-the-virtual-presses
moment to say the Lions are
awful. A 1-7 record usually befits
a team wallowing in the muck
and mire of ineptitude, and while
QB Matthew Stafford & Co. will
see brighter days, the Lions are
still rebuilding and this season
already is a write-off.
Conversely, the Vikings are the
class of the NFC North, winning
all five conference games,
including a 27-13 triumph over
Detroit in Week 2. GR
Pick: David: Minnesota, Garey:
Minnesota, Al Toonie:
Minnesota
Jacksonville at New York Jets (-
7): There’s no such thing as a
sure thing, of course, but the Jets
look like an easy pick. One
reason: Jags QB David Garrard
hasn’t thrown a TD in any of
Jacksonville’s four road games.
The Jaguars’ pass rush is almost
nonexistent, too, recording only
eight sacks. A bright spot on
offense is RB Maurice Jones-
Drew, the 5-foot-7 dynamo who
has scored 11 TDs already.
Rookie QB Mark Sanchez would
love to regain the form he
showed in propelling the Jets to a
3-0 start (606 yards, 4 TDs, 2
picks). GR
Pick: David: Jets, Garey: Jets, Al
Toonie: Jets
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (-7): It’s
been years since a Bengals game
in Week 10 has had any
significance, but this year they’re
looking like — gasp! — a
playoff team. A victory on
Sunday would give them a sweep
of the Steelers, whom they beat
in Week 3, 23-20 — as well as a
7-2 mark, good for the AFC
North lead. The Bengals’
defense, led by their cornerbacks,
has given up the league’s fifth-
fewest points and helps a team
whose offense is still maturing
under QB Carson Palmer. The
Steelers are rounding into form
(five straight wins) after starting
the season with two losses in
their first three games. GR
Pick: David: Cincinnati, Garey:
Cincinnati, Al Toonie: Cincinnati
New Orleans (-13.5) at St.
Louis: Let’s see: An 8-0 team
boasting the NFL’s top-ranked
offense (37.9 points per game)
meets an also-ran with the
league’s fourth-worst scoring
defense and an offense sputtering
and stumbling to score a league-
worst average of 9.6 points per
game. No contest: Drew Brees &
Co. by at least 28. GR
Pick: David: New Orleans,
Garey: New Orleans, Al Toonie:
St. Louis
Buffalo at Tennessee (-6.5): This
is one of those games that make
you pine for the day when the
Bills and Titans played a
meaningful game, because this
isn’t. Not with the Bills at 3-5
and the Titans 2-6. The only
thing appealing about this game
is the fact that it’s a Legacy
Game, in which the teams will
wear throwback uniforms and
helmets. Just seeing the old
helmets has me waxing nostalgic
about a Bills-Titans game that
mattered: say, the Music City
Miracle. GR
Pick: David: Tennessee, Garey:
Tennessee, Al Toonie: Buffalo
Denver (-3.5) at Washington:
Garey should really be writing
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this, if only to explain his pick in
this game. For my part, I think G-
Money is reaching in picking
Washington — against anybody,
and against the fading Broncos.
Denver is having a hard time of it
of late, to the point where some
are calling for the team to install
Chris Simms as the new
quarterback. But the Redskins are
the Redskins — flatlined on the
field, shorthanded everywhere
you look (although Ladell Betts
has excelled in relief of Clinton
Portis before), and some are
sizing up their next coach. In
short, they’re a team I wouldn’t
pick to win a split-squad
scrimmage. DR
Pick: David: Denver, Garey:
Washington, Al Toonie: Denver
Kansas City at Oakland (-1): Are
you ready for some football, shut
-ins and people who can’t find
their remotes or are wearing
those Clockwork Orange-style
eyelid clamps as part of some
sort of sadistic football
experiment? I am really sorry if
you are. There’s something of a
rivalry at play, here, although
currently — given the Chiefs’
recent break-up with the
incorrigible Larry Johnson— the
debate has become centered on
which team is “more
controversial.” What does that
even mean? It means that you
should not watch this football
game. Although if you signed up
for this sadistic football
experiment, it’s kind of your
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Pike steps in with 2 TDs as No. 5 Cincy holds on

By Associated Press twice in 2004). last nine games, we'll be all the plate in his left forearm a getting his left ankle retaped
(ESPN.com) • Cincinnati had 3 consecutive right.'" month ago, forcing the during the Mountaineers' decisive
Submitted at 11/14/2009 12:01:23 AM
double-digit win seasons under West Virginia (7-3, 3-2) took inexperienced Collaros to run the drive that came up empty.
head coach Brian Kelly. Prior to advantage of the mistakes to keep offense for the last four games. Cincinnati had been the only
Cincinnati shakes early mistakes Kelly's arrival, Cincinnati had it close, but couldn't break With a protective brace on his team in the Bowl Subdivision
as Pike's 2 part-time TDs doom one season with double-digit through. left arm, Pike got back on the that hadn't lost a fumble this
WVU wins (1951). The Mountaineers wasted a field Friday and made an instant season. The streak ended when
CINCINNATI -- Far from • The Bearcats' 31 wins over the chance with 5:23 left, going for it impact. tight end Adrien Robinson
perfect, No. 5 Cincinnati was last three seasons are tied with on fourth-and-8 from the He completed Cincinnati's coughed it up at midfield after a
good enough to stay unbeaten. Florida, Texas, and Boise State Cincinnati 24-yard line. Jarrett opening drive with a 10-yard catch, setting up West Virginia's
Now the Bearcats can try to run for the most in the FBS over that Brown's pass into the end zone touchdown pass to Binns on his first score.
the table with their senior span. while under pressure fell first snap. He also came off the The Bearcats had another self-
quarterback throwing the ball. • Noel Devine became the fifth incomplete. bench and finished the Bearcats' destructive drive in the second
Tony Pike threw two touchdown player in WVU history to rush "I was going for the win," coach opening drive of the second half quarter, when Robinson dropped
passes in a cameo appearance for 3,000 yards in his career. Bill Stewart said. "It was going to with a 6-yard scoring pass to D.J. a pass in the end zone and Rogers
Friday night, and the Bearcats -- ESPN Stats & Information be tough to stop them. We really Woods, a throw zipped between then missed a field goal after a
overcame a self-destructive first "It's unbelievable how much hadn't stopped them all night. I defenders that made it 21-14. bad snap, keeping it tied.
half to beat West Virginia 24-21 winning can change a city and couldn't go for the field goal. I "You couldn't ask for anything Not for long. Clarke broke a 37-
for the best start in school how much a city can rally behind figured the game would go to the better," Pike said. "I got a great yard run on a third-and-short
history. you," said Pike, who was 2-of-4 end." ovation. You couldn't write a play, putting the Mountaineers up
Cincinnati (10-0, 6-0 Big East) f o r 1 6 y a r d s a n d t h e t w o Pead cut across the field on a 43- better script, coming in on the 14-7 midway through the second
struggled offensively because of t o u c h d o w n s . yard run on the next play that put first play and throwing a quarter. Cincinnati hadn't trailed
uncharacteristic mistakes -- a A pair of sophomores who Cincinnati in position to take touchdown." since the third game of the season
fumble, a dropped touchdown opened the season as backups led control. Jake Rogers' 38-yard Coach Brian Kelly figured it was at Oregon State.
pass, a missed field goal and an them through. field goal made it 24-14 with a good spot for Pike because the There were more Bearcat
interception -- all in the first half. Isaiah Pead ran for a career-high 2:08 left. Brown's touchdown Mountaineers wouldn't blitz Pike. blunders to come.
In the clutch, the Bearcats were 175 yards, and Zach Collaros pass against a soft defense cut it To throw a touchdown on the Pead fumbled while diving over
good enough in front of the threw for 205 yards in his fourth to 24-21 with 39 seconds left and first pass? the pile and stretching the ball
b i g g e s t c r o w d i n N i p p e r t start for Pike, who is recovering West Virginia out of timeouts. "I don't know if anybody's ever toward the goal line, with West
Stadium's history. from an injury to his non- Cincinnati's Armon Binns done that before," Kelly said. "It Virginia recovering. The call was
Fast Facts throwing arm. recovered the onside kick to was kind of crazy." overturned on review, which
• Cincinnati started a season 10-0 "We definitely shot ourselves in finish it off. Brown played with a sprained indicated the ball crossed the
for the first time in school history the foot a couple of times in the "Every loss hurts, but this is a foot and came up limping at goal line before he lost it.
and became the first FBS team to first half," said Collaros, who very tough loss," fullback Ryan times, but made enough Collaros forced a pass that was
10 wins this season. was 17-of-24. "We came back to Clarke said. "This kind of loss important plays to keep it close. picked off just before the break
• Isaiah Pead was the first the sideline and said, 'They're not really hits you." Noel Devine, the Big East's for his first interception in his
Bearcat to rush for 100-plus stopping us. As long as we keep Pike's return got the Bearcats second-leading rusher, played four starts, leaving it tied 14-14
yards in the first half in the last doing what we do and take care going. with a sore ankle and ran for 88
five seasons (Richard Hall did it of business the way we have the The senior quarterback damaged yards. He was on the sideline PIKE page 49
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Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto, make weight for fight

By Associated Press recent typhoon in his native unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. how much Cotto has recovered -- with the possible help of some
(ESPN.com) Philippines to starring in an in one of the biggest fights in from the beating he took last year suspect hand wraps -- stopped
Submitted at 11/13/2009 5:07:25 PM
action movie called boxing history. That's assuming, at the hands of Antonio him in the 11th round last year,
"Wapakman." The father of four of course, that Pacquiao can Margarito. Cotto was a rising star himself.
Pacquiao-Cotto Weigh-In Post - - w h o n a m e d o n e o f h i s focus on his most important duty Oddsmakers make Pacquiao a Cotto struggled in his last fight to
Pacquiao-Cotto Weigh-In Post daughters Queen Elizabeth -- has of the night. 2½-1 favorite partly because the win a bloody split decision over
L A S V E G A S - - M a n n y so many things going on all the "I set aside everything that can betting public is going by his last Joshua Clottey and Roach, for
Pacquiao spent long, hard weeks time that even his ever expanding distract my mind," Pacquiao said. two performances and partly one, believes he has slowed and
getting ready for one of the entourage has trouble keeping "This is the important fight of my because he seems to have is no longer the same fighter he
b i g g e s t n i g h t s o f h i s l i f e . track. life. To win seven titles means 20 accomplished the hardest task in once was.
Hundreds of hours sparring in None of it matters, though, if he or 30 years ago you won't forget boxing -- bringing both his speed Cotto will make just half of
sweltering gyms, nearly as many doesn't take care of business my name. Manny Pacquiao will punch with him as he moved up Pacquiao's $13 million guarantee
o n m o r n i n g r u n s t h r o u g h Saturday night when he again still be there." in weight in a pro career that for this fight. He will also have to
deserted streets. carries the weight of a nation on Though the fight will be for a began at 105 pounds. deal with having a new and
Not to mention all those nights his shoulders in the latest in a piece of the welterweight title, it "We believe we have an untested trainer in his corner and
rehearsing with the band. string of fights that have made is being held at 145 pounds at the advantage in speed and in power, the possibility that his cut against
Many in boxing think Miguel him wildly popular far beyond insistence of Pacquiao's camp too," Pacquiao said. "My speed is Clottey will be reopened in this
Cotto will be Pacquiao's toughest his home country. because Cotto is a natural 147- still there and if you have speed fight. The crowd also figures to
c h a l l e n g e w h e n t h e y m e e t Pacquiao expects it to be his first pounder and Pacquiao has fought you can create power." be against him.
Saturday night in a highly knockout performance of the only once above 140 pounds. The Hatton found that out when he "It's just a fight," Cotto said. "I'm
anticipated 145-pound fight. But night. scheduled 12-rounder at sold-out was on the receiving end of not mad that people want me to
after trading punches he has to "For me boxing is a kind of MGM Grand arena will be shown Pacquiao's left hook, his best win this fight or not. If he thinks
please another kind of crowd entertainment," Pacquiao said. on pay-per-view. punch. But Roach has helped he is going to win seven titles in
when he takes the stage to sing "You have to entertain people. Pacquiao weighed in at 144 Pacquiao develop a decent right seven weight divisions now, he
with his band later that night You have to earn their trust." pounds, his heaviest ever, while hand in the last few years, too, so has picked the wrong moment,
down the Las Vegas Strip. Pacquiao has done just that in Cotto was 145 at a weigh-in opponents can no longer look for the wrong fighter and the wrong
His trainer would rather he his last two fights, giving Oscar Friday attended by some 7,000 just one punch. opponent. If he thinks he is going
concentrate on the immediate De La Hoya such a beating that fans. The fight plan is simple for to win the seventh title against
task at hand. But Freddie Roach he retired and dropping Ricky The fight has the potential to be Pacquiao: Take command early Miguel Cotto, he is very wrong."
u n d e r s t a n d s b y n o w t h a t Hatton with one huge punch. one of the most entertaining of and don't give Cotto a chance to Copyright 2009 by The
Pacquiao can't keep still in the He's gone from being a top-tier recent big bouts, if only because build his confidence. Associated Press
ring or out. fighter to being widely regarded Pacquiao fights in a frenetic style "If we let him win the first few This content has passed through
"I'm against the concert, of as the best pound-for-pound and Cotto loves nothing better rounds he'll begin to think he can fivefilters.org.
course," Roach said. "But he fighter in the world, and beating than to move forward while fight with Manny," Roach said.
does a lot of stuff. He's Cotto would give him an throwing a relentless swarm of "My job is not to let that
multitasking all the time." unprecedented seventh title in as punches. But there are still happen."
The stuff includes everything many weight classes. questions about Pacquiao's chin Cotto's left hook is his best
from helping victims of the It also would set up a bout with against a bigger fighter as well as weapon, too, and until Margarito
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Australian Masters: Tiger Woods falls into tie for lead

By Associated Press • Complete scores The low point came at the 13th. Woods knew he was in for a under 208.
(ESPN.com) Woods hit one poor shot after Woods had played the par-5 long day on the par-5 opening Michael Sim, who set an
Submitted at 11/14/2009 8:43:40 AM
another on a relatively benign 12th nearly perfectly until he hole, among the easiest on the earnings record on the
day for scoring and created badly missed a 5-foot birdie putt. course. He blocked his 3-iron Nationwide Tour this year with
Woods In Three-Way Tie For opportunities for so many others. Still steaming, he opted for a into the hay to the right of the three victories, had a 69 and was
Lead Woods In Three-Way Tie He started with a three-shot lead. driver off the tee at the 354-yard green and failed to make birdie at 6-under 210 with Stuart
For Lead By the end of the day, a dozen 13th, especially with the pin to for the first time all week. Even Appleby(71), while Adam Scott
MELBOURNE, Australia -- The players were separated by four the back right of the green. The so, his 35-foot birdie on the had a 69 and was another shot
tee shot sailed to the right and shots. only place he couldn't afford to second gave him a four-shot lead back.
onto a sandy path. His driver Chalmers, who hasn't won in hit it was to the right. over fellow American Jason Asked what it would take to win,
bounced left and into the gallery. Australia in 11 years, had the It went well to the right. Dufner. Nitties jokingly said, "Hope that
Tiger Woods couldn't get lead for most of the back nine Woods slammed the head of his Four holes later, his lead was Tiger doesn't turn up."
anything straight Saturday in the until he missed a 6-foot par putt driver into the turf, and it gone. Nitties spent the first two rounds
Australian Masters. on the 16th hole and a birdie putt bounced up and into the gallery Woods three-putted from the playing behind Woods, coping
About the only thing that gave from about that range on the to the left. One surprised fan fringe on the third, had to make with fans who are allowed to
him hope after he struggled to an 18th. He shot a 69. caught the club and returned it. par putts from 8 feet and 18 feet stand in crosswalks and surround
even-par 72 in the third round at Nitties, who easily secured his "That was my mistake," Woods on the seventh and eighth holes, every green. He gets to play
Kingston Heath was seeing his PGA Tour card during his rookie said. "I got hot after a bad tee and dropped another shot on the behind him again Sunday, and
name atop the leaderboard in a season in America, agonized over shot and let go of the club." 11th when he chipped from that's a good thing -- it means
three-way tie for the lead with the so many putts that burned the Woods is playing Down Under below the green and nearly went he's no longer trailing.
Australian duo of James Nitties edge early in the round. Even so, for the first time since the 1998 into a bunker on the other side. Nitties was surprised, not that he
and Greg Chalmers. he kept bogeys off his card and Presidents Cup at Royal "Today was reflective of how I was playing in the final group,
"It certainly should have been a also shot a 69. Melbourne. This 11-year warmed up," he said. "I'm very but that Woods wasn't there, too.
lot worse than that," Woods said. They were at 10-under 206 with anniversary took on an additional fortunate to be tied for the lead. I "I want to be playing with Tiger.
Right when the record-setting Woods, who had a chance to meaning Saturday, however, with played myself into a tie. I could He's my idol. It's disappointing,"
gallery was ready to coronate the regain the lead until missing a 10 the prospect of Chalmers have played myself out of the Nitties said.
world's No. 1 player, Woods -foot birdie on the final hole, a winning on home soil for the first tournament." He paused, then smiled before
squandered a three-shot lead in fitting conclusion to a round he time in 11 years. Dufner took the lead for the first adding, "It's not that
six holes and had to rally on the would rather forget. He described making up a three- time with a 40-foot birdie putt on disappointing."
back nine -- by playing even par - "Didn't hit the ball very good on shot deficit to Woods as a "tall No. 8, only to scramble for bogey Copyright 2009 by The
- just to stay in the hunt. the range, and on the golf course order." Tied for the lead with 18 at No. 9 as Chalmers moved to Associated Press
Australian Masters Leaderboard wasn't very good, either," Woods holes is far better odds. the top with his 30-foot birdie on This content has passed through
T-1. Woods (-10) said. "I hit some really good "I don't think anybody is sitting the ninth. Dufner didn't make fivefilters.org.
T-1. Nitties (-10) shots out there, but also I hit around trying to hand the trophy birdie the rest of the way,
T-1. Chalmers (-10) some really terrible golf shots. to anybody else," Chalmers said. dropped shots on the 16th and
T-4. Percy (-8) There was no gray area. Very "I think everyone is fighting to 17th, and shot 71. He was tied
T-4. Dufner (-8) fortunate to be tied for the lead." shoot the lowest score they can." with Cameron Percy(69) at 8-
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fault. DR
Pick: David: Kansas City,
Garey: Oakland, Al Toonie:
Kansas City
Seattle at Arizona (-9): Some of
this is East Coast Bias, and some
of it is Pro-Watchable-Football
Bias, but I often find myself
forgetting about the Seahawks. It
wasn’t so long ago that the team
was in the Super Bowl, and the
roster is stacked with
recognizable names, but Seattle’s
sterling, standard-setting
mediocrity just kind of passes
right through me. The Cardinals
are fascinating but maddening —
excellent one week, well-oiled
flub machine the next — but their
baseline competence and
Seattle’s lameness on the road
should leave this one lopsided.
The last playoff-bound team
Seattle beat on the road was
Minnesota… in 2004. It’s no
crime to be biased against a team
like that. DR
Pick: David: Arizona, Garey:
Arizona, Al Toonie: Seattle
Dallas (-3) at Green Bay:
There’s more wrong with the
Packers than a lame offensive
line, but let’s give that offensive
line credit: They stink. They’ve
allowed an implausible 37 sacks
(worst in the NFL by a lot) of
patient-to-a-fault quarterback
Aaron Rodgers through the first
half of the season, and an offense
that should be excellent just isn’t.
Calling fewer long-gestating
deep passes might help, but the O
-line is going to struggle against a
tough Dallas pass rush no matter
what. The Cowboys aren’t world-
beaters, but they have it together
enough to beat decent-but-flawed
teams. The Packers fit nicely into
that category. DR
Pick: David: Dallas, Garey:
Green Bay, Al Toonie: Dallas
Philadelphia at San Diego (-1):
The Eagles and Chargers enter
Week 10 with a ton of very
recognizable names on their
injury reports and a host of less-
recognizable names — world,
meet Eagles starting linebacker
Moise Fokou — in their starting
lineups. If the apparent
rejuvenation of San Diego’s
defense during its current three-
game winning streak is for real,
they could be getting started on
something interesting. But with a
host of limping stars on offense
and a stout opponent for a
change, San Diego will face a
harder test here than in weeks
past. The Chargers don’t quite
smell right to me, but this will be
an interesting sniff test. DR
Pick: David: Philadelphia,
Garey: San Diego, Al Toonie:
San Diego
New England at Indianapolis (-
3): When New England went
undefeated during the regular
season back in 2007, it was near-
biblical both in its weird
wrathfulness and outsize force.
Indy’s 8-0 record this year has
been less dramatic, as injuries on
both sides of the ball have
prevented the Colts from really
running away with games. New
England, on the other hand, has
been dominant of late, and seems
to be rounding into form. The
Colts keep finding ways to win,
but with the margins growing
slimmer every week, and with
rookie corners pressed into duty
for Tom Brady to terrorize, it
seems like it might be time.
“Undefeated” is even harder than
it seems; the 18-1 Pats of 2007
can tell you that. DR
Pick: David: New England,
Garey: Indianapolis, Al Toonie:
New England
MONDAY’S GAME
Baltimore (-10.5) at Cleveland:
Back in the day — you know, the
Dennis Miller Era — “Monday
Night Football” got the week’s
marquee game, but those days are
gone. Cleveland is a team that
shouldn’t be seen on anything but
closed-circuit security
televisions, and they will, as
usual, be disheartened and
overmatched here. Trusting
fraudulent genius Eric Mangini to
reshape the organization clearly
wasn’t a good idea — Jamal
Lewis will tell you as much—
and sending poor Brady Quinn
back out there at quarterback
doesn’t seem like the answer to
any question worth asking. I
know, I haven’t mentioned the
Ravens in this preview yet. Do I
need to? DR
Pick: David: Baltimore, Garey:
Baltimore, Al Toonie: Cleveland
The Count: Are
Undefeated Colts
Favorites Against Pats?
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 2:10:58 PM
The Indianapolis Colts are 8-0
and playing at home on Sunday
against a two-loss opponent. On
paper, that should make Indy a
heavy favorite. But more
advanced NFL measures, taking
into account schedule strength
and victory margin, aren’t so
clear on the outcome. Getty
Images Last year Peyton
Manning and the Colts had a
losing record when they upset the
Pats.
The visiting 6-2 New England
Patriots have a cumulative point
differential of 110 points, or one
more than the Colts, despite those
COUNT: page 52

Resident Evil 2's soy boy returns for Darkside Chronicles

By JC Fletcher (Joystiq) character from the hidden "Tofu gelatinous, crumbly, flavor- Darkside Chronicles (TGS 2009) Please see our terms for use of
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events from Resident Evil 2, but Chronicles' Tofu Mode, many of of meat, as far as we know. originally appeared on Joystiq on
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52 Sports/ E-reader Newspaper

New Orleans Hornets PG Chris Paul Brawl Will 'Spice Up'

leaves game with ankle injury Movie About Artest
By ESPN.com news services game," said Paul, who said he and writhing in pain. It was the By Chris Tomasson
(ESPN.com) expected about 75 friends and same ankle the New Orleans' star (FanHouse)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 9:53:54 AM
relatives to attend the Atlanta point guard twisted earlier in the Submitted at 11/14/2009 1:50:00 AM
game. "They just took X-rays. I week during a victory in Los
Chris Paul Injured In Defeat don't know anything." Angeles over the Clippers. by Chris Tomasson
Chris Paul Injured In Defeat According to media reports, Paul Paul had been struggling Filed under: Lakers, Pacers,
NEW ORLEANS -- Chris Paul c o u l d m i s s t i m e b e y o n d Pistons, FanHouse Exclusive
throughout the game, going 1 of
had to be helped off the court by S a t u r d a y . DENVER -- Five years after the
8 from the field in the Hornets'
teammates after apparently The (New Orleans) Times- "The Malice at the Palace,'' Ron
first game since the firing of
spraining his left ankle late in the Picayune reported that according coach Byron Scott. Paul had Artest isn't showing remorse. In
third quarter of the Hornets' 86- to a team source, Paul could miss fact, one could say he is
three points, eight assists and five
78 loss to the Portland Trail as much as two weeks. And embracing his infamous place in
rebounds when he left the game
Blazers on Friday night. Yahoo! Sports, citing NBA history.
and the Hornets were trailing 62-
Paul left the arena on crutches, sources, reported that Paul is 52 at the time. Artest, a Lakers forward, said in
s a y i n g h e w o u l d n o t p l a y expected to miss one to two an interview Friday with
Information from the Associated
Saturday night in Atlanta and weeks. FanHouse he's making a movie
Press was used in this report
beyond that could not be sure Moments after setting up Hilton about his life. He said he made
This content has passed through
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"I hate to watch and I hate to to land on Joel Przybilla's foot, 2004 brawl at the Palace of Chicago. Artest, who celebrated
know that I'm going to miss a before falling hard to the court Auburn Hills in order to "kind of his 30th birthday Friday, was
spice up the movie a little bit.'' asked if he's matured and is a
COUNT: In that basketbrawl, Artest, then different person since the brawl.
continued from page 51 "Not really,'' he said before the
with Indiana, charged into the
two losses. And while neither three points.) also have demonstrated that stands in the final minute of a Lakers were crushed by Denver
team has had a particularly tough New England’s narrow edge in kicking indoors is a lot easier game at Detroit after a fight had 105-79 at the Pepsi Center. "I'm
schedule, the Pats have had a point differential was the basis than splitting the uprights broken out and a fan had thrown the same person.''
slightly tougher road. Overall, for a retrospective look at the outdoors, and that the NFL’s ban a cup of beer at Artest. The game Brawl Will 'Spice Up' Movie
they rank just ahead of the Colts teams’ past meetings by Daniel on the wedge formation on kick was called, and there were nine About Artest originally appeared
at No. 2 in Wayne Winston’s Adler of the Harvard Sports returns hasn’t had any apparent players suspended for a total of on Fanhouse NBA Blog on Sat,
strength rankings(behind the Analysis Collective. Picking the effect on yardage. 146 games. Artest got the worst 14 Nov 2009 01:50:00 EST .
undefeated Saints) and lead both winner based on which team had Elsewhere in NFL numbers, penalty, being sat down for the Please see our terms for use of
the Saints and Colts in Football the better Pythagorean record — Mike Tanier explains on Football final 73 games of the season. feeds.
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every play, weights recent games — was correct in five of the last good defense, has gone 4-4 so that night at home against
more than older ones and adjusts nine meetings. (It actually picks far. (It has a lot to do with sacks,
for schedule strength. The Colts the Colts, not the Pats, this punt coverage and penalties.)
do lead the Pats in Brian Burke’s Sunday, because the Colts have a
rankings; Burke says the Colts higher ratio of points scored to
have a 69% chance of winning. points allowed.)
(Vegas lines favor the Colts by Those Harvard sports analysts
E-reader Newspaper Sports/ 53

Cincinnati Is First to 10 Chris Paul Sprains

Wins Ankle, Out 1-2 Weeks
By Brett McMurphy By Tom Ziller (FanHouse)
(FanHouse) Submitted at 11/14/2009 9:11:00 AM

Submitted at 11/14/2009 1:03:00 AM

by Brett McMurphy
Filed under: Cincinnati, West
Virginia, Big East CINCINNATI
-- The talk all week in Cincinnati
-- no make that for the past few
weeks -- was when would
Cincinnati quarterback Tony Pike
return? And, if so, would he
start?
Friday against West Virginia,
Pike finally saw his first action
in 29 days and even threw two
touchdowns, but he was merely a
footnote. The real story for the
Bearcats was running back Isaiah
Pead, who rushed for a career-
high 175 yards as the fifth-ranked
Bearcats did just enough to get
past the Mountaineers 24-21.
With the victory, Cincinnati
became the nation's first team to
get to 10-0 this season, but it was
anything but a perfect 10.
Playing on Friday the 13th, there
were a lot of strange occurrences
for the Bearcats, including
trailing in a game for the first
time in 24 quarters and losing a
fumble for the first time this
season.
Cincinnati Is First to 10 Wins
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Filed under: Hornets, NBA
Injuries Not the best night for the
New Orleans Hornets. In the
team's first game under new
coach Jeff Bower, supernova
point guard Chris Paul was
ineffective and reportedly frosty
through three quarters, before
spraining his ankle and leaving
the game, an eventual 86-78 loss
to the Blazers. The New Orleans
Times-Picayune reports that the
ankle injury is severe enough to
knock Paul out for up to two
weeks.
Despite the Hornets'
disappointing start, Paul has been
the best player in the league
statistically. Paul is averaging
nearly 24 points and nine assists
per game, and has shot 59
percent from the field and 65
percent from three. Rookie
Darren Collison played the fourth
quarter of Friday's game and is
expected to start Saturday in
Atlanta.
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Kobe: LeBron
Using Head,
Not Mouth
By Chris Tomasson
(FanHouse)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 2:34:00 AM
by Chris Tomasson
Filed under: Cavaliers, Lakers,
FanHouse Exclusive DENVER --
Do as I say and not as I do.
Or, at least not what Kobe
Bryant once did.
While bound for free agency in
the summer of 2004, the Lakers
star openly spoke about teams he
might consider. But Bryant now
KOBE: page 54

Westphal Having Fun, Nellie Looks Done

By Matt Steinmetz Don Nelson might not know it, intriguing rookie point guards ( Westphal Having Fun, Nellie
(FanHouse) but they find themselves in Tyreke Evans/ Stephen Curry), Looks Done originally appeared
Submitted at 11/14/2009 12:20:00 PM
similar situations. Both are talented but flawed shooting on Fanhouse NBA Blog on Sat,
experienced coaches trying to guards ( Kevin Martin/ Monta 14 Nov 2009 12:20:00 EST .
by Matt Steinmetz guide young teams, each with a Ellis) and promising second-year Please see our terms for use of
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54 Sports/ Popular News/
Islanders Coach Caught!
(Rapping and Dancing
in 1986 Video)
By Christopher Botta
(FanHouse)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 11:00:00 AM
by Christopher Botta
Filed under: Islanders, NHL
Fans, NHL Videos, College
Hockey Scott Gordon was told,
with a purposeful tint of
vagueness, that a reporter had a
question "about your days in
Boston College."
"I bet you do," said the head
coach of the New York Islanders.
Gordon had been warned about
this two weeks ago. The video,
the one he filmed in 1986, was
recently re-discovered, dropped
on the world wide web and
slowly but surely was starting to
go viral.
Islanders Coach Caught!
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Video) originally appeared on
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KOBE:
continued from page 53
says Cleveland star LeBron
James is making the right
decision by deciding earlier this
week to stop talking about his
impending free agency.
"He doesn't need to,'' Bryant said
in an interview with FanHouse
while in Denver for Friday's 105-
79 loss to the Nuggets. "He did
the right thing by not talking
about it. I mean, what can you
say?''
Brazil proposes carbon cut target
(BBC News | Americas |
World Edition)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 5:14:46 PM
The Brazilian government has
announced that it aims to achieve
a reduction of at least 36% on its
carbon emissions by the year
2020.
If it meets its pledge, greenhouse
gas emissions would be near
1994 levels.
The proposal, which is not a
binding target, was revealed in
advance of the major UN summit
on climate change to be held in
Copenhagen in December.
Brazil hopes to put pressure on
richer nations to declare their
intentions and break the deadlock
in the negotiations.
Details of the government's
proposals were unveiled
following a meeting involving
President Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva and some of his senior
ministers.
'Ambitious' target
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In common with other
developing nations, Brazil is not
setting a binding target for
reducing carbon emissions, but is
instead proposing to take
voluntary action.
However with its promise to
reduce the anticipated level of
greenhouse gas emissions in
2020 by 36%-39%, South
America's largest country hopes
to encourage others.
Officials here regard the
proposal as "ambitious" and a
meaningful way to combat
climate change.
Much of the proposed reduction
is expected to be achieved by
improved protection of the
Amazon.
The government here announced
this week that deforestation in the
rainforest was its lowest level
since monitoring first began 21
years ago.
Deforestation is blamed for more
than half of Brazil's greenhouse
gas emissions.
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At the highest end of the
proposed range of cuts, emissions
would be reduced to nearly 1994
levels, but ministers say
international and private sector
help would be needed to reach
this kind of objective.
A senior official involved in the
preparations for Copenhagen said
while some richer industrialised
nations deserved praise for their
efforts to combat climate change,
as a group they had not been
prepared to put their numbers on
the table.
Brazil hopes it can play a
leading role in securing an
agreement in Copenhagen, and as
part of that effort, President Lula
will hold talks in Paris this
weekend with his French
counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Ubisoft aims to 'quickly' soar to a 10% market share

By Xav de Matos (Joystiq) "quickly." Microsoft and Sony. And let's
Submitted at 11/14/2009 4:00:00 AM
At its core, Ubisoft's plan was face it, if pre-order data is to be
detailed as a three-pronged believed, Ubisoft will soon be
D u r i n g t h e B M O C a p i t a l approach: A focus on present and diving into giant wells of loot
Markets Digital Entertainment future consoles, online and social following the release of
Conference, Ubisoft CEO Yves networks and entertainment Assassin's Creed 2... and that has
Guillemot told attendees his convergence. In June 2009, to help the company inch closer
company aims to capture a 10 Ubisoft revealed the cross-game to its 10 percent goal.
percent market share in the interface social media and digital Ubisoft aims to 'quickly' soar to
f l o o d e d g a m e s i n d u s t r y . platform, Uplay-- a web-based a 10% market share originally
According to Guillemot (via service it hopes will allow appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 14
GamesIndustry.biz), Ubisoft developers to better connect with Nov 2009 04:00:00 EST. Please
currently stands at "around 6 p l a y e r s . A p a r t f r o m t h i s through various forms of media during the event, echoing see our terms for use of feeds.
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strategy to raise its share very marketing reach to gamers gain market share," Gillemot said upcoming technology from

Man forced by kidnappers to purchase a PlayStation 3

By Ben Gilbert (Joystiq) having him steal his stepfather's Yarkosky purchase a PlayStation
Submitted at 11/14/2009 11:30:00 AM
credit card, and then drive to the 3. According to reports, Daniels
local Walmart where they made then told Yarkosky he was "free
You can tell the recession is him buy them a PlayStation 3. to go," thus ending the ordeal.
dramatically affecting folks all Naples News reports that the [Thanks Kreyg!]
over the United States when suspected assailants entered the Man forced by kidnappers to
stories about kidnappers forcing P e b b l e b r o o k e L a k e s g a t e d purchase a PlayStation 3
their detainee to buy them community in a white truck, with originally appeared on Joystiq on
gaming consoles arise. That's Yarkosky following behind on Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:30:00 EST.
exactly what Kyle Yarkosky is foot, said to be headed to "meet a Please see our terms for use of
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56 Game/ E-reader Newspaper

EA job listing hints at

online multiplayer for
Dead Space 2
By Griffin McElroy (Joystiq) based on the fact that we have no
idea how it would work out.
MMO Roundup: Massively's week in Submitted at 11/14/2009 1:30:00 PM
Given the first game's heavy
If an Electronic Arts job listing f o c u s o n " s t r a t e g i c

review is any indication, Dead Space 2 is dismemberment," we can only

set to receive a gameplay feature imagine that multiplayer matches
that none of us saw coming -- w i l l q u i c k l y d e v o l v e i n t o
By Shawn Schuster (Joystiq) fans are still asking the big Break asks the question in
online multiplayer support. The hilarious, appendage-removing
Submitted at 11/14/2009 1:30:00 AM
question: When? Obviously the simplest terms: will the game
listing, which calls for the aid of duels. Kind of like Bushido
planned 2008 beta didn't happen, really be all set for a February
When it comes to MMO news and now fans will have to wait a a " S e n i o r O n l i n e L e v e l Blade meets the Black Knight
release?
and special features, Joystiq bit longer. Will Star Trek Online Designer," mentions that the new scene from Monty Python and
Continue reading MMO
sister site Massively.com has you be ready for its launch? hire should "be able to work the Holy Grail. (Actually, that
Roundup: Massively's week in
covered. Whether you're looking It's no secret that a lot of people collaboratively with Creative sounds pretty awesome!)
review
for info on the hottest new in the MMO blogosphere are Director and Online Producer to [Thanks, Andrew!]
MMO Roundup: Massively's
MMO, or you're just curious excited about Star Trek Online, create extremely fun, satisfying EA job listing hints at online
week in review originally
about an old favorite, you'll find considering that it's more or less and polished multiplayer levels." multiplayer for Dead Space 2
appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 14
it at Massively. Check out our a built-in home run from many of Those who desire to create droll, originally appeared on Joystiq on
Nov 2009 01:30:00 EST. Please
biggest features of the week: the same people who play u n s a t i s f y i n g a n d s h o d d y Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST.
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Showing Some
Love for India
at the Taj Pierre
There's a game that By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Raichu cosplayer uses exists which has Nazi
Blog)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 10:56:44 AM

Marriage Proposal Dinosaurs in it Now available in stores, To

By JC Fletcher (Joystiq) And now that they've done this -
Submitted at 11/14/2009 7:05:00 AM
- a proposal in Pikachu and
Raichu outfits, all floppy fake
When Chris Herbert decided to mouse ears on their hats and
pop the question to his girlfriend yellow glove slipped off to try on
of three years, Belle Starenchak, the ring that came out of the
he picked the most romantic Pokeball -- we believe that the
place he could think of: Anime world's quota for Pokemon-
Weekend Atlanta, with both themed proposals has just been
dressed as Pokemon. It ... kind of filled.
makes sense for them. By the way, it was super
Belle, or "PikaBelleChu," is effective. See the moment after
featured in the Guinness Book of the break.
World Records: Gamer Edition Continue reading Raichu
f o r h e r m a s s i v e P i k a c h u cosplayer uses Marriage Proposal
memorabilia collection, and Raichu cosplayer uses Marriage
Herbert met her by staging a Proposal originally appeared on
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India with Love: From New York
to Mumbai, a coffee-table-bound
By Griffin McElroy (Joystiq) download. travel scrapbook made by some
Submitted at 11/14/2009 2:31:00 AM
(To be fair, the dinosaurs of India’s most fashionable
featured in Dino D-Day are travelers. Jewelry designer and
Okay -- Time Gentlemen, Please unable to speak, so it's difficult to actor Waris Ahluwalia was
featured a number of Hitler- know whether they harbor the inspired to produce the book in
Heiling prehistoric lizards, so we disturbing political and social c o l l a b o r a t i o n w i t h T i n a
guess there's now two games out b e l i e f s o f t h e N a z i p a r t y . Bhojwani, SVP at Link Theory
t h e r e w h i c h f e a t u r e N a z i However, they're affiliated with H o l d i n g s ( U S ) I n c . , a n d
Dinosaurs. Still, the more recent them in combat, so we've got no Mortimer Singer, SVP of Marvin
title to boast the hybrid, a Half- reservations about punching them Traub Associates, to benefit
Life 2 mod titled Dino D-Day, r e p e a t e d l y i n t h e i r s t u p i d those affected by the November
actually allows you to go toe to d i n o s a u r f a c e s . ) 2008 attacks in Mumbai.
talon with with these fanged, There's a game that exists which Contributors include Owen
scaly members of the Third h a s N a z i D i n o s a u r s i n i t W i l s o n , W e s A n d e r s o n
Reich. You can check out an originally appeared on Joystiq on (Ahluwalia has had roles in many
overwhelmingly patriotic trailer Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:31:00 EST. of Anderson’s films), Natalie
for the mod over on ModDB -- Please see our terms for use of Portman, and Anjelica Huston, as
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Matthew Williamson. ELLE's
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Anne Slowey, who has been a
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SHOWING Woman widowed by
continued from page 57

friend of Waris since he launched Mortimer Singer, Tina

cop husband's suicide
his House of Waris jewelry line Bhojwani, Salman Rushdie sues NYPD (AP)
in 2007, contributed her first Partygoers with Waris (Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
published photo ever to the book. A h l u w a l i a
Submitted at 11/14/2009 10:26:14 AM
V i s i t Partygoers
www.mumbaiwegotyourback.co Partygoers NEW YORK – Michael Pigott
m to learn more. Ryan McGinley and guest was an experienced NYPD
Click here to see images from Tina Bhojwani and Natalie lieutenant with an elite team
the book. Portman trained to deal with the most
—Erin Boyle Photos: Harold Hechler hostile scenarios. He was calm
Natalie Portman and Waris under pressure. A good leader.
Ahluwalia Last fall, Pigott responded to a
Anne Slowey, Vicky Bartlett,
and Cindy Greene WOMAN page 60
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Nars Fetes Its 15th Peru and Chile in 'spy' scandal

By ELLE.com (ELLE News personalities (along with Isabella (BBC News | Americas | "I am returning 24 hours earlier reported that Mr Ariza had
Blog) Rossellini, Shalom Harlow, Lisa World Edition) than scheduled so I can obtain worked at the Peruvian embassy
Submitted at 11/13/2009 11:41:57 AM
Marie Smith, and more) were complete and sufficient in Santiago in 2003.
Submitted at 11/14/2009 2:46:23 AM
photographed by Nars for his information (on the issue) and to Tensions are already strained
Makeup artist extraordinaire 15x15 coffee table tome—a A new diplomatic row has be able to speak from Peru," Mr between the two countries
Francois Nars celebrated the 15th collection of portraits inspired by erupted between Peru and Chile Garcia said, quoted by AFP new following a military exercise
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US Attorney General Eric
Holder: "We will pursue the
maximum punishment"
Senior US Republicans have
condemned the Obama
administration's move to try
alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid
Sheikh Mohammed and four
others in New York.
Senate Republican leader Mitch
McConnell said bringing the
suspects from Guantanamo into
the US would put "Americans
unnecessarily at risk".
The five will be tried in a
civilian court near Ground Zero.
The prosecution says it will seek
the death penalty.
Democrats hailed the decision,
while families of 9/11 victims are
divided.
The move is part of US
President Barack Obama's efforts
to close the Guantanamo
detention centre for terror
suspects.
"The Department of Justice will
pursue prosecution in federal
court of the five individuals
accused of conspiring to commit
the 9/11 attacks," US Attorney
General Eric Holder told a news
conference.
"I fully expect to direct
prosecutors to seek the death
penalty against each of the
alleged 9/11 conspirators."
But Republican leaders
immediately criticised the move.
Senate Republican leader Mitch
McConnell described it as "a step
backwards for the security of our
country" that "puts Americans
unnecessarily at risk".
Former President George W
Bush's last attorney general,
Michael Mukasey, said: "The
Justice Department claims that
our courts are well suited to the
task. Based on my experience
trying such cases and what I saw
as attorney general, they aren't."
Bloomberg support
Sen John McCain, a Republican
who lost to Mr Obama in the
2008 presidential race, stated that
military tribunals were the best
venue for terror suspects.
"They are war criminals, who
committed acts of war against
our citizens and those of dozens
of other nations," he said.
About 70 prisoners are in limbo.
There is not enough useable
evidence for a military or a
civilian trial yet no other country
will so far take them and release
is seen as too dangerous.
Guantanamo Bay, as the attorney
general indicated, is therefore
unlikely to close by the deadline.
The announcement also
confirmed military commissions
will go ahead in some cases, so
the move to civilian trials is not a
general one.
It remains to be seen whether the
trial will accept any alleged
confession by Khalid Sheikh
Mohammed as it might have
been based on water-boarding, or
whether, in a courtroom close to
Ground Zero, he will seek to
glory in the attacks.
But Democratic Senator Patrick
Leahy, who chairs the Judiciary
Committee, said the decision
demonstrates "to the world that
the most powerful nation on earth
also trusts its judicial system".
New York City Mayor Michael
Bloomberg - an independent -
also backed the move: "It is
fitting that 9/11 suspects face
justice near the World Trade
Center site where so many New
Yorkers were murdered."
Two Yemenis, a Saudi and a
Pakistani-born Kuwaiti will face
trial alongside Khalid Sheikh
Mohammed.
They are accused of helping
finance and plan the attacks of 11
September 2001 in which nearly
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3,000 people were killed.
No date was given for a trial, but
US media reports say Congress
needs at least 45 days' notice
before the detainees can be
transferred to the US.
The five men had until now been
facing prosecution at US military
commissions in Guantanamo.
The government had faced a 16
November deadline to decide
how to proceed in their cases.
Five other detainees have been
referred for military commission
trials.
'Barbarians'
Mr Mohammed has been
described by US investigators as
"one of history's most infamous
terrorists". They say he has
admitted being responsible "from
A to Z" for the 9/11 attacks.
Believed to be the number three
al-Qaeda leader, he was captured
in Pakistan in March 2003. He
told a pre-trial hearing at
Guantanamo in December 2008
that he wanted to plead guilty to
all charges against him.
However intelligence memos
released earlier this year revealed
he had been subjected to harsh
interrogation techniques
including water-boarding on
multiple occasions since his
capture - potentially rendering
some evidence inadmissible.
Some relatives of 9/11 victims
expressed anger at the decision.
"We have a president who
doesn't know we're at war," said
Debra Burlingame, whose
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call of a naked man teetering on a
building ledge and jabbing at
officers below with a long
fluorescent light bulb. Among
New York police work, not an
extraordinary case. Pigott made a
split decision to order an officer
to fire a stun gun, but the order
backfired, leading to the man's
death — and Pigott's eventual
suicide.
"I was trying to protect my guys
that day! ... I can't bear to lose
my family and go to jail," he
wrote in capital letters in a
suicide note to his three children
and wife, who is now suing the
city and police department
because she believes the NYPD
threw her husband to the wolves
as it sought a scapegoat in the
case.
Though suicide is relatively rare
among police officers, experts
say it's important for officers,
especially those in charge like
Pigott, to feel they have the
support of their superiors and
their community. Yet that's hard
to come by, especially after an
event like the Tasered man's
death that puts the entire
department under a spotlight and
takes on a life of its own through
viral videos.
Susan Pigott says in her lawsuit
that NYPD disciplinary action
after the incident caused
"extreme emotional anguish,
humiliation, depression, fear and
shame." The suit was filed to
clear her husband's name, she
said. It seeks no specific
monetary claim.
The city Law Department, which
is handling the case, issued a
short statement. "While the loss
of lives was clearly tragic, we are
unable to comment any further
due to the pending litigation,"
said Mark Palomino, chief of the
special litigation unit.
Pigott, who died on his 46th
birthday, was an emergency
services officer for six years and
a member of the department for
more than 20. The team deals
with hostage situations, suicidal
suspects, building collapses and
hazardous materials threats. It's a
place for cool heads who can deal
with the unpredictable.
They are the best of the best at
the nation's largest police
department.
"He had saved people who were
attempting suicide on bridges; he
had gone to sites where people
were going to fall and he rescued
them," said the family's attorney,
Rodney Lapidus. "He was a cop's
cop."
But that day he made the wrong
call, and Iman Morales died.
Morales had a history of
emotional problems, and
witnesses and neighbors said he
had grown increasingly agitated
and threatened to kill himself,
prompting his mother to call 911.
When police arrived, Morales
fled out the window of his third-
floor apartment.
Pigott ordered Officer Nicholas
Marchesona to fire the Taser. The
5,000-volt shock immobilized the
35-year-old Morales, who then
toppled from his perch. He
plunged 10 feet to the ground and
died. Officers had radioed for an
inflatable bag as the incident
unfolded, but it had not yet
arrived when Morales fell.
The confrontation was caught on
amateur video, and the media
pressure was immediate and
intense. Tabloids posted the
video on their Web sites, and it
was played over and over on
local news as an angry Morales
family and community demanded
disciplinary action. Reporters
surrounded Pigott's home. He
apologized to the family, saying
he was "truly sorry."
Police Commissioner Raymond
Kelly said quickly afterward that
it appeared Pigott had violated
department rules with his order.
He was stripped of his gun and
badge and demoted to a job with
the department's motor vehicle
fleet.
The Brooklyn prosecutor's office
and the police department
investigated, routine when a
death occurs involving officers,
but the case still plagued Pigott.
He never spoke to an attorney.
"He was thinking he was going to
be prosecuted and the city wasn't
going to be backing us at all,"
Susan Pigott said.
It's difficult for civilians to
understand the pressures of
police work, and the effect of
intense scrutiny, especially after
a traumatic event, according to
psychologists who counsel
officers.
"If you're a cop and you make a
mistake, you don't have the next
day. The decision is made in a
millisecond: to pull the trigger, to
give an order to fire or not to fire,
not to go into a dark alley," said
Dr. Daniel Goldfarb, who has
been counseling officers in Long
Island's Suffolk County for
decades. "Your decisions are far
more rapid than the public
makes."
And the repercussions can be
much more isolating and tragic.
"Among their worst fears is being
put up on trial for doing their job
as best they could," said Dr.
Daniel Rudofossi, a former
NYPD officer who counseled
officers and is now an
administrative clinician with the
Drug Enforcement
Administration. "Though it's not
usual to act out that quickly."
Pigott was ordered to undergo
counseling, but it's not clear
whether he attended any sessions.
There's been great improvement
in the NYPD and in other
departments with peer support
and counseling to try to break the
stigma of the stoic officer. But
it's still difficult to get officers to
talk, Rudofossi said.
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Depression, stress and trauma
are common, but suicide is not.
The suicide rate for NYPD
officers is lower than that of
average New Yorkers, according
to a 2002 study published in the
American Journal of Psychiatry.
Susan Pigott said her husband
didn't bring his work home with
him. But that week he seemed
pretty depressed.
"'My life is on the line, my job is
on the line. What's going to
happen to me?' were just a few of
the things that he expressed,"
Susan Pigott said.
He grew increasingly distraught.
Eight days after the stun gun
confrontation, on the day
Morales was to be buried, Pigott
killed himself with a single shot
to the head from a 9 mm Glock
handgun at his unit's
headquarters.
"I love you all I'm sorry for the
mess!!" he wrote to his family,
signing the letter with careful,
flowery script, "Michael Pigott."
___
Associated Press writer Frank
Eltman contributed to this report
from Bohemia, N.Y.
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New Yorkers worry about trial for 9/11 mastermind (AP)

(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) still too raw. Trials arising from the 1993 American Civil Liberties Union will rally his jihadi brothers all
Submitted at 11/14/2009 9:17:48 AM
"Ripping that scab open will World Trade Center bombing and and Human Rights Watch, said over the world to kill more
create a tremendous hardship," he another plot to attack city Muhammad is likely to be treated Americans."
NEW YORK – The move to put said. landmarks were held in federal more fairly in New York, despite She said she was sickened by
the self-proclaimed Sept. 11 Some city leaders seemed to court in New York. the hatred for him here, than he "the prospect of these barbarians
mastermind on trial just blocks relish the chance to hold the Manhattan has jails ready to would before a military tribunal. being turned into victims by their
from ground zero raises a host of evildoers accountable at the receive Mohammed. Terrorism In announcing that Mohammed attorneys."
legal, political and security scene of the crime. defendants have been taken to the and four other Guantanamo Bay New York Rep. Peter King, a
questions, chief among them: "It is fitting that 9/11 suspects Metropolitan Correctional detainees will be brought to trial Republican who favors trials
Can a fair-minded jury be found face justice near the World Trade Center— an austere, 10-story in New York, Attorney General before a military tribunal, said
in a city still nursing deep Center site where so many New building next to the courthouse Eric Holder expressed confidence that providing security for the
wounds from the attack on the Yorkers were murdered," Mayor — and placed in solitary that a "searching, complete" Mohammed case would further
World Trade Center? Michael Bloomberg said. confinement in 10 South, a selection process would produce stretch the Police Department's
Some also worry that the trial of New York Police Commissioner cellblock for high-risk prisoners. a fair-minded jury. resources. "They already have
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will Raymond W. Kelly also said that For the 2001 trial in the "We can come up with a process 1,000 cops working on
make New York an even bigger holding the trial in the city most bombings of two U.S. embassies that ensures the defendants can counterterrorism," he said.
terrorist target, and that he will devastated by the 2001 attack is in Africa, spectators had to pass get a fair trial in New York," he King, who previously
use the proceedings to incite appropriate, and he pronounced through two sets of metal said. complained to the attorney
m o r e v i o l e n c e a g a i n s t the Police Department prepared detectors, the courtroom and Still, others with close personal general that transferring
Americans. to meet any security challenge. surrounding hallways were ties to the case predicted chaos. Guantanamo detainees to New
The loudest protests Friday came It may be years before monitored around the clock, and "It will be a travesty!" said Debra York for a trial "will make New
from relatives of the victims, Mohammed is brought to trial, videotape recorded any Burlingame, sister of Charles York City that much more of a
many of whom oppose any and there is no guarantee the movements. Burlingame, one of the pilots of target," said he hadn't changed
civilian trial for terror suspects proceedings will actually be held The defendants were strip- the airliners hijacked on Sept. 11. his mind about the risk.
— especially at the federal in the city. searched before being led She said Mohammed's court As for Mohammed, the
courthouse 1,000 yards from the A defense attorney is almost through a passageway connecting appearances will be a "three-ring congressman warned: "I think
spot where nearly 3,000 people certain to ask the judge to move the jail to the courthouse. Their circus," with the defendant using this is the moment he's been
died. the proceedings to someplace less feet were shackled throughout the every opportunity to spout anti- waiting for."
"If we have to bring them to the likely to produce a jury tainted by proceedings, the chains shielded American views as he did in front ___
United States, New York City is extreme hatred of the defendant, from the jury by a curtain of 9/11 family members who Associated Press writers Tom
not the place to have it, let alone said James Benjamin, a New attached to the defense table. traveled to Guantanamo to face Hays and Warren Levinson
in a courthouse that is in the York City lawyer who has "The courts have handled many him in court. contributed to this report.
shadows of the twin towers," said studied terrorism prosecutions. sensational cases fairly and "He's going to be exulting in the This content has passed through
Lee Ielpi, whose firefighter son Still, he added, the city has effectively over the years," suffering of the families," she fivefilters.org.
died in the 9/11 attacks. The handled big terrorism cases Benjamin said. said. "He will ridicule the judge.
city's wounds, he said, are simply before. Civil rights groups, including the He will ridicule his lawyers. He
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'Balloon Boy'
Football Players Clad in Camouflage to Salute Parents May Get Jail
Military Time, or TV Deals
(FOXNews.com)
(FOXNews.com) Ivey said the military connection 2005, Grooms considered a Wrong.
Submitted at 11/14/2009 5:30:27 AM
Submitted at 11/14/2009 7:37:12 AM
adds a dimension to the game. military career— until a faulty Grooms got on a workout plan
“Knowing we’re playing not just U.S. Tomahawk missile blew up every bit as intense as boot camp. FORT COLLINS, Colo. The
COLUMBIA, S.C. South for ourselves, but for wounded a building on base and rattled And a few months later, Grooms Colorado parents of three
Carolina and Maryland will veterans, I think it will encourage Grooms’ nerves. was a trimmer, stronger, focused children could wind up in jail
emerge from their locker rooms us to persevere because that’s Once home, Grooms wasn’t sure athlete ready to go. after admitting in court they
Saturday wearing camouflage their life,” he said. what to do next. He worked at a “I lost weight, gained a bunch of fabricated a story about their son
uniforms with military values When it came time to try to hospital, yet couldn’t shake his speed, really felt good,” Grooms in a runaway balloon to gain
such as “Duty,” “Honor,” and return to the football field, desire for football and said. publicity for a possible reality
“Courage” on the back in place Grooms drew inspiration from remembered Frisby, the 20-year The improvement showed, and TV show.
of names to honor those who T i m “ P o p s ” F r i s b y , S o u t h veteran who walked on to the “Groomsy,” as coach Spurrier Richard Heene appeared before
have served. Carolina’s 40-ish former Army Gamecocks and shared his story calls him, earned his spot. a Larimer County District Court
Few will understand as well as Ranger receiver who played for with late night hosts Jay Leno Grooms isn’t South Carolina’s judge first, pleading guilty to a
26-year-old Gamecocks long Lou Holtz and Steve Spurrier. and David Letterman. only vet. Walk-on linebacker felony count of falsely
snapper Matt Grooms, who Grooms’ football days looked “If he could do, then I could stick Matt Ansley, 20, spent 18 months influencing the sheriff who led
served four years in the Marine done after Marlboro County High it out, too,” Grooms said. served on the front lines in Iraq the rescue effort during the 50-
Corps. School. A so-so offensive Grooms moved to Columbia and with the Army Reserves as a mile balloon chase that
Grooms spent six months in linemen with average grades and spent two years improving his gunner. A request to speak with captivated a global television
Kuwait outfitting and fixing no college options, Grooms grades at a technical school, Ansley was turned down. audience Oct. 15.
transport trucks in Iraq. He was followed older brother, Donald, dropping by South Carolina Every so often, Grooms gets Mayumi Heene pleaded guilty to
nearly killed by a virus and was into the Marine Corps in August practices for inspiration. He questions from teammates about a misdemeanor charge of
rattled by an American missile 2001. enrolled at South Carolina in life in Iraq. Sometimes, they knowingly filing a false report
that exploded too close to camp. After basic training, Grooms spring 2008 and went to a walk- touch nerves. “They don’t with emergency services.
Still, he said it was “the best four shipped off to Camp Lejeune in on tryout, where he caught the understand,” Grooms said Prosecutors said she had a lower
years I’ve had.” North Carolina where he worked eye of then special teams coach quietly. level of culpability and
Come Saturday, Grooms and his as a mechanic on military trucks. Ray Rychleski. That’s a bond for the veterans, cooperated with authorities,
Gamecocks teammates, who play Soon, though, his direction When he showed up for spring who inspire others to follow them telling investigators the balloon
No. 1 Florida, and Maryland, changed with the Sept. 11 workouts, the once-in-shape back onto the football field. launch was a publicity stunt two
taking on No. 20 Virginia Tech, attacks. “We knew we were Marine was about 90 pounds or Although he last played four weeks in the making.
also will be sporting different going to war,” he said. so over his Parris Island weight years ago, Frisby continues to But even as the Heenes entered
uniforms—desert and black Grooms, a corporal, was and not ready for gassers. He receive letters, e-mails and calls their guilty pleas, their attorneys'
camo. The jerseys and equipment deployed to Kuwait for a six- blacked out during 100-yard from ex-military men turned comments in court set off
will go up for auction, and some month stint in 2004. He mostly wind sprints and staggered to the players grateful for his example. speculation of talk show
of the money will help The stayed at camp, repairing five-ton sidelines. “It’s often not too late to do appearances or other deals.
Wounded Warrior Project, which troop transports and Humvees. The next day, Grooms got so anything,” he said. Judge Stephen Schapanski
aids wounded service members. But he was rarely out of sight or dehydrated, he left practice in an This content has passed through agreed to the attorneys' request
Watch the Fox News Channel's earshot of gunfire. ambulance. And Rychleski, now fivefilters.org. that the couple be allowed to
live reports from South Carolina “You could see the little flashes the Indianapolis Colts special travel to New York and
starting at noon EST. all the time,” he said. teams coach, figured he’d never California to explore
Terps defensive lineman Travis As his four-year hitch ended in see Grooms again.
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Some Fort Hood victims' funerals set for Saturday
(AP)
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Submitted at 11/14/2009 7:28:50 AM
KIEL, Wis. – When Staff Sgt.
Amy Krueger joined the U.S.
Army Reserves after the 2001
terrorist attacks, she vowed to
hunt down Osama bin Laden.
When her mother said she
couldn't do it alone, the soldier
defiantly told her, "Watch me."
Krueger and several of the other
12 victims of the Fort Hood
shooting rampage were set to be
mourned at funerals across the
country Saturday.
On Friday, hundreds packed into
the Kiel High School gymnasium
for a visitation for Krueger, 29,
who was remembered as a
determined, energetic young
woman.
"We know what happened, but
we don't know why it happened,"
said Geneva Isely, 57. "To give
her all the way she did — and on
United States soil. Just
unbelievable."
Krueger was set to deploy to
Afghanistan for a second time in
December and had recently
arrived at Fort Hood for training.
She had been studying
psychology at University of
Wisconsin-Whitewater and was a
mental health specialist who
wanted to help soldiers cope with
combat stress.
She also loved playing sports,
shooting pool and was a
partygoer who sang karaoke and
belted out songs by rapper
Eminem.
"Her smile would light up any
room, her energy would envelope
all of those around her," her
parents, Jeri and David Krueger,
said in a statement. "It is that
smile and that energy that keeps
us going throughout this difficult
time."
She was to be buried in a private
service.
Funerals also were planned
Saturday for Pfc. Aaron Thomas
Nemelka, 19, of West Jordan,
Utah; Staff Sgt. Justin M.
DeCrow, 32, an Indiana native
who lived in Evans, Ga., with his
wife and daughter; Capt. John
Gaffaney, 56, a psychiatric nurse
who worked for San Diego
County, Calif.; Spc. Jason Dean
Hunt, 22, of Frederick, Okla.;
and Pfc. Michael Pearson, 22, of
Bolingbrook, Ill.
Utah's congressional delegation,
governor and the president of the
Mormon church were among
those expected to attend services
for Nemelka, an Eagle Scout who
carried on a family tradition by
joining the Army a little more
than a year ago.
"Aaron was a man of few words
but deep feelings and a gentle
disposition," according to an
obituary in Salt Lake City
newspapers. "His beautiful smile
and cheerful, fun-loving
personality endeared him to his
many friends and family
members."
In Plymouth, Ind., small
American flags were to be
distributed downtown to honor
DeCrow. His body was to be
escorted from a funeral home to a
church by military members,
police officers and Indiana
Patriot Guard motorcyclists.
"It tears at your heart that it was
someone from our community,"
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Mayor Mark Senter said. "People
will be out to support him and all
that he did for our country."
In Kiel, an eastern Wisconsin
town of 3,500 and self-
proclaimed "little city that does
big things," Krueger knew Mayor
Robert Werdeo Jr. simply as
"Uncle Bob."
"She had that constant, ever-
loving smile — except when she
was playing pool. Then she was
there to win," Werdeo said. "Just
a very strong-willed, determined,
beautiful young lady."
Werdeo said Krueger always
wore an Army hat or shirt around
town and received a tattoo
shortly before leaving for Fort
Hood, where authorities allege
Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal
Malik Hasan opened fire at a
processing center last week.
With a tattered flag in the
background, Krueger's tattoo
read: "All gave some. Some gave
all. Sacrifice."
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Funerals for Some Fort Hood Victims Set for
Saturday
(FOXNews.com)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 7:09:44 AM
KIEL, Wis. When Staff Sgt.
Amy Krueger joined the U.S.
Army Reserves after the 2001
terrorist attacks, she vowed to
hunt down Usama bin Laden.
When her mother said she
couldn't do it alone, the soldier
defiantly told her, "Watch me."
Krueger and several of the other
12 victims of the shooting
rampage at the Fort Hood Army
post in Texas were set to be
mourned at funerals across the
country Saturday.
On Friday, hundreds packed into
the Kiel High School gymnasium
for a visitation for Krueger, 29,
who was remembered as a
determined, energetic young
woman.
"We know what happened, but
we don't know why it happened,"
said Geneva Isely, 57. "To give
her all the way she did — and on
United States soil. Just
unbelievable."
SLIDESHOW: Fort Hood
Victims
Krueger was set to deploy to
Afghanistan for a second time in
December and had recently
arrived at Fort Hood for training.
She had been studying
psychology at the University of
Wisconsin-Whitewater and was a
mental health specialist who
wanted to help soldiers cope with
combat stress.
She also loved playing sports,
shooting pool and was a
partygoer who sang karaoke and
belted out songs by rapper
Eminem.
"Her smile would light up any
room, her energy would envelope
all of those around her," her
parents, Jeri and David Krueger,
said in a statement. "It is that
smile and that energy that keeps
us going throughout this difficult
time."
She was to be buried in a private
service.
Funerals also were planned
Saturday for Pfc. Aaron Thomas
Nemelka, 19, of West Jordan,
Utah; Staff Sgt. Justin M.
DeCrow, 32, an Indiana native
who lived in Evans, Georgia,
with his wife and daughter; Capt.
John Gaffaney, 56, a psychiatric
nurse who worked for San Diego
County, California; Spc. Jason
Dean Hunt, 22, of Frederick,
Oklahoma; and Pfc. Michael
Pearson, 22, of Bolingbrook,
Illinois.
Utah's congressional delegation,
governor and the president of the
Mormon church were among
those expected to attend services
for Nemelka, who carried on a
family tradition by joining the
Army a little more than a year
ago.
"Aaron was a man of few words
but deep feelings and a gentle
disposition," according to an
obituary in Salt Lake City
newspapers. "His beautiful smile
and cheerful, fun-loving
personality endeared him to his
many friends and family
members."
In Plymouth, Indiana, small
American flags were to be
distributed downtown to honor
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DeCrow. His body was to be
escorted from a funeral home to a
church by military members,
police officers and Indiana
Patriot Guard motorcyclists.
"It tears at your heart that it was
someone from our community,"
Mayor Mark Senter said. "People
will be out to support him and all
that he did for our country."
In Kiel, an eastern Wisconsin
town of 3,500 and self-
proclaimed "little city that does
big things," Krueger knew Mayor
Robert Werdeo Jr. simply as
"Uncle Bob."
Werdeo said Krueger always
wore an Army hat or shirt around
town and received a tattoo
shortly before leaving for Fort
Hood, where authorities allege
Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal
Malik Hasan opened fire at a
processing center last week.
With a tattered flag in the
background, Krueger's tattoo
read: "All gave some. Some gave
all. Sacrifice."
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"employment opportunities."
David Lane, Richard Heene's
lawyer, declined to elaborate as
he left the courtroom, and Heene
waved off questions.
SLIDESHOW: 'Balloon Boy'
Hoax Case
The Heenes are amateur storm
chasers and had twice appeared
on ABC's "Wife Swap." Richard
Heene's business associates said
he was trying to pitch a TV series
based on science, and the couple
had a tentative deal in the works
with RDF USA, which produces
"Wife Swap."
RDF has said it scrapped the
plans after the balloon flight.
At least one New York-based
production company ruled out a
Heene venture.
"It's just too poisonous," said Irad
Eyal, vice president of
development at True
Entertainment. "I don't think
anyone is going to want to meet
with a man who shamed his
family and children that way. In
reality TV, there's a definite line
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brother was the pilot of the
hijacked plane that crashed into
the Pentagon.
She told AP news agency she
was sickened by "the prospect of
these barbarians being turned into
victims by their attorneys" if the
trial focused on torture
allegations.
But other 9/11 families have
supported the move toward
public trials.
you don't cross, and that's
tormenting children."
Lane said the couple would have
no public comment at least until
sentencing, set for Dec. 23.
Under terms of the plea
agreements, Richard Heene faces
up to 90 days in jail, probation
and a fine. Mayumi Heene could
get 60 days, likely to be served in
a work-release program, and
probation.
Richard Heene also could have
to pay restitution for tens of
thousands of dollars in costs
incurred by police.
Without the deal, the charge
against Richard Heene carries a
possible sentence of two to six
years in state prison and a fine of
up to $500,000. The charge
against his wife is punishable by
up to six months in the county
jail and a fine up to $750.
The deal does not call for
removing 6-year-old Falcon or
the couple's other two children —
ages 8 and 10 — from the
parents' custody, according to
"If we claim to be a country that
believes in the rule of law, then
we need to behave that way
ourselves," John Leinung, whose
stepfather died in the collapse of
the Twin Towers, told AP.
The White House is hoping to
close Guantanamo by 22 January
2010.
Mr Obama's administration says
it will try some detainees in US
courts and repatriate or resettle
Lane.
Larimer County Sheriff Jim
Alderden has said the Heenes
deliberately released the balloon
and falsely reported Falcon may
have been inside. The boy was
later found safe at the Heenes'
home.
The story began to unravel when
Falcon Heene said they "did it for
the show" during a CNN
appearance.
Investigators found evidence
Oct. 17 that the Heenes were
working with RDF on a reality
show, according to court
documents released Friday. It
wasn't clear when RDF's plans
were scrapped, or if the company
knew anything about the couple's
plan to release the balloon.
RDF didn't immediately respond
Friday to phone and e-mail
requests seeking comment.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Eloise
Campanella said Friday some
aspects of the case were still
under investigation. She would
not comment on RDF.
others who are not perceived as a
threat.
However, questions remain over
the fate of those assessed as
dangerous but who for legal
reasons could not be prosecuted
in a US court - prompting
suggestions that the deadline will
slip.
Are you in New York? How do
you feel these suspects will be
received? Do you think New
Lane portrayed his client's
decision to enter a plea as a
sacrifice to preserve the family
and avoid the possibility that
Mayumi Heene, a Japanese
citizen, could be deported by
being convicted of more serious
charges.
Lane said prosecutors threatened
Mayumi Heene with that
prospect. But chief deputy
district attorney Andrew Lewis
insisted Friday prosecutors never
did so.
Richard Heene was asked after
the hearing if he had anything to
say to those who looked for his
son. He didn't respond.
More at KDVR.com: Could
'Balloon Boy' Mom Be
Deported?
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Families of 9-11
Victims Divided Over
Detainee Trial Plan
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Submitted at 11/14/2009 2:10:11 AM
Attorney General Eric Holder's
announcement to bring Khalid
Sheikh Mohammed and four
others detained at Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, to trial at a New York
City courthouse was received by
families of Sept. 11 victims with
mixed reaction Friday.
Many of the relatives expressed
opposition to any civilian trial for
terror suspects — especially at
the federal courthouse 1,000
yards from the spot where nearly
3,000 people died.
Some called the decision a
terrible mistake, while others said
the trial would give the men a
platform to "spew" their anti-
American hatred and invective.
Ed Kowalski, of the 9/11
Families for a Secure America
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Foundation, said: "To allow a
terrorist and a war criminal the
opportunity of having U.S.
constitutional protections is a
wrong thing to do and it’s never
been done before. President
Obama is wrong to do this."
"If we have to bring them to the
United States, New York City is
not the place to have it, let alone
in a courthouse that is in the
shadows of the twin towers," Lee
Ielpi, whose firefighter son died
in the 9/11 attacks, said. The
city's wounds, he said, are simply
still too raw.
"Ripping that scab open will
create a tremendous hardship," he
said.
"We have a president who
doesn't know we're at war," said
Debra Burlingame, whose
brother, Charles Burlingame, had
been the pilot of the hijacked
plane that crashed into the
Pentagon. She said she was
sickened by "the prospect of
these barbarians being turned into
US Army orders Arlington inquiry
(BBC News | Americas |
World Edition)
Submitted at 11/14/2009 7:52:49 AM
The US Army has begun an
investigation into the way records
have been kept and burials
organised at one of the nation's
most important burial sites.
Arlington National Cemetery in
Virginia is a famous resting place
victims by their attorneys."
But Lorie Van Auken, whose
husband Kenneth was killed in
the World Trade Center attacks,
voiced support for the decision,
saying the trials would help to
bring closure.
"I'm glad to hear they are going
to be brought to New York to the
scene of the crime and giving the
families that were affected the
chance to actually watch the
trial," Van Auken told Reuters.
Valerie Lucznikowska, whose
nephew died at the World Trade
Center, said she would not care if
the suspects sounded off in court,
so long as the victims' families
got to see them put on trial.
"What are words? It was a
horrible thing to have 3,000
people killed," she said.
Trying the men in civilian court
is a risky move and is likely to
confront a host of difficult issues,
including rough treatment of
detainees, sensitive intelligence
gathering and the potential
thousands of war heroes.
Investigators will look at
allegations that people have been
buried in the wrong graves or in
ones already in use.
A separate report published by
the Army has indicated that the
cemetery is underequipped and
understaffed.
Announcing the new inquiry, US
Secretary of the Army John
spectacle of defiant terrorists
disrupting proceedings.
U.S. civilian courts prohibit
evidence obtained through
coercion, and a number of
detainees were questioned using
harsh methods some call torture.
Holder insisted both the court
system and the untainted
evidence against the five men are
strong enough to deliver a guilty
verdict and the penalty he
expects to seek: a death sentence
for the deaths of nearly 3,000
people who were killed when
four hijacked jetliners slammed
into the towers, the Pentagon,
and a field in western
Pennsylvania.
The Times of London and the
Associated Press contributed to
this report.
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McHugh said: "As the final
resting place of our nation's
heroes, any questions about the
integrity or accountability of its
operations should be examined in
a manner befitting their service
and sacrifice."
This investigation comes after
the army revealed that a married
couple who should have been
buried together in one grave were
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World Edition) broke down earlier this week.
Intel has been operating on
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Saturdays for years - and the
U l t r a - O r t h o d o x J e w s i n company defends the policy.
Jerusalem have protested outside " W e h a v e a l w a y s w o r k e d
the offices of the US firm, Intel, according to the company's
against the plant operating on the needs. If the needs call for it, we
Jewish day of rest. work on the Sabbath as well,"
The demonstrators chanted Intel Israel spokesman Kobi
"Shabbes! Shabbes!", the Yiddish Becker told Israel's Ynet website.
word for Sabbath when Jews are Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jews
forbidden to work. have become increasingly
Intel, the world's biggest maker militant in recent months in their
of computer chips, ringed its attempts to enforce a Saturday
offices with barbed wire before work ban.
the protest. There were no reports They have held regular protests
of violence. against the opening of a
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not.
Instead they were placed in
adjacent graves, with one of the
tombstones left unmarked.
Grave-markers have now been
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Art.view: Dollars, cents and sensibility

(The Economist: Daily The most talked about work of lot all the way up to its $39m Jopling, a British dealer (who is asserts that the four main
columns) the week was Warhol's “200 One hammer price. In the end, Mr thought to have been bidding for contestants for the work included
Submitted at 11/14/2009 4:23:02 AM
Dollar Bills” (pictured left), an Vinciguerra won the picture for Victor Pinchuk, a Ukrainian an American, an Asian and a
historically important, hand- his anonymous buyer for $43.7m collector), and Marc Porter, European (which could include
Art.view drawn silkscreen painting from with fees. It was the second- Christie's president, who had an those from the former Soviet
Nov 14th 2009 1962. Until the day before the highest price ever paid for a insistent client on the phone. In Union).
From Economist.com Warhol s a l e , t h e i d e n t i t y o f t h e Warhol at auction, exceeded only the end Christie's chief It's rare to see artists at an
and Doig do it again consignor, described in the by “Green Car Crash”, which auctioneer awarded “Reflection” auction, but Mr Doig was seated
This week in New York, the post c a t a l o g u e a s h a v i n g a sold in May 2007 to Philippe to Mr Porter's telephone bidder with the consignor of the
-war and contemporary art “ d i s t i n g u i s h e d p r i v a t e Niarchos for $71.7m. for $10.2m, even though Mr painting, which suggests that Mr
market had its bi-annual check collection”, had been a well-kept The price proves the adage that Jopling offered a bid just as the Reyes might have offered a cut of
up. Christie’s went first, selling secret. Then word slipped out real masterpieces retain their hammer was coming down. The the proceeds to the artist.
39 of 46 lots for a total of $74.1m that it had belonged to Pauline value in almost any economic dealer did not look happy. It was However, Mr Doig admitted to
on November 10th. It was less K a r p i d a s , a L o n d o n - b a s e d climate. As Mr Ségalot affirmed, a shame as another few “no more than curiosity”. With
than a quarter of their $325m collector. Back in 1986 Mr and “The date, subject matter, increments could have led to a them was Gavin Brown, a New
total exactly two years ago, but Mrs Karpidas had paid $385,000 composition and condition are all world-record price for the artist. York dealer who has been
still a respectable outcome given for the picture, the highest price fantastic. The painting probably Francis Outred, Christie's exhibiting Doig's work since
the difficulty of obtaining ever paid for a Warhol at auction sold for the same price as it European head of post-war and 1994 and sold “Reflection” to
consignments. No one wants to during the artist's lifetime. would have two years ago.” contemporary art who brought in Reyes for $24,000 in 1996. After
sell their art during a recession Tobias Meyer, Sotheby's chief Christie's also enjoyed a the Doig consignment with his the sale, Mr Brown was jubilant.
unless they have to. Remarkably, auctioneer, opened the bidding at runaway lot that provided auction New York-based colleague, “This result, if nothing else,
few collectors seem to be in that $6m whereupon Alex Rotter, a -room drama. “Reflection (What Andy Massad, said: “Some suggests the landscape has been
position and, if they are, they feel Sotheby's specialist on the phone Does Your Soul Look Like)” people saw ‘ White Canoe’, readjusted to something based on
safer off-loading behind the with a client, immediately (pictured), an exquisitely which commanded £5.7m truth and beauty. The cynical age
scenes than at public auction. doubled the bid. The price rendered, psychologically ($11.2m) in February 2007, as a of Damien Hirst, et al, might well
Sotheby’s evening sale was escalated in million-dollar complex painting from 1996 by symbol of the art market bubble, have passed. Now we all have to
much more robust, selling 53 of increments so quickly that it was Peter Doig, a British artist, was but three of the four highest use our eyes!”
55 lots for a total of $134.4m. hard to tell where the bids were consigned by César Reyes, a prices for Doig have been made Back to top ^^ Readers'
That sell-through rate—96% by coming from. Philippe Ségalot, Puerto Rican psychiatrist who this year. Doig's market has comments
lot, 98% by value—hadn't been an art advisor, Jose Mugrabi, a owns a number of the artist’s continued to grow throughout the The Economist welcomes your
seen since 2004. An astounding dealer who owns some 800 works. Seven bidders pitched for recession. It's a reflection of views.
result given the times. The estate Warhols, Abdallah Chatila, a the painting and four of them quality and a testament to the This content has passed through
of Mary and Louis Myers, Ohio Lebanese collector, and two other were still in the game at $8.8m, way Peter has moved forward the fivefilters.org.
arts patrons, provided the first 20 Sotheby's staff members, Loic well over the high estimate of boundaries of painting.” Many
lots of the evening, but the chief Gouzer and Bruno Vinciguerra, $6m. After that, the lot bore assume that Russians have made
earner was Andy Warhol. together nodded and waved the witness to a duel between Jay the Doig market, but Mr Outred
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Italy's justice system: Imposing limits

(The Economist: News Italian law, meaning that the The law sounds like madness, All this will prove to be an
analysis) complete legal process would yet Mr Berlusconi has self- unhelpful distraction from more
Submitted at 11/14/2009 12:28:33 AM
have to be complete within six interested reasons to support it. important matters, such as trying
years. Last month the constitutional to get Italy out of recession and
Italy's justice system In a court system that is court overturned a law that had to deliver much-needed
Nov 14th 2009 | ROME overloaded, underfunded and been introduced by his economic and social reforms. Mr MediaDailyNews:
From Economist.com A bizarre renowned for inefficiency, the government that gave him (and Berlusconi's supporters argue that
attempt by Silvio Berlusconi's chances of completing each of three other senior officials) introducing time limits will Warner, FreeWheel Ink
government to constrain Italy's the three stages in less than 24 immunity from prosecution. promote swifter justice. Maurizio Deal To Place, Track
courts months are low. The proposed Italy's prime minister is already a Gasparri, the leader of his party Ads At Music Sites,
IF YOU live in Italy and are law, which would apply to trials defendant in two trials, for tax in the Senate and the bill's main
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the books, or beating your for which the penalty is a jail where his coalition has a acknowledges that they also need
children, even stabbing your sentence of 10 years or more, and substantial majority, it would better resources and says that Music labels have moved closer
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bill tabled in parliament this mafia. But the corporate body brought against him in future Even if the government were to Group has inked a partnership
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could expect a reasonable chance estimates that more than 100,000 chances. On Wednesday, one of has been subject. In the bucks, but some analysts aren't
of avoiding paying a penalty. trials would have to be scrapped. his MPs tabled another bill that meantime, if Mr Gasparri and his sure whether it will work.
The proposed law, which is In addition, the proposed law would restore the immunity that leader have their way, Italy Warner Music will have an
backed by Silvio Berlusconi's would have effects beyond Italy's all Italy's national lawmakers would become an even more option to place, monitor and track
c o n s e r v a t i v e g o v e r n m e n t , borders. It would apply, for enjoyed until 1993. Either or lawless society than it is already. the effectiveness of ads across
suggests that the charges against example, to copyright violation, both of the proposed laws could Back to top ^^ Readers' artist sites and digital media
defendants would have to be b r i b e r y , t h e m a r k e t i n g o f run into stiff resistance if referred comments platforms.
dropped two years after they c o u n t e r f e i t g o o d s a n d t h e to the constitutional court. But The Economist welcomes your The deal, which also supports a
were laid unless, by then, trial defrauding by Italians of EU their introduction makes it ever views. YouTube strategy, took between
has been completed. The same funds. One of the trials it would more likely that the rest of Mr This content has passed through nine and 10 months to pull
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to both of the appeals to which Parmalat fraud whose victims will be dominated (as was his Knopper, Co-CEO at FreeWheel,
defendants (and prosecutors) are include foreign as well as Italian previous spell) by his legal San Mateo, Calif. "They have the
subsequently entitled under bondholders. struggles. potential to create a whole new
model on how music videos are
monetized online," he says.
"The music, sports and movie
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out how to make money online."
FreeWheel's video ad
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management platform works with
content owners, such as Warner
Music, to manage and distribute
videos as well as manage the
rights, accounting, revenue share
and ads that serve up in the
videos, which have ad tags. The
platform decides the companies
authorized to buy and sell ads
into the content.
Knopper says FreeWheel created
a hub, "an air traffic control
room," to monitor the ad serving
and rights management platform,
as well as to manage the
inventory for about 40 content
owners and distributors.
FreeWheel tracks the available ad
slots and advertisements. About
60 engineers have been working
on the system for about 2.5 years.
The ads are sold and served on a
CPM basis.
Music rights monetization
sounds good, but no one has
tapped into the perfect solution,
according to Marissa Gluck, co-
founder and managing partner at
Radar Research, Los Angeles,
who is not convinced the
business model will work.
Gluck says: "It's complicated
because most times, there is more
than one for one piece of music, a
distributed network, and
constituencies trying hard to
avoid being tracked," she says.
"I'm not talking about YouTube,
but there are plenty of companies
less vigilant about working
closely with rights holders."
The music labels have
undergone an "attitude" shift,
however. While the labels haven't
fully embraced digital music,
they are less aggressive about
suing their customers, which
seemed their main form of
revenue for awhile, Gluck says.
Gluck points to ad-supported
Spotify in the United Kingdom as
a way for music labels to
monetize content. "Most record
labels see them as a real
competitor to Apple's iTunes,"
she says, adding that the
company has plans to cross the
Atlantic into the United States.
Earlier this week, Google
revealed that it has begun to test
"skippable" pre-roll ads in
videos on YouTube that could
lead the Mountain View, Calif.
search engine toward a new
advertising model.
The technology allows people
who find the videos to click on
the link and skip the ad, which
takes them directly to the content.
The ads will run on videos from
content partners, which have
already opted into the test.
Knopper says FreeWheel works
with YouTube to monetize
videos.
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MediaDailyNews: News
Corp. Enlists McKinsey
For Growth
(MediaPost | Media News) been hurt by the ad slump, in line
Submitted at 11/13/2009 2:19:42 PM
with the industry.
Forbes quoted a representative
At least one group appears to be f o r t h e W S J s a y i n g t h a t
profiting handsomely from the McKinsey is not being brought in
advertising recession: McKinsey to cut costs. "Our emphasis is on
& Co. building and growing our
News Corp. has become the products," he told the magazine.
latest media company to enlist For the most recent quarter,
the consulting firm, tapping it to News Corp. reported operating
review its Dow Jones business, income of $25 million at its
according to a Forbes report. publishing segment, down $109
That comes after McKinsey million from the same period last
c o n d u c t e d a h i g h - p r o f i l e year. The company did not offer
evaluation of Conde Nast's specifics, but said ad dollars were
operations that appears to have down at the WSJ and revenues
resulted in the shutdown of fell at Dow Jones' newswire
several magazines. Forbes also operations.
cited reports that Time Warner The WSJ, which now has the
has engaged the company for its largest circulation of any paper in
magazine segment. the U.S. and has a refashioned
Dow Jones operates The Wall European edition, has increased
Street Journal, one of the few its newsstand price.
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MediaDailyNews: Diageo OK With NFL 'Morgan' Move

(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 11/13/2009 2:45:08 PM
Diageo was not about to let a
stunt some branded as marketing
magic disappear easily. The
company put out a tongue-in-
cheek statement Friday saying it
understands the NFL's move to
ban end-zone celebrations where
players engage in the "Captain
Morgan pose."
Diageo had offered to donate
$10,000 to a fund for retired NFL
players each time a player was
caught on camera striking the
pose after scoring a TD.
The amount, according to a
Yahoo Sports report, would have
increased to $25,000 in a playoff
game and $100,000 in the Super
Bowl.
A Philadelphia Eagles player
mirrored the "Captain" in a game
last week -- putting a hand on his
waist, and the other on a raised
leg a la the rum's mascot. Then,
the NFL banned the stunt and
referred to it as "ambush
marketing."
The statement from the
"Captain" read: "I am a man of
action, a man of the moment, and
I always make fun a priority. And
when it comes to football, what is
more fun than a touchdown?
"I believe in drinking
responsibly, marketing
responsibly and helping charities,
too, but understand my friends at
the NFL's perspective. I will
continue in my quest for
legendary times and ask my fans
to do the same."
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Digital Outsider: Mall Media Move

On Measurement
(MediaPost | Media News) from music video content completed a shopper profile
Submitted at 11/13/2009 2:15:15 PM
provided by Warner, Sony, study with Arbitron, using the
Universal, and EMI. research company's custom
With the end of the recession On the mall side, Akoo plans to research assets. The study was
( m a y b e ) i n s i g h t , r e t a i l have the DOVOD network conducted at seven malls across
establishments are hoping for a installed in a total of 150 the country, out of a total 250
boost in sales -- or at the very different venues, 120 of which malls reached by Eye Corp.'s
least, a bump in visitors. Hoping are located in the top 25 DMAs; digital and static signage. Among
to cash in on the new foot traffic, altogether Akoo vice-president of
two leading digital out-of-home marketing Andy Stankiewicz
networks with significant mall says this network aggregates
other findings, the Arbitron study
revealed that shoppers reached by
Eye Corp. visit malls an average
MediaDailyNews:
presences have rolled out new about 1.4 billion shopper visits
measurement initiatives. per year, with potential to add
Akoo, which operates a DO a n o t h e r 7 5 m a l l s i n 2 0 1 0 .
of 3.5 times per month, each time
spending an average 1 hour and
38 minutes. Over half the
'Boston Globe' Debuts
music video-on-demand network According to Stankiewicz, the
reaching malls and college company's overall measurement
shoppers view the mall as a place
to reward themselves, and 66%
Digital Edition
campuses, recently announced a capabilities "let advertisers know noticed Eye Corp.'s displays. Eye (MediaPost | Media News) It is compatible with Windows,
new measurement deal with what's being activated at what Corp. is combining this Submitted at 11/13/2009 2:35:24 PM
Mac and Linux operating
Arbitron for audience estimates. mall, at what time, with data to proprietary data with systems. In addition to the basic
The measurement initiative allow them to become more subscriptions to syndicated Like other major newspaper daily subscription, new digital
comes as Akoo continues a major relevant to their users, for category and audience datasets publishers, the New York Times subscribers can also opt for a
expansion of its interactive social example through opt-in programs and single source information for Co. is seeking new ways to package that includes the paper's
network to a number of new via their mobile devices," for advertisers. monetize digital content at its Sunday print edition.
venues, installing digital displays which the company maintains opt This content has passed through various properties. In the most A number of big metro dailies
in mall and university food courts -in mobile databases. fivefilters.org. recent move, The Boston Globe have rolled out digital versions
which visitors can control with Meanwhile another major mall has launched a new digital that can be viewed on desktop
their mobile devices, selecting ad network, Eye Corp., recently product that includes E-reader and laptop computers over the
software and a digital version of last couple of years. Publishers
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GlobeReader, which will be generation of portable devices,
content to the device as well. concessions after drawn-out than the company average -- due available to new subscribers for like Amazon's Kindle, as a
NYTCO, which partnered with negotiations. partly to an 18.4% increase in $4.98 per week. Subscribers to source of additional subscription
Amazon for the development of More recently, NYTCO said circulation revenues, to $45.9 t h e p r i n t v e r s i o n o f t h e revenues.
the newest Kindle readers, needs total revenues fell 16.9%, from million. n e w s p a p e r g e t i t f o r f r e e . In March, it was revealed that
whatever help it can get. Earlier $687 million in the third quarter This content has passed through The GlobeReader is the final Hearst Corp. is preparing to
this year, the company threatened of 2008 to $570.6 million in the fivefilters.org. version of the electronic edition introduce a new electronic reader
to sell or close The Boston Globe third quarter of 2009. Total that appeared in "preview" form a n d w i l l e n c o u r a g e o t h e r
unless unions agreed to revenues at the New England earlier this year, adding more p u b l i s h e r s t o l i c e n s e t h e
substantial cuts in pay and Media Group fell 12.6% to sports and weather content, as technology, so they can deliver
benefits. It only obtained these $109.7 million -- a smaller drop well as the daily crossword and
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