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Fed’s challenge to Arizona immigration law piles pressure on

Democrats
Tim Gaynor (Front Row of voters. state law, the GOP front-runner
Washington) “It is a proactive act that is challenging Giffords in
Submitted at 7/7/2010 12:44:50 PM effectively blocking something southeast Arizona made hay
that the voters want,” Rice over her discomfort.
W h e n P r e s i d e n t B a r a c k University political science “Unfortunately, Gabrielle
Obama’s administration sued professor Mark Jones told Giffords’ decision to oppose this
Arizona over the state’s tough- Reuters. “Any Democrat in a law and speak out against our
as-nails immigration law this competitive race is not going to state appears to have played a
week, he piled pressure on like this.” hand in fueling the boycotts and
House Democrats in the state Those facing potential fallout lawsuits to which we in Arizona
f a c i n g a t o u g h b a t t l e f o r from the legal challenge are are now subjected,” Jonathan
r e e l e c t i o n i n N o v e m b e r , Reps. Ann Kirkpatrick, Harry Paton said in a statement posted
analysts say. Mitchell and Gabrielle Giffords, on his campaign website.
The administration on Tuesday who are all seeking reelection in “I’m confident that Giffords,
argued that the Arizona law, Arizona congressional districts Obama and the Washington
which requires state and local that already lean Republican. lawyers will end up on the
p o l i c e t o i n v e s t i g a t e t h e “The people who view what losing side of this attack on our
immigration status of anyone Obama is doing as positive are state and our security.”
who they reasonably suspect is going to vote Democrat anyway Photo credit: Reuters/Larry
in the country illegally, is … b u t w h a t t h i s d o e s i s Downing (Obama speaks about
unconstitutional and would sap mobilize more Republicans in Jim Kolbe retired in 2006, was control its borders and bring a immigration reform on July 1),
law enforcement resources. the districts to turn out and vote clearly forced into a difficult halt to the violence, smugglers Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
Analysts say the move wrong against them, and probably balancing act by the lawsuit. and drugs that threaten our way (Arizona Governor Jan Brewer
footed several House Democrats depresses the vote of people She issued a statement in which of life,” she added. at White House June 3), Reuters
locked in competitive reelection who might have voted for she called both the law and the While Republicans may yet /Joshua Lott (Demonstrators
races in the desert border state, them,” Jones added. administration’s suit reap a backlash going forward protest against Arizona law May
where the new immigration law Giffords, who wrested the 8th “unnecessary distractions.” from Hispanic anger at their 5)
consistently scores solid poll congressional district from “Arizonans want our nation to embracing the controversial
ratings among a broad spectrum Republican control after Rep.
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Palin seeks to harness power of Two Signs the Economy

“Mama Grizzlies”
Steve Holland (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 9:27:38 AM
Sarah Palin is out with a new
video today and she clearly is
attempting to position herself as
the leader of Republican
conservative women.
She’s had some success this
campaign season, promoting
Republican women candidates
such as South Carolina’s Nikki
Haley and California’s Carly
Fiorina who have gone on to
win primary votes.
And how she is declaring
women conservatives as part of
a den of “Mama Grizzlies”
eager to stampede Washington
in Nov. 2 congressional
elections and take on President
Obama and his Democrats.
“These policies coming out of
DC right now, this fundamental
transformation of America —
there are a lot of women who
are very concerned about their
kids’ future who are saying we
don’t like this fundamental
transformation and we’re going
to do something about it,” she
says in the video.
“Pit bulls were tough but you
don’t want to mess with the
Mama Grizzlies,” says the
former Alaska governor and
2008 Republican vice
presidential nominee.
We’re told the video, paid for
by Palin’s Sarahpac political
arm, was produced by a single
videographer and the images
were not staged but rather were
from Palin’s appearances at Tea
Party and other events.
We’re always watching for
evidence that Palin might run
for the Republican presidential
nomination in 2012. This
documentary-style video does
nothing to wave us off the
thinking that she just might.
“I don’t think she’s running for
president,” said
Republican strategist Scott
Reed. “I think she’s running for
‘most influential person during
the nominating process,’ and I
think she will be a factor. She’s
got a lot to say. She’s got a
super megaphone, and she
strikes a chord with a part of the
party that votes.”
Photo credit: Reuters/Jessica
Rinaldi (Palin at Belmont Stakes
June 5)
Will Survive
Derek and Damien Hoffman
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 12:10:00 PM
Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT),
Apple Inc (AAPL), Cisco
Systems (CSCO), Dell (DELL),
Adobe Systems (ADBE), Oracle
Corp (ORCL)
The mainstream media is
overflowing with
hyperventilating bears preaching
about a depression. All fear-
mongering aside, we see two
very positive developments in
the U.S. economy: retail and
corporate spending.
1. Retail Spending
The International Council of
Shopping Centers has
announced that retail sales
expanded at the highest pace
since September 2006. Luxury
retailers posted an eye-popping
8% rise in sales. Seems like
consumption is our culture.
Some people think the U.S.
consumer has changed.
Personally, I would never bet
against the DNA of a tribe ...
and ours is shopping. As my
brother Derek said, "In the Great
Depression we had bread lines.
Now, there are Apple ( AAPL)
iPhone 4 lines." That is a mind-
blowing distinction.
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Kohls Dips on Weaker than Expected June Sales

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Presidential dreams are a walk in the Is Now a Good Time to
park
Tabassum Zakaria (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:25:03 AM
What do presidents dream of
when living at the White House?
For President Barack Obama
it’s the simple things in life that
he misses.
“Taking walks. There is a value
to anonymity in terms of just
being able to wander around, sit
on a park bench, take your kids
to get ice cream without having
Secret Service and helicopters
over you,” Obama said in an
interview with Israel’s Channel
2 television.
“That part of this life I’ll never
get used to,” he said.
“In fact, I remember when I first
visited Jerusalem, I could
wander through the Old City
and haggle for some gifts to
bring back to Michelle, or stand
Augmented Reality: The Nightmare Scenario
(Fast Company)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:32:40 AM
We've been just as crazy about
covering the rise of augmented
reality as anyone else--but we
haven't yet seen too many
examples of just how terrifying
a world filled with AR could
become. Architecture student
Consider Pepsi?
at the Wailing Wall, and people
didn’t know who I was.”
“And that is a profound pleasure
that is very hard to experience
now,” Obama said.
(Aside from walking though,
we’d like to point out that when
it comes to other modes of
transportation, the president
does have an armored limo,
planes and helicopters at his
Keiichi Matsuda took it upon
himself to imagine just such a
future, in this video: [vimeo
8569187] Could something
like this come to pass? You
want to say: No way! But
then again, maybe it could:
Would you trade off real-estate While it's easy to say that the
in your personal field of vision, average person would never
in exchange for free stuff? stand for so much branding and
disposal).
Photo credit: Reuters/Larry
Downing (Obama walks with
Secret Service agents after
going to a movie while on
vacation in Hawaii)
Headline/ Business/
Joseph Lazzaro
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 12:30:00 PM
Filed under: PepsiCo (PEP),
Stocks to Buy
I first discussed PepsiCo( PEP)
here on March 13, 2009, at a
price of $48.62. Its shares have
pulled back roughly in-sync
with the Dow's spring retreat,
but just look on that move as a
decent time to scoop-up shares.
Pepsi remains a premier
emerging markets/developed
world play. Pepsi's strong
presence in international
markets remains the key.
True, North American revenue
growth will be low in 2010,
after the recession's flattish
2009, but investors should
remain focused on the long-term
and large pictures: namely --
Pepsi's emerging market growth
advertising in their lives, it's just
as easy to point out that the
media saturated world of today
3
opportunities (it has a presence
in more than 200 countries) and
its new focus on health and
sports drinks.
Continue reading Is Now a
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was unimaginable fifty years
ago. Future generations might
have a tolerance for ever-present
ads that would dwarf our own, if
companies offer the right
incentives. I just threw up in
my mouth. Welcome to the
future, Consumer! [ Data
Driven via Flowing Data]
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The Next 5 Apple Gadgets To Waste Your Time Obsessing
About (AAPL)
Dan Frommer (Business
Insider)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:47:25 AM
Apple has had a busy 2010,
announcing and shipping its
iPad tablet -- a big success so far
-- and its newest iPhone, which
represented a significant
upgrade over last year's model.
So what's next?
Over the next year, Apple will
likely announce incremental
upgrades to most of its existing
products. It recently updated the
Mac mini, and it's likely to
tweak its iPod and Mac lines
over the next several months.
And as far as major overhauls
or completely new gadgets go,
there's room for at least one in
2011.
See Also:
• 10 Things We Love And Hate
About The iPhone 4
• My Excellent SIX HOUR
iPhone 4 Adventure
• 10 Things We Love And Hate
About The iPad
iPod touch 4
Image: Tinhe Te Everyone
thought Apple would overhaul
the iPod touch -- the future of
the iPod business -- last year, by
adding a camera to it. Nope!
Instead, Apple put a camcorder
in the iPod nano and left the
iPod touch pretty much alone.
So this year, it seems likely that
E-reader News Edition
Apple will actually make FaceTime video chat.
significant hardware changes to - The hi-res "retina display,"
the iPod touch. Like what? which would make reading e-
- It could add the dual-camera books and web pages even
system that the new iPhone 4 better on the iPad.
has, allowing iPod touch users - The new flat-back glass case,
to make FaceTime calls with perhaps. (Or a lighter metal
iPhone 4 users, achieving an end back.)
-around on the wireless carriers. iPhone for Verizon Enough
(Or it might just add the front with the excuses, Apple must
camera. Or the back camera.) sell the iPhone at Verizon
- It could add the hi-res "retina Wireless, the no. 1 U.S. wireless
display" that the new iPhone 4 carrier.
has, and maybe some of its Why? Because it'll help Apple
design cues, like the metal band sell a lot more phones, and it'll
and (faulty?) antenna design. simultaneously hurt archrival
- It could add the Apple A4 chip Google Android, which is
and additional memory and picking up steam fast because of
battery that the iPhone 4 has, its prime billing at Verizon.
- Perhaps it'll sit on top of your - iAds! Apple's entry into the
supporting longer battery life. So, what would an iPhone at
TV set and have a camera built- massive TV advertising market.
- It could make a smaller "iPod Verizon look like? Maybe, the
in for FaceTime video chat - Maybe, just maybe, it'll be
touch nano" with a hi-res same as the current iPhone 4,
sessions with iPhones, iPads, built into an actual TV, the way
display to replace the iPod nano. with slightly different guts.
and iPod touches. This might Google's "Google TV" is getting
Apple TV 2 Or maybe Apple will also use
actually be Apple's easiest entry built into Sony TVs. Apple is
Image: Wikimedia Commons the opportunity to diversify the
into normal peoples' living getting experience building and
The Apple TV set-top box is the iPhone lineup a bit. One thing
rooms. The concept of Internet shipping big things -- the 27-
weakest link in Apple's product we've read in the past is that
TV is still foreign to a lot of inch iMac, for example -- and
lineup. It's so bad that Apple Apple might introduce a smaller
people. But free video chatting could potentially enter the high-
doesn't even promote it on the iPhone at Verizon. We had
with relatives is intuitive to end of the TV market. But this
front page of its web store previously dismissed this, but
anyone. won't help it achieve much
anymore. It's buried as an iPod now that we've seen the "retina
- Based on iOS 4, with an App market share -- people don't buy
accessory. display," which packs more
Store. Video apps from Netflix, TVs very often, and they're
Publicly, Apple refers to Apple pixels in a smaller space,
Hulu, MLB.com, ABC, and highly price sensitive.
TV as a "hobby," but always anything's possible.
others; not just iTunes videos. iPad 2 Apple's first iPad was a
says it has some ideas on how to MacBook Air 2 Now that
- Smaller, with no spinning hard good first take. But now that
make it better. So we assume Apple's iPad tablet is launched,
drive. Based on streaming we've seen the iPhone 4, we can
that sooner or later, Apple will it's possible that the MacBook
video, not big downloaded files. begin to see some of the features
unveil an improved Apple TV Air has reached the end of its
- Cheaper, ideally $149 or $99. Apple's iPad 2 may have. These
gadget. What might that look
It could basically be an iPod could include... NEXT page 9
like?
touch without a screen. - A front-facing camera for
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Germany: Facebook Illegally Accessed, Saved Non-User's

Data
Kit Eaton (Fast Company)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 10:30:01 AM

German authorities have

launched a legal case against
Facebook for violation of the
nation's strict user privacy laws.
The case hinges on Facebook's
retention of data on people who
hadn't signed up to Facebook
themselves.
The Hamburg Data Protection
Authority is behind this legal
action, and it's pretty serious
stuff according to the body's
head Johannes Caspar: He's
reported as saying that he
considers "the saving of data
from third parties, in this
context, to be against data
to respond, and if the action through a larger friendship consent. While this is bad may start a tricky process where
privacy laws." Based on a
results in a legal ruling against group. Facebook offers you the enough, the German complaint national bodies become
number of complaints that have
Facebook, the social networking opportunity to tag people in contends that Facebook is increasingly concerned about
been received, the Authorities
site could face fines amounting photos, for example, even if illegally holding on to this data, how much data Facebook is
has posted a legal complaint
to tens of thousands of Euros. they don't have a Facebook with the ultimate goal (as with retaining about their citizens,
about privacy law violation on
While that's not necessarily a account--you merely have to all Facebook's operations) of and the lawsuit floodgates may
behalf of users who found their
big figure for a website with click on their face to append a maximizing cash returns open. Google has, for example,
details on the site despite not
half a billion members, it could tag (there's been some debate through tricks like targeted already stirred up a wasps-nest
being registered Facebookers
set a tricky precedent for about this mechanism recently, advertising. of controversy in Germany over
themselves. The accusation is
Facebook--officials in and it evidently needs a work- Taken with a pinch of its "privacy invading" Street
that this private data is being
Switzerland are reportedly also over). With various other tricks, rationality, and knowing quite View cameras, and the German
retained by Facebook for
interested in how Facebook uses it's possible to include info how digital all our media is authorities have got involved
marketing purposes, despite the
third party data. about non-members on becoming (and how fast the here too, in attempts to try to
people in question not giving
How did these German folk's Facebook updates, and since change is occurring) the regulate how much data the
their permission for their
info get on Facebook, though, if Facebook is now choosing to be complaint isn't all that serious, cameras can capture.
personal data to be used in this
they're not members? It's pretty very cavalier with what it and Facebook may be able to fix To keep up with this news
way--as they haven't agreed to
easy, actually: It's via their considers to be public instead of its systems without too much follow me, Kit Eaton, on
Facebook's end-user clauses (a
friends. Or, perhaps, through private data, it's possible for non difficulty. But it may not choose Twitter.
condition of signing up for
people who are mere -member's data to show up in to--and it may argue that its
membership).
acquaintances or possibly who search engine results. And it can merely retaining this info for GERMANY: page 7
Facebook has until August 11th
even know about the individuals all happen without a person's reasonable purposes. Or the case
6 Business/ E-reader News Edition

Stanford's Bookless Library Heralds The Future of... Book

Buying?
Kit Eaton (Fast Company)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:13:39 AM

The e-book has arrived folks,

and if Amazon's Kindle and
Apple's new iPad with its slew
of e-reader apps doesn't prove it,
then ponder this: Stanford
University's Engineering school
may be entering an era of
bookless libraries.
NPR has been speaking to
adminstrators inside Stanford's
library systems, concentrating
on the Engineering library. Like
most technical libraries in
educational institutions, the
shelves were once thronged with
periodical publications--large
tomes packed with research
papers, refreshed as frequently
as every month, and vital for texts have a much easier time of in the modernization of library traditional publishers and Imagine, in fact, that a future
researchers who need to keep up it too, they can run a digital systems. Remember card booksellers, like Barnes and Borders store consists of a
to date with the latest state-of- search, rather than thumbing catalogs? They were once a Nobel and Borders, to sell couple of physical copies of
the-art thinking. But according through indexes. staple of any visit to a library, digital books for e-reader each book and a coffee store:
to the head of the library, Helen The change in publication and their often hand-typed and devices (and recall that Google's You browse books while
Josephine, over the last five habits for periodicals, and plain hand-annotated reference cards getting in on the act) it's sampling a text, and then scan
years many if not most of the ol' text books too, has been so were vital for finding the right tempting to mark this year as the the QR code on its rear-face
periodicals have switched to severe that a new library book in a collection. But the beginning of the end for with your e-reader to buy a
being digital publications. It building, commissioned in 2005 card index was a perfect mainstream use of paper and ink digital copy of the book. Is
makes sense for the and due to open next month, contender for digital books. Bookstores like B&N Stanford's library the first strong
publications, which don't have actually has 85% less shelf replacement, even in an era will, at some point, not need to hint that this is coming sooner
to worry about print costs, and it capacity than the previous when computers were mainly stock quite so many physical than we think?
makes sense for the authors, edifice. That's a massive text-based. First they came for texts--in the manner of To keep up with this news
who may see a shorter time reduction in storage volume, and my card catalog ... then they Stanford's libraries--and merely follow me, Kit Eaton, on
delay before their articles get a pure reflection of the fact that came for my books ... extend its in-store "bonus" e- Twitter.
published. And readers bytes don't weigh anything. It's When you remember that content merchandising to get
searching for data inside the also the next logical progression there's a huge push by people onto its property.
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Science Bloggers Outraged by PepsiCo-Sponsored Nutrition
Blog
Ariel Schwartz (Fast
Company)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 9:56:41 AM
Corporations sponsor blog
posts all the time. It's a reality of
the world of online journalism--
corporations can provide the big
bucks necessary to keep the
figurative lights on. Why, then,
is the scientific community so
riled up about Food Frontiers, a
new PepsiCo-sponsored blog on
the ScienceBlogs network?
The blog, launched this week,
will purportedly offer insight on
science, nutrition, and health
policy--with information on
PepsiCo's "nutritious" products
sprinkled in. But ScienceBlogs
made a big mistake: In the first
iteration of the blog, a sidebar
explained, "All editorial content
on the blog is overseen by
ScienceBlogs editors." It didn't
explicitly mention that the blog
was sponsored by PepsiCo.
ScienceBlogs realized its
blunder, however, and changed
the sidebar to read "This blog is
sponsored by PepsiCo. All
editorial content is written by
PepsiCo's scientists or scientists
invited by PepsiCo and/or
GERMANY:
continued from page 5
ScienceBlogs. All posts carry a
byline above the fold indicating
the scientist's affiliation and
conflicts of interest." But many
ScienceBloggers are still
displeased, arguing that every
post from Food Frontiers should
be labeled as an advertisement
at the top--perhaps even with a
giant PepsiCo banner logo.
Unlike many corporate-
sponsored blogs (including ones
already hosted on ScienceBlogs)
ADVERTISEMENT:
(BloggingStocks)
Business/ 7
some insight: Are we making a
judgment about PepsiCo's
science by hosting a blog for
them on SB? No. (Nor are we
making a judgment about your
own research for that matter).
Are we saying that they are
entitled to have a seat at the
table? Yes. Do they know that
they are opening themselves us
to debate? Absolutely. You
may disagree with the substance
of their posts (as you do on any
other blog). You may even call
into question their presence on
a public forum dedicated to
science. It will be up to them to
respond. Better yet, it will be up
to them to listen and take
actions. The sustainability of
this experiment lives or dies in
that feature independent writers, blog itself was created at Shell's t h e establishment of a
all posts on Food Frontiers will behest, but the bloggers were t r a n s p a r e n t d i a l o g u e .
come from PepsiCo-scientists or established people who know Both sides have fair points, but
PepsiCo-approved bloggers. about energy policy and energy perhaps it makes the most sense
And that's a big part of the research. Shell had no editorial to hold back on judgment for the
problem. ScienceBlogger Josh control over the content. moment--Food Frontiers hasn't
Rosenau explains his concerns: Seed editor Adam Bly defends even put up its first post.
Why am I more pissed about S c i e n c e B l o g s ' d e c i s i o n , Ariel Schwartz can be reached
this than about the Shell- however, claiming that this kind on Twitter or by email.
sponsored energy blog run at of corporate-sponsored blog is
SB a while back? Partly because necessary to keep the site
the bloggers for that project running. As an added benefit,
were not Shell employees. The PepsiCo could even provide
8 Business/ Policy/ Culture/
THE TRUTH ABOUT LEBRON JAMES: Big
Hat, No Cattle
Henry Blodget (Business
Insider)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:55:00 AM
So we gather LeBron James has
bought out ESPN to announce
his new employer tonight.
Big whoop.
Our general sense of LeBron
can be summed up as follows:
Big Hat, No Cattle.
Why?
• We're not die-hard basketball
fans, so everything we know
about LeBron filters through to
us from more general
information sources.
• Most of what we know about
LeBron comes from his sneaker
commercials and all the other
non-stop marketing chatter
around him, which started
before he ever took a shot in the
NBA
• As far as we can tell, LeBron
doesn't seem to have lived up to
whatever potential he was
supposed to have had (His team
hasn't won)
The National Academy of Blacklists
(AEI.Org: Articles)
Submitted at 7/7/2010 6:00:00 PM
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• As far as we can tell, LeBron
is clearly no Michael Jordan
(Michael Jordan's teams actually
won)
• As far as we can tell, LeBron
doesn't even seem to a Kobe
Bryant (Kobe's teams won)
• If LeBron were half as
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Chicago Bulls used to be the
laughingstock of the NBA...until
Michael Jordan arrived.
Michael Jordan deserved his
otherworldy reputation--because
he DELIVERED. As far as we
can tell, LeBron James hasn't
delivered anything except
advertising.
So, good luck, LeBron,
whoever your next employer is.
Should we expect that,
someday, in addition to being a
marketing genius, you might
actually carry your team to
victory?
Join the conversation about this
story »
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valuable as the hype around him
• To Get LeBron, ESPN Got
suggests, we have to believe that
'Mediajacked'
his team would have won.
• LeBron Odds In Wild
Volatility, As Knicks And Cavs
Odds Plunge, While Heat
• This whole ESPN charade just
Surges
underscores our general feeling
• Shares Of MSG Falling, As
about LeBron.
Investors Think LeBron Is Now
Definitely Going To Miami
So, by all means, go ahead and
explain to us that the reason
LeBron's team never wins is that
the Cleveland Cavaliers suck.
To which we will respond: The
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PATHETIC: Microsoft
Tries To Patent Virtual
Page-Turning Technique
(Business Insider)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:26:55 AM
PATHETIC: Microsoft Tries
To Patent Virtual Page-Turning
Technique
Join the conversation about this
story »
Ultimate
Happiness
Quiz
(HowStuffWorks Daily Feed)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 9:00:00 AM
Until pretty recently, happiness
wasn't given too much thought
in a scientific kind of way. It
isn't an easy thing to pin down,
especially when you're trying to
make judgments on entire
groups and populations. But the
science of happiness has been
booming lately, and we've found
out a lot about who's happy,
what makes us happy and how
to become happy. Take this quiz
to find out how much you know
about the art of being happy.
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Infographic of the Day: Drawing in 3-D, With Ping-Pong Balls

and an iPhone
(Fast Company) 13059978] Mechanically, the could get it to work reliably.
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:32:35 AM contraption is made of 30 air [vimeo 7898708] That brings
pumps hooked up to a power us to the iPhone/ MaxMSP
Floating Forecaster, by U.K. supply, and it relies on some version, which the geek site
interactive designer Richard basic principles of gravity and CreativeApplications.net is
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floatation device that lets you teacher probably tried the same machine." They're already giddy
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custom MaxMSP sequencing blasts create a low-pressure make collaborative patterns in
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line. Maybe people don't need
the extra horsepower and Mac
app compatibility that comes
with a MacBook in a super-
portable design anymore.
Maybe the iPad will suffice for
most buyers.
But we have to assume that as
long as Apple ships Mac
laptops, it'll always want to
make them thinner, smaller, and
more portable. And that's where
all the lessons Apple is learning
from the iPhone, iPod, and iPad
could really help the MacBook
lineup.
So we think Apple might come
out with a new MacBook Air in
the next year or so that's so thin
and light that it's shocking, with
a super-long-lasting battery, and
maybe even a non-Intel chip on
the inside.
It might not be an "Air," but
just a super-thin MacBook Pro.
But either way, it's silly to
assume that Apple won't apply
its miniaturization lessons to its
Mac laptop lineup.
Bonus: Magic Trackpad
Image: Engadget Apple has
supposedly been developing a
"Magic trackpad" accessory that
basically replaces the mouse -- a
device Apple has struggled with
for years -- with the same multi-
touch trackpad on its
MacBooks.
This thing reared its head in
June on the gadget sites, but
Apple didn't announce anything
about it at its WWDC
conference.
So maybe something to spring
on us next time it has a Mac-
centered event? Perhaps in
October when it typically
updates its Macs before the
holidays?
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96.7% Of The Time You Spend At B BOE and ECB Leave

-School Is Completely Wasted Interest Rates
Bianca Male (Business
Insider) Unchanged
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:34:00 AM
Wade Hansen
(BloggingStocks)
The debate over whether or not
an entrepreneur should get an Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:50:00 AM

MBA has strong advocates on

both sides.
In a talk at Stanford earlier this
year, 37Signals co-founder
David Heinemeier Hansson adds
fuel to the side that, for
individuals who want to start
their own business, MBAs are
pretty useless.
Hansson says that "96.7% of
the time" he spent at
Copenhagen Business School
was completely wasted. In fact,
he thinks that he came out of it
"slightly damaged" when it
came to actually starting a
business.
B-school, he explains, "is not
very well-suited to the real
world of just building a product,
pleasing customers, and making
profits as a business."
Hansson continues on to say
that almost all of the tools that
you learn end up being
completely irrelevant,
particularly for a business that's
just starting out. Which is why,
as an entrepreneur, you end up
having to "unlearn" most of
your MBA.
Check out the clip, from
Stanford's Entrepreneurship
Corner:
Click here to see the rest of
Hansson's talk at Stanford's
Entrepreneurship Corner>
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• Why So Many B-School
Grads Suck At Starting
Companies
• The World's Best Business
Schools
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Both the Bank of England
(BOE) and the European Central
Bank (ECB) signaled they
believe their economies need
further help from cheap money
as they announced Thursday
morning that they will be
leaving interest rates low and
unchanged.
The BOE left interest rates at
0.5%-- where they have been
since March 2009. The ECB left
interest rates at 1%-- the same
level they have been at since
May 2009.
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UK treasure hunter finds 52,000
Roman coins (AP)
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Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:34:26 AM
LONDON – A treasure hunter
has found about 52,500 Roman
coins, one of the largest such
discoveries ever in Britain,
officials said Thursday.
The hoard, which was valued at
3.3 million pounds($5 million),
includes hundreds of coins
bearing the image of Marcus
Aurelius Carausius, who seized
power in Britain and northern
France in the late third century
Tesla Hires Ex-Apple, Ex-Microsoft and proclaimed himself
Retail Exec George Blankenship emperor.
Dave Crisp, a treasure hunter
(TSLA, AAPL, MSFT) using a metal detector, located
the coins in April in a field in
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from his metal detector
strategy as well. Retail Business: Next Stores In prompted him to start digging.
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the world, and considers its • Apple's New Shanghai Store
bit of clay and there was a little
dealerships to be a key part of i Looks Amazing
radial, a little bronze Roman
ts business model.
coin — very, very small, about
Before joining Apple,
the size of my fingernail," Crisp
Blankenship was with the Gap.
said in an interview with the
Business/ Top News/
BBC.
He recovered about 20 coins
before discovering that they
were in a pot, and realized he
needed expert help.
"Because Mr. Crisp resisted the
temptation to dig up the coins it
has allowed archaeologists from
Somerset County Council to
carefully excavate the pot and
its contents, ensuring important
evidence about the
circumstances of its burial was
preserved," said Anna Booth, of
Somerset Council.
Somerset Coroner Tony
Williams scheduled an inquest
Thursday to formally determine
whether the find is subject to the
Treasure Act, a formal step
toward determining a price to be
paid by any institution which
wishes to acquire the hoard.
The hoard is one of the largest
ever found in Britain, and will
reveal more about the nation's
history in the third century, said
Roger Bland, of the British
Museum. The find includes
more than 760 coins from the
reign of Carausius, the Roman
naval officer who seized power
in 286 and ruled until he was
assassinated in 293.
"The late third century A.D. was
a time when Britain suffered
barbarian invasions, economic
11
crises and civil wars," Bland
said.
"Roman rule was finally
stabilized when the Emperor
Diocletian formed a coalition
with the Emperor Maximian,
which lasted 20 years. This
defeated the separatist regime
which had been established in
Britain by Carausius.
"This find presents us with an
opportunity to put Carausius on
the map. School children across
the country have been studying
Roman Britain for decades, but
are never taught about Carausius
our lost British emperor."
The discovery of the Roman
coins follows last year's
discovery of a hoard of Anglo-
Saxon coins in central England.
The so-called Staffordshire
Hoard included more than 1,500
objects, mostly made from gold.
The Portable Antiquities
Scheme is a department of the
British Museum which deals
with treasure finds.
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APNewsBreak: Agents spoke with Calif kidnap victim (AP)

(Yahoo! News: Most Viewed) supervise Garrido starting in "that agents saw and spoke to year of locking his daughter in a and another for $15.3 million.
Submitted at 7/8/2010 4:00:32 AM 1999 and did not follow up on Ms. Dugard and her eldest rat-infested dungeon for 24 It estimates it could cost $7
reports and observations that daughter but failed to years and fathering seven million to provide Dugard and
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – might have led to their rescue. investigate their identities or children with her. her daughters with a lifetime of
California parole agents spoke They finally surfaced last their relationship to Garrido." Dugard was kidnapped as a therapy and counseling and at
to the woman who was held August, after living for nearly Attorney general's young girl, repeatedly raped for least $450,000 to educate
captive by a convicted rapist for two decades in a compound in spokeswoman Christine years, gave birth to two Dugard and her daughters, none
18 years and bore his two the backyard of Garrido's house Gasparac said the allegations daughters and was never of whom attended school during
children but never bothered to in the eastern San Francisco Bay were made by Dugard through allowed to attend school, their captivity.
follow up, according to a report -area city of Antioch. her attorneys during settlement according to the attorney In their claim against the state,
obtained by The Associated Previous reports from the state negotiations with the state. She general's report and previous the Dugard family members
Press. corrections department and an said she could provide no other reviews by the corrections claimed psychological, physical
The revelation, yet another independent inspector general details, such as when the contact department and inspector and emotional damages.
embarrassment for the state s a i d p a r o l e a g e n t s h a d with parole agents occurred, and general. When she was "Obviously, no amount of
corrections department in the discovered one of the girls added that the state will not try eventually found, she told money could compensate these
case, details how parole agents Garrido had fathered with to verify Dugard's statement investigators false stories Plaintiffs for what they have
missed another opportunity to D u g a r d b u t a c c e p t e d h i s because the damage claim concocted with Garrido to hide endured, but the settlement was
rescue Jaycee Dugard. It was explanation that she was a niece. against the state has been her identity. Garrido's wife, made with the intent of
c o n t a i n e d i n d o c u m e n t s That contact was made in 2008 settled. Nancy, also is charged in the providing the financial support
obtained Wednesday under the when the girl was 12. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger case, and has pleaded not guilty. that they will need to rebuild
California Public Records Act. Those reports made no mention has said he will sign the The reports all fault parole their lives," concludes the report
The report, prepared by the of any contact between parole settlement. agents for failing to follow up written by Senior Assistant
attorney general's office, was agents and Dugard while she Dale Kinsella, Dugard's lawyer, on numerous clues, including Attorney Genera1 Rochelle
sent to lawmakers in advance of was being held captive. said he could not comment on electric wires running to the East. She wrote that the state
their vote last week to settle Inspector general spokeswoman what was said during settlement secret backyard shed and GPS also settled for fear that the
with the Dugard family for $20 Laura Hill declined to comment negotiations. Dugard's signals from Garrido's ankle family could win a much larger
million on the attorney general's internal spokeswoman, Nancy Seltzer, bracelet showing him in the jury award if they had sued.
Dugard, now 30, said parole report to lawmakers. Terry also had no comment. backyard and in other locations ___
agents spoke with her during her Thornton, spokeswoman for the The six-page attorney general's where he was not supposed to Associated Press Writer Brooke
captivity, and with the older of Department of Corrections and report also said the $20 million be. Donald in San Jose contributed
the two daughters she bore to Rehabilitation, said she could settlement with the Dugard The attorney general's to this report.
Phillip Garrido. Garrido has not immediately comment. family appears justified because document says the average Five Filters featured article:
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when she disappeared. settle the family's claim with The most similar case may be million. However, it cites larger Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available
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Georgia claims it has world's oldest Microsoft Page-Turning

person, 130 (AP) Patent Could Spell Trouble
(Yahoo! News: Most Viewed)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 9:38:18 AM
Mingrelian.
Her age couldn't immediately
stayed largely in bed during the
past seven years, she makes a
For Apple’s iBooks
be independently verified. Her point of hobbling unaided to the Leena Rao (TechCrunch) page-turning gesture. The
S A C H I R E , G e o r g i a – birth certificate was lost — one outhouse on the other side of the Submitted at 7/8/2010 10:07:53 AM virtual page turn curls a lifted
Authorities in the former Soviet of the great number to have yard, loathe to be a nuisance, portion of the page to
republic of Georgia claim a disappeared in the past century Mikhail said. Apple, Amazon, and others progressively reveal a back side
woman from a remote mountain amid revolutions and a civil war Though her body has all but have worked hard to simulate of the page while progressively
village turned 130 on Thursday, which followed the collapse of quit on her — her fingers the experience of reading a book revealing a front side of a
making her the oldest person on the Russian Empire. cramped and deformed by age on a tablet computer, device or subsequent page. A lifted
Earth. But Meurnishvili showed two mean she can no longer smartphone. Specifically, portion of the page is given an
Antisa Khvichava from western Soviet-era documents that he maintain her love of knitting — Apple’s iBooks iPad application increased transparency that
Georgia was born on July 8, says attest to her age. Scores of relatives say her mind remains has a page turning feature that allows the back side of the page
1 8 8 0 , s a i d G e o r g i y officials, neighbors, friends, and sharp. replicates the curling of a page to be viewed through the front
Meurnishvili, spokesman for the descendants backed up her " Grandma has a very clear when you flip pages in a book. side of the page. A page-
civil registry at the Justice claim as the world's top senior. mind and she hasn't lost an But Microsoft is claiming that it flipping gesture quickly flips
Ministry. The Gerontology Research ability to think rationally," said invented this feature in a patent two or more pages.
The woman, who lives with her Group currently recognizes 114- Khvichava's granddaughter application, according to a While Microsoft applied last
40-year-old grandson in an year-old Eugenie Blanchard of Shorena, who lives in a nearby GoRumors report. year, it seems that the patent has
idyllic vine-covered country Saint Barthelemy, France, as the village. The patent application, which not actually been awarded to the
house in the mountains, retired world's oldest person. The To mark the centurion's was filed in 2009, appears to company yet. But the tablet is
from her job as a tea and corn organization is yet to examine birthday, a string ensemble have been filed with Microsoft’s dead, so it’s unclear what the
picker in 1965, when she was Khvichava's claim. played folk music out on the Courier touch-based tablet in benefit would be to Microsoft at
85, records say. Khvichava has a son, 10 lawn, while grandchildren mind. But unfortunately, that this point (besides maybe
"I've always been healthy, and g r a n d c h i l d r e n , 1 2 g r e a t offered traditional Mingrelian project was tabled a few months engaging in a bit of legal patent
I've worked all my life — at grandchildren and six great, dishes like corn porridge and ago. Essentially, Microsoft is fun with Apple).
home and at the farm," said great grandchidren. spiced chicken with herbs to all trying to patent making a virtual But the action that is being
Khvichava, in a bright dress and Khvichava's 70-year-old son guests as the party. page turn exactly like a real patented seems fairly obvious,
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lipstick. Sitting in the chair and said she also had two children Religion and the Attack On the application: is nothing more than an
holding her cane, Khvichava from a previous marriage, but Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available One or more pages are animation of a page being
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Over 30 Christian, Family Groups
Defend Nat'l Prayer Day
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Submitted at 7/7/2010 3:47:56 PM
Prominent conservative and
family groups filed an amicus
brief Wednesday against an
earlier court ruling that deemed
the National Day of Prayer
unconstitutional.
"In her decision to strike down
the National Day of Prayer,
Judge Barbara Crabb attempted
to undo two hundred years of
American history," said Kelly
Shackelford, president/CEO of
Liberty Institute, which filed the
brief on behalf of more than 30
groups and individuals.
"The decision below was an
attack upon our heritage and the
religious freedom upon which
our nation was founded. This
outrageous decision must be
overturned."
Among those joining the
challenge are James C. Dobson,
founder of Focus on the Family;
the Family Research Council;
Focus on the Family Action; the
American Civil Rights Union;
Let Freedom Ring; and family
policy councils from throughout
the country.
"Prayer is the underpinning of
this country that makes it great.
I am proud to file this brief
along with so many wonderful
groups," said Dobson. "Our
nation has a rich history of
Presidential proclamations for
prayer and thanksgiving, and we
must not allow revisionist
history to dilute that heritage
and freedom."
In April, U.S. District Judge
Barbara Crabb struck down the
federal statute creating the
National Day of Prayer,
concluding that it connotes
endorsement and
encouragement of a particular
religious exercise. A lawsuit
had been filed in October 2008
by the Freedom From Religion
Foundation.
Despite the ruling, religious
groups were free to organize
prayer events on the first
Thursday of May. Still, some
vowed to appeal the decision.
Liberty Institute argues in its
brief that invalidating the annual
day of prayer "would be an act
of hostility to religion, not the
accommodating neutrality
required by the Establishment
Clause."
Contending that it is
"completely consistent with the
First Amendment," the legal
firm also notes that the prayer
day "is a benign
acknowledgement of the
religious nature of the American
people."
"Moreover, participation in this
acknowledgement is entirely
voluntary, and does not entail
any person’s being subjected to
unwelcome assertions of
religious faith."
The annual prayer event was
created in 1952 by a joint
resolution of the United States
Congress, and signed into law
by President Harry S. Truman.
Since then, all presidents,
including President Obama,
have issued proclamations
designating the National Day of
Prayer each year.
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Submitted at 7/8/2010 12:01:00 PM
Filed under: iPhone, App Store
I've often wondered why,
instead of creating their own
social gaming platform with
Game Center, Apple didn't just
swallow up a successful third-
party platform like OpenFeint.
Now, it seems that Apple may
have lost its chance: OpenFeint
announced this morning, after
another multi-million dollar
round of financing led by
Chinese gaming firm The9, that
it will be extending its social
gaming network to Android
apps. The same features and
services available to developers
on iOS devices will soon be
available to Android developers,
and OpenFeint is launching on
Android with a few major app
developers in tow and support
for Google Checkout and a few
other services.
Now, this may not mean much
for those of us who only use
iOS devices; OpenFeint will
carry on as it has, and it will still
integrate with Apple's Game
Center as planned. However, it
does mean that OpenFeint is no
longer serving developers at
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Apple's whim; if there's
something that Apple doesn't
allow them to do that the
Android platform does, they can
still carry out those plans.
Of course, it's a big step for
Android as well; one more
significant iPhone developer
service is now available on
Google's open source platform.
It's a very interesting move by
OpenFeint, and I don't think it's
the last we'll see of major
iPhone-based services opening
up to the competing Android
platform.
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Buffett recounts the best advice he's
ever received (The Upshot)
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Submitted at 7/7/2010 11:55:47 PM
What’s the best advice Warren
Buffett has ever received? You
might be surprised: It has
nothing to do with money.
Watch here:
In an exclusive interview with
Yahoo! News and the
Huffington Post, he credited his
father with teaching him how to
live, and explained that all
parents can make a "better
human being":
"The power of unconditional
love. I mean, there is no power
on earth like unconditional love.
And I think that if you offered
that to your child, I mean,
you’re 90 percent of the way
home. There may be days when
you don’t feel like it — it’s not
uncritical love; that’s a different
animal — but to know you can
always come back, that is huge
in life. That takes you a long,
long way. And I would say that
every parent out there that can
extend that to their child at an
early age, it’s going to make for
Cutest Kid of the Day: Ava
WomansDay.com Editors
(Daily Woman's Day Blog)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:00:00 AM
Each day we will post an
adorable picture or video of one
a better human being."
Buffett spoke from Sun Valley,
Idaho, while attending the Allen
& Company conference, an
annual gathering of technology
and media leaders. You can see
all 12 Buffett clips on Yahoo
News' Newsmakers channel.
[ Photos: See Buffett onstage
and relaxing]
One of the most successful
investors of our age, Buffett has
been dubbed the Oracle of
Omaha for his wide-ranging
views on economic, political
and cultural issues. ( Berkshire
Hathaway, his company, is
headquartered in Omaha.)
Buffett is in the process of
donating 99 percent of his
wealth to charity, and recently
gave away about $2 billion. He
has joined forces once again
with Bill and Melinda Gates on
an initiative to persuade the
world's billionaires to donate
half their fortunes to charity.
[ Buffett's 6,000-square-foot
home, Gates' 66,000-square-foot
compound and other billionaire
abodes]
of our readers' cute kids.
Ava is ready for bath time!
Thanks to mom Amanda for
submitting.
We want to see more of your
adorable kid pictures and
To that end, Buffett says Oprah
Winfrey should expect his call:
And when he’s not recruiting
billionaire philanthropists or
running Berkshire Hathaway,
Buffett told us, he’s probably
online. One of his favorite sites?
YouTube.
[ Music video: Bandana-wearing
Buffett sings rock anthem]
Find out what Buffett watches
on YouTube and get his take on
Facebook and Twitter here:
— Anna Robertson and Erin
Green produced the interview
for Yahoo! News.
More about Warren Buffett on
Yahoo! News:
• Buffett to LeBron James: 'Call
me'
• BP CEO should go, says
Buffett
• Buffett's sunny forecast for the
economy
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U.S.-Russia may seek spy swap to free agents
(Reuters: Top News)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 10:34:54 AM
By Guy Faulconbridge and
Andrew Quinn
MOSCOW/WASHINGTON|
Thu Jul 8, 2010 11:34am EDT
M O S C O W /
WASHINGTON(Reuters) -
Russia and the United States
appeared to be considering a spy
swap on Wednesday to send
home a ring of suspected
Russian agents whose arrest cast
an unwelcome Cold War chill
over warming diplomatic ties.
Officials for both governments
declined to confirm a deal was
in the works as U.S. federal
prosecutors unsealed formal
charges against the group.
But a Russian lawyer involved
in the affair said a swap was
discussed and a U.S. official
said Washington might allow
the suspected spies to plead
guilty and then return to Russia
in exchange for the release of
certain Russian prisoners.
"It's a common practice. It's
been done numerous times," the
official, speaking on condition
of anonymity, told Reuters.
All 10 suspects in U.S. custody
are to be arraigned on Thursday
before U.S. District Judge
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Molly (PopSugar)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:55:00 AM
Kimba Wood.
Quick guilty pleas would avoid
lengthy trials that officials fear
may undercut improving U.S.-
Russia relations. The two
countries are cooperating on
Russia's bid to join the World
Trade Organization, the global
standoff over Iran's nuclear
program and other issues.
The Russian lawyer said the
proposed plan includes
exchanging Russian nuclear
expert Igor Sutyagin, who was
sentenced to 15 years in jail in
2004 for passing classified
military information to a British
firm which prosecutors said was
a front for the U.S. Central
Intelligence Agency.
"They want to exchange
Sutyagin for one of those
arrested in the United States for
spying," Anna Stavitskaya, a
lawyer acting for Sutyagin, told
Reuters.
"It is a one-for-one exchange.
So each of those detained in the
United States will be swapped
for one person from Russia."
The alleged Russian spy ring
has been major news in the
United States since counter-
intelligence agents arrested the
10 people last month on
suspicion of acting as deep-
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each take a shot at speaking
Spanish while promoting Knight
cover members of a network
sent to infiltrate U.S.
policymaking circles.
An 11th suspect was arrested in
Cyprus but then disappeared
after being granted bail.
"VERY SENSITIVE
DISCUSSIONS"
Federal prosecutors in New
York unsealed a grand jury
indictment charging all of the
suspects with acting as
unregistered foreign agents and
nine of them with conspiracy to
commit money laundering.
Three suspects held in Virginia
and two in Boston were ordered
to be sent to Manhattan, court
papers said. Two of the Virginia
detainees have admitted they
were in the United States under
fake names, according to
prosecutors.
Only one of the 10 suspects in
U.S. custody -- Vicky Pelaez, a
columnist for the New York
Spanish-language daily El
Diario -- has been granted
release pending trial. The
government has appealed that
decision and a bail hearing has
been set for Friday.
A lawyer representing another
of the suspects, Anna Chapman,
said he was in contact with
Russian officials and that they
and Day in Mexico City, but one
had met with Chapman in jail.
"We are in very sensitive
discussions ... about a possible
resolution of her case," federal
defender Robert Baum said in
an email to Reuters.
U.S. and Russian officials have
vowed the spy case will not set
back the broader relationship
and U.S. officials appeared
eager to play down the affair.
William Burns, under secretary
of state for political affairs,
touched on the spy case in talks
with the Russian ambassador on
Wednesday, State Department
spokesman Mark Toner said
without giving any details.
"I'd have to refer you to the
Justice Department on any
speculation about a spy swap,"
Toner said.
Justice Department officials
declined to comment.
A spokeswoman for Russia's
Foreign Intelligence Service
(SVR) also declined to comment
and no Russian official has yet
confirmed that a swap could
take place.
News of the possible swap
emerged after Sutyagin was
suddenly moved this week from
a prison in Kholmogory, in
Russia's northern region of
Arkhangelsk, to Moscow's high-
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security Lefortovo prison and
allowed to see his family.
Sutyagin told his family,
including brother Dmitry, of the
plans to exchange him for the
accused in the United States in a
swap that would involve travel
to Vienna and London.
Dmitry said Sutyagin had seen
a list of names of other people
who would be swapped. One
name on the list was Skripal -- a
likely reference to Sergei
Skripal, a Russian officer who
was convicted of spying for
Britain in 2006.
"Sutyagin agreed to the swap
offer as he had no other choice
left. He knew that otherwise his
whole life would be broken,"
said Stavitskaya. "But he still
insists he is innocent."
(Additional reporting by James
Vicini and Jeremy Pelofsky in
Washington, Basil Katz in New
York, Editing by John
O'Callaghan)
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Three Britons found guilty in suicide Nikon planning "new concept"

bomb plot
(Reuters: Top News)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 9:25:40 AM
LONDON| Thu Jul 8, 2010
10:25am EDT
LONDON(Reuters) - Three
Britons were convicted on
Thursday of plotting to murder
hundreds of people in suicide
bombings after being recruited
by an al Qaeda-inspired cell
bent on blowing up transatlantic
airliners bound for North
America.
The three men, who recorded
martyrdom videos threatening
waves of attacks against Britain
and the United States, worked
with the gang that planned to
bring down planes with home-
made liquid bombs.
Their conviction follows one of
Britain's biggest counter-
terrorism investigations and a
series of trials around a plot that
prosecutors said could have
been on the same scale as the 9/
11 attacks.
Twelve people have now been
convicted in connection with the
plot that led to extra security
checks at airports worldwide
and tight restrictions on
passengers carrying liquids onto
planes.
The three convicted on
Thursday had faced two
previous trials in 2008 and
2009. A jury at their first trial
failed to agree a verdict. They
were acquitted at the second
trial of knowing that the plot
was targeting planes.
Prosecutors made the unusual
decision to push for a third trial
where the three faced a broader
charge of conspiracy to murder,
replacing the previous charge of
plotting to kill people on
airliners.
Ibrahim Savant, Arafat Waheed
Khan and Waheed Zaman were
convicted by a jury at Woolwich
Crown Court, east London, and
will be sentenced on Friday, the
Press Association reported.
They face a maximum sentence
of life imprisonment.
'MID-AIR EXPLOSIONS'
The court heard how the plot
involved smuggling liquid
bombs in soft drinks bottles onto
planes bound for North
America. A team of suicide
bombers planned to assemble
and detonate the hydrogen
peroxide devices in mid-air.
The plot's ringleader, Abdulla
Ahmed Ali, identified seven
flights to San Francisco,
Toronto, Montreal, Washington,
New York and Chicago that left
London within 2-1/2 hours of
each other. Ali was jailed for
life last September.
In his video, Ali said the attacks
would be punishment from "the
people of Islam" for Western
attempts "to humiliate us, kill us
and destroy us."
In the latest trial, the jury
rejected the three men's defense
that the plot was part of an
elaborate publicity stunt.
Sue Hemming, head of the
Crown Prosecution Service's
counter-terrorism division, said
the plot was intended "to cause
death and injury on a massive
scale."
"These men were involved in a
calculated and sophisticated plot
to create a terrorist event of
major proportions," she said in a
statement.
(Reporting by Peter Griffiths;
Editing by Steve Addison)
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Nilay Patel (Engadget)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 12:45:00 PM
The past year has seen both
Sony and Samsung unveil tiny
interchangeable lens cameras
designed to compete with the
Micro Four Thirds units from
Panasonic and Olympus, and
now Nikon's getting in the game
as well -- company president
Makoto Kimura told
Bloomberg Nikon will introduce
a "new concept" mirrorless
cameras with enhanced video
functions as early as this year.
(That sort of sounds like the
Canon G11 competitor with
DSLR tech Nikon was hinting
at earlier this year, but we can't
tell if they're the same.) Kimura
says that Nikon is "intensively"
focused on developing the new
mirrorless product as part of a
plan to increase SLR revenue --
Nikon's goal is to increase
interchangeable lens camera
sales a whopping 80 percent
over the next three years. That's
ambitious, but if Nikon can
produce a tiny shooter with
some of the D3S's low-light
capabilities and the ability to
accept even a subset of its
modern family of lenses, we
don't think it's out of the
question. We'll see what
happens.
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IMF says U.S. recovering but sees Report: FaceTime-

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(Reuters: Top News)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 10:00:29 AM
weaknesses -- along with
elevated unemployment -- are
likely to continue to restrain
pressures, such as imbalances in
the Social Security pension
system.
the works
(CNET News.com) said that new iPod Touch will
WASHINGTON| Thu Jul 8, private spending," the fund said. It said the biggest contribution
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High unemployment and a d e v e l o p a c r e d i b l e f i s c a l iPod Touch(Credit: Apple) A John Lewis spokeswoman
would be to increase its
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domestic savings -- particularly
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by reducing deficits -- and said
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the U.S. could no longer serve
looms large on the horizon and jeopardizing the recovery. this fall, according to a buyer for that Hennessy was "speculating"
as the world's consumer. This
needs to be addressed, the The fund forecast U.S. federal a prominent U.K. retail chain. about the device. The
would require domestic demand
International Monetary Fund debt as a percentage of GDP Rob Hennessy, the audio and spokeswoman added that Apple
growth in exporting countries,
said on Thursday. telecom buyer for U.K. retail has not contacted John Lewis
would rise from 64 percent in the Fund said.
The IMF raised its U.S. growth 2010 to 72.4 percent by 2012 giant John Lewis, said this week directly or discussed any new
"With the U.S. dollar now
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moderately overvalued from a
for 2010 and 2.9 percent for welcomed commitments by the the holiday-shopping season that CNET has also contacted Apple
medium term perspective, this
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Issuing of new drill ban over BP
depends on case
(Reuters: Top News)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:13:17 AM
By Tom Doggett and Jeremy
Pelofsky
WASHINGTON/NEW
ORLEANS| Thu Jul 8, 2010
12:13pm EDT
WASHINGTON/NEW
ORLEANS(Reuters) - The
Obama administration said on
Thursday it will immediately
issue a revised ban on deepwater
drilling if an appeals court does
not allow it to reinstate the six-
month moratorium it imposed in
the wake of the BP oil spill.
However, it will not impose a
new drilling ban if the federal
court in New Orleans supports
its initial moratorium, an
Interior Department official told
Reuters.
A hearing before a three-judge
appeals panel is scheduled for 3
p.m. CDT/4 p.m. EDT (2000
GMT) on Thursday on the ban
imposed during the investigation
of what caused the April 20
Samsung Captivate coming to AT&T on July 18 for $200
Chris Ziegler (Engadget)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:42:00 AM
We've just gotten official word
that the Captivate-- AT&T's
rendition of Samsung's global
Galaxy S line of high-end
Android phones -- will be
drilling rig explosion that killed
11 men and triggered the worst
oil spill in U.S. history.
A federal judge stopped the ban
last month, ruling in favor of
drillers like Hornbeck Offshore
Services Inc, who argued the
moratorium was too broad,
would cost jobs and unfairly
punished their industry.
Department of Justice lawyers
will argue the ban is sufficiently
narrow and necessary to avoid
another disastrous spill such as
the one that has leaked oil into
the Gulf of Mexico for 80 days.
Depending on how the three-
judge panel rules, legal experts
said the losing side could appeal
to the full appeals court and the
case ultimately could be
appealed to the U.S. Supreme
Court.
Ahead of the hearing, BP's New
York share price on Thursday
was up fractionally after rising
about 24 percent in the past
eight trading days on talk
company executives were
available starting Sunday, July
18 for $199 on contract with no
rebate required. That pricing is
more or less what we'd expected
considering that T-Mobile
priced the Vibrant the same way
-- and if rumors of T-Mobile's
launch date bump are true, the
seeking new investors and
optimism the worst might be
behind the company.
BP sought to stanch some of
that optimism on Thursday after
a report it could stop the well by
July 27, when it is due to report
its second quarter income. The
target for completing a relief
well to stop the flow had been
mid-August.
The company said it could stop
the well by July 27 only under
perfect conditions.
(Additional reporting by
Matthew Bigg in Mississippi,
Martinne Geller in New York,
Rodrigo Campos in New York
and Kristen Hays in Houston;
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Matylda Czarnecka
(TechCrunch)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 12:05:24 PM
Smart Grid management
deals.
software producer eMeter
eMeter will use the funding for
announced a $12.5 million
sales and marketing, service
Series F round of funding today.
improvements and new product
The investment comes from
development. The company
Sequoia Capital and Foundation
recently briefed the White
Capital, who have both invested
House and Department of
in the company previously,
Energy on results of the
along with Northgate Capital.
PowerCents DC Program, which
The company was founded in
used the company’s products to
1999 and has raised nearly $70
test different pricing models for
million in funding. eMeter
consumer energy consumption.
works with more than a dozen
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electric, gas and water utility
Information provided by
companies which use it to
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provide detailed usage data to
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their customers. eMeter is not
Sequoia Capital Foundation
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companies like OPOWER,
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Silver Spring Networks and
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Skype’s Innermost Security Layers Claimed To Be Reverse-

Engineered
Robin Wauters (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 9:17:39 AM

Internet telephony giant Skype

may well have a significant
security issue on its hands,
TechCrunch has learned.
Someone claims to have reverse
-engineered the proprietary
encryption protocols Skype has
put in place to prevent
developers from building their
own Skype desktop clients or
Web-based services based on
the company’s in-house
technology. If this checks out,
this basically means the walls of
Skype’s pretty garden have been
abruptly hauled down,
something the company was
hoping to do on its own, albeit
slowly, by rolling out public
APIs in the future.
The full extent of what a
possible breach of this system
could entail is unclear, but worst
case, malicious hackers could
gain insights from the reverse-
engineered procedures and learn
how to exploit it. To be clear:
there’s no reason for panic until
the implications become
obvious.
Either way, Skype posits there
is no security issue at all, but the
jury is still out on that.
Let’s start with the beginning.
The person who claims to have
pulled of this feat – he writes
under the moniker Sean O’Neil, which is almost certainly a SKYPE’S page 22
pseudonym – which has apparently been tried for the
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Sunny finale to Solar Impulse's night flight
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:18:52 AM
Powered by the sun, the Solar
Impulse stayed in the air for 26
hours.(Credit: Solar Impulse/
Stephane Gros)
Energized just by the rays of
the sun, the Solar Impulse HB-
SIA aircraft landed Thursday
morning at its Swiss airbase
after completing its first day-and
-night flight.
Kept aloft for more than 26
hours by pilot André
Borschberg, the lightweight,
long-limbed solar plane made it
into the history books by
achieving the longest and
highest flight in the history of
solar aviation, according to the
Solar Impulse team. Greeted by
hundreds of cheering supporters
upon landing at 9:00 a.m. Swiss
time, Borschberg expressed his
feelings about the historic
journey.
"I've been a pilot for 40 years
now, but this flight has been the
most incredible one of my flying
career," said Borschberg, also
the CEO and co-founder of the
project, as he exited the cockpit.
"Just sitting there and watching
the battery charge level rise and
rise thanks to the sun... And then
that suspense, not knowing
whether we were going to
manage to stay up in the air the
whole night. And finally the joy
of seeing the sun rise and
feeling the energy beginning to
circulate in the solar panels
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"This is a crucial step forward, it
gives full credibility to the
speeches [we've been giving for]
years about renewable energies
and clean techs and allows us
now to get closer to the
perpetual flight without using a
drop of fuel!"
For the record, the stats for the
flight were as follows:
• Take-off time: 7/7/2010 - 6:51
a.m
• Landing time: 7/8/2010 - 9:00
a.m.
• Flight duration: 26 hours, 9
minutes, 26 seconds.
• Maximum speed: 68 knots (78
mph) (ground speed).
• Average speed: 23 knots (26
mph).
• Maximum altitude: 28,000
feet above sea level.
The flight seems to have been
accomplished without undue
again!" In the hours of darkness, the as a car, off the ground. stress. At about midnight
As the sun set, the Solar aircraft flew "on pure potential The team was, understandably, Switzerland time, the Solar
Impulse stayed in the sky, energy," the Solar Impulse team exultant when the mission was Impulse blog offered this report:
powered solely by its chargec wrote, "meaning no direct solar over. "André says he's feeling great
batteries.(Credit: Solar Impulse/ power from the sun, no indirect "I have just flown more than 26 up there...Everything has been
Stephane Gros) solar power from the batteries, hours without using a drop of going well. His only complaints
T o c o m p l e t e t h e f l i g h t , but simply lift from a slow fuel and without causing any involve little things like a
Borschberg slowly attained an descent." pollution," added Borschberg slightly sore back, as well as a
altitude of 28,000 feet on The HB-SIA's solar panels, after his landing. 10-hour period during which it
Wednesday as the energy from with more than 12,000 solar Bertrand Piccard, the initiator was -20 degrees Celsius in the
the sun powered the Solar cells, are on its wings, which and president of the project, also cockpit. That made his drinking
Impulse HB-SIA and charged its stretch as far as those on a 747 had a few happy words for his water system freeze up and
batteries to keep it aloft at night. jumbo jet. They provided the partner the moment the plane worse of all, his ipod batteries
A s t h e s u n s e t , t h e p i l o t juice to the plane's lithium touched down. die."
switched to those batteries polymer batteries and to the four "Bravo André! You have just A Web site set up for the night
hoping they would provide 10-horsepower electric motors proved that what I have been flight maps out the plane's
enough power to stay in the sky that got the aircraft, which at 1.7 dreaming about for the last 11 SUNNY page 22
the entire night. tons weighs only about as much years is possible", said Piccard.
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SKYPE’S
continued from page 20
past 10 years to no avail,
published a blog post with a title
that leaves little to the
imagination:“Skype’s Biggest
Secret Revealed”.
The post was submitted to
Reddit not long after
publication, but for whatever
reason the blog (enrupt.com) is
no longer accessible now,
although you can still get to the
cached version of the article in
question (see below).
Here are the key parts of the
blog post (I removed the link to
the ciphers, but they shouldn’t
be too hard to find, as the
information is already spreading
in the places these things tend to
spread, and quickly at that):
For over 10 years, Skype
enjoyed selling the world
security by obscurity. We must
admit, really good obscurity. I
mean, really really good
obscurity. So good that almost
no one has been able to reverse
engineer it out of the numerous
Skype binaries. Those who
could, didn’t dare to publish
their code, as it most certainly
looked scarier than
Frankenstein.
The time has come to reveal
this secret. XXX contains the
greatest secret of Skype
communication protocol, the
obfuscated Skype RC4 key
expansion algorithm in plain
portable C. Enjoy!
I’m no security expert, let alone
an experienced coder, so it’s
hard for me to assess the
significance of the release of the
algorithm. Co-Founder & CEO
at Scio Security Dug Song,
however, is convinced this is
regarded as a major
breakthrough in hacker circles,
according to his tweets. Industry
blog The H Security,
meanwhile, cautiously warns
that the publication of the code
does “not mean that Skype’s
encryption can be considered
‘cracked’ “.
For what it’s worth, Sean
O’Neil (again, probably not his
real name) says this code has
been in his possession for a long
time, and that some of it was
leaked a couple of months ago –
leading to usage of it by hackers
with malicious intent. He also
says he reported the leak to
Skype, but writes that he was
“abused by Skype
administration”, whatever that
means.
I do not want to go into any
finger-pointing details here, but
naturally, we do not wish to be
held responsible for our code
being abused. So we decided
that the time has come for all the
IT security experts to have it.
Why let the hackers have the
advantage? As professional
cryptologists and reverse
engineers, we are not on their
side. Skype is a popular and
important product. We believe
that this publication will help
the IT security community help
secure Skype better.
However, for the time being,
we are not giving away a licence
to use our code for free in
commercial products. Please
contact us if you need a
commercial licence.
The blog post is signed with
‘Skype Reverse Engineering
Team’, and ends with an open
invitation to the next Chaos
C o m m u n i c a t i o n
Congress(27C3) in Berlin, to
“hear all the juicy details on
how to use this function to
decrypt Skype traffic”.
Skype is quite open about being
aware that this code is out in the
open, but seems overly
confident that it poses no
security risk of any kind. This is
the statement I was provided
with:
Skype, like other software that
provide IM capabilities, has
been the target of SPAM. We
have been working for some
time on reducing this volume
and as a result have seen a
marked decrease in the volumes
of SPAM directed to our
customers. We believe that the
work being done by Sean
O’Neil, who we understand was
formerly known as Yaroslav
Charnovsky, is directly
facilitating spamming attacks
against Skype and we are
considering our legal remedies.
Whilst we understand the desire
for people to reverse engineer
our protocols with the intent of
improving security, the work
done by this individual clearly
demonstrates the opposite.
Skype has invested heavily in
the safety and privacy of our
software and we are proud of
the high levels of security that
we are able to offer our
customers. This release of code
in no way compromises this.
Skype remains a safe and
effective method of global
communications and Skype will
vigorously defend our security
from any and all known threats.
I’ll reiterate once more that I’m
not a security expert, but I’m
sure the significance of the
code’s release will be actively
discussed by people who are in
the coming days.
Any security wizards who’d
like to weigh in on this in the
comment section?
CrunchBase Information Skype
Information provided by
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offer a recording of the landing.
The success of HB-SIA
prototype this week paves the
way for the next journey of the
Solar Impulse. Now that the
plane has proven it can fly at
night using solar energy
captured during the day, the
team said it plans to push the
human and technological limits
further. Next will be a flight
across the Atlantic (in 2011) and
then an around-the-world trip
(in 2012) using the HB-SIB
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AR Textbooks, Virtual Chemistry Sets & the Fall Like 2008 And It's
Only The Plunge
Future of Learning Protection Team Saving
Us!
Chris Cameron to teach her about the layers of beyond just textbooks. In fact,
(ReadWriteWeb) the earth. augmented reality could make Gregory White (The Money
Submitted at 7/8/2010 12:30:00 PM Using quick response (QR) learning safer for kids. Why Game)
codes, a camera is able to detect place dangerous chemicals in Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:17:16 AM
Though augmented reality (AR) which page the student is on and the hands of children when
as a technology has existed for can display supplementary 3D virtual chemistry sets could Damon Vickers of Nine Points
roughly two decades, it has only materials. The student controls eliminate any dangers? Kids can Capital spoke to CNBC this
just begun to break into the the experience by presenting and rob publishers of page real swap protective goggles for morning about his belief that
m a i n s t r e a m b y w a y o f one of three business card-sized estate. Sufficient image head-mounted displays (HMDs) we're heading towards another
immersive desktop and mobile QR codes that either activate or recognition technology exists and beakers and bunsen burners downturn the size of 2008, and
experiences. Much of what has advance a sequence of models that should allow smaller for virtual test tubes with 3D that the plunge protection team
been seen so far has been either for each page. They can get a imaged based markers to be chemicals - all of which could is what is saving us.
in the entertainment, marketing closer look or a different angle used to activate the experience be done from the comfort of the • 1:15 Real estate is going to be
and location-based sectors, but on the models by simply moving (or the entire page could be used student's desk, or even at home. going down for many years, and
one area that is sure to benefit the book closer to the camera or as a marker). Augmented reality has the savings rate is of concern.
from AR is education. One of rotating it. Using the handheld markers to enormous potential in the The public cannot sell real estate
the most obvious ways AR will The experience is pretty activate and change the models education space. Earlier this because the market is bad, but
i m p a c t e d u c a t i o n i s b y compelling as it is. Animations shouldn't be necessary either, as year, the New Media they can sell stocks.
enhancing learning materials for play on some of the pages, previous AR experiences - as Consortium reported in its 2010 • 2:25 Financial service stocks
students, and a new demo from explaining how signals travel seen in this example from Total Horizon Report that simple are a bit overpriced, and the
a Bangkok-based organization differently through the various Immersion- have let users augmented reality is just two to plunge protection team is saving
shows just that. layers of the earth. The visuals control 3D models by placing three years away from having a the market.
Sponsor are nothing new, but the fact fingers on top of specific parts significant impact on education. • 3:30 It's common knowledge
Perhaps providing a glimpse they could theoretically be of a marker. Qualcomm, which Augmented books and virtual that the government comes in
into the near future of learning, viewed by a student holding a announced its new AR SDK last chemistry sets are likely only a and buys when the market is
the video ( embedded below) s m a r t p h o n e would week at Uplinq 2010, said the fraction of the way the weak.
from Thailand's Institute for the fundamentally change the way kit would include support for technology will revolutionize • 4:45 This is a bear market
Promotion of Teaching Science students use textbooks. this functionality, which it calls the way students learn. rally, it should be sold.
and Technology (IPST) shows I hope, however, that the use of "virtual buttons." Needless to Photo by Flickr user Neys.
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through a geology book meant software, are clunky, obtrusive and augmented reality go far
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Report: By 2015, $45 billion spent on smart grids

(CNET News.com) ABI's worldwide figure research director of NextGen, be updated to accommodate the
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:21:29 AM includes an estimated $41 the ABI Research division that predicted increase in the use of
billion on smart-grid wrote the report. plug-in electric vehicles,
Governments and private transmission and distribution To put it plainly: most electrical according to ABI research.
interests worldwide are expected infrastructure, as well as $4.8 grids are long overdue for an Pike Research has also
to increase investments in smart billion on smart meters for upgrade anyway. predicted big investment in
-grid technology, spending a homes. But it's not just issues of smart grids, albeit from a Alexis Bryan
total of more than $45 billion by The reason for the intense
2015, says a new ABI Research global interest in smart grids is a
reliability and burden forcing slightly different angle. Morgan's Notes on
electrical grids into updates. It's recent estimate
report released Thursday. matter of good timing as well as Electricity generation and encompassed any smart grid- Couture: Valentino
Smart grids are electrical grid the availability of the new storage needs are changing as related technology including ELLE.com (ELLE Fashion
s y s t e m s w i t h t w o - w a y technology and a desire to curb governments push to include cybersecurity software for a Blogs)
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Submitted at 7/8/2010 8:05:00 AM
on both the utility and user ends A B I r e p o r t " S m a r t G r i d renewable energy sources. The of$200 billion spent worldwide
to facilitate better energy Applications: Smart Meters, majority of electrical grids were between 2008 and 2015(a time There was mob scene outside of
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Install Flash on a jailbroken iPad, if you really want to

Victor Agreda, Jr. (The happened and Comex got Flash isn't allowed and we don't think As you can see in the video jailbroken iPad, if you really
Unofficial Apple Weblog working on an jailbroken iPad. it will be allowed any time soon you'll want to break out that want to originally appeared on
(TUAW)) We all knew this was ( 10.1 notwithstanding). Bluetooth keyboard to enjoy the The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Submitted at 7/8/2010 12:30:00 PM technically possible, but clearly Nevertheless, if you're in the full spectrum of the Flash web, (TUAW) on Thu, 08 Jul 2010
Filed under: iPad Apple doesn't feel that Flash's iPad jailbreaking set, go ahead as touch events aren't always 12:30:00 EST. Please see our
Well, if the video above doesn't performance on their mobile and give it a try; Engadget has analogous to mouse clicks and terms for use of feeds.
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Apple's Siri Teams Up With HP's 11.6-inch Pavilion

Wolfram Alpha dm1 goes on sale
Mike Melanson that President Obama was born Darren Murph (Engadget)
(ReadWriteWeb) on Friday, August 4, 1961, but Submitted at 7/8/2010 12:04:00 PM

Submitted at 7/8/2010 1:05:00 PM that this was 48 years, 11

months and 4 days ago. Or more HP's Pavilion dm1 has done an
When we first reviewed Siri specifically, it was 17,870 days awfully great job of living in the
last February, we called it "one ago on the 216th day of 1961. shadows, but it's just about time
of the most ambitious mobile (You have to love that special this 11.6-inch ultranote finally
services we have seen in the last brand of Wolfram Alpha peek its head out to do battle
few years." At the time, we Accelerator competition and answer, where you not only get with Gateway's LT32 and the
acknowledged that, while Siri- soon after it was acquired by the basic facts, but the facts in host of others slotted between (K325) to 1.7GHz (K125);
which was recently acquired by Apple. Now, a partnership with every way you could possibly netbook and ultraportable. At there's also an ATI Mobility
Apple - has answers for a Wolfram Alpha can really bring want.) long last, the style-centered Radeon HD 4225 GPU, 1,366 x
p l e t h o r a o f q u e s t i o n s , i t Siri to the next level. While the app told us that we dm1z is up for sale, touting 768 resolution panel, 802.11n
wouldn't be able to handle them Before now, Siri was limited to were "stretching its capabilities" space for 5GB of DDR3 RAM, WiFi, optional WWAN and a
all. We lamented that "sadly the a select number of categories when we asked it "What's the a 250GB hard drive (or a total weight of just 3.24 pounds.
app doesn't use Wolfram Alpha and information types that it circumference of the Earth?", it 128GB SSD), a 92 percent full- The whole shebang gets going at
to give you answers to factual could answer questions or q u i c k l y a n s w e r e d , u s i n g size keyboard, optional external just $449.99, but don't be
questions (yet)." provide services for. It could Wolfram Alpha, that the Earth's DVD burner, a 6-cell battery shocked at how easy it is to push
Today, we lament no longer, as reserve you a table for two at a equatorial circumference was good for up to 5.25 hours of this cutie beyond six or seven
the latest update to the virtual l o c a l s t e a k h o u s e u s i n g 24,901.47 miles. Where before usage, VGA webcam, three Benjamins.
personal assistant notes that it OpenTable. It could help you we relied on Siri to ask simple USB sockets, a 5-in-1 card HP's 11.6-inch Pavilion dm1
can now provide you with buy tickets to a five o'clock questions about a specific set of reader and a 64-bit copy of goes on sale originally appeared
"more knowledge and s h o w i n g w i t h real life situations, we now feel Windows 7 Home Premium or on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jul
computation results" using MovieTickets.com or tell you if comfortable asking it the most Professional. On the CPU front, 2010 12:04:00 EDT. Please see
"computational knowledge it was going to rain tomorrow inane of questions. The addition it's AMD's Athlon II Neo our terms for use of feeds.
engine" Wolfram Alpha. u s i n g W e a t h e r B u g . B u t of Wolfram Alpha turns Siri into running the show, with a variety Permalink LogicBuy| HP| Email
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years ago now and since then Obama born?" would likely end virtual personal researcher, too.
the company has been on a tear. up with a list of search results. As Siri CEO Dag Kittlaus once
D u r i n g t h i s y e a r ' s S X S W Now, with Wolfram Alpha, told us, Siri really is the "mother
Interactive, we quickly pegged it you'll get a straightforward of all mashups." Discuss
to run away with the BizSpark answer. You'll not only find out

Gadget and Gear Deals of the Day [Dealhacker]

Jason Fitzpatrick (Lifehacker) dual-core laptops, discounted our pile of free loot. More »
Submitted at 7/8/2010 10:00:00 AM monitors, and a great deal on the Home- Consumer Information-
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26 Technology/ Culture/
MapQuest 4 Mobile Gets Spoken
Directions, Background Location
Mike Melanson
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:35:40 AM
If you've spent much time
driving around and trying to
navigate using Google Maps,
then you know how difficult
(and potentially unsafe!) it can
be to try to look down and read
the tiny instructions on where to
go. Personally, I've spent many
an hour wishing it would just
read the directions aloud, as
with many of the expensive GPS
directions apps that are out
there, but without having to
shell out the big bucks.
While this feature doesn't seem
to be showing up for Google
Maps quite yet, it looks like
Mapquest 4 Mobile has released
a new version that will speak
driving directions and more.
Sponsor
MapQuest just announced
version 2.0 of its mobile
offering for iPhone this week
and it comes with several
features we often see only with
expensive GPS apps.
This new version of MapQuest
4 Mobile not only speaks street
Consolidate Firefox 4 Beta's Toolbars Even Further [Toolbars]
Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 7:30:00 AM
The Firefox 4 beta has a new
names, meaning you don't have
to take your eyes off the road, it
does it quite well. The voice
used in the app was quite
understandable and gave not just
the street name, but the entire
direction, out loud. In addition
to speaking the directions, the
app also re-routes the directions
automatically if you miss a turn
- another must have for an in-car
GPS system.
The latest version of MapQuest
4 Mobile also offers iOS4
compatibility, meaning
background location. This
update "allows MapQuest 4
Mobile iPhone to organize the
myriad of purposes afforded by
fast application switching and
background GPS (via iOS 4) by
continuing Voice Guidance &
Spoken Street Names whether
on a call, listening to iPod, or
saving battery with the
look, with tabs on top and
reduced browser chrome space
(on Windows only, for now). If
you'd like an even more
application hidden."
Of course, our only complaint
remains the same - the iPhone's
GPS can, at timez, be absolutely
terrible. We tried mounting the
phone directly under the
windshield and even holding it
out the window to make sure
nothing was blocking its view of
the sky, but still it told us we
were miles away in another
location. When the signal is
good, however, everything
works great.
Beyond the new features,
MapQuest 4 Mobile offers some
standard ones that you find
online with Google Maps, but
not in the iPhone app, such as
being able to avoid toll roads
and highways or plot out
walking directions instead of
driving directions. The "avoid
highways" feature alone is
enough to make us download
this app.
MapQuest 4 Mobile for the
iPhone is available for
download in the iTunes App
Store. Discuss
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Quanta sets new record
for laptop shipments in
June
Donald Melanson (Engadget) things should rebound again in
Submitted at 7/8/2010 12:26:00 PM August. What's the cause for the
uptick? Quanta says it's at least
You may not realize it, but partly due to the easing of some
there's a good chance that the component shortages, including
laptop you're using right now those Arrandale processors that
was made by Quanta-- the have been in short supply-- as
company is the largest laptop PC World notes, Intel has said
manufacturer in the world, and that it's been ramping up
it looks like it's only getting production in order to catch up
bigger. According to PC World, with demand before the end of
the company (which counts HP, the second quarter.
Dell and Sony among its clients) Quanta sets new record for
set a new record for laptop l a p t o p s h i p m e n t s i n J u n e
shipments in June, moving originally appeared on Engadget
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Kin memorial site bites the dust

(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:10:11 AM
The original KinRIP site, seen
here, was built on top of online
memorial platform
ForeverMissed.com. However,
it was taken down after
complaints from other
ForeverMissed.com
customers.(Credit: Screenshot
by CNET)
It turns out that a memorial site
for Microsoft's short-lived Kin
turned out to have an even
shorter life than the device to
which it paid tribute.
The site, KinRIP.com, was built
o n t o p o f t h e
ForeverMissed.com platform,
which allows people to create an
online tribute to departed loved
ones. Well, apparently a
significant number of the
bereaved were none to pleased
to see a gadget memorialized in
the same way as their departed
loved ones.
ForeverMissed.com's Oleg
Andelman said that he got more
than 60 complaints after the Kin
memorial site went up last
week.
"Some were particularly
touching," Andelman said in an
e-mail. "One was from a father
who...had a memorial created
for his young daughter. He was
pleading for me to take action.
Another one was from the
family of U.S. marine, recently
killed in Afghanistan."
Andelman said that, although
the Kin memorial was
generating publicity for his site,
he decided that the service's
current user base's concerns
would win the day and he took
down the Kin tribute on
Monday.
"Publicity aside, it obviously
undermined true intention of
ForeverMissed," he said. "It
offended my loyal customers--I
chose to stay on their side."
The creator of the Kin
memorial site took things in
stride.
"In the end, the Kin memorial
had a similar lifespan to the Kin
phone--a very brief one,"
Shmuel Tennenhaus said in an e
-mail.
For now, Tennenhaus has a
placeholder Wordpress site at
the KinRIP.com domain.
The site, which once featured a
host of tributes to the short-lived
Microsoft phone, now just has a
short message thanking visitors
for checking out the site. "Our
memorial is currently looking
for a new home," the message
says. "Please be patient as we
look for one."
Meanwhile Tennenhaus has
moved on to his next venture--a
Free Lindsay Lohan Web site.
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Watch knots spring to life with Animated Knots

Erica Sadun (The Unofficial You tap on a knot, and you see TUAW Watch knots spring to
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) the knot tie itself on screen life with Animated Knots
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:00:00 AM using stop motion photography. originally appeared on The
I must admit, it's kind of cool. Unofficial Apple Weblog
Filed under: App Review Do Not only do you see each stage (TUAW) on Thu, 08 Jul 2010
you want to tie a specialized of the knot formation, but you 11:00:00 EST. Please see our
knot? There's an app for that! also get a text accompaniment terms for use of feeds.
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o v e r d e s i g n e d . I n s t e a d , i t need to do at each stage in order
with my eyes closed in under 5
presents a list of knots that are to create the knot. This app gave
seconds ... and that's a good
arranged in categories, such as me flashbacks to summer camp,
thing.
boating, fishing, and scouting. where I learned to tie a bowline
28 Technology/ Gaming/ Economy/
comScore: Android Continues To Gain
Smartphone Market Share
Leena Rao (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:28:38 AM
ComScore just released its
smartphone market share
numbers for March through
May, and unsurprisingly the
trend continues from previous
months. Android phone saw the
most significant growth in
market share in May, up 4.0
percentage points to capture
13.0 percent of smartphone
subscribers. Of course, despite
Android’s gain, RIM and Apple
dominated, with RIM taking
41.7 percent share of U.S.
smartphone subscribers,
followed by Apple with 24.4
percent share. Microsoft saw a
13.2 percent share and Palm
rounded the top five out with a
4.8 percent share. In total, 49.1
million people in the U.S.
owned smartphones during the
three months ending in May, up
8.1 percent from the
corresponding February period.
In terms of manufacturer share,
the report found Samsung to be
the top handset manufacturer
three month period. Mobile
browsing also increased to 31.9
percent of U.S. mobile
subscribers (up 2.3 percentage
points). Subscribers who used
downloaded applications
comprised 30.0 percent of the
mobile audience, representing
an increase of 2.1 percentage
points from the previous period.
Accessing of social networking
sites or blogs also saw growth,
increasing 2.6 percentage points
to 20.8 percent of mobile
subscribers.
While Android smartphones
were the only type of phone to
see a gain in market share for
the three month period, the
platform is still way behind
overall with 22.4 percent market Americans age 13 and older Apple’s mobile user base.
share. LG ranked second with used mobile devices. Across the Android still has a ways to go in
21.5 percent share, followed by board, comScore’s numbers terms of market share before it
Motorola (21.2 percent share), show mobile phone users in the c a n b e s e e n a s a m a j o r
RIM (8.7 percent share, up 0.5 U.S. are interacting more with competitor to Apple, but it is
percentage point) and Nokia their phones. In terms of actions, nice to see that the platform is
(8.1 percent share). 65.2 percent of U.S. mobile slowly gaining a larger user
For the three month period subscribers used text messaging base. CrunchBase Information
from March to May, comScore on their mobile device in May, comScore Information provided
r e p o r t s t h a t 2 3 4 m i l l i o n up 1.4 percent versus the prior by CrunchBase
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All This Quantitative
Easing Is Going To Lead
To More Emerging
Market Bubbles
Gregory White (The Money
Game)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 10:53:23 AM
Jonathan Tepper of Variant
Perception spoke with CNBC
today about the state of central
banks and what their aims will
be to combat the threat of a
double dip.
• 0:40 Central banks prefer
inflation over deflation, and will
expand their balance sheets,
engaging in more quantitative
easing.
• 1:15 The Fed has brought
down mortgage rates and the
Bank of England is buying
corporate bonds.
• 1:50 There will be more
excess liquidity as a result, more
money will flow abroad, and
inflate emerging market
economies, notably in Asia.
This could create more bubbles
there.
Join the conversation about this
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Mafia 2 takes a tour of Empire Bay

Ben Gilbert (Joystiq) Seen during two distinct time you could process in a single Joystiq on Thu, 08 Jul 2010
periods over the course of the
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Open Feint Brings Plug-And-Play

Social Gaming Platform To Android
Phones
Leena Rao (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 10:55:41 AM
Last year, Aurora Feint
launched a comprehensive
social gaming platform dubbed
OpenFeint that has seen success
in attracting independent iPhone
game developers to its rapidly
growing community. But
Android also has potential as a
vibrant social gaming platform
with its growing community of
gaming developers. Today,
OpenFeint is announcing a soon
to be released platform for
Android apps.
OpenFeint’s mobile social
platform and application for
smartphones includes a set of
Feint has also incorporated
Google Checkout into the
developer SDK.
The platform, which currently
has a presence in over 2,200 live
games for the iPhone, will
include content from publishers
existing OpenFeint platform is
quite popular amongst
developers and already powers
social gaming services for 28
million users and is growing at a
monthly pace of 25 percent. The
platform is growing at a nice
clip and is even getting into the
social gaming arena as well.
It’s wise for Aurora Feint to
offer communities for a variety
of platforms. Not only will it Sony Ericsson Xperia
generate more revenue for the
company, but it also generates
more user exposure. And while
X10 Mini / Mini Pro
the Android gaming system is
still young and not nearly as
large as the iPhone platform, we
review
Richard Lai (Engadget) baby form factors offer more
know Google will soon get into than just some palm-cuddling
the gaming space.
Submitted at 7/8/2010 1:06:00 PM

such as Astraware, Digital time? Can we get a decent

online game services such as
leaderboards and achievements
running in a cloud-based Web
environment. Launching later
this summer, the company’s
Android developed community
will include a standard SDK, a
game discovery store and
mobile payment options. Aurora
Chocolate, Glu Mobile, Hudson
Soft and others.
Of course, AuroraFeint is quick
to assure developers that it has
no intentions of abandoning its
iPhone platform and stated that
it will continue to add new
features to that community. The
Aurora Feint also just
announced a$4 million
investment from Chinese game
developer The9. CrunchBase
Information Aurora Feint
Information provided by
CrunchBase
I n a s m a r t p h o n e m a r k e t smartphone performance out of
saturated with 3.5-inch and them? Follow us after the break
larger displays, Sony Ericsson to find out.
reckons there's still a little place Gallery: Sony Ericsson Xperia
for petite packages. Enter the X10 Mini / Mini Pro review
Xperia X10 Mini(E10i) and Continue reading Sony
Mini Pro(U20i) -- both direct Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini /
descendants of the beastly X10 Mini Pro review
Android 1.6 handset. Apart from Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini
the Pro's slide-out keyboard, / Mini Pro review originally
r e m o v a b l e b a t t e r y , a n d appeared on Engadget on Thu,
positioning of various features, 08 Jul 2010 13:06:00 EDT.
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OpenFeints Ups Stakes & Heads for Gerontology Comes of
Android Country
Curt Hopkins (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 12:00:00 PM
AuroraFeint's OpenFeint was a
pioneering platform for
providing developers with the
tools to create social gaming
options on the iPhone. Then
Apple decided to create its own
Game Center. Then, as now, the
company's insists its still
playing nice with Apple.
But the fact is, OpenFeint has
decided to take its 9,200
developers and over 2,200
games over to Android.
Sponsor
"To date, Google has only made
small gains in gaming with the
acquisition of AdScape in 2007
and the launch of flash games
thanks to a partnership with
Mochi Media in 2008.
OpenFeint for Android will
provide more than just an SDK
code but a new game discovery
and payment solution."
Coming along for the ride are
game publishers Astraware,
Digital Chocolate, Glu Mobile
and Hudson Soft, as well as
indie studios like Distinct Dev,
ustwo, Pik Pok and RocketCat
Games.
Certainly the OpenFeint
developer community, whose
efforts on the iOS have attracted
28 million users, is a long stride
forward.
What If?
Age
(AEI.Org: Articles)
Submitted at 7/7/2010 6:00:00 PM
In 1923, at age 67, Sigmund
Freud had a vasectomy. By
signing up for the Steinach
operation--as the procedure,
named for the Austrian
endocrinologist Eugen Steinach,
was then known--the famed
psychiatrist was less concerned
with sex than he was with
longevity. Nearly a century ago
it was believed that tying off
one's spermatic cords could
thwart the effects of aging.
In the succeeding decades,
scientists moved from one idea
to another in search of a
procedure or pill that could
improve longevity. As we learn
in David Stipp's "The Youth
Pill," research may be finally
catching up with aspiration.
The question seems obvious, Google is motivated to work "The rate of aging in widely
however. If OpenFeint proves a c r o s s b o t h p l a t f o r m s . diverse organisms [turns] out to
i n s t r u m e n t a l i n m a k i n g Assuming the world will have be not only amazingly plastic
Androids a power in mobile b o t h i O S a n d A n d r o i d , but also controlled in a way that
gaming, will Google decide it O p e n F e i n t w i l l r e m a i n has enabled scientists to slow it
should have its own official interesting to developers and down with readily available
mobile game development kit, users as the only multi-playform interventions," writes Mr. Stipp,
just like Apple? SDK and community." a former reporter for Fortune
"If Google did, that would be a OpenFeint also closed a $4 magazine and The Wall Street
nice problem for us to have," million investment from The9, Journal.
said Eros Resmini, VP of a n C h i n e s e o n l i n e g a m e
Marketing. "It would tell us we company, this week. Previous
were, once again, doing the right i n v e s t m e n t i n c l u d e d l a s t
thing" October's investment by Japan's
P e t e r R e l a n , E x e c u t i v e DeNA. Discuss
Chairman:"Neither Apple nor
E-reader News Edition
Mr. Stipp offers an engaging
account of the burgeoning field
dubbed gerontology--the study
of aging and of medicinal tools
to block its unwanted effects.
The most compelling theory has
settled on a series of genes that
are activated when people are
fed a low-calorie diet. This
science of calorie restriction, or
"CR," as it is called in medical
literature, stems from studies of
an eccentric group of people
who engage in near-starvation
diets as a way to extend their
lives. Mr. Stipp believes that
this line of research holds the
best promise of a
pharmaceutical product that
could slow the degenerative
effects of aging. . . .
This article is available from
the Wall Street Journal. The full
text will be posted to AEI.org on
Monday, July 12.
Scott Gottlieb, M.D., is a
resident fellow at AEI.
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iAds uses iTunes history, location The Big M: Menopause

information to target advertising Myths: Part I
Mike Schramm (The Unofficial you are. Apple knows what WomansDay.com Editors described as “ovarian failure,”
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) you've purchased in iTunes, but (Daily Woman's Day Blog) according
Submitted at 7/8/2010 10:00:00 AM that information isn't necessarily Submitted at 7/8/2010 10:00:00 AM
communicated to Nissan or Best to Margaret Lock, in her
Filed under: Apple, iAds We've Buy. Reader Cynthia asked recently fascinating cross-cultural study,
heard about this before, but now If you're still worried about if I could talk about some of the Encounters with Aging. By the
that it's up and running, this is iAds, though, Apple does offer a myths surrounding menopause. way, our ovaries don’t “fail,”
probably worth a revisit. Apple's way to opt-out of sharing your She must have been reading my though they do shift in function.
iAds system actually uses lots of location or purchase mind, because I’ve been
your information, including information; you can go to https: In the 1960s, menopause was
your iTunes purchasing history, //oo.apple.com/ in your iOS 4 thinking about just such a blog labeled a “’deficiency disease.’”
location data, and any other TV downloads to target you device's browser and register to posting. Reality: Menopause is a natural
download or library information with advertising. opt-out of that kind of targeting. Here are a few common myths, process and need not be
it can suss out about you, to Is there anything wrong with You will still see iAds, but but let me know if you have medicalized or managed.
determine what ads you see. So that? Not really. Apple isn't Apple won't use your personal others. I’d love to hear about the Women who undergo
say a few marketing firms running the only targeted information to choose them for difference between your reality hysterectomies, though, are
w o r k i n g w i t h t h e l a r g e advertising network, of course, you. and the common suddenly plunged into
companies now buying and and the whole problem with TUAW iAds uses iTunes
selling iAds. analytics firms like Flurry is that history, location information to (mis)perceptions about this menopause and many do seek
A recent series of ads for soap they were tracking and sharing target advertising originally stage of life. help to deal with this sudden
was able to target "married men this information anyway through appeared on The Unofficial 1. Myth: Menopause is a transition.
who are in their late 30s and third-party apps. Apple also isn't Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, disease that must be treated. As 2. Myth: Menopause occurs at
have children." That's very s h a r i n g y o u r p e r s o n a l 08 Jul 2010 10:00:00 EST. Cynthia stated in her comments, age 50.
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Shanghai Apple Store is a stunner 10 Tips for Packing

Dave Caolo (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 7/8/2010 1:00:00 PM
Filed under: Retail Now that
Apple has held a pre-opening of
Shanghai's first Apple Store
(China's second) for the press,
we can finally get a look inside.
Shanghaiist has published a
great article about the store,
complete with a large photo
gallery. Here are some
incredible facts about this new
location:
• The cylinder (40 feet high)
contains the largest curved glass
panels in the world
• There are more hands-on
gadgets to play with than any
other Apple Store (but no iPads
or iPhone 4s yet)
• It's one of the largest Apple
Stores
• It's got one of the largest
Genius Bars
Once you're inside, the design
and layout is similar to other
Apple Stores. TUAW reader
Lawrence Sheed was also
invited to the pre-opening and
has posted a huge gallery of
photos. He adds that the
managers and staff were
"overwhelmingly positive" and
knew their stuff.
Congratulations to Apple on
what looks like an incredible
store. If you attend the opening
this weekend, let us know!
TUAW Shanghai Apple Store
is a stunner originally appeared
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24 Depressing Pieces Of Evidence That Difficult Economic

Times Lie Ahead
Michael Snyder (The Money pieces of news that "gloom and to get worse during the second
Game) doom" economists can hang quarter of 2010. If things don't
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:26:00 AM their hats on these days. There pick up soon will we see half
is a very dark mood in world empty shopping malls by the
If you watch any mainstream financial markets right now, and time Christmas rolls around?
news program these days, it is it seems like almost everyone is Oil spill CBS News is reporting
almost a certainty that someone waiting for the other shoe to that the oil spill in the Gulf of
w i l l m e n t i o n t h e w o r d drop. But does all of this really Mexico is hurting
"recession" before a half hour mean that we are looking at the businesses"from coast to coast".
passes. start of another recession before The longer this oil spill goes on
In fact, it seems like almost the end of 2010? the bigger of an impact it is
everyone is either predicting The truth is that nobody really going to have. The cost to the
t h a t w e a r e g o i n g i n t o a knows. Things certainly look American economy from this
recession, or they are warning of very ominous out there. The disaster could ultimately be in
the need to avoid a recession or dark clouds are gathering and the trillions.
they are proclaiming that we are the economic winds are starting If BP goes under...
still in a recession. So will the to blow in a bad direction. The Image: Greenpeace Some
U.S. economy once again be in following are 24 pieces of analysts are warning that if BP
recession in 2010? Click here to evidence that do seem to goes under as a result of the
see the evidence > consumers aren't confident they claims that China’s property
indicate that very difficult Gulf of Mexico oil spill that it
When you consider all the signs economic times are imminent.... won't be spending money. If market is beginning a "collapse"
could cause the total collapse of
that are pointing that way, the Treasury yields U.S. Treasury American consumers don't start that will send a shockwave
the worldwide derivatives
evidence is compelling. The yields have dropped to stunning spending money soon a lot of a c r o s s t h e g l o b e . One
market and unleash a liquidity
truth is that there is bad new lows. So why are they so American retailers are going to p r o m i n e n t e c o n o m i s t t h a t
crisis unlike anything the world
economic news wherever you low? Well, it is because so go belly up. specializes in China is even
financial system has ever seen.
turn. There is bad news in the many investors are anticipating M3 Money supply forecasting that property prices
Meanwhile in Illinois... The
housing industry. There is bad that we are headed into a Sucks. The M3 money supply in major Chinese cities are
state of Illinois has stopped
news in the financial markets. deflationary period. In fact, plunged at a 9.6 percent annual likely to soon experience a drop
paying most of its bills and yet
There is bad news in the many economists are warning rate during the first quarter of of up to 30 percent.
the flood of red ink continues to
banking system. There is bad that the fact that Treasury yields 2010. If the M3 keeps declining European economic growth
get even worse. Illinois now
news coming out of Europe. are so low is one of the clearest at that kind of a rate it is going Nouriel Roubini is warning that
ranks eighth in the world in
There are even signs that the signs that economic trouble is to put extreme deflationary Europe's economy could stop
possible bond-holder default.
bubble in China may be about to ahead. pressure on the U.S. economy. growing as soon as this year.
That is even worse than
burst. China's property market Many Back in 2007 and 2008, the U.S.
Consumer Confidence Index California.
Plus, the economic impact of T h e C o n f e r e n c e B o a r d ' s economists are now warning w a s t h e e p i c e n t e r o f t h e
California's budget crisis
the Gulf of Mexico oil spill Consumer Confidence Index that the"China investment financial crisis, but many
Speaking of California, the
could end up being the straw (or declined sharply to 52.9 in June. bubble" is about to burst. In analysts believe that it will be
Schwarzenegger administration
the gigantic concrete slab) that Most economists had expected fact, Kenneth Rogoff, Harvard Europe this time around.
has won an appellate court
really breaks the camel's back. that the figure for June would be University professor and former Shopping malls' vacancies
So there are certainly a lot of somewhere around 62. If c h i e f e c o n o m i s t o f t h e Vacancies and lease rates at DEPRESSING page 35
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ruling saying it has the authority
to impose the federal minimum
wage of $7.25 an hour on more
than 200,000 state workers as
California wrestles with its
latest budget crisis.
More job losses
Image: Wikimedia Things are
so bad at the state level in the
U.S. that economist Mark Zandi
is projecting that up to 400,000
workers could lose their jobs in
the next year as states, counties
and cities struggle with lower
tax revenues and significantly
reduced federal funding.
High unemployment Two
Federal Reserve officials
recently said that U.S.
unemployment is likely to stay
high for a long time. Normally
Fed officials are some of the
biggest cheerleaders for the
economy. If they are not
optimistic about the
employment situation that is a
very bad sign.
The death cross
Image: Flickr Analysts are
warning that the "death cross" is
coming. The Standard & Poor's
500 50-day moving average is
about to cross beneath the 200-
day moving average, and many
economists say that this is a
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prominent trader says that the
Dow Jones Industrial Average is
repeating a pattern that appeared
just before financial markets
collapsed during the Great
Depression.
Like 1932... Ambrose Evans-
Pritchard, one of the most
respected financial columnists in
the world, really raised
eyebrows recently when he
declared that this"really is
starting to feel like 1932".
New home sales In the month
of May, sales of new homes in
the United States dropped to the
lowest level on record.
Index of real estate sales
agreements The National
Association of Realtors recently
announced that its seasonally
adjusted index of sales
agreements for previously
occupied homes dropped 30
percent in May.
Florida's foreclosures It is being
reported that sales of foreclosed
homes in Florida made up
nearly 40 percent of all home
purchases in the state during the
first part of 2010.
Budget cuts in Europe
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Europe have pledged to
dramatically cut their national
budgets, and many economists
are warning that such a dramatic
pullback in public sector
spending could cause a very
significant slowdown of the
European economy.
U.K. banks Banks in the U.K.
are being instructed to hoard
cash in preparation for the next
financial crisis.
Confidence sagging One recent
poll found that 76 percent of
Americans believe that the U.S.
economy is actually still in a
recession.
Long-term unemployment The
average duration of
unemployment in the United
States has risen to an all-time
high. Millions of unemployed
Americans are fighting off deep
despair and depression as they
find it nearly impossible to find
a decent job.
Bank failures Small and mid-
size banks across the United
States are failing at a rapidly
accelerating pace. The truth is
that the entire U.S. banking
system is teetering on the brink
of disaster.
Double-dip? At this point just
about everyone can see the
writing on the wall. Literally
dozens of top economists and
world leaders are declaring that
we are likely to enter the second
leg of a "double-dip recession"
at some point over the next
twelve months.
Who knows what will happen?
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So yes, things are really, really
bad.
Those who want to forecast a
coming recession don't have to
look too far for data that will
back them up.
But wait.
There is actually one prominent
economist who says that it is
virtually impossible that the
United States will experience a
recession in the next six months.
Goldman Sachs economist
Andrew Tilton says that there is
"no way in hell" that the U.S.
economy is going into a
recession. To be more precise,
Tilton says that there is a 1.6%
chance that the U.S. economy
will be in a recession six months
from now.
So according to Tilton, there is
a 98.4% chance (and he has
computer models that
supposedly back him up) that
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the U.S. economy will be
growing when we reach the end
of the year.
So what is actually going to
happen?
Who knows.
The truth is that so many of
these economists are so caught
up in what is happening in the
short-term that they are missing
the bigger picture.
The bigger picture is that the
U.S. economy is more over-
leveraged than it ever has been
before, and we are caught in a
debt spiral that is basically
impossible to unwind.
So in the final analysis it really
doesn't matter if we are
"officially" in a recession by the
end of 2010 or not. The truth is
that the United States is headed
for a devastating long-term
economic collapse and there
isn't much that anyone can do to
change that reality at this point.
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Risk On, Markets Up: Here Are The Morning Links -
10 Trades To Watch Right Now
Gregory White (The Money
Game)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 10:35:00 AM
Right now, markets are
responding to positive news
world wide and bringing risk
back on to the agenda. The U.S.
rally is fizzling, but things
worldwide are looking much
better.
• Dow up 0.36%
• S&P 500 up 0.18%
• NASDAQ up 0.09%
• FTSE 100 up 1.38%
• DAX up 0.44%
• CAC 40 up 1.44%
Retailers: Abercrombie and
Fitch Abercrombie and Fitch
blew away expectations.
Retailers: The Gap The Gap has Crude Oil: Up 1.25%
missed expectations.
Retailers: J.C. Penney J.C.
Penney had positive results. European banking stress tests:
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"Mommy, mommy, I want that!
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seems to be the soundtrack
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either a psych 101 class or an
advertising class knows it's on
purpose. Each commercial is
designed to grab
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create a need in them that can
notice too, and seriously
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us dumber. Web-connected
laptops, smartphones and
videogame consoles have all
been cast as distracting brain
mushers. But there’s reason to
believe some of the newest
devices might not erode our
minds. In fact, some scientists
think they could even make us
smarter.
Could the cleaner and more
modern interfaces that we see on
iPads, iPhones and Android
smartphones better suit the way
our minds were meant to work?
While doing research for my
upcoming technoculture book
titled Always On, I posed the
question to Muhammet
Demirbilek, an assistant
professor of educational
technology at Suleyman
Demirel University, whose
findings suggest newer mobile
interfaces could foster focus and
improve our ability to learn.
“The interface of [the] iPad
could work well for us,”
Demirbilek told me. “We use
our hands instead of a keyboard
or mouse, and it fits exactly how
we behave and think in real life.
In addition, the iPad interface
looks easier for us, because it
has larger-size text and bigger
icons. It is less likely to cause
cognitive overload to the user,
based on my studies.”
This idea challenges the
conclusions of web cynics like
Nicholas Carr. In his new book,
The Shallows, Carr draws on a
plethora of studies that
collectively conclude the
internet is shattering our focus
and rewiring our brains to make
us shallower thinkers. However,
these arguments may not apply
to the newest wave of devices.
Though scientists haven’t had a
chance to study the implications
of the cleaner and more modern
interfaces that we see on iPads,
iPhones and Android
smartphones, we can draw some
inferences from previous studies
on computer interface and brain
activity.
In 2004, Demirbilek conducted
a study on 150 students at the
University of Florida to examine
the effects of different computer
windows interfaces on learning.
He compared two interfaces —
a tiled-windows interface, in
which windows were displayed
next to each other in their
entirety, versus an overlapping-
windows interface, in which
windows were laid on top of
each other like a spread-out
stack of paper.
Inside a computer lab, the
participants were split into two
groups randomly assigned to
work with the tiled-windows
interface mode or the
overlapping-windows mode.
Each mode contained a
multimedia learning
environment requiring the
students to complete certain
tasks. Demirbilek measured the
students’ disorientation — how
likely they were to get lost in a
document, and their cognitive
load — the total amount of
mental activity being taxed in
the working memory.
To measure disorientation, each
student’s Internet Explorer
history file recorded the number
of informational “nodes” that
were accessed to complete each
task — in other words, the
number of steps each user took
before finishing an activity. For
each task, a user was deemed
either oriented or completely
lost based on the number of
nodes accessed.
To measure cognitive load, the
students were timed on how
long they took to react to
different interactions. For
instance, in one part of the
study, the participants were
required to click a button as
soon as the background color of
a window changed.
After completing his study,
Demirbilek found that subjects
using the tiled-windows
interface were significantly less
disoriented than subjects using
an overlapping-windows
interface. He also found that
participants working with
overlapping windows were
substantially more likely to
experience cognitive overload
than those working with tiled
windows.
In conclusion, students using
the tiled-windows interface were
able to find specific information
more easily and engage with it
more deeply, whereas students
working with overlapping
windows struggled to see how
parts of a knowledge base were
related, and they often omitted
large pieces of information.
Students using the tiled-
windows interface were able to
learn considerably better than
those working with overlapping
windows.
“The tiled-windows interface
treatment provided help to users,
enabling them to efficiently
communicate with the
hypermedia learning
environment,” Demirbilek wrote
in his research paper.
Demirbilek’s conclusions don’t
contradict Carr’s assertions, but
they suggest that the gap where
information is lost between
short-term memory and long
term-memory is not due solely
to hyperlinking, but also to the
disorienting nature of the
interface used. Carr is correct
that the traditional PC
computing environment (such as
Windows or Mac OS X), which
uses an overlapping-windows
interface, is conducive to
shallower learning.
However, Carr’s cited studies
focus on interfaces that will
soon be out-of-date. Newer
mobile devices such as the
iPhone, iPad and Android
smartphones abolish the
traditional graphical user
interface we’re accustomed to.
Gone are the mouse pointer and
the mess of windows cluttering
our desktop. On these mobile
technologies — especially the
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iPad with its bigger 9.7-inch
display — all the emphasis is
placed on the content, and each
launched app completely takes
over the screen. The only
pointers are our fingers. And
going forward, we can expect
future tablet computers
competing with the iPad to
replicate the single-screen
interface.
Additionally, as touchscreen
tablet computer users continue
to grow, more web developers
will feel pressured to scrap the
busy website interfaces we’re
accustomed to today. The drab,
cluttered websites with squint-
inducing boxes will be refreshed
with large, touchable icons.
Demirbilek and I agree that the
iPad-driven tablet revolution is
poised to improve user
orientation and learning.
Of course, the iPad is less than
a year old, and it has some work
to do. By only displaying one
app or one piece of content at a
time, the iPad solves one
problem while creating another.
A 1999 experiment on windows
interfaces conducted by
researchers at the University of
Minnesota found that fourth-
grade students using multiple
windows were able to answer
quiz questions more quickly and
score significantly higher than
students working with a single
window.
In conclusion, they found that
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Darpa's Genetically Engineered Blood Starts Pumping

Katie Drummond (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 8:49:00 AM

More troops than ever are

surviving their battlefield
injuries, often overloading the
military’s health care system.
Massive blood shortages
continue to plague military
trauma care, and the problem is
complicated by the remote,
inaccessible locations of today’s
warzones.
In 2008, Darpa, the Pentagon’s
blue sky research arm, launched
the Blood Pharming program,
with the goal of manufacturing
mega doses of universal donor
red blood units (O-negative)
using a compact, self-contained
system. “Pharming” is the
process of genetically
engineering animals or plants to
generate mass quantities of
medically useful substances, Arteriocyte scientists three days Hopkins, thinks pharmed blood strategy has mainly been they’ve mastered the formula
like hormones or antibodies. In to turn a single umbilical cord would have several advantages contained to basically using for pharmed blood, the
this case, Darpa wants a unit into 20 units of RBC- over relying on the real stuff. stale blood,” Brown said. “And company’s got a ways to go to
synthetic platform that’s packed blood. The average Because most blood used in they’ll set up mobile blood make it financially viable. A
engineered to cultivate blood soldier needs 6 units during military operations is donated banks in a war-zone, but even single unit of pharmed blood
cells. trauma treatment. on U.S ground, it’s usually three every troop rolling up their currently runs them $5,000.
Now Arteriocyte, the biotech “We’re basically mimicking weeks old by the time it hits the sleeve might not be enough Still, given the price tag of
firm that got $1.95 million for bone marrow in a lab front lines. The shelf-life of when you’ve got a crisis with transporting and storing donated
the project, has sent off an initial environment,” company CEO donated blood is still disputed. dozens or more injuries.” blood, Darpa’s betting that a
shipment of their pharmed blood Don Brown tells Danger Room. The Red Cross tosses RBC units And because the method can unit of pharmed blood will make
product to the Food and Drug “Our model works, but we need after 42 days, but some medical get so much blood from a single financial sense once it costs less
Administration, in hopes of to extrapolate our production experts think that fresh blood cord unit, it’d also minimize than $1,000.
passing muster with agency’s abilities to make scale.” “expires” after 28 days, and cite risks associated with multiple- Human trials aren’t likely until
safety regulators. And while Darpa’s largely after increased risk of infection and donation transfusions, which are 2013, but the Pentagon could
The blood was produced using an endless stream of war-zone organ failure once blood is older common when a patient needs invoke “emergency protocol” to
hematopoietic cells, derived blood, Brown, whose company than two weeks. several units.
from embryonic cord blood uses technology created at Johns “Until now, the military’s But while Arteriocyte think DARPA'S page 39
units. Currently, it takes
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DARPA'S
CNN Fires Veteran Middle East Editor Over continued from page 38

snag the blood sooner — Brown

Tweet predicts military use within five
years.
Reuters (Wired Top Stories) passing of Sayyed Mohammed later distanced himself from its … to join Twitter Photo: U.S Air Force
Submitted at 7/8/2010 7:40:00 AM Hussein Fadlallah … One of ties with Iran. • Dutch cabinet advisors ban See Also:
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Fadlallah hold his posters after the Twitter posting almost judgment” on her part, the Relativity Media • Pentagon: Zombie Pigs First,
the announcement of his death immediately and took issue Times reported. • Google, Bing search engines Then Hibernating Soldiers
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Run Wired, Run Deep: Subs May Finally Get Online

Olivia Koski (Wired Top messages delivered at very low Information Grid as any Navy
Stories) bit rates by Extremely Low ship. Within a few years, all
Submitted at 7/8/2010 9:56:00 AM Frequency(3-3000 Hz) or Very U.S. Navy subs will be equipped
Low Frequency transmissions with expendable high-tech
A nuclear submarine in deep (3000-30,000 Hz). In order for communications buoys that will
dive may be the last place on s u b s t o r e s p o n d , o r i f allow two-way real-time chat,
Earth where it’s impossible to communication beyond slow data transfer and e-mail.
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multiple windows, displayed in
their entirety, assisted in
completing tasks where more
than one source of information
is needed to solve a problem.
The iPad’s single-screen
interface reduces elements of
distraction and potentially
enhances user orientation, but
because of the lack of windows,
it also eliminates the ability to
read information from multiple
sources simultaneously on a
single screen to complete more
complex tasks. This
shortcoming is what makes the
iPad lacking as a productivity
device for doing work. But
problems like this can be solved
over time with software updates.
And even though the iPad isn’t
yet ideal for professionals, that’s
just one audience for the device,
Demirbilek said. He believes the
iPad has already introduced an
interface beneficial to learning,
especially for children.
“I think that the interface of
[the] iPad could work well for
young children because it maps
onto how kids already do things
in their daily life,” he said.
“Sweeping things across the
Shirtless Peter Facinelli
screen fits exactly with how
very young children behave and
Celebrates Nurse Jackie's
think.”
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Text RSS, Term Extraction. shirtless afternoon of snorkeling
with dolphins yesterday in
Hawaii. He's off on a tropical
getaway with his wife, Jennie
Garth, and their daughters
following his whirlwind press
additional cause to celebrate
tour for Eclipse. The work won't today - his Showtime series was
stop for Peter anytime soon, nominated for seven Primetime
though, as he's lined up two Emmy Awards!
movie projects that will keep View 2 Photos ›
him busy for the rest of the year.
It's his small-screen project,
Nurse Jackie, that gave Peter
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The Perfect White T-
Shirt (Or Ten)
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Submitted at 7/8/2010 10:00:00 AM
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Einztein Knowledge Network
Catalogs Virtual Courses from
Around the Web [Learning]
Jason Fitzpatrick (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 8:30:00 AM
More and more universities are
putting video courses online but
combing through various
collegiate and organization web
sites looking for videos is
tee($98), J.Crew vintage cotton
v-neck($29.50), Gap cuffed
sleeve top($19.50)
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tee($60), Splendid vintage
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top($44)
tedious. Einztein gathers videos
and virtual courses from across
Culture/ 41
Gwen Stefani, Taylor Swift, Cory
Monteith, and Jeremy Piven in This Week's
Fun and Funny Celebrity Twitter Photos!
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Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:15:00 AM
With the long Fourth of July
weekend, many of our favorite
stars had an extra day to tweet Use a Daily Log to Keep
photos of their exciting Yourself Focused on
adventures. Gwen Stefani hit the
studio with the boys of No Productivity
Doubt, while Taylor Swift went [Productivity]
all the shots, and don't forget to
wild with red, white, and blue. The How-To Geek
follow us on Twitter for exciting
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wrapped up the latest season of Everybody
USEwants to be more
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Entourage- click through to see
What Have You Suddenly
Discovered You Were Doing
Wrong? [Ask The Readers]
Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 8:00:00 AM
A great thread started up in the
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asking members to share
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productive, and you can find Business- Religion and

loads of tools and systems
designed to help you do just
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day? That's where a daily log
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SarahPAC ‘Mama Grizzlies’ Video
Touts Women’s Clout
(Newsmax - Inside Cover)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 5:08:56 AM
A new video from Sarah Palin's
political action committee
invokes the power of “common-
sense conservative women” as
she urges “mama grizzlies” to
let the nation hear them roar.
The campaign-style video
features the former Alaska
governor calling forth a
"stampede" of conservative
women who want to change
Washington, according to The
Swamp political blog in the
Chicago Tribune.
The SarahPAC video features
footage and audio from various
appearances of the former
Republican vice-presidential
Spirituality- Shopping- Home &
Garden- Employment
nominee.
Story continues below.
"This year will be remembered
as a year when common-sense
conservative women get things
done for our country," Palin
proclaims in the video. "It seems
like it's kind of a mom
awakening in the last year and a
half . . . Moms kind of just
know when something's wrong."
The women power she evokes
in her campaign for what has
come to be known as the “new
feminism” calls to mind Helen
Reddy’s feminine anthem from
the ’70s, which proclaimed,” I
am woman, hear me roar, in
numbers too big to ignore.”
And Palin’s “Moms kind of just
know when something’s wrong”
nearly channel’s Reddy’s “Oh
yes I am wise, but it's wisdom
born of pain.”
The SarahPAC video doesn’t
pitch for money, but rather
urges viewers to "join the
movement," The Swamp
reports.
Echoing Reddy’s “I am woman
watch me grow, see me standing
toe to toe.”
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In the wake of Republican Obama's choosing."
National Committee Chairman "This is not something the
Michael Steele's lashing out United States has actively
against the war in Afghanistan, prosecuted or wanted to engage
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Obama Administration Accepts Its First Military Commission

Guilty Plea
Cully Stimson (The Foundry: and announced that there was a knowledge of the planning or
Conservative Policy News.) pre-trial agreement (PTA) in the part in the embassy bombings,
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:00:51 AM case and that she had instructed the attack on the Cole, or of the
the members not to read the 9/11 attacks. Nevertheless, he
G U A N T A N A M O B A Y , newspapers about the plea. We continued to materially support
CUBA – Ibrahim al Qosi, a learned at the end of the al-Qaeda both before and after 9
S u d a n e s e - b o r n a l - Q a e d a proceeding that the sentencing /11.
terrorist, held at Guantanamo would take place on August 9, In the modern, air-conditioned
Bay since early 2002, pleaded 2010. court room perched high on a
guilty Wednesday at his military A PTA in military court is hill overlooking the placid
c o m m i s s i o n t o b o t h essentially a contract between waters of Guantanamo Bay, the
charges—conspiracy to provide the accused and the convening judge accepted al Qosi’s pleas
material support for terrorism authority (the entity that owns and discussed the meaning and
a n d m a t e r i a l s u p p o r t f o r commissions). In exchange for effect of his PTA. There were
terrorism. His much-anticipated pleading guilty and waiving several interesting specially
plea caps an eight-year saga certain trial rights, the accused negotiated provisions within the
s p a n n i n g t w o s e p a r a t e then gets the benefit of the pre- PTA that merit mentioning.
Administrations and represents trial deal. Typically, the PTA confinement, if one exists at all facts contained within the 26- Under al Qosi’s PTA, the
the fourth conviction for the on- has a provision that places a in this case. paragraph narrative with the government may dispose of any
a g a i n - o f f - a g a i n m i l i t a r y maximum cap on confinement. In typical courts-martial, during accused in open court. physical evidence after the plea
commissions and the first such The military judge (or a guilty plea, the accused is Al Qosi told the judge, through is accepted, including but not
c o n v i c t i o n i n t h e O b a m a members, if the accused chooses placed under oath and then his stipulation and in response to limited to any DNA evidence.
Administration. members for sentencing) does engages in an extended the judge’s questions, that he The accused agreed not to
Flanked by his three lawyers not know what that cap is until conversation with the judge provided material support to al- request any live testimony at his
(two military, one lead civilian a f t e r s h e a n n o u n c e s h e r about each and every fact that Qaeda from 1996 to December sentencing hearing from any
counsel), al Qosi arrived in the sentence. The accused gets the supports each and every element 2001. He provided logistical current detainee at Gitmo.
G u a n t a n a m o B a y m a i n lesser of the two sentences. For to the crimes to which he is support, including acting as a Al Qosi agreed not to sue any
courthouse dressed in a white example, if the cap per the PTA pleading guilty. In the driver and cook for Osama bin former or current government
knitted cap and white prison is 10 years but the members alternative, the accused may Laden (OBL). In 1996, he met official, in either his official or
garb (worn by all compliant sentence him to eight years, then enter into a stipulation of fact to with and spoke to OBL and personal capacity, for any matter
d e t a i n e e s ) a n d s p o r t e d a the accused gets eight years. On accomplish the same goal. eventually provided related to his capture, detention,
moderate-length grey beard. the other hand, if the cap is 10 In this case, the accused, his transportation for OBL. In or prosecution, and he agreed to
Approximately 5’8” and slim, al years but the members sentence counsel, and the government support of al-Qaeda, he fought drop any pending lawsuits of
Qosi (who has 20 AKAs) wore him to 25 years, he gets the 10 entered into a Stipulation of Fact the Chechens, utilizing an M-43 that sort. He agreed to direct his
g l a s s e s t h r o u g h o u t t h e years. concerning the charges. And mortar. Even after the United attorneys, after his sentence is
proceeding, which lasted almost Here, since the sentencing although that Stipulation of Fact States embassies in Africa were announced, to drop his current
four hours. hearing won’t take place until was not made available to the bombed in 1998, the USS Cole petition for writ of habeas
The military judge, sitting August, we don’t know the public (for fear it might unduly was bombed, and al-Qaeda took corpus pending in the U.S.
w i t h o u t a j u r y ( c a l l e d material terms of his PTA, influence the members for the credit, al Qosi continued to
“members”), opened the court including any possible cap on August sentencing hearing), the provide material support for the OBAMA page 51
military judge did go over key terrorist organization. He had no
44 Politics/
Recess Move Draws Bipartisan Fire
(Newsmax - Inside Cover)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 2:09:40 AM
The White House found itself
on the defensive Wednesday
over President Obama's recess
appointment of a key official to
help implement his health care
overhaul plan, facing a
bipartisan torrent of criticism
from lawmakers who said the
move short-circuits the
legislative-oversight process.
In tapping Harvard Medical
School professor Donald
Berwick to head the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services
while lawmakers are briefly out
of town, Mr. Obama sidestepped
a messy confirmation battle with
members of the SenateGOP -
something he said was
necessary, given Republicans'
penchant for slow-walking his
appointments.
But critics of the move,
announced Tuesday evening and
made official Wednesday, noted
that Senate Democrats had yet
to schedule a committee hearing
on the nomination, and even the
Democratic chairman of the
panel with jurisdiction over
CMS expressed dismay with the
decision.
"I'm troubled that, rather than
going through the standard
nomination process, Dr.
Berwick was recess-appointed,"
said Senate Finance Committee
Chairman Max Baucus,
Montana Democrat. The Senate
confirmation process, he added,
is a check on executive power
and "ensures that crucial
questions are asked of the
nominee - and answered."
Republicans had been sharply
critical of statements on health
care access and other matters
made by Dr. Berwick, who will
likely play a critical role as
aspects of Mr. Obama's health
overhaul package come into
force.
The top Republican on the
Senate finance panel, Sen.
Charles E. Grassley of Iowa,
said he requested a hearing on
Dr. Berwick two weeks ago.
"The American people have a
right to know about Berwick's
background, his past statements
supporting rationing and
government-run health care, and
any potential conflicts of
interest. All of that is hidden
when the confirmation process
is circumvented," Mr. Grassley
said.
White House spokesman
Robert Gibbs, facing questions
over the president's move at his
daily briefing, said the swift
appointment was necessary
given the looming deadlines on
the health care changes.
"There are aspects of the health
care law that have to be
implemented on a timeline that
I'm sure many who oppose Dr.
Berwick for political reasons
didn't want to see implemented,"
Mr. Gibbs told reporters. "We
are not going to have the
viewpoints of a few hold up the
law of the land."
The White House had already
come under fire for what critics
said was overselling the
credentials of Dr. Berwick. The
Washington Times reported this
week that two Harvard professor
positions claimed for Dr.
Berwick were essentially
"honorary" posts with minor
teaching and administrative
duties.
Dean Zerbe, a former senior
counsel for Mr. Grassley on the
Senate Finance Committee, told
The Times that there was a
"yawning gap" between the
White House account of Dr.
Berwick's professional career
and what the nominee listed
himself on Senate disclosure
forms.
In addition to Dr. Berwick, Mr.
Obama on Wednesday officially
announced that he was making
recess appointments of Joshua
Gotbaum to be director of the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.
and Philip E. Coyle III to be
associate director for national
security and international affairs
in the White House Office of
Science and Technology Policy.
Although the process was
designed originally under the
Constitution to fill executive
branch posts when Congress
was in the midst of a lengthy
recess, modern presidents have
exercised the power even when
lawmakers were taking the
shortest of breaks. Mr. Obama
made his three most recent
appointments while lawmakers
were taking a weeklong break
for the Fourth of July.
The administration argued that
Senate Republicans intent on
scoring "political points" were
to blame for blocking Dr.
Berwick and more than 180
other presidential nominations.
Nominations are a perennially
thorny issue, with the president's
party accusing the opposition in
Congress of delaying
administration picks for key
executive branch posts and the
federal bench. Republicans
similarly accused Democrats of
stalling action on President
George W. Bush's nominees in
the eight years before Mr.
Obama took office.
Republicans and conservative
groups also questioned Mr.
Coyle's nomination because of
his past criticism of missile-
defense systems. But it was a
Democratic senator, Sherrod
Brown of Ohio, who put a
legislative hold on the
nomination of Mr. Gotbaum to
coax the government to
intervene in an unrelated
pension dispute between a
private company and its retirees.
Despite his unhappiness with
the process, Mr. Baucus added
that he looked forward to
dealing with Dr. Berwick and
the CMS in implementing the
health care law.
But Republicans charged that
the president used the recess
appointment to avoid public
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scrutiny of comments they say
reveal Dr. Berwick's affinity for
government-run health care.
For instance, they have
pounced on an interview he did
last summer with a trade journal
in which he praised Britain's
nationalized health care system
and said: "The decision is not
whether or not we will ration
care - the decision is whether we
will ration with our eyes open.
And right now, we're doing it
blindly."
White House officials pointed
to support among major medical
societies for Dr. Berwick,
founder of a Boston-area think
tank on health care policy, and
shrugged off questions about his
comments as political
gamesmanship.
"This is the exact type of
political game that the American
people have come to understand
dominates Washington and
doesn't actually make their
health care more affordable,"
Mr. Gibbs said when asked
whether Mr. Obama agreed with
Dr. Berwick's statements.
Holds on nominees are a time-
honored Senate tradition, and
were employed by Mr. Obama
himself during his four years in
the chamber. In late 2005, he
blocked all of Mr. Bush's
Environmental Protection
Agency nominees to try to force
the release of new rules on lead
paint. A year later, he blocked a
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Church: Cuba Agrees to Free 52 Political Prisoners

(Newsmax - Inside Cover) would view prisoner releases as The EU is to review its relations now seemingly poised to go Center for Democracy in the
Submitted at 7/8/2010 4:47:36 AM a positive development, but we with Cuba in September. free. Americas, which supports lifting
are seeking further details to Back in Cuba, meanwhile, Ortega refused to divulge which the United States' 48-year-old
Cuba has promised the Roman confirm the facts." human rights and opposition five prisoners would be released trade embargo against the
Catholic Church it will free 52 Moratinos and Ortega said they activists called the scope of the first, or how they were chosen. island.
political prisoners, slashing the weren't sure how long it would agreement a surprise. Sanchez said forced exile is not But U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-
number held by nearly a third in take for the first five prisoners "We were hoping for a the same as unconditional Lehtinen, a Florida Republican
what would be the communist- to be released, but that the significant release of prisoners, freedom and said Wednesday's and Cuban-American, dismissed
led island's largest release of process would likely take days. but not this," said Elizardo agreement means "opening the the prisoner release as a ploy.
dissidents since Pope John Paul Returning to Madrid, Moratinos Sanchez, head of the prisons a little, and not to "We must not be fooled," she
II visited in 1998. said his county was willing to independent Cuban Commission everyone." said in a statement. "Until all
Five are to be released initially accept all 52 ex-prisoners once on Human Rights and National "These liberations will not mean political prisoners are liberated,
and sent into exile in Spain, they have been released, but so Reconciliation. a significant improvement in the all political parties, labor
while the others would be freed far has formally agreed to take Those listed for release were all terrible situation of human unions, independent media are
over the next three or four the first five. They will not be among 75 political opposition rights that exists in Cuba," said legalized and allowed to operate
m o n t h s , s a i d H a v a n a ' s obligated to stay in his country. activists, community organizers Sanchez, whose Havana-based freely ... maximum pressure
archbishop, Cardinal Jaime There was no word if those and independent journalists commission is not recognized must be exerted on the Cuban
Ortega. freed later would have to leave rounded up in a crackdown on — but is largely tolerated — by tyranny."
The deal was announced as well. Asked if subsequent dissent in March 2003. a government that officially Cuba's Catholic Church has
Wednesday following a meeting groups of ex-political prisoners "I'm so excited," said Laura brooks no organized opposition. recently played an increasing
between President Raul Castro would be forced into exile, Pollan, whose husband, Hector Still, according to a report role in dealing with the
and Ortega, with Spanish Cardinal Ortega said only that Maceda, was one of the 75 and released this week by Sanchez's government for improved
Foreign Minister Miguel Angel leaving Cuba "is a proposal" has been serving 20 years in group, the number of Cuban treatment of dissidents. Ortega
Moratinos also on hand. they will be offered. prison for treason. political prisoners has fallen to helped negotiate an end to a ban
"This opens a new era in Cuba European Union foreign policy She also said she feared the 167, the lowest total since Fidel on marches by Pollan's Ladies
with hope of putting aside chief Catherine Ashton called to government might not follow Castro took power on New in White and later and later won
differences once and for all on congratulate Moratinos for the through. Year's Day 1959. a government agreement to
matters of prisoners," the agreement and the Spanish "I don't think they will let If the agreement holds, that improve treatment of political
Spanish Embassy declared in a foreign minister planned to everyone go; I think only some number would drop by nearly prisoners.
statement. speak later Thursday with U.S. will be," she said in her shabby another third. The church's increasing role
But it was not clear if the Secretary of State Hillary living room in crumbling central It would also be the largest helped to defuse a human rights
agreement would be enough for Clinton. Havana. "It won't be the first group of political prisoners situation that has been tense
a new beginning with the United Moratinos told Spanish media time that they lie." freed since the government since hunger striker Orlando
S t a t e s . P r e s i d e n t B a r a c k the deal could spur the EU to Some of the 75 original released 299 inmates in an Zapata Tamayo died in prison
Obama's administration has said alter its Common Position on prisoners had previously been amnesty following the pope's on Feb. 23, rousing international
it hoped to see an improvement Cuba, which dates from 1996 freed for health reasons or after visit 12 years ago. Of those, sympathy for Cuban opposition
in Cuba's human rights record and calls for advances on human completing their terms, or were about 100 were considered held figures.
before easing America's 48-year rights and democracy before allowed into exile in Spain. But for political reasons. Fidel Castro said Cuba held
-old trade embargo against the relations with the island can be 52 have remained behind bars "This is joyful news for the 15,000 political prisoners in
island. normalized. — most serving lengthy prison prisoners and their families, a 1964, but officials in recent
I n W a s h i n g t o n , S t a t e "I think there is no reason to terms on charges of conspiring credit to the Cuban Catholic years say none of their prisoners
D e p a r t m e n t s p o k e s w o m a n maintain the common position," with Washington to destabilize Church," said Sarah Stephens, CHURCH: page 51
Virginia Staab said that "we Moratinos was quoted as saying. Cuba's political system. All are head of the Washington-based
46 Politics/
Non-STARTer
Barron YoungSmith (The New
Republic - All Feed)
Submitted at 7/7/2010 11:00:00 PM
When Mitt Romney decided to
oppose the New START treaty
in Tuesday's Washington Post—
calling it "Obama's worst
foreign-policy mistake"—it was
an important turning point.
Nuclear policy analysts are
apoplectic about his " shabby,
misleading and … thoroughly
ignorant" reasoning, and his
arguments have already been
rebutted on the merits in a
number of places (including
here, here, here, and here). But
the question at hand isn't
necessarily whether Romney's
ghostwriter "has even the
vaguest acquaintance with the
subject matter." As with the
"death panels," Romney's op-ed
is an ideological statement,
which does not require fealty to
facts. And it has far-reaching
implications for the way we
should think about Mitt Romney
the man, the 2012 election, and
the future of American foreign
policy.
It means, first and foremost,
that the responsible Republican
foreign policy establishment is
not coming back. Mandarins
like George Shultz, Henry
Kissinger, and James Baker,
who have all testified or written
on behalf of the START
treaty—calling it an integral,
uncontroversial way of repairing
the bipartisan arms-control
legacy that sustained American
foreign policy all the way up
until the George W. Bush
administration—are going to be
dead soon (or they've drifted
into the service of Democrats).
The people who will take their
place will be from a generation
of superhawks, like John
Bolton, Liz Cheney, and Robert
Joseph, who are virulently
opposed to the practice of
negotiated arms control. Mitt
Romney, though a moderate
from Michigan, is not going to
be the second coming of Gerald
Ford.
Indeed, Romney has positioned
himself far to the right of John
McCain, who in the 2008
campaign implied that he would
rely on advice from this older
cohort and promised he would
negotiate a START treaty,
alongside efforts to achieve a
world without nuclear weapons.
And, given that Romney's
primary opponents will likely be
folks like Sarah Palin, Mike
Huckabee, and Tim Pawlenty
(who is unlikely to place himself
left of Romney on such an
issue), we're looking at a world
where every 2012 GOP
candidate, and thus the whole
party, will soon be committed to
overturning the New START
treaty.
This is a dangerous
development, for a number of
reasons. First of all, it empowers
opponents of New START in
the Senate, making it far more
likely that Jon Kyl—the
minority whip who is fervently
opposed to arms control—will
scuttle ratification of Barack
Obama's signal foreign policy
achievement. This would set our
relationship with the Russians
afloat, eliminating our ability to
keep tabs on their nuclear
arsenal through inspections, and
knocking out the main pillar of
cooperation between Moscow
and Washington, at a time when
we urgently need their help in
Afghanistan and Iran (no matter
how we ultimately choose to
deal with each of those
countries). Second, if Obama
cannot get this uncontroversial
treaty ratified, it will indicate to
world leaders that Obama is in
s e r i o u s t r o u b l e
domestically—and, more
broadly, that no post-
impeachment era president has
the power to get a major treaty
through the Senate. After the
death of the ABM Treaty,
Kyoto, the test-ban treaty, and
then START, it would be more
evident than ever that a
determined minority has the will
and capacity to block a 67-vote
decision to ratify, in perpetuity.
Romney's op-ed also makes it
clear that his 2012 campaign
will be based around a full-bore
"peace through strength"
critique of Obama's foreign
policy, modeled on the assaults
that New Right activists
launched against Jimmy Carter
in the 1970s and Ronald Reagan
in the late 1980s. (The same
activists have recently
inaugurated their own
campaigns against New START
and Robert Gates's defense
cuts.) That means Governor
Romney plans to pick major
fights with Obama over
weapons procurement and the
defense budget, and, especially,
funding and support for missile
defense. (As Carter cancelled or
delayed weapons like the MX
missile and the B-1 bomber,
only to see them resurrected and
purchased in bulk by Ronald
Reagan, it's likely the F-22, the
Ground Based Interceptor in
Poland, and research for the
Next-Generation Bomber will
return as political footballs.)
Indeed, to date, Romney's
national security speeches and
his book, No Apology, have all
framed his approach to foreign
policy around a critique of
Obama's unwillingness to
expand the military budget and
deploy George W. Bush-style
national missile defense.
Doubtless, opposing START is
meant to be a logical extension
of this critique, a way to cozy up
to the New Right establishment,
and perhaps a way to replicate
Ronald Reagan's success in
opposing the Panama Canal
Treaty, which nearly won him
the GOP nomination in 1976.
Mitt Romney's willingness to
adopt this stance is truly
disappointing. Part of his appeal
is that, underneath all of the
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pandering and unhinged
rhetoric, Romney gives off the
impression that he's a
responsible individual willing to
take government seriously.
Unfortunately, with this op-ed,
we may have to accept that
that's not actually the case: He's
aiming to scuttle a treaty that is
backed by the entire defense
establishment of the United
States—the heads of all the
services, the intelligence
agencies, Gates, Clinton, and
almost all the former secretaries
of defense and state—whose
ratification has been called
"obligatory" by the most
hawkish hawks of yesteryear. In
saying he thinks New START is
Obama's "worst foreign policy
mistake," Romney is indicating
that he prioritizes sticking it to
the Russians more than he cares
about developing sources of
leverage against Al Qaeda in
Afghanistan and Ahmadinejad
in Iran. He's saying that it's
crucial to axe an agreement
that's unpopular with
conservatives, even if doing so
impedes our efforts to prevent
more countries—and rogue
actors—from acquiring nuclear
weapons. The degree of his
hyperbole is astounding, as is
the degree of his opportunism.
Barron YoungSmith is an
assistant editor of The New
Republic.
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Morning Bell: Federal Government Overpaid $47 Billion a
Year
Conn Carroll (The Foundry:
Conservative Policy News.)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 8:26:44 AM
Today, the White House is
launching its second annual
SAVE Award, which
encourages federal employees to
submit ideas on how to save
taxpayer dollars. Federal
employees will be able to rank
the submissions submitted by
colleagues, and then the general
public will be able to vote on the
top submissions later this year.
Last year’s contest generated
more than 38,000 submissions
from government employees
and more than 84,000 votes.
Last year’s winner? A
Department of Veterans Affairs
employee from Colorado who
suggested that VA medical
centers should permit patients to
take home extra bandages and
medication when they are
discharged. Estimated savings:
$14.5 million by 2014. Not bad.
But we have a better idea. How
about paying federal employees
what they would be worth in the
private sector? Potential
savings: $47 billion a year.
In March, USA Today reported
that Federal employees earn
higher average salaries than
private-sector workers in more
than eight out of 10 occupations
that exist both in government
and the private sector. Instead of
taking the news as an
opportunity to save taxpayers
money, the Obama
administration pushed back
against the news and dispatched
Office of Management and
Budget Director Peter Orszag to
defend government employee
pay. Orszag told reporters: “I
think the key thing to remember
about that is the federal
workforce is more highly
educated than the private
workforce. … Basically the
entire delta between private
sector and public sector federal
government average pay can be
explained by education and
experience.” The problem is,
this is just not true.
Heritage Foundation senior
labor policy analyst James
Sherk has just released a paper
analyzing data from the Bureau
of Labor Statistics’ Current
Population Survey (CPS) for
2006 through 2009. The data
show that even after controlling
for education and experience,
federal employees get paid 22%
more per hour on average than
private-sector workers. And that
does not include the significant
non-cash benefits government
workers receive. Federal
employees not only can enroll in
a Thrift Savings Plan that works
like a 401(k), but they also get a
“defined contribution” plan,
which lets a worker with 30
years of experience retire at 56
with full benefits. And don’t
forget the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program, paid
leave, group life insurance and
on-site child care. To be sure,
many private employers offer
similar benefits but not all of
these at the same time. All told,
while the average private-sector
employee gets $9,882 in annual
benefits, federal government
employees get $32,115 on
average. Adding cash and non-
cash compensation together,
federal employees earn
approximately 30 to 40 percent
more in total compensation than
comparable private-sector
workers.
And the gravy train doesn’t end
there. How much would near-
absolute job security be worth to
you? While their private sector
counterparts have seen the
unemployment rate rise from
4.2% to a high of 10.6%, the
percentage of federal employees
who lost jobs barely budged,
going from 2.0% to 2.9%. And
if “serving” in the public sector
is such a “sacrifice” then why
do federal employees
voluntarily leave their jobs at
roughly a third the rate that
private sector employees do?
Why does this pay gap exist? In
the private sector, productivity
determines workers’ pay. Firms
that overpay their employees are
driven out of business by
competitors that more accurately
price their employees’ economic
contribution. But the
government is a monopoly. It
has no competitors to act as a
check on employee
compensation. If the federal
government paid market rates
for their employees’ skill,
education and experience, it
would save taxpayers $47
billion in 2011 alone.
Not all federal employees are
overpaid. The most skilled and
hardest working are probably
underpaid. The problem is that
our government operates under
a wage-fixing pay scale set by
Congress. This seniority-based
system divorces federal pay
from individual performance.
Abolishing the General
Schedule system and
implementing performance-
based pay would go a long way
toward getting taxpayers a fair
deal. Reducing federal benefits
and making it easier to dismiss
unproductive employees would
also help.
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• ABC News’ Jake Tapper fact
checks the Obama
administration’s claims that the
Senate was holding up the
nomination of Dr. Donald
Berwick and found:
“Republicans were not delaying
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One Hundred Days Later: The Best Way Forward with
Obamacare is to End It
Kathryn Nix (The Foundry:
Conservative Policy News.)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 10:00:50 AM
Exactly one hundred days ago
today, President Obama signed
the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act into law.
The President promised that the
law would extend access to high
quality care to the millions of
uninsured Americans, while at
the same reducing costs and
overall health spending.
Forget it. It’s not going to
happen. It is clear that none of
these promises will come true;
instead, the legislation is likely,
even certain in some cases, to
make existing problems worse.
To mark the 100 day
anniversary of the health care
bill, Senators Tom Coburn (R-
OK) and John Barrasso (R-
WY), both physicians, released
a study compiling the mounting
evidence of the real impact of
the new health law. Based on a
summary of the evidence thus
far, Sens. Coburn and Barrasso
show that Obamacare will:
Cause health costs to skyrocket.
Sens. Coburn and Barrasso write
that “[t]he new health law is not
effective at reigning in climbing
premium costs because it fails to
address the underlying driver of
health insurance costs – the cost
of medical care.” Premiums
continue to rise because of the
disconnect between consumers
and the prices of the services
they consume. Obamacare does
absolutely nothing to alter these
economic dynamics. Subsidies
will increase insurance
affordability for 7 percent of
Americans—for the rest of the
country, the bill will increase
costs.
Taxes on medical devices and
pharmaceuticals will be passed
down to consumers. Age rating
of insurance premiums will
increase rates for young adults,
encouraging them to forego
insurance and pay the penalty
associated with the individual
mandate instead.
Finally, increasing dependence
on federal programs will
increase costs for the privately
insured, since the government
pays doctors and other medical
professionals significantly
less—the cost of which is
shifted to the privately insured
so they are able to break even
and keep the clinic doors open.
And all of this just addresses
increases in health costs—this is
to say nothing of the additional
cost to taxpayers of the new law.
Cause millions of Americans to
lose their current
coverage.“Americans were
repeatedly promised the new
health law would allow anyone
who wanted to keep their
current health plan to do so.”
E-reader News Edition
and necessary care, but
expanding Medicaid will further
strain state budgets, which are
already facing serious trouble.
This will inevitably result in
cuts to state-funded programs,
such as education.
Fail to adequately address pre-
existing conditions. One of the
main arguments that
Congressional leaders advanced
for the law was that it would
make it possible for those with
pre-existing conditions to get
affordable coverage. This is a
real problem. But Obamacare
This is not going to happen. h a l f o f A m e r i c a n s w i t h doesn’t solve this problem in
Insurers have already begun to employer coverage will see any permanent fashion until
pull out of the individual and some changes to their current 2014.
small group markets, leaving plan. The President’s repeated In the meantime, those with pre
those they insured with no promises that if one liked one’s - e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n s a r e
coverage. Some insurers are plan one could keep it turn out supposed to get coverage in
temporary federal high-risk
even going out of business as a to be empty.
result of the new law. Finally, cuts to Medicare pools. But these pools are
Moreover, Obamacare will Advantage are expected to severely under-funded, such that
cause Americans to lose their reduce senior enrollment in this only 200,000 of the 5 to 7
current coverage due to the popular alternative to traditional million eligible Americans
would be able to be covered.
i n c e n t i v e s i t c r e a t e s f o r Medicare by roughly half.
e m p l o y e r s t o d u m p t h e Force millions into Medicaid. The negative side effects of
i n s u r a n c e t h e y c u r r e n t l y Sens. Coburn and Barrasso Obamacare – some intended,
provide. Medicare’s Chief w r i t e , “ e v e r y l o w - i n c o m e some unintended- make the next
Actuary predicts that 14 million American meeting certain Congressional step in real health
Americans with employer- eligibility criteria will be care reform clear: stop the
sponsored coverage will lose it essentially locked into Medicaid madness, repeal this flawed
by 2019, and other sources peg – the worst delivery system in legislation, and start over and
this number even higher. Even America.” This includes 16 get it right. That is not going to
happen overnight. But it can
for those whose employers don’t million Americans.
drop their current plan, due to Not only will these citizens be happen. Heritage health policy
the stringent regulations on reliant on a low quality program ONE page 51
grandfathered plans, more than with poor access to physicians
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In Defense of Michael Steele

E.J. Dionne Jr. (The New I have some empathy for person who took issue with failed," Steele was simply was just popping off, he had a
Republic - All Feed) Woodhouse, who must be weary Democrats who piled onto making arguments that other right to offer his opinion without
Submitted at 7/7/2010 1:05:24 PM of dealing with the other side's Steele was McGovern. "The critics of the Afghanistan War being accused of undermining
demagoguery day after day. He reaction to Steele from some had offered already. our troops or "rooting for
WASHINGTON–It's easy to probably couldn't resist giving Democrats sounded like Dick It's fair enough to argue with failure."
understand why Democrats want Republicans a taste of their own Cheney," he said in an Steele about all this, and it was Some of our greatest leaders,
Michael Steele to stay in the medicine. But this is dangerous interview. "Democrats need to honorable for Sens. John from Abraham Lincoln to
news. The Republican National stuff in a democracy and understand that our base is McCain and Lindsey Graham, Robert F. Kennedy,
C o m m i t t e e c h a i r m a n i s a particularly perilous from a increasingly uncomfortable with the premier Republican hawks, courageously stood up against
wonderful distraction, a constant party that, less than two years this war." to take issue with their party wars in their day. Steele is no
s o u r c e o f g a f f e s , l a u g h s , ago, rightly insisted it could Now the truth is that Steele's chair, given that Obama's Lincoln and he is no Kennedy,
clarifications and denials. o p p o s e the Bush statement on Afghanistan at a approach is largely to their but as an American, he enjoys
But Steele recently scored a administration's foreign policy party fundraiser in Connecticut liking. the same rights they had. "It is
victory of sorts, even though on thoroughly patriotic grounds. was something of a mess. Even Personally, I'm still hoping not enough to allow dissent,"
you wouldn't know it from the And Woodhouse's statement McGovern said that "Steele was Obama's strategy in Afghanistan RFK said. "We must demand
coverage: His comments on came shortly after 60 percent of wrong" for asserting that "this will work. But it is maddening it." If members of Kennedy's
Afghanistan got Democrats to H o u s e D e m o c r a t s – 1 5 3 i n was a war of Obama's that Congress can appropriate party don't remember this, who
recite GOP talking points from all–voted for an amendment choosing." After all, the war in $33 billion more for will?
the Bush era. Of course, those s p o n s o r e d b y R e p . J i m Afghanistan began under Afghanistan without anyone E.J. Dionne's e-mail address is
can be turned against anyone in McGovern, D-Mass., and two of President Bush following the asking where the funds will ejdionne(at)washpost.com.
either party who dares to his colleagues that would have attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, with come from even as self-styled E.J. Dionne, Jr. is the author of
question the direction of the required President Obama to overwhelming support from deficit hawks insist on blocking the recently published Souled
war. present a plan by April for the both parties. And the situation money for the unemployed Out: Reclaiming Faith and
The most incendiary words "safe, orderly and expeditious deteriorated badly on Bush's unless it is offset by budget cuts. Politics After the Religious
came from the indefatigable redeployment" of U.S. troops watch. And McGovern is right that the Right. He is a Washington Post
B r a d W o o d h o u s e , t h e from Afghanistan. Yet Steele's point–that Obama most disturbing line in the columnist, a senior fellow at the
Democratic National Committee The amendment, which drew had criticized the Iraq War Rolling Stone article that got Brookings Institution, and a
spokesman, who accused Steele support from nine Republicans, "while saying the battle really Gen. Stanley McChrystal in professor at Georgetown
of "betting against our troops would also have allowed for a s h o u l d ( b e ) i n trouble was this observation University.
and rooting for failure in v o t e i n C o n g r e s s t o s t o p Afghanistan"–was accurate attributed to one of his senior (c) 2010, Washington Post
Afghanistan." additional war funding if enough. Obama had a choice, advisers: "If Americans pulled Writers Group
Woodhouse added: "It's simply withdrawal does not start by and he chose to escalate. And in back and started paying For more TNR, become a fan
unconscionable that Michael n e x t J u l y , w h e n t h e asserting that "the one thing you attention to this war, it would on Facebook and follow us on
Steele would undermine the administration has said it would don't do is engage in a land war become even less popular." Twitter.
morale of our troops when what b e g i n r e d u c i n g f o r c e s i n in Afghanistan" and that But the issue here is less about
they need is our support and A f g h a n i s t a n . "everyone who has tried over a Afghanistan than about dissent
encouragement." It's thus not surprising that one thousand years of history has in time of war. Even if Steele
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CBO Plays “Let’s Pretend” on Kerry–Lieberman Scoring

David Kreutzer (The Foundry: First, the CBO sent the lead $27,000)
Conservative Policy News.) sponsor a letter estimating the • Fewer jobs (employment
Submitted at 7/8/2010 9:00:42 AM costs of the Kerry–Lieberman under Kerry–Boxer would track
cap-and-trade climate bill, in 1.4 million jobs below business
H e r e ’ s a p r i n c i p l e s - o f - which analysts assume no as usual, on average, for the
economics question: Suppose detrimental impact on national years 2012–2035, and peak job
the U.S. gross domestic product income despite tax increases of losses would exceed 2.5 million)
(national income) is currently hundreds of billions of dollars • Higher energy prices (by 2035
$14 trillion. Then suppose the per year. Then Senators Kerry Kerry–Boxer would add 45
U.S. raised all tariff, income tax, a n d L i e b e r m a n i s s u e d a percent to gasoline prices and 72
and sales tax rates to 100 statement earnestly announcing percent to electricity prices)
percent. How much money the CBO’s unrealistic projection • Lower income (Kerry–Boxer
would the government collect? of a $19 billion deficit reduction would chop $9.9 trillion from
If you realized that nobody as though people might actually GDP between 2012 and
would generate taxable income believe it. And finally, in Act 2035—an average loss of over
u n d e r s u c h a r e g i m e a n d III, the media reported the $4,500 per year per family of
answered “ z e r o , ” results with a straight face. four).
and Kerry–Boxer bills from last Continental Shelf. Also, in what
congratulations. Please note that, even though year. How different is would be a good first step if
If, instead, you answered $14 Senator Kerry said this isn’t a The Senators’ statement and the
Kerry–Lieberman? Here’s what they were to carry it forward a
trillion, you may have a future at cap-and-trade bill, we can be CBO letter ignore almost all of
the CBO letter says about couple of centuries, the full
the Congressional Budget Office pretty sure that’s what it is the important economic impacts
Kerry–Lieberman in comparison onset of the bill’s provisions are
(CBO), because that is how they because (1) Senator Lieberman of the proposed legislation.
to the two bills from last year: delayed a couple of years.
analyze (score) the fiscal said it is a cap-and-trade bill; (2) Instead there is a bit of hoopla
Regarding the GHG cap-and- In short, this bill is last-year’s
impacts of the Kerry–Lieberman the CBO said it is a cap-and- over one laughably optimistic
trade program, all three pieces model with a new hood
climate change bill. In defense trade bill (actually they said it estimate for one really
of legislation include roughly ornament and some mud flaps.
of the many good economists at “would establish two separate expensive bill.
the same caps on emissions, So, using the Kerry–Boxer bill
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industry and adds not-so-likely- trillion to the national debt by
income-tax revenues. worry, you have seen this before now revenue-sharing for oil-and 2035—putting a family of four
This leads to the sort of stylized in the form of the wildly
-gas leases on the Outer on the hook for an additional
ritual we observed Wednesday. unpopular Waxman–Markey
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District Court in Washington,
D.C. Whether he can file a later
petition for writ of habeas
corpus seems to be an open
question, given the language of
the provisions discussed in open
court.
Furthermore, he agreed to
waive the ability to argue for
confinement credit for time
served in custody as an enemy
combatant. This is in marked
contrast to the three prior
military commissions’ cases in
the Bush Administration, where
the defense argued for, and
often got, some credit for time
already detained as an enemy
combatant.
After the judge explained the
meaning and effect of the PTA
with al Qosi, she adjourned the
proceedings until August 9 for
the sentencing case. At that
time, the government will put on
its case in aggravation, if it has
one, and then the defense will be
free to put on its case in
extenuation and mitigation. Per
his PTA, al Qosi may introduce
written statements from other
ONE
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specialist Robert Moffit explains
in a recent paper that it is
increasingly plausible: “The
experience of the Medicare
Catastrophic Coverage Act of
1988 demonstrates that full-
scale repeal is not politically
unrealistic. Indeed, for
Guantanamo detainees and any
other person he wishes.
Additionally, he agreed not to
ask the government to pay for
more than one witness to be
flown in to the island to testify
on his behalf, but he is free to
call other witnesses on his
behalf off the island as long as
the government does not have to
pay for their travel. He may call
witnesses via video
teleconference, and the
government agreed to pay for no
more than one defense expert to
testify at his sentencing hearing.
Like all military defendants, al
Qosi may make an unsworn
statement to the members, and
he may not be cross-examined
by the prosecution if he so
chooses.
Many media outlets covered the
proceedings, including the
Miami Herald, Fox News, ABC,
and foreign press.
Representatives from non-
governmental organizations
present at the plea included the
ACLU, Amnesty International,
Human Rights First, Human
conservatives in Congress,
repeal is a priority, and it is
clearly what the majority of
their fellow citizens want them
to do.” To read more, click
here.
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The plea was a historic event,
as it represents the fourth
conviction in the military
commissions process and the
first such conviction under the
Obama Administration. To date,
there are two other military
commissions cases currently set
for proceedings on the docket.
Whether the plea today signals
the beginning of a policy shift
away from an expressed
preference for federal court and
a more towards military
commissions remains to be seen.
Only time will tell.
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Federal Aviation Administration
nominee to try to force the FAA
to decide whether Midwest wind
farms would interfere with
radar.
Wednesday's actions bring Mr.
Obama's total number of recess
appointments to 18. His first
round, made in March, included
Craig Becker, a former union
lawyer vehemently opposed by
Republicans and leading
business groups, to serve on the
National Labor Relations Board.
Mr. Bush had made 15 such
appointments by this time in his
presidency, and made a total of
CHURCH:
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are held for political reasons —
all for common crimes or for
being paid "mercenaries" of
U.S.-funded groups trying to
overthrow Cuba's government.
——
Associated Press Writer Ciaran
Giles contributed to this report
from Madrid.
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Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not
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171 in his eight years in office.
That compares with 139 recess
appointments by President
Clinton in his two terms.
© Copyright 2010 The
Washington Times, LLC
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52 TV/ E-reader News Edition

Don Johnson Gets $23 Million 'So You Think You Can
Verdict in Nash Bridges Case Dance' - 'Top 8 Perform'
Douglas J. Rowe
(TVGuide.com: Breaking
News)
copyright. The AP said that
determination could mean even
more money for Johnson in the
Recap
Sharon Knolle (TV Squad)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:22:00 AM coming years.
Don Johnson Check out photos of Don Submitted at 7/8/2010 7:15:00 AM

Don Johnson won a verdict Johnson from his Miami Vice

awarding him $23.2 million in Filed under: Recaps, Summer
days
profits from Nash Bridges, The TV(S07E12) We already know
"It was my idea, and I owned
Associated Press reports. at least one dancer who'll be in
the rights in the first place," said
In February 2009, the 60-year- the Bottom Three this week on
Johnson, who established his
old actor sued three companies 'So You Think You Can Dance':
TV stardom with the '80s series
— Rysher Entertainment, 2929 standout Alex Wong, who was
Miami Vice. "From the
Entertainment and Qualia injured during rehearsals.
beginning, I have asked only
Capital — claiming he was New rules dictate that
that Rysher honor our contract,
owed millions in profits from contestants who cannot dance
and I am so pleased that the jury
the series, which ran on CBS for are automatically put in the
agreed with me."
six seasons. Bottom Three. While I have no
Mark Holscher, Johnson's
After a two-week trial, a jury doubt that fans would save Alex
today's outcome will be lawyer, said the case was about
agreed. Johnson attended the with their votes, whether he can
reversed." more than just money — "it was pronounces it "Ackle-eze")
entire trial and personally continue on the show is
The other two companies either vindication that he was getting tendon while rehearsing a
thanked the jurors after they definitely in question.
had no comment or didn't return credit for his ideas." Bollywood dance with
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Barbara Walters to
Return to The View
Douglas J. Rowe
(TVGuide.com: Breaking
News)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 10:01:00 AM
Barbara Walters
Barbara Walters will make her
first appearance on The View
since undergoing heart-valve
replacement surgery in May.
Bill Geddie, the show's
executive producer, announced
that Walters will appear
Monday live via Skype.
Barbara Walters recovering
after open-heart surgery
Angie Harmon, who co-stars in
TNT's Rizzoli & Isles, and
American Idol winner Lee
DeWyze also are scheduled to
appear on the ABC morning
show (11/10c).
Walters shocked her co-hosts
and the audience on May 10,
announcing: "You know how
healthy I have been — never
missed a day's work. Later this
week, I am going to have
surgery to replace one faulty
heart valve. ... My doctors and I
have decided that this is the best
time to do the surgery, since the
summer is coming up, I can take
TV 101: Why Hulu Plus
Will Change The Way
You Watch Television
Jay Black (TV Squad)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 8:00:00 AM
Filed under: Features Last week
Hulu announced plans for its
new Hulu Plus service.
Immediately following the
announcement, internet
commenters from around the
world did something they rarely
do: complained long and loud
about the details of the
announcement.
"The price is right, but they're
still going to have ads? No
a nice vacation." thanks!" "So let me get this
The 80-year-old has co-hosted straight, they're giving us access
The View, which she co- to all the seasons of ' Arrested
created, since its debut in 1997. Development' -- which we
She hosted her final Oscars already have now, for free! --
special for ABC in March. except now they want us to pay
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What's On Tonight: 'Big
Brother,' 'Community'
marathon, 'Rookie Blue,'
'Futurama'
Rich Keller (TV Squad)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 7:30:00 AM
Filed under: TV Previews
Here's tonight's lineup of new
shows and events (all times
Eastern). Check your local TV
listings for additional
the insightfulness of snap i n f o r m a t i o n .
decisions, I think in this case the * = Series/Season Premiere
complaints are wrongheaded. ** = Series/Season Finale
Sure, the announced set of Programming Note: NBC is
features for Hulu Plus leaves a p r e s e n t i n g a ' C o m m u n i t y '
little something to be desired, marathon tonight hosted by Joel
but get beyond that. What we're McHale and Ken Jeong.
seeing right now is a game 8:00 to 9:00
changer. Hulu Plus is about to ABC:'Wipeout'
take over the way we consume CBS:'Big Brother 12'*
television. ESPN:'World Cup Primetime'--
Permalink| Email this| Linking Two hours
Blogs| Comments Food Network:'Good Eats'
HGTV:'My First Place' and'My
First Sale'
Nick:'SpongeBob SquarePants'
The rest of the schedule, and
the late night talk shows, after
the jump.
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Lindsay Lohan: Profane
Manicure Was a "Joke"
Joyce Eng (TVGuide.com:
Breaking News)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 9:37:00 AM
Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan says her profane
fingernail message during her
probation hearing "had nothing
to do" with the court.
Lindsay Lohan displays explicit
fingernail art in court
"Didn't we do our nails as a joke
with our friend dc?" Lohan
tweeted to a friend. "It had
nothing to do w/court. It's an
airbrush design from a stencil."
The explicit message was
printed on the nail of the actress'
left middle finger, which she
repeatedly held to her mouth
during Tuesday's hearing.
Lindsay Lohan sentenced to 90
days in jail
Lohan, 24, was sentenced to 90
days in jail and 90 days in an in-
patient substance abuse program
after she was found to be in
violation of her probation from a
E-reader News Edition
Decisons, Decisions:
LeBron James Versus
History's Greatest
Bethlehem Shoals (FanHouse
Main)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 8:30:00 AM
Filed under: Bulls, Cavaliers,
Heat, Knicks, Nets, NBA Free
Agents He is the King, the
Chosen One, and now, LeBron
2007 DUI case. She is to
surrender for jail on July 20.
Do you believe LiLo?
'Top Chef: DC' - 'Room James brings us -- what else --
the Decision.
When James reveals to society
Five Filters featured article:
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kitchen and think, 'They can't and the challenge is to "Create a in front of the sun.
have us cooking baby food,'" dish that satisfies Tom and I ... And then ... the consequences.
says Tim at the outset of episode and also, our little ones." (We'll The rings won or not won. The
4 of 'Top Chef: DC' when he let her bad grammar slide since franchises left wanting. There's
a r r i v e s f o r t h e Q u i c k f i r e she's probably not getting much no pretense here; LeBron knows
Challenge and sees infant sleep these days.) that he's making history. The
paraphernalia strewn about. Permalink| Email this| Linking question is, how do some of
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exactly what was in store. As of truth stack up next to the
Decision?
Tom Ziller and myself are here
with some answers.
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Marg Helgenberger Emmy Nominee IRIScan Express

Renews CSI Contract
Joyce Eng (TVGuide.com:
Breaking News)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 10:57:00 AM
Marg Helgenberger
Marg Helgenberger will be
back for CSI's 11th season, a
show rep tells TVGuide.com.
Liz Vassey to exit CSI
The actress, who has played
Catherine Willows since the
drama's beginning, renewed her
contract for another year and
will return alongside Laurence
Fishburne. The rest of the cast
— save for Liz Vassey, whose
contract was not picked up — is
still negotiating to return.
Are you excited Helgenberger
is staying in Las Vegas?
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Submitted at 7/8/2010 7:15:00 AM Deal)
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1952 senior management team,
an Otis Bunkworth attorney-at-
law card from 1948 (the year he
went before the State Supreme
Court), even some cards from
guys with Taft Broadcasting
back in the day.
Unfortunately, my grandma
threw them all out when he
moved out of the house. They’d
be worth a ton now.
Mine are all a lot more recent
than that. For instance, here’s a
special-edition, embossed
Jeremy Felker rookie card. This
kid’s fresh out of his MBA
program at Drake and I think
he’s going to have a great
career, as long as he can avoid
injury.
Oh, and here’s a rare Aaron
Ashenfelter card from 2002.
This lists him as the senior
assistant director of marketing, a
position he only held for two
months before leaving in
scandal. This card is crazy hard
to find! You basically have to
have been at that year’s Mid-
Atlantic Pharmaceutical
Representatives’ Convention, or
know someone who was. I got
mine off eBay, but you can tell
it’s legit—look at the little
spatter of mai-tai. That’s from
the Grass Shack Luau Lounge in
Secaucus. It actually makes this
card more valuable. I’ll never
trade this one.
I just cringe when I see people
carrying cards around in their
wallets. Or worse, stapling them
in a Rolodex! That’s insane. I
mean, I get that they want to
refer to the information on them,
but hello, that’s why you get an
Iris scanner. It’s a portable,
multi-purpose scanner for
anything from receipts to legal
sized documents, but it’s best
for business cards.
It converts them to fully
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files, which you can export into
Outlook, or certain other address
-book-type programs. Then you
don’t have to mess up your
collection every time you need
someone’s phone number.
Even though it freaks me out
every time I see someone
bending a business card, or
picking his teeth with one, or
cramming a handful of them
into a pants pocket, or even
making notes on them in pen—I
guess, in a way, I should be glad
they do it. After all, the fewer
mint-condition Kelli Stepanski
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there are, the more mine’s
worth.
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them. Dig through them every
time you need an email address.
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First look: Garmin Nuvi 3790T GPS gets new

features and look
Consumer Reports Shopping touch. Like an iPhone, the provide an estimated arrival
Blog (Consumer Reports) navigator provides a pinch time. Using historical data,
Submitted at 7/8/2010 4:29:59 AM feature to zoom in or out of map trafficTrends calculates routes Red Dead Redemption
views and switches between based on predicted traffic flow.
First look: Garmin Nuvi 3790T landscape and portrait views as Voice command has been made to get four new DLC
GPS gets new features and look you rotate it. simpler to use than on previous packs (also: zombies)
Garmin’s new top-of the line The suction-cup mount includes Garmin devices, with the David Hinkle (Joystiq)
GPS navigator comes loaded a larger speaker for better sound elimination of a button needed
with an array of advanced quality in the car, while a to activate the feature. Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:50:00 AM

features, vivid graphics, and one smaller speaker is built into the Like some other devices from Starved for more Red Dead
of the best voice-recognition unit for pedestrian use. New fuel efficient routes Garmin, however, the 3790T is Redemption content? Rockstar
systems on the market. As you’d features include trafficTrends, • Pedestrian mode pricey, and it lacks some just announced four new DLC
expect, it provides the same which uses historical traffic data • Lane assist with junction view multimedia features, such as a packs for Xbox Live and
simple, easy-to-use interface when planning routes, and • “Where am I” feature for video or music player, that are PlayStation Network, with the
that has impressed us in other myTrends, which remembers emergency help often found on less expensive first one -- dubbed "Legends
Nuvi models. But what will frequently visited destinations navigators. and Killers" -- due in August for
dramatically set it off from its and suggests alternate routes Initial impressions We’ll follow up with complete $10. You can expect new
GPS competitors is the thinner, based on road and traffic Overall, we’re impressed with test results soon. characters, weapons and active
more elegant design that--in a conditions. the 3790T so far. It’s — Jim Travers Next Steps map locations (for both
nod to growing competition The 3000 line is due to go on performance, ease of use, and • GPS Buying Advice: freeroaming and competitive
from smart phones--mimics the sale at the end of July, and reliable directions are on par • Types of GPSs| multiplayer modes) to be added
look and feel of an iPhone. includes the 3760T and 3750 in with previous Garmin • GPS Features| to New Austin over the coming
Like other models in the new addition to the tested 3790T. navigators, which have always • GPS Brands months. Also ... zombies.
3000 series, the Nuvi 3790T is Features and prices vary by scored well in our Ratings.
Mosey on past the break for the
just .35 inches thick, making it model, but all have the same Two new features, myTrends All GPS Ratings Subscribers full rundown.
about half the thickness of look and 4.3-inch screen. We and trafficTrends seem can view and compare all GPS Continue reading Red Dead
previous-generation Garmin paid $450 for our test unit. promising, but will require Ratings. Recommended GPSs Redemption to get four new
models. While the smooth, gloss Features of the 3790T include: further testing before we can Look at the ones that we chose DLC packs (also: zombies)
black case and chrome trim lend • Voice command pass judgment. Garmin says as the best of the best. Subscribe Red Dead Redemption to get
a more upscale look to the Nuvi, • Predictive text entry myTrends anticipates where you now! four new DLC packs (also:
the practical benefit is that the • Free, advertising supported are going based on routes S u b s c r i b e t o zombies) originally appeared on
device now slides more easily traffic info you’ve traveled before, such as ConsumerReports.org for expert Joystiq on Thu, 08 Jul 2010
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Statins may not help healthy people

rss@consumerreports.org by chance. problems. Don’t stop treatment
(Consumer Reports) Studies lasted only a few years, without discussing all the
Submitted at 7/8/2010 7:59:59 AM though, so there’s no way of options with your doctor. You
knowing how well statins work could ask your doctor about
Statins may not help healthy in the longer term.
people
other positive steps you could Sony unveils three
Previous research made the take to prevent cardiovascular
Up until recently, it was widely mistake of including people who disease, such as changing your new basic
thought that people could a l r e a d y h a d s i g n s o f
b e n e f i t f r o m c h o l e s t e r o l - cardiovascular disease, the
diet, doing more exercise, losing subcompact cameras
weight, or quitting smoking.
lowering statin drugs even if researchers say. We know get five heads in a row - then What you need to know. In the Terry Sullivan (Consumer
they were healthy. About three- s t a t i n s h e l p p e o p l e w i t h stopping and claiming to win short term at least, statins don’t Reports)
quarters of people taking statins cardiovascular disease, so after getting heads the first two seem to benefit healthy people. Submitted at 7/8/2010 6:29:59 AM
don’t have heart disease, but are bracketing them together with times. Stopping a trial early can We can’t rule out a small
at risk of getting it in the future. healthy people could give the also miss side effects that take benefit, though, and we still Sony unveils three new basic
In a new study, researchers i m p r e s s i o n t h a t t r e a t m e n t longer to develop. (The don’t know whether they work subcompact cameras Sony
have re-analyzed all the existing w o r k e d f o r e v e r y o n e . JUPITER trial is also discussed better the longer you take them. Cyber-shot DSC-TX9
research looking at healthy Another issue with the research here.) —Philip Wilson, patient editor, Photo: Sony
people who were taking statins. so far is the JUPITER trial, There’s no real debate about BMJ Group Recently, Sony updated its line
Excluding people who already which was published in 2008, whether statins work for people ConsumerReportsHealth.org of small, advanced SLR-like
had cardiovascular disease, the and seemed to show that statins who’ve already had a heart has partnered with The BMJ cameras. Today, the company
researchers found data on more helped healthy people (study attack or stroke and are taking Group to monitor the latest refreshed its simpler, more
than 65,000 people from 11 p a r t i c i p a n t s h a d n o r m a l treatment to prevent a second medical research and assess the consumer-oriented digital
trials. cholesterol levels, but high one. However, if you don’t have evidence to help you decide cameras, with three new basic
Among 32,606 people taking an levels of a chemical called C- heart disease and you’re taking which news you should use. subcompacts: the 14-megapixel
inactive placebo treatment, there reactive protein, which is a sign statins, the new research Subscribe now! Cyber-shot DSC-T99 ($250), 12
were 1,447 deaths. Among the of inflammation). A second suggests that the benefits might S u b s c r i b e t o -megapixel Cyber-shot DSC-
32,623 people treated with group of researchers have not be as big as previously ConsumerReports.org for expert WX5 ($300) and 12-megapixel
statins, there were 1,346 deaths. criticized the JUPITER trial thought. Ratings, buying advice and Cyber-shot DSC-TX9 ($400).
Although fewer people died b e c a u s e i t w a s s t o p p e d Remember, though, that your reliability on hundreds of The feature Sony has been most
while taking statins, statistical prematurely: a practice that can doctor prescribed statins products. Update your feed hard at work marketing is
tests show that the difference is lead to biased results. It’s a bit because he or she thought you preferences
were at risk of developing heart SONY page 59
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Closed Final Fantasy 14 beta starts this weekend

Alexander Sliwinski (Joystiq)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 12:20:00 PM
The closed beta for Final
Fantasy XIV begins this
Saturday, July 10. If you've
been invited to test drive the
MMORPG, there should be an Fantasy 14 will hit retail on starts this weekend originally
email waiting in your inbox. It'll September 30 in regular and appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 08
point you to the official forums, more expensive " early access" Jul 2010 12:20:00 EST. Please
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panorama mode, including the
Sweep Panorama mode seen in
the commercial with singer
Taylor Swift. Found on all three
new models, this lets you press
the shutter button and sweep the
camera horizontally while the
camera fires off dozens of
photos in high speed and
stitches them together. Sony has
also borrowed some technology
from the NEX-5 SLR-like
camera: The TX9 and the WX5
each feature a 3D Sweep
Panorama mode, which creates a
3D panorama (to view it in 3D,
you need an HDMI cable
connected to a 3D-enabled
HDTV
Another feature borrowed from
the NEX series is background
defocus. This tries to mimic the
effect found on almost all SLRs
of blurring the background to
make the viewer focus only on
the subject you're shooting.
Commonly known as creating a
shallow depth of field, some
also refer to the quality of the
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on the WX5 and TX9 is that
point-and-shoots tend to make
all subjects, whether in the deep
background or very close in the
foreground, as sharp and as in
focus as possible. However,
given how tiny the lenses
housed in such tiny camera
bodies are, I'm skeptical about
how "unfocused" or blurred this
effect can be. It will be
interesting to see how well this
feature works when we get the
cameras into our labs.
Like many point-and-shoots, all
three models can shoot HD-
resolution video: the WX5 and
the TX9 can capture 1080i
(AVCHD), and the T99 captures
720p. All are less than an inch
thick, with large LCDs and no
optical viewfinders. The TX9's
3.5-inch touch screen is the
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T-series models has a non-
telescoping, 4x zoom lens. The
WX5 has a 5x, which protrudes
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SO INTENSE: The Double Rainbow ESPN Defends LeBron
Auto-Tune James Special
(Woot! - One Day, One Deal)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 10:00:00 AM
Every summer has its defining
song. In 1965, it was"(I Can't
Get No) Satisfaction" by The
Rolling Stones. In 1980, Lipps
Inc.'s helped us all escape the
heat of the cities by taking us to
a much cooler place
called"Funkytown". Sure, the
popularity of"Mambo No.5" in
the summer of 1999 showed
there were cracks in the system
that could be exploited, but
luckily the art of the Summer
Jam was saved just two years
later by Destiny's Child's
particular brand
of"Bootylicious" jelly, which
Recall: Lexus GS, IS, LS vehicles
Consumer Reports Shopping
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Submitted at 7/8/2010 7:48:00 AM
Recall: Lexus GS, IS, LS
vehicles
Since we reported about the
problem last week, Toyota has
now officially filed a
government recall on over
138,000 Lexus models due to
engine problems. The recall
affects 2007-2008 Lexus GS
350/450H, 2008 Lexus GS 460,
2006-2008 Lexus IS 350, 2007-
2008 Lexus LS 460/460L, and
we were all apparently not ready
for.
But what of Summer 2010?
What shall be the tune that
requires jammage throughout
our barbecues and pool parties?
To what shall we dance as the
cops arrive on the street corner
demanding to know who opened
the local fire hydrant? What
song in this foul year of
recessions, oil spills, and
uncertainty could come forth to
give us the hope we need to
weather the heat and humidity
with the powers of Hope and
Wonder?
Ladies and Gentlemen, if I
might make a suggestion.
Okay, yes, it's not actually a
2008 Lexus LS 600HL models.
The problem stems from
foreign material that may have
contaminated the valve spring
causing it to degrade and
possibly break. If that occurs,
the engine could fail and stop
song, but an auto-tuned version
of a man's somewhat NSFW
elation over the sighting of a
double rainbow. Doesn't that
REALLY matter, though? If
Rihanna can sing about
umbrellas, why can't we have a
song about rainbows. You
know, other than that other one.
Personally, though, the Summer
Jam hit its high water mark back
in 1991 with DJ Jazzy Jeff &
T h e F r e s h
Prince's"Summertime". That's
just me, though. If you've got a
better one, post it in the
comments. Maybe we can get a
mixtape going!
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the coming weeks and repair the
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Milton Kent (FanHouse Main)
Submitted at 7/7/2010 6:00:00 PM
Filed under: Cavaliers, NBA
Media Watch, Sports Business
and Media, NBA Free Agents
An ESPN executive defended
the company's handling of
Thursday's announcement of
where LeBron James will sign a
free-agent contract as unique but
consistent with what the rest of
the industry would do given
similar circumstances.
Norby Williamson, ESPN's
executive vice president of "We spent a lot of time sort of
production, said the channel vetting it out, trying to come to
acted properly in providing an a position where we're
hour of time Thursday night for comfortable. We're comfortable
James, the most sought after of with the execution of what we're
this season's group of NBA free hopefully going to get to present
[Thursday] night."
agents, to make his
announcement. In what is clearly an unusual
arrangement in media circles,
"We believe this is a unique
program," said Williamson. "It ESPN will surrender almost all
of the advertising during the
contains newsworthy content
that I think any other television show, called "The Decision",
airing during the 9 p.m. ET hour
or media company would love
to have the opportunity to offer. Thursday to James' marketing
company, LRMR Marketing.
We have control over how we
cover the announcement."
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NBA Free Agents: Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade say they'll play
for Miami Heat
ESPN.com news services ESPN3. Stuart Scott, Jon Barry
(ESPN.com) and Michael Wilbon will host
Submitted at 7/8/2010 9:56:05 AM the hourlong special.
Ending months of speculation,
Wade and Bosh announced
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'The Decision' Is Coming seasons with the Heat, how
Where will LeBron James' Dwyane Wade's career ranks in
basketball future take him? The Miami measure up:
NBA's two-time defending Chris Bosh was the heart of the
MVP will reveal his destination Raptors for seven seasons. En
on "The Decision" on ESPN route to Miami, how his career
(Thursday, 9 p.m. ET) and ranks in Toronto looked:
They were the three kingpins of
this long-hyped free-agent
market, a trio of All-Stars who
came into the league together
seven years ago and structured
their last contracts just to hit the
open market together this
summer, the last under the
current terms of the league's
collective bargaining agreement.
Now, the ball is in King James'
court.
"I expect us to compete for a
championship," Bosh told
ESPN. "I think both Dwyane
and I, we both wanted an
opportunity where right away
we would be competing. ...
We're ready to sacrifice a lot of
things in order to do that. It's not
about the money. It's not about
anything else except for
winning. I'm a winner.
Dwyane's a winner. We're going
to bring winning to Miami."
Toronto and Miami have been
in discussions throughout the
afternoon and into Wednesday
evening about a potential sign-
and-trade for Bosh, a league
source with knowledge of the
situation told ESPN.com's Andy
Katz.
The source said there is hope
that a resolution could be
reached by Thursday morning.
The Raptors have not spoken to
Bosh about the matter, dealing
only with the Heat, the source
told Katz. Bosh could earn $125
million over six years via sign-
and-trade, but only $96 million
in five without it.
The Raptors have discussed a
number of scenarios -- draft
picks and potential players --
with the Heat in a sign-and-
trade, but there remains a
chance the talks could break
down. The Heat have few
options for the Raptors because
of a thin roster that includes
only one high-profile player in
Michael Beasley, whose off-
court issues have made him less
marketable in a trade.
"We intend to enter into player
contracts with Dwyane and
Chris once the moratorium
period has ended," was the only
statement from Heat president
Pat Riley on Wednesday.
Wade, 28, said it was difficult
to turn down the chance to play
in Chicago, where he grew up.
But in the end, an opportunity to
play with the 26-year-old Bosh
and build a title contender in
Miami with the two in the prime
of their careers won out over his
desire to play in his hometown,
Wade said.
"Now we can get on the pace of
building a championship," he
said.
Wade does not know what the
terms of the next contract he'll
sign with Miami will be, nor
when he'll sign the paper. Bosh
doesn't have terms of his next
Sports/ 61
deal done either. It's all
contingent on what James says
Thursday night, and Wade
insisted he knows nothing about
what the two-time MVP will say
or where he'll be saying it from.
Contracts cannot be officially
signed until Thursday.
Asked why he didn't agree to a
sign-and-trade that would have
paired him with James in
Cleveland, Bosh said he decided
that Miami was the best choice
available to him.
"I wasn't sure if LeBron was
coming back [to Cleveland] and
I just wanted to leave that
decision up to him," Bosh said.
"I wanted to choose the best
situation for me and my family
and Miami was the best decision
for me."
The Heat still have only four
players in the picture for this
coming season: Wade, Bosh,
Beasley and Mario Chalmers.
Miami is in discussions with
several free agents, including
Brendan Haywood, Mike Miller,
Raymond Felton and Udonis
Haslem-- whom Wade has
played with in all seven of his
previous seasons.
The salary cap released for the
2010-11 season on Thursday
was just over $58 million, about
$2 million more than teams
expected, and that extra money
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2010 NBA free agency: Sources: LeBron James leaning
toward joining Miami Heat
Chris Broussard (ESPN.com) big LeBron James
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:53:43 AM announcement with ESPN NBA
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Michael Wilbon and ESPN's
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with the Miami Heat on with All-Star teammates, to
Thursday night, according to feeling he is selling himself
several sources with knowledge short by joining Wade's team, to
of the situation. concerns that playing on such a
Barring a late change of heart, power-packed squad will hurt
sources say James has decided his brand even if he wins
to join fellow All-Stars Dwyane championships.
Wade and Chris Bosh to form a James worked hard to help the
potential NBA powerhouse. Cavaliers improve their roster,
Best of Mike and Mike sources said. He tried to sell
Mike Greenberg previews the Bosh on the idea of going to
Cleveland, but the 6-foot-11
forward was adamant he did not
want to play in northeast Ohio.
While sources close to James
insist his heart is in Cleveland
and remaining with the
Cavaliers was his preferred
choice, they say he had concerns
about signing a six-year deal
there and ending up "31 years
old, with bad knees and no
title."
ESPN.com reported June 28
that James, Wade and Bosh held
a scaled-down version of the
free-agent summit originally
suggested by Wade to seriously
discuss their futures.
'The Decision' Is Coming
Where will LeBron James'
basketball future take him? The
NBA's two-time defending
MVP will reveal his destination
on "The Decision" on ESPN
(Thursday, 9 p.m. ET) and
ESPN3. Stuart Scott, Jon Barry
and Michael Wilbon will host
the hourlong special.
Sources in the initial report told
ESPN.com that the sitdown took
place in Miami during the
weekend before July 1, when
free agency commenced. That
was subsequently denied by
Henry Thomas, agent for Wade
and Bosh. In reconfirming
Wednesday that the three
players did convene for at least
one face-to-face meeting,
sources now say the three
players met in Ohio on James'
turf on the Saturday before the
NBA draft.
James averaged 29.7 points for
Cleveland last season; Wade
averaged 26.6 points for Miami;
and Bosh averaged career bests
of 24.0 points and 10.8
rebounds for Toronto.
By joining the Heat, James
would leave nearly $30 million
on the table, unless the
Cavaliers agree to an unlikely
sign-and-trade. The Cavaliers
could give him a six-year, $128
million contract, while Miami
can offer him only a five-year
deal worth up to $99 million.
Wade does not know what the
terms of the next contract he'll
sign with Miami will be, nor
when he'll sign the paper. Bosh
doesn't have terms of his next
deal done, either. It's all
contingent on what James says
Thursday night, and Wade
insisted he knows nothing about
what the two-time MVP will
say.
Players could not sign new
contracts until Thursday.
Asked why he didn't agree to a
sign-and-trade that would have
paired him with James in
Cleveland, Bosh said he decided
Miami was the best choice.
"I wasn't sure if LeBron was
coming back [to Cleveland] and
I just wanted to leave that
decision up to him," Bosh said.
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"I wanted to choose the best
situation for me and my family,
and Miami was the best decision
for me."
The salary cap released
Thursday for the 2010-11
season was just more than $58
million, about $2 million more
than teams expected, and that
extra money could be yet
another free-agency edge for the
Heat.
"We'll see what the best thing is
for us to win," Wade told The
Associated Press. "I'm going to
make a lot of money, no matter
what happens. I've been blessed.
I'm not counting every dollar
and every cent. Let's sit down,
let's see what the best thing is
for us, for the long haul."
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim,
who was an assistant coach on
the 2008 gold medal-winning
U.S. Olympic basketball team
that included James, Wade and
Bosh, said he has no doubts the
three superstars can co-exist on
the same NBA team.
"All three can play together,
they played together for us and
they were great," Boeheim told
ESPN.com's Andy Katz.
"If he goes to Miami it clearly
gives him the best chance to
win. They could easily play
together. They are all good
friends and they all like each
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encouragement of some of his
friends and supporters."
Police have said Vick was not
the shooter. Bryant said the
investigation also shows that
Vick "was not aware of whether
or not anyone was going to be
shot, was threatened to be shot
or anything to do with any of
that business."
Neither Vick's attorney, Larry
Woodward, or his agent, Joel
Segal, returned phone messages
Wednesday night.
Bryant, who has declined to
press charges at this time against
anyone in the shooting, said the
victim and witnesses have not
cooperated. He would not
confirm a police statement made
Tuesday that they know who the
shooter is, but did say that the
case remains open.
The victim has not been
identified by police, but
Woodward said it was Quanis
Phillips -- a co-defendant in the
federal dogfighting case that
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landed Vick in federal prison.
Phillips, who Woodward said
was not invited to the party and
did not interact with Vick while
there, was treated at a hospital
and released the following day.
The shooting occurred a block
away from the nightclub where
Vick was celebrating his 30th
birthday.
Vick was interviewed by
detectives in the case a few days
later.
"He has sat down with Virginia
Beach detectives and answered
all their questions and, in our
view, has been cooperative ...
and I should say cooperative and
truthful," Bryant said.
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USC Trojans ineligible
for 2010 USA Today
football coaches' poll
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This will be an unranked season
for USC in USA Today's
football coaches' poll.
Grant Teaff, executive director
of the American Football
Coaches Association, told USA
Today that because the school is
under major NCAA sanctions
and prohibited from playing in a
bowl, it will be ineligible for the
poll.
USC filed an appeal with the
NCAA last month, asking that
several sanctions of its football
program be reduced because
they are "too severe" and
"inconsistent with precedent."
USC appealed only certain
aspects of the NCAA's ruling.
Among the penalties were a two
-year bowl ban, four years of
probation, scholarship losses
and removal of several victories.
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could likely be yet another free-
agency edge for the Heat.
"We'll see what the best thing is
for us to win," Wade told The
Associated Press. "I'm going to
make a lot of money, no matter
what happens. I've been blessed.
I'm not counting every dollar
and every cent. Let's sit down,
let's see what the best thing is
for us, for the long haul."
Miami came into free agency
with what turned out to be
roughly $46 million of cap
space, not including $16.5
million or so earmarked for
Wade, thanks to years of
avoiding just about any deal
where money would have been
committed for the 2010-11
season.
"We want to build a dynasty,"
Riley had told fans entering free
agency.
Bosh and Wade would be a
pretty good start.
Wade and Bosh are also
expected, along with Riley, to
continue to lobby James to join
them in Miami, despite the
financial complexities involved
for the Heat to make room for
all three. However, they passed
up the opportunity for additional
lobbying during their
appearance on "SportsCenter,"
saying they preferred to leave
the decision up to him.
"We all make our own decisions
at the end of the day," Wade
said. "Of course, we would love
for LeBron to join Miami -- who
wouldn't? But at the same time,
LeBron is going to make his
own decision."
Amid a growing sense among
rival executives that James
intends to stay with the Cavs,
sources close to the situation
told ESPN.com that James is
still seriously considering
joining forces with Wade and
Bosh in Miami and, during a
conference call early
Wednesday, had a discussion
about the possibility that all
three could wind up playing
together for the Heat.
Earlier this week, the Raptors
reportedly had been reluctant to
do a sign-and-trade, especially
with Miami, contending the
Heat did not have any players of
interest. But if Bosh leaves
outright as a free agent, the
Raptors would be left with, at
most, $4 million in cap space to
replace Bosh.
ESPN The Magazine's Chris
Broussard and Ric Bucher,
ESPN.com senior NBA writer
Marc Stein and The Associated
Press contributed to this report.
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The school will accept a bowl
ban for the upcoming season
and certain scholarship penalties
in football, but believes the full
sanctions were unduly harsh.
According to USA Today, it
was expected that USC would
be eligible for the coaches' poll
in 2010 because it planned to
appeal, but because the school
accepted the postseason ban for
this season, it became ineligible
for the poll.
Teaff released a statement in
which he said the AFCA
informed USC athletic director
Mike Garrett, USC coach Lane
Kiffin, Pac-10 commissioner
Larry Scott and BCS executive
director Bill Hancock that the
Trojans would be ineligible for
the 2010 coaches' poll.
The coaches' poll is one of the
rankings used in the formula to
determine the BCS standings.
"American Football Coaches
Association policy dictates that
AFCA members who serve on
the board of voters to determine
national ranking shall not vote
on any institution on major
probation," Teaff said in the
statement.
"Penalties imposed by the
NCAA, or a representative
conference, are classified as
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loss of postseason bowl
participation and/or television
appearances, and/or loss of 20
percent or more of grants in
aid."
The NCAA's sanctions will not
prevent USC from being
considered for The Associated
Press' poll, which is not part of
the BCS formula.
In an e-mail to the Los Angeles
Times last month, in which she
said USC would keep its 2004
AP national title, AP sports
editor Terry Taylor said: "The
poll is intended to measure on-
field performance. If teams are
allowed to play, they're allowed
to be ranked and USC certainly
played in 2004."
Information from The
Associated Press was used in
this report.
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Choice He Makes
Jay Mariotti (FanHouse Main)
Submitted at 7/7/2010 6:35:00 PM
Filed under: NBA So now we
look to LeBron James, currently
in makeup before his narcissistic
one-hour reality show, for the
finishing blow on NBA Star
Wars. Are we watching the
basketball equivalent of a
revolution, the melding of a
triple-studded Miami superteam
rarely seen in sports? Does the
fact his self-styled ESPN show
is coming from a Boys & Girls
Club in Greenwich, Conn., 30
miles from Madison Square
Garden, mean he's playing in
New York? Or is this entire
exercise less climactic than a
game of Whack-a-Mole, with
James destined to stay in
Cleveland a day after Dwyane
Wade chose to stay in Miami,
joined in the one compelling
transaction by glory-starved
Chris Bosh?
"I'll be watching," Wade said.
"We've scheduled it. I'll make
sure I'm in front of the TV at 9
to watch like everyone else."
Not to embarrass anyone who
thought we were witnessing a
talent tidal wave, but if James
and Wade re-up with their
current teams and don't combine
respective camps in a power
play, all it means is that the
biggest offseason transaction
happened in Montana. That is
where Phil Jackson went
fishing, saw the stars, heard the
gods and decided to rejoin the
the Los Angeles Lakers for
another season. Without Bosh or
another robust reinforcement,
James can't win an NBA title
with the Cavaliers. Without an
able, experienced third cog,
Wade and Bosh won't
necessarily win an immediate
title with the Heat. But the
Lakers, with Jackson and Kobe
Bryant and the cachet of
successive championships,
remain positioned for more. If I
were James, I'd be signing
anywhere BUT Cleveland now,
knowing my legacy is based on
winning and that Wade, Bosh
and Riley are poised to spoil my
championship dreams for years.
I'd either be joining that historic
posse or, in a more diluted
scenario, heading to the New
York Knicks, where at least
Amare Stoudemire can provide
26 points and 12 rebounds a
game, if not the defense that
James now treasures more than
his pre-game powder shower on
the sideline.
2010
continued from page 62
other. Bosh can play off each of
them. He doesn't need to be the
main guy. You can alternate
down the court -- one time
LeBron takes it, Dwyane takes it
the next time. I don't think it's
even an issue," Boeheim said.
"We had all of those guys and
Kobe [Bryant] on the court at
the same time and we did all
right. Anybody who says [they
can't play together] doesn't
know what they're talking
about."
Miami came into free agency
with what turned out to be
roughly $46 million of cap
space, not including $16.5
million or so earmarked for
Wade, thanks to years of
avoiding just about any deal in
which money would have been
committed for the 2010-11
season.
"We want to build a dynasty,"
Miami Heat president Pat Riley
had told fans entering free
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agency.
By scheduling his special show
and essentially putting a
deadline on himself to make an
announcement, it would appear
that James has made up his
mind. If he does, however,
change his decision, the
Cavaliers, the New York Knicks
and Chicago Bulls all would be
possibilities, according to the
sources.
Chris Broussard is an NBA
writer for ESPN The Magazine.
ESPN.com's Marc Stein and
Andy Katz contributed to this
report. Information from The
Associated Press was also used.
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Image
Kevin Blackistone (FanHouse
Main)
Submitted at 7/7/2010 7:12:00 PM
Filed under: NBA As the world
waits with bated breath for
LeBron James-- the world's
greatest basketball player yet to
win an NBA title -- to announce
what basketball team's multi-
million dollar paycheck he'll
accept for the next few years,
I've reached a decision: I like
James' rivals, especially Kevin
Durant, a whole lot more.
After all, you couldn't help but
miss the big announcement
Durant made on Wednesday
concerning his future, because it
wasn't big at all. He issued a
tweet, the 21st century
equivalent of, I guess, a
telegram, and his agent, Aaron
Goodwin, entertained questions
from The Oklahoman
newspaper that covers the
Oklahoma City Thunder for
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Michael Vick Involved in
Confrontation, 'Not Aware'
Shooting Would Occur
A.J. Perez (FanHouse Main)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:10:00 AM
Filed under: Eagles, NFL
Police Blotter Michael Vick was
involved in a confrontation after
his 30th birthday party
concluded, but his link to the
triggerman of the shooting that
left a co-defendant from Vick's
dog-fighting case wounded
could be tenuous.
Commonwealth's Attorney
Harvey L. Bryant told The Guadalajara restaurant prior to
which Durant stars. the bait from James, or TNT, A s s o c i a t e d Press Quanis Phillips being shot.
"Exstension for 5 more years which most likely would've bit Vick"extricated" himself from "The investigation shows he was
wit the #thunder....God Is Great, had the 800-pound sports- the scuffle outside a Virginia not physically present when the
me and my family came a long televising gorilla turned its back. Beach restaurant and he "was shooting took place," Bryant
way...I love yall man forreal, There was never any word of not aware of whether or not said. "There were some
this a blessing!" Durant being part of a private anyone was going to be shot, confrontations between
That was it. s u m m i t w i t h o t h e r y o u n g was threatened to be shot or individuals and between groups
There was no one-hour show superstars looking to plot a anything to do with any of that and Michael Vick was involved
negotiated for Thursday with takeover of the NBA throne. business." in one of those confrontations."
any of the NBA's broadcasting Bryant revealed to WAVY-TV "[It was] a confrontation that
partners, like ESPN, which took 10 in Virginia Beach that Vick involved shouting, words
had been involved in one of passing, some bumping."
several "confrontations" at
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Activision's Amrich: DJ
Hero sales now up to
1.2 million units
One vote at Ubisoft for giving the David Hinkle (Joystiq)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 12:50:00 PM
Hero needed "time for its
audience to find it, a price
break, and positive word from
Assassin's Creed franchise a year off Activision's DJ Hero may not both friends and reviews to
have had the strong start the circulate" before it could really
JC Fletcher (Joystiq) concerned with franchise about one thing -- that the company would have hoped for, pick up steam. With DJ Hero 2
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:15:00 AM fatigue, even citing the case of corporate side of the company but it's apparently gained just around the corner, we're
music games like Guitar Hero, can override even the best significant momentum since its anxious to see how Activision
"I don't think there's going to be whose releases Activision has creative decision to sell some October launch. In an editorial will apply what it's learned from
an Assassin's Creed in 2011," pledged to curtail. games. Which is exactly what's piece defending the performance the first game.
Ubisoft associate producer Jean- "Honestly, I think for the benefit going to happen in 2011. of Bizarre's recent racer, Blur, Activision's Amrich: DJ Hero
F r a n c o i s B o i v i n t o l d of everybody - and business can One vote at Ubisoft for giving Activision social media guy Dan sales now up to 1.2 million units
Eurogamer. "I think we're going c o m e b a c k a n d o v e r r i d e the Assassin's Creed franchise a Amrich talked up DJ Hero's originally appeared on Joystiq
to let it breathe a bit and really everything I say because at the year off originally appeared on longterm success -- which has on Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:50:00
focus on bringing something end of the day it's about selling Joystiq on Thu, 08 Jul 2010 now yielded sales of 1.2 million EST. Please see our terms for
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into the hosting business. This get to create my own operating
My Scripting2 to-do list is time, I am determined not to be system, and offer it to you.
getting small again, but there are the central point of failure. Eventually I can even ask for
still some big items there. One Eventually it made so sick that I some of the money to flow back
of them is to get an Amazon had to drop the ball. This time I to me to fund the continued
AMI ready for people to create don't want it to be dependent on development of the software.
their own blogging servers. me. That was the mistake last Maybe I'll even get rich from it,
My goal is to make it as time. that wouldn't be so terrible.
turnkey as possible to set up My role is to work on software Unlike the WordPress
your own server. One of my and to be a community leader. ecosystem, that had evolved to
frustrations with WordPress is That's what I do best. drifts and the platform suffers, create entities like Bluehost,
that you have to understand so Also, by having people host and the users wait and things who have confusing startup
much about hosting before you their own servers from the start, never get better. plans, we'll have one that's a
start hosting. There's so much we get past the bottleneck of the The WordPress guys found a simple howto that takes at most
you have to understand before t y p i c a l " U s e r G e n e r a t e d better formula, by offering an hour from beginning to end,
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Y o u h a v e t o b e h i g h l y In that world, the users are like their own blogs on their own anyone. You can launch the
motivated, you're making a real little hamsters in cages spinning
commitment. That's why so around the wheels that drive ad
hardware for free. Even your server, create your blog, and
wordpress.com blog is free. You after one day decide it's not for Science
m a n y p e o p l e g o w i t h impressions that generate only pay when you get serious you, and owe Amazon less than
wordpress.com. (None of this is revenue for the tech company
presented as fact, just my a n d s t o c k o p t i o n s o f t h e
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seriously consider setting up This always struck me as out of At my point in life, I'm less c o d e w i t h i n a u t o - u p d a t e s crazy stuff going on at
their own EC2 server. It costs balance. concerned with making money properly, and then at some point scienceblogs.com, and
about $90 per month, and it can It works when the founders can myself, and more concerned I'll be looking for guinea pigs er wondering if there isn't
host dozens of bloggers using find a quick exit as the YouTube about setting up something that testers to try it out. something the tech community
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we're going to find out). The common case, the company for an answer and along came Scientists who are also natural-
born bloggers. It's a perfect
example of people with
information going direct to the
people who want it.
I've always felt that reporters
should apply the scientific
method. Here are writers whose
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lives are devoted to the service
of science.
It's not surprising that a
corporation like PepsiCo would
want to get in the middle of such
a good thing.
What's needed, it seems to me,
is a simple blogging platform,
probably WordPress or Drupal,
that could host all the science
bloggers who wanted to be free
of the corporate situation.
I am not using this as an
opportunity to promote my
blogging platform. It seems to
me it's too delicate a situation to
insert anything like personal
interests into. Rather, it would
be great to get a home for these
people, asap, one that will make
it easy for them to migrate to a
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70 Science/ E-reader News Edition

Faulty Gene-Scanning Chip Calls Results of Major Lifespan

Study Into Question
Rebecca Boyle (Popular Kári Stefánsson, who founded -- and the surprising accuracy of
Science - New Technology, deCode Genetics, says the quirk the model, at 77 percent.
Science News, The Future is related to two of the strongest The BU researchers stand by
Now)
genetic variants linked to aging their findings, they said in a
Submitted at 7/7/2010 4:33:06 PM in the study, called rs1036819 statement Wednesday afternoon:
DNA Chip T h e and rs1455311. "We have been made aware that
HumanOmniExpress bead chip Newsweek reports: For any there is a technical error in the
can be used for genome-wide given gene, a person will have lab test used on approximately
association studies (GWAS) like two alleles, or forms of DNA. In 10 percent of the centenarian
a controversial study reported in the vast majority of people, at sample that involved the two of
Science last week. At least one the rs1036819 and rs1455311 the 150 variants. Our
geneticist says the 610-Quad locations in the genome, these preliminary analysis of this
chip -- which is similar to this pairs of alleles consist of one issue suggests that the apparent
one and also manufactured by "minor" form and one "major" error would not effect the
Illumina -- has a particular quirk form. But the 610-Quad chip overall accuracy of the model.
that may have resulted in false tends to see the wrong thing at Because the issue has been
positives. Illumina those particular locations, raised since the publication of
Though many scientists hailed according to Stefánsson. the paper, we are now closely re
the results last week, some The study in question found a -examining the analysis."
geneticists expressed doubt pattern of genetic variants They add that their statistical
about a study that linked several among people who lived to be model holds up despite the small
genes to extreme old age. Now, 100 or older. The researchers, sample size.
at least one expert is saying the based at Boston University Ultimately, further studies will
DNA analysis chips used to School of Medicine, built a researchers used different DNA 610 chip. be needed to clarify the
conduct the study may have led model based on that genetic chips to analyze the control Goldstein tells Nature.com that findings. Some geneticists say
to faulty results. signature, and found it could group and the study group. The using different chips, or even they're reserving judgment until
The study authors defend their predict longevity with 77 chips were manufactured by the the same chips in different labs, the results are duplicated in a
work, but said in a statement percent accuracy. same company, but they use can influence the data. Some larger group of test subjects,
Wednesday afternoon that they Scientists said the study, different methods -- one studies experiments turned up variants such as a European group of
w e r e r e - e x a m i n i n g t h e i r published in Science, was a 370,000 genetic variants and the that seemed to be associated 2,500 nonagenarian sibling
analysis. breakthrough in understanding other, the 610-Quad, studies with a specific trait, but were pairs, according to Nature.
Specifically, Newsweek quotes how genes affect human life 610,000 variants. The authors actually due to slight differences [ Newsweek, Nature]
an Icelandic geneticist who says spans. explain they had to change chips in experimental conditions, he
the DNA analysis chip used for But others immediately cried midstream because the 370 chip says.
part of the study, the 610-Quad, foul. Newsweek also quotes a went off the market. Only about Other concerns included the
has a quirk that can lead to false Duke University geneticist, 10 percent of the people in the small sample size -- the BU
positives. David Goldstein, who notes the study were examined with the team looked at 800 centenarians
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powerfully absorbent polymers
that can suck up hundreds of
times their weight in water.
Hydrogels have many
applications today, from food
processing to mopping up oil
spills, but they are most familiar
as the magic ingredient in
disposable diapers. The
difference with agricultural
hydrogels is that they don't just
trap moisture; they let it go
again, very slowly, almost like
time-release medication, into the
root system of plants. That
continuity of moisture is what
brittle landscapes like deserts
need to become fertile again.
Water activates a mineralization
process, setting free nutrients in
the soil so that life can grow.
But water alone won't make
gardens flourish in sand. So van
Cotthem, an honorary professor
of botany at Ghent University in
Belgium who has helmed
several international scientific
panels studying desertification,
invented a "soil conditioner"
called Terracottem. It's an 8- to
12-inch layer of dirt
impregnated with hydrogels,
along with organic agents that
nourish the natural bacteria in
the soil.
Van Cotthem's early
experiments with his soil are
now literally bearing fruit on
every continent except
Antarctica. Where Terracottem
sits, barren plots of land are now
fertile, and have already
changed lives. In 2005,
UNICEF invited van Cotthem to
oversee the construction of
"family gardens" in the
Sahawari refugee camps in
Algeria. Since 1975, thousands
of Africans in the camps have
lived in tents and shacks,
dependent on the World Food
Program to provide them with
dry and canned goods-a diet that
left them vulnerable to disease.
Today more than 2,000 pocket
gardens there provide healthy
food.
If this technology is so
miraculous, you might wonder,
why wasn't it developed earlier?
After all, disposable diapers
have been around since the
1940s. Until only recently,
though, hydrogels were toxic,
and skeptics doubted that they
could ever be made safe for
consumption. There was no
bigger skeptic than van Cotthem
himself-so much so that the day
a research engineer from a
German diaper company walked
into his lab and told him he'd
cracked the nut, van Cotthem
said to his face, "I don't believe
you."
"OK," the engineer said. And he
took out a spoon and ate the
hydrogel. Van Cotthem was
shocked. Then he said to his
visitor, "Please come back in a
couple of months so that I know
you're still alive." Meanwhile,
van Cotthem tested the samples,
got promising results, and began
researching the agricultural uses
of hundreds of kinds of
hydrogels. When the engineer
returned alive, van Cotthem was
convinced.
But new soil isn't enough-
people still need something to
grow in it. Realizing that half
the world routinely throws out
seeds that the other half needs,
van Cotthem also launched a
nonprofit organization called
Seeds for Food that asks people
to mail in their unwanted seeds.
"My office right now is full of
71
pumpkin seeds people sent in
after Halloween," he says.
Scientists are exploring
different uses for hydrogels.
Enhanced soils, they believe,
could be the key to farms in
space. The recipe is simple: a
few drops of water and glass-
like marbles to provide a kind of
scaffolding for roots in the soil.
"Suddenly," van Cotthem
explains, "you have a rich soil
that can support almost
anything." But his sights are set
firmly on this star system. "I do
see the possibility of achieving
wonderful things in space," he
says. "But let us first solve the
problems here on Earth, starting
with offering everyone the
chance to produce their own
food. And we are certainly in a
position to do so."
72 Science/
NSA Launching "Perfect Citizen" Surveillance Program to
Monitor Private Networks for Cyber Attacks
Clay Dillow (Popular Science -
New Technology, Science
News, The Future Now)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:25:38 AM
Old School Infrastructure A lot
of America's critical
infrastructure, like the control
rooms at nuclear plants or the
technology that governs power
grids (this control panel is from
a '70s-era nuclear power
experiment site), was designed
in a pre-Web world. The NSA
wants to shore up cyber security
holes by getting inside private
companies' networks and
monitoring their data traffic for
signs of impending cyber attack.
In a move that is poised to
become extremely unpopular
with privacy advocates, the
National Security Agency -- you
may remember them from the
warrant-less wiretapping
scandal -- is launching a
program dubbed"Perfect
Citizen" to detect cyber attacks
on private companies running
critical infrastructure like the
electricity grid or nuclear plants.
All companies have to do is let
the NSA deploy a bunch of
sensors within their networks,
and trust that the nation's best
eavesdropping agency won't
abuse the system.
Both the NSA and Raytheon,
who was awarded the initial
contract to develop the
surveillance effort (valued at up
to $100 million), are naturally
being very hush-hush about
Perfect Citizen. But according to
the WSJ, it seems the system
would rely on a series of sensors
physically installed within
networks that would allow the
NSA to monitor activity for the
telltale signs of an impending
cyber attack.
The NSA insists the failsafe
measures would only kick in
when suspicious activity arises
and would not continuously
monitor the data streaming
through a private company's
networks. But there's a Big
Brother aspect to Perfect Citizen
that has some in government
and industry grumbling about an
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nearly impossible for the
government's security arms to
provide a common defense. One
military official claims the
violation of privacy is no greater
than that caused by traffic
cameras, as the sensors will
more or less keep an eye out for
suspicious patterns in network
traffic among other things.
For now, Perfect Citizen is not
a mandatory program, and that
should allay some privacy
concerns. The look of the
finalized program is still
unclear, as the NSA is working
with private companies to
persuade them of the gravity of
the threat and come to agreeable
terms with the government on
how best to implement the
intrusion by the government in sensors. Some companies might
to private affairs. install their own sensors and
But it might be the kind then offer the NSA restricted
intrusion that is necessary. access, a deal that might be far
G o v e r n m e n t o f f i c i a l s a r e more agreeable to those IT
constantly worried about the departments worried about
capabilities of Chinese cyber having Big Brother wandering
warriors (not to mention those the cyber hallways.
employed by rogue states or [ Wall Street Journal]
terror groups), and the
patchwork nature of American
utilities and other key
infrastructure providers makes it
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Swiss Solar-Powered Plane Successfully
Completes Groundbreaking 26-Hour Flight
Through the Night
Clay Dillow (Popular Science -
New Technology, Science
News, The Future Now)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 10:30:56 AM
Entering the Night After seven
years of testing, tweaking, and
pushing the technological
envelope, Solar Impulse HB-
SIA finally hit its most critical
milestone to date, completing a
26-hour flight that saw the solar-
powered plane fly through the
night. The carbon-fiber aircraft's
200-foot wingspan is covered in
10,748 solar cells that - aside
from powering the plane - store
excess power in batteries that
enable the plane to operate even
after sunset. The all-night flight
is an important proof of concept
for Solar Impulse, proving solar
flight is viable even when the
sun doesn't shine. Solar Impulse
A team of visionary Swiss
engineers and at least one test
pilot with nerves of steel have
pushed solar-powered flight to
the next level, completing an
overnight flight that proves solar
flight is possible even when the
plane's fuel source dips behind
the horizon. This morning test-
pilot André Borschberg
successfully put Solar Impulse
HB-SIA on the ground safely
after 26 hours and nine minutes
of flight powered solely by the
sun.
Click to launch the photo
gallery
The flight began yesterday
morning, as Borshberg slowly
climbed to a maximum altitude
just beyond 28,000 feet while
more than 10,000 solar cells
stretched across its massive 200-
foot wingspan soaked up solar
energy and stored it in batteries
inside the plane. Solar Impulse
then slowly descended as the
day's sunlight waned, acting as a
glider to use the least amount of
power possible. The plane
switched the power back on at
somewhere around 5,000 feet
and cruised easily through the
rest of the night on the stored
solar energy.
No such flight had ever been
attempted before, and its success
is quite a milestone for solar-
powered flight, proving that a
day's worth of solar flight can
generate enough excess power
to get a plane through the night.
Looking purely at the numbers,
it seems that if a plane can make
it to the next morning, it could
potentially fly for extended
periods without landing barring
mechanical problems.
With that in mind, the Solar
Impulse crew is celebrating
today then getting right back to
work. Next up for the world's
most advanced solar-powered
plane: a transatlantic flight
followed by an around-the-
world sojourn that will be
carried out by the team's second
prototype solar plane, which
they will begin building this
summer.
[ Solar Impulse]
Science/ 73
Magnetic Nanoparticles
Can Be Used to Charge
Neurons And Control
Your Behavior, Study
Says
Rebecca Boyle (Popular
Science - New Technology,
Science News, The Future
Now)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 9:14:04 AM
Nematodes Change Direction
These nematodes contain
nanoparticles that warm up
when exposed to a magnetic
field. The warmth makes the
worms wriggle in a different
direction. University of Buffalo
Researchers in Buffalo are
bringing us a step closer to
being controlled by machines.
Or magnetized nanoparticles, at
least: Heated magnetic
nanoparticles targeted to cell
membranes could control your
behavior, according to a new
paper in Nature
Nanotechnology.
The researchers, led by
University of Buffalo physics
professor Arnd Pralle, used
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magnetic fields to activate
neurons in a cell culture and
steer the movement of nematode
worms.
The findings could lead to
cancer treatments that remotely
manipulate cells in certain
tissues, or diabetes therapies that
remotely stimulate pancreatic
cells to release insulin,
according to the University of
Buffalo.
The system works by exposing
6-nanometer-sized particles in a
cell membrane to a magnetic
field, which heats them up. The
field is comparable in strength
to the kind used in magnetic
resonance imaging. When the
temperature reaches 34 degrees
Celsius (93.2 F), the cells react -
- that's the temperature that
provokes a natural avoidance
response, the researchers say.
In this video, the nematodes (
C. elegans) are wriggling
around; they change direction
when the magnetic field is
switched on, warming the
nanoparticles to 34 C.
The method does not harm the
cells, Pralle says. While the
membrane outside the cell heats
up, there is no temperature
change inside. Pralle and his
team even devised a nano-
thermometer to measure this
effect. They used a fluorescent
probe, and changes in the
fluorescence intensity indicated
the change in temperature.
Because the cells are not
harmed, the method can be used
in living animals, which opens
the door for specialized
pharmaceuticals or therapies. It
can also illuminate the signaling
networks that control animal
behavior, Pralle says.
[ ScienceDaily]
South African Shish
Kebabs
(Mensfitness.com)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 3:00:00 AM
Add a little exotic flavor to
your next cookout
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Ingredients
• 1 lb pork tenderloin, cut into
cubes
• 1/2 lb lamb shoulder or leg,
cut into cubes
• 3 tbsp dark brown sugar
• 1 tbsp plus 1/2 tsp curry with 2 tbsp of the brown sugar,
powder
• 2 tsp coriander seeds
• 2 cups dried apricots
• 1 onion, sliced, plus 1 onion,
peeled
• 1 1/2 cups dry red wine
• 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
• 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 3 slices turkey bacon, cut into
chunks
• 1 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp apricot jam
How to Make It
1.) In a bowl, sprinkle meat
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1 tbsp of the curry, and the
coriander seeds. Salt and pepper
to taste. Add apricots, sliced
onion, wine, vinegar, and oil,
then let marinate in fridge,
covered, for 2 to 4 hours.
2.) Meanwhile, cut peeled
onion in half crosswise, then cut
into quarters and break into
layers.
3.) Drain meat in a strainer over
large saucepan. Remove meat
and apricots from strainer and
discard remaining solids. Set
marinade aside. Thread
meat, apricots, onion layers,
and bacon onto skewers.
4.) Place saucepan with
marinade over high heat, bring
to a boil, and cook until thick,
about 10 minutes. Whisk in
Video Faceoff: YouTube vs. Hulu
Ben Parr (Mashable!)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 10:43:01 AM
YouTube has been the king of
online video for years, but the
Google-owned video service has
had its share of trials and
tribulations. While YouTube is
now making some revenue, its
costs have eaten that away by
and large. And while YouTube
is still growing like wildfire, it
still has a long way to go to
make the jump to TV.
The world’s second largest
video site, Hulu, takes a
butter, apricot jam, remaining 1
tbsp brown sugar, and 1/2 tsp
curry. Let sauce continue to
boil, whisking until thick. Pour a
quarter of the sauce into small
bowl for basting.
5.) When grill is hot, cook
kebabs until browned on the
outside and meat is cooked
through, about 2 minutes per
side—8 minutes total. After 4
minutes, start basting with
reserved sauce.
6.) Serve kebabs at once with
remaining sauce for dipping.
Nutritional Breakdown
Per serving
Calories: 665
Protein: 34 g
Carbs: 61 g
Fat: 26 g
different approach. Its full-
length movies and TV shows are
easier to monetize. Last week
the site introduced Hulu Plus, a
subscription service that
provides access to entire seasons
of popular shows, rather than
just the last five episodes.
A little more than a year ago,
many Mashable readers voiced
their belief that premium
content would ultimately trump
user-generated videos. We
wonder how many of you still
think this will be the case.
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PRAYERS
continued from page 75
interrupted Tuesday’s night’s
Texas Rangers-Cleveland
Indians game when a fan fell 30
feet from the second deck while
trying to catch a foul pop.
“Whoa! A fan tumbled out, and
I pray that he’s OK,” Rangers
play-by-play announcer Josh
Lewin said on the Fox Sports
Southwest broadcast that I was
watching. “Oh my.”
Lewin wasn’t the only one who
prayed.
The TV screen showed Indians
outfielder Trevor Crowe
kneeling face down with his
head in his hands.
“What’s he doing?” my 13-year-
old son asked, unsure if he was
seeing what he thought he was.
“He’s praying,” I confirmed. As
emergency personnel at Rangers
Ballpark rushed to the fan’s aid,
Cleveland shortstop Jason
Donald also appeared to be
praying.
I have watched a few thousand
— OK, a few million — major-
league baseball games in my
lifetime. Never before that I
recall have I seen major-league
ballplayers bow on the field in
spontaneous prayer. I was
curious to see if news reports
would pick up on that image. I
was pleased to see that some
did.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
quoted Donald up high in its
game story:
ARLINGTON, Texas— The
Indians were on the way to loss
No. 50 Tuesday night when a
man fell out of the stands at
Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
in the fifth inning.
“I didn’t see it,” said shortstop
Jason Donald, after the Indians’
12-1 loss to Texas, “but I heard
it. I heard the body hit and I
heard the crowd reaction. It
didn’t take a rocket scientist to
figure out what happened.”
Donald immediately squatted
down in the outfield grass and
started praying.
“I was praying that he wouldn’t
die,” Donald said.
Now, I’d love to know more.
I’d love to know Donald’s faith
background. I’d love to know if
he prays often or if his appeal
for God’s help was an unusual
thing for him. But that’s
probably asking too much from
a deadline game story.
Evan Grant of The Dallas
Morning News is one of my
favorite baseball writers.
Devoted Rangers fan that I am, I
read Grant’s stories, um,
religiously.
Unfortunately, his story did not
mention the players praying.
Now, that could be because they
were Indians, and his beat is the
Rangers. But I would suspect
that Rangers such as Josh
Hamilton, who has made no
secret of his evangelical
Christian faith, might have been
praying, too. I wish Grant had
included that angle.
Like the Plain Dealer, the
Akron Beacon Journal noticed
— and noted — the reactions by
Crowe and Donald:
After the incident, Trevor
Crowe in left and Jason Donald
at shortstop went down on one
knee, obviously feeling
emotions coursing through
them.
”It was crazy,” Crowe said. ”I
looked up and saw him coming
down. He tried to catch himself
[on the suite railing], but he
kept coming down. It’s one of
the scariest things I’ve ever
seen.
”I just started praying for the
guy. There was nothing to
break his fall. I thought he might
have killed himself. It affected
everybody emotionally, but
that’s not the reason we lost the
game.”
The game was interrupted for
16 minutes, and just before it
restarted, players were told the
man was conscious and
moving.
”I didn’t see it happen because
my head was turned, but I heard
it,” Donald said. ”I heard the
crowd, I heard the body hit the
seats. It didn’t take a rocket
scientist to figure it out. Thank
God I didn’t see it. That would
have done damage to me.”
Donald retreated to the
clubhouse for a couple of
minutes to compose himself.
”I was down on one knee,
because I was praying for the
guy and the people he landed
on,” he said. ”It kind of puts in
perspective that we’re playing a
game. You take your family to a
game, and you never think
something like this could
happen. It’s terrifying.”
Kudos to the Beacon Journal
for letting the players describe,
in their own words, what they
were thinking and feeling. The
description of Crowe going
down on one knee is not totally
accurate, however, as he clearly
was down on both knees. A
E-reader News Edition
YouTube video (since removed
from the Internet by Major
League Baseball) confirmed my
recollection.
It sounds like the man who fell
— and four people slightly
injured when he landed on them
— will be OK. But players and
fans had no way of knowing that
at the time.
That made the prayers in the
outfield all the more dramatic.
And worthy of news coverage.
Photo: That’s my niece and
nephew at Monday night’s
game. Thankfully, we were not
there in person to witness the
fan’s fall Tuesday night.
UPDATE: The original video I
posted was removed from the
Internet by MLB, so I have
replaced it with an ESPN Dallas
video in which the reporter
describes the two Indians
players praying.
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Name this sobering voice …
tmatt (GetReligion)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 8:49:04 AM
Regular GetReligion readers
will remember that I am a mass
transit guy and I am a magazine
guy.
Put those two facts together and
you end up with stacks of
magazines filling the back
pocket of my commuter bag
when I am traveling, whether
that is the daily run from the
south side of Baltimore to
Capital Hill or on longer trips,
such as the one I just made to
see family in the Texas Hill
Country. I head to Southern
California today (and the Divine
Mrs. MZ is traveling as well).
As I travel, I read and rip —
trying to get the bag lighter, fast.
Articles that have GetReligion
implications (or content for
Washington Journalism Center
class sessions) are ripped out
and return to the bag. Truth be
told, this often happens (hello
Atlantic Monthly) because an
article is quite long and deserves
more attention. Sometimes, an
article nags at me and I am not
quite sure why.
Take, for example, the
following quote that I hit the
other day. It is not clearly
religious, but there are obvious
moral implications.
The culture has totally changed.
Girls today are growing up too
fast; the influences of the
entertainment industry have
changed. Girls have experienced
a lot that their mothers and
grandmothers never
experienced. The age
compression thrusts girls into
the adolescent experience far
too early and gets them thinking
about sexuality at an early age
and creates pressure. We are
dealing with evidence of
emotional turmoil, including
eating disorders such as
anorexia and bulimia; 90
percent of those with eating
disorders are girls, some of them
as young as 5.
Recently a clothing
manufacturer finally took this
product off the shelves: bikinis
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who hang themselves after
being taunted. …
Here is what struck me. Could
GetReligion readers, I wonder,
guess who spoke these words?
They sound rather conservative.
Yet we live in an age when all
kinds of people — left and right
— are concerned about these
issues. But I worry that how
journalists REPORT these
words might depend on who
said them.
So, let’s play a little game. Who
spoke these words?
(a) First Lady Michelle Obama
(b) Mary Pipher, author of “
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the
Selves of Adolescent Girls.”
(c) U.S. Senator Joseph
Lieberman
(d) Oprah Winfrey
with padded bras for 7-year- (e) Atlantic Monthly columnist
olds. You also have cutting, Caitlin Flanagan, author of “ To
piercing and sexual aggression Hell with All That: Loving and
among elementary-school-age Loathing Our Inner Housewife.”
kids and early involvement with (f) None of the above.
drugs and alcohol. Girls have And the answer? I’ll put that in
now reached parity with boys in a comment on the post.
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10 Fascinating Facts You Didn’t Know About Apple

Amy-Mae Elliott (Mashable!) The Newton logo was designed Apple users probably have, as name, and Steve Jobs is said to
Submitted at 7/8/2010 10:09:05 AM by the lesser-known Apple she — yes she— was included have tried to change the
founder Ronald Wayne (the guy in the Cairo font as part of the project’s name to “Bicycle”
It can be argued that no who sold his stake — that today original Macintosh. After the while the McIntosh-loving
consumer electronics company would be worth $22 billion— to Cairo font was discontinued, staffer was out of office. But
h a s c a p t u r e d t h e p u b l i c ’ s Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak Dogcow lived on with Raskin clearly knew a good
fascination the way Apple has. for $800 – ouch!) and was only LaserWriter Driver 4.0 and then name when he coined it, as
Over the years it has morphed used briefly in 1976, since its became a sort of mascot for the Macintosh just had too much
into more than just a company high level of detail didn’t really Apple tech staff. staying power and stuck right to
or corporation, but for many it show up that well when shrunk was getting a piece of Designed by Susan Kare, the end of the product cycle. 6.
has become a representation of a down and stuck on a product. computing history — just Clarus — Dogcow’s given name Apple Made the First Mass-
lifestyle or culture, and a status The rainbow apple, designed by i m a g i n e h o w m u c h t h a t — makes a “moof” sound and Market Color Digital Camera
symbol complete with a larger Ron Janoff, replaced Sir Isaac calculator would fetch on eBay was found on all versions of the Back in 1994, Apple actually
fan base than most pop stars. and remained the symbol of the today. 3. The Apple I Cost Mac operating system until OS launched the first mass-market
Here at Mashable, we’re also company for many years until $666.66 X. In the late 1980s, she surged color digital camera in the U.S.
quite fascinated by Apple and its the simpler monochromatic The high prices of Apple’s in popularity and started to be The Apple QuickTake 100
achievements. The company is apple logo was introduced in current computers have recently used by other developer groups could snap an amazing eight
known just as much for its veil 1998. 2. Wozniak Sold His been among critics’ biggest — even Microsoft once used photographs and connected to a
of secrecy and ability to get the Scientific Calculator to Raise complaints. But historically Dogcow in an advertisement. Mac via a serial cable.
Internet buzzing with rumors, as Capital speaking, Apple products have As you could guess, Apple was It cost $749, which is about the
it is for the actual products. In order to raise enough money always boasted a higher a price none to fond of this, and the equivalent of $1,000 today,
You’re probably in on the to buy parts and build the first tag. In fact, when you account tech staff decided to write a which seems ridiculous for a
gossip, but there are likely a few few orders of the Apple I, Steve for inflation, back in the day, the Technical Note to stop the camera boasting less than one
things you don’t know about Jobs sold his Volkswagen van very first Apple computer would misuse. Later on, Technical megapixel resolution and no
Apple. and Wozniak, then an HP have been more expensive than Note #31 was included on the digital display.
So read on for the origins of employee, sold his Hewlett- the MacBook Air or even a 17- first Apple Developer CDs as an The QuickTake line expanded
product names, factoids about Packard 65 scientific calculator inch MacBook Pro today. Easter egg, and Apple even to two more models before
the Apple logo, what Wozniak for$500. The Apple I wasn’t priced at registered trademarks for both Steve Jobs shut it down in 1997
sold to finance the Apple I, and Those born after 1990 might be $666.66 with any Satanic Clarus the Dogcow, and her when he returned to the helm at
more wonders dug up from the surprised that a mere calculator connotations, but rather for “moof” sound. 5. The Name Apple and streamlined its
archives of Apple’s past. 1. The would raise any kind of capital, more practical reasons, as Steve “Macintosh” Was Inspired by an product line. 7. The Name
First Apple Logo Featured Isaac but back in 1976, a scientific Wozniak once explained at a Apple “iPod” Was Inspired By 2001:
Newton calculator cost as much as a news conference: It’s often cited that the Apple A Space Odyssey
A l t h o u g h t h e n o w - r e t r o laptop does today, and the HP- “I was into repeating digits,” he Lisa was named after Steve Clever copywriter Vinnie
r a i n b o w l o g o i s a r g u a b l y 65 was in fact marketed as “the said, and explained that the Jobs’ daughter, but where did Chieco is credited with coming
Apple’s most well known, the s m a l l e s t p r o g r a m m a b l e wholesale cost to stores was the name “Macintosh” come up with the iPod name as part of
very first Apple logo featured c o m p u t e r e v e r . ” $500, and adding a third to get from? Apple employee Jef a team assembled by Jobs to
Sir Isaac Newton sitting under a Woz got a decent price the retail price made it around R a s k i n i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r create a consumer-friendly
tree, with an apple about to hit considering it retailed for $795, $667, which Woz changed to all coining the machine after his moniker for the new device.
his head. (Legend has it that he and we imagine any calculator one repeating digit — $666.66 favorite variety of apple, smartly The story goes that Jobs had
was literally hit on the head with in his possession would have — “was just easier to type.” 4. tying the whole fruit theme already decided the MP3
an apple and that led to the been more than fairly well used. Apple Invented the “Dogcow” together.
Ever heard of “Dogcow?” Early Macintosh was just a code- FASCINATING page 80
concept of gravity.) We wonder if the buyer knew he
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10 Beautiful Free Hand-Drawn Icon Sets

Jacob Gube (Mashable!) Personal and commercial use availability of his icons for without loss of quality through
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:46:57 AM This pack of 14 hand-sketched commercial use. If you intend to pixelation.
icons include the logos of profit from the icons, you may Icons include the artist’s
This series is supported by Ben popular sites and web services want to contact him. 4. Handy interpretation of the logos of
& Jerry’s Joe, Ben & Jerry’s such as Twitter, Facebook, and Number of Icons: 24 popular social sites such as
new line-up of Fair Trade and Digg, as well other handy icons File Format: AI and PNG Delicious, Digg, and Twitter;
frozen iced coffee drinks. Learn for your blog, such as an RSS Sizes: 256×256px popular graphical user interface
more about it here. feed icon and email subscription License: Personal and objects like folders and floppy
Icons are representations of icon. Designer and blogger, commercial use disk drives; and Apple products,
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interface elements that give been featured in industry- 256×256px. The icon pack is design blogs, Webdesigner is a mish-mash of computing-
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perfect symmetry. web layout; you will probably icons. 3. Natsu Icon Set freebies. License: Personal use
For the more adventurous end up needing to rescale them Number of Icons: 43 This icon set includes 24 icons These beautiful icons by a
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preconceptions of what icons Number of Icons: 60 License: Personal use, Delicious, Digg, Facebook, drawn freehand using colored
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themes that embody intentional Sizes: 24×24, 32×32px, explicitly stated they also look great in black and icons for social media sites such
asymmetry can be a better 48×48px, 64×64px, 128×128px Natsu, a Japanese word that white, so you can open them up as Digg, StumbleUpon, Twitter
o p t i o n f o r s e t t i n g a u s e r and 256×256px means "summer," is a hand- in a graphics editor like and Facebook. Among the icons
interface apart. License: Custom license– drawn set of icons by Thai Photoshop and employ one of are also a few random and rarely
This post highlights 10 such Personal and commercial use Illustrator, Teekatas S. The set the many handy ways of represented products, including
icon sets that you can download This huge set of 60 distinct has a combination of pencil and converting images to grayscale Opera and OpenOffice.
free of charge and utilize in your icons was hand-sketched by watercolor work, with icons (e.g., Image > Adjustments > The artist of the icon set only
designs, user interfaces, and Rabotilnica — a small creative corresponding to objects such as Desaturate). 5. Sketch’d up! permits personal use of his
operating systems for an organic s t u d i o c o m p r i s e d o f t w o sheets of paper, a USB stick, Number of Icons: 99 icons. 7. Watercolor Free Icon
and non-standard look. As programmers and two designers and a stack of Polaroid photos. File Format: EPS Pack
always, read the terms of use if — to have an organic, color- The artist boasts about the Sizes: Variable sizes Number of Icons: 36
you’re planning to use these brushed look. Icons include chat icons’ non-perfection and License: Personal and File Format: PNG
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1. Hand Drawn Doodle Icon Set symbol, a magnifying glass, and the "sparkling, elegant and This icon pack comprises of License: Custom license–
for Bloggers more, making the icon set glassy icons" that are more close to a 100 assorted icons commercial use permission not
Number of Icons: 14 perfect for web-based user commonplace. sketched using vector graphics explicitly stated
File Format: JPG and PNG interfaces or even for replacing The set is at hand for your software, which means they’re This free icon set released on
Sizes: 150×150px your operating system’s icons. personal use; however, the artist conveniently editable and will
did not explicitly state the BEAUTIFUL page 81
License: Custom license– The set includes six sizes for scale up and down in size
80 Social Media/
FASCINATING
continued from page 78
player’s tag-line was to be
“1,000 songs in your pocket,”
which left naming options wide
open since it wouldn’t have to
explicitly refer something music
related.
“As soon as I saw the white
iPod, I thought 2001,” Chieco
told Wired in 2006. “Open the
pod bay door, Hal! Then it was
just a matter of adding the ‘i’
prefix, as in ‘iMac.’”
Of course, Hal has another
place in Apple history, in the
sinister Y2K warning ad that
Apple aired to advertise the fact
that Macs would not implode
with the whole 2000 switchover,
unlike those pesky PCs people
insisted on using. Oh wait… 8.
The First iPod Had A Secret
Easter Egg
Apple’s first iPod came with a
little secret — an Easter egg —
in the form of a game that could
be accessed if you knew the
right combination of buttons to
press.
How to find the game is
described in Nick Triano’s early
2002 Geek.com review of the
iPod (memorable quote: “I don’t
think it’s a stretch to say that it
will change the way you listen
to music”). “Go to the ‘About’
menu, hold down the center
button for about three seconds,
and you’ll get a Breakout (Pong)
game to play while you listen.”
Breakout, the hidden game
itself, is notable in Apple’s
history as it was a product that
both Steve Jobs and Steve
Wozniak worked on together at
Atari, where legend has it Jobs
cheated Wozniak out of
thousands of dollars of bonus
money. 9. Who Is John
Appleseed?
The name John, or Johnny
Appleseed comes up time and
time again in Apple history, but
so far there is yet to be an
official explanation as to why.
As many students will know,
Johnny Appleseed was an 18th
century American pioneer,
missionary, and gardener. He
was a kind-hearted folk hero
with a penchant for apples,
which appears to be the only
tenuous connection to Apple
Inc.
The earliest Johnny Appleseed
reference we can find relates to
Apple investor and former CEO
Mike Markkula — it was
apparently the pen-name he
used when he wrote programs
for the Apple II. Then there’s
the letter that could be seen
when the Leopard TextEdit icon
was enlarged. Yes, there is an
actual letter composed on that
icon, and it’s Apple’s “Think
Different” campaign that ran in
print and television ads in 1997:
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The
misfits. The rebels. The
troublemakers. The round pegs
in the square holes. The ones
who see things differently.
They’re not fond of rules. And
they have no respect for the
status quo. You can quote them,
disagree with them, glorify or
vilify them. About the only
thing you can’t do is ignore
them. Because they change
things.”
That letter, is addressed to
“Kate” and signed “Take Care,
John Appleseed.”
And most notably, John
Appleseed shows up in the
iPhone ads and related iPhone
and Mac imagery. We fully
admit to being geeks, as we
actually called John Appleseed’s
number. Sadly, all we got on the
other line was a voicemail box
that hadn’t yet been set up, and
when we e-mailed to
appleseed_john@mac.com it
came back with a “delivery to
the following recipient failed
permanently,” which seems like
a missed marketing opportunity
to us. 10. Jony Ive Sticks to the
Same Shirt Too
Although much is made of
Steve Jobs’ uniform outfit
(black St. Croix turtle neck,
Levi 501 jeans, New Balance
trainers) it turns out he is not the
only senior Apple staffer to stick
to the same styling year in and
year out.
Apple’s senior vice president of
Industrial Design Jony Ive
appears to have worn, if not the
same, then the same style of t-
shirt in every single Apple intro
product video to date. For the
last ten years, at least. Hey,
we’re on the same page as Jobs
and Ive on this style sheet — if
it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. More
Apple resources from Mashable:
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Apps
- 10 Great iPhone Apps for
Growing a Garden
- 5 Fantastic Free iPhone E-
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- 10 Essential Money-Saving
iPhone Apps
- 10 Fun Facts You Didn’t
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CNN Editor Forced to
Resign Following
Controversial Tweet
About Hezbollah Leader
Vadim Lavrusik (Mashable!)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:19:31 AM
CNN’s Senior Editor of
Mideast Affairs Octavia Nasr
agreed to leave the company
after tweeting that she
“respected” Lebanese cleric
Sayyed Mohammad Hussein
Fadlallah, who is often credited
as being an inspiration for the
Hezbollah militant movement.
The tweet, “Sad to hear of the
passing of Sayyed Mohammed
Hussein Fadlallah… One of
Hezbollah’s giants I respect a
lot,” erupted a slew of reactions
on Twitter. Two days after the
tweet, Nasr tried to explain her
tweets and apologize in a blog
post. Despite being a prolific
and savvy Twitter user, Nasr
called the incident “a good
lesson on why 140 characters
should not be used to comment
on controversial or sensitive
issues, especially those dealing
with the Middle East.”
She tried to explain what she
meant by “respect,” and convey
more fully the context behind
her tweet, noting that Fadlallah
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the popular design tutorial blog,
Tutorial9, has 36 icons
consisting of commonplace
graphical user interface controls
such as a pencil, a padlock, and
a calendar. For good measure,
Elio Rivero — the graphic
designer, web developer and
illustrator who created the set —
threw a Twitter bird in the mix.
The set comes with 36 icons in
PNG format, with the icons’
native size at 256×256px.
You’re free to employ the icons
in your personal and
commercial work (even without
attribution), but they’re hands
off to those who want to
redistribute or resell the icons
themselves. 8. Handycons
Number of Icons: 12 icons
File Format: PNG
Sizes: 16×16px, 24×24px,
32×32px and 48×48px
License: Not explicitly stated
Handycons is a set of icons that
comprises of social media icons
for sites such as Reddit, Twitter,
and Technorati. The icons will
come to you in PNG format and
CNN
continued from page 80
took a “contrarian and
pioneering stand among Shia
clerics on woman’s rights.”
However, in an internal memo
SVP for CNN International
Newsgathering Parisa Khosravi
announced Nasr would be
leaving the company as a result
of her comments, citing that her
credibility has been
compromised.
in 4 popular sizes, which makes
them locked-and-loaded for
plugging into your website’s
design.
Janko Jovanovic, a user
interface designer and top-notch
blogger, made the set. Jovanovic
later updated the icon collection
with Handycons 2, which
introduces 20 more icons for
sites such as YouTube, PayPal
and Last.fm. 9. Social Icons
Hand Drawn
Number of Icons: 18
File Format: PNG
Sizes: 24×24px, 32×32px,
48×48px and 64×64px
License: Creative Commons
Here is another wonderful set
of social media hand-drawn
icons that incorporates
ubiquitous social media sites
such as (surprise, surprise)
Twitter, Facebook, Digg, and
MySpace. This sketchy icon set
was created by a Chilean comic
artist that goes by the name of
TheG-Force (I believe that’s
reason enough to download and
use this set).
The event may be a reminder
that sometimes 140 characters is
just not enough for expression,
and that context is perhaps even
important when tailoring your
message for a mass audience on
the viral web. Publishing is
publishing, no matter the media
used to broadcast. Each one has
its strengths and weaknesses,
whether it is a TV segment or a
The work is licensed under
Creative Commons, which
typically means you’re free to
use them if you attribute the
creator — again, his name is
TheG-Force. 10. 49 “Hand-
Drawing” Icons Set
Number of Icons: 49
File Format: PNG
Sizes: 16×16px, 24×24px,
32×32px, 48×48px, 64×64px,
128×128px, 256×256px
License: Unstated
In this icon set, you’ll find
various icons such as shopping
cart baskets, trash bins, and a
buddy icon, all drawn in
grayscale pencil. The icons
come in 7 sizes ranging from
16×16 to 256×256px in PNG
format.
The set is free to download;
however, the limitations of
using the icons were not
explicitly stated. It’s probably
safe to assume that they’re free
for personal use, but if you’re
considering using them for
commercial projects, it’s best to
send the artist a note before
burst of 140 characters. We are,
after all, in an age in which we
consume media in multiple
streams and channels.
But what the incident also
brings up is the question of bias
and opinion in newsrooms
across the country. Should
journalists continue to pursue
the elusive goal of impartial
objectivity? Or should
proceeding.
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journalists be upfront about their
opinions with their audience?
Where is the balance?
Complete objectivity has
always been a mystical creature
as elusive as the Lochness
Monster of Big Foot. Journalists
are like any other people with
opinions. But the longstanding
pursuit has been to avoid the
opinion to get in the way of
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Double Rainbow Meme
Takes Web by Storm
[Randomly Viral]
Brenna Ehrlich (Mashable!)
Submitted at 7/8/2010 11:04:55 AM
This past weekend, a viral
video emerged from the Internet
ethers — all shimmery and
asking to be turned into an
Internet meme: “Giant Double
Rainbow,” a video featuring a
full-grown man weeping over
the beauty of, you guessed it, a
rainbow.
I first noticed this vid popping
up on the Facebook walls of
some of my self-proclaimed
DOUBLE page 82
news-gathering and reporting; to
approach the story with the idea
of an impartial observer,
something that is perhaps
unattainable. And the web is
clearly shifting the standards
and expectations of such a
standard with blogs adding a
clear voice to and perspective to
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“indoor kid” friends this past
weekend, but apparently it was
launched into the public eye on
July 3, after comedian Jimmy
Kimmel tweeted about the
comedic merits of the now-
famous vid.
I was planning on reaching out
to YouTube user
Hungrybear9562(a.k.a Paul
Vasquez and the man behind the
rainbow) for an interview, but it
seems CBS’s Shira Lazar beat
me to the punch. She conducted
a rather interesting Q&A with
the man himself, in which it is
revealed that even though Lazar
CNN
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posted the vid of himself
“freaking out” about the
rainbow in Yosemite, California
back in January, it only had a
few hits until this past weekend.
Now it has about 1.5 million.
I could describe the video more,
but I suggest watching the
interview, original video and my
favorite of the many remixes
below. All hail the newest viral
meme, which is thankfully Gaga
-free. Unless Vasquez is
planning an encore… The
Original
The Interview
The Remix
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the news. Of course, this often their biases?

comes at a cost of getting only
one side of the story, but at the
same time opinion often adds
value to the conversation and
holds people accountable,
especially in the case of analysis
of a complex issue. Regardless,
reporters and journalists should
be clear and transparent with
their readers, setting a clear
expectation about the
information they are consuming.
What do you think? Should
Nasr have been fired? And
whether the statement was taken
out of context or not, should
journalists clearly express their
opinions and be upfront about
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