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Democrats lead on fundraising for 2010, but the
gap may be closing
David Morgan (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 3/18/2010 11:49:21 AM
If new campaign dollars were
votes, Democrats would be
leading Republicans in the early
returns for the 2010
congressional elections by
about 7 percentage points
overall. But that’s with
Republicans closing the gap and
eight months to go before
Election Day.
A report by the Federal
Election Commission says the
Democratic National
Committee, the Democratic
Senatorial Campaign Committee
and the Democratic
Congressional Campaign
Committee pulled in $183
million in new donations during
2009, the first half of the 2009-
2010 congressional election
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Submitted at 3/18/2010 11:31:00 AM
cycle.
That put Democrats about 9
percent ahead of their
Republican counterparts – the
Republican National
Committee, the National
Republican Senatorial
Committee and the National
Republican Congressional
Committee – which raised
$168.6 million together.
But Republicans may
b e g a i n i n g
momentum: committee fund-
raising figures that also include
the month of January show the
Democrats with a $202
million 13-month total and a
lead narrowing to 7 percentage
points, vs. the GOP’s $188.7
million tally.
The Washington Post, which
reported on the FEC numbers in
its Thursday editions, notes that
Democrats have had difficulties
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President Barack
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the object of unhappiness on
Wall Street over the prospects
for financial and healthcare
reforms.
But the FEC figures show the
Democratic Party is still pulling
in money from big donors, with
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Who are you calling a “punk Warren Buffett as Axl

staffer”? Rose? It's All for You ...
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Washington) in the administration do not United States | leather-clad Buffett for being
believe that the prominent issue guardian.co.uk) game. It's hard to imagine his
Submitted at 3/18/2010 1:34:05 PM
is allowing bankers to stand up Submitted at 3/19/2010 8:03:26 AM younger rivals on the global rich
House Republican leader John for themselves.” Buffett's husky midwestern list, Carlos Slim or Bill Gates,
Boehner’s comment about“punk Summers, a former Treasury tones cut in at about the two- rocking out in quite the same
staffers” involved in the writing secretary, his deputy Diana minute mark and perhaps we way.
of the financial regulation bill Farrell and several Treasury should charitably advise him not Geico, which has been fully
did not seem to sit well with staff members worked closely to give up the day job owned by Buffett's Berkshire
White House economic adviser with Senate Banking Committee There's life in the old billionaire Hathaway investment empire
Lawrence Summers. Chairman Christopher Dodd on yet. The world's third-richest since 1996, has been a major
In an appearance at the the 1,336-page legislation the man, Warren Buffett, has shown moneyspinner for Buffett, who
National Press Club, Summers Democratic senator introduced the world a whole new side of built his early fortune on
made a point of bringing up the this week. himself by donning a purple insurance. In his annual letter to
comments by Boehner, who The push for a revamp of Wall bandana, an Axl Rose wig and shareholders this year, Buffett
urged bankers to stand up for “I do not think of the people Street regulations has taken a fake tattoos to belt out a rock boasted that the business had
themselves and said they should who work on this project as back seat as President Barack ballad for staff at his US made an underwriting profit for
not “let those little punk ‘little punk staffers.’ I do not Obama has spent the last several insurance company, Geico. 13 of the 14 years under his
staffers” working on the bill think that those who want to weeks focusing on healthcare. In a promotional video rapidly ownership.
take advantage of them. address these issues are ‘little Whenever that gets resolved — going viral on the internet, the "I became excited about Geico
Boehner may not have been punk staffers’ who need to be a vote is expected in the next 79-year-old tycoon, nicknamed in January 1951, when I first
spoiling for a fight, but he got stood up to,” Summers said. several days — the White House the "sage of Omaha" for his visited the company as a 20-year
one. “And at a time when industry is likely to resume a major focus legendary stockpicking prowess, -old," wrote Buffett. "I'm even
Summers pressed his criticism has hired –- has spent $1 million on regulatory reform. joins employees in a somewhat more excited today."
of lobbyists who the Obama on lobbyists per member of Photo credit: Reuters/Larry cheesy number called "All for • Warren Buffett
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strategy
Steve Holland (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 3/18/2010 12:37:45 PM
White House spokesman
Robert Gibbs succumbed to
spring fever and held his daily
news briefing out in the sun-
splashed Rose Garden today.
A few dozen reporters and
maybe a squirrel or two squinted
their way through about an hour
of Q and A with Gibbs, who
advised that he had put on three
layers of sunblock before
exposing his pale skin to the
sun.
“This will not be a regular thing.
I just thought it’s been a long
winter and why not get outside
and have a little fun for once in
a while,” he said.
The assorted scribes were
hopeful that President Obama
himself might make an
appearance, what with him
apparently just a few steps away
in the Oval Office. But no
surprises were to be.
Gibbs’ big news was that
Obama was forced to reschedule
a trip this weekend to Indonesia
and Australia due to last-minute
efforts to gain passage of
healthcare legislation.
Other than the splendid setting, a n d c h a n g e i n w o r k i n g number of crew on plane.
the briefing was pretty much the p r a c t i c e s .
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Evangelical about immigration | Stewart J Lawrence

Stewart J Lawrence (World Most evangelical Christians, outreach. growth trend to convince them favour of a phased legalisation
news: United States | including most NAE members, Leading the charge is Rev to embrace Hispanics or programme that would tie green
guardian.co.uk) backed George W Bush for Samuel Rodriguez Jr, president immigrants. But with the card processing for illegal aliens
Submitted at 3/19/2010 9:00:01 AM President in 2000 and 2004. of the 15 million-member expanding Hispanic presence – to demonstrated improvements
Pro-immigration activists are Even so, when rBush pushed National Hispanic Christian an estimated 40% of the US in border and workplace
marching on Washington DC f o r comprehensive Leadership Conference, who, Catholic church is now of enforcement. Dan Stein,
this weekend, and evangelical immigrationeform in 2007, the like an estimated 80% of Latino origin – the Bishops president of the rightwing
Christians play a key role in NAE found itself too internally Hispanic Christians, backed devote almost as much policy Federation of Americans for
their fight divided over the issue to take a Bush for president. But in 2006, attention to immigration as they Immigration Reform, which
Thousands of pro-immigration p u b l i c s t a n d , a n d B u s h ' s when Rodriguez tried to do their most visible concern, opposes an "amnesty" of any
activists from across the country proposed legislation suffered a convince congressional abortion. kind, recently branded Graham
will flock to Washington DC on crushing defeat. Republicans that their The evangelical swing on and Bauer "traitors".
21 March to demand that What happened to change the increasingly strident attacks on immigration – and climate For President Obama, the
President Obama and Congress NAE's mind? NAE leaders say illegal aliens would backfire change – is also influencing evangelical shift on immigration
p a s s a c o m p r e h e n s i v e that continued "theological politically, he was rebuffed. secular leaders like the is especially welcome news.
immigration reform bill in 2010. reflection" on the Christian Rodriguez's efforts to convince Republican senator Lindsey Last week he suggested to
M a i n l i n e C a t h o l i c s a n d concept of "witness" has led its the NAE to adopt even a mild Graham, whose views on these immigration advocates gathered
Protestants who have long 40-member denominations, resolution supporting the need issues largely dovetail with at the White House that he may
defended the rights of illegal including its largest group, the 3 for immigration reform also those of the NAE. Graham has still push for comprehensive
aliens plan to be front and million member Assemblies of went nowhere. replaced John McCain as the reform in 2010, even in the face
centre, as they have been for God, to recognise the need for But GOP failures to attract GOP's leading moderate voice of Republican opposition. It's a
years. But marching alongside greater clarity and purpose in its independent white voters with on immigration, and he's dicey move, but one largely
them this year will be some national policy views. A similar their harsh anti-immigration currently working closely with prompted by Democratic fears
fresh religious faces: evangelical process has led the NAE to issue rhetoric, and their steady loss of Senate Democrats to get a of an erosion of Latino electoral
Christians. policy statements on climate support from moderate Latinos, reform bill passed in 2010. support. The NAE's
Last October, the conservative- change, and to announce its is now causing religious and Two years ago, when Graham endorsement of immigration
leaning National Association of s u p p o r t f o r c o n g r e s s i o n a l secular conservatives to reassess ran for a second Senate term, reform legislation, and its active
Evangelicals(NAE), which legislation to limit greenhouse their hard-line views. Another outraged GOP conservatives lobbying on the Hill, could be
represents some 30 million gas emissions. factor is the sheer growth of the tried to mobilise Christian just what Obama needs to cover
evangelical Christians, passed a But another key factor is Hispanic evangelical movement, evangelicals in South Carolina his right flank.
resolution at its annual meeting o r g a n i s a t i o n a l : H i s p a n i c which is beginning to outpace to run their own candidate in the • US immigration
in support of comprehensive evangelicals, whose ranks are that of its non-Hispanic GOP primary. Graham defused • Religion
i m m i g r a t i o n r e f o r m . T h e steadily growing, have been counterparts, thanks to ever- the challenge, and easily won re • Race & religion
resolution, which received little actively lobbying the NAE to increasing Hispanic -election. • Race issues
notice outside of religious support immigration reform as a immigration. With a growing Another recent "convert" on • Obama administration
circles, produced shockwaves part of a broader campaign to flock, leaders like Rodriguez are immigration is Gary Bauer, who • Barack Obama
among US conservatives who make evangelical churches more gaining a stronger voice. served as President Reagan's • US politics
frequently look to Christian attentive to the faith needs of A similar trend is underway in chief domestic policy advisor • Christianity
e v a n g e l i c a l s f o r p o l i t i c a l their Hispanic members – in the US Catholic church, which went on to found the Family • United States
support, but who are still wary p a r t , b y p r o m o t i n g m o r e remains home to 70% of Research Council, one of
of embracing immigration Hispanic ministers but also by Hispanics. The nation's Washington's most respected Stewart J Lawrence
reform as a conservative-led developing more culturally powerful Roman Catholic Christian pro-life organisations. EVANGELICAL page 7
cause. attuned models for worship and Bishops haven't needed a new Last month Bauer came out in
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Fess Parker obituary
Brian Baxter (World news:
United States |
guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 9:15:35 AM
Rugged Texan actor best
known for his roles as Davy
Crockett and Daniel Boone
The actor Fess Parker, who has
died aged 85, was a
quintessential westerner, a tall,
rugged, Texas-born athlete
turned actor, famous for his
portrayals of two frontiersmen,
Davy Crockett and Daniel
Boone, as well as sheriffs,
cowboys and ranchers. He
greatly appreciated the
commercial rewards of these
two title roles, and went on to
become a successful
businessman.
The Walt Disney studio was the
first in Hollywood to move
wholeheartedly into television,
and had the bright idea of
combining three episodes of the
Davy Crockett series Parker had
made for them in 1954 into a
feature. The result, Davy
Crockett: King of the Wild
Frontier (1955), spawned the
craze for coonskin hats and
became a box-office hit on the
back of its singalong theme. Bill
Hayes's recording of The Ballad
of Davy Crockett topped the
charts for three months, and
Parker's own version reached
No 5.
Parker's relationship with
Disney became the cornerstone
of his career, and two further
episodes were spliced together
as Davy Crockett and the River
Pirates (1956). Since the first
film had ended with the
maverick Tennessee politician's
death in 1836 at the Alamo, the
fortress near San Antonio,
Texas, that had been besieged
by the Mexican army, these new
stories had to be "prequels".
Parker was a cowboy in André
de Toth's Bounty Hunter (1954)
and a soldier in Raoul Walsh's
memorable Battle Cry (1955).
But his best role from this
period came as an army spy,
James Andrews, in The Great
Locomotive Chase (1956). This
factually based story, set during
the American civil war, had
formed the basis of Buster
Keaton's masterpiece The
General (1926). Disney turned it
into a colourful adventure
movie, with Jeffrey Hunter as
the good guy and the locomotive
as the star.
Parker stayed with Disney for
the highly successful weepie
Old Yeller (1957), where his
character role was upstaged by
two brilliant child actors and a
dog. More conventionally, he
was a sheriff in Michael Curtiz's
The Hangman, turned up
fleetingly as Crockett in Alias
Jesse James (both 1959) and
was appointed platoon sergeant
in Don Siegel's vigorous Hell Is
for Heroes (1962).
Although he had had leading
roles in westerns such as Along
the Oregon Trail (1956) and The
Jayhawkers! (1959), work
became scarce as the genre
suffered from television
competition. Parker returned to
the small screen, in a change of
pace, but the series Mr Smith
Goes to Washington (1962-63),
based on the 1939 James
Stewart classic, proved only a
modest success and Parker's
tenure as the liberal senator was
shortlived.
Salvation came with the role of
a frontiersman less complex
than Crockett. Daniel Boone
was an orthodox, even more
famous hero who opened up
western territories, including the
Cumberland Gap in the
Appalachian mountains, during
the latter part of the 19th
century. The character seemed
tailor-made for Parker, who had
appeared in the 1956 movie,
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer, but
lost out to Bruce Bennett for top
honours. There was ample
compensation with the 1964
television series, in which
Parker had a 30% stake. It ran
for six years, allowing the star
time for only one movie as Clint
in Smoky (1966), a remake of a
touching story about a man and
his horse, which had first starred
Victor Jory, then Fred
MacMurray.
After 300 episodes, the Boone
series ground to a halt, and
Parker made only one more
movie, Climb an Angry
Mountain (1972). He played a
sheriff and took his own second
name of Elisha for the character,
followed by the surname of the
great Gary Cooper, who had
starred in one of Parker's earliest
movies, Springfield Rifle, 20
years previously.
Born in Fort Worth and brought
up in San Angelo, Texas, Parker
served in the US navy during
the second world war. He
transferred from the Hardin-
Simmons University, Abilene –
where, at 6ft 6in tall, he had
been a keen footballer – to the
University of Texas, Austin,
where he took a history degree
in 1950.
He then studied drama at the
University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, and in
1951 took to the stage in the
play Mister Roberts. The
following year, his modest
beginnings continued on
television, in Dragnet, with
further work on big and small
screen.
He could be glimpsed in such
series as Death Valley Days and
worked for some of
Hollywood's finest directors in
minor roles, including three
movies in all for De Toth, a
western for the maverick Hugo
Fregonese and two for Douglas
Sirk, untypically in modern
dress for No Room for the
Groom (1952) and Take Me to
Town (1953).
These parts paid the rent until
one as a ranch foreman in the
science-fiction classic Them!
(1954) caught the attention of
Disney, and the resulting
World/ 5
television breakthrough
established Parker's fame. Once
he had given up acting, he
returned to showbusiness only
when named "a Disney legend"
in 1991, and to appear a decade
later in the documentary Walt:
The Man Behind the Myth.
Not that Parker retired. He
expanded his property interests,
developed his vineyards in
California and opened hotels in
Santa Barbara and more
substantially in Los Olivos,
where his winery, restaurants
and businesses dominated the
area.
He adopted a hands-on
approach and was a star
attraction at his hotels, where
affluent tourists and locals could
reckon on talking to, or at least
catching sight of, the well-built,
still handsome man who was
once king of the wild frontier.
In 1960, he married Marcella
Rinehart. He is survived by her,
his son, Eli, and his daughter,
Ashley.
• Fess Elisha Parker Jr, actor,
born 16 August 1924; died 18
March 2010
• Television
• Walt Disney Company
• United States
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Quartet blasts Israel over East Jerusalem settlements

Luke Harding (World news: Palestinian state living side by from demolitions and evictions This morning Ban said the Clinton and Netanyahu had
United States | side in peace and security with in East Jerusalem". It also Israeli government had discussed "specific steps" to
guardian.co.uk) Israel and its other neighbours". appealed for the international approved several long-standing improve the outlook for Middle
Submitted at 3/19/2010 5:10:21 AM The quartet includes Hillary community to back the UN humanitarian programmes East peace talks. Netanyahu's
Strongly worded statement Clinton for the US; Russia's Palestinians' commitment to in Gaza, including a water and spokesman, Nir Chefetz, said
from Middle East peace envoys f o r e i g n s e c r e t a r y , S e r g e i build an independent state by sanitation project, a flour mill, the prime minister had proposed
c a l l s f o r p u l l o u t f r o m Lavrov; Tony Blair, the quartet's offering immediate and concrete temporary schools and 150 "mutual confidence-building
Palestinian territories within 24 special representative; and Lady support. houses. The UN secretary steps" that both Israel and the
months Ashton, the EU foreign policy A statement from Netanyahu's general said he would be Palestinians could take.
The Middle East quartet has chief. office said he proposed a series travelling to Gaza on Sunday to Last night Israel retaliated for a
strongly denounced Israeli The statement expressed deep of steps that would make it see the situation on the ground Palestinian rocket attack that
moves to build 1,600 new alarm at the deteriorating easier for the Palestinians to join there himself, following killed a Thai agricultural
homes in East Jerusalem and situation in Gaza, urging Israel the talks. He did not specify yesterday's visit by Lady worker. Israeli planes struck at
urged the Israeli government to lift its blockade of the Gaza what these would be, but they Ashton. The EU foreign policy least two targets in Gaza,
and Palestinians to resume Strip for both humanitarian and could include easing Israeli chief is understood to have been officials and witnesses said.
peace negotiations. commercial traffic and calling roadblocks in the West Bank, shocked by her trip to Gaza, The quartet condemned
In a hard-hitting statement after for a "durable resolution to the the withdrawal of Israeli troops privately describing it as "worse yesterday's rocket attack from
a meeting in Moscow, the UN, Gaza crisis". from more parts of the West than Haiti". Gaza and called for "an
the EU, Russia and the US Clinton said she had spoken last Bank and the release of Asked about her phone immediate end to violence and
condemned Israel's "unilateral" n i g h t t o t h e I s r a e l p r i m e Palestinian prisoners. conversation with Netanyahu, terror and for calm to be
construction plans and said the minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, He did not announce, as the US Clinton today struck a more respected". It also urged the
status of Jerusalem could only following his apparent offer of had demanded, a freeze on the conciliatory note following her release of the captive Israeli
be resolved through negotiations "confidence-building measures" construction of Jewish homes in comments last week that Israel's soldier Gilad Shalit.
between both parties. to encourage the renewal of Ramat Shlomo in East building plans for East • Israel
The UN secretary general, Ban peace talks. She described the Jerusalem, the key sticking Jerusalem – announced during a • Palestinian territories
Ki-moon, said: "The quartet conversation as "very useful and point. visit by the US vice-president, • Middle East
condemns the decision by the productive … We don't believe But diplomats in Washington, Joe Biden – were "insulting". Of • US foreign policy
government of Israel to advance unilateral action by any parties Moscow and Jerusalem said US-Israeli ties, she said: "Our • United States
planning for new housing units are helpful. We've made this Netanyahu had privately relationship is ongoing. It is
in East Jerusalem." clear." promised a temporary freeze on deep and broad. It is strong and Luke Harding
The quartet expected that talks None of the quartet parties were new construction. The work, enduring." guardian.co.uk© Guardian
b e t w e e n I s r a e l i s a n d willing to say what pressure while not cancelled, is to be She went on: "We believe that News & Media Limited 2010 |
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"within 24 months" ends the statement. US, Michael Oren, told the as it is in the interests of the Feeds
o c c u p a t i o n o f P a l e s t i n i a n The quartet called on Israel to Washington Post: "The goal of Palestinians. We hope to see
territories begun in 1967. The freeze all settlement activity both sides at this point is to put these talks commence as soon as
settlement should result "in the "including natural growth", to this behind us and go forward possible."
emergence of an independent, dismantle outposts erected since with the proximity talks as A US state department
d e m o c r a t i c , a n d v i a b l e March 2001, and to "refrain quickly as possible." spokesman, PJ Crowley, said
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Submitted at 3/19/2010 7:00:01 AM and company had"weaseled out of Fallujah, denied the charges. But heading into the New Feeds
The would-be New Mexico of the attacks by claiming they Of his arrest in 2007, he said, Mexico state GOP nominating
candidate for Congress has were 'satire.'" "We were actually putting up convention last weekend,
angered Michelle Malkin – and But they were satire, if slightly posters. We weren't defacing Kokesh refused to give an inch.
could find it hard to secure a sophomoric. Kokesh said that he anything. And we were doing it "I'm running for office to
nomination was motivated to jab at YAF very deliberately in line with the continue my oath to the
"Do I really, seriously have to because he thought their event code of the District of constitution that I swore when I
explain that I don't believe that "was really just part of the Columbia. And we were joined the Marine Corps," he
all Muslims have lasers in their general government fear tactics arrested for political reasons, said. He aims to "take all the FESS
eyes? I hope not," said would-be of saying, If you don't give us continued from page 5
then acquitted." I pressed him powers" the federal government
New Mexico candidate for more power, and give up more on the question of troop has "taken on illegally" and "at Feeds
Congress Adam Kokesh last civil liberties, and pay us more desertion: very least, restore a republican
week. He was referring to a flier taxes and put more power in the Q: If a soldier is out in the field form of government."
he had helped produce and executive branch of the federal and he all of the sudden decided Some polling indicates that
distribute in 2007 on the campus government, terrorists are" – that this war in unconstitutional, Kokesh has a shot to win the
o f G e o r g e W a s h i n g t o n gross exaggeration alert – does he have an obligation to seat currently held by Democrat
University mocking Islamo- "going to jump out of your desert his post? Ben Ray Luján, but first he has
Fascism Awareness Week. television set and kill you and A: No, no, no, no! But to raise to get the nomination and that Obama urges
The headline read, "Hate then subject you to sharia law." the issue, and if he feels the could be a problem with lawmakers to
Muslims? So Do We!!!" The "When people are trying to raise need, in conscience, to say, "I'm prominent conservatives like remember history (AP)
flier helpfully explained that the a spectre of fear like that," not going to participate Malkin pushing against him.
"typical Muslim" has "lasers in Kokesh said, "satire is a good anymore" there is a legal way to "Obviously I'm not a party line (Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
eyes, venom from mouth, hatred way to punch through it." Now do that under the [Uniform Code Republican," said Kokesh, in the Submitted at 3/19/2010 8:33:11 AM
for women, suicide vest, hidden t h e o f f e n d e d p a r t i e s a r e of Military Justice]. But, no. understatement of the week.
AK-47, [and a] peg leg for p u n c h i n g b a c k . We've never said "Walk away • Republicans Jade buzzed up: Lifetime tiger
smuggling children and heroin." Malkin wrote that the from your post." That's a gross • US politics hunter, 92, snared in Indonesia
Students who wanted to find out organisation that Kokesh is part distortion of what we're talking • United States (AFP)
more were told to "come to of, Iraq Veterans Against the about here and something I've 35 seconds ago 2010-03-
Islamo-Fascism awareness War, had a membership that never advocated. Jeremy Lott 19T09:12:26-07:00
week" put on by GWU's Young included "bomb-threat bullies Kokesh said that he understood guardian.co.uk© Guardian Five Filters featured article:
America's Foundation. The and death-threat nutballs who why Malkin was angry and News & Media Limited 2010 | Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools:
supposed sponsors of the flier threatened to assassinate me," as talked of the death threats that Use of this content is subject to PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS,
were "Students for Conservativo well as "fake army vet Jesse his own advocacy has provoked. our Terms & Conditions| More Term Extraction.
-Fascism Awareness." MacBeth". She charged that He had, he told me, voted to Feeds
The intent of the flier is clear Kokesh was "arrested for kick the veteran who threatened
enough: to ridicule YAF's defacing signs and travelled to her with a "fatwa" out of Iraq
e f f o r t s . Y e t w h e n i t w a s Germany to urge soldiers to Veterans Against the War. And
distributed around campus, abandon their posts … He is an he generally deplored the times
powerhouse conservative pundit anti-war smear merchant in when his fellow anti-war
8 World/ Business/ E-reader News Edition

Social services 'missed two chances' to save baby Palm

killed by father Needs A
(Top stories from Times
Online) Hand
about to have his baby.
The girlfriend, Pamela Burdge,
was already known to social
regretted what had happened.
"Human error is always a
possibility. In this case, on a
it is due to face severe criticism
over its role in the death of
seven-year-old Khrya Ishaq who
Submitted at 3/19/2010 7:57:39 AM
Renee Oricchio (Inc.com)
services as she had had a single occasion, a member of starved to death.
A four-week old baby girl was troubled childhood herself and the family mentioned to the Colin Tucker, director of Submitted at 3/18/2010 5:19:00 PM

brutally killed by her father had been in raised partly the social worker that Christopher children’s social care at the
despite two warnings from his care system. Palm's latest quarterly report is
Sellman’s partner was pregnant. council, said the sacked staff
own parents to health and social The health visitor failed to pass out and the news is not good.
The social worker, who had a 30 showed "no sign whatsoever" of
services that he posed a danger on the information to social Smartphone sales are in the
-year career with an exemplary meeting expected standards.
to children, a report said today. service, and when the social dumper, with only 408,000 units
record, was not dealing directly However none were in a senior
A serious case review into the worker was alerted, she did not sold. Ouch!
with the young woman who position and none was involved
d e a t h o f T i f f a n y S e l l m a n act on the information. By comparison, Apple sold 7.5
was pregnant and this in the Khyra Ishaq case.
Burdge published today said the Even a midwife who helped at million iPhones during the same
information did not get Khyra died when her body
agencies missed "two optimum the birth and was alerted to the three months (ending February
registered. We deeply regret succumbed to an infection after
opportunities" to recognise the possible danger by Ms Burdge 26th). According to Google,
this," she said. months of starvation at her
risk posed to the child and act, did not pass on her concerns to 60,000 Android phones are
David Worlock, chairman of home in Handsworth,
blaming "human error" and any other authority. selling each day. That's on pace
the Kent Safeguarding Children Birmingham in May 2008.
"poor information sharing". Tiffany went home with her to sell five million a quarter.
Board, said the findings of a Social workers made several
The 25-day-old baby died of a parents and died less than a And then there's Palm that can't
report into the case had been attempts to visit her in her home
fractured skull, bleeding to the month later. even break 500,000. Ouch!
accepted and several after she was removed from
brain and other injuries while The serious case review into the Again!
recommendations acted upon. school in December 2007, but
being looked after by her father, death said two key opportunities Palm actually shipped just over
Every year, between 17,000 and then gave up.
Christopher Sellman, 24, in were missed to save Tiffany’s 900,000 units. So 400,000 Pre
20,000 children are referred to Children’s services said lack of
November 2008. and Pixi smartphones are laying
life. Kent children’s social services. regulation over home education
Sellman had two other children "There were two optimum around the backroom of a lot of
In the year in question, to was partly responsible for
by a previous partner, both of opportunities to recognise the stores and warehouses right
March 2009, the total number of failure to prevent her death.
whom were looked after by his risk and act upon it, when the now. Did I mention "ouch"?
referrals was 17,358 children, However a family court judge
parents after social workers paternal grandparents notified Expect good sales to clear out
of which 1,233 were children involved in the case laid the
judged they were not safe in his and health visitor then the the inventory at some point.
with child protection plans. blame at the door of social
care. Palm is one of those companies
social worker of their concerns. Sellman, who had been services and said if social
That followed an incident The first was missed due to that should be doing better than
cautioned for assault and child workers had made a proper
where his young son suffered poor information sharing, the it is. But, it just isn't. So, is it too
neglect in the past, was found initial assessment, Khyra could
extensive facial bruising. There second due to poor individual late to sit at the big table in the
guilty of the manslaughter of still be alive today.
were also reports of domestic practice," it said. smartphone market? Would new
Tiffany at Maidstone Crown Five Filters featured article:
violence. ownership help?
Rosalind Turner, managing Court earlier this week. Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools:
Sellman’s parents alerted first a director of children, families and My guess is "yes" and "no".
Sentencing will take place on PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS,
health visitor, then the social education at Kent County Too bad. I have a soft spot for
April 2. Term Extraction.
worker of one of his other Council said it was an "isolated Palm from the days of owning a
Birmingham City Council also
children as soon as they heard example of human error", trendy Palm Pilot back in 1997.
revealed today it has sacked six
their son’s new girlfriend was adding that the authority deeply It coulda been a contender.
social workers just days before
E-reader News Edition World/ Business/ 9

160 bravery awards for 'bloodiest summer' in Resource Expert

Powers Up
Afghanistan Geothermal Plays
(Top stories from Times The Rifles was unable to attend Lieutenant Mark Evison, from injuries when a Taleban Steven Halpern
Online) an awards ceremony in London Ist Battaltion Welsh Guards, pressure-plate bomb detonated (BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 6:52:10 AM this morning, however. died three days later on May 12, whilst his group was attempting Submitted at 3/19/2010 11:10:00 AM
He was due to appear in 2009, at Selly Oak Hospital, to clear an area of Sangin.
Soldiers who saved lives under T r o w b r i d g e T o w n H a l l , Birmingham. Despite his injuries he continued Filed under: International
fire and the officers who Wiltshire, at the resumption of Some of the recognised soldiers with the operation to clear a Markets, Newsletters, Canada,
commanded British forces last an inquest into the deaths of the were awarded posthumously, minefield. The citation to his Commodities, Oil, Stocks to
year, during their bloodiest five men who were killed in the including Captain Daniel medal praised his “incredible Buy, Green Stocks"Most
summer in Afghanistan, were attack in Sangin, a notorious Shepherd, 28, a bomb disposal commitment” and “selfless resources are depleting assets;
among 160 men and women town in the north of Helmand, expert, who was awarded a sacrifice”. they are no good once
who were today recognised for where Britain suffered many George Medal for outstanding Royal Marines and Royal Air consumed. However, there are
their courage. casualties. bravery. Force personnel were also sources of renewal energy, and
One of the most impressive acts Headline awards also went to On one, particularly intense recognised as well as Captain this area has been gaining
was by Serjeant Jaime Moncho. Brigadier David Hook, of the operation to clear a known drugs Gail Whittle, from Queen attention because of
He was awarded t h e Royal Marines, who was bazaar, he disposed of 13 Alexandra’s Royal Army environmental and global
Conspicuous Gallantry Cross for appointed OBE for his service separate improvised explosive Nursing Corps. warming concerns, as well as
saving the lives of fellow as deputy commander of Nato’s devices in 36 painstaking hours, She was made the Associate of fear about impending oil
soldiers and retrieving the International Security and under sporadic enemy fire. The Royal Red Cross for her shortages," says Adrian Day.
bodies of the dead during one of Assistance Force in southern Without the aid of a protective emergency service between The editor of The Global Stock
the harshest days endured by Afghanistan from October 2008 suit or special electronic April and October last year. Analyst explains, "Geothermal
British forces in Helmand to September 2009. measures to counteract the Other military personnel were is truly environment-friendly
province, when five troops were Brigadier Timothy Radford bombs, Captain Shepherd, of the recognised for service elsewhere (that is, it has a small footprint,
killed. received the Distinguished Royal Logistics Corps, in the world, including Iraq. has no residual waste, and is not
On July 10, 2009, a bomb Service Order, for commanding deactivated the devices, relying Brigadier Thomas Beckett was a blight on the landscape), and
exploded killing one soldier and 9,000 British troops in Helmand purely on his technical appointed OBE after unlike most green power, it is
injuring a number of others, between April and October 2009 expertise. commanding British troops in profitable."
i n c l u d i n g t h e p l a t o o n – one of the toughest periods Several weeks later in late July, Basra between November 2008 Continue reading Resource
commander. for Britain in Afghanistan. performing the same, dangerous and May 2009. Expert Powers Up Geothermal
Serjeant Moncho took charge The Conspicuous Gallantry but vital task, he was killed A full list of the honours was Plays
and started extracting the Cross also went to a number of trying to defuse an explosive published this morning in The Resource Expert Powers Up
casualties. Barely 45 minutes other soldiers, including device in Nad Ali, in Helmand. London Gazette. Geothermal Plays originally
later, a second blast hit the Gunner Steven Gadsby, of the A further two members of his Five Filters featured article: appeared on BloggingStocks on
e v a c u a t i n g p a r t y , c a u s i n g Royal Artillery, who carried two regiment were honoured. Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:10:00 EST.
further injuries and deaths. i n j u r e d s o l d i e r s a c r o s s a Captain Wayne Owers and PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Please see our terms for use of
Serjeant Moncho oversaw the footbridge in view of enemy Lance Corporal David Timmins Term Extraction. feeds. Permalink| Email this|
recovery of the bodies and of forces to evacuate them as both received the Queen’s Comments
the wounded before leading the quickly as possible to give them Gallantry Medal.
remaining men back to base. the best chance of survival. Corporal Timmins lost an eye
The soldier, of 2nd Battalion Unfortunately one of the men, and sustained serious shrapnel
10 World/ Popular News/ E-reader News Edition

Google Street View criticised for 'showing images

of secret SAS headquarters'
(Latest news, breaking news, demanded Google remove the perceived terrorism”. hunting and the scheme has
current news, UK news, world pictures, claiming it made the ''There needs to be a certain previously launched in 20
news, celebrity news, politics SAS a target for terrorist degree of restraint shown by countries without any breach of
news)
attacks. people like Google,” said the security issues,” he said.
Submitted at 3/19/2010 8:38:10 AM But Google defended the Lib Dem member for Hereford ''Google only takes images from 15 great project
By Andrew Hough pictures, saying it had no plans MP public roads and this is no
Published: 4:00PM GMT 19 to take them off their site. ''I wouldn't want a terrorist to be different to what anyone could
management and
Mar 2010 The Ministry of Defence has inspired by these pictures and it see travelling down the road collaboration tools
The entrance to the base, which never made the exact details of would be appalling if any help themselves, therefore there is no
has never before appeared on the base public (Holy Kaw!)
but the at all was given to our enemies. appreciable security risk.
maps for security reasons, can location of the nearest village is "We all know where the Palace ''We're happy to discuss any Submitted at 3/19/2010 8:59:15 AM

easily be identified on the available online. of Westminister is, we all know concerns as they arise.''
images, leading to fears it could “Military chiefs have had where the SAS camp is, but A spokesman for the MoD said Managing a project online
be used for terrorist planning. concerns with Google Street the issue is if you're going into it did not comment on where allows you to efficiently share
Users can even see the base, in View for some time,” one such detail in such a way that any special forces were based. resources with your team,
the country's west, is clearly military source said. you can undermine the security "The MOD cannot prevent oversee your team’s activity,
marked as "British SAS" on “It is highly irresponsible for of that building, that could be a satellites taking imagery of its analyze risks, assign tasks,
the website. military bases, especially special problem.'' establishments however we coordinate schedules, and
It also offers a detailed 180 forces, to be pictured on the One man, who did not want to ensure that steps are taken to successfully complete your
degree view of the perimeter internet. be named but is associated with protect highly sensitive goals all in one convenient
boundary. "Google claims it blurs faces base, said: ''The SAS conducts equipment," he said. place. From Basecamp to
The images, all taken within the and number plates to avoid operations where secrecy is "It would be impractical to ask Teambox, here are the fifteen
past six months, also show a people being identified but absolutely vital to their success. Google to withdraw images as best project management
military ambulance and a one mistake could be very ''Terrorists could potentially use they can be easily obtained collaborations tools currently
police car at the gates of the d a n g e r o u s w e a p o n f o r a their home computers to plot an from other sources over which available. Find one that works
base along with three guards. t e r r o r i s t . ” attack capable of dire we have no influence." best for you!
The disclosures further fuelled They added: ''The question is, consequences on the base. Five Filters featured article: Full story at 1st Web Designer.
privacy concerns after the why risk a very serious security That's frightening.'' Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: More project management
service was earlier this month breach for the sake of having a A Google spokesman said the PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, resources.
expanded to cover 95 per cent of picture on a website?'' service would not take down the Term Extraction. Photo credit: Fotolia
Britain’s roads or a quarter of Paul Keetch, the local MP, images. Permalink| Leave a comment »
million miles. labelled the footage ''One in five people already use
M P s a n d m i l i t a r y c h i e f s unacceptable “during a time of Google Street View for house

50 extraordinary creative (and free) fonts

(Holy Kaw!) wants to do is ruin a beautiful to impress. Did I mention More on typography.
Submitted at 3/19/2010 9:05:59 AM design with an icky font. To they’re also completely free? Permalink| Leave a comment »
help you build up your typeface Get a taste below:
The last thing a web designer arsenal, here are fifty extraordinary creative fonts sure See all fifty at Smashing Buzz.
E-reader News Edition World/ Popular News/ Tech/ 11

Dutch outrage as US general blames gay soldiers

for Srebrenica
(Top stories from Times their combat focus after the in Europe since World War II." the Dutch Defence Ministry
Online) collapse of the Soviet Union in Carl Levin, the Michigan added: “For us it is
Submitted at 3/19/2010 6:26:08 AM the early 1990s and turned to Democrat, chairman of the unbelievable that a man of this
peacekeeping because “they did committee, was incredulous. He rank is stating this nonsense,
A retired American general has not believe the Germans were asked General Sheehan: “Did because that is what it is.
blamed the UN's historic failure going to attack again or the the Dutch leaders tell you it was “The whole operation in
to protect the Bosnian "safe Soviets were coming back”.
haven" of Srebrenica on the fact The general said that Belgium,
because there were gay soldiers
there?”
Srebrenica and the drama that
took place over there was
How to hide
that there were openly gay Luxembourg, the Netherlands
s o l d i e r s i n t h e D u t c h and other nations all took the
“Yes, they did. They included
that as part of the problem,” he
thoroughly investigated by
Dutch and international an airplane
peacekeeping battalion assigned decision that there was no replied. authorities and none of these
to it. longer a need for an active
The comments from former combat capability in the
“That there were gay soldiers?”
the senator asked.
investigations has ever
concluded or suggested a link
factory
Marine Corps General John military. (Holy Kaw!)
“That the combination was the between homosexual military
Sheehan prompted outrage in "They declared a peace dividend liberalisation of the military; a personnel and the things that Submitted at 3/19/2010 8:32:43 AM

the Netherlands, where the and made a conscious effort to net effect was basically social happened over there. I do not
humiliation in July 1995 of 400 socialize their military — that engineering.” know on what facts this is In a clever attempt to protect
armed Dutch peacekeepers and includes the unionisation of Mr Levin, who backs moves to based, but for us it is total the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft
the subsequent massacre by their militaries, it includes open allow openly gay soldiers to nonsense. Plant from a Japanese air attack
Serb forces of 8,000 Muslim homosexuality. That led to a serve, went on to tell the "Every man or woman that during World War II, Army
men and boys remains a subject force that was ill-equipped to go general that he was "totally off- meets the criteria physically and Corps of Engineers covered the
of acute national sensitivity. to war," he said. target" in his comments — mentally is welcome to serve in plant with camouflage netting
General Sheehan, one of two "The case in point that I’m presaging a flood of complaints our Armed Forces regardless of that looked like a rural
Nato "supreme commanders" at referring to is when the Dutch from Dutch officials. (religious) belief, sexual subdivision from a bird’s eye
the time of the massacre, w e r e r e q u i r e d t o d e f e n d Renée Jones-Bos, the Dutch preference or whatever.” view. Now those are some
testified before the Senate Srebrenica against the Serbs: the Ambassador to the United Five Filters featured article: innovative engineers.
Armed Services Committee battalion was under-strength, States, said that she "couldn’t Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: Before:
against a proposal to allow poorly led, and the Serbs came disagree more” with General PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, After:
homosexuals to serve openly in into town, handcuffed the Sheehan, adding there was no Term Extraction. See more amazing images of
the US military. soldiers to the telephone poles, evidence of his claims in the the hidden plant at Think or
He told the senators how the marched the Muslims off, and extensive record of research on Thwim.
A r m e d F o r c e s o f v a r i o u s executed them. Srebrenica. Learn more about history.
European countries had lost “That was the largest massacre Roger Van de Wetering, from Permalink| Leave a comment »

Google Calendar gets 'smart' rescheduling

Josh Lowensohn Google Calendar users who an official option by Google.
(Webware.com) want a non-third-party solution Originally posted at Web
Submitted at 3/18/2010 2:23:00 PM for finding the best times to Crawler
reschedule a meeting now have
12 World/ Tech/ Tech News/ E-reader News Edition
Found Footage:
'Milestone moment' as boy undergoes transplant iPhone alphabet
to regenerate trachea made from 540 apps
David Winograd (The
(Top stories from Times stem cells with the scaffold operations involving the larynx the stripping down of a trachea, Unofficial Apple Weblog
Online) inside the body. It is also the or oesophagus. which was donated by a woman (TUAW))
Submitted at 3/20/2010 5:57:02 AM first entire windpipe transplant Professor Paolo Macchiarini, who had died recently, to the
Submitted at 3/19/2010 11:00:00 AM
to be carried out on a child and who developed the scaffold inert collagen. Strong chemicals Filed under: Found Footage
A British boy has undergone a is also the first to involve the technology and is based at and enzymes were used to wash Urikane, an iPhone user with a
g r o u n d b r e a k i n g o p e r a t i o n entire length of the trachea. Careggi University Hospital, away all of the cells, leaving LOT of time on his hands, has
involving the transplantation of The doctors who carried out the Florence, said: "This underlines only a tissue scaffold made of put together a full alphabet
a windpipe which is being procedure said the technique how we know that the time has the fibrous protein collagen. using 540 apps. Each screen
regenerated inside his body reduced greatly the risk of come to change how we focus The child recipient’s bone contains one letter. Outside of
using his own stem cells. rejection of the new trachea, as on transplantation. Rather than marrow stem cells were this being really clever, you
S c i e n t i s t s d e s c r i b e d t h e the child’s stem cells will not wait until an organ fails we collected, and applied to the have to admire the resolve of
o p e r a t i o n , c a r r i e d o u t o n generate any immune response. should try to use stem cells in graft in situ in the body, to Urikane to actually get this
Monday at Great Ormond They said the child, who is not this way. It shows how we rebuild the cellular component done. It must have taken
Street Hospital in London, as a being identified, is recovering should be working towards of the trachea and make the forever.
'milestone moment' in the well and is able to speak. treating organs such as the heart new airway sealed and effective. TUAW Found Footage: iPhone
development of techniques that Professor Martin Elliott, who and lungs with the appropriate Scientists believe that alphabet made from 540 apps
could allow people to rebuild led the surgery at Great Ormond cells to try to replace the breakthroughs in organ originally appeared on The
damaged or transplanted organs Street, added that the technique function of that organ." construction using stem cells Unofficial Apple Weblog
inside their bodies. was a breakthrough because, The trachea transplant was will likely mean that any (TUAW) on Fri, 19 Mar 2010
The replacement trachea, the once the scaffold was ready, it carried out by British and Italian transplant organ could be made 11:00:00 EST. Please see our
bony tube that connects the could be carried out in a matter doctors. It follows an operation in this way in a matter of terms for use of feeds.
nose, mouth and lungs, was of hours. carried out by doctors in Spain decades. American scientists Read| Permalink| Email this|
stripped of the donor's cells to The scientists added that in 2008 when a woman have already successfully Comments
leave a scaffold which was then b e c a u s e t h e r e g e n e r a t i o n received a windpipe made with implanted bladder patches
laced with the child's stem cells. occured in the human body her own stem cells — the first grown in the laboratory from
The boy, aged 10, then received rather than a laboratory, it cost tissue-engineered whole organ patients' own cells into people March 19, 1979:
the transplant hours later. The "tens of thousands rather than transplant. However the with bladder disease.
s t e m c e l l s a r e n o w hundreds of thousands of procedure was carried out in a Five Filters featured article:
House Proceedings
reconstructing the airway and pounds". They said that they laboratory before the rebuilt Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: Air Live on C-SPAN
ensuring it is not rejected by his hoped it would speed the course airway was transplanted in its PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Hugh Hart (Wired Top Stories)
immune system. of organ regeneration, with the entirety into the patient. Term Extraction.
Submitted at 3/18/2010 9:00:00 PM
The operation is the first to use possibility of moving in to The latest operation involved
A new cable network creates
Google aims for easier 3D Web on Windows transparency in the House of
Representatives' proceedings,
Stephen Shankland A project called ANGLE aims easier to use on Windows Originally posted at Deep Tech
(Webware.com) broadcasting to 3.5 million
to make the accelerated 3D computers without hardware
households.
graphics standard called WebGL support.
E-reader News Edition World/ Business/ Tech/ Tech News/ 13

Mumps cases 'triple in a year'

(Latest news, breaking news, They added that last year's rise education colleges.”
current news, UK news, world in cases was not attributable to He added: "The disease tends to
news, celebrity news, politics low uptake rates of the MMR spread rapidly from person to
news)
jab, following a scare over person because of greater Analyst Calls: BBY, CPSI,
claims of a link to autism in social mixing in further
Submitted at 3/19/2010 8:35:26 AM
By Kate Devlin, Medical 1998, because the numbers had
Correspondent not risen among younger age
education establishments."
Since 1996 two doses of the
CRAI, MAR, PALM, RIMM,
Published: 3:35PM GMT 19 groups.
Mar 2010 A spokesman for the Health
vaccine have been given – one
when a child is around 13
SLB, SYNA, TTEK, WFT ...
There were 7,628 confirmed Protection Agency (HPA) said: months of age and another Eric Buscemi target for shares to $40 from
(BloggingStocks) $27.
cases in 2009, up from 2,405 in "The high numbers are mainly between the ages of three to
2008. among older teenagers and five. Submitted at 3/19/2010 11:30:00 AM • Best Buy ( BBY) was
Many of the cases were among young adults in their early Mumps causes swelling around upgraded to buy from neutral at
u n i v e r s i t y s t u d e n t s l i v i n g twenties, and mostly among the neck which can make it Filed under: Analyst Reports, Goldman.
together in halls or other those in further or higher difficult to talk, eat or drink. A n a l y s t U p g r a d e s a n d • Mariott ( MAR) was raised to
shared accommodation. education establishments. In some rare cases the infection Downgrades, Research in buy from sell at Societe
This group were too old to have "Some in this age group were can lead to more serious Motion (RIMM), Palm Inc G e n e r a l e .
received the MMR (measles, t o o o l d t o b e r o u t i n e l y complications, including (PALM), Analyst Initiations • Telus ( TU) was upgraded at
mumps and ruebella) jab when vaccinated with MMR when it hearing difficulties and Analyst Upgrades TD Newcrest to action list buy
it was introduced in 1988. was first introduced in 1988 and meningitis. • Auriga upgraded Computer from buy.
Health Protection experts said some others may only have Five Filters featured article: Programs & Systems ( CPSI) to
that they expected the number of received one dose of MMR. Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: hold from sell after channel Continue reading Analyst Calls:
cases to remain relatively high "The number of cases has PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, checks indicated Q1 could be BBY, CPSI, CRAI, MAR,
for the next few years, although increased more steeply in recent Term Extraction. the bottom for stagnation of new PALM, RIMM, SLB, SYNA,
the total number affected was years because many of the system sales. The firm raised its TTEK, WFT ...
much lower than in 2005, when young adults in this cohort (born target for shares to $38 from Analyst Calls: BBY, CPSI,
there were 43,000 reported between 1980 and 1992) are $32. CRAI, MAR, PALM, RIMM,
cases. now at university or in further • Janney Montgomery upgraded SLB, SYNA, TTEK, WFT ...
Tetra Tech ( TTEK) to buy from o r i g i n a l l y a p p e a r e d o n
Google moves could bring neutral due to valuation. The BloggingStocks on Fri, 19 Mar
firm has a $26 price target on 2010 11:30:00 EST. Please see
the stock.
fast Web apps closer our terms for use of feeds.
• Deutsche Bank upgraded P e r m a l i n k | E m a i l t h i s |
Stephen Shankland applications is getting more Energy Transfer Equity ( ETE) C o m m e n t s
(Webware.com) versatile. And Google has the to buy from hold and raised its
power to make NaCl a real force
Submitted at 3/19/2010 4:00:00 AM
on the Web. Alt Text: 'Final Fantasy,' Then and Now
The Native Client technology Originally posted at Deep Tech Lore Sjöberg (Wired What's new in the latest Final Fantasy's fantastic roots
for high-performance Web Top Stories) installment of the venerable and the current state of affairs in
Submitted at 3/18/2010 5:00:00 PM RPG franchise? Oh, only just Pulse and Cocoon.
about everything. A look back at
14 Business/ E-reader News Edition

Test Driving RandomDorm: Collegiate, Dude-Heavy Version

of ChatRoulette
Lydia Dishman (Fast
Company)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 11:07:24 AM

As the spotlight beams brightly

on ChatRoulette and its
attendant lumps, humps, and
hairy backs, there is another,
more wholesome, site that's just
debuted. It promises all the thrill
of videochatting with strangers
with the protection that comes
from limiting the audience to
college coeds in possession of
an .edu email address. Behold
RandomDorm.com.
How It Started
RandomDorm.com grew out of
another recently launched site
that cheekily claims to "connect
student bodies." Called
GoodCrush, the concept is the
brainchild of Josh Weinstein, a
recent Princeton grad who
appears to have had a Newton's
apple moment, romance version
2.0.
"During my sophomore year an
idea hit me--there needs to be an
easy way to offer my peers
(read: myself) a risk-free way of
expressing a crush wherein their
(my) identity is only revealed if your name too, it's a "Good "student bodies" were component was always part of interactions via two windows on
there's a match," explains Crush." "Then you two live connecting. Now a month after GoodCrush's overall concept, the screen. RandomDorm is
Weinstein. Enter the Crush happily ever after--or at least for the site officially launched and right now he sees supposed to reduce (ahem)
Finder. a few days," Weinstein says. If beyond the hallowed halls of RandomDorm as "a cool, fun inappropriate conduct, if not
The utility was simple: Enter there's no match, the crusher's Princeton, Weinstein says way to bring college students prevent it altogether, he says.
the names of five people you've identity remains a secret. Period. they’ve received over 12,000 together without a romantic How it Works
got a crush on and the Finder The site was so popular at user signups at over a dozen focus." The similarity to RandomDorm is a gated
lets them know. If they've input Princeton that within one 24 schools across the country. ChatRoulette ends with enabling TEST page 16
hour period 30% of said Weinstein says the chat person-to-person video
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Four Ways to Keep the Museum Experience Relevant

Steve McCallion (Fast
Company)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 10:55:23 AM

Ziba Design helped create the

massive exhibition, China
Design Now which recently
closed in Portland, Oregon.
Steve McCallion files his last
report on how the experience
transformed the city and what
museums can learn from it.
After walking though the China
Design Now exhibition, the
youngest member of the
Portland Art Museum's board
proclaimed to executive director
Brian Ferriso, "The museum is
relevant again!" From Oct. 10 to
Jan. 17, the Portland Art
Museum hosted a conversation
throughout the city about the
evolution of design in China
over the last 20 years. The
museum's objective was to
engage a broader audience in a
deeper conversation by
transforming the museum into a
social media platform. The three
-month experiment invited
designers, artists, entrepreneurs,
restaurateurs, and others
throughout the city to participate
people perceive the museum. moderated by some of Portland's of Wieden+Kennedy, who were Content: Why China? Why
and shape the conversation.
Film students from NW Film design community. By instrumental in working with Design? Why Now?"If you're
The event was successful from
Center, business investors, and extending the conversation Ziba and the museum to extend asking me if the exhibition
both historical and new metrics.
traditional Chinese residents throughout the city, the museum the museum experience. We would have been as successful if
Attendance surpassed
from Chinatown got involved was able to attract a new discussed how traditional it were a show on Dutch design,
projections and 1,700 new
for the first time. Kids showed audience and re-energize its institutions can build social I'd have to say 'no,'" said
memberships were generated
up by the busloads. Local traditional base. media platforms while Ferriso. When considering
just from people waiting in line
restaurants hosted after-parties At the close of the exhibition, I remaining authentic and came traveling shows, Ferriso had the
for the exhibition. More
for young patrons, and robust sat down with Ferriso and John up with four methods for
importantly for Ferriso, the city- FOUR page 17
blog discussions were Jay, executive creative director success.
wide experience changed how
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community (albeit one with a
South Park-like background
image), with a login wall of
protection. The secret password
is that college email address
which can be typed in directly,
or can be accessed through
Facebook if the user's FB
account is under an .edu email
(another shared trait with
Facebook's early incarnation).
Once in, the fun (supposedly)
begins.
To test out this thing, Fast
Company dispatched our .edu
email-using intrepid intern
Austin Carr, who ventured into
the outback of RandomDorm's
unchartered territory Thursday
evening. He found it ... almost
empty. He did notice that unlike
ChatRoulette, users have the
option to narrow down potential
partners to girls, guys, or both--
the assumption, which is a bit
closed-minded, is that girls are
looking for guys and vice versa
(isn't college the time of
experimentation?). There's even
a "cool people only" option,
though it's unclear how the site
vets the coolness factor.
Here's Austin's experience, in
his own words:
First off, you'll have trouble
finding anybody, and
unfortunately, there's no
automated Next feature--you
have to click Next each frickin'
time, even when it can't find
anybody! And believe me,
there's nobody on this service.
Get used to clicking Next, Next,
Next.
Don't try searching for girls,
cause you won't find any. You're
constantly presented with this
message: "All users are
currently engaged in sessions.
Hit NEXT to try again." Click
Next again, see the same
message again. Over and over.
Nobody. No chicks man! What
gives! What did I go to college
for!? Switching to "Both," I got
the following message: "Found
somebody!" Trying to connect
you to a partner. After 20
seconds: "Could not connect to
your partner. She or he might
have left." Such a tease! That
exclamatory "found somebody"
after minutes of searching can
seem like a miracle. But alas,
nobody’s there, and I have to hit
Next. Again.
(I’m basically nexting myself at
this point.)
Plus, during those 20 seconds,
the Next button is gray-ed out –
you can’t even click Next, you
have to wait those painful 20
seconds while, I guess, the
service figures out that nobody's
on the other end.
So I finally went for "guys."
Cha-ching! "You are connected.
Chat along!" Sweet, finally,
here's where everyone was
hiding. All the guys looking for
non-existent girls. You can tell
this is legitimately a dorm-room
service by the solitary
confinement lighting and white
walls--heck, you can even see
the occasional university banner
in the background.Of course,
these dudes instantly nexted me.
But no matter: I connected with
them two seconds later, then
they nexted me, then we
connected…then again…then
again…then again. It was like a
game of peek-a-boo. We
couldn't NOT connect to one
another. We were the only ones
on the service.
After, like, the 12th time of
seeing these two dudes on the
service, I finally flagged them
down before they Nexted me.
Here's our brief convo (before
they Next-ed me again, and
then, predictably, reconnected
again…I mean, they just didn’t
get it):
23:33:48> You: quick
question23:33:59> You: i'm
doing a small story on chat
roulette vs random dorm
23:34:03> You: this service
seems to suck 23:34:09> You:
has that been your general
experience? 23:34:19> You:
have you been able to see one
girl so far? 23:34:20> Partner:
Not enough dicks! 23:34:23>
You: ha, right 23:34:26> You:
i'll quote you on that
23:34:34> Partner:
NOTENOUGHDICKS
The problem is that right now,
there are too few users and those
that are on are seeking
something more. It removes the
best part of ChatRoulette: to
leap into the foggy abyss of
video-chat and experience
micro-interactions with mostly
naked men and your occasional
blurry-hooded figure.
How It Makes Money
Weinstein is, nonetheless,
cheerfully upbeat and focusing
on the positive. "I see a huge
opportunity by both connecting
students--who are experiencing
and contemplating similar
issues, questions, social lives,
opportunities and coursework--
as well as potentially creating
an international college video
pen pal program."
It's too early to tell if
RandomDorm will morph into a
more desirable service but
Weinstein's already been able to
raise seed funding from
FirstMark Capital to launch
GoodCrush and is looking for
more. That said, GoodCrush
itself is still a work in progress
and though monetization is on
the menu, Weinstein says
improving the service must
come before implementing
potential revenue models. What
do those look like? "Potentially
premium services and virtual
goods."
What About the Competition?
ChatRoulette aside, Weinstein
is quick to note that GoodCrush
should not be dismissed as just
another dating site. "We know
first-hand that students are
unaccounted for on other dating
sites. There is a bit of a stigma
associated with students joining
prototypical dating sites like
Plenty of Fish or eHarmony," he
says adding that most students
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wouldn’t feel comfortable
admitting they needed help to
find a match.
GoodCrush aims to be much
more social, playful, and
informal. Adds Weinstein, "Our
goal isn’t for users to spend
their time on their computer, but
rather use our services as a
social utility to complement and
catalyze off-line activities and
opportunities."
The Big Question - Privacy
It’s also hard not to draw
parallels to that other (wildly
successful) social utility
founded by an Ivy League
student. Facebook's CEO Mark
Zuckerberg's original site,
Facemash, had a "Hot or Not"
voting function that quickly
gained a huge campus
following.
Similarly, GoodCrush's voting
function has spawned a "Top 10
Most Crushed" which so far
seems to be authentic (and rated
PG-13). Can GoodCrush
prevent users from posting
compromising photos of
someone else and creating a
subset that isn’t all good clean
fun? Sure, until it all becomes
the next inspiration for a ripped-
from-the-headlines episode of
Law & Order.
Weinstein maintains the
campus approach offers
significant privacy. GoodCrush
does have several layers of
moderation including site
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option to bring either CDN or a
show about modern European
design. Ferriso understood that
the ability of the museum to
involve more people in the
conversation was based on the
relevancy of the content. The
CDN content was particularly
relevant to Portland and had the
potential to attract a new
audience--the young creative
class.
Portland has had a long trade
relationship with China due to
its location in the Pacific
Northwest, and city officials
intend to forge even closer ties.
Portland's entrepreneurs and
business people are interested in
understanding more about this
global force that is transforming
the sociopolitical dynamic of the
world. In addition, the
exhibition's focus on design,
though not traditional for the
museum, connected with
Portland's thriving design
community. The relevancy of
the content opened the door for
the museum to start new
conversations. It even triggered
local businesses that were not
previously involved with the
museum to get involved.
Discussions are ongoing about
bringing in more exhibitions
that are relevant to local
businesses.
Conversation: If you build it,
will they come? If they come,
will you be ready?"Not
everyone needs to be a creator,"
said Ferriso. "Some people want
a more traditional experience."
The museum was apprehensive
about two aspects of creating a
social media platform: 1)
hosting a party and having no
one show up, and 2) releasing
control of the conversation. To
overcome the first challenge, the
museum created a platform with
three levels of engagement--
creators, commentators, and
consumers--to intentionally
engage a wider audience. They
invited a small number of
people from the creative
community who they knew
would help stimulate
conversation, like a good host at
a dinner party. These creators
hosted their own events and
were invited to blog on the
exhibition's Web site.
Commenting was encouraged on
the Web site and through the
museum's educational program
led by Christina Olsen, director
of education and public
programs at the museum.
"Consumers" were kept busy
with a wide range of related
cultural events and options
extending beyond the exhibition
throughout the city.
The bigger challenge for the
museum was releasing control
of the conversation. Museums
are historically cautious, and
protective of the intellectual
rigor of each exhibition. To help
shift the internal culture, Ferriso
had his team visit London's
Victoria & Albert Museum in
2008 to experience the CDN
exhibition--the result of five
years of research. The trip gave
the team confidence that the
content was up to their standards
and made them feel more
comfortable opening up the
conversation. He then
encouraged his team to embrace
social media technologies and
reach out to Portland's creative
community to create a more
collaborative culture. The result
was a healthy tension between
two of the museum's seemingly
conflicting values--preservation
and conversation.
Curation: Stay true to who you
are."At the end of the day, you
still need to present a point of
view," said Jay. "Curation is still
king." The museum was able to
successfully move beyond the
traditional museum experience
and remain authentic because it
understood its core promise--
inspiring conversations through
art and culture. The medium of
social media did not become the
museum's promise, but a means
to connect with a new
generation of potential patrons.
It remained committed to
curatorial rigor, the selection of
collaborators was strategic, and
the topic was timely and
meaningful. By staying true to
its purpose, the museum was
able to be relevant to this new
generation without alienating its
traditional patrons. An 85-year-
old board member said it best:
"CDN allowed the museum to
rethink how it connects with
people."
Continuing: What's next?"It's
exciting to explore how this
thinking would translate into a
vision for the architecture of the
museum," said Ferriso. He and
his Portland Art Museum team
are excited about the future of
the museum as a social
platform. New metrics are being
discussed to measure the value
of the conversations generated
by the museum. Ideas include
measuring repeat visits to the
museum, quality of
conversations, and influence
(how do you measure the impact
of inspiring the next Frank
Gehry?). Other programs--
including a tattoo exhibition that
links historic roots of tattooing
in the museum's Native
American, Asian and
Contemporary art collections to
Portland's thriving tattoo culture
--have been developed to keep
the museum relevant to a new
generation and do what Jay calls
"stretch beyond the choir."
The museum has even started
exploring how social platform
thinking can influence the
museum's architecture. The
existing museum, one part
Pietro Belluschi modern icon
and the other part Masonic
temple, is like most museums:
introverted and stoic. Inspired
by the China Design Now
experiment, the museum is
exploring the potential of adding
an element of what J.S. May, the
museum's director of
17
development, calls the city's
living room--perfect for
continuing the conversation.
Related: Steve McCallion's
posts on China Design Now
Read Steve McCallion's blog
Beyond the Widget Browse
more blogs by our Expert
Designers
Steve McCallion is a skilled
innovation architect and brand
strategist. His groundbreaking
work includes redefining
Umpqua Bank's role as an
anchor for community
prosperity, creating Sirius
Satellite Radio's award-winning
experience for the "iPod
fatigued," and working with
real estate developers Gerding
Edlen to create more
meaningful neighborhoods.
Other clients include Xerox,
Black & Decker, Whirlpool,
FedEx, McDonald's, Coleman,
Kenwood, and Compaq. Steve's
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Ziba's consumer experience
practice. He founded the
company's award-winning
Design Research and Planning
practice group, which has
developed proprietary research
and design planning
methodologies.
18 Business/ E-reader News Edition

Better Marketing Through Science

Kasey Wehrum (Inc.com) movies. But after the cameras marketing. We've already given policy for female employees well-defined goals and fair,
Submitted at 3/19/2010 9:02:06 AM stopped rolling, Parker went on you a peak inside the who are expecting isn't always incremental rewards can
to become a successful entrepreneur's brain, recently a top of mind. But, as The Wall motivate the 'gamer generation'
Washington girds for health California winery owner and group of scientists and ad execs Street Journal explains, "by among your staff. Sheldon has
care vote. The passage of hotel developer. Born in Fort at SXSW explained how taking the time to carefully been testing out this theory on
President Obama's health care Worth, Texas in 1924, Parker neuromarketing, or measuring research legal obligations, his own students by replacing
plan looks increasingly likely, served in the Navy in World consumers' brain activity in insurance options and other key the traditional grading system
with a vote possible over the W a r I I b e f o r e m o v i n g t o response to products, could give issues early on, entrepreneurs with "experience points (XP)"
weekend. Most of the coverage Hollywood where he would earn you an extra edge (via CNN may be able to avoid making which were used to track
has focused on the big picture, his fame as Crocket and TV's Money). The bad news is that costly mistakes." progress in role-playing games.
particularly a report by the Daniel Boone. In 1986, with companies who can afford this So you have Facebook fans. Like World of Warcraft,
Congressional Budget Office money made from acting, Parker type of research tend to have ad Now what? You've heard the students were divided into
that says the bill will lower the bought 32 acres of prime Santa budgets of between $30 million buzz, read our guide to getting guilds and they picked up XP by
deficit by $138 billion over 10 Barbara waterfront property and and $100 million, but the upside customers through Facebook, completing assignments. As a
y e a r s , w h i l e i n s u r i n g a n opened Fess Parker's Red Lion is that companies with smaller and now your company result, students responded with
a d d i t i o n a l 3 2 m i l l i o n Resort, a successful hotel. From budgets have increasingly been officially has fans. But what is far more enthusiasm. "It will be
Americans. So what would there, Parker went on to develop making use of these tools. Just the best way to interact with up to management, often of the
passage mean for businesses? the Fess Parker Winery & how beneficial is them? Mashable has these four pre-gamer generations, to figure
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RIP Fess Parker: Actor turned land to the Chumash Indian tribe figured that out. There's a lot of game of "Call of Duty" knows now for the 2010 Inc. 500|5000.
wine entrepreneur. A generation angered some local residents things up for grabs in this world the effect gaming can have on
of baby-boomers may best who feared the area was being yet." employee engagement. In fact,
remember Fess Parker as the overdeveloped. Parker passed How to craft a maternity-leave Indiana University professor
man who played Davy Crockett away Thursday at the age of policy. For most start-up Lee Sheldon tells iT News that
in a series of 1950's-era Disney 8 5 . T h e n e u r o s c i e n c e o f business owners, developing a game design techniques like
E-reader News Edition Business/ Tech News/ 19

Morning Reading Microsoft Customers

nospam@example.org (Scott
Jagow) (Marketplace Scratch
Pad)
The AP is still waiting—after
nearly three months—for
records it requested about the
teams lose money.
How about championship-
caliber teams?
Go to Opera
Gary E. Sattler
Submitted at 3/19/2010 5:58:57 AM White House’s “Open Not really. “If you look at (BloggingStocks)
Happy Friday. I was out sick Government Directive,” rules it basketball teams as a stand-
yesterday but feeling a bit issued in December directing alone company, virtually none Submitted at 3/19/2010 11:50:00 AM

better. What I’ve seen so far — every agency to take immediate, of the teams come out ahead,”
a good William Cohen editorial specific steps to open their Filed under: Competitive
says Andrew Zimbalist, a sports
in the Times, the AP dissects operations up to the public. Strategy, Microsoft (MSFT)
economist at Smith College in
O b a m a ’ s p r o m i s e s o n Runaway cars: Driver error or Readers of this space may
Northampton, Mass.
transparency, plus a little car malfunction?(NPR) recall that about two weeks ago
What are the odds of picking a
I wrote about an intriguing turn Software of Norway states that
college b-ball: No one has done research perfect NCAA basketball
of events for Microsoft Corp. ( downloads of it's web browsing
The rot at the heart of Wall specifically on sustained error bracket?(PBS NewsHour)
MSFT). Pursuant to an software have doubled in some
Street(New York Times) with car pedals. But When the WSJ looked into it,
agreement with the European countries since the Microsoft
To that end, shareholders must psychologists have spent a lot of their odds range from one in 150
Commission, Microsoft has provided selection page came on
demand that corporate boards of time thinking about the errors million to one in 9 million
made available to it's new line. Anywhere from 60% to
directors revamp the entire humans make. Psychologist trillion if each game were a true
European customers a web page 75% of the new download
compensation structure on Wall Chris Wickens has written a toss-up. “Put another way, you
which provides those customers requests for Opera have come
Street away from one based on book on this subject, and he says are about 60 billion times more
download utilities for a choice via the new Microsoft provided
revenue generation to one that that psychologists looking at likely to win the multistate
of twelve different web browser service.
rewards long-term profits. For people under intense stress have Powerball lottery.”
applications. As I suggested Continue reading Microsoft
goodness sake, what other identified something called the Another favorite via Book of
then, It appears that the reign of Customers Go to Opera
business on the face of the earth, “perseveration response.” Odds:
Windows Internet Explorer may Microsoft Customers Go to
aside from Wall Street, pays out “You just keep repeating the …if you follow the optimal
come to a screeching halt. Opera originally appeared on
between 50 percent and 60 same error over and over and strategy of always picking the
According to a report from BloggingStocks on Fri, 19 Mar
percent of each dollar of over again,” he says. higher seed to win, your odds of
BBC News, a web browsing 2010 11:50:00 EST. Please see
revenue generated to employees College basketball isn’t a great filing a perfect March Madness
application known as Opera is our terms for use of feeds. Read|
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The administration has stalled moneymaker for colleges and year (1 in 1,988,000,000).
even over records about its own universities, right?
efforts to be more transparent. Nope. Most college basketball

Scenarios: What's Next For Google's Operations in China?

Reuters (Wired Top Stories) shook the world with its threat imminent as the two sides refuse take -- and the possible reactions
Submitted at 3/19/2010 7:22:00 AM to leave China on censorship to back down. Following are the from Beijing.
and hacking concerns, there are possible paths the world’s
Two months after Google increasing signs that an exit is largest search company could
20 Business/ Tech News/
More Small Businesses Using Social
Media to Attract New Customers
Courtney Rubin (Inc.com)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 8:43:00 AM
Small businesses flocked to
social media in 2009, with their
adoption of the technology
doubling from 12 percent to 24
percent, says a new University
of Maryland/Network Solutions
study.
The Small Business Success
Index, as it's called, is the third
in a series of surveys the pair
have done over the past year.
The social media findings are
based on a December 2009
telephone survey of 500 small
businesses, compared to one
done in December 2008.
Nearly one in five small
business owners are mashing
social media into the daily (and
hourly) lives of their companies,
with the most popular sites
being Facebook and LinkedIn.
Of the business owners using
social media, 75 percent have
company pages on the two sites,
and 69 percent use status
updates on the same two. Just 16
percent use Twitter.
Small business owners' biggest
How I Survived My SXSW Keynote Interview
Eliot Van Buskirk (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 3/18/2010 5:00:00 PM
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administrators and being hounded via email, text,
crowdsourcing to let users flag
inappropriate content.
and phone, he’s never revealed a
the identity of an unrequited
hopes (and current use) for Glazier, the company's founder GoodCrush also has double- crush.
s o c i a l m e d i a i s f o r l e a d and CEO. "With a very small blind messaging in response to So Who’s Josh's Crush?
generation. Three out of five investment in social media missed connections. It’s a That goes for him, too. Though
respondents use it to identify m a r k e t i n g , I w a s a b l e t o feature that Weinstein says Weinstein is no longer in the
and attract new customers. g e n e r a t e n e w b u s i n e s s would be less appealing if the target user base, he hasn't gone
Said Connie Steele, director of opportunities." One key success: other individual weren’t a crushless. "I have a sneaking
Network Solutions: "Social His blog, which has been picked member of your social network suspicion that one or two of the
media can be the best friend for up by news sources, which in or college community. "In missed connections are about
small business owners who turn generates calls from the addition to the additional me and I have received a few
constantly seek new ways to media and then his company privacy, it also increases the crushes--so there is temptation--
attract new customers and retain n a m e b e i n g m e n t i o n e d i n excitement of and likelihood of everyone always wants to know
the ones they have at a relatively articles (which is pretty much success for missed connections who their secret admirer is!"
low cost." how it's turned up in this one.) and anonymous matching." Austin Carr contributed to this
Half of small business social For help with your own blog, And unlike Zuckerberg’s report.
media users complain that the click here. alleged breach of user privacy
platforms take more time than Social media ranks third in when he used Facebook login
they'd thought, but almost the technology investments small information to hack into email
same number believe it's time businesses plan to make in the accounts, Weinstein wants
well-spent -- that their social next two years. The top two: everyone to know that despite
media initiatives will pay off Jazzing up (or first building)
financially in a year or less . company web sites and ramping
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The Long, Strange History of Prussian Blue

William Bostwick (Fast inviting, and hopeful, which is use quickly spread. Cezanne's
Company) why they're so common these mustache was stained with it,
Submitted at 3/19/2010 10:43:24 AM days. But did you know that Ruskin hoarded it, it was
blue pigment used to be more Wordsworth's favorite color,
Everyone's favorite color--from valuable than gold? E.E. Cummings and Baudelaire
Cezanne to rhesus monkeys- Joshua Cohen traces the history wrote about it. It was used as an
started out as a chemistry of what was once the most invisible ink in World War II
e x p e r i m e n t g o n e w r o n g , valuable color in his fascinating- (letters would be written in iron
according to Joshua Cohen's -and exhaustingly researched-- sulfate then sprayed with the
history of the pigment. essay"Thirty-Six Shades of cyanide solution) and the FDA
What's your favorite color? P r u s s i a n B l u e , " i n T r i p l e even says it can be used to get
Probably blue, right? Everyone Canopy's latest issue. The first rid of some radiation poisoning.
like it--five of Pantone's last 11 blues came from rocks and Crayola changed their Prussian
colors of the year have been plants and were either unreliably Blue crayon to Midnight Blue in
shades of blue, including this color-fast, or way too expensive. 1958 because they realized no
y e a r ' s p i c k , t u r q u o i s e . A Ultramarine was so rare when it individual drops." Then in 1704, the first synthetic color. one knew what Prussia was, but
Cambridge psychological study first became available that it Heinrich Diesbach, a Berlin Prussian blue was an instant now you can know more than
showed even rhesus monkeys "was said to have once been chemist, mixed some cochineal sensation. Its manufacture you ever thought possible about
pick blue as their favorite (green more expensive than gold, and (a natural red dye) with iron escaped regulation by painters' the color that bears its name.
was second). According to Renaissance artists had to sulfate and a cyanide mixture, guilds since it was considered a
Pantone, blues are calming, negotiate with their patrons for and discovered Prussian blue, chemical and not paint, and its

New Sky Energy Turns Waste Water Into Clean Water, Green
Chemicals
Ariel Schwartz (Fast source of clean water for the later this year. If all goes well,
Company) region. New Sky expects that it will
Submitted at 3/19/2010 10:38:01 AM New Sky is teaming up with the desalinate approximately
Westlands Water District to 240,000 gallons of water each
Ever heard of California's build a drainage water treatment day and convert approximately
Central Valley? You might soon facility in the Central Valley five tons of waste brine salts
--the region, known as the that uses New Sky's proprietary into chemicals, and trap 2.8 2.8
nation's breadbasket for its salt conversion technology. The tons of CO2 daily. Not bad for a
agricultural plenitude, is facing p r o c e s s c o n c e n t r a t e s a n d day's work.
severe droughts for a number of converts waste salts from caustic soda, and solid fertilizers to building materials. [Via Cleantech Open]
reasons. But now One Sky, a drainage water into both fresh carbonates like limestone and Next up: building a $3.2 million
former Cleantech Open winner, water for irrigation and carbon- soda ash. These chemicals can demonstration water treatment
is swooping in to hopefully save neutral and carbon-negative then be used in everything from facility in the Central Valley
the day by providing a new c h e m i c a l s - - i n c u d i n g a c i d ,
22 Business/ Tech/
HDTV Is Good Enough for the Octopuses
Ariel Schwartz (Fast
Company)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 10:34:54 AM
Forget 3-D television; HDTV is
good enough for discerning
octopuses, so it must be good
enough for us. Researchers at
Macquarie University in
Australia found that gloomy
octopuses (Octopus tetricus)
placed in a tank and exposed to
HDTV of predators, prey, and
other other octopuses became
very excited. Images broadcast
in standard definition TV
elicited minimal response.
The reason for the octopuses
love of HDTV is simple: they
have extremely good eyesight.
The high definition and high
frame rate of HDTV are up to
the standards of the intelligent
cephalopods.
Beyond the entertainment
factor of watching octopuses get
excited over TV, the discovery
has some important implications
for octopus science. The
Macquarie University team
found that the octopuses didn't
have consistent behavior while
watching the HDTV clips--one
day a clip of a crab might elicit
excitement, while the next the
same octopus might not care at
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YouTube Challenges
Users to Make “Good”
Videos [PARODY]
Brenna Ehrlich (Mashable!)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 9:21:01 AM
The Onion has come out with a
parody video in which YouTube
entreats its users to make a
“good” video — the incentive?
A $100,000 prize.
As someone who spends much
of her day wading through the
chaff of the online video realm,
can I just say: Could this be a
real thing now please?
Check out the video below and
be sure to share some of your
favorite YouTube vids in the
comments.
all. That means the gloomy That’s what you’re doing at the
octopus has an "episodic m o m e n t , n o ? W a t c h i n g
personality," or a personality YouTube videos? Don’t front —
that changes over time. So now, it’s Friday.
for the first time ever, scientists Tags: humor, the onion, viral
can figure out how and why video, youtube
octopus personality is so
changeable--all thanks to our
love of crisp, quality images.
[Via BBC]
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New Insurance Product California kids stay calm, help

Protects Media deliver mom's baby (AP)
Tom Johansmeyer (Yahoo! News: U.S. News) then she started bleeding all didn't fight with each other," she
(BloggingStocks) Submitted at 3/19/2010 6:31:02 AM over her body and then the baby told the Oakland Tribune.
Submitted at 3/19/2010 12:10:00 PM came so I called 911 for an A 911 recording released
SAN FRANCISCO – By the a m b u l a n c e , " J a b a r i s a i d Wednesday attests to the
Filed under: Competitive time 9-year-old Jabari Sanders Thursday evening outside the children's poise, as they relayed
Strategy, Media World called 911, his mom was already family's apartment. "Then my messages between their mother
Now if you blame the media, giving birth to his little brother sister told my mom to lie and a dispatcher.
someone else will have to share in the bathroom of their home. down." After the baby was born, the
in the losses. responsible for the news, the ads "The baby's coming now!" Faith described her dispatcher can be heard telling
Insurance company Aviva ( or the process of putting them in Jabari told the dispatcher as his conversation with the 911 Faith to wipe the baby with a
AV) is taking the side of camera f r o n t o f e y e b a l l s , A v i v a m o m s c r e a m e d i n t h e dispatcher. clean towel and tie, not cut, the
-wielding, microphone-thrusting probably has you in mind. b a c k g r o u n d . "The operator started talking to umbilical cord with a string or
pushy press folks with a new C o n t i n u e r e a d i n g N e w So the woman on the other end me and telling me to take a shoelace about six inches from
form of protection that will Insurance Product Protects of the line talked the 9-year-old piece of yarn or string and tie it the baby's body.
c o v e r e v e r y t h i n g f r o m Media and his 11-year-old sister around the umbilical cord and I "You did a great job," the
electronics to foot-in-mouth New Insurance Product Protects through the ordeal, telling them did," she said. "Shortly after that dispatcher says, as paramedics
syndrome (i.e., liability). The Media originally appeared on to towel off the baby and tie its the paramedics knocked on the arrive.
insurance product will be BloggingStocks on Fri, 19 Mar umbilical cord with a string door." Alana Sanders and the
a v a i l a b l e t o a v a r i e t y o f 2010 12:10:00 EST. Please see w h i l e t h e y w a i t e d f o r Their father, Geoffrey Sanders, newborn, Joseph, were taken to
companies, including both our terms for use of feeds. p a r a m e d i c s . T h e i r f a t h e r , said his wife, Alana Sanders, Saint Rose Hospital in Hayward.
online and print publishers, P e r m a l i n k | E m a i l t h i s | Geoffrey Sanders, called the was not available for comment The boy, who weighed 9 pounds
broadcasters, photographers and C o m m e n t s calm kids "super heroes." Thursday because she and the and 4 ounces, was healthy,
marketing and advertising "I'm a proud father," he said. baby were resting. Geoffrey Sanders said.
companies. So, if you're "It's kind of a pat on the back Geoffrey Sanders, 35, said ___
that we are doing something Thursday he had left for work Associated Press videographer
right." around 1:30 a.m. and was not Haven Daley contributed to this
The 36-year-old Northern around when the baby came on report.
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Review: Squishy 'Repo Men' Sticks Shiv in Organ-Extraction Action

Hugh Hart (Wired Top Stories) Whitaker and a perfect sci-fi of black humor. But that's one
Submitted at 3/18/2010 3:02:00 PM setup, this movie sputters a bit hell of a knife fight that first-
in the middle, and the whole time director Miguel Sapochnik
Even with Jude Law, Forest bloody affair suffers from a lack pulls out of his bag of tricks.
24 Popular News/ Tech News/ E-reader News Edition

Boy Scouts' 'perversion files' could be exposed (AP)

(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) attorney Kelly Clark recited the damages on behalf of a 37-year- day Saints because the the boys themselves, and none
Submitted at 3/19/2010 4:19:23 AM Boy Scout oath and the promise old man who was sexually Mormons acted as a charter would confirm any abuse.
to obey Scout law to be molested in the early 1980s in organization, or sponsor, for the Dykes was arrested in 1983 and
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Boy " t r u s t w o r t h y . " T h e n h e Portland by an assistant local Boy Scouts troop that pleaded guilty to attempted
Scouts of America has long kept p r e s e n t e d s i x b o x e s o f Scoutmaster, Timur Dykes. included the victim. But the sexual abuse, received probation
an extensive archive of secret documents that he said will Clark said the victim suffered church has settled its portion of and was ordered to stay away
documents that chronicle the show "how the Boy Scouts of mental health problems, bad the case. from children.
sexual abuse of young boys by America broke that oath." grades in school, drug use, The Portland trial comes as the Clark told the jury Dykes
Scout leaders over the years. He held up file folder after file anxiety, difficulty maintaining Boy Scouts are marking their continued with his scouting
The "perversion files," a folder he said contained reports relationships and lost several 100th anniversary. activities until he was arrested in
nickname the Boy Scouts are of abuse from around the jobs over the years because of "They spent a century building July 1984 during a routine
said to have used for the country, telling the jury the the abuse. the Boy Scout brand," said traffic stop while he was driving
documents, have rarely been efforts to keep them secret may Dykes was convicted three Patrick Boyle, author of a book a van full of Scouts on a
seen by the public, but that have actually set back efforts to times between 1983 and 1994 of about sex abuse in the Boy camping trip.
could all change in the coming prevent child abuse nationally. sexually abusing boys, most of Scouts. "It's one of the most A spokesman for the Boy
weeks in an Oregon courtroom. "The Boy Scouts of America them Scouts. respected organizations in the Scouts of America at its
The lawyer for a man who was ignored clear warning signs that Although there have been world." headquarters in Irving, Texas,
molested in the 1980s by a Boy Scouts were being abused," dozens of lawsuits against the The trial "can only erode what said in a statement the
Scout leader has obtained about Clark said. organization over sex abuse they have been doing for 100 organization cannot comment on
1,000 Boy Scouts sex files and Charles Smith, attorney for the allegations, judges for the most years," he said. details of the case. But it has
is expected to release some of national Boy Scouts, said in his part have either denied requests The Portland case centers on worked hard on awareness and
them at a trial that began own opening statement the files for the files or the lawsuits have whether the Boy Scouts of prevention efforts, including
Wednesday. The lawyer says the were kept under wraps because been settled before they went to America did enough to protect background checks.
files show how the Boy Scouts t h e y " w e r e r e p l e t e w i t h trial. boys from Dykes. "Unfortunately, child abuse is a
have covered up abuse for confidential information." The Boy Scouts had fought to The Mormon bishop who also societal problem and there is no
decades. Smith told the jury the files keep the files being used in the served as head of the Scout fail-safe method for screening
The trial is significant because helped national scouting leaders Portland trial confidential. But troop, Gordon McEwen, out abusers," Deron Smith said.
the files could offer a rare w e e d o u t s e x o f f e n d e r s , they lost a pretrial legal battle confronted Dykes after Five Filters featured article:
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only other time the documents local scouting organization. damage the lives and reputations In a video deposition played for
are believed to have been "They were trying to do the of people not a party to the the jury, the bishop said Dykes
presented at a trial was in the right thing by trying to track lawsuit. admitted abusing 17 boys.
1980s in Virginia. these folks," Smith said. The lawsuit also named the But McEwen said he contacted
At the start of the Oregon trial, Clark is seeking $14 million in Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- the parents of all 17 boys and

Dial Zero Connects to Customer Service Humans [Downloads]

Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker) When you're driving or database of buttons and phrases
traveling, that's when you don't
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The big yellow billboard that could take your kid to school
(AP)
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 4:19:34 AM
SEATTLE – School districts
have imposed all sorts of drastic
cuts to save money during the
down economy, canceling field
trips and making parents pay for
everything from tissues to sports
transportation.
And some have now resorted to
placing advertisements on
school buses.
School districts say it's
practically free money, and
advertisers love the captive
audience that school buses
provide.
That's the problem, say
opponents: Children are being
forced to travel to school on
moving media kiosks, and the
tactic isn't much different than
dressing teachers in sponsor-
emblazoned uniforms.
"Parents who are concerned
about commercial messages will
have no choice," said Josh
Golin, associate director of
Campaign for a Commercial
Free Childhood. "Parents won't
be given the option to send their
kids on the ad-free bus."
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Jason Fitzpatrick (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 8:30:00 AM
Firefox: Tracking
Washington lawmakers
considered the idea of school
bus advertising this year, and
the concept is also being tossed
around in Ohio, New Jersey and
Utah. About half a dozen states
already allow bus advertising—
including Colorado, Arizona,
Florida, Minnesota, Tennessee
and Texas.
The idea can be traced back
about 15 years, but budget woes
have led to a recent resurgence.
"This issue comes up on a
regular basis when funding gets
tight and people are looking for
alternative ways to fund school
transportation," said John
Green, supervisor for school
transportation at the California
Department of Education.
Green has a long list of reasons
California has not sold ads on its
school buses, despite the regular
onslaught of creative parents
and lawmakers who suggest the
idea to him and other state
officials.
He says bus ads are rarely as
lucrative as the school district
expects, they may distract
drivers and lead to accidents,
and keeping unwanted ads off
habits—whether you're tracking
your spending, amount of sleep,
or other personal metrics—is an picture of what's going on in
excellent way to get a big
buses may not be as easy as
people think.
A highway authority in
Southern California recently lost
a court case over its attempt to
prevent the Minutemen militia
group from "adopting a
highway" and putting a sign on
the freeway. The judge decided
the case on First Amendment
issues.
"I'm thinking that logic would
hold for school transportation,"
Green said.
Jim O'Connell, president of
Media-Aim of Scottsdale, Ariz.,
says school bus advertising can
be lucrative and in five years of
selling the ads for more than 30
districts in Colorado and
Arizona, he's never once heard
of accident tied to bus
advertising.
Jefferson County Schools, the
largest district in Colorado with
more than 84,000 students in
150 schools covering more than
777 square miles, has a three-
year contract with First Bank of
Colorado that is worth about
$500,000 over four years, said
district spokeswoman Melissa
Reeves.
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That translates into about $7 a
day per bus for the length of the
contract, still a fraction of the
district's total $959 million
budget but important at a time
when every dollar counts.
In addition to having its logo on
100 of the district's 350 school
buses, First Bank also will be
prominently displayed in every
high school gym, on the district
Web page, in district stadiums
and company announcements
will be made during most
varsity sporting events.
"It's not as large a revenue
generator as you might think,"
said Mike Griffith, a policy
analyst for the Education
Commission of the States.
Paying a consultant to sell the
ads usually cuts the profits
enough to discourage districts,
he said.
School bus advertising has been
getting some traction in the past
two years, as it did during the
2001 economic downturn, said
Griffith. His organization does
not keep track of which states
allow school bus advertising,
but he noted that few states have
legislation or rules that
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specifically disallow it.
Washington state Sen. Paull
Shin, a Democrat who
represents a district north of
Seattle, raised the idea during
the Legislature this year because
the state's $2.8 billion budget
deficit was literally keeping him
awake at night with concern
about its affect on schools and
students, he said.
The bill failed.
"We thought this would bring a
few shekels to the school
boards," he said.
In staff meetings when the idea
of bus advertising comes up,
Green says he quashes the idea
by suggesting other school
marketing opportunities.
"Why not just have the teachers
wear a uniform similar to
NASCAR drivers?" Green
wants to know. "Even though
that's kind of a joke, my point is,
why do they single out the
school bus? Why not paint a
billboard alongside the school?"
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US health bill 'will cut deficit'
(BBC News | Americas |
World Edition)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 8:51:42 AM
The US Congressional Budget
Office says the final version of
the Democrats' healthcare plan
will cut the federal deficit by
$138bn over 10 years.
The non-partisan body said the
proposed legislation, which the
House is expected to vote on at
the weekend, would cost about
$940bn over a decade.
President Barack Obama said
the bill represented the most
significant effort to reduce the
deficit since the 1990s.
He has delayed a trip to Asia
until June to help lobby
wavering Democrats.
The reforms would deliver on
Mr Obama's top domestic
priority by providing insurance
to some 30 million Americans
who currently lack it.
They would increase insurance
coverage through tax credits for
the middle class and expanding
of the Medicaid programme for
the poor.
If approved, they would
represent the biggest change in
the US healthcare system since
the creation in the 1960s of
Medicare, the government-run
scheme for Americans aged 65
or over.
Budget reconciliation
The House of Representatives
and the Senate adopted different
versions of the bill in November
and December.
The usual procedure would be
for two versions of legislation to
be combined into a single bill
for President Obama to sign into
law. But after Senate Democrats
lost the 60-seat majority
required to defeat a filibuster by
Republicans, Democratic
leaders decided to use a
controversial procedure to
ensure the bill's passage.
Under the plan, the House will
vote on a package of
reconciliation "fixes" amending
the Senate bill.
The Senate will then be able to
make changes in a separate bill
using a procedure known as
reconciliation, which allows
budget provisions to be
approved with 51 votes - rather
than the 60 needed to overcome
blocking tactics.
In a preliminary estimate, the
Congressional Budget Office
said a revised Senate bill would
provide coverage to 32 million
uninsured people by 2016,
bringing the total number of
insured to 95% of eligible
Americans.
The measures would continue
to reduce the federal deficit in
its second decade, although such
projections were uncertain, it
added. Democrats say the total
savings over 20 years will be
$1.2 trillion.
Mr Obama said the bill
represented "the most
significant effort to reduce
deficits since the Balanced
Budget Act in the 1990s", when
President Bill Clinton put the
federal budget on a path to
surplus.
"This is but one virtue of a
reform that will bring the
accountability to the insurance
industry and greater economic
security to all Americans," he
added.
"I urge every member of
Congress to consider this as they
prepare for their important vote
this weekend."
Later, White House spokesman
Robert Gibbs announced that
the president was postponing his
trip to Indonesia and Australia
until June so he could help
Democrats rally last-minute
support.
"The president believes right
now the place for him to be is in
Washington seeing this
through," he said, adding that
Mr Obama would apologise to
President Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono and Prime Minister
Kevin Rudd.
He had already delayed his
departure until Sunday, the
earliest possible date for a vote.
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House Democratic leaders
published the updated
legislation on Thursday
afternoon. They have promised
that lawmakers will be given 72
hours to review it before voting.
Democratic leaders say they
have not yet mustered the 216 Windows XP Mode No
votes they need for passage, but Longer Requires
they are pressing ahead in the
belief that they can get them.
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Republicans are opposed to the [Windows 7]
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will give the government too
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much control over healthcare
and be mainly paid for by higher Windows XP Mode is a pre-
taxes and cuts in Medicare. configured solution for
House Republican leader John Windows 7 users needing
Boehner said they would "do support for older software, and,
everything that we can do to until recently, it required AMD-
make sure this bill, never, ever, V or VT processor hardware.
ever passes". An update released today should
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10 diet tips for pregnant women
(Holy Kaw!)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 8:51:00 AM
Ask almost any pregnant
woman about eating for two,
and she'll probably tell you this:
It's not as much fun as it seems,
and it's not all about eating extra
Ho-Hos and cookie dough.
Nausea and vomiting can make
it hard enough to eat for one, let
alone two; pregnancy
restrictions can make
consumption a somewhat
complicated prospect (which
tuna is the safe tuna again?).
Some of the dos and don'ts of a
pregnancy diet are a sure thing,
others are educated guesses, and
some are controversial. One
thing nearly all pregnant women
and their doctors can agree on,
though, is that erring on the side
of caution is the way to go.
These diet tips for pregnant
women explain some of the dos
and don'ts when eating while
pregnant.
• Don't: Alcohol: Some people
say it's different in Europe --
specifically, that French women
drink wine when they're
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Peek [Chrome]
Jason Fitzpatrick (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 6:30:00 AM
Chrome: If you're in love with
pregnant and no one gives it a
thought. But in fact, many
European countries are coming
around to the American point of
view: that no amount of alcohol
is safe during pregnancy.
• Do: Omega-3s: Coldwater
seafood such as salmon, lake
trout and sardines are excellent
sources of omega-3s, including
one of the most important ones
for a growing fetus, called
DHA. Fish oil supplements
containing DHA are a
the Aero peek feature in
Windows 7 and wish it could
show you all your Chrome tabs
at once, you're in luck. The
possibility during pregnancy,
but they do have side effects for
some people, like excessive
burping or nausea, which
pregnant women already may
have trouble with.
• Don't: High-mercury Fish:
Here's where it gets tricky,
because avoiding all fish during
pregnancy is a bad idea (see
above). When it comes to
seafood in a pregnancy diet, it's
all about selectivity. Avoid
predator fish like tilefish,
feature is now active in the
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Taga: Bike
to stroller in
20 seconds
John Biggs (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 9:00:52 AM
Party people put your hands in
the air because Taga wants you
to know that their stroller/bike
system is rockin’ the block.
The company has been flogging
their transforming bike for about
a year now but it looks like
they’re finally shipping in the
US for $1,495 (!!!). As
Treehugger notes, the video
swordfish, King mackerel and shows a sporty mom in a town
shark completely, and limit with wide paths and few cars
albacore tuna to one 6 ounce suggesting this might be good in
serving per week. Bruges but not so nice in Flint.
My wife actually just uses this
F u l l l i s t a t seat which sticks to her bike and
H o w S t u f f W o r k s . c o m . instead of schlepping the whole
T o t a l a g g r e g a t i o n o f thing inside she just locks it up
HowStuffWorks.com. and goes shopping.
Photo credit: Fotolia Also, remember folks: kids
Permalink| Leave a comment » grow up. I don’t know that
spending $1,400 on a stroller
bike is a great investment when
junior will probably explode out
of it in about two years.
However, the concept is cool
and it would be nice to try if the
price went down over the next
few years.
Chrome development channel.
More »
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Davy Crockett's Parker dies at 85 Windows Phone 7 Emulator

(BBC News | Americas |
World Edition)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 2:41:58 AM
Actor Fess Parker, famous for
playing American pioneer Davy
Crockett in Walt Disney's
classic 1950s TV series, has
died in California at the age of
85.
The Texas-born actor launched
a craze for coonskin caps and
buckskin shirts with his sturdy
turn as the US icon.
Parker went on to play Daniel
Boone, another real-life
frontiersman, in a 1960s TV
show before retiring.
Actor turned California
governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger paid tribute to
him as "a true Hollywood
legend".
"Fess Parker has been a role
model and idol of mine since I
first saw him on the big screen,"
he said in a statement.
"As a talented actor and
successful businessman, he was
an inspirational Californian
whose contributions to our state
will be remembered forever."
Born in Fort Worth and raised
in San Angelo, Parker served in
the US Navy and graduated
from the University of Texas
before trying his hand at acting.
He subsequently landed a
contract with Warner Brothers,
making his motion picture debut
in Springfield Rifle in 1952.
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4 Easy Ways to Engage Your Facebook Fans

Leyl Master Black (Mashable!) content in the context of a about what happened on last the NFL ran a How Well Do
Submitted at 3/19/2010 7:38:44 AM question, you provide an easy week’s show. Giving people the You Know the NFL? quiz, with
call to action. With a question, opportunity to test their one lucky participant selected to
L e y l M a s t e r B l a c k i s a you engage people’s egos and knowledge got them into a receive a $50 gift card to
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independent PR agencies. Leyl to share their opinion! their results with friends. In the estimate that each participant
has more than 15 years At the DigiDay: Social span of a little over a week, the has 200 friends, that’s a possible
experience driving high-impact conference this month, social campaign drove over 12 million two million impressions in the
communications programs for media marketing application million status update brand impressions — and the news feed with a relatively
e m e r g i n g t e c h n o l o g y developer Fan Appz highlighted impressions and more than six premiere of the show was the small giveaway. 4. Thank Your
companies. an example of how a simple million video views. 2. Test highest rated show on the cable Fans
While more than three million question can boost engagement. Their Knowledge network for the year. 3. Pair Giving your fans something of
b u s i n e s s e s , b r a n d s a n d One of their customers — a Consider testing people’s Promotions with Content value — whether it’s as simple
c e l e b r i t i e s h a v e c r e a t e d leading video content provider knowledge with a fun, relevant While a contest or sweepstakes as a coupon, or as flashy as
Facebook Pages, many are with over 300,000 Facebook quiz, and even tying the results may get you some e-mail tickets to the Tonight Show— is
struggling to figure out how best fans — routinely posts videos to a giveaway or promotion addresses, simply posting these a great way to show that you
to use them. Companies are on their Facebook Page. The (more on that later). A clever on your page provides limited appreciate their continued
finding that even when they company found that when they quiz is not only entertaining, but incentive to share with friends support.
keep their pages updated with paired videos with a question, also lengthens the time a user or even to participate. The way But what about picking one fan
fresh content, they still aren’t v i d e o p l a y s j u m p e d b y a spends engaged with your to boost participation is by tying at random to get something
seeing steady growth in their fan whopping factor of 7 to 10. brand. the offer to content. People really special?
base. This simple yet effective One company embracing this taking a brand-related quiz are The NBA again shows that they
And yet there are many brands strategy also generated 100 approach is Molotov, a digital great targets for your message. are on the leading edge. This
who’ve surpassed the one times more Facebook media marketing agency whose clients They may already have an brilliant strategy taps some of
million fan mark, while their impressions, as people posted include comedians such as affinity for the brand, so this is their biggest stars to record
peers have languished in the videos to their walls in the George Lopez, David Spade and the best time to make them an personalized video clips
thousands. What’s their secret? context of their response to the Jamie Kennedy. Molotov offer. thanking select fans. Here’s a
These companies have figured question. worked with George Lopez to In the example mentioned picture of Shaq thanking fan
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Facebook marketers are using sports league on the social show, the company ran a series tested their knowledge, five take these ideas and get creative.
the medium to engage with their networking site. The NBA of quizzes about the celebrity in signed up to participate in the A restaurant could pair a quiz
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U.S. wind power growing fast but still lags continued from page 30

Ford dealership could run a poll

(CNET News.com) we generate electricity in the wind power will improve, he gauging people’s reactions to
Submitted at 3/19/2010 6:28:05 AM U.S. today. It's still relatively said. the Toyota recall news and give
small in terms of percentages, "The cost of offshore is high away interest-free financing to
Wind-generated electricity is but it's growing rapidly...Only in commodity you can't store," he right now," said.
said. one lucky winner. The trick is
growing rapidly in the United the last seven or eight years has But, he said "If we do not find a to think about what your users
States but the pace still lags far the cost come down...The price The highest demand is on the way to harness a large resource
East Coast, where 28 coastal sitting near a big demand--it's would be interested in, what’s
behind that in China, the of electricity from wind projects trendy or fun, then try it out.
o r g a n i z e r o f a n i n d u s t r y has stabilized." states use almost 80 percent of Economics 101--I think we have
the electricity in the country, some issues with ourselves," In what ways are you engaging
conference in North Carolina Last year, 10,000 megawatts of with your Facebook fans? More
said. wind capacity were added to the said Nick Rigas, a Clemson Rigas said.
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said Jeff Anthony, business Industry growth in 2009 was 39 around the world for years, have impact on our environment and
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providers, Anthony told a 2030, "we will need 300,000 pages, Facebook Lists, List,
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of South Carolina to test the navels," he said. Lists, NBA, quiz, small business
manufacturers, suppliers, wind by wind turbines," Anthony
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economic development officers way there." wind turbines, 15-megawatt of the universe and the big
from around the southeastern Problems include a lag in engines that can weigh up to economic engine, but the world
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"What the wind industry looks manufacturers of turbine parts The facility is funded by the change with it?"
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32 Tech/
YouTube Motions Highlight How Entertainment Industry
Lawsuits May Have Slowed Useful Platforms
Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 7:22:00 AM
We've already written up an
analysis of the motions for
summary judgment in the
Viacom/Google YouTube
lawsuit, suggesting that
Google's arguments seem
stronger. It still seems unlikely
that either motion will persuade
the judge to skip a trial
altogether, but the motions are
certainly a bit of a preview of
what to expect at any trial.
Most of the analysis out there
sort of reiterates the talking
points in the two motions, but
Eric Goldman highlighted an
important point that got me
thinking in that time is working
against Viacom here, as
YouTube becomes more and
more entrenched as a useful
platform by the day: Perhaps
more importantly, the
intervening time has been good
to YouTube as a business and as
a brand. In this sense, compare
Grokster to YouTube. At the
time of the Grokster cases, it
was still very much an open
question whether Grokster
would ever evolve into a tool
where legitimate activity
dominated. While we might still
have had that same question
about YouTube in 2006, by
2010 YouTube has answered
that question resoundingly.
YouTube's business practices
have matured, everyone has had
positive legitimate experiences
with YouTube (even behind-the-
curve judges), and it's clear that
major legitimate players have
adopted YouTube as a platform
for their legitimate activities.
For example, YouTube's brief
makes the point that all of the
2008 presidential candidates
published YouTube videos as
part of their campaign. I'm
guessing no 2004 presidential
candidates used Grokster for
campaign purposes.
So as time goes on, YouTube
solidifies a brand as a legitimate
part of our information
infrastructure. As we learn that
the YouTube story has a happy
ending, I suspect judges become
less interested in punishing
YouTube for past practices. For
this reason (and others), I
thought a lot of Viacom's
inducement arguments ran
hollow because they ran counter
to my brand impressions of
YouTube. I would also note that
Viacom appears to be giving up
its litigation over activity after
May 2008, so even Viacom
seems to be happy with
YouTube in its current form.
Goldman goes on to point out
that this may bring up some
challenges heretofore unfaced in
determining how the
"inducement" standard works --
but, to me, it brings up an even
more important issue: similar
lawsuits against Napster and
Grokster moved faster. Lots of
people have commented on the
fact that this particular lawsuit
has taken three years from filing
just to get to the summary
judgment motions to be filed --
and during that time, Goldman
is correct, YouTube has had a
chance to mature, refine its
business model, and do many
things that we now find to be
quite beneficial to society.
The same thing likely would
have happened to both Napster
and Grokster, if they had been
given a chance to live.
Executives behind each
company repeatedly laid out
strategies to mature their
business models and to work as
partners with the industry. It's
just that they never got a chance
to put those into practice
because these sorts of lawsuits
and rulings from judges forced
them (effectively) out of
business. In YouTube's case,
the slow pace of this particular
lawsuit has allowed it to firmly
establish tons of viable, useful,
valuable non-infringing uses --
to the point that it's a platform
used by tons of companies,
politicians, individuals and
more. If Napster and Grokster
had been given half a chance,
they likely would have been
able to evolve similarly.
And this is what is so painful
about watching all these
attempts by the entertainment
industry to kill off any new
technology that disrupts an old
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business model. These lawsuits
kill off those technologies
before the natural progression
and maturation is allowed -- and
because of that, we all suffer.
Now, some will scoff and
claims that Grokster was never
going to turn into what
YouTube is today, but you're
saying that with the gift of
hindsight. A large part of
Viacom's motion tries to suggest
that the two companies actually
were quite similar -- but even
Viacom is now admitting that
YouTube's business model was
able to mature and adapt.
Considering that we still don't
have music discovery,
promotion and distribution tools
as convenient as Napster was
back in the day, this can be seen
as a real shame. These lawsuits
killed off a useful path of
exploration for legitimate
business models, and that's not
only shameful but a waste of
innovative effort. It's only
through the random quirk of a
slow court that YouTube may
avoid suffering the same fate.
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Tool Maker Loses Lawsuit For Not Violating

Another Company's Patents
Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 8:40:00 AM
Patent system supporters
regularly point (slightly
misleadingly) to the claim that
the patent system gives patent
holders the right to exclude
others from using their
inventions. And, thus, most
lawsuits we see around patents
revolve around cases involving
a company manufacturing a
product that includes a patented
invention. But what about a
lawsuit for a company that
deliberately chose not to license
or use a patented technology,
because it was too expensive?
Welcome to today's world.
A few years back, there was a
lot of attention paid to videos
from a company called SawStop
that made a pretty cool product
that protected your fingers from
a table saw. You may have seen
the videos: The company tried
to license the invention to
various table saw makers, but
after evaluating the technology,
many were not convinced how
well it worked and felt that the
cost was way too high (both for
themselves, and for consumers).
In fact, some appeared to fear
that if they did adopt this
technology and then someone
still got hurt, they were asking
for a big lawsuit for promoting
this technology as a safety
feature.
But what about the other way
around? Could someone be so
bold as to actually sue for using
a table saw that did not have this
technology?
ChurchHatesTucker alerts us to
the story of a lawsuit in Boston
that involved a guy whose hand
table saws.
That, of course, conflicts with
that basic "exclusivity" part of
patent law -- and would
effectively mean that SawStop
has now been given total defacto
control over who can be allowed
to sell table saws in the US.
That clearly is not what the law
was intended to do. The
government should never
require companies to have to
purchase a patent license for a
technology they don't believe
the market wants. And, in this
case, the ruling has resulted in
numerous other lawsuits against
other table saw makers -- and a
near guarantee that the price of
table saws will go way up. Old
saws can't be retrofitted, and
was damaged in a table saw table saw makers need to totally
accident while using a table saw change their manufacturing
f r o m R y o b i . T h e g u y ' s process and greatly increase
complaint was that Ryobi costs to offer this technology.
should have included this This seems blatantly wrong. If
technology and that it should be the government is going to
required to protect hands. And, require companies to use a
amazingly, the jury sided with patented technology, it seems
the guy. that the only reasonable solution
Yes, you read that right. The is to remove the patent on it and
jury effectively claimed that any allow competition in the market
table saw maker is liable for place.
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Mask...But Even
Creepier! [Concepts]
Mark Wilson (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 11:20:00 AM
It's always nerve-wracking
when the person beside you on a
plane is coughing, but I'd
imagine that them wearing this
mask would only heighten the
effect. More »
Ad Age Explains How
Copyright Is The Buggy
Whip Of The Digital
Age
Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 4:07:39 AM
Michael Scott points us to a
rather surprising (given the
source) piece in Ad Age asking
if copyright is "the buggy whip
of the digital age." Of course,
most regular Techdirt readers
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Submitted at 3/19/2010 7:20:00 AM while Microsoft had lots of upset and I don't really want that wholeheartedly. It's a tool for a exorbitant copyright fees to a
sessions on how developers can (if someone at Microsoft will very different system that isn't network for old news footage
At its Mix10 event this week, write their own programs for the tell me that it doesn't bother needed. If anything, I'd argue they did not even have but
Microsoft released a software phones, Microsoft kept much of them I will put it back)," the situation is worse than with which David himself had spent
emulator for the Windows its own work under wraps. The Ardelean said. "Anyway I will buggy whips. At least with time to ferret out. David openly
Phone 7 Series platform, but software maker had prototype explain later how I was able to buggy whips, they could just concluded that, "it was better to
kept a lot of its own programs phones in its booth at the show, do it (cause it was done for fade away as the automobile open the floodgates" and let
and features hidden. but employees were careful not educational purposes only) and I grew in importance. Buggy anyone use his content than
However, with a bit of work, to let the devices out of their think this won't cause me whips couldn't get in the way of constrain its distribution.
one developer says he has hands and have kept a good problems. Right? :)" the automakers. Copyright, on Unfortunately, Shapiro is
unlocked those features making chunk of their work--such as the I'll check in with the folks in the other hand, is regularly used getting beaten up in the
them available for the world to mobile version of Office--to Redmond this morning to see to stifle and hold back new comments on that piece by folks
see and play with. themselves. what they have to say. forms of creativity and to who are doing the kneejerk
"I still cannot believe it but I did As shown over on Engadget, Update: No word yet from silence expression. thing of saying "but copyright is
it," Don Ardelean said in a blog unlocking the emulator allows a Microsoft. But, for those that The article itself, by Judy good, because otherwise who
post early Friday. "After a good look at the Windows Phone want to see what the unlocked Shapiro, is really a conference will create!" Still, it's good to
idea, 6 hours of work and a lot a versions of Word and Excel--at emulator reveals (without report from an event called "The see that this debate is reaching a
lot of digging I've unlocked the least whatever early versions having to find the code), Collision of Ideas 2010," put on wider and wider audience
ROM image in the emulator Microsoft included in the TechAU has two good videos on by the Copyright Clearance through conferences like this
CTP. I will describe tomorrow emulator. its site. Center. It looks like they one and in the pages of AdAge.
the method but right now I will Sensing that Microsoft might Five Filters featured article: brought in a lot of fantastic While you can always expect
just post some screenshots, not be too happy with his Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: speakers, highlighting how the kneejerk response from folks
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Windows Phone was clearly the "I have decided to take down the content creators. For example: recognize that as a tool, it's
Mr. Hoffman, the filmmaker, current design is woefully
Macs vs. PCs on Operating System gave a presentation where he
confided how challenging
misguided and very much
against the principles for which

Security [Blockquote] current copyright laws are for

Mark Wilson (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 11:13:43 AM
Security expert Charlie Miller
day security holes soon to be
announced in OS X. [ H-Online]
More »
on the record-breaking 20 zero
artists. As an example, he gave
us detailed insights into the
it was created.
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challenges he had creating his
critically acclaimed Sputnik
documentary. He explained that
half his budget was spent on
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NComputing gets in the chip game Becoming a U.S.

(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 7:38:00 AM
add similar abilities to devices
like thin clients, monitors, and
televisions, NComputing said.
running off a single PC as the
server. The 31 users were
simultaneously computing,
Citizen Twitter-Style
Christina Warren (Mashable!)
NComputing, the virtualization " W e c o n t i n u e t o d r i v e using Windows Server and
c o m p a n y r u n b y f o r m e r innovation into the market to NComputing's VSpace software. Submitted at 3/19/2010 8:32:38 AM

e M a c h i n e s C E O S t e p h e n bring the cost of clients closer to NComputing said it will show

Dukker, is now in the chip zero,"" Dukker said in a press Yesterday, David Chen live-
Numo-powered devices at the
game. tweeted the process of becoming
release announcing Numo.. Interop trade show in April and
The company said Friday that "Our technology has created an American citizen when he,
will announce more partners this
its $20 Numo chip will allow a disruptive economics for the along with 900 other
summer "including industry-
variety of uses, from TVs that desktop while delivering a rich individuals, participated in the
leading PC, monitor, and TV
can access the Web to the m u l t i m e d i a e x p e r i e n c e t o Naturalization Oath Ceremony
manufacturers." Virtual desktop his blog, sharing what it means
c r e a t i o n o f n e w k i n d s o f education, enterprise, and now at the Lowell Memorial
clients from NComputing and to be an American to him. Born
terminals for businesses that can consumer users." Auditorium in Lowell,
others will start being available in Taiwan, Chen’s family came
remotely access Windows or NComputing said Numo-based Massachusetts.
in the second quarter, it said. to America when he was two
Linux. Chen, the managing editor
devices will also have the option The company also said it plans years old. Now more than 20
NComputing already offers its of running Android locally for of/Film, is used to using his
to support the RemoteFX years later, he’s officially a U.S.
own line of products that let a added power. Numo itself is a Twitter account to live-tweet
virtualization technology that citizen.
single PC or server power dual-core ARM-based chip with film festivals or events like
Microsoft announced on We’ve seen examples of people
multiple computing experiences. embedded media processors. Comic Con, but this was
Thursday. using social media to share love,
The approach has gotten some At the Consumer Electronics something different.
Five Filters featured article: report on breaking news and
traction, especially in the cash- Show in January, Korea's LG “I didn’t anticipate being able to
Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: even on the birth of a child. It
strapped education space as well showed a prototype network live-tweet the ceremony,
PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, only makes sense that we now
as in emerging markets. because I had heard a rumor that
monitor using the Numo chip-- Term Extraction. have one of the first instances of
With Numo, device makers can actually, 31 such monitors, all they would confiscate my
electronic devices. This ended someone live-tweeting the
up not being true, so after I naturalization process.
Palm: We coulda been a contender checked in, I realized I had an
opportunity to show people an
The mobile nature of something
like Twitter — Chen was able to
John Biggs (CrunchGear) recently reported $349 million aspect of citizenship that they send out updates as he waited in
Submitted at 3/19/2010 8:57:32 AM in revenue with a third quarter might not usually be privy to. line for his certificate, prepared
loss of $102.8 million. Palm And I took it.” to say the oath, etc. — makes it
In Greek tragedy, the flaw of CEO Jon Rubinstein said:"If we In addition to sending out the perfect medium to capture
hubris was the decisive plot could have launched at Verizon tweets about the ceremony, some of these life events.
point that brought down many prior to the Droid, I think we Chen also uploaded videos to Congrats Dave! How do you
great men. Palm, then, is the would have gotten the attention YouTube, photos to Flickr and use social media to share your
Oedipus of a modern tragedy, the Droid got. And since I even took the time to do an stories with the world? Let us
their efforts to rebuild hampered believe we have a better audio interview with another know!
by a failure to see past their own product, I think we could have new citizen. Tags: citizenship, dave chen,
greatness and a refusal to enter fan, and now am part of the even done better." Film, twitter
chorus of voices bemoaning the After the ceremony, Chen
the market on the market's wrote about the experience on
terms. To be honest, I was a lowly state to which the
Palm fan, then I wasn't a Palm company has been thrust. Palm
36 Tech/
Mac OS X 10.6.3 imminent?
Michael Grothaus (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 3/19/2010 12:00:00 PM
Filed under: OS After only two
days since the last build was
seeded, Apple has pushed
another 10.6.3 version out to
developers. The newest build is
numbered 10D572 and focuses
on Graphics Drivers, Quicktime,
Images & Photos, Mail, and
Security Certificates. In
addition, the build also includes:
• Compatibility issues with
OpenGL-based applications
• Performance improvements
for 64-bit Logic
• Changes to QuickTime X that
increase reliability and improve
compatibility and security
• Printing reliability and
compatibility with third party
printers
• Issues resolved that prevented
files from copying to Windows
shares
• Issues resolved with recurring
events in iCal when connected
to an Exchange server
• Issues resolved that prevented
files with the "#" or "&"
symbols in their names from
opening in Rosetta
• Issues addressed that caused
background message colors to
display incorrectly in Mail when
scrolling
• Issue resolved that caused
machines using BTMM and the
Bonjour Sleep Proxy to wake
unexpectedly
Like the previous build, there is
a single known issue: Safari
4.0.5 will be re-offered by
Software Update after upgrading
to 10D572 from a previous seed.
As a general rule, the closer
build release dates come to one
another, the sooner the build
will be released to the general
public. 10.6.3 seems like it
could very well be the biggest
update to Snow Leopard since
E-reader News Edition
Legal Fight Over
Design Of Disposable
Coffee Cups
Mike Masnick (Techdirt) Dixie even provided alternative
Submitted at 3/19/2010 12:44:18 AM designs for Huhtamaki to adopt
to differentiate its cup from
Whatever happened to actually Dixie's, according to the judge's
competing in the market place? order.
Copycense points us to a recent "Because Huhtamaki would
legal battle between Dixie and either incur additional costs or
Huhtamaki over the design of sacrifice design quality if it were
their disposable coffee cups. forced to adopt one of Dixie's
Seriously. Dixie claimed that alternative designs, the court
Huhtamaki violated its trade finds that the product feature in
dress because its cups, like question is functional under the
Dixie's, included a white band at traditional test." Still, just the
the bottom of the cup. After fact that lawsuits like this even
its launch last August. If the two years in court, the judge, exist in the first place shows
improvements are significant, thankfully, didn't see what the how far gone these things have
it's very likely that Apple will big deal was over both cups gone. It's as if every company
soon press 10.6.3 discs to be having a white strip at the feels entitled to having no
sold in retail stores, much like bottom and ruled against Dixie. competition whatsoever, and
they did with Mac OS X 10.5.3. In part, the judge noted, Dixie will sue anyone who offers
TUAW Mac OS X 10.6.3 never proved that the white strip anything remotely similar.
imminent? originally appeared was non-functional, which is What a sad state of affairs.
o n T h e U n o f f i c i a l A p p l e important, since trade dress is Permalink| Comments| Email
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27-inch Cinema Display, 12-core Mac Pro by

June
Michael Grothaus (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 3/19/2010 10:00:00 AM
Filed under: Desktops,
Hardware, Rumors, Mac Pro 'Glee' Cast
AppleInsider is reporting that
Apple is preparing to launch a
27-inch Cinema Display and 12-
to Appear
core Mac Pro by June. The 27-
inch Cinema Display is rumored on 'Oprah'
to use the same panel as the one Allison Waldman (TV Squad)
used in the 27-inch iMac and Submitted at 3/19/2010 11:09:00 AM
will look similar to the 24-inch
Cinema Display launched in Display will be the long-awaited Apple shipped the last Mac Pro. Display, 12-core Mac Pro by The first week in April will be
October 2008. Mac Pro update. The tower The late release would owe June originally appeared on The tumultuous for the folks
Internally, the display is would get at least one 12-core itself to Intel not delivering the Unofficial Apple Weblog from'Glee.' Sunday, April 4, is
referred to as "K59" and model using two of Intel's six- Xeon 5600's for another month (TUAW) on Fri, 19 Mar 2010 Easter, then on Monday, April
AppleInsider's sources believe core Xeon 5600 processors and a half. Apple typically 10:00:00 EST. Please see our 5, the gang will be at the White
its been lingering in Apple's labs (that's a dodeca-core Mac Pro, updates their Pro towers in the terms for use of feeds. House for the annual Easter Egg
for some time while Apple baby!). The 5600 series will be first few months of the new Read| Permalink| Email this| festivities. Then on Wednesday,
waited for the larger LCD panel available in 2.66, 2.8, 2.93, and year. Comments April 7,'Glee' goes to 'The
- which supports resolutions up 3.33GHz configurations. [Cinema Display mock-ups by Oprah Winfrey Show'! They
to 2560 by 1440 pixels - to drop A June time frame would be AppleInsider] should sing 'My Kind of Town'
in price. almost fifteen months after TUAW 27-inch Cinema as a tribute to Chicago when
Along side the 27-inch Cinema they get off the plane, don't you
think?
Chaos Rings trailer looks awesome Continue reading'Glee' Cast to
Appear on 'Oprah'
Mike Schramm (The Unofficial does it look great -- over in the to live and thrive. you know when this drops. Filed under: OpEd, Daytime,
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) console world, Final Fantasy's 3D characters on 2D TUAW Chaos Rings trailer Music and Variety, Celebrities,
Submitted at 3/19/2010 8:00:00 AM creators have been saying that backgrounds? What appear to be l o o k s a w e s o m e o r i g i n a l l y Talk Show, Reality-Free, Glee
they can't make them like they turn-based battles against bosses appeared on The Unofficial Permalink| Email this| |
Filed under: Gaming used to, because the newer HD and summons? A story featuring Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, C o m m e n t s
Just yesterday, we heard about technology just makes old- emo-haired heroes and J-pop 19 Mar 2010 08:00:00 EST.
this new Square Enix RPG due school artisanship tough to do. ballads? Boy are we in. The Please see our terms for use of
to come to the iPhone this year, But a platform like the iPhone, Japanese version says feeds.
and today, not only do we have with its built-in limits on "Available soon on the App Read| Permalink| Email this|
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official trailer as well. And boy the place for the old-school vibe the other stores as well and let
38 Tech/ Entertainment/ E-reader News Edition

Canon Becomes The Online Equivalent Ellen's Stripper Surprise

Of Madonna Or Prince, Becoming The For Betty White!
First Single Word Domain Holder (ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 7:01:00 AM
DeGeneres decides to test the
veteran actress' ability to keep a
Mike Masnick (Techdirt) that? Apparently consumer browsers (the vast majority of straight face by putting on fake
Submitted at 3/19/2010 6:03:22 AM electronics firm Canon. those that are actually used) will ET has the latest... teeth, funny glasses and even by
Dark Helmet alerts us to the often automatically add the .com Ellen DeGeneres surprises bringing out a Chippendales
It's been a while now since news that Canon is the first if you leave it off anyway. Betty White with a sexy stripper dancer.
ICANN announced plans to company to get its own TLD, There might be an argument for on Monday's edition of "The White plays along and admits
open up the top level domain appropriately: .canon. And, no, some sites, such as social Ellen DeGeneres Show." Read to DeGeneres that she may not
space. While we've questioned this doesn't mean that you'll now networking sites to go down this on to find out why! keep her cool while hosting
for many years the utility of still need to go to http://canon.canon road, so that you can set up White will be hosting "Saturday SNL.
r e q u i r i n g l i m i t e d T L D s , -- but just to http://canon (that profile pages like Night Live" on May 8, so
ICANN's plan to open up top is, once it's launched, which YourName.Facebook or
level domains appeared to be won't be until at least late 2011). whatever -- but it's hard to see All-New Interviews
more of a moneygrab than any Oh, and apparently the cost has the value for companies like With the 'American
real attempt at openness. That's now solidified at $185,000. Canon.
because to get your own vanity This really does seem like a Permalink| Comments| Email Idol' Finalists
TLD, it was going to cost pure vanity play. It's not like This Story (ETonline - Breaking News)
somewhere between $100,000 anyone was having any trouble
Submitted at 3/19/2010 7:58:00 AM
and $500,000. Who would pay finding Canon before, and most
ET has the latest...
Apple updates Logic Pro, Express In all-new interviews, the top
"American Idol" finalists are
Michael Grothaus (The c o r r e c t l y w h e n u s i n g t h e dishing about their favorite
Unofficial Apple Weblog "Contiguous Zones" option in moments from the show so far!
(TUAW)) the EXS editor "My very favorite performance
Submitted at 3/19/2010 9:00:00 AM Both Pro and Express require to date was when I sang 'Kiss
Filed under: Software, Software Mac OS X 10.5.7 or later for 32- Me' the second week," says
Update Apple has updated bit mode or Mac OS X 10.6.2 or Lacey Brown. "It was a fun
Logic Pro and Logic Express, its later for 64-bit mode. song and it's a love song and it's
digital audio workstation and TUAW Apple updates Logic lighthearted and I thought, 'Well
MIDI sequencer software Pro, Express originally appeared this is a great opportunity to
applications. o n T h e U n o f f i c i a l A p p l e push myself and do something
The Logic Pro 9.1.1 update Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 19 out of the box for me.'"
weighs in at 192MB and Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please Meanwhile, Crystal Bowersox
addresses compatibility and - Compatibility with Euphonix - Support for 64-bit native mode see our terms for use of feeds. is just happy to be a part of of
numerous fixes including: Eucon protocol in 64-bit mode. - Compatibility with 64-bit Read| Permalink| Email this| the popular show.
- Improved stability of the 32- The Logic Express 9.1.1 update Audio Unit plug-ins Comments
Bit Audio Unit Bridge weighs in at 139MB and - File names with over 32
- Compatibility with Novation"s addresses compatibility and characters are now supported
Automap feature in 64-bit mode. numerous fixes including: - Samples are now mapped
E-reader News Edition
Analyst: Palm Shares
Headed to $0
Adam Ostrow (Mashable!)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 8:59:17 AM
Following a disappointing
earnings report, a Wall Street
analyst has cut his price target
on Palm to $0. In other words,
he believes the company’s
shares will be worthless within
twelve months.
The report comes from
Canaccord Adams technology
analyst Peter Misek, who wrote
this morning that, “We believe
Palm’s troubles will only
accelerate as carriers and
suppliers increasingly question
the company’s solvency and
withdraw their support.”
Although Palm’s revenue
tripled in its most recent quarter
versus the prior year, less than
half of the smartphones it
shipped to distributors actually
sold. And for the coming
Scientists Create Invisibility Cloak [Harry Potter]
Ravi Somaiya (Gawker)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 11:32:24 AM
Except not really, because like
quarter, Palm offered a revenue
estimate of less than half of
what analysts were expecting.
Initial optimism about the Palm
Pre and Pixi – which are now
also available on Verizon— had
sent the company’s shares as
high as $18/share last fall, but
following today’s report, the
company sees its shares back
under $5. As of December ’09,
the company had an estimated 6
percent share of the US
smartphone market.
Tags: palm
all potentially cool science stuff
it's only kind of cool in a
technical way and it will be
decades before you can throw
Facebook Warns of
New E-mail Scam
[ALERT]
Adam Ostrow (Mashable!)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 7:19:58 AM
Facebook has warned users to
“delete e-mails asking you to
open an attachment to get a new
Facebook password,” in the
wake of a new scam making its
way around the web.
Earlier in the week, security
firm McAfee alerted users to
such a threat, saying that
because of Facebook’s size, the
scam “threatens computers
worldwide.”
In this case, if a user opens the
malicious e-mail –- which can
appear to come from Facebook
as a result of spoofing –- and
then the attachment, they’re
actually installing a password
one on and loiter in locker
rooms. So put down your Harry
Potter, scientists, and make me a
hoverboard. Also a lightsaber. [
Tech/ Entertainment/ Sports/
stealer that McAfee says can
“potentially access any
username and password
combination utilized on that
computer.”
This scam should be easy to
protect yourself from –- after
all, Facebook would never send
you a new password
unprompted, let alone one that
requires you to open an
attachment. Nonetheless, it’s
probably a good idea to warn Associated Press
your less savvy friends and (ESPN.com)
family.
Here’s what one of the scam e- Submitted at 3/19/2010 12:14:54 AM
mails looks like:
Tags: facebook, online security,
security
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39
Dr. Phil and Robin
McGraw Are New
Grandparents
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 8:16:00 AM
Dr. Phil McGraw and his wife
Robin became grandparents on
Thursday.
According to People.com, Dr.
Phil's son Jay McGraw and his
wife Erica welcomed a baby girl
named Avery Elizabeth at 11:33
p.m. on Thursday night. The
little girl weighed in at 6 lbs., 6
oz. and was 21 inches long at
birth, the mag reports.
"Both Avery and Erica are
resting comfortably and doing
well," the family said in a
statement to People. "The entire
family is overjoyed!"
Smith's late swish
sends Wake
Forest by Texas
Top Performers
Wake Forest: I. Smith 19 Pts,
12 Reb, 7 Ast
Texas: J. Hamilton 19 Pts, 6
Reb, 1 Ast, 1 Stl
Five Filters featured article:
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Term Extraction.
40 Politics/
Greek Tragedy
Noam Scheiber (The New
Republic - All Feed)
Submitted at 3/18/2010 9:00:00 PM
Shortly after Greek Prime
Minister George Papandreou
took office last fall, he learned
that he’d inherited a massive
booby prize: a budget deficit
that was twice the amount the
previous government had
disclosed. But, when
Papandreou came clean and
promised to address the
problem, the financial markets
reacted violently. Interest rates
soared, adding billions in debt-
service costs to an already dire
budget picture. And so, when
Papandreou arrived in
Washington in March, the stated
reason was to push his brief
against speculators--who, he
claimed, had driven up Greek
borrowing costs to usurious
levels. “[We] were bold enough
to reveal these problems,”
Papandreou said at the time.
“But we were also penalized for
revealing these problems.”
Unofficially, however, the point
of the trip wasn’t so much
economics as political economy:
to subtly suggest that Greece
had allies outside Europe who
could help deal with its debt
crisis. For weeks now, the
Greeks and their eurozone
neighbors have been engaged in
an awkward dance. The French
and Germans, who hold outsize
sway in the monetary union,
have shunned talk of a bailout,
which would go down in their
countries about the way the
Wall Street bailout went down
in this one. (The image of
entitled Greeks frolicking on
sun-splashed islands occupies
roughly the same mental space
in Northern Europe that “fat-cat
bankers” do in Middle
America.) The Europeans imply
that there’s little risk of
contagion and believe Greece
should largely clean up its own
mess. For its part, Athens has
formally denied interest in a
bailout. But it has desperately
played up the seriousness of the
situation so as to obtain some
sort of assistance, suggesting the
turmoil could spill into Ireland
and Portugal, even large
economies like Spain and Italy.
By trekking to Washington,
Papandreou hoped to ever-so-
slightly tip the balance in this
showdown. As Gikas
Hardouvelis, a former economic
adviser to one of Papandreou’s
predecessors, described the
thinking to me, “Let the
Germans feel that you do have
Obama’s ear so that they don’t
feel like super dictators.” But
the truth is that Washington
can’t play a direct role for fear
of meddling in European affairs.
Which raises an interesting
geopolitical question: How does
the world handle a crisis when
the United States can’t step in?
The answer, so far, is not very
well. Without a third-party
broker, it’s not clear that the
Greeks and Europeans can strike
a bold enough deal soon
enough. And that could be a
problem not just for Europe, but
for the entire global economy.
“Just as subprime in the U.S.
affected Europe,” says Ted
Truman, a longtime Fed and
Treasury official who advised
Secretary Timothy Geithner last
year, “there’s no reason a crisis
in Greece, Portugal, and Spain
couldn’t affect the United States
and the rest of the world.”
The day after his meeting with
Obama, Papandreou turned up at
the Center for American
Progress (CAP), an influential
liberal think tank three blocks
from the White House, to field
questions from a small group of
journalists. He is in his late
fifties, trim and mostly bald,
with a modest gray mustache.
All in all, he looks less like a
world leader than the proprietor
of a refrigerator-repair school
you might see advertised late at
night. Papandreou’s father,
Andreas, was himself a Greek
prime minister. But, while the
father was famous for his fiery,
rabble-rousing speeches, the son
exudes a pronounced anti-
charisma. There were times
during the Q&A when it was
tough to hear him over the whir
of the air-conditioning.
Still, what Papandreou lacks in
physical presence he more than
makes up for in stature on the
international stage. Hardouvelis
points out that Papandreou is the
current head of the Socialist
International, giving him easy
access to foreign eminences.
Perhaps more important, his five
-year tenure as Greek foreign
minister beginning in 1999 won
rave reviews in Europe and
beyond. In 1996, Richard
Holbrooke marveled that Greece
and Turkey had been on the
verge of war “over a little piece
of land smaller than the State
Department.” Many in Foggy
Bottom credit Papandreou with
defusing the decades-old
hostility behind such flareups.
Against this generally favorable
backdrop, the particular card
Papandreou wants to play in his
dealings with Europe is the
threat of turning to the
International Monetary Fund
(IMF). European federalists
cringe at the thought of the
Fund’s shock troops landing on
their soil--the mere symbolism
would deal a blow to the idea of
continental self-sufficiency. So
Papandreou has sought leverage
by publicly musing about
inviting the IMF to Athens. “We
have done our duty, what we
were told to do ... it’s important
for Europe to recognize this,” he
said at CAP, alluding to
proposals to pare back his
country’s deficit. “In the case
that Europe does not have the
necessary tools, and a country
like Greece did have real trouble
borrowing, then the alternative
would be the IMF.”
Of course, no one expects
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Greece to call in the IMF unless
it’s truly on the verge of a
meltdown. Among other
obstacles is the European
Central Bank (ECB), whose
authority over monetary policy
is supreme. (By contrast, the
Fed must answer to Congress on
occasion.) The ECB jealously
guards its bailiwick and would
be horrified to take orders from
IMF officials. “The Germans are
concerned about the ECB,” says
former IMF chief economist
Simon Johnson, a TNR
contributor. “They will control it
next--it’s their turn dammit!
They don’t want the IMF
kibitzing.” If nothing else, the
Germans and French enjoy
disproportionate influence on
the IMF board. They could
effectively prevent the Fund
from accepting a Greek plea for
help. This is all the more likely
when you consider that French
President Nicolas Sarkozy has
been warily eyeing his
countryman Dominique Strauss-
Kahn, the IMF managing
director, for months now.
Strauss-Kahn has hinted at a
presidential run in 2012, and
Sarkozy presumably isn’t eager
to make him Europe’s savior. [
Editor's note: Following the
print publication of this piece,
the German government
changed course and suggested it
might support an
IMF intervention. The French
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A closer look at the data also attend, and college practices and for the event. Disorders(DSM). The DSM
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college graduation rates between s t u d e n t s , i n s o m e c a s e s metrics. from The Weekly Standard Sally Satel, M.D., analyzes the
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AEI's Andrew P. Kelly and same rate as white men, and graduation rates to document the readers on a string of enviro- prescriptions for trouble." She
Mark Schneider and Education even outperform white men in v a r i a t i o n i n r a t e s a c r o s s embarrassments beyond the points out the addition of a new
Sector's Kevin Carey show that less competitive colleges. institutions that grant bachelor's Climategate e-mails. Hayward is diagnosis that might stigmatize
59 percent of white students What accounts for this degrees. It builds on Diplomas the author of the Index of adolescents and young adults at
who start college in the United difference among schools? and Dropouts, a report AEI L e a d i n g E n v i r o n m e n t a l risk for developing serious
States complete a bachelor's Interviews with administrators released last spring on the I n d i c a t o r s 2 0 0 9 , w h i c h illnesses who may not actually
degree in six years, compared to from eight colleges reveal that dramatic variation in graduation d o c u m e n t s e n v i r o n m e n t a l develop them. Satel also
only 51 percent of Hispanic institutions with higher Hispanic rates across more than 1,300 of developments and milestones highlights concerns that the new
students. This gap exists in graduation rates demonstrate t h e n a t i o n ' s c o l l e g e s a n d here and abroad. New polls, to DSM will increase the
varying degrees at all levels of sensitivity to the challenges universities. be featured in the next AEI proportion of people diagnosed
admissions selectivity. The Hispanic students face and a Read the report | Download the Political Report, show that with mental illness.
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while student characteristics students face. They also note People and Programs Journal, AEI's Newt Gingrich companies that are TBTF rather
have an important influence on specific conditions that seem to U.S. Treasury Secretary to was asked to characterize the than to smaller companies that
college completion, institutional affect graduation rates and Speak at AEI. At an AEI event Republican Party's standing are not TBTF and will be sent to
practices and policies also play a discuss actions that can be taken this Monday, Treasury Secretary today. In response, he said that ordinary bankruptcy if they fail.
role. to improve them. Among the Timothy Geithner is scheduled the party was "weaker than it This is exactly what happened
"These data show quite clearly most important: to present his case for financial was in 1994. The upside for the with Fannie Mae and Freddie
that colleges and universities • Focusing on retention and regulatory reform and the role it Republicans is that they know Mac. They were seen as backed
cannot place all of the blame on completion for all students, s h o u l d p l a y i n r e s t o r i n g they can win a majority because by the government, and with the
students for failing to graduate," which is a crucial prerequisite to responsibility and accountability they did it pretty recently. In lower cost of funds they
Kelly said. "Colleges struggling improving the percentage of to the U.S. financial system. 1994 . . . we had a bigger received were able to drive all
to graduate their Hispanic H i s p a n i c r e t e n t i o n a n d Now that the House has passed mountain to climb." competition out of their markets
students should learn from the c o m p l e t i o n r a t e s . financial regulatory legislation Standing Up to Analysis? The and take exorbitant risks. The
s u c c e s s e s o f l e a d e r s l i k e • Providing better consumer and a bill has been proposed in A m e r i c a n P s y c h i a t r i c result of [Senator Christopher]
Whittier College, which has i n f o r m a t i o n f o r H i s p a n i c the Senate, this AEI event Association recently released a PEOPLE page 43
successfully closed the gap students and their families about presents an opportunity to hear draft of the fifth version of the
42 Politics/
S.C. Gov Agrees to Pay Ethics Fine, Gets Divorced
(Newsmax - Politics)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 12:01:15 AM
South Carolina Gov. Mark
Sanford has closed two chapters
of his life, agreeing to pay
$74,000 in fines to resolve
ethics charges brought against
him after last summer's
revelation of an extramarital
affair, and receiving word that a
judge had formally ended his 20
-year marriage to his wife,
Jenny.
The term-limited Republican
agreed Thursday to pay the fines
to resolve dozens of ethics
charges, including a taxpayer-
funded rendezvous with his
Argentine mistress, marking the
end to a months-long saga.
Within minutes, the governor's
marriage had been dissolved by
a family court judge in
Charleston County, 100 miles
from the state capital of
Columbia.
Scrutiny of Sanford's travel
started over the summer, when
the then-married governor
vanished for five days after
telling some staff he was going
hiking on the Appalachian Trail.
He was actually in Argentina,
and he returned to tearfully
confess a yearlong affair with a
woman he later told The
Associated Press was his soul
mate.
The State Ethics Commission
brought the 37 civil charges
against the Republican last year,
after a series of Associated Press
investigations questioned his use
of state, commercial and private
airplanes, bruising his image as
a penny-pinching politician who
once required staff to use both
sides of Post-it notes.
But Sanford, who is term-
limited and will leave office in
January, still could face criminal
charges. Attorney General
Henry McMaster, who
requested the ethics
investigation, has yet to decide
the results of that probe mean
the governor will also face
criminal charges.
McMaster's office said
Thursday their inquiry is
ongoing and is unaffected by the
Ethics Commission agreement.
Sanford said in a statement he
thinks he would have been
vindicated if the commission
had heard the case, but didn't
want to continue what he called
"an endless media circus."
Sanford was considered a
potential 2012 presidential
candidate until the bombshells
about the affair. After the
ensuing AP investigations, the
ethics panel charged him with
improperly buying first- and
business-class airline tickets,
violating a state law requiring
lowest-cost travel; improperly
using state-owned aircraft for
travel to political and personal
events, including a stop at a
discount hair salon; and
improperly reimbursing himself
with campaign cash.
Among the violations the
commission alleged were:
— approving the purchase of
four first- and business-class
commercial airline tickets for a
June 2008 trip during which he
met with his mistress in
Argentina.
— personal use of state-owned
aircraft for trips such as the
birthday party of a campaign
contributor in Aiken.
— reimbursing himself nearly
$3,000 using campaign
contributions, including about
$900 for expenses to attend a
Republican Governors
Association meeting in Miami
and a hunting trip in Ireland
several days later.
Some of the allegations about
Sanford's use of campaign funds
first were revealed by The State
newspaper in Columbia.
Under the deal, Sanford agrees
to compensate the Ethics
Commission nearly $36,498 for
its investigative costs. He also
agrees to pay back:
— $18,000 to the state
Departments of Commerce for
first- and business-class airfare;
— $7,792 to the Division of
Aeronautics and $1,003 for
personal use of state-owned
aircraft.
In addition, Sanford says he
will pay $2,941 to his own
campaign account as a
reimbursement for personal use
of campaign funds.
The governor's signature on the
consent agreement means he
does not admit to violating state
ethics laws but does not dispute
the accusations either.
Lawmakers have said they
believed the accusations were
not serious enough to warrant
impeachment and instead
censured him, a reprimand that
had no practical effect but was
the first of its kind to a sitting
South Carolina governor.
Sanford again said he took full
responsibility for his affair and
personal failings, but said he felt
his use of state planes was
justified and the Ethics
Commission was judging him
by a different standard than
other governors.
"I think it's important at this
point to distinguish between a
personal failure and the use of
tax dollars," he said.
Also Thursday, a judge
finalized Sanford's divorce,
granting Jenny Sanford's request
for an accelerated decision
based on Mark Sanford's
infidelity. In South Carolina,
couples have to be separated for
a year to be granted a no-fault
divorce.
Jenny Sanford, who recently
completed a book tour
promoting her memoir about
their relationship, filed for
divorce in December. During a
brief hearing in Charleston last
month, she recounted her
discovery of a letter that
revealed the affair.
"I confronted him shortly
thereafter, and he told me he
would end it," she said. "We
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worked very diligently to put the
marriage back together. ...
Ultimately, we were
unsuccessful."
The governor did not attend
that hearing.
In her four-page order, Family
Court Judge Jocelyn Cate said
the agreement is fair to both
Sanfords. She refused to release
details of the settlement, saying
that would hurt the couple's four
sons, who are living with their
mother in a beachfront home in
Sullivans Island.
"Plaintiff has carried her burden
of proof in convincing the Court
of Defendant's adultery," Cate
wrote in the four-page order
filed Thursday afternoon. "Due
to the very public nature of
Defendant's actions and his
admission of adultery, no further
corroboration was necessary."
Both Sanfords declined
Thursday to comment on the
divorce.
——
Associated Press Writer Jim
Davenport in Columbia and
Bruce Smith in Charleston
contributed to this report.
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Housing Bust
Marty Peretz (The New that it was specifically city will be joined to land under walked on the Mount and there religious Jews who, through
Republic - All Feed) exempting East Jerusalem from the dominion of the Palestinian followed the second intifada, a both stealth and stupidity,
Submitted at 3/18/2010 9:00:00 PM this interdict. While recognizing Authority (PA) to constitute feast of terror. maneuvered the Netanyahu
this exemption, on October 31, Palestine. Most Israelis would The Israelis will not allow the government into this
You do not need insider 2009, Hillary Clinton called be perfectly prepared to part future of Jerusalem to be confrontation with its most
information to know that Hillary Israeli forbearance on new with these areas under a decided by a riot-backed fiat of significant ally. I also know a
Clinton threw a hissy fit at Bibi building “unprecedented.” So finalstatus agreement. So, the Muslims, whose claims on little about how this happened.
Netanyahu last Friday morning. w h a t h a s c h a n g e d ? T h e “undivided Jerusalem” will the city are inflated. OK, I am a A mid-level, faceless bureaucrat
And you don’t need that kind of Palestinians proved to be more evaporate like the mist in the doubter. By way of issued a press release as she
information to know that she recalcitrant rather than less, morning. Special and very compensation, then, I will issues other press releases,
was sent out to do this little job likely because they had quickly delicate arrangements will have concede that Muhammad did mostly on the trivial. Did some
by her boss. Just as Joe Biden surmised that Obama was in to be made for the Holy Basin, ride his winged steed Al Buraq higher-up grasp that this would
revealed that it was President their corner and would not push including the Temple Mount (or on his Night Journey to make trouble for Bibi and give
Obama who’d compelled him to them much. Their surmise the “Haram Al Sharif,” as the Jerusalem and, from there, the information more life? My
“condemn” the Israeli interior turned out to be correct. In the Muslims call it). And let’s be ascended on a ladder to see guess is that the answer is “yes.”
ministry’s press release particular case of Ramat clear about the sacred places on Moses and Jesus in heaven. The Israeli parliamentary system
announcing that the fourth out Shlomo, the United States the Mount. When they were Otherwise, however, Jerusalem is a vipers’ nest and has been for
of seven required approvals had quickly joined its Quartet captured in June 1967, is to Islam what any other city decades. The main activity of
been passed, leaving three partners--the European Union administrative authority over with a big mosque is. And this the coalition partners is to
others and several years to go (itself in some disarray), the them remained with the Islamic particular city was ignored over undercut each other. The Shas
before construction could even United Nations (a literal joke in waqf. Jewish prayer was the many centuries and Party, whose functionaries run
begin on the 1,600 housing units the world), and Russia (which forbidden there, although some especially when it was under the the interior ministry according
in Ramat Shlomo, an East has done so much for peace in Jews wanted to pray there, and dominion of King Hussein of to their dictates from God, uses
Jerusalem neighborhood of the Middle East)--to denounce some still do. Instead of the Jordan. But it lives centrally and every occasion it can to push its
some 20,000 unpatriotic but I s r a e l ’ s d i s d a i n f o r t h e i r Mount being encroached upon vividly as the City of David to own idiosyncratic agenda, no
ultra-Orthodox Jews, may God s e n t i m e n t s . by Israeli authorities, it has been his people and to the faithful of matter how little support it has
bless their little Shloymeles and Before anyone leaps to the protected by them. The assault Jesus who walked there along in the public. If it makes trouble
Leahs. conclusion that I favor unlimited on the space has come from the Stations of the Cross to for the government itself, so
This is a pretty draconian Israeli construction in East Muslims, who conjure up perils Golgotha--that is, in the two much the better.
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continued from page 40
and the ECB appear to remain
opposed to the idea, though the
situation is fluid.]
By the same token, observes
Jacob Funk Kirkegaard of the
Peterson Institute for
International Economics, few
doubt the French and the
Germans would pony up if
Greece were really teetering.
Nothing would deal a bigger
blow to the European project
than a spectacular flameout by
one of its members. The point is
just that resolving a situation
like Greece’s shouldn’t require
the threat of imminent collapse,
by which time the crisis could
have spread around the globe.
That’s the reason why, for all
the headaches it poses, the IMF
deserves to be more than a
bargaining chip. While noble,
Papandreou’s deficit-cutting
efforts aren’t likely to be
sustainable. They simply ask too
much of his country too quickly,
attempting to reduce a deficit of
12.7 percent of GDP to under 3
percent within three years--all at
a time when Greece is already in
recession. Even if Greece can
painlessly refinance the roughly
20 billion Euros in debt that
come due this spring, future
refinancings will be brutal if the
Flack Slaves Ordered Back to Flack Cave [5WPR]
Hamilton Nolan (Gawker)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 11:17:20 AM
austerity regime unravels. “I
think the amount of adjustment
they’re asking for in a short
period of time is in the
draconian category,” says
Truman. “It’s likely to fail. So
we’re going to have another
chapter.”
Pretty much the only way to
avoid a relapse is a financing
package worth at least tens of
billions of euros. That would
buy Greece some time to roll
back its deficit at a more
humane pace. And, as a
practical matter, the IMF is the
only institution that can quickly
muster enough cash.
But the case for IMF
intervention isn’t just economic;
it’s political. For all the tensions
it would create in Europe,
turning to the IMF could
actually solve many more. As
the Financial Times’ Martin
Wolf has pointed out, the
Germans are basically pursuing
two contradictory goals in their
dealings with Greece. On the
one hand, they want to inflict
pain so as to restore credibility
to EU rules governing deficits,
which members have flouted for
years. On the other hand, they
want to preserve European
cohesion, which could fray if
We hear America's worst PR
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the Greeks--and other countries
at the continent’s periphery--feel
they’ve been wronged. Wolf
wagers that one or the other goal
must give. But turning to the
IMF might resolve this
contradiction. However
embarrassing it would be for
Europe as a whole, it’s Greece
that would bear the scarlet letter
of IMF assistance--a loss of face
few neighbors would care to
repeat. At the same time, notes
Randall Stone of the University
of Rochester, the Greeks
wouldn’t have the pedantic
Germans to blame for their
plight. They could focus their
ire on those faceless bureaucrats
at the IMF’s Washington
headquarters.
And then there are the
Americans. Though Obama
administration officials don’t
appear overly concerned about
Greek contagiousness, they
probably secretly pine for an
IMF intervention. Both Geithner
and Larry Summers, the top
White House economic adviser,
have said that most countries are
too slow to respond to a
financial crisis, and too tentative
once they do. The two men have
long favored a “Powell
doctrine” of overwhelming
financial force. Only the IMF
can execute that here.
Alas, decorum dictates that
Geithner and Summers
essentially keep quiet. And so,
on his way out of Washington,
Papandreou was left to plead his
own case. At the CAP session,
one reporter mentioned a recent
Greek debt offering that went
slightly better than expected.
“We had the good news of
having our borrowing ... at a rate
which was lower than
previously, but still not low
enough,” Papandreou bleated.
“That’s not, in the long run,
sustainable.” Then again, he
added joylessly, he was still “in
the process” of negotiating with
the Europeans. Somehow, it was
not reassuring.
Noam Scheiber is a senior
editor of The New Republic.
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Kirstie Alley Reveals
How Much More
Weight She Wants to
Lose
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 5:57:00 AM
ET has the latest...
Kirstie Alley has already lost
20 pounds and is now revealing
how many more pounds she
wants to shed!
"I want to lose about 60 more
pounds," the actress said today
on "Good Morning America."
"I love the challenge, I love the
pressure. It feels like the same
competitive spirit as being an
athlete."
Alley says her weight gain has
to do with nothing more than
habit.
leave by 6:30 p.m." Forward
that here, would you? More »
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Md. Lawmakers Not Feeling so Southern
Anymore
(Newsmax - Politics)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 12:14:08 AM
Maryland's official song may
include a line about "Northern
scum" left over from the Civil
War era, but the state isn't
feeling so Southern anymore.
Though Marylanders live just
south of the Mason-Dixon Line,
their attitudes and even their
accents straddle that border.
These days, leaders feel they've
got more in common with states
to the north.
In one sign of the shift,
lawmakers successfully
petitioned to move from the
Southern Region of the Council
of State Governments to the
Eastern Region, where they'll be
able to trade ideas with fellow
officials from Pennsylvania,
New York, and other states they
consider more like-minded.
"I just don't think we're as
Southern as people used to
think," said state Sen. Catherine
Pugh, a Baltimore Democrat.
It's unusual for states to switch
regions in the 77-year-old
council, which provides a forum
for state officials to share ideas.
The last time was when
Missouri switched from the
Reserve Bank of India raises interest rates
Peter Boockvar (The Big
Picture)
Midwestern Region to the
Southern Region in 1994.
Maryland supporters of the
change cite the state's proximity
to the District of Columbia,
which is in the Eastern Region.
They share many concerns,
particularly in public safety and
transportation.
Maryland also belongs to the
same electrical power grid as
several states in the Eastern
Region and shares
environmental interests in
preserving the Chesapeake Bay
with states there, although
fellow bay state Virginia is in
the Southern Region.
"I think that we have common
experiences that we can learn
from," said state Sen. Verna
Jones, D-Baltimore.
Longtime residents note a shift
too. Diane Schwallenberg, who
has lived in the Annapolis area
all of her 53 years, said she feels
more Southern because of the
state capital's laid-back
waterside atmosphere and small-
town friendliness. But she said
she has noticed a change over
the years as more people have
moved to the area.
"Some of the new people that
come in — not the real, true
The Reserve Bank of India has
raised interest rates by 25 bps to
3.5% from 3.25%. The timing is
Annapolitans in particular —
but people that have come in are
kind of preppy and all," she
said.
Maryland has long felt
influences from both parts of the
country. During the Civil War,
the state was torn between North
and South.
While Maryland was officially
in the Union, President
Abraham Lincoln had to send
troops to occupy Baltimore to
keep the state in line. Recent
attempts to update the state
song, "Maryland, My
Maryland," — which describes
the occupation as "the despot's
heel upon thy shore" and
includes the mention of
"Northern scum" — have failed.
Robert Brugger, whose wrote a
history of the state titled
"Maryland, A Middle
Temperament," said Maryland's
political interests and social
makeup may link it more closely
these days with Pennsylvania
than Virginia. Still, he said
many Maryland residents enjoy
the cultural qualities that come
from being a border state, and
he expressed regret that some
felt a change was needed.
"It is still too bad, in as much as
unexpected but inflation has
been a growing concern of
theirs.
Politics/ Entertainment/ Economy/
Maryland really is North and
South together," Brugger said.
"It's a shame to have to choose."
But supporters of going Yankee
mention Maryland's modern
political differences with states
in the South. In Maryland, a
solid blue state, registered
Democrats outnumber registered
Republicans 2-1.
"The South, which we have
been a part of for more than 50
years, is a fabulous region, but
the politics have changed
dramatically, and much of the
politics are dominated by tea
party activists," said Maryland
Senate President Thomas V.
Mike Miller, a Democrat.
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Debbie Rowe's Lawyers
Asking to Be
Compensated By
Michael Jackson's Estate
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Submitted at 3/19/2010 8:40:00 AM
ET has the latest...
The law firm Browne Woods
George LLP ("BWG"), which
represents Michael Jackson's ex-
wife Debbie Rowe, is asking for
thousands of dollars in
compensation from the late
singer's estate.
The court papers claim that the
firm performed work on behalf
of the estate from June of 2009 -
- January of 2010 and that
Jackson's estate agreed to pay
for the services, totaling
$76,412,50.
Pope Benedict's German
Diocese Ignored Abuse
Warnings
(Little Green Footballs)
Submitted at 3/18/2010 8:52:15 PM
Every day seems to bring ever
more horrifying new revelations
about the German Catholic
school child abuse scandal.
Today we learned that the
German archdiocese headed by
Josef Ratzinger (now Pope
POPE page 46
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E-reader News Edition
Weekend Fun: New Apps for Your iPhone
Sarah Perez (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 10:17:25 AM
As one of ReadWriteWeb's
iPhone users, I'm always
looking for new applications to
try out. Some get downloaded
for a day and then deleted right
away, others slowly inch their
way closer to my homescreen.
Even rarer are the ones that
become actively used on a
regular basis. Occasionally, we
like to share our findings
regarding our favorite new apps.
(See, for example, last month's
list here). Although I can't
guarantee that all of the ones on
the list below will become
favorites forever, they piqued
my interest enough to get a
coveted spot on my iPhone this
month. Let us know what you
think about their potential for
long-lasting success.
Sponsor
1. Miso
I've been playing with Miso off
and on for a week or so. Dubbed
a "Foursquare-Like App for
Homebodies" by yours truly,
this app lets you "check-in" to
the TV shows and movies you're
watching and earn badges.
While I like the idea, I've found
that the app suffers from the
lack of an easy way to find and
follow other users. That leaves
us TV-watching "stay-at-home"
folks feeling a little too isolated
when already taking part in a
rather non-social, non-
interactive activity. However, if
the app can improve the ability
to find and follow other like-
minded entertainment
consumers, there's potential for
a fun "niche use" type of app
here.(Review: Miso: A
Foursquare-Like App for
Homebodies) 2. MediaServer
MediaServer seems so
promising, but I've had trouble
getting all aspects of it to work
properly. The app is designed to
be an easy way to view your
iPhone media on your TV set by
way of a Media Center-type
hardware device (XMBC,
Boxee, etc.) or game console
(PS3, XBox 360). And it is easy
to use. You install the app,
launch it, and boom!, your
media console sees your iPhone
- no configuration required. As
far as viewing user-created
videos or photos, the app excels.
But streaming music or video?
Not so much. Due to varying
degrees of DRM applied to the
files themselves and codec
support on the hardware device,
playing media on your TV is
harder than it should be. (I tried
with the Xbox in my tests.)
Whether it's the app that's to
blame or the hardware, I can't
tell. However, MediaServer did
become a great way to do
iPhone photo slideshows on the
TV and that alone is keeping it
on my phone for now.
Hopefully the rest will be
improved in time. 3. Sticky Bits
The RWW bloggers who
attended the recent SXSW
festival have come back raving
about the barcode-scanning
Stickybits app (iTunes link).
The app, which debuted at the
conference, goes hand-in-hand
with the online service that lets
you either print your own
barcodes or buy pre-made
stickers which you can then
associate with real-world
objects. Then, using the
Stickybits iPhone application,
anyone encountering these
stickers in the wild can scan
them to discover whatever data
theyv'e been associated with.
Will Stickybits actually stick
around though? It's too soon to
tell, but it sure is fun to play
with in the meantime.(Review:
Stickbits: Portal to Another
Dimension or Graffiti for
Nerds?) 4. Siri
Although not brand-new, the
Siri app which debuted in
February on the iPhone is
rapidly becoming one of our all-
time favorites and therefore has
to make this list again. If you
have not installed Siri yet, do so
now! Built with artificial
intelligence technology, Siri
functions as a personal assistant
which can provide information
on a variety of topics from
weather to movie listings to
restaurants, events and more.
You can either type into the
app's search box or speak your
query to get started. And the
more you use it, the smarter it
gets. The voice recognition
works rather well, although it
never understood "Alice in
Wonderland movie" no matter
how many times I said it.
(Maybe it already knew I
wouldn't like that movie?) We'll
give it a pass there, though -
voice recognition is a tough nut
to crack. Still, the intelligence of
this app will soon have you
relocating the apps it replaces
(movie listing apps, restaurant
finders, etc.) to back screens of
the iPhone.(Review: Siri: Your
Personal Assistant for the
Mobile Web) 5. Tweeb
Obsessed with ego-tracking
your Twitter stats or tasked with
managing a corporate account of
some kind? Then Tweeb's new
Twitter analytics tracker(iTunes
link) is a handy app to have. For
$1.99, you get access to real-
time, on-demand statistics
including tweet counts, follower
counts, retweets, mentions and
clickthroughs on your tweeted
links. You can also use the app
to tweet, manage your friends,
block or unblock users, view
Twitter profiles, view your
following lists and manage
multiple Twitter accounts. The
data is presented in clean, easy-
to-read layouts and there is even
Tech News/ 47
a history section so you can
measure your growing influence
over time. Well worth a couple
of bucks if you access this data
on a regular basis! 6. Buzzie
The first app to access Google
Buzz natively is pretty great, but
I'll admit that I more likely to
switch over to Buzz from
Google Reader's mobile website
than launch a standalone app. If
the iPhone had app multitasking
though, that would be a different
story. Still, Buzzie has a few
standout features - photo-
sharing and photo browsing,
most notably. It also feels "a lot
snappier" than Google Buzz's
web app, noted Frederic earlier
this month during his
demo.(Review: Buzzie: The
First Native Mobile App for
Google Buzz) 7. SpringPad
Part of Springpad's service, this
Evernote competitor functions
as a mobile note-taking and
reminder app. Similar to
Evernote's offering, you can
make a note or snap a photo to
remember something (which is
then added to your online
account), but it also introduces
barcode-scanning as another
way to "remember" an item.
You can also use the app to
access all your saved data -
useful for access shopping lists,
recipes and restaurants you want
to try while you're out and
about.(Review: Springpad Takes
on Evernote with Semantic
WEEKEND page 49
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The Million Follower Fallacy: Audience Size Doesn't Prove

Influence on Twitter
Sarah Perez (ReadWriteWeb) After examining the data, the
Submitted at 3/19/2010 8:19:26 AM researchers found that the most
followed individuals spanned a
A group of researchers have wide variety of public figures
proven something we already and news sources and included
expected to be the case: your accounts like CNN, New York
Twitter follower count is Times, Barack Obama,
somewhat of a meaningless Shaquille O'Neal, Ashton
metric when it comes to Kutcher, Britney Spears and
determining influence. To reach others. However, the most
this conclusion, the researchers retweeted users tended to be
examined the Twitter accounts content aggregation services like
of over 54 million active users, TwitterTips, TweetMeme, and,
out of some 80 million accounts interestingly enough, they
crawled by their servers. They counted the tech blog Mashable
then went on to measure various as an aggregation service, too.
statistics about these accounts, Other heavily retweeted users
including audience size, retweet included Guy Kawasaki, the
influence and mention humor site The Onion and
influence. The conclusion? again, The New York Times.
Those with the largest number Meanwhile, those users with the
of followers may be "popular" most "mentions" - not a direct
Twitterers, but that's not retweet including the original
necessarily related to their content of someone else's tweet,
store of data, the researchers Only 8% of the active accounts down the data to focus on the
influence. High follower counts but just a casual mention of their
contacted Twitter and asked were set to private, so they were "active users." These users
don't always mean someone is name - were celebs.
permission to crawl Twitter's ignored during the data analysis. where those who had more than
being retweeted or mentioned in These three measures of
service. Twitter granted them The researchers also used the 10 tweets and had a valid screen
any meaningful ways. influence - followers, retweets
access and white-listed the IP Twitter API to gather additional name that could be retweeted by
Sponsor and mentions - has surprisingly
address range for the 58 servers information about a user's social others. (Interesting - it's possible
The findings from this research little overlap when looking at
that were used in the data links and tweets. to have an account and not a
project have been published in the top influentials. The top 20
collection. In total, the crawler The study focused on the screen name?) That left "only"
an research paper available here lists from these three categories
was able to scan 80 million largest part of the Twitter 6,189,636 active users out of the
on the project's homepage. How only had two users in common:
Twitter accounts during the network - the "single initial 80 million to examine.
the Data Was Analyzed Ashton Kutcher and Puff
month of August 2009. Only disproportionately large To measure the influence of
The data the researchers had Daddy.
54+ million of those accounts connected component," notes these 6+ million users, the
access to is astounding: The researchers also examined
were actually in-use at the time, the paper, that contained 94.8% researchers looked at how the
54,981,152 user accounts, the ability of Twitter users to
which, in and of itself, is an of users and 99% of all links and entire set of the 52 million users
1,963,263,821 social (follow) influence others. They
interesting finding about how tweets. Within that large interacted with these active
links and 1,755,925,520 tweets.
many people create a Twitter network of "in-use" accounts, users. The Three Measures of MILLION page 50
In order to collect this massive
account and then abandon it. the researchers further narrowed Influence
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WEEKEND
Three iPhone Apps To Save Yourself & The continued from page 47

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World Honorable Mentions
Other apps getting demoed on
Mike Melanson iPhone app put out by the explanation from the website on o u r i P h o n e s i n c l u d e t h e
(ReadWriteWeb) Monterey Bay Aquarium helps how GoodGuide arrives at its f o l l o w i n g :
Submitted at 3/19/2010 9:33:00 AM you make sustainable choices ratings: GoodGuide aggregates • Brizzly for Twitter: Will we
when buying fish. But how does and analyzes data on both leave Tweetie 2 for this new
We saw a cartoon recently that it do this? p r o d u c t a n d c o m p a n y Twitter iPhone app? It could
s h o w s t h e a t t e n d e e s o f a The app offers a seafood guide, performance. The team employs happen
"Climate Summit", with a single w h i c h c u s t o m i z e s c o n t e n t a range of scientific methods-- • Feathers: Want to have a little
naysayer yelling out from the according to geographical h e a l t h h a z a r d a s s e s s m e n t , fun with your tweets? Feathers
back of the crowd "What if it's a r e g i o n , l e t s y o u s e a r c h e n v i r o n m e n t a l i m p a c t lets you decorate them with
big hoax and we create a better according to what type of fish help you. The app sells for assessment, and social impact symbols, icons or even post
world for nothing?" you're considering buying or $2.99, which is chump change assessment--to identify major them upside-down.
Well, in the spirit of creating a eating at a restaurant. The guide in comparison to those organic, impacts to human health, the • Notifio: Just launched, this
better world for nothing, we rates your choices according to a l o c a l l y - g r o w n , v i n e - r i p e environment, and society. Each app tries to bring Android-style
bring to you three iPhone apps number of criteria, from whether tomatoes, but it's all for a good of these categories is then notifications to one central place
that we hope can help do just or not it is overfished to how cause, right? further analyzed within specific on the iPhone, but it's dependent
that. much the methods employed are Locavore shows where and issue areas, such as climate on others to use its API to do so.
Sponsor affecting the environment. The when certain types of foods are change policies, labor concerns, If successful, it could be
In her panel on " Handheld ratings also take your health into in season, nearby farmers' and product toxicity. Currently, amazing. But that remains to be
Awesome Detectors: World account, warning you to avoid markets and links to Wikipedia GoodGuide's database includes seen.
Changing Mobile Apps" last certain types of fish because and Epicurious to help with over 1,100 base criteria through
week at the South By South they may contain chemicals. context on 234 different fruits which we evaluate products and You can see all the apps on my
West festival in Austin, Rachel So, while everyone always says and vegetables. GoodGuide companies. iPhone courtesy of AppsFire
Weidinger got to talking about a to eat fish because it's good for GoodGuide is the more all- The guide is still in the beta here.
number of iPhone apps that you, download this app and it encompassing package, looking stages - and this is quite an Discuss
could help us all do just that - c o u l d b e g o o d f o r t h e at more than 60,000 products ambitious project - but if you
change the world. While some, environment too. Locavore and rating them according to can have and pay attention to
like Ushahidi are certainly Another bandwagon you have "health, environmental and this sort of information, then
world changing, they're not may have seen careening past in social performance". The guide y o u c a n g e t p a s t f l a s h y
much use for day to day life, so recent times, and may have even gives you information about the advertising and get to the
we decided to let you know hopped on yourself (good for product your buying, from b o t t o m o f w h e r e y o u ' r e
about three apps she clued us in you!) is sustainability through whether or not it contains spending your hard earned
on that can help you make world e a t i n g l o c a l l y g r o w n a n d c a r c i n o g e n s t o h o w t h e money. Discuss
-changing decisions in your harvested foods. This can be a c o m p a n y h a n d l e s w a t e r
simple, everyday life. Seafood difficult endeavor at times, management. Here's a quick
Watch Seafood Watch, the free though, and Locavore is here to
At 3.5 Teraelectronvolts, LHC Sets All-Time Energy Record
Paul Adams (Popular Science This morning in Switzerland, proton beams up to 3.5 TeV for ever achieved. The next step:
- New Technology, Science the Large Hadron Collider the first time. This is the highest collide the two beams, at a
News, The Future Now) successfully ramped its twin energy a particle accelerator has combined energy of 7 TeV.
50 Tech News/ Entertainment/ E-reader News Edition

Will Windows Phone 7 Series Be A Smartphone

for the Enterprise?
Alex Williams should expect: number of security features such
(ReadWriteWeb) • Windows Phone 7 is no as remote data wipe and
Submitted at 3/19/2010 12:49:14 AM longer enterprise-centric but the encrypted connections. Will this
user experience is still catching rich security framework be kept
We're seeing a few glimpses t h e f a n c y o f i n d e p e n d e n t intact? With such a consumer
from Mix10 of what Windows software vendors that want to
Boy Scouts of America
PC." focus, it's uncertain what will
Phone 7 Series will look like for sell it into the business market. come of it. Keep Secret Dossier on
• Microsoft is expected to offer
the enterprise. The iPhone and Google Android a secure area within its • Windows Phone 7 includes an Extensive Sex Abuses
Perhaps most compelling is the are proof enough that people Office Hub, allowing people to [Unsurprising]
Marketplace to accomodate
continued emphasis on creating w i l l f i n d r e l e v a n c e f o r create and edit Microsoft Office
enterprise applications. The Ravi Somaiya (Gawker)
an experience more so than an smartphones in the enterprise documents. Microsoft has put a
intention wold be to provide a
enterprise "phone." It appears even if the devices are meant lot of effort into making Submitted at 3/19/2010 11:39:25 AM
place where enterprise
that Microsoft has learned a primarily for consumers. Sharepoint a mobile site.
customers could download Shockingly, sexual abuse was
lesson that is more apparent • A developer community is Windows Phone 7 will integrate
company specific software or (and probably is) prevalent
e v e r y d a y . P e o p l e w a n t ready and waiting to make with Microsoft Exchange. It
the framework for their own among scout leaders. And the
s m a r t p h o n e s a s m u c h f o r applications for Windows Phone appears users may set up tiles
marketplace. This would scouts keep secret documents
personal use as for business use. 7 . D e v e l o p e r s c a n c r e a t e within Windows Phone 7 to edit
provide IT administrators with about it. About 1000 of the so-
Sponsor applications within a and share Sharepoint
ways to administer applications called "perversion files" have
But Microsoft is saying little development environment they documents.
within the enterprise. now come to light as part of a
about what it does plan for the understand. Network World
• It's uncertain what security court case in Oregon. More »
enterprise with its Windows n o t e s : "Visual Studio It appears that Microsoft may
features will become part of
Phone 7 Series. They say more programmers can drag and drop not necessarily have to focus on
Windows Phone 7. Microsoft
is to come in the next few weeks controls onto a Windows Phone
has historically provided the enterprise. Its rich user MILLION
but clearly the emphasis is on surface, bring in existing experience may be enough to continued from page 48
Microsoft Exchange Active
the consumer market, not the Silverlight libraries or Azure get people interested. Core determined that the most
Sync which enables Windows
enterprise. cloud projects, and wire them up enterprise features will only influential users hold significant
Mobile devices the ability to
Network World did a little to data sources, behaviors and help give Windows Phone 7 a influence over a variety of
sync with Microsoft Exchange.
sniffing around Mix10 and did services, just like they do when chance to compete more topics, as opposed to being
Actice Sync has offered a
get a few tidbits of what we writing software for a Windows effectively. Discuss experts in just one area.
Examining the 233 "All-Time
Katherine Heigl Tries to Flash a Room Full of Influentials"
Out of the 6 million active

People and Other Compulsions [Gossip Roundup] Twitter users, the researchers
picked the top 100 users in each
of the three categories. Due to
Brian Moylan (Gawker) tattooed lady Sandra Bullock's the overlap, there were only 233
Submitted at 3/19/2010 11:36:08 AM husband slept with. George distinct users on these lists.
Clooney is a generous voter. These were dubbed the "all-time
The Grey's Anatomy star can't The Paula Abdul Star Search working on its farmer's tan.
stay dressed! Details about the deal is off. Friday's gossip is More » MILLION page 51
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MILLION
continued from page 50
influentials." Some of these
accounts belonged to news
organizations or celebs, but
others were just regular users.
Regarding that last group - it
appears that those users who
limit their tweets to a single
topic are the most likely to
increase their influence scores.
In the end, what the researchers
found was that follower count
alone is not necessarily a worthy
measure of determining
influence. Other factors come
into play as well. Although
some heavily-followed accounts
are also mentioned and
retweeted a lot, just looking at
audience size doesn't reveal an
Lady Gaga's Prison GF
Says Kissing Her Was
'Electric' [Interviews]
Doree Shafrir (Gawker)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 11:17:02 AM
Heather Cassils is the awesome
-looking woman who plays
Lady Gaga's prison girlfriend in
the "Telephone" video. But she's
also a well-known artist in her
account's ability to influence
and impact the Twitter universe.
According to the project's
homepage, the researchers are
hoping to make the data they
collected available to the
community at large. Before
doing so, they will discuss it
with Twitter in order to
determine that their data sharing
plan agrees with the company's
policy. They plan to have an
update on this situation -
possibly the data itself - by May
2010. Discuss
own right. And she loved
making out with Gaga. More »
Gadgets/ Entertainment/ 51
Marvell to release Moby – a $99
tablet for educational use, may be
OLPC related
Tablet
(BestTabletReview.com)
Submitted at 3/18/2010 11:37:10 AM
Is this the new OLPC
prototype?
A few days ago Harry
McCracken (a name that always
makes us laugh) at
Technologizer posted a story on
a new Marvell tablet prototype
with a 10.1-inch screen that was
on display at the Future of
Publishing Summit. We didn’t
originally run the story because
there wasn’t much to talk about.
There was only a mention of prompts memories of the “One This could mean that the tablet
screen size and an OS (Android)
but no other details on a tablet
Laptop Per Child” project (or
“OLPC”) that has been teasing
us with sub-$100 laptops and
on display at the summit could
be the prototype for the new
OLPC projects. And it could be
Marvell stressed as being
prototype only.
Now the story looks to be a
tablets talk for the past couple of
years. The release calls the
here much quicker than
expected. Make sure to read the
much larger one. Charbax from Moby tablet a “connected rest of the well-written post at
ARMDevices stumbled on this multimedia pad [that] packs a ARMDevices.net that further
press release from Marvell that punch” and says it will offer defines the link between
says they’re selling a tablet eReader, 1080p HD streaming Marvell and OLPC.
similar to the one at the Future capability, full Flash, gaming Source: ARMDevices and
of Publishing Summit called the graphics, social media and live Technologizer
Moby. Oh, and they’re pricing it video conferencing. It will use Five Filters featured article:
for $99 for students. the same low-power Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools:
As Charbax goes on to define in consumption chip as the PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS,
his post, the price and mention prototype tablet — a Marvell Term Extraction.
of “educational use” certainly ARM 600.
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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 sells many copies (plus bonus

rant!)
Nicholas Deleon
(CrunchGear)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 8:30:22 AM
God almighty do I have a bone
to pick with Battlefield: Bad
Company 2, which I bought on
release day like a mark. The
game is doing quite well for EA,
having already sold 2.3 million
units(and projected to sell 4
million by the end of the year).
So that’s ahead of
expectations—it’s a hit, have a
party. The thing that annoys me
(and Matt, for that matter) is the
game’s implementation of
checkpoints. There’s not nearly
enough of them, and it’s
infuriating. I was very close to
lighting my monitor on fire last
night.
First off, why do PC games
even have “checkpoints” in the
year 2010? I give all the credit
in the world to Dice for actually
taking the time to create a PC
port, but is implementing a
“save anytime, anywhere”
feature so hard to implement?
It’s a PC game: I expect to hit
F8 9 million times before I
finish it.
I don’t want to hear any
nonsense about how the
inability to hit F8 helps create
“tension” and “atmosphere.” No
it doesn’t. All it does is make
me want to throw my computer
out the window, the re-create
the scene from Office Space.
It wouldn’t be so bad if every
single enemy didn’t have an
RPG. It’s ridiculous: “hey, you
just survived a tank coming out
of the middle of nowhere, no
we’re going to throw RPG-
wielding bad guys at you, hope
you can survive.”
I can’t survive! And because of
the stupid save system, I have to
replay the previous 15 minutes
all over again! To quote Bill
Burr, this is unacceptable.
Modern Warfare 2 used a
checkpoint system, too, but its
checkpoints ticked pretty much
every seven seconds. It’s
annoying to have to put up with
checkpoints on a PC game, but
at least Modern Warfare 2’s
were frequent enough that it
wasn’t an issue.
So aside from the gigantic pain
in the neck, yeah, the game is
fun—I figure I’m about halfway
through with the single-player
campaign (I have no intention of
playing multi-player).
Checkpoints in PC games
should be outlawed. Tack that
onto the healthcare bill, please.

Niko, the N900-powered Lego robot, looks poised to take over

Twitter (video)
Tim Stevens (Engadget) Mindstorm NXT 2.0 messages and pictures to Twitter robot, looks poised to take over
components for a body and an
Submitted at 3/19/2010 12:01:00 PM describing its every move in Twitter (video) originally
N900 for a brain. The bot has thrilling detail. We can't wait for appeared on Engadget on Fri, 19
While we've seen no shortage been under construction for a it to start picking fights with Mar 2010 12:01:00 EST. Please
of smartphone- powered robots few weeks but it has just made @CourtneyLoveUK. see our terms for use of feeds.
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balance things out, a machine and taking a photo whenever it systems are go and the machine Twitter (video)
called Niko that has Lego bumps into something. When all is set free Niko will be posting Niko, the N900-powered Lego
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Cablevision bumps Comcast to the back, 3D

sports at home starts next week
Richard Lawler (Engadget)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 10:56:00 AM
Just as Comcast leapfrogged
DirecTV's 3D plans, its claim to
the first live HD 3D event has
been stolen away by
Cablevision, which will
broadcast a Rangers/Islanders
NHL matchup Wednesday,
shown both in a special viewing
party in the Theater at Madison
Square Garden and on iO TV
channel 1300 (if you already
have a 3DTV but not
Cablevision then keep an eye on
your channel guide as, like the
Masters broadcast, it may be
shared with other networks.)
While this is probably just the
beginning of another FCC battle
over who it will have to share
the broadcasts with, MSG is just
focusing on keeping a trend
going since it was one of the
first to jump on HDTV
production of NBA and NHL
games way back in 1998 and
plans to keep 3D broadcasts
with its BCS National
Championship broadcast a little
over a year ago, which plans to
use 5 cameras from a lower
angle than usual to resemble the
perspective of the actual players
-- minus concussion-inducing
blindside hits to the head.
Anyone willing to host a
viewing party? We're totally
down to bring snacks... if you'll
cover our 3D glasses.
[Thanks, William & Vinny]
Cablevision bumps Comcast to
coming over the next year with the back, 3D sports at home
more games and concerts. starts next week originally
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NCAA
Tournament
Diary: Day Two
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 9:19:13 AM
Associated Press Temple guard
Juan Fernandez
The Journal’s Darren Everson
anchors an afternoon of
coverage of the NCAA
tournament’s second day. Get
all the latest NCAA news and
scores here.

HP Slate tablet coming in June for around $500

Tablet bad news is that HP looks to be which features a 10-inch
(BestTabletReview.com) giving us a JAN (“just another capacitive touch screen and runs
Submitted at 3/19/2010 7:38:28 AM netbook”) tablet. a Tegra 2 processor. There’s
HP says the Slate will be also the Notion Ink Adam, but
The HP Slate will hit in June powered by an Intel Atom their recent announcement of a
The good news is that we’ve processor. That’s not such great later Q3 release date and no
finally heard a release date for news. While it could mean that price definition until May could
the upcoming HP Slate tablet. the tablet will have a newer have hurt the anticipation factor.
We also know it’s going to cost Atom Z processor (like the Source: Clipset via Engadget
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54 Gadgets/ Fashion/ E-reader News Edition

ELLE Video Star:

Leighton
Meester's Makeup
ELLE.com (ELLE News Blog)
Submitted at 3/18/2010 12:35:45 PM

Leighton Meester isn’t one to

shy away from red lipstick and a
graphic smoky eye—and neither
New UK Internet Addiction is ELLE Video Star Ann Lee.
Her winning look was inspired
Intel's X25-V and Kingston's clinic offers in-patient by Meester’s smoky eye
makeup from the MTV Video
SSDNow V Series face off therapy to 'screenagers' Music Awards (see photo
below) and penchant for
in battle for best value SSD Joseph L. Flatley (Engadget) young as 12 could participate. A
hospital spokesman said that the
Submitted at 3/19/2010 11:19:00 AM
wearing cherry lipstick (since
September of last year, Meester
Vladislav Savov (Engadget) took the advantage in the service hopes to "address the has been favoring red). For
Submitted at 3/19/2010 10:13:00 AM performance of random Internet addiction, as you know, underlying causes of this gossip-worthy makeup similar
read/write tasks, but was second is a growing worldwide concern. addiction to transform to Meester’s, click here for
Got $125 and a burning desire best when it came to sequential Recently, the UK opened its screenagers back into Lee’s red lipstick and smoky
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The HD JVC Everio GZ-

HM550 lets smartphones Keepin' it real fake: Teclast's dual Street Chic:
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56 Gadgets/ Apple/
Jet Hitter: New Baseball
robot allows solo
practice
Serkan Toto (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 8:44:19 AM
Baseball robots are nothing new
(there’s even a dedicated
Wikipedia article on them), but
that didn’t stop Japan’s Meiji
University and Yokohama-
based metal recycling company
MRC[JP] to come up with the
so-called Jet Hitter[JP].
This new model is a batting tee
robot that makes it possible for
a player to practice hitting
baseballs by himself. And the
makers say it’s the first of its
kind.
The way Jet Hitter works is
E-reader News Edition
Surprise! HTC Doesn’t Agree With
Apple Regarding Suit
Darrell Etherington added later by Google to the
(TheAppleBlog) device via a software update.
Submitted at 3/18/2010 1:00:07 PM Sure seems like an attempt to
dodge the ire of multi-touch’s
HTC has finally spoken out proclaimed originator to me.
regarding the pending lawsuit The Nexus One is almost
Apple launched against the certainly the catalyst for this
smartphone maker regarding its suit, and with good reason.
use of multi-touch as an Despite the fact that the device
interface navigation mechanism, itself isn’t selling anywhere near
and around 20 other at the level of the iPhone, recent
technologies. It should surprise evidence suggests that the phone
absolutely no one that the has raised the profile of
Taiwanese company doesn’t see Android, which seems to be
eye-to-eye with the iPhone positioning itself to make a
maker regarding the
appropriateness of its use of the
serious bid on Apple’s
smartphone market dominance.
tech.
HTC CEO Peter Chou released
a statement Wednesday
If Apple is ever to strip Google
of some of that momentum, the
time to do so is now.
addressing the recently filed suit technologies as we have always But are the claims Apple is
directly. According to Chou, as done, but we will continue to making valid, or is it just an
that users need to step on a quoted by InformationWeek, embrace competition through attempt to strike down any and
button at the base of the robot, “HTC disagrees with Apple’s our own innovation as a healthy all competition before the
prompting a baseball to pop up actions and will fully defend way for consumers to get the consumer gets a chance to
and stay suspended 10-20cm itself.” HTC’s stance, like that best mobile experience possible. choose? I’m no legal expert, but
above a nozzle on a jet of air. of Apple, is that it respects and Apple is no stranger to suits it seems to me that Apple is
Users can then practice hitting values healthy competition and from other companies, and it going after some very basic
up to 70 balls one after another innovation. Of course, that certainly hasn’t shied away from concepts in its legal claims, ones
(that’s how many balls the robot shared premise leads both pursuing legal action itself in the without which the concept of a
can hold). Jet Hitter can be companies to quite different past. A suit against Nokia along modern smartphone would be
filled with both soft and hard conclusions. similar lines is still ongoing. untenable. I’m all for giving
balls. C h o u e l a b o r a t e s H T C ’ s HTC shouldn’t be surprised credit where credit is due, but if
Meiji and MRC say Jet Hitter position further in the official a b o u t t h e m o v e , e i t h e r , we’re to see cell tech progress, it
is already being used by several statement: considering the fact that multi- has to be at the behest of the
Japanese pro baseball teams. H T C s t r o n g l y a d v o c a t e s t o u c h w a s n ’ t o f f i c i a l l y free market, and that means not
But the robot can actually be intellectual property protection introduced as a launch feature unduly placing restrictions on
bought by anyone ready to and will continue to respect on the Nexus One, even though Apple’s competitors.
spend $7,700 for it. other innovators and their the hardware supported it. It was
E-reader News Edition Apple/ 57

iGroups: Apple’s Welcome to the Social

Chris Ryan (TheAppleBlog) exchange a token (or handshake, and protect the privacy of users
Submitted at 3/19/2010 8:00:10 AM if you will). These tokens are if they did not wish to
tagged. If there happens to be a participate. Further, the patent
An interesting patent of Apple’s trusted source at this venue, for sheds light on the fact that the
relating to a social networking example, like a wireless access tokens themselves do not
app surfaced recently. Dubbed point or perhaps a website setup contain information that would
iGroups, the app aims to solve for this purpose, devices can identify any particular user or
the pitfalls of traditional social exchange tokens with it. Before device. Merely the tokens act as
networks, like Facebook, that this gets too technical, let’s a way to tag an association with
require users be a member agree to call the trusted source a specific group.
before being able to participate. “Wilma.” Still, the idea of creating these
Instead, iGroups creates a This accomplishes two virtual social networks on the
virtual social network based on important things. The first is iPhone is appealing. In some
proximity. that Wilma can match or regards, there are applications
To set the scene, imagine a correlate tokens to determine on the market that attempt to
casual weekend enjoying drinks groups and their members. deliver similar functionality,
at a bar. Your device would be When my device approaches like Loopt. However, as
able to detect others nearby and and exchanges tokens, Wilma mentioned earlier, these
allow for easy communication now knows what group I’m part solutions still require users to
by the tools already built into of and similarly, I’ll know other have an account with them
your device: SMS, email or by g r o u p m e m b e r s t h a t h a v e which can be problematic if you
phone. If you’re a Mac user, you checked in with Wilma. This meet someone and want to
could loosely term this as process allows the network to exchange information but they
Bonjour for your iPhone. A grow by allowing its users to are not a member of Facebook
Network Of Proximity infer other users through this or LinkedIn. Instead of waiting
The idea of a network based on daisy chain process. Further, this serves is solving the issue of exchange tokens, even after our for them to sign up and register
p r o x i m i t y i s i n t r i g u i n g tokens can be exchanged users leaving range and thus user has left, they are still a profile, iGroups solves the
considering the technology built t h r o u g h a v a r i e t y o f l o s i n g t h e w h o l e s o c i a l connected to the same event and whole problem faster.
into mobile devices that can mechanisms: Wi-Fi if available, networking aspect. If a user will appear as part of the group. This definitely isn’t Apple’s
help facilitate this. Bluetooth Bluetooth if desired or even 3G. interacts with Wilma either at Mac users? Think of this as first foray into patents on social
and Wi-Fi, for instance, both By supporting all of these, it the event or afterwards (through being similar to Smart Folders. interactions, but none of them
allow for discovering new b e c o m e s m u c h e a s i e r t o something similar to MobileMe, The group “knows” who its have seen the light of day. With
devices that are within range. visualize a realistic image of the perhaps), the user can see the members are by this process of rumors of iPhone 4.0 around the
But the problem arises when a n e t w o r k a n d p r e v e n t s t h e entire group. Even if they are exchanging tokens, even if not corner, however, perhaps there
user leaves. If they are out of network from being stifled j u s t u p l o a d i n g e x c h a n g e d all of the users are present at the i s a s u b s t a n t i a l s o c i a l
range, they are excluded from b e c a u s e u s e r s a r e n o t between Fred and their self, the same time. component waiting to be
the network. exchanging tokens by just one inferring process described It’s worthwhile to mention that unveiled. What do you think
iGroups attempts to solve this method that not all devices may earlier will allow the rest of the any sort of implementation of about the potential of iGroups?
issue when it first detects other support. network to be recreated. As Fred such a technology would of
users. At this point, the devices The second important goal that moves on and continues to course be completely optional
58 Apple/ Economy/
Race to Launch Day: The Story of an iPad Case
Maker
Chris Ryan (TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 7:00:08 AM
Every major Apple product
launch tends to follow a pattern
that many of us have just
accepted. Long lines,
constrained supply and lack of
accessories are all common for
the launch day. But with the
release of the iPad right around
the corner, one company dared
to follow Apple’s advice to the
world. Instead of the frustrating
experience of buying a new iPad
and not being able to get a
quality case for days or even
weeks, Hard Candy Cases will
be ready to deliver on day one
— and all it took was just
thinking different.
A visit to Hard Candy’s website
quickly reveals that its iPad
cases will ship this month,
ahead of the launch for the
device itself. Digging deeper,
these cases are not just generic
cases that happen to fit the
general size of the iPad, but
quality cases that snugly fit
Apple’s multitouch wonder. So
how did the company pull off
quality products on such an
amazing timeline?
It begins with the resolve of
Tim Hickman, the CEO of Hard
Candy Cases and founder of
Speck Products, another popular
accessory manufacturer. In the
traditional manufacturing
process, Apple would release
technical documents (or the
manufacturer could measure the
physical device itself) to provide
precise measurements for
manufacturers. The next step is
the expensive and sometimes
lengthy process of setting up the
tooling equipment to produce
cases. It’s easy to see why
accuracy is important. As a
result, its not until a period of
time after the product is released
that the bulk of cases begin to
enter the market. Hickman’s
solution was to engineer the
cases in such a way that if the
final device was a millimeter or
so different than anticipated,
specially designed bumpers
inside the case could be adjusted
to provide a snug fit. From a
business perspective, Hard
Candy Cases was able to start
the tooling process weeks ago.
From a consumer perspective,
that means cases will be
available sooner rather than
later.
But Hickman didn’t stop there.
In a move that is strangely
reminiscent of Steve Jobs
himself, a little over a month
ago the CEO flew to China to
persuade factory workers to
work through the Chinese New
Year and focus on
manufacturing his product.
After four weeks of sleepless
nights, sheer madness and a
fight to the finish, Hickman’s
chartered 747 delivered 18,000
Bubble Hard Sleeve cases to the
U.S. Another 7,000 will be
delivered before the iPad’s
launch on April 3.
Hickman’s purpose behind this
isn’t to simply be the first on the
market for the sake of being
first. With iPad pre-orders
numbering in the hundreds of
thousands, the iPad opens the
door for a huge market of third-
party accessories and that can
mean some serious profits. Hard
Candy Cases, while a figurative
new kid on the block, isn’t a
stranger to this though. With
revenue of $150,000 in its first
month of operation, Hickman’s
company has already captured
the attention of the industry.
With prominent exposure in the
Apple Store and the resolve of
its CEO, Hard Candy Cases is
poised to provide some serious
competition to other popular
case manufacturers, like Belkin,
Speck and Incase.
If you’ve already pre-ordered
your iPad, check out some Hard
Candy Cases’ products so your
iPad will be protected from day
one. If you’ve used any of their
other products, let us know what
you think!
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Rival warned
regulators
over Lehman
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 3/18/2010 4:06:37 PM
Securities and Exchange
Commission and Federal
Reserve officials were warned
by a leading Wall Street rival
that Lehman Brothers was
incorrectly calculating a key
measure of its financial health
months before its collapse in
2008, people familiar with the
matter say.
Former Merrill Lynch officials
said they contacted regulators
about the way Lehman
measured its liquidity position
for competitive reasons. The
Merrill officials said they were
coming under pressure from
their trading partners and
investors, who feared that
Merrill was less -liquid than
Lehman.
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Skeet Ulrich Back for
Another CBS Pilot
Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 11:30:00 AM
Before everyone gets too
excited, no, this isn't 'Return To
Jericho,' so please hold your
nuts (wait, that didn't come out
right ...). But Skeet Ulrich has
signed on to the pilot for a new
CBS medical drama produced
by John Wells.
Yeah, I know, yet another
medical drama. It seems we
have a lot every pilot season
(and every fall season). CBS'
'Three Rivers' died rather
quickly and 'Miami Medical'
hasn't even premiered yet (it
starts in April) and now we're
hearing about this one. Maybe
CBS likes to have replacement
medical dramas on the shelf in
case one happens to fail in the
ratings.
I think every network has to
have at least one medical show
on their schedule every season.
TV law. At least this one sounds
a little bit different than one
based at one particular hospital.
It's about a team of medical pros
who go around the country in a
mobile unit and help people.
Beau Bridges Joins
'Rockford Files'
Allison Waldman (TV Squad)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 10:29:00 AM
It's rare when you hear about a
casting and just say to yourself,
"Oh, perfect." Well, that
happened today. The Hollywood
Reporter confirmed that Beau
Bridges is going to be Dermot
Mulroney's father on NBC's new
'The Rockford Files.' It's not just
that Bridges, older brother of
Oscar winner Jeff Bridges, is a
terrific actor; he's really right for
the role.
In the original 'Rockford Files,'
Noah Berry, Jr. played Rocky,
Jim's father, who served as both
How about a show where a Jim's buddy and foil. They hung
team of doctors treat patients out together and understood
over the Internet? Sure, a TV each other. Rocky had been a
show about people looking at a truck driver and had a no-
computer screen for an hour nonsense, clear vision of things.
sounds boring, but you can have He'd give Jim advice or just
them sit in different chairs each voice his opinion, often in a wry
week. way. Presumably in NBC's
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Comments China
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 5:30:05 AM
Google’s legal structure in
China will allow the company to
continue operations in the
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Trichet backs
tougher CDS
regulation
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 3:46:08 AM
Jean-Claude Trichet, president
of the European Central Bank,
on Friday threw his support
behind tougher regulation and
oversight of the huge credit
default swap market.
It was important that “certain
financial instruments, which
were introduced in consideration
of their positive effects for the
hedging of risks, should not be
misused in a speculative
also involves 'The Office's'
manner”, he told a Brussels-
Steve Carell as executive
based conference on bank crisis
producer, Beau Bridges as
management.
Rocky will be the same kind of
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'Community' - 'Beginner Paula Abdul Says No to “Witching” adds

Pottery' Recap 'Star Search'
Jason Hughes (TV Squad)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 12:22:00 PM
(S01E19)"Congratulations, you
failed a class so easy that people
passing in the hallway get a
contact credit."
Utilizing their setting on a
college campus has
allowed'Community' to
seamlessly stream in guest stars
without ruining the flow of the
series. This week, Jeff took
another stab at a "blow-off"
class, bringing us the
incomparable Tony Hale as the
ethereal instructor of Beginning
Pottery.
While Jeff was able to get Abed
and Annie to join him in pottery,
Pierce, Troy and Shirley instead
took to the high seas ... of the
parking lot, when they signed up
for a sailing class. Jeff's journey
was one in which he had to learn
that being the "cool guy" doesn't
necessarily mean he's good at
Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 11:55:00 AM
Just a few days ago Allison told
you about Paula Abdul's
possible new job as host of
ABC's updated version of 'Star
Search.' Alas, it looks like we're
not going to be able to see her
on it after all. The former
'American Idol' star has said no
to the gig.
I never really saw her as the
host of the show anyway, did
everything. The lesson came you? I mean, we got a kick out
from a not-so-surprising source: of the way she acted as a judge
the resident expert on not being on'American Idol,' all loopy and
good at things. confused and weary, but being
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'Beginner Pottery' Recap completely different thing.
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R e v i e w s , R e a l i t y - F r e e , her try it for a while. I also
Community wonder if there's a place for
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Comments 'America's Got Talent,' 'So You
Think You Can Dance?' and the
coming American version of
Cowell's'The X Factor.'
Maybe Cowell and his team
have convinced Abdul to be a
judge on 'The X Factor.' That
way it can be 'American Idol 2.'
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to investors’
nervousness
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 8:48:25 AM
15:45 GMT: Risky assets were
in retreat on Friday, with the
expiry of futures and options
contracts in europe and the US,
a process known as “witching”,
adding to investor nervousness.
The FTSE All-World equity
index fell 0.7 per cent, and the
euro again fell sharply as
analysts awaited further news in
the Greek ‘bail-out’ farrago.
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Tennessee Claws Past San Diego St.

Dan Graziano (FanHouse
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Submitted at 3/18/2010 5:24:00 PM
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Tournament - Midwest Region
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- They
could be this NCAA
tournament's most dangerous had to hold off the Mountain the shots in this game did), but
team -- the only team in the field West champion Aztecs. Melvin he hit all three free throws to cut
that can say it beat both Kansas Goins appeared to put the game the lead back down to one point.
and Kentucky, both No. 1 seeds, away with a clutch 3-pointer in Fouled on the inbound play,
this season. And after a gut- the final minute, but with 9.5 Wayne Chism made two free
wrenching 62-59 first-round seconds left he fouled San throws to push the lead back to
victory over San Diego State Diego State's D.J. Gay while three, and Kawhi Leonard's
Thursday night, the Tennessee Gay was shooting a 3-pointer. game-tying attempt missed
It took everything Tennessee
Volunteers are still alive. Gay's shot missed (as nearly all everything at the buzzer.
E-reader News Edition
Can Friday Possibly Top Thursday?
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 8:18:44 AM
Looking back at Thursday’s
Daily Fix live-blogs, it seems
reasonable enough to assume
that the Fix editors have
astonishingly good judgment.
Only two games get live-
blogged, and both Notre Dame-
Old Dominion and Marquette-
Washington are down-to-the-
wire thrillers? Reuters Where
did all the Big East friends of
Syracuse forward Wes Johnson
go?
Yes, it does look impressive,
until you consider just how
many of Thursday’s games
could be filed under “down-to-
the-wire thriller.” Of the 16
games played on Thursday,
three went to overtime, four
featured last-second game-
winners, and seven were
decided by three points or less.
Even Thursday’s few lopsided
games — with the exception of
a characteristically wince-
inducing slaughter of 16-seed
East Tennessee State by top-
seeded Kentucky — were
interesting, with Butler blowing
out trendy upset pick UTEP and
14th-seeded Ohio University
scorching three-seed
Georgetown. So, really, there
wasn’t a bad live-blog choice in
the bunch on Thursday.
All of which makes the
upcoming three days of high-
intensity hoops and the live-
blogs, don’t forget those live-
blogs! that much more exciting.
“If you can remember a better
opening day of the NCAA
tournament than the opening
day we just experienced, man,
I’d like to hear it,” Gary Parrish
writes in a rundown of the day’s
action at CBS Sports. Speaking
for himself, your Fixer can’t.
Even better, though, Thursday’s
games suggest that there’s every
chance the hoops played
through the weekend will be as
stirring, surprise-filled and hard-
fought.
“The most telling thing about
Thursday was the confidence
that the smaller schools
displayed,” Yahoo’s Dan
Wetzel writes. “They were
rarely in awe of the famous
name on the front of the other
guys jersey. They pressed
defensively, crashed the boards
with purpose and tried to force
the action, letting fear of being
upset creep into the favorites
minds.”
If there’s a lesson to carry
forward from NCAA
tournament Day One to Days
Two, Three, Four and beyond,
it’s that this year’s underdogs
have plenty of fight in them. In
the Journal, Jonah Keri and
Darren Everson write that
college hoops is undergoing
something of a talent shortage.
“Does talent matter in college
basketball?” Keri and Everson
wonder. At ESPN, Andy Katz
writes that a top-tier point guard
is still vital to a successful
tournament team, but that
Thursday’s action proved that
big-time playmakers can be
found on teams that don’t play
in big-time conferences.
That was a lesson that the Big
East, especially, learned in
painful fashion on Thursday.
Generally considered one of the
nation’s strongest conferences,
the Big East went 1-3 on
Thursday, with Georgetown,
Notre Dame and Marquette
losing to lower-seeded teams
and the only win coming when
second-seeded Villanova
outlasted ultra-feisty Robert
Morris University and its 5-9
dynamo Karon Abraham in
overtime. In the Sporting News,
Dan Levy breaks down just how
terrible Thursday was for the
Big East.
In the Boston Globe, Bob Ryan
salutes Robert Morris for its
tremendous effort against
‘Nova. “Sometimes its all about
the losers,” Ryan writes. Ryan is
certainly right to applaud
RMU’s play, but if Thursday’s
games proved anything, and
offer anything to watch for
going forward, it’s that the
teams penciled in as losers on so
many brackets this year seem
especially unwilling to accept
that fate.
Over the next few days, your
Fixer will be keeping his eyes
on two sources for college
hoops news: Luke Winn’s At
the Tourney blog at Sports
Illustrated and, naturally, The
Journal, which will host live-
blogs and regular updates
thoughout the weekend, starting
with Darren Everson weighing
in on all of Friday afternoon’s
games.* * *
On Wednesday, Texas Rangers
manager Ron Washington
stepped before television
cameras and did something
nobody wants to do. It turns out,
though, that Washington’s
admission to using cocaine
during the 2009 season was not
destined to be his last drug-
related admission of the week.
On Thursday, Washington
admitted to smoking marijuana
and using amphetamines. That
the former is true for many
members of his generation and
the latter true of virtually every
big leaguer of Washington’s
vintage did little to mitigate the
scandal. At NBC’s Hardball
Talk, Craig Calcaterra provides
a bit of context on baseball’s
notably more permissive drug
culture during Washington’s
playing days.
While Washington should be
commended for making a clean
break of it, his admissions did
nothing to reduce the
temperature of what was already
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shaping up to be a fairly hot
seat. “Chances are, the club will
be galvanized by the ‘us against
the world’ mentality that often
unites sports teams in crisis,”
Ken Rosenthal writes at Fox
Sports. “But frankly, the only
way the players can save
Washingtons job is by winning
games lots of games, right from
Opening Day.”
While all the Rangers have said
all the right things about rallying
around their embattled manager,
the vote of confidence from All-
Star outfielder Josh Hamilton
was perhaps more important
than the rest. Hamilton is
baseball’s best-known
recovering addict, an ex-junkie
who has risen to stardom from
the lowest lows of heroin
addiction. At MLB.com, T.R.
Sullivan reports that Hamilton
understands the stress
Washington faces.
What is still only murkily
understood is how Washington’s
case came to be public in the
first place. On that front, the
story of the day undoubtedly
came from Randy Galloway of
the Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
who reported that Washington’s
hand had been forced by a
disgruntled Rangers ex-
employee who had been
blackmailing the organization.
“Rangers management could see
this one coming,” Galloway
writes. “For months, it watched
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NCAA Tournament Diary: Washington 80, Marquette 78

(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
Submitted at 3/18/2010 3:00:44 PM

Associated Press Washington’s

Quincy Pondexter (left) drives
past Marquette’s Jimmy Butler
for the game-winning shot.
The Journal provides minute-by
-minute analysis of
Washington’s 80-78 victory
over Marquette in an NCAA
Tournament East Region first-
round game in San Jose, Calif.
Guest blogger Pete McEntegart
offers commentary on the game
and the CBS telecast.
5:36 pm | Pregame | by Pete
McEntegart
Itâs a good thing the NCAA
isnât in charge of collegiate
academics as well as athletics, 7.5 rpg) and guard Isaiah Marquette wins the tip ... and UW star guard Isaiah Thomas. of them are all in the NCAAs.
or one might reasonably Thomas, who scores 17.1 ppg we're off! The MU fans around me were I'd tell you who they were if I
wonder why tonightâs East when heâs not destroying NBA 8:03 pm | 1st half, 17:08 left; 10 buzzing pregame that he was weren't pecking this on a
Region game between sixth- franchises from the inside. -7 MU | by Pete McEntegart out with a broken hand. Wishful BlackBerry.
seeded Marquette and No. 11 (Oops, thatâs âIsiahâ Thomas, Quick start for the Golden thinking. Turns out it's a broken 8:33 pm | 1st half, 5:46 left; 33-
Washington is being played in the current coach at Florida Eagles as Hayward hits a 3, bone he's been playing with for 31 UW | by Pete McEntegart
San Jose, Calif. You could International; my mistake.) already the second for weeks. He's already drained a Thomas (13 pts) just canned yet
question the NCAAâs math, The Golden Eagles, Marquette. Actually, both teams few trifectas today. another deep 3, leading MU to
too, since the game looks more meanwhile, have been have started hot from the field. 8:20 pm | 1st half, 10:00 left; 23 call TO. (OMG -- Any more
like a toss-up than the usual 6- toughened by the Big East Quick pace. -21 MU | by Pete McEntegart initials I can use?) Huskies are 6
vs.-11 entry. gauntlet and an ambitious out- 8:11 pm | 1st half, 12:06 left; 18 Maurice Acker just stole the -of-7 from behind the arc. At
In fact oddsmakers have of-conference schedule. Theyâre -17 MU | by Editor ball at halfcourt and was fouled least I'm pretty sure that's what I
declared this matchup virtually especially strong in the We're having some technical to the delight of the pro-MU saw in the split second I wasn't
even (Marquette is favored by 1 frontcourt behind Lazar difficulties. We'll resume the crowd here. Who knew there staring at my thumbs.
1/2 points). The Huskies Hayward (18.1 ppg, 7.7 rpg) and live blog once we get them was a Marquette bar in NYC? 8:35 pm | by Editor
actually have a better record (24 Jimmy Butler (14.9 ppg), while worked out. 8:27 pm | 1st half, 7:38 left; 29- The five teams ahead of
-9 to 22-11), the same the rest of the three-guard lineup 8:16 pm | 1st half, 12:00 left; 18 28 MU | by Pete McEntegart Marquette in 3-point percentage
conference record (11-7) and generally runs around hoisting -17 MU | by Pete McEntegart At TV timeout. Thomas's 3s are Cornell, BYU, Utah State,
are rolling off a Pac-10 up threes, and quite effectively Sorry for the technical have been matched and more by St. Mary's and Kansas.
tournament championship. UW at that (40.6%, sixth in the difficulties but the Internet MU's array of gunners. No 8:38 pm | 1st half, 3:59 left, 37-
boasts one of the top one-two nation). connection here at Van surprise -- Golden Eagles rank 33 UW | by Pete McEntegart
punches in the nation in forward 7:59 pm | 1st half, 20:00 left; 0- Diemen's bar in NYC is very sixth in nation in 3-point NCAA page 64
Quincy Pondexter (19.8 ppg, 0 | by Pete McEntegart dodgy. Less so is the hand of shooting. The five teams ahead
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Pondexter is still on the line for
the Huskies when we come
back from the TO. He'll be
looking to complete a 3-point
play. I feel bad that I can't think
of Pondexter without recalling
the lyrics to Young MC's Bust a
Move. He deserves better from
me.
8:43 pm | 1st half, 2:29 left; 41-
36 UW | by Pete McEntegart
Don't look now but Ohio is up
15 on Georgetown early in the
second half.
8:48 pm | 1st half, 46.5 seconds
left; 43-41 MU | by Pete
McEntegart
Quick 7-0 run by Golden
Eagles, five from G Maurice
Acker, all 5-foot-8 of him.
8:54 pm | Halftime, 43-42 MU |
by Pete McEntegart
Crazy sequence at the end of
the half. Golden Eagles tried to
take the last shot, but the shot
clock was a few seconds behind
the game clock. When MU
threw up an airball, the ball
caromed out to Thomas. The
UW sharpshooter promptly
drained it from well beyond
halfcourt.
8:56 pm | Halftime, 43-42 MU |
by Pete McEntegart
Alas for the Huskies, it didn't
count. Since Marquette's shot
hadn't hit the rim, it was a shot-
clock violation and the refs had
blown the whistle. So UW had
to try again, and this time
Thomas' heave caromed off the
rim. That miss "drops" him to
six-of-eight shooting for 17
points.
9:19 pm | 2nd half, 16:40 left;
52-44 MU | by Pete McEntegart
Huskies call time as Marquette
opens half on 9-2 run. Last five
points from big man Hayward,
on a step-out 3-pointer on a high
pick-and-roll followed by a
pretty reverse lay-in after a
baseline drive. Biggest lead by
either team.
9:24 pm | 2nd half, 14:55 left;
54-44 MU | by Pete McEntegart
Matthew Bryan-Amaning will
be shooting two for UW when
we get back from the TV
timeout. Huskies have both gone
cold from the field and turned
the ball over to start the half.
Bad combo.
9:29 pm | 2nd half, 13:51 left;
60-45 MU | by Pete McEntegart
Huskies forced to call another
quick TO after the Golden
Eagles drain consecutive 3s, one
each from Hayward and Acker.
All of a sudden MU is running
away with this one. Dangerous
time for UW.
9:32 pm | 2nd half, 11:34 left;
62-54 MU | by Pete McEntegart
Now it's the Golden Eagles who
want to talk it over as Huskies
reel off a 9-2 run to get back in
it.
9:41 pm | 2nd half, 7:28 left; 66
-63 MU | by Pete McEntegart
Huskies keep coming on.
9:44 pm | 2nd half, 6:43 left; 66
-65 MU | by Pete McEntegart
After a Pondexter follow,
Huskies have erased all but one
point of a deficit that once
reached 15. We have a ballgame
again, folks.
9:47 pm | 2nd half, 5:12 left; 72
-71 UW | by Pete McEntegart
Huskies go back in front on
huge wing 3 from Elston
Turner. Now MU calls time
with 4:59 to play. This second
half has had some wild swings,
but now the teams are basically
back to even.
9:51 pm | 2nd half, 4:15 left; 74
-74 tie | by Pete McEntegart
Pondexter answers a 3 from
Marquette's David Cubillan with
two FTs and we're knotted up.
9:57 pm | 2nd half, 2:48 left; 76
-76 tie | by Pete McEntegart
Pondexter follows his own miss
to forge another tie. Huskies
had at least four extra chances
that possession by crashing
boards.
10:00 pm | 2nd half, 2:09 left;
78-78 tie. | by Pete McEntegart
The teams trade two FTs each
way. Now MU misses a 3.
10:02 pm | 2nd half, 1:02 left;
78-78 tie | by Pete McEntegart
MU throws it away. UW's turn.
10:05 pm | 2nd half, 1.7
seconds left; 80-78 UW | by
Pete McEntegart
Wow! Pondexter drives and
scores with 1.7 seconds left.
Tough banker. That came after
UW rebounded a missed 3 from
Thomas to enable it to use
almost the entire last minute-
plus. MU will have to go the
length of the court after this TO.
10:15 pm | FINAL, 80-78 UW |
by Pete McEntegart
All the Golden Eagles could get
off was a halfcourt heave from
Hayward, which looked like it
had a shot but caromed off the
backboard a little wide of the
hoop.
10:16 pm | Postgame | by Pete
McEntegart
Impressive win by the Huskies
in a tense, exciting game. UW
looked like it was done when
Marquette opened the second
half with a 17-3 run to take a 15
-point lead. Instead it was all
Huskies from there. Both
Pondexter and Thomas lived up
to their advance billing. And
chalk up another upset in a
thrilling first day that has been
anything but chalk.
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Members of the Turkish Flickr
group dostr recently put on a
gallery exhibit in Istanbul. The
exibition was called “Ruya”
which translates as “Dream” in
English. In this article you can
see photos of the event and read
more about it. (Even if you
don’t speak Turkish the article is
worth it to just check out the
pretty pictures of the exhibit.)
Above are a few photos from
the exhibition and of the
exhibition. To see more from
this group of photographers,
check out the dostr Group Pool.
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Syracuse Seeks Revenge on Vermont

David Steele (FanHouse Technically, by Jim Boeheim's is seeded lower than it should of the NCAA tournament, 60-57
Main) logic, his Syracuse team should be, and probably should have in overtime. It's all a testament
Submitted at 3/19/2010 3:00:00 AM be even more worried about been seeded higher than it was to how balanced and deep the
Vermont this time than it should in 2005, when coach Tom average tournament field has
Filed under: March Madness, have been five years ago. And Brennan's 13th-seeded become.
NCAA Tournament - West five years ago, Vermont beat his The reason: Vermont probably Catamounts stunned the fourth-
R e g i o n B U F F A L O - - team. seeded Orange in the first round
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a PR disaster building like a
thunderstorm to the west. Let’s
just say the ballclub had been
warned.”* * *
There are a great many reasons
for a celebrity not to have an
extramarital affair with a porn
star, but one of those is the risk
that eventually those (ugh) sexts
would see the light of day. On
Thursday, Joslyn James — one
of the two porn stars with whom
Tiger Woods has been linked —
made his text messages public.
It’s tough to say where in
Woods’s continuum of public
humiliation these messages fall,
but it’s probably somewhere
near the top.
Woods, one can only imagine,
is working on putting all this out
of his mind and focusing on
returning to golf at the Masters.
Your Fixer hereby promises not
to cover every salacious bit of
ESPN-fodder that will arrive
between now and then. But
Gwen Knapp’s perceptive piece
on the evolution of Brand Tiger
at CBS Sports deserves to be an
exception to this rule. In it,
Knapp makes the point that
Nike’s decision to stick with
Woods, despite all the sponsors
that have deserted Tiger, makes
a vicious sort of sense.
“Woods has gained an
increasingly fierce following
among people who believe that
a law-abiding athlete should be
judged by his behavior and
performance on a field of play,”
Knapp writes. “This is Nike’s
sweet spot. Named for the
Greek goddess of victory, the
company sells success and team
loyalty. It doesn’t attach itself to
the attributes that make a great
politician or to subtle graces,
such as dignity in defeat. It
loves and markets ferocity.”* *
* Found a good column from the
Garey Ris, whose last day with
the Daily Fix is today, said an
eloquent and heartfelt goodbye
on Wednesday, and I couldn’t
hope to improve upon that. But
I’d be remiss if I didn’t add a
personal note to today’s Fix on
my co-Fixer’s last day in the
(virtual) office. But before his
stipple portrait leaves the
righthand column, I wanted to
say thanks to Garey one last
time.
I’m short on space, so I’ll say
only that Garey was a pleasure
to work with, enjoyable to read,
and as good a human as you
could hope to meet. He remains
the last of those, of course, and
his voracious media
consumption (and generous
sharing of links) will likely
ensure that his name will
continue to appear below in our
“Tip of the Fix Cap” section.
But for now, in anticipation of
that first cap-tip as a non-Fixer,
I’d like to offer one last salute to
my departing co-worker. I truly
couldn’t have done this without
him.
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Is No Strong Seed Safe?
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Submitted at 3/18/2010 9:59:21 PM
Since the bracket was
announced Sunday night, sixth-
seeded Tennessee was
considered ripe for an upset.
Instead, the Volunteers led No.
11 San Diego State for nearly
every minute of their 62-59 win
Thursday night. Now theyve got
one of the plushest paths in the
tournament to a spot in the
Sweet 16. Associated Press
Tennessee’s Melvin Goins, left,
and Steven Pearl, right, defend
against San Diego State’s Brian
Carlwell.
Tennessee shot poorly from the
field but made eight of its final
10 free throws and led for the
last nine minutes of the game
despite never leading by more
than five. On Saturday, the Vols
get 14th-seeded Ohio
University, which pulled the
shock of the tournament in a day
full of them with a seemingly
easy 14-point win over
Georgetown. Ohio, mind you,
was 7-9 in the Mid-American
Conference and needed to win
its conference tournament just to
make the Dance. Georgetown
had wins over Duke and
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Syracuse, both No. 1 seeds, in
the past two months.
In keeping with the rest of the
days dramatic games, the rest of
the night was action-packed.
Wake Forest and Texas, two
underachievers loaded with
talent, traded barbs into
overtime before Wake won on a
jumper from guard Ishmael
Smith with two seconds left. It
was the third one-point game of
the day and the third one to go
to an extra period. At the same
time, No. 3 New Mexico got a
scare from unheralded No. 14
Montana before winning, 62-57.
Even No. 1 Kansas saw a bit of
a scare, trailing 16th-seed
Lehigh early on before pulling
away for a 16-point win. The
way this tournament has started,
the fall of a top seed in the first
round might not be so shocking.
No pressure, Duke and
Syracuse.
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Murray State’s Non-Upset Upset Wake Calls on Ishmael

(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
Submitted at 3/18/2010 2:40:15 PM
Vanderbilt were widely
considered to be seeded too
high.
to Stun Texas
Terrance Harris (FanHouse
We tried to warn you. We did But the committee sure Main)
everything but fill out your succeeded in creating
bracket for you. Getty Images compelling matchups. Thursday Submitted at 3/18/2010 5:35:00 PM

Murray State’s Donte Poole afternoon was the most dramatic

rides the shoulders of Ivan Aska Filed under: Texas, Wake
opening afternoon in recent
after the Racers’ buzzer-beating Forest, ACC, Big 12, NCAA
tournament history, though not
win. Tournament - East Region NEW
exactly the most expertly
In a frantic first afternoon of ORLEANS -- Wake Forest
played. In 15th-seeded Robert
games in the NCAA men’s senior point guard Ishmael
Morris’s near-upset of No. 2
basketball tournament, 13th- Smith is far from the best 3-
seed Villanova, the two teams
seeded Murray State stunned pointer shooter around and his
missed a combined 62% of their
fourth-seeded Vanderbilt at the free-throw shooting could use
shots. So did Old Dominion and
buzzer late Thursday afternoon, some work, too.
Notre Dame.
trumping 11th-seeded Old But when it comes to last-
But there’s no knocking
Dominion’s upset over No. 6 minute clutch shots there aren't
Brigham Young guard Jimmer
Notre Dame earlier in the day. Dominion was never mind Fredette, who lit up Florida for many players you'd want to
have the ball than Smith. Smith missed two free throws with 10
But if you glance at betting lines where they were seeded. Both 37 points in BYU’s double- seconds remaining and Smith
or at this newspaper you’re teams were 2.5-point underdogs overtime victory. Murray State’s added to his collection of late-
game heroics Thursday night raced down the court with the
aware that neither one was much by the time they took the court, Danero Thomas also made this ball. His shot ended a thrilling
of a surprise at all. w h i c h a l s o s p e a k s t o t h e afternoon fun with his fall-away when he raced down the floor
and pulled up for a short jumper game and put a stop to the
In fact, as far as Vegas was questionable job the tournament 15-footer with time expiring to Deacons' rapid late-season slide.
concerned, Murray State was no selection committee did with give his team the upset. with a second remaining on the
clock to lift the No. 9 seed Smith had 19 points, seven
bigger an underdog than Old seeding. Both Notre Dame and assists and grabbed 12 rebounds
Demon Deacons to a thrilling 81
-80 overtime win over No. 8 in 44 minutes.
Michelle Obama Goes Green in Texas in a East Region game at
the New Orleans Arena.
"This has to be No. 1,
obviously," Smith responded

Jason Wu "He makes big shots, he makes

big free throws," Wake Forest
coach Dino Gaudio said of
when asked how Thursday
night's pull-up jumper to clinch
the win ranks among the big
ELLE.com (ELLE News Blog) wearing a custom Kelly green
Smith. "He's a lion. This team is shots he has made in his career.
Submitted at 3/18/2010 11:46:41 AM embroidered sheath created by
led by a tough son of a gun at "I think in the regular season,
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It’s hard to believe that point guard." you live to play another game.
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Michelle Obama and Jason Wu That was certainly evident after But now you are in a position
collection.
only met for the first time last Texas forward Gary Johnson [where] you lose, you go home."
—Violet Moon Gayn or
week. But, as we all know, the Follow ELLE on Twitter.
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CBS in Fine Form as Showtime Tips Around the Net In Media:

Off
Milton Kent (FanHouse Main)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 5:27:00 AM
Filed under: NCAA
Tournament, Sports Business
and Media NEW YORK -- For a
guy who drew to an inside
straight, Sean McManus
displayed his best poker face
Thursday.
McManus, the president of
CBS Sports, orchestrated the
network's telecasts of the first
day of the NCAA men's
basketball tournament
brilliantly, deftly moving the
nation from one nail-biting
finish to another.
And yet, McManus refrained
from gloating, nearly pulling out
the hoary cliché, "We take these
telecasts one at a time."
Few TV Ads Are Viral
"It's been a good start, but it's a
marathon, obviously,"
McManus said after the first two
groupings of games. "I don't get
too excited if we have a great
first window and I don't get
disappointed if we have a bad
first window. It's a really long
tournament."
"But it's so wide open this year
that even though we're lacking
some of the big traditional
teams, it's got the feeling of a
tournament that's going to have
a lot of surprises and a lot of
people on the edge of their seat
and a lot of higher seeds
fighting for their lives."
That last part could accurately
describe CBS, as it waits
anxiously to find out whether it
will keep the tournament, but
more on that later.
If this year is the last of the
network's 29-year run of
tournament broadcasts, let the
record reflect that CBS began
the end in fine fashion.
Hits
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 3/18/2010 11:11:35 PM
The Holy Grail for many
marketers is having their big-
budget TV spot become a viral
hit online, providing millions in
free exposure and publicity from
consumer pass-along. The bad
news is the chancesare slim, and
even if it does happen, there's a
good chance the spot won't do
much to persuade viewers.
That's according to a Millward
Brown study of TV
commercials posted online. The
researcher found that less than
15% of 102 ads studied were
viral hits. (Millward Brown
defines a viral hit as a spot that
generates more than 1,000 views
per week in the United Kingdom
market or 5,000 in the U.S.) In
other words, for every Old Spice
"The man your man could smell
like" spot that has generated
more than 4.5 million YouTube
views, there are five duds.
Worse, even if the spot clicks,
consumers don't always get the
intended message, per MB.
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Video: Vrbata Completes Phoenix Comeback

With Lucky Goal
Adam Gretz (FanHouse Main) Vancouver, pulls the Coyotes to remaining in regulation.
Submitted at 3/19/2010 2:28:00 AM within just three points of the As he carried the puck to the Interview: Spoiling
top spot in the Western
Filed under: Coyotes, Panthers, C o n f e r e n c e .
red line, Vrbata simply dumped
it into the Florida zone and
Heavy Rain with
NHL Videos The Phoenix After Martin Hanzal and Lee watched as it took a couple of David Cage
Coyotes erased a 3-0 third Stempniak started the comeback bounces, and somehow found its Ludwig Kietzmann (Joystiq)
period deficit on Thursday night early in the third period -- way behind Panthers goaltender
Submitted at 3/19/2010 12:00:00 PM
in Florida and managed to walk S t e m p n i a k ' s g o a l w a s h i s Tomas Vokoun.
deadline-- Radim Vrbata
away with a 4-3 win. Their win, seventh in seven games since Once a major release has been
completed it with one minute
combined with San Jose's loss in joining Phoenix at the trade completed and propelled to the
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top of the sales charts, the
critical discussion surrounding it
typically evaporates just as the
Next Big Thing appears on the
horizon. But Heavy Rain--
whether you like it, love it or
loathe it -- has been kept afloat
in popular opinion, with critics
still debating its controversial
design and embarrassing
themselves as they attempt to
shoehorn water puns like
"afloat" and "evaporates" into
ham-fisted introductory
paragraphs.
We drew Heavy Rain's director
and writer, the soft-spoken,
passionate and occasionally
enigmatic David Cage, into the
ongoing discussion and asked
him to elaborate upon the
game's story, its technology and
its critical reception. Oh, and the
nature of the Origami Killer,
which means ...
SPOILER WARNING: The
following interview contains
massive, big-huge spoilers for
Heavy Rain. If you have not
completed Quantic Dream's
cinematic adventure, do not
proceed beyond the break -- and
don't even think about reading
the comments. Just turn around
and slowly R2 away.
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Mass Effect getting an ongoing comic book series

Griffin McElroy (Joystiq)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 11:30:00 AM
It looks like Dark Horse is
champing at the bit to squeeze a
bit more commercial success out
of BioWare's deep space opera
franchise following the
impressive sales of the Mass
Effect comic mini-series, "
Redemption." During a Dark
Horse Comics panel at the
Seattle-based Emerald City
Comic-Con, it was announced
that Mass Effect writer Mac
Walters and John Jackson
Miller, writer of the original
mini-series, would be teaming
up to create a regular, monthly
Mass Effect comic.
According to Comic Book
Resources, the plot of the series
will "follow the second game."
We don't know if that means it
will actually cover the events of
Mass Effect 2, or if it takes
place shortly thereafter. What
we do know is that the panel
also brought the announcement
that Patton Oswalt is working on
whole lives.
[Via Big Download]
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a Firefly comic which takes
place shortly after the events of
Serenity, and that's the best
news we've ever heard in our
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MAG gets free 'Trooper Chaos Rings for iPhone
Gear Pack' DLC next looks like a real RPG
week
David Hinkle (Joystiq)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 10:30:00 AM
Ten-hut, soldiers! HQ has just
sent word that some new gear
will be shipping to the front
lines of MAG next week, free of
charge: the Trooper Gear Pack.
In this parcel, we'll finally get
access to the Flashbang grenade
-- which should help us confuse
and outwit the enemy. But,
that's not all: our supplier,
Zipper Interactive, also reports
it's bundled in some new LMGs
(Raven's APEX 100SE,
S.V.E.R.'s RTK-74 Vla, and
Valor's Mk 46 Mod 1) and
uniforms.
The full rundown is available
via Zipper's site, where it's also
revealed that next weekend
(March 25 - 28) there will be
double XP out on the battlefield.
It's a nice bonus for our
continued service, however we
feel it's bad timing. Operation
PAX East will be in full effect
by the 25th, so we doubt we'll
find time to benefit from the
extra incentive to hoist the
S.V.E.R. flag.
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JC Fletcher (Joystiq)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 12:30:00 PM
Well, this is a surprise. Square
Enix's iPhone RPG Chaos Rings
looks, in terms of design, like
one of its PlayStation-era RPGs,
and, in terms of graphical
quality, better than one of its
PlayStation-era RPGs. Watch
the trailer for the Media Vision-
developed game after the break,
and you'll see what we mean.
Dynamic camera angles,
detailed -- and stylish --
monsters and characters, and
interesting prerendered
environments are all on display.
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What's nice is that since RPGs
don't really require precise
controls, we can semi-safely get
interested in this game without
having our hopes dashed by the
platform. It could still turn out
to be terrible, but it isn't
guaranteed to be.
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E-reader News Edition
Rock Band Weekly: X,
Carrie Underwood,
Little Fish, Ace Frehley,
OneRepublic
Alexander Sliwinski (Joystiq)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 11:00:00 AM
Despite American punk rock
band X being next week's
featured Rock Band DLC pack
artist, we decided to go with a
picture of Carrie Underwood.
Why? Isn't it obvious?! Her
single, "All-American Girl,"
available next week, speaks to
the struggles of the middle-class
American female. Of gender
roles, a father's love and
providing babies for your
husband. It's like the "American
Pie" of a new generation. So
that's why Underwood gets
featured with that "how do I
spend my next million, y'all?"
look.
Check out the full release list
after the break.
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OneRepublic
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Underwood, Little Fish, Ace
Frehley, OneRepublic originally
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The Financial
Commentator: Special
March Update
Jim Welsh (The Big Picture) And the economic data points in
Submitted at 3/19/2010 6:00:43 AM the U.S. must continue to
support the recovery story. If so,
~~~ large institutions will shift back
STOCKS to the buy side, after it becomes
As I discussed in the Special apparent the correction has run
Update on January 30, “Based its course. A self sustaining
on a number of momentum recovery is far from a sure thing,
indicators, the market has but that doesn’t mean the
reached an oversold level, i l l u s i o n o f o n e c a n ’ t b e
comparable to readings at the sustained for another 2 or 3
Ana Lerario-Geller on Chic July and November lows. Any months.”
additional weakness will get the As noted in the February 22,
market even more oversold, and 2010 letter, “The EU gave
Bridesmaids’ Dresses stretched, laying the foundation Greece 30 days to get their
for a rally. The odds favor the house in order, which has
ELLE.com (ELLE News Blog) made gown by longtime friend Thoughts? Do you like the idea S&P bottoming above 1,030, stabilized the Euro, and the
Submitted at 3/19/2010 8:39:35 AM Richard Chai. After leafing of matching dresses, or a mix of and sometime in the coming majority of U.S. economic
t h r o u g h h e r b r e a t h t a k i n g different color and styles? week.” The S&P made a low on reports have supported the
While shooting Lerario Beatriz wedding photos, I had to ask Click here to Friday February 5 at 1,044.50 recovery story. The back bone
designer Ana Lerario-Geller in some crucial questions, first of —Violet Moon Gayn or I also discussed in the January of the rally since July has been a
her art-filled, airy apartment w h i c h w a s : W h a t d o e s a Ana (with husband Robert 30 Update what it would take lack of selling pressure, rather
r e c e n t l y , t h e t o p i c o f designer who makes beautifully Geller and friend Richard Chai, for the rally I expected to take t h a n a s u r g e i n b u y i n g
conversation jumped from romantic clothes dress her far right) let her bridesmaids, hold. “Two pieces will have to conviction. The low level of
babies (she is eight months bridesmaids in? Ana’s answer: pictured here, pick their own fall into place for new highs. volume during this move up
p r e g n a n t ) , t o W e s t E l m “I let my stylish friends dress dresses The overseas issues will have to supports this conclusion. This
f u r n i t u r e , t o f a s h i o n a n d , themselves.” She just made sure Follow ELLE on Twitter. settle down. China is not likely isn’t the most healthy technical
ultimately, weddings. Ana, who that the colors they wore Become our Facebook fan! to make additional tightening action, but as long as selling
married menswear designer complemented one another. This steps in coming weeks, and the
Robert Geller in 2008 in her simple and easy approach problems with Greece and the FINANCIAL page 74
native Brazil, wore a custom- sounds very appealing. EU will also have to recede.
72 Economy/
Explaining the Impact of Ultra-Low Rates to Greenspan
Barry Ritholtz (The Big
Picture)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 6:00:06 AM
As noted last night, Alan
Greenspan has blamed the crisis
on a lack of regulation rather
than ultra-low rates. (You can
find his Brookings institute
paper The Crisis here).
While the lack of regulatory
enforcement — ironically,
mostly notably by the
Greenspan Fed — was no doubt
a large part of the problem, his
exoneration of ultra low rates is
belied by history.
I detail all of this elsewhere; but
perhaps the impact of low rates
would be more easily
understandable to the Maestro if
we put it into numerical bullet
point form:
1. Starting in January 2001, the
FOMC began lowering rates,
eventually to 1%. They kept
rates below 2% for 36 months,
and at 1% for over a year. This
was unprecedented.
2. While these rates had myriad
effects, lets focus on just two:
The impact on Housing, and on
global bond managers.
3. Since homes are (typically) a
leveraged credit purchase,
lowering the cost of that credit
has an inverse effect on prices
— i.e., cheaper mortgages =
more expensive houses. Since
most people budget monthly,
carrying costs are more
important than actual purchase
prices. Hence, a big drop in
interest rates can cause a spike
in home prices, with monthly
payments remaining fairly
similar.
Bottom line: Ultra low rates
were the initial fuel sending
home prices higher.
4. At the same time, bond
managers were scrambling for
yield. Pension funds, trusts,
foundations require a certain
annual gain, and without it, they
have issues. Note that most of
these managers by their own
charters cannot purchase junk,
they can only buy investment
grade paper.
5. Wall Street had been
securitizing collateralized debt
for years. They turned credit
cards, student loans, auto
financing, and of course,
mortgages into paper.
6. Making loans to people with
weaker credit scores, lower
incomes, or more debt was a
risky proposition, and hence,
generated higher yields for that
risk. By collateralizing these
subprime mortgages,
Securitizers could generate
higher yielding paper for the
managers of bond funds. And
because the rating agencies —
Moody’s,, S&P, and Fitch were
totally corrupt — the
securitizers could purchase
AAA ratings. Hence, all manner
of unqualified junk paper could
be sold to these funds that
wrreonly allowed to purchase
investment grade paper.
Here is the first point where
lack of oversight comes in (vs-a-
vis the ratings agencies). But we
never would have gotten to that
issue BUT FOR the ultra low
rates.
7. The triple AAA rated junk
paper sells well, increasing
demand for more of it. Huge
Wall Street demand for more
junk to feed into the maw of the
securitization beast compels all
manner of non-bank lenders to
issue even more sub-prime
mortgages. And since they was
a finite number of people who
afford mortgages, they got
creative with ways to make
mortgages even cheaper. First
came the 2/28 variable loans,
with a cheap teaser rate the first
two years.
Then came Interest Only (I/O),
where there was no principal
repayment. I called these loans
“ Rent with an option to
default.” Lastly, we had the
Negative Amortization
(Neg/Am) mortgages, where the
borrower paid less than the
monthly interest charges, with
the difference added to the
principal owed. Hence, with
each passing month, the
mortgagee actually owed more
on the house than the month
before, rather than less. These
loans defaulted in enormous
numbers.
8. The lack of regulation of
these non bank lenders was a
key factor. Ironically, it was the
Fed’s job to regulate them, and
moving beyond irony to surreal
absurdity, it was then Fed Chair
Alan Greenspan who called
these non bank lenders “
innovators” and refused to
regulate them. (This was around
the same time, with rates at
record low levels, when he was
advising people go for variable
mortgages). Their innovative
business model was lend-to-sell-
to-securitizers.
9. Numerous states had on their
books anti-predatory lending
laws. These made it illegal to
make loans to people who could
reasonably not afford them (nor
could they charge usurious rates
or excessive fees that would
make defaults much more
likely).
The Bush White House issued
its doctrine of“Federal Pre-
emption,” which essentially told
the States to step out of the way
of these lenders. The data shows
that states with anti-predatory
lending laws had much lower
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defaults and foreclosures than
states that did not; the Federal
Pre-emption significantly raised
default rates in these states.
Hey, where were all those
States right advocates back
then? My Spidey-Sense is
tingling! I suspect these new
states rights people are not at all
concerned with states rights at
all, and are more likely little
more than hypocritical partisans.
10. The lack of regulatory
enforcement was a huge factor
in allowing the credit bubble to
inflate, and set the stage for the
entire credit crisis. But it was
intricately interwoven with the
ultra low rates Alan Greenspan
set as Fed Chair.
So while he is correct in
pointing out that his own
failures as a bank regulator are
in part to blame, he needs to
also recognize that his failures
in setting monetary policy was
also a major factor.
In other words, his
incompetence as a regulator
made his incompetence as a
central banker even worse.
~~~
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This week's top stories [19 March 2010]

(The Economist: News the long day, Joe Barton, a health-reform bill passed by the heart-warmingly bipartisan have misgivings. Ramming a
analysis) House Republican from Texas, Senate just before Christmas approach to health reform, sweeping health law through
Submitted at 3/19/2010 7:00:31 AM even declared that he had never (the House passed a however. For one thing, Congress on a highly partisan
seen “so many members of the substantially different version Republicans made it clear that basis using procedural wheezes,
America's health reform Barack House and Senate behave so earlier, and the two bills now they are not willing to do Republicans repeatedly warned,
Obama’s bipartisan summit on well for so long before so many need to be reconciled into a final anything to help Mr Obama pass will prove unpopular. Despite
health policy accomplishes more television cameras.” health law). The big question health reform quickly. Mr those obstacles, though, Mr
than meets the eye From the Republican point of before the summit was whether Obama, for his part, made plain Obama now seems ready for
Feb 26th 2010 | NEW YORK | view, the event accomplished Mr Obama would really be open that he was willing to entertain battle.
From The Economist online two important things. First, Mr to modifying his plan to Republican notions only as add- That points to the biggest
IT IS tempting to dismiss the Obama was unable to outwit and embrace Republican ideas, or ons to his existing bill, not as an reason to think the summit was
bipartisan health-reform summit outcharm them on camera, as he whether the event was merely a entirely new approach. not a waste of time: it made
convened by Barack Obama on had done brilliantly during a sham. Rumours swirled during the clear that Mr Obama, after
Thursday February 25th as a televised exchange with House In the event, Mr Obama summit that if Mr Obama’s big months of sitting on the
colossal waste of time. After all, Republicans in late January. appeared to make some progress plan (which aims to extend sidelines, now has steel in his
the gabfest involving senior Mitch McConnell and John on bipartisanship. He listened health insurance to some 30m spine. If Republicans do not
Congressional leaders from both B o e h n e r , t h e i r s t r i d e n t l y intently to Republican uninsured punters) fails to pass, come up with a reasonable set of
parties lasted well over six partisan leaders in the Senate ideas—except the oft-repeated he may then put forward a less compromise measures over the
hours, with no tangible results. and the House, wisely allowed one to scrap Democratic efforts ambitious scheme covering only next few weeks to add to his
Neither side moved one jot on other Republicans —more and just “start over”—and was half that number. But Kathleen plan, he says that he intends to
any issue of substance and not charismatic and competent, it often seen scribbling notes. At Sebelius, the administration’s forge ahead anyway. The final
one vote is likely to have must be noted—to do most of the end of the summit, he health secretary, denied this verdict, he insisted, will come
changed on either side as a the talking. That allowed them reviewed a number of areas after the summit. Mr Obama from the voters: “We’ve got to
result of the summit. to say no to Mr Obama’s plans where he believed the two himself rejected the incremental go ahead and make some
And yet, the televised gathering without appearing, as is often parties had similar goals, and he approach. He insisted, with decisions, and then that’s what
was not pointless. For one thing, t h e a c c u s a t i o n w i t h asked the Republicans to think some justification, that “baby elections are for.” Readers'
the sight of America’s leading Republicans, merely the “Party of ways to bridge the divide on steps” will not work because the comments
politicians sitting together of No”. Mr McConnell even them. Among those ripe for co- pieces of the health-reform Readers have commented on
amiably for an entire day to admitted afterwards that “I operation, he declared, were tort puzzle are tightly interlinked. this article (the window for new
d i s c u s s a m a t t e r a s would not call it a waste of reform, inter-state competition If so, that leaves Mr Obama comments is now closed).
inflammatory as health reform time.” in health insurance, the creation with only one course of action: Five Filters featured article:
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late, they did so in a manner that grand plan for reforming health the elderly). difficult with only Democratic
w a s m o s t l y c i v i l a n d care on the eve of the summit. This is not likely to herald the votes, given that moderates and
substantive. Towards the end of This scheme closely resembles a start of a new, incremental and progressives in his own caucus
74
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continued from page 71
pressure remains at bay, the
market can move higher.
Although the upside is likely
limited to modest new highs,
any substantial market decline
will be postponed until a
secondary phase of the financial
crisis erupts overseas, or
institutional money managers
are confronted with a series of
economic reports that severely
challenge their recovery thesis.”
Last week, the S&P made a
modest new high (1,153.41 vs.
1,150.45 on 1/19/2010) on the
back of a number of less than
stellar economic reports that
investors warmly embraced, and
on exceptionally low volume. In
five of the past ten trading
sessions, total volume didn’t
even reach 1 billion shares. The
last time the 21 day average of
total volume was this low was
on August 29, 2008, which was
followed by the explosion of the
financial crisis in September.
One has to go back to the
summer of 2001 to find another
example when total volume was
so low, and that was just before
the events of 9/11. However, the
overall technical condition of
the stock market is far different
and far stronger than in those
other instances of low volume.
The advance/decline line is
making new highs, while in
2001, the A/D line was neutral
at best, and in 2008 it was very
weak. In July and August of
2001, the 21 day average of
stocks making new 52 week
highs ran between +60 and
+114. In 2008, it ranged
between -469 and -72. It ended
last week at +279. For the week
of March 8, 2010, 898 stocks
made new highs, with just 7
recording a new low. Although
total volume is pathetically low,
the market’s internal strength is
quite healthy.
As I have noted repeatedly
since last summer, large
institutional money managers
believe a sustainable recovery is
developing. As long as they
believe, they will not do much
selling, other than to sell one
sector to buy another. This lack
of selling pressure has been an
important factor, and has created
a supply vacuum, allowing even
a modest increase in buying
pressure to move the market
higher. Recent economic
reports underscore just how
much most economists and large
institutional money managers
believe in the recovery story.
When only 36,000 jobs were
lost in February, it was hailed as
good news, since bad weather
had lowered estimates to a loss
of -65,000. BOO Yeah! And
when same store sales rose over
4% from February 2009, it was
like the second coming of
Christmas! Never mind that
comparisons to the first quarter
of 2009 make everything look
better, since anything looks up
from the bottom of the abyss.
The mentality of most
economists and money
managers reminds me of what
happens about 30 minutes
before the bar closes at 2 a.m.
Suddenly, the joint is crowded
with girls and guys who are
looking fine!
The secular and cyclical
headwinds facing the economy
are substantial and suggest any
transition to a sustainable
recovery will not be smooth,
and may even fail. The goal of
the Federal Reserve and policy
makers has been to buy time, in
hopes that time and a ton of
borrowed money will allow the
economy to heal, and stabilize
the deflating credit bubble.
When your house is on fire, and
the firemen rush to extinguish
the blaze, who criticizes the
firemen for water damage once
the fire is out? The fact that a
larger longer term problem is
being created is secondary to
keeping the game going now,
especially with another election
cycle coming in November.
If the economy does not
produce the expected
sustainable recovery, I think the
technical action of the market
will weaken before the
fundamental economic news
softens. Since most economists
and money managers do not pay
much attention to technical
analysis, they will not see it
coming. A softening in the
economy would surprise the
economists and money
managers who have priced a
recovery into the market, and
lead to a rise in selling pressure.
The market gave back 10 weeks
of gains in two weeks, when
selling pressure increased in late
January, which might
foreshadow the type of decline
that could occur if the economy
doesn’t deliver. The healthy
technical condition of the
market at this point suggests the
day of reckoning is further down
the road. Whether it is weeks or
months, I don’t know.
The sharp break between
January 19 and February 5
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resulted in a swift pick up in
negativity as measured by
numerous sentiment surveys and
the call/put ratio. The rally of
the last few weeks has swept
aside that caution. Most
sentiment readings now show
much more optimism. This
suggests that the upside will be
limited in the short run (1,160-
1,180), and likely lead to a
choppy period, until the
overbought status of most
technical indicators is worked
off. Short term support should
come in around 1,130. If
sentiment remains bullish during
this process, a larger correction
would be set up, once the
internal strength shows signs of
weakening. The bottom line is:
Sell into strength and become a
bit more defensive.
Jim Welsh
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American health-care reform: Presenting the bill
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analysis)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 2:16:14 AM
American health-care reform
The stage is set for crucial vote
on America’s health-care reform
bill
Mar 19th 2010 | NEW YORK |
From The Economist online
IT’S official, or as official as
these things get. The health-care
package destined for a vote in
America’s House of
Representatives on Sunday will
cost $940 billion over the next
ten years. Though the
Congressional Budget Office
score (as the estimate is known),
along with the bill's final details,
seems to clear the air on what
the House will vote on, the
package and the process remain
complicated. The House is
facing a two-part vote to pass
the Senate bill and also tweaks
through a process called
“reconciliation”. The former
may be done through a rule that
Republicans are saying is
unconstitutional (though they
have used it themselves).
Procedural trickery or not,
everyone in the House will cast
a vote on the Senate bill plus
reconciliation. Whether it passes
or not is far more important than
quibbles about the House rules.
The CBO also reckon that the
health-care package, through
savings and new revenue, will
cut the total deficit over those
years by $138 billion against a
baseline scenario. After that, the
savings get even bigger,
totalling (a much more
speculative) $1.2 trillion by
2029, according to some
Democrats. But the sums are
questionable. The CBO process
has been so thoroughly gamed
that the true figures could be
quite different. The Republicans
claim that it will cost far more
and totally reject the idea that it
will cut the deficit by such a
sum over the second decade.
The CBO is required to score
what Congress says it will do,
not what it is likely will actually
be done. Republicans have
accused the Democrats of
ignoring some spending and
promising spending cuts that
may never come. Revenues
from an excise tax on “Cadillac”
health plans may never
materialise. And spending has
been back loaded to disguise its
scale. Nevertheless Democrats
are crowing, and Barack Obama
has postponed a trip to Asia to
be present for the vote, the scene
is set for drama.
The CBO said that it had not
had time to compare fully the
reconciliation proposal to earlier
versions. But the Democrats
claimed victory nonetheless.
They see the numbers as so
favourable that they have started
talking about “the largest deficit
reduction of any bill we have
adopted in Congress since
1993” even before mentioning
that it will also extend health
insurance to 95% of the
population. Jim Clyburn, the
Democrats’ whip, said he was
“giddy” over the CBO score.
This is crucial because of the
number of Democrats still on
the fence though the CBO’s
score won a few more firm
commitments of support from
previously wavering Democrats.
Every Republican in the House
will vote against it. So Nancy
Pelosi, the House speaker, must
convince some who voted no to
a previous House bill—quite
different in many respects—to
vote in favour this time. This
includes deficit hawks: “Blue
Dog” Democrats in conservative
districts.
Another issue is trickier. Many
pro-life Democrats voted for the
previous House bill did so
because of the “Stupak
amendment”, a provision that
would restrict money for
abortions in the new health-care
system. The Senate bill has
looser, but convoluted,
language. Some pro-life
Democratic House members say
that they are satisfied that the
Senate language will not lead to
looser abortion rules. Others,
including Bart Stupak, author of
the original House amendment,
say they cannot vote for the bill.
How the rest of a group of his
putative allies, called the
“Stupak 12”, plan to vote will be
vital.
The reconciliation deal involves
a few significant changes.
Perhaps the biggest is the
cutting of a provision letting
federal regulators look out for
and punish sudden and
“unjustifiable” rises in private
health-insurance premiums.
Giveaways to favoured groups
to get the bills through
earlier—a sweetheart deal for
the state of Nebraska on
Medicaid costs, and favourable
tax treatment for unionised
workers—will now be extended
to everyone. This added to the
bill's cost. So subsidies for
Economy/ 75
individuals to buy insurance will
have to be phased in more
slowly.
News that the president would
stay in Washington this
weekend, postponing a trip to
Guam, Indonesia, his boyhood
home, and Australia is being
read in two ways. Those who
think the bill is now a done deal
say the White House and the
Democratic leadership in
Congress would not set up the
president for a term-wrecking
humiliation and that the bill will
surely pass. Those who think the
bill is still in doubt wonder why
the president would not happily
depart if the bill were, to use the
words of his 2008 campaign
theme-song, "signed, sealed,
delivered". A presidency is on
the line making for the most
memorable Sunday in domestic
politics in many years. Readers'
comments
The Economist welcomes your
views.
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How Typical is the Current Rally in Terms of Age
or Duration ?
Barry Ritholtz (The Big
Picture)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 8:00:49 AM
Chart of the Day takes a broad
— perhaps over broad– look at
trading rallies. They found that
major rallies (73%) result in a
gains ranging from 30% to
150%. Typically, they last
between 200 and 800 trading
days.
Based on this data, you can
conclude that the present rally is
still young, and potentially has a
If we were to look at the
duration and intensity of rallies
between 1929-38 or 1966-82, or
2000-09, I suspect we would
find they are both shorter,
sharper. By definition, cyclical
bulls are of smaller duration
than secular bull markets.
Here’s your daily chart porn:
> Age and Duration of Rallies
long way to run. between cyclical and secular Source: Chart of the Day
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Research Brief: Teens
Confident and
Motivated Seeking Jobs
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 6:16:01 AM
A recent Junior Achievement
survey, "Kids and Careers,"
found striking differences in the
opinions of teenage boys and
girls in what motivates them to
excel on the job and what tools
they consider important in
determining career success. The
study found that fewer girls than
boys said they needed perks
such as a promotion and raise
RESEARCH page 77

A Bicycle Suspension with Sensors Built In Automatically

Adapts to Changing Terrain
Mark Anders (Popular smoother landing; reach a flat shock. It's a typical hydraulic
Science - New Technology, area where you're pedaling hard, shock, in which a piston pushes
Science News, The Future and the shock firms up to boost oil through a valve, but the
Now)
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Submitted at 3/18/2010 2:05:51 PM a prototype, but Cannondale Smaller means less oil flow and
Mountain-bike suspensions are expects pieces of the technology a firmer ride; larger means a
difficult, if not impossible, to to arrive on bikes within a few more cushiony ride.
a d j u s t w h i l e r i d i n g . years. 5. The shock readjusts with
Cannondale's Simon-the first How It Works thousandth-of-a-millimeter
completely computerized bike- 1. A joystick lets riders select accuracy every seven
suspension fork-features a among five preset settings, such milliseconds, protecting you
h y d r a u l i c s h o c k t h a t c a n as "DH" for swallowing up big from bumps faster than the
instantly change its resistance downhill impacts. You can also human brain can register them-
a n d h o w f a r i t t r a v e l s . elect to have the suspension inside the shock keeps track of change the suspension based on much less react.
Meanwhile, motion sensors and continually recalibrate itself. its position, gauging how open how many bumps you've hit,
a computer calculate the best 2. A motion-sensing or compressed it is. how far the shock can still
settings for the trail. accelerometer in the front fork 3. Info from the sensors is sent move, how fast you're going,
If you suddenly launch off a detects bumps and impacts. to a computer 500 times a and more.
jump, the shock softens for a Meanwhile, an optical sensor second. Software decides how to 4. An electric motor adjusts the
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(girls 38%, boys 56%), to excel energy and invest in their future very confident, and none ideal job, a sizable percentage number said schools could
on the job. When asked if they careers... " expressed no confidence in their admits to worrying about their provide more outside-school
needed additional motivation to According to the JA-ING poll, likelihood of finding their ideal job prospects. With multiple opportunities.
succeed, 40% of girls responded girls are still lagging behind job. responses allowed, 36%% of Kosakowski concludes that
that they did not, while only boys in choosing careers in math The Survey found that an respondents say they are more "Teens' optimism and energy are
22% of boys said they needed and science - only 10% of girls overwhelming majority of teens worried about their future job inspiring... teens are telling us
no extra motivation. Also, when picked engineering and science said they'd forego getting that prospects today than they were a they want to channel this energy
asked what would motivate versus 19% of boys, and two% perfect job for the opportunity to year ago, with 38% saying they and invest in their future
them to take a less than ideal of girls are pursuing careers in make a difference in the world. are less worried. Another 26% careers..."
job, the poll found that fewer computers versus eight% of When asked to identify which have the same level of worry, Rhonda Mims, president, ING
girls say they are motivated by a boys. However, girls are factors would motivate them to and 1% are unsure. Foundation, says that"...
higher salary than boys, with choosing careers that are and sacrifice getting the ideal job, The economy and the programs such as JA Job
67% girl respondents saying will continue to be in high more teens chose "having a unemployment are the two Shadow... provide a multi-
they were motivated by a higher demand - 20% of girls want to positive impact on society" than biggest reasons respondents who faceted approach to
salary versus 74% of boy be doctors versus only nine% of "being well paid," "having feel more worried have those teaching career skills... give
respondents. boys, and 13% of girls are d e c i s i o n - m a k i n g increased fears. Not having students the foundational tools
Boys and girls also had pursuing teaching versus four% responsibilities," having a job enough real world experience to build a successful career...
differing opinions on how to of boys. Girls are selecting those that was "extremely and not knowing what career to provide important positive role
prepare for career success. jobs which tend to be more in challenging," and a job that pursue are other leading worries. m o d e l s i n t h e
• 85% of girls identified schools demand, which should further provided "publicity and When asked what factors are classroom volunteer who
programs, such as job tilt the employment scales in recognition." very important to helping them delivers the curriculum and the
shadowing, that help develop their favor. Teens are willing to sacrifice get a good job (with multiple mentor whom the students
work skills and prepare them In contrast with other studies their ideal job for a variety of responses allowed), respondents shadow in the workplace... "
for a career gauging adult job satisfaction, reasons. With multiple overwhelmingly chose factors For a full survey abstract,
• 78% of boys identified these which currently is at its lowest responses allowed, 84% of directly within their control. p l e a s e v i s i t
schools programs as levels in more than twenty respondents would settle for a 93% cited believing in yourself JuniorAchievement.org here, or
important for career readiness years, teens remain confident in less-than-ideal job to have a and getting good grades, while more information about ja-ing,
• 68% of girls placed more their abilities to get their ideal positive impact on society. 92% said graduating from please go here.
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of Junior Achievement USA, ideal job one day. 65% of confident they will one day have prepare for a successful career
said "... we're seeing that all respondents were very confident their ideal job, according to the by helping them understand
teens are thinking very seriously they would have their ideal job, study. more clearly how what they're
about their career paths... telling a n d 2 5 % w e r e e x t r e m e l y Although teens are mostly learning now will be useful
us they want to channel this confident. Only 9% were not confident about finding their later. And about the same
78 Media/ E-reader News Edition
Online Media Daily:
Online Media Daily: Talking 'Bout My Ge-Ge- Talking 'Bout My
Generation Ge-Ge-Generation
(MediaPost | Media News)
(MediaPost | Media News) refrain familiar to anyone with tie it back to. Although music associated with the anti-
Submitted at 3/19/2010 5:00:47 AM
Submitted at 3/19/2010 5:00:47 AM teens under management, it Vietnam spawned a dozen war movement of the 60s and
made me wonder if the movie soundtracks, it really 70s, the fight for civil rights and Saying he deplores the lack of
Saying he deplores the lack of electronic age is solely to blame only produced "The Ballad of feminism, sexual liberation, and understanding about the
u n d e r s t a n d i n g a b o u t t h e for this condition. Just as Mike's the Green Berets" as any kind of the start of the environmental importance of history and
importance of history and dad introduced him to the music affirmative anthem, Country Joe movement, but John Denver was tradition among today's kids
tradition among today's kids of his formative years, so did and the Fish notwithstanding. no Nat King Cole and Helen "who have no tradition other
"who have no tradition other mine, but I took a greater How do you explain to your Reddy was no Billie Holiday. than slavish devotion to pop
than slavish devotion to pop interest in the history and kids that you listened to the All of my kids went through the fads, digital social media and
fads, digital social media and sociology that produced "We'll Moody Blues on the downward phase of "discovering" the Cheetos," Mike Crosson,
C h e e t o s , " M i k e C r o s s o n , Meet Again" and "Autumn slope of an acid trip or were so Rolling Stones or The Beatles or p u b l i s h e r o f
p u b l i s h e r o f Leaves." If you are of a certain stoned at the Allman Brothers Jimi Hendrix, but soon moved SocialMediopolis.com is
S o c i a l M e d i o p o l i s . c o m , i s age, your parents were raised in concerts that they were 20 rows on to hardcore ghetto rap or hip especially upset about music.
especially upset about music. the Depression, went to war in in front of you and you don't hop or whatever is featured on Said he: "My father taught me
Said he: "My father taught me Europe or The Pacific or remember seeing them? Or you Rock Band. They took away no about the Big Bands and
a b o u t t h e B i g B a n d s a n d Vietnam and lived out the GI left the Black Sabbath concert cultural context except to ask us Sinatra, and while it wasn't my
Sinatra, and while it wasn't my Bill-funded "suburban dream." because you HAD to get a if we were hippies. You would choice of music, I at least
choice of music, I at least The music they played was couple dozen donuts before the think that with ready online listened and learned when I was
listened and learned when I was strongly associated with those stores closed? Or that you access to the music and history a teenager. Kids today don't, for
a teenager. Kids today don't, for eras, often a direct reflection of should only listen to Harry of the 60s, 70s and 80s that our the most part. They don't expand
the most part. They don't expand their experiences within them. Nilsson's "The Point" if you kids would take something of an their selection and listen to
their selection and listen to You could not listen to Big have the psychedelic picture interest in whatever traditions or classical or Latin or
c l a s s i c a l o r L a t i n o r Band and not think of World booklet that came in the album history developed around music International music or anything
International music or anything War II. You couldn't listen to or that if you go see The Rocky when we were their age. But else other than pop rock and rap.
else other than pop rock and rap. swing and early rock and roll Horror Picture Show you have they don't -- not for long, They seem extremely insular
They seem extremely insular and not conjure images of your to take a squirt gun and a pocket anyway. Clearly, we were not and opinionated and obsessed
and opinionated and obsessed parents in their cocktail dresses of rice? The Greatest Generation. with presentation rather than
with presentation rather than and jackets and ties (remember Somehow all of that pales in Five Filters featured article: substance. In a word, they are
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While I am certain this is a don't have thunderous events to Glenn Miller. Yes, there is refrain familiar to anyone with
teens under management, it
made me wonder if the
electronic age is solely to blame
for this condition. Just as Mike's
dad introduced him to the music
of his formative years, so did
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mine, but I took a greater
interest in the history and
sociology that produced "We'll
Meet Again" and "Autumn
Leaves." If you are of a certain
age, your parents were raised in
the depression, went to war in
Europe or The Pacific or
Vietnam and lived out the GI
Bill-funded "suburban dream."
The music they played was
strongly associated with those
eras, often a direct reflection of
their experiences within them.
You could not listen to Big
Band and not think of World
War II. You couldn't listen to
swing and early rock and roll
and not conjure images of your
parents in their cocktail dresses
and jackets and ties (remember
them?). Perhaps it is our fault
that our kids have only a passing
interest in our music because we
don't have thunderous events to
tie it back to. Although
Vietnam spawned a dozen
movie soundtracks, it really
only produced "The Ballad of
the Green Berets" as any kind of
affirmative anthem, Country Joe
and the Fish notwithstanding.
How do you explain to your
kids that you listened to the
Moody Blues on the downward
slope of an acid trip or were so
stoned at the Allman Brothers
concerts that they were 20 rows
in front of you and you don't
remember seeing them? Or you
left the Black Sabbath concert
because you HAD to get a
couple dozen donuts before the
stores closed? Or that you
should only listen to Harry
Nilsson's "The Point" if you
have the psychedelic picture
booklet that came in the album
or that if you go see The Rocky
Horror Picture Show you have
to take a squirt gun and a pocket
of rice?
Somehow all of that pales in
comparison to troops marching
off to save freedom to the music
of The Andrews Sisters and
Glenn Miller. Yes, there is
music associated with the anti-
war movement of the 60s and
70s, the fight for civil rights and
feminism, sexual liberation, and
the start of the environmental
Gallup Poll/ 79
movement, but John Denver was
no Nat King Cole and Helen
Reddy was no Billie Holiday.
All of my kids went through the
phase of "discovering" the
Rolling Stones or The Beatles or
Jimi Hendrix, but soon moved
on to hardcore ghetto rap or hip
hop or whatever is featured on
Rock Band. They took away no
cultural context except to ask us
if we were hippies. You would
think that with ready online
access to the music and history
of the 60s, 70s and 80s that our
kids would take something of an
interest in whatever traditions or
history developed around music
when we were their age. But
they don't, not for long anyway.
Clearly we were not The
Greatest Generation.
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More Americans Report
Cancer Diagnoses
(All Gallup Headlines) additional adults with diagnosed
Submitted at 3/19/2010 2:00:00 AM with cancer than the year before.
Among major demographic
W A S H I N G T O N , D . C . - - groups, Americans 65 and older
Slightly more Americans were reported the largest uptick in
living with a cancer diagnosis in cancer diagnoses, from 17.7% in
2 0 0 9 t h a n w e r e i n 2 0 0 8 , 2008 to 18.5% in 2009 -- easily
according to Gallup-Healthways dwarfing all other age groups.
Well-Being Index data. The Among major racial/ethnic
nationwide increase of 0.3 groups, cancer diagnoses are
percentage points represents
approximately 690,000 MORE page 80
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substantially higher among
whites than among other groups.
Lower income Americans are
also somewhat more likely to
have been diagnosed with
cancer than their higher income
counterparts.
Maine, South Dakota, and
Florida Have Highest Cancer
Diagnosis Rates; Hawaii the
Lowest
Despite the slight increase in
cancer diagnoses nationwide,
rates vary by state. People in
Maine, South Dakota, and
Florida are more than twice as
likely to report having been
diagnosed with cancer than
those in Hawaii. In total, 14
states have a cancer diagnosis
rate of at least 8%, while
Alaska, New Mexico, and
Mississippi join Hawaii as the
only states with cancer
diagnosis rates of less than 6%.
States with higher than average
percentages of seniors, such as
Florida and South Dakota, will
be more likely to sustain higher
cancer rates.
See all states on page 2.
Implications
It is possible that to some
degree improving cancer
survival rates influence the
increase in the measured cancer
diagnosis rate, although
determining the extent of this
affect is extremely difficult.
Ever earlier detection via
aggressive screening, too, can
result in a net increase in the
percentage of Americans living
with a cancer diagnosis,
although this doesn't necessarily
reflect an authentic increase in
those that actually have it. As
improvements in early detection
and subsequent survival rates
across all cancers collectively
occur slowly over time, it seems
likely, therefore, that both of
these factors will at most have a
small impact on the rate of
cancer incidence in year-over-
year measurement.
For ongoing monthly Well-
Being Index results, read the
Gallup-Healthways Monthly
U.S. Well-Being Report.
Learn more about the Gallup-
Healthways Well-Being I ndex.
Survey Methods
Results are based on telephone
interviews with more than
350,000 national adults (aged 18
and older) each year, conducted
between Jan. 2-Dec. 30, 2008,
and Jan. 2-Dec. 29, 2009. The
reported 0.3 percentage point
increase in cancer diagnosis is
statistically significant with 95%
confidence.
For annual results based on the
stated total sample of national
adults, one can say with 95%
confidence that the maximum
margin of sampling error is ±0.2
percentage points. The margin
of sampling error for most states
is ±1-2 percentage points, but is
as high as ±3.5 percentage
points for smaller states such as
South Dakota and Hawaii.
Interviews are conducted with
respondents on landline
telephones (for respondents with
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cellular phones (for respondents
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phone mostly).
In addition to sampling error,
question wording and practical
difficulties in conducting
surveys can introduce error or
bias into the findings of public
opinion polls.
About the Gallup-Healthways
Well-Being Index™
The Gallup-Healthways Well-
Being Index measures the daily
pulse of U.S. well-being and
provides best-in-class solutions
for a healthier world. To learn
more, please visit well-
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Drug Treatment Could Sharpen Adult Brains
Stuart Fox (Popular Science -
New Technology, Science
News, The Future Now)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 9:02:38 AM
Tests in mice show potential for
reversing the slowdown in
learning that comes with
puberty
Anyone who's tried to learn a
second language knows that the
earlier in life you start, the
easier it is to learn. Now, a
scientist at the State University
of New York Downstate
Medical Center (SUNY) has not
only discovered why learning
becomes much harder after
puberty, but also how to fix it.
The SUNY team found that
learning difficulty resulted from
the proliferation of special
chemical receptors during
adolescence, and that the stress
steroid THP could reverse the
A Mariner's Tool Could Help Astronauts Navigate Alien
Worlds
Jeremy Hsu (Popular Science
- New Technology, Science
News, The Future Now)
Submitted at 3/19/2010 8:16:23 AM
Like GPS for marstronauts
It will probably take another
decade to perfect the
sophisticated rocket and life-
support technology needed to
put a human on Mars. But once
we're there, NASA may use
centuries-old technology to keep
us from getting lost during a
problem.
Sheryl Smith, the lead SUNY
researcher, first discovered the
learning impairment receptors in
2007, but only recently did she
link the spread of the receptors
during puberty to increased
difficulty learning. Smith tested
stroll.
Apollo crews never left sight of
their capsule, but explorers will
be expected to roam farther on
the Red Planet. Mars, however,
like the moon, lacks a strong
magnetic field to point a
compass needle north. This
conundrum inspired Richard
Speck, the founder of space-tech
company Micro-Space, to
design a camera system that
tracks celestial bodies for personal navigation cues. It uses
themselves again and again.
Later, Smith began providing
the mice with THP, a hormone
that lowers stress in young and
adult mice, but actually
increases stress in teenage mice.
Surprisingly, the increased
stress counteracted the learning
disability, allowing the
adolescent mice to learn to
avoid electrocution much faster.
This research holds significant
promise for human teenagers
with learning disabilities, but
even Smith cautioned that it will
be some time before this
mice on a rotating walkway research can be applied to
containing an electrified section humans. Of course, considering
of track. Young mice and older how stressful high school life
mice learned to avoid the can be already, I'm not sure any
electric shock after only one teens would volunteer.
pass. The pubescent mice, [ New Scientist]
however, failed to learn even
after multiple passes, shocking
the same principle as the
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Most Flawless
Diamonds Ever Are
Meant for Lasers, Not
Rings
Jeremy Hsu (Popular Science
- New Technology, Science
News, The Future Now)
Submitted at 3/18/2010 2:45:05 PM
Scientists need the diamonds to
build the next generation of X-
ray lasers
Powerful X-ray lasers may
allow scientists to image tiny
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sextant, the sun-mapping tool
invented in 1731 for sailors to
plot their course.
Four die-size cameras sit on an
astronaut's helmet so that each
points in one of the cardinal
directions. The cameras gauge
the position of any two celestial
objects-including the sun, Earth
and stars-and the helmet's
computer provides instant
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drug molecules or even
precisely target cancer cells, but
the lasers require extremely high
-quality mirrors to function well.
Now researchers have created a
nearly-flawless diamond that
can do the job, according to
Discovery News.
One X-ray laser already exists
in an underground facility at the
Stanford Linear Accelerator
Laboratory, where it spans
several football fields in length.
A backlog of experiments in
biology, physics and chemistry
has already formed, which led to
the need for more X-ray lasers.
Most lasers use silicon mirrors
to bounce light wavelengths
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location information to within a
quarter of a mile and projects it
on a head-up display. The
beauty of the system, Speck
says, is that unlike a GPS
network, it requires no satellites,
no transmitters-barely any setup
at all. "You could just start
exploring," he says.
Speck recently began making
prototypes, funded by a
$100,000 award from NASA's
Small Business Innovation
back and forth, but silicon can't
reflect powerful X-rays. That's
where diamond mirrors entered
the picture.
Two groups at the Argonne
National Laboratory in Illinois
and the Brookhaven National
Laboratory in New York built
the near-perfect diamond by
spraying carbon inside a high-
pressure chamber. The carbon
atoms then neatly arranged
themselves into the crystalline
structure of a diamond.
"This is a huge milestone in this
type of laser research," said
Stephen Durbin, a scientist at
Purdue University, in an
accompanying article in the
Research program. He thinks the
military might also have use for
the tool here on Earth.
Scrambling troops' GPS signals
is Espionage 101, but there's not
much enemies can do to block
the sun and stars.
journal Nature Physics about the
diamond mirror.
Jewelers can breathe a sigh of
relief about these near-flawless
diamonds not being available to
the public, but they have already
felt the pressure from other
synthetic diamonds that give the
mined rocks a run for their
money.
[via Discovery News]
Oorja Readies its
Competitor to Bloom
Energy, Panasonic
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Submitted at 3/19/2010 7:01:45 AM
Fremont, California-With
stationary fuel cells hot again,
Oorja Protonics is jumping into
the market.
In a few months, the company,
which specializes in methanol
fuel cells, will release a fuel cell
capable of generating 5
kilowatts of power, enough to
run a home or small business or
to provide backup power to cell
towers.
It's somewhat small in size, as
well. Check out the video: the 5-
kilowatt fuel cell fits on top of a
gurney. It is about the same size
as a 500-watt device Oorja
produced a few years back.
"This will sit on large forklifts.
You could use it for auxiliary
power for trucks, RVs or marine
applications, or for off-grid
power for homes or farms," said
CEO Sanjiv Malhotra. "This
opens up a plethora of other
markets."
For larger applications, the fuel
cells can be chain-ganged
together. Connect twenty of
them and they would be capable
of generating 100 kilowatts of
power -- as much energy as the
recently unfurled Bloom Energy
Server.
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Declining prices, federal and
state incentives, growing
demand for cleaner power and
improving technology have
begun to revive the fuel cell
industry. Panasonic began to sell
residential fuel cells to the
Japanese market approximately
a year ago while start-up
ClearEdge Power sells 5
kilowatt systems in California.
And last month, Bloom Energy
came out with its server amid a
worldwide frenzy of publicity.
Oorja will largely try to
distinguish itself on two
grounds. First, the company can
point to a somewhat large file
(for fuel cell makers) of real-
world customer experience. Last
year, it introduced a 1.5-kilowatt
fuel cell and over 200 of these
have already been installed by
customers such as Nissan and
Safeway. Last year, Nissan
estimated that 60 of the
methanol fuel cells in its
Smyrna, Tennessee factory will
save it close to $500,000 in
operating and battery costs. The
new 5-kilowatt system is
effectively a larger, improved
version of the 1.5 -kilowatt
Model 3.
Second, Malhotra says Oorja
will be able to undercut others
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in price. Whether or not the
company succeeds in that regard
remains to be seen, but it will
make for an interesting debate.
Bloom's Energy Server sells for
around $700,000 to $800,000
(or $7,000 per kilowatt) before
incentives, which can cover
around half of the price. After
incentives, Bloom claims its
server generates power for 9 to
11 cents a kilowatt hour, a
calculation that includes fuel,
maintenance and hardware
expenses. ClearEdge Power
sells a 5-kilowatt fuel cell for
$56,000, or more than $10,000 a
kilowatt. ClearEdge initially
sold its machine for $50,000 but
subsequently raised the price.
Malhotra declined to give a
price for the 5-kilowatt machine,
but said it will cost less than
Oorja's Model 3 fuel cell, which
generates 1.5 kilowatts and sells
for $15,000, or $10,000 a
kilowatt, before incentives. The
5-kilowatt machine is
approaching the point where it
can provide electricity for 20 to
25 cents per kilowatt hour, he
said, including maintenance,
fuel, replacement parts and other
incentives. Federal and state
incentives can cover half of the
costs. The fuel cell also
produces about as much heat as
energy and that heat isn't
included in the 20 to 25 cent
figure.
Thus, in many respects, Oorja
seems to be ahead of ClearEdge,
a more direct competitor, and
trailing Bloom in terms of
electricity by a few cents. Oorja,
though, can provide customers
heat for free, unlike Bloom, and
address a wider market.
Advantage, possibly, Oorja.
"It will offer the customer a
payback in less than 12
months," Malhotra said. "It is
extremely competitive with the
grid" when the added incentives
are considered.
Oorja's fuel cells produce both
heat and power. Only around 35
to 37 percent of the methanol
gets converted to electricity. If
the heat is added into the
equation, the fuel cell becomes
70 to 75 percent efficient.
ClearEdge claims it is close to
90 percent efficient with its heat
and power fuel cell while
Panasonic sells a 1 kilowatt fuel
cell in Japan that is about 80
percent efficient when heat and
power are both exploited.
Bloom's server is about 56
percent efficient, but it only
produces a marginal amount of
heat. Most of the power
generated is electricity, which
tends to be a higher value form
of energy. Thus, Oorja will
likely more directly compete
against ClearEdge and
companies like Panasonic
initially and aim for combined
heat-and-power applications,
such as hospitals, food
processors or certain industrial
sites where water needs to be
boiled, rather electricity-only
deployments.
One of the primary underlying
differences between Oorja and
the other large fuel cells lay in
the type of fuel it consumes.
Oorja's fuel cell runs on
methanol, similar to the fuel
cells produced by Toshiba and
others for consumer electronics.
Most methanol fuel cells are
small. Oorja's is about 50 times
larger than the others. The fuel
cells from ClearEdge and
Panasonic run on methane.
Bloom's fuel cell runs on
methane, biogas and other fuels,
but methane remains far and
away the easiest to obtain.
Naturally, each camp claims to
have the superior idea: methanol
proponents claim that the
methane-to-electricity process is
unduly complex while methane
proponents say that methanol
fuel cells can require a more
rapid turnover of components.
The debate, though, will be
decided by buyers.
Regardless of the type of fuel,
all of these fuel cells can
produce power at prices lower
than solar, which costs 10 to 19
cents a kilowatt hour in
California after incentives, with
residential, distributed solar
power costing them most. Wind
costs less than power from fuel
cells, but wind power is subject
to weather conditions and
generally gets generated in
large, centralized power
stations. Fuel cells deliver
power locally. Fuel cells are
also more efficient than the grid
-- only about one-third of the
power created in power plants
makes it to your home -- so they
can be considered clean forms
of power.
Oorja to date has largely
produced methanol fuel cells for
forklifts. Because the lead acid
packs can only produce power
for around four hours, large
grocery stores and warehouses
have to maintain battery
swapping stations. Oorja's fuel
cells, which fit onto the forklift,
continually recharge the battery
packs and allow the forklifts to
go a full shift without any
swaps.
Although it landed a number of
high-profile engagements and
funding from Sequoia Capital,
Oorja endured difficult times in
2009. The company came back
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from the brink with the Model 3,
which both increased the power
and dropped the price of its
products.
"With 1,500 watts, you can fill
the bill with a lot of
applications," according to CEO
Malhotra.
And what are the incentives?
Buyers can get a federal tax
credit for 30 percent of the cost
of a fuel cell and California
kicks in another $2.50 per watt.
Oorja's 1.5 kilowatt Model 3
therefore goes for $6,750 after
subsidies ($10,500 adjusted
federal price minus $3,750 in
California incentives). That
comes to $4,500 a kilowatt. If
the 5-kilowatt model stayed
level with the Model 3 pricing,
it would cost $22,500 not
including operations or
maintenance.
Consumers can also get credits
for feeding power into the grid
via a feed-in tariff.
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SunPower Gives Its Outlook for 2010, 2011 Raising $150M
info@greentechmedia.com conclusion of the ongoing them "one of the more vertically in future years,” he said. That Mezzanine Round
(Greentech Media: Headlines) accounting investigation related integrated companies." said, Werner stated that info@greentechmedia.com
Submitted at 3/19/2010 9:00:36 AM to its Philippines operations. SunPower likely won’t sell (Greentech Media: Headlines)
• SunPower has a total pipeline Julie Blunden, Vice President, power directly. Instead, it will
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crystalline silicon companies are years Communications led the press systems to developers. “We
taking a severe beating (See BrightSource Energy, the VC-
b r i e f i n g a n d T h o m a s don’t want to own,” he said.
Shyam's Q-Cells analysis) 2010 Guidance funded solar thermal hopeful, is
Dinwoodie, Founder and CTO Thin film is intriguing but
SunPower held an open house • For 2010, revenues are led a brief tour of the historic SunPower likely won’t get into looking to raise a $150 million
for press and an earnings call expected to be between $2.0 Richmond, California SunPower it. The returns will likely be mezzanine round, according to
which revealed strong earnings billion and $2.25 billion sources. The effort has been
f a c i l i t y . T h e a i r y , h i g h - greater if it continues to focus
and a relatively bright outlook. • Management guidance takes ceilinged building is a former on improving its existing going on for a few months -- the
First, the numbers from the into account 20% declines in Ford Model A factory now products. firm needs equity to match their
earnings call: DOE loan guarantee.
module pricing, and total capped with one megawatt of As for competition, Chinese
2009 Year End and Fourth production of least 550MW. solar panels on its roof. Investors in BrightSource have
manufacturers are still not
Quarter Numbers already put in more than $160
• For the first quarter of 2010, We saw deployment examples rivaling the company in the high
• SunPower reported 4Q09 t h e c o m p a n y ' s n o n - G A A P of their massive T20 tracker efficiency end of the market. million into the firm. Their
results with revenues of $548M, guidance is: revenue of $330 system (used at the 14 megawatt “High efficiency is mostly talk. investment syndicate includes
g r o s s m a r g i n o f 2 1 . 8 % , million to $350 million VantagePoint Venture Partners,
Nellis Air Force Base project), W e d o n ’ t s e e C h i n e s e
compared to $465 million in the Google.org, BP Alternative
the non-penetrating roof-mount companies competing with us
third quarter of 2009 and $398 Press Briefing and Tour Energy, StatoilHydro Venture,
T5 model and the company's on energy density,” he said.
million in the fourth quarter of SunPower will soon celebrate solar roofing tile. Black River, Morgan Stanley,
Werner didn’t give a name of a
2008. DBL Investors, Draper Fisher
its 25th anniversary and can SunPower still has the world's company, but he likely meant
• The firm completed m a r k s o m e Jurvetson, and Chevron
l a r g e highest efficiency commercially Suntech Power Holdings, which
construction of more than 40 a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s : Technology.
available solar cells -- NREL last year unfurled its high
megawatts of large scale power • The company has grown from h a s c e r t i f i e d a S u n P o w e r efficiency Pluto panels. Pluto BrightSource declined to
plant projects during the fourth 50 employees in 2003 to its module at 20.4% efficiency and panels do not hit the same levels comment.
quarter The well-funded Concentrating
current 5,000 employees across the firm's Gen 3 cells are at of efficiency as SunPower’s best
• On a non-GAAP basis for the the globe, of which 650 are in 24%. Solar Power (CSP) firm is fresh
panels, but the high teens
f o u r t h q u a r t e r o f 2 0 0 9 , the San Francisco Bay Area. from winning $1.37 billion in
And some notes from Tom achieved by the panels beat
SunPower reported a total gross • There are 500 megawatts of Werner CEO of SunPower loan guarantees from the U.S.
Suntech’s regular panels.
margin of 21.7% with an SunPower power plants around SunPower has not acquired or Despite the low impact of the Department of Energy and
operating income of $60.3 the world. receiving conditional approval
invested in ingots and silicon r e s t a t e d n u m b e r s a n d t h e
million. for their Ivanpah project, which
• In 2009 the company's run manufacturers and don’t expect optimism at the firm, quarterly
• The firm ended the year with rate was 400 megawatts. When that to change, he said. Instead, profits were down and some would be the first new solar
more than $925 million in cash t h e i r n e x t thermal plant built in California
f a b i n t h e SunPower will continue to focus analysts were disappointed by
and investments in almost 20 years. The Ivanpah
P h i l i p p p i n e s i s c o m p l e t e , m o r e o n t e c h n o l o g y a n d the 2010 guidance. The stock
• Dennis Arriola, SunPower's SunPower will have 1 gigawatt products utility scale power fell about 9 percent on the news. project is notable as one of the
CFO said, "Despite the difficult of cell capacity. world's largest solar projects at
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than 100,000 homes while
providing hundreds of jobs and
hundreds of millions in tax
revenues over its 30-year
lifetime.
The power generated from
these solar plants will be sold
under contracts with Pacific Gas
and Electric (PG&E) and
Southern California Edison
(SCE).
Bechtel will serve as the
engineering, procurement and
construction (EPC) contractor
for the Ivanpah Solar Electricity
Generating System. Bechtel
Enterprises, Bechtel's project
development and financing arm,
is also an equity investor in the
Ivanpah solar power plants.
When you hear the name
Bechtel in the same breath as a
solar startup, it's proof that solar
has entered the realm of big
money, big projects and utility-
scale reality.
Electricity at Ivanpah is
generated the same way as in
traditional power plants -- high
temperature steam turns a
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expected to qualify for a tax
credit to ease the pain of paying
college expenses for two of their
three children. But this year is
different.
The new American Opportunity
credit is worth up to $2,500 per
student each year during the first
four years of college. For most
students this break replaces the
Hope credit, which was good
turbine. The plant differs in how
the steam is produced.
Thousands of mirrors are
focused on a boiler filled with
water that sits atop a tower.
When sunlight hits the boiler,
the water inside is heated and
creates high temperature steam.
The steam is then piped to a
conventional turbine, which
generates electricity. The flat
mirrors, called heliostats, are
cheaper than the traditional
parabolic mirrors used in solar
thermal power plants and the
tower-style boiler can achieve
higher temperatures than
traditional systems.
Since the successful IPO of
A123 Systems, there’s been a
small flurry of VC-funded
greentech startups filing to go
public. Codexis, Solyndra,
Fallbrook and Tesla Motors
have filed their S-1s with the
SEC, a prelude to an IPO. The S
-1 doesn’t mean the IPO will
occur -- companies can
withdraw their offering, usually
"because of market conditions."
only for the first two years of
college. The American
Opportunity credit covers 100%
of the first $2,000 of expenses,
including tuition, fees and
books, and 25% of the next
$2,000. You can claim the full
$2,500 credit if you are single
and your income is $80,000 or
less ($160,000 if you're married
filing jointly). You get a partial
Other IPOs in the works are
Silver Spring Networks which
hired Morgan Stanley and
Jefferies & Co. to underwrite an
IPO as well as biofuel maker
Amyris, expected to file in the
second quarter.
Greentech VC Investor Vinod
Khosla's concern in greentech is
that "too many companies have
filed and we will get a nanotech
moment." He's "much more
concerned about premature
IPOs" and gives an example:
Codexis recently filed their S-1
form in preparation for an IPO
but according to Khosla, the
company is "pretending to be a
biofuels company when it is an
R&D firm."
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credit if you are single with
income up to $90,000 ($180,000
for joint filers). The Cormiers
can multiply that tax break by
two, saving them up to $5,000
on their 2009 tax bill.
But here's where it gets
confusing. Taxpayers with
similarly generous incomes (up
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Tax-Saving Secrets
(Kiplinger Personal Finance)
Forget everything you thought
you knew about filing your
taxes. With so many changes to
tax rules for 2009 resulting from
last year's massive economic-
stimulus package, you may be
able to claim some new tax
breaks, particularly if you
bought a house or a car, sent a
kid to college, made energy-
efficient home improvements, or
collected unemployment
benefits.
And even if none of those
special situations applies to you,
you'll still save on your taxes if
your 2009 income was about the
same as it was the year before --
thanks to new, inflation-adjusted
income-tax brackets and higher
amounts for the standard
deduction (which 70% of
taxpayers claim) and the
personal-exemption amount,
which every taxpayer can claim
for each member of his or her
household.
The standard deduction is
$5,700 for individuals (up $250
from 2008); $8,350 for single
heads of household (up $350);
and $11,400 for married couples
filing jointly (up $500). In
addition, the $3,650-per-person
personal exemption is up $150
from 2008. Tax brackets are
wider, too. For a married couple
filing a joint return, for example,
the taxable-income threshold
separating the 15% bracket from
the 25% bracket is $67,900, up
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from $65,100 in 2008. And
there's an added benefit for
taxpayers in the 10% and 15%
tax brackets: They pay zero
capital-gains taxes on profits
from investments they sold in
2009 (as long as they owned
them for more than a year).
Plus, most workers are eligible
for the new Making Work Pay
credit, worth up to $400 for
individuals and $800 for
married couples, depending on
income. Although you probably
received the money in the form
of reduced tax withholding from
your paycheck throughout the
year -- rather than a bigger
refund now -- you still have to
claim the credit on your tax
return to ensure that it is
counted against your 2009 tax
liability (see Tax Forms:
Cracking the Code). If you
don't, it could boost your tax bill
or reduce your refund.
At times, filling out your 2009
return may feel as if you're
taking a multiple-choice quiz,
guessing at the best option to
maximize your tax savings. If
you're not already using tax-
preparation software or working
with a professional tax preparer,
it may be time to seek help (see
Tax Prep: Most Can File for
Free).
Education breaks
With a sizable, six-figure
income, Timothy and Kathy
Cormier of Fairfax, Va., never
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to $80,000 for single or
$160,000 for married filers) can
claim a $2,000 tax deduction for
higher-education costs even if
they don't itemize -- but you
can't claim both the credit and
the deduction. So which should
you choose? Take the credit if
you can. A credit reduces your
tax liability dollar for dollar,
whereas a deduction merely
reduces the amount of income
that is taxed. In the 25%
bracket, for example, a $2,000
deduction reduces your taxes by
just $500, while a $2,000 credit
reduces your taxes by the full
$2,000.
Simple choice, right? Not so
fast. The American Opportunity
credit applies only to the first
four years of college, so anyone
paying bills for graduate school
would want to choose the
deduction -- that is, unless they
qualify for the even more
valuable Lifetime Learning
credit, which has lower income-
eligibility caps than the
deduction. The credit is
available for 20% of the expense
of any posthigh school classes
up to a maximum $2,000 credit
per tax return. For the full
credit, your income can't top
$50,000 if you're single or
$100,000 if you're married filing
jointly. A partial credit is
available to those with income
up to $60,000 ($120,000 if
married).
And the choices don't end there.
Parents with students attending
college in one of the ten
midwestern states that were
declared disaster areas after the
2008 floods should compare
their choices of credits to
determine which saves them the
most money, says John Roth, a
senior tax analyst with CCH, a
provider of tax information. The
Hope and Lifetime Learning
credits for the midwestern
disaster area are twice the usual
amounts and have been
expanded to include room and
board as qualifying expenses
(but the credits are subject to the
same income-eligibility limits).
The maximum Hope credit for
freshmen and sophomores is
$3,600 per student. But if you
claim a Hope credit for a student
in the midwestern disaster area,
you cannot claim an American
Opportunity credit for any
student in the same year. The
maximum Lifetime Learning
credit for any posthigh school
courses taken in the disaster area
is $4,000 per tax return. (Parents
of students attending colleges in
Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska
and Wisconsin are eligible.)
Home-buyer credit
New-home shoppers celebrated
when the popular $8,000 first-
time home buyer's credit was
extended to contracts signed
through April 30, 2010. But you
might have missed some of the
nuances. For example, income-
eligibility limits for this credit
differ depending on the date of
purchase; and current
homeowners who buy a new
home now qualify for a tax
credit, too.
If you bought your first home
between January 1 and
November 6, 2009, you are
eligible for a maximum credit of
$8,000 as long as your income
doesn't exceed $75,000 if you're
single or $150,000 if you're
married filing jointly. You're
considered a first-time buyer if
you didn't own a principal
residence during the three years
prior to closing on the new
home.
But the rules changed for
purchases after November 6.
Income-eligibility limits were
increased to $125,000 for the
full credit for single filers,
phasing out at $145,000, and to
$225,000 for joint filers,
phasing out at $245,000.
Homeowners who have lived in
the same principal residence for
at least five out of the past eight
years also became eligible for a
10% credit of up to $6,500 on
the purchase of a new home
after November 6. To claim the
credit, buyers must enter a
binding contract by April 30 and
must close on the sale before
July 1. Members of the military
who are serving overseas have
an extra year of eligibility (see
A Roster of Tax Breaks for
Military Families).
To claim the credit, you must
file Form 5405, "First-Time
Homebuyer Credit," and attach
a copy of your settlement
statement or a copy of the
certificate of occupancy for
newly constructed homes.
Homeowners must provide
proof of five consecutive years
of ownership, such as mortgage-
interest statements, property-tax
records or homeowners
insurance.
Because of the new
documentation requirements,
you can't file your tax return
electronically if you claim the
home-buyer credit. Print it out
and mail it with supporting
documents to the IRS. Be
prepared to wait. Refunds for
paper returns normally take
from four to eight weeks,
compared with about ten days
for e-filed returns. You can file
for the credit on your 2009
return even if you close after
April 15 by filing an extension
or amending your return.
Home-energy credit
So maybe you didn't buy a new
house last year, but you did
make some energy-efficient
home improvements. You may
claim a credit for 30% of the
cost of eligible home
improvements on your principal
residence, up to a maximum of
$1,500. The credit applies to
insulation and to energy-
efficient exterior windows and
doors, heat pumps, furnaces,
central air conditioners, and
water heaters. The new rule is in
effect for both 2009 and 2010,
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so if you claim the full $1,500
credit on your 2009 return, you
are not eligible for additional
credits in 2010.
Another residential tax credit,
designed to spur investment in
alternative-energy equipment
such as solar hot-water heaters,
geothermal heat pumps and
wind turbines for new and
existing homes, is worth 30% of
the cost of such items, including
installation, with no cap on the
amount.
New-vehicle deduction
If you sank some money into
new wheels last year, whether it
was a car, a motorcycle, a light
truck or a motor home, there's a
tax break for that, too. As long
as you purchased the new
vehicle anytime after February
16, 2009, you may be able to
deduct the state or local sales
tax or excise tax. The deduction
is limited to the tax you paid on
up to $49,500 of the purchase
price, but there is no limit on the
number of eligible vehicles.
To qualify for the full
deduction, your income can't top
$125,000 if you're single or
$250,000 if you're married filing
jointly. A partial deduction is
available for individuals with
income between $125,000 and
$135,000 and for joint filers
with income between $250,000
and $260,000.
Taxpayers can claim the new-
vehicle sales-tax break whether
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Think Like a Squirrel
(Kiplinger Personal Finance)
Many of us don't have the sense
God gave a squirrel. Consider
this choice: Buy refrigerator A,
which costs $50 less than fridge
B but uses $50 more in
electricity each year, or fridge
B, which saves money in the
long run. Select fridge B and
one year later you'll break even,
after which you'll save $50
annually. Yet despite the future
savings, one study showed that
most people faced with this
decision would choose to buy
the cheaper but less-efficient
fridge.
In this situation, as in many
others -- notably, neglecting to
sign up for your company
retirement plan -- immediate
financial gratification proves to
be a prime motivator. That's the
case even though the short-term
rush pales in comparison with
the long-term savings realized
from picking the more-efficient
appliance. Squirrels, by contrast,
stow nuts for the winter even
when it means skipping an acorn
or two in October.
Time plays tricks on our ability
to make smart decisions,
especially when it comes to
money. Here's another example:
When offered the choice
between taking $50 today or
$100 a year from today, most
people choose $50 now. But
take away the instant
gratification and the results are
reversed. That is, given the
alternative of receiving $50 in,
say, five years or $100 in six
years, most people will choose
$100 in six years. Yet that's the
same trade-off as with the
shorter time frame.
"We care a lot more about today
than about the future," explains
Harvard economics professor
David Laibson. "Humans, like a
lot of other animals, place full
weight on what happens right
now and half weight on what
happens even a few days away."
That's because we react
emotionally to immediate
gratification and think logically
about future rewards. And
emotion often trumps logic.
Logical thinking, including
thinking about our financial
future, occurs in the prefrontal
cortex of the brain. This was
demonstrated by Jordan
Grafman, a neuroscientist at the
National Institutes of Health,
who discovered that Vietnam
War veterans with injuries to the
prefrontal cortex struggled when
making long-term financial
decisions. "They had a difficult
time articulating goals for the
future, especially far into the
future, such as saving for their
children's education or planning
for retirement," says Grafman.
Be a noodge. So the trick to
making better financial
decisions for the long term is to
think like a squirrel. In some
cases, that's already being done
for us. The study on buying a
refrigerator took place in 1980.
Since then the government has
raised the bar on energy-
efficiency standards for fridges
and other appliances so that we
no longer have the option of
buying an appliance that's much
cheaper but much less efficient.
With regard to retirement
savings, many employers now
automatically enroll employees
in the company plan when
they're hired, and workers must
actively opt out if they don't
want to participate.
In the book Nudge: Improving
Decisions About Health,
Wealth, and Happiness, authors
Richard Thaler and Cass
Sunstein defend such tactics as
simple strategies to counteract
our human limitations.
How do you nudge yourself to
make better long-term
decisions? Laibson suggests
making time your ally. Instead
of immediately tackling a
daunting task, such as reviewing
your entire financial plan (when
you'd rather go to the movies or
play golf), take the first step by
making an appointment with a
financial planner to rebalance
your investments or work on
your estate plan.
Also, delaying a financial
decision by a few days can help
give the logical part of your
brain a chance to kick in. That
shiny new Rolex that screams
"buy me" when you're in the
store could look like an
expensive bauble when you're
paying your bills.
Kiplinger's is partnering with
Nightly Business Report on the
"Your Mind & Your Money"
series, funding for which is
provided by the FINRA Investor
Education Foundation. For
companion video reports, tune
in to NBR on your local PBS
channel March 15 and 29.
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Prepare for Storm
Season With
Flood Coverage
(Kiplinger Personal Finance)
The Northeast was hit hard by
storms and flooding recently,
and I hear that more storms are
on their way throughout the
country. What type of storm
damage is covered by
homeowners insurance and what
is covered only by flood
insurance? How much does a
flood policy cost?
Homeowners-insurance policies
typically cover damage that
comes from the top down --
such as rain and wind damage --
but they don’t cover rising water
and flooding.
You may be able to boost your
coverage a bit by adding a
sewage-backup rider to your
home-insurance policy. This
extra rider generally costs about
$50 per year to cover $10,000 to
$20,000 of damage if your
sewer backs up or if water gets
into your home because your
sump pump stops working. It’s a
good idea for everyone to add
this coverage.
To get flood coverage, you
must go through the National
Flood Insurance Program. Your
mortgage company may require
you to get flood insurance if you
live in a high-risk area, but the
coverage can be important even
if your lender doesn’t require it.
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or not they itemize their
deductions. But some itemizers
who bought a new car last year
can snag a double tax savings by
deducting both their state
income taxes, as part of their
itemized deductions on
Schedule A, and claiming the
special sales-tax deduction on
the same form.
Itemizers may even be able to
claim a tax break on the sales
tax they paid on new vehicles
purchased before the February
17 start date or even the sales
taxes they paid on used or
leased vehicles acquired in
2009. But it makes sense only
under certain circumstances. To
do so, you must choose to
deduct state sales taxes rather
than state income taxes on
Schedule A. In most cases,
income taxes will represent the
bigger deduction and are the
smarter choice. But those with
little taxable income, such as
retirees, or residents of states
with no income tax, such as
Florida or Texas, get a better
deal with the sales-tax
deduction. You can base the
write-off on actual receipts or
use IRS tables keyed to
household income, size and
state. Plus, if you use the tables,
you can add sales taxes paid on
big-ticket items, such as cars,
boats, RVs and building
materials. Of course, itemizing
makes sense only if it gives you
a bigger write-off than the
standard deduction.
Break for unemployed
With the highest jobless rate in
decades, many Americans are
receiving unemployment
benefits for the first time. The
first $2,400 of benefits collected
in 2009 is exempt from federal
income tax, but the exclusion
isn't automatic. You must
subtract $2,400 from the amount
of total unemployment
compensation shown on Form
1099-G to determine the taxable
amount to report on your Form
1040 (or 1040A or 1040EZ). If
both spouses received benefits,
each can exclude $2,400 from
taxable income.
A lower income in 2009 may
make it easier to deduct job-
hunting expenses, such as
résumé printing, postage, career
counseling and travel costs for
out-of-town interviews. You can
deduct these and other
miscellaneous expenses, such as
tax-preparation costs, only to the
extent that they exceed 2% of
your adjusted gross income.
Give some back?
Despite all of these tax breaks,
some taxpayers will receive
smaller refunds than usual and
others may end up owing
money. Blame it on the Making
Work Pay credit. Employers
adjusted tax-withholding
schedules during the year so that
you could receive an immediate
benefit from the 6.2% tax credit
worth up to $400 for individuals
and $800 for married couples,
subject to income limits. But
some employees, such as teens
with part-time jobs, aren't
eligible for the credit if they can
be claimed as dependents on
someone else's tax return.
Others may have received more
credit than they were due
because they worked more than
one job or because both spouses
worked and their combined
income topped eligibility limits.
The credit is reduced for
individuals whose income is
between $75,000 and $95,000
and for married couples with
joint income between $150,000
and $190,000; it's eliminated for
taxpayers with income higher
than those levels.
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Most people can buy federal
flood insurance through their
homeowners-insurance agent. If
you don’t have one, you can
find a local agent at the NFIP’s
FloodSmart.gov Web site. If
you want to have coverage in
place for the spring storms, you
need to act quickly -- there’s a
30-day waiting period before the
flood coverage takes effect.
Flood insurance can be
inexpensive for low-risk areas.
If you don’t have a basement,
the annual premium for a
preferred-risk policy can cost as
little as $348 a year for the
maximum coverage of $250,000
for your dwelling and $100,000
for your possessions, or $388
per year if you have a basement.
Similar coverage can cost
$1,484 per year in a moderate-
risk area, or more than $2,600 in
a high-risk area.
FloodSmart.gov has a great tool
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Mergers and Acquisitions To Pick Up this Year

(Kiplinger Personal Finance) "Much of 2009 was a nuclear valuations. “I think all three are the number of mergers and front, as they finally start to
winter for the M&A industry,” now improving somewhat,” he acquisition transactions to release their hold on funds
Conditions for mergers and says Dennis White, senior says. increase moderately or they’ve been hoarding for the
acquisitions are improving, counsel at McDermott, Will & Executives are keeping their significantly in the first half of past two years. With the
signaling more corporate deals Emery LLP and chairman of the eyes open for attractive 2010. About 74% said they economic outlook improving,
this year and next. After a tepid global board of directors of the businesses to buy. And they’ll expected debt markets to be a companies are more willing to
two years, the dollar amount of Association for Corporate actually find the money they little or much better. spend their own money. “Now
transactions will likely climb by Growth (ACG). White blames need to finance these deals. As lenders remain cautious, companies feel more
more than a third this year. Deal last year’s conditions on the About 82% of financiers and companies will rely less on comfortable taking risks,” says
values will hit more than $950 general economic downturn, consultants surveyed at the end outside financiers such as Dan Tiemann, who heads
billion in 2010 and continue to lack of credit and a chasm of 2009 by Thomson Reuters private equity groups. Instead,
grow an additional 20% in 2011. between buyers and sellers on and the ACG said they expected buyers will put in more cash up MERGERS page 89
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that lets you type in your
address and immediately see
your property’s flood risk, your
estimated premium and contact
information for agents serving
your area. It also has an
interactive tool to show how
much damage you could have
for each inch of flooding, and a
cool new flood history map that
lets you look up how many
flooding events and how much
flood damage there was in your
state and county in the past year,
along with a link to detailed
information about the floods.
The federal flood program
provides enough coverage for
most people. But the maximum
dwelling coverage of $250,000
could leave people who have
expensive homes short of what
they need in the event of a total
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KPMG’s transactions and
restructuring group.
Expect buyers to pick and
choose carefully, focusing on
expanding existing business
lines or filling in gaps in their
offerings. “The downturn has
separated winners and losers,”
says Tiemann. “This is a great
time for winners to be picking
up weakened competitors and
gaining market share.” They
will also look at suppliers and
other firms they do business
with to increase revenue without
building a division from the
ground up. They won’t be
loss. Several insurers, such as
Chubb and Fireman’s Fund,
offer excess flood coverage to
supplement the federal policy
and increase the coverage limits
to the same level as your
homeowners insurance. These
policies also provide some extra
coverage beyond the federal
plan, such as replacement value
for contents (the federal plan
covers only depreciated value)
and the cost of additional living
expenses should you have to
move out of your home for a
while because of the flood
damage.
For more information about
flood coverage and lessons from
people whose homes were
damaged in the Midwest floods
of 2008, see Lessons From the
Floods. Also see Insurance
taking chances on any hot new
start-ups or exciting
technologies.
It will help that sellers are
adjusting to and accepting lower
market prices. “Sellers are more
realistic about what their
companies are worth,” says
White. For smalls, in particular,
valuations have finally leveled
off after sinking by as much as
45% since the recession began
and revenue streams started to
dwindle.
Industries likely to see the most
activity: Retail, construction,
publishing, financial services
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Lessons After Katrina and Make
Your Insurer Pay for more
information about what is and
isn’t covered by homeowners
insurance after a storm, as well
as strategies that helped
homeowners get their claims
paid after Hurricane Katrina.
For advice on preparing your
finances for a disaster, see
Protect Your Home and
Finances Against Twisters and
Protect Your Home Before
Disaster Strikes.
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players still on the field. Plus
look for deals in technology and
health care, industries that are
solid growers.
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