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Bachmann steps aside, avoids House Republican-Tea Party tussle

Tabassum Zakaria (Front Row high-level drama when about adding a position at the
Washington) Republicans pick their leaders leadership table for a first-termer
Submitted at 11/11/2010 12:34:37 PM next week. in a nod to the freshly elected tea
(We don’t know yet whether there partiers.
There will be no showdown at w a s a n y b e h i n d - t h e - s c e n e s The question to be answered in
t h e G O P c o r r a l . ( F o r n o w gentlepersons agreement as is coming months is will the Tea
anyway). often the case on Capitol Hill, or Party members become an
C o n g r e s s w o m a n M i c h e l e whether it was simply a realistic offshoot sect or part of the fold?
Bachmann, a Tea Party potentate, look at her prospects for winning). Photo credit: Reuters/Molly Riley
decided to step out of the ring . In her statement last night, (Flag displayed in front of Capitol
And so evaporated the potential Bachmann said ”Jeb Hensarling by Tea Party supporters on
for a high-profile internal duel has my enthusiastic support” election day)
for House Republican Conference because the Texas congressman This entry passed through the
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Bachmann in July started the Tea to limited government, reduced your content and you're reading it
Party Caucus as the conservative spending, and lower taxes — all term after raising a House record as her recent claim that Obama’s on someone else's site, please read
m o v e m e n t w a s g a i n i n g positions promoted by the Tea $13 million in her latest campaign c u r r e n t o v e r s e a s t r i p c o s t our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/
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Party candidates who will want to conservative whose effective the Tea Party,” said political “Hensarling, her opponent in the
flex their muscles in the new voice played an important role in analyst Steve Schier of Carleton race, is probably as conservative
Congress. America’s decision to trust House College, in Northfield, Minnesota. as Bachmann but much less prone
But Bachmann’s decision has Republicans once again,” he said. “She is known for flamboyant and to verbal gaffes.”
staved off what could have been Bachmann won a third two-year factually dubious comments, such Republican leaders are talking
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Washington Extra – The elections are over, time to start
campaigning
Simon Denyer (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 11/11/2010 5:34:20 PM
The final result of the mid-term
elections is not even in yet, but
it’s never too early to start the
campaign for the White House in
2012. Former First Lady Nancy
Reagan invited Republican
candidates to take part in the first
presidential debate, to be held
next spring at the Ronald Reagan
Presidential Library and Museum
in California.
There are plenty of potential
candidates, including Mitt
Romney, Minnesota Governor
Tim Pawlenty and even former
House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
Then there’s Mississippi
Governor Haley Barbour, Indiana
Governor Mitch Daniels and
South Dakota Senator John
Thune. And of course, if no one
suitable throws their hat in the
ring, Sarah Palin has offered to
step up to the plate. Honestly,
spring seems such a long time to
wait.
Finally, a nod to the latest twist
in the post-Cold War spy drama,
with the unmasking of a Russian
double agent who betrayed a
Russian spy ring in the United
States in June before defecting.
The Russian paper which broke
the story quoted a Kremlin
official as saying a hit squad was
probably already planning to kill
him. ”We know who he is and
where he is,” the unidentified
official said. “Do not doubt that a
Mercader has been sent after him
already.”
In case you need reminding,
Ramon Mercader was the Soviet
agent who murdered exiled
Bolshevik Leon Trotsky with an
ice pick in Mexico in 1940,
although these days radioactive
polonium seems to be a more
popular weapon.
Here are our top stories from
Washington today…
Deficit plan could lay long-term
groundwork
A bold new plan to slash the
budget deficit may not get far in
Congress, but it could be a
starting point in coming years if
Washington decides to get serious
about controlling the federal
budget. It could force politicians
to confront the choices they will
have to make in coming years in
order to avoid a debt crisis along
the lines of Greece or Ireland,
analysts said.
For more of this story by Andy
Sullivan, read here.
For a factbox on potential areas
of consensus in the report, read
here.
Defense faces more pressure
from US deficit panel
Defense companies, already
under pressure to cut costs and
find new revenue streams, could
face even more pressure should
draft proposals of the deficit
reduction panel become reality.
Defense Secretary Gates already
has a plan to trim $100 billion
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serious” about talks with the
Palestinians as he met with
Hillary Clinton amid an impasse
which threatens to scuttle the U.S.
-backed peace negotiations.
“We’ll be talking about how to
resume and continue this process
to get a historic agreement with
peace and security between us and
the Palestinians,” Netanyahu said.
For more of this story, read here.
Top Russian spy defects after
betraying ring in US
The head of Russia’s deep cover
U.S. spying operations has
betrayed the network and
over five years from overhead and to discussing this and other issues defected, a Russian paper said.
low priority programs as a way to with bipartisan congressional The newspaper identified said the
pay for personnel costs and keep leaders next week.” man was responsible for
major weapons programs on For more of this story, read here. unmasking a Russian spy ring in
track. But under the new proposal, C F T C s e t s s w e e p i n g r u l e June whose arrests humiliated
those savings could go to deficit t i m e l i n e s a s c l o c k t i c k s Moscow and clouded a “reset” in
reduction instead, saving $28 The CFTC expects to unveil a t i e s w i t h W a s h i n g t o n . T h e
billion in 2015. series of draft rules within a betrayal would involve one of the
For more on the deficit panel m o n t h , i n c l u d i n g r e a l - t i m e most senior turncoats since the
from Reuters Insider televsion, reporting of swaps trades next fall of the Soviet Union.
click here. week and possibly the long- For more of this story, read here.
White House reiterates Obama awaited commodities market Popular Build America Bond
open to compromise on tax position limits on December 1. program fate uncertain
The White House sent more Gary Gensler said the agency An extension of the popular
signals of the potential for a tax would consider a host of major Build America Bonds program,
c u t c o m p r o m i s e w i t h rules at a November 19 meeting, considered a sure bet just a year
Republicans. “The president has the CFTC’s fifth so far as it races a g o , i s n o w d a n g l i n g i n
been clear that extending tax cuts t o c r a f t a s e r i e s o f 5 0 - 6 0 uncertainty after the Republican
for middle-class families is his top regulations to implement its share midterm election victory. Taxable
p r i o r i t y a n d h e i s o p e n t o of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street BABs were created in last year’s
compromise to get that done,” reform law. stimulus and are set to expire
said a White House spokesman. For more of this story, read here. when the plan ends next month.
“He has also expressed concern Netanyahu tells Clinton he is Intended to finance infrastructure
about the cost of making the serious about peace projects and restart stalled credit
h i g h e s t i n c o m e t a x c u t s Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin WASHINGTON page 3
permanent and is looking forward Netanyahu said he was “quite
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markets for states and local
governments, the bonds caught on
like wildfire. Despite their
popularity, the bonds are
endangered.
For a related graphic, click here.
What we are blogging…
First Republican presidential
debate planned for next spring
Okay, here we go again. Time to
start looking ahead to 2012. The
first republican presidential
candidate debate will be next
spring at the Ronald Reagan
Presidential Library and Museum
in Simi Valley, California. Setting
up the debate could force some
would-be candidates to make a
decision on whether they will run.
We’re talking about you, Sarah
Palin.
For Steve Holland’s full post,
click here.
Bachmann steps aside, avoids
House Republican-Tea Party
tussle
There will be no showdown at
The Charnel Continent
Istvan Deak (The New Republic
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What's Behind the Leak of Disney's Earnings Report?
Mark Fightmaster
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 11/12/2010 10:50:00 AM pushed the stock lower.
Filed under: Earnings Reports, earnings results as I am in the
Rumors, Walt Disney (DIS)
Thursday, the company I fondly Mallas touched on in the first
call the House of Mouse -- Walt paragraph, the earnings were
the GOP corral. (For now
anyway). Congresswoman
Michele Bachmann, a Tea Party
potentate, decided to step out of
the ring . And so evaporated the
potential for a high-profile
internal duel for House
Republican Conference chair, the
fourth highest position.
For Tabassum Zakaria’s full post,
click here.
From elsewhere…
First Starbucks at sea steams into
Florida port
Coffee lovers looking for a bit of
sea air flavor in their espresso or
Frappuccino might want to
sample the first Starbucks at sea,
which steamed into a Florida port
on board the world’s largest
cruise liner. Starbucks already has
a nautical link — its founders
took the name from the first mate
on the whaler that hunted Moby
Dick in Herman Melville’s novel.
For more of this story, read here.
For more stories from our
Bloodlands: Europe Between
Hitler And Stalin
By Timothy Snyder
Disney ( DIS) -- released fourth-
quarter earnings that eventually
I am not as interested in the
news that my colleague Steven
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Washington correspondents visit
www.reuters.com and stay
informed.
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Galbraith (2008 Republican
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First Republican presidential debate planned for next

spring
Steve Holland (Front Row see some providing their final
Washington) decision late this year or early
Submitted at 11/11/2010 2:10:48 PM next.
For more Reuters political news,
Nov 11, 2010 15:10 EST click here. A Quick Reminder Of
Okay here we go again. Now that Photo credit: Reuters/Gary
the 2010 elections are behind us, Cameron (Reagan, his fellow ex-
Why Commodity Prices
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2012. And so today we have H.W. Bush at the opening of the Instant
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Here's The REAL Reason Why Some Superangels Want To Keep

Valuations Down And Just Flip
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry nobody's pointed out why doing secondary sales and/or DST-type
(Business Insider) such a thing would be so deals.
Submitted at 11/12/2010 11:13:21 AM attractive to superangels. After all, But for this approach to work, the
you would think that any investor, valuations at which superangels
S o - c a l l e d " s u p e r a n g e l s , " angel, superangel or VC, would invest have to be low. If you're
business angels who have gone want to invest in the next Google going for an eight figure exit, a
pro and raised a fund from or Facebook. lower investment valuation is
i n s t i t u t i o n a l i n v e s t o r s , a r e But besides the additional risk in going to matter a lot more than if
changing the startup investment going for the multibillion dollar you're going for a ten figure exit.
landscape and, some say, not for outcome and how tens of millions Of course, we'll probably never
the better. of dollars can completely change know if there really was (or is)
The superangels have basically the life of a young startup "collusion" to bring early stage
brought two different kinds of founder, there's also a reason why valuations down, and we don't
concerns, which we'll see are keeping valuations down and doubt that many superangels want
related: going for the flip can appeal to build huge, disruptive
• That superangels are bidding up specifically to superangels: it's businesses and not just flip. But
v a l u a t i o n s f o r s t a r t u p s , because superangels are evaluated we think it's important to point out
p a r t i c u l a r l y c o n s u m e r w e b according to their Internal Rate of that there's an economic logic to
startups, to an insane point, and Return (IRR) and not on a cash superangels wanting to "flip."
• That superangels are investing multiple basis.
money from institutional investors investments. Superangels with Join the conversation about this
and encouraging companies to There's a crucial difference called Limited Partners (LPs), like better IRRs can raise bigger funds story »
just "flip," i.e. get acquired for between the two. Cash multiple See Also:
big banks, pension funds and and/or demand higher fees.
eight figure amounts that would just says how much cash is • What Founders REALLY Care
university endowments. And these By focusing on the speed, and not
make the founders rich and give returned versus how much cash About When They Choose Their
LPs don't just invest in venture just the size of the exits,
the angels a good return, but are was invested. But IRR takes into Investors
funds, they invest over a very superangel funds can give much
too small to matter for VCs and to account those returns over time.
large range of asset classes, from better IRRs to their investors than • Storm Clouds On The Horizon
build the huge, iconic companies In other words, a huge payout For Web Entrepreneurs
the pedestrian (stocks, bonds) to most traditional VCs.
that startup founders are supposed after a long period of years can
the exotic, like private equity. LPs And the macro environment • Meet The Most Active Angel
to want to build. work out to a lower IRR than use IRR to compare the returns favors this, too. Companies take Investor In The World
smaller, but quicker, payouts that over all these different asset forever to go public now which,
All these worries came to a head end up returning less cash overall
classes, and professional venture all else being equal, will lower
when Michael Arrington accused to investors. (For an example, see
investors, whether traditional VC VCs' IRR. Meanwhile it's much
several prominent Silicon Valley this post by Andrew Parker, a VC
or superangels, need to have a easier for superangels to sell their
superangels to collude to keep at Spark Capital.)
better IRR than those other stakes in big startups through
startup valuations down. But Superangels, like VCs, raise

Gold Just Got Crushed, As Broader Markets Hit Their Lowest Levels Of The Day
Joe Weisenthal (Money Game) Gold just got crushed, and other lowest levels of the day, with both Join the conversation about this
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Meanwhile equities are near their off over 1% now.
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Can Computer Code Be Greener? Facebook Thinks So

David Zax (Fast Company)
Submitted at 11/12/2010 11:20:16 AM

One of Facebook's green

initiatives involves converting
their software from one language
to another. What makes one code
greener than another?
Facebook, which is getting some
negative PR on environmental
issues, recently announced several
green initiatives. Some of them
are intuitive: getting employees to
cut down on water usage, a
shuttle bus, composting. Most
intriguing, though, is one
initiative to ensure that the very
code written by Facebook's
programmers is itself as green as
possible, something achieved by
converting Facebook's code from
one language called PHP to
another called C++.
How can it be that one type of Andersen, an assistant professor faster." of them.) Kathleen Fierher, an Social Code Group and author of
computer code is "greener" than of computer science at Carnegie It might seem counterintuitive Intel employee affiliated with the the book Greening Through IT.
another? And what is the greenest Mellon. "That's a question we that a program with more lines of Climate Savers Computing Tomlinson further complicates
code? computer geeks love to fight code would run faster. But since Initiative, explains that in a matters by questioning the notion
Some programming languages about." C++ is rawer, in a sense--closer to personal computer, you want a that an energy-efficient Facebook
are more energy efficient than For the most part, though, the those ones and zeroes that language that will "race to idle"-- necessarily translates into a
others because they simply run computer geek consensus is that computers ultimately run on--it that is, finish a given job as fast as greener--in the sense of more
faster. A program that can be the so-called "interpreted" means there is less digestion, so possible, then let the computer sustainable--world. If Facebook
executed faster reduces the load languages like PHP are slower to speak, involved. "C++ is rest. For servers, on the other halves its energy expenditure but
on a central processing unit, than the "compiled" languages already written in machine code," hand, which are constantly doubles its size or its user base,
which in turn demands less like C++. In general, interpreted says Joel Ross, a Ph.D. student active, you just want to be assured "that may not make the world
energy from the massive data languages are easier to program in UC Irvine's Social Code Group, that you are getting an optimal more sustainable, but rather just
centers run by Facebook that pull in, but take longer to run. "If you "whereas PHP, every time you performance/watt ratio. make more Facebook," he says.
electricity from the grid. The write the same program in PHP or run it, it has to get converted." So is there such a thing as the [Image: Flickr user n3wjack]
question, "Which programming C++ ," says Andersen, "you'll find Is C++ always the fastest "greenest code"? No. "In
languages are greenest?" is the C++ version takes ten times language? Not necessarily, says general, I would say there is no
actually just another way of as many lines of code to write, Ross: "Languages can have one language that is the fastest--
asking which produces the making it harder, but the different strengths." (And there it's application specific," says Bill
fastest code, says David program in C++ runs five times are hundreds, if not thousands, Tomlinson, Director of the
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IAmSpartacus Uprising Shows the Power, and Problems, of

Twitter Humor
Addy Dugdale (Fast Company)
Submitted at 11/12/2010 11:05:19 AM

Twitter is the perfect vehicle for

comedians, established or
otherwise. Shame the British
courts disagree.
The Twittersphere is hashtagging
support for a British man
convicted of menacing behavior
after using the deadly weapon of
humor: he joked about blowing up
an airport in a tweet. Twitter users
have retweeted Paul Chambers'
original update, from January 6 of
this year, by the thousands,
turning the # IAmSpartacus
hashtag into Twitter's biggest
trending topic. The underlying
message is that, in a country lose his sense of humor. Twitterer detained under a different law to cases, cuts deeper (witness Ricky a truth universally acknowledged
which positively revels in -in-Chief Stephen Fry, has offered Chambers (Chambers' sin was to Gervais). "British humor is less that irony doesn't come across so
sarcastic and ironic humor, our to pay Chambers' fine, and a fund have broken a law originally constrained than many others, and well when used in online
judiciary do not seem to be able has been set up to to pay for brought in to protect telephone some from other countries may communications, but in cases
take a joke. another appeal, if Chambers operators in the 1930s, while find it offensive. Contents here such as these two, following the
As a result of the verdict, decides to re-appeal. Compton's law dates back to include smut and innuendo, spirit of the law rather than the
Chambers lost his job as a In a separate incident yesterday, a 2003) speaks volumes about the disrespect to members of the letter of it is surely the way
financial manager, and so British councillor was arrested confusion of the authorities over establishment, the absurd, the forward. After all, a snarky, 140-
mounted an appeal to have the after he jokingly asked Twitter modern mediums of macabre, the class system and the character one-liner on a social
conviction quashed. Yesterday users to stone a British journalist. communication. embarrassment of social networking site is one thing.
however, the judge rejected his As a result, Gareth Compton was As Michael Cosgrove points out ineptitude." Terrorist propaganda on the web
appeal, calling the tweet detained under the on Digital Journal, however, The judge's decision has sent the is another.
"menacing in its content and Communications act, and British humor is in a different British humor classes into a
obviously so." To add insult to suspended by the Conservative division to other countries. That's frenzy. David Mitchell, Graham
injury, she upped his fine by party. He has since apologised. not to say it's better, but it's Linehan and Peter Serafinowicz
£2,000, to £3,000. Even in a The fact that Compton was certainly blacker--and, in some have all waded into the furore. It's
crisis, it seems, Chambers didn't
The Worn-Out Heart
Helen Vendler (The New Canti (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 498
Republic - All Feed) By Giacomo Leopardi pp., $35)
Submitted at 12/1/2010 11:00:00 PM Translated and annotated by
Jonathan Galassi
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How Tynt Helps 600,000 Sites Copy and Paste Your Interests
E.B. Boyd (Fast Company)
Submitted at 11/12/2010 11:05:03 AM
If you’re a publisher, you want to
know what your readers are most
interested in--that way you can
better target editorial and keep
readers coming back. Until now,
most publishers have relied on
tracking whole pages to discern
their readers' priorities. But a tool
from a company called Tynt,
based in Calgary, is giving them
even better insight--by showing
them the specific content within
each page that readers are passing
on to others.
You may know of Tynt already.
It’s the software that appends the
"Read More" URL whenever you
copy text off a website paste it
into a document or email. Over
600,000 sites use the technology,
including the Time Inc. and
Conde Nast family of magazines.
The links included with the text
help publishers by driving traffic
Chinese Vase Found in London House Sells for $68 Million
(Epoch Times | All headlines)
Submitted at 11/12/2010 10:17:54 AM
A Chinese vase from the Qing
Dynasty sold at an auction for a
record price of $68 million on
Thursday, according to CNN.
The 16-inch-tall vase was
discovered in a house in the
suburbs of London and sold for
more than 40 times what it was
expected to sell at the auction.
back to their sites (when one
reader sends an interesting morsel
to another), and the proliferation
of links helps their search juice.
Equally useful is the dashboard
Tynt is now providing to
customers, that lets them see the
specific parts of a story users are
cutting and pasting. When
President Obama came to the Bay
The vase, which is of yang cai
decoration from the Qianlong
period in the 1740s, according to
the Bainbridges auction house
blog, sold the for the highest
amount in any auction of an Asian
art piece.
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Asian art," Helen Porter, of
Bainbridges, told Reuters.
"It's part of the end of Asian Art
week, so there were a lot (of
Area shortly before the midterm
elections, SFGate, the online site
of the San Francisco Chronicle,
reported on a handful of
fundraisers the president attended,
including one hosted by Google
executive Marissa Mayer.
“People were reading through the
story and copying ‘Marissa
Mayer’ and pasting it into Google
buyers) over for that and the room
was absolutely full of Chinese
people bidding against each
other," Porter added.
CNN reported that with the final
fees of 20 percent tacked on the
sale, the anonymous buyer will
have to shell out more than $85
million to take the piece home.
Porter said that they had no idea
that the item would fetch that
much at the auction.
to try to find out who this person
was,” SFGate's vice president for
digital Michele Slack told Fast
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should have hyperlinked [Mayer’s
name] to a page about her that put
together a lot of articles we
already have about her and give
people that information ourselves
instead of having them go out to
"They were hopeful but they
didn't dare believe until the
hammer went down," Porter told
CNN. “When it did, the sister had
to go out of the room and have a
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and sister found the vase when
settling their family home after
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Submitted at 11/12/2010 11:14:46 AM
Reigning 400-meter Olympic
gold medalist LaShawn Merritt
went to arbitration with US Anti-
Doping Agency after the
organization slapped him with a
21-month ban for failing a drug
test.
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three times in late 2009 and early
2010. Merritt claims the failed
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Eleven store."
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in ingesting the substance he was
slapped with the ban.
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IOC's Olympic ban on Merritt.
The International Olympic
Committee declares that any
athlete banned for 6 months or
more is automatically ineligible
for the next Olympic Games.
The arbitrators don't think that's
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are not bound by the arbitration
rule and that Merritts' Olympic
ban will stand.
With 2012 looming, Olympic
athletes will be watching closely
to see if this dispute can find a
settlement.
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Rapper Shyne resurrects his career in Holy Land (AP)

(Yahoo! News: Most Viewed) now calls himself Moshe Levi by Combs — then known as Puff be and I gotta pay for those music. He says the themes of
Submitted at 11/12/2010 9:57:32 AM Ben-David says his roots go even Daddy — who signed him to his mistakes," he said. helping others by highlighting
deeper and that even as a boy in Bad Boy record label. Shyne Discussing the shooting, he said, injustice remain the same, but he
JERUSALEM – The rapper the streets, he was oddly drawn to embraced the lifestyle of women, "my guilt is endless for a lot of has toned down his rhetoric.
Shyne is singing a new tune: After Judaism and identified with its booze and partying but said he other things that I didn't get "I naturally stopped using the N-
serving eight years in prison for a biblical heroes. was already turning away from caught for, so that is how I try to word, I naturally stopped being
nightclub shooting, the former "I grew up in a war, constantly that when "the incident" look at it." misogynistic," he said. "My
protege of Sean "Diddy" Combs battling, and the only person I happened. He was released a year ago, then connection to God is the water
h a s c o n v e r t e d t o O r t h o d o x could relate to was King David. In late 1999, Shyne was at a deported to his native Belize that nourishes who I am and
Judaism, come to Jerusalem, and Of course I love Michael Jordan, I Manhattan club along with Combs where he is appealing the decision allows me to grow."
is devoting his days to the study love Mike Tyson, I love the and his then-girlfriend, Jennifer so that he can return to the U.S. But Shyne said he can't forget his
of Torah while plotting a musical typical people that people love, Lopez, when he was involved in a and go on tour. past altogether.
comeback. Muhammad Ali, but I had more of high-profile shooting that left He reconnected with his "I still drop the F-bomb ... but
His arrival in the Holy Land caps a connection with King David," three people injured. estranged father, Prime Minister overall I am not the same person,
an unorthodox journey that began he said. Combs was cleared of gun Dean Barrow, and he now serves 10 years of not having a woman,
in Flatbush, Brooklyn, where he Shyne, 32, has swapped his hip- possession charges but Shyne was as a goodwill ambassador for 10 years of not being able to kiss
grew up and was shot at the age of hop attire of oversized basketball sentenced to 10 years for assault, Belize. my mother makes me love women
15. He then joined the high-flying jerseys and diamond studded teeth gun possession and reckless He arrived in Israel several on a level that I never loved
hip-hop universe and ended up in for the traditional black suit and endangerment. Shyne says he months ago for the Jewish New women," he said. "I can still blow
a maximum security state prison white knee-high stockings favored acted in self-defense after Year and has since undergone a somebody's head off if they try to
before he was eventually deported by the Belz Hassidic sect. He someone else pulled a gun. conversion process and a hurt my mother. We all have that
to Belize — where his father wears a black skullcap over his It was in prison where he said he symbolic circumcision. in us."
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(AP)
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Submitted at 11/12/2010 10:59:15 AM
HOWARD, Ohio – Authorities
were searching for an Ohio
woman, her two children and a
female friend in an investigation
that prompted an overnight
lockdown on the campus of
Kenyon College, where the
woman's pickup truck was found
nearby, a sheriff said Friday.
The 32-year-old mother, Tina
Herrmann, was reported missing
by her boyfriend on Wednesday,
and her co-worker at a Dairy
Queen went to her home in
Howard to check on her when she
didn't show up for work on
Thursday, Knox County Sheriff
David Barber told WBNS-TV.
Also missing are the woman's 13-
year-old daughter, Sarah
Maynard, her 10-year-old son,
Kody Maynard, and a 41-year-old
woman who is a friend, he said.
The sheriff did not immediately
return messages seeking to
confirm the friend's name.
"When (Herrmann's co-worker)
went in, she saw some things out
of place," the sheriff told the
television station. A subsequent
police search of the house
determined that it was in an
"unusual condition" for a place
where a woman and two children
were living, Barber said.
It was unclear what led to their
disappearance, and Barber did not
elaborate.
The split-level house is
surrounded by trees and sits
isolated on a relatively short, rural
roadway. Both ends of the road
were blocked off Friday with
yellow crime-scene tape, as
sheriff's deputies stood guard.
The friend's vehicle was found
parked at the home, authorities
said.
Herrmann's pickup truck was at
the home Wednesday when the
boyfriend reported her missing,
the sheriff said, but it was found
abandoned Thursday night on
property owned by Kenyon
College, about 50 miles northeast
of Columbus. The college ordered
a lockdown of all students until 7
a.m. Friday.
The truck was discovered at the
Brown Family Environmental
Center, across the road from
campus, but was later removed.
The sheriff's office told the school
that the vehicle was believed to be
connected to a crime scene.
An e-mail sent to Kenyon
students, provided to The
Associated Press, says "local law
enforcement advised of a
potentially dangerous person in
the vicinity."
Shawn Presley, a Kenyon
College spokesman, said
authorities were referring to a
suspect linked to the missing
women and children.
He said the college did not
believe there was any threat to
students and that the lockdown —
instructing students to go to their
residents halls and remain there
— was done strictly as a
precaution. Authorities did not
say whether they found anyone,
Presley said.
David McCabe, 18, a Kenyon
freshman from New York, said
the college sent vans to take
students to their dorms from the
campus library and student center.
"At first people were a little
nervous, but I think in general
most people felt pretty safe,"
McCabe said, speaking of the
students in his dorm. The college
radio station kept students
updated on the situation, McCabe
said.
"As it became clear that the
lockdown was more a precaution
than a threat, people became a
little calmer," he said.
The sheriff's office declined to
comment on the situation. The
state's Bureau of Criminal
Identification and Investigation
was providing crime scene
assistance, said spokesman Ted
Hart, who deferred other
questions to the sheriff.
Sarah Maynard is a 7th grader at
East Knox Middle School, where
her brother is in the 5th grade,
school officials said. The district
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EU Gets
Tough With
had staff available if any students
were upset about their missing
classmates and wanted to talk,
Soft Power
Judah Grunstein (World Politics
Superintendent Matt Caputo said Review: Trend Lines)
Friday.
Bill Miller, a bus driver for the Submitted at 11/12/2010 5:53:00 AM
East Knox local schools, said he
There are no dramatic
was very familiar with the two
developments here, but it is
children and said he picked them
another data point -- similar to
up every day as part of his route.
something I flagged earlier-- in
"(They are) perfect kids, never
the EU's ability to toughen up its
had any trouble with the kids.
soft power approach in order to
They were great," Miller said,
more strategically defend its
stopping to talk in his car Friday
interests:
morning while driving to his bus.
Europe's top trade official has
"They're always out in the yard,
signaled his intention to create a
playing ball back and forth,
new retaliatory trade tool, amid
kicking stuff around. No problems
ongoing complaints from
I ever saw."
European businesses that they
Kenyon College is a private
are being excluded from Chinese
liberal arts school in central Ohio
public contracts.
with an enrollment of about
I think of the EU's strategic
1,600.
potential in the same terms as
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Associated Press writer Doug
potential: tons of upside if they
Whiteman in Columbus, Ohio,
only figure out how to "monetize"
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(Reuters: Top News)
Submitted at 11/12/2010 10:37:30 AM
International Monetary Fund
(IMF) Manging Director
Dominique Strauss-Kahn listens
during a plenary session of the
G20 Summit in Seoul November
12, 2010. The Group of 20
struggles at its summit in Seoul to
agree how to put the world
economy on a sounder footing, as
renewed fears over Ireland's
ability to pay its debts underscore
the lingering fallout of the global
financial crisis.
Credit: Reuters/Yonhap/Pool
By Jan Strupczewski
BRUSSELS| Fri Nov 12, 2010
11:37am EST
BRUSSELS(Reuters) - Ireland is
in talks to receive emergency
funding from the EU and it is
likely the former "Celtic Tiger"
will become the second euro zone
country after Greece to require a
rescue, sources said on Friday.
Irish borrowing costs have shot to
record highs this week on
concerns about the country's
ability to get a deficit swollen by
bank bailouts under control, as
well as worries private bond
holders could be forced to
shoulder part of the costs of any
bailout by taking "haircuts" on
their holdings.
Government officials in Dublin
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Adam Dachis (Lifehacker)
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have denied repeatedly in recent
days that they plan to tap EU
funds and a finance ministry
spokesman said after the Reuters
story was published that Ireland
had made no application for aid.
Euro zone sources told Reuters
that aid discussions were under
way, however, with one official
saying it was "very likely" Ireland
would get financial assistance
from the EU facility set up after
Greece was forced to seek aid in
May.
"Talks are ongoing and European
Financial Stability Facility
(EFSF) money will be used, there
will be no haircuts or
restructuring or anything of the
kind," one euro zone source said.
A second source confirmed the
talks.
The spreads between Irish 10-
year bond yields and German
benchmarks have rocketed to
highs of nearly 700 basis points
over the past two weeks on fears
of "haircuts" but they narrowed to
around 580 basis points after the
Reuters story.
The euro, which has also suffered
from currency bloc jitters, came
off its highs of the day to trade
around $1.37.
Pressure on Irish and other
peripheral euro zone debt had
eased slightly earlier in the day
after France, Germany, Italy,
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Spain and Britain issued a
statement at a Group of 20
summit in Seoul that confirmed
holders of existing euro debt
would not take a hit.
But borrowing costs remain sky
high and the pressure on Ireland's
fragile banks may have forced the
government to enter aid talks even
though it is fully funded until mid
-2011 and does not face the same
liquidity crisis that confronted
Greece earlier in the year.
HUMILIATING SETBACK
Going to the EU for aid would
represent a humiliating setback
for a country that posted some of
the best growth rates in the 16-
nation euro zone in the bloc's first
decade of existence.
The global financial crisis, weak
regulation of the banking sector
and a property bubble fueled by
rock-bottom interest rates
eventually caught up to Ireland.
This year its deficit is projected to
total 32 percent of gross domestic
product (GDP), easily the highest
in Europe.
Jean-Claude Juncker, the
chairman of the Eurogroup forum
of euro zone finance minister, said
the EU was following the
situation in Ireland very closely
but that it was up to Ireland to
decide whether to seek support.
He said there was no immediate
reason to think Ireland would ask
for aid.
Earlier on Friday, Irish Prime
Minister Brian Cowen blamed
Germany for aggravating Ireland's
woes by pushing the idea of asset
value reductions for private
bondholders in a future rescue
mechanism that Berlin wants in
place by 2013, when the EFSF
facility expires.
Nov 12, 2010 1:55am EST
This is what happens when you
adopt the U.S. greed system..
Nov 12, 2010 2:26am EST
EU trying to control currency,
America out of control
Nov 12, 2010 2:34am EST
You don’t have to be ignorant to
keep repeating the same old sad
song of “Greed”, But it helps. So
childish to keep putting our
country down. Americans are the
greatest. Wanting to make a lot of
money is worldwide and healthy.
Stop being a victim and join the
sucessful masses, Be happy, it
doesn’t hurt.
Nov 12, 2010 5:41am EST
EU should address the problem
of financing the deficit of its own
members within itself. Any
attempt to share it with the world
markets will rapidly turn it
hostage to the IMF and its devious
ways of handling democracies.
What we see here is global tactics
in full swing.
Nov 12, 2010 9:10am EST
fellow readers in this week's open
thread. More »
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So the EU elites say don’t worry,
be happy, nobody is gonna take a
hit on their Irish/Spanish/
Portuguese bonds. German
taxpayers will be only too happy
to make up the difference! Like
last spring with the Greeks!
Apparently there’s an unlimited
amount of money – and patience –
in Germany to cover up the
foibles of the PIIGS. We shall see.
In the meantime, what’s your bid
for Euros?
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Vietnam Veterans Honored on Veteran's Day
(Epoch Times | All headlines)
Submitted at 11/12/2010 8:52:05 AM
Members of Operation Freedom
Bird lay a wreath in front of the
Vietnam War Memorial. (Ronny
Dory/Epoch Times Staff)
WASHINGTON—The Vietnam
Wall was a center for
remembrance yesterday. War
veterans and civilians gathered at
the Vietnam War Memorial,
Constitution Gardens on Nov. 11
for a ceremony to honor the
healthy and wounded survivors of
the Vietnam war and to remember
the 58,267 documented American
servicemen and women who died
in the Vietnam War, whose names
are etched on the Vietnam War
Memorial Wall.
“To our men and women in
uniform, please know that today
and every day we are aware of
what you do for our country , we
know that there are personal costs,
we know that the blessings that
we enjoy are safeguarded by
unselfish and tireless effort, and
we may say to you: thank you,
thank you, thank you, “ said
Michael Heisley, founder of the
Heico Companies, board member
of the Heisley Family Foundation,
in his keynote address.
In attendance were Vietnam
veterans, many of whom wore
jackets with patches to signify
their service. American Goldstar
Wives and American Goldstar
Mothers were present to
remember their husbands and sons
who died in war.
Heisley shared the story of the a
childhood friend who was
captured and executed during his
second tour of duty in Vietnam. “
I mourn my friend to this day, but
I also celebrate all the things
about him that made him special,
his belief in God was strong, his
love of America and his
commitment to West Points’ code
of duty, honor and country gave
him the strength to face the
horrors of capture with bravery
and calm,” said Heisley. Lt. Col.
Connie Shultz, Vietnam nurse
veteran, spoke to represent the
women who served in Vietnam. “I
stand here today to honor all of
the 1.8 million women who have
served their country and those that
continue to serve,” said Shultz.
“Being a veteran is not only about
dying for our country or serving a
war torn land, the value of a
veteran should be measured not in
where we serve, but how. There
will always be eras, measures of
time significant to military events
that we celebrate as veterans,”
said Shultz, Vietnam veteran and
Nurse Surveyor with the Joint
Commission.
The invocation was delivered by
Chaplain Lt. Col. Jay S. Johns of
the Military District of
Washington. Kera O’Bryan sang a
spirited rendition of America the
Beautiful.
Military Veterans Motorcycle
Club members honor fallen
soldiers at the Vietnam War
Memorial on Veterans Day.
(Ronny Dory/Epoch Times Staff)
Air Vice Marshal Kym Osley,
Australian Defense Attache ,
Embassy of Australia, shared the
significance of the Vietnam war
to Australia, which was fighting a
war in their region, and
announced the Australian
government’s plan to pledge $3
million to the Vietnam Veterans
Memorial Fund to construct the
planned education center adjacent
to the memorial.
“ Thank you to all of the Vietnam
veterans for making democracy
the rule of the day in our part of
the world,” said Osley.
Veterans and representatives of
many military organizations laid
wreaths in front of the memorial
including: Sons and Daughters In
Touch, the American Legion,
Disabled American Veterans, the
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the dollars ... but all the young
men and women that have been
killed and injured and suffer
PTSD, and traumatic brain injury,
that aren’t getting the help from
either the military medical
facilities or the Veterans
Administration, because they are
so overwhelmed by the needs of
the veterans, and they are
understaffed and under funded,”
said Marceau.
Diane Evans, founder and
president of Vietnam Women’s
Memorial Foundation shared a
poem written by a fellow military
nurse:
Military Order of the Purple “I care for each, as though my
Heart, Operation Freedom Bird, brother,
Vietnam Veterans of America, the No time to cry, must tend to
82nd Airborne Division, the 25th another and another,
Infantry Division, the 101st Time has passed and I still recall,
Airborne Division, and the Your courage, your struggle and
Military Veterans Motorcycle your fall.
Club. Rest in peace, your war now
“I was wounded in Vietnam very done.
critically, if I was in a front line How brief your life—as the
unit I would have bled to death, I setting sun.
was in a base camp and was By Helen DeCrane Roth, U.S.
fortunate enough to be taken to a Navy Nurse, USS Sanctuary ...
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G20 closes ranks but skims over toughest tasks

(Reuters: Top News) the end of the gathering, the immediately world-changing. But to trade deficits vis-a-vis US? Stylish Stiletto Sheaths -
Submitted at 11/12/2010 10:12:57 AM group's fifth since the financial step by step what we're doing is German autos outsold US. China These 'Heel Condoms'
crisis exploded in 2008, there was building stronger international has its currency appreciated by 25
President Barack Obama (L), a little something for everyone. mechanisms and institutions that percent since 2005 and it’s Will Dress Your Pumps
South Korean President Lee Leaders vowed to move toward will help stabilize the economy, surplus continue to go up. Ditto with Pizzazz
Myung-bak (2nd L) and Canadian market-determined exchange ensure economic growth and Japan in the 80’s. (GALLERY)
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November 12, 2010. They pledged to shun concrete measures to change superpower.
Credit: Reuters/Jason Reed competitive devaluations, a line economic policy. Investors were QE1 didn’t work. QE2 won’t 'Heel Condoms' are a brilliant way
By Alex Richardson and David a d d r e s s i n g o t h e r c o u n t r i e s ' instead focused on the fiscal crisis work. Cheap currency won’t work to bring style and versatility to
Ljunggren concern that the U.S. Federal in Ireland. either. You gotta have products your wardrobe, in addition to
SEOUL| Fri Nov 12, 2010 Reserve's easy-money policy was BURYING THE HATCHET that others need and want. being incredibly practical. If
11:12am EST aimed at weakening the dollar. After weeks of verbal jousting, Nov 12, 2010 7:29am EST presented with the opportunity to
SEOUL(Reuters) - G20 leaders In a nod to emerging markets the United States and China No, much worst, it is actually take a fashionable holiday, Heel
closed ranks on Friday and agreed struggling to contain huge capital sought to bury the hatchet over nothing about much a do. Condoms…
to a watered-down commitment to inflows, the G20 gave the okay to rows about China's "undervalued" *We welcome comments that
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By Albert Roman
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12, 2010 Last Updated: Nov 12,
2010
Winner - "Terminator" at 1,138
lbs. sits next to the judge of the
competition, Lisa Cullen. (Philip
Concan) Carpinteria, Calif.—Fall
is in the air, even in California.
Although the signs are more
subtle than in other parts of the
country, residents can sense it.
Many days are sunny and bright,
and the air is calm, almost
breezeless. The ocean, with its
powerful currents, remains like
glass until late in the day. Of
course, the days are also shorter.
For one class of gardeners,
however, there is another
indicator of the season:
Pumpkinmania! Giant Pumpkin
Weigh-off and Contest.
Pumpkin growers throughout
Southern California who have a
passion for cultivating giant
pumpkins not only have created a
community in which they share
their experiences and strategies,
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where they can show off the best
of their harvest.
This year’s Pumpkinmania!
competition was held Oct. 30 at
beautiful Island View Nursery in
Carpinteria, six miles east of
Santa Barbara.
Surrounded by lush foliage
amidst the nursery that overlooks
the ocean, this year's participants
Rocio Canero is a New York-
based illustrator whose
technicolor pieces would look
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Qantas plane turns back after engine
problem: report
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Submitted at 11/12/2010 10:07:01 AM
PARIS| Fri Nov 12, 2010
11:07am EST
PARIS(Reuters) - An engine
problem forced a Boeing 767
operated by the Australian airline
Qantas to turn back to Perth on
Friday, Australia's AAP news
agency reported.
The crew on the flight from Perth
to Melbourne noticed the problem
between five and 10 minutes into
the flight, it said.
Qantas was not immediately
available for comment.
The Boeing plane, which landed
safely, is equipped with General
Electric engines, according to the
report.
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spokesman as denying the
decision to turn back was
influenced by the mid-air
explosion of a Rolls-Royce engine
on an Airbus A380 last week.
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PDAnet. What's the difference?
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THQ: Games should be priced at $40

(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 11/12/2010 10:26:53 AM
Should Call of Duty: Black Ops
go for $40?(Credit: Activision)
If you're tired of spending $60 for
a video game, you should be
hoping that THQ President Brian
Farrell has some clout in the
industry.
A $40 price tag for video games
could benefit both gamers and
publishers trying to generate more
revenue, Farrell said yesterday at
the BMO Capital Markets Digital
Entertainment conference in New
York City.
"Investors are thinking 'can we
hold the $59.99 price point?' and
what we're thinking about the
business is turning it on its head a
little bit," Farrell said at the
conference, according to
GamesIndustry.biz. "It's not how
high a price we can get, but how
many users we can get."
He told those in attendance that
when THQ has dropped the price
of one of its titles from $60 to
$40, sales "just pop." He said that
going forward, offering titles for
$40 at launch could actually drive
more revenue.
"With a series of downloadable
content so people can extend their
experience, people might end up
spending $129.99," Farrell said,
according to GamesIndustry.biz.
"We think this type of game
monetization is going to work."
a casual game from the many Whether Farrell's idea will be
mobile application stores for free. adopted by publishers and
And even great casual games that actually help console sales
aren't free typically cost less than remains to be seen. But it's an
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The G-20 Summit and the 'Weakened Obama'
Narrative
Judah Grunstein (World Politics
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Submitted at 11/12/2010 6:42:00 AM
As the current political narrative
has it, President Barack Obama
has been weakened by the
midterm elections. So it should
come as no surprise that his
failure to sell Congress' version of
the U.S.-South Korea free trade
agreement is a reflection of
Obama's weakened position,
rather than, say, a reflection of
Congress' unrealistic expectations
of what trade concessions other
countries are willing to make in
the current dismal economic
environment. The same latent
theme runs through much of the
coverage of Obama's tepid
performance at the G-20 summit,
although it is not as pronounced.
So be it, narratives are often as
revealing as they are misleading.
And there's no question that
Obama has been weakened by
both the midterm elections and
how they are perceived abroad.
But there are other reasons for
why he is struggling to convince
most of the world's major
economies to sacrifice their own
interests in favor of America's.
Some are structural/political,
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while others are ideological/
cultural. Everyone knows that
sacrifices are necessary to restore
balance to the global economy,
but everyone wants to outsource
the political pain. There are also
fundamental differences of
opinion about the best way to
restore that balance, having to do
with economic biases due to
divergent national cultures and
histories.
Beyond that, there are
circumstantial reasons for the
current limits on American power,
and in particular, on how Obama
can wield it. It's easy to critique
Obama for a lack of results on the
foreign policy front, but many of
those critiques beg the question,
What approach would have
worked better? Having assumed
office at a time when U.S.
credibility had been damaged by
almost a decade of disastrous
unilateralism, Obama had little
choice but to kick things off with
a period of soft power
engagement. Furthermore, the G-
20 had already emerged as the
multilateral forum to manage the
global financial crisis, with all the
implications for the diffusion of
power that goes along with it -- to
say nothing of the redistributive
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impact of the crisis itself on
global power.
Now the wind is beginning to
shift, and the threat of
"uncoordinated action," which is
to say unilateralism, is very real.
In such circumstances, it's natural
to look for a show of power, and
Obama didn't deliver one. But to
expect that Obama can somehow
impose the U.S. vision of what the
new global economic and
monetary order will look like on
the rest of the world is to confuse
Seoul for Bretton Woods and
2010 for 1944 -- and Obama for
Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Unfortunately for those who
expect such an outcome, the
emerging powers genie is out of
the bottle, and Obama didn't
inherit the same hand that
Roosevelt wielded at Bretton
Woods.
None of this is news to anyone
following the G-20 summits and
the shifts on global power that
they represent. But when it comes
to analyzing the outcomes, the
narrative inevitably shifts back to
the more easily digestible
portrayal of the rise and fall of an
individual.
A more optimistic reading of the
outcome of the Seoul summit is
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that it prudently reframed the
problem from a collection of
issues -- monetary policy, trade
imbalances -- to a coherent whole:
a new global governance order
for trade. That allows some time
for everyone to walk back the
confrontational approaches to
what is in essence a problem for
which everyone knows the
solution.
That moves the ball forward for
France's propitious G-20
presidency. Why propitious?
Because for all his faults, French
President Nicolas Sarkozy
happens to excel at taking
stalemated negotiations -- where
everyone knows the outlines of
the solution but no one is willing
to make the concessions needed to
get there -- and pushing them
through to an agreement. The fact
that France, structurally, has
both leverage with all the major
players and a middle position on
most of the contentious issues is
also an advantage.
Whether Sarkozy manages to pull
it off remains to be seen. But the
fact that, like Obama, he is
politically weak at home will in
all likelihood play little role in the
outcome.
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Morning Links - Taylor
Momsen Is Sad About
Working Throughout Her
Childhood
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Submitted at 11/12/2010 8:15:00 AM
• Taylor Momsen blames her
parents for taking her childhood-
PopEater
• Everyone's freaking out over
Derek Jeter's latest milestone- SI
Hot Clicks
• Russell Brand loves everyone
now that he's married- People
• Playgirl rejected Kanye West's
nude photos- Huffington Post
• Efron is turning into a nice
Tatum/Gosling hybrid!- Lainey
Gossip
• Mya has a new NFL love- TMZ
• Halle Berry told Ellen about the
scare of losing Nahla in a
department store- Us Weekly
• JC Chasez chased a burglar
away!- Wonderwall
• Adrian Grenier pursued Blake
Lively- Celebitchy
• Get ready for the Canadian
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Future Android Interfaces (Videos)

Sarah Perez (ReadWriteWeb) The app was one of TAT's only more fond of the 3D contacts list
Submitted at 11/12/2010 10:34:18 AM consumer-facing efforts and it and mapping application myself,
relied on the facial recognition but there are no official deals
TAT, also known by its longer algorithms from a company called involving these interfaces yet.
name "The Astonishing Tribe," is Polar Rose. When Apple acquired (Will someone please change
a mobile design and development Polar Rose in September, the that?) Android Homescreen
f i r m b e s t k n o w n a m o n g move effectively killed the Widgets Gwyneth Paltrow Sings
consumers for its forthcoming Android application in turn. ( We As described above, these are
augmented reality application noticed in August, for example, TAT's Android homescreen
"Forget You" on Glee -
known as "Recognizr." The app that it had missed its promised replacements which include its Love it or Leave it?
(see previous coverage) is able to launch date.) At this point, own 3D widgets for things like Becky Kirsch (PopSugar)
"see" a person's face though a Recognizr won't launch unless Weather and music.
Submitted at 11/12/2010 8:30:25 AM
smartphone's camera and then use a n o t h e r f a c i a l r e c o g n i t i o n 2D to 3D Maps
facial recognition algorithms to company comes to TAT, looking TAT has designed a mapping Normally I'm not one to post too
identify them and serve up related to partner. application which goes from 2D many Glee spoilers, but this one is
information like recent status TAT may not have crossed your mode to 3D mode just by tilting just too good to pass up. We've
updates, Tweets and a LinkedIn radar until you read about the the phone. been waiting for Gwyneth
bio, for example. Recognizr app, but the company a few quick videos I shot of the 2D to 3D Contacts Paltrow's guest appearance for
Unfortunately, we have some bad has developed a number of new user interfaces in action. This contacts application goes months, and here's a sneak peek at
news about that ground-breaking smartphone interfaces which you (You can visit TAT's homepage from 2D to 3D mode, like the the actress belting it out with the
app: it's been killed. However, we have probably already used, for more professional versions, I maps one above does, by tilting gleeks. She puts a feminine spin
have other exciting news that may without even knowing it. The just used my iPhone). the phone. In 3D mode, status on Cee-Lo's "Forget You," and it's
lessen the blow. company is just not able to talk Although there aren't specifics to u p d a t e s , T w e e t s a n d o t h e r one of the most fun numbers I've
Sponsor about those designs due to its reveal at this time, the "TAT information hovers above a seen on the show in awhile (well,
It appears that TAT has been agreements with the handset H o m e " c o l l e c t i o n o f 3 D contact's name. (Sorry I filmed besides the amazing rendition
developing some pretty amazing makers and carriers it works with homescreens (you may remember this vertically, video is clearly not of"Teenage Dream"). It's certainly
Android h o m e s c r e e n who ship the user interfaces as seeing these around the Web my forté). a refreshing change of pace from
replacements, widgets, live their own. In fact, I discovered earlier this year, for example, on TAT Live Wallpapers Mr. Schue's moves.
wallpapers and other interfaces t h a t o n e o f m y f a v o r i t e Engadget), is shipping on some TAT's live wallpapers also Whether or not you were feeling
which you have to see to believe. somethings on a such-and-such Android devices "sometime next employ the use of Android's Gwyneth's live performance at the
Even better, it already has a device I have in my possession year." The devices are on a accelerometer as you can see in CMAs, this clip is still worth
carrier deal in place to ship some was actually designed by TAT! European carrier, TAT co-founder the video below. When you tilt watching (she does the robot!).
its designs next year. Recognizr Sorry to be vague, but that's how P a u l B l o m d a h l t o l d m e . the phone, the trees sway, for We're officially excited for next
Dies, but TAT's Android UI's it goes. Discussions with other device example. Other elements on the Tuesday, but how do you feel
Live On I was able to catch up with the manufacturers and carriers are screen are interactive and respond about your first look at Gwyneth
Sadly, the incredible augmented company at this week's Open happening now too. to touches. as the new substitute teacher for
r e a l i t y / f a c i a l r e c o g n i t i o n Mobile Summit and they gave me While the homescreen widgets Discuss the glee club? Gwyneth Paltrow
application known as Recognizr a glimpse of some of the designs are impressive, I'm personally Sings "Forget You" on Glee -
will not be launched as planned. they have in the works. Below are Love it or Leave it? Love it - She
sounds great and it's such a fun
number! Leave it - I'm getting
tired of all the guest stars on Glee.
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Apple hands Java reins to Oracle

(CNET News.com) said. in October. "But then, as OS X otherwise jagged edges that result
Submitted at 11/12/2010 10:42:50 AM The move is no surprise. With the took hold and Apple was able to curves or diagonal lines made out
release of an updated Java SE 6 convince developers to target their of square pixels. Java could
After years running Java for Mac package in October, Apple non-portable/proprietary handle either aliased or antialiased
OS X as an in-house project, deprecated use of its Java--in environment, Apple's fundamental rendering, and Apple's approach
Apple is handing control to the other words, told programmers control-freak tendency took over didn't sit well with one Java
Oracle, the companies announced they should make alternate plans and they put less and less energy developer.
Friday. if they relied on it. into Java." "Most authors fixed their apps so
With Oracle's acquisition of Sun What's more interesting about the The juicier part of the tale, that they worked in both cases,"
Create Compelling
Microsystems in January, Java Apple-Oracle-Java situation is the though, concerns the difficulties Gosling said, meaning aliased or Presentations with the
stewardship moved to the history supplied by James that arose about discussions about antialiased. "But one developer Three Q Method
Redwood Shores, Calif.-based Gosling, father of the technology, Apple unshouldering its Java took a serious 'f**k you' attitude [Presentations]
software giant, which sells Java w h o h a s b e e n r e v e a l i n g burden. It turns out that the on this issue and forced Apple to
server software among other interesting nuggets ever since company employed application implement aliased rendering-- Joey Asher (Lifehacker)
products. Java is widely used on turning down the transfer to programming interfaces (APIs) which they kept secret because it Submitted at 11/12/2010 9:00:00 AM

servers, common on mobile Oracle and the prospect of not available to others, Gosling was such an awful thing to have
phones, but never met its potential working for Larry, Prince of said. to do. The 'one developer'? Save your audience from another
on personal computers as a tool to Darkness, as Gosling refers to "The biggest obstacle was their Oracle, of course." dull presentation and increase
let developers span different chief executive Larry Ellison. use of secret APIs. Yes, OS X has This entry passed through the their focus by building a
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t r a n s f e r i t s J a v a w o r k t o others, took over reponsibility for Gosling said. our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/ Asher explains how to create
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Lion, but Oracle will release Java energy into it. They did a good technique that uses intermediate-
SE 7 for the Mac, the companies job," Gosling said in a blog post colored pixels to smooth away

CrunchGear Reviews Dropcam Echo For Real-time Web Video

Monitoring
John Biggs (TechCrunch) for my home so I could see if the Logitech came out with their price, $279 with unlimited
Submitted at 11/12/2010 11:17:54 AM FedEx guy was at the door. Alert system which took security monitoring via the web or the
Dropcam appeared, disappeared, to a whole other level. Dropcam, attendant iPhone app, is
W h e n I f i r s t w r o t e a b o u t and then was launched a few it seemed, was left in the dust. acceptable if a little steep.
Dropcam I was fairly excited. months ago. In the interim I Now that I’ve tried the new Read more…
Why? Because I had been looking started using a Linksys wireless Dropcam Echo, however, I find
worked extremely well and then
for a simple DVR/security system cam and Vitamin D and that has that it works well enough and the
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White House wants to beef up Internet Retailigence Is A

privacy laws Localeze For In-Store
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 11/12/2010 10:30:02 AM Product Inventory
is used on the Internet.
Given the current political
climate in Washington, though,
groups complained that the
proposal wasn't tough enough.
Another bill introduced in July by Leena Rao (TechCrunch)
The Obama administration wants enacting and enforcing laws over Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush called
better Internet privacy protection I n t e r n e t p r i v a c y m a y b e a for a set of new rules administered Submitted at 11/12/2010 11:00:09 AM

and is looking for new laws and a c h a l l e n g e . W h i l e e n o u g h by the Federal Trade Commission
new government office to help in Republicans would likely support Using web applications to drive into a database in the cloud.
and fines against any companies
that effort, according to an article the effort, many may shy away traffic to brick and mortar Currently, Retailigence is able to
that didn't follow those rules. But
in yesterday's Wall Street Journal. from giving the government too shopping stores is a strategy that pull in data from Target, BestBuy,
that bill was seen as too weak by
Citing people familiar with the much regulatory control over the seems to be paying off for RadioShack, ToysRUs, The
privacy advocates and too broad
situation, the Journal says the online industry. retailers. In March, Forrester Home Depot and a number of
by the IAB and other industry
White House had asked the Naturally, Web-based businesses reported that the “online research, other retailers. It total, its data
groups.
Commerce Department to create a themselves are wary of any new offline buying” consumer market base includes more than 3 million
The FTC has also been drafting
report with recommendations on laws that could restrict their represents $917 billion in products from over 50,000 stores,
its own report due by the end of
enacting new laws concerning ability to do business as usual. consumer spending, which was 30 Currently, 30 to 40 developers
the year with recommendations to
Internet privacy. Currently in According to the Journal, the percent of all U.S. retail sales at are using Retailigence’s API. The
Congress on regulating certain
draft form, the final report is due Interactive Advertising Bureau that time. As more and more startup says the one of the world’s
Internet business practices.
to come out in a few weeks. developers build applications for largest newspaper publishers
(IAB), which represents online Speaking at an event in Canada
A special task force headed by advertisers, already feels the this market, there is a demand for (they declined to name the
this past June, an FTC
Cameron Kerry, brother of industry is doing enough to ensure product inventory and store publisher) is using the API to tag
representative said that current
Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, privacy. location data. Enter Retailigence, images of products and provide
Internet privacy laws are not
has also been formed to help turn "We believe we are living up to a stealth startup incubated in the users with the ability to click on
working and place too much of a
those recommendations into consumer-privacy expectations Founders Institute that applies the the images to find the product’s
burden on the consumer to deal
actual policy. A new federal and are very advanced in privacy Localeze-model to in-store availability in the store’s nearest
with the policies of online
position would be created to protections and innovation," product inventory and listings. location. Another use case for the
businesses.
enforce that policy. In conjunction with the startup’s API could be in a GPS device that
quoted the Journal of Mike This entry passed through the
Though the government has Zaneis, senior vice president of public launch, Retailigence is also can call up product listings and
Full-Text RSS service — if this is
generally steered away from any the IAB. announced that it has raised $1.5 availability at nearby stores.
your content and you're reading it
type of regulation of online The push for tough Internet million in seed funding from There’s no doubt that
on someone else's site, please read
companies, the White House now privacy laws is nothing new. Rep. Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Quest Retailigence’s database could be
our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/
seems to ready to move over Rick Boucher, a Democrat from Venture Partners, Dave McClure, incredibly useful or both retailers
content-only/faq.php
concerns that online industries Virginia, has been one of the ZIG Capital, Global Brain (to attract foot traffic into their
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Beyond Hiroshima - The Non-
themselves. The renewed effort of such legislation dating back to investors. has been operating a consumer-
Reporting of Falluja's Cancer
follows last week's announcement 1999. This past May, Boucher Essentially, Retailigence is an facing site for some time, and
Catastrophe.
from the European Union that it's unveiled a draft proposal seeking open API for developers that want Google recently followed with
also looking for tougher laws to to clamp down on the collection to use brick and mortar store their B lue Dot product.
control how personal information of online data, but several privacy locations and product listings and CrunchBase Information
availability. The startup has Retailigence Information provided
connectors to retailers backend by CrunchBase
systems, point of sale platforms
and inventory, and pulls this data
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10 Cents a Tweet: How to Turn the Inboxes Rejoice: Spam

Data-Driven Web into Donations Volume Down 47%
Mike Melanson
(ReadWriteWeb)
We've all heard of those
fundraisers where you pledge 10
cents for every bowling pin
Since August
Submitted at 11/12/2010 9:45:07 AM
Frederic Lardinois
toppled or a couple bucks for (ReadWriteWeb)
With Thanksgiving and the every mile walked. HelpAttack is
holidays right around the corner, hoping to take that idea and move Submitted at 11/12/2010 10:48:10 AM

the urge to give may be welling it online for your favorite sport or active). Symantec cites this, as
up inside. Also welling up may be The total volume of spam hitting
your favorite celebrity. well as the takedown of the Zeus
the laziness that comes with the and estimating how much you "Even better (in my opinion) is our collective inboxes continues
to decline. According to the latest ring and spamit.com, as the main
cold, grey winter months, but tweet in a period of time to help tying [HelpAttack] to real world reasons for this decline in total
don't let that stop you - giving can you gauge what sort of donation offline actions," said Neff. data from Symantec, the global
spam volume in October declined spam volume. Phishing on Social
be as simple as a Tweet or you're looking at. And if you're "Imagine tying your micro gifts to Media on the Rise
Facebook update. afraid of going on a Tweeting by 22% month-over-month and
MLB stats such as 25c for every While, according to Symantec,
HelpAttack! is an Austin-based binge, the site lets you put a cap home run the Texas Rangers hit." over 47% since August. This
reduction can be attributed to the phishing scams on social media
startup that connects your online on your giving. Data-Driven The part we really like about this sites only comprised about 4% of
activities with donations to the Donations: It's A Homerun! is that data-driven donations could shutdown of major spam networks
like spamit.com and the Bredolab all phishing attacks, the total
offline world and Twitter and HelpAttack certainly isn't alone even connect donations directly number of phishing sites on social
Facebook are just the beginning in the world of online donations, with the real-world problems botnet. Even with this decline,
though, spam still made up 86.6% media increased by about 80%
for a company that looks to bring but the part that really stood out they're trying to solve. In the compared to last month. The
donations to the data-driven Web. for us was the potential that COO future, maybe users could donate of all emails in October. This is
David Neff spoke about with the lowest number Symantec has security firm also notes that one
Sponsor directly to their local animal of the most popular phishing
Turning Tweets into Charity connecting online data to giving. reported since September 2009.
shelter every time a new dog or scams in October involved emails
As the company says of itself, "We are big fans of the data- cat was taken in. For every drunk Sponsor
As The Register's John Leyden and messages that claimed to
HelpAttack is a "new way for driven Web," said Neff. "The driving incident reported in the come from a social media site's
people to donate to their favorite Twitter API is just the start, with local paper, a donation could be notes, Symantec's numbers fall in
line with similar data from security service and asked users
nonprofits using online tools such the Facebook API and RSS made to a local advocacy group. for their login credentials. These
as Twitter and Facebook. Every coming up quite quickly on our For now, the service is tied in Kaspersky Lab, which reported
that spam dropped to 82.3% in the scams told consumers that they
time registered users update their HelpAttack! development cycle. with your social media activity, had to reenter their credentials (on
s t a t u s o n l i n e , t h e y w i l l Imagine donating to your favorite but we look forward to a future third quarter of 2010.
Dutch authorities took down a phishing site, of course) to
automagically be donating a nonprofit simply by uploading a when all this data floating around ensure continued access to the
specified amount to their chosen photo to your wall or hitting the on the Web could be put to good several servers associated with the
Bredolab botnet at the end of service. Discuss
cause. You Update, They Win." LIKE button. Or tying your use and better the world. Discuss
The sign-up process is quick and location based check-ins to October (though there is some
easy, letting you pick a charity giving." evidence that this botnet is still

Supernanny Jo Frost Gives Parenting Advice for Technology-Crazed Kids

Gina DiNunno (TVGuide.com:
Breaking News)
Submitted at 11/12/2010 11:04:00 AM
Do you have a kid who's always
texting, gaming or surfing the net?
Supernanny' s Jo Frost stopped by
our studio to give us a sneak peek
at the new season and to discuss
one of the most common issues
parents are faced with today: the
abuse of technology. Frost offers
solutions to protect kids without
restricting their online freedoms.
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Automated News Comes To Sports Coverage Via StatSheet

Erick Schonfeld (TechCrunch) written by a robot, or to put it court advantage is distinct, and
Submitted at 11/12/2010 9:06:33 AM more precisely, by StatSheet’s the Wolverines had no momentum
content algorithms. “The posts and had lost 3 out of 5. The
Here come the robo sports are completely auto-generated,” Spartans have already seen the
journalists. While people in the says founder Robbie Allen. “The Wolverines this year, and this win
media biz worry about content only human involvement is with gives us a regular season sweep.
mills like Demand Media and creating the algorithms that It’s not exactly riveting sports
Associated Content spitting out generate the posts.” journalism, but if all you want are
endless SEO-targeted articles StatSheet started out as basically the facts, it does the job. I’d still
written by low-paid Internet a stats database for sports junkies. much rather read a sports blogger
writers, at least those articles are It stores 500 million different stats on SB Nation, or an ESPN article,
still written by humans. We may across most of the major sports. if it’s available. But compared to
no longer need the humans, at Now, it is taking all of those stats some of the content mill stuff, this
least for data-driven stories. and creating news stories out of isn’t half-bad. Each of the 345
A startup in North Carolina, them. It has about 20 different team sites will also have their own
StatSheet, today is launching a types of articles that it generates, Twitter account (which is a
remarkable network of 345 sports from season previews to game revival of StatTweets), Facbook
sites, one dedicated to each recaps. StatSheet might analyze stats from a game last March to Michigan State from the start, Fan Page, and mobile apps to
Division 1 college basketball tam 10,000 data points and 4,000 pre-populate the site.: going into halftime up 32-14. make it even easier to keep up
in the U.S. For instance, there is a possible phrases to generate a Michigan State has ended the Michigan never got close. with scores and games.
site for the Michigan State single story. regular season with a good deal of Some facts for this matchup: The CrunchBase Information
Spartans, North Carolina Tar The results surprisingly readable, momentum. On March 7th at Michigan State RPI ranking was a StatSheet Information provided
Heels, and Ohio Buckeyes. if a bit dry. Here is one typical home, the Spartans beat the good deal higher than Michigan by CrunchBase
Every story on each site was lead, which was generated from Wolverines, 64-48. It was all (#26 to #130). The Spartans home

iPad and iPod touch books show off TUAW pride
Michael Rose (TUAW)
Submitted at 11/12/2010 11:00:00 AM
There's a Yiddish word, naches,
that doesn't refer to tortilla chips
with kosher sour cream; it
translates literally as 'joy' but with
a strong connotation of pride and
pleasure in the achievements of
family or friends. It is, therefore,
with substantial naches that we
point to the work of several
TUAW contributors gracing
bookstore shelves near you.
First up, from authors Michael
Grothaus and Steve Sande with
technical review by Erica Sadun,
How to Make
Traditional Apple
Apress' Taking Your iPad to the books, but there's always the
Max delivers a thorough guide to chance to learn something new -- Pie
the magical and revolutionary and for those family members or (Cooking Light: Editor's Picks)
tablet for both new buyers and friends who are new to the world
existing owners. Retail price is of iDevices, one of these books Sorry, Readability was unable to
$29.99, and Amazon will be would be a great way to get them parse this page for content.
happy to deliver it to you in rolling. This entry passed through the
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Second, Michael and Erica off TUAW pride originally your content and you're reading it
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devices, and it looks very pretty readers may already know a good Catastrophe.
sitting under the tree with a new bit of the information in these
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Sync your iTunes library with Dropbox

Sam Abuelsamid (TUAW) multiple computers without symbolic link that fools iTunes
having everything on the
Submitted at 11/12/2010 10:00:00 AM into thinking the library is still
handheld device wiped out. where it was originally created.
There are a lot of nice things However, thanks to the amazing This technique apparently works
about the iTunes(and Apple in cloud storage solution known as reliably for the most part, as long
general) ecosystem. As long as Dropbox, there is an answer. The as you don't open the library from
the way you want to work is the beauty of Dropbox is that once multiple computers
same as the way Apple built it, you create an account, you can simultaneously, which will break
things are generally hunky-dory, install a local application that everything. Head over to the
easy to use, and reliable. Stray automatically syncs selected source link to get the detailed
away from Apple orthodoxy, folders to the cloud. Linking instructions.
though, and things can get ugly multiple computers to the same Sync your iTunes library with
really fast. A prime example of account will keep copies of all of Dropbox originally appeared on
this is trying to keep one iPod/ the desired files and folders in TUAW on Fri, 12 Nov 2010
iPad/iPhone in sync with an sync on all of those machines corrupted. Plugging the iPod into through Dropbox as well, but this 10:00:00 EST. Please see our
iTunes library through multiple automatically and seamlessly. a computer with a different library is not quite as simple as it sounds. terms for use of feeds.
computers. Syncing the media files is pretty file will prompt iTunes to wipe all Because iTunes expects the Source| Permalink| Email this|
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industry's piracy paranoia, they track of portable devices and sync Getting around this requires location, you have to delve into
have contrived to make it very status through its library database, keeping the library file in sync the OS X terminal to create a
difficult to plug a device into an XML file that is easily

T-Mobile's $15 tethering option, tiered data

available this Sunday
Chris Ziegler (Engadget)
Submitted at 11/12/2010 12:02:00 PM
The $14.99 monthly unlimited
tethering / mobile WiFi hotspot
add-on for your phone that T-
Mobile promised in time for the
holidays will be getting real this
weekend, hitting on Sunday,
November 14th. Of course,
owners of myTouch 4Gs, G2s
with the latest firmware update,
and a couple other models in the
T-Mobile stable have already
been enjoying the option, gratis,
for a couple weeks -- so it'll be
interesting to see how many
subscribers they convert for the
$15 upcharge. Certainly makes
those roots seem a little more
appealing, doesn't it? Available at
the same time will be the new
200MB data option for $10,
though it won't be available
(smartly) in combination with
tethering.
On a related note, Big Magenta
isn't saying just how long that
"limited time" may be. Follow the
break for the release.
Continue reading T-Mobile's $15
tethering option, tiered data
available this Sunday
T-Mobile's $15 tethering option,
will be rolling out two
tiered data available this Sunday
promotional Even More plans on
originally appeared on Engadget
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unlimited text and web. Both
require re-upping your contract
and will be available "for a
limited time," though the carrier
24 Technology/ TV/
iAds helping all mobile
advertising take off?
Dave Caolo (TUAW)
Submitted at 11/12/2010 12:00:00 PM
The Wall Street Journal is
reporting on an interesting effect
of Apple's iAd platform -- it
seems to be helping the
competition.
Just a few months after being
announced, iAds began appearing
in the U.S., and a global launch
began earlier this month.
Meanwhile, Apple and the Denstu
Group signed a deal to bring iAds
to Japan. All of this activity has
garnered a lot of attention for the
mobile advertising space in
general, and several providers are
seeing greater sales.
"...ad executives say Apple's entry
into the market is giving them a
boost," the Journal reports. "That's
because iAds has gotten big
marketers to pay attention to
mobile advertising in the first
place."
Of course, the only evidence of a
correlation is anecdotal. It's quite
likely that Apple's high-profile
entry into the space has generated
interest, but we haven't seen
empirical data to support that
theory. Still, Apple does bring a
E-reader News Edition
Gwyneth Paltrow Sings
Cee Lo's 'Forget You'
on 'Glee' (VIDEO)
Chris Harnick (TV Squad)
Microsoft's adorable new Windows Submitted at 11/12/2010 5:55:00 AM
Filed under: Reality-Free, TV
7 ad touts Blu-ray, shows Macs and Previews, TV News Tired of
PCs really just want to be friends Gwyneth Paltrow yet? Tough,
because she's singing "Forget
Paul Miller (Engadget) much of a hurt on his battery, but You," a very PG version of Cee
Submitted at 11/12/2010 11:17:00 AM for whatever reason there's no Lo Green's "F--- You," on next
Avatar on the US iTunes Store week's'Glee.'
With the holiday buying season r i g h t n o w ( p o s s i b l y J a m e s Don't be alarmed if you find
bit of cachet and sexy to mobile descending upon us, fancy new Cameron's upcoming extended yourself hating this video at first,
marketing. The true test will be to c o m m e r c i a l s a r e n a t u r a l l y special collector's millennium and then come to love it. At first, I
see who's still standing in 5 years. ramping up in tandem. Microsoft edition release has something to was like, "What is this? This is
[Via AppleInsider] has a new spin on its Windows 7 do with it?). Which brings us lame." Then I noticed Rachel's
i A d s h e l p i n g a l l m o b i l e promotional efforts with its latest around to Apple's real reason for face throughout the video and
advertising take off? originally ad, which shows a Mac and a PC not supporting Blu-ray: they can't realized I wasn't alone.
appeared on TUAW on Fri, 12 bonding over a Blu-ray copy of take it away from you. Then, something happened. I
Nov 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please Avatar during a long flight. M i c r o s o f t ' s a d o r a b l e n e w watched it a second time. Then a
see our terms for use of feeds. Naturally, the PC is the only one Windows 7 ad touts Blu-ray, third. I'm not sure what number
Source| Permalink| Email this| who can play Blu-ray, which is shows Macs and PCs really just I'm on now, but the song has
Comments Microsoft's semi-subtle pitch, but want to be friends originally seeped its way into my brain and I
really this commercial is about the appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 cannot stop watching. I'm even
power of Friendship and Sharing Nov 2010 11:17:00 EDT. Please humming it as I write this.
Things With Others. We were see our terms for use of feeds. Gwyneth busts out the sassy at
halfway about to ruin it all by P e r m a l i n k W i n r u m o r s | about 20 seconds in, then she lets
smarmily suggesting the fact that WindowsVideos (YouTube)| her charm take over. See for
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Beseto Japan's PCM audio Nassim Taleb: The Fed Is Banging On
recorder runs for one A Ketchup Bottle And It Could All
week off 4 AA batteries Explode
Joseph L. Flatley (Engadget)
Submitted at 11/12/2010 11:39:00 AM
For old Dead Heads like
ourselves, there is nothing sweeter
than sleeping in a tie-dyed t-shirt
for weeks at a time and living on
the road, in search of that great
lost chord. We only wish we had
one of these new-fangled digital
audio recorders while Dylan was
rockin' out with Jerry Bear and the
gang back in '87. Due out in
March 2011, Beseto Japan's
DP1000 handheld features three
mics (right, left, and center) for
either mono or stereo recording,
2GB internal memory, support for
microSD and SDHC cards up to
32GB, both Linear PCM (16bit /
44.1kHz) and MP3 recording, and
while it holds two AAA batteries
(for up 168 hours of use) you can
attach an external battery case
which will give you an entire
week of operation with only four
AA batteries. Just imagine a week
long guitar solo! Your mind
would like, melt, dude. Also
includes a 300Hz low-cut filter,
ten second pre-recording (just in
case), and USB 2.0 jack. Open
price, but it's estimated retail is
¥15,000 (about $180).
Beseto Japan's PCM audio
recorder runs for one week off 4
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Technology/ Economy/ Food/ 25
Gregory White (Money Game) you bang on with nothing coming want a free lunch. We have a risk
Submitted at 11/12/2010 10:16:00 AM out. And what can happen, is you problem, you don't double up on
keep banging on the ketchup future generations. You cannot
N a s s i m T a l e b s p o k e t o bottle and it all comes out. This is solve a risk problem by risky
B l o o m b e r g T e l e v i s i o n t h i s the problem with non-linearity. methods.
m o r n i n g , c r i t i c i z i n g B e n The economics establishment isn't • 6:00 The Fed's business should
Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, Fed understanding that. Why are we be price stability, unfortunately
policy, and the idea that the U.S. listening to Bernanke when he their business seems to be price
is supporting the those that didn't see the risks before? instability.
wrecked the economy, rather than • 2:30 Who's bearing the risk • 6:30 If you see gold tripling in
the other way around. now? People who are retirees. price, or other things tripling, it's
• 0:30 It's good that he (Randall You are printing money to help going to transfer to other things.
K r o s z n e r e x - F e d g o v e r n o r ) those people who took out • 7:00 I feel like I did when I left
moved to the University of mortgages too big and bankers. Lebanon as a child, when the
Chicago. He is claiming that QE2 You are hurting retirees. currency went from 3 to a dollar
is safe and a thing to do for • 3:15 You have this asymmetry, to 1500 to a dollar. I feel as jittery
security purposes. It's like people people who caused this crisis are as when I was in Lebanon.
who say out of the money options being helped, not those who • 8:20 Bernanke is like a tailor
are safe. He should stay at the didn't. trying to fit a human to a suit,
University of Chicago and not get • 3:40 When I hear Greenspan rather than the other way around.
involved in economic life. speak I shutdown, I don't listen.
• 1:15"You're short an out of the He thought he was smarter than Join the conversation about this
money option on hyperinflation." the economy. story »
You may print, print, print and no • 5:00 This is not a Fed problem,
effect. Just like a ketchup bottle this is a deficit problem. People
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The KORUS Catastrophe

(AEI.Org: Articles) view since the agreement was vague, aspirational, and timeless. this done. We want this to be done wrapped up because negotiators
Submitted at 11/11/2010 5:00:00 PM originally concluded in the spring This was a promise to have a in a matter of weeks." If the want to be home for
of 2007. The agreement offered specific agreement concluded by a agreement really is just a few Thanksgiving?
President Obama's failure to substantial market opening, but specific date. weeks' work away, the The breakdown could not have
conclude the Korea-United States left some questions regarding Reflecting on the health care administration ought to be deeply come at a worse time. The United
Free Trade Agreement (KORUS) access to the South Korean battle, Obama recently told 60 embarrassed. After the president States has been working to assert
is a disaster. It reveals a stunning market, especially for U.S. autos Minutes, "When you're made his June commitment, no its relevance in Asia. Concerns
level of ineptitude and seriously and beef. Those products face campaigning, I think you're formal talks were held with the about protectionist pressures
undermines America's leadership barriers other than simple border liberated to say things without Koreans until the end of amidst economic troubles raise
in the global economy. The tariffs. Such non-tariff barriers are thinking about, 'OK, how am I September. Even then, the the stakes in bolstering the global
implications extend far beyond harder to negotiate away, though going to actually practically Koreans complained that the U.S. trading system. Beyond economic
selling Buicks in Busan. the KORUS agreement certainly implement this.'" That may be negotiators were not being questions, countries around the
U n l i k e s o m e o f t h e t r a d e tried. There was substantial true, but the rules change once a sufficiently specific in their world are wondering about the
agreements the United States has p o l i t i c a l o p p o s i t i o n t o t h e president takes office. Most White proposals. If the problems really strength of a president who just
pursued in the last decade, this agreement within both countries, Houses are exceedingly careful are just technical ones, the Obama suffered a major political setback.
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Measuring the Success of Bernanke's QE II "Virtuous Circle"

noreply@blogger.com (Michael homeowners to refinance. Lower and the plight of small businesses.
Shedlock) (Mish's Global corporate bond rates will Once again the number one
Economic Trend Analysis) encourage investment. And higher problem facing small business
Submitted at 11/11/2010 7:15:00 PM stock prices will boost consumer owners is lack of sales. The
One easy way to measure success w e a l t h a n d h e l p i n c r e a s e second biggest concern is taxes.
is against stated goals. With that confidence, which can also spur In spite of a huge surge in
in mind, let's take another quick spending. Increased spending will commodity prices, inflation
look Bernanke's op-ed piece in the lead to higher incomes and profits barely registered as a concern.
Washington Post describing the that, in a virtuous circle, will From the NFIB Report ...
need for, and the benefits of f u r t h e r s u p p o r t e c o n o m i c OPTIMISM INDEX
another round of Quantitative expansion."Virtuous Circle" Optimism rose again in October
Easing. Examined to 91.7, but remains stuck in the
Please consider What the Fed did Certainly Cisco's warning recession zone established over
and why: supporting the recovery yesterday does nothing to support the past two years, not a good
and sustaining price stability by t h e c o n t e n t i o n t h a t l o w e r reading even with a 2.7 point
Ben Bernanke, October 15, 2010. corporate bond rates will spur improvement over September.
The FOMC decided this week i n v e s t m e n t . P l e a s e s e e This is still a recession level
that, with unemployment high and Congratulations to Cisco Insiders reading based on Index values
inflation very low, further support for Dumping 6,620,750 Shares, since 1973. However, job creation
to the economy is needed. With 60% of Holdings in 6 Month; plans did turn positive and job
short-term interest rates already Cisco CEO Whines about Taxes; reductions ceased. The mood for
about as low as they can go, the Is Chambers Worth a Dime?) inventory investment weakened a
FOMC agreed to deliver that However, lower corporate rates bit even though views of
support by purchasing additional have created a bubble in junk inventory adequacy improved,
longer-term securities, as it did in bonds, hardly a measure of and an improvement in sales
2008 and 2009. The FOMC success. trends produced a marked
intends to buy an additional $600 Bernanke wants to drive the long- improvement in profit trends, still
billion of longer-term Treasury end of the yield curve lower. This ugly, but less so by a significant
securities by mid-2011 and will is something we can easily amount.
continue to reinvest repayments of measure since his announcement. LABOR MARKETS
principal on its holdings of Yield Curve September- Average employment growth per
securities, as it has been doing N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 0 firm was 0 in October, one of the
since August. The above chart hardly represents best performances in years.
This approach eased financial a stunning measure of success vs. Reaching the “0” change level
conditions in the past and, so far, the stated goals. raises the odds that Main Street
looks to be effective again. Stock However, if one wants to Bernanke's QE Policy. been on a tear, but the bottom line may contribute to private sector
prices rose and long-term interest measure failure by the number of To top it off the German Finance is that gold is reacting to the job growth for the first time in
rates fell when investors began to complaints from our trading minister went so far as to call liquidity, but the consequences to over a year.
anticipate the most recent action. p a r t n e r s t h e n Q E I I w a s a "clueless". There is some dispute the real economy are negative. CAPITAL SPENDING
Easier financial conditions will r e s o u n d i n g f a i l u r e . as to the exact translation of the Small Businesses Hurt by QE II The frequency of reported
promote economic growth. For The list of complaints about QEII German quote, but none of the Inquiring minds are digging into capital outlays over the past six
example, lower mortgage rates is long and growing: South translations are very polite. the November NFIB Small months rose two points to 47
w i l l m a k e h o u s i n g m o r e Korea, Hong Kong, Brazil, China, The stock market, gold, silver, Business Trends Report for clues
affordable and allow more V o l c k e r C o m p l a i n a b o u t and commodities have certainly about the health of the economy MEASURING page 31
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G-20 Agrees to Postpone Agreement
noreply@blogger.com (Michael
Shedlock) (Mish's Global
Economic Trend Analysis)
Submitted at 11/11/2010 11:13:00 PM
Anyone with an ounce of
common sense knew the G-20
conference would be a failure.
The only question was what form
the failure would take. In the
typical conference of this nature
there is some early fireworks and
then a coming together in a
"Kumbayah" agreeing to agree
moment.
This year, differences are so
huge, the G-20 could not even
agree to agree. Instead they
agreed to postpone agreement.
Don't let the following headline
fool you, look beneath the
surface: G20 leaders near
agreement, if not progress
The G20 will agree to setting
vague "indicative guidelines" for
measuring global imbalances and
hammer out the details next year,
G20 sources said on Friday,
effectively calling a timeout to let
tempers cool after heated debate
over currencies.
"It was very hard work," said one
G20 source after a negotiating
session that ended around 3 a.m.
Leaders are expected to call on
the International Monetary Fund
to develop a range of indicators to
identify when imbalances pose a
threat to economic stability. G20
finance ministers will consider the
findings at a meeting in early
2011, according to a draft
statement obtained by Reuters.
An earlier version of the
document showed negotiators
debating over whether those
indicators ought to be
"measurable" or "quantitative and
qualitative." In the end, neither
phrase was included, suggesting
the G20 failed to agree on the
wording. Grinding Towards
Accord?
Please consider the following
fluff statements in the Bloomberg
article G-20 Grinds Towards
Currency, Trade Accord After
Talks South African Finance
Minister Pravin Gordhan said
leaders and their aides had made
progress in coming to agreement
on how to address global
imbalances.
Australian Prime Minister Julia
Gillard said “some work” still
needed to be done on bridging
divides over currency valuations.
Some work needs to be done?
Really? That's like planning a trip
to Mars, drawing a picture of a
rocket ship with a crayon and
proudly announcing "some work
needs to be done".
Moreover, Gillard's statement
looks nonsensical in light of
positions taken by China, Brazil,
and Germany.
“Don’t make other people take the
medicine for your disease,” Yu
Jianhua, a director general at
China’s Ministry of Commerce,
told reporters in Seoul late
yesterday. “Quantitative easing
will have a very big impact on
developing countries including
China.”
The G-20 meeting of finance
ministers and central bankers last
month agreed to move toward
“more market-determined
exchange rate systems” and make
efforts on “reducing excessive
imbalances.” The U.S. Federal
Reserve a week later said it would
pump $600 billion into the
economy to spur growth. Brazil,
Germany and China said the
move would drive down the dollar
and fuel speculative capital flows
that risk asset bubbles.
China is seeking to modify the
language on trade imbalances in
the summit communique, said a
German official taking part in the
talks who requested anonymity
because he isn’t authorized to
speak publicly for the
government. Trade War Looms
Yahoo!Finance has a much more
believable headline. Please
consider Specter of trade war
looms as G-20 nations gather
Leaders of major economies
faced the urgent task at their
summit Friday of resolving
currency disputes that have raised
fears of a global trade war.
A dispute over whether China
and the United States are
manipulating their currencies is
threatening to resurrect
protectionist policies like those
blamed for worsening the Great
Depression. The biggest fear is
that trade barriers will send the
global economy back into
recession.
Hopes had been high that the
Group of 20, which includes
wealthy nations like Germany and
the U.S. and rising giants like
China, could be a forum to forge a
lasting global economic recovery.
Yet so far, G-20 countries haven't
agreed on an agenda, let alone
solutions to the problems that
divide them.
The delegates have clashed in
particular over the value of their
currencies. Some countries, like
the United States, want China to
let the value of its currency, the
yuan, rise. That would make
Chinese exports costlier abroad
and make U.S. imports cheaper
for the Chinese to buy. It would
shrink the United States' trade
deficit with China, which is on
track this year to match its 2008
record of $268 billion.
But other countries are irate over
the Federal Reserve's plans to
pump $600 billion into the
sluggish American economy.
They see that move as a reckless
and selfish scheme to flood
markets with dollars, driving
down the value of the U.S.
currency and giving American
exporters an advantage.
Richard Portes, president of the
Center for Economic Policy
Research in London, said the dim
prospect for a substantive
agreement "is very dangerous for
the world economy."
Portes said he fears "the
possibility that currency wars and
global imbalances might lead to
severe trade protectionism over
the next year or so."
For now, the G-20 countries are
expected to agree on
noncontroversial issues, like an
anti-corruption initiative and the
need for oversight by the
International Monetary Fund.
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But they're finding no common
ground on the most vexing
problem: how to address a global
economy that's long been
nourished by huge U.S. trade
deficits with China, Germany and
Japan. G-20 Countries Can't Even
Agree on the Agenda
In case you missed it, here is the
key sentence from the above
article: "So far, G-20 countries
haven't agreed on an agenda, let
alone solutions to the problems
that divide them."
Not only is there "some work" to
be done as Australian Prime
Minister Julia Gillard gingerly
puts it, the G-20 committee
cannot even agree to an agenda!
Hells bells, they cannot even
agree on whether or not the results
should be "measurable" or
"quantitative and qualitative."
I believe that proves my
allegation that Geithner's Four-
Point Plan for the G-20 is Nothing
but a Wish-List
Thus, unless things change
rapidly in the next few hours, the
only recognizable achievement of
from the G-20 summit, will be an
agreement to postpone the
agreement.
How comforting.
Mike "Mish" Shedlock
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European Bond Market Meltdown; ECB is Buyer of Only Resort

for Greece, Ireland and Portugal
noreply@blogger.com (Michael mandate,” said Jacques Cailloux, Chase & Co.] Spain's Economy and raised value-added tax to 18 transitory. Once the one-off
Shedlock) (Mish's Global chief European economist at Stalls percent from 16 percent in July. effects linked to the value-added
Economic Trend Analysis) Royal Bank of Scotland in Inquiring minds note Spain The measures, passed as tax increase have passed, the
Submitted at 11/12/2010 10:58:00 AM London. “The more the ECB Stagnates as Austerity Bites contagion from Greece’s debt economy will return to the path of
Thing's don't matter until they do. waits, the bigger the purchase Spain’s economy stalled in the crisis swept through the southern smooth recovery."
Ireland finally matters. So does program will have to be.” third quarter, the Bank of Spain euro region in May, aim to cut the Nonsensical statements like that
Portugal. The big event happens With Greece, Ireland and estimated, as the deepest austerity deficit to 6 percent of GDP in will send Spanish bonds soaring
when Spain and/or Italy matters, Portugal “now having virtually measures in three decades 2011 from 11.1 percent last year. when the economy slips further.
and that is just a matter of time. lost access to capital markets,” undermined the recovery. Efforts to contain the shortfall The finance minister and the
In the meantime, a huge feud is Cailloux said the ECB must Gross domestic product was and restore growth may come central bank went out of their way
developing between European “extend dramatically” its bond unchanged from the previous under renewed pressure as the to create unrealistic expectations
Central Bank President Jean- purchases. He called on it to buy three months and expanded 0.2 extra yield investors demand to that cannot possibly be met.
Claude Trichet, Bundesbank Spanish assets to limit contagion percent from a year earlier, the hold Spanish debt rather than Right now Spanish spread
President Axel Weber (the likely and spend an additional 100 central bank in Madrid estimated German equivalents climbs. As widened to a four-month high of
successor to Trichet), and German billion euros by the beginning of in its monthly bulletin today. The Irish borrowing costs rose to a 203 basis points while Irish debt
Chancellor Angela Merkel. next year. So far, the ECB has economy grew 0.2 percent from euro-era high, the Spanish spread spreads hit a record 650 basis
Right now, ECB’s Trichet Is spent a total of 64 billion euros. April to June, as consumers widened to a four-month high of points higher than the equivalent
Buyer of Only Resort as Debt One potential obstacle is Weber, brought forward purchases ahead 203 basis points from 194 basis German bond. Yields on Iris debt
Crisis Worsens. European Central a contender to replace Trichet as of a sales-tax increase in July. points yesterday. It reached a euro topped 9%.
Bank President Jean-Claude ECB president next year, who Industrial production fell the -era high of 221 basis points on Mike "Mish" Shedlock
Trichet is the buyer of only resort said last month that the central most in seven months in June 16. h t t p : / /
as the euro area’s bond market b a n k s h o u l d t e r m i n a t e i t s September, a separate report Finance Minister Elena Salgado globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.
melts down. purchase program. showed today. Output contracted has repeatedly ruled out any com
Just six months after he threw out Weber is not the only German an annual 1.4 percent, contraction in quarterly GDP this Click Here To Scroll
his rule book to prevent Greece’s publicly disagreeing with Trichet. compounding an annual decline of year after the economy emerged Thru My Recent Post List
debt crisis from splintering the Chancellor Angela Merkel has 12.7 percent in the same month from a recession in the first Addendum:
e u r o a r e a , t h e 6 7 - y e a r o l d quarreled with the central bank last year, the National Statistics quarter. The government forecasts Many people noticed my blog
Frenchman may again be the only chief, whose tenure runs out on Institute said. unemployment, at 19.8 percent in was down this AM.
policy maker able to prevent the Oct. 31, 2011, over the terms of a “This was an exceedingly poor the third quarter, will fall to 19.3 I do not know what happened
collapse in Irish and Portuguese permanent rescue facility now outcome given that industrial percent in 2011. Spain's finance until I talk with Google. I picked a
bonds from spreading. That may being debated by the European output had fallen by 12.7 percent minister can rule out whatever the bad day to sleep in. I suspect
require him to ignore opposition Union. year-on-year in September 2009,” hell he wants, but that does not someone tried to hack my blog. It
from Bundesbank President Axel Trichet says Merkel’s demand Raj Badiani, an economist at IHS make it so. With rising taxes, happened once before.
Weber to the ECB’s bond-buying that bondholders be forced to Global Insight in London, said in austerity measures, 20% Mish Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a
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“The ECB’s lack of action is Union summit last month that expects GDP to fall 0.3 percent in of a "smooth recovery". firm whose goal is strong
puzzling to say the least and begs triggered this month’s sell-off, 2010 in a second year of Nonetheless, the Bank of Spain performance and low volatility,
the question as to whether it’s according to David Mackie, [chief contraction, slashed public said " It is to be expected that the EUROPEAN page 31
fulfilling its financial- stability European economist at JPMorgan workers’ pay by 5 percent in June stagnation in the third quarter is
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The U.S. Government Is At Risk Of Killing Its Golden Goose
John Browne (Money Game)
Submitted at 11/12/2010 10:03:00 AM
With our economy sagging and
our international clout waning,
one of the few assets upon which
the United States can rely is the
confidence that the rest of the
world has traditionally showered
upon us. That confidence is the
reason why the US dollar was
elevated to global reserve status
more than 65 years ago.
With so much riding on
perception, Treasury Secretary
Tim Geithner's recent statements
denying the existence of a dollar
debasement campaign could not
be seen as anything less than
foolhardy.
Responding to a critique made in
a Financial Times opinion piece
by former Fed Chairman Alan
Greenspan, Geithner asserted,
"We will never seek to weaken
our currency as a tool to gain
competitive advantage or to grow
the economy." Instead, he
attributed recent dollar weakness
to the reversal of "safe haven"
capital flows that had been legion
during the financial crisis but
which have abated as the global
economy has recovered.
One must scour the earth with
great care to find an individual
who would agree with Mr.
Geithner on this point. It's clear
from myriad other actions that the
Administration sees a weaker
dollar as a panacea for our
economic problems. The blatant
misinformation relayed by the
Treasury Secretary can only serve
to further increase already high
tensions at the G-20 summit now
underway in Seoul, South Korea.
Over at the Federal Reserve,
Chairman Bernanke doesn't talk
about currency debasement.
Instead, he extols the virtues of
"pushing up inflation to levels
consistent with our mandate." He
hopes that no one will understand
that he is using different
adjectives to describe the same
action. With the possible
exception of the New York Times
editorial board, he is fooling no
one.
Given that the Administration
and the Fed are prepared to
sacrifice precious credibility for
the goal of currency debasement,
many may assume that there is
some benefit for America that
would be derived from a weaker
dollar. Unfortunately, there isn't.
Advocates of a weaker dollar
point to two claimed advantages
offered by a falling currency.
First, and most obviously,
proponents claim that cheap
dollars would reduce the prices of
US exports, making them
increasingly competitive. That is
partially correct. While lowering
prices may help to spur sales in
the short-term, it does not
necessarily improve the long-term
prospects of the seller.
Exporters (and all other
businesses for that matter) that
focus on selling on price
competitiveness alone ignore
other vital elements of the
marketing mix, such as
innovation, design, quality,
delivery, and after-sales service.
For example, Germany and Japan
have developed world leading
export volumes without relying on
price as their primary advantage.
History shows that, over the
medium- to long-term, a devalued
currency leads to increased trade
deficits. Furthermore, a currency
debasement policy for the US
dollar, still the world's reserve
currency, is bound to spark a
climate of international
competitive devaluation - a
currency war - as each nation
fights to protect its balance of
trade. If not corrected, such
currency battles lead all too easily
to trade wars, and they, in turn,
often result in armed conflict.
The second, and more
compelling, argument for
Washington to pursue currency
debasement is that a devalued
dollar would wipe out large
amounts of dollar debt. This
amounts to a huge subsidy to
debtors at the expense of savers,
and no one owes more than the
US government.
When measured against the
standard basket of currencies, the
US dollar has fallen by some 30
percent over the past decade.
However, most of those
currencies are also depreciating in
real terms. So what is real? Most
likely, precious metals' prices,
discounted somewhat to allow for
investor speculation, represent an
absolute measure. Silver has risen
by some 56 percent in the past 10
months. Gold has gained some 30
percent this year, and some 400
percent over the past decade!
So if we assume a conservative
40 percent devaluation of the US
dollar over the past ten years, our
current $13.4 trillion federal debt
is equivalent to an only $8 trillion
liability in 2001 dollars - the rest
is just inflation. The $189 trillion
of unfunded obligations to Social
Security, Medicare, government
pensions, etc. would appear as
$113 trillion a decade ago!
It is clear that a debased currency
suits the US government, but what
of Americans? The 40 percent
devaluation equates to a 40
percent tax on every holder of US
dollars, rich and poor alike. It has
hindered, rather than encouraged,
consumer spending. It forces
Americans to make do with less,
purchase shoddier products, and
deal with inferior service.
Sometimes it's hard to perceive
slowly ebbing living standards,
but take a look around and think
whether you feel richer than a
decade ago.
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If dollar devaluation becomes too
pronounced, Washington
threatens to kill the goose that
lays the golden eggs: namely, the
dollar's reserve status. If that were
to happen, a global financial crisis
of staggering intensity would
surely erupt, the resolution of
which would not favor the United
States.
Whether or not it is openly
acknowledged, the US
government is pursuing a policy
of great risk that offers no reward
at the end of the tunnel. It's the
worst of all possible worlds. Wise
investors will reduce still further
their exposure to US dollars and
debt, while increasing their
allocations to precious metals, key
commodities, hard currencies, and
emerging markets. Wise
governments are already doing so.
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continued from page 27
percent of all firms, three points
above the 35 year record low. The
percent of owners planning capital
outlays in the future fell one point
to 18 percent because the
environment for capital spending
is not good.
INFLATION
The downward pressure on
prices appears to be easing as
more firms are raising prices and
fewer are cutting them.
Seasonally adjusted, the net
percent of owners raising prices
was a net negative five percent, a
six point increase from
September. Plans to raise prices
rose five points to a net seasonally
adjusted 12 percent of owners.
However, most plans to raise
prices have been frustrated by the
recession and weak sales during
the past few years. On the cost
side, four percent of owners cited
inflation as their number one
problem and only three percent
cited the cost of labor, so neither
labor costs or materials costs are
pressuring owners to raise prices.
If “pricing power” in making a
comeback, owners will begin to
see a reversal of rather adverse
profit trends.
PROFITS AND WAGES
Reports of positive earnings
trends posted a seven point
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improvement in October,
registering a net negative 26
percent. Still, far more owners
report that earnings are
deteriorating quarter on quarter
than rising.
CREDIT MARKETS
Overall, 91 percent reported that
all their credit needs were met or
that they were not interested in
borrowing. Nine percent reported
credit needs not satisfied, and a
record 52 percent said they did
not want a loan (13 percent did
not answer the question and might
be presumed to be uninterested in
borrowing as well). Only three
percent reported financing as
their number one business
problem. However, 30 percent of
the owners reported weak sales as
their top business problem, a
major cause of the lack of credit
demand observed in financial
markets. A near record low 31
percent of all owners reported
borrowing on a regular basis.
Reported and planned capital
spending are at 35 year record low
levels, so fewer loans are
needed. Virtually none of that is
supportive of the claim QE II was
going to prove an economic
benefit.
Most Important Problem
Please compare inflation to
sales, taxes, competition from big
business, and taxes. Inflation
barely registers.
Sales and Taxes are Two Biggest
Problems
Inflation Is A Non-Issue
Historically inflation measured
as a big concern in the mid-to-late
1970's. Inflation concerns spiked
again in the summer of 2008
along with gas prices. In spite of
a huge recent rally in
commodities there is no fear of
inflation now.
From the report "Seasonally
adjusted, the net percent of
owners raising prices was a net
negative five percent, a six point
increase from September. Plans to
raise prices rose five points to a
net seasonally adjusted 12 percent
of owners. However, most plans
to raise prices have been
frustrated by the recession and
weak sales during the past few
years."
The number of business owners
raising prices is a net negative
5%. The profit squeeze continues
as small businesses are not able
to pass along rising input prices.
The result is easy to spot: " far
more owners report that earnings
are deteriorating quarter on
quarter than rising."
Measures of Success
If success is measured by
increased speculation in
commodities, junk bonds, and the
herding of investors into gold and
silver, then the Fed's policies this
year have been a resounding
success. Otherwise the Fed's
policies, including QE II have
been an abject failure.
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Feds Criticized in
Fight Against
Killer Bat Disease
Brandon Keim (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 11/12/2010 6:00:00 AM
As an apocalyptic bat disease
threatens to spread across the
United States, the stage is set for a
showdown between the federal
government and environmentalists
who feel enough isn’t being done
to stop it.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service released the second draft
version on Oct. 27 of its national
response plan for White Nose
Syndrome, which has killed more
than a million cave-dwelling bats
since emerging four years ago.
On the same day, the nonprofit
Center for Biological Diversity
issued a press release excoriating
the plan, calling it a “slow-motion
response” to a disease that’s
already destroyed a major part of
the animal kingdom in the eastern
U.S., and shows no sign of
slowing.
“You have to pick a model [for
response] that’s appropriate to the
situation,” said Mollie Matteson, a
conservation advocate at the
Centers for Biological Diversity.
“I’m afraid this one will be
perfected by the time White Nose
Syndrome reaches California.”
Caused by a fungus that eats bat
tissues and wakes them from
hibernation too soon, White Nose
Syndrome (WNS) has spread to
14 states and two Canadian
provinces since the first cases
were reported in 2006 in upstate
New York. That state and
Vermont have lost more than 90
percent of their bats, threatening
populations with total extinction
or, at best, a centuries-long
recovery process.
The discovery in Oklahoma
earlier this year of Geomyces
destructans, the fungus linked to
WNS, raised the nightmare
possibility of the disease
spreading west as well as south
and east, conceivably
exterminating most if not all 22
species of cave-dwelling,
hibernating U.S. bats in the next
few decades. It’s more than an
animal tragedy: Those bats are
major consumers of insects,
filling a nighttime ecological
niche shared by birds in the
daytime. The loss could translate
to booms of crop-eating insect
pests, causing millions of dollars
annually in agricultural damage
and increased pesticide use.
Researchers and wildlife
managers were caught off-guard
by the outbreak, which is
unprecedented in known mammal
history. A handful of state
biologists, federal researchers and
conservationists scrambled to
respond, tracking the disease and
conducting basic research on
shoestring budgets. The USFWS
has coordinated the effort, and the
draft plan represents the next,
more mature stage of the fight.
For now, it’s largely an
organizational document, stating
priorities and establishing a
framework for coordinating
activities among dozens of federal
and state agencies involved in a
large-scale response. The plan
also identifies seven key areas of
action, including data sharing,
developing reliable diagnostic
tools, research on the fungus
itself, and investigations of how
WNS spreads and might be
treated.
With the help of Spot.us and
Wired.com, I’m writing a citizen-
funded feature on White Nose
Syndrome.
Spot.us is a micropayment-based
service that enables people to
directly support journalism they
care about. And for a limited time,
you can raise money for my story
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register.) It’s as simple as that.
To learn more, visit Spot.us and
read my pitch. If you have any
questions, just ask.
Thank you!
—Brandon Keim
Each action area is universally
regarded by white nose
researchers and conservationists
as important. But there is little
specific detail in the plan, now
two years in the making, or about
how these actions will be pursued
or funded. The plan “only
provides a conceptual framework
for responding to the disease,”
said the Center for Biological
Diversity in its press release. It
“makes no concrete
recommendations for research and
management.”
According to Jeremy Coleman,
the WNS syndrome coordinator
for the Fish and Wildlife Service,
such broad outlines had to come
before specifics. “It’s important to
lay out the groundwork,” he said.
After a 60-day comment period,
the draft plan will be revised.
When that’s finalized next year, a
detailed “implementation plan”
will follow. “We’ve been doing
all these other pieces that are
critical to actual implementation,”
said Coleman.
“As far as the plan goes, it’s fine,”
said Nina Fascione, executive
director of Bat Conservation
International, a nonprofit
conservation group that worked
with the USFWS on developing
the draft plan. “It’s just not that
descriptive.” Fascione noted the
inherent complexity and slowness
of coordinating multiple
government agencies, saying the
proof of the plan will be in its
implementation stage.
But Matteson said the federal
effort doesn’t reflect the urgency
of the disease, comparable in
magnitude only to
Chytridiomycosis, a disease that’s
caused die-offs and extinctions in
30 percent of all amphibian
species. “They’ve failed to put the
crisis in that light,” she said.
The Center for Biological
Diversity wants the USFWS to
immediately declare a national
wildlife emergency, develop a
plan for closing caves to people
who might pick up the fungus and
spread it elsewhere, and dedicate
$10 million for WNS funding in
the next agency budget.
The USFWS is now spending
roughly $2.4 million of its
existing $2.87 billion annual
budget on White Nose Syndrome
research and management. While
that $2.87 billion is a relatively
small sum with which to manage
a vast nation’s wildlife — more
can easily be spent on a couple
local highway projects — $2.4
million per year seems paltry in
light of a threat to an entire
ecological niche.
In comparison, the USFWS
budget request for 2011 notes that
improvements to its email system
and data centers will save $2.45
million, or slightly more than its
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dedicated WNS funding.
Additional money has come from
Congress, which two years ago
gave the USFWS an extra $1.4
million for WNS research and
management, and unexpectedly
increased that number to $1.9
million in 2010. The money has
been well spent, providing much-
needed assistance to underfunded
state wildlife agencies and
supporting crucial basic research.
However, the USFWS now
intends to give that extra
$500,000 back. “The Service
proposes to discontinue this
unrequested funding in [Fiscal
Year] 2011 in order to fund higher
priority conservation activities
elsewhere,” reads their latest
budget request.
Proposing to return that money
may prove to be a standard piece
of bureaucratic maneuvering, with
the funds later returned when
Congress works out its budget for
appropriations, or “earmarks.”
The appropriations budget for the
current fiscal year is supposed to
be determined in early December,
and conservationists have pushed
for $5 million in WNS earmarks.
But even if funding is scarce, “it
wouldn’t cost much to say, ‘This
is a wildlife emergency. We need
all hands on deck. This is a total
crisis,’” said Matteson.
Images: 1) A little brown bat
with White Nose Syndrome./Ryan
von Linden, New York
Department of Environmental
Conservation. 2) Map of White
Nose Syndrome spread./Cal
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Nov. 12, 1935: You Should (Not) Have a Lobotomy
Tony Long (Wired Top Stories)
Submitted at 11/12/2010 6:00:00 AM
1935: The world’s first modern
frontal leukotomy is performed in
a Lisbon hospital by Portuguese
neurologist Antonio Egas Moniz.
Moniz’s leukotomy (or
leucotomy, from the Greek for
“cutting white,” in this case the
brain’s white matter) soon became
popularly known as the lobotomy.
It was not, however, the surgical
procedure now generally
associated with lobotomies.
Rather, Moniz drilled two holes in
the patient’s skull and injected
pure alcohol into the frontal lobes
of the brain to destroy the tissue,
in an effort to alter the patient’s
behavior.
Within a year of Moniz’s
procedure at Lisbon’s Santa Marta
Hospital, American
neurosurgeons Walter Freeman
and James Watts had performed
the first prefrontal lobotomy in
the United States. Their approach,
which they would continue
refining in subsequent surgeries,
also involved drilling holes, but
instead of using alcohol they
surgically severed the nerves
connecting the prefrontal cortex to
the thalamus.
With various refinements, this
became standard operating
procedure for the prefrontal
lobotomy.
Lobotomies were performed on
patients suffering from severe
mental disorders such as
schizophrenia and clinical
depression, although its use on
people identified as having social
disorders was not unknown. That
the lobotomy succeeded in
altering a person’s personality and
behavior is beyond dispute, but
the results were often drastic, and
occasionally fatal.
The notion that a mental patient’s
behavior could be modified for
the good by psychosurgery had its
roots in the work of Gottlieb
Burckhardt, a 19th-century Swiss
neurologist who performed a
number of crude surgical
lobotomies and declared the
procedure generally successful.
His documentation was almost
nonexistent, however, and the
view was never universally held
in the medical fraternity.
Although Moniz would share the
1949 Nobel Prize in medicine for
his pioneering work in
psychosurgery, the lobotomy had
not only fallen out of favor by the
1950s but was being excoriated as
a barbaric practice. The Soviet
Union banned the surgery in
1950, arguing that it was
“contrary to the principles of
humanity.” Other countries,
including Germany and Japan,
banned it, too, but lobotomies
continued to be performed on a
limited scale in the United States,
Britain, Scandinavia and several
western European countries well
into the 1980s.
The United States performed
more lobotomies — roughly
40,000 — than any other nation.
Some very conspicuous failures,
including a lobotomy that reduced
John F. Kennedy’s elder sister,
Rosemary, to a near-vegetative
state, helped turn public opinion
against the surgery.
Or, as the hard-drinking wit
Dorothy Parker observed: “I’d
rather have a bottle in front of me,
than a frontal lobotomy.”
Source: Various
Photo: Corbis
This article first appeared on
Wired.com Nov. 12, 2008.
See Also:
• Video Gallery: 1930s Surgeries
on the Brain, Belly and Tonsils
• 10 Gory Surgical Triumphs on
YouTube
• April 8, 1869: What Do You
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Mean, 'It's Not Brain Surgery'?
• Uncle Sam Wants Your Brain
• A Shock to the System
• Feb. 2, 1935: You Lie
• Feb. 26, 1935: Radar, the
Invention That Saved Britain
• April 8, 1935: WPA Puts
Millions Back to Work
• May 13, 1935: Enter the
Parking Meter
• May 24, 1935: Reds Nip Phils
as Night Baseball Comes to the
Major Leagues
• May 29, 1935: Hoover Dam Set
in Concrete
• July 30, 1935: Penguins Invade
Britain, Readers Rejoice
• Sept. 3, 1935: Campbell
Shatters 300 MPH Barrier at
Bonneville
• Dec. 17, 1935: First Flight of
the DC-3, Soon to Be an Aviation
Legend
• Nov. 12, 1912: Scott's Polar
Odyssey Comes to Its Official
End
• Nov 12, 1946: The Abacus
Proves Its Might
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Top 10 Mind-bending Strategy Games 5 Amazing Innovations

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Submitted at 11/11/2010 1:00:56 PM that Have Won Edison
is more than 3 billion [source:
Chess.com].
But strategy is not just about
for play. Digital games are played
on a computer or a dedicated
gaming platform such as Nintendo
Awards
Many of us drop in at the gym numbers. Chess, for example, pits
regularly to keep our bodies fit two intelligences against each
DS, Xbox or Sony PlayStation.
Computer games may cost
and flexible, but what about our other, each with his own strategy. anywhere from $10 to $60 or (HowStuffWorks Daily Feed) named, was no ordinary inventor.
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one of the best workouts going for much of its excitement -- is in as free downloads. unsurpassed total of 1,093 patents
keeping the brain in shape -- and countering your opponent's In addition to these mediums, Every now and then, a highly during his lifetime (1847 - 1931),
they can be a ton of fun. strategy while pursuing your own. strategy games can be divided up anticipated new product bursts he managed to cross into an
A strategy game is one that I n c o m p u t e r v e r s i o n s , t h e in two key types: turn-based and onto the scene, effectively causing impressive variety of industries,
requires thinking. It is not based o p p o n e n t i s t h e a r t i f i c i a l real-time. Real-time strategy a sensation among consumers. impacting virtually every area of
on luck (as with roulette), or on intelligence (AI) that is built into differs from turn-based strategy in These hot items are no doubt the modern life ( electric power,
physical skill (as with table the game's software. that players are constantly making result of countless man hours telecommunications and motion
tennis), or on quick reactions (as What makes a game mind- moves instead of waiting on their spent designing, testing and picture technology, to name a
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Butchkoski, Pennsylvania Game
Commission. 3) Northern long-
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funded White Nose Syndrome
story; Wired Science on Twitter.
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Gorgeous Cities and Beautiful Landscapes (18 photos)

alice (Featured Blog Posts - My Nikon D50. you can expect and your
Modern Metropolis) "I started seriously with landscape likelihood of taking better photos
Submitted at 11/11/2010 7:00:00 PM photography in 2005," he says. "I increases."
really love nature and enjoying He continues, "Early in the
If you're one of those people who being outdoors in every weather morning, from sunrise to 10 am,
needs to be inspired to pick up situation. Besides, I want to and in the evening from 5 pm to
that dusty camera, take a look at experience different lights and sunset are definitely the best times
Dietrich Bojko's photos. Bojko nature events myself." for taking photos. Of course, it is
began his photographic career You would think that Bojko does also possible to take photographs
without even knowing it. While a lot of post processing but that's at night, but these would take on a
on vacation, he would take photos where you'd be mistaken. He completely different theme and
using a simple camera. In time, actually prides himself in not story."
his hobby turned so intense that, doing much of it at all saying, shooting so that I do not have to shots? Sure. As he says, "You Dietrich Bojko's website and
in order to hone his skills, his "What I do is just white-balance, modify the pictures on Photoshop have to look at a lot of pictures Flickr
father bought him a DSLR. After sharpness and cropping. I use that much." made in the area you want to go
gradually upgrading to different different filters to achieve the best Are there any tips he'd give to and take photos of next. Because
cameras, he now shoots with a results right at the places I'm capturing these beautiful nature of this, you'll get an idea of what

The Incredible Story Behind "Little Red Riding Hood's Demise"

Eugene (Featured Blog Posts - was Photoshopped. pose that way was quite easy to
My Modern Metropolis) I recently caught up with Israeli do. When we set up the picture, I
Submitted at 11/11/2010 7:00:00 PM photographer Shlomi Nissim and already had a good idea of how it
was shocked to find out the real would turn out. But the biggest
A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog story. surprise came when the wolf
post titled " Little Red Riding "The inspiration for the picture I actually jumped over her from
Hood's Demise." The set featured took is from the legendary story behind. That day, I must have
a pretty young girl, who looked a of 'Little Red Riding Hood.' It is taken hundreds of photos."
lot like Red Riding Hood standing my interpretation of the story. Great job, Shlomi. What an
alongside a handsome gray wolf. "Luckily, I happened to know the incredible set and an equally
In one of the photos, it looked like person who owns the wolf, an shepherds who also trains horses. time they ever met! impressive story!
the wolf was actually attacking amazing and friendly animal. The She has a great connection with "Previously, I noticed that the Shlomi Nissim
her from behind, and it was easy girl in the picture is 17-years-old animals in general, but in that wolf liked to jump up high on top
to assume that the whole scene and comes from a family of picture it was actually the first of its owner, so getting the wolf to

Sly Trilogy gets its trilogy of PAL release dates

JC Fletcher (Joystiq)
Submitted at 11/12/2010 12:20:00 PM
The Sly Cooper Collection is a
compilation of three separate
games, so it's only fitting that the
PS3 disc follow the standard of
three separate release dates for
PAL regions, where it's called The
Sly Trilogy. The ported rodent
caper collection will arrive first in
PAL territories other than the UK
and Australia on December 1. Its
release in Australia will follow on
Dec. 2, and then in comes to the
UK and Ireland on Dec. 3.
If that's too long to wait, you
could either import it from the
U.S. right now -- or, you know,
break out your copies of the PS2
versions.
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Visit the Batpocalypse Designer Visions: Wall Street by

Brandon Keim (Wired Top
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money for my story — and
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Submitted at 11/12/2010 6:00:00 AM
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a poll. ( Go to the pitch, click on Chic®)
ROSENDALE, New York -- “Free Credits and register.”) It’s furnishings and decor that
Until several years ago, about as simple as that. Submitted at 11/12/2010 10:10:44 AM represented the 'best of the best,'
100,000 bats hibernated in an To learn more, visit Spot.us and mixing 18th-century furniture
a b a n d o n e d l i m e s t o n e m i n e read my pitch. If you have any Of all the spaces at Designer with contemporary pieces,
outside of town. I visited the site questions, just ask. Thank you! Visions at The Setai, I was most modern art and Roman antiquities
with the New York Department of Images: Brandon Keim excited to see the apartment to produce a result that is
Environmental Conservation's bat See Also: inspired by Wall Street. Interior timeless." Hopefully, Gordon will
biologists on Nov. 8. designer Richard Hallberg stay out of trouble so he enjoy this
Brandon’s Twitter stream and
White Nose Syndrome, the reportorial outtakes. designed the space for Veranda apartment for a long time!
virulent bat-killing disease first This entry passed through the and imagined where Gordon Photos by Heather Clawson for
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About 1,500 bats are thought to on someone else's site, please read prevent it from looking too cold.
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Safari Leader's Amazing Expeditions (22 photos)

alice (Featured Blog Posts - My Africa's wildest and most scenic Ngorongoro Crater.
Modern Metropolis) national parks and reserves. Coetzee believes that an African
Submitted at 11/11/2010 11:30:00 PM Interestingly, Coetzee is also an safari is "a life changing
award-winning wildlife experience, to see and hopefully
If you've ever thought about photographer. As he tell us, "I photograph Africa's famous Big 5
taking a photographic African started photography almost 4 - lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo
safari expedition, this post will years ago to record what I see and and rhino. It's a must-do for
convince you. Based in Durban, it just took off from there!" anyone who is into photography,
S o u t h A f r i c a , M e t m e m b e r He's traveled to African countries art and living life to the fullest."
Marius Coetzee just shared with we could only dream of visiting To see more of Coetzee's work,
us his first-hand African wildlife like Namibia, Botswana, Zambia,
photos. As a professional safari and Uganda. In December, he will the highly endangered mountain
visit his blog, website or
Facebook page.
Will Wizards
expedition leader for almost 11 e v e n l e a d a p h o t o g r a p h i c gorilla and will spend time in the
years, he's traveled to some of expedition to Rwanda in search of world famous Serengeti and
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Waverly Place picks up right
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Season 3 finale, after the magical
bunch escaped from a government
agency holding them captive.
Selena Gomez, who plays middle
child Alex, fills us in on what to
expect with the show, including
the chances of a fifth season.
TV Guide Magazine: The third-
season finale really shook things
up. What's next?
Gomez: Alex ends up exposing to
the world that she's a wizard,
which leads to her losing her
powers.
TV Guide Magazine: That's a
shocker!
Gomez: I was really nervous, but
I didn't want the show to become
repetitive. Our writers completely
pulled it off and came up with this
story line that lets the characters
branch out.
doesn't change: Alex and
werewolf Mason ( Gregg Sulkin)
are still an item, right?
Gomez: The audience loves their
relationship — and I do, too!
They are the typical teenage
couple, but with complications
that other kids don't have to deal
with, which makes it funny.
TV Guide Magazine: Any chance
your BFF Taylor Swift will guest
star?
Gomez: No, just because I never
want our friendship to be
exploited. She's like my family,
and I wouldn't want anything to
mess that up.
TV Guide Magazine: Word is
that Season 4 is going to be the
last...
Gomez: I'm not really sure. [
Wizards] has been such an
important part of my life — I'm
going to be the worst at saying
Wizards of Waverly Place airs
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Pictograms: Vintage Swiss
Air Destination Icons
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Submitted at 11/11/2010 2:30:00 PM smaller ones that really feed my
picto-jones.
Universal symbols, pictograms, Some based on landmarks, others
pictographs: whatever you call on local wildlife, crops, or art
them, I was way into them before styles, these icons from the
I knew they even had a name. I Golden Age of international travel
can remember, during the 1984 make me wish I was on my way
Olympics, cutting out the little to the airport. In, like, 1965.
symbols for each sport out of the If you've got a stash of
newspaper and gluing them all to pictograms you like, quit holdin'
a sheet of notebook paper. So I out on me and post it in the
love these vintage Swiss Air discussion thread. I need the good
p i c t o g r a m s f o r v a r i o u s stuff and I need it bad.
destinations around the world. (Thanks, Fipi Lele!)
The eight big logos at the top of

Casting News: 'Dexter' Actress Joins 'True Blood,' Ray Romano

Gets a Girlfriend on 'Men of a Certain Age' and More
Jean Bentley (TV Squad) According to Deadline, Ford will In other casting news ... Mexican girl who moves to
Submitted at 11/12/2010 5:00:00 AM p lay Southern belle Portia o. Newcomer China McClain will Florida with her mother. She'll
Bellefleur, a lawyer who runs her star in the Disney Channel's new have a run-in with the high school
Filed under: Reality-Free, TV own practice. She also happens to live-action comedy series.'A.N.T. queen bee, setting off an in-school
News It appears the taste of blood bethe sister of Bon Temps Farm' follows Chyna Sparks, a war. [ Deadline]
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this season whet her appetite for scheduled to begin shooting this music program. [ TV Guide]
more -- the actress just booked a month, and last week added medium who is possessed by a o. Benita Robledo will star in the
recurring role on 'True Blood.' actress Fiona Shaw to the cast as a witch. MTV pilot 'Patito Feo,' about a
38 TV/ Sports/
True Blood Casts Dexter Family TV Round-Up: 'Jonas' No
Star Longer, Disney Junior and More
Gina DiNunno (TVGuide.com:
Breaking News)
Submitted at 11/12/2010 11:13:00 AM
Courtney Ford
True Blood has cast Dexter alum
Courtney Ford as a recurring
guest for Season 4, a show rep
tells TVGuide.com.
Fiona Shaw joins True Blood
Ford — who played Trinity's
daughter (and Quinn's ladyfriend)
Christine last season on Dexter—
will play Andy's sister Portia
Bellefleur, who is an attorney.
The actress also recently
appeared on episodes of The
Vampire Diaries and NCIS.
The casting news, first reported
by Deadline.com, comes on the
heels of the announcement that
Harry Potter actress Fiona Shaw
has joined the cast as a timid
shopkeeper who comes under the
spell of a powerful witch.
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playing a Bellefleur?
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Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett
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Rowenta Precision Valet Garment Steamer

(Woot! - One Day, One Deal) when things get… steamy?” Warranty: 1 Year Rowenta • Upholstery Brush for drapes
Submitted at 11/12/2010 12:00:10 AM I don’t know what’s wrong with Condition: New and curtains
you or what you think you’re Features: • Lint Pad for a perfect finish
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Spice… pepper spray, and if you’re still on diameter wheels for moving and Additional Photos:
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“Then why does this feel so it’s ready. What’s your pleasure,
right?”
• 60" detachable fabric hose • Foot Operated Power Switch & AA batteries are best?
madam? The Crease Attachment? • Soft touch, stay cool handle for Steam Controls
Hey, hey, what are you doing? The Fabric Brush? Perhaps an added comfort when steaming • Base Unit: Cord and Removable New Ratings are in
Oh, gross! Put your shirt back on! Upholstery Brush or Lint Pad is • (2) Telescopic poles to adjust the Tank Carol Mangis (Consumer
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this Rowenta Precision Valet I’m giving you three more • Integrated Hanger is very • Woodhouse! That shirt is not
Submitted at 11/12/2010 8:45:08 AM
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Super Meat Boy PC adds Machinarium's robot to roster

James Ransom-Wiley (Joystiq)
Submitted at 11/12/2010 12:00:00 PM
The impending PC release of
Super Meat Boy continues to
amass an all-star team of indie
game heroes, as Team Meat has
revealed the identity of the PC
version's third "exclusive"
character to Big Download: Josef,
the charming robot lead from
Amanita Design's Machinarium.
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Consumer Reports put four types
of double-A batteries to the test to
find out which work best (all AA
battery Ratings are available to
subscribers).
In last week's " Into Tomorrow
with Dave Graveline," CR's Linda
Zebian detailed how we tested
and what we found. In this
SoundByle podcast ( click to
listen), Linda also advises you on
which batteries work best for
different devices. To test the
double-As, we loaded four types
of batteries into identical cameras.
We then performed a series of
repetitive taskes, including
turning each camera on and off,
zooming in and out, and of
course, taking photos, until each
battery died.
The winner: The Energizer
Ultimate Lithium battery, which
lasted for 717 shots. Next was the
Energizer Advanced Lithium,
which took 602 shots before it
died. And in last place: the
Energizer Max alkaline battery,
which lasted for just 127 shots
(which illustrates an important
point: Don't depend just on a
brand name to make your buying
decision!).
A couple of buying tips: When
you're buying batteries for
cameras and other devices that
draw bursts of quick power, we
recommend that you consider
rechargeable batteries, all of
which scored Very Good on our
tests. The lithium batteries we
rated also scored highly.
For devices that draw little
power, single-use alkaline
batteries might be a good buy, as
they have a shelf life of several
years.
—Carol Mangis
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Daily)
Submitted at 11/12/2010 9:50:00 AM
Newsweek, the venerable but
declining news magazine, has
joined forces with the new media
by merging with the Daily Beast,
a politics-oriented website co-
founded by its celebrity editor,
Tina Brown.
Called the Newsweek Daily
Beast Co., the joint venture was
announced Friday by IAC, the
Barry Diller company that owns
the Daily Beast, which is less than
two years old.
Newsweek, a 77-year-old
publication once ubiquitous on
coffee tables from coast to coast,
was purchased last summer by with a "coffee-mug toast between
all parties" at Beast headquarters
communications equipment
magnate Sidney Harman for $1 in downtown Manhattan. "I shall
now be in the editor-in-chief's
from the Washington Post Co.
The magazine, which built its chair at both the Daily Beast and
Newsweek," she said in a posting.
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Live from the labs: Mowers, blowers Cindy McCain Knocks

and other winter prep 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
Consumer Reports Shopping
Blog (Consumer Reports)
You can spend as little as $100
for a snow blower that can handle
moderate snow conditions, and
Ban on Gays in Military
Submitted at 11/12/2010 8:45:12 AM
Tom Diemer (Politics Daily) would repeal the ban on gays
well over $1,000 for a heavy-duty
Live from the labs: Mowers, model. The type of snow blower Submitted at 11/12/2010 8:45:00 AM serving openly in the armed
blowers and other winter prep you buy depends on the area you forces. The House has already
We hope you can join us in Correspondent Cindy McCain is passed a repeal bill and President
need to clear as well as the
today's Live from the labs appearing in a new video ad Obama has vowed to do away
storage space available to house
Facebook chat (at 12:30 EST) sharply critical of the military's with the Clinton-era policy.
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Venison Sauerbraten
(Simply Recipes)
Submitted at 11/12/2010 6:11:28 AM
My father has been begging Hank
Shaw for a venison recipe for
months now, and Hank has
delivered. It's outstanding! Not eat we've either hunted or fished apparently, originally designed for
gamey at all, just a deeply for ourselves. So I spend a lot of venison.
flavorful pot roast. ~Elise time adjusting traditional recipes Continue reading "Venison
As some of you know, I am a to suit wild game. Luckily it turns Sauerbraten" »
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home in five years everything we
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42 Products/ Politics/ Politics-Right/ E-reader News Edition

NHTSA releases second batch of Steele Draws Challenger

vehicle ratings under new system for GOP Chairman
Consumer Reports Shopping latest group tested (see the list of (Newsmax - Inside Cover)
Blog (Consumer Reports) the first group in our previous Submitted at 11/12/2010 3:45:38 AM

Submitted at 11/12/2010 8:45:15 AM blog). Make and model Overall

frontal crash rating Overall side Friday, 12 Nov 2010 09:45 AM
NHTSA releases second batch of crash rating Rollover rating A prominent Michigan
vehicle ratings under new system Overall vehicle score Buick Republican is running against
The latest vehicles evaluated by Enclave FWD 4 5 4 5 Buick party chairman Michael Steele.
National Highway Traffic Safety Enclave AWD 4 5 4 5 Buick Saul Anuzis made his plans
Administration (NHTSA) with the Lucerne 3 5 2 3 Chevrolet known Friday in an e-mail in
new 5-Star Safety Ratings System Previously, nearly all models Traverse FWD 4 5 4 5 Chevrolet which he says the party can win in
fare better than the initial group were rated at five stars, making it Traverse AWD 4 5 4 5 GMC 2012 only if the chairman steps
unveiled last month. In the d i f f i c u l t f o r c o n s u m e r s t o Acadia FWD 4 5 4 5 GMC out of the limelight and allows the
previous test of 33 models, only determine the better performers. Acadia FWD 4 5 4 5 Honda candidates to become the voice ran a losing race for the national
two vehicles received the top Under the new, more rigorous Accord 4-Door 5 5 5 5 and face of Republicans. chairmanship two years ago.
overall rating—the BMW 5 Series ratings system, not all vehicles For a full list of the vehicles That's a slap at Steele, who has © Copyright 2010 The Associated
and the later Hyundai Sonata will earn the highest score even if evaluated and further details on generated controversy repeatedly Press. All rights reserved. This
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LIVE NOW – Reforming Health Care Online Chat

Todd Thurman (The Foundry:
Conservative Policy News.)
Submitted at 11/12/2010 11:00:09 AM
Posted November 12th, 2010 at
12:00pm in Health Care Print
This Post
As part of our “Lunch With
Heritage” series, we will be
feature Director of Health Policy
studies Nina Owcharenko. Nina
will answer your questions on
what is wrong with the Patient
Protection and Affordable Health
Care Act (PPACA) and the
correct way forward. There is a
lot that needs to be done but with
the right education we can hold
congress accountable and make
sure they do what they were
elected to do.
Nina recently wrote a paper on
everything that needs to be done
so health care can be reformed.
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Submitted at 11/12/2010 9:00:00 AM
Few cities in the world have
managed to keep their reputation
for beauty and romance in the
middle of a garbage strike. But
Paris and New York? Right out of
the gate they grabbed the title and
held it, and they're not letting it go
any time soon. From the homeless
punk rocker beside the heating
vent to the rich trust-fund art
dealer buying a second penthouse,
everyone knows that Paris and
New York are the places to be.
Each day in these cities, wide-
eyed tourists mix with snobby
hipster locals to irritate the no-
nonsense businessmen on their
commute, resulting in a stew of
crazy existing nowhere else.
When you've made it there,
you've made it anywhere, and
you'll always have it, especially in
the springtime. So we have to ask:
why has it taken so long for some
artists to compare these two cities
Products/ Politics/ 43
Podcast: Ron Christie on
His Book 'Acting White,'
and TLC's Brian Reich
Matt Lewis (Politics Daily)
Submitted at 11/12/2010 8:43:00 AM
Columnist On today's podcast,
we welcome Ron Christie, a
former special assistant to
President George W. Bush -- and
TLC's social media strategist
Brian Reich.
Christie and I discussed his new
book, " Acting White: The
Curious History of a Racial Slur."
Christie's goal is to push back on
the notion that being educated is that will accompany it.
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Kenny Rogers: Cecil Newton put price tag on Cam Newton for
Mississippi State
ESPN.com news services play. Newton is a leading "That's all I want to say about it at based agent Ian Greengross. The Friday with ESPN radio in Dallas
(ESPN.com) Heisman Trophy contender and this point," Bell said. NFL Players Association said last he hadn't talked to Bond in more
Submitted at 11/12/2010 10:36:06 AM has the unbeaten Tigers in the Bell, a Florida resident, was an week it had filed a disciplinary than 20 years. In the same
hunt for the national offensive lineman at Mississippi complaint against Greengross for interview last Friday, Rogers also
Updated: November 12, 2010, championship. He's expected to State in the early 1980s and "violating numerous provisions of denied having recruited Newton
11:36 AM ET play Saturday against rival played with Rogers. the NFLPA's agent regulations to Mississippi State.
A former Mississippi State player Georgia. Rogers said he didn't know if while recruiting and representing "A school never paid me for a kid
who worked with agents says Later in the interview, Rogers Cam Newton knew about the players." The complaint also and alumni never paid me for a
Cecil Newton told him it would said he and Cecil Newton first request for money. He said he did targets the actions of Rogers, kid. Period. Point blank," Rogers
take anywhere from $100,000 to talked after Cam Newton left the not meet Cam Newton until Nov. whom it identifies as a recruiter said.
$180,000 for his son, Cam Florida Gators following the 2008 27, 2009. for Greengross. Rogers' attorney said Rogers is
Newton, to sign a scholarship season. In the course of their Rogers said he didn't know In another e-mail, a spokesman scheduled to meet with the NCAA
with Mississippi State. conversations, he said Cecil anything about Newton's said: "Generally speaking, if a on Tuesday. Bond said he's
Kenny Rogers told ESPN radio Newton told him, "It's not gonna recruitment at Auburn or any third party is marketing a student- scheduled to meet with the FBI on
103.3 in Dallas on Thursday that be free this time." other school. He said he had "no athlete, there could be potential Tuesday and plans to turn over his
when he and Cecil Newton met Rogers said he was involved with idea" why Newton chose Auburn agent violations. Under NCAA phone records and anything else
with two MSU coaches at a hotel Cecil Newton only in regards to or if Auburn paid Newton. rules, it doesn't matter what you the FBI asks for at that point. He
in Starkville, Miss., last Nov. 27, Mississippi State. While Rogers spoke, his attorney call yourself or how you are said the FBI reached out to his
one of the coaches said "No, no I Rogers said that on Nov. 28, also was on the phone. The compensated, the actions are what attorney earlier this week wanting
don't want to hear that," when 2009, he and Cecil Newton attorney, Doug Zeit, said there triggers agent violation rules." to talk with him about the Newton
Cecil Newton asked about the followed each other out of was never any discussion about The NCAA spokeswoman said: situation, in particular if kids were
payment for Cam Newton to Starkville, Miss., after the Ole Rogers getting paid out of the "The decision to rule a student- being shopped out to colleges.
attend Mississippi State. Miss-Mississippi State game. He money Cecil Newton was athlete ineligible is made by the That meeting was originally
Rogers was asked if Cecil said Newton asked him: "What do requesting. university, not the NCAA. We do scheduled for Wednesday, but
Newton told him how much you think is going to happen? You Mississippi State officials not suspend student-athletes. It is was postponed by the FBI until
money it would take to get his son think it's going to go through?" declined comment on Rogers' a school action. The university next Tuesday.
to play for Mississippi State. Rogers said he was referred to a interview Thursday. can then seek reinstatement on "Until I speak with the FBI, I'd
"Yes, he did," Rogers said. Mississippi State booster named A person who answered the behalf of the student-athlete and prefer not to say much more,"
Asked how much, Rogers said Bill Bell. Rogers said he left Bell telephone at Cecil Newton's home reinstatement decisions are made Bond said.
the price would be: "Anywhere a message telling him he was with in Atlanta said he wasn't there. by the NCAA." Earlier this week, ESPN reported
between $100,000 and $180,000." Cecil Newton, who wanted to Auburn declined comment John Bond, a former Mississippi that two sources who recruit for
Kenny Rogers: 11/11 know if the deal was going to through spokesman Kirk State quarterback and teammate Mississippi State said Cecil and
Kenny Rogers tells ESPN 103.3 happen. Sampson. The SEC also declined of Rogers who told ESPN.com Cam Newton, in separate phone
FM's Ian Fitzsimmons that Cam Bell, when contacted Thursday comment. last week that a man seeking conversations, told them that Cam
Newton's father asked for between night by ESPN.com, confirmed In an e-mail to ESPN.com, an money to sign Cam Newton had Newton's college choice would be
$100,000 and $180,000 from Cecil Newton did ask for money NCAA spokeswoman said: "The approached him, told ESPN.com part of a pay-for-play plan.
Mississippi State to have Newton in exchange for Cam Newton solicitation of cash or benefits by on Thursday: "My story hasn't A source told ESPN on Thursday
play there. signing with Mississippi State. a prospective student-athlete or changed. I absolutely talked with the phone conversations are part
More Podcasts » Bell said he was contacted by the another individual on his or her Kenny Rogers, and there are of the NCAA's investigation into
Cam Newton eventually signed NCAA about the matter and behalf is not allowed under phone records that will show the recruitment process of the
with Auburn, where the school spoke to an investigator earlier NCAA rules." that." KENNY page 45
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Kentucky center Enes Kanter has been Electoral Map Looks

ruled ineligible Bleak for Obama in 2012
Associated Press (ESPN.com) writes. Blog expected to fill a major hole in the (Newsmax - Inside Cover)
Submitted at 11/12/2010 6:36:25 AM The NCAA ruled Kanter received middle left by DeMarcus Cousins' Submitted at 11/12/2010 4:34:53 AM
over $33,000 above his necessary departure for the NBA. Now that
Updated: November 12, 2010, expenses for the 2008-09 season. job will fall to senior Josh Friday, 12 Nov 2010 10:34 AM
7:36 AM ET "Enes took advantage of an Harrelson, junior college transfer Republicans’ landslide win in the
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The NCAA opportunity to play at the highest Eloy Vargas and freshman mid-term elections doesn’t just
ruled Kentucky freshman center level available to him, but the forward Terrence Jones. reverse the makeup of the House,
Enes Kanter permanently consequences of receiving The Wildcats (No. 10 ESPN/ it signals big danger for President
ineligible to play for the Wildcats, p a y m e n t s a b o v e h i s a c t u a l USA Today, No. 11 AP) open the Barack Obama’s re-election effort
though the school will appeal the expenses is not compatible with season on Friday against East in 2012. His campaign will more
decision. the collegiate model of sports that Tennessee State. likely resemble the political
The NCAA student-athlete our members have developed," Kanter had become a minor trench warfare of the 2000 and
reinstatement staff decided the 6- said Kevin Lennon, NCAA vice celebrity on campus without so 2004 presidential elections rather
foot-11 Kanter received benefits p r e s i d e n t o f a c a d e m i c a n d much as taking a shot. He was than his more expansive strategy 2010, he loses,” says Democratic
above his actual and necessary m e m b e r s h i p a f f a i r s . introduced along with the rest of of 2008, Politico reports. consultant Paul Begala.
expenses while playing for a club Kentucky coach John Calipari the team during Big Blue In last week’s elections, the © Newsmax. All rights reserved.
basketball team in Turkey. The had no immediate comment, but Madness, walking through clouds traditionally conservative states of This entry passed through the
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Bloom said he could not provide said.
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Prior to Newton's commitment to Auburn, another source said an
Auburn, one of the recruiters said
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emotional Cam Newton phoned
another recruiter to express regret
that he wouldn't be going to
Mississippi State, stating that his
father, Cecil, had chosen Auburn
for him because "the money was
too much."
Mississippi State compliance
officials relayed the alleged
conversations to Southeastern
Conference compliance officials
in January, according to two other
sources close to the football
program. The school said it didn't
provide additional information
requested by the SEC to the
conference until July 2010
because of "time-consuming
eligibility issues involving non-
football matters in the winter and
spring of 2010."
The NCAA is investigating
allegations surrounding the
Newtons in regards to the
recruiting process. Cam Newton
declined comment earlier this
week.
A week ago, ESPN.com reported
a man who said he represented
Newton allegedly was soliciting a
six-figure payment to secure the
quarterback's signature on a
national letter of intent. Bond told
ESPN.com a teammate of Bond's
at Mississippi State in the early
1980s contacted him soon after
Newton's official visit to
Mississippi State during the Ole
Miss game last season, and said
he was representing Newton. That
man was identified by other
sources as Rogers, who played at
Mississippi State from 1982 to
'85.
Bond said an NCAA investigator
came to Mississippi to meet with
him in early September as well as
with Mississippi State officials.
When interviewed by ESPN.com
last Thursday at the family's home
in Atlanta, Cecil Newton denied
any wrongdoing.
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and Media Tennis officials have really, really big trouble next off as the unofficial song of the I think it’s safe to say — aside
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January 2009 were against the that he will be in violation of the then.''
rules. rules if he engages in such activity
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Celtics Repeat the Formula to Beat Colossians 1:9 (11-12-10)

(Verse of the Day)
Heat Submitted at 11/12/2010 2:00:00 AM
friends he had never met -- "I ask
God to fill you with the
knowledge of his will through all
Surya Fernandez (FanHouse
Main) Since the day we heard about spiritual wisdom and
you, we have not stopped praying understanding." Let's pray that for
Submitted at 11/12/2010 12:33:00 AM for you and asking God to fill you each other today. My Prayer... Oh
with the knowledge of his will precious and divine Father, today
Filed under: Celtics, Heat through all spiritual wisdom and I pray for the other believers who
MIAMI -- The Miami Heat and understanding. come before you and seek to live
Boston Celtics squared off — Colossians 1:9(NIV) Thoughts for you. I pray especially for those
Thursday in a rematch of the on Today's Verse... In a world who share the Today's Verse
NBA's first game of the season, where we can feel so isolated and journey with me. Even though we
but this wasn't a case where the alone at times, it is so important live all over the world and have
sequel was worse than the for us to know that someone is all sorts of needs, we all know
original. However, it did appear praying for us and for our spiritual that our deepest need is to know
that the basketball gods recycled needs. As I think of the thousands and live your will and to be
the script. who are a part of the Today's confident that we are known and
Once again, the Heat started off Verse ministry, I cannot help but loved by you. Please fill all of us
cold from the field early as their pray that each of them, that you, with the knowledge of your will
offense looked out of sync while Looking at both of these games, and Udonis Haslem, while the are blessed by knowing that you
the Heat haven't seemed to Celtics enjoyed a balanced attack through Spirit-led wisdom and
the Celtics raced out to the early share a spiritual journey with understanding. We want to know
lead. Dwyane Wade again had a progress much from Game No. 1 from their Big 3 of Kevin Garnett
people all over the world, and that you, honor you, serve you, and
nightmare of a game while to Game No. 9. Joel Anthony and (16 points, 13 rebounds), Paul today, we will be praying for each
ultimately see you face to face. In
LeBron James surpassed 30 points Carlos Arroyo again proved Pierce (25 points) and the ageless other. And of course there can be
ineffective among the starters Ray Allen (35 points, with 7 of 9 the name of our older brother
to lead a furious second-half rally no better prayer than the one that Jesus, we pray. Amen.
that ultimately fell short. The 112- w h i l e t h e i r r e p l a c e m e n t s shooting from three-point land).
Paul prayed for the Colossian
107 loss drops Miami to 5-4 on Zydrunas Ilgauskas and Eddie Boston's starters outscored their
the season -- and third place in the House fared better. Simply put, counterparts 89 to 62.
Southeast Division -- while there just wasn't enough support
Boston improved to 7-2. for James aside from Chris Bosh
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Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony Hold
Court After Nuggets Upset Lakers
Chris Tomasson (FanHouse
Main)
Submitted at 11/12/2010 12:57:00 AM
Filed under: Lakers, Nuggets,
NBA Rumors DENVER -- For
the fans, there was plenty of
action on the court. For the media,
there was plenty in the locker
rooms.
Lakers star Kobe Bryant hugged
Denver star Carmelo Anthony
after Anthony's Nuggets beat the
Lakers 118-112 Thursday for their
first loss of the season after an 8-0
start. Then they both held court in
their locker rooms to captivated
audiences of reporters.
Anthony talked about how he
was pleased with a front-office
move made earlier this week by
Denver. Bryant talked about
Anthony and made cracks about
Miami and Cleveland.
The Nuggets dropped Bret
Bearup, who had carried
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considerable clout as a team
adviser, leaving all front-office
decisions to president Josh
Kroenke and executive vice
president of basketball operations
Masai Ujiri. Anthony made it
clear after the game he wasn't a
Bearup fan.
"That's a step. Not just for Josh
and Masai but just for the whole
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organization,'' Anthony said. "Just
to let ... the league, to let
everybody know that what they're
doing here is they're making
progress.
"Positive (for the organization).
They made some changes
obviously for the better of this
organization. That's their
decision.''
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Ad-magine the possibilities:
Microsoft sees big potentials
in collecting Kinect user data
JC Fletcher (Joystiq) played." Theoretically, the camera
Submitted at 11/12/2010 11:30:00 AM could also be able to measure the
level of interest in a particular
Kinect isn't just a new way for game or program, explained
you to interact with your Xbox, it Durkin, based on factors like
could become a new way for which jerseys viewers are wearing
Microsoft's advertising division to (in the case of a sporting event).
gather targeted data about your It's important to note that this
family. We're not talking about kind of data collecting is not
some tinfoil-hat conspiracy theory actually happening yet. There's
-- Microsoft's Dennis Durkin still plenty of time to order Joystiq
postulated such a future at the Publishing's upcoming product:
BMO Capital Markets conference the Kinect Privacy Shroud.
yesterday. Simply drape the Kinect Privacy
"Over time," he said, the Kinect Shroud over the camera and go
camera's ability to distinguish about your life as usual without
between different users, and fear of being targeted by invasive
therefore tailor content to each advertising. Oh, and learn sign
user, will "help us be more language, because Kinect can hear
targeted about what content you too.
choices we present; what Ad-magine the possibilities:
advertising we present; how we Microsoft sees big potentials in
get better feedback and data; collecting Kinect user data
about how many people are in a originally appeared on Joystiq on
room when an advertisement is Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:30:00 EST.
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"That was certainly a weakness of
his presidency," Ross says.
"By the time he left office, there
were certainly people on the right
who were not happy with
everything he did," says Adrian
Zackheim, who heads the
conservative imprint Sentinel at
Penguin Group (USA) that next
year will publish the memoir of
Bush's secretary of defense,
Donald Rumsfeld. "But one thing
Bush's memoir can do is give
everyone a big picture of what he
did as president and remind
conservatives of the many policies
that they supported."
The Conservative Book Club's
current selections are far more
focused on criticizing Obama than
celebrating Bush, with popular
works including Dinesh D'Souza's
"The Roots of Obama's Rage,"
Laura Ingraham's "The Obama
Diaries" and David Limbaugh's
"Crimes Against Liberty." Among
Regnery releases, Ross cited
Mark Thiessen's "Courting
Disaster," a defense of Bush's
terrorism policies, but said she
wasn't seeing books that offered a
broad review of his
administration.
"We get proposals for books
about conservative governing, but
they're much more abstract, about
how they want the government to
be. They're not about returning to
the Bush years or even to a
Reagan set of principles," Ross
says.
In "Decision Points," Bush
strongly backs his fiscal priorities.
He refers to major tax cuts
enacted in 2001 and 2003 and his
efforts to set up overhaul social
security, a longtime conservative
goal. He includes charts showing
reductions in spending and debt as
a percentage of the overall
domestic economy. He objected
to "wasteful earmarks" proposed
by Congress, but writes that he
lacked a line-item veto — another
conservative priority — to prevent
them.
But he also writes proudly of No
Child Left Behind and his ability
to work with a liberal champion,
Sen. Edward Kennedy. Bush's
book has respectful words for
President Obama, finding him
well-prepared and thoughtful at a
financial crisis summit in 2008
that had been requested by
Obama's rival for the presidency,
Sen. John McCain. While
Limbaugh and others have openly
rooted for Obama to fail, Bush
told Oprah Winfrey in an
interview that aired this week, "I
want our president to succeed. I
love our country."
Ross said she expected, and
hoped for, tougher words in the
upcoming memoir of Bush's vice
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president, Dick Cheney.
"For one thing, Cheney has been
more vocal since he left office in
defending some of the things he
stood for and taking on the
Obama administration," Ross
says. "I think people expect the
president to be more circumspect
about criticizing his successor. So
in that sense his book may be a
little more tame, whereas I think
people expect Dick Cheney to
come out firing and be a little
more aggressive. And that's
frankly a little more fun."Bush
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book club
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the same amount of training. I
really feel it in my shoulders and
my back. However, I think tunnel
flying is a very good overall
workout for your body. It is
extremely cardio intensive and
you need to stay mentally alert
and mentally tough. If you lose
track of where you are flying in
relation to the wall you can get
really injured. I am often very
sore after flying, especially when
training with the team. The
freestyle training is hard because
you need a lot of stretching.
Skyventure XP Paraclete's indoor
wind tunnel. Photo by Michael
Wong
Have you ever had any landing
scares?
One time I had to land in the city
because the wind was too strong
and I couldn't make it back to the
landing area. I had to land in a
little park full of trees surrounded
by cables and canals. I never hurt
myself but I think I was lucky
because it's easy to make a lot of
mistakes - especially in the
beginning. Landings are only
really scary when the wind
conditions make it more
dangerous. If it is very windy or
turbulent your parachute could
collapse, which could be fatal if it
happens low enough to the
ground.
What thoughts went through your
head right before you jumped out
of a plane for the first time?
What am I doing? Am I crazy?
How many times has the
parachute failed to open for you?
My parachute failed five times
because the way I packed it was
wrong. I had already jumped 28
times before I experienced my
first malfunction, but I was really
freaked out. I was spinning very
fast and this made a cutaway on
the main parachute difficult.
When your first parachute does
not function properly, you have to
use your reserve, but first you
have to release the malfunctioning
parachute from you. This is what
we call a cutaway. With the
tremendous amount of force on
the release system during the spin,
it can make for a very hard pull on
the cutaway handle. When I had a
fewer number of jumps I thought
maybe I was going to die, but now
I can't live without skydiving
because it has become my life.
You've done four dives in the
buff? What was that like?
I did a jump for a magazine shoot
once and it was very cold. The
plane was full of other skydivers
and I kept a blanket over me until
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people-got a little show at
altitude. It was chilly, but once I
jumped it was a nice feeling to
have the wind against my body
and to not have a jumpsuit or any
clothes flapping against me.
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Repeat your specific goal—in
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Write it down and post it on your
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see it, the more you'll believe
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Color Me Bad
Put on something that's either
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associates shades of colors with
different meanings. Bold colors
and black subconsciously
heighten readiness and
excitement. Dull lighter colors,
well, think about it.
Bring Guests
Ask your girlfriend or a group of
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Submitted at 11/11/2010 3:33:50 PM Obama’s praise for Indonesia’s
rich history of religious tolerance,
As you would expect, there was a especially in the context of the
wave — totally justified — of wider Muslim world. Thus, in the
press coverage of the major New York Times one could read
speech that was delivered by the following passage:
President Barack Obama during Mixing the personal, political and
his return to Jakarta, Indonesia, a religious, Mr. Obama spoke of
city that he called home as a child. Indonesia’s history of religious
To read the speech text, click tolerance and its commitment to
here.
All of the major stories focused FAITH, page 54
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FAITH,
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democracy and diversity before a
receptive audience of 6,500
mostly young people at the
University of Indonesia. In a 30-
minute speech, the president
underscored the shared values
between the United States and
Indonesia, which is known for its
tradition of moderate Islam.
Mr. Obama spoke about hearing
the “call to prayer across Jakarta,”
where he lived for four years as a
boy. He referred several times to
his Indonesian stepfather, Lolo
Soeotoro, who, he said, “was
raised a Muslim” but “firmly
believed that all religions were
worthy of respect.”
“I thought the speech was very
good because it showed that
Obama knows about the people of
Indonesia, our cultures and
traditions, and mentioned what we
have in common,” said Slamet
Effendi Yusuf, a deputy chairman
of Nahdlatul Ulama, one of
Indonesia’s largest Islamic
organizations. “He was arguing
against the people who say that
there is something incompatible
between Islamic and Christian
civilizations.”
Although 90 percent of
Indonesia’s nearly 240 million
citizens are Muslim, the country’s
constitution recognizes the
world’s major religions, and for
decades political Islam had little
role in this country. But in the
past two decades, as Indonesians
have become increasingly
religious, events in the Middle
East and other Muslim regions
have gained more traction here.
That last sentence is absolutely
crucial and I’ll return to it shortly.
However, you could see some of
the same essential issues covered
in the following slice of the
Washington Post report on the
same subject:
(Obama) also praised Indonesia
— the world’s most populous
Muslim-majority nation — for a
“spirit of tolerance that is written
into your constitution, symbolized
in your mosques and churches and
temples, and embodied in your
people,” a quality worthy for all
the world to emulate.
Obama received a warm
welcome from the crowd of about
6,500 at the University of
Indonesia, particularly when he
spoke in Indonesian, as when he
recalled buying satay and bakso
from street vendors or referenced
the national motto, “Bhinneka
Tunggal Ika,” or “Unity in
Diversity.”
“We are two nations which have
traveled different paths. Yet our
nations show that hundreds of
millions who hold different
beliefs can be united in freedom
under one flag,” Obama said.
Now, stop and think about this.
Did you notice the following
phrase in that New York Times
piece? It seems that life has
become more complex — the hint
is that the emphasis in tolerance
has changed somehow — in the
“past two decades, as Indonesians
have become increasingly
religious.”
That’s the phrase that made me
think of the following, which is
the top of a Scripps Howard News
Service column that I wrote more
than a decade ago— months
before the events of Sept. 11, in
fact. The setting, of course, is
Indonesia:
One wave of warriors came out
of the mountains while another
came in boats from the sea,
crushing the harbor villages on
the island of Haruku.
“I heard a grenade and the house
went up in an explosion at about
5:30 a.m.,” said an Indonesian
pastor, in testimony read in the
British House of Lords. “Nine
people died at the football pitch.
… Some were injured, but still
alive, when the military came
with bayonets and stabbed them
in the neck.”
Similar attacks have destroyed
hundreds of churches and
mosques during the past two years
in the Maluku Islands, which were
once known as the romantic
“Spice Islands.”
“Those who died were beheaded,”
he said. “We have not been able
to find their heads, because the
soldiers take them.”
Hacking off the heads makes it
harder to identify victims in the
jungles far from modern
Indonesia’s cities. Witnesses say
the raiders wear white jihad robes,
often over military uniforms.
The material made it into the
House of Lords and, thus, the
public record, because of the work
of a controversial human-rights
activist, the nurse and sociologist
Baroness Caroline Cox. The key,
she said, is that some people
believe that it is impossible to
stand up and defend universal
human rights — such as the
freedom of religious conscience
— because these concepts are said
to be the products of the Judeo-
Christian West.
in Indonesia, some of the people
who were fighting and dying to
protect those freedoms were —
yes, emphasize this — Muslims.
Churches were destroyed. So
were some selected mosques.
… (The) Indonesia crisis is not a
simple clash between Islam and
Christianity. Cox said she has
seen evidence of Muslims dying
to defend the homes and churches
of neighbors.
The Republic of Indonesia is
stunningly complex, a 3,500-mile
crescent of 17,670 islands
straddling the equinox between
the Indian and Pacific oceans. The
world’s largest archipelago is
nearly three times the size of
Texas and the population of 225
million includes 300 ethnic
groups. The population of 225
million is 88 percent Muslim and
8 percent Christian, with smaller
communities of Hindus,
Buddhists and others.
I left that last paragraph in for a
reason. Clearly, the journalists
covering the Obama visit to
Indonesia — and writing about its
legitimate heritage of a limited
tolerance of minority religions —
could not go into these issues in
depth.
But, GetReligion readers, did
anyone see any mainstream
coverage that mentioned that this
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nation’s heritage of tolerance is
under violent attack? Did anyone
read about the “white riders”?
About kidnappings? Beheadings?
The persecution and killing of, for
lack of a better word, “moderate”
Muslims, as well as members of
religious minorities?
And what did the Times report
really mean when it said that these
problems are in the rise because
“Indonesians have become
increasingly religious”? Isn’t that
a haunting statement to accept as
fact?
So Muslims who are more
religious are violent. Those who
are less religious are tolerant. And
note that it is “political Islam” that
is the problem, yet this “political
Islam” comes to power when
people become “increasingly
religious.” Is that what the editors
meant to say?
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that the economy needs easier debasing the dollar, and Fox debt and discourages spending floor on real interest rates. The
money. Charles Evans, head of News is running plenty of ads (since a dollar will buy more Fed can still run an
In trying to prevent inflation and the Chicago Fed, believes that the encouraging people to buy gold as tomorrow than it does today). accommodative policy, but it has
deflation, Ben Bernanke treads a inflation rate should average 2 a hedge against inflation. Thus it can make recovery to use less familiar tools.
perilous path. percent per year over time. Since But some analysts are playing difficult, or even impossible. On the other side of the argument
T he U.S. economy is at risk of we have undershot that mark against type. John Makin, an Bernanke is a student of the are those who consider fears of
falling into either an inflationary recently, we should have a higher economist at the conservative Depression and agrees with the deflation overblown. “There has
or a deflationary spiral, which is a inflation rate for a while to catch American Enterprise Institute, is late Milton Friedman that the never been a deflation preceded
consequence of the Federal u p . W i l l i a m D u d l e y , T i m worried about deflation. Greg Fed’s excessive tightness caused by rising commodities [prices], a
Reserve’s having been either too Geithner’s successor at the New Mankiw, who chaired President it. He has vowed that the Fed will steep yield curve, and a falling
loose or too tight. The only point York Fed, says that “very low Bush’s Council of Economic not make the same mistake again, dollar,” says Alan Reynolds of the
of consensus among economists interest rates can help smooth the Advisers, has called for even if it means printing money Cato Institute. Some observers
and financial journalists seems to adjustment process by supporting “significant” inflation so as to and tossing it out of helicopters. think the economy is stronger
be that Fed policy is dangerously asset valuations, including making create negative real interest rates #page#Inflation, on the other than generally appreciated. Retail
wrong. housing more affordable and by and thus spur borrowing. But hand, reduces the real value of sales are up three months in a
Federal Reserve chairman Ben allowing some borrowers to Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel fixed-interest debt. (With enough row, notes Kudlow. Monetary
Bernanke has been on both sides reduce debt interest payments.” Prize–winning economist who has inflation, a lot of homeowners stimulus might not be necessary.
of the debate within the last few Many academic and journalistic been a favorite of the Left over could find themselves above Allan Meltzer, an economist at
months. In late August he said commentators agree. Columbia the last decade, joins with supply- water again.) It encourages Carnegie Mellon’s school of
that “falling into deflation is not a University economist Michael sider Lawrence Kudlow in spending, since unspent cash business, is one of many critics of
significant risk for the United W o o d f o r d b a c k s E v a n s ’ s thinking that the chief effect of burns a little of its value every quantitative easing who point out
States at this time.” In mid- contention. Paul Krugman is quantitative easing will be to day. By reducing real wages, it that banks are already sitting on
October he said that “the risk of looking for stimulus anywhere he cause “chaos” (Stiglitz’s word) in makes it possible for employers to large reserves (as are
deflation is higher than desirable.” can get it. Martin Wolf, an foreign-exchange markets. keep more people on payroll. corporations) and therefore
The Fed is expected to engage in influential columnist at the Different people make different (People suffer from “money question the utility of adding to
another round of “quantitative Financial Times, is worried about arguments for a looser monetary illusion”: They’ll balk at wage those reserves. He also argues that
easing”: creating money and using deflation. policy. For some of them, fear of cuts but acquiesce in wage freezes the very low interest rates that the
it to buy assets from banks. The Debates over monetary policy deflation is the primary concern. that, with inflation, have the same Fed has engineered are delaying
banks will then use their increased t y p i c a l l y h a v e a l e f t - r i g h t The Treasury sells five-year effect.) Bernanke has also the housing market’s adjustment
reserves to lend more, thus dimension. Conservatives have bonds both with and without suggested that it might promote to reality.
stimulating the economy and traditionally worried that an inflation protections. Comparing long-term economic stability if The anti-inflationists argue that
easing deflationary pressures. excessively loose Fed policy their yields results in one measure the Fed made up for periods of inflation has a tendency to get out
That’s Bernanke’s plan, anyway. would generate inflation, while of the market’s expectations of lower-than-expected inflation of control, as in the late 1960s and
Executing it -- and then beating a l i b e r a l s h a v e b e e n m o r e inflation over the period. Those with a temporary increase. 1970s, but is hard to vanquish.
retreat before inflation begins, as concerned that overly tight policy expectations have been low and #ad#The Fed gets nervous about The Fed spent the 1980s and
the Fed also promises to do -- will would increase unemployment. dropping for most of the year, very low inflation, or deflation, 1990s making its commitment to
require the technocrat to exercise (Congress has given the Fed the although they have started to for one additional reason: It loses price stability credible, they say,
a kind of statesmanship. dual mandate of pursuing price bounce back now that quantitative some of its room to maneuver. It and raising inflation targets could
#ad#Bernanke’s shift probably s t a b i l i t y a n d f i g h t i n g easing is under discussion. often tries to stimulate the squander that inheritance. Most of
reflects a change in economic unemployment.) That pattern is Fear of deflation is rooted in the economy by lowering real interest the anti-inflationists believe that
indicators, but may also be a evident in this debate as well. The experience of the early years of rates. But since nominal interest an excessively loose policy
response to pressures from inside Wall Street Journal’s editorial the Great Depression, when the rates cannot go below zero -- contributed to our current troubles
and outside the Fed. Several p a g e i s r e g u l a r l y r u n n i n g money supply cratered. A falling nobody is going to lend at a
members of the Fed board believe commentary critical of the Fed for price level increases the burden of negative rate -- deflation puts a HARD page 61
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A Tale of Two Europes
Submitted at 11/12/2010 3:00:51 AM
Looking for transcendence.
N ovember 9 marked the 21st
anniversary of the fall of the
Berlin Wall. Yet if the open-
borders Europe of the Schengen
agreement is no longer divided by
concrete walls, barbed-wire
fences, and sandy death-traps,
21st-century Europe remains
deeply divided nonetheless.
Evidence of the depth and nature
of that division was plentiful
before and during the recent
anniversary.
On the night of November 9
(which is also the anniversary of
Kristallnacht in 1938 and the Beer
Hall Putsch in 1923), Herman
Van Rompuy, the Belgian
president of the European Union
Council (and thus, by some
reckonings, “president of
Europe”), spoke in Berlin’s
Pergamon Museum on the
challenges facing European
democracy in the 21st century.
Three days earlier, in a homily at
the venerable Spanish pilgrimage
shrine of Santiago de Compostela,
Pope Benedict XVI addressed a
similar set of questions: Where
will Europe find the civilizational
energy to fuel its future as a
distinct cultural enterprise? What,
in fact, is“Europe”? Is it a set of
pragmatic arrangements for
mutual economic benefit? Or do
its political and economic
institutions express something
like a common civilizational
community? And if the latter is
the case, then what are the sources
of that community’s values and
identity?
#ad#The answers given by Van
Rompuy and Benedict could not
have highlighted more sharply the
different roads down which
Europe might travel.
The Belgian’s speech was not
without a certain comic quality,
doubtless unintended. Van
Rompuy fretted at some length
about a new “Euro-skepticism,”
which he identified with such anti
-democratic forces as resurgent
nationalism and populism -- rather
ignoring the fact that some Euro-
skeptics would point to the
completely undemocratic process
by which Van Rompuy became
“president of Europe” as one
source of their skepticism about
the project being imposed on
them from Brussels. As for the
new nationalism, the man whose
own country threatens to splinter
along linguistic fault-lines
between its Flemish and Walloon
segments, Belgian “nationality”
being somewhat attenuated these
days, condemned a nationalism
that “is often not a positive feeling
of pride of [he meant “in”] one’s
own identity, but a negative
feeling of apprehension of [he
meant “about”] the others” (tell
that to the citizens of Flanders and
Wallonia). This “feeling all over
Europe,” could, he warned, lead
to war — although, given current
European levels of defense
spending, one might wonder what
such a war would be fought with.
But it was Van Rompuy’s flaccid
attempt to define the ethical
sources of the new Europe’s
identity that rang most hollow:
Alongside diversity -- and
diversity is certainly a strength of
our societies -- we still need, in
each of our societies, a sense of
unity, of belonging together. This
sense of unity can lie in shared
values; or in a language, a shared
history, a will to live together. . . .
And this will springs above all
from the stories we tell each
other.
Think of the ancient Greeks: The
stories of Homer created bonds
through the centuries. They have
us spell-bound tonight. It can be
the stories of war and peace, or
Olympic exploits or saint-like
sacrifice, of a prison stormed or a
Wall which came down.
Such stories do what a treatise on
“values” cannot achieve: They
embody “virtues” in an
understandable way, virtues
shown by men and women in real
situations. Courage, respect,
responsibility, tolerance, a sense
of the common good.
To keep such European virtues
alive, to transmit their age-old
qualities to our children and
grandchildren, that will be one of
the great challenges for the future.
Here is the post-modern theory of
the triumph of “narrative” run so
far amok that it becomes self-
parody. Putting aside the question
of whether, on present
demographic trends, there will be
all that many “children and
grandchildren” to whom to tell
stories of Attic courage, or the
figure-skating gold medals of
Sonja Henie, or the fall of the
Bastille, or the breaching of the
Berlin Wall, Van Rompuy’s
European Story Hour is just that:
a disconnected conglomeration of
“narratives” telling no one
compelling tale. Or if there is a
tale here, it is, pace the Thane of
Cawdor, a “tale told by an idiot,
full of sound and fury, signifying
nothing.”
#page#
Earlier in his address, Van
Rompuy, with a nod to the
Pergamon Museum’s antiquities
collections, attempted a measure
of eloquence about “the Gods of
Olympus, before us and behind
us, [who] take us to Greek
civilization . . . with its temples,
fountains, libraries, and theaters”
(but not, apparently, its
polytheism, paganism, slavery,
exposure of unwanted children,
and violence). Now, to be sure, no
one who cherishes the civilization
of Europe could deny the crucial
importance in the formation of the
modern West of truths first
discerned in classical antiquity.
What President Van Rompuy
seems to have forgotten is that the
best of classical civilization was
preserved and refined, not by the
Gods of Olympus (a rather rum
lot to appeal to in defense of
democracy!) but by the followers
of the God of Abraham, Isaac,
Jacob, and Jesus, who saved
classical antiquity in the scriptoria
and libraries of monasteries
founded during the so-called Dark
Ages.
#ad#This is not a point, however,
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that has ever been lost on Joseph
Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI,
who took his papal name in no
small part to honor the founder of
European monasticism -- one of
the saviors of the riches of
classical civilization.
In his homily at Santiago de
Compostela, Benedict offered a
far more richly textured vision of
Europe’s civilizational
foundations than Herman Van
Rompuy managed.
Unintentionally responding to
(and rebutting) the European
Council president’s encomium to
the “Gods of Olympus,” Benedict
drew his congregation’s attention
to the Biblical author of the Book
of Wisdom, who was “faced with
a paganism in which God [or the
gods] envied or despised humans”
and who countered that Greek
imagery with a question: “How
could God have created all things
if he did not love them, he who in
his infinite fullness has need of
nothing? Why would he have
revealed himself to human beings
if he did not wish to take care of
them?” The men and women of
the 21st century, the pope
continued, “cannot live in
darkness, without seeing the light
of the sun. How is it, then, that
God, who is the light of every
mind, the power of every will and
the magnet of every heart, be
denied the right to propose the
light that dissipates all darkness?
That is why we need to hear God
again under the skies of Europe.”
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Mystery Missile Monday—One Day It Won’t Be Nothin

James Carafano (The Foundry: and Border Protection. Magnetic Pulse (EMP) from the This administration started out Depression—the cost—more than
Conservative Policy News.) The scud-in-bucket scenario blast would radiate out in a wide lopping off a significant chunk of 40 percent of US GDP went to
Submitted at 11/12/2010 9:00:49 AM offers America’s enemies a umbrella overloading electrical the nation’s missile defense fight World War II—tens of
number of advantages. Unlike a circuits and creating cascading budget—an amount equal to about millions died. Half the world was
The Internet went apoplectic smuggled nuke, a missile can systems failures that might put all a day of stimulus spending or wrecked. Washington took a
speculating on the “mystery deliver an air-burst—detonating of the US and Canada in the week of cash for clunkers. This “peace dividend” after the Cold
missile” spotted Monday off the the weapon in the air above the dark—for a very long time. Not really showed where the War—the price 9/11 and the Long
coast of California. The military target. Nuclear weapons detonated only would the EMP attack make president’s real priorities are. War that followed.
concluded Wednesday that the away from the ground are many emergency response operations Others have taken their cue from The road to fiscal responsibility
long “contrail,” the wisp of white times more destructive. As an impossible, as transportation the White House and have tried to is not to make America less safe.
vapors in the sky taped by a CBS added benefit, the likelihood of networks, supply chains, the frame defense spending as just US military spending today is
affiliate crew most likely came detection in route would be near Internet, fuel deliveries, traffic another public outlay, a plaything already modest compared to what
from a passing jet—not a missile zero. Missiles are also better than control, and the electrical grids of politics. Now the great irony is America has paid to defend itself
firing. False alarm. The news that putting a bomb on plane bound winked out tens, perhaps the White House will find itself in the past. Either as a measure of
did not make the news is that for the US. Ships can linger for hundreds of millions would at be trying to fend off even more GDP or as a percentage of the
under a different scenario the days and weeks. An enemy could risk without food, medical draconian defense cuts so it does federal budget, Pentagon spending
streak across the horizon could keep America under the cross assistance, heat or lights. Many not look completely pathetically is at near historic post-World War
have been a missile. If it were, the hairs and Washington would would die. America would never lame on national security. II lows. And, where there are
online world would not be never know it till the trigger got be the same. The war against The White House has only itself areas where defense could be
b u z z i n g a b o u t i t d a y s pulled. America might be won in a single to blame. From the start those made more efficient, those
later—because America’s days Most important, the strike could day. who want to gut defense had it savings have to be plowed back
online would have ended. be completely covert. America It is ludicrous to be complacent wrong. into the military’s budget to make
One of the most devastating and would not know who hit us—and about such threats—especially Defense spending is not like -up for a nearly unprecedented
yet realistic means to deliver a who to strike back against. It took since the capabilities to deal with other government spending. It is decades-long delay in
knock out blow to the United two days for the Pentagon to them have wide-ranging above all the first and most sacred modernizing military hardware.
States is to covertly fire a nuclear- assure us that the California applications for protecting and Constitutional obligation of Unless we start to reinvest in
tipped missile at America from a contrail was nothing. Can you defending the American people. government to “provide for the defense now, the military was
surface craft off the coast of the imagine the military trying to Missile defenses are part of the common defense.” very soon start to resemble the
country. This is often called the track down who dun-it in the solution. Ensuring the resiliency Furthermore, unlike everything broken “hollow” force of the
“scud-in-a-bucket” scenario. wake of nuclear strike? of critical systems and else in defense the enemy gets a 1970s. The US Navy is already
Scuds are relatively inexpensive If an enemy wanted to invest in a infrastructure are another. Going vote. There are no called time smaller than it was before World
and widely proliferated short- covert capability to hold America after America’s adversaries and outs in national security. If War I.
range (a few hundred miles) h o s t a g e o r d e c a p i t a t e a enemies—from proliferators like Washington chooses to under Nor is cutting defense essential to
missiles. Placing one on an superpower in a single stroke the Iran and North Korea to al Qaeda fund the armed forces, America’s stop runaway government
improvised vertical launch tube scud-in-a-bucket offers some (which has openly declared it enemies won’t put their own spending. Recently, Heritage
o u t f i t t e d o n a c o m m e r c i a l interesting options. Say they had seeks to get and use nuclear efforts to undermine our security identified over $300 billion in
freighter is no great technical two missiles with even modest weapons) is also a vital part of on hold. If anything, they will government savings—all of which
challenge. As long as the ship is size warheads. One could be shot protecting America. look on our deliberate self- could be achieved without gutting
not officially bound for US waters at New York or Washington Faux-missile Monday, if weakening as green light to get defense.
it could easily come within range where the explosion and ensuing anything ought to be a reminder more aggressive. By next Monday, Americans will
o f A m e r i c a w i t h o u t e v e n firestorm could kill hundreds-of- that now is not the time to talk The tragedy of unpreparedness is have forgotten about the hysteria
attracting the scrutiny of the US thousands. The second might be about gutting defense. Trying to that the costs always grossly of last Monday. We can’t be so
N a v y , t h e C o a s t G u a r d o r fired at higher altitude over the balance the budget by making us outweigh the savings. America
Homeland Security’s Customs East Coast where the Electro- less safe makes no sense. scrimped on defense during the MYSTERY page 59
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Coming for Christie

Jacob Laksin (FrontPage and lived by his own rules. (Never candidate in 2012.
Magazine » FrontPage) mind that with a net worth Of course, Christie has retained
Submitted at 11/11/2010 10:40:07 PM estimated at as $300 million, his critics, both in the state
Corzine himself was hardly the legislature and now, it appears, in
The Justice Department under obvious model for an everyman.) the Obama Justice Department.
P r e s i d e n t O b a m a m a y b e At the time, Christie parried the After all, what better way to
unwilling to investigate the New c h a r g e s b y p o i n t i n g o u t , embarrass a rising star in the
Black Panthers, but it’s apparently reasonably enough, that with just Republican ranks and to undercut
intent on scrutinizing that other a few rooms offered at the his credentials as a cost-cutting
menace to society – New Jersey’s government rate at every hotel, friend of the taxpayer than by
upstart Republican governor Chris staying within the set government releasing a report that portrays
Christie. rate was not always possibility. him as a spendthrift on the
T h i s m o n t h , t h e J u s t i c e Nevertheless, he explained that he taxpayer’s dime?
Department’s inspector general tried to stay at a cheaper hotel It’s hard to imagine that the
released a report purporting to whenever that was an option. Justice Department really could
show that Christie, who has built Whatever view one takes of that be that petty and politicized. But
up a reputation as a spending- particular controversy – and New as Quinn Hillier documents in
slashing fiscal conservative by Jersey’s voters registered their The American Spectator this
taking on New Jersey’s bloated opinion clearly when they voted month, the audit attack on Christie
p u b l i c s e c t o r , r o u t i n e l y Christie into office – there is is symptomatic of the wider
overcharged the government for nothing revelatory in the Justice political corruption of a
hotel stays while in his former job Department’s audit. department that repeatedly has
watch, the priorities of the Justice clear that the country’s third most
as a U.S. Attorney. Christie Why then is the Justice abused its authority to target
Department seem to be dictated indebted state no longer can
exceeded the government’s set D e p a r t m e n t s u d d e n l y s o anyone who stands in the way of
more by politics than merit. Thus, afford the combination of massive
rate for travel expenses on 14 of concerned with the dated travel President Obama’s political
in 2009 the department famously borrowing and spending that has
15 trips, according to the report; e x p e n s e s o f N e w J e r s e y ’ s agenda.
dropped a clear-cut case of voter brought it to its current mess. Just
on nine of those trips, his governor? It can hardly reflect a Considering the staleness of the
intimidation by the New Black last month, Christie scrapped a
“lodging costs exceeded the broader instinct for austerity on evidence in its latest report, there
Panther Party. Yet the department long-stalled rail tunnel project that
government rate by more than t h e p a r t o f t h e O b a m a is certainly a basis for the
is bent on pursuing a long-settled, would have saddled state residents
$100 per night.” These costs, administration. This after all is a suspicion that Christ Christie is
and far more trivial matter, with billions in cost overruns — a
which went over the government president who has presided over a just the newest name on the
against a popular Republican project, it should be noted, that
rate by between $19 and $242 a massive spending spree in his first department’s enemies list. If that
governor. the Obama administration had
night, ultimately totaled $2,176. two years in office, spiking the is indeed the case, it’s unlikely to
And not just a Republican, but a championed. In so doing, he has
The charges are not new. They national debt by more than $3 be New Jersey’s combative
fiscal conservative. In his not only remained popular in the
initially surfaced during Christie’s trillion. What’s $2,000 in travel governor who emerges looking
inaugural year in office, Christie state but he has become a national
election fight last fall against costs, assuming they really are the worse from this fight.
has become a paladin for New figure, sought out Republicans
Democratic incumbent Jon u n j u s t i f i e d , n e x t t o t h e
Jersey’s overtaxed voters. He has and the media. Despite his
Corzine, who seized on news government’s two-year spending
vetoed tax increases, cut repeated denials of interest, his
reports about Christie’s hotel binge?
spending, taken on the powerful name is now routinely mentioned
expenses suggest that he was out But to ask the question is to miss
public sector unions, and made it as a possible presidential
of touch with average Americans the point. On President Obama’s
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Our Fight Needs You
Submitted at 11/12/2010 3:00:30 AM
Help us stop Obama’s plan for
America.
T his is the hardest “ask” we’ll
make all year.
Urging you to give to Scott
Brown back at the beginning of
the year to stop Obamacare,
asking you to believe in Marco
Rubio when he was practically an
asterisk in the Florida Senate race,
making a last-minute plea for
support to get Pat Toomey over
the top, highlighting conservative
congressional candidates worthy
of your support -- all that comes
naturally and easily.
Asking for help for ourselves, on
the other hand, is a drag. If we
were the kind of people who were
good at asking people for money,
we’d be in another business -- and
presumably a much more
lucrative one.
#ad#We only ask because we
really do need your support.
People sometimes ask me, Who
are your donors? To which the
answer is: You.
We have no sugar daddies, no
well-heeled owner, no media
conglomerate behind us. We only
have people all around the
country with a shared devotion to
an idea about what this country is
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sure our enemies will have missed
the point.
Washington has already
demonstrated it is fiscally
irresponsible—let’s not add
and should be. And I shouldn’t
say “only,” because all those
people -- you -- have sustained
National Review for decades. We
wouldn’t be here without you, and
can’t survive without you.
As I often explain, opinion
magazines don’t make money,
which is why we’ve been a loss
leader for 55 years and counting.
We’re print-heavy, have a small
circulation relative to mass-
market magazines, and exist to
stir up controversy and defend
views deemed outrageous by all
the great and good. Would you
advertise your laundry detergent
with us?
But we’re not about selling
laundry detergent, anyway. We’re
here for a cause, and hardly a day
goes by when I’m not inspired by
the commitment of my colleagues
to our collective enterprise.
A little story. On Election Day,
one of our bloggers out on the
campaign trail was driving on the
highway when a truck next to him
blew a tire. He hit the tire and
suicidal to the list.
Let’s bring back fiscal
responsibility without sacrificing
our security. That is the lesson of
mystery missile Monday.
spun out, and the semi swiped
him. Thank God no one was hurt,
but the car was totaled. The
amazing thing is that this blogger
-- I won’t name him --
immediately wrote a couple of us
here apologizing that he might
miss a few events that day, even
though he was looking for
alternate transportation. We had
him rent a car and he filed all day
long as planned.
There’s no one here who doesn’t
understand the stakes in American
politics right now. Everything is
up for grabs, and if we lose, the
country as we’ve known it is
going to slip through our fingers.
Jonah wrote a while back about
how Obama’s sweeping ambitions
had created the possibility for a
sweeping alternative vision. In the
Tea Party, we’ve seen the
embodiment of that alternative
way, and the question now is
whether we manage to effectuate
it or not.
The midterms were only a start.
On election night, around 10 p.m.
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government but never do it” to
“These are the most savage cuts in
government we’ve ever
encountered.” We’ll be there for
that scrap, and every other one --
provided we have your help.
Sadly, producing NRO costs
or so when the networks started to money. We have to pay for the
call a Republican takeover of the servers, and the writers, and the
House, we gathered in the middle editors, and the tech team. It’s all
of the office and I opened a bottle run on the skimpiest budget
of (inexpensive) champagne. I possible (just ask our writers!),
have the cork right here on my but it does take a budget that will
desk, where it is going to stay have a gaping hole without you.
until it’s joined by a second cork So if you come here regularly
from a bottle of champagne the and find yourself informed,
night we defeat President Obama enlightened, amused, provoked,
for reelection in November 2012. outraged, and sometimes even
Everything right now is a play for annoyed, please make it possible
2013, when either Barack Obama for us to keep doing it. You may
gets to consolidate and advance not always agree with us, but hey,
his far-reaching progressive as you see in The Corner almost
agenda, or we elect a Republican every day, we don’t always agree
p r e s i d e n t w h o g e t s t h e with ourselves. Every little bit,
opportunity for a program of every widow’s mite, helps make
c o n s e r v a t i v e r e f o r m a s NRO possible and is registered
consequential as Reagan’s in the here with the deepest gratitude.
1980s. Our work has just begun.
Every day and every single fight Rich Lowry
will matter on the way there. The
biggest will be over the budget.
Just as soon as Paul Ryan begins
writing a budget, the Democratic
and media meme is going to
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Joe Kaufman (FrontPage
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Submitted at 11/11/2010 10:39:53 PM
This past September,
Ashrafuzzaman Khan, an accused
former leader of a South Asian
death squad, joined a
controversial group of American
Muslim community leaders to
speak out against what has been
said to be the hatred of those who
practice the religion of Islam. Was
this very public showing indeed a
sign of strength in opposition to a
form of bigotry, or could it have
been meant as a brazen message
targeted at those who are
convinced that Khan should
receive justice for past
unthinkable acts?
In 1971, as many as three million
citizens of Bangladesh were
systematically slaughtered at the
hands of the Pakistani army in
collaboration with Islamist groups
linked to the international Muslim
Brotherhood. The perpetrators
included the paramilitary wing of
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), al-Badr.
At the time, al-Badr was led by
Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid,
the present Secretary General of
JI Bangladesh. Mojahid, along
with a number of other JI
officials, was arrested this past
June and is in prison facing
charges stemming from his role in
the 1971 massacres. According to
the International Crimes Tribunal,
the legal body that is handling the
case, there is evidence which
proves that Mojahid and his
colleagues are guilty of “genocide
and crimes against humanity.”
However, there are those beyond
the arrestees that have been
implicated in the same crimes.
One of them currently resides in
Queens, New York. His name:
Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman
Khan, a.k.a. Ashrafuz Zaman
Khan, a.k.a. Ashraf-uz-Zaman
Khan.
Khan is the President of the
North American Imams
Federation (NAIF), a group based
in Arizona whose membership
consists of the most radical
Muslim religious leaders located
throughout the United States. The
alumni of the group include:
Wagdi Ghoneim, a former
representative of a Hamas charity
who was arrested and deported
from the U.S. in November 2004,
and Mazen Mokhtar, an al-Qaeda
web designer who has made clear
statements in support of suicide
bombings and Hamas.
Recently, Khan came out of his
private dwellings to share the
stage with some fellow Islamist
leaders in speaking out against, of
all things, “Islamophobia,” a term
usually used by radical Muslims
to squelch the speech of those
who speak out against radical
Muslims. They did so at the
location of the newly planned
Ground Zero Mosque, as the
structure has encountered much
opposition from the community as
well as from segments of the
media and government.
These leaders included: Nihad
Awad, the National Executive
Director of the Hamas-related
Council on American-Islamic
Relations (CAIR); Siraj Wahhaj,
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the National President of the
Muslim Alliance in North
America (MANA) and a U.S.
government named “unindicted co
-conspirator” of the 1993 World
Trade Center bombing; and
Muzammil Siddiqi, the Chairman
of the Fiqh Council of North
America (FCNA) and an
individual who has, in the past,
advocated the “killing,
enslavement [and] ransoming” of
non-Muslim males.
As well as: Mohamad Magid, the
National President of the Islamic
Society of North America
(ISNA), a group co-founded by
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
terrorist Sami al-Arian; Ahmed
Elbendary and Mahdi Bray, the
two national heads of the Muslim
American Society (MAS), a group
that has used the internet to spread
violence against non-Muslims;
and Zahid Bukhari, the National
President of the Islamic Circle of
North America (ICNA), a group
connected to the financing of
Hamas; amongst others.
One would have to question the
reason why Khan would wish to
place himself in the spotlight
alongside this seedy collection of
reprobates, while discussions
grow louder about his alleged
disreputable history.
During the massacres of 1971,
Khan was stationed in Bangladesh
as a commander of al-Badr.
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by encouraging the housing
boom. Thomas Hoenig, the head
of the Kansas City Fed and the
leading opponent of further
loosening there, takes this view.
When Bernanke says that the
“slack” in the economy makes
inflation unlikely, the anti-
inflationists shake their heads and
wonder if he has forgotten about
the possibility of stagflation.
Kudlow cites two other negative
effects of looser money. Inflation,
he points out, increases the
distortions associated with taxes
on capital (because those taxes are
levied on inflationary as well as
real gains). And it weakens the
dollar, making investment in the
U.S. less attractive and increasing
the likelihood of a “currency war”
in which countries try to improve
their trade balances by
competitively devaluing --
another unhappy echo of the
1930s. For a lot of the
inflationists, devaluation is part of
the point: They think China has
already been holding the value of
its currency down and that
aggressive steps are needed to
force it higher against the dollar.
There may be a way to avoid the
worst fears of both camps.
Economists Scott Sumner of
Bentley University and David
Beckworth of Texas State
University are among those who
have suggested that the Fed
should move gradually toward a
new, more rule-bound and
predictable monetary policy. The
first step would be to signal to the
markets that the Fed is willing to
do whatever it takes to reach 2
percent average inflation. Over
time the Fed would move to
stabilize and then slow the growth
of nominal GDP, which is the size
of the economy as measured in a
given year’s dollars. If the
nominal GDP target was for 3
percent growth and the economy
grew by 2 percent, there would be
1 percent inflation.
That policy would bind the Fed
to a rule, thus reducing the
uncertainty that recent policy has
generated, including the risk that
we will get galloping inflation at
some point in the future. But it is
superior to simply targeting the
inflation rate, Beckworth argues,
because it incorporates two
worthwhile types of flexibility. It
allows the price level to move in
response to supply shocks: An oil
embargo would cause prices to
rise, a technological advance
would have the opposite effect.
And it allows the money supply to
move up and down in response to
the demand for cash: In periods
such as late 2008, when people
were holding on to their money,
the Fed would have loosened
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more than it did. But since the
rule would have required tighter
money during the boom years, the
financial crisis might not have
been as severe in the first place.
This policy would, in the short
run, increase inflation, but to a
low rate; we have averaged higher
than 2 percent inflation for each
of the last five decades.
Eventually it would yield a gentle,
long-term deflation: Prices would
fall during periods of productivity
growth. (George Selgin, an
economist at the University of
Georgia, has made an elegant case
that productivity-driven deflation
is not dangerous.) Beckworth
cites evidence that both Milton
America Declines To
Friedman and Friedrich Hayek
favored something like this
approach of stabilizing nominal
Lead
Derek Scissors, Ph.D. (The get nervous, central bankers all
spending. Foundry: Conservative Policy over the globe buy U.S.
Moving inflation first up and then News.) Treasuries, no matter how low the
down; managing the transition
Submitted at 11/12/2010 10:30:18 AM yield is. America, and only
from discretion to rules: The task Posted November 12th, 2010 at America, can lead.
before the Fed may be likened to 11:30am in American Leadership But we didn’t and we haven’t.
performing a complicated Print This Post Our last G-20 initiative, to fight
operation on a patient in a delicate 20 people with very different government intervention in
condition, and with only crude backgrounds are unlikely to reach currency markets, went nowhere.
tools. Be glad that you are not in consensus on anything substantial. One reason it went nowhere was
Bernanke’s seat. To forge such a consensus suspicion that the real American
-- Ramesh Ponnuru is a senior requires leadership. This week’s goal was not to uphold the
editor at National Review. G-20 meetings produced nothing principle of open competition but
Ramesh Ponnuru of substance, which is no surprise rather to devalue the dollar. This
because the United States did not s u s p i c i o n t u r n e d i n t o o p e n
lead. accusation when the Federal
First, let’s dispense with the idea Reserve moved to dump yet more
that America can’t lead. The dollars into the international
American economy is more than system.
one-third larger than the second- So the U.S. switched from
and third-largest, China’s and exchange rates to demanding
Japan’s, combined. The dollar is
the world’s currency. When they AMERICA page 62
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TALE
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But according to the broad-
gauged Benedict XVI, the voice
of the God of Jews and Christians
is not the only voice to which a
revitalized Europe needs to
attend, even if He is, to vary the
medievals, the First Voice. To be
sure, as the pope said, “Europe
must open itself to God, must
come to meet him without fear
and work with his grace for that
human dignity which was
discerned in her best traditions.”
But Europe must also reclaim the
fullness of the riches of her
civilizational patrimony: “not
only the Biblical . . . but also the
classical, the medieval, and the
modern, the matrix from which
the great philosophical, literary,
cultural, and social masterpieces
of Europe were born.” Thus “the
Europe of science and technology,
the Europe of civilization and
culture, must be at the same time
a Europe open to transcendence
and fraternity with other
continents, and open to the living
and true God, starting with the
living and true man.”
In 2003–04, as the preamble to
the European constitutional treaty
that eventually came a cropper
was being fiercely debated, the
burning question was whether the
Christian (or, more broadly,
Biblical) sources of contemporary
European commitments to human
rights, democracy, and the rule of
law could be acknowledged. The
final answer was “No,” as the
preamble cited classical
civilization, the Enlightenment,
and modern thought as the bases
of the civil and tolerant Europe
the constitutional treaty was to
govern. Judging by his Berlin
speech, Herman Van Rompuy
would likely agree with that
omission -- or at least he wouldn’t
fight very hard to rectify it. But
Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict
XVI, would certainly not accept
it, for he knows that to deny the
culture-shaping influence of
Biblical religion on Europe
(including Europe’s medieval
reception of the classical heritage,
as well as the debates generated
by the Enlightenment and modern
thought) is to perform an act of
cultural self-lobotomization in the
service of falsifying historical
memory -- and to do so in the
name of an arid secularism that
has no power to tell Europeans
why they should be civil, tolerant,
and law-abiding.
Herman Van Rompuy may sense,
however dimly, that the Europe of
the 21st century needs something
more than the allure of the welfare
state to sustain itself -- not least
because that welfare state is about
to crash into a fiscal wall. One
may doubt, however, whether the
“Gods of Olympus” will fill
contemporary Europe’s
transcendence gap. Those
interested in resolving that
dilemma are more likely to find
creative and historically nuanced
answers in Rome than in Brussels,
and from a Bavarian theologian
rather than a Belgian politician.
-- George Weigel is distinguished
senior fellow of Washington’s
Ethics and Public Policy Center.
His new book is The End and the
Beginning: Pope John Paul II --
the Victory of Freedom, the Last
Years, the Legacy(Doubleday).
George Weigel
AMERICA
continued from page 61
limits on trade imbalances, as
measured by the current account.
This at least was mentioned by the
G-20, but not a single action was
taken by the group or any
individual member. Nor should
action be expected. Again, a key
reason is lack of American
leadership.
Global imbalances stem first
from imbalances in the U.S., as by
far the largest economy. We
haven’t saved enough. The
economic crisis spurred ordinary
Americans into saving, but the
federal government immediately
spent more to make up for it.
Efforts to limit global imbalances
run headlong into huge American
budget deficits and extremely
loose money that are explicitly
intended to increase the American
demand that is the single biggest
factor in imbalances in the first
place.
Statists in the U.S. cling to the
argument that, someday, huge
budget deficits and wildly loose
money will bring unemployment
down. Even if you think the jury’s
still out on that one, the verdict
has come in another count:
America has chosen to put aside
its mantle of global economic
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leader.
To add insult to injury, the U.S.
apparently can’t even lead in a
bilateral context. The anticipated
trade agreement with South
Korea, known as KORUS, didn’t
materialize either. KORUS
would have been a signal to the
world that America can move
forward on trade. But either
President Obama doesn’t want to
lead or he’s so politically
dependent on protectionists at
home that he can’t. In any case,
vague statements out of Seoul
don’t obscure the clear picture of
self-inflicted American weakness.
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Russia’s Freedoms Fading Fast

Rich Trzupek (FrontPage provided a strong voice of
Magazine » FrontPage) opposition in the country, appears
Submitted at 11/11/2010 10:45:23 PM ready to close its doors along with
other media outlets that don’t play
The name has changed and the by Putin’s rules.
empire is smaller than it used to The West’s Cold War dream of a
be, but there’s less and less these liberated, democratic Russia – a
days to distinguish the Russian vision that appeared to be
Federation from the Union of tantalizingly close to reality when
Soviet Socialist Republics. the USSR dissolved nineteen
Saturday’s brutal beating of years ago – now seems as distant
crusading journalist Oleg Kashin and as unachievable as ever. As HOW TO: Activate
appears to be the latest example of President, Putin was the most
the resurgent Russian police state popular leader of any nation in the Your Brand’s
flexing its muscles to stamp out
dissent; especially when it comes
world, with approval ratings
among Russians topping out over
Super Influencers
to journalists who refuse to follow eighty per cent at times. The Ben Straley (Mashable!)
the party line. A horrific video economic downturn means the Submitted at 11/12/2010 9:47:43 AM

shows Kashin being repeatedly Medvedev isn’t quite as popular

beaten by two men who appear to as his mentor, but there’s very Ben Straley is the CEO of Meteor
be wielding pipes or some other little to suggest that the majority Solutions, provider of the leading
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save his life. Most significantly, experiments with capitalism
perpetrators. In a just world, that Kotov, editor of the Russian brand’s social media followers are
the journalist who has written so began to bear economic fruit.
kind of investigation would start Gazeta online newspaper. With responsible for the majority of
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at the top, with detectives parliamentary elections scheduled sharing. They share your social
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journalists have been killed in will surely get worse. The Russian and other marketing campaigns.
by his assailants, which further
Russia this year alone, and only edition of Newsweek, which has These key influencers are more
validates suspicions of
than just fans — they’re brand
ambassadors.
At my company, we’ve seen that
brands that track and quantify
word-of-mouth impact have found
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drive 20, 30, or even 70% of all
visits to their campaign pages,
beating out display and search
advertising as the most efficient
driver of traffic to their sites.
That’s pretty incredible,
considering social campaigns
require no media buys and cost
next to nothing to implement,
whereas banners and search ads
are a huge expense. These “super
influencers” drive an even higher
share of conversion — on average
influencing 30% or more of all
conversions on marketers’ sites
just by recommending a brand’s
products, content, or promotions
to their online communities.
When you see data like these as
regularly as we do, you realize
pretty quickly that super
influencers are worth engaging. If
you can reach out to this 1%
directly by offering them special
promotions, thanking them for
their influence, and rewarding
them for their loyalty, they will be
motivated to share early and share
often.
Identifying your key influencers
is fairly straightforward. There are
a wealth of social media
measurement tools that enable
marketers to find the people who
are talking most about their brand,
see what type of content they’re
sharing and with whom, and how
they are sharing it (e-mail,
Twitter, Facebook, their own
blogs, etc.). Once you find these
influencers, the trick is activating
them to share even more.
Here are three tips to help you
activate your top influencers. 1.
Reserve Your Best Content for
Influencers Only
Influencers love to be an inside
source of information for their
friends and followers by sharing
contests, information, or deals
with their social networks before
other people have heard about
them. Create exclusive content
you share only with your key
influencers, and let them know
they were one of a select few to
receive this special offer. This
makes your brand advocates feel
appreciated and provides them
with exclusive information they
can use to boost their reputation
as a source of inside deals.
One of my company’s clients
decided to engage its most ardent
fans when planning a large
industry event. The company
reached out to these key
influencers, inviting them to post
a “register now” button on their
blogs and websites, and offering
them lower-cost VIP passes if
they shared the event with friends.
The result was a huge uptick in
sharing that significantly
influenced registrations for the
event. People who found out
about the conference from an
influencer were 37% more likely
to register than direct visitors, and
influencers ended up driving more
than $1 million in total
registrations. 2. Mine the Blogs
and Forums
When you’re looking for super
influencers, chances are you’ve
already determined who shares
the most on Facebook and
Twitter. But, in many cases, the
people who really influence traffic
and conversion on your site are
the bloggers. One of our clients
launched a social media contest
and found that one blogger alone
shared the contest with thousands
of people and directly drove 42%
of all traffic to the contest page.
To find and activate the people
who are truly passionate about
your products, services, or sector,
you’ve got to carefully monitor
the blogosphere, message boards,
and forums. Once you’ve used
analytics tools to find exactly
which individuals are driving the
most traffic to your campaign
sites, you need to reach out to
these people individually. Treat
them like the real VIPs they are.
Let them know you appreciate
their loyalty and interest in your
products. We’ve found
influencers appreciate your
attention and kind words even
more than exclusive promotions.
3. Differentiate the Influencers
from the Super Influencers
Your top fans are so valuable
they are worth the extra effort of
some special attention. But, not
all influencers are alike.
When you plot the influence of
individuals, you’ll see a curve that
looks a lot like the long tail
distribution of search
terms. Influence follows a “power
law,” where a relatively small
number of individuals influence
the lion’s share of referrals. Those
at the peak of this curve are the
super influencers, and those in the
tail are regular influencers. Super
influencers have large, loyal
followings and audiences who
trust their insights. The latter are
people who pass along info to
friends and family from time to
time via e-mail and Facebook.
Understanding these differences
is key to crafting your influencer
activation strategy. You need to
interact with super influencers on
a one-to-one basis, but you could
target the rest of your influencers
a bit more broadly.
For example, you will want to
reach out directly to all your
influencers by commenting on
their blogs and syndicating their
content via Twitter, Facebook,
and your own blog. Thank them
for their loyalty, and generally
praise them. But, make sure to go
the extra mile with your super
influencers. Offer super
influencers the opportunity to
obtain and review your products
before they hit the market, for
example. Offer them after-hours
shopping at your stores, a few free
hours of your services, or invite
them to a special VIP party. Be
creative, and have fun.
Remember, your super
influencers, when treated right,
can drive a huge percentage of
your site’s overall traffic. Isn’t
that worth throwing a party? The
Takeaway
Just identifying your key
influencers is not enough in
today’s market. Instead, you’ve
got to find them and then motivate
them to share. Over the long term,
your goal as a marketer is to
increase the size of your
influencer base. By finding and
engaging in a direct dialogue with
your super influencers, you’ll get
a clear idea of what motivates
these brand ambassadors to share.
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Then, armed with that knowledge,
you can begin reaching out to
your influencers — and even your
fans who never share — to offer
the right kind of content and
rewards to turn more “followers”
into “sharers.” More Business
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