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The Long, Painful History of Verizon iPhone Rumors
Austin Carr (Fast Company)
Submitted at 1/7/2011 5:44:15 PM
The Verizon iPhone is the Holy
Grail of Apple rumors (until
Apple comes up with Holy Grail
2). For years, consumers have had
their hopes dashed and dreams
shattered over ever-reported leaks,
reports, analyst predictions, and
insider confirmations. It's been a
long and painful road for Verizon
customers--having to live in envy
of AT&T users, with their smirks
and superiority and Luke Wilson
endorsements--but there could be
light at the end of the tunnel. That
is, if the rumors are true.
In the past few months, we've
seen constant confirmations that
the Verizon iPhone is coming in
early 2011. There's been supplier
contacts and sources familiar with
the matter who have guaranteed a
first quarter release date. There's
been manufacturer leaks and
media confirmations. And now
we even have official release
dates, from Verizon's special
announcement on January 11--
where the Wall Street Journal said
the announcment will come--to a
possible Apple unveiling on
February 3--this last rumor based
entirely on when Apple has
blacked out employee vacation
requests.
Breathe, guys, just breathe.
- 08/01/11
There's an extensive and
embarrassing history of Verizon
iPhone "confirmations." Let's fly
back to 2007. It's only months
after the device officially went to
market, and already ZDNet
heralds, "Verizon iPhone WILL
be here within a year," citing a
report on Verizon's new technical
standards. Rumors continue
http://www.LibertyNewspost.
same author, under basically the
same headline with basically the
same graphic, comes yet even
more rumors of the Verizon
iPhone coming out in 2009--er,
scratch that-- 2010. (Funny
enough, the reporter, veteran tech
writer Philip Elmer-DeWitt, chose
simply to update his 2008 article
with 2009's rumors.)
To be clear, this article is
absolutely not intended as a knock
at any media outlet, whether
Fortune or ZDNet. Fast Company
is just as guilty of perpetuating
any of the aforementioned
Verizon iPhone rumors--many of
throughout 2008, but really start the links above are to our own
blowing up in 2009. "Chances pieces (including--gasp--one of
high" that Verizon will get iPhone mine!).
next year, promised one analyst. The point here is only to
"Verizon iPhone in Q3 2010," recommend that you take these
said a research firm in November. rumors with a grain of salt. If you
Verizon iPhone to sell iPhone in trusted every analyst prediction
2010, found USA Today. and release confirmation, then
But my personal favorite comes you'd likely end up with more
courtesy of Fortune. From the years of angst and longing than
the Tron Guy.
2 Business/
How Lady Gaga Designed Polaroid's Grey Label Camera Glasses
[Pics, Video]
Austin Carr (Fast Company)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 9:49:40 AM
Of the many labels pegged to
Lady Gaga--pop star, fashion
icon, provocateur--here's one title
you might not expect to see on her
résumé: creative director at
Polaroid. The "Bad Romance"
superstar teamed with the camera
and eyeware company this time
last year, and at the Consumer
Electronics Show on Thursday,
we finally got to see the fruits of
this unlikely collaboration.
[youtube utYMN4CNtOM]
As part of a new suite of products
called Grey Label, Gaga and
Polaroid unveiled a digital camera
with a throwback design and,
most impressively, a set of camera
sunglasses with two embedded
1.5" LCD displays. The glasses
(pictured) act as a wearable
camera, and can snap pictures, be
pre-loaded with slideshows and
video, and are meant to enable
real-time photo sharing.
To develop the products, Gaga
worked closely with Polaroid and
design firm Ammunition LLC,
known for developing the popular
Beats by Dr. Dre headphones.
Here's how that collaboration
played out.
"She is fairly involved with the
process," explains Robert
Brunner, creative director of
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digital--all of 12 megapixels--and
brings together features that we
used to love from Polaroid
products: instant image printing
with Zero Ink's technology. But
don't think this is a company stuck
trying to relive its glory days.
This camera design has undergone
a major overhaul, and now
features a sleek underside with
large LCD display that swivels.
No word yet on pricing for either
of the products, which Polaroid
said would be out "later this year."
"So much time has gone by that to
a lot of younger people, Polaroid
doesn't have meaning like it does
for those who remember it from
its heyday," says Brunner. "But
that equity is still there--and we're
developing a whole series of
products to help them reclaim that
territory."
Ammunition, who says the pop atop the bridge of your nose while "We went through a lot of With this latest round of products
star would brainstorm ideas, the displays land just below your development," says Brunner. "We and branding from Lady Gaga,
participate in meetings, and line of sight--yes, you can still see tried to determine the best way to we'd say Polaroid is on its way to
provide feedback on models and with the sunglasses on. "With the do create a product that was being The Fame Monster.
designs. "She takes it very effect of the oversize lens, they actually accessible to people." Flip through portraits of
personally--she really feels this look to the person on the otherside The sunglasses are not the only Polaroid's past and future, from
stuff is a representation of her. like your eyes," says Brunner. product Gaga unveiled Thursday. Edwin Land to Lady Gaga and
She has ideas coming from her "That really came from Gaga-- Also showcased as part of Grey beyond!
ethos and perspective. So how do from her video for 'Poker Face,' Label was a new Polaroid camera Follow Austin Carr on Twitter.
we turn that into a strong viable with the glasses that say 'pop that is a throwback to its iconic
product design?" culture.' She wanted to build that designs of yore--a camera that
Nothing is more Gaga-esque than into a product." brings to mind a time before the
the camera sunglasses, with their Brunner's team went through c o m p a n y ' s i n f a m o u s f a i l e d
hyperbolic design and "almost several early models before transition to the digital age.
goggle-ish" lens. The camera sits landing on the right design: Despite its look, the camera is
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Has Pepsi's Refresh Project Been Compromised By Cheaters?

Ariel Schwartz (Fast Company) return, Pepsi has received more fraudulent votes and remove them
Submitted at 1/7/2011 5:57:14 PM positive PR than it ever could from the system. We take any
have by spending the same allegation of fraud very seriously
All is not well with the Pepsi amount of money on advertising. and once we have completed a
Refresh Project, an online cause But the latest allegations could thorough review of the facts, we
marketing campaign that allows t a r n i s h P e p s i ' s d o - g o o d e r will take appropriate action.
participants to vote on where the reputation if the company doesn't Pepsi uses a third-party service,
c o m p a n y d o n a t e s i t s c a s h . act fast. The New York Times Flying Aces Technology, to
Nonprofit groups vying for r e p o r t s t h a t n o n p r o f i t s assess the validity of its nonprofit
funding from the campaign are participating in the Refresh leader board. But this is clearly
now claiming that manipulated Project, including exotic animal not enough to keep fraudsters--or
results have propelled recent sanctuary Three Ring Ranch and at least claims of fraud--out of the
winners to the top. animal shelter Kritter Kountry, contest. If the company doesn't
The Refresh Project has been a are claiming that a third-party publicly root out cheaters, the
success by any measure--Pepsi service is illegally gathering votes Refresh Project could lose its
has given away over $20 million for some of the organizations Project winnings. At least one of explained in a statement: We do credibility as a place for worthy
dollars to organizations working selected for funding. The service, the jilted nonprofits received--and not discuss specifics related to our nonprofits to find funding.
on everything from seafood represented by someone called ignored--a solicitation from the proprietary security measures in Ariel Schwartz can be reached on
farms that help displaced Gulf "Mr. Magic," supposedly gathers service. order to maintain their Twitter or by email.
Coast seafood workers to anti- votes for nonprofits in exchange Pepsi, for its part, is denying that confidentiality; however, many
cyberbullying campaigns. In for cash or a share of the Refresh there is a problem. The company methods are used to identify
Route-Tracking Watches -
Gunman Identified As Jared Lee Loughner The Nike+ SportWatch
GPS is the Latest in
Joe Weisenthal (Business Jared Loughner.
Insider) Original post: Initial reports said Portable Sports Tech
Submitted at 1/8/2011 3:06:00 PM the name of the shooter was Jared (GALLERY)
Laughner.
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Jared Lee Loughner.
volunterring at a Tucson Book Below is a video up which talks Submitted at 1/8/2011 4:40:03 PM

Festival: about government and currency.

Update 2: From his YouTube
profile is the reading list of
someone who is not obviously
ideological, but including Mein
Kampf and the Communist
Manifesto in there is indicative of
someone disturbed:
I had favorite books: Animal
Farm, Brave New World, The
Wizard Of OZ, Aesop Fables, The
Odyssey, Alice Adventures Into
Wonderland, Fahrenheit 451,
Peter Pan, To Kill A
Mockingbird, We The Living,
Phantom Toll Booth, One Flew
Over The Cuckoo's Nest,
Pulp,Through The Looking Glass,
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Sarah Palin Has NOT
Top Picks 2011: MDU Top Picks 2011: Deleted 'Reload' Tweet
Or Facebook Note
Resources (MDU) Aeropostale (ARO) Glynnis MacNicol (Business
Steven Halpern increasingly likely to get it's legs Steven Halpern Insider)
(BloggingStocks) back in 2011," says utility stock (BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 4:58:00 PM
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The editor of The Utility There appears to be a great deal
Filed under: Newsletters, Oil, Forecaster explains, "The Filed under: Newsletters, Stocks of confusion on Twitter regarding
Stocks to Buy, Best Stocks for company is best thought of as a to Buy, Best Stocks for 2011 whether Sarah Palin has deleted
2011 financially conservative resource This post is one in a series in her original 'Don't Retreat,
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which more than 60 newsletter anchored by solid regulated advisors share their Top Stock mall-based firm upped both corresponding Facebook note, the
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DEEP THOUGHTS BY
WHITNEY TILSON
Cullen Roche (Business
Insider)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 3:53:38 PM
Some good weekend reading here
from Whitney Tilson of T2. Jay
at MarketFolly provides an
excellent overview and summary
The Science of Hybrid Dynamic of Tilson’s positions, however, I
would still recommend reading
Braking, Visualized With Watermelons, the letter in its entirety. Tilson’s
Tomatoes, and Marbles [VIDEO]
Ariel Schwartz (Fast Company) comes to a full stop is instead
captured and stored in an onboard
Factbox: Congresswoman Gabrielle
Submitted at 1/7/2011 7:03:56 PM
battery for later use. GE created
GE has teamed up with the the video below to explain the
Giffords shot (Reuters)
Barbarian Group on a beautiful hybrid dynamic braking system (Yahoo! News: Most Viewed)
video that illustrates the science used by the company's hybrid Submitted at 1/8/2011 3:14:21 PM
of hybrid dynamic braking with diesel-electric locomotives, which
falling tomatoes, Christmas are currently in development. (Reuters) – Democratic
ornaments, watermelon, marbles, Check it out. Representative Gabrielle Giffords
and more. [youtube DGmb2dDFYRk] of Arizona was shot and gravely
In a dynamic braking system, Ariel Schwartz can be reached on wounded on Saturday by a man
energy that is traditionally Twitter or by email. who opened fire at a meeting she
dissipated as heat when a vehicle was holding in Tucson. Here are
some facts about Giffords.
Motorized Office Desks - The Herman -- Giffords, 40, first took office in
January 2007 and was re-elected
Miller Envelop Desk Promotes to represent the U.S.-Mexico
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the House of Representatives, she
(TREND HUNTER - The Latest Herman Miller Envelop desk has worked on issues such as
Trends) promotes this fact. Of course, not immigration reform, embryonic
Submitted at 1/8/2011 4:08:03 PM everyone can stand for spans of stem-cell research, alternative
eight hours or more, so the desk energy sources and a higher
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ergonomically-friendly way to on the Armed Services and the
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committees. wants the federal government to
-- Before going to Washington, help make Arizona's border
Giffords served in the Arizona communities safer from illegal
Legislature from 2000 to 2005 immigration. In July 2010, she
and ran her family's tire and called on President Barack Obama
automotive business. to come to the Arizona border "to
-- Giffords' husband, Mark Kelly, fully appreciate the seriousness of
is a NASA astronaut and a three- what Arizonans are up against."
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Germany and France want Portugal to

Alleged Shooter Jared
Loughner May Have Met
Rep. Giffords Previously
Glynnis MacNicol (Business
Insider)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 3:43:00 PM
A woman named Caitie Parker
has been tweeting that she went to
school with Rep. Gabrielle
Giffords' alleged shooter Jared
Loughner and that he had met
Giffords previously.
Also," he was a pot head & into
rock like Hendrix,The Doors, Anti
-Flag. I haven't seen him in
person since '07 in a sign
language class" and " As I knew
him he was left wing, quite
liberal. & oddly obsessed with the
2012 prophecy."
Join the conversation about this
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accept aid: report
(Reuters: Top News) the bloc's single currency, those of Reuters.
Submitted at 1/8/2011 9:34:39 AM including topping up a 750 billion Comments (1) PedTeles wrote:
euro ($968 billion) rescue fund if It’s amazing at which point the
A sculpture showing the euro necessary. media has got in order to
currency sign is seen in front of Portugal is viewed by many completely discredit Portugal.
the European Central Bank (ECB) economists as the peripheral euro What kind of news item is this?
headquarters in Frankfurt, April 1, zone country that is most likely to Whata re the official sources? A
2010. follow Ireland and Greece to seek German neespaper? Sounds more
Credit: Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach an international bailout as it like a rumour to me, which the
BERLIN| Sat Jan 8, 2011 grapples to cut its debts and media is trying to use to make it
10:34am EST borrowing costs. It holds its first
BERLIN(Reuters) - Germany and bond auction of the year next
worse for Portugal. It’s time to
stop the persecution. Leave the
France want Portugal to accept an week.
international bailout as soon as (Writing by Brian Rohan; Editing
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Cyber1 MasterPad Hands On

Evan Selleck (SlashGear) companies. For example, Cyber1 at 1.66GHz. There’s Windows 7 will support Flash player, too —
Submitted at 1/8/2011 5:05:09 PM has a tablet that they believe, on board, and a ridiculous 2GB of something they wanted us to point
wholeheartedly, that they can RAM. The company has two sizes out.
Tablets are a mainstay at the officially replace a laptop. for the SSD inside: 32GB or Playing chess on the device was
Consumer Electronics Show in The device features a huge (for a 64GB. They told us that the smooth enough, but considering
Las Vegas, so it’s no doubt that tablet) 11.6-inch touchscreen battery life is estimated to be the size, despite its light weight, it
they are popping up everywhere, display, with a resolution of 1366 about 5 hours with a lot of usage. may take a bit of work to sell it to
a n d f r o m s e v e r a l d i f f e r e n t x 768. Intel’s Pineview N450-M Hyperthreaded processor, clocked It is surprisingly light, though. It the masses.
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US lawmaker gravely injured in fatal shooting

(AFP)
(Yahoo! News: Most Viewed) "We cannot tell what kind of NASA astronaut. violence is a national tragedy, and
Submitted at 1/8/2011 4:28:54 PM recovery, but I'm about as She was a centrist and a member today is a very sad day for our
optimistic as you can get," he of the so-called Blue Dog country."
PHOENIX, Arizona (AFP) – A added. Coalition of Democrats who Several other lawmakers also
US congresswoman was in critical Witnesses said the lawmaker was support fiscally conservative, pro- issued statements denouncing the
condition after being shot in the hit at point-blank range in the
head Saturday by a gunman who shooting, for which no motive
business policies.
She has pushed for more troops
attack.
The shooting came less than a
Kodak PlaySport
opened fire in Tucson, Arizona, was immediately known.
killing six people including a National Public Radio said the
to guard the nearby US-Mexico
border and favored a path to
week after Congress reconvened
with Republicans in control of the
2 Video Camera
federal judge. suspect ran off and was tackled by
President Barack Obama called a bystander before being taken
legalization that would require
illegal immigrants to pass a
House of Representatives and
with an enhanced minority in the
Hands-On
the attack at a public meeting a into custody, and that witnesses criminal background check, pay Senate following their route of Dylan Bailey (SlashGear)
"tragedy for our entire country" described him as being in his late back taxes and learn English. Obama's Democrats in November Submitted at 1/8/2011 4:51:32 PM
while local senator John McCain teens or early 20s. Obama condemned the attack as elections.
called the shooter -- reportedly a Local media and CNN identified an "unspeakable tragedy" adding: Conservative standard-bearer Kodak has always been known
white male in his early 20s -- a him as Jared Lee Loughner, 22, a "Such a senseless and terrible act Sarah Palin also offered her for their impressive line of
"disgrace to Arizona." white male. of violence has no place in a free condolences the victims. cameras and camcorders,
I n i t i a l m e d i a r e p o r t s h a d Andrea Gooden, a witness who society." "We all pray for the victims and continuing their push into portable
s u g g e s t e d t h a t D e m o c r a t i c was in an office across the street, Arizona senator and former their families, and for peace and hand-held camcorders, they have
Representative Gabrielle Giffords told Fox News she heard a burst presidential candidate McCain justice," Palin wrote on her announced the Kodak PlaySport
had died following the shooting at of gunshots and "immediately said: "Whoever did this; whatever Facebook page. 2. With the PlaySport 2, Kodak
a Safeway grocery store. after that there were people racing their reason, they are a disgrace to Gifford had been among those plans on fixing some downfalls of
But the hospital where she was across the parking lot." Arizona, this country and the targeted for defeat by Palin the previous PlaySport. With it’s
treated said later they were Another witness told CNN he human race. because of the Democrat's support better designed body it will now
hopeful she will recover despite heard 15-20 shots and saw people "They deserve and will receive for the Obama health care be both waterproof to 3 meters
being shot in the brain, although running from the scene and the contempt of all decent people overhaul. and shockproof from 1.5 meters.
US federal judge John Roll was screaming before police and fire and the strongest punishment of Giffords's name was on a list of The device will be highly focused
among the dead, according to trucks arrived around two minutes the law," he said. lawmakers beneath the slogan on sharing, allowing the user to
Obama. later. Republican House Speaker John "It's time to take a stand" and an upload to Facebook, Twitter,
Giffords was hosting a "Congress Footage from the scene showed Boehner said he was "horrified" advertisement for SarahPAC, YouTube, Email, and Kodak
on Your Corner" event with paramedics rushing stretchers to by the attack. Palin's political action committee. Gallery with easy image and
constituents at when the gunman helicopters. "Acts and threats of violence This entry passed through the video formatting. Capturing video
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chief Peter Rhee. and is married to Mark Kelly, a added: "This terrible act of
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U.S. Demands Wiki Twitter Account Info
(FOXNews.com)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 3:50:31 PM
LONDON – U.S. investigators
have gone to court to demand
details about WikiLeaks' Twitter
account, according to documents
obtained Saturday -- the first
revelation about the criminal case
Washington is trying to build
against those who leaked
classified U.S. documents.
The U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of Virginia issued
a subpoena ordering Twitter Inc.
to hand over private messages,
billing information, telephone
numbers, connection records and
other information about accounts
run by Assange and others.
The subpoena also targeted Pfc.
Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army
intelligence analyst suspected of
supplying the site with classified
information; Birgitta Jonsdottir,
an Icelandic parliamentarian and
one-time WikiLeaks collaborator;
and Dutch hacker Rop Gonggrijp
and U.S. programmer Jacob
Appelbaum, both of whom have
worked with WikiLeaks in the
past.
The subpoena, dated Dec. 14,
asked for information dating back
to November 1, 2009.
Assange blasted the U.S. move,
saying it amounted to harassment,
and vowed to fight it.
"If the Iranian government was to
attempt to coercively obtain this
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information from journalists and
activists of foreign nations,
human rights groups around the
world would speak out," he said
in a statement.
A copy of the subpoena, sent to
The Associated Press by
Jonsdottir, said that the
information sought was "relevant
to an ongoing criminal
investigation" and ordered Twitter
not to disclose its existence to
Assange or any of the others
targeted.
But a second document, dated
Jan. 5, unsealed the court order.
Although the reason wasn't made
explicit in the document,
WikiLeaks said it had been
unsealed "thanks to legal action
by Twitter."
The micro-blogging site Twitter
declined to comment on the topic,
saying only that its policy is to
notify its users, where possible, of
government requests for
information.
Neither Facebook Inc. nor
Google Inc. immediately returned
messages seeking comment
Saturday on possible subpoenas.
In Washington, the U.S.
government volunteered little new
information Saturday about its
ongoing criminal investigation
against Assange and WikiLeaks
after news of its subpoena leaked.
Under rules governing grand jury
investigations -- in which U.S.
prosecutors present evidence and
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testimony to selected private
citizens behind closed doors to
seek their approval to formally
file charges -- government
lawyers are not allowed to discuss
the case until charges are
announced publicly.
It was not immediately clear how
the data being requested would be
useful to investigators, but
Twitter's logs could reveal the
Internet addresses that Assange
and WikiLeaks supporters have
been using, which could help
track their locations as they
traveled around the world. The
information also might identify
others with official access to
WikiLeaks' account on Twitter
who so far have escaped scrutiny.
Assange's lawyer, Mark
Stephens, said targeting Twitter
showed how desperate U.S.
officials were to pin a crime on
the WikiLeaks founder.
"(This is an attempt to) shake the
electronic tree in the hope some
kind of criminal charge drops out
the bottom of it," Stephens told
the BBC on Saturday.
Jonsdottir said in a Twitter
message that she had "no
intention to hand my information
over willingly." Appelbaum,
whose Twitter feed suggested he
was traveling in Iceland, said he
was apprehensive about returning
to the U.S.
"Time to try to enjoy the last of
my vacation, I suppose," he
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nutrition myths so you can enjoy
tweeted.
Gonggrijp expressed annoyance
that officials had misspelled his
last name in the subpoena -- and
praised Twitter for notifying him.
"It appears that Twitter, as a
matter of policy, does the right
thing in wanting to inform their
users when one of these comes
in," Gonggrijp said. "Heaven
knows how many places have
received similar subpoenas and
just quietly submitted all they had
on me."
The news of the subpoena
follows months of angry back and
forth between U.S. officials and
WikiLeaks, which has released
thousands of secret U.S. military
documents on the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan and more recently,
thousands of classified U.S.
diplomatic cables.
U.S. officials say posting the
military documents put informers'
lives at risk, and that revealing
diplomatic cables has made other
countries reluctant to deal with
American officials.
WikiLeaks denies that its
postings put any lives at risk,
saying that Washington merely is
acting out of embarrassment over
the revelations contained in the
cables.
Although its relations with the
U.S. government have been ugly,
WikiLeaks and its tech-savvy
staff have relied on American
Internet and finance companies to
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raise funds, disseminate material
and get their message out.
WikiLeaks' frequently updated
Facebook page, for example,
counts 1.5 million fans and its
Twitter account has a following of
more than 600,000. Until recently,
the group raised donations via
U.S. companies PayPal Inc.,
MasterCard Inc., and Visa Inc.,
and hosted material on
Amazon.com's servers.
But the group's use of American
companies has come under
increasing pressure as it continues
to reveal U.S. secrets. PayPal and
the credit card companies severed
their links with site and
Amazon.com booted WikiLeaks
from its servers last month.
The actions sparked a cyberwar
with WikiLeaks sympathizers,
who attacked the company's sites
for days.
Assange is currently out on bail
in Britain, where he is fighting
extradition to Sweden on sex
crimes allegations. His next
hearing is scheduled for Tuesday.
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Gunman Critically Wounds Rep. Giffords, Kills Visteon's cars

Federal Judge of the future
(FOXNews.com) reportedly had also arrested a Democratic victories. However, to the bottom of this and we are (photos)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 3:50:31 PM second suspect, however she separated herself from most in going to get through this." (CNET News.com)
law enforcement official told Fox her caucus when she criticized Brewer said law enforcement and
Submitted at 1/8/2011 12:04:07 PM
Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords News they believe Loughner President Obama last summer for government at all levels have a
is in an intensive care unit acted alone after a "preliminary not sending more National Guard "shared determination to ensure January 8, 2011 10:04 AM PST
following surgery for a gunshot search" for a second suspect to the U.S.-Mexico border. justice is fully served." Visteon's C-Beyond was built on
wound in the head at close range, turned up no one. Giffords, who had been "I am just heartbroken," Brewer a Citroen C4 Picasso platform.
the University of Arizona Medical Authorities said they believed threatened previously, was a said. "Gabby is ore than just a The exterior lighting and interior
Center announced Saturday Loughner had sent out a video member of the Arizona House and colleague, she is a friend. She has were replaced to show off
afternoon. saying that he expected Saturday Senate before coming to always been a noble public Visteon's technologies, which
Dr. Peter Rhee, a surgeon and to be his last day and had written Washington. She is married to servant ... It's an unbelievable range from new materials to
chief of the trauma, critical care on his MySpace page several astronaut Mark Kelly. Sen. Bill tragedy that the people of Arizona switchgear to digital interfaces,
and emergency surgery, said he is "final thoughts" that included Nelson, R-Fla., said Kelly is experienced today, one of which and even an entirely new
"very optimistic" about the rants on illiteracy and the failure training to be the next commander of course in our worst nightmares arrangement for climate control.
congresswoman's recovery. of U.S. currency to be backed by of the space shuttle mission slated we never would have imagined." Photo by James Martin/CNET
However, Federal District Judge gold. for April and her brother-in-law is She added that the shooting is not Caption by James Martin
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congresswoman's staff in Arizona. Giffords, 40, has held multiple and Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., A spokeswoman for the U.S. Again?.
Five have died, including one of "Congress on Your Corner" saying he was "sickened by the Capitol Police said the agency
Giffords' aides and a 9-year-old events over the past four years, an
girl. Several others are in critical aide told Fox News, adding that
horrific attack."
Obama issued a statement,
"remains at a high level of
readiness, consistent with our
CES 2011: Eye
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hospital.
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State Sen. Linda Lopez, a close In November, Giffords was re- Robert Mueller to Arizona to lead maintain a robust presence."
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Loughner was taken into custody was first elected to Congress 2006 is to come together and support
as the alleged shooter. Police w h e n s h e r o d e a w a v e o f each other. ...We are going to get
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Sadr urges Iraqis to oppose U.S.

(Reuters: Top News) fought U.S. troops and was will help solidify Iraq's fragile Iran to play with, isn’t that nice. Tablet Arcade Sticks -
Submitted at 1/8/2011 10:13:32 AM blamed for much of the sectarian stability as overall violence falls, Whathe wrote: ThinkGeek's Joystick-It
slaughter that gripped Iraq, called despite continuing attacks by Anyone who may have believed
Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al- on his followers to chant "No, no insurgents. our involvement in that region,
Brings Retro Control to
Sadr delivers his first speech after to America." Sadr said occupiers should be including Pakistan and the iPad (VIDEO)
having returned to Iraq from years He labeled the United States, resisted "by all means" but added Afghanistan, would change a (TREND HUNTER - The Latest
of self-imposed exile in Iran, at Israel and Britain "common that arms were for "people of damn thing is not only incredibly Trends)
Najaf province January 8, 2011. enemies," and demanded that the weapons only," a comment that gullible, but ignorant as well.
Submitted at 1/8/2011 4:56:02 PM
Credit: Reuters/Mohammed Iraqi government, in which his seemed to endorse the authority of We should have NEVER gotten
Ameen movement will play a major role, the army and the police and could involved. We need to get the hell ( TrendHunter.com) The iPad
By Muhanad Mohammed and honor a promise to end the U.S. calm fears of a return of the out of there completely as soon as may have rid itself of buttons and
Khaled Farhan occupation this year, as agreed. Mehdi Army. possible. Our being there at all is tactile controls for a reason, but
NAJAF, Iraq| Sat Jan 8, 2011 The number of U.S. troops fell to The cleric, who fled Iraq in 2006 sucking the life out of us, thereby that doesn't mean people don't
11:13am EST below 50,000 since the United or 2007 after an arrest warrant giving our enemies exactly what want a touch of the past with
NAJAF, Iraq(Reuters) - Iraqi States limited its role to one of was issued for him, told his they wanted. something like the Joystick-It.
Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr advising and assisting the Iraqi supporters that they may carry out How stupid must we be? This arcade-style aluminum
urged a sea of rapturous followers authorities on August 31. an act of resistance by opposing breezinthru wrote: stick...
Saturday to resist all occupiers of Tens of thousands of people from occupiers "in our hearts." It’s stunning to see the number of
Iraq and oppose the United States, across Iraq, standing for hours 'SHAKE THE GROUND' microphones in front of this
but not necessarily with arms. outside his house in the holy His message energized his cunning, but poorly educated DIY Bread Sticks - The
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homecoming Wednesday after Iraqi flags and pictures of the "We will shake the ground under political players like Sadr, it Makes Breakfast Duties
years of self-imposed exile in b l a c k - t u r b a n e d c l e r i c , the Americans, if they will not saddens me to think of all the
Iran, the one-time firebrand enthusiastically greeted him withdraw," Aqeel Faisal, a 40- American treasure expended in an
Easier
burnished his anti-U.S. credentials Sadr's return to Iraq has jolted the year-old shopkeeper from the effort to remove Saddam Hussein. (TREND HUNTER - The Latest
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"We are still fighters," said Sadr, sectarian warfare and the decades deliver its pledges to serve the our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/ growing up, I used to love dipping
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agreed deadline of the end of this apprehensive of a revival in Sadr's will be replaced by the Islamic four-bladed 'stamp' not...
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Sadr, whose Mehdi Army militia hope Sadr's return at this juncture The US is creating a friend for

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Congresswoman Giffords wounded, six killed in
shooting
(Reuters: Top News)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 4:48:04 PM
A medical helicopter evacuates
victims from a ''Congress on Your
Corner'' event in Tucson, Arizona,
where U.S. Representative
Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) among
others were shot and seriously
wounded, in this still image taken
from video released on January 8.
2011.
Credit: Reuters/KGUN9-TV/
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By Tim Gaynor
TUCSON, Arizona| Sat Jan 8,
2011 5:48pm EST
TUCSON, Arizona(Reuters) - A
congresswoman from Arizona
was shot in the head and seriously
wounded and at least five other
people were killed by a man who
opened fire at a meeting the
politician was holding in Tucson
on Saturday, officials said.
Gabrielle Giffords, a 40-year-old
Democrat in her third term in the
House of Representatives, was
airlifted to a hospital in Tucson
after being shot at point-blank
range outside a Safeway
supermarket in the Arizona city.
Giffords underwent surgery and
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one of the doctors who treated her
said he was very optimistic about
her recovery.
President Barack Obama said
five people had been killed in the
attack, including federal judge
John Roll and a 9-year-old girl.
Obama said Giffords was battling
for her life.
"We don't yet know what
provoked this unspeakable act,"
Obama told reporters at the White
House.
Rick Kastigar, an official from
the Pima County Sheriff's
Department, told CNN that six
people were killed among the 18
people shot.
A federal law enforcement
official identified the suspected
gunman as Jared Loughner, 22, of
Tucson. The official said the
suspect was had been tackled after
the shooting and was in custody.
"She's in critical condition," Dr.
Peter Rhee told a news conference
at the hospital where Giffords had
surgery. "The neurosurgeons have
finished operating on her and I
can tell you that in the current
time period I am very optimistic
about recovery... she was
following commands.
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Nine other shooting victims were
being treated for wounds at the
hospital, Rhee told a news
conference at Tucson's University
Medical Center.
Rhee described Giffords' wound
as "through-and-through ... It
went through her brain."
Giffords was hosting a "Congress
on Your Corner" event -- public
gatherings to give her constituents
a chance to talk directly with her -
- when attacked from about 4 feet
away, NPR said.
The suspect used a pistol with an
extended magazine and
approached Giffords from behind,
firing at least 20 shots at her and
others in the crowd, MSNBC said,
citing law enforcement officials
and eyewitnesses.
'SENSELESS AND TERRIBLE
ACT'
"We do not yet have all the
answers. What we do know is that
such a senseless and terrible act of
violence has no place in a free
society. I ask all Americans to
join me and Michelle in keeping
Representative Giffords, the
victims of this tragedy, and their
families in our prayers," Obama
said.
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Andrea Gooden, an eyewitness
who was working across the street
from the event, told Fox News she
heard about 15 consecutive
gunshots during the shooting.
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Gabrielle Giffords, US Congresswoman, Shot at
Arizona Grocery Store
(Epoch Times | All headlines)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 1:35:41 PM
By Genevieve Long Belmaker
and Gidon Belmaker
Epoch Times Staff Created: Jan
8, 2011 Last Updated: Jan 8, 2011
Gabriele Giffords shot: In this
2008 photo, Gabriele Giffords
speaks with her husband, Shuttle
Discovery Commander Mark
Kelly. Giffords was shot and
wounded Saturday in a grocery
store shooting. (Don Emmert/AFP
/Getty Images) Gabrielle Giffords,
the US Congresswoman, was shot
at a grocery store in Tuscon,
Arizona today, along with
possibly as many as 11 other
people.
According to an eyewitness
report from CNN, the shooting at
a grocery store in Tuscon injured
several people, possibly as many
as 12. At least one injured person
was sent to Northwest Medical
Center. Other victims were sent to
University Medical Center.
Speaking of Gabrielle Giffords
(D-AZ), spokeswoman for the
University Medical Center, Darci
Slaten, told Reuters: "She is
currently in surgery. She's alive."
Nicole Continues Her Fitness Streak in Style
Lindsay Miller (PopSugar)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 8:00:00 AM
Nicole Richie left her LA-area
gym on Thursday toting her
Slaten also told CNN that
Giffords had been shot in the
head.
In an interview with CNN, Jason
Pekeau, an employee at Sprint
store near the Safeway grocery
store where the shooting occurred
said he heard gunshots and went
outside to see what was
happening.
“I heard about 15-20 gunshots,”
Hermes and sporting a pair of
oversized Chanel shades. The
newlywed has been staying true to
her workout regimen in recent
months, but is also devoting time
said Pekeau, who did not witness
the shooting but took photos of
the crime scene, which were
televised by CNN.
Pekeau added that he saw "two
bodies laying on the sidewalk in
front of the Safeway.” He did not
indicate whether the individuals
were dead or alive.
“Everyone was screaming that it
was [Congresswoman] Gabrielle
to her fashion pursuits. Not only
does she talk style in the
upcoming issue of Lucky, but her
latest Winter Kate collection is
launching soon. Despite her many
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Giffords [who was shot],” Pekeau
told CNN.
Congresswoman Giffords,
according to her website, was Sorry, State And Local
scheduled to make a public
appearance at the Tuscon-area Governments Are Not
Safeway today between 10:00- Done Slashing Jobs
11:30a.m. local time. Joe Weisenthal (Money Game)
The scheduled event was for a
“Congress on Your Corner” Submitted at 1/8/2011 8:47:08 AM
meeting to give Arizona residents
Yesterday's weak jobs report
from Giffords's district a chance
showed that the public sector is
to meet with Gifford one-on-one
not yet done cutting jobs.
and discuss any issues, concern or
It wasn't dramatic, and the pace
problem involving the federal
of the cutting is now WAY slower
government, according to her
than it had been, but just a couple
website.
months ago, the public sector was
The Pima County Sheriff's
actually adding jobs, so if you
Department refused to confirm the
thought the shedding had reversed
shooting when contacted by The
itself, it hasn't yet.
Epoch Times, and did not issue a
Granted, it's private sector jobs
press statement at the time of
that people are most eager to see,
publication.
but since the health of state and
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Shen Yun is Extraordinary, Says WH Reportedly Wants

‘Young Audiences’ Volunteer Internet IDs for All
(Epoch Times | All headlines) (FOXNews.com) Gary Locke said at an event
Submitted at 1/8/2011 11:37:57 AM Submitted at 1/8/2011 3:50:31 PM Friday at the Stanford Institute for
Economic Policy Research,
An engrossed audience watches President Obama is putting plans a c c o r d i n g t o C N E T . c o m .
Shen Yun Performing Arts at the in motion to give the Commerce Locke added that the Commerce
Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Department authority to create an Department will be setting up a
Theater on Jan. 6, 2011. (Epoch Internet ID for all Americans, a national program office to work
Times Staff) W h i t e H o u s e o f f i c i a l t o l d on this project.
NEW YORK—Shen Yun CNET.com. The move has raised eyebrows
Performing Arts is getting rave White House Cybersecurity about privacy issues.
reviews from audience members Coordinator Howard Schmidt told "The government cannot create
during its opening weekend in the website it is "the absolute that identity infrastructure," Jim
New York. p e r f e c t s p o t i n t h e U . S . Dempsey of the Center for
“We thought it was fabulous. government" to centralize efforts Democracy and Technology told
Some great color and music,” said toward creating an "identity the website. "If I tried to, I
Mr. Romaine, a stock analyst who ecosystem" for the Internet. wouldn't be trusted."
attended the performance Friday The National Strategy for Trusted Schmidt stresses that anonymity
night at the Lincoln Center’s Founded in 1952, the organization Reporting by NTD Television Identities in Cyberspace is will remain on the Internet, saying
David H. Koch Theater. impacts 7 million school children and Cindy Drukier currently being drafted by the t h e r e ' s n o c h a n c e t h a t " a
He went to see New York-based annually, according to its website. Shen Yun Performing Arts will Obama administration and will be centralized database will emerge."
Shen Yun with his wife, who Mrs. Romaine commented on perform at Lincoln Center’s released by the president in a few Click here for more on this story
devotes a lot of her time to the what she thinks Shen Yun can David H. Koch Theater through months. from CNET.com.
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development for arts teachers. on tour throughout the world.
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Medicare Donut Hole Closed; Drug Better Grooveshark Adds Lyrics,

Ad Removal to the Web-Based
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the “donut hole” will now get half paying for food, and between Submitted at 1/8/2011 2:00:00 PM
Medicare’s “donut hole,” or its -off all brand name drugs, due to a being healthy and being warm.”
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Facebook 'Attack a Teacher Day' invite gets girls arrested

(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 12:26:10 PM
LAS VEGAS. With CES winding
down, I'm still in Nevada--and I'm
suddenly worried about the state's
education system. Specifically, a
school a few hours up the road in
Carson City.
The Associated Press solemnly
informs me that six teenage girls
at Carson Middle School have
been arrested after one of them
allegedly sent a Facebook invite
to about 100 of her closest
schoolmates.
The event to which they were
invited--scheduled for yesterday
and that 18 students cheerily
agreed to attend--was called
"Attack A Teacher Day."
Carson Middle School Principal
Dan Sadler told the AP that the
girl who allegedly sent the invite
was arrested along with five
others who allegedly participated
in the party mood by posting
Facebook threats against specific
teachers.
He explained to the AP the
school's (and the police's) stern
response: "School shootings really
happen. That's why we took it
seriously. It's not OK, and it's not
funny in this day and age if you're
going to make a threat against a
teacher."
The girls were 12- and 13-year-
olds and the school says these
were not known troublemakers.
And though the girls reportedly
claimed it was all a joke, some
might wonder whether they had
paid sufficient attention in the
Thinking Things Through class.
You will be saddened into
mowing your lawn when I tell you
that it was the inviter's parents
who reportedly discovered the
plan for "Attack a Teacher Day"
on Facebook and finally removed
the invite.
Didn't she and all the other
potential croupiers, convention
center security staff, and--who
knows?--governors of the state,
imagine that perhaps some strange
adult might raise an eyebrow, or
even an objection?
Perhaps one is asking too much
of kids in an era in which
whatever happens on Facebook is
believed (by the naive) to stay on
Facebook.
This is surely a fine
advertisement for secret notes
scribbled on little pieces of paper.
They're far more secure than
Facebook, with all its pesky
security settings, even if their
private nature makes them not so
bracing for the ego.
All six of the girls have
reportedly been charged at
juvenile hall with communicating
threats.
I have a feeling their parents will
be communicating a couple of
threats of their own. They won't,
perhaps, choose Facebook as the
medium in which to convey their
thoughts.
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Spectrum worries at CES: Deja vu all over again
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 2:52:55 PM
Editor's note: This is a guest
column. See Larry Downes' bio
below.
LAS VEGAS--The message at
yesterday's CES Tech Policy
Summit was all about spectrum,
and the looming crisis brought on
by exploding demand for mobile
broadband relying on limited
frequencies. Speakers including
FCC Chairman Julius
Genachowski and three of his four
fellow commissioners all sounded
the same theme: the FCC's top
priority for the coming year will
be to unleash more spectrum,
before it's too late.
"Without action," Genachowski
said yesterday, "demand for
spectrum will soon outstrip
supply."
No one in the audience, including
industry representatives,
consumers, and manufacturers of
the exciting new wireless devices
and services on display on the
show floor, would disagree. As
new 4G devices and services,
Internet-enabled televisions,
device-to-device communications
services, and a remarkable range
of new apps are announced, users
are already pushing the limits of
existing mobile capacity.
Deja vu all over again
But as Yogi Berra famously said,
it's deja vu all over again.
What few here seem to remember
is that Chairman Genachowski
and other government officials
sounded the same alarm precisely
a year ago at last year's CES,
making the same promises to
prioritize ways of freeing up
additional spectrum.
In his 2010 remarks in the very
same room, Genachowski spoke
of the same "looming crisis" and
the need to resolve it quickly.
Then, the chairman identified
three key areas for heading off
disaster: (1) freeing up spectrum
that is unused or underutilized, (2)
liberalizing spectrum-use rules to
allow license holders to lease
unused frequencies or otherwise
make more flexible use of what
they have, and (3) encouraging
device manufacturers to build in
intelligence that will make better
use of available spectrum.
But in the intervening year, the
FCC has been distracted by
litigation and political controversy
swirling around Net neutrality
rules finally voted on just before
the end of the year.
Now the price for that distraction
is becoming clearer. Little has
been done to advance many of the
worthy goals of The National
Broadband Plan, which was
issued by the agency in March
2010. In the area of spectrum
reform, for example, the plan
called for the immediate
reallocation of up to 500MHz of
spectrum to support mobile
broadband, seen as a key
technology in getting Internet
access to poor and rural
Americans who have been slow to
adopt it.
To date, according to the
chairman's comments yesterday,
the agency has freed up only a
paltry 25MHz, and that came by
easing restrictions on the
authorized uses of wireless
communications services. The
commission also issued a long-
awaited order in September that
permits unlicensed devices to
begin using broadcasting "white
space" (unused spectrum between
stations) so long as this doesn't
conflict with those parts of the
frequency that broadcasters are
actually using.
One sign of just how far the
spectrum crisis fell from the
FCC's priorities is the fact that the
agency hasn't even begun
compiling an inventory of existing
spectrum allocations called for by
President Obama in June. Without
knowing who among public and
private parties holds what
allocations, it seems likely that
some easy opportunities to
optimize usage remain hidden.
But when asked yesterday about
the status of the inventory, FCC
Senior Advisor Rebecca Hanson
replied that the agency has only
gotten as far as changing the user
interface of the agency's Web site
to make it easier to search for who
holds a license. As for the
inventory itself, "We'll be
announcing progress on an
ongoing basis," she told a CNET
reporter.
Pinning hopes on voluntary
incentive auctions
Instead of progress, Chairman
Genachowski yesterday laid out a
largely reheated vision for how
the agency will work in the
coming year to solve the problem
he so clearly articulated a year
ago.
The chairman's prepared remarks,
for example, indicated four
"pillars" on which the agency will
craft a solution to the crisis before
it's too late. These are (1)
Eliminating restrictions the FCC
has placed on the use of spectrum;
(2) encouraging more innovative
and efficient uses of existing
allocations, including spectrum
sharing and allowing licensees to
lease unused allocations; (3)
promoting competition,
transparency, and innovation on
mobile platforms; and (4) spurring
deployment of new infrastructure
by cutting red tape that delays the
build-out of new cell towers and
other wireless assets.
Most of these ideas are simply
rehashes of last year's proposals--
indeed, of goals the agency has
promoted in some cases for years.
The one relatively new idea,
which Genachowski deemed
"essential" to promote all four of
his pillars, is the rollout of
"voluntary incentive auctions."
These auctions would allow over-
the-air television broadcasters,
who are believed to hold the most
valuable and most underutilized
spectrum, to offer up some or
even all of their remaining
allocations for the FCC to auction
off to mobile broadband
providers.
At a panel discussion yesterday,
the FCC's Hanson emphasized
that the auctions would be
voluntary. Station owners could
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decide how much, if any, of their
allocation to sell, and set the
reserve price. The government
and the owner would share in the
proceeds of the auction.
What makes TV spectrum so
attractive? For one thing,
following the transition to digital
TV, local TV stations retained
6MHz of allocated frequency,
capable of handling up to 19.4
megabits of transmission.
According to Tom Wheeler of
Core Capital Partners and a
longtime industry veteran, only 2
to 3Mbps are needed for the
digital TV signal itself. Assuming
technical issues are resolved,
broadcasters could give up much
of their allocations without
interfering with their ability to
broadcast.
But even a small portion of the
existing allocation may be more
than many broadcasters actually
need. Given the widespread
adoption of cable, satellite, and
other wired TV reception from
companies including Comcast,
AT&T, and Verizon, many local
broadcasters reach fewer and
fewer homes. Some estimates put
the decline in over-the-air
viewership to as few as 10 percent
of American homes. As a result,
many broadcasters are facing
dwindling ad revenues and poor
prospects for near-term survival.
While some stations may
transition to offering mobile
services of their own, many are
likely to go out of business in the
SPECTRUM page 17
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Can Google Get Its Mojo Back?

Jon Evans (TechCrunch) seven layers of management.
Submitted at 1/8/2011 11:49:35 AM My sources tell me that since
then Microsoft has become much
A spectre is haunting Mountain more efficient, and their recent
View. No, not bed bugs: bit rot. successes—XBox, Kinect,
Google is in serious decline. Windows 7, Windows Phone,
I don’t see how they can deny it. Bing—testify to this. Kudos to
They have famously always been them. Can Google do the same?
a data-driven organization, and Let’s hope so. But their situation
the data is compelling. Business is more difficult and dangerous:
Insider’s list of the 15 biggest tech they could conceivably lose 90%
flops of 2010 cited no fewer than of their business in the space of a
four from Google: Buzz, Wave, few months, if a qualitatively
Google TV, and the Nexus One. better search engine comes along.
Bizarre errors have erupted in That’s not likely to happen, but it
Google Maps. Many of its best could . . . and I’m almost
engineers are leaving. Influential beginning to hope that it does.
luminaries like Vivek Wadhwa, It’s not like they’re Yahoo!,
Jeff Atwood, Marco Arment and halfway past the point of no
Paul Kedrosky(way ahead of the return. Google is still a giant
curve) say their core search money machine full of brilliant
service is much degraded from its was soon repaired—but what spate of high-profile coverage they innovate like crazy and engineers. Google Voice could be
glory years, and the numbers bear h a p p e n e d t o t h e s p e e d y finally forced them to fix it. How constantly take chances, not all of huge. If the rumors of their super-
t h i s o u t ; a f t e r y e a r s o f algorithmic solutions for which can they neglect problems like which pay off. I had an Android secret augmented-reality app are
unassailable dominance, Google’s Google is famous? that in their only big hit of the last before Android was cool. But this true, they have another hit in the
s e a r c h - m a r k e t s h a r e i s The general tone on the AdWords five years? Never mind don’t be is no mere losing streak; this is wings. Even their self-driving cars
diminishing—it dropped an forums is exactly like that on evil— what happened to pay systematic degradation. They make strategic sense to me. Still,
eyebrow-raising 1.2% just from those devoted to the other Google attention? seem to be rotting from the inside the trajectory is clear; they’re in
October to November—while service I use a lot, App Engine: Once upon a time, Google was out. decline. They seem to have finally
Microsoft’s Bing, whose UI users on both frequently complain the coolest place for a techie to What happened? The same stopped believing their own press
Google tried and embarrassingly about the way Google neglects work. Not any more. While I can’t cancer that sickened Microsoft: releases and realized that they
failed to copy earlier this year, is and/or outright ignores them. I quantify this, I’m confident that bureaucracy. A recent NYT have a problem—but is it too late?
on the rise. like App Engine a lot, but it’s m o s t e n g i n e e r s w i l l a g r e e : article claims that “the bleak Has Google grown too big to
E v e n t h e i r m o n e y f o u n t , prone to sporadic bursts of somehow, over the last 18 reality of corporate growth” is succeed? I fear that the answer is
AdWords, is problematic. An inexplicable behaviour, and some months, their aura has faded and that “efficiencies of scale are yes.
illustrative anecdote: I recently developers are abandoning it their halo has fallen. Once their almost always outweighed by the Image via Digital Inspiration
experimented with a $100 free because of Google’s perceived arrogance was intimidating and burdens of bureaucracy.” A CrunchBase Information Google
certificate for my own pet app, reluctance or inability to fix its awesome. Now it just seems famous (and brilliant) essay by I n f o r m a t i o n p r o v i d e d b y
and found my ad got stuck “In b u g s a n d q u i r k s . A n o t h e r clueless. Moishe Lettvin, a former MS C r u n c h B a s e
Review” indefinitely. According example: a bug in Android’s I feel a little bad being this employee, explains why Windows
to users on AdWords’ discussion default SMS app which sent text critical, because I am—or was—a Vista was such a turkey: at the
boards, this is common, and the messages to incorrect recipients giant Google fan. I admire their time, every decision—and every
only way to fix it is to file a help festered for six months until a China stance, and the way that line of code—had to filter through
request. I did, and the problem
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SPECTRUM
continued from page 15
coming decade. Indeed, given the
poor market conditions for station
acquisitions, voluntary auctions
may be the most effective way to
speed up an inevitable
reconfiguration of the
broadcasting industry and free up
crucial spectrum in the process.
Lynn Claudy of the National
Association of Broadcasters
characterized that process as
"thinning the herd."
For those who choose to stay in
the current business, selling off
some of their unused spectrum, or
sharing a single allocation with
other local stations and selling off
the excess, could provide needed
capital to reinvest and reinvent
themselves.
The incentive auctions, in which
broadcasters would share in the
revenue from releasing their
allocations, would also avoid the
thorny question of whether station
owners actually maintain property
rights to keep their spectrum if the
agency determines there are better
uses for it. That is a legal question
that no one is particularly eager to
engage.
Congress would need to act
But there's a fly in the ointment.
How Do You Get People to Actually
Show Up on Time? [Ask The Readers]
Adam Dachis (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 3:00:00 PM
No one can be exactly on time,
and again. Still, there are large
and we all make mistakes now
Everyone agrees that under
existing communications law, the
FCC has no authority to hold
these auctions.
In July 2010, then Congressman
Rick Boucher (D-Va) introduced
legislation that would have
authorized the FCC to conduct
voluntary incentive auctions.
Though the bill received
bipartisan support, the last
Congress failed to pass it. In the
November elections, Boucher lost
his seat, and Republicans now
control his former Subcommittee
on Communications, Technology,
and the Internet.
Appearing yesterday as an
unannounced speaker at the Tech
Policy Summit, Boucher
expressed optimism that the new
Congress will move forward on
the legislation. If not, he said, the
spectrum crisis is likely to
become "acute" by 2015.
So for now the FCC is stuck with
little more than a plan, and one
that assumes broadcasters will
voluntarily loosen their grip on as
much as 500MHz of much-needed
spectrum.
If Congress doesn't act, or if the
broadcasters don't volunteer,
there's little in the way of a
backup plan.
And as FCC Commissioner
Robert McDowell pointed out
later in the day, even if
authorization comes soon, it will
still take a decade to design and
conduct the auctions to the point
of getting usable spectrum
available for consumer use.
McDowell, however, is
optimistic about a private
solution. He believes salvation
may come instead from
technological innovation,
including the deployment of home
cellular base stations called
femtocells and smart antennas that
can compress mobile data streams
more efficiently and dynamically.
"We're entering the golden age of
wireless," McDowell said, despite
the spectrum crisis. "Anxiety will
push innovation."
Despite the dire conditions,
Chairman Genachowski also
remained optimistic. "As the
leader of the global economy in
the 20th century," he concluded,
"and as the greatest country in the
world for innovation,
entrepreneurship, and free
markets, the U.S. has huge
numbers of people who cannot
manage to show up when they say
they will. How do you solve this
problem? More »
advantages in the race for global
economic leadership in the 21st
century."
Only the FCC can reallocate the
limited radio spectrum it
regulates, and it can only do so if
Congress acts. For the sake of the
Internet economy and the
innovation that fuels it, consumers
have little more than hope that a
series of policy miracles will take
place in the near future.
At a minimum, the FCC can't
afford to get distracted again.
Let's hope next year's
conversations will be about
progress and not, once more,
about goals.
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Katie and Suri Visit Tom
on Set as The History
Channel Shelves The
Kennedys
Allie Merriam (PopSugar)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 9:45:15 AM
Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise
were out in Vancouver last night
to say hi to Tom Cruise as he shot
Mission Impossible 4: Ghost
Protocol. Tom was looking good
in a crisp shirt and suit, and Katie
was evidently appreciating his
handsomeness - they were spotted
sharing a hug and big smiles
before she headed back home.
Suri and Katie were fresh off an
afternoon visit to a supermarket,
where they picked up some food
and flowers to make their stay in
Canada more comfortable. The
duo also spent time up North over
the Summer while Katie worked
on The Kennedys. However,
despite Katie's telling Elle that she
loved playing Jackie O, it seems
we'll never get to see the finished
product as The History Channel
just announced it won't broadcast
the mini-series in the US, though
it will air overseas.
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NSFW – The Song: No, Seriously This One Really

Is Not Safe For Work [NSFW]
Paul Carr (TechCrunch) A hack to the future is my only
Submitted at 1/8/2011 3:23:12 PM chance
Not safe for work
Well, this is several types of Not safe for life
amazing. Why is this news, again?
Way back in 2009, I received an It’s always been out there Make an Attractive Basin
email from an Argentinan lawyer- Not safe for love Sink Out of an IKEA
turned-singer/songwriter by the I’ll break our hearts
name of BluBlú. She’s a big You better run fast, babe
Salad Bowl [Ikea Hacks]
TechCrunch fan, she explained, before you leave me, babe Adam Dachis (Lifehacker)
and was considering writing a Please save me from my dark Submitted at 1/8/2011 1:00:00 PM
song based on my Not Safe For side
Work columns. Would I mind? A passion that’s romantic pride Basin sinks seem to be the staple
Of course I wouldn’t mind. After And they squeak loud when I bite of expensive homes these days,
all, MG has a song, so why Someday I’ll be over counting but a little DIY know-how and a
shouldn’t I? That said, I wasn’t crows $15 bowl from IKEA can make
actually expecting there to ever be But for now I’ll avoid profound this nice upgrade pretty
a song. I get a lot of crazy emails. The long fail might be over affordable. More »
Oh me of little faith. reading one of these columns and crush on Michael… girly, I I’ll be a star, inshallah
This week, almost two years after wondering “why is this not safe know.” Who is the slut? I am the slut
her original request, BluBlú for work?”, this video is your All the way from Argentina. Oh, A scarlet letter man
emailed again. The song was answer. To be absolutely clear, the Internet. A case of wine won’t be enough
finished! And, you know what? unless your employer is cool with Not Safe For Work this time
I t ’ s s l i g h t l y b r i l l i a n t : m y naked girls covered in very small by BluBlú I’m dry
ridiculous rants against social amounts of body paint, this video I’ll crash and burn at high speed A hack to the future is my only
media, my constant firings and is Not Safe For Work. This is a battle I will win chance
even my love-hate relationship If you’re interested, BluBlú has Cherchez la fame, follow the Not safe for work
with Counting Crows – all turned kindly provided the lyrics (posted game Not safe for life
into something resembling a below), all linked up to the Keep sleeping through the rain Why is this news, again?
coherent narrative, set to a original posts from which they I want to whet your appetite It’s always been out there.
haunting tune which has since c a m e . Y o u c a n l i s t e n t o The good stuff in CEO cards Not safe for love
become stuck in my head. There’s m o r e B l u B l ú h e r e . 3 million bucks, 2 girls I’ll break our hearts
a pretty intense guitar solo in the Oh, and if you’re wondering 1 cup of groupie tales You better run fast, babe
middle too. what brought an Argentinian A case of wine won’t be enough Before you leave me, babe
And then I watched the video. singer to TechCrunch in the first this time Please save me from my dark
And, well, just wow. Let’s just place, BluBlú explains: “I had a I’m dry side
say, if you’ve ever found yourself

Guess Who's Heading Out to Hit the Shops?

PopSugar (PopSugar) Time to play!
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Researcher Develops Password Hacking Software
for Wi-Fi Networks Using Amazon Web Services
Alex Williams (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 4:00:16 PM
A researcher has developed
software for breaking password
protections used for wireless
networks.
According to Reuters, security
expert Thomas Roth says he can
break into protected networks by
running 400,000 potential
passwords per second using
Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Roth will present his findings at
the Black Hat conference in
Washington, DC. later this month.
Sponsor
Roth made news last November
when as we reported, he used the
new Amazon Cluster GPU
instance to crack SHA1 hashes.
According to Wikipedia, "SHA-1
is the most widely used of the
existing SHA hash functions, and
is employed in several widely-
used security applications and
protocols."
Roth was able to crack 14 hashes
with passwords ranging in length
from one to six characters in 49
minutes.
Now he has developed software
using AWS that could be used to
IRS Looking to Return $164 Million in UNCLAIMED REFUNDS!
nospam@example.com
(GALTime.com) (Financiallyfit
on Shine)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 12:38:18 AM
By GalTime Consumer
break into corporations, public
institutions or the wireless
networks people use in their
homes.
According to Reuters: Roth said
that he used his software and
Amazon's cloud-based computers
to break into a WPA-PSK
protected network in his
neighborhood. It took about 20
minutes of processing time. He
Watchdog, Mary Schwager
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onto YOUR money? Before you
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hack passwords. He wrote in July
about a mechanism that has been
developed to capture network
traffic that is then uploaded to the
WPA Cracker. The data is then
subject to a brute force cracking
effort that can reduce
Family TV Round
exponentially the time it takes to -Up: What's On
crack a network.
Schneir touches on other effects Tap for 2011
of the mechanism as well: It gets Rich Keller (TV Squad)
even better. If you try the standard
Submitted at 1/8/2011 7:30:00 AM
135-million-word dictionary and
do not crack the WPA encryption Filed under: Reality-Free,
on your target network, there is an Features, TV News Welcome to
extended dictionary that contains the Family TV Round-Up, a recap
an additional 284 million words. of all kid-friendly programming
In short, serious brute force across the television universe.
wireless network encryption We'll sum up all the news related
cracking has become a retail to children's programming, as
commodity. well as profile the people and
Password security is proving to shows that your kids, tweens and
has since updated his software to be a risky proposition. Cloud
teens are talking about.
s p e e d i t s p e r f o r m a n c e a n d computing makes it easier for
Over the last two weeks we
believes he could hack into the hackers to take advantage of weak
reviewed the past year in family
same network in about 6 minutes. security networks. There will be
programming. This week we're
"Once you are in, you can do some huge and successful attacks
going to take a look ahead at what
everything you can do if you are t h i s y e a r . T h e l e v e l o f
parents and children can look
connected to the network," he preparedness is just not high
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Microvision runs TV out apps, including Rage HD, on the

SHOWWX+ pico projector
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tweaks to the iPhone have made it game, so as the projection on the there was a definite virtual reality and there probably at least a few
much more useful. wall moved, so did the in-game feel, as if the projector was people out there who could pick
First up, TV out was simply a angle. The effect was somewhat

How to Deploy IPv6 Securely

Klint Finley (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 5:00:29 PM
The number of available IPv4
addresses is expected to run out in
less than a year, as we've reported
before. The proliferation of
mobile devices and sensors, all of
which use IP addresses, is
depleting the total number
available. Organizations need to
migrate to the newer IPv6
standard to avoid running out of
these critical points in the
network.
The National Institute of
Standards and Technology(NIST)
has issued a free 188 page report from FIST, some of the security
to help guide managers, network issues organizations may face
engineers, transition teams and while deploying IPv6 include
others working on IPv6 "fending off attackers that have
deployments. The report explains more experience than an CoverSutra kerfuffle
IPv6, covers IPv6 security issues, organization in the early stages of
explains how to deploy dual IPv4/ IPv6 deployment and the highlights Mac App
IPv6 environments and more. difficulty of detecting unknown or Store teething troubles
Sponsor unauthorized IPv6 assets on
NIST developed this guide to existing IPv4 production Richard Gaywood (TUAW)
assist the Office of Management networks." Submitted at 1/8/2011 11:15:00 AM
and Budget with its IPv6 To learn more about IPv6, visit
deployment, which required IPv6 Act Now. The Mac App Store is off to a
Federal Information Security will become helpful to private Photo by thesaint Discuss great start, but it's not all
M a n a g e m e n t A c t ( F I S M A ) sector organizations seeking a sweetness and light. Users have
c o m p l i a n c e . T h e r e p o r t i s comprehensive migration guide. been confused by how some third
designed for federal agencies, but According to an announcement COVERSUTRA page 21
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party apps bought elsewhere show
as "installed" in the store UI
whilst others don't -- and in
fairness, it is confusingly
inconsistent. Meanwhile,
developers are struggling to deal
with the lack of upgrade pricing,
and what that means for their
existing customers.
As with the iOS App Store,
everyone buying an app pays the
same price, whether they are a
new customer or someone who
bought a previous version. There
is also no ability to "grandfather
in" licenses from elsewhere. For
example, I purchased Pixelmator
v1.6 from its website for $60 back
in September, but the team has
now announced that v2 will be
Gillmor Gang 01.08.11 (TCTV)
Steve Gillmor (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 2:07:15 PM
The Gillmor Gang reconvened
after the holidays. Robert Scoble
took the occasion as an
opportunity to catch up on some
much-needed rest from his Vegas
hotel room, albeit on camera. CES
continued to be the ghost of
conferences past, as the
@Scobleizer famed let’s-walk-the
-show-floor-with-a-camera-tour
took a record 60 minutes or
whatever. For those who
remember Johnny Carson, this has
become Robert’s version of the
Ed Ames tomahawk throw.
exclusive to the Mac App Store.
If they had maintained the $60
price point, I would have had to
pay the full amount again in order
to move my license from their
own system and onto the Mac
App Store. Generously, they have
dealt with this by offering
Pixelmator v1.6 for $30 on the
store for a limited time -- with a
free upgrade to v2 when it is
released. This isn't perfect; some
people like me feel annoyed that
they paid twice the current rate
just a few months ago for a
product that won't get an upgrade
to v2, and Pixelmator's developers
are also effectively giving new
customers an upgrade discount
they perhaps shouldn't be entitled
John Borthwick weighed in on
the inevitable Year of the Tablet
discussion from New York, where
my view of Apple dominance is
met with healthy skepticism but
no real counter argument.
Borthwick’s Bit.ly service
continues to prosper even as
Twitter consolidates services and
clients in-house. As a self-
described former member of the
entertainment cartel (AOL), he
declined repeatedly to join my
cartel-bashing while essentially
agreeing with me.
Androiders@JTaschek
and@KevinMarks ably
represented the Android-will-beat
to. Overall, though, it's the best of
a bad set of choices they can
make.
Not all devs are having such a
smooth ride, however.
Continue reading CoverSutra
kerfuffle highlights Mac App
Store teething troubles
CoverSutra kerfuffle highlights
Mac App Store teething troubles
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Comments
-Apple-if-we-have-to-ship-
individual-tablet-models-for-each-
customer crowd. Marks even had
one of the paperweights that he
brandished on camera. I fended
off a plea from @Borthwick to fix
the RSS feed for the 7 remaining
people who would rather podcast
than stream. Other stuff was
talked about. I had fun.
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Gillmor Robert Scoble John
Borthwick John Taschek Kevin
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The Services Used By Y
Combinator Startups
[Infographic]
Alex Williams (ReadWriteWeb) • Windows Azure is noticeably
absent. Not one company is listed
Submitted at 1/8/2011 3:00:01 PM
as using the Microsoft service.
A domain profiler document on • Google is by far the favorite for
G i t H u b i s p r o v i d i n g s o m e email hosting.
interesting insights into the • GoDaddy dominates as the
services that Y Combinator registrar of choice.
startups use to host its services. • Startups use "other/self-hosted"
The breakdown is according to for DNS service. GoDaddy is
Web host, Email host, DNS Host, second in popularity.
R e g i s t r a r , S S L I s s u e r a n d • The majority of companies do
Certificate type. not have an SSL issuer. For those
Sponsor that do, GoDaddy is again the top
The profiler shows: choice.
• Amazon Web Services is the
most popular for hosting The results show that the
a p p l i c a t i o n s , f o l l o w e d b y majority of Y Combinator startups
R a c k s p a c e a n d S o f t L a y e r . depend on cloud services instead
• A total of 39 of the startups use of self-hosted servers, traditional
A m a z o n . c o m , i n c l u d i n g web hosting or co-location
Rapportive, airbnb and Cloudant. services. That's a pointer to the
Rackspace is second but if you overall market and the growing
include its Slicehost service then popularity of muli-tenant services.
it comes pretty close Amazon Discuss
with 30 using Rackspace and six
on Slicehost.
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Learn Adwords and Unlock OMG/JK: I Wonder If

Coupons With Google The Verizon iPhone
Engage For Agencies Comes In Red
John Paul Titlow
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 3:30:00 PM
Google has always been
proactive about making it easy to
learn how to use their online
advertising and analysis products.
After all, the more people use
AdWords and related offerings,
the more revenue Google makes,
and the better-equipped business
owners are to reach potential
customers.
Google Engage For Agencies is
the company's latest effort to
educate its customers about the
online search advertising market
and Google's offerings in
particular. Upon completing four
free, Web-based courses, users
can unlock coupons redeemable
for free AdWords buys. From
there, business owners can decide
to get officially certified as
experts in Google AdWords.
Sponsor
This isn't the first time Google
has offered Adwords training for
free online. Similarly, Conversion
University helps site owners get
up to speed with their analytics
product. While Engage For
Agencies is clearly intended for
advertising and marketing
agencies, it can be beneficial for
any business owner looking to
learn more about digital
advertising.
The first of four courses is a 24-
minute introduction that provides
an overview of Google and the
basics of search and display
advertising. It drills down into
specific Google products like
YouTube and Google Places and
discusses the growing
significance of mobile
advertising.
Discuss
Jason Kincaid (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 5:00:24 PM
It’s time for your favorite part of
the week: the new episode of
OMG/JK, featuring fellow
TechCrunch writer MG Siegler
and myself talking about the
hottest stories in tech. And this
episode’s a great one (though that
should come as no surprise).
This has been a remarkable week
in technology news, especially
when it comes to the iPhone and
Android (which, as you may have
noticed, happen to be subjects
MG and I like to talk about). In
this episode we go over the
impending release of the iPhone
on Verizon (I’ve never seen MG
more giddy), the Amazon
Android App Store (say that three
times fast), the new video demo
of Android’s tablet OS
Honeycomb, and Apple’s new
Mac App Store.
This is also a special episode
because it only features one
camera (the rest of them are down
at CES). It’s sort of like being on
4 Ways to Go on a
a ride. Or something. Yeah, we’ll
go with that.
Here are some articles relevant to
Spending Diet
nospam@example.com (Good
the topics we discuss:
Housekeeping) (Financiallyfit on
• Why Apple Will Let Verizon
Shine)
Announce An iPhone
• Amazon’s Disruptive Android Submitted at 1/7/2011 9:21:09 PM
A while back, I signed up for
App Store Now Open To
Mint.com, the site that keeps track
Developers — Full Details
of your finances for you. My
Apple’s Mac App Store Opens
fiscally responsible (or wannabe
With More Than 1,000 Apps•
responsible) New York friends
Google Officially Posts Android
were raving about how it really
3.0 Sneak Peak, Touts
helped them get a handle on their
“Holographic” UI
spending…
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CES 2011: Surely You're Jester

(Woot! - One Day, One Deal) with an as-yet poorly understood auteur behind the following joint. Seriously, people! You could going to mess with what they
Submitted at 1/7/2011 6:28:00 PMmystical force. Or maybe we were We use the French term to let you leave your half-smoked cigar think is a dog turd.
being stalked, and our stalker know that if there's something in inside it, go inside to check out
We don't know how it happened. waited to pounce until we were the following video that you don't our CES 2011 coverage, and your
Maybe the whiteboard was lost in rubber dog turd humidor understand, it's because you're not cigar would be protected from the
enchanted. Maybe Matthew's reveries… smart enough. Take it away, elements and thieves. Not even
Million-Dollar Ideas are imbued Woot superfan SBCJester is the Vladimir! the most desperate cigar thief is
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Video: iPhone 3G
running Android 2.3
Chris Rawson (TUAW)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 8:00:00 AM

The iPhone 3G now does

something not even all Android
phones can claim: it runs
Android's current version, 2.3
"Gingerbread." iDroid developer
Nick Pack posted a video of a
jailbroken iPhone 3G successfully
running Android 2.3. Naturally
the older iPhone was huffing and
puffing a bit as it tried to run the
latest Android interface, but to my
eyes it looked like the iPhone 3G
was at least running better than it
initially was under iOS 4.2.
Much like running a Linux distro
on a Mac, running Android on an
iPhone is something I can
appreciate conceptually, but I still
can't imagine why anyone would
actually want to do it. After all, they're handheld computers.
it's not like you're starved for [via Redmond Pie]
hardware choice if you really
have to have Android running on
Continue reading Video: iPhone
3G running Android 2.3
Hanvon HPad A116 Hands On
your smartphone. Still, the effort Video: iPhone 3G running Evan Selleck (SlashGear) The device has a 7-inch the back. There’s a microUSB
involved in getting Android to run Android 2.3 originally appeared Submitted at 1/8/2011 4:46:01 PM capacitive touchscreen display, port, and mini-HDMI port. The
on the iPhone is intriguing, and on TUAW on Sat, 08 Jan 2011 with a resolution of 1024x 600. battery, we were told, will last 6
watching the boot process in the 08:00:00 EST. Please see our Hanvon was on hand at the Under the hood, there’s 512M hours playing video, or 8 hours
video below just proves what terms for use of feeds. Consumer Electronics Show in mDDR, and two 2GB of internal reading. But, they stressed that
many of us have been saying for Source| Permalink| Email this| Las Vegas to show off a new memory. There’s a microSD card these were still estimations.
years: these aren't just phones, Comments tablet device they are engineering. slot, which can support a card all Check out the hands on images
The device has plenty of features, the way up to 32GB. As for the below to see the Hanvon HPad
and a display size that rivals the Operating System, it will run A116 up close.
majority of other Android-based Android 2.2 or 2.3, depending on We were told that the device
tablets currently available on the what you want. Both versions will would cost $350 when it goes on
market (along with many more b e h e a v i l y c u s t o m i z e d b y sale later this year.
that are coming down the pipe). H a n v o n , t h o u g h .
However, this tablet has a few There’s a 1.3MP camera on the
tricks up its sleeve. front of the device, and a 5MP on
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Eve Hypo sales sure

to shoot up after fan
-made commercial
Justin McElroy (Joystiq)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 3:30:00 PM

One of the most puzzling

moments of BioShock was when
our new-to-Rapture hero jams a
Plasmid into his arm with little-to-
no prompting. Now, had adorable
Vampy(Linda Le) been urging
him to inject the power goo as she
does in the fan-made ad after the
break, we might almost have
bought it. Almost.
Continue reading Eve Hypo sales
sure to shoot up after fan-made
commercial
iRecord Pro transfers grandma's VHS tapes directly Eve Hypo sales sure to shoot up
after fan-made commercial

to your iOS device or Mac originally appeared on Joystiq on

Sat, 08 Jan 2011 15:30:00 EST.
Please see our terms for use of
Victor Agreda, Jr. (TUAW) It works on a Mac too, but it also maybe our need to transfer analog iRecord Pro transfers grandma's
works on a PC, PSP and a raft of video is soon to become pointless, VHS tapes directly to your iOS feeds.
Submitted at 1/8/2011 5:50:00 PM
other devices. but if you're looking for a device or Mac originally appeared Permalink| Email this| Comments
The iRecord Pro Personal Media One thing that seems a bit odd: relatively simple and fast solution on TUAW on Sat, 08 Jan 2011
Recorder has been around for a you have to pay for a firmware to dumping video to your iOS 17:50:00 EST. Please see our
couple of years, but I couldn't upgrade to allow transfer to the devices, this might do the trick. terms for use of feeds.
help but notice this year it was iPad, according to the iRecord Then again, for around $230 on Source| Permalink| Email this|
connected to an iPad. Apparently site. Why the extra charge for the the street and a firmware cost if Comments
the onboard analog-to-digital iPad? We'll have a hands-on at you want to dump to iPad,
converter will also upload your Macworld if they are there again something with such limited use
MP4 converted video directly to this year and ask. might not be flying off the shelves
your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. It's a pretty simple thing, and any time soon.
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Re-Use Your Keurig K-

Cups!
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Do you love the Keurig coffee

system?
Are you tired of paying 50¢ per
cup? Do you want to start saving
Kern County CA to
money today? Turn your used K- Impose Contract on
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The Keurig standard approach $14 and up. If you want 10 of
them, that is $140 just for the Reality Check; Half Moon
involves the purchase of K-Cups
with coffee, tea, hot chocolate, reusable cups. Second, the cup Bay, Bell Face
etc. The K-Cups make excellent does not produce as good of a cup Bankruptcy; Brown Seeks
coffee. But they each cost of coffee as the K-Cup itself. The Voter Approval for Tax
anywhere from $.25 to $.50 per designs are different and the water
flows out the sides of the filter Hike
cup depending on the quantity and
Hanvon TouchPad B20 where you purchase them. If you
like to drink coffee like me, this
rather than down through the
coffee (take a look at it closely).
noreply@blogger.com (Michael
Shedlock) (Mish's Global
Economic Trend Analysis)
Third, the design is big, bulky,
Hands On can add up to quite a bill really
quickly.
So you say, why not get a
and hard to store. If you already
have a turnstile for K-Cups, you
Submitted at 1/8/2011 11:24:00 AM
News has been flying in
Evan Selleck (SlashGear) installed. The TouchPad B20 also can not store these there. With
reusable K-Cup. Good idea. But California the past few weeks
Submitted at 1/8/2011 4:43:41 PM features 1GB DDR2, and a this product you can. over more budget concerns. Those
120GB 1.8-inch SATA hard drive there are a few problems with the
While we were at Hanvon, and at 4200rpm. There’s a 2MP system Keurig wants you to use. KERN page 26
we got time to play with the camera on the back, and no front- First the reusable K-Cups cost
Android tablet running Microsoft facing camera. There’s two USB
Word and other Office ports, an earphone and
applications, we managed to steal microphone port, and an HDMI
Joshua 4:24 (01-08-11)
some face time with another tablet port. The whole system is skinned (Verse of the Day) demonstrates his love to us for your majesty and might. I
the company is creating — the by Hanvon. Submitted at 1/8/2011 2:00:00 AM because he is loving. God praise you for your love and your
TouchPad B20. This device is Our time with the device was demonstrates his love to us grace. I praise you with my heart
bigger than the Android version, limited, but we could tell that the The LORD your God did to the because he knows we would be full of thanks. I praise you with
and Hanvon decided to go with tablet is light enough, but with Jordan just what he had done to lost without it. God demonstrates my head bowed low in reverence,
Microsoft’s Operating System, Windows on board, and the $899 the Red Sea when he dried it up his love to us because he wants to to honor and glorify you, the only
instead of Google’s mobile price tag we were told, there before us until we had crossed show his power to the peoples of true and living God. May honor
offering. probably won’t be a line growing over. He did this so that all the the world. God demonstrates his and glory and praise be yours in
The TouchPad B20 features a to get their hands on this device. peoples of the earth might know love for us because he wants us to my heart and in my life as long as
10.1-inch display, and has an Intel Check out the hands on images that the hand of the LORD is know his awesome might to save. I live on this earth. In Jesus' name.
Atom Z530 processor clocked at below. powerful and so that you might God demonstrates his love for us Amen.
1.6GHz inside. Windows XP always fear the LORD your God. so we will deeply respect, honor,
Home Edition 32-bit is pre- — Joshua 4:24(NIV) Thoughts on and revere him. My Prayer... Holy
T o d a y ' s V e r s e . . . G o d and Almighty God, I praise you
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budget problems will not go away
until structural problems are
fixed. That mean serious
concessions across the board by
public unions. Instead, Governor
Brown may seek a referendum to
raise taxes.
Rounding out the news, a couple
of California cities face
immediate bankruptcy,
University of California
executives have made outrageous
pension demands, and Kern
County California is playing
hardball with public unions.
Kern County to Impose Contract
on Public Unions
Please consider County-union
mediation fails
Kern County government and its
largest union have failed to reach
an agreement during contract
mediation, setting up a final
decision by county supervisors
about how to handle negotiations
with thousands of their
employees.
Negotiators with the Service
Employees International Union,
Local 521 notified union members
Thursday that the mediation
process had broken down and
they should expect supervisors to
impose the contract they want.
That contract does two things --
makes all employees in the union
pay 20 percent of their health-care
premiums and require thousands
of workers who currently do not
pay into to their pensions to begin
making contributions from each
paycheck.
Regina Kane, president of the
Kern County chapter of SEIU
521, said supervisors have
followed a firm course toward this
date, failing to budge an inch
when the unions proposed other
ways to cut costs and save money
that supervisors argued was
critical to balance county budgets.
Kane said her members --
especially the most modest
workers who handle the county's
front-line public services -- will
be devastated by the pay
reductions.
"Many of our employees will be
losing cars and losing homes," she
said.
She said many of the county
employees who are eligible for
retirement will seize the
opportunity and leave. Even if,
Kane said, some of those jobs are
filled, it will take months to bring
new workers on board and train
them.
"The public service system will be
overloaded," she said. A "Start"
I commend Kern County.
Standing up to the unions is a
start. However, 50% to their
health-care costs would be a
better start, and I do not see
anything being done about
pension benefits.
Nonetheless, not bargaining with
unions is the correct approach. I
suggest a 1 year imposition then
next year attacking pension
benefits.
Regina Kane whines "many of
the county employees who are
eligible for retirement will seize
the opportunity and leave".
To that I say hooray! Let's hope
100% of them leave. New
employees should be put into
defined contribution plans. Better
yet, the county should simply
outsource every job and be done
with it.
The correct way to deal with the
SEIU is to not deal with them at
all.
Kern County Map
Now, if only Los Angeles or
Orange County would do the
same thing. It is time for serious
hardball. Complete elimination of
every union should be the goal.
Bell California on Brink of
Insolvency
The Los Angeles Times reports
Bell nearly broke, faces drastic
cuts, audit finds
Scandal-plagued Bell is hovering
on the brink of insolvency and
drastic cuts in city services —
including disbanding the Police
Department — probably will be
necessary to fix its finances,
according to a review of the city's
books that Los Angeles County
officials plan to release next
month.
The report by the Los Angeles
County auditor-controller paints
the most dire financial picture yet
of the southeast Los Angeles
County city, where eight current
and former city officials have
been charged in a sweeping public
corruption case. The findings
were discussed with The Times
by officials familiar with its
contents who spoke on condition
of anonymity because the
document remains under wraps.
The review found that Bell has
been running a deficit totaling
several million dollars over at
least the last three years under
former Chief Administrative
Officer Robert Rizzo. The red ink
is the result of hefty salaries and
pensions for top Bell officials and
extensive city-run programs, the
review found. To cover part of the
deficit, city officials took money
raised by the sale of bonds for
specific projects and diverted it to
the general fund, a likely violation
of the law, according to experts
on municipal finance. Easy
Decision in Bell
There is nothing for Bell to even
think about here. The city is
bankrupt. The correct solution is
to declare bankruptcy, disband the
police union, and outsource 100%
of city services eliminating 100%
of public union contracts.
Half Moon Bay Faces Financial
Brink
The Wall Street Journal reports
Half Moon Bay Faces Financial
Brink
This coastal city next month will
begin an aggressive campaign to
warn residents of severe budget
cuts that lie ahead, as the cash-
strapped town tries to avert
insolvency.
Laura Snideman, appointed
earlier this month as Half Moon
Bay's city manager, says she and
the five-member city council and
top managers will meet in the next
few weeks with residents to alert
them about impending changes,
such as potentially outsourcing
the town's 15-person police
department to an outside agency.
"The choices are no longer hard,
they're painful," says Ms.
Snideman, formerly an economic
development manager in the city
of San Mateo. She adds that she
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hopes by making the case for cuts,
some residents will offer ideas or
even volunteer to save some
services and programs.
The campaign is the latest
development in Half Moon Bay's
long and winding financial
descent, which has made it a
poster child of the problems
plaguing Bay Area municipalities.
While many towns face budget
gaps, Half Moon Bay is in
especially tough straits. The city
already has outsourced some
public-works services, including
trash, building inspection and
health-code enforcement to
independent contractors and
private companies.
The city of 13,000 is essentially
"turning into a functionally
unincorporated locale," says
Christopher Thornberg, a
principal at consultancy Beacon
Economics in San Rafael.
"They're pretty much a city in
name only, having turned over or
outsourced most of their essential
services." Easy Decision in Half
Moon Bay
There is nothing for Half Moon
Bay to even think about here. The
city is bankrupt. The correct
solution is to declare bankruptcy,
disband the police union, and
outsource 100% of city services
eliminating 100% of public union
contracts.
Outrageous Benefits Demands by
University of California
Executives
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regarding this article than any
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Reader Question Regarding "Dropping Out of the Workforce";

Implications of the Falling Participation Rate
noreply@blogger.com (Michael If a person wants a job, is that includes the 12th of the
Shedlock) (Mish's Global available for a job and keeps month). At the time of the first
Economic Trend Analysis) looking for a job, that person is enumeration of a household, the
Submitted at 1/7/2011 10:42:00 PM unemployed. I suspect most interviewer prepares a roster of
In response to BLS Job Report: retirees, stop looking. the household members, including
December Nonfarm Payrolls Note that number 2 may be their personal characteristics (date
+103,000, November Revision voluntary or involuntary. An of birth, sex, race, Hispanic
+32,000, October Revision example of an involuntary ethnicity, marital status,
+38,000; Workforce DROPS by retirement is someone who wants educational attainment, veteran
260,000, reader "Aleph" wants to work to work but retires because status, and so on) and their
know how someone drops out of he has expired all his 99 weeks of relationships to the person
the workforce. benefits and desperately needs to maintaining the household.
Aleph writes ... Hello Mish start collecting social security Each person is classified
C a n y o u e x p l a i n t o y o u r before he goes homeless. according to the activities he or
readership how the government All of this is determined by a she engaged in during the
determines that a person has phone survey. The BLS attempts reference week. Then, the total
dropped out of the labor force, as to determine the following numbers are "weighted," or
o p p o s e d t o r u n n i n g o u t o f 1. Are you employed full time? adjusted to independent
unemployment benefits and 2. Are you employed part time? those questions directly. Rather avoids placing too heavy a burden population estimates (based on
becoming desperate (or homeless) 3. Do you want a job? the phone interview attempts to on the households selected for the updated decennial census results).
with no job and no decent 4. Are you available for a job? figure the answers to those sample. After a household is The weighting takes into account
prospects? Or do they make no 5. Have you looked for a job in questions. interviewed for 4 consecutive the age, sex, race, Hispanic
distinction between voluntarily the last four weeks? How the Government Measures months, it leaves the sample for 8 ethnicity, and State of residence
leaving the work force and Unemployment m o n t h s , a n d t h e n i s a g a i n of the person, so that these
involuntarily leaving it? • A Yes to #1 or #2, no matter P l e a s e c o n s i d e r H o w t h e interviewed for the same 4 characteristics are reflected in the
"Dropping out" sounds much less how few hours someone worked G o v e r n m e n t M e a s u r e s calendar months a year later, proper proportions in the final
dire than being unemployed (exceptions apply for unpaid Unemployment There are about before leaving the sample for estimates.
because there aren't enough jobs family workers) puts someone in 60,000 households in the sample good. This procedure results in Because these interviews are the
to go around. the "EMPLOYED" category. for this survey. This translates approximately 75 percent of the basic source of data for total
Thanks, • A No to #3, #4 (except for into approximately 110,000 sample remaining the same from unemployment, information must
Aleph Ways of Dropping Out temporary illness), or #5 would individuals, a large sample month to month and 50 percent b e f a c t u a l a n d c o r r e c t .
Hello Aleph, someone drops out put someone in the "NOT IN THE compared to public opinion from year to year. Respondents are never asked
of the workforce in one four WORKFORCE" category. surveys which usually cover Each month, 2,200 highly trained s p e c i f i c a l l y i f t h e y a r e
general ways. • A No to #1 and #2, and a Yes to fewer than 2,000 people. The CPS and experienced Census Bureau unemployed, nor are they given
1. They stop looking for work #3, #4 (except for temporary sample is selected so as to be employees interview persons in an opportunity to decide their own
2. They retire illness), and #5 puts someone in representative of the entire the 60,000 sample households for labor force status. Unless they
3. They go back to school full the "UNEMPLOYED" category. population of the United States. information on the labor force a l r e a d y k n o w h o w t h e
time and are unavailable for work • Those employed or unemployed Every month, one-fourth of the a c t i v i t i e s ( j o b h o l d i n g a n d G o v e r n m e n t defines
4. They are institutionalized a r e c o n s i d e r e d " I N T H E households in the sample are jobseeking) or non-labor force unemployment, many of them
(prison for example) WORKFORCE" changed, so that no household is status of the members of these may not be sure of their actual
The big numbers come from 1, 2, i n t e r v i e w e d m o r e t h a n 4 households during the survey READER page 32
and 3 with #1 leading the pack. However, the BLS does not ask consecutive months. This practice reference week (usually the week
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How Do All These Work Force Dropouts Actually Quit?

Mike "Mish" Shedlock (Money
Game)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 9:50:07 AM

In response to BLS Job Report:

December Nonfarm Payrolls
+103,000, November Revision
+32,000, October Revision
+38,000; Workforce DROPS by
260,000, reader "Aleph" wants to
know how someone drops out of
the workforce.
Aleph writes ...
Hello Mish
Can you explain to your
readership how the government
determines that a person has
dropped out of the labor force, as
opposed to running out of
unemployment benefits and
becoming desperate (or
homeless) with no job and no
decent prospects? Or do they
make no distinction between
voluntarily leaving the work force
and involuntarily leaving it?
"Dropping out" sounds much less
dire than being unemployed
because there aren't enough jobs
to go around.
Thanks,
Aleph
Ways of Dropping Out
Hello Aleph, someone drops out
of the workforce in one four
general ways.
1. They stop looking for work
2. They retire If a person wants a job, is example of an involuntary All of this is determined by a 5. Have you looked for a job in
3. They go back to school full available for a job and keeps retirement is someone who wants phone survey. The BLS attempts the last four weeks?
time and are unavailable for work looking for a job, that person is work to work but retires because to determine the following
4. They are institutionalized unemployed. I suspect most he has expired all his 99 weeks of 1. Are you employed full time? • A Yes to #1 or #2, no matter
(prison for example) retirees, stop looking. benefits and desperately needs to 2. Are you employed part time? how few hours someone worked
The big numbers come from 1, 2, Note that number 2 may be start collecting social security 3. Do you want a job?
and 3 with #1 leading the pack. voluntary or involuntary. An before he goes homeless. 4. Are you available for a job? HOW page 31
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other news story ever. The San
Francisco Chronicle reports
Highest-paid UC execs demand
millions in benefits
Three dozen of the University of
California's highest-paid
executives are threatening to sue
unless UC agrees to spend tens of
millions of dollars to dramatically
increase retirement benefits for
employees earning more than
$245,000.
"We believe it is the University's
legal, moral and ethical
obligation" to increase the
benefits, the executives wrote the
Board of Regents in a Dec. 9
letter and position paper obtained
by The Chronicle.
"Failure to do so will likely result
in a costly and unsuccessful legal
confrontation," they wrote, using
capital letters to emphasize that
they were writing "URGENTLY."
The 36 executives who signed the
letter include Mark Laret, chief
executive officer of UCSF
Medical Center; Christopher
Edley Jr., dean of the UC
Berkeley law school; and Marie
Berggren, chief investment officer
for the UC system.
They want UC to calculate
retirement benefits as a
percentage of their entire salaries,
instead of the federally instituted
limit of $245,000. The difference
would be significant for the more
than 200 UC employees who
currently earn more than
$245,000. Amazing Arrogance
Of all the stories regarding public
workers that I have seen, this
ranks among the most galling and
disgusting of them.
How any public employees can
think they deserve those demands
just shows how outrageous the
sense of entitlement of public
workers is from top to bottom.
Tuition costs are obscene and it is
because of contracts like these.
Benefits need to be cut
dramatically, not increased.
Fortunately, there is some good
news to report: High-paid UC
executives denied retirement
benefits increase by UC Regents
The issue may be headed to
court. By the way, I have had
many people who work for the
University of California writing to
complain about how outrageous
those demands were.
Time for a Reality Check -
California is Broken
Assemblywoman Diane Harkey,
Republican 73rd Assembly
District, and Vice-Chair of the
Appropriations Committee says
it's Time for a Reality Check –
California is Broken
Noted “straight talker,” State
Treasurer Bill Lockyer, must be
living in another California. In a
recent Los Angeles Times
editorial (“ California Isn’t
Broken”), he suggests that
criticisms of California’s fiscal
and economic problems are
overblown.
While I agree that the state will
repay its bond debt, I strongly
disagree that we are helpless
victims of the recession. Our 12.4
percent unemployment,
unfriendly business climate and
runaway state spending must be
addressed if we are to pull out of
our financial abyss.
It’s time for straight talk and a
reality check. Blaming the recent
economic downturn for
California’s woes ignores many of
the deeper underlying problems.
Treasurer Lockyer quickly passes
over the fact that California’s
unemployment rate is the second
highest in the country. Our state
lost 1.2 million private sector jobs
from October 2007 to October
2010. More than 141,000 people
left California during a twelve
month period in 2008-09 because
they could not find work. Jobs
and opportunity continue to
disappear because of high taxes,
costly regulations and job-killer
policies.
For the fifth year in a row, Chief
Executive magazine rated
California as the worst state in the
country to do business. According
to CNBC’s 2010 ranking of
“America’s Top States for
Business,” California ranked 48th
amongst the 50 states for the cost
of doing business. The
nonpartisan Tax Foundation
found that California has the
nation’s second-worst business
tax climate. California taxpayers
pay the highest sales and gas taxes
in the nation, and some of the
highest top personal income taxes.
Straight talking, state government
has been spending more than it
receives in revenues for over 10
years. 70 percent of our General
Fund spending is locked-in due to
big-government program growth
and auto-pilot appropriations. Our
accumulating debt to fund
operations consumes an
increasingly larger portion of the
revenue pie, as our state annually
maxes out its credit cards and
pays higher risk adjusted interest
rates on its debt.
Despite Mr. Lockyer’s assertions
that California isn’t broken,
ignoring reality will only further
jeopardize our state’s fiscal
stability. California will remain
broken until we get government
out of the way of job growth and
come together behind a long-term
plan to streamline and restructure
the way the state does business.
Only then will we be able to
balance our budget once-and-for
all. Solution Far More Difficult
than Harkey Lays Out
Harkey wants the state to "stop
borrowing and live within our
means." One line soundbites make
things seem far easier than they
are.
To live within means will require
huge structural changes including
properly addressing public worker
wages and benefits, not just public
union wages and benefits. It will
also require an overhaul of the
prison system, public worker
pensions, health services,
immigration, the universities, and
education in general.
It is by no means as simple as the
phrase "stop borrowing and live
within our means" makes it
sound.
Governor Brown's Day of
Reckoning
Bloomberg reports Brown May
Cut Aid, Ask Voters to Extend
Tax Increases
Jerry Brown returns as California
governor today after an absence
of almost three decades, facing a
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“day of reckoning” over a $28
billion budget gap that promises
battles with lawmakers, unions
and investors threatening to shun
the bonds of the most-indebted
state.
Brown, 72, a Democrat who
served two terms as governor
from 1975 to 1983, has pledged
an austerity budget, due Jan. 10,
that will be free from gimmicks
and that will skirt the gridlock that
forced the state to pay bills with
IOUs two years ago. He’s told
Californians they’ll face painful
choices to restore fiscal health.
Whether that will mean higher
taxes, he hasn’t said.
“Please sit down if you’re reading
the stories on the budget on Jan.
10,” Brown told educators in Los
Angeles last month. “If you’re
driving, fasten your seat belt,
because it’s going to be a rough
ride.”
Brown has said he wants a
budget to erase the nation’s
largest state deficit approved
within 60 days. That task was
eased by voters’ decision in
November to allow lawmakers to
authorize spending plans with a
simple majority, doing away with
a 77-year-old rule requiring a two
-thirds vote.
“The day of reckoning is upon us
and I’m determined to bite the
bullet and get it done,” Brown
said in Los Angeles last month.
Brown is likely to propose even
more cuts and call for a special
election to ask voters for money,
said Jaime Regalado, executive
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Republican Introduce Bill to Eliminate Presidential Czars; How

Many Czars are There? Obama on Czars Then vs. Now; Vanity of
Barack Obama
noreply@blogger.com (Michael Montgomery buzz since our earlier list, a a Senate confirmed position. He • Stimulus oversight czar, Earl
Shedlock) (Mish's Global • Behavioral science czar, response by pundits to the White is a retired United States Navy Devaney
Economic Trend Analysis) position not yet filled House request for informants: see four-star admiral] • Sudan czar, J. Scott Gration
Submitted at 1/8/2011 2:05:00 PM • Bailout czar, Herbert Allison Glenn Beck and Lew Rockwell] • Latin-American czar, Arturo • TARP czar, Elizabeth
President Obama has an army of Jr., [replaced Bush bailout czar • Domestic violence czar, Lynn Valenzuela (nominee)[although Warren[chair of the [
Czars. Counts vary from 32 to 45 N e e l K a s h k a r i , A s s i s t a n t Rosenthal this post is referred to as a czar, Congressional Oversight Panel for
(with 7 more planned). The Secretary of the Treasury for • Drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske he is nominatied to be Assistant the Trouble Assets Relief
interesting thing about Czars is Financial Stability confirmed by • Economic czar, Larry Summers Secretary of State for Western Program; note that Herb Allison is
Obama's blatant hypocrisy about Senate] • Economic czar number two, Hemisphere Affairs and so is frequently called the TARP czar]
them. Let's start with a look at • Border czar, Alan Bersin Paul Volcker subject to Senate confirmation. • Technology czar, Aneesh
Obama and his 32 czars"The • C a r c z a r , R o n B l o o m [ • Education czar, Arne Duncan Voting on his confirmation was Chopra
biggest problems that we're facing Counselor to the Secretary of the • Energy czar, Carol Browner delayed to clarify his position on • Trade czar, Ron Kirk
right now have to do with George Treasury, under Senate oversight] • Food czar, Michael Taylor[a Honduras. Watch WaPo's Head • Urban affairs czar, Adolfo
Bush trying to bring more and U P D A T E , 9 / 0 7 / 0 9 : O b a m a former Monsanto executive, or, Count to track status of Carrion
more power into the executive announced his appointment of the fox in charge of the confirmation.] • War czar, Douglas
branch and not go through Ron Bloom as “senior counselor henhouse] • Manufacturing czar, Ron Lute[retained from Bush
Congress at all. And that's what I for manufacturing policy,” a • Government performance czar, Bloom, formerly a “car czar” administration, married to Jane
intend to reverse when I'm move that will eliminate Senate Jeffrey Zients under Senate oversight, now Holl Lute, currently a Deputy
president of the United States." oversight. This position has been • Great Lakes czar, Cameron reporting directly to the President. Secretary of Homeland Security]
- Sen. Barack Obama, March 31, dubbed “manufacturing czar” and Davis UPDATE from Labor Day. • Water czar, David J. Hayes[a
2008 so this listing moves to a • Green jobs czar, Van Jones[who • Mideast peace czar, George Deputy Interior Secretary and
To say President Obama failed to different alphabetical location. has a communist background] Mitchell therefore subject to Senate
follow through on this promise is UPDATE, 9/08/09: My bad. Ron UPDATE, 9/06/09, Van Jones • Mideast policy czar, Dennis oversight]
an understatement. By appointing Bloom continues as car czar and resigned after an exposé by Glenn Ross • Weapons czar, Ashton
a virtual army of "czars" - each t a k e s t h e a p p o i n t m e n t a s Beck. • Pay czar, Kenneth Feinberg Carter[actually Under Secretary
wholly unaccountable to Congress manufacturing czar. He will be • Guantanamo closure czar, • Regulatory czar, Cass Sunstein of Defense for Acquisition,
yet tasked with spearheading double dipping. Daniel Fried • Religion czar, aka God czar Technology, and Logistics and so
major policy efforts for the White • Climate change czar, Todd • Health czar, Nancy-Ann Joshua DuBois subject to Senate confirmation]
House - the president has made an Stern DeParle • Safe schools czar, Kevin • Weapons of mass destruction
end-run around the legislative • Copyright czar, not appointed • Infotech czar, Vivek Jennings[appointed to be czar, Gary Samore
branch of historic proportions. yet Kundra[Shoplifted four shirts, Assistant Deputy Secretary of the
The Imperial Court • Counterterrorism czar, John worth $33.50 each, from J.C. Office of Safe and Drug-Free Positions being planned:
Please consider The Compleat Brennan Penney in 1996 ( source). His last Schools, a newly created post ( • Income redistribution czar
List of Czars • Cybersecurity czar, position day in DC government was March that does not require Senate • Land-use czar
will be vacant on August 21st 4 but on March 12 the FBI raided confirmation); openly gay founder • Mortgage czar, formally
• Afghanistan-Pakistan (Af-Pak) [upon the departure of Melissa his office and arrested two of an organization dedicated to “consumer financial protection
czar, Richard Holbrooke Hathaway] staffers.] promoting pro-homosexual clubs czar” ( source)
• AIDS czar, Jeffrey Crowley • Disinformation czar, Linda • Intelligence czar, Dennis Blair[ and curricula in public schools]
• A u t o r e c o v e r y c z a r , E d Douglass[This is a new media Director of National Intelligence, • Science czar, John Holdren REPUBLICAN page 33
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(exceptions apply for unpaid months, it leaves the sample for 8 proper proportions in the final For those who reply "no" to both
family workers) puts someone in months, and then is again estimates. • George Lewis is 16 years old, questions 2 and 3, the next key
the "EMPLOYED" category. interviewed for the same 4 Because these interviews are the and he has no job from which he questions used to determine
• A No to #3, #4 (except for calendar months a year later, basic source of data for total receives any pay or profit. employment status are:
temporary illness), or #5 would before leaving the sample for unemployment, information must However, George does help with 4. LAST WEEK, (in addition to
put someone in the "NOT IN THE good. This procedure results in be factual and correct. the regular chores around his the business,) did you have a job,
WORKFORCE" category. approximately 75 percent of the Respondents are never asked father's farm and spends about 20 either full or part time? Include
• A No to #1 and #2, and a Yes to sample remaining the same from specifically if they are hours each week doing so. any job from which you were
#3, #4 (except for temporary month to month and 50 percent unemployed, nor are they given • Lisa Fox spends most of her temporarily absent.
illness), and #5 puts someone in from year to year. an opportunity to decide their time taking care of her home and 5. LAST WEEK, were you on
the "UNEMPLOYED" category. Each month, 2,200 highly own labor force status. Unless children, but she helps in her layoff from a job?
• Those employed or unemployed trained and experienced Census they already know how the husband's computer software store 6. What was the main reason you
are considered "IN THE Bureau employees interview Government defines all day Friday and Saturday. were absent from work LAST
WORKFORCE" persons in the 60,000 sample unemployment, many of them WEEK?
households for information on the may not be sure of their actual Under the Government's For those who respond "yes" to
However, the BLS does not ask labor force activities (jobholding classification when the interview definition of employment, both question 5 about being on layoff,
those questions directly. Rather and jobseeking) or non-labor is completed. George and Lisa are considered the following questions are asked:
the phone interview attempts to force status of the members of Similarly, interviewers do not employed. They fall into a group 7. Has your employer given you a
figure the answers to those these households during the decide the respondents' labor called "unpaid family workers," date to return to work?
questions. survey reference week (usually force classification. They simply which includes any person who and, if "no,"
How the Government Measures the week that includes the 12th of ask the questions in the prescribed worked without pay for 15 hours 8. Have you been given any
Unemployment the month). At the time of the way and record the answers. or more per week in a family- indication that you will be
P l e a s e c o n s i d e r H o w t h e first enumeration of a household, Based on information collected in owned enterprise operated by recalled to work within the next 6
G o v e r n m e n t M e a s u r e s the interviewer prepares a roster the survey and definitions someone in their household. months?
Unemployment of the household members, programmed into the computer, Interview Questions If the responses to either
There are about 60,000 including their personal individuals are then classified as The questions used in the question 7 or 8 indicate that the
households in the sample for this characteristics (date of birth, sex, employed, unemployed, or not in interviews are carefully designed person expects to be recalled
survey. This translates into race, Hispanic ethnicity, marital the labor force. to elicit the most accurate picture from layoff, he or she is counted
a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 1 0 , 0 0 0 status, educational attainment, What are the basic concepts of of each person's labor force as unemployed. For those who
individuals, a large sample veteran status, and so on) and employment and unemployment? activities. Some of the major were reported as having no job or
compared to public opinion their relationships to the person The basic concepts involved in questions that determine business from which they were
surveys which usually cover maintaining the household. identifying the employed and employment status are: (The absent or on layoff, the next
fewer than 2,000 people. The Each person is classified unemployed are quite simple: capitalized words are emphasized question is:
CPS sample is selected so as to be according to the activities he or when read by the interviewers.) 9. Have you been doing anything
representative of the entire s h e e n g a g e d i n d u r i n g t h e • People with jobs are employed. 1. Does anyone in this household to find work during the last 4
population of the United States. reference week. Then, the total • People who are jobless, looking have a business or a farm? weeks?
Every month, one-fourth of the numbers are "weighted," or for jobs, and available for work 2. LAST WEEK, did you do For those who say "yes," the next
households in the sample are a d j u s t e d t o i n d e p e n d e n t are unemployed. ANY work for (either) pay (or question is:
changed, so that no household is population estimates (based on • People who are neither profit)? 10. What are all of the things you
i n t e r v i e w e d m o r e t h a n 4 updated decennial census results). employed nor unemployed are not If the answer to question 1 is have done to find work during the
consecutive months. This practice The weighting takes into account in the labor force. "yes" and the answer to question 2 last 4 weeks?
avoids placing too heavy a the age, sex, race, Hispanic is "no," the next question is: If an active method of looking
burden on the households selected ethnicity, and State of residence Unpaid Family Workers 3. LAST WEEK, did you do any for work, such as those listed at
for the sample. After a household of the person, so that these But what about the two following unpaid work in the family HOW page 35
is interviewed for 4 consecutive characteristics are reflected in the cases? business or farm?
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classification when the interview definition of employment, both question 5 about being on layoff, years of age, all persons confined they had been laid off (they need
is completed. George and Lisa are considered the following questions are asked: to institutions such as nursing not be looking for work to be
Similarly, interviewers do not employed. They fall into a group 7. Has your employer given you a homes and prisons, and persons classified as unemployed). -
decide the respondents' labor called "unpaid family workers," date to return to work? on active duty in the Armed
force classification. They simply which includes any person who and, if "no," Forces. As mentioned previously, One More Exception
ask the questions in the prescribed worked without pay for 15 hours 8. Have you been given any the labor force is made up of the Based on an example in the
way and record the answers. or more per week in a family- indication that you will be employed and the unemployed. article, those out of work because
Based on information collected in owned enterprise operated by recalled to work within the next 6 The remainder—those who have of a labor dispute are considered
the survey and definitions someone in their household. months? no job and are not looking for employed even if they are looking
programmed into the computer, Interview Questions If the responses to either question one—are counted as "not in the for another job during the dispute.
individuals are then classified as The questions used in the 7 or 8 indicate that the person labor force." Many who are not in Finally, please note that the
employed, unemployed, or not in interviews are carefully designed expects to be recalled from layoff, the labor force are going to school official unemployment rate is
the labor force. to elicit the most accurate picture he or she is counted as or are retired. Family solely based on the household
What are the basic concepts of of each person's labor force unemployed. For those who were responsibilities keep others out of phone survey as described above.
employment and unemployment? activities. Some of the major reported as having no job or the labor force. It may not bear any resemblance
The basic concepts involved in questions that determine business from which they were To summarize, employed persons to the weekly unemployment
identifying the employed and employment status are: (The absent or on layoff, the next are: claims numbers or the monthly
unemployed are quite simple: capitalized words are emphasized question is: establishment jobs report.
when read by the interviewers.) 9. Have you been doing anything • All persons who did any work Participation Rate, Employment
• People with jobs are employed. 1. Does anyone in this household to find work during the last 4 for pay or profit during the survey P o p u l a t i o n R a t i o , a n d
• People who are jobless, looking have a business or a farm? weeks? week. Unemployment
for jobs, and available for work 2. LAST WEEK, did you do For those who say "yes," the next • All persons who did at least 15 click on chart for sharper image
are unemployed. ANY work for (either) pay (or question is: hours of unpaid work in a family- The above chart from The
• P e o p l e w h o a r e n e i t h e r profit)? 10. What are all of the things you owned enterprise operated by Declining Participation Rate by
employed nor unemployed are not If the answer to question 1 is have done to find work during the someone in their household. Calculated Risk.
in the labor force. "yes" and the answer to question 2 last 4 weeks? • A l l p e r s o n s w h o w e r e The falling participation rate
is "no," the next question is: If an active method of looking for temporarily absent from their reflects the number of people
Unpaid Family Workers 3. LAST WEEK, did you do any work, such as those listed at the regular jobs because of illness, dropping out of the workforce. It
But what about the two following u n p a i d w o r k i n t h e f a m i l y beginning of this section, is vacation, bad weather, industrial is falling for two reasons. People
cases? business or farm? mentioned, the following question dispute, or various personal have given up looking for a job
For those who reply "no" to both is asked: reasons, whether or not they were and also because of demographics
• George Lewis is 16 years old, questions 2 and 3, the next key 11. LAST WEEK, could you paid for the time off. (people retiring as the boomer
and he has no job from which he questions used to determine have started a job if one had been population ages). The
receives any pay or profit. employment status are: offered? Unemployed persons are: predominant reason is people
However, George does help with 4. LAST WEEK, (in addition to If there is no reason, except have stopped looking for a job.
the regular chores around his the business,) did you have a job, temporary illness, that the person • All persons who did not have a Here are my posts on Creative
father's farm and spends about 20 either full or part time? Include could not take a job, he or she is job at all during the survey Destruction, referenced in the
hours each week doing so. any job from which you were considered to be not only looking reference week, made at least one chart above.
• Lisa Fox spends most of her temporarily absent. but also available for work and is specific active effort to find a job
time taking care of her home and 5. LAST WEEK, were you on counted as unemployed. during the prior 4 weeks, and • Creative Destruction
children, but she helps in her layoff from a job? Who is not in the labor force? were available for work (unless • Creative Destruction And The
husband's computer software store 6. What was the main reason you Labor force measures are based temporarily ill). Rising Tide of IT Pay Cuts
all day Friday and Saturday. were absent from work LAST on the civilian noninstitutional • All persons who were not
WEEK? population 16 years old and over. working and were waiting to be READER page 33
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• Radio-internet fairness czar
UPDATE, 7/29/09: Mark Lloyd
was appointed FCC diversity
czar.
• Student loan czar, to oversee a
program of mandatory service in
return for college money ( source)
• Voter list czar
• Zoning czar
Enough is Enough(and Too
Much is Too Much)
Republicans have had enough of
this nonsense. The Hill reports
Republicans introduce bill to
eliminate presidential 'czars'
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) and 28
other House Republicans
introduced legislation to do away
with the informal, paid advisers
President Obama has employed
over the past two years.
The legislation, which was
introduced in the last Congress
but was not allowed to advance
under Democratic control, would
do away with the 39 czars Obama
has employed during his
administration.
The bill defines a czar as "a head
of any task force, council, policy
office within the Executive Office
of the President, or similar office
established by or at the direction
of the President" who is appointed
to a position that would otherwise
require Senate confirmation.
Republicans had complained
about the president's use of czars
to help advance his agenda in
Congress. In particular, the GOP
had harped about the personal
history of Van Jones, the
president's czar for "green jobs,"
over past comments Jones had
made about Fox News came to
light. Jones eventually resigned.
Another prominent czar over the
past year was Carol Browner, the
president's energy and
environmental adviser. She helped
head up efforts in response to the
Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and the
ultimately unsuccessful effort for
an energy and climate bill from
Congress. The vanity of Barack
Obama
Inquiring minds are reading
American Narcissus regarding the
vanity of Barack Obama.
Obama’s vanity is even more
jarring when paraded in the
foreign arena. In April, Poland
suffered a national tragedy when
its president, first lady, and a good
portion of the government were
killed in a plane crash. Obama
decided not to go to the funeral.
He played golf instead. Though
maybe it’s best that he didn’t
make the trip. When he journeyed
to Great Britain to meet with the
queen he gave her an amazing
gift: an iPod loaded with
recordings of his speeches and
pictures from his inauguration.
On November 9, 2009, Europe
celebrated the 20th anniversary of
the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was
kind of a big deal.
When the leaders of Europe got
together to commemorate it, he
decided not to go to that, either.
But he did find time to record a
video message, which he
graciously allowed the Europeans
to air during the ceremony.
In his video, Obama ruminated
for a few minutes on the grand
events of the 20th century, the
Cold War itself, and the great
lesson we all should take from
this historic passing:
“ Few would have foreseen ... that
a united Germany would be led by
a woman from Brandenburg or
that their American ally would be
led by a man of African descent.
But human destiny is what human
beings make of it.”
The fall of the Berlin Wall, the
end of the Cold War, and the
freedom of all humanity—it’s
great stuff. Right up there with the
election of Barack Obama.
In the presidential race in 2012.
As he said to Harry Reid after the
majority leader congratulated him
on one particularly fine oration, “I
have a gift, Harry.”
But Obama’s faith in his abilities
extends beyond mere vote-getting.
Buried in a 2008 New Yorker
piece by Ryan Lizza about the
Obama campaign was this gob-
smacking passage:
I know more about policies on
any particular issue than my
policy directors. And I’ll tell you
right now that I’m gonna think
I’m a better political director than
my political director.” After
Obama’s first debate with
McCain, on September 26th,
[campaign political director
Patrick] Gaspard sent him an e-
mail. “You are more clutch than
Michael Jordan,” he wrote.
Obama replied, “Just give me the
ball.”
It’s important to remember that
our presidents aren’t always this
way. When he accepted command
of the Revolutionary forces,
George Washington said " I feel
great distress, from a
consciousness that my abilities
and military experience may not
be equal to the extensive and
important Trust. ... I beg it may be
remembered, by every Gentleman
in the room, that I, this day,
declare with the utmost sincerity,
I do not think myself equal to the
Command I am honored with."
We need to reduce the deficit. We
can make a tiny contribution by
getting rid of 49 unneeded czars.
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The workforce should be
expanding by 100,000 to 125,000
jobs a month. Instead it is falling
like a rock. This is a very
deflationary event. It stops credit
expansion, and it reflects retirees
needing to draw down on their
savings, pulling money out of the
stock market.
Stock market pressures are
negative when people need to get
out or they fear further loses in
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director of the Edmund G. Brown
Institute of Public Affairs --
named for Jerry Brown’s father,
himself a former governor -- at
California State University, Los
Angeles. Options include
extending temporary tax increases
on income, retail sales and vehicle
registrations put in place in 2009.
They are set to expire this year.
The governor inherits the
nation’s third-highest
unemployment rate at 12.4
percent, what the treasurer’s
office says is $88.3 billion of
bond debt and as much as $500
billion of pension liabilities
following the longest recession
since World War II.
While Democrats control both
Senate and Assembly, they lack a
so-called supermajority of 60
percent. Starting a ballot measure
that would extend temporary
levies, or increase taxes and fees,
would need the assent of two-
thirds of lawmakers or a citizen
initiative drive.
Curbing the cost of state workers’
salaries and their pensions may
put Brown at odds with the labor
unions that supported his
campaign, such as the 120,000-
member California Federation of
Teachers. The state will spend
$9.2 billion on payroll this year,
according to the Finance
Department. Payments to the two
public-employee pensions, the
largest in the U.S., will consume 5
percent of the general fund.
Brown signed legislation during
his first term that gave teachers
and state workers the right to
bargain collectively, which
Schwarzenegger and other
Republicans repeatedly criticized.
Brown Helped Create This Mess
Governor Brown is largely
responsible for this mess. The last
paragraph above says much of
what you need to know: "Brown
signed legislation during his first
term that gave teachers and state
workers the right to bargain
collectively"
It is time for Brown to put an end
to collective bargaining.
California Republicans pressed to
honor no-tax pledge
Reuters reports California
Republicans pressed to honor no-
tax pledge
A prominent Washington activist
is calling on Republican
lawmakers in California to stick
to an anti-tax pledge, a risk to a
special election for raising
revenue that Governor Jerry
Brown is widely expected to ask
the legislature to support.
The pressure came in the form of
a letter sent on Thursday by
Grover Norquist, head of
Americans for Tax Reform, a
heavyweight conservative
advocacy group. In it he told
Republicans that "Voting to send
tax increases to the ballot would
violate the Taxpayer Protection
Pledge, a written commitment that
you made to your constituents to
'oppose any and all efforts to raise
taxes'."
"I urge you to stand up for
California taxpayers by opposing
Governor Brown's efforts to refer
higher taxes to the ballot, and in
doing so, uphold your central
campaign commitment to oppose
any and all efforts to raise taxes in
the already over-taxed Golden
State," Norquist added.
Patrick Gleason, state affairs
director at Americans for Tax
Reform, said the letter marks the
start of a broader campaign
against efforts to raise taxes in
California.
"This is the opening salvo,"
Gleason said. With 12.4 percent
unemployment, among the worst
in the nation, coupled with a
business environment that is the
worst in the nation, the last thing
California needs is a tax hike.
What California does needs is an
end of public union collective
bargaining, scrapping of
prevailing wage laws, an end of
defined benefit packages for
public workers, and a complete
overhaul of the prison system.
That is nowhere close to
everything that needs to be done,
but that would be a very good
start.
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McCain: Shooting
a 'Terrible,
Terrible' Tragedy
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Submitted at 1/8/2011 10:45:20 AM
Saturday, 08 Jan 2011 04:45 PM
Arizona Sen. John McCain is
calling the shooting involving
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords a
terrible tragedy that has shocked
the nation.
McCain, who is in Cartagena,
Colombia, meeting with
Colombian's president, Juan
Manuel Santos, said Saturday:
"I'm deeply saddened and shocked
at the tragedy that has taken place
in my home state of Arizona. The
shooting of Congresswoman
Giffords and the deaths of other
individuals is a terrible tragedy
and one that has shocked me and
our nation.
The Republican says that his
"prayers are with
congresswoman's husband Mark
and her entire family and the
families of the other victims of
this terrible, terrible tragedy."
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the beginning of this section, is are: Based on an example in the

mentioned, the following question
is asked:
11. LAST WEEK, could you
have started a job if one had been
offered?
If there is no reason, except
temporary illness, that the person
could not take a job, he or she is
considered to be not only looking
but also available for work and is
counted as unemployed.
Who is not in the labor force?
Labor force measures are based
on the civilian noninstitutional
population 16 years old and over.
Excluded are persons under 16
years of age, all persons confined
to institutions such as nursing
homes and prisons, and persons
on active duty in the Armed
Forces. As mentioned previously,
the labor force is made up of the
employed and the unemployed.
The remainder—those who have
no job and are not looking for
one—are counted as "not in the
labor force." Many who are not in
the labor force are going to
school or are retired. Family
responsibilities keep others out of
the labor force.
To summarize, employed persons
article, those out of work because • Creative Destruction
• All persons who did any work of a labor dispute are considered • Creative Destruction And The
for pay or profit during the survey employed even if they are looking Rising Tide of IT Pay Cuts
week. for another job during the
• All persons who did at least 15 dispute. The workforce should be
hours of unpaid work in a family- Finally, please note that the expanding by 100,000 to 125,000
owned enterprise operated by official unemployment rate is jobs a month. Instead it is falling
someone in their household. solely based on the household like a rock. This is a very How A Massachusetts
• A l l p e r s o n s w h o w e r e phone survey as described above. deflationary event. It stops credit Court May Have Set Off
temporarily absent from their It may not bear any resemblance expansion, and it reflects retirees
regular jobs because of illness, to the weekly unemployment needing to draw down on their Another Housing And
vacation, bad weather, industrial claims numbers or the monthly savings, pulling money out of the Banking Catastrophe
dispute, or various personal establishment jobs report. stock market. (BAC, JPM, WFC, USB,
reasons, whether or not they were Participation Rate, Employment Stock market pressures are XLF)
paid for the time off. Population Ratio, and negative when people need to get
Unemployment out or they fear further loses in Joe Weisenthal (Money Game)
Unemployed persons are: The above chart from The their retirement accounts. Submitted at 1/8/2011 7:57:00 AM
• All persons who did not have a Declining Participation Rate by Mike "Mish" Shedlock
job at all during the survey Calculated Risk. h t t p : / / Banks got hammered yesterday
reference week, made at least one The falling participation rate globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. after the Massachusetts Supreme
specific active effort to find a job reflects the number of people com Court essentially ruled that two
during the prior 4 weeks, and dropping out of the workforce. It Click Here To foreclosures in the state were
were available for work (unless is falling for two reasons. People S c r o l l illegal because in the process of
temporarily ill). have given up looking for a job Thru My Recent securitizing the loan, the
• All persons who were not and also because of demographics Post List foreclosing bank lost control of
working and were waiting to be (people retiring as the boomer Join the conversation about this the actual note, and thus didn't
called back to a job from which p o p u l a t i o n a g e s ) . T h e story » have the standing to foreclosure.
they had been laid off (they need predominant reason is people Felix Salmon, who nobody would
not be looking for work to be have stopped looking for a job. accuse of being pro-bank, sees a
classified as unemployed). - Here are my posts on Creative real possibility here of a systemic
Destruction, referenced in the HOW page 36
One More Exception chart above.

Matt Garza Joins Cubs as Rays Trade Final

Marc Lancaster (FanHouse as the Cubs and Rays announced hander Chris Archer, shortstop prospects heading into 2011,
Main) Saturday their previously reported Hak-Ju Lee, catcher Robinson according to Baseball America.
Submitted at 1/8/2011 3:53:00 PM eight-player deal. Chirinos and outfielders Brandon Archer is the key to the deal for
Garza, the 27-year-old starter, is Guyer and Sam Fuld. Tampa Bay, a potential frontline
Filed under: Cubs, Rays, MLB the centerpiece of the trade. He Fuld is the only player headed to starter himself at age 22 who was
Transactions, MLB Hot Stove heads to Chicago along with the Rays with big league considered the Cubs' top prospect.
Matt Garza is officially the latest outfielder Fernando Perez and Rosscup in exchange for right- experience, but the other four
frontline starter in the NL Central, minor league lefty Zachary ranked among the Cubs' top 16
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housing market and banking
system catastrophe if this ruling is
repeated in other states.
Just about everyone who has ever
been foreclosed on in
Massachusetts will want to
confirm that the foreclosure was
legal. The Supreme Court ruled
that the plaintiffs should actually
get their homes back, which
should also strike terror into the
heart of anyone who bought a
foreclosed home at any point.
It just doesn't take much
imagination to wargame out a
disastrous situation. As Felix
notes, if you got this ruling in
California, then that would be
endgame right there, perhaps.
While the banks may have failed
to satisfy the letter of the law, this
is deeply problematic justice,
since from an economic
standpoint, the foreclosing banks
Natalie Portman Talks About "Cooking a Child" and
Letting Go of Belly Shirts
Allie Merriam (PopSugar)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 10:10:55 AM
Natalie Portman put on her latest
pregnancy friendly dress
yesterday to join her No Strings
Attached costar Ashton Kutcher at
their press junket in LA. The duo
have been all over the city in the
last few days, first making a very
public appearance with her new
engagement ring at Wednesday's
were certainly within their rights
(there have been a few cases of
improper foreclosures, but very
few, and it's not obvious that these
improper foreclosures are the
same side of that coin).
With this ruling, you're left with
the problem that people who
didn't pay their mortgages get to
keep their houses because of
paperwork mistakes, which is an
unjust remedy.
In December and the first four
days of this year, the financial
sector was smoking hot. It may
have just hit a huge brick wall.
Click here to see where
foreclosures are still surging >
Join the conversation about this
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People's Choice Awards. Natalie
was able to spend some time with
family, though, including a casual
walk with her mom and dog. The
actress opened up during her
interviews about both her
upcoming movie and her baby
with fiancé Benjamin Millepied,
exhibiting that she has quite the changed her style:"I was gonna
sense of humor about her recent wear a belly shirt today, for
personal developments. She said: e x a m p l e . T h a t o p t i o n w a s
• On how being pregnant has
Citigroup Economists: The Are
No Safe Sovereigns To Hide
Your Money In Any Longer
Gregory White (Money Game)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 10:09:00 AM
Citigroup economists have
warned that, "There is no
absolutely safe sovereigns," in a
new note on the sovereign debt
crisis enveloping the world,
according to The Telegraph.
The note, written in part by
Willem Buiter, former Bank of
England economist, comments on
the current crisis in the eurozone
saying, "Despite the recent drama,
we believe we have only seen the
opening and second act, with
the rest of the plot still evolving."
That future drama could be in the
U.S. and Japan, once assumed
safe sovereign debt spots. Citi
speculates they could soon be the
targets for speculators, as both
have not enacted austerity
measures to trim government
spending.
Read the full story here > Check
out Niall Ferguson's presentation
on the coming sovereign debt
crisis that could crush the
American Empire >
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story »
eliminated."
• On her expectations:"I have no
idea what (motherhood) is going
to be like so I'll feel it out."
• On how far along she
is:"Through my first trimester."
• On future projects she's excited
about:"I'm cooking a child."
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Napolitano
Condemns Attack
on Congresswoman
(Newsmax - Inside Cover)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 10:23:53 AM
Saturday, 08 Jan 2011 04:23 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Homeland Security Secretary
Janet Napolitano is condemning
the shooting of Congresswoman
Gabrielle Gifford and says there's
no place for such senseless acts of
violence.
Napolitano says she's deeply
saddened by the shooting of
Giffords, federal Judge John Roll
and others attacked Saturday in
Tucson, Arizona.
She says the Homeland Security
Department has offered all
possible assistance to the FBI and
the Pima County Sheriff's Office,
who are leading the investigation.
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Reports: Verizon iPhone Likely Coming Jan. 11

Dylan Tweney (Wired Top iPhone. Earlier, The New York alternative to customers who like
Stories) Times cited “people with direct Apple’s phone, but don’t like
Submitted at 1/7/2011 11:52:00 PM knowledge of Apple’s plans” who AT&T.
said that Verizon would soon be We’ve been unable to confirm
Update 2 p.m. PT: The Wall adding the iPhone to its lineup. the Times and Journal reports
Street Journal claims it has Both phrases typically mean that a independently, but the signs point
confirmed that Verizon iPhones c o m p a n y h a s d e l i v e r e d a strongly in one direction: Verizon
will be in stores end of January. controlled leak to the newspaper. is about to get the iPhone.
U.S. iPhone users frustrated with Adding credence to the Maybe it will even be available
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Big, Beautiful and Badass: The 9 Coolest Android Smartphones at

CES
Mike Isaac (Wired Top Stories) inch display, yet is still outgunned these are some of the coolest employees to stop us) and came
Submitted at 1/7/2011 7:35:00 PM by the mammoth 4.5 inches of Android phones we saw in Vegas away impressed.
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The 3 Coolest and 3 Arizona Congresswoman Shot, Federal

Lamest iAccessories at Judge Killed in Tuscon
Natalie Abrams (TVGuide.com:
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tragedy" and that "such a
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Gabrielle Giffords violence has no place in a free
Submitted at 1/8/2011 4:00:00 PM U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is in society."
critical condition after she was Keith Olbermann returns to work
There's a huge section at CES shot in the head in Tucson, Ariz. after suspension; says donation
called iLounge, where a horde of on Saturday morning, according rule "needs to be adapted"
accessory makers showcase to CNN. Giffords was one of two Arizona
laptop bags, protective phone for the next-generation iPad to an Giffords, 40, was one of 18
members of Congress that
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MSNBC host Keith Olbermann
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I like to think that my
bookshelves hold a staggering
variety of fiction, that I have the
reading tastes of a true eclectic.
The truth is, perhaps, a bit less
exciting. A wander through my
(freakishly organized) shelves
will turn up a large amount of
nineteenth-century literature, a
smattering of modernism, and a
hearty amount of “contemporary
classics” (a term I despise but can
find no substitute for). Some of
these pages have yet to be turned,
and others look like they have
been through a war. I’m not
boasting: Overall, it’s rather
standard fare, the evidence of a
pretty conventional literary
education.
(From 'Huck Finn' to 'Humpty-
Dumpty,' check out our slideshow
of the worst literary revisions of
all time.)
But conventional is not the same
as inoffensive; and my
wholesome library is riddled with
passages that are, by our
standards, ugly and obscene. Old
books, the ones we call classics,
are often fascinating and offensive
in the same measure, for the same
reasons. Reading is an activity
that frees our mind to parse moral
and emotional complications, as
we dig through the dilemmas of
fictional characters and grapple
with the fruits of our discovery.
Often, those dilemmas are of a
comprehensible and even banal
nature—the stuff of ordinary
experience, which transcends
differences of time and place. But
sometimes, we come upon
characters or sentiments that repel
us, that we find hard to
comprehend and also to condone.
We discover that our most
cherished authors do not follow
our own codes of civility, and
their writing is scarred with
racism, sexism, and the like.
The noteworthy thing is that we
continue to be moved by these
same morally imperfect books.
Edith Wharton’s cruel
representation of the Jew in the
character of Simon Rosedale does
not quite ruin or disqualify The
House of Mirth. Despite its
narrow views on evangelical
Christianity, I keep coming back
to Jane Eyre. As for the ill
treatment of women—the canon is
rife with it. We frequently
encounter “offensive” material
wrapped in delightful, elegant,
illuminating narrative, and we can
do nothing, save stop reading
these novels and plays, to avoid it.
The authors are no longer around
to receive our protests, or to alter
their work—and only they would
have the authority to do so. We
can scribble our rage in the
margins, but the text we must
leave alone.
Or must we? In an attempt to
“rectify” the reputation of The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
Alan Gribben, a professor at
Auburn University, has joined
forces with NewSouth Books to
publish a new edition of Mark
Twain’s most lauded novel, in
which the word “nigger” has been
entirely removed and replaced
with the word “slave.” The
reasoning behind Gribben’s
prettifying tweak is that this one
“single, singularly offensive
word” has become a barrier to its
inclusion on school reading lists.
Students, he claims, cannot bring
themselves to read such offensive
language, and teachers feel that,
“in the new classroom,” they
simply “cannot [teach Huck Finn]
anymore.” He goes on, “For a
single word to form a barrier, it
seems such an unnecessary state
of affairs.”
I understand Gribben’s impulse
to rebel, but I’m afraid this “state
of affairs” he doesn’t like is
indeed necessary. The integrity of
a writer’s text is one of the
sanctities of literature. What a
writer writes is what a writer
writes, and there is nothing we
can do about that. Of course,
translators, editors, and those
closely involved in the publication
process do have their way with
the author’s manuscript, and there
are gray areas in which the
author’s language may not be
clear or his intention known; but
that hardly justifies our own
intervention in a text because we
would prefer it to read differently.
It is also true that many writers
repeatedly dip back into their own
work, revising and editing for
decades; but the text is theirs to
do as they wish. The text is a
living but finished thing, and we
have no democratic right to
change it to suit our tastes, even if
our tastes are more ethically
justifiable.
Moreover, to reach into the past
with a contemporary mindset can
be a dangerous game to play.
Presentism can only lead to a
severely distorted perception of
history, as differences are erased
and anachronisms abound. This
should be obvious. But the
inhibition of the itch to reach back
and insert our own view of a
social or political or moral
question into a text may be a little
less obvious in this era of
customization, when it is common
practice to edit and customize
everything from Nikes to
Facebook pages. Perhaps it is not
surprising that a professor would
choose to “find and replace” his
way through an archetype of
American literature so that it may
no longer offend us.
Most importantly, the memory of
prejudice is our most potent
weapon against prejudice itself.
As a society, we cannot afford to
bowdlerize our collective
memory. We do not shy away
from teaching our children about
the Holocaust; we do not disallow
all mention of September 11; and,
even more to the point, we pass
along the history of our nation’s
own faults—Japanese internment
camps, slavery, the systemic
destruction of the Native
American way of life. To “never
forget,” as the bumper sticker
commands, is to remind ourselves
daily that we are responsible for
the moral quality of our future.
Politics-Left/ 39
And so, the removal of the word
“nigger” from Huckleberry Finn
is another chink in the armor of
our critical thinking. If the n-word
is a barrier to reading Huckleberry
Finn, then I see all the more
reason—I say this as a former
teacher of literature to
schoolchildren—why its retention
is imperative. Novels are safe
havens for young children, places
to explore the dark sides of
existence without real-world
ramifications. That is why the
study of fiction is itself a moral
education. In this imaginative
exploration of human weakness
and error and cruelty, the student
also encounters the reality of
racism. Indeed, the classroom is
the optimal environment for such
an encounter. With the support
and guidance of a teacher, the
shock and the anger can be
recognized and analyzed, and
turned into a beneficial
pedagogical experience. A lesson
on racial epithets, and why we do
not use them, and what their
career has been in the history of
American English—surely this is
preferable to the avoidance of the
subject, which is an exercise in
cultural dishonesty.
And where will it end? Shall we
have The Merchant of Venice
without the merchant of Venice?
Should we skip over Daniel
Deronda entirely? How about
using the latest in computer
technology to remove the
blackface from old “Amos and
WHITEWASHING page 41
40 Politics-Left/
Whitewashing
Hillary Kelly (The New Republic
- All Feed)
Submitted at 1/9/2011 11:00:00 PM
I like to think that my
bookshelves hold a staggering
variety of fiction, that I have the
reading tastes of a true eclectic.
The truth is, perhaps, a bit less
exciting. A wander through my
(freakishly organized) shelves
will turn up a large amount of
nineteenth-century literature, a
smattering of modernism, and a
hearty amount of “contemporary
classics” (a term I despise but can
find no substitute for). Some of
these pages have yet to be turned,
and others look like they have
been through a war. I’m not
boasting: Overall, it’s rather
standard fare, the evidence of a
pretty conventional literary
education.
(From 'Huck Finn' to 'Humpty-
Dumpty,' check out our slideshow
of the worst literary revisions of
all time.)
But conventional is not the same
as inoffensive; and my
wholesome library is riddled with
passages that are, by our
standards, ugly and obscene. Old
books, the ones we call classics,
are often fascinating and offensive
in the same measure, for the same
reasons. Reading is an activity
that frees our mind to parse moral
and emotional complications, as
we dig through the dilemmas of
fictional characters and grapple
with the fruits of our discovery.
Often, those dilemmas are of a
comprehensible and even banal
nature—the stuff of ordinary
experience, which transcends
differences of time and place. But
sometimes, we come upon
characters or sentiments that repel
us, that we find hard to
comprehend and also to condone.
We discover that our most
cherished authors do not follow
our own codes of civility, and
their writing is scarred with
racism, sexism, and the like.
The noteworthy thing is that we
continue to be moved by these
same morally imperfect books.
Edith Wharton’s cruel
representation of the Jew in the
character of Simon Rosedale does
not quite ruin or disqualify The
House of Mirth. Despite its
narrow views on evangelical
Christianity, I keep coming back
to Jane Eyre. As for the ill
treatment of women—the canon is
rife with it. We frequently
encounter “offensive” material
wrapped in delightful, elegant,
illuminating narrative, and we can
do nothing, save stop reading
these novels and plays, to avoid it.
The authors are no longer around
to receive our protests, or to alter
their work—and only they would
have the authority to do so. We
can scribble our rage in the
margins, but the text we must
leave alone.
Or must we? In an attempt to
“rectify” the reputation of The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
Alan Gribben, a professor at
Auburn University, has joined
forces with NewSouth Books to
publish a new edition of Mark
Twain’s most lauded novel, in
which the word “nigger” has been
entirely removed and replaced
with the word “slave.” The
reasoning behind Gribben’s
prettifying tweak is that this one
“single, singularly offensive
word” has become a barrier to its
inclusion on school reading lists.
Students, he claims, cannot bring
themselves to read such offensive
language, and teachers feel that,
“in the new classroom,” they
simply “cannot [teach Huck Finn]
anymore.” He goes on, “For a
single word to form a barrier, it
seems such an unnecessary state
of affairs.”
I understand Gribben’s impulse
to rebel, but I’m afraid this “state
of affairs” he doesn’t like is
indeed necessary. The integrity of
a writer’s text is one of the
sanctities of literature. What a
writer writes is what a writer
writes, and there is nothing we
can do about that. Of course,
translators, editors, and those
closely involved in the publication
process do have their way with
the author’s manuscript, and there
are gray areas in which the
author’s language may not be
clear or his intention known; but
that hardly justifies our own
intervention in a text because we
would prefer it to read differently.
It is also true that many writers
repeatedly dip back into their own
work, revising and editing for
decades; but the text is theirs to
do as they wish. The text is a
living but finished thing, and we
have no democratic right to
change it to suit our tastes, even if
our tastes are more ethically
justifiable.
Moreover, to reach into the past
with a contemporary mindset can
be a dangerous game to play.
Presentism can only lead to a
severely distorted perception of
history, as differences are erased
and anachronisms abound. This
should be obvious. But the
inhibition of the itch to reach back
and insert our own view of a
social or political or moral
question into a text may be a little
less obvious in this era of
customization, when it is common
practice to edit and customize
everything from Nikes to
Facebook pages. Perhaps it is not
surprising that a professor would
choose to “find and replace” his
way through an archetype of
American literature so that it may
no longer offend us.
Most importantly, the memory of
prejudice is our most potent
weapon against prejudice itself.
As a society, we cannot afford to
bowdlerize our collective
memory. We do not shy away
from teaching our children about
the Holocaust; we do not disallow
all mention of September 11; and,
even more to the point, we pass
along the history of our nation’s
own faults—Japanese internment
camps, slavery, the systemic
destruction of the Native
American way of life. To “never
forget,” as the bumper sticker
commands, is to remind ourselves
daily that we are responsible for
the moral quality of our future.
E-reader News Edition
And so, the removal of the word
“nigger” from Huckleberry Finn
is another chink in the armor of
our critical thinking. If the n-word
is a barrier to reading Huckleberry
Finn, then I see all the more
reason—I say this as a former
teacher of literature to
schoolchildren—why its retention
is imperative. Novels are safe
havens for young children, places
to explore the dark sides of
existence without real-world
ramifications. That is why the
study of fiction is itself a moral
education. In this imaginative
exploration of human weakness
and error and cruelty, the student
also encounters the reality of
racism. Indeed, the classroom is
the optimal environment for such
an encounter. With the support
and guidance of a teacher, the
shock and the anger can be
recognized and analyzed, and
turned into a beneficial
pedagogical experience. A lesson
on racial epithets, and why we do
not use them, and what their
career has been in the history of
American English—surely this is
preferable to the avoidance of the
subject, which is an exercise in
cultural dishonesty.
And where will it end? Shall we
have The Merchant of Venice
without the merchant of Venice?
Should we skip over Daniel
Deronda entirely? How about
using the latest in computer
technology to remove the
blackface from old “Amos and
WHITEWASHING page 41
E-reader News Edition Politics-Left/ 41
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Housed continued from page 40

Andy” clips? Might the world be

E.J. Dionne Jr. (The New every single bill was going to be behind the health law in a buy coverage. Couldn't
Republic - All Feed) a better place without the oeuvre
an open bill.” systematic way. Republicans at least keep those of Henry Miller?
Submitted at 1/9/2011 11:00:00 PM In other words, he was for an Instead, they showed right out of nice business-friendly tax credits? Perhaps, but let’s not find out,
open process before he was the box that policy analysis Then there is the presumption and let’s not even imagine.
WASHINGTON—Rule One of against it, and it depends on what doesn't really interest them. The that by repealing the law in its Hillary Kelly is the assistant
politics: When you have the the meaning of the word “open” Congressional Budget Office entirety, the House is speaking for editor of The Book.
advantage, don't allow your is. Not a good start. issued a painstaking study finding “the people.” Wrong. Even a Fox
opponents to turn the tables. Moreover, the GOP highlighted that the repeal bill would add$230 News poll, taken last month,
House Republicans violated this the extent to which this legislation billion to the federal deficit over found that only 27 percent of
rule when they decided to make is all about politics by giving it the next decade. They treated this Americans wanted to repeal the
repeal of the health care law their the jarringly unpoetic name, as if it were just a point of view health law entirely, while 32
first major act in the 112th “Repealing the Job-Killing Health tossed off on Bill O'Reilly's show. percent wanted to repeal parts of
Congress. The mistake will haunt Care Law Act.” This is less a bill “CBO is entitled to their opinion,” it. On the other side, 16 percent WHITEWASHING
them for years. continued from page 39
than a piece of propaganda. Boehner said. wanted to keep it as is, and 15
It's a surprising error from a But the biggest problem is the No, the CBO is not expressing an percent wanted to expand it. Andy” clips? Might the world be
leadership that showed shrewd signal this vote sends about how “opinion” in the way that, say, “I This poll and many others do a better place without the oeuvre
j u d g m e n t a n d e x c e p t i o n a l the Republicans plan to use their prefer green ties to red ties” is an show that supporters of the law of Henry Miller?
d i s c i p l i n e d u r i n g P r e s i d e n t new power. Rather than leading “opinion.” But, hey, bold have a lot of work to do. But this Perhaps, but let’s not find out,
Obama's first two years. John off with positive action showing assertions are a lot easier than week, House Republicans will be and let’s not even imagine.
Boehner is now Speaker of the what the party stands for, they math. helping them to do it. Maybe Hillary Kelly is the assistant
House because he and his party start by tearing something down In the meantime, Democrats have someday, their bill will be seen as editor of The Book.
f o c u s e d o n d e m o n i z i n g before they have anything to put never been as united behind the the Republican Majority-Killing
e v e r y t h i n g O b a m a d i d a n d in its place. Do they really want health care law as they are now. Repeal Act of 2011.
winning the public argument over us to believe that theirs will be a True, Republicans might pick up a E.J. Dionne, Jr. is the author of
both the health care plan and the reactive majority—unless you few stray Democratic votes for the recently published Souled
stimulus. By contrast, this week's prefer the word reactionary? repeal—though only 13 of the 34 Out: Reclaiming Faith and
health care debate will put And how much of what they do Democrats who voted against the Politics After the Religious Right.
Boehner and the Republicans on will be defined by the imperative final bill remain in the House. But He is a Washington Post
the defensive. of throwing bones to the tea party this debate is a gift to supporters columnist, a senior fellow at the
Already, it has forced the GOP to movement, which sees health care of the law who will now get to Brookings Institution, and a
fudge its pledge to respect the repeal as a holy cause? point out all the popular professor at Georgetown
minority's rights, since the Boehner and his colleagues could provisions the Republicans would University.
l e a d e r s h i p r u l e d o u t a n y have been more deliberate and scrap. (c) 2011, Washington Post
amendments to its bill. The serious by first holding hearings Consider, for example, that Writers Group
inconsistency led Boehner to to highlight what they see as the voting for repeal is, in part, a vote For more TNR, become a fan on
produce one of the lamest sound flaws in Obama's approach and to for a tax increase because it would Facebook and follow us on
bites of his career. “Well, listen, I begin the work of writing a bill of involve eliminating a slew of tax Twitter.
promised a more open process,” their own. They could have credits, including $40 billion over
he said. “I didn't promise that questioned the assumptions a decade to help small businesses
42 Politics-Left/ Food/
Sudan Dispatch: High Stakes
Rebecca Hamilton (The New
Republic - All Feed)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 1:00:44 PM
Bentiu, Sudan—The stakes of
this get-out-the-vote campaign are
the highest of any in recent
memory. Starting on Sunday,
citizens of southern Sudan will
participate in a week of voting on
a referendum that, if it passes, will
make the south an independent
nation. For the results to be valid,
however, 60 percent of the 3.9
million people who have
registered to vote must cast
ballots. Here in Unity state, which
would be on the northern border
of the new South Sudan, officials
report with pride that they have
the most registered voters of any
state (over 500,000). This
includes those who have lived
here all their lives, and thousands
who, after moving north to escape
years of violence in Unity, have
returned home to cast their votes.
Gideon Gatpan Thor, the state
minister of information, says it is
critical that every registration
translate into a ballot “so that
Unity state will lead us into the
future.”
(Read Rebecca Hamilton’s earlier
dispatches from the Sudan vote:
Part 1, Part 2)
The overwhelming sentiment
here is that the “future” must be
that of an independent South
Sudan. Both organized and
spontaneous rallies have been
taking place every day in Bentiu’s
stadium, a dusty patch of land
with a single concrete seating
area. Police, army, and church
groups parade around the grounds
before a crowd waving banners
displaying the symbol of
separation: a single hand with an
open palm. Promoting this symbol
is key because, with a population
that is 85 percent illiterate, the
referendum ballots will present
voters with their two choices in
visual form: two clasped hands
for unity with the north, and the
single hand for separation.
Preparations for the vote have
gone surprisingly well, despite a
tight timeline and other logistical
hurdles. But fear that disruptions
could keep people from the polls
or otherwise hinder the voting
process is ever-present. And, for
officials in Unity state, the risks
come as much from southerners
as from the government of
Sudanese President Omar Al
Bashir in the north, which
opposes secession. Indeed, there
are concerns that some figures
with power and influence in the
south will try to impede voting.
During Sudan’s long years of
war, which split the north and
south, two prominent southern
leaders, Riek Machar and Lam
Akol, fought against the main
southern rebel group, the
Southern People’s Liberation
Army (SPLA), with some support
from Al Bashir. After the 2005
peace agreement was signed
between north and south, Machar
was integrated into the SPLA’s
political wing, and, today, he is
the vice president of southern
Sudan. But, in national elections
last April, Machar’s wife
challenged Unity state’s SPLA-
supported incumbent governor,
Taban Deng, and violence broke
out between her supporters and
the SPLA after Taban was
declared the winner. Despite this
recent divisiveness, Vice
President Machar stood with
Taban in Bentiu’s stadium on
Friday to deliver a message in
favor of separation.
The southern government’s
relationship with Lam Akol is
even more fraught. In the build-up
to last April’s elections, Akol
formed his own political party and
ran for the southern presidency.
When his supporters contested his
defeat, the SPLA responded by
clamping down on his party’s
activities. “They shut down our
offices and took all our
possessions,” says John Jangluak
Pliok, the party’s chairman in
Unity state. Pilok says Governor
Taban has banned the party from
going to polling centers outside of
Bentiu during the referendum. In
the days leading up to the vote,
there have been unconfirmed
reports of violence between the
SPLA and Akol’s supporters in
Mayom County, about a three-
hour drive from Bentiu. And a
local radio station has reported
allegations that Akol’s party has
been buying voter registration
cards.
Even with these reports rolling
in, the prevailing mood among
southern authorities and voters
alike is calm. After all, in a region
ravaged by war, the push for
separation is intense, but so is the
desire for a nonviolent process.
Throughout Bentiu, young people
are sporting pale-blue rubber
wristbands with the words
“PEACEFUL REFERENDUM”
written on them. As Bishop John
Gattek, head of the Episcopalian
church in Unity state, says, “We
are hoping for a peaceful
referendum—and then, we leave
the rest to God.”
Rebecca Hamilton is the author
of Fighting for Darfur and a
fellow at the New America
Foundation. Her Sudan reporting
is supported by funding from the
Pulitzer Center.
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Torchwood: Miracle Day: What Happens if
Everyone is Immortal?
Denise Martin (TVGuide.com:
Breaking News)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 1:50:00 PM
Russell T. Davies
What if Captain Jack wasn't alone
in his immortality? That's the
premise of the new season of
Torchwood— titled Torchwood:
Miracle Day— which will launch
on Starz later this year.
"The premise is a miracle happens
to the world," series executive
producer Russell T. Davies said
Friday during the Television
Critics Association's winter
previews. "The old stay old and
keep getting older. The dying
keep dying, but no one quite dies.
The possibility of death ceases to
exist."
Torchwood taps All My Children
star and Dollhouse alum
That doesn't sound so bad,
except, Davies continued,
"globally, it's an instant overnight
population boom where,
suddenly, the Earth relies on
people dying. That's how the
whole system works: the food, the
room, the temperature. So,
suddenly, you've got a crisis
affecting everyone on the planet,
and that's where the Torchwood
team and our brand new
characters come in."
For the uninitiated, the British
series Torchwood, a spin-off of
Doctor Who, follows a crack team
of alien hunters who handle all
extraterrestrial matter of crises.
The group is led by the immortal
Captain Jack ( John Barrowman),
who ran away at the end of the
last season, Torchwood: Children
of Earth, but will return for
reasons yet to be revealed.
Starz acquires Torchwood
In addition to original cast
members Barrowman and Eve
Myles, who plays Gwen, the
fourth season (previously titled
Torchwood: The New World) will
star Bill Pullman as a convicted
murderer and pedophile named
Oswald, and Mekhi Phifer as Rex,
a cocky CIA agent trying to figure
out what Torchwood is. ( Alexa
Haven and Arlene Tur also star.)
Whether the new guys will make
it through the season is anyone's
guess. Per usual, Torchwood
won't hesitate to off characters at
will. "The show has always had a
high body count because I think it
makes the story stronger and more
dangerous and more frightening,"
Davies said. "You cannot
guarantee who will survive, and I
think that raises the stakes for
everyone." (Although, with
everyone being immortal, offing
people might be tricky.)
Check out today's news
Phifer, who had never seen the
series prior to joining, says he
wound up watching Children of
Earth in one sitting. "I actually
loved it," he said. "Reading the
script was definitely exciting for
me because it was just a lot of
energy. It read like a film. It felt
like an action movie."
Pullman said he first heard about
the show two years ago from a
comp lit professor. "That's a good
credential, isn't it," he said. "He
said, 'This is my sin, but I love
this series.'"
This new 10-episode season will
take place partly in Britain, but
mostly in America. "It's strange
because this is the fourth [season]
I've been involved in, but it feels
like the first," Myles said. "We've
got a fantastic brand new cast, and
we've got a new story to tell
again. So it just keeps reinventing
itself, and that's what's really
exciting... It's always different,
and it just keeps getting bigger
and bolder and braver."
Torchwood: Miracle Day starts
shooting in Los Angeles on
Monday. No premiere date has
been set.
Are you excited for the new
season of Torchwood?
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ARM is a big deal, but it's
not enough to win at
tablets
Paul Miller (Engadget)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 5:39:00 PM
While " Windows runs on ARM
now" is a really easy thing to say,
it's an extremely complicated
subject, fraught with industry
drama, technical accomplishment,
and a hint of Microsoft's vision
for the future. Microsoft is saying
loud and clear that x86 isn't
enough (sorry, Intel and AMD),
that current Windows form factors
aren't sufficient (sorry, netbooks),
and that it's still a nimble enough
company to respond to changes in
the market and consumer
frustrations (sorry, Clippy). But
what does that actually mean, in
the long run? Let's talk things
through, after the break.
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Oh, Baby! Glee Covers Bieber, Brings
Gwyneth Back as Sex-Ed Teacher
Natalie Abrams (TVGuide.com:
Breaking News)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 3:33:00 PM
Glee, Justin Bieber
From Madonna to Lady Gaga and
Britney Spears, Glee has tackled
the biggest names in pop music,
so it's no surprise that Justin
Bieber is next in line.
A February sweeps episode will
see the glee club covering several
of the teeny bopper's songs,
according to TVLine.com. Bieber
will factor into the plot, but there
are no plans — yet — to have him
appear on the series.
Check out the rest of today's
news
Entertainment Weekly also
reports that Gwyneth Paltrow will
reprise her role as Holly Holliday
for two additional episodes this
spring. Holly will serve as a sex
education teacher, and this time,
she'll be dating Mr. Schue (
Matthew Morrison). Kristin
Chenoweth will also return as
April Rhodes for a multi-episode
arc.
In addition, Lady Gaga has given
Glee producers permission to use
her new single, "Born This Way,"
in an upcoming episode, which
will center on the closeted jock,
Karofsky.
Glee returns Sunday, Feb. 6,
following the Super Bowl.
Which Bieber tunes would you
like New Directions to sing? Do
you think Holly and Will could
make a good couple? Related
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What's On Tonight: NFL Playoffs,
'Change of Plans,' 'Big Time Rush,'
'Color Splash'
Rich Keller (TV Squad)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 6:30:00 AM
Filed under: TV Previews Here' s
tonight's lineup of new shows and
events (all times Eastern). Check
your local TV listings for
additional information.
* = Series/Season Premiere
** = Series/Season Finale
# = New Day/Time
Here's a weird programming
change. Rather than air its usual
half-naked, mass murderer fare in
the form of 'Cops' and 'America's
Most Wanted,' FOX is offering up
a new movie in the 'Family Movie
Night' program. This one stars Joe
Flanigan of 'Stargate Atlantis' and
'American Idol' contestant Brooke
White.
8:00 to 9:00
FOX:'Change of Plans'-- (120
minutes)
NBC: NFL Playoffs-- The Jets
CES 2011: 3D TV overview for 2011 and beyond
Carol Mangis (Consumer
Reports)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 9:12:05 AM
CES 2011: 3D TV overview for
2011 and beyond
At this year's Consumer
Electronics Show, we expected to
see second-generation 3D TVs
along with new models from
vs. the Colts
Univision:'Sabado Gigante'--
(180 minutes)
Animal Planet:'It's Me or the
Dog'*
BBC America:'Primeval'
H G T V : ' C a n d i c e T e l l s A l l ' jump.
and'Color Splash'
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companies that hadn't yet entered
the 3D arena. What was
surprising, according to Consumer
Reports' senior electronics editor
and TV expert James K. Willcox,
was the debut of a new type of 3D
TV, using passive
technology&mdashthis means the
TVS don't need the heavy,
expensive active-shutter glasses
TV/ Products/ 45
Casting 'Battlestar
Galactica: Blood &
Chrome'
Chris Harnick (TV Squad)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 5:00:00 AM
Filed under: Reality-Free,
Features Casting the role of a
young William Adama is no easy
task, so let's help Syfy out. The
casting notices for the new
'Battlestar Galactica' prequel
series, 'Battlestar Galactica: Blood
& Chrome' has gone out and there
are three main characters in need
of actors.
Besides the 20-something, cocky,
yet inexperienced Adama, TV
start Guide reports the series is casting
N i c k : ' B i g T i m e R u s h ' one male and one female lead. It's Raptor called the Weasel."
and'Victorious' the 10th year of the Cylon war The female lead, Beka, appears to
T L C : ' D a t e l i n e : R e a l L i f e and Adama's risky behavior leads have a nefarious plan; Coker
Mysteries' to conflict with Electronic Fasjovik suspects her, but Adama
The rest of the schedule after the Countermeasures Officer, Coker is on her side.
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tour of what he saw in 3D TV at years, but they are undoubtedly preferences
this year's CES. Along with the Holy Grail for 3D TV and
impressive passive TV debuts may pave the way for the
from the likes of Toshiba and LG, mainstreaming of this technology.
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Toshiba 26” LCD HDTV with Built-in DVD Player

(Woot! - One Day, One Deal) old television, it’s like Beauty adventure in HDTV purchasing, Additional Photos: caption, gaming mode, v-chip, tri-
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know that the Toshiba 26” LCD you. The reality is that a HDTV Port, USB Port & Headphone • OSD language: English, French,
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CES 2011: GE Brillion smart

appliances monitor energy usage
Chris Morran (Consumer And because we can't always wait
Reports) to do dishes, wash clothes, or
Submitted at 1/8/2011 12:23:12 PM defrost the freezer, all energy-
saving settings are easily
CES 2011: GE Brillion smart overrided by the user.
appliances monitor energy usage need to ask your electricity Along with the Brillion
Here at the Consumer Electronics provider if your meter meets the appliances, GE is introducing its
Show, GE is making a big deal required standards. If not, you Nucleus Energy Manager. This
about its upcoming line of so- should ask when the utility d e v i c e a l l o w s y o u t o
called "smart" energy-saving company plans on upgrading its communicate via your computer
Brillion appliances. The line, meters. A rep for GE tells with all your smart appliances,
which covers everything from Consumer Reports that most U.S. even non-GE ones. You can use
Les Miles Open to Talk
thermostats and water heaters to homes will be outfitted with a the Nucleus interface not only to
dishwashers and refrigerators, smart meter by 2020. manage those appliances, but also
aims to save consumers money on If you do have a smart meter, to monitor your electricity usage
With Michigan?
Terrance Harris (FanHouse the Dallas Cowboys Stadium.
their electric bills by determining then the technology inside smart and time-of-use rates for your Main)
exactly the right time to perform appliances like GE's Brillion line electricity. "This is really about an LSU staff
each appliance's most energy- allows them to determine the GE has not yet made prices Submitted at 1/7/2011 11:42:00 PM and really not about the coach's
consuming functions. But how optimal time at which to perform available on the Brillion line. A issues," said Miles, who declined
does it all work? Filed under: LSU, Michigan, Big the Wolverines' overtures three
certain tasks. For instance, the rep for the company estimated 10, SEC, Coaching years ago on the heels of the
The most important thing anyone Brillion refrigerator will wait to that the price difference between a
interested in s m a r t run its defrost cycle until it's most Brillion model and a comparable ARLINGTON, Texas -- LSU T i g e r s ' B C S N a t i o n a l
appliances—whether made by GE cost-efficient. The company's Energy Star-certified model will coach Les Miles was emphatic Championship season. "Coach's
or any other manufacturer—is that GeoSpring hybrid electric water b e a b o u t t h e s a m e a s t h e earlier this week he wouldn't issues are not important right
your building needs to be outfitted heater operates only in heat-pump difference between that Energy leave the Tigers to take over at his now."
with a "smart meter" (an electric mode during periods of peak Star appliance and a standard one. alma mater, the University of While Miles reiterated he had not
meter that communicates detailed costs. The company claims this The Nucleus will retail for around Michigan. been in contact with Michigan
usage information back to the reduces wattage by over 80 $200. But Miles seemed to leave the prior to the Cotton Bowl, he
utility company) More precisely, percent compared to a standard —Chris Morran door slightly open for an exit to seemed to indicate he would be
you need a smart meter that electric-tank water heater. Michigan as rumors swirled open to listening if Michigan
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Without a smart meter, these dryer, ask users if they want to Ratings, buying advice and the AT&T Cotton Bowl Friday at his players.
smart appliances provide no delay running loads until more r e l i a b i l i t y o n h u n d r e d s o f
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CES 2011: Energy-frugal color e-book Eagles' Patchwork

readers promised for mid-year
Paul Reynolds (Consumer
Reports)
Submitted at 1/7/2011 7:57:08 PM
CES 2011: Energy-frugal color e-
Defense Preps for Major
Challenge The chip manufacturer sees e-
reader screens as a stepping
stone— essentially, an R&D
Dan Graziano (FanHouse Main)
platform— for refining the
Mirasol's screen technology and Submitted at 1/8/2011 1:30:00 PM

book readers promised for mid- ramping up production. That's a

year The Mirasol displays a video Filed under: Eagles, Packers,
planned prelude, it hopes, to
at CES. NFL Playoffs, NFL Analysis
getting Mirasol screens into smart
Photo: Paul Reynolds PHILADELPHIA -- Jamar
phones— where it sees them as
As expected, e-book readers with outside. Chaney wasn't supposed to be the
helping solve the power crunch
both color screens and energy- I also saw a demonstration of a from expanding screen sizes and man in the middle of the Eagles'
frugal screens were announced at Mirasol screen that includes what more sophisticated apps, some defense in their first playoff game.
CES, for promised availability in the company is calling "front used more continuously. Not this year. Chaney was the
mid-2011. 220th pick in the 2010 draft,
lighting," LED illumination that The other entry I saw, the 9.7- inactive for the season opener
But as I had also suspected, the rings the inside of the screen to inch Hanvon ColorWISE reader,
color rendition on both devices I allow reading in the dark. Similar was again shown only as a pre- against the Packers, and watched
saw was very much a work in to the lighting introduced (and production model. But that was from the sidelines for the first half
of the season. But an injury to "It's going to be a big challenge,"
progress. Most promising— and then dropped) from Sony's Reader enough to see color rendition that Chaney said Thursday before the
certainly most interesting— is the line a few years, the front lighting seemed more pallid than that of starting middle linebacker Stewart
Bradley pushed Chaney into Eagles' practice. "We're going
newest iteration of Qualcomm's is far less hungry for power than the the Mirasol device, and to use against one of the top offenses,
reflective Mirasol technology, an the LCD backlighting of other (albeit in a limited way) controls starting duty in late December,
and with Bradley still in doubt for one of the best quarterbacks in the
earlier version of which I'd seen at color e-book readers— which you and navigation that seemed akin league, some of the best receivers
an e-reading conference at which also can't turn off, as Qualcomm to some of the lower-scoring e- Sunday's playoff rematch with
Green Bay, it looks as if Chaney in the NFL. It's a big challenge."
I was a panelist earlier in 2010. points out. book readers in our
Qualcomm was showing fairly Qualcomm plans a launch in mid- Ratings(available to subscribers). will be the one calling the plays
smooth, 30-frames-a-second year of at least one touchscreen Hanvon has not announced for the Eagles' D.
video on a prototype 5.7-inch device with a partner, or partners, pricing for the ColorWISE.
frame. As with the earlier demo I that it hasn't yet announced. The — Paul Reynolds Subscribe now!
saw, the colors were muted and company expects pricing to be S u b s c r i b e t o
Booking American
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since the technology depends on comparable size. Qualcomm plans Ratings, buying advice and
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Las Vegas Convention Center and plant for Mirasol.
viewed it on a sunny sidewalk Booking American Airlines gets
even harder
As we noted earlier this week, the
exclusion of American Airlines’
flights and fares from the leading
travel sites Expedia and Orbitz BOOKING page 49
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continued from page 48
has limited your choices in
booking the carrier. Now matters
continue to get worse.
In fact, the airline’s feud with the
travel technology industry has
escalated in recent days. Sabre, a
travel tech company that provides
travel agencies with airline flight
and fare data, announced has
downgraded the airline’s displays
and eliminated discounts,
affecting how millions of
passengers book the carrier.
The dispute arose over
American’s development of
Direct Connect, a booking
program that allows the airline to
customize pricing options that has
angered much of the travel
technology world. It is part of a
larger strategy to direct more
customers to American’s own
website, thereby reducing
commission costs and optimizing
the sale of other products on
AA.com.
Now both sides in this battle are
claiming the other’s actions are
harmful to customers. American
issued a statement that termed
Sabre’s actions “anti-consumer,
anti-competitive, and harmful to
its subscribing [travel] agents.”
Earlier Expedia stated that
American’s actions were “anti-
consumer and anti-choice.”
For consumers, it’s clear the
inconvenience of being denied
access to American Airlines
flights and fares will continue.
However, the larger threat to
customer choice has not been
resolved.
Because of this, the travel
industry is aligning over this issue
as well. The American Society of
Travel Agents stated: “While
much rhetoric has been expended
in promoting Direct Connect in
the media, ASTA has seen no
convincing evidence that it will
contribute to more optimal buying
by consumers. We hope that other
airlines will think very carefully
before going down a similar
path.”
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And the National Business Travel
Association weighed in as well:
“Business travel buyers will
ultimately foot the bill for
marketplace fragmentation caused
by airline initiatives that push the
travel distribution marketplace in
the wrong direction—away from
transparency and competitiveness
and toward confusion and higher
costs.”
Meanwhile, Priceline announced
that not only are American’s fares
still available on the site, but in
fact Priceline is offering a sale on
the airline.
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Sources: Nets discussing three-way trade for Carmelo Anthony

with Nuggets, Pistons
Marc Stein (ESPN.com) to send rookie Derrick Favors, last month. remains Anthony's preferred losses to the Clippers and Kings
Submitted at 1/8/2011 4:20:45 PM former All-Star guard Devin So Nets officials would request destination, the Nuggets have were the strongest indication yet
Harris and at least two first-round and receive permission to meet shown little interest in the Knicks' that the Melo trade drama that has
Updated: January 8, 2011, 5:20 picks to the Nuggets in exchange with Anthony face-to-face if a assets (such as Wilson Chandler hung over this team for months is
PM ET for Anthony. But New Jersey has trade agreement is eventually and Danilo Gallinari) and have affecting the team's spirit on the
The New Jersey Nets' latest been attempting to find a third struck with Denver, as ESPN.com been negotiating almost floor.
attempt to acquire Denver's team -- having already tried also reported last month. Owner exclusively with the Nets for Last month, Nuggets vice
Carmelo Anthony involves the P o r t l a n d , M i n n e s o t a a n d Mikhail Prokhorov and part- weeks. With Favors and a cache president of basketball operations
Detroit Pistons. Cleveland before Detroit -- to owner Jay-Z would lead a Nets of first-round picks it can move, Masai Ujiri said publicly for the
Sources with knowledge of the help facilitate the blockbuster deal contingent that would try to lobby New Jersey has a far more first time that he was "listening
talks confirmed the Nets and for Anthony that they've been him directly on the team's future attractive war chest of trade aggressively" to Anthony offers,
Nuggets have discussed a three- chasing since the September in Brooklyn. assets. which seemingly guarantees
way trade proposal that would collapse of a four-team swap The Nets, sources said, have not It likewise appears the Nets will Anthony will be moved before the
land Nuggets guard Chauncey involving Charlotte and Utah. stopped looking for other third- not abandon their pursuit of Feb. 24 trading deadline.
Billups and Pistons guard Rip The talks involving Detroit have team facilitators, since Denver Anthony until they're told directly If the aforementioned deal
Hamilton alongside Anthony in not progressed nearly as far as the does not have a strong need for by the All-Star forward that he involving Detroit ever came to
New Jersey. original four-team construction, Harris with young guard Ty would not sign an extension with fruition, Billups and Hamilton
But a source close to the situation sources said, although one source Lawson on the roster. New Jersey them. Nets officials have would be reunited in New Jersey
subsequently told ESPN The insists that the sides are still and Denver likewise continue to remained quietly confident for after helping the Pistons win a
Magazine's Chris Broussard that "going back and forth." discuss trade possibilities with the months that Anthony, born in championship in 2004. The
the three-way deal in its proposed Even if the Nets, Nuggets and the Nuggets that don't involve any Brooklyn, ultimately would agree Pistons bypassed their own
form -- which would require the Pistons -- or any other third team - other teams. to the extension -- no matter how opportunity to flank Anthony with
Pistons to take Nets center Johan - eventually reach an agreement in Broussard reported Thursday the much he'd prefer to play in New Billups and Hamilton in the 2003
Petro and surrender a first-round principle, New Jersey won't sign Nets and Nuggets seriously York -- to ensure that he locks in draft, when they used the No. 2
pick in addition to absorbing the off on the trade unless Anthony discussed a three-team swap his contract before labor overall pick on Darko Milicic
expiring contract of Troy Murphy agrees to sign a three-year, $65 involving Cleveland just before negotiations this summer that are ahead of the former Syracuse star.
to the Pistons -- is not amenable million extension with the Nets as Christmas, only for the Cavaliers expected to establish a much more Marc Stein in a senior NBA
to Detroit. part of the transaction in what is to pull out because they wanted a restrictive financial landscape in writer for ESPN.com.
The source told Broussard the known as an extend-and-trade. first-round pick in the deal that the league. Follow Marc Stein on
Pistons -- restricted in their The Boston Celtics got the same New Jersey also wanted. In that Although the Nuggets have been Twitter:@stein_line_HQ
attempts to make changes in extend-and-trade commitment trade, sources said, Denver would preaching patience since the This entry passed through the
recent months because of the from Kevin Garnett when they have received Favors, Harris and collapse of the near-deal in Full-Text RSS service — if this is
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develops where they only had to But Anthony has told the one or two first-round picks and week -- most notably in our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/
surrender Hamilton and take back Nuggets he will not sign the the Nets would have received Thursday's nationally televised content-only/faq.php
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Mitchell catapults WVU over No. 13 Georgetown
Associated Press (ESPN.com)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 3:53:31 PM
Team Stat Comparison
WVU
GTWN Points 65 59 FG Made-
Attempted 21-52 (.404) 22-44
(.500) 3P Made-Attempted 6-15
(.400) 5-17 (.294) FT Made-
Attempted 17-24 (.708) 10-11
(.909) Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) 15 (0
/0) 20 (0/0) Largest Lead 7 6
Research Notes
Georgetown started the season
hot, going 11-1 out of conference,
including wins over ranked teams
Missouri and Memphis. But the
Hoyas are just 1-and-3 in Big East
play, with the only win over lowly
DePaul. Georgetown's offense has
been the problem, averaging 16.5
fewer points a game in Big East
play.
ESPN Stats & Information
Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- Bob Huggins
saw a bit too much daydreaming
from his players when he was
going over the scouting reports on
West Virginia's upcoming
opponents, so the coach morphed
into a high-school teacher to get
his point across. Here's a play:
Come up to the board and draw it.
Here's a test to take before every
game. What does this guy do?
Does he go right-handed, left-
handed? Were you even paying
attention?Huggins started the
tactic three games ago, and it
started to pay dividends Saturday,
when the Mountaineers set aside
their sluggish Big East start for a
65-59 win over No. 13
Georgetown."I've done it before
when I've had knuckleheads,"
Huggins said. "Our attention to
detail wasn't very good. You put a
test in there and then you kind of
find out who's paying attention."
Casey Mitchell scored 28 points,
Kevin Jones added 15, and West
Virginia (10-4, 2-2) forced 18
turnovers -- including four in the
final two minutes -- in a rematch
of last year's Big East tournament
championship game, won by the
Mountaineers.West Virginia also
had big margins in offensive
rebounds (15-4), field goal
attempts (52-42) and free throw
attempts (24-11) to offset a
deficiency in shooting percentage
(40-50). It was a much-needed
result after a conference start that
included losses to St. John's and
Marquette and a narrow win over
lowly DePaul."We wanted
someone else to be 1-3, not us,"
Mitchell said.That someone is
Georgetown (12-4, 1-3), off to its
worst Big East start since the
2003-04 season, Craig Esherick's
last as coach. Once again, the
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Hoyas' senior leaders struggled:
Conference preseason player of
the year Austin Freeman went
scoreless in the first half and
finished with 11 points on 3 for 8
shooting, while Chris Wright was
3 for 13 -- including 1 for 7 from
3-point range -- and finished with
nine points and five
turnovers."We're in a place where
we don't want to be right now,"
Georgetown coach John
Thompson III said. "Everyone in
that locker room from myself on
down has to figure out how to get
us out of this place. We're the
same group of guys who were in
there two or three weeks ago, and
now we just have to find out how
to get back there." Jason Clark
scored 16 points to lead the
Hoyas, but he was credited with
three turnovers in the final 1:30.
Georgetown's last points came on
Clark's three-point play with 2:35
to go, cutting a six-point lead to
three. The Mountaineers played
solid and physical the rest of the
way and threw in an unexpected
gimmick defense that caught the
Hoyas off guard."Our confidence
as a team, the morale, is a little
down because of the way we've
been losing," Wright said, "but
we've got to stay together. We
have good enough players that
we're going to come out of
this."Mitchell had his best Big
East game yet for what is already
a spark plug season for the senior,
whose scoring average has risen
from 3.7 points last season to 17.6
MITCHELL page 53
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Colorado upends No. 8 Mizzou behind Burks' 36

Associated Press (ESPN.com) in a row against the Buffaloes, run, he did a good job of making
Submitted at 1/8/2011 4:51:04 PM whose last win over a top-10 team an answer," Anderson said.
came against third-ranked Texas "When you've got a guy from our
Team Stat Comparison in 2003."It feels great, but we home state, he's going to take it
MIZZ expected to win this game," personal."Not so fast, Burks
COLO Points 76 89 FG Made- insisted senior point guard Cory said."It's special because they're
Attempted 28-69 (.406) 33-69 Higgins, who scored 18 points ranked, but every game is a
(.478) 3P Made-Attempted 4-16 and tied his career high with 10 different game," he said. "I don't
(.250) 4-11 (.364) FT Made- boards. "We know when we play care who it is. Just because it's
Attempted 16-18 (.889) 19-23 as a unit, we play together, we Missouri doesn't mean it has any
(.826) Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) 21 (1 feel like we can beat anybody in extra meaning for me."The lead
/0) 17 (0/0) Largest Lead 0 15 the country. When we play was eight when the Burks got the
2010-11 Season DATE GAME defense together, we're hard beat. inbounds with 1 second on the
LINKS» Jan 8, 2011@COLO 89, And especially on the offensive shot clock, spun and swished a
MIZZ 76 Recap| Box Score Feb 5, end, we have too many weapons basket that made it 77-
2011 COLO @ MIZZ 7:30 PM out there. I mean, we felt like we 67."Sometimes it's your day,"
ET were the better team."Most Burks said.And this day certainly
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B O U L D E R , C o l o . - - T h e Missouri like the Buffs did when Anderson said junior F Laurence
C o l o r a d o B u f f a l o e s b r o k e they kept breaking the press and Bowers was stopped for a traffic
Missouri's press and also the aggressively pushing the pace violation in Columbia, Mo., on
Tigers' stranglehold on their one- against one of the most athletic Friday and was cited for having
sided series. Super sophomore teams in the country."They did a another person's ID. He won't be
Alec Burks, from suburban good job of attacking us, more suspended. ... Burks tied a season
Kansas City, scored a career-high than anything else," Tigers coach high with 8 rebounds.
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next season, snapped a streak of and then his players knowing Shannon Sharpe (2) during the
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this season. The National Junior
College Athletic Association
player of the year at Chipola
College in 2009, Mitchell went 10
of 19 from the field, including 4
for 7 from 3-point range.It was his
first 20-point game since Dec.
1."Casey, I thought, was really
assertive early in the year and
played really, really hard,"
Huggins said, "and then had a
stretch where he didn't play very
hard. It's hard to get shots when
you aren't playing very
hard."Huggins is finding it harder
to get this season's team fully
focused, unlike the squad that last
season was led by Da'Sean Butler.
That group never needed any
scouting report tests."If they didn't
know what they were doing,
Da'Sean would have slapped them
on the wrong side of the head,"
Huggins said. "He's allowed to do
that."Even with the tests, Huggins
found himself having to challenge
his team yet again after Friday's
practice."If it wasn't the worst I've
ever been associated with, it's
close," Huggins said. "We were
awful. We went into the film
room and sat down and just talked
about 'Who's going to take
ownership?' I think I'm going to
be back next year, but a lot of
them are not going to be. So you'd
better take ownership, and I think
we had a lot more of that going on
today."
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Thanks to Amar'e Stoudemire, Knicks, Suns Swap Places

Kevin Blackistone (FanHouse Knicks. virtually all of the fourth quarter
Main) In doing it all in less than 10 after his Knicks put up 98 points
Submitted at 1/8/2011 7:18:00 AM minutes, he made it clear that the through three.
reason he was no longer in "Amar'e has the toughness and the
Filed under: NBA Phoenix was bunk. He's not heart and the desire," said his
PHOENIX - By the time Amar'e falling apart. coach, Mike D'Antoni, who also
Stoudemire was summoned to the But the team that gambled to let coached him in Phoenix. "So far,
bench for his first rest Friday him go is. so good."
night at his old home, the Suns' This was the overlooked reversal D'Antoni was being modest.
US Airways Center, he'd hit a of fortunes this season in the So far, Stoudemire has been as
l o n g j u m p s h o t , m a d e a n NBA: the Knicks and Suns. The good as he's ever been, maybe
improbable scoop shot from two reasons it didn't register was near as much acrimony. It is -point first half. better.
behind the backboard, blocked an because the one that landed in proving of great magnitude, "I had one objective and that was
attempt by his old teammate Steve M i a m i w a s j u s t a b o u t nonetheless, as demonstrated by to dominate from the start," said
Nash, and otherwise dominated unprecedented, and the one in the 121-96 Knicks win, a victory Stoudemire, who finished with 23
the game for his new team, the New York was without anywhere Stoudemire kick-started with a 19 points and nine rebounds and sat
54 Gaming/ Featured/
Razer Hydra impressions: Super-precise motion
controllers make it to PC, Portal 2 support in tow
Christopher Grant (Joystiq)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 5:45:00 PM
Sixense was back at CES this
year, showing off its TrueMotion-
powered gaming wands. While a
partnership with computer gaming
peripheral maker Razer was
announced at last year's CES, the
fruit of that partnership was on
display this year, with a brand
name (meet the Razer Hydra),
some industrial design, and some
new Valve-created content for the
hardware in the form of custom
Portal 2 tech.
During our hands-off tour of the
still-prototype hardware, we were
consistently impressed with the
controller's accuracy. Imagine
dual-wielding two PlayStation
Tetris Axis, other 3DS titles revealed in Japanese
release schedule
Griffin McElroy (Joystiq)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 1:30:00 PM
Last night's announcement of the
3DS' software release schedule
brought a number of surprises,
including the reveal of titles such
as BlazBlue Continuum Shift 2,
Tales of the Abyss and Raving
Rabbids Travel in Time.
However, hidden deeper in the
folds of that manifest are a few
more heretofore unannounced
games -- though only one of them
Move controllers except - in place
of the relatively cumbersome
process of requiring a PlayStation
Eye to track a glowing sphere to
position the controllers in 3D
space - the Hydra uses a small
base station that creates an
rings our proverbial bell: Tetris
Axis, a Hudson-developed
installment in the brick-laying
series due out in Japan this
summer.
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First, it's wonderful to see people
model is in the works but, much get excited about the idea of a
minimal blogging tool built
around RSS. I think intuitively
people are beginning to feel that
it's time for something more than
Twitter, and at the same time --
almost paradoxically -- something
extra dimension, we wouldn't be less than Twitter too. This is the
surprised if players now had to unbundling that happens in a
stack bricks up, down, left, right, cyclic basis in the tech business.
in and out. A new activity boots up, a
Tetris Axis, other 3DS titles corporation forms to make it easy,
revealed in Japanese release then as more people become
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activity, and when they do that,
imho, they miss the point.
I was at lunch yesterday with
Chris Dixon, a NYC-based angel
with a very sharp and inquisitive
mind. He was thinking in terms of
a website to replace Twitter. I
kept saying no, that's not it. If you
like using a Twitter client, you're
going to keep using a Twitter
client. If you like using a site like
Brizzly, you'll use that. But if
you'd prefer that the primary place
for your ideas to be published is
tumblr.com instead of
twitter.com, that works too. Or
wordpress.com. Or your own
WordPress server. Or Drupal.
There's a key point. If there isn't a
choice in there somewhere for
your content's public home to be
on your server, then we're still just
offering you a choice of hamster
cages, instead of freedom. And I
suspect there will be even better
places to publish your content,
once the activities of authoring
and reading are coupled loosely
instead of being tightly bundled.
Marshall Kirkpatrick, another
really smart dude, made the same
mistake in his version of my piece
about reallysimple.org. So what if
I do plain, even ugly, designs.
That's a valid approach. Some
people think my designs are
elegant. I love minimalism. When
I write, I want you to see my
writing, not my designing. If you
go "Ho ho what a beautiful
design" and miss the words, then
I've failed. Same thing with user
interfaces. If you are dazzled by
the design but can't find the
command, it's like the tree falling
in the forest with no one there.
But no matter. If my site is ugly,
but people still love it, guess what
happens. Someone comes along
and makes a site that does what
mine does, but hers is beautiful
where mine is homely. You think
that bothers me? Quite the
opposite!
It's like Arlo Guthrie's famous
song Alice's Restaurant. If one
person sings the song they'll think
he's a nut and throw him in jail.
But if two people do it, it starts to
look like a movement, and if three
people do it, it starts to feel like a
standard (again, I'm
paraphrasing). The ability to do
the same thing many ways creates
power in the land of technology.
It's like Tom Sawyer
whitewashing the fence. Make it
look like fun, and then hope
people rip off the idea. As long as
we all do it the same way at the
format and protocol level, then a
thousand flowers can bloom.
Becuase when users feel they
have choice, they get excited, and
when they're excited they move,
and when they move we have
growth.
It's also important that the pieces
be small, so they can be shuffled
and reorganized and combined in
many different ways. That's where
the developer creativity comes in.
Think of RSS as the equivalent of
USB. It just says how components
are connected. What the
components do -- that's totally up
for grabs. That's where we want
lots of new ideas to spring forth.
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Threats Against
Lawmakers Resulting in
Charges
(Newsmax - Inside Cover) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Submitted at 1/8/2011 10:31:48 AM during the debate over healthcare
reform, which eventually became
Saturday, 08 Jan 2011 04:31 PM law. Gregory Lee Giusti was
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. accused of making at least 48
lawmakers receive a steady calls to Pelosi. He pleaded guilty
stream of harassing phone calls, e- in September and sentenced to 21
mails and letters, according to the months in prison.
U.S. Capitol Police. Many threats April 2010- A Washington man
are investigated and some result was arrested and accused of
in criminal charges. threatening to kill Democratic
Democratic Representative Senator Patty Murray because of
Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was her votes to back the healthcare
shot and seriously wounded in reform legislation. Charles Wilson
Tucson Saturday. was accused of making the threats
Following are some threats in the against the senator in voicemail
past year against lawmakers that messages at her office. Wilson
resulted in prosecutions: pleaded guilty in July and was
March 2010- A Pennsylvania sentenced in October to a year in
man was arrested and charged p r i s o n a n d t h r e e y e a r s o f
with threatening to kill Virginia s u p e r v i s e d r e l e a s e .
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Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Shot in Tucson

Carla Baranauckas (Politics wounded when a gunman opened of Ina and Oracle streets in
Daily) fire about 10:15 a.m. Giffords, a Tucson. The congresswoman
Submitted at 1/8/2011 12:48:00 PM 40-year-old Democrat, was rushed routinely makes herself available
to the medical center, according to for one-on-one conversations with
A federal judge was killed and a KVOA television. She was constituents, typically in front of
congresswoman was critically reportedly talking to a couple supermarkets on Saturday
wounded in a shooting rampage when a man ran up, began mornings. But this was the first
Saturday at a shopping plaza in shooting, then fled on foot before she had held since her re-election.
Tucson, Arizona. being tackled by a bystander and Giffords, generally regarded as a
Among the six people killed in taken into custody. The U.S. centrist on Capitol Hill, was
the attack was Chief Judge John Capitol police also reported that a criticized by some in Arizona for
Roll of U.S. District Court for the suspect had been taken into her support of the health care
District of Arizona, President c u s t o d y , a c c o r d i n g t o T h e reform law. A few hours after the
Barack Obama said in a televised A s s o c i a t e d P r e s s . House vote on the health care bill,
statement from the White House. The Associated Press reported her office in Tucson was
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of that Jared Loughner, 22, was vandalized. She has called
Arizona was critically wounded being held Saturday in connection with Congresswoman Gabrielle they deserve and will receive the
Arizona's tough anti-illegal
outside a supermarket where she with the shooting. And CNN, Giffords. And while we are contempt of all decent people and
immigration law "divisive" and
was hosting a public event, law citing law enforcement sources, continuing to receive information, the strongest punishment of the
said it did not make her district
enforcement officials reported. reported that a 9-milimeter we know that some have passed law."
safer. But Giffords did not back
She was listed in critical condition handgun had been recovered. away, and that Rep. Giffords is Giffords' rabbi, Stephanie Aaron,
the boycott of Arizona businesses
at University Medical Center in The scene of the shooting was gravely wounded. We do not yet t o l d K O L D i n a t e l e p h o n e
that was supported by some
Tucson, although several news chaotic and the shopping center have all the answers. What we do interview, "I don't understand how
opponents of the law.
outlets had reported earlier in the w a s s h u t d o w n a s l a w know is that such a senseless and something like this can happen in
Earlier this week, Giffords
day that she had died. terrible act of violence has no our town, in our state and in our
enforcement authorities participated in the reading of the
"I am about as optimistic as it can i n v e s t i g a t e d . place in a free society." country."
Constitution on the floor of the
get in this situation," Dr. Peter Ken Penner, who works in the Speaker John Boehner released a The Brady Campaign to Prevent
House of Representatives. She
Rhee of the medical center said area, told KOLD television that he statement saying he was horrified Gun Violence issued a statement
read the First Amendment,
about Giffords' prospects for had seen Giffords speaking to an about the shooting. "An attack on that said in part: "We find it
according to The New York
recovery. He said she had been elderly couple and that about 15 one who serves is an attack on all u n a c c e p t a b l e t h a t w h e n
Times.
struck by one bullet, in the head, or 20 people had been waiting to who serve," Boehner said, adding, Americans and our elected leaders
"I wanted to be here, I think it's
and that the bullet had passed speak with her. He had just "This is a sad day for our are assembling in public places,
important," The Times quoted
through her brain. Dr. Rhee also entered the Safeway store when country." their lives are at risk from gun
Giffords as saying. "Reflecting on
said the medical center was the shooting started, he said, and House Minority Leader Nancy violence. We also are deeply
the Constitution in a bipartisan
treating five people who were in customers began running toward Pelosi called the attack a "national concerned about the heated
way is a good way to start the
critical condition and five people the back of the store. When he tragedy and a very sad day for our political rhetoric that escalates
year."
who were in surgery. In addition, looked out after the shooting country." Giffords, Pelosi said, is debates and controversies, and
KOLD reported that Giffords is a
a child whom he estimated to be stopped, he said he saw Gifford a "brilliant and courageous sometimes makes it seem as if
gun owner and a supporter of gun
about 9 years old, died. member of Congress." violence is an acceptable response
lying on the ground, motionless. rights. The station also said she
In a brief statement just before S e n a t o r J o h n M c C a i n , to honest disagreements."
President Obama said in a was known for riding her Harley
the hospital news conference, a statement: "This morning, in an Republican of Arizona, issued a Giffords, who was just elected to
Davidson motorcycle to events.
spokesman for the Pima County unspeakable tragedy, a number of statement saying, "Whoever did a third term, was holding an event
Giffords, who has served in
Sheriff's Department said that six Americans were shot in Tuscon, this; whatever their reason, they called "Congress on Your Corner"
people had been killed and 12 Arizona, at a constituent meeting are a disgrace to Arizona, this outside a Safeway store in a CONGRESSWOMAN page 57
country and the human race, and shopping center at the intersection
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Couple Aborts Twin Boys Because They Want a
Girl Using IVF
David Gibson (Politics Daily)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 3:40:00 PM
Religion Reporter The story of an
Australian couple who aborted
twin boys because they want to
use IVF to ensure they have a
daughter is attracting a lot of
attention, especially among pro-
lifers, and understandably so since
the case seems to foreshadow an
ethics-free future of eugenics.
But the couple, who want a girl
to replace the infant daughter they
recently lost, is so far still barred
by Australian law from pursuing
their quest for a female baby. The
state of Victoria, where the
unnamed couple lives, does not
allow sex selection using IVF
unless it is done to avoid the risk
of the baby's inheriting a genetic
abnormality or disease.
An independent group, known as
the Patient Review Panel, recently
rejected the couple's bid, so they
are taking their case to the next
level, the Victorian Civil and
Administrative Tribunal, which is
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Congress since January 2007, is
an Arizona native and a graduate
of Cornell University. She
married Cmdr. Mark E. Kelly, a
NASA astronaut who is based in
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"After what we have been through
we are due for a bit of luck. We
want to be given the opportunity
to have a girl," said the man. The
couple already have three sons.
According to the Herald-Sun
newspaper of Melbourne, which
interviewed the couple, the
woman, who is in her thirties, is
"consumed by grief over the
daughter who died soon after
birth" and admits she has "become
obsessed with having a daughter
and it has become vital to her
psychological health."
The husband told the newspaper
that it was the couple's "right" to
try this route. "It's ridiculous that
sex selection is illegal, actually.
For certain circumstances it
should be legalized."
An Australian pioneer in IVF,
Gab Kovacs, agreed. "I can't see
how it could possibly harm
anyone," he said.
"Laws should be made to protect
people from things that are going
to damage them. Why should we
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make this illegal? Who is this
going to harm if this couple have
their desire fulfilled?"
The couple told the Herald-Sun
that if they lose their appeal they
will go to the United States to
conceive a girl. Unlike Australia
and much of Europe, the U.S.
does not regulate sex selection in
embryos developed for IVF
procedures, so couples from many
countries come here to conceive.
If the couple does come to the
United States, they could expect
to generate as much notice as they
have in Australia, even if what
they want is not illegal.
When a prominent fertility clinic
in California announced in 2009
that it would help prospective
parents choose physical traits --
hair and eye color, for example --
as well as the gender of their
child, it prompted so much
outrage that the clinic was forced
to put its plans on hold.
Sex-selective abortions also take
place in some places in the United
States, though the vast majority of
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justice."
Liberal blogger Matthew
Yglesias Tweeted out several
other examples of "violent
rhetoric," including Rep. Michele
Bachman saying, "I want people
in Minnesota armed and
dangerous" to block climate
change legislation.
Tea party activists are reportedly
Americans reject the practice as
unethical, and because the
procedure is often used to destroy
female fetuses and preserves
males.
That the Australia couple
targeted their fetuses because they
were boys certainly hasn't
mollified American pro-life
activists.
"[I]n a world where the IVF and
sex-selection are technologically
possible, the providence of God is
not trusted, and laws pertaining to
bioethics come to be based on
what's possible rather than what's
right, such battles are inevitable,"
Tom Crowe wrote at the web site
of the conservative political
lobby, CatholicVote.org.
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already fearing they too will be
blamed for this event.
A few personal observations...
First, it is sad to see folks
immediately politicize such a
tragedy. If your first response to
such an event is to think of Sarah
Palin, something is wrong.
SARAH page 58
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Sarah Palin Blamed by
Bloggers for Shooting
of Gabrielle Giffords
Matt Lewis (Politics Daily)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 3:19:00 PM
Columnist Some prominent
liberal bloggers wasted little time
before politicizing the horrific and
tragic shooting of a
congresswoman in Arizona on
Saturday.
Almost immediately after the
nation learned of the shooting of
Arizona Democratic Rep.
Gabrielle Giffords and several
others (including a federal judge),
a few prominent liberal web
writers sought to blame Sarah
Palin and other conservatives for
the action.
Linking to a map of U.S. House
districts that Sarah Palin's pac
wanted to "target" during the 2010
mid-term elections -- which sadly
included crosshairs over Rep.
Giffords' district (among others) --
DailyKos founder Markos
Moulitsas Tweeted, "Mission
accomplished, Sarah Palin."
The liberal blog Firedog Lake
also went there.
(Palin has deleted the image from
her website, and issued a short
statement on the shooting, writing
on her Facebook page: "My
sincere condolences are offered to
the family of Rep. Gabrielle
Giffords and the other victims of
today's tragic shooting in Arizona.
On behalf of Todd and my family,
we all pray for the victims and
their families, and for peace and
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Like it or not, the sort of rhetoric Crosshairs...Literally." (Here's

and imagery employed by Palin's
PAC is not terribly unusual.
Politicians constantly talk about
"targeting" voters -- does anyone
think they want to shoot them?
Political consultants tell
politicians to "hunt where the
ducks are, " but they certainly
don't mean to shoot voters.
Ironically, Moulitsas has also
previously urged his readers to
"target" Giffords and put a "bulls
eye" on her district because she
"sold out the Constitution..."
To be sure, it is possible for a
politician to use words to incite
violence, but putting a target on a
congressional district is clearly
not an example of that.
Our culture is full of rhetoric that
uses violent analogies for
everyday events. Here is a
headline I just pulled up: " Aaron
Rodgers in the Eagles'
another: Lindsay Lohan in
Sheriff's Crosshairs, Calif.
Investigators Ask..." (Clearly, we
had better hope nothing happens
to the Aaron Rodgers or Lindsay
Lohan in the near future).
It's also worth noting that the
majority of the most egregious
comments were made on Twitter,
an outlet that allows folks to
Tweet before thinking.
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certainly gets the fun going. with fresh veggies or fruit to Progressives are hot for Wickard
Unfortunately, so many bite-size round out the nutrition (and it also v. Filburn, not the Constitution.
nibbles weigh in with way too makes for a pretty presentation). I s there anything richer than a
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much less the first act to a bigger these appetizers are sure to inspire snickering at the conservative
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Submitted at 1/8/2011 3:00:00 AM
rivalry ranks among the greatest The game is bound to prove a a work stoppage since 1987. Yost been a sense of urgency from the
ever, and the perennial success of ratings bonanza. calls it “the most successful sports union side.”
Pro football reigns as the their teams has boosted fan No question, the NFL reigns as league on the planet.” That is no In truth, charges of greed and
undisputed king of American interest. Brady is currently undisputed king of the modern exaggeration. imprudence can be leveled against
sports. But its labor woes are a e n j o y i n g o n e o f t h e m o s t U.S. sporting landscape. Its Unfortunately, the best of times both the players and owners. But
ticking time bomb. impressive years in NFL history, dominance is hardly a new may soon give way to the worst of the NFLPA is right to push for a
I n so many ways, these are the with 36 touchdown passes and phenomenon. As journalist Mark times if players and owners heightened emphasis on player
best of times for the National only four interceptions in 16 Yost points out in his 2006 book, cannot hammer out a fresh safety and medical coverage,
Football League. As TV reporter regular-season contests. Manning Tailgating, Sacks, and Salary collective-bargaining agreement especially given the recent spike
Bill Carter recently affirmed, its struggled through a difficult Caps, pro football became “the (CBA). The present CBA expires in concussions and the publication
games are “by far the most period in which he tossed eleven most frequently watched sport in in less than two months. It was of new scientific evidence linking
popular form of programming on picks during three consecutive America” -- eclipsing baseball -- signed in 2006, when the league head trauma with amyotrophic
American television.” According losses, but the four-time league during the 1960s, thanks in large stood on “the brink of lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s
t o N i e l s e n d a t a , t h e N F L MVP finished strong, leading the measure to the 1958 Colts–Giants organizational and economic disease. The owners, meanwhile,
accounted for eight of the ten top- Colts to four straight victories that NFL title contest (a.k.a., “ the collapse” (as Yost puts it). Today, are wholly justified in their efforts
rated telecasts between January guaranteed them yet another AFC greatest game ever played”). Its the most contentious proposals to curb excessive rookie salaries,
and November 2010. It is a South division crown. ambitious revenue-sharing system include an 18-game schedule (up with compensation tied more to
revenue monster, with a product The playoffs commence on -- the brainchild of former league from 16) and a rookie wage scale, on-field performance than to draft
seemingly designed to work well Saturday, with New Orleans commissioner Pete Rozelle, who both of which the owners have position. (Exhibit A: the$68
on the small screen. Moreover, its visiting Seattle and Indianapolis built upon the intellectual advocated and the players have million JaMarcus Russell fiasco.)
status as the “perfect TV sport” hosting the New York Jets. This template established by NFL opposed. Led by its relatively new Will the two sides ultimately
has been enhanced in an era of should be a triumphant moment founding father Bert Bell -- executive director, DeMaurice strike an eleventh-hour deal, as
flat panels and high definition. for NFL officials -- a moment for helped ensure a remarkable Smith, who assumed his job in they did five years ago?
For all the attention given to basking in the glow of their degree of economic parity among 2009, the NFL Players Hopefully, yes, but that will
LeBron, Kobe, and A-Rod, the league’s massive popularity and individual franchises, regardless Association (NFLPA) is seeking require both camps to demonstrate
NFL’s fan base dwarfs those of enormous financial power. “At a of their home-market size. This owner concessions on health care, much more flexibility than they
the NBA and Major League time when little or nothing on parity was further bolstered in offseason practices, and revenue have heretofore shown. Losing an
B a s e b a l l . I n d e e d , i f t h e television increases its audience,” 1994, with the introduction of a distribution, among other things. entire NFL season to a labor spat
competition between American writes Carter, “the NFL is still rigid cap on player salaries. “I personally am not as optimistic was once unthinkable. Now it is a
sports leagues were a boxing f i n d i n g n e w v i e w e r s . ” T h e Over the past two decades, the as some are that we are making very real possibility. So enjoy
match, pro football would be 2010–11 campaign has featured NFL is the only one of the Big much progress,” Carolina watching Brady, Manning, and all
Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, and several provocative subplots, such Four American sports leagues that Panthers owner Jerry Richardson the rest these next few weeks.
Mike Tyson all rolled into one. as the dramatic comeback of has avoided a labor shutdown. declared on Tuesday. A day later, After Super Bowl XLV in Dallas,
#ad#On the field, some believe Michael Vick and the one-man Major League Baseball lost the NFL commissioner Roger they may not be returning for
we are witnessing a Golden Age circus of Brett Favre. The wild- World Series in 1994, and the Goodell expressed his displeasure quite some time.
of Quarterbacks. The two premier card playoff round will include a NHL lost nearly half a season at the sluggishness of --- Duncan Currie is deputy
signal-callers -- Tom Brady of the heavily hyped rematch of last shortly thereafter. The 1998–99 negotiations. “I’m not satisfied managing editor of National
New England Patriots and Peyton January’s AFC championship NBA campaign was severely with the current pace,” Goodell Review Online. Duncan Currie
Manning of the Indianapolis Colts contest, which was won by the truncated by a lockout, and the said. “There has not been enough
-- have reached a level of Colts, 30–17. Jets coach Rex 2004–05 NHL season was progress in collective bargaining
superstardom that transcends Ryan has been fueling the hype canceled altogether. Pro football, over the last three or four weeks
football. Their decade-long QB with his characteristic swagger. by contrast, has operated without that there should be. There hasn’t
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Thinkers who get their dithering
law from Dalia Lithwick and their
sophomoric style from Bill
Maher. If there is no Obama to
send a thrill up their legs, it takes
an organic Constitution throbbing
with active liberty to ring their
chimes. The lifeless one read from
the podium Thursday -- which
must have been, like, a hundred
years old or something -- leaves
them limp.
#ad#If you really want to see what
irrational arousal is like, though,
get thee to the nearest faculty
lounge or MSNBC set and hum a
few bars of the Warren Court’s
greatest hits. Like a hand reaching
through the epistemological fog,
you’d think Harry Blackmun’s
impenetrable prose had been
touched by Aphrodite herself.
Sure, your average fetish-fixated
tea-bagger may be satisfied by
such humdrum fare as laying
taxes, disciplining the Militia, and
punishments cruel and unusual.
But it took Blackmun’s exotic
penumbras, the “Hippocratic
Oath’s apparent rigidity,” and a
touch of in utero “quickening”
before the siren trio of Kennedy,
O’Connor, and Souter were up to
seducing New York Times editors
and one-note feminists with their
hypnotic “Sweet Mystery of
Life.”
Explaining (sort of) why
Blackmun’s iconic Roe v. Wade
decision simply had to be
preserved despite its void of
support in law and logic, they
wrote: “At the heart of liberty is
the right to define one’s own
concept of existence, of meaning,
of the universe, and of the
mystery of human life.” You’re
telling me you think James
Madison could compete with that?
“Existence” and “the universe” --
we have czars for those now,
right? There are no czars in that
stale old Constitution Republicans
were reading. There’s also no
health care, no TARP, no General
Motors, no AIG; no Departments
of Justice, Labor, Health, Human
Services, Energy, Education,
Agriculture, Urban Development,
or Transportation; no FCC, FTC,
SEC, ICC, FDIC, FAA, FHA, or
FEMA; no Council of Economic
Advisers, Economic Adjustment
Office, Economic Development
Administration, Economic
Research Service, or Economics
and Statistics Administration; no
Community Oriented Policing
Services; no Bureaus of Public
Debt, Reclamation,
Transportation Statistics,
International Labor, or
Immigration Services; no
Administrations for Children and
Families, Native Americans,
International Development, Battle
Monuments, Toxic Substances
and Disease -- not even an
Arthritis and Musculoskeletal
Coordinating Committee or a
Federal Interagency Committee
for the Management of Noxious
and Exotic Weeds ( I kid you not).
#page#Now we’re talking limited
government, Obama-style. No
wonder the government has to
keep borrowing -- how could we
conceivably cut when existence
needs regulating throughout the
universe? Let Republicans have
their precious Constitution, a relic
written in ancient times by a white
oppressor class. The Left’s got a
real fetish: the rewritten
Constitution, courtesy of the
Supreme Court.
#ad#And would that it were just a
fetish. In 2005, the justices
sparked public outrage by ruling
that government kleptocrats could
seize private property in order to
increase the tax haul -- er, I mean,
for sustainable community
development. Was this really an
appropriate invocation of eminent
domain? Shouldn’t the people’s
representatives rein in this blatant
judicial overreach? Once and
future minority leader Nancy
Pelosi was astonished at such
impertinent questions. “It is a
decision of the Supreme Court,”
she harrumphed. “It is almost as if
God has spoken.”
For the progressive, everything
evolves except their cherished,
lawless Supreme Court
precedents. The GOP fetishists
will just have to deal with the
reality that what the Constitution
meant yesterday and still says
today will be gnarled into
something very different
tomorrow. That’s how it goes
with the “evolving standards of
decency that mark the progress of
a maturing society.” When
progress is marked by the art of
Chris Ofili, gangsta rap, and the
statesmanship of Al Franken,
should we really be surprised
when, say, “nor shall any state . . .
deny to any person within its
jurisdiction the equal protection of
the laws” somehow becomes a
license for preferences based on
race, ethnicity, gender, religion, or
whatever bloc the divide-and-
conquer Left decides needs
cuddling?
The Constitution can be twisted
to mean whatever progressives
want it to mean. But once the
twisting is done, progress grinds
to a halt. At that point, the result
is set in stone, forever -- as if God
had spoken (the only reference to
God you’re apt to hear). If the
rickety foundation of Roe
collapses under its own illogic,
the sweet mystery of life will save
it until enough new justices pass a
“litmus test” that makes it
unreviewable. If Congress tries to
reverse Miranda, a Democratic
administration will refuse to
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defend the statute in court -- even
if it means a confessed bank
robber gets to keep robbing banks.
And don’t even think about
touching a comma of Wickard v.
Filburn. That’s the 1942 ruling
that turned the Commerce Clause
into a green light for government
to control everything from
noxious and exotic weeds to your
relationship with your doctor
(unless you want an abortion --
Roe’s still got you covered on that
one).
“Liberty finds no refuge in a
jurisprudence of doubt.” So
pronounced the Casey court when
it was clear that nothing short of
sheer willfulness could save Roe’s
invented right to abortion. Maybe
if Democrats turn the tables in
2012, we’ll hear Debbie
Wasserman Schultz read Casey to
start the next Congress. What
does the passage mean? Whatever
the Left needs it to mean. Now
that’s a fetish.
— Andrew C. McCarthy, a senior
fellow at the National Review
Institute, is the author, most
recently, of The Grand Jihad:
How Islam and the Left Sabotage
America. Andrew C. McCarthy
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Nintendo 3DS: Hands-On and First 4 Ways to Go on a

Impressions [PICS] Spending Diet
Ben Parr (Mashable!) reality, as well as the device’s (Financiallyfit on Shine) earn a little something for
Submitted at 1/8/2011 1:03:20 PM touch screen. Submitted at 1/7/2011 9:21:09 PM spending.
The device is also enhanced by Related: Money Savers That
The launch of the Nintendo 3DS its StreetPass and SpotPass A while back, I signed up for Won't Cramp Your Style
is imminent. Sometime in March, features. StreetPass lets 3DS Mint.com, the site that keeps track 2. Give myself a cash allowance.
the next-generation portable devices communicate and share of your finances for you. My I'm going to start with $50 per
gaming device will hit store information without the need to fiscally responsible (or wannabe week, which I will use for
shelves and create a stir, thanks to even open up your device, while responsible) New York friends purchases under $10. That way,
a 3.5-inch 3D screen that requires SpotPass helps update your were raving about how it really I'll presumably think twice about
no glasses to view the effect. system and send you new stuff helped them get a handle on their those trips to the vending machine
We first played with the 3DS at while it’s connected to Wi-Fi. spending — and even helped or the cafeteria for snacks at the
the Electronic Entertainment We couldn’t get pricing info or a them save a little (yes, even in this office, or that second glass of
Expo (better known as E3). Back list of launch titles yet, but a lot of pricey city). So, I signed up, wine when out catching up with a
out to us is this: The 3D
then, we said that using the device that information will be coming at plugged in my account numbers friend. And, by setting this $10
technology works remarkably
felt “like multiple layers of action a press conference in New York (don't worry, it's totally safe!), and mark for these first two rules, I'm
well. It’s not a gimmick, but a real
are happening beneath the surface on January 19. We’ll be there to even clicked around a bit... and forced to consider carefully any
dimension that adds to the game
of the screen.” cover it all. then basically forgot about it. purchase before I make it.
experience.
We got another chance to play To whet your appetite until then, However, while I'm generally Related: Cut Your Heating Costs
Fighting the dragon in the
with the device behind closed here are our close-up images of pretty careful with my cash, I and Save Money This Winter
augmented-reality demo really
doors here at CES. This time, we the device, plus a few pics of me would like to boost my savings 3. Bring lunch— four days per
was a sensational experience that
could really explore some of its battling dragons and maneuvering account a bit in 2011. So, I logged week. One thing I quickly learned
we hope other companies will
features, as well as take more rocket packs. in again, and set my savings goal from reviewing my Mint account:
build upon. It also isn’t as
pictures of the device. Once Nintendo 3DS at CES 2011 and my budgets for how I'll I eat my money — literally. So,
stressful on the eyes as most 3D
again, Nintendo asked us not to Nintendo 3DS at CES 2011 (hopefully) achieve it. while this rule is on the obvious
glasses and screens.
take pictures of the screen turned Nintendo 3DS at CES 2011 Without getting into the minutia side, groceries for a week of
The controls feel solid, thanks to
on because of the near- Nintendo 3DS at CES 2011 of my specific plan, here are a few lunches are certainly cheaper than
the addition of the 360-degree
impossibility of accurately Nintendo 3DS at CES 2011 guidelines I will follow: the $7 to $10 per day I often
joystick. It makes controlling the
depicting moving 3D images with Nintendo 3DS at CES 2011 1. Use a credit card for any spend for my midday meal. But so
3D experience much easier, and in
2D still photography. More About: CES, CES 2011, purchase over $10. Yes, you read I won't feel too deprived, I'll take
fact the device wouldn’t be usable
Still, we got to play a few games ces2011, ECSCES, Nintendo, that right — but, note that I'll be myself out come noontime on
without it.
( Pilotwings for one), checked out nintendo 3ds using just one single card. I've Fridays. I'm also going to limit
All of the other controls are
3D movie trailers and played an For more Tech coverage: always paid my balance off in full m y s e l f t o d i n n e r s o u t o n
standard, except for the 3D toggle
augmented-reality demo in which • Follow Mashable Tech on every month, and it's much easier w e e k e n d s o n l y ( a n d u s e
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While we saw these same game
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demos before, we definitely can
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see the potential for some
the extended time with the device purchases together. Finally, a 4. Attempt one "no-spending"
innovative gameplay involving
helped us get a better sense of the while back I used BillShrink.com day per week. I read that the
3D graphics and augmented
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VideoEFx box transforms your 2D content into 3D (hands-on)

Jacob Schulman (Engadget)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 5:42:00 PM
3DTV is "cool and all," but one
of the biggest challenges to its
adoption is a lack of substantial
content. VideoEFx is a small
company with a nondescript booth
situated somewhere in the
ginormous Las Vegas Convention
Center, but what it's showing off
is quite remarkable. A small black
box about the size of an iPhone, it
can take any 2D content and
convert it to 3D in real time. Our
first impression was one of
amazement, especially given the
fact that we were watching
ourselves in real time through a
standard 2D video camera hooked
up to the TVs in the booth. When
we asked how such a thing could
be possible, we got hints about
some fairy magic creative
engineering that employs similar
visual cues that your eye
processes when you look at
anything. Apparently some
broadcasting companies have
expressed interest in using the
tech to power their own 3D
streams due to the simplicity (and
cost effectiveness, we assume)
over current 3D filming solutions.
We know you can't experience it
from wherever you're tuning in,
but take our word that this is some
seriously impressive stuff -- even
if other companies have achieved
similar 2D to 3D conversion
magic within TVs before. Still,
not all sets offer this capability,
and this even doubles as a three
port HDMI switch. It'll carry a
$400 price tag when it lands in
April.
Gallery: VideoEFx 2D to 3D
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Wireless Media Stick hands-on: stream your content to anything

with a USB port
Jacob Schulman (Engadget)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 5:38:00 PM
The Wireless Media Stick is an
interesting little product that aims
to bring media streaming to pretty
much anything with a USB port.
If the concept sounds familiar,
that's because it kind of is -- we
reviewed the Infinitec Infinite
USB Memory Drive late last year.
This USB stick has built-in WiFi,
so you connect it to your network
and can plug it into pretty much
anything with a USB port that can
read a mass storage device. We
saw it demoed in a Blu-ray player
as well as an iPod dock (both
USB-equipped of course), and in
the short time we spent with it the
thing seemed to work as
advertised. Under the hood it's
essentially a Samba client, so all
you have to do is share a folder on
your Mac or PC and it'll show up
in your Xbox, PS3, or whatever
other box you've got it plugged
into. We also saw an Android app
that enables you to share all your
content on your device straight to
didn't seem to have much lag, but
we'll have to put one through the
paces to make a final judgment
call. If you want to pick one up,
it'll cost you a cool $120.
Gallery: Wireless Media Stick
hands-on
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Sony HomeShare RMN-U1 universal
remote hands-on
Ben Bowers (Engadget)
Submitted at 1/8/2011 6:06:00 PM
Trade shows obviously aren't the
best environment for evaluating a
universal remote, but we couldn't
resist taking Sony's RMN-U1
HomeShare IR / WiFi controller
for a quick test drive here at the
CES. Physically the device is
surprisingly light and has a decent
screen resolution. Clicking the
home menu displays icons for
every system component as well
as an activities button for
accessing online music services
like Slacker, playing tracks from a
networked Blu-ray player / iPhone
/ iPod, or even sending media
files between DLNA-networked
devices. If a BRAVIA TV is
connected to the system, users can
select the particular input they'd
like to hear audio from or cue a
movie. Once a track is playing,
the screen will display the song's
album art and metadata along
with playlists. Overall the RMN-
U1 looks pretty capable at
managing music -- though it's a
bit menu heavy. It also seems
fairly expensive considering what
else is available at its $300 price
point, but then again, we're not
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aware of another IR universal
remote that's compatible with
Sony's WiFi HomeSharing. Check
out our gallery below for more
shots of the interface and you may
even spy photos of the rest of the
new HomeShare line too.
Gallery: Sony HomeShare RMN-
U1 universal remote hands-on
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