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Here's Everything You Need To Know About Who's Exposed

In Europe
Gregory White (Business about their Greek exposure. exposure to the public debt of to the non-bank private sector.
Insider) Orange: Public Sector Greece, Ireland, Portugal, and Source: Bank for International
Submitted at 6/14/2010 10:35:00 AM Green: Banking Sector Spain. Settlements
Yellow: Non-bank private UK banks have$230 billion in French Banking Exposure
Europe has serious problems sector exposure to Ireland's private Image: corsac French banks
going on behind the scenes in its White: Other Exposures sector. have$106 billion in exposure to
banking sector, and those Source: Bank for International Banks in the UK also have$140 the public sectors of Greece,
problems are directly connected Settlements billion in exposure to Spain's Ireland, Portugal, and Spain.
to bank exposure levels. The UK has the most serious private sector. French banks have sovereign
The exposures in question are problem with Irish debt. Orange: Green: Banking Sector Source: Bank for International debt exposure of$48 billion to
close to home: Portugal, Ireland, Public Sector Yellow: Non-bank private Settlements Spain,$31 billion to Greece,
Greece, and Spain. Green: Banking Sector sector German Banking Exposure and$21 billion to Portugal.
The Bank for International Yellow: Non-bank private White: Other Exposures German banks have$68 billion French banks have$493 billion
Settlements has a breakdown of sector Source: Bank for International in exposure to the public sectors in exposure to the private
the worsening credit market White: Other Exposures Settlements of Greece, Ireland, Portugal, and sectors of Greece, Ireland,
conditions in Europe, and the Source: Bank for International Japanese Bank Exposure Spain. Portugal, and Spain.
countries whose banks are at the Settlements Japan's banks have$22 billion in German banks have sovereign French banks have$248 billion
center of the storm. Spreads Spain's economy is awkwardly exposure to the public debt of debt exposure of$33 billion to in exposure to the private sector
g e t t i n g d a n g e r o u s l y w i d e linked with its fellow debtor, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain,$23 billion to Greece, of Spain alone.
against the U.S. Source: Bank Portugal. Orange: Public Sector Spain. and$10 billion to Portugal. Source: Bank for International
for International Settlements Green: Banking Sector Source: Bank for International German banks have$465 billion Settlements
Still lagging behind the worst Yellow: Non-bank private Settlements in exposure to the private Now check out why we're not
stress levels of the crisis, though sector Spanish Bank Exposure sectors of Greece, Ireland, destined for a double dip.
growing rapidly. Source: Bank White: Other Exposures Spanish banks have$110 billion Portugal, and Spain. Deutsche Bank doesn't think so
for International Settlements Source: Bank for International in exposure to the private sector German banks have exposure >
Italy has seen a surprising Settlements of Portugal. of$202 billion to the private Join the conversation about this
i n c r e a s e i n C D S v o l u m e . Exposure to Spain is enormous Source: Bank for International sector of Spain alone. story
Source: Bank for International across Europe, and outside in Settlements German banks have$177 billion
Settlements the U.S. and Japan. Orange: UK Banking Exposure The in exposure to Ireland's overall
French banks need to worry Public Sector UK's banks have$23 billion in private sector, and$126 billion
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India's Booming Economy Shows No Signs Of Slowing

Oilprice.com (Business Mumbaim in this article from Index in April.
Insider) the India Economic Times. The rapid acceleration in the
Submitted at 6/14/2010 10:42:27 AM Indian stocks and the rupee world's second-fastest growing
strengthened immediately after major economy after China is
India's economy grew at its the data, while the benchmark boosting consumer demand far
fastest pace in six months in the bond yield rose 2 basis points ahead of what can be met by
quarter through March 2010, from before the release. The existing supply capacity.
fueled mainly by government expansion in the March quarter Analysts expect monetary
and consumer spending, which was driven by government policy tightening along the year,
i s e x p e c t e d t o a l l o w spending, manufacturing and as the RBI moves to cool
p o l i c y m a k e r s t o f o c u s o n services. demand through rate hikes until
anchoring inflation that is Revival of growth in farm firms crank up their potential
hovering near 10 percent. output after a contraction in the output.
The 8.6 percent expansion in quarter ago underscored the The central bank has already
the fourth quarter of the fiscal broad-based recovery in Asia's lifted rates twice by a total of 50
year 2009/10 was broadly in third-largest economy. basis points since March and has
line with a median forecast of The arrival of fresh crops not ruled out an off-cycle rate
8.7 percent in a Reuters poll, helped agriculture grow by 0.2 rise either. This macro-level
and lifted the annual average p e r c e n t , h a v i n g d r o p p e d growth is, not surprisingly, also
growth rate for the full fiscal significantly in the previous Mukherjee on Monday said in India, rose 9.59 percent in
showing up on the per capita
year to a slightly better-than- quarter of 2009-10 due to a growth would top this estimate. April from a year earlier amid
level as well, which is
expected 7.4 percent. Among other high growth the government officials claim
poor monsoon. denominated in Rupees or Rs.
India's economy had grown 6.7 The farm sector, which forms sectors during the quarter were that headline inflation had
Forty thousand Indian rupees -
percent in 2008/09, and the Jan- n e a r l y 1 7 p e r c e n t o f t h e hotels and transport services peaked.
40,000 Rs - is equivalent to
March 2009/10 growth rate economy but is dependent on which grew by 12.4 percent, Headline inflation numbers
approximately 860 in US
matches the revised data for the monsoon rains, is expected to do w h i l e f i n a n c i a l s e r v i c e s have been consistently higher
dollars. The per capita income
second quarter of 2009/10. including insurance grew by 7.9 than the official forecasts.
well in 2011 as the weather grew by 10.5 per cent to Rs
The data is unlikely to evoke office has predicted a normal percent. The wholesale price inflation
44,345 in 2009-10 against Rs
any immediate and aggressive monsoon for the country, as Prime Minister Manmohan vaulted above the RBI's end-
40,141 in the year-ago period,
policy response from the central farm output grew an annual 0.7 Singh last week said an annual March 2010 inflation forecast
according to the government
bank as concerns on Europe's percent helped by a good winter economic growth rate of 10 of 8.5 percent in January and
data reported in another article
debt crisis are expected to keep harvest. percent is needed in the medium crossed the 10-percent mark in
in India's Economic Times.
its policy on hold for now. term to address the problems of February.
Manufacturing output grew The per capita income was
"It would be important to note 16.3 percent on year in the poverty and malnutrition. Even Although food price inflation
slightly higher than Rs 43,749
that this release is a backward quarter as consumers bought a s S i n g h a i m s f o r h i g h has eased from its peak of 20
as calculated by the Central
looking number and our sense is more cars and other goods. economic growth, inflation and percent in December, it is still
Statistical Organisation (CSO)
that policy makers would The government expects the the high level of debt have come above 16 percent.
in its advance estimates for
remain considerate of the economy to grow 8.5 percent in to haunt his government and Rising cost pressures are also
FY10. However, per capita
external developments and any the current fiscal year that appears to be undermining its dragging down the pace of
income grew by 5.6 per cent
associated downside risk to started on April 1 on the support base, as we at Economy m a n u f a c t u r i n g g r o w t h , a s
last fiscal year if calculated on
overall growth," said Anubhuti prospects of a better farm Watch have noted. evidenced by a second-straight
the basis of 2004-05 prices,
Sahay, an economist with output and a global recovery, Wholesale prices, the most monthly decline in the HSBC
closely watched inflation gauge Markit Purchasing Managers' INDIA'S page 6
Standard Chartered Bank in and Finance Minister Pranab
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This Week in New York Tech: June 14
Charlie O'Donnell (Business
Insider)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 10:32:19 AM
I don't know about you, but I'm
pretty tired of Follow Friday.
It's spammy, impersonal, and
totally passive. "Hey everyone,
regardless of who you are or
what you do, follow these
people. Don't actually interact
with them in any way!" It's
garbage.
Instead, I'd like to make today,
and every Monday, "Awesome
Intro Monday". Hashtag:
#awesomeintromonday Here's
how it works... it's quite simple.
Just introduce two awesome
people that you know that a)
you're pretty sure have never
met and b) that you think would
actually be a somewhat relevant
or interesting intro. This way,
you're personalizing it and
you're instigating actual
interaction--hopefully in person.
Just write "I'd like to introduce
@[insert one awesome person
here] to @[insert second
awesome person here] because
they're both pretty awesome.
#awesomeintromonday."
It's just that simple, now you
try.
Monday, June 14th Internet
Week Grand Finale, brought to
you by DataRockit Try as I
may, but I can't find any ticket
Business/ 3
links to the Webbys or the Gala We promise it's totally legit.
afterparty... so I guess they're RSVP: http://www.nextny.org/
sold out or you have to be Online-Marketing-School
special. As an alternative, these Friday, June 18th 8:30AM
guys are hosting a one hour DUMBO Tech Breakfast
open bar. That makes the plan Meetup Everybody grabs some
for tonight: 1) Get hammered at food (you have to pay for your
DataRockit party. 2) Buy a own, sorry), grabs a seat, and
boombox. 3) Stand outside the talks tech. There's no particular
Webby Awards blasting "In focus other than meeting some
Your Eyes" until that Elsasser new people hand having some
girl agrees to go out with you or interesting conversations. You
the cops come. RSVP: http:// don't even need to be a hipster
internetweekgrandfinale.eventbr to go! RSVP: http://
ite.com/ Tuesday, June 15th www.meetup.com/DUMBO-
6:30PM Tech Founders NYC Tech-Breakfast/calendar/
Looking for a technical co- 13719108/ 9PM Alpha One
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you are--sitting there with your activities like "Make a bot
source, downloadable media he's looking for and give your
MBA diploma and your bright Monday", "Soder Sundays" and
center software is changing the best short pitch intro. We
idea--just waiting for the right "Replicant Night" (Ok, so I
way consumers experience swear that's his real name, too. I
hacker to come along and make made that last one up), Alpha
media. Lead Apps Developer think it would be better if he
you boat rich and Digg famous. One Labs aims to provide a safe,
and Community Evangelist Rob had a name that related to VC,
Well, stuff those dreams in a clean space for users of all ages
Spectre will discuss Boxee's though... like Bill Deposit, or
sack, buddy, because now and interests to work on projects
open source heritage, hacker Cap Table.
you've got to pitch for your together. Dust off your
culture, and open API as well as R S V P : h t t p : / /
code and your idea better be neglected projects and power
answer your questions and eroundtable27.eventbrite.com/
awesome, and you need to through the night to finish them
unload T-shirts a-plenty. T- 6 : 3 0 P M n e x t N Y O n l i n e
convice this tech crowd that with us! The event starts at 9:00
shirts! OH YEAH! [Enter Kool Marketing School Session #2 -
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Aid guy] RSVP: http://nylug.org SEO/SEM Experts from the
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/pipermail/nylug-talk/2010-June s e a r c h m a r k e t i n g a n d
through, get in touch with these hack-a-thon.eventbrite.com/
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folks and get your pitch queued Join the conversation about this
17th 6:15PM Entrepreneurs walking through best practices
up for next time! Info: http:// story
Roundtable 27 - Chip Hazard for getting your website indexed
techfoundersnyc.eventbrite.com/
C h i p H a z a r d w o r k s f o r and ranked by search engines
Wednesday, June 16th 6:30PM
Flybridge Capital Partners, so if a n d h o w t o r u n k e y w o r d
NYLUG Presents: Rob Spectre
you're in the market for funding, campaigns. Hmm...this sounds
on Open Source Television with
drop in and learn about what kind of spammy, doesn't it?
Boxee Boxee's free, open
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Afghanistan's Potential Billions in Lithium: Why It's Important
Kit Eaton (Fast Company)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 10:53:05 AM
This weekend rare and fabulous
news came from Afghanistan
that trillion-dollar mineral
deposits have been discovered.
Chief among the riches is
lithium, an element central to
the most popular type of
rechargable batteries used today.
But what exactly is lithium and
how do the batteries work?
Lithium the element
Lithium, properly discovered in
1817, is a an alkali metal in the
same family as sodium and it's
actually a soft metal under
normal conditions--you can cut
it with a knife. It's also the least
dense solid element and the
lightest metal, meaning it can
actually float on water, but it's
incredibly reactive and
flammable in air and water so it
has to be stored beneath a sticky
oil in laboratory environments.
Lithium has multiple uses in the
modern world, including as a
mood-stabilizing drug, but its
first serious industrial use was
during the second World War as
part of high-temperature
lubricants that were perfect for
use in aircraft engines. The U.S.
was the world leader in lithium
production from this era until
the 1980s when vast South
American deposits began to
dominate.
The metal's high reactivity
means it's not found in nature as
a pure metal, instead being
found as a chemical compound--
although it's pretty rare, and is
just the 25th most abundant
chemical element in the Earth's
crust. It's often extracted
electrolytically from a lithium
chloride/potassium chloride
mix.
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Lithium batteries
Batteries based on lithium
technology are the most popular
rechargeable batteries at the
moment. This is because they're
light, reliable, they don't lose
charge quickly if not used, and
they have no memory effect (the
degradation in performance seen
after many charge-discharge
cycles that plagued NiCAD
batteries before lithium took
over).
Inside a battery there's typically
a carbon anode, a metallic oxide
cathode and the lithium present
is dissolved in an organic
solvent. When you apply a
charging current through the
battery, Li+ lithium ions
physically move through the
battery to the negative electrode
from the positive one, becoming
embedded in the porous material
there. When you then put the
battery into your electronic gear
the ions slowly make their way
out of the electrode and drift
through the battery to the
positive electrode, resulting in a
flow of current through the
battery and thus powering your
gadget.
Simple, isn't it? The only trick
is that the batteries need a few
physical, chemical and electrical
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protections built in so that they
keep working under normal
circumstances and so that they
don't explode if they
malfunction (by getting too hot,
for example). Failures in these
systems explain the occasional
headline you've seen about
people being hurt by failing cell
phones, but in reality these
accidents are extremely rare.
Technology that may displace
lithium batteries
The Afghanistan government
will suffer from little previous
expertise in mining operations
on a commercial mega-scale,
and limitations from zero
existing infrastructure. But if it's
to capitalize on the vast cash
potential in its lithium deposits
it needs to move relatively
quickly. Lithium battery tech is
so promising it's not going to go
anywhere soon, and our gadgets
will certainly rely on Li-ion
technology for many years yet.
But there are several
technologies en route that may
eventually displace it from
being the power source of
choice.
Alternative battery tech--Much
research is going on to try to
improve rechargeable battery
technology. One seriously
viable alternative, already on the
market in small numbers is
nickel-zinc. The chemistry of
their design means they offer
slightly higher voltages than can
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Get Your Submissions in for Our Father's Day Contest!
Cliff Kuang (Fast Company)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 11:13:10 AM
The deadline is 24 hours away--
but already, we've been amazed
at the quality of your entries.
Last week, we announced our
Father's Day contest, a
storytelling competition. We
asked you to provide a song that
always reminds you of your
father, and why--with the best
story, as selected by us, winning
a pair of Ceramic Speakers by
Joey Roth.
Your responses have been
nothing short of tremendous,
and a pleasure to read--a
mixture of comedy and memory
and sentiment that we're
honored to host on our site.
A number of people have
touched on songs that revealed
something about their fathers
they would have never seen
otherwise, like this entry from
Amy Brearley: After punching
in my CSNY tape into the car
radio in high school, my dad
listened for a moment and said
"this song always reminds me of
being in Vietnam." I stopped
whatever I was doing because,
up to that point, I'd never heard
him mention being in the war.
"When that happened in Kent
State, I wondered why I'd want
to go home to a country that
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could do that. I remember
listening to this song and
thinking that, when my tour
was up, asking your mother to
meet me in Australia so I didn't
have to go back." He's a great
dad, but that was the most open
he'd ever been, and I still
remember that feeling 20 years
later.
There's been some stories
tinged with inevitable regret,
like this one from Jake Peters:
Ever since I could remember my
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father has tried to be "father of
the year" because he grew up
without a father. His father died
when he was very young. But i
was a kid and could care less
what my father was to me or
why he was around. To me he
was just that authority figure
always telling me what to do
and how to do it. As I got older I
finally told him to leave me
alone. And he did. He stopped
going to my games. He
stopped giving me instructions.
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He stopped being "Dad". I have
since moved away and have
now become a Dad myself. Man
I wish I could strangle that kid
that said, "Dad just leave me
alone". I realize now that he
was the best thing that ever
happened to me. I miss my Dad
and wish i had those years
back.For this I think of the song
by Cat Stevens, Father And
Son. It is a true representation of
a father and son relationship.
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of Jason Cowell: This has to be
the oddest of all. The song that
reminds me of my Dad is also
the first real song I can
remember when I was about six
was, believe it or not, "Stayin'
Alive" by the Bee Gees. My
brother got a brand new, high
tech tape cassette player (the
little silver and black recorders
with the lever buttons) which
was revolutionary at the time
and one day my parents were
having a party with their friends
over and one of their friends
had the soundtrack (cassette) for
the number one movie out
"Saturday Night Fever". next
thing I know there are a bunch
of old people dancing around
my house to a what I know must
have been an acoustic travesty.
30 years later I'm visiting my
parents, we're in the car and
"Stayin' Alive" comes on the
radio. My Dad starts bobbing
(he's 71) around and says:
"Remember this song? We used
to really 'jig it up' to his one."
NEVER can I hear that song
without thinking of my Dad.
Thank you so much to everyone
that's taken the time to share.
And don't forget, you still have
a shade under 24 hours to share
your story here.
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INDIA'S
Now Everyone's Cutting Their Google Estimates - continued from page 2

which some argue is a better

- No Wonder The Stock Has Tanked (GOOG) method of comparison because
it broadly factors in inflation.
Henry Blodget (Business Channel Check #3: comScore Per capita income (at 2004-05
Insider) qSearch Market Share Trends prices) stood at Rs 33,588 in
Submitted at 6/14/2010 10:38:00 AM Per our 6/10 note, GOOGs FY10 against Rs 31,821 in the
share of U.S. Queries reached previous year, according to
It wasn't long ago that analysts an all time high of 66.4% in estimates of national income
were murmuring that Google's May, when adjusting out for released today.
stock (GOOG) was about to be a contextual/slideshow searches. The size of the economy rose to
big winner again. Not anymore. Reiterate Buy & Top Pick, Rs 62,31,171 crore in the last
Now everyone's cutting their With PT Reduced From $640 to fiscal year, up 11.8 per cent
Google estimates. $630 We maintain our 20X over Rs 55,74,449 crore in
Yes, most of the cuts are target P/E multiple on our 4% FY09.
blamed on the strengthening reduced Non-GAAP 2011 EPS For those who aren't Indian, a
dollar, which will cut into of $31.30. Our $630 PT implies crore, often abbreviated cr, is a
Google's foreign profits. But approximately 30% upside. We unit in the Indian numbering
there's also the not-exactly- continue to believe that a non- system equal to ten million /
stunning recovery of the core U K I n t e r n a t i o n a l M a c r o 10,000,000 / 107. It is widely
business and the complete dud r e c o v e r y a n d a m a t e r i a l used in Bangladesh, India,
known as the Nexus One. contribution from GOOGs new Nepal, and Pakistan. Large
Google still needs to find that revenue initiatives will over the money amounts in India are
Trends are at least In-Line. 2010 spend growth, consistent
big second revenue stream. next 1-3 quarters NOT 1-3 often written in the form "Rs 23
Until it does, the stock will Channel Check #1: Takeaways with our GOOG estimates. years likely combine for a cr", that is, 23,00,00,000 rupees
likely be stuck in the mud. From Proprietary Quarterly Channel Check #2: CPC
Breakout Quarter. (230,000,000 in Western
SEM Call On 6/11, we hosted Datapoints Organic CPC (Cost
Here's Mark Mahaney of Citi: Join the conversation about this n o t a t i o n ) .
Lowering Estimates On FX our Q2 SEM call with leading Per Click) trends, which were story This is guest post comes from
We have lowered our 2010 Net firms Covario, SearchIgnite, negative in Q1, appear to have See Also: David Caploe, PhD of
Revenue ests by 2% to $20.5B E f f i c i e n t F r o n t i e r , a n d reversed and are positive in Q2, Google TV Is A Bigger Deal E c o n o m y W a t c h . c o m .
& our 2010 Non-GAAP EPS by Clickable. Our takeaway is that with particular growth in the Than You Think Join the conversation about this
3% to $27.41 due to a material G O O G s c o r e S e a r c h b i z Retail & Travel verticals. THE GOOGLE INVESTOR: story
change in our FX assumptions c o n t i n u e s t o s e e a n Specifically, Efficient Frontier The New iPhone Won't Stop
(sig. Euro weakness), and to a improvement vs. H2:09 levels. is tracking high single digit+ % Android
lesser extent, to reduced Nexus Our checks are seeing solid Q/ Q/Q growth through May. FX
One unit sales ests. We have Q Q2 Search spend growth, w/ headwinds will dampen CPC
made similar reductions to Q2 the Travel, Retail, and Finance moves, but our 1% Q/Q CPC
and 2011 ests. Channel Checks verticals as strong. Also, the assumption seems highly
suggest, however, that Core Biz SEMs are looking for 14%-20% reasonable.

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iFive: Obama Pushes BP for Fund, Twitter
Startup Advice From "City Slickers": Weddings, ChatRoulette's Genital-Sensing Tech,
Apple Search and TV, Dead-Tree in Profit
Do One Thing Really Well Addy Dugdale (Fast
Company)
Napster founder Shawn
Tim Berry (Business Insider) strategy and strategic focus. It the stories of three startups from Fanning.
Submitted at 6/14/2010 10:37:00 AM calls up lots of related business the latest roundtable.) Submitted at 6/14/2010 9:50:16 AM 3. With this tweet, I thee wed.
buzzwords, like positioning, and Tim Berry is president and This Saturday, in Mobile,
Raise your hands now, how differentiation. You cant do founder of Palo Alto Software, While American soccer fans Alabama, the first Twitter-based
many remember that scene in everything well, so you have to founder of bplans.com, and a co toast their 1-1 win over England wedding will take place. It's
City Slickers? And, just in case do the right things well. -founder of Borland on Saturday night, innovation between Sara and Paul, a couple
you dont, I found it only 32 And whats the right thing? International. This post was didn't really care, because it was who run the Daily Shite website,
seconds long on YouTube ( Thats what you have to figure originally published at his blog, inventing a new ballgame to be and the invitation urges guests
click here for YouTube source out for your business. Its Bplans.com, and is republished played in a new ballpark. With to " share the celebration as they
page): different for every business. here with permission. four-legged hairdroids. merge their lifestreams and the
The grizzled old cowboy What is it for yours? Join the conversation about this 1. In advance of his meeting contents of their hard drives
(played by Jack Palace) tells the Can you survive on focusing on story with British Petroleum--sorry, forever." Most looked forward
newbie character (Billy Crystal) that one thing? Can you grow See Also: BP--execs on Wednesday, to will be the 140-character
the secret to life is that way? Or is that a failure to "You're Not A Real Obama is working out just how address from the official, no
Grizzled cowboy: One thing. diversify? Good questions all, Entrepreneur" to make BP pay. The President, doubt.
Just one thing. You stick to that and, like the grizzled old Why Every Startup Should who calls the spill nature's 9/11, 4. A week after Steve's keynote
and everything else dont mean cowboy says, thats what you Make A Business MODEL will be addressing the American at the WWDC, and the official
sh*t. have to figure out. Before Wasting Time On A nation from the Oval Office iPhone 4 announcement, some
Newbie: Thats great, but, (With a tip of the hat to Sramana Business PLAN tomorrow, and one wonders things are becoming clearer. The
whats the one thing? Mitra who posted Startup The 4 Key Elements Of A whether he'll have an answer to iMovie app will only work on
Grizzled cowboy: Thats what Strategy Roundtable: Do One Massively Scalable Startup the question on most people's Apple's latest phone, and not the
you gotta figure out. Thing Really Well last week on lips: Just how long will it take to iPad. Venture Capitalist Stewart
Fast forward to startups and Read/Write Webs startup halt the flow of oil from the Alsop had some things to say
small business, and its called channel. In that post, she retells leak? about the future of search on
2. While the media buzz around Apple: It's all about Siri--and it
AFGHANISTAN'S Andrey Ternovskiy's will all be about Apple TV,
continued from page 4
ChatRoulette site may have according to Alsop.
be gained from Li-ion, they're of butane every now and then to abated somewhat, it's still 5. Memo to dead-tree press
non-toxic and claim to have the power it. mighty popular. Just not as barons: Turn your newspaper
most recyclable components of To keep up with this news, popular as before--the reason for into a freebie and you'll coin it
any battery. follow me, Kit Eaton, on this being the amount of willy- in via advertising. London's
Fuel cells--We hear lots about Twitter. That QR code on the waving on the site. But the Evening Standard has done just
fuel cells in terms of electric left will take your smartphone to teenage founder may have an that and is close to making a
vehicle design, but portable fuel my Twitter feed too. answer to this: penis-sensing profit, reports PaidContent.
cells for gadgets already exist. software, and the wise head of
The plan is to minimize the size
so that eventually your cell
phone may need just a tiny puff
8 Business/ Food/ E-reader News Edition

Will New Video-Game

Technology Help
Microsoft?
Steven Mallas
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 10:30:00 AM

Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT),

Activision Inc (ATVI),
Technology, Nintendo
(NTDOY) According to various
reports, Microsoft ( MSFT) more units in the short term

YouTube and Guggenheim Hook Up should be announcing a new

hands-free, motion sensing
gaming controller called Kinect
once it eventually hits the
market, I'm not certain it will
have any long-term appeal. Plus,
on Biennale Video Art at the Electronic Entertainment
Expo (abbreviated as E3). When
you don't invest in Microsoft
solely for its video-game
Addy Dugdale (Fast are no limitations on content-- "Much of this is driven by the thinking of motion controlled division.
Company) from documentaries, to stop- growth of sites like YouTube technology most of us would Continue reading Will New
Submitted at 6/14/2010 9:50:42 AM motion, animation and music and the democratization of immediately think of Nintendo ( Video-Game Technology Help
videos--in short, just about production. There's a huge NTDOY) Wii and its body- Microsoft?
I n t h e w o r l d o f s t r a n g e a n y t h i n g t h a t w i l l f i l l a creative community online [and] controlled technology, which is Will New Video-Game
bedfellows, YouTube and the YouTube screen, and the 20 we're hoping this project will meant to capture some of the Technology Help Microsoft?
Guggenheim would surely be finalists will be shown at the help bubble things up to the mindshare from the console originally appeared on
the couple most likely to take Guggenheim in New York, as surface." favored by the casual player. BloggingStocks on Mon, 14 Jun
the cake. Yet the museum has well as its outposts in Berlin, The intro video has been made Is Microsoft's attempt too little 2010 10:30:00 EST. Please see
turned to the video-hosting site Bilbao and Venice. by Johnny Kelly, a former too late? Will its motion-sensing our terms for use of feeds.
to source its creative talent for [youtube Bpb4CdgL-wU] J e r w o o d M o v i n g I m a g e help boost the prospects for the Permalink| Email this|
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video art, with YouTube Play. marketing manager, Ed Sanders, Vimeo page here--and you can buy shares of Microsoft based Nintendo- Microsoft-
[youtube Y6a3T6O4SQU] admits that the shack-up is see how it was made below. on this news. While it could Electronic Entertainment Expo-
The two institutions, alongside "slightly unusual on paper", but Final day for submitting entries indeed help the Xbox 360 sell Video game- Xbox
collaborator HP, are hoping to is adamant that the website is is July 31.
"elevate the debate" about what partially behind the recent [youtube BGY5gWIa9A0]
people can do with video. There explosion in creative video.

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Microsoft unveils
Clean Harbors (CLH): Onyx Pharmaceuticals Kinect at Cirque-
Cleaning Up in the and Bayer Drug Trial esque event (photos)
(CNET News.com)
Gulf? Fails Submitted at 6/14/2010 9:09:58 AM

Steven Halpern to come. Mark Fightmaster in patients with newly Microsoft unveiled its
(BloggingStocks) "Clean Harbors is a well-run (BloggingStocks) diagnosed non-small cell lung controller-free video game
Submitted at 6/14/2010 10:00:00 AM company that was founded by Submitted at 6/14/2010 9:30:00 AM cancer. Non-small cell lung system Kinect on Sunday night
current CEO Alan Kim in 1980 cancer comprises roughly 85% in Los Angeles, un-officially
Filed under: Newsletters, Oil, as a four-man outt dedicated to Filed under: Before the Bell to 90% of diagnosed lung kicking off the Electronic
S t o c k s t o B u y , G r e e n cleaning out oil tanks. Last Bayer and O n y x cancers. Nexavar is already used Entertainment Expo, one of the
Stocks"The clean up from the month, the company sent a Pharmaceuticals ( ONXX) to treat kidney and liver cancer. world's largest annual gaming
BP oil spill will be involved, phalanx of employees to begin announced Monday morning Continue reading Onyx conventions.
costly and very long; one cleanup efforts in the Gulf. that a Phase III study of lung Pharmaceuticals and Bayer Photo by James Martin/CNET
company involved is Clean Continue reading Clean cancer treatment Nexavar did Drug Trial Fails Five Filters featured article:
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suspect the company will
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Microsoft's Project Natal Controller to be Called "Kinect"

Curt Hopkins (ReadWriteWeb) be called Kinect. Kinectimals, an animal-raising occurring this evening in
The news came from an Italian
Submitted at 6/13/2010 10:23:00 PM apparently been redacted. game; Joyride, a racing game; conjunction, somehow, with the
ad for the product that was Sponsor Kinect Sports; Kinect Cirque du Soleil.
Update: It's official. pushed out by Atlas, an ad Joystiq also announced a list of Adventures, a rafting game; More on the Seattle PI's
Joystiq reported today that agency owned by Microsoft. the games that will come out MTV Games' Dance Central. Microsoft Blog.
Microsoft's motion-capture The news was originally broken with the dynamic gaming Disney and Star Wars-character Discuss
camera and gaming controller, on USA Today's Game Hunters system. They include games are in development.
code-named Project Natal will blog in a post which has since Project Natal's unveiling is
10 Business/ Technology/ Featured/ E-reader News Edition

Strong Dollar Leads to

Lower Game Sales for
THQ
Mark Fightmaster
(BloggingStocks) Microsoft's E3 2010
Submitted at 6/14/2010 11:00:00 AM keynote is today at
Filed under: Forecasts, THQ
10:30AM PT / 1:30PM
Inc. (THQI) ET
Infographic of the Day: Early Monday morning, video-
game manufacturer THQ (
THQI) announced that a
Ross Miller (Engadget)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 10:58:00 AM

The Physics of Oil stronger U.S. dollar and lower-

than-expected sales of UFC were for 31 cents per share with
A scene from our E3 2009
liveblog We can't promise a
revenue of $913.4 million.
Spills Undisputed have caused the
company to lower its first-
quarter and full-year revenue
Continue reading Strong Dollar
Leads to Lower Game Sales for
Cirque de Soleil performance on
par with last night's Kinect
debut, but we're guessing
Cliff Kuang (Fast Company) initial spillage. THQ
Submitted at 6/14/2010 9:55:47 AM Up top, to the right, you can see forecast. Strong Dollar Leads to Lower
Microsoft's got another trick or
the various processes affecting The company now believes it Game Sales for THQ originally
two up its sleeve for today's E3
How the ocean absorbs and the spilled oil, and the layers of will report full-year net sales in appeared on BloggingStocks on
2010 keynote event -- and as
spreads the oil streaming into it. ocean at which they take place. a range of $845 million to $865 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:00:00
you should've already guessed,
The oil streaming into the gulf To the left of that chart, you can million, along with managing to EST. Please see our terms for
we'll be there liveblogging until
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full sentient mutiny. Keep your
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eyes glued to this URL here, the
You hear some of these mixes with the water, occurs in with earnings between 25 cents 2009 Undisputed
fun starts at 10:30AM PT /
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r e p o r t s - - t h i n g s s u c h b i o - degradation happens in the span As for analysts, expectations Microsoft's E3 2010 keynote is
today at 10:30AM PT / 1:30PM
degradation and oxidation. But of months and years after.
they've never been explained as The chart also has detailed
Next CSS question ET originally appeared on
e l e g a n t l y a s i n t h e s e graphs illustrating each process. (Scripting News) problem before. Engadget on Mon, 14 Jun 2010
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The design, obviously, is a bit Bio degradation: both after making the change, t e r m s f o r u s e o f f e e d s .
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U.S. discovers $1 trillion Afghan

mineral deposits: report
$1 Trillion in Mineral (Reuters: Top News)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 7:15:11 AM
interview at the weekend.
"There are lots of ifs, of course,
estimated 1.8 billion tons of
high-quality iron ore in the
Deposits Discovered in SINGAPORE(Reuters) -
Afghanistan could be holding $1
but I think potentially it is
hugely significant."
remote mountainous region of
Hajigak is expected to open for
An internal Pentagon memo international bidding this year.
Afghanistan trillion of untapped mineral
deposits including critical
said Afghanistan could become
the "Saudi Arabia of lithium,"
Firms from India and China are
eyeing the contract, which the
Connie Madon mineral deposits would make i n d u s t r i a l m e t a l s s u c h a s the New York Times said. Afghan mines ministry says is
(BloggingStocks) them a major world producer. lithium, the New York Times Lithium is a key raw material in the largest unmined iron deposit
Submitted at 6/14/2010 11:30:00 AM Already China has invested $4 r e p o r t e d , q u o t i n g U . S . the manufacture of batteries for in Asia.
billion to develop the Aynak g o v e r n m e n t o f f i c i a l s . laptops and other electronics According to the U.S. study, the
Filed under: Market Matters, copper mine. Other players World such as mobile telephones. biggest deposits discovered so
Commodities would include Russia and India. The previously unknown Afghanistan does not have any far are of iron and copper and
From Iraq oil to Afghanistan Continue reading$1 Trillion in deposits of iron, copper, cobalt mining industry or the quantities are large enough
minerals. A Pentagon team and Mineral Deposits Discovered in and gold are so huge that it infrastructure, so it will take to make Afghanistan a major
U.S. geologists discovered Afghanistan could transform the decades for the country to world producer.
mineral deposits valued upwards $1 Trillion in Mineral Deposits impoverished nation into one of exploit its mineral wealth fully, Other finds include large
of $1 trillion dollars. Deposits of Discovered in Afghanistan the world's important mining the paper quoted U.S. officials deposits of niobium, a soft metal
iron, copper, cobalt, gold and o r i g i n a l l y a p p e a r e d o n centers, the report on the as saying. used in producing
lithium are scattered throughout BloggingStocks on Mon, 14 Jun newspaper's website said. ( The report about the country's superconducting steel, rare earth
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Pakistan. This is the area where P e r m a l i n k | E m a i l t h i s | by a team of Pentagon officials regional players such as China, Afghanistan.
the Taliban strongholds are C o m m e n t s and U.S. geologists, is scattered India and even Russia for a (Reporting by Sanjeev Miglani;
located. Afghanistan- United States- t h r o u g h o u t t h e c o u n t r y greater role in exploiting those Editing by Paul Tait)
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Moring Edition: Project Natal is now Kinect

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12 Top News/
Feds under pressure to open US skies to drones (AP)
(Yahoo! News: Most Viewed)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 9:01:49 AM
WASHINGTON Unmanned
aircraft have proved their
usefulness and reliability in the
war zones of Afghanistan and
Iraq. Now the pressure's on to
allow them in the skies over the
United States.
The Federal Aviation
Administration has been asked
to issue flying rights for a range
of pilotless planes to carry out
civilian and law-enforcement
functions but has been hesitant
to act. Officials are worried that
they might plow into airliners,
cargo planes and corporate jets
that zoom around at high
altitudes, or helicopters and hot
air balloons that fly as low as a
few hundred feet off the ground.
On top of that, these pilotless
aircraft come in a variety of
sizes. Some are as big as a small
airliner, others the size of a
backpack. The tiniest are small
enough to fly through a house
window.
The obvious risks have not
deterred the civilian demand for
pilotless planes. Tornado
researchers want to send them
into storms to gather data.
Energy companies want to use
them to monitor pipelines. State
police hope to send them up to
capture images of speeding cars'
license plates. Local police
envision using them to track
fleeing suspects.
Like many robots, the planes
have advantages over humans
for jobs that are dirty, dangerous
or dull. And the planes often
cost less than piloted aircraft
and can stay aloft far longer.
"There is a tremendous pressure
and need to fly unmanned
aircraft in (civilian) airspace,"
Hank Krakowski, FAA's head of
air traffic operations, told
European aviation officials
recently. "We are having
constant conversations and
discussions, particularly with
the Department of Defense and
the Department of Homeland
Security, to figure out how we
can do this safely with all these
different sizes of vehicles."
There are two types of
unmanned planes: Drones,
which are automated planes
programmed to fly a particular
mission, and aircraft that are
remotely controlled by someone
on the ground, sometimes from
thousands of miles away.
Last year, the FAA promised
defense officials it would have a
plan this year. The agency,
which has worked on this issue
since 2006, has reams of safety
regulations that govern every
aspect of civilian aviation but is
just beginning to write
regulations for unmanned
aircraft.
"I think industry and some of
the operators are frustrated that
we're not moving fast enough,
but safety is first," Krakowski
said in an interview. "This isn't
Afghanistan. This isn't Iraq.
This is a part of the world that
has a lot of light airplanes flying
around, a lot of business jets."
One major concern is the
prospect of lost communication
between unmanned aircraft and
the operators who remotely
control them. Another is a lack
of firm separation of aircraft at
lower altitudes, away from
major cities and airports. Planes
entering these areas are not
required to have collision
warning systems or even
transponders. Simply being able
to see another plane and take
action is the chief means of
preventing accidents.
The Predator B, already in use
for border patrol, can fly for 20
hours without refueling,
compared with a helicopter's
average flight time of just over
two hours. Homeland Security
wants to expand their use along
the borders of Mexico and
Canada, and along coastlines for
spotting smugglers of drugs and
illegal aliens. The Coast Guard
wants to use them for search and
rescue.
The National Transportation
Safety Board held a forum in
2008 on safety concerns
associated with pilotless aircraft
after a Predator crashed in
Arizona. The board concluded
the ground operator remotely
controlling the plane had
inadvertently cut off the plane's
fuel.
Texas officials, including Gov.
Rick Perry, Sens. Kay Bailey
Hutchison and John Cornyn,
and Rep. Henry Cuellar, have
been leaning on the FAA to
approve requests to use
unmanned aircraft along the
Texas-Mexico border. FAA
recently approved one request to
use the planes along the border
near El Paso, but another
request to use them along the
Texas Gulf Coast and near
Brownsville is still pending.
Homeland Security Secretary
Janet Napolitano has told
lawmakers that safety concerns
are behind the delays. Cornyn is
blocking a Senate confirmation
vote on President Barack
Obama's nominee for the No. 2
FAA job, Michael Huerta, to
keep the pressure on.
Other lawmakers want an
overall plan to speed up use of
the planes beyond the border. A
bill approved by the Senate
gives FAA a year to come up
with a plan; a House version
extends the deadline until Sept.
30, 2013, but directs the
transportation secretary to give
unmanned aircraft permission to
fly before the plan is complete,
if that can be done safely.
Marion Blakey, a former FAA
administrator and president of
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the Aerospace Industries
Association, whose members
include unmanned aircraft
developers, said the agency has
been granting approvals on a
case by case basis but the pace
is picking up. She
acknowledged that there are still
safety concerns that need to be
addressed before the planes can
be used more widely.
Some concerns will be
alleviated when the FAA moves
from a radar-based air traffic
control system to one based on
GPS technology. Then, every
aircraft will be able to advise
controllers and other aircraft of
their location continually.
However, that's a decade off.
Michael Barr, a University of
Southern California aviation
safety instructor, said the matter
should not be rushed.
"All it takes is one catastrophe,"
Barr said. "They'll investigate,
find they didn't do it correctly,
there'll be an outcry and it will
set them back years."
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Administration http://
www.faa.gov
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Afghans: US finds mineral riches in Afghanistan (AP)

(Yahoo! News: Most Viewed) 1950s and 1985 but much was "There are a lot of ifs, of course, 1980s. Promising results led to a too dangerous because of
Submitted at 6/14/2010 9:08:05 AM hidden and protected by Afghan but I think potentially it is more sophisticated study the Taliban activity.
scientists "during the hugely significant." next year. Charles Kernot, a mining
KABUL, Afghanistan U.S. intermittent conflict over the Geologists have known for Then last year, a Pentagon task analyst with Evolution
geologists have discovered vast next two decades." decades that Afghanistan force that had created business Securities Ltd. in London, said it
mineral wealth in Afghanistan, The New York Times reported contained substantial mineral development programs in Iraq typically takes three to five
possibly amounting to $1 t h e $ 1 t r i l l i o n f i g u r e i n resources, including copper, arrived in Afghanistan and years to get a lithium mining
t r i l l i o n , P r e s i d e n t H a m i d Monday's edition and quoted gold and cobalt. But the closely analyzed the geologists' operation up and running.
K a r z a i ' s s p o k e s m a n s a i d senior American officials as resources have never been fully findings. U.S. mining experts Factors include how close the
Monday. saying untapped mineral exploited because of decades of were brought in to validate the deposit is to power sources and
Waheed Omar told reporters the deposits in Afghanistan are far armed conflict and poor survey's conclusions, and top other infrastructure and the size
findings were made by the U.S. beyond any previously known infrastructure. The Times said U.S. and Afghan officials were of the deposit.
G e o l o g i c a l S u r v e y u n d e r reserves and were enough to huge lithium deposits were briefed. And large lithium deposits may
c o n t r a c t t o t h e A f g h a n fundamentally alter the Afghan found in Ghazni province "I think it's very, very big news not mean an automatic windfall
government. economy and perhaps the much of which is effectively for the people of Afghanistan given competition and the
"The result of the survey ... has Afghan war itself. under Taliban control. and that we hope will bring the uncertainty of the market.
shown that Afghanistan has Americans discovered nearly During a visit last month to Afghan people together for a "Bolivia wants to expand its
mineral resources worth $1 $1 trillion in untapped mineral Washington, Karzai said his cause that will benefit lithium mining operations
trillion," Omar said. "This is not d e p o s i t s i n A f g h a n i s t a n , nation's untapped mineral everyone," Karzai's spokesman, dramatically over the next few
an overall survey of all minerals including iron, copper, cobalt, deposits could be even higher Omar, said. "This is an years so there is a risk of
in Afghanistan. Whatever has gold and critical industrial perhaps as much as $3 trillion. economic interest that will oversupply if demand from
been found in this survey is metals like lithium, according to The mineral resources are a benefit all Afghans and will electric cars does not meet
worth $1 trillion." the report. The Times quoted a "massive opportunity," Karzai benefit Afghanistan in the long expectations," Kernot said.
Omar refused to provide Pentagon memo as saying said at a May 13 event with run." Five Filters featured article:
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A 2007 report by the USGS here," the newspaper quoted in 2006, using data that had rare earth elements and large
said most of the data on Gen. David H. Petraeus, been collected by Soviet mining gold deposits in Pashtun areas of
Afghanistan's mineral resources commander of the United States experts during the Soviet southern Afghanistan, the report
was produced between the early Central Command as saying. occupation of Afghanistan in the said. Many of those areas are

Hate To Say It, But The TED Spread Is Surging Right Now
Joe Weisenthal (The Money risk is back on and all that, but market confidence.
Game) we feel compelled to point out According to Bloomberg, now
Submitted at 6/14/2010 10:10:02 AM that the TED spread, that key closing in on 49.
measure of bank health, is on signifying an ongoing lack of Join the conversation about this
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14 Top News/ Technology/ E-reader News Edition

Papers Reveal Kagan's Thoughts on Partial-Birth

Abortion, Religious Freedom
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| Society) this decision poses to RFRAs the life or preserve the health of some 80,000 pages of e-mails -
Submitted at 6/13/2010 2:33:49 PM guarantee of religious freedom a woman. 11,000 pages of which were
in the State of California, I think "An intact D&X, however, may written by Kagan.
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law does not impose a the American College of Clinton's library has been youngest justice. originally appeared on Engadget
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1 remains missing after Ark. flash floods kill 19
(AP)
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LANGLEY, Ark. Leslie and
Adam Jez packed their camper
and set off with their 3-year-old
for Arkansas' Albert Pike
Recreation Area, as they had
many times before. But instead
of starting their vacation Friday,
they met up with family at the
campsite a day earlier a
decision that proved fatal.
Flash floods pushed a torrent of
water through their campsite on
the edge of the Ouachita
National Forest before dawn,
killing at least 19 people
including Leslie and her mother,
Sherry Wade. Adam survived,
and authorities said Monday
morning that his son, Kaden,
was confirmed dead.
State police said one other
person was still missing, and
search teams resumed their
work Monday morning.
"(Kaden's) only vocabulary
when it wasn't 'mama' and
'daddy' consisted of tractors and
horses," Leslie's grandfather,
former Arkansas legislator
Charles " Bubba" Wade, said
Sunday. "I can just see her
holding the baby" during the
flood, Wade said of his
granddaughter, his words
choked with grief.
No one has been found alive
since Friday. The last two
bodies recovered one
Saturday and the other Sunday
were found among the
tangled piles of tents, trees,
children's toys and clothing in
the rugged, heavily wooded
terrain along the Little Missouri
River.
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Wade said camping trips and
the outdoors were commonplace
for his large family. His children
and grandchildren went to Boy
and Girl Scout events in the
Albert Pike Recreation Area,
and Kaden and Leslie rode
horses and rounded up cattle
together.
"Little Kaden had been up here
on my 81st birthday, sitting on
my lap with cowboy boots on,"
said Wade, who spent 18 years
as a state lawmaker and
introduced the legislation that
created the nearby Millwood
State Park.
Adam Jez, an electrician, and
his wife, a college student,
decided to begin their camping
trip early because he had to
work Saturday. The floods
descended on their campsite
only a few hours after they
arrived.
Floodwaters rose as swiftly as 8
feet per hour, pouring through
the remote valley with such
force that they peeled asphalt
from roads. Cabins along the
river banks were severely
damaged, and mobile homes
were tossed on their sides.
Forecasters had warned of the
approaching danger in the area
during the night, but campers
could easily have missed the
advisories because the area is
isolated.
"It was a real tragedy for our
family and for everyone else
who chose that spot," Wade
said. "I'm just speechless."
Fifty miles of river and
tributaries have been combed at
least twice by search crews,
some places three or four times,
said Forest Service Incident
Commander Mike Quesinberry.
But the terrain has made it
impossible to bring in heavy
equipment to unlock some of the
piles. One measured 30 feet
high and more than 100 feet
long, he said.
"This is an area that's so rugged,
there's so much debris ... you
can't get to it," said Arkansas
State Police Capt. Mike
Fletcher.
But he said there are no plans to
end the search.
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"We'll continue the search as
long as we feel there may be
someone in there," he said.
Wade didn't blame anyone for
the tragedy, calling it "an act of
God." But he said there should
be a better way of informing
campers of such danger, perhaps
through an electronic warning
system.
"Gosh darn, I know everyone
regrets the loss, but everything
can be improved upon," he said.
"There can be a better warning
system, whether it's three in the
morning or three in the
afternoon."
Among many families of the
missing and dead, the stages of
grief played out over the
weekend, as heartache turned to
anger.
"Today, it's mostly the question
of 'why?' and trying to
understand," said local pastor
Ted DeWeese. "Everything that
was a help yesterday is an
intrusion today."
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DESPITE dominating the
headlines for more than a
month, there is little agreement
about the size of the Deepwater
Horizon spill. One of the teams
in the government taskforce has
put the latest estimate at
between 20,000 and 40,000
barrels a day, up from an earlier
range of 12,000 to 19,000.
Discounting the 149,000 barrels
captured by BP's cap, even at
the low end of the new range,
the leak would be one of the
largest accidental spills ever (the
various wells uncorked by the
first Gulf War were far bigger).
Barack Obama will increase
pressure on BP on Tuesday
when he speaks about the clean-
up from the Oval Office. BP, for
its part, is searching for a truce
with the American government
that will involve it paying
billions of dollars in
compensation.
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Moscow-led force may act to quell Kyrgyz clashes

(Reuters: Top News) not specify the measures. BITTER RECRIMINATIONS "There are no more crowds in in peacekeepers alone. Moscow
Submitted at 6/14/2010 10:23:10 AM The CSTO comprises Russia, Thousands of ethnic Uzbeks the streets. We have resolved it sent at least 150 paratroopers on
Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, have fled to the nearby border by our popular methods," he Sunday to protect its own
OSH Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) - A Kyrgyztan, Tajikistan and with Uzbekistan or sought said by telephone from military facilities, servicemen
Moscow-led security group said Uzbekistan. refuge in local villages to escape Jalalabad. and members of their families.
on Monday it would consider The latest clashes are the worst the deadly fighting. Many said But he said many houses, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki
sending a military force to ethnic violence in southern they were being targeted by including that of local Uzbek -moon said he was alarmed by
southern Kyrgyzstan to quell Kyrgyzstan since 1990, when Kyrgyz gangs in a "genocide" leader Kadyrzhan Batyrov, were the scale of the clashes and
ethnic clashes that have killed at then-Kremlin leader Mikhail backed by local police and still on fire. ordered a special envoy to travel
l e a s t 1 2 4 p e o p l e i n t h e Gorbachev sent Soviet troops troops. Uzbeks who fled Jalalabad to the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek,
impoverished Central Asian into Osh after hundreds of "Crowds of Kyrgyz are roaming accused authorities appointed by his office said in a statement.
state. people were killed in a dispute around. They set our homes on the interim government of The Red Cross said on Sunday
World| Russia| Kyrgyzstan that started over land ownership. fire and kill Uzbeks right in participating in the killings. the humanitarian situation in
The clashes between Kyrgyz The turmoil has fueled concern their houses," ethnic Uzbek "Their slogan is 'Kyrgyzstan for southern Kyrgyzstan was
and Uzbek residents in the cities in Russia, the United States and Muhammed Askerov, a the Kyrgyz', and officials and becoming "critical."
of Osh and Jalalabad began late neighbor China. Washington Jalalabad businessman, told police act hand-in-glove with Bread had been delivered to
on Thursday and escalated over uses an air base at Manas in the Reuters by telephone from an them," Askerov said. "But our some residents of Osh, who
the weekend. Witnesses said north of the ex-Soviet state, undisclosed village. ancestors were born here. Where were fearing starvation after
gangs with automatic rifles, iron about 300 km (190 miles) from Some ethnic Kyrgyz retort by should we go?" grocery stores burned to the
bars and machetes set fire to O s h , t o s u p p l y f o r c e s i n blaming the bloodshed on Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan ground, a Reuters reporter said.
h o u s e s a n d s h o t f l e e i n g Afghanistan. Russia also has an Uzbeks or criminal gangs vying intertwine in the Fergana Ethnic Uzbeks trapped in one
residents. air base. for influence in the region. Valley. While Uzbeks make up neighbourhood of Osh gathered
The Moscow-led security bloc Kyrgyzstan's interim "The people who are talking 14.5 percent of the Kyrgyz to share stockpiled food.
of ex-Soviet republics, known as government, which assumed about genocide are the same population, the two groups are The interim government has
the Collective Security Treaty p o w e r a f t e r p r e s i d e n t people who started this war," roughly equal in the Osh and sent two planes, each loaded
Organization (CSTO), met on K u r m a n b e k B a k i y e v w a s Khimiya Suyerkulova, an ethnic Jalalabad regions. with 50 tonnes of food, clothing
Monday to discuss the situation o v e r t h r o w n i n A p r i l , h a s Kyrgyz U.N. volunteer living in The ethnic violence raises the and medical supplies, to the
in the Central Asian state. accused supporters of the ousted Osh, said by telephone. risk of a civil war or even a full- south. Residents of northern
"The CSTO has at its disposal leader of stoking ethnic conflict "We have relatives who are blown conflict between Kyrgyzstan have donated
everything needed to act in such -- an allegation Bakiyev denied Uzbeks. We have friends. We Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. If humanitarian supplies and some
situations, including a peace- in a statement on Sunday. live in the same houses," she the interim government loses residents are giving blood in
keeping contingent ... collective The interim government, led by said. She added that aid sacks of control, Kyrgyzstan could Bishkek.
r a p i d r e a c t i o n f o r c e s a n d Roza Otunbayeva, said on flour and potatoes had been disintegrate and cease to exist as (Additional reporting by Olga
collective rapid deployment Monday that authorities in delivered to feed residents who a single independent country. Dzyubenko and Dmitry
forces of the Central Asian Jalalabad had arrested a "well- had feared starvation, as shops HUMANITARIAN Solovyov in Bishkek and Robin
region," Russian media quoted known person" on suspicion of had been burned to the ground. SITUATION "CRITICAL" Paxton in Almaty, writing by
C S T O S e c r e t a r y G e n e r a l fomenting the riots. Azimbek Beknazarov, deputy The interim government has Robin Paxton and Dmitry
Nikolai Bordyuzha as saying. Kubatbek Baibolov, head of Kyrgyzstan's interim been unable to gain full control Solovyov; Editing by Noah
"But one should think it over commandant in Jalalabad, said government, said the situation in of the country's south, separated Barkin)
well before using these means, in televised comments: "This is Jalalabad had stabilised on from the north by mountains. Five Filters featured article:
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Obama and BP set for oil-spill showdown

(Reuters: Top News) and his Oval office speech to its efforts to capture more crude. paid by UK companies. said.
Submitted at 6/14/2010 9:50:11 AM show that he is on top of the Obama will press BP Chairman BP EXECS IN CONGRESS OBAMA HEADS TO GULF
crisis. Carl-Henric Svanberg at their BP executives will likely face With the crisis nearing the two-
W A S H I N G T O N / For its part, BP hopes to stop first meeting on Wednesday to renewed pressure from month mark, Obama makes his
LONDON(Reuters) - President the slide in the company's share set up an independently lawmakers to suspend or scrap fourth trip to the Gulf on
Barack Obama embarked on a price, which has sunk under a managed fund to pay damage the dividend when they testify at Monday, visiting Alabama,
new visit to the Gulf of Mexico barrage of criticism from the claims by individuals and this week's congressional Mississippi and Florida for the
on Monday, two days ahead of a Obama administration over its businesses hurt by the oil spill committee hearings. first time.
crucial showdown with top BP handling of the cleanup of the disaster. Representatives of BP, Exxon He will stay overnight in the
executives over the worst spill and threats that it may face Gulf Coast residents have been Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, region on Monday and return to
environmental disaster in U.S. greater liabilities. complaining for weeks that the Chevron and ConocoPhillips are Washington on Tuesday and
history. The company has lost over 40 BP claims process was too slow due to testify on Capitol Hill on make a nationally televised
U.S.| Politics| Green Business| percent of its market value since and that the money the company Tuesday, while BP CEO Tony address at 8 p.m. EDT. The
Gulf Oil Spill the crisis began. BP's U.S.-listed was paying out was too little to Hayward will make his first address will be broadcast from
The oil giant's ever-growing shares fell almost 7 percent in make ends meet. appearance at a congressional the Oval office, a setting that
cleanup bill from the oil spill early trading in New York. Senate Democrats have written hearing on Thursday. was meant to underscore the
piled more pressure on its shares Millions of gallons of oil have to BP urging it to make a $20 Hayward, the public face of gravity of the crisis, U.S. media
on Monday which were down gushed into the Gulf since an billion initial deposit to such a BP's response to the spill and a commentators said.
almost 9 percent in early April 20 explosion on an fund as a good-faith showing lightning rod for criticism that Oysterman Marko Dekovic,
afternoon trading in London. offshore rig killed 11 workers that they will not shirk their the company played down the who has been unable to fish for
In what is expected to be a and ruptured a deep-sea well. responsibility. scale of the disaster to reduce its three weeks, said fishermen in
pivotal week in the 56-day-old The spill has soiled some 120 Some dealers said the potential liabilities, is expected southern Louisiana feel caught
spill, lawmakers are due to grill miles of U.S. coastline and establishment of such a fund to face harsh questioning from in the middle between BP and
BP executives at hearings on imperiled a multi-billion dollar could help draw a line under the lawmakers. the Obama administration.
Tuesday and Thursday, while fishing industry. crisis but others fear it could The oil giant faced damaging "Just fix the problem," 24-year
the president makes a two-day BP placed a containment cap on equate to giving the U.S. criticism from an unexpected old Dekovic said. "Everything
visit to the Gulf coast and its blown-out seabed well this administration a blank check quarter on Monday, as depends on oysters. If you don't
address the nation. month after a series of failures BP's board meets on Monday Chevron's chief executive said make any money on that you
Obama has seen the massive to stem the flow, but oil and while the dividend is in an interview with the Wall lose your house and everything
spill hijack his ambitious continues to gush. expected to be discussed, no Street Journal that the April 20 else."
political agenda, pushing job It said on Monday its decision is likely to be made this accident was "preventable". A (Additional reporting by Jeffrey
creation and Wall Street reform c o n t a i n m e n t c a p c a p t u r e d week, a spokeswoman said. deputy said if BP had used best Jones in Louisiana, Tom Bergin,
to the backburner. Both are key 15,200 barrels of crude on A source told Reuters on practice in the well design the Adrian Croft and Julie Crust in
i s s u e s i n N o v e m b e r Sunday bringing the total since Sunday BP was not planning to accident would not have London and Caren Bohan in
congressional elections in which it was installed June 3 to scrap the dividend, currently happened. Washington; Writing by Tom
Obama's fellow Democrats are 134,500 barrels. valued at about $10.5 billion The newspaper said the Bergin and Ross Colvin; Editing
expected to face a tough fight to The Obama administration says annually but was considering message was likely to be echoed by Philip Barbara and Erica
hold on to their majorities. the partly contained leak is deferring it, paying it in shares by other executives at the Billingham)
Facing intense criticism that he likely leaking about 35,000 or paying into a ring-fenced Tuesday hearing. Five Filters featured article:
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BP executives on Wednesday show how it planned to step up for 12 percent of all dividends Societe Generale in London
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Israel sets up inquiry into deadly Gaza ship raid

(Reuters: Top News) Netanyahu had consulted are arch-adversaries. Israel ship. The United States has called the
Submitted at 6/14/2010 9:45:17 AM extensively on the issue with the accuses Iran of supplying Instead, it will examine whether situation in the Gaza Strip
United States, which welcomed weapons to Hamas. Iran denies the Gaza blockade and the unsustainable, and moves by
J E R U S A L E M ( R e u t e r s ) - the Israeli inquiry. He did not it. flotilla's interception conformed Netanyahu to revise the
Israel's cabinet approved on appear to be in any political UNANIMOUS DECISION with international law and also embargo could help to ensure
Monday an Israeli inquiry into a danger from a government- Netanyahu's cabinet voted investigate the actions taken by him a warmer White House
deadly raid on a Gaza aid appointed inquiry with a narrow unanimously to set up the the convoy's organizers and welcome during a visit he hopes
f l o t i l l a , r e s p o n d i n g t o mandate. commission headed by a retired participants, the statement said. to make later this month.
international demands for "I believe the cabinet's decision Israeli Supreme Court judge, The commission will publish a Washington, caught in a
impartiality by putting two this morning to set up this Jacob Turkel, the prime report, but it was not balancing act between Israel and
foreign observers on the panel. independent public commission minister's office said. immediately clear when it Turkey, two key U.S. allies in
World will make clear to the entire It will include two other Israelis would issue findings. It will the Middle East, voiced
The decision coincided with world that Israel acts lawfully, -- an international law expert have the power to decide which confidence that Israel would
g r o w i n g s i g n s t h a t P r i m e transparently and with full and a former general -- and two of its sessions to open to the conduct a fair investigation.
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responsibility," Netanyahu told non-voting foreign observers: public. Turkey has withdrawn its
w a s p o i s e d , u n d e r w o r l d reporters. David Trimble, a Northern "Israel's one-sided inquiry is not ambassador from Israel,
pressure, to ease the flow of Israel said its marines acted in Ireland politician and Nobel valuable to us. We want a canceled joint military
goods into the Israeli-blockaded self-defense in opening fire after Peace Prize winner, and commission to be set up under exercises, and called for the
Gaza Strip, home to 1.5 million a boarding party on the Turkish- Canadian jurist Ken Watkin. the direct control of (the) United blockade to end.
Palestinians and run by Hamas flagged Mavi Marmara was "I can confirm that I have been Nations," Turkish Foreign Netanyahu has said soldiers and
Islamists. attacked by activists wielding approached and I am happy to Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told officers who took part in or
Middle East envoy Tony Blair clubs and knives. do it," Trimble said in London a news conference in Ankara. planned the operation would not
said he hoped Israel would But the bloodshed during the in a telephone interview. In Luxembourg to brief EU testify before the commission.
begin softening the blockade raid to stop a six-ship aid flotilla "I am not going to discuss or foreign ministers on the The panel would be able to use
within days. from breaking the blockade make any public comment about humanitarian situation in the testimony given to a separate
Angered by the killing by raised an international outcry the issues at stake because I Gaza Strip, Blair spoke about military board reviewing
Israeli commandos of nine and pressure on Israel to lift an have to come at the issues from possible Israeli moves to loosen operational details of the raid.
Turkish pro-Palestinian activists embargo that it says is necessary an objective point of view," the blockade. (Additional reporting by Simon
on May 31, Turkey said Israel's to limit arms smuggling to Trimble said. "In respect of the closure policy, Cameron-Moore in Istanbul,
investigation would be biased Hamas. The panel's mandate, as I hope very much in the next Rabinovitch in Jerusalem and
and reiterated demands for a In what will be seen as a stipulated in a statement on days we will get the in-principle Caren Bohan in Washington,
U.N.-controlled probe. Hamas provocative challenge by Israel, Sunday, did not include an commitment that we require, but Dublin bureau; Editing by Mark
spoke of an Israeli cover-up. Iran is sending aid ships to examination of the Netanyahu then also steps beginning to be Heinrich)
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Riot police break up World Cup pay protest This weeks E3 Expo in Los
Angeles will bring an avalanche
(World News from Times riot police charged a large group world football, is 1,500 rand committee and some of the of details about the hottest new
Online) of stewards who gathered in a (133). s t a t i c s e c u r i t y s t e w a r d s videogames of the next 12
Submitted at 6/14/2010 7:46:19 AM parking lot under the stadium, We left our homes at seven in employed by the company at the months. Heres an advance
firing stun grenades - which the morning and now it is nearly match, Mr Mkhondo said in a glimpse of the games thatll be
R e a d S i m o n B a r n e s o n create a loud bang but no 1 oclock, said Vincent Mkize, statement. on show.
Capello's mistakes and live physical damage - to drive them one of the protesters. In the dry Police were called on to Above: Final Fantasy: The 4
coverage of the World Cup out of the stadium precinct. run, they didnt want to tell us disperse the protesting stewards. Heroes of Light
latest at The Times's new About 300 of the how much we would get. This happened, however, long Sometimes, the old way is the
website demonstrators, wearing green They were supposed to give us after all spectators had left the better way. Gamers who long
South African riot police fired and orange jackets and carrying 1,500, thats what Fifa told us, stadium after the match and the for the days when enemies
tear gas, rubber bullets and stun rocks and bricks, carried on and they gave us 190. We are i n c i d e n t h a d n o i m p a c t ambushed you from out of
grenades last night to break up their protests in nearby streets, working from 12 oclock until whatsoever on the match day nowhere will be well served by
a protest by hundreds of World where they were surrounded by now, said another protester, security operations. this new, retro-styled Final
Cup stewards angered at an police and subdued with teargas. who ran away from police The organising committee will Fantasy for the Nintendo DS.
apparent pay cut. The police then separated the before he could give his name. engage with its stadium security Released in Japan last year, its
The stewards had been on protesters into male and female Fifa declined to comment on provider to avoid a repeat of the developed by Matrix, the team
security duty at Durbans groups and made them sit on the violence but Rich Mkhondo, situation during the course of that handled the Final Fantasy
futuristic new Moses Mabhida the ground before allowing them head of communications for the the tournament. III and IV remakes for the
stadium when 60,000 fans to disperse peacefully. local World Cup organising It was not clear whether the Nintendo DS. These guys know
watched Germany beat Australia Many of the stewards carried committee, said the protest did stewards will return to work old-school, perhaps a bit too
4-0 in the most high-scoring the small brown envelopes in not have any impact on security despite the pay cut. much: When Chris got his hands
match of the tournament so far. which they had been given their at the match or any spectators. Five Filters featured article: on the game last year he found it
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Israel promises to ease its three year blockade of Gaza
(World News from Times
Online)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 8:27:33 AM
Read more on the Turkish aid
flotilla deaths at The Times's
new website
Tony Blair announced today
that Israel would agree to re-
open crossings into Gaza for
everyday goods within days,
bringing to an end its strict
three-year crackdown on
supplies.
The Middle East envoy said
that Binyamin Netanyahu,
Israeli Prime Minister, had
agreed in principle to change its
current approach deemed
illegal today by the
International Committee for the
Red Cross (ICRC) by
drawing up a list of specifically
prohibited items to replace the
current narrow list of permitted
goods.
Mr Blair also welcomed Mr
Netanyahus announcement last
night of an inquiry into its
bloody storming last month of
an aid flotilla.
Israel has appointed Lord
Trimble, the former First
Minister of Northern Ireland, as
one of two international
observers to its inquiry being
held by a senior Israeli judge.
The Times understands that Mr
Blair recommended Lord
Trimble for the role.
Mr Blair this morning briefed
EU foreign ministers on Israels
shifting policy towards Gaza in
the wake of the flotilla raid on
May 31 which left nine Turkish
men dead.
The 27 foreign ministers are
still considering their official
reaction to the proposed
inquiry, with some countries
favouring a more independent
probe than that announced by
Israel.
The issue of the inquiry
continues to be an issue of
strong political debate...but the
Israeli inquiry is obviously a
significant step forward, said
Mr Blair as he left the meeting
in Luxembourg.
In respect of the closure policy,
I hope very much that in the
next days we will get the in-
principle commitment that we
require, but then also the steps
beginning to be taken.
Some of these issues, drawing
up the negative list, that will
take some time. But we hope
very much we can start getting
stuff into Gaza.
There are also a whole series of
UN projects which are ready to
go. The UN has a specific way
of getting material in - we are
talking about repairing schools,
the electricity, water, sanitation,
housing, we can get that under
way very quickly I believe.
Mr Blair added: I hope
that...while Israel will maintain
the blockade in respect of
weapons and combat material
coming into Gaza, we change
the situation so that those goods
that are necessary for ordinary
civilian life are brought into
Gaza as a matter of course.
In other words, we change
from the so-called permitted list
of items where things only
come in if they on that list, to
the prohibited list where goods
come in unless they are on that
list. This is a significant
change.
One EU diplomat said that,
while no final decisions had
been made, there were positive
indications that Israel might be
willing to open either the Karni
or the Kerem Shalom border
crossings for large-scale imports
into Gaza. The diplomat said
Israel rejected a proposal for
cargo to be delivered by ships
checked in a third location such
as Cyprus.
Israels blockade policy, which
began shortly after Hamas won
Palestinian legislative elections
in 2006, was greatly increased
after Hamas seized control of
Gaza in June 2007.
A retired Israeli supreme court
judge, Yaakov Turkel, will chair
the inquiry to investigate
aspects related to the actions
taken by the state of Israel to
prevent vessels reaching the
coast of Gaza on May 31, the
office of Mr Netanyahu said
yesterday. The Israeli Cabinet
will be asked to approve the
special independent public
commission today.
Lord Trimble, who won the
Nobel Peace Prize for his role in
striking the Good Friday
agreement, will be one of two
foreign observers, the other
being Ken Watkin, a former
chief prosecutor of the Canadian
armed forces and retired
brigadier general.
Turkey and others have
demanded an independent
international inquiry, without
Israeli involvement, while the
Obama Administration has
pushed for Israel to include
foreigners in its own
investigation.
The US ambassador to the UN,
Susan Rice, said yesterday that
while the United States
believed that Israel could
conduct a credible and
impartial investigation, an
international component
would buttress its credibility in
the eyes of the international
community.
Jeremy Hobbs, Executive
Director of Oxfam International,
said a major overhaul was
needed in the embargo policy,
not just allowing in a few extra
basics. In the days following
the flotilla tragedy, Israel has
allowed in an increased number
of food items such as coriander,
jam, biscuits and other sweets.
While this is certainly
welcomed, what Gaza needs
most are jobs, raw materials for
reconstruction and for industry,
and the ability to export not
just short-term aid and
consumer products like jam that,
without a job, they cant afford
to buy, he said.
E-reader News Edition
The civilian population has
been kept just above the bar of a
humanitarian crisis. It is
trapped in a crisis of dignity that
the international community
must help resolve.
Much of Gazas buildings and
infrastructure, already run-down
after years of blockade,
collapsed during Israels month-
long offensive in December
2008 to stamp out militant
rocket fire from the enclave.
After the war, the international
community pledged billions of
dollars in reconstruction aid,
but the money was never spent
because Israel refused to allow
any building material to enter,
saying it could be used by
Hamas for fortifications.
Critics have called the Israeli
closure a collective punishment
against all Gazas civilian
population, even an ongoing act
of economic warfare to crush
Hamas. For the first time today,
the ICRC, a neutral organisation
that works in some of the most
sensitive conflicts in the world,
labelled the Israeli blockade
illegal.
The whole of Gazas civilian
population is being punished for
acts for which they bear no
responsibility. The closure
therefore constitutes a collective
punishment imposed in clear
violation of Israels obligations
under international
humanitarian law, the ICRC
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200 killed in ethnic fighting in Kyrgyzstan
(World News from Times
Online)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 6:20:50 AM
China sends plane to rescue its
nationals
The death toll from ethnic
fighting in Kyrgyzstan jumped
dramatically today when an
Uzbek community leader said
that at least 200 people had been
killed.
Government figures have put
the number of dead at 117 with
more than 1.500 injured after
three days of clashes between
ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbek
groups in the south of the
country. But Jallahitdin
Jalilatdinov, who heads
Kyrgyzstans Uzbek National
Centre, said that 200 Uzbeks
have been buried so far.
The majority of those involved
in the fighting that erupted late
on Thursday are Muslim and
burials traditionally take place
within 24 hours of a death. The
scale of the slaughter in the
cities of Osh and Jalalabad was
gradually becoming apparent
today.
Terrified women and children
hid in basements as Uzbek men
with makeshift weapons kept
nervous guard against
marauding Kyrgyz
gangs.Witnesses said that the
streets of Uzbek districts of Osh
were littered with bodies, many
of them charred from fires that
raged through homes and
businesses.
Residents told an AFP reporter
that mobs had killed 30 people
on one street alone. Video film
showed bodies being piled into
shared graves, with bullet
wounds on dozens of corpses.
There are at least 1,000 dead
here in Osh. We have not been
able to register them because
they turn us away at the hospital
and say it is only for Kyrgyz,
Isamidin Kudbidunov, 27, said.
Uzbek residents accused
Kyrgyz government troops of
siding with rioters against them
during the violence that has
swept this strategically vital
Central Asian state. Dildor
Dzhumabayev, 38, said people
were shot from armoured
personnel carriers that cleared
the way for mobs on the streets.
First tanks came; behind them
were people without uniforms.
They cleared the road for them
and they attacked us shooting up
the street, he said.
Tens of thousands have fled
towards the nearby border with
Uzbekistan to escape the
killings. Officials in Uzbekistan
say that as many as 75,000 may
have already crossed its border
to seek protection.
China will today send a plane to
Kyrgyzstan to repatriate
nationals caught in the ethnic
slaughter.It is not at all clear
how the riots will progress so
the embassy is making every
effort to protect Chinese
citizens lives and belongings,
a foreign ministry spokesman
told Chinas Beijing News. The
announcement from a Chinese
foreign ministry spokesman
came as Russia flew troops to
Kyrgyzstan to reinforce security
at its military base near
Bishkek.
Sporadic gunfire continued
through the night and fresh fires
raged in the south of the
country early today as the
countrys worst ethnic violence
in 20 years showed no signs of
abating.
As the Kyrgyz authorities
ordered police and soldiers to
shoot to kill rioters, in an effort
to end the conflict, Moscow sent
as many as 650 paratroopers to
ensure the security of Russian
servicemen and their families.
The Kremlin has, so far,
rejected an appeal by
Kyrgyzstans interim
Government to send troops to
the southern regions of Osh and
Jalalabad, where more than 100
people have died and up to
1,700 have been wounded in
three days of clashes between
Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbek
groups.
However, the size of the
protection force fuelled
speculation that a meeting later
today of a Nato-style security
alliance for former Soviet states
could authorise a Russian-led
peacekeeping mission to
intervene and head off a
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possible civil war. The
Collective Security Treaty
Organisation includes
Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan,
which announced yesterday that
more than 75,000 refugees had
crossed its border to escape the
violence.
Uzbekistan said that it had set
up temporary camps for them in
border villages. The Red Cross
warned of a humanitarian crisis
that was getting worse by the
hour. Much of Osh, a city of
250,000, has been destroyed by
fire and looting after Kyrgyz
gangs ransacked Uzbek
neighbourhoods. Witnesses
reported that women and
children were shot as they tried
to flee and that bodies littered
the citys streets and many of its
destroyed buildings. They are
killing Uzbeks like animals.
Almost the whole city is in
flames, said Dilmurad Ishanov,
an Uzbek human rights worker
in Osh.
New fires raged across the city
today as survivors reported that
food and water had become
scarce. Armed looters smashed
stores, stealing anything from
televisions to food.
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said.
It also called for Hamas to
allow it access to the Israeli
soldier it has been holding
captive for four years,
something the Islamists have so
far refused.
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Israels internal inquiry into Gaza Stay.com: A Killer Domain

ship attack rejected by Turkey For A Social Travel Planner
(World News from Times
Online)
Minister, said. To have a
defendant acting simultaneously
ties with Ankara, a powerful
regional player and a member of
With Some Potential
Robin Wauters (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 9:40:17 AM as both prosecutor and judge is Nato.
Submitted at 6/14/2010 10:01:46 AM
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Israel has agreed to set up an p r i n c i p l e o f l a w . announced a separate military
i n t e r n a l c o m m i s s i o n t o Turkey and the United Nations EuropaReiser is today
investigation into the botched
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attention to its three-year Stay.com also handily
humanitarian aid convoy that high-seas bloodbath that took that lets people plan their travels
blockade of the Gaza Strip, integrates content from a range
w a s b o a r d e d b y I s r a e l i place after Israeli commandos and share those plans with
declared a hostile entity by the of travel information providers:
commandos two weeks ago, stormed the Turkish passenger others.
Knesset in 2007 after a bloody TripAdvisor for ratings and
officials said. Of course, there are lots of
ferry Mavi Marmara, where they takeover by Hamas, which had reviews, and TopTable and
The inquiry panel will include were beaten by Turkish activists websites and applications one
fallen out with the mainstream OpenTable for easy restaurant
two international observers, armed with metal clubs and can use to find out what to do
Palestinian movement, Fatah, reservations, just to name a few.
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over a power-sharing The startup promises much
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E-reader News Edition Technology/ 23

Obama, BP set for oil spill showdown

(CNET News.com) Tuesday hearing. lost over 40 percent of its spill but also at Obama's drilling
Submitted at 6/14/2010 8:58:51 AM "If they say that, it would market value since the crisis moratorium because many
definitely be damaging for BP," began. families have members who
Barack Obama and top BP Evgeny Solovyov, analyst at April 20 offshore rig blast killed BP's board meets Monday and work in oil and others who fish.
e x e c u t i v e s a r e s e t f o r a Societe Generale in London 11 workers and blew out the while the dividend--which U.S. The disaster comes ahead of
showdown over the Gulf of said. well. politicians have called on the November's congressional
Mexico oil spill this week, as In a photo from June 4, Obama also will call for an company to cancel--is expected elections in which Democrats
the likely damages bill piles President Obama meets in New independent panel to administer to be discussed, no decision is are expected to struggle to keep
more pressure on the oil giant's Orleans for an update on efforts compensation payments and to likely to be made this week, a majorities in the House of
shares. to combat and clean up after the ensure cash is disbursed in a spokeswoman said. Representatives and Senate.
With America's largest-ever Deepwater Horizon oil rig timely fashion when he meets A source told Reuters on BP placed a containment cap on
environmental disaster nearing disaster.(Credit: Official White Svanberg and other BP officials S u n d a y t h a t B P w a s n o t its blown-out seabed well this
t h e t w o - m o n t h m a r k , t h e House Photo by Pete Souza) a t t h e W h i t e H o u s e o n planning to scrap the dividend, month after a series of failures
p r e s i d e n t w i l l p r e s s B P The crisis enters its 56th day on Wednesday. currently valued at about $10.5 to stem the flow but oil
Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg Monday as Obama makes his Senate Democrats have written b i l l i o n a n n u a l l y b u t w a s continues to gush.
a t t h e i r f i r s t m e e t i n g o n fourth trip to the Gulf--visiting to BP urging it to make a $20 considering deferring it, paying Allen said the partly contained
Wednesday to set up an escrow Alabama, Mississippi, and billion initial deposit to such a it in shares or paying into a ring- leak was likely leaking about
account to pay damage claims Florida for the first time since fund as a good-faith showing fenced account for investors. 35,000 barrels (1.47 million
by individuals and businesses the well blew out. that they will not shirk their The stock dividend is a big deal gallons/5.57 million liters) a
hurt by the oil spill disaster. He will stay overnight in the responsibility. in Britain because BP accounts day.
BP executives will also be region on Monday and return to BP declined to comment on the for 12 percent of all dividends BP expects its cost for the clean
grilled by U.S. lawmakers at Washington on Tuesday and proposals to create an arms- paid by U.K. companies. -up to be $3 billion to $6 billion.
c o n g r e s s i o n a l c o m m i t t e e make a nationally televised length oil spill damages fund. Oysterman Marko Dekovic, Many analysts expect a higher
h e a r i n g s o n T u e s d a y a n d address at 5 p.m PDT. S o m e d e a l e r s s a i d t h e who has been unable to fish for cost. The company said on
Thursday. After being briefed on Monday establishment of such a fund three weeks, said fishermen in Monday it had spent $1.6 billion
The oil giant may face criticism m o r n i n g b y C o a s t G u a r d could help draw a line under the southern Louisiana feel caught so far and had committed
from its peers at the Tuesday Admiral Thad Allen, his point crisis but others fear it could in the middle between BP and another $300 million to build
hearing, where representatives person on relief efforts, Obama equate to giving the U.S. the Obama administration. offshore barriers in Louisiana.
of Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch w i l l h o s t a r o u n d - t a b l e administration a blank check. "Just fix the problem," 24-year Story Copyright (c) 2010
S h e l l , C h e v r o n , a n d discussion and meet local The White House has already old Dekovic said. "Everything Reuters Limited. All rights
ConocoPhillips will also testify. residents in Gulfport, Miss. demanded BP pay lost wages to depends on oysters. If you don't reserved.
Chevron's chief executive said Obama then plans to travel to those laid off due to the six- make any money on that, you Five Filters featured article:
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"preventable" and a deputy said ferry in Alabama from Dauphin BP doesn't think it should have defensive and distracted his tools: PDF Newspaper, Full
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in the well design the accident spend the night in Pensacola, a policy decision. -a new energy policy, reform of
would not have happened. Fla., home to some of America's The company's shares traded Wall Street, and bolstering a
T h e n e w s p a p e r s a i d t h e most famous beaches. down 5.3 percent, against a flat struggling American economy.
message was likely to be echoed Millions of gallons of oil have European oil and gas sector, at People in the Gulf of Mexico
by other executives at the poured into the Gulf since an 1239 GMT. The company has are frustrated with BP for the
24 Technology/ E-reader News Edition

Jive Bets on the Twitter Firehose and the Data Intensified

Social Enterprise
Alex Williams has to some extent been guided framework. It will offer the But will companies need a
(ReadWriteWeb) by the size of the company that ability to offer apps within the Twitter Firehose? It's
Submitted at 6/14/2010 3:27:39 AM is licensing the service. Twitter Jive platform. Jive will provide undoubtedly true that social data
has said before that it will be access to platform data such as is affecting how companies
> Jive Software is buying into standardizing the price for groups, enterprise social graphs work. But to integrate the
the Twitter Firehose. It's another licensing the user data stream. and activity streams. Twitter Firehose requires an
example of the data intensified In the meantime, it is reported could include action items, This opens up Jive as a service internal environment to process
social enterprise where curation that the cost of the license is alerts, and critical project that can fit with other enterprise and curate the data. We can see
is a most valued capability. relatively inexpensive. notifications. A ecosystems. A number of how Jive What Matters can act
The news is in timing with Earlier this year, Jive acquired recommendation engine is built s e r v i c e p r o v i d e r s i n t h e as a filter for social data. But it's
Enterprise 2.0, the conference Filtrbox, a social monitoring into the new offering, helping Enterprise 2.0 space currently no simple feat to provide thin
for the social enterprise that runs t e c h n o l o g y c o m p a n y . T h e users get access to information offer integration with third-party streams of information to the
through Thursday this week in acquisition shines some light on that may be relevant to the s e r v i c e s . G o o g l e A N D right people and systems when
Boston. In addition to the how Jive may use the Firehose. stream of information they are Salesforce.com are examples of the the data is blasting away all
Twitter news, Jive is launching Filtrbox historically leveraged being fed in the activity stream. companies that have built their that is in its path.
an apps marketplace; integrating the cloud by charging customers Jive What Matters reminds us own apps platforms. In many Jive needs to quickly foster a
its service into Google Apps for access to the platform. It's a o f M i n d T o u c h a n d i t s respects it's becoming standard developer community in order
Marketplace and offering a new model that provides a basic way f r a m e w o r k f o r p r o v d i n g practice to offer a platform for for its apps market to have any
dashboard environment that for Jive to give access to the aggregated v i e w s o f third-party developers. potential. Jive maintains its API
serves for aggregating data from data stream. Customers could information. The differentiating Google Apps Marketplace will offer deeper integration
multiple sources. use the service as much or as factor for Jive may well be its Jive's online version of its than its competitors. But it is
Sponsor little as they wish. Aggregated new recommendation engine, Social Business Software (SBS) still a catch up period to some
Twitter Firehose Dashboard which can act as a parallel will be available in Google extent for Jive. Its apps market
Jive is one of the first enterprise Any pure data stream is useless curation service within the Jive A p p s M a r k e t p l a c e . T h e will be one more choice for
technology companies to offer without some ways to filter and environment. marketplace is now host to developers.
the Twitter Firehose. The term curate large amounts of data that Jive Apps Market will give thousands of apps. A number of On the other hand, Jive is
"firehose," is used as Jive is can be delivered to the right developers access to Jive's core social enterprise companies standing as a leader in the social
getting 100% of Twitter's stream people at the right time. "Jive functionality. Jive will launch its have integrated with Google enterprise space. Its aggregation
of data, equal to about 65 What Matters," acts as an d e v e l o p e r c o m m u n i t y i n Apps. Atlassian, for example, of Twitter data and an open API
million tweets per day. That's a a c t i v i t y s t r e a m t h a t i s S e p t e m b e r a t i t s a n n u a l has had considerable success by strategy are smart moves for a
super stream of information that personalized to provide a wide conference. At that time it will integrating with the service. company facing deep
has usually been relevant only to stream of data, tailored to the provide full documentation for Summary comeptition from some of the
search-style companies. user. According to Jive, this an open API, giving access for Jive is banking on the new data largest technology companies in
Jive did not disclose what it is may be internal or external data. the first time to the Jive explosion in the enterprise and the world. Discuss
paying for access to the full It could be direct messages. It platform. the effect that loosely coupled
Twitter stream of information. also includes a summary of what The service will integrate with environments can have in a
The price for Twitter Firehose the user may need to do. This G o o g l e ' s O p e n S o c i a l dynamic social supply chain.
E-reader News Edition Technology/ Culture/ 25

Is There Art on YouTube? Guggenheim Wants to

Find Out
Sarah Perez (ReadWriteWeb) Afterwards, 200 of the leading videos and associated kid-
Submitted at 6/14/2010 9:48:22 AM videos will be selected for friendly merchandise have made
further attention by an the teen rich beyond belief.
The Guggenheim Museum is international jury of experts an online experiment in music, But while the above are
teaming up with YouTube in from the worlds of art, design, sought out musicians to certainly high-profiled Zac Efron Gives Us a
partnership with HP to discover film and video. Twenty of those participate in the world's first examples, let's be clear about View of His Amazing
the art of YouTube videos. initial 200 videos will then be collaborative online orchestra one thing: when it comes to art
Tasked with uncovering the presented at the Guggenheim. where the endgame was a and music, YouTube hasn't yet
Shirtless Abs in Maui!
"most creative video in the Y e s , t h a t ' s r i g h t - a t t h e performance at Carnegie Hall. surfaced the next Leonardo or PopSugar (PopSugar)
world," the companies have G u g g e n h e i m i t s e l f . T h e YouTube: Internet Leads to Monet, the next Beatles or Submitted at 6/14/2010 10:15:00 AM
launched an international search YouTube videos will actually Instant Success? Stones, the next Janis Joplin or
by way of YouTube Play, a appear in the Guggenheim What's most interesting about Jimmy Hendrix. To date, the Happy Monday - feast your
specially branded YouTube network of museums in New this current art competition as folks who have made their way eyes on these amazing photos of
channel that will feature the York, Bilbao, Venice and Berlin well as the Online Orchestra is up through YouTube are not Zac Efron shirtless! He arrived
entries in this new competition. on October 21st and will be the way that it is able to surface necessarily, forgive me Bieber in Hawaii over the weekend
Sponsor made available for the world to undiscovered talents and allow fans, going to make their mark with his brother Dylan, and the
About YouTube Play see on the youtube.com/play them to achieve fame without all in the annals of history as being abdominally gifted duo hit the
Anyone is invited to submit a channel. the requisite toiling and tolling among "the best of the best." In beach together yesterday
video to YouTube Play, even This isn't a contest per se, as the for years in "starving artist" some cases they may be morning. Zac arrived in Maui to
video creators themselves, and winning videos don't receive a mode, as was once par for the great...but are they the greatest? have some downtime ahead of
the submission deadline is July cash prize or other sort of course for those wanting to Really? his appearance at the island's
31st. physical reward. But having a break into the art world. Instead, However, with this contest, that film festival later this week.
The videos may consist of video dubbed "art" and being with YouTube, a handful of may change. For next-gen video He's set to receive their Shining
animation, motion graphics, showcased internationally in one videos can lead to a lifetime of artists, there's surely no better Star Award and will be on hand
narrative, non-narrative, or of the world's most famous art success. Just ask Justin Bieber. place than YouTube to flex your for a special tribute in his honor
d o c u m e n t a r y w o r k , m u s i c museums, is a reward in and of Or Soulja Boy. Or Esmee artistic muscles. It should be on Wednesday. We've been
videos and even "entirely new itself, most would agree. Denters. Or Journey's new interesting to see what video treated to the sight of Zac's
art forms" that challenge the This isn't the first time singer Arenl Pineda, discovered creation wins this latest attempt muscles many times before, but
perception of what's possible to YouTube has proven itself the a few years ago. Or FRED, the to elevate YouTube to art form. it looks like he's been hitting the
do with video, explains the medium of choice for artists annoyingly overactive boy The end result will likely be just gym extra hard to prep for a
YouTube blog post about this worldwide. Last year, the whose high-pitched voice that: art. Discuss Summer that's hopefully full of
unique collaboration project. YouTube Symphony Orchestra, befuddles parents but whose six pack sightings.
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BP eyes Kevin Costner-backed oil clean-up tech Wise Words:

(CNET News.com) Louisiana attorney John liquid into a centrifuge, which day. BP has ordered 32 of the Take Advantage
Submitted at 6/14/2010 9:46:03 AM Houghtaling, told the Los
Angeles Times."We haven't
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water from oil or other liquid
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The week that was: Talkcast tonight, 10 pm ET

Michael Rose (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 6/13/2010 9:00:00 PM
Filed under: TUAW Business
It's been a busy week of WWDC
2010 coverage, and of course a
new phone announcement snuck
in there. We'll wrap it all up in a
tidy package and take your calls
and questions tonight at 10 pm
ET on the talkcast -- join us! cellphone weekend minutes if Talkcast tonight, 10 pm ET
To participate on TalkShoe, you like): dial (724) 444-7444 originally appeared on The
you can use the browser-only and enter our talkcast ID, 45077 Unofficial Apple Weblog
client, the embedded Facebook -- during the call, you can (TUAW) on Sun, 13 Jun 2010
app, or the classic TalkShoe Pro request to talk by keying in *8. 21:00:00 EST. Please see our
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Android Steals Market Share from TUAW's Daily App:

iPhone Battle for Wesnoth
Sarah Perez (ReadWriteWeb) share is a debate for another day Mike Schramm (The Unofficial
Submitted at 6/14/2010 10:47:00 AM (are tablets more computer than Apple Weblog (TUAW))
mobile handheld?). Today, the Submitted at 6/14/2010 8:00:00 AM
Online tracking firm Quantcast big takeaway from the report
has just released new data that shouldn't be the numbers Filed under: iPhone, App Store
shows mobile operating themselves, rather how they've Just the other day I mentioned
systems' current market share in changed. When it Comes to Battle for Wesnoth in this very
North America, with the newly Growth, the Winner is Android space, and then right after that,
renamed "iOS"(originally called As the Quantcast blog post the game releases its 5th major
"iPhone OS" - the OS powering explains, "the biggest winner is update. If you like turn-based
the iPhone, iPad and iPod clearly Google's Android." How strategy games, this one is a
Touch) in the lead...by miles. can this be? must-have.
T h e A p p l e m o b i l e O S only among those who bought The fact is that Google's mobile It was originally an open source
dominates its competitors with a Apple products.) OS has climbed rapidly over the title, and fans have added so
huge chunk of mobile market Android has just 20% market prior months, having gone from much to the game that there are go try out the game there, and if
share, at 60%. share? What? When there are around 5% in January 2009 to now tons of various units, six it's something you're interested
But don't let these numbers fool 8.7 million Android handsets 20% in May 2010, stealing factions to play as, and in, consider supporting the
you. It's not how much or how here in the U.S. compared with away market share from other campaign after fan-made iPhone developers.
little of the mobile landscape 10.7 million iPhones? Shouldn't mobile OS's, most notably campaign to play through -- Personally, I love Battle for
each OS has claim to, but how the numbers be a bit closer? Apple's, whose iOS dropped over 300 hours of playtime in Wesnoth -- while the graphics
fast this picture has changed W e l l , i f y o u w e r e o n l y from 75% share to 59% during total. The latest update adds yet aren't exactly cutting edge, the
over the preceding months. The comparing mobile phones to that same time frame. another campaign, a bonus strategy is fine-tuned by a whole
real winner here is Android, the mobile phones, they would be. Also of note, these numbers tower defense game, OpenFeint legion of coders, and the fantasy
OS whose rapid gains have In this case, though, Quantcast were calculated prior to the integration and a whole slew of setting and storytelling are great
come at Apple's expense. is comparing mobile operating E V O ' s l a u n c h , t h e h i g h l y other features. for a game of this kind. If you
Sponsor system market share and that a n t i c i p a t e d " 4 G " A n d r o i d The iPhone version isn't bad, haven't given it a look yet, now's
Only 20% for Android? means counting the web surfing smartphone which sold out but I'd say the iPad version is your chance.
The latest stats - 58.8% for iOS, done by both the iPod Touch within days of its launch. better, as the bigger screen TUAW TUAW's Daily App:
19.9% for Android - may be a and the iPad, too. Combined Adding that into the fold, the makes controlling the game a Battle for Wesnoth originally
bit of an initial letdown for with the iPhone device count, next Quantcast report will likely little easier. The game is US$5 appeared on The Unofficial
Android fanboys who didn't you're looking at 18.3 million offer even more gains for on both platforms, and there's no Apple Weblog (TUAW) on
read through the whole report. unique "iOS" devices. And the Android at iOS's expense. free version, but the original Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:00:00
(And yes, Google's mobile iPad is built for Web browsing. Image credits on original post: title is still open source (which EST. Please see our terms for
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28 Technology/
Ex-Slingshot Execs Raise $5 Million What's a "Twitter
For Social Commerce Startup
BeachMint
Jason Kincaid (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 10:13:38 AM
In April, we reported that Diego
Berdakin and MySpace co-
founder Josh Berman, the two
heads of News Corps incubator
Slightshot Labs, were leaving
the company. They havent
wasted any time in launching
their next project: today, less
than two months later, Berman
and Berdakin are announcing
that theyve raised $5 million
from New Enterprise Associates
and Anthem Venture Partners
for a new startup called
BeachMint, Inc.
At this point details on the
startup are still a little sparse,
but Berman and Berdakin were
willing to talk broadly about
what BeachMint will be doing.
The company will be entering
the social commerce arena, with
plans to launch a suite of sites
catering to individual verticals.
The goal, Berman says, is to
drive people to curated,
authentic choices with
recommendations from
celebrities and other
influencers think Kim point out that neither of these
Kardashians association with
ShoeDazzle, but for numerous
different verticals. Berman also
Wedding"? Funny You
Should Ask...
noted that these
recommendations will be
authentic and may come from
people who have less high
profiles (it sounds like the sites
may tap into your social graph).
The company will be launching
its first vertical before this
holiday season, with plans to
announce it by the end of
summer. Each new vertical will
have its own brand, but all of
the site names will likely
incorporate the Mint branding
(e.g. BookMint or WineMint,
though Berdakin was quick to
would be part of the companys
initial launch). Berdakin and
Berman are well aware of the
established competitors like Gilt
Groupe, but believe that theres
still a huge opportunity in online
retail spending, explaining that
only 6% of retail spending
happens online.
The Santa Monica-based
company currently has seven
engineers building out its
product. Well have more on
BeachMint this summer.
CrunchBase Information Josh
Berman Diego Berdakin
BeachMint Information
provided by CrunchBase
E-reader News Edition
Curt Hopkins (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 6/13/2010 9:00:00 PM
Paul and Sara are getting
married. On Twitter. Sort of.
They're technical sorts with a
long-standing relationship with
social media, so when they
decided to legitimize their
personal relationship, they
figured they wouldn't divorce
their daily life from their
personal lives while they did
it."A purple dress. A kilt. A best
man who is *all* woman. Live-
streaming and live-tweeting. A extend than it is with most
Twitter-themed-pot-luck-pool- practitioners.
party-reception. Rock Band. A The wedding, which will take
pinata. A sex toy toss in place of place this coming Saturday,
the bouquet." June 19, at 4:00 p.m. (Central
Yarp? U.S. time), will happen in a
Sponsor mystical, mythical place called
Using social media to document Mobile, Alabama. But for those
the legalization of gettin' it on is of you online it will be streamed
not that unusual. But extending live on Suburban Oblivion and
the moment itself into the Paul O'Flaherty. The reception,
crackling electro-world, not so hosted by@wigenout
much. But, Sara and Paul, after and@imwigen, will be a
all, met (and argued) over a blog Tweetup. It will also be live-
post, Paul proposed to Sara at a streamed.
Tweetup and they run the Daily The bride and groom are
Shite humor site together. registered at#paul&sara. Discuss
So, social media is tied up in
their personal lives to a greater
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Foursquare Begins Testing An Add

To Foursquare Button With WSJ
MG Siegler (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 10:00:03 AM

One surefire way to know that a

service is doing well is when
you see their buttons start
appearing all over the web.
Weve seen it with Facebook,
weve seen it with Twitter (
Tweetmeme buttons), and now
were going to start seeing it
with Foursquare.
To be clear, the Add to
Foursquare buttons arent
designed to be as ubiquitous as
some of the other sharing
buttons around the web. Instead,
this button allows content
providers to give readers one-
click access to add venues to
their Foursquare to-do list. The
first such partner that is testing
this out is the Wall Street
Journal. Beginning tomorrow,
the newspapers site will feature
these buttons next to venues
featured in articles (specifically,
in restaurant reviews and other
cultural coverage).
Along with the venue being
added to a to-do list on the click
of that button, there will also be
a tip written by a WSJ editor
that gets populated on on users
Foursquare page. That tip will
contain a link back to the article
about the venue, so it will drive
traffic back to WSJ as well,
were told.
This button will only appear on
WSJ for now, but were
definitely interested in finding a
way to scale the feature in the
future so other brands can take
advantage of it, a Foursquare
spokesperson tells us.
Foursquare declined to say if
this was a revenue producing
deal for them.
In some ways, this Add to
Foursquare button seems more
like Twitters new At Anywhere
button. As we noted, its less
about directly sharing, and more
about extending the features of
the site to the rest of the web. I
know that I often read about
new restaurants online but never
remember to put them in my
Foursquare to-do list so this
makes a lot of sense.
WWDC 2010: Square's
first steps
Mike Schramm (The Unofficial reader, having me sign on the
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) touchscreen, and emailing me a
Submitted at 6/14/2010 9:00:00 AM receipt in a process that was
quick and painless. Well, mostly
Filed under: iPad Square has painless -- you have to hand it to
already made a big splash with a company whose demo is
its launch -- the company, dependent on you giving them a
founded by Jim McKelvey, Jack buck.
Dorsey (formerly of Twitter), But I guess O'Tierney paid me
and Tristan O'Tierney, has back with his time -- you'll find
created a system for accepting an interview after the link below
credit card payments through i n w h i c h h e t e l l s m e t h e
the iPhone. After a lot of weirdest use of the reader he's
secrecy and hype, the app seen, what their biggest fraud
launched on the iPad a while issue has been so far, and what
b a c k . W h i l e t h e S q u a r e the company plans to do next.
Reader(a little doohickey you TUAW WWDC 2010: Square's
can plug in the headphone port first steps originally appeared on
of an iOS device to swipe credit The Unofficial Apple Weblog
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WWDC 2010: Hands-on with

Max Adventure and interview
with Imangi's Natalia Luckynova
Mike Schramm (The Unofficial of environments and an actual
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) story to follow.
Submitted at 6/14/2010 11:00:00 AM You can see the game above,
and once you've checked it out,
Filed under: iPhone, iPad be sure to head after the break,
Natalia Luckynova is half of where Luckynova tells us how
Imangi Studios. Along with her the company's first iPad game is
husband Keith Shepherd, she doing, what they think of iPhone
makes iPhone and iPod games, 4 and iOS 4.0, and how she
including the popular Harbor learned what a Kraken is.
Master and a few other titles. TUAW WWDC 2010: Hands-
We got to meet up with her at on with Max Adventure and
WWDC last week, and she was interview with Imangi's Natalia
able to show off their latest title, Luckynova originally appeared
Max Adventure, due out for the on The Unofficial Apple
WWDC 2010: Mighty Mighty Good App Store in just a few weeks'
time. The game was heavily
Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 14
Jun 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please
Games improved since I last saw it in
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Apple Weblog (TUAW)) Microsoft developers -- Sillett choice for his customers, at least little kiddy, but with a fun
actually worked on Windows while he's testing the waters. We element of exploring a nice mix
Submitted at 6/14/2010 10:00:00 AM
Vista) have been playing with also talked at length about iAds;
Filed under: iPhone, App Store this idea of word games on the Sillett says that ads have proven Use Chrome's Full Screen
Not all of the developers on the iPhone, and they've tested all of more beneficial for him in just
App Store are starting up the tricks. They've released free the last few months, as ad Toggle to Organize Its Windows
gigantic companies or breaking versions, included ads, tried companies and customers have
new indie ground. A large different pricing and versions, really started to move the Thumbnails [Windows 7 Tip]
number of them, like Darren and so on. As a result, they've market along. Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Sillett and his wife Samantha of found success with over ten TUAW WWDC 2010: Mighty Submitted at 6/14/2010 7:30:00 AM
Mighty Mighty Good Games, million downloads of their free Mighty Good Games originally
a r e j u s t e x p e r i e n c e d apps and over 200k in paid-app appeared on The Unofficial You can shuffle around your
programmers who choose an sales. Apple Weblog (TUAW) on running applications in
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WiPower flees to 1974, returns with through-desk

wireless charging system (video)
Darren Murph (Engadget)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 10:27:00 AM
Based on just how intimately
we studied Chris Berman's
hairdo from ESPN's 1979
launch, we're more than
confident in saying that the
video produced here to
showcase a "new" wireless desk
is most certainly a relic from
yesteryear. WiPower -- a
company that was trumpeting its
wireless charging pad way back
in '07 -- has purportedly joined
up with Gill Industries in order
to showcase the planet's first
production through-desk,
wireless charging system at
NeoCon 2010. The solution
would enable laptop users to
plop their machine down
anywhere on their desk (within
the charging area, of course) and
have it instantly charge, and if
you play your cards right, doing
so may open up a wormhole to
the era of your choice. In all
seriousness, we already saw a
working demo of a similar
solution at Qualcomm's
Computex booth, so there's a
better than average chance that
this stuff is ready to ship right
away. Trouble is, there's no
official launch date for Gill's
new family of energy-infused
tables. Blast the from past is
after the break... if you're
prepared.
Continue reading WiPower
flees to 1974, returns with
through-desk wireless charging
system (video)
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Online Gambling
Company 888 Picks Up
Real Dices Social
Games Studio Mytopia
For $18M
Leena Rao (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 10:34:16 AM
Online gambling company 888
has bought the assets of the
Mytopia social games
development studio from Real
Dice. Mytopia, which launched
at TechCrunch50 in 2008, is an
online social gaming community
where people can play casual
games together in real time.
The base price is $18 million
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NPRs iPad App Downloaded 350,000 Times

Erick Schonfeld (TechCrunch) have downloaded the iPad app. destruction. She estimates
Submitted at 6/14/2010 10:34:07 AM Asked whether she minds NPRs Website traffic to
getting links from Google News, currently be around 12 million
NPR always has among the as Rupert Murdoch and other unique visitors per month.
most popular news apps in the news organizations like to To the extent that other
iTunes Store. Its latest iPad app complain apparently do, she traditional media outlets talk
has been downloaded 350,000 responded: I have no problems actually start erecting paywalls
times, according to CEO Vivian with that whatsoever. I am not and blocking Google, NPR and
S c h i l l e r , w h o s p o k e t h i s in the camp of Google bashers, other open media sites will
morning at Wireds Business Google sends a lot of traffic to benefit. CrunchBase
Conference in New York City. us. We want our content to be provide free journalism to the committed to following them Information National Public
Considering that only about 2 a s e a s i l y d i s c o v e r a b l e a s public, so she is not a big fan of and serving them there as well. Radio Information provided by
million iPads have been sold, p o s s i b l e . paywalls either. As listeners Ignoring consumer preference, CrunchBase
about one in six iPad owners Of course, NPRs mission is to shift to the Web, NPR is she notes, would be a path to
32 Technology/ Food/ Policy/
Archos 13 laptop arrives
in France
Laura June (Engadget)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 11:21:00 AM
Archos-- primarily known for
being heavy into the PMP game
-- has just outed an updated line
of laptops in France. Here we
have the previously spotted
Archos 13, and while we don't
have a full rundown of
specifications, we know that it's
a 13.3-incher with an unnamed
Intel Atom D510 CPU, 1GB of
DDR2 RAM, a 160GB hard
drive, WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth,
and a 6-cell battery. It comes
with Windows 7 Home Starter
edition, and although we haven't
heard anything about releases
outside of France or
international pricing, we do
know that this puppy goes
for399.98 (around $485).
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iPhone OS 4 to include Facebook
video uploads?
Joseph L. Flatley (Engadget)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 9:52:00 AM
We already knew that Apple
was likely ratcheting up the
social networking integration in
iOS 4-- that is, if the addition of
Linked Contacts and .plist
entries referring to Facebook
means anything (and it probably
does). Adding further flame to
the fire, the gang at
9to5Mac.com have dug up a bit
of code that appears to handle
ONLINE
continued from page 31
cash with an additional earn out
payment that will be made
calculated on the basis of net
profit for the calendar year
2011. The total payment to Real
Dice for Mytopias games is
capped at $48 million.
Mytopia sold 12 games in total
to 888, which is planning to add
microtransactions to the games
to monetize the platform.
Mytopia also offers a platform
that allows developers to write
code once and have it
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video exporting to the popular
social networking site. As near
as we can tell, users will be able
to send files at 480 x 480, 30
immediately distributed and
syndicated to various
smartphones and mobile
operating systems. 888 has
licensed this technology along
with the acquisition of the social
gaming studio. CrunchBase
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FPS -- and since Facebook is
already using HTML5, you
won't have that pesky Steve
Jobs / Flash thing to worry
about.
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Making
Hay
(AEI.Org: Articles)
Submitted at 6/13/2010 6:00:00 PM
This month, the Supreme Court
will rule on its first-ever case
involving genetically modified
(GM) crops. It also prepares to
welcome a new member who, as
solicitor general, intervened on
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behalf of the controversial
technology, angering many
liberals.
The case revolves around
alfalfa hay--a nutritious, easily
digestible livestock feed that at
$8 billion a year is the country's
fourth-most-valuable crop--and
specifically, GM alfalfa seeds
produced by the company
Monsanto. These seeds, as part
of the company's Roundup
Ready line, are genetically
modified to tolerate glyphosate,
an herbicide that is
commercially known as
Roundup. When farmers use
Roundup instead of other
chemicals to kill weeds, they
actually cut down on overall
chemical use.
After an exhaustive review, the
USDA gave Roundup Ready
Alfalfa the green light in 2005.
But the Center for Food Safety,
a group opposed to agricultural
biotechnology, contended that
the Department of Agriculture
hadn't adequately evaluated the
potential environmental
consequences. In 2007, in
Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed
Farms, a federal court agreed,
prohibiting Monsanto from
selling Roundup Ready Alfalfa
pending another assessment.
A draft of that second
evaluation, released last
December, echoed the original
findings. Solicitor General
Elena Kagan filed a brief on the
biotechnology company's
behalf, even though the
government is not a defendant in
the appeal.
The legal saga is unfolding on
the heels of a controversial
report by the National Research
Council, the government's
official science advisers on
agricultural genetics. In April,
the scientists raised concerns
about the possible emergence of
so-called super weeds, but
overall they strongly endorsed
GM technology. The scientists
detailed what they called its
"long and impressive list of
benefits," including better weed
control in conservation tillage
and reduced erosion. With GM
crops, farmers spend less on
chemicals and avoid having to
use carbon-belching tilling
machines. The National Center
for Food and Agricultural Policy
estimates that GM corn seed
reduces herbicide use by over 39
million pounds annually and
saves farmers $250 million each
year in weed-management costs.
The report encouraged
governments to apply genetic
engineering to a wider range of
crops to help address a savage,
persistent worldwide hunger
crisis. It's estimated that 12
million farmers are growing 282
million acres of GM crops--with
increasing acreage in resource-
poor developing countries. The
authors also note that crops can
be engineered to withstand
harsh temperatures, providing
food to areas that aren't
conducive to farming. Genetic
modification also can increase
nutrients in harvested crops--
Vitamin A-enriched ("Golden")
rice, zinc-enhanced sorghum,
and higher-protein potatoes
already have been developed.
Although GM crops face tough
restrictions in Europe, which
regulates under the
precautionary principle, the U.S.
has been less responsive to
advocacy campaigns. Soybeans
were the first Roundup Ready
crop to hit the market, in 1996.
Today, more than 80 percent of
the corn, soybeans, and cotton
grown in the U.S. is genetically
modified.
In an attempt to slow the spread
of GM technology, campaigners
have zeroed in on GM alfalfa,
stoking concerns that modified
seeds could "contaminate"
conventional and organic fields
and damage the alfalfa market.
In its two environmental
assessments, the USDA
downplayed the potential of
gene drift because alfalfa hay is
often cut before bloom, and is
almost always cut before ripe
seed is formed. There have been
no recorded incidents of gene
flow into organic alfalfa hay in
five years, which has turned
around some skeptics. "There
are more safeguards in place,"
says Drex Gauntt, president of
the Washington State Hay
Growers Association, which
dropped its support of the suit.
"It's not this 'scourge of the
earth' from a scientific
standpoint, as opponents of GM
alfalfa would lead you to
believe," adds Washington
farmer Bob Haberman, who has
205 acres of Roundup Ready
Alfalfa. (Some 5,500 growers
who began planting it across
200,000 acres are exempt from
the court order.) "Applying
technology to agriculture is
what has made the United States
the greatest agricultural country
in the world."
In the government's supporting
brief, Kagan argues that no
serious problems have arisen,
and that restrictions in place
make it highly unlikely that any
would occur. "She defended
Monsanto's fight to contaminate
the environment with its GM
alfalfa, not the American
people's right to safe feed and a
protected environment," huffed
an article that anti-biotech
activists widely disseminated on
the Web.
The case will be decided before
Kagan, if confirmed, dons her
robes. But regardless of how the
Supreme Court rules, the debate
33
over GM technology may be
back before the federal courts in
short order. A coalition of
liberal groups is attempting to
block planting of GM sugar
beets.
Although all sides anxiously
await the Supreme Court's
ruling, the long-term fate of GM
alfalfa, sugar beets, and other
crops ultimately rests with the
Department of Agriculture.
Protesters claim to have flooded
the agency with more than
200,000 angry letters since it
released the impact draft report.
Although its science panel
publicly concluded the crop
poses no danger to human health
or the environment, the USDA
is reviewing the comments and
awaiting the judges' decision
before making a final
determination.
Jon Entine is a visiting fellow at
AEI.
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(AEI.Org: Articles) floating above Earth, scrambling view to an extreme. in Australia's history, spewed an bureaucracy."
Submitted at 6/13/2010 6:00:00 PM a Superman with an "O" on his Civil society requires that estimated 30,000 barrels of oil Policy in the U.S. has become
chest whenever evil threatens government provide an umbrella during 10 weeks--a pittance the unpredictable outcome of a
It doesn't seem to matter in the poor citizens of "Smallville." under which free enterprise can only when compared with the game between a party that
America which party wins a While Superman might be nice flourish. Milton Friedman, in a BP Plc spill in the Gulf. As a irrationally believes government
given election. Either way, to have around occasionally, the legendary treatise, listed four wakeup call, the Timor Sea spill can and should do almost
America loses. problem is how Democrats have roles for government: enforcing should have been the marine everything, and a party that
The oil spill in the Gulf of expanded his enemies list. the rules of the game, watching equivalent of 9/11. irrationally believes government
Mexico reveals why. Profits are evil, so government out for natural monopolies, The Republican Party's can and should do almost
President Barack Obama wants must punitively raise taxes on controlling "neighborhood" opposition to all things nothing.
an "ass to kick." Republicans insurers, oil companies, drug effects such as pollution, and government is just as ill- Sooner or later, one of the
want to kick Obama. The truth companies and any others that protecting those who can't do so considered. parties--or, perhaps, another one
is that both parties are more become too successful. Private themselves. If drilling in treacherous --will recognize the necessary,
interested in pointing fingers contracts tend to be unjust, Democrats, of course, see a conditions is to be allowed, for limited number of functions for
than refining their own beliefs because predatory businessmen much broader role for instance, then a competent, well government that are a
and biases in response to the will trick citizens into making government. Their government -funded government is needed prerequisite for a society within
disaster. The environmental agreements that are not in their has become what Bastiat warned to plan and practice a rapid which free citizens can generate
calamity exposes fundamental, interest, so government must about: "the great fiction, through response to an accident. This happiness and prosperity,
fatal flaws in the philosophies of step in and dictate the terms. which everybody endeavors to comes directly from Friedman's without financial crises and oil
both parties. Imperfect Heroes live at the expense of everybody analysis: a private individual spills.
Therein lies the one prospect If Democrats live in the DC else." will not factor in the costs to It will matter when such a party
for good news from the gushing Comics universe, where the Zero for Four society of a terrible spill and emerges, and wins.
catastrophe: If the U.S. is to heroes are perfect and the The government that tries to do therefore won't invest Kevin A. Hassett is a senior
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fantasy. Obama's team is the possible. the Timor Sea blowout of 2009. invisible hand without
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Rosenberg: Yes, The ECRI IS Forecasting A Double Dip, And

We'll Have Negative GDP By Q4
Joe Weisenthal (The Money foreshadowing seven water. Bank credit is in freefall
Game) recessions with a three right now (down 0.3% or $32
Submitted at 6/14/2010 9:46:00 AM month lag. Keep your eye on billion in the first
the -10 threshold, for week of June the third
In his latest note, Gluskin- at that level, the economy has decline in a row and has now
Sheff's David Rosenberg makes gone into recession only contracted in six of the
a long and compelling argument 100% of the time past seven weeks and at an 11%
that we are heading for a double Suffice it to say, when the annual rate. In the last three
d i p , a n d t h a t w e ' l l s e e a ECRI was drifting lower in weeks, bank
"negative print" on GDP by Q4. 2007, it got to -3.5%, credit has contracted a total of
Note that this discussion has where are we are now, in $119bln, which is the steepest
been spurred by the recent November and unbeknownst to decline since
weakness in the ECRI leading the consensus at the the week of November 19, 2008
economic indicators, which time that a recession was only when the economy was deep in
e v e n E C R I s a y s i s n o t one month away. Remember recession.
forecasting a double dip. ( See that the So what's next?
here). economics community did not There is still something left in
The smoothed ECRI leading call for recession until after the tank as far as capex and
economic index fell in the Lehman collapsed inventory
opening week in June financial market conditions that government support at a time
nine months after it started; investment is concerned, but by
for the fifth week in a row and and go back to 2001, and the poses a when restraint is accelerating at
the fourth quarter, we could well
now down in nine of the past consensus did significant risk for what has the State and local levels (the
be looking at
ten. The index, been a very fragile recovery in States have a
not call for recession until after a flat or even negative GDP
went from +0.3% to -3.5%, the 9/11 and again the economy had dire need of $127.4 billion aggregate deficit
print. This is exactly what
weakest it has been in a year. been in recurring rounds of policy to close for the fiscal year
happened in the second
After predicting stimulus. The widening in beginning July 1st
recession for a good six half of 2002, when by the end
the V-shaped recovery we got months). We should probably credit spreads and so right there we have a one-
of the year real GDP converged
briefly in the inventory-led GDP point out here that real decline in the stock market percentage point drag on
in real final
data when the represent a sizeable increase in baseline GDP growth).
M3 has contracted at the fastest sales near the 0% mark after a
index soared off the bottom in rate since the early 1930s, as the debt and The data suggest that we are
sharp but truncated mini-
late 2008, at -3.5%, we can John Williams equity cost of capital. The Fed now seeing the consumer sputter
inventory cycle. That
safely say that this has stopped expanding its with what
has published, and declines in may not have been classified as
barometer is now signalling an the broad money measured has balance sheet (and looks like a very weak handoff
a double-dip recession, but it
80% chance of a double-dip foreshadowed now we have Fed presidents into the third quarter. The
was a growth
recession. It is Hoenig clamoring for rate hikes housing sector is
every recession in the past collapse nonetheless an
o n e t h i n g t o s l i p t o o r seven decades. and Plosser for collapsing again. The export-
aborted recovery for a
fractionally below the zero line, To be sure, the Fed has not reducing the size of the Feds import data are pointing to a
consensus that went into the
but a -3.5% reading has balance sheet) and end of the sudden
raised rates and the yield curve second half of that year, much
only sent off two head-fakes in is steep but there housing tax deceleration in two-way trade
the past, while accurately has been a visible tightening in credits implies a major flows. Commercial real estate is ROSENBERG: page 39
withdrawal of federal dead in the
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India's Booming Economy Shows No Signs Of Slowing

Oilprice.com (The Money Mumbaim in this article from Index in April.
Game) the India Economic Times. The rapid acceleration in the
Submitted at 6/14/2010 10:42:27 AM Indian stocks and the rupee world's second-fastest growing
strengthened immediately after major economy after China is
India's economy grew at its the data, while the benchmark boosting consumer demand far
fastest pace in six months in the bond yield rose 2 basis points ahead of what can be met by
quarter through March 2010, from before the release. The existing supply capacity.
fueled mainly by government expansion in the March quarter Analysts expect monetary
and consumer spending, which was driven by government policy tightening along the year,
i s e x p e c t e d t o a l l o w spending, manufacturing and as the RBI moves to cool
p o l i c y m a k e r s t o f o c u s o n services. demand through rate hikes until
anchoring inflation that is Revival of growth in farm firms crank up their potential
hovering near 10 percent. output after a contraction in the output.
The 8.6 percent expansion in quarter ago underscored the The central bank has already
the fourth quarter of the fiscal broad-based recovery in Asia's lifted rates twice by a total of 50
year 2009/10 was broadly in third-largest economy. basis points since March and has
line with a median forecast of The arrival of fresh crops not ruled out an off-cycle rate
8.7 percent in a Reuters poll, helped agriculture grow by 0.2 rise either. This macro-level
and lifted the annual average p e r c e n t , h a v i n g d r o p p e d growth is, not surprisingly, also
growth rate for the full fiscal significantly in the previous Mukherjee on Monday said in India, rose 9.59 percent in
showing up on the per capita
year to a slightly better-than- quarter of 2009-10 due to a growth would top this estimate. April from a year earlier amid
level as well, which is
expected 7.4 percent. Among other high growth the government officials claim
poor monsoon. denominated in Rupees or Rs.
India's economy had grown 6.7 The farm sector, which forms sectors during the quarter were that headline inflation had
Forty thousand Indian rupees -
percent in 2008/09, and the Jan- n e a r l y 1 7 p e r c e n t o f t h e hotels and transport services peaked.
40,000 Rs - is equivalent to
March 2009/10 growth rate economy but is dependent on which grew by 12.4 percent, Headline inflation numbers
approximately 860 in US
matches the revised data for the monsoon rains, is expected to do w h i l e f i n a n c i a l s e r v i c e s have been consistently higher
dollars. The per capita income
second quarter of 2009/10. including insurance grew by 7.9 than the official forecasts.
well in 2011 as the weather grew by 10.5 per cent to Rs
The data is unlikely to evoke office has predicted a normal percent. The wholesale price inflation
44,345 in 2009-10 against Rs
any immediate and aggressive monsoon for the country, as Prime Minister Manmohan vaulted above the RBI's end-
40,141 in the year-ago period,
policy response from the central farm output grew an annual 0.7 Singh last week said an annual March 2010 inflation forecast
according to the government
bank as concerns on Europe's percent helped by a good winter economic growth rate of 10 of 8.5 percent in January and
data reported in another article
debt crisis are expected to keep harvest. percent is needed in the medium crossed the 10-percent mark in
in India's Economic Times.
its policy on hold for now. term to address the problems of February.
Manufacturing output grew The per capita income was
"It would be important to note 16.3 percent on year in the poverty and malnutrition. Even Although food price inflation
slightly higher than Rs 43,749
that this release is a backward quarter as consumers bought a s S i n g h a i m s f o r h i g h has eased from its peak of 20
as calculated by the Central
looking number and our sense is more cars and other goods. economic growth, inflation and percent in December, it is still
Statistical Organisation (CSO)
that policy makers would The government expects the the high level of debt have come above 16 percent.
in its advance estimates for
remain considerate of the economy to grow 8.5 percent in to haunt his government and Rising cost pressures are also
FY10. However, per capita
external developments and any the current fiscal year that appears to be undermining its dragging down the pace of
income grew by 5.6 per cent
associated downside risk to started on April 1 on the support base, as we at Economy m a n u f a c t u r i n g g r o w t h , a s
last fiscal year if calculated on
overall growth," said Anubhuti prospects of a better farm Watch have noted. evidenced by a second-straight
the basis of 2004-05 prices,
Sahay, an economist with output and a global recovery, Wholesale prices, the most monthly decline in the HSBC
closely watched inflation gauge Markit Purchasing Managers' INDIA'S page 38
Standard Chartered Bank in and Finance Minister Pranab
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Stalin's harvest
(The Economist: Daily news
and views)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 1:02:11 AM
CLASHES in southern
Kyrgyzstan have spiraled out of
control. Thus far 118 people
have been confirmed dead, a
further 1,500 as injured, and
tens of thousands of ethnic
Uzbeks have fled to
neighbouring Uzbekistan. The
number of those killed over the
past four days are without a
doubt significantly higher than
these estimates suggest. Local
Muslim custom requires that the
dead are buried within 24 hours.
Many people are burying family
members immediately without
registering their deaths.
Although Uzbeks make up only
15% of Kyrgyzstans population
of 5.4m, most of them live in the
southern part of the country,
where they make up the
majority. The Fergana Valley,
where most of the killing
happened, was divided
arbitrarily by Stalin in the 1920s
among Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan
and Tajikistan. As a result, the
Kyrgyz Soviet republic was left
with a sizeable Uzbek
population, the Uzbek Soviet
republic with a Tajik population,
and so on. While the Soviet
Union existed and the republics
were part of the same country,
this made little practical
difference. But when the Soviet
Union fell apart, these
artificially created borders
became final, separating newly
independent states and
fomenting ethnic tensions.
The interim government has
been powerless to put an end to
the violence. Roza Otunbayeva,
the acting president said that the
country needed outside help and
appealed to Russia to send
peacekeeping troops. Security
officers were given shoot-to-kill
orders. The Russian government
initially responded that the
violence was an internal affair
for Kyrgyzstan to handle on its
own and agreed only to send
humanitarian aid. A day later
Russia dispatched paratroopers
to secure its Kant military base
in the northern part of the
country. The United States also
has an air base in the north, but
has not been invited to intervene
with its military forces.
The cause of the rampage
involving Kyrgyz and ethnic
Uzbeks, which began in Osh,
Kyrgyzstans second-largest
city, remains unclear. Observers
believe that the events were
orchestrated by individuals
taking advantage of long-
standing tensions between the
two ethnic groups. The interim
government has blamed ex-
president Kurmanbek Bakiyev,
who was ousted in a popular
uprising in April and now lives
in exile. Mr Bakiyev has
rejected the charge. His
supporters say the unrest was
instigated in an effort to prevent
a national referendum on a new
constitution scheduled to be
held on June 27th.
This wave of violence has been
shaped by politics. Mr Bakiyev
hails from the south of the
country. His stronghold was in
Jalal-Abad, where he still has
many supporters. Ethnic
Uzbeks, who play almost no
role in Kyrgyzstans public
lifewhether in government,
regional administrations, or the
militaryhave tended to prefer
the interim government, which
has set its sights on turning
Kyrgyzstan away from
authoritarian presidential rule to
a parliamentary republic.
Whatever the cause, the
fighting between ethnic Kyrgyz
and Uzbeks has been ferocious.
Some eye witnesses claim that
the army, which consists mainly
of ethnic Kyrgyz, has sided with
its kin. Violence spread to Jalal-
Abad over the weekend.
Although atrocities appear to
have been committed by both
sides, the Kyrgyz quickly gained
the upper hand. Uzbek houses
have been looted and set on
fireplumes of smoke are
visible for many miles
aroundwomen have
reportedly been raped, and
armed Kyrgyz gangs have been
harassing and shooting at
Uzbeks. Gas was shut off in
much of Osh, as was electricity
in some quarters. Shops have
been ransacked and food has
become scarce.
Many ethnic Uzbeks, mostly
women, children and the
elderly, have fled the city to the
nearby border with Uzbekistan,
looking for safety. According to
official Uzbek figures, 32,000
people have so far crossed the
border and now live in make-
shift tents. Unofficially, at least
75,000 people are believed to
have fled the country. An NGO
based in Uzbekistan says that
there are already more than
200,000 Uzbek refugees
sheltering there.
It is a human-rights disaster in
every respect, says Andrea
Berg, a researcher with Human
Rights Watch, a New York-
based organisation, who
Economy/ 37
happened to be in Osh when the
rioting started. She says she
received many desperate phone
calls from people unable to get
out of the city because of
blockades erected by Kyrgyz
gangs. Those Uzbek women and
children who made it are now
gathering in different villages
along the border and do not
know what has happened to
their husbands, brothers and
fathers.
The current clashes are the
worst ethnic violence in Central
Asia in 20 years. In June 1990
clashes between Kyrgyz and
ethnic Uzbeks in the Osh region
left several hundred people
dead. That conflict was resolved
through the quick deployment of
Soviet troops. Its suppression
was enforced by Askar Akayev,
who ruled as Kyrgyzstan's
president until 2005, when the
tulip revolution saw him
replaced by Mr Bakiyev.
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which some argue is a better

Who's Exposed In Europe method of comparison because
it broadly factors in inflation.
Gregory White (The Money Settlements in exposure to the private Per capita income (at 2004-05
Game) The UK has the most serious sectors of Greece, Ireland, prices) stood at Rs 33,588 in
Submitted at 6/14/2010 10:35:00 AM problem with Irish debt. Orange: Portugal, and Spain. FY10 against Rs 31,821 in the
Public Sector German banks have exposure previous year, according to
Europe has serious problems Green: Banking Sector of$202 billion to the private estimates of national income
going on behind the scenes in its Yellow: Non-bank private sector of Spain alone. released today.
banking sector, and those sector German banks have$177 billion The size of the economy rose to
problems are directly connected White: Other Exposures in exposure to Ireland's overall Rs 62,31,171 crore in the last
to bank exposure levels. Source: Bank for International private sector, and$126 billion fiscal year, up 11.8 per cent
The exposures in question are Settlements Spanish banks have$110 billion to the non-bank private sector. over Rs 55,74,449 crore in
close to home: Portugal, Ireland, Spain's economy is awkwardly in exposure to the private sector Source: Bank for International FY09.
Greece, and Spain. linked with its fellow debtor, of Portugal. Settlements For those who aren't Indian, a
The Bank for International Portugal. Orange: Public Sector Source: Bank for International French Banking Exposure crore, often abbreviated cr, is a
Settlements has a breakdown of Green: Banking Sector Settlements Image: corsac French banks unit in the Indian numbering
the worsening credit market Yellow: Non-bank private UK Banking Exposure The have$106 billion in exposure to system equal to ten million /
conditions in Europe, and the sector UK's banks have$23 billion in the public sectors of Greece, 10,000,000 / 107. It is widely
countries whose banks are at the White: Other Exposures exposure to the public debt of Ireland, Portugal, and Spain. used in Bangladesh, India,
center of the storm. Spreads Source: Bank for International Greece, Ireland, Portugal, and French banks have sovereign Nepal, and Pakistan. Large
g e t t i n g d a n g e r o u s l y w i d e Settlements Spain. debt exposure of$48 billion to money amounts in India are
against the U.S. Source: Bank Exposure to Spain is enormous UK banks have$230 billion in Spain,$31 billion to Greece, often written in the form "Rs 23
for International Settlements across Europe, and outside in exposure to Ireland's private and$21 billion to Portugal. cr", that is, 23,00,00,000 rupees
Still lagging behind the worst the U.S. and Japan. Orange: sector. French banks have$493 billion (230,000,000 in Western
stress levels of the crisis, though Public Sector Banks in the UK also have$140 in exposure to the private notation).
growing rapidly. Source: Bank Green: Banking Sector billion in exposure to Spain's sectors of Greece, Ireland, This is guest post comes from
for International Settlements Yellow: Non-bank private private sector. Portugal, and Spain. David Caploe, PhD of
Italy has seen a surprising sector Source: Bank for International French banks have$248 billion EconomyWatch.com.
i n c r e a s e i n C D S v o l u m e . White: Other Exposures Settlements in exposure to the private sector Join the conversation about this
Source: Bank for International Source: Bank for International German Banking Exposure of Spain alone. story
Settlements Settlements German banks have$68 billion Source: Bank for International
French banks need to worry Japanese Bank Exposure in exposure to the public sectors Settlements
about their Greek exposure. Japan's banks have$22 billion in of Greece, Ireland, Portugal, and Now check out why we're not
Orange: Public Sector exposure to the public debt of Spain. destined for a double dip.
Green: Banking Sector Greece, Ireland, Portugal, and German banks have sovereign Deutsche Bank doesn't think so
Yellow: Non-bank private Spain. debt exposure of$33 billion to >
sector Source: Bank for International Spain,$23 billion to Greece, Join the conversation about this
White: Other Exposures Settlements and$10 billion to Portugal. story
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like this one, with a consensus
forecast of 3%
real economic growth. The
lesson, is that expectations had
surpassed reality
to such an extent that it didnt
even take another recession to
take the equity
market down to new lows,
which happened in October
2002 (not October
2001!), fully 11 months after
the downturn officially ended.
Not only are the economists
calling for 3% real growth,
which would imply
something close to 4-5%
nominal GDP growth, but the
consensus among
equity analysts is that we will
end up seeing over 30%
operating EPS growth to
a new high of $95.59 for 2011.
But there are a couple of points
worth making
here. The bottom-up crowd is
never that good at predicting
where profits are
going to be heading at the best
of times, but at turning points in
the economy
it is awful overestimating
earnings by an average of nearly
20%. So we
could easily be closer to $75 for
next years EPS than $95. And,
even $75
may be a stretch when you
consider that there is not a
snowballs chance in
hell that we are going to see
earnings outstrip nominal GDP
by a factor of six
in the coming year. This type
of earnings is always possible at
the trough in
profit margins, but we are
coming off the third highest
level on record
coming off the trough,
historically, corporate earnings
jump 17% the next year.
At the peak, profits actually
tend to decline 6% in the
ensuing 12 months
imagine what that number
becomes when you come off
peak margins and
head into a recession at the
same time. Its not a pretty
picture.
A double-dip, admittedly, is not
yet a sure thing but I am
definitely warming to
the view. As an aside, I spent a
memorable weekend with Gary
Shilling,
Nouriel Roubini and Marc
Faber, and not even these
bears believe the
economy will double dip. I
should add that we were joined
by Louise Yamada
and Fred Hickey all legends.
Suffice it to say that there is
probably a greater chance that
profits go down
than meet the consensus
estimate, especially considering
the deflationary
shock out of Europe as well as
the tremendous headwind for
foreign-derived
corporate earnings from the
recent surge in the U.S. dollar.
So from our lens,
slapping on a 12x forward
multiple on a range of corporate
earnings of $60-75
leaves quite a bit of downside
potential in a market that is still
priced for too
much growth, and 20%
overvalued on a Shiller
normalized real P/E basis.
Judging by Felix Zuluafs
comments in the Barrons
Roundtable, we would
have to assume that his math
would not be far off he sees
book value
justifying a move towards 500!
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might be true, celebrities aren't supply to the muscle. It is most surgeon uses a healthy piece of surgery. Let's start with one who
40 Economy/ Culture/
The week ahead
(The Economist: Daily news
and views)
Submitted at 6/13/2010 12:11:18 PM
IN IRAQ, the first session of
the new parliament begins on
Monday June 14th. Iyad
Allawi's Iraqi National
Movement, known as Iraqiya,
narrowly won the general
election (which took place at the
end of March), giving him the
right to try to form a coalition.
This will not be easy. Making a
stable government out of the
available ingredientswhich
include the State of Law
alliance, led by the current
prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki; a
Shia religious alliance that
includes followers of a populist
cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr; and a
Kurdish alliancecould take
months.
OIL executives can expect a
rough ride when they testify
before a congressional
committee on Tuesday 15th.
The chief executives of Exxon,
Chevron and Conoco, along
Avoid These Red Flag Terms in
Office Email [Office Culture]
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Submitted at 6/14/2010 8:00:00 AM
Your company probably won't
suffer global-scale collapse and
be investigated by federal
auditors. Still, if you want to
with a senior executive from
Shell, are all appearing. While
collecting so much of the Dows
value in one room would
ordinarily be a big event, this
time the flashbulbs will be saved
for the president and chairman
of BP America, Lamar McKay.
To turn up the heat on BP,
Barack Obama is expected to
visit Mississippi, Alabama and
Florida early next weekhis
fourth visit to the Gulf region
since the Deepwater Horizon rig
began pumping crude oil into
the sea.
SPAINS prime minister Jos speaker of the lower house of
Luis Rodrguez Zapatero is due
to impose labour reforms on
Spains civil servants on
Wednesday 16th. If the unions
dislike the prime ministers
plans, as seems highly likely,
they will call a general strike.
The risks to the Eurozone of
failing to push through this kind
of measure will be on the minds
of Angela Merkel, Germans
prime minister, and Nicolas
Sarkozy, Frances president,
avoid looking bad, and leaving
your boss or coworkers
when they meet earlier in the
week.
POLAND elects a new
president on Sunday 20th. The
contest will have a more sombre
air than it normal, coming just
over two months since President
Lech Kaczynski died with 95
others in a plane crash at
Smolensk, near Katyn. The
election is a contest between Mr
Kaczynskis twin brother,
Jaroslaw, leader of the
opposition Law and Justice
Party (PiS in its Polish acronym)
and Bronislaw Komorowski, the
the Polish parliament, who has
been acting president since the
crash. Despite sympathy for
Jaroslaw Kaczynski after his
brothers death, Mr
Komorowski is favourite to win.
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Heart Disease
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Submitted at 6/14/2010 9:00:00 AM
If you're the gambling sort,
here's a safe bet -- you're going
to die from heart disease. It's the
No. 1 killer in the United States,
and it causes almost three out of
every 10 deaths each year, more
than any other single cause
[source: CDC].
"Heart disease" is an umbrella
term for a number of heart
conditions. One of these
conditions is coronary artery
disease, excessive plaque
buildup in the arteries that
deliver oxygenated blood to
your heart tissues. When these
arteries get too narrow or
clogged up, your heart doesn't
get the fuel it needs to do its job.
This condition may lead to
angina, a feeling of tightness in
the chest, and eventually result
in heart attack.
Heart failure is also a form of
heart disease. Heart failure
implies that your heart suddenly
stops beating, but that's not the
case -- it refers to the
diminished capacity of a
damaged ticker. Heart failure
often leaves you feeling
exhausted or breathless, because
your heart is having trouble
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Arrhythmia(abnormal heart
rhythm) is also considered a
form of heart disease. A
diseased heart may begin to
flutter or race and, in extreme
cases, can prevent blood from
properly moving through the
heart's chambers.
One way doctors predict your
likelihood of getting these
conditions is through a little
equation called the Framingham
formula, which takes a bunch of
risk factors and calculates how
likely you are to get coronary
heart disease. The problem is
that the Framingham formula is
pretty complex. So to make it
easy for you, we're going to
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article.
First, we'll talk about the factor
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Deutsche Bank: Here's Why There
Will Be No Double Dip Recession
Gregory White (The Money
Game)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 9:24:00 AM
Deutsche Bank has put together
a report detailing the history of
double dip recessions and why,
from all the data currently
available, that scenario seems
unlikely right now.
We have the charts detailing
previous double dip scenarios
and the break down of why they
happened. We also have those
charts that suggest a different
fate for the economy today.
Source: Deustche Bank
Prior to World War II,
recessions lasted longer and
expansions were shorter. On
average, pre-World War II
recessions lasted 21 months. In
the post war period, recessions
have only lasted 11 months on
average.
From 1854 to 1945, the
economy was in recession 40%
of the time, which has only been
the case 15% of the time since
World War II.
Source: Deustche Bank
Source: Deustche Bank
The pre-World War I double
dip In 1910, the global economy
went into recession which lasted
until January 1912. After a year
of growth, the economy returned
to recession, and was only lifted
from the by the outbreak of
World War I.
This period also saw a return to
protectionist policies in the
European political sphere,
which may have worsened or
the recession.
Source: Deustche Bank
Source: Deustche Bank
The pre-Roaring Twenties
Double Dip World War I saw a
massive period of continuous
growth, but was followed in
1918 by a short downturn. That
downturn ended in March 1919,
but returned in January 1920,
before being followed by a
decade of strong growth.
Source: Deustche Bank
The Carter Crisis
Image: Wikimedia The early
1980s saw a brief, 6 month
recession as a product of the
Carter presidency's credit
controls. The end of those credit
controls produced a short period
of growth, but then monetary
tightening brought the economy
back into recession.
Source: Deustche Bank
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Shirtless Tom Cruise
Strips Down With
Cameron Diaz For ESPN
PopSugar (PopSugar)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 8:00:00 AM
Tom Cruise shared a shirtless
moment in LA on Friday while
shooting an ad for ESPN with
Cameron Diaz. The duo will log
lots of time side by side in the
coming weeks as they prep for
the release of Knight and Day
back of Tom's Tropic Thunder
on June 23. Their promotional character resulted in a new film
efforts include viral videos, and
deal, but the next few weeks
the pair was front and center in will be all about getting word
one released last week that
out about his Summer
features Tom's impressive blockbuster with Cameron.
soccer skills. His fancy
footwork won't land him a
position playing in the World To see more stunts from Tom
Cup, but his moves did come in
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handy during his Les Grossman View 15 Photos
dance routine at the MTV
Movie Awards. The bringing
Freedom From Quant
Franklin Foer (The New Galileo of sports scientific
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Submitted at 6/13/2010 11:00:00 PM Bill James and the Oakland
Athletics general manager Billy
There's a new master narrative Beane. They have reduced the
for the history of sports. And it mysteries of baseball prowess to
goes like this: We have only just a s e q u e n c e o f p r e v i o u s l y
begun to emerge from the ignored data, the new discipline
superstitious dark ages, where of sabermetrics, uncovering the
coaches clung to folk wisdom, h i d d e n f o r m u l a s f o r
into the enlightened world of u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h e g a m e .
data. The Copernicus and
42 Culture/ E-reader News Edition

The Looming Space Junk Crisis: It's Time to Take Out the
Trash
Evan I. Schwartz (Wired Top inevitable. Colliding objects through his telescope on those happen around this time possible collisions. And thats
Stories) would shatter into countless clear nights, and waited. I between objects of roughly this ignoring the danger posed by the
Submitted at 6/13/2010 11:00:00 PM equally dangerous fragments, knew something would happen mass. Like an opening shot in a estimated half-million smaller
setting off a chain reaction of eventually, he says. war, the crash served as a signal pieces of debris the size of a
Illustration: Simon C. Page additional crashes. The result Then, on February 10, that the syndrome had gone marble or larger. Too small to
On clear winter nights, when w o u l d b e a n e x p o n e n t i a l 2009just a little more than from theory to reality. Some track from the ground, each of
the trees are bare, Donald increase in the number of three decades after the people werent aware how fast those tiny projectiles is capable
Kessler likes to set up a small objects with time, he wrote, publication of his paperthe these objects are going, he of severely damaging a satellite.
telescope on the back deck of creating a belt of debris around Kessler syndrome made its says. At those speeds, even Just a month after the Iridium
his house in Asheville, North the Earth. stunning debut. Some 500 miles something quite small can create accident, a stray motor chunk
Carolina, and zoom in on the At age 38, Kessler had found over the Siberian tundra, two tremendous damage. hurtled toward the International
stars shining over the Blue his calling. Not that his bosses satellites were cruising through Almost immediately after the Space Station. Cruising at an
Ridge Mountains. Its not the had encouraged him to look into space, each racing along at accident, a military unit called altitude of 220 miles, astronauts
m o s t a d v a n c e d h o m e the issuethey didnt like about 5 miles per second. the Space Surveillance Network aboard the $100 billion
observatory, but the retired what I was finding, he recalls. Iridium 33 was flying north, sprang into action. Run by the laboratory were going about
NASA scientist treasures his But after the paper came out, relaying phone conversations. A Joint Space Operations Center at their daily chores at around
Celestron telescope, which was NASA set up the Orbital Debris long-retired Russian Californias Vandenberg Air noon EDT when they received a
m a d e i n 1 9 7 8 . T h a t a l s o Program Office to study the communication outpost called Force Base, the network uses a warningprepare for possible
happens to be the year Kessler problem and put Kessler in Cosmos 2251 was tumbling east system of radar installations and impact. The crew was directed
published the paper that made charge. He spent the rest of his in an uncontrolled orbit. Then optical sensors to monitor space to scramble into the stations
his reputation in aerospace career tracking cosmic crap and they collided. The ferocious junk. Before the Iridium- equivalent of a lifeboat, an
circles. Assigned to the forming alliances with impact smashed the satellites Cosmos incident, it had been attached Russian-made Soyuz
Environmental Effects Project counterparts in other nations in into roughly 2,100 pieces. tracking 120 active satellites and capsule. It would give them a
Office at NASAs Johnson a n e f f o r t t o s l o w i t s Repercussions on the ground worrying about an average of chance to abandon ship, if
Space Center in Houston, the proliferation. His description of were minimalperhaps a few five potential collisions, or necessary. After a few minutes,
astrophysicist had gotten a r u n a w a y c a s c a d e o f dropped callsbut up in the conjunctions, per day. The the motor zipped by, missing the
interested in the junk that collisionswhich he predicted sky, the consequences were crash took everyone by surprise. ISS by just a few milesin
humans were abandoning in the would happen in 30 to 40 serious. The wreckage quickly It wasnt even on their list of space terms, a close call.
wild black yondereverything yearsbecame known as the expanded into a cloud of debris, possibilities that day, an Then on December 1, with
from nuts and tools to defunct Kessler syndrome. each shard an orbiting Iridium spokesperson says. almost no warning, a small
satellites and rocket stages the While the scenario was cannonball capable of The operations center moved chunk from a different Cosmos
size of school buses. accepted in theory by NASA destroying yet another hunk of quickly to double its computer satellite hurtled toward the ISS,
I n t h a t s e m i n a l p a p e r , officials, nothing much was high-priced hardware. capacity. By early 2010, it was coming within a mile of a direct
C o l l i s i o n F r e q u e n c y o f done about it. Capturing and As Kessler received reports of keeping a close eye on 1,000 hit. Due to its speeding-bullet
A r t i f i c i a l S a t e l l i t e s : T h e disposing of space junk would the collision from former active satellites, 3,700 inactive velocity, even this fragment
Creation of a Debris Belt, be expensive and difficult, and colleagues at NASA, he realized satellites and rocket pieces, and could have had an impact equal
Kessler painted a nightmare the threat was too far in the that the situation had played out another 15,300 objects the size to a truck bomb. A 10-
scenario: Spent satellites and future to trigger much worry. pretty much as hed foreseen. of a fist or largera level of centimeter sphere of aluminum
o t h e r s p a c e t r a s h w o u l d After Kessler retired in 1996, he After all, he had forecast that the awareness that revealed a much
accumulate until crashes became grew a trim gray beard, peered first satellite collision would higher daily average of 75 LOOMING page 44
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Microsoft Throws Glitzy Coming-Out Bash for Kinect at E3

Chris Kohler (Wired Top Microsoft hoped to outdo them
Stories) all before the show even started
Submitted at 6/14/2010 8:52:00 AM with this performance, which
was intentionally light on
Men ride fake elephants with content but heavy on pomp and
flat screens inside as dancers circumstance. Project Natal Gets
revel and a sofa with actual a Name: Kinect
people dangles in the air during The big news? Project Natal is
Microsoft's pre-E3 party for new now named Kinect.
videogame controller Kinect. Kinect uses multiple cameras to
Illustration by Dan Panosian/ track a users body movements,
Wired.com translating their motion into
LOS ANGELES Dozens of game controls. You might
dancers in tribal dress and body control a car racing game by
makeup ran amongst the crowd pretending to grip a steering
as we stood on the floor of a wheel in the air, or a tennis
massive theater. Thumping game by swinging an imaginary
world rhythms and electronic racket. Microsoft will release
beats blared. the device later this year.
The massive Xbox sphere is Will this be a revolutionary
revealed in Cirque du Soleil's product? Microsoft certainly
Project Natal Experience show. thinks so. History is about to be
Photo courtesy Microsoft rewritten, boomed a deity-like
Hundreds of onlookers, clad in voice over the loudspeaker.
white polyester ponchos with Human beings will be at the
massive shoulder epaulets, center, and the machine will be
gazed as the dancers spun red and twisted as a small boy putting on the most opulent controller that will bring motion the one that adapts. Might the
and yellow ribbons from their climbed a tower of rock at the product launch in the history of and voice control to Microsofts next step be an absence of an
hands and parted the sea of our far end of the theater, finally videogames. game platform. object? Is the future of humanity
bodies. being raised up on an alien If there was any doubt that the A Star Wars game turns you humanity itself?
Fellow Wired.com writer Gus monolith familiar to everyone in Electronic Entertainment Expo into a Jedi and lets you engage Gee, thats not building it up
Mastrapa and I were separated the audience: A silver sphere w a s b a c k i n f u l l f o r c e , Darth Vader in a lightsaber duel. too much, right?
by the gyrating natives, pulled adorned with a glowing green Microsofts kickoff event here Illustration by Dan Panosian/ Pages: 1 2 View All
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Are there natural nanotechnologies? continued from page 42

would be like 7 kilograms of and new collisions create more

(HowStuffWorks Daily Feed) looking into nanotechnology as lock with cancer cells while TNT, says Jack Bacon, a senior Kesslerian debris, leading to yet
Submitted at 6/14/2010 9:00:00 AM a potential way to treat cancer ignoring everything else. Inside NASA scientist charged with more collisions.
patients. The basic idea is to the shell is a tiny payload of keeping the ISS safe. It would NASAs Bacon puts it bluntly:
The field of nanotechnology create tiny vessels -- perhaps medication. When the virus blow everything to The Kessler syndrome is in
deals with a world so small that just 100 nanometers wide -- to finds a cancer cell, it latches on smithereens. effect. Were in a runaway
we can't see it through a light carry minute doses of an anti- and injects the medicine -- Incidents like these served as environment, and we wont be
microscope. At this scale, we're cancer drug. which is technically poison -- clear signs from above that able to use space in the future if
working with basic building Currently, most anti-cancer directly into the cancer cell. something must finally be done we dont start dealing with this
blocks like molecules or organic drugs can affect healthy and That's how viruses have worked about space junk. Its now.
cells. Mankind's experience in cancerous tissue. That's why the for millions of years and it's just proliferation threatens not only Pages: Previous 1 2 3| Full Page
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In that sense, the question about While we may have to spend will always play a prominent the sky is now expected to
natural nanotechnology is more decades to learn enough to role in our understanding of this double every few years as large
philosophical than practical. create a device that can find and tiny world. objects weaken and split apart
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Washington's Big Money for Clean Tech
Mark Boslett, greentechmedia
(Wired Top Stories)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 8:08:00 AM
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates
and General Electric CEO Jeff
Immelt hope to convince the
federal government to triple
clean tech investments.
The pair of corporate titans said
Thursday they want $16 billion
to go each year to research,
develop and deploy technologies
including wind energy, solar
and nuclear fission. Their newly
created American Energy
Innovation Council includes
fellow heavyweights John
Doerr, a venture capitalist, and
Bank of America Chairman
Chad Holliday, among others.
On the surface, this flood of
money makes obvious sense.
But from another perspective, it
is nothing new. Contained in
proposed federal legislation that
is now awaiting congressional
approval is clean-tech spending
that will increase to $50 billion
a year by 2020, according to
Mark Trexler, director of
climate strategies and markets at
risk management firm DNV.
About $13 billion comes from
tax credits and other fiscal
measures. The rest is the result
of ratepayer increases for
electricity and other energy.
The spending should lead to
massive investments for wind,
solar and carbon capture,
Trexler said at the Cleantech
Institute conference recently
held at the University of
California, Berkeley.
The trouble is that the
legislation has a slim chance of
passing and the stalemate over
bills, such as Waxman-Markey,
could last another five to six
years, according to Trexler. If
Democrats lose seats this fall
and again in 2012, it doesnt
make sense that the numbers
look any better, he says.
According to Maximilian
Auffhammer, also in attendance
at the Cleantech conference, the
Waxman-Markey proposal has
another big benefit for clean
tech that is not well known.
Among the bills important
policy mechanisms are the
most stringent building codes
we have ever seen, says
Auffhammer, an associate
Culture/ 45
professor at UC-Berkeley.
The bill would bring into
existence the first nationwide
system of building codes and
tighten them every year through
2030. These codes will spark
considerable demand for green
building technologies, he says.
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Scarlett Sweetly Thanks Ryan
During Her Big Tonys Night With
Denzel, Beyonce, and Katie
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Submitted at 6/14/2010 9:05:00 AM
Broadway's best gathered in
NYC last night for the Tony
Awards. Both Scarlett
Johansson and Liev Schreiber
were nominated for their work
in A View From the Bridge, and
they brought along their
significant others for support.
Liev posed with a RM by
Roland Mouret-wearing Naomi
Watts on the red carpet, but, as
usual, Scarlett and her husband
Ryan Reynolds kept their
distance in front of the
photographers. Lea Michele
wore Zac Posen to join Matthew
Morrison in representing Glee,
as their costars wrapped up their
European travels promoting
their show at the Monte Carlo
TV Festival. Scarlett, in Elie
Saab, was one of the ceremony's
early winners, taking home an
award for Best Featured Actress
in a Play. She thanked Ryan for
Recognize Sunk Costs to Cut Stress and Financial Losses
[Personal Finance]
Jason Fitzpatrick (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 8:30:00 AM
Nobody likes to admit that the
the podium, calling him, "My
Canadian, who I live with,
Ryan."
Jay-Z and Beyonce Knowles
were seated in the audience after
a busy weekend - they started
off with his performance at the
Isle of Wight Festival in the UK,
before heading to Bonnaroo and
onto the Big Apple. Lea and
Matthew, meanwhile, went from
the arrivals area to the stage to
perform a show tunes medley.
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-
Smith celebrated their son
Jaden's taking the number one
spot at the weekend box office
with The Karate Kid by handing
out an award together. Katie
Holmes was decked out in gray
monkey they spent on
something is gone and there is
no getting it back but
recognizing a sunk cost whether
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Radcliffe, and Denzel
Washington was another of the Robert Pattinson took a break
night's honorees for his from working on Water for
performance in Fences- make Elephants to attend the press
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Easy Target
Louis Klarevas (The New
Republic - All Feed)
Submitted at 6/13/2010 11:00:00 PM
In the past year, terrorists have
planned to blow up the New
York City subway system, an
airplane over Detroit, and Times
Square. These high-profile plots
have reminded us that terrorists
are as determined as ever to
strike within the United States.
They have also left an
impression, pushed heavily in
the media, that the next attack
will be a massive explosion.
But, in responding to terrorist
threats to the homeland,
policymakers and pundits
routinely ignore one important
trend: Terrorism often comes
from the barrel of a gunand,
when it does, the consequences
are often fatal.
From the beginning of 2005
through the end of 2009, the
U.S. National Counter-
Terrorism Center (NCTC)
documented 62,625 terrorist
attacks worldwide, with a death
toll of 88,431. Of those attacks,
25,320more than 40
percentinvolved guns. No
other weapon was used as
frequently. (Improvised
explosive devices, or IEDs,
came second in linethey were
used in 26 percent of attacks,
mostly in Iraq, Afghanistan, and
Pakistan.) Guns were also the
most lethal of weapons used,
responsible for 40,198 deaths.
This troubling pattern is
particularly evident in the
United States. Since September
11, according to information
from the NCTC, the National
Consortium for the Study of
Terrorism and Responses to
Terrorism ( START), and news
accounts, there have been 65
terrorist attacks on U.S. soil.
When the incidents perpetrated
by eco-terrorists (who tend to
target property only) are filtered
out, 26 attacks remain, with an
overall death toll of 22 people.
Twenty-one of those victims
were shot to death, in eight
attacks involving guns.
And, yet, while the federal
government has taken steps in
recent years to improve airline
security, enhance domestic
intelligence, and clamp down on
access to materials needed for
explosive devices, it has done
little to stop suspected terrorists
from getting their hands on
guns. These weapons remain
cheap, readily available, easy to
use, and deadly.
The story of Major Nidal Malik
Hasan is well-known. On
November 5, 2009, he entered
the Soldier Readiness
Processing Center in Fort Hood,
Texas, and opened fire on
soldiers who were awaiting pre-
deployment medical exams.
When it was over, Hasans
rampage had left 13 people dead
and another 43 injured.
Investigators concluded that, in
just minutes, Hasan had
managed to fire over 100 rounds
from his cop killer FN Herstal
5.7 tactical pistol.
Disturbingly, the FBI had
previously investigated Hasan
for his ties to a radical cleric in
Yemen. But, when he purchased
his firearm in August 2009 from
Guns Galore, a licensed shop in
Killeen, Texas, his information
was not shared with the federal
joint terrorism task force that
had him under prior watch.
Instead, Hasan was able to
purchase the weapon he would
use in the deadliest act of
terrorism on U.S. soil since
September 11.
Hasan's story illustrates that, to
kill people, scare the public, and
attract media attention, all a
terrorist needs is a gun, ample
ammunition, a densely
populated soft target, and the
will to kill. But, perhaps more
importantly, it shows how
ineffective the government is at
denying terrorists access to
firearms.
When people attempt to
purchase guns from licensed
dealers, they must pass a
background check mandated by
the Brady Handgun Violence
Prevention Act. A purchasers
paperwork is submitted by a
dealer to the FBI, and grounds
for denying purchase include a
felony indictment or conviction,
substance abuse, dishonorable
military discharge, and proven
mental problems. Conspicuously
absent from this list? That the
purchaser is known or suspected
to be involved in terrorist
activitiesnamely, that he or
she is on the nation's terrorist
watch list, a classified database
of approximately 400,000
people. (People like Hasan who
have been investigated by the
FBI are, presumably, on the
list.)
The Government
Accountability Office has found
that, from February 2004 to
February 2010, 1,225 purchases
involving individuals on the
watch list were submitted for a
Brady background check.
Ninety-one percent of these
transactions were approved; the
other 9 percent were denied for
reasons other than the
purchasers' suspected terrorist
activities. In 2009, Abdulhakim
Mujahid Muhammad, who was
also on the FBI's radar, bought a
gun that he used to execute a
drive-by shooting outside a U.S.
military recruiting office in
Little Rock, Arkansas. One
soldier was killed, another
wounded. Similarly, anti-
abortion activist Scott Roeder
legally purchased the handgun
he used to kill Wichita abortion
doctor George Tiller in 2009
from a pawn shop in Lawrence,
Kansas. The FBI had previously
investigated Roeder for his anti-
government activities as a
member of the Montana
Freeman militia.
So what's to be done? Its
simple. Just as there is a no-fly
list that keeps suspected
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terrorists from boarding planes,
Congress should pass legislation
that creates a no-buy list to
prevent suspected terrorists from
purchasing guns. Senator Frank
Lautenberg, a Democrat, and
Representative Peter King, a
Republican, have twice
introduced legislation that
would create such a list, and the
Obama administration supports
the effort. The legislation takes
into account criticisms of the
terrorist watch list that it is
bloated, for instance, and
encompasses innocent people,
including those who happen to
share names with terrorist
suspectsby including a due
process provision for people
who believe they've been
wrongfully denied a gun
purchase; they would be able
petition to have the restriction
against them lifted.
Unfortunately, lawmakers face
a strong gun-rights lobby, which
refuses to acknowledge that
firearms are often terrorists'
weapons of choice. (Former
National Rifle Association chief
lobbyist James Baker once
argued that the September 11
attacks were perpetrated with
box cutters, and I dont see
anyone talking about closing
down True Value hardware
stores.) To date, Lautenberg
and King's bill has never
received a full up-or-down vote
on the floor of either chamber of
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48 Politics/ E-reader News Edition

Pictures of Blagojevich: a Crook Or a Fool?

(Newsmax - Inside Cover) it can also present some tricky "The Bernie Madoff of Chicago naive but not corrupt has his group of close advisers, had
Submitted at 6/14/2010 3:19:26 AM problems. fooled everybody, with all due worked with some juries, no experience in politics or
Prosecutors say there were respect, governor, including experts say. government but soon ended up
Was Rod Blagojevich a crook? plans to leverage the power of you," Adam told jurors. But criminal defense attorney as chief of staff to the governor.
Or was he merely a bumbler, a the governor's office into a Stuart Levine, who pleaded Robert W. Clarke warns that "The governor had horrible
goof naive, trusting and moneymaking enterprise, and guilty to launching the kickback Blagojevich's defense team had judgment," he told jurors.
played for a fool by cynical that it involved Blagojevich, top scheme, was just as bad, he said. better watch out for "the ostrich Longtime Chicago defense
c a m p a i g n f u n d r a i s e r s a n d campaign fundraiser Tony "The king of sleaze knighted instruction," which may be attorney John Beal says there is
political fixers? Rezko, fundraiser Chris Kelly Stuart Levine," Adam among the guidelines the judge another danger in trying to play
Some who know him will have and the governor's chief of staff, thundered. "Sir Stuart Levine." gives jurors before they start dumb. If the government's
trouble swallowing the idea of Alonzo "Lon" Monk. Where was Blagojevich all this deliberations. evidence over the whole trial
Blagojevich, a veteran state Adam, in his opening while? The governor, Adam "It tells the jury, look, you can't reveals Blagojevich as street
lawmaker and congressman who s t a t e m e n t , h e a p e d a n said, was too busy studying the say you stuck your head in the smart after all, he says, it will
was elected Illinois governor overwhelming bulk of the blame big picture to notice what was sand when all this was going on clash with the defense claim that
twice, as the all-American on Rezko. happening. around you in obvious fashion," he didn't know what was going
chump. "The theme of this trial so far is Blagojevich, 53, has pleaded says Clarke. "If they try that, the on. Making him look insincere
He spent years climbing the Rezko and the three stooges," not guilty to scheming to get a prosecutors may seek that like that could be off-putting to
political ladder, his career says Roosevelt University massive payoff huge instruction. The defense had jurors.
guided by his father-in-law, political scientist Paul Green, campaign money or possibly a better be sure that they're not FBI wiretap tapes of
Richard Mell, an old-school w h o h a s b e e n w a t c h i n g high-paying job after leaving the inviting it." Blagojevich the first of
Democratic ward committeeman Blagojevich since his start in governor's office in exchange The image of Blagojevich as which were played for jurors
who goes back to the Chicago politics. for filling the U.S. Senate seat unwitting dupe may actually Thursday could be that kind
Machine. Rezko is awaiting sentencing that Barack Obama left have been reinforced on of hindrance. He was heard in a
But a defense theme that has for fraud and other offenses in following his November 2008 Thursday while Monk a nasty, crabby tone ordering
emerged at his racketeering and connection with a $7 million election as president. He has prosecution witness was members of his inner circle to
fraud trial, which resumes kickback scheme. He was also pleaded not guilty to testifying. get more and more campaign
Monday, is just that he convicted in June 2008 and may launching a racketeering scheme Monk admitted that Rezko money.
simply didn't know what was testify at the Blagojevich trial. in the governor's office. slipped him envelopes that But Beal says the 18 months
going on all around him. Monk pleaded guilty to If convicted, he could be usually contained $10,000 in Blagojevich spent making
A fool or a knave? Definitely c o n s p i r i n g t o p r e s s u r e a sentenced to up to 415 years in cash seven to nine times while television appearances such as
the former, according to the r a c e t r a c k o w n e r f o r prison, though a judge would he was chief of staff. Assistant on "Celebrity Apprentice" may
p i c t u r e s h i s l a w y e r s a r e contributions and is testifying in consider many factors. U.S. Attorney Chris Niewoehner have created an image that
drawing. hopes getting a lighter sentence. Blagojevich also could face asked if he had told would reinforce his professed
"If this guy is a crook, he's the Kelly committed suicide last fines totaling $6 million. Blagojevich. He said he had not naivete.
most naive and stupid crook you year, days before he was to His brother, Robert because the governor "If they can portray him as
ever met," is how DePaul report to prison for an unrelated Blagojevich, 54, a Nashville, wouldn't have approved. something of a nut, then this
U n i v e r s i t y l a w p r o f e s s o r tax conviction. Tenn., businessman, has pleaded "This is gold for the defense," delusional aspect might work,"
Leonard Cavise sums up a good In his revival meeting-style not guilty to taking part in the Cavise said. "Rod gets to sit says Beal. "Kind of a goof
portion of defense attorney Sam o p e n i n g , A d a m p o r t r a y e d alleged scheme to sell the back and say, 'Gee, these guys rather than a scheming,
Adam Jr.'s dramatic opening B l a g o j e v i c h a s b l i s s f u l l y Senate seat and to conspiring to were really crooks I had no calculating, smart crook."
statement. ignorant while Rezko tangled pressure the racetrack owner for idea." Copyright 2010 The
Experts say that strategy can be his administration in an ugly campaign cash. Monk, a sports agent when PICTURES page 51
effective with some juries but web of corruption. The strategy of claiming to be Blagojevich brought him into
E-reader News Edition Politics/ 49

Morning Bell: The Government Bailouts Must End

Conn Carroll (The Foundry: $862 billion stimulus bill, of federal taxpayers like an ATM is that Obamacares deficit doctor shortages even worse.
Conservative Policy News.) which $34.7 billion in education machine to cover the shortfalls. reduction claims were always a Small banks are beginning to
Submitted at 6/14/2010 8:37:52 AM funds remains unspent. The Obamacare Bailout: The complete fraud, and the miss their TARP bailout
Meanwhile, over the past decade Presidents signature legislative Presidents pitch for a doc fix payments.
Late Saturday night President student enrollment has increased accomplishment is just barely exposes that fact. The United States has
Barack Obama sent a letter to only 6% while the number of three months old, but it already Last week Gallup reported that discovered nearly$1 trillion in
the leadership of the House and teachers in the classroom has is in need of a $400 billion Federal government debt was untapped mineral deposits in
Senate urging them to approve a risen 15.8%. But over this same bailout. In an interview with the issue that most threatened Afghanistan, far beyond any
tax and spending bill currently p e r i o d , s t u d i e s f o u n d a Politico Sunday, the President the future well-being of the previously known reserves.
being debated in the Senate that correlation between reduced said of Obamacare: I strongly United States. Our nations
already would add $80 billion to c l a s s s i z e s a n d s t u d e n t believe that the health care bill record deficits are largely driven Tags: bailouts, doc fix,
our nations budget deficit. But achievement. More federal was the right thing to do I by the record spending increases government unions, medicaid,
coming off of last years $862 funding is unlikely to increase think its going to help us bend of the last decade and the last Morning Bell, Obama Health
billion stimulus, President student achievement and will the cost curve in ways that will year in particular. There is a Care Plan 2 Responses to
Obama is not happy with just not provide a long-term solution actually help us deal with the way out of this deficit Morning Bell: The
another $80 billion in debt for to states budget shortfalls. deficit, not add to it. But just nightmare: stop spending. If the Government Bailouts Must
this year. He also requested A n o t h e r b a i l o u t f r o m one day earlier during his federal government managed to End
another $50 billion in deficit W a s h i n g t o n c o u l d e v e n weekly radio address, the return to the per-household Margaret Stokely NJ on June
spending earmarked for bailing- e x a c e r b a t e s t a t e s f i s c a l President pleaded with Congress spending level of the Reagan 14th, 2010 at 9:37am said: So,
out state and local governments. p r o b l e m s b y c r e a t i n g to pass a temporary fix in administration, the budget overriding the will of the
Without this emergency disincentives for states to tackle Medicare reimbursement rates would be balanced by 2012 people, again? NJ just voted
money, the President claims out-of-control spending and for doctors: Now, I realize that without any tax hikes. Or just NO on giving Teachers a raise,
thousands of government union make real education reforms. simply kicking these cuts down returning to the per-household they are paid well enough,
jobs would be lost. But even The Medicaid Bailout: $25 the road another year is not a spending levels that existed especially for the results that we
among his own party, the billion of the Presidents latest long-term solution to this before the current recession get. We are paying BHOs
President faces an uphill climb. spending spree is set to bail-out problem. Im absolutely willing would balance the budget by campaign cronies off.
House Majority Leader Steny state Medicaid programs. This to take the difficult steps 2019. But first we must stop the Bob H Syosset N.Y. on June
Hoyer told The Washington would be the fourth time this necessary to lower the cost of bleeding: the government 14th, 2010 at 9:37am said:
Post: I think there is spending decade that Congress has bailed- Medicare and put our budget on bailouts must end. Regarding more spending as a
fatigue. Bailout fatigue is out state Medicaid programs. a more fiscally sustainable path. Quick Hits: way out of the financial mess,
more like it. And the Presidents The cycle is all too familiar. But Im not willing to do that by Internal White House there an old country saying that
envisioned spending spree is full B e t w e e n 1 9 9 0 a n d 2 0 0 7 , punishing hard-working documents reveal that 51% of goes something like If you
of both. Medicaid spending more than physicians or the millions of employers may have to always do what youve always
T h e G o v e r n m e n t U n i o n quadrupled from $69 billion to Americans who count on relinquish their current health done you will always get what
Bailout: $23 billion of the $316 billion. Because of these Medicare. Thats just wrong. care coverage by 2013 due to youve always got. Einstein
Presidents additional $50 constant bailouts, states have And thats why in the short- Obamacare. said it better of courseDoing
billion in spending would avoided dealing with their term, Congress must act to The New York Times reports the same thing over and over
supposedly go to keep teachers mismanagement of the program. prevent this pay cut to doctors. that Obamacare will raise your and expecting a different result
in the classroom. This new More money from Washington So which is it? Did Obamacare health insurance premiums an is the definition of insanity.
spending would be in addition to will guarantee one thing: states bend the cost curve in ways extra 3% this year.
t h e n e a r l y $ 1 0 0 b i l l i o n will continue to spend far in that will help the deficit, or is The retirement of baby You can follow any responses
appropriated to the Department excess of what they can afford, Medicare still on a fiscally boomer doctors and nurses are MORNING page 53
of Education by the Presidents and Congress will treat the unsustainable path? The reality set to make the Obamacare
50 Politics/ E-reader News Edition

Defense of the EU Lacks Substance

Theodore Bromund (The now ubiquitous tapas bars in taxes. If the argument is that
Foundry: Conservative Policy almost every town and city in investors chose to invest in
News.) Britain. Britain because of its proximity
Submitted at 6/14/2010 9:06:56 AM Retirement to Spain? The and access to the European
In the latest issue of The influx of British retirees to market, that is undoubtedly
Economist, a correspondent Spain helped fuel the Spanish partly true but it is also true
Dewi Williams, a senior lecturer property bubble, which makes that if Britain were out of the
in European law at Staffordshire the American one look small, EU and the EU discriminated
U n i v e r s i t y w r i t e s i n t o and which, as it deflates, has against imports from it, this
complain about the unfairness of devastated the Spanish economy would be a violation of WTO
the British dislike of the and created pressure to break rules. To the extent that those
European Union. Williams out of the Euro. Undoubtedly, rules would not protect Britain,
argues that the reason why the life in Spain is very pleasant if it is because of enduring EU
EU is unpopular in Britain is youre a British retiree with a protectionism. So the EU has
because the EU hasnt done r e a s o n a b l e i n c o m e . B u t little to do with this, and less
enough to promote itself, and Americans retire to Mexico than nothing to offer going
the benefits of EU membership. without needing a political forward on these grounds.
Its important to point out, first, union to make it possible. From the nonsensical, we move
that Williams is calling for the Retirees are basically rich to the silly. Cheap Italian and
use of British money to fund EU tourists who dont leave, and French wine? We have that in
propaganda aimed at the British virtually every nation in the the United States too, which
t h e m s e l v e s . D e m o c r a t i c world promotes tourism. In suggests that the existence of the
governments are not supposed other words, Spanish hospitality EU might be an irrelevancy. If
to behave in this way, because to wealthy British retirees is a there were no cheap Italian wine
they derive their legitimacy not matter of Spanish self-interest. to be found in Britain, there
from propaganda, but from the If the argument is that the EU is could be three reasons for this:
consent of the governed. But of needed to force Spain to accept either the British didnt like it
c o u r s e , t h e E U i s n t a British retirees who it would and so there was no market for it
democracy and lacks that otherwise prefer to exclude (which would be their own
consent, which is why its and there is no evidence for this have done the trick. But its suspicious of them. affair), or Italy forbade its
supporters feel it needs to then it is based explicitly on existence once again is a Its also worth considering why export (which would be stupid,
engage in propaganda. And the the fact that the EU is not a matter of self-interest, this time investors decide to invest in a but would again be their own
EU feels the same way, which is democracy. on the part of both Britain and p a r t i c u l a r l o c a t i o n . O n e a f f a i r ) , o r t h e B r i t i s h
why it already spends lots of Capital investment in Britains the European investors. As a excellent reason is that the government protected against it
money selling itself to the poorest regions? That is matter of historical fact, Britain business climate there in (which would also be stupid,
peoples of Europe. undoubtedly welcome. Of was open to foreign investment particular, the tax structure is and in addition a violation of
But Williams goes on to list the course, since public spending long before it joined the EU. better than it is elsewhere. But WTO rules). Or, if this point is
supposed unappreciated benefits currently accounts for 57 Indeed, it is far more open than the EU is slowly moving meant as a defense of the
of EU membership for Britain. percent of the economy in the supposedly Euro-friendly t o w a r d s a p o l i c y o f t a x Common Agricultural Policy, it
Here they are: retirement to Englands North West and 67 nation of France, where foreign harmonization in other words, fails to take into account the
Spain, capital investment in percent in Wales and Northern investors face well-documented a policy that would eliminate the enormous costs of that program,
Britains poorest regions, cheap Ireland, investment from Europe political obstacles and an ability of poorer regions to
DEFENSE page 54
Italian and French wines and the into Britain does not appear to entrenched elite that is basically attract employers with low
E-reader News Edition
Get it Right!
E.J. Dionne Jr. (The New
Republic - All Feed)
Submitted at 6/13/2010 11:00:00 PM
WASHINGTONWill politics
slow our economic recovery?
Will world leaders who pulled
us back from the brink of a new
Great Depression throw in the
towel before the global
economy gets the unemployed
back to work?These are the
moment's central questions, and
I posed them last week to Larry
Summers, President Obama's
top economic adviser. Summers
is often cast as an economic
conservative because he was a
serious budget balancer in the
Clinton years. In fact, he is a
pragmatist who thinks
economics involves the art of
tailoring policies to actual
conditions.
And right now, the pragmatist
thinks that the job of getting us
out of the economic doldrums is
not yet done.
"Different economic
circumstances require different
approaches to economic policy,"
Summers said, using a bit of
economist-speak. "Today, when
interest rates are at nearly zero
and the central challenge is a
shortfall of demand, the policies
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of immediate fiscal
consolidation that were
appropriate to address the
crowding-out problems of the
1990s would be harmful, not
helpful, to economic growth.
That's true at home and around
the world."
It would be nice if Congress
and policymakers elsewhere
who seem to be racing
prematurely to fiscal austerity
would give Summers a listen.
The last thing we need is to
undo much of the good done last
year by governments that chose
not to repeat the big mistake of
the early 1930s. Instead of
imposing austerity when the
global economy needed a big
boost, they opted for stimulus.
And the world avoided
catastrophe.
Summers is nothing if not
careful. In the interview and in a
speech last month at the Johns
Hopkins School of Advanced
International Studies, he was
clear that long-term deficits can
also endanger growth and that
the administration intends to
contain them. He also
emphasized that no single policy
could be applied across Europe
given the fiscal difficulties of
the Mediterranean nations,
starting with Greece.
But he was plain about this: We
will never deal effectively with
our deficit problem until we get
the economy moving. As
Summers put it at Hopkins: "It
is not possible to imagine sound
budgets in the absence of
economic growth and solid
economic performance."
If you don't think growth needs
to come first, consider these
numbers from Summers: We
could cut the debt as a share of
GDP by half a percent with $75
billion in either spending cuts or
tax increases. But we would
achieve (BEG ITAL)exactly the
same result(END ITAL) with an
extra three-quarters of a percent
of GDP growth. "Spurring
growth, if we can achieve it,"
Summers said at Hopkins, "is by
far the best way to improve our
fiscal position."
That's why it's mystifying that a
Democratic Congress is having
so much trouble passing the
most elementary forms of
economic stimulus. Assisting
the states with extra Medicaid
money and helping them avoid
massive teacher layoffs could
save or add at least 300,000
jobs.
Do Democrats honestly think
that nickel-and-diming on
stimulus now will either have a
substantial impact on the long-
term deficit or be of greater help
to them in this fall's elections
than more robust growth?
Make no mistake: Summers has
not gone squishy on the deficit.
In his careful and unapologetic
rendition of the two-handed
economist act, he is at pains to
make clear that he thinks that
long-term fiscal profligacy
would endanger growth, both
now and later.
"Jobs are the top economic
priority," he said in a follow-up
e-mail to the interview, "which
is why the president is pushing
Congress on measures to
strengthen small-business
hiring, promote clean energy
investments, prevent teacher and
police layoffs, and support
unemployed workers. It's also
why we're working to double
exports."
Then he added: "But for a
policy centered around
economic growth to be credible
in the short term we must show
a commitment on returning to a
fiscal sustainable path over the
medium- and long-term. That's
why the president has taken
important steps to bring
Politics/ 51
responsibility back to the federal
budget through health care
reform and in creating a
bipartisan fiscal commission."
OK, those are not exactly
ringing sound bites in a political
environment that limits
economic discussion to cries of
"Big Spending!" and "Big
Deficits!" And, yes, in the
parlance of political consultants,
it "muddles the message" to
argue that we need to tilt toward
growth now and fiscal discipline
in the long run.
But it happens to be the right
policy. Does that matter
anymore?
For more TNR, become a fan
on Facebook and follow us on
Twitter.
E.J. Dionne's e-mail address is
ejdionne(at)washpost.com.
E.J. Dionne, Jr. is the author of
the recently published Souled
Out: Reclaiming Faith and
Politics After the Religious
Right. He is a Washington Post
columnist, a senior fellow at the
Brookings Institution, and a
professor at Georgetown
University.
(c) 2009, Washington Post
Writers Group
52 Politics/ E-reader News Edition

Michelle Obama Speaks to Camp New FBI Docs Show

Pendleton Troops Kennedy Death Threats
(Newsmax - Inside Cover) of you and your families, and to at a Senate hearing last year. (Newsmax - Inside Cover) Angeles on June 6, 1968.
Submitted at 6/13/2010 6:11:28 PM make sure your voices are heard Her campaign manager called Submitted at 6/14/2010 5:27:23 AM The deaths of his two older
back in Washington and that Boxer's appearance at Camp brothers cast a long shadow on
After meeting with wounded your needs are met." Pendleton rich in irony. Most of the secret FBI files on Kennedy's life, and prompted
Marines, first lady Michelle Boxer spoke only minutes to "The bottom line is that Barbara the late Sen. Edward Kennedy fears he too would be targeted
Obama told thousands of troops the crowd of about 3,500 troops Boxer has shown a total being released Monday concern by an assassin's bullet.
and their families Sunday that and families, telling them how disregard for our men and death threats against the After his brothers'
she is launching a national President Obama's economic women in uniform, and her longtime senator. assassinations, Kennedy wrote
challenge to Americans to find recovery act provided funding to record on security issues is, to Alex Brown of the FBI's in his memoir "True Compass"
ways to support them. build a new hospital that will put it generously, dismal," records management division released last year, that he was
Since her husband took office, replace the 36-year-old facility Fiorina's deputy campaign said the FBI would post some easily startled at loud sounds,
Obama has been visiting bases on base, and gave money toward manager, Julie Soderlund, said 2,000 pages of previously secret a n d w o u l d h i t t h e d e c k
across the country as part of her a new child care center. in an e-mail to The Associated pages about the Massachusetts whenever a car backfired.
mission to improve the quality She thanked the military wives Press. Democrat on the agency's Kennedy, who served in the
of life for military families. She who met with her, saying: "Today, she's getting some help website. Senate for nearly half a century,
called Camp Pendleton and the "Some of my best ideas that yet again from the Obamas in an The release of the documents died in August 2009 after a
surrounding Southern California have led to legislation for attempt to try to mask that over. has been highly anticipated by yearlong struggle with brain
cities a model for community m e n t a l h e a l t h b e n e f i t s , But the facts are the facts. And historians, scholars and others cancer. He was 77 and the last
support of troops. compensation, etc. These have the facts bite, especially for interested in the life and long surviving brother of the famed
But California Republicans come from you directly." those who put their lives on the p u b l i c c a r e e r o f o n e o f political family.
called the event a publicity stunt Legislation proposed by Boxer line every day to protect this America's most prominent and
to help Sen. Barbara Boxer, D- recently provided money for a great nation." powerful politicians. Online:
Calif., who is running for a new wounded care treatment Copyright 2010 The The Associated Press and other http://foia.fbi.gov/hottopics.htm
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President Barack Obama flew to Republican rival, Carly Fiorina rewritten or redistributed. Kennedy faced death threats b e p u b l i s h e d , b r o a d c a s t ,
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E-reader News Edition
The Case for Defense Spending
Kim Holmes (The Foundry:
Conservative Policy News.)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 10:08:57 AM
The country is drowning in red
ink. A revolt against rising debt
is unleashing a grass roots
movement to curb spending.
Conservatives all across
America are deeply concerned
that unless we can get spending
under control, we will forever
lose our country.
This is hardly an environment
conducive to making the case
for more defense spending. To
make matters worse the
Department of Defense is in the
hands of an administration that
conservatives do not trust. Its
understandable that they would
not want to appear to give a
blank check to the very
administration that is busting the
budget with out of control
domestic spending.
But heres the problem. The
Obama administration is cutting
defense projects and programs
that we need, and doing so by
using disingenuous arguments
of frugality intended to put
conservatives on the defensive.
But conservatives should not be
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on the defensive. National
defense is the one area of
government that conservatives
believe the federal government
has a constitutional
responsibility to do right. So
much of Obamas spending is
unnecessary and of dubious
constitutionality. That is not the
case in spending on national
defense.
The bottom line is that the
Obama administration plans
defense budget cuts that will
weaken future necessary
cut in order to contribute to
overall budget reductions, but
which programs, projects and
personnel are needed to defend
the country. After weve done
that, we can then cost it out to
include efficiencies. Any
savings that can be achieved in
reforming logistics or cutting
personnel and benefits should be
used to help fund the
modernization programs and
end strength needed to defend
the country in the future.
Anything less will be an
arbitrary budget exercise with
no grounding in reality. Worse,
it would be an excuse to jettison
m o d e r n i z a t i o n a n d o t h e r the peace through strength
programs. Under their plans, model of national defense
there is no way the U.S. can bequeathed to us by Ronald
build the weapons and systems Reagan.
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Congress. "I'm not so sure this is
the right solution," Republican
Senator Lindsey Graham said
weakly in a Hill hearing last
month on gun restrictions.
But, as the evidence shows,
terrorists know that guns often
give them the best bang for their
buck. Until Congress closes the
loopholes in gun purchasing,
extremists will keep exploiting
the system; they will purchase
firearms and continue to engage
in what has become a frequent
and deadly form of terrorism.
Louis Klarevas is a member of
the clinical faculty at New York
University's Center for Global
Affairs, where he also serves as
the coordinator of the graduate
transnational security
concentration. You can follow
him on Twitter at @NYUProf.
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both for British consumers and
poor farmers around the world.
This is really not a point the EU
wants to boast about.
How about those famous tapas
bars, which appear to be the
only real benefit of EU
membership? Well, we have
leading twentieth century light
was Elizabeth David, who
published Italian Food in 1954,
before the EU came into
existence, and who inspired the
revival of cooking in England
thats exemplified by celebrity
chefs like Gordon Ramsay and
because the EU is an elitist,
TV Casting: Gabrielle
undemocratic institution that
persists in talking down to the Union Joins 'Army
peoples of Europe. Which, of
course, is why its supporters
play the game of confusing
Wives' Spinoff
Europe with the EU, and why Andrew Scott (TV Squad)
they are eager to make the case Submitted at 6/14/2010 6:40:00 AM

those in the United States as
well, so evidently the EU isnt
entirely responsible for their
existence. But Britain isnt a
nation of tapas bars. Its a
nation of Indian restaurants, of
which it has well over 50,000,
and which have contributed
enormously to the improvement
of life in Britain. And of course
those restaurants have nothing
to do with the EU: they owe
their existence to the Empire
and the Commonwealth. If you
want to focus specifically on
continental cuisine, Britains
Jamie Oliver.
The reason why Euroskepticism
exists in Britain is not because
the EU doesnt do enough
propaganda. That is just a
lightly disguised way of arguing
that the British are ignorant and
need to be shown the light by
their betters. It is because the
advantages offered by EU
membership are highly
exaggerated, because advocates
of Europe have a bad track
record of making statements
about the merits of the EU that
look very silly in retrospect, and
that the EU needs to spend more
of their money selling itself.
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Wives' spinoff. She'll play Det.
Gina Holt, who partners with
Brigid Brannagh's Pamela
Moran when Pamela returns to More casting news after the
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Obama Likens Gulf Disaster to 9/11

(Newsmax - Inside Cover) and energy for many years to we draw the right lessons from history.
Submitted at 6/14/2010 4:03:42 AM come," he told Politico.com. this disaster," he said. On Tuesday, he will address the
Obama said he would be Obama said he could not crisis in a rare prime-time
P r e s i d e n t B a r a c k O b a m a making a fresh bid to get predict whether the nation speech to the nation from the
likened the disastrous oil spill in Congress to pass a major energy would transition completely Oval Office.
the Gulf of Mexico to the Sept. and climate bill. from an oil-based economy Copyright 2010 AFP. All
11 attacks in an interview He was quoted as vowing to within his lifetime but that "now rights reserved
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"In the same way that our view visionary energy policy that we when it comes to energy." Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available
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profoundly by 9/11, I think this "One of the biggest leadership Florida on a two-day visit to a
disaster is going to shape how challenges for me going forward region reeling from the effects
we think about the environment is going to be to make sure that of the worst oil spill in U.S.
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Jimmy Dean Dies at 81 Jake Pavelka to Play a

(TVGuide.com: Breaking
News)
Submitted at 6/13/2010 11:27:00 PM
served as a guest host on The
Tonight Show, and acted in
various TV and film roles,
Bachelor on Drop Dead
Jimmy Dean
including 1971's Diamonds Are
Forever as James Bond's ally, Diva
Country music legend Jimmy reclusive billionaire Willard (TVGuide.com: Breaking
Dean, who sang the country Whyte. News)
crossover hit "Big Bad John" He started the Jimmy Dean Submitted at 6/14/2010 8:06:00 AM
and later became known for his Meat Co. in 1969 and sold it to
sausage brand, has died, Sara Lee Corp. in 1984. Jake Pavelka
according to The Associated His fortune was estimated at Jake Pavelka will be a bachelor
Press. He was 81. $75 million in the early '90s, on TV once more this time
See other celebrities we've lost and Dean said he learned to be on Drop Dead Diva.
this year smart with his finances. In a nod to his reality-dating
Dean died Sunday at his home "I've seen so many people in thisroots, the Bachelor and Dancing
on his 200-acre estate near business that made a fortune," with the Stars alum will guest-
Richmond, Va., wife Donna he told the AP in 2004. "They star on the Lifetime series as a
Meade Dean told the AP. Dean Show. get old and broke and can't suitor on a fictional dating
Though he had health problems, Dean, who fronted his Texas make any money. ... I tell you show, People reports.
she said his death came as a Wildcats band, had his first something ... no one's going to Pavelka will play Toby Devlin
shock because he was still national hit in the early 1950s, play a benefit for Jimmy Dean." on the faux show Finding the
functioning well. She said Dean "Bummin' Around" and earned a Dean is survived by his wife, One, whose producer is sued for
was eating in front of the Grammy for "Big Bad John" in t h r e e c h i l d r e n , a n d t w o "intentionally inflicting Chuck Norris' Cordell Walker
television and she found him 1961. He was elected to the g r a n d c h i l d r e n . emotional harm" after Toby on Walker, Texas Ranger under
unresponsive when she returned Country Music Hall of Fame Five Filters featured article: dumps one bachelorette for the stage name Jake Landrum.
in to the room. earlier this year and was to be Headshot - Propaganda, State another. Pavelka will film Diva on June
A Texas native, Dean, who inducted in October. Religion and the Attack On the Check out photos of Jake 18, and the episode is slated to
dropped out of school after ninth Dean became a headliner at Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available Pavelka air Aug. 22.
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the 1950s and '60s, including his as the Las Vegas strip. He cannot wait to meet the cast and Drop Dead Diva airs Sundays
nationally televised The Jimmy crew," Pavelka said in a at 9/8c on Lifetime.
statement. Five Filters featured article:
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-on" when he auditioned for the
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56 TV/
Iron Man 2, Gossip Girl Lead Teen
Choice Awards Nominations
(TVGuide.com: Breaking
News)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 10:08:00 AM
Iron Man 2
Iron Man 2 and Gossip Girl
lead the 2010 Teen Choice
Awards with six nominations
each, Fox announced Monday.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
and Glee follow closely behind
with five nominations each.
Iron Man 2 is up for Choice
Movie: Sci Fi and scored
nominations for all four of its
stars, including two for Robert
Downey Jr. (Choice Movie
Actor: Sci Fi and Choice Movie:
Dance). Mickey Rourke will vie
for movie villain honors, and
Scarlett Johansson and Gwyneth
Paltrow will face off in the sci-fi
actress race.
Watch clips from Iron Man 2
Rourke is up against New
Moon's Rachelle Lefevre. New
Moon stars Robert Pattinson,
Taylor Lautner and Kristen
Stewart also landed acting
nominations in the fantasy
categories, while the film itself
Ed Asner Joins 'Regular Joe'
Rich Keller (TV Squad)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 6:04:00 AM
Filed under: TV News Emmy-
winning legend Ed Asner has
joined the cast of the new CMT
is nominated for Choice Movie:
Fantasy.
On the TV side, Gossip Girl
will compete against 90210,
Grey's Anatomy, House and The
Secret Life of the American
Teenager in the drama series
category.
New Moon tops MTV Movie
Awards
In the comedy series race, Glee
is nominated alongside The Big
Bang Theory, Modern Family,
Sonny with a Chance and
comedy pilot 'Regular Joe.'
According to Live Feed, the 80-
year-old actor will play Joe's
father on the series, about an
outspoken man (Tom Arnold)
who hits the dating circuit after
Wizards of Waverly Place.
See the full list of nominees
here.
The Teen Choice Awards,
hosted by Katy Perry, airs Aug.
9 at 8/7c.
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'All My Children' Stars Talk
Weddings, Romance &
Finding Erica Kane (VIDEO)
Maggie Furlong (TV Squad)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 6:20:00 AM
Filed under: Celebrity
Interviews, The Show Girl
Soap operas are amazing, aren't
they? Take'All My Children' for
example: Erica Kane (Susan
Lucci) has been kidnapped or
gone missing countless times,
but it's always just as
suspenseful as the first.
Erica's TV daughter Bianca (
now played by Christina Lind)
is back in Pine Valley to figure
out what's going on and to try to Goldin) who are having a soap
"stop some major drama from opera wedding to end all soap
going down while she's gone." opera weddings, complete with
Yeah, good luck with that. bachelor/bachelorette parties,
Especially with old flames like the all-important cake and, yes,
Ryan ( Cameron Mathison) and a trip to jail the night before.
Greenlee ( Rebecca Budig) still "The drama's still gonna be
trying to rekindle their romance. there with the other storylines,"
Will they? Won't they? It never Stause admits. "With us I kind
gets old! of like that they're giving us the
A couple that most certainly heart of the show right now."
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HBO Debuts 'Game of 'Treme' - 'Wish Someone Would

Thrones' Teaser Trailer Care' Recap
Mike Moody (TV Squad)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 5:30:00 AM
Filed under: TV News HBO is
diving into the fantasy genre
with 'Game of Thrones,' a new
series based on George R. R.
Martin's bestselling 'A Song of
Ice and Fire' novels. The Live
Feed has posted the show's first
teaser trailer, which features the
tagline "Winter Is Coming" and
a few quick flashes of what
looks to be one of the cable
network's most epic and
ambitious new shows in years.
'Game of Thrones' stars Sean
Bean, Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj
Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey
and Jason Momoa in a recurring
role. The show is set in a
fictitious world where magic
exists and the ruling empire is in
Sandie Angulo Chen (TV
Squad)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 5:40:00 AM
Filed under: Recaps( S01E09)
Hi folks. I was out of town last
night and had to catch this
momentous 'Treme' episode on
DVR. I thought it was excellent
but heartbreaking. It was
building up to the inevitable
from the moment Creighton
assigned Kate Chopin's 1899
'The Awakening' to his
shambles. The series chronicles
the conflicts of kings, queens,
mercenaries and warlords as the
they battle for control of the
throne.
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freshman lit class. The
controversial French Creole
protagonist, Edna Pontellier,
after leaving her husband and
children only to discover her
lover has also left, tragically
swims out in the Gulf of Mexico
and drowns.
Even if you didn't read the
book, Creighton and his students
make it obvious that something
depressing happens in the story,
with Creighton affirming that
Edna was searching for Truth.
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Ghost Hunters Renewed for Seventh Season

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News)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 8:09:00 AM
Ghost Hunters
Syfy has renewed Ghost
Hunters for a seventh season, a
rep for the show said.
The paranormal series will
return with 25 new episodes in
2011, along with lead Hunters?
investigators Jason Hawes and Five Filters featured article:
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top-rated cable network in the
58 Products/ Gaming/
Protein drinks may not do your body good, our
tests find
rss@consumerreports.org
(Consumer Reports)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 8:43:30 AM
Protein drinks may not do your
body good, our tests find Protein
drinks now are attracting not
just athletes and body builders,
but also baby boomers, pregnant
women, and teens looking for a
shortcut to a buff body. A 2005
study published in Pediatrics,
the journal of the American
Academy of Pediatrics, found
that protein powders and shakes
were the supplements most
commonly used among those
ages 12 to 18.
However, our recent
investigationincluding tests at
an outside laboratory of 15
protein drinks, a review of
government documents, and
interviews with health and
fitness expertsfound that
adding extra protein via these
products is unnecessary for most
people, and some of the drinks
can even pose health risks,
including exposure to
potentially harmful heavy
metals, if they are consumed
frequently. All of the drinks in
our tests had at least one sample
containing one or more of these
contaminants: arsenic,
cadmium, lead and mercury. For
most drinks we tested, levels of
those contaminants were in the
low to moderate range when we
could detect them at all. But
with three of the products we
tested, consumers who have
three servings daily could be
exposed to levels that exceed the
maximum limits for one or two
of those contaminants proposed
by U.S. Pharmacopeia, a
federally recognized authority
that sets voluntary standards to
cover dietary supplements.
Nutritionists and trainers say
they commonly see people who
consume three servings a day,
and directions for a few of the
products we tested could
encourage users to drink up to
twice that amount daily.
Excessive protein intake over
the long term can lead to further
complications for diabetics or
others with kidney problems.
Whats more, some products
had labels warning that they
arent suitable for people under
age 18 or that pregnant women
should first consult a physician.
And there is greater concern for
these groups when it comes to
exposure to heavy metals
cadmium accumulates in and
can damage the kidneys, the
same organs that can be
damaged by excessive protein
intake. Federal regulations do
not generally require that
protein drinks and other dietary
supplement s be tested before
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Spirit Airways strike: What stranded passengers

can do for relief
Consumer Reports Shopping 7117 but did not get through due customers is the best advice: As for travel insurance, once
Blog (Consumer Reports) to "high call volume." Contact your credit card again the key is the date of
Submitted at 6/14/2010 7:41:46 AM For its part, the Air Line Pilots company for a refund, since purchase. Spirit is advising
Association is stating that failure to deliver goods and passengers who bought
Spirit Airways strike: What "Spirit pilots aren't flinching," services is covered under the coverage through the airline and
stranded passengers can do for so consumers would be wise to Fair Credit Billing Act; more made their reservations prior to
relief Last week, travelers' plans avoid further bookings. What's
were disrupted by a strike at more, Spirit's Contract of
information is available from May 11th to contact Travel Obesity and a
the Federal Trade Commission. Guard at (866) 877-3191 to
British Airways. This week, Carriage specifically cites labor Sadly, Spirit's reputation for inquire about claims. drivers risk of
another airline labor action has disturbances and strikes under customer service has been Those who booked on May
hit much closer to home, as its "Refusal to Transport" lacking for some time. The 12th or later are not covered, death in crashes
Spirit Airways' entire flight clause. carrier is widely acknowledged since that was when a 30-day Consumer Reports Shopping
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through at least tomorrow, after passengers affected by this imposing fees and even charges announced, giving ALPA a
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Report: LeBron James would '100 percent' endorse Tom Izzo

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But there was a pertinent one of the coaching colleagues
development Sunday night in Izzo has consulted, not only for
the Izzo saga, when the advice about moving into the
Cleveland Plain-Dealer reported pro game but also in an attempt
on its website that LeBron to get a read on James' thinking.
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hiring after it was previously speak directly to James,
reported that James prefers to according to Lansing (Mich.)
television station WLNS, but
that had not happened as of
Sunday night.
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insisted last week that James is
not directly involved in the
search for a replacement for
Mike Brown. James also told
CNN's Larry King in a recent
sitdown interview that he does
not want to be deeply involved
in selecting his next coach, but
any evidence that James would
be supportive could help Gilbert
in his determined chase for
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On Friday afternoon, Izzo told
his Michigan State players he
was undecided about whether to
accept the lucrative offer from
Michigan State alumnus Gilbert,
according to a person at the
meeting. The person spoke to
The Associated Press on
condition of anonymity because
the meeting was intended to be
confidential.
Although Izzo gave no
indication of his decision, his
players came away with the
impression that he would take
the Cavs job, The Plain Dealer
reported.
Izzo flew to Cleveland on
Thursday and visited with the
Cavs for several hours. Chief
among the issues he's mulling
over is whether he'd still want
the job in the event that the Cavs
fail to re-sign James in free
agency.
A source told ESPN.com on
Friday that Izzo is also wrestling
with what he feels is a life and
career change. There is still no
firm timetable for when his
decision will be announced.
"It won't go on forever, I can tell
you that," Izzo said Thursday
night at the Lansing airport
before getting in a car and
heading home with his wife,
daughter and son. "I feel bad
that I can't talk. I feel good that I
did what I had to do."
Gilbert and general manager
Chris Grant have repeatedly
declined media requests to
elaborate about their pursuit of
Izzo.
If Izzo spurns the Cavs, they
could turn to former New
Orleans and New Jersey coach
Byron Scott, who not only won
three NBA rings as a player
with the Los Angeles Lakers but
also has experience coaching
stars Jason Kidd and Chris Paul.
The Cavs have maintained
contact with Scott's camp for the
past few weeks after losing in
the second round of the playoffs
to Boston despite having the
league's best regular-season
record for the second straight
season. The Cavs, though, have
not interviewed Scott face-to-
face.
Coach is the best thing that ever
happened to me.-- Michigan
States sophomore Derrick Nix
on Tom Izzo's impact
Since firing Brown, Cleveland
has also been linked in media
reports with recently dismissed
Atlanta Hawks coach Mike
Woodson, Milwaukee Bucks
assistant coach Kelvin Sampson
and Los Angeles Lakers
assistant coach Brian Shaw.
Grant said the Cavs have spoken
to a "number" of candidates, but
did not divulge any names.
As for Michigan State, Spartans
athletic director Mark Hollis
said last week that he has a long
list of candidates he would
consider if he needs a new
coach.
Michigan State has been
bracing for Izzo's possible exit
for a decade, dating to an offer
from the Atlanta Hawks in 2000
after he led the school to its
second national championship.
Each offseason his name
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Celtics overcome Kobe, within one win of title

Associated Press 18th NBA title. waiting for him to do that. ... He half like wildfire, but in crunch left. Rasheed Wallace missed a
(ESPN.com) The Celtics have never blown a went out there and found a time, his numbers were lacking. 3-pointer, but the rebound
Submitted at 6/14/2010 8:32:08 AM 3-2 lead in the NBA Finals. rhythm." "I just tried to keep telling them, wound up tied up between the 6-
"It was our biggest game of the With the "Beat L.A.!" chant 'It's only 2 points each time he foot-11 Garnett and 6-foot-1
BOSTON -- It's looking a lot year," Pierce said. "We're in a reverberating at the Garden, scores. It's not 10,'" Celtics Derek Fisher.
like 2008 again, with Paul good spot. We have two games Kevin Garnett scored 18 points coach Doc Rivers said. "It's just Fisher won the jump ball,
Pierce carrying the Boston in L.A.; now we have to get with 10 rebounds and Rajon like if someone else was tipping the ball ahead to Ron
Celtics to victory in the NBA one." Rondo had 18 points, eight scoring. ... I love that our guys Artest for a breakaway; Pierce
Finals and leading them to the Bryant was the MVP of the assists and five rebounds to help for the most part, they fouled him to keep him from
brink of yet another title. Finals last year, when the Boston become the first team in understood what he was doing. scoring an easy layup, and he
Pierce scored 27 points -- his Lakers beat the Orlando Magic the series to win two games in a But we defended everyone else. missed both free throws. Bryant
best performance of this year's to win their 15th championship. row. If Los Angeles can't do the And I thought it was big." grabbed the rebound, but Pierce
F i n a l s - - a n d t h e C e l t i c s But Pierce earned the honor at same at home, the Celtics will And Pierce was having his best ripped it out of his arms and
withstood 38 points from Kobe his expense in '08, when the improve to 10-2 against them in game of the series, too. dribbled off to the side to call
Bryant to beat the defending new Big Three beat the Lakers the Finals, from a 4-0 sweep The Celtics' captain scored timeout.
NBA champion Los Angeles to raise an NBA-record 17th over the Minneapolis Lakers in seven points in the last 3 A desperate inbound pass went
Lakers 92-86 on Sunday night banner to the rafters at Boston's 1959 through the Bird-and- minutes of the second quarter to Pierce, who fed Rondo under
and take a 3-2 lead in the best-of TD Garden. Magic era of the '80s and and added nine more in the first the basket before falling out of
-seven series. Bryant outscored Pierce this Boston's win in '08. 5 minutes of the third. Ray bounds, and Rondo made an
More from ESPN.com time, but the Lakers' guard got But Bryant said neither the Allen, who hasn't hit a 3-pointer over-the-head layup to make it
With the NBA Finals hanging little help from his teammates. rivalry nor revenge should be since making an NBA-record 89-82 with 36 seconds left.
in the balance the Celtics put the And the stretch where he was motivating his teammates when eight in Game 2, made a pair of "I was just showing off my
basic premise they carried into most dominant was also the time they try to stave off elimination baskets that gave Boston a 71- Randy Moss and my [Tom]
this series -- that if they made when the Celtics pulled away. at home. 58 lead with 3:08 left in the Brady the whole play," Pierce
Kobe Bryant work for his shots Six Or Bust? "Just man up and play. What the third. said. "I was Randy when I
he couldn't beat them by himself Since 1985, teams leading the hell is the big deal?" he said. "If Jackson, wearing a microphone caught it; then Brady on my
-- to the ultimate test, and they NBA Finals 3-2 have headed on I have to say something to them, for the TV broadcast, told his pass to Rondo."
prevailed, writes ESPN.com's the road six times for Games 6 then we don't deserve to be players during a late timeout, Bryant missed a series of
J.A. Adande. Story and, if necessary, Game 7. champions. We're down 3-2: Go "This team loses more games in desperation 3-pointers down the
Daily Dime: Better team won History shows if the Celtics home, win one game, go into the the fourth quarter than any team stretch, and when Allen made
Game 5 don't win Tuesday, it could be next one. Simple as that." in the league. They know how to two free throws with 19 seconds
Hollinger: Pierce against the Lakers' series. Bryant did everything he could lose games, and they're showing left and Garnett one of two with
Bryant "I wasn't in a personal duel," to send the Lakers home with us that now." 8.9 to play, it was over.
Forsberg: Kobe can't KO Pierce said. "I didn't notice that the edge. The Lakers got within six "He's the best shot-maker in the
Celtics we were going back-and-forth He scored 23 straight Lakers points several times, but never game. There's probably better
McMenamin: Defense leaves scoring at the time. He's a tough points between the 4:23 mark of within five until Bryant made athletes and all that, but there's
Lakers player. He makes shots." the second quarter until there three free throws to make it 87- no better shot-maker than Kobe
M a r k a z i : O d o m , A r t e s t Lakers coach Phil Jackson was 2:16 left in the third. But 82 with 90 seconds left. Bryant," Rivers said. "You've
struggling defended Bryant's attempts to over that span, the Celtics The Celtics got a break from a just got to live with it and play
Game 6 is Tuesday night in Los take over the offense. expanded the lead from one review when replays showed through it."
Angeles, and a victory then or in "He's the kind of guy [where] point to 13. Allen's 3-pointer barely nicked Pau Gasol scored 12 points
Game 7 in L.A. on Thursday you ride the hot hand, that's for Start Fast, End Slow the rim, giving them the ball CELTICS page 64
would give the Celtics a record sure," Jackson said. "We were Kobe Bryant started the second with a fresh 24 seconds and 1:05
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emerges as a candidate for
openings in the NBA and
NCAA. But Izzo has never been
this close to taking the leap.
Izzo could double his current
pay with an annual salary of $6
million and leave the headaches
of college recruiting behind. Of
course, Izzo has an obvious
emotional attachment to
Michigan State -- and a team
expected to contend for the
national title next season -- that
makes it difficult to leave, along
with the knowledge that the
overwhelming majority of
college coaches that jumped to
the pros have not been
successful.
Dayton's Brian Gregory, Tulsa's
Doug Wojcik, Utah's Jim
Boylen -- all assistants under
Izzo -- would likely be on the
Spartans' list of potential
replacements along with
associate head coach Mark
Montgomery and Dwayne
Stephens. Both played for the
Spartans when Izzo was a
relatively unknown assistant for
Jud Heathcote.
Izzo first met with his players
CELTICS
continued from page 63
with 12 rebounds and Fisher, the
Game 3 star, scored all nine of
his points in the first quarter as
no other Laker reached double
figures in scoring until Gasol hit
a free throw with 2:25 left.
Andrew Bynum played on his
sore right knee for 31 minutes,
last Tuesday, informing them he
was in discussions with the
Cavs. About 500 people,
including center Derrick Nix,
tried to convince him to stay at a
rally Thursday night.
"Coach is the best thing that
ever happened to me," said Nix,
a freshman last season.
The rally at the Magic Johnson
statue outside Michigan State's
arena was suggested by fans on
message boards and social
networking websites. Hundreds
wrote personal messages on a
huge banner that was taped up
to the windows of Izzo's office.
An "Oh no, please don't go
Izzo," banner was taped at the
base of Johnson's statue.
Izzo has been at the school
since 1983 and has been the
Spartans' coach since 1995,
leading them to six Final Fours
in the past 12 years. The late
John Wooden at UCLA and
Duke's Mike Krzyzewski are the
only other coaches who have
accomplished that feat.
"I'm happy for him either way,"
said Los Angeles Lakers guard
Shannon Brown, who played for
but he scored all six of his
points and his only rebound
came in the first quarter.
Game notes
Of the 25 finals that have been
tied at 2-all, the winner of Game
5 has won 19 of them. ... Rondo
was called for a technical foul in
Izzo. "He deserves everything
he gets. He works hard. He
knows his stuff. He rarely
sleeps. He's always thinking
about different ways to get
better and different ways to stay
on top of his game."
On Sunday, Michigan State
fans planted "WE LOVE IZZO"
signs -- with the love
represented by a red heart --
alongside roads Izzo would take
on his way to work.
Information from The
Associated Press, ESPN The
Magazine's Chris Broussard and
ESPN.com's Andy Katz and
Marc Stein was used in this
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pushed Artest in retaliation for a
hard foul on Garnett. Artest
embellished the shove, but got
the call. ... Celebrities in the
crowd: sprinter Usain Bolt,
actress Eliza Dushku, Red Hot
Chili Peppers bassist Flea and
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keeper Tim Howard
expected to start Friday
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Submitted at 6/14/2010 9:47:19 AM the game resumed, he grimaced
several times.
IRENE, South Africa -- No Coach Bob Bradley had said
further tests are needed for Sunday he did not know the
goalkeeper Tim Howard and he extent of Howard's injury or if
is "making progress" recovering his rib was broken.
from bruised ribs, U.S. Soccer Howard, the starter for Everton
said Monday. in the Premier League, is backed
The team said that Howard is by Wolverhampton's Marcus
cleared to play against Slovenia. Hahnemann on the U.S. team.
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Time for U.S. to Capitalize on Gift

Jay Mariotti (FanHouse Main)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 10:00:00 AM

Filed under: Soccer

From disillusioned players to
disgusted tabloids to drunken
blokes to probably even the
royals themselves, the mortified
Brits are dismissing it as a
"freak'' goal. That's some nerve,
I know, for a country that
produces such freaks as Amy
Winehouse and Sid Vicious, but
this is what happens when the
place that invented football is
tied by a place that calls it
soccer -- on a disjointed play out
of an old Benny Hill routine.
Yes, it would have been more the blunder, "It's unfortunate for of good fortune. They have our tie against a traditional world
noble had the U.S. actually the goalkeeper. If they hadn't attention, if not yet our total powerhouse, the story line
scored the goal instead of scored that goal, there is no way faith, and eyeballs are more vital carries on amid the buzzing
accepting a slippery gift I could see us losing that game.'' than ever at a time when U.S. vuvuzela horns in a mysterious,
Saturday in the South African Still, a goal is a goal, sheepish soccer is being marketed and faraway land. Next time, we just
backwater. It came innocently as it was, and that quickly, what publicized like never before. hope ESPN doesn't use a British
off the left foot of American looked like another red, white Led by a full-frontal television broadcaster, Martin Tyler, as its
midfielder Clint Dempsey, and blue crash in the World Cup assault from ESPN, which is lead voice during a budding
bounced twice and appeared to transformed into what this sport convinced it can grow the sport upset. Wouldn't that have
be an easy scoop-up for England desperately needs inside our nationally when so many sounded odd, a Brit doing play-
goalie Robert Green, only to borders. previous attempts have failed, by-play as the Brits being upset?
skid off his gloves, slide by him A break. the focus on this team in this It almost came to that.
and slip over the goal line. I The question now is how far the event is unprecedented. And
agree with England midfielder Americans run with their stroke now that Team USA has a 1-1
Frank Lampard when he says of
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Kobe Can't Carry Lakers Without Help

Chris Tomasson (FanHouse
Main)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 1:20:00 AM
Filed under: Celtics, Lakers,
NBA Playoffs, NBA Finals
BOSTON -- One of the last
things the Celtics see before
they leave their locker room for
the court is a sign reading,
"Individuals Win Games But
Teams Win Titles.''
The Celtics have had that
attitude for years. Back in the
1960s, Wilt Chamberlain piled
up points but Boston almost
always won the title. When the
NBA Finals MVP award was
handed out for the first time in
1969, the Lakers' Jerry West
Mets Owners Working With Real Estate Firm on
received it but the Celtics won
that series.
The sign wasn't technically
correct Sunday night at TD
Garden. Lakers star guard Kobe
Bryant had a banner night with
38 points, including 23 straight
winning 92-86 to take a 3-2
Finals lead. And, if Bryant, the
top individual in the series,
wants to keep piling up points,
the Celtics might not get too
bent out of shape.
"That he's providing points for
his team and he's in a rhythm,
it's a bit dangerous,'' Boston
forward Kevin Garnett said of
Bryant's barrage, which
included scoring the first 19
points of the third quarter after
during one stretch, but his team scoring the final four of the first
d i d n ' t w i n t h e g a m e . half. "But for the rhythm of his
Nevertheless, you get the point. team, then it works in our
Stressing team play, the Celtics favor.''
are one win away from
extending their NBA record for
championships to 18 after
Fallout: New Vegas
vaporizing mutants on
Oct 19 in US, Oct 22 in
EU
Ben Gilbert (Joystiq)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 11:00:00 AM
What more do we need to say?
We'll be heading back into the
future '50s world of Fallout,
sculpted by Obsidian, on
October 19 in the US and
October 22 in Europe. In case
you hadn't already seen in the
recently released E3 trailer, the
Las Vegas ... er, New Vegas
setting is positively packed to

Queens Arena for Islanders the gills with seedy characters.

Christopher Botta (FanHouse
Main)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 9:30:00 AM
Filed under: Islanders, NHL
Economics, FanHouse
Exclusive, Sports Business and
Media The owners of the New
York Mets have begun
discussions with a leading real
estate firm to strategize for a
potential arena in Queens that
So it's a lot regular ol' Vegas
then, but with more Geiger
would house the NHL's New don't bring in a big hitter like
York Islanders, an industry JLL unless you're serious. This counters.
source has told FanHouse. tells me the Islanders and Mets Fallout: New Vegas vaporizing
Jones Lang LaSalle, the project h a v e m a d e p r o g r e s s i n a mutants on Oct 19 in US, Oct 22
management company for the partnership to take the hockey in EU originally appeared on
upcoming $500 million team to Queens. If Charles Joystiq on Mon, 14 Jun 2010
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de Blob 2: The Underground

rolls out on PS3, 360, Wii
and DS in Spring 2011
Ludwig Kietzmann (Joystiq) room.
Submitted at 6/14/2010 11:30:00 AM THQ also noted that de Blob
would make further appearances
As THQ CEO Brian Farrell through a partnership with the
indicated in February, de Blob's Syfy channel and additional "de
Preview: Bodycount amorphous antics will be
spreading to multiple platforms
Blob-branded consumer
products." Like ... squishy de
Andrew Yoon (Joystiq) of games like Call of Duty and disingenuous. His objectives in de upcoming sequel, de Blob Blob stress balls? You can have
Submitted at 6/14/2010 9:00:00 AM Killzone. Bodycount's colorful, c o m e c o u r t e s y o f a n 2: the Underground. THQ has that one for free, THQ.
spy-themed world reminds me unidentified female handler, and announced that de game will de Blob 2: The Underground
When the finishing touches are of Monolith's No One Lives the game promises to explore launch in Spring 2011 on de rolls out on PS3, 360, Wii and
placed on Bodycount, Stuart Forever series -- and that's a t h e e v o l v i n g r e l a t i o n s h i p Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii DS in Spring 2011 originally
B l a c k ' s f o l l o w - u p t o l a s t good thing. between the two. and DS. The move to HD appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 14
generation's Black, it has the The world of Bodycount is Gallery: Bodycount consoles will also enable Jun 2010 11:30:00 EST. Please
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68 Gaming/ Featured/
NintendoWare Weekly: Bejeweled 2,
Telegraph Crosswords
Andrew Yoon (Joystiq)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 10:30:00 AM
This is the final NintendoWare
Weekly update before
Nintendo's E3 conference
tomorrow. What kind of
exciting changes will tomorrow
bring? Does it even matter, now
that Bejeweled 2 is on the Wii?
WiiWare
Bejeweled 2(PopCap, 1
Player, 1000 Wii Points) If you
ever want to see your Wii
console again, you'll make sure
that your casual-gaming family
do not ever, ever find out about
the launch of Bejeweled 2 on
WiiWare. They haven't seen this
news post, have they?
Arcade Sports(Icon, 2 Players,
800 Wii Points) Just in case
your system didn't come with a
multiplayer bowling game, this
new WiiWare offering provides
four sports to play: air hockey,
bowling, pool and snooker.
Yard Sale Hidden Treasures:
Sunnyville(Konami, 1 Player,
500 Wii Points) As the last
vampire slayer of Sunnyville
(probably), you must search
local yard sales on a mission to
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What a week!
(Scripting News) will be our guest on today's
Submitted at 6/14/2010 8:11:04 AM podcast. If you care about the
future of publishing as it relates
So much happened, it deserves t o A p p l e a n d t h e w e b , I
a recap. recommend listening.
In the middle of the week, on Also on Thursday, I took the
Wednesday, we had our Sources wraps off the new 2.0 version of
Go Direct panel with Nick, t h e s o f t w a r e b e h i n d t h e
Rachel and Fred at NYU. I think Scripting News weblog. I'm
we can do better, and I hope we reaching for the stars with this
do. It was my first NY event one. I have a lot of years of
since I put on a concert at Bronx e x p e r i e n c e u s i n g t h e o l d
Science in 1972. version, and I've studied the
Nick Denton says nothing has other blogging tools that are out
changed, there were gatekeepers there, and I think it's time for a
then and there are gatekeepers re-look at the whole thing, with
now. I agree. What we didn't go a new codebase.
into is who the gatekeepers On Friday, I shook up those
serve, how they protect each people who were watching (not
others' business models, and a w h o l e o f p e o p l e ,
how blogging can circumvent unfortunately) with a feature I
that. The perfect example is call sub-text, which is actually a
blogging itself, a story the simple sub-case of outline-based
gatekeepers refused to carry, but browsing. What's important is
a story that got out there how it's used. Just beginning to
find hidden treasures and save anyway. And the blogging
feel my way around this.
the world. network was used to bootstrap Next week should be a little
other stuff, including podcasting quieter. I'm heading to Calif on
Continue r e a d i n g and RSS.
Wednesday for a few days of
N i n t e n d o W a r e W e e k l y : On Thursday we had our
business. But we're off to a great
B e j e w e l e d 2 , T e l e g r a p h weekly meetup at NYU. Rich
start here in NYC, and the next
Crosswords Ziade, the author of Readability few months should be really
N i n t e n d o W a r e W e e k l y : joined us. We talked about a lot
something! ";->"
Bejeweled 2, Telegraph of very interesting and
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People don't read. What I'm doing Eight Tips for Road
about it. Tripping
(Scripting News) So when people say that If the words only act as magnets (Mensfitness.com) highway 16 in South Dakota.
Submitted at 6/14/2010 8:55:06 AM clicking on a little plus sign next for your canned pitch, then Submitted at 6/14/2010 4:00:00 AM These are my top tips for a
to the text to get more is too nothing happened, and it's not successful road trip:
Sometime in the last decade I much work, I think -- how worth the effort. An insider's advice for those Avoid the Interstates
realized that most people r i d i c u l o u s - - t h i s p e r s o n So a speed bump that rewards who are about to hit the Don't get me wrong, interstates
weren't reading my stuff. probably isn't even reading my people who do read is a good highway are great. I use them when I
I don't mean this in the obvious stuff. thing, not a bad one. by Ryan O'Reilly need to get away from my home
way. There are 6 billion people I think what they're really PS: Check out the previous post Print Article Email to Friend territory in a hurry. But once I'm
on the planet and perhaps saying is that if the text is for an idea of the art that might Now is the season for road away from familiar ground, I
0.00001 percent have even hidden, they can't skim it. Aha! be possible with sub-text. tripping. That glorious time of leave the interstate routes in
heard of Scripting News. That's Now, for me, the guy who just PPS: Sub-text actually makes it year when doors fling open, car exchange for the two-lanes.
not what I mean (though it's spent an hour writing the post easier for skimmers, if they engines start and people Interstate highways make travel
true). you're not even willing to spend really want to understand what disappear into the backwater of across America quick and
What I mean is that, even of the a few seconds with, that's a the author is saying. The the country. At the moment, a efficient, but quick and efficient
people who "read" what I write, feature not a bug. ";->" background stuff is tucked away couple of friends and I are aren't always the best
either on the blog or in RSS, the I don't really want the it just presents the top-level embarked on one such ingredients for a unique
vast majority just skim, if they skimmers. What I want is to get ideas. adventure. As I write this, I am experience.
do that. my ideas "out there" so other seated at a picnic table EIGHT page 69
An author can tell. people can do things with them. somewhere on the side of
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Behind the Scenes at Simply Recipes continued from page 69

Make a Mental Fuel Marker

(Simply Recipes)
Submitted at 6/13/2010 1:44:06 PM
Times, they are a changin'. If
you are a regular follower of
Simply Recipes, you may have
noticed that we've been posting
a bit more than usual. I thought
I would take this opportunity to
let you know what is happening
behind the scenes here, and to
give you a little more back-story
about the site.
From lemons to lemonade
First the back story. Around 9
years ago I got sick. I had been
helping to run an Internet start-
up in San Francisco that went
bust. That was the first dot-com
crash, back in 2001. I developed
a flu that just wouldn't go away.
Around the same time I was
diagnosed with chronic fatigue,
my dear friend and roommate
was diagnosed with terminal
brain cancer. Elisabeth lost her
battle with cancer, as well as
two other close friends. I
eventually moved home with
my parents in Carmichael, still
sick (2 years later), unable to
work, and overcome with grief.
Well, even if you're sick, you
still have to eat. I figured if the
powers that be determined that I
was going to stay at home for a
while, I might as well learn how
to cook. And that, my friends,
is how Simply Recipes got
started. A day does not go by
that I'm not deeply appreciative
of my parents, for being there,
for taking me in, for
encouraging me, for feeding me,
for teaching me how to cook, for
everything.
Continue reading "Behind the
Scenes at Simply Recipes"
I use the quarter tank mark.
When I get to that point, I start
looking for gas stations. When
traveling, especially out west,
there's no guarantee that running
out of gas will coincide with the
presence of a gas station, a
lesson I learned a few years ago
while in Montana. Pushing my
luck, I ran out of gas within
sight of a gas station, much to
the amusement of the cowboy
who gave me a lift.
Camp Out Along the Way
Rather than spend money on a
hotel room, spend little or
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nothing on a good campsite.
Something gets lost when you
shut yourself into a room, order
movies and play dominoes
instead of being under the sky
with a good bottle of wine, a
small fire and a warm sleeping
bag. Most towns have a
commercial campground, and of
course there are always the
national parks and forests.
Besides enjoying time around
the fire in the evening, nothing
awakens and energizes me for a
day on the road like a cup of hot
coffee in the cool, morning
mountain air. It's the best
breakfast in the world.
Select Your Traveling
Companions Wisely
The initial excitement of
departure fades quickly as do
the temporary guises and graces
we have the tendency to adopt
in order to be socially
appropriate. If you don't already
know the people you're traveling
with, and they turn out to have
different needs or desires in
relation to the experience, then
you have a potentially explosive
situation. On the other hand, a
road trip can be one of the best
ways to get to know someone.
It's risky though, especially if
you and your companion are
stuck at a rest stop on a closed
highway during a blizzard. But
that is a different story.
Be Easy Going
If you are traveling with
friends, everyone must have the
flexibility of a gymnast,
meaning that everyone in the car
should put their needs aside for
the greater good of the group.
It's a true exercise in both
democracy and voluntary
socialism. Currently, I'm on a
cross-country road trip with two
friends of mine. So far we've
traveled 2,500 miles together
without a single heated
disagreement and only one
"incident." We've made it this
far without any problems
because we approach any
collective decision with
indecisions. It also helps that
there's three of us, so one will
always be a tiebreaker.
Be Seasonally Aware
It doesn't take a strategist to
understand that traveling to
Glacier National Park in
December is a potentially dumb
idea. But it needs to be said that
planning, even if you're
interested in an unplanned
adventure, will prevent showing
up in a particular part of the
country during an inconvenient
time of year.
Simplicity is Key
My cousin owns one of those
outdoor stores that has
everything you need for a trek
into the wild. Equally present is
a lot of what I call MJ gear; or
Mumbo Jumbo gear. MJ gear is
the stuff you will probably never
need, unless you just like shiny
stuff. A Sheppard's crook
looking contraption, designed so
that the lone traveler can give
himself back massages, is a
classic example. These types of
items further an already present
problem the tendency for the
traveler to try to plan for and
pack for every conceivable
situation. Generally, I've found
that I can get away with about a
quarter of the material I initially
pile up before leaving the house.
One strategy I've developed is to
arrange everything on a large
surface, like the bed, and then
reduce the quantity by half.
Then do it again. You can repeat
this as many times as you want
until you are down to things you
can't live without.
Record the Adventure
I've found that people bring the
bubble that they live in out onto
the road with them. They live on
the road much as they do at
home: just going about a
routine, but counting miles
instead of minutes. Recording
the adventure in some way is a
way to train yourself to keep
both eyes on the passing
landscape. Whether you write,
draw, enjoy photography or just
take mental notes of scenery and
history, recording those
experiences, for me, has always
been a way to locate meaning
from them.
Bonus tip: Know How to
Identify a Hostile Drinking
Environment
When in an unknown bar,
especially if you are by yourself,
and more than three people are
staring at you at any given time,
then you are in what I call a
hostile drinking environment.
You have two options at this
point: You can leave or you can
initiate damage control. This
happened to me and my two
traveling companions just a few
days ago at a small bar in
Colorado where we were being
watched like lambs among
wolves. But after gracious
tipping, many jokes and a round
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of shots for the bar, we left
hours after closing with pockets
full of business cards and phone
numbers.
Serial road-tripper, Ryan
O'Reilly, is the author of the
travel novel Snapshot and his
latest book, Nourish and
Consume. A free-lance
contributor to various
newspapers and periodicals
throughout the country, O'Reilly
divides his time between Austin,
Texas, and a small farm in
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Submitted at 6/14/2010 3:00:00 AM and stuck with me," he says. University, in Minnesota, and put into your training, which is
Browne's cancer was in hitting the gym almost every why I work as hard as I do."
Cancer meds made him fat. remission by age 10, but the day. His workouts include two Matt's Tip: Don't go it Alone
Teasing classmates left him fourth grader was still heavy, or three days of cardiousually "If you feel overwhelmed in the
discouraged. Yet, as his body weighing 155 pounds with a 34- 20 minutes of intervals. gym, ask for help. For my first
kicked the disease, his spirit inch waist. His classmates Six days a week, he also lifts two years of college, I went to
found solace in the gym. teased him mercilessly. The hard, focusing primarily on one San Diego State University.
by Karen Asp effects hit him hard. "I got body part and keeping rest Working with the coaches and
Print Article Email to Friend discouraged and felt pretty bad periods brief. "I change the trainers there taught me a lot
MATT BROWNE about myself," he says. routine a lot with the weights and provided me with great tips
Hometown: Winona, Minn. That didn't change (nor did his I'm using and exercises I'm that I'm still using to really push
Age: 21 body) until Browne started doing to confuse the muscles," myself and get good results."
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Carrot Beet Salad

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Submitted at 6/14/2010 5:00:00 AM
The perfect low-calorie dish to
accompany your favorite meal
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Ingredients
2 tbsp orange juice
2 tsp lemon juice
2 tsp extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp minced fresh ginger
1/4 tsp sea salt
1 cup peeled and shredded
carrot
1 cup peeled and shredded red
beet
2 tbsp chopped fresh mint
How to Make It
1.) Mix the orange juice, lemon
juice, olive oil, ginger, and salt
together. Carbs: 7 g Recipe: Skillet Mac & Cheese
2.) Toss carrots with half the Fat: 3 g With Ham & Spinach
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pictured here and previously
discussed by tmatt. Pope
Benedict XVI delivered the
concluding homily at the
Vaticans big celebration
marking the Year of the Priest.
And while he had many
interesting things to say, its
pretty clear that media outlets
are all running with and
highlighting the section of the
homily in which he begged
forgiveness for the sex abuse
scandals that have been in the
news recently.
In our survey of the coverage,
lets begin with Rachel
Donadios piece in the New
York Times. I thought it was
really good. It had a nice
balance of quotes and
perspective and gave the news
straight up, without attempts to
spin or analyze in one particular
direction:
Addressing the sexual abuse
crisis from the seat of the
Roman Catholic Church before
thousands of white-robed
priests, Pope Benedict XVI on
Friday begged forgiveness,
saying the church would do
everything possible to prevent
priests from abusing children.
We, too, insistently beg
forgiveness from God and from
the persons involved, while
promising to do everything
possible to ensure that such
abuse will never occur again,
Benedict told thousands of
priests and the faithful gathered
in St. Peters Square for
celebrations marking the end of
the Vaticans Year of the Priest.
The pope did not outline
specific actions that the church
would take to combat abuse, as
many had hoped and as
Benedict had pledged at an
audience in April. Nor did his
remarks go much beyond what
he had already said in a letter to
Irish Catholics in March and in
a private meeting with victims
of sexual abuse on Malta in
April.
But it was the first time that
Benedict had asked forgiveness
for the crisis from St. Peters
Square, the heart of the church
itself, and on an occasion
focused on priests.
Theres much more about the
particulars of his homily and the
reaction to the homily among
the network of abuse victim
activists.
Donadio is based at the
Vatican. The Los Angeles
Times actually sent reporter
Mitchell Landsberg to cover the
event and Im not sure they got
their moneys worth. I know its
hard to cover religion in general,
but the Vatican is one of those
places where the complexity can
really throw a reporter. Or
maybe Landsberg just doesnt
like the Vatican or something.
His piece almost reads more like
a Rorschach test of how he
interpreted the speech rather
than a news account of what
happened.
Lets just begin with the
headline:
Pope asks God for forgiveness
but offers no apology on priest
abuse
As tmatt previously wrote about
Times headline, what does that
even mean? I noted in a column
in the Wall Street Journal last
week, the Pope has been hitting
hard on the themes of sin,
repentance and forgiveness. He
has expressed regrets. He has
worked to change the way the
Vatican handles abuse claims
and hes urged further reforms.
Hes sought forgiveness from
victims. What does this headline
writer mean when referring to
an apology? I dont actually
know. But it reflects the general
tenor of the piece, which is in no
way balanced.
Heres how Landsberg begins:
When Pope Benedict XVI
announced the Year of the
Priest that concluded Friday, he
probably didnt have in mind the
sort of year he got.
He acknowledged as much in a
closing Mass, telling more than
10,000 assembled priests in St.
Peters Square that in the very
year of joy for the sacrament of
the priesthood, the sins of
priests came to light.
This is a cute beginning, sure,
but I only highlight it to point
out that it directly contradicts
what Benedict actually said in
the homily.
I dont want to quote the whole
thing but Benedict basically
talks about the intention of this
year of celebration and then
says, It was to be expected that
this new radiance of the
priesthood would not be
pleasing to the enemy; he
would have rather preferred to
see it disappear, so that God
would ultimately be driven out
of the world. And so it happened
that, in this very year of joy for
the sacrament of the priesthood,
the sins of priests came to light
particularly the abuse of the
little ones, in which the
priesthood, whose task is to
manifest Gods concern for our
good, turns into its very
opposite. And then he begs
forgiveness and promises to do
everything possible to prevent
future problems. And then he
talks about how the celebration
was not ruined, but that these
events served as a purification.
Since I started paying attention
to actual papal homilies and
speeches, Ive found that the
number of reporters who
accurately represent the words
of these texts is dangerously
small.
Anyway, I could fisk this whole
piece but lets just look at a few
more lines:
Benedict had been widely
expected to use the occasion to
issue his most sweeping and
detailed mea culpa to date for
the clergy sexual abuse scandal,
and perhaps to announce new
measures to cope with it. The
scandal has rocked the Roman
Catholic Church in Europe this
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year, nearly a decade after it
shook the American church to
its roots.
But the pope did neither,
blaming the problem on the
enemy, Satan, even as he
begged forgiveness from God
and from the victims of priest
abuse, as he has several times
recently. The latest comments
failed to satisfy at least some in
his audience, who called for
greater accountability and more
concrete measures to combat
abuse.
OK, even before I read this
piece, Id grown tired of
Landsbergs complete reliance
on the passive voice. He has a
problem with it. The previous
days story was about the Pope
rejecting calls to end celibacy.
The first paragraph spoke,
passively, of speculation about
ending celibacy. And the
rejection was not a rejection
but a reaffirmation that came in
response to a priests question
about the importance of
celibacy. The piece read like
what you might expect of
someone who didnt really
understand Vatican culture or
history. Unfortunately weve
noticed some quality problems
with Landsbergs work prior to
that, too.
Anyway, back to this piece, we
once again see this weak
construction. Who widely
expected him to use this
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Rush Limbaugh (hearts) Elton John

tmatt (GetReligion) Evangelicals voiced dismay that
Submitted at 6/13/2010 8:43:43 PM a pious fellow like Rush would
give legitimacy to the libertine
If you have read GetReligion Sir Elton. Limbaugh-haters
for more than a week or two, jeered at what they considered el
you probably have noticed that Rushbos hypocracy.
we live in the age of the OK, did you see any interesting
simplistic label. If you noticed labels in that paragraph which,
that fact, then you also must admittedly, is a rather tongue-in-
have noticed that your cheek salute to the shallowness
GetReligionistas are not fond of of public images. Limbaugh? A
labels especially in religion pious fellow? Say what?
coverage. Here is another part of this
Its just too easy to divide the short Chafets piece that many
world into left and right, GetReligion readers will
moderates and fundamentalists appreciate:
and assume that news This demonstrates that even
consumers have some idea what after more than 20 years on the
those words mean. Isnt that radio, not everyone understands
right, Bill Keller? This is who Limbaugh actually is.
particularly true when issues of For starters he is not, and has
culture and public morality start never pretended to be, a member
getting mixed up with issues of the Christian Right. As a
that are rooted in religion and young disc jockey he invented a
doctrine. fictitious faith healer, Friar
Lets look at a rather ridiculous Shuck who saved people over
case, just to make the point the radio for a hundred bucks a
rather obvious. pop. Shuck is gone now, but
So, tell me. What did you think Rushs show still has a rakish,
when you read the news reports sometimes impious edge. His
about Sir Elton John providing fans know he was an Oxycontin
some of the music for the recent addict who spent time in rehab,
wedding of Rush Limbaugh and that he unapologetically
his fourth (count em, four) appreciates adult beverages
wife? Here is the top of a rather and beautiful women and that
typical report, care of a Wall his Sunday devotionals take
Street Journal blog item by Zev place in the Church of the NFL.
Chafets, author of Rush
Limbaugh: An Army of One. On some social issues, like
A lot of people were abortion, Limbaugh is a
unpleasantly surprised to learn conventional conservative. On
that Elton John, one of the RUSH page 74
worlds most proudly prominent gay entertainers, played at Rush Limbaughs Palm Beach wedding to Kathryn Rogers.
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others he sounds a lot like
Barack Obama. In an interview
last summer he told me that he
regards homosexuality as most
likely determined by biology,
considers other peoples sex
lives to be none of his business
and supports gay civil unions.
social issues, what is the
essential difference between
Limbaugh and, oh, Bill Clinton?
You might want to remember
that Clinton grew up as a
Southern Baptist and remains a
moderate Baptist, while
Limbaugh grew up adoring his
Here is a crucial passage:
Let me tell you who we
conservatives are: We love
people. When we look out over
the United States of America,
when we are anywhere, when
we see a group of people, such
as this or anywhere, we see
placed on people by government
Everyone
and all is well? Its as simple as
that, is it? How many people has a big
would embrace that Gospel right
now along the Gulf Coast? How
about people affected by the
but
scandals on Wall Street and Mollie (GetReligion)
elsewhere in our economic Submitted at 6/13/2010 2:59:56 PM

Im pretty sure that Elton Johns
sexual orientation never even
crossed Limbaughs mind.
Actually, early in his career
Limbaugh was rather openly pro
-choice, while he still enjoyed
mocking the degree to which
some feminists personed that
particular barricade against any
compromises whatsoever.
Perhaps Limbaugh simply
knows that legal access to
abortion is a crucial fact of life
for, well, men of his ilk.
If you were searching for a
label to apply to Limbaugh
while talking about moral,
cultural and religious issues
what label would you use? If
one frames the debate in that
manner, is conservative the
best word?
In fact, if you are interested in
compromises on moral and
father, who was conservative on
political issues, but a liberal
Methodist on matters of faith
and doctrine. And Limbaughs
pew today?
Ill leave you with one final
thought, as we consider the
usefulness of political and
religious labels in a story of this
kind.
Central to all forms of religious
conservatism or traditionalism,
at least the ones with which I am
familiar, is a robust belief in the
sinfulness of humanity. In a
Scripps Howard column a year
or so ago entitled Rush
Limbaugh, liberal heretic? I too much government.
asked a basic question: To what
degree does El Rushbos view
of the world include an
emphasis on the reality of sin?
Does anyone remember that
CPAC speech back in 2009?
Americans. We see human
beings. We dont see groups.
We dont see victims. We dont
see people we want to exploit.
What we see what we see is
potential. We do not look out
across the country and see the
average American, the person
that makes this country work.
We do not see that person with
contempt. We dont think that
person doesnt have what it
takes. We believe that person
can be the best he or she wants
to be if certain things are just
removed from their path like
onerous taxes, regulations and
No doubt about it, that sounds
like political conservatism.
However, what is Limbaughs
view of the power of sin in the
world?
You just remove the clamps
temples? How many cultural
conservatives want to see
government regulations torn
away from, oh, a corporation
like Planned Parenthood?
Anyway, what is the best label
for Limbaugh when it comes to
issues of morality, culture and
religions? Give it your best
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The New York Times has an
interesting piece by Geraldine
Fabrikant about a collector
building a collection of ancient
Bibles. With the goal of
establishing a museum
dedicated to the Bible, the
family behind the Hobby Lobby
chain of stores is on a bit of a
spending spree. Theyve
bought illuminated, or
decorated, manuscripts, Torahs,
papyri and other works worth
$20 million to $40 million from
auction houses, dealers, private
collectors and institutions, some
of which may be selling because
of financial pressure.
Steve Green is the president of
the company and we learn the
following about his religious
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views:
Mr. Green is Pentecostal, but
other family members worship
in churches of other
denominations, including
Baptist and Assemblies of God.
The family gives to a variety of
Christian causes, Oral Roberts
University and evangelical
ministries among them, and
adheres to Christian principles,
closing its stores on Sundays,
playing Christian music in them
and operating Mardel, a separate
chain of religious bookstores.
This reminds me of a question
one of my colleagues asked me
at one of my old newsrooms. He
wondered whether Pentecostals
were a religion or a
denomination. Now, the
phrasing above is unclear on
two points. Pentecostal isnt a
denomination per se, although
there are denominations with the
word Pentecostal in their
names. And either way you
cant say but other family
members are Assemblies of
God. Thats because Assemblies
of God is the largest Pentecostal
denomination out there. Im
unclear on what denomination
Mr. Green is a member of.
Still, the story is interesting and
provides a lot of detail on the
rare book market, without
overlooking the role religion
plays in this particular story:
The group also bought a Martin
Luther New Testament with 44
lushly hand-painted and
illuminated woodcuts,
suggesting that the edition was
made for royal use, perhaps for
Luthers protector, Frederick the
Wise.
The book was sold by Jorn
Gunther, a dealer who had listed
the edition at $400,000 in his
catalog. Book dealers are
bibliophiles, but these men are
coming at it with a strong belief
that the Bible is the word of God
and they want to show that,
said Mr. Gunther of Stalden,
Switzerland. It is like a doctor
buying medical books.
I did wonder about one phrase
in this sentence:
Dr. Carroll, a former professor
in ancient studies who has
specialized in Biblical
manuscripts, recently resigned
from Cornerstone University, a
nondenominational Christ-based
liberal arts school in Grand
Rapids, Mich., to become
executive director of the
museum and an adviser to Mr.
Green.
Im more familiar with the
phrase Christ-centered than
Christ-based and I note that
the university uses the former
phrase to describe itself. But Im
wondering if we could get
something a bit more
explanatory for a general reader.
Its rare to see this much
coverage of religion in a
business section story. But the
piece could have used some
edits or guidance from someone
with a bit more understanding of
religion. For instance, it would
be nice to know a bit more about
what motivates the Green
family. I dont normally think of
Pentecostalism when I think
of ancient Biblical texts. But I
also know enough about the
Assemblies of God to know
what emphasis that
denomination places on study of
Scriptures. These would be
worthy themes for exploration.
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Tomorrow
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Submitted at 6/14/2010 10:12:07 AM
On June 15, 2010, the iPhone 4
becomes available for pre-order
at Apple.com, AT&T stores and
Best Buy. Best Buy and Best
Buy Mobile standalone stores
across the U.S. will begin
offering the latest iPhone for pre
-order starting tomorrow, ahead
of its June 24, 2010 release date.
The new iPhone, which was
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will be available for $199 for a
16GB version and $299 for a
32GB version for new AT&T
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who qualify for the lowest
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By pre-ordering before the June
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occasion to detail a groan
mea culpa? And it takes a
complete ignorance of
traditional Christian
understanding of sin and Satan
to explain his remarks on the
enemy in the way he does.
Again, Donadio did a better job.
It goes on in this vein:
At one point, sounding much
like the academic he once was,
Benedict spoke of the
development of monotheism,
and seemed to criticize non-
Christian faiths as well as the
Enlightenment, the historical
movement that brought
revolutionary developments in
science and philosophy.
Unless youre writing a
personal essay, I really think the
word seem should be avoided.
Particularly if youre missing
the point of a fairly easy to
understand homily that is no
more academic than any homily
my pastors deliver on a random
Sunday or mid-week service. It
would almost be funny if it
werent, you know, appearing in
a major daily paper. I honestly
wondered if the reporter had
never heard a traditional sermon
before.
Okay, so Benedict talks about
how the Old Testament
repeatedly speaks of a personal
God who looks after his people
like a shepherd looks after his
sheep. He merely notes the
difference between this
understanding of God and other
ancient understandings of the
deity. And he casually notes that
this understanding reappeared
during the Enlightenment the
clockmaker God who sets
everything in motion and then
steps back. Apparently the mere
discussion of differences such as
these is not only considered
criticism of non-Christian
faiths but somehow noteworthy
for a homily. Never mind, of
course, that the 23rd Psalm on
which the homily is based
comes from Scriptures shared
with a non-Christian faith.
And yes, Landsberg, thank you
for explaining to us what the
Enlightenment was. Of course,
Benedict wasnt criticizing
everything about the
Enlightenment or even most
things. Or even doing anything
other than noting that all those
revolutionary developments
that journalists seem to think
were brand new were actually
nothing new under the sun.
Sigh.
Speaking of sun, the reporter
writes up his piece as if its a
tourist report. He repeatedly
mentions the weather in the
square, using really dramatic
language. Yet another reason
why the New York Times piece
was superior not one mention
of weather.
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Submitted at 6/14/2010 8:30:36 AM
The Solomon R. Guggenheim
Foundation, Hewlett-Packard
and YouTube today launched
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YouTube Play will accept user
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How Download Cards Connect Physical Music to its Digital
Future
Sarah Collins (Mashable!)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 9:44:17 AM
Sarah Collins is freelance
journalist and student at
Northwestern University. She
also writes for Texas Monthly,
A.V. Club Chicago, Chicago
Parent, Venus Zine, and
Punknews.
Some songs just need to be
played in a car. They require
windows-down, wind-in-hair,
public-dancing glory. But vinyl
fans are stuck inside, sitting by a
turntable, missing out on the
worlds greatest driving songs.
Sound quality? Sure. But what
does it matter if you cant take it
with you?
I want the vinyl for home
listening on my stereo, but I
want it on my iPod for on the go
too, says Seth Hubbard, Label
Manager of Polyvinyl Records.
Record owners were penalized
by having their music trapped in
one place while CD and iTunes
purchasers were free to roam.
It made it more difficult for
them to move music that was
actually purchased from one
place to the other, and that
seemed like sort of a problem,
says Chris Jacobs, General
Manager at Sub Pop Records. A
Sound Solution
Enter download cards. The
foreign slips of paper and plastic
started showing up all over
record stores at the beginning of
2007, each scrap entitling the
owner to a full MP3 download
of the record they just bought.
Now fans could take the songs
on MP3 players without hunting
for illegal downloads or buying
the album again on iTunes. The
cards also opened the doors for
new ways of delivering music.
But record labels are still
deciding whether or not the
cards can serve as a new,
standalone format, or if theyll
be able to turn around declining
album sales.
Whos going to buy a record
twice these days when people
are hardly buying it once? That
was the reasoning Patrick Scott
used when he started offering
download cards with all of the
releases on his label, Static
Station Records. He had started
the label as CD only, but when
sales started slipping, he
switched to records, the only
physical music format that has
seen a boost in sales in the
aughts. But by then, fans
expected music they could take
with them.
The ways that people listen to
music right now dont really line
up with the ways that you listen
to LPs, says Jacobs. People
like to listen to music in a big
long mix or while theyre doing
other things.
Download cards freed up the
music, and allowed for goodies,
like the extra tracks Scott adds
to the download cards for Static
Station releases.
It just seems reasonable to do
it, says Jacobs. People who
have purchased the record
already should be able to listen
to it in whatever way they want
to listen to it.
The cards helped make vinyl
marketable again. I think thats
influenced a lot more people to
buy the LP now, says Brad
Schelden, the indie buyer for
Amoeba Music, the worlds
largest independent record store.
Without question the digital
download is a big part of why I
think our vinyl sells so well,
says Hubbard. The success of
the download cards drove the
label to experiment with other
ways to use the cards. Paper
Makes it Possible
In 2008, Polyvinyl launched of
Montreals newest record,
Skeletal Lamping, as a
collection of posters, shirts,
lamps, stickers, and other
ephemera each of which
came with a download card.
Kevin [Barnes] from of
Montreal kind of sat us down
and kind of had this great idea
of doing physical objects to sell
digital music, says Hubbard.
Fans still want something
physical when they want to
support a band, they dont just
want the MP3s.
Hubbard says it was a way to
test the waters and find the
limits of the potential of
download cards. The art objects
sold well, but didnt quite beat
out the CD and LP sales from
the record. I dont think well experiment opened the door for
try anything to that degree
again, says Hubbard. But I do skeptical of download cards as a
know a couple of our bands
coming up have requested to do
the t-shirt thing.
Other bands have tried ideas
that are further out there.
Routinely theres people
coming up with just weird ideas
on how to use these, says Jon
Collins, the Vice President of
Business Development at Drop
Cards. Drop Cards created the
download cards for of Montreal,
and continues to make
download cards for albums and
promotional distribution for
companies and music festivals.
When Austin Jennings was
looking to go on tour, he came
to Drop Cards looking for
something that would fit into his
green initiative. We print a
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download card thats actually
made out of a biodegradable
paper with wildflowers in it,
says Collins. He went on tour
and rather than bringing a bunch
of CDs, he sold little flower pots
of dirt, and it had the download
card attached to it. So you
bought this little flower pot,
downloaded his music, and then
when you were done with it you
could put the download card
into the flower pot and it would
grow. The Limits of Pushing
Paper
While the of Montreal
creative thinking, most are still
new medium. Scott created a
label called Fissure Records to
experiment with download
cardonly releases. It was like
this artifact that had, basically a
5 x 7 card that would have big
artwork, bigger than a CD, and
then it would have the download
card mounted into it, he says.
Two releases proved to him that
the format wasnt viable. He
says record stores and
distributors didnt have any
idea what to do with them.
Even Scott couldnt figure out
how to sell the cards.
Were not set up to carry things
like just a download card, says
Schelden about Amoeba Music.
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AT&T Apologizes for iPad Security
Breach
Stan Schroeder (Mashable!)
Submitted at 6/14/2010 4:03:27 AM
AT&T sent out a letter to
customers apologizing for the
recent security breach which
resulted in the exposure of
114,000 iPad 3G customer e-
mails. In the letter, AT&T
explains some details about the
incident, assuring customers that
they can continue to use their
AT&T 3G service on the iPad
with confidence.
The e-mails were exposed by a
group known as Goatse
Security, who obtained them by
running a script on AT&Ts
website. The script returned e-
mail addresses associated with
ICC IDs, used to link SIM cards
on mobile devices with specific
subscribers.
From the letter:
On June 7 we learned that
unauthorized computer
hackers maliciously exploited
a function designed to make
your iPad log-in process faster
by pre-populating an AT&T
authentication page with the
email address you used to
register your iPad for 3G
service. The self-described
hackers wrote software code to
HOW
continued from page 78
HOW
continued from page 77
Like, where would we put it?
Were not like WalMart or
something, with like a spin-
As soon as we became aware of wheel with all these download
this situation, we took swift cards on it.
action to prevent any further Without being attached to an
unauthorized exposure of object, download cards seem to
customer email addresses. only work as giveaways and
Within hours, AT&T disabled promotional tools. As its own
the mechanism that sellable form it seems weird,
automatically populated the says Scott. If youre going to
email address. Now, the do a download card it needs to
authentication page log-in be attached to something else
screen requires the user to enter someone wants, be it a t-shirt, a
both their email address and commemorative plate,
randomly generate numbers that their password. whatever.
mimicked serial numbers of the Although the security breach Sub Pop has been trying to
AT&T SIM card for iPad was limited to e-mail addresses figure out the perfect use for
called the integrated circuit card and AT&T reacted promptly, a download cards. Its kind of
identification (ICC-ID) and certain amount of damage has hard to find something thats
repeatedly queried an AT&T been done. The letter warns that inherently sort of valuable
web address. When a number the exposed e-mails could be enough to justify spending that
g e n e r a t e d b y t h e h a c k e r s used against the customers. kind of money, says Jacobs.
matched an actual ICC-ID, the While the attack was limited to Experiments with pre-sale
authentication page log-in email address and ICC-ID data, stickers have mostly failed, but
screen was returned to the we encourage you to be alert to the label keeps looking for new
hackers with the email address scams that could attempt to use ways to use the cards.
associated with the ICC-ID this information to obtain other Scott, Jacobs and Hubbard all
already populated on the log-in data or send you unwanted saw t-shirts and download cards
screen. email, said the letter. as the success story in the of
The hackers deliberately went For more technology coverage, Montreal experiment. Its an
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together a list of these emails security a show, you usually want to get
and distributed it for their own their record. Why not just
publicity. package them together? The t-
shirts have been repressed
multiple times, and Polyvinyl
plans to release other albums in
the t-shirt and download card
format. Conclusion
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Whether download cards can
save the music industry depends
on whether or not the industry
can be saved. Its part of a
greater discussion of whether
music is worth buying, says
Collins. If you cant sell your
music, it being on a drop card
isnt really going to help out.
Collins says that the download
cards can sell if fans start
buying music again, but Scott
isnt convinced they can ever be
a standalone format.
The download card is basically
a band-aid for music
distribution, says Scott. I feel
like currently download cards
are just a bridge to something
better.
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