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White House adviser says Obama to energize his
base for November
David Morgan (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 8:45:59 AM
President Barack Obama adds a
new item to his first-term to-do
list: energize his most loyal
supporters in a national get-out-
the-vote campaign for the
November congressional midterm
elections.
That’s the message Obama
advisor Valerie Jarrett delivered
on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, where
she predicted a robust White
House campaign to encourage
voters including blacks and
Hispanics to get to the polls next
month.
Obama has already been out
trying to stir up enthusiasm
among the younger voters. But
that was just for starters.
“He’s going to be energizing his
base. He’s going to be energizing
the entire country to come out and
participate in this election,” Jarrett
said.
“The president may not be on the
ballot. But it’s very important that
everybody come out and vote and
that will be his message going
forward.”
Democrats hope to limit the loss
of House and Senate seats in an
election widely expected to yield
Republican gains.
Some Democratic incumbents
have sought to save their jobs
by distancing themselves from the
president and some of his more
unpopular programs including
healthcare reform.
But analysts say Obama could
help compensate for Republican
strengths among white and
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percent among Democrats and 75
percent among liberals.
But Hispanic’s give him only a
55 percent approval rating,
according to findings based on
interviews with 15,200 adults
conducted Sept 1-30 in all 50
states and the District of
Columbia. The results have a 1
percentage point error margin.
The presidential approval rating
was 47 percent among women
and 54 percent among moderates.
Obama’s overall approval
rating has firmed a bit from an
August low of 44 percent — but
only to 45 percent.
independent voters by reaching Gallup says Obama’s overall
o u t t o v o t i n g b l o c s t h a t approval rating is similar to
enthusiastically supported him in midterm results of Democrat Bill
2008 and convincing them to C l i n t o n ( 4 5 p e r c e n t ) a n d
come out to the polls on Election Republican Ronald Reagan (42
Day. percent), whose parties suffered
A Gallup poll released on substantial congressional losses at
M o n d a y s h o w e d t h a t t h e the same juncture in their
president’s GOTV campaign may p r e s i d e n c i e s .
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segments of its intended audience, ( O b a m a ) ; R e u t e r s / D e n i s
however. Balibouse (Jarrett); Reuters/Jim
Obama’s approval ratings stand Young (Obama supporters).
at 91 percent among blacks, 79
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Groupies, Sexed-Up Asians, Vengeful Sluts, And Feminist
Killjoys – Meet The Women Of The Social Network
Rebecca Davis O'Brien
(Business Insider)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 11:29:12 AM
Missing from what critics are
calling the defining story of our
age are female characters who
aren't doting groupies, sexed-up
Asians, vengeful sluts, or dumpy,
feminist killjoys, says Rebecca
Davis O'Brien.
By the time Aaron Sorkin and
David Fincher’s The Social
Network opened Friday, smitten
reviewers and pundits had already
proclaimed the film as the second
coming of Citizen Kane,
extolling Facebook founder Mark
Zuckerberg, director Fincher, and
writer Sorkin as modern prophets.
This movie, we’ve been told, not
only reflects its era, but will
shape it.
Amid the frenzy, Stephen Colbert
asked what few had observed:
What about “the ladies in the
film”? In his interview with
Sorkin on Sept. 30, Colbert
mentioned Erica, Zuckerberg’s
“super smart” (ex-)girlfriend,
played by Rooney Mara, then
said, mischievously: “The other
ladies in the movie don’t have as
much to say, because they’re
high or drunk or [bleep]ing some
guys in the bathroom. Why are
there no other women of any
substance in the movie?”
“That’s a fair question,” Sorkin
replied, pointing out the “one
other woman,” the young lawyer
played by Rashida Jones. “The
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other women are prizes, books, told me, “is that our
basically,” Sorkin said, later culture, in its most powerful
adding: “The women in this places, has gotten more sexist,
particular story who are prizes, it because women are not in
really doesn’t speak to the entire powerful positions in these
female population of Harvard, this places. And it’s our fault. I don’t
is just the people who are know why women do this to
populating this story.” ourselves. Silicon Valley and
It’s hard not to enjoy The Social Wall Street are controlled by
Network. It is an impressive film: men. I think the movie just
crisp, beautiful, kinetic, with reflects what’s starting to
humor as dark as its lighting. happen.”
But Colbert was right. Women in The Social Network draws a
the movie—apart from the lawyer parallel between final clubs and
and Erica, who sets the stage and early Facebook. Perhaps in
disappears—are less prizes than attempting to illustrate the gender
they are props, buxom extras divisions and inequalities at
literally bussed in to fill the roles Harvard—which the film implies
of doting groupies, vengeful were part of the inspiration for
sluts, or dumpy, feminist killjoys. thefacebook.com—Sorkin and
Facebook. This isn’t the only erratic hyper-sexed Asian woman
They are foils for the male Fincher deliberately portrayed
time in the movie when two girls totally obsessed with her white
characters, who in turn are cruel women through the eyes of the
are drunk and irrelevant on a Harvard man.”
or indifferent to them. (In a male antiheroes.
peripheral sofa. “This movie also showed this guy
somewhat ironic turn of events, If this was the case, Holmes
Then, inexplicably and suddenly, who really felt he should be on
former Harvard President Larry suggested, they might have
Christy becomes mad with top and had this hostility to
Summers is perhaps the only man offered more criticism of the
jealousy. Near the climax of the women,” Richardson said. “Nerds
in the movie portrayed both as gender dynamic, rather than
film, Christy lights a scarf on fire in movies are usually portrayed
solicitous and respectful of a letting art imitate bigotry. “You
in Eduardo’s apartment, then as really lovable underdogs. In
woman’s opinion.) also have to ask—well, are they
turns and asks, doe-eyed, if he’s reality, there’s a strong sexist
The Social Network lampoons using shots that linger on
leaving her. What this scene element to programming.”
Asian women, in particular. We women’s bodies because that’s
contributes to the film’s Elizabeth Wurtzel, Harvard class
first meet Brenda Song’s the way these male characters
development is beyond of 1989, said she doesn’t
character, Harvard co-ed Christy, look at women, or because its
me—unless Sorkin is trying to remember Harvard as being
when she throws her cleavage at cinematic eye candy?”
explain why Harvard’s all-male misogynistic but that the film
newly successful (and, ohmigod, Aaron Sorkin can write some
final clubs won’t let women does illustrate a problem with
final club member!) Eduardo pretty badass female roles: C.J.
become members: We might all modern women: They’re opting
Saverin. A few minutes later, Cregg of The West Wing is an
be vindictive pyromaniacs. out of high-power jobs.
she’s giving him oral sex in a enduring favorite, along with the
Kartina Richardson, a filmmaker “What you see in the movie, the
public restroom. Afterward, women of A Few Good Men and
and writer, described this scene to thing that’s bothering you,”
Christy and her friend sit Sports Night. At Harvard,
me as “really the only cheap move Wurtzel, lawyer and author of
uselessly on a couch while the GROUPIES, page 5
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men plot the expansion of
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Barnes & Noble Launches PubIt! E-Book Publishing Platform,

Still No Color Nook
Kit Eaton (Fast Company) as you would for a paper copy.) In B&N's case this is the Nook--
Submitted at 10/4/2010 10:44:10 AM All accepted titles get wrapped which does sport a color display,
into B&N's electronic bookstore but only for the purposes of
E - p u b l i s h i n g p r e t e n d e r t o ("one of the world's largest digital browsing titles and controlling the
Amazon's crown Barnes and content catalogs") pretty speedily, device. Though B&N does have e
Noble has just launched the within 24 to 72 hours after -reader apps (just like Amazon
"PubIt!" self-publishing platform, upload. That's faster than Apple's does) for other platforms like the
d e s i g n e d t o b r i n g d i g i t a l track record of accepting apps iPad and Android smartphones,
publishing within the reach of into its app store, and will be of all of which can definitely cope
more authors. It also promises "no great interest to authors who write with color images, the Nook's e-
hidden fees." time-sensitive publications or paper unit can only manage
B&N's press release notes PubIt! serialized e-books. You'll be able grayscale. Isn't it about time B&N
is an "easy-to-use platform that to price your work between $0.99 one-upped Amazon's Kindle with
offers independent publishers and and $199.99, and receive "a a Nook that has a full-color unit?
a u t h o r s a l u c r a t i v e w a y t o competitive royalty" based on the It would be a decisive move right
digitally distribute their works price, given that B&N has to now in a highly competitive
through BN.com and the Barnes make a profit itself and will have market, but we understand why
and Noble eBookstore." The to cover the costs of hosting and it's not quite happening right now:
product is trying to differentiate distributing your texts. So for The dedicated e-reader market is
i t s e l f f r o m m a r k e t - l e a d e r books between $2.99 and $9.99, all but certain to be squashed by
Amazon's own efforts in this publishers get 65% of the list the incoming wave of tablet
direction by making things price, and for cheaper books or PCs(led by the iPad) and color e-
extremely simple. The words those over $10 publishers will get paper displays aren't mainstream
"clear and competitive terms" and 40%. This isn't as lucrative a deal yet--though Pixel Qi's system is
"no hidden fees" will be appealing as Apple or Amazon's 70/30 split, they set with no additional who are keen to turn a small profit nearing this sort of readiness.
to may self-publishers who are and is definitely intended to shape charges, regardless of file size." on text books for their lecture To keep up with this news and
looking for a novel way to access the price distribution of the This last point is pretty courses, without any of the hassle much more like it, follow me, Kit
the nascent e-book market. B&N expected wave of self-published interesting, since it's a tacit hint of finding and persuading a Eaton, on Twitter.
even helpfully notes it's a nice books to a sub-$10 bracket (with a that many self-published texts publisher of the benefits of their
way to get your works in front of $3 cut-off so that the majority of may be image-heavy, which work.
"millions of new readers" (while books have some price-related instantly makes you think of And then our minds instantly turn
carefully neglecting to mention notion of "quality"). For their university-level (or even school- to the current problem dogging e-
that you actually have to promote pains, B&N notes "publishers can level) textbooks. Self-publishing books with textbook publications
your works, and get them popular b e c o n f i d e n t t h e y w i l l b e for these sort of books will make in particular: The lack of color
in order to actually sell them--just compensated from the list price a lot of sense for many lecturers displays on the leading e-readers.
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MacArthur Genius Professor Dawdy and Her Plans for New
Orleans
Jenara Nerenberg (Fast
Company)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 12:06:33 PM
Shannon Lee gives Fast
Company the scoop on where the
$500,000 will go.
University of Chicago
Anthropology professor Shannon
Lee Dawdy's portfolio is part
Pirates of the Caribbean, part voo
doo how-to. She spends her days
researching and restoring
buildings such as 18th century
churches from the French colonial
era, and she talks to New Orleans
residents about topics as diverse
as food, urban planning,
archaeology, history, and religion.
With writing that typically
focuses on educational institutions
and field work that bleeds into
communitiy involvement, her
work is a reminder that innovation
and academia can overlap.
She stands out for her hybrid
academic-advocacy role (whether
she likes it or not). "I don't think
of myself as an advocate," she
says. "Perhaps it's just that I'm
not shy about sharing my
opinions, and I have a strong
pragmatic streak that makes me
Big Tech Is Crushing The Market Today (MSFT, AAPL, SPY, QQQQ)
Joe Weisenthal (Money Game)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 11:24:40 AM
Stocks at mid-day are all headed
lower, and the big culprit is big
tech.
want to see a portion of my
research result in something
useful."
Her efforts just got a boost. She's
been named one of the latest
winners of a MacArthur Genius
grant--she'll have $500,000 to
spend over the next five years.
"I have several ideas, from the
mundane (fix the hole in my
bathroom wall) to the crazy (start
up Black Mountain College II in
New Orleans, with an emphasis
Following its downgrade by
Goldman Sachs, Microsoft is off
over 2.2%.
Apple, which has been
surprisingly queasy lately, is off
over 1.5% -- it's also off 5% from
on art, history, and sustainability--
though maybe we'd call it Back
Swamp College)," Dawdy tells
Fast Company.
"The biggest opportunity would
be not to innovate within my
field of archaeology per se, but to
use archaeology's long term
perspective and information base
to come up with creative models
for sustainability, from how we
build houses and design our cities
to how we get and share our
its recent high, which is a harder
food," she says. "There are radical
possibilities embedded in the past
that can help us imagine a post-
consumer society."
If she can find partners to match
the MacArthur funds, though, she
says, she has two specific projects
in mind. "The first is a community
research and vernacular
preservation project at Holt
Cemetery in New Orleans; the
second is to seed an international
initiative to look at the long term
selloff than the overall market.
Everything else is off, though the
other major indices are down by
around 1%.
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political ecology of the Gulf of
Mexico, working with colleagues
in Louisiana, Cuba, and Mexico, a
project long on my 'to do' list, but
made more urgent by the BP oil
spill."
Dawdy isn't the only New
Orleans-focused Genius grant
winner. David Simon, creator of
The Wire and the New Orleans-
based HBO series, Treme, is
expected to focus his funds there,
too. He's also focused on
restoration, but of music culture.
"I've never met David Simon
though we have a mutual friend
who works on the show. I'm
afraid I don't even have a working
television, so I've never seen
Tremé. I wouldn't be averse to
entertaining a collaboration if it
were to have a real benefit for the
community--so long as I don't end
up as a character in the script,"
Dawdy says.
[Photos courtesy of the John D. &
Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation]
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Google Introduces Google TV continued from page 2

Zuckerberg had female friends. based in New York City. She

Ariel Schwartz (Fast Company)
Was there no room in this film served as an associate managing
Submitted at 10/4/2010 12:29:37 PM for a good female character, or editor and columnist at the
was Sorkin trying to make a point Harvard Crimson and has written
Google's ever-expanding about where women fall in the for The New York Times, Parade,
tentacles are now moving into the world of male ambition? Said and Forbes.com, among other
entertainment world with this Holmes: “You can have a movie publications. Her first book
week's launch of Google TV, a about a rock band with groupies (working title: The King's
platform that purportedly and still humanize the groupies.” English), a memoir of her two
combines "current TV And there are plenty of films with years working at a boarding
programming and the open web no female characters at all that school in Jordan, will be
into a single, seamless are not misogynistic. published by Algonquin Books in
entertainment experience." If a movie gives aesthetic 2011. This article originally
Essentially, it's a Google-style pleasure, if it entertains, critics appeared at The Daily Beast and
platform for watching Internet tend not to consider the portrayal is republished here with
video on the big screen. of women and ignore those who permission.
Google TV does use some cry foul. Hey, this is art! And Join the conversation about this
hardware--it requires a Logitech who wants a brilliant movie story »
Revue set-top, a remote control, marred by some obligatory See Also:
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television (all sold by Best Buy) reviews have sounded like this "The Social Network"
for optimum viewing--but the one of your many TV channels. If with Twitter, Pandora, Napster, one, from the New York Post, • Taiwanese Animators Take On
platform itself is free. So how you’d rather browse than search, and YouTube--the Leanback which called the film “a timeless The Facebook Movie
does it work? Google explains: y o u c a n u s e y o u r s t a n d a r d f e a t u r e , w h i c h s h o w s o f f and compelling story that speaks • Zuckerberg: Evil Genius Or
Google TV uses search to give program guide, your DVR or the YouTube content in full-screen volumes about the way we live Brilliant Classmate?
you an easy and fast way to Google TV home screen, which HD, is particularly exciting. today.”
navigate to television channels, provides quick access to all of Users aren't limited to video Compelling? Absolutely.
w e b s i t e s , a p p s , s h o w s a n d your favorite entertainment so viewing on Google TV--they can Timeless? I guess we’ll see. I’m
movies. For example, already you’re always within reach of the also play Flash games, view just not sure it’s movie that
know the channel or program you content you love most. photos (the platform can act as a defines my generation. Maybe
want to watch? Just type in the Google already has a number of virtual picture frame, chat with just half of it.
name and you’re there. Want to content partners, including Turner friends, listen to music, check the Rebecca Davis O'Brien is a writer
check out that funny YouTube Broadcasting, NBC Universal (for news, and more.
video on your 48” flat screen? the CNBC Real-Time app), HBO Google TV-powered devices will
It’s just a quick search away. If ( o n - d e m a n d c o n t e n t f o r launch later this month. Stay
you know what you want to subscribers), the NBA (for the tuned.
watch, but you’re not sure where NBA Game Time app), Amazon [youtube ZDeX_oIfEeQ]
to find it, just type in what you’re Video On Demand, and Netflix. Ariel Schwartz can be reached on
looking for and Google TV will The platform is also integrated Twitter or by email.
help you find it on the web or on
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ESPN Creates New Site Just To Cover Analyst Calls: AAPL, ALL,
AOL, AVP, AZPN, BMY, COO,
Its Favorite Team, The Miami Heat F, K, MSFT, PENN, UAL ...
Dashiell Bennett (Business themselves on the wrong end of
Insider) Miami-based favoritism? Eric Buscemi (BloggingStocks) based on valuation.
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psyche of Cleveland sports, the was upgraded to conviction buy
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Florida and are regulars at Heat
just announced a new special Dealer has become one of the best Squibb (BMY), Kellogg Co (K), underperform at BofA/Merrill.
games." Oh, joy.
section of their website devoted and most respected beat writers in Analyst Initiations, AOL (AOL)
It's clear that interest in LeBron
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and their fellow collection of alley Cavaliers and toward South management team. The firm also AOL, AVP, AZPN, BMY, COO,
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Can Mosaic Co. Tackle Resistance After Q1 Earnings?

Elizabeth Harrow slated to take its turn on the share. Mosaic has a dismal history Resistance After Q1 Earnings?
(BloggingStocks) earnings stage after Monday's in the earnings spotlight, having originally appeared on
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Philly Fed President:
How Will QE2 Ease
Unemployment?
Connie Madon
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 10:40:00 AM
Filed under: Market Matters,
Economic Data, Federal Reserve,
Recession
There is growing debate over
whether another round of
quantitative easing (QE2) will
ease unemployment.
In an interview with the Financial
Times, Philadelphia Fed President
Charles Plosser set out guidelines
for more stimulus. He said: "I
think that before we engage in
further quantitative easing, we
need to be very clear about what it
is we are trying to do, how we're
going to go about doing it, how
we're going to measure whether
we're effective at it or not, and
how we're going to communicate
that."
Hopeful Giants Fans Score One For
Ironwood Dark
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Adidas Revolution 30, the Jersey That
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8 Business/ Top News/ Culture/
The Market Is Getting Hammered
Thanks To Big Tech Stocks
(MSFT, AAPL, SPY, QQQQ)
Joe Weisenthal (Business
Insider)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 11:24:00 AM
Stocks at mid-day are all headed
lower, and the big culprit is big
tech.
Following its downgrade by
Goldman Sachs, Microsoft is off
over 2.2%.
Apple, which has been
surprisingly queasy lately, is off
Mystery Merc Group Is Blackwater's 34th Front Company
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Pakistani Taliban on Monday soldiers. Queues of more than 200 trucks
claimed responsibility for two Television pictures showed and oil tankers have formed at the
attacks on NATO supply convoys flames towering from the trucks. northwestern Khyber pass border
in Pakistan and threatened to The trucks were being filled just as they wait to deliver supplies.
carry out more. outside Islamabad en route to Washington has described
"We accept responsibility for the Afghanistan early in the morning Pakistan's tribal belt on the
attacks on the NATO supply w h e n g u n m e n a t t a c k e d t h e Afghan border as a global
trucks and tankers," Tehreek-e- convoy with molotov cocktails. headquarters of Al-Qaeda, a hub
T a l i b a n P a k i s t a n ( T T P ) In a similar incident on Friday in of militants fighting in
spokesman Azam Tariq told AFP. the south, heavily armed gunmen Afghanistan and the most
"I am talking about attacks both in set ablaze more than two dozen dangerous place on Earth.
Sindh and in Islamabad," he said trucks and tankers carrying fuel More than 3,700 people have
in a telephone call from an for the 152,000-strong foreign been killed in the last three years
undisclosed location. force fighting the Taliban-led in a series of suicide attacks and
"We will carry out more such insurgency. bomb explosions in Pakistan,
attacks in future. We will not "Three people have died, eight are many of them carried out by the
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(Yahoo! News: Most Viewed) of an articulated, extra-long New wooden remains," Pappalardo told ship and the mud that coated it Placing coins in key structural
Submitted at 10/4/2010 8:21:25 AM York City bus. OurAmazingPlanet. The notched offered up many additional elements of a ship is a tradition
The vessel may have traveled up logs they found were remnants of intriguing artifacts, including a extending back hundreds of years,
NEW YORK - Since the remains and down the Hudson River and tall structures that were sunk in human hair with a tiny louse still and still persists today. In 2008,
of a wooden ship were unearthed perhaps the Atlantic seaboard, the river as landfill in the late 18th clinging to it. coins were placed within the
at the World Trade Center f e r r y i n g g o o d s l i k e s u g a r , century. Save Our Ship newly-completed USS New York,
construction site in mid-July, a molasses, salt and rum between Pappalardo and his colleague, Nichole Doub, head conservator the transport vessel built partly
horde of researchers has been the warm Caribbean and the archeologist Molly McDonald, at the Maryland Archaeological with steel beams from the
putting the vessel under the uniting colonies to the north. arrived on site early on July 13, in Conservation Laboratory, or destroyed twin towers, bringing
microscope - sometimes literally - "We found seeds, pits and nuts," case the pilings heralded another, MAC Lab, tasked with stabilizing the tradition full circle.
in a quest to piece together the said Pappalardo, of the firm more dramatic find lying under the waterlogged ship, said freeing What's next
true story of the resurrected ship, AKRF, a consulting company the mud. They didn't have to wait the ship from the oily muck was Doub explained that if the LMDC
and save it from decay. working with the Lower long. Almost immediately, an "assault on the senses." gives the ship preservation
On Thursday, three of the experts M a n h a t t a n D e v e l o p m e n t McDonald spotted a curved piece It didn't smell very good. process the green light, the wood
most intimately involved with the Corporation (LMDC), operators of wood sticking out of the But the centuries the ship spent will probably be soaked with
1 8 t h - c e n t u r y m y s t e r y s h i p - of the WTC site. "They might ground. buried in a thick layer of organic polyethylene glycol or PEG, a
M i c h a e l P a p p a l a r d o , a n have been what the ship was used McDonald, who attended the matter is what actually preserved chemical used in everything from
archeologist, Norman Brouwer, a to transport, or they might have event last night, said her first it. "There's not a lot of oxygen," toothpaste to eye drops. The PEG
maritime historian, and Nichole been eaten by the people on the thought was, "Whoa, what is Doub said, "so microbes can't live will slowly replace the water in
Doub, a conservator - convened boat. We're working our way that?" The pair got the backhoes in there - and that's why the wood's cellular structure. The
on a tiny stage here at the New through different scenarios." to stop digging, grabbed some everything that stuck out above timbers would be frozen, and then
York Academy of Sciences All three panelists acknowledged shovels, and within 10 minutes that sludge layer into the river vacuum freeze-dried,
(NYAS) in front of a packed t h a t t h i s b a r e l y - s k e t c h e d had uncovered enough timber to water was eventually worn away." transforming the wood and
house, to discuss what science and biography is only the beginning. indicate they had a ship on their The cleaned remains, entirely making it easier for scientists to
history detectives have uncovered Scientists are trying to flesh out hands. "It was pretty exciting," disassembled, are now soaking in study without damaging it.
about the ship so far. the picture of the ship, studying she said. purified water in temporary "It is solid, it is dry, and it can be
The 32-foot- (9.7 meters) long everything from the tiny parasites The discovery touched off a storage. Doub explained the ship handled in whatever way
timber structure is the back end that once burrowed into the ship's flurry of activity over the next must remain wet, to keep it from necessary for the next phase of
and bottom quarter of what wood, to the tree rings in the three weeks as the ship was cracking and warping. If the interpretation," Doub said.
researchers believe was a two- vessel's lumber, to the remnants of uncovered and removed from the timbers dried, evaporating water The LMDC still hasn't announced
masted trade vessel, a workhorse animal skins and fur found site. molecules would literally rip apart a decision on what will be done
of its day. The area where it was attached to the ship's bottom. In fact, Pappalardo said, even the wood's fragile cells. with the ship, but researchers
found was part of the Hudson "What is that?" before the ship emerged from the In the process of taking the ship hope to have more answers about
River in the late 18th century, and The tale of the Ground Zero ship, muck, the site had yielded up apart, Doub's lab made another the vessel's history by early next
it's not clear if the ship sank, or if as some have dubbed it, began at thousands of interesting artifacts dramatic find: a copper disc inside year, after they've had time to
it was stuck in the river bottom on 6 a.m. local time on a Tuesday in from the late 1700s and early the ship's structure, which Doub analyze more data, and possibly
purpose to act as fill to make July. 1800s - butchered animal bones, quickly identified as a coin. An even come up with a name.
more "land" for Manhattan. In an interview earlier in the ceramic dishes, stemmed glasses, expert at the Smithsonian says it Kevin J. Eckelbarger, of the
Brouwer is calling the boat a week, Pappalardo told the story of bottles and dozens upon dozens of is a half-penny, a British coin, Darling Marine Center in Maine,
Hudson River sloop, and says it the ship's initial discovery. shoes. issued during the reign of George has given researchers one lead. He
was probably between 60 and 70 "The day before, we were on-site "The ship was obviously an added II, who ruled England from 1727 DETAILS page 12
feet (18 and 21 m) - about the size monitoring, and found all kinds of adventure," Pappalardo said. The to 1760.
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residents, improve immigration issue.
Global humanitarian agency detention conditions, and increase The National Association of
C h u r c h W o r l d S e r v i c e i s the quality of border enforcement Evangelicals, The Ethics and
a p p l a u d i n g S e n s . R o b e r t by working with local border Religious Liberty Commission of
Menendez (DN.J.) and Patrick communities. the Southern Baptist Convention,
Leahy (DVt.) for their According to Kekic, the new and Liberty Counsel have all
i n t r o d u c t i o n o f a b r o a d legislation is a welcome contrast issued statements in support of
immigration reform bill that to controversial immigration middle-of-the-road bill like this
comprehensive immigration
w o u l d p u t t h e n a t i o n ’ s proposals in Arizona and one, we can bring all sides to the
reform that provides a pathway
approximately 12 million illegal elsewhere as it offers "true table" Menendez said in a
for undocumented immigrants
immigrants on a path toward solutions that will put our statement.
already in the country.
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According to the Pew Hispanic
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Center, there are an estimated 12
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whole.” million illegal immigrants in the
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United States. And an estimated
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U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana, best for the United States,” Kekic share," he said in a statement.
U.S. citizens. Weapon: Video
Though the immigration issue
Mexico, Tuesday Sept. 14, 2010. stated.
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“We applaud the leadership
exhibited by Senators Menendez
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and Leahy in introducing this bill,
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and we urge all members of the Submitted at 10/4/2010 11:19:05 AM
Kekic, director of the CWS elections, Menendez, a Democrat in 2007, it was revived earlier this
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CHICAGO (Reuters) – Predatory
lending aimed at racially
segregated minority
neighborhoods led to mass
foreclosures that fueled the U.S.
housing crisis, according to a new
study published in the American
Sociological Review.
Predatory lending typically refers
to loans that carry unreasonable
fees, interest rates and payment
requirements.
Poorer minority areas became a
focus of these practices in the
1990s with the growth of
mortgage-backed securities,
which enabled lenders to pool low
- and high-risk loans to sell on the
secondary market, Professor
Douglas Massey of the Woodrow
Wilson School of Public and
International Affairs at Princeton
University and PhD candidate
Jacob Rugh, said in their study.
The financial institutions likely to
be found in minority areas tended
to be predatory -- pawn shops,
payday lenders and check cashing
services that "charge high fees
and usurious rates of interest,"
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"By definition, segregation creates
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the study says.
Redlining is the practice of
denying or increasing the cost of
services, such as banking and
insurance, to residents in specific
areas, often based on race.
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credit and others considered
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higher interest rate than traditional
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were more likely to receive members said those holding the
The pastor of a Baptist church in 45-year-old preacher captive
subprime loans, according to the
Oklahoma was found at a U.S. re- wanted money for his release.
study.
entry point in Columbus, N.M., a The predominantly Hispanic
"As a result, from 1993 to 2000,
day after he was reportedly congregation has since been
the share of subprime mortgages
kidnapped in Mexico. praying for the safe return of their
going to households in minority
Refugio Villa, pastor of the First pastor, who, aside from serving as
neighborhoods rose from 2 to 18
Hispanic Baptist Church in the church’s minister, was also an
percent," Massey and Rugh said.
Guymon, was found unharmed active member of the Guymon
They said the U.S. Civil Rights
Friday and was being questioned, community. Villa worked with
Act should be amended to create
according to FBI special agent several charity organizations and
mechanisms that would uncover
and spokesman Clay Simmonds. volunteers at the fire department
discrimination and penalize those
"He is back in the United States," as a chaplain.
who discriminated against
Simmonds said, according to the A prayer vigil was held for Villa
minority borrowers.
Amarillo Globe-News. Thursday night that drew over
The study is published in the
"He's fine. Currently we have FBI 130 people. Pastors and members
October issue of the journal.
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met its end - was it dragged
onshore once it was destroyed by
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Submitted at 10/4/2010 6:44:29 AM
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By Nick Carey
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7:44am EDT
CHICAGO(Reuters) - Predatory
lending aimed at racially
segregated minority
neighborhoods led to mass
foreclosures that fueled the U.S.
housing crisis, according to a new
study published in the American
Sociological Review.
Predatory lending typically refers
to loans that carry unreasonable
fees, interest rates and payment
requirements.
Poorer minority areas became a
focus of these practices in the
1990s with the growth of
mortgage-backed securities,
which enabled lenders to pool low
- and high-risk loans to sell on the
secondary market, Professor
Douglas Massey of the Woodrow
Wilson School of Public and
International Affairs at Princeton
University and PhD candidate
Jacob Rugh, said in their study.
The financial institutions likely to
be found in minority areas tended
to be predatory -- pawn shops,
payday lenders and check cashing
services that "charge high fees
and usurious rates of interest,"
they said in the study.
"By definition, segregation creates
minority dominant
neighborhoods, which, given the
legacy of redlining and
institutional discrimination,
continue to be underserved by
mainstream financial institutions,"
the study says.
Redlining is the practice of
denying or increasing the cost of
services, such as banking and
insurance, to residents in specific
areas, often based on race.
The U.S. economy is still
struggling with the effects of its
longest recession since the 1930s,
which was triggered in large part
by the housing crisis, which was
in part triggered by the crash of
the subprime loan market.
Subprime lending refers to loans
made to consumers with poor
credit and others considered
higher risk. They tend to have a
higher interest rate than traditional
loans.
The study, which used data from
the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan
areas, found that living in a
predominantly African-American
area, and to a lesser extent
Hispanic area, were "powerful
predictors of foreclosures" in the
nation.
Even African-Americans with
similar credit profiles and down-
payment ratios to white borrowers
were more likely to receive
subprime loans, according to the
study.
"As a result, from 1993 to 2000,
the share of subprime mortgages
going to households in minority
neighborhoods rose from 2 to 18
percent," Massey and Rugh said.
They said the U.S. Civil Rights
Act should be amended to create
mechanisms that would uncover
discrimination and penalize those
who discriminated against
minority borrowers.
The study is published in the
October issue of the journal.
(Editing by Paul Simao)
Oct 04, 2010 12:34am EDT
Remember that the ‘lending
crisis’ is actually a gambling
crisis; the $600 billion total for
mortgage losses could have been
completely paid off for less than
the original TARP authorization,
and the trillions ($4.7? $7.1?) that
the post-Glass/Steagall
“investment” banks lost was due
to their speculation. The second
crash is coming, for the same
reason, this time predicated on
commercial real estate.
Oct 04, 2010 12:45am EDT
Will former President Bill
Clinton now take responsibility
for requiring that FHA back these
loans to unqualified borrowers?
Will those in Congress who voted
to lower the lending standards
now take responsibility for
lowering the lending standards?
What were they thinking? Of
course the minority lending would
increase. It was based on minority
lending and greed, not on sound
financial lending to qualified
minorities. When the financial
standard was lowered, then of
course the risk of default goes up.
Oct 04, 2010 12:51am EDT
Why are we making this a Civil
Rights issue? It was caused by
greedy banks and gullible white,
black, brown and yellow buyers.
So 18% of the subprimes went to
people in minority neighborhoods.
Let’s worry more about the 82%
that went elsewhere. This is not
about race….it’s about avarice
and stupidity!
Oct 04, 2010 12:55am EDT
Welcome to America! No
wonder the world wants to get
away from the U.S Dollar as the
benchmark of world business. We
were once revered as
honest,descent people with moral
values…..now we are seen as
money hungry,who cares what we
have to do to get your money and
make us …..big business rich! I
have traveled all over this world,
many want to come here for a
better life…I tell them,”Welcome
to America,you work,we want
your money! ” Honestly,we lost
it, we used to really care about
each other and it seems that now
all we care about is our big
homes,our big paychecks and
screwing our neighbors out of
their money and say,”That is
capitalism!” America has lost its
soul but maybe,if we stop and
realize our mistakes and “We the
People” take our country
back,maybe we can survive and
once again set an example to
others in this world. God bless
America,if we have the guts to
admit our sins and repent and be
once again a country the world
looks up to! Pride comes before
the fall! Are we falling or are we
going to stand up and make our
Country an good example of
moral,ehtical pride and caring for
each other that the world will see
and follow?
News Wire/ 13
Oct 04, 2010 1:22am EDT
The 60s & 70s had blockbusting
where minorities were moved in
on opportunity deals to scare
whites, lower prices through
white flight, and come back in
with usury and terms and
financing of opportunity homes to
the newly segregated
neighborhood.
Same story, just without the
initial blockbusting. The fact is
that the bigotry of conservative
people the world over is
multiplied by the privilege of
American racists whose parents
suffered the depression, fought
the big one, then came home to
the GI Bill in order to get a leg up
on affluence. To never be hungry
again, even with a million in the
bank. Conservative racists run
things into the ground out of
ignorance, stepping on others
because their own privilege is
invisible to themselves.
Privilege which is at the expense
of others is a shameful thing to
face in the mirror.
Oct 04, 2010 2:59am EDT
You can thank Bill Clinton and
the Democrats for the housing
mess mainly due to the revisions
they made to the Community
Reinvestment Act and passing the
Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act…and
Alan Greenspan as well, for
keeping interest rates artificially
low during the boom years.
Oct 04, 2010 4:41am EDT
“You can thank Bill Clinton and
the Democrats for the housing
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Housing shows stability but factory orders fall

(Reuters: Top News) show any sustainable uptrend in the worst downturn since the orders in August.
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Britney and Jason Share Special Shopping Moments

Allie Merriam (PopSugar)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 9:45:00 AM
Britney Spears and Jason
Trawick ran out to an LA Toys R
Us on Saturday in order to pick up
a few Play-Doh goodies for her
sons. She tried out a new look was pleased with the way her album.
during their retail outing, episode turned out, though it was
revealing a handful of temporary just one of her many memorable
neck tattoos like one recently small screen moments. Brit's To see more Brit, just read more.
worn by Jayden James. Britney renewed excitement about her View 10 Photos ›
spent the afternoon with Jason music has also caused her to make
after a big week in which her special cameo on Glee aired. She headway on recording her next
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Panasonic MW-20 digital photo frame doubles as iPhone speaker-

dock
Chris Davies (SlashGear)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 10:33:59 AM

Perhaps we shouldn’t be
surprised; Panasonic‘s latest
digital photo frame has sprouted
an iPhone dock, allowing you to
not only display images stored on
its 2GB of internal storage but any
pictures on the Apple smartphone.
The Panasonic MW-20 has a 9-
inch LCD display on an
adjustable hinge, and also works
as a speaker-dock thanks to its 5.6
-mm Super Slim Semi Dome
Speaker and sound diffuser.
The display adjusts its
backlighting according to the
ambient conditions, and it’ll
obviously recharge your iPhone
(or, indeed, your iPod touch)
while it’s docked. There’s also an
SD card slot and support for
Panasonic’s LUMIX Scene Mode
Playback which, if you’re
shooting with a compatible
camera from the company, can
automatically pull together photos $249.95. SECAUCUS, NJ (October 4, back videos and photos on its complement any home décor and
shot in the various different Press Release: 2010) – Panasonic today large, high-resolution 9-inch given its versatility to display
camera modes (e.g. nighttime, PANASONIC ANNOUNCES announced the MW-20, a digital screen, while incorporating photos, videos, play music and
sports, etc.). DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME – photo frame that doubles as a advanced audio technology to even charge an iPhone – we think
You can also choose to show a COMPLETE WITH STEREO stereo sound system, complete provide superb sound quality. this will be a welcomed addition
clock, calendar or other SOUND SYSTEM FOR with iPod Touch® and iPhone® Below the screen, there is a 5.6- this holiday season,” said David
screensavers; in fact the only PLAYING PHOTOS MUSIC compatibility – using the supplied mm Super Slim Semi Dome Fisher, Product Manager,
thing really missing is WiFi and/ AND VIDEOS WITH cradle to display photos and play Speaker and a diffuser that Imaging, Panasonic Consumer
or 3G, and it’s a shame you can’t EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY music stored on the popular optimizes the sound. In addition, Electronics Company. “Beyond
tether the phone and use its New Panasonic MW-20 is a mobile devices is easy and the built-in DSP (Digital Signal its design and versatility, the MW
connection like with the Versatile and Stylish Multimedia convenient. The MW-20, a slim Processor) adjusts the audio signal -20 is also a powerful gadget –
Transgear model we wrote about System, multimedia system, also charges to suit the audio characteristics of with exceptional sound quality to
back in 2009. The Panasonic Compatible with iPod Touch® the iPod Touch/iPhone while it is this speaker system. listen to music and a large nine-
MW-20 will go on sale in late and iPhone® for Convenient connected to the cradle. “The Panasonic MW-20 has a
Playback The Panasonic MW-20 can play stylish and slim design that will PANASONIC page 22
November 2010, priced at
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Does Sharepoint's Lag Mean an Opening in Multi-

Billion Content Management Market?
Alex Williams (ReadWriteWeb) integration but that is far different posts it.
Submitted at 10/4/2010 11:00:09 AM than the ease of use that an open- to Sharepoint. Instead, the A core component of Alfresco is
system CMS like Alfresco company does Sharepoint its full integration with the
The word is out that Sharepoint p r o v i d e s . consulting. Content Management A Complete Guide To
2010 is not getting the adoption Increasingly, the need is to get Ray Wang, analyst with the Interoperability Services (CMIS). What Pro Investors Think
that Microsoft had expected. The content to the Web without IT or Altimeter Group, says it is still CMIS is a standard for
slow gain reflects the business a Web team doing it for the early to tell how Sharepoint 2010 interoperability with enterprise About Stocks, Bonds,
cycles of license renewal but also marketer who lacks the technical is being adopted. People use content management systems. Gold, Rates, And
means a turning point in the capabilities to move content out to Sharepoint in a variety of ways. It Microsoft, IBM, OpenText, Emerging Markets (GLD,
market and a multi-billion market external sites. Sharepoint still is the dominant Intranet platform. Oracle and SAP are all
opportunity for companies like requires heavy involvement from participants in CMIS.
SPY, UUP, EWSJ)
He says that a lot depends on
Alfresco Software. IT. Content updates to Web apps license renewal cycles. To move It's the CMIS integration that Joe Weisenthal (Money Game)
Alfresco Software is an open- through Spring allows for a away from Sharepoint means a provides Alfresco with ease-of- Submitted at 10/4/2010 10:52:10 AM
source content management seamless integration in Alfresco strategic change and a move to a use that makes it possible to take
system. Today it is announcing that Sharepoint does not provide. different infrastructure. content from an ECM and port it At a recent conference, Morgan
s i g n i f i c a n t u p g r a d e s t o i t s The question becomes: What will Alfresco, in contrast, has grown to the Web and online app Stanley strategist Graham Secker
p l a t f o r m . A r g u a b l y m o s t the enterprise do? It seems to significantly in recent years. It has environments. That's increasingly polled 150 clients to get their
noteworthy is its integration with m e a n t h a t c o m p a n i e s l i k e surpassed the two million important as more companies are views on a range of subjects from
Spring, the Java-based platform Alfresco have an opportunity to download mark. Worldwide it has leveraging the Web and apps to stocks to bonds to gold to
for application development tap into a market that the Web is 75,000 deployments. tell their story. Content that once emerging markets.
owned by VMware, formerly disrupting in a significant way. The end-to-end content resided on the Intranet is now also Not surprisingly, investor
known as SpringSource. More content is flowing out of management environment going online to external sites. attitudes are very much based on
Spring, as it is now called, is one I n t r a n e t s t o t h e W e b . A n d provides marketers with the It's CMIS that gives marketers a current market conditions (i.e.,
of the hottest platforms in the companies need better ways to get ability to update Web apps even real chance to be important they like gold and emerging
enterprise market, fueling already that content out there. after they have been deployed. change agents in the enterprise. markets) or maybe current market
strong growth in the market for According to a survey from For example, if new images need For years, marketers have been conditions are based on their
app development. Global360, about 80% of to be added to an app, the handicapped by relying on the attitudes.
Sponsor Sharepoint 2010 deployments are marketing department can use Web teams and IT to post content While the best poll is always the
Alfresco's integration with Spring sill based on Sharepoint 2007. Alfresco to update it without the to sites outside the walls of the market itself, the survey gives a
is indicative of a trend that points F u r t h e r , o n l y 8 % o f t h o s e involvement of the Web enterprise. It's CMIS with nice glimpse into the specifics of
to challenges for Sharepoint 2010. surveyed have already deployed development team. environments like Alfresco that what pro investors are thinking.
The platform is already expensive Sharepoint 2010. For geeks it may seem odd but gives marketing new ways to tell We've pulled out a few of the key
enough, requiring server upgrades We are quite skeptical of vendor most marketers still use Microsoft a story in a Web dominated slides. Click here to see the
and a mandatory investment in 64 s u r v e y s a n d t h i s o n e b y Word to write a press release. The world. Discuss survey >
-bit architecture. It has the Global360 is not much different. release is then sent to the Web Join the conversation about this
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Beyond CRM: How One Company is Using Salesforce.com to
Process Brain Data
Klint Finley (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 12:30:19 PM
CNS Response, a laboratory
information services company,
uses Saleforce.com's Force.com
platform in a unique way: to
compare patient QEEG data
(brain mapping and neurometric
analysis) and return the results to
physicians quickly.
Showing the utility of
Salesforce.com beyond CRM, the
company runs its process almost
entirely through Force.com.
According to Mark Desrosiers,
SVP of Commercial Operations at
CNS Response, the company as
able to reduce its turnaround time
by about 75%.
Sponsor
An EEG visualization by artist
Enzo Varriale via Flickr.
Physicians trying to treat
behavior illnesses with
medication face a major challenge
- everyone's brain is different.
One patient may react radically
differently to a medication than
others with the same condition
taking the same drug. Doctors end
up doing a lot of trial and error
and rarely get the right medication
on the first try.
CNS Response compares
patients' QEEG scans with the
EEG scans of others to find
similaraties. Doctors can use this
information to make better
prescriptions based on 17,000
trials available in CNS Response's
patented Referenced-EEG (rEEG)
database. According to
Desrosiers, clinical studies
suggest that
physicians using rEEG get the
medication right the first time
65% of the time.
Desrosiers is quick to stress,
however, that CNS Response does
not diagnose, treat patients, or
process personal health data.
Desrosiers describes CNS
Response's former process as
"fragmented," with each step of
the process carried out manually.
The company considered building
its own software platform from
scratch, but decided instead to use
Salesforce.com, which it was
already using for sales, to keep as
much of the process in one system
as possible.
Plot of 1 second of human brain
(EEG) activity by Varriale, part of
the Sounds of Complexity project,
via Flickr
Here's how it works:
• A doctor fills out an order form
and uploads the patient's QEEG
file into Salesforce.com through a
custom built "Provider Portal."
• Salesforce.com sends the file
off to be artifacted. This is the
only part of the process that is still
done manually.
• The artifacted file is analyzed
using an FDA-approved
normative database to identify
statistical deviations from
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normative brain values and is then
sent back into Salesforce.com
• 4. Salesforce.com orchestrates a
comparison of the abnormalities
through CNS Response's patented
correlation technology and
outcomes database.
• Salesforce.com then saves the
results into its database and
generates custom views using
Visualforce as well as generates a
PDF of the data.
• Physicians can then access the
custom Visualforce pages and the
PDF through the Provider Portal.
The portal can be accessed
through a traditional Web browser
or on a version optimized
specially for the iPad.
Desrosiers says the company ran
into no show-stopping problems
in implementation, but did have
engineers more involved than they
wanted. He emphasizes that this
was not an out of the box solution
- the company had software
engineers that architected these
solutions using Force.com, Visual
Force and Apex.
"Sometimes we had to write more
original code than we wanted, but
we evolved as Salesforce.com
evolved," he says.
Lead photo by Aigars Mahinovs
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IBM Releases CityOne, A “Serious Game,” For Urban Planners,

Civic Leaders And Executives
Lora Kolodny (TechCrunch) solve problems related to category. financial, environmental and technologies can make
Submitted at 10/4/2010 11:06:30 AMmolecular science and, as the title According to a press statement sociological interests. organizations in city systems
suggests, folding and design of from IBM CityOne entails: Players make decisions to more intelligent.
The idea of gaming for more than proteins. …More than 100 real-world improve the city by attaining Predecessors in the popular
a high score and bragging rights Today, IBM released CityOne (a scenarios. [Players must] revenue and profit goals, SimCity and Civilization
has been around for some time. “serious game” in the company’s transform cities related to increasing customers’ and franchises got regular gamers (and
The U.S. military used flight own parlance) to help urban initiatives such as alternative citizens’ satisfaction, and making educators) thinking about social
simulators and Mission Rehearsal planners, civic and business energy, traffic management, water the environment greener with a and environmental issues years
Exercise video games in training leaders make cities “smarter” or management , banking and retail limited budget. In parallel, ago.
programs as early as 2001. more environmentally and supply chains through a series of players will learn how the Worldchanging.com also offers
More recently, scientists at the socially sustainable. CityOne is a crisis scenarios. In all of the components of business process an excellent list of articles on
University of Washington began massively multiplayer online missions, the user must determine management, service reuse, cloud
using a game called FoldIt to game in the real time strategy the best way to balance the city’s computing and collaborative IBM page 21
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LG Says Android is Not Tablet- Nintendo exec to run U.S.

Ready...Yet branch of KidZania
Sarah Perez (ReadWriteWeb) Gingerbread and Honeycomb, the (CNET News.com)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 10:55:47 AM Android smartphones will help it two upcoming versions of the Submitted at 10/4/2010 11:11:43 AM
recover in this area. Android OS, will both offer
Electronics manufacturer LG has Meanwhile, competitor Samsung, features designed with tablets and Former Nintendo Vice President
scrapped plans for its upcoming makers of the popular Galaxy S other high-end devices in mind. Cammie Dunaway has a new job:
Android-based tablet computer, Android smartphones, plans to LG had already said its tablet U.S. president and global
saying that the current version of launch its own Android 2.2-based wouldn't launch until Q4 2010, marketing head for an interactive
the Google Android mobile tablet called the " Galaxy Tab" but a decision to wait for Android family entertainment company.
operating system (version 2.2, next month. 3.0 pegs its launch now to be Q1 Cammie Dunaway has left
code-named "Froyo") isn't ready The Galaxy Tab, a 7-inch tablet 2011 at the earliest. Given the Nintendo to become global
for tablets. computer is currently one of the timing, that would mean the first marketing head at
According to a Reuters report, an most hyped iPad competitors, reveal of the LG tablet could be at KidZania.(Credit: Nintendo)
unnamed LG exec said "we plan offering double the memory, 2 the Consumer Electronics Show Dunaway, who left Nintendo on
to introduce a tablet that runs on cameras, Flash support and (CES) in Las Vegas. Friday, will run the U.S. branch
t h e m o s t r e l i a b l e A n d r o i d expandable storage. And of The question now for Android for KidZania, a Mexico-based
version...and that is not Froyo course, thanks to its smaller size, tablet makers to ponder is this: is global company that makes kid-
2.2." it's lighter in weight than the iPad, it better to be first out of the gate sized cities with streets, buildings,
"This new role truly is the
Sponsor too. with an Android tablet running businesses, and vehicles that
culmination of everything I've
The report notes that the delay However, the Galaxy Tab will Froyo with all its kinks, or is it children can explore and run. By
done and hope to do in bringing
may cause a setback for the run Android 2.2, Froyo, an OS better to wait for the tablet- letting kids pretend to be
entertainment and education to the
company whose mobile handset which is not as "tablet-ready" as friendly Gingerbread, even if that firefighters, vets, bakers, and
world's children," Dunaway said
division is already suffering - its Android 3.0, also known as means arriving late to the game? other professionals, these family
in a statement. "The more kids
smartphone sales have yet to "Gingerbread," due out later this Discuss entertainment parks try to
know about their options in life,
reach the 1 million unit mark as of year. According to reports and entertain and educate them about
the better prepared they'll be."
yet. LG hopes the introduction of statements from Google itself, their options in life, according to
Before joining Nintendo in 2007
KidZania.
IBM So far, the company has launched
to handle sales and marketing for
continued from page 20 the company's Americas segment,
eight parks around the world, with
video games designed for social startup, Novel Inc. released its Dunaway was the chief marketing
more set to debut over the next
good and general audiences. own “social strategy MMO” in officer for Yahoo.
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Rumor: iLife '11 to be 64-bit, iOS
compatible
Steven Sande (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 10/4/2010 12:00:00 PM
iLife, the software suite that is
included on every Mac and is
made up of iPhoto, iMovie,
GarageBand, iWeb, and iDVD,
hasn't been updated to a new
version since January, 2009. That,
of course, is making many of us in
the Apple world curious about
when the next version of the suite
will appear on the market. Many
Mac pundits believe the next
edition will be iLife '11, and
we've already seen several of the
rumored release dates fly past
without sign of the new iLife.
Now some sharp-eyed Apple fans
have noticed that there's a book
listed on the German Amazon site
with the title "iLife '11: Digital
pictures, movies, music and more"
and a release date of December,
2010.
The translated description notes
that the suite is entirely 64-bit,
and that iPhoto will receive
integration with social
networking. iWeb has been
"rewritten" from the ground up,
and iDVD is no longer included
with the suite. There's mention of
a "new application," but no word
on what the function or name of
the new member of the suite will
be.
The red banner on the cover
mockup at left reads "iPhoto,
iMovie and more, with Apps for
Mac, iPhone 4, iPod and iPad,"
which implies that iOS versions
of the applications will be
available as well. At this time, of
course, iMovie is available for
iOS, and it would not be much of
a stretch to assume that iOS-
compatible versions of the other
applications could be developed.
After all, Apple made an iPad
version of iWork available on day
one.
The book is written by Uwe
Nerger, who has no other
published titles to his name. That
brings up the question how an
unpublished author has been
given access to a suite of
applications that many published
authors of Apple tomes have not
seen. Take this rumor with a fist-
sized grain of salt.
[via AppleInsider]
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continued from page 17
inch screen to view digital photos
and videos.”
The MW-20 has an Adjustable
Angle Display1 system that
allows the angle to be changed to
suit the viewing direction. With
the supplied fixture, the MW-20
can be positioned in landscape
orientation or hung on a wall.
The MW-20 can display photos
shot with a digital still camera by
inserting an SD Memory Card
into its slot. The MW-20 has 2GB
of built-in memory for additional
storage. The MW-20 features the
LUMIX Scene Mode Playback
function, which enables users to
play back selected groups of
photos shot with a Panasonic
LUMIX digital camera using the
iA Intelligent Scene Selector
mode (Night Scenery, Portrait,
Scenery, etc.). The MW-20
features 15 different display
patterns to show a calendar, clock,
photo – whichever combination
the user prefers.
The MW-20 features an
Drag2Up Adds Drag and
Drop Uploading to Any
Text Field [Video]
Jason Fitzpatrick (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 8:30:00 AM
Chrome: Drag2Up is a Chrome
extension that adds image and text
uploading to any text box by
linking the drag and drop action to
file uploading at Imgur and
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environmentally-conscious power
-saving feature, with a luminance
sensor that automatically adjusts
the brightness of the screen
according to the room lighting.
For instance, when a room is dark,
the MW-20 automatically shuts
off. The Panasonic MW-20 will
be available in late-November
2010 with a suggested retail price
of $249.95. For more information,
visit www.panasonic.com.
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Google TV quick tour shows off the service's inner workings,

Kenny Powers' dreams
Darren Murph (Engadget)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 12:19:00 PM
Considering the level of hype that
has surrounded Google TV,
freakishly little is actually known
about how it'll work. Of course, a
lot of that is expected to be
cleared up on Wednesday when
Logitech unveils its Google TV
lineup, but the Big G itself is
giving us all a sneak peek
beforehand. The company has just
launched a new 'quick tour' portal
that showcases the most
prominent Google TV features,
including Search, Web, Apps,
Remote (complete with an
Eastbound & Down plug),
Personal, Dual View and DVR.
Frankly, we're pretty jazzed by the
look of the user interface, and we
can hardly wait to see what kind
of punches Logitech and Sony
throw in the coming weeks. Hit
that source link to draw your own
conclusion.
Update: Google has elaborated
some on its plans, and it's all
shaping up quite nicely. We're
told that Turner Broadcasting has
been working to optimize the
websites of TBS, TNT, CNN,
Cartoon Network and more for
viewing on Google TV, and NBC
Universal has collaborated with
Google TV to bring CNBC Real-
Time, an application that allows
you to track your favorite stocks
and access news feeds while
enjoying the best financial news
from CNBC directly on the TV
screen. HBO GO will also be
supported and the NBA has built
NBA Game Time, an application
that lets you follow game scores
in real-time and catch up on the
latest highlights from your
favorite team in HD. Need more?
Amazon Video on Demand will
be present, and it sounds like
Goog has hordes of other
companies just moments away
from offering compatible content
portals. Hop on past the break for
a quick video overview of the
Apps segment.
Continue reading Google TV
quick tour shows off the service's
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Samsung Wave II S8530 gets bigger but dumps Super AMOLED

Chris Davies (SlashGear) rather than the S8500s 3.3-inch expected to land in Germany in • Samsung defend Super
Submitted at 10/4/2010 10:44:58 AM Super AMOLED panel. November, and be priced at €429 AMOLED over Steve Jobs iPhone
Beyond that, it’s pretty much a ($587). If we were feeling 4 display snub
Samsung’s Wave S8500 was a f a c s i m i l e o f t h e o r i g i n a l cynical, we might wonder • Samsung Wave S8500 gets
classic case of great hardware let specifications, with UMTS/ whether this incremental update is previewed
down by mediocre software – in HSPA, WiFi b/g/n and Bluetooth in fact a way for Samsung to work • Samsung Super AMOLED
its case bada– and unfortunately 3.0, along with a 5-megapixel around much-rumored Super screen to show up on mobile
we’ve no reason to assume its camera and flash capable of 720p AMOLED panel shortages. phone at MWC
successor will be any different. HD video recording. Samsung’s [ via Unwired View] • Samsung Galaxy S gets video
The Samsung Wave II S8530 own 1GHz Hummingbird CPU Relevant Entries on SlashGear unboxing
looks a whole lot like the original keeps things moving, and there’s • HTC SLCD Desire gets
store.
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The Samsung Wave II S8530 is
inch Super LCD touchscreen and access to Samsung’s bada app LCD comparison [Video]
24 Technology/
MobiTV expanding beyond mobile
video market
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 11:04:53 AM
MobiTV is moving from the
mobile market to the TV and PC.
Video-content provider MobiTV
is expanding beyond its familiar
mobile market to reach the living
room and office.
The company, which offers live
and on-demand TV shows for
mobile phones, is branching out
into Internet-connected TVs, set-
top boxes, and personal
computers. The goal is to offer a
TV-anywhere type of service in
which subscribers can catch live
news and sports as well as on-
demand TV shows no matter
where they are.
Beyond providing TV on
different devices, the new service
will sync and converge content.
So baseball fans could watch a
game on their smartphones, pause
it, and then pick up where they
left off on their living room TV or
office PC. The content will adjust
itself dynamically according to
the speed and format of device on
which it's playing, the company
said. The service will also let
people choose favorite channels
and record content, all of which
would be available on each
device.
MobiTV's mobile app is currently
offered to iPhone users through
Apple's App Store. Certain
content, such as news and specific
TV shows, is free. Premium
programming requires a $10-per-
month subscription. The service is
also available to Sprint Nextel and
Verizon Wireless customers at
similar prices.
MobiTV generates most of its
sales from the wireless carriers,
according to Bloomberg. By
expanding its TV service to
different devices, it is now trying
to increase its revenue stream by
drumming up interest among
cable, phone, and Internet
providers.
The company will demonstrate
its new service at the CTIA
Enterprises & Applications show
in San Francisco this week.
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Ouch! Apple dinged for
$208.5 million in patent
infringement case
Steven Sande (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 10/4/2010 11:00:00 AM
You know that nice Cover Flow
interface (above) that Apple uses
on iDevices, in iTunes, and in
Mac OS X? An East Texas
Federal Court has ruled that
Apple infringed on patents held
by Mirror Worlds, a software
business started by Yale
University computer science
professor and Unabomber victim
David Gelernter. As a result, the
court has ordered Apple to pay
Mirror Worlds US$208.5 million
in damages. The Time Machine
interface, which shows a series of
screen or application images
"receding" back in time, was also
part of the case filed by Mirror
Worlds on March 14, 2008.
As Mac Observer has pointed
out, many of the Cover Flow and
Time Machine concepts of
showing files or album covers
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moving back and forth were in
use by Apple in HyperCard stacks
many years before Mirror Worlds
received patents for the idea.
Whether Apple will appeal the
verdict or not is unknown at this
time.
Apple was granted a patent for
Cover Flow in April, 2010, which
makes this ruling even more
questionable. Mirror Worlds, LLC
was disbanded in 2003 due to lack
of sales of its software products.
Apple has not made any
comments regarding the verdict or
a possible appeal.
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Apple's lawyers finally Garmin updates GPS watch line with
going after Meizu, or so it Forerunner 210 and 410, data-craving
seems runners rejoice
Darren Murph (Engadget)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 11:34:00 AM
C'mon, let's all color ourselves
shocked at once. It'll be fun. We
promise. If you've been calling the
underside of a rock home for the
past decade or so, you may have
missed out on a Chinese outfit by
the name of Meizu. For all intents
and purposes, the company has
done its darnedest to copy Apple
in every respect, particularly with
the software on its M8 and M9
smartphones. Strangely, we've
never actually heard confirmation
that Cupertino's best lawyers were
breathing down Meizu's neck...
until now. As the story goes,
Meizu CEO Jack Wong's forum
postings have been rather tense of
late, and one in particular seems
to explain why: Apple's all up in
his grille. The details are hidden
beneath a good bit of pent-up
rage, but what is clear is a
mention of Apple's lawyers and
their "unreasonable negotiation
tactics." In essence, Jack finds it
absurd that Apple could claim
rights to the touchscreen
smartphone form factor, and
while Apple could only serve a
relative few in China, he
(obviously) expects Meizu to
serve far more. We won't pretend
to be sad on Jack's behalf -- we
mean, the guy had it coming -- but
we can't shake the looming
depression when thinking of a
world with no future Meizu
devices to chuckle at.
Apple's lawyers finally going
after Meizu, or so it seems
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Tim Stevens (Engadget)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 11:56:00 AM
Runners love to tell you about
their post-workout highs, but they
rarely mention the mid-workout
delirium that comes when muscles
deprive your brain of blood,
leading to doubts about how long
you've been running, what your
target heart rate should be, and
indeed how to get home again.
Garmin's updated Forerunner GPS
watches actually can't help with
that last one, but the larger touch
bezel on the new and 410 (above)
means oxygen-deprived cardio
follow-up to this spring's 110 and 210 and 410, data-craving runners
hounds can easily scroll through providing a more simple display rejoice
data describing things like pace
of real-time distance and heart Garmin updates GPS watch line
and heart rate, even when it's rate without a bunch of other with Forerunner 210 and 410, data
raining -- or you're sweating
confusing data. Both models will -craving runners rejoice originally
excessively. Once back home and be on display at the upcoming appeared on Engadget on Mon, 04
showered this $325 watch
Chicago and New York City Oct 2010 11:56:00 EDT. Please
automatically syncs to a USB marathons before pacing see our terms for use of feeds.
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Twitter Goes Prime Time Macs popular with UK Prime Minister

with Google TV David Cameron
Mike Melanson Dave Caolo (The Unofficial
(ReadWriteWeb) this week, with Google Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 10/4/2010 12:22:46 PM announcing a slew of Submitted at 10/4/2010 9:00:00 AM
partnerships, from Napster to
If you've ever sat around in a USA Today to Twitter. In a recent interview with The
room of geeks with smartphones According to Twitter, "this is just Telegraph, UK Prime Minister
watching television, then you the beginning of what could be David Cameron described (among
know how big a part Twitter can possible at the intersection of other things) his personal love of
play in that activity. Whether it's Twitter and television". Apple's Macs, iPad and digital
trash talking the Sunday game or For now, it sounds like Twitter music:
gasping about plot twists, Twitter will do all of the standard things "I'm very proud of the fact that
is the virtual watercooler of the we expect of Twitter, but won't I've got an iMac and I've got a
TV geek set. yet take advantage of the speaker remotely linked without a
Today, Twitter just upped the functionality possible with an app wire which I did myself. I have all
ante with the announcement of that knows what we're watching the music on the iMac. The cool
Twitter for Google TV. when. We expect in the near thing is that I now control my sync iPods and iPads with it." Prime Minister David Cameron
Sponsor future to see a Twitter TV app iMac from the iPad, to play out We're recently learned that iPads originally appeared on The
Google TV is the Google- that can integrate what we're through the speaker but I have to are popular with leaders in Unofficial Apple Weblog
p o w e r e d , I n t e r n e t - e n a b l e d watching directly into what we admit I had a little bit of help Washington, DC, Saudi Arabia, (TUAW) on Mon, 04 Oct 2010
television "platform that combines tweet, what tweets we read and from someone in IT on that. South Korea and elsewhere. What 09:00:00 EST. Please see our
your current TV programming how we check-in to services like I bought the iMac for Samantha will be most newsworthy is when terms for use of feeds.
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experience". Introduced last May, computer for music. The best computer.
the platform is set to be released thing to do is to put all your music [Via Mac Stories]
on to the iMac, and then you can TUAW Macs popular with UK

Qualcomm axing FLO TV consumer services?

Chris Davies (SlashGear) were informed of the decision late considering other potential uses • Qualcomm works with Medical
Submitted at 10/4/2010 11:02:22 AM last week, and that Qualcomm is for the technology. Most Platform Asia for 3G wireless
currently in talks with AT&T and interesting is data-casting, health care modules
Join us in shedding an ironic half Verizon over the white-label discussed at the recent IQ 2010 • Qualcomm and Nokia announce
-tear for FLO TV, Qualcomm’s services they offer each carrier. event and billed as a way to US mobile device collaboration
little-loved streaming TV service, It’s not the first hint that maintain cached data on mobile • HTC Brew-based feature-
which according to PaidContent Qualcomm were dissatisfied with devices and shift loading away phones delayed until early 2010?
will be axing its direct-to- FLO TV; back in July the from the regular networks. • Qualcomm patent app embeds
consumers service by the end of company confirmed that it was in Relevant Entries on SlashGear LBS on SIM-style module
the year. Their sources say that early stage discussions with Those talks seemingly came to • Qualcomm in legal hotspot in
staff in the MediaFLO division potential buyers for the service. nothing, leaving Qualcomm Germany over “Smartbook”
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Morning Links - Jennifer
Is Walmart the next iPad Aniston World's Most
Eligible Woman
retailer? PopSugar (PopSugar)
Dave Caolo (The Unofficial Submitted at 10/4/2010 10:15:00 AM
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 10/4/2010 10:00:00 AM
• Jennifer Aniston ranked as the
Now that the iPad is officially world's most eligible single
available at Target(a discount woman by a 60 Minutes and
department store here in the US), Vanity Fair poll- Us Weekly
attention has turned to a • Matthew and Camila have a
suggestion that Walmart will country music date night- People
carry the device before the year's customers who get to physically • Jerry Seinfeld shares his Mets
end. love with his kids- Huffington
see an iPad just as they're strolling
Back in May, Walmart's senior the aisles with holiday dollars in Post
Google TV Apps announced: VP of entertainment for US their pockets. As Fortune reports, • James McAvoy has his hands
stores, Gary Severson, told t h e r e a r e 2 , 8 1 5 W a l m a r t full with a new blockbuster-
CNBC, HBO, NBA and Blooomberg that he expected Supercenters and 774 Walmart Lainey Gossip
iPads to be on Walmart shelves Discount stores in the US. • You too can dance like
Adult Swim [Video] "...later this year." With about 2 Keep your eyes peeled, Walmart DiCaprio with the "Leo Strut"-
months worth of holiday shopping shoppers. PopEater
Chris Davies (SlashGear) Twitter will have a version too, time left (not to mention calendar TUAW Is Walmart the next iPad • Justin Bieber attends a weekend
Submitted at 10/4/2010 10:52:46 AM along with online networks like days for 2010), the clock is retailer? originally appeared on wedding- TMZ
blip.tv. A new Google TV site ticking on Severson's suggestion. The Unofficial Apple Weblog • Who will be the next head
Google has announced some of has been set up with more details, As of now, there are five iPad (TUAW) on Mon, 04 Oct 2010 V i c t o r i a ' s S e c r e t a n g e l ? -
its initial content partners for and there are demos of the various retailers in the US: Target, Best 10:00:00 EST. Please see our W o n d e r w a l l
Google TV, including Cartoon apps and feeds in the video below. Buy, Micro Center, Amazon and terms for use of feeds. • Did Shia LaBeouf pick a fight
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demand original programming M a r k e t p l a c e • Did Lady Gaga manage to
and NBA Game Time, an app for • Google launches App Engine – shock Yoko Ono with her outfit?-
bringing realtime game scores to host your web apps with Google Hollywood Life
your HDTV. Meanwhile there’ll • Android video calling tipped by • Miley Cyrus goes clubbing at a
a l s o b e A m a z o n V i d e o O n Google’s GIPS acquisition place for people 21 and older-
Demand and Netflix support, • Apple Tablet confirmed for ICYDK
together with online text, video Wednesday by McGraw-Hill
and social networking content CEO, with iPhone-styled OS
reformatted to suit the big screen. [Video]
Video demo after the cut • Google Apps For Your
That includes The New York Domain: Ready, Set, Stop!
Times and USA Today, as well as
VEVO, Pandora and Napster;
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Breaking: Skype To Zoom Q3HD Handy Video

Appoint A New CEO
Erick Schonfeld (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 11:26:42 AM
Skype is taking another step
towards becoming a public
company today with the
appointment of a new CEO. We
don’t yet know who it is, but the
announcement should be coming
out shortly. Skype’s current
CEO, Josh Silverman, will be
moving on.
The company recently filed to go
public in August. And while
there were rumors that a company
like Cisco might buy it, adding a
new CEO at this time points more
strongly in the direction of an
IPO.
Skype is on track to pass $1
billion in revenues next year (its
revenue run-rate for 2010 is $800
million). In June, Skype was
Recorder boasts 1080p and
stereo microphones
Laura June (Engadget)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 11:10:00 AM
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(AEI.Org: Articles)
Submitted at 10/3/2010 6:00:00 PM
In his Aug. 31 speech
announcing the end of "combat
operations" in Iraq, President
Obama argued that the military
efforts the nation has made since
9/11 had "shortchanged
investments in our own people
and contributed to record
deficits." As Bob Woodward's
new book "Obama's Wars" makes
plain, a similar mentality
pervaded the president's
Afghanistan strategy: His
response to the need for a long-
term American military presence
was, "I am not spending a trillion
dollars!"
It is encouraging to see Mr.
Obama concerned about deficits
and debt. But his concern with the
military is largely misplaced. It is
neither the true source of our
fiscal woes, nor an appropriate
target for indiscriminate budget-
slashing in a still-dangerous
world.
Consider the actual dollars.
According to the Congressional
Budget Office's most recent
projections, the president's
proposed budget for 2011 will add
$10 trillion in debt over the next
decade. By 2020, the federal
government will owe $20 trillion,
or $170,000 per American
household. . . .
This article is available in full
from the Wall Street Journal. The
full text will be posted to AEI.org
on Monday, October 11.
Arthur C. Brooks is the president
of AEI. Edwin J. Feulner is
president of the Heritage
Foundation. William Kristol is a
director of the Foreign Policy
Initiative.
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Sean Kimmons
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Submitted at 10/3/2010 6:00:00 PM
The education documentary
Waiting for "Superman" opened
in select theaters last week. The
movie's damning indictment of
public education, and its
enthusiastic portrayal of charter
schools, has commanded attention
from the likes of Oprah and
Geraldo and prompted school
reformers to launch and expand
efforts intended to exploit this
window of opportunity.
Unfortunately, the efforts of
reformers on this score aren't yet
up to snuff. Even if crowds throng
to the movie, experience teaches
that the adrenaline will fade when
viewers get home, find
themselves bombarded by other
causes and obligations, and see no
obvious means to really affect
schooling. Leveraging Superman
effectively cannot rest on the
wistful hope that advocates can
boil the sea of public sentiment
and move the nation towards
some grandiose new national level
of awareness.
It's instructive to consider the
minimal real impact of two of the
last decade's biggest
documentaries: Davis
Guggenheim's An Inconvenient
Truth and Michael Moore's
Fahrenheit 9/11. Both did very
well at the box office and made
celebrities out of their central
figures. But neither actually
accomplished much. For all the
fuss about An Inconvenient Truth,
Al Gore's policy wins were
minimal and Americans are no
more concerned about climate
change today than they were
before the movie. Michael Moore
was feted at the 2004 Democratic
convention, but his polarizing
theatrics probably did more to
marginalize than to broaden
opposition to the Iraq War.
Here's some advice for those who
would like to see Superman
actually help make a difference:
Focus on the concrete and
actionable, not the broad and
vague.
A more helpful model is Super
Size Me, which didn't make much
money or turn director Morgan
Spurlock into a star, but which
has been credited with
encouraging McDonald's to
eliminate the Super Size option,
add more salads, and post
nutritional information. Notably,
advocates didn't use the movie
just to build awareness that "we
should eat better," but also as a
lever for specific measures.
The next steps proffered by
Superman's boosters couldn't be
farther off that mark. On NBC's
Meet the Press, advocates could
only encourage would-be
reformers to volunteer in their
local school, put children first,
and contribute more money to
schools. In a sidebar to a story on
the movie, Entertainment Weekly
distilled the suggested steps for
reform: pledge to see the movie,
text "possible" to 77177 (which
will get "news on education
reform" sent to your phone), and
write a letter encouraging your
governor "to fight harder for
change."
The Waiting for "Superman"
website's "Take Action" page
features ads for the companion
book and the soundtrack, remarks
from a "super teacher," an
interview with the movie's
director, and a pledge to see the
movie. The page on what "you
can do" offers: "help students
succeed" by supporting
All4Ed.org, "demand world-class
standards for all students,"
"pledge to see the film," "help
your local school," and "attend a
school board meeting." If this is
what reformers have in mind, they
can relax--as there's nothing here
(other than the product
promotion) that their local PTAs
haven't been pushing for decades.
Independent "reform" sites are
similarly long on pledges and
short on action.
Here's some advice for those who
would like to see Superman
actually help make a difference:
Focus on the concrete and
actionable, not the broad and
vague. Collect e-mail addresses of
departing viewers who will put up
yard signs for reform-minded
school-board candidates and
mayors. Encourage supporters to
work the phones, their neighbors,
and their e-mails to push their
state legislators to take the lead on
specific changes in statute. Don't
settle for pledges to care more, be
"engaged," or write letters on
behalf of "reform."
Embrace the tactical doctrine of
"overwhelming force." Don't try
to get everyone to care more,
much less to imagine that such a
shift could be sustained. Instead,
direct overwhelming force on key
decision-makers while teeing up
specific measures relating to
charter schooling, teacher quality,
accountability, and so on. Such
moves will permit a few thousand
motivated supporters to flood a
mayor's office or key state
legislators with e-mail, mail, and
phone calls.
Emphasize wins that will last and
not those that can be easily swept
aside. Getting the public riled up
and claiming a few minutes from
the blow-dried ringmasters on
CNN or CBS is nice but
ephemeral. The wins that matter
are those that change policy,
incentives, and statutes governing
things like charter schooling and
teacher tenure, or those that help
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establish grassroots outfits that
will thrive long after the movie is
an afterthought. Don't get caught
up in amorphous public-
awareness campaigns, ill-defined
partnerships, or vague requests
that people "get involved."
Finally, remember that this is a
limited window. The absolute best
case is probably a five- to eight-
point bump in the percentage of
people who say they're deeply
concerned about education--and,
even then, it's unlikely that the
bump will last more than a year or
two. So the key is to strike while
the iron is hot and win
breakthrough measures that will
ease efforts to improve schooling
long after the fuss is over.
Frederick M. Hess is a resident
scholar and the director of
education policy studies at AEI.
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China Bashers Pass Buck on Why United States Is Ailing

(AEI.Org: Articles) significant benefits from a more disagreement over the Bergsten change in Chinese currency policy $27 billion lower. In a $14 trillion
Submitted at 10/3/2010 6:00:00 PM freely floating yuan. analysis. Helmut Reisen, head of would be a tweak in U.S. trade economy, that is hardly enough to
C. Fred Bergsten of the Peterson research at the OECD with Malaysia or Japan. have much of an impact on jobs,
China bashing is all the rage in I n s t i t u t e f o r I n t e r n a t i o n a l Development Center, part of the Economist Ray Fair of Yale especially if imports from other
Washington, as politicians of both Economics testified in the House Organization for Economic University attempted to account countries increase.
parties blame the world's fastest- last month that "elimination of the Cooperation and Development, for ripple effects in a paper that Economic policies with uncertain
growing major economy for high Chinese misalignment would wrote in April that "it is far from analyzed the macroeconomic benefits can be defensible if they
jobless rates in the U.S. create about half a million U.S. assured" that an appreciation of impact of Chinese revaluation. carry no cost. Bashing China has
Such a popular target is China jobs, mainly in manufacturing and the yuan would influence current "The estimated effects on U.S. real costs: It might cause a trade
t h a t t h e U . S . H o u s e o f with above-average wages, over account balances. output and employment are war reminiscent of the one that
Representatives, all but paralyzed the next couple of years." He added, "There is a clear modest," he wrote. "Positive put the world economy into a
by the prospect of next month's Toward Equilibrium political focus on the bilateral effects on U.S. output from a death spiral in the 1930s. And it
election, easily passed a bill last How to accomplish that? U.S.-Chinese trade balance, but decrease in imports from China definitely distracts attention from
week that might impose tariffs on B e r g s t e n e s t i m a t e s t h a t a n bilateral imbalances are of no are offset by negative effects on the need for government policies
China in retaliation for currency appreciation of about 25 percent economic interest--there are more U.S. output from increased that directly help the U.S.
manipulation. against the dollar would be than two countries in the world." inflation and from a decrease in economy and those looking for
Blaming China is fun for the n e c e s s a r y t o r e s t o r e a n Ripple Effects U.S. exports to China because of a jobs.
political and intellectual elites equilibrium exchange rate. When Philip Levy, my colleague at the Chinese contraction." So isn't it time we left China
because it allows them to ignore he testified on Sept. 15, the yuan American Enterprise Institute, History as Guide alone?
their own failures. Gridlocked had risen at an annualized rate of shares this view. The ripple History also is a guide. If changes Kevin A. Hassett is a senior
politicians on both sides of the only about 4 percent since June, effects throughout the trading in the exchange rate are truly a fellow and the director of
aisle are equally attracted to the when the Chinese government world of a more flexible yuan big deal, then the U.S. trade economic policy studies at AEI.
claim. The problem with U.S. pledged more flexibility. The could be enormous, diluting the deficit with China should have Photo Credit: iStockphoto/Yong
growth isn't that we have an out- growth rate does seem to have specific impact on any one decreased during the Chinese Hian Lim
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Obama's Pakistan Failure

(AEI.Org: Articles) Pakistan are also becoming Pakistan's rulers like drone strikes our advantage. Our unique
Submitted at 10/3/2010 6:00:00 PM routine. According to Bob that take out terrorists who also relations with both India and
Woodward's book "Obama's threaten them, like the Pakistan Pakistan, the two nuclear powers
The photos showing NATO Wars," CIA chief Leon Panetta Taliban. But they don't see why but also the region's biggest
supply trucks being set ablaze by wants even more powers to wage they should support attacks on democracies, offer an opportunity
insurgents in Pakistan should send what is in effect a secret CIA war groups whose target is the Af to work out a durable detente
a chill up the spine of every inside Pakistani territory. ghan government. between the two nations that
American. So should the State Above all, they're still convinced would allow Pakistan to refocus
Department's travel-alert warning All this adds up to a US effort in that the real threat to their country on suppressing militants and see
on yet another Pakistan-inspired Pakistan highly reminiscent of the comes from the east, from India-- winning the War on Terror as a
Angelina Has
terror threat. one we undertook in Laos in the not the terrorists hiding along the victory for all three nations. Maddox's Help in the
President Obama's Pakistan 1960s--one of the springboards Afghan frontier. The NATO raid The other is Afghanistan itself.
policy is going up in smoke, just into the Vietnam quagmire. last week was the final straw. Obama doesn't see that his
Directing Department
like those NATO trucks. The Yet despite these efforts, or The Obama administration insists obvious eagerness to leave makes Allie Merriam (PopSugar)
bitter irony is that even as Obama perhaps because of them, Pakistan that the supply-route closure is the Pakistanis more, not less, Submitted at 10/4/2010 10:45:55 AM
is trying to get out of the war in has increasingly become the temporary. Yet the shutdown still reluctant to help us against the
Afghanistan, he may be heading epicenter of terror plots against bodes ill. Almost 80 percent of Taliban, because they may have to Angelina Jolie was in Budapest
us into one in Pakistan. this country, from the abortive the non-lethal supplies for our war deal with the Taliban running the over the weekend to start work on
Consider: Times Square bombing plot to the in Afghanistan flows through country again. her directorial debut. She was on
• In 2009, we launched 45 Mumbai-style attacks thwarted Pakistan. Another bad omen is the Talking about victory in set Saturday taking charge as
Predator drone attacks into last week. fact that NATO helicopters Afghanistan, instead of an exit shooting began, and she even had
Pakistan. In 2010, we may almost If Obama's growing pressure on following insurgents across the strategy or focusing our resources Maddox on hand to watch as
triple that number, with 22 in P a k i s t a n d e s t a b i l i z e s t h a t border are routinely shot at by elsewhere, just might save his things progressed. Today, though,
September alone. government, the only thing Pakistani troops. Pakistan policy--and save us from Maddox, Pax, and their sister
• US-led NATO forces in keeping that country's nukes out Riedel, Gen. David Petraeus and another Vietnam. Shiloh reported to their new
Afghanistan are now running of the hands of al Qaeda may the rest of the Obama team know Arthur Herman is a visiting European school. Brad Pitt,
crossborder raids into Pakistan to have to be US troops. That's a i t ' s i m p o s s i b l e t o w i n i n scholar at AEI. meanwhile, was focusing on his
flush out Taliban insurgents, even shooting-war scenario that will Afghanistan until the Pakistan Photo Credit: White House Photo own film project between
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billion, less than the $12 billion C a l i f o r n i a F o r U t a h O v e r budget woes increase, and as her
the governor had proposed, and Confiscatory Tax Rate Computer politicians are proven incapable of
34 Economy/ E-reader News Edition

Sunday Funnies 2010-10-03 World's First Bureaucrat; Cobb

County Georgia Spends $78,000 on Mules Jack and Jill, has
Second Thoughts, Finds No Buyers
noreply@blogger.com (Michael found a buyer. “Good God almighty ... That’s a
Shedlock) (Mish's Global The problems don’t surprise the bunch of [expletive].”
Economic Trend Analysis) Alabama farmer who sold the Archeologists Unearth
Submitted at 10/3/2010 10:12:00 PM animals to Cobb officials. Bureaucrat
In a belated edition of "Sunday “Most of that bunch, you know, It's very difficult to top that story
Funnies" please consider Mules they didn’t know a mule from a but in honor of government
Jack and Jill run up $78,000 bill donkey,” said Terry LeDuke of bureaucrats as well as government
Cobb County taxpayers became Vincent, Ala. mules and jackasses, here is this
the proud owners of two mules in While $78,000 is a tiny fraction week's cartoon feature.
August 2009. County officials of the county budget, that amount Mike "Mish" Shedlock
bought the animals to put them to could have covered the price of h t t p : / /
work on a proposed historic farm, b u i l d i n g a m e d i u m - s i z e globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.
a l i v i n g m u s e u m w h e r e playground or a pavilion restroom com
schoolchildren would learn how structure at a county park. And Click Here To Scroll Thru My
farmers tilled the land a century the episode demonstrates how Recent Post List Mike "Mish"
ago. poor planning can lead a Shedlock is a registered
But Cobb put the cart before the government to get in over its investment advisor representative
horse. Or rather, the mules before head. for SitkaPacific Capital
the farm. Once purchased, the mules Management. Sitka Pacific is an
S e v e r a l k e y s t e p s i n t h e quickly started racking up other asset management firm whose
development of historic Hyde expenses that now stand at goal is strong performance and
Farm had not been completed by $63,490, the largest of which was low volatility, regardless of
the time the county bought the $25,488 to pay a caretaker to feed, market direction. Visit http://
mules. More than a year later, groom and exercise the animals. For three months, county staffers market for them. Right now, it’s www.sitkapacific.com/
some are still not resolved. The caretaker, Cindy Cason, is the have been trying to find a new winter coming on and somebody’s account_management.html to
In the meantime, Cobb taxpayers wife of a county transportation home for Jack and Jill. They are got to feed them all winter.” learn more about wealth
have footed the bill for $78,000 department employee, Randy advertising them on eBay, LeDuke told the county he’d be management and capital
on the mules in the past year — Cason. Craigslist and several specialty willing to buy the mules back for preservation strategies of Sitka
including purchase price, a County workers also spent 701 mule websites but are not getting $3,000 — less than half of what Pacific.
c a r e t a k e r , f o o d a n d o t h e r man hours — an estimated cost of good offers for them, Canon said. he sold them for.
expenses. With the cost rising, the $15,000 in taxpayer money — to LeDuke, the Alabama man who When LeDuke learned how much
county has been trying to sell the work on four different mule- sold Cobb the animals, said it’s a Cobb had spent on his former
mules since June but has not related projects. bad time to sell mules. “Ain’t no animals in the past year, he said,
E-reader News Edition Economy/ Culture/ 35

Pic of the Day:

The Moment
Before Impact
The Earnings Upgrade Eugene (Featured Blog Posts -
My Modern Metropolis)
Mania Just Died Submitted at 10/4/2010 4:30:00 PM

Vincent Fernando, CFA (Money In addition, the percentage of Tiger Woods hit a ball directly at
Game) stocks experiencing an earnings photographer Mark Pain's camera
Submitted at 10/4/2010 10:22:12 AM upgrade has also just declined, as The Complete History Of How The at the Ryder Cup over the
shown by the chart below using
Hear that? That's the sound of Citi and Fact Set data. Just 51.8% U.S. Economy Exploded, Recovered, weekend. This is the moment
before impact.
e a r n i n g s b e i n g c h o p p e d . of earnings changes were positive
According to Bloomberg, during September. Given
And Just Started To Get Worse Again "The man from T he Mail on
Sunday didn't flinch, however,
e a r n i n g s e s t i m a t e s f o r t h e Bloomberg's report of a falling Vincent Fernando, CFA and unemployment rate, and wages. and captured this extraordinary
S&P500 have just been cut for the overall S&P500 earnings forecast, Hannah Kim (Money Game) Basically, when a state is in blue picture just before the ball hit his
first time this year. This means the average downgrade is likely Submitted at 10/4/2010 9:57:33 AM or green, it's doing well. When it's camera, bounced on to his chest
that a long streak of earnings larger than the average upgrade. in red, it's doing badly. and came to rest at his feet.
upgrades has come to an end. Energy is faring the worst, while E v e r y m o n t h , t h e F e d e r a l The recovery was looking nice "Woods was furious about his
Bloomberg: oddly Consumer Discretionary is Reserve of Philadelphia releases a and green... until about June of blunder, but neither he nor caddie
Estimates for S&P 500 experiencing the highest S t a t e C o i n c i d e n t I n d e x this year. Steve Williams objected to Pain's
companies’ combined 2011 profit proportion of earnings upgrades measurement for every U.S. state. The time series starts when position. The Americans accepted
fell as low as $95.17 last month This emphasize the peculiar The index employs four state- everything was fine, in June of that the ball had hit the intrepid
from an August high of $96.16 situation whereby the companies level economic indicators to 2005, and goes until now. Click photographer only because Tiger's
and posted the first quarterly doing best are the ones which summarize each state's current here to see the history of the effort, from rain-soaked rough,
reduction since the three months make things people don't need > economic condition in an easy-to- recession > had been so badly struck."
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Top 10 Safe Driving Tips 5 Scams Foolish Tourists

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result, the U.S. logged the lowest a good idea to review some basic
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Vintage Surf Photography (15 total)

Eugene (Featured Blog Posts - It's called "tintype." "The process of posing can be a the photograph to actually be
My Modern Metropolis) Using a large-format camera and little intimidating as each surfer taken."
Submitted at 10/3/2010 4:00:00 PM portable darkroom, Sternbach has to stay in the same position If you're diggin' these
photographed surfers on New while I frame the image and coat photographs as much as I do, I
At first glance, it appears that York and California shorelines. the plate and then finally snap the would recommend checking out
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After a week of rain, we are Thom Filicia

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World Records: Insane

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We humans can do amazing

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British fashion photographer Tim
Walker recently showed off an
interesting and eye-catching
editorial titled High-Style. This
time it was for Vogue Italy's
September issue and it featured 33
-year-old Polish fashion model
and actress Malgosia Bela. With
the help of some creepy
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(Verse of the Day)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 2:00:00 AM
Do not boast about tomorrow, for
you do not know what a day may
bring forth.
— Proverbs 27:1(NIV) Thoughts
on Today's Verse... Don't you
have your hands full with today?
Don't you find yourself distracted
from the urgent and important
things of today when you worry
about the problems of tomorrow?
Don't you occasionally find
yourself missing an opportunity
today while fantasizing about all
the possibilities down the road?
Isn't it a waste of time to be
anxious about those things over
which you have no influence? So
why worry so much about
tomorrow, and next week, and ...?
Let's walk with God today and
trust in his faithfulness for us
tomorrow. My Prayer... Holy
God, give me the strength to seize
the moment and live the life today
that will please you and bless
others. Help my heart feel the
urgency of today and act with
boldness, kindness, and salvation
instead of worrying so much
about what may happen tomorrow
or next week. Give me the
immediacy of the moment I see in
your son's ministry when he
walked the earth. In Jesus' name I
pray. Amen.
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A Child Bride in Sudan

Rebecca Hamilton (The New options, to distinguish between Although the regime hoped to managed to escape twice. The Sudanese pounds (roughly $1) a
Republic - All Feed) good and bad. According to the enforce Islamization nationally, first time, she went to the local day selling bags of peanuts. She
Submitted at 10/3/2010 11:00:00 PM law, tamyeez is ten years old. political circumstances have led to police, but they released her into worked on the streets for 18
Although, on its face, the these laws applying only in the her father and husband’s custody months. “[I was] miserable every
Khartoum—Amira* is the m a r r i a g e l a w d o e s n o t north—Al Bashir’s stronghold, after the men signed a document day,” she says.
attractive 16-year-old daughter of discriminate between sexes, girls and Amira’s home. promising not to harm her. The On the advice of a regular
an Iraqi mother and Sudanese are primarily affected. Because For two years, Amira’s marriage second time, Amira found a customer—a former
father. She spent the first ten the traditional dowry system existed, for the most part, on rickshaw and asked to be taken judge—Amira eventually decided
years of her life in Iraq, where her brings a bride’s family wealth, paper only. She doesn’t know “anywhere.” After managing to to seek a divorce, although the
family lived in an apartment in a girls are often married off as soon why her family allowed this—but find a phone, she contacted her chances were slim she’d be
multi-story house in Baghdad, just as soon as husbands are found. A she says she was thankful. Her family, and her mother and granted one. Women can get a
around the corner from her 2006 Sudanese government stepfather told her he would let stepfather came to take her back divorce if they prove darar, or
grandmother. Amira remembers a survey found that 12.4 percent of her finish school, and her new to Hasahisa. She underwent a harm. (Men, meanwhile, can
happy life, full of “friends, going girls had been married before the husband, a 35-year-old man medical exam to document the unilaterally declare divorce
to school, nice shops, and good age of 15. named Ahmed, visited only rape, and her family found a whenever they please.) Amira
weather.” But, when the United In only the fourth grade, Amira occasionally, leaving Amira small lawyer willing to take her case explained to the judge hearing her
States invaded in 2003, her suddenly found herself one of amounts of money. She used the before a judge. “He gave me case that her husband had beaten
stepfather, believing the family these girls, and tragedy quickly cash to buy books. hope,” Amira recalls. her, but he told her she would
would be safer in Sudan, moved unfolded. Her story is a stark But then, one day when Amira But, under Sudanese law, the need two male witnesses to prove
them to Hasahisa, a town two reminder that, while the world has was 13, her father invited her to concept of rape within marriage it. When she couldn’t do so, the
hours from Khartoum. long-focused on the violence and his house in a town about six does not exist. The judge issued a judge dismissed her case. Her
They settled into a one-room strife in Darfur and is now turning hours from Hasahisa. Her mother decree that Amira was in nushuuz, next option was fidya, a time-
home, and Amira soon met her its attention to the looming and stepfather told her it would be or a state of disobedience, and consuming and costly process that
biological father, Adam. “I was r e f e r e n d u m o n s o u t h e r n impolite to refuse. Soon after ordered her to go to her husband’s requires a wife to pay her husband
expecting him to be warm and independence, it often forgets the Amira reached her father’s house, home in Khartoum. Her mother back her dowry. Ahmed had paid
greet me. But he was cold,” daily horrors that people in other Ahmed and two male friends and stepfather, deferring to the a dowry of 30,000 Sudanese
Amira recalls. The second time parts of Sudan suffer under Al arrived. Recalling the events in law, told her she had to follow the pounds (around $12,500), all of
Adam came to visit, he told Bashir’s regime. monotone, Amira says her father judge’s order. “From the second which had gone to Amira’s father.
Amira he was giving her 50 After Al Bashir took power in a and husband took her into a day, he started whipping me,” It is here that SEEMA, the only
Sudanese pounds (about $20). As 1 9 8 9 m i l i t a r y c o u p , h i s bedroom, where her father told Amira says of life after she was local organization that provides a
he left, however, he handed an a d m i n i s t r a t i o n d i s m a n t l e d her, “Tonight, we will finish the forced to live with her husband. full range of services to victims of
envelope to her stepfather instead. traditional sources of Sudanese wedding.” He then locked Amira Eventually, she managed to domestic violence in northern
Inside was the money—along opposition and placed its own in the room. One of Ahmed’s escape again and return to her Sudan, tried to step in to help
with a certificate stating that members throughout the organs of friends beat her, while the other parents’ house. But, this time, she Amira. Because Ahmed lived in
Amira, age 11, was married. t h e s t a t e , o b l i t e r a t i n g t h e bit her wrist—the mark remains was turned away. “[My mother] Khartoum, Amira had to bring
Marriage in northern Sudan is independence of the police and clearly visible three years told me my stepfather could not fidya before a judge there, and
governed by a sharia-based law judiciary. It also pushed an later—to make her let go of her afford this, that it will bring them SEEMA paid her bus fare to the
introduced in 1991 by the Islamist Islamization project, issuing skirt, which she was pulling problems,” Amira says. capital. But the organization was
regime of President Omar Al ordinances stating that people tightly around her legs. They Instead of making her go back to unable to help after that. Their
Bashir. It says that marriage is could have limbs amputated for forced her onto the bed, where Ahmed, Amira’s father agreed to finances had run dry because their
legal from the age of tamyeez. stealing, that women could be Ahmed raped her. “There was let her live with him, his three primary funder, CARE
Often mis-translated into English publicly flogged for violating a blood on the bed” she recalls. “I wives, and seven children. He International, had been kicked out
as puberty, tamyeez refers to the dress code, and that tamyeez was was not even wearing a bra yet.” refused to give her food, however,
ability to differentiate between an appropriate age to marry. In the following weeks, Amira so Amira made just over three CHILD page 41
40 Politics-Left/ Sports/ E-reader News Edition

Health Care’s Second Wind

E.J. Dionne Jr. (The New same provision. "going to get an electoral defeat want to back away from that?
Republic - All Feed) And in his effort to win back a they won't easily forget." Shouldn't this be an issue, too?
Submitted at 10/3/2010 11:00:00 PM traditionally Democratic Not so fast, Karl. In fact, there The truth is that this bill was a
congressional seat in New are two "health care bills" first step. There are many health
WASHINGTON—Here is Orleans, state Rep. Cedric competing in this election. One is care battles ahead. If supporters of
another piece of conventional Richmond has made incumbent the parody Republicans have reform cave during the first round,
wisdom about this year's election Republican Joseph Cao's vote lovingly created that casts the as Rove is hoping they will,
that is being rendered patently against the health care bill a health care bill as a big further progress will be
false. It's been said over and over central issue in the campaign. government monstrosity with no impossible.
that no Democrats are running on Why the sudden willingness to redeeming features. The other is Yes, some Democrats in Supreme Court
the health care bill. Actually, run on health care? The key the law itself, an admittedly conservative districts voted
more and more of them are reason is that the law didn't even sprawling legislative compromise against the bill and display this as
Won't Get Involved
proudly campaigning on what the begin to take effect until Sept. 23, that nonetheless moves things in a badge of their independence. Over 'USC' Battle
plan has achieved—and they and the first elements to kick in the right direction—and most of But is that any surprise? This is
should. are very popular. They include the whose individual elements voters exactly the sort of position FanHouse Staff (FanHouse
Main)
In a fight for his political life in guarantee that children cannot be support. moderate Republicans (when they
Wisconsin, Sen. Russ Feingold denied coverage because of pre- If Democrats say nothing about actually existed) would take to Submitted at 10/4/2010 10:43:00 AM

went on the air last week with an existing conditions, a requirement what the actual health care law survive in more liberal districts.
advertisement that explicitly that insurance companies allow does, the parody is all that will The real test is whether The Supreme Court on Monday
defends provisions in the bill and kids to stay on their parents' stick in the voters' minds. The Democrats who supported the bill refused to hear an appeal from the
attacks his opponent, Republican health plans until age 26, and a law's champions rarely talk about think they have an interest in University of South Carolina,
Ron Johnson, for wanting to ban on "rescissions" through the measure as a whole because it defending what is a genuinely which wanted to trademark a
repeal it. which insurance companies could will take longer than a brief historic accomplishment. More baseball cap logo with the initials
The ad portrays two different abruptly drop sick people from election campaign to clean off all and more, they are deciding that "SC" as part of a long battle with
W i s c o n s i n c i t i z e n s t e l l i n g coverage. the mud that's now splattered on they do. the University of Southern
Johnson: "Hands off my health Around the country, Democratic this baby, which is still tainted by E.J. Dionne, Jr. is is a California over the initials.
care." Their message is that candidates are calling these parts the ugly, drawn-out process that Washington Post columnist, a The Trojans already have a
repealing the health care law of the bill a "Patient's Bill of produced it. Instead, like senior fellow at the Brookings trademark on a version of "SC"
would, as another voter says, "put Rights," as Rep. John Garamendi, Feingold, Israel, and Titus, the Institution, and a professor at and claim the Gamecocks'
insurance companies back in D-Calif., put it in a column in T bill's backers break it apart to Georgetown University. He is the symbol looks too much like theirs.
control." he Huffington Post. extol the specific things it does author of, most recently, Souled The California school says it has
Feingold's is one of the more The standard Republican account that few voters want to repeal. Out: Reclaiming Faith and sold tens of millions of dollars of
powerful ads about the bill, but was nicely summarized by Karl And they had better stay on the Politics After the Religious Right. apparel with "SC" on it, while
the senator is not alone. In an ad Rove in an op-ed piece in last offensive long after the election, (c) 2010, Washington Post South Carolina only wanted to
t h a t f o c u s e s o n h o l d i n g Thursday's Wall Street Journal. because many Republican Writers Group start using those initials on
corporations accountable, Rep. Rove argued that for Democrats, candidates for governor and state For more TNR, become a fan on baseball caps (pictured) in 1997.
Steve Israel of New York touts the health care bill "has become a legislative seats are already Facebook and follow us on Courts have rejected South
the bill for stopping insurance reef on which many of their promising to undermine the law. Twitter. Carolina's trademark.
companies from denying coverage electoral hopes will founder." He This would have the effect of
b e c a u s e o f p r e - e x i s t i n g called the bill "a fiscal disaster of blocking efforts to extend
conditions. In Nevada, Rep. Dina epic proportions" and declared insurance to some 30 million
Titus has a TV ad praising the that because of it, Democrats are people. Honestly, do we really
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continued from page 39

of Sudan.
After the International Criminal
Court issued an arrest warrant for
him, President Al Bashir expelled
several major international aid
organizations from his country in
March 2009. According to Rania
Rajji, a Sudan researcher for
Amnesty International, the
expulsions were “the final stage
of a strategy that had been
undermining the work of NGOs in
Sudan” for years. Indeed, local
aid organizations say international
security services have harassed
them for years—but, since 2009,
the situation has worsened
because groups now have far
fewer of the resources they need
to provide their services.
What’s more, in the aftermath of
the expulsions of groups like
CARE, international attention
turned mostly to the impact the
events had on people in war-torn
Darfur. The consequences for
people like Amira, victims of
“everyday” violence, poverty, and
fear in other parts of the country,
went largely unreported. With key
sources of aid cut off, these
people have few places to turn.
They certainly cannot look to the
state for protection.
The day before I left Khartoum in
August, I received a phone call
from the head of SEEMA, telling
me that Ahmed, without warning
or stated reason, had issued Amira
a divorce. I met with Amira the
next morning, and she told me
wouldn’t believe it was true until
she saw it in writing. But her face
was radiant. “Happiness!
Freedom!” she said, when I asked
what she was feeling.
The jubilation was short-lived.
Her father called and screamed at
her, telling her that, because of the
divorce, he was now her guardian,
and she had to live with him.
Defiant, Amira said she would
not. He said that if she was too
stupid to understand, she should
consult their religious leaders—at
which point Amira, inexplicably,
began to giggle. Her father kept
screaming until, finally, Amira
hung up the phone. “It is better to
die” she said. Then, she started to
cry.
Sixteen, divorced, and with only
a fifth-grade education, Amira’s
prospects in Sudan look grim. She
is unable to support herself, but
she doesn’t want to return to her
father, or her stepfather. And
Sudan has no equivalent of a
domestic violence shelter. For
now, she is staying with a cousin,
her husband, and their three
children in a one-room
home—but she knows that can’t
last forever.
SEEMA is still hoping to raise
enough money from local
supporters to help get Amira back
into school, but, even if that
happens, the group’s leaders feel
Amira needs psychological
treatment and a social network
that will support her—neither of
which the organization can
currently provide. And, with Al
Bashir unlikely to reverse his
stance on international aid that
could help people like Amira, it’s
hard to imagine that SEEMA’s
financial situation will change
anytime soon.
Still, Amira hasn’t given up hope
entirely. “I am trying to be
strong,” she says. Asked what she
would do if she could go back to
school, her face brightens. “Study
medicine and be a doctor and
return to Iraq,” she says. “Iraq is
very beautiful.”
Rebecca Hamilton is a fellow at
the New America Foundation and
author of the forthcoming book,
Fighting for Darfur. This article
was supported by funding from
the Pulitzer Center on Crisis
Reporting. *The young woman’s
name has been changed to protect
her identity.
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Soap Execs Take
Cover: A Hot Tell-All
Book Is On the Way
Michael Logan (TVGuide.com:
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Submitted at 10/4/2010 10:33:00 AM
Noelle Beck and Jon Hensley
How could the death of As the
World Turns been avoided? Was
Guiding Light the victim of low-
ratings or something insidious?
Are certain networks execs
looking to save the soaps — or
their own asses? That recent 113-
degree heat wave in L.A. may be
nothing compared to the
upcoming scorcher Afternoon
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'Mad Men' Moment: Joan Tells Roger She's Done With Him
(VIDEO)
Joel Keller (TV Squad) most subtle out of them all. On rethink what she wants out of life. night's episode, where she finally
Submitted at 10/4/2010 6:00:00 AM the surface, she looks like the And the feminist revolution is tells Roger Sterling that she's had
same regal, strong office manager leaving her adrift; she wants what enough of their occasional
Filed under: Reality-Free, Recaps who is sexy to some and a women like Peggy have but seems relationship. And this time, she
Every character on 'Mad Men' has officious mother-type to others. to be too set in her ways to make seems determined to keep that
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On the Set: Linda Hamilton Goes for the Last Laugh
on Chuck
Kate Stanhope (TVGuide.com:
Breaking News)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 10:39:00 AM
Linda Hamilton
Days after her first appearance on
Chuck, Linda Hamilton is on the
set of the NBC spy comedy
working hard. She's shooting an
important scene that requires
multiple takes of her running back
and forth, and back and forth.
"For such a light-hearted romp,
they sure do shoot a lot," she tells
reporters on set. "There's like two
hours' worth of action in every
hour. We are spending our good
long days working hard to make it
all look easy."
Chuck producers: Chuck has
mommy issues
If there is anyone who can make
the action look easy, it's
Hamilton. More than two decades
after her breakthrough role as
Sarah Connor in Terminator, the
54-year-old actress has signed on
to play Mary Bartowski, Chuck's
mom. Coupled with her
appearance on Weeds as Nancy
Botwin's hippie pot supplier,
Hamilton is having fun showing
her more comedic side. "That's
the reason I really wanted to do it.
Because the other stuff I've done
once or twice," she says. "It has
such a light touch, when I
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Hamilton has no idea how long a console release of all the new
her guest stint on Chuck will last. content. Of course.
"They always warn you, we kill Ono casually mentioned on
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watched the show, I actually went into work the first day and writers. But she's enjoying the headed to Capcom USA to
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After Chuck's father ( Scott Linda Hamilton to play Chuck's Chuck airs Monday at 8/7c on characters, Yun and Yang, could
Bakula) died in the Season 3 m o m — a n d g u e s s w h o ' s NBC. be released for consoles,
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Delight: Why Soaps Still Matter(4
th Street Media) due in 2011 from
veteran journalist Carolyn Hinsey
( Soap Opera Digest, New York
Daily News). One of the most
dynamic and provocative voices
in the suds world, Hinsey says her
book is packed with insider
analysis and celebrity
contributions but is also written
from a true fan's perspective. And
she will take no prisoners.
" Guiding Light wasn't cancelled,
it was murdered," Hinsey tells TV
Guide Magazine. "After 20 years
covering this crazy genre, I know
where the bodies are buried." And
she promises to explain many of
those seemingly insane network
decisions that leave viewers mad
as hell. "I think fans would be
more understanding of certain
changes if they knew an actor was
let go, for example, because he
was too drunk to remember his
lines," she says. "By the same
token, when All My Children
mangles its negotiations with big
stars like Eden Riegel [Bianca]
and Thorsten Kaye [Zach], they
deserve to know that, too."
In Afternoon Delight, Hinsey
makes the case that daytime
dramas are much more vital than
the doomsayers would have us
believe, noting that, "Jon Stewart
would kill for The Young and The
Restless' ratings. As the World
Turns went off the air with higher
ratings than Mad Men. Yet some
in the mainstream press sound the
death knell. I don't get it."
She says the cancellation of
ATWT surprised a lot of its
followers who, unfortunately,
weren't loyal enough. "It was like
the death of the vibrant grandma
you counted on to always be
there," Hinsey states. "I want to
wake soap fans up and say you
had better start visiting that
grandma and appreciating her, or
you could lose her. The industry
needs to wake up, too. Some
network execs are more interested
in saving their jobs than their
daytime lineups, and they need to
be replaced. Viewers have a
connection to soaps that they will
never have to talk shows, game
shows, or judge shows. They are a
destination. You want to drive all
your viewers to Oprah's new cable
channel? Cancel your soaps."
Don't get her wrong. Hinsey
holds much hope for the future of
the genre. "The pendulum is
going to swing back from shows
starring White House crashers,
New Jersey alcoholics, and people
dressing up like a banana to make
a deal," she says. "When it does,
soaps will be there like a beloved
family member to welcome those
viewers back. All six soaps have
strong fan bases and could easily
increase ratings with a few well-
placed tweaks. I'm here to help
them do that."
Along with that wisdom and
advice, Hinsey promises heavy
doses of scandal and dish. "I plan
to put a light on the entire
industry from a loving, informed
place," she says. "The roaches
will scatter, and the stars will
shine."
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Warner Can Win 'Dancing With The Stars,' Joey
Fatone Starts 'Glee' Campaign and More
TV Squad Staff (TV Squad)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 6:30:00 AM
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Jennifer Grey, Kurt Warner is
coming up from behind with his
eyes set on the mirrorball trophy.
Well, at least his partner Anna
Trebunskaya thinks so.
'Dancing With the Stars' pro
Trebunskaya told TV Guide that
she and Warner could take the
trophy home.
"Kurt's working really hard and
has made a lot of strides in the
past week alone," Trebunskaya
said. reality show. The 'Practice'
The judges have also noticed veteran has secured a pilot
Warner's progress. "I definitely presentation at E! for a show
feel that his musicality, as Carrie about her life in Hollywood and
Ann [Inaba] noticed, has her life in Texas with husband
improved the most," she said. Donald Ray Thomas II. [
"He's used to zoning out 50,000 Deadline Hollywood]
people and not hearing any sound o.'Blue Bloods' was the most-
when he played football." watched series on Friday night.
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tackle the music of 'NSYNC. The when compared to its premiere
former boybander told People he'd last week, pulling in 11.2 million
be a great fit for the show, and so viewers. Meanwhile, NBC's
would the music of 'NSYNC. He's 'Outlaw' attracted 4.7 million, also
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Lauren Conrad Preps for Life After Soap Casting News:

The Hills
Scott Huver (TVGuide.com:
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Submitted at 10/4/2010 11:00:00 AM
Lauren Conrad
It's a whole new reality for
Lauren Conrad: The Hills' leading
lady will be returning to MTV for
a new series following her
budding fashion career, and she
tells TV Guide Magazine this
time she's in control of just how
intrusive the ever-present cameras
will be.
"It was great because I was
allowed to lay down ground rules
and say this is what I'm willing to
put on camera again and this is
what I'm not," Conrad revealed
while attending Teen Vogue's
Young Hollywood party with her
pal Lo Bosworth. "Everybody is
on the same page, so I'm very
happy going into it."
Conrad said the as-yet-untitled
unscripted series will be "more
career-based, so the main focus is
my contemporary line, Paper
Crown. But we're also looking to
focus on other projects I have: in
television, with Kohl's, the books
that I'm writing. So hopefully it
will be all the different things that
seeing her and a couple other of
my friends, but it will be more of
new faces — ones that hid from
cameras before."
Conrad may even have a second
television project blooming: a
small-screen adaptation of her
bestselling L.A. Candy book
series, which was initially
announced to head to the big
screen.
"We're still deciding between
movie and show," Conrad said.
"We were originally going
towards show, and then we
wanted to do a movie and now we
might be leaning towards show
again. So I promise as soon as I
I get to do. I'm very excited. We have something to talk about I
start filming next month and we're will tell you!"
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Submitted at 10/4/2010 5:30:00 AM
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News Another week and more
comings and goings from the soap
world. One very welcome return
occurs on ' General Hospital,'
while'The Young and the Restless'
is shifting out some stars to make
room for new folks coming on
board.
For all the news, read what's been
happening around the dial in our
weekly soap casting wrap-up.
Here's Jerry!
wayward brother.
One of the best villains ever on
Roche, who also played an
'General Hospital' is coming back!
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Sebastian Roche returns to 'GH' as
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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow demo descends on XBLM

Richard Mitchell (Joystiq)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 11:10:00 AM
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Who is The Event's Mysterious
Sophia?
William Keck (TVGuide.com:
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Submitted at 10/4/2010 11:00:00 AM
Laura Innes
Looks like The Event's
supersecretive Sophia Maguire (
Laura Innes) — the leader of
several longtime detainees of the
U.S. government — has started
opening up about her group's top-
secret origins. Why now? She has
faith in U.S. president Elias
Martinez ( Blair Underwood).
"Sophia's got a gut feeling that
now, at last, there is a beacon of
hope for her people," says the ER
vet. "With Martinez, she will do
everything she can to maintain the
proper order of life, truth and
decency."
Currently shooting her seventh
episode, Innes has received many
more insights into the mysteries
behind her character, but still
hasn't acted with several of her
costars — including central
protagonist Jason Ritter(Sean
Walker). She's hopeful that she
soon will. "The series unfolds all
these intricate relationships and
reveals how characters are
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interconnected in unexpected
ways," says Innes. Among those
unexpected ties will be a suitor for
Sophia, "but it's a bit peculiar,"
hints the actress, "and I can say no
more."
One thing's for sure, when the
public learns the secret behind
Sophia's youthful appearance,
she'll be a natural to launch her
own skin-care line. Jokes Innes,
"QVC, here I come!"
The Event airs Mondays at 9/8c
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Show' and 'American Dad'
Chris Harnick (TV Squad)
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sweeps is going to blow in Fox's
most ambitious stunt yet, as far as
its animated shows are concerned.
Seth MacFarlane will terrorize
his three Sunday animated
shows,'American Dad,''The
Cleveland Show' and'Family Guy'
with one very big and blustery
guest star: a hurricane. According
to TV Guide, the families on the
three hit shows will be trapped in the house, but that doesn't turn out
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Updated: October 4, 2010, 12:05
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PITTSBURGH -- Steelers
starting quarterback Ben
Roethlisberger will rejoin his
team on Monday following the
completion of his four-game
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Pittsburgh confirmed that
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Europe Wins Ryder Cup as US Comeback Falls Short

Mick Elliott (FanHouse Main) matches and halved two others to putt I just had to get it going. It
Submitted at 10/4/2010 9:48:00 AM come close. Just not close enough. caught the edge. I have never
The end result was a 14 1/2-13 1/ been more nervous over a putt in
Filed under: Ryder Cup 2 European victory, their sixth my life."
NEWPORT, Wales -- The win in the last eight competitions. Video: Tiger Woods Drains 133-
Americans didn't go quietly " L e t t h e p a r t y s t a r t , " s a i d Yard Eagle
Monday in the final day of the European player Luke Donald. More: Ryder Cup Final
Ryder Cup, but they did go down, The slim victory margin was Scoreboard| Photos
even if it was by the smallest of earned by Northern Ireland's 13 1/2-13 1/2, the reigning U.S. two holes to play.
margins. Graeme McDowell, playing in the Open champion rolled in a "The U.S. Open felt like a back
Beginning the day three points d a y ' s f i n a l p a i r i n g a g a i n s t pressure-packed, 18-foot birdie nine with my dad compared to
back, the United States won six of A m e r i c a n H u n t e r M a h a n . putt to go 2 up on Mahan with that," McDowell said. "The last
the final session's 12 singles With the competition deadlocked
E-reader News Edition Sports/ 51

Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler suffers concussion against New

York Giants
Michael C. Wright (ESPN.com) will need to pass a battery of tests yards and an interception. Led by questioning the play call that memory and recognition exercises
Submitted at 10/4/2010 11:12:06 AM and receive clearance from a team Osi Umenyiora's three sacks, the placed Cutler in the position to to help measure recovery from a
doctor, in addition to an Giants dropped the quarterback take that final shot with less than concussion. Medical personnel
Updated: October 4, 2010, 12:12 independent neurologist, before nine times for a loss of 55 yards. a minute remaining before compare the scores from the
PM ET By Michael C. Wright returning to the field of play. The Giants added a 10th sack in intermission. ESPNChicago.com original baseline test to the one
ESPNChicago.com So, really, it's unclear when the second half, falling two short Bears blog administered after a concussion to
Archive Cutler will be sufficiently healed of the 2007 record they set with a Get the latest Bears news from make a determination on whether
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- to pass all the required testing for 12-sack outing against ESPN Chicago. Blog to clear a player.
The only certainty about the clearance. Philadelphia. "You don't want to see your Center Olin Kreutz said the
concussion that knocked Bears The memo also states that a Cutler suffered his final sack with starting quarterback get hurt," coaching staff "tried everything"
QB Jay Cutler out of commission player sustaining a concussion 58 seconds left in the half on a linebacker Brian Urlacher said. schematically to improve the
in Sunday's 17-3 loss to the Giants should not return to action on the corner blitz from Aaron Ross. Goodell's memo says players "are protection for Cutler.
seems to be the ambiguity cast on same day if he continues to Cutler didn't appear to want to get to be encouraged to be candid Yet nothing worked.
his timetable for a return. display symptoms, which include off the turf, as a teammate with team medical staffs, and "We got beat in every way you
Bears coach Lovie Smith gave t h e i n a b i l i t y t o r e m e m b e r attempted to help him up. fully disclose any signs or can imagine," Kreutz said. "The
the standard response of positivity assignments or plays, a gap in Smith wasn't clear on when the symptoms that may be associated line just didn't block."
when asked if Cutler could rejoin memory, and persistent dizziness concussion occurred. with a concussion." But Cutler Todd Collins replaced Cutler in
the club in time for next Sunday's and headaches. The league "You know, of course sometime may have suffered the concussion the third quarter. The Giants also
g a m e a g a i n s t t h e C a r o l i n a enacted the new guidelines two in the first half," the coach said as early as the first quarter and knocked out Collins with 4:20 left
Panthers. Yet the league's policies months after a congressional when asked when Cutler suffered kept quiet about it. That's not out in the fourth quarter after he took
on how teams handle head hearing on head injuries. the concussion. "He took some of the question, considering a hit from Michael Boley. Caleb
injuries could put a damper on Interestingly, Goodell attended hits, so it's hard to say exactly Cutler has never missed a game as Hanie took over for Collins.
that optimism. Lovie Smith Sunday's contest, in which Cutler when. Right now, I don't have all a pro due to injury and, through In other injury news, the Bears
Bears coach Lovie Smith talks suffered nine sacks in the first half of that information. But we need four years at Vanderbilt -- where also held out right guard Lance
about their 17-3 loss to the Giants before the club decided to sit him. to protect him more. You can only he routinely took a beating -- the Louis.
on Sunday. Naturally, questions will arise as take so much, and tonight was a quarterback reportedly missed Michael C. Wright covers the
More Podcasts » to when Cutler took the blow that little too much for him." only one practice. Bears for ESPNChicago.com and
"If he's healthy and ready to go, of caused the injury. Giants Sack Under the old concussion The Bears keep their medical ESPN 1000.
course he'll be back out there like Bears -- Repeatedly standards set in 2007, Cutler staff off-limits to the media, so it's This entry passed through the
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The Bears, however, won't make nine in the first half. The 10 sacks that a player shouldn't be allowed than what Smith says and what on someone else's site, please read
that determination on their own. are tied for the second-most by a to re-enter a game if he's lost Cutler reveals once he meets with our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/
The NFL implemented stricter team since 2000. consciousness. It's not believed the media. content-only/faq.php
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the return to game action more 2000 Sacks Opponent Year Giants against the Giants. But the brain function test called ImPACT Beyond Hiroshima - The Non-
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guidelines -- issued in a memo by Steelers 10 Buccaneers 2001 of the hits and sacks, especially Testing). The league has required
N F L c o m m i s s i o n e r R o g e r powered by the last shot he took from Ross. players to establish baseline tests
Goodell -- dictate that players Prior to leaving the game, Cutler Given the beating he'd already of brain function since 2007.
showing concussive symptoms completed 8 of 11 passes for 42 taken up to that point, it's worth The computerized testing utilizes
52 Sports/
Graeme McDowell, Europe claim Ryder Cup victory
Associated Press (ESPN.com)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 11:09:09 AM
Updated: October 4, 2010, 12:09
PM ET
NEWPORT, Wales -- Europe
reclaimed the Ryder Cup, winning
a thriller that went down to the
final singles match Monday.
The Americans rallied from a
three-point deficit to tie the score,
bringing the title down to the 12th
match. But U.S. Open champion
Graeme McDowell made a clutch
birdie putt at the 16th and was
conceded his par putt at No. 17.
Hunter Mahan flubbed a chip
shot, then missed a last-gasp putt
from off the green to save par.
The Europeans won 14½-13½ to
reclaim the cup won by the
Americans at Valhalla two years
ago. This was the closest Ryder
Cup since 1999, when the
Americans rallied from a 10-6
deficit at Brookline for a one-
point win.
The youngest American, 21-year-
old Rickie Fowler, gave the
visiting team hope of pulling off
an improbable comeback when he
won the final three holes to halve
his match with Edoardo Molinari.
Ryder Cup Last-Day Singles
The Ryder Cup came down to the
final group and Europe came
away with the victory. Scores
Fowler rolled in a 15-foot birdie
putt at the 17th to extend the
match, then made an 18-footer at
the final hole to stun the Italian.
A few minutes later, Zach
Johnson finished off a 3-and-2
win over Padraig Harrington,
evening the score at 13½.
That brought it down to
McDowell vs. Mahan.
The Northern Irishman was 3 up
with seven holes left. But he made
a bogey at No. 12, and an errant
tee shot at the 15th, a short par-4,
handed Mahan another hole.
With Fowler's half-point, Mahan
merely had to halve his match for
a 14-14 tie that would've kept the
trophy in American hands.
But McDowell rolled in a slick,
downhill putt from 15 feet at No.
16 for a brilliant birdie at one of
the toughest holes on the course.
When Mahan made a mess of the
17th, the winner didn't even have
to bother with his final putt.
"The U.S. Open felt like a back
nine with my dad back at Portrush
[his home course in Northern
Ireland] compared to this,"
McDowell said. "I was nervous.
Wow! It's a different feeling. It's
just so much pressure."
The decision to have McDowell
in the anchor spot worked
brilliantly for captain Colin
Montgomerie.
"There was a reason why he was
put there," Ian Poulter said. "He's
the U.S. Open champion. He
pulled it off."
McDowell was engulfed by his
teammates on the 17th green, but
perhaps the biggest cheers were
reserved for Monty. One of
Europe's greatest Ryder Cup
players, he now has a win leading
the team in what he called the
highlight of his career before the
event even started.
The Europeans then set off on a
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European golf. We know what
this means to him. We brought
this trophy back. It's a special
day."
"I hope he's proud of us," added
Sergio Garcia, who didn't make
the European team but served as
an assistant captain. "It meant so
much for him to call us earlier in
the week."
The singles were played on a
warm, sunny day -- a striking
contrast to the previous three days
at Celtic Manor. Torrential rain
and two long delays forced the
first Monday finish in the 83-year
history of the event.
It was worth the wait.
The Europeans got off to a strong
start in singles, but Pavin
backloaded his lineup in hopes of
rallying at the end. It almost
worked.
Tiger Woods played in the eighth
spot and routed Francesco
Molinari 4 and 3, even after
victory lap back to the clubhouse Newport, Wales. losing the first two holes. The
behind the 18th hole, where they "We came close," U.S. captain world's top-ranked player finally
sprayed the fans with champagne Corey Pavin said, "but we didn't looked like it, holing out from the
from a second-floor balcony, quite get there." fairway at No. 12 for eagle and
serenaded by chants of "Ole! Ole! The Europeans were inspired by playing 15 holes at 9 under.
Ole!" a conference call with ailing Seve Phil Mickelson, who lost all three
"I didn't hit a shot, so it wasn't Ballesteros earlier in the week, of his team matches, played in the
m u c h o f a n a c h i e v e m e n t , " and the guy who helped end 10th spot and beat Peter Hanson 4
Montgomerie said. "But at the American dominance in the Ryder and 2.
same time, it's a proud, proud Cup was on everyone's minds But the Europeans put up just
moment." after another European victory. enough points to reclaim Samuel
It was anything but that for the Ballesteros is battling brain cancer Ryder's gold chalice. Poulter,
Americans.[+] Enlarge and wasn't well enough to travel Luke Donald and 46-year-old
Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty Images to Celtic Manor. Miguel Angel Jimenez -- the
Europe's Graeme McDowell "Seve is at home watching this oldest player at this Ryder Cup --
exults on the 17th green after because he can't be with us right won their matches. Rory McIlroy
making the winning putt as now," Poulter said. "Every player
Europe beat the U.S. 14½-13½ in out there knew what he meant to GRAEME page 53
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New York Mets GM Omar Minaya relieved of

duties, manager Jerry Manuel fired
Adam Rubin (ESPN.com) the interim, the team said. Minaya, baseball's first Hispanic seasons, the Mets were eliminated
Submitted at 10/4/2010 11:19:11 AM "We are extremely disappointed general manager, became the from postseason contention on the
in this year's results and the Mets' GM on Sept. 30, 2004, final day of the regular season,
Updated: October 4, 2010, 12:28 failures of the past four seasons," returning to the Mets organization blowing a seven-game division
PM ET By Adam Rubin Mets chief operating officer Jeff after serving as the Montreal lead with 34 games remaining in
ESPNNewYork.com Wilpon said in the team's Expos' GM for two seasons. As 2007. They have had losing
Archive statement. "We need to hire a new the Mets' GM, he aggressively records the past two seasons.
Omar Minaya said he has decided general manager with a fresh signed Pedro Martinez and Carlos Manuel moved from bench coach
against remaining with the New perspective who will transform Beltran during his first offseason, to manager on June 17, 2008
York Mets after he was relieved this club into a winner that we and also spent on stars such as when Willie Randolph was fired. Marcell Dareus
as general manager on Monday, at want and our fans deserve." Johan Santana, Billy Wagner and Manuel had a 204-213 record Reportedly Referred to
the same time field manager Jerry Delete The Mets Jason Bay during his tenure. (.489 winning percentage) in 2½
Manuel was fired. It's been a rough ride in Queens. Other contracts came to seasons at the helm. He was AL
Gary Wichard by John
The Mets planned a news Maybe you can help. Tell us symbolize Minaya's tenure, manager of the year with the Blake
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return to the Mets in the future. never easy, especially when you 2006, when the Mets lost in Game Catastrophe.
Assistant general manager John are dealing with people you like 7 of the NLCS to the St. Louis MARCELL page 54
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pulled out a crucial half-point
against Stewart Cink, whose
putter went ice cold down the
stretch.
Then at the end, McDowell
clinched it, adding to a brilliant
year that already featured his first
career major title at Pebble Beach
over the summer.
"No regrets at all," Pavin said.
"I'm quite content with everything
-- except maybe the result."
Looking back, the U.S. will know
that it ruined a chance to win in
Europe for the first time since
1993 with its performance on
Sunday.
In the last six team matches,
Europe won five and halved the
other to take command of the
match, bringing a daunting three-
point lead into the singles. The
U.S. won every other session in
the event: the opening fourballs,
the first six alternate-shot
matches, and finally the singles.
It wasn't quite enough.
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Yahoo! Sports. The report states
that Dareus informed NCAA
investigators of the
recommendation.
Blake and Wichard, currently at
the center of investigations into
agent tampering at several college
football programs, have in the
past denied any such
endorsements, but the news
surrounding Dareus puts those
claims in severe doubt. Dareus,
the MVP of the 2010 BCS
championship game, was
suspended for two games earlier
this season for receiving improper
Peggle iPhone gets 'Nights' expansion through in-
app purchase
Griffin McElroy (Joystiq)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 11:25:00 AM
If you're just now in the final
stages of recovery from your
brutal, all-consuming addiction to
the iPhone version of Peggle, then
look away! Quickly, before it's
too late! Okay, there's your fair
warning -- the Peggle Nights
expansion is now available to
download through the iPhone
port's in-app store, adding a whole
slew of new (and darker) levels to
the addictive Pachinko title for
benefits from agents during
offseason trips to Miami.
According to the report, Blake
first recruited Marceus when he
was in high school, and
maintained contact afterwards,
eventually suggesting that Dareus
and Weslye Saunders, the South
Carolina tight end who has dealt
with his own troubles, sign with
Wichard.
$2.99.
Though the announcement for the
expansion claims that its contents
come free with new purchases of
Peggle starting today, it seems
I'm looking for NYU's feeds
(Scripting News)
Submitted at 10/3/2010 2:33:49 PM
I had a couple of hours this
afternoon to play around, and
thought I'd put a little time into
finding some new feeds for the
east-village.org aggregator. I
thought it would make sense to
add some news about NYU to the
mix, and include news from NYU
itself.
This led me to an interesting
place. Either I can't find them, or
NYU simply doesn't have feeds
new purchasers actually just get
access to a five-level sampler
pack of Nights. The demo is also
available to longtime mobile
Pegglers with a free update to the
E-reader News Edition
is adding news to it, keeping it
current. There are items about Jon
Stewart speaking at an NYU
class. And the U.N. meeting in
NY in September. A new study-
abroad center opens and a new
NYU bookstore on Broadway.
Lots of other stuff. But no feeds?
In searching I came across the
NYU libraries. Often a good place
to find news-related information.
They have blogs (that's cool) and
there are tutorials about RSS and
with news about NYU itself.
If you go to the home page, I'M page 55
nyu.edu, you'll see that someone
title through the App Store. If this
isn't proof that the company is run
by extremely successful former
drug dealers, we don't know what
is.
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podcasting, but again, no site-
wide resource for news about the
university.
The NYU campus is unlike other
campuses I've been on. Tulane has
very definite boundaries, as does
UW-Madison and Harvard. You
always know when you're on
campus or off-campus. But at
NYU, even at the heart of what
we think of as the campus, there's
a huge public space, Washington
Square Park that's not part of the
university. And the campus itself
is very dispersed, all over lower
Manhattan. And it's growing.
Possibly this is why as I was a
student growing up in New York,
I was aware that there was an
Maybe NYU should be a startup?
(Scripting News)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 7:36:02 AM
Yesterday I posted an item saying
I was looking for NYU's news
feeds. I explained where I had
looked. Enough time has passed
by now that I would have
expected a deluge. And one or
two snide comments from people
saying the main feed was in plain
sight, how come I couldn't see it?
But nothing like that came.
This is Startup Week at NYU. A
lot of professors and almuni will
speak to students about the virtues
of being an entrepreneur. But
NYU, but if you asked me where
it was, I couldn't have said. I even
had family members who went to
NYU.
So it kind of makes sense that it
would be hard to find the central
flow of the university's web
presence. It's also why the
university should over-
compensate, do an especially
good job of giving itself a
recognizable center on the web.
I have some other ideas. One of
the things I learned in my Harvard
experience was to let the ideas out
slowly, one at a time. And not
expect to influence too much
change. But another thing I
learned from my Harvard
always the best way to inspire is
by example. Tom Sawyer got a lot
of help with his fence painting
problem when he illustrated how
much fun it was.
It seems to me that NYU could
use an RSS-makeover.
How do the East Village
bloggers, who seem to resent and
fear NYU so, get their
information on what the 800-
pound gorilla is doing? Why
aren't they screaming from the top
of village tenements for the feeds.
What do we want? Feeds!! When
do we want them? Now!!
This is how you achieve what
experience is that there is a price
to being too cautious and staying
too much within the boundaries --
you miss things. While we were
doing some nice stuff there in
2003 and 2004 at Berkman, I
completely missed the Facebook
bootstrap that was happening next
door at the college.
If something like that is
happening at NYU now, I want to
be involved!
But the first step: let's find the
pulse. And if we can't find it, help
it become discoverable.
they call transparency. By being
up front with what's going on
behind the curtain in the land of
Oz.
Meanwhile in Startup-land, while
everyone's lining up to the make
the Foursquare for apartment
rentals in Egypt, shouldn't we be
taking care of our own online
presence first?
And btw, where is NYU's Twitter
feed? Lots of NYU departments
have them, but the university
itself, nowhere to be found.
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The Zuckerberg movie is
good for Zuckerberg
(Scripting News) experience of his company. But
Submitted at 10/4/2010 9:55:51 AM now the birthing is over, and even
if people believe the myth that
I reviewed The Social Network he's an asshole, so what? Did that
on Friday. I was so-so on it. really hurt his predecessors? Did
Didn't think it was fair, didn't anyone think Steve Jobs was
particularly like it as a movie. lovable. Bill Gates? His role
But as it settled in, one thing model was Mr Burns on The
became clear -- it really raises the Simpsons. (And Sorkin tells us in
profile of Mark Zuckerberg to a the closing scene of the movie
prominent level. Raises him that Zuck isn't really an asshole
personally above the founders of (something we've already figured
every other current Silicon Valley out) he just tries real hard to seem
high flier. This can't be anything like one.)
but good for Zuck and his All Zuck (the real one) has to do
company, and bad for the others. is show that he can take a joke or
As Bill Gates puts himself out to a jab and a little criticism and
pasture, as Steve Jobs is showing emerge with his sense of humor in
his bitter inflexibility, and Google tact, and he wins, big. And guess
looks more clueless about social what, that's exactly what he's
networks all the time, there's doing. Good work.
Zuck, on screen, looking fresh
and humbled by the birth
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Tyler Clementi's Choice: Sex, Death and Video-Rape at Rutgers

Donna Trussell (Politics Daily) anything less than adults." the constructs of original sin and
Submitted at 10/4/2010 11:00:00 AM Yet another colleague, Bonnie salvation, but I think you can find
Erbé, acknowledges that the echoes in the secular world. Even
If you try to draw a line between situation is "rotten," but she in the natural world, there exist
hate crimes and natural human cautions against overreaction. inexplicable acts of kindness. One
behavior, you'd better have a good "My difficulty with prosecuting of the more popular videos on the
eraser. the 18-year-old lies not in that it is Internet is that of a wild crow that
On Sept. 22, violinist and Rutgers too harsh, but that perhaps a adopted a stray kitten.
freshman Tyler Clementi jumped prosecution for invasion of I volunteer for a no-kill animal
to his death after video of a (gay) privacy is not harsh enough. A shelter. I realize I barely make a
sexual encounter was secretly prosecution for manslaughter dent in the mass slaughter
filmed and posted on the Internet, seems in some ways too severe." happening at any given time on
allegedly by fellow students All valid points and good planet Earth. But my small effort
Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei. So questions. But allow me to muddy helps me live with tragic images
far, Ravi and Wei have been the waters a bit by taking the that I will no doubt carry to my
charged with invasion of privacy, m a c r o v i e w . I m m a t u r i t y i s grave.
but some people are calling for natural. Outrage is natural. A Other choices Clementi could water buffaloes deliberately
Make no mistake: Children can
hate-crime prosecution. have made: Embracing his loss of stomp lion cubs to death. As one
thirst for vengeance is natural. But be cruel, but so can adults. Maybe
My Woman Up colleague Mia so is Thanatos, or death wish. Just privacy and working for or anguished filmmaker put it: You
it's not so much immaturity as
Navarro quotes a New York as we all have an instinct for self- founding an organization for gay can't take sides. You've got to
human nature that's to blame.
Times commenter who says his preservation, we also have an teens, or on ethics and privacy in consider the times lions have
Unless suspects Ravi and Wei are
students live in a technology instinct for destruction. the Internet age. He could have killed baby buffaloes. You've got
sociopathic monsters -- which I
bubble where they rarely sued Ravi and Wei, and made to factor in issues of territory.
The desire for an end to doubt -- they will spend the rest of
encounter people outside their " b u l l y i n g , " i n j u s t i c e a n d their names as famous as his own, Animals are programmed for this.
their lives regretting what they
parents and peer groups. Navarro intolerance is understandable. But and a symbol of consequences for I beg to differ. I do take sides. As
allegedly did.
asks, "So if parents infantilize what is the best way to approach vicious behavior. I suspect there a believer in rational thought and
Parents would do well to ensure
while technology shelters, where the problem? Witness children would have been no shortage of s c i e n c e , I a m a w a l k i n g
their kids suffer real consequences
does that leave the kids? If Ravi who prefer abusive attention to pro-bono lawyers eager to take contradiction. I can not erase the
for anti-social behavior early in
and Wei were really children, how being ignored. People don't have the case. animal deaths -- on film and in
life. If parents don't do it, society
would we rationalize what they to bully you to make you wish We don't think clearly when person -- I wish I'd never seen and
will. Someday.
are accused of doing?" we're in great pain. That too is heard.
you were dead. As for intolerance, that too is
Another colleague, Joann M. natural. But if Clementi had And if you ratchet it up from
A marriage is better off human nature. Evolution trained
Weiner, disagrees, saying she negotiated from the negative. Ask resisted the urge to end it all, animals to humans, there's no end
us to look askance at those who
treats her own teenager as an not: How can we be a more t o d a y w e ' d b e h a v i n g a to the cruelty. If not much is
are different from ourselves. The
adult. "At a time when our perfect couple? Instead ask: Given conversation about ethics and happening today, just go back a
stranger approaching might be an
country sentences minors to that humans are selfish, venal, privacy, not about death. few days. Or read a history book.
enemy, so you'd better scrutinize
decades in prison, condemns the petty and even violent creatures, I have real problems with human Pick any century. Pick any
carefully. And maybe destroy.
mentally ill to death, expels kids how can I strive to rise above nature. Hell, I have problems with decade. It's difficult to come away
Religion says to love thy
who sneak a puff in the school those faults and be a better n a t u r e , p e r i o d . I f i n d i t from that experiment with much
neighbor and turn the other cheek.
bathroom, and routinely punishes partner? And how do I forgive exceedingly difficult to watch respect for human nature.
Which is, of course, against
kids for the idiotic things they do and forget my partner's failures nature videos. I want to see the I admit to being a glass-half-
nature. But I'm making my stand,
with their cellphones . . . there is without violating my own rights? magnificent big cats. I don't want e m p t y k i n d o f g a l , b u t - -
National Geographic: Nature is
nothing that indicates these two To my mind, negotiating a civil to watch them bring down a contrarian that I am -- I'm also
suspects should be treated as society is similar. zebra. optimistic. TYLER page 59
Likewise, I don't want to watch Religion provides adherents with
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Judging Obama's Approval Rating:
Let's Go to the (History) Books
Bruce Drake (Politics Daily)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 11:08:00 AM
Contributing Editor Among the
things campaign-watchers have
been following in looking towards
what will happen on Election Day
is the impact of President
Obama's sagging job approval
ratings and the historical fact that
the party in control of the White
House usually loses seat in an
election year.
The latest Gallup survey says
Obama averaged a 45 percent job
approval rating in September.
That puts him in the company of
Ronald Reagan whose approval
rating was 42 percent in 1982
when the Republicans went on to
lose 28 House seats and Bill
Clinton whose rating was 46
percent at this point in 1994 and
saw his party lose 53 seats and
control of the House (as well as
the Senate). Gallup has a chart of
presidential approval ratings and
how their parties fared in
midterms that you can see here.
There appears to be little question
that Obama's unpopularity among
many voters is hurting some
Democrats. A Quinnipiac poll in
the key swing state of Ohio found
that to be the case, setting up the
prospect of Republicans taking
both the Senate and governor
races. Obama's ratings in other
state polls tell a similar story.
The President who headed into
the midterms with a positive
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Democrats the Majority
on 'Most Vulnerable' List
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Submitted at 10/4/2010 6:50:31 AM
Monday, 04 Oct 2010 11:50 AM
By: Dan Weil
It’s not exactly man bites dog,
but Roll Call issue d a list of the
10 most vulnerable incumbents in
Congress and nine of them are
Democrats. Ironically, though, the
list is headed by a Republican,
Joseph Cao of Louisiana.
Here’s the list:
1. Joseph Cao, R-La. In Cao’s
majority-black district, President
Obama won in 2008 by 52
approval numbers was Richard opinion polls on the eve of the percentage points.
Nixon in 1972, whose rating rose midterms were George W. Bush 2. Betsy Markey, D-Colo. Her last time in a Republican-leaning
from 51 percent to 58 percent in who stood at 38 percent in 2006 own poll shows her with just 38 district.
t h e f i n a l w e e k s b e f o r e t h e when his party lost 30 seats, and percent support. 9. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz.
election, according to Gallup. Harry Truman whose rating was 3. Chet Edwards, D-Texas. He Republicans have a stronger,
Aside from Nixon's positive 3 3 p e r c e n t i n 1 9 4 6 w h e n should suffer from voter antipathy better-financed candidate this time
standing, the Republicans were D e m o c r a t s l o s t 5 5 s e a t s . t o w a r d O b a m a a n d H o u s e -- Paul Gosar.
making inroads into Democratic Follow Poll Watch on Twitter Speaker Nancy Pelosi. 10. Tom Perriello, D-Va. His
territory with his "Southern Visit the Poll Watch Home Page 4. Debbie Halvorson, D-Ill. He’ll liberal stances will hurt him.
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Meg Whitman's Maid Controversy
Bruce Drake (Politics Daily)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 12:21:00 PM
Contributing Editor Democrat
Jerry Brown's margin over
Republican Meg Whitman in the
California governor's race moved
up a notch in a poll conducted
following disclosures that
Whitman had employed an illegal
immigrant as a maid for nearly a
decade.
Brown is leading Whitman by 49
percent to 44 percent with 4
percent preferring some other
candidate and 4 percent
undecided, according to a
Rasmussen Reports poll
conducted Oct. 3. The margin of
error is 4 points.
Rasmussen's last poll of the race,
conducted Sept. 20, had Brown
ahead 47 percent to 46 percent.
Whitman is seen unfavorably by
50 percent and favorably by 44
percent, with 5 percent not sure of
their opinion. Brown is seen
unfavorably by 38 percent and
favorably by 45 percent, with 6
percent not sure. The biggest
category of voters for each is
those who see Brown and
Whitman "very" unfavorably - 31
percent.
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Submitted at 10/4/2010 7:14:37 AM
Monday, 04 Oct 2010 12:14 PM
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Real estate mogul Donald Trump,
who floated the idea of a
presidential bid in 1988, says he
didn’t commission a poll of New
Hampshir e Republicans to gauge
what they think of him as a
presidential candidate. But Trump
does say the country needs a
strong leader, Politico reports.
Mark Halperin of Time magazine
first cited the poll early Monday.
them. Personal attacks (on writers, It includes 30 questions about the
other readers, Nancy Pelosi, Donald, as he’s known. The poll
this country is not going to be a
George W. Bush, or anyone at all) “asked if voters had heard that
very great country for long,”
and comments that are not Trump donated to Democrats in
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Blanche Lincoln Closes Gap in
Arkansas Senate Race, But She Has 18 Choosy with Donations
Points to Go
Bruce Drake (Politics Daily)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 11:43:00 AM
Contributing Editor Embattled
Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln
makes a better showing in her
Arkansas bid for re-election
against Republic Rep. John
Boozman-- but all things are
relative, since she's still running
18 points behind as Election Day
closes in, according to a
Rasmussen Reports poll
conducted Sept. 30.
Boozman is leading Lincoln by
55 percent to 37 percent with 3
percent preferring some other
candidate and 5 percent
undecided. In mid-August, he had
led 65 percent to 27 percent. In
May, June and July, his leads had
been 25 points or more.
Sixty-three percent see Lincoln
unfavorably and that number is
even more ominous given that 44
percent say they see her "very"
unfavorably, more than 2-to-1
compared to Boozman in that
category of voters who feel most
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favorably by 56 percent and
unfavorably by 36 percent, with 8
percent not sure.
Boozman gets 95 percent support
from fellow Republicans
compared to the 72 percent
backing Lincoln gets from her
party's voters. Boozman is far
ahead among unaffiliated voters.
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too thrilled with the current most appropriate, to individuals
D e m o c r a t i c l e a d e r s h i p , who are very supportive,” says
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By: Dan Weil
Just 18 months after President
Barack Obama lauded leaders of
the healthcare industry for
backing his healthcare reform
effort, the industry is fleeing the
Democratic Party for the GOP.
The health insurance industry
alone donated $543,840 to
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alone donated $543,840 to
Republicans, compared to
$353,870 f or Democrats in June,
the latest month for which data
are available, Politico reports.
The industry’s donating, “flipped
on its head faster than you could
say ‘go,’” Dave Levinthal of the
Center for Responsive Politics
told Politico.
Health professionals rejected the
American Medical Association’s
pro-reform position, turning into
the strongest backers of the Tea
Party Caucus – to the tune of $2.7
million. The Caucus, a coalition
of House conservatives,
The First Glasses-Free 3DTVs Are Coming This Year
Dan Nosowitz (Popular Science
- New Technology, Science
News, The Future Now)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 11:17:05 AM
Toshiba Glasses-Free 3DTV (20-
Inch) Toshiba
A recent study found that
consumers actually become less
interested in 3DTV at home after
trying it, due in part to the lack of
3D content and the high price of
3DTVs, but also to the problem of
having to wear those dumb
glasses all the time. The lack of
content and high price might not
have changed, but Toshiba is
determined to lose the shades--
and they're bringing glasses-free
3D to Japan by December.
Toshiba announced today that
they'll be releasing two 3DTV
models that use multi-parallax
tech to eliminate the need for
vehemently objected to
Obamacare.
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glasses. This tech is pretty similar
to what's used in Nintendo's
upcoming (and surprisingly
expensive) 3DS: There are an
array of tiny vertical slits in the
screen which can precisely
regulate what kind of light
reaches each eye. That does
require that the viewer be in a
particular "sweet spot" relative to
the screen, however.
In a handheld device like the
3DS, that's not such a big deal:
People generally hold handheld
consoles at a specific angle and
distance from their eyes. But a TV
is much trickier, with variable
angles and distances and the large
problem of requiring more than
one "sweet spot," since TVs,
unlike handhelds, almost always
have more than one viewer.
Toshiba's TVs have nine separate
Wine Pairings for Spicy Foods
(Cooking Light: Editor's Picks) in alcohol or tannins, which only
serve to fan the flames. Fruity
Looking for something refreshing whites and reds, with modest
to help cool the flames? alcohol, make thirst-quenching
Let three simple strategies guide and delicious partners for chile
your selections for wines that heat.
work with four fiery, flavorful Curry Chicken
dishes. First, consider sparkling The Argentine white grape
wine; the bubbles help refresh and torrontés produces aromatic wines
cleanse the palate. (That's why that are dry but quaffable with
beer is often a spicy-food standby spicy Asian cuisine.
beverage.) Not in the mood for Shrimp Fra Diavolo
fizz? Then opt for something Bubbles help beat the heat.
sweet. Just as soda can counter "Extra dry" indicates more
spice, an off-dry riesling offers a sweetness than "brut."
similarly soothing touch of Lamb Vindaloo
sweetness—with much less sugar. Lamb prefers red wines. Serve
Finally, avoid wines that are high these lighter-bodied, low-tannin
inches away from the smaller
one).
Multi-parallax tech is undeniably
impressive; the Nintendo 3DS is
shocking at first, as you don't
expect the 3D effect to be nearly
as vivid and noticeable as it is. I
haven't seen these Toshiba TVs in
action, so I can't speak for the
effectiveness of the 3D, but it is
clear that some of the other
limitations--notably price and size
--are in full force. The TVs are
only available in a 12-inch and 20
-inch model, with specs that aren't
particularly thrilling. The 20-
incher is an LED-backlit set with
a 720p resolution--just fine at that
perspectives, though the company size; you won't notice a difference
recommends a particular viewing between 1080p and 720p on a set
distance (about 35 inches away smaller than about 47 inches--and
from the larger model, and 26 the standard HDMI and USB
inputs. The 12-incher is maybe
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more like a fancy and
prohibitively expensive photo
viewer, with a mere (and odd) 466
x 350 resolution and an SD slot
for loading pictures.
The smaller model will cost
about $1,400, and the larger will
cost around $2,800--insanely
expensive. You could get a
beautiful 50-inch plasma TV for
the same price as that teeny 20-
incher--but, of course, you're
paying to be the earliest of the
early adopters. Toshiba is
planning to release both models in
Japan sometime in December.
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Instant Expert: Rebuilding Human Minds

Elizabeth Svoboda (Popular so the DNA wrapped around the
Science - New Technology, histone once again becomes
Science News, The Future available for transcription. The
Now)
memory-formation instructions
Submitted at 10/4/2010 9:33:06 AM encoded in the DNA can be used
Memory Lost, Memory Gained to make proteins, helping restore
koppillustration.com Scientists memory formation. FAQs
hope to strengthen aging brains by I'M STILL PRETTY YOUNG,
tweaking the behavior of DNA SO WHY CAN'T I REMEMBER
Age-related memory loss-the WHERE I PUT MY KEYS?
kind where you remember friends Cut yourself some slack.
from decades ago but can't Occasional memory glitches can
remember your grandchildren-is be caused by something as simple
largely a mystery, but a class of as not paying attention to your
com-pounds used to treat cancer surroundings, lowering the
has given neuroscientists clues to likelihood that a particular
its molecular underpinnings. memory will be encoded. Even
Scientists also suspect that the though these glitches are more
compounds responsible for this common after 40, in most cases,
insight, called histone deacetylase they don't signify the onset of
inhibitors, could significantly early senility. You probably don't
slow memory loss-perhaps for need to worry unless you start
years. (Two drugs used now to forgetting a good portion of your
treat memory loss and vocabulary or losing the capacity
Alzheimer's disease work only for to do easy math problems.
a short time.) A study on aging HOW CAN I TELL IF I MIGHT
mice by scientists at the European LOSE MY MEMORY LATER
Neuroscience Institute in IN LIFE?
Germany published this May in we know: Neuroscientists have likely to be formed if certain neurotransmitters. You can't know for sure. But you
Science showed that histone e v i d e n c e t h a t t h e b r a i n ' s genes are not activated, which is HOW MEMORY IS LOST may be more at risk if you have
deacetylase inhibitors helped mice hippocampus is central to the why it's at the genetic level that In age-related memory loss, the high cholesterol, a family history
perform more than 50 percent p r o c e s s . T o c o n s o l i d a t e a scientists are trying to effect H4 histones don't have enough of dementia, drink heavily, or
better on a memory test than memory, a cascade of electrical change. Normally, inside cell acetyl groups attached to them. participate in sports that involve
controls did. Study co-author pulses fire across the gaps nuclei, DNA tightly wraps around DNA remains tightly wound multiple blows to the head.
André Fischer says these drugs between neurons, called synapses. a protein spool, called a histone. around the histone spool, so the Essential Jargon
would be used together with This triggers the release of A small molecule called an acetyl genes on the spool that control HISTONE: Histones are crucial
others to treat Alzheimer's neurotransmitters, which form group attaches to a particular m e m o r y f o r m a t i o n r e m a i n in the process of condensing and
patients. Memory Lost, Memory n e w c o n n e c t i o n s b e t w e e n histone known as H4. When this s u p p r e s s e d . packing DNA within a cell's
Gained n e i g h b o r i n g n e u r o n s . B u t happens, the DNA wrapped HOW WE MIGHT GET IT nucleus. An octa-mer of histones
HOW WE MAKE MEMORIES n e u r o t r a n s m i t t e r s c a n ' t b e around the spool loosens slightly. BACK package DNA into a structure
The process of forming long-term synthesized without each cell The loosening of the DNA makes To reverse the memory loss, called a nucleosome. Histone H4
memories-those that persist for tapping into its DNA. i t m o r e a v a i l a b l e f o r t h e doctors inject a compound called is one of five histone groups.
more than a few dozen seconds-is H O W G E N E S A F F E C T b i o l o g i c a l p r o c e s s , c a l l e d a histone deacetylase inhibitor. It
poorly understood, but here's what M E M O R Y transcription, that permits the ensures that the H4 histones have INSTANT page 62
Long-term memories are less g e n e t o b e e x p r e s s e d i n t o plenty of attached acetyl groups,
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Chinese Space Debris Rains Down on Chinese

Villages
Clay Dillow (Popular Science - junk rained down on one of
New Technology, Science China's many densely packed
News, The Future Now) population centers who knows
Submitted at 10/4/2010 10:29:35 AM what might have happened?
Chang'e II's Rocket Returns to The good news: though the
Earth in Rural China News163
China has never been particularly
rocket debris hurtling back to the
surface intact wasn't exactly part
Lose
apologetic about its contribution
to the looming threat of space
debris, but authorities might
of China's plan, Chang'e II is thus
far a successful mission. The Weight at
orbiter is China's second lunar
finally have to offer up some kind
of conciliatory "sorry we nearly
exploration mission and will
spend six months observing the
Work
bombed your village with huge moon's surface in high-res in (Mensfitness.com)
Villagers in the area awoke last to launch Chang'e II toward the
chunks of used rocket." Last night search of future landing sites for Submitted at 10/4/2010 5:00:00 AM
night to quite a ruckus, thinking moon in a launch on Friday.
residents of two separate villages spacecraft. Let's hope that lunar
that an earthquake was underway. Fortunately, the debris fell
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calories at work, Levine suggests Worth Keeping in your Drawer
Submitted at 10/4/2010 3:00:00 AM you embrace these four work-
based strategies. • Tuna Packets: High in protein,
by Sean Hyson| Print Article| 1.) Meet on the Move low in fat and carbs, nearly
Email to Friend Instead of booking a conference perfect.
All men are not created equal—at room, ask colleagues to join you •
least when it comes to our ability on a walk. Seriously. Just make • Cereal: Stash a box of high-
to get strong and lean. Some guys sure the topic is relatively fiber cereal, along with a few
simply have more potential for informal—brainstorming, not disposable bowls and spoons.
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(Mensfitness.com)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 2:00:00 AM
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Grip 'em Good
"Most of the match is in the grip,"
Selearis says. "Set yourself so you
can attack his fingers." Grip as
high up on his hand as you can,
preferably at the base of his
fingers. This will help you to
loosen his grip and extend his arm
away from his body, weakening
his arm position.
Use Leverage
"If you're wrestling right-handed,
step your right leg
forward—almost under the table,"
and plant it there. "Keep your hips
close to the table, and all the
muscles in your upper back tight."
This position preps you to pull
your opponent toward you and
take him down.
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Despite LG’s earlier promise to
launch an Android-based tablet
before the end of 2010, it now
seems unlikely; the company has
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Frustration, from time to Time
tmatt (GetReligion)
Submitted at 10/3/2010 4:56:39 PM
Week after week, your
GetReligionistas receive mail
from people who genuinely
distrust or dislike America’s
mainstream media.
There is no way to group all of
these people into one simplistic
camp. Some of them make a lot of
sense and some do not.
Some of them, after all, are
simply reacting to the fact that the
press struggles to cover religion
stories, period, and seems to have
special problems doing accurate
and balanced coverage of hot-
button social issues, from abortion
to the ordination of women, from
gay rights to free speech in an
increasingly complex and divided
culture.
Many of these writers believe
that most journalists are, to be
perfectly blunt about it, “liberals”
— whatever that word means.
Now, it is true that studies keep
showing that elite journalists,
especially in the powerful corridor
from Washington, D.C., to
Boston, tend to be moral
libertarians when it comes to most
social issues, taking stands in
favor of a kind of radical
individualism that is hostile to
most traditional forms of religious
faith.
Once again, the best writing ever
done about one of these issues
was the Los Angeles Times series
about bias issues in abortion
coverage, written by the late
David Shaw (who, by the way,
was an articulate supporter of
abortion rights when describing
his own convictions). In part one,
Shaw offered this blunt, simple,
devastating summary:
Responsible journalists do try to
be fair, and many charges of bias
in abortion coverage are not valid.
But careful examination of stories
published and broadcast reveals
scores of examples, large and
small, that can only be
characterized as unfair to the
opponents of abortion, either in
content, tone, choice of language
or prominence of play:
* The news media consistently
use language and images that
frame the entire abortion debate in
terms that implicitly favor
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abortion-rights advocates.
* Abortion-rights advocates are
often quoted more frequently and
characterized more favorably than
are abortion opponents.
* Events and issues favorable to
abortion opponents are sometimes
ignored or given minimal
attention by the media.
* Many news organizations have
given more prominent play to
stories on rallies and electoral and
legislative victories by abortion-
rights advocates than to stories on
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God and the Tea Party

Mollie (GetReligion) Stacey Hagga says that religion Party Express, on his nationwide
Submitted at 10/4/2010 10:14:43 AM and socially conservative issues radio program. Fischer told her
are simply not a factor in the Tea that evangelicals want some
Whatever else might be said of Party movement. signal that the Tea Party
the current political climate, “I personally don’t know the last movement supports their views on
t h e r e ’ s n o d o u b t t h a t i t ’ s time I was at church,” she says, abortion and marriage.
interesting. No one quite knows shifting her toddler from one hip “Can we hear that message from
what might happen in the coming to the other. “I think people are the Tea Party leadership?” he
election but we do know that just generally concerned about the asked.
we’ve seen a pretty dramatic shift economy and the direction of our “You’re not going to hear it from
from 2008, when Democrats country. I have my 2-year-old me,” she responded. “I’m sorry,
seemed unstoppable. Most of the here and I’m just concerned about I’m going to disappoint you.”
excitement right now is happening his future.” The piece goes on to explain that
in the Tea Party. But what is the Nearby, Sandy Smith, a the Tea Party includes atheists,
Tea Party? I remember when I registered nurse, sees some libertarians and others who are
was at the first 9/12 rally in religious undercurrents to the Tea primarily motivated not by social
Washington, D.C., TMatt asked Party movement. conservatism or religion but on
for a report on what the media “It’s a movement about the concerns about the size and scope
missed in terms of religion Founding Fathers and what their of government.
coverage. The fact was that I saw faith was to this country, and how I was hanging out last night with
almost no religious signage, even they brought faith over to this some other journalists who live on
if the attendees included a fair country,” she says. my block and we were talking
number of churchgoers. The T- Smith is describing a “civil about how some reporters try to
shirt worn by the girl in this religion” that seems to appeal to force a particular angle, tone or
picture was one of the few many Tea Partiers: the idea that narrative into a story. As
exceptions. America was a divine experiment, journalists, we know that it’s
But then there was Glenn Beck’s that the Founding Fathers were pretty rare that a story can be told
March to Restore Honor on Christian men who created a simply or that a source will give
August 28. That had heavy nation on biblical principles. She the perfect quote.
religion messages, although it was says America in 2010 has lost What I like about this story is that
m o r e c i v i l r e l i g i o n t h a n that. it explores the tension and
Mormonism. We looked at some One reader who submitted the includes a variety of viewpoints
of the coverage of the religious story noted one problematic without forcing a particular
overtones of that event at the aspect to the story. Immediately answer. Is the Tea Party
time. Barbara Bradley Hagerty after a discussion of evangelicals movement religious? Yes. Also
h a s a p i e c e f o r N P R t h a t and the Tea Party movement, a Virginia. She also looks at the folks into elevating social no. Kudos to NPR for giving
accurately reflects the tension quote from Glenn Beck is slipped data, which shows that Tea conservative issues — something Hagerty the space needed to
within the Tea Party movement in. His actual religious affiliation, Partiers are more likely to be that isn’t happening. explore the issue accurately rather
along religious lines. the Church of Jesus Christ of weekly churchgoers and And yet, there’s still tension than forcing a simple answer on
She visits a local Tea Party event Latter-day Saints, isn’t mentioned conservative Christians than the between these two groups. For listeners.
where concerned citizens are in the story. population as a whole. She looks example, [Bryan Fischer of the I should also note how surprised I
g i v e n u p d a t e s o n w h a t ’ s Anyway, Hagerty doesn’t just use at how some conservative American Family Association] was to read in the New York
happening nationwide: anecdotes or quotes from one Tea Christian groups are trying to recently interviewed Amy
On the one end of the spectrum, P a r t y m e e t i n g i n N o r t h e r n pressure prominent Tea Party Kremer, chairman of the Tea GOD page 68
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Rick Sanchez’s anti-Semitic implosion

Brad A. Greenberg oppressed minority? Yeah.” Sources has a look at Sanchez’s making Jews more Jewish? Is it
(GetReligion) Not surprising that Jon Stewart inability to accept Stewart’s encouraging mass conversion to
Submitted at 10/4/2010 5:44:18 AM has had a little fun with this or slights like other pundits do — Judaism? Is it bringing Israelis
that CNN cut ties with its long- kudos Bill O’Reilly— “those and Palestinians any closer to
When Helen Thomas said Jews time anchor. comments we can agree were peace?
should “get the hell out of It’s no secret or mystery or part offensive.” No: It’s bringing you “Mad Men”
Palestine,” I thought her canning of a Jewish conspiracy that Jews A little. I’m more shocked than and “Modern Family”, “The Daily
was warranted. But there was are vastly overrepresented in the offended. I’m sure a lot of Show” and “The Social
room for debate about whether upper echelons of the American journalists hold personal opinions Network”. And it’s also given
her statement that they should go m e d i a — b o t h i n t e r m s o f that would not be appreciated in Rick Sanchez a soapbox on one of
back to “Poland, Germany … and journalism and entertainment polite society. I hope, at the very the most watched news networks
America and everywhere else” companies. (For centuries in the least, that such opinions stay out in the world. Shame on those
was anti-Semitic. Paired with her Old Country, journalism, like law of their reporting. Here Sanchez, Jews.
previous treatment of Israel in the and medicine, were professions against whom the greatest Sanchez has yet to make any
opinioneering she did for UPI, I that educated Jews tended toward criticism was that he’s probably a statement. Even his Twitter
argued the statement was. But, because they were conducive to little too caffeinated, went from 0 account has been silent.
again, room for debate. the transitory lives of a to 60 in no time. It’s surprising that after four days
Not so with (former) CNN traditionally persecuted people.) I like what my former colleague Sanchez has felt no need to
anchor Rick Sanchez, whose rant As I’ve written before: Danielle Berrin, who writes the apologize and try to save a little
Thursday against Jon Stewart and If Jews really worked in media to Hollywood Jew blog, had to say face. But, really, what could he
other Jews who run the media was get out a unified message at the before Sanchez got canned by possibly say? Written by: Brad A.
swiftly met by CNN with a pink expense of their gentile neighbors, those Jews who run CNN: Greenberg on October 4, 2010.
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continued from page 65
rallies and electoral and
legislative victories by abortion
rights opponents.
* Columns of commentary
favoring abortion rights
outnumber those opposing
abortion by a margin of more than
2 to 1 on the op-ed pages of most
of the nation’s major daily
newspapers.
* Newspaper editorial writers and
columnists alike, long sensitive to
violations of First Amendment
rights and other civil liberties in
cases involving minority and anti-
war protests, have largely ignored
these questions when Operation
Rescue and other abortion
opponents have raised them.
That was published in the
mainstream press.
The key, for Shaw, is that this
bias is real, but it is not universal.
Thus, the goal is to describe these
bias issues — yes — as fairly and
accurately as possible.
You see, it is simply simplistic to
say that the mainstream press is
always “liberal.” It’s simplistic to
say that the New York Times is
always biased, as opposed to
offering coverage that is fair and
GOD
continued from page 66
Times that the United Church of
Christ and the National Baptist
Convention were co-sponsors of
this weekend’s One Nation
Working Together rally on the
mall. Even if there were 300-plus
groups sponsoring, the religious
influences of the rally were
largely unexplored. There even
was an interesting angle
accurate in handling the beliefs
involved in debates about
religious and cultural disputes in
America and around the world.
And right now, although it is
tempting to say so, it would be
simplistic to say that editors at
Time have made some kind of
conscious decision — similar to
the one made by the fallen
editorial team at non
Newsweek— to ditch the
American model of the press and
turn their magazine into an
advocacy publication for the
moral and cultural left.
I know it feels that way, when
you read something like the recent
feature on the ordination of
women to the priesthood by
schismatic groups that are fighting
the Catholic Church hierarchy.
This piece is still being pushed
out front at Time.com.
But that’s only part of this
complex picture.
On the other side, there is “ The
Price of Free Speech,” a solid
news feature by Sean Gregory in
the current issue about the U.S.
Supreme Court and the rights and
wrongs of the anti-gay, anti-
(unnoticed by the mainstream
media) of the United Methodist
Church backing out of its
sponsorship at the last minute,
citing concerns over the tone of
the rally and of co-sponsors. They
didn’t state which co-sponsors
were problematic but the march
included the Communist Party
USA and other radical groups.
America protesters from
Westboro Baptist Church in
Topeka, Kan.
This piece is long, it’s complex,
it’s careful, it’s sensitive to
viewpoints on both sides. It’s
serious. In the end, it’s agonizing,
just like the case it describes.
Here the opening (the only part of
the story you can read online, at
the moment):
This is Matt’s day, Albert Snyder
kept telling himself that March
morning in 2006, hours before he
laid his only son to rest. This is
about Matt. Concentrate on Matt.
Ignore them.
Them were the seven protesters
he had been warned about who
were planning to picket his son’s
funeral. They had never met
Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder.
They didn’t know much about
him except that he had been killed
in Iraq the week before. And yet
they had flown more than 1,000
miles (1,600 km) to brandish
signs saying things like “You’re
going to hell,” “God hates fags”
and “Thank God for 9/11.”
If you have access to a copy of
Time, please check this out. The
Once again, though, the religious
left is largely invisible to the
media. Written by: Mollie on
October 4, 2010.
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this fine piece of American effect on what could be a sleeper
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priests. Read both pieces. So, service as solicitor general,
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“don’t ask, don’t tell,” Arizona’s
anti-immigration law, and health-
care reform’s individual mandate,
have yet to reach the high court.
But that hardly makes this term
unimportant. The docket is no
more than two-thirds full and
already contains plenty of
important cases, particularly for
the business community. And for
Court watchers, the prevalence of
less politically salient legal issues
could make it a better measure of
the Court’s most junior justice --
at least in those cases in which
she is able to participate: Because
of her work in the solicitor
general’s office, Justice Kagan
has recused herself in 25 cases,
nearly half of the Court’s cases
docketed to date.
Arizona’s much-debated SB 1070
is not yet before the Court, but
another Arizona immigration
measure is. In Chamber of
Commerce v. Whiting, the Court
will consider whether federal law
preempts a state law designed to
prevent private businesses from
employing illegal immigrants.
Arizona’s law requires employers
to use a purportedly voluntary
federal electronic database to
verify the work-authorization
status of potential workers and
imposes stiff sanctions on
companies that hire illegals. The
business community and civil-
liberties groups say federal law
preempts such measures, and they
have been joined by the Obama
administration, even though the
law was signed by then-governor,
now–secretary of homeland
security (and one-time Supreme
Court short-lister) Janet
Napolitano. As in so many other
cases this term, Justice Kagan is
recused.
#page#The Arizona case is but
one of several preemption cases
before the Court. In Williamson v.
Mazda Motors of America, the
justices will consider whether
federal motor-vehicle-safety
standards preempt tort suits
alleging carmakers were negligent
for failing to adopt additional
safety measures, in this case a
combination lap/shoulder belt in
the rear-aisle seat of a minivan. In
Bruesewitz v. Wyeth, the question
is whether the National Childhood
Vaccine Injury Act preempts tort
suits alleging that a vaccine’s
design created an unnecessarily
high risk to recipients. In AT&T
Mobility v. Concepcion, the Court
will consider whether the Federal
Arbitration Act preempts states
from barring class-arbitration
waivers in arbitration agreements.
These cases, along with others
relating to employment law,
securities, and class-action
litigation, make this a potentially
significant term for American
business.
#ad#Two First Amendment cases
are sure to garner significant
public attention. In
Schwarzenegger v. EMA, the
Court will evaluate a California
law prohibiting the sale of violent
video games to minors. The
crucial questions are whether
depictions of extreme violence,
like obscenity, are subject to a
lesser degree of constitutional
question, and the extent to which
governments may adopt targeted
measures to limit the availability
of such materials to children. In
Snyder v. Phelps, the Court will
review the constitutionality of a
tort judgment against a fringe
religious group for staging a
protest at the funeral of a fallen
Marine. The Marine’s family
successfully sued the protestors
for intentional infliction of
emotional distress and invasion of
privacy, among other things, but
the judgment was overturned on
the grounds that the protest was
protected by the First
Amendment. The protest was not
targeted at this Marine but at
broader policy questions, such as
the nation’s alleged
permissiveness of homosexuality,
but it is not clear which way this
fact cuts. The protesters may be
focused on larger matters of
public concern, but the fallen
Marine is not a “public figure,”
nor would everyone consider a
private funeral an expressive
public event.
The biggest religion-related case
on the docket thus far, Arizona
Christian School Tuition
Organization v. Winn, involves a
constitutional challenge to an
Arizona program offering tax
credits for contributions to private
scholarship funds, including those
devoted to religious schools. The
program is almost certainly
constitutional under the Supreme
Court’s decision upholding school
vouchers in Cleveland, Ohio, but
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Ninth Circuit somehow did not
see it that way. A reversal on the
merits would be almost certain,
but only if the justices get that far.
A threshold question is whether
the plaintiffs had standing to
challenge the tax-credit program
in the first place. The Court is
generally skeptical of suits in
which taxpayers sue to challenge
the allegedly unconstitutional
expenditure of government funds,
except when it comes to
establishment clause claims. The
idea is that such arguments should
be presented to the political
branches, rather than the courts.
In this case, there is an extra
wrinkle, because the plaintiffs are
not challenging direct government
expenditures but tax credits, a fact
that could further raise the
standing bar.
The Court will also consider both
substantive and jurisdictional
issues in Schwarzenegger v. Plata,
in which California is challenging
a federal court order to release
prison inmates to remedy
allegedly unconstitutional prison
conditions caused by prison
overcrowding. The lower court
concluded that prisoner release
was necessary to prevent
continued violations of inmates’
constitutional rights. California
challenges this conclusion and
further argues that the prisoner
release failed to satisfy the
requirements of the Prison
Litigation Reform Act, which
only allows such judicial remedies
as a “last resort.” The prisoners,
for their part, argue the Supreme
Court lacks jurisdiction to hear
the case, as any appeal of the
release order must first be heard
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by the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Ninth Circuit. Should the
Court reach the substantive
question, it will clarify the
authority of federal judges to
order prisoner release and other
measures to address overcrowding
and other prison-management
concerns. Whatever the current
problems of state-prison
management, there is reason to
wonder whether the proper
remedy is to turn such
management decisions over to
federal judges.
#page#Some cases before the
Court will tee up larger issues the
justices will have to confront
down the road. For instance, in
General Dynamics v. United
States and Boeing v. United
States, the Court will consider the
“state secrets” doctrine, but not in
the context of the “War on
Terror.” Here the two defense
contractors claim the government
is unfairly using the doctrine to
prevent them from defending
themselves against the federal
government’s breach-of-contract
claims. According to the
companies, they could not fulfill
the terms of their contracts due to
the military’s refusal to share
relevant technological information
with them. A more direct
challenge to invocation of the
“state secrets” doctrine in the War
on Terror is still pending. Still
other cases will force the justices
to determine when exigent
circumstances can justify
warrantless police searches and
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Something We Did
David Horowitz (FrontPage statement by the author explaining moral parallel between Kathy Newton, publicly proclaimed that on the explosion of a bomb that
Magazine » FrontPage) his play. The author identified me Boudin’s criminal acts and David it was “time to put away the gun” Kathy Boudin’s Weather
Submitted at 10/3/2010 11:40:21 PM as the villain of his drama and Horowitz’s “contribution” to the and “serve the people.” When I Underground cell was building
said he had chosen me because I death of Betty van Patter at the recommended Betty van Patter as and was planning to detonate in a
[Editor's note: Below is David had written what he called the hands of the Black Panthers. a bookkeeper for the “learning terrorist act. Three members of
H o r o w i t z ' s r e s p o n s e t o most “corrosive” attack on Kathy Kathy Boudin knowingly joined center” I had helped to create, I the cell were killed in the
"Something You Did," a play Boudin when she came up for the Weather Underground a accepted the left’s view of the accident, which destroyed the
recently shown at Theater J which parole; also because I was “a radical group whose purpose was Panthers as victims of white Greenwich Village townhouse
p r a i s e s c o n v i c t e d W e a t h e r former radical turned outspoken to conduct an actual war inside racism and a noble force in the they had turned into a bomb
Underground terrorist Kathy neo-conservative” and it was his the United States. The struggle for racial justice. I had no factory. Boudin was in the
Boudin and slanders Horowitz by intention to have his play make a Underground set bombs, possibly idea they were capable of cold- townhouse at the time and
making him a sinister character in statement about the present. murdered two police officers blooded murder. At the time I set survived – and went on to
the script.] Finally, he described the play as (there is a continuing cold case out to help them, the New York continue her chosen path of
Just before Labor Day this year, a asking (and answering) this investigation into this) and Times was comparing Huey radical violence.
theater review in the Washington loaded question: “Whether the inadvertently blew up three of its Newton to Mahatma Gandhi and The townhouse episode includes
Post alerted me to the fact that radical sins of the past can be members, when an anti-personnel Martin Luther. Literally. crucial facts, which the
someone had made me, or a forgiven even as the reactionary device intended for others went In retrospect, after Betty was playwright suppresses in order to
fictional representation of me, sins of the present multiply.” off prematurely. When the murdered, I realized I should have load his case for redeeming
into a principal character in his Since this is self-evidently a Underground disintegrated and read the signs and known the Boudin, through her character in
p l a y . S o m e t h i n g Y o u D i d loaded question there is no most of its leaders surfaced to dangers, and that is what the the play Allison; and also for
purports to be a drama about the suspense as to the answer. Boudin return to civilian life, Kathy conservative part of my life is defending the leftist views that
parole appeal of an actual person, c a u s e d t h e d e a t h s o f t h r e e remained at war, joining a second about. I have written an extensive inspired her. In the play, Allison
Kathy Boudin, who forty years innocent people and left nine violent group with identical goals. memoir of these events in which I claims that her terrorist acts were
ago was a member of two violent children fatherless. But she is to As a member of the “May 19 tried to warn others, and have aimed at property not people. She
organizations and was directly be forgiven, because she has Communist Organization,” she taken full responsibility for what I is presented as someone innocent
involved in the violent deaths of remained a radical and therefore participated in an armed robbery did, and in particular for not of the purposes for which the
six human beings (although the her heart was and is in the right in Nyack New York to finance knowing what I should have bomb is to be used. In the play it
play mentions only one). Despite place. Whatever mistakes she “the revolution.” In the course of known.[1] If Kathy Boudin had is my character who persuades her
the fact that I myself was never committed, her intention was to the robbery, three officers were done the same, if she had to buy the nails that will be used
the member of any violent group save the Vietnamese and other murdered, and nine children left attempted to re-examine the to turn the bomb into an anti-
and never so much as threw a o p p r e s s e d p e o p l e f r o m fatherless. premises that led her to commit personnel weapon. The black
rock in the Sixties, the author has c o n s e r v a t i v e s l i k e m y s e l f . There is no parallel in Kathy’s her crimes and had made a full policeman who becomes the
cast my character as the bad guy A fiction based on reality can criminal career to what I did as a accounting, I would not have inadvertent victim of the bomb is
in his fiction, complicit in her provide useful insights but only if New Left radical. I never broke a judged her as harshly as I have. killed by one of those nails. In the
crime, and an embodiment of the the structure of the facts remains law or plotted to injure another A crucial fact the play ignores is play Allison’s alleged innocence
forces that Boudin opposed at the intact. Here are some of the facts, human being. I was the editor of that I did not need to become a of the bomb’s malicious purpose
time and that he opposes now. which the author of the play so Ramparts, the largest magazine of conservative to become a critic of is central to the plot and to the
T h e d a y a f t e r t h e r e v i e w distorts or misrepresents as to the left. Although I raised money Kathy Boudin and the Weather playwright’s plan to create
appeared, I received a confirming deprive his fiction of the ability to for the Black Panthers, I never Underground. In 1971, I wrote a sympathy and forgiveness for
email from my friend of nearly provide insights that are useful for joined their organization. The widely read article in Ramparts Allison/Kathy and to indict me as
sixty years, Ron Radosh, who had understanding what happened. money I raised was to purchase attacking the Weather the villain.
just attended a performance and To begin, allow me to clear up and build a school. I offered to Underground for its terrorist ideas
who sent me a scanned copy of a his malicious claim that there is a help only after their leader, Huey and practices. My article focused
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Submitted at 10/4/2010 11:00:51 AM
Committee, a powerful post. “We from him on pushing the fold on platform founded upon “pro- intends to pen version 3.0 of the
obviously are going to have to big ideas.” growth tax policies, sound money, “Roadmap” early next year.
The man who might become take on entitlement reform,” he Beyond Boehner, Ryan says that clear and transparent regulation, “What we need to do is quickly
Budget Committee chairman says. “I don’t know what the his GOP colleagues on the Budget and government restraint.” bring them up to speed,” he says.
remains committed to fiscal budget will look like, but its form Committee are stalwart in their Republicans, he says, “are Some, of course, are already well-
solvency. will be determined by the commitment to entitlement unanimous on not raising tax rates versed on the “Roadmap” and its
E arlier this year, Rep. Paul consensus I can get from at least reform. “The culture on the and in getting our tax code more principles. “Dozens” of House
Ryan, a 40-year-old Republican 218 people. What I would hope to Budget Committee is great,” he competitive internationally so that candidates, Ryan confides, have
congressman from Wisconsin, do is get this budget needle says. “Anybody who studies this we can grow.” reached out to him to offer their
published “A Roadmap for moving in the right direction.” problem or digs deep into the #ad#Repealing Obamacare is support for his budget plan,
America’s Future,” his blueprint Still, as he looks toward a numbers is seriously frightened another important, and popular, which, for the moment, has only
for balancing the budget. Despite possible scenario of divided about the future of this country. measure. “We should look at 13 co-sponsors. “Reinforcements
much fanfare, Ryan’s proposal — government, Ryan is quick to say They realize the urgency of the every option we have available to are coming,” he assures us.
which rigorously tackles federal t h a t h e d o e s n o t w i s h t o moment. After a sober review of us to try to repeal and replace this Still, such conversations, Ryan
entitlements, taxes, and spending “ o v e r p r o m i s e . ” the fiscal condition of this law,” Ryan says. “This law cannot sighs, are often private, since
— was left out of the House For the moment, Ryan remains country, most people just put stand. It is a policy disaster and a Democrats have eagerly targeted
GOP’s “Pledge to America.” The unsure about the exact future of politics aside.” fiscal explosion.” His plan of the “Roadmap” and Ryan himself.
omission, he says, does not signal the “Roadmap,” and whether he #page#“I spend a lot of my time attack: “We will go at the funding Many Republicans are wary of
a retreat by him or his party. could package its components into looking at these baselines,” Ryan angle from many different backing Ryan’s ideas publicly.
“I did not write the pledge,” Ryan a passable budget. But he is says. “Most people don’t know directions.” “Look, I get that,” he says. “I’ve
says in an interview with National confident in his party’s ability to this stuff. Most people in An earmark moratorium — also experienced their demagoguery
Review Online. “I did the first have an “adult conversation” on Congress don’t understand just left out of the pledge — is another on entitlements. It’s like being hit
draft of the preamble and that’s entitlements in coming months. how quickly our fiscal situation area where Ryan promises to by a two-by-four across the head.”
pretty much what my involvement Ryan says Republican leaders are has deteriorated. And now the tangle. “Of course we are for an “Scaring seniors is apparently the
was.#...#I was consulted on policy supportive of his ongoing budget Left thinks that you can keep earmark moratorium,” he says. past, present, and future of the
ideas, but not on writing the thing. work and swats away whispers of raising taxes, as if there were no “That just goes without saying. Democratic party,” Ryan
I was not one of its architects.” intraparty turmoil. consequences to that.” To fight You think, if we get the majority continues. “But they have created
Rather than judge the pledge as an Without hesitation, Ryan tells us back, Ryan says Republicans need next year, that we are going to political paralysis. I’m fed up with
a l l - e n c o m p a s s i n g p o l i c y that Rep. John Boehner, the to focus on two things: “economic start turning earmarks on? Some it, and I’m not going to let it
document, Ryan calls it an House GOP leader, understands growth and reforming the people might think that, but intimidate me. I’m going to go
“important and necessary first the economic stakes. “I think structure of spending.” The debt, they’re in for a rude awakening.” forward, put ideas out there, and
step.” Its text, he notes, does not [Boehner] grasps where America he warns, will continue to spiral In coming months, winning over get this debate moving one way or
preclude him from continuing to is and what we’re confronting,” out of control unless Congress new GOP members, and the other.” It’s a fight, he says,
b a t t l e f o r l o n g - t e r m f i s c a l Ryan says. “John Boehner never “literally restructures the providing them with reams of that he does “not intend to lose.”
solvency. once tried to talk me out of programs that are growing so economic data and an idea of the — Robert Costa is a political
#ad#Should Republicans win the pushing these ideas and reforms. fast.” federal government’s long-term reporter for National Review.
House, Ryan would likely ascend T h e r e h a s n e v e r b e e n a The way forward, Ryan fiscal outlook, is high on Ryan’s Robert Costa
to the chairmanship of the Budget discouraging comment or word continues, must include a robust to-do list. To help the cause, Ryan
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Morning Bell: The

You Can’t Keep the Plan You Have
Submitted at 10/4/2010 3:00:57 AM
Obamacare is coming to a
doctor’s office near you.
L ast year, I ordered a CT scan of
the chest on a 63-year-old patient
wants will still be available.
Harvard Pilgrim, the second-
largest insurer in Massachusetts,
has just dropped 22,000 patients
from its Medicare Advantage plan
in anticipation of these cuts. Soon
“grandfather in” under the draft
regulations of the new law, which
mandate low deductibles and low
co-pays. I am treating my patient
for high blood pressure, which
may be due to his worrying over
for your colonoscopy, but you
may not be able to find a doctor to
perform it.
And things are only going to get
worse. Full-throttle Obamacare,
which comes into effect in 2014,
Obama Experts vs.
the Rule of Law
Conn Carroll (The Foundry:
Conservative Policy News.)
Submitted at 10/4/2010 8:17:46 AM

whose chest X-ray had revealed a
lung nodule. I had no problem
getting the test approved by his
private insurance company. The
radiologist suggested that I repeat
the CT scan this year to make sure
the nodule hasn’t turned into
cancer.
But this year, the same insurance
company is denying the test,
having clamped down on several
elective services while also
raising its premiums. This
company now has to cover
children with pre-existing
conditions and can place no
lifetime limits on care. It is
struggling to preserve its profits
as Obamacare kicks in -- profits
that, to begin with, are only
approximately 4 percent of its
total revenue.
#ad#Next year, my patient will
have Medicare. He can’t afford a
secondary insurance plan
(Medicare Part B covers only 80
percent of most charges), and he
doesn’t qualify for Medicaid as
his secondary, so he was hoping
to join a Medicare Advantage
plan -- a private insurance plan
that seniors can choose to receive,
partly at government expense,
instead of Medicare. But in 2011,
Medicare Advantage is due to be
cut $140 billion by the new law,
and it is doubtful that the plan he
seniors everywhere will have the
same problem. In fact, the
Medicare actuary estimates that 7
million out of the 11 million
people with Medicare Advantage
will be set adrift over the next
seven years.
One of those patients will likely
be my fellow with the lung nodule
who needs a follow-up scan.
President Obama clearly hasn’t
visited a real doctor’s office
recently. If he sat on my office
couch, he would immediately
discover that real patients are
terribly worried about how
dysfunctional and expensive all
health insurance, public and
private, is becoming under the
new law of the land. Of course,
the problem of spiraling health-
care costs and inadequate access
to essential services was already
happening before, but Obamacare
is making it far worse.
My medical office is changing,
and not for the better. As I write
this, I have a patient waiting in the
next room who has to pay cash to
see me because his employer’s
contribution to his plan has
dropped this year, and his
deductible has gone up. Many
employers are getting ready to
dump their employees on the state
exchanges in 2014. They are
adopting plans that won’t
his medical bills. My bill is minor
compared to the hundreds of
dollars that the laboratory charges
him for the routine blood tests his
insurance no longer covers.
Next door to this man is a woman
complaining about her premiums,
which are up 20 percent from last
year. She wants to add her 23-
year-old son, who has diabetes, to
the policy under the new law --
but she can’t, because her son has
a full-time job and is supposed to
get it from his employer. But the
employer isn’t offering it, and is
prepared to ultimately pay the
Obamacare penalty that is
supposed to enforce the
“mandate” that he provide
insurance.
Under the “consumer
protections” that just kicked in,
private insurers are unable to
charge co-pays for preventive
services including mammograms,
colonoscopies, and vaccines. This
sounds good until you consider
that when these services are
“free,” demand for them will
increase, and we doctors are ill
equipped to handle such a demand
surge. Further, it is unlikely that
doctors will receive greater
reimbursements to compensate for
the lost co-pays -- and so they will
stop providing these services in
droves. Your insurance may pay
will promote insurance plans that
Last week President Barack
require little payment from
Obama’s most recently minted
patients out-of-pocket -- and thus
czar, Special Advisor to the
are easy to overuse. This will
President for the Consumer
remove the brakes from the
Financial Protection Bureau
system. In my doctor’s office of
Elizabeth Warren, spoke to 400
the near future, I expect the
bankers at the swanky Mandarin
waiting room to be clogged with
Oriental Hotel in Washington,
more and more patients even as
DC. Her message, according to
the government and private
The Washington Post: “Behave,
insurers limit the tests and
play nice, and we’ll get along just
treatments I can offer.
fine.” Specifically, Warren
Yesterday I saw a patient who
promised to take a more
just lost his job. He had no
“principles-based approach” to
insurance, and I saw him for a
regulation, rather than clearly
very small fee. He expects to end
articulating “thou shalt not” rules
up on Medicaid (it will be much
that banks could rely on. For this
easier to qualify under
Progressive White House, an
Obamacare), and since I don’t
enlightened expert, like Warren,
accept it -- and more and more
given broad new powers by an
doctors are doing likewise -- he
unaccountably vague statute is
will likely end up getting his care
exactly what the federal
in the ER. But ERs are already
government needs to enforce
overcrowded, and are not ready to
order on our complex modern
handle more patients.
world. For our Founding Fathers,
The president can keep telling
however, everything about
Americans that their health care
Warren, from the way she attained
won’t change. But for my
her new powers to the way she
patients, it already has.
plans to use them, is antithetical
-- Marc Siegel, M.D., is an
to our nation’s First Principles
associate professor of medicine at
and the United States
NYU and the medical director of
Constitution.
Doctor Radio at NYU Langone
Look again at Warren’s title. She
Medical Center. He is a Fox News
is not the director of the CFPB
medical contributor. Marc Siegel
nor does she even work for it. For
her to actually head the agency,
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MORNING
continued from page 72
President Obama would have to
submit her name to the Senate to
meet the Constitution’s “advice
and consent” requirement. But
President Obama did not want
that transparency. Instead he
decided to subvert the
Constitution by making her his
“special advisor” that would lead
a team of “about 30 or 40 people
at the Department of Treasury” to
set up the CFPB. Yale
Constitutional law professor
Bruce Ackerman described
Obama’s Warren chicanery
as“another milestone down the
path toward an imperial
presidency.”
But Warren’s appointment is just
the beginning of her assault on the
Constitution. Her rejection of
rules-based governing, cited
above, is also a rejection of our
nation’s First Principles. Hillsdale
College Ronald Pestritto explains:
The Founders understood that
there are two fundamental ways in
which government can exercise its
authority. The first is a system of
arbitrary rule, where the
government decides how to act on
an ad hoc basis, leaving decisions
up to the whim of whatever
official or officials happen to be
in charge; the second way is to
implement a system grounded in
the rule of law, where legal rules
are made in advance and
published, binding both
government and citizens and
allowing the latter to know
exactly what they have to do or
not to do in order to avoid the
coercive authority of the former.
To be fair, Warren is hardly the
only example of the Obama
administration’s assault on the
Rule of Law in favor of the
arbitrary rule of government
experts. In fact, the entire
progressive movement is based on
discarding the separation of
powers at the core of the U.S.
Constitution in favor of
empowering the Administrative
State. Progressive movement
founder President Woodrow
Wilson wrote in 1891: “Give us
administrative elasticity and
discretion, free us from the idea
that checks and balances are to be
carried down through all stages of
organization.”
Freeing themselves from the
“checks and balances” supplied in
the Constitution is exactly what
the Obama administration has
been doing since day one. Just
consider the“outrageous and
illegal” takeover of Chrysler, the
shakedown of BP, the assertion
that President Obama can rewrite
our nation’s immigration laws
simply by not enforcing them, the
refusal to enforce anti-voting
fraud laws, and Obamacare czar
Kathleen Sebelius’ threats
insurance companies. The pattern
is clear: this administration
audaciously believes that their
experts are always right and that
the Constitution is just a barrier to
their effective administration of
the country. This is not what our
Founders intended. This must be
stopped.
Quick Hits:
• According to the Association of
American Medical Colleges,
Obamacare will worsen the
nation’s doctor shortage by more
than 20,000 physicians by 2015.
• According to the Congressional
Budget Office (CBO), the Obama
tax hikes will hinder spending and
constrain economic recovery.
• Upcoming regulations from the
Obama EPA on petroleum
refiners, manufacturers, coal
73
mines and farmers will hit states
like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Iowa,
Minnesota, Wisconsin, and
Virginia the hardest.
• Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) said he
anticipates the Tea Party
movement will be “a long-term
force in this country.”
• Tomorrow at 4 PM, The
Skeptical Environmentalist author
Bjorn Lomborg will be screening
Cool It at The Heritage
Foundation followed by questions
and discussion.
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With Enemies Like These: Facebook and Twitter Under Iranian

Attack
Helle Dale (The Foundry: Esfandiari provides some of the about it: the social network
Conservative Policy News.) best insights from sources within websites carry the promise of
Submitted at 10/4/2010 10:00:15 AM the Iran, Facebook and Twitter freedom of expression and
have very much gotten under the information for Iran’s beleaguered
Posted October 4th, 2010 at skin of the country’s leadership. political opposition.
11:00am in American Leadership “The aim of Facebook is to Tehran’s fear of the social
Print This Post identify people for special network sites is a powerful
Iran’s mullahs may be hoping to operations for Western spying argument for funding the work
capitalize on Facebook, the agencies,” an official Iranian that is being done to create new
movie, which opens in theaters report said, a video of which can technologies, like the program
here in the U.S. this weekend, a b e v i e w e d o n t h e w e b s i t e Haystack, which are capable of
film also known by its official Mardomak (of interest mainly for circumventing Iran’s Internet
t i t l e T h e S o c i a l N e t w o r k . Farsi speakers, of course.) controls. This is both in the
Certainly, no one could accuse the While the accusation that purview and budget of the U.S.
leadership in Tehran of not having Facebook actively supplies spy State Department, which has been
a taste for drama. Not to be a g e n c i e s w i t h r e c r u i t s i s releasing the funding slowly and
o u t d o n e b y t h e H o l l y w o o d preposterous, the Iranian thought- cautiously. Tightened sanctions
portrayal of Facebook founder police do have some very valid on the Iranian regime, as the
Mark Zuckerberg, Iran’s state- insights into the essential nature Obama Administration has called
controlled television has launched of Internet social networks, for, ought to go hand in hand with
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In Iraq, Obama Loses Interest in a continued from page 69

what, if any, requirements the due suits alleging climate change

Winnable War -process clause places on states to
ensure that parents are not
constitutes a “public nuisance.”
Several War on Terror and death-
i n s t r u m e n t s o f s t a t e , t h e y last moment, but we should have wrongfully listed on a child-abuse penalty cases could make their
Submitted at 10/4/2010 3:00:42 AM
transformed them into tools to done more to have avoided registry. way up to the justices as well, and
I f President Obama is “out of wage sectarian war against the getting to this pass. #ad#The newest justices’ short supplies of the drugs used
Afghanistan psychologically,” as Sunnis. O b a m a c a m e i n t o o f f i c e commitment to stare decisis will for lethal injection could force
Bob Woodward reports in his new The current state of play is not determined to declare the Iraq be challenged in Bullcoming v. states to develop new execution
book, one can only imagine how quite Iran’s ideal outcome. It War over and come home. We New Mexico, which revisits protocols, triggering a wave of
thoroughly detached he is from would have preferred a few other engaged in a mad rush to go from whether forensic evidence, in this fast-tracked litigation challenging
Iraq. candidates for prime minister 100,000 to 50,000 troops, which case the results of a blood test in a conventional approaches to
He should start paying some before Maliki, but otherwise drastically decreased our leverage; drunk-driving case, is testimonial capital punishment. Other high-
attention. The news last week that Tehran ought to be pleased. It has at the same time we had a passive e v i d e n c e s u b j e c t t o t h e profile questions, such as gay
the Sadrists have thrown their a chance to exclude the Sunnis, ambassador on the ground who r e q u i r e m e n t s o f t h e S i x t h marriage, may have to wait until
w e i g h t b e h i n d I r a q i p r i m e put Sadr at the center of the Iraqi was content to let events drift. Amendment’s confrontation next term, if not later.
minister Nouri al-Maliki, putting government, and reconstitute a Lately Joe Biden has been more c l a u s e ( “ I n a l l c r i m i n a l Throughout the term, the greatest
him on the verge of securing a version of the Iraqi government involved, but our impatience for prosecutions, the accused shall attention will be paid to Justice
governing coalition, is close to the that brought the country to the the Iraqis to finally form a e n j o y t h e r i g h t # . . . # t o b e Kagan, as her lack of judicial
worst possible outcome of the b r i n k o f d e s t r u c t i o n f r o m g o v e r n m e n t m a y h a v e confronted with the witnesses experience makes Court watchers
Iraqi election and the aftermath. 2005–07. If the Sadrists are overwhelmed considerations against him”). Only two years keen to discern her judicial
#ad#First, it would marginalize kingmakers, it ensures that the about its composition. There are ago, the Court held that crime-lab approach. Will she be a lockstep
Iraqiya, the party that won a faction most determined to see us obviously limits to our control of reports may only be introduced if liberal like Justice Thurgood
plurality and has the most appeal out of the country entirely -- and Iraqi politics, but we should be the lab technician who performed Marshall, for whom she clerked?
to the Sunnis we want to feel thus not present to provide a using every possible instrument of the work is available to testify, Or will she reveal an independent
vested in the new Iraqi state, lest counterbalance to Iran -- will have persuasion to forestall the creation s p l i t t i n g 5 – 4 a l o n g n o n - streak? Will her time in the
they return to insurgency and al- tremendous influence. of a government that could be the ideological lines. However, two of executive branch make her more
Qaeda. Worse, it would do it on There’s still a chance the worst predicate for renewed ethnic the justices who joined Justice sympathetic to government
the strength of the support of can be averted. Maliki could still conflict. Scalia’s majority opinion -- claims? Could that experience
Moqtada al-Sadr, a rabidly anti- cut Iraqiya in on a deal. The The sacrifice of American troops Justices Stevens and Souter -- are give her a soft spot for executive
American cleric closely allied Kurds or the other major Shia during the surge bequeathed to no longer on the Court, and power? We won’t know until
with Iran, whose price for party, led by Ammar al-Hakim, President Obama a winnable war Justice Kennedy’s dissent made she’s had significant time on the
supporting Maliki is likely to could upset Maliki’s plans, as in Iraq. At this rate, we’ll read in clear the dissenting justices would Court. This term will only begin
include control of key ministries could a statement of disapproval the next Woodward book all the push for the Court to reverse to provide us with answers.
in the next government. The last from Ayotallah Sistani. Iraqi details of how he let it slip away. course. This case could be their — Contributing editor Jonathan
time the Sadrists were given a politicians have a knack for The Editors chance. H. Adler is professor of law and
measure of control over the pulling back from the brink at the The justices are not done director of the Center for Business
accepting cases, so more Law & Regulation at the Case
interesting issues could be added Western Reserve University
to the mix. Two pending cert School of Law. Jonathan H. Adler
petitions ask the Court to reenter
the global-warming fray and
consider the limitations on private
and state-attorney-general tort
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A Rally, but No Rival

N.M. Hungerford (FrontPage organizations receive the benefits
Magazine » FrontPage) of tax-exempt non-profit status.
Submitted at 10/3/2010 11:39:08 PM As stated by the Tides Center
itself, the ONWT project is
“This is true democracy and good clearly aimed at energizing and
old-fashioned organizing at organizing far-left voters and the
work,” declared Leah Daughty, Left’s political infrastructure. The
black liberation theologist and signature event, the ONWT march
organizer of the One Nation
Working Together march held
in Washington D.C., was
designed to “lead into an intensive
J Street
Saturday, October 1st. The
Washington D.C. rally was
steeped in similar messaging: a
voter mobilization program for
Election Day 2010.” Secondarily,
ONWT is concerned with
Under the
progressive upswell is on the rise.
Yet, with even a cursory look at
“push[ing] back” against the
forces of “divisiveness and Searchlight
the factors that made One Nation hatred” — i.e. the Tea Party — P. David Hornik (FrontPage
possible, Daughtry’s and offering a “healing Magazine » FrontPage)
characterization is not just alternative” to “summon people to Submitted at 10/3/2010 11:25:12 PM
inaccurate — it’s laughable. a higher moral plane” — in other
Billed as a progressive words, to present the facade of a J Street, the American Jewish
counterpart to the populist Tea grassroots counter-insurgence to advocacy organization that
Party movement, the event in fact rival right-wing populism. Not describes itself as “pro-Israel, pro-
clears up any doubt over the well- coincidentally, the project peace”—clearly implying that
funded, well-orchestrated, well- w i n g w e l l s p r i n g s ; t h e Institute. description makes special mention other pro-Israel organizations are
c o n n e c t e d n a t u r e o f t h e multimillion-dollar Tides Center. An enabler of left-wing astroturf, of the need to encourage voter not pro-peace—is in hot water
c o n s o r t i u m o f f a r - l e f t Not exactly an organization, the Tides Center’s “ core” service p a r t i c i p a t i o n f r o m r a c i a l these days. Washington Times
organizations and activists in the ONWT is a “ project” of the Tides is providing “fiscal sponsorship” minorities, or as ONWT calls reporter Eli Lake has revealed that
country today. Grassroots on the Center, an organization closely to progressive nonprofit startups. t h e m “historically J Street has been lying—big-
fly isn’t that difficult of a feat. affiliated with the equally well- Although the center does not fund underrepresented groups and time—about its funding. Then, in
Determining what exactly One provisioned Tides Foundation. projects directly, Tides takes care communities.” This demographic a follow-up report, Lake revealed
N a t i o n W o r k i n g T o g e t h e r Both are the brainchildren of o f t h e i r m a n a g e m e n t a n d threw huge support to Barack further J Street lies about its
(ONWT) is, is a revealing process radical activist and ACORN administrative burdens. Projects Obama in 2008, but is not connection with Judge Richard
in its own right. Is it a rally? An bailout-man Drummond Pike, and are not independent entities in expected to make remotely as Goldstone, author of the infamous
o r g a n i z a t i o n ? O N W T i s both have received millions of themselves, but rather “are” the strong a turn out in the mid-term Goldstone Report.
n o t i c e a b l y e v a s i v e o n t h i s dollars over the years from Tides Center — as they put it — elections. Lake’s first story on September
issue. The provenance of ONWT George Soros’ Open Society through which the projects/quasi- 24 disclosed that J Street—in
derives from the likeliest of left- direct contradiction to a
longstanding claim on its
website—had received generous
funding, to the tune of $750,000
over three years, from
controversial financier George
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“One Nation” — as Long as It’s Leftist continued from page 76

Soros and his family. Moreover, J Israel AIPAC lobby for the lack
Rich Trzupek (FrontPage
Magazine » FrontPage) Street had received a total sum of of Israeli-Palestinian peace while
$811,697 from a mysterious asserting that Hamas was a
Submitted at 10/3/2010 11:28:14 PM donor in Hong Kong named constructive force and the key to
Consolacion Esdicul, who in turn attaining peace.
Billed as an antidote for the Tea was solicited—J Street As for Lake’s subsequent
Party, Saturday’s “ One Nation” claims—by a non-Jewish, September 29 piece on J Street,
rally in Washington demonstrated American horse-race bettor it’s a veritable riot of disclosures.
just how far out of step the Left is named Bill Benter. Lake begins by quoting Colette
with America. The event provided J Street, of course, had good Avital, former Israeli left-wing
further evidence of how reason to cover-up its support parliamentarian and for a time J
progressives continue to struggle from Soros, whose “views”—if Street’s liaison in Israel, saying
with what the Tea Party one can dignify them by calling one of the reasons she resigned
movement represents and where it them that—on Jewish and Israeli from J Street was its connection
came from. In the beginning, the matters put him outside the with Goldstone, including helping
Left dismissed Tea Partiers as a discourse of decency. In 2003 him make appointments on
few fringe nuts shilling for the Soros, who is of Hungarian Capitol Hill. Lake then quotes J
Republican Party. Once they Jewish background, said in a Street’s president, Jeremy Ben-
figured out that the Tea Party speech that: Ami, saying J Street had merely
wasn’t going away, the narrative f r e e d o m . T h e y w a n t t h e They’ve gotten their bailout, There is a resurgence of anti- “reached out to a handful of
changed rapidly. According to the concentration of wealth. They’ve they’ve passed health care and Semitism in Europe. The policies congressional staff to inquire
L e f t , T e a P a r t i e r s w e r e shipped your job overseas.” they’ve raised taxes. Outside of
of the Bush administration and the whether members would be
supposedly violent, then they “Corporations are preying on our passing a cap and trade bill, which Sharon administration contribute interested in seeing Judge
were racist and then they were fears and using this moment to some members of their own party to that. It’s not specifically anti- Goldstone.”
anarchists. Now they have hit on expand their profit margins,” opposed, progressives have been Semitism, but it does manifest Yet it turns out that Morton
their latest and greatest scheme to Mary Kay Henry, president of the enormously successful at pushing itself in anti-Semitism as well. Halperin, longtime Washington
neutralize this spontaneous grass Service Employees International forward their domestic agenda. I’m critical of those policies. insider and a senior officer at J
roots uprising: they’re telling Union told USA Today. “This is Yet, the economic recovery and If we change that direction, then Street, hand-delivered a personal
America that Tea Partiers are the first recession where corporate job creation that they predicted anti-Semitism also will diminish. letter from Goldstone to members
corporate shills. To anyone who margins are growing while wages hasn’t happened. According to the I can’t see how one could of Congress, and that J Street
has spent any time at a Tea Party are going down. We’re saying, administration’s own data, we’re confront it directly. cofounder Daniel Levy
or spoken to Tea Partiers, that’s a ‘No more.’” worse off now than we would
Saying that Jews are responsible accompanied Goldstone to several
ludicrous, laughable assertion, but The amazing thing, the almost have been without the hundreds of for anti-Semitism is, of course, in meetings with legislators.
such is the desperation on the Left surreal thing, is that the over- billions in bailouts. A logical itself classic anti-Semitism. Then,
these days. On Saturday, this new riding message at the “One person might look at that evidence in a notorious New York Review
strategy was on full display at the N a t i o n ” r a l l y w a s t h a t t h e and conclude that this whole big of Books article in 2007, Soros
National Mall. government hasn’t done nearly government intervention thing
blamed the U.S. and Israeli
“This march is about the power to e n o u g h t o f i x A m e r i c a ’ s might not be the right way to go. governments as well as the pro-
the people. It is about the people p r o b l e m s . T h e n o t i o n t h a t But, for an ultra-leftist like Ed
standing up to the corporations,” government is the problem and Schultz, the failure of Democrats
MSNBC’s “Red Ed” Schultz told t h a t m o r e g o v e r n m e n t j u s t has to be the Republican party’s
an approving crowd of admirers. exacerbates the problem doesn’t fault.
“The conservative voices of occur to them for a millisecond.
America, they are holding you Democrats control the White
down. They don’t believe in your House, the Senate and the House.
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5 Futuristic Concept Phone Designs

Amy-Mae Elliott (Mashable!) charging, which although in order to help establish an The HTC 1’s materials would be
Submitted at 10/4/2010 10:03:18 AM available on Palm’s latest emotional connection. premium (glass, machined brass)
handsets, has not yet been widely Additionally, a reward scheme and its build quality superb. “Like
The now ubiquitous cell phone adopted in the industry. would favor those that kept hold a fine watch or rangefinder
has progressed by leaps and Sadly, as part of Mozilla’s of their product for longer, while camera,” says Kim, “the 1 is made
bounds, from the bricks-with- “Concept Series” there are no sophisticated diagnostics, to be in your hands, not the
battery-packs of the 1980s to the plans to put the Seabird into remanufacturing methods and landfill.”
sleek touchscreen devices of production, but the exciting efficient logistics would take the There’s one more design aspect
today. elements from the design — the hassle out of upgrades for the from the Korean-Canadian
But what will the next 30 years of pico projection and the Bluetooth consumer. product design student that any
mobile phone design bring? dongle (both technically possible It’s a great concept for some kind clean freaks might like — a built-
Intrigued by what we might be today) — are features we could of sustainability in the mobile in UV light that shines through
making calls on in 2015 and see more of in the future. 2. Nokia phone market — “the phone that the phone’s glass display when
company Kinneir Dufort came up
beyond, we’ve taken a look at Kinetic can only get better with age” — it’s charging to kill bacteria
with the “Revive” concept after
some futuristic concept phone The Nokia Kinetic was design and we’d love to see a major lurking on the surface. 5.
working with the electronics
designs. student Jeremy Innes-Hopkins’ manufacturer take up the idea. But Synaptics Fuse
remanufacturing specialists at
Encompassing designs from fans answer to a Nokia-set brief for a while the majority of consumers The Synaptics “Fuse” concept is
Regenersis.
to multi-company collaborations, “playful phone for 2012.” still happily swap their gadget remarkable if for nothing else
The concept is simple: Many of
each one of the concepts we’ve In addition to those curvaceous hardware every few years, the than for how many companies
us are tired of the excessive
chosen to feature offers something looks, the Kinetic offers the rather idea may be unlikely to get were involved in its design.
energy used and waste produced
special, and most exciting of all, unusual ability of “standing up” backing for some time. 4. HTC 1 TheAlloy provided product
during the never-ending product
each one is totally plausible. when a call or text is received by Andrew Kim’s design for the design efforts, the UI was from
cycles of the consumer electronics
Have a look at the futuristic “converting digital information HTC 1 encompasses both the both TheAlloy and TAT, which
industry.
designs below, and let us know in into kinetic movement.” handset and elements of the user also enabled the 3D environment,
The idea is that instead of trading
the comments which you’d most Under the hood, the “visual clue” interface in order to “create a Immersion added the tactile
in your old handset for a new one,
like to be toting in five year’s of the phone standing up would be harmonized hardware and feedback, and the phone — that
you upgrade elements of your
time. 1. Mozilla Seabird carried out by an electromagnet software design.” exists as a real-life prototype
phone as they wear down (e.g. the
Developed with feedback from shifting a weight, while the same What both elements have in (unlike others on this list) — is
battery) or as better parts become
the wider community, the Seabird position could be employed for a common is a fantastic simplicity, powered by Texas Instrument’s
available (e.g. the camera).
is the evolution of Mozilla Labs video call or even watching with a smooth, seamless phone OMAP 3630 processor.
This way, says Kinneir Dufort,
community member Billy May’s media. design complimented by a much But of course that’s not the only
the system would allow
concept of what an “Open Web” Should you want to dismiss the more minimal “mono edition” of remarkable aspect of the concept
“electronic products to keep pace
mobile phone could look like. “spontaneous, magical and HTC’s existing Sense UI. or it wouldn’t have made the cut.
with technological developments
The two stand-out features from undirected” alert, you could just The wow factor for HTC 1’s The Fuse has been designed for
as well as consumer
May’s vision are the integrated gently push the phone to lie back design comes in with the simple, single-handed usage, and boasts
expectations.”
Bluetooth headset that doubles as down again. yet brilliant idea of offering a multi-touch capacitive sensing,
To help encourage consumers to
a remote control and the dual pico While we’ve no word on whether twist out kickstand across the haptic feedback (that tiny
hold onto to their handsets, the
projectors that can project a Nokia plans to put the Kinetic into entire bottom of the phone, which feedback “buzz”), and 3D
materials used for the initial
virtual keyboard as well as video motion (sorry!), we think that a doesn’t ruin the device’s clean graphics, as well as force, grip
Revive handset would be ones
or imagery. visual cue for an incoming call lines when not in use, and and proximity sensors.
that “become more beautiful with
Other specs include an eight sure beats hearing that tinny Gran provides a useful way to stand the The single-handed control comes
age” such as leather (as you can
megapixel camera, a 3.5mm Vals one more time. 3. Kinneir phone up, either for watching via the back of the phone and its
see in the image below) and it
h e a d p h o n e j a c k , m i n i U S B Dufort Revive media or to set the phone on your
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touch-sensitive surface. Users can
touch to navigate the interface on
the display, while grip sensors on
the side of the phone control pan
and scroll.
A Synaptics VP said of the Fuse
as it was revealed: “The improved
sensory experience of Fuse will
drive handset innovation to
evolve, taking the current
generation of touch-based
interaction to the next level of
human-device interaction.”
We’ve already seen the
BACKFLIP by Motorola launch
with a “BACKTRACK”
navigation pad behind the screen,
so it looks as if the Fuse’s
influence is already being felt.
BONUS: iPhone 5
We’ve relegated this to “bonus”
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