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Train crash in Calif. station injures 17 people

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stationary train unloading passengers head-on. Amtrak has said it could not SAN FRANCISCO (AP) comment on the report of the train Amtrak officials in northern running a red light. California say 17 people suffered The company says it and the minor injuries when two Amtrak owner of the tracks, Union Pacific trains collided at an Oakland Freight Railroad, will work with station. federal officials to investigate the By Noah Berger, AP Two crash. Amtrak trains rest against each Service at the station remained other after colliding at an suspended early Thursday Oakland, Calif., station on m o r n i n g . Wednesday. Oakland Fire Department battalion chief Emon Usher earlier By Noah Berger, AP said the company told him that the Two Amtrak trains rest against traveling train went through a red each other after colliding at an light. Oakland, Calif., station on " A c c o r d i n g t o t h e A m t r a k Wednesday. representative, the train traveling Authorities originally reported 16 should have never continued past injuries in the crash about 10 p.m. the red signal," Usher told The W e d n e s d a y . B u t A m t r a k Associated Press. spokesman Cliff Cole says the "It's an equivalent to a red light," company compiled numbers all he said. night to arrive at the higher figure. Most of the injuries were minor, The injuries were all considered but several people were taken to minor. local hospitals, Usher said. Authorities have said the crash Amtrak's Cole described the occurred when a passenger train crash as it as a "low-speed" traveling an estimated 15 to 20 collision between Amtrak's "San mph ran a red signal and struck a Joaquin," a train that operates
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between Bakersfield to Oakland, and the Coast Starlight, a train from Los Angeles to Seattle He said the wheels of each lead engine went off the track. Alton Smith, a passenger on one of the trains, told television station KTVU that he felt "an awful jolt" from the impact. Another person, identified by television station CBS5 as Miesha Anderson, told the station that she heard "a big bang like, a bomb." She told the station that she thought a forklift had hit the train. "We didn't even think that another train had hit the train," she said. About two hours after the crash, about 50 passengers were gathered inside the train terminal, talking to Amtrak officials, while Amtrak and local officials content]
inspected the two trains. There was no immediate word on what caused the crash, which is under investigation. Amtrak officials said train traffic has been temporarily suspended at the station. Passengers who paid for travel on canceled trains can contact Amtrak to receive refund without fee or penalty, according to Amtrak. The crash is the second significant incident in two weeks in the San Francisco East Bay area where there were injuries to Amtrak passengers. On Sept. 30, 37 passengers and two crew members suffered minor to moderate injuries when an Amtrak passenger train collided with a truck at a crossing near Brentwood where there were no lights or gates. The driver of the truck and a passenger inside were not hurt. Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. For more information about reprints &
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Jova kills 5 in Mexico, while 2nd storm kills 13

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MANZANILLO, Mexico (AP) Hurricane Jova slammed into Mexico's Pacific coast as a Category 2 storm early Wednesday, killing at least five people and injuring six, while a tropical depression hit farther south and unleashed steady rains that contributed to 13 deaths across the border in Guatemala. Find your local weather with The Weather Channel zip-code lookup: By Marco Ugarte, AP Residents wade through a flooded street in Villa de Coral, Mexico, Wednesday on Oct. 12. Hurricane Jova slammed into Mexico's Pacific coast as a Category 2 storm early Wednesday, killing at least two people. By Marco Ugarte, AP Residents wade through a flooded street in Villa de Coral, Mexico, Wednesday on Oct. 12. Hurricane Jova slammed into Mexico's Pacific coast as a Category 2 storm early Wednesday, killing at least two people. Jova came ashore west of the Mexican port of Manzanillo and the beach town of Barra de Navidad before dawn with 100 mph winds and heavy rains,
before moving inland and weakening to a tropical depression by afternoon. It continued to dump rain over a large swath of northwest Mexico, including Jalisco state where rainfall this year had been low. A 71-year-old woman drowned in Colima state after a strong current swept away the car in which she and her son were riding. Her son survived, Colima Gov. Mario Anguiano said. In the neighboring state of Jalisco, Jova triggered a mudslide in the town of Cihuatlan, just inland from Barra de Navidad, that swept away a house on a hillside, killing a 21-year-old woman and her daughter, Jalisco civil protection officials said in a statement. Farther northwest along the Mexican coast in the town of Tomatlan, about 12 miles from where Jova landed, a man and a teenage boy were killed when a wall of their home softened by heavy rains fell on them, officials said. Also in Tomatlan, two children suffered head injuries when the walls of their brick home collapsed under the force of the wind and rains, said Oscar Mejia, spokesman for the Jalisco state Red Cross rescue division. The new tropical depression formed in the Pacific off far-
in his country. At least four of those were electrocuted when contacted power lines, Colom said. Others died in mudslides or were swept away by swollen rivers. National Hurricane Center forecaster John Cangialosi said the rains in Guatemala probably s o u t h e r n M e x i c o n e a r t h e were linked to the tropical Guatemala border, with maximum depression, even though it had not sustained winds near 35 mph, the yet hit land. U.S. National Hurricane Center "If they're in Guatemala, they're reported. The storm quickly pretty close to the circulation moved ashore over Mexico and center of the system, and it has was expected to move slightly been a very slow-moving system north before dissipating before so it's likely linked to this feature," Cangialosi said. day's end. The storm was smaller and less Farther north on Mexico's coast, powerful than Jova, but the flooding from Jova was so bad in mountainous terrain of southern Cihuatlan that the Red Cross Mexico state of Chiapas and office had to be evacuated n e i g h b o r i n g G u a t e m a l a i s because it was filled with 4 feet of particularly vulnerable to flash water. f l o o d i n g a n d m u d s l i d e s . Mexico's navy said it evacuated a Numerous Indian villages perch total of 2,600 people in floodprone areas hit by Jova, and set up precariously on hillsides. A f i s h i n g b o a t w i t h n i n e kitchens at shelters to feed 1,600 Indonesian fishermen ran aground evacuees. The approach of Jova led off the coast of Chiapas, the authorities to close the port in Mexican navy said in a statement. Seven men were rescued but Manzanillo, which is Mexico's marines were searching for two second-biggest non-oil cargo port. others late Wednesday. The seven T h e s t o r m f l o o d e d s o m e suffered only minor injuries, the neighborhoods in the city and brought down power lines and navy said. Guatemalan President Alvaro billboards. Flooding knocked out Colom blamed rain from the at least one bridge and destroyed storm for the deaths of 13 people stretches of highways leading out
of Manzanillo. The federal Communications and Transportation Department said that several roads were damages by the storm and that landslides and flooding blocked three main highways connecting cities in Jalisco and Colima states. Israel Arriaga, 38, rode out the hurricane with his wife and two children in the Valle de las Garzas neighborhood of Manzanillo, where at least one home collapsed and water rose waist-high. Around 2 a.m., Arriaga said, "I heard a very loud noise. It was the water coming in." There were strange flashes of lightning, he added, and "the waves sounded like a dam about to burst." The home of retired soldier Ernesto Huerta, 55, in Valle de las Garzas was flooded knee-high with water. Huerta had put his furniture up on bricks in advance, but didn't evacuate. The U.S. hurricane center said Jova weakened steadily as it moved inland and was downgraded to a tropical depression by afternoon, with winds of 35 mph. It was moving north at about 6 mph. Jova passed about 12 miles inland from Puerto Vallarta, where officials piled sandbags and tarps across beach volleyball court JOVA page 4
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Alleged assassination plot spurs moves to isolate Iran

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make sure that there is accountability for Iran and that there's a further isolation of Iran By Kevin Johnson and David in terms of their ability to operate Jackson, USA TODAY around the world," Biden said on Updated NBC's Today show. WASHINGTON The Obama Separately, Secretary of State a d m i n i s t r a t i o n l a u n c h e d a Hillary Rodham Clinton called the campaign on Wednesday to attack plan "a violation of further isolate Iran following the international law and a dangerous d i s c l o s u r e o f a f o i l e d escalation of the Iranian assassination plot on U.S. soil government's use of political alleged to have been backed by violence.'' the Iranian government. Adel Al-Jubeir, Saudi By Chip Somodevilla, Getty A m b a s s a d o r t o t h e U . S . Images Clinton says the plan is "a The administration officials' dangerous escalation of the comments were quickly followed Iranian government's use of Wednesday by a condemnation of political violence.'' the alleged plot from a coalition of Persian Gulf nations: Bahrain, By Chip Somodevilla, Getty Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Images Arabia and the United Arab Clinton says the plan is "a Emirates. dangerous escalation of the Abdul Latif al-Zayani, the Gulf Iranian government's use of Cooperation Council's secretarypolitical violence.'' general, called the planned attack Vice President Biden said the a "flagrant violation" of law and U.S. would be taking its case other international agreements. against Iran to allies in an attempt The U.S. Treasury Department t o r e s t r i c t t h e I r a n i a n also announced sanctions against government's global commercial M a h a n A i r , a n I r a n i a n and political activities after the commercial airline, for assisting administration accused Iran of the secret operations of the Quds supporting a plan to kill the Saudi F o r c e o f I r a n ' s I s l a m i c Arabian ambassador to the U.S., Revolutionary Guard Corps, Adel Al-Jubeir, by bombing a which U.S. prosecutors have Washington restaurant. linked to the plan. Iran has denied the allegations. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, "Our whole attempt here is to Democratic chairwoman of the
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Senate Intelligence Committee, who was briefed on the investigation, said she did not believe a U.S. military response was appropriate. She said the U.S. needs to "explore whether there are other plots going on in other countries.'' Meanwhile, the attack plan highlights a concern of U.S. counterterrorism officials: that terrorists could exploit the U.S.Mexican border to launch assaults against the United States. The plan to assassinate Al-Jubeir actively sought to enlist associates of Mexico's violent cartel networks to carry out the assault in Washington, according to federal court documents. "There is always a concern when you have the chaotic situation that now exists" in Mexico, said Ali Soufan, a former FBI agent who oversaw numerous federal terrorism investigations. According to court documents, Manssor Arbabsiar, the U.S. citizen charged in the plot, was
directed by a cousin in Iran to "find someone in the narcotics business" to carry out the plot because of Arbabsiar's proximity to Mexico. At the time, he was working as a used-car salesman in South Texas. The cousin was described by prosecutors as "a high-ranking member of the Iranian Quds Force.'' Arbabsiar was later directed to a Mexican drug contact, who was actually an informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and who ultimately foiled the plot, authorities said. Arbabsiar found the Mexican contact through the informant's aunt, who had developed a friendship with the Arbabsiar while he worked in Corpus Christi, Texas, said a federal law enforcement official who has been briefed on the matter. The official declined to be identified because he was not authorized to comment publicly about the case. In subsequent meetings in Mexico, Arbabsiar came to believe that the informant was a member of the violent Zetas drugtrafficking organization who would assist in executing the attack plan, the official said. Former White House drug czar Barry McCaffrey said the $1.5 million murder-for-hire plan, although flawed, offers
"unsettling insight into one of the most powerful secret organizations in Iran.'' McCaffrey said it also should serve as a warning of the threat posed by instability in Mexico. "We've got to wake up,'' he said. Contributing: Richard Wolf For more information about reprints & permissions, visit our FAQ's. To report corrections and clarifications, contact Standards Editor Brent Jones. For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to letters@usatoday.com. Include name, phone number, city and state for verification. To view our corrections, go to corrections.usatoday.com. We've updated the Conversation Guidelines. Changes include a brief review of the moderation process and an explanation on how to use the "Report Abuse" button. Read more. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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that will be used in the Pan American Games that start Friday. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Irwin lost strength farther out in the Pacific with winds near 40 mph. While it was expected to move eastward toward land, forecasts called for it to begin curling away from shore Thursday and head back into the Pacific. Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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China's trade growth slows - Financial Times

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Hedge fund billionaire gets 11-year sentence in fraud case - Washington Post
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Hedge fund billionaire gets 11year sentence in fraud case By David S. Hilzenrath, Raj Rajaratnam, the hedge fund billionaire at the center of one of the largest insider trading cases in history, was sentenced Thursday to 11 years in prison, according to the U.S. attorneys office in Manhattan. It was the longest prison term in history for insider trading, the federal prosecutors office said and was a major turning point in the Justice Departments two-year probe of insider trading on Wall [unable to retrieve full-text
Street. The Rajaratnam case pulled back the curtain on a longsuspected dark side of the hedge fund business. Rajaratnam, who headed Galleon Management, was convicted in May on 14 counts of conspiracy and securities fraud for illegally using inside information to trade in stocks such as Goldman Sachs and Intel. The trading generated profits or avoided losses of $72 million, the government estimated. The sentence was substantially less than the government sought. In an August court filing, the Justice Department proposed a prison sentence of 19 years and content]
seven months to 24 years and five months. Such a term was warranted to provide just and fair punishment for perhaps the worst insider trading offender (who has been caught to date) in history, and deter others, the Justice Department wrote. To build its case against Rajaratnam, the government used tactics traditionally associated with investigations of violent offenses, such as drug dealing and organized crime. Though Rajaratnam did not testify at his trial, the prosecution made extensive use of secretly made recordings of him talking to his associates.
According to the government, Rajaratnam gathered inside information about pending corporate deals and earnings announcements from an array of tipsters including a Goldman Sachs board member, a senior partner at the consulting firm McKinsey & Co., and an employee at another hedge fund. Rajaratnam, who is in his 50s, will join a list of high-profile, white-collar financial figures sent to prison, including former Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling, former WorldCom executive Bernard Ebbers and Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernard Madoff. The insider trading case was the
most prominent of its kind since Ivan Boesky was convicted a generation ago. Rajaratnams defense team recently said he will appeal his conviction. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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America Brought China's Rare-Earth Elements Monopoly on Itself

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Street Journal. In 1997, Deng Xiaoping, then Chinas Communist Party leader, A new Pentagon report to observed that the Mideast may Congress admits our military is have oil, but China had REE. critically dependent on Chinese- With a virtual monopoly of the produced materials for high-end critical materials, Xiaoping weaponry. This dependency is a intended for China to control the s e l f - i n f l i c t e d w o u n d rare-earth market much as the demonstrating a naivet regarding Organization of the Petroleum Red China, a regime ready to Exporting Countries controls oil. leverage any advantage. That is what happened. China produces 97% of all rare- In 2010, Chinas REE export e a r t h e l e m e n t s ( R E E ) , 1 7 quota declined 40% over 2009, elements with unique magnetic and already this year exports are properties critical for high-tech down another 14%. Now the military equipment such as regime intends to cap REE a d v a n c e d f i g h t e r s , l a s e r s , production, which will further precision-guided munitions and reduce exports to favor domestic 2 1 s t c e n t u r y c o n s u m e r manufacturers, according to technology, found in iPhones, STRATFOR, a Texas-based think w i n d t u r b i n e s a n d X - r a y tank. machines. Such export reductions are a Our reliance on China for REE is crisis not just because prices a self-inflicted wound because we could increase 50%, according to knew more than a decade ago the the Pentagon report, but because Chinese intended to monopolize the U.S. and other manufacturing the REE market and then use that nations previously abandoned position for its advantage. Now their domestic capacity to produce Beijing is following through with these critical materials. Restarting its monopolistic plans by cutting new production plants could take way back on exports and has up to 15 years, according to a shown an inclination to use those 2 0 1 0 U . S . G o v e r n m e n t e x p o r t s t o l e v e r a g e Accountability Office (GAO) disagreements. No wonder the report. Pentagon report states it is Worse, China stopped REE essential that a stable non- exports to Japan in October 2010 Chinese source of REE be following a maritime incident established, according to the Wall near Diaoyu/Senkaku islands.
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That caused a predictable reaction from Japan, the worlds leader in REE-dependent high-tech industries. Exports were quickly resumed, but the message was clear: China will use a de facto export embargo to leverage geopolitical conflicts. The Chinese enjoy a REE monopoly because we are nave. We pretend Beijing is like our Western trading partners, which it isnt. Back in 2000, we granted Beijing Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) status, and then let the Communist regime join the World Trade Organization (WTO). That naivet contributed to the present REE nightmare and other Chinarelated economic problems. Since 2000, our trade deficit with China has tripled. Further, Beijings theft of U.S. intellectual property has become epidemic, the regime has encouraged U.S. REE-dependent foreign manufacturers to relocate to China, which robbed American jobs, and Beijing keeps its currency undervalued, which fuels our trade imbalance. Flash to Washington: China is not and may never become a free market, and besides, much of Beijings profits are plowed into building a giant and sophisticated expeditionary military that threatens the balance of power in
the Pacific and potentially around the globe. Prior to the 1990s, the U.S. was the global leader in REE production. That changed because we failed to think strategically about our manufacturing base and because we naively relied on market forces alone. Meanwhile, China used its MFN and WTO market access to create a global REE monopoly with a combination of cheap labor, virtually nonexistent environmental standards, and state -subsidized loans. Chinas state-owned banks granted subsidized loans to promote social stability through full employment. Those loans created a massive mining sector that exploded REE productioneven though most never recovered their operating costsand predictably global prices plunged. The foreign competition, to include the only REE complex in the U.S. at Mountain Pass, Calif., closed. The plunging REE prices helped fuel the technological revolution, a silver lining. But the West became hooked on cheap Chinese REE as uses expanded from cathode ray tubes to components for wind turbines, hybrid cars, laptop computers, cellular phones, and at least 36 sophisticated weapons platforms.
Now China is consolidating the REE sector by inducing stateowned giants like Aluminum Corporation of China to assimilate various smaller mines. China also established a state-level REE storage system to further enhance state control over the strategic resource, according to STRATFOR. Beijings virtual monopoly is working, but it need be only temporary if nations such as the U.S. react as they must. Fortunately and paradoxically, rare-earth elements are relatively plentiful but expensive to mine and extract, but the risk-adverse mining sector likely wont act without government assistance. What should America do to reduce its almost total dependence on Chinese REE? First, as the Pentagon report states, we need to develop risk mitigation strategies for certain elements, including dysprosium, yttrium, praseodymium and neodymium, the most critical for weapons manufacturing. These elements should be stockpiled for strategic protection. Second, the Pentagons report calls for granting a higher priority to weapons manufacturing over commercial production. That is a prudent course of action until AMERICA page 14
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Suspect's ex-wife worked at California salon where 8 killed - USA Today

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SEAL BEACH, Calif. (AP) Every hair-dressing station was full at Salon Meritage Wednesday when a gunman burst through the door and began shooting, sending terrified customers diving for cover in the upscale salon tucked just blocks from the beach in this quaint seaside town. The shooter then stepped outside, shot a man sitting in a truck in the parking lot and sped off. By Stephen Carr, AP Investigators examine a hair salon in Seal Beach, Calif., where eight people were killed and more were wounded in a shooting on Wednesday. By Stephen Carr, AP Investigators examine a hair salon in Seal Beach, Calif., where eight people were killed and more were wounded in a shooting on Wednesday. Six women and two men died. Their identities were not officially released, but owner Randy Fannin's niece, Tami Scarcella, told the Los Angeles Times her uncle was among the dead. Police arrested 42-year-old Scott Dekraai about a half-mile from the scene. He did not struggle, police said. The gunman wore body armor and had several guns,
police and witnesses said. Police did not release a motive for the shooting. However, court records and acquaintances said he and his ex-wife, Michelle Fournier Dekraai, of Huntington Beach, who worked at the salon as a licensed cosmetologist, had been locked in a bitter custody battle over their son since he filed for divorce in 2007. It was unclear whether Fournier was among those killed. A woman who was wounded in the rampage remained in critical condition Thursday, police said. Sgt. Steve Bowles said the woman was showing some signs of improvement. Her name was not released. By Reed Saxon, AP Police officers stand with Scott Dekraai near Salon Meritage in Seal Beach, Calif., on Wednesday. The crime scene tape around the salon was gone early Thursday, with blinds on the side windows drawn and black plastic bags taped over the front windows and door. A memorial to the victims early Thursday started with two candles, some pink Hybiscus blooms and a handwritten poem called The Day After. Written on line notebook paper and signed only Laurie, it was "dedicated to all who lost and a
most precious Seal Beach that didn't deserve this carnage." Mary Stearns of Huntington Beach came by to show her respects and leave a red candle. She knew Fannin, the salon owner, for more than 30 years, following him to three different salons over the years to get her hair done every eight weeks. "I was going to have him over for Christmas. I just saw him on Saturday. I had a bottle of wine I brought back from Australia. He loved wine," she said. A woman who gave her name only as Cindy told the Orange County Register that she was in the salon, having her hair colored, when the gunman came in, went up to a woman stylist and fired. At first, the customer said she thought it was a Halloween prank. Then the man shot a woman who was having her hair shampooed, and then shot the salon owner, who was coloring Cindy's hair, she said. "I just kept hearing boom, boom, boom, boom," she said. "I ran out.
I didn't see his face. I just saw the gun in his hand and him shoot (everybody)." Cindy said she ran next door to another business, where she went into the bathroom, closed the door and turned out the light. "There was like a 'pop pop' and my receptionist screamed out, 'He just shot that man' and we all went into the bathroom and called 911," said Kimberly Criswell, who owns a salon two doors away and knew many hairstylists at Salon Meritage. "I'm sure I've lost some friends today." It was the worst mass shooting in Orange County history since July 12, 1976, when custodian Edward Allaway killed seven people and wounded two others at California State University, Fullerton. Allaway was convicted of murder but later found to be insane. Glenn Zachman, who owns a video news-gathering service, said he arrived at the scene of the arrest shortly after police and saw they had placed plastic bags over the man's hands to preserve possible gunshot residue. The man, in handcuffs, was placed in a patrol car and taken away about two-and-a-half hours after the shooting. A new white pickup truck that was believed to be his was parked on the modest residential street with its doors open.
The man was cooperative when officers, working from a description of the shooter, stopped him near the salon, Bowles said. Shortly after he was arrested, police arrived at a house on Melody Lane in nearby Huntington Beach and escorted two women to a white car and then roped off the house with crime scene tape. The house is registered to Scott Dekraai. Lydia Sosa, a hairstylist who left two years ago to work at a new business with her friend, said the gunman's ex-wife spoke often of her relationship problems. "They had been having bitter problems for years and I guess he just went in there and started shooting," Sosa said. Dekraai was seeking full custody of the couple's son but a courtordered review recommended against that, John Cate Jr., the attorney for Michelle Dekraai, told the Orange County Register. Dekraai appeared for a court hearing in the case on Tuesday but it was merely a scheduling meeting, Cate said. "Obviously, I saw no indication" that he was violent, the attorney said. Kari Salveson of Los Alamitos, who attended a service for the victims at SeaCoast Grace Church SUSPECT'S page 13
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Cain's 9-9-9 Tax Code Scrap Keeps Levies on Gasoline, Beer - BusinessWeek
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Thats a small portion of the more than $2 trillion the estimate anticipates the 9-9-9 plan would October 13, 2011, 11:37 AM raise each year. Its notable EDT because Cain has made a point of By Steven Sloan and Richard s a y i n g t h a t h e i s t h e o n l y Rubin Republican presidential candidate (Updates with details on proposal seeking to replace the current tax starting in ninth paragraph and system. Cain comments starting in 15th It starts with, unlike your paragraph.) proposals, throwing out the O c t . 1 3 ( B l o o m b e r g ) - - current tax code, he told the Republican presidential candidate other candidates at a debate Herman Cain, who has pledged to sponsored by Bloomberg News throw out the U.S. tax code, now and the Washington Post on Oct. says he would keep excise taxes 11. Continuing to pivot off the on goods such as gasoline, beer current tax code is not going to and cigarettes. boost this economy. The price of a gallon of gasoline Climb in Polls includes 18.4 cents in federal Cain has jumped to the top tier of excise taxes. According to the the Republican race in part Cain campaigns first detailed because of the popularity of the 9r e v e n u e e s t i m a t e r e l e a s e d 9-9 plan, which would tax sales yesterday, his 9-9-9 plan would transactions at 9 percent along add a 9 percent sales tax. Cain has w i t h 9 p e r c e n t l e v i e s o n surged to the lead of a new businesses and individuals. He national poll on the popularity of would eliminate estate and payroll his tax proposal. taxes. Including these excise taxes and During the Oct. 11 debate, Cain fees, his campaigns estimate says challenged a Bloomberg News the plan would bring in the same calculation that his plan would amount of revenue as the tax have generated $2 trillion in system it aims to replace. The revenue if it were implemented in U.S. collected $66.9 billion in 2010, or about $200 billion shy of such taxes and $122.2 billion in what the government collected other fees and revenue in 2010, that year. That estimate was based according to the White House on Cains assertion that he would Office of Management and scrap the entire tax code. Budget. Until yesterday, the Cain
campaign had provided little detail, making a complete analysis and revenue estimate of the 9-9-9 plan difficult. The campaigns website description of the plan includes fewer than 500 words. The analysis also showed that the revenue-neutral rate would need to be 9.1 percent, not 9 percent. The campaign has described the plan as a first step toward a socalled fair tax, which would eliminate income taxes and impose a single national retail sales tax. Representatives of Cains campaign didnt discuss the details of the revenue estimate yesterday. Good-Faith Effort Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former director of the Congressional Budget Office and adviser to John McCains 2008 presidential campaign, said the Cain estimates were a good-faith effort at a rough calculation of the rate needed to be revenue-neutral. I dont think its dramatically out of line with reality, he said. Its just hard to do this without having access to the sophisticated tax system models in the government. Alan Viard, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, which favors smaller government, said the revenue estimates were in the ballpark in some vague sense. He said the
rate might need to be a percentage point or so higher to generate the same amount of revenue that the current tax code does. The estimate, he said, includes too small of an adjustment for underreporting of income and sales. Figuring Out Details Cain, who touts simplicity as the key element of his plan, is still working on the more complex details of how it would be structured. Discussing his proposal with reporters yesterday in Concord, New Hampshire, Cain said the sales tax would apply only to new goods, exempting such items as houses and used cars. He also underscored that the tax system would include at least one break from the existing code -- the deductibility of charitable contributions -- and add one that would allow companies to deduct from the 9 percent tax they would owe if they purchase new equipment made in the U.S. Pressed on whether such a madein-the-U.S. equipment deduction would apply, for example, to a computer manufactured by a U.S. company and assembled overseas with non-U.S. components, Cain replied, I have no idea, adding that he hadnt examined the issue in detail. Similar to VAT
Viard said Cains description of the business tax has been misleading as it is nothing like the current corporate income tax, which applies only to profits of companies organized as corporations. The 9-9-9 regime would operate as a value-added tax, or VAT, similar to those in the rest of the industrialized world, which Republicans have often opposed. A value-added tax is applied at every level of production on most goods and services. The elephant in the room is the fact that Cain is proposing a value -added tax, said Viard, a former economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas who says a VAT will be necessary to cover the governments long-term fiscal needs. The question of whether the revenue numbers add up is almost secondary to that. Cain has climbed in the polls in recent weeks and a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released yesterday put him in the lead, with 27 percent of primary voters supporting him. U.S. Representative Ron Paul of Texas, who is lower in the polls, supports repealing the 16th Amendment to the Constitution, which allows Congress to impose an income tax. CAIN'S page 13
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as Cain's plan, which was chanted by audience members at the recent Values Voter Summit. Huntsman touted his top-notch Huntsman's zinger about Texas governorship and his knowledge Gov. Rick Perry's endorsement as ambassador in his questions f r o m D a l l a s P a s t o r R o b e r t and answers. However, he was J e f f r e s s , m e a n w h i l e , w e n t often overpowered when he took u n a n s w e r e d . a turn to the negative. The former Utah governor once Huntsman pressed front-runner said he would run a campaign that Mitt Romney on his experience, stayed on the "high road" and that characterizing Romney and his would be grounded in civility, business firm Bain Capital humanity and respect. However, Venture as "someone who breaks he has recently descended into down business [and] destroys sarcastic jabs in an attempt to grab jobs." the spotlight. Romney called Huntsman out on Last month, he tried to jab his negativity, stating, "My Romney's book No Apologies background is not quite as you during a CNN debate, saying that described." Nirvana's frontman Kurt Cobain [The American people] need could have written it. Cobain someone who knows how to w r o t e a s o n g c a l l e d " A l l create jobs, and I do, said Apologies" for the alternative Romney, pointing out that his rock band. The joke was ridiculed company helped create the office- on the Internet and CNN anchor supply chain, Staples. Anderson Cooper's "RidicuList." Businessman Herman Cain easily His daughters joined in Tuesday recovered from a Huntsman jokingly tweeting that they would zinger that related his 9-9-9 plan create a song about the 9-9-9 plan to the price of pizza, noting that and also questioning Romney's unlike Huntsman's plan, 9-9-9 China experience on Twitter. boldly strays away from the " H o w d o e s R o m n e y k n o w current tax plan. anything about China? He's only Like us on Facebook been there once and that was for Huntsman's tax reform plan, the Olympics. Panda express [sic] though praised by economists, has doesn't count," daughters Libby, not stirred up the same excitement Abby and Mary Anne wrote under
the name @Jon2012Girls. Panda Express is a casual Asian restaurant. Huntsman's jabs gained him some attention during Tuesdays debates, but he lost that attention when he attempted to outshine poll toppers Romney and Cain in his policies. Despite his experience as the former U.S. ambassador to China, Huntsman failed to show a commanding presence in the discussion on a possible United States-China trade war. He set himself apart as a sensible moderate to the crowd, stating, "I don't subscribe to the Don Trump school or the Mitt Romney school of international trade." Donald Trump advocated slapping tariffs on Chinese goods during the Faith and Freedom Coalition's 2011 conference. Huntsman encouraged the United States to find common ground with China rather than resort to tariffs. Romney, on the other hand, chose a more forceful stance, painting himself as a "president who will take action" and promising to out China's behavior and go after them. Ironically, Huntsman told Fox News last month he would sign the Senate's bill to penalize China for manipulating their currencies,
explaining, "You need to keep pressure on China." While Huntsman gained more exposure than rivals Rick Sanctorum and Michele Bachmann during the debate at Dartmouth College, that may not be the case in future debates as Huntsman drops in the polls. A Real Clear Politics chart shows Huntsman scraping the bottom of several polls, averaging 1.3 percent. GOP candidate Gary Johnson was excluded from the Bloomberg /Washington Post New Hampshire debate for having less than 2 percent national support in the polls. Be the first of thousands of iPosters by sharing your news, views, and analysis. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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How Symphonies Grew Strong Audiences By Killing The Myth Of The Average Consumer
Adrian Slywotzky (Fast Company)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 10:09:22 AM
Marketing managers for major orchestras had always assumed that convincing people to give the symphony a try was the key to gaining subscribers. "Get people through the doors!" was their mantra, assuming that the sheer beauty of the music would lure them back. But when they actually studied the numbers, they discovered that getting new people wasn't the problem. They weren't passing the audition. Customer churn was killing these orchestras. It turns out the secret to unlocking demand for classical music--as for most products--is discarding the Myth of the Average Customer. Designing a product offer to appeal to one archetypal customer is always wasteful--one size fits few, not all. Instead, demand creators have to constantly focus on demand variation, asking how customers differ from one another and how those differences impact demand. This process of "deaveraging" can be complex, but it offers huge opportunities. In 2007, several orchestra
managers joined forces to analyze their collective marketing challenge. A pro bono third-party study by Oliver Wyman (Audience Growth Initiative) found that on average, symphonies lost 55% of their customers each year; churn among first-time concert-goers
was 91%! The study also confirmed that the solution to churn was to move beyond "averages" and to begin looking at the wide variations between starkly different customer groups. The symphony audience was divided into a core audience, trialists (first-time concert-goers),
non-committed (a few concerts a year), special occasion attendees, snackers (people who purchase small subscriptions for years), and high potentials (frequent attendees who haven't bought a subscription). In Boston, for example, members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) core
audience represented just 26% of the customer base but bought 56% of the tickets. Trialists composed 37% of the base, but bought only 11% of the tickets. In monetary terms, core audience members had a 5-year value close to HOW page 14
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Herman Cain's 9-9-9, Praising of Greenspan Cause for Concern?

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Greenspan was a disaster." Paul continued, "Everyone in Washington, liberals and During the Tuesday night debate conservatives, said he kept in New Hampshire, Cain told interest rates too low to long." a u d i e n c e m e m b e r s t h a t h e Like us on Facebook believes Greenspan was the best At a 2008 congressional hearing, Fed chairman in the last 40 years, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and he would be a model for the questioned Greenspan about his person Cain would nominate to possible role in the subprime the position. His reasoning was mortgage crisis and Greenspan simple. accepted partial blame, conceding, "That's when I served on the according to The New York board of the Federal Reserve in Times, that credit default swaps the 1990s, and the way Alan needed to be restrained. Greenspan oversaw the Fed and In Maine, the state Republican the way he coordinated with all of Party approved a platform last the Federal Reserve banks, I think year calling for the United States that it worked fine back in the to abolish the Fed altogether. early 1990s," Cain said. Combined with his 9-9-9 plan, C a i n ' s s t a t e m e n t , t h o u g h Cain's Fed pick may be a cause carefully framed to use the 1990s for concern about whether the as his point of reference, did not former businessman's economic acknowledge Greenspan's current ideas can save the country. reputation as the man who some Cain has proposed his flat 9-9-9 including fellow presidential tax to spur economic growth and candidate Ron Paul blame for jobs. The 9-9-9 plan stands for 9 the housing bubble. percent corporate tax, 9 percent Paul, the U.S. House Domestic personal income tax and 9 percent a n d M o n e t a r y P o l i c y national sales tax. Subcommittee chairman, pounced Both The Washington Times and on Cain's answer, stating, "Alan Bloomberg have attempted to test
Cain's plan. Both publications found that 9-9-9 created less revenue than the current tax code. The Washington Times projected that the plan would raise $1.8 trillion; Bloomberg said the plan could raise no more than $2 trillion. The government currently takes in $2.16 trillion in taxes, according to Politifact. Cain said these attempts are "incorrect" because "they start with assumptions we don't make." He went on to explain that 9-9-9 will be replacing the current tax code and drawing from a broader tax base. The plan has been scored, Cain spokesman J.D. Gordon told The Christian Post, and is projected to create 6 million jobs. Consultant Gary Robbins, who says he scored Cain's plan, praised the plan as "economically fine," but told Politico it is not the plan he would pick. "The problem with the big-bang changes like that, the flat tax or the fair tax, is that they are so alien to the current system that it would be a great big shock," he
said. Other candidates bashed the plan as one that would not pass through Congress. Additionally, Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum both expressed concern that 9-9-9 would allow the government to impose new federal sales taxes. Cain replied that he would insist the tax bill enacting 9-9-9 stipulate that a two-thirds majority vote is needed to change the plan. Be the first of thousands of iPosters by sharing your news, views, and analysis. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Georgia Redraw: Dem a 'Dead Man' and Crusaders for a New District
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and analyzed nationwide. Tea Party before they called it Submitted at 10/13/2011 2:01:00 AM Tea Party is how conservative The major political story in hopeful and longtime radio talk Georgia has been the new map for show host Martha Zoller is often the states U.S. House districts. introduced. A mother of four and P a s s e d i n t h e R e p u b l i c a n - fixture on area radio for more than controlled state legislature and 15 years, Zoller has developed a signed by GOP Gov. Nathan fervent following for highlighting Deal, the plan severely dilutes issues that range from the pro-life Democratic strength in the 12th cause to rolling back illegal District held by Rep. John immigration to cutting federal B a r r o w s o m u c h s o t h a t taxes and spending. Democrat Barrow was dubbed a Like the late Sen. Jesse Helms walking dead man by veteran (R.-N.C.) in his years as a radio conservative activist Phil Kent, and TV editorialist, Zoller has former editorial page editor of the long drawn fan mail urging her to Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle. keep speaking out and run for The other major change in the office. University of Georgia P e a c h S t a t e s U . S . H o u s e graduate Zoller is also a part of delegation was its gain of a 14th community life in Hall County D i s t r i c t . C r e a t e d i n n o r t h (the largest county in the district), Georgia, the newest district has 20 working as an active volunteer in counties. Because it is considered groups such as the Rotary Club a safely Republican district, its a n d t h e A f r i c a n - A m e r i c a n primary for Congress next year is, F o u n d a t i o n . in all likelihood, tantamount to I think people will respond to election. someone who is part of the And with a contest shaping up as community and knows its needs, t h e e m b o d i m e n t o f t h e Zoller told HUMAN EVENTS competition between Tea Party d u r i n g a r e c e n t t r i p t o c o n s e r v a t i v e s a n d m o r e Washington, D.C., and in a establishment candidates that is district where unemployment is a national face-off within the over 10% and cities are having GOP, the primary for the seat is furlough days, my message of sure to be watched, reported on, balancing the budget without
increasing taxes, fees or mandates on the American people will resonate. Zollers leading opponent is state Assemblyman Doug Collins, trial lawyer and ally of former Republican Gov. (2002-2010) Sonny Perdue. Although Collins is generally conservative, he does have a record that includes a highly controversial vote for a Perdue-backed proposal last year that levied a 1.45% fee on the adjusted gross patient revenue of the hospitals in Georgia. Although Perdue and other state officials dubbed it a fee, the measure (HB 306) was dubbed
the hospital tax or bed tax throughout the Georgia press. With 12 vigorous Tea Party organizations districtwide, Collins bed tax vote is likely to be a major point of debate in their contest. There are, of course, other Republicans mentioned for the primarynotably former State Sen. Chip Pearson, who is considered a strong fund-raiser because of his role as head of the Georgia Republican Foundation. But for now, a bout looms large between Tea Party favorite Zoller and the establishment's Collins. And with no major statewide contests, that should be the major event in Georgia politics in 2012. John Gizzi is Political Editor of HUMAN EVENTS. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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CBS, Time Warner Sign Netflix Deal, Romney Attacks Obama Over Piracy, Occupy London On October 15, Apple Wins Against Samsung
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Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:12:23 AM
Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Time Warner, CBS Sign Exclusive Streaming Deal With Netflix. According to New York Times media guru Brian Stelter, beleaguered Netflix has reportedly just signed a very big content agreement. CBS and Time Warner have agreed to an exclusive four-year streaming deal for their television programs. Terms of the deal, which appears to include everything from HBO to The Big Bang Theory, are undisclosed. --NU Romney Attack Ad Bashes Obama Piracy Policy. A new Mitt Romney attack ad takes on Chinese piracy of software and iPhones. The very nerd-centric commercial implies that the Obama administration has been soft on intellectual property laws. --NU --Updated 11:10 a.m. EST Angry Birds Maker Plans Happy $1B 2012 IPO. Rovio, maker of the insanely popular Angry Birds casual game line, is said to be planning its IPO as soon as 2012,
and could be worth "a bit north of a billion dollars." The suggestion came from its chief marketing officer, meaning the news is pretty much straight from the horse's or bird's mouth. --KE --Updated 10 a.m. EST Verizon To Follow Users' Mobile Web Habits (If They Let Them). Verizon is changing its privacy policy this week, and will be accessing user information
including websites visited and location data, and sharing some of that with outside companies. This will be used for "business and marketing reports" and advertising, the company explained on their website. While none of the information will identify individuals, users can opt out of this by changing the settings on their account. --NS --Updated 7:20 a.m. EST
Occupy Wall Street Crosses The Atlantic. As of last evening, 4,000 people have expressed their intention to attend a " Occupy London Stock Exchange" demonstration in London. The peaceful demonstration will take place on October 15 and is an extension of the Occupy Wall Street demonstration which began in New York and has spread to several cities in the U.S. --NS
Apple Scores Against Samsung In Australia. A judge has granted Apple a win against Samsung in the Australian edition of the tablet patent war that the companies are fighting in courts around the world. According to the injunction, Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 will not be sold in Australia while a full patent case is prepared, potentially affecting Samsung's holiday sales, ZDNet Australia reports. --NS Ebay Adds Image Recognition. Ebay's foray into image recognition technology on their mobile service will save users some legwork (and time) shopping for things they see and like. A photograph of the object can be submitted to Ebay, which will hunt down similar pieces in its online store. Reuters explains that it's yet to be known if it will work for products that aren't clothes or accessories. Company execs, who announced the feature at Ebay's San Francisco developer conference, said it would be available by the end of the year. -NS Foursquare's Rad LocationAware Update. Foursquare, the social check-in service, has CBS, page 13
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in Seal Beach, said she had known Michelle Dekraai for more than 10 years. She said Michelle Dekraai made her every visit to the salon special. "She could gab away. She was one of those girlfriends you could never get enough of. She made you smile and she made you laugh," Salveson said. In Huntington Beach, people were shocked to learn that one of the friendliest men in the neighborhood had been arrested for the shootings. Dekraai's neighbors described him as an outgoing man who invited them over for pool parties at the house he'd lived in for about six years. They said he doted on his son, playing catch with the boy in his yard. Neighbors said they were aware Dekraai was in a custody battle with his ex-wife over their son, who neighbors said is 7 or 8 years old. "It was a very difficult battle and he was trying to get more time" with his son, said Jo Cornhall, who lives across the street from Dekraai.
Next-door neighbor Stephanie Malchow, 29, said she was shocked when she saw the photo of the stocky man with thinning hair being detained by Seal Beach police. "I'm like, no, not this neighbor, no way, he's the nicest guy ever," Malchow said. Dekraai married his current wife two or three years ago in his backyard, said Malchow, who attended the wedding. "He seemed very happy, he was just so happy he found someone new who loved his son," she said. Dekraai walked with a limp after a tug boat accident that killed a fellow tug boat operator about two miles off the coast in 2007. Cornhall said he uses a brace for his leg. Seal Beach has seen just one other homicide in the past four years, and Bowles said Wednesday's killings were the greatest tragedy to ever strike the seaside town. The downtown is dotted with salons, restaurants, antique shops and boutiques clustered just blocks from a beach and pier popular with teenagers and young
families. Many residents live and work within walking distance of the ocean and many businesses cater to Leisure World, a gated retirement community a few miles away that is home to 9,000 people. "It's like Mayberry in the middle of Los Angeles," said Doyle Surratt, lead pastor of SeaCoast Grace Church. "We're small and all the kids go to school together." Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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designed a new feature called "Radar" for the iOS 5. The feature is an update to the Foursquare iPhone app, and will alert users to shops they like, nearby friends, or restuarants they want to try, when they get close. -
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Tax Transformation? Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota raised concerns about the sales tax turning into a VAT as she criticized the 9-9-9 plan during Tuesday nights debate. A sales tax can also lead to a value-added tax, she said. Once you get a new revenue system, you are never going to get rid of it. Expanding the tax base in the way Cain envisions means that long-standing tax breaks, such as the mortgage interest deduction and the exclusion from income of employer-sponsored health insurance, would likely vanish to keep the rates low. In the past, Congress has been unwilling to eliminate these provisions; the mortgage deduction survived the last tax code overhaul in 1986. The analysis released by the campaign also doesnt address how the proposal would change the distribution of the federal tax burden, other than including a provision for some sort of poverty grant, which Cain has described as a lower rate in targeted empowerment zones. Difficult Task Given these challenges, advancing the proposal through Congress will be difficult, said Larry Sabato, the director of the University of Virginias Center for Politics in Charlottesville. The plans success in turning Cain into a household name underscores the frustration with
the current U.S. tax system. We all know that the tax code is rotten and were looking for a way out, and who doesnt want a simpler way out? Sabato said. In the debate, Cain said the simplicity of his plan will build momentum behind it on Capitol Hill and prevent Congress from eroding it or raising the rates. Because it is visible, simple and transparent, the American people are going to be the ones to hold Congresss feet to the fire, he said. --With assistance from Julie Hirschfeld Davis in Concord, New Hampshire. Editors: Jodi Schneider, Leslie Hoffecker To contact the reporters on this story: Steven Sloan in W a s h i n g t o n a t ssloan7@bloomberg.net; Richard Rubin in Washington at rrubin12@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story: Mark Silva at msilva34@bloomberg.net This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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dependable non-Chinese REE sources are readily available. Third, the Pentagons report, according to RareMetalBlog.com, states that of six domestic REE companies assessed only one has the facilities and experience to reduce all 17 elements. That company is likely Molycorp Minerals, which operates the Mountain Pass facility and indicates its intention to restart operations in 2012. That is good news, and our government should help Molycorp overcome regulatory issues, raising capital and protecting it from Chinese government market manipulation. But the Mountain Pass facility lacks the manufacturing assets and facilities to process rare-earth ore into finished components, such as permanent magnets. Fortunately, Molycorp is cooperating with the U.S. Department of Energys Ames Laboratory. That effort will focus on creating commercial-grade, REE magnets, which are the strongest type of permanent magnets, critical for
miniaturization, and resist being magnetized in any other direction. Fourth, Mountain Pass does not have substantial amounts of heavy REE, such as dysprosium, which is used for heat-resistance qualities of permanent magnets in defense systems. Thats why other U.S. rare-earth sites such as those in Idaho and Montana must be developed, which the GAO admits could take seven to 15 years to bring fully online. We should also work with allies such as Canada and Australia to develop their mines. Finally, processing facilities may require new technologies, permissions to use existing technology patents, and environmental solutions. Government must work with private industry to overcome these challenges. Government must work with the processing plant operators to harness the best technologiessome of which require cooperation from international patent ownersand to satisfy the environmental concerns while expeditiously
moving forward. China is an economic piranha, not a free market as Beijings REE monopoly illustrates. We need to rebuild our REE supply system and stop being economically nave regarding China by protecting our defense and private industries from Beijings abusive trade policies. Robert Maginnis is a retired Army lieutenant colonel, and a national security and foreign affairs analyst for radio and television. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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$5,000; trialists, just $199. With that data, the orchestras' new mission became more targeted. The goal wasn't broadly to reduce churn but to convert trialists into steady customers. The symphonies compiled a list of 78 attributes of the classical music experience, from the architecture of the hall to the service at the bar to the availability of information on the Internet. Using online surveys and other techniques, the list was whittled down to 16 factors with the greatest impact on attendance. Horns and strings! It turns out the quality of the orchestra, magnificence of the hall, and virtuosity of the conductor were not particularly important attributes. What was? Drum roll! The most powerful "driver of revisitation" was parking! As with other orchestras, veteran members of the core BSO audience had figured out where to park, but trialists identified it as a huge hassle--so they didn't come back. Another driver was the ability to exchange tickets; trialists found the "no refunds, no exchanges" policy a deal breaker. Consultants developed a series of "killer offers" for different orchestras. The BSO's killer offer for trialists garnered a response rate 34% higher than its
traditional offer--equivalent to 5,100 more tickets sold over a year. The Cincinnati Symphony offered its Summer Pops trialists two choices, and the "killer offer" won, 20 to 1. And so on down the line. The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, which offered a 50% discount for newbies, saw subscriptions rise 30% in 200809, and 50% over that in 2009-10. The so-called "Churn Report" showed that classical music itself was not the problem with declining audiences. The problem was the overall customer experience, and customer expectations were quite different for each group. De-averaging customers requires research and analysis. But the benefits are as clear as a cymbal crash. Adrian Slywotzky is a partner at the global management consulting firm Oliver Wyman and a bestselling author. This article is based on material from his new book, Demand: Creating What People Love Before They Know They Want It (Crown Business), to be released on October 4, 2011. Follow the Demand blog at www.demandthebook.com. [Image: Flickr user trp0]
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Legal Seafood Ads Encourage People To Save Fish So We Can Eat Them
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The seafood chain's newest ads are making some people uncomfortable, but they might be the most compelling argument for ocean conservation. Don't save the fish so they can live long, happy lives. Save them so we have tasty seafood to eat for decades to come. That's the message espoused by a series of new commercials from restaurant chain Legal Sea Foods. A sample ad (see video below) implores viewers to "Save the trout. Save it to swim another day through golden brooks and sunlit streams. Or just save it so we can grill that baby up real nice." Legal Sea Foods is no stranger to controversy. Back in January, we spoke to CEO Roger Berkowitz about his $115-per-plate "blacklisted seafood" dinner, featuring items condemned by the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch guide. His reasoning: the organization's
LondonNet Queen pulls out of official engagement after coming down with a cold Telegraph.co.uk The Queen pulled out of an official engagement today for only the third time in five years because of ill health. By Gordon Rayner, Chief Reporter Buckingham Palace said the Queen is suffering from a cold and the decision was taken s e a f o o d a s s e s s m e n t s a r e or eating them, it's between in Legal Sea Food's ads, is to because part of the... inaccurate. Berkowitz claims that reforming the way we produce discuss the potential loss of Granger's pav doesn't meet royal praise Sky News Australia he is actually passionate about o u r s e a f o o d o r i r r e v o c a b l y seafood dishes. improving seafood legislation-- d e g r a d i n g o u r o c e a n s . " Legal Sea Food's position on Sick Queen cancels warm-up trip after all, his business depends on It's a good point, with one caveat: blacklisted fish is debatable. But ahead of last tour of Australia a constant supply of seafood. most people won't care whether the restaurant chain's latest series NEWS.com.au [youtube bNhULMfm-5c] our oceans are degraded if they of ads is, at the very least, a fun, Queen Elizabeth II cancels But Legal's new ads are still don't have a reason to. One tongue-in-cheek way to raise museum visit Sydney Morning Herald drawing ire f r o m approach suggested by Eric ocean awareness. BBC News- ABC Online (blog)environmentalists. John Hocevar, Johnson, a realtor at Sotheby's in [Image: Legal Sea Food] director of Greenpeace Oceans, San Francisco, is to talk about Reach Ariel Schwartz via Twitter The Canberra Times all 258 news articles says in an interview with USA how we may lose our coveted or email. Today that "The choice isn't ocean views if the ocean is between putting fish on a pedestal trashed. Another, which is found
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The 20 Most Hated Companies In America (DAL, POM, TWC)

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Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:13:40 AM
George Soros Has Been (Oh So Tenuously) Tied To The Occupy Wall St. Movement
Glynnis MacNicol (Business Insider)
You're not the only person who hates Bank of America, American Airlines and Time Warner. We've updated our list of the worst companies on the American Customer Satisfaction Index, which gives remarkably accurate ratings based on thousands of surveys. The most-hated list hasn't changed much since June, because the industries rated since then are fairly well-liked. "Generally speaking, manufacturing companies have a much easier time to quality control their products," ACSI's David VanAmburg told us. "In terms of purchase and consumption, you're going to get much higher ratings than an airline company where there's a greater chance that something can go wrong." The worst companies include large banks, airlines, power and telecom companies.#18 Bank Of America Satisfaction rating: 68/100 Bank of America announced recently they'll begin charging $5
for debit accounts which has been met with harsh criticism from existing customers. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill) even stood on the Senate floor advising customers to"get the heck out of that bank." The bank is America's largest mortgage servicer and the slowest to respond to clients, according to Treasury reports. The bank is ranked 28 out of 30 - the second lowest rated -- in American Banker's second annual survey of bank reputation. Not a good sign. Rating provided by ACSI. #17 Dish Network Satisfaction rating: 67/100 Common complaints include incorrect billing and bad customer service. One consumer complained that she was denied a refund after accidentally overpaying a bill. In 2009, Dish Network paid nearly$6 million to settle allegations that the company practiced misleading consumer marketing and lacked full disclosure when dealing with costs and fees. The agreement was made between Dish Network and 46 attorneys general. Dish's rating has lost four points
since the last year. Rating provided by ACSI. #16 Cox Communications Satisfaction rating: 67/100 Common complaints include slow service and consumers waiting an extended period of time for service. One consumer waited over five hours for a visit from Cox. Also, complaints include unexpected extra fees including up to $480 to cancel service Cox has actually been touted as a success story compared to other cable companies. That said, cable companies in general are liked less than satellite, according to ASCI. Rating provided by ACSI. See the rest of the story at Business Insider Please follow War Room on Twitter and Facebook. See Also: 18 Booming Chinese Brands That Could Take Over The World QWIK FAILS: 15 Disastrous Product Launches That Were Quickly Killed 13 Economic Facts About Beautiful People
credited with the unorganized, shifting results is a stretch. But less of a stretch than crediting Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:10:00 AM George Soros with funding it. Just as the Left spent not a little That is unless someone can tie the time in 2010 trying to connect the free pizza and yoga classes Koch brothers to the Tea Party c u r r e n t l y b e i n g o f f e r e d t o movement, the Right is naturally protesters in Zuccotti park to his attempting to prove that George credit card via Kickstarter, which Soros is funding the Wall St. Reuters reports, has raised more Occupiers. than$75,000. Thus far the evidence is less than Translation: No one person is convincing. paying for this...people are To wit: actually just angry and frustrated. Reuters did some digging into Please follow The Wire on Soros' financial statements and Twitter and Facebook. discovered that Soros's Open Join the conversation about this Society think tank gave $3.5 story million to the Tides Center. See Also: The Tides Center, which Reuters BEWARE GOP: New Poll describes as a "clearing house" for Shows Americans Like Occupy d o n o r s i n t u r n g a v e ( t h e Wall St. Protesters Twice As magazine) Adbusters grants of Much As The Tea Party $ 1 8 5 , 0 0 0 f r o m 2 0 0 1 - 2 0 1 0 , JEFF IMMELT: 'I Want You including nearly $26,000 between To Root For Me' 2007-2009. With Kanye Onhand, Occupy Adbusters is credited with W a l l S t r e e t I s O f f i c i a l l y coming up with the idea for the Hollywood's New "It" Cause -Occupy Wall St. movement back Check Out Who Else Has Showed in July after taking inspiration Up So Far from the Arab spring movements. That Adbusters can now be
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Jeff Gundlach: Everyone Is Missing The "Quiet Crash" In Mortgage Bonds

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India Ready to Stay the Course in Afghanistan

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pretty tiny -- about a 10th of subprime, and but ultimately there's "too much Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:08:00 AM homeownership" in the US, and On CNBC, DoubleLine Capital the fundamentals in housing aren't bond manager Jeffrey Gundlach good. says this is in a "bear-market Please follow Money Game on rally" in stocks right now, and that Twitter and Facebook. everyone is missing the quiet Join the conversation about this story: The big crash in mortgage story credit. See Also: Actually he called it a "quiet Jeff Gundlach Speaks On The crash," something that's persisted State Of The Market even as other forms of credit and Here's The Presentation Jeff assets have ralleid in recent days. Gundlach Just Gave To Some Specifically, he says the PrimeX Happy Investors index -- which is non-subprime -- Updating To iOS 5 Has Been A i s s i g n i f i c a n t l y o v e r p r i c e d Massive Headache compared to actual cash bonds due to leveraging. He does not that this index is
by longer-term geo-economic interests. India moved quickly in the postIn a move that signals India's Taliban era to restore Indoresolve to stay the course in Afghan ties to their traditional Afghanistan after NATO troops level of warmth. New Delhi has withdraw in 2014, Indian Prime since spent more than $1.5 billion Minister Manmohan Singh signed o n r e c o n s t r u c t i o n p r o j e c t s , a Strategic Partnership Agreement m a k i n g i t t h e s i x t h - l a r g e s t (SPA) with visiting Afghan i n t e r n a t i o n a l d o n o r t o President Hamid Karzai in New Afghanistan. India's efforts, D e l h i l a s t w e e k . T h e S P A ranging from setting up mobilei n c l u d e s a m a j o r s e c u r i t y telephone networks to providing component, with India "agreeing b i s c u i t s f o r A f g h a n to assist, as mutually determined, schoolchildren, coupled with the in the training, equipping and popularity of Indian television capacity-building programs for p r o g r a m s g i v e N e w D e l h i Afghan National Security Forces." considerable soft power in a That this was the first security region where it has historically pact of any kind signed by India enjoyed influence. However, with on the subcontinent was not lost the exception of deploying a few o n I s l a m a b a d , w i t h f o r m e r paramilitary troops to protect Pakistani President Pervez I n d i a n e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i n Musharraf immediately dubbing Afghanistan, New Delhi has the pact "anti-Pakistan." However, refused to join the NATO mission India's plans in Afghanistan go and has kept its interaction with well beyond a simplistic security the nascent Afghan security rubric and are increasingly driven structure low-key. ... Subscribers
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China Plays Hard Ball with European Union

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evidently designed to benefit future trade and the interests of Chinese enterprises. Chinese workers are shown as The quid pro quo was direct they prepare for their shift at the enough, unprecedented in Chinas Yangshan container port in relations with either Europe or the Shanghai, where much of Chinese United States. For some time, freight bound for export is loaded. Europeans, caught in the debt (AFP/Getty Images) China could c r i s i s , h a d f o u n d b l a n d now be taking to Europe the hard expressions of support for the game its played for some time e u r o b y C h i n e s e l e a d e r s with eurozone periphery states. In r e a s s u r i n g . a recent speech to the World And the governments struggling Economic Forum in Dalian, most have eagerly sought direct P r e m i e r W e n J i a b a o a s k e d purchases of their national debt by Europeans along with the United China or even the psychological States to put their houses in uplift of generic promises. In order, almost as a condition for q u i c k s u c c e s s i o n , G r e e c e , China extending a helping Portugal, Spain, Hungarythe hand. last unabashedly currying political While there is no doubt that favor from Beijinghave pleaded China holds 60 percent of its for China to rescue national foreign currency reserves in budgets. dollars, statistics are unavailable The first publicly announced in China or Europe to confirm that purchase of Spanish bonds in July the euro accounts for up to 30 2010 did engineer a turnaround in percent of its reserves, in fact market sentiment. For that reason leaving little room for other p e r h a p s , s e v e r a l currencies such as the Japanese governmentsSpain, Hungary yen. and now even Italyhave directly Wen came perilously close to or indirectly overstated purchase asserting a political condition for commitments, bringing denials that help, by noting that Europe from Beijing, which steadfastly granting market economy status to declines to cite figures in any China would be the way a friend case. treats another friend. In reality, Beijings support and the European Union would give friendship have actually taken up rights to bring anti-dumping the form of asset buying in sectors c h a r g e s a g a i n s t s u b s i d i z e d evidently designed to benefit Chinese exports. future trade and the interests of B e i j i n g s s u p p o r t a n d Chinese enterprises. Container friendship have actually taken ports and terminals, airports and the form of asset buying in sectors logistical or industrial assembly
large currency reserves, cautiousness makes economic sense. Its probable, but not certain, that China has been investingin proportion with its rising tide of reserves, but not above that tidein safer European public bonds from the core countries. Lets remember, until the last few weeks, those bonds paid more than U.S. treasury rates. Even so, we lack specifics. Wen merely declared last June in Budapest that China owned not insignificant amounts of euro bases are targeted, besides firms for charging Chinese state firms reserves and hadnt cut back on with interesting technological or with dumping for using state our Euro holdings. In the marketing content. subsidies in their financing. So the absence of more confirmations, N a t i o n s h a v e a l s o b e e n issue is alive and well, not just a the market lift from rumors of conditioned to move away from historical relic from Chinas Chinese purchases has become anti-dumping charges against accession to the WTO in 2001. short-lived, lasting but a few China and towards support for its If China is now moving its pawn hours in Italy on Sept. 13. The longstanding claim of market- across the chessboard, Europe has same day ended with a report that economy status from Europe. only itself to blame. Chinese funds had in fact been Greece, Spain and Portugal, once Chinas readiness to use the window-shopping for potential vocal advocates of anti-dumping, granting or denial of lending to asset purchases in Italy, an have now fallen silent. Ironically, governments as a credible weapon altogether different purpose. they may not support the efforts is far from certain. Opacity in Wens public gambit could by some Northern European numbers, the use of third markets therefore be a bluff. China has countries, including Germany, to and off-shore centers leaves much excelled in public diplomacy of improve access for their firms on room for bluff. Despite earlier vague assurances designed to Chinas service and public media hype, there is no sign that leverage its partners, accompanied procurement markets. China has actively purchased by hard deals and asset purchases China, which will get market bonds of crisis-hit countries. rather than gifts. As long as the economy status in 2016 in any The Bank of China for eurozone holds together, case, is still hell-bent on removing exampleone of three main supporting a bipolar currency any anti-dumping risk against its Chinese public actors in this orderor a tripolar order if one firms. Such removal is conditional gameactually decreased its includes the yuan in addition to on China respecting its terms of ownership of Greek, Spanish, and the dollar and eurois strictly in entry into the World Trade Portuguese bonds during the first Chinas interest, along with O r g a n i z a t i o n : S o m e t r a d e half of 2011. Given Beijings CHINA page 23 negotiators suggest a case exists obsession with losing out on its
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JPMorgan Q3 net falls; bank readies pink slips

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Dimon said JPMorgan's cuts are mainly due to increased use of automation. A sign is seen outside the The bank did post 1 percent loan JPMorgan office in Los Angeles, growth, which Dimon said was a California, October 12, 2010. positive for the economy. The Credit: Reuters/Lucy Nicholson bank's return on equity, a measure By David Henry of profitability, was 9 percent, Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:06pm EDT close to the 10 percent that some (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & analysts view as a likely longCo's quarterly earnings fell 25 term average for major banks percent, excluding an accounting under new regulations and capital gain, as the European debt crisis rules. pushed investment banking clients JPMorgan posted quarterly to the sidelines. earnings of $4.3 billion, or $1.02 The results are the first for the per share, down from $4.4 billion, third quarter from a major U.S. or $1.01 per share, in the same bank and underscore how market quarter last year. t u r m o i l h a s c l o b b e r e d The results were muddied by underwriting and merger advisory adjustments for the market value fees. JPMorgan shares were down of the bank's debt, which gave it a 5.5 percent in midday trading $1.9 billion pre-tax gain. When Thursday, pulling down other big the bank's debt weakens relative bank stocks. to U.S. Treasuries, it can record "There were some very strong an accounting gain because it headwinds for JPMorgan," said could profit from buying back Marshall Front, chairman of Front debt. Barnett Associates LLC. FALLING FEES JPMorgan Chief Executive Jamie Despite the weak environment in Dimon said the company will cut investment banking, JPMorgan 1,000 jobs in its investment bank bought back $4.4 billion of stock over the next 18 months. Banks during the quarter, and its diluted globally are laying off staff as outstanding shares fell about 3 new regulations squeeze potential percent. profits and as stock and corporate "We have a tremendous amount credit markets weaken. But of capital," Dimon said in a
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conference call with reporters. Said David Dietze, chief investment strategist at Point View Wealth Management in Summit, New Jersey, "They are putting their money where their mouth is. "(The buyback) shows a degree of confidence. They don't see a cash crunch. The takeaway here is to be more optimistic about regional bank results but not be jumping up and down about the prospects of Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs." Dimon has complained publicly and in private meetings with regulators that capital surcharges for the biggest banks are unfair and will stymie lending and economic growth. Shares of Bank of America Corp, Citigroup Inc, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc were down between 4 percent and 5.5 percent. All are due to report third-quarter results next week. JPMorgan took a valuation adjustment for its widening bond spreads that amounted to 29 cents a share after taxes in the third quarter, it said. Given the company's share count, that amounts to $1.1 billion. Stripping out that figure from the quarterly earnings shows a profit decline of
25 percent from a year earlier. Further complicating the calculation, the bank generated losses from this same item in last year's third quarter. The third quarter was rough for investment banks, as the U.S. stock market, as measured by the S&P 500 index, dropped 14 percent. Investment-grade corporate bond spreads widened by more than 50 percent, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch indexes, an eyepopping move. With markets gyrating that much, many companies are reluctant to acquire rivals or issue securities. JPMorgan said its fees for underwriting and merger advisory were down 31 percent from a year earlier to $1 billion in the quarter. Revenue from stock and bond trading was down 14 percent, not counting the accounting gain. "Obviously, the worse Europe gets, the worse it is for us, but we think it is something we can handle, just like we handled 2008," Dimon said. Staffing in the investment bank fell to 26,615 in the quarter from 27,716 in the second quarter. Dimon said many of the coming job cuts in the investment bank would be from attrition.
The bank reported a private equity loss of $347 million during the quarter, compared with net income of $344 million a year earlier, and $1 billion of litigation expense, mainly for mortgagerelated items, down from $1.3 billion last year. The report from JPMorgan comes as the industry struggles to hold onto recent profits after losing tens of billions of dollars in the financial crisis. Shares of JPMorgan have fallen with other bank stocks, losing 22 percent their value this year through Wednesday, compared with a 3.5 percent drop in the S&P 500. (Reporting by David Henry in New York, additional reporting by Clare Baldwin; editing by John Wallace) This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Poll: One-Time Underdog Cain Leading 2012 Pack

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Republican presidential candidate businessman Herman Cain responds to a question during a Republican presidential debate at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., Tuesday night, Oct. 11, 2011. What a difference a few debates can make. Herman Cain's star has risen steadily in the past two months, from a largely unknown CEO running for president to a top-tier candidate in the Republican field for 2012 -- and now voters even rank him above the presumed front-runner, Mitt Romney, in a poll released Wednesday evening. As GOP voters grow disenchanted with Texas Gov. Rick Perry and remain wary of Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, Cain, a onetime radioshow host and former CEO of Godfather's Pizza, catapulted into the lead in the Wall Street Journal /NBC News poll. Drawn by Cain's blunt, folksy style in recent debates, 27 percent of Republican primary voters
picked him as their first choice for the nomination, a jump of 22 percentage points from six weeks ago. Romney held firm in second place at 23 percent, his same share as in a Journal poll in late August, while Perry plummeted to 16 percent, from 38 percent in August. The poll of 1,000 adults, conducted from Oct. 6-10, comes as many Republican donors and officials have begun to rally around Romney as the party's likely nominee, despite a continued lack of enthusiasm for him documented in the new poll. On Wednesday, with five of the Republican presidential candidates addressing members of the New Hampshire state legislature in the state capitol, Herman Cain fired up the crowd. His fiery speech drew several standing ovations in defending his "9-9-9 plan," which would replace the tax code with flat 9 percent taxes on businesses, personal incomes and sales across the nation. The question is whether his newfound prominence will be a lasting phenomenon in a campaign that has seen many
said he isn't likely to have raised significantly more than that in the quarter that ended last month. Newscore contributed to this report. Related Video Herman Cain on the Hot Seat GOP presidential hopeful gives his take on the thwarted terror plot, the ailing economy and why his '9-9-9' plan is the remedy Related Stories Obamas Primary Wish: A Divided GOP Obama Raises More Than $70 Million for Re-Election Mixed Messages Muddle Obama Economy Pitch others surge and then fade. Since f a c t o r i n t h e R e p u b l i c a n Newt Boom Next? Related Video the spring, conservatives have nomination. He doesn't plan to GOP Candidates Criticize given short-lived bursts of support return to Iowa, site of the first H e r m a n C a i n s 9 - 9 - 9 P l a n f o r a s t r i n g o f c o n t e n d e r s , nominating contest, for weeks, his Nationally syndicated radio host i n c l u d i n g D o n a l d T r u m p , aides say. Neal Boortz on why tax reform M i n n e s o t a R e p . M i c h e l e Cain, 65, held a New York fund- such as Herman Cains 9-9-9 plan Bachmann and Perry. raiser Wednesday afternoon and is needed. "Will I be the flavor of the week?" an Ohio finance event Wednesday This entry passed through the Cain said Wednesday in New night. His campaign says it has a Full-Text RSS service if this is Hampshire. "Well, the answer is paid staff of 30, compared with your content and you're reading it an emphatic, 'No,' because more than 80 for Romney. on someone else's site, please read Haagen-Dazs black walnut tastes Pressed on how much money he the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentgood all the time." had to ramp up his campaign, only/faq.php#publishers. Five Cain in many ways isn't operating Cain would only say "enough," Filters featured article: A 'Malign a traditional campaign. He was on while insisting that money began Intellectual Subculture' - George tour promoting his new book in to flow after his win in a Florida M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , recent weeks, and he will make Republican straw poll last month. Herman, Peterson, Pilger And stops between Memphis and Cain raised $2.5 million during Media Lens. Nashville on Friday and Saturday, the second quarter of the year, and though Tennessee is unlikely to one person close to his campaign
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Alleged Iran plot may have violated U.N. treaty

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1978, would require Tehran to consider prosecuting Shakuri in its court system or extradite him An Iranian woman walks past an t o a r e q u e s t i n g c o u n t r y , anti-U.S. mural on the wall of the potentially the United States or former U.S. embassy in Tehran, Saudi Arabia, both longtime foes. October 12, 2011. An important sticking point to C r e d i t : R e u t e r s / M o r t e z a any prosecution or extradition is Nikoubazl that Iran has fiercely denied the By Jeremy Pelofsky allegations and is unlikely to turn WASHINGTON| Thu Oct 13, Shakuri over to any country. 2011 9:52am EDT "This is one of those areas where (Reuters) - An alleged plot to there's not really too much assassinate the Saudi Arabian fuzziness. It's very clear that these ambassador to the United States kind of people (diplomats), these may have violated a U.N. treaty kind of officials, they're immune protecting diplomats and could from attack," said David Kaye, e s c a l a t e t h e c r i s i s t o a n executive director of the UCLA international court. School of Law's International U.S. authorities have arrested Human Rights Law Program. Iranian-American Manssor Jubeir was named Saudi Arbabsiar for the alleged plot and ambassador to the United States accused a second Iranian man, in early 2007 after serving in the Gholam Shakuri, who is believed embassy in Washington. He is to be at large in Iran and a considered a close adviser to member of the country's elite Saudi King Abdullah, a key U.S. Quds Force. ally in the volatile and oil-rich If they were involved in a plot to Middle East region. kill Saudi Ambassador Adel al- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Jubeir, that would likely violate made a point on Wednesday of the U.N. Convention on the noting that Iran had agreed to the Prevention and Punishment of U.N. treaty. Crimes Against Internationally " T h i s k i n d o f r e c k l e s s a c t Protected Persons. undermines international norms The treaty, which Iran signed in and the international system. Iran
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must be held accountable for its actions," she said. TWO OPTIONS The United States has two options if Iran officially rejects the case, including pursuing action at the U.N. Security Council. That was done when Libya refused to hand over two men accused of the Pan Am 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland. The United States or Saudi Arabia could bring it to the United Nations and argue that "these are very obvious violations and for the Security Council to do nothing in light of this major attempted violation cheapens the words" of the treaty, Kaye said. Another option, if there is a dispute under the U.N. treaty for protected persons, is that one side can seek an arbitration and ultimately a ruling from the Court of International Justice, located in the Netherlands. "Basically it's asking the court to interpret whether the convention has in fact been violated," said Sean Murphy, a professor at George Washington University Law School who has argued several cases before the court. After lengthy legal wrangling in
the Lockerbie case and an eventual thawing of relations between Washington and Tripoli, the suspects in that case were handed over to a Scottish court that was convened in the Netherlands. The United States could also turn the matter over to Interpol, the global police organization, which could order an international arrest warrant for Shakuri, thus making it difficult for him to travel outside of Iran, the experts said. The legal proceedings against Arbabsiar will proceed in U.S. District Court in New York where he will appear on October 25 for a preliminary hearing. Details of the U.N. convention can be found here (Editing by Kevin Drawbaugh and Peter Cooney) This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Firstpost Lawyers body calls for legal action against Prashant Bhushan attackers Daily News & Analysis Place: New Delhi | Agency: PTI Condemning the attack on activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan last evening, the Bar Association of India (BAI) Thursday called for stern legal action against the assailants and the organisations they represent.... Sri Ram Sene activists punch, kick Anna supporters Hindustan Times Prashant Bhushan sticks to stand on Kashmir plebiscite Times of India I'm Anna's biggest supporter, no role in attack: Ram Sene chief Rediff Indian Express- iNewsOneDaijiworld.com all 430 news articles
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Rajaratnam sentenced to 11 years in prison

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house arrest while he appeals his conviction. Prosecutors and defense lawyers were still Galleon hedge fund founder Raj discussing sentencing matters in Rajaratnam departs Manhattan court on Thursday morning after Federal Court in New York May the judge announced the intended 11, 2011. prison term. Credit: Reuters/Lucas Jackson The Galleon Group fund founder, By Grant McCool 54, made no statement on his NEW YORK| Thu Oct 13, 2011 behalf before the sentence was 11:48am EDT pronounced by U.S. District Judge (Reuters) - Raj Rajaratnam, a self- Richard Holwell at a court m a d e h e d g e f u n d t y c o o n hearing in Manhattan. The judge convicted in the biggest Wall also said he would impose a $10 Street trading scandal in a million fine. generation, was ordered on Rajaratnam was convicted of 14 Thursday to serve 11 years in securities fraud and conspiracy p r i s o n , o n e o f t h e l o n g e s t charges in May after a two-month sentences ever in an insider- trial. trading case. Prosecutors had made The sentence was lighter than the Rajaratnam the central figure of a 19-1/2 year minimum prison term sprawling criminal case, unveiled that prosecutors had sought, but is in October 2009, that touched still above the 10 years handed some of America's top companies, down recently in another major including Goldman Sachs Group insider trading case. Federal Inc, Intel Corp, IBM and the elite inmates typically must serve at McKinsey & Co consultancy. least 85 percent of their terms " T h e r e ' s n o o n e w h o ' s M r . before being eligible for release. Rajaratnam's equal in terms of the It was not immediately clear if length and breadth of his insider Rajaratnam would be ordered to trading crimes," Assistant U.S. prison immediately, at a later Attorney Reed Brodsky told the date, or allowed to remain under court, urging for the maximum
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punishment. Prosecutors called Rajaratnam the "modern face" of insider trading, putting him in a dubious pantheon of Wall Street power players such as takeover specialist Ivan Boesky and junk bond financier Michael Milken, principal figures in a mid-1980s insider-trading case. Both men served about two years in prison. The Galleon case sent shock waves through Wall Street and the hedge fund industry, where traders can try to get an edge at all costs. Prosecutors say Rajaratnam and others crossed the line by pumping corporate insiders for corporate earnings or details of mergers that had not yet been announced. The investigation was marked by the most extensive use of secret FBI phone taps in a white-collar case. Such tactics usually are reserved for Mafia and drug trafficking investigations. The Galleon case has been a major victory for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan. Out of 26 people, including traders, lawyers, executives and consultants charged in the case,
25 have pleaded guilty or were convicted at trial of supplying or trading on illicit stock tips. One is at large. Insider-trading defendants often get sentences lower than what's prescribed in federal guidelines, out of the view that their crime is less harmful than other types of white-collar misdeeds. But judges have been handing down some tough sentences recently. A former Galleon employee, stock trader Zvi Goffer, 34, was sentenced last month to 10 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $10 million after being found guilty at trial. (Reporting by Grant McCool; Writing by Martha Graybow; editing by Tim Dobbyn) This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
State alone cannot resolve Kudankulam issue: Jayalalithaa Daily News & Analysis
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The Hindu State alone cannot resolve Kudankulam issue: Jayalalithaa Daily News & Analysis Place: Chennai | Agency: PTI Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said she was yet to receive the letter from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking her support for the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project but insisted the state alone cannot resolve the... Jaya offers support to anti-nuke lobby, but protestors demand more Economic Times Protests rise over Kudankulam; scientists' entry prevented The Hindu Will try for amicable Koodankulam solution IBNLive.com Times of India- NDTV.com all 179 news articles
Profile: Kate Swann, Chief Executive of WH Smith

Emily Gosden (Finance News Business news from the UK and world)
Kate Swann, the straight-talking WH Smith Chief Executive, has shunned the limelight to focus on
the hard graft of turning the business around - and has made her critics eat their words.
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avoiding a major recession in its main overseas market. But if China had decided to deleverage its euro reserves, Wen statement would also be setting the ideal pretexts. That he relays, however obliquely, political conditions for Europe is another disturbing sign of Europes collective weakness. Making Europe lose face would help satisfy Chinese public opinion, already fed daily with news about their nations rise. Only 48 hours after Wens statement at the World Economic Forum, five major central banks stepped in to assuage the European banking systems liquidity fears, immediately prompting a step back by China. Successive statements by its Foreign Ministry and Ministry of Commerce have pointed to support for the euro in Chinas own interest without citing the conditions laid down in Wens speech. Its highly improbable that Wen misspoke. Statements of Chinas top leaders are carefully phrased,
especially on sensitive issues like Chinas financial strategy. Rather, Europes urgency temporary receded; China could not press the conditions it might extract as a lonely savior. The episode should serve as a warning to Europeans. Political unity is essential, lest other players begin to take advantage of the obvious divisions. If the eurozones less directly challenged economies pocket windfall benefits of quasi-zero interest rates for their own budgets, while denying support to less well-endowed economies, the eurozone will crack up. If the European Unions management of its external economic relationstrade, investment, financecan be held hostage over Europes incapacity to reach a collective deal on public debt, the fundamental justification for the Union will disappear. The one and only realistic argument that European sovereignty hawks have always held was that the European Union as such was not a viable or even
legitimate political actor. In todays global currency wars, China is a unitary political actor and so is the United States, despite the transaction costs of its political democracy. Europe seems bent on making the political demonstration that it cannot get its act together. In the last few days, Germanys government, usually credited with a sensible decision-making process, has exploded with contradictory statements on Greece, eurobonds and the European Central Bank, and the Union has displayed collective folly. This period might one day go down in history books as the moment when politicians lost Europe. If China is now moving its pawn across the chessboard, Europe has only itself to blame. The show of European disunity, the apparent ignorance of market play by the leaders of Europes core economy, is staggering. Chinas national interest alone dictates that the proceeds from its trade surpluses and hot money inflows
must at least be partially invested into the euro. But Europes weakness invites into the game irrational market sentiment and potential heavy-handed pressure by a better organized player. Franois Godement is senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations and the founder of Asia Centre in Paris. Copyright 2011 Yale Center for the Study of Globalization. yaleglobal.yale.edu This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Royal town's new signs unveiled BBC News

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Daily Mail Royal town's new signs unveiled BBC News An official re-naming ceremony will be held on Sunday, where the Princess Royal will grant Letters Patent. Chamber of Commerce chair, Suzanne Gore, said: "It's a reflection of the community spirit in the town so it's for the town, and for visitors it's... Royal Wootton Bassett unveils new road signs The Guardian The Royal Woo: Town recognised for role in honouring Britain's war dead... Daily Mail Royal Wootton Bassett signs ready Belfast Telegraph The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald all 144 news articles
Liam Fox says it's 'work as normal' as he refuses to stand down - Telegraph.co.uk
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Telegraph.co.uk Liam Fox says it's 'work as normal' as he refuses to stand
down Telegraph.co.uk Despite growing calls for his resignation, Defence Secretary Liam Fox insisted today he's fully focused on his job as allegations
continue to surface about his Ministers need their Werrittys relationship with Adam Werritty. Spectator.co.uk By Josie Ensor Dr Fox told Liam Fox rumours: 'He loves reporters today that he was... wife Jesme Baird,' says MP Chris Politics Weekly podcast: Liam Grayling Daily Mail Fox clings to office The Guardian The Economist- Evening
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Headlight Flashing Faces Free Speech Test in Florida

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Erich Campbell thought he was being helpful. The Florida Highway patrolman thought he was being obnoxious and disrespectful and gave him a $101 fine. I couldnt believe it, said Campbell as he paced next to Veterans Highway in Tampa, Fla. I was in complete disbelief. Campbells crime? He flashed his headlights to alert oncoming cars after passing that patrolmans speed trap. Its something I do, he explained. "I dont think it should be against the law." In December 2009, the patrolman was set up on the southbound side of Route 589 near the Tampa International Airport. In a recording of the stop, the officer told Campbell he had seen his lights flashing. Its illegal, he said before giving him a ticket that read improper flashing of high-beams. Campbell eventually got the ticket dismissed, but he recently filed a class-action lawsuit against the state over writing similar citations. Why? Because the state was rolling the dice (with me), he said. They figured most people arent going
to challenge it, and I think its about time someone actually did. Campbell estimates 2,600 other highbeam-helpers received summonses between 2005 and 2010. He says most simply chose to pay their fines. Someone has to stand up, he says, referring to the tickets as a huge money-maker for the state, not to mention a "blatant violation of the right to free speech. I have the right to communicate with my fellow drivers, he said.
Thats my right. Guaranteed, he said, by the U.S. Constitution. Its a legal stance thats caught the attention of law enforcement across the country. He has a definite different interpretation of the U.S. Constitution than I do, said Thomas Ruskin. And than most members of law enforcement. Ruskin is a former New York Police Department detective and current police advocate. He says flashing high beams is dangerous
and clearly illegal. It's illegal because you're warning someone, he explained. It's the same thing as saying, 'run, here comes the cops,' You're obstructing a cop from doing his lawful duty. He said citizens do not have the right to interfere with a police action that is under way. He is aiding law-breakers, said Ruskin. He is warning people who are speeding to slow down. His intent is to impede the police.
Its a point Campbell says is impossible to prove. I may simply not like speeders and am telling others to slow down. They cant prove my intent. Campbell maintains he has a right to communicate with fellow drivers. This is the way I communicate, he said. They cant stop me from communicating. The Florida Highway Patrol HEADLIGHT page 25
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Feinstein Sounds Alert forMore Iran Terror Plots

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HEADLIGHT
AP Sen. Dianne Feinstein thumbs through documents as she speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington Oct. 4. A top senator warned that the United States should be on "alert" about other Iran-driven terror plots in the wake of the alleged scheme to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said she's been aware of the investigation for about a month and that "intelligence indicates" there could be "problems" elsewhere. Feinstein declined to get into detail and stressed that she wasn't saying other diplomats are necessarily in danger. But she raised the question of whether an Israeli ambassador or American ambassador could also be targeted, if Iran's special operations Quds Force was involved in this plot as alleged. "It's hard for me to believe that there is just one plot involving the
U.S. ... I think we need to explore whether there are other plots going on in other countries," she said Wednesday. "I'm not saying there's a broader plot. I'm just saying that we need to look at that." Other senators will be briefed on the assassination plot Thursday. The State Department acknowledged that the plotters were looking at other targets but assured that the administration believes the entire operation was short-circuited after the Justice Department went public with the investigation. "I would simply say that we do believe that there were other
would not comment on Campbells ticket or his lawsuit. It has, however, temporarily halted all summonses for headlight flashing. We have told our people to stop regarding attacks on the Saudi issuing citations on that, said embassies in Washington, D.C., spokesman Capt. Mark Brown, and in Buenos Aires, Argentina. pending the outcome of the Nuland, without getting into litigation. detail, acknowledged that a top The case could go before a judge State official had called in the next couple months. Argentina's government in the This entry passed through the wake of the investigation. Full-Text RSS service if this is Meanwhile, U.S. lawmakers your content and you're reading it continue to speculate over on someone else's site, please read whether the top echelons of the the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentIranian government knew of the only/faq.php#publishers. Five plot. Filters featured article: A 'Malign Feinstein said she doesn't know Intellectual Subculture' - George whether, for example, Iranian targets, and there were follow-on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , notions by these plotters. But we was aware. But she said the Quds Herman, Peterson, Pilger And do believe that the entire plot now Force would probably not have Media Lens. h a s b e e n d i s r u p t e d , " S t a t e proceeded without high-level Department spokeswoman approval from the Islamic Victoria Nuland said. Revolutionary Guard Corps and Aside from aiming to assassinate other elements. the Saudi ambassador to the This entry passed through the U n i t e d S t a t e s , t h e p l o t t e r s Full-Text RSS service if this is apparently were looking at your content and you're reading it possible attacks on the Saudi and on someone else's site, please read Israeli embassies. the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentA c c o r d i n g t o t h e J u s t i c e only/faq.php#publishers. Five Department, the lone suspect in Filters featured article: A 'Malign custody initially inquired about Intellectual Subculture' - George the possibility of attacks on a M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , S a u d i A r a b i a n e m b a s s y . A Herman, Peterson, Pilger And separate alert obtained by Fox Media Lens. News outlined a possible plot
Blackberry business users vent frustration

Richard Tyler (Finance News Business news from the UK and
Both large and small Blackberry business owners say they have
been hit by the internet blackout
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Hubble Helps Piece Together Dark Matter Puzzle

Submitted at 10/13/2011 7:13:29 AM
clusters contain more dark matter than predicted by some models, and that suggests galaxy clusters Hubble Space Telescope image formed earlier than realized. showing the galaxy cluster MACS One of the first clusters surveyed J1206, one of 25 clusters being is MACS J1206.2-0847, or studied as part of the CLASH MACS 1206, which is four billion program, a major project to build light-years away. a library of scientific data on Clusters like these are ideal for lensing clusters. (NASA, ESA, M. studying the gravitational pull of Postman/STScI, CLASH) The dark matter, because they are the Cluster Lensing And Supernova biggest known structures in the survey with Hubble (CLASH) has universe to be bound together by already mapped the distribution of gravity. dark matter in six out of 25 galaxy Their powerful gravity makes clusters. clusters behave like enormous Though invisible, dark matter is lenses, a phenomenon called thought to comprise over 70 gravitational lensing, affecting percent of our universe's mass. It light as it passes through. This can only be detected by its effect can also generate more than gravitational effects on visible one image of distant objects, as matter, including light. seen in this photo from the The survey will investigate Hubble Space Telescope (HST). previous research that implies Measuring such distortions can
reveal the mass of the cluster and its distribution. Strong distortion shows that much of the cluster is dark matter, because visible matter only produces weak gravitational effects. The CLASH team captured 47 multiple images
of 12 new remote galaxies in MACS 1206 using the HST. In conjunction with the survey, the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) is collecting spectographic data to determine the distance to
and the composition of the cluster galaxies. The clusters are thought to have formed between nine billion and 12 billion years ago. If the majority of the clusters to be mapped have high dark matter content like MACS 1206, this could provide new insights into the structure of our early universe. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
No difference between Congress and BJP, Anna tells Digvijaya - Times of India
Submitted at 10/13/2011 3:52:26 PM
IBNLive.com No difference between Congress and BJP, Anna tells Digvijaya
Times of India NEW DELHI: Anna Hazare on Thursday said there was no difference between Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as both are misleading the people.
"You have tried to link me with RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) and BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party).... Cong can't fight corruption: Anna to Digvijaya IBNLive.com
Anna replies to Digvijaya, says absolutely no links to RSS NDTV.com Anna Hazare replies to Digvijaya, says no link with RSS Hindustan Times
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SCIENCE IN PICS: A Flurry of Flatfish

Submitted at 10/13/2011 6:00:02 AM
Large numbers of juvenile flatfish at Ambon in Indonesia. (Matthew Oldfield) Hundreds of small flatfish were found hiding in the shelter of a discarded truck tire, although it is not known why they would gather like this, perhaps to shelter from predators. Flatfish form the order Pleuronectiformes, which comprises more than 500 species, including as the flounder, plaice, and turbot, range from 4.5 centimeters (1.8 inches) to 2.5
meters (8.2 feet) in length. Suited to life on the sea floor, all species have flattened bodies with a pigmented dorsal surface, and some can change color to match their surroundings. They are all characterized by asymmetry with both eyes on one side of the body. Interestingly, the larvae are symmetrical but one of the eyes migrates across the top of the head during development. You can watch the various stages of the larva to adult metamorphosis in this video. Matthew Oldfield is a freelance photographer based in Bali,
his photos can be found at m a t t h e w - o l d f i e l d p h o t o g r a p h y . c o m This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Indonesia, specializing in editorial w o r k i n g t o c o n s e r v e t h e Herman, Peterson, Pilger And and documentary images from environment, endangered species, Media Lens. both above and below the waves. a n d d i s a p p e a r i n g c u l t u r e s . He works primarily with charities, M a t t h e w i s o n NGO's, and other organizations Twitter@matthewophoto. More of
World Citizen: The Global Chessboard is Being Reset

Submitted at 10/13/2011 2:36:00 AM
are prompting a fundamental rethinking of some of the bilateral and multilateral ties that have With a variety of major political s e r v e d a s t h e b e d r o c k o f and military events unfolding international affairs in recent across Asia and the Middle East, years. many countries are re-examining Today, instability is the defining longstanding formal and informal trait of the region spanning the partnerships and alliances. As a greater Middle East and beyond, result, the coming months and including North Africa and years will bring about a recasting r e a c h i n g a c r o s s I r a q , I r a n , of important strategic links, some Afghanistan and Pakistan. As of which have been part of the long as the outcome of the Arab global landscape for decades. The uprisings and their political combined effect of America's war aftermath remain unclear, no in Afghanistan, its fight against definitive changes to strategic Muslim extremists inside Pakistan alliances can yet be predicted with and the ongoing Arab uprisings certainty for Arab countries. The
same is true with the war in Afghanistan, which has had a powerful impact on Pakistan and its relations with the U.S. But old ties are already visibly frayed. And there is no shortage of efforts to find alternatives. ... Subscribers receive: Access to in-depth feature articles Regular Strategic Posture Reviews Regular WPR Special Reports Access to our Document Center Access to WPRs entire archives Enhanced search across the entire site
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Personal Submersibles - The U-Boat Worx Will Let You Explore the Ocean Depths on the Cheap (TrendHunter.com)
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( TrendHunter.com) While ageold hopes for jet-packs may have been left by the wayside, the torch of futuristic personal transportation has been taken up by the U-Boat Worx, a compact submarine available for lease. For...
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India's Afghanistan Ties Driven by China, not Pakistan

Vincent Tabak: Joanna Yeates' killer 'must be totally crazy' - Metro

harshly criticized Islamabad for not supporting ongoing peace and Submitted at 10/13/2011 2:47:00 AM stability operations in T h e s t r a t e g i c p a r t n e r s h i p Afghanistan, accusing Pakistan's agreement signed by Afghan leaders of playing a "double President Hamid Karzai and game" when it came to the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Taliban. Relations have been Singh in New Delhi last week especially fraught since the killing made front-page news across the in September of former Afghan region and beyond. The attention President Burhanuddin Rabbani -it attracted is hardly surprising: who headed Afghanistan's peace The agreement, the first of its process -- allegedly by a group kind for Afghanistan, includes the with close ties to Pakistani p r o v i s i o n o f t r a i n i n g f o r intelligence. ... Subscribers Afghanistan's military and police, receive: the establishment of social and Access to in-depth feature cultural exchanges, and measures articles to enhance economic ties. Regular Strategic Posture It also comes in the context of Reviews increasing tensions between Regular WPR Special Reports Afghanistan and Pakistan. A day Access to our Document Center prior to the announcement, Karzai Access to WPRs entire
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Submitted at 10/13/2011 4:05:35 PM
WH Smith shows value of dividends with 200pc return

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Submitted at 10/13/2011 7:22:17 AM
Labor MPs block RBA chief from grilling - Sydney Morning Herald
Submitted at 10/13/2011 2:55:09 PM
Investors who ignore dividends don't know anything about investing. Chief executives that ignore dividend payments to shareholders will ultimately face their wrath.
Brisbane Times Labor MPs block RBA chief
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Offshore processing backdown will bring boats: Julia Gillard - The Australian
Submitted at 10/13/2011 3:22:54 PM
recession?' If the economy again slows, as we saw in 2008, Google is not immune and it is likely Sydney Morning Herald When Google announces its third Street estimates would need to be Offshore processing backdown quarter earnings today it faces two reduced. Finally, we believe will bring boats: Julia Gillard large issues. investors are also looking at what The Australian First, Google can provide insight the Motorola Mobility acquisition Julia Gillard and Chris Bowen to the broader economy based on will do to margins." outline the government's position what industries are advertising. Wall Street is expecting Google on asylum-seekers in a press And the second item revolves to report third-quarter earnings of conference at Parliament House in around integrating Motorola $8.74 a share on revenue of $7.21 Canberra. Picture: Kym Smith Mobility, the hit on profit billion. Source: The Australian JULIA margins, and distractions. Analysts expect Google to have Gillard has predicted an increase Those two issues overshadow gained in the third quarter due to pretty much anything else Google back-to-school shopping and CEO Larry Page and the gang will mobile gains. Other analysts aren't have to say. The Motorola as skittish about Google's ability Mobility acquisition won't be to navigate the economy. completed for a few more months, Anthony J. DiClemente, an but Piper Jaffray analyst Gene analyst at Barclays Capital, said: M u n s t e r e x p e c t s o p e r a t i n g "While macro drivers may have Joe Weisenthal (Money Game) tanked right at the end of July, margins for 2012 to fall from 46 impacted overall advertising having lost over 30% since then, percent to the low 30 percent g r o w t h , p a r t i c u l a r l y g i v e n Submitted at 10/13/2011 10:46:25 AM underperforming the broader range. Google's European exposure, we Some depressing news for the market significantly. Welcome to the hardware remind investors that search has New York Times today: the Please follow SAI: Media on business Google. historically been among the last of newsroom is shrinking for the Twitter and Facebook. Previous quarters for Google the ad formats to be impacted f i r s t t i m e s i n c e 2 0 0 9 , a s Join the conversation about this have revolved around investment from a slowdown and among the management is looking for up to story in data centers and people, mobile first to improve." 20 buyouts. See Also: and the health of search. This time Overall, however, analysts are O b v i o u s l y t h e s e a r e s t i l l HINT: 57 Across Is "Steve around the quarterly topics will be worried that Google is losing challenging times for the industry, Jobs" a bit different. focus and ad dollars to Facebook b u t w e b l a m e N e w Y o r k The Incredible Shrinking New Munster said: "We believe the in a slowing economy. Magazine. Y o r k T i m e s K e e p s O n . . . Street focus has shifted to Stifel Nicolaus analyst Jordan See, it cover-jinxed the paper. Shrinking answering the question of 'What Rohan said: "With 30%+ of This was the cover on July 24 Updating To iOS 5 Has Been A happens to Google if there is a aggregate Internet minutes spent And as you can see from this Massive Headache chart, the company basically
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in boat arrivals after yesterday... Julia Gillard blames Tony Abbott for failed Malaysia swap deal Herald Sun PM to speak after caucus boat meeting Ninemsn Gillard vows to pursue offshore processing ABC Online Sydney Morning HeraldNEWS.com.au- The Daily Telegraph all 810 news articles
Motorola hit looms for Google earnings today

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You Should Blame New York Magazine For The Troubles At The New York Times
on Facebook, the Internet's center of gravity is shifting from Google to Facebook. This is translating to a CMO-level push to keep growth in search budgets low in 2012, while shifting spend to social and display. Macro concerns help to reinforce that cautious view. Android's emergence continues to be remarkable, but the monetization of mobile click inventory for Google remains challenging. Large acquisitions like Motorola Mobility may become more frequent and could distract Google's senior management team." Overall, analysts appear to be losing their Google goggles. This story originally appeared at ZDNet's Between the Lines as" Google Q3 earnings preview: Eyes on economy, Motorola Mobility hit." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Hallelujah! BlackBerry service is finally restored

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intended and the systems in Europe quickly became overwhelmed, which is how the Research In Motion's BlackBerry issue began rippling to other parts service, which had been out since of the world. When technicians Monday in some parts of the restarted the system, it took a long world, has been fully restored, time for the backlog of messages executives at the company said and data passing through the Thursday morning. infrastructure to become stable. Co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Now that service is restored, Jim Balsillie informed investors customers should be seeing and reporters on a conference call inboxes on their BlackBerry that the service to all BlackBerry smartphones fill up with messages customers in all regions of the that had been sent and queued up world had been restored as of the in the system. wee hours of Thursday morning. "When you start to see the traffic Lazaridis explained in slightly flowing very quickly, that's a very more detail what caused the good thing," co-CEO Jim Balsillie problem. And he once again said. apologized to customers. Earlier Lazaridis said the company still o n T h u r s d a y t h e c o m p a n y doesn't know what caused the released a taped video apology switch to fail and the redundant from Lazaridis. switch to not work properly. He "Our inability to quickly fix this wouldn't say who the vendor or has been frustrating," he said. vendors are that provide this He explained that on Monday equipment to RIM, but he said there was a hardware failure on a that the company is working with dual redundant-core switch that them to determine how this had been designed to help protect unusual failure occurred. The the BlackBerry infrastructure that company is also auditing all of its failed. This switch failure caused systems to minimize the risk of the e-mail and messaging services something like this happening to go down in Europe, India, again. Africa, the Middle East, and parts Lazaridis explained that the of South America. interconnected nature of the T h e b a c k u p s w i t c h i n g telecommunications network is architecture did not work as what caused the problems to
Submitted at 10/13/2011 10:12:05 AM
spread throughout different regions of the world. The very nature of RIM's architecture, which sends all email and messaging traffic through RIM's own BlackBerry servers at data centers around the world, is both a blessing and a curse for the company. It provides added security and device management that has made the BlackBerry, but it also creates single points of failure. Still, Balsillie defended the company's architecture. He said that over the past 18 months the company has had excellent reliability with a 99.97 percent uptime for its service. This translates into a downtime of no more than 160 minutes per year. The traditional telephone network is considered to be the most reliable communications network with 99.999 reliability, or no more than 5 minutes, 15 seconds of downtime in a year. Both executives acknowledged that they had let down customers. And they said they will work to regain their trust. But they stopped short of mentioning specifics for compensating customers. Lazaridis said that up until the call, the company was purely focused on restoring service. But now that service has
been restored, it will turn its attention to figuring out how to win back the trust of its customers. "That's something we will turn our attention to now," he said. "We plan to come to customers on this and make things right with them." The outage, which is the worst in the company's 12-year history, has come at the worst possible time for RIM. It is facing stiff competition from rivals, such as Apple and Google, and it's been losing market share. But Balsillie said the company is not worried that this latest snafu will send customers fleeing. "We worked 12 years to win the trust of our 70 million customers," Balsillie added. "And we are fully committed to winning that trust back." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Toothy piranhas communicate with barks and croaks

Dan Smith
Submitted at 10/13/2011 9:43:26 AM
By: Dan Smith Hollywood has given the piranha a rough reputation, as a vicious fish with a penchant for biting. But according to Sandie Millot, Pierre Vandewalle and Eric Parmentier from the University of Lige, Belgium, the piranha barks more than it bites. The team of biologists plunged a hydrophone (an underwater microphone) into a tank of captive red-bellied piranhas and listened in to the different sounds they make in different situations. Edited by: Mark Brown Continue reading...
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Time to "Like" Your Local Mall

David Strom (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 9:30:00 AM
calls and email newsletter prototypes that can form the basis of the mall's own email blasts to You wouldn't think that your its local customers. local megaplex shopping mall is "We invite our shoppers to inleading the way in terms of social mall events via social media, such media engagement, but you'd be as our Kidgits events, that not wrong. Simon Property Group, only provide a fun experience for owners of hundreds of malls kids and parents, but also drive across America, is doing it right traffic into our malls at off times, when it comes to how they engage something that retailers get their store owners and consumers. excited about," says Patrick Let's take a closer look and see Flanagan, vice president, Digital some of the lessons learned for Strategy at Simon. The company your own humble business, even uses various tools to provide if you aren't a retail establishment "insider information" about other that can be seen from the food events and deals. court. The Facebook pages have been a Sponsor hit, and some of them have gotten Simon uses social media to better tens of thousands of fans, such as connect with you, the shopper. It t h i s o n e f r o m t h e H o u s t o n is somewhat ironic. After all, Galleria mall. This week at the wasn't technology supposed to mall's page you can win a $1000 make it easier for us to go directly shopping spree gift certificate for to the merchant, and by-pass the example. The enormous complex middleman? Instead, Simon uses has Neiman Marcus, Macy's, F a c e b o o k a n d T w i t t e r a n d Nordstrom's, and Saks, along with o r d i n a r y e m a i l t o d r a w i n an indoor ice rink and a Westin c u s t o m e r s t o v a r i o u s m a l l hotel. activities and special events, and Simon tries to integrate its own notify them about sales. social media push with what its Each mall has its own Facebook retailers are doing to complement page and each local region has at their efforts. "Most of our retailers least one digital point of contact have their own social presence as to oversee digital marketing well and we work to cross efforts. This person gets a lot of promote to these fan bases when hands-on training, including relevant," he says. The goal isn't regularly scheduled conference just to connect with current
"With over 500 field employees interacting with our shoppers across 200 localized Facebook Pages, we're always looking for new methodology to improve our already robust digital offerings. Webtrends Hoverstats and its proprietary PSI metric give us better insight into what content most effectively engages our shoppers - just in time for the holiday season." An example of the output from Webtrends can be shoppers, but bring in new folks seen below. too. "The new Webtrends PSI tool will And each Facebook page is tied help our local malls levels learn into its Twitter stream for easy what content 'works' and what reference too, according to content does not for their specific Flanagan."We trend about a 10:1 page. It is amazing to see that the ratio between Facebook vs. same post on two different pages Twitter; which is actually higher can work so differently: some than much of our industry on the mall Facebook communities are Twitter side. We provide different value centric while others are content for Twitter, but often in family or fashion centric and the the same themes as the Facebook content should be tailored based content. The main difference is on these learnings." frequency of posts as well as the And these efforts are getting need for every Tweet to be results. "Our social program has engaging. We are working on a been a net gain for Simon and our project that helps our malls mall retailers. It's provided an interact with Foursquare users via additional outlet to promote Twitter automatically, but in a retailer deals and events as well as more personalized tone." drive general mall traffic, all Keeping track of 200 Facebook things our retailers value." pages is a daunting task, but Discuss Flanagan uses Webtrends to watch what is working and what isn't across all of this content.
Social gaming has led to sixfold increase in gamers globally

Nate Lanxon
Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:16:00 AM
By: Nate Lanxon Within five years, the number of people who play videogames has increased from 250 million to 1.5 billion, according to Kristian Segerstrale, CEO of Playfish. Speaking at Wired 2011, he said: "My mum used to tell me if I didn't stop playing games, I'd never get myself a job. But I fell back into games. You are creating a form of media which combines art, design, cutting edge technology and entertainment." Edited by: Olivia Solon Continue reading...
Pat Modell, actress and wife of Art Modell, dies (AP)

(Yahoo! News: Obituaries)
AP - Patricia Modell, the wife of former NFL team owner Art
Modell and a longtime television actress, has died. She was 80.
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Run Microsoft Office on Your iPad Videos: The Faster: Cisco Hard-wires Xen
Scott M. Fulton, III (ReadWriteWeb)
powers the revolutionary Citrix Receiver that makes Office run on the iPad. Submitted at 10/13/2011 10:00:00 AM Sponsor In the past few years, one of the The delivery platform for Citrix' game-changing technologies that high-definition streamed services has helped Dell claw its way back is called HDX. Although its to competitiveness against HP in p r i n c i p a l u s e t o d a y i s f o r the server arena is automated streaming virtual desktops to a deployment tools. These let variety of client form factors, admins remotely install software including tablets, it's a versatile on hundreds of clients in minutes. enough technology to be used in But consider this: If applications the future for such things as live like Microsoft Office could be run HD videoconferencing that shares on remote servers and streamed the screen with both TV and PC remotely to thinner clients, even services. Yesterday, Cisco to tablets like Apple's iPad, a n n o u n c e d i t s W i d e A r e a without installing it to those Application Services (WAAS), clients in the first place, why whose sole functions are to b o t h e r w i t h a u t o m a t e d accelerate HDX traffic and deployment at all? optimize bandwidth on wide-area The answer to that question has n e t w o r k s t h a t u s e C i t r i x t y p i c a l l y c e n t e r e d a r o u n d XenDesktop for their virtual p e r f o r m a n c e . I m a g i n e a n desktop infrastructure.[Diagram application that stutters like Max courtesy Cisco] Headroom running on your state- On both sides of a wide-area o f - t h e - a r t q u a d - c o r e P C . network, WAAS forms a kind of Yesterday, Cisco blew a hole in tunnel. Although that tunnel that argument, announcing a manages all traffic, it specifically network optimization service optimizes HDX traffic. Cisco specifically designed for Citrix p r o m i s e s t h a t W A A S w i l l XenDesktop, the system that expedite HDX traffic by up to
70% on average, while reducing bandwidth consumption by as much as 60%. Of course, your next question should be, "Sixty percent over what?" Cisco cited a typical 10user XenDesktop deployment scenario as requiring close to 1.1 Mbps of bandwidth. Its numbers say WAAS will cut that consumption down to about 550 Kbps. Businesses that use dedicated T1 lines for their WAN connections, and that could previously support only about 12 simultaneous XenApp users, can now potentially support 25. With respect to Office, which is perhaps the most frequently
virtualized application suite in all of XenApp, launch response times (according to Cisco's numbers) are reduced from 7.5 seconds down to 1.5 seconds. What this means for branch offices such as banks, financial planners, and franchise auto sales is that they can now feel free to try accessing Excel and PowerPoint through their iPads. Consider how this can improve the customer experience: No longer do salespeople have to leave customers waiting in the lobby while they go look something up on their computer. No longer do they print out the charts or spreadsheet tables so customers can see them. Now an automobile salesperson can take the iPad with him, stay with the customer, walk the entire breadth of the lot, and configure deals through the tablet. I seem to recall beginning this article with a mention of something called "automated deployment," but already that sounds so 2009. Discuss
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Understanding How Dilution Affects You At A Startup

Mark Suster (TechCrunch)
BlackBerry Service Is Restored As RIM CoCEOs Field Questions

Chris Velazco (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 10:42:12 AM
equity may be worth over the course of a 5-year stint at a startup Submitted at 10/13/2011 10:35:23 AM is even more complicated. Editors Note: This is a guest Ive had to simplify a bit, but to post by Mark Suster (@msuster), make it easier to understand Ive a 2x entrepreneur, now VC at teamed up with Jess Bachman at GRP Partners. Read more about Visual.ly. If you want to see a Suster at his Startup Blog, view of the power of their work BothSidesoftheTable. check out this Steve Jobs Everybody knows that when you infographic. Im a huge believer raise money at a startup your in Infographics and the ability to ownership percentage of the create deeper understanding of company goes down. The goal is complicated topics through visual to have the value of the startup go means. As Big Data becomes up by enough that you own a more pervasive the power to smaller percentage of a much v i s u a l i z e w i l l b e c o m e larger business and therefore your i n c r e a s i n g l y i m p o r t a n t . total personal value goes up. And Jess is awesome at his trade. The simplest way to think about His personal blog with some great this is: If you own 20% of a $2 example is here. million company your stake is So here is our crack at explaining worth $400,000. If you raise a the world of dilution to you. Let new round of venture capital (say us know what you think. And if $2.5 million at a $7.5 million pre- you want more goodness like this money valuation, which is a $10 dont forget to sign up to my million post-money) you get newsletter and to follow Jess on diluted by 25% (2.5m / 10m). So Twitter. Well bring you some y o u o w n 1 5 % o f t h e n e w more goodness again. Let us company but that 15% is now know what topics you want us to worth $1.5 million or a gain of break down for ya. $1.1 million. Listen, understanding the world But understanding how youre of valuations and how equity gets likely to get diluted over time is a split on a sale is a whole lot more more difficult concept. And complicated than the graphic figuring out how much your depicts. I hope it gave you a
flavor. If you want a deeper dive I shot some video on calculating ownership and dilution over tim e. And make sure to read VentureHacks. Crunchbase MARK SUSTER Person: Mark Suster Website: grpvc.com Companies: GRP Partners, Dealmaker Media, GumGum, RingRevenue, Ad.ly, Qualys, Bedrock, Burstly, Launchpad LA, App7, DonorsChoose.org Mark joined GRP Partners in 2007 after having worked with GRP for nearly 8 years as a twotime entrepreneur. Most recently Mark was Vice President, Product Management at Salesforce.com (NASDAQ: CRM) following its acquisition of Koral,where Mark was Founder and CEO. Prior to Koral, Mark was Founder and CEO of BuildOnline, the largest independent global content collaboration company focused on the engineering and construction sectors, which was acquired by SWORD Group (PARIS: SWP). Earlier in his career, Mark spent... Learn more
have been brought about by a spate of recent layoffs. Balsillie and Lazaridis quickly denied any In a press conference held today c o n n e c t i o n . Follow RIM co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and @ t g e l d r i d @ t g e l d r i d Jim Balsillie confirmed that Travis Eldridge Thank you BlackBerry service has been Blackberry outage for making me restored worldwide, and users will go ahead and pre-order the be receiving all of their delayed iphone.can't make the switch emails and messages shortly. soon enough about 1 hour ago via O t h e r t h a n t h a t t h e p r e s s web Reply Retweet Favorite conference was light on answers, The issue of compensating mostly because it seems RIMs customers was raised a few times upper brass dont have any yet. In t h a n k s t o s c o r e s o f u p s e t fairness, theyve had a lot on their BlackBerry fans taking their plate during the past few days. complaints to Twitter. Thanks to L a z a r i d i s w a s r e p o r t e d l y the outage, many once-ardent overseeing the response team u s e r s a r e n o w c o n s i d e r i n g himself, and only managed to tear switching to other platforms, himself away from the goings-on something the already-ailing RIM early this morning. cant really handle. The outage was the largest in Lazaridis and Balsillie admitted RIMs history, and the company that the service issues have is still trying to figure out why the affected customers trust in the backup system didnt kick in BlackBerry brand, but wouldnt when the core switch failed and g o i n t o s p e c i f i c s a b o u t knocked out service on three compensating affected users other continents. Not exactly heartening than mentioning that it was a n e w s f o r t h e m i l l i o n s o f priority. BlackBerry users who were stuck The press conference came right without data service for over three on the heels of a video apology days. filmed by Lazaridis. The pair was also asked if the companys network woes could
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iCloud now features Find My Mac service

Chris Rawson (TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
from an old disk to a new one, you likely missed out on that recovery partition and won't be Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:00:00 AM able to take advantage of Find My Find my iPhone and Find My Mac until you install one. There iPad have been around for awhile are various hacky solutions to this via MobileMe, and we've heard problem, none of them dozens of success stories where particularly user-friendly, but I people used the service to recover found it easiest to simply relost or stolen iOS devices. Macs install Lion completely and start have been reliant on third-party fresh. solutions or clever hacking to Since Macs don't have built-in enable the same functionality -3G or persistent Wi-Fi when until now. they're asleep (in most cases), With iCloud comes Find My iCloud is going to have a harder Mac, a feature that's essentially time locating stolen Macs than identical to what's been offered iPhones or iPads. It's still a very for iOS devices. If you have a free handy feature, and it significantly iCloud account and your Mac is increases your chances of running OS X Lion 10.7.2 or recovering a Mac that's greater, has Wi-Fi access, has a mysteriously sprouted legs and recovery partition installed (more navigate to the iCloud preference sound alert), or you can remote particular. gone walkabout. on that later) and has been set up pane, and tick the checkbox next lock or remote wipe the device. Find My Mac requires your Mac iCloud now features Find My Remote wiping the Mac should be to have a recovery partition Mac service originally appeared b e f o r e h a n d i n t h e i C l o u d to Find My Mac to enable it. If you've used Find My iPhone a last resort, though, because after installed on it in order for the on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple preferences, you can use Find My Mac to locate your computer before, you'll be familiar with you pull that trigger you won't be s e r v i c e t o w o r k . I f y o u Weblog on Thu, 13 Oct 2011 anywhere in the world using how Find My Mac works. You able to use Find My Mac to locate downloaded OS X Lion from the 11:00:00 EST. Please see our either iCloud.com or the Find My can locate your device on a map it. If Find My Mac can't find your Mac App Store and did a normal terms for use of feeds. with a fairly reasonable degree of device right away, you can even installation, you already have a Source| Permalink| Email this| iPhone app on an iOS device. Find My Mac is not enabled by precision, assuming it's connected tell the service to send you an recovery partition on your Mac, Comments default (possibly out of privacy to Wi-Fi. You can also "ping" it email when it does finally locate so you don't need to worry about concerns), so once you've met all s o t h a t a m e s s a g e o f y o u r your Mac. It's all quite slick, and that requirement. But if you're like the relevant prerequisites, go into choosing will pop up on screen it should bring peace of mind to me and you used a third-party app System Preferences on your Mac, (along with a very loud sonar MacBook Air and Pro owners in to clone your Lion installation
Julia Child's classic cookbook gets digitized

(Holy Kaw!)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 8:50:00 AM
Julia Childs classic cookbook Mastering the Art of French
Cooking hits digital shelves today. Publishing company Alfred A. Knopf tried to convert the text into an electronic format over a year ago, but found difficulty
transferring the books' distinctive two-column format with the technology at the time. The entire book was retyped and the instructional illustrations were
scanned in high-resolution. The 752-page e-book features the ability to click ahead to a recipe when its mentioned in another. Full story at Discovery News.
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iOS 5 features: Mail

Steven Sande (TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
With a tap, two buttons appear -Flag and Mark as Unread. Tap Flag, and a small orange flag Submitted at 10/13/2011 12:00:00 PM appears next to Mark in the Of the many new features in iOS subject line. 5, some of the most subtle You can now use Mail on your changes came with the Mail app. iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad to iCloud now brings a free email create or remove mailbox folders. account to anyone who wants to This could be useful in a situation snag one, and that email account where you're on the road for work is accessible from any device -- button that says Quote Level. Tap and need to create a new folder once again to show two buttons, for a specific project. This is done Apple or not. First, text can now be formatted Decrease and Increase, which through the list of Accounts on using bold, italic, or underlined. allow you to increase or decrease the Mailboxes screen. To apply formatting to a word or the quote level of a specific Search has also been improved in paragraph, select it using a double paragraph. Mail in iOS 5. For the first time, -tap, and use the handles to extend Gallery: Changes to iOS 5 Mail you can search in the body of or shorten the selection if needed. Addressing messages just became email messages for a specific The standard cut/copy/paste/ a bit easier as well. You can now word, name, or phrase. suggest... menu will be floating drag names around in the address While all these features have over the word, with an arrow fields. Let's say that I address an been around in Mac OS X and pointing to the right. Tap on that email to Doc Rock and Uri Windows for quite a while, it's arrow, and it reveals a second Kelman, but decide that I want nice to see that they're now menu displaying B I U for bold, Doc's name to be in the carbon available for iOS users as well. italic, and underlined. A tap on B copy (cc) address field. I can just It's one more bit of polish on an I U brings up the individual place my finger on the "bubble" already nice mobile operating buttons for Bold, Italics, and containing his name, then drag it system. to the cc field. Underline. iOS 5 features: Mail originally Next, you can now create indents If you have ever wanted to flag a a p p e a r e d o n T U A W - T h e in your message -- actually what message so that you know it's Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, you're doing is changing the quote important to respond to it, you're 13 Oct 2011 12:00:00 EST. level. To do this, tap any place in in luck. iOS 5 Mail now lets you Please see our terms for use of a line to display the select/select add flags to those important feeds. all/paste menu. Once again, there messages. When looking at an Source| Permalink| Email this| will be an arrow pointing to the email in the Inbox, you'll see the Comments right. Tap the arrow to reveal a word Mark in the subject line.
Rush to Upgrade to iOS 5 Strains Apple's Servers, Causes Headaches

John Paul Titlow (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:26:57 AM
The release of one of Apple's biggest updates to its mobile operating system yesterday was not without issues. As iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch owners flocked to their computers to upgrade their devices to the new OS, Apple's servers were apparently caught off guard. The first snag many noticed was the estimated download time for the software. As more people downloaded iOS 5, some began to see prolonged wait times, sometimes up to a few hours. The problems only got worse from there. Sponsor During the activation, many reported getting a 3200 error code, which effectively stopped the process to restore and reboot their device. Other errors included notifications that the software update server could not be contacted, or that one's device simply could not be restored. This was cause for some anxiety for some, since during the installation they had wiped the data from their phone and were for it to be restored. It's not clear exactly how
widespread the problem was, but the term "3200 error" briefly became a trending topic on Twitter. Music tech blogger Elliott Van Buskirk published a detailed account of his experience trying to upgrade to iOS 5, screen shots and all. For quite some time, his iPhone was effectively bricked, wiped clean of its data, but unable to connect to Apple's servers for a proper update. Our experience wasn't quite as riddled with error messages, but the initial software download did take an extraordinary amount of time. This morning, Apple seems to have caught up with the demand and 9to5 Mac reports that the iOS 5 upgrade is running smoothly. Image via Evolver.fm Discuss
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Apple Aussie win could mean death to all Android slates warns expert
Chris Davies (SlashGear)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:00:52 AM
Apples sales injunction success over the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia earlier today could have wide-reaching impact on other Android tablets in the country, its been suggested, with one of Steve Jobs own patents helping strike the killing blow. The IP in question is particularly broad, FOSS Patents points out, and potentially broad enough in scope that Google and its OEM partners cant work around them without rendering their products less appealing, or even entirely unappealing, to consumers. The two patents Samsung fell foul of are No. 2005246219, Multipoint Touchscreen, and No. 2009233675, Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by applying heuristics. The latter is the Australian version of US patent No. 7479949, of which Steve Jobs is one of the listed inventors. The US equivalent of each are being
used in Apples ongoing cases in American courts, with the former targeting Samsung alone while the other is being held against Samsung, HTC and Motorola Mobility. Despite their relative broadness, the two patents were apparently enough to convince the Australian courts that a full trial was necessary and in the meantime a preliminary injunction against
Samsung should be imposed. Although that doesnt necessarily mean Apple will win in the full trial, as Samsung has argued previously, by missing the holiday shopping season the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is effectively dead on arrival. Its worth considering that the scope of the danger to Android OEMs is the opinion of just one patent observer, and until the legal
beagles have had the opportunity to dig through the full rulings of the preliminary sales injunction, we wont know for sure the scope of Apples new-found powers. Indeed, the final result will be a further test of them: if Apple can block sales of another Android tablet, or if the courts arent as accommodating the second time around. Relevant Entries on
SlashGear.com MacBook Pro, Air, and Mac Pro updated prices leak in ads? iPhone 4S may run afoul of Samsung antenna patents Gingerbread for HTC Desire released (for experts only, warns HTC) Aussie space balloon launch goes off reservation, car killed Apple Seeking RFID Expert in Recent Job Postings Apple could force HTC to remotely cripple smartphones warns patent expert Did Verizon Kill Android Wireless Tether App? Apple May Incorporate NFC Into Many Products Apple Aussie win could mean death to all Android slates warns expert is written by Chris Davies& originally posted on SlashGear. 2005 - 2011, SlashGear. All right reserved.
Why the Black Death was the mother of all plagues

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Submitted at 10/13/2011 8:53:00 AM
Plague germs teased from medieval cadavers in a London
cemetery have shed light on why the bacterium that unleashed the Black Death was so lethal and spawned later waves of epidemics.
The DNA of Yersinia pestis according to a study published shows, in evolutionary terms, a Wednesday in the British journal highly successful germ to which Nature. the population of 14th-century Full story at Discovery News. Europe had no immune defences, More news from Discovery
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Dell tablet focus is Windows 8 not Android

Part of Windows 8s charm for Dell is the potential ecosystem it allows. Within the $3 trillion Dell is betting on Windows 8 as industry that were in, the the companys best chance of consumer business is worth tablet success against the iPad, $250bn the CEO pointed out, with CEO Michael Dell arguing going on to suggest that the that the Android slate market has companys attention is on not developed as predicted. providing a complete set of Speaking at Dell World 2011 this solutions to customers, including week, V3 reports, Dell described the device, but were not really the PC manufacturer as very focused on the device. aligned with Microsoft around That seemingly means giving Windows 8 and teased that enterprise users what they want, youll hear more about Windows namely products that fit in with 8 from us and see a wide range of existing server infrastructure and products released. software investments, which As for Googles tablet strategy, Windows 8 will do better at than Dell held off from dismissing Android. As for mobile devices, Android as a failure in slates but like the Dell Streak tablet line-up, did voice some concerns about we launched a series of products growth. Android is certainly and theyve sold, but we launched another opportunity as well, he them all in small volumes to see conceded, but that market has customer reaction and behavior not developed to the expectations Dell consumer, small and medium they would have had. business chief Steve Felice
Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:19:50 AM
than Android Dell missing from Windows Phone 7.1 Mango line-up Dell 10 inch Windows 7 tablet delayed Michael Dell Hints at 7-Inch Android Tablet, Leaves Out the Details Dell Windows 7 tablet rumors reignite amid enterprise push HP delays Android tablet plans Dell 7-inch Android tablet imminent; 10-inch slate in 6-12 months Dell tablet focus is Windows 8 not Android is written by Chris Davies& originally posted on SlashGear. 2005 - 2011, SlashGear. All right reserved.
clarified. Nonetheless, caution around Android doesnt necessarily mean success for Windows Phone. Earlier this month word leaked that Dell had cancelled plans for a WP7 Mango handset and had no plans for new devices running
Microsofts smartphone OS, at least at the present time. Relevant Entries on SlashGear.com Dell Announces Creation of 10 Inch Android Tablet Michael Dell says development for Windows Phone 7 is easier
Terrorists are innovative. Survivors should be too

Nate Lanxon
Submitted at 10/13/2011 9:26:00 AM
By: Nate Lanxon Survivors of terrorism need to use innovation to help take on the extremists, according to Carie Lemack, co-founder of the Global
Survivors Network. Speaking at the Wired 2011 event today, she said: "Extremists have innovated. They have tried to use liquid explosives, shoes and one individual tried to put explosives in his underpants." So, she asked, fight fire with fire?" "How can we use innovation to Lemack took to the Wired 2011
stage with Henry Robinson, through the stories of those who former member of the IRA and have survived it. now co-founder of Families Edited by: Olivia Solon Continue Against Intimidation and Terror. reading... Both have been touring the world to speak to radicalised young people, explaining to them the consequences of terrorism
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New Mobile App Eye-C Lets You Play Twitter Hashtags

Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)
Android Market. Better yet, read the press release, if you want to Submitted at 10/13/2011 10:51:51 AM see overly flowery PR speak gone E y e - C i s a n e w m o b i l e bad.(People, why is it so hard to a p p l i c a t i o n f o r i P h o n e a n d say it does X? It doesnt take Android that lets you play the work out of deciding what to Twitter hashtags on your phone, play next. It plays the media TV, PC or set-top box. The associated with a Twitter hashtag. service looks for any media KISS.) associated with a particular As I understand it, though, the hashtag, then creates a playlist of new app lets you search for sorts (a taglist) which allows keywords or Twitter hashtags in you to watch the videos, listen to order to find media people are the music or view the photos sharing, like YouTube videos on associated with a particular online photos. Then, you press the hashtag. For example, a search for play button at the bottom to #occupywallst brings up a playlist begin watching. The content can of photos and videos of the also be streamed to other devices, protests alongside associated like TVs, via DLNA or AirPlay. news reports. Because Apples iOS5 has builtI have to admit, the pitch for this in Twitter integration, the idea is s e r v i c e l e f t m e a l i t t l e that people will begin tweeting a underwhelmed at first. The lot more about the multimedia company clearly struggles to content theyre viewing on their define what this service is and phones. This app makes that what it does in laymans terms. content easier to find and watch, Dont believe me? Read the apps in theory. description in iTunes or the The idea itself is not a bad one
turning Twitter hashtags into a playlist. But the app itself, like the pitch, needs work. In tests, I found things were slow to load and the interface confusing.(Why does the Timeline include some non-hashtagged items, for example? Why does the hashtag show up underneath the taglist in some search results? Arent they the same thing? See photo to right.) F rankly, the apps design wasnt all that appealing, either. That said, theres still promise in this idea of making playable Twitter lists that can be streamed to iPads and TVs in addition to being played on mobile. I was just hoping for something a bit better executed than Eye-C. More info on Eye-C is available here. The app is the creation of Eyecon, which has been focused on more geeky connected home offerings until now. That explains a lot.
iPhone 4S: comparing Verizon, AT&T and Sprint data plans

Kelly Hodgkins (TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 10:15:00 AM
For the first time ever, US customers will have three choices for a carrier when they go out on Friday to buy an iPhone 4S. With the exception of simultaneous voice and data which is likely limited on Sprint and Verizon, the iPhone hardware and retail price is the same across carriers. The biggest differentiator is the price of the calling and data plans. CNN Money did most of the legwork and compiled the calling plans and data options for the iPhone 4S on Sprint, Verizon and
AT&T. According to their analysis, Sprint is the best choice for high data users, Verizon for the average user and AT&T for the light user. Sprint is notable because it is the only carrier which still offers an unlimited data plan. You can check out the price breakdown in the CNN Money chart above. iPhone 4S: comparing Verizon, AT&T and Sprint data plans originally appeared on TUAW The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Source| Permalink| Email this| Comments
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Netflix licenses reruns from CW Network

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Jeff Gundlach: Everyone Is Missing The "Quiet Crash" In Mortgage Bonds

Joe Weisenthal (Money Game)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:08:00 AM
syndication windows, electronic sell-through services and, on a partial-season basis, through Netflix has licensed content from authenticated cable providers." CBS and Time Warner's jointly Some shows, including previous o p e r a t e d C W N e t w o r k , t h e seasons of "Vampire Diaries" and companies announced today. "Gossip Girl," will be available The agreement is for four years for streaming on Saturday. Reruns and gives Netflix the streaming from other shows will begin rights to more than 700 hours of trickling into Netflix's streaming reruns of CW's youth-oriented library starting early next year. shows, such as "The Secret Episodes from shows airing this Circle," "The Vampire Diaries," season will be available next fall. and "Gossip Girl." While Netflix continues to CNET News is published by CBS struggle to obtain stream licenses Interactive, a unit of CBS. to popular films, the company has The deals are certainly not had better luck with TV shows. exclusive. Previously, Ted Sarandos, "These rights extend for four Netflix's content acquisition chief, years after each series, current or told me that many TV series future, ends its broadcast run on haven't fared well in traditional the network," the CW said in a syndication. Viewers may miss a statement. "CW content can also show, fall behind, and lose be made available via traditional interest.
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Netflix solves that problem by offering on-demand viewing. The CW's content will appeal to teens and twentysomethings, an important audience for Netflix as well as the TV networks. "We have long admired the CW's ability to connect so passionately and directly with a very important and difficult-to-reach demographic," Sarandos said in a statement. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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The Latest Royal Family Tour Plans!

Allie Merriam (PopSugar)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 9:07:01 AM
Now Prince Charles and Camilla are going on tour!- Us Weekly Did Antonio Banderas's new role cause problems in his marriage?- People
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Top 10 Things That Women Invented

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their ideas. Take the case of Sybilla Masters, a woman who lived in the American colonies. At the end of the 20th century, After observing Native American only 10 percent of all patents were women, she came up with a new awarded to female inventors way to turn corn into cornmeal. [source: Bedi]. When you compile She went to England to obtain a a l i s t o f t h e m o s t f a m o u s patent for her work, but laws at i n v e n t i o n s o f t h e p a s t f e w the time stipulated that women centuries, few women will show couldn't own property, which up as the creators of those items. included intellectual property like It's not that women lack ingenuity a patent. Such property was or a creative spirit, though; it's considered to be owned by the just that women have faced many woman's father or husband. In hurdles in receiving credit for 1715, a patent for Sybilla Masters'
product was issued, but the name on the document is that of her husband, Thomas. Such property laws prevented many women from acquiring patents for inventions several centuries ago. Women were also less likely to receive a technical education that would help them turn an ingenious idea into an actual product. Many women faced prejudice and ridicule when they sought help from men in actualizing their idea. And some women came up with ideas that
would improve life in their households, only to see their inventions treated with scorn for being too domestic and thus unworthy of praise. Mary Kies was the first American woman to earn a patent in her own name. In 1809, she developed a way of weaving straw into hats that was an economic boon for New England. By receiving that piece of paper with her name on it, Kies led the way for other female inventors to take credit for their ideas. In this
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Twilight of the Wise Man - By Jacob Heilbrunn

JACOB HEILBRUNN (Foreign Policy)
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The 2012 election may well mark the last gasp of the Republican foreign-policy establishment. But whats more remarkable is that it lasted as long as it did. BY JACOB HEILBRUNN| OCTOBER 12, 2011 In September 2005, two U.S. senators walked into a Soviet-era weapons factory in Donetsk, Ukraine. The elder of the two, Indiana Republican Richard Lugar, was such a familiar face in the world of international disarmament that he was waved past security at even top-secret Russian nuclear weapons facilities, according to a Chicago Tribune reporter who accompanied the lawmakers' weeklong tour of the remnants of Cold War arsenals in the former Soviet Union. But his traveling companion, a Democrat 29 years his junior and not even a full year into his first term, was in much less practiced terrain. "All of the workers have masks on," Barack Obama asked Lugar. "Why don't we?" The white-haired Lugar, august enough to have briefed Dwight Eisenhower as a young Navy officer, was a shrewd choice of a mentor for Obama, then a rising
star with presidential prospects but little international experience. Lugar had devoted his career to working on such unglamorous but significant issues as the
Cooperative Threat Reduction program, passed by Congress in 1992, which reduced the swollen American and Soviet nuclear arsenals and kept dangerous
materials from ending up in the hands of terrorists. Lugar's measured approach, which prompted Time to name him in 2006 as one of America's 10 best
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your personal worldview, as President you must maximize bipartisan support and frequently seek bipartisan consensus on foreign policy issues," he cautioned in his 1988 book Letters to the Next President. "Lugar still refers to this chapter as a basic primer to the domestic politics of foreign policy," Lugar aide Andy Fisher told me via email. This kind of above-politics dealmaking on matters of global importance was once the hallmark of a whole caste of Republican policymakers, the so-called "wise men": avatars of the establishment who always maintained that foreign affairs is a lofty sphere to be left untainted by partisan bickering. So Lugar, who was enthusiastic about his apprentice as well, did not object when, during the 2008 presidential debates, Obama repeatedly invoked his name. Obama also aired advertisements in Indiana stating that Lugar belonged to a small group that has "shaped my ideas and will be surrounding me in the White House." The message was clear: Obama was anything but a radical and would compensate for his foreign-policy inexperience by seeking the counsel of elder statesmen. When Obama ran into Republican opposition in his efforts to get New START -- which continued nuclear arms-control reductions with Moscow -- ratified late last year, Lugar worked with his fellow nonproliferationists across the aisle to move it forward. The
treaty passed and relations with Moscow improved. But the same willingness to compromise and work with members of the opposition -- be they Russians or Democrats -that made Lugar a venerated figure in the Senate has marked him for destruction by some in his own party. Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock, incensed by Lugar's failure to repudiate the 2008 Obama advertisements and his support for the Supreme Court nominations of Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, formally launched the insurrection in February, announcing his Tea Party-backed primary campaign against Lugar: "It is bipartisanship," he said, "that has brought us to the brink of bankruptcy." Mourdock and his supporters have since gleefully picked through the incumbent's history of close work with Obama, among other things releasing a video in July of the highlights of their friendship titled "Dick & Barry: The Unforgettable Bromance." After Lugar voted in favor of the eleventh-hour debt-ceiling deal that Congress passed in early August, the conservative Citizens United put out a mocking news release declaring that "Dick Lugar just wants to be Barack Obama's friend." As of a mid-August poll from the Club for Growth, Mourdock -- a former miningcompany geologist whose political rsum consists of five years as treasurer and a stint as a county commissioner -- is
narrowly leading Lugar. Lugar's own internal polls find him up by 14 percentage points, but even so the challenge has already had an effect. National Review's John J. Miller reported, approvingly, that Lugar hopes to earn new credibility with the right: "He boasts of his votes against Obamacare, cap and trade, and new financial regulations. He has also become a born-again detractor of Obama's foreign policy, especially on Libya." It isn't just the career of the Senate's senior-most Republican that is at stake here; it is an entire tradition of Republican foreign policy that is being repudiated by the party faithful. As one September letter to the editor of the Indianapolis Star put it, "It is time for [Lugar] to go and it is time for 'establishment, rulingclass' Republicans to wake up and support Richard Mourdock or, at least, get out of the way." But Lugar's predicament is wholly predictable. It's the logical terminus, you could even say, of a career devoted to a party that has always been divided between the presumptions of its grandee class on the one hand and a resentful and bellicose populist movement on the other. Over the decades, those resentments have repeatedly been papered over, only to reemerge with increasing virulence. Perhaps the surprising thing isn't that Lugar and his fellow remnants of the establishment are on the run. It's that they survived as long as they did inside a party that often regarded the idea of a
patrician elite with consternation. *** The Republican foreign-policy establishment traces its roots back to the upper-crust Republicans of the late 19th century, a class that saw itself as essentially above politics, particularly when it came to foreign affairs. The Republican elites of the day were conservatives, but not reactionaries; they believed in American power but also in international law and free trade. They saw foreign policy as a calling, one that demanded they serve presidents regardless of their political affiliation, which, again and again, subjected them to the charge of being opportunistic trimmers. Nothing was more important to them than the appearance of personal rectitude and service to the nation. Perhaps the leading such figure -the archetypal wise man -- was the Republican reformer and conservative Elihu Root. Root embodied what would come to be establishment traditions. A secretary of war under William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, he supported U.S. entry into the League of Nations and unsuccessfully tried to persuade Massachusetts Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge to drop his campaign to kill it -- an early skirmish between internationalism and unilateralism within the GOP, one that the rumbustious Republican reformer Roosevelt had managed to straddle successfully. No one, however, would become
more vital to the perpetuation of the wise-man tradition than Roosevelt's close friend and Root's protg, Henry Stimson. Stimson was an internationalist and reformer in the mold of his mentor. In 1884, when the GOP nominated James G. Blaine -- a former senator from Maine known to his many detractors as "Slippery Jim" -- for the presidency, Stimson backed reform-minded Democrat Grover Cleveland. It was a taboobreaking decision roughly equivalent to Colin Powell supporting Obama over John McCain in 2008, but it stopped short of a revolution; for Republicans like Stimson, the notion of actually joining the Democratic Party -- a motley crew of Southern Bourbons, Western populists, and Eastern European immigrants -- was anathema. Like many liberal Republicans, Stimson was caught in an intellectual bind. As Leonard and Mark Silk observe in The American Establishment, he believed in the progressive thinking espoused by Woodrow Wilson and Herbert Croly, the founder of the New Republic-- the conviction that state intervention was necessary to control private corporations from running roughshod over democracy -- but could not bring himself to abandon the GOP. Matters only got worse for Root and Stimson following World War I, when the GOP, after TWILIGHT page 43
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repudiating U.S. entry to the League of Nations, lurched toward isolationism. Stimson and Root, who had always been viewed with misgivings within the party for their reformist instincts, were now relegated to the sidelines. As Stimson tartly observed in his memoirs, he "shared the oblivion which overtook most of the Eastern Republicans during the early 1920's." Stimson became secretary of state in 1929, but once again disappointment loomed: In 1930, Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley tariff, which flouted free trade precepts. Stimson felt betrayed. By October 1937, when he condemned "the wave of ostrich-like isolationism which has swept over us" in a letter to the New York Times, he was condemning his own party. It was the Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, viewed as a traitor to his class by many wealthy patricians, who improbably rescued the surviving remnants of the Republican establishment. Under Roosevelt, Stimson became secretary of war and Frank Knox, who had been the Republican vice -presidential candidate in 1936, became secretary of the Navy. The wise men viewed doing so as a matter of duty, in accordance with their belief in serving the president over political interests. The GOP, however, would have none of it, and at the 1940 Republican convention, Stimson and Knox were officially booted out of the party. Stimson voted for Roosevelt and mused that "once
the central issue of partisan opposition is removed, there are few roses so sweet as those that grow over the party wall." *** World War II offered a chance at redemption for the wise men. The conflict relegated the isolationist right to a cranky and often antiSemitic fringe that commanded no public credence. The establishment was in charge, able to carry out a grand strategy -- the Marshall Plan and the creation of NATO -- to transform the United States into a global power and counter Soviet expansionism, both in Asia and Europe. President Harry Truman's advisors -- Dean Acheson, George C. Marshall, George F. Kennan, Averell Harriman, Charles Bohlen, John McCloy, and others -- represented the second generation of the establishment and one that largely emanated from the same influential New York law and business circles that Root and Stimson had emerged from half a century earlier. In his memoir, A Thousand Days, Arthur Schlesinger Jr. astutely noted that Roosevelt and Truman relied on Republicans in part to "avail themselves of Establishment competence, partly to win protective coloration for policies which, with liberals in front, would have provoked conservative opposition. It was never clear who was using whom; but, since it was never clear, each side continued to find final advantages in the arrangement." But even being a Cold Warrior
was no protection from the likes of Joseph McCarthy, William Jenner, and other conservative Republican senators who noisily blamed the Truman administration for losing China following the country's 1949 communist revolution. Acheson scornfully referred to these critics as "the primitives," and indeed, the fight was as much cultural as it was political. McCarthy called Acheson a "pompous diplomat in striped pants." Nebraska Sen. Hugh Butler declared, "I look at that fellow, I watch his smartaleck manner and his British clothes and that New Dealism in everything he says and does, and I want to shout, 'Get out! Get out! You stand for everything that has been wrong in the United States for years.'" When the archconservative John Foster Dulles took the reins of the State Department in 1953, the purges of the Asia division began. Kennan was banished. Acheson's name was mud. The wise men's years in the wilderness were ended, once again, by a liberal Democratic president: John F. Kennedy. Kennedy appointed Kennan ambassador to Yugoslavia, gave Harriman a berth in the State Department, and made Dean Rusk secretary of state and McGeorge Bundy -- former amanuensis to Stimson and dean of Harvard University -- head of the National Security Council. But the establishment's moment of rejuvenation set the stage for its splintering: The Vietnam War
devolved into a bloody catastrophe, the establishment turned against itself, and the Democratic Party moved left. Henceforth, the wise men's patrons would once again be Republicans. President Richard Nixon, who had denounced Acheson as the "Red Dean" in the early 1950s, would consult him during the Vietnam War. It was also Nixon who hired as his national security advisor the man who would become the iconic embodiment of the establishment for the generation to come: Henry Kissinger. Kissinger, then an advisor to liberal Republican New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, worshipped the wise men who had preceded him and sought to become one himself. In his memoir, White House Years, Kissinger recalled, "For the entire postwar period foreign policy had been ennobled by a group of distinguished men who, having established their eminence in other fields, devoted themselves to public service. [They] represented ... an aristocracy dedicated to the service of this nation on behalf of principles beyond partisanship." But such an aristocracy requires a host -- and if the Democrats had just delivered a hammer blow to the establishment from the left, the Republicans would soon deliver one from the right. It came in the form of neoconservatives such as Richard Perle, at the time an aide to hawkish Democratic Sen. Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson, who blasted Nixon and Kissinger
as soft on communism. Dtente was the neocons' enemy; Ronald Reagan their champion. The neocons and the right piled on: Kissinger recounted in Years of Upheaval that "Nixon, great tactician that he was, never conceived that he, the renowned Cold Warrior, would in the end be attacked from his old base on the right wing of the Republican party." This amounted to a return, in rather more sophisticated form, of the atrabilious hatreds of the 1950s radical right. The neocons supplied a patina of intellectual respectability to older arguments about appeasement and traitorous liberal intellectuals residing in the State Department, intent on handing over America's secrets to the Reds. For good measure they pilloried the rest of the establishment institutions -- the New York Times, Harvard, the Ford Foundation, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Brookings Institution, and so on. But the neocons added a crucial new twist: Israel, support for which became de rigueur on the previously anti-Semitic right. *** George H.W. Bush -chauffeured to grade school, graduate of Andover and Yale -was the last scion of the establishment, even as he made obligatory moves to try to disguise his patrician origins. But Bush's establishment impulses came through again and again -TWILIGHT page 46
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The End of Ukraine's Golden Girl? - By David L. Stern

DAVID L. STERN (Foreign Policy)
Submitted at 10/12/2011 7:21:01 PM
After a bizarre show trial, Yulia Tymoshenko is going to jail. But it may be her country that suffers. BY DAVID L. STERN| OCTOBER 13, 2011 KIEV, Ukraine On Tuesday, Oct. 11, the final curtain fell on the politically charged drama that has up to now been the trial of Yulia Tymoshenko. The former Ukrainian prime minister received a seven-year prison sentence. But is this really the last we'll hear of the golden-plaited, onetime darling of the Orange Revolution? On its last day, the trial that has transfixed Ukrainians and international observers for more than three months began as always: amid chaos. A police paddy wagon transported Tymoshenko, the leader of Ukraine's political opposition, from a jail cell to the courthouse in central Kiev. There, riot police held back the throngs of her supporters, who heaved like an ocean swell, trying vainly to break through the cordon. Meanwhile, only meters away -and separated by another line of helmeted police -- a smaller rent-a speakers in an attempt to drown -crowd of her opponents blasted out the equally ear-splitting levels music and anti-Tymoshenko of noise coming from her speeches from Lollapalooza-sized supporters.
Inside the courtroom the political drama switched into high gear. Judge Rodion Kireyev, a 31-yearold, heavy-set, Harry Potter look-
alike, read a summary of the case for close to four hours. When the verdict finally came, much of it was inaudible, as Tymoshenko
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Kireyev. "Glory to Ukraine!" she said. "This verdict will not stop me." But it was Kireyev who had the last word in the end. Tymoshenko was sentenced to seven years in prison, with an additional fine of some $190 million. She was also barred from holding government posts for three years after her prison term. Tymoshenko's trial began on June 24. She was charged under a Soviet-era statute of abuse of office, a criminal offense in Ukraine with a prison term of up to 10 years. The accusations stemmed from an agreement that she brokered with Russia in January 2009, during the two countries' so-called "gas war," which had resulted in the Kremlin's cutting off gas supplies to Ukraine and large parts of Europe. At the time, she was prime minister and engaged in a vicious power struggle with her onetime Orange Revolution ally, President Viktor Yushchenko. Tymoshenko outmaneuvered Yushchenko and dramatically flew to Russia to hammer out a deal with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. She returned to Kiev, she thought, a hero -- and well-placed to win the country's presidential election in the beginning of 2010. Voters, however, had grown tired of Tymoshenko and Yushchenko's ceaseless bickering. Many viewed her -- a mini-oligarch in her own right after running a gas company in the 1990s -- as just another corrupt politician. She lost in a runoff to Viktor Yanukovych, the
very man whom she and Yushchenko had vanquished in the Orange Revolution. Yanukovych moved quickly to secure his grip on power. Tymoshenko was quickly replaced as prime minister through a series of deft parliamentary machinations. (Yanukovych at first could not remove her because, when elected, he did not have a legislative majority. He resolved this by simply changing the Ukrainian Constitution to suit his needs.) Soon after, members of her inner circle found themselves under investigation, charged -- or in jail. Yuriy Lutsenko, her interior minister, was arrested as he was walking his dog one Sunday. His trial on charges of misusing state funds is ongoing. Tymoshenko had three criminal cases opened against her, but the one the government chose to try her first for was over the gas deal. Prosecutors maintained that she signed the deal without the approval of the rest of the government. Moreover, the price that she agreed Ukraine would pay for Russian gas was inflated, they said, and cost the government hundreds of millions of dollars. Once the trial started, Tymoshenko, whose ratings had been dropping, found herself in her element, cast once again as the plucky, persecuted truthspeaker to power. Tymoshenko on a good day is easily Ukraine's most charismatic leader. (On a bad day she has post-Soviet
politicians' unfortunate habit of droning on interminably and discursively.) A striking 50-yearold, she effortlessly switches between the roles of she-tiger and populist, and sometimes girlish coquette. Inside the courtroom, she harangued witnesses, speechified, and made life in general miserable for Judge Kireyev, whom she refused to stand for, saying that he was just a government stooge. (At one point, she tweeted from the courtroom that Kireyev was a "bedbug.") On Aug. 5, after she ridiculed the current prime minister, Mykola Azarov, during his testimony, Kireyev jailed Tymoshenko for contempt of court for the remainder of the trial. As the case dragged on, criticism from the outside began to mount. Western governments issued statements that they were "concerned" that the trials against Tymoshenko and her allies "could be" politically motivated. Privately, they were even more certain. The case against Tymoshenko was flimsy, they told journalists, for what amounted to an administrative offense. Even if she overstepped her authority, she ultimately had received the worst political punishment by being voted out of office. In the end, the disapproval became more pointed. At an international conference in September in the Ukrainian seaside resort of Yalta, European officials threw the linguistic kid
gloves aside and told Yanukovych bluntly that they expected Tymoshenko to be set free. If she wasn't, relations between the European Union and Ukraine "will hardly be the same," said Stefan Fule, the EU commissioner for expansion. To the east, Russia also weighed in. Yanukovych's government is trying to renegotiate the gas deal Tymoshenko signed. The trial, the Kremlin said, was a full frontal attack on the agreement. Yanukovych, it should be noted, has bucked initial predictions that he would return Ukraine to the Russian fold. In recent weeks, the two fraternal Slavic nations seem to be drawing further apart, due in part to the bad blood over the gas agreement. So the Yanukovych government officials found themselves in a damned-if-they-do, damned-ifthey-don't dilemma. What to do with a problem like Yulia Tymoshenko? If she were found guilty, Kiev risked inviting the wrath of the international community. What's more, European officials said that two agreements that Ukraine is negotiating with the European Union on free trade and a closer political association could be jeopardized. Although the deals will probably be signed, they still need to be ratified by all 27 member states' parliaments -- no sure thing in this political environment. This would be highly difficult after a Tymoshenko conviction, EU officials said.
On the other hand, releasing Tymoshenko was not an enticing option either. Once liberated, she would undoubtedly resume her attacks on the Ukrainian leadership with doubled intensity. And Yanukovych and his Party of Regions would face a galvanized opponent in parliamentary elections scheduled for October 2012. A compromise solution was floated of giving Tymoshenko just a suspended sentence. But even this was not a way out: The Europeans would not be satisfied because she still could not run for office. In the end, Ukrainian officials went with the hard option. Why, however, is anyone's guess. Is it because Yanukovych has given up on Europe? Or just the opposite: He believes that Brussels will eventually cave and accept Ukraine, warts and all, rather than push the country into the arms of the Russians? Or perhaps the verdict was just a move in a drawn-out game of chess between old political enemies? Despite the verdict, Tymoshenko's lawyers have said that they will file an appeal next week -- even while the other two criminal cases are pending against her. Whatever the reason for the verdict, international reaction nevertheless was swift and resolute. Yanukovych had crossed a line. The European Union's foreign-policy chief, Catherine Ashton, said that the sentence would have " profound END page 47
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particularly when it came to Israel, which had never been a high priority for foreign-policy realists. They generally saw Israel as an irritant to smooth relations with the Arab states; most members of the establishment in the Truman administration -James Forrestal, Kennan, Marshall, and others -- opposed recognizing the country in 1948. Bush, who was feeling triumphant in the wake of the Gulf War, infuriated Israel's supporters in 1992 by making new loans to Israel to resettle Russian immigrants conditional on a freeze in settlement activity. During the uproar, Bush referred to himself as "one lonely guy" facing "a thousand [pro-Israel] lobbyists on the Hill." Bush fared poorly with Jewish voters that year, and no subsequent Republican has made the same mistake: Speaking at the Citadel military academy on Oct. 7, presidential hopeful Mitt Romney announced, "I will reaffirm as a vital national interest Israel's existence as a Jewish state." It was Bush's own son, George W. Bush, who finished off what was left of the establishment during his presidency, rejecting Bush Sr. national security advisor Brent Scowcroft's advice against
invading Iraq and emasculating Colin Powell, the last prominent realist holdout in his administration. Since then Powell has occupied a political no-man's land. The Republicans like Stimson who crossed party lines to vote for Cleveland in 1884 were known as Mugwumps; they find their descendents in the modern wise men who in recent years have drifted toward the Democratic Party, or at least Obama himself. Scowcroft, for example, unofficially advises Obama on foreign affairs. Powell endorsed Obama for the presidency in 2008. Asked in August whether he would reiterate his support, Powell told Face the Nation-- in what amounted to a quintessential establishment statement -- that "In the course of my life I have voted for Democrats, I have voted for Republicans, I have changed from one four-year cycle to another, and I've always felt it my responsibility as a citizen to take a look at the issues, to examine the candidates, and pick the person that I think is best qualified for the office of the president in that year, and not just solely on the basis of party affiliation." Meanwhile on the right, the revolt against the establishment is
taking an even more virulent and debased form in the 2012 Republican primary. Texas Gov. Rick Perry assails the Washington elite and threatens to bring the whole rotten mess crashing down. He told radio host Laura Ingraham, "I am not an establishment figure. Never have been, and frankly I don't want to be. I dislike Washington." Meanwhile, Tea Party godfather Rep. Ron Paul has accused Obama of believing in "one world government." His book Liberty Defined is a prolonged broadside against the wise men's outlook: "The American Empire is the enemy of American freedom," he writes. "It is every bit as much the enemy of American citizens as it is of its victims around the world." Perry, for his part, has consulted with former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Defense Undersecretary Douglas J. Feith, the impresarios of the war with Iraq. Only Jon Huntsman, among the longest of long-shot candidates, offers a hearing to the likes of Scowcroft. Even Romney, whom the party powerbrokers seem to have however reluctantly accepted as the standard-bearer of sensible conservatism, evinces little interest in the policies of the wise
men, instead endorsing neoconservatism in calling for a new 'American century.'" *** It's true that a patrician class that could loftily announce, as Walter Lippmann did in 1929, that dispassionate elite experts must provide the American people with "what they will learn to want" has probably had it coming for a long time. The truth is that the wise men have never made much secret of their claim to superior wisdom over the hoi polloi. The establishment's aloof impartiality has always appeared to the populist right as unvarnished hauteur, a cloak in which the wise men wrap themselves as they propound upon and execute policies independent of, or simply oblivious to, the will of the American people. But this time something may be different about the battering that establishment is suffering. As historian Geoffrey Kabaservice writes in his important new book Rule and Ruin, "The first decade of the twenty-first century witnessed the final decline and virtual extinctions of moderates' power and representation in the Republican Party." Whatever its past shortcomings and foibles, the demise of the wise-man tradition
in the GOP should evoke apprehension in anyone who thinks that America's leading role in the world has, by and large, been a force for good. In defining itself by opposition to the idea of an elite, the party is willfully abjuring one of its noblest legacies. If the road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom, as William Blake observed, then the GOP might eventually rediscover its heritage. Perhaps the first sign of a return to wisdom in the GOP would be acknowledging rather than scorning the wise men and their accomplishments. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Does your teen need a credit card?

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Submitted at 10/12/2011 6:36:15 PM
It's always a risk giving a
teenager a card, but doing so can also teach financial responsibility. Make sure your card-carrying teen understands the right way to use credit.
teenager a credit card can be a smart move. You can help build his or her credit scores and Theoretically, giving your
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implications." German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said the decision was a "step back for Ukraine" and "would have consequences." Russia's Foreign Ministry for its part issued a statement saying Tymoshenko's conviction carried an " obvious anti-Russian subtext." And Putin later chimed in, saying that he was "perplexed" at the decision, which he found "unfair." (The parallels to the Mikhail Khodorkovsky case have not been lost on a number of observers, however.) Meanwhile, Ukraine's fractious and anemic opposition appears to finally have a cause to rally around. They plan to hold a major
demonstration in front of the country's legislature, the Verkhovna Rada, on Friday. Yushchenko has avowed that the case "is not political." He even testified at her trial -- though his car was pelted with eggs as he left. As to whether this signals the end or the rebirth of the Orange Revolution movement, so far large crowds have failed to materialize. On the sidewalk in front of Kiev's Pechersk district courthouse, the pro-Tymoshenko tent city still stands; the hundred or so people there, many from her political base in the country's west, say that they will remain until Tymoshenko is released. One
wonders whether they are prepared to live there for seven years. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Gisele, Stacy Keibler Bikini, Lauren Conrad, and More in This Week's Fun and Funny Celebrity Twitter Pictures!
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Submitted at 10/13/2011 8:41:30 AM
Celebrities had lots of fun this week, whether alone or with friends! Eva Longoria got silly behind the scenes with comedian Leslie Jordan while Gisele Bundchen found a friend in her puppy. Lauren Conrad tried a hat on for size, and Stacy Keibler showed off her bikini body with friends - click through to see all
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And Here Come The Stress Tests For Chinese Banks

Linette Lopez (Money Game)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 10:25:50 AM
shocks. By the end of 2016, banks will need to prove that "a minimum China has just passed new 100 percent net stable funding measures to ensure that its banks ratio"-- in other words, that they can handle short-term shocks, c a n t a k e o n e f u l l y e a r o f reports Shanghai Daily. They are i n s t a b i l i t y . set to go into effect on January 1st, 2013. Banks will be able to give Basically, these measures are feedback on these new rules until coming in the form of stress tests, N o v e m b e r 1 2 t h . O n c e and here's what they entail: implemented, they will have to Banks will have to prove that send in reports on their progress easily liquidated "premium" assets quarterly. could cover net outflows for a 30- That said, the real question is day period. This measures how what does all this mean? Stress well they can absorb short-term tests are generally publicity stunts
to ensure investors and policymakers that everything at a bank is in good stead. And given China's current problems with underground banks (or black banks), is the government really targeting the most immediate problem? These new regulations could actually make the underground banking system worse, as it stems from the fact that Chinese banks consider it too risky to lend to small and medium-sized businesses. One analyst said, via Bloomberg: Chinese banks credit quality
will improve as they no longer need to lend as aggressively as they did during the credit boom, Wilson Li, a Shenzhen-based analyst at Guotai Junan Securities Co., said by telephone today. These rules requiring banks to have adequate short-term liquidity wont trigger a new round of equity raising as banks can get the funding from the interbank market. Maybe legitimate banks won't need to raise money to serve the clients they already have. But what about the people who are already going to black banks for
loans? Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story See Also: Two Worrying Possibilities For China's Disappearing Bank Deposits China Orders Banks To Increase Lending In City Overrun By Blackmarket Loans China Could Send 3 Million Jobs Back To The US By 2015
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Arrogance of "One-Trick Pony" Hedge Fund Billionaire Paulson; Is the Wall Street Protest Misguided?
noreply@blogger.com (Michael Shedlock) (Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 12:49:00 AM
Bill Gross, manager of the world's biggest bond fund, and Jim Chanos, founder of of $6 billion hedge fund Kynikos Associates, understand the protest against Wall Street. John Paulson, who became a billionaire "hero" (now under attack) by betting against the housing market fought back against the protesters according to the Bloomberg article Chanos, Gross Understand Wall Street Protest Paulson Rejects. Demonstrators in New York marched to the upscale Upper East Side neighborhood as the Occupy Wall Street movement that started last month in New Yorks financial district spread to other U.S. cities. BlackRock Inc.s Laurence D. Fink, who runs the worlds biggest asset manager, and billionaire investor Warren Buffett have said they understand the protesters frustration. Hedge-fund manager John Paulson, who became a billionaire by betting against the U.S. housing market and then profited from the recovery of banks, criticized the movement. His
townhouse was among those targeted by marchers who left a fake tax-refund check made out for $5 billion on his doorstep, which was barricaded by police. Paulson & Co. and its employees have paid hundreds of millions in New York City and New York State taxes in recent years and have created over 100 high paying jobs in New York City since its formation, the $30 billion hedge fund said yesterday in a statement. Instead of vilifying our most successful businesses, we should be supporting them and encouraging them to remain in New York City and continue to grow. The protest march, which organizers called a billionaires walking tour, targeted other executives including Jamie Dimon, who runs JPMorgan Chase & Co., and billionaire oilman David Koch. One Trick Pony For starters it might help if Bloomberg got its facts correct. Paulson has not benefited from the "recovery of banks" as the article suggests. Indeed, Bloomberg itself sports the headline " Paulsons Main Fund Said to Lose 47% in 2011 Through September"
John Paulson, the billionaire who is betting on an economic recovery by the end of 2012, has lost 47 percent this year in his largest hedge fund, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. Paulsons Advantage Plus Fund, which seeks to profit from corporate events such as takeovers and bankruptcies, uses leverage to amplify returns. The funds gold share class declined 32 percent this year through the end of September, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the fund is private. Paulson, 55, would have to return about 89 percent in the remainder of the year to break even in the Advantage Plus Fund. Paulson & Co., which is based in New York and manages $30 billion, has lost money this year on investments including Citigroup Inc., Bank of America Corp. and Sino-Forest Corp. One Idea Executed to Perfection Paulson had one idea, played to perfection, with leverage. That idea made Paulson a billion dollars. I do not begrudge Paulson in any way for that billion. However, by betting the farm on a financial recovery he proved he is a one-trick wonder who does
not understand history, debt deflation, and most importantly risk management. Never in history has the "last bubble" been immediately reblown. Once look at the share price of Cisco, Intel, or the Nasdaq in general proves as such. Sure there are some individual winners like Amazon and Apple, but the rest has been slop, with many corporations long since bankrupt. Quite frankly I do not care about any of that. I am writing this post because Paulson brags about creating " 100 high paying jobs in New York City since its formation". Well La-de-fricken-da. Paulson made a billion dollars and wants a statue for creating 100 jobs even though he paid a low tax rate as a result of hedge fund laws, when the economy shed 4.5 million jobs in three years vs. expected demographics (Please see Hypothetical Employment and Unemployment Charts from the Atlanta Fed; Mish "What If" Scenarios for details) Who Is Really to Blame? To be fair, I have some sympathy for Paulson. After all, he has proven he does not know what he
is doing (at least recently). Moreover, and more importantly, I can make the case that the attacks on Paulson are misguided. The Fed sponsored this bubble. Paulson, saw it and profited from it, to perfection. Is Paulson to blame for profiting from Fed mistakes or is the Fed to blame for piss poor economic policy? I suggest the Fed. Who bailed out the banks? The answer of course is Congress and the Fed. Where should the protests be? The answer is the Fed and Congress. Yet Paulson is so arrogant he cannot see the protests for what they are. People are losing their homes, their dreams, and families are being torn apart as millions of jobs vanish and he frames his response about creating 100 jobs when he gets huge tax breaks on a billion in profits. Message to Paulson Paulson, it is no wonder you are reviled. But why should you care? You have a billion dollars and you created 100 jobs. Congratulations for being ontime (or simply lucky). I suspect others had the exact same idea ARROGANCE page 50
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Capital Shortfall Estimates of European Banks Range from 8 to 413 Billion Euros; EU to Offer Additional Extend-and-Pretend Time
noreply@blogger.com (Michael Shedlock) (Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis)
finances said on Thursday. Deutsche Bank declined to comment, but in separate remarks the bank's chief executive Josef Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:20:00 AM In the latest extend-and-pretend Ackermann said it would do all it move by European officials, the c o u l d t o a v o i d a f o r c e d EU may offer banks time to hit recapitalization and added it had new capital target European banks enough funds of its own to cope could get up to six months to with a crisis. strengthen their capital under Setting the bar at 9 percent would plans aimed at halting the region's leave European banks with a debt crisis, giving them time to capital shortfall of about 260 raise funds privately in the hope billion euros, based on a two-year of averting another damaging recession and applying current credit crunch. market prices to holdings of EU officials said on Thursday Greek, Irish, Italian, Portuguese that weak banks may get the extra and Spanish government bonds, time to bolster their balance a c c o r d i n g t o R e u t e r s sheets after a rapid health check B r e a k i n g v i e w s d a t a . currently underway. Greece's banks could have to T h e E u r o p e a n B a n k i n g raise over 30 billion euros under Authority, which is assessing the plan, as they face big losses on banks' capital needs, is likely to their holdings of domestic bonds. mark down the value of banks' Banks are facing losses of 39 holdings of sovereign debt to percent on their Greek bonds market value and require lenders under a private sector rescue plan to hold a 9 percent core Tier 1 agreed in July, above the original capital ratio, an EU source told estimate of a 21 percent hit, due to Reuters. a rise in Greece's risk profile. Deutsche Bank, Germany's Greek banks could endure a loss flagship lender, would need 9 of up to 30 percent on the bonds billion euros in fresh equity to but could not stand significantly reach that level, two people with bigger haircuts, which would also direct knowledge of the bank's hurt the economy, Greek banking
sources said. European leaders are still discussing the recapitalization plans, with many details still subject to change, and face intense lobbying from banks and some countries who say it is too harsh. Proposals are expected to be presented to a meeting of European leaders on October 23. The new standard is likely to be a 9 percent core tier 1 ratio, a key measure of a bank's financial health, based on a tighter definition of capital than used now, although not as strict as that under new Basel III rules when in full force Analysts at Credit Suisse said a 9 percent capital level would leave banks in need of 220 billion euros, with RBS, Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas most in need. Note that 39% haircut figure on Greek bonds. Although up from 21% in July, it is far too low. Anything under 50% is preposterous and 80% or higher losses would not be surprising in the least. Capital Shortfall Estimates of European Banks Range from 8 to 413 Billion Euros The Wall Street Journal reports
widely varying analyst ranges in its article European Banks Face New Scrutiny Over Capital Needs Analyst Estimates
scenarios in the third round of "stress-free" tests now underway. Deutsche Bank AG Chief Executive Josef Ackermann says it isn't clear recapitalization Citigroup estimates there is a efforts will help solve the crisis. capital shortfall of between 64 Hey, let's just not recognize any billion and 216 billion for banks bank losses ever. to achieve a minimum core Tier 1 Mike "Mish" Shedlock ratio of 7% to 9%, respectively. h t t p : / / Credit Suisse came up with a globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. similar figure of 220 billion for com the potential 9% scenario. Click Here To Scroll Thru My Analysts at Espirito Santo said Recent Post List Mike write-downs at current market "Mish" Shedlock is a registered prices on Greek, Portuguese, investment advisor representative Irish, Italian and Spanish bonds, f o r S i t k a P a c i f i c C a p i t a l along with a higher minimum Management. Sitka Pacific is an capital ratio of around 9%, could asset management firm whose require as much as 413 billion in goal is strong performance and new capital across the sector. low volatility, regardless of Merrill Lynch analysts in turn market direction. Visit http:// came up with estimates of w w w . s i t k a p a c i f i c . c o m / between 7.6 billion and 143 account_management.html to billion in required capital for the l e a r n m o r e a b o u t w e a l t h region's major banks, depending m a n a g e m e n t a n d c a p i t a l on various scenarios. preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific. These ranges provide more questions than answers. Moreover, low-end lowball estimates such as 7.6 billion by Merrill Lynch are preposterous under all but the most ludicrous
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but went up in flames because they were one year early. Mike "Mish" Shedlock h t t p : / / globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. com Click Here To Scroll Thru My Recent Post List Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and
low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http:// www.sitkapacific.com/ account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.
Ubuntu Linux 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" Released; Here's What's New [Screenshot Tour]
Whitson Gordon (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 7:30:00 AM
Like most Ubuntu updates, v e r s i o n 1 1 . 1 0 i s n ' t a h u g e the big changes made in 11.04, by overhaul; rather, it improves on
cleaning up the Dash, overhauling the Ubuntu Software Center, and bringing in some new default software. Here's a look at the biggest changes in the newest version of Ubuntu. More
Powerful Women
Wendy Walsh (AskMen Latest Articles)
Ever wonder how much sex married couples are having? Depending on the study you read, there seem to be as many different kinds of sex lives as there are marriages. According to the Durex study of sexual well being, Americans tend to be low on sexual frequency compared to the rest of the world (118 times a year compared to the average of 127). In another study posted by the famous Kinsey Institute, 13% of married couples reported having sex a few times per year, 45% reported a few times per month, 34% reported two to three times per week, and 7% reported four or more times per week. I think the key word to notice is reported. The biggest challenge for sex researchers is that most studies
are self-report studies, meaning that they are open to embellishment. Usually by men, who tend to report higher levels of sexual frequency. If their reports are true, who are those guys having sex with? Perhaps each other? Or perhaps women tend to under-report because of the sexual double standard.Now another study throws a new factor into the gender equation in terms of sexuality. A survey of six African countries shows that the more household power a woman has, the less sexual activity she has. Specifically, if she is singly responsible for large household purchases, decisions on health care and family obligations, she has sex less often. The wife who jointly shares responsibility for these decisions with her husband has more sex than women who have total responsibility. Why Married Couples Have Less Sex
that one in four American couples are too tired for sex. This statistic begs the question: Are the couples too tired for sex, or only the wife? After all, women control the sex lives of most marriages.Finally, sex can be a power exchange. He conquers her sexual power, and she conquers his masculinity. Household decision-making power in America is usually tied to financial power: She who earns it, spends it. So this study also makes me wonder about wives There are a number of ways to But the other thing to consider has who make more money than their look at this finding, which was relevance here in America. A husbands. Do they choose a published in the Journal of Sex woman who is largely responsible female model of sexuality for Research. First of all, the research for all the decisions (and probably their relationship because they was done in six African countries, housework and child rearing) is can? Or are they just too plain places where female circumcision p r o b a b l y a l s o a v e r y t i r e d tired? is still practiced in many circles. woman.Here in America, we are Continue Reading More aptly called female genital experiencing an unprecedented mutilation, this destructive and rise of female economic and often dangerous surgery can affect sexual power. A study by the sexual pleasure in many women. National Sleep Foundation found
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Stop, Or I'll Tweet! Cops Struggle With Social Media

Bill Wasik (Wired Top Stories)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:00:00 AM
DALLAS, Texas A nightstick, a revolver, and a smartphone to check in on Foursquare. Thats the necessary gear of the future beat cop, as envisioned at the SMILE ConferenceSocial Media, the Internet, and Law Enforcement held over three scorching September days in downtown Dallas. The site was the incongruously trendy Aloft Hotel, where the generally beefy and buzz-cut crowd learned the ins and outs of tweeting while surrounded by tasteful splatter art, concrete-slab walls, and white leather sofa cubes. In their Web savvy, the hundredplus police officers and other lawenforcement pros in attendance ranged from social-media pioneers like Toronto constable Scott Mills, who checks into Foursquare and Facebook as he walks the beat, all the way down to decrepit veterans who, in the words of one attendee, are still figuring out solar calculators. For the latter group, earlymorning sessions helped to teach basics: Day one, setting up a Twitter account; Day 2, setting up a Facebook account (with the right privacy settings); Day 3, using TweetDeck and a lastminute addition, said the
conference organizer Google+. Then later each day, from the podium, speakers delved into some more advanced material. Capt. Mike Parker, who runs public information for the Los Angeles Country Sheriffs Department, explained the magic of Google Alerts (to monitor chatter about your department) and YouSendIt (to get large video files to the media). The one commonality: Almost all the recommended tech was free, since most police departments have minuscule budgets for software or services. When a rep from a social -media monitoring firm mentioned his starting price$500 per montha few attendees snickered audibly from the back. So, how should the police use the Web? Here were some of the takeaways: Manage the news media Parker gave a helpful primer on what makes news, explaining to his pupils about the 11 Cs, which run from catastrophe and conflict to celebrity and critters (i.e., animals). The one eyebrow-raiser in Parkers presentation was his assurance that Photoshop is your friend. He showed a photo of a helicopter rescue and bragged about how his department had changed the officers blue pants to green, since
green was the official departmental color. He also showed off the picture in this news release. The only thing Photoshopped in is the beam of light, he said i.e., the images single most prominent feature. but counter misinformation. Superintendent Mark Payne, from the West Midlands Police in the UK, talked about his experiences tweeting during this past summers riots. His town of Wolverhampton did get hit hard by looters, but meanwhile there were rumors about violence (burning shopping malls, police shootings) that hadnt happened at all. He was an operational commander on the streets during the violence, so his time to tweet was limited. But he felt like it was best spent in knocking down rumors, which could become selffulfilling prophecies if left unchecked. Payne also stresses that its important that all police staff are kept informed about rumors, and their truth or falsity, so that they dont unwittingly spread lies: Because theyre associated with the police, their friends and family trust their word. In investigations, think ahead. Johann Ortega, detective at the Dallas Police Department, said to STOP, page 54
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Cute TV Chimps May Harm Their Wild Kin

ScienceNow (Wired Top Stories)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 8:45:00 AM
By Virginia Morell, Science NOW Showing chimpanzees dressed in clothes and clowning around in films and commercials may not be particularly dignified, but it fosters sympathy for the species and makes people want to protect them in the wild. At least thats what some in the entertainment industry like to think. But a new study from a team of scientists and marketing experts shows just the opposite. People who watch such shows or ads actually come away thinking that chimpanzees are abundant in the wild and dont need further protection, the researchers report in a study published today in PLOS ONE. In reality, of course, chimpanzees are endangered and face an uncertain future in Africa due to habitat destruction, disease, and hunting. Wild chimpanzees cannot be imported into the United States, but those that are born in captivity here can still be purchased as pets and used in biomedical research and entertainment. Chimps have a long and highly controversial history in advertising too, helping sell everything from tea and soft drinks to cars. We wanted to test this argument that showing chimpanzees with people and in human settings actually makes people more
sympathetic to their plight, says Brian Hare, an evolutionary anthropologist at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, and one of the studys authors. Hare had heard filmmakers express this opinion while helping with two television documentaries about chimpanzees. To test their argument, Kara Schroepfer, one of Hares graduate students and the studys
lead author, asked 165 people to fill out a questionnaire about the status of chimpanzees in the wild after watching a series of television ads. The ads showed products such as toothpaste and soft drinks. Mixed in with the ads was one of three short films about chimpanzees. One showed Jane Goodall delivering a message about the need to protect chimpanzees; another was simply
footage of chimpanzees in the wild; and the third showed chimpanzees wearing clothes and acting in ads intended to be humorous. After watching the ads, the participants filled out a questionnaire that assessed their understanding of the status of wild chimpanzees. The scientists analysis of the results showed absolutely no support for the
familiarity hypothesis, Hare says. Indeed, more than 35% of those who watched the humorous ads came away thinking that individuals should have the right to own a chimpanzee as a pet, compared with only 10% of those who watched the two other films. The participants were also given the opportunity to purchase one of CUTE page 54
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The Optimal Age To Be An Athlete

Simon Kuper (AskMen Latest Articles)
Manchester United's 37-year-old midfielder Ryan Giggs was awarded the Golden Foot Award for 2011 yesterday, and we're impressed that his stellar latecareer surge to prominence is continuing. While athletes must be 29 or older to win the Golden Foot, we're interested to see a player well beyond the 30 year mark take the award this year. It got us wondering about the likelihood of a player lasting so long at the top of his game -- and what's the optimum age for soccer -playing dominance? It seems that although sports medicine is keeping guys on the field longer than ever, it's still the rare superathlete (like Giggs) who still manages to dominate late into his thirties. Growing old You might expect the maximum age for soccer players to have risen. After all, whereas players used to live like rock stars, they now look after themselves. And sports medicine has come a long way since the days when a physio (typically, a retired player) would rub his magic sponge over an injury and when broken legs ended careers. Three years ago, I
asked Dr. Jean-Pierre Meersseman, the Belgian director general of AC Milans Milan Lab, the best medical team in soccer, what the current maximum age was for a top-class player. I think its around 40, he replied. It used to be 33, 34 at the most. The evidence from top-class soccer players seems to refute Dr. Meersseman. Age still withers almost everyone -- except Giggs. In recent weeks, I have visited several of the men at big clubs (both in soccer and in baseball) who monitor stats on players. All these men are obsessed with age, with tracking a players decline. I also carried out my own small statistical study on top-class soccer players and found almost all players still age according to a distinct pattern. Ill start with my own study. I wanted to know the ages of the worlds best players, so I identified the most regular players of soccers seven best clubs: Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, and Inter Milan. I chose the 13 to 15 players per club who had played most league games so far this season. That left me with 100 players who are soccers current elite. Then I mapped their age distribution. //
gets a proper shot at Chelseas first team. Different leagues, same story Attacking players usually enter their peak at 23 and defenders do so at 25. The peak typically lasts until age 31. Over 70% of the worlds leading outfield players are between these ages. Theres little variation, either upward or downward. Even Inter Milan, who have the oldest squad of any European professional club, according to a recent study by the Professional Football Players Observatory, Looking at this distribution, you Fabregas, Wayne Rooney and has an average age of just 29.61. immediately notice certain things. Cristiano Ronaldo. That bodes It's no wonder, since male One is the long apprenticeship extremely well for Arsenals 19- ballplayers in almost all sports before entering the elite. Even year-old starter, Jack Wilshere, peak somewhere between 26 and though good soccer players and the even younger Brazilian 29. For instance, the average age typically make their professional forward Philippe Coutinho, who of an NBA player going into the debuts at around age 18, few occasionally appears for the current season was 26.77. Every become regulars at the top level European champions, Inter. team in the MLB last year had an until they are at least 23. Only But the mere mortals under 22 average age somewhere between 13% of our sample is younger who warm benches at big clubs 25.9 (for the Cleveland Indians) t h a n t h a t . D e f e n d e r s b r e a k shouldn't get antsy. To the a n d 2 8 . 7 ( t h e P h i l a d e l p h i a through even later. The worlds contrary, they should be very Phillies). The average age of the elite includes just three defenders proud; their careers are perfectly top 10 men's tennis players is under 24: Rafael da Silva, Holger o n t r a c k . J e f f r e y B r u m a , 26.2. And ice hockey players peak Badstuber and Marcelo. Regular Chelseas 19-year-old defender a t 2 7 , a c c o r d i n g t o young keepers simply dont exist. recently sent on loan to little statistics.What's the secret to these T h e r e a r e s o m e o b v i o u s L e i c e s t e r , m u s t k n o w t h a t older players? That's next... implications here. One is that kids defenders his age dont exist in Continue Reading who do become regulars are top-class soccer. He can expect a probably something special. In four-year apprenticeship at recent years, this select category smaller clubs (soccers equivalent has included Leo Messi, Cesc of going to university) before he
TED: Pamela Meyer: How to spot a liar - Pamela Meyer (2011)

TEDTalks (TEDTalks (video))
Submitted at 10/13/2011 9:34:53 AM
On any given day we're lied to from 10 to 200 times, and the clues to detect those lie can be
subtle and counter-intuitive. and "hotspots" used by those P a m e l a M e y e r , a u t h o r o f trained to recognize deception -Liespotting, shows the manners and she argues honesty is a value
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keep copies of everything important. If a suspect has posted a YouTube video that might be used as evidence against him, you should save a copy to your hard drive through a free videodownloading service. Also, you should print the YouTube page: Without that, you might not be able to definitely link the video to the suspects account. Ortega also stressed the importance of using different browsers for investigations, to keep separate accounts separate. Otherwise, cookies can trip you up, causing posts to be sent from the wrong account. Virtualize your beat. When Mills, the constable in Toronto, is assigned to the citys club district, he stops into venues and checks in on Foursquare. First, he says, that acts as a deterrent: A police officer in the list of attendees is the virtual equivalent of a uniform in a crowd. Second, if anything goes wrong, he figures that his check-in can help with the investigation. Thats because, whenever possible, he makes what might seem like a chilling move to some Foursquare users: he saves a screenshot of all the other attendees after he checks in, so that he has a ready-made list of potential witnesses in the event of a crime.
Mills and the other evangelists at SMILE were aware that those kinds of tactics make some privacy advocates squeamish. (Why track a kid, just because he checks into a club?) But to Mills, patrolling Foursquare or Twitter or public activity on Facebook is no different from walking around in a physical place. Also, as Mills points out, the trust issue cuts both ways: Cops, in order to win trust online, also have to post frequently (and informally) on social networks themselves, opening their own words and actions to scrutiny. At a Thursday-night open-bar roundtable, some SMILE attendees expressed shock that Paynes force, in the West Midlands, allowed all police to tweet in an official capacity. No smart corporation would allow that, the dissenters pointed out. At the very least, they wouldnt encourage it. But Mills an intense, wellbuilt young officer who spent most of the conference running Google Hangouts on a laptop, so cops from all around could watch the sessions responded to this line of argument with passion. Trained correctly, he said, officers can learn to be just as responsible in their online personae as they are offline. And once trained,
these social-media cops can do enormous good. Late at night, he said, you do more good walking a beat in a cyber neighborhood than walking a beat on the street. Photos: Martin Addison, Flickr/ dmason, Bill Wasik See Also: U.K. Prime Minister Suggests Pre-Crime Blocking of Social Media Portugal The Man Thanks Facebook, Twitter for Return of Stolen Gear LulzSec Releases Arizona Police Documents Undercover Feds on Social Networking Sites Raise Questions Cairo Activists Use Facebook to Rattle Regime
the products they had seen or contribute part of their compensation for the experiment to a conservation charity; those who watched the entertainment chimps were the least likely to donate. The teams findings add to the evidence that using chimpanzees and other primates in entertainment is more than just frivolous amusement; it really changes the way the public understands the species and should be discontinued, says Stephen Ross, a chimpanzee researcher at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, Illinois. The study adds to a growing body of work that indicates that conservation is directly tied to public perception, says Doug This entry passed through the Cress, a spokesperson with the Full-Text RSS service if this is Great Apes Survival Partnership your content and you're reading it in Nairobi. He and others in on someone else's site, please read conservation have always felt the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentthat the use of [great apes and only/faq.php#publishers. Five p r i m a t e s ] i n e n t e r t a i n m e n t Filters featured article: A 'Malign s o m e h o w u n d e r m i n e d Intellectual Subculture' - George preservation efforts. After all, M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , who could look at a chimpanzee Herman, Peterson, Pilger And on a unicycle and comprehend its Media Lens. real situation? This story provided by Science NOW, the daily online news service of the journal Science.
Image: Seeing dressed-up chimps, such as the one in this tea advertisement, made people less likely to donate to a conservation charity. (Homer Sykes Archive/ Alamy) See Also: Captive Chimps Could Be Declared Endangered Species Chimps and Dolphins Share Cultural Similarities Research Committee May Be Stacked Against Chimps Girl Chimpanzees May Use Sticks as Dolls Chimps: Not Human, But Are They People? Bonobos, Chimpanzees, and Nasty, Peaceful Humans This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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10 Historically Inaccurate Movies A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Thur., Oct. 13

Submitted at 10/13/2011 1:00:56 PM
with history. After all, historical events and people aren't known for being simple, clear-cut or Something about the words morally unambiguous. A film "based on a true sto-ry" flashing allows us to boil down history across the screen has the ability to into something more easily capture a viewer's attention unlike digestible and ethically black and anything else. History is full of white. Other times, filmmakers noteworthy people and events that want to make a point about a are just ripe for the screenwriter's modern issue or ignite wartime picking and often result in hugely patriotism by invoking analogous successful movies. However, try events of the past, even if that as they might, filmmakers who means bending details. attempt to portray anything about Some historians, for all their the past very seldom satisfy their c o m p l a i n t s , a c t u a l l y g i v e harshest critics. And we're not filmmakers credit for generating t a l k i n g a b o u t R o g e r E b e r t . interest in history in a way that Profession-al film reviewers are history books are rarely able to do tame compared to the wrath of nit [source: Ward]. Filmmakers -picking historians. frequently admit their lapses in One could theorize that there is a historical correctness but claim to purpose to taking creative license have captured the spirit of the
truth. Nevertheless, when a filmmaker inaccurately portrays a beloved historical person or an emotional event, experts are always quick to point it out. We've gathered 10 movies that many historians find insufferable and others just find laughable. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Ken Denmead (Wired Top Stories)
CyanogenMod Alpha Released on the HP Touchpad for Adventurous Users [Video]

Whitson Gordon (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 8:30:00 AM
Despite WebOS' merits, many people have been clamoring for a version of Android on the HP Touchpad. Legendary Android ROM CyanogenMod is now available, in early alpha form, for
eager Touchpad users to try out. More
automatically filter out published answers, to give you a spoiler-free experience. Submitted at 10/13/2011 10:16:00 AM And now, without further ado, we Our good friends at Google run a give you daily puzzle challenge and asked TODAYS PUZZLE: us to help get them out to the What term describes the geeky masses. Each days puzzle transcendental feelings astronauts will task your googling skills a have after viewing Earth from the little more, leading you to Google unique vantage point of space? mastery. Each morning at 12:01 YESTERDAYS ANSWER a.m. Eastern time youll see a new (mouseover to see): puzzle, and the previous days Search [eight-track tape]. Look answer (in invisitext) posted here. for an illustration of an open eight SPOILER WARNING: -track tape cartridge and notice As a test, were going to leave that theres only one reel of tape, the comments on so people can which is both the supply and takework together to find the answer. up reel. As such, if you want to figure it This entry passed through the out all by yourself, DONT Full-Text RSS service if this is READ THE COMMENTS! your content and you're reading it Also, with the knowledge that on someone else's site, please read because others may publish their the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentanswers before you do, if you only/faq.php#publishers. Five want to be able to search for Filters featured article: A 'Malign information without accidentally Intellectual Subculture' - George seeing the answer somewhere, M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , you can use the Google-a-Day Herman, Peterson, Pilger And sites search tool, which will Media Lens.
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Nicole Richie Gets Fancy For a Meeting, Casual For a Treat With Harlow
Allie Merriam (PopSugar)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 8:41:35 AM
Americans And Money

souls.Suffice it to say that, for Stacy Johnson many Americans, money is in (AskMen Latest Articles) short supply -- which makes it all the more important to preserve the According to the latest release money that comes our way. Last from the Census Bureau, in 2010, w e e k , M o n e y T a l k s g u e s t the average American household columnist Len Penzo explained income was $49,445. Adjusted for how he wasted more than $1,700 inflation, thats about where it a year. And hes certainly not was 15 years ago. Even more unique. Check out these 10 ways depressing: The 2010 poverty rate Americans waste money. in the U.S. is more than 15% -- Continue Reading the highest since 1993. That translates into 46-million
Nicole Richie had a busy one in LA yesterday, starting with a business meeting in the afternoon. She traded her black skirt and leopard print booties for cutoffs and flats later, though, when she and a friend took their kids out for ice cream. Nicole's oldest, her daughter Harlow, was decked out in her ballerina gear for the sweets run. The day about town came after Nicole and her husband, Joel Madden, wrapped up an overseas adventure. Joel and Nicole took Harlow and Sparrow to London for Disney's Princess Royal Court
Celebration, and then came an adults-only fashion week extravaganza at the Spring 2012 Louis Vuitton show. View Slideshow
World map according to Americans against American stereotypes [comic]

(Holy Kaw!)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 9:50:00 AM
The Lifehacker Workout: Exercise for Normal People [The Lifehacker Workout]
Melanie Pinola (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 8:00:00 AM
Full story at xkcd via I Love Charts. Give us some credit. Permalink| Leave a comment
Extreme exercise programs like P90X, CrossFit, and Insanity will without a doubt kick you into the best shape of your life in a very short amount of timebut only if you stick with their crazy-formost routines. The majority of people (trainers I've spoken with say something like 9 out of 10)
give up on these workouts because they're really intense and require an hour almost every day to do them. More
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Libya's NTC accused of detainee abuse

(AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE))
Submitted at 10/13/2011 3:34:04 AM
Leading rights group accuses anti -Gaddafi forces of beating prisoners and denying them access to judicial proceedings. Last Modified: 13 Oct 2011 08:34 NTC guards told rights-group researchers they beat prisoners in order to extract 'confessions' more quickly [AFP] Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) is holding about 2,500 detainees in the capital Tripoli alone, many of whom have been beaten and subjected to other ill-treatment and not given access to lawyers or judicial proceedings, Amnesty International, the London-based human-rights watchdog, says. Prisoners interviewed by the group's researchers said they had been held for various durations, from a few days to a few months and that with rare exception they had not been arrested under any kind of legal order. In the report released on Thursday, Detention Abuses Staining the New Libya, Amnesty said mistreatment most commonly involves beatings, particularly with wooden sticks or ropes on the feet. At least two guards in two different detention facilities told Amnesty researchers they beat detainees in order to extract "confessions" more quickly. Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, the group's deputy director for the
Middle East and North Africa, said: "There is a real risk that without firm and immediate action, some patterns of the past might be repeated. Arbitrary arrest and torture were a hallmark of Colonel [Muammar] Gaddafi's rule. "We understand that the transitional authorities are facing many challenges, but if they do
not make a clear break with the past now, they will effectively be sending out a message that treating detainees like this is to be tolerated in the new Libya." NTC 'to investigate' Jalal al-Galal, a spokesman for the NTC, told Reuters news agency that the council leadership would look into the report. "[NTC Chairman] Mustafa Abdel
Jalil has said time and time again that he will not tolerate abuse of prisoners and has made it abundantly clear that he will investigate any such allegations," he said. Sub-Saharan Africans suspected of being mercenaries made up between a third and a half of those detained, according to Amnesty. Some have been
released after no evidence was found to link them to fighting. A man from Niger, initially presented to Amnesty as a "mercenary and killer", broke down and explained that he had "confessed" after being beaten almost continuously for two days. He denied being LIBYA'S page 58
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involved in fighting. Amnesty says black Libyans particularly from the Tawargha region, which was a base for Gaddafi forces in their efforts to regain control of Misrata - are also particularly vulnerable. Dozens of Tawarghans have been taken from their homes, checkpoints, and even hospitals. The United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have also expressed concern over the sweep of arrests of men accused by interim authorities of fighting for Gaddafi. Al Jazeera's James Bays visited police stations in Tripoli where detainees were held in August and September when Amnesty carried out its research. "Many of them were from SubSaharan African countries, who came here as workers and were then rounded up and accused of
being mercenaries, " he said. "It's quite possible that some of those people were fighting for Gaddafi but having spoken to some of them myself, it was pretty clear that some of them were also innocent people, rounded up simply because of the colour of their skin". In meetings with Amnesty in September, NTC officials acknowledged concerns over arbitrary detention and illtreatment, and pledged to do more to get a grip on armed militias and ensure that all those detained enjoy equal protection of the law. "The NTC has to act urgently to translate their public commitments into action, before such abuses become entrenched and stain the new Libya's human rights record," Amnesty's Sahraoui said. "These detainees have in most cases been arrested without a
warrant, beaten - and sometimes worse - on arrest and arrival in detention. They are vulnerable to abuse by armed militias who often act on their own initiative. "The authorities cannot simply allow this to carry on because they are in a 'transitional' phase. These people must be allowed to defend themselves properly or be released." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Rosie O'Donnell Sings 'Alleluia' Tribute to TV Critic After Positive Review (VIDEO)
Alex Moaba (AOL TV)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 6:50:00 AM
Filed under: TV Replay Rosie O'Donnell's new OWN talk show'The Rosie Show' is struggling in the ratings, so O'Donnell was elated to get a positive review from Time Jay Busbee (Y! Sports Blogs to start demonstrating that he can n o b a c k f l i p ? ) T h e e v e n t , Magazine's Jame Poniewozik. So Yahoo! Sports) do anything that "real" athletes obviously, was designed to elated that she could only express can do, starting at the bottom and promote the season-ending race at her joy in song. Submitted at 10/13/2011 9:17:35 AM working up. First off: kicking a Homestead, at which Edwards O'Donnell sang Poniewozik the You know all that garbage about field goal: surely hopes he'll be able to 'Alleluia' tribute as head 'Rosie' drivers not being athletes? Well, Yep, if your team gets down to manage more than three points. a t l e a s t o n e o f t h e m , C a r l the 10 yard line and can't punch it You're next, designated hitters. Edwards, has apparently decided in, Edwards is your man! (What, [Via CBS Sports]
Your new Miami Dolphins kicker: Carl Edwards
writer Karen Kilgaroff accompanied her on guitar. "He told you that my show was good and baby yes, I knew he would, 'cuz noone gets it right like Poniewozik," she sang. Later in the performance, they were joined by a chorus of back-up singers and replaced the 'Alleluia' lyric with 'Poniewozik.' Permalink| Email this| Linking Blogs| Comments
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Insider trader sentenced to 11 years in US

Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:01:34 AM
send the 54-year-old former billionaire to prison for at least 19 and a half years for his May H e d g e - f u n d f o u n d e r R a j conviction on securities fraud Rajaratnam given 11 years in jail charges. over inside trading estimated to They said federal sentencing have netted him up to $75m. Last guidelines called for a sentence Modified: 13 Oct 2011 16:01 of up to 24 and a half years. Rajaratnam's lawyers had argued The prosecution had that due to his 'failing health' a estimated Rajaratnam's profits long prison term would be a death from illegal trades at $70m to sentence [AFP] $75m, saying he moved so much A federal judge has sentenced money around within his multiRaj Rajaratnam, a hedge-fund billion dollar funds that the founder once recognised as one of movement of prices in individual the richest citizens in the US, to stocks could be traced to his 11 years in jail for insider trading. trading whims. Prosecutors had asked US Lawyers for Rajaratnam, a Sri District Judge Richard Holwell to Lanka native, argued that his
sentence should be much lower six and a half to nine years - for what they said was illegal profits of about $7m, when the trades at his Galleon Group of hedge
funds were disregarded. The defence had also asked for leniency due to Rajaratnam's "failing health" and his "unique constellation of ailments". They
said a lengthy prison term would amount to a death sentence. Rajaratnam's sentencing comes as the nearly month-old Occupy Wall Street protests continue, sending daily messages opposing Wall Street greed and corporate excess. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Strauss-Kahn French rape case dismissed

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Submitted at 10/13/2011 10:27:45 AM Monetary Fund (IMF), tried to Officials say evidence suggested rape her for lack of sufficient sexual assault against writer in evidence. 2003 by ex-IMF chief but it is too The office said on Thursday that late to prosecute. Last Modified: Strauss-Kahn admitted to sexual 13 Oct 2011 15:27 Srauss- aggression against Tristane Banon Kahn had denied Tristane Banon's a n d t h a t e v i d e n c e e x i s t e d claim that he attempted to rape suggesting that a sexual assault her during a book interview in had taken place, but that it was 2003 [AFP] too late to prosecute. The Paris prosecutor's office has In France, charges of sexual dropped an investigation into a assault carry a shorter statute of F r e n c h w r i t e r ' s c l a i m t h a t limitations than attempted rape.
Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens. Banon alleges that Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her in 2003 during an interview for a book. StraussKahn has denied the claim. Strauss-Kahn quit his job as head of the IMF after a New York hotel maid accused him of attempted rape earlier this year. Prosecutors later dropped that case. This entry passed through the
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Alternate renderings of Scripting News

(Scripting News)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:08:04 AM
'Cougar Town' Stars HBO Changes 'Angry Will Crossover to Boys,' 'Life and Times of Tim' Premiere Dates Other Shows
Chris Harnick (AOL TV) Chris Harnick (AOL TV)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 5:35:00 AM
Filed under: TV News'Cougar Town' is still benched until midseason, but the show has hatched a creative plan to keep the cul-de-sac crew on TV. According to USA Today, the cast will be popping up on more than a dozen shows as uncredited background actors. Starting on
Thurs., Oct.13 the cast will be infiltrating shows across several networks. Look for Ian Gomez to kick things off at 9PM ET on 'Grey's Anatomy' and Courteney Cox and Christa Miller to play a lesbian couple at a fertility clinic on 'Private Practice' at 10PM ET on ABC. Permalink| Email this| Linking Blogs| Comments
originally slated to debut in December. Submitted at 10/13/2011 6:30:00 AM Additionally, new episodes of the Filed under: TV News Chris animated series 'The Life and Lilley's return to American TV Times of Tim' will now premiere will be a bit delayed. HBO has Fri., Dec. 16 at 9PM ET. pushed back the premiere of Permalink| Email this| Linking Lilley's 'Angry Boys' until Sun., Blogs| Comments Jan. 8 at 10PM ET. The show was
In comments under my last tweaks post, I admitted that this is all part of a conspiracy, like Tom Sawyer with the whitewashed fence, to entice developers to create alternate renderings of Scripting News. That may sound fun evil, and it is, but possibly not the way you think. Sure, I want my blog to look great, and I want everyone reading it to have it look exactly the way they like it. But I also want to be able to organize my reading of other blogs myself and have it all look beautiful, the way I think beautiful looks. I want to use new tools to read them. Tools written by Marco Arment, Rich Ziade and Joe Hewitt. (You see I even know the names of the developers I'm trying to lure into this trap.) And of course any wanna-be Marcos, Richs or Joes. And of course the Flipboard guys would benefit too if this all worked. So I could publish all the text and structure on this blog in JSON, but I already publish it all in XML. If you poke around in the source you'll even see it. Or in the RSS feed. The hints are there. It's like a puzzle diabolical plot to take over the world! Mwahahahaa!!
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Lenovo Intel Dual-Core Laptop with 15.6 LED Display

(Woot! - One Day, One Deal)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 12:00:19 AM
chance, do they? Just like you, man. Just like you. But dont you worry, Andy You Did The Best You Could Rendich. Now your name is out This Lenovo Intel Dual-Core there. Maybe not as out there as a Laptop with 15.6 LED Display? Reed Hastings email, but out there Its dedicated to all those who nonetheless. When you go to never got their shot. your next job interview (probably Andy Rendich. CEO of Qwikster on Tuesday if youre smart) for about a week. You didnt ask people are going to say Rendich? for the media frenzy. You just Arent you that guy who almost woke up and came into the office ran Qwikster? And when you say one morning to find out your boss yes, theyll shake their head, and had gone insane. But instead of maybe even give you a big hug. walking away, as a lesser man Because youre every kid who might do, you took one for the was open but didnt get the ball. team. You put your name on that Youre every musician who had disaster-in-progress and told the the chops but couldnt get airplay. world well, nothing really, Youre Brando in On The because you didnt even have W a t e r f r o n t , y o u r e D a v e time to figure out a business plan. M u s t a i n e , y o u r e T a k e r u But you were gonna do it, pal. Kobayashi being dragged away by You were gonna bring the heat. It the cops just before the Nathans was your moment to shine. Hot Dog Eating Contest. You And today, youre just back to were there and ready and wanted the old office, because Qwikster is to go, but someone else took your no more. moment before you could prove Andy, its not your fault, okay? yourself. Youre like this refurbished That dream is gone now, Andy Lenovo Intel Dual-Core Laptop Rendich, but its not your fault. with 15.6 LED Display. Its got a Dont blame yourself. Dont sweet 2.13GHz processor, and blame yourself. Authorized for 2GB of DDR3 memory, and a SquareTrade Extended Warranty 320GB hard drive, plus Window 7 Warranty: 1 Year Lenovo Home Premium, 802.11b/g/n Wi- Condition: Refurbished Fi, and a 15.6 widescreen LED Features: display. Its ready to work, and Powered by an Intel Pentium work hard. But nobody gives it a P6200 2.13GHz processor, this
Lenovo laptop helps you get the job done Stunning 15.6 LED widescreen display (1366 x 768) 2GB DDR3 memory (expandable to 8GB) for multitasking power 320GB Serial ATA hard drive Multiformat DVDRW/CDRW drive with double-layer support Windows 7 Home Premium simplifies everyday tasks with an improved taskbar, desktop enhancements, better device management and full-screen previews Connect to a broadband modem or router with wired Ethernet, or wirelessly connect to a Wi-Fi signal or hotspot with the built in 802.11b/g/n wireless connection Additional Photos: Lenovo Logo Top Profile Left Profile Right Profile Package Contents Packaging Specifications: Processor: Intel Pentium P6200 (2.13GHz) Processor Core: Dual-Core Screen Size: 15.6" Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Resolution: 1366 x 768 Display Type: LED high-definition Graphics: Intel GMA HD
Memory: 2GB DDR3 (expandable to 8GB) Hard Drive: 320GB (5400rpm) Optical Drive: Multiformat DVDRW with Dual -Layer Support Network: 10/100/ 1000Mbps Wireless: 802.11b/g/n Card Reader: 4-in-1 Card Reader (SD, SD Pro, MMC, MS Pro) Battery: 6-Cell Lithium-Ion Sound Card: Realtek ALC269 Webcam: 0.3MP Microphone: Integrated Keyboard: Full-Size Pointing Device: Touchpad I/O Ports: USB 2.0: 3 eSATA: 1 VGA: 1 RJ-45: 1 Mic-in: 1 Headphone-out: 1 Operating System: Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Security: Kensington MicroSaver lock slot Power-on password Accepts 3rd party security lock devices Power: 65W AC Adapter 6-Cell 48WHr Lithium-Ion Battery Dimensions: 14.8(W) x 1.3(H) x 10 (D) Weight: 4.9 lbs In the box: Lenovo B560-433028U Laptop with 15.6 LED Display AC Adapter 6-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery photo credit: Taro the Shiba Inu Discuss this product Price: $299.99 I want one!
Psalm 10:15 (1013-11)

(Verse of the Day)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 2:00:00 AM
Break the arm of the wicked and evil man; call him to account for his wickedness that would not be found out. Psalm 10:15(NIV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... It is hard not to get discouraged when evil and wicked people get away with what is reprehensible. Christians on every continent have things that greatly trouble them about the evil perpetrated in their corner of the world as corrupt power abuses those who belong to God's people. Let's join together, believers from all around the world, and ask God to intervene in a clear, decisive way, and bring these days of violence and wickedness to an end! My Prayer... Holy and righteous Father, please break the power of wickedness that reigns in our world and bring it to an end. Make it clear that the fall of evil's power is at the hand of the Lord Jesus. Lord Jesus, destroy every power that stands between God and us, and bring to a glorious beginning the eternal reign of your Kingdom. To your glory, Lord Jesus, and in your name I pray. Amen.
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Ready, Set, Logo!

(Woot! - One Day, One Deal)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:00:00 AM
There are two ways to get someone to say, Hey, that business is going places! The first way is to put together a business model that is new and exciting that will make a lot of money really quick. The second way is to put your businesss name on the side of some sort of automobile. For the purpose of this lesson, were going to talk about the second way. Youre probably thinking, Great! I got some spray paint, I got my Pontiac Aztek, lets do this thing! Well, hold on just a minute! You dont want to put your companys name on just any car; you want it on a racecar. Why? Because when it comes to going, fast is always better than slow. But still, its not just as simple as slapping your companys name on a racecar; you need a logo that will catch the eye. Thats why, here at Sean University, we have put together a list of dos and donts for designing your companys racecar logo: Do: design a logo with bright, flashy colors to get peoples attention. Dont: design a logo thats so bright its on fire. While it may
cars were. Do: make sure the design of your logo features your companys catchy slogan! Dont: make your slogan, throw bricks and things of comparable weight and destructive ability at this car. Do: put pictures of your products into your logo. For example, if youre selling ice cream over the internet, put a digital-looking picture somewhere. Dont: put any of your actual products in the car. This goes double for ice-cream, because it will attract bees, and then it doesnt matter what you sell, because youll forever be the company that ruined the race with all those bees. Do: befriend a graphic designer! They love designing stuff for their friends free of charge! Dont: let your new graphic designer friend kill your logo idea seem like a good way to motivate and sharp! the driver to go faster and win, the Dont: make a logo with actual with dumb opinions like, nudity damage costs will be through the sharp parts that could fall off and is frowned upon or fewer swords or hey, maybe not every roof, especially if you end up slash the cars tires. burning off the cars roof. Do: design a logo big enough to letter needs to look like its a skull. Do: come up with a design that cover the entire car! looks like a million bucks! Dont: design a logo big enough These are just general tips. If you Dont: make the same mistake I to cover all of the other cars and post in the comments describing did and just make 10,000 origami the racetrack. a) You would have your business, Ill give you some cranes out of 100 bills and then to pay to sponsor those other cars, personalized dos and donts for attach them to the back of the car and b) if the racetrack and the cars your logo. with strings. It can be distracting. were all painted the same, nobody Do: make a logo that is exciting would be able to tell where the
iPhone 4S gets teardown treatment, Siri gasps in terror

Brian Heater (Engadget)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:02:00 AM
Sure, plenty of folks are still waiting for their shipments to arrive, but Apple's latest magical handset is already baring its innards, courtesy of the screwdriver-wielding mad scientists at iFixit. The teardown is still carrying the "In Progress" badge at the moment, but among the findings thus far is the discovery of a slightly larger battery. Can the stash of magic dust be too far behind? iPhone 4S gets teardown treatment, Siri gasps in terror originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| iFixit| Email this| Comments
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Bloomberg Tells Occupy Screaming Mini Wall Street Protesters To Monkey Keychain with Woot Cape Leave Park By Friday
Ben Popken (The Consumerist)
The company wants to clean the park of trash and debris and Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:00:00 AM wrote, "we are again requesting N e w Y o r k C i t y M a y o r the assistance of the New York Bloomberg has asked the Wall City Police Department to help Street Protesters to leave their clear the Park so that we can encampment at Zuccotti Park in undertake work at the earliest the financial district by Friday. possible time." Though the park is open to the This sets the stage for Friday as a public, it's privately owned, and big showdown between NYPD its landlords have asked the city to and the protesters. assist in clearing the park so that For their part, the protesters are it may be cleaned. asking for brooms to be donated Capital New York reports that the so that they can clean up the park owners of the park, Brookfield themselves today and tomorrow. Office Properties, wrote a two- Then, on Friday, they will form a page letter to NYPD Comissioner human wall around the park and Ray Kelly regarding the "health try to prevent the NYPD from and public safety issue that must entering. be addressed immediately." I predict that the protesters will According to the letter signed by clean up the park, some will go Brookfield CEO Richard B Clark, back home, some will continue one of the concerns is that if the the protesting from other points park's "underground lighting" around the city, and everyone in system is "cracked, water could that human wall on Friday will be infiltrate the electrical system, arrested. putting occupants of the Park at The New York Post reports that risk of an electrical hazard." the park's owners say the
protesters aren't being permanently kicked out. They told the paper that "the cleaning will be done in stages and the protesters will be able to return to the areas that have been cleaned, provided they abide by the rules." One of the rules prohibits overnight camping. The rule against camping was only added after the protests began. Bloomberg tells Occupy Wall Street Protesters to clear Zuccotti Park by Friday[Capital New York] This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Roundup: Free shipping for Halloween costumes

Consumer Reports News (Consumer Reports)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 7:59:59 AM
Roundup: Free shipping for Halloween costumes Are you one of the 161 million people planning to celebrate Halloween this year? If you're going to purchase a costume from an online retailer, there are a slew of free shipping offers out there to keep in mind. The following roundup is based on listings from FreeShipping.org, which catalogs such deals offered by online merchants. The freeshipping offers below are for standard shipping, and in most cases will take five to seven business days, so take that into account when placing your order. A costume that gets to you on Nov. 1 is of little use, and expedited shipping is not free. Truly free Halloween shipping offers: Pottery Barn Kids: Free shipping on all Halloween costumes and treat bags. Pottery
Discounters: Use coupon code FREE60 for free shipping on $60 or more. Costume Supercenter: Use coupon code FREE75 for free Ben Popken (The Consumerist) shipping on $75 or more.
Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:15:00 AM
911 Calls From Walmart Bleach Battle Released

911 calls from the altercation inside a Baltimore County Walmart where two women began throwing liquid bleach and ammonia at each other, leaving 19 hospitalized from the resulting toxic chemical reaction, have been released. WJZ obtained the calls: Dispatcher: "Baltimore County 911, what's the address of the emergency?" Caller: "There's a fight in the middle of Wal-Mart on Washington Boulevard. You need to get some radio cars up here quick." Dispatcher: "Are there any weapons involved?" Caller: "No, but they are using chemicals to throw at each other." Dispatcher: "And they're hitting each other?" Caller: "Yeah. Throwing chemicals, liquid bleach, yeah." Dispatcher: "Throwing bleach at each other?" Caller: "Yeah." The fight occurred between two women, one of whom was dating the ex-boyfriend of the other, who also shared a child with the man. With so much acreage filled with all sorts of tools and supplies, and little oversight by the zombified staff, crazy stuff is bound to happen in the aisle of Walmart. Also, ammonia and bleach create a deadly gas when combined, so don't do that. 911 Calls Released In Wal-Mart Bleach Fight[CBS Baltimore] PREVIOUSLY Bleach Battle At Baltimore Walmart Sends 19 To Hospital From ConsumerReports.org: This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Barn Teen: Free shipping through Oct. 29 on all Halloween costumes. In addition, Halloween pop up stores are back, and we've got tips Free shipping offers that require for shoppers looking for a minimum purchase, starting with costume at one of these temporary shops. And don't forget the cheapest: Halloween costume safety for BestCostumeSite.com: Free kids. shipping on orders of $25 or Consumers Eager To Have A more. Costume Kingdom: Free Frightfully Good Time This shipping on orders of $50 or Halloween[NRF] Subscribe now! S u b s c r i b e t o more. Giant Party Store: Free shipping on $50 or more with ConsumerReports.org for expert coupon code 390261. Halloween Ratings, buying advice and Mart: Free shipping on $55 or r e l i a b i l i t y o n h u n d r e d s o f m o r e w i t h c o u p o n c o d e products. Update your feed FREESHIPPING. Buy.com: preferences Free shipping on Halloween orders of $60 or more. Costume
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US Postal Service Adds To Your Mom's College Care Package

Laura Northrup (The Consumerist)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 10:30:00 AM
Robert received a Priority Mail package at college from his mother. The box contained a variety of canned foods: Vienna sausages, sardines, beans, liverwurst, spam, and corn. Which is awfully nice of Robert's mother, except that the box she sent him only contained fifteen cans of Goya brand beans. Where did all of this other stuff come from? My mother living in New York decided to send me a package of 15 cans of Goya beans. She sent this package on September 16, 2011. I live in [redacted], WV as a [redacted] college student. She sent it as priority mail. For some reason it took a whole week to get to my location, finally arriving September 24. I open the package up and instead of finding my cans of Goya beans, I found several bent up cans and also find some products that my mother didn't even send me
originally. My mother knows I'm allergic to fish; for some reason sardines showed up with the package. There was also liver wurst, spam, and Vienna sausages, Goya Corn, and Goya Salchichon. What happened to my package? What was USPS trying to do? They certainly didn't cover up
originally sent. Complaining to the management of the various post offices this package passed through is a start: both where your mother mailed it from and the office in West Virginia that would have delivered it. The strange appearance of the unwanted groceries could have occurred anywhere in between, but at least let them know about the weirdness. Oh, and Robert: you didn't find any of David's love letters in there, did you? This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it their mistake. On a side note, she on someone else's site, please read sent a whole different package, the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentthat same day, September 16, only/faq.php#publishers. Five using priority mail and I got that Filters featured article: A 'Malign p a c k a g e f i v e d a y s a g o o n Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, September 19. Consumerist, what do you Herman, Peterson, Pilger And suggest that I do at this point? I Media Lens. have a package of bent up cans and other items that weren't even
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Better Business Bureau launches iPhone app

Submitted at 10/13/2011 9:59:59 AM
Better Business Bureau launches iPhone app The Better Business Bureau (BBB) has released a search app available for free through the Apple Store for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The BBB app can be used to search for local businesses by name, phone, URL, or category type, and users have the choice of viewing search results either on a map or as a list. Search can be done for current location or any other specified city, state or ZIP code, and previous searches will be stored in the history menu. We have data on more than 4 million businesses in the United States and Canada, an amazing wealth of information to help
information for a listed business either to your favorites or iOS contacts. Share a BBB business review URL via email, Twitter, or Facebook. Find a local BBB near you. Read the latest BBB consumer news. consumers find trustworthy businesses," Stephen Cox, president and CEO of the Council of Better Business Bureaus said in a press statement. Cox added that the BBB app can also help on-thego consumers avoid business that are not trustworthy. Additional features for the BBB Search app: View the BBB review for every business listing, complete with contact info, BBB rating and accreditation status, and consumer complaint history. Save
Sony brings Video Unlimited streaming rentals to its tablets

Submitted at 10/13/2011 9:59:59 AM
The free BBB Search app is available for devices running iOS 3.1 or higher. BBB iPhone App Now Available[BBB] Subscribe now! S u b s c r i b e t o ConsumerReports.org for expert Ratings, buying advice and reliability on hundreds of products. Update your feed preferences
Sony brings Video Unlimited streaming rentals to its tablets Sony announced today that it has extended its online streaming video rental service, Video Unlimited, to its new Sony S Tablet computers. The Video Unlimited service will bring a library of more than 40,000 TV shows and movies to the Sony tablet, which was announced in August and expected to be available for sale in the U.S. soon. Rental costs for standard-definition titles will start at $3, while outright purchase of movie titles will cost at least $10. Consumer Reports experts will be testing the Sony S tablet as soon as we're able to purchase a retail version. We'll report on how the Sony tablet stacks against
other models in our Ratings of tablet computers, available to subscribers. Sony Network Entertainment's Video Unlimited Service Arrives on Sony Tablet S[Sony press release via PR Newswire] Sony boosting streaming services with Video Unlimited 'preview'[ZDNet] Subscribe now! S u b s c r i b e t o ConsumerReports.org for expert Ratings, buying advice and reliability on hundreds of products. Update your feed preferences
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European swing nets pair Nadal to skip Queen's next year due to tax of wins - CBS Sports laws - Miami Herald
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Submitted at 10/13/2011 4:25:08 AM
The Buffalo Sabres have spent a week barnstorming through Europe, and it was a worthwhile trip, as they came home with four points. But now they get to return to newly named First Niagara Center and it's going to be quite a homecoming. The Sabres meet the Carolina Hurricanes in their home opener Friday night and will start the week at practice like kids at Christmas as they get to check out their $10 million locker-room renovation. When they left town Oct. 1, things were well on their way to completion, but the team was still using an auxiliary dressing area. All the construction made for a confusing training camp at times but the team has clearly been unaffected. It won both games in Europe, posting a 4-1 win over Anaheim in Helsinki and the victory over Los Angeles in Berlin. The Sabres got a quick jump on
the schedule, becoming the first NHL team to win two games and doing it before many teams had even taken the ice to start their season. The Sabres, remember, won their opener last year but suddenly found themselves 1-4-1. It took until Oct. 20, their seventh game of the season, for them to get their second win. "If we're going to go 2-0 to start the season, let's start here every year," said center Luke Adam, who was the revelation of the trip. He played with Thomas Vanek and Jason Pominville on a line that totaled 13 points in the two games, including five goals. Excitement for the season in Buffalo, the first full campaign under new owner Terry Pegula, has not been this high since the 2006-07 season began with the Sabres coming off a trip to the Eastern Conference finals. And the Europe trip showed why. The Sabres have three solid scoring lines, a rugged defense corps and solid goaltending in Ryan Miller (60 saves on 63
shots). They had plenty of support in Europe, particularly in Germany, but now they get to hear the roars of 18,000 strong back home. "I thought the crowd was great tonight and we have had great support while we have been over here," said Miller. "We had Christian (Ehrhoff) and Thomas (Vanek), who are popular players here. It was nice to have the crowd behind us. When you are tired, every little bit of energy helps. At that point, it was a huge boost." Copyright (C) 2011 The Sports Xchange. All Rights Reserved. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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in 2008. He missed the 2009 tournament because of a knee injury."Queen's is a fantastic Posted on Thu, Oct. 13, 2011 tournament but is not the only one The Associated Press that week," Nadal said after his Alexander F. Yuan / AP Photo third round loss to Florian Mayer Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal at the Shanghai Masters. "I didn't returns a shot to his compatriot play in Germany for the last three Guillermo Garcia Lopez during years. I like to play in all the their match at the Shanghai tournaments when they really Masters tennis tournament in want me."The tax law, which Shanghai, China, Wednesday, affects athletes, musicians and Oct. 12, 2011. actors, was implemented after Rafael Nadal will not play the Britain's tax authority won a traditional Wimbledon warmup landmark case against Andre event at Queen's Club next year, Agassi in 2006.He was ordered to citing stringent British tax pay tax on a portion of the money laws.Nadal said Thursday he can paid to him by Nike and Head "lose money" when he plays at a b e c a u s e h e e n d o r s e d t h e i r tournament in Britain because of products at Wimbledon and other the tax laws.But the No. 2-ranked e v e n t s i n B r i t a i n . O l y m p i c Spaniard says he will play sprinting champion Usain Bolt of Wimbledon and next month's Jamaica does not compete in A T P W o r l d T o u r f i n a l s i n Britain because of the law. London.Overseas athletes are This entry passed through the t a x e d o n p r i z e m o n e y a n d Full-Text RSS service if this is appearance fees in Britain, and your content and you're reading it also on a proportion of their on someone else's site, please read w o r l d w i d e e n d o r s e m e n t the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentearnings.Instead of playing at only/faq.php#publishers. Five Queen's next year, Nadal decided Filters featured article: A 'Malign to accept an invitation to enter the Intellectual Subculture' - George grass-court tournament held the M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , same week in Halle, Germany. Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Nadal has played at Queen's in Media Lens. five of the past six years, winning
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National team exposure ruins promising volleyball season

Cameron Smith (Y! Sports Blogs - Yahoo! Sports)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 9:19:19 AM
Table Coverings in Poland to 2015: Market Snapshot - new market research report - Transworld News
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Through the first 19 games of the Texas high school volleyball season, few players, if any, could compare to Wichita Falls (Texas) Bowie High. The 16-year-old Columbian import has been a onegirl dynamo, leading Wichita Falls to a 20-4 record and dreams of a district title. In fact, Bowie was even better than that when Estrada was on the court: The Rabbits were 19-0 with Estrada on board. Now, the team officially stands at 1-4 after Estrada was deemed ineligible by Texas' University Interscholastic League following an investigation into Estrada's past with the Columbian national team. According to the Wichita Falls Times Record, a future opposing team provided video it had dug up of Estrada competing for the Columbian national team against Brazil in a South American tournament. Despite Bowie coach Jeanie Stark's protestations that the then 14-year-old only competed sparingly in one game at the tournament, UIL decided that Estrada should not have been made eligible, forcing the Rabbits
to voluntarily void their victories in which she competed earlier this season. "I know it's easier for the UIL to say no to her than to take on a whole bunch of battles down the line," Stark told the Times Record. "It protects them, and it protects us coaches, too. "The only thing worse than not ever knowing this young lady is to by chance have gotten to know her and love her and have her purposely taken away." The loss of Estrada almost surely ends Bowie's district and state title hopes, and gives the Rabbits no time to adjust for her absence. Worse, it takes away an integral
part of a growing and improving program while she can still help a team and forge long lasting friendships, the very point of foreign exchange programs. Now that won't happen, even though both Estrada and her coach clearly want her to remain a part of the Bowie program. "Why? I want to play for you, my team," Estrada reportedly told Stark when informed that she had been ruled ineligible. "I want to play for Bowie." Want more on the best stories in high school sports? Visit RivalsHigh or connect with Prep Rally on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
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Game Point: Nadal upset in Shanghai, fails to make quarters

Chris Chase (Y! Sports Blogs Yahoo! Sports)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 9:13:09 AM
Game Point is Busted Racquet's roundup of news, facts and links from around the web. Love-- Rafael Nadal was bounced 7-6, 6-3 in the third round of Shanghai by Florian Meyer. It was only the second time this season he's failed to advance to the quarterfinals of a
tournament he entered. Though we'd love to assign larger meaning to this -- is he still reeling from his 6-0 third set loss to Andy Murray in Tokyo? are these the lingering effects of losing two straight Slam finals to Djokovic? -- the simplest explanation wins out: Rafa is tired October himself, Andy Murray. and wants to go home and rest. 15-- Other quarterfinalists 30-- Nadal won't be making an include David Ferrer, Andy appearance on the grass at Roddick, Feliciano Lopez and Mr. Queen's Club next year. The
world No. 2 accepted one million euros to play in Halle, the preferred Wimbledon tuneup of Roger Federer. Reports suggest
the decision was based on tax purposes. Not having to spend the entire summer in London (with Wimbledon and the Olympics running back-to-back) is an added bonus. 40-- Today's most misleading headline of the day: " Stosur survives bird attack." Game-- WTA players try to learn Mandarin. It ends predictably.
Sony looking into UMD download discount for Vita, hedging about PSOne Classics support
JC Fletcher (Joystiq)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:55:00 AM
It wouldn't be a PlayStation system without complicated backwards compatibility issues. A new Japanese-language FAQ posted by Sony offers some new wrinkles, both potentially good and bad. The FAQ notes that Sony is "considering" a service to offer PSN versions of the UMD games users own for a "special price."
This isn't a confirmation, but at least Sony is looking into some method to make it possible to play the UMD games you bought on your Vita. "Details of this service will be announced at a later date." That's the good news. The bad news: the FAQ says that the Vita will play all downloadable PSP games ... except for Game Archives, which is the Japanese label for PSOne Classics, Neo Geo games, and other retro downloads. Sony will
have more details about this limitation later, but the fact that there's more to it than "they all work" is troubling. We really
hope we'll be able to play the PSOne games we've already bought ... and that we won't have to buy them again in their
Android/PlayStation Suite incarnations. Sony looking into UMD download discount for Vita, hedging about PSOne Classics support originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments
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Grand Theft Auto 3 coming to iOS, Android for 10th anniversary, oh and $150 GTA3 action figure
Christopher Grant (Joystiq)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:20:00 AM
Kodak enhances picture kiosk technology - SelfService World

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Submitted at 10/13/2011 3:23:21 PM
With this October marking the 10 -year anniversary of Rockstar's groundbreaking Grand Theft Auto III, the developer is celebrating by releasing the open-world classic on iOS and Android "later this fall," though no price was given. " Grand Theft Auto III showed us the potential of open world games," Rockstar big boss Sam Houser said in a press release. "It helped set the vision for the company, and we have been expanding on those possibilities with every game ever since." You're probably as curious as we are as to how an open-world title
like GTA3 controls on a touchscreen, but luckily the game will be playable at this weekend's New York Comic Con. If playing with bits and bytes isn't your thing, then ... well, why are you reading this website?
Regardless, you'll probably be interested in the above 1:6 scale action figure of GTA3 antihero Claude, replete with various outfits, guns, and severed hands. At just$150, we clearly don't understand the economics of
action figures anymore. For a full list of supported devices, along with a photo gallery of the action figure, head on past the break. Continue reading Grand Theft Auto 3 coming to iOS, Android for 10th anniversary, oh and $150 GTA3 action figure Grand Theft Auto 3 coming to iOS, Android for 10th anniversary, oh and $150 GTA3 action figure originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments
Kodak enhances picture kiosk technology Self-Service World Creating a photo book is even simpler with Kodak's Picture Kiosk software suite. For consumers who want to make photo books quickly, the kiosks now feature SmartFit Technology, which perceptively organizes and places photos in a photo book template... Kodak Offers Free Photo Prints Nationwide MarketWatch (press release) Kodak offers free printing of Facebook pictures VatorNews all 34 news articles
More scripting.com format tweaks

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Submitted at 10/13/2011 8:33:14 AM
James Burgos suggested that I change the linespacing from 150 percent to 130 percent. So I tried it, and felt that it was too smushed up for my reading pleasure. How I feel about this is important because I read this stuff way more
than most people do. Over the course of a few hours after publishing a piece I read it over and over, looking for ways to tighten things up, to make my ponts more persuasively and looking for more interesting or elegant ways to say things. Not all pieces of course, but the important ones -- like yesterday's politics
piece. So I kept fiddling, as I knew I would. Ended up changing fonts again. Now the text is Georgia, hopefully a font that everyone finds readable. And the structure text, titles and navigation, are in Ubuntu. I really like that font. It's a good substitute for Arial or
Helvetica, it seems. But it's got a little style that those fonts don't have. A certain I don't know what. Then, to achieve the effect that James wanted, I wrapped each home page item in a new div, so now it's easy to add space above and below each unit on the home page, without messing with the styles of the components.
Now I'm overall fairly pleased with the way the text looks. Still have to decide what to do about the plus icons on the home page, and maybe do some more to make the linkblog stuff look more like a linkblog.
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Cold-calling Dennis Ritchie

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Here's Phoenix Wright in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

JC Fletcher (Joystiq)
featuring Phoenix. The new media also features Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:23:00 AM Marvel's Nova, and a new Capcom actually did it. Phoenix background, with a poster in Wright is in Ultimate Marvel vs. which heroes present for MvC2 Capcom 3, and somehow Capcom but not MvC3 are listed as either managed to build an arsenal of "slain" or "apprehended." That's attacks based on Phoenix's ice cold, Capcom. And not just in strengths: investigation, gathering Iceman's case. and presenting evidence, and ... Gallery: Ultimate Marvel vs. getting out of Maya Fey's way. He Capcom 3 (Phoenix Wright/Nova) (news photos - Google News) even has a super attack in which H e r e ' s P h o e n i x W r i g h t i n Submitted at 10/13/2011 4:13:58 PM he presents decisive evidence in a Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 murder case against his opponent. originally appeared on Joystiq on Airline Reporter If you're at New York Comic- Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:23:00 EST. Photos: First Boeing 747-8 Con, you'll be able to get material Please see our terms for use of Freighter Delivered to Cargolux for your own testimony about this feeds. NYCAviation game by playing the new build Permalink| Email this| Comments THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THIS SITE IS INTENDED FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING AVIATION ENTHUSIASTS
and it would automatically arrange it into a hierarchy that my editor could edit. When I was a grad student at the He was really gracious, asked a University of Wisconsin in 1978, bunch of questions about what it I called Dennis Ritchie at Bell was like to use. The questions Labs to tell him about the work I indicated that he understood what was doing with the Unix line I was describing. editor. I had added structure. You I got off the phone with a glow. could nest lines under other lines. For a student to connect with an Dive and surface. Move a line up adult that way, especially a hero and everything under it would like Dennis Ritchie, whose code move up too. we were studying, whose coding I also built a parser into the editor style was what I aspired to -- that so it would understand the was a thrill. Of course I still structure of Pascal (for some remember the feeling even if I reason I chose Pascal and not C, I don't remember all the details. don't remember the rationale). So I mention this today because you could import a bunch of code Ritchie died recently.
Submitted at 10/13/2011 8:52:35 AM
I read somewhere that, while he wasn't as famous as Steve Jobs, that his legacy was on the same level. I totally agree. He created the modern interactive operating system. He taught a generation of programmers, of which I am luckily one, how to think like a programmer. That loving code was exciting and rewarding. And he did this all by sharing with everyone the results of his own creativity, totally. Long before "open source" or "free software" were rallying cries. I just wanted to say Thanks! and that I aspire to pass on whatever I can from what I learned from him.
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Thank You to Dennis Ritchie, Without Whom None of This Would Be Here
Paul Adams (Popular Science New Technology, Science News, The Future Now)
standards for such fundamental things as "how big is a byte?" Everything we've got -- Internet servers, telephone backbones, the Submitted at 10/13/2011 10:48:59 AM Kernighan and Ritchie, Second microprocessor in the keyboard Edition I'm using to type this -- emanates This morning the news came over from Ritchie's work. You are the internet: Dennis Ritchie has reading this on a Drupal-powered died. web site; Drupal is written in Dr. Ritchie doesn't have the PHP, which in turn is written in mainstream adoring following of C. (Unless you printed out the Steve Jobs, but he can take page on a printer whose internals considerably more credit for the were coded in C.) Here, take a creation, and even the aesthetics, l o o k a t t h i s t a b l e o f w h a t of the computer world we live in. programming languages are used It's almost impossible to find a to implement popular software. personal computing product or Note how heavily populated are paradigm that doesn't owe a direct the C column and, next to it, the debt to Ritchie. column for C++, which was At Bell Labs in the heady 1970s, developed as an enhanced C. Dennis Ritchie created the C Lest his seem like a dry, behind-programming language and co- the-scenes legacy, I will quote in developed the Unix operating full Dennis Ritchie's 1994 "antisystem. Before C and Unix came foreword" to the Unix-Haters' along, the computer world was Handbook. Ritchie was right. fragmented in a way that's hard to F r o m : imagine -- there was no such thing dmr@plan9.research.att.com as software written to run on a Date: Tue, 15 Mar 1994 00:38:07 variety of computers. Everything EST w a s c u s t o m - c o d e d f o r i t s Subject: anti-foreword particular platform, and every To the contributers to this book: platform had wildly different I have succumbed to the
the Preface you suffer first from heat, lice, and malnourishment, then become prisoners in a Gulag. In Chapter 1 you are in turn infected by a virus, racked by drug addiction, and addled by puffiness of the genome. Yet your prison without coherent design continues to imprison you. How can this be, if it has no strong places? The rational prisoner exploits the weak places, creates order from chaos: instead, collectives like the FSF vindicate their temptation you offered in your jailers by building cells almost preface: I do compatible with the existing ones, write you off as envious albeit with more features. The malcontents and romantic keepers journalist with three of memoundergraduate degrees from MIT, ries. The systems you remember the researcher so fondly (TOPS-20, ITS, at Microsoft, and the senior Multics, scientist at Apple might volunteer Lisp Machine, Cedar/Mesa, the a few Dorado) are not just out to words about the regulations of pasture, the prisons to which they have they are fertilizing it from below. been Your judgments are not keen, transferred. they are intoxicated by metaphor. Your sense of the possible is in In no sense pure: sometimes you
want the same thing you have, but wish you had done it yourselves; other times you want something different, but can't seem to get people to use it; sometimes one wonders why you just don't shut up and tell people to buy a PC with Windows or a Mac. No Gulag or lice, just a future whose intellectual tone and interaction style is set by Sonic the Hedgehog. You claim to seek progress, but you succeed mainly in whining. Here is my metaphor: your book is a pudding stuffed with apposite observations, many wellconceived. Like excrement, it contains enough undigested nuggets of nutrition to sustain life for some. But it is not a tasty pie: it reeks too much of contempt and of envy. Bon appetit!
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Accused celebrity hacker: 'I deeply apologize... it eats at me' - CNN

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Submitted at 10/13/2011 3:55:43 PM
iFixit Tears Down the Update: Iran Tried and iPhone 4S Before You Failed to Launch a Monkey Into Space Last Month Can Even Buy One
Clay Dillow (Popular Science New Technology, Science News, The Future Now)
Mehdinejad-Nouri told state media that the Kavoshgar-5 rocket Dan Nosowitz (Popular Science custom pentalobe screws reveal carrying a capsule with a live - New Technology, Science that new dual-core A5 processor monkey launched during Submitted at 10/13/2011 10:05:33 AM News, The Future Now) and an upgraded Qualcomm Ham, America's Astrochimp Shahrivar, which is the Iranian chipset, but not much else new. Ham never backed down from a month spanning August 23 to Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:05:17 AM iPhone 4S, Sans Battery iFixit The teardown is definitely worth challenge. NASA September 22, but the launch was Our friends at iFixit--check out reading, though--iFixit's typically This morning, PopSci's dedicated not publicized because it did not our profile of them and their wry sense of humor is showing "space monkey" news feed lit up accomplish all of its mission philosophical approach to gadgets itself in the form of new "digital with some distressing news: objectives. Assuming one of the here--have, as is their wont, personal assistant" Siri lecturing When Iran indefinitely suspended objectives was to safely carry the gotten and subsequently taken and then pleading with the iFixit its plans to launch a monkey into monkey to space and back, things apart the Gadget of the Moment folks to stop taking her body space earlier this month, it was don't sound good for the monkey. before the rest of us have even apart. The teardown is still in actually because they had already seen one in person. This time, it's progress, so you can follow along tried and failed. Iranian Deputy the iPhone 4S. over at iFixit. Science Minister Mohammad So far, the iPhone 4S hasn't revealed too many secrets; opening up its still-annoying
AceShowbiz Accused celebrity hacker: 'I deeply apologize... it eats at me' CNN "Unfortunately, Mr. Chaney was able to access nude photos of some of the celebrities and some of them were uploaded on the Internet," US Attorney Andre Birotte Jr. said Wednesday. A recently circulated nude photo of Johannsson is part of the... Celebrity Photos Hacker Said It Was 'Addiction' AceShowbiz 'I'm just addicted to celebrities': Hacker admits stealing Scarlett... Daily Mail Scarlett Johansson hacker apologizes for sharing her nudie pics Houston Chronicle (blog) International Business TimesInquirer all 1,145 news articles
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Teen Sexual Behavior: Promoting Wise Choices

peer influence outweigh the impact of their guidance, numerous studies have documented the impact that Submitted at 10/13/2011 10:54:07 AM Statistics released today about p a r e n t s c a n h a v e o n t h e i r American teens sexual behavior c h i l d r e n s s e x u a l b e h a v i o r . belie the popular portrayal of Youths whose parents discuss the American youth as permissive and consequences of sexual activity careless. New data from the and monitor them more closely Centers for Disease Control are less likely to be sexually (CDC) report that the majority of active, and teens who feel that teens have remained abstinent. their parents would strongly Though the proportion of teens disapprove of their becoming who are sexually experienced has sexually active are less likely to remained relatively unchanged contract a sexually transmitted something to do with my father's since 2002, the CDC report does infection. Minnesota roots. We also had note that the percentage represents The new CDC report underscores pickled herring and if we were a significant decline since 1988. the parent factor: Teenage girls in lucky, smoked dried herring in the And its important to note that the intact families are 47 percent less fridge. (You think sardines are proportion of youths who are likely to be sexually experienced strong? You should try smoked abstinent has risen by 17 percent than peers in stepfamilies and 37 dried herring!) So when Dorie among teenage girls and by 47 percent less likely than peers in Greenspan had a recipe for percent among teenage boys since single-parent families. The sardine rillettes in her fabulous 1988. Other data sources confirm corresponding figures for teenage cookbook, Around My French this finding. boys in intact families are 37 Table, I couldn't wait to try it. So. The toll that early sexual activity percent and 42 percent. Darn. Good! I've made these takes on youths physical and In addition, community- and several times and everyone loves emotional well-being and the school-based programs that them. Think a cross between a association of abstinence with promote abstinence have been tuna spread and caviar. greater academic achievement all found to have a significant Continue reading "Sardine s i g n a l t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f influence on participants Rillettes" promoting the upward trend of b e h a v i o r . A b s t i n e n c e abstinence through family, educationwhich informs community, and public policy. a d o l e s c e n t s o f t h e s o c i a l , Although many parents may psychological, and health benefits assume that popular culture and of abstinenceinstills decisionCollette Caprara (The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation)
Sardine Rillettes
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Submitted at 10/12/2011 5:31:27 PM
Oolala. Say the word "sardines" around people and you get one of two reactions. Either they love them... or they don't. I haven't found many inbetweeners. Obviously, given the title of this recipe, we fall in the "love them" camp. As in seriously love them. Fresh sardines, canned sardines, heck, I'll even happily eat sardine sushi. Growing up we always had several cans in the pantry. Sardines packed in olive oil, packed in mustard, or packed in tomato paste. Must have
making skills with a long-range vision. Unfortunately, another type of program has dominated school curriculacomprehensive sex education, which focuses on safe sexual activity rather than abstinence, in spite of parents overwhelming preference for the latter. Taxpayers funding for comprehensive sex education programs totaled more than $600 million in 2008. The recent data on teen sexual behavior gives cause for hope for the well-being and future prospects of the next generation. A combination of parental involvement and wise public policy can promote the trend toward youths abstinence and can bring that hope into reality. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Avastin For Breast Cancer: Hope Versus False Hope

(NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 9:27:00 AM
Terry Kalley/ AP Arlene Kalley and her daughter Leila, who support the use of Avastin for breast cancer, hold a banner outside the National Mall in Washington in June. The Food and Drug
Administration regularly courts controversy. But the regulator is treading new and particularly emotional territory as it has moved to revoke approval of the drug Avastin to treat breast cancer. Any day now FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg is expected to make a final decision on Avastin's fate.
Women who said Avastin helped their breast cancer were out in force at a June hearing of an appeal of FDA's proposal. At this point, it would be a big surprise if the agency let the approval, granted on an accelerated basis back in 2008, stand. Now, one of the cancer specialists on the expert panel, which voted unanimously against
the Avastin appeal, invokes a hypothetical conversation with a breast cancer patient to explain why. In a letter published in the latest New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Mikkael Sekeres, who heads the leukemia service at the Cleveland Clinic, asks what sort of chat he would have with a woman, if he was the doctor
leaning toward Avastin for breast cancer. The bottom line: Well, I can offer you a drug that will not make you live longer, won't make you feel better, and may have life-threatening side effects, but it will keep your cancer from worsening by an AVASTIN page 76
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average of 1 to 2 months. As a member of the FDA's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee, he tells Shots he kept butting his head against the evidence that showed Avastin's benefit, such as it was, amounted to a little more time without breast cancer getting worse. Should this progression-free survival "in the absence of an overall survival advantage or any improvement in quality of life" sway a patient? In the end, Sekeres saw it as a Pyrrhic victory for the drug and decided it wasn't enough to keep the approval for the drug intact. "My job is to be honest with my patients and to explain the goals
of treatment clearly and to make sure I'm following what their goals are," he says. And, perhaps most importantly, he adds, "to give hope but not false hope." He acknowledges the heartfelt "testimonies by women treated with Avastin" at the hearing. "They moved us," he says. With his letter, he says, "I wanted to put more of a face on ODAC. We really think about patients sitting three feet away from us in exam rooms." As his letter concludes: We did not make this decision because we do not care about women with breast cancer or because we want to deny them therapy for a terrible disease but
because we do not want people to be hurt by a drug that does not work that well. We do not want to provide false hope. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Dennis Ritchie, Creator of Unix and C, Dies at 70

Stan Schroeder (Mashable!)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 10:02:18 AM
One of the most influential figures in the history of computing, Dennis Ritchie, has passed away at the age of 70 after a long illness. Ritchie is credited with creating the programming language C, one of the most widely used and influential languages today. He was also one of the creators of operating system UNIX, whose variants most notably Linux
and OS X are also widely used today. Ritchie, often referenced as dmr (a part of his email address that he used in various technical discussion groups), has had an immense influence on the computing world. Among his many accomplishments is a Turing award that he received in 1983 (together with Ken Thompson) for his work on UNIX, and the National Medal of Technology, which he received in 1999 (again, jointly with
Thompson). Programmers will perhaps best remember Ritchie for his famous hello, world program, which is
used in many programming textbooks, even those that dont pertain to C, as an example of a very simple computer program.
via BBC Image courtesy of Wikipedia More About: c++, Dennis Ritchie, Linux, Unix For more Dev & Design coverage: Follow Mashable Dev & Design on Twitter Become a Fan on Facebook Subscribe to the Dev & Design channel Download our free apps for Android, Mac, iPhone and iPad
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Occupy Wall Streets ACORN Rent-AMobs

Matthew Vadum (FrontPage Magazine FrontPage)
Submitted at 10/12/2011 11:50:16 PM
Evidence suggests that ACORN, the Lefts premiere astro-turfing organization, has been paying people to participate in the Occupy Wall Street protests. Astro-turfing campaigns can generate big money, and ACORNs lucrative protest-forprofit program is nothing new. As I note in my book, Subversion Inc.: How Obamas ACORN Red Shirts are Still Terrorizing and Ripping Off American Taxpayers, ACORN has acquired great expertise in manufacturing socalled grassroots protests. Left-wing loan sharks Herb and Marion Sandler, the founders of World Savings Bank, gave ACORN affiliates close to $11 million to manufacture mobs to protest their competition in subprime mortgage lending. The United Federation of Teachers paid ACORN $500,000 to create a spontaneous uprising against charter schools in Manhattan. The sleazy, SEIU-funded Working Families Party, a front group for ACORN, placed a want ad on the Craigs List website
dated Sept. 26. The ad indicates that WFP was recruiting activists to carry out direct action, leftist argot for a variety of activities aimed at forcing sociopolitical change. The line between direct action and violent terrorism can become blurry. Extreme forms of direct action can lead to bodily injury and sometimes death. The labor movement is no stranger to assault and killings. Left-wing activists David Gilbert and Kathy Boudin participated in an attack on an armored car that left two police officers and a security guard dead. Two anarchists tried to disrupt the 2008 GOP convention with Molotov cocktails. The eco-terrorist Sea Shepherd Conservation Society admits both to attacking whaling ships with acid and sinking them. WFPs ad is titled, FIGHT TO HOLD WALLSTREET ACCOUNTABLE NOW! MAKE A DIFFERENCE GET PAID! It states: The WFP is seeking immediate hires. You must be an energetic communicator, with a passion for social and economic justice. Only outgoing, articulate dedicated, determined candidates
will be considered for the positions. For those candidates that qualify WFP offers substantial paidtraining provided by senior leadership, on varied issues such as: advocacy, public speaking, mobilizing, fundraising, networking and organizing. We invest in passionate people with excellent communication skills and a full benefits package is offered to those candidates that qualify. In addition, there is opportunity for advancement and travel to our satellite chapters and out of state affiliates.
This is not a policy job! Through direct action you will be shaping NY state politics for the next 20 years. [emphasis added] As previously reported, WFP has been involved in organizing the Occupy Wall Street protests since the beginning. As radical journalist Laura Flanders reported, WFP organizer Nelini Stamp has been here since day one and she is part of the organizing team and the outreach team that has managed to bridge the distance between that first day and this day and between the grassroots folks here and the labor
movement. Stamp said the protests are aimed at trying to change the capitalist system and bringing revolutionary changes to the states. WFP organizer Matthew Cain also acknowledged the partys involvement Oct. 5 and helpfully provided a photograph of party staffers bearing a blue and white WFP banner during a march in lower Manhattan. Across from Foley Square, several WFP field staff were standing on the steps. For some of the staffers, it was their first time at the square, but for many others they had already spent nights sleeping in the park. Even those who have been there for two weeks or more have not seen their spirits diminished theyre every bit as committed as they were when they first showed up. Of course WFP executive director Dan Cantor, a longtime ACORN operative, is pleased with Occupy Wall Street so far. Cantor told supporters in an email that the spirit of Wisconsin and Tahrir Square is alive and well in New York City.
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Egypt: The Militarys Chaotic Approach to Democratic Transition

Morgan Roach (The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 10:00:30 AM
Nine months ago, Egyptians were protesting in Tahrir Square, calling for former president Hosni Mubarak to step down from office. Today, Egyptians are demanding that the countrys military, a once revered entity, return the country to civilian rule in next months parliamentary elections. Thousands of Egyptian Coptic Christians march in Cairo during a protest against the attack on a church in southern Egypt in October 9, 2011. Clashes erupted with security forces after demonstrators started hurling stones and set fire to two cars, an AFP correspondent said. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED HOSSAM Since Mubaraks fall, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), Egypts interim government, has mismanaged the country, stirred sectarian tensions, and used a ham-fisted approach when responding to demonstrations. The armys brutal response to last weekends protests by Coptic Christians was a wake-up call for Egyptians who fear that the November elections will be postponed.
On Sunday, several thousand members of the marginalized Coptic sect, which makes up 10 percent of the Egyptian population, organized a demonstration at the states television and radio station in Maspero. The protest was in response to the SCAFs reluctance to prosecute radical Islamists who desecrated two churches in Upper Egypt. While it is unclear who initiated the violence, security forces launched a disproportionate attack, killing 26 and wounding
and has sought to keep the armys budget exempt from parliamentary oversight. By creating insecurity, the army can justify an extended rule, arguing that conditions are too unstable to hold elections. Once the guarantor of stability, the military has become a source of violence. Egyptians want a return to civilian government yet there are growing fears that the transition will be delayed. The SCAF must keep its promises and ensure that Egypt makes an unfettered transition to civilian rule. Furthermore, the United States should discourage the SCAF from using disproportionate force against protestors, encourage it to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the increasing number of attacks on Egypts hundreds. under emotional stress. In an Christian minority, and urge a The SCAFs response to the attempt to absolve himself and the timely democratic transition. deadly protest is not encouraging. SCAF of blame, Prime Minister This entry passed through the As the protests took place, the Essam Sharaf stated that hidden Full-Text RSS service if this is state media, controlled by the hands, domestic and foreign your content and you're reading it interim government, called for were responsible for the unrest. on someone else's site, please read honest Egyptians to take to the The SCAFs provocation of the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentstreets and protect the army sectarian tensions to defend itself only/faq.php#publishers. Five against Christian assailants. against public frustration suggests Filters featured article: A 'Malign Attempting to downplay the malevolent intentions on behalf of Intellectual Subculture' - George medias blatant incitement of army leaders. In addition to M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , violence, Egypts minister of postponing presidential elections Herman, Peterson, Pilger And e d u c a t i o n , O s a m a H e i k a l , until the end of 2012, the SCAF Media Lens. defended the announcers, saying has remained in office despite its EGYPT: page 79 that the statements were made promise to vacate after six months
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Free Speech Victory at UC Santa Barbara

FIRE.org (FrontPage Magazine FrontPage)
EGYPT:
student government had engaged in unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination on two separate Submitted at 10/12/2011 11:49:48 PM occasions and then tried to hide Editors note: The following is a the evidence of its wrongdoing. press release from the Foundation The College Republicans, for Individual Rights in Education Horowitzs hosts, came to the (FIRE), a non-profit organization Foundation for Individual Rights dedicated to preserving civil in Education (FIRE) for help. liberties in higher education. The UCSBs student government press release marks a hard-won utterly refused to fulfill its victory for First Amendment constitutional duty to be rights on campus, which was viewpoint-neutral in its funding achieved at the University of decisions, FIRE President Greg California, Santa Barbara Lukianoff said. Thankfully, (UCSB), but carries implications USCB has finally rectified this that extend far beyond the error and saved itself from an university. ultimately over-ruled Associated had been invited to speak there embarrassing and inevitably Last spring, UCSBs Associated Students funding malfeasance. and was given $50,000 to do so. doomed fight against the First Students Finance Board denied a This victory demonstrates that B y l a w , i f t h e C o l l e g e Amendment. funding request made by the f u n d i n g d i s c r i m i n a t i o n f o r Republicans at that university In May, UCSBs Associated College Republicans to host c o n s e r v a t i v e s p e a k e r s a were to ask for the same amount Students Finance Board denied a David Horowitz, president of the practice that is widespread in to invite their own conservative request from the UCSB College Freedom Center. This denial was American universities can be speaker, the university would be Republicans (CRs) for $2,000 to t h e p r o d u c t o f v i e w p o i n t fought and defeated. Universities obligated to give it to them. host conservative activist David discrimination and is illegal due that receive public funds cannot UCSB should serve as a wake-up Horowitz for a speaking event. On to Supreme Court rulings on the systematically deny conservative call to marginalized conservative May 3, Lucy Nguyen, Associated First Amendment that prohibit students the funding privileges students: fight for your rights on Students liaison to the CRs, political discrimination in the available to left-wing students in campus, because the law is behind explained that the board believes distribution of student funds. The any way. This includes the lavish you. that the dialogue between denial was rescinded, but due to fees required for far-left speakers, LOS ANGELES, October 10, Horowitz and UCSB students will an uproar from the campus Left, which are often tens of thousands 2011Officials at the University not be a constructive one. t h e a m o u n t a l l o c a t e d w a s of dollars more than what is of California, Santa Barbara S u p r e m e C o u r t p r e c e d e n t , decreased which is also awarded to conservative students. (UCSB) have stepped in after its however, does not allow student unconstitutional. Award amounts When David Horowitz spoke at s t u d e n t g o v e r n m e n t fee funding decisions to be based cannot be dictated by political the University of Wisconsin in unconstitutionally denied funding on the student governments considerations either. After 2004, for example, students for a speech by conservative opinion of that speakers views or pressure was brought to bear over informed him that Michael Moore activist David Horowitz. The fears about the dialogue that this wrong-doing, the university might ensue.
Does the Tea Party Have a Future?

David Frum (FrumForum David Frum)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 7:59:14 AM
In my column for The Week, I discuss what the future of the Tea Party will be if Mitt Romney is the Republican nominee for President: The astounding result: After three years of battling against ObamaCare, the most likely winner of the Republican presidential nomination in 2012 is the author of the Massachusetts health care plan that inspired ObamaCares basic mechanism. Its as if the Democrats of the 1960s had responded to the antiwar protests by nominating Robert McNamara for president. DOES page 80
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So what happens now? Does the Tea Party fall into line behind Mitt Romney? Does it support a protest against him, like the Ralph Nader protest candidacy that blighted Al Gores hopes in 2000? James Phillips (The Foundry: Does it turn away from national Conservative Policy News Blog organizing to focus its energy from The Heritage Foundation) down-ballot, on the control of Submitted at 10/13/2011 9:20:18 AM local parties? Or does it Irans foiled plot to assassinate demobilize and fade out of the Saudi ambassador in politics altogether? After the Washington underscores the crushing defeat of George thuggish nature of Irans McGovern in 1972, many on the predatory regime, its willingness radical Left gave up on politics, to accept high risks to punish its shifting their interests to enemies, and its contempt for the spirituality, psychology, and United States as well as for sexuality. Could something international law. similar happen on the Right? Iran's President Mahmoud You have to figure Option 1 Ahmadinejad addresses the 66th fall into line behind Romney is United Nations General Assembly the most likely. at the U.N. headquarters in New Fox News will fall into line for York, September 22, 2011. sure. Cut off from the television REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton network that is so important to The plot was apparently hatched conservative activism, how would by the top officers within the Q u d s F o r c e o f t h e I s l a m i c active in Lebanon, Iraq, and Revolutionary Guards are set by over Irans nuclear weapons and a Tea Party mutiny organize itself? Besides, a mutiny requires ballistic missile programs. Revolutionary Guards Corps. Afghanistan, where it has trained, Irans top leaders. financed, and supported radical B y b r a z e n l y p l a n n i n g t o This entry passed through the leadership, and if the Tea Party Named after Jerusalem (al-Quds), t h i s e l i t e u n i t m a d e u p o f Shia groups and other forces open a s s a s s i n a t e t h e S a u d i Full-Text RSS service if this is had credible leadership to offer, it ambassadoran act of warthe your content and you're reading it would not be in its present approximately 2,000 personnel to Iranian support. plays a leading role in covert The Quds Force is primarily I r a n i a n r e g i m e h a s r a i s e d on someone else's site, please read difficulty in the first place. operations to advance Irans concerned with exporting Irans uncomfortable questions about the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- The second option go down Islamic revolution. The Quds r e v o l u t i o n . I r a n s S u p r e m e whether a nuclear Iran could be only/faq.php#publishers. Five ballot is the one pursued by Force combines the roles of Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, contained or deterred. Even if one Filters featured article: A 'Malign conservative activists after the special operations military forces personally appoints the head of c h o o s e s t o i n t e r p r e t t h e Intellectual Subculture' - George Goldwater debacle of 1964. It and covert intelligence operations. the Quds Force as well as the assassination attempt as a rogue M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , might seem a plausible plan The Quds Force has a long head of the Revolutionary Guards, operation, as many apologists for Herman, Peterson, Pilger And today, except for the risk that it leaves conservatives controlling history of targeting Iranian exiles which is a core element of the Iran are sure to do, it is the Media Lens. more and more of less and less. Iranian state. There should be no Revolutionary Guards that will for assassination and supporting The Tea Party can take control of terrorist operations against Irans d o u b t t h a t t h e p o l i c i e s have their fingers on the nuclear the Delaware GOP. Thats a very enemies. It recently has been i m p l e m e n t e d b y t h e trigger by virtue of their control different thing from winning an DOES page 81
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Civil Rights Icon Rejected by Occupy Atlanta Protest

Frontpagemag.com (FrontPage Magazine FrontPage)
Submitted at 10/12/2011 11:46:11 PM
Editors note: The Occupy Wall Street movement has done such a good job as a ragged peasant army fighting Barack Obamas class war for him that the Democrats have decided they can ride this tiger. They have tried to portray this as a movement of populist outrage (although designed by the people who brought us ACORN and by the corrupt SEIU union thugs) authentically expressing the exasperation of middle class America. But the events in the video you will see below suggest that these Democrats ought to be careful of what they wish for. The video, discussed by Glenn Beck in the link we provide from GBTV.com, shows Congressman John Lewis dropping by the encampment of the OWS Atlanta branch. His offer to speak to the crowd is subjected to a savage
Why New Media Literacy Is Vital for Quality Journalism

Josh Catone (Mashable!)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:08:01 AM
parody of direct democracy conducted in the antiphonal cadences of a kindergarten classroom that finally, after a brain dwarfing session of baby talk, tells him in effect to come back later. Lewis may be known as a party line Democratic liberal now, but back in the day he was a hero of the civil rights movement one of the first Freedom Riders in
1961, coordinator of SNCCs 1964 Freedom Summer, beaten senseless at the Selma march in 1965 and almost killed by a racist mob at Montgomery. Its treatment of Lewis shows OWSs historical illiteracy as well as its banality. And it shows that the desperate Democrats who thought that they could profitably harness these vain nihilists to their 2012 class warfare/eat the rich
narrative for the reelection of the President ought to be afraid, very afraid, about this strategy. Look closely at this video and see the face of a man, John Lewis, who just got a whiff of the blowback waiting for Democrats who think that OWS is their ticket to ride in 2012. To watch the video of the event and Glenn Becks discussion of it on GBTV.com, click here.
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election in Delaware. As the Republican Party becomes more a Tea Party, it will spread the negative reaction to Tea Party Republicanism wider and wider to governors races, to mayors races, to sheriffs races. Click here to read the full
column. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign
Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
On June 17, 2009, Mashable made a mistake. In a report about the volume of Twitter activity surrounding the #IranElection movement, we accidentally used a b instead of an m, inflating the number of total tweets one thousand-fold. This, on its own, is not spectacular. Though we certainly try to avoid it, every organization makes mistakes like this. The great thing about the web is that we were able to fix the error within minutes of the article going out. Billion became million, our readers had the correct information. No big deal. Except that also within minutes, Ann Curry of NBC News, a very highly respected journalist with an international following, had tweeted our original, incorrect version to her followers. Her repetition of our mistake lent legitimacy to an incorrect stat. That episode reveals the best and WHY page 82
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worst of the state of news media today. On one hand, speed allows for flexibility. We were able to correct a mistake almost immediately, instead of having to wait until the next days edition. If Dewey Defeats Truman happened today, a correction could be made with much greater ease. On the other hand, the speed at which the real-time web operates also allows false information to spread quickly. The Chicago Tribune only printed about 150,000 copies of their infamous headline gaffe; how many millions of people can see a mistaken tweet? That widespread perception is more difficult to correct. The Speed of the Web Both Empowers and Undermines the Media As my Curry anecdote illustrates, there are reasons to be both excited and fearful for the state of the fourth estate. There is a case to be made that now is the greatest time in history to be a journalist. There is more access to all media, meaning a larger section of the populace has the chance to stay informed. In places where people have lived under oppressive regimes like Egypt the democratization of media has given hope for a freer society. Digital tools now exist that encourage reporting with greater depth. Journalism can be undertaken by crowds working in unison, allowing vast amounts of information to be pored over in ways never before possible. Mistakes can be corrected in real-
time and stories can be updated as they unfold. There is also a case to be made that journalism is in trouble. The rise of blogging and social media means that journalism is now firmly in the domain of the people, and there is a risk that all those voices will drown each other out; that sorting fact from fiction has become too difficult; that the established standards of journalistic ethics and integrity have fallen by the wayside; that information spreads too fast to be properly vetted and investigated. A recent study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 94% of American Internet users have turned to the web for news, yet 70% agreed with the statement, The amount of news and information available from different sources today is overwhelming. And thats only going to get worse. Ray Kurzweils law of accelerating rate of change, which certainly seems to apply here (just think of how you got your news 20 years ago vs. 10 years ago vs. today), indicates that information is only going to keep increasing. The news cycle is going to keep shortening. The stream is going to get more saturated. For that reason, media literacy has become at once more important and more complex. What It Means to be Literate in the Digital Age Are you illiterate if you dont know how to interpret a tweet? If you cant tell the difference between fact and fiction on
Twitter, does that mean you are lacking media literacy skills? In 2009, while a debate raged in the halls of the U.S. Congress about a federal stimulus bill to jump start the nations fading economy, one curious Twitter user decided to conduct a social experiment. He started seeding Twitter with false information about the stimulus bill. Using the T w i t t e r a c c o u n t @InTheStimulus, the user started spreading falsities around Twitter with a surprising effect the the information was picked up and retweeted so much that people began to believe it. In fact, a large number of members of Congress actually began to recite the facts on the floors of the House and Senate. So, were all those Congresspeople illiterate? Maybe. Literacy has always been defined by the technology, said Nichole Pinkard, founder of Chicagos Digital Youth Network in a PBS special on 21st century learning that aired in February. Before the printing press, your ability to orally recite something meant [you were] literate. In todays media-saturated world, the concept of literacy is again changing. According to Pinkard, kids in school today may not be considered literate in the future if they dont fundamentally understand new forms of media things like blogs, Twitter and streaming video. To be truly literate, though, you also need to be able to think critically about media, discern fact from fiction,
news from opinion, trusted from untrustworthy. These issues have always been thorny, but the explosion of self-publishing has only made media literacy more vital to the preservation of our democratic society. Social Tools Are Not Enough; Literacy Must be Taught Of course, one could also argue that the @InTheStumulus story is really just an example of sloppy reporting. Any journalist worth his or her salt wouldnt use tweets as a source without first vetting that information. But theres the rub much of the information we consume today doesnt come from trained journalists. Think of it as back-fence gossip amplified a million-fold. Dont get me wrong a lot of so -called citizen journalism is great. Twitter, Facebook, Google+, YouTube these are invaluable tools for getting information out quickly. It is for that reason that journalists are starting to rely on them to source stories, and to great effect. Theres nothing like having a network of first responders armed with pocketsized computers that stretches around the globe and includes a billion people. But for every Jakarta bombing account or Osama bin Laden raid, there is a celebrity death rumor or a misquoted fact. For now, most trained journalists understand how to vet sources whether digital or analog. But thats because journalists have a strong background in media literacy. Somewhere along the line,
someone taught us the skills necessary to think critically about the information we consume, how to recognize a trusted source, and how to sniff out bias and ulterior motives. What happens if media literacy training doesnt keep up with the acceleration of the information stream? What happens as the line between trained and citizen journalism continues to blur? What happens if our kids cant pick out fact from fiction? According to the News Literacy Project, because the focus on standardized testing in schools has tended to push civics or current events courses out of classrooms, schools today frequently do not address media literacy. And thats what has people worried. Journalism is alive and well, but only if we continue to teach our kids to be discerning consumers of media. Thats why projects like the News Literacy Project, Center for Media Literacy and 21st Century Literacy are so important. Its not enough to just make sure todays youth know how to use digital media tools, we also need to make sure they know how to truly understand the information they find. Continue the Discussion Many of the top minds in new media will convene in New York City on November 4th for the Mashable Media Summit to discuss the very issues affecting 21st century journalism. Media literacy is just one of those issues. WHY page 83
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Ed Miliband: We would Google Acquistion Rumor back emergency Budget to Debunk Cant Keep boost growth Akamai Stock Down
Joe Murphy, Political Editor (Evening Standard - News)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 7:49:37 AM
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preposition was mostly just a rumor. Submitted at 10/13/2011 10:17:22 AM Despite the Bloomberg report, Googles rumored plan to acquire Akamais stock price was up Akamai Technologies, which around 5% in morning trading prompted a 17% rise in the latters Thursday. The chart below shows stock Wednesday, is just a rumor, the companys stock performance says Bloomberg. over the last five days. The news organization Akamai Technologies Stock quotestwo people familiar with Chart by YCharts the matter who dismissed a Image courtesy of Flickr, Ivo B u s i n e s s I n s i d e r r e p o r t Jansch Wednesday. More About: akamai, Google, The Business Insider report was stock based on multiple ad tech industry sources, yet it noted the
Labour leader Ed Miliband today called for an emergency Budget this autumn to haul Britain out of economic crisis. In an exclusive joint-interview for the Evening Standard alongside shadow chancellor Ed Balls, he offered the Government full backing if it came to the Commons with new measures to promote growth. "These are dangerous times for Britain's economy and worrying times for millions of families," he said. "This is now a crisis of jobs and growth. And today I want to urge
ministers to open their eyes, take their fingers out of their ears, face up to reality and recognise the evidence of their failure over the last few months." As the pair travelled to meet young apprentices in Southend they also spoke about their friendship. "I cannot think of anybody I would rather have at my side," said Mr Miliband. Labour is pressing a five-point plan that includes tax breaks for small businesses taking on workers, a temporary VAT cut to give families about 450 and a tax on bank bonuses to fund 100,000 jobs for young people. Mr Balls said: "Thousands of Londoners would benefit from a VAT cut on home repairs."
The interview marks the start of a campaign by the two men to challenge David Cameron and George Osborne on the economy. They will travel together about twice a month on trips around the country. Read the full interview here This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Obesity crisis solved: Eat less, says Health Secretary

Nicholas Cecil and Kiran Randhawa (Evening Standard News)
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Nicholas Cecil and Kiran Randhawa 13 Oct 2011 Millions of people were today told by the Government that they should eat less. Health Secretary Andrew Lansley urged people to "be honest" about their eating and drinking habits and cut down on calories to beat the obesity crisis. In a frank message, he said: "Reducing the number of calories we consume is essential. We have to halt and then reverse the tide of obesity in this country." He said the nation needs to slash its daily diet by five billion calories - the equivalent of 17 million cheeseburgers or 28 million latte coffees. England already has one of the highest rates of obesity in Europe and also in the developed world. More than 60 per cent of adults and a third of children aged 10 and 11 are overweight or obese. England's Chief Medical Officer, Professor Sally Davies, said: "Most of us are eating or drinking more than we need to and are not active enough. "Being overweight or obese is a direct consequence of eating more calories than we need. Increasing
physical activity is a part of the equation but reducing the amount of calories we consume is key." Mr Lansley emphasised that food and drink giants, town halls, the Government and individuals had to act in the battle against England's growing weight problem. He was unveiling a "call to action". It includes: The food and drinks industry doing more to encourage healthier choices and by cutting calories in products. A new approach to help people keep a healthy weight through their life. Encouraging people to take more exercise and urging Londoners to ditch public transport and walk to work. Town halls using new powers to ring-fence funds for public health work. Continued investment in the NHS's Change4Life programme to persuade families to adopt healthier lifestyles. But as the Government called for people to eat less, the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition slightly raised the recommended daily calorie intake. After a detailed analysis, the experts now say average men should eat 2,605 calories, up from 2,500, and the intake for women also nudging up slightly to 2079
calories. Professor Alan Jackson, chairman of the committee's Energy Requirements Working Group, said: "The majority of adults are eating more than they need, even more than the revised energy guidelines published today. "Most people would be surprised to realise how much they overeat. "On average we consume about 10 per cent more calories than we need. This is why we have an obesity problem and it is clear we cannot carry on eating this amount of excess without serious public health consequences" Professor Davies added: "Obesity is a leading cause of serious diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer. "We must get to grips with the problem now to save lives and money in the future. We all have a role to play, from businesses to local authorities, but as individuals we all need to take responsibility. "This means thinking about what we eat and the number of calories in our diets to maintain a healthy weight. Mr Lansley said: "We have to halt and then reverse the tide of obesity. Government has a role to play but it is clear that we cannot do this alone. We need to work in a broad partnership with local
authorities, businesses, charities, health professionals and individuals. "Reducing the number of calories we consume is essential. It can happen if we continue action to reduce calories in everyday foods and drinks and if all of us who are overweight take simple steps to reduce our calorie intake." Tam Fry, of the National Obesity Forum, said: "The fear is the Government will just rely on the goodwill of the food industry to support it. "All marketing of unhealthy food should be banned for any target audience below 18 years old and gastric banding should be used more widely. "It is effective and those who have it are much less likely to acquire obesity-related conditions such as diabetes." Health timebomb that costs capital 890m a year Obese adults are costing the NHS in London883.6 million each year. Childhood obesity is costing a further 7.1 million. But the bill to treat youngsters if they remain obese into adulthood, could rise to a staggering 111 million each year, in the capital alone. Across the country, weight-loss hospital operations such as gastric banding rose by 70 per cent, from just over 4,200 in 2008/09 to just
over 7,200 in 2009/10. Meanwhile the number of people admitted to hospital in England for obesity-related conditions rose by a third last year. The number of adults with dangerously large waist sizes (40in/102cm in men and 34in/ 88cm in women) spiralled from just under a quarter to almost 40 per cent from 1993 to 2009. In London, obesity rates among children are higher than average in almost every borough. Westminster has the highest number of severely overweight 10 and 11-year-olds, where almost one third is classed as obese. This is closely followed by Southwark and Newham, where more than a quarter are obese. Only Richmond and Bromley have childhood obesity rates lower than the national average of 19 per cent. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Joanna's killer 'calmly made jokes about her death at parties'

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White House irked by rumors Obama plans to drop Biden

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discussing Miss Yeates with Miss Morson. "Vincent just said a small remark about opening a drawer so they could look for a Submitted at 10/13/2011 9:11:32 AM Joanna Yeates's killer Vincent body," said Mr Lillie. Tabak joked about the murder Tabak joined the conversation as inquiry at dinner parties, a court Ms Maddock speculated that the heard today. murder was mystifying, the court He calmly discussed the case heard. with friends, "light-heartedly" Ms Maddock added: "I think I suggesting that police look for a remember that Vincent agreed body in his drawer, the jury was with the statement and may have told. added, 'Either that or someone During the police hunt in must have to be a totally crazy January, Tabak is said to have person to have done something told party-goers that the killer like that'." must have been a "totally crazy, Tabak and Miss Morson later detached person". offered to walk a fellow partySolicitor Sarah Maddock said goer home amid fears that a killer Tabak, 33, and girlfriend Tanja was on the loose, the court heard. Morson were planning marriage Ms Maddock, who attended and a family. Exeter University with Miss Ms Maddock, a mother of two, Morson and had briefly lived with said he was acting normally and her in New York in 2001, told was typically tactile with Miss how neither the Dutch analyst nor Morson at a dinner party in the St his girlfriend seemed anxious at Andrews area of Bristol on the "relaxed and happy" party. January 15. The case was discussed around Party host Andrew Lillie also the table "for some time", she said discussed the case with Tabak, and went on: "Vincent was his who now admits manslaughter but usual calm and quiet self." denies murder. Ms Maddock added that Tabak In a police statement read out in was always tactile with Miss court, Mr Lillie said he had been Morson.
As the party-goers discussed the case, he was said to be holding Miss Morson's hand under the table with his other palm resting on her back. Ms Maddock said: "I remember saying, 'You were on your own that night?' He said, 'Yes'." She added that Tabak did not look uncomfortable or try to change the subject. He and his partner were said to have told guests that they did not know either Miss Yeates, 25, or her boyfriend Greg Reardon, 28, but were familiar with their cat Bernard. Tabak told them he had not seen the cat over the weekend until Sunday night, the court heard. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
sure the folks at the Today show know hes not too irked: Not upset, just tweaking Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:05:03 AM them. But the story surely MSNBCs Today attracted a irritates Pfeiffer for what the little Twitter ire from White s p e c u l a t i o n r e v e a l s a b o u t House Communications Director President Obamas reelection Dan Pfeiffer, after Today hosts chances. If he presided right now asked both Joe Biden and Hillary over a prosperous economy, Clinton whether Barack Obama would anybody give credence to might not strike Biden from the whispered suggestions that he 2012 ticket and add Clinton needs or plans to rearrange his instead: team to appear stronger and more White House Communications palatable to the electorate? But Director Dan Pfeiffer posted this its also easy to see why these on his Twitter account Tuesday rumors are just rumors. As morning: bumbling as Biden is, he still I h a v e n o t i c e d a w e i r d doesnt draw the same depth of @todayshow obsession with faux emotion both positive and story of Sec. Clinton replacing negative as Hillary has in the @VPHave asked both about it past. Leaving Biden on the ticket last 2 days on the show. ensures 2012 is all about Obama, Mr. Biden said he will be on the which no doubt the president will ticket again. like unless (or until) he loses. Absolutely, positively yes, the This entry passed through the vice president said. Theres Full-Text RSS service if this is never been a question about that. your content and you're reading it Clinton says a swap is probably on someone else's site, please read n o t e v e n i n t h e r e a l m o f the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentpossibility. Biden is doing an only/faq.php#publishers. Five amazingly good job, she said. Filters featured article: A 'Malign T h a t m a k e s m e t h i n k h e r Intellectual Subculture' - George judgment is no more sound than M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , his and itd be an even trade. Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Pfeiffer followed up his first Media Lens. tweet with a clarification to make
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Why the Tea Party Failed to Produce a Credible Candidate

Conor Friedersdorf (Politics : The Atlantic)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 10:35:38 AM
The movement got drunk on bombast, and now its favored 2012 contenders have fallen by the wayside, leaving Mitt Romney as a likely nominee Writing on his eponymous website, David Frum reacted to Tuesday's GOP debate and Mitt Romney's front-runner status by asking, "Who produces the first big analysis: Why the Tea Party could not produce a credible presidential candidate?" I'll bite. Every political movement is a marriage of beliefs and rhetoric, combining convictions about where the country should be going and judgments about the best way to get there. Potential supporters assess the whole package. The tea party's beliefs and convictions about where the country should be going, or the best version of them, are popular enough to produce a viable candidate, especially in a GOP primary. He or she would insist that the federal government spends too much, that bureaucrats shouldn't pick winners and losers in the economy, and that federalizing the health care system is unlikely to reduce overall costs.
A viable tea party agenda would also appeal to the libertarian wing of the party, which is suspicious of interventionism, everexpanding military spending, and the criminalization of everything from marijuana to not having health insurance. And it would pointedly highlight the damage done by Democratic Party donors,
especially Wall-Street beneficiaries of government largess, public employee unions, and trial lawyers, all of whom use their clout to capture taxpayer money. So how to produce a candidate? A savvy tea party would assess politicians with resumes sufficient to become president, court and
flatter known quantities like Mitch Daniels, who would fundraise well be acceptable to other constituencies in the Republican Party, and work to ensure that the longshots it elevated were principled guys like Gary Johnson, who've proven their ability to govern should they improbably catch fire in the
course of campaigning around the nation. But the actual tea party isn't savvy. It overestimates its clout within the GOP, fails to appreciate the many obstacles to winning a general election, let alone implementing its agenda, WHY page 87
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and is therefore careless and immature in choosing its champions. It elevates polarizing figures of questionable competence like Sarah Palin because doing so is cathartic. It backed Michele Bachmann despite her thin resume, erratic behavior in interviews, and the fact that she cares most about advancing a socially conservative agenda, not a small-government agenda. Its erstwhile favorite, Rick Perry, doesn't even subscribe to what ought to be a core tea party tenet: that the government shouldn't subsidize particular firms, picking winners and losers. Perry is a right-wing corporatist. And Herman Cain, the frontrunner of the week? He has zero governing experience, acknowledges that he knows next to nothing about foreign policy, flip flops on matters of tremendous consequence, and touts a flawed economic plan, 9-9 -9, that could never pass. What do all these dubious champions have in common? Their red meat rhetoric and ability to antagonize liberals. What many tea partiers share is a belief that the best way to get where the country should be going is by being more ruthless than the Democrats; by fighting them zealously in the media, zinging
them from the stump, and never, ever compromising with them in Congress or at the White House negotiating table. This is partly a reaction to George W. Bush's tenure, when tea partiers believe they were sold out by a bigspending, big-government RINO who kept compromising with Ted Kennedy. It is partly a reaction to the perception that they tried nominating media darling and "maverick" John McCain in 2008, and he lost. It is partly a reaction to the belief, stoked by talk radio, that every compromise with liberals is just one more ratchet in the direction of socialism, and that a confident, uncompromising conservative, in what they imagine to be the model of Ronald Reagan, is the solution to their woes. Their approach has several flaws. 1) Bombast isn't a predictor of fealty to principle. It's just strategically uttered rhetoric, like everything else said by politicians, a profession where what is promised on the campaign trail always deviates from what is done in office. How odd that the most cynical voters are most taken by extravagant promises of loyalty. 2) When primary candidates compete to be the most bombastic and uncompromising in their
rhetoric, the most successful quickly start to look unelectable, and the average Republican primary voter wants most of all to beat President Obama in 2012. Thus the winner of the "conservative primary" loses the Republican primary, in much the same way that Howard Dean lost to John Kerry during the 2004 cycle. 3) Some candidates who lack bombast, like Jon Huntsman or Daniels, would be more effective than any tea-party champion at advancing the movement's agenda, but they're overlooked because they fail to excite. It's absurd. Their records as successful governors are concrete demonstrations that they govern in a reliably conservative manner and can win converts. It is irrational to mistrust the rhetoric of politicians even while preferring someone like Cain, whose lack of experience forces supporters into the position of trusting his rhetoric without any basis for doing so save their gut feelings (which have done nothing but caused them to feel betrayed by pols in the past). Why couldn't the tea party produce a viable candidate? Its partisans put fiery rhetoric ahead of substance, judged GOP politicians based on the
extravagance of their promises more than what they'd actually accomplished, failed to demand of its champions some baseline level of competence, and insisted on pols who deliberately piss off outsiders rather than Reaganesque communicators intent on converting them. Tea partiers got drunk off the pleasure of hearing their prejudices echoed. They're now waking up to face their hangover. And his name is Mitt Romney. Image credit: Reuters This article available online at: http://www.theatlantic.com/ politics/archive/2011/10/why-thetea-party-failed-to-produce-acredible-candidate/246584/ This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Reuters strangely cheered by statistical noise in economic indicators

Ed Morrissey (Hot Air Top Picks)
Submitted at 10/13/2011 9:45:06 AM
The Departments of Commerce and Labor released scheduled reports on the monthly trade deficit(for August) and initial weekly jobless claims today, but I didnt plan on writing much about either. They showed no real change from the previous reports in the series, and give no indication one way or the other about the direction of the economy. That didnt stop Reuters from offering a relatively cheery analysis, of course, headlined Claims and trade data suggest modest improvement. Lets start with the actual reports, first on the jobless claims: In the week ending October 8, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 404,000, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous weeks revised figure of 405,000. The 4-week moving average was 408,000, a decrease of 7,000 from the previous weeks revised average of 415,000. Last weeks announced figure was 401,000, so this actually represents an increase from that mark but only a slight one, in the realm of statistical noise. The REUTERS page 89
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Cain: Time for me to be a job creator Scott Brown Plagiarizes Elizabeth Dole
Ed Morrissey (Hot Air Top Picks)
Cain has put little effort into visiting early voting states or building a ground game in the Submitted at 10/13/2011 10:25:54 AM states where presidential contests Herman Cains days of running a are typically won and lost. Cain shoestring operation may be launched a recent book tour that coming to an end. Responding to fueled speculation he was more concerns about the lack of interested in profiting from his significant staff, Cain promised growing national profile than that his campaign would shortly winning the election. begin hiring to meet the demands The book tour is over, Cain on a front-running candidate: declared Wednesday, vowing to Seizing modest momentum in the add staff in New Hampshire and r a c e f o r t h e R e p u b l i c a n Iowa and bring his campaign bus p r e s i d e n t i a l n o m i n a t i o n , to the Granite State in the coming b u s i n e s s m a n H e r m a n C a i n weeks. He hadnt visited New promised to invest in additional Hampshire since midsummer. s t a f f a n d c a m p a i g n m o r e The most significant part of this aggressively in New Hampshire story is Cains statement that they and Iowa. have enough money flowing into We have run this very lean by the campaign to compete in Iowa design. We are now going to ramp and New Hampshire. The latter is up, he told reporters near the a long shot, and Cain might be New Hampshire State House better advised to focus on South Wednesday afternoon. We now Carolina, given Mitt Romneys have the money to do so. I didnt advantage in the Granite State. want to get out in front and Cains probably not drawing so commit to spending a whole lot of much cash that he can afford to money before I knew that the blow it on a state hes likely to American people were going to lose. South Carolina will be a say, You know what? This long more fertile ground for Cains s h o t m a y n o t b e s u c h a combination of fiscal and social long shot. policies, and a win in Iowa and Cain also declared an end to his South Carolina would put him on book tour, which had drawn good footing in the early days of criticism as a sign of a lack of primary voting. seriousness: Still, the expansion comes at a
time when some wondered whether Cain could develop a ground organization that would produce votes. His recent rise in polling has taken place almost entirely in the fourth quarter, so we wont get a look at Cains finances for another three months. Its not surprising that his strong debate performances in the past two weeks has produced a boom in contributions, and with Perrys continued struggles in these forums, some of the anybody-but-Romney donors might shift from Perry to Cain immediately. If Cain can produce another robust performance next Tuesday in Las Vegas, where the other candidates will undoubtedly attack Cain on foreign policy rather than economics, that Perryto-Cain drift might accelerate. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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measured not in material accumulations, but in service to others. I was encouraged to join Submitted at 10/13/2011 10:15:53 AM causes larger than myself, to If you were suspicious that Scott pursue positive change through a Brown's website seemed a bit sense of mission, and to stand up recycled, well, consider the hunch for what I believe." justified. It looks like someone Read the full story at The did an egregiously sloppy job Atlantic Wire. building Sen. Scott Brown's This article available online at: official site. Liberal research http://www.theatlantic.com/ organization American Bridge politics/archive/2011/10/scott21st Century flagged plagiarism brown-plagiarizes-elizabeth-dole/ showing that a paragraph of the 246617/ M a s s a c h u s e t t s S e n a t o r ' s This entry passed through the autobiographical information Full-Text RSS service if this is ( a b o u t h i s m o r a l c o m p a s s , your content and you're reading it ironically) was lifted verbatim on someone else's site, please read from former North Carolina Sen. the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentElizabeth Dole. The paragraphs only/faq.php#publishers. Five are the same, here's Brown's Filters featured article: A 'Malign version: Intellectual Subculture' - George "I was raised to believe that there M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , are no limits to individual Herman, Peterson, Pilger And achievement and no excuses to Media Lens. justify indifference. From an early age, I was taught that success is
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decrease from the adjusted figure is even less notable, a change of 0.25%. Its essentially a nochange report. The same is even more true for the trade deficit: The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that total August exports of $177.6 billion and imports of $223.2 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $45.6 billion, virtually unchanged from July, revised. August exports were $0.1 billion less than July exports of $177.7 billion. August imports were $0.1 billion less than July imports of $223.3 billion. In August, the goods deficit increased $0.1 billion from July to $61.4 billion, and the services surplus increased $0.2 billion to $15.8 billion. Exports of goods decreased $0.1 billion to $126.7 billion, and imports of goods were virtually unchanged at $188.1 billion. Exports of services were virtually unchanged at $50.9 billion, and imports of services decreased $0.2 billion to $35.1 billion. The actual change was around $20 million, from $45.63 billion
in July to $45.61 billion in August, which represents a change of 0.044% to the trade deficit. Thats practically a definition of statistical noise. Exports actually fell slightly, offset by a slightly larger drop in imports, thanks to a stagnant economy. Now lets look at how Reuters reported these economic indicators: New claims for jobless benefits were little changed last week and the trade deficit narrowed marginally in August, indicating a modest improvement in the economy. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dipped 1,000 to a seasonally adjusted 404,000, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists had expected claims to rise to 405,000. A separate report from the Commerce Department showed the trade deficit fell to $45.61 billion in August from $45.63 billion the prior month. Economists had expected the trade gap to widen to $45.8 billion. Id really like an explanation of
how decreases in both exports and imports indicate a modest improvement in the economy. The scale of the drop is so small that no one can really argue that it portends a move to recession, but its certainly not a modest improvement. These reports indicate that the national economy continues on its trajectory for stagnation and moribund job-creating activities. Its essentially no change at all, and to the extent that there is any change, its not encouraging for future growth. Reuters would have been better off leaving these reports alone. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , Daniel Cooper (Engadget) Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Submitted at 10/13/2011 12:08:00 PM Media Lens. There are a few rarefied moments in the conscious of the world that unify us all. For nerds of a certain age, it's that point in 1996 when we first heard those hideous but oft-quoted one-liners spilling out of Duke Nukem's pixellated mouth. Thanks to MachineWorks NorthWest and Tapjoy, very soon you'll be able to relive those moments over and over again on your Android device (running version 2.1 or above). As it's a port of the iOS edition, we can
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Picture of the Day: The D.C. Journalist Board Game

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career on a mountain of Drudge hits and influential retweets? Can you survive getting yelled at by Submitted at 10/13/2011 10:56:54 AM flacks and burned by sources, Thanks to FamousDC, a blog drowning your sorrows at the d e d i c a t e d t o t h e q u i r k s o f Capitol Hill bar Kelly's Irish Washington media, you too can Times? p l a y t h e g a m e o f B e l t w a y Aspiring political journalists journalism. should probably play a round or Can you climb to the top of D.C. two before embarking on the real front: "Can you make it as a DC media celebrity, building your adventure. The game asks up journalist, while keeping your
dignity intact?" If anyone knows the answer, please contact me i m m e d i a t e l y a t cgood@theatlantic.com. Image credit: FamousDC This article available online at: http://www.theatlantic.com/ politics/archive/2011/10/pictureof-the-day-the-dc-journalist-board -game/246624/ This entry passed through the
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Sonim brings a trio of rugged devices to CTIA E&A 2011, we go hands-on (video)
Brad Molen (Engadget)
Monday, the first two phones are already available in the US while the third is targeted squarely at S o n i m d o e s n ' t c r a n k o u t Latin America over the next two s m a r t p h o n e s . I t ' s t o o b u s y months. Quite frankly, the new flooding the earth with uber- GSM / EDGE lineup looks so rugged featurephones that would similar that it'd be incredibly easy most likely withstand an actual to forget which one was which -flood, and it's darn proud of that aside from having an appearance fact. That's the impression we got, not unlike a tank, all three devices a t l e a s t , a f t e r v i s i t i n g t h e seem to come from the same company's booth at this week's mold. As similar as they are, each CTIA Enterprise & Applications. one has its own specialty: the We had the opportunity to play XP1301 offers a Near-Field around with Sonim's three new Communication tag reader, the devices: the XP1301 Core NFC, XP1330 takes advantage of Push XP3340 Sentinel and XP1330 to Talk and the XP3340 Sentinel C o r e P T T . A n n o u n c e d o n throws in a customizable manSubmitted at 10/13/2011 11:29:00 AM
down sensor that triggers an emergency alarm when something is awry. But we'll tell you what won't require emergency assistance -- viewing the galleries
and videos below. Gallery: Sonim XP1301 NFC hands-on at CTIA E&A 2011 Gallery: Sonim XP3340 Sentinel hands-on at CTIA E&A 2011
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