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Ex-defence chiefs attack Gordon Brown over Afghanistan

By David Batty (World news armed forces in the House of Afghan army recruits. president Hamid Karzai that he with regard to his support for the
and comment from the Lords, Lord Guthrie said: "I do "The three conditions laid down will "forfeit the right to armed forces. "They have felt he
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) think that military services, the by the prime minister for their international support" if he failes has never really been on their
Submitted at 11/7/2009 4:14:25 AM people in the frontline, are movement reveal a complete lack to root out corruption in side and they have not had his
questioning whether the of understanding of what these Afghanistan. Brown told Karzai a support," he said.
Peers accuse prime minister of government is really, really men are for," Guthrie said. If home-grown army must be built The criticism of the
lacking commitment to the war committed to making progress in commanders on the ground had to take over responsibility for government's Afghanistan policy
and failing to support British Afghanistan." requested additional troops they security. But the prime minister came at the end of a lethal week
troops The peer, who was chief of the should be sent regardless of stressed he was not threatening to for British troops, with seven
Three former defence chiefs defence staff between 1997 and political concerns. pull out Britain's 9,000 troops. killed, including five soldiers
have accused Gordon Brown of 2001, said there was a "clear The current chief of defence "We cannot, must not and will shot by one of the Afghan
failing in his commitment to the need for more helicopters" for staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock not walk away," he said in a policemen they were mentoring.
war in Afghanistan and support UK troops, adding that had they Stirrup, has warned that the speech to the Royal College of The losses brought the total
for British troops. been available soldiers' lives reputation of Britain's armed Defence Studies. British death toll since 2001 to
Field Marshal Lord Inge said the would have been saved. forces is under threat unless Lord Boyce, the chief of the 230.
a r m e d f o r c e s n e v e r r e a l l y "Both the prime minister and the progress is made in Afghanistan. defence staff between 2001 and • Defence policy
believed Brown was "on their chancellor have said the frontline An internal Ministry of Defence 2003, said the UK was in the • Military
side" while General Lord Guthrie can have what they ask for," he document, entitled Strategy for middle of a "defence train crash". • Afghanistan
accused the prime minister of told peers. Defence, makes clear that the "It is too much to hope that the • House of Lords
"dithering" over his promise to "I have no doubt whatsoever that mission in Afghanistan must present government will provide
send 500 extra troops to the with additional helicopters some succeed to secure "the reputation the necessary cash to allow its David Batty
country. Admiral Lord Boyce of these lives which have been and long-term future of the aspirations to be realised properly guardian.co.uk© Guardian News
said the government "did not lost would have been saved." armed forces" . or honourably," he said. & Media Limited 2009 | Use of
realise we are at war". Guthrie criticised Brown's The document, leaked to the He said frequent changes at the this content is subject to our
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after Brown pledged that Britain conditional on them being of a rolling three-year military where there have been four
would not "walk away" from properly equipped, on other Nato commitment to Afghanistan", defence secretaries in the past
A f g h a n i s t a n a n d w o u l d states taking more of the military effectively ruling out an early three years – had been unhelpful.
"succeed" in its mission. burden, and on the Kabul pullout. Lord Inge said the prime
Speaking in a debate on the government providing more Brown has warned the re-elected minister had "some baggage"
24 hours in pictures
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Sarah Palin to visit
Washington next month
By Steve Holland (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 1:34:42 PM
Look out Washington, Sarah
Palin is coming.
Palin will be the Republican
speaker at the annual winter
dinner of the Gridiron Club of
journalists in Washington on
Dec. 5.
“The governor is very excited
and was honored to accept the
invitation,” said her
spokeswoman, Meghan
Jon Stewart is Glenn Beck
(Little Green Footballs)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 6:01:09 PM
Stapleton.
The former Alaska governor,
who rose to fame as John
McCain’s vice presidential
nominee last year, is about to go
on a book tour to promote her
memoir, “Going Rogue: An
American Life.”
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Wilder (Palin talks to well-
wishers in Fairbanks in July)
Jon Stewart totally devours the
scenery in a dead-on parody of
the Glenn Beck Comedy
British tourist shot dead in Texas bar
(World news and comment
from the Guardian |
guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 11/7/2009 7:20:57 AM
Thomas Reeve, 28, killed in
Amarillo as shots are fired at
drinkers during robbery
A British tourist has been shot
dead in a bar in Texas. Thomas
Reeve, 28, was killed in the city
of Amarillo when shots were
fired at several drinkers, the
Foreign Office confirmed.
The attack happened at the
Spotted Pony Lounge in the town
at about 10.45pm local time on
Thursday.
Police said Reeve arrived in
Amarillo a few hours before the
'I will kill ten
for each IED
we find'
By Guy Grandjean, Sean
Smith, Alex Healey (World
news and comment from the
Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 11/7/2009 6:49:15 AM
Sean Smith on the methods used
by Afghan National Police in the
arrest and questioning of a group
of local Pashtuns in Paktia
Province Guy Grandjean Sean
Smith Alex Healey
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shooting. He was travelling
across the US with two friends.
He died at Northwest Texas
hospital after being shot in the
torso. An autopsy was being
performed in Lubbock, the
Amarillo Globe-News reported.
Reeve was drinking in the bar
with his friends. They had rented
a car in California and stopped in
Amarillo on a trip to Florida.
A Foreign Office spokeswoman
said: "We can confirm the death
of Thomas Reeve and we are
providing consular assistance to
the family."
Another customer, Gordon
Gollihugh, 48, was shot in the
hand and taken to a local
hospital, according to the
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The gunman hit other customers
with his fist, took purses, wallets
and money from the bar's cash
register and forced a woman to
remove some of her clothing,
according to officers. Ray Carlos
Cisneros, 25, was arrested
yesterday and was being
questioned over the shooting,
according to the Amarillo Globe-
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'Civil disobedience has a role to play' | Al Gore
By Oliver Burkeman (World
news and comment from the
Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 11/7/2009 4:17:17 AM
Al Gore was born to be the most
powerful man on Earth, but fell
just short of his political destiny.
Can the former law-maker now
win his place in history as the
man who helped save the planet?
Perhaps the best way to
understand the extraordinary
transformation of Al Gore is to
study the changing rhetoric of his
enemies. A mere nine years ago,
back when George Bush was just
a cheeky rogue with an adorable
line in malapropisms, presidential
candidate Gore was famously
derided as wooden and dull.
Having failed to win the
presidency – though of course
that depends, as ever, on your
definition of the word "win" – he
next became a pitiable loser, then
a laughable climate-change
wonk, then the Oscar-winning,
peace prize-winning, Live Earth-
organising darling of liberal
Hollywood. And so it says
something hugely flattering about
his present-day stature, surely,
that the new official anti-Gore
line is that he is quite simply evil:
an anti-American hypocrite, a
supporter of world government,
and, like Barack Obama,
probably a communist or a fascist
or both. A recent documentary
about Gore made by Irish global
warming denialists, Not Evil Just
Wrong, made the mistake of
diverging from this stance,
prompting fury among parts of its
intended audience in the US. Not
evil? Get real.
In person, Gore is neither
wooden nor, in any obvious way,
evil. What he is, is reserved:
settling back into an armchair at a
fancy hotel in Los Angeles, he
answers questions obligingly and
at length – sometimes at very
great length – but without the
effort to connect that seems to be
a compulsion of most politicians.
He is trim, strikingly handsome,
in a dark blue suit and black
cowboy boots, and looks
mysteriously unsleepy, despite
having just flown in from a three-
day trip to China. (After LA, he's
due home for one night in
Nashville, then off on a book tour
that will take him to South Africa
and Egypt. Denialists enjoy
attacking Gore's personal carbon
footprint, even though, as
denialists, it's not clear what
they're objecting to.) Not long
ago, Time magazine called him
"improbably charismatic", which
is accurate, though this may be a
consequence of his new
incarnation: for a successful
politician, Gore comes across as
surprisingly distant, but as
professorial climate change
experts go, he's a rock star.
Gore, optimistically, attributes
the hardening tone of his critics
to "the sunset phenomenon,
where there's a spectacle just
before the subsiding": as the
remaining climate change
doubters and vested interests
begin to realise that the game is
up, he suggests, they're bound to
make one last stand. "This self-
interest on the part of some of the
carbon polluters – who are
becoming a bit intense in their
efforts – reflects their awareness
that public opinion has been
shifting very significantly," he
says. "When I say 'they', I don't
mean to indict all of them,
because the business community
is now very much split… but that
realisation has produced a desire
on the part of some of these
carbon polluters to dig in their
heels."
He points to the US Chamber of
Commerce's new hardline stance
against action on the
environment, which prompted
several major American
corporations to resign from it.
(They included Apple, on whose
board Gore sits, though he says
he first heard of that decision
when he read about it in the
paper.) "They're calling for a new
Scopes trial," says Gore,
referring to the Chamber's efforts
to liken a belief in global
warming to creationism. "Ha!
The Scopes trial happened in my
home state, and I can tell you,
one was quite enough." But many
firms are beginning to take a
different approach, he notes, for
example those who have joined
the 10:10 campaign in the UK,
which is supported by the
Guardian; Gore calls 10:10
"brilliant", and sees no reason
why it couldn't work in the US,
too.
Gore's new book, Our Choice: A
Plan To Solve The Climate
Crisis, gives global warming
deniers short shrift, and shows
little concern for displays of
political bipartisanship: he likens
the doubters to the "birthers"
intent on proving that Obama is a
Kenyan – not just mavericks, but
fantasists who inhabit a different
version of reality. "The golden
thread of reason that used to be
stretched taut to mark the
boundary between the known and
the unknown is now routinely
disrespected," he writes, in a
typically Goreish sentence,
immediately prior to quoting
Theodor Adorno, King Solomon
and Aesop. Primarily, though,
Our Choice is a sumptuously
illustrated coffee-table book of
potential solutions, explaining
both Gore's favourites (
geothermal energy,
biochar,"smart" electrical grids)
and those about which he's
deeply sceptical (nuclear power,
carbon capture and pumping
sulphur dioxide into the
stratosphere, a plan he describes
as "insane").
When making his Oscar-winning
2006 documentary, An
Inconvenient Truth, Gore
arguably had it easy: it's fairly
straightforward to grip an
audience when you're portraying
scenes of apocalyptic destruction.
The new book pulls off a
considerably more impressive
feat. It focuses on solving the
crisis, yet manages to be
absorbing on a topic that is all
too often – can we just come
World/ 3
clean about this, please? –
crushingly boring. Importantly, it
seeks to enlist readers as political
advocates for the cause, rather
than just urging them to turn
down the heating. "It's important
to change lightbulbs," he says, in
a well-burnished soundbite, "but
more important to change
policies and laws." Or perhaps to
break laws instead: peaceful
occupations of the kind
witnessed recently in the UK, he
predicts, are only going to
become more widespread. "Civil
disobedience has an honourable
history, and when the urgency
and moral clarity cross a certain
threshold, then I think that civil
disobedience is quite
understandable, and it has a role
to play. And I expect that it will
increase, no question about it."
People sometimes express
incredulity that Gore, who was
groomed for the presidency
almost since birth, seems so
resolved that he'll never return to
electoral politics. But here's a
vivid example of the benefits of
life on the outside: how many
serving politicians would feel
able to come so close to urging
people to commit trespass?
Gore is particularly compelling
on psychology: his book
addresses head-on the fact that
merely repeating grave
pronouncements about the
climate crisis isn't a remotely
effective way to get governments
or individuals to act. Instead, he
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explores ways to link long-term
environmental goals to everyday
incentives that people and
businesses can actually get their
heads around, most obviously by
putting a price on carbon via cap-
and-trade and other mechanisms:
"If the only tool we use to
analyse what's valuable is a price
tag, then those things that don't
have price tags begin to look like
they have no value," he writes.
He's also passionate about the
potential psychological impact of
Dscovr, the Nasa satellite project
he proposed while serving as Bill
Clinton's vice-president (which
Dick Cheney mothballed, and
Obama has resurrected). Among
other things, it would provide a
continuous view of the sunlit side
of the Earth, available via the
internet – a sort of real-time
version of the famous Earthrise
photograph, serving as a constant
reminder and update on the
fragile state of our planet.
But it is, naturally, the state of
Gore's personal psychology that
interests people just as much.
Everyone has their hypotheses.
They want to know if his
environmental campaigning has
somehow brought him peace,
after the almost unimaginable
disappointment of the 2000
election. Or they speculate that
he feels guilty for not focusing
sufficiently on the climate during
that campaign, and is making up
for lost time, or guilty for not
fighting harder over Florida,
given all that subsequently
happened under Bush. Our
Choice, like An Inconvenient
Truth, declares that we are at a
historic decision point, at which
we can choose to hesitate, with
disastrous consequences, or to
rise to the occasion – which is
virtually an invitation to engage
in armchair psychoanalysis.
Didn't Gore himself blink, at an
analogous crucial moment, with
momentous results for himself,
and the world?
In the years immediately
following the disputed
presidential election– after
growing a beard and gaining
weight – Gore drew on deadpan
humour to help process the
experience, and to put audiences
at their ease. "You win some, you
lose some, and then there's that
little-known third category," he
would say. Or: "I don't want you
to think I lie awake at night,
counting and recounting sheep."
But these days the gags have
subsided. "To place the
disappointment, which I felt
keenly, into some perspective,
there are millions upon millions
of people who have suffered
infinitely larger losses than I
suffered," he says now. "They
move on with their lives, and if
they can, I certainly can. If we
walked through the lobby of this
hotel and down the sidewalk
outside, we'd run into a lot of
people who, without us knowing
it, are carrying enormous burdens
of loss and disappointment. It's
part of the human condition."
It does seem, though, as if taking
on the biggest conceivable global
challenge has helped heal the
wound, and perhaps even
provided him with a satisfaction
that being vice-president didn't.
"It's a blessing to have work that
feels fulfilling," he says. "There's
a passage in the Bible – not that I
wear religion on my sleeve; I do
not – but there's a passage that's
long had meaning for me:
'Whatsoever thy hand findeth to
do, do it with thy might'... There's
that wonderful old English
movie, Chariots Of Fire, when
the runner says at one point,
'When I run, I feel God's
pleasure.' He was expressing a
universal human emotion that I
think is applicable."
It is easy to forget exactly how
unlikely it is that Gore should be
doing anything, at this point,
other than serving as an elected
politician. The son of the
Tennessee senator Albert Gore,
he was born in Washington DC
and grew up immersed in
politics; by the time he went to
Harvard, he'd gone public with
his ambition to become president.
He met his future wife, Tipper, at
his high school prom in 1965,
and served in Vietnam as an
army journalist, despite opposing
the war; by 1977 he was a
Congressman, aged 29. He
upgraded to the Senate in 1985,
where he played a key role in
securing funding for the nascent
internet – even if he didn't quite
invent it, as some critics falsely
alleged that he'd claimed– and
ran unsuccessfully to be the
Democrats' presidential nominee
in the 1988 election. In 1989, his
son Albert, then six, was hit by a
car while crossing the road and
nearly died: Gore said the
experience transformed him, and
put him off running for president;
instead, he joined Clinton's ticket
in 1992. During 2007 and 2008,
it was frequently suggested that
he should run again – indeed, that
he had a moral duty to run again
– and he never quite fully
dismissed the notion until he
endorsed Obama. More than any
other living figure on the US
national stage, perhaps, Capitol
Hill and the White House have
dominated his life.
And yet here he is, aged 61,
living in Nashville, in an 18-
room mansion that has been
retrofitted to rely entirely on
renewable energy, shuttling
across the globe, positioning
himself cleverly both as the
ultimate insider and an activist
willing to go far further than the
insiders would dare. He serves as
an adviser to Google, as well as
an Apple board member, chairs a
sustainable investment fund, and
is a partner in Kleiner Perkins
Caufield & Byers, a venture
capital fund with environmental
interests. (He is, as a result, often
accused of a conflict of interest,
but responds that all his profits
go to his nonprofit organisation,
the Alliance for Climate
Protection.) "He's got access to
every leader in every country, the
business community, people of
every political stripe," Tipper
Gore told Time magazine. "He
can do this his way, all over the
world, for as long as he wants.
That's freedom. Why would
anyone give that up?"
Contrary to the general
consensus among activists and
journalists, Gore remains
optimistic about the Copenhagen
talks in December– optimistic
that the US Senate will pass a bill
to clarify Washington's position,
arming Obama with much-
needed moral authority, and thus
optimistic that a worthwhile
agreement, which hinges on a US
commitment, will emerge from
the gathering itself. "I was in
China two days ago, and the
premier of China asked me, in
essence, why I'm optimistic that
the Senate will pass legislation
when the conventional wisdom
says otherwise. And the answer
is that I have been a part of
conversations between
Democrats and Republicans that
give me a very different view
from what the consensus is in the
journalistic community." He
refers to the op-ed by South
Carolina Republican Lindsey
Graham and Massachusetts
Democrat John Kerry in the New
York Times, calling for
legislation to pass. "There are
other surprises like that in store."
Of the potential Copenhagen
deal, Gore says, "I expect it to be
far weaker than the one I would
like to see. However, the
important achievement [will be]
to put a price on carbon, and reset
expectations among business,
government, NGOs and others."
He likens the situation to the
Montreal Protocol on the ozone
layer. "The world acted fairly
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Italy's respectable right wing in a bind | Roberto
Mancini
By Roberto Mancini (World
news and comment from the
Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 11/7/2009 5:00:00 AM
Gianfranco Fini is caught
between Berlusconi's
waywardness and
unreconstructed racists within the
Lega Nord
"We must cleanse our streets of
the black-skinned, the yellow-
skinned, the Roma … I would
have all the immigrants put on
file, one by one. Unfortunately,
this is not allowed by the law.
They are the carriers of all sorts
of diseases, tuberculosis, Aids,
scabies, hepatitis"
This is how Giancarlo Gentilini,
former mayor of Treviso (1994-
2005) and current deputy mayor,
a leading figure in the Lega
Nord(Northern League),
addressed the Festival of the
People of Padania in September
2008. Last month he was
convicted by a court in Venice of
"inciting racial hatred" and, as a
result, will not be allowed to
address political rallies for three
years.
In the country where Mussolini's
racial laws were approved in
1938, the current anti-fascist
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constitution, which came into
force on 1 January 1948 after the
liberation struggles, forbids the re
-formation of the Fascist party.
In postwar Italy, both fascism
and racism – the essence of the
extreme right – have therefore
had to find new and original
ways of expressing themselves.
Gianfranco Fini, president of the
house of deputies, originally
belonged to the neofacist party
Movimento Sociale
Italiano(MSI). The MSI
subjected itself to a long and
critical review of its fascist roots,
and by the 1990s had accepted
the values of parliamentary
democracy and the constitution
of the republic, relaunching itself
as the Alleanza
Nazionale(National Alliance). In
the meantime the rich Italian vein
of xenophobic and racist ideas
were siphoned off into the Lega
Nord, a grassroots movement
inspired by the French New
Right ethno-pluralists such as
Alain de Benoist. The ugly face
of this movement was hidden
behind the term "federalism" –-
which is why Gentilini and Mario
Borghezio, the colourful MEP
also from the Lega Nord, always
brag that they are "federalists".
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Gentilini's real views are clearly
expressed in the quote above that
lead to his conviction. In this, he
mirrors the feelings of many
fellow inhabitants in the wealthy
and economically successful
Veneto region.
Amid all this, Fini, who is the
third highest officer in the state
after president Giorgio
Napolitano and prime minister
Silvio Berlusconi, and is now the
deputy leader in Berlusconi's
Popolo della Libertà, finds
himself in a difficult position in
his efforts to build a respectable
right, albeit with ample room to
manoeuvre.
On the one hand, he has to steer
the rightwing vote away from the
racism of characters such as
Gentilini, whose supporters
fundamentally oppose the
political unity of Italy, and who
consider the south of the country
to be as under-developed as the
Islamic countries on the
Mediterranean coast.
On the other hand, Fini has to
provide a buffer for Berlusconi's
subversive tendencies, displayed
last week when he announced,
following the court's rejection of
British lawyer David Mills'
appeal in a corruption case in
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which he is also involved: "I will
not resign even if I am
convicted."
Accordingly, Berlusconi's party
has for some time now been
unable to use the traditional
rightwing motto of "Law and
Order". Instead the Italian centre-
right has been busy demolishing
the respect for legality, in a long-
running campaign to denigrate
judges.
Fini has attempted to thwart this
suicidal strategy, which
undermines the foundations of
the rule of law and civil relations
between the government and the
opposition. But he is not yet
strong enough to defeat an
excessively rich and powerful
media tycoon like Berlusconi.
Translated from Italian by Judy
Segor
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CBS challenged in
Q3, waiting for better
advertising climate
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Submitted at 11/6/2009 4:20:00 PM
Filed under: Earnings reports,
Television, General Electric
(GE), Walt Disney (DIS), CBS
Corp 'B' (CBS), News Corp'B'
(NWS), Media World Shares of
CBS(NYSE: CBS) are no longer
rolling around in the pits of
equity hell. Do you recall when
they were trading around $3 per
share? Nasty time it was.
Amazingly, as I write this, CBS
is hovering near a 52-week high.
They are well over $12 in value.
Yet, when I look at the latest
earnings report, I don't feel as
upbeat as the market. According
to the press release(the link goes
to a .pdf file), revenues were flat
for the third quarter and adjusted
income dropped to 25 cents per
share from the year-ago figure of
39 cents per share.
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Gordon Brown calls for global bank bailout fund

By David Batty (World news
and comment from the
Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 11/7/2009 7:14:53 AM
Prime minister tells G20 that
taxpayers must be protected from
bearing cost of failure by banks
The prime minister, Gordon
Brown, has called for a new
"economic and social contract"
with the world's banks to ensure
that the cost of their failure
would never again be borne by
taxpayers.
Addressing a G20 meeting in
Scotland, Brown said it was not
acceptable that banking success
was reaped by the few but failure
was "borne by all of us". He
called for a fund for future bank
bailouts to be set up, possibly
paid for by a tax on banking
transactions.
Brown told the meeting in St
Andrews of finance ministers
from the world's 20 richest
nations that there should be a
"just distribution of risks and
rewards". He said: "I believe we
should discuss whether we need a
better economic and social
contract to reflect the global
responsibilities of financial
institutions to society. This is a
unique sector that, when it fails,
imposes such a high cost to the
wider economy and damage to
society that government
intervention becomes essential.
So the taxpayer had no real
choice but to step in to keep the
system afloat.
"And it cannot be acceptable that
the benefits of success in this
sector are reaped by the few but
the costs of its failure are borne
by all of us. There must be a
better economic and social
contract between financial
institutions and the public based
on trust and a just distribution of
risks and rewards."
Max Lawson, Oxfam senior
policy adviser, said: "Gordon
Brown today signalled that pay-
back time for banks could be just
around the corner. A tax on
banks would be a major step
towards clearing up the mess
caused by their greed. The G20
has a responsibility to act. Every
minute around the world 100
people are forced into extreme
poverty as a result of the
economic crisis. Money raised by
a financial transaction tax on
banks could make a massive
difference to the lives of ordinary
people."
Brown also repeated his warning
that it was still too soon for
countries to consider
withdrawing the one-trillion-
dollar "stimulus" package which
they agreed to support their
economies. Some G20 nations,
including the US and Germany,
want to debate ending the
measures.
"While recent indications of
economic expansion give cause
for cautious optimism they are
not a reason to end economic
stimulus prematurely," he said.
"It would be dangerous to put
recovery at risk by suddenly
cutting off the funding and
investment that is supporting
families and businesses through
the most challenging times in a
generation."
He added that, when the time
came, it was important that
countries were able to co-
ordinate their "exit strategies".
As well as discussing how and
when to withdraw the huge
taxpayer support they have given
their economies over the past two
years, finance ministers at the
two-day summit are expected to
focus on climate finance ahead of
next month's United Nations
conference in Copenhagen.
The International Monetary
Fund will tell the G20 that the
global economic recovery is
uneven and the timing of any exit
strategies should err on the side
of supporting demand.
"The pace of recovery is uneven,
particularly in advanced
economies, with consumer
confidence remaining subdued;
the waning of temporary fiscal
measures such as the cash-for-
clunkers programme in the US
and similar programmes
elsewhere is slowing
production," an IMF paper said.
• Banking
• Gordon Brown
• G20
• Global recession
David Batty
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Dealzmodo: $100 Xbox
360 at Amazon, More
Electronics Deals All
Day Long [Dealzmodo]
By Chris Jacob (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 11/7/2009 5:30:00 AM
Remember that Walmart ad
featuring a$100 Xbox? Well,
Amazon is matching the offer, so
you can skip the crowds. There'll
be other electronics deals running
all day starting at 9 a.m. EST.
Update:
It looks like the Amazon 9 a.m.
deal ran out (not before I
managed to grab one, natch), but
the same deal will be running
again at 12 p.m. EST, 9 a.m.
PST. So don't despair, there's a
second chance! Also, Walmart is
now featuring the deal online.
Man holiday price competitions
rule. [ Amazon via Cheap Ass
Gamer]

Senator Sanders proposes legislation to break up large banks

By Connie Madon Financial Crisis institution is too big to fail, it is Senator Sanders proposes
(BloggingStocks) US Senator Bernie Sanders, too big to exist. We should break legislation to break up large
Submitted at 11/6/2009 5:00:00 PM
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known for his straightforward a position to bring down our BloggingStocks on Fri, 06 Nov
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'CIVIL
continued from page 4
quickly, but the agreement they
reached was criticised for being
insufficient." Yet, he points out,
when the treaty was revised,
"many of the businesses that had
opposed [it] were there to argue
in favour of toughening it
significantly. Because once they
began to comply... they realised
that it was not as difficult as they
had feared. And once they'd
made the commitment to the
change, they were eager to get on
with it." It made more sense,
financially and in PR terms, to go
all the way instead of halfway.
Is it important for Obama to go
to Copenhagen himself? "Oh yes.
And I expect that he will. He
hasn't told me that he will, and no
one representing him has told me
that he will. But I feel certain that
he will."
In Gore's position, of course,
optimism infused with urgency is
the only rational stance to take in
public. Unless you either don't
believe in human-caused global
warming, or you think it's
definitely too late to do anything
about it, there's no real upside to
saying anything other than that
the situation is grave yet
addressable. But Gore, you get
Six top trades for the rest of 2009
By Sam Collins
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 11/7/2009 9:00:00 AM
Filed under: Stocks to Buy, Best
Stocks for 2009
After seven months of one of the
the feeling, really is an optimist,
all the way through. His repeated
references to JFK's promise to
put a man on the moon may not,
as a climate change analogy, bear
close scrutiny: putting a man on
the moon didn't require the
average American to do anything
at all. Still, the crisis needs its
Kennedy, and Gore – for all his
improbable, un-Kennedy-like
brand of charisma – seems to be
that man.
"We have a tendency as human
beings to confuse the
unprecedented with the
improbable," he says. "If
something has never happened
before, we tend to assume it will
not happen in the future... [but]
throughout history, there have
been examples of human
societies confronting dire threats,
and finding, in their response,
that they were capable of more
than they thought they were
capable of." What everything
depends on now, he says, is "how
soon we reach a critical mass of
political awareness that can...
give us the ability to use the rule
of law as an instrument of human
redemption." We will win or we
will lose: outside of dodgy
strongest rallies in history, the
stock market is showing signs of
faltering. From here on out
through the rest of 2009, I
believe the advance will shift
gears, and instead of recording
new highs every month, the trend
Floridian elections, there actually
isn't a third category.
• Our Choice: A Plan To Solve
The Climate Crisis, by Al Gore,
is published by Bloomsbury at
£14.99. To order a copy for
£13.99 (including UK mainland
p & p ) , g o
guardian.co.uk/bookshop or call
t o
0330 333 6846.
• Al Gore
• Climate change
• Climate change
• Climate change scepticism
• Copenhagen climate change
conference 2009
• US elections 2000
• Energy
• Energy bills
• Energy monitoring
• Energy efficiency
Oliver Burkeman
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will tend to flatten.
Earnings highlights: Cisco,
Ford, Humana, MasterCard,
Starbuck, Toyota ...
By Trey Thoelcke
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 11/7/2009 9:40:00 AM
Filed under: Earnings reports,
Cisco Systems (CSCO),
Starbucks (SBUX), Ford Motor
(F), Toyota Motor Corp. (TM),
MasterCard Inc'A' (MA),
Activision Inc (ATVI), Polo
Ralph Lauren'A' (RL)
Here are some highlights from
last week's earnings coverage
from BloggingStocks:
• Activision Blizzard
Inc.(NASDAQ: ATVI) said its
Q3 profit declined despite the
popularity of Guitar Hero.
• Blackboard Inc.(NASDAQ:
BBBB) said Q3 revenue surged
and its offered impressive cash
flow numbers.
• Boston Beer Co. Inc.(NYSE:
SAM) easily beat Q3 earnings
estimates and raised its full-year
And as we head into the heart of
the fourth quarter, I wouldn't bet
on the market making many more
new highs this year.
Continue reading Six top trades
for the rest of 2009
Six top trades for the rest of
Finance/ 7
guidance.
• Cisco Systems Inc.(NASDAQ:
CSCO) lower Q1 results topped
estimates and sent shares higher.
• Cognizant Technology
Solutions Inc.(NASDAQ: CTSH)
was upgraded following its
strong Q3 results.
• Corporate Executive
Board(NASDAQ: EXBD)
received an analyst's upgrade
following the Q3 results.
Continue reading Earnings
highlights: Cisco, Ford, Humana,
MasterCard, Starbuck, Toyota ...
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Toyota ... originally appeared on
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Gigabyte BIOS Update
Despite stock's Fed signals low rates Fixes iPhone Syncing
Issues [IPhone]
sluggishness, Hess will continue 'for an By Chris Jacob (Gizmodo)

remains a buy extended period' Submitted at 11/7/2009 6:00:00 AM

Gigabyte's been listening to all

By Joseph Lazzaro
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 5:30:00 PM
Filed under: Stocks to Buy So
far, institutional investors (IIs)
have not noticed that Hess
Corp.'s(NYSE: HES) upstream
operations (exploration and
production) should benefit from
high oil prices in the $80 per
barrel range. But the argument
here is that eventually they will,
preferably starting in early 2010,
which is why I'm reiterating my
Buy rating for the company, first
recommended on April 22, 2009
at a price of $50.41.
Right now, IIs are fixated on the
lower margins of downstream
operations, which Hess and other
refiners are coping with, as a
result of recession-induced
By Joseph Lazzaro of the iPhone syncing issues from
(BloggingStocks) motherboard owners using Intel's
Submitted at 11/6/2009 4:40:00 PM P55 chipset. They've put out a
beta BIOS that addresses the
Filed under: Forecasts, Federal problem. Unfortunately, that
Reserve, Recession, Financial doesn't help all the Asus and MSI
Crisis Is a Fed rate tightening up users who are having the same
ahead any time soon? Despite troubles, but hopefully now that
concern that low, real, short-term Gigabyte has set an example the
sluggish U.S. gasoline sales. The interest rates are hurting the low rates will continue 'for an others will follow.
First Call FY2009/FY2010 EPS dollar. Don't count on it. extended period' If you're one of the unlucky few,
estimates for HES are $1.63 to First, the U.S. Federal Reserve Fed signals low rates will hit the link to grab the update. [
$3.66. wants to encourage banks to lend continue 'for an extended period' Gigabyte via PC World]
Continue reading Despite stock's -- for auto purchases, and originally appeared on
sluggishness, Hess remains a buy especially for business loans -- BloggingStocks on Fri, 06 Nov Onion: Ford
Despite stock's sluggishness, and nothing prompts banks to 2009 16:40:00 EST. Please see
Hess remains a buy originally lend, even in tighter capital our terms for use of feeds. Unveils New Car
appeared on BloggingStocks on times, like low-interest-rate or
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:30:00 EST. zero-interest-rate money.
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[Video]

Ford's inflatable seat belts headed to Explorer in 2010, other

whips in due time (video)
By Darren Murph (Engadget) Ford feel pretty much the same which vehicle will hit the whips in due time (video)
Submitted at 11/7/2009 6:33:00 AM
way, as the outfit has just showroom first. Jump past the originally appeared on Engadget
announced that these very break for a vid. on Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:33:00
Inflatable seat belts. At a glance, devices will be making their Continue reading Ford's EST. Please see our terms for
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those rear seat passengers who the fleet. Of course, Lexus is also due time (video)
aren't blessed with two huge bags planning to shove these into its Filed under: Transportation
or air right in front of their chest. ultra-luxurious LFA (which will 14 wealthy owners feel really, Ford's inflatable seat belts
We're guessing the top brass at probably make a grand total of really safe), but it's tough to tell headed to Explorer in 2010, other
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10 Terrible Tips for Longer Battery Life [Humor]
By Wilson Rothman
(Gizmodo)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 11:00:00 PM
Nowadays, everything comes
with a rechargeable battery, but
who knew that getting long
battery life could get soooo
confusing? Here are 10 expert-
backed tips to keep you from
running low on the juice:
1. Since a battery should never
be 100% full or 100% empty,
you should charge it then
discharge it in sequence ideally
ranging between 80% to 20%.
Start by charging for 12 minutes,
then running it down, then charge
it for 11 minutes then run it
down, and so on. Confused? Just
use this handy formula:
n!=C(n,k)/r! where n can't equal
r, and k never reaches zero.
Simple!
2. If you use a phone or laptop
without first charging its battery
fully, you will die.
3. A lot of battery experts warn
of the memory effect, but it's not
really an "effect." It's just their
way of saying "Remember to
charge your batteries!"
4. Batteries run better when cold.
The easiest way to do this is to
find a refrigerated warehouse or
meat locker, befriend the night
watchman, and do all your work
from there. ($20 bribes usually
work.)
5. If your laptop battery gets hot
2010 Superfly Will Make You Say 'My Oh My'
By Mark McClusky (Wired Top
Stories)
enough to sear tuna, step away.
Check your fridge for tuna. If no
tuna in fridge, run to the
supermarket to buy tuna. Don't
worry, as long as you don't
unplug your laptop, the battery
will stay hot while you are gone.
6. When putting your laptop into
storage, take out the battery.
Wrap the extracted battery in a
well oiled cloth and place it in a
clay pot. Bury the pot in a
hayfield. Any will do, but it's
best if there's a long rock wall
with a big oak tree at the north
end. The battery should keep
fresh for up to six months that
Conventional wisdom says a
mountain bike with 29-inch tires
way. If you're worried about
finding it again, just mark your
spot with a rock that has no
earthly business in a hayfield. I
favor black volcanic glass.
7. If your battery is about to run
dry, take it out and blow on it. I
have no idea why this works, but
it totally does.
8. If your battery does die, you
can always make your own: A
potato theoretically has enough
"potential energy" stored inside
to power a laptop for a full
hour—the trick is knowing where
to stick the wires. Just ask a third
grader. One tip: The potato must
is an ungainly ride. Conventional
wisdom can suck it. Meet the
Gadgets/ Tech News/ 9
ASRock ION 330HT-
BD nettop gets unboxed
and cracked open on
video
By Darren Murph (Engadget)
Submitted at 11/7/2009 8:16:00 AM
ASRock's family of nettops may
not be anything special when it
comes to design, but the ION
330HT-BD can definitely handle
its fair share of multimedia. The
Atom CPU could unquestionably
use a bit lot more oomph, but the
NVIDIA Ion GPU and the
integrated Blu-ray drive make
this little fellow quite the
not be baked.
9. You should never confuse entertainer. Care to see what it
your batteries. Here's an easy looks like inside and out? Hop on
way to keep them apart in your past the break and mash play,
head: Lithium Ion batteries then.
e x p l o d e , N i c k e l C a d m i u m Continue reading ASRock ION
destroys the environment, and 330HT-BD nettop gets unboxed
Lead Acid batteries are more and cracked open on video
corrosive than the Alien Queen's Filed under: Desktops
blood (plus, they contain lead). ASRock ION 330HT-BD nettop
You can eat Lithium Ferro gets unboxed and cracked open
Phosphate batteries. on video originally appeared on
10. People may tell you to carry Engadget on Sat, 07 Nov 2009
a battery-life extender in your 08:16:00 EST. Please see our
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recommend? Jumper cables.
2010 Superfly.
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Siren.gif: Microsoft COFEE law enforcement tool
leaks all over the Internet~!
By Nicholas Deleon
(CrunchGear)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 7:14:07 PM
It was one of the most sought
after applications on the Internet
until it was leaked earlier today.
And now that it’s out there—and
it is all over the place, easily
findable by anyone able to use a
search engine—we can all move
on with our lives. Yes, Microsoft
COFEE, the law enforcement
tool that mystified so many of us
(including Gizmodo~! and Ars
Technica~!), is now available to
download. If only there were a
“bay” of some sort where, I don’t
know, pirates hang out…
I’m not mentioning any names,
nor will there be any screenshots,
but the resourceful among you
will be able to find the
application. Not that it’ll do you
any good, since this is how
Microsoft describes COFEE,
which stands for Computer
Online Forensic Evidence
Extractor:
With COFEE, law enforcement
agencies without on-the-scene
computer forensics capabilities
can now more easily, reliably,
and cost-effectively collect
volatile live evidence. An officer
with even minimal computer
experience can be tutored—in
Integrated retweet on its way to Twitter
By Don Reisinger
(Webware.com)
less than 10 minutes—to use a
pre-configured COFEE device.
This enables the officer to take
advantage of the same common
digital forensics tools used by
experts to gather important
volatile evidence, while doing
little more than simply inserting a
USB device into the computer.
To reiterate: you have absolutely
no use for the program. It’s not
something like Photoshop or
Final Cut Pro, an expensive
application that you download
for the hell of it on the off-chance
you need to put Dave Meltzer’s
Social network says it has a
started a limited rollout of its
face on Brett Hart’s body as part
of a message board thread. No,
COFEE is 100 percent useless to
you.
Given that, what makes COFEE
so mysterious, so special? The
sole reason is because it’s never
been available before (unless, of
course, you’re a law enforcement
official). People get a thrill by
having something they’re not
meant to have, and that effect is
magnified online where you have
chat rooms and message boards
filled with people who get all
excited over the idea of having
retweet feature. The new button
will work much the same way the
some super-secret piece of
software that was never meant to
reside on their hard drive.
So that’s that then; Microsoft
COFEE is out there. It’s not too
big, either, at around 15MB. I’ve
kept this post as cryptic as
possible primarily to work y’all,
and to put over COFEE as the
most amazing thing to have never
been leaked onto the Internet…
until now~!
Flickr
"reply" option works.
E-reader Newspaper
Office Building Or
Home To A Super
Heroine? [Architecture]
By Rosa Golijan (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 8:25:42 PM
Switzerland gets all the cool
offices. This particular one's
dubbed "Cocoon" and acts as
headquarters for an architecture
firm. I prefer to imagine it as
home to a super heroine who
zoom-zoom-zips down that spiral
and saves the day.
Such gorgeous design. When I
snuggle up in my own cocoon of
blankets tonight, I'm going to
dream of being in that building
and of being that particular super
heroine. Right after I figure out a
proper alter ego name that is. [
WAN]
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The daily roundup: here's what you
might've missed
By Ross Miller (Engadget)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 11:37:00 PM
Netflix instant streaming
demoed on PlayStation 3
We've got to admit -- the whole
thing looks exceptionally sleek,
but given the PS3's multimedia
prowess, we didn't really expect
anything less HTC Hero / Eris
mega faceoff on video
Any way you lean it's a pretty
good handset with some perhaps
overly bulky software, a
wonderful pricepoint and
probably a limited time in the sun
with upcoming Android 2.0
devices rolling on in. DROID
mania sweeps the nation, so to
speak
And if riffraff like us can waltz
into the store and get them, you
should certainly be able to. Good
luck being assimilated out there
today. Other news of import
• Poll: Will the DROID have you
in its clutches?
• OpenOfficeMouse isn't free,
isn't pretty
• Unused Adamo XPS
Sixth Sense creator to release
code, wearable gesture interface
becomes a reality for all
By Darren Murph (Engadget)
Submitted at 11/7/2009 10:12:00 AM
If we're being honest (and trust
us, we're being honest), Pranav
Mistry's Sixth Sense contraption
prototypes reveal touchscreen streams media from OS X to any has always baffled us. It's kind of
trackpads, key-less keyboard internet-connected device
like Sony's Rolly. It looks cool, it
• Boxee shows off its new look sounds rad, but we're fairly
Microsoft emancipates Digital at Beta Unveiling jam December certain only 2.49 people actually
Cable Tuners with second Media 7
know and fully comprehend how
Center update today it works. That said, we're more
This half should enable all
than jazzed about the possibility shape far quicker than Mega
Windows 7 PCs to work with the • LG to announce Snapdragon- of having wearable gesture
CableCard tuners, sans-OEM boasting Android phone, Korea- interfaces gracing every human Corp X. So, how's about a release
requirement or inconvenient bound in 2010 date for that code?
we come into contact with, and [Via AboutProjectors]
hacking. Verizon confirms • Nokia's latest batch for rather than attempting to make
DROID tethering cost, will ask emerging markets includes its his invention "comply with some Filed under: Displays,
subscribers to double-down on cheapest phone ever Wearables
kind of corporate policy," he's Sixth Sense creator to release
their data plan • Google breaks from tradition, purportedly aiming to release the
$60 monthly for "unlimited" posts DROID ad on home page source code into the wild in order code, wearable gesture interface
data, here meaning 5GB of data becomes a reality for all
to let "people make their own originally appeared on Engadget
per, a total of 10GB split between The daily roundup: here's what systems." Nice guy, huh? All
the two $30 plans. you might've missed originally told, the Sixth Sense can be built on Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:12:00
• ATI DCT Firmware update appeared on Engadget on Fri, 06 for around $350 (plus oodles of EST. Please see our terms for
pops up on Windows Update, Nov 2009 23:37:00 EST. Please unpaid time off), and we're pretty use of feeds. Read| Permalink|
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a go Permalink| Email this| Comments can get this thing whipped into
• Orb for Mac finally arrives,

Daily Crunch: Bread Line Edition

By Bryce Durbin Toyjector: Cute mini projector to
(CrunchGear) be released in Japan
Submitted at 11/7/2009 12:00:23 AM
Does anyone in tech pay
attention to unemployment
image source numbers? Hard to buy that new
gizmo when you don’t have a
job, right?
Exclusive video of the Litl
Webbook
You are not worthy of the 18-
button OpenOfficeMouse (and it
has an analog stick)
Siren.gif: Microsoft COFEE law
enforcement tool leaks all over
the Internet~!
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The Back Burner: Things we didn’t post this week

By Doug Aamoth
(CrunchGear)
Submitted at 11/7/2009 5:00:00 AM
A big thank you to everybody
for filling our tips-at-crunchgear-
dot-com inbox with wonderful,
unique, and newsworthy items.
Here are a few that we missed.
Dear Andrey,
Can I call you Andrey? That
would be lovely, Andrey.
Sometimes in this crazy world
we call blogging, we forget to
step back and take the time to
enjoy some good old fashioned
Church music from Russian
singing groups.
We would actually love it if you
could show up around holiday
time. The only challenge will be
that all of us who work here at
CrunchGear live in different parts
of the country, but if you could
sing inside the chatroom that we
use to communicate with each
other on a daily basis, we would
all be able to enjoy your Church
music.
You would have to actually type
the words out since it’s a text-
based chatroom, but that’s never
stopped anyone from a live
singing performance before.
Hi Jennifer,
Um… thanks? We might enjoy
some of those, yes. As far as
uploading is concerned, do you
want us to upload photos of our
own recent trips or should we
just upload photos of gadgets?
You guys sure look happy in that
picture there. I think that little kid
and I have the same green shirt!
Jinx for shirts!
We meet again, Bossman.
You think I don’t know what
you’re trying to pull here? You
know damn well that I’ve got the
(Dock Box) market cornered in
these parts. Now you’re trying to
shop the competition, eh? See
how many (Dock Box) I have in
stock and how much I’m selling
them for, right? Then price your
own (Dock Box) inventory
accordingly, is that how it works
Bossman?
You make me sick.
Click here to read previous Back
Burner posts…

Managed Copy hits Blu-ray Discs December 4th, but you still
can't use it
By Ben Drawbaugh only seen one demo and not a announced at the big show in
(Engadget) single product announcement. Vegas.
Submitted at 11/7/2009 2:34:00 AM
This doesn't surprise us, but Filed under: HDTV, Home
AACS-LA is apparently Entertainment
The egg had to come before the surprised because although all Managed Copy hits Blu-ray
chicken right? Well either way, B l u - r a y D i s c s s o l d a f t e r Discs December 4th, but you still
one of 'em came first and in the December 4th have no choice but can't use it originally appeared on
case of the latest Blu-ray feature, to allow at least one copy to be Engadget on Sat, 07 Nov 2009
Managed Copy, the Blu-ray made, the requirement to label 02:34:00 EST. Please see our
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any stand-alone Blu-ray players movie jukebox devices like
since AACS was finalized and year. We'd expect at least a few
will sport this feature anytime Kaleidescape-- that we won't be
the details of Managed Copy products that support Managed
soon, we do have our hopes on able to afford -- will be
were revealed and so far we've Copy to be announced at CES

The iPhone coming to The Shack

By Dave Freeman There were rumors out there that we're finally starting to see it gate.
(CrunchGear) the iPhone would be coming to showing up. Surprisingly, The
authorized resellers soon, and Shack will be the first one out the
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Hello Facebook User, I'm a
Nigerian Prince in Need of
Assistance... [Facebook]
By Don Nguyen (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 11/7/2009 7:00:00 AM
Facebook ad scamming is on the
rise, unsurprising for a site
gaining a huge user base—what
is surprising, if the allegation
proves true, is Facebook's
complicity in allowing the dodgy
ads.
Tech Crunch's Michael
Arrington believes that Facebook
is looking the other way because
it doesn't want to loose the
revenue. He points out popular
game Farmville: "it took me
about 10 seconds to find really
scammy ads."
Of course Facebook is adamant
that it's doing everything it can to
stop scams. In an email exchange
with Newsweek, Facebook
spokesman David Swain stated
"We have, and will continue to,
move aggressively to stop any
activities that threaten or damage
Video: A new workout for the Wii
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 8:56:00 PM
Ubisoft's upcoming fitness
game, YourShape, promises an
experience a step up from Wii
Fit. In the process, can it help
Mass Shooting in Florida
(Little Green Footballs)
our users' experience. Any
assertion to the contrary is false."
Policing and curtailing scam
containing ads will be a
challenge for Facebook as it
grows, though it would be a good
idea to tackle the problem now
while it's still manageable.
I can't wait to see how this plays
out in the Facebook movie. [
Newsweek]
Photo by TechCrunch
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Amazon steps up and
matches Walmart’s
Xbox 360 deal
By Matt Burns (CrunchGear)
Safa Xing LED features Submitted at 11/7/2009 5:52:06 AM
MP3 playback, 27 pixel Thank the gaming gods for retail
competition. You know the Xbox
360 Walmart is running today,
resolution right? Yeah, Amazon is going to
match it.
By Joseph L. Flatley display the icon of your choice or At 9:00 am EST and 3:00 pm
(Engadget) used for a rousing game of Rock EST Amazon will give you a a
/ Paper / Scissors. Sort of makes $100 promotional code when you
Submitted at 11/7/2009 4:44:00 AM
that Zune HD of yours look like purchase an Xbox 360 Arcade for
Safa is a Korean firm that has o v e r k i l l , e h ? P r i c e a n d $199. You better be sitting in
put out quite a few forgettable availability yet to be announced. front of your computer all signed
DAPs in its day, and while this [Via PMP Today] in and ready to go before the two
one isn't going to win any awards Continue reading Safa Xing times though. The deal is good
for technological advancement, it LED features MP3 playback, 27 only for a limited quantity. [via
d o e s l o o k l i k e " f u n , " f o r pixel resolution Cheap Ass Gamer and Gizmodo]
whatever that's worth. The Xing Filed under: Portable Audio
LED is a none-too-shabby 12mm Safa Xing LED features MP3
thin and boasts 12 hours of playback, 27 pixel resolution
playback time on a single charge. originally appeared on Engadget
The company fails to mention on Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:44:00
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the device features 27 LEDs that
can be either programed to
building in Orlando, Florida. Not
many details available yet…
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How would you change Windows
Mobile 6.5?
By Darren Murph (Engadget)
Submitted at 11/7/2009 12:59:00 AM
We know, today is totally
Android 2.0's day to shine, but
what would a Friday night be
without a little diversity?
Windows Mobile 6.5 officially
landed on a gaggle of Windows
Phones back in early October (a
month ago to the day, in fact),
but by and large, all of 'em have
seemingly drifted off into some
forgotten corner while Motorola's
DROID has taken over the hype.
Still, we've got a feeling at least a
A 31-page 7D review for your consideration
By Devin Coldewey
(CrunchGear)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 5:49:54 PM
The always thorough DPReview
has finally published its epic
review of the Canon 7D. Their
Zune Pass troubles? Users report
Zune purchases are busted
By Devin Coldewey
(CrunchGear)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 8:39:32 PM
Zune down! The Zune support
forums are awash with users
claiming various issues with they aren’t playing. Sounds like
Zune subscription media. Songs an authentication issue to me, and
are not showing up, or if they do, those happen every once in a
few of you loyalists went out and
gave Sir Ballmer a few more of
your nickles, and now we're
eager to hear if you're loving or
conclusion? Brilliant. While in
the end your purchase probably
will rely more on your
investment into the Canon,
Nikon, Pentax, or whatever
ecosystem, the 7D performs considered among the very best
incredibly well and should be available. Not much else to say
Google trying
not to cross 'the
creepy line'
regretting that choice. Is 6.5
really a worthy update over 6.1? By Tom Krazit
Are you waiting for WinMo 7 (Webware.com)
instead? What would you change Submitted at 11/6/2009 10:23:00 AM
about 6.5 in order to make 7 the
best mobile OS of all time? When it comes to the tricky
Sound off in comments below! balance between providing
Filed under: Cellphones, comprehensive information and
Software freaking people out, Google says
How would you change it tries to stay on the good side of
Windows Mobile 6.5? originally the "creepy line."
appeared on Engadget on Sat, 07 Originally posted at Relevant
Nov 2009 00:59:00 EST. Please Results
see our terms for use of feeds.
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except I wish I had two grand
burning a hole in my pocket so I
could pick one up.
Review: Military Dudes
Abide in Funny 'The
Men Who Stare at Goats'
By Angela Watercutter (Wired
Top Stories)
while — but for weeks on end?
Any of you fine folks out there Submitted at 11/6/2009 2:20:00 PM
having trouble? I’ll see if I can
scare up any info from the Zune George Clooney, Jeff Bridges
team and post an update later. and Kevin Spacey play psychic
"Jedi Warriors" in a movie
[Thanks, Aditya]
improbably inspired by a real
Army program.
E-reader Newspaper
Court Says Telenor
Doesn't Need To
Block The Pirate Bay
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 2:57:00 PM
I'm heading over to Norway in
the next few days to give a talk at
the Nordic Music Week event,
and it's nice to see that the courts
in that country seem to recognize
how silly the IFPI's demands that
major ISP Telenor block access
to The Pirate Bay are. Telenor
was smart enough to fight back,
and the courts have now said that
Telenor is not liable for what its
users do, and should not have to
block access to a site like The
Pirate Bay. From TorrentFreak
on the ruling: The court ruled that
Telenor is not contributing to any
infringements of copyright law
when its subscribers use The
Pirate Bay, and therefore there is
no legal basis for forcing the ISP
to block access to the site.... In
making its decision, the court
also had to examine the
repercussions if it ruled that
Telenor and other ISPs had to
block access to certain websites.
This, it said, is usually the
responsibility of the authorities
and handing this task to private
companies would be "unnatural."
Good to see a court recognize
that the entertainment industry
doesn't own the internet, and
shouldn't be the one to determine
what is and what is not legal
online.
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Thinking About Real Copyright Reform

By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) Litman's paper goes through the little investigation into the actual should be remunerated; and the copyright law at all is pretty
Submitted at 11/6/2009 7:37:00 PM
problems with today's copyright impact of changes in copyright least exceptionable way of clearly the fault of the current
law, and begins to explore what law, rather than just assuming remunerating them is by a copyright holders who have
Michael Scott alerts us to a real copyright reform should that "stronger protections" lead to monopoly. Yet monopoly is an twisted and abused the law to the
recent paper by professor and entail, even while noting the better results, when so much of evil. For the sake of the good we point that people just don't
copyright expert Jessica Litman political difficulty of having it go the evidence suggests otherwise. must submit to the evil but the respect it. So, her ideas for
about"Real Copyright Reform." anywhere: A wise approach to And, of course, all of this evil ought not to last a day longer copyright reform are based on
While there's been some chatter copyright revision might inspire harkens back to the speeches by than is necessary for the purpose bringing back "legitimacy" to
here and there about doing real us to rethink the model. If both Thomas Macauley from over a of securing the good. And yet, in copyright law by focusing on
copyright reform, there seems to creators and readers are ill- century and a half ago, back copyright reform today, there four principles:
be no real effort behind it. That's served by distributor-centric when he was able to point to the seems to be no one in the • Radically simplifying
for a few reasons, including the copyright, and if the economics lack of evidence from those who political realm with enough copyright law
fact that many people still of digital distribution now makes wished to extend copyright law: power to play the role of • Empowering content creators
remember what a pain the last it possible to engage in mass Copyright is monopoly, and Macauley today. But Litman (rather than intermediaries and
attempt at real copyright reform dissemination without significant produces all the effects which the raises these same issues: Instead distributors)
was (it took decades) combined capital investment, perhaps it is general voice of mankind of asking how to enhance • Empowering readers, listeners
with the realization (especially on time to reallocate the benefits of attributes to monopoly.... I copyright owner control, I and viewers (who, after all, are
the part of copyright holders) that t h e c o p y r i g h t s y s t e m . T h e believe, Sir, that I may safely suggest, we ought to be asking supposed to be part of the
their ability to push through laws consolidation of control in take it for granted that the effect why. Does a particular proposed beneficiaries of copyright law)
that solely favor themselves to distributors' hands does not of monopoly generally is to make enhancement of copyright owner • Disintermediating copyright
greater and greater degrees may appear to have made life easier or articles scarce, to make them prerogatives seem likely to away from the middlemen who
not be so easy this time around. more remunerative for creators. dear, and to make them bad. And expand opportunities for creators seem to control the law today
Thanks to the internet and Copyright lobbyists have not I may with equal safety challenge or improve reader, listener or
various "wars" on consumers, shown that recent enhancements my honorable friend to find out viewer enjoyment of copyrighted To then accomplish this, she
copyright isn't just an arcane to copyright have made it easier any distinction between works? Is it likely to make the suggests the following steps:
subject that the day to day person or more rewarding for readers, copyright and other privileges of copyright system simpler, more • Focus on commercial
doesn't know much about. A listeners and viewers to enjoy the same kind; any reason why a effective, or more transparent? exploitation (rather than personal
serious attempt at remaking copyrighted works. Perhaps the monopoly of books should Does it seem to be designed to use)
copyright laws might actually classic picture of copyright is too produce an effect directly the shore up copyright's apparent • Simplify what copyright covers
draw out well-reasoned and well- far removed from its reality to be reverse of that which was legitimacy? If not, it seems as (rather than breaking out each
argued points that go against the useful. From there, Litman makes produced by the East India likely to make the current mess separate exclusive right within
current views held by the record similar arguments that have been Companys monopoly of tea, or worse instead of better. Litman copyright)
labels and movie studios. See made recently by James Boyle by Lord Essexs monopoly of goes on to suggest that the fact • Reconnect creators to their
w h a t ' s b e e n h a p p e n i n g i n and William Patry (among sweet wines. Thus, then, stands that so many people out there
Canada, for example. others), wondering why there is the case. It is good that authors don't have any respect for THINKING page 17
16 Tech/ E-reader Newspaper

5 Must-Have iPhone Apps for Wine Lovers

By Megan Berry (Mashable!) required). If you don’t know for. Drync Wine was born out of beverages such as, beer and
Submitted at 11/6/2009 3:23:22 PM
which wine goes with which the developer’s own desire to cocktails, but I’m sure you
types of food, what wines are track the wines he was drinking. always drink wine, right?
Megan Berry is an evangelist for best for what occasion, or how to Once you’ve found your wine, Cost: $1.99 Honorable
Mobclix, the industry’s largest pronounce Sauvignon Blanc then you can take tasting notes, rate it, Mentions:
mobile ad exchange, working on this is the right app for you. and add a photo of the label so Wine Snob: ($3.99) A solid wine
social media and marketing. She Perfect for every wannabe wino you remember it. This will get tasting log and wine database.
also blogs at The Huffington Post out there, Hello Vino will make saved to your virtual cellar so Cellar: ($0.99) It allows you to
and the Mobclix blog. You can choosing the right wine easy. you can keep track of the wines visually keep track of your wine
f o l l o w h e r o n T w i t t e r Pick the type of food you’re wine they already have by you’ve tasted. Drync Wines collection.
as@meganberry, or through having or the occasion and then entering into the app. In case you replaces those cheesy wine Wine Ph.D.: ($4.99) The wine
the@Mobclix handle. choose whether you’d like a red, doubt the true wine snobbery of tasting journals and does it ratings are helpful, although the
Unsure about mixing your white, rose, sparkling, or sweet this application, you should be cleanly and simply. Furthermore, database is less than complete.
iPhone with wine? Well, if w i n e . S o p h i s t i c a t e d w i n e aware it takes into account they recently released a free Cor.kz Wine Info: ($3.99) This
you’re a true vinophile, the connoisseurs will find this app relative weights, flavor bridges, version that lets you try before is a fairly complete app with a
iPhone is an amazing device to beneath them, but those with less and elements of taste to find the you buy (you can only keep up to wine database, wine tasting
keep you more connected to your experience with the vines will perfect match. In other words, 10 wines in the free version). notes, cellar management, and
wine. The following list of top find its lack of complexity just this app knows wine. Cost: Free / $4.99 (the link wish lists. More iPhone resources
wine apps on the iPhone will right. Hello Vino can help you Cost: $2.99 3. Fromage above is to the Pro version) 5. from Mashable:
convince you that mixing the two pick whether you should get a No good wine tasting would be DrinkFit - iPhone TV: Top iPhone Apps
is worth the risk of spilling some chardonnay or a malbec, but look complete without cheese. DrinkFit provides nutritional for Live Streaming Television
pinot noir on your phone. Like further if you want an app to help Fromage is your pocket guide to information for different varieties - Top 10 iPhone Apps as Judged
wine itself, these apps vary in you determine which specific over 650 types of cheeses. You of wine so you can get an idea of by Mashable Readers
price and quality, and many still wine to buy. The best part? It’s can rate cheeses and mark your how many calories you’re - 7 iPhone Apps That Can Save
have a ways to go in terms of free, a rarity for wine apps. favorites. Each cheese comes drinking with your dinner. A Lives
functionality. But the five Cost: Free 2. Pair It! with descriptions of flavor and fairly simple interface make it - 15 iPhone Apps to Tame the
awesome apps on this list will The ultimate wine snob must suggested wine pairings. A fairly pretty easy to find the wine Kids
help you find, choose, taste, pair, have not only drink the best simple app, but a must for any you’re drinking and get a calories - 20 Creative Apps For Your
and collect wines. wine, but pair those wines wine (and cheese) lover. count. Note, however, that this iPhone
Think I missed an important perfectly with the food they’re Cost: $2.99 4. Drync Wine app does not measure the calories Image courtesy of iStockphoto,
o n e ? N o m i n a t e i t i n t h e eating. Pair It!, created by a wine Much like the name implies this of specific vintages just the zoom-zoom Reviews:
c o m m e n t s ! 1 . H e l l o V i n o pairing expert from Sonoma app will help in almost every step difference between, for instance, iStockphoto
For those who aren’t quite wine county, encourages users to of the process of drinking wine. the average calorie count of a Tags: iphone, iphone apps, List,
snobs, but wish they were, this shake their iPhones to find a With a database of well over a pinot noir versus a pinot gris. Lists, wine
app will help you fake it ’til you random pairing, or figure out the million wines, you should be able It also contains calorie counts for
make it (stealthy use of iPhone perfect pairing for the food or to find the one you’re looking other types of alcoholic

Opera Mobile 10 beta browser: First Look video

By Jessica Dolcourt Even if you don't have a Nokia, O p e r a M o b i l e b r o w s e r f o r Download Blog
(Webware.com) Samsung, or Sony Ericsson s m a r t p h o n e s .
phone, you can preview the latest Originally posted at The
E-reader Newspaper
The Moral Argument In Favor Of File Sharing?
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 6:47:14 PM
I've discussed in the past the
question of whether or not there's
even a moral question to consider
when it comes to copyright, if
you can first show a situation
where everyone is better off (i.e.,
if the end result of content being
shared, willingly, is better for
both the content creators and
consumers, why should morals
even be a question?). Separately,
I have made clear that I do not
engage in any sort of
unauthorized file sharing --
noting that it is illegal and, I
personally believe, wrong. Some
people have pushed back on that
latter point, suggesting that my
labeling it as "wrong" is, in fact,
a moral statement as well. A
couple months ago (yes, I'm
slow, but I'm catching up on
some old "saved" submissions),
SteelWolf sent over some
thoughts on why file sharing is
not wrong, and why there's
actually a moral argument in
favor of sharing: It is through
sharing that we develop a culture
and advance humanity. Creative
works like art and music are, at
their core, about sharing with
others. They tell stories, reveal
personalities, or comment on the
world in ways that others can
appreciate, forming a part of our
culture as they are spread around.
Gregor Mendel's discoveries
about genetics had no value
while they were gathering dust
on the monastery bookshelf; it is
only when those discoveries were
shared with the world that they
became vital.
Infinite Goods Should Be Shared
Say you have something that is
good for others, and it is infinite,
so you will not lose any of it by
giving some away. I don't think
it's a stretch to say that most
people's idea of morality would
dictate that they should share that
thing. In general, information is
something that can be seen as a
public good. If somebody has a
discovery or an idea, it costs
nothing to give it away, it is not
scarce, yet it can potentially
benefit the world. On this, I
absolutely agree -- but it is much
more the argument for why the
content creators themselves
should share their content first.
And that's where things get
tricky. I do think it makes sense
to share content. I think that
content creators would find
themselves better off if they
share their works (and do so
strategically, in combination with
a business plan that takes
advantage of it). But what if the
original creator doesn't want the
content shared? Then what?
SteelWolf argues that there's a
moral imperative to share, but
again, this seems to apply more
to the content creator, than those
downstream: Faced with an
infinity of good things in the
form of content information, why
would somebody chose not to
give it away? What is gained by
hoarding something that can help
others and costs nothing to share?
Let's say you figure out that you
can protect people from a deadly
virus, say, influenza, with a
vaccine. While it costs something
to manufacture physical vaccines
and mail them to everybody in
the world, sharing the
information behind it is free.
Others can chose whether or not
they want to invest money in
creating their own, but sharing
has given them the option to do
so where before it did not exist.
Faced with this situation, who
would chose to let thousands of
people perish by denying them
even the potential opportunity to
save themselves?
Yet this is exactly the choice
many people are making in the
name of "intellectual property."
They would rather see others
suffer than share something
infinite with them, desperately
clinging to business models that
depend on scarcity. In the 21st
century, ideas, information,
digitized content are all infinitely
available. For these things, the
Star Trek replicator has been
made, and it's time to use that as
a stepping stone to greater things.
Faced with an infinite supply of
information that can potentially
benefit billions of people, I chose
to share. Those who try to hoard
this information are both
attempting to drink the ocean and
doing wrong. While I think this is
interesting, and at times
compelling, in the end I'm still
not convinced there's a moral
component here, except
potentially for the
creator/innovator. But, at the
same time, I still believe that
we're better off taking the moral
discussion out of it. Perhaps a
moral argument like the one
above is helpful to convince
some, but it leads right back to
the economic discussion, where
some will ask why anyone would
bother in the first place, if they're
just told they need to give it away
for moral reasons.
Instead, I'm more convinced by
economic arguments that show
greater opportunity in sharing
infinite goods, in that it decreases
the cost of creation, promotion
and distribution, while making it
easier reach a larger audience for
selling scarce products. Again, if
you can make the economic
argument, and then throw in the
moral benefits of spreading
information on top of it, that
makes sense. But a purely moral
argument still falls a bit short for
me. Still, I'm sure it will lead to
an interesting discussion here.
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copyright (via a termination right
that lets them take copyrights
back from third parties)
• Clearly recognize readers' (or
viewers', listeners', users', etc)
rights
• Get rid of existing compulsory
license (and similar)
intermediaries, such as ASCAP,
BMI, SoundExchange and others
It's definitely an interesting
proposal, though I think there are
some serious problems with it.
I've said in the past that the line
between commercial use and
personal use is increasingly
blurry, so trying to draw that
distinction may be a lot harder
than most people think. We're
already seeing the kind of mess
termination rights create, and I'm
still not sure why they help
matters, rather than just make
them more complex. And, of
course even as Litman notes, new
intermediaries will spring up to
fill the void of the old ones.
Still, if you're interested in
copyright and copyright reform,
it's certainly a worthwhile paper
to read just to get you thinking.
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Murdoch Reconsidering
Glenn Beck Not Allowed To Rape And Murder Paywalls? Delaying
Implementation
An Internet Meme By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) legal threat that you'll ever see. Panel considers that if Internet the WIPO complaint, you took Submitted at 11/6/2009 5:14:34 PM

Submitted at 11/6/2009 3:40:00 PM

It's quite amusing. Randazza users view the disputed domain what was merely one small
takes the old "moron in a hurry" name in combination with a visit critique meme, in a sea of Is Rupert Murdoch flip-flopping
Back in September, we wrote test up one level, using the to Respondent's website, the internet memes, and turned it into on paywalls again? Way back
about Glenn Beck's misguided "abject imbecile" test. And then "total effect" is that of political a super-meme. Then, in pressing when (i.e., two years ago)
attempt to gain control over the there was this: We are not here commentary by Respondent, forward (by not withdrawing the Murdoch was a big believer in
domain name used as part of an because the domain name could capable of protection as political complaint and instead filing the idea that news should be free
internet meme that is critical of cause confusion. We do not have speech by the First Amendment additional briefs), you turned the online, and that he could more
G l e n n B e c k , a declaration from the president under the Hustler Magazine super-meme into an object lesson than make it up with other
GlennBeckRapedAndMurderedA of the international association standard. Respondent appears to in First Amendment principles. business models. But, then,
YoungGirlIn1990.com(it's a dead of imbeciles that his members are the Panel to be engaged in a It also bears noting, in this earlier this year, he did a
site now, keep reading). If you're b l a n k l y s t a r i n g a t t h e parody of the style or matter and for the future, that you complete flip-flop, declaring that
unfamiliar with the meme, it's Respondent's website wondering methodology that Respondent are entirely in control of whether all his publications would put up
mocking a favorite tactic of "where did all the race baiting appears genuinely to believe is or not you are the subject of this paywalls, saying that free content
various cable news talk show content go?" We are here employed by Complainant in the particular kind of criticism. I is bad, and accusing aggregators
hosts, to "ask questions" that are b e c a u s e M r . B e c k w a n t s provision of political chose to criticize you using the and search engines of "stealing"
accusatory in nature, whether or Respondent's website shut down. commentary, and for that reason well-tested method of satire content. Some speculated that it
not there's any substance to back He wants it shut down because Respondent can be said to be because of its effectiveness. But, was all a ploy to get others to put
them up. Glenn Beck didn't Respondent's website makes a making a political statement. humor aside, your rhetorical style up paywalls. Though, others just
accuse the site of defamation or poignant and accurate satirical This constitutes a legitimate non- is no laughing matter. In this think Murdoch's getting a little
anything, but filed a domain c r i t i q u e o f M r . B e c k b y commercial use of Complainant's context of this WIPO case, you senile. Either way, it looks like
name complaint, saying that it parodying Beck's very rhetorical mark under the Policy. Either denigrated the letter of First he's stalling a bit. Jay Rosen
violated his trademark. As we style. Beck's skin is too thin to way, now that the site's owner Amendment law. In the context points us to the news that
noted at the time, the trademark take the criticism, so he wants has prevailed, he apparently feels of your television show and your Murdoch is "postponing" the date
claim was really questionable -- the site down. Apparently, he has made his point, and has notoriety, you routinely and for when he wants his papers to
and, of course, only served to R a n d a z z a ' s l e t t e r w o r k e d agreed to voluntarily hand over shamelessly denigrate the spirit have paywalls. It's not clear if
draw more attention to the site wonders. The WIPO Arbitration the domain(pdf), along with an of the First Amendment.... the delay is due to technical
and the internet meme. Panel has rejected the attempt to explanation in the First Permalink| Comments| Email difficulties in implementing a
The site brought on lawyer Marc take the domain, saying that it Amendment and how not to This Story paywall, or if he's actually
Randazza who filed one of the was a legitimate use of Beck's respond to internet memes: It reconsidering. Either way, it
most brilliant responses(pdf) to a name: In the present context, this bears observing that by bringing doesn't look like the great big
paywall is going up any time
Popular iPhone movie app After 5 Years on Web, Firefox soon.
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By Jessica Dolcourt
(Webware.com)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 4:57:00 PM
Flixster's Movies app just isn't
up to snuff on BlackBerry.
Originally posted at The
Download Blog
By Michael Calore (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 3:30:00 PM
The Firefox web browser
celebrates the fifth anniversary of
its debut Monday. With IE
humbled and Chrome on the rise,
the next five years are going to
look totally different than the
first five.
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DocVerse Puts Google Docs-Like 15 Social Media Twitter

Collaboration Inside Microsoft Lists to Follow and
Office Expand
By Ben Parr (Mashable!) things done. DocVerse’s By Pete Cashmore
Submitted at 11/6/2009 5:20:05 PM
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though. It’s $49/month for 10 Submitted at 11/6/2009 1:24:50 PM
This post is part of Mashable’s users and 500 documents and $99
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IP Czar Focused On Protecting Jobs, FishVille Launches on

Not Promoting Progress? Facebook; It’s Like
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 4:31:00 PM Underwater FarmVille
But more troubling? Espinel
made it clear that her job is not to
do as the Constitution requires,
intellectual property rights will
create more jobs... There's simply
no evidence to support that.
We were already somewhat and make sure that intellectual Shouldn't our IP Czar rely on By Barb Dybwad (Mashable!)
concerned about the nomination property laws are properly actual evidence rather than broad Submitted at 11/6/2009 3:56:06 PM

of Victoria Espinel for the IP "promoting the progress of arts industry claims that are
Czar job in the administration and the useful sciences" (she unproven? We were sort of surprised to
(forced on the administration by never mentions this part), but, Then, on being questioned she discover how many of you
the silly and pointless "ProIP" instead she claims her focus is appeared to support Hollywood's proclaim your love for
World along with FarmVille.
A c t f r o m l a s t y e a r ) . O n cracking down on infringement position that any net neutrality FarmVille, the social farming sim
You’re given a virtual aquarium
T h u r s d a y , s h e h a d h e r to protect jobs: If I am confirmed laws won't apply to mandating game from Zynga. We reported
with a few starter fish, that you
confirmation hearings where she as the United States Intellectual content filters on ISPs. It's that the company had feed and then harvest and sell to
said pretty much what we P r o p e r t y E n f o r c e m e n t looking like -- just as was trademarked the name FishVille
invest in new fish eggs. In a
expected about how important Coordinator, I will work side by initially feared -- this position is last month, and speculated that an
similar revenue mechanic to
intellectual property is, and how side with agencies, Congress, really to get Hollywood's own aquatic derivative of the wildly
other Zynga games, you can
s h e v i e w e d h e r j o b a s stakeholders and the public to representative in the White popular social game might be in
either pony up real money to get
c o o r d i n a t i n g d i f f e r e n t ensure that jobs that depend on House. What a shame. If you the works. credits to buy more eggs, or
government agencies to crack intellectual property are not must have an "IP Czar" shouldn't And indeed it was, with
complete ad-related surveys and
down on infringers. Much of her c o m p r o m i s e d b y o t h e r s ' it be someone who's actually FishVille launching in beta
offers in exchange for credits —
(brief) testimony(pdf) talked up unwillingness to respect and focused on making sure progress today. It’s a bit of a late
a practice that has recently come
the usual industry claims about enforce the rule of law.... But is being promoted, rather than contender to the aquarium games
under some scrutiny as a host of
the importance of intellectual intellectual property law is not someone who wants to blindly space, with Happy Aquarium, less than reputable ads have been
property on the economy, not about "protecting jobs" it's about crack down on infringement with Fish World and My Fishbowl all
finding their way into social
recognizing how misleading they e n c o u r a g i n g i n n o v a t i o n . no thought towards whether or getting a head start.
games from several companies.
are. These are stats that simply Innovation can be disruptive. not it makes sense? Nevertheless, Zynga has enough
Have you played FishVille yet,
credit anything covered by Jobs can get shifted around. Permalink| Comments| Email clout in the social games space to
or tried out any other social
intellectual property laws, as if P r o t e c t i n g j o b s i s n o t This Story make FishVille a quick winner in games on Facebook or
the only reason those industries encouraging innovation. It's the all likelihood. With an
elsewhere? Let us know your
exist is because of those laws. opposite. Better and smarter estimated$200 million in revenue
impressions and your favorites in
That's a mistake. protection and enforcement of this year, it’s arguably the most
the comments. Reviews:
successful of the companies in
Facebook, Yoville
NPR: Maj. Hasan 'Freaked Out' Other Doctors at the space along with Playfish,
Playdom, and others.
Tags: facebook, fishville, games,
offer ads, social games, virtual
Walter Reed The game itself is fairly simple,
like many of the Zynga’s other
goods, Zynga
(Little Green Footballs) alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj. Begin Putting Shooting Pieces titles including YoVille and Cafe
Submitted at 11/6/2009 12:28:02 PM
Nidal Malik Hasan gave a lecture Together. The guy was
to other doctors at Walter Reed apparently giving off all kinds of
This NPR segment from Medical Center that “really warning signs.[Video]
Morning Edition reveals that freaked them out:” Officials
E-reader Newspaper
Mobile: Still waiting to see what
sticks
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 4:53:42 PM
Together we can figure this out
Despite Apple's tremendous
success with the iPhone, we're
still in the early innings of mobile
adoption. As such, a strategy of
"throwing-lots-of-things-against-
the-wall-to-see-what-sticks"
makes a lot of sense.
It's true of platforms like Google
Android, but it's also true of
applications.
Even on the iPhone, which
reportedly drives $2.4 billion
worth of applications in annual
sales, very few application
developers appear to be making
much money. Zynga, creator of
Farmville, is an exception, as
BusinessWeek notes, doing more
than $100 million in annual sales.
This isn't to suggest that
developers should stop trying.
Quite the opposite. Now is the
time to try a range of applications
to see what sells.
Google is following the same
strategy with its Android
platform. The company is
happily promiscuous with its
National Data Breach Laws Move Through Senate
By Kim Zetter (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 2:30:00 PM
code, allowing and even
encouraging fragmentation to see
where the industry will take
Android. Fragmentation enables
handset manufacturers and others
to find the best fit for Android in
the market, rather than going the
Apple route. ("If we build it, they
will come.")
It's very possible, as Bill
Weinberg notes, that such
fragmentation and
experimentation will result in
Android getting greater play
beyond mobile than it does in the
smartphone market.
I suspect Google won't mind. As
in other areas, it's using the broad
-based, open-source approach to
increase adoption of its services
like Search, services which
generate more than $22 billion
each year.
The nation is closer to a national
data-breach notification law and
setting security standards for
handling sensitive data. After
It's an approach that works
particularly well for a fast-
follower: someone tracking the
progress of an early market
leader. An open-source strategy
basically enables the industry to
determine, by itself and for itself,
what the market leader is missing
and how to resolve the voids.
However, it's also a good way to
generate developer interest and,
hence, modifications and add-
ons. Application developers
might be well-served by open-
sourcing their applications to
encourage adoption and make
their road maps a community
affair.
There are over 4 billion mobile
phones on the planet, with
virtually no one outside of the
wireless carriers and handset
manufacturers making money
from this extensive device reach.
The market is ripe for software
businesses, but first we need to
experiment to discover what
sells. Open source just might be
able to help with that.
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legislation aimed at the problem
languishes on Capitol Hill for
four years, two bills make it out
of Senate committee.
Apple introduces
reserve and pick-up
By Mike Schramm (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 11/7/2009 9:00:00 AM
Filed under: Hardware, Retail,
Odds and ends, Apple, Holidays
As a guy who likes shopping
online, but who still appreciates
the act of going into a retail store
for big purchases, I love this
news. Apple has introduced a
"Reserve and Pick-up" service
for the holiday season.
The name is a little unwieldy,
but it gets the point across. You
go onto the Apple web site to
find what you want, click to
reserve the product at a nearby
Apple Store, and then go to the
store and pick up the goods while
you're doing your holiday
shopping between December 15
to 24.
For many folks, this might seem
awkward -- why not just buy the
product online and get it shipped,
or just go to the store and buy it?
For guys like me, it's perfect --
all of the convenience of
choosing a product online, with
the added bonus of being able to
check out the retail store during
the holidays.
iLounge notes that there's no
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AppleTV on the list, so if you
were planning to pick one up as a
gift, you'll have to go a more
traditional route. There's also no
way to actually reserve an
iPhone. Instead, you're told to get
an iPhone gift card to give to
some lucky recipient.
Nevertheless, I like the idea of
reserve and pick-up, an
interesting mix of online
shopping and in-store purchasing
for the holiday season. It's Apple
take-out.
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Reporters' Roundtable 9: The
business of app stores
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 4:15:00 PM
This week on the Roundtable:
the App Store revolution.
Something funny has happened
to software. While the model we
all grew up with for the
distribution of software was
mostly to buy it through retail
channels or other resellers, or
maybe direct from
manufacturers, another model
emerged and has proven
successful by Apple: the App
Store. In this model, there is one
and only one outlet for software,
and it's run by the people who
make the hardware. And,
critically, you can't get a product
into the store unless the hardware
maker approves it.
The app store concept is
spreading to other mobile
platforms and may become a part
of general-purpose computing
and game platforms as well. It's
changing how software is made,
sold, distributed, and priced. To
Replace Your MacBook's Hard Drive Yourself
By How-To Wiki (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 2:30:00 PM
discuss these and related topics:
Sebastian Rupley, editor in chief
of the GigaOm network, which
publishes, among other things, a
great tech analysis site. Via
remote from our New York
office, CNET Senior Writer
Maggie Reardon, who covers
mobile and Web-based
businesses.
Listen now: Download today's
podcast
Subscribe with iTunes (audio)
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Subscribe with RSS (audio)
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Reporters' Roundtable #9: The
app store business
Show notes and talking points...
How big a deal is the app store
concept?
How pervasive will it become?
What did Apple do right? How
did it get to more than 100,000
apps?
What's the No. 2 app store
(Maggie)?
What does this do for
developers?
It may not seem like it, but your
MacBook hard drive is no
different than that of any other
laptop. Replacing it without
Outlook for Android, Palm,
BlackBerry, MS, Symbian?
Only two weeks ago did Apple
enable trialware--free before
paid. What took so long? Isn't
this known as one of the great
ways to market on the Net?
Discuss pricing models.
Discuss approval process.
Could it work in Windows, OS
X?
What about the Web? Yahoo is
considering apps on its
homepage.
What about games? And in-app
purchases, like Farmville?
Next time: The business of
humor with Ben Huh of Failblog!
Plus one other great guest to be
revealed later...
Watch my Twitter feed for
updates.
Feedback to our new email
address, roundtable@cnet.com.
Thanks!
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Apple's help might void your
warranty, but it sure is a lot
cheaper if you do it yourself.
Save URLs for later
with Quiet Read
By Dave Caolo (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 11/7/2009 10:00:00 AM
Filed under: Software, Internet,
Internet Tools Bambooapps has
released a simple and useful
utility called Quiet Read that has
earned a spot on my Mac's
menubar. With a simple drag-and
-drop, it lets you save a web page
for later review.
Of course, there are many apps
that do this, including Instapaper
and Evernote. Instapaper gets the
job done via a bookmarklet; just
give it a click while at the desired
URL and it's saved. Evernote
does pretty much the same thing,
thought their bookmarklet
behaves differently between
Safari and Firefox. In addition,
they have the Mac application for
tagging and organizing.
I spent the day using Quiet Read
instead of the other two. Here's
what I liked and disliked. First,
adding a URL is as easy as
possible. Simply drag it out of
your browser's address bar and
drop it onto the menu bar icon.
The display keeps track of how
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many you've collected. A tidy
drop-down lets your browse the
saved articles for easy selection.
What I disliked is that once an
app is gone, it's gone. Instapaper
saves read articles.
But Quiet Read isn't Instapaper.
If you're looking for a free,
simple way to save articles for
later reading (and you're running
10.6 or later), Quiet Read could
be the solution.
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POLL: TweetDeck Trounces iPhone Coming to

Seesmic Desktop in Reader Vote Verizon in 2010
By Barb Dybwad (Mashable!)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 8:41:26 PM
Week 4:
- Twitter vs. Facebook
- WINNER: Facebook, 2484
[RUMOR]
We’ve had a number of close votes (Twitter: 2061 votes, Tie: By Adam Ostrow (Mashable!)
calls here during our Web 588 votes) Submitted at 11/6/2009 5:21:51 PM

Faceoff series, but this wasn’t Week 5:

one of them. This week we pitted - WordPress vs. Typepad Many signs point to the Apple
TweetDeck and Seesmic Desktop forget to tune in again on - WINNER: WordPress, 2714 and AT&T agreement that makes
against each other in a bar room Monday for the next round of our votes (Typepad: 267 votes, Tie: the latter the exclusive carrier of
brawl for favorite Twitter client. Web Faceoff series (and check 357 votes) the iPhone within the US coming
Now, the results are in. to an end within the next year.
out all the past winners below). Week 6: For starters, non-exclusivity has the significance of CDMA being
Whereas last week’s Windows 7 Web Faceoff: Overall Results - Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard
versus OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Week 1: - WINNER: Windows 7, 3632 been profitable for Apple in other that it’s the standard that
battle was a close one, with - Mozilla Firefox vs. Google votes (Snow Leopard: 3278 parts of the world. Moreover, Verizon’s network uses, versus
Windows 7 going the distance to Chrome votes, Tie: 121 votes) even AT&T’s CEO AT&T’s GSM.
outlast the current Mac OS, this - WINNER: Firefox, 4600 votes Week 7: acknowledges the deal won’t last As you might suspect, there’s
week’s showdown had a big (Chrome: 3310 votes, Tie: 911 - T w e e t D e c k v s . S e e s m i c forever. currently no comment from
winner. Desktop And while Verizon might be all Apple or Verizon, but it’s not the
votes) about showing off what Droid first time the two companies have
…and TweetDeck was it, with a Week 2: - WINNER: TweetDeck, 3294
full 71% of the vote (3294 votes) - Tumblr vs. Posterous votes (Seesmic Desktop, 1055 does right now, a new report been linked. Just last month, a
a s c o m p a r e d t o S e e s m i c - WINNER: Tumblr, 1809 votes votes, Tie: 260 votes) Reviews: suggests it could become the first report surfaced suggesting that
Desktop’s 23% (1055 votes). Six (Posterous: 1496 votes, Tie: 256 Chrome, Facebook, Firefox, carrier other than AT&T to offer Verizon and Apple were already
percent or 260 of you just votes) Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, iPhone on American soil, starting testing a 4G version of the
couldn’t decide and went for the Week 3: Pandora, Posterous, Seesmic in the second half of 2010. iPhone. While we await more
Tie option. Desktop, Tumblr, TweetDeck, According to a report obtained details, we can’t help but be
- Pandora vs. Last.fm by Apple Insider, “Apple has amused by how we might end up
What did you think of the - WINNER: Last.fm, 1187 votes Twitter, TypePad, WordPress
results? Did the best Twitter (Pandora: 1156 votes, Tie: 122 Tags: poll, seesmic desktop, contracted to produce a looking back at the current attack
client win? Let us know in the votes) tweetdeck, twitter, twitter clients, UMTS/CDMA hybrid iPhone ad battle taking place between
comments! And of course, don’t web faceoff due in the third quarter of next Verizon, AT&T, and Apple if a
year that will enable the company Verizon iPhone comes to
to sell a single global handset to fruition.
all carriers, and specifically to Tags: apple, att, iphone, verizon
Verizon Wireless in the US” –

The Answer Factory: Demand Media and the Fast,

Disposable, and Profitable as Hell Media Model
By Daniel Roth (Wired Top A fiendishly clever startup articles to meet our every whim
Stories) knows what we are Googling and wish.
Submitted at 11/6/2009 5:00:00 PM
&mdash! then churns out
thousands of cheap videos and
24 Tech/ Tech News/ Entertainment/
For sale on eBay: One iPhone
development business, batteries not
included
By Mike Schramm (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 11/7/2009 8:00:00 AM
Filed under: Software, Odds and
ends, Developer, Deals, iPhone
Want an iPhone app business
without all the boring hassle of
actually programming and
releasing iPhone apps? Boy, does
Brice Milliorn have a deal for
you! He's auctioning off his
iPhone app business, which he
says has 87 different apps for
sale, over on eBay.
Milliorn says he started out
developing apps on his own, but
the business is just too big for
him to keep up so he's selling all
of the apps and their rights, all of
the source code, and technical
support for two months to
The week in TUAW
By Victor Agreda, Jr. (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 11/7/2009 12:33:00 AM
Filed under: Video, TUAW
Business Need a Mac or iPhone
developer? TUAW job boards are
here!
Notice anything new at TUAW?
We've had our job boards up for
a week now, making sure all the
tape would stick when new jobs
were posted, and I'm proud to say
that the doors are wide open for
job...
TUAW Video: a tour of
Freeverse
transition everything over to the Developer Program for a year, Welcome to the first of what we
n e w o w n e r . H e d o e s n ' t and then you just need to find a hope will be many, many TUAW
specifically say that he'll transfer developer you can pay -- or even Videos to come. We've done lots
the developer account on Apple's do it yourself with a helper o f v i d e o o n T U A W , f r o m
App Store to your name (he says service). Macworld Expo coverage to
he'll send over a DVD with the If you'd rather start off with a WWDC interviews to fart apps
source code and transfer "the bunch of marginal to silly 99- and more. This time we're...
whole kit and caboodle" to you), cent apps and happen to have an Hands-on with the Magic Mouse
but we presume that's what will extra $100,000 lying around to Lawsuit Accuses
happen -- of course if you go for spend (maybe for a nice holiday Facebook of Conspiring
it, you're doing this at your own gift?), here's your opportunity.
risk. TUAW For sale on eBay: One to Break Video-Privacy
What will a burgeoning App iPhone development business, Law
Store business, complete with batteries not included originally
By Kim Zetter (Wired Top
apps like iSexyRef and Swine appeared on The Unofficial Stories)
Flu cost you? Just a cool $100 Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat,
grand. That's the starting bid in 07 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST. Submitted at 11/6/2009 2:15:00 PM
the eBay auction, which has just Please see our terms for use of
over a week left and no bids as of feeds. A lawsuit filed in Texas accuses
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law protecting records related to
selling apps on the store. It only
costs $100 to register in Apple's the sale and rental of videos.
E-reader Newspaper
Well, I got my Magic Mouse a
few days ago, and I've been using
it for my everyday tasks for a few
days (and I'm still using it), and
here are my impressions.
Packaging: This packaging is...
Also of interest:
• TUAW Review: Kanex HDMI
+ audio adapter works fine but
costs extra
• TUAW Gift Guides: Gifts for
tech-savvy women
• Waveboard on the iPhone,
Google Wave access slightly
better than Mobile Safari
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Sneak a Peek! Brand-
New 'The Twilight
Saga: New Moon' Pics!
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 4:11:00 PM
Just in! Take a look at the
sizzlin' new pics from 'The
Twilight Saga: New Moon'! The
highly anticipated sequel sinks its
teeth into theaters Nov. 20.
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Rumor: Smaller iPhone on tap for EMI to offer instant

Verizon in Q3 2010? concert recordings
By Steven Sande (The smaller than the current model (CNET News.com) Instant concert recording isn't
Unofficial Apple Weblog which uses a 3.5" display. Submitted at 11/6/2009 3:21:00 PM
new: EMI sub-label Mute
(TUAW)) Photos of the smaller display Records has had a similar
Submitted at 11/7/2009 12:30:00 AM were first featured on iLounge in Record label EMI this week program in place since 2004--
June of 2008 (see photo at right), announced that it will begin according to the press release, 10
Filed under: Rumors, Wireless, sparking widespread rumors at selling on-the-spot recordings of percent of fans at a recent Blur
Apple, iPhone the time that an " iPhone nano" concerts. concert downloaded the show
If you're tired of dropped calls was on the way. Over a year The name of the initiative, afterward--and Willie Nelson has
and dead zones, and pondering later, neither the smaller iPhone Abbey Road Live, is a bit been selling flash drives with on-
the merits of turning in your nor a Verizon model are misleading--it doesn't have the-spot concert recordings for
iPhone for a DROID... hold on available. However, if the leaked anything to do with the Beatles several years.
there, champ. AppleInsider says report is any indication, 2010 album or the recording studio But having a large record label
it's received a copy of a report by could be yet another year of after which it was named. like EMI on board legitimizes the
OTR Global, claiming that Apple incredible growth for the iPhone Rather, EMI is using its Abbey practice. It's a no-brainer way for
has signed contracts to produce a the report as the target carrier for economy. Road brand to indicate that these live acts to earn some extra cash-
UMTS/ CDMA hybrid iPhone to the new devices. TUAW Rumor: Smaller iPhone aren't low-quality bootlegs but -and great for fans as well. I can
be released in the third quarter of The report states that Foxconn, on tap for Verizon in Q3 2010? p r o f e s s i o n a l m u l t i t r a c k think of many concerts I've
2010. the Taiwan-based sole-source originally appeared on The recordings, mixed and mastered attended, after which I would
The hybrid handset, built around provider of iPhone hardware at U n o f f i c i a l A p p l e W e b l o g on the spot, and sold on CDs, gladly have paid another $20 for
a d u a l - s y s t e m c h i p f r o m this time, will not build the new (TUAW) on Sat, 07 Nov 2009 DVDs, or flash drives to fans at a recording. This should become
Qualcomm, would allow the device. Instead, a subsidiary of 00:30:00 EST. Please see our the venue. EMI also said on standard operating practice in the
iPhone to run on virtually any Asustek known as Pegatron has terms for use of feeds. Wednesday that it plans to make next couple of years.
GSM/UTMS cellular network b e e n s e l e c t e d t o k i c k o f f Read| Permalink| Email this| the recordings available as This content has passed through
worldwide -- and also on the manufacturing. It's also rumored Comments streams or downloads, so fans fivefilters.org.
CDMA2000 networks of US that the hybrid device uses a 2.8" can access them from home.
carriers like Verizon and Sprint. screen, making the handset
In particular, Verizon is cited in

Apple Store Carrousel du Louvre opens today

By Dave Caolo (The Unofficial Louvre Museum in Paris is visit Apple Store Carrousel du TUAW Apple Store Carrousel
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) Carrousel du Louvre, home to Louvre this weekend, check out du Louvre opens today originally
Submitted at 11/7/2009 5:00:00 AM
shops, a gourmet food court, the photos and coverage from appeared on The Unofficial
exhibition space and, as of this ifoAppleStore as well as these Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat,
Filed under: Apple Corporate, Saturday, an Apple Store. This photos on Flickr. C'est 07 Nov 2009 05:00:00 EST.
Retail Apple typically opens will be the first Apple Store in Magnifique! Please see our terms for use of
retail stores in high-end shopping Paris and in France. Another Also notable this week is the feeds.
areas, and this one is as high-end Apple Store is poised to open in new Musee du Louvre app that's Read| Permalink| Email this|
as it gets. the seaside town of Montpellier glass spiral staircase that's available for free from the App Comments
Beneath the great glass pyramid next Saturday. featured in other flagship stores Store [ iTunes link].
that marks the entrance to the This location has the now iconic and two levels total. If you can't Coincidentally, of course.
26 Tech/ E-reader Newspaper
Sarah Palin Joins Al
Popular iPhone movie app flops on BlackBerry Gore In Not Realizing
That Everyone's A
(CNET News.com) reloads every screen as you
Submitted at 11/6/2009 4:57:00 PM
navigate. In contrast, the iPhone Reporter These Days
version, pulls show times and
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Flixster sure didn't look this theater information into a stylized
good on our BlackBerry interface that in no way Submitted at 11/6/2009 6:01:00 PM

Bold.(Credit: Flixster) resembles the Flixster.com site,

We were excited to hear that Last year, we wrote how odd it
apart from the information it
was that former VP Al Gore
Flixster's popular iPhone movie downloads.
banned reporters from a speech
app was making the jump to Users aren't fooled by the bait-
he gave, where all audio-video
BlackBerry. Unfortunately, not and-switch, either. Flixster's
equipment was also banned.
all apps dive as elegantly into movie app on BlackBerry rates
other mobile platforms. Flixster's These days, such "no reporters
2.5 stars out of 129 votes at the
allowed" speeches make no sense
Movies app is one of them. time of writing. The program's
-- because anyone can be a
The free Movies by Flixster app average iPhone rating scores
reporter. Yet, it seems that
for BlackBerry has all the Yet this movie "app" is not so experience than navigating the higher, with a 3.5-star average there's something in the veep
essentials: a tab for box office much a native application as it is site through a browser, winding for the current version out of
hits, an area to enter your Zip sauce (or veep wannabe sauce)
a shortcut to a BlackBerry- u p w i t h a n o t - a p p a f t e r about 16,000 user reviews. that leads to these sorts of
code to find movies near you, a optimized version of Flixster's downloading an application feels Come on, Flixster. We know positions, as former VP
list of upcoming titles, and mobile Web site. like a cheap trick. To top it off, you can do better than that. candidate, Sarah Palin, is trying
movies that have come out on While a nicely formatted mobile Flixster Mobile looks like a This content has passed through to do the same thing, barring
DVD. You can even purchase site routinely delivers a better mobile site on BlackBerry and fivefilters.org.
movies via movietickets.com. "reporters" along with any kind
of recording devices from a talk
that she is giving. You can
Droid Does: An Ad on Google’s Homepage understand, perhaps, why
politicians like to do this, but it
By Barb Dybwad (Mashable!) homepage ad for both the first comes closest to catching the seems both out of touch and
Submitted at 11/6/2009 2:48:00 PM
Android handset’s G1 launch and iPhone in terms of sheer completely pointless. Every
for the Chrome browser — it’s awesomeness. single person in that room can be
In addition to celebrating still a relatively rare occurrence Did you pick up a Droid today? a reporter in one way or another -
Muppets today, Google appears to be up in lights on the Google Are you contemplating doing so? - and it doesn't take a recording
t o b e l o u d l y a n d p r o u d l y homepage. Let us know your impressions or device, but a pencil and some
celebrating something else on its Clicking the link takes you to a vacillations in the comments. paper (or a decent memory).
home page. splash page with more Reviews: Android, Chrome, Trying to block out the "official"
With the Verizon Droid launch information and purchasing links finally pushes its Android mobile Google press is just a waste of time.
hot and heavily underway today, — we took a screencap you can operating system project into the Tags: ads, android, droid, Permalink| Comments| Email
the search giant is according the see below. mainstream. Not only is it the Google, Mobile 2.0, Motorola, This Story
highly-regarded Android phone a Of course it makes sense for first Android phone on the U.S.’s verizon droid
place of honor on Google.com G o o g l e t o g i v e a n i c e largest carrier, but it’s being
t o d a y . A l t h o u g h i t ’ s n o t promotional push to what is widely hailed as the phone that
unprecedented — they’ve done a shaping up to be the handset that
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Squarespace
hosting/CMS service
launches iPhone app
By Dave Caolo (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 11/6/2009 8:00:00 PM
Filed under: Software, Blogging,
Internet Tools, iPhone, App Store
After a long wait, Squarespace
customers finally have an iPhone
app of their own. Squarespace is
a hosted blogging/CMS service
that competes with the likes of
WordPress.com and Typepad.
Having used all three, I can say
that interacting with Squarespace
(posting, changing your site's
look and feel, etc.) is unlike the
others. Instead of a separate
control panel/dashboard,
Squarespace previews changes in
real time on the same screen. It's
really nice.
The iPhone app [ iTunes link]
seems to be an extension of its
browser-based sibling. For
example, check out the live
preview mode pictured at right.
You can also manage multiple
accounts, post, upload multiple
images at once (awesome) view
stats and more. The UI looks nice
as well.
While bloggers on other
platforms have had compatible
apps in the App Store for a while
now, this is Squarespace's first
solution. We're eager to play
around with it. Squarespace for
iPhone is free and requires a paid
Squarespace account.
TUAW Squarespace
hosting/CMS service launches
iPhone app originally appeared
on The Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW) on Fri, 06 Nov 2009
20:00:00 EST. Please see our
terms for use of feeds.
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Fort Hood Updates
(Little Green Footballs)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 10:48:36 AM
men and women who came under
attack yesterday.
The hero of this incident is Sgt.
respond. Many soldiers ripped
off their uniforms to use as
tourniquets; others ignored their
There are unconfirmed reports Kimberly Munley, who brought
that Major Malik Nadal Hasan the gunman’s rampage to an end
was shouting “Allah Akbar” by shooting him four times.
own injuries to help those more
gravely wounded.
Lt. Gen. Bob Cone, the top
during his alleged shooting Sgt. Munley, 34 years old, was commander at Fort Hood, said
rampage at Fort Hood Army credited by Army officials with Friday that Sgt. Munley and her
base. firing the bullets that brought partner responded within three
CBS Video down Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, minutes of reported gunfire. Gen.
P r e s i d e n t O b a m a m a d e a the Army psychiatrist who Cone said Sgt. Munley shot the
statement today, urging people allegedly opened fire in the gunman four times despite being
not to jump to conclusions. base’s Soldier Readiness shot herself. “It was an amazing
We don’t know all the answers Processing Center on Thursday and an aggressive performance
yet. And I would caution against afternoon. by this police officer,” he said.
jumping to conclusions until we Survivors described the scene as Sgt. Munley is in stable
have all the facts. What we do c h a o t i c : t h e l o n e g u n m a n condition.
know is that there are families, spraying bullets in all directions,
friends and an entire nation u n a r m e d s o l d i e r s f a l l i n g ,
grieving right now for the valiant s c r e a m i n g , s c r a m b l i n g t o
New Clone Wars episodes stunning,
but less kid friendly
By John Scott Lewinski (TV crashed vehicles and more
Squad) beloved characters in deadly
Submitted at 11/7/2009 10:00:00 AM
jeopardy.
Its ratings continue to cruise in
Cartoon Network's Star Wars: hyperspace (especially for
The Clone Wars just might be the males), but I wonder if the darker
best action/adventure show on tones of season two could drive
television. Come to think of it, it younger kids and their parents
might be the only true away from the show.
action/adventure show on Continue reading New Clone
television. Wars episodes stunning, but less
But, as the show ramps up the kid friendly
action content and significantly Filed under: Other Sci-
through its second season, the
sweetens its visuals, its increased Fi/Supernatural Shows,
intensity might be driving away war is growing -- both in scope Animation, Reality-Free
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From the Tips Box: Multiple Dropbox Accounts, Twitter
Notes, and Cloud Billing [From The Tips Box]
By Whitson Gordon
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 5:00:00 PM
Readers offer their best tips for
running multiple instances of
Dropbox at once, using Twitter
to jot down notes and ideas for
yourself, and using Google Docs
to manage money between
friends.
Don't like the gallery layout?
Click here to view everything on
one page.
About the Tips Box: Every day
we receive boatloads of great
reader tips in our inbox, but for
various reasons—maybe they're a
bit too niche, maybe we couldn't
find a good way to present it, or
maybe we just couldn't fit it
in—the tip didn't make the front
page. From the Tips Box is
where we round up some of our
favorites for your buffet-style
consumption. Got a tip of your
own to share? Add it in the
comments or email it to tips at
lifehacker.com.
Running Multiple Dropbox
Instances
Photo by Jean-Baptiste M.
Tino shows us a workaround to
have multiple Dropbox accounts
running at once:
Dropbox client does not allow
you to run multiple instances
concurrently but you can get
around with this issue by running
it as different Windows User
Accounts. With a little help of
Dropboxen by Dale H, you can
easily run multiple instances of
Dropbox client concurrently.
Get a copy of Dropboxen here if
you haven't. You need to unzip
the files into your Dropbox
installation folder. The default
installation folder is
C:\Users\[Your User
Name]\AppData\Roaming\Dropb
ox\bin\ or C:\Program
Files\Dropbox\ depending on
your OS.
You will need to edit the file
Dropboxen.xml but before doing
that, you need to create a
Windows User Account for each
Dropbox account that you will be
using (it has to be an
Administrator account, not
Standard User). For Windows
XP, go to Control Panel > User
Account > Create a new account,
remember to set a password for
your account. For Windows Vista
or 7, go to Control Panel > User
Accounts and Family Safety >
Add or remove user accounts,
remember to set a password for
your account. You will need to
login to your new account and
install Dropbox client, do this for
every single User account. After
you're done with creating User
Accounts and installations, log
off and switch back to your main
account. Let's edit
Dropboxen.xml, you can open it
with any text-editor:
Dropboxen.xml:
Now you need to fill in your
user accounts and passwords.
This is what my Dropboxen.xml
looks like:
Now go ahead and click on
Dropboxen.exe to start Dropbox
client again, there should be
multiple instances of Dropbox
client according to how many
accounts you put in
Dropboxen.xml. Now you can
use multiple Dropbox accounts at
the same time. The last thing you
need to do is create a shortcut for
Dropboxen.exe in your Startup
folder.
Using Twitter as a Personal List
Drew gives us a clever use for
Twitter:
Use a private twitter account and
its RSS feed to easily add
personal notes to your RSS
reader, particularly useful for
those who have a RSS reader on
the go. Can be used for to-do,
reminders, or maybe hearing
E-reader Newspaper
yourself think.
I can see this being really useful
for "hearing yourself
think"—ideas that you don't want
cluttering up your workspace or
to-do lists, but ideas that you
think of on-the-go and want to
come back to later on. rfrye had a
similar tip that recommended
Wordpress instead of Twitter, if
you prefer.
A Tab System for Google Docs
Michael shows us how he keeps
track of expenses with multiple
people involved:
I'm one for efficiency and
productivity tools, and I prefer
the lifehacker mindset: spend a
long time on solutions that will
save time. Even if I end up using
more time than I saved, I've
learned something and created a
product as well.
I know that there are many web-
and iPhone-based solutions that
look pretty cool for this type of
thing, but I wanted to make one
using Google Docs. The version I
came up with has four people in
it and allows you to enter up to
100 transactions per person.
Under a transaction, enter the
amount spent and a 1 under the
column of every person who the
amount should be shared with.
You can use it to share
something four ways or for 2- or
3-person splits or loans. Now that
we have it, we will regularly pick
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This Week's Most Popular Posts [Highlights]

By Adam Pash (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 4:00:00 PM

This week we showed you how

to really browse without leaving
a trace, rounded up a handful of
media-center-boosting apps,
uncorked a bottle of wine with
nothing but a shoe, and oh so
much more.
• How to Really Browse Without
Leaving a Trace Think that your
browser's private mode keeps
your browsing completely
private? Not so! More often than
not, you're still leaving traces of
your browsing session behind,
and today we'll tell you how to
get rid of them for truly private
browsing.
• Top 10 Apps that Boost Your
Media Center Streaming video,
digital DVD backups, DVR
recording—it's all possible from
your TV-connected media center,
and you don't need a system
administrator to pull it off.
• Build a Silent, Standalone
XBMC Media Center On the
Cheap You won't find a better
media center than the open-
source XBMC, but most people
don't have the space or desire to
plug a noisy PC into their TV.
Instead, I converted a cheap
nettop into a standalone XBMC
Boxee to Launch Beta
Early Next Month with
Loads of New Features
[Media Center]
By Adam Pash (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 1:30:00 PM
Boxee has taken the media
set-top box. gnawing between tiny bones for • What's Your Main Operating center world by storm in the last
• Five Best Application Docks hard-to-get meat and getting System? Windows 7 has only year, which is why it's always a
Remember the days of digging sauce all over your face are a been out for about two weeks surprise when we're reminded
through folders of shortcuts and crucial part of the chicken wing now, but statistics web site that it's still only an alpha release.
menus to launch applications? experience. S t a t C o u n t e r r e p o r t s t h a t Until December 7th, that is, when
These days many users prefer • Open a Bottle of Wine with Windows 7's OS market share Boxee is rolling out an official
customizable, attractive docks for Your Shoe Got a bottle of wine reached roughly three percent by beta release, in which you can
launching and keeping track of on hand but no corkscrew to get the end of October. expect a new interface, better
their favorite apps. it open? You can argue all you • The Illustrated Guide to the navigation, search functionality
• Browser Speed Tests: The want about whether or not the New Firefox 3.6 Windows 7 for TV shows and movies,
Windows 7 Results Firefox 3.6 guy in this video really needs Integration The latest Firefox improved shortcuts, and more.
Beta 1, like every other browser, more wine, but you can't argue beta integrates much more fully Boxee has tackled online video
makes a claim to being "faster." with the results. into Windows 7, adding support like none other, and it's a great
We took Firefox and all the other • Handcrafted and Free Floating: for Aero Peek-enabled tabs, an choice if you're looking to drop
latest browsers, put them on The Wraparound Workspace enhanced Ctrl+Tab, and more. your cable bill for good, so we're
W i n d o w s 7 , a n d r a n t h e m We'll simply never get tired of We'll show you how they work, excited to see what's coming
through our human-measured diving into the Lifehacker and how to enable or disable around the corner. [ Boxee Blog]
speed tests to vet the bragging. Workspace pool and finding them.
• Eat a Chicken Wing with Little hand-crafted gems like today's
to No Mess For some folks, featured workspace.

Dr. Phil Renewed Through 2014

By Bill Gorman
(TVbytheNumbers)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 4:32:09 PM
I have to admit that my first
reaction when I read this was
“He’s been on eight years
already?”.
Syndicated talk show “Dr. Phil”
has been renewed through the
2013-2014 season in 70% of the
country, including 20 of the top via THR.com.
25 markets. This content has passed through
The three-year renewal will take fivefilters.org.
“Dr. Phil,” now in its eighth year,
through its 12th season.
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up dinner for each other and
"bill" each other on the tab
system. This version also
calculates how to settle the tab.
Try it out here, and if you like it,
open the read-only version and
go to File -> Make a Copy to
copy it to your own Google
Docs. And please, let me know if
you end up using it or making
any improvements!
Michael also mentioned that this
is all Creative Commons
material, and encourages other
people to use and build upon it.
Deleting Exchange Calendars
from the iPhone
swsboarder366 gives us a
workaround for deleting
calendars off the iPhone:
When I started using the push
support of Google calendars on
my phone (via Exchange) I was
disappointed to find out that I
could not delete calendars on my
iPhone. Deleting local calendars
from iCal, and even unchecking
"Sync iCal Calendars" in iTunes
Report: Jaycee Dugard Tried to
Cover Up Her Identity
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 3:00:00 PM
Jaycee Dugard reportedly gave
authorities a false name and
became defensive under
questioning in the hours before
her alleged kidnapper, Phillip
Garrido, was arrested.
A report by California's
still did not remove my old
calendars. A quick Google search
and I found a working solution in
an Apple support forum. The
solution was originally for
Mobile Me, but works just the
same for syncing Google
Calendars over the air:
This assumes there is no
calendar information that lives
only on your iPhone that you
want to keep.
On your iPhone, in Settings-
Mail, Contacts, Calendars, find
your Mobile Me account (or
Exchange account), turn off
"Calendars". Exit the settings
application (hit the button to go
back to the home screen), or the
next sync will fail.
Temporarily create a calendar in
iCal called "Temp" or something.
In iTunes under your phone-Info,
"Sync iCal calendars", select just
that calendar (unchecking the
option to sync iCal calendars
won't clear out the stranded
ones).
Inspector General goes as
follows: On August 26, Dugard
initially identified herself to
Garrido’s parole agent as
“Alyssa” and said she was the
mother of two younger girls with
her.
When the parole agent continued
to question her, she became
“defensive and agitated, wanting
E-reader Newspaper
Under "Advanced" on the same
screen (you might have to scroll
down to see it), check "Calendar"
under "Replace information on
this iPhone"
Sync.
On iTunes, uncheck "Sync iCal
calendars"
Sync.
On your Mac, delete the
temporary "Temp" calendar you
created
If you are using Mobile Me (or
Exchange):
On your iPhone, go back to
Settings-Mail, Contacts,
Calendars, find your Mobile Me
account, turn "Calendars" back
Moo0 DiskCleaner
on.
This should leave you only with
the Mobile Me (or Exchange)
Removes Unwanted
calendars on your iPhone.
Files [Downloads]
By The How-To Geek ability to change the application
(Lifehacker) skin, and set it to clean
automatically when your system
Submitted at 11/6/2009 1:00:00 PM
starts up. Still, if you're looking
Windows only: System cleaning for an extremely simple tool to
utility Moo0 DiskCleaner's dead- handle your system cleaning, it
simple interface makes short might be the right choice for you.
work of clearing out all those Moo0 DiskCleaner is free for
u n w a n t e d t e m p o r a r y f i l e s , Windows systems only. Readers
cookies, browser history, and should probably note that the
MRU lists. well-known and popular
to know why the parole agent Once you've installed and CCleaner application is not only
was interrogating them.” She said launched the application, just a lot more powerful, but also has
she knew Garrido was a check the boxes for everything an option to clean at startup
registered sex offender, but you'd like to clean up and click buried in the Options menu.
added that he was “a changed the Clean Now! button. There's Moo0 DiskCleaner[Moo0 via
man and a great person who was n o t a w h o l e l o t o f o t h e r Life Rocks 2.0]
good with her kids.” functionality, other than the
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Reset Your Lost Password in OS X Seesmic Web Gets Lists

Redux [Passwords] and Geolocation
By Adam Pash (Lifehacker) By Frederic Lardinois
Submitted at 11/6/2009 12:30:00 PM
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 8:49:41 AM
It's not a great place to find
yourself, but if you ever lose or Seesmic just announced the
forget your password for OS X, launch of Twitter lists in its The desktop app - at least in the
you're not out of luck. Weblog browser-based Seesmic Web current version - doesn't do this
AppleDoes details how to Twitter client. Earlier this week, and forces users to manually
quickly and easily reset your Seesmic released the first desktop refresh lists to see updates.
password. Twitter client with support for Geolocation
All you'll need is your lists. Despite Seesmic's best In addition to supporting lists,
installation DVD. From there, the efforts, Brizzly managed to the new version of the web client
process is dead simple: become the first company to also supports Twitter's
• Insert the DVD to the tray release a web client with support geolocation API. Seesmic users
• Restart and press down the for lists earlier today. Seesmic can't share their locations, but
letter ‘C'. It will load the installer Web offers another first for web- whenever a Twitter user
DVD based Twitter clients, however: broadcasts location data, a little
• On the first screen, select support for Twitter's geolocation pin will appear underneath the
Installer > Reset Password API. profile picture, and hovering over
• Select your account and make admin account, you can just reset password will generally mean Sponsor this pin will bring up a map.
up a new password. your password by logging into y o u ' l l l o s e a l l t h e s a v e d Lists With Auto-Updates Only a few users actually have
• Reboot the admin account, opening the passwords saved to Keychain as In Seesmic's web interface, users the ability to broadcast their
Accounts preference pane in the a security precaution, but it's a can now simply hover their locations at this point. Twitter is
The AppleDoes post has more System Preferences, and resetting pretty good tradeoff. cursor over profile pictures and a only giving platform developers
than a few typos, so to clarify: If that user's password. Otherwise, Windows users, you've got all menu will appear. This menu, access to this feature for now, but
you're using FileVault—the the method above is a great kinds of ways to reset, change, or among other things, allows it should soon become a standard
default encryption tool for OS option. even crack your lost passwords. Seesmic's users to add others to feature in mobile clients like
X—and you lose your password, We've covered how to reset your If you ever forgot you Mac OS X lists. One nice aspect of the web Tweetie 2 and Twitterrific.
you are out of luck. Also, if the lost OS X password before from login password, here is what to interface is that it auto-updates Discuss
account you want to access isn't Terminal, but this method seems do[AppleDoes] lists when new tweets come in.
an administrator account and you a bit more user friendly. Keep in
do have the password for your m i n d t h a t r e s e t t i n g y o u r

R Family Vacations Sails On

(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 4:45:00 PM
Although Rosie O'Donnell and
wife Kelli have announced they
are splitting as a couple, their r
family vacations, formed with
friend Gregg Kaminsky, sails on.
A spokesperson for O’Donnell
told ET today, “There will be no
changes in r family vacations,
and it’s business as usual for the
company, which is well
underway with planning for 2011
and continuing to book for
2010.”
R family vacations, founded by
Kelli and travel entrepreneur
Kaminsky, provides family documentary "All Aboard!
vacations for gays, lesbians, their Rosie’s Family Cruise."
families and friends. Its maiden
voyage featuring Rosie, Kelli and
their children was documented
for the HBO Emmy-nominated
32 Tech Tips/ TV/
Keep Dishonest Landlords at Bay with Your
Camera [Apartments]
By Sarah Rae Trover
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 2:00:00 PM
Even if your landlord seems
happy-go-lucky upon moving in,
there's always a chance they
won't be so nice when you move
out. Keep all parties accountable
and in check for a hassle-free
lease with a little help from your
camera.
Photo by Lara604
As much as we'd like to say
every landlord out there has a
heart of gold, the truth is,
economic times are tough. Even
if you have left your last rental
sparkling clean, there's rarely any
proof as to what it looked like
Make a Hand Truck Out of a Shopping Cart
[Weekend Project]
By Whitson Gordon
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 3:00:00 PM
So you need to move some
large, heavy stuff, but you don't
want to throw out your back?
Instead of renting or paying two
hundred dollars for your own
moving dolly, DIY web site
before you moved in unless you
create your own. Landlords have
been known to claim things are in
need of repair, paint, or cleaning
just to weasel a few more dollars
out of your pocket before you
officially turn over the keys.
Instructables details how to make
your own.
The project requires an old
shopping cart and some pretty
heavy-duty tools (and the project
does require some welding), but
it shouldn't take you more than
an hour or two, and you'll have
saved quite a bundle on a dolly. takes it step-by-step, so it
The guide is pretty detailed and shouldn't be remarkably difficult
More often than not tenants are
willing to just pay off final bills
with landlords to be out and
gone, but that's obviously not the
fair. Instead of dealing with the
game playing, kill any suspicion
before it starts by taking before
E-reader Newspaper
and after photos—both are
imperative.
Before-and-after photos leave
little room for manipulation or
consequence. We've put our
before-and-after photos to the test
by a landlord who claimed our
tenancy resulted in water
Scripps
damage. Out came the pictures,
which happily proved the gobbles up the
condition existed before our
arrival and no more questions Travel Channel
were asked. By Danny Gallagher (TV
How have you dealt with a bad Squad)
landlord in the past? Sound off in
Submitted at 11/6/2009 7:25:00 PM
the comments. Protect Yourself
From U n s c r u p u l o u s While NBC juggles its possible
Landlords[Charles and Hudson] new owner, another TV takeover
went down this week in the
epicenter of its shadow.
Scripps Networks won the right
to buy the "controlling stake" in
The Travel Channel from Cox
Communications and it only cost
them $181 million to earn a 65
percent stake in the cable
either—in fact, the hardest part is network. Only $181 million? Did
probably finding a shopping cart Cox put The Travel Channel up
(although the author mentions for sale at a flea market?
that most stores will gladly give Why did they jump at a deal for
you old, soon-to-be-discarded a network with such a small
carts). Make a Hand Truck From audience? Slate's Troy Patterson
a S h o p p i n g C a r t i n says that even though the
M i n u t e s [ I n s t r u c t a b l e s ] audience is small, it's a "niche
market" that "advertisers can't
resist pandering to."
[via TVTattle]
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Weekly Wrapup: Mega Content Sites, Gen Y on Twitter,
iPhone App Recommendation Services, And More...
By Richard MacManus
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 11/7/2009 5:00:00 AM
In this edition of the Weekly
Wrapup - our newsletter
summarizing the top stories of
the week - we analyze a new
breed of content site that is
rapidly gaining momentum, look
into recent statistics showing that
Gen Y is using Twitter more,
compare five recommendation
services for iPhone apps, review
the new-look MSN, and more.
We also check in on our two
m a i n c h a n n e l s :
ReadWriteEnterprise(devoted to
'enterprise 2.0' trends and
p r o d u c t s ) a n d
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profiling startups and
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The Age of Mega Content Sites -
Answers.com and Demand
Media
Two companies that produce
massive quantities of new content
every day, Answers.com and
Demand Media, are rapidly
moving up the list of top U.S.
web properties, as measured by
comScore. Answers.com has
risen from #26 to #13 in just two
months, and Demand Media has
risen from #24 to #15 in the same
time period. Is the fact that these
sites produce so much content,
and are quickly gaining in
popularity as a result, cause for
concern about the future of the
Web?
As Facebook Ages, Gen Y Turns
to Twitter
Facebook is getting old. No,
people aren't getting tired of it,
it's actually getting old, as in its
population is aging. In May of
2008, the median age for
Facebook was 26. Today, it's 33.
So where are today's college
students hanging out now? Well,
to some extent, they're still on
Facebook. Surprisingly though,
they're also headed to another
network you may have heard of:
Twitter.
Amazon Turns Twitter into a
Marketplace - Are You
Concerned?
This week, Amazon sent out
emails to their Amazon
Associates members touting the
latest addition to the company's
affiliate program: a new feature
called "Share with Twitter."
According to the email,
participants can generate
"tweetable" links to any Amazon
product after first logging into
their Associates account. After
updating Twitter, any person who
clicks through on the link and
makes a purchase will earn the
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is evolving but still with a fair Below we've posted a chart
degree of resistance for its comparing the features of 5 new
adoption. ReadWriteStart services for iPhone app
participant referral fees payable Our channel ReadWriteStart, discovery.
through the Associates program. s p o n s o r e d b y M i c r o s o f t
The New MSN: Will More
Thanks to Mozilla, Web Gets B i z S p a r k , i s d e d i c a t e d t o
White Space and Local News
Less Ugly, Good Type Gets p r o f i l i n g s t a r t u p s a n d
Make You Visit It?
Machine Readable
entrepreneurs. Microsoft announced this week a
Recently, a consortium of type Enterprise 2.0 LaunchPad: radical redesign of its MSN
designers and web designers Newbies Take the Stage
homepage. Today's MSN
have gathered around a new font
At the Enterprise 2.0 homepage for the US market is a
format specification called Web Conference, we witnessed some
busy mix of ads, hundreds of
Open Font Format ( WOFF). The of the enterprise community's
links and some customizable
f o r m a t w o u l d a l l o w m o r e brightest new stars. Enterprise local news and weather widgets.
typefaces to appear across the 2.0 Launchpad offered early-
The redesign, MSN's first major
web and to be readable by both stage companies a chance to
redesign since 2004, puts a new
humans and search engines. With shine. In a gong-show like
emphasis on search, local news,
support from Mozilla announced presentation series, the four
video and integration with social
with the release of Firefox 3.6, finalists took to the stage to battle networks. The new page features
the question of web fonts might it out for the title of best
more white space, a tabbed
be satisfactorily resolved in the newcomer.
design and a new MSN logo.
near future.
SEE MORE STARTUPS The Very Strange Story of the
SEE MORE WEB TRENDS C O V E R A G E I N O U R
Startup That Says It Made $10m
COVERAGE IN OUR TRENDS R E A D W R I T E S T A R T Before Launching
CATEGORY
CHANNEL Web Products Ben Behrouzi came from the
ReadWriteEnterprise
Discovering Great iPhone Apps: shadowy Lead Generation
O u r c h a n n e l 5 Recommendation Services
business, but some people in that
ReadWriteEnterprise, devoted to Compared
field said he played too dirty.
'enterprise 2.0' and using social The iPhone App Store is a Now he's got a real-time search
software inside organizations.
blessing and a curse. It's one of engine that just came out of beta
Enterprise 2.0: Declaring War the best things about the mobile
today, called Leapfish, and he
Does Not Work
platform, but it's so popular that says the company will already
At the Enterprise 2.0 conference finding great new apps to
report $10 million in revenue this
this week, Andrew McAfee made download can be a real challenge. year despite having barely
a few points about the approach Where there's a monetizable pain
launched to the public. This is a
to enterprise technology and how -point, services will flower!
strange story, so consider
it might be changed. McAffee, of Enter a variety of new iPhone
suspending your disbelief so you
the Center for Digital Business, app recommendation services can see what Leapfish has to
M I T S l o a n S c h o o l o f that aim to point you toward your offer.
Management, is considered the next download and pocket the
father of Enterprise 2.0. His WEEKLY page 34
affiliate fees for paid apps.
views reflect how Enterprise 2.0
34 Tech News/ Entertainment/ E-reader Newspaper
WEEKLY
Straw Man Argument About continued from page 33

PayPal's X: A Platform to Pick transcriptions. It is hard to look at

Enterprise 2.0 Doesn't Fly Your Pocket
After waiting for two months for
PayPal to release its much-
Ribbit Mobile without comparing
it to Google Voice. Just like
Google Voice, Ribbit gives users
By Alex Williams More use cases are popping up.
(ReadWriteWeb) offerings augment their work. No matter how you feel about the anticipated platform, the day a new phone number or they can
"Dennis has a point," Gotta said. Enterprise 2.0 conference, a lot finally arrived for PayPal X. use call forwarding. Ribbit
Submitted at 11/6/2009 2:05:50 PM
"These systems are not workflow of companies were there to say ReadWriteWeb first covered the Mobile also has quite a few
Dennis Howlett got the attention driven - we already have tools to how they are using lightweight company's announcement in late features that Google doesn't
of the Enterprise 2.0 community do that. These tools augment t e c h n o l o g i e s t o s o l v e July and this week, at San offer, including the ability to
t o d a y , w i t h h i s c o n t i n u e d work. They enhance it, they p r o d u c t i v i t y a n d b u s i n e s s Francisco's Concourse Exhibition make calls from within the
s k e p t i c i s m a b o u t " s o c i a l " enrich it." problems. Center, developers and press browser.
technologies and their place in B u t e v e n t o o l s l i k e E R P Companies on the sell side are people waited with baited breath SEE MORE WEB PRODUCTS
the business world. Here's a o f f e r i n g s a r e i n t e g r a t i n g growing. Are they all charlatans? to see what was earlier described COVERAGE IN OUR
quote from his post entitled lightweight layers to make them If so, are their clients really that as a "platform as ubiquitous as PRODUCTS CATEGORY
Enterprise 2.0 - the non-debate: more usable, so that people can stupid? We don't think so. To call the electrical outlet." That's a wrap for another week!
"Why am I not surprised? I've get their work done. We also people fakes is to say that these Ribbit Launches Google Voice Enjoy your weekend everyone.
argued for years that the notion recently wrote about Netvibes poor business people are just Challenger Discuss
of anything that has 'social' working with Sage Software to victims. That makes no sense. Ribbit announced this week the
attached to its moniker is about provide personal dashboards so Moreover, we wonder how much launch of Ribbit Mobile. Ribbit
as welcome as breaking wind in a business users can better use ERP more waste enterprises can take Mobile is a cloud-based VoIP
spacesuit." applications. with heavyweight IT projects - telephony service that brings
Sponsor A few other signs: those cost far more than a SaaS together web-based calling, smart
While Howlett makes a few The Services sector is growing. offering that you can test, try and call routing and voicemail
good points in his post, we think We spoke to a large technology pay on a per use basis.
that he's making a straw man company this week that is We do see the gap between
argument - that the Enterprise 2.0 questioning how they can grow productivity and the business Rob Pattinson, Taylor
community is somehow involved under the weight of the email that side of the organization with
in a big lie. stalls people in their work. They Enterprise 2.0 technologies. But
The reality is that Enterprise 2.0 are working with a large services the innovation is there. And lines
Lautner and Kristen
applications augment our work group which is helping them look of business are taking advantage
and these technologies are having at a number of ways for real-time of tools because they help get the Stewart Talk 'New Moon'
an effect on productivity and in data and notifications to take work done. (ETonline - Breaking News) Taylor Lautner. Then, come back
s o m e r e s p e c t s , b u s i n e s s some of the load off of their We do agree that 'social' is a starting on Monday for new
Submitted at 11/6/2009 5:09:00 PM
processes. e n g i n e e r i n g t e a m . T h e y ' v e term too often overused. But to extended interviews with
We spoke today with Mike looked around and believe dismiss the Enterprise 2.0 With only days left until 'The everyone from Rob, Kristen and
Gotta, an industry analyst with Enterprise 2.0 tools can perform community is going a bit too far - Twilight Saga: New Moon' rises Taylor, to the Cullen clan, to the
the Burton Group. He puts it a role that will help them grow and does not reflect the reality of in theaters, ET is sitting down Volturi, and even the Wolf Pack!
well. For data entry and claims and become a more profitable this new world. Discuss with the cast for a series of Come back every weekday until
processing, people use other business. revealing interviews! 'New Moon' premieres in theaters
tools. The Enterprise 2.0 Today, we have a sneak peek of on Friday November 20 to see a
our interviews with Robert new ET video with the cast!
Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and
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Clicker: A One-Stop Shop For Peek was worth a peek

(Scripting News)
Online Video (1000 Invites) Submitted at 11/6/2009 2:09:55 PM

By Frederic Lardinois complete series. Clicker also I thought perhaps the Peek email
(ReadWriteWeb) keeps a record of all the shows a device might be a good service to
Submitted at 11/6/2009 1:00:00 PM
user has watched already. get for a family member who's
All of these features are nice and not very technical. I wanted them
Finding specific online videos these make it as easy as Clicker useful, but the area where Clicker to have access to text messaging,
f r o m T V n e t w o r k s a n d to find the videos you are looking really shines is in how it presents and thought its advertised
independent producers can often f o r , h o w e v e r . W i t h a u t o - the search results and how easy it simplicity might be the answer.
be a daunting challenge. Some completed searches, a smart is to browse the site and discover So I bought a device for $49 and
TV shows are on Hulu, some can categorization system and well shows. Taming the Wild West of bought one month of service for
only be found as paid downloads designed search results page, Online Video $19.95, with the understanding
on iTunes or Amazon and some finding the right video on Clicker With its focus on indexing high- that it's not a service plan, and if I
are only available for streaming is a snap. quality videos and making it easy didn't like it, I could easily opt-
on the network's and producer's Whenever possible, Clicker uses to find them, Clicker manages to out.
own sites. video embeds to play videos right stand out from its competition.
I used it for a few days and
Clicker wants to change this by on its own page, though if a show Earlier this week, Clicker added decided it wasn't what I wanted.
making it easier to find shows can't be embedded, Clicker will Blake Krikorian, the founder of It is simple, but the text
from TV networks, music videos, point to other sources. It's Sling Media to its board of messaging feature is a hack on the monthly plan and use the
and web videos from across the important to point out that while directors, whose experience in top of email, and they put ads for remainder of the time I had
Internet. Clicker is currently in most of these videos are available this market will definitely be a their service in the text messages, already purchased. (Maybe I'd
private beta and only available in for free, Clicker also indexes boon for the company. and texting is more or less one- find another use for it?)
the US. The company gave us shows that are only available for As Clicker's CEO Jim Lanzone way, and it's the wrong way for After a lot of back and forth, the
1000 invites for our readers. paid downloads and streams on told us earlier today, online video my application. It's easy for the service person, Jacqueline, said I
Read on to find out how you can services like iTunes or Amazon. is still going through its Wild Peek user to send text messages should get in touch with the
get yours. Clicker also indexes shows from West phase. Thanks to services operations manager, David Hung.
Netflix - though you need to be a like Clicker, it's now getting a lot but virtually impossible for them
Sponsor to receive them. This didn't suit I'm going to email him a pointer
Clicker aggregates over 300,000 Netflix subscriber to stream easier to find and play online the application I had in mind, to this blog post.
e p i s o d e s f r o m o v e r 1 , 2 0 0 these. videos without having to search because I wanted the ability to Net-net, Peek is an attractive
networks, as well as 50,000 A very useful feature on Clicker through dozens of sites. send messages to the family device, the service works
music videos and thousands of is that users can subscribe to Invites member. I didn't think she'd be reasonably well for email, but not
movies. shows and build up a personal Clicker gave us 1000 invites. for texting. It is simple to set up
library of shows and playlists. Simply click here, sign up, and sending many on her own (she
Features and User Interface doesn't now). and use. However they don't
There are, of course, already Every episode page gives users you are ready to go. So I decided to opt out. There's make it easy to get out. At this
numerous video search engines the option to add this episode to Discuss no way to do it from the website. point, I'm still going to charged
like blinx or Truveo. Few of the playlist or to subscribe to the They don't explain how to opt out for $19.95 on December 2.
the FAQ. When I called the sales They'll probably do what I asked
Kobe reaches milestone in win over Grizzlies department, they said I could turn after reading this blog post, but
By Associated Press the service off, but I wouldn't be you shouldn't have to write a
games you attend, upload your
(ESPN.com) able to use the remaining time on blog post for what should be a
photos and share your memories!
start chronicling your sports the month worth of service I had routine matter. It should be easy
Submitted at 11/6/2009 11:36:43 PM
I was there »
memories today with ESPN's already purchased. I said that's to turn the automatic renewal off
This content has passed through
Did you attend this game? If so, Sports Passport. Enter the unacceptable. I wanted to get off and on as you wish.
fivefilters.org.
36 Tech News/ TV/ Entertainment/ E-reader Newspaper

Remixing Via iPhone: 5 Tools for

the Pocket DJ
By Dana Oshiro shake and tap to change song
(ReadWriteWeb) tempo and tone. You can also
Submitted at 11/6/2009 11:00:00 AM
record your voice directly to the
App.
In 1906 John Philip Sousa 4. Looptastic: With this service
criticized the gramophone saying, users can import loops, share
"These talking machines will ruin them between sets and combine
the artistic development of music them with others. You can also
in this country." Nevertheless, download pre-existing loops to
because Sousa did not forsee user experiment. Users rave about this
-generated culture proliferating buttons. Users touch specific app, but for many the $9.99 price
alongside "mechanical music" he buttons on the app surface to tag will be a deterrent.
could not have been further from create ambient loops. From here 5. Thounds:Thounds is a music
Review: Sons of
the truth. Not only have machine the loops can be layered and platform that allows you to create
technologies aided in musical c o m b i n e d t o m a k e f u l l e r music and share it with friends
development, but there are a s o u n d i n g m u s i c . and family. The service lets you
Anarchy - Fa Guan
variety of mediums to choose 2. Sonifi: Sonifi allows users to to create one portion of a musical By Danny Gallagher (TV Unlike other TV shows that you
Squad) can just have in the background
from. While audio engineers may r e m i x , r e c o r d a n d c o n t r o l track and share that link with
scoff at the idea of making music visualizations via the iPhone. other musicians for additions. Submitted at 11/7/2009 3:52:00 AM
to break the silence of your
on the iPhone, there's no denying Created by electronic DJ BT, the Users can contribute a basic lonely place, SOA demands your
that a number of options exist for service allows for real-time baseline, vocals or guitar riffs. (S02E09) -"I know the greater attention and gets it every time,
the pocket DJ. Below are a few collaborations and users can An iPhone app is expected devil when I see it." - Deputy at least for this season. You can't
tools to get you started: control beats, bass, melody and shortly. Chief Hale to Clay just leave it on and not not watch
Sponsor h a r m o n y v i a t h e i P h o n e ' s If you've got more tools to add The great thing about a show it (screw good grammar, if you
1. Melodica: Melodica is like a c c e l e r o m e t e r . to this list or examples of music like Sons of Anarchy is you can think of a better and more
Yamaha's Tenori-On instrument 3. ZOOZBeat: Similar to Sonifi, you've made using any of the never exactly know when you're entertaining way to say it, be my
for the iPhone only it doesn't cost Zoozbeat allows you to remix above products, link to them in watching its true boiling point. guest). Anything that can stop
$1000 to play with it. This tool and make music via gestural the comments below. Discuss You might think the situation and slow time, whether it's a TV
interface consists of rows of motions from the iPhone. Users you're watching is the apex of the show, a flying DeLorean or a hot
conflict, particularly the beef tub deserves special merit in my

Joe Jackson Seeks Allowance from
Michael Jackson's Estate
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 1:30:00 PM
Michael Jackson's father is
trying to obtain an allowance
from the late singer's estate.
ET has obtained court
documents filed by an attorney
for Joe Jackson in Los Angeles
on Friday, in which the 81-year-
old is seeking an allowance from
his son's estate.
The papers state that Jackson
"has been without support since
the death of his son…," and "is in
urgent need [of] funds to
maintain his household."
between Clay and Jax, but it book.
always finds an interesting and Continue reading Review: Sons
surprising way of making it of Anarchy - Fa Guan
worse and makes you forget that Filed under: Episode Reviews,
it still has more episodes to go.
That's the true sign of a good
Reality-Free, Sons of Anarchy
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Layar Tells CNN: Augmented
Reality Will Be Second Only to
Voice On Phones
By Marshall Kirkpatrick
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 12:17:34 PM
When you've got a global
audience, maybe it's good to
make sweeping, ambitious
statements. Maarten Lens-
Fitzgerald, co-founder of
Augmented Reality browser
company Layar, was interviewed
by CNN today and took the
opportunity to claim that AR on
phones is going to be so big in
the future that only voice will be
more popular.
Maybe. Many people in the
Augmented Reality world are
rolling their eyes at Layar's
incredible media exposure. They
worry that relatively simple
implementations of this
technology paradigm will create
such a bubble of hype that
software developed over decades
will suffer as well, if public
opinion crashes in a let-down
from high expectations.
Review: Smallville - Kandor
By Brad Trechak (TV Squad)
Submitted at 11/7/2009 1:08:00 AM
(S09E07) If Smallville continues
to produce episodes of good
quality like tonight's, I may have
to take back some of the things
Tech News/ TV/ 37
Benny Hill stamps too
risque for the Royal
Mail
on mobile devices. Layar could By Brad Trechak (TV Squad)
not identify pant sizes walking Submitted at 11/7/2009 8:45:00 AM
down the street if it wanted to.
Either way, here we are: AR is The Royal Mail in the U.K. have
becoming the hot new thing and decided against producing a
not just among geeks. It's hitting series of stamps based on The
the mainstream. From CNN Benny Hill Show which will
profiles like this to the next issue commemorate the 50th
of Esquire Magazine. Even the anniversary of the British channel
New York Times is beginning to ITV. The subject matter of the
Sponsor explore the possibilities- though show was deemed to be too
Fact of the matter is, sometimes the Times is both mainstream and politically incorrect for the
Layar and other AR services full of super-geeks. purposes of putting on a stamp.
work well and sometimes they What do you think? Is Anybody who watches the show have a program noted for women
don't. None of the mobile Augmented Reality the next step nowadays would acknowledge whose clothes fly off at any
applications currently available for the internet? Displaying data that the show contained sketches given moment and they're left
actually process the live video about the world, on top of our that were blatantly sexist. running around in their
they are looking at and respond, view of the world, certainly Somehow I doubt ITV or the underwear and that show is put
some just postulate at what seems compelling. Could mobile Royal Mail or anyone would put on a stamp, the last thing you
should be where you're looking AR overtake traditional mobile any of the racier scenes of the want to ask people to do is lick it.
and others look for a very browsing, photography, etc. and show on the stamp. It would just Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities,
specific marker. be second only to voice as the be Benny himself mugging for Reality-Free
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the Terminator view shown by It seems possible. Here comes For the Royal Mail, it likely Comments
CNN to illustrate the concept. the future, when we get to find boils down to this: when you
Live video AR (called "true AR" out. Discuss
by some in the industry) is just
beginning to make an appearance
I've been saying about it. Because Krypton has been All this and no Lois, too.
Seriously. observing Earth for a long, long Continue reading Review:
Tonight we got a lot of time and designated the planet as Smallville - Kandor
backstory and explanation about a bolt-hole. We also learned more Filed under: Smallville, Episode
some of the stranger aspects of about that Kryptonian artifact Reviews, Reality-Free
the Smallville universe. Why is that has been a mystery in Permalink| Email this| |
E a r t h s u c h a m a g n e t f o r Kryptonians, dead or otherwise? Smallville for a few seasons now. C o m m e n t s
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The White Unibody is the Second-Best MacBook Ever, So

Why Do I Feel So Let Down?
By Charles Moore performing machine with better power. My speculative deduction
(TheAppleBlog) case engineering and build is that it’s just Apple contriving
Submitted at 11/6/2009 10:30:46 AM
quality than its predecessor, and to put some distance between the
better-looking, but alloyed with MacBook and the more
T h e n e w p l a s t i c u n i b o d y some strange compromises that expensive 13 MacBook Pro specs
MacBook is arguably the second- undermine its desirability and the -wise. Ample Power
best MacBook model Apple has “must-have” factor. In the positive column, the new
produced yet (trumped only by The case aesthetics are definitely MacBook’s internals pretty much
the late 2008 aluminum unibody a major step up from the iBook- match the current base 13-inch
MacBook). So why am I finding esque previous model, whose MacBook Pro’s: a 2.26GHz Core
m y s e l f u n e x p e c t e d l y looks were getting tired after 2 Duo with a 3MB L2 cache, a
underwhelmed and disappointed eight and a half years. I like 1066MHz frontside bus and 2GB
with it? white computers and I like glossy of standard RAM, and the
When rumors began circulating finishes, and this has both, ubiquitous NVIDIA GeForce
i n l a t e s u m m e r a b o u t a n although I think Apple is blowing 9400M integrated graphics
imminent new unibody MacBook an opportunity by not offering it stamping. True Mediocrity Rears get away with it. When USB 3.0 chipset, as well as a similar LED
in polycarbonate plastic. Being a in black as well, and the high its Ugly Head is finally incorporated, maybe backlit display — the only
consummate Apple laptop g l o s s i s p r o v i n g q u i t e On the downside, true there will be a case for dropping difference being that the Pro has
aficionado, I was excited. controversial with some. mediocrity rears its ugly head in FireWire, but USB 2.0 is an a 60 percent greater color gamut.
Speculation that it would sell in I think the MacBook’s all-white the context of I/O connectivity abominably lame and crippled Power-wise, I would find it more
the $700 – $800 range further keyboard looks more attractive and expansion, with an substitute at this point. I’m than satisfactory, having no
whetted my anticipation but I and inviting, and will be easier to impoverished port array dumbfounded that Apple didn’t complaints in that department
was also expecting something see (I’m not a touch typist), than comprised of two USB ports learn its lesson from the chorus about my 2.0GHz MacBook.
insanely great. After all, Apple the black keys on my aluminum (only one fully powered), of boos when it tried that with the Then there’s the built-in, non
could build on what it had Macbook, which are probably my Ethernet, a mini DisplayPort a aluminum MacBook (OK, so I swappable battery, which I have
learned making polycarbonate u n f a v o r i t e e l e m e n t o f i t s combo headphone/line-in port bought one anyway, and I like it definitely mixed feelings about.
MacBooks for three and half generally pleasing appearance. (you can’t use both earphones almost unreservedly except for Apple rates it at seven hours
years (the best-selling Mac model As for robustness, I haven’t got and a microphone at the same the FireWire crippling, but that runtime, but a real-world four-to-
ever) combined with the unibody my hands on one yet, being out time) and a security slot. No really rankles). No Legitimate five hours will be experienced
engineering of the MacBook Pros h e r e i n t h e N o v a S c o t i a FireWire and, most bizarrely, no Excuse more typically, after which you
adapted to plastic materials. backwoods 150 miles from the SD card slot (“Pro feature?” — As for no expansion, there’s no have to find a power outlet. I
Instead of Insanely Great, We nearest Apple reseller, but get real Apple). No HDMI either. legitimate excuse. Even the prefer swappable batteries.
Get…OK reportedly this new unibody FireWire and no expansion humblest tiny little $300 PC In summary, while I want to like
However, instead of insanely machine has a solid feel, with no headroom are the big netbooks comes equipped with this new MacBook, I don’t find
great, we get OK — or perhaps case flexibility or squeaks and disappointments to me. I’m SD Card readers, and often three its $200 lower price nearly
just a bit more than OK. I like it a rattles, and excellent panel fits, living daily with the vicissitudes USB ports as well. There’s no compelling enough to even tempt
lot better than the original which is what I would expect of FireWirelessness with my satisfactory excuse for Apple me to not opt instead for the
MacBook, but there’s nothing based on my own aluminum aluminum unibody MacBook, leaving the SD Card slot out of $1,199 13-inch MacBook Pro
really exciting or special to get unibody machine. Actually, the and I’m not cheerily disposed, the new MacBook and providing with its SD card slot, FireWire
up in the night and write home new MacBook’s rubbery-coated but Apple seems determined to a measly two USB ports — only
about. It’s just a good, solid- bottom panel is an aluminum dump FireWire wherever it can one of them delivering full bus WHITE page 39
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iApps: The Software Suite Apple Should Create continued from page 38

port, brighter, better color gamut

By Jon Buys (TheAppleBlog) or an iPhone, but Address Book display backlit keyboard, and
Submitted at 11/6/2009 9:00:17 AM
and iCal sync silently, if aluminum case, Certified
configured to do so in iTunes. If Refurbished examples of which
Once upon a time, iTunes did iTunes were to be separated into should be available for about the
exactly what it sounded like it different apps, perhaps the iSync same price as a new unibody
should do: play music. It was the utilities role could be expanded MacBook.
digital jukebox for your mac, to handle what is synced where. If this machine sold for, say,
Rip, Mix, Burn, remember that? That almost sounds like the job $799, it would be a whole
Looking at the sidebar in iTunes of a system preference to me. different value equation — an
now, I’ve got Music, Movies, TV Now I think that the three opportunity missed in my
Shows, Podcasts, iTunes U, functions of iTunes are tied estimation, although it’s harder
Audiobooks, Applications, and together because of the iTunes and harder to argue with Apple’s
Radio, and that’s just the main store. Since Apple used the same pricing and marketing strategy
library. Next is the iTunes Store distribution model that had been given its latest quarterly financial
and a “Purchased” smart list, the successful with music for movies results. I think the new
Genius feature, iTunes DJ and app. same app. Thunderbird (with the and TV shows, adding the MacBook will continue to be a
(finally) my custom Smart Similarly, I’d like to see Apple lightning extension) does this, as functionality to iTunes and the strong seller for Apple, but I wish
Playlists. That’s a lot to pack break out the App Store into it’s do Outlook and Lotus Notes. iTunes Store offered the path of it would have tried a little harder
into one application, especially own dedicated application. Apple sees sending and receiving least resistance. Similarly, when with this one, though. Don’t you?
considering that many of the Leave the functionality exactly as mail, calendaring, and storing it needed to build another store
features have nothing to do with it is now and simply move it into information about contacts as for applications, Apple built it on
each other. There are very few its own app. There are many three separate functions, and t o p o f w h a t w a s a l r e a d y
times when I’m wanting to watch times that I’ve got iTunes open, wrote three separate apps to s u c c e s s f u l .
a movie that I care to look most of the time just to listen to handle it. The iLife suite is I don’t see Apple changing
through my music collection. music, and have no interest a n o t h e r g r e a t e x a m p l e o f directions with iTunes any time
M u s i c a n d v i d e o a r e t w o whatsoever in my collection of separating applications that do soon. If it were to create three
different functions, and in my apps. different things. iPhoto ties into apps out of the one iTunes, it
opinion, deserve two different Maybe my desire for Apple to iWeb, Garageband, iMovie, and would have to create them for
apps. break apart iTunes is because of iDVD, but they are still separate Windows as well. I don’t have
Actually, I’d like to see Apple my background in Unix, and the apps for separate purposes. access to the source code, but
release an entire “iApps Suite,” Unix philosophy for writing I thought for a while that audio, k n o w i n g w h a t I d o a b o u t
separating out audio, video, and applications that “do one thing, video, and apps were all lumped programming and development, I
applications. Strip Movies and and do it very well.” Or, maybe together in iTunes to make it can’t imagine that would be an
TV Shows out of iTunes and it’s because the direction iTunes easier to sync to iPods and easy task. Perhaps this is a third-
integrate them into a new has taken doesn’t seem very iPhones. But, iCal, Address party opportunity for some
“iVideo” app, or something “Mac like.” Take the bundled Book, and iPhoto have no ambitious indie devs out there?
similarly named. Hide the video applications for example. Mail, problem syncing their data. Or, maybe, just maybe, if we get
content from the iTunes store in iCal, and Address Book are very iPhoto will, by default, open the right people’s attention, a
iTunes and create a link for an often lumped together in the when you plug-in an iPod touch conversation might start that
iVideo store inside the new video leads to some real change.
40 Apple/ Entertainment/ E-reader Newspaper
Choose the Model Who
Rumor Has It: 8GB 3GS, RFID-Capable iPhones Will Join Heidi Klum
When she Hosts the
on the Way? Victoria's Secret Fashon
Show!
By Darrell Etherington Definitely not confirmed, but AppleInsider:
(TheAppleBlog) rather interesting nonetheless. The cost of RFID chips is now (ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 8:11:08 AM
We’ve heard now from two down to just a few cents each in
Submitted at 11/6/2009 2:10:00 PM
sources that AT&T, and we quantity, making it possible to
What better way to end the week guess Apple, are contemplating apply them to a wide variety of "The Victoria's Secret Fashion
than with two fresh, shiny new launching an 8GB iPhone 3GS at uses. Shipping companies and Show" announces the Top 10
iPhone rumors to chew on? the $99 price point before retailers already use RFIDs to finalists in its model search to
According to various reports, the Christmas. One source said this track packages much like determine who will win a once-in
iPhone 3GS could get an 8GB was AT&T’s way of combating barcodes; libraries use them to -a-lifetime opportunity to strut
model just in time for the the Droid madness. track books, farmers use them to the runway -- and ET has photos
holidays, and Apple is said to be It should be noted that BGR identify animals in herds, and the of the 10 women who hope to
testing iPhones that support radio specifically points out that they army, theme parks and schools become the next Runway Angel.
-frequency identification (RFID), haven’t heard any of this from attach RFIDs to people. Check them out, and then vote
a tech that allows devices to Apple or any of its personnel, The site also speculates that starting Monday, Nov. 9 at
sense nearby embedded chips which could mean that AT&T is Apple could then leverage its VSallaccess or cbs.com. "The
without coming in actual contact pitching the idea but doesn’t existing iTunes accounts, Victoria's Secret Fashion Show,"
with them. necessarily confirm that Apple is broadening it to make it a method hosted by Heidi Klum, will air on
While the timing of both rumors receptive. Still, a 3GS at the Apple is looking into integrating for paying for anything via your Tuesday, Dec. 1 at 10 p.m. on
happens to be concurrent, please magical $99 sweet-spot would RFID swipe support into new iPhone, so long as the vendor CBS.
note that it is very unlikely that if definitely take some of the wind iPhone prototypes, AppleInsider you’re dealing with is equipped
Apple were to release an 8GB out of Droid’s sails. reports. iPhones boasting RFID to accept RFID payments. Such
iPhone 3GS in time for the Of course, there is the fact that capabilities could allow for payment systems using cell
holiday season, it would use the Phil Schiller said the Apple t h i n g s l i k e m a k i n g s w i p e phones have already been used
new RFID tech. It’s more likely holiday lineup is set. That should payments, proximity alerts, and widely in parts of Asia and
that the RFID integration will mean no new products, right? Or getting data from swiping RFID- Europe.
come to fruition in later models it could mean that the 8GB 3GS embedded objects or even If Apple gets in early on
of the iPhone.$99 8GB 3GS was already on the roster and that animals. widespread RFID adoption here
Rumors of the smaller capacity it just hasn’t been announced yet. RFID tech is ideal for this sort of in North America, it could see
3GS come via Boy Genius Still, if it is coming in time for thing because it requires little the kind of industrial and
Report, which has proved fairly Christmas, Apple is already power, since the data transferred business success it’s been
reliable in the past when it comes missing out on some prime is often small in size, usually missing thus far. It might become
to predicting product launches by holiday buying time. We’ll only a number or a URL. There’s as common to see an iPhone-
Apple. They claim to have heard definitely see it before Black also the cost benefits of the tech, based device on the loading dock
news of the 8GB model from two Friday if we’re going to see it at and the fact that they’re already as it is to see one in a Starbucks.
separate sources at AT&T: all. RFID in wide use. According to

New Pics: Ellen DeGeneres as O Magazine Cover Girl!

(ETonline - Breaking News) ET has your look at the two DeGeneres and Oprah Winfrey Ellen will appear on "The Oprah issue of O magazine hits
Submitted at 11/6/2009 1:15:00 PM
covers of next month's O pose in winter white for the Winfrey Show" on Monday, Nov newsstands.
magazine -- where Ellen highly anticipated cover shots! 12 -- the same day the December
E-reader Newspaper Tech Blog/ TV/ 41

I got a DROID Comedy Central wants a

(Scripting News)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 8:58:27 AM
USB cable into my Mac but it
doesn't mount as a hard drive.
Don't tell me I need to use iTunes
bite of The Onion
I had to do it. Went down to the -- please! By Danny Gallagher (TV
Squad)
Verizon store in El Cerrito and Update: Quick podcast review,
put down $350 and bought the recorded on the DROID speaker Submitted at 11/6/2009 8:04:00 PM

$99 per month unlimited texting phone using Cinch. A little

Part of me is surprised that this sports show. Comedy Central
plan. Took it home, fell in love. It baseball philosophy thrown in at
deal took this long to happen. But also shot a pilot for a Daily Show
really is beautiful. I'm an iPhone no extra cost!
when you watch the recent crop -esque sports show called Sports
user who loves the esthetics of Update: How do I get music on
of new shows on the Chortle Central that died in the pilot
the iPhone. The DROID is this thing? Tried something
Network (with the exception of stage. This incarnation sounds
different, but also very nice. dumb, after mounting it on my
Tosh.0), it really shouldn't much more promising since it
I'm sure there will be Mac desktop, I copied the
surprise anyone. will spoof not only sports figures
annoyances, always are, but the contents of a Little Feat album
Comedy Central has ordered a and stories, but also the tone and
first-time experience is great. into a folder I named Music. Let's
half-hour scripted pilot based on style of sports media. Sweet
The web browser display is large see if the Music app on the Droid
the Onion's Sports Network. The sassy molassey, this is gonna
enough to be usable. The can find it. I launch the Music
OSN is part of the popular rock!
gestures that work on the iPhone allows you to format an SD card, app and it says Sorry, your SD
but I don't see one. I've read the card is busy. Interesting! Let me satirical magazine's online TV Filed under: Other Comedy
don't work on the DROID.
news network that launched a Shows, Sports, News, Pickups
I find both the on-screen docs, very limited, but they make try unmounting it. I had to click
little under a year ago. and Renewals, Reality-Free
keyboard and the physical no mention of it. in the menubar to unmount it,
This isn't the first time the Permalink| Email this| |
keyboard hard to use. The keys They just sent me a text message and then boom (sorry Steve) the
asking me to sign onto their music app found my Little Feat network has tried to do a satirical Comments
are too small.
Oddly, when entering text into website, but the password doesn't songs. This is how it's supposed
Facebook or an email, typing is work. Tried 8 times. Asked them t o w o r k . G o o d b y e i T u n e s .
natural and easy. It's only a pain to send a new one, they sent the F o r e v e r .
when entering a username or same one again. I'll come back to Update: It plays iPod-size
password. I wonder why this is. this. movies, just watched a bit of
(Probably has more to do with Took some pictures with the fargo.m4v. Looks great.
the operator than anything.) camera. Example.
The setting system makes sense. Can't figure out how to get some
There are a few puzzlers. It music onto it. Plugged in the

Review: Ghost Whisperer - Devil's Bargain

By Isabelle Carreau (TV now offers regular reviews of some pole dancing! Whisperer - Devil's Bargain
Squad) CBS' Ghost Whisperer. What an We were also treated to a case of Filed under: Other Sci-
Submitted at 11/6/2009 11:07:00 PM
episode to start reviews with! the week that kept us guessing as Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd,
The first episode of November to who was to blame for the Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S05E07) "The answers are there, S w e e p s o f f e r e d u s m o r e death of now-ghost Tina and Permalink| Email this| |
but you have to know when to backstory and mythology about what secret Dr. Morgan and Comments
look." - Carl the Watcher the shadows, some of their Love Hewitt in lingerie doing President Bedford were hiding.
Starting this week, TV Squad powers, the book ... and Jennifer Continue reading Review: Ghost
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Updated: During The Ft. Hood News Cycle, CNN Was A

Distant Second In the Ratings
By Bill Gorman MSNBC –1,101,000 viewers —1,161,000 viewers (283,000)
(TVbytheNumbers) CNBC – 255,000 viewers (572,000)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 2:19:18 PM
HLN –621,000 viewers Inside American Airlines —
25-54 Total Day 282,000 viewers (131,000)
CNN’s fourth place primetime FNC –472,000 viewers (152,000)
finish during Tuesday’s off year CNN –278,000 viewers Joy Behar- 454,000 viewers
e l e c t i o n c o u l d p e r h a p s b e MSNBC –146,000 viewers (125,000) (214,000)
explained away because “nobody CNBC – 85,000 viewers 10 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
cared about it, but the Ft. Hood HLN- 158,000 viewers On The Record w/ Greta Van
murders yesterday were the kind 25-54 Prime Time Susteren —2,480,000 viewers
of big event that would typically FNC – 1,147,000 viewers (778,000) (1,293,000)
s e n d c a s u a l n e w s v i e w e r s CNN – 596,000 viewers Anderson Cooper 360 —
flocking to CNN. However, as MSNBC –308,000 viewers 5PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64) (1,757,000) 1,837,000 viewers (565,000)
the Ft. Hood news was unfolding, CNBC – 126,000 viewers Fort Hood Shooting Coverage – Lou Dobbs Tonight—1,522,000 (767,000)
CNN found itself in a distant HLN – 221,000 viewers 3,227,000 viewers (801,000) viewers (513,000) (724,000) Countdown w/ K. Olbermann –
second place in the ratings. 35-64 Total Day (1,483,000) Hardball w/ C . 782,000 viewers (290,000)
Here’s a 3pm-12am time period FNC – 820,000 viewers Situation Room—1,803,000 Matthews—1,064,000 viewers (406,000)
slice of the data we don’t CNN – 404,000 viewers viewers (523,000) (870,000) (315,000) (551,000) Inside American Airlines –
normally see: MSNBC – 235,000 viewers Hardball w/ Chris Kudlow Report — 177,000 195,000 viewers (102,000)
3PM-12AM CNBC – 114,000 viewers Matthews—778,000 viewers viewers (69,000) (80,000) (103,000)
FNC: 3,039,000 in P2+ (837,000 HLN – 199,000 viewers (222,000) (420,000) I s s u e s – 5 1 1 , 0 0 0 v i e w e r s Nancy Grace –470,000 viewers
in 25-54) 35-64 Prime Time Fast Money—240,000 viewers (202,000) (312,000) (258,000) (246,000)
C N N : 1 , 5 7 6 , 0 0 0 i n P 2 + FNC –1,820,000 viewers (74,000) (128,000) 8PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64) 11 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
(471,000 in 25-54) CNN – 887,000 viewers Prime News–413,000 viewers The O’Reilly Factor– 4,955,000 On The Record Special
M S N B C : 8 2 0 , 0 0 0 i n P 2 + MSNBC –551,000 viewers (206,000) (254,000) viewers (1,485,000) (2,292,000) —1,695,000 viewers (526,000)
(248,000 in 25-54) CNBC – 145,000 viewers 6PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64) Campbell Brown – 2,024,000 (927,000)
HLN: 428,000 in P2+ (177,000 HLN –316,000 viewers Special Report with Bret Baier– viewers (605,000) (952,000) Anderson Cooper 360 —
in 25-54) Morning programs (6:00AM- 3,351,000 viewers (843,000) Countdown w/ K. Olbermann – 1,267,000 viewers (451,000)
Live + Same Day Cable News 9:00AM) P2+ (25-54) (35-64) (1,553,000) 1,360,000 viewers (351,000) (573,000)
Daily Ratings for November 5, FOX & Friends- 1,015,000 Situation Room—1,452,000 (674,000) Rachel Maddow Show
2009 viewers (367,000) (625,000) viewers (449,000) (724,000) Cruise Inc. – 289,000 viewers —517,000 viewers (210,000)
P2+ Total Day American Morning- 358,000 Ed Show—799,000 viewers (145,000) (182,000) (272,000)
FNC – 1,757,000 viewers viewers (125,000) (181,000) (278,000) (445,000) Nancy Grace – 996,000 viewers Mad Money – 141,000 viewers
CNN – 896,000 viewers Morning Joe- 285,000 viewers Mad Money —185,000 viewers (293,000) (517,000) (79,000) (61,000)
MSNBC –457,000 viewers (69,000) (154,000) (84,000) (125,000) 9 PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64) Showbiz Tonight– 319,000
CNBC – 217,000 viewers Squawk Box- 160,000 viewers Prime News — 358,000 viewers Hannity –3,845,000 viewers viewers (147,000) (153,000)
HLN –336,000 viewers (83,000) (115,000) (184,000) (207,000) (1,176,000) (1,872,000) This content has passed through
P2+ Prime Time Morning Express w/ Meade- 7PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64) Larry King Live —2,211,000 fivefilters.org.
FNC – 3,765,000 viewers 314,000 viewers (188,000) The Fox Report w/ Shep viewers (619,000) (941,000)
CNN – 2,024,000 viewers (228,000) –3,966,000 viewers (1,055,000) Rachel Maddow Show
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Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Orange County of Mail: Fat, Little
scores series highs with 5th season premiere Girlfriends Edition
By Clay Travis (FanHouse)
By Robert Seidman highest rated season premiere in respectively over season four’s introduced, 32-year-old stay-at-
(TVbytheNumbers) all of “Real Housewives” premiere (11/25/08). The OC home mom, Alexis Bellino. For a Submitted at 11/6/2009 8:20:00 PM

Submitted at 11/6/2009 2:13:31 PM

franchise history among the key ladies also outperformed an sneak peek at next week’s
adult 18-49 demographic. original episode of “Project e p i s o d e , g o t o : by Clay Travis
via press release: Additionally, part two of “The Runway,” up 19 percent among http://www.bravotv.com/the-real- Filed under: All That and a Bag
B R A V O ’ S “ T H E R E A L Real Housewives of Atlanta” adults 18-49 (vs. 1.66 million) housewives-of-orange- of Mail
HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE season two reunion special and up 10 percent among women county/videos/meet-alexis. Our beaver pelt trader of the
COUNTY” FIFTH SEASON delivered over 2.4 million total 18-49 (1.45 million vs. 1.31 Source: Nielsen Media week is, be still my beating heart,
D E B U T S C O R E S S E R I E S viewers. Bravo ranked as the No. million). Research, Live + Same day my coaching crush Mike Leach.
HIGH NUMBERS 1 cable network among adults 18 Ending its successful second through 11/5/09 As if it weren't enough that he
OC Season Five Premiere Tops -49 and women 18-49 in Prime. season run, part two of the Bravo is a program service of went on "Friday Night Lights" --
Previous High by 44 Percent “The First Ladies of Orange reunion of “The Real NBC Universal Cable spoiler alert, I have to wait until
“ T h e R e a l H o u s e w i v e s o f County do everything with style Housewives of Atlanta” scored Entertainment, a division of NBC January to watch the show
Atlanta” Season Two Reunion a n d t h e i r r e c o r d b r e a k i n g 2.44 million total viewers and Universal, one of the world’s because I don't have DirecTV --
Delivers Over Two Million premiere is no different,” said 1.77 million adults 18-49, leading media and entertainment after the loss to Texas A&M,
Viewers Frances Berwick, Executive Vice Bravo’s highest Thursday 9 p.m. companies in the development, Leach blamed the loss, partly, on
NEW YORK – November 6, President and General Manager, telecast ever among adults 18-49 production, and marketing of the players' "fat little girlfriends."
2009 – The blondes are back Bravo Media. “To achieve a and No. 1 in cable for the hour. entertainment, news, and Given the status of bingo wings
with a score to settle as Bravo’s series high with a fifth season “The Real Housewives of information to a global audience. in Florida, Urban Meyer should
s e a s o n f i v e “ T h e R e a l premiere is remarkable and a Atlanta’s” second season was the Bravo has been an NBC file this excuse away. It's much
Housewives of Orange County” t e s t a m e n t t o o u r v i e w e r s ’ highest rated “Real Housewives” Universal cable network since better than blaming the flu for
debut became the highest rated continued passion for the entire franchise season ever, averaging December 2002 and was the first poor performances.
e p i s o d e i n a l l o f “ O r a n g e housewives franchise.” two million adults 18-49 and television service dedicated to Not to be outdone, as reader
County” history, according to Ranked as the No. 1 cable 2.84 million total viewers, up 101 film and the performing arts Chris V. e-mails, "There is now a
Nielsen Media Research. The telecast of the day among adults percent and 116 percent when it launched in December website up selling apparel at
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O’Reilly vs. Olbermann vs. Brown vs. Grace TV
Ratings Through November 5
By Bill Gorman
(TVbytheNumbers)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 8:31:04 PM
Reader MikeS has once again
graciously updated his 8pm
Cable News ratings charts.
Long Term Trend of O’Reilly
vs. Olbermann vs. Campbell
Brown TV Ratings:
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Fedor Emelianenko vs.
Brett Rogers: MMA
Twitter Mailbag
By Michael David Smith
(FanHouse)
Submitted at 11/7/2009 10:01:00 AM
by Michael David Smith
Filed under: Strikeforce, M-1
Global MMA Twitter universe is
getting excited for Fedor
Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers
Saturday night on CBS, and that's
reflected in the latest installment
of our MMA Twitter mailbag.
But what's particualrly
interesting is how many fans I'm
hearing from who are concerned
about whether this CBS show
will be a success: Below we
address fans' questions about
The trend lines above are 30 day September, 2009) Political comments will be how strong a rating CBS needs
moving averages. CNN/HLN: 99.10 million HHs deleted. If I have to delete your and what kinds of ads CBS has
For complete information on all CNBC: 96.78 million HHs comments more than once I will sold.
cable news ratings check our FNC: 96.26 million HHs just block you from commenting. Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett
daily cable news ratings posts. MSNBC: 92.64 million HHs If you find the comments to be Rogers: MMA Twitter Mailbag
Anybody else wanting to Nielsen TV Ratings Data: unpleasant, please just don’t read originally appeared on Fanhouse
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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Electricity blackouts in
The League up over 50% without
World Series
By Robert Seidman
(TVbytheNumbers)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 2:24:58 PM
Here’s some ratings detail on It’s
Always Sunny in Philadelphia
and The League via FX (note the
ratings noted are “coverage
ratings” but the viewer averages
still are comparable to other data
you normally see on the site):
Sunny posted a 1.51 P18-49
rating for episode eight. A lift of
+68% over last week and the
highest rating since week one.
Among M18-49, last night’s
Tom Brady: I've Never 'Influenced a Call'
By Chris Burke (FanHouse)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 11:20:00 PM
by Chris Burke
Filed under: Dolphins, Patriots
Coincidence or not, after Tom
Brady missed almost all of the
2008 season after a low hit tore
the Patriots star's left MCL and
ACL, the NFL's Competition
Committee made clear that it
would enforce more strictly a
rule preventing defenders from
tackling quarterbacks at or below
the knee. It was affectionately
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Ecuador
(BBC News | Americas | and 10%, but businesses will not
World Edition)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 9:00:53 PM
be affected.
The drought, which has hit the
3.06 rating or 853,000 Andes region, is the worst in four
impressions – highest since the E c u a d o r h a s i n t r o d u c e d decades, correspondents say.
premiere. electricity rationing after a The Paute plant, in eastern
The League delivered a 1.10 drought led to acute water Ecuador, has been forced to halve
rating among P18-49 for episode shortages at the country's main its average production because of
two, up +56% from its premiere hydro-electric power plant at the drought.
(0.71). Men 18-49 posted a 1.58, Paute. Ecuador depends heavily on
while M18-34 generated a There have already been h y d r o p o w e r t o p r o d u c e
w h o p p i n g 2 . 6 1 r a t i n g — blackouts in the capital, Quito, e l e c t r i c i t y .
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The Fix Picks the NFL: Week 9
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 12:15:38 PM
One of our less-astute
commenters chimed in a couple
of weeks ago to the effect that
our esteemed colleague Al
Toonie was “a joke” for picking
the Rams in a game the Rams
were obviously not going to win.
(Which is just about any game,
admittedly, but was in this case a
game against the very-good
Colts) A more-astute commenter
quickly set the Toonie-baiter
straight — “Al Toonie is a code
name for a coin flip,” the
commenter wrote. And that is
indeed what Al Toonie is — a
Canadian coin with a bear on it,
flipped to get random, rule-of-
chance picks for every NFL
game this season. Garey, the coin
-flipper, is very dedicated.
Reuters The Falcons’ Matt Ryan
is in the first prolonged slump of
his two-year NFL career.
But Al Toonie is something else
— he/it is the coin that owned
both Garey and me last week.
Sometimes the NFL is like that,
with a tumbling inanimate object
as likely to make the right call as
two writers who (if we’re being
honest) are among the finest
minds of their respective
generations. We’ll try to do better
this week. Al Toonie is indeed
kind of a joke (and a nod to a
New York Jets demi-legend), but
said joke was very much on us
last week.
Week 8 recap (overall): David
Roth: 6-7 (58-57-1), Garey Ris: 6
-7 (59-56-1), Al Toonie, the
Lucky Canadian Two-Dollar
Coin: 8-5 (51-64-1)
SUNDAY’S GAMES
Washington at Atlanta (-10): If it
seems like Atlanta should be a lot
better than it has been recently,
it’s because Atlanta should be.
Quarterback Matt Ryan is in the
first slump of his young career,
and the explosive-on-paper
offense has been implosive —
thanks to Ryan’s struggles and
injuries in the backfield — on the
field. Which is something the
Falcons will need to worry about
once they get done beating the
hopeless Redskins. Washington’s
terribleness is too multifaceted to
explain in this small space, but
their abjectness this season has
been so pronounced as to
occasion an inevitably qualified
apology from defective-
Steinbrenner owner Daniel
Snyder. It’s that bad. DR
Pick: David: Atlanta, Garey:
Atlanta, Al Toonie: Washington
Arizona at Chicago (-3): The
Bears and Cardinals got to 4-3
records in different ways,
although only the Cardinals have
looked much better than that
mark along the way. While the
Bears gave the abject Browns an
appropriate thrashing last week,
their offensive execution is a
mess, and churlish quarterback
Jay Cutler already seems
unhappy. The Cardinals have had
a hard time finding the big plays
that sustained them in last year’s
playoffs, but they’re re-working
their offense and — weird Week
8 loss aside — look fairly sharp.
The Bears periodically look quite
good, but I’ll take the team with
the good offense over the well,
the one with the orange C’s on
their helmets. DR
Pick: David: Arizona, Garey:
Arizona, Al Toonie: Chicago
Baltimore (-3) at Cincinnati:
There was an era — let’s call it
the Testaverde Administration—
when Baltimore’s defense wasn’t
great, but this has been the NFL’s
defining D for a decade. It had
also been decidedly middling
until Week 8, when both offense
and defense clicked in a thorough
thrashing of Denver. Baltimore
was uninspired in a home loss to
Cincy earlier this year, but while
the Ravens have perked up (and
Cincy has come back to earth)
since, the result in this one
depends on which Ravens team
shows up. I like both Baltimore
and Cincinnati, but I don’t know
that I like Baltimore as a road
favorite because the Ravens have
only one win away from home
(though it was admittedly a
convincing one over San Diego).
DR
Pick: David: Cincinnati, Garey:
Baltimore, Al Toonie: Cincinnati
Houston at Indianapolis (-9):
Considering that it might be
barely a word, sparkyness is hard
to define, but whatever it is,
Houston inconsistent,
occasionally electric, sometimes
maddening, generally middling
has it. Indianapolis, even with
injuries chipping away at its
offense and defense, looks great;
Houston, despite three straight
convincing wins, is less so,
unless Week 8 breakout Ryan
Moats really is Brian Westbrook.
He’s not, but this is a generous
line, and the Colts didn’t cover
against a 49ers team Houston
dispatched with relative ease. It’s
not hard to imagine the Texans
covering here. DR
Pick: David: Houston, Garey:
Indianapolis, Al Toonie:
Indianapolis
Kansas City at Jacksonville (-
6.5): Jacksonville is nearly 850
square miles in size, making it
the largest contiguous city in the
United States. That is not in any
way proof that the recession-
slammed sprawlopolis can
support a NFL team. It certainly
hasn’t done so of late.
Jacksonville’s viability as a NFL
city is an interesting/depressing
question, but it’s also one that
can pretty much go out the
window this week, when these
two brutal teams square off in an
epic flub-off that promises to
make Jacksonville’s (inevitable)
TV blackout something of an act
of mercy. DR
Pick: David: Jacksonville,
Garey: Jacksonville, Al Toonie:
Jacksonville
Miami at New England (-10.5):
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It’s never a good sign when one
finds oneself agreeing with
Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter.
That’s how you wind up
furnishing stucco Florida
mansions with portraits of
yourself and purchasing
terrifying dogs, and that’s not a
path you want to go down. And
yet when Porter copped to“a
natural hate” of Bill Belichick’s
Patriots earlier this week, I was
hard-pressed to disagree. Of
course, Porter presumably thinks
that the gadgety, sparky, flawed
and undermanned Dolphins have
a shot against the locked-in Pats
in this one. On that, and on the
desirability of scary dogs, he and
I disagree. DR
Pick: David: New England,
Garey: Miami, Al Toonie: Miami
Green Bay (-9.5) at Tampa Bay:
Green Bay has a terrible
offensive line that has had
trouble protecting quarterback
Aaron Rodgers and opening
holes for running back Ryan
Grant, but the offense has
managed to function fairly well
despite that. Tampa Bay has a
terrible everything, and has not
managed to function well at all,
in any aspect. The Buccaneers
have promoted promising first-
rounder Josh Freeman to the
starting quarterback role, which
is presumably nice for him. They
also have a pirate ship at their
stadium. But, yeah: The good
team with the bad offensive line
will beat the bad team with the
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Browns’ Season Already Fading to Black — Again
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 8:51:20 AM
You’d need a long memory to
remember when the Cleveland
Browns were the epitome of NFL
franchises instead of one
deserving pity. The Browns were
a dominant team in the 1950s,
winning three of their four NFL
championships with head coach
Paul Brown and quarterback Otto
Graham. The Browns’ last title
came in 1964, but the team might
have won a couple of Super
Bowls in the 1980s if not for The
Drive and The Fumble against
Denver in the 1987 and ‘88 AFC
championship games. As gut-
wrenching as those losses were,
the team’s move to Baltimore
after the 1995 season was worse,
leaving Cleveland without an
NFL team until 1999. Associated
Press Derek Anderson and the
Browns are going through a
miserable season.
Pro football’s been back for a
decade, but Cleveland is mired in
mediocrity. The Browns are 1-7
in their first year under coach
Eric Mangini, not what anyone
expected after an offseason that
included the hiring of general
manager George Kokinis, who
was fired earlier this week.
Browns owner Randy Lerner’s
decision to allow Mangini to
choose his general manager was
a gamble that was a colossal
failure, Charles Robinson writes
at Yahoo Sports. “One minute,
Mangini was a rising star paying
his dues in the Patriots system.
The next, he was being dubbed
‘Mangenius,’ appearing on ‘The
Sopranos’ and starring in a
national cellphone commercial,
Robinson writes. “All of this
after a 10-6 season and a playoff
loss in 2006. Then after a career
23-26 record (including his one
postseason defeat), he gets fired
by the Jets and then hired by the
Browns seemingly before he’s
had a chance to put his suitcases
down. So yeah, excuse me if I
think Mangini was afforded a lot
of affection and a second
opportunity that was slightly out
of whack for his
accomplishments.”
At Sports Illustrated, Don Banks
paints a picture of a flawed
relationship between Mangini
and Kokinis, and how Mangini
won the power struggle.* * *
Perhaps The Answer isn’t the
answer for the Memphis
Grizzlies. Allen Iverson isn’t
happy coming off the bench
instead of starting for a team
that’s already 1-4 this season. It’s
not like Iverson had any leverage
when he signed a one-year, $3
million contract with Memphis
— they were the only team
interested in him. Still, Iverson
made his plea to start after
Monday’s loss to Sacramento. At
Memphis’s Commercial Appeal,
members of the sports
department debate whether
Iverson should start or remain a
role player for the Grizzlies.
In New York, the Knicks are
more worried about their 1-4 start
than which free agent they might
Sports/ 47
in the 13-horse field. been filled with colorful
In the Los Angeles Times, Eric characters and outsized egos:
Sondheimer finds that synthetic John McEnroe and Muhammad
tracks such as Santa Anita where Ali, Mark Cuban and Dennis
the Breeders’ Cup races are held Rodman, Billy Martin and John
aren’t necessarily safer than dirt Madden. The list is endless. But
tracks. character and ego extend to the
ESPN’s Rick Reilly tries calling printed page, too. At the National
sign next season from a crop of a horse race, finding out it’s Sports Journalism Center, Dave
superstars that includes LeBron harder than you might imagine. Kindred recounts that some of
James, Mary Schmitt Boyer Be sure to listen to the audio. journalism’s best writers were
writes in the Cleveland Plain A n d t h e n l i s t e n t o C h i c k just as combative and
Dealer.* * * Anderson’s famous call of competitive as athletes.* * *
T h e N e w Y o r k Y a n k e e s Secretariat’s 31-length victory in At age 39, Mike Modano is in
celebrate their 27th World Series the Belmont Stakes to win the the twilight of his NHL career,
championship Friday with a 1973 Triple Crown.* * * which spans 20 seasons in
ticker-tape parade. Pardon Sports Rush Limbaugh was going to be Minnesota and Dallas, and
Illustrated’s Joe Posnanski if he’s part of a bid to buy the NFL’s St. includes a Stanley Cup with the
not too thrilled about New Louis Rams until too many Stars in 1999. Modano, the all-
York’s success. It’s easy to be people complained about the time U.S.-born scoring leader,
among baseball’s better teams controversial talk-show host. still has something to prove,
with a payroll that dwarfs other Donald Sterling is a billionaire though. He’s out to show that last
large-market teams, he writes, who settled a federal case this year’s disappointing point totals
but harder to celebrate the hope week for $2.73 million for were a fluke and that he can still
on Opening Day that isn’t there alleged racial discrimination at contribute, Jim Reeves writes in
for many teams. apartments owned by him and his the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
At CBS Sports, Danny Knobler wife. Thousands of words were Who knows, maybe the next
looks ahead to the 2010 season written against Limbaugh’s Modano will come out of
and sees the possibility of potential involvement with the California instead of Minnesota
another Fall Classic involving the Rams, but the same isn’t true and Massachusetts. In the Orange
Yanks and Phillies. about Sterling, who also owns County Register, Jeff Miller
Finally, the Journal’s Darren the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers. writes about JSerra and Santa
Everson reports on what Hideki At Yahoo Sports, Dan Wetzel Margarita, the first two high-
Matsui winning the World Series wonders why there’s no outcry school programs in Orange
MVP award means both in the against Sterling from either NBA County.
major leagues and in Japan.* * * owners or commissioner David – Tip of the Fix cap to the
When the betting line closes for Stern — or the media. (If you Journal’s Adam Thompson.
S a t u r d a y ’ s B r e e d e r s ’ C u p missed it earlier this year, Found a good column from the
Classic, Zenyatta, the only mare ESPN’s Peter Keating had a world of sports? Don’t keep it to
in the $5 million race, could be thorough read on Sterling’s yourself — write to us at
the favorite. In the Los Angeles almost always awful Clippers and dailyfix@wsj.com and we’ll
Daily News, Kevin Modesti finds his dealings with apartment consider your find for inclusion
t h e r e ’ s n o c o n s e n s u s o n tenants.)* * *
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No. 7 Boise St. withstands upset bid by La. Tech

By Associated Press games I think. Throw in a little WAC games this season. 15-play drive to set up Kyle appeared the Bulldogs just might
(ESPN.com) pressure and it just shows the Still, the Broncos could have Brotzman's third field goal, then upset the highest-ranked team
Submitted at 11/6/2009 9:54:22 PM
resiliency of this team." used a more dominant victory in Tech's offense suddenly came to ever to play at Joe Aillet
Moore threw for 354 yards and their quest to prove they are more life. The Bulldogs got their first Stadium.
Moore, No. 7 Boise State hold three touchdowns, and Boise deserving than unbeaten and first down in two quarters on the Instead, Boise State put its
off Louisiana Tech's upset bid State remained unbeaten and in sixth-ranked TCU for a Bowl way to a 73-yard scoring drive figurative foot down, forcing a
RUSTON, La. -- Early in the contention for a BCS bid with a Championship Series bid. capped by Ross Jenkins' 9-yard quick punt. Then Moore floated a
fourth quarter, there was nervous 45-35 victory over Louisiana "That's how it always is when we keeper around the right end to pass down the sideline to Kyle
pacing along Boise State's Tech on Friday night. play," Boise State coach Chris make it 30-21. Efaw for his second 40-yard
sideline. Tech had pulled within 30-28 Peterson said. "It's never good Tech's Matt Nelson then caught completion of the game, setting
With an opportunity to show a early in the fourth quarter on enough, but it's good enough for the Broncos by surprise with an up his scoring pass to Pettis to
national television audience why Dennis Morris' leaping catch in us. We are going to try to do onside kick that he recovered make it 38-28.
they should once again become a the corner of the end zone. The better next week and just go from himself. Shortly after, Jenkins Soon after, Tech failed to
BCS buster, a close game on the Broncos defense buckled down there." found Morris over the middle for convert a fourth-and-6 on its own
road was not what the Broncos long enough after that for Boise Trailing 27-7 at halftime, Tech 36 yards to the Boise State 12, 44, setting up Avery's game-
(No. 7 BCS, No. 5 AP) had in S t a t e t o p u l l a w a y w i t h (3-6, 2-4) made a game of it in setting up Jenkins' third-down clinching run that made it 45-28
mind. touchdowns on consecutive the third quarter, starting with pass to Morris, who leaped to with 4:52 to go. Tech managed
Fast Facts drives, first on Moore's 12-yard Josh Victorian's first career catch the ball over defensive one more touchdown after that.
• Boise State has won eight pass to Austin Pettis and then on touchdown on Moore's third back Kyle Wilson's head to pull Jenkins finished 10 of 19 for 114
straight vs. Louisiana Tech and J e r e m y A v e r y ' s 4 4 - y a r d interception of the season. It was Tech within 30-28. yards and one interception.
has outscored the Bulldogs by t o u c h d o w n r u n . an ill-advised throw under "It looked like the game was Daniel Porter rushed for 92 yards
23.8 in those contests. "We made more plays then they pressure that hung in the air for going to get away from us, but I and a score for Tech.
• The Broncos have won 12 did tonight when it mattered and Victorian, who raced down the was really proud at how well we Moore's three TD passes gave
straight and 22 of their last 23 we were able to finish it out," sideline and cut inside Moore to did in the second half," Louisiana him 27 on the season, eclipsing
WAC games. Moore said. cap a 75-yard return. Tech coach Derek Dooley said. the 25 he had last year as a
• Boise State is 9-0 for the fourth Avery finished with 146 yards "Throwing that stupid pick, I "We didn't make the plays at the freshman.
time in six years. rushing, while Titus Young think that really gave them some end of the game we needed to Pettis finished with nine catches
-- ESPN Stats & Information caught eight passes for 110 momentum that they were able to win, but if we keep fighting the for 105 yards. Richie Brockel
They looked anxious, but they yards, including a 40-yard build on and take advantage of," way we've been fighting, we'll had a 2-yard TD catch in the first
weren't rattled. touchdown for Boise State (9-0, Moore said. "I think that play out of it eventually." half and Doug Martin scored on
"We know we are going to have 4 - 0 W e s t e r n A t h l e t i c certainly kept them in the game When Brotzman missed his 2-yard run for the Broncos.
people's best shots," Boise State C o n f e r e n c e ) . and it is definitely something that second field goal of the game on This content has passed through
quarterback Kellen Moore said. Boise State has scored no fewer I shouldn't have done." the Broncos' next drive, the fivefilters.org.
"It's kind of fun playing in tight than 45 points in each of its four Moore responded by leading a crowd was going wild, and it
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HSBC Champions: Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods
in final pairing at HSBC
By Associated Press
(ESPN.com)
Submitted at 11/7/2009 4:45:23 AM
SHANGHAI -- Tiger Woods
stalled with pars. Phil Mickelson
poured it on with birdies.
The back nine Saturday at the
HSBC Champions changed
names atop the leaderboard, as
Mickelson made three birdies
over the last five holes for a 5-
under 67 that took him from a
two-shot deficit to a two-shot
lead over Woods and Nick
Watney in the final World Golf
Championship of the year.
HSBC Champions Leaderboard
1. Mickelson (-14)
T-2. Watney (-12)
T-2. Woods (-12)
4. Moore (-11)
5. Westwood (-10)
• Complete scores
What didn't change was the
excitement level at Sheshan
International, especially with
what awaits on Sunday.
Mickelson and Woods will be in
the final group Sunday for the
first time since 2005, that famous
"Duel at Doral," when Woods
rallied from a two-shot deficit in
the final round to win.
Mickelson, who was at 14-under
202, was the only player among
the top 18 on the leaderboard
Saturday to break 70. He made
three birdies in his opening five
holes and three birdies over his
last five holes, his lone bogey
coming at No. 9 that provided
what he hopes is a good sign.
Trapped in the bushes, Lefty
inverted a wedge and blasted out
right-handed to the fairway.
He hit a similar shot at Doral this
year when he went on to win his
first World Golf Championship.
"I thought that might have been a
good omen, even though it led to
a bogey," Mickelson said.
Woods appeared to be in control
with a 15-foot birdie putt on the
10th to build a two-shot lead.
That was his last birdie of the
round, however, as he twice
missed good birdie chances in the
final hour and closed out a
frustrating round by hitting into
the rough and the bunker on the
par-5 18th and having to save
par. He wound up with a 2-under
70.
"I didn't take advantage of the par
5s and 16, I hit it in their stiff and
missed that one," Woods said.
"Consequently, I was three shots
worse. That's about right."
Woods and Mickelson also were
paired in the final round at the
Masters this year, when both lit
up Augusta National with birdies
until they ran out of holes. They
also played together in the final
round of the Deutsche Bank
Championship in 2007, which
Mickelson won by four shots,
although they weren't in the final
group.
And they will have company
Sunday -- and Mickelson's view,
not just in the final group.
Watney continued to fall farther
back with a three-putt bogey on
the 17th, but he finished with a
bang. The 28-year-old rolled in a
50-foot eagle putt on the last hole
for a 70 and left him tied with
Woods, and it gave the first
WGC event in Asia an All-
American -- for that matter, an all
-Californian -- final group.
"I thought I played pretty well
overall, considering it was my
first time playing with Tiger in a
tournament, and I was happy that
I was able to concentrate and
play the shots I needed to play,"
Watney said. "Hopefully, at only
two back, I might have a shot at
the tournament, and I really can't
wait."
Ryan Moore, who played
alongside Woods and Watney,
had a 70 and was at 11-under
205.
The best round belonged to Lee
Westwood, who leads the Race to
Dubai on the European Tour and
did himself a huge favor by
running off eight birdies in his
65. Westwood was at 10-under
206, and now can consider
winning his first WGC event.
"This is a golf course that you
can make up a lot of shots over a
round," Westwood said.
Mickelson didn't have to make
up that many, starting only one
shot out of the lead. He was
briefly tied for the lead on a
couple of occasions with birdies
early in the round, then seemed
to stall on the back nine.
He came to life in the final hour,
however. It started with a lob
wedge he had to throw up into
the strong wind, leaving him a 6-
foot birdie putt. Then came a
drive he smashed through
fairway at the 15th, giving him
only a 9-iron to 15 feet and
another birdie that had Mickelson
singing on the way to the next
tee, "Somebody's got his putter
back."
He missed opportunities on the
next two holes, then finished
with a pitch that brought an
enormous gallery surrounding the
18th green to its feet. Woods had
a good view of it all in the group
behind him, but he couldn't
answer.
The last time they competed
against each other was the Tour
Championship six weeks ago,
when Mickelson won at East
Lake with newfound confidence
in his putting stroke, and Woods
captured the FedEx Cup trophy.
Only one trophy is at stake
Sunday.
"I know we are both looking
forward to it," Mickelson said. "I
think it will be a fun day, and
we're excited to be playing in the
last group here in China."
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So you want to play
the Bayonetta demo
early, do you?
By Xav de Matos (Joystiq)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 11:00:00 PM
Sega just announced that 40,000
lucky Xbox 360 owners will get
extremely early access to a demo
for the upcoming action game
Bayonetta. To be considered for
the prize, gamers must register
for a free Sega Pass -- essentially
the publisher's newsletter -- and
enter for a chance to be selected
on the official Bayonetta demo
site.
Registration for the "contest"
will be open from Monday,
November 9 to Friday,
November 13. Winners will be
notified on Monday, November
16. Those not selected will then
be referred to as "the group least
likely to win a 'boot-gun thing'
firing contest" ... or PlayStation 3
players. Should you not get
selected, you might want to take
advantage of making a Japanese
account.
So you want to play the
Bayonetta demo early, do you?
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bad everything. Soundly. DR
Pick: David: Green Bay, Garey:
Green Bay, Al Toonie: Tampa
Bay
Carolina at New Orleans (-13.5):
The Saints, the NFC’s only
unbeaten team, are an offensive
juggernaut, scoring 36 TDs in
surging to a 7-0 record. This
looks like an easy pick, a
mismatch: undefeated team
versus a 3-4 squad. You knew
there was a “but” coming, right?
Exactly. New Orleans hasn’t lost
yet, but Carolina has won six of
the past seven meetings, and
seven straight at the Superdome.
Jake Delhomme is no Drew
Brees — that’s a given.
However, he’s 8-2 all-time
against the Saints. After last
week’s spotty rush defense
against Atlanta, the Saints look to
get back on track Sunday. GR
Pick: David: New Orleans,
Garey: Carolina, Al Toonie: New
Orleans
Detroit at Seattle (-10): The NFL
game notes read like something
only the motivational group Up
With People would produce.
“Game features 2 of top 4 picks
in 2009 NFL draft.” These teams
Tragic Times Fail to Deter Iowa HS Football Team
By David Whitley (FanHouse)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 8:15:00 PM
by David Whitley
Filed under: High School Sports
The season is over for the most
famous high school football team
in America. It wasn't the happy
got such high picks because they
were awful last year, and this
year again they’re terrible, as is
this matchup. (Lions QB
Matthew Stafford was the first
pick; Seahawks LB Aaron Curry
was fourth.) The NFL wouldn’t
dare trumpet the fact that the
Lions are 1-6 and the Seahawks 2
-5. Detroit has the NFL’s second-
worst scoring defense, Seattle has
the 21st-ranked scoring offense.
This has all the makings of a
Zzzzzzz. GR
Pick: David: Detroit, Garey:
Seattle, Al Toonie: Seattle
San Diego at New York Giants (
-4.5): What’s wrong with the
Giants? Three straight losses
have put a damper on a season
that began with five consecutive
wins. While Eli Manning’s is-it-
or-isn’t-it slump has gotten a lot
of press, the biggest problem has
been a weak pass defense (840
yards, eight TDs) against New
Orleans, Arizona and
Philadelphia. Maybe the flawed
Chargers are the elixir the Giants
need to get back to their winning
ways. New York has won its past
four games against AFC foes.
GR
ending everyone wanted.
If it had been, ESPN's trucks
would be rolling back into
Parkersburg, Iowa, followed by a
truckload of other media. This
story had a Hollywood
beginning, then it turned into a
reality show.
Pick: David: Giants, Garey: San
Diego, Al Toonie: San Diego
Tennessee at San Francisco (-4):
Everyone loves second-chance
stories, and this game features the
Titans’ Vince Young and the
Niners’ Alex Smith, both high
draft picks who had lost their
starting jobs, then regained them.
The Titans have plumbed the
depths of incompetence only a
year after going 13-3. Young has
been down, too, but he won his
first 2009 start in Week 8, and is
playing with added motivation —
this could his last chance to prove
himself as an NFL-caliber
quarterback. GR
Pick: David: San Francisco,
Garey: Tennessee, Al Toonie:
Tennessee
Dallas at Philadelphia (-3): No
doubt the Cowboys will
remember their last visit to
Philly, a 44-6 pounding that gave
the Eagles the final NFC playoff
spot last season. Cowboys QB
Tony Romo’s streak of 12
straight November wins might
come to an end against a
Philadelphia team that routed the
Giants a week ago. Dallas’s
defense has 17 sacks in its past
"Our kids deserved to have a ball
five games after going sackless
the first two games. Also in
Dallas’s favor is the fact that the
Cowboys have spread the offense
around in their three-game
winning streak. GR
Pick: David: Philadelphia,
Garey: Philadelphia, Al Toonie:
Dallas
MONDAY’S GAME
Pittsburgh (-3) at Denver: The
Steelers might want to look at the
videotape (is there still such a
thing?) of Baltimore’s hammer
job on Denver last week, 30-7,
which ended the Broncos’ six-
game winning streak. Even with
the loss, Denver still boasts the
NFL’s second-stingiest defense
(13.7 points per game). The
defending champion Steelers are
riding a four-game winning
streak after starting the season 1-
2. It’ll be interesting to see how
rookie Broncos RB Knowshon
Moreno fares against the NFL’s
best rush defense. GR
Pick: David: Pittsburgh, Garey:
Pittsburgh, Al Toonie: Denver
bounce their way or a break to
win a close game," Al Kerns
said. "But that's the movies."
He's the co-coach at Aplington-
Parkersburg High. You may not
remember the name, but you
probably remember the plight.
Tragic Times Fail to Deter Iowa
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Submitted at 11/7/2009 6:38:56 AM
LOS ANGELES A county bus
has collided with another vehicle
in the Silver Lake neighborhood
of Los Angeles, injuring 19
people, one critically.
Los Angeles Fire Department
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Metropolitan Transportation
Authority bus happened around 6
p.m. Friday.
Igawa says 10 people were taken
to the hospital. One person was
reported to be in critical
condition. The other injuries
were described as minor to
moderate.
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Glendale Boulevard entrance to
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The Count: Does Clutch Kicking
Exist?
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 3:22:26 PM
Statistically minded baseball
analysts are pretty sure that
clutch hitting, as a repeatable
skill, hardly exists, and that it has
a minuscule effect on the game.
While one player may perform
better in crucial situations than
another, few seem to be able to
do so consistently — and hardly
any more than you’d expect if
such differences arose by random
chance rather than because of
some intrinsic skill. Does the
same conclusion apply to
placekicking in the NFL? Getty
Images Kris Brown’s 50-yard
field goal helped the Texans hold
off a 49ers comeback.
Brian Burke of Advanced NFL
Stats attempted to answer the
question by aggregating data on
all field-goal attempts from 2000
to 2008. He found that, from
nearly every distance, there was
essentially no difference between
success rates late in close games,
and in all other game situations.
“While it appears that pressure
doesn’t affect NFL kickers as a
whole, we still don’t know
whether some individual kickers
are truly good or bad in the
clutch,” Burke writes.
“Unfortunately, because kickers
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Chad Dawson Looks to
Repeat Against Glen
imagine being the first coach to
onside in a tie game with 2:30 on
the clockprofessional suicide.”
Johnson
Elsewhere in football stats By Lem Satterfield
(FanHouse)
analysis:
The sample size is small, but Submitted at 11/6/2009 7:14:00 PM
analysis by Pro Football
Reference’s Jason Lisk suggests by Lem Satterfield
Filed under: WBC, HBO, IBO
typically only have between 30 that the home-field advantage is
Perhaps Glen Johnson's best
and 40 attempts a year, and only largely a matter of familiarity.
attempt at head-games during the
two or three could be considered The advantage shrinks as visiting
buildup to Saturday night's 175-
clutch, we’ll never be able to teams gain experience playing in
new stadiums. pound rematch with IBO titlist
know.”
Chad Dawson is his refusal to so chagrined that he has vowed
Burke also recently analyzed I wrote last NFL season about
admit defeat. to turn up the heat when they
another aspect of the pro kicking rare scores. Minnesota’s victory
The facts are that Johnson was face off at the XL Center in
game. He found that surprise at Lambeau Field was the first 38
not only judged the loser of their Hartford, Conn., near the
onside kicks are recovered 60% -26 score in NFL history, which
first light heavyweight clash in champion's hometown of New
of the time, which means they w a s p e r h a p s s o m e w h a t
April of 2008 by scores of 116- Haven.
should be used more often— overshadowed by the name of the
112 on all three cards, but that Chad Dawson Looks to Repeat
they’d be valuable at any rate Vikings quarterback.
the decision was rendered before Against Glen Johnson originally
above 42%, when taking into Steven Jackson has been, by one
a partisan crowd in Miami -- not appeared on Fanhouse Boxing
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Manny Ramirez sticks with Los Harper Filling Yow's

Angeles Dodgers for $20 million Big Shoes at N.C. State
By Michelle Smith (FanHouse)
option Submitted at 11/6/2009 8:10:00 PM

By ESPN.com news services after the suspension, he batted reported. by Michelle Smith
(ESPN.com) .269 with 13 HRs and 43 RBIs. "That's an unusual circumstance," Filed under: NC State, Oregon,
Submitted at 11/7/2009 6:31:52 AM
“ Boras said, according to the Tennessee, ACC, Pac-10, SEC,
We still feel that he's a very report. "That's something he's Women's Basketball Kay Yow is
M a n n y T o R e m a i n W i t h good hitter and maybe with a never dealt with, mentally or still very much a presence in the
Dodgers Manny To Remain With winter off and a chance to physically." North Carolina State women's
Dodgers regroup, he can come back with a Boras also said Ramirez's basketball program.
LOS ANGELES -- Manny better frame of mind and his suspension might have affected Her name is on the athletic
Ramirez is coming back to the confidence rebuilt.”-- Dodgers his value on the open market, had department's Wall of Fame, and
Dodgers next season. GM Ned Colletti he opted for free agency. But he on the basketball court at
The team said Friday that the In the NL Division Series explained that Ramirez's decision Reynolds Coliseum. Her photo
slugger exercised his $20 million against St. Louis, Ramirez batted to exercise his option was largely still hangs in the women's
contract option for 2010. His .308 with no homers and two based on his comfort level living at N.C. State originally appeared
basketball locker room.
agent Scott Boras informed RBI. Against Philadelphia in the and playing in Los Angeles, on Fanhouse NCAA Basketball
"She was North Carolina State
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basketball, and you don't and you
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million deal he signed in March. Colletti said, according to the could end up playing in a place
Ramirez hit .290 with 19 home Times. "We still feel that he's a he wasn't comfortable playing."
runs and 63 RBIs in 104 regular very good hitter and maybe with Ramirez was traded to the
season games. He missed 50 a winter off and a chance to Dodgers from Boston in July
games while suspended for regroup, he can come back with a 2008.
violating baseball's drug policy. better frame of mind and his Information from The
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Brown floats global tax on banks

(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 11/7/2009 7:17:34 AM
Gordon Brown raised the
possibility of a global tax on
financial transactions on
Saturday in a move that
threatened to reignite
international tensions over the
regulation of the banking
industry and upstage the Group
of 20 meeting of finance
ministers and central bank
governors.
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St Andrews, Scotland, the British
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Phil Mickelson Leads in
Shanghai, Tiger Woods
Two Back
By Mick Elliott (FanHouse)
Submitted at 11/7/2009 4:12:00 AM
by Mick Elliott Golf keeps
wanting to see a final-round
tough-guy battle between Tiger
Woods and Phil Mickelson for a
tournament title. It gets one and
it's halfway around the world.
At the World Golf
Championship - HSBC in
Shanghai, China, Mickelson
holds a two shot lead over
Woods and fellow American
Nick Watney going into Sunday's
final round.
Mickelson shot 67 Saturday to
go 14-under while both Woods
and Watney posted 70s to stand
12 under.
Phil Mickelson Leads in
Shanghai, Tiger Woods Two
Afghanistan hits back at foreign
criticism
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 11/7/2009 6:01:48 AM
Afghanistan hit back at pressure
from Western powers for it to
crackdown on corruption on
Saturday and accused the United
Nations envoy to Kabul of
seeking to interfere in the
formation of the next
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Washington, Europe and the
United Nations have increasingly
been putting public pressure on
Hamid Karzai, the newly re-
elected president, to tackle
widespread graft since he
emerged as the winner of the
country’s disputed elections on
Monday.
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WRUP: 'Too many
games, not enough
time' edition
By Alexander Sliwinski
(Joystiq)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 10:00:00 PM
MMO Roundup: Admittedly, it's not as bad as
previous years, but we're already
Massively's week in drowning in a bunch of well-
received and just-plain-fun
games for the holiday season.
review There are already too many
quality titles taking up our time
By Shawn Schuster (Joystiq) Linden Lab CEO Mark Kingdon and this was supposed to be a
Mark Kingdon, Linden Lab's "slow" year. How did our wallets
Submitted at 11/7/2009 4:00:00 AM
CEO, has been a bit of a mystery ever keep up with holidays past?
When it comes to MMO news figure since his appointment Oh wait, they couldn't. What's
and special features, Joystiq about a year and a half ago. everyone playing this weekend?
sister site Massively.com has you W h i l e h e h a s n o t b e e n [ I m a g e C r e d i t :
covered. Whether you're looking uncommunicative, it's been hard G n a c k G n a c k G n a c k ]
for info on the hottest new to get a very good sense of the Continue reading WRUP: 'Too
MMO, or you're just curious man at the helm of Linden Lab, many games, not enough time'
about an old favorite, you'll find his passions, interests and edition
it at Massively. Check out our direction. WRUP: 'Too many games, not
biggest features of the week: C o n t i n u e r e a d i n g M M O enough time' edition originally
Funcom receives grant to create Roundup: Massively's week in appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 06
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LGJ: Read the fine print!

By Mark Methenitis (Joystiq)
Submitted at 11/7/2009 2:00:00 AM
Each week Mark Methenitis
contributes Law of the Game on
Joystiq("LGJ"), a column on
legal issues as they relate to
video games:
CJ Sorg
Well, after the incident with
Courtney Love and Kurt, it looks
like the whole issue of famous
musicians in games is back in the
press with No Doubt suing
Activision over Band Hero. A
one time event is an anomaly, but
twice in just a few months
suggests something else. Of
course, both of these all tie back
to the contract, and since I'm a
transactional attorney who
spends the majority of most days
negotiating and drafting
agreements like these, I'm hoping
consideration, for the contract to
be valid. The parties must intend
to enter into a contract, and be of
the appropriate mental capacity
to enter into the agreement. And
then the agreement is generally
recorded in writing, as most
jurisdictions have rules that
require written agreements,
which is then signed by the
parties. And that is how a
contract is born, in theory
anyway.
Continue reading LGJ: Read the
fine print!
I can shed a little light on what assume that most people reading consideration, intent, capacity, LGJ: Read the fine print!
might be causing the problems. this have at least some idea, but and formalities. In reality, it's originally appeared on Joystiq on
Since I wasn't involved in these just in case, it's worth describing fairly simple. The parties must Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:00:00 EST.
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s h o u l d a n s w e r t h e s i m p l e to form a contract there are five other. Each party must put up
question, "What is a contract?" I elements: Offer and acceptance, something of value, called

Readers pick best webcomic: Babicide

By Griffin McElroy (Joystiq)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 11:59:00 PM
The dynamic duo from Penny
Arcade have had long-standing
animosity with infants, as
evidenced by a number of their
past strips. This cycle -- and the
comic's victory streak --
continued in last week's Long Persona 4 Comic Part Joystiq on Fri, 06 Nov 2009
Webcomic Wrapup winner, titled Two," respectively. If you've got 23:59:00 EST. Please see our
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that blue liquid that hairstylists in the comments section of this
use to clean combs. Yes, that's post, or shoot us a tip!
how it hit us first, too. Brawl in the Family's " Zombie Readers pick best webcomic:
Second and third place went to Attack" and Hiimdaisy's " Big Babicide originally appeared on

Greenlight Capital founder calls for CDS ban

(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 9:57:09 AM
When one of the world’s most
renowned hedge fund investors
turns 180 degrees on a key
financial instrument that has been
centre stage throughout the
financial crisis, it is worth paying
heed.
David Einhorn, founder of
Greenlight Capital, was one of
the earliest and most prescient
users of credit default swaps.
Now he is calling for these
instruments, in effect a form of
insurance on individual firms (or
governments) that pays out when
the institution defaults or
restructures, to be banned.
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Square Enix summons Earnings Report; Final Fantasy XIII

Sales Projections evade attacks
By David Hinkle (Joystiq) yen ($30 million). claim that the game is expected
Submitted at 11/6/2009 10:30:00 PM
The statement also talks about to sell in the millions.
the acquisition and assimilation Source- Square Enix earnings
Square Enix recently chose to of Eidos in direct proportion to (PDF) [Via andriasang]
attack with its annual earnings Square Enix's games group Source- Wada comments on
report, and among the 12-page division -- which includes video FFXIII sales
PDF file's barrage of numbers, games across all platforms and Square Enix summons Earnings
things look pretty good for the o n l i n e g a m e s f o r p e r s o n a l Report; Final Fantasy XIII Sales
company. Net sales for the six computers. Through the aid of Projections evade attacks
months ending September 30, titles like Batman: Arkham originally appeared on Joystiq on
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($144.5 million) over the same and 63 percent to 4.8 billion yen the title's projected domestic increases. Orders for FFXIII are
period last year. It's not all roses ($53 million) and 1.0 billion yen sales. Basically, he's not definitely not bad," he said.
and Dragon Quest IX sales, ($11 million), respectively. concerned at all! " PS3 sales While he didn't reiterate anything
however -- net income was down As for the company's upcoming continue to increase. We're as bold as six million, Wada did
almost 58 percent to 2.7 billion darling, Final Fantasy XIII,

Demon's Souls director talks difficulty, sequel possibility

By Richard Mitchell (Joystiq)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 11:30:00 PM
"> Perhaps you've heard, but
Demon's Souls is a hard game.
Like really hard. Like bone-
crushingly, soul-scathingly hard.
Speaking to Game Informer,
Demon's Souls director Hidetaka
Miyazaki explains why.
According to Miyazaki, the
difficulty was designed around
giving players "a sense of
accomplishment," specifically in
regard to the soul collecting
mechanic. For those who haven't
played the game, souls act as
currency and you lose all of them
upon death. They can be
regained, but only if you make it
back to your bloodstain without
dying twice more. Trust us, it's
not as easy as it sounds.
According to Miyazaki, "If the
Souls could be recovered
anytime, there would be no
suspense or sense of
accomplishment." He added that
he wants players to feel like, "I
did it! I made it to my
bloodstain!" Of course, Miyazaki
fails to mention the sense of
utter, despairing failure one feels
when they don't make it back to
their bloodstain (a frequent
occurrence).
Regarding the possibility of a
sequel, Miyazaki said he couldn't
give a direct answer, but noted
that the team learned a great deal
on Demon's Souls and there were
several things that didn't make it
into the game. Given the
opportunity, Miyazaki said he
would "welcome the chance to
create an even better game in the
same style." Gluttons for
punishment that we are, we'll
take it.
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difficulty, sequel possibility
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Rachel Ashwell’s Shabby Chic
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 11/7/2009 6:00:00 AM
There are few who will declare
their love for squeaky cupboards,
wonky drawers, and dripping
faucets like Shabby Chic’s
Rachel Ashwell. In an era full of
luxury apartments and
McMansions, Ashwell remains a
breath of fresh air with her belief
that every imperfect trinket not
only “adds to the quality and
honor of a home,” but also has a
story that should be passed on
from owner to owner.
In her new book Shabby Chic
Interiors: My Rooms, Treasures,
and Trinkets(Cico Books),
Ashwell opens her studio, sunny
California house, and Malibu
beach cottage revealing
overflowing interiors full of
magical chandeliers, whimsical
good luck elephants (“trunks
always up for maximum
fortune”), and enchanting royalty
US jobless rate surges above 10%
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 11:56:26 AM
US unemployment surged above
10 per cent for the first time in
more than a quarter of a century
in October, increasing political
china. Since the launch of
Shabby Chic in 1989, Ashwell
has created a world of blissful
make believe, and it’s clear that
being a savior to all things
tarnished and broken will forever
remain her design philosophy
(she confesses to asking for
forgiveness when chopping down
legs of paint-chipped tables
during restorations).
This past January, Shabby Chic
filed for bankruptcy, but Ashwell
pressure on the Obama
administration.
According to figures revealed on
Friday, the unemployment rate
rose to 10.2 per cent, its highest
since 1983, as companies
continued to shed jobs in spite of
a return to economic growth.
has since been able to buy back
the Shabby Chic name with the
help of Brand Sense Partners (an
investment and marketing
company), and she will soon
begin designing a lower-price-
point collection that will be sold
in furniture stores nationwide.
Ashwell’s Simply Shabby Chic
collection at Target became my
go to décor when I moved into
my first apartment a year ago.
Everything from my shower
curtain to my vanity table are
from the collection, so my fingers
are tightly-crossed that Ashwell’s
dreams of opening her own hotel
and designing a line of wallpaper
will one day come true!
For more on Shabby Chic visit
shabbychic.com.
—Natasha Clark, Associate
Fashion Credit Editor
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Non-farm payrolls were down
190,0000, slightly more than
analysts expected, taking the total
of jobs lost since the recession
began to 7.3m.
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Dress Dresses A Secret
Self
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog) instead of dressing her up in the
traditional Halloween sense, we
Submitted at 11/6/2009 2:22:59 PM
had her outfit mirror how she felt
Last Saturday, the Santa Monica a t t h i s p o i n t i n h e r l i f e :
Museum of Art hosted hundreds comfortable and happy—very at
of guests, as their first Halla Gala peace.” The designer started with
went off without a Halloween a dark, roomy silk dress, added
hitch. As reported earlier, in an oversized alpaca pullover with
addition to co-hosts Leonard and a bright, multicolored turtleneck
Susan Nimoy, the dress as your (both pieces from her FW09
secret self event had some pretty collection), and then incorporated
big fashion names attached to it the color palette into Mimi’s
as well, one of which was dramatic eye makeup.
Corinne Grassini, owner and With a successful turnout and
design mind behind the line many happy secret self customers
Society for Rational Dress. “I and designers, not to mention
loved the twist on the traditional awe-inspiringly executed décor
costume party, “ Grassini said. (inanimate and human!), here’s
“Each person’s look created a hoping the museum makes the
c o n v e r s a t i o n , a n d i t w a s Halla Gala an annual event.
interesting to see all the different Santa Monica’s secret self
ways the concept of ‘secret self’ partygoers (left to right): Society
was interpreted.” for Rational Dress designer
How did Mimi Wheeler, the Corinne Grassini with Mimi
woman who purchased the ticket Wheeler, party atmosphere,
package that included Corinne’s designer Brian Lichtenberg and a
assistance—and Society for futuristically chic friend
R a t i o n a l D r e s s Photos: Courtesy of Stefanie
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ELLE News Quiz: 11/6 Rosie Huntington
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog) Whitely Now a
Submitted at 11/6/2009 11:55:54 AM
Victoria's Secret Angel
How well do you know this
week's most stylish happenings?
1. What Brit model was just
named a Victoria's Secret Angel?
2. What designer teamed with
Baileys Irish Cream for a holiday
shoe auction?
3. What museum just opened an
exhibit featuring photos of rock
icons?
4. What shoe designer just rolled
out a customized line of Barbies?
5. Leighton Meester wore a
floral frock by what designer to
the NYPL's Library Lions Gala?
6. What stylish songstress
hosted MTV's European Music
Awards?
—Erin Clements
Answers:
1. Rosie Huntington Whitely
Jackson's father seeks allowance
(BBC News | Americas |
World Edition)
Submitted at 11/7/2009 1:45:13 AM
Joe Jackson has requested an
allowance from the estate of his
late son Michael, saying the pop
star supported him for years
before his death.
In court papers filed in Los
Angeles, the 81-year-old's
lawyers said his monthly
expenses are $20,000, but he
2. Patricia Field
3. The Brooklyn Musem
4. Christian Louboutin
5. Prabal Guring
6. Katy Perry
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receives only $1,700 from the
state.
They added that the pop star's
estate has earned an estimated
$100m (£60.1m) since his sudden
death on 25 June.
A hearing to assess the request is
expected to take place early next
year.
'Surprising'
Michael Jackson's will omitted
his father, but made provision for
his mother and children.
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 11:02:41 AM
Rosie Huntington Whitely has
just been named a Victoria's
Secret Angel, and as it stands
right now, she is the only Brit to
currently hold the heavenly title.
The doll-faced model has been
steadily climbing the ladder to
supermodel-dom and now that
she has the ultimate trophy, her
angel wings, the future will only
get brighter for the 22 year-old.
But for the English rose, who has
already been the face of Burberry
and holds the 2009 Model of the
Year title from the ELLE Style
Awards, how much more is there
Monthly payments to Katherine
Jackson along with his daughter
and two sons were approved by a
judge last month.
They may be re-evaluated at the
same time as the hearing to
determine Joe Jackson's case.
Documents filed in Los Angeles
Superior Court state that Joe
Jackson does not have a regular
income and relied on payments
from his son which came through
his wife Katherine for many
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to wait and see.
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years.
Joe Jackson's lawyers went on to
state that he has diabetes and
suffered a stroke a decade ago.
His only source of income
comes from social security
payments, they added.
Howard Weitzman, a lawyer for
the administrators of the pop
star's estate, said it was "quite
surprising to learn of the
request".
He added: "Mr Jackson's petition
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Kraft set for
hostile move on
Cadbury
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 2:01:07 PM
US food group Kraft was on
Friday preparing to launch a
hostile takeover bid for UK rival
Cadbury in its ambition to create
a combined global confectionery
group.
Kraft was finalising its plans to
make a direct appeal to the
shareholders of Britain’s best-
known chocolate brand by
Monday when a “put-up or shut-
up” deadline enforced by the
Takeover Panel expires,
according to people familiar with
the situation.
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will be considered as are all
requests for money from
Michael's estate."
Joe Jackson's outgoings were
listed in the court papers and
included rent for his Las Vegas
home, meals out, air travel and
hotel accommodation.
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Ft. Hood Massacre Witnesses Tell Tales of Horror, Heroism

(FOXNews.com) Palestinian uncle told Fox News that I heard today makes me medical tests in preparation for Just over 5 feet tall, Munley is
Submitted at 11/7/2009 5:50:05 AM
that the family was "shocked" by proud to be the leader of this deployment. an advanced firearms instructor
the allegations and had no great Army." Around 1:30 p.m., witnesses say and civilian member of Fort
Pfc. Marquest Smith, who is indication Hasan was capable of ___ a man later identified as Hasan Hood's special reaction team. She
h e a d i n g t o A f g h a n i s t a n i n such violence. Home of the 1st Cavalry and 1st jumped up on a desk and shouted had trained on "active shooter"
January, was filling out medical "He was very quiet, very nice, Army Division West, Fort Hood the words "Allahu Akbar!" — scenarios after the April 2007
paperwork about his bee-sting never been upset, always a has seen more than its share of Arabic for "God is great!" He mass shooting at Virginia Tech
allergy when he heard a loud smile," Rafiq Ismail told Fox deployments and casualties in the was armed with two pistols, one University. She didn't wait for
popping noise. News' Reena Ninan in an past eight years. a semiautomatic capable of firing backup.
Moans followed, then the interview in Ramallah, the West As a psychiatrist, Hasan, 39, had up to 20 rounds without As Munley approached the
sudden, urgent shout of "Gun!" Bank. "Til now, we did not listened to soldiers' tales of reloading. squat, rectangular building, a
Smith poked his head over the believe he did it. It's not him. ... horror. Now, the American-born Packed into cubicles with 5-foot- soldier emerged from a door with
cubicle's partition and saw an Something happened, made him Muslim was facing imminent high dividers, the 300 unarmed a gunman in pursuit. The officer
extraordinary sight: An Army snap or something." deployment to Afghanistan. In soldiers were sitting ducks. fired, and the uniformed shooter
officer with two guns, firing into Ismail said Hasan's parents died recent days, Hasan had been Those who weren't hit by direct wheeled and charged.
the crowded room. several years ago and he had saying goodbye to friends. He fire were struck by rounds Another officer, Senior Sgt.
The 21-year-old Fort Worth been "coping" with the loss since. had given away many of his ricocheting off the desks and tile Mark Todd, also responded to the
native quickly grabbed the He said his nephew was against possessions, including copies of floor. sound of gunfire. He arrived to
civilian worker who'd been the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but the Holy Koran. When he decided that Hasan find Hasan "just standing there,
helping with his paperwork and was dismayed by the anti- At 2:37 a.m. Thursday and again wasn't close to being out of hiding behind a telephone pole."
forced her under the desk. He lay Muslim backlash. around 5, Hasan called neighbor ammo, Smith made a dash for the "He just looked like he was calm
low for several minutes, waiting "He was saying they were killers, Willie Bell. Bell could normally door. He'd made it outside when and he was just pointing, it was
for the shooter to run out of what they did in 9/11. He did not hear Hasan's morning prayers he heard cries from within. almost like he was pointing his
ammunition and wishing he, too, approve of it," Ismail said. "But I through the thin apartment walls, "I don't want to die." finger at me," Todd told CNN in
had a gun. tell you he did not like the but Hasan skipped the ritual "This really hurts." an interview late Friday. "But
After the shooter stopped to reaction ... collective punishment Thursday. "Help me get out of here." then I seen the weapon. ... I just
reload, Smith made a run for it. for the background Arabic or Bell didn't pick up either time, Smith rushed back inside and know I seen the weapon and
Pushing two other soldiers in Islam." but Hasan left a message. found two wounded. He grabbed muzzle flashes and then that's
front of him, he made it out of The massacre could have been "Nice knowing you, old friend," them by their collars and dragged when we returned the fire."
the Soldier Readiness Processing much worse, but for the heroics Hasan said. "I'm going to miss them outside. Munley was hit at least three
center — only to plunge into the of Smith and others — like the you." His second time through the times in the exchange — twice
building twice more to help the 19-year-old private who ignored About an hour later, surveillance door, he ran into the shooter, through the left leg and once in
wounded. her own wounds, and the cameras at a 7-Eleven across whose back was to him. Smith her right wrist. Hasan was hit
Smith had survived the worst diminutive civilian police officer from the base captured images of turned and fled, bullets whizzing four times. It's not clear whose
mass shooting on an American whose gunfire helped take down a smiling Hasan, dressed in a by his head and hitting the walls bullets hit the suspect, but from
military base: a rampage of more Hasan. long white garment and white as he rushed outside. the first shots to the last,
than 100 shots that left 13 dead "Unfortunately over the past kufi prayer cap, buying his usual Around this time, Fort Hood authorities say the whole incident
a n d m o r e t h a n t w o d o z e n eight years, our Army has been breakfast — coffee and a hash Police Sgt. Kimberly Munley got lasted less than 10 minutes.
wounded, including the alleged no stranger to tragedy," said a brown. the call of "shots fired." The SRP ___
shooter, Army psychiatrist Maj. somber Gen. George Casey, At the processing center on the isn't on Munley's beat; she was in Pfc. Jeffrey Pearsall, 21, from
Nidal Malik Hasan. Army chief of staff. "But we are southern edge of the 100,000- the area because her vehicle was Houston, was waiting outside in
SLIDESHOW: Deadly Fort an Army that draws strength acre base, soldiers returning from in the shop. the parking lot for Smith. He was
Hood Rampage from adversity. And hearing the overseas mingled with colleagues Munley, 34, was on the scene
T h e s u s p e c t e d g u n m a n ' s stories of courage and heroism FT. page 66
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Suspect asked for advice on going to fight Muslims (AP)

(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) A grief counseling center was set and saying, `I can't believe he did did not have a motive. stadium lights. After about 20
Submitted at 11/7/2009 7:16:24 AM
up Friday at the Killeen that.'" Hasan's Palestinian uncle said minutes, the stadium went dark,
Community Center to help Witnesses said Hasan stood on a his nephew loved America and the only light from camera
FORT HOOD, Texas – A residents struggling to make desk and began firing after wanted to serve his country. flashes and surrounding buildings
Muslim leader says the Army sense of one of the worst mass walking into the Soldier Rafik Hamad, 64, told the in the distance as candles were
psychiatrist suspected of going shootings ever on a military Readiness Processing Center, Associated Press in the West passed around the bleachers.
on a shooting rampage at Fort facility in the United States. At where troops who are about to be Bank town of El-Bireh that It was a tough night for Maj.
Hood asked him for advice on least 13 people died and more deployed or who are returning Hasan had been harassed by Dan Walker, 34, who returned
what he should tell soldiers who than two dozen were wounded in undergo medical screening. other soldiers because of his from Kuwait in June, his third
had concerns about going to fight the attack a day earlier. Those who weren't hit by direct Muslim faith but that he was not deployment overseas.
Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan. "Remember to keep breathing. ... fire were struck by rounds angry. "I've been to a lot of these in my
Osman Danquah (oos-MAHN' Keep going," Douglas Carver, ricocheting off the desks and tile "He really wasn't angry ... I felt career," Walker said as he
dahn-KWAH') is the co-founder the Army's chief chaplain, told floor. that he feels sympathy for them walked through the dark parking
of the Islamic Community of the crowd of several hundred at Officials say the gunman was because they are ignorant and lot after the service. "They
Greater Killeen. He says he had a the vigil, many dressed in stopped after two civilian police that's their level of definitely don't get any easier,
bad feeling about Maj. Nidal fatigues and black berets. officers arrived on the scene and understanding," Hamad said. and this one is probably one of
Malik Hasan after the two talked The alleged gunman, Maj. Nidal began a firefight with Hasan, Fort Hood spokesman Col. John the toughest ones just because it
twice in late summer. Malik Hasan, was wounded and who was hit four times including Rossi said that the assailant fired came so close to home.
He told The Associated Press on taken into custody after a gunfire at least once in the torso. more than 100 rounds and that "When you go to war, you expect
Saturday that Hasan regularly exchange with two civilian police Most of the shooting survivors his weapons were not military it and understand it," he added.
attended services at the mosque officers. At least 13 people died remained hospitalized, many in arms, but "privately owned "But this is different. When you
in his uniform. and more than two dozen were intensive care. Former President weapons ... purchased locally." come home, you try to relax and
Danquah says Hasan never wounded. George W. Bush and his wife, Shock over the shootings live as normal a life as possible.
mentioned any anger toward the Like other military installations Laura, visited wounded soldiers persisted into Friday night, when You don't expect this."
Army or indicated any plans for nationwide, the bonds between Friday night at the post hospital. hundreds attended a candlelight Among the victims were
violence but seemed incoherent Fort Hood and the town at its A Bush spokesman said the vigil in the first formal Francheska Velez, 21, of
during their second conversation. d o o r s t e p a r e t i g h t . T o w n couple spoke with family community gathering since the Chicago, who was pregnant and
Danquah says he told Hasan that merchants depend on the soldiers members of the wounded and killings. Earlier in the day, a preparing to return home. Family
there was "something wrong with who shop at their stores and eat personally thanked hospital staff moment of silence was held at members said Velez had recently
you." at their restaurants. Locals show members and Fort Hood leaders. U.S. military installations as a returned from deployment in Iraq
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS their appreciation and support for Hasan was transferred Friday to show of respect for the victims, and had sought a lifelong career
UPDATE. Check back soon for the troops, hoisting giant yellow Brooke Army Medical Center in and 13 flag-draped coffins in the Army.
further information. AP's earlier ribbons and raising money for San Antonio, about 150 miles departed from Fort Hood for Sgt. Amy Krueger, 29, of Kiel,
story is below. charities benefiting Fort Hood southwest of Fort Hood. Army Dover Air Force Base and the Wis., joined the Army after the
FORT HOOD, Texas(AP) — A soldiers stationed in Iraq or officials late Friday gave no military's mortuary based in 2001 terrorist attacks and had
chaplain exhorted hundreds of Afghanistan. indication of his condition except Delaware. vowed to take on Osama bin
m o u r n e r s g a t h e r e d a t a "Most of our clientele are to say he was "not able to At the vigil, husbands wrapped Laden, her mother, Jeri Krueger
candlelight vigil to not give up soldiers, so this affects everyone converse." their arms around their wives, said. Amy Krueger arrived at
hope as Fort Hood and its in the community," said James Some who knew Hasan said he babies cried and old men in Fort Hood on Tuesday and was
surrounding community looked Carpenter, 34, a tattoo artist at may have been struggling with a wheelchairs bowed their heads scheduled to be sent to
to each other for comfort after an Zombie Ink and a former soldier pending deployment to during the service at a post Afghanistan in December, her
Army psychiatrist allegedly went who had been stationed at Fort Afghanistan and faced pressure stadium. The crowd sang "God mother told the Herald Times
on a deadly shooting spree at the Hood before he left the Army in in his work with distressed Bless America" and "Amazing
military post. SUSPECT page 68
2003. "Everyone is asking why soldiers, although authorities still Grace" in the bleachers under the
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Suspect in Fla. office shooting denied bond (AP)

(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) years ago. victims, three men and a woman blamed Reynolds, Smith and things get better, I'll come see
Submitted at 11/7/2009 7:18:11 AM
Jason Rodriguez was taken into ranging in age from 23 to 49, Hills, thinking it was harming his you,'" Holloway said Rodriguez
custody several hours after the were recovering Saturday at efforts to qualify, police said. He told his son.
ORLANDO, Fla. – A man shooting Friday at a downtown Orlando Regional Medical told police he could no longer Charles Price, an attorney who
charged with killing a worker and Orlando office tower, and police Center, said hospital support his family. represented Rodriguez in his
wounding five others in the say he will be charged with first- spokeswoman Katie Dagenais. Rodriguez' bankruptcy filing and bankruptcy case, said he could
Orlando engineering firm where degree murder and other crimes. Hours after the shootings that his former mother-in-law not comment on specifics of the
he once worked has been denied Police said Rodriguez told paralyzed downtown Orlando, suggested he was plagued by matter. He had not seen
bond. detectives he blamed the firm for police tracked Rodriguez to his money woes. Rodriguez since the summer.
A judge Saturday ordered 40- recent trouble he had receiving mother's home and ordered him Les Winograd, a spokesman for The Orlando Sentinel reported
year-old Jason Rodriguez held unemployment benefits. As to come out. He surrendered Milford, Conn.-based Subway on its Web site that Rodriguez
without bail at the Orange officers led him handcuffed into peacefully, apologizing as Restaurants, said Rodriguez had was detained by the Orange
County Jail in Orlando. a police station, a reporter asked officers handcuffed him, police worked for one of the sandwich County Sheriff's Office in June
His defense attorney, Bob the divorced 40-year-old why he said. shops in the Orlando area until 2007 after it received a report
Wesley, asked the judge that h a d a t t a c k e d h i s f o r m e r "I'm just going through a tough six weeks ago. He would not say that he was a "danger to self and
police and prosecutors have no c o l l e a g u e s . time right now. I'm sorry," whether Rodriguez was fired. others."
contact with Rodriguez without "Because they left me to rot," officers quoted him as saying. His ex-wife's mother, America Nursing aide Denise Exume, 39,
his permission. said Rodriguez, who recently told Rodriguez worked on drawings Holloway, told The Associated told The Associated Press on
Police said Rodriguez told a bankruptcy judge he was in the firm's transportation group, Press that Rodriguez and her Friday that during the 2007
detectives he blamed the firm for making less than $30,000 a year but his supervisors said his daughter, Neshby, were married incident she was asked to watch
recent trouble he had receiving at a Subway sandwich shop and performance was not up to their for about 6 1/2 years before him after he was taken to Florida
unemployment benefits. had debts of nearly $90,000. standards, and when he did not divorcing several years ago. They Hospital-East in Orlando for a
The man killed in the Friday All the victims worked at the improve, he was fired. The have an 8-year-old son who lives mental health exam. He wasn't
shooting was identified by police firm of Reynolds, Smith and company did not hear from him with Neshby in Kissimmee, allowed to leave the room, but he
as 26-year-old Otis Beckford. Hills, where Rodriguez was an again. about a half-hour away. stood up and said he wanted to
The five wounded people were in entry-level engineer for 11 "This is really a mystery to us," Holloway said the couple lived use the bathroom. Exume tried to
stable condition at Orlando months before he was fired in said Ken Jacobson, the firm's with her in Orlando for several block him.
hospitals and police say all are June 2007, the company said. general legal counsel and chief years and that Rodriguez abused "He just pushed me," she said.
expected to survive. Witnesses told police Rodriguez financial officer. "There was her daughter and once threw all He left, and she was evaluated in
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS entered the company's eighth- nothing to indicate any hard her clothes into the street. the emergency room and didn't
UPDATE. Check back soon for floor lobby, pulled a handgun feelings." "I used to tell my daughter he press charges. The hospital
further information. AP's earlier from a holster and fatally shot an Rodriguez told detectives that was crazy," Holloway said. "He declined comment, citing privacy
story is below. employee standing next to the the company had fired him was always fighting, always laws.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — receptionist's desk. The slain without cause and had made him yelling. There was always ___
Employees at an engineering firm victim, identified by police as 26- look incompetent. He told them problems." Associated Press writers Travis
recognized their former co- year-old Otis Beckford, was hit he was unemployed for a year After the divorce, Rodriguez Reed, Kelli Kennedy, Jennifer
worker when he drew a handgun by at least two bullets. The and a half before getting a job at seldom saw his son, but he called Kay, Laura Wides-Munoz, David
from under his shirt, police said, gunman then went into the a Subway, where worked until last week while the child was at Fischer and Damian Grass in
and shot his first victim dead in common work area and opened recently. Holloway's house and the boy Miami; Mitch Stacy and Tamara
the reception area. He then fire on his other victims. He told them the shop couldn't asked his father why he did not Lush in Orlando; and Christine
walked into the office and The five wounded people were give him enough hours, and he come over, too. Armario in Tampa contributed to
unloaded several more rounds, in stable condition at Orlando later filed for unemployment. He "He said, 'Because I don't have this report.
wounding five other employees hospitals and police say all are expected to get a check recently any money. I don't have a job. I
at the company that fired him two expected to survive. Four of the SUSPECT page 61
but when it didn't arrive he don't have anything to eat. When
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4th Victim Identified in Ohio Sex Offender Case

(FOXNews.com) women and the paper-wrapped less than clean, people say. And show Sowell took a 21-year-old well in Cleveland."
Submitted at 11/7/2009 2:54:42 AM
skull of another was silent on even when a terrible, rotting woman to his Page Avenue Despite Sowell's quiet presence
Friday, and investigators say they stench wafted down the street home, pushed her down on the in the neighborhood, he was
CLEVELAND The man who h a v e n o p l a n s t o r e s u m e and past his house, people didn't bed and started to choke her. known to behave strangely at
lived in the house of rotting searching for additional remains. think Sowell was the source. When she tried to scream, he times.
corpses never gave people a The ex-Marine, who served 15 Instead, they pointed fingers at said: "You can scream all you We'd catch him talking to
reason to wonder what he was years in prison for attempted the sausage shop next door. want, nobody is home." himself," said Martin Lloyd, who
really doing behind closed doors. rape, is being held without bail "Nobody could imagine that this He sexually assaulted the hired Sowell off the street to help
Anthony Sowell was the guy on five aggravated murder man was capable of doing what woman twice, gagged her, rehabilitate houses, but fired him
who liked to sit on his front steps charges. he was doing," said Fawcett threatened to kill her and tied her six months later for stealing
drinking King Cobra Malt Liquor So far only four victims have Bess, owner of Bess Chicken & up with a necktie, the report said. tools. "Sometimes he'd just yell
for $1.50 a bottle, sometimes in been identified, including 43-year Pizza, a restaurant across the Because of the viciousness of the out loud."
the company of a woman. He -old Nancy Cobbs, of Cleveland, street from Sowell's house. "He crime, the parole board The city's public defender says
was the guy who hung around the whose name was released Friday. always showed respect to you — repeatedly denied him early Sowell was laid off two years
c o r n e r c o n v e n i e n c e s t o r e Others already identified are 'good morning' and 'good release. In a parole hearing, he ago, but it was unclear what kind
bumming change off his Tonia Carmichael, 52, of evening' and that kind of thing." owned up to a drinking problem of work he had been doing. For a
neighbors. He was the guy who Warrensville Heights; Telacia The portrait of Sowell's early and said he'd been drinking the while, he was collecting
scrounged around sidewalks and Fortson, 31, of Cleveland; and years is hazy, and no record of day of the assault. unemployment checks.
backyards for empty cans and Tishana Culver, 31, also of his birth could be found. The prison system gave Sowell Sometimes, neighbors say, they
scrap metal to sell. Cleveland. The city coroner's Court papers show he claims he excellent grades, however, for his saw Sowell dragging garbage
SLIDESHOW: Bodies Found on office is combing through DNA fathered a child in 1978 with a attitude, initiative and bags down the street.
Cleveland Rapist's Property. samples from the families of woman who was not identified. dependability at his kitchen job. Although his home was in a
The suspected serial killer missing women to identify more He also said he was married in "Works well w/all staff & where crowded neighborhood, his
seemed so harmless that when he remains. 1981 and divorced in 1985, but ever needed," according to a July backyard — a burial site for five
invited neighbors over for a Unbeknownst to most neighbors, did not name his ex-wife. 22, 2003, inmate evaluation victims — was obscured by trees
barbecue in his driveway, they Sowell was a registered sex In January 1978, when he was report sent to the parole board. and a fence. Alongside the fence
came. So benign that when he offender who checked in with 19, Sowell joined the Marines, Upon his release in 2005, Sowell stood a trash bin that would start
beckoned women inside his authorities from time to time and where he became a rifle moved into the Imperial Avenue to smell about once a month, said
house that smelled of death, they fooled people into believing he sharpshooter and won two good home owned by his father neighbor Robby Adams.
apparently went willingly. was just another guy trying to conduct medals during stints in Thomas — who had died two "It would get really, really bad,"
"If it's up to the people in the scrape out a living. Cherry Point, N.C., Okinawa, years earlier — and Thomas' he says, "and it would go away
neighborhood, he probably never The only distinguishing physical Japan, and Camp Pendleton, wife, Segerna. after they emptied the
would have got caught," said 52- characteristic about Sowell, who Calif. In 1985, having risen to the Neighbors say Segerna Sowell Dumpster."
year-old LaBaron Simpson. is about 5-foot-11 and weighed rank of corporal, Sowell left the was often sick, and some believe This content has passed through
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problems around here." left eye. A few years later, back home in Though others had wondered if
The house where the authorities He smelled pretty bad, but then a Cleveland, he committed his first she was among the dead, police
say 50-year-old Sowell lived lot of hard-up folks in this rough known attack. Lt. Tom Stacho confirmed Friday
among the reeking corpses of 10 Cleveland neighborhood smell Records of that 1989 assault that Segerna Sowell "is alive and
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After immigrant killed in NY, others tell of abuse (AP)

(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) "a pervasive climate of fear in the he died. others. the robbery and beating of an
Submitted at 11/7/2009 12:44:13 AM
Latino community" in Suffolk Foster Maer, an attorney for Nicholas Hausch also admitted Ecuadorean man near the spot
County. Manhattan-based LatinoJustice, participating in other attacks on where Lucero was killed. Police
PATCHOGUE, N.Y. – The high Many victims said they had which called for the Justice Hispanics, confessing he and his said one man punched 22-year-
school buddies who trolled the always been reluctant to contact Deaprtment investigation, said cohorts frequently used racial old day labor Milton Balbuca in
streets looking for Hispanics to police, fearing they would be the Lucero killing "raised epithets when confronting the face while the others kicked
attack called it "beaner hopping." asked about their immigration everybody's awareness of how victims. In one attack, Hausch and punched him, yelling anti-
"Jose, Kevin and I started status. Just weeks after presiding bad it is." said, they shot a BB gun at a Mexican slurs.
popping and Jose punched him so at a funeral for Lucero, a Suffolk County Police Hispanic man. Margarita Espada, a playwright
hard he knocked him out," preacher invited Hispanic crime Commissioner Richard Dormer Conroy attorney William who emigrated from Puerto Rico,
Anthony Harfford told police. v i c t i m s t o s h a r e t h e i r said officers don't ask victims Keahon told Newsday of Hausch, has written "What Killed
Harfford said he didn't do it e x p e r i e n c e s . D o z e n s c a m e whether they're illegal "I guarantee the jury will not Marcelo Lucero" for a local
often: "Maybe only once a f o r w a r d . immigrants and said the probe believe a word that comes out of theater. The production features
week." "It was a bunch of people would exonerate the department. his mouth." Keahon did not vignettes about the experiences
There had been other high- relieved that someone was Dormer assigned a Hispanic return a call from The Associated of whites and Hispanics on Long
profile attacks on a growing listening," the Rev. Dwight Lee officer to command a local Press. Island.
Hispanic population on eastern Wolter said. "They just wanted precinct after the killing. Suffolk County has seen "People will have the opportunity
Long Island before Ecuadorean some sort of witness that their Lucero, 37, came to the United thousands of Hispanics settle to see what happened," she
immigrant Marcelo Lucero was story was worth telling." States when he was 21 and there in recent years. U.S. Census explained. "It's a long-term issue
stabbed to death a year ago Many were unable to identify worked at a dry cleaner. He was figures show the number of because there is no trust. There's
Sunday on a street corner. attackers, but prosecutors gleaned walking with a friend shortly Hispanics more than doubled no hope."
But it wasn't until the seven enough evidence to file charges before midnight near the from 7.1 percent of the Obdulio deLeon, a cast member
teens accused in the killing told in eight other attacks against the Patchogue train station when they population in 1990 to or 13.7 who arrived from Guatemala 23
police of the attacks — and teens accused in the Lucero were confronted by a mob of percent in 2008. years ago, says even now,
Hispanic residents who had been killing. teens. His friend ran away, but The Southern Poverty Law newcomers live in fear. The
long silent about hate crimes Not all were crime victims. One Lucero was surrounded, Center report titled "Climate of volunteer EMT said some are
came forward to confirm the man came to the church with his prosecutors say. Fear; Latino Immigrants in even afraid to call for a doctor
stories — that officials began to telephone answering machine He tried to fight back, flailing at Suffolk County," catalogued a when they're sick.
realize what they were dealing wrapped in plastic, Wolter said. the assailants with his belt. At litany of anti-immigrant attacks "They don't want to call 911," he
with. He had received threatening some point, 18-year-old Jeffrey dating back a decade. said. "They don't want to call the
The year since the Lucero phone calls from his landlord, Conroy plunged a knife into Two men are serving long prison ambulance or call police for
slaying has put a national peppered with anti-Hispanic Lucero's chest before running terms for attempted murder after anything. If they get beat up or
spotlight on race relations here slurs, and wanted advice on away, prosecutors said. luring two Mexican laborers to a they get picked on, they just let it
h a s s e e n t h e U . S . J u s t i c e making it stop. They strengthened their case warehouse in 2000 with the be."
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group released a study that found Lucero's family at the spot where agreed to testify against the were charged with hate crimes in
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Suspected Fla. Gunman Angry at Company, Cops Say
(FOXNews.com)
Submitted at 11/7/2009 6:30:25 AM
ORLANDO, Fla. Employees at
an engineering firm recognized
their former co-worker when he
drew a handgun from under his
shirt, police said, and shot his
first victim dead in the reception
area.
He then walked into the office
and unloaded several more
rounds, wounding five other
employees at the company that
fired him two years ago.
Jason Rodriguez was taken into
custody several hours after the
shooting Friday at a downtown
Orlando office tower, and police
say he will be charged with first-
degree murder and other crimes.
Police said Rodriguez told
detectives he blamed the firm for
recent trouble he had receiving
unemployment benefits. As
officers led him handcuffed into
a police station, a reporter asked
the divorced 40-year-old why he
had attacked his former
colleagues.
SLIDESHOW: Orlando Office
Shooting
"Because they left me to rot,"
said Rodriguez, who recently told
a bankruptcy judge he was
making less than $30,000 a year
at a Subway sandwich shop and
had debts of nearly $90,000.
All the victims worked at the
firm of Reynolds, Smith and
Hills, where Rodriguez was an
entry-level engineer for 11
months before he was fired in
June 2007, the company said.
Witnesses told police Rodriguez
entered the company's eighth-
floor lobby, pulled a handgun
from a holster and fatally shot an
employee standing next to the
receptionist's desk. The slain
victim, identified by police as 26-
year-old Otis Beckford, was hit
by at least two bullets. The
gunman then went into the
common work area and opened
fire on his other victims.
The five wounded people were
in stable condition at Orlando
hospitals and police say all are
expected to survive. Four of the
victims, three men and a woman
ranging in age from 23 to 49,
were recovering Saturday at
Orlando Regional Medical
Center, said hospital
spokeswoman Katie Dagenais.
More on this story from
MyFoxOrlando.com.
Hours after the shootings that
paralyzed downtown Orlando,
police tracked Rodriguez to his
mother's home and ordered him
to come out. He surrendered
peacefully, apologizing as
officers handcuffed him, police
said.
"I'm just going through a tough
time right now. I'm sorry,"
officers quoted him as saying.
Rodriguez worked on drawings
in the firm's transportation group,
but his supervisors said his
performance was not up to their
standards, and when he did not
improve, he was fired. The
company did not hear from him
again.
"This is really a mystery to us,"
said Ken Jacobson, the firm's
general legal counsel and chief
financial officer. "There was
nothing to indicate any hard
feelings."
Rodriguez told detectives that
the company had fired him
without cause and had made him
look incompetent. He told them
he was unemployed for a year
and a half before getting a job at
a Subway, where worked until
recently.
He told them the shop couldn't
give him enough hours, and he
later filed for unemployment. He
expected to get a check recently
but when it didn't arrive he
blamed Reynolds, Smith and
Hills, thinking it was harming his
efforts to qualify, police said. He
told police he could no longer
support his family.
Rodriguez' bankruptcy filing and
his former mother-in-law
suggested he was plagued by
money woes.
Les Winograd, a spokesman for
Milford, Conn.-based Subway
Restaurants, said Rodriguez had
worked for one of the sandwich
shops in the Orlando area until
six weeks ago. He would not say
whether Rodriguez was fired.
His ex-wife's mother, America
Holloway, told The Associated
Press that Rodriguez and her
daughter, Neshby, were married
for about 6 1/2 years before
divorcing several years ago. They
have an 8-year-old son who lives
with Neshby in Kissimmee,
about a half-hour away.
Holloway said the couple lived
with her in Orlando for several
years and that Rodriguez abused
her daughter and once threw all
her clothes into the street.
"I used to tell my daughter he
was crazy," Holloway said. "He
was always fighting, always
yelling. There was always
problems."
After the divorce, Rodriguez
seldom saw his son, but he called
last week while the child was at
Holloway's house and the boy
asked his father why he did not
come over, too.
"He said, 'Because I don't have
any money. I don't have a job. I
don't have anything to eat. When
things get better, I'll come see
you,"' Holloway said Rodriguez
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told his son.
Charles Price, an attorney who
represented Rodriguez in his
bankruptcy case, said he could
not comment on specifics of the
matter. He had not seen
Rodriguez since the summer.
The Orlando Sentinel reported
on its Web site that Rodriguez
was detained by the Orange
County Sheriff's Office in June
2007 after it received a report
that he was a "danger to self and
others."
Nursing aide Denise Exume, 39,
told The Associated Press on
Friday that during the 2007
incident she was asked to watch
him after he was taken to Florida
Hospital-East in Orlando for a
mental health exam. He wasn't
allowed to leave the room, but he
stood up and said he wanted to
use the bathroom. Exume tried to
block him.
"He just pushed me," she said.
He left, and she was evaluated in
the emergency room and didn't
press charges. The hospital
declined comment, citing privacy
laws.
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Obama praises army base heroism

(BBC News | Americas | psychological problems. Post- Mr Obama stressed the Army Medical Center in (1930 GMT) on Thursday at a
World Edition) traumatic stress disorder can multinational diversity in the US Washington DC - had been the personnel and medical centre at
Submitted at 11/6/2009 11:55:46 PM
result in debilitating symptoms, armed forces. subject of concern. Fort Hood - the largest US
ranging from anxiety to "They are Americans of every His cousin told US media that military base in the world, home
US President Barack Obama has d e p r e s s i o n . race, faith, and station. They are Maj Hasan had been opposed to to about 40,000 troops.
praised the heroism of soldiers Earlier this year, the Pentagon Christians and Muslims, Jews an imminent deployment The commander of the base, Lt
and civilians in their response to committed $50m to a study and Hindus and nonbelievers. overseas, describing it as his Gen Robert Cone, told NBC
the deadly attack at a US army designed to investigate why They are descendents of "worst nightmare". News that, according to
base in Texas. suicide rates in the military are immigrants and immigrants He also said that Maj Hasan had eyewitnesses, Mr Hasan had
In his weekly address, he says rising. themselves. They reflect the been battling racial harassment shouted the Arabic phrase
that although the shootings Officers are overwhelmed by the diversity that makes this because of his "Middle Eastern "Allahu Akbar!" [God is great]
showed the "worst of human number of soldiers requiring America." ethnicity." before opening fire.
nature" they had also brought out treatment and they say there's Memorial The manager of his apartment Deputy commander at Fort
"the best of America". been pressure to retain Japan's foreign ministry says Mr complex told Associated Press Hood, Col John Rossi, later said
Maj Nidal Malik Hasan, a US- psychiatrists inside the military Obama has delayed his visit to news agency that Maj Hasan's car that more than 100 rounds were
born Muslim, opened fire at Fort system. the country by a day and will had been badly scratched recently fired during the attack.
Hood on Thursday, killing 13 It is quite possible that if and now arrive on Friday 13 by an army employee who had Col Rossi also confirmed earlier
people. when Maj Hasan goes on trial for November. returned from Iraq and objected reports that the two handguns
The 39-year-old army these shootings, military It is thought the delay is to allow to Maj Hasan's faith. carried by Maj Hasan were not
psychiatrist was shot four times medicine will be on trial, too. Mr Obama to attend a memorial AP also quoted a former military arms, but "privately
and remains in a coma. But he added: "We saw soldiers service for those killed. classmate on a Maryland owned weapons".
About 30 people were also hurt and civilians alike rushing to aid Although the details of the university course as saying that He said that the suspect - who
in the attack, with some still fallen comrades; tearing off memorial have not been Maj Hasan was a "vociferous had been on a ventilator in a
carrying life-threatening injuries. bullet-riddled clothes to treat the finalised, White House opponent" of America fighting civilian hospital - was transferred
Hundreds of people gathered in i n j u r e d ; u s i n g b l o u s e s a s spokesman Robert Gibbs said the conflicts in Muslim countries. on Friday by helicopter to the
a stadium at the Fort Hood base tourniquets; taking down the timing would not be dictated by Maj Hasan's relatives have said Brooke Army Medical Center in
on Friday night for a candlelit shooter even as they bore wounds the president's schedule. they deplore his actions. San Antonio, Texas.
vigil. themselves. Investigators are waiting for Maj Cousin Nader Hasan said: "We There have been no updates on
'Selflessness' Mr Obama added: "We cannot Hasan to emerge from his coma are mortified with what has Maj Hasan's condition but the
Mr Obama said the shooting was fully know what leads a man to but have examined his home and unfolded and there is no army has confirmed he is "unable
"one of the most devastating ever do such a thing. But what we do computer records to try to find justification, whatsoever, for to converse".
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thousands of young men and Fort Hood." been increasingly unhappy in the we simply do not know."
women are returning from Amid fears of a possible anti- military and that his work at his 'Privately owned'
Afghanistan and Iraq with Muslim backlash after the attack, previous post - Walter Reed The attack began at about 1330
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House opens debate on health care overhaul bill (AP)

(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) reform benefits all of us," said behind the overall bill. Democrats on both sides of the were expected to vote "no," and
Submitted at 11/7/2009 7:18:33 AM
Rep. Allyson Schwartz, D-Pa., as "We wish to maintain current abortion divide will then unite to Democratic leaders faced a series
debate opened on the House law, which says no public give the health care bill a of complications trying to win
WASHINGTON – President floor. funding for abortion," Stupak majority over unanimous the needed votes for their
Barack Obama's landmark health Republicans were united in their said. Republican opposition. complex and controversial
care overhaul moved toward a opposition to the bill. Federal law currently prohibits With Democrats' command of legislation that would affect one-
vote in the House Saturday after " The American people need to the use of federal funds to pay for the necessary votes looking sixth of the economy and touch
anti-abortion lawmakers won a understand this is about a abortions except in cases of rape, tenuous, Obama threw the weight the lives of countless Americans.
chance to knock out language government takeover of the incest or situations in which the of his administration behind the In the GOP's weekly radio
t h a t w o u l d l e t f e d e r a l l y whole health care system," said life of the mother is in danger. effort to round up support. He address, Mississippi Gov. Haley
subsidized health care plans Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga. Left unresolved is whether and top administration officials Barbour said Democrats should
cover abortions. The most contentious issue in individuals would be permitted to worked the phones to pressure scrap their ambitious legislation
Democratic leaders were hopeful the 10-year, $1.2 trillion House use their own funds to buy wavering lawmakers. and concentrate on modest health
they could pass the bill, giving bill is a new government-run insurance coverage for the Rep. Jason Altmire, D-Pa., said care changes that could find
Obama his biggest victory since insurance plan that would be procedure in the federally backed he heard from Obama, White bipartisan support.
last November's historic election, o f f e r e d a l o n g s i d e p r i v a t e insurance exchange envisioned House Chief of Staff Rahm "The House Democrats' health
no matter how the abortion issue coverage within new purchasing under the legislation. Emanuel, Health and Human care bill should be withdrawn
is decided. Obama planned a rare marketplaces, or "exchanges," The Planned Parenthood Services Secretary Kathleen and reworked," he said.
Saturday visit to Capitol Hill in where individuals and small Federation of America contended Sebelius and Education Secretary Last Tuesday's elections — in
an effort to cement a majority to businesses could shop for and his amendment would actually go Arne Duncan. which Democrats lost two
pass legislation that is certain to compare options. further and bar access for many Their message: "This is a governors' races — sent a
b e s e e n a s a t e s t o f h i s The abortion agreement was women to a legal medical historic moment. You don't want message that voters care about
presidency. reached at midnight Friday after procedure. to end up with nothing," said jobs, not growing the size of
The bill would cost more than $1 hours of intense negotiations "As a health care provider, Altmire, who remained government, Barbour said.
trillion over the next decade. It brokered by House Speaker Planned Parenthood would very undecided. ___
would provide health coverage to N a n c y P e l o s i , D - C a l i f . much like to see health care Democratic leaders hoped to Associated Press writers David
tens of millions of Americans Democratic Reps. Bart Stupak of reform passed," said Cecile hold the vote Saturday evening, Espo and Ricardo Alonso-
who don't have it now, require Michigan, Brad Ellsworth of Richards, the group's president. but Majority Leader Steny Hoyer Zaldivar contributed to this
most employers to offer it to their Indiana and other abortion But the abortion language "would of Maryland said it could be report.
workers and prohibit insurance opponents fought for and won an put women's health in jeopardy delayed. ___
c o m p a n i e s f r o m d e n y i n g opportunity to insert tougher and undermine real health Democrats hold 258 seats in the On the Net:
coverage based on a person's restrictions into the legislation reform," she said. House and can afford 40 GOP weekly address:
medical history. during debate, despite fervent The leadership's hope is that no defections and still wind up with http://tinyurl.com/yjltlpx
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talking to his brother on a cell
phone when a group of soldiers
ran out the door and a window
shattered.
It was only then that he heard the
gunshots.
He pulled his pickup truck
forward, then hopped out and
helped the wounded into the bed.
He loaded as many as he could
and sped off to the base hospital.
Next door, at the Howze
Theater, Spc. Elliot Valdez was
filming a graduation ceremony
for soldiers who'd completed
correspondence courses. Several
proud scholars were posing for a
group shot when Valdez heard a
pounding at the side door.
The door burst open and the
theater filled with shouts of
"Medic!" and "Stay in the
building!" A combat
videographer who returned from
a 15-month Iraq tour in January,
some of it in the notorious Sadr
City slums, Valdez ran out into
the sunlight.
Crouching as he continued to
roll tape, Valdez could see
windows broken by fleeing
victims. He saw a soldier in his
Class A dress uniform with a
gunshot in his back. Soldiers in
flowing black graduation robes
and purple sashes rushed to help.
Pfc. Amber Bahr, 19, of Random
Lake, Wis., tore up her blouse
and used it as a tourniquet on a
wounded comrade. It was only
later that she realized she'd been
shot in the back, the bullet
exiting her abdomen.
Sgt. Andrew Hagerman, a
military police officer, was
patrolling a housing area when
word of shootings crackled over
his radio.
As he arrived at the processing
center, bloodied soldiers, some
shirtless, were already treating
each other on the grass outside,
ripping pant legs off and tying
off wounds. Munley — with
whom Hagerman had exchanged
small talk on patrols — was
being loaded into an ambulance.
Hasan lay on the ground, his two
handguns beside him, as medical
personnel struggled to remove
his handcuffs to treat his wounds.
Hagerman entered the building,
took a deep breath and asked
himself: "What do I need to do?"
He picked his way around the
room's edges, careful not to step
in pools of blood or to kick any
spent shell casings. He had seen
death during his two tours in
Iraq, but nothing that compared
with this.
In the confusion, Army Reserve
Spc. Grant Moxon, 23, lost his
cell phone. He borrowed a
comrade's phone to send a text to
his family in Lodi, Wis.
The message stated simply:
"Grant. I was shot in the leg. I'll
be OK."
Sgt. Howard Appleby, 31, was at
the hospital for his regular
meeting with a psychiatrist.
Appleby, who was born in
Jamaica and grew up in New
York City, sustained a traumatic
brain injury and has post-
traumatic stress disorder from a
roadside bomb blast during a tour
in Iraq.
His appointment canceled,
Appleby found himself pulling
the dead and wounded from
ambulances. In combat, he was
used to one or two casualties a
day. "This," he thought, "is
crazy."
Lt. Col. Larry Masullo, an
emergency room physician from
Farmingdale, N.Y., was heading
into a monthly meeting to review
new doctors' credentials when he
heard of the shootings.
"Yeah, OK," he said. "Multiple
gunshot wounds. Is this a drill?"
In the next hour and a half, he
would treat nearly two dozen
soldiers.
For several hours, authorities
feared there were several
gunmen. By the end of the day, it
was clear Hasan had acted alone,
they said.
___
Hasan, hooked up to a ventilator,
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Ship Built With
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to remove the bullets from her Submitted at 11/7/2009 7:05:04 AM
leg. Her husband was flying in
NEW YORK The Navy is
from Fort Bragg, N.C.
commissioning its newest
Her boss, Chuck Medley, was
battleship with a bow forged
thankful. "If an officer had to be
from steel that once held up the
close by to respond," he said,
World Trade Center.
"Kim Munley is someone we'd
The USS New York is to be
want to be there."
placed in active military service
Marquest Smith says some of
during a ceremony on a
the people he helped made it. But
Manhattan pier Saturday
he knows others did not.
morning. Naval officials say the
Afterward, Smith noticed a hole
steel from the trade center
in heel of his right combat boot.
attacked on 9/11 symbolizes that
A bullet had entered the boot, but
the United States will always
he had somehow escaped injury
persevere.
— at least the physical kind.
SLIDESHOW: USS New York
After the adrenaline wore off,
Arrives in Namesake City
Smith was overwhelmed by a
The $1 billion warship was built
sense of betrayal, because this
near New Orleans by workers
assailant who spilled so much
who themselves survived
blood was a soldier.
Hurricane Katrina.
"We're supposed to be a family,"
Just before the commissioning, a
he said.
memorial to 9/11 heroes will be
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Police: LA celebrity burglaries led by 19-year-old
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LAS VEGAS – Investigators
cracked a youthful burglary ring
that preyed on Hollywood's rich
and famous, often brazenly
walking into their unlocked
homes to make off with cash,
jewels and family heirlooms,
authorities said.
A suspect turned informant told
police that a 19-year-old woman
was the "driving force" in the
thefts, motivated by a desire to
own the designer clothes and
jewelry of such celebrities as
Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton.
According to a Las Vegas police
search warrant obtained by The
Associated Press on Friday,
Nicholas Prugo told Los Angeles
police detectives that Rachel
Jungeon Lee spearheaded the
break-ins.
Prugo told police Lee, 19, would
suggest a target, then Prugo
would trawl the Internet for
information about where they
lived and when they would be
away from home. Las Vegas
police were involved because Lee
lives there.
Officials said Lee was booked
on a charge of possession of
stolen property and released after
posting $3,000 bail. Prosecutors
in Los Angeles asked police to
investigate her further. She could
not immediately be reached
Friday for comment.
Police say the Lee and Prugo
were part of a group of at least
six that stole from October 2008
until September.
After watching a house, they
would break into poorly
protected properties, often by
simply walking through unlocked
doors.
Prugo said they removed cash,
narcotics and thousands of
dollars worth of jewelry,
including family heirlooms.
Acting on a tip, police arrested
18-year-old Prugo on Sept. 17.
He initially refused to talk to
police, but on Oct. 6, he and his
attorney met with detectives and
Prugo "provided a full
confession, and implicated
several other suspects," court
documents state.
"Prugo admitted to committing
all of the burglaries and that
Rachel Lee was with him during
the residential burglaries of the
homes of Audrina Patridge,
Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom,
Rachel Bilson and the Hilton
family," the search warrant
states. "Prugo stated that it was
Lee who would suggest a target
and that he would surf the
Internet to learn where the
celebrity lived as well as the
target's travel itinerary."
Prugo said Lee wanted to "own
the designer wardrobes of the
Hollywood celebrities she
admired."
Lee, Prugo and at least four
others have been arrested in the
case. The four others, most
between the ages of 18 and 20,
have been charged with felony
burglary.
The search warrant states Prugo
told police he and Lee broke into
Hilton's house several times. At
the Lohan house, the burglary
crew gained entrance by prying
open a window with a
screwdriver, then swiped
luggage, clothing and jewelry
including a Rolex wristwatch
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with a blue face, Prugo told
police.
He said expensive watches were
also a target at Bloom's house,
and several were stolen along
with artwork and clothing.
A search of the Las Vegas home
Lee shared with her father turned
up a piece of paper with the
names of her accomplices. Las
Vegas Detective Ethan Grimes
confirmed those people were the
other subjects identified in the
crime ring.
Police also found three photos of
Paris Hilton, designer jeans, three
computers, a Korean passport,
204 $100 bills and less than one
ounce of marijuana when they
arrested Lee at the home in
northwest Las Vegas on Oct. 22,
according to the warrants.
___
Watkins reported from Los
Angeles. Associated Press Writer
Raquel Maria Dillon contributed
to this report from Los Angeles.
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Reporter of Manitowoc. soldiers where they needed to go,

(BBC News | Americas | The opposition has accused him Catholic bishop, has been Pfc. Michael Pearson, 21, of the just to make sure they got the
World Edition) of trying to strengthen his hold damaged by recent allegations Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook, right treatment.
Submitted at 11/6/2009 8:38:12 AM
on power. that he fathered the children of Ill., quit what he figured was a "He loved his patients, and his
Rear Adm Ciber Benitez was the three women during his time as a dead-end furniture company job patients loved him," said
Paraguay's president has sacked fourth military commander to be priest. to join the military about a year Vanacker, 33, the oldest of
the head of the armed forces, fired in just a few days by the In May he admitted ago. Pearson's mother, Sheryll Cahill's three adult children. "He
after warning some officers were president, who took office in responsibility for one of the Pearson, said he joined the just felt his job was important."
plotting a coup against him. August 2008. children but denies the other military because he was eager to ___
The commander has been He will be replaced by Gen Juan allegations. serve his country and broaden his Associated Press writers Caryn
replaced by a general seen as Oscar Velazquez, seen as very Paraguay returned to democracy horizons. Rousseau in Bolingbrook, Ill.,
more loyal to President Fernando loyal to Mr Lugo. in 1989 after 35 years of military Michael Grant Cahill, a 62-year- Robert Imrie in Wausau, Wis.,
Lugo. Local media reported that the rule under Gen Alfredo old physician assistant, suffered a Monica Rhor in Houston, Sophia
Two days ago he also replaced sacking follow rumours of Stroessner. heart attack two weeks ago and Tareen, Michael Tarm and Amy
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headquarters. inauguration ceremony earlier
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war encountered a tragedy no one
expected.
Early in the afternoon a major,
Nidal Malik Hasan, who worked
as an army psychiatrist, walked
into the centre and opened fire
with two weapons. He shot
dozens of people before
Kimberly Munley, a civilian
police officer serving on the post,
shot him. The bloody rampage
lasted for about 10 minutes: 13
people died of their injuries and
28 more were wounded,
including Ms Munley. For
several hours the based was
locked down and plunged into
confusion, amid misplaced fears
that more than one gunman was
at large. Most of the dead were
young soldiers. Five had been
specially trained to deal with
stress among soldiers in combat.
It could have been worse. At a
press conference the commander
of the base, Lieutenant General
Bob Cone, praised soldiers who
had offered help to the injured
and singled out Ms Munley, who
had been the only armed person
at the scene, for her bravery in
stopping the killer. Although the
soldiers were unarmed, they had
the benefit of their training. One
military policeman described
arriving on the scene to find
Major Hasan unconscious on the
floor as unhurt soldiers attempted
to help the victims. Many of the
doctors and nurses present had
earlier been deployed to Iraq or
Afghanistan and therefore had
experience working in mass
casualty mode.
After the shootings, details
emerged about Major Hasan. His
parents were from Palestine, but
he was raised in Virginia. He was
scheduled to deploy for the first
time later this month, to
Afghanistan. A cousin told the
New York Times that he was
“mortified” by the idea of going
to war and was desperate to avoid
it. Religion quickly cast its long
shadow over the discussion:
another relative said that the
gunman had been harassed for
being a Muslim, and there were
reports that the FBI had been
investigating blog posts
attributed to “Nidal Hasan” that
praised suicide bombers and
compared them to war heroes.
Elsewhere, Americans were
grasping for explanations. The
most likely is that the killer was
merely a deranged and isolated
individual. But right-wing
bloggers and talk-radio hosts
have focused on his religion: he
had stopped in a convenience
store dressed in a traditional
white robe and hat on the
morning of the attack, and there
were reports that he had yelled
“Allahu Akbar” before the
shootings. Another interpretation
suggests that Major Hasan was
suffering from the stressful
experience of military service
during wartime, even if the
psychiatrist had not, yet, been
deployed into combat.
Now questions will be asked
afresh about army morale, and
about systems for providing
support to troubled individuals.
Suicide rates among American
soldiers are rising, and the
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Pentagon has promised $50m to a
study that is attempting to answer
why. At the same time Barack
Obama is mulling army
operations in Afghanistan. He
will soon announce his strategy
for the war in that country,
responding to a request from his
generals for an additional force
of perhaps 40,000 soldiers to be
deployed. With one war winding
down in Iraq and another in
Afghanistan bringing gloomier
news by the day, the army also
must think again how it should
cope with some dreadful
anxieties among its soldiers at
home.
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MediaDailyNews: Vancouver Olympic Ad Creates Global Market
Org, Karpinski Named
Market Slow, Scatter Could Be Better CMO
(MediaPost | Media News) increases -- up by 25% in some inventory -- across many (MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 3:04:15 PM
cases -- over upfront pricing. dayparts -- that is still left to be Submitted at 11/6/2009 2:44:40 PM
CBS Corp., for one, has said it is sold.
N B C ' s W i n t e r O l y m p i c s getting TV media deals in the top The Winter Olympics generally The Reader's Digest Association
Vancouver next February might $25 range. pulls in less TV advertising than announced a new global
have had a slow start in terms of "I would guess NBC is in better the stronger-rated Summer marketing organization. Four key
advertising sales -- but all that shape with Vancouver than it was Olympics. It also goes up against appointments to the new team,
could be changing. two or three months ago," says stronger in-season prime-time which brings together consumer
With a goal of more than $900 Neal Pilson, president of Pilson Olympics," said Aaron Cohen, programming than with the marketing and digital, were
million in advertising sales -- as Communications and former chief media negotiating officer Summer Olympics. made. The new unit offers
well as competing against other president of CBS Sports. The for Horizon Media, who notes The previous Winter Olympics advertisers cross-channel
high-profile first-quarter sports reason, says Pilson: "Sports [TV] that first-quarter scatter initially in Turin in 2006 pulled in a total marketing options in the U.S. and
TV inventory, such as the Super has been selling well recently." appears to be on the same strong of $823 million in TV advertising internationally.
B o w l a n d t h e B o w l NBC executives did not respond price pace as that of the fourth -- $781 million for broadcast and The announcement coincides
Championship Series -- NBC has to inquiries by press time. quarter. "It absolutely could help $ 4 2 m i l l i o n f o r c a b l e T V with company plans to exit from
its work cut out, especially with Executives say another positive them." advertising, according to TNS Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
an economy still teetering in a for NBC comes from the fact that The Winter Olympics is still a Media Intelligence. early next year.
recession. it will air in the North America female-oriented event, especially By way of comparison, the Lisa Karpinski becomes U.S.
Earlier this year, major Olympic time zone, versus that of six- to- with much figure skating in Summer Olympics in Beijing chief marketing officer,
advertiser Anheuser-Busch said it nine-hour time differences in prime-time. But increasingly, was at a total of $970 million -- responsible for U.S. marketing
would cut its spend on TV by Turin, Italy in 2006. That means, younger-skewing X game-style $917 million for broadcast and and promotion. Karpinski is
about half for the next two in the U.S., much of the event skiing and skating events are $53 million for cable. Before charged with turning affinity and
Olympics events on NBC. Also, can be seen live. Prime-time taking over. That means going Turin, the previous winter games brand objectives into marketing
Johnson & Johnson passed on the spots for the Winter Olympics after young-skewing advertisers: in Salt Lake City grabbed a total strategies across all channels. All
chance to renew its big $100 can be in the pricey range of video games, movies, and soft o f $ 7 7 2 m i l l i o n i n T V of the U.S. magazines, books,
million global sponsorship deal $650,000 to $800,000 for a 30- drinks. advertising, $742 million in music and Weekly Reader
with the International Olympic second commercial. Horizon's Cohen believes more broadcast and $30 million in marketing team members will
Committee. But a stronger prime-time ad dot.com advertising might arise cable. report to her.
Media agency executives have market, and even a strong sports in the next few months with Web Rights fees have also climbed. Cara Schlanger moves to vice
been estimating that NBC is now TV market, may not necessarily -only retailers. Zappos.com, a A c c o r d i n g t o T N S M e d i a president, international marketing
around 75% sold in the February mean better Olympics advertising recent $1.2 billion acquisition of Intelligence, Winter Olympics and promotion, responsible for
event, which would be about 5% sales. The significantly higher Amazon.com, just began to TV license fees went from $510 pushing multichannel marketing
behind where it should be. price tag can be too much for spend heavily on TV. million for Salt Lake City, to and promotion and a greater use
But all that might be shifting -- many TV advertisers. That said, there is still a lot of $613 million at Turin, to $820 of RDA's database assets.
especially with the suddenly "The question is whether they pressure on NBC with the Winter million for Vancouver. Kate Gutman, formerly heading
strong TV scatter market, which can meld first-quarter [prime- Olympics, says Cohen, because This content has passed through digital ops at Rodale, joins RDA
has seen double-digit price time] scatter activity with the of the sizable amount of TV fivefilters.org. effective as vice president, digital
revenue -- succeeding Jonathan
Hills, who earlier became general

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MediaDailyNews: CBS Radio
Revenues Fall 19%
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 11/6/2009 3:24:15 PM
One of the nation's leading radio
broadcasters took another big hit
in the third quarter, with the
announcement by CBS Corp. that
revenues at its radio division fell
from $392.5 million in the third
quarter of 2008 to $318.9 million
in the third quarter of 2009 -- a
19% drop.
The weak CBS Radio revenues
round out a spate of discouraging
third-quarter revenue results from
big radio broadcast groups.
Within is corporate parent, CBS
Radio wasn't alone in posting a
revenue decline this quarter: CBS
Outdoor revenues also tumbled
from $549.3 million last year to
$424.9 million this year -- a 23%
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manager, readersdigest.com.
Gutman will be responsible for
helping to accelerate digital
revenue growth globally.
Finally, Rob Hilliard assumes
expanded responsibilities as vice
president, Global Data Sciences
and Solutions, bringing together
U.S. and international database
activities.
Amy J. Radin, senior vice
president and global CMO, states
that the moves will accelerate the
drop.
However, the weak performance
at CBS Radio and CBS Outdoor
was more than offset by increases
in TV revenues, which climbed
from $2.08 billion in 2008 to
$2.27 billion this year -- a 9%
increase -- due mostly to an
increase in revenues from
licensing and affiliates.
As far as the radio business is
concerned, the third quarter has
been little better than those
preceding. Beasley said its total
company's transformation from
"a direct mail-driven business to
a multichannel direct marketing-
driven business."
In September, RDA named
Suzanne Grimes, president of a
new division, U.S. Affinities, to
leverage its Home & Garden
affinity and spearhead growth.
RDA markets books, magazines,
and music, video and educational
products reaching a customer
base of 130 million in 78
revenues fell from $30.6 million
in the third quarter of 2008 to
$24.4 million in the same period
in 2009, a 20% drop.
Entercom said net revenues
decreased 14% to just under $100
million, driving a 25% drop in
earnings before taxes to $29.7
million. In the third quarter, total
revenues at Emmis Radio fell
26.5%, from $72.7 million in the
third quarter of 2008 to $53.4
million in the third quarter of
2009. This contributed to an
overall revenue decline of 27.4%,
from $92.7 million to $68
million.
Radio One's revenues fell 12%
to $75.5 million.
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of Reader's Digest, and operates
65 branded Web sites generating
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New Multimedia Device
Joins Parade of E-Readers
(Enterprise Security Today)
(Yahoo! News Search Results Creative Labs' fan site
for e-readers) Epizenter.net originated the
Submitted at 11/7/2009 12:09:52 AM
Mediabook report, and quotes
Willie Png, vice president of
The e-reader market is getting s t r a t e g i c b u s i n e s s , a s
yet another entry, with a report downplaying the Kindle as "just
that Creative Labs is unveiling a another electronic device which
tablet. The device, called a displays books in text." By
Mediabook, was shown at the contrast, Png told the site, the
Singapore-based company's Mediabook will allow the merger
general meeting last week. of "videos, pictures, text and
Although Creative hasn't made services into one device that
an official announcement, news s u p p o r t s a m e d i a - r i c h
reports indicate that the e x p e r i e n c e . "
Mediabook has a touchscreen, Epizenter also reports that
Internet connectivity, slots for Creative is in discussion with a
SD memory cards, text-to-speech variety of publishers about
capability, and is based on the providing content.
company's Zii technology. LCD or Electrophoretic?
Kindle 'Just Another Electronic There was also no word on what
Device' kind of screen the Mediabook
There was no word on the would use. Sarah Rotman Epps,
Mediabook's launch date, but the an analyst with industry research
e-reader category is already firm Forrester, pointed out that,
beginning to have more than a while LCD screens are good for
few entries. There's the best v i d e o a n d g r a p h i c s ,
known, Amazon's Kindle, as well electrophoretic screens have
as Sony's recently updated e- higher contrast and make reading
readers and the newly released text easier.
nook from Barnes & Noble, She noted that E Ink, a company
among others. based in Cambridge, Mass., "now
There are also reports that has about 100 percent market
t i r e m a k e r B r i d g e s t o n e i s share" in electrophoretic screens,
developing a flexible e-book but that will change next year as
reader, although so far it's only a competition heats up.
prototype. And there have been In general, she said, 2010 is
many reports that Apple is shaping up to be "an interesting
preparing to enter the market
early next year with its own NEW page 72
tablet e-reader.
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NEW
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year for the e-reader space" with
new tablets and dual-screen
readers emerging. But Epps
pointed out that, right now, most
of the announcements are
reaching the industry, not
consumers.
For the consumer, she said, the e
-reader category is still largely
the Kindle, but a few
developments could make big
differences. She said one would
be if Apple decides to make e-
publications a big category on
iTunes, in which case "Apple
would become a major player
overnight."
The other development, she said,
is if BlackBerry maker Research
in Motion or another smartphone
maker decides to release a double
-screen device, with both a LCD
and an E Ink display.
Ross Rubin, director of industry
analysis for consumer technology
E-reader Newspaper
at NPD Group, noted that
Google's open-source operating
system, Android, is increasingly
showing up on these devices. He
pointed out that Barnes &
Noble's nook is Android-based,
as is Creative's recently released
Zii Egg, which features 1080p
high-definition video and is
described by Creative as a
"StemCell Computer."
Rubin noted that several of
Creative's Android-based
devices, like those based on Zii
technology, have been more
focused toward developers and
not yet released to a mass market
in the U.S.
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