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“Heroism fatigue”: another hurdle for U.S. climate change action? By Deborah Zabarenko (Front Row Washington)

creation seems a bill that could gain bipartisan support in this economic environment.” By Submitted at 1/11/2010 11:10:01 AM contrast, a bill styled as mainly Could “heroism fatigue” be yet combating climate change with another bump in the road for any energy issues added in “could U.S. law to curb climate change? have a hard time with And what is “heroism fatigue” unemployment at 10 percent,” anyway? Bledsoe said. To Paul Bledsoe of the To get a law to Obama’s desk, bipartisan National Commission there’s going to have to be a on Energy Policy, heroism “deliberate conscious attempt at fatigue is what happens when the reaching out to moderates of Congress has spent most of the both parties,” Bledsoe said. year doing something heroic, like It’s early days on this, so let the trying to hammer out an handicapping begin! What’s agreement on healthcare reform, your best estimate of when or if wants this, as my colleague Congress can craft a workable when what lawmakers might healthcare.” C o n g r e s s i o n a l d o w n - t i m e Richard Cowan wrote. The measure to combat climate rather be doing is naming a new post office. Following one big, doesn’t sound like part of the speech has yet to be scheduled, change? This year? If so, when? gnarly piece of legislation with Obama administration’s game but is expected within the next For more Reuters political news, another — like a bill to limit plan on climate and energy. few weeks. click here. climate-warming carbon dioxide Energy Secretary Stephen Chu Bledsoe, whose organization Photo credit: REUTERS/Ina said last week that the president looks for consensus on such Fassbender (Protestors dressed — can seem daunting. “Especially Democrats want to expects a comprehensive bill on complex issues as climate as carbon dioxide molecules, in get back to some meat-and- this in 2010. President Barack change, said agreement on a Essen, Germany, June 1, 2007, potatoes job-creation stuff,” Obama’s State of the Union climate bill is possible. “An as part of the initiative ‘ByeBye Bledsoe says. “They’re going to speech to Congress could be a energy bill with robust climate CO2 against carbon dioxide n e e d a l i t t l e t i m e a f t e r good barometer of how much he provisions that focuses on job pollution.)

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FlipSync iPhone Cable Charges Your Phone While Staying Portable [Scoche] By Adam Frucci (Gizmodo) Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:40:00 PM

It's the simple things: the Scosche FlipSync iPhone cable rolls up into itself, making it super portable. I like it! [ Oh Gizmo!]

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Blago says he’s “blacker than Barack Sarah Palin’s next Obama” move: television pundit By David Morgan (Front Row Washington) Submitted at 1/11/2010 6:56:35 AM

Believe it or not, Rod Blagojevich is African-American — and more so than President Barack Obama. At least, that’s what the former Illinois governor tells Esquire magazine in a new interview. “It’s such a cynical business, and most of the people in the business are full of (expletive deleted) and phonies, but I was real, man — and am real. This guy, he was catapulted in on hope and change, what we hope the guy is. What the (expletive deleted)? Everything he’s saying’s on the teleprompter,” Esquire quotes Blago as saying about the president, without the expletives deleted. “I’m blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little laundromat in a black community not far from where we lived. I saw it all growing up,” he explains. Blago is, in fact, a

published in the new book, “Game Change,” by Time magazine reporter Mark Halperin and New York magazine writer John Heileman. Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, who actually is black, says Reid should go — just like former Senate Republican leader Trent Lott went in 2002 after praising former segregationist and longtime Senator Strom Thurmond. Reid has apologized for “using such a poor choice of words” and Obama has accepted the white Democrat who gained apology. prominence for introducing big But Blago does let the magazine male hair to the national political in on the legal strategy he’s arena during a corruption probe contemplating for his upcoming that led to his indictment trial in Chicago. on charges of trying to sell “I’m absolutely going to testify,” Obama’s former U.S. Senate B l a g o p r o m i s e s E s q u i r e . seat. He denies the accusations. “Absolutely. I’m going to go up Esquire doesn’t say whether there and tell the whole truth — Blago thinks Democratic Senate and the complete truth.” leader Harry Reid should resign Photo credits: Reuters/Frank for calling Obama a “light- P o l i c h ( B l a g o j e v i c h ) ; skinned” black man “with no Reuters/Jim Young (Harry Reid) Negro dialect unless he wanted Click here for more political to have one.” Reid’s comments coverage from Reuters were made in private but

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By Tabassum Zakaria (Front Row Washington) Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:40:09 PM

What’s left to do after running Alaska, running for Vice President, and authoring a bestselling book? For Sarah Palin, it’s turning into a television pundit for FOX News. Since losing the 2008 election for the White House, Palin has not quietly faded into the obscurity from which John McCain plucked her. Instead, she has firmly stayed in the public eye, waving her conservative ideals and gathering a following. People lined up for hours on her “Going Rogue” book tour to catch a glimpse of the former Republican candidate. On Monday, FOX News announced that Palin had signed a multi-year deal to provide political commentary and analysis. (Hmmm wonder if that means she’s going to be talking about the 2012 election rather than running in it???) “Governor Palin has captivated everyone on both sides of the political spectrum and we are excited to add her dynamic voice Five Filters featured article: to the FOX News lineup,” Bill Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: Shine, executive vice president PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

of programming, said in a statement. Palin will also host episodes of “Real American Stories,” which will debut this year and is described as a series “exploring inspirational real-life tales of overcoming adversity throughout the American landscape.” Palin, in the same FOX News statement, said she was thrilled to be joining the news channel. “It’s wonderful to be part of a place that so values fair and balanced news.” Will you watch her? For more political news, click here Photo credit: Reuters/Rebecca Cook (Palin on book signing tour in November)

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Eric Rohmer: philosopher, rhetorician, and an ally of the young By Peter Bradshaw (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk) Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:42:35 PM

The French director's movies were quintessentially studenty in the best possible sense Eric Rohmer's death at the age of 89 is a reminder of the incredible energy, tenacity and longevity of France's great nouvelle vague generation. Rohmer had released his last film only last year, the sublimely unworldly pastoral fantasy Les amours d'Astrée et de Céladon (The Romance Of Astrea And Celadon): a gentle, reflective movie, of course, but by no means lacking in energy or wit. And, meanwhile, Jean-Luc Godard, Agnès Varda, Jacques Rivette and Claude Chabrol — at the respective ages of 79, 81, 81 and 79 — are all still with us, all nursing projects. Rohmer came from the New Wave tradition of critic-turneddirector; he was a former editor of Cahiers du cinéma, and became the distinctively romantic philosopher of the New Wave and the great master of what was sometimes called "intimist" cinema: delicate, unshowy movie-making about not especially startling people, people often in their twenties, whose lives are dramatised at a

kind of walking, talking pace. He avoided dramatic close-up, and tended to avoid music, except that that is supposed to be heard by the characters in the action from radios, for example — Lars von Trier's minimalist Dogme movement was in the spirit of Rohmer's modus operandi. What was utterly characteristic was Rohmer's feel for what the real life of a young person — albeit a certain type of middleclass, educated young person — was like: that is, not shiny and sexy or grungy or funny, in the Hollywood manner, but uncertain, tentative, vulnerable and more often than not dominated by a quotidian type of travel: bus travel, subway travel, train travel: travel to get somewhere for the summer, or to see a girlfriend or boyfriend. The first Rohmer film I saw was Le rayon vert (The Green Ray), with my girlfriend, when we were both students, at the old Cambridge Arts Cinema in the 80s; I thought then and think now that Rohmer's films are quintessentially studenty — in the best possible sense. Young, callow-ish people do a lot of talking, in the way we all did, about what was wrong (or right) with their lives and relationships, and about the perfect place to go for the summer. In this film, a

young woman is unable to think what to do for the summer. She tries various places with various people, but always finds herself heading back to Paris, drawn perhaps to a place in which possibilities have not been thinned and options narrowed. Eventually, she finds herself at the beach, about to experience the legendary 'rayon vert', or flash of green light you can see at the moment the sun sets. P e r h a p s o t h e r twentysomethings, from a later era, would be more excited about finding the perfect beach in Thailand or Vietnam, but to us impecunious 1980s students, the idea of witnessing the 'rayon vert' in Biarritz was a fascinating, exotic notion, and eminently plausible. It was as fascinating as absinthe. Yet everything was filmed in such a straightforward, realist way, and for someone in his mid-sixties, Rohmer himself had a remarkable sympathy and unpatronising interest in young people. Later, in 1992, Rohmer would make Conte d'hiver (A Winter's Tale), as part of his 'tales of four seasons' series, about a young man and woman who have a passionate holiday romance but somehow manage to mislay each other's details and lose touch. It seems almost inconceivable in

our world of social networking sites and mobile phones, but at the time it was entirely plausible, and another demonstration of Rohmer's sure touch for sensing the anxieties and dreams of unmoneyed young people, looking for love and adventure — and, as ever, having to travel banally to get it. I think Richard Linklater, in his movies Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, about a missed love-connection, was trying to channel some of the spirit of Eric Rohmer. Rohmer's "talkiest" film is probably the one that made his name: Ma nuit chez Maud (My Night with Maud) from 1969, a black and white film that looks a little rickety now. A man is forced through snow to stay the night with an attractive stranger, and finds his resolve to marry someone else severely tested by having to sleep over in her bed. But this is not just about sex, and the lack of it, or the promise of it, but about talk, about the adventure of intimacy, and all the subtle, almost infinitesimal things we reveal about ourselves in talking. In his later years — though perhaps Rohmer's entire mature career is one long, richly distinctive, 'late phase' — the director turned to period drama, and this is the point at which pub -quizzers may raise the question

of what unites Rohmer with Christopher Nolan. The answer is that both have cast the tremendous but under-used and still under-appreciated British actress Lucy Russell. Rohmer made the French-speaking lead in his French revolutionary drama L'anglaise et le duc (The Lady and the Duke) from 2001. And finally, there is Rohmer's remarkable last film, Les amours d'Astrée et de Céladon, a Shakespearean fantasia, a midsummer noon's reverie, c o n c e i v e d a l o n g uncompromisingly classical lines, and a thing of quiet joy. Along with his green ray — that flash of mystical revelation available to idealistic young people unencumbered by middleaged banality — it is my favourite Eric Rohmer. The cinema has lost a philosopher, a quiet rhetorician and a gentle ally of the young. • France Peter Bradshaw guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

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US car industry rises from the ashes with debut of 'world car' at Detroit By Andrew Clark (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)

priorities: fuel efficiency and cost-effectiveness. An excessive emphasis on large pick-up trucks and sports-utility Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:36:20 PM vehicles, and a failure to • Obama administration hails compete with nimbler Asian recovery of bailed-out carmakers rivals, were key factors in the • Ford unveils 'world car' as troubles afflicting Ford's DetroitToyota bets on small hybrid based rivals, General Motors and model Chrysler, which went bankrupt A Ford vehicle billed as the last year and needed more than company's first "world car" made $80bn (£50bn) of federal aid to its debut at the opening of a stay alive. defiantly optimistic Detroit Visiting Detroit, the US m o t o r s h o w , a s A m e r i c a ' s transport secretary, Ray LaHood, battered car industry insisted it declared that the industry was was rising from the ashes of its finally showing signs of recovery worst crisis since the second and heralded the city's annual world war. motor show, expected to attract Arguing that international tastes 700,000 visitors, as "a new in car buying were converging, beginning". Ford launched a new version of "The auto industry is back," said its Focus family car. Unusually LaHood, who brushed aside for the motor industry, it will be protests from campaigners sold in Europe, the US, Africa o u t s i d e t h e c i t y ' s C o b o and Asia with 80% uniformity in convention hall who oppose the its parts. use of public funds to prop up Ford's chief executive, Alan ailing manufacturers. "This was Mulally, said the Focus had been a good investment of taxpayer "designed and engineered to dollars in an industry that needed meet the needs of millions of a little bit of an infusion of buyers around the world". Ford resources." hopes to double annual sales of Carmakers have been buoyed as the Focus to 2m by 2012 and the US sales have edged up from an model is central to a new annualised rate of 10.4m in philosophy: that global car October to 11.2m in December. buyers largely have the same GM, which owns brands such as

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Chevrolet, Cadillac, Vauxhall, Opel and Saab, recently paid back $1bn in federal aid and has pledged to return $6.7bn of its $50bn in aid by June. The US speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, was due to lead a congressional delegation to see how public money is being used. More than 700 cars are on show at Detroit's glitzy annual event, which was kicked off by a gala charity performance headlined by a 1980s rock band, the Romantics. Among the offerings is a 1960s-style buggy concept from Mini, with an open top, four-wheel drive and removable doors, called the Beachcomber. The world's largest carmaker, Toyota, unveiled a hybridelectric concept car called the FT -CH, which is a smaller version of its big-selling Prius and amounts to a fresh bet that hybrids will be a bigger draw than plug-in, pure electric cars. Michigan state, which includes Detroit, has lobbied successfully to get carmakers to site factories making electric batteries in former carbuilding regions. The Democratic governor, Jennifer Granholm, said environmental and hi-tech jobs could help a 15% jobless rate: "We are not the

rust belt any more. We're the green belt."Speaking to media at the show, Gra-n-holm added: "The unemployment rate in Michigan would have been a hell of a lot worse had it not been for the Obama administration's intervention." Cold tea party A year ago, union protesters rallied in the snow at the Detroit motor show to protest at the disappearance of jobs at the big three US carmakers. In a sharp turnaround, conservatives this week came to wave placards voicing anger and claiming disempowerment. Members of a national network of anti-tax campaigners known as "tea party" activists braved sub-zero temperatures to wave US flags, sing a US civil war battle hymn and display signs opposing the Obama admin-istra-tion's $80bn bailout of carmakers. "We're rallying for General Motors, for Detroit and for a better future for the auto industry that doesn't involve billions of dollars of taxpayer bailouts," said Andrew Moylan, of the National Taxpayers Union, who claims GM and Chrysler would have survived without aid. "They've been able to restructure [union] contracts and they would

have been able to do so without a bailout." A shift in fortunes is palpable. Since last January, the United Auto Workers' union has gone from protesting over jobs to taking ownership of large stakes in GM and Chrysler. At the show, the UAW leader, Ron Gettelfinger, gave short shrift to the "tea party" protesters: "Are they going to have some hot tea out there? They might need it." • Automotive industry • Motoring • US economy • United States • Ford • General Motors • Chrysler • Obama administration • Toyota • Credit crunch • Financial crisis • Electric, hybrid and lowemission cars Andrew Clark guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

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Stormont's broken bones | Robin Wilson By Robin Wilson (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)

Paisley Jr couldn't see what was wrong with lobbying on Sweeney's behalf while a junior minister. Nor, evidently, did Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:30:01 PM Peter Robinson, Paisley Sr's The crisis that has driven Peter -successor as first minister and Robinson to stand down can only DUP leader, see anything amiss deepen if it provokes new when it emerged during the elections Westminster expenses scandal James Craig, the first prime that he and his wife, Iris, minister of Northern Ireland employed their three children - a f t e r p a r t i t i o n , d e s c r i b e d and a daughter-in-law, accruing government as a matter of about half a million pounds in "distributing bones". In the salaries and expenses from s e c t a r i a n b l o c s t h a t h a d parliament and the Northern consolidated since the 1880s Ireland assembly – leading to the home-rule crisis, and were cutting Daily Mail headline: embedded in the two states "The swish family Robinson". established after the last major Nor did Iris Robinson see round of Irish "troubles" – a anything awry in – according to blind eye being turned in London a BBC investigation – accepting to developments in Belfast – the donations totalling £50,000 from politics of patronage displaced developer contacts. This money the modernisation associated was transferred to her teenage more widely across western lover to assist a business venture, Europe with the expansion of the and she failed to declare an franchise, expressed in the interest when a relevant planning definition of politics along left- decision came up at the district right lines. council in the environs of east When devolution was renewed B e l f a s t d o m i n a t e d b y t h e in 2007, the son of the first R o b i n s o n s f o r d e c a d e s . minister, Ian Paisley, who The salacious aspect of the walked past Craig's statue in the a f f a i r h a s c a p t u r e d m e d i a grand building celebrating attention. But the real story is Protestant communal power at that the Northern Ireland of 2010 Stormont, was embroiled in a should so resemble the Northern row over his relationship with Ireland of decades earlier – Seymour Sweeney, a developer hence the depth of the crisis that a n d m e m b e r o f P a i s l e y ' s now looms. Democratic Unionist party. It became an abiding conceit of

the peace process that previous efforts to tackle sectarianism, focusing on the more moderate communal and non-sectarian parties, should be replaced by an approach indulging their more militantly ethnic, even paramilitary, rivals. This joint London-Dublin approach replaced the politics of accommodation with the politics of polarisation. The institutions arising from the Belfast agreement of 1998 thus had a fitful life until their collapse in 2002; and their restoration in 2007 has seen tightening deadlock. The evangelical-Protestant culture of DUP members makes them incapable of empathy with their Catholic counterparts, while the secular-Leninist Sinn Féin variant makes that party immune to the trauma the IRA campaign inflicted, particularly on Protestant members of the "security forces". The antagonism has focused on those issues defining the ethnonational character of the state: provision for the Irish language, the future of the Maze site, and, above all, the devolution of policing and justice. Repeated blocking of Sinn Féin demands has led the party to consider collapsing the institutions again, and it is unlikely to allow the six weeks of Robinson's absence

from the post of first minister, announced today – while he ostensibly seeks to clear his name – to elapse before provoking a further, possibly terminal, crisis. All this should have been evident to the UK and Irish governments for a long time. But something else that doesn't change much in Northern Ireland is the view that it's all the fault of the irrational Irish – and so leave it to them to sort it out. The danger now is that the unfolding crisis leads to emergency assembly elections, with a big vote for the even more fundamentalist -Traditional Unionist Voice, no new shared government at Stormont – and a growing drumbeat of "dissident" -republican violence. • Iris Robinson • Peter Robinson • Sinn Féin • MPs' expenses • Northern Ireland • Ireland Robin Wilson guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

Becton Dickinson Breaks Through Resistance By Joseph Lazzaro (BloggingStocks) Submitted at 1/11/2010 3:30:00 PM

Filed under: Stocks to Buy As expected, Becton Dickinson ( BDX) has broken through resistance in the $65-70 range, hence it goes without saying I'm reiterating my buy rating for the company's shares, first recommended on March 17, 2009 at a price of $65.66. However, the call has qualifiers, so attention is advised. In FY2010 Becton's revenue growth should total about 5-7%, after essentially flat revenue in FY2009. Hospital spending cutbacks will hurt, but BDX will make up with increased government orders, lower operating costs, and moderating raw material costs. Becton's medical and diagnostic units will likely register revenue growth at or above 5-6% in 2010; meanwhile, its bioscience unit will register more-modest gains. Continue reading Becton Dickinson Breaks Through Resistance Becton Dickinson Breaks Through Resistance originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments

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Watching television increases risk of death from heart disease

HD DVD rides again: TCL brings China Blue HD & Blu-ray together for a CES face-off

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Couch potatoes and computer users face higher risk of death from heart disease, strokes and cancer, warn scientists Every hour spent watching television each day increases the risk of dying from heart disease by almost a fifth, say scientists. Couch potatoes were warned that their lifestyle also increased the risk of death from other causes including cancer. People who spent hours watching television greatly increased the chances of dying early from heart attacks and strokes, researchers in Australia found. Compared with those watching less than two hours of TV, people who sat in front of the box for more than four hours a day were 80% more likely to die for reasons linked to heart and artery disease. The researchers monitored 8,800 adults for six years to see what impact watching television had on their long-term health. They found that each hour a day spent in front of the television increased the risk of death from

all causes by 11%. It also raised the risk of dying from cancer by 9% and the risk of heart diseaserelated death by 18%. The scientists warned it was not only telly addicts whose lifestyles put them in danger. Any prolonged sedentary behaviour, such as sitting at an office desk or in front of a computer, posed similar risks. It also made no difference whether or not a person was overweight or obese. "Even if someone has a healthy body weight, sitting for long periods of time still has an unhealthy influence on their blood sugar and blood fats," said the study's lead researcher, Prof David Dunstan, from the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute in Victoria, Australia. The average amount of TV people watch each day is three hours in Australia and the UK, said the scientists. In the US, where two-thirds of adults are overweight or obese, some people spent eight hours watching television the equivalent of a nine to five working day. "What has happened is that a lot of the normal activities of daily living that involved standing up

and moving the muscles in the body have been converted to sitting," said Dunstan. "Technological, social, and economic changes mean that people don't move their muscles as much as they used to, and consequently the levels of energy expenditure as people go about their lives continue to shrink. For many people, on a daily basis they simply shift from one chair to another from the chair in the car to the chair in the office to the chair in front of the television." The scientists interviewed 3,846 men and 4,954 women aged 25 and older who underwent sugar tolerance tests and provided blood samples. Participants were recruited from 1999 and studied for the next six years. Based on their own reports of TV viewing they were grouped according to whether they watched less than two hours a day, between two and four hours, or more than four hours. During the follow-up period there were 284 deaths, 87 from cardiovascular, or heart and artery disease, and 125 from cancer. While the association between cancer and television viewing

was modest, there was a strong link between TV watching and a higher risk of cardiovascular death. This was despite taking account of recognised heart disease risk factors such as raised cholesterol levels and lifestyle. The findings were reported today in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Dunstan had this message for members of the public: "In addition to doing regular exercise, avoid sitting for prolonged periods and keep in mind to 'move more, more often'. Too much sitting is bad for health." • Health • Health & wellbeing • Fitness • Heart attack • Stroke prevention • Heart failure • Obesity • Australia • Television guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

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Ah, HD DVD, our old friend we thought we'd never see you again. But there was no mistaking it, here's the logo tucked away in Chinese manufacturer TCL's booth on a China Blue HD deck next to a similar Blu-ray player. The Bluray demo appeared to be down when we stopped by making this not much of a fight -- although with recent gains by CBHD like adding studio support from Paramount, it may want to take this challenger more seriously. We'll move the threat level on this conflict to yellow. Gallery: TCL brings the CBHDBlu-ray battle to CES HD DVD rides again: TCL brings China Blue HD & Blu-ray together for a CES face-off originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| | Email this| Comments

CES 2010 in Pictures: This is why Matt can’t have nice things By John Biggs (CrunchGear)

We had to put down newspaper for the boy back at the hotel. It

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British soldier killed in Afghanistan (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)

Lieutenant Colonel David Wakefield, spokesman for Task Force Helmand, said: "It is with deep sadness I must inform you Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:15:44 PM that this morning a soldier from Bomb disposal expert from 11 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal EOD Regiment, Royal Logistic Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps, Corps, caught in an explosion in part of the Counter-IED Task northern Helmand province Force, was killed by an A British bomb disposal expert explosion in the Musa Qala area died following an explosion in of Northern Helmand. Afghanistan today, the Ministry "His resolution and his gallantry of Defence said. in the fight to protect the lives of The soldier, from 11 EOD o t h e r s f r o m i m p r o v i s e d Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps, explosive devices (IEDs) in was killed as a result of an Helmand will not be forgotten." explosion in the Musa Qala area He was the second British in northern Helmand province serviceman to die in Afghanistan this morning. His family has this year and one of six Nato been told. troops killed in a series of His death takes the number of incidents today – the deadliest British service personnel who day for the Nato-led international have died since the start of force in more than two months. operations in Afghanistan in Three US soldiers were killed in 2001 to 247. a firefight with militants during

an "operational patrol" in southern Afghanistan, US military spokesman Colonel Wayne Shanks said. A French officer was killed during a joint patrol with Afghan troops in Alasay, a valley largely under insurgent control that Nato is trying to reclaim, and the nationality of the sixth soldier, who was killed in eastern Afghanistan, has not yet been released. • Military • Afghanistan • Defence policy guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

Closing Bell: Kicking Off Earnings Season, With a Thud (AA, MMR, EXXI, AOL, PEIX, CYCC, MNKD) By Jon Ogg (BloggingStocks) Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:00:00 PM

Filed under: Alcoa Inc (AA), AOL (AOL) Today is supposed the first day of earnings season, yet few of the major stocks were big movers. The markets were strong at the start and in premarket trading, yet the gains were challenged throughout the trading day. Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels: Dow 10,664.52 +46.33 (0.44%) S&P 500 1,147.01 +2.03 (0.18%) Nasdaq 2,312.41 -4.76 (-0.21%) Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades Top Stock & Market Rumors Continue reading Closing Bell: Kicking Off Earnings Season,

With a Thud (AA, MMR, EXXI, AOL, PEIX, CYCC, MNKD) Closing Bell: Kicking Off Earnings Season, With a Thud (AA, MMR, EXXI, AOL, PEIX, CYCC, MNKD) originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments

Toyota FT-CH: A Prius for the Small Car Set By Ariel Schwartz (Fast Company)

and more fuel-efficient than the ever-popular Prius. According to Toyota, the car Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:52:37 PM will be cheaper than the Prius. It's hard to say if Toyota could The focus on younger, less ever put out another hybrid that affluent buyers is the motivation matches both the sales and hype behind the FT-CH's "8-bit of the Prius, but car company generation" style--a nod to retro might be onto something with video game chic. Beyond those the FT-CH hybrid, unveiled this few details, Toyota is staying week at the Detroit Auto Show. mum. That's probably because though, because a cheap ToyotaThe pint-sized hybrid, which the FT-CH is still a concept and branded hybrid is virtually measures 153 inches long and may or may not ever make it to guaranteed to be a hit. 68.5 inches wide and is lighter production. We hope it does, Regardless of the FT-CH's

words, a Prius upgrade won't count as one of the 8. That doesn't mean the Prius won't get some swanky upgrades, however. The next-generation plug-in hybrid Prius, scheduled to start rolling out this year, comes with a Toyota firstgeneration lithium-ion battery and advanced in-vehicle production status, Toyota plans c o m m u n i c a t i o n d e v i c e s . to release 8 new hybrid models. [Via Green Car Congress] None of them will be based on current Toyota hybrids--in other

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Got a Netbook? Now You Need Accessories By Marc Saltzman (Inc.com) Submitted at 1/11/2010 9:00:00 AM

Okay, so you've outfitted your mobile employees with inexpensive netbooks, but there are a few recommended accoutrements you should consider to help them remain productive while on the go. With a growing assortment of handy accessories, you can expand the functionality and longevity of your business netbook. From wireless mice and bigger keyboards to high-definition webcams and Bluetooth headsets, there are plenty of peripherals to choose from. Here are some netbook accessories that experts suggest might be worth a look: Mice and keyboards Because they're portable and affordable, netbooks have become a popular laptop alternative -- but its smaller form factor means typing and clicking on them might not be as comfortable as a full-sized laptop or desktop. "It might not seem necessary, it might even seem redundant, but you'd be surprised how handy a wireless mouse or keyboard can be when it comes to doing work on your netbook," says Paul

Semel, a seasoned technology journalist and netbook user based in Los Angeles. "Granted, you won't need them when you're sitting in the airport and want to quickly check your e-mail, and there isn't enough room on a plane for them, either. But when you arrive at your hotel, and have to work on your proposal before the big meeting, you'll appreciate having a better keyboard and a mouse," Semel adds. "Well, unless you enjoy carpel tunnel syndrome." Carmi Levy, an independent technology analyst based in London, Ontario, agrees. "If you're planning on heavy duty text entry, most netbook keyboards just won't cut itâ&#x20AC;Ś. More often than not, the keys are smaller-than-standard, and are squished more closely together than on a conventional laptop or desktop PC." Levy also says the miniaturized trackpads built into most netbooks can be frustrating to use: "This is especially true when they come with spacesaving layouts that place the keys beside the trackpad surface -- or worse, on the front panel of the netbook itself," says Levy. Headsets and speakers Many netbooks feature integrated Bluetooth technology, which allows you to go wireless

when it comes to some peripherals including, mice, keyboards and headsets. With the latter, these optional accessories are ideal for chatting via a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) solution, such as Skype or Windows Live Messenger. "Trying to type or use your mouse while a wire dangles in your way is a quick and efficient way to annoy yourself," says Semel. With the increasing ability of free tools to make voice calls -such as GoogleTalk, Skype, and other products -- the use of the netbook as a portable telephony device makes increasing sense, says Chris Silva, a senior analyst for enterprise mobility at Forrester Research, a Bostonbased technology research firm. "A wired USB handset or, better yet, a Bluetooth wireless handset make for a must-have addition taking the netbook from small PC to mobile office." Music lovers, on the other hand, might want to consider a pair of external speakers. "Road warriors who use their laptops to play tunes when they turn their hotel rooms into mobile offices are often disappointed with the tinny, usually mono sound from the average netbook's speaker," says Levy. "USB-powered

portable speakers may not rock the Kasbah, but they'll fit the bill when you need some familiar music in a faraway place." Monitors, optical drives, and webcams Levy says an external CD/DVD burner is also a good idea because netbooks don't have an embedded optical disc drive. "Although we're burning fewer and fewer disks these days as the world increasingly shifts to solid state memory and Web-based software, there will come a time when we all need to burn a disk, or install something from a CD or DVD," she says. "As netbooks lack internal optical drives, a slim external unit can keep you functional without adding too much weight." Silva says to consider a netbook with an integrated Web camera, or you can always pick up an external model, now offering high-definition quality for crystal -clear online video conferences. "While the quality for digital still pictures is likely to be dismal [with an embedded camera], the use of the camera with IM tools for live, video chats makes the device moving video conference solution great for exchanging ideas with colleagues or checking in on the family from the other side of the world," says

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Silva. And instead of squinting to read text on a 7- to 10-inch screen, an external monitor is recommended while stationary for a while. "While you certainly won't be carting an external display in your travel bag, many netbook users use them at their desks to make up for the built-in display's limited real estate and resolution," says Levy. "For basic productivity needs, a netbook with an external display, keyboard and mouse can often be all the machine the average small or mid-sized business office user may ever need." Other considerations A few other netbook accessory suggestions: A fitted sleeve to keep the netbook secure and protected when carried in a larger bag, backpack, or suitcase. A USB 2.0 hub that turns one universal serial bus port into four or more, to connect multiple devices at the same time. While the latest netbooks offer 160GB of internal memory, SecureDigital (SD) Flash cards or an external hard drive adds more storage, if needed, and the ability to transfer files easily between PCs.

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Hot at CES 2010: Mullets and Prosthetics By Rob Tannen (Fast Company) Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:52:20 PM

As a first time attendee, I found the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show simultaneously overwhelming and underwhelming. There was the never-ending expansiveness of sights and sounds but a lack of any robust, breakthrough technology. As I methodically toured the show, I saw the popular trends--3D television, e-

readers and multi-touch devices-but also noted other emerging ideas. In fact, two trends were particularly noticeable in their attempts to fill in voids created by new technologies. Visually appealing case designs by Speck The first trend, which I have dubbed "mullet design," is a movement to bring individual style to products that have minimal visual identities. For those unfamiliar with the term, a mullet is a hairstyle that can be

described as "business in the front, and party in the rear." Now I'm not referring to the haircuts of CES attendees (they trended more towards ponytails anyway), but rather the state of an evergrowing number of handheld touchscreen devices. Lacking buttons and other decorative hardware, these devices have a clean, businesslike front. Placed side-by-side, most of these products are largely indistinguishable from each other (see also High

Definition TVs for a similar blandness). To compensate for a lack of ornamentation, manufacturers and after-market accessory providers are assertively offering a range of design solutions to give personality to the backs of these devices. For example, companies like Speck and CaseMate were showing off artistdesigned iPhone covers. Speck's CES booth included an artist creating cases on the fly. Even Microsoft was showing off some

impressive engraved designs for its Zune players, and computer manufacturer Asus showed off an entire wardrobe for its laptop line. Asus displayed a wardrobe for its laptops and accessories. The second trend, which I designate as "prosthetic design" refers to the emerging aftermarket of functional hardware accessories, particularly for the iPhone. One of the inherent HOT page 12

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Cracks Show in Google's Nexus One Strategy By Kit Eaton (Fast Company) Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:49:39 PM

Google's Nexus One just keeps popping into the news, but this time its for all the wrong reasons: Barely a week since its launch, the complaints targeted against it are growing from lots of angles. Did Google make a boo boo? Over at PCWorld is the most damning collection of charges against the Nexus One, and that's even without ripping into the nastiness of the "superphone" label used by Google's team during the launch event. That's since been called into question, after it turned out the Nexus One is merely an up-specced version of the existing Droid Eris handset made by HTC, and carrying the latest installation of Android OS--an upgrade that'll hit many other Android handsets soon. Customer Service This seems to be the biggest gripe. Part of the N1 launch was concentrated on Google's new phone store, which the company proudly promoted as the global venue for potential N1 customers. They even played up the fact it'll be expanding soon to sell other handsets across the World--it really is a big deal, according to Google. But the company totally messed up the other half of a new online business. That's the hidden infrastructure that makes it all

tick--it's not enough to merely have a glossy store front, if you've not got the resources in place to support all the tricky details of dealing with Jo Public. And in Google's case, the biggest failing is in customer support: There are recurring tales of woe with consumers being referred between Google, T-Mobile and HTC client helplines without anyone taking responsibility or even offering to genuinely help. If this effort really is to transform the way Android phones are sold, Google needs to

get all ship-shape and Bristol fashion on its customer liaison as soon as humanly possible. Otherwise Apple will just steal the lead again with the next-gen iPhone. Developers and Android 2.1 The magic juice that's poured into the N1 to make it zing is Android 2.1, the latest official version of the OS from Google. The company chose to hold the code very close to its chest before the N1's launch, perhaps reasonably, so that it could surprise users with the added

bells and whistles it provides-like voice recognition. But since then it seems that Google's continued to hold on to 2.1 too hard, and it isn't letting developers have a look at the code. There's no Android 2.1 SDK out yet either, which is effectively stifling any efforts to write apps that support the new OS. Given the Android Marketplace's lagging position behind Apple's iTunes App Store, this seems a very odd move by Google--wouldn't you

expect to get everyone working on the new code as quickly as possible? Vexed Vendors Perhaps the biggest issue of the Google Nexus One is that first bit of its name: Google. By branding the phone as its own, and clearly setting the device ahead of every other Android smartphone out there-particularly the recent highlyhyped Motorola Droid--Google's slapping every other Android vendor in the face. As PC World notes, "If the Nexus on launch is any indication, Google and HTC may always be one step ahead of the competition" by cooking up exciting new hardware and software combinations that push the Android cutting edge, but doing so in private. In other words, Google may choose to do this sort of stunt again at any time, squashing the competition right out of the very market it's trying to promote. If you add in the news that a banking data phishing scam app just made it into the Android Marketplace, thanks to the opendoor policy for app submission (in contrast to Apple's closed vault-like tactics) this week isn't a good one for Google's Android phones, and the problems seem to stem right from the top. [Via PCWorld.com]

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Should Record Labels Abandon CDs? By Josh Spiro (Inc.com) Submitted at 1/10/2010 10:11:00 PM

With vinyl in the midst of a renaissance and CDs tanking in almost direct proportion to the uptick in digital downloads, it’s hard for a record label to peg the best strategy for releasing music. If they were to release digitally only, they risk lost sales from less tech-savvy demographics, but if they stick to meatspace distribution (i.e. CDs), they could end up the last rat on a sinking ship.Nielsen reports that in the coming year, sales of digital albums could climb from 41 percent to 50 percent of all album sales. Some of the outfits best poised to capitalize on this trend are independent labels, which have traditionally been ahead of the digital curve out of necessity.By 2003, big box retailers had shouldered out many of their mom and pop counterparts leaving indie labels struggling for shelf space. “Independent record labels had more to gain from the digital

download model than major record labels because, for the first time, they had a marketplace that was completely open to them,” says Matt Laszuk, president and co-founder of IRIS Distribution, a San Franciscobased digital marketing and distribution company.Smash Hit Music, one the labels IRIS works with, releases its music entirely in digital format. But they didn’t start out that way. Soon after Smash opened, five out of their six vinyl distributors went the way of the 8-track, so they were forced to evolve or die. “We were actually very excited to do this because as soon as we looked at the math, we realized that we were going to be profitable right out of the gate,” says Layne Fox, president of the San Francisco-based dance and electronica label who also doubles as IRIS’ marketing VP.As a caveat though, Smash’s

annual revenue is relatively small, in the ballpark of $100,000. Laszuk says that many of IRIS’ larger, most successful labels are closer to 50 percent digital distribution. Basically Smash is opting for a “trade off of scale and total dollars in exchange for better turnarounds, better timelines, and better margins,” says Fox.Thinking about breaking into digital music distribution? Here's some tips to help you get started: • Even if your distribution is largely digital, you can partner with another label to produce your music physically and then split the profits without taking on any risk. • Aim for broad distribution across downloading platforms and transaction types. Though the iTunes store is the most successful venue for many digital distributors, getting your tracks on Zune, Rhapsody, and eMusic, or sites specific to your

genre can be a real boost. You can explore everything from permanent downloads to adsupported streams and subscription services.• Emerging bands should always put their best foot forward. Don’t hold back your stellar tracks. Laszuk even recommends giving them away to build a fan base.• Know your demographic. Is your audience made up of digital natives? Do they go to many concerts? Digital sales probably won’t help your label if you specialize in classical music, which tends to appeal to an older, less tech-savvy demographic. • Be realistic about digital revenue expectations and be open and communicative about these prospects with your artists.

Boots With Reversible Cleats Keep You From Starring In Disaster On Ice [Clothing] By Sean Fallon (Gizmodo) Submitted at 1/11/2010 2:00:00 PM

This is a really fantastic idea—boots with a set of reversible cleats on the foot and heel that can prevent slips on snow and ice. When you are heading indoors, just flip it over to hide the steel studs. The whole mechanism is set flush into a groove on the sole, so it should be as comfortable to walk in as a standard boot. Plus, they are made from waterproofed leather for added protection. The boots aren't cheap at $200, but it's better than breaking your ass in the driveway. [ Hammacher via Crunchgear]

U.K. Using "Thought-Control" Game to Treat ADHD in Kids By Erica Westly (Fast Company) Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:12:37 PM

Okay, so it's not really thoughtcontrolled. Instead, the game in question, cleverly named Play Attention, uses EEG measurements taken from a

snazzy looking helmet to determine whether the user is paying attention. When the kids' attention is diverted, the game freezes. Play Attention was devised is being distributed in the UK by a British nonprofit called Games the Atlanta-based non profit for Life(not to be confused with

Games for Life). Today, psychology researchers at the University of Hertfordshire announced results from a small study that found kids with ADHD who had played the game showed better impulse control than those who had not. Now Games for Life is looking at

rolling out the program in various schools throughout the U.K. Here's hoping the game can hold kids' attention long-term. (Or at least that a cooler looking helmet is invented.) [Image courtesy of University of Hertferdshire]

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values of the iPhone is the elimination of extra hardware â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a single device takes the role of phone, media player, GPS, etc. So it might seem counterintuitive to consider adding electronics to enhance your iPhone's functionality. But the announcement of a number of products at CES suggests a transformation of the iPhone into a powerful and versatile base computing platform to support external hardware. The iDiscover Keyboard utilizes the iPhone and a custom app to drive a music system. One such example was Ion Audio's iDiscover Keyboard. While there are many iPhone apps that provide an onscreen keyboard, the iDiscover provides

a physical keyboard that uses the iPhone and a custom app as the engine for creating music. A sleeper star of CES, Parrot's AR Drone is a real flying "quadricopter" that is controlled remotely via an iPhone app, letting gamers experience action off the screen. Whether adding style to a plain touch screen, or "prosthetics" to enhance functionality, the human desire for individuality and specialization continues to drive commerce and technology. There may be a party in the back, but at least when it comes to trickingout our gadgets, it's still all about business. Rob Tannen's Designing for Humans blog Browse blogs by more Expert Designers

Rob Tannen is an expert in designing products, interfaces and systems that accommodate the complexities of human behavior and capabilities. He has researched cockpit interfaces for U.S. Air Force, designed trading floor order systems for the New York Stock Exchange, and created touch screen applications for consumer appliances. Rob is Director of User Research and Interaction Design at the product development firm Bresslergroup. He also has a PhD in human factors and is a Certified Professional Ergonomist.

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to the company. Easy Energy is adapting the same flywheel alternator technology for a pedalLAS VEGAS--You can now use powered laptop, called the muscle power to charge your YoGen MaxT, which is still electronics. Easy Energy at CES under development. 2010 showed off the YoGen Photo by Martin hand charger, which is now L a M o n i c a / C N E T available for $40. When you pull Caption by Martin LaMonica the string, it turns a mini Five Filters featured article: flywheel that produces a steady Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: stream of power--up to five watts PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, --for small, portable devices. Term Extraction. One minute of pulling is enough to charge a cell phone, according Submitted at 1/11/2010 10:06:30 AM

Ford Fusion Hybrid Takes 2010 North American Car of the Year Award By Ariel Schwartz (Fast Company) Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:50:05 PM

Want proof that hybrids have hit the mainstream? Look no further than this week's Detroit auto show, where Ford won the 2010 North American Car of the Year award for its Fusion Hybrid. The sedan beat out two non-hybrid competitors--the Buick LaCrosse and Volkswagen Golf GTI and TDI Diesel--to take this year's honors. The annual award, which is

given out by a panel of 49 auto journalists, rates cars based on value, innovation, design, safety, handling, and driver satisfaction. While we haven't tested the LaCrosse or VW Golf models, we can attest to the slick design, high fuel economy and comfort of the Fusion Hybrid. And we aren't the only ones who like the car--one juror called the Fusion the best hybrid ever built. The Fusion isn't the first hybrid to win the Car of the Year award. That designation goes to the Toyota Prius, which was first

nominated in 2001 but didn't win until 2004. Ford has also scored in the hybrid category before for the Escape Hybrid, which won the Truck of the Year award in

2005. The company also took this year's Truck of the Year award for the Transit Connect. All of this will sound great in Ford car commercials, but will it

help sales? We're guessing that the Prius will remain the bestselling hybrid because of the name recognition factor, but don't be surprised to see more new Ford vehicles on the road in the coming year. Last year, the company gained market share for the first time since 1995, and December 2009 saw a 33% increase in sales. That's not bad for one of the ailing Big Three. [Via PhysOrg]

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Filed under: China Financial Times and other news agencies (including our own Connie Madon) report that China now dominates world export economy superseding Germany, Europe's largest economy and former number one exporter. Despite resurgence in the later half of the year by growth in exports and the emergency action taken by the German Government and the Central Bank, Germany came second to China. With the pace of economic recovery on the slow, Germany has something to be concerned about. German exports increased by 1.6% in November 2009,

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Airport Scanners Can Store, Transmit Images By Kim Zetter (Wired Top Stories) Submitted at 1/11/2010 10:13:00 AM

Contrary to claims from the TSA, full-body airport scanners can store and transmit images, according to newly released documents.

Motorola XT720 spreading Android, BLUR to South Korea? By Chris Ziegler (Engadget)

launching it here, too. Enter the alleged XT720, a localized version of the XT701 that's Though its market share pales seeing duty on China Unicom on a g a i n s t t h e h o m e t e a m s , the other side of the Yellow Sea. Motorola has maintained a Rumor has it this will be coming continued presence in South to SK Telecom, but details are Korea for some time -- and sketchy and conflicting: Mirae seeing how the company is going Asset Research says the phone here says it's 8; they're also all-in with Android globally, it will feature a 5 megapixel cam quoting the screen as a 3.7-inch makes sense that they'd be while the source of this picture Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:27:00 PM

480 x 640 unit, but clearly, it's going to be WVGA if the pic is legit. The research firm believes we'll see this launch next month which would likely make this the first high-end device out of Moto to feature BLUR; whether that's a good thing or not, though, is strictly a matter of personal opinion. Motorola XT720 spreading

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uPrint 3D Printer Gets Faster But Still Can't Print Time [3dPrinting] By Brian Barrett (Gizmodo) Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:20:00 PM

If you're a designer with a need for three-dimensional printing and $20,000 to spare, the uPrint Plus is right up your alley—it's 33% bigger, 69% faster, and 40% more efficient than its predecessor. It may not play Daft Punk like the MakerBot—and it costs a whoooole lot more— but Dimension's uPrint Plus is professional grade, small enough for desktop use and gives users resolution settings of either .010 inches or .013 inches and prints materials in nine colors. It'll ship in March, hopefully by which time they'll have figured out how to get me that 4D support I've been holding out for. World's Best-Selling 3D Printer Line Expands Dimension uPrint Plus offers material colors, larger build volume, resolution options, and more MINNEAPOLIS—(BUSINESS WIRE)—One year after introducing what has become the world's best-selling 3D printer the Dimension uPrint - Stratasys (NASDAQ: SSYS) says it has expanded the product line with

the uPrint Plus – an enhanced version with lots of new features – while still keeping the price under $20,000 (USD). Like the Dimension uPrint personal 3D printer, the uPrint Plus has a small footprint for true desktop use [25 x 26 in (635 x 660 mm)]. uPrint Plus can print in eight colors of Stratasys ABSplus material, making it easier for designers to

uPrint Plus also features two support-material enhancements that reduce material consumption and modeling time. The first, Smart Supports, is a software enhancement that reduces material usage by 40 percent, cutting costs. The second, SR30, is an improved soluble support material that dissolves 69 percent faster, to speed the modeling process. Smart Supports and SR-30 enhancements are available for both uPrint and uPrint Plus. "When the uPrint was introduced one year ago, it quickly became the best-selling 3D printer worldwide, with 1,000 units sold in the first 9 months," says Dimension Product Manager Mary Stanley. "Based on its success and customer requests for expanded features, the uPrint differentiate individual assembly Plus was created. Now designers, components and better depict engineers and architects have their product. The printer has a expanded options for building build envelope of 8 x 8 x 6 in models based on proven FDM (203 x 203 x 152 mm) – 33 technology." percent more volume than the uPrint Plus material colors uPrint, enabling larger models. include red, blue, olive, black, uPrint Plus offers two resolution dark gray, nectarine, fluorescent settings – 0.010 in (0.254 mm) yellow, and ivory. The new 3D and 0.013 in (0.330 mm) – to printer will be available for give users additional print shipment in March through options. authorized Stratasys resellers.

Is an Apple Tablet on the Way? Orange Exec Says 'Oui' By Brian X. Chen (Wired Top Stories)

Apple's rumored tablet will be announced soon, according to Orange, a major international

carrier and partner of Apple.

Video highlights from CrunchGear’s CES 2010 booth By Matt Burns (CrunchGear) Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:30:50 PM

CrunchGear had its own booth at a CES event this year and of course we streamed all the interviews live. East Coasters may have missed out due to the late schedule though. So here they are for a second time. Daniel Brusilovsky started out the panel with a demo of mSpot video streaming Android app. But we go on to take a look Sticker, Shapeways, a Geek Not Needed router, the L5 iPhone remote, v.Clone Iomega software, Blue Microphones, Mad Catz Cyborg R.A.T. mouse, LowJack computer software, an HP CTO, PocketCPR, Pogoplug and finish up two hours of interviewing with a look at the Gunman iPhone game. Forgive all the shuffling. We did this via Livestream, after all. Click through for all the interviews and general CrunchGear hijinks.

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Android Banking Scam App Shoots Phish In Google's Barrel [Android] By John Herrman (Gizmodo) Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:58:10 PM

The crime: identity theft. The location: the Android Market. The weapon: a free "banking" app. The lesson: you should be terrified at all times, of all things, even if Google says you shouldn't be. Downloading your bank's mobile app seemed like a surefire way to avoid stumbling into a phishing scam. It was the prudent thing to do! Until this week, when malicious software masquerading as an official First Tech Credit Union banking app wormed its way into the Android Market. Of course, when I say "wormed" I really mean "strode more or less undisturbed," because that's what you do in the Android Marketâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;approvals take

hours, not days, and the inspection process seems to be cursory, at best. This doesn't highlight a problem so much as a tradeoff: do you want your primary app resource

to be mostly unfiltered and nonexclusive, so no company can tell you what you can or can't download, but where you're possibly exposed to scam apps like this? Or do you need to be held in the warm, protective breast of a multination corporation, guarded by its app approval minions, who go over every app with a fine-tooth comb? Either way, its worth noting that this is only somewhat indicative of a weakness in the Android Market concept, because it shouldn't have happenedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;they theoretically screen for malicious apps. But it did, so at the very least be more scared careful. [ First Tech Credit Union via AndroidGuys]

Photo calendars: Near-final Firefox 3.6 out Does it have to for testing be this hard? By Stephen Shankland Mozilla has released the first By Stephen Shankland (Webware.com) Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:00:00 AM

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Firefox 3.6, designed to be faster than 3.5, is nearly done.

Audi's Electric Car Gets Even Sexier By Chuck Squatriglia (Wired Top Stories)

The latest version of the e-tron is off-the-charts gorgeous.

Nokia N900 gets first software update, but don't expect much By Chris Ziegler (Engadget)

be available globally within the next day or so, both over-the-air and via Nokia Software Update Nokia has announced that it has on your desktop. started pushing the N900's very [Thanks to everyone who sent first post-launch update, but this in] apparently it's not anything crazy Update: We're being told that like Maemo 6(yeah, we know it's the Ovi Store's now accessible not even close to ready, but you from the device at store.ovi.mobi know you want it) or system- -- anyone care to share stories of wide portrait orientation support success or failure? Thanks, -- instead, it's just a minor bump Matija! designed to prepare the set for Nokia N900 gets first software the upcoming launch of the update, but don't expect much Maemo-flavored Ovi Store. originally appeared on Engadget That's great news for anyone on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:26:00 looking for a more unified way EST. Please see our terms for to get paid apps on the phone, a use of feeds. Permalink| Nokia significant step towards making Conversations| Email this| M a e m o a m o r e c o n s u m e r - Comments friendly platform than it is at the present. Look for the update to Submitted at 1/11/2010 3:26:00 PM

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Droid security flaw makes lock screen a mere inconvenience for evildoers By Chris Ziegler (Engadget) Submitted at 1/11/2010 3:49:00 PM

You might recall Apple having a hard time keeping its lock screen locked at one point, and it looks like we've got a common theme brewing here now that Android's suffering from the same drama. Turns out that Android 2.0.1 -the build currently deployed on the Droid -- suffers from a flaw whereby you can back out to a locked phone's home screen simply by pressing the Back button after accepting an incoming call. Of course, you'd either have to know a phone's number or wait for a call to actually take advantage of this, but we'd argue that it's a pretty low barrier of entry. The bright side of the story, we suppose, is that the phone goes back to being locked as soon as the call ends,

Sony’s Bloggie camcorders might be meant for video blogging By Doug Aamoth (CrunchGear) but then again it doesn't take much time to peep your juicy emails. Google's aware of the issue, so we're thinking this'll make it into the Droid's next software update; we don't have a launch window for that just yet, so in the meantime... you know, just make sure no one ever calls you and you should be good to

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It seems almost inevitable somehow, like asteroids on a collision course; the New York Times Media Decoder blog reports: Former Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska has signed on as a

contributor to the Fox News Channel. The network confirmed that Ms. Palin will appear on the network’s programming on a regular basis as part of a multiyear deal. Financial terms were not disclosed. Ms. Palin will not have her own regular program, one person familiar with the deal said,

though she will host an occasional series that will run on the network from time to time. The only question I have is whether to file this under “Media” or “Politics,” because it’s both.

270-degree rotating lens, movie and still buttons, Memory Stick and SD(HC) expandability, and Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:00:00 PM 4x digital zoom. Time to sweep up after CES. The MHS-CM5/V, pictured Devin tells me we have a hands- above right, costs $200 and on with these cameras buried features HDMI output, image somewhere in our live video feed stabilization, 5x optical zoom, from the show but we’re unable flip-out USB connector, movie to find it at the moment, so and still buttons, Memory Stick please allow me to paint a and SD(HC) expandability, and a picture for you using good old swiveling 2.5-inch LCD screen. fashioned words. For $30 more than the other Two models are available – both model, I’d pick this one up first shoot up to 1920×1080 HD if only for the swiveling LCD video in the MP4 format. and optical zoom. The MHS-PM5/V, pictured b l o g g i e M P 4 above in blue and pink, costs Cameras[SonyStyle.com via $170 and features a Flip-like Electronista] USB connector, 2.4-inch LCD,

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Facebook's Universal Password and Other Unsettling Insider Info [Blockquote] By Adam Frucci (Gizmodo) Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:27:40 PM

School district buys 131 iPod touches, for education By Nicholas Deleon (CrunchGear) Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:00:40 PM

A school district in North Carolina just placed an order for 131 iPod touches to be used to help kids with their readin’ and writin’. The money to buy the Apple devices came from a combination of grants and the American Recovery and

Reinvestment Act, also known as “the stimulus.” The move has already created controversy. “Why should we spend all this money on iPods?” To that I’d answer, well, the iPod touch is nothing if not a small computer, and one that costs less than buying a full-size desktop. (What, are you going to buy a bunch of kids a netbook? Not that’s a waste of money.) People

also didn’t like the idea that, since the iPod touch doesn’t have a user-replaceable battery, the school district is essentially buying a device that simply won’t work in just a few years’ time. But seeing as though the iPods are being purchased with what amounts to free money (in the form of grants and the stimulus), I really don’t see how people can

complain. Didn’t we all play Reading Blaster and Math Blaster in our elementary school computer labs? The iPod touch could probably run a 3D version of Math Blaster. A computer is a computer is a computer. Cálmate. Flickr

This interview with an anonymous Facebook employee spills some beans about the inner workings of the 'book. One of the juiciest is that there was once a universal password that let them log in as anyone. Chuck Norris? Really? To be fair, the password only worked from within the Facebook offices, so you couldn't just check out anyone's profile from anywhere if you knew about it. However, employees still have access to all sorts of info about any user, including what profiles you view and any information you have since deleted. Acceptable business practices or privacy disaster? Personally, I almost never use Facebook anymore, so I don't really care. But that's just me. [ The Rumpus via The Awl]

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Lifehacker Readers Are an Early-Adopting, 64bit Crowd [What You Said] By Adam Pash (Lifehacker) Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:30:00 PM

Vote for the Computer Engineer Barbie By Matt Burns (CrunchGear)

HTC Droid Eris gets an ultra-minor update By Chris Ziegler (Engadget)

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be a much heartier update in the wings later this quarter as Big Red has previously promised. What you want for your Droid [Thanks to everyone who sent Eris: Android 2.1. What you're this in] actually getting: the tiniest of HTC Droid Eris gets an ultraupdates designed to fix just one minor update originally appeared bug. ROM version 1.17.605.1 is on Engadget on Mon, 11 Jan By Alexis Madrigal (Wired Top starting to make its way into the 2010 16:51:00 EST. Please see Stories) world via the phone's over-the- our terms for use of feeds. Submitted at 1/11/2010 11:08:00 AM air update mechanism, fixing an Permalink| Verizon| Email this| intermittent bad signal indicator Comments Scientific recordings of the when bringing it out of standby. atmospheric wave caused by the Yep, that's it -- so there'd better first manmade fusion explosion Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:51:00 PM

Last week we asked you whether you were running a 32bit or 64-bit operating system on your main PC. As it turns out, an impressive 71% of you have made the jump to 64-bit. From the comments, it appeared that many of you chose the 64-bit upgrade to take advantage of the benefits of 64-bit.

Classified Recordings of First Fusion Bomb Test Found in Old Safe are unearthed at Columbia and published here at Wired.com for the first time. The experimental detonation was five times as powerful as all the bombs used in WWII.

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Microsoft's famously buggy Windows Genuine Advantage notification system sometimes won't stop nagging you, even though you're playing by the rules. Here's how to disable it.

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Responding To SoundExchange... By Their Numbers By Fred Wilhelms (Techdirt)

press releases. Their campaign seems to be faltering, however, as they've resorted to This is a guest post from Fred commenting on my supposed Wilhelms, a lawyer whose factual errors to third parties like concerns about SoundExchange Techdirt rather than deal with me we recently wrote about. Due to directly. I don't mind. It's the the length of the post, we've put tactic they've used with outside some of it after the jump, so critics like me for years. It's you'll need to click through to arrogant, but what can we expect read the whole thing -- but, trust from an organization where the us, it's worth it. Board of Directors is handB a c k b e f o r e N e w Y e a r s , picked by the RIAA? Techdirt's Mike Masnick picked So, let me take this opportunity up on my comment to p2pnet.net t o d e a l w i t h t h e " T o p T e n regarding the list of artists Reasons Laura Williams Tells SoundExchange said it couldn't Techdirt Why I Am So, So find. I wrote that the list was not Wrong About SoundExchange on the website. I was wrong (But Won't Tell Me Directly)." a b o u t t h a t , a n d M i k e g o t 1.About the "missing" list of suckered into repeating it. I went unpaid artists, I said it wasn't on blissfully without the Internet for the website. They said:"Not sure a couple weeks (yes, it is how FW missed this. It's at possible) and missed the whole http://soundexchange.com/perfor thing. I just got it wrong. The mer-owner/does-sx-have-moneylist is there. I just couldn't find for-you/unpaid-artists/. It's been it. there all along, old website and My apologies, in order, to new, and this version is easier to SoundExchange, Mike, and his use than ever." As noted before, I readers. The list itself is a very missed it. interesting document on several There used to be a link directly levels, and I will be dealing with from the homepage to the list, that later. This particular note and a rolling counter of artists has a specific purpose relating to removed from the list. Those are Mike's piece. gone. I used the search function SoundExchange folks like on the site for "unregistered Director Dick Huey and staffer a r t i s t s " (the term Laura Williams have been SoundExchange used to use to g u s h i n g a l l o v e r a b o u t describe the entries on the list) SoundExchange's new open and came up with nothing. I'm communications policy. I have not sure how "easier" the list is been trying to engage them in t o u s e , g i v e n t h a t t h e actual conversation, rather than alphabetizing scheme used by simply criticizing their serial SoundExchange is even more Submitted at 1/11/2010 10:55:00 AM

idiosyncratic than the old one, but I will deal with the contents of the list, and what it means, separately. All that aside, SoundExchange is right about this. I just missed the list. 2. About what happens to forfeited money, I said SoundExchange gets to keep the money. They said:"This is a common misperception about SX. While our congressional mandate allows us to liquidate funds after 3 years, the board has repeatedly declined to do so, in hopes of locating more artists to pay properly. EVEN IF THEY DID RELEASE FUNDS, those funds go directly to the artists and rights holders who are currently registered, in a windfall royalty - SX is a non-profit and does not keep that money." There's a whole bunch of misdirection and spin going on in those 70 words. There's no "congressional mandate." The forfeiture is permitted by Federal regulation adopted by the Copyright Office, specifically, 37 CFR 261.8. A regulation is not a "congressional mandate," although I admit that mandate stuff makes it sound like it is something SoundExchange has to do, rather than something that SoundExchange asked the Copyright Office to do for them, which is what really happened. SoundExchange wants everyone to think they are forced by Congress into taking money

from artists they can't find, even if that really isn't so. Perhaps SoundExchange wants everyone to think it is a matter of Federal law because they don't want anyone looking at the regulation itself. You see, the regulation requires that all money that should be paid to an unidentified or unlocated recipient be placed in a segregated trust account. I've asked SoundExchange repeatedly over the years to advise me where the "segregated trust account" is held, but the inquiries are always met with silence. I've also asked them to tell me how much money is in that segregated trust account. They've ignored that too. I don't think the segregated trust account exists, for the simple reason that SoundExchange doesn't have the slightest idea which artists are entitled to what share of the undistributed money. About "repeatedly declining" to forfeit more artist money, they say this as if refusing to take money from people who don't know about it is an act of moral courage. They also say this as if they actually never intended to do it again, when history proves otherwise. In January, 2007, immediately after the deadline for the first forfeiture, SoundExchange announced they were going ahead with a second one. Strangely, for an organization that claims to be so vitally concerned with serving

artists, they never mentioned the new forfeiture program anywhere but on the website page that linked to the list of unregistered artists. In other words, you had to already know they had your money in order for you to find out they were going to take it. There was not one press release announcing the forfeiture, and not even a notice about it anywhere on the website, or anywhere else for that matter. In blunt point of fact, SoundExchange "declined" to go through with the second forfeiture only because there was public outrage that they would do it again and try to keep it a secret. SoundExchange clearly wants everyone to pretend that they never really meant to try a second forfeiture. The problem is, they did. I said SoundExchange gets to keep money it forfeits from unfound artists. SoundExchange disputes that and claims that "those funds go directly to the artists and rights holders who are currently registered," which is utter bull. As that regulation so clearly states, SoundExchange doesn't pay the money "directly" to anyone. They get to use the forfeited funds to defray their own expenses, which, when you come down to it, means they get to use it for their own purposes. Technically, SoundExchange doesn't "keep the money," so the RESPONDING page 24

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HOW TO: Use a Start Page to Stay Organized By Barb Dybwad (Mashable!)

and resources, it can be the optimal place to check first to get a sense of what’s going on in This post originally appeared on your work and your industry. By the American Express OPEN aggregating multiple widgets and F o r u m , w h e r e M a s h a b l e bits of information into a single regularly contributes articles interface, a start page can serve about leveraging social media as a central hub for the most a n d t e c h n o l o g y i n s m a l l important information that’s business. always one click away from your W i t h s o m a n y o n l i n e regular browsing habits. p r o d u c t i v i t y t o o l s a t o u r Let’s take a look at how to disposal, there’s never been a choose and use a personalized better time to check up on what’s dashboard. How to Choose a out there to help optimize your Start Page work flow. One such class of Both Google and Yahoo offer tools that can help set up a personalized start pages, the dashboard of critical “at a former at iGoogle and the latter glance” information is the with My Yahoo. If you or your personalized start page. business already uses web There are a number of different products from either company, choices in this category, but the the offered integrations with general gist is that a start page your start page might make enables you to “stick” bits of the either an obvious choice (Google web like news feeds, interactive Apps users tend to mesh well widgets and other specific blocks with the iGoogle start page, for of information into a one-stop- example). shop destination you can use as Another brace of popular your first port of call when o p t i o n s a r e N e t v i b e s a n d starting a work session. Why Use Pageflakes, both of which offer a Start Page? full-featured start page Like an RSS reader, a start page a l t e r n a t i v e s t o t h e b i g can help you stay on top of a companies’ offerings. All four large volume of information. services offer the ability to add What sets a start page apart is the widgets to your pages that go ability to integrate far more than beyond presenting mere news just news feeds, including f e e d s ( G o o g l e c a l l s t h e m everything from e-mail, to your “gadgets,” while Pageflakes calendar, to the weather report, refers to them as “Flakes”). to the current time in other The best way to choose which places around the world where start page fits is to give each one you do business. a quick try. Differences in After taking some time to set up layout, user interface, and style your page with relevant feeds become apparent quickly, and Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:31:23 PM

browsing, it allows you to set up and toggle between multiple pages for different purposes (Netvibes even allows you to create multiple instances, similar to having multiple Gmail accounts versus simply forwarding multiple addresses to one inbox). Depending on your you have the luxury of picking needs, you’ll want to take stock which one looks and “feels” of what realms you might want right. Although the widget to have at your fingertips. If offerings tend to be fairly you’re a frequent traveler, you c o m p a r a b l e b e t w e e n t h e might want a Travel tab with platforms, you might want to weather conditions, time zones, spend some time browsing the flight statuses, and news in your available widget and gadget frequently-visited spots. If you options as well to get a sense of n e e d t o m o n i t o r w h a t ’ s which selections make the most happening in several industries, sense for you and your business. you might create a tab for each Alltop is a nice, clean interface of them with appropriate sources that provides just that, and you and widgets. Multiple tabs means can set up your own customized your personal dashboard can dashboard of feeds and/or make even live right beside your work use of the pre-collected packages dashboard(s) as well. which are organized by hundreds Once you have an idea which of topics, industries and niches buckets you’ll want to keep track for a quick and pre-curated view of, start thinking about what are into a number of sectors. How to the most high priority sources Set Up and Use Your Start Page and bits of information you’d Once you’ve picked your like to collect for each page. poison, as it were, you’ll want to Since you can arrange your spend a bit of up-front time pages in any manner you wish, setting it up for optimal use. Of you’ll want to set up the highest course, it’s always easy to priority widgets towards the top change things around on the fly of the page and fill in the lower as well, so as new sources parts of the page with some of become critical and you discover the lesser priority items. new widgets, it’s a simple matter Feel free to go nuts hunting to incorporate them into your down new, interesting, and start page work flow. useful widgets and gadgets and Each start page offers the ability giving them a try on your tabs to create a tabbed interface. and pages. It’s always easy to Working much like tabbed move, re-order, or even remove

them if they end up being not as useful over time. Each service offers a directory of widgets, most with suggestions of the most popular or essential tools for your pages. From note-taking to e-mail, from stocks to eBay auctions, from your Netflix queue to integrated online storage, there’s a lot of functionality that can be brought into one at-your-fingertips’ interface. One other consideration when setting up your start page is choosing a theme — much like you can customize the look and feel of your Gmail account or your WordPress blog, you can “skin” your start page with colors and graphics that appeal to you. You’ll also want to consider whether or not you might want to make use of a public component to your start page. Netvibes gives you a public section by default, and Pageflakes allows you to create “Pagecasts” that can be public to the world or shared privately with a group. Setting up a valuable public page could be a novel way to position yourself as a resource in your niche or industry. These are just a few ideas to help you get started on the road to personalized start page mastery. With more features and widgets being developed over time, there promises to be no shortage of information and HOW page 21

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6 Foursquare Apps We’d Love to See By Shane Snow (Mashable!) Submitted at 1/11/2010 10:36:48 AM

Foursquare is one of the crucial new social networks to keep tabs on, and for entrepreneur types, the recent release of its open API is big news. It may be time for developers to start shifting away from Twitter and start tinkering with something a bit more Square. Here are 6 Foursquare apps we’d like to see developed. What other location-based apps would you like to see take advantage of the Foursquare API? Let us know in the comments. 1. MenuSquare When you check in at a restaurant on Foursquare, you can see what feedback your friends and others have left. Usually it’s recommendations –“Try the lobster ravioli!” –- or warnings –- “The green curry is wicked hot!” But wouldn’t it be great to be able to see the actual menu from your phone? We’d love to see an app that allows the crowd (or zealous programmers) to add a list of every menu item, perhaps even with prices, to every popular venue. Want to plan your meal while waiting for a table or a slow waiter? Maybe you’re just trying to decide where to eat? Just fire up

“MenuSquare.” 2. OrderSquare (a la SeamlessWeb) Building on the aforementioned menu idea, how about being able to order food from your smartphone, using Foursquare as the backdrop? The API makes it easy to grab all the nearby restaurants’ info, which will give this app a leg up in a lot of areas. The app could also be used to broadcast to your Foursquare friends what you actually ordered, leaving a record for everyone’s sake and encouraging reviews on individual dishes. 3. TextSquare Not all our friends are on Foursquare, and many of yours probably aren’t either. Could be they’re just not hip, but it’s also likely they just don’t have the right smartphones. How about an application that allows you to send selected check-ins as text messages or e-mails to nonFoursquarers that you’d like to meet up with. Invite those technoramuses to the party, too. 4. SquareDeck We don’t generally sit around tapping refresh on our phone to see where everyone’s at on Foursquare. We’d like to see a desktop application or widget that shows a feed of friends’ announced Foursquare coordinates and shouts. This

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the programmers), and it would definitely enhance the experience. Conclusion Foursquare’s API makes it easy to tap into location data for virtually every venue in most big cities, and now that Foursquare has opened up globally, this information will start flooding in way, we could see what we’re from smaller locales as well. missing out on while we’re at Developers: Now’s the time to work, or what gig we should get get in on the app-building action to. Integrate this app with early. With the right foresight Twitter and the rest of our social and a bit of ingenuity, the networks, and we’d never be possibilities are endless. More lonely again. 5. EventSquare Foursquare resources from Teens and party-going twenty- Mashable: somethings have plenty of - 6 Tips for Getting the Most out disposable income to make this of Foursquare app worthwhile. Build them an - Foursquare vs. Gowalla: application that shows where the Location-Based Throwdown nearest parties, concerts, or - T h e T w i t t e r o f 2 0 1 0 : events are going on at any Foursquare as Next Year’s moment, based on their location. Breakout Hit Great for those bored Friday - Location, Location, Location: 5 nights, this app could really help Big Predictions for 2010 you find something to do any Images courtesy of iStockphoto, time you want. 6. GroupSquare p h o t o p o s t e r , d w p h o t o s , Sometimes you may check in m a c r o w o r l d R e v i e w s : and only want certain friends to Foursquare, Twitter, iStockphoto know — you can’t always invite Tags: android, api, APIs, apps, everyone. That’s why we’re blackberry, foursquare, geoproposing an app (or a built-in location, geolocation, iphone, feature) that lets users categorize List, Lists, mobile applications their Foursquare friends and then choose which ones to alert upon check in. It shouldn’t be so hard to implement (says the writer to

Let's Get High and Go to New Jersey [Drugs] By Pareene (Gawker)

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functionality to enhance your start page. Plus, since most widgets and gadgets use existing web markup and standards, you could even build your own widgets if you need customized, business-specific information on your dashboard. Enjoy your one stop information shop! More small business resources from Mashable: - HOW TO: Implement a Social Media Business Strategy - 9 Great Document Collaboration Tools for Teams - 5 New Year’s Resolutions for SMBs - HOW TO: Choose a News Reader for Keeping Tabs on Your Industry - Top Mobile Productivity Tools for the Small Business - 5 Advanced Social Media Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses - 4 Ways Social Media is Changing Business Image courtesy of iStockphoto, smartstock Tags: business, how to, how tos, iGoogle, List, Lists, My Yahoo, Netvibes, organization, Pageflakes, productivity, small business

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Is It Legal For A Clothing Company To Show President Obama Wearing Its Jacket? By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)

points out that the White House was upset and complained about both uses, but likely had no legal One of the trickier and more right to complain: As in the recent "intellectual property" Michele Obama case, the White (and I use the term loosely) H o u s e c o m p l a i n e d , b u t rights out there is the "right to everybody seems to agree that publicity" which was an odd sort Obama won't sue, not just of invention designed as a way because presidents don't trifle for certain famous people to stop with such litigation, but because companies from putting their Obama has no legal leg to stand pictures in ads and imply on. He is a public figure and the endorsement. But there are some ad is truthful -- Obama did, in fuzzy borders here, especially fact, wear its jacket standing near w h e n i t c o m e s t o F i r s t the Great Wall... Amendment free speech rights. That is not to say that PETA and Paul Alan Levy has an excellent Weatherproof ran no risk when discussion on two separate cases they started these ad campaigns. where publicity rights came up When receiving questions from with regards to President and reporters, the White House could Mrs. Obama. In the first, PETA have released statements from used Michelle Obama in an h e r d e n o u n c i n g P E T A f o r advertisement, as an example of extremist opposition to the use of someone who doesn't wear fur. animals in medical testing ("she In the second, sporting goods thinks it is better to test on company Weatherproof used a animals first instead of using photo of Obama wearing one of poor people and prisoners"). the company's jackets while he Similarly, the White House could was in China to highlight the sort have told reporters, oh yes, he of customer they have. Levy did wear the jacket but later Submitted at 1/11/2010 8:44:00 AM

decided that it is a cheap and inferior product. But instead, the White House seems to be playing along, at least with PETA, by agreeing that Obama really does share PETA's position on furs. Where it gets even more interesting, is that Levy notes that a reporter for the Washington Post pointed to the similarities with various media publications writing up some story about the Obamas solely to get an Obama photo on the cover, knowing that it would sell well. However, oddly, the Post reporter seems to think this is just fine for the media, but a problem when it's someone else: What is interesting here is the assumption that it is (mis)appropriation when a political group does it and when a clothing company does it, but not when the media do it. But isn't is obvious that magazines were putting the Obamas on the cover to sell magazines? Givhan's article admits that -she says, "no small part of the

allure has been the sort of personal magnetism that connects with consumers as they bide their time in checkout lanes," and quotes PETA's preseident explaining, "It's hard not to look at her and feel good." This, too, is a use of the Obamas' selling power to sell the products of companies' who have never received consent from the Obamas. In fact, political groups and companies as well as the media are constantly trying to associate themselves with a variety of famous personages, no matter what some "right of publicity" cases may say. It is high time to consider how far the right of publicity needs to be cut back, or whether it causes more trouble than it is worth. Indeed. The deeper you look at the right of publicity, the more ridiculous and less justifiable it seems. It almost always serves to stifle free speech. Permalink| Comments| Email This Story

TV Land picks up Lisa Rinna and Harry Hamlin Docu-Soap “Harry Loves Lisa” By Robert Seidman (TVbytheNumbers) Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:06:18 PM

[ fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] via press release: CELEBRITY UBER-COUPLE LISA RINNA AND HARRY HAMLIN? TO OPEN THEIR DOORS TO TV LAND IN NEW REALITY DOCU-SOAP “HARRY LOVES LISA” Six-Episode TV Land PRIME Original Series To Air In Fall 2010? New York, NY, January 11, 2010 – TV Land announced today that it has greenlit a six-episode docu-soap entitled “Harry Loves Lisa” featuring pop culture [...]

Keep Jay's head away from Conan's contract! By Bob Sassone (TV Squad) Submitted at 1/11/2010 3:09:00 PM

This is a good way to waste an hour at work today. TMZ has a new game at their site, The TMZ Contract Game

with Conan O'Brien. It's actually a pretty simple game. You're Conan O'Brien, and you have to keep trying to grab the NBC contract before Jay Leno's head hits you (if you get hit, the game's over). Be careful. It's not

just one Leno head that is gunning for you, they keep

growing in number the more contracts you manage to get.

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Dear Rock Stars: Please Stop Claiming You're Just Interested In Helping Up-And-Coming Artists By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)

problem here is not with the internet. It's not with how it 'hurts' the little people. WE Remember a few months ago LOVE IT! It's you. You and your when we noted that all the heads expectations of wealth-beyondof the major Hollywood studios measure are screwed. And I don't had changed their tune, in the care. light of reports of yet another Here's a headline for you -- in record box office year, to start the 3 weeks since I made 'Behind claiming that movie piracy was Every Word' available for free harming indie movie producers, download, I've sold more CDs even as many of them had and downloads that in any one learned to embrace the internet to month since 6 months after it do quite well for themselves? It first came out. seems the same basic thing has This a four year old album. I've been happening in the music done no gigs in that time, I've business as well. We've already taken out no ads, I've not given noted how folks like Bono and away a single bit of physical Paul McCartney have been heard anything that cost me money. complaining to the press about I've just talked about it, and how piracy was harming up-and- invited people to listen to it. And coming musicians (noting they guess what? They listened, and couldn't really complain given those who really liked it THEN their success). PAID. And they paid more for However, Steve Lawson, whose the 'free' download they they do thoughts on the music industry on iTunes. we've discussed in the past, has I couldn't possibly have done it penned something of an open without 'free music', without the letter to all these rock stars, internet, without sharing, without noting that the up-and-coming streaming. Nor could I have done musicians don't need their help: it within the insanely restrictive So, dear Rock Stars -- the copyright terms of a standard Submitted at 1/11/2010 9:53:00 AM

recording contract. Shane Richmond, who pointed Lawson's post out to me, notes that (of course) some will respond (as they always do, every time we post an example of a success story) that musicians like Lawson are "outliers" and successes on the margin. But, Richmond, notes, the true outliers are the folks like Bono

and McCartney: Steve -- and the growing number of artists like him -- will probably be dismissed as outliers taking a path that works for a lucky few but not for everyone. The thing is, that's true of the record industry too. A lucky few artists get rich while the majority are hoping just to break even before they have to give up their dreams

and go and get a proper job. Indeed. This is the very point that we've been trying to make so long. So many of the artists that we highlight as success stories would never have been successful at all without the internet and embracing what it allows. Because the old system was entirely about outliers. The traditional recording business was a lottery ticket. A tiny few made it. And everyone else failed. With what technology allows today, plenty of musicians will fail to make a living. It's no guarantee that anyone can be a success. But there are much greater opportunities, and (the best part) musicians have more control and say in how their careers go, giving them a greater chance to actually be successful on their own terms, not the terms of four large (but shrinking) companies, and the very small number of rock stars they helped succeed in the past. Permalink| Comments| Email This Story

Simon Cowell Announces Last Season on 'American Idol' (ETonline - Breaking News) Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:40:00 PM

Simon Cowell has made it official -- he is leaving "American Idol" after this season

to bring his British hit "X Factor" to the U.S. He said Monday, "There has been a lot of speculation, partly because we didn't have an agreement. We reached an

agreement at half past eleven this morning where we have agreed that 'X Factor' will launch in 2011 with me judging and executive producing the show. Because of that, this will be my

last season on 'American Idol' this year." He continues, "We talked about me staying on both shows, but the practicality of that is impossible. I didn't think it right

for me to do two shows in America. I can barely do one. We had a lot of discussions. It was done very gentlemanly."

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"correction" is correct in a very strict literal sense. However, reality shows that they don't keep it because they spend it, which doesn't match up with what they say here. Now, of course, if they reduce their own expenses, that makes more money available for distribution to registered artists and copyright holders because they have to take less out of the current receipts. That's a good thing, but reality tells me that there are a couple problems. First of all, anyone who has ever worked for a non-profit that must keep a lid on expenses can tell you that "extra" money that can be used to defray expenses tends to get used up pretty fast. In the case of SoundExchange, I can clearly imagine that the forfeited money financed a good part of the musicFIRST campaign for the terrestrial radio performance

royalty. Secondly, take a look at what happens to whatever money does get through that "expense" process to be paid to registered recipients. As royalty money is split 50/50 between artists and copyright holders, and, by their own estimates, 70% of the copyright holder royalties goes to the four RIAA members who directly control six of the eighteen seats on the SoundExchange board (and who appointed the other twelve out of the goodness of their hearts), that means that 35 cents out of every forfeited artist royalty dollar goes to the four RIAA members. The one thing SoundExchange got right in its "correction" of my comment is the idea that this is a "windfall." I don't think they meant it the way it actually comes out, because the greatest windfall ends up in the lap of the RIAA labels, but they won't tell

you that outright and if you ask them about it, like I have, they ignore you. Because they can. If SoundExchange actually spent that forfeited money on improving their efforts to find the artists, like the language of the forfeiture regulation actually intends that they do, that would be fine. But they don't, and their "correction" of my comment is nothing but more smoke and mirrors to hide that. Click the read more or comments link below to see the additional eight points Wilhelms raises in response to SoundExchange. Permalink| Comments| Email This Story

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At the FOX exec session, Kevin Reilly and Peter Rice brought an end to the speculation about what's going on with Simon Cowell by bringing him on stage. The plan: Cowell will leave even signed his agreement on American Idol after this season, stage. and The X Factor will be coming Some quotes from Simon and to the US starting in 2011. He the Fox execs after the jump:

By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:08:00 PM

Last fall, we wrote about how the heirs of famed comic artist Jack Kirby had started alerting everyone that he intended to reclaim his copyrights on various popular comic characters, such as Spiderman, the Hulk, Iron Man, The Avengers and others, using the termination right in copyright law that was recently used by the heirs of one of the creators of Superman to reclaim some of those rights. Not surprisingly, Marvel, who owns many of the characters that Kirby's heirs want to take back, isn't particularly pleased about this (especially since many of those characters have recently become extremely lucrative movie franchises). So it has gone to court to insist that Kirby had no right to the characters and that his work with Marvel was a "work for hire" situation, where Marvel retains all the copyrights. Continue reading Simon Cowell Kirby's heirs, not surprisingly, leaves Idol to bring X Factor to disagree. They point out that the US - TCA Report Kirby worked out of his own Filed under: American Idol, house as a freelancer with no Celebrities, TCA Press Tour, c o n t r a c t o r e m p l o y m e n t Judges, Casting agreement. Permalink| Email this| | Comments

Simon Cowell leaves Idol to bring X Factor to the US - TCA Report By Joel Keller (TV Squad)

Marvel Claims Jack Kirby Was Just A Workerbee; Has No Right To Reclaim Copyright On Marvel Characters I have to admit that I'm not a fan of the termination right for copyright, because it makes a huge mess of things. However, given that it's there, it's really pretty sickening the lengths to which big entertainment companies will go to try to block creators from using it. Remember, these are the same giant entertainment companies who will insist time and time again that they need special government protections to "protect the artists." But any chance they get they'll screw those artists over. You may recall the attempt a decade ago by the RIAA to change copyright law in the middle of the night (literally) by having a staffer slip four words into a larger piece of legislation that would have avoided some of these termination claims. The entertainment industry has no interest in protecting the artists. It only wants to protect its bottom line -- and if that means screwing over the artists, it will do so at every turn. Permalink| Comments| Email This Story

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Former Apple engineer: FingerWorks may be a part of the tablet By Mike Schramm (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))

itself, and those guys claim that it makes use of gesture recognition to operate: "for example, three fingers down and Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:00:00 PM rotate could mean 'open an Filed under: Hardware, Rumors, application.'" Another former Software, Apple, Developer The employee told them that Apple's New York Times is the latest big b e e n p u t t i n g t o g e t h e r a source of tablet rumors today, multitouch version of iWork for and they went way back for the years, and that the tablet is latest stab in the dark. All the actually a full-featured Mac, not way back to 2005, when Apple just an e-reader or larger iPod purchased a little company called touch. FingerWorks, known for their Of course, we don't know how work with gesture recognition on long ago these Apple engineers a multitouch interface like the worked for the company -- given Touchstream keyboard above. that the App Store has vastly The Gray Lady says they spoke changed things over there in just with "former Apple engineers" the last year and a half, the tablet who have worked on the tablet itself could have changed its

focus in that same period of time. At this point, given all of the things you can do with a multitouch screen, finger gestures are probably the least impressive. But then again,

Apple's been obsessed with multitouch for a while, so it's not a stretch to think they might be included some of this FingerWorks technology in a larger multitouch screen. Wait

Rumor: The iPhone's next GPU By Steven Sande (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))

iPhones. Imagination unveiled the PowerVR SGX545 GPU core design at CES, which is the only Submitted at 1/11/2010 3:30:00 PM mobile phone GPU capable of Filed under: Hardware, Apple, OpenGL 3.2 and DirectX 10 iPhone The Graphics Processing level effects. The SGX545 also Unit, or GPU, of any modern includes OpenCL support, which computing device is an important means that unused processing piece of hardware that offloads cycles on the chip can be used to 3D graphics rendering from the offload work from the main main processor. At CES 2010 CPU. The SGX545 is also last week, chip manufacturer multithreading-aware, and can Imagination Technologies may provide an additional speed jump have spilled the beans on the when used with multi-core GPU for the next generation of processor designs such as the

ARM Cortex-A9. Imagination noted that they have produced a test chip for an unnamed "lead partner," which could very well be Apple. The Cupertino Kids have used PowerVR graphics in every iPhone and iPod touch, and many industry pundits believe the next generation of devices could be powered by a variant of the ARM Cortex-A9. Apple is also an investor in Imagination,

having purchased a 9.5% stake in the chip manufacturer in 2008 and 2009. So it's very possible that the SGX545 could be churning out pixels in the next handheld you buy from the Apple Store. TUAW Rumor: The iPhone's next GPU originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

and see, wait and see. Update: MacRumors now notes that some content on FingerWorks' website has been pulled despite being online since Apple made the purchase in 2005. Very interesting. [via MacRumors] TUAW Former Apple engineer: FingerWorks may be a part of the tablet originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

TSA: Passenger carries ammo on plane in Milwaukee (AP) (Yahoo! News: U.S. News) Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:05:07 PM

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MacBook prices around the world By Dave Caolo (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)) Submitted at 1/11/2010 2:00:00 PM

Filed under: Apple Corporate, Hardware, Retail, Mac Pro While researching MacBook Pros, the folks at cmyplay produced an infographic charting the relative prices of MacBook Pros around the world. The variation is amazing. The lowest cost was found in the US ... mostly. Certain models cost less in Hong Kong, but as the author notes, that could be due to exchange rate fluctuations. Prices were significantly higher in South Africa. For example, an entrylevel 13" MacBook Pro 2.26GHz in South Africa retails for about the same prices as a mid-level 15" MacBook Pro (2.53GHz) in the US. Note that Apple does not

have official representation in South Africa. However, the highest prices were found in Brazil (where Apple does have official representation). As cmyplay notes, "For the amount to purchase a top-of-the-line

MacBook Pro 2.8GHz in Brazil, a person could buy two of the same machine in the US." One Brazilian commenter noted that Brazil's import duties and sales tax, especially on electronics, is very high. Good work, cmyplay! Your graphic is beautiful and offers a perspective we might not otherwise have considered. Make sure you visit the post to see the full image. [Via Gizmodo] TUAW MacBook prices around the world originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

UAE Sheikh Cleared in Video Torture (Little Green Footballs)

gore):[Video] There’s an update today from the UAE, as the Sheikh is cleared In April of last year I posted o f a l l c h a r g e s i n t h e clips from a videotape smuggled “investigation.” Sheikh Issa out of the United Arab Emirates, explained that he was, uh, showing a member of the royal drugged by his accomplices, who family, Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al- then recorded the festivities so Nahyan, brutally torturing a man they could, uh, blackmail him. with whips, electric cattle prods The blackmailers are now out of a n d w o o d e n p l a n k s w i t h the country but they’ve been, uh, protruding nails, then driving convicted in absentia. over him in the Sheikh’s The Sheikh says he was Mercedes SUV. The victim was completely unaware of his reportedly an Afghan grain actions while savagely beating merchant who lost a shipment someone with a cattle prod, belonging to Sheikh Issa, a shooting at him, and running him mistake that cost the merchant an over with a car. Must have been extended stay in the hospital. some really good drugs. Here’s that video (warning: graphic violence but not Submitted at 1/11/2010 10:50:30 AM

Intel uses iTunes for benchmarking By Aron Trimble (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))

showed off an i5 processor not by running some complex graphics simulation or commercial benchmarking Submitted at 1/11/2010 5:00:00 PM algorithm, but by launching F i l e d u n d e r : H a r d w a r e , iTunes and synchronizing with Software, iTunes Here's a bit of an attached iPod. interesting for you from the folks Intel is attempting to make over at APC: during a press processor specifications more event at CES 2010, Intel used useful to normal people by i T u n e s t o t o u t i t s l a t e s t focusing less on engineering processors rather than one of the statistics and more on actual other oft-used performance- applications. What is interesting testing suites. Specifically, they here is that Intel is essentially

admitting the difficulty in quantifying the improvements of their latest hardware. It is, however, easier to qualify their improvements by showcasing their hardware using applications people use everyday. This de-obfuscation of a processor's ability is a good thing. It means that my motherin-law can stroll through Best Buy and understand that a given set of hardware is going to perform better at the tasks she

cares about most. In the end, it really is less about GHz and more about GTD. TUAW Intel uses iTunes for benchmarking originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

Strong Chinese exports boost equities (Financial Times - US homepage) Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:41:08 PM

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Apple announces Q1 financial conference call

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The FTC's highly questionable disclosure rules have been in effect for a bit over a month now, and it appears that even the FTC doesn't understand who they apply to or how they apply. And that's the problem. Apparently, someone noticed that actress Gwyneth Paltrow lavished praise on a resort in Marrakech, Morocco, and wondered if Paltrow had paid for her stay there -- noting that it was the grand opening of the place, with lots of stars -- and Hollywood publicists asked about this said there was "not a chance in hell" that someone like Paltrow paid to attend. In fact, they wonder if Paltrow was even paid for her "appearance." So, how do the FTC rules apply? She was pitching a place that most likely gave her something quite valuable for free. That should be disclosed, right? That was the whole point of the FTC

Filed under: Apple Corporate, Apple Financial It's that time again. Apple will be live streaming their Q1 financial conference call on Monday, January 25, 2010 at 2pm PDT/5pm EDT. To follow along (Quicktime required), visit this page on the 25th. Of course, TUAW will be liveblogging the event with commentary, so feel free to join us for all the announcements plus a lively discussion. If the rules, right? Well, maybe not. (though, I believe it to be analyst's predictions are accurate, When asked about it, the FTC exaggerated) "always getting w e s h o u l d a n t i c i p a t e a hemmed and hawed and claimed free stuff" too? Basically, these blockbuster report. For example, that "celebrity endorsements are FTC rules sound like the sorts of B r i a n Marshall at different." Why? Because things that are totally subjective, B r o a d p o i n t . A m T e c h h a s consumers might "understand whereby the FTC can crack estimated that Apple sold 3.3 that celebrities are always getting down on someone they don't like million Macs during the last free stuff." Right, but wasn't the if they have nothing else to use, quarter, which would be an allwhole reason that these new but will leave others untouched. time single-quarter sales record. disclosure rules were instituted Permalink| Comments| Email Meanwhile, estimates of iPhone in the first place that bloggers This Story sales during the same time period and others were supposedly range from 11.30 million units sold (according to Brian

Sarah Palin Signs On with Fox News (ETonline - Breaking News) Submitted at 1/11/2010 11:53:00 AM

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin is joining the team at the Fox News Channel.

Palin has signed a multi-year deal to appear regularly on the channel as a contributor. In addition to providing political commentary for the network, her job description also includes

hosting FNC's "Real American Stories." The former Vice Presidential hopeful reacted to the announcement, saying, "I am thrilled to be joining the great

talent and management team at FOX News. It's wonderful to be part of a place that so values fair and balanced news."

Marshall at Broadpoint AmTech) to 8.17 million units (according to Mark Moskowitz, J.P. Morgan). The interesting thing is that the low estimate, 8.17 million iPhones sold, would represent a 10.8% increase from the last September's record of 7.37 million if true. We'll have all the facts in a few days. TUAW Apple announces Q1 financial conference call originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

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Pornstar Tweet!: “Stalking Porn Stars — With Their Permission” By Samuel Axon (Mashable!) Submitted at 1/11/2010 11:53:17 AM

A startup is making sure you can follow all the intimate details of your favorite porn star’s life — you know, if you’re into that sort of thing. It’s called Pornstar Tweet![NSFW], and it tracks the tweets of 600 top porn stars all in one place. Its founders also say it will “keep you up to date about their latest movies, galleries and websites.” “We want to be the de facto source for stalking porn stars — with their permission,” company president Dan Housely tells NewTeeVee. We’ve heard about

only a few doors down from the Consumer Electronics Show, also featured Lipstream, which provides VoIP conferences with porn stars, 3D porn videos, and Roxxxy, a customizable sex robot that can carry on Twitter porn before, but that was conversations about football with spam; this is a legit service. And her owner. given that porn is such a popular Oh, and there’s also OhMiBod, search term on the Internet — a vibrator attachment that works even for kids— this ad-supported with music played on your service is probably not a terrible iPhone or iPod touch. Can’t believe we forgot that one. business idea. This idea was revealed at the Tags: adult entertainment expo, Adult Entertainment Expo, lipstream, ohmibod, roxxxy, which launched a lot of other social media, tweet, twitter high-tech concepts. The expo, which occurred in Las Vegas

New Details on the Late Night Shake-Up: Will Conan O'Brien Head to FOX? (ETonline - Breaking News) Submitted at 1/11/2010 11:20:00 AM

ET has the latest... With the news that Jay Leno has been bumped from the primetime, many now wonder if Conan O'Brien is being edged out. ET has the all-new details on whether O'Brien may be leaving NBC and headed to FOX. A source at FOX television network tells ET, “We are kicking tires. FOX executives

have been on the phone all weekend, but the pressure is not on FOX. The pressure is on NBC.” The source goes on to say that Wanda Sykes was being thought of as a possible late night entry, but, due to the comedienne’s schedule for shooting her role on the CBS comedy “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” Conan may be a more achievable solution.

The No Pants Subway Ride Goes Viral [VIDEO]

Citi replaces Dial in new shake-out

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Although comedy troupe Improv Everywhere has yet to post the official video of yesterday’s No Pants! Subway Ride in New York City, footage of the stunt is already all over the web. Every January since 2002, a group of brave participants in the Big Apple get together to perform one daring (and more

than slightly unsanitary) feat: Riding the subway sans pants. This year, Improv Everywhere — which is described on its website as a group of thousands of “undercover agents” who “cause scenes of chaos and joy in public places” — rallied together close to 3,000 folks in their skivvies to parade through the tubes. The end of the road was Union Square, where the pantless wonders converged after braving the 28-degree chill. Although the sheer silliness and

there’s already tons of videos, like the one below, flooding YouTube as we speak. So the question becomes: Will anyone care enough to tune in next week? Or will they get their fill of fripperies today and today alone? While you ruminate over scale of the prank is noteworthy, that notion, check out last year’s perhaps more impressive is how official vid below: Tags: humor, media, social fast footage of the event has media, video leaked onto the web. Improv Everywhere plans to have an official video out next week, but

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Citigroup on Monday replaced Terri Dial, the head of its underperforming North American retail bank, as part of yet another shake-up of the company’s upper echelons. The move comes three months after an independent review criticised her managerial skills. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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Prop 8 Trial YouTube Coverage Blocked by Supreme Court

Feelin' the Love from Danish Kounterjihad Kultur Warriors (Little Green Footballs)

may opt to side with our enemies unless we force them to side with us. By Jennifer Van Grove A few days ago a writer for the A successful defensive strategy (Mashable!) Danish weekly Weekendavisen, may necessitate the creation of Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:11:36 PM Jesper Vind Jensen, emailed and parallel institutions under our asked for my opinion on a control accompanied by civil The United States Supreme Danish critic of Islam named d i s o b e d i e n c e v i s - à - v i s t h e Court has just ruled to block L a r s H e d e g a a r d w h o ’ s official, dhimmified ones – video coverage of the apparently now in the midst of a which is a classical occurrence in Proposition 8 trial on YouTube. controversy, over statements he occupied countries. The Supreme Court’s decision made calling for a sort of We would undoubtedly benefit w a s m a d e f o l l o w i n g a n coverage of the trial would cause paramilitary strategy of civil from a study of the modus emergency appeal after Judge “irreparable harm” to witnesses disobedience against Muslims in operandi of primarily European Vaughn Walker, the Chief U.S. testifying in favor of the ban on Denmark. resistance movements during District Judge assigned to the gay marriage. On the flip side, Jensen wrote that he had seen an World War 2 though our present case, ruled in favor of permitting the attorneys in opposition to image of Lars Hedegaard in a situation is much more ominous Prop. 8 argued that the public the YouTube trial coverage. photoshop at some website that at least long term. Due to the nature of the Prop. 8 h a d a r i g h t t o w a t c h t h e was attacking me for something, Jensen also told me that Lars t r i a l — t h e c o n t r o v e r s i a l proceedings on the YouTube. and thought I must have written Hedegaard had attended the California case will determine Regardless of where you stand something about Hedegaard that meeting in Brussels in 2007 whether or not the ban of same- on the matter, the Prop. 8 trial is prompted it. But the name didn’t partly sponsored by the Belgian sex marriages in the state is yet another example of how mean much to me; I searched extremist party Vlaams Belang; constitutional — parties on both social media and the online LGF and didn’t find any posts and so I gave him a quote sides hold impassioned views d i s t r i b u t i o n o f c o u r t r o o m mentioning Hedegaard, and I through email that said: about Judge Walker’s original activities has become a topic that didn’t recall writing anything OK, now I remember decision to permit time-shifted judges must now address. about him. Hedegaard. He’s obviously an posting of trial footage to [img credit: wallyg, Flickr] Then Jensen emailed this link to extremist, and anyone who Tags: media, prop 8, Supreme YouTube. a speech in Hedegaard’s own consults with the neo-fascists of Defenders of Prop. 8 lobbied for Court, trial, youtube words: The Resilience of the the Vlaams Belang should not be the high court emergency appeal Commoners - Sappho. trusted. And talking about a because they believed video 3. We need to develop a strategy “public uprising” is insane. He is that may allow us to achieve our associating with fascists and objectives. This means that we advocating violence, and should must develop a comprehensive be shunned by decent people. and deep strategy equal to that of Here’s the Danish-language islam. This strategy must take article Jensen and his partner into account that some of our K l a u s W i v e l w r o t e f o r public and private institutions Weekendavisen, in PDF form: Submitted at 1/10/2010 3:02:37 PM

De er alle blevet kukkuk. Apparently this has stirred up yet another enclave of blogs that despise me, over in Denmark. I knew I felt my ears burning. LGF reader Øyvind Strømmen emailed a few links that I put through the Google translator. For example, Character-suicide of open carpet. And get a load of the name on this blog: MonoKultur. Of course, they believe this is a war, so anything is justified. Some of those sites are harping (again) about a photograph of Filip DeWinter of the Vlaams Belang and Markus Beisicht of Pro Koln; here are the LGF posts on this photo, because as usual these bloggers are deliberately distorting the truth: Classic Misdirection from Spencer and Geller How Do You Say ‘Liar’ in German? UPDATE at 1/10/10 3:30:19 pm: Øyvind Strømmen has written a lengthy rebuttal of the claims going around right wing blogs supporting Hedegaard; here’s the Google translation to English from Norwegian:“No fascists to see” - comment on a Danish blog war.

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deeper, with a bizarre convoluted rationalization that American Renaissance is “not entirely” a At True/Slant, Barrett Brown white nationalist magazine. has been getting into it with 5. Do you consider the wingnut blogger Donald publication to be white Douglas, and the story of s u p r e m a c i s t i n n a t u r e ? Douglas’s latest attempt to Not entirely. Any “white defend the white supremacist supremacy” may be implied but I connections of Robert Stacy never saw it overtly expressed. McCain has some amusing turns. There are white supremacists Brown has put up two posts that who take the publication because should be read in order for the they like the discussion about full effect: race and crime. The founder of Seven Questions for Donald that publication does not believe Douglas on the Question of R.S. that whites are “superior” to McCain&##x2019;s Racism Asians, as Asians have a Donald Douglas Answers My provably higher IQ than whites. Questions and Then Some. He once asked if that made him a It’s amazing to think someone “yellow supremacist.” The would do this, but in the post p u b l i c a t i o n w a s g e n e r a l l y quoted by Barrett Brown, o b j e c t i v e a n d u s e f u l i n Donald Douglas actually offers a discussing race and crime, lame defense of the openly white political correctness, IQ and s u p r e m a c i s t A m e r i c a n other factors as they vary by Renaissance. First we learn that r a c e . I s t o p p e d t a k i n g i t , Douglas himself is a former however, when I became aware subscriber to American that neo-Nazis love the Renaissance, which comes as no publication and when it began shock whatsoever: running selected stories about 4. Are you familiar with the non-white crime, which I felt p u b l i c a t i o n A m e r i c a n were not really representative Renaissance? and had no purpose other than to Yes. I used to subscribe to it. stoke race prejudice. The short Douglas then digs his hole even a n s w e r i s t h a t I d o n o t Submitted at 1/11/2010 11:57:49 AM

recommend American Renaissance. If you’d like to check Douglas’s assertion that the white nationalism of American Renaissance is somehow questionable, just Google the name and see for yourself what kind of material they publish. Wikipedia’s entry has some background information: American Renaissance and the New Century Foundation are alleged to have had links with far right, neo-fascist and racist organizations and individuals such as: the Council of Conservative Citizens, the Pioneer Fund, the British National Party, Don Black and David Duke.[3][4] The organization has held bi-annual conferences that are open to the public and that attract 200 - 300 people. Critics say that some of those who attend are neo-Nazis, white nationalists, white separatists, Ku Klux Klan members, Holocaust deniers and eugenicists (as well as numerous protestors).[5] Taylor has written that the magazine welcomes Jews as writers and conference speakers.[6] Contributors to the magazine and conferences have

included Stephen Webster, Michael Levin, Nick Griffin, Bruno Gollnisch, J. Philippe Rushton, Ian Jobling, Glenn Spencer, Lawrence Auster, Richard Lynn, Sam Dickson, and Samuel T. Francis. According to the AntiDefamation League [7], “The New Century Foundation known primarily by the name of its publication, American Renaissance — promotes ‘genteel’ racism: pseudoscientific, questionably researched and argued articles that validate the genetic and moral inferiority of non-whites and the need for racial ‘purity.’ Generally avoiding overt bigotry and stereotyping, many of North America’s leading intellectual racists have written for the journal or have addressed the biannual American Renaissance conferences.” This exchange between Brown and Douglas explains quite a bit about the right wing bloggers who support Robert Stacy McCain so vehemently.

Langenbrunner Named Captain of U.S. Olympic Team By Christopher Botta (Fanhouse Main) Submitted at 1/11/2010 6:34:00 AM

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New Jersey Devils forward Jamie Langenbrunner was named captain of the United States Olympic Team on Monday. The team named four alternates: Zach

Parise of the Devils, Ryan Suter

of the Nashville Predators, Brian Rafalski of the Detroit Red Wings and Dustin Brown of the Los Angeles Kings.

Heroes and Villains of 'Survivor' Celebrate Upcoming Competition (ETonline - Breaking News) Submitted at 1/11/2010 11:26:00 AM

The competitors you love and the ones you love to hate are returning to "Survivor" this season and ET was there as the heroes and villains celebrated their journey back into the wild. "What you see is what you get," Villain Rob Mariano, a.k.a. "Boston Rob," said of his television persona. A runner-up of the show, Boston Rob is known for proposing to his wife Amber Brkich, who won the $1 million prize, on one of the season finales of the program. "I'm the same guy you saw 10 years ago. I know how to play this game." "I gotta be a villain. I've never lied to anybody, never deceived anybody. All I did out there was tell the truth but the truth is a bi**h and that makes me a villain," Randy Bailey says of his role in the competition.

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What's Your Email Address Prejudice? [Ask The Readers] By Jason Fitzpatrick (Lifehacker) Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:30:00 PM

Is an @aol.com or @hotmail.com address a risk on a job application? Do cutesy usernames mean a surefire path to the trash can? Chicago Tribune writer Nancy Anderson ponders the impact an email address can have on your career and job search. This is embarrassing, but it's 2010 and I still have an AOL e-mail address. I wonder if I hold some kind of record. I opened my AOL account in 1997. My first e -mail address was a combination of a nickname and the year I was born. Back then everyone had goofy screen names like Tarheels80 and SwimFan, so mine seemed appropriate. But as I started using e-mail more and more for freelance work, it seemed wrong. In 1998 I changed to a more respectable use of my initials and last name, still with AOL. It's the e-mail

TimeGT is a Method-Agnostic Time Management App for the Masses [Downloads] By Lisa Hoover (Lifehacker)

address I have today. "You've got to get rid of that AOL address," my sister, a Manhattan publicist, said at least five years ago. "It's bad for your image." How big of an impact does your email address have on the opinions of others? Would you turf a resume of potential employee over an email address you considered stupid or outdated? Do you shake your head when you come across an email a d d r e s s l i k e

foxxymom99@aol.com? It's common to put emails on resumes, use them for applications, and hand them out liberally in social situations, so it's not unreasonable to assess what kind of message your email address sends—or what message those of others send to you. Sound off in the comments with your email opinions and pet peeves. AOL e-mail address: Is it hopelessly square to keep it?[Chicago Tribune]

Your Best Shot 2009: Architecture By Kevin Collins (Flickr Blog) Submitted at 1/11/2010 8:33:13 AM

• About Flickr Flickr is a revolution in photo storage, sharing and

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@work), order of importance, or deadline. Filter tasks according Submitted at 1/11/2010 2:00:00 PM to project, urgency, things your Windows/Mac/Linux: When it waiting for, or things you hope comes to time management to get around to one day—the methods, some love David sky's the limit. Allen's Getting Things Done TimeGT sets itself apart from approach while others swear by other time management apps Stephen Covey's First Things thanks to its ability to adapt to First philosophy. Whichever you d i f f e r e n t u s e r n e e d s . N o t prefer, TimeGT aims to keep you everyone cares about being able on track and on target. to group tasks according to (Click the image above for a where they happen to be at the closer look.) moment, while others don't have TimeGT works on Windows, a n e e d t o p r i o r i t i z e t a s k s Mac OS X, and Linux, but to get according to level of importance. started you'll need to register for This app is a veritable buffet of a free account on the web site options that will appeal to all but and then download the app. It the choosiest of users. comes pre-populated with some TimeGT's basic version is free, sample data so you can play but the premium version that around and get a feel for how allows users to sync and back up TimeGT works before you dive data will set you back $7.99 in and add your own stuff. (£4.95). What dream features do Adding tasks is a simple affair, you look for to in a time and they're easily sorted and management app? Talk about searched once they're in your t h e m i n t h e c o m m e n t s . system. Hunt around for action T i m e G T [ v i a M a k e U s e O f ] items via tag, context (@home,

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iPhone Touchscreen Bests Nexus One, Droid in Accuracy Tests [Comparison Shopping] By Adam Pash (Lifehacker)

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Product development firm Moto Development Group tested the touchscreens of four popular cellphones—the iPhone, Motorola Droid, Nexus One, and Droid Eris—to determine which had the best performing touchscreen. At the end of the day, the iPhone came out on top. Although we usually use sophisticated tools to test touch screen accuracy, MOTO has also developed a simple technique anyone can use to evaluate the resolution and accuracy of a touchscreen device. All you need is a basic drawing program (download one if necessary), a steady hand, and a few straight lines drawn very slowly on the screen. On inferior touchscreens, it's basically impossible to draw

The Woman in 'The Bachelor' Scandal: I Did Not Have Sex with Him

straight lines. Instead, the lines look jagged or zig-zag, no matter how slowly you go, because the sensor size is too big, the touchsampling rate is too low, and/or the algorithms that convert gestures into images are too nonlinear to faithfully represent user inputs. As more great smartphones continue to roll out on more

She's been accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a member of the production staff. Now the woman at the center of "The Bachelor" controversy -Rozlyn Papa-- comes to ET to set the record straight! Asked if she had sex with the show producer, Rozlyn replies, "Absolutely not. No. … I made good decisions. I did not choose to have sex with someone else." The story has spread like networks, a lot of people are speed on various features and wildfire. Stunned and shocked, looking to upgrade—and while costs. Moto's test is unscientific, the 28-year-old, divorced single touchscreen performance is far to be sure, so if you put your mom told ET's Kevin Frazier in from the only measure of a own phone through their test, an exclusive interview today that smartphone, it's certainly an let's hear how your results being portrayed as a cheater has important part—especially for compare in the comments. DIY hurt her reputation. those smartphones without T o u c h s c r e e n hardware keyboards. For a more Analysis[labs.moto.com via money-focused comparison, Macworld] check out BillShrink's cost and feature comparison to get up to

More NBC surprises: they wanted Barbara Walters back By Bob Sassone (TV Squad) Submitted at 1/11/2010 3:30:00 PM

The interesting moves by NBC aren't just in late night and prime time. Veteran newswoman Barbara Walters has revealed that NBC News tried to get her back. On this morning's episode of ABC's The View, the women

were talking about Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien and Walters said that last June, Jeff Zucker and other execs at NBC made an offer to Walters to come back to NBC, where she started as a host and reporter on The Today Show many years ago. Walters says she was flattered by the offer and "the fact that they would make an offer to someone of my age

and consider that I still had years ahead," but decided to stay at

ABC because she's happy there. Zucker then offered Walters her own show every single night at 10PM, but she still turned them down. OK, I made up that last part. Walters says that even if she had gone to NBC, she would have still kept her spot on The View because it's a daytime show. Though something tells me that

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Restore the XP Backspace Functionality in Windows 7 and Vista [Downloads] By Jason Fitzpatrick (Lifehacker) Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:00:00 PM

If you've settled into Windows 7 but find the change in the functionality of the backspace key while browsing files to be too much to bear, use this simple hack to turn the backspace key back to its XP state. For the unfamiliar: in Windows XP pressing the backspace key while browsing files in Windows Explorer would navigate you up one folder level. In Windows Vista and Windows 7 however,

the same keystroke doesn't move you up a folder level but back one stop in the history. It's a small thing but if you've coded the backspace into your muscle memory as a quick way to

navigate up the folder hierarchy it can be a very annoying small thing to deal with. Over at How-To Geek they've put together a guide to using AutoHotkey to resolve the

backspace issue. You can either add their script to your AutoHotkey installation or download a stand alone executableâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;both are provided. Throw a link to the application in your Startup folder and you'll never have to deal with the backspace key not navigating the way you want. Check out the link below for full details and the files. Make Backspace in Windows 7 or Vista Explorer Go Up like XP Did[How-To Geek]

Your Best Shot 2009: The Beauty of Motion between Points in Space By Cris Stoddard (Flickr Blog) Submitted at 1/10/2010 5:15:19 PM

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Google Plans to Upgrade Old Billboards in Street View By Frederic Lardinois (ReadWriteWeb)

Google also seems to plan an advertising auction for unclaimed properties. Submitted at 1/11/2010 11:45:28 AM Sponsor According to a new patent that In Google's example, the was just granted to Google, the software could identify the company could soon extend the marquis and individual window reach of its advertising program posters on a theater property and in Google Maps to Street View. r e p l a c e t h e m w i t h n e w This patent, which was originally information. Through this, a filed on July 7, 2008, describes a theater could promote a new play new system for promoting ads in in Street View, even if the actual online mapping applications. In Street View image is completely this patent, Google describes out of date. h o w i t p l a n s t o i d e n t i f y The patent describes a two-step buildings, posters, signs and process for identifying potential billboards in these images and advertising real estate in these give advertisers the ability to images. Google's software first replace these images with more identifies interest points in the up-to-date ads. In addition, image (e.g. the edges or corners

of an object) and then generates features around these interest points. Google can then augment this region of the image with a link or replace a part of the current Street View image with a new image. What Happens When Somebody Wants to Put a Virtual Ad on Your Real-Life Billboard? One of the most interesting aspects of the patent can be found in the following paragraph:

The link can be associated with a property owner, for example the property owner which owns the physical property portrayed. The link can alternatively be associated with an advertiser who placed the highest bid on the image recognized within the region of interest (e.g., poster, billboard, banner, etc.). Any portion of the geographic display image in which the region of interest is located can be selectable (e.g., hot-linked). For example, the image of the coffee shop can be hot-linked to an advertisement for the coffee shop. This does open up some interesting questions. It makes

perfect sense for the owner of a local coffee shop to advertise through this system, but in this patent, Google also describes an advertising auction. Does that mean that a rival coffee shop could also bid for ad space on the virtual image of a competitor's store in Street View? Chances are this isn't quite what Google has in mind, though it could definitely be a possibility. Instead, it looks like Google could potentially identify some billboards and banners in Street View images and then replace these real-life billboards with virtual ads from the highest bidders. Discuss

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Top 6 Colleges with Entrepreneurial Programs By Chris Cameron (ReadWriteWeb) Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:30:00 PM

For young budding entrepreneurs approaching graduation this spring, or for those looking to go back for a post-graduate degree, finding the right program for your needs is very important. In their seventh annual joint effort last fall, Entrepreneur Magazine and The Princeton Review teamed up to rank the top 25 undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurship programs in the United States. Only six programs managed to make the top 10 in both lists, securing their spots at the top of the best overall entrepreneurship programs. Sponsor #1. Babson College - Babson Park, MA Finding themselves in the top spot of both top 25 lists is the Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship at the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College. Babson's entrepreneurial programs boast the largest enrollment by far of any of the top schools with over 3,300 total enrolled students, and offers undergraduates a total of over

$300,000 in scholarships.#2. Drexel University - Philadelphia, PA Drexel's undergraduate program of the Laurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship is rated sixth best, but the university's third-ranked graduate program at the Bennett S. LeBow College of Business has boosted them into the number two spot overall. Drexel offers the most money in scholarships out of the top six, providing $350,000 for both undergraduate and graduate students, and claims that 100% of their faculty are entrepreneurs themselves.#3 (Tie). University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ The entrepreneurial programs at the University of Arizona are the most exclusive clubs on this list, enrolling just 100 undergrads and 50 graduate students in it's McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship at the Eller College of Management. With $120,000 available in scholarships and low enrollment figures, entrepreneurs at Arizona have an excellent chance at receiving financial aid.#3 (Tie). Temple University Philadelphia, PA Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute at

Graduate School of Business rounds out the top six. The programs enroll just under 400 students and like Drexel, 100% of the faculty are themselves entrepreneurs. Honorable Mention: The Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship at the Temple's Fox School of Business University of Houston has ranked 5th and 6th for ranked in the top 2 on undergraduate and graduate E n t r e p r e n e u r M a g a z i n e ' s programs respectively. The undergraduate list since 2007. school enrolls over 600 students Honorable Mention: The Levyand offers a $29,500 prize in its R o s e n b l u m I n s t i t u t e f o r buisness plan competition.#5. Entrepreneurship at Tulane's U n i v e r s i t y o f S o u t h e r n Freeman School of Business was California - Los Angeles, CA ranked #4 in the top 25 graduate W i t h t h e s e c o n d l a r g e s t programs. enrollment in the top six, the To see the complete lists of the L l o y d G r e i f C e n t e r f o r top 25 undergraduate and Entrepreneurial Studies at USC's g r a d u a t e p r o g r a m s i n Marshall School of Business is e n t r e p r e n e u r s h i p , v i s i t the home to over 2,000 young Entrepreneur Magazine. If your entrepreneurs. T h e favorite school isn't on these lists undergraduate program is just and you want to see if they have 10th in the nation, but the entrepreneurship programs, be school's stellar graduate program sure to look at this list of schools is ranked 2nd, just below Babson ( i n c l u d i n g i n t e r n a t i o n a l College.#6. DePaul University - i n s t i t u t i o n s ) o f f e r i n g entrepreneurial majors compiled Chicago, IL R a n k e d 8 t h a n d 9 t h i n by Saint Louis University. Photo by Flickr user undergraduate and graduate programs, the Coleman CarbonNYC. Discuss Entrepreneurship Center at DePaul's College of Commerce and the Charles H. Kellstadt

Underexposed Press Corps Demands Press Conference from Overexposed President [Journalismism] By Pareene (Gawker) Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:26:06 PM

At today's White House press briefing, desperate reporters begged for a Presidential press conference. But Robert Gibbs didn't want the press corps calling the president "overexposed" again. So they held a little poll! (Never, ever accuse White House correspondents of being pundits!)

MediaDailyNews: Palin Becomes Fox Contributor (MediaPost | Media News) Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:18:16 PM

Fox News confirmed that

former Alaska governor Sarah Palin would appear on the network's programming on a regular basis as part of a

multiyear deal, reports The New York Times. Financial terms were not disclosed. She will not have a show, but will host a

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Going Up! How to Ride An Elevator Enterprise 2.0 Company Pitch to New Heights Results: How Good is Good News? By Chris Cameron (ReadWriteWeb)

section of the pitch should include two things - what it is that you or your company does, Submitted at 1/11/2010 2:05:00 PM and something that adds validity As a figurehead in the to your or your company's valuePittsburgh investment scene, proposition. Finally, he suggest long-time entrepreneur Mel that you avoid trying to fill your Pirchesky is now using his pitch with too much information, experience to coach startups on to stay away from buzzwords f u n d r a i s i n g a n d b u s i n e s s s e l l o r r a i s e f u n d i n g f o r . and jargon, and to continually strategies. According to his Pirchesky says an effective iterate and revise the pitch until c o m p a n y E a g l e V e n t u r e s , elevator pitch is more valuable all of the money is in the bank. Pirchesky has raised over $45 than a well written business plan. If there is a great deal to be had, million in his 35 years of After all, who's going to read a and no investors are biting, the structuring deals. In a recent business plan when the pitch problem isn't a lack of available guest post on the site Pittsburgh didn't hook them? funds - its in how the deal is Ventures, Pirchesky breaks down "Elevator pitches have two b e i n g c o m m u n i c a t e d , s a y s the art of the "elevator pitch" - a components - the first ten or P i r c h e s k y . tool every young entrepreneur f i f t e e n s e c o n d s a n d t h e "The key to effective, successful needs to learn to use - into an remaining forty-five or fifty," fundraising is to have your exact science tailored for the best Pirchesky says. "The objective of prospective investors hear what the first ten or fifteen seconds is you say and understand the results. t o h a v e y o u r p r o s p e c t i v e significance of what you say to Sponsor An elevator pitch is a term used investors want to listen to the depths of their bones," he says. to describe a short (usually about next forty-five or fifty seconds Discuss 60 seconds, or the time it takes to differently, more intently than ride in an elevator) description or they would have otherwise." pitch of a product one is trying to Pirchesky adds that the first

Obama to target banks with new levy (Financial Times - US homepage)

finance sector that will form part of the budget to be presented in February. Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:55:21 PM Government officials say the The Obama administration, detail of the levy remains under increasing pressure from unresolved but it is aimed at Democrats in Congress to take addressing rising anger against punitive action against banks, is the sector at a time when banks readying a new levy on the are due to announce billions of

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By Alex Williams (ReadWriteWeb) Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:10:00 PM

It's exciting for us to see young companies like Jive grow so fast. But before we pop the champagne bottles, it's important to take these results with a grain of salt. Jive announced today that it had record results for the past year, up 85%. That's impressive in the sense that Jive is proving that its technology is gaining acceptance in the market and the fact that the company, founded in 2001, is almost 10 years old. But we also need to consider that with any young company, there's a lot riding on news like this. Sponsor Jive has some big-league investors. It's critical that Jive shows them that all is going well and the road ahead is paved with gold. That may well be the case. Jive is an important player in the emerging Enterprise 2.0 space. Along with its record revenues, Jive also announced that its bookings are up and its employee count now stands at 200 people, up 50%. Also, its Jive World event in 2010 will be twice as big as last year's.

So, hats off to Jive in that regard for showing us, as an example, that its employee count is up. They are doing well, no doubt about it. But we have no idea how the results compare to last year and what the size of these deals look like. Jive does not share this information, as is the case with most private companies. It is up to us to make our own judgements about what's really is meaningful. We made the same point last week about Socialtext posting record results. We were equally curious about its results, too. All of these companies reporting great news is a sign that the Enterprise 2.0 space is growing, but we need to be careful not to get too excited. Young companies can grow very fast. But it's all relative compared to big companies. Numbers can look impressive but more often than not, you need to look at a number of factors before making any quick calls on how the company is actually faring in the market. Discuss

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Facebook Adds Zap-a-Spammer Button By Marshall Kirkpatrick (ReadWriteWeb)

people coming back to nonessential websites like social networks - as opposed to email, Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:20:34 PM which you'll keep using anyway Eric Eldon at InsideFacebook because you have to. reports that the social network number of messages and friend According to Eldon, Facebook has begun experimenting with a requests a person can send, but hasn't determined yet what it will new option for users to report the apparently that hasn't worked do with these reports when filed. senders of friend requests as well enough. We regularly hear about people someone they don't actually Sponsor claiming abuse by the Facebook know. The prompt appears after Two years ago MySpace added anti-spam team but every time you click to ignore a friend a requirement that any friend we call Facebook about one of requests sent had to be verified request. those complaints, the company's Actually knowing a person isn't as human using a CAPTCHA. response seems quite reasonable. a requirement to be their friend That cut spam friend requests on People do a lot of obnoxious on Facebook (unlike LinkedIn, MySpace down dramatically. things on Facebook. I don't for example), so this is an odd There is no such requirement on know any of those people, choice of words, but presumably Facebook. though, and plan on clicking a Dealing with information the vast majority of the site's button that says so when the users do only want to be friends overload and spam are key steps opportunity arises. Discuss w i t h p e o p l e t h e y ' v e m e t . in creating and maintaining a Facebook has strict limits on the user experience that keeps

2-on-1: Changing the Rules By Bruce Ciskie (Fanhouse Main) Submitted at 1/11/2010 5:30:00 AM

Filed under: NHL Fans Every Monday during the season two of our hockey writers will debate one topic. It's the 2-on-1. This week, Bruce Ciskie and Adam Gretz talk about the rules that irritate them most. Bruce Ciskie: As I was calling a game Saturday night, I noticed a really dumb rule they have in college hockey. In that case, a hand pass automatically takes the face off into the defending zone of the guilty team, no matter where it happened on the ice (same punishment you get for playing the puck with a high

stick at any level). This strikes me as dumb, as the vast majority of hand passes are not intentional. It also got me thinking about the NHL, and what rules irritate us and make us scream for a change. Do you have a favorite (or, I guess, least favorite)?

Cost of Super Bowl Ads Has Quadrupled In Twenty Years, Way Outpacing Inflation By Bill Gorman (TVbytheNumbers) Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:23:14 PM

The cost of a 30-second advertisement in the Super Bowl has more than quadrupled in the past 20 years and reached $3 million in 2009. The recessionary environment is expected to yield lower pricing for the 2010 game, with CBS reportedly selling 30-second

units for between $2.5 and $2.8 million. The amount paid by individual marketers will vary depending on where the ad runs in the game, how much commercial time is purchased. S U P E R B O W L ADVERTISING RATES AND REVENUE 1990-2009 via TNS Media Intelligence. Note that while the price per 30 second ad may have increased by

of â&#x20AC;&#x153;sports rights will continue to increase in valueâ&#x20AC;? almost certainly more than any other television properties. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. more than 4x, in the same period while the viewership of the of time the GNP deflator (a Super Bowl has increased by common measure of inflation) about 35%. has increased by only 1.54x, This fits in the general category

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Rumor Has It: LED Flash destined for Next iPhone By Liam Cassidy (TheAppleBlog) Submitted at 1/11/2010 2:00:07 PM

They say the best camera you own is the one you have on you right now. So, unless you habitually carry a high-end DSLR on your person everywhere you go, your best camera is likely your iPhone. And that’s not exactly something to brag about, given how disappointing the iPhone camera can be. That might be changing. According to AppleInsider, Apple is in the market for an LED flash manufacturer: Apple in recent months has moved to procure significant quantities of LED camera flash components that could help the iPhone maker’s next-generation mobile handsets produce superior image and video captures in low-light situations. People familiar with Apple’s initiative claim the electronics maker is seeking allotments of LED camera flash components in the tens of millions for delivery during the 2010 calendar year, meaning future iPhones — and possibly the iPod touch — are the most likely recipients of those parts, due to their sales volume. Those same people say

that Philips’ Lumileds Lighting sector is believed to be the frontrunner for Apple’s business and may have already secured the design win. It’s all good news, of course, but I won’t hold my breath. It took two years for Apple to upgrade the iPhone camera in any significant manner, and even now with the 3GS 3.2 megaxpixels and video recording, the camera is still a colossal waste of time. The 3GS might be the fastest iPhone yet, but the camera app is still painfully slow. If you’re taking an impulse shot with your iPhone (let’s say your cat is doing something unbelievably hilarious and you really must capture it right now, this second) the chances are you’re going to miss the moment. The virtual iris takes an age to ‘open’ as the camera app (and all its autostabilizing algorithms) are loaded into memory. And then there’s the issue with light; unless your cat is doing its unbelievably hilarious thing in the garden, and it’s a blazingly-bright sunny day, and it’s not moving around very much, you’re unlikely to get a good photo. Frankly, the iPhone makes for a lousy point-andshoot camera. “But I didn’t buy my iPhone to

worthwhile with the camera on the next iPhone. The expected upgrade would be a five megapixel sensor with a superbright LED flash. Other mobile handsets (such as the Motorola Droid and the Nexus One) already offer these specs, while Nokia and Sony Ericsson have take pictures,” you might say, been producing decent camera“That’s what I have a real phones for some years now. But camera for!” And that’s true… what if Apple was to surprise us except for those times when you and really upgrade the camera don’t have your ‘real’ camera on w i t h s o m e t h i n g f a r m o r e you. And it is those moments — compelling; how about a real when your iPhone takes just long glass optical assembly — not a - e n o u g h t o b e r o u s e d t o cheap blob of resin atop a CCD? readiness that your cat loses Or what about greatly-updated, interest and wanders off — that s u p e r - r e s p o n s i v e c a m e r a you curse Steve Jobs and all who software that puts even dedicated work for him. point-and-shoot cameras to I ’ v e a l w a y s f o u n d t h i s shame? paradoxical; for a company that Of course, a significantly prides itself on not making improved camera means larger crappy products, that strives to hardware, and Apple is never guarantee a rewarding user going to tolerate a noticeable experience time after time, it has i n c r e a s e i n t h e i P h o n e ’ s given us consistently rubbish dimensions. After all, rightly or camera functionality in what is, w r o n g l y , t h e p e r c e i v e d without a doubt, one of its b e n c h m a r k f o r c o n s u m e r highest profile products. Turning electronics progress is about Point getting things smaller, thinner I’m hopeful that, if true, this and lighter. A Difficult Place rumor marks a turning point, and AppleInsider adds: that Apple is focusing (pun [Rumors indicate Apple] has i n t e n d e d ) o n t h e c a m e r a placed orders with OmniVision, hardware and really aiming its current supplier of CMOS ( s o r r y ! ) t o d o s o m e t h i n g image sensors, for as many as 45

million 5-megapixel parts for the next-generation of the handset due by late spring. The company is also likely to leverage the iPhone’s ambient light sensor, in addition to providing a software switch, to ensure that the LED flash won’t interfere in photos where it isn’t needed. […] And since the same LED flash can also be operated as a continuous light source, it would be suitable for proving light to enhance iPhone video recordings as well — not to mention closing the book on the numerous, dinky iPhone flashlight apps proliferating the App Store. Apple is now in a difficult place with the iPhone. The company is committed to its traditional vision of producing products that are functional and beautiful, and it simply won’t compromise on style; if an improved camera means a bigger iPhone, it just won’t improve the camera until the technology fits its desired form factor. But, in the meantime, that leaves customers frustrated that their superexpensive ‘smart’ phones aren’t nearly as smart as the competition.

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iType: The Craziest iPhone Accessory Yet? By Dave Greenbaum (TheAppleBlog)

screen. While virtual keyboards encourage succinct replies, real typing needs to be done on a real Submitted at 1/11/2010 9:00:34 AM keyboard. Perhaps the Among all the introductions at forthcoming Apple tablet will CES 2010 this year, one caught have a virtual keyboard that my eye as either iNsane or supports traditional typing and iNgenious, depending on your could be a real laptop alternative, viewpoint. ION introduced a full but until such time, the iType external keyboard and docking could give you the functionality station for the iPhone and iPod of the tablet and portability of a Touch. One step forward or netbook for less than $100. back? Maybe both. In particular, the iType can help ION is the company that creates people with disabilities use the devices to bridge the divide iPhone more effectively. Having between the analog and digital. worked with clients who have It makes turntables that convert physical limitations, they seem to your LPs to MP3 and VCRs that have no trouble with swiping, convert your VHS tapes to pinching and spreading, but the Quicktime. Therefore, it should virtual iPhone keyboard requires come as no surprise that the under 2 pounds. By comparison, open when you want to type. keyboard with the iPhone does, precision coordination that some company created a new device, the typical netbook is about 10 You can then copy text out of it on the surface (pardon the pun), people simply don’t have. called the iType, to allow by 7 inches and weighs a bit over to paste into other iPhone apps. defeat the portability of the Devices like the Pogo Stylus traditional typing via a full 2 pounds. The iType’s specs are The iType app will also allow iPhone. Are people really going help in some situations, but the keyboard on the iPhone. Not within the parameters of similar direct email, and ION hopes to to keep an iPhone and an iType iType might be a welcome way quite ready for the iPhone soft portable devices, and it will retail provide support to give other app in their pocket? Maybe not their to make the iPhone accessible to developers the ability to use the pocket. keyboard? There’s an app for for $70. more people. Due to Apple’s restrictions, you iType. This is definitely a Anyone who has tried to use an that. Completely unnecessary or The device is not currently will not be able to type into any kludge compared with native iPhone as a laptop alternative invaluable? Maybe a little bit of available, but it will be about 12 application. The iType will keyboard support in all apps. experiences the frustration of both! inches by 9 inches and about 1 achieve its keyboard wizardry The iPhone already has a soft trying to type a long email via inch thick, weighing in just via an iPhone app that you will k e y b o a r d a n d c a r r y i n g a the tiny virtual keyboard on

Wild Should Be Careful With Sykora By Bruce Ciskie (Fanhouse Main) Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:30:00 AM

Filed under: Wild, Western The emergence of Twitter as a place for athletes to directly communicate with fans has been

-- for the most part -- a very good thing. It allows anyone in sports to throw their thoughts out to the world without fear of being misquoted or misunderstood. Athletes use the tool, as do are also on board with the coaches and media folks. Agents

Twitter craze. One of the leaders among agents in this field is Allan Walsh, who represents a number of NHL players. His client list includes Minnesota Wild forward Petr Sykora, who has found himself watching games from the press box lately,

even though he's been healthy enough to play. The drama involving Sykora came to a head Saturday night, when Walsh used Twitter to express his dissatisfaction with Sykora's treatment in Minnesota.

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Simple Test Confirms Magic Mouse Not So Magical When it Comes to Power By Darrell Etherington (TheAppleBlog)

Truta discovered that while the Magic Mouse saw the batteries as devoid of anymore usable Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:19:46 PM energy, the Mighty Mouse would It’s not exactly the most in fact report that the batteries scientific test ever conducted, but weren’t even close to empty. In a very practical experiment fact, his tests show that under the conducted by Softpedia’s Filip Bluetooth devices menu it would Truta reveals that the new Apple report as much as 41 percent Magic Mouse pales next to its battery remaining in the predecessor in at least one supposedly dead batteries. That’s significant way. That area of not an insignificant margin by weakness is power management, any count. and the new slick interface Battery issues aside, I sill love device could be as much as 40 my Magic Mouse. I should percent less efficient than the qualify that by noting that I use it clumsy old Mighty Mouse. as the primary means of control Reports have been flooding in for my home theater Mac mini, that the new mouse is a powerwhich means that I use it quite hungry little guy, both internally sparingly. I’m still using the among staff here at same batteries I put in when I got TheAppleBlog and over at the it, which was almost Apple Discussion boards. At immediately following its least one discussion thread deals release. And my keyboard with the problem that the Magic was finding the same thing with batteries in the Magic Mouse doesn’t seem to be running down Mouse has when working in his new pointing device, and so until they run out of steam. with any unusual speed, either. conjunction with the Apple went about testing his theory to Apple’s redesigned the mouse But again, I almost never use Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard. see what he found. Rather than preferences pane to tell you them really, except to set up a Apparently, using both together timing the life of the batteries when you need to change them, movie or TV show or start a will result in significant battery during regular continuous usage, and even provides instructions playlist in iTunes. I’m still as a lab might, Truta came up on how to do so in case you can’t planning on testing out Filip drain in the latter. On its own, the Magic Mouse is with an easy to perform exercise figure it out for yourself. Once Truta method when the batteries no energy superstar either. Many that you can try for yourself, too, the batteries are depleted, all you do eventually run down, though. users report a much shorter so long as you’re in possession have to do is switch them back What are your experiences? battery life than they got with the of both models of Apple mice. into your old Mighty Mouse. Bluetooth Mighty Mouse. Truta The trick is to use a fresh set of Using this very simple method,

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Alabama Crimson Tide star Rolando McClain opts to enter NFL draft By Chris Low (ESPN.com) Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:45:08 PM

Alabama linebacker Rolando McClain, the centerpiece of the Crimson Tide's national championship defense, announced Monday that he was skipping his senior season to enter the NFL draft. SEC blog ESPN.com's Chris Low writes about all things SEC in his conference blog. • Blog network: College Football Nation McClain won the Butkus Award this season as the top linebacker in college football and led the Crimson Tide in tackles. He was a three-year starter and has been calling the defensive signals since he was a freshman. Alabama coach Nick Saban has called McClain one of the smartest players he's ever coached. "I'm going to leave the university pretty satisfied with what I've done here," McClain said. Most projections have McClain going in the top half of the first round. Chris Low covers the SEC for ESPN.com. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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Rumor Has It: New Parts and Supplier Details Emerge for Apple Tablet By Darrell Etherington (TheAppleBlog)

quarter 2010 launch for the device. I’m of the opinion that this new Submitted at 1/11/2010 7:19:56 AM rumor is fairly reliable, for a few Everything’s beginning to come reasons. First, at CES last week, together for the launch of many manufacturers took the Apple’s tablet — quite literally, opportunity to try to steal some in fact, as Apple’s suppliers for of Apple’s tablet thunder by the device begin to ship unveiling slate-type computers component parts or are ramping and media devices themselves, up for production in the near Microsoft and HP being the most future. That’s according to a notable among them. Second, in report issued by news service the wake of the Mac Observer Reuter’s Friday afternoon. piece by a former Apple Two Taiwanese companies are marketing manager revealing the cited in the report as having internal workings of and received the contracts for the purposes behind Apple’s aluminum casings and the intentional leaks, this latest touchscreen panels that the c a s e s . T h e c o m p a n y what we’re looking at now.” rumor seems to fit the bill pretty upcoming Apple slate will use in manufactures covers for various As for the touchscreen panels, well. its construction. If true, this electronic devices. The cases the sources cite TPK Solutions Stoking the rumor fires with means that the tablet will indeed haven’t yet begun production, as yet another supplier for that r e l a t i v e l y i n c o n s e q u e n t i a l sport an aluminum enclosure, though they will very soon, component of the devices. It information about parts suppliers and I’d expect something akin to according to Reuters’ sources: joins Wintek, which is reportedly manages to draw some of the the unibody construction process “Production of the cases will already producing panels for the attention back to Apple and away used in the MacBook Pro casing begin in February, so everything tablet, too. Apple seems to be from competitors, while not to be applied here. Imagine the points to a second-quarter launch preparing for a fairly ambitious really revealing any major new build quality of that machine, right now,” said one of the initial production run. The panels details about the upcoming without a hinge as a point of sources. “It doesn’t take that have reportedly already begun d e v i c e — e x c e p t f o r t h e weakness. It’ll be quite hardy. l o n g f o r t h e c o m p a n y t o shipping. aluminum casing thing, which AVY Precision Technology is assemble the PC together, but a The timing of the orders and could actually be pretty cool. said to be the supplier for the second-quarter shipment date is shipments implies a second-

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This Wednesday: XBLA gets Serious (Sam) By Richard Mitchell (Joystiq) Submitted at 1/11/2010 3:15:00 PM

Considering there's really nothing serious about it -- some of the enemies have bombs for heads-- we're not sure how Serious Sam wound up with its name. It could be comic irony, or perhaps merely for its delightful sibilance. Honestly, we may never know. What we do know is that Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is this week's XBLA release, as promised last month. Sporting newly fancified graphics, online co-op and some serious action (oh that's it!), the game will be available for 1200($15). This Wednesday: XBLA gets Serious (Sam) originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

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Orange Executive Reveals Tablet Details By Chris Brandrick (TheAppleBlog) Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:06:14 PM

The web has been rife today with news that Stéphane Richard, an executive from France Télécom, the French communications company, had let slip could-be details about Apple’s supposedly upcoming tablet in a recent radio interview. During the Europe 1 interview, which aired Monday morning, Richard revealed to radio host Jean Pierre Elkabbach that the highly debated tablet could feature a built-in webcam, possibly similar to that found in Apple’s current computer lineup, and disclosed that the device will have integrated 3G capabilities. According to Richard, cell phone carrier Orange will be providing the 3G network infrastructure for the tablet in France. However, he failed to specify any price points or possible contact plans. Apple is expected to unveil its long-rumored tablet at a San Francisco press event toward the end of this month, where hopefully all will finally be made

known, putting an end to more than a year’s worth of often deliberate speculation. The translated interview between Richard and Elkabbach follows: Elkabbach: According to the weekly magazine Le Point, in a few days your partner Apple will launch a tablet? Richard: Yes. Elkabbach: Equipped with a webcam? Richard: Yes. Elkabbach: Will Orange customers be able to enjoy it? Richard: Of course! The entire recorded interview can be seen (in French) over on NowhereElse.fr, with the pertinent details discussed

around six minutes in. Following the interview, to little surprise, no official comment has been made from Apple, however Orange has since attempted to clarify on the “leak,” releasing the following statement a few hours after the interview aired: “These responses in no way reflect Orange’s confirmation of the existence of the rumored device. The spokesperson was merely confirming that he is aware of the speculation surrounding a launch and that Orange would be delighted to have such a product were it ever to be available.” France Télécom currently enjoys a healthy relationship with Apple, with the telecom company selling the iPhone in over 28 countries through its global mobile brand, Orange. So, I’d like to think that this slip-ofthe-tongue from Richard could be deemed as credible, despite Orange’s somewhat fluffy statement.

Dana Carvey and Spike Feresten teaming up for new show By Bob Sassone (TV Squad) Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:26:00 PM

The Dana Carvey Show is one of my favorite sketch comedy shows of all-time. It was massively creative, probably well ahead of its time, hell on advertisers, and some of it was funnier than SCTV in its glory days. So of course it didn't last that long. Now Carvey and Spike Feresten have announced that they're joining forces to do a new sketch show for FOX. It doesn't have a name yet, but both FOX and ABC were interested in it. They went with FOX because they'll probably be more friendly to a weird sketch show like this (and also let's not forget that The Dana Carvey Show was on ABC). Carvey and Feresten will write and star in the show. The pilot will be filmed in February. Feresten was a writer on Carvey's old show? For some reason I didn't know that. That makes me want to see this new show even more. Both of these

guys should be on TV again. (You can watch all 8 episodes of The Dana Carvey Show at SlashControl.) Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Programming, RealityFree Permalink| Email this| | Comments

Component shortages set to push up computer costs (Financial Times - US homepage) Submitted at 1/11/2010 10:45:53 AM

The cost of assembling personal

computers will rise this year for the first time in six years because of shortages in some key components, industry analysts have forecast.

The cost of semiconductor components in computers has fallen by an annual average of 7.8 per cent since 2000, but they are set to rise this year by 2.8 per

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Why newspapers should host blogs (Scripting News)

a lot but returned to Berkeley without success. I wish the Times or some other NY John Robinson of the News- newspaper had a current how-to Record in Greensboro, NC wrote guide for Manhattan newbies. a piece this morning about a There's so much information you meetup we had at his paper in need to even begin the search. February 2005. Back then I was Manhattan is a huge, complex pushing the idea that news and very strange place for organizations should host blogs r e n t e r s . I f o u n d a d o z e n for their community. I'm still apartments I could easily afford pushing the idea, and still getting that I loved, but I came home the question back from the without a lease. How weird is p e o p l e i n t h e n e w s o r g s that! wondering why they would do There are a million other that. locality-based information I didn't answer the question then projects that don't get done probably because I didn't want to because news organizations have have an argument with a roomful a narrow view of what they do. If of reporters, editors and their I were helping them be creative, managers. Been there, done that. I'd ask them to branch out. Think I put the idea out there on the of services they could provide chance that there was a kindred for their community that aren't spirit in the room. You never being provided. know when you'll find one. An example. The Times I pitched the same idea at the champions causes like The NY Times in December at a Neediest. This is a good thing we roundtable meetup with a variety all agree, I think. Amidst the of editorial and technical people. wealth of NYC there are a lot of This time I did try to answer the poor people who aren't making questions when they came up, it. Help them out, says the and predictably, an argument Times. We'll use our channel to ensued. help you understand the I'll explain why news orgs problem, you give to help the should host blogs in a few people once you understand. paragraphs, but first a couple of Okay. In a week in Manhattan I stories. learned that Internet connectivity I spent last week apartment in the biggest city in the US shopping in Manhattan. I learned sucks. It's much better in the Submitted at 1/11/2010 8:19:06 AM

are covering the meaning of the latest tea leaves from DC or where ever, not to say that stuff isn't interesting, but lots of people do it, and it's hard to find great money-making ads to put on that kind of copy, so the Times is struggling to find a new business model. But! A web resource devoted to boosting Internet connectivity in Manhattan, now that would attract some serious money. I met with Jeff Jarvis on this trip and he asked me to think about ways for news orgs to make money. This is how you do it. Understand your community and boroughs and the suburbs, the needs of its economy, where because of the economics of high money is flowing, and where it's rise apartment buildings. It being held back due to a lack of would take a few paragraphs to information, and pour resources explain why it is that way, but into that area. You will find a basically you're lucky to get way to draw money from the r e a l l y g r e a t F I O S - l e v e l activity you're covering. broadband in Manhattan. There's Now, back to John Robinson's no easy way to find out which query. Why should news orgs neighborhoods have it. And host blogs for members of their Time-Warner seems to install c o m m u n i t y ? B e c a u s e t h e high bandwidth cable in areas business of news organizations is where FIOS is available. Is there information. Gather it up, sort it, a resource in the city that keeps organize it, keep it current and current? If there were, I bet the do it again. People have a huge connectivity of Manhattan would thirst for new information, more jump many times in a very short t h e s e d a y s t h a n e v e r a n d period of time. Sunlight, they increasing all the time. It's say, is a great disinfectant. ridiculous that informationWell, this kind of news isn't the g a t h e r i n g o r g s s h o u l d b e stuff of high-level reporters, who shrinking in a time where what

they do is in such high demand. We're constantly checking our Droids and Nexus One's for new stuff to interest our short attention span. Let the people in so you can find the wells that need digging. We can poke around the surface, but we have lives and jobs -- other missions. Watch where we go, and help us achieve. The rewards will be our trust and the money of businesses that want to learn from and educate through that flow. Same way Twitter, Facebook and Google are expanding now, that should be happening in the news business. Back in 2004, and even before, I saw the erosion of the business model that's playing out now. If the road you're on is being eroded, you should start building a new road asap. If you wait for the road to wash out then you have to live without a road while the new one is being built. Back then I was thinking about the Rest of Us. If the newspapers are stuck in a loop of self-pity and aren't doing anything to change with the times, we can do two things: 1. Help them see the logic in changing and 2. Implement the change without them. That's what I was doing then, and continue to do.

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“The X Factor” To Launch on FOX in 2011 By Robert Seidman (TVbytheNumbers) Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:53:57 PM

here’s the official press release on The X Factor news: “THE X FACTOR” TO LAUNCH ON FOX IN 2011 FOX announced today that THE X FACTOR will launch in the U.S. in the fall of 2011. Simon Cowell, who created and launched THE X FACTOR in the U.K. in 2004, will serve as both executive producer and judge on the U.S. version, which will be produced by Syco Television and FremantleMedia North America. THE X FACTOR is currently shown in 17 countries worldwide with a global audience of more than 500 million, and is the No. 1 TV entertainment format in Europe. Cowell will continue to serve as both executive producer and judge on the U.K. version. THE X FACTOR format is owned by Syco, a global music, television and film production joint venture between Cowell and Sony Music Entertainment. “I’m thrilled that we have put a date on the launch of the U.S. version of THE X FACTOR, and delighted to be continuing to work with FOX,” said Cowell. “We have a fantastic relationship, a great team and are all very excited about this.” Mike Darnell, President of Alternative Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company, said, “We have had a very successful

Got Talent,” which in 2009 launched the global singing career of Susan Boyle. Her debut Syco album sold over 8 million units in six weeks, making it the world’s biggest-selling album of 2009 and the fastest-selling album in history. Syco is also the record label home for such diverse international recording stars as Leona Lewis, Il Divo and Paul Potts. Cowell has worked with artists selling more than 180 million albums and delivering more than 150 No. 1 records. In 2009, Cowell was named No. 1 in Hollywood Reporter’s Top 50 Most Powerful in Reality TV and one of Entertainment Weekly’s Top Entertainers of the Year. About FremantleMedia North America FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) is the U.S. production division of global media giant FremantleMedia. Based in relationship with Simon Cowell building another entertainment judge. Syco Television is also Burbank, California, FMNA for many years, and we’re franchise in the marketplace.” the owner of the “Got Talent” p r o d u c e s e n t e r t a i n i n g a n d absolutely delighted to continue About Syco/Simon Cowell television format. Versions of i n n o v a t i v e p r o g r a m s f o r our relationship with him. THE Syco, with offices in London both “The X Factor” and “Got network, cable, syndicated and X FACTOR has been a massive and Los Angeles, is a global Talent” are co-produced by Syco online platforms, including the success around the world, and music, television and film and shown in more than 40 Emmy-nominated musical/reality phenomenon AMERICAN IDOL we can’t wait to bring it to the production joint venture between countries. U.S. in 2011.” Simon Cowell and Sony Music “The X Factor” 2009 in the U.K. (FOX), “America’s Got Talent” “THE X FACTOR has enjoyed Entertainment. reached audiences of 20 million (NBC), “Can You Duet” (CMT), an unparalleled success in its Syco Television produces the (60% audience share), and in “The Chilli Project” (MTV), U.K. home market and globally,” BAFTA Award-winning “The X Denmark, the audience share “Secret Girlfriend” (Comedy said Cecile Frot-Coutaz, CEO of Factor,” which has topped the reached a record high of 80%. Central), “Let’s Make A Deal” FremantleMedia North America. charts in Europe and in the U.K., Cowell also executive produces ( C B S ) , “ F a m i l y F e u d ” “We are truly excited to bring it where Cowell continues to serve “America’s Got Talent” and “THE page 44 to the U.S. and look forward to as both executive producer and judges and produces “Britain’s

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BET’s “Celebration of Gospel” Celebrates 10th Anniversary With Best Nielsen Ratings Ever By Robert Seidman (TVbytheNumbers)

This year’s CELEBRATION OF GOSPEL is the fourth consecutive BET signature Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:55:09 PM special to post huge gains which via press release: contribute to BET’s ranking as BET’S “CELEBRATION OF the 14 th cable network among GOSPEL” COMMEMORATES viewers 18-34 season to date as ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY well as the 20 th cable network W I T H I T S H I G H E S T among viewers 18-49 season to RATINGS EVER date. Additionally, all 2.6 Million Total Viewers Tune demographics are up doubleIn To the #1 Religious/Gospel digits, with the key demographic Telecast on Television For the – adults 18-49 – up 47% versus Tenth Consecutive Year the 2009 telecast, making it the The #1 CELEBRATION OF number one CELEBRATION GOSPEL In BET History OF GOSPEL in BET history. Hosted By Steve Harvey, The Aptly themed “Ten Years, Tenth CELEBRATION OF Faithfully Yours,” the incredible GOSPEL Featured Soul-Stirring show had double-digit gains Performances by Fantasia and every half hour. The show had Diane Barrino Barber, Anthony many highlights, including a Hamilton and Tarsha, Yolanda surprise tribute by Donnie Adams, Bobby Jones, Donnie McClurkin and Marvin Sapp to McClurkin, BeBe and CeCe recognize Steve Harvey for his Winans, Fred Hammond and ten years of hosting the show, more which moved him to tears. The NEW YORK— January 11, vocalists’ medley of “We Fall 2010—BET’s CELEBRATION Down” and “He Saw the Best in O F G O S P E L r e m a i n s Me,” along with the audiences’ television’s #1 religious/gospel emotional reaction will go down telecast with this year’s show on in history as one of the most Sunday, January 10 with 2.6 memorable moments in gospel million viewers, up 41% from performances. last year, who tuned in to enjoy The inspirational event also performances by the brightest included rousing performances stars in gospel and R&B. by Pastor Shirley Caesar, Dr.

Bobby Jones and SUNDAY BEST winner Y’Anna Crawley, Fred Hammond, The Rance Allen Group Tye Tribbett and Greater Anointing, Kelly Price, Donald Lawrence and Ledisi, spoken word by Sherri Shepherd, Elise Neal and Bishop Noel Jones and much more. CELEBRATION OF GOSPEL is produced by Stephen Hill, President of Music Programming & Specials, BET; Lynne Harris Taylor, Vice President of Specials, BET; and Geovanni Brewer, executive producer. For more information about the show, please visit www.bet.com/COG. *All times ET/PT. About BET Networks BET Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is the nation’s leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and public affairs television programming for the AfricanAmerican audience. The primary BET channel reaches more than 98 million households and can be seen in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and subSaharan Africa. BET is the dominant African-American

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(syndicated), and the longestrunning game show in television history, “The Price Is Right” consumer brand with a diverse (CBS). In the U.K., “The X group of business extensions: F a c t o r ” i s p r o d u c e d b y BET.com, a leading Internet talkbackThames, a division of d e s t i n a t i o n f o r B l a c k FremantleMedia, and Syco entertainment, music, culture, Television. and news; CENTRIC, a 24-hour Five Filters featured article: entertainment network targeting Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: the 25- to 54-year-old African- PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, American audience; BET Digital Term Extraction. Networks – BET Gospel and BET Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for cutting-edge entertainment tastes; BET Home Entertainment, a collection of BET-branded offerings for the home environment including DVDs and video-on-demand; BET Event Productions, a fullscale event management and production company with (Yahoo! News Search Results f e s t i v a l s a n d l i v e e v e n t s for e-readers) spanning the globe; BET Mobile, which provides ringtones, games Submitted at 1/11/2010 8:33:19 AM and video content for wireless devices; and BET International, Google Nexus One buyers which operates BET in the frustrated about help United Kingdom and oversees Owners of Google's Nexus One the extension of BET network phone may be early adopters, but p r o g r a m m i n g f o r g l o b a l some of them are also getting an early share of problems with distribution. Five Filters featured article: phone and customer service, Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: according to complaints being PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, posted on various forums. Five Filters featured article: Term Extraction. Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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AMC Announces “Breaking Bad” Season 3 Premiere Sunday, March 21 at 10pm By Robert Seidman (TVbytheNumbers) Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:48:45 PM

via press release: AMC ANNOUNCES “BREAKING BAD” SEASON THREE PREMIERE SUNDAY, MARCH 21 AT 10PM ET/PT Back-to-Back Emmy Winner Bryan Cranston Directs Season Premiere “The Best of Breaking Bad” Marathon Begins Friday, March 19 at 8pm “Top 10 Baddest Moments” and Other Exclusive Content on AMCTV.com New York, NY January 11, 2010 AMC will premiere the highly anticipated third season of “Breaking Bad” on Sunday, March 21 at 10pm ET/PT. Backto-back Emmy winner Bryan Cranston will serve double duty as director of the premiere episode, “No Mas.” Leading up to the highlyanticipated new season will be a “Best of Breaking Bad” Marathon, featuring six of the series best episodes, on Friday, March 19 beginning at 8pm ET/PT. In addition, season two will be available On Demand beginning in February. “Breaking Bad” season three will also be complemented by a variety of exclusive online material at AMCTV.COM. Among the special digital

content is a “Top 10 Baddest Moments” video special, counting down some of the series most outrageous scenes to date; an interactive graphic novel game, in which users can grill a suspect; all-new “webisodes;” Inside “Breaking Bad” videos; and a Criminal Aptitude Test. Created by acclaimed writer/producer/director Vince Gilligan (“The X-Files”), “Breaking Bad” follows Walter White (Cranston), a milquetoast high school chemistry teacher who discovers he is dying of lung cancer. Desperate to secure his family’s financial future,

Walt teams up with a former student, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), to turn a used RV into a mobile drug lab. Filmed on location in Albuquerque, NM, “Breaking Bad” season three stars Emmy Award winner Bryan Cranston, Emmy nominated Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, RJ Mitte, Bob Odenkirk, Giancarlo Esposito and Jonathan Banks. “Breaking Bad” is produced by Sony Pictures Television is association with AMC. About AMC AMC reigns as the only basic

cable network to win back-toback Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series and Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Series Drama and boasts a comprehensive library of the most entertaining movies of all time. Whether commemorating favorite films from every genre and decade or creating acclaimed original productions, the AMC experience is an uncompromising celebration of great stories. AMC’s original stories include the Emmy Award -winning dramas “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad,” the

miniseries “The Prisoner” and insightful non-scripted programming such as AMC News. AMC further demonstrates its commitment to the art of storytelling with curated movie franchises like AMC Hollywood Icon and AMC Complete Collection. Available in more than 95 million homes (Source: Nielsen Media Research), AMC is a subsidiary of Rainbow Media Holdings LLC, which includes sister networks IFC, Sundance Channel, WE tv and Wedding AMC page 46

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Chuck returns with ratings to back up the hype By Kona Gallagher (TV Squad)

night's season three premiere of Chuck scored its highest ratings since its special 3-D episode that Submitted at 1/11/2010 2:29:00 PM aired after the Super Bowl. If Jericho became famous for you're just looking at the ratings becoming the first show to really o f C h u c k ' s n o n - g i m m i c k y be saved from cancellation by an episodes, it hasn't performed this internet fan campaign. While it well since 2007. Chuck fans are did get its second season, the celebrating today, and NBC online fervor failed to translate execs at least have one bright into ratings, and Jericho never spot in what has been a difficult saw a season three. Now the week for them. NBC comedy Chuck is back for Continue reading Chuck returns its third season after being with ratings to back up the hype similarly saved by devoted fans. Filed under: Industry, Ratings, So the big question is, did they Chuck, Reality-Free actually watch? Permalink| Email this| | According to The Hollywood C o m m e n t s Reporter, you bet they did. Last

Pete Carroll to Seahawks Now Official By Will Brinson (Fanhouse Main) Submitted at 1/11/2010 7:23:00 AM

Filed under: Seahawks, NFL Coaching Pete Carroll is "officially" the coach for the Seattle Seahawks now, as the team announced the news on Monday afternoon after a weekend of semi-speculation followed by Carroll tendering his resignation to USC Monday morning. Carroll brings his 33-31 NFL record -- regardless of his success at USC, it's worth noting -- to Seattle. Nonetheless, the Seahawks seem quite excited.

"We are excited to add Pete as our coach. He brings a great passion for winning and a positive attitude that is contagious," said CEO Tod Leiweke. "We now turn our full attention to the hiring process for

a general manager. Our intended structure is for Pete and the new GM to work in a collaborative capacity on football matters." Carroll leaves the college game under much speculation (both for possible NCAA sanctions and the recent revelation that he knew about a coach's pill addiction that led to a DUI). But regardless of the opinions that anyone can hold of his ability to succeed in the NFL, he's the "splash" hire that Paul Allen wanted and as long as it's the offseason that's all that really matters. For now anyway.

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Now What the Hell Is NBC Going to Job listing points to Air at 10pm? [Dead Peacocks] unannounced Lionhead project By Richard Lawson (Gawker) Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:54:17 PM

Now that Jay Leno's woeful 10pm talk show experiment has been axed, NBC is faced with a serious vacuum of programming. They're desperate enough to consider an LA-set Law & Order, so what else might they be considering? Let's speculate! Well, the Peacock has already ordered six new pilots for their fall slate from some of television's biggest names. Producers like David Shore ( House), Hank Steinberg ( Without a Trace), and Jerry Bruckheimer (everything on CBS). There's also a new J.J. Abrams show and a (gasp) legal drama from David E. Kelley called Kindreds. When in doubt, go with the old standards. Oof. But what other new shows might NBC endeavor to cobble together from spare parts of other successful series? A poll of the Gawker editoriat birthed some wonderful suggestions: • Chuck: Miami • "Hospital show with firefighters too." • "A Best Buy Employee becomes a super spy to save a man whose house is carted away by balloons. Up/Chuck." • Law & Order: Biggest Loser Unit • "Liz Lemon gets a job at a

By Richard Mitchell (Joystiq) Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:45:00 PM

professional gift wrapper: 30 Rock, Paper, Scissors" • Friends: The College Years • A Different Office • "Steve Carell takes a class given by West Wing's Jed Bartlett: Office Politics • " Date Line NBC, a show wherein men stand in a line and women choose them, for dates." • To Catch a Predator vs. Alien(Illegal immigrants hunt down pedophiles?) • Hero Losers • "Robot doctors: Wall-ER." • "Who's the greatest hawk

trainer? America's Got Talons." • "A stringent and poetic look at African American politics and culture: Suzan-Lori Parks & Recreation." • "Can Bing and David share an apartment without driving each other crazy? Find out in The Crosby Show." Are you listening, NBC? Here, you should help them out too. What are some other possible quickly-made NBC slot-fillers?

Most would think that Lionhead is already plenty busy with both Fable III and Milo & Kate, both of which will support Project Natal. Apparently that's not busy enough for Peter Molyneux & Co., as Lionhead has posted a job listing for a network programmer who will take part "developing and maintaining the network code of an unannounced title." The listing gives no clues as to what the game might be, though it does ask that potential candidates be familiar with both the Xbox 360 and PC. With any luck, maybe we'll see the mystery project alongside next month's Fable III reveal. We're not counting on it though. What the game is -- if it's even a full game -- is anyone's guess. A new Populous, perhaps? A Fable application similar to Halo Waypoint? Our best guess: Peter Molyneux's Hype.

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Mark McGwire comes clean, admits steroids use

By Hamilton Nolan (Gawker)

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It is the new year which means it's time for you to go on an unsuccessful diet, America! Let us survey the landscape of sureto-fail fitness ideas rolling out (ha) soon. Select a few and promptly abandon them! • Fitness gizmos and video games wearing you out? Why not join one of those hot new "virtual gyms" this year? Like a real gym except imaginary! • Ad Age's Emily Bryson York has a great overview of what the weight loss-industrial complex has in store for you, the unwitting subject, this year. Since you're all broke, you will, paradoxically, probably be eating more calories this year. But!

Crystal Light: New tagline is "Water Your Body," which allegedly promotes water as "transforming, sustaining and life -enhancing." How this promotes Crystal Light is unclear. Subway: Offering a former Biggest Loser contestant $1,000 for every

Quiznos, and Planters Peanuts—what dietitians call the Quadrifecta of Healthy Consumables. • Two former 24 Hour Fitness executives have been sentenced to prison for fraud. Justice—or fear of a superior race of people who are fit quite literally around the clock, twice? • What else is in breaking fitness USA news today?? Kristen Cavallari is taking a circuit training class!"I never want to go and I walk out dripping in sweat and it kills you, but it works." Is what she says. Show her some respect, Americans. •

pound she loses between now and May. Better idea: Hang Jared in a plastic cube over Times Square until May, with no food. The Following Brands Are Also Promoting Themselves As [Pic via] 'Weight Loss' Things, Really: Dunkin Donuts, Taco Bell,

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McGwire Admits Steroids Use McGwire Admits Steroids Use VIDEO PLAYLIST • McGwire Admits Steroids Use McGwire Admits Steroids Use • Knight Defends Legacy Of Mark McGwire Knight Defends Legacy Of Mark McGwire • Kruk/Clark: Happy McGwire Came Clean Kruk/Clark: Happy McGwire Came Clean NEW YORK -- Mark McGwire finally came clean, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998. MARK page 49

Simon Cowell Votes Himself Off American Idol [Simon Says Bye] By Richard Lawson (Gawker)

-up — young unknown singers compete for audience votes and get lambasted by a panel of three Season one-billion of American — with Cowell himself serving Idol hasn't even started yet, and as a judge during his Idol-free already we're thinking about the downtime. The X Factor will end. Simon Cowell, beloved premiere fall 2011, then move to grumpy crumpet judge, will the summer for subsequent leave at the end of the season to s e a s o n s , w i t h I d o l s t i l l judge the similarly-themed dominating the winter/spring. British import, The X Factor. Cowell's departure was long- Paula Abdul left the show earlier The show has the same basic set rumored, as fellow original judge this year and ratings had begun Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:07:16 PM

to gradually (very gradually) slow down. Cowell is also said to have had major disagreements with Idol producer Simon Fuller, so presumably X Factor offered him the opportunity to be a bit more sovereign. Whatever Cowell's reasons, the real questions are 1) whether Fox really has room for two singing competition shows (will the presence of both will split the

vote and dilute the programs' influence and ability to actually create pop stars?), and 2) what the heck is Randy Jackson going to do all by himself next year? Sad, dawg.[ NYT] Update! TMZ is saying that gurgling hair-mound Paula Abdul has been in talks with Cowell to join him on X Factor. Once again, poor Randy.

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McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade. During a 20-minute telephone interview shortly afterward, his voice repeatedly cracked. "It's very emotional, it's telling family members, friends and coaches, you know, it's former teammates to try to get a hold of, you know, that I'm coming clean and being honest," he said. "It's the first time they've ever heard me, you know, talk about this. I hid it from everybody." McGwire said he called commissioner Bud Selig and Cardinals manager Tony La Russa earlier in the day to personally apologize. In an interview with ESPN's "Baseball Tonight", La Russa said he didn't know McGwire had used steroids until the slugger had admitted using performance-enhancing drugs in the phone call to the manager earlier Monday. "I'm really encouraged that he would step forward," La Russa told ESPN. "As we go along his explanations will be well received." Selig, in a statement released by Major League Baseball on Monday, said he was pleased with McGwire's admission. "I am pleased that Mark McGwire has confronted his use of performance-enhancing substances as a player. Being truthful is always the correct course of action, which is why I

had commissioned Senator George Mitchell to conduct his investigation. This statement of contrition, I believe, will make Mark's re-entry into the game much smoother and easier," Selig said. McGwire said he also used human growth hormone, and he didn't know if his use of performance-enhancing drugs contributed to some of the injuries that led to his retirement, at age 38, in 2001. "That's a good question," he said. He repeatedly expressed regret for his decision to use steroids, which he said was "foolish" and caused by his desire to overcome injuries, get back on the field and prove he was worth his multimillion salary. "You don't know that you'll ever have to talk about the skeleton in your closet on a national level," he said. "I did this for health purposes. There's no way I did this for any type of strength use." McGwire hit a then-record 70 homers in 1998 during a compelling race with Sammy Sosa, who finished with 66. More than anything else, the home-run spree revitalized baseball following the crippling strike that wiped out the 1994 World Series. Now that McGwire has come clean, increased glare might fall on Sosa, who has denied using performing-enhancing drugs. McGwire statement Text of the statement Mark McGwire issued Monday,

admitting he used steroids during his career: "Now that I have become the hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals, I have the chance to do something that I wish I was able to do five years ago. I never knew when, but I always knew this day would come. It's time for me to talk about the past and to confirm what people have suspected. I used steroids during my playing career and I apologize. I remember trying steroids very briefly in the 1989/1990 off season and then after I was injured in 1993, I used steroids again. I used them on occasion throughout the '90s, including during the 1998 season. I wish I had never touched steroids. It was foolish and it was a mistake. I truly apologize. Looking back, I wish I had never played during the steroid era. During the mid-'90s, I went on the DL seven times and missed 228 games over five years. I experienced a lot of injuries, including a ribcage strain, a torn left heel muscle, a stress fracture of the left heel, and a torn right heel muscle. It was definitely a miserable bunch of years and I told myself that steroids could help me recover faster. I thought they would help me heal and prevent injuries, too. I'm sure people will wonder if I could have hit all those home runs had I never taken steroids. I had good years when I didn't take any and I had bad years

when I didn't take any. I had good years when I took steroids and I had bad years when I took steroids. But no matter what, I shouldn't have done it and for that I'm truly sorry. Baseball is really different now - it's been cleaned up. The commissioner and the players' association implemented testing and they cracked down, and I'm glad they did. I'm grateful to the Cardinals for bringing me back to baseball. I want to say thank you to Cardinals owner Mr. DeWitt, to my GM, John Mozeliak, and to my manager, Tony La Russa. I can't wait to put the uniform on again and to be back on the field in front of the great fans in Saint Louis. I've always appreciated their support and I intend to earn it again, this time as hitting coach. I'm going to pour myself into this job and do everything I can to help the Cardinals hitters become the best players for years to come. After all this time, I want to come clean. I was not in a position to do that five years ago in my congressional testimony, but now I feel an obligation to discuss this and to answer questions about it. I'll do that, and then I just want to help my team." "I wish I had never played during the steroid era," McGwire said. McGwire's decision to admit using steroids was prompted by his decision to become hitting coach of the St. Louis Cardinals,

his final big league team. Tony La Russa, McGwire's manager in Oakland and St. Louis, has been among McGwire's biggest supporters and thinks returning to the field can restore the former slugger's reputation. La Russa told ESPN that his feelings haven't changed about McGwire's joining the team as hitting coach. "I never knew when, but I always knew this day would come," McGwire said. "It's time for me to talk about the past and to confirm what people have suspected." McGwire, who is eighth on the all-time home run list with 583 homers, once again was not elected into the Hall of Fame. In voting on Jan. 6, he received 128 votes (23.7 percent) in the balloting, 10 more than last year and matching the total from his first two times on the ballot. He became the second major baseball star in less than a year to admit using illegal steroids, following the New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez last February. Others have been tainted but have denied knowingly using illegal drugs, including Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and David Ortiz. Bonds has been indicted on charges he made false statements to a federal grand jury and obstructed justice. Clemens is under investigation by a federal MARK page 57

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Seattle Seahawks announce hiring of USC Trojans coach Pete Carroll By ESPN.com news services (ESPN.com)

Charlie Weis. And that's just for starters, as Gene Wojciechowski finds. Story Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:41:05 PM Pete Carroll had plenty of Schefter News And Notes skeptics when he was announced Schefter News And Notes as the USC head coach in 2000. The Seattle Seahawks confirmed But, as Mark Schlabach details, Monday they have agreed to he won over his doubters as he terms on a contract with Pete took the Trojans on a glorious Carroll to become their next head run. Story coach. ESPNLosAngeles.com takes a "We are excited to add Pete as look back at the Pete Carroll era our coach," said CEO Tod through photos, starting with his Leiweke in a statement. "He hiring in 2000 right up through brings a great passion for his decision to leave USC for winning and a positive attitude Seattle. Chronology that is contagious. We now turn Carroll was set to address the our full attention to the hiring m e d i a M o n d a y a t a n e w s process for a general manager. conference on the USC campus "Our intended structure is for at 6 p.m. ET. The Seahawks Pete and the new GM to work in were to formally introduce a collaborative capacity on Carroll at their headquarters in football matters." Renton, Wash., on Tuesday at 1 Reaction on Carroll p.m. ET. Pete Carroll put together an Carroll spoke earlier Monday of incredible run at USC, as Ivan his resignation from USC. Maisel notes. But no program Talking with the Los Angeles can win it all every year -- and Times, Carroll said his pending when it came time to start move wasn't in reaction to climbing back up the mountain, possible sanctions the Trojans' Carroll walked out. Story program faces as a result of an Pete Carroll's resignation is just ongoing investigation over the latest turn in a downward whether players may have s p i r a l f o r U S C ' s a t h l e t i c s received improper benefits. program. ESPN.com's Pat Forde "Not in any way," Carroll told wonders: Do the Trojans have the newspaper. "Because I know the right man to clean up the where we stand. It's just a mess? Story process we have to go through. The human fallout from Pete We know we've fought hard to Carroll's departure from USC do right." connect dots to Aaron Corp. And Carroll, a longtime coach and

coordinator in the NFL before joining USC in 2000, said he had for a while "given up" on a return to the pro ranks. "But it came out of nowhere," he told the Times. ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter first reported Saturday morning the Seahawks and Carroll had reached an agreement in principle. "I've given everything I've had," he said. "There was never going to be a good time." Next up for Leiweke is to hire a general manager. They have at least four interviews to conduct to find the general manager who will work with Carroll. Former Titans GM Floyd Reese is scheduled to interview, along with Giants personnel man Marc Ross, Packers executive John Schneider and Omar Khan, a contract administrator with Pittsburgh. Seattle forced out general manager and president Tim Ruskell on Dec. 3. Leiweke met with Carroll in Los Angeles on Sunday to finalize the deal, the Times had reported. Carroll was 97-19 and won two national championships with USC. He leaves following his worst season (9-4) since his first at the school and with the NCAA investigating the program. In a statement released from the

school Monday, Carroll said the school approached him about staying. "But this choice is about pursuing the great challenges of competing in the NFL," Carroll said in the release. "And I found this opportunity too compelling to pass up." Carroll had already planned a team meeting for Monday afternoon, on the day the Trojans return to class after the winter break. "By far the most difficult thing is leaving the young guys that just came into the program and just started," Carroll said in the Times interview. A team spokesman said the Monday meeting was still on. "Every Trojan everywhere owes Pete a big debt of gratitude for what he did for USC and USC football this past nine years," USC president Steven B. Sample said in a statement. "Two national championships, three Heisman Trophy winners, and seven consecutive Pac-10 championships earned him a lasting place in our history." USC athletic director Mike Garrett said a search for Carroll's successor would begin immediately. The Herd with Colin Cowherd Colin Cowherd examines Pete Carroll's decision to leave USC for the NFL and explains the likely reasons for the move.

More Podcasts Âť "Pete built and left in place a truly outstanding organization," Garrett said in a statement. "While he leaves behind an impressive legacy, I am confident that we will find a new head coach who will continue the success to which we are accustomed at USC." Carroll had already begun to form the staff he will work with in Seattle, sources indicated to ESPN. The Chicago Bears have been informed that Jeremy Bates, who was scheduled to interview for their offensive coordinator's job, has decided to accept the same job with Carroll and the Seahawks, two sources told ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen on Sunday night. A source said Bates was tempted to be reunited with Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, but the long-term security with Carroll was a major factor in his decision to join the Seahawks rather than the Bears. Bates was Cutler's offensive coordinator with the Broncos in 2008. The Bears' options for the position now include Mike Martz, Jedd Fisch and Bill Musgrave, league sources told Schefter. A source close to USC linebackers coach Ken Norton Jr. SEATTLE page 56

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cornerback Michael Adams stripped Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers of the ball and Fans of the Jets, Cowboys and l i n e b a c k e r K a r l o s D a n s b y Ravens enjoyed themselves, of returned the fumble for the game course, but the first three games - w i n n i n g s c o r e . I n S p o r t s of the NFL’s wild-card weekend Illustrated, Don Banks takes the weren’t much fun for the rest of opportunity to praise both the us to watch. But the final game game itself and the NFL’s on the slate was an eye-popping, maligned sudden-death overtime record-setting overtime shootout rule. between the Green Bay Packers In the Arizona Republic, Dan and Arizona Cardinals. The 62 Bickley applauds Warner’s first downs and 96 combined dazzling effort. points in that game set NFL At Pro Football Talk, Mike p o s t s e a s o n r e c o r d s a s t h e Florio bemoans the un-called Cardinals earned a 51-45 win facemask penalty by Adams on and a matchup with New Orleans the game-winning play.* * * next weekend. Reuters Karlos The Seattle Seahawks’ recent Dansby was a part of the 22% of dismissal of coach Jim Mora Jr. the greater Phoenix population to after just one 5-11 season didn’t score Sunday. make much of an impact beyond “It was the kind of football Puget Sound, but the team’s contest you love if you eat choice of a replacement is Skittles for breakfast, meditate to somewhat bigger news. The K.C. & the Sunshine Band and Seahawks are expected to bring think ‘Transformers 2 is Oscar USC head coach Pete Carroll and bait,” the Journal’s Jason Gay Trojans offensive coordinator writes. “And really, who isn’t Jeremy Bates to Seattle next that kind of person once in a season, with Carroll expected to while?” With all due respect to sign a five-year contract some the Baltimore Ravens’ decisive time Monday and be announced Sunday beatdown of the New as Seattle’s new head coach England Patriots — which was Tuesday. pretty improbable in its own Carroll’s departure from USC right, the Baltimore Sun’s Mike comes at an opportune moment Preston notes— it’s hard to focus for him, if not for the program he on the weekend’s other games built. With Trojans football the after being force-fed all those subject of a long-running NCAA Skittles. investigation, Yahoo’s Dan For all the offense — and there Wetzel writes that Carroll’s was a lot — it was an overtime ultimate legacy at USC is not yet defensive play that carried the clear. day for the Cardinals. Reserve In the Seattle Times, Steve Submitted at 1/11/2010 8:59:56 AM

of some owners, to be more of a logistical pain in the butt than a sincere attempt to raise the profiles of minority candidates?”* * * Tennessee knocked off an undefeated Kansas Jayhawks team that had spent the whole Kelley has his doubts about the college-hoops season ranked first hire. “Doesn’t this feel, just a in the nation. The win Sunday little bit, like a coach running doesn’t look like the most away from his troubles John dramatic of upsets at first glance, Calipari-like and leaving it to the but Tennessee’s 76-68 result is university to clean up his probably the most surprising m e s s e s ? ” K e l l e y w o n d e r s . basketball score of the year thus “What’s happening here? Since far. when did this franchise become “Technically Tennessee is the No. 16 team in the country, but Cirque du Seahawk?” O n e h o l d u p t o C a r r o l l ’ s not these Vols,” Mike DeCourcy announcement as Seattle’s head writes in the Sporting News. coach was the team’s need to “Who are they kidding? The No. hold what looks like a de rigueur 16 Vols are the team that last i n t e r v i e w w i t h M i n n e s o t a played on New Year’s Eve and Vikings defensive coordinator controlled a road game against L e s l i e F r a z i e r , a n o t h e r rival Memphis almost beginning “candidate” for the job. Frazier to end. The Vols who stunned didn’t really have a shot at the KU are down four players who gig, of course, but the NFL’s were arrested New Year’s Day Rooney Rule demanded that and haven’t played or practiced Seattle interview a minority since.” The Vols dismissed All-SEC candidate for the position. While he’s hardly a favorite of f o r w a r d T y l e r S m i t h a n d your Fixer, FanHouse’s Jay suspended players Cameron Mariotti seems to have found a Tatum, Melvin Goins and Brian worthy target for his snarling- Williams after a New Year’s Day skeptic shtick on this matter. “If traffic stop involving the four teams aren’t serious about their players turned up two handguns, interviews with certain minority marijuana and open containers of candidates, why waste their time booze. Something of a longshot and sabotage the intent of the to beat the Jayhawks even at full Rooney Rule?” Mariotti asks. strength, the Vols managed to “Or why even have such a rule at pull it off with an assortment of all when it seems, in the minds b e n c h g u y s a n d w a l k - o n s , including Coach Bruce Pearl’s

son Steven, whose previous role had been that of human victory cigar during blowouts. In Sports Illustrated, Luke Winn surveys the wreckage of Tyler Smith’s promising hoops future. In the Tennessean, David Climer credits Vols head coach Bruce Pearl with a brilliant coaching job. “Even by Pearl’s against-allodds standards,” Climer writes, “this was a doozy.”* * * The recent tales of gun-related hijinks in the Washington Wizards locker room have not done wonders for the image of Wizards star Gilbert Arenas or the NBA in general. In the Washington Post, Mike Wise and Michael Lee offer a definitive report on the corporate and clubhouse culture that coddled Arenas. The story of former University of Missouri star Steve Stipanovich may offer some perspective on the possible longrun implications of the incident for Arenas. In a terrific 1981 piece for Sports Illustrated, Curry Kirkpatrick describes the strange story of Stipanovich’s own gun-related mishap — a story that was, if anything, both stranger and more poorly handled by all involved than was Arenas’s alleged locker-room draw-down. Stipanovich recovered from both a mild bullet wound and a serious dent to his reputation to become the 96-POINT page 53

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Ex-New Jersey Nets star Jayson Willliams pleads guilty to aggravated assault in limo driver's shooting death By Associated Press (ESPN.com)

toward closure," said Williams' attorney, Joseph Hayden. He and Williams both declined to speak Submitted at 1/11/2010 11:07:55 AM further about the case, citing a SOMERVILLE, N.J. -- Former gag order. NBA star Jayson Williams, his The assault charge carries a personal life in shambles, took minimum 18-month sentence responsibility for accidentally because a gun was involved. The shooting his limousine driver to reckless manslaughter count death eight years ago by pleading would have carried a maximum guilty Monday to assault and 10-year prison sentence. agreeing to serve at least 18 Under his plea agreement, months in prison. Williams will serve 18 months in Williams was awaiting retrial on state prison for the aggravated a reckless manslaughter count assault charge and up to five but pleaded guilty to the lesser years for a prior conviction of aggravated assault count for the trying to cover up the crime. The 2002 death of Costas Christofi. sentences will be concurrent and Williams remained poised he'll be eligible for parole after during the hearing and mostly 18 months. answered yes and no questions, "Jayson is relieved that closure though he did tell the judge that has come to this matter," said he had not fully checked a Williams' friend and manager, shotgun he was showing off to Akhtar Farzaie. "He remains friends before snapping it closed. frustrated that he can't speak "I didn't look in the direction the about it. He would have agreed muzzle of the gun was pointed," to the aggravated assault charges he said, before admitting that his years ago, but it was never an handling of the gun was reckless option." and that the gunshot caused Williams has been free on bail Christofi's death. since the shooting. Williams, who was charged with On Monday, the prosecution drunken driving after crashing asked that his bail be revoked. his SUV into a tree in New York Deputy Attorney General Steven last week, had stitches visible Farman cited the recent New above his right eye. York accident, among other "Today is the first step in moving incidents, before saying, "The

public has a right to be protected from Jayson Williams." State Superior Court Judge Edward M. Coleman allowed him to remain free, with restrictions, until his Feb. 23 sentencing. Williams was acquitted in 2004 of aggravated manslaughter and convicted of trying to cover up the shooting. The jury deadlocked on a reckless manslaughter count, and a retrial on that charge was due to start this week. Witnesses testified during the trial that Williams was showing off a shotgun when he snapped the weapon shut and it fired, hitting Christofi. They also testified that Williams initially put the gun in the dead man's hands and told witnesses to lie about what happened. On Monday, Williams said he had been giving about 10 friends a tour of his New Jersey home on Feb. 14, 2002, and when they reached the bedroom, he started showing them his gun collection. While showing off a doublebarreled 12-gauge shotgun, Williams admitted Monday, he failed to check the safety mechanism and inspected only one of the two barrels before snapping it shut.

The defense maintained the shooting was an accident and that Williams panicked afterward. Years of legal sparring followed the trial. Defense attorneys tried to get the case tossed out, citing a racial slur uttered by a white investigator during a meeting with other law enforcement officials. A judge, however, ruled against Williams, who is black, on appeal. In November, it appeared a plea deal had been reached, but was indefinitely postponed at the last minute. His lawyers asked to be removed from his defense, citing client communication issues. The Christofi family, who was in the courtroom when Williams pleaded guilty, declined to comment. Williams paid the family more than $2 million in 2003 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit. Williams, 41, played nine seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets before a leg injury forced him to retire in 2000. He was in the second year of a six-year, $86 million contract. He became an NBA analyst for NBC but was suspended after Christofi's shooting. He

attempted a short-lived comeback in the minor league Continental Basketball Association in 2005. Williams has suffered several recent personal setbacks. His wife filed for divorce last year, although she sat behind him in court Monday and later accompanied him out of the courthouse. Police used a stun gun on him in a New York hotel after a female friend said he was acting suicidal. He was charged with assault in May after allegedly punching a man in the face outside a North Carolina bar, but charges were dropped. Williams' father, E.J., with whom he owned a construction business, died in South Carolina in November. Williams is due back in a Manhattan court March 3 on the New York drunken driving charge. Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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Andy Reid: Donovan McNabb will return next season as Philadelphia Eagles quarterback By ESPN.com news services (ESPN.com)

wanted to return to Philadelphia. "He got a nice little kick for the next few years here in salary," Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:51:15 PM Reid said. Eagles Offseason Plans Eagles The Eagles have a $5 million Offseason Plans team option available for Vick. PHILADELPHIA -- No. 5 will He may have increased his trade return to Philadelphia for a 12th value with a 76-yard touchdown season. pass to Jeremy Maclin in the last Eagles coach Andy Reid said loss to the Cowboys. Donovan McNabb will be the The backup who joined the team team's quarterback next season. before last season after a 2½Michael Vick's status remains year prison stay for his role in a questionable, however. dogfighting ring said Sunday that R e i d s o u g h t t o s q u e l c h he continues to hold lofty goals. speculation about McNabb's "Everybody wants to be a starter future with one year left on his in this league and everybody contract. wants to play," Vick said, "That's my call," Reid said according to The Philadelphia Monday when asked who will Inquirer. "That should be your make the decision to bring goal. The ambition you should McNabb back. "I think he's a have is to want to be great. ... I great player. His work over the know I can still play at a high last 11 years has proven that. I level." truly believe it's a team sport; it's Vick, 29, played a limited role not one guy." in short-yardage situations in his McNabb has failed to lead first year back in the NFL after Philadelphia to a Super Bowl missing two seasons. He said he victory in 11 seasons. But he had would be happy to remain with one of his finest seasons in 2009 Philadelphia. before struggling badly in "I would hope so," Vick said, consecutive losses to Dallas. The according to the newspaper. "I Cowboys beat the Eagles 34-14 tried to be the best ambassador Saturday night in an NFC wild- that I could be in the community, card playoff game. the best football player that I After the loss, McNabb said he could be. And that won't stop. I'll

continue to do that, and I'll continue to work hard." Vick said his performance this season spoke for itself. "I feel like I'm probably better than I ever was in my career, as far as the mental aspect of the game," he said. "Physically -that will come. That is easy." The Eagles also have Kevin Kolb on the roster. Kolb filled in nicely when McNabb got hurt in the season opener. He became the first QB in history to throw for 300 yards in his first two career starts. NFC East blog ESPN.com's Matt Mosley writes about all things NFC East in his division blog. • Blog network: NFL Nation "I don't want to give up any of them. I like them all," Reid said of the three QBs. "Can Kevin Kolb play in the National Football League? Absolutely. Can Kevin Kolb be a starter in National Football League? Absolutely. The other two guys have proven that. They've been top quarterbacks in this league for years." Kolb also will enter the final season of his contract. "We'll look at all this," Reid said. "I haven't gotten to that point

where I'm comparing players and contracts. We like Kevin Kolb. We like Michael Vick. We like Donovan McNabb. It's a pretty good situation to be in as we go into the offseason." McNabb threw for 3,553 yards, 22 TDs and 10 interceptions in 14 games. His passer rating of 92.9 was the third-highest in his career. In a 24-0 loss to Dallas last week that cost Philadelphia the NFC East title and a first-round bye, McNabb was 20 of 36 for 223 yards. He misfired on a couple throws, including a deep pass to a wide-open DeSean Jackson. In the playoff loss to the Cowboys, McNabb was 19 of 37 for 230 yards, one TD and one interception. Most of those completions came late in the game after Dallas had the game in hand. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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second pick of the 1983 NBA Draft and enjoy a productive, though injury-marred, NBA career. The world is a different place now than it was in 1981, of course, but Kirkpatrick’s piece is an entertaining read regardless of whether Stipanovich’s story presages anything for Arenas.* * * At first glance, the question of which company makes NFLlicensed hats would seem to matter most to balding football fans. But there’s a lot more to the lawsuit by American Needle Inc. against the NFL that is scheduled to begin arguments in the Supreme Court on Wednesday. While the dispute centers on caps, the NFL’s pursuit of a blanket antitrust exemption — that is, recognition that the league is one business, not 32 separate businesses competing against one another — raises the political stakes considerably. “It could end up having a very large effect not only on all professional sports, but also the landscape of business in the United States,” writes Jesse J. Holland of the Associated Press. Found a good column from the world of sports? Don’t keep it to yourself — write to us at dailyfix@wsj.com and we’ll consider your find for inclusion in the Daily Fix. You can email David at droth11@gmail.com.

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In between being intercepted on the first play of the game and stripped of the ball on the last play, Aaron Rodgers was terrific in the best game of the NFL’s wild-card weekend. But Kurt Warner was better — historically good. He completed 29 of 33 passes for 379 yards, five touchdowns and no interceptions, with a 154.1 passer rating. It was, by at least one measure, one of the two best playoff performances by a quarterback in history. Associated Press Kurt Warner celebrated his near-flawless performance against Green Bay. Before Warner’s big game, 10 other quarterbacks in the last 50 years had a passer rating above 150. But nine of those QBs did so in a game in which they threw 25 or fewer passes for fewer than 300 yards. It’s easier to sustain that level of play when given fewer opportunities to mess up. Warner threw 33 times, while his team ran the ball just 23 times. The only other QB to sustain such a high level of excellence over more than 25 attempts in a playoff game was Peyton Manning, who completed 22 of

26 passes for 377 yards and five touchdowns, with no picks, against Denver in 2004. (Manning and Warner also have the only two other playoff games with at least 310 yards and a rating of 140 or higher.) The passer rating, incidentally, doesn’t account for sacks, but both QBs were excellent at eluding the rush — Warner was sacked just once for four yards, while Manning wasn’t sacked at all. Rodgers on Sunday exhibited his characteristic reluctance to throw the ball under pressure, taking five sacks and fumbling on that game-deciding play. Manning’s and Warner’s performances were also two of just 13 by a QB in the past halfcentury, in the regular season or postseason, to feature at least five touchdown passes and more touchdown passes than incompletions, without an interception. Four of those 13 performances came 25 years ago or more, including by Hall of Famers Frank Tarkenton and John Elway. But nine others were delivered by active quarterbacks in the past six seasons. One was by Ben Roethlisberger, last year’s Super Bowl champion whose Steelers just missed this year’s playoffs.

He’d also have 41 TDs and a passer rating of 104.6. Just four seasons since 1920 have featured at least 4,000 passing yards, 40 touchdowns and a rating of 100 or higher — Marino’s, one by Brady, one by Manning and Warner’s own 1999 season. Another pair came off the arm of Warner’s been aided by some Tom Brady and another from favorable playoff venues. Seven Carson Palmer. Those two of his 12 games have come at quarterbacks lost this weekend. home — including three in the (Brady certainly didn’t play like last two seasons, despite the an MVP in his loss Sunday to the Cardinals’ NFC-worst record Baltimore Ravens.) And five among playoff teams each more came from QBs who will season — three in neutral be in action next weekend — stadiums at Super Bowls, one on W a r n e r , D r e w B r e e s — the road in a dome and one on W a r n e r ’ s o p p o n e n t n e x t the road in a warm climate. weekend — and Manning (three Though the Packers this season times). It may not be the golden had the NFL’s No. 6 ranked pass age of punting, but it’s certainly defense, according to Football Outsiders, they had played only a golden age of passing. Warner’s latest terrific playoff one game in a dome against a top game improves an already QB — their former teammate sterling career playoff record Brett Favre, who played nearly through 12 games. Extrapolated flawlessly in a 30-23 win. t o 1 6 g a m e s , W a r n e r ’ s (Warner attempted only six performance against some of the passes before leaving the prior NFL’s best defensive teams in week’s Packers-Cardinals game the postseason would compare to rest for the rematch.) And favorably to some of the best Green Bay was below average at regular seasons of all time. He’d defending passes deep up the have 4,996 passing yards, more middle, which Warner exploited than any season but Brees’s last repeatedly on Sunday. year and Dan Marino’s in 1984.

SEC: Host Took Part in $20M Scam Targeting Iranian-Americans (FOXNews.com) Submitted at 1/10/2010 11:49:00 PM

LOS ANGELES The host of a radio business program is accused of taking part in a $20million investment fraud targeting Iranian-Americans in the Los Angeles area. The federal Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday that it's sued NewPoint Financial Services Inc., its two co-owners and controller. The SEC got a court order freezing company assets. NewPoint co-owner John Farahi allegedly marketed the scheme while hosting a daily Persianlanguage radio business program on station KIRN. The SEC claims more than 100 people invested but most of the money wound up in executives' accounts. Some allegedly was used to build a mansion and more than $18 million was lost on risky options trading. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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Stevenson's Loyalty to Arenas Is Admirable By Tim Povtak (Fanhouse Main) Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:12:00 AM

Filed under: Wizards DeShawn Stevenson should take a bow for blood-is-thicker-thanwater loyalty. The world needs more of it today. While Gilbert Arenas continues to plummet, while the Washington Wizards quickly try to erase his memory and his mention, while the NBA left him on indefinite suspension and authorities prepare to lead him away in handcuffs, Stevenson stood up for his embattled teammate Sunday night. Good for him. It takes courage to stand alongside a fallen comrade. While everyone else kicks Arenas while he's down, or at least distance themselves from his gun-waving, locker room crime, Stevenson did the right thing - he made people think about what it means to be a team. You stand and fall as one. Like everyone else, Stevenson knows Arenas is guilty of terrible judgment, and punishment should fit the crime, but Stevenson also understands Arenas better than most. As Arenas was described in a profile a few years ago, "he is more like a puppy who pees all over your

couch,'' than a dangerous thug. "He's my brother,'' Stevenson told reporters in Washington Sunday night. "I'm going to stick to him through rough times.'' Stevenson paid tribute to Arenas by taking the court Sunday with the words "AGENT'' and "ZERO'' written in red letters on tape above his ankles,'' alluding to Arenas nickname. The Wizards have removed almost all mention of Arenas from their Verizon Center home. No more "0" jerseys to buy, no more Arenas highlights on the big screen, no more banners on the building. His locker stall has been emptied, and it's likely to

remain that way through this season. Security personnel confiscated at least one "Free Gil,'' poster that turned up this weekend at the Center. He has put the franchise through ridicule, and embarrassed it badly. Teammates and coaches last week were being put through interviews by law enforcement authorities regarding Arenas' locker room incident that sparked this nightmare. Yet those who know Arenas best feel more sorry for him than mad at him for what he has done. Stevenson made that clear Sunday night, even in the face of a franchise that is desperately

trying to wash its hands of him. It's all kind of sad for a guy who once made us smile. Stevenson and Arenas have shared a lot for the past four seasons, forming a bond that few outside an NBA team can understand. You don't spend a good portion of eight consecutive months together, in hotels, on flights and buses, in locker rooms, without developing some close relationships. Like Arenas, Stevenson often marches to his own tune. Both are free-spirited souls. When he played in Orlando, Stevenson earned his nickname "Nutso,'' for

some of his actions, yet teammates liked him. He and good friend Drew Gooden later spent an entire season on different teams competing to see who could grow the longest beard. As much as anyone, Stevenson enjoyed the endless and often zany practical jokes that Arenas enjoyed playing on those around him. Stevenson wasn't about to abandon Arenas last week, even when everyone else was. Sports today often take a what-have-you -done-for-lately theme. Patience is lacking. Attention spans are short. Instant gratification is all that matters. Teams move, coaches change, players jump at the next contract. Everyone wants their own. Even the NBA's premature suspension of Arenas last week was just another show of selfpreservation. Rarely is real loyalty displayed like it should be. Stevenson showed it Sunday night.

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confirmed to ESPN's Shelley Smith that Carroll will be taking Norton to Seattle to fill the same role with the Seahawks. Norton recruited Lakewood (Calif.) High School quarterback Jesse Scroggins, who has already committed to USC but is said to be waiting to see what happens with Carroll. "Well, I'm not surprised," junior running back Marc Tyler said to ESPNLosAngeles.com's Ramona Shelburne of Carroll's departure. "I think by now most guys wanted it to hurry up and happen so we can see who is going to coach us next." Sophomore defensive end Malik Jackson said while he was a little surprised, he understands why Carroll is leaving. NFC West blog ESPN.com's Mike Sando writes about all things NFC West in his division blog. • Blog network: NFL Nation "I can't believe we're one of those teams looking for a new coach," Jackson told Shelburne. "I'd heard about it all weekend,

but I'm still kind of surprised. "I don't blame him though. We all have to make decisions in our lives. If I could've said something that'd make him come back, I would've. But I'm not mad at him. He has to do what he thinks is best for himself. Everybody does." Speculation concerning Carroll's replacement has Washington Huskies coach Steve Sarkisian high on the Trojans' wish list. But Sarkisian said Monday in a text message to The Associated Press that USC has not contacted him. On Friday, Sarkisian said with a laugh that it "would be fun" to join Carroll in being head coaches in the same city. Oregon State's Mike Riley fell off the list of possible successors when it was announced Sunday night that he had signed a threeyear extension through at least 2019. Instead, Riley, who was a finalist for the Trojans' job in 2000, will stay in his hometown. "Due to the fact there is a lot of

speculation on my future, I want to make it known that I'm very excited to be coaching at Oregon State University and I anticipate doing so for a long time," Riley said in a statement released by the school. Sources close to Riley said he was intrigued by the USC job, but loved coaching in Corvallis and the idea that he could finish his career there. Carroll is no stranger to the NFL, having served as the head coach for the Patriots from 1997 to 1999 and for the Jets in 1994. He was the Jets' defensive coordinator from 1990 to 1993 after stints as the defensive backs coach for the Vikings(1985-89) and Bills(1984). This was perhaps the best time to leave USC since he arrived in 2001. USC's string of seven consecutive Pac-10 titles ended with four losses in the justcompleted season. And the school has been under several years of NCAA scrutiny for alleged improprieties in both

Carroll's team and athletic director Mike Garrett's beleaguered department. When receiver Damian Williams announced he's entering the NFL a year early, the news release of his departure Friday night didn't include a quote from Carroll, who often lavishes praise on his early entry candidates. His silence on Williams was good news for the Seahawks, who could use some. Information from ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter, ESPN's S h e l l e y S m i t h , ESPNLosAngeles.com's Ramona Shelburne and The Associated Press was used in this report. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Everything Breaks Open, drops January 12. The Denver native, who’s lent his songwriting skills to Christina Aguilera and Kelly Clarkson, stopped by the ELLE office to perform a little impromptu set of some tunes off the new disc. After regaling the staff with Mouse Club Mouseketeer and tales of his days as a Mickey his collaborations with guitar

great Charlie Sexton, Morris’ hushed-falsetto voice serenaded the room with “Betting Man” (about a jilted man wronged by a woman in red stilettos), and “Eternity” (“Somewhere between the first creation and tonight/Was a million incarnations of me, myself, and I”) while expertly playing his

Flowchart: Vending machine edition (Holy Kaw!) Submitted at 1/11/2010 2:06:03 PM

It's after the holidays so the office kitchen has been cleaned of any leftovers and your stomach is rumbling louder than the loose change in your pocket. You walk down the hall, stopping to splash your mouth with a drink from the water cooler and so begins your dilemma. What to choose from the vending machine? For those indecisive times, you may want to refer to the vending machine flowchart Think about Nutrition, first. Permalink| Leave a comment »

Matt Morris Visits ELLE By ELLE.com (ELLE News Blog) Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:00:26 PM

Perhaps it’s a case of postholiday cheer overload, but we can’t stop gushing about the cozy coffee house-style croonings of Matt Morris, whose forthcoming album, When

brand new Gibson. Morris’ sensual folk has us hooked. Check him out on Letterman on Jan 15. —Grace Clark, Editorial Intern Follow ELLE on Twitter. Become our Facebook fan!

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grand jury trying to determine whether he lied to a congressional committee. "I'm sure people will wonder if I could have hit all those home runs had I never taken steroids," McGwire said. "I had good years when I didn't take any, and I had bad years when I didn't take any. I had good years when I took steroids, and I had bad years when I took steroids. But no matter what, I shouldn't have done it and for that I'm truly sorry." Big Mac's reputation has been in tatters since March 17, 2005, when he refused to answer questions at a Congressional hearing. Instead, he repeatedly said "I'm not here to talk about the past" when asked whether he took illegal steroids when he hit a then-record 70 home runs in 1998 or at any other time. "After all this time, I want to come clean," he said. "I was not in a position to do that five years ago in my congressional testimony, but now I feel an

obligation to discuss this and to answer questions about it. I'll do that, and then I just want to help my team." McGwire said he wanted to tell the truth then but evaded questions at that hearing on the advice of his lawyers. "That was the worst 48 hours of my life," McGwire said. In the interview with ESPN, La Russa said of McGwire's testimony: "The one thing he did not do is lie. And I don't think he ever would." La Russa immediately praised McGwire's decision to go public. "His willingness to admit mistakes, express his regret, and explain the circumstances that led him to use steroids add to my respect for him," the manager said. McGwire disappeared from the public eye following his retirement as a player following the 2001 season. When the Cardinals hired the 47-year-old as coach on Oct. 26, they said he would address questions before

spring training, and Monday's statement broke his silence. "I remember trying steroids very briefly in the 1989/1990 offseason and then after I was injured in 1993, I used steroids again," McGwire said in his statement. "I used them on occasion throughout the '90s, including during the 1998 season." McGwire said he took steroids to get back on the field, sounding much like the Yankees' Andy Pettitte two years ago when he admitted using HGH. "During the mid-'90s, I went on the DL seven times and missed 228 games over five years," McGwire said. "I experienced a lot of injuries, including a ribcage strain, a torn left heel muscle, a stress fracture of the left heel, and a torn right heel muscle. It was definitely a miserable bunch of years, and I told myself that steroids could help me recover faster. I thought they would help me heal and prevent injuries, too."

Since the congressional hearing, baseball owners and players toughened their drug program twice, increasing the penalty for a first steroids offense from 10 days to 50 games in November 2005 and strengthening the power of the independent administrator in April 2008, following the publication of the Mitchell Report. "Baseball is really different now -- it's been cleaned up," McGwire said. "The commissioner and the players' association implemented testing and they cracked down, and I'm glad they did." Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Sources: Rockstar San Diego not working on more Midnight Club games, future games in jeopardy By Ben Gilbert (Joystiq) Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:15:00 PM

After last week's Rockstar spouse letter, we got in contact with a couple of trusted sources at Rockstar San Diego to find out more information about exactly what's happening inside the studio. Though our sources asked to be kept anonymous, each independently brought up the poor state of the Midnight Club franchise -- a series traditionally handled by the SOURCES: page 58

Fable III to see the light of day next month By Griffin McElroy (Joystiq) Submitted at 1/11/2010 2:45:00 PM

Lionhead community manager Sam Van Tilburgh recently teased his Twitter followers with a pair of less-than-140-character missives. Tilburgh spent this past weekend"writing storyboard summaries for two new Fable 3 videos," which will

apparently"come out when we show Fable 3 for the 1st time at an event next month in SF." Of course, for that second Tweet, we're assuming "SF" stands for San Francisco, and not a much smaller venue, such as "Sam's Foyer." planning its own event to We're not certain what event introduce the world to the Tilburgh is talking about -- it's flatulence-simulating technology possible that Lionhead might be

that fills us with joy. [Via Eurogamer] Fable III to see the light of day next month originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. it's discovered over the past year. Read| Permalink| Email this| Regardless, we're not too far off Comments from seeing more of Fable 3, and

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Rockstar San Diego team. "Jay Panek and Mark Garone, people who were at the company for over 10 years, were fired in 2009 after the completion of Midnight Club: LA... other major people quit, as they lost hope in the company after the handling of MC:LA and didn't want to work on Red Dead Redemption," one source told us. "The management slowly dismantled the MC team for reasons unknown to most," added another. When we asked if there are any more Midnight Club games planned for development at Rockstar San Diego, we were told, "At first, the team was told there was going to be another. That lasted a few months until the team was told, 'Well, we're going to do another, but it will be all outsourced ... but there will be a

core team of 5 - 15 people at RSSD working on it.' Then, after a while longer, it was just not going to happen at all. Rumors abound about what will happen to Midnight Club, but Take-Two want something soon because it was the second highest money maker for Rockstar." The issues surrounding Midnight Club stem from a number of things, according to our sources. "New York management not giving us realistic release schedules" is prime among them, with repeated accusations of last minute changes and mismanaged planning. "Anyone from the New York office is feared, because people in the San Diego office know that they are unstable and needy ... in other words, if a comment comes from a person from New York, it's a mandate

that needs to be immediately addressed regardless of previous priorities." We've reached out to Rockstar for official comment, but have yet to hear back as of this publishing. If you work/worked for Rockstar Games and would like to speak to us on or off the record, we're all ears. Sources: Rockstar San Diego not working on more Midnight Club games, future games in jeopardy originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments

Miners shun China in iron ore price talks (Financial Times - US homepage) Submitted at 1/11/2010 2:00:10 PM

Global miners have sidelined China, their biggest customer, in the annual iron ore price negotiations because of political gridlock over the resource in the industry and government and fears about retribution if the talks were to collapse. Iron ore pricing war FT interactive graphic: Trends in supply and demand of iron ore

and the key players in the ongoing pricing war between major miners and China Vale of Brazil, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, the big operators that mine iron ore in Australia, are talking instead to Japanese customers to reach a benchmark deal they can present to Beijing on a â&#x20AC;&#x153;take it or leave itâ&#x20AC;? basis. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Review: Darksiders By Justin McElroy (Joystiq)

move by newcomer Vigil Games, considering it's inviting comparisons to some of the It's impossible to review gaming's heaviest hitters, but it's D a r k s i d e r s w i t h o u t t h e one that -- for the most part -conversation beginning and pays off. ending with its influences. You're War, the angriest of the Though it's not technically a Four Horsemen, and you've just copy cat, this is a game that b e e n t r i c k e d i n t o s t a r t i n g wears its inspirations on its bone Armageddon. Now, all the -armored sleeve. It's a gutsy people on Earth are dead and Submitted at 1/11/2010 3:45:00 PM

you've been given one chance to travel to the post-apocalyptic planet and take your vengeance

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Maybelline Eye Studio Makeover By ELLE.com (ELLE News Blog)

the two medium-purple shades Composed of vibrant stay-put on the lid, saving the darkest Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:43:49 PM shadows, smooth gel eyeliners, plum for the crease. (Because I and pro-power mascaras, the have Asian eyes, I applied Though I wouldn’t trade them stunning products are all under shadow pretty liberally—color for the world, I’ve always $10, but out-perform many tends to disappear into my crease wished my nose was slightly pricier products I’ve tried. No when my eyes are open!). Using thinner and my lips were a tad j o k e — s i n c e r e c e i v i n g m y the brush that it came with, I thicker (I'd kill for Angelina's preview samples a month ago, then applied the Eye Studio sexy pout!). That said, I love my I’ve been using the Color Plush Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner in eyes! A certifiable eye makeup Eyeshadow every day and the Blackest Black along the upper junkie, I’m forever X X L P r o M a s c a r a e v e r y lash line. On the lower lash line, experimenting with different weekend (hello, party-ready I used the same product in techniques, colors, and textures Eggplant. To finish, I brushed lashes!). in an effort to find fun new ways Lash Stiletto Voluptuous —Emily Hebert to make eye-popping statements. This is a lavender look I’ve Mascara (also new) on lower Sometimes, I’m let down—like recreated often in recent weeks lashes and XXL Pro Curl on when my creative pursuits are (purple eye shadow is supposed upper ones. (Note: The XXL Pro undone by cake-y liner, flaking to bring out the green in hazel Curl is a miracle-worker for me, mascara, and not-so-long-lasting eyes). Using the Eye Studio because I have a major aversion shadow. Other times, however, I Color Plush Eyeshadow in to lash curlers—I inevitably fall head over heels—as was the Purple Icon, I applied the silvery tense up and blink at lighteningcase with Maybelline New hue on the inner corners to make fast speeds the second the cool York’s Eye Studio my eyes appear farther apart and metal hits my eye.) collection(which is rolling out in more Bambi-like. Next, I used Photo: Kelly Stuart drugstores as we speak). Follow ELLE on Twitter

Sartorial Locomotion: The Future of Fashion on Film By ELLE.com (ELLE News Blog) Submitted at 1/11/2010 8:26:56 AM

The London College of Fashion is hosting a series of three talks called "Sartorial Locomotion," in which forerunners in the field of fashion video will talk to audiences on how to work in this compelling medium. The first talk is called "Creativity and Online Media" and will feature Ross Philips, creative director of SHOWstudio. Being one of the driving forces behind a website that has become synonymous with groundbreaking in the world of fashion and web-based interactivity, Ross will share his knowledge and perspective on advances in fashion and online media. Adam Mufti, the filmmaker behind the BBC documentary on Christopher Kane, will host the second, "Making Fashion Films." Not only will Adam discuss his work on the documentary, but he will also speak about what it takes to create online editorial and advertisements. The last, "Fashion Film Curation," takes a different

perspective: Marketa Uhlirova, the director of the Fashion Film Festival, will speak on the challenges a curator faces when compiling outtakes of historic and contemporary fashion film footage. They are all free, last one hour, and will be followed by a reception. Want to go? Contact research@fashion.arts.ac.uk for dates, times and location information. — Rebecca Suhrawardi Austin Follow ELLE on Twitter. Become our Facebook fan!

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Portman perfectly pulls off the sisters’ otherworldly vision. Over the weekend, the young Submitted at 1/11/2010 10:35:22 AM star chose a sheer dress from the Natalie Portman was an early duo’s new collection for Target c o n v e r t t o R o d a r t e ’ s (price: $39.99). Paired with a transcendent dream world filled plain black cardigan, the look with artful prints, thoughtful f e l t S a t u r d a y - a f t e r n o o n s i l h o u e t t e s , a n d f u t u r i s t i c appropriate (if not a little too visions. From the floor-sweeping covered up—the sheerness and gown she wore to last year’s shoulder detail are what make blue, and sexy at the Other Oscars to her edgier turn in sheer this dress so special). Tell me, Boleyn Girl premiere; sweet and black-and-blue chiffon and lace which sheer and short Rodarte covered-up at the New York at a film premiere in 2008, look do you like best: black,

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Six soldiers die in Afghanistan (BBC News | Americas | World Edition)

believed Afghanistan was going in the right direction - a big jump from 40% a year ago. Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:49:35 PM Deadly patrols Six international soldiers have The Americans died in a clash been killed in Afghanistan, Nato w i t h m i l i t a n t s d u r i n g a n officials say, making Monday "operational patrol" in southern the deadliest day for foreign A f g h a n i s t a n , U S m i l i t a r y troops there in two months. spokesman Col Wayne Shanks Three Americans and a British said. soldier were killed in the south A British soldier serving with a and a French soldier died north- bomb disposal team in the Musa east of Kabul. Qala area of northern Helmand The nationality of the sixth Province died after an explosion, soldier has not yet been released. the UK Ministry of Defence said. The deaths came as a poll His family has been informed. commissioned by the BBC and France said one of its soldiers others showed most Afghans are had been killed and another increasingly upbeat about the wounded while patrolling with state of their country. Afghan troops in Alasay, a Of more than 1,500 Afghans valley largely under militant questioned, 70% said they control.

"A non-commissioned officer paid with his life for the commitment of France to the peace and security of the Afghan people, and an officer was very gravely wounded," a statement from President Nicolas Sarkozy's office said. Nato said one other soldier had died in eastern Afghanistan. The BBC's Mark Dummett, in Kabul, says the latest casualties bring the death toll for foreign troops in Afghanistan this year to 15. It suggests that 2010 will be just as bloody - if not more so - than last year, which was the deadliest for international forces since the US-led invasion in 2001. The high death toll is partly because insurgents have changed

their tactics and are using more powerful bombs, our correspondent says. But it is also because foreign troop numbers are rising, he adds. President Barack Obama announced last month that an additional 30,000 US troops would be deployed quickly in Afghanistan to fight the insurgency. The reinforcements will take the total number of US troops in Afghanistan to more than 100,000. In a recent interview on US TV, the commander of US forces in Afghanistan, Gen Stanley McChrystal, said the troops surge was having the desired affect and the tide was turning

against the Taliban. The insurgency is largely concentrated in southern and eastern Afghanistan, but analysts say it is moving to the previously calm north and west. On Sunday, an American service member and two Afghan road construction workers were killed in separate attacks in southern Afghanistan. Earlier this month, a suicide bomber killed seven CIA agents at America's Forward Operating Base Chapman near the eastern Afghan city of Khost. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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In Hasan case, superiors ignored their own worries (AP) (Yahoo! News: U.S. News)

have been drawn between the missed signals in his case and those preceding the thwarted WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A Defense Christmas attempt to blow up a D e p a r t m e n t r e v i e w o f t h e Detroit-bound U.S. airliner. shooting rampage at Fort Hood, President Barack Obama and his Texas, has found the doctors top national security aides have overseeing Maj. Nidal Hasan's a c k n o w l e d g e d t h e y h a d medical training repeatedly intelligence about the alleged voiced concerns over his strident b o m b e r , U m a r F a r o u k v i e w s o n I s l a m a n d h i s Abdulmutallab (OO'-mahr fahinappropriate behavior, yet ROOK' ahb-DOOL'-moo-TAH'continued to give him positive lahb), but failed to connect the performance evaluations that dots. kept him moving through the The Defense Department review ranks. is not intended to delve into The picture emerging from the allegations Hasan corresponded review ordered by Defense by e-mail with Yemen-based Secretary Robert Gates is one of radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki supervisors who failed to heed before the attack. Those issues their own warnings about an are part of a separate criminal officer ill-suited to be an Army investigation by law enforcement p s y c h i a t r i s t , a c c o r d i n g t o officials. information gathered during the In telling episodes from the internal Pentagon investigation latter stages of Hasan's lengthy and obtained by The Associated m e d i c a l e d u c a t i o n i n t h e Press. The review has not been Washington, D.C., area, he gave publicly released. a class presentation questioning Hasan, 39, is accused of whether the U.S.-led war on murdering 13 people on Nov. 5 terror was actually a war on at Fort Hood, the worst killing Islam. And fellow students said spree on a U.S. military base. he suggested that Shariah (shahWhat remains unclear is why REE'-yuh), or Islamic law, Hasan would be advanced in trumped the Constitution and he spite of all the worries over his attempted to justify suicide competence. That is likely to be bombings. the subject of a more detailed Yet no one in Hasan' s chain of accounting by the department. c o m m a n d a p p e a r s t o h a v e Recent statistics show the Army challenged his eligibility to hold rarely blocks junior officers from a secret security clearance even promotion, especially in the though they could have because medical corps. the statements raised doubt about Hasan showed no signs of being his loyalty to the United States. violent or a threat. But parallels Had they, Hasan's fitness to Submitted at 1/11/2010 6:51:04 AM

serve as an Army officer may have been called into question long before he reported to Fort Hood. Instead, in July 2009, Hasan arrived in central Texas, his secret clearance intact, his reputation as a weak performer well known, and Army authorities believing that posting him at such a large facility would mask his shortcomings. Four months later, according to witnesses, he walked into a processing center at Fort Hood where troops undergo medical screening, jumped on a table with two handguns, shouted " Allahu Akbar!" â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Arabic for "God is great!" â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and opened fire. Thirteen people were killed in the spree and dozens more were wounded. Hasan has been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder. He remains at a San Antonio military hospital, undergoing rehabilitation for paralysis stemming from gunshot wounds suffered when security guards fired back during the massacre. Authorities have not said whether they plan to seek the death penalty. After the Fort Hood shooting, Gates appointed two former senior defense officials to examine the procedures and policies for identifying threats within the military services. The review, led by former Army Secretary Togo West and retired

Navy Adm. Vernon Clark, began Nov. 20 and is scheduled to be delivered to Gates by Jan. 15. Army Lt. Col. Jonathan Withington, a Pentagon spokesman, declined to comment on the West-Clark review because it's not complete. "We will not know the specific content of the report until it is submitted to the secretary of defense," he said. Hasan's superiors had a full picture of him, developed over his 12-year career as a military officer, medical student and psychiatrist, according to the information reviewed by AP. While in medical school at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences from 1997 to 2003, Hasan received a string of below average and failing grades, was put on academic probation and showed little motivation to learn. He took six years to graduate from the university in Bethesda, Md., instead of the customary four, according to the school. The delays were due in part to the deaths of his father in 1998 and his mother in 2001. Yet the information about his academic probation and bad grades wasn't included in his military personnel file, leaving the impression he was ready for more intense instruction. In June 2003, Hasan started a four-year psychiatry internship and residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and he was

counseled frequently for deficiencies in his performance. Teachers and colleagues described him as a below average student. Between 2003 and 2007, Hasan's supervisors expressed their concerns with him in memos, meeting notes and counseling sessions. He needed steady monitoring, especially in the emergency room, had difficulty communicating and working with colleagues, his attendance was spotty and he saw few patients. In one incident already made public, a patient of Hasan's with suicidal and homicidal tendencies walked out of the hospital without permission. Still, Hasan's officer evaluation reports were consistently more positive, usually describing his performance as satisfactory and at least twice as outstanding. Known as "OERs," the reports are used to determine promotions and assignments. The Army promoted Hasan to captain in 2003 and to major in 2009. At Walter Reed, Hasan's conflict with his Islamic faith and his military service became more apparent to superiors and colleagues, according to the information. He made a pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, a trip expected of all Muslims at least once. But he was also cited for inappropriately HASAN page 69

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those preceding the thwarted Christmas attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound U.S. airliner. WASHINGTON A Defense President Barack Obama and his D e p a r t m e n t r e v i e w o f t h e top national security aides have shooting rampage at Fort Hood, a c k n o w l e d g e d t h e y h a d Texas, has found the doctors intelligence about the alleged overseeing Maj. Nidal Hasan's b o m b e r , U m a r F a r o u k medical training repeatedly Abdulmutallab, but failed to voiced concerns over his strident connect the dots. v i e w s o n I s l a m a n d h i s The Defense Department review inappropriate behavior, yet is not intended to delve into continued to give him positive allegations Hasan corresponded performance evaluations that by e-mail with Yemen-based kept him moving through the radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki ranks. before the attack. Those issues The picture emerging from the are part of a separate criminal review ordered by Defense investigation by law enforcement Secretary Robert Gates is one of officials. supervisors who failed to heed In telling episodes from the their own warnings about an latter stages of lengthy Hasan's officer ill-suited to be an Army m e d i c a l e d u c a t i o n i n t h e p s y c h i a t r i s t , a c c o r d i n g t o Washington, D.C., area, he gave i n f o r m a t i o n e x a m i n e d b y a class presentation questioning investigators conducting the whether the U.S.-led war on study. terror was actually a war on Hasan, 39, is accused of Islam. And students said he murdering 13 people on Nov. 5 suggested that Shariah, or at Fort Hood, the worst killing I s l a m i c l a w , t r u m p e d t h e spree on a U.S. military base. Constitution and he attempted to What remains unclear is why j u s t i f y s u i c i d e b o m b i n g s , Hasan would be advanced in according to the information spite of all the worries over his reviewed by The Associated competence. That is likely to be Press. the subject of a more detailed Yet no one in Hasan's chain of accounting by the department. c o m m a n d a p p e a r s t o h a v e Recent statistics show the Army challenged his eligibility to hold rarely blocks junior officers from a secret security clearance even promotion, especially in the though they could have because medical corps. the statements raised doubt about Hasan showed no signs of being his loyalty to the United States. violent or a threat. But parallels Had they, Hasan's fitness to have been drawn between the serve as an Army officer may missed signals in his case and have been called into question Submitted at 1/10/2010 10:37:24 PM

long before he reported to Fort Hood. Instead, in July 2009, Hasan arrived in central Texas, his secret clearance intact, his reputation as a weak performer well known, and Army authorities believing that posting him at such a large facility would mask his shortcomings. Four months later, according to witnesses, he walked into a processing center at Fort Hood where troops undergo medical screening, jumped on a table with two handguns, shouted "Allahu Akbar!" â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Arabic for "God is great!" â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and opened fire. Thirteen people were killed in the spree and dozens more were wounded. Hasan has been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder. He remains at a San Antonio military hospital, undergoing rehabilitation for paralysis stemming from gunshot wounds suffered when security guards fired back during the massacre. Authorities have not said whether they plan to seek the death penalty. After the Fort Hood shooting, Gates appointed two former senior defense officials to examine the procedures and policies for identifying threats within the military services. The review, led by former Army Secretary Togo West and retired Navy Adm. Vernon Clark, began Nov. 20 and is scheduled to be

delivered to Gates by Jan. 15. Army Lt. Col. Jonathan Withington, a Pentagon spokesman, declined to comment on the West-Clark review because it's not complete. "We will not know the specific content of the report until it is submitted to the secretary of defense," he said. Hasan's superiors had a full picture of him, developed over his 12-year career as a military officer, medical student and psychiatrist, according to the information reviewed by AP. While in medical school at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences from 1997 to 2003, Hasan received a string of below average and failing grades, was put on academic probation and showed little motivation to learn. He took six years to graduate from the university in Bethesda, Maryland, instead of the customary four, according to the school. The delays were due in part to the deaths of his father in 1998 and his mother in 2001. Yet the information about his academic probation and bad grades wasn't included in his military personnel file, leaving the impression he was ready for more intense instruction. In June 2003, Hasan started a four-year psychiatry internship and residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and he was counseled frequently for deficiencies in his performance.

Teachers and colleagues described him as a below average student. Between 2003 and 2007, Hasan's supervisors expressed their concerns with him in memos, meeting notes and counseling sessions. He needed steady monitoring, especially in the emergency room, had difficulty communicating and working with colleagues, his attendance was spotty and he saw few patients. In one incident already made public, a patient of Hasan's with suicidal and homicidal tendencies walked out of the hospital without permission. Still, Hasan's officer evaluation reports were consistently more positive, usually describing his performance as satisfactory and at least twice as outstanding. Known as "OERs," the reports are used to determine promotions and assignments. The Army promoted Hasan to captain in 2003 and to major in 2009. At Walter Reed, Hasan's conflict with his Islamic faith and his military service became more apparent to superiors and colleagues, according to the information. He made a pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, a trip expected of all Muslims at least once. But he was also cited for inappropriately engaging patients in discussions about religious issues. HASAN page 65

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are scheduled around the country for what's officially dubbed National Influenza Vaccination WASHINGTON – First there Week — in hopes of preventing was too little swine flu vaccine. a possible third wave of the Now could there be way too epidemic later this winter. much? How much demand this week This week will tell. Get ready brings will put the U.S. at a for a huge flu-shot push as health critical juncture: When is it time officials try to rekindle interest in to halt the bottling of vaccine, so protection against this new that too many unused doses don't influenza strain that, despite go to waste? p l u m m e t i n g c a s e s , s t i l l i s Australia's CSL Ltd. revealed threatening lives — even as they Monday that U.S. officials have reassess just how much more cut by more than half the amount vaccine needs to be shipped. it was supposed to ship here, 14 There's finally plenty of vaccine million doses instead of 36 — 1 3 6 m i l l i o n d o s e s a n d million. The nation's largest c o u n t i n g — a g a i n s t w h a t suppliers — Sanofi-Pasteur, scientists call the 2009 H1N1 flu Novartis and MedImmune — strain. No more standing in long told The Associated Press that lines at the health department. their orders were unchanged so CVS drugstores have so much far. But other countries already the chain is touting vaccine in are looking to unload leftovers. national radio and TV ads. U.S. officials say they're Competitor Walgreens got more d e l i b e r a t e l y d e l a y i n g t h a t than 50,000 takers in a single d e c i s i o n . day last week. "The danger is in turning off the Monday, children younger than spigot before we really know 10 began rolling up their sleeves what the winter flu season looks for a second time in Rhode like, what the demand is," Health Island schools. The state has and Human Services Secretary attracted acclaim for vaccinating Kathleen Sebelius told the AP. three-quarters of its students, and "As long as there is demand, the now is starting Round 2 — the good news is we will have a second dose required to protect supply." kids that young. More than 60 million people are And flu-shot drives for all ages thought to have been vaccinated Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:10:48 PM

so far, and the U.S. is flush enough that Sebelius said the long-promised donation of 25 million doses to developing countries is ready to ship. Flu vaccine is a balancing act. Every year the nation throws away millions of leftover shots. They actually last well beyond their June 30 expiration dates. But because each year's flu vaccine is a mix of three different strains, with at least one change to the recipe almost every year, leftovers are destroyed to avoid confusion. This year is different. The government ordered 250 million doses of swine flu vaccine to be made in bulk, but just over half of it to be put into vials ready to go into people's arms or up their noses. That was a strategic move, because vaccine stored in bulk lasts far longer — meaning leftover bulk antigen could be stored and used as an ingredient in next fall's flu vaccine if it looks like it will be needed again. In fact, nasal-spray vaccine maker MedImmune already has frozen bulk supplies in anticipation of doing just that. While U.S. cases have plummeted from a peak in October, one state — Alabama — is experiencing widespread

infections and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there's still more flu going around now than is usual for early January, all of it the new strain. Moreover, the World Health Organization says swine flu is widespread in much of the world, particularly Egypt and India. Because the virus hasn't mutated yet, specialists expect this H1N1 strain to be designated part of next fall's all-in-one vaccine when regulators meet in February to set the recipe. The bulk purchasing means "I don't see the U.S. wasting any vaccine here," says Dr. Michael Osterholm, a University of Minnesota expert on pandemic preparations. But, "we're far from done yet," adds Osterholm, who worries that people will put off getting a swine flu vaccination unless cases start to rebound. "If we had to try to put through 20, 30 million people in a couple of weeks because suddenly the next wave takes off, it would still be a scramble." Indeed, in the flu pandemic of 1957, the government gave an all -clear after a fall wave of disease, only to see deaths increase again later in the winter. Still, demand is falling fast. Last

week, New York's state health department had to send two trucks to pick up unused vaccine from counties with leftovers they couldn't store. And Sebelius got a mixed reaction when she kicked off vaccination week Sunday at a prominent Washington church that will hold its own inoculation clinic next weekend. "I'm a little leery," said Dellareesa M. Bank of Silver Spring, Md., who said she's unlikely to be vaccinated at Nineteenth Street Baptist Church despite her pastor's pledge to be. But Karyn Sanders of Upper Marlboro, Md., was persuaded. "It made me say, 'Oh, well, there's still a threat,'" said Sanders, who plans to bring her two children in for vaccination. ___ EDITOR's NOTE — Lauran Neergaard covers health and medical issues for The Associated Press in Washington. AP writers Natasha Metzler in Washington and Mike Stobbe in Atlanta contributed to this report. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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WICHITA, Kan. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; On a balmy Sunday morning, Scott Roeder got up from a pew at Reformation Lutheran Church at the start of services and walked to the foyer, where two ushers were chatting around a table. Wordlessly, he pressed the barrel of a .22-caliber handgun to the forehead of Dr. George Tiller, one of the ushers, and pulled the trigger. As his premeditated, first-degree murder trial begins Wednesday, no one â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not even Roeder himself â&#x20AC;&#x201D; disputes that he killed one of the nation's few late-term abortion providers. But what had been expected to be an open-and-shut murder trial was upended Friday when a judge decided to let Roeder argue he should be convicted of voluntary manslaughter because he believed the May 31 slaying would save unborn children. Suddenly, the case has taken on a new significance that has galvanized both sides of the nation's abortion debate. Prosecutors on Monday challenged the ruling, arguing that such a defense is not appropriately considered with

premeditated first-degree murder when there is no evidence of an imminent attack at the time of the killing, and jury selection was delayed. A hearing was scheduled for Tuesday afternoon to give the defense time to respond. "The State encourages this Court to not be the first to enable a defendant to justify premeditated murder because of an emotionally charged political belief," the prosecution wrote. "Such a ruling has far reaching consequences and would be contrary to Kansas law." With secret jury selection proceedings stalled, the key questions are now being asked outside the courtroom: Will the judge's decision embolden militant anti-abortion activists and lead to open season on abortion providers? Does the Justice Department plan to file charges against Roeder under draconian federal statutes guaranteeing access to clinics? And what does it all portend for the unfolding case itself and the inevitable legal challenges to the nation's abortion laws? Roeder, 51, of Kansas City, Mo., has admitted to reporters and in a court filing that he killed Tiller. The prosecution stands

ready with more than 250 prospective witnesses to prove it. News of Sedgwick County Judge Warren Wilbert's decision infuriated Dr. Warren Hern of Boulder, Colo., a longtime friend of Tiller who performs late-term abortions. "This judge has basically announced a death sentence for all of us who help women," he said. "That is the effect of the ruling. This is an outrage." Hern said it's irrelevant that Wilbert won't decide until after the defense presents its evidence whether to allow jurors to actually consider a conviction on the lesser charge. "The damage is done: The judge has agreed to give him a platform," Hern said. "It is an act of incomprehensible stupidity on the part of the judge, but he is carrying out the will of the people of Kansas who are trying to get out of the 19th century." Kansas law defines voluntary manslaughter as "an unreasonable but honest belief that circumstances existed that justified deadly force." A conviction on that charge could bring a prison sentence closer to five years, instead of a life term for first-degree murder. A man who runs a Web site

supporting violence against abortion providers said in the wake of the judge's decision that he has changed his mind about attending Roeder's trial. The Rev. Don Spitz of Chesapeake, Va., said he and other activists from the Army of God plan to observe the court proceedings quietly next week. "I am flabbergasted, but in a good way," Spitz said of the judge's decision. Spitz acknowledged that the possibility of a voluntary manslaughter defense may influence some people who in the past wouldn't kill abortion providers because of the prospect of a sentence of death or life imprisonment. "It may increase the number of people who may be willing to take that risk," he said. The Feminist Majority Foundation also denounced the ruling, saying Wilbert essentially was allowing a justifiable homicide defense. The group, which supports abortion rights, urged the Justice Department to file federal charges under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. Justice Department spokesman Alejandro Miyar declined to comment, citing an ongoing

investigation. In Des Moines, Iowa, even militant anti-abortion activist Dave Leach agreed that the decision opens the door to presenting the same evidence as for justifiable homicide. It was Leach who wrote the 104-page legal brief that Roeder signed and submitted to the court in which he admitted killing Tiller. "The closer we come to a court actually addressing these issues, the less danger abortionists are going to be in," Leach said. "The violence started in 1992 when FACE was passed, which made the penalty for sitting at the abortion door ... about the same as for shooting an abortionist and ever since the courts have simply not addressed the issues that it looks like this judge is going to take a step to addressing." As events unfold inside a Wichita courtroom, the Kansas Supreme Court is considering a challenge from four media outlets, including The Associated Press, over the judge's decision to ban reporters from from witnessing jury selection. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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say walked away from the front of the club with Sladewski, Cuevas told FoxNews.com. Miami police are warning Sladewski, a former Playboy residents to remain vigilant as model, was last seen partying a u t h o r i t i e s s e a r c h f o r t h e with her boyfriend, Kevin Klym, murderer or murderers who left at a Miami nightclub. the body of former model Paula Klym, 34, has since become a S l a d e w s k i b u r n e d b e y o n d target of suspicion — partly recognition in a Dumpster. because an ex-boyfriend said "This was obviously a very Sladewski had been sending him brutal, sadistic murder," Lt. Neal text messages during the time Cuevas of the North Miami she was dating Klym saying he Police Department told Fox was “trying to kill" her. News on Monday. "There’s a “She used to text me all the time person or persons out there who in trouble asking for help,” excould very well commit another boyfriend David Coleman told murder." FoxNews.com. Police are now searching for an Coleman could not provide unidentified man who witnesses FoxNews.com with copies of the say met Sladewski, 26, outside a text messages because he said Miami nightclub hours before North Miami police detectives h e r b o d y w a s f o u n d i n a were using them as part of their Dumpster. investigation. SLIDESHOW: Playboy model Coleman said the last time he murder investigation. heard from Sladewski, who C u e v a s c o n f i r m e d t o appeared in the video "Playboy: F o x N e w s . c o m t h a t v i d e o The Ultimate Playmate Search," surveillance captured Sladewski was in a text message she sent leaving the club at 7:21 a.m. on him after midnight on New Jan. 3. — approximately 14 Year’s Eve. He said there was hours before her body was found nothing alarming about her burned beyond recognition in a message and he said it didn’t trash bin. The location where make it seem like she was drunk. Sladewski was found was 10 to Coleman, who lives in Rancho 1 2 m i l e s a w a y f r o m t h e Cucamonga, Calif., 10 minutes nightclub, Cuevas told Fox from the home of Sladewski and News. Klym, said he and Sladewski Investigators are looking for a dated in the late 1990s and had "black male" who eyewitnesses remained close friends. “We Submitted at 1/11/2010 9:30:46 AM

always had each other’s backs,” Coleman said. FoxNews.com found Coleman's name, meanwhile, on California's sex offenders registry for an unknown offense. Coleman said there seemed to be a lot of drama in the KlymSladewski relationship. The latest incident involved Klym allegedly punching Sladewski and breaking her nose during an argument at a Michigan hotel while the couple was visiting her family. Sladewski was subpoenaed to testify last Monday in the case. An assault charge against Sladewski, alleging she cracked a bottle over Klym’s head, was dropped last month. FoxNews.com also learned that Klym reportedly was arrested in 2008 during a drug bust in Warren, Mich., in which he was charged with cocaine possession. Cuevas had previously said that Klym remains a person of interest in their investigation. Klym told police that he and Sladewski got into a verbal altercation at a Miami club, and said that body guards escorted him out and would not let him back into the club, said Cuevas. Klym said he tried to get Sladewski to leave the club because he thought she was too drunk, setting off a heated argument that ended with his

getting kicked out of the club. He said Sladewski didn’t want to leave and stayed inside, according to Cuevas. Cuevas told FoxNews.com that police were able to confirm Klym’s account of when and how he got back to his Miami hotel from the club. Klym told police that he took a taxi back to his hotel. Sladewski’s stepfather, Richard Watkins, who lives in Michigan with Sladewski's mother, told FoxNews.com that he wasn't surprised to hear that Sladewski's boyfriend was named a person of interest. "They had a horrible relationship," said Watkins. "I have told them from the start that they shouldn’t be together." The North Miami Police Department asks anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477. Click here for video of the family's comments about Sladewski at MyFoxDetroit.com. FoxNews.com's Ali Reed, Sky News, and MyFoxDetroit.com contributed to this report. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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Early in 2007, Maj. Scott Moran became director of psychiatry residency and took a much firmer line with Hasan. Moran reprimanded him for not being reachable when he was supposed to be on-call, developed a plan to improve his performance, and informed him his research project about the internal conflicts of Muslim soldiers was inappropriate. Nonetheless, Hasan presented the project, entitled "Koranic World View as It Relates to Muslims in the U.S. Military," and it was approved as meeting a residency program requirement, according to the information. Hasan graduated from the Walter Reed residency program and began a two-year fellowship in preventive and disaster psychiatry. Despite his earlier reservations, Moran wrote a solid reference letter for Hasan that said he was a competent doctor. Reached by telephone, Moran declined to comment. Hasan completed the fellowship June 30, 2009. Two weeks later he was at Fort Hood. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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to confirm what people have suspected." He became the second major NEW YORK Mark McGwire baseball star in less than a year to finally came clean Monday, admit using illegal steroids, admitting he used steroids when f o l l o w i n g t h e N e w Y o r k he broke baseball's home run Yankees' Alex Rodriguez last record in 1998. February. McGwire said in a statement Others have been tainted but sent to The Associated Press on have denied knowingly using Monday that he used steroids on illegal drugs, including Barry and off for nearly a decade. Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy "I wish I had never touched Sosa and David Ortiz. steroids," McGwire said in a Bonds has been indicted on statement. "It was foolish and it charges he made false statements was a mistake. I truly apologize. to a federal grand jury and Looking back, I wish I had never obstructed justice. Clemens is played during the steroid era." under investigation by a federal McGwire also used human grand jury trying to determine growth hormone, a person close w h e t h e r h e l i e d t o a to McGwire said, speaking on c o n g r e s s i o n a l c o m m i t t e e . condition of anonymity because "I'm sure people will wonder if I McGwire didn't include that could have hit all those home detail in his statement. runs had I never taken steroids," McGwire's decision to admit McGwire said. "I had good years using steroids was prompted by when I didn't take any, and I had his decision to become hitting bad years when I didn't take any. coach of the St. Louis Cardinals, I had good years when I took his final big league team. Tony steroids, and I had bad years La Russa, McGwire's manager in when I took steroids. But no Oakland and St. Louis, has been matter what, I shouldn't have a m o n g M c G w i r e ' s b i g g e s t done it and for that I'm truly supporters and thinks returning sorry." to the field can restore the former Big Mac's reputation has been in slugger's reputation. tatters since March 17, 2005, "I never knew when, but I when he refused to answer always knew this day would questions at a Congressional come," McGwire said. "It's time hearing. Instead, he repeatedly for me to talk about the past and said "I'm not here to talk about Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:14:14 AM

the past" when asked whether he took illegal steroids when he hit a then-record 70 home runs in 1998 or at any other time. "After all this time, I want to come clean," he said. "I was not in a position to do that five years ago in my congressional testimony, but now I feel an obligation to discuss this and to answer questions about it. I'll do that, and then I just want to help my team." The person close to McGwire said McGwire made the decision not to answer questions at that hearing on the advice of his lawyers. McGwire disappeared from the public eye following his retirement as a player following the 2001 season. When the Cardinals hired the 47-year-old as coach on Oct. 26, they said he would address questions before spring training, and Monday's statement broke his silence. "I remember trying steroids very briefly in the 1989/1990 offseason and then after I was injured in 1993, I used steroids again," McGwire said in his statement. "I used them on occasion throughout the '90s, including during the 1998 season." McGwire said he took steroids to get back on the field, sounding much like the Yankees' Andy

Pettitte two years ago when he admitted using HGH. "During the mid-'90s, I went on the DL seven times and missed 228 games over five years," McGwire said in the statement. "I experienced a lot of injuries, including a ribcage strain, a torn left heel muscle, a stress fracture of the left heel, and a torn right heel muscle. It was definitely a miserable bunch of years, and I told myself that steroids could help me recover faster. I thought they would help me heal and prevent injuries, too." Since the congressional hearing, baseball owners and players toughened their drug program twice, increasing the penalty for a first steroids offense from 10 days to 50 games in November 2005 and strengthening the power of the independent administrator in April 2008, following the publication of the Mitchell Report. "Baseball is really different now â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it's been cleaned up," McGwire said. "The commissioner and the players' association implemented testing and they cracked down, and I'm glad they did." Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Balloon Boy Father Begins 90Day Jail Sentence (FOXNews.com) Submitted at 1/10/2010 10:16:24 PM

FORT COLLINS, Colo. The man who orchestrated a hoax that his child had been carried away on a balloon, a story that riveted television news audiences, turned himself in Monday to begin a 90-day jail sentence. Richard Heene pleaded guilty to attempting to influence a public servant after the Oct. 15 saga that captivated a national television audience. But Heene now says he truly believed his 6-year-old son Falcon was inside the balloon and that he pleaded guilty only to appease authorities and save his wife from being deported to Japan. SLIDESHOW: 'Balloon Boy' Hoax Case Mayumi Heene confessed to deputies, authorities said, and she pleaded guilty to filing a false report. She faces a 20-day jail term. Richard Heene wore a dark knit cap, sunglasses and a heavy jacket as he drove himself to the Larimer County jail in a red minivan. He said nothing as got out of the vehicle and ran into the building. He later returned to the minivan to retrieve his driver's license and went back BALLOON page 67

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Father in Colo. balloon boy hoax reports to jail (AP) (Yahoo! News: U.S. News) Submitted at 1/11/2010 10:14:02 AM

FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The Colorado man who admitted orchestrating the balloon boy hoax reported to jail Monday to begin a 90-day jail sentence. Richard Heene pleaded guilty to attempting to influence a public servant after the Oct. 15 saga that captivated a national television audience. But Heene now says he truly believed his 6-year-old son Falcon was inside the balloon and that he pleaded guilty only to appease authorities and save his wife from being deported to Japan. Mayumi Heene confessed to deputies, authorities said, and she pleaded guilty to filing a false report. She faces a 20-day jail term. Richard Heene wore a dark knit cap, sunglasses and a heavy jacket as he drove himself to the Larimer County jail in a red minivan. He said nothing as got out of the vehicle and ran into the building. He later returned to the minivan to retrieve his driver's license and went back inside. After Richard Heene turned himself in, Mayumi Heene drove away by herself. District Judge

Stephen Schapanski said she could report to jail after her husband finishes his sentence so she could care for the couple's three boys. Richard Heene told The Associated Press last week that his wife misunderstood the meaning of the word "hoax" when she purportedly confessed. "My wife's first language is Japanese, not English," he said. "My wife came home in tears wondering what she might have said. She opened this Japanese-to -English dictionary, and she walks up to me crying her head off, and she says to me, 'I thought hoax meant an exhibition.'" In other interviews last week, Heene said investigators presented inconsistencies to the media, and he denied calling a TV station before dialing 911, as authorities said he did. Authorities dismissed Heene's arguments. District Attorney Larry Abrahamson said it was the Heenes and their attorneys, not prosecutors, who brought up the issue of deportation. "We had been working with the attorneys for both he and his wife before charges were even filed," he said. "There was a lot of discussion about what was

going to happen, about how and why. We were surprised that now he's coming out and saying that it wasn't a hoax." Sheriff Jim Alderden said Mayumi Heene understands English better than her husband says she does. "The interview was much more than, 'Mayumi, is this a hoax?' and she admitted to it. She went into the details of it," Alderden told the AP last week. Mayumi Heene's statement to sheriff's investigators — in which she detailed the couple's efforts to pitch a television show, their financial difficulties, and their actions in the weeks leading up to the event — that make up the bulk of the case against the couple. The Heenes must also pay restitution for the rescue effort that sent officers from two counties and other agencies scrambling. The Colorado National Guard launched two helicopters to track the balloon and possibly rescue the boy. Prosecutors estimate the Heenes owe $48,000, though Richard Heene's attorney could provide a different estimate by a Jan. 25 deadline. Richard Heene also faces an $11,000 civil penalty from the Federal Aviation Administration.

The balloon briefly shut down a runway at Denver International Airport. He must serve 30 days before he can participate in the jail's work release program. Sheriff's investigators suspected the family's claims that Falcon Heene was inside the balloon were a hoax after Falcon declared in a CNN interview that "we did this for the show." The boy hid for five hours in the garage as the saga unfolded. Alderden said that Falcon's comments had clearly "raised everybody's level of skepticism." Asked about whether Falcon feels to blame for his parents' jail sentences, Richard Heene said: "First off, we never presented the idea that that statement caused anything, so he's completely unaware of that, in that arena. We've done that because it wouldn't be fair to him, it's just, it's not. "We don't have cable. The kids don't watch. And the reason why we disconnected the cable is because there's so much negative news out there. Well, now I'm a part of it." Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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inside. After Richard Heene turned himself in, Mayumi Heene drove away by herself. District Judge Stephen Schapanski said she could report to jail after her husband finishes his sentence so she could care for the couple's three boys. Richard Heene told The Associated Press last week that his wife misunderstood the meaning of the word "hoax" when she purportedly confessed. "My wife's first language is Japanese, not English," Heene said. "My wife came home in tears wondering what she might have said. She opened this Japanese-to-English dictionary, and she walks up to me crying her head off, and she says to me, 'I thought hoax meant an exhibition."' In other interviews last week, Heene said investigators presented inconsistencies to the media, and he denied calling a TV station before dialing police, as authorities said he did. Authorities dismissed Heene's arguments. District Attorney Larry Abrahamson said it was the Heenes and their attorneys, not prosecutors, who brought up the issue of deportation. "We had been working with the attorneys for both he and his wife before charges were even filed," he said. "There was a lot of discussion about what was BALLOON page 69

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US gay marriage ban trial begins (BBC News | Americas | World Edition)

it has also kicked off a debate about the pros and cons of broadcasting the proceedings. Submitted at 1/11/2010 11:18:39 AM Less than two hours before the The first US federal trial to trial was started, the Supreme determine whether states are Court temporarily blocked a plan a l l o w e d t o b a n s a m e - s e x to post video of the proceeding marriages has begun in San on the internet site YouTube. Francisco, California. The Supreme Court complied Any ruling reached is expected with an emergency request by to be challenged, possibly taking lawyers who had argued that the case all the way to the US broadcasting the trial would turn Supreme Court. it into a media circus. A Supreme Court ruling would The court has blocked the d e t e r m i n e t h e f a t e o f g a y broadcast until Wednesday marriages nationwide, without afternoon to allow for further the possibility of appeal. consideration of the arguments The suit, filed by two gay brought by both sides. couples, challenges Proposition 8 Chief US District Judge Vaughn - a ban on gay marriage in the Walker had agreed to the taping state of California. after a recent rule change The law amended California's allowed for televised coverage of constitution to restrict marriage some civil cases. to a union between a man and a He said the case was appropriate woman. for wide dissemination because it ' Media circus' dealt with an issue of wide The case has not only pitted interest and importance. opponents and defenders of Court showdown Proposition 8 against each other, Backers of Proposition 8 say the

federal case starting in San Francisco is the latest attempt to overturn what they say is the will of the people as expressed by the 52% who backed the amendment in a 2008 referendum. Judge Vaughn Walker will have to decide whether the ban on same-sex marriage in California is constitutional. The case, which has been brought by two gay couples, will see high-profile lawyers Theodore Olson and David Boies argue that Proposition 8 denies gays the fundamental right to marry. Supporters of Proposition 8 will argue California does not discriminate against gays, as the current law allows them to get married - as long as they wed a partner of the opposite sex. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Sarah Palin 'takes Fox News job' (BBC News | Americas | World Edition)

Palin is likely to further increase the network's ratings with conservative viewers. Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:37:14 PM Facebook page Former Governor of Alaska A number of Republican Sarah Palin has signed on as a commentators already work for contributor to Fox News the network, among them Channel, her lawyer announced. President George W Bush's Ms Palin, who ran for the post former aide Karl Rove, former of vice-president during the 2008 House speaker Newt Gingrich, election on a Republican ticket, and John McCain's rival for the s t e p p e d d o w n a s A l a s k a 2008 Republican presidential governor in July 2009. nomination, Mike Huckabee. Fox News said that while Ms Until now, Ms Palin has mainly Palin would not have her own used her page on the social programme, she would appear on networking site Facebook to the channel on a regular basis as update her more than one million part of a multi-year deal. followers. Financial details of the deal Regular appearances on a major have not been released. network could further increase News of her resignation as h e r support among governor 17 months before her c o n s e r v a t i v e s . first term in office was up had Her appearance on the Oprah p r o m p t e d w i d e s p r e a d Winfrey Show in November s p e c u l a t i o n t h a t s h e w a s 2009, during which she said a planning to pursue a career in run for the White House in 2012 television. was "not on my radar screen Ms Palin was catapulted to fame r i g h t n o w " , b o o s t e d t h e when Republican presidential programme's ailing ratings. c a n d i d a t e J o h n M c C a i n It is not the first time Ms Palin (BBC News | Americas | businesses would be handed over inflation, which has already risen surprisingly chose her as his will be signing on with a TV World Edition) to the workers. to 25%. running mate for the 2008 station. In the 1980s she worked Venezuelans have rushed to the 'Pickpockets' election. Submitted at 1/10/2010 3:01:33 PM part-time as a sports presenter for shops to buy imported goods The bolivar's official exchange The Washington Post reports the KTUU station in Anchorage, Venezuela's President, Hugo before the bolivar's devaluation rate, which is set by government that as well as appearing as a Alaska. Chavez, has said troops will comes into effect. decree, had been held steady at commentator on a variety of Five Filters featured article: seize control of any business that Mr Chavez says devaluing the 2.45 to the US dollar since the shows on the channel, she would Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: raise prices in response to the bolivar by at least 17% will last devaluation in March 2005. occasionally host a programme PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, devaluation of its currency. boost competitiveness and But on Friday, President Chavez featuring "inspirational tales Term Extraction. He said there was no reason for reduce dependence on imports. involving ordinary Americans". CHAVEZ page 69 prices to go up, and speculators' But critics say it will fuel Correspondents say hiring Sarah

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counties and other agencies scrambling. The Colorado National Guard launched two helicopters to track the balloon and possibly rescue the boy. Prosecutors estimate the Heenes owe $48,000, though Richard Heene's attorney could provide a different estimate by a Jan. 25 deadline. Sheriff's investigators suspected the family's claims that Falcon Heene was inside the balloon were a hoax after Falcon declared in a CNN interview that "we did this for the show." The boy hid for five hours in the garage as the saga unfolded. The balloon's two-hour, 50-mile (80-kilometer) journey was followed on live television, as many feared the boy was in a compartment of the balloon. The silver balloon was owned by the boy's parents and tethered

behind their home in Fort Collins, about an hour north of Denver. The Heenes are amateur storm chasers who are known to take their children along as they pursue bad weather, and the family has appeared twice on the TV reality show "Wife Swap." Richard Heene also faces an $11,000 civil penalty from the Federal Aviation Administration. The balloon briefly shut down a runway at Denver International Airport. He must serve 30 days before he can participate in the jail's work release program. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

above 33%. "It's impossible for prices not to be adjusted," he told the Associated Press. "If they aren't adjusted, they'll disappear." Mr Chavez dismissed the criticism on Sunday on his weekly television and radio programme, Alo Presidente, saying there was "no reason for anybody to be raising prices". He urged his supporters to "publicly denounce the speculator" and warned business owners that he had asked the

military to formulate an "offensive plan" that would see them "take over any business, of any size, that plays the bourgeois speculation game". "I want the National Guard to hit the streets with the people to fight against speculation and take measures," he said, without specifying. Luis Ignacio Planas of the opposition Copei party said the government was "acting like a pickpocket, sticking its hands in the pockets of Venezuelans,

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announced that it would now have two rates - 2.60 to dollar for "priority" imports, and 4.30 to the dollar for other items considered non-essential - a 50% devaluation. He said that the two rates would have the effect of "limiting imports that are not strictly necessary and stimulating export policy". Oscar Meza, director of the Venezuelan economic think tank, Cendas, predicted the move would push annual inflation

engaging patients in discussions about religious issues. Early in 2007, Maj. Scott Moran became director of psychiatry residency and took a much firmer line with Hasan. Moran reprimanded him for not being reachable when he was supposed to be on-call, developed a plan to improve his performance, and informed him his research project about the internal conflicts of Muslim soldiers was inappropriate. Nonetheless, Hasan presented the project, entitled "Koranic World View as It Relates to Muslims in the U.S. Military," and it was approved as meeting a residency program requirement, according to the information. Hasan graduated from the Walter Reed residency program

and began a two-year fellowship in preventive and disaster psychiatry. Despite his earlier reservations, Moran wrote a solid reference letter for Hasan that said he was a competent doctor. Reached by telephone, Moran declined to comment. Hasan completed the fellowship June 30, 2009. Two weeks later he was at Fort Hood. ___ Associated Press writer Pauline Jelinek contributed to this report. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Baseball star admits steroids use

taking their money to continue financing and paying for an irresponsible economic policy". Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: (BBC News | Americas | PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, World Edition) Term Extraction. Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:24:19 PM

Retired US baseball star Mark McGwire has admitted using steroids during his career, including when he broke the sport's home run record in 1998. He said he had used steroids on and off for nearly a decade and BASEBALL page 70

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he apologised. The confession by McGwire, who played for the St Louis Cardinals, follows a similar steroid admission by the New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez in 2009. The Cardinals announced in October that McGwire, 46, would be its hitting coach for the 2010 season. "I used steroids during my playing career and I apologise," McGwire said in a statement published on the Major League Baseball (MLB) website. "I remember trying steroids very

briefly in the 1989-1990 offseason and then after I was injured in 1993, I used steroids again. "I used them on occasion throughout the 90s, including during the 1998 season. I wish I had never touched steroids." He added: "It was foolish and it was a mistake. I truly apologise. Looking back, I wish I had never played during the steroid era." Correspondents say McGwire's reputation has been in question since 2005, when he refused to answer questions on illegal drug use at a Congressional hearing.

During the hearing he repeatedly said he was "not here to talk about the past" when asked whether he took illegal steroids when he hit the then-record 70 home runs in 1998 or at any other time. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

1906 San Francisco quake photos - in colour! (Holy Kaw!) Submitted at 1/11/2010 11:35:00 AM

Most of you have likely seen black and white photographs of the epic San Francisco earthquake of 1906. But the photo of the same event shown below is in colour. How is that possible? We tend to think of the photographic world up to the middle of the 20th century as a

black and white world. The majority of snapshots, movies, magazines and book illustrations until the 1950’s are in black and white even though color photography has been available in some form since the late 19th century. Among the photographers who experimented with color photography in the late 19th invention of halftone printing in century was Frederick Eugene the 1880s. However, Ives spent Ives. He is best known for his much of his life attempting to

develop a number of commercially viable methods of color photography, with little success. Read on to learn more about the origins of colour photography—from Ives to the Lumière brothers. You don’t need a time machine to learn more about history. Permalink| Leave a comment »

How to make homemade cough drops (Holy Kaw!)

coughing -- at least for me. I found this article, How to Make Homemade Cough Drops, which The past few days in Hawaii not only will remedy the voggy h a v e b e e n v o i d o f a n y days, but hopefully save me tradewinds and the skies thick some money. with vog when breathed in, Here are the ingredients, but results in allergy symptoms and click on the link for the complete Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:25:00 PM

instructions:

• 1 cup sugar • 1/3 cup light corn syrup • 1 1/2 cup water • herbs (see steps for more details) • vegetable/food coloring (optional) • powdered sugar (optional)

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