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Haiti … Too Much Suffering By Andrew Cawthorne (Front Row Washington) Submitted at 1/13/2010 9:49:52 PM

Having hurtled by car through the Dominican Republic to the ramshackle Haitian border, I and four other foreign journalists were desperate to reach Port-auPrince by nightfall. So after exchanging Ramon’s beaten-up taxi for the the back of a modern pickup owned by one of Haiti’s elite families, our speed stresses were soon put into terrible perspective. Just a mile or two into Haiti, a group of people stood disconsolately by the road, trying to flag down any vehicle that would stop, and pointing to the collapsed face of a nearby quarry. “There’s someone inside

there,” one of them said, pointing to a pile of rocks. Before we had time to even consider helping them, our car — like all the others in the convoy — had sped off, kicking up dust. The Haitians driving myself and four other foreign journalists into the earthquake zone took the morally nightmarish decision for us. After all, they had their own missing friends and family to find fast in Port-au-Prince. Later in the day, after several hours winding round collapsed buildings, and corpses which at first we had mistaken for people sleeping, we found a hotel prepared to take us in. Or at least let us sleep in the open-air by the swimming pool. (The Hotel Villa Creole has generously opened its

doors and facilities — despite considerable damage — to aidworkers and foreign reporters for free.) As we pulled up, we were

stopped by dead bodies lying in the road, and then a crowd of injured Haitians lying and sitting in front of the hotel lobby where some minimal medicines were being dispensed. As we hauled our four large boxes of drinkingwater bottles out of the car, one injured lady held out her hand and asked for water. Then another, and another, and another. Perhaps mindful of the horrors of the quarry, we entered the hotel with half our water supplies gone. Reuters photos by Eduardo Muñoz and Carlos Barria. For more Haiti coverage click o n http://www.reuters.com/article/id USTRE60 B5IZ20100113

Segway Acquired by UK-Based Firm [Segway] By Sean Fallon (Gizmodo) Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:25:00 AM

Segway is the UK's problem now. Details are scarce, but the company has merged with a UKbased firm backed by Jimi Heselden, Chairman of Hesco Bastion and an investor in the independently owned Segway U.K. distributorship. Segway has also received funding to support future growth. [ The Last Mile]

The Gadgets We Want [Gadgets] By Kat Hannaford (Gizmodo) Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:00:29 AM

We're only into the second week of the year, but already we've seen thousands of gadgets and gizmos announced, thanks to

CES. But what to splurge on? Hopefully our choices this year will help you out in your buying quandaries. 2010 promises to be a big year for launches, with 3DTV, tablets and ereaders expected to be

stocked on Walmart's shelves

faster than yesterday's old CRTs are thrown onto the street. After scratching our heads this week, we think we've all worked out exactly what we're going to be spending our hard earned notes on this year—but we're very

interested in what you're going to buy, too. Let us know if you've got similar taste to us, or want something different from the gadget fairy this year.

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Presidential choices: Avatar and “resisting pie” By Tabassum Zakaria (Front Row Washington) Submitted at 1/13/2010 11:25:14 AM

President Barack Obama’s favorite movie is the blockbuster“Avatar” and he also likes“Away We Go.” And while first lady Michelle Obama is able to keep her iPod current with music from Grammy nominee Ledisi, the president has found it difficult to keep his selections updated. “My iPod is kind of stuck. I just haven’t had time to sit down at a computer,” Barack Obama says in an interview with People magazine about the First Couple’s first year that will appear in the Jan. 25 issue. “And there’s nobody that can do that for you, sir?” the magazine asked. To which Obama replied that he could ask his aide Reggie Love to update his iPod tunes, but that request would come with another

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aid to Haiti would top the Photo Credit: Reuters/Eduardo h u n d r e d s o f m i l l i o n s o f Munoz (devastation in Haiti) dollars provided for 2004 Asian tsunami victims, Clinton responded: “We don’t know yet. We know it’s going to be very large because of the needs.”

America Movil Makes Bid for Telmex By Brent Archer (BloggingStocks) Submitted at 1/14/2010 1:00:00 PM

Filed under: Major movement, Deals, Mexico, Options, Technical Analysis America set of issues. And on a personal level, what Movil ( AMX- option chain) “You know, there’s Reggie does the president want to be stock is trading lower today after Love, but then all I get is Jay-Z, better at this year? the company said last night that and I love Jay-Z, but once in a “Resisting pie.” it plans to make buyout offers for while I might want some Yo-Yo For more Reuters political news, T e l m e x a n d T e l m e x Ma or something.” click here Internacional in an effort to Obama says he still hasn’t fully Photo credit: Reuters/Mario create a Mexican telecom giant adjusted, and hopes he never Anzuoni (Cast member Zoe w i t h 2 5 0 m i l l i o n s e r v i c e does, to life in a bubble. “Day-to Saldana poses at premier of subscriptions. Any deal would -day spontaneous interactions are “Avatar”) require approval from the missing from my life.” Federal Competition Commission, Mexico's antitrust regulator, but billionaire Carlos Slim already controls each company and is looking to consolidate. If you think this stock won't be rising too far in iteration of Mozilla's e-mail Lightning works i the coming months, then it could client was that plans to bake in Originally posted at The the calendaring extension Download Blog Lightning were abandoned. It's still not included by default, but at least now the stable version of

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be a good time to look at a bearish hedged play on AMX. This morning, AMX opened at $47.75. So far today the stock has hit a high of $47.79 and a low of $46.75. As of 11:50, AMX is trading at $47.01, down $3.00 (-6.0%). The chart for AMX looks neutral and S&P gives AMX a neutral 3 STARS (out of 5) hold ranking. Continue reading America Movil Makes Bid for Telmex America Movil Makes Bid for Telmex originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments

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Obama announces $100m US aid package for Haiti By James Sturcke (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk) Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:29:58 AM

President says this is 'moment that cries out for US leadership' as death toll estimated by aid agency hits 50,000 • Datablog: Haiti earthquake aid pledged by country • Guide to the international aid effort in Haiti [PDF] Barack Obama today announced a large US relief effort for Haiti, where between 45,000 and 50,000 people are feared dead after a devastating earthquake. The US president said America would give $100m to the aid effort for the stricken Caribbean country and pledged that the people of Haiti "will not be forgotten". Obama said he had told US agency and department heads to put Haiti at the top of their agenda. "This is one of those moments that cries out for American leadership," Obama, flanked by his most senior officials, told reporters. Obama's impassioned remarks came as international rescue teams today began arriving in Haiti, where the death toll from Tuesday's earthquake has been put at between 45,000 and 50,000 by the Haitian Red Cross, the first estimate released by a relief organisation. Aid aircraft from China, France, the US and Spain flew into Portau-Prince, while a British

specialist rescue team that arrived overnight in the neighbouring Dominican Republic also arrived in the Haitian capital. Gordon Brown described the earthquake as a "tragedy beyond imagination" and urged the British public to support emergency appeals. "The past 24 hours have been truly horrific for the people of Haiti. It is a catastrophe that is still unravelling," he told a news conference. He said many people were still buried in the rubble and in need of urgent rescue. The British government announced a £6.15m donation "to help kickstart humanitarian relief in Haiti". "The most pressing need is for international search and rescue teams, including firefighters from all over Britain, to get on with their work of saving lives," Douglas Alexander, the international development secretary, said. "But, at the same time, there is an overwhelming requirement for food, water, sanitation, shelter." The Lincolnshire chief fire officer, Mike Thomas, leading the British rescue team – many of whom were recently involved in a similar rescue operation in Sumatra – said it would immediately begin liaising with agencies on the ground. "Our first priority is to assess the needs and start to identify areas

where people are still trapped," he told the BBC. The party includes 71 rescue specialists, dogs, heavy equipment and a four-man team from the British government. A US aircraft carrier, the Carl Vinson, was expected to arrive off the coast today, and the US navy said the amphibious assault ship Bataan, with a 2,000-strong Marine unit, has been ordered to sail as soon as possible. Another 3,500 US soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division are also heading to the country to assist with disaster relief and security, amid fears that law and order could collapse. Three hundred US medics were also being sent. The US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, pledged longterm help for the crippled government. Parliament, the national palace, and many government buildings collapsed and it was unclear how many politicians and officials survived. The main prison also fell, allowing criminals to escape. "The authorities that existed before the earthquake are not able to fully function. We're going to try to support them as they re-establish authority," Clinton told CNN. Hundreds of Cuban doctors already in Haiti helped treat the injured in field hospitals. The French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, said three planes touched down to evacuate around 60 injured people to

hospitals on the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe. He told France Inter radio that two additional French relief planes were also on their way. Journalists in Port-au-Prince said the devastated city's emergency services had been completely overwhelmed by the magnitude 7.0 earthquake, the largest to strike Haiti in two centuries. "This is a particularly grim sight," Matthew Price, a BBC correspondent speaking from a hospital in the capital, said. "The stench is overwhelming. There are over 100 bodies here, adults and, at my feet, a baby. Perhaps even more uncomfortable is that there are people bedding down for the night … sleeping among the dead." Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said head wounds, crushing injuries and severe trauma were the most common cases needing treatment. Field treatment centres have been set up outside hospitals, while a refugee camp has been established near the airport. Amid the gloom, there were moments of celebration when survivors were pulled alive from the rubble. Among those rescued was Danielle Trépanier, a Canadian logistics co-ordinator with MSF, who spent almost 24 hours trapped in the debris of a staff house.

The International Committee of the Red Cross set up a website to help survivors locate relatives and friends. About 1,360 Haitians, mostly in the US and Canada, registered on the site within hours of it going live. The earthquake is the latest disaster to hit Haiti, which has suffered a succession of hurricanes in recent years. "This is much worse than a hurricane," Jimitre Coquillon, a doctor's assistant working at a makeshift triage centre, said. "There's no water. There's nothing. Thirsty people are going to die." The International Red Cross estimated that three million people – one-third of the population – could need emergency relief, while the Haitian president, René Préval, said the damage was "un-imaginable". The prime minister, Jean-Max Bellerive, told CNN the final death toll could be well over 100,000, while Youri Latortue, a senator, told the Associated Press that 500,000 may be dead. Both admitted that they had no way of knowing. Alexander said 32 Britons were thought to be living in Port-auPrince. Half had yet to make contact with the UK's ambassador to Haiti, he said, but he added: "There are no indications of British casualties." OBAMA page 9

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James Lilley obituary By Kerry Brown (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)

small part due to Lilley. In terms of experience of the region, America had few better qualified. Born in Qingdao, Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:35:54 AM Shandong province, where his US ambassador to South Korea father was an executive for and China in turbulent times Standard Oil and his mother a The US diplomat and sinologist t e a c h e r , L i l l e y s p e n t h i s James Lilley, who has died aged formative years in the chaotic 81 of complications related to environment of late republican prostate cancer, was tested not China, witnessing the initial o n c e , b u t t w i c e , i n A s i a n moves in the Sino-Japanese war countries undergoing political that were to lead to such tragic turbulence at a critical moment. and devastating outcomes before He served in South Korea from its end in 1945. 1986 to 1989, when it was Returning to the US, he studied u n d e r g o i n g t h e t r a n s i t i o n at Yale and George Washington towards democracy by holding University, and then in Hong presidential elections, and in Kong, and served in the US army China in 1989, at the time of the before joining the CIA in 1951. tumultuous 4 J u n e As a CIA operative, Lilley demonstrations in Tiananmen w o r k e d t h r o u g h o u t A s i a , Square, Beijing. including Laos, Cambodia and Lilley's ability to balance the Japan. This rich experience was interests and values of the US to stand him in good stead when while not aggravating highly he was appointed to the national tense situations in both South intelligence council, working Korea and China testified to his closely with the then head of the diplomatic skills. As the key US newly established US mission in official on the ground, he Beijing, George Bush Sr, in the m a i n t a i n e d l i n e s o f mid-1970s. communication even in the most As vice-president from 1980, critical period, while also Bush was to continue working f o r c e f u l l y c o n v e y i n g U S with Lilley when he headed the concerns. That America was able American Institute, in effect the to continue talking to China after US mission in Taiwan. Lilley the massacre, at a time when served successfully in South both sides could have descended Korea for three years from 1987 into a new cold war, was in no during a period in which it was

emerging from more than two decades of military rule. His first year in Seoul was to see violent student demonstrations challenging the incumbent rulers. For a few weeks, South Korea teetered on the edge of a relapse into authoritarian rule, but Lilley was able to help this messy process by conveying the US's support, as the country's key ally, for democratic change. Direct presidential elections were held later in 1987 and helped to stabilise the situation, leading to South Korea's emergence in the 1990s as one of the region's most successful economies and most stable political systems. Only a year after Bush became president, Lilley was sent to Beijing in 1989 as US ambassador. He found himself in an even more difficult situation. Massive student demonstrations from April that year put the China-US relationship under immense pressure and on the night of 4 June, troops descended on Tiananmen Square, killing many of the students still gathered there (the exact number is still not known). Over the next few days, Lilley managed two things: he expressed revulsion on behalf of the US at the Chinese government's actions, but maintained strong enough links to ensure that each side stayed in

contact. Lilley had one extra complication to deal with. The eminent astrophysicist Fang Lizhi had sought refuge in the US embassy after being placed on a wanted list by the Chinese government, and labelled as a dissident. Deng Xiaoping himself had complained bitterly about Fang's "incorrect attitude". Lilley played host to Fang in a couple of rooms in the embassy basement, and undertook months of delicate negotiations before he was able to secure Fang's release to go first to the UK, and then the US. Bush's instincts were always to maintain dialogue with China, at all costs, and in Lilley he had the perfect supporter. Both knew that it was not in the US's long-term interests to cut China off from the west. Maintaining the balancing act of making their opposition to the Chinese government's handling of the crisis clear, while ensuring that no diplomatic bridges were burned, was a considerable achievement, although it provoked criticism by many in the US and abroad who wanted a harder response. History has proved Bush and Lilley right. China did not, as many feared at the time, turn in on itself and pull back from

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further change. In 1992, Deng re -energised the programme of economic liberalisation, and set China towards becoming the powerhouse it is today, partly because of the support that Bush and Lilley showed to China. Lilley, described by the US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, as "one of our nation's finest diplomats", was to spend his final years after retirement in 1991 working for the American Enterprise Institute. He appeared during the inauguration of Ma Ying-Jieo as Taiwanese president in May 2008, but his physical decline was already clear. He is survived by his wife Sally, whom he married in 1954, and two sons. • James Roderick Lilley, diplomat, born 15 January 1928; died 12 November 2009 • China • South Korea • United States Kerry Brown guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

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Investors urge governments to take immediate action on climate change By Suzanne Goldenberg (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)

market. "Given that Copenhagen was a missed opportunity to create one fully functional international carbon market, it is more Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:18:29 AM important than ever that First major gathering of i n d i v i d u a l g o v e r n m e n t s b u s i n e s s l e a d e r s s i n c e implement regional and domestic C o p e n h a g e n w a r n o f l o s t policy change to stimulate the opportunity to create low-carbon c r e a t i o n o f a l o w c a r b o n economy economy," said Peter Dunsombe, Over 450 investors controlling chairman of the IIGCC, a $13tn of assets yesterday urged network of European investors. world governments to pre-empt "Leaders from both developed an international climate change and developing countries need to treaty and take immediate action act now to compensate for the on global warming, or risk losing lack of progress." the opportunity to establish a The Obama administration, like clean and sustainable low-carbon o t h e r g o v e r n m e n t s o f economy. industrialised countries, has At a conference at the United acknowledged the private sector Nations in New York, the first will provide the majority of gathering of business leaders funding for the transition from since the disappointment of last fossil fuels to renewable, lowmonth's Copenhagen climate carbon energy sources. summit said governments — "Investors remain committed to even in the absence of a treaty — taking action," the group of 450 must adopt policies that give a investors from Europe, America clear sense of direction towards a and Australia said. "But for us to new clean energy economy. deploy capital at the scale needed C o p e n h a g e n m a d e o n l y to truly catalyse a low-carbon "incremental" progress, the economy, policy makers must act investors said in a statement and swiftly." Before the Copenhagen governments worldwide needed conference, the economist Lord to act now to reset their domestic Stern, and the head of the UN agendas, with policies to limit Environment Programme Achim greenhouse gas emissions and to Steiner, told the Guardian that a lay the foundations of a carbon f a i l u r e w o u l d b e " v e r y

damaging" to investor confidence. The cautious assessment on the outcome of the Copenhagen climate change summit was echoed by the Obama administration's top climate change envoy, Todd Stern. He told the conference, which was organised by the Ceres green investment network, thathis year would be crucial in determining whether the world was truly on course towards reaching a fully fledged treaty to deal with climate change. He said America and other countries would be working hard to flesh out a 12-paragraph accord brokered by Obama and the leaders of China, India, Brazil, and South Africa, especially on sharing of clean energy technology, and the mobilising of a global fund to help poor countries adapt to climate change. "We have an accord that is lumbering down the runway, and we need to get it enough speed so that it can take off," Stern said. The investors said it was critical that governments – including the US – adopt rigorous targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade as well as for the distant date of 2050. In addition to renewable

energy, they also called for policies to speed the development of green building practices, cleaner cars and public transit systems. "What we need most is government action both in the US and throughout the world," said Anne Stausboll, the chief executive of the California Public Employees Retirement System(Calpers) America's largest public pension fund. Calpers has $1bn of its $205bn assets in green investment, and was ready to do more, but Stausboll — like others — said that Congress first needed to put in place a climate change law. • Climate change • Energy • Renewable energy • Carbon emissions • Copenhagen climate change conference 2009 • Emissions trading • Obama administration • United States • United Nations Suzanne Goldenberg guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

U.S. Mercantilism May Be Needed to End China's Mercantilism By Joseph Lazzaro (BloggingStocks) Submitted at 1/14/2010 12:00:00 PM

Filed under: International markets, China New York Times( NYT) columnist Paul Krugman characterizes China's essentially fixed-rate currency policy as "predatory." I've called it "monetary mercantilism." Either way, the policy will remain a net negative for both global and U.S. GDP growth until China is convinced to move, gradually, to a currency rate that's determined by economic fundamentals and the free market. Continue reading U.S. Mercantilism May Be Needed to End China's Mercantilism U.S. Mercantilism May Be Needed to End China's Mercantilism originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments

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Madeleine McCann detective 'will keep fighting to release book' By John Stevens (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)

pledged to keep fighting all the way to the European court of human rights. Outside the hearing in Lisbon, Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:42:38 AM where the couple have been Goncalo Amaral prepared to go seeking to ban the book, Kate to European courts with his McCann admitted that listening claim that girl is dead and t o a l l e g a t i o n s t h e y f a k e d parents made up abduction Madeleine's abduction was Madeleine McCann's parents difficult but said nothing could could face years in Europe's be as bad as losing her child. courts fighting claims they "If I'm honest, our daughter's i n v e n t e d t h e i r d a u g h t e r ' s been taken and nothing's ever abduction to cover up her death. going to be as bad as that. It's Goncalo Amaral, the former still been difficult, it's been P o r t u g u e s e d e t e c t i v e w h o emotive, because I know what's initially led the investigation into in the case files, I know what the their daughter's disappearance, conclusions are. So it's difficult has vowed to keep appealing if to hear something that's incorrect he loses a libel trial over a book and inaccurate. At the bottom of in which he claims Madeleine is all this is a little girl and I think dead. it's important that we don't forget Amaral said his attempt to that." overturn the injunction on She said she did not regret allegations the McCanns were pursuing the case. "I am pleased involved in their daughter's that we took the action and think d i s a p p e a r a n c e w a s a b o u t that it will benefit Madeleine," " f u n d a m e n t a l r i g h t s " a n d she said. Asked if she believed

they would win their case against Amaral, she said: "I am confident, yes." Isabel Duarte, the McCanns' lawyer, accused Amaral of trying to put the couple on trial. The court has heard from a series of senior Portuguese officials who have claimed the McCanns were responsible for their daughter's death. "They are trying to judge in a civil court what they could not judge in a criminal court," she said. "I am sorry my clients had to be submitted to this pain and this distress. This is awful, but we knew that Pandora's box was open." Kate McCann was today accompanied to the third day of the trial by Fiona Payne, one of the "tapas seven" group of friends who were on holiday with the McCanns in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz when their daughter disappeared. Gerry McCann, who had been in court

on Tuesday and yesterday, flew back to Britain last night to return to work. The court today heard evidence from producers of a TV documentary based on Amaral's book. The case has been adjourned until 10 February when the judge will hear from two witnesses not available this week. A ruling is expected by the end of February, however the case is just one step in a lengthy legal battle. The McCanns are seeking €1.2m (£1.08m) in compensation for defamation in separate proceedings against Amaral but no date has been set for a trial. • Madeleine McCann John Stevens guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

The Samsung NX10 pictured next to the Olympus E-P1 By Matt Burns (CrunchGear) Submitted at 1/14/2010 9:30:48 AM

The Samsung NX-10 was just an Internet rumor for half of 2009, but Samsung finally made it official last week at CES 2010. The camera is a lot like the micro four-thirds format with a compact image sensor and body, along with interchangeable lens. But as fototrend.hu’s review shows, the camera isn’t nearly as compact as the Olympus E-P1. But it also has a built-in rangefinder and and flash so I guess it’s a trade-off. [fototrend.hu via 43rumors]

Yahoo! Nearing Content Deal with Associated Press By Mark Fightmaster (BloggingStocks)

Yahoo! ( YHOO) are close to a deal that could drive up the price on AP stories distributed through Submitted at 1/14/2010 12:20:00 PM Yahoo!'s news site. Filed under: Deals, Competitive The ever-popular "people s t r a t e g y , G o o g l e ( G O O G ) , familiar with the matter" told Yahoo! (YHOO) The Journal that the deal would According to a published report include tighter restrictions, in The Wall Street Journal, the which would drive the price of could bring about a resolution in Associated Press (AP) and the content higher. This deal the "increasingly urgent issue in

the media industry" of determining how news organizations and Internet outlets can co-exist. Some publishers feel that the Internet portals "unfairly profit from their work and cost them tens of millions of dollars in revenue." Continue reading Yahoo! Nearing Content Deal with

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Plan to put Don Quixote on Twitter By Giles Tremlett (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk) Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:18:08 AM

Twijote project plans to publish 470-odd pages of the first volume in around 8,200 tweets He was the hero of hopeless causes and the defender of imaginary damsels. Now fans of Don Quixote, the Spanish literary character who tilted at windmills, are embarking on an appropriately quixotic challenge – to put the entire contents of Don Quixote de La Mancha on the Twitter microblogging site. The Twijote project, as it is known, aims to publish the 470odd pages of the first volume of Don Quixote's adventures using just the 140-character blocks of text allowed by Twitter. It has set itself strict rules, of the honourable but potentially foolish kind that Don Quixote and his creator, Miguel de Cervantes, might have approved

of. The 8,200-odd tweets needed to get to the end of the first volume must come from one-off visitors to the Twijote site. They are given the next block of 140 characters of text to put on Twitter. "We reckon it will take about a year, if people stick with it," said Pablo López, a web designer from the north-western Spanish city of Vigo who thought up the project. "The idea is to show that culture can exist in social media – that it is not just a place for nerds and freaks," he said. Twijote has no sponsors and no ambition to make money. "It is something we put up to see what would happen," said Lopez, who pulled in web designers from his company to help. "I had the idea one day and came into the office and persuaded people it was worth doing." Volunteers have signed on from all over Spain and Latin America, with visitors also

Google's peers mulling their options in China By Tom Krazit (Webware.com) Submitted at 1/13/2010 5:23:00 PM

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arriving from non-Spanish speaking countries such as Finland. Lopez pointed to other literary adventures in Twitterland, including the Serial Chicken novel being published in instalments by Spanish writer Jordi Cervera. English-language literary Twitter projects include selected musings from Samuel Pepys' 17th century diaries and snippets from the books published in mini -instalments by e-mail and on the internet.. • Twitter • Spain • Miguel de Cervantes Giles Tremlett guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

Engineering deal seals seven-year extension to Chiltern's rail franchise By Dan Milmo (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk) Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:22:00 AM

Train operator agrees to oversee £250m improvements programme funded via Network Rail Train operators will be able to overhaul creaking rail infrastructure without direct government investment after the Department for Transport struck a groundbreaking deal with Chiltern Railways to slash journey times between London and Birmingham. Chiltern will be rewarded with a seven-and-a-half year extension to its twelve-and-a-half-year contract after agreeing to oversee a £250m engineering programme on the route. Once the programme is completed by 2013, the London-toBirmingham service will be nearly half an hour faster at one hour 40 minutes. The innovative funding structure shelters the taxpayer, with the owner of Britain's rail system, Network Rail, raising the debt

funding which will then be invested by Chiltern. The investment will then be paid back by the franchise owner over the next 30 years through track access charges levied by Network Rail. The Association of Train Operating Companies said the deal backed the case for lengthening rail franchises, which typically last less than 10 years. "We want to move to more widespread use of longer franchises, together with other smart franchise reforms, to free train companies to provide passengers and taxpayers with a better deal," the association said. Virgin Trains, which is lobbying for a £1bn investment to improve journey times from London to Scotland, said the deal could open the way for further investment in key routes. • Rail transport Dan Milmo guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

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The American Red Cross said the aid organisation had already run out of medical supplies, with spokesman Eric Porterfield explaining that the small amount of medical equipment and medical supplies available in Haiti had been distributed. The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), a coalition of 13 relief agencies, is taking donations on a special phone line, 0370 60 60 900, and through its website. It is expected to launch a television appeal tomorrow. A spokesman said giving money was the best way for people to help, enabling supplies to be bought as close to the disaster area as possible and sent straight to those in need.

Some aid agencies had already started trying to help those in affected areas but the spokesman said: "The aid effort isn't on the scale that's required … we need people's help to scale it up urgently." Save the Children said 2 million children could have been affected. Jasmin Whitbread, the chief executive, said children were particularly vulnerable in the disaster. "Many have lost or been separated from their parents," she said. "They are living outside among the devastation. They are shocked and traumatised, and need to be in a safe place." • Haiti

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Now here's an awesome mod: an old Sega Genesis that's been converted into some sort of remote-control car. And the original Genesis controller works with it! Just skip to 1:50. If only it still played games! [ Kotaku]

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LG's 19-Inch Bendy Display Makes E-Newspapers Possible By Kit Eaton (Fast Company) Submitted at 1/14/2010 12:46:50 PM

I've predicted that e-readers will only get one year in the limelight before they're doomed, but that doesn't mean companies aren't still perfecting the technology behind electronic reading. Check out LG's new 19-inch e-ink display for example: Perfect for e -newspapers LG's calling it the largest electronic paper display ever made--its 25cm by 40cm size translates into a 19-inch diagonal screen, which is over 9-inches bigger than the 9.7-inch display of the Kindle DX. The unusual aspect is that instead of a glass

substrate for the display, LG's used a thin metal foil. That gives the whole assembly a mere 0.3mm-deep profile and an ability to bend. That also gives it a structural resilience that most other e-ink displays simply can't match--drop this display and it won't easily crack. There is only one similar technology on the market, and it's from Plastic Logic. Their Que e-reader is large (though not quite 19-inches), and it's based on transparent electronics produced on a plastic substrate, giving it both flexibility and resilience too (although it does have a hardware frame). Both companies clearly think that the

electronic paper industry has a big future--these inventions will have needed significant investments--and LG even plans

to start mass production of 11.5inch e-ink screens based on this tech this year (for the Hearstbacked Skiff e-reader.) But what will they be used for? Unless the price of e-readers drops by something like 75% they'll remain an expensive, single-use anachronism in an era of multitouch, multimedia slate and tablet PCs and cheap netbook computers. The electrophoretic e-ink technology also has plenty of rivals, its snailpace pixel update speed means it's completely unsuitable for movie-viewing and even too slow for realistic Web-surfing (so much so that the option is unavailable in the Que). Clearly

LG is pushing the large screen size as ideal for digital newspapers...and that might be the only strategy that works, for a short while: Large LCD or OLED screens would be unwieldy, fragile and expensive for the same role. And enewspapers would seem an ideal match for the tech--though if multitouch is included, then they may find more specialized uses, like as digital drawing pads for architect's blueprints for example. [Via AVING]

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IBM's Decade of Smart: Making Money by Making Sense of Data By Greg Lindsay (Fast Company) Submitted at 1/14/2010 11:55:56 AM

On Tuesday, IBM CEO and chairman Sam Palmisano unwrapped the second phase of its already-ubiquitious "Smarter Planet" campaign, pronouncing the 2010s " the decade of smart." His premise: this is the decade in which everything will have processors and sensors in it, everything will be connected via the "Internet of Things," and IBM will reap billions by advising governments on how to make sense of the corresponding data glut, courtesy of the analytical engines it's spent tens of billions to acquire or build. Speaking in London at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Palmisano reflected on the first year of the campaign, in which IBM signed multi-year, multi-hundred million dollar contracts to manage London's traffic-congestion system, integrate New York's crime-data systems, and reduce Shenyang, China's carbon emissions by 10%, among many others. IBM created 1,200 "smart solutions" for customers in all, he boasted, four times his original target. IBM's success has sparked a flurry of copycat efforts by rivals like HP, Autodesk, Oracle, and Cisco, filed under the headings of "Digital Cities," "City 2.0,"

"Intelligent Urbanisation," and even a "Central Nervous System for the Earth." Cisco's audacious efforts to create "Smart+Connected Communities" from scratch across the Middle East, India, and East Asia are the subject of a feature in the February issue of Fast Company (available online next week) which took me to New Songdo, South Korea to witness the birth of a smart city the size of downtown Boston. Although Palmisano sprinkled a few surprising factoids

throughout his remarks (30 percent of the data in the world now consists of medical images; 10,000 security cameras in London are streaming to the Web 24/7), the majority was devoted to the nuts of bolts of leadership: CEOs, CIOs, governors and mayors are asking: How do I infuse intelligence into a system for which no one enterprise or agency is responsible? How do I bring all the necessary constituents together? How do I make the case for budget? How do I get a complex solution

through my procurement department? How do I coalesce support with citizens? Where should I start?" IBM has devoted considerable time and energy to answering these questions at nearly a hundred Smarter Cities conferences in the past year, attended by more than 2,000 policy wonks and public officials. The reason for this special care and feeding becomes clear once you examine its financial statements. Public sector sales is the

company's fastest-growing segment, even as overall revenue is expected to decline eight percent for the year. (IBM will announce Q4 and annual results next week.) Profits are up due to cost-cutting, but "the company hasn't had a good answer for shareholders worried about revenue," Barron's commented last month in what was otherwise a mash note. "Many investors and rivals believe growth has stalled. IBM is only just above IBM'S page 12

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Google China May Be Shut Down: Bad for Android, Good for Apple? By Kit Eaton (Fast Company) Submitted at 1/14/2010 12:44:56 PM

After Google's surprising move to un-censor its Chinese search engine yesterday, the issue has literally exploded all over the news. But it now looks like China will end up forcing Google to close Google.cn, as suspected. And that might be bad for Android. Whatever you think really motivated Google into this action (I suspect it's a bit more of a PR spin and financial decision than many might assume) it seems to have resulted in a bizarre nose-to -nose stand off between two stubborn giants: The mighty global search company and the Chinese government. As fascinating as this stand-off is, it's not a battle between equals, and the ultimate power lies with the tough inwards-looking officials in Beijing. And though details are sparse it's beginning to look like Google is going to lose the fight. Speaking to the press yesterday, China's director of the State Council Information Office--an entity within the chief administrative body of the country--Wang Chen made one of those stereotypical enigmatic statements: "Effective guidance of public opinion on the Internet is an important way of protecting the security of online

information." And though the absolute content of the message is practically null (it's the political equivalent of saying "walking in a straight line down the street is an important way of getting from A to B") it carries explicit overtones that China deems its censorship as a completely valid social mechanism, and that Google's not going to change that position. Since China's government is maintaining its position that the censorship is legal (noting other Internet firms must work"in accordance with the law"), and Google has openly promised to violate these laws, it looks like there's going to be just one

simple conclusion: Google.cn will be shut own at some point in the next few weeks (possibly even very swiftly). That may indeed have been Google's intention all along, and it'll leave the state-sponsored (and censorship-happy) Baidu search system free to mop up the remaining market share. What are the repercussions? Well, as I suggested it might be a move that actually worsens human rights in the country-especially since it seems no other big western companies are chosing to make equally bold moves of their own. And that's despite what now seems to be a widespread attempt by persons

within China to hack into or otherwise attack an increasing number of companies in the U.S. and Europe. Though Google's looking like it's going to have to pack up its China efforts, everyone else would seem to be making enough money to make sustaining Chinese operations a sensible tactic. By doing so, these company's are gently, but definitely, complicit in supporting the continuing denial of free speech inside China. And though the morals of this will be debated endlessly, the instant impression one gets is that this is a bad thing. Meanwhile there may be one very unexpected techno casualty

of a Google China shut down: Android OS. Android has seemed to be making headway in the country, with devices like Lenovo's OPhone, the HTC Magic, and Dell's Mini 3 device on sale. But if Google pulls out, it might hurt how well future Android devices do: Though the OS is effectively an open and free platform, Google's support is essential to pushing its development in the future--and why would Google push nextgen high-tech Android phones like the Nexus One in China if it's so opposed to the way China's government forces it to GOOGLE page 12

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the revenue base it had before dumping key hardware lines." These days, of course, IBM more closely resembles a consultancy ( i t b o u g h t PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2002) than the big iron vendor of old. Nearly 60% of its business comes from services; software is 22 percent and hardware 17%. IBM hopes to find that growth in the developing world. Barron's noted that, "in 2008, growth markets made up under a fifth of IBM's top line but delivered 50% of its revenue growth. They are expected to kick in 60% of revenue growth over the next five years, meaning the developing world could add $2 billion in revenue a year." "If you are an emerging country and you are building your

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infrastructure, there is only a handful of people out there you trust," Sanford Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi told the paper. "No government will be fired for hiring IBM." But Barron's merely suggests what I (and the analysts I spoke to) concluded: governments are where the money is (specifically, $3 trillion in stimulus spending) and these technology companies may be less worried about saving the world than stimulating the next gusher of IT spending. In London yesterday, Palmisano professed to see the opposite: The world economy has stabilized somewhat, although significant challenges remain. Stimulus programs are making an impact, but they cannot and should not last forever. In fact,

for the foreseeable future, we will be faced with addressing many pressing global issues with less, rather than more, resources. Indeed, applying smarter technologies to drive cost out of our legacy systems and institutions--doing more with less--will be critical to our nearterm and long-term economic prospects. We will need to extend our infrastructure's useful lifetime, and we will need to ensure that next-generation systems are inherently more efficient, flexible and resilient.The good news is, it's happening. [Image: IBM]

run its business? The move could even result in a further splintering of Android into China and everywhere-else versions. Would this move then shine more of a spotlight on Apple...which recently introduced a special Chinafriendly version of the iPhone a, is happy to comply with Chinese

restrictions, and has numerous business interests in the country? It's extremely difficult to tell, but it would seem more likely than not. [Via Bloomberg]

Adobe tweaks BrowserLab, adds screenshot mode By Josh Lowensohn (Webware.com)

which lets developers their site will look different browsers on Submitted at 1/14/2010 9:30:00 AM operating systems. Adobe continues to add new Originally posted features to its BrowserLab tool, Crawler

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Apple Refuses to Step Up Sustainability Reporting By Ariel Schwartz (Fast Company)

Guide to Electronics. But perhaps our praise came too soon, as recent reports claim that Submitted at 1/14/2010 1:35:12 PM Apple is opposing two After a years of being the loser, shareholder petitions to increase Apple is now a leader when it sustainability reporting. We have comes to green manufacturing. to ask--what is Apple trying to Last year, the company became hide? the first electronics maker to As You Sow, a foundation for completely eliminate toxic PVC corporate responsibility, is plastic and brominated flame a s k i n g A p p l e t o c r e a t e a retardants (BFRs) from its sustainability report much like products. And just last week, we t h o s e a l r e a d y i s s u e d b y group is requesting that the praised Apple for rising through companies including IBM, HP, c o m p a n y s e t u p a b o a r d the ranks of the Greenpeace and Dell. A different shareholder committee on sustainability.

Apple opposes both petitions on the grounds that it has already taken appropriate measures to protect the planet. Specifically, the company claims that its environmental Web site"represents the most comprehensive accounting of any electronics company's carbon footprint". The Apple Environment Web site is comprehensive, to be sure, but it's hard to compare the company's efforts to those of other electronics manufacturers

without an annual sustainability report. And we can't figure out what the reasoning is behind Apple's rejection of a board committee on sustainability, even if the company is already doing more than its peers. Since when is Apple satisfied with being marginally ahead of its competitors in any arena? [Via Triple Pundit]

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Almost Genius: A Cheap, Flat-Pack, Recyclable Bike Helmet By Cliff Kuang (Fast Company)

carapace, it comprises several polypropylene strips, which come into shape after the joints Submitted at 1/14/2010 1:02:23 PM are clicked together: A new bike-helmet concept is a And actually, the entire helmet one-way ticket to a vegetative is made of polypropylene, so that state. it's readily recyclable. When How cool is this? The Tatoo you're not wearing it, it can be Helmet, designed by Julien packed flat for storage: Bergignat and Patrice Mouille, is Now, folding helmets can be meant to be an easily stored, ingenious--for example, the totally recyclable bike helmet. ingenious Tatamat. "Tatoo" is derived from tatou, This one, however, is totally the French word for "armadillo." ridiculous, and neglects the way And that's what the design bike helmets actually work. It's evokes. Rather than a single not simply that they're padded--

the padding inside a bike helmet is mostly for wearer comfort, rather than protection. Rather, helmets protect you because they're monolithic and rigid--that

allows the force of an impact to transmitted along their length, rather than directly into your head. They're made of foam both to be lightweight and so that they

can easily crack--just like a racecar, they're meant to breakup upon impact, to further disperse kinetic energy. When wearing the Tatoo, you might feel the warm glow of future-forward design. You also won't feel your legs, after you're paralyzed. For more examples of Almost Genius, click here. [Via Arbitare]

Infographic of the Day: China's Censors Hate Free Speech and Fun By Cliff Kuang (Fast Company)

was a response to cyber-attacks on Google, apparently aimed at both stealing Google's Submitted at 1/14/2010 12:57:33 PM technology and hacking the What, exactly, was Google gmail accounts of human rights previously censoring in China? advocates. Yesterday, Google announced Which raises the question: that it won't do the Chinese What, exactly, was Google.cn government's bidding anymore, c e n s o r i n g ? W h a t d o e s t h e and will de-censor its search Chinese government deem a McCandless has created a nifty results on Google.cn. That move grave-enough threat? David summary:

The censored keywords-highlighted in red--center on human rights abuses and political uprisings, including Buddhism. (The one outlier: The charmingly quaint "Eroticism.") But the blocked Web sites are, as often as not, shockingly trivial. Sure, you've got nytimes.com. You also have Perez Hilton, College Humor,

and Addicting Games. Media we can understand. But did you realize that censors in China see dumb, Internet fun as such a grave threat? In an odd way, that reveals more about the insecurity of Chinese government than the censoring of Tienanmen Square searches. [Via Information is Beautiful]

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Kodak Alleges Patent Five Ways CEO Infringement by Apple, Turnover Changed in Research in Motion 2009 By Elizabeth Harrow (BloggingStocks)

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Filed under: Law, Apple Inc (AAPL), Research in Motion (RIMM), Eastman Kodak (EK), Options Eastman Kodak ( EK) is grabbing headlines after the film firm filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), alleging that Apple's ( AAPL) iPhone and Research In Motion Limited's ( RIMM) BlackBerry camera phones infringe on Kodak's patents. Kodak is asking the ITC to block Apple and RIMM from importing the offending devices. Additionally, the iconic photography company filed two suits against Apple in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. Kodak is

Filed under: Management, Economic data For CEOs, 2009 was a return to stability, according to the latest study from claiming infringement of patents Challenger, Gray & Christmas. "related to digital cameras and CEO turnover fell to its lowest level in five years, a sharp turn certain computer processes." Continue reading Kodak Alleges f r o m t h e r e c o r d h i g h s Patent Infringement by Apple, experienced the year before. "The 17 percent drop in CEO Research in Motion K o d a k A l l e g e s P a t e n t turnover this year may be due Infringement by Apple, Research p a r t l y t o e f f o r t s b y s o m e in Motion originally appeared on companies to try to keep top BloggingStocks on Thu, 14 Jan management stable until the 2010 12:40:00 EST. Please see status of the economy became our terms for use of feeds. clearer. The economy may have P e r m a l i n k | E m a i l t h i s | turned a corner around mid-year, but it is still in a fragile state, Comments which helped maintain this

Glide OS gets its own 'GDrive' with free 30GB By Josh Lowensohn (Webware.com) Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:20:00 AM

Online operating system Glide launches its own free storage solution that's giving users 30 gigabytes for storing files in the cloud. Originally posted at Web Crawler stability through the second half of 2009," said John Challenger, chief executive officer of Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Continue reading Five Ways CEO Turnover Changed in 2009 Five Ways CEO Turnover (Little Green Footballs) Changed in 2009 originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Submitted at 1/13/2010 6:29:20 PM Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:40:00 EST. Comedy Central Video Please see our terms for use of Comedy Central Video feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comedy Central Video Comments

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Why Not Target General Motors and Chrysler with Bailout Tax? By Zac Bissonnette (BloggingStocks)

The Obama administration is announcing plans to impose a " financial crisis responsibility Submitted at 1/14/2010 1:30:00 PM fee" on large banks that received Filed under: General Motors TARP money. (GM), Amer Intl Group (AIG), The tax will seek to raise $90 Politics billion to cover expected losses

on TARP, and will be levied

only on large institutions: about 50 companies will have to pay it. Continue reading Why Not Target General Motors and Chrysler with Bailout Tax? Why Not Target General Motors and Chrysler with Bailout Tax?

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Linux skills now more employable than ever By Scott Merrill (CrunchGear) Submitted at 1/14/2010 9:00:07 AM

When I first started using Linux, back in the late 1990s and the Red Hat 5.2 era, the skills I gained weren’t very useful to many employers. I initially hoped that learning Linux would help me spring into some kind of “real” UNIX job. Now, more than a decade later, Linux is more and more common, has replaced a lot of “real” UNIX systems, and the skills required to administer Linux systems are actually helpful when looking for a job. Linux is found in networks and appliances all over, and the monoculture of Microsoft hegemony is slowing fading. According to the Linux Foundation, Linux-related jobs have grown 80% since 2005.

There’s a new Linux job board at Linux.com, where employees and employers can find one another. “Linux’ increasing use across industries is building high demand for Linux jobs despite national unemployment stats,” said Jim Zemlin, executive

director at the Linux Foundation. “Linux.com reaches millions of Linux professionals from all over the world. By providing a Jobs Board feature on the popular community site, we can bring together employers, recruiters and job seekers to lay the intellectual foundation for tomorrow’s IT industry.” Of course, I’ve seen very few Linux-only jobs. Most of the time, Linux skills are part of a broader compliment of systems management, development, or integration, and a host of related skills — with both open source and proprietary systems — are required, too. Nonetheless, it’s heartening to see that Linux skills are more employable than ever before.

Palin on Fox: Asking Questions (Little Green Footballs) Submitted at 1/13/2010 12:00:22 PM

Here’s Sarah Palin making her debut on Fox News, admitting that during the lead-up to her 2008 vice-presidential debate with Joe Biden she “questioned” whether Iraq might have been responsible for the 9/11 terror attacks. (This is the second half of her appearance on the O’Reilly show.)[Video]

Interviewed by Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly on his show “The O’Reilly Factor,” Palin trashed many of the critical accounts of her candidacy in the new book “Game Change.” But one story from the book that Palin did not say was “made up” or “a lie” was the description of her uncertainty as to whether Iraq had a hand in the planning of the Sept. 11 attacks. “I did talk a lot to [campaign

strategist] Steve Schmidt about the history of the war and where the attackers could have come from,” Palin said of her debate prep during the fall of 2008 — more than five years after the start of the war in Iraq and seven years after the terrorist attacks that hit New York and Washington. “I do admit to asking questions about that,” she said.

Unauthorized iPhone news readers raise eyebrows By Nilay Patel (Engadget)

generally access all of the same content using Safari. Now, Submitted at 1/14/2010 1:23:00 PM there's obviously a trademark Here's an interesting little new issue involved here, especially if media legal dilemma for you: these apps are confusing people apparently there are several paid into thinking they're official, but apps in the iPhone App Store we're curious to see how these that bill themselves as "readers" pubs and Apple handle the for publications like the New situation in the next few weeks, York Times, CNET, and the since it's relatively uncharted BBC, but aren't actually licensed territory. or official in anyway -- they're P.S.- Let's not even get into the just pulling RSS feeds. That fact that Apple's rated the NYT means people paying for an app Mobile Reader app "12+" for like The New York Times "Infrequent / Mild Mature / Mobile Reader aren't actually Suggestive Themes." Oh, the getting an app from the Times-- App Store. and, perhaps more importantly, Unauthorized iPhone news the Times isn't getting anything readers raise eyebrows originally from anyone. Seems like Apple appeared on Engadget on Thu, should probably just shut these 14 Jan 2010 13:23:00 EST. a p p s d o w n , b u t t h a t ' s t h e Please see our terms for use of interesting part: all these apps are feeds. Permalink| AdAge| Email pretty much just custom-built this| Comments feed readers, and you can

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Apple Probably Confirms Tablet Existence with Cease and Desist Letter to Gawker [Bounty] By Jesus Diaz (Gizmodo)

by offering a bounty for the theft of Apple's trade secrets. Such an Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:03:42 AM offer is illegal and Apple insists Apple has indirectly confirmed that you immediately discontinue the existence of their rumored the Scavenger Hunt. Tablet after Valleywag started a [...] scavenger hunt for evidence, The information you are willing offering up to $100,000 for to pay for, such as photos of a photos, videos, or a chance to yet-to-be released product, play with it. Here's what their constitutes Apple trade secrets. lawyers sent: [...] W h i l e A p p l e v a l u e s a n d Apple has maintained the types a p p r e c i a t e s v i b r a n t p u b l i c of information and things you about the product's appearance, commentary about its products, are soliciting—"how it'll work, f e a t u r e s , a n d p h y s i c a l w e b e l i e v e y o u a n d y o u r its size, the name, the software," samples—in strict confidence." company have crossed the line as well as any possible details

Those are the words of Michael Spillner, from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, representing their client, Apple Inc. The letter arrived today to Gawker Media's headquarters in New York. Their final line was quite menacing: Oh well, you have to do what you have to do: The offer still stands. Just don't do anything illegal to get any of the evidence, and use an anonymous mail when sending your picts or video to Gabriel at Gawker. [ Gawker]

150 Geeky Media People You Should Be Following on Twitter By Matt Blum (Wired Top Stories) Submitted at 1/14/2010 6:26:00 AM

Last May, we presented a list of 100 Geeks You Should Be Following On Twitter. Here's a list of 150 Twitter feeds of people and organizations that are associated with media that appeals to geeks.

Amtrak to add Wi-Fi to Acela line in March By Doug Aamoth (CrunchGear) Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:00:00 AM

I’ve personally taken Amtrak’s high-speed Acela line between Boston and New York more times than I can remember. At 3.5 hours, it’s roughly the same amount of time you’d spend jumping through hoops at the

airport but it’s a far less abrasive experience overall. The inclusion of free Wi-Fi ought to add yet another compelling reason to choose trains over planes. The company had previously hinted at adding high-speed wireless connections to its trains and has now officially said that the Acela line (which runs between Boston and Washington

Baltimore) will be getting Wi-Fi in March – for free, initially, although the regular price hasn’t been announced yet. After that, the slower regional Amtrak lines around the Northeast should be getting WiFi connections, with an eventual rollout to trains all over the D.C. with stops in Connecticut, country. New York, Philadelphia, and Note to Amtrak: Make the

service free forever. Don’t charge for it. I know your industry’s in a tight spot right now but the last round-trip ticket I bought between Boston and New York on the Acela line was $233. That’s insane when flights can be found for less than half that. [ USA Today via Engadget]

Scott Ritter Arrested in Sex Sting (Little Green Footballs) Submitted at 1/14/2010 9:07:54 AM

Former United Nations chief weapons inspector Scott Ritter was a fierce critic of President

Clinton for not being tougher on Saddam Hussein and Iraq, but suddenly had a radical change of opinion about the dangers of Hussein immediately before the Iraq War. He became a very

outspoken antiwar activist, turning up at events organized by International ANSWER. As we noted back in January 2003, Ritter had been previously arrested in underage sex sting

operations at least twice before, and today there’s news from Pennsylvania that he’s been caught red-handed once again, by a police officer posing as a 15 -year old girl: Sex sting in

Poconos nets former chief U.N. weapons inspector. Pure speculation: could blackmail have been a reason for Ritter’s 180-degree turn on Iraq?

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Video: New Final Fantasy XIII trailer has English voice cast By Nicholas Deleon (CrunchGear) Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:30:16 AM

March 9 is slowly creeping up on us, which means we’ll all be sitting on our coaches and playing Final Fantasy XIII until the wee hours of the morning. To keep us busy, Square just released a new trailer set to the game’s main theme, “My Hands,” performed by Leona Lewis. (At least I think that’s the main theme.) This trailer features the English voice cast, so put on your headphones and take it all in! A few thoughts: and also raise your eyebrows at • Leona Lewis has a nice voice the fully functioning multitouch • The animation is damn good in the browser. Andy Rubin is • The voice acting is no worse going to hate this. Take a look at than your typical BioWare the full clip after the break, but game’s (I say this now having prepare to be taken to a land of played Mass Effect for around enchantment and mystery by the five hours now) soundtrack. • The story feels very Japanese [Thanks, Alexis S] (not that that’s an insult, but you Continue reading Dell's Mini 5 / absolutely can tell this game was Streak tablet UI exposed on developed in Japan) video • I want an asymmetric haircut Dell's Mini 5 / Streak tablet UI like all the male characters exposed on video originally have—maybe they’re all AFI appeared on Engadget on Thu, fans? 14 Jan 2010 13:59:00 EST. But yeah, it looks good. It’s Please see our terms for use of been a while since I’ve played a feeds. Permalink| YouTube| JRPG from start to finish. Email this| Comments

Dell's Mini 5 / Streak myTouch 3G Fender Edition tablet UI exposed on subs for G1 on While My video Guitar Gently Weeps By Paul Miller (Engadget)

new doubleTwist partnership for music syncing, and Fender will Submitted at 1/14/2010 1:40:00 PM be selling a few accessories of its We knew the when and the own to really kit the thing out. At what, but now we know the launch the $180 phone will be whom: Eric Clapton will be running Android 1.6, but it's touting the new Fender Limited supposed to get a 2.1 update this Edition of T-Mobile's myTouch spring. Hit up the source link for 3G on national TV, and a few of t h e a d , f e a t u r i n g a v e r y his hits will be pre-loaded onto w e a t h e r e d E r i c C l a p t o n the phone. The faux-wood tolerating his new handset. handset goes on sale January myTouch 3G Fender Edition 2 0 t h , a n d p a c k s a 1 6 G B subs for G1 on While My Guitar microSD card for cramming in G e n t l y W e e p s o r i g i n a l l y some of Clapton's lesser-known appeared on Engadget on Thu, jams from your own catalog, 14 Jan 2010 13:40:00 EST. along with a long-awaited Please see our terms for use of 3.5mm headphone jack so you feeds. Permalink| Fender| Email can actually get some enjoyment this| Comments out of them. There are also a few guitar-related apps preloaded, a

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If you liked what you saw of Dell's Mini 5/ Streak Android tablet-MID-phone-thing at CES but didn't feel like you had enough of a chance to really see it in action, the gray market has come through for you again. We've just gotten pinged with this video of our friend Sixfingers handling what looks to be a fully functioning device, replete with Dell's custom Android skin. You can see the company's customized keyboard, navigation, and apps in the clip,

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President Obama’s policies have pushed the Doomsday Clock back by one minute By Nicholas Deleon (CrunchGear) Submitted at 1/14/2010 11:00:58 AM

Way to go, President Obama! Thanks to your bold and forward -thinking policies, the Doomsday Clock has been moved back by one minute! That means Planet Earth is “one minute” further away from utter destruction! Well, destruction brought about by man himself; an asteroid can still smash into the planet and we’d all be doomed. Or, as

since 2007. But the clock has been moved back because of the “hopeful state of world affairs,” affairs that have partially materialized because of the policies of President Obama. What policies? For creating “a change in the U.S. government toward international affairs.” we’ve seen in Haiti this week, c r e a t e d i n 1 9 4 7 , a n d w a s Basically, the U.S. doesn’t some other cataclysm can strike designed to measure how close throw its weight around anymore and we’d have zero control over mankind was to destroying itself. and expect people to go with the it. We’ve been five minutes away flow. The Doomsday Clock was from midnight (“adios time”) I feel safer~!

Google Fights China, Will Yahoo and Microsoft Follow? By Ryan Singel (Wired Top Stories) Submitted at 1/13/2010 5:00:00 PM

Google says it won't censor its Chinese search results anymore and may leave China. Microsoft and Yahoo aren't saying if they were attacked too, or if they plan to follow Google's leave.

Next-gen dashboards get Tegra 2, Moblin, Atom, we go handson By Tim Stevens (Engadget) Submitted at 1/14/2010 12:50:00 PM

Intel Atom processors, capacitive touchscreens, NVIDIA Tegra 2 graphics, Moblin installs... sounds like a suite of hot next-gen ultraportables, right? Think again.

Those are just some of the technologies used in the dashboards of cars that will be appearing on showrooms in the coming months and years, dashes that were largely on display at CES-- minus the cars themselves, usually. There we of Google Earth, Pandora, and were treated to mobile glimpses

Slacker Radio on the go, plus the ability to lock and unlock your car via Ye Olde Internets. It's the future, and it's coming soon, so click on through already and get a sneak peek. Continue reading Next-gen dashboards get Tegra 2, Moblin, Atom, we go hands-on

Pat Robertson: Haiti Paid for Making a Satanic Pact (Little Green Footballs)

bizarre fantasy is a real corker: Haiti deserved that earthquake, because they made a deal with Pat Robertson has never met a the Horned One. His Nibs. True disaster, natural or otherwise, story.[Video] that he couldn’t interpret as “Something happened a long d i v i n e r e t r i b u t i o n f r o m a time ago in Haiti, and people vengeful deity, but his latest might not want to talk about it,” Submitted at 1/13/2010 1:29:44 PM

he said. “They were under the heel of the French … and they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, ‘We will serve you if you’ll get us free from the French.’ “True story. And the devil said, ‘OK, it’s a deal,’” Robertson

said. “Ever since, they have been cursed by one thing after another.” (Video via Right Wing Watch.)

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Segway Inc. confirms merger with UK-based firm By Donald Melanson (Engadget) Submitted at 1/14/2010 1:01:00 PM

TC Electronic PolyTune tunes all your strings at once By Nilay Patel (Engadget) Submitted at 1/14/2010 12:17:00 PM

We haven't seen much reason to trade up from our ancient Boss tuner in all the years we've been playing guitar, but the new TC Electronic PolyTune might finally persuade us. Billed as the "world's first polyphonic tuner," the PolyTune supposedly lets you tune all your strings at once -- you simply strum away and

the display tells you which strings need a tweak. There's also a standard needle mode, two chromatic modes, a real-time stream mode that shows you pitch changes as they happen, and built-in memory so you can lock in your favorite settings. No word on price or availability, but we should find out more at NAMM this week. Check out a video of the prototype in action after the break.

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Well, it looks like those initial rumblings about a big shake-up at Segway were right on the mark, as Segway Inc. has now come out and confirmed that it has been acquired by a UK-based firm backed by Hesco Bastion Chairman and Segway UK investor Jimi Heselden (previously reported to be JWH Holdings). Not surprisingly, it isn't offering much in the way of

details, but it did say that it has also received funding that will "support the continued growth of the company." Head on past the break for the complete statement. Continue reading Segway Inc. confirms merger with UK-based firm Segway Inc. confirms merger with UK-based firm originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| The Last Mile| Email this| Comments

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Verizon FiOS About to Double Early Termination Fee to $360 [Verizon] By Brian Barrett (Gizmodo) Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:00:00 AM

Office Depot somehow gets exclusive rights to sell $230 NASCAR chair By Doug Aamoth (CrunchGear)

Leather Bonded Chair” but all the suits at Office Max and Staples must be going ape shit Submitted at 1/14/2010 8:30:00 AM right about now. If you don’t I don’t know how in the world have stock in Office Depot, buy Office Depot managed to secure as much as you can afford as the rights to this exclusive, soon as possible (disclosure: I limited edition “No. 14 Tony don’t own any stock in Office Stewart NASCAR High-Back Depot… YET).

And if you’re in a position of power at your company, you certainly don’t need me to tell you how important it is that you buy this chair. Think of the intimidation factor. Nobody’s gonna mess with the guy who bought the $230 NASCAR chair. A guy like that jumps on people

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Oh, Verizon. Will you ever stop breaking our hearts? First it's a$350 ETF for smartphone cancellation, and now you've gone and upped the ante even further for FiOS customers. Starting this Sunday, the cost of canceling your two-year FiOS contract will jump from $179 to $360. Why? Because they're jerkfaces. Even worse is that if you have to cancel because you're moving to a part of the country without FiOS service, you're still on the hook for the full amount. Oh, and there's no grace period. So at least Verizon's also totally without compassion. Here's hoping the FCC gets involved again, although who knows how long that process might take. In the meantime, sign up for FiOS today if you were even thinking about it. Or better yet, run like hell in the opposite direction. [ Consumerist]

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New Kodak patent complaints target Apple, RIM (CNET News.com) Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:22:00 AM

Eastman Kodak on Thursday announced that it has filed legal complaints against Apple and Research in Motion alleging patent infringement. The photo company claims the camera technology used in Apple's iPhone and RIM's BlackBerry to preview images infringes on a digital imaging By Kat Hannaford (Gizmodo) picky about aesthetics. Besides, patent owned by Kodak. In a each bouquetâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;which retails for complaint filed with the U.S. Submitted at 1/14/2010 11:00:46 AM $9.99â&#x20AC;&#x201D;has three refill cartridges International Trade Commission Men! Do you smell so bad that which last for months. The USB (ITC), Kodak is asking that even your laptop has started flowers come in different colors certain mobile phones with stinking? Desperate times call and scents, so every day can be digital cameras be excluded from for desperate measures, which a n O c e a n B r e e z e , P u r p l e import unless the company can means you might just have to Lavender, Pink Jasmine or White r e a c h a f a i r m e t h o d o f consider this USB scent flower. Chamomile day. Martha Stewart compensation with Apple and As your lookey-holes can see, already owns 87 of them, I RIM. it's in the shape of a flower, but heard. [ USB scent flower via "In the case of Apple and RIM, don't let that put you off. You ChipChick] we've had discussions for years can't put a price on a harmonious with both companies in an working environment, nor be too attempt to resolve this issue amicably, and we have not been able to reach a satisfactory agreement," said Laura Quatela, Kodak's chief intellectual property officer, in a statement. "In light of that, we are taking By Chuck Squatriglia (Wired By Betsy Mason (Wired Top this action to ensure that we Top Stories) Stories) protect the interests of our Submitted at 1/14/2010 7:00:00 AM Submitted at 1/13/2010 5:27:00 PM shareholders and the existing Astronomers captured photos of Honda would have you believe licensees of our technology." a newly discovered asteroid as it its awesome, hot hatch is back. To further back up its claims, Kodak has also filed two passed by Earth at less than one- Not all agree. lawsuits against Apple in U.S. third the distance of the moon. District Court for the Western

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District of New York. In the first suit, Kodak is alleging that Apple is violating two patents related to image preview and the ability to process images of different resolutions. In the second suit, Kodak claims infringement by Apple in a process by which one computer program can call on another to carry out certain functions. The first suit relates specifically to the iPhone, while the second is being targeted against any Apple product using that specific process. In pursuing these lawsuits, Kodak seems to have the benefit of legal precedence on its side. The patents described in the second suit were the same ones that played a role in the lawsuit that Kodak filed against Sun Microsystems in 2002. That suit alleged that certain technologies found in Sun's Java programming environment violated three Kodak patents. After two years in the courts, the case was finally settled in favor of Kodak, which received payment from Sun in return for a license to use the technologies in question. In a more recent case, Kodak filed a complaint in 2008 with the ITC against Samsung, alleging that certain Samsung mobile phones equipped with cameras infringed on Kodak patents. In December, an ITC

judge ruled in favor of Kodak, finding that Samsung had violated the patents. On Wednesday, the two companies apparently shook hands to set up a cross-licensing deal, thereby stopping all pending lawsuits and legal action. As a result of the settlement, Kodak will receive royalties from Samsung. In its actions against both Apple and RIM, Kodak is seeking damages and a halt to the patent infringement but seems hopeful the cases can be settled without much legal hassle. "We remain open to negotiating a fair and amicable agreement with both Apple and RIM, which has always been our preference and our practice with other licensees," Quatela said. "We seek to avoid litigation in our licensing programs whenever possible. But when the infringement is persistent, we will act to defend the interests of our shareholders and licensees, and to promote the fair compensation that is the bedrock of innovation." In requests from CNET for comments on the lawsuit, RIM declined to comment and Apple didn't immediately respond. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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Ask TUAW: Firewall settings, Snow Leopard faxing, MacBook battery life, and more By Mat Lu (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)) Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:00:00 AM

Filed under: Features, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAW Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got questions about firewall settings, SSDs, MacBook battery life, faxing in Snow Leopard, and much more. As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Leave your questions for next week in the comments section at the end of this post. When asking a question, please include which machine you're using and what version of Mac OS X is installed on it(we'll assume you're running Snow Leopard on an Intel Mac if you don't specify), or if it's an iPhone-related question, which iPhone version and OS version you have. Benjamin asks I've just upgraded my 2006 MacBook Pro to Snow Leopard, and I'm unimpressed. When I log in, it always asks if I want to allow incoming connections for EyeConnect, and the same again when I start Vuze. The way the new Exposé scales all windows to the same size is awful, too. How can I make the Firewall remember my decisions, and is it possible to revert to the original Exposé?

You're not the only one who likes the old Exposé behavior, but I'm afraid I'm not aware of any way to switch back. However, on your second question I can provide some help. Go to the Firewall tab of the Security Preference Pane. Assuming the Firewall is on, click on the Advanced button.

This will take you to a sheet where you can manually add applications as well as select the firewall's behavior for them. Sean asks I'm looking to get an SSD to go alongside the hard drive in my late 2008 unibody Macbook Pro (I'll be using the Optibay and replacing my optical drive). I

be getting a 64gb drive. There are so many different drives and I've heard so many horror/success stories that I don't know which drive to pick. Any suggestions? Most of the buzz I've picked up is that the Intel X25 is the goldstandard at the moment; however, it remains a pricey choice. Accordingly, you might want to have a look at the Kingston SSDNow series. You can get a 64GB Kingston in the$150 range. Check out this roundup at Laptop Magazine and this Ask Engadget for lots of discussion and suggestions. Nikoooo asks I have bought a MacBook Pro 17 inches unibody in July last year. It's, so far, the best Mac I ever owned. Unfortunately, the battery does last as much as I would have liked. According to Apple, the battery should last 8 hours. Surely this is an exaggerated value... and I would be fine with, say, 5 hours or so. But my battery does not last more than 3 hours, with want it to hold my operating minimum screen brightness and systems (osx 10.6/win7, wifi on. Is there any software bootcamp is really important) that could help me monitor my and games while the existing battery consumption? Are there hard drive will hold everything some specific settings, that I am else. I'm looking for something missing, that would help me get under $200 (or maaaybe just a the infamous Apple's 8 hours? little bit above, only if it's real Power usage is always a tricky worth it) and have noticed that with that price point I'll probably ASK page 23

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thing, but I do have some suggestions. For one, go into your Energy Preference Pane and choose the "Better battery life" option under Graphics. This will cause your MacBook to use integrated graphics rather than the discrete graphics chip (and thus trade 3D performance for battery life). Frankly, though, 3 hours sounds low, so you should probably be looking for any background processes or applications that may be sucking down processor cycles. Have a look at the Activity Monitor and sort by % CPU to see if there's anything suspicious. There is an application that might be of some help: Sleep Monitor 2(â&#x201A;Ź20). It will give you some idea of when your battery is being drained the fastest (though it won't actually tell you what's doing it). Nonetheless, it might be helpful in narrowing down what might have been going on at periods of highest power usage. Finally, you might also want to have a look at coconutBattery which will report on the condition of your battery itself. stef asks I am a student in high school and in some classes we have to draw little diagrams for our

notes, mainly in chemistry, and i was wondering if there was a plugin/add-on/program that i could use to temporarily convert my trackpad into a 1:1 simple diagram drawer to insert simple line drawings into notes. i know i could use a number of simple drawing programs but i would rather not have to hold down the trackpad while trying to draw. I am using a 13" mbp running snow leopard. We recently covered something that might do the trick for you. Inklet($24.95) turns your trackpad into a mini graphics tablet. For maximum precision you'll also want to get the accompanying stylus. Heimbachae asks A friend of mine recently bought a Mac mini (2.26GHz) and she is having a problem hooking it up to her HDTV. It's hooked up currently by mini dvi to hdmi and her max output is 1080i. When she clicks that it enlarges it too far so that she can't see her Menu bar when it's on 1080i, but when it's on 720p there is a black box around and it doesn't fill the entire screen. Is there any way to get this to fill her screen without distorting the image? This should not be a problem; in

fact, the Display Preferences should even have some TV specific options including an Overscan mode that you can try (look in the Options tab of the Displays Preference Pane). Frankly, though, you should not have to use Overscan on a modern HDTV. So if the HDTV is actually a 1080p panel and you're using the 1920x1080 resolution my guess is that the problem may be on the TV side. Make sure the TV is in "just scan" (or similar) mode; you should be able to toggle between different video modes on the TV itself, so try going through them to see if that helps. DMoney asks I'm running Snow Leopard on a black MacBook. Is it possible to send faxes from Snow Leopard? Free would be nice, but I'm willing to pay for the software. Now that Apple has discontinued the USB Modem for Mac(although you may still be able to find it online, and USR sells a similar device), your best bet may be to send faxes from Snow Leopard via a multifunction printer/scanner that includes faxing (as described in this Apple Support Doc). However, this is limited to certain devices and if you don't

already have one of those it probably won't do you much good. My recommendation would probably be to use an Internet fax service that allows you to upload a PDF to a Web site and have it sent to a fax machine. There are a variety of such services out there, but I can't really offer any first-hand experience. betaboy78 asks Is there an app for the Mac that will let me connect to my iMac over the internet and sync my iPhone while it is connected to my MacBook Pro? I know this may seem weird, but on more than one occasion, I have been traveling and my iPhone has crashed and had to be restored, or swapped out, and I had to wait to get home (sometimes a week or more later) to restore it. If I could just hook my iPhone up to my MacBook Pro, yet sync over the net to my iMac, life would be great. I don't believe what you describe is possible. However, I do have some suggestions for the next time this happens. You could go ahead and reset your iPhone and sync it to your MacBook. Of course, this won't help that much if your MacBook doesn't contain the information

that you want to sync. For contacts and calendar information you could have your MacBook and iMac sync over the Internet either with MobileMe($99/year) or for free with Google. Unfortunately, your media and apps won't be as easy. You could keep some media and apps on your MacBook (with iTunes Home Sharing, for instance) and, by the way, apps can be re-downloaded from the App Store for free. Once you get back home you can just then restore to the iMac. This is not an ideal solution, perhaps, but it should be enough to keep you going for the duration of the trip. TUAW Ask TUAW: Firewall settings, Snow Leopard faxing, MacBook battery life, and more originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

Colin Farrell Steps Out with Baby (ETonline - Breaking News) Submitted at 1/14/2010 7:18:00 AM

Actor Colin Farrell took off

from LAX airport holding a newborn in his arms. HTV caught up with Farrell who was accompanied by his

girlfriend and actress Alicja Bachleda. The couple became proud parents to a baby boy named

Henry Tadeusz Farrell on Oct. 7. Bordenave. The actor also has a six-year-old son, James, from a previous relationship with model Kim

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Supreme Court Says No Cameras In The Courtroom By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) Submitted at 1/14/2010 7:46:00 AM

In something of a repeat of the judicial system barring the videotaping and live broadcast of Joel Tenenbaum's trial, the Supreme Court voted to bar video streaming of a controversial court case in California. The 5 - 4 ruling was supported mainly on procedural grounds -- about how the courts couldn't make such a "change" without giving more notice. It's difficult to comprehend how that makes any sense. This is not a massive "change" in procedures or anything that affects how the judicial system works. It's merely an attempt to provide more transparency to what goes on in the court rooms, which seems like an extremely laudable goal, no matter where you stand on the various cases where this issue has come up. Of course, while officially the ruling was about procedural issues, the majority did also claim a fear that broadcasting the trial would put a chill on witnesses. This seems

backwards. This is the public court system, and reporters are allowed to report on (most) cases, so anyone who testifies is going to be known to the public anyway and what they say will be reported on, too. How is that any different than if the video is recorded and broadcast in some manner? If there are special cases where video might create a real chilling effect, deal with those special cases, rather than pushing a blanket "no video rule." As Justin Silverman wrote before the ruling came out, the idea that videos in the courtroom would lead to attacks on witnesses made no sense, since it was already illegal to attack witnesses and we have a legal system to deal with that: What good is giving the press freedom if it is not allowed to use the tool of its trade? In this case, that tool is a video camera. Similarly, law enforcement has many tools of its trade, the most important being the law. In California, the law includes prohibiting the very acts Prop 8 supporters and--apparently--the Justices are so concerned about.

Perhaps it's too much to ask, but can we just let both journalists and police do their jobs? By staying the broadcast of this trial--and impliedly finding that Prop 8 supporters will suffer "irreparable harm" absent a stay-the Supreme Court seems to be advocating curtailment of the press as a means of law enforcement. In a sense, there's a backwards Heckler's Veto at play: the Court is protecting the right of witnesses to speak by limiting the ways in which they will be heard and preventing retaliation by those who will not have heard them. Instead, those witnesses should take the stand knowing they will be given the largest forum possible in which to speak and the strongest protection against those who may retaliate when they do so. And that retaliation is a big may. Among their reasons for requesting a stay, the petitioners say that "public broadcast can intimidate witnesses who might refuse to testify or alter their stories when they do testify if they fear retribution by someone who may be watching the

Backchecking with ... Mike Komisarek By Christopher Botta (Fanhouse Main) Submitted at 1/14/2010 2:30:00 AM

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broadcast." Further, "all of the petitioners' witnesses have expressed concern over the potential public broadcast of trial proceedings and some have stated that they will refuse to testify if the district court goes forward with its plan." In a controversial case such as this one, no doubt the unpopular speaker is a nervous one. But I'm skeptical that witnesses already committed to testifying will suddenly shy away because of the prospect of video dissemination. Do they not realize that, without a single camera, the San Jose Mercury News is reporting live accounts that include the names of those taking the stand? That special interest groups will be Twittering their testimony as they speak? That there are already websites identifying Prop 8 supporters and where they live? Banning a broadcast, I believe, will not change this. But to allow a broadcast, I'm certain, will further enlighten the debate.... Permalink| Comments| Email This Story

Sesame Street characters to appear in new video games By Brad Trechak (TV Squad) Submitted at 1/14/2010 1:30:00 PM

Since 2001, there has not been a video game based on the characters in Sesame Street. This is about to change as the Children's Television Workshop has licensed Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment to create games based on the franchise. This is how my sick mind works. I'm envisioning "Call of Duty: Sesame Street" in which our beloved muppet characters have been stricken with a zombie plague and must be destroyed by a military platoon. The Count, being already undead, remains unaffected. Continue reading Sesame Street characters to appear in new video games Filed under: Industry, OpEd, Reality-Free Permalink| Email this| | Comments

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Kodak Cries Patent Infringement Against iPhone and BlackBerry By Christina Warren (Mashable!)

“‘Kodak has a long history of digital imaging innovation and we have invested hundreds of Submitted at 1/14/2010 8:29:19 AM millions of dollars creating our Nokia isn’t the only company i n d u s t r y - l e a d i n g p a t e n t that has a legal beef with Apple; portfolio,’ said Laura G. Quatela, Eastman Kodak announced that Chief Intellectual Property it has filed lawsuits against both Officer, and Vice President, the iPhone maker and Research Eastman Kodak Company. ‘In In Motion (RIM). the case of Apple and RIM, Kodak has filed a complaint we’ve had discussions for years with the U.S. International Trade with both companies in an Commission (ITC) alleging that attempt to resolve this issue both the iPhone and camera- amicably, and we have not been enabled BlackBerry devices able to reach a satisfactory infringe on a patent that Kodak agreement. In light of that, we holds covering a method for are taking this action to ensure previewing images. Kodak also that we protect the interests of filed two additional suits against our shareholders and the existing Apple in U.S. District Court licensees of our technology. claiming infringement of patents ‘Our primary interest is not to related to digital cameras and disrupt the availability of any certain computer processes. product but to obtain fair Kodak has licensing deals with compensation for the use of our LG, Motorola, Samsung, Sony t e c h n o l o g y , ’ Q u a t e l a s a i d . Ericson and Nokia. The Nokia ‘There’s a basic issue of fairness bit is interesting, if only because that needs to be addressed. Those of the additional claims that devices use Kodak technology, Nokia has filed against Apple. and we are merely seeking Patents are a complicated and compensation for the use of our murky area, it’s just fascinating technology in their products.’” that both companies are alleging Of course, Kodak is seeking a imaging violations. limited exclusion order from the From Kodak’s announcement: ITC preventing the importation

of infringing devices (which would mean the iPhone and virtually all BlackBerry models), so even if the company’s goal isn’t to disrupt availability, it certainly wants the courts to do just that. In the District Court cases, Kodak wants to permanently enjoin Apple from further infringement, as well as receiving unspecified damages. More details on the two Apple District Court lawsuits from the announcement: “In the first suit against Apple in U.S. District Court, Kodak alleges infringement of two patents generally covering image preview and the processing of images of different resolutions. In the second suit, Kodak alleges infringement of patents that describe a method by which a computer program can “ask for

help” from another application to carry out certain computeroriented functions. The allegations in the second suit apply to any Apple product that uses the processing method described above. The patents at issue in the second suit were previously the subject of litigation between Kodak and Sun Microsystems Inc., and in that case, a federal jury determined in a 2004 trial that Sun’s Java programming technology had infringed the patents. Kodak later settled the suit by agreeing to a payment from Sun in return for a license for the patents at issue.” Kodak has had some recent luck in the patent lawsuit game. On December 17, an ITC Administrative Law Judge ruled that Kodak’s patent on color image preview was valid and enforceable and that Samsung (the defendant) was infringing on Kodak’s patent with its cameraenabled mobile devices. (img credit: Thomas Roche) Reviews: iPhone Tags: apple, Kodak, lawsuits, rip

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What You Missed Last Night: The Daily Show predicts the future! By Bob Sassone (TV Squad) Submitted at 1/14/2010 1:00:00 PM

Every day on the morning shows, daytime shows, and cable shows, we see various "experts" and "trendspotters" who tell us what fashion, food, toy, and/or tech product is going to be the next big thing. Often these are ridiculous predictions, as The Daily Show pointed out last night. I'd write more, but my flowers are boiling over. [Watch clips and episodes of The Daily Show and other shows at SlashControl.] Filed under: Late Night, Video, The Daily Show, Watercooler Talk, Reality-Free Permalink| Email this| | Comments

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What Can Facebook, Yelp and Microsoft Teach the White House? By Jennifer Van Grove (Mashable!)

and more an exploration of how to revolutionize the way that the government uses technology. Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:11:14 AM While the current administration Today the White House is has impressively embraced social hosting a forum with more than media and web technologies, it’s 50 of the country’s top CEOs clear that its mission is to — Chris Hughes ( Facebook), accomplish much more. Steve Ballmer (Microsoft), To that purpose, OMB Director Jeremy Stoppelman (Yelp) all Peter Orszag writes: made the VIP list — with the “Twenty years ago, people who purpose of finding ways to came to work in the federal modernize the government using g o v e r n m e n t h a d b e t t e r technology. technology at work than at home. The forum is set to begin this Today, that’s no longer the case. afternoon, just after 1 p.m. EST, The American people deserve and the dozens of expected b e t t e r s e r v i c e f r o m t h e i r participants not only include the government, and better return for names mentioned above, but also their tax dollars. This forum is C r a i g l i s t f o u n d e r C r a i g part of our efforts to modernize N e w m a r k , W e n d y L e a o f government and bring us into the G e t S a t i s f a c t i o n , S h a n t a n u 21st century.” Narayen of Adobe and Sal The full list of expected Iannuzzi of Monster. Individuals attendees, according to The were selected based on their Washington Post, can be seen proven experience in using below: technology to improve cost Shantanu Narayen, Adobe management and customer Technology service. John McGlade, Air Products & According to the White House Chemicals blog, the forum is less a Klaus Kleinfeld, Alcoa discussion about cool websites C o n s u m e r G o o d s

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Is Robert Pattinson the New 'Spider-Man'? (ETonline - Breaking News)

his fangs behind for another blockbuster franchise -- to take Submitted at 1/14/2010 8:44:00 AM over the role of 'Spider-Man' ET has the latest... now that original webslinger There are reports that 'Twilight' Tobey Maguire has announced hunk Robert Pattinson is leaving he won't be doing the next

installment. ET has the truth behind the rumors. Sony/Columbia has denied the rumor telling ET, "Our first step is to find a director." Earlier this week both star

Tobey Maguire and director Sam Raimi both announced they would not be back for the next movie.

Please Send Eyeball Donations to Save ABC Family's Greek [Save The Television] By Richard Lawson (Gawker) Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:34:59 AM

We missed this little tidbit yesterday, buried as it was in an Ausiello Files scoopapalooza. But it demands attention! Greek— a warm and witty ABC Family show that we actually like— might get canceled?? What fresh hell is this? Has TV not already been decimated and destroyed enough? The show, about a Midwestern university's fraternity/sorority scene, is apparently the only ABC Family series not yet picked up for another season. Which is weird, considering it's likely the netlet's highest profile property. One of the series' supporting actors (he plays Beaver the fratboy) has Tweeted that Greek's future is at the mercy of the ratings when it comes back for another round of epiosdes on January 25th. So it's in your hands! Watch it, won't you? We promise you'll enjoy it. If not for the surprisingly smart and clever writing, then at least for this stuff.

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OiNK Admin Explains Why He Thought The System Was Legal By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)

leaks. And that's what's such a difficult puzzle at the moment. If Submitted at 1/14/2010 4:18:48 AM your favorite band in the world TorrentFreak is covering the has a leaked record out, do you ongoing trial of Alan Ellis, the listen to it or do you not listen to admin of the popular (and now it? People on those boards, shut down) private torrent they're grateful for the person tracker OiNK. Back when it shut that uploaded it -- they're the down, Trent Reznor outed hero. They're not stealing it himself as a regular user of because they're going to make OiNK, pointing out that it really money off of it; they're stealing it filled a niche that the industry because they love the band. I'm itself was not providing. As he not saying that I think OiNK is noted:"I'll admit I had an account morally correct, but I do know there and frequented it quite that it existed because it filled a often. At the end of the day, void of what people want." The what made OiNK a great place problem, however, as more was that it was like the world's people looked at the issue was greatest record store. Pretty that it wasn't clear what laws much anything you could ever were actually broken. The UK imagine, it was there, and it was apparently does not have a there in the format you wanted. c o n c e p t l i k e c o n t r i b u t o r y If OiNK cost anything, I would copyright infringement (and, yes, certainly have paid, but there one of the things ACTA is trying isn't the equivalent of that in the to require is that all signees add retail space right now. iTunes that to their copyright laws), and kind of feels like Sam Goody to since he operated just the tracker, me. I don't feel cool when I go Ellis didn't copy any works on there. I'm tired of seeing John his own computer. He wasn't Mayer's face pop up. I feel like storing anything and he didn't I'm being hustled when I visit transfer anything. So what did it there, and I don't think their do? After working through a product is that great. DRM, low variety of theories they came up b i t r a t e , e t c . A m a z o n h a s with conspiracy to defraud the potential, but none of them get music industry, which sounds around the issue of pre-release q u i t e s i m i l a r t o f e l o n y

interference of a business model. Now that the trial is ongoing, Ellis is explaining that he didn't believe that what he did in running OiNK directly was copyright infringement, even if users of OiNK may have infringed on copyright (he does admit to downloading works via OiNK, however -- but that's separate from his admin role, and he claims that he only used it to sample new musicians, and bought the albums of those he liked). Without a contributory copyright infringement rule, it is difficult to see how hosting the tracker alone could infringe -and if that's the case, it's not clear why the site was shut down. Hopefully the court recognizes this. However, we're still trying to understand how this "conspiracy to defraud" concept works. As Reznor pointed out above, there was little effort to "defraud" anyone. It was very much about sharing and promoting artists to help them in the OiNK community. But, of course, the industry will never admit to the promotional value of sharing. Permalink| Comments| Email This Story

French Court Forcing Google To Remove Word 'Scam' From Google Suggest By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:15:00 AM

Last year we wrote about two contradictory rulings in France involving lawsuits by companies upset about how Google Suggest works. As you probably know, as you type a query into Google, it tries to "suggest" the rest of the query, based on common searches beginning with what you typed. This is all done automatically and is an algorithmic function of what people are actually searching on. The "problem" was that in one case, people were searching for the name of a company, Centre National Prive de Formation a Distance (CNFDI), and one of the most popular searches, meaning one of the suggested searches, was to follow CNFDI with "arnaque," which means "scam." In one case, from a company called Direct Energie, the court ruled that it was Google's fault -- and oddly blamed the fact that the results were not alphabetical to suggest Google was at fault. The better ruling came in the CNFDI case

where the court pointed out that search engines are "important tools for the free circulation of ideas and information," and the fact that many people were questioning whether CNFDI was a scam was, in fact, important and potentially useful information, and thus not libelous by itself. It also said that the burden on free speech would be too great if Google were forced to remove the suggestion. So much for that ruling. Reader Mike Read has sent in the news that an appeals court has reversed the CNFDI ruling and found Google liable. Its reasoning is that Google lets people alert the company to "offensive" terms in Google suggest, and it believes that "scam" is an offensive term. I have to question that logic. If people are legitimately concerned that there are scams going on, why shouldn't that be expressed? Permalink| Comments| Email This Story

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Mac and iPhone Devs Donate App Proceeds to Haiti By Christina Warren (Mashable!)

the donation. This is kind of like the OneFingerDiscount promotion that some devs Submitted at 1/14/2010 9:59:34 AM worked together to create in lieu The Mac and iPhone of doing a more traditional Mac development community is software bundle. doing something pretty special to If you’re a Mac or iPhone raise money and awareness for developer and you want to join the victims of Tuesday’s in, just e-mail Justin at devastating earthquake in Haiti: and spreading the word. Right secondgearsoftware.com with donating the proceeds of app now, about 25 developers have your company name, product s a l e s t o H a i t i a n a i d joined the cause, and that’s just name(s) and the charity you want in the last 12 hours. Indie Relief to support. Mac Community organizations. Yesterday, Mac developer Mike The project is called Indie Relief Gives Back the w e b s i t e , It’s stuff like this that makes me Piatek-Jimenez did something a n d really cool: He announced that IndieRelief.com, should be up so proud to be part of the Mac through the end of January, 100 later today. community. Donate to the percent of the sales proceeds Here’s how it’s going to work: Haitian relief effort, get a Mac or (minus the $3 processing fee) On January 20, 2010 (so that’s iPhone app for free. Plus, who from his Mac OS X weather app, n e x t W e d n e s d a y ) , a l l t h e knows, you might even discover Seasonality, would be donated to participating companies are some new software you wouldn’t Partners in Health for earthquake pledging to donate their sales for have tried otherwise. relief. Not only is the sentiment the day to a charity of their I’d also like to draw special s t e l l a r , b u t t h e w e a t h e r choice that benefits the Haitian attention to the employees at The association adds a really neat relief effort. Doctors Without OmniGroup, makers of such Borders and The Red Cross are staples as OmniFocus and twist. This got Mac and iPhone t w o o f t h e m o s t c o m m o n OmniGraffle: Between company d e v e l o p e r J u s t i n W i l l i a m s charities, but the developers can f u n d s a n d e m p l o y e e thinking. What if a bunch of Mac choose any organization they contributions, they are donating and iPhone developers got want. $45,100 to be spread across four I n d i e R e l i e f i s g o i n g t o different relief organizations. together and decided to donate a day’s worth of sales to the aggregate these efforts, listing Kudos! Haitian relief efforts? He tweeted the participating companies and Do you know of any other about the idea and then wrote a what products they are offering software developers who will be longer blog post. Immediately, (some are going to donate the donating sales proceeds to Haiti? other indie developers jumped on sales from all their products, Let us know! Reviews: iPhone some might just do it for select Tags: indie relief, mac, software board with Justin’s plan. Garret Murray volunteered to titles) and their charities. The help with setting up the website companies themselves will make

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Google, China define positions over censorship (CNET News.com)

government departments, improve internal information security management system, Google and China staked out and consciously accept the their positions Thursday in their public supervision," Wang said, dispute over censorship and a c c o r d i n g t o a G o o g l e s e a r c h e n g i n e s , w i t h n o Translation of remarks posted to surprises. the State Council Information H o u r s a f t e r t h e C h i n e s e Office's Web site Thursday. government officials reminded Google and China are expected Internet companies they have to to enter into discussions about follow Chinese law, Google the feasibility of an uncensored reiterated its position that "we search engine over the next will be discussing with the several weeks, but few observers Chinese authorities the basis on believe Google will be allowed which we could operate an to operate such a site. Google unfiltered search engine within China employees have been the law, if at all," it said in a placed on an indefinite holiday statement. Based on additional as they await the outcome of the comments made by Wang Chen, d i s c u s s i o n s , a c c o r d i n g t o director of the State Council TechCrunch, which could see Information Office, that doesn't Google exiting China if no seem possible. resolution can be reached. " W e b s i t e s m u s t p r o p e r l y Five Filters featured article: u n d e r t a k e t h e i r s o c i a l Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: r e s p o n s i b i l i t y t o f u r t h e r PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, strengthen the network security Term Extraction. work, and consciously accept the supervision and guidance of Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:30:00 AM

FDIC chief puts blame on Fed for crisis (Financial Times - US homepage) Submitted at 1/14/2010 6:59:04 AM

[ fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] The Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation laid much of the blame for the financial crisis at the door of the Federal Reserve on Thursday in testimony to an inquiry that causes fresh problems for the central bank

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Source: Conan O'Brien Playing Right Into NBC's Hands (ETonline - Breaking News) Submitted at 1/14/2010 8:21:00 AM

Glide OS gets its own 'GDrive' with free 30GB (CNET News.com)

"We looked at it and we said 'wait a minute, they should have used it!' so we decided to use it Web "operating system" Glide instead." on Thursday finally gave a name Glide now offers users 30GB of to its online storage, calling it the free, online storage.(Credit: "GDrive." It also bumped its CNET) capacity from 20GB to 30GB, Despite the familiarity some making it one of the largest free users may have had with the storage offerings on the Web. GDrive moniker, the two The news comes just two days offerings are quite different, with after Google launched its own the main differentiation being storage service, something that privacy. Unlike Google, Glide was widely expected to be called does not scan through userthe GDrive. Glide's CEO and uploaded files for advertising founder Donald Leka told CNET purposes, something Leka said in a phone call on Thursday that his company would never do. "I his company simply jumped on think people, for some reason are Google's failure to claim it. "It not concerned about the issue of was a rumored name," he said. collection of data," Leka said. "I Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:20:00 AM

don't think people are fully aware of it for some reason. I don't know why that is." On the feature front, the two also differ. For instance, Glide is giving users 30GB instead of 1GB, all without any individual file size restrictions. It's also charging quite a bit less for additional storage, at $.20 per GB/year instead of Google's $.25, something that can add up for users who end up paying for large chunks of storage over a long period of time. However, just like Google, Glide requires users to buy additional storage in one chunk. Currently that's an extra 220GB, which costs users $50 a year, though Leka said that

his company is evaluating a single gigabyte purchase system that would let users buy only what they needed, when they needed it. Next week Glide plans to introduce a revamped version of its Web file browser, something Leka compared to Apple's Finder. Leka said it will make it easier to browse and sort through files, as well as where they go at the time of upload. Previously: Webtops hoping for a brighter future Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

ET has the latest... By Mary Murphy A very high placed source within the network tells "Entertainment Tonight" that the NBC game plan was always to get rid of Conan O’Brien with as little financial pay-out as possible. In other words, Conan O’Brien’s played right into his bosses’ hands when he refused to move his show to 12:05 a.m. “This is want they wanted,” said the source who wished to remain anonymous. "They didn’t really want to give Conan the 12:05 slot. They had to pick between Jay [Leno] and Conan and they picked Jay. They couldn’t just fire Conan, it would have been too expensive. So they pushed the show back. It was a wooden offer.”

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TotalFinder beefs up Finder By Brett Terpstra (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))

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Filed under: Software, Productivity, Snow Leopard A new "hack" for Finder is in the works, and it's pretty darn cool. TotalFinder adds tabs, Visor-like functionality and a few other goodies (with more on the way) to your plain, vanilla Finder setup. If you're skittish, though, don't jump just yet. TotalFinder is alpha, and not in that way that developers label software just to be safe. It's really, really alpha. TotalFinder runs as a SIMBL plugin, too, which can (in some cases) cause some system instability in and of itself. However, if you've got the apples for it, it's a very cool new way to soup up your Finder. In its current state, it does a few simple -- yet amazingly useful -things, starting with adding tabs to Finder. Honestly, we got tabs in Terminal before Finder? This

catches us up a little bit. The Visor feature (which is optional), assigns a hotkey that makes your tabbed Finder window slide onto the screen and disappear when you're not using it. It's take-orleave for me at this point; it's cool, but it takes a lot of getting used to, especially for window-to -window file dragging within Finder. You can't currently drop files onto other tabs, so some problems arise in that situation.

The other features include preventing .DS_Store file creation and sorting file listings with folders grouped on top. For now, I'm sticking with Path Finder for my souped-up Finder needs, but TotalFinder has the potential to bring Finder into its own after years of relatively few improvements. You can grab a copy to try out (for free) at BinaryAge, and note that it comes with an uninstall script

that will wipe it clean off your system if you don't like it. [via Smoking Apples] TUAW TotalFinder beefs up Finder originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

Kiefer Sutherland is a man's man on his show "24" but on Wednesday night's "Late Show with David Letterman," the tough guy revealed his feminine side. Sutherland surprised the audience and Letterman as he stepped out onto the stage wearing a green sundress and black combat boots. The "24" star explained, "I lost a bet over the weekend. I was so sure the New England [Patriots] were going to win that I told a guy who used to be my friend that if New England lost, I would wear a dress on Letterman." "Quite slimming," Letterman reacted, adding, "You get on the subway like that, I'll give you $1000."

At Least 80 Percent of Corporate Computers Run Internet Explorer Daily [Internet Explorer] By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker) Submitted at 1/14/2010 7:00:00 AM

Ever wonder why Internet Explorer is still such a big deal among IT workers and developers, despite being the butt of almost every joke about the

web? The Devil Mountain Software group tells ComputerWorld that, among the more than 21,000 workplace PCs monitored by its software, Internet Explorer is used daily on 80 percent of systems. That's applications that rely on Internet because legacy, or "dinosaur,"

Explorer's components are very, very slow to be replaced in big institutions. Quoth the Devil Mountain CTO: "Until enterprises flush out the internal applications that rely on IE, that use unsupported and undocumented layout

commands, IE isn't going anywhere. And those dinosaur applications are almost impossible to get rid of." [ ComputerWorld via Ars Technica]

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Slacker brings Canadians into the fold (CNET News.com)

recommendation and streaming services. However, Slacker won't be exactly the same in Canada. While I write this, I am enjoying Residents will only have access a custom built station on Slacker to the free Slacker Basic Radio Radio, and as of last night, for up to 30 days and then have Canadians can do this as well. the option of upgrading to the The news is a big win for both Plus service for $3.99USD per Canada and Internet radio, and is month. thanks in no small part to Most likely, the song catalog Blackberry, which has a huge won't be exactly the same either, presence in the country and a but the major features will be. g r o w i n g r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h Listeners will be able to access Slacker. more than 60 pre-programmed No doubt, many Canadians will stations as well as create their b e t h r i l l e d w i t h t h i s own custom stations. The Plus announcement, as I've had no service also offers ad-free small number of them email me listening, complete song lyrics, a b o u t v a r i o u s m u s i c unlimited song skipping, and Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:24:00 AM

song requests. In addition, Canadians can access Slacker on Blackberry and Android devices (iPhone/iPod Touch coming soon) with station caching for native playback (rather than power-hungry streaming). And of course there's the normal Slacker interface options: heart/ban, pause/skip, and "peek ahead" to the next track. Slacker for Canada can be accessed at www.slacker.com. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

'The View''s Elisabeth Hasselbeck & Hubby Tim to Switch Jobs (ETonline - Breaking News)

alongside Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sherri Shepherd and Barbara Walters. Elisabeth Hasselbeck and “So many times we ask, ‘How husband Tim Hasselbeck will be did work go today?’” Elisabeth swapping jobs for one day. says. “Undoubtedly we will be Elisabeth will be taking over finding out the hard way as we Tim's gig as an ESPN NFL switch jobs. The question then analyst on Tuesday, January 19, will be, ‘What have we gotten while Tim will co-host "The ourselves into?’ " View" on Thursday, January 29, Submitted at 1/14/2010 9:42:00 AM

System of a Down Drummer Boy Will Melt Your Face Off [VIDEO] By Brenna Ehrlich (Mashable!) Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:57:02 AM

It’s that time again, folks — time for another viral vid of a kid who is so incredibly gifted that you’ll a). Come to loathe your own child for his/her inadequate talent show skills, b). Fall into a deep sea of depression when faced with the listless path your life has taken. I give you: 5-yearold Jonah Rocks. This little video hit YouTube just a few days ago, and it’s

already going viral, giving other pint-sized performers like Ukulele boy and Rush Girl a run for their proverbial money. But this little dude is no flash-in -the-pan prodigy — he even has his own website(which — be warned — has autoplay music) replete with more videos and photos of Jonah and the band K.I.S.S. His bio, from the “About Me Section”: “Way back in 2008, at the age of 3, Jonah Rocks was lining up his Play-Doh cans to make a drum kit. He would sneak all the baby

that first pair of 7A’s in his hands, he has never put them down, playing as much as he can, whenever he can. Jonah is completely self taught, never had a lesson, and if you’ve watched him play, you know he absolutely loves it.” Check out his cover of System spoons from the cupboard, and of a Down’s “Toxicity” below: use them as drumsticks. His Talent Show daddy asked him if he wanted a And, if you’re not completely real drum kit, and of course, demoralized by Jonah’s superior Jonah said ‘YES!’ Once he sat talent, here’s some more bitedown behind that kit, and held sized band members for you. Tags: humor, music, viral video

Soccer Stud Cristiano Ronaldo Strips Down to Nothing but His Armani's (ETonline - Breaking News) Submitted at 1/14/2010 8:03:00 AM

Following in the footsteps of fellow athlete David Beckham, Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo poses for the new Emporio Armani Underwear and Armani Jeans ads. Giorgio Armani said of the athlete, “It is for his energy that I have chosen Cristiano to become the new face of Armani Jeans and Emporio Armani Underwear -- for his youthful, exciting and yes, sexy, attitude.” Click the pics to see the soccer player's sexy photo shoot.

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Is it your imagination or is that ad following you? By Victor Agreda, Jr. (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))

Using Safari's Activity window to download media

Submitted at 1/14/2010 1:30:00 PM

Filed under: Apple Corporate, Apple As any good technology innovator should, Apple files quite a few patents. But I'm By Sang Tang (The Unofficial Safari is its "Activity" window, element (say an MPEG-4 video) finding the advertising patents Apple Weblog (TUAW)) which you can use to examine listed in the Activity Window is curiouser and curiouser these each element of a webpage -- be as simple as double-clicking it. days. Previously Apple filed a Submitted at 1/14/2010 12:00:00 PM it an image, audio file, or video Alternatively, you can also copy patent on ads that will move Filed under: Software, Tips and file. To access it within Safari, the URL of the element and themselves around so that they tricks, TUAW Tips click on "Window" and select paste it somewhere to use in become progressively harder to Although Firefox can be dressed "Activity." Whatever opinion another app. ignore (yes, this sounds like a up with a host of extensions, you may have of Flash, much of TUAW Using Safari's Activity usability nightmare). Now, many of which are great, most of the content on the web -- both window to download media GoRumors reports that Apple the time I like my browser to be audio and video -- plays through originally appeared on The has filed a patent for proximitya plain Jane. That's why I prefer a Flash-based media player. As U n o f f i c i a l A p p l e W e b l o g based ads. So if you happen to be using Safari most of the time. the iPhone doesn't support Flash (TUAW) on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 using your iPhone and walking Well this, and the fact that I can't (except sorta kinda), the Activity 12:00:00 EST. Please see our by a store running an ad using stand the jerky scrolling of Window provides a means to terms for use of feeds. this tech, you'll see that ad as you Firefox (when using a mouse download otherwise unplayable Read| Permalink| Email this| pass by. You've seen Minority scroll ball) compared to Safari on content onto your computer, Comments Report, right? the Mac. which you can then transfer to What does all this mean? Well One of the neat features in y o u r i P h o n e . O p e n i n g a n considering Apple recently acquired Quattro Wireless, a top company in the mobile ad space, it seems pretty clear that those (Holy Kaw!) called The Very Best of Teddy crazy kids in Cupertino want to Pendergrass. chum it up big time with the Submitted at 1/13/2010 9:45:13 PM We will miss his love ballads, classy gents of Madison Avenue. Teddy Pendergrass died at the that’s for sure. That is, Apple is getting into the age of fifty-nine years. He had More music news. ad business somehow. My guess battled colon cancer for the past By Now” and“Love T.K.O. Here Permalink| Leave a comment » is this could be an option for eight months. His popular songs is his bio, and here is his ablum included“If You Don’t Know Me

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developers. Instead of the algorithms of an AdMob, you would get the most targeted ads ever, really. Or it could simply be yet another patent for us to fuss over that'll come to nothing. TUAW Is it your imagination or is that ad following you? originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

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Join us Friday for a TUAW livechat: App promotion clinic Will Google Pull Out Of India, Australia And Other Countries Over Internet Censorship? By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) Submitted at 1/14/2010 8:58:00 AM

After posting about Google's bold and certainly laudable decision to stop censoring content in China, someone reminded me that it was just a week or so ago that we were writing about how Google was cooperating with the Indian gov't to block "objectionable content." It's worth noting that China, as it has said in the past, is defending its censorship policy by claiming that it is necessary to protect people from objectionable content like pornography, fraud and rumors. So, if that's the case, is Google planning to stop censoring in India, too? Or what about Australia, which announced plans to censor the internet(yet again) last month?

Rebecca MacKinnon is asking basically the same question over at The Guardian, pointing to questionable internet laws that can stifle freedom of expression online in Italy, France and the UK (if the Digital Economy Bill passes). This isn't to knock Google -- as it was a bold move to call an end to censoring results in China -- but it does make you wonder where the principles begin and end. Considering the similarities of what's happening in China to that story about India just last week, it seems that Google might want to clarify when it does and when it does not work with governments to block certain sites. Permalink| Comments| Email This Story

By Erica Sadun (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)) Submitted at 1/14/2010 11:00:00 AM

Filed under: Other Events, App Store Are you an App Store developer? Looking to learn how to promote your application? Join us on Friday, January 15, 2010 at 12PM Eastern Time (9 AM Pacific Time) for an informal marketing clinic right here on TUAW. We'll be chatting about marketing and promoting apps. On hand, we'll have experts Brian Akaka of Appular and our own Steve Sande to offer advice and answer questions. Brian Akaka's Appular focuses on providing Marketing and PR strategy and execution to iPhone App developers, helping them to gain visibility for their Apps in a quickly growing and maturing

market. TUAW blogger Steve Sande has worked with iPhone developers to improve the marketing of their apps. This will be a Q&A and participation clinic (like the Hackintosh clinic we ran a few weeks ago), so expect a lot of interaction with the greater TUAW community. We'll see

you there! TUAW Join us Friday for a TUAW livechat: App promotion clinic originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

Our Newest Intern: Jill Zarin [Zarin Invasion] By Brian Moylan (Gawker) Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:00:38 AM

Gawker's Intern-for-a-Day Jill Zarin is here at Gawker HQ and we put her right to work moderating the comments. She's

lurking there right now keeping all you kids in line. Later, ask Jill Zarin for advice! We have some more menial tasks for Ms. Zarin later on (and a video at the end of the day), but right now we're putting her to

commenter profile.) She'll be lurking on all our posts and making sure you're staying in line. Be on the look out! No Gawker internship would be work policing the comments. complete without at least one (You can follow her work on her byline, so later she's going to be

handing out advice to your questions. Stay Tuned.

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Survey the Damage in Acrobat & Adobe Haiti With Google Earth Reader updated to patch security holes By Samuel Axon (Mashable!) Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:31:41 AM

You can now get a satellite’seye view of the devastation in Haiti with Google Earth. Google worked with satellite imaging company GeoEye to put together a map layer file that provides upclose views of the wreckage of government buildings and more in the Haitian capital city of Port -au-Prince. Download the file to check it out. It’s in KML format, and it should load in Google Earth automatically if you have that desktop app installed. Alternatively, you can just pull it up in the web-based Google Maps app. If you switch the layer on and off for some before-and-after perspective, you’ll see just how serious the damage is — as if the pictures circulating on Twitter and other places on the Internet weren’t harrowing enough already. Here’s an embed with

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By Dave Caolo (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)) Submitted at 1/14/2010 1:00:00 PM

Filed under: Software, Security Earlier this week, Adobe updated both Acrobat and Reader to versions 8.2 and 9.3. These updates offer major security features and are recommended the data to make things even for all users. easier. In a security bulletin released on You can help relief workers, Tuesday, Adobe cites "critical orphanages and other critical vulnerabilities" that could crash services in Haiti by donating on your apps or "... potentially allow the web. We’ve put together a an attacker to take control of the list of places you can go online affected system." Definitely to do that. You can even donate something you'll want to avoid. $10 by texting “HAITI” to They recommend that anyone 90999; the Red Cross has using version 9.2 and earlier collected more than $3 million update to Adobe Reader 9.3 and that way already. Reviews: A c r o b a t 9 . 3 r i g h t a w a y . Google Earth, Google Maps Likewise, those using Acrobat Tags: GeoEye, Google, google 8.1.7 should update to version earth, haiti, layer, maps, satellite 8.2. You can get all of the details and downloads from Adobe here. Get patching, folks. You'll want these older versions off of your

U.S. Confirms First American Death in Haiti

Macs. As usual, we ask that you let us know if anything goes wonky after updating. [Via PC Magazine] TUAW Acrobat & Adobe Reader updated to patch security holes originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

WASHINGTON A State Department official confirms the first death of an American in quake-stunned Haiti, saying that at least 164 U.S. citizens have been evacuated since Tuesday's 7.0 magnitude temblor. State Department spokesman P. J. Crowley said in a briefing Thursday that Coast Guard C130 planes have airlifted 42 American officials and their families and another 72 private citizens to safety. He said that another 370 Americans were awaiting flights out today. There were some 45,000 Americans living in Haiti at the time of the earthquake, and officials said few had contacted American authorities in the hours immediately after the quake. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Puck Talk: The Impact of Burrows' Comments By Bruce Ciskie (Fanhouse Main)

Discipline Let there be no doubt what the big story in the NHL is this week. Submitted at 1/14/2010 4:00:00 AM Vancouver's Alex Burrows set Filed under: Canucks, Devils, off a bomb Monday night with Penguins, Rangers, Wild, NHL his incendiary remarks about

referee Stephane Auger. The

NHL was quick to act Tuesday, FanHouse national NHL writer fining Burrows and standing Chris Botta. firmly behind their official. This week, we talk about the incident and other major news from the last seven days with

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Peter Jackson Freaks Out About BitTorrent Leak Of The Lovely Bones By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)

downloading the film will also be prosecuted to the fullest", Submitted at 1/14/2010 1:50:00 AM both statements which are sure to paperbag alerts us to the news lose him a few fans. Jackson is that Peter Jackson is the latest definitely a director with a huge filmmaker to go semi-ballistic and loyal following. These are over a film leaking to the people will see his movies no internet. His new film, The matter what -- even if they L o v e l y B o n e s , a p p a r e n t l y happen to download them. It's a showed up online via a screener bit surprising that he would go to copy, leading Jackson to warn: such an extreme, even to the He stated that although up until point of claiming that those who [now] he did not hold a grudge are caught downloading the film against file sharing, he is heavily will be prosecuted (though, we disappointed that the leak even wonder how he's going to figure happened to begin with. He also out who downloads the film). stated that "those responsible for Being anti-fan is no way to build the leak will be brought to justice a business these days. with the maximum prosecution Permalink| Comments| Email of the law in mind" and that This Story "anyone who is caught illegally

Rob Glaser Leaving RealNetworks; A What to do with Chance To Reflect On How Being Anti-Consumer Fails In The Long Run your ideas By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)

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and YouTube video -- and there's something to that. But a bigger issue may be that so many Lots of folks are talking about p e o p l e a b s o l u t e l y h a t e the news that RealNetworks RealNetworks because of its founder and longtime CEO, Rob long history of spreading adware Glaser, is stepping down from through really sneaky and nasty the job(though will remain installation techniques that hid chairman, but without day-to-day the (checked off) approval operational activities). While buttons. It reached a point that several people are pointing out lots of people never wanted to what everyone knows (that have anything to do with Real RealNetworks has basically ever again. It should be a lesson disappeared off the online for plenty of companies that look a u d i o / v i s u a l m a p d e s p i t e at short term profits over dominating the field in the 90s), providing the best overall t h e r e h a s n ' t b e e n a h u g e experience for users. discussion on why. Some have Permalink| Comments| Email suggested that Real just "missed This Story the boat" with things like MP3s

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Pants on the Ground: American Idol Season 9’s First Viral Moment [VIDEO] By Christina Warren (Mashable!) Submitted at 1/14/2010 8:56:06 AM

Paula’s gone and Simon has one foot out the door, but nine seasons in, American Idol can still be counted on to deliver viral video gold. The latest

William Hung heir apparent is 62 -year-old Larry Platt, who auditioned in my hometown, Atlanta, Georgia. Platt, clearly too old for the show (but entertaining nonetheless) auditioned with his provided video below: own song, “Pants on the The video is quickly becoming Ground.” Check out the Fox-

viral, with this YouTube copy garnering more than 151,000 views in just over 12 hours. As for Larry, BuzzFeed might be impressed, but he’s just one in a million singing guys straight out of Five Points to me. Catchy or not, “Pants on the Ground” is no“MARTA Bus.”

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Internet Survival Guide for Traveling Where Privacy Isn't Respected [Privacy] By Anonymous (Lifehacker)

neck, the other in a zipped pouch under my pants next to my passport, emergency cash, etc. Ed. note: On Tuesday, Google Both sticks have exactly the responded to cyber attacks aimed same files on them, and core files at Chinese human-rights activists can easily be synced using by ending search-result DropboxPortable. PortableApps censorship in China. An On your USB drives, you want anonymous reader with to carry software that you need, experience living where privacy and for that the PortableApps isn't respected writes in with tips Suite really is outstanding. It's for keeping your data safe in almost like carrying your own these situations. computer with you, without the The author asked to remain hassle of actually doing so. anonymous and preferred to skip Login to any strange machine, mentioning any countries by and you are armed and ready name—again, for privacy with all of your favorite software reasons. What follows is how the available to you. Keepass author keeps a tight leash on If I had to choose one single privacy when traveling in a PortableApp that was most country where the government important to me, it would be actively monitors online KeePass. Lifehacker has already communication. gone over the tremendous The above image is a composite Internet cafes proliferate all praises of Gmail, and it's always access everything we security advantages to using of photos by hemmob and throughout Asia and other impossible to understate it. With need on a computer straight from KeePass, and protecting your remote countries, which makes Google's recent announcement the cloud. Choosing the right passwords in general. This is nolifebeforecofee Two things have really changed getting online very easy and that accounts will connect using USB stick to accompany you on even more true and relevant t h e f a c e o f i n d e p e n d e n t cheap. That said, as much as I the more secure https by default, your travels is in itself a chore. when traveling in remote places. backpacker travel in the last love "the cloud," keeping data Gmail reigns supreme as the best The secure Ironykey thumb drive I keep two KeePass databases d e c a d e : d i g i t a l c a m e r a s online comes with security possible email app for travelers is certainly very impressive, but with me at all times: my primary a n d — e v e n m o r e s o — t h e concerns, especially in places logging in on dicey computers in it is also quite costly. It's d a t a b a s e w i t h a l l o f m y internet. While some people can where internet restrictions and strange places. On top of that, definitely out of range for most p a s s w o r d s w h i c h I u s e afford the luxury of traveling heavy government monitoring Google Docs, Google Calendar, backpackers, myself included. constantly, and another that only and now Google Wave are a Corsair makes a padlock drive contains scanned PDFs of all of with a laptop or even a netbook, are commonplace. a real backpacker doesn't want to Here are a list of items from my wonderful and secure set of which is far from completely m y m o s t i m p o r t a n t t r a v e l f r o m cloud based apps to really allow s e c u r e , b u t i t h a s a m o r e d o c u m e n t s , i n c l u d i n g : have to carry the extra weight a r s e n a l — m a n y nor the responsibility of carrying Lifehacker—which made my you to do what you need to do reasonable price and assures you • Passport expensive equipment that would own backpacker travels much from practically anywhere. Two that if you lose it, someone can't • Birth Certificate simply just plug it in and start • Travel Visas (if I have them), be difficult to lug around, easier when in remote places: USB Sticks Online options are getting better using it immediately. relatively easy to steal, and Gmail / Google Apps INTERNET page 38 Lifehacker has already sung the every day, but we can't quite I keep one USB stick around my expensive to replace. Submitted at 1/14/2010 9:00:00 AM

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incoming phone calls on a local cell phone wherever you are. uTorrent Hardcore backpacking is a wonderful adventure, but it isn't always restful. Sometimes you In that they are in a KeePass want to kick back and relax and database, they are all stored catch up with the latest TV encrypted while on the USB. shows and movies. uTorrent now Truth be told, no digital copies also exists as a PortableApp, so of those documents will stand up depending on the friendliness of legally in place of hard copies, the staff of the internet cafe but sometimes the information where you are logging in, you on them is all you need and could—in theory—download enough to cover you while a hard things for your listening or c o p y r e p l a c e m e n t i s s e n t viewing pleasure to watch the overnight from home. Skype next day on your Portable With the possible exception of version of VLC. TrueCrypt Google Wave (which I'm excited As Lifehacker has covered, for but not quite ready to switch when it comes to encrypting to), Skype is still the best way to your files, there is nothing better chat and talk securely (but of than TrueCrypt. It is possible to c o u r s e d o n ' t l e t t h e a p p bring along with you a Portable permanently store your login and version of TrueCrypt, but you password or history). can't mount TrueCrypt encrypted Travelers in China should drives without admin privileges beware of "Tom-Skype", a on the computer you are using. legitimate Chinese version of Ideally, I would love to use Skype which was developed in TrueCrypt to encrypt my USB conjunction with one of China's drives in their entirety, but since phone companies. That version having admin privileges is is not secure, but other versions, a l w a y s h i t o r m i s s w h e n such as the one you can get from traveling, it's a risk I can't afford PortableApps, are. to take. Any documents on my If you have a Google Voice drive that I feel need to be Account, you can even mashup encrypted, I can just store in a Skype (or Gizmo5) with Google KeePass database. But I still Voice to place and receive free carry TrueCrypt with me and it calls back home and or receive has come in very handy on

occasion. PortableTOR Lifehacker has done an excellent job of explaining the anonymous internet tool, TOR, including what it is and how it works. Some people use TOR in the U.S., for example, to do things like access Facebook from work—which really should be strongly discouraged. As events of recent days have proven, some governments around the world censor websites from their citizens. You may be curious to see your friend's latest updates at work, but there are people in places who's lives—without exaggeration—might truly depend on TOR. TOR, and especially the Portable verison, provides a way for travelers to those locations (and citizens who face privacy invasions every day) to be able to access whatever web sites they need to. However, take note: It's very important to realize that TOR does not encrypt your data for you—it only allows you to access blocked sites anonymously. MozyHome Backup Lifehacker has covered a variety of great cloud based backup services. Mozy is the one which has served this traveler well. While my backpack and I are running around the world, my hard drive is still safely at home,

turned off and under lock and key. Fortunately, I backed up my entire system (well over a 1TB these days), and if in a pinch I need a file that I don't have with me on my USB, in my Google Apps, nor even in my Dropbox, I can "restore" that file from my MozyHome account to whatever machine I'm on at the time. Mozy stores my data encrypted and downloads it encrypted as well. Xubuntu Live CD But what if you've covered all of the above and the only computers you have access to are all malware, spyware, and virus infected, but you need to get online as quickly, safely, and securely as possible? Then there's the Xubuntu Live CD. I always carry a few Linux live CDs with me. In a durable plastic case, they fit well in the pockets of cargo pants. Ubuntu itself is great, but Xubuntu is even more streamlined, and runs smoothly and well even on computers with a minimum of memory and hardware. Go into the internet cafe, put your CD in the drive, and restart it. More often than not, the computer will then boot from the CD and automatically connect to the internet. You're running your own, safe Linux system on a compromised Windows PC. Of course on the USB stick I

Information Office and deputy head of the Communist party’s propaganda department, has

reasserted China’s commitment to monitor the internet

China dismisses Google’s threat to quit (Financial Times - US homepage)

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also have Linux versions of my favorite Apps: KeePassX, Skype, and TrueCrypt. I don't carry a Linux version of TOR with me, but it downloads and installs just fine on Xubuntu. Flash doesn't come installed on Xubuntu either, but I carry Flash with me and wrote a little script to install it with one click off of the USB drive. Truth be told, someone could probably compile a great "Traveler's Xubuntu" CD that would come with all of the necessary open source apps already installed, but I'll leave that to another forward thinking Lifehacker reader. Traveler's should always be aware: no security system is ever going to be foolproof and 100% secure. Hardware and software keyloggers are great threats which are very difficult to avoid. Still, by taking proper precautions and arming yourself with the right tools, you can turn the odds in your favor and still accomplish whatever you set out to online, no matter where you are.

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WaveSecure is an All-In-One Lost Phone Solution for Android [Downloads] By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker) Submitted at 1/14/2010 8:10:00 AM

Android/Windows Mobile/Symbian: If your phone goes missing or gets lifted, WaveSecure, currently free for Android phones, can lock it from further use, restore your contacts and call/SMS history, and even roughly locate and track its wayward use. For an app that's being given away free to Android Market downloaders (until Jan. 31), WaveSecure (technically WaveSecure Lite in the Market) does a remarkable job of covering everything you'd be nervous about if your phone went missing. Install the app on your phone, back up your data and SMS/call logs, and set up an automatic backup routine, if you'd like. WaveSecure also asks for at least one friend's contact number that it will SMS in the event that your SIM card is

swapped out for another. From then on out, WaveSecure sits in the background, waiting for you to spring into action from the WaveSecure site. After your phone gets lost or lifted, you can remotely lock down its data, track its activity and carrier use, and, of course,

hear back from your friends who got text messaged when your phone was tinkered with. If you want, you can have WaveSecure try to pin down the rough location of the phone. Unless your culprit has GPS or Wi-Fi enabled, however, it's going to be a little rough. WaveSecure

seemed to send a non-sensical text message to my phone when I pretended that it had gone missing, and it guess that I was ... standing in the middle of Buffalo's Forest Lawn Cemetery. I assure you, my posts are not written from inside a mausoleum, but it's kind of nifty to see WaveSecure trying its best with rough geo-location tools: If all else fails, you can have WaveSecure deliver your backed -up data to you and then wipe out your phone remotely. That, in itself, is a handy feature to have available to you. Here's the video demo showing most everything WaveSecure can do: WaveSecure is a free download, with a lifetime subscription, in the Android Market until Jan. 31. The Windows Mobile and Symbian platforms have cheap paid apps with subscription costs. WaveSecure[via Gadgetwise/NYTimes.com]

Texas board to take 1st vote on history curriculum (AP) (Yahoo! News: U.S. News) Submitted at 1/14/2010 1:17:43 AM

MARK W buzzed up: Obama tells banks: `We want our money back' (AP) 18 seconds ago 2010-0114T11:00:02-08:00 Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

IMF gives $100m to quake-hit Haiti (Financial Times - US homepage) Submitted at 1/14/2010 9:36:18 AM

[ fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] Barack Obama has sought to reassure Haiti that help is on its way after the earthquake that rocked the island on Tuesday, as the IMF announced $100m in immediate assistance

Is next week Conan's last on The Tonight Show? By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)

O'Brien's last week on The Tonight Show. Submitted at 1/14/2010 12:45:00 PM I'm not sure what sources This is officially still in the Simmons has at The Tonight "rumor" category, but it comes Show, but he does know people f r o m a s o u r c e w i t h s o m e over at Jimmy Kimmel Live, and connections in late night. Bill I'm sure this type of news is Simmons, aka The Sports Guy, going through all of the late says that sources have told him night talk show staffs like a t h a t n e x t w e e k i s C o n a n lightning bolt. Simmons says

that Conan is trying to line up some big guest stars for the final

week. Oh, in case all of this is foreign to you, The Jay Leno Show has been canceled and NBC wants him back at 11:35. Didja hear? Update: NBC says that no one has said anything about the show shutting down next week. They're not selling tickets for the following week, but I'm not sure

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Clutterbuck's Anger at Gonchar, NHL Justified By Bruce Ciskie (Fanhouse Main) Submitted at 1/14/2010 6:00:00 AM

Filed under: Penguins, Wild, NHL Videos, NHL Discipline The call has come quickly. As people begin to better understand the potential effects of concussions, sports leagues are being asked to look more seriously at how they deal with hits to the head. It has brought us to a bit of a change in how athletes are treated, and how games are officiated. For college hockey, this has meant a serious emphasis on officials calling any contact that

takes place above the neck. For the National Hockey League, it means a lot of talk, and very little meaningful action. The case of Sergei Gonchar and Cal Clutterbuck is a stirring example.

ZScreen Shares Screenshots, Text, and Files Across the Web [Downloads] By Jason Fitzpatrick (Lifehacker)

closer look. Since we first shared ZScreen with you it has gained a huge Submitted at 1/14/2010 8:30:00 AM number of featured. It was a Windows: If you want more out capable screenshot tool back of your screenshot tool than then but now it can not only snap simply clipping images, ZScreen a great screenshot it can upload can help you capture screenshots, the screenshot it also can be used text, and files and share them to share text, files, and URLs. across some of the most popular ZScreen can be configured to image, text, and file sharing share the content you clip services. through over two dozen services. Click on the image above for a You can simply take a screenshot

In addition to the ease of sharing ZScreen also has some extras like a built-in color picker and the ability to set up periodic screenshots with the Auto Capture tool. ZScreen is freeware, Windows only. Have a favorite screenshot tool? Let's hear about it in the and save it to your computer or dump your text into Pastebin, c o m m e n t s . [ v i a D o w n l o a d you can upload the image to Paste2, or Slexy. URLs can be S q u a d ] ImageShack, TinyPic, Flickr, shortened with services like TwitPic and more. You can bit.ly, TinyURL, and 3.ly.

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Twitter's International Growth Continues By Frederic Lardinois (ReadWriteWeb) Submitted at 1/14/2010 9:20:20 AM

SlipCover Adds Shiny Case Icons to Your Mac's Media [Downloads] By Whitson Gordon (Lifehacker)

While Twitter's growth has slowed down in recent months, new data shows that the popular microblogging service has found a lot of new users outside of the United States. According to new data from social media analytics and monitoring firm Sysomos, the U.S. now accounts for about 50% of all active Twitter users. This is down sharply from 62% in June 2009. The share of Twitter users from Brazil, Indonesia and Germany, however, has grown significantly over the last six months. Sponsor Brazil, Indonesia and Germany Brazil now accounts for 8.8% of all Twitter users - up from just 2% in June. Indonesia's Twitter users now account for 2.5% of all users (up from 0.5%). The percentage of German users among all Twitter users is now 2.5%, up from 1.5% in the middle of last year. Users from Brazil now represent

Twitter's second most active population, followed by the U.K. (7.2%), Canada (4.35%) and Germany (2.49%). Interestingly, the U.K. still leads Brazil when it comes to the number of total tweets contributed. Here the U.S. leads with 56.59% (down from 50.9% last year), followed by the U.K. (8.09%). Twitter's Brazilian population contributed 6.73% of all tweets. Twitter's most active users can be found in New York City, London and Los Angeles. Twitter's hometown of San Francisco is home to the company's 10th most active group of users. These numbers clearly indicate that Twitter saw significant growth outside the U.S. over the last six months. You can find Sysomos' full report here. Nobody is Using Geotagging Sysomos got this this data by analyzing the profiles of over 13

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million unique Twitter users who were active between October 16, 2009 and December 16, 2009. Given the recent interest in geotagging and geolocation services, we also asked Sysomos to look at the percentage of tweets that are currently being tagged trough Twitter's Geotagging API. While we didn't expect that large numbers of users were currently attaching location data to their tweets, we were surprised by how low this number currently is. Sysomos scanned 10 million tweets from Monday and Tuesday this week. Only 0.23% of these had been tagged using the Geotagging API. Given that the API has only been available for a few month and that only a small number of Twitter clients currently supports this service, it doesn't come us a surprise that only a few users are currently using this service. This small number, however, also indicates that users aren't clamoring to tag their location to their tweets. Discuss

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iPhone App Piracy Reaches $450 Million? Doubtful By Sarah Perez (ReadWriteWeb)

software programs that automate the advanced hacking required to gain control over the device. Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:30:00 AM Once jailbroken, you can install According to an independent all sorts of unauthorized thirda n a l y s i s p e r f o r m e d b y party applications to your phone investment-watching blog 24/7 via unofficial app store likes Wall St. Apple's iTunes App Cydia or Icy. Last year, we Store has lost $450 million due looked at a number of reasons to iPhone app piracy since it why you would want to jailbreak opened for business back in July by listing some of the better of 2008. Although that number "jailbroken" apps including one sounds high, they note it is small that turns your iPhone into a in comparison to the overall size modem, a themeing app called of the App Store marketplace Winterboard, and multiple apps and the millions it generates in that bring video to the video-less revenue each quarter - revenue iPhone 3G. But let's be honest. A that ranges from $60-110 million good many jailbreakers are according to previous estimates hacking their phones to gain from a Bernstein analyst report access to apps they don't want to cited in 24/7 Wall St.'s post. pay for. However, in order to generate In October of 2009, mobile the $450 million figure, the analytics firm Pinch Media author of the post uses some dispelled some of the myths q u e s t i o n a b l e b a c k - o f - t h e - about App Store piracy. Most envelope calculations that raise notably, they found that "try some flags. Our sources say that before you buy" as a reason for the real number is closer to $15 - pirating apps was a myth. That's 20 million instead. referring to the claim made by Sponsor the jailbreaking community that Piracy: Not Even a Big Issue one of the main reasons they The reason why App Store pirate apps are because the App piracy isn't as rampant as it could Store doesn't offer trial periods be is simple: most people don't for paid applications. If the bother to jailbreak their iPhones, developers themselves don't the first step to gaining access to offer a free "lite" version of the tools that allow for pirated app app, there's no way to tell if the downloads. However, keep in app is going to be worth the mind that jailbreaking isn't done price, claim the jailbreakers. But just for purpose of pirating Pinch Media revealed this desire applications. Thanks to a now to demo apps was just an excuse. easier-than-ever process for After tracking the jailbroken app jailbreaking, iPhone owners can ecosystem for many months, the choose from a number of c o m p a n y f o u n d t h a t t h e

customers (the developers using the service) are from developed economies like the U.S., Canada, and Western Europe. It's outside of these countries where the majority of piracy takes place, as they noted in a report last year. In these less developed economies, developers aren't conversion rate is only 0.43% for actually losing sales to pirates pirate-to-paid apps. In other those illegal downloads would words, the piraters are trying and have likely never been purchases buying later. They're just trying anyway.$450 Million? The $450 million figure cited in and trying and trying. That can be bad news for some the report was based on an developers. 24/7 Wall St.'s report average piracy rate of 75% per references developers like paid app - or three pirated Neptune Interactive Inc. and downloads for every one. With Smells Like Donkey Inc. who 510 million paid app downloads, each have apps with 90% piracy the number of pirated app rates. Another developer, Web downloads is 1.53 billion. With Scout Inc., sees a 75% piracy an average price of $3 per app, rate for a 99 cent game and Fish that would lead to $4.59 billion Labs sees a 95% piracy rate for a in losses for both developers and $7 game. This seems to show Apple combined. Since most that piracy rates increase with piraters wouldn't have paid for app prices. For example, notes the apps anyway, the estimated the report, expensive apps like 10% who would have paid TomTom's $79.99 GPS program brings the figure to $459 million and its Garmin counterpart are in lost revenue. found all over file-sharing sites Is that fuzzy math? Well, the calculations do make a lot of like thepiratebay.com. However, piracy shouldn't really assumptions to reach the final b e a m a j o r c o n c e r n f o r result. For example, the 510 developers, no matter what the million is an assumption based rate. In fact, after the merger of on analyzing Berstein's report, mobile analytics firms Pinch but Pinch Media's own analysis Media and Flurry, they're even from October 2009 claimed that considering doing away with the number is closer to 610 million. piracy-tracking feature due to Today they're saying it's more lack of use among developers. like 750 million (3 billion paid Flurry's VP of Marketing, Peter downloads over the lifetime of Farago, tells us that most of their the store, with roughly 25% paid).

Also, using average numbers like the 75% piracy rate and the average price of $3 per app aren't going to be anywhere near as accurate as an actual app-by-app review would be. And as Mashable notes, the 75% piracy rate may be accurate for games, but other paid applications are likely to have a much lower rate. Finally, the 10% who would, in theory, go buy the app later might be an overly generous estimate. Pinch Media found that only 1 in 14 would do so. More Like $15 Million Farago did a little back-of-theenvelope calculations of his own this morning and found the $450 million to be excessively high. With 3 billion downloads over the lifetime of the App Store with 25% paid, that's 750 million paid downloads. At an average price of $3 per app (the one figure he agrees with in the 24/7 Wall St. report), you're looking at 2.25 billion in gross revenue. Developers get to keep 70% of that, or 1.6 billion (approx.). But the blog post is asserting that lost revenues from pirated apps are about a third as large? That sounds suspicious. Extrapolating from these figures, even if as much as 10% of the iPhoneowning community were pirates shopping at an alternative app store, we would be talking $160 million in lost revenue (10% of 1.6 billion), not $450 million. A IPHONE page 43

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The Evolving Online Finance Ecosystem By Richard MacManus (ReadWriteWeb) Submitted at 1/14/2010 5:30:00 AM

Last week we analyzed how the Web is transforming personal finance. Today we'll take a broader look at the world of online finance, from personal to small business tools. To get an understanding of the online finance space, we spoke to the founder and CEO of one of the most promising startups in online finance, Rod Drury from Xero. Rod told us that he sees four types of markets in online finance: 1) Personal Finance(e.g. Mint, Wesabe, Yodlee); 2) Small Business Accounting(e.g. Xero, Kashflow); 3) Cloud ERP(e.g. Netsuite, Salesforce); and 4) ERP(e.g. Microsoft, Oracle). That segmentation makes sense to us, to let's look now at how the online finance market is shaping up. Sponsor RWW's Online Finance Series: Editor's note: This story is part of ReadWriteWeb's Online Finance series, a weekly, threemonth long look at how the Internet has transformed finance. Up until April 15, the deadline for U.S. readers to file their taxes, we'll be looking at how

finance software has evolved, analyzing top web tools and posting video of our conversations with the people who are shaping online finance. If you are interested in sponsoring the rest of this Content Series, please contact our COO Sean Ammirati. In our overview of Personal Finance, we explained how free tools like Mint, moneyStrands and Wesabe are making it easy for consumers to monitor their income and expenditure. The current market leader in personal finance is Mint, which was acquired by Intuit in October 2009. Today Mint has more than 1.7 million registered users, about 700,000 of them active every month. The online small business accounting market is less well formed at this time, which means there are opportunities for startups. Particularly as for years now small business owners have had to suffer relatively expensive and complex desktop software - such as MYOB, Intuit QuickBooks and Microsoft Office Accounting. Internet DNA In an August 2008 article, we wrote that many of the small business accounting software

functionality such as multi currencies useful. Perhaps most importantly, Xero has the support of many accountancy firms. Playing in Multiple Markets According to Xero founder Rod Drury, another trend in the online finance space to watch is that "each vendor might play in the adjacent market as it's good incumbents were struggling to exposure." We've seen this make the transition to online happening for years with the accounting. That was one reason likes of Intuit and Microsoft. But why leading financial software now even the small players, such firm Intuit acquired Mint, to as Xero, are doing it. Drury says import some Internet DNA. Just that for his firm, doing personal months later and Intuit is already f i n a n c e " c r e a t e s a g r e a t planning to phase out Quicken opportunity to talk to banking Online and replace it with Mint. partners and enables us better Just as Mint came out of the access to banking web services." web 2.0 world to re-shape the H e a d d e d , " i t ' s a u s e f u l Personal Finance market, it will marketing tool, though the likely be a web-based company primary monetization is upsell to that does the same to the small the business product." business accounting market. It We'll discuss Cloud ERP may end up being Xero, a products in a separate post, so completely online accounting for now please tell us your service which was founded in thoughts on personal and small July 2006. Xero hails from New business online finance tools. Zealand, but is aiming for global Which products do you use, s u c c e s s . F u l l d i s c l o s u r e , whether for personal finance use ReadWriteWeb uses Xero to or your business? manage its accounts. We've Image credit: An& Discuss found the integration with online banking systems to be impressive, the design slick, and

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10% piracy rate is probably not even accurate, though - it's too high. Farago says they've found the rate to be closer to less than 1% in reality. However, since these are rough estimates, he states that Flurry would say the number is more likely to be in the range of 15-30 million at the most - a number much, much lower than what the 24/7 Wall St. blog claims. In the end, piracy shouldn't even be that much of an issue for developers. It seems that ever since the launch of P2P networks for file-sharing everyone from record executives to movie moguls have claimed that piracy is killing their respective industries. But is it really? Those pirated downloads don't necessarily represent actual lost sales. Without a way to download these things for free, they would have simply never been purchased in the first place (for the most part, that is). The same holds true for app sales. Developers should focus on increasing sales among the user base that is paying by making the app worth the money, updating it with new features, and marketing it effectively. Mooning over the lost revenue - be it $15 or $450 million - won't help. Discuss

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Bing's Loses Market Share, But Success Rate Is Up By Frederic Lardinois (ReadWriteWeb)

brand or navigational searches, these types of searches account for 15.1% of all searches on Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:11:33 AM Yahoo Search and 16.5% of all Google still dominates the searches on Bing. search market in in the U.S., significant margin, but is now on Maybe Measuring Success Rate while Bing, Yahoo and Ask lost par with Google. Isn't the Right Metric for Bing? a small slice of the market in Sponsor It is important to remember that December. According to the Bing's Success Rate Microsoft's strategy with Bing, l a t e s t d a t a f r o m H i t w i s e , Bing's success rate is now over however, is to give users more Google's market share continues 75%, while Yahoo Search still info on the site so that searchers to hover around 72%. Yahoo leads among the top search d o n ' t e v e n h a v e t o l e a v e now owns 14.83% of the search engines with a 79% success rate. Bing.com. Because of this, the market and Bing accounted for As Hitwise's Bill Tancer points Bing team probably wants to 8.92% of all U.S. searches. out, though, it is important to keep the success rate rather low. Hitwise also looked at the note that portal search engines It would be interesting to see success rates for the top search generally see simpler queries and how many of the searches on engines. Hitwise defines this as more of these queries are Bing that Hitwise would qualify "the percentage of executed navigational or brand queries. as unsuccessful were actually searches that result in a visit to a Inevitably, these searches tend to due to the fact that the user got site other than a main search have a higher success rate and the answer to a query right on domain." Here, Bing used to trail while only 9% of the top 100 the site. Discuss Y a h o o a n d G o o g l e b y a search terms on Google are

contractor and veritable encyclopedia on all things that make a (now) former Third "Understand this: The Sam Echelon agent go ker-azy. Fisher you knew is dead." And man, can he lay it on. "He's Spolier alert! Nah, he's very off the leash and going for much alive (albeit starring in a answers," Coste says, in an game that's delayed yet again), extremely serious tone. We think and this latest trailer for Splinter the first question Fisher's going Cell: Conviction features one to ask this guy when he catches Victor Coste, private military him is, "Just how many times Submitted at 1/14/2010 1:15:00 PM

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As the new year gets underway, venture capital firms have returned to reviewing possible candidates for new investments. If your startup has a meeting with VCs coming up, be sure to do your homework and research the firm that you are pitching to before you show up without any prior knowledge of their past investments. In a blog post yesterday, Grotech Ventures partner Don Rainey wrote about his Top 5 Rookie Mistakes in Pitching VCs and at the top of his list was not reviewing the firm's portfolio. Rainey says while it's not necessary to become an expert of their history, it is important to have a general knowledge of the kinds of companies the firm have you watched The Bourne invests its money in. Sponsor Identity, anyway?" "If I've had three companies in Sam Fisher off his leash and in this new Splinter Cell trailer I n t e r n e t A d v e r t i s i n g , f o r originally appeared on Joystiq on example, you can probably skip Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:15:00 EST. explaining simple concepts Please see our terms for use of related to it," writes Rainey on his blog VC in DC. "If one lacks feeds. P e r m a l i n k | E m a i l t h i s | that awareness, it wastes time Comments

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AND undermines credibility." Having a basic knowledge of a firm's prior deals is not only good for learning about their habits, it also shows that you came prepared and are responsible to do what it takes to succeed. On another level, taking the time to learn about the people you are asking for money from is just a respectful thing to do and will save time for both parties. Also on Rainey's list was a more straightforward tip: don't be late to your meeting. But a less obvious mistake he says startups often make is attempting to get the VCs to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) - a topic we recently covered. "Venture Capitalists don't typically sign non-disclosure agreements," he says. "Really, we don't. Best not to ask." Photo by Flickr user scubasteveo. Discuss

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Publisher, PR Firms Team Up To Offer Young Entrepreneur Award By Chris Cameron (ReadWriteWeb)

undergraduate Economics program at Harvard University. "Winners of the Alister & Paine Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:50:00 AM Young Entrepreneur competition Young startups looking to get will get a terrific boost to their the word out about their new projects in ways which otherwise product or service may want to may not have been available to enter a new competition from them," said Miron. "Helping digital magazine publisher m a g a z i n e g e a r e d t o w a r d s these young entrepreneurs now Alister & Paine. The New Yorkbusiness executives. Pyxl will will become a boon to the based company is hosting its first provide the winner with two free economy's future." annual Young Entrepreneur of press releases, and PitchEngine Entrepreneurs must be U.S. the Year Competition with help is offering a free on-year citizens aged 18-25 and the from digital marketing firm Pyxl subscription to their service. companies must be domestically and public relations social held and formed on of after Sponsor platform PitchEngine. The judges of the competition January 1st, 2007. Applications The winner of the competition will be the founders and CEOs are due by April 30th, and the will receive a micro-marketing from Alister & Paine, Pyxl and winners will be announced a few campaign from Alister & Paine, PitchEngine, as well as Jeffrey w e e k s l a t e r o n M a y 1 7 t h . as well as an interview and Miron, the director of the D i s c u s s editorial in their weekly online

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Ga. Truck-Rental Office to Reopen After Rampage (FOXNews.com)

Authorities say 60-year-old Jessie James Warren donned camouflage and opened fire on KENNESAW, Ga. Penske the office Tuesday. He was officials plan to reopen a truck arrested about a mile away. rental office in suburban Atlanta Warren had worked there as a where police say a disgruntled technician from June 2005 until employee shot five people, this past July, but company killing three. officials would not say if he was Company officials say the fired. There is no known motive Penske Truck Rental facility in and police say he chose his Kennesaw is set to reopen Friday targets at random. morning. Penske Truck Leasing Five Filters featured article: President Brian Hard says he and Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: other executives have briefed the PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, 30 employees in the office and Term Extraction. have grief counselors on hand. Submitted at 1/13/2010 10:16:24 PM

Review: The New Adventures of Old Christine - A Whale of a Tale By Jason Hughes (TV Squad)

series, as if we're getting things somewhat out of order. Either that, or they just really trying to (S05E12) The title pretty much make things self-contained. gives it all away, if you didn't see Sometimes, they act as if the promos. I saw them, and yet I M a t t h e w i s s t i l l l i v i n g a t must have forgotten them, Christine's, like the last new because I was still in for a episode, and then he's back at his surprise when Eric McCormack new place with Richard. But Richard is completely focused on bent over to help Christine with when they're here, there's no the bachelor pad aspect of it. her flat tire. Things have been indicating that Richard and New The new girl in Matthew's life jumping around a bit with this Christine are expecting. Instead, Submitted at 1/14/2010 1:15:00 PM

catching him sniffing her bra -and how much she was clearly made uncomfortable by "Rick." Continue reading Review: The New Adventures of Old Christine - A Whale of a Tale Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews, w a s w r i t t e n p r e t t y w e l l , Reality-Free Permalink| Email this| | particularly in how much she was into Matthew -- even after C o m m e n t s

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New Year’s Resolutions iPhone Apps: Get in Better Shape By Alfredo Padilla (TheAppleBlog)

warned, none of these apps will actually burn calories for you, they’ll just help you get the Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:30:45 AM feedback and build the routines With the new year now a few you’ll need to make that happen. weeks old, it’s time to stop and Note: All links point to the remember those resolutions you iTunes store. made at the dawn of 2010. New Lose It! Year’s Resolutions are perhaps Price: Free best known for the likelihood Rating: 3.5 stars that they will fall by the wayside. This free applications has sat If you’re serious, however, one n e a r t h e t o p o f A p p l e ’ s of the best tools for making sure Healthcare & Fitness category you achieve your new year’s for a long time. Attractive and resolutions is your iPhone. easy to use, Lose It! is basically W i t h t h e v a s t a r r a y o f a calorie counter. Tell it a bit applications available for the about yourself, how much iPhone it might be hard to pick weight you want to lose and it the right ones if you want to get will give you a daily calorie in better shape, save money or allowance. You can then track get a date this year, so we’re what you eat and how you going to pick out some of the exercise, all with simple charts to best for you . First up we’re see how you’re doing. The going to start with applications newest version also includes the that will help you get in better ability to sync your information shape. with a website and even tweet The most popular new year’s your progress. resolution of all time, likely due iFitness to the expanding waistline that Price:$1.99 over one month of feast and Rating: 4.5 stars drink bestows upon us, getting in If you want to start building better shape can be a frustrating some muscle mass, then iFitness challenge. Thankfully there are is a great companion app. The p l e n t y o f g o o d i P h o n e application allows you how to applications available to help track a large number of different you keep this resolution. Just be weight-lifting exercises. It

includes photos, videos and written instructions for how to properly do each exercise and lets you set up custom workouts. Weightbot Price:$1.99 Rating: 4 stars If you want to eschew the bother of tracking every calorie and just want to keep an eye on your weight, then Weightbot is for you. The interface is gorgeous and it’s extremely easy to use. You can chart your progress over time and immediately get your BMI when you enter your weight. Nike+ Price: Free (for 3GS owners) + $29 for sensor Rating: N/A Apple and Nike’s partnership to track your jogging finally arrived on the iPhone with the 3GS. If

you have a 3GS, all you’ll need to do is jump into the settings to activate the Nike+ app, and then go out and buy the $29 sensor for your shoe. The app let’s you synchronize your progress to Nike’s website, choose a playlist while jogging, including the famous power song to get your over that hump, and gives you feedback when you’ve reached a milestone. Unfortunately if you have an older iPhone, you’re out of luck. RunKeeper Price:$9.99(free version also available) Rating: 5 stars If you don’t have an iPhone 3GS, or just don’t want to use the Nike+ system, RunKeeper Pro is a great alternative, although we should note it doesn’t work on the iPhone 2G.

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Using your iPhone’s GPS to track your runs, RunKeeper let’s you track your progress, view your routes and control your music directly from the app. Information can also be backed up and viewed on the RunKeeper website. If the $9.99 price for the Pro version of RunKeeper is a bit too rich for your blood, there’s also a free ad-supported version with the same basic functionality. iCan Price: 99 cents Rating: 3.5 stars Not specifically related to getting in better shape, but a good app for any resolution, iCan is basically a goal tracker with an inspirational bent. Simply enter in any goal and you’ll immediately get an inspirational quote. If at any point you find yourself lagging, simply press a button for more inspirational text. An attractive and simple way to keep track of your resolutions so you don’t forget them and remember what you’ve achieved.

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How-To: Remotely Support Your Parents with Screen Sharing By Andrew Flocchini (TheAppleBlog)

buddy. • If you both have a video icon, start up a video chat. You can Submitted at 1/14/2010 9:00:53 AM also do an audio chat or just talk We’ve all been in the situation. to them over the phone. Your mother calls you with a • Now request to take control of computer problem and you know their screen by going to either it’s going to take at least an hour the Buddies menu or the Start to walk her through the steps Screen Sharing icon in iChat. over the phone. Then she yells at • They will see a request dialog you when you sigh out of similar to this where they can frustration. Accept or Deny your offer. If you have parents who use free and my parents raised a • After they accept your Screen Macs then these calls happen less frugal son. They also have a Sharing request, you now have often but they still happen and Gmail account so we’re on the control of their machine. Fix usually at the worst time. This is s a m e p a g e a s f a r a s c h a t their issues and they will think how I use iChat and Snow providers go. If you’ve never you’re a god. Leopard’s Screen Sharing app to used iChat with them before you • When you’re finished you can remotely control my parents need to help them setup their end the Screen Sharing session By Jason Hughes (TV Squad) computer and quickly solve their account. Apple has made this by clicking the iChat icon in the dilemmas. pretty simple but if you can do it menu bar and selecting End Submitted at 1/14/2010 1:46:00 PM Apple’s Screen Sharing is based in person it’ll be easier on Screen Sharing. (S01E13) It looks like the on VNC and it is very powerful. everybody. Next time you’re Generally to remotely control a over, quickly setup iChat with This is such a great tool that you dinosaurs are going to play machine, you need to configure their info so in the future you can have try it out to see how slick it havoc with the Heck way of life for the next four months. It gave the host machine and open ports get right into it. is. I thank Apple for making on the firewall. The genius The bonus of using audio and such a perfect solution. No us a brilliant opportunity to look behind Apple’s solution is that video to help them makes this a opening ports on their router or at the current state of the job they use iChat to initiate the rather pleasant experience. If you third-party software to install. market. When Mike was laid off s e s s i o n a n d n o o t h e r have the hardware, get a video Just a clean simple solution after his discovery of a dinosaur configuration is necessary. If you c h a t g o i n g a n d s t a r t t h e utilizing something you probably bone at the quarry led to a shut can talk them through setting up magic. When you’re in iChat, already use with them. Give this down while the rest of it was dug iChat for their account, you’re make sure you see them in your a try the next time you get that u p , h e f o u n d h i m s e l f unemployed and looking for home free. Buddy List. If not, do the dreaded phone call and I promise work alongside Axl. Of course you’re going to need following. you’ll be thankful. The job search process has a compatible iChat account such • In iChat logged in under your changed a lot since Mike was out as a .mac, AIM or Gmail Gmail account, add them as a there, and probably for a lot of account. I use Gmail since it’s

Review: The Middle The Interview Americans who are finding themselves looking now. The interview process has changed as well. I can say from first-hand experience that some of those goofy questions Mike was facing are really out there, and it really is a dancing game to figure out what the recruiter wants to hear, because it's almost never the truth. Continue reading Review: The Middle - The Interview Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free Permalink| Email this| | Comments

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Splinter Cell: Conviction merely looks 'brilliant,' delayed to make it 'awesome' By Alexander Sliwinski (Joystiq)

Despite Growth, Apple Slips a Spot in U.S. Computer Sales Rankings By Darrell Etherington (TheAppleBlog)

a banner year for the PC side of things. Gartner came up with slightly less impressive numbers Submitted at 1/14/2010 8:21:32 AM for Apple during the quarter, Two separate studies have been with a growth rate of 23 percent. r e l e a s e d r a n k i n g s a l e s o f That’s quite a difference, and computers in the U.S., and both represents a 40,000 machine gap agree that Apple has fallen one between the figures found by the place compared to results from two companies. It’s a large the same quarter last year. In enough gap to affect whether both studies, one of which comes Apple falls under or above the from research firm IDC and one a v e r a g e g a i n a m o n g a l l of which comes from Gartner, companies listed in the rankings. Apple placed fourth in Q4 2008 By comparison, PC makers HP results, and had dropped to fifth and Toshiba had incredibly during the Q4 2009 period. strong years, growing sales by 45 IDC found that Mac sales in the p e r c e n t a n d 7 1 p e r c e n t U.S. had climbed by 31 percent r e s p e c t i v e l y . compared to last year, but that In a quote from Computerworld, despite that strong growth, sales G a r t n e r a n a l y s t M i k a k o hadn’t kept up with increases in Kitagawa explains what Apple’s the industry at large. Cheap doing wrong to miss out on the Windows machines helped create promising industry numbers, and

its a tune we’ve all heard before: The U.S. market last quarter continued to be very price driven. If a company is not in the low-priced market, it’s absolutely difficult for it to increase market share. And Apple did not do as well as others in share because of its prices. Netbooks and cheap laptops are flying off the shelves, in other words. That being the case, the growth numbers might not mean as much to Apple as they might otherwise. If companies like Toshiba and HP are making their gains on the backs of underpowered machines of questionable build quality, and ones that might also have lower profit margins than Apple’s line, then it might not be growth that

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Ubisoft has apparently delayed Splinter Cell: Conviction for "a bit more polish," the publisher told Eurogamer. Although the Cupertino is interested in. I common wisdom is that the maintain that we’ve yet to see delay occurred due to the the fallout of selling so many unnaturally packed Q1 of triplecheap machines so quickly. Wait A goodness, a representative for a couple years till they start Ubisoft stated, "The game looks showing significant failure rates, brilliant, but we want it to be then we’ll see how long-term awesome." Play this post off, Keyboard Cat growth is affected. The general recovery of the PC Sam Fisher. industry is good news for Apple, Splinter Cell: Conviction merely though, even if it didn’t reap as looks 'brilliant,' delayed to make many of the direct benefits as it 'awesome' originally appeared some of its rivals. The bottom on Joystiq on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 line is that people are once again 11:45:00 EST. Please see our willing to spend money on terms for use of feeds. c o n s u m e r e l e c t r o n i c s , a n d Read| Permalink| Email this| computing devices specifically. Comments The climate is a much better one in which to introduce a tablet than it has been in recent memory.

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(S01E12) I want a dog butler now. Sofia Vergara managed to do so much with her simple reactions to this dog, and Jay's interactions with it, throughout this episode, she had me laughing without saying a word. In fact, this may have been one of the funniest episodes of Modern Family yet. Misunderstanding was the theme for all three families this week. You had Gloria misunderstanding Jay and Barkley's relationship -- Barkley being the dog butler. Cameron's big heart led to all kinds of Latino insanity in their household, to Mitchell's horror, while it was Phil's fear of his wife that allowed several instances of misunderstanding in the saga of the big bare breasted tractor rider (*Ahem* It's a

It was unsettling enough that Google named its Nexus One after bio-mechanical humanoids from the dystopian future. Now it's rumored to be issuing the smartphone to secretive genetic scientists inside its office. Chalk up another cozy, kooky 23AndMe deal. We've heard through the Silicon Valley grapevine that 23AndMe issued all employees a free Nexus One. It's not clear whether combine). Continue reading Review: Google outright gifted the Modern Family - Not in My phones to the genetic testing startup, or sold them in bulk to House Filed under: OpEd, Episode 2 3 A n d M e f o r u s e a s a n Reviews, Reality-Free, Modern e m p l o y e e f r i n g e b e n e f i t . But Google is so tightly Family intertwined with 23AndMe that Permalink| Email this| | i t d o e s n ' t really matter. Comments 23AndMe was co-founded by Anne Wojcicki, wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin; it has taken repeated investments from Google; it leases office space from Google; and it uses zeppelins from a company Google appears to be heavily tied to. So count this as the latest example of how Google money and favors circulate to a large

diaspora of company friends and back again to Google, through wives, in-laws, ex-employees, consultants, ex-consultants, blimp companies, NASA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the whole thing can get positively byzantine. Of course, this isn't nearly as bad as that time Brin apparently funneled a tax-free investment to his wife's 23AndMe via Michael J. Fox's charity, but it's another piece of evidence in the pile to show how Google and its buddies could be handling these

relationships more carefully, if only to avoid the appearance of so many conflicts of interest. At the very least, 23AndMe should publish a blog post reassuring the world it has not been enlisted to help upgrade the next Nexus model with superior, genetically-derived Replicant technology. After all, the Nexus 1 was followed by at least six more models. And we know you could use the cash.

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American Idol : The Battle of Atlanta [Recaps] By Richard Lawson (Gawker)

wheelchair ramps, then it's going to be a snoozer. Last night his hair was mostly unleavened, and Last night our singing carnival so it was a pretty sleepy episode. wagoned south to the land of red At one point you could see dirt and REM. Georgia was the Randy's mind drifting off and a spot! In the big GA our judges thought bubble appeared over his found... Well, not a whole hell of head and in it was a hoagie. a lot, actually. They found Mary Well, not a picture of a hoagie. J. Blige. Just the word 'Hoagie', in big Yes, MJ was the guest judge for block letters. The man wanted a this go around, and as much as I hoagie. like her... I kind of don't. See What he got instead was Kara she's such a good singer of good DiabloGuardablow, a dumb songs — percolatin' and no more toady old Finger Lake of a drama and the Days of Our Lives person. I really detest her. You theme! — but on the show last know why? Because at least the night she just seemed kinda other two judges are sort of good bitchy. I know that this show has at pretending they have any become an institution and the shred of genuine emotions still cameras are there so folks buried in those leathery insides probably feel like they need to of theirs. They're professionals act one way or another lest they who know that one doesn't seem out of place, but is there indicate when one is acting on any reason for a grown ass American Idol. One simply is as woman to huff and snarl and put one is, and the loyal fans will lap her head on a desk loudly when it up because they are ugly and an innocent nobody walks into a fat and not clever enough to buy room and starts warbling at t h e i r o w n m a n s i o n s . B U T them? MJB was allll huffy and KARA. Ohhhh Kara. At one groany and eye-rolly and it just point she was like "All right! I made her look petty and dumb. am liking Atlanta! Atlanta is And she is neither of those things bringing it!" or some such in her songs! And yet... Sigh. I nonsense and it was so faux suppose Idol can slay the best of enthusiastic and dull and atonal. us. Kara is terrible at being on Randy, Simon, and Not-Paula television. That's all it is. Kara were all in typical form. Simon DiggyDogdoo is not a good TV seemed a bit more bored than personality. That's all. No big usual — you can tell by the deal. It's just not for her. wedge of his hair. If the two Luckily the whole damn show sides are swept up at high, sharp isn't about her. It's about singyangles then he's ready for a fight! s a n g i n ' . F a n c y p a n t s r e a l If they're low and easy like Hollywood-type warblin'. All Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:01:00 AM

them country bumpkins came stumble-stompin' up into that big ol' glass shack in the sky with all them magic movey floors and they sang their purdy little hearts out for them four sophisticate types from the big city. And awww golly shucks, did they do some sangin'! They sang country, they sang rock and the roll, they sang negro music. They jest about sang every old thang they could. I am inspired to type in hillspeak because of my favorite 'Murcan Irdol singtestant of the season so far. I don't even know her name, just that she is from Vonore or some such burg in the long lean piece of bark that is Tennessee. And she's like... a movie. Her favorite pastime in Vulcan, TN isn't karaoke or driving around with her friends and feeling the giddy possibility of youth and speed. Her favorite thing to do in Vornado, TN is to jump off bridges into murky brown water. "Don't try this at home!", she yodels adorably. Don't! Unless you have a bridge with water under it to jump into at home. Then, by all means. But don't pretend that your roof is a bridge and the asphalt below is water. Don't do that at home. Anyway, I love her. She said she bought her dress over in Smyrna for four dollars. Her mom has two cute dogs and she has never been on "an air-oplane." She actually said aeroplane. At that point I was sort of like "Oh hmm.... Maybe

this is fake?" But I don't think it is. I think she just says aeroplane. Some people are lefthanded. Some people are are allergic to cats. And some people say "aeroplane." It's just genetics. It's just evolution and science. Aeroplane. Some people say it. MOVING ON. Aeroplane sings country music plaintively and prettily and a bit pained, which is how country music should be sung, so all the judges like her. Did I mention that Kara DioDingleberry royally sucks? Well, she does. And when she was talking to ol' Aeroplane there in her pink stinkdress, she started droppin' her N's. Like "I'm really likin' you, your singin' has got it goin' on," in this really dumb affected country way. She is so profoundly lame and terrible at this show! Also, don't you wish that she put on a little Dickensian cockney when talking to Simon? "'Allo guvnah, cay-ah for some biscuits and tea and crumpets and goose?? Or maybe a shag in lorry, righto?" [long, slow fart] Simon just blinks awkwardly and softly whispers "Paula..." Somewhere far away Paula is curled up with her hairless cat and the sun is streaming through the window in lazy ribbons and everything is still and quiet and she doesn't feel sad today, at least not right now, and then suddenly she hears it, from somewhere out beyond the canyons, tattered from its long

journey. "Paula..." And she sits upright, startled and flushed. 'He misses me,' she thinks. "He misses me!" she says to the cat, who stirs and looks up at her with tired eyes for a brief second and then sinks back into sleep and the clocks tick and the afternoon wears on. Other than Aeroplane, there were a couple of other good people. A girl with big blonde springs for hair sang well. So did a little gay kid who takes care of his mom who has spina bifida (he called it 'spinaL bifida', but whatever). They're both going to Hollywood. A crazy person who dressed up like a guitar inexplicably got through. And, actually! Two wacky people went through. You know how the be-costumed usually are just jokes and they don't do anything well and we all just say "Ohhh, brother." But last night we didn't say "Ohhh, brother" to two of these jokes! There was Gwenny Guitar, which was surprising, but then even more surprising was a fellow with the American Idol logo shaved into the side of his head who called himself Skimbleshanks. I don't think that's his real Christian name, but regardless he refers to himself as Skimbleshanks. We all thought Skimbleshanks was going to suck, but he totally didn't! So Skimbleshanks is going to get on AMERICAN page 52

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New York Times Seeking Reporter for the Hardest, Best Beat in Manhattan [Help Wanted] By Doree Shafrir (Gawker) Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:32:03 AM

New York Times Metro section editor Joe Sexton is "looking for a tiger," according to a job posting passed along by a tipster. No, not that kind of tiger. More like a Dalton Tiger! The private-school beat is one of the toughest and most elusive for any New York publication. (When I was at the New York Observer, it was one of the beats that the editors would talk about wanting to devote a reporter to, always with a wistful look in their eye. They did at one point try to have actual high-schoolage private school reporters, but that experiment didn't go so well.) Private schools are notoriously secretive. Private school parents are rich, powerful, and lawsuit-happy. Private school kids—until NYC Prep!—generally believed that talking to the press could only bode ill for their college applications. Private school teachers knew that if they talked to the press or wrote about their schools, they could get fired. But of course, writing about private schools is a beat that's just about as New York as it gets—and the popularity of Gossip Girl has only fueled the craze. "Yes, we're finally doing it: Creating a full-time beat covering New York's private

schools. It is, perhaps, the one topic other than real estate that lights up cocktail party conversation," Sexton writes in his memo (reproduced in full below). Perhaps he needs to be going to more interesting cocktail parties, but the fact of the matter is that, yes, rich and not-so-rich New Yorkers are obsessed with private schools. Look at the scary documentary "Nursery University," which followed a bunch of 2- and 3year-olds and their parents as they attempted to gain admission to the city's elite preschools, or just tune in any day to the UrbanBaby NY Schools board, where the neuroses of the rich moms of (mostly) Manhattan are on naked, anonymous display. But is it possible that one of Sexton's best internal candidates was laid off from the Times last month? Eric Konigsberg, who was originally hired at the NYT to cover rich people, got canned along with 25 or so of his colleagues in December. On the surface, it seems like he would've been ideal—he seems to have had the sources and the knowledge of that world. But sometime around last summer, Konigsberg seems to have moved over to the Culture desk, where in the last few months before he got laid off he was often relegated to compiling the Arts Beat. We wish he'd kept

warfare. Someone with a strong sense of fun who enjoys the pure enjoyment of reporting on kids and how they learn. Yes, we're finally doing it: Creating a full-time beat covering New York's private schools. It is, perhaps, the one topic other than real estate that lights up cocktail party conversation. Dalton. Brearley. Fieldston. Spence. Collegiate, Horace Mann and Riverdale. And, yes, Regis and Ramaz and St. Ann's and The Little Red Schoolhouse, too. They are bastions of aspiration and privilege both, places that inspire fierce competition and intense curiosity, worlds known to few outside their citizens yet critical to the shaping of the wider one. OK, maybe that's a bit much, but we know this: The stories are yakkers that race up the most emailed list and get noticed; we're talking about the kids of the people who run the world here. Stories like Adam Liptak's recent A1 stunner about censorship at The Daltonian. John Schwartz's front-page feature on the Trinity grads who writing about rich people. w e w a n t a r e p o r t e r w h o studied the city's sushi. Eric January 13, 2010 penetrates closed institutions, Konigsberg's hilarious expose of Wanted: Reporter to Cover NY who compels the powerful to the chauffeured cars lining up Private Schools reveal their innermost secrets outside the 92nd Street Y's Joe Sexton writes: Metro is and fears, who believes "no" nursery school. Fernanda Santos l o o k i n g f o r a t i g e r . O r a means "ask me another way," NEW page 52 bulldozer. Pick your metaphor, who can unrave internecine

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on the Oprichniki, a terrorist cell of mean girls at Miss Porter's in Connecticut. Or New York Magazine's look at the Facebook wars inside Horace Mann. What banker bought his son into kindergarten by way of a board membership? Which guidance counselors and college admissions officers are in collusion to predetermine where kids go? Why do students that enter the elite institutions in high school outperform those who start at age 4? Exploring the company that controls the ERB test for admission. Analyzing the impact of the economic

downturn on endowments, applications, financial aid. Having a ball with the latest trends in academics, college resume-building, even fashion. Profiling the incredible kid or teacher. And we should take care to say: these schools, like all others, are often great, full of novelty and experimentation and essential to building foundational social networks that shape the world for the good. We are coming at them with wide-ranging interest, not pre-determined attitude. Our reporting can serve the kids and parents of these schools as much

as open up an exclusive world to a general readership. We have tried from time to time to dip into the private school universe, but we are now committed to jumping in with both feet. And we're looking for a reporter eager to dive deep and swim fast. Experience covering education, or wealth and power, a plus. If interested, contact [xx]@nytimes.com.

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The Harold Ford Campaign Trail: A Guide to Fine Dining [Campaigns] By Pareene (Gawker)

Manhattan. Ford's wonderful interview with Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:16:45 AM the New York Times illustrated a Harold Ford, Jr. wants to be the life of tireless shuttling from next Senator from New York. MSNBC's 30 Rock studios to We've mapped out his hotel lounges to pricey barnstorming tour of the state, restaurants to cocktail bars. We which has taken him from the c o l l e c t e d t h e N e w Y o r k l u x u r y h o t e l s o f m i d t o w n establishments he mentioned Manhattan to the exclusive himself, ones mentioned by his r e s t a u r a n t s o f d o w n t o w n friends to Politico, and sightings

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an aeroplane and fly to Hollyfornia. Though, he is kind of caustic and crazy, so he will probably be kicked off the plane before they take off and then it will be an 'incident' and

Skimbleshanks will be on the evening news, surrounded by a bunch of angry, stranded travelers. Curse you, Skimbleshanks!! Curse you always.

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I have absolutely no idea what It's full of aeroplanes. I feel so I'm writing right now. Jill Zarin light I could disappear. is sitting across from me right Paula... n o w s e t t i n g u p a G a w k e r Update: Remember the Pants on commenter account, so I can't the Floor guy? He was fun! really focus. My heart is fluttery.

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Buster Blog: Carlos Beltran Buster Blog: Carlos Beltran NEW YORK -- Carlos Beltran had surgery on his troublesome right knee Wednesday and the All-Star center fielder will miss the start of the season. His decision to have the operation also sparked a dispute about NEW page 54

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“As much as Griffin subscribes to the you-make-your-own-luck school, that left kneecap has You don’t often hear the words been a sobering reminder that “Los Angeles Clippers” and there are events over which even “playoffs” uttered in the same the most dogged individuals sentence. The Clippers have have little control,” ESPN’s rarely been a good basketball Kevin Arnovitz writes. “As he t e a m , q u a l i f y i n g f o r t h e navigated the mental hurdles postseason just once since 1997 dotting the landscape during his and otherwise relying on annual initial recovery, Griffin kept lottery picks to jump-start their coming back to his belief in fate, almost perpetual turnaround uttering chestnuts like ‘bad from mediocrity. One such things happen to good people.’ ” lottery pick, Blake Griffin, the Fox Sports’s Charley Rosen N o . 1 s e l e c t i o n l a s t J u n e , wonders whether the Clippers represented Clippers fans’ latest are cursed.* * * great hope to bring winning and Gilbert Arenas is still under a playoff spot to Staples Center’s indefinite suspension by the other basketball tenant, the one NBA for bringing guns into the w i t h o u t t h e c h a m p i o n s h i p locker room and is negotiating a p e d i g r e e — o r a n y plea deal with authorities to championships. Getty Images escape any jail time, according to Draft day’s Clippers optimism the Washington Post’s Keith L. seems a distant memory for the Alexander and Mike Wise. Their injured Griffin. Post colleague, Michael Wilbon, Clippers fans had hoped their believes Arenas’s $111 million rookie would make his debut contract should be voided, but later this season after he was that the troubled player deserves injured during the Clippers’s a second chance. final preseason game in October. In the Washington City Paper, B u t o n W e d n e s d a y , t e a m Dave McKenna writes that the officials decided Griffin wasn’t d o w n f a l l o f “ A g e n t Z e r o ” progressing enough during saddens Gilbert’s nicknamer, rehabilitation and opted for James Morris.* * * season-ending surgery on his Now that Mark McGwire has broken left kneecap. If the admitted to using steroids during Clippers are to make a charge his career, his total of 70 home into the playoffs— they sit three runs in 1998, then a singleand a half games out of the final season record, is a reminder of slot in the Western Conference baseball’s tainted steroid era. So, — they’ll have to do it without too, are the homer totals put up Griffin this year despite his by two other players suspected determination to return. of using performance-enhancing Submitted at 1/14/2010 8:15:42 AM

John Harper writes in the New York Daily News. “Remember the quadriceps injury that wouldn’t heal a few years ago?”* ** A few links to get you into the Olympics spirit: For Ryan St. Onge, childhood drugs, Barry Bonds and Sammy was an adventure: boating with Sosa, who, like McGwire, posted his family, scuba diving, fishing. n u m b e r s e x c e e d i n g R o g e r Perhaps it’s his nonconformist Maris’s record total of 61 home upbringing that has led St. Onge runs in 1961. In the St. Louis to the brink of qualifying in Post-Dispatch, Bernie Miklasz freestyle skiing for the U.S. at argues for Maris’s mark to be re- the upcoming winter Olympics established as the single-season in Vancouver. But it’s also taken record, and for Maris to be dedication and thousands of inducted into Cooperstown. aerial jumps for St. Onge to get The Chicago Tribune’s Phil this close to his Olympic dream, Rogers agrees that Maris should Greg Bishop writes in the New get his due, writing that baseball York Times. Simon Cho’s story isn’t should take a page from track and field and expunge the c o n v e n t i o n a l , e i t h e r . C h o , r e c o r d s s e t b y u s e r s o f originally from South Korea but performance-enhancing drugs.* a U.S. citizen since 2004, has been training hard to make the ** We haven’t gotten to spring U.S. short-track speedskating training yet, and already New team. Training is expensive, and York Mets fans are wondering when he didn’t qualify for whether the stench of an awful performance grants, Cho’s 2009 season is carrying over into parents sold their eatery to 2010. Late Wednesday, word finance his dream. It’s been a emerged that center fielder long, difficult road for Cho, one C a r l o s B e l t r a n u n d e r w e n t that included self-doubt and a surgery on his right knee by his sabbatical away from skating, own doctor, against team wishes, but one that now includes a trip and won’t be ready to play by to Vancouver, the Washington opening day. “If the Mets are Post’s Amy Shipley writes. saying 12 weeks before Beltran Mark Johnson, one of the heroes is ready to play baseball, that’s of the stunning U.S. hockey probably a best-case scenario, victory over the Soviet Union 30 and Beltran hasn’t exactly been a years ago in Lake Placid, is fast healer during his career,” building the U.S. women’s hockey team for a run at

Olympic gold. For Johnson, who had an 11-year NHL career, coaching women’s hockey came quite by accident, Wayne Coffey writes in the New York Daily News. Power plays are a big part of hockey, and they’ll likely play a major role in the Olympics. In the New York Times, Jeff Z. Klein writes that teams with a 5on-3 manpower advantage might have another trick up their sleeve: pulling the goalie for a midgame 6-on-3 advantage, a radical strategy used successfully in Europe. Finally, the recent Incredible Dog Challenge in Whistler has its supporters imagining a dog competition at a future Olympics, the Globe and Mail’s Wendy Stueck writes.* * * Running in — and completing — a marathon is not only a test of physical endurance but also of mental stamina. Scott Grischow is convinced he’ll finish the Houston Marathon this Sunday, and why not? After all, he’s completed a dozen already. But a bigger, much tougher task awaits him and his father this spring: climbing Mt. Everest, Dale Robertson writes in the Houston Chronicle. – Tip of the Fix cap to reader Don Hartline. Found a good column from the world of sports? Don’t keep it to yourself — write to us at GRIFFIN’S page 55

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whether he had received permission from the team, and perhaps whether the surgery was needed at all. Olney: New Mets Problems The Mets are in a tough spot after Carlos Beltran's surgery and thus should try to improve other parts of the team to compensate, Buster Olney writes. Blog • Karabell's Fantasy spin The New York Mets said Beltran is expected to resume baseball activities in 12 weeks, a timetable that likely would keep him out for most of April -- and maybe longer. New York's first official workout for pitchers and catchers is a little more than five weeks away, on Feb. 20. The Mets open the season April 5 against Florida. "The doctor said eight weeks, possibly, and a window to 12 weeks to resume baseball activities. With elite athletes, the timetable is sometimes shorter than the original prognosis," Beltran's agent, Scott Boras, said. Either way, it's more bad news for the Mets, ravaged by serious injuries to several stars last year while sliding to 70-92 and fourth place in the NL East. Hoping for a fast start to the upcoming season, they will be without one of their best players for at least the first few weeks. The Mets didn't want Beltran to have the surgery, but Beltran had

it anyway and surprised the Mets by doing so, baseball sources told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney. The Mets have contacted the commissioner's office about possibly filing a grievance, the sources said. However, Boras told 1050 ESPN New York's Andrew Marchand that the office for Dr. Richard Steadman, the surgeon who performed Beltran's surgery, received workman's compensation paperwork to pay for the procedure from Mets trainer Ray Ramirez. "The Mets gave consent to pay for the surgery," Boras told 1050 ESPN New York. Boras also said he had conversations on Tuesday with both Jeff Wilpon and Omar Minaya about the surgery. Beltran also spoke with Minaya, according to Boras. Boras said the guarantee language in the slugger's contract requires advance written permission only for elective operations. “ This was necessary surgery, necessary surgery to work.”-Scott Boras, Carlos Beltran's agent "This was necessary surgery, necessary surgery to work," Boras told The Associated Press. Boras said Steadman spoke with Mets medical director Dr. David Altchek on Monday and again after Beltran was examined in

Colorado on Tuesday, and that Steadman obtained Altchek's consent for the surgery. Boras also said he called Mets executives Monday to tell them Beltran was going to see Steadman and that they should keep in touch with Altchek. The agent said he traveled to Colorado with Beltran for the exam. A person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press that Altchek was not authorized to give consent because he is not a Mets official. "Dr. Steadman has represented to us that he spoke with the Mets' physician and he received consent to go forward with the plan and the surgery," Boras said. "Dr. Steadman has told us that his office contacted the Mets trainer and obtained the appropriate insurance forms and received approval for payment to go ahead with the surgery." In a statement released Wednesday night, the Mets said Beltran's osteoarthritis worsened during the offseason and he decided to have arthroscopic surgery to clean out the arthritic area of his knee. The procedure was performed by Steadman, considered one of the top knee surgeons in the world. He is noted for his work performing microfracture knee surgery on basketball players. Beltran went to see Steadman last summer for a second opinion

on his aching knee, and the doctor agreed with the Mets' medical staff that surgery was not needed at that time. Baseball Today Eric Karabell and Peter Pascarelli discuss Mark McGwire's steroids admission, Carlos Beltran's knee surgery and some offseason signings. More Podcasts » A five-time All-Star, Beltran missed 2½ months last season with a painful bone bruise on his right knee, coinciding with the team's plunge. He returned Sept. 8 and was eased back into the everyday lineup. The switch-hitter finished with a team-leading .325 batting average and .415 on-base percentage. He had 10 homers and 48 RBIs. The Mets said Beltran hadn't felt pain after the season ended or early in his offseason conditioning, but his symptoms "returned to the point where prespring training conditioning became too painful." Boras said Altchek had been examining Beltran once a month during the offseason. "Since the beginning of November, he was feeling discomfort and pain," Boras said. "They found some fragments in there that had to be removed." The persistent injury is a major concern for the Mets and Beltran, who turns 33 on April 24. He is about to enter the sixth

season of a seven-year, $119 million contract he signed before 2005. Angel Pagan got regular playing time in Beltran's absence last season and would probably fill in again. In addition to Beltran, Jose Reyes, Carlos Delgado and Johan Santana were among the Mets stars who missed long stretches of time due to injuries last year, along with pitchers John Maine, Oliver Perez and J.J. Putz. Reyes and Delgado went down in May and did not return. Many of the replacements got hurt, too, and Mets players spent more than 1,480 days on the disabled list, more than any other major league team, according to STATS LLC. Minaya could not immediately be reached for comment Wednesday night. A conference call regarding the Beltran situation is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET Thursday. 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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Chris Johnson of Tennessee Titans is unanimous choice for AP All-Pro By Associated Press (ESPN.com)

becoming the sixth 2,000-yard rusher in NFL history, Johnson got all 50 votes from a Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:23:39 AM nationwide panel of NEW YORK -- Chris Johnson sportswriters. One other player, didn't get any votes for MVP. He San Francisco inside linebacker d i d n ' t m i s s a n y f o r T h e Patrick Willis, came close with, Associated Press 2009 NFL All- appropriately, 49. Pro team. Cornerbacks Charles Woodson AP All-Pro First Team Offense of Green Bay, the Defensive The 2,000-yard rusher from the Player of the Year, and Darrelle Tennessee Titans was the only Revis of the New York Jets each unanimous choice for the squad, got 48, as did Oakland punter which was announced Thursday. Shane Lechler. He's joined in the backfield by "I just think Patrick is a very C o l t s q u a r t e r b a c k P e y t o n unique guy," 49ers coach Mike M a n n i n g , w h o w o n a n Singletary said. "He's a guy unprecedented fourth Most who's always going to be around Valuable Player Award last the ball. He has the instincts. He week, when only quarterbacks has the speed. He can be where received votes. he wants to be." "That'd be a good thing," said He's on the All-Pro team for the Johnson, who won the Offensive second time in his three seasons. P l a y e r o f t h e Y e a r a w a r d The other inside linebacker, Wednesday. "Because I feel like Baltimore's Ray Lewis, made it if you put a season out there, out for the seventh time. of those dudes who got votes or Other veteran All-Pros include the dudes who won, I wouldn't Manning, chosen for the fifth feel they had a better season than time, as were Minnesota guard I had, and broke as many records Steve Hutchinson and Vikings in one season that I had." defensive tackle Kevin Williams, For setting the league mark for and Lechler. yards from scrimmage and AP All-Pro First Team Defense

The Vikings had the most players on the team with four -running back Adrian Peterson and defensive end Jared Allen also made it. Next was Indianapolis with three: Manning, tight end Dallas Clark, and DE Dwight Freeney. New Orleans(guard Jahri Evans and safety Darren Sharper), Dallas(outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware and defensive tackle Jay Ratliff), the Jets (Revis and center Nick Mangold), Denver(tackle Ryan Clady and defensive end Elvis Dumervil) and Cleveland(tackle Joe Thomas and kick returner Josh Cribbs) had two players. "To be selected for the All-Pro team is really overwhelming to me," Clady said. "There are so many great tackles playing right now. To be recognized among them is truly a blessing. I would like to thank my teammates and coaches for this honor." In all, there were 15 AFC players and 12 from the NFC selected. Sixteen players made All-Pro for the first time: Johnson, Revis, Sharper, Dumervil, Ratliff,

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dailyfix@wsj.com and we’ll consider your find for inclusion in the Daily Fix. You can email C r i b b s , M a n g o l d , E v a n s , Garey at ris84rap@gmail.com. Thomas, Clady, Clark, New England receiver Wes Welker, Philadelphia fullback Leonard Weaver, San Diego placekicker Nick Kaeding and Arizona safety Tennessee Volunteers' Adrian Wilson. Woodson made it for the first time with Green search focused on David Bay, second time overall; he was Cutcliffe, sources say an All-Pro in 1999 with Oakland. By Chris Low (ESPN.com) Also selected to the team was Houston receiver Andre Johnson Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:38:27 AM for the second time. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Will Repeaters from last year were Muschamp, Texas' defensive M a n n i n g , P e t e r s o n , A n d r e coordinator and head coach-inJohnson, Hutchinson, Allen, waiting, has turned down a Williams, Ware, Lewis and lucrative offer to be Tennessee's Lechler. new coach, sources close to the T h e N e w Y o r k G i a n t s , situation told ESPN.com. Washington, Atlanta, Carolina, The Herd with Colin Cowherd Tampa Bay, Chicago, Detroit, New USC head coach Lane S e a t t l e , S t . L o u i s , M i a m i , Kiffin discusses his decision to Buffalo, Jacksonville, Cincinnati, leave Tennessee, Ed Orgeron Kansas City and Pittsburgh had speaking to Tennessee commits no All-Pros this season. and why USC is special to him. C o p y r i g h t 2 0 1 0 b y T h e More Podcasts » Associated Press Tennessee athletic director Mike Five Filters featured article: Hamilton continued to work Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: toward having a coach in place PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, by this weekend, and one of the Term Extraction. TENNESSEE page 56

The secret lives of everyday objects (Holy Kaw!) Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:50:00 AM

Have you ever wondered what your kiwi, cheespuffs or peanuts

do when you leave them home alone? Well, in the mind of artist Terry Border, everyday items lead quite interesting lives when Border’s“Bent Objects” series we’re not looking.

uncovers the secret lives of lemons, pill bottles and other things you have laying around your house. Oodles of art inspiration.

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The Count: NFL Home Teams Can’t Rest Easy (WSJ.com: The Daily Fix) Submitted at 1/13/2010 1:26:26 PM

If the quartet of NFL teams playing at home with a week’s rest win this weekend, it probably will be because they are better than their opponents, and not because of that rest or homefield advantage. Associated Press Jake Delhomme and the Carolina Panthers had a week of rest and home-field advantage against Arizona a year ago. The result? A 33-13 loss. That, at least, is what the historical record suggests. Home teams have done very well playing in the divisional round of the playoffs, after a week off during which their opponents played wild-card games. But they’ve done no better than one would expect given that they’re generally better teams to begin with — hence the bye — and playing at home. And in the last two years, home teams actually have lost five of eight games at this stage of the playoffs. Before the last eight games upended expectations about the divisional round, Jason Lisk studied the effect of the bye week for Pro Football

Reference’s blog. He compared home teams’ average margin of victory at various stages of the playoffs with their expected victory margin, based on their ranking in Pro Football Reference’s Simple Ranking System(SRS). He found that home teams in the wild-card and divisional rounds of the playoffs tend to have a six-point homefield advantage, whether or not they got rest. This is higher than regular-season home-field advantage, which could reflect the chill of playoff weather at outdoor venues. For conferencechampionship games, home-field advantage averaged two touchdowns in cold climates, but was virtually nonexistent otherwise. Four of the five home losers in the divisional round over the last two years played indoors or in relatively warm weather. These findings suggest an

especially slim advantage for this weekend’s home teams, since three play in domes and one — the Chargers — play in San Diego (the only chance of a coldweather game from here on out is an AFC championship matchup between the Ravens and Jets at Giants Stadium). Also, the matchups this year are atypical, in that by some ranking systems the rested home team is worse than the visiting opponent. By SRS, the Jets are better than the Chargers and the Ravens are better than the Colts. In the NFC, the Vikings and Cowboys are nearly equal, while among the home teams, only the Saints have a big edge, over the Cardinals. Football Outsiders’ DVOA rankings have the Ravens, Cardinals and Cowboys as superior to their opponents. And Jeff Sagarin’s predictor ranking favors the Ravens, Jets and Cowboys. So don’t be surprised if one or two — or three or four — visitors win this weekend, and don’t be too quick to call those outcomes upsets.

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candidates the Vols are zeroing in on now is Duke coach David Cutcliffe, who is a former Tennessee offensive coordinator. Sources told ESPN.com that Cutcliffe has talked with Tennessee officials, although he's not the only candidate the Vols are considering. Lane Kiffin left Tennessee to take the USC job Tuesday evening after only one season in Knoxville. Air Force's Troy Calhoun and Louisiana Tech's Derek Dooley are two other coaches on Tennessee's list, and the Vols also might be interested in talking to Clemson defensive coordinator Kevin Steele. SEC blog ESPN.com's Chris Low writes about all things SEC in his conference blog. • Blog network: College Football Nation Calhoun has called a team meeting for later Thursday, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette, although there's no word on what the meeting concerns. Calhoun was one of the Vols' finalists when Kiffin was hired, and Hamilton and members of the Tennessee search party were impressed with him the first time around, especially the fact that he has an NFL background. Tennessee made a hard push for Muschamp and made it clear that

money wasn't an issue. But in the end, Muschamp believed it was best for him to stay at Texas, where he's already contractually in line to replace Mack Brown when Brown retires. "I'm happy at Texas and plan to be here for a long time," Muschamp said in a statement issued through a school spokesperson Wednesday night. At the time, Muschamp did not rule out the possibility of leaving Austin for Knoxville, but sources told ESPN.com on Thursday that the Vols had indeed turned their attention away from Muschamp and were focusing on other candidates. With the recruiting period going live again on Sunday, the Vols are working feverishly to have a new coach in place by then. Kippy Brown, in his third stint at Tennessee, has been named the Vols' interim coach. Brown on Wednesday said he's been told that he also would be considered for the permanent head-coaching job. 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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Ruffin McNeill, defensive coordinator at Texas Tech, among six assistants let go By ESPN.com news services (ESPN.com) Submitted at 1/14/2010 9:03:12 AM

Texas Tech defensive coordinator Ruffin McNeill and four other assistant coaches were fired Wednesday as new Red Raiders coach Tommy Tuberville cleared the way for his own staff. McNeill and assistants Lincoln Riley, Clay McGuire, Brian Mitchell and Eric Russell were let go on Wednesday. A sixth assistant, Carlos Mainord, is retiring. Big 12 blog ESPN.com's Tim Griffin writes about all things Big 12 in his conference blog. • Blog network: College Football Nation So far, Tuberville has hired Neal Brown, formerly of Troy, as offensive coordinator. And The Tuscaloosa News reported Wednesday that Alabama linebackers coach James Willis had agreed in principle to

become the Red Raiders' defensive coordinator, according to a source close to the situation. Willis worked with Tuberville at Auburn for three seasons, according to the report. McNeill was named interim coach at Texas Tech when former coach Mike Leach was suspended and then fired over the treatment of a player who had been diagnosed with a concussion. Tuberville and McNeill were the only applicants interviewed to replace Leach. Riley, who called offensive plays in Texas Tech's 41-31 win over Michigan State in the Valero Alamo Bowl, released a statement asking the school's supporters to back the new regime and the players, according to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. "I know many people are upset about many things that have happened, but that is the hand that we have all been dealt," Riley wrote, according to the report. "During this time it is

Offensive coordinator Norm Chow will remain at UCLA Bruins, won't return to USC Trojans By ESPN.com news services (ESPN.com)

said he spoke with Chow on Wednesday afternoon, adding his offensive coordinator "assured important for all Texas Tech fans Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:27:08 AM me he wants to be at UCLA." to pull together behind the new staff and, most importantly, the Offensive coordinator Norm Chow is in the final year of his players. You have a special Chow will remain with UCLA contract and set to take a hefty g r o u p o f y o u n g m e n t h a t next season and will not join pay cut (from $1 million to represent you, and I encourage Lane Kiffin at USC, his agent $640,000) because the money he was being paid by the NFL's every Red Raider to never take tells ESPN. Pac-10 blog Tennessee Titans is up after this that for granted." Meanwhile, "Team Leach," a ESPN.com's Ted Miller writes season. Although Neuheisel group of Leach's supporters, was about all things Pac-10 in his w o u l d n ' t c o m m e n t o n t h e prospect of an extension for p l a n n i n g t o d e m o n s t r a t e conference blog. Chow, he addressed it indirectly. Thursday on campus in support • Blog network: College Football Nation "Obviously there can be of the fired coach. Chow, who worked with Kiffin movement in that regard. That's "[The rally] is to show there are a significant number of people under Pete Carroll at USC, was for the people who sign the who have concerns about the m e n t i o n e d a s a p o s s i b l e c h e c k s a n d m a k e t h o s e way coach Leach was fired," offensive coordinator for the decisions," he said. "With g r o u p s p o k e s m a n C h a r l i e Trojans when Kiffin succeeded respect for me, I want to know that my assistant coaches want to Hodges said, according to the Carroll. But Chow's agent, Don Yee, be here." Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. "We have a number of questions tells ESPN that talks went no Five Filters featured article: we'd like to have answers to. We further than one brief contact Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: don't want anything swept under with USC about the position. PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel Term Extraction. the rug." Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Your Best Shot 2009: Yellow By Zack Sheppard (Flickr Blog) Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:48:05 AM

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Mark Johnson Bringing Olympic Experience to Women's Team By Susan Slusser (Fanhouse Main) Submitted at 1/14/2010 4:27:00 AM

New School, Same Insincere Playbook for Lane Kiffin By John Walters (Fanhouse Main)

jumped into the seat he had just vacated, while the other clambered about the table as if it Submitted at 1/13/2010 3:49:00 PM were a jungle gym. Filed under: USC "Long day of flying," Kiffin LOS ANGELES -- Lane Kiffin quipped. s t e p p e d t o t h e p o d i u m a t Kiffin has spent as much time Heritage Hall. Within seconds, the past few days in airports as the newly hired coach at USC George Clooney's wayward made a pledge, saying, "Our traveler Ryan Bingham, even if number one dedication is to his future is not up in the air running a clean, extremely (that's Tennessee's problem). disciplined program." "We flew down to Orlando Almost on cue Kiffin's two M o n d a y f o r t h e [ A F C A ] toddler daughters, Landry and convention," said Monte Kiffin, Pressley, challenged their dad's Lane's father and defensive institutional control. First one coordinator. "Lane had to attend

a head coaches' meeting yesterday or be fined $30,000." Lane Kiffin attended that meeting, but few people besides he and his dad realized then that he would not be a head coach at the school he was representing in Orlando just hours later. If you live in Knoxville you are justifiably angry right now and why not? This is a countrywestern song (Tammy Wynette's "He Stopped Loving Her Today" comes to mind) and the Vols just got dumped for someone richer if not also prettier.

Filed under: Team USA, Olympic Hockey Mark Johnson is now in a similar position to the one that Herb Brooks so famously held in 1980 -coaching an Olympic team. Brooks led the U.S. men's "Miracle on Ice" hockey team, and now Johnson is running the U.S. women. He won't be hauling out any Brooks-style speeches during the Vancouver Games next month, however. "My approach is probably a little different from Herbie's," Johnson told FanHouse with a laugh. "But we are trying to do the same thing." Johnson, the top scorer for that gold-medal US team in 1980, has earned a reputation as a calm,

even-tempered presence while coaching the women's team at the University of Wisconsin. Brooks was demanding and hotheaded. Johnson's Olympic experience of 30 years ago will come in handy, though, even if he doesn't rant and rave in the locker room.

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Nash Gets Seven Stiches in Suns Loss By Anthony Olivieri (Fanhouse Main) Submitted at 1/13/2010 4:05:00 PM

Filed under: NBA Injuries Steve Nash was decidedly Canadian on Wednesday night, when he returned to the Phoenix Suns' 122-114 loss to the Indiana Pacers after receiving seven stitches in and around his mouth. He was hit by an inadvertent elbow from Earl Watson in the first quarter. That is, if all Canadians are considered tough-as-nails hockey players, which they pretty much are. I'm sure the good folks north of the border wouldn't mind the association. Either way, Nash -- who was raised in Victoria, British Columbia -- made like a defenseman Wednesday.

Watson's elbow caused Nash's tooth to puncture his lip, leading to four stitches on that upper lip and three on the inside of his mouth. The two-time MVP, who left the game with four minutes left in the opening period, missed the rest of the half while his mug was sown up.

'EA is in the wrong business,' exexec Lasky blogs By Alexander Sliwinski (Joystiq)

he made the argument to the former EA CEO that the company needed to cut $200 Submitted at 1/14/2010 1:45:00 PM million annually by "reducing F o r m e r E l e c t r o n i c A r t s headcount and cutting back on executive Mitch Lasky, who is ridiculous expenditures on risky now a member of venture firm titles" like Spore, Godfather and Benchmark Capital, is not T h e S i m p s o n s . H e a l s o holding back his thoughts on the advocated for "hyper-aggressive current financial turbulence at [research and development] EA. Once EA's executive VP of investment and acquisitions in a mobile and online, Lasky now transition to digital distribution writes on his personal blog, "EA and games-as-service." EA is is in the wrong business, with the s t a r t i n g t o m a k e s u c h a wrong cost structure and the t r a n s i t i o n , a s s e e n i n t h e wrong team, but somehow they publisher's strong iPhone and seem to think that it is going to mobile sales, along with its be a smooth, two-year transition dabbling in Facebook games. On from packaged goods to digital." the other hand, EA's MMO track S t r i c t l y f r o m a b u s i n e s s record has been a legacy of perspective, Lasky lays out what failure that includes Earth & he sees has gone wrong at EA, Beyond, The Sims Online and noting that in February of 2007 (sorry) Warhammer Online-- but

perhaps Star Wars: The Old Republic will change that. Given that EA's current value is so low (by billionaire's standards), Lasky finds it incredible that nobody has stepped in and scooped up the company for a bargain, noting that " Disney has been looking at them since I was at the house of the mouse back in the early 90's. And there are Chinese companies, like TenCent, that could easily swallow EA whole." [Via Big Download] 'EA is in the wrong business,' exexec Lasky blogs originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

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Rumor: Ubisoft maintains Beyond Good & Evil 2 still in production By Justin McElroy (Joystiq)

Report: Seattle one of the top three game-developing cities in U.S. By Griffin McElroy (Joystiq)

well. The firm's Interactive Media Competiveness Study compared [ Image] Ahh, Seattle. It's a number of factors (such as the already home to grunge rock, the n u m b e r o f s t u d i o s a n d Penny Arcade Expo and the educational institutions nearby) h i g h b r o w , d r y c o m e d y o f of twelve of the country's most Frasier; arguably our three prolific game-developing cities. favorite things on this planet. W h i l e i t d o e s n ' t n a m e a Oh, we're pretty big fans of definitive leader, the report video games as well -- and f o u n d t h a t S a n J o s e , S a n according to a report recently Francisco and Seattle were the published by the Washington top three -- the latter of which Interactive Network, it's one of made the cut after expanding its the three best cities in the gaming industry 8 percent country for making those, as between 2003 and 2006. Sure, Submitted at 1/14/2010 12:15:00 PM

the Washington Interactive Network might have just been playing favorites -- but still, we'd be willing to award Seattle the crown based on Frasier alone. [Via GamePolitics] Report: Seattle one of the top three game-developing cities in U.S. originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

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Because it will make the vagueness of today's rumor even more hilarious for you, we're going to walk you through the incredible history of Beyond Good & Evil 2 real quick: • May 2008: Ubisoft announces Beyond Good & Evil 2, with a trailer and everything, though not specifically naming it as such. • July 2009: Ubisoft North America's president Laurent Detoc says that while BG&E stuff is being worked on, it doesn't necessarily mean another game is on the way. • August 2009: Gamersyde says it's on hold, and Ubisoft won't

And now, here we are in January of 2010. As spotted by VG247, Gamekult asked Ubisoft France boss Geoffroy Sardin about I Am Alive and BG&E 2 and was told, " Ils sont toujours en production tous les deux"; roughly translated, "They're both always in production." Alright, so which do you prefer: canceled and dead forever or always in production? Rumor: Ubisoft maintains Beyond Good & Evil 2 still in production originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

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BBC One Debuts Material Girl By ELLE.com (ELLE News Blog) Submitted at 1/14/2010 8:47:37 AM

PS3 TV tuner/DVR out in Japan in March By JC Fletcher (Joystiq)

Remote Play or transferred to a Memory Stick. torne will be available [ Andriasang] Sony Japan has separately this March for ¥9,980 just announced the goofiest, but ($108.78) or bundled with a most interesting DVR device 2 5 0 G B P S 3 f o r ¥ 4 2 , 8 0 0 since the TiVo. torne (yes, lower ($466.52). No release has been case, and pronounced "torn-eh") announced in any other region, is a USB TV tuner that connects though Sony has already released to the PS3 and allows users to the PlayTV, a different TV tuner w a t c h , s e a r c h , a n d r e c o r d peripheral, in Europe. television through that system. PS3 TV tuner/DVR out in Japan DVR'd shows can be saved in March originally appeared on either to the PS3's hard drive or a Joystiq on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 USB-connected external drive. 11:15:00 EST. Please see our The device can record even terms for use of feeds. while the PS3 is engaged in a Read| Permalink| Email this| Blu-Ray or game. Shows can Comments also be watched on a PSP using Submitted at 1/14/2010 11:15:00 AM

British audiences will have the opportunity to view their very own homegrown Ugly Betty when the new six-part series Material Girl debuts tonight at 8 PM on BBC One. Like America Ferrera’s Betty Suarez and Anne Hathaway’s Andy Sachs before her, Ali Redcliffe (played by 25year-old half-Trinidadian Lenora Crichlow, shown at left), is the pretty, likeable underdog with wide eyes, good friends, and a strong, immediately tested moral compass. Unlike her American character predecessors, Ali is a not an assistant but a designer—a struggling one dealing not just with cash flow problems but a

recently broken heart. The wicked witch intent on thwarting our nice girl’s ascent (you knew she was coming) is Davina Bailey (Dervla Kirwan), the current ‘it’ designer whose needless bitchiness lets you know right away just how cold, hard, and talented she is. To complicate matters, Ali’s best friend and roommate works for the thin-lipped enemy, thus opening the door for loyalty dilemmas and obvi, every fashion girls’ favorite pastime: undermining anyone in the way. It’s been widely reported that the budget for the London-shot Material Girl was wanting and that this is very apparent in the final product. While it’d be unfair for audiences to judge the

quality of the show on its look alone, there’s no denying that fashion is a predominately visual medium and for those in the know, to see a Steve Madden knock-off instead of the real McQueen would not only be a turn-off but a legitimate distraction. On the upside, Material Girl was inspired by one of the better fashion exposés, 2006’s Fashion Babylon(by Imogen EdwardJones), and is backed by a strong production team with highly addictive shows like Secret Diary of a Call Girl and Mistresses to their credit. Photo: WireImage Follow ELLE on Twitter. Become our Facebook fan!

Make Better Challenge, Day 3: Get Naturally White Teeth By ELLE.com (ELLE News Blog) Submitted at 1/13/2010 9:30:00 PM

According to today's tip, you can “exfoliate” your teeth with crunchy fruits and veggies. So when faced with the choice between a banana or apple in our building’s newsstand store, I went with the apple. After my requisite bagel with cream cheese and cup of coffee, I’m

with M.A.C DSquared2 Lipstick sure my teeth will be thanking in Blood Red and I think I like it! me! (Who knew an apple a day It’s the perfect shade of fuchsia, could keep the dentist away too?) a color that makeup artists say Just in case my new crunchy make teeth appear whiter. eating habits aren’t enough, Click here for more Make Better however, I’ve still got my Crest tips Whitestrips Daily Whitening + —Emily Hebert Tartar Protection and pink Eating an apple with my messy lipstick. I’m usually not into desk in the background (the wearing bold lipstick colors, but organization tip only applied to lately I’ve been experimenting my closet, right?) Follow ELLE on Twitter

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A Cooking Lesson With Locanda Verde Chef Andrew Carmellini By ELLE.com (ELLE News Blog) Submitted at 1/14/2010 8:01:12 AM

Ever since Netflixing Julie and Julia last weekend, I’ve been determined to pursue more culinary endeavors (read: stop using my oven as a shoe rack). So, I was pretty excited when Solerno Blood Orange Liqueur, purveyor of citrusy goodness, invited me to a cooking class with chef Andrew Carmellini of De Niro-backed Tribeca eatery Locanda Verde Tuesday night. Participants gathered at Bouley Test Kitchen and watched Carmellini create delectable Italian treats that included Nantucket Bay scallops and citrus-braised veal cheeks with polenta, while expert mixologist Charlotte Voisey paired the dishes with Solernoinfused libations, such as bellinis and blood-orange caipirinhas. Here are two recipes I’ll definitely be trying at home. —Erin Clements Bay Scallops with Blood Orange Sauce Ingredients:

½ lb. fresh Nantucket Bay scallops Extra virgin olive oil ½ Tb. butter Salt & pepper to taste 2 whole blood oranges, 1 and ½ juiced, the remaining half cut into segments 2 whole oranges, juiced 1 meyer lemon juiced 1 sprig fresh oregano

2 stalks celery sliced very finely or shaved on a mandolin 1 fennel bulb sliced very finely or shaved on a mandolin Method: Season the scallops with salt and pepper. In a frying pan preheated over medium-high heat on a stove, very quickly sear the bay scallops with the butter allowing them to caramelize for 1-2

minutes maximum so as not to overcook them. Set them aside on a plate, and place the pan back on the heat. Add the juices, fresh oregano and a splash of olive oil and let it bubble and reduce over the heat for about 2 minutes until it becomes thick and syrupy. Season with oreano, salt and fresh pepper and set aside. In a mixing bowl, toss the celery, fennel, and blood orange segments with a splash of oil and a squeeze of lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper. To serve, place the scallops in the center of a plate and drizzle with the sauce from the pan. Top with a handful of the salad and drizzle one last time with oil to finish. Solerno Blood Orange and Basil Caipirinha 3 lime cubes 1 blood orange cube Muddle well Add 3/4 oz simple syrup 1 1/2 oz Solerno 3 basil leaves Shake and strain over crushed ice or pour directly into a rocks glass.

NYC's Skinniest House Sells for $2.1 Million (FOXNews.com) Submitted at 1/14/2010 9:05:32 AM

NEW YORK A town house dubbed New York City's skinniest house has sold for $2.1 million. The red, 9 1/2 by 42 foot-long brick building on Bedford Street was built in 1873 on land used as an alley between homes. The town house was listed for sale last August at $2.7 million. The 2 bedroom, 2 bath home last sold in 2000 for $1.6 million. A plaque on the narrow Greenwich Village home notes poet Edna St. Vincent Millay once lived there; so did anthropologist Margaret Mead. The newly-sold building was listed on real estate Web sites Wednesday as a rental available for $10,000 a month. An e-mail seeking comment from the listed rental agent Wednesday was not immediately returned. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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From Berlin to the National Board of Ivanka Trump's NonReview White Wedding Dress By ELLE.com (ELLE News Blog) Submitted at 1/13/2010 11:19:11 AM

Yesterday was a landmark day for film as the most reliable predictor of who and what will win which Oscar (i.e., the National Board of Review Awards) was held last night at New York City’s Cipriani 42nd Street. Among the winners were Carey Mulligan for her lead performance in An Education, Anna Kendrick for her supporting turn in Up in the Air, Gaby Sidibe for her breakthrough role in Precious, Clint Eastwood for helming the Nelson Mandela biopic, Invictus, and for best picture, Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air. As much as we love the award

season to watch our favorite films and film industry talents earn recognition, we love it just as much—if not more if Tilda Swinton and Cate Blanchett are in attendance—for their runway to red carpet parade. A few hours prior to last night’s honors, the cast of Sherlock Holmes attended the Berlin premiere of their film in just as high a style as their NBR attendee counterparts. Though Jude Law couldn’t be there, Diane Kruger was and somehow managed to make a metallic, laser-cut bolero over top a zipfront black mini with (upper) thigh-high leather boots look downright elegant. Not to be out RTW-ed at her own party, Sherlock Holmes’ leading lady,

Rachel McAdams, channeled Veronica Lake in a fitted, textured, one-shouldered gown in deep teal, one of the most favored colors of the SS10 season. Judging from what we’ve seen so far, this year (fingers crossed) is looking to be the year simple n’ strapless won’t be Oscar night’s dominating trend. Yesterday witnessed four very different but very striking red carpet turns, courtesy of (left to right): Rachel McAdams (in a modified Alberta Ferretti runway gown), Diane Kruger (in Karl Lagerfeld), Carey Mulligan (in Prada), and Maggie Gyllenhaal (in Lanvin) Photos: WireImage

By ELLE.com (ELLE News Blog) Submitted at 1/14/2010 9:24:29 AM

Over the next few months on this blog, you may notice a little more love in the air. The reason: I just got engaged. Despite playing a major role in the planning of several close friends’ weddings, I’ve spent little time imagining my own. Within 24 hours of saying “Yes!” the questions started flooding in: spring or summer, city or country, big or small, sit-down or buffet, and, of course, every inquiry imaginable about THE DRESS. One thing I have decided on is a short engagement—I can’t imagine mulling over centerpieces and seating charts for a day over six months. The recently married Ivanka Trump planned her nuptials in just three months, saying that the process was “so easy” (the young mogul even pulled

together a second wedding just days later, which was hosted by the groom’s parents). Now, back to the dress. What are your thoughts on non-white/ivory dresses (like Ivanka’s above)? —Violet Moon Gayn or Follow ELLE on Twitter. Become our Facebook fan!

MediaDailyNews: Alerman Heads Comedy Central Programming/Production (MediaPost | Media News) Submitted at 1/14/2010 8:44:57 AM

Comedy Central named Kent Alterman head of original programming and production. He

will oversee the development teams in both Los Angeles and New York. Most recently, Alterman had a feature film producing and directing deal with Fox Film Studios, as well as

producing and directing projects in development at New Line Cinema, Warner Bros., Lionsgate Films and a television pilot with Shawn Ryan at 20th Television Studio. Earlier in his

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US rushes troops to Haiti quake (BBC News | Americas | World Edition) Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:45:52 AM

Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. On the ground in Haiti with survivors as they desperately plead for help The US is sending up to 3,500 soldiers and 2,200 marines to Haiti to help rescue efforts in the wake of the devastating earthquake. President Barack Obama pledged one of the biggest relief efforts in recent US history and said Haiti would "not be forgotten" in its hour of need. The search for survivors continues but rescuers lack heavy lifting equipment and many are using their bare hands. The Red Cross estimates 45,000 -50,000 people are dead and up to 3m affected. BBC correspondents say the situation is increasingly desperate, with aid only trickling in. Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. President Obama: 'Search and rescue teams are actively working to save lives' Mr Obama confirmed that some US rescuers were already working on the ground in Haiti. Speaking in Washington, he promised the country "every element of our national capacity, our diplomacy, and development assistance, the power of our military and most importantly,

Port-au-Prince says Haiti is in massive need of food, water and medicine, as well as bulldozers and heavy lifting equipment. But perhaps more than anything it needs someone to take charge here, our correspondent says. The government is fragile at the best of times and there is no sense it is able to do anything for now. Meanwhile, the US Federal Aviation Authority said it had stopped civilian flights to Haiti for the moment at the Haitian government's request because there was not enough space on the ground for more planes and only limited fuel for them to leave. The director of Port-au-Prince's general hospital said that by the compassion of our country" they are doing the best to fend against time to find people 1100 (1600 GMT) at least 1,500 following the disaster. for themselves but this is a place trapped under the rubble of the bodies were already stacked "To the people of Haiti, we say with no infrastructure. collapsed buildings. inside and outside the morgue, clearly and with conviction, you People can only dig through Elisabeth Byrs, of the UN's with police continuing to bring will not be forsaken, you will not buildings with their hands in an Office for the Coordination of more corpses on pick-up trucks, be forgotten," he said. attempt to rescue any survivors. Humanitarian Affairs, said: "The Reuters reports. However he warned it would The first 100-strong contingent priority is to find survivors. We UN Secretary General Ban Kitake time for much-needed help from the US Army's 82nd are working against the clock." moon said it could be days to reach people. Airborne Division is expected to The head of Medecins du before even an estimate of the Mr Obama also promised an arrive in Haiti by the end of Monde, Olivier Bernard, told death toll from the earthquake immediate $100m for Haiti's Thursday, with several hundred AFP news agency that aid had to could be made, but said he feared relief effort and said that more due by Friday. arrive by Thursday evening. it would be "very high". investment would grow over the The USS Carl Vinson aircraft "To save lives, surgery must be Please turn on JavaScript. Media coming year to aid long-term carrier will arrive on Thursday. available ideally within the first requires JavaScript to play. recovery. The USS Bataan, carrying a 48 hours," he said. Ban Ki-moon: "Haiti will need Out in the streets of Port-au- marine expeditionary unit, is also Doctor's assistant Jimitre every ounce of help we can Prince, the situation is now on its way. Coquillon told Associated Press: offer" critical. The US forces will join Haitians "This is much worse than a Up to 150 UN staff remain The voices that were being and international search and hurricane. There's no water. unaccounted for following the heard from inside the collapsed rescue teams already on the There's nothing. Thirsty people buildings have now fallen silent. ground. are going to die." RUSHES page 73 Haitians feel desperately alone, Aid groups say it is a race The BBC's Matthew Price in

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Year after Hudson River jet landing, fear remains (AP) (Yahoo! News: U.S. News)

soaked and freezing from the water, and at the moment of impact they will raise their NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Months after the glasses in a toast. crash, Doreen Welsh had a panic Returning to the river won't be attack when she inhaled a little easy for Welsh. One of three water in the shower. Anastasia flight attendants on Flight 1549, Sosa no longer finds swimming she remembers being seconds fun â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it feels too much like away from drowning as water survival training. And Jorge gushed into the rear of the Morgado can't bring himself to aircraft, reaching all the way to get back on a plane. her chin. A year after the 155 people Even now, she is afraid of aboard the crippled US Airways water. One day, six or seven Flight 1549 survived a splash- months after the crash, she landing on the frigid Hudson inhaled some water in the shower River, some are suffering the and had a full-scale panic attack, psychological aftereffects of experiencing the evacuation their terrifying descent and again. She has been diagnosed harrowing evacuation. with post-traumatic stress While many have spoken of a d i s o r d e r . newfound appreciation for life Her therapist has her doing and a focus on family, some also shower exercises in which she are struggling to regain their takes increasing amounts of balance emotionally. water into her mouth. When she "It was a real breaking point for takes a bubble bath, she practices me," said Sosa, who believed her putting her head under. husband and two young children She has returned, uneasily, to would die with her. flying but not to work. She still In what became known as the hasn't decided whether to go Miracle on the Hudson, Capt. back to her job. She has yet to Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger wear her uniform, which was deftly put his Airbus A320 down shredded and bloodied. in the river on Jan. 15, 2009, One decision she has made: She after a collision with a flock of won't be seeking cosmetic birds disabled the aircraft's surgery to hide the prominent engines. scar left on her leg from the gash On Friday, the anniversary, she suffered that day. Sullenberger and some of the "When I look at it, it gives me survivors will take a boat out to that jolt to be grateful, and the place where they were pulled maybe I need that," said the Submitted at 1/14/2010 8:55:43 AM

Ambridge, Pa., woman. "It just brings me back to I'm just grateful I'm here and I'm happy I lived through all that." Once an avid swimmer, the 41year-old Sosa has stopped her near-daily trips to the pool. The East Hampton woman said swimming reminds her of carrying her baby son to safety, of looking back and seeing her husband chest-deep in the flooded cabin, hoisting their 4year-old daughter above the rising water, of thinking they wouldn't make it out. Morgado has yet to get on a plane again. "I know once I get on, they close that door and you're strapped in your seat, you're in, you're not going anywhere. The flashbacks will still come," said the 33-yearold flooring company owner, who was on a golf trip when the plane went down. "What happened will always be there." Still, he insisted, it's only a matter of time: "At one point I'm just going to suck it up and do it." The father of three has set a deadline for himself. He and his wife are planning a family trip from their Chicopee, Mass., home to Walt Disney World 18 months from now. Many survivors, including Mark Hood, speak mostly about the positive outlook they gained from their brush with death. In

the past year, the Charlotte, N.C., salesman has spoken to more than 50 church and civic groups about the experience. "There is really, really nothing in life to fear," he said. "I feel like every day is a bonus no matter how difficult the problems that are thrown at you or at me." But even Hood, who said he had always been stoic and guarded before the crash, is sometimes surprised by the lingering effects. During his children's high school graduation party, the former Marine suddenly felt dizzy and had to put his hand against the wall to steady himself. "All I could think about was this entire party would be happening without me if things had turned out differently on the 15th," he said. The survivors of Flight 1549 have returned home to their families, and many have gone back to their jobs. Some participate in an e-mail group, sharing their progress and their thoughts. Two survivors, Laura Zych and Ben Bostic, have fallen in love. The group surprised some observers with what they have chosen not to do: No one on board the plane has sued the airline. "Amazing," said Justin Green, an attorney with Kreindler & Kreindler, a law firm that specializes in air disasters.

Sheila Dail, another of the flight attendants, at first was embarrassed after experiencing a panic attack. Then the Asheville, N.C., woman decided to turn her anxiety into something positive: She got certified in crisis management and is training to help other flight attendants cope with trauma. Sosa, for her part, stays home more, nervous about driving. When she does get on the road, she is hypervigilant, ready in case something goes wrong. She did take a flight with her daughter, but the girl turned bright red from anxiety on the descent. Despite their fears, her family will return to the river to mark the anniversary because of the other survivors, who have been a source of support, she said. Welsh said she will be there, too, hoping to conquer her fears. "I'm sure I will not be standing anywhere on the edge," she said with a laugh. "I will be the person standing as far to the middle as you can get." ___ Associated Press writer Mitch Weiss in Charlotte, N.C., contributed to this report. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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Passengers Reflect on Year After Hudson River Jet Landing (FOXNews.com)

the place where they were pulled soaked and freezing from the water, and at the moment of NEW YORK Months after the impact they will raise their crash, Doreen Welsh had a panic glasses in a toast. attack when she inhaled a little Returning to the river won't be water in the shower. Anastasia easy for Welsh. One of three Sosa no longer finds swimming flight attendants on Flight 1549, fun â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it feels too much like she remembers being seconds survival training. And Jorge away from drowning as water Morgado can't bring himself to gushed into the rear of the get back on a plane. aircraft, reaching all the way to A year after the 155 people her chin. aboard the crippled US Airways Even now, she is afraid of Flight 1549 survived a splash- water. One day, six or seven landing on the frigid Hudson months after the crash, she River, some are suffering the inhaled some water in the shower psychological aftereffects of and had a full-scale panic attack, their terrifying descent and experiencing the evacuation harrowing evacuation. again. She has been diagnosed Click here to see photos. with post-traumatic stress While many have spoken of a d i s o r d e r . newfound appreciation for life Her therapist has her doing and a focus on family, some also shower exercises in which she are struggling to regain their takes increasing amounts of balance emotionally. water into her mouth. When she "It was a real breaking point for takes a bubble bath, she practices me," said Sosa, who believed her putting her head under. husband and two young children She has returned, uneasily, to would die with her. flying but not to work. She still In what became known as the hasn't decided whether to go Miracle on the Hudson, Capt. back to her job. She has yet to Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger wear her uniform, which was deftly put his Airbus A320 down shredded and bloodied. in the river on Jan. 15, 2009, One decision she has made: She after a collision with a flock of won't be seeking cosmetic birds disabled the aircraft's surgery to hide the prominent engines. scar left on her leg from the gash On Friday, the anniversary, she suffered that day. Sullenberger and some of the "When I look at it, it gives me survivors will take a boat out to that jolt to be grateful, and Submitted at 1/14/2010 9:16:30 AM

maybe I need that," said the Ambridge, Pa., woman. "It just brings me back to I'm just grateful I'm here and I'm happy I lived through all that." Once an avid swimmer, the 41year-old Sosa has stopped her near-daily trips to the pool. The East Hampton woman said swimming reminds her of carrying her baby son to safety, of looking back and seeing her husband chest-deep in the flooded cabin, hoisting their 4year-old daughter above the rising water, of thinking they wouldn't make it out. Morgado has yet to get on a plane again. "I know once I get on, they close that door and you're strapped in your seat, you're in, you're not going anywhere. The flashbacks will still come," said the 33-yearold flooring company owner, who was on a golf trip when the plane went down. "What happened will always be there." Still, he insisted, it's only a matter of time: "At one point I'm just going to suck it up and do it." The father of three has set a deadline for himself. He and his wife are planning a family trip from their Chicopee, Mass., home to Walt Disney World 18 months from now. Many survivors, including Mark Hood, speak mostly about the positive outlook they gained

from their brush with death. In the past year, the Charlotte, N.C., salesman has spoken to more than 50 church and civic groups about the experience. "There is really, really nothing in life to fear," he said. "I feel like every day is a bonus no matter how difficult the problems that are thrown at you or at me." How Birds Can Down a Jet Airplane But even Hood, who said he had always been stoic and guarded before the crash, is sometimes surprised by the lingering effects. During his children's high school graduation party, the former Marine suddenly felt dizzy and had to put his hand against the wall to steady himself. "All I could think about was this entire party would be happening without me if things had turned out differently on the 15th," he said. The survivors of Flight 1549 have returned home to their families, and many have gone back to their jobs. Some participate in an e-mail group, sharing their progress and their thoughts. Two survivors, Laura Zych and Ben Bostic, have fallen in love. The group surprised some observers with what they have chosen not to do: No one on board the plane has sued the airline. "Amazing," said Justin Green, an

attorney with Kreindler & Kreindler, a law firm that specializes in air disasters. Sheila Dail, another of the flight attendants, at first was embarrassed after experiencing a panic attack. Then the Asheville, N.C., woman decided to turn her anxiety into something positive: She got certified in crisis management and is training to help other flight attendants cope with trauma. Sosa, for her part, stays home more, nervous about driving. When she does get on the road, she is hypervigilant, ready in case something goes wrong. She did take a flight with her daughter, but the girl turned bright red from anxiety on the descent. Despite their fears, her family will return to the river to mark the anniversary because of the other survivors, who have been a source of support, she said. Welsh said she will be there, too, hoping to conquer her fears. "I'm sure I will not be standing anywhere on the edge," she said with a laugh. "I will be the person standing as far to the middle as you can get." Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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Colleges cap enrollment amid budget budget cuts (AP) (Yahoo! News: U.S. News)

more so. Most community colleges have open-access policies, but demand for classes SAN FRANCISCO â&#x20AC;&#x201C; College is so intense that many students applicants are facing one of the can't get the courses they need. toughest years ever to gain "We're hearing a lot of panic," admission to the nation's public said Gerna Benz, a partner at colleges and universities as California San Francisco Bay schools grapple with deep budget A r e a C o l l e g e P l a n n i n g cuts and record numbers of Specialists. Benz said business at applications. his Oakland-based college As cash-poor state governments counseling firm has tripled over slash budgets, colleges are the past year. capping or cutting enrollment Benz is encouraging more despite a surge in applications families to consider private f r o m h i g h s c h o o l s e n i o r s , colleges, which may be more community college students and expensive but offer less crowded unemployed workers returning to c l a s s e s a n d t h e c h a n c e t o school. graduate in four years, which is The increased competition becoming a rarity at many public means more students will be colleges. turned away, forced to attend Applications to private colleges pricier private institutions or shut are holding steady, while public out of college altogether. universities around the country Wilson Liang, a senior at San are seeing record demand as cost Francisco's Galileo Academy of -conscious families look for Science and Technology, said he g o o d v a l u e , s a i d B a r m a k worries that enrollment cuts at Nassirian, associate executive the University of California will d i r e c t o r o f t h e A m e r i c a n freeze him out of its flagship A s s o c i a t i o n o f C o l l e g i a t e Berkeley campus. Registrars and Admissions "I know the competition is very Officers. high," said the 17-year-old Low-income, minority students Liang, who would be the first could face the roughest road to person in his family to attend admission because they often college. "There are a lot of smart can't afford private colleges and people out there." don't have the resources or C o l l e g e s t h a t p r e v i o u s l y academic credentials to compete accepted all qualified students with students from wealthier are becoming selective, while families and better high schools, selective schools are becoming he said. Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:35:53 AM

The enrollment caps could also threaten President Barack Obama's goal of making the U.S. the leader in college attainment by 2020 and undermine the nation's economic competitiveness, college officials say. "We're reducing enrollment when we should be increasing it," said Scott Lay, president of the Community College League of California. Experts say states should increase access to college during a recession so that unemployed workers can train for new jobs. The University of Florida, which has about 35,000 undergraduates, is seeking to reduce enrollment by 4,000 students by 2012, said spokeswoman Janine Sikes. The chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education, which has 114,000 students, recently told its Board of Trustees it must consider capping enrollment for the first time. "If you enroll someone and don't give that individual a reasonable path to a degree or certificate in a reasonable amount of time, what kind of access is that?" said Chancellor Dan Klaich. Competition is particularly intense in California, where public universities are dealing with huge cuts in state support that have led to sharp tuition

increases, faculty furloughs, course cutbacks and student protests. The state's 110 community colleges are struggling to accommodate a record 2.9 million students. The 10-campus University of California reduced enrollment of California-resident freshmen by 6 percent, or about 2,300 students, and is expected to shrink enrollment further this year even as a record number of applicants applied for admission for the fall of 2010, said Nina Robinson, UC director of student policy. "If we continue to enroll the same number of students as we have in the past, we risk affecting the quality of education for our current students," Robinson said. Getting into the flagship Berkeley could be harder than ever for California residents because it plans to admit more nonresident undergraduates, who pay three times more in tuition. California State University, the nation's largest public university system with 23 campuses and 450,000 students, is seeking to reduce enrollment by an unprecedented 40,000 students over two years. Before the state budget crisis, most CSU campuses accepted nearly all students who met the minimal qualifications. By Dec. 1, CSU had already

received a record 610,000 applications, a 28 percent increase, for fall 2010, which means large numbers of qualified students will be turned away, said Jim Blackburn, CSU director of enrollment management systems. San Jose State University, which had 33,000 students in fall 2008, reduced enrollment by 3,000 last year and expects to cut an additional 2,500 students this year. The campus had to turn away 8,700 qualified applicants last year and expects to reject even more this year, said spokeswoman Pat Lopes Harris. After five semesters of community college, Formekia Chinn had planned to transfer from Mission College in Santa Clara to San Jose State this month, but the CSU campus closed spring admissions. Her financial aid has run out, so she must find a job until she can start classes this fall â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if she's accepted. "It's very discouraging," said the 30-year-old single mom. "Who knows what's going to come up? I'm worried something else is going to go wrong." Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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China responds to Google threat (BBC News | Americas | World Edition)

Chinese government encourages development of the internet." She was responding to a Submitted at 1/14/2010 2:34:00 AM reporter's question on Google China has said that foreign and US concerns about the internet firms are welcome to do business environment in China in business there "according to the light of Google's reported cyberlaw". attacks. The statement, from Foreign "Chinese law proscribes any Ministry spokeswoman Jiang form of hacking activity," she Yu, is Beijing's first response to said. Google's threat to stop filtering The foreign ministry content in China. spokeswoman was asked seven Google said cyber-attacks times about Google at her regular originating in China aimed at briefing. rights activists, and increased Her response was entirely web censorship, might force it to predictable. end its China operations. A more revealing answer came Ms Jiang insisted the internet Thursday from Wang Chen, a was "open" in China. minister at the State Council who Google announced late on insisted that "properly guiding Tuesday that it was no longer internet opinion is a major willing to censor its Chinese measure for protecting internet search engine - google.cn. information security". The search engine said it would He did not mention Google by hold talks with the government name, but he did complain that in the coming weeks to look at online pornography, fraud and operating an unfiltered search "rumours" were a menace. engine within the law in the As analysts here have noted, country, though no changes to China has seen explosive internet filtering have yet been made. growth in recent years, and 'Holding statement' China is making clear it does not At a regular foreign ministry intend to give up the control it news briefing, Ms Jiang said: exerts over cyberspace. "China like other countries When Google launched a d m i n i s t e r s t h e i n t e r n e t google.cn in 2006, it agreed to according to law. censor some search results - such "China's internet is open, and the as the 1989 Tiananmen Square

protests, Tibetan independence or Falun Gong - as required by the Chinese government. The BBC's Chris Hogg in Shanghai says Ms Jiang's comments sound like a holding statement, until officials can have talks with Google. Google currently holds about one-third of the Chinese search market, far behind Chinese rival Baidu, which has more than 60%. China has more internet users about 350 million - than any other country and provides a lucrative search engine market worth an estimated $1bn (ÂŁ614m) last year. It is difficult to see how the situation can be resolved, our correspondent says, with Google potentially losing its market share and the government reluctant to give up its right to control the internet. 'Don't be evil' In a blog posted late on Tuesday, Google's chief legal officer David Drummond announced "A new approach to China". He said the accounts of dozens of US, China and Europe-based users of its Gmail service who are advocates of human rights in China had been "routinely accessed by third parties".

At least 20 other large companies from a wide range of businesses were similarly targeted, it added. Google's decision to concede to China's demands on censorship in 2006 led to accusations it had betrayed its company motto "don't be evil" - but Google argued it would be more damaging for civil liberties if it pulled out of China entirely. Google's stance has drawn mixed reaction from China's internet community. Some have applauded what they see as a bold stand against the country's internet guardians while others expressed fears they would lose a valued source of news, despite it being censored. Others saw the Google statement as a Chinese victory, saying that Google's withdrawal from the country would be no great loss, with Baidu providing almost all the same services as google.cn. The state-run China Daily described Google's statement as designed to put pressure on the Chinese government. Print Sponsor Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Haitian-Americans Awaiting Word From Relatives in Haiti (FOXNews.com) Submitted at 1/14/2010 5:04:35 AM

MIAMI Alourrde Pierre stood inside a Little Haiti community center, wringing her hands as she waited for news of her parents and 15 siblings in Port-auPrince. Her children ask what happened to their grandmother, but she has no answer. "It is so hard not knowing," said 37-year-old Pierre. "What can we do?" It is a scene replaying countless times among the roughly 800,000 people in the U.S. of Haitian descent, desperate for any morsel of information about loved ones on the earthquakedevastated nation. Feverish calls, texts and e-mails largely go unanswered as the distraught try to muster a reason to hope as bodies pile up on Haiti's streets. At a Brooklyn bus stop, 30-year -old Oneil Laurent sobs as he talks of his father, who he's been unable to reach. At the Prestige Barber Shop in Miami, the usual morning chatter was eclipsed by the drone of news updates on the earthquake and the heavy silence of relatives waiting for the worst. And in Evanston, Ill., cab driver Anel Calixte watched CNN at Sweet Nick's Caribbean restaurant, unable to focus on anything but the tragedy. "You have no life anymore," he HAITIAN-AMERICANS 72 page

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SF economist says gay marriage ban costs city (AP) (Yahoo! News: U.S. News)

Animosity against gays was so prevalent in the campaign to ban same-sex marriage in California S A N F R A N C I S C O – A n that voters were told legalizing economist for the city of San sex with children was next if gay Francisco says prohibiting same- couples were given the right to sex couples from getting married wed, according to attorneys hurts the city's finances. trying to overturn the measure. Chief city economist Edmund San Francisco resident HakEgan testified Thursday that Shing William Tam, a defendant municipal coffers would benefit in the case, wrote in a letter to if the gay marriage ban was C h i n e s e - A m e r i c a n s c h u r c h struck down because married g r o u p s d u r i n g t h e 2 0 0 8 people accumulate more wealth campaign that legalizing sameand have more to spend on sex marriage was part of a property and consumer goods. broader gay agenda. Egan is testifying in a federal "On their agenda list is: legalize trial on a lawsuit challenging having sex with children," states Proposition 8, a ballot measure the letter, which also cautioned approved by voters in 2008. that "other states would fall into The city was allowed to join the Satan's hands" if gays weren't lawsuit to demonstrate that s t o p p e d f r o m m a r r y i n g i n governments bear some of the C a l i f o r n i a . costs of the ban. On Wednesday, lawyers for two Egan says the city also has to same-sex couples who are spend more on health care for challenging the law presented uninsured workers because same footage of Tam discussing the -sex couples are not always letter in a deposition taped last covered under their partner's month. They're using it to employee health care plans. buttress their contention that THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS Proposition 8 is unconstitutional UPDATE. Check back soon for because it was fueled by deepfurther information. AP's earlier seated animosity against gays. story is below. The trial — brought by SAN FRANCISCO(AP) — opponents of the state's same-sex Submitted at 1/14/2010 9:28:04 AM

marriage prohibition — resumes Thursday with testimony from an economist for the San Francisco city government on the financial costs to the city of not allowing gays to marry. During his deposition, Tam explained that he based his views on personal experience and a Web site that described a 1972 meeting of gay rights activists. "My daughter told me her classmates chose to become lesbians and experiment with it after they noticed that same-sex marriage, they think it is a cool thing," Tam said. "They have some problem getting dates with boys, so same-sex marriage, since it is in the air, they think, 'Oh, why not try girls.'" David Thompson, a lawyer for Proposition 8 backers, told Walker that despite Tam's official role as a sponsor of the measure, Tam had nothing to do with the campaign and "is attempting to withdraw to avoid precisely this kind of focus on his individual views." The trial under way here is the first in a federal court to examine the constitutionality of laws limiting marriage to a man and a woman. Regardless of the

outcome, Walker's ruling is likely to make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, where a decision could uphold or overturn bans on gay marriage nationwide. In other court action, a psychologist from the University of California, Los Angeles, testified on behalf of two samesex couples in the lawsuit that her research showed gay and straight couples "are indistinguishable" in terms of the stability of and satisfaction with their relationships. Based on her own and other studies, Letitia Peplau concluded that nothing suggests that extending marriage to same-sex couples would cause marriage rates to fall and divorces to rise for heterosexuals. But she also acknowledged that her answers were not researchbased because there has been no long-term study on the social impact of same-sex marriage. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Chavez halts Caracas power cuts (BBC News | Americas | World Edition) Submitted at 1/14/2010 1:46:47 AM

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has reversed his decision to ration electricity in Caracas a day after nationwide power cuts were announced. Mr Chavez said there had been mistakes in introducing rolling blackouts in the capital, and people did not know when their neighbourhoods would be affected. Venezuela has been hit by unplanned power cuts which the government blames on a drought hitting hydro-electricity. The opposition accuse the government of failing to invest in infrastructure. The government announced this week that the entire country would be affected by energy rationing, with rolling blackouts in different areas on different days. Announcing his decision to suspend the move in Caracas, Mr Chavez said there had been mistakes with power cuts happening at the wrong time in the wrong sectors of the city. "We're going to continue to apply a rigorous energy saving plan," President Chavez said. CHAVEZ page 72

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Obama outlines $117bn bank levy (BBC News | Americas | World Edition) Submitted at 1/14/2010 10:47:31 AM

Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. President Obama: "We want our money back and we're going to get it" President Barack Obama has said Wall Street must repay $117bn (ÂŁ72bn) to taxpayers and criticised banks for "massive profits and obscene bonuses". The tax is to recoup money US taxpayers are expected to lose from bailing out the banks during the financial crisis. "My commitment is to recover every single dime the American people are owed," the president said. The move follows populist anger at banks, seen as being responsible for causing the recent economic crisis. Average American "My determination to achieve this goal is only heightened when I see reports of massive profits and obscene bonuses at the very firms who owe their continued existence to the American people," the president said. He said the aim was not to

punish Wall Street firms but to stop abuses and excesses from happening again. The BBC's Michelle Fleury said the president had made clear "in strong language" that the banks must repay the taxpayer, through what is being dubbed a "financial crisis responsibility fee". "It may go some way to quelling the anger of the average American," our correspondent said. The tax would apply only to

in New York. "It's one more thing dragging on the sector, but it's spread over 10 years, so it's not so consequential. It's petty theft from bank balance sheets." The levy comes ahead of the latest reporting season on Wall Street, with banks expected to report record bonuses. The tax will claw back some of the losses from a $700bn taxpayer bail-out of American banks known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program (Tarp). It was drawn up in the midst of the financial crisis in 2008, following the collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers and multi-billion dollar rescue of insurance giant American International Group financial firms with assets of up for companies who borrow (AIG). more than $50bn. from these banks," he said. It helped stem the crisis by There are reckoned to be about He said there might also injecting public capital into the 5 0 o f t h e s e i n s t i t u t i o n s - potentially be a "one-off" biggest US banks and restoring although many did not accept squeeze on the US economy. confidence in the banking any taxpayer assistance and 'Drag on sector' system. many others have already paid In the US, analysts said the fact Print Sponsor back what the government lent to that the fees levied on banks Five Filters featured article: them. would be spread out over a Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: BBC Business editor Robert decade would diminish their PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Peston said that the cost may be impact. Term Extraction. p a s s e d o n t o t h e b a n k s ' "It throws some sand into the customers. gears," said Robert Albertson, "The cost of borrowing might go chief strategist at Sandler O'Neill

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said. "You don't know what to feel anymore because your whole family is there. Your whole family." As news trickled out of Haiti, some poured their energy into relief efforts, joining Americans with no connection to the country who collected bottled water, canned goods, medical supplies and money. Others bowed their heads in prayer or sat transfixed by their TVs. People did what they could to mobilize aid to Haiti, the poorest country in the Western hemisphere. The U.S. dispatched ships, helicopters, planes and a 2,000-member Marine unit. New York cabdrivers transported relief items to collection points, various search-and-rescue teams headed to the nation to push through the rubble of buildings, and companies prepared to send heavy equipment. The State Department established a toll-free number (888-407-4747) for people seeking information about family members in Haiti. The government advises that some callers may receive a recording because of the heavy volume of inquiries. There were brief glimpses of good news, with occasional calls

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to the nation going through and relatives located safely. After hours of desperately dialing her parents in Delmas, Jouslene Burrows, who was in the Bahamas, reached her father. "My mummy already got the flu because she spent the night outside," Burrows said. "They told me they are waiting, hoping help will reach them, hoping something good will happen because they have no water, food or electricity." But for many, the uncertainty was crushing, not only in the U.S. Nassau, Bahamas housekeeper Rosette Isnealle, 50, prayed that her two daughters enrolled in a Port-au-Prince university are not among the dead. "I'm terrified," she said. "I can't get in touch with them. All day I have been calling and I can't find communication." At the Haitian Consulate in Manhattan, diplomats struggling to locate their own families sobbed as they tried to help countless callers. "It is indescribable," said counsel general Felix Augustine. In South Florida, where the population of about 275,000 Haitians is the largest in the country, some still tried to hold

out hope, blaming the lack of contact from relatives on Haiti's poor communications infrastructure. But it was growing harder by the minute. As community organizers in Miami's Little Haiti tried to develop response plans, 29-yearold Katia Saint Fleur scoured Facebook, tears welling in her eyes as she sought information about relatives. "Please if you can contact us any way, do so," she wrote on a cousin's page. "We are going crazy trying to reach you guys." Edeline Clermont of Miami got word that her 12-year-old nephew was dead. The boy's parents, brother and sister are unaccounted for. And all told, she has more than 20 relatives in Haiti she has been desperately trying to reach. "I didn't sleep at all. I just lay there, waiting for answers," she said with tears in her eyes. "I'm afraid that everybody is gone." Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

"But in Caracas the government recognises that there have been technical mistakes and poorly taken decisions." Mr Chavez said he had ordered a review of the process but it was not clear when the authorities would try to reintroduce the measure in the capital. He also announced that he had sacked the electrical energy minister, Angel Rodriguez, who, he said, had accepted the decision "like a soldier". The reversal of the rationing is undoubtedly an embarrassment for Mr Chavez's government and for the president personally, says the BBC's Will Grant in Caracas. Many customers in Venezuela are angry that one of the world's largest oil producers should be suffering such blackouts. Ministers say the problem has been caused by critically low levels of water at the country's main hydro-electric dam, which meets around 70% of the country's domestic energy needs. Currency measures The interior of Venezuela has been experiencing electricity cuts for some time, and recently Mr Chavez advised people to spend no more than three minutes in the shower to conserve water and electricity. State television now features regular advice on how to brush your teeth without wasting water

and reminders to switch off air conditioning and lights. In another move, the government has taken over more than 200 businesses accused of illegally benefitting from a recent devaluation of the currency, the bolivar. The biggest chain affected so far is the French-owned hypermarket, Exito, whose main stores in Caracas and other big cities were closed on Tuesday by the national guard. The bolivar's official exchange rate, which is set by government decree, had been held steady at 2.45 to the US dollar since the last devaluation in March 2005. Last Friday, President Chavez 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. There is still confusion over how the dual exchange rate is actually supposed to work in practice, our correspondent says. Print Sponsor Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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collapse of the UN headquarters building in Port-au-Prince and 36 UN military and police personnel are now confirmed dead. On a note of hope, he recounted the survival of an Estonian UN official who was detected under 4m (13ft) of rubble after scratching noises were heard. He was dug out and is now in hospital. A few US aid planes and a 50strong Chinese rescue team with sniffer dogs have landed at the airport serving the capital, Portau-Prince. Cuba already had more than 300 doctors in Haiti before the earthquake and they have been treating the injured in field hospitals. Other plane-loads of rescuers and relief supplies are on the way from the EU, Canada, Russia and Latin American nations.

A British rescue team with heavy lifting gear and dogs has now arrived in Haiti. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown said: "The last 24 hours have been truly horrific for the people of Haiti. It's a catastrophe that's still unravelling, it's a tragedy beyond imagination." To see the enhanced content on this page, you need to have JavaScript turned on. Click on the image to see the large version. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton cancelled a trip to Asia to deal with the crisis. She said there were tens of thousands of casualties in Haiti and that tens of thousands of buildings had collapsed. "This is going to be a long-term effort," she said. Her husband, Bill Clinton, the UN special envoy for Haiti, told the Washington Post the quake

was "one of the great humanitarian emergencies in the history of the Americas". Meanwhile, French President Nicolas Sarkozy called for an international conference on rebuilding Haiti to be held with the help of nations including the US, Brazil and Canada. "Haiti must not remain a battered country," he said. The World Bank is funding $100m of emergency aid. The World Food Programme is working on supplying 15,000 tonnes of food and the Red Cross has begun a $10m appeal. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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First, a word of advice: If anyone trying to connect with you has the word “guru” in their Twitter bio, run in the other direction. Fast. Apparently, the trend of social media gurus doesn’t seem to be slowing down with more and more folks granting themselves

Call over extremists in US military (BBC News | Americas | World Edition)

Senator Susan Collins wrote to US Defence Secretary Robert Gates at the end of their Submitted at 1/14/2010 7:42:25 AM investigation into the 5 Two leading US senators have November incident at Fort Hood. urged the Pentagon to take steps The US military should train to combat the threat of Islamist soldiers "from enlisted personnel extremism within the ranks of to commanders" to recognise and the US military. report "the warning signs of T h e s e n a t o r s c a l l e d f o r violent Islamist extremism", they educating military personnel said. about the "warning signs of "Efforts by DoD [US defence extremism". department] to educate its The recommendation came in personnel concerning what the wake of the Fort Hood violent Islamist extremism is and shootings in Texas during which what the warning signs of such an Army major killed 13 people. extremism are - as distinguished Maj Nidal Hasan, a psychiatrist from the practice of the Islamic at the base, has been charged faith - will increase trust between with murder and attempted t h e t h o u s a n d s o f M u s l i m murder. Americans serving honourably The 39-year-old American-born and their colleagues," they wrote. Muslim will be tried in a military They said current procedures for court but it has not yet been dealing with such cases were not confirmed whether military satisfactory but did not specify authorities are seeking the death what the warning signs would penalty in this case. be. The Pentagon is due to release Print Sponsor its own internal review of the Five Filters featured article: Twitter Ninja and Facebook incident. Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: strategizing superstar status. Increasing trust PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, WhatsNextBlog has watched the Senator Joe Lieberman and Term Extraction. rapid growth of self-proclaimed social media gurus, ninjas, specialists and experts on Twitter for seven months, witnessing the rapid multiplying firsthand. Eeks! It’s like a nerdy horror movie.

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