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2010 Filed under: Oil
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Two tugs have been sent to The Shen Neng 1, which is Saudi Arabia's Saudi Aramco
Conservationists have
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demanded tighter controls on
became stuck on Douglas fuel oil and 65,000 tonnes of Asia and the U.S. For Asia
the thousands of ships that
Shoal, 43 miles east of Great coal, was more than 15 miles buyers it raised its crude price higher prices.
pass close to the reef every year.
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the restricted zone will be the
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guide 7) allow to report proved showing the decline of the ore ultimate of 250 Mt because the Hubbert linearisation plot is Australia may peak in 2030
and probable. The USGS only grades for the world, US, Hubbert linearisation since impossible to extrapolate. For an ultimate of 100 Mt
changes its data on copper Australia and Canada, all 1999 trends towards such value, But Indonesia has already Australia’s copper production
reserves from time to time, declining below 1% in 2008. It but also 300 Mt, guessing that peaked will peak around 2030 at 1.5
when it shows the remaining is difficult to estimate the the 275 Mt is not a bad value. Indonesia copper production Mt.
discovered reserves, but it point at which production Chile copper production has has peaked in 2001 and will But this optimistic future
should be decreased when ceases to be economic. peaked in 2007. decline slowly until 2100. production increase is based
production isn't matched by new America estimates reserves at a Peru has 100 Mt Australia has a better way of only on geological constraints
discovery. Only US and Canada high percentage of reserve base Peru predicting reserves (reserves), yet above ground
reserves have decreased! -- that means we are very Like for Chile, the USGS has Australia constraints (Economy) could
The reserves reported by the optimistic in the amount it is doubled its reserves estimate, In the US, Wall Street (SEC) dampen this forecast into a more
USGS since 1995 show a poor feasible to recover but in 2008, from 30 to 60 Mt. dominates reserves definition chaotic behaviour!
evolution when plotted in a log United States We guess that the ultimate is and it is good to see a country Canada has 50 Mt
scale. The cumulative US copper around 100 Mt. with a better scientific approach. Canada
This poor evolution, such as for discovery (starting in 1545) But it is hard to estimate the Australia is a good choice to Canada is another good place to
Russia with no change during 15 from USGS 98-206A is 350 Mt peak for Peru compare the USGS estimate compare USGS and Natural
years, means that their estimate at the end of 1998 and seems The Hubbert linearisation is with Geosciences Australia's Resources Canada (NRCan)
lacks good data! very optimistic compared to the hopeless, being far from peak. estimate [pdf!]. Australia has a approaches. NRCan reserves are
Geoscience Australia in their USGS reserve base (around 200 Peru's production will peak better reserve definition for more complete and slightly
2009 report [pdf!] use a more Mt with cumulative production). around 2025 minerals (EDR = Economic lower than the USGS reserves.
precise definition of resources The cumulative production in For an ultimate of 100 Mt, Demonstrated Resources). From NRCan we estimate
and report Economic 1900 is assumed to be around 6 Peru's copper production will Check out the volatility Canada's copper ultimate at 50
Demonstrated Resources (EDR) Mt and it is at 129 Mt at end peak around 2025 at 1.7 Mt. The sharp increase in Mt.
for Australia and the world at 2008. We have taken 200 Mt as China is also hard to plot Australia’s copper reserves At least Canada has a clear
the end 2008 being 78 Mt and the ultimate production. China comes mainly from the huge sense of reserves
603 Mt respectively. In its turn We can see that the U.S. has Data for China is hard to check Olympic Dam field (copper and The Hubbert linearisation
the USGS reserves stand at 24 200Mt and the USGS has increased its uranium) in South Australia. seems to be trending towards 50
Mt and 540 Mt and the USGS The Hubbert linearisation of reserves lately. We have taken K.F.Bampton in Copper mining Mt since 1970.
reserve base amounts to 43 Mt production is more reliable, an ultimate of 50 Mt. and treatment in South Australia Canada's production will peak
and 1000 Mt. USGS reserves having passed peak, trending The Hubbert linearisation plot [pdf!] displays (in a logarithmic in five years.
look pessimistic compared to towards 200 Mt. trends towards infinite! scale) the up and down copper Canada’s copper production has
Geoscience Australia EDR. The The US annual production of But China should peak in 2020 production in South Australia peaked in 1974 and will be
reserve base looks similar, but copper is increasing chaotically The annual production should starting around 1840. producing at half peak around
there should be an upper limit. from 1900 to a peak in 1998 at peak around 2020 at 1.2 Mt. We see that Australia has 100 2015.
It is difficult to estimate the the 2.1 Mt, and drops drastically to Indonesia has around 45 Mt Mt Russia has 60 Mt
point at which production ceases 1.2 Mt in 2005, despite a sharp Indonesia Olympic Dam copper reserves Russia
to be economic increase in price! The USGS has sharply are estimated at 32 Mt. Australia Russia is a difficult country to
In mining, economics depends The USGS has almost doubled increased Indonesia’s reserves copper ultimate is estimated at get reliable data from, because
mainly on the grade of the ore Chile's copper reserves from around 2000, but reduced them 100 Mt. before the break up of the USSR
and it is important to plot the 1995 to 2009. last year. We have taken an Volatility makes it hard to the data was global and because
evolution with time. But my Chile ultimate of 45 Mt. name the peak in Australia the cold war data was very
data is not good enough. Gavin Chile probably has 275Mt Once again, it is hard to The Hubbert linearisation is
Mudd (2009) has a graph We have model led for an estimate the peak hard to extrapolate! AMAZING page 12
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Get Around the iPad's Single Calendar Sync Scientists are using the same
technique behind gene
resolution—making it I find the feature is pretty handy can't play them—in fact, iTunes team’s financing capacity as a completely at odds with the
potentially a lot more useful in for skimming several emails won't even let you copy them to further $82 billion of debt sales Bureau of Labor Statistics
the full-sized monitor realm without opening them. Go to the iPad! The easiest solution? are being (BLS), which claims
than iPhone screenshots. Settings -> Mail, Contacts and Downrez them to 720P using an put to the market for added that this metric was up 123k.
Push the top (power) and home Calendars and select "5 lines" app like Handbrake. digestion. Now, we are not going to
buttons at once for half a under Preview. Also, while Joel gives you a full tutorial on Another source of concern for dismiss the BLS
second. The photo will be stored you're at it, you might want to that here. the bulls who continue to rely data at all, but wouldn’t it be
in your photo library. update your Push email from #11 BONUS: Put 6 Apps In the on nicer if both surveys said the
Super Fast Webpage Scrolling "Manual" if you like to have Bottom Tray government support for the same thing?
So you're all the way to the your messages waiting when Just discovered at Gizmodo recovery is the general The ADP is a pretty simple
bottom of a blog when you you open the Mail app. Of HQ—the iPhone and iPad population — the part concept — and does not have
realize that you want to read a course, this will drain power a default to hold 4 icons/apps in of the public that took in a any “plug”
story back at the top. Don't do bit more quickly. the bottom tray. But the iPad mortgage it could afford and factors to try and assume how
the whole repeatedly drag your Bring Up the Virtual Keyboard can store more! By clicking and never used the many new businesses were
finger across the screen thing. With a Real Keyboard When holding on any icon (just as you house as an ATM. Resentment created or
That's a horrible method for you have a Bluetooth keyboard do to rearrange apps), you'll is starting to build as Uncle Sam destroyed in any given month.
covering a lot of real estate. connected to your iPad, the unlock each app's position. Then is Meanwhile, wages are now
Instead: Tap the title bar once. virtual keyboard will cease to just drag any two additional increasingly being viewed as deflating and
WOOOOSSHHH. You're right appear. (This is a good thing.) apps into the bottom tray. Super Robin Hood at best, or the the 0.1% decline in March
back on top of the page. However, what if, for some handy. Artful Dodger at could be the thin edge of the
(Making "wooosh" noises random reason, you needed that Hopefully you learned at least a worst. There were two great wedge as the
doesn't expedite the process, but virtual keyboard? Don't unpair thing or two, but of course, the reads over the weekend Gallup Daily tracking finds that
it does wonders for general your Bluetooth. Just... iPad is a new device. So we pertaining to this 20.3% of the U.S. workforce
effect.) Hit the eject key on Apple's need your help spotting the best theme of emerging class was
Preview More Of Your Mail physical keyboard. It'll bring up tips—share them in the warfare — Tea Party Anger underemployed in March — a
Did you know that you can set the virtual one. comments! Reflects Mainstream slight uptick from January and
your mail to preview more than Downrez 1080P HD Concerns on page A13 of the February.
two lines? The iPhone has this Videos...Or You Can't Watch weekend WSJ and Help Paying Join the conversation about this
option, too, but its smaller Them Mortgages story »
screen means that it's not so You may have 1080P videos on 7. While everyone is treating
practical. On the iPad, however, your computer, but the iPad the nonfarm payroll report as
gospel, let’s keep
in mind that the ADP count
showed that private payrolls fell
23k,
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24 Popular News/ Gadgets/ Entertainment/ E-reader News Edition
A Duke Nuke Forever
NYC doormen may strike April 21 (AP) gameplay video for
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) professionals, says he'll miss the residents volunteered to man to him and hardly ever thank your Monday morning
Submitted at 4/5/2010 2:49:03 AM families he feels he's an their own lobbies and open the him. Matt Burns (CrunchGear)
honorary member of, especially door for arrivals. A deal was "The people don't appreciate
NEW YORK – They collect the the 40 kids who run through the reached in 2006 during the last what you do for them," said Submitted at 4/5/2010 7:35:01 AM
laundry and the mail, baby-sit, halls. strike threat. Correa, 52. "They want things
call 911 and, of course, open "I know them from birth," said It’s sad, really, that we never
The two sides are debating their way."
doors. got to play Duke Nukem
Hawkins, 53, of the South wages, health benefits, sick days But many speak of their role as
As ubiquitous on New York Bronx. "It's more than just a job. Forever. I mean, it probably
and overtime rules. The industry so important their presence
C i t y s i d e w a l k s a s y e l l o w It's a relationship." would have failed to live up to
association cites the failing real could mean life or death to their
taxicabs on the streets, doormen Tenants have come to rely on the hype just like Doom 3, but I
estate market and declining building's residents.
are security guards, bellhops, Hawkins as they would a friend like to think that it would have
property values as reasons the Carlos Pellecier Jr., 50, has
p e r s o n a l a s s i s t a n t s a n d or relative for much more than been fantastically entertaining.
owners can't pay as much as the been a doorman at a building on
neighbors to the thousands of opening doors: Hawkins and There really needs to be more
union wants. The union says the Riverside Drive for 28 years. He
New Yorkers who brush past others have chipped in to take FPS’s where egotistical
industry is fundamentally strong said he once helped an elderly
them on their way to upscale care of child care problems, protagonists spout out one-lines
and the recession is over. tenant who had suffered a
high-rise homes. and catch phrases ad nauseum.
handle 911 emergencies, tote Todd Saunders, 48, who runs stroke.
" W e r e l y o n t h e m f o r groceries and take out the trash. [via Destructoid]
his own printing business from Pellecier said the man buzzed
e v e r y t h i n g , " s a i d D o n n a Despite the Christmas bonuses his Midtown apartment a few him in the lobby, and he ran
S a u n d e r s o f M i d t o w n that tenants dole out each year,
Manhattan. "They make life Hawkins says he can barely
days a week, said he relies on
building workers for his
upstairs to the man's apartment,
managing to get inside with an
New Pics:
easier." make ends meet.
But the groceries and packages Apartment workers earn an
livelihood, getting him packages
that messengers deliver every
extra key.
"If I wasn't on duty, it wouldn't
Stars Head
may pile up on Saunders' door average of about $40,000 a year,
later this month when an April a c c o r d i n g t o t h e S e r v i c e
21 deadline passes for some Employees International Union,
day. Without the workers,
"anything that comes through
the front door" wouldn't get to
have been a good outcome for
him," he said.
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to Broadway
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30,000 doormen and other whose members authorized the him, he said. Associated Press writer Ula
Submitted at 4/5/2010 7:10:00 AM
building workers. Their union city strike. The Realty Advisory But other doormen say relations Ilnytzky contributed to this
authorized a walkout last week Board, representing owners, say are less rosy between tenants story. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
i f a f o u r - y e a r c o n t r a c t doormen make closer to $68,000 and those who toil in their Five Filters featured article: were just two of the Hollywood
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doorman who has worked for Doormen haven't been on strike more than 12 years at a building the after party to see if your
seven years at a residential since 1991, a walkout that lasted on Manhattan's Upper West favorite stars were in
t o w e r o f W a l l S t r e e t nearly two weeks where Side, said residents "talk down" attendance!
arrival of high-speed bandwidth cybercriminals operating out of keep their PCs insecure than
in Africa represents not an an unregulated Internet cafe in When Merton the Chatroulette
anyone else. An American or
o p p o r t u n i t y f o r e c o n o m i c the slums of Addis Ababa, Piano Guy burst on the scene
European who points to Africa
growth, but a dangerous threat Lagos, or Maputo" will create last month, a considerable
as the source of infected botnet
to the world. According to these the world's biggest botnets, he number of people believed him
computers is wildly hypocritical
Western pundits who are, s h o w s t h a t h e h a s l i t t l e to be musician Ben Folds. Folds,
considering the enormous
incidentally, often promoting understanding of those "slums." in turn, started making like
number of insecure computers Folds are not one-in-the-same.
their cybersecurity services, For starters, electricity is Merton at concerts, uploading
that wealthy, educated After Folds released his
computers and connectivity in intermittent enough to make his“Odes to Merton” to
Westerners have in their homes final“Ode to Merton” last week,
Africa either pave the way for cyberwar a sputtering failure. YouTube. Mashable recently sat
and offices. It seems quite we decided to contact the
terrorists to unleash cyber- Secondly, although there are down with Folds via Skype to
unlikely that African computers musician and get the lowdown
attacks or for botnet operators to pockets of terrorists on the talk about Merton, Chatroulette
are any more insecure than on his foray into the infamous
gather millions of unprotected c o n t i n e n t , b y a n d l a r g e , and whether he is, in fact, the
elsewhere. social site.
machines into their control. elsewhere terrorists have access man behind the hood.
Frantic articles painting Africa After speaking with Folds, I’m
A l t h o u g h w e ' v e s p e n t to far better finances and Merton the Chatroulette Piano
as just another threat, especially pretty much 100% sure that he
considerable time debunking the bandwidth than their comrades Guy garnered his fair share of
with regard to a great and Merton are not the same
hysteria around cyberwar, this in Mogadishu. The fact that fame from going on the video
opportunity for the continent - person. Check out the interview
new version of the meme is those terrorists haven't used the chat site and composing
connectivity - are reckless and below if you’re still not
even more unfounded. improvisational songs on his
Internet for these types of miss both on-the-ground context convinced, as well as our
Worrying that Africa is going attacks with any regularity piano about the people he
and level-headed responses to original interview with Merton
to start producing top-notch suggests that they place far more encountered there. Mashable
the challenges of the continent. himself.
hackers in any great quantity faith in tried-and-true methods recently spoke with the man,
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seems pretty absurd, when we're of terrorizing, and there is every who prefers to remain
This Story follow Mashable Web Video on
talking about a continent where reason to believe that those in anonymous, about his musical
aspirations as well as striking Twitter or become a fan on
resemblance to Ben Folds. Facebook
Many of you (including some Tags: chatroulette, music, viral
Mashable staffers) remained video
unconvinced that Merton and
Online Communities
North Face Decides South Butt Patented; Lawsuit Against
Lawsuit Is Not Worth Exploring Facebook Moves Forward
Mike Masnick (Techdirt) the settlement appear to be enjoying a number of young
Submitted at 4/5/2010 6:18:00 AM under wraps, there's no ladies who enjoyed themselves Mike Masnick (Techdirt) together an online community
indication that the South Butt is donning and sporting South Butt Submitted at 4/5/2010 7:24:00 AM not an obvious thing?
The lawsuit between North going away any time soon: The wear," Watkins says. "He Back in 2007, the company
Face and South Butt sure was most recent post on South Butt's immediately returned to Panama It's always fun to see patent holding that patent, Cross
entertaining (especially the Facebook page, meawhile, states City to give away many more T- s y s t e m d e f e n d e r s i n o u r Atlantic Capital Partners, sued
filings by South Butt's lawyer). t h a t f o u n d e r J i m m y shirts." Just imagine how much comments insist that the patent Facebook. In turn, Facebook
However, with the North Face W i n k e l m a n n , a f r e s h m a n better things would have worked system rarely makes mistakes in asked for the trial to be held up
g e t t i n g s o m e p r e t t y b a d biomedical engineering student out if the North Face hadn't issuing patents, and how really while it explained to some
publicity over its tactics, which at the University of Missouri, lawyered up over this, but had bad patents get pushed out upon patent examiners that they were
seemed to focus more on was "partying hard in Panama simply talked to the South Butt review. And yet... then we hear i n s a n e t o t h i n k t h i s w a s
embarrassing the founder of the City with South Butt." Watkins guys and worked out a friendly stories like the following one. patentable. Apparently, the
South Butt and his father, it said the settlement did not deal in the first place? Four guys, back in 2001 filed patent examiners haven't used
looks like the North Face has prevent his client from handing Permalink| Comments| Email for a patent ( 6,519,629) on a the internet very much, and
realized this was one lawsuit not o u t m e r c h a n d i s e w h i l e i n This Story " s y s t e m f o r c r e a t i n g a affirmed the validity of the
worth exploring. Florida on spring break. community for users with patent -- so the lawsuit is now
Late Friday, the two sides "Jimmy was down in Panama common interests to interact in." back on. This is just one in a
settled-- and while the terms of City having a great deal of fun, Seriously. Reading through the g r o w i n g s e r i e s o f p a t e n t
patent application, I'm having lawsuits against Facebook --
ET Set To Live Stream Conrad trouble seeing how this wasn't once again highlighting that
covered by a ton of prior art. once you get big enough to be
What in that patent does not noticed, some nobody will sue
Murray Hearing apply to early BBS systems, for you for patent infringement.
example? And, even if there Permalink| Comments| Email
(ETonline - Breaking News) Michael Jackson, is scheduled to The court hearing has been really is something new (I can't This Story
Submitted at 4/5/2010 6:26:00 AM appear in an L.A. courthouse scheduled to assign a judge to find anything), how is putting
today and ETonline will be the case as well as to set a
ET has the latest... streaming live as he -- as well as preliminary hearing date.
Dr. Conrad Murray, who's been a number of Jackson's family Check back here after 12 pm
charged with involuntary members -- arrive at the today to watch live!
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Marriage Troubles
for Tori Spelling and
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Submitted at 4/5/2010 6:52:00 AM
but until now no one knew for available right now. Apple will
sure how many iPads were sold This movie-going weekend, lots
begin selling models with Wi-Fi
on launch day. of people wanted to see the gods
and 3G in late April.
On Monday, Apple announced killing each other. And others
"It feels great to have the iPad Cyrus lookie loos, who are
it sold more than 300,000 of its wanted to see married couples
launched into the world--it's creepy. More »
new tablet computers on trying to kill each other. And of
going to be a game changer,"
Saturday. course there were the Miley
Apple CEO Steve Jobs said in a
That figure included preordered statement Monday. FanHouse TV
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owners downloaded more 1 Gene Munster had originally
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What Michael Steele Doesn't Get more knowledge you have, the
Gov. Charlie Crist is asking more opportunity one has to
federal authorities to investigate evaluate and re-evaluate and
contributors@theatlantic.com uniquely unsuited to that job, in between now and 1994 is that in the Republican Party of Florida
(Marc Ambinder) (Politics :: determine what the appropriate
fact. Really, unless Steele were 1 9 9 4 , R e p u b l i c a n s h a d a as concerns grow about secret
The Atlantic) action should be.''
manifestly more interesting and plausible leadership team in deals and misspent money.
The prospect of a federal
Submitted at 4/5/2010 5:18:41 AM c h a r i s m a t i c t h a n o t h e r place that hadn't discredited ``It's a mess,'' Crist told The
After watching Republican Republican Party leaders, which themselves in the eyes of investigation is likely to roil a
Miami Herald. ``This thing state Republican Party already
National Committee Michael he isn't, he has three main roles independents and party leaners.
stinks.'' reeling from the discovery this
Steele's performance on Good to play: one: he keeps the That's manifestly not the case
Crist is calling for the U.S. week that Greer siphoned party
Morning America, it's clear that machinery going. He's a C.O.O., today, as evidenced by the Tea
attorney's office to take over the donations to a shell company he
he hasn't learned his lesson. Of not a C.E.O. He makes sure the Party movement, which derives
criminal investigation of former owned. Top officials also
course, Steele believes that, as a party's voter databases are it power as much from the
GOP Chairman Jim Greer and planned to pay him a $125,000
black man, he is subject to ready. He tends to the party's failure of the party to lead as it
examine the use of party credit golden parachute if he resigned.
increased scrutiny inside and internal preparations for 2012. does from dissatisfaction with
cards by top GOP lawmakers. Read more at The Miami
outside the party, and the notion He facilitates coordination Obama or the economy. Steele
``A federal comprehensive Herald’s Web site.
that he needs to a learn a lesson between party branches. He isn't helping matters. To borrow
investigation is . . . fully © N e w s m a x . A l l r i g h t s
is a bit quaint, and quite makes the resources of the RNC a wrestling metaphor, unless he
appropriate,'' the Republican r e s e r v e d .
possibly even racist. It's not. are available as needed to can pop on his own -- no
governor said. ``Particularly Five Filters featured article:
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conjure up of a bill of rights or of the party. In consultation with with.
``As the facts continue to come
promises for Republicans to run Republican elected officials, the Side note: Steele's right that the
on in 2010 (and by saying he'd party's message and agenda are controversies over the RNC's
consult with Newt Gingrich, of set, and Steele executes this. spending practices are largely Strong support for equities after
a l l u p - a n d - c o m i n g p a r t y Problem is, Steele doesn't want (though not entirely) irrelevant,
superstars), Steele is making the t o b e c o n s t r a i n e d b y t h e except in the way they harden US jobs data
same mistake that underlies all fecklessness of his party's public opinion against Steele (Financial Times - US showed that 162,000 jobs were
of the problems he faces: he congressional leaders, which is and are easy targets for his homepage) created in the US in March,
wants to represent, or remake, perfectly understandable. But (many) enemies. Steele would Submitted at 4/5/2010 6:59:28 AM while upward revisions to
Brand Republican. Steele is just not as good a be well-served to focus on the January and February helped
Two problems with this: One: communicator as he thinks he is. built-in competencies of the There was strong support for keep the unemployment rate at
he doesn't have the street cred He comes off sounding, well, RNC, stop explaining himself equity markets on Monday after 9.7 per cent.
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You Are Not a Gadget: The Continuing Case Against Web 2.0
Richard MacManus and in some cases very out with scientists and Internet individual expression are valid.
(ReadWriteWeb) compelling. However, intellectuals. Is it any wonder He puts it rather poetically here:
Submitted at 4/4/2010 9:30:42 PM ultimately I found his then that he is so gung-ho on "The central mistake of recent
"manifesto" to be fragmentary individual expression? The digital culture is to chop up a
Jaron Lanier was a pioneer of and lacking a definitive people he associates with on a network of individuals so finely
"virtual reality" in the early conclusion. I was not entirely daily basis are the intellectual that you end up with a mush.
1980s and in his book, You Are convinced by the end of the elite! You then start to care about the
Not a Gadget: A Manifesto, he book - which is a problem, In my opinion Lanier is a bit abstraction of the network more
makes the case for a more because a manifesto should too quick to dismiss the content than the real people who are
humanistic approach to Internet ideally provoke further action of blogs and Twitter, simply networked, even though the
technology. Lanier rails against from its readers. Wikipedia: because the design of those network by itself is meaningless.
web 2.0, which he calls at the Mob Rule publishing platforms are Only the people were ever
start of the book "a torrent of Wikipedia comes in for the "standardized." The design may meaningful." Beyond The Flaws
petty designs" and "freedom [...] most criticism in the book, well be standardized, but many of Web 2.0
more for machines than people." because the online encyclopedia people have created original and However, I also think that
Lanier's main issue with web is written by an army of mostly compelling content using these Lanier glosses over the benefits
2.0 is that, in his view, it anonymous people. Therefore, web 2.0 platforms. Even Lanier of web 2.0 - that it gives
promotes the 'hive mind' over Lanier claims, Wikipedia stifles recognizes that if you look past everyone who has a computer
individual expression. He writes individual expression. "standardized presences," due to the first layer of Wikipedia (and nowadays a smart phone) a
that web 2.0 presents the current According to Lanier, Wikipedia i t s b l a c k a n d w h i t e results in Google, you'll often publishing platform with which
generation of kids with a is "intellectual mob rule" and categorizations of people. Later find compelling individual to explore their creativity and
"reduced expectation of what a "seeks to erase point of view in the book Lanier writes that voices. The Network By Itself is have their say.
person can be." entirely." He goes so far as to Facebook organizes people into Meaningless Regardless of what you think of
Sponsor call the individual voice "the "multiple-choice identities." Lanier's argument that web 2.0 the resulting content - whether
Many new iPad owners might opposite of wikiness." Blogs are also criticized, for designs "actively demand that it's largely unoriginal, or the
object that they're a reduced Although this is an extreme their "standardized designs" that p e o p l e d e f i n e t h e m s e l v e s best of it gets lost in noise, or
person because of their new view of Wikipedia, and wikis in encourage "pseudonymity" in downward" is a compelling one. aggregators make "mush" of it -
gadget. Nevertheless, Lanier general, I did find one point to features like blog comments. I agree that Wikipedia and the fact that web 2.0 has
offers an intriguing counterpoint be particularly compelling: Lanier doesn't highlight though Facebook both have significant democratized the publishing
to web 2.0 philosophies and so Wikipedia dominates search that the rise of blogs and other flaws and that both are indeed industry is something that
it's worth exploring that. results and for that reason it is social media websites have contributing to a middling, less should continue to be
Lanier is of course just the suppressing individual voices. given a voice to hundreds of creative culture. In particular I celebrated. Lanier's book tends
latest in a long line of web 2.0 As Lanier put it, "Wikipedia thousands of people, who were am sympathetic to the notion to dismiss this blossoming of
cynics. They range in quality provides search engines with a previously excluded from the that individual expression is new media as simply the
from the sharp critiques of way to be lazy" - by putting mainstream media landscape suffering - every time I see an product of web 2.0
Nicholas Carr, to the Wikipedia results at or near the because they didn't have access a n o n y m o u s c o m m e n t o n "standardized designs" - and
sensationalistic rantings of top of search results for millions to an adequate publishing ReadWriteWeb that is critical of that comes across as elitist and
Andrew Keen. Lanier is of topics. Facebook: Multiple- platform. Lanier: Elitist? s o m e t h i n g , I w i n c e a n d pompous.
thankfully more akin to Carr, in Choice Identities This is where I found myself immediately place less value on Overall, You Are Not a Gadget
that he's thought provoking and Other Web 2.0 stalwarts don't most in disagreement with it than if the comment had a real is a thought provoking and
brings something new to the escape Lanier's withering gaze. Lanier. Here is a highly name attached to it. compelling book. If, like me,
table. Facebook is criticized for i n t e l l i g e n t a n d s u c c e s s f u l So, Lanier's concerns about the YOU page 46
Lanier's theories are intriguing encouraging people to create software architect, who hangs ' h i v e m i n d ' a n d l o s s o f
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Nevermind complicated
McDonalds? Why yes, we do
have a few diet programs and
Panasonic's waterproof ME550
algorithms and personalized
content streams according to had a hard time finding poison eating.
some instructions on healthy and ME650 TVs offer optimal
past search patterns and the like control," Dr. Zeiger said. "Now In reality, we think that this
- Google has, for only the when you search for poison could be a great compliment to
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searching. Let's use the web to
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their own eReader
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They announced that they would
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'You're Like Jason passage leading from the new a.m. They found Woods hitting Go Freddy! cries.
practice range at the Masters to balls at the practice facility next Everyone is going to be in
the carts that would transport to Fred Couples, with whom he observation mode all week, it
Bourne, Right?' them to the course itself. It was had arranged to play a practice looks like, Nick Faldo, the
followed by a dozen or so other round. At first, they were the former Masters champion and
Jackie Schnoop (TV Squad) they're the strongest team. They supportive remarkes Welcome only two on the range. Within CBS commentator, told me a bit
Submitted at 4/5/2010 1:02:00 AM seem to be up to almost every back, Tiger and Go get em, 10 minutes the grandstands were later.
task thrown their way, and they Tiger from the crowd lining the packed. For the record, Woods pulled
(S16E08) Tonight will make or work well together as a team. ropes, accompanied by polite But Woods didnt come close his first drive big time, and had
break this season's strongest Can they overcome the speed applause. Not a negative word. enough to the galleries to hear Mr. Williams toss him another
team, Jet and Cord, on'The bump and continue the race? Unlike Woodss typically tuned- their comments until after he ball for a reload. He hit that one
Amazing Race.' I know some Continue reading'The Amazing out response before the events finished hitting balls and then straight. After Mr. Couples
folks might say they aren't the Race' - 'You're Like Jason of the last few months, he practiced short pitch and bunker pounded his drive down the
strongest team as they came in Bourne, Right?' frequently made eye contact shots. middle, they walked off down
last in the previous leg and were F i l e d u n d e r : O p E d , T h e with the people who called to Woods and Couples clearly the first fairway to subdued
only saved by it being a non- A m a z i n g R a c e , E p i s o d e him, nodded his head and said, hoped to be the first ones teeing applause and calls of, Go get
Philimination leg. But I beg to Reviews Thank you. It wasnt quite the off for their practice round at 8 em, guys. There were no Tiger-
differ. They definitely had a bad P e r m a l i n k | E m a i l t h i s | | Phil Mickelson Show. Neither is a.m. But while they were still on specific calls that I picked up.
leg; they most certainly screwed Comments walking to a Monday morning the putting green near the first
up by not reading a clue. Even practice round the same thing as tee, Soren Hansen of Denmark
taking that into consideration,
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-- as Michael Kay points out his first at-bat. I am sure we will driven in by new acquisitions. double play (started by Scutaro) on a groundout, followed by a
that the YES Network will tally have some kind of specific stat 8:59 pm | 2-1 Yankees; 2nd to end the inning. We go to the Granderson groundout to
pitch count all year long as part soon from the booth (for Inning | by Nando Di Fino bottom of the third with the Youkilis that fails to plate the
of the graphic under the score. example: "Curtis Granderson is Sabathia gets J.D. Drew to Yankees ahead, 2-1, and runner. Nick Swisher, who at
This is one of those "why did it just the 23rd Yankee to hit a strike out, ending the second Boston's new centerfielder, this time last year was an
take so long?" inventions in home run in his first at-bat for inning with the Yankees ahead, Mike Cameron, leading off. But afterthought in a trade from
televised sports. the Yankees!"), but for now, it 2-1. Not to take us off the rails first, YES introduces another Chicago for Wilson Betemit,
8:31 pm | 0-0 tie; 2nd Inning | is 2-0, Yankees, and Red Sox here, but I was getting a lot of new feature of the game, with walks. There are men on first
by Nando Di Fino fans have to be at least a little texts about Donovan McNabb some on-field reporting by Kim and third with two outs, and
The Red Sox lineup this year concerned that the homer-prone being traded to the Washington Jones. In all honesty, it's Brett Gardner is up.
comes with a lot of flexibility. Beckett is not starting the season Redskins, and the Eagles just actually pretty informative. 9:26 pm | 3-1 Yankees; 4th
For those readers wondering off on the right foot. confirmed it. A second-round Jones gives three solid tidbits on Inning | by Nando Di Fino
(including online questioner 8:43 pm | 2-0 Yankees; 2nd pick this year and a third-or- Sabathia's mechanics, Brett As different as the Yankees and
Joe), for instance, where Jason Inning | by Nando Di Fino fourth round pick next year go Gardner's move to left field, and the Red Sox try to be, they do
Varitek and Mike Lowell are, Derek Jeter grounds into a back to the Eagles. Just to at the 8th-inning reliever role. have this in common: they both
the answer is: the dugout. Victor fielders choice to Scutaro -- they least justify this news somehow 9:11 pm | 2-1 Yankees; 3rd pushed speedster centerfielders
Martinez is catching and Adrian barely get Brett Gardner at in a baseball live blog, this Inning | by Nando Di Fino to left in order to make room in
Beltre is playing third base. second -- on Beckett's 36th pitch would be akin to the Yankees Words you may never hear center for their new acquisitions.
However, they can always shift of the game (YES, you've done trading Derek Jeter to Baltimore again from the mouth of For the Red Sox, it was
some players around -- have it again! Pitch counter!). It was for a couple prospects. Michael Kay: "And you just saw Ellsbury; for the Yankees, it was
Varitek catch, Martinez play a little weird seeing the Yankees 9:03 pm | 2-1 Yankees; 3rd Dr. Dre next to LeBron." Gardner. Both could have very
first, Youkilis play the outfield bat around without Hideki Inning | by Nando Di Fino James, a friend of Sabathia's, is similar seasons, with a decent
or third -- and work the veterans Matsui in the lineup, less so The Yankees getting Nick at Fenway Park after playing the average and plenty of steals. On
in. without Damon in there, but we Johnson is going to kill the pace Celtics today. Mike Cameron is Beckett's 68th pitch of the game,
8:32 pm | 1-0 Yankees, 2nd move on to the bottom of the of the games this season. at first base after walking, but Gardner singles a 3-2, two-out
Inning | by Nando Di Fino second, with the Yankees ahead, Yankees fans will hear two Scutaro lines sharply to A-Rod pitch to left for a run-scoring
Jorge Posada just hit one of the 2-0. things about Johnson this year: at third, who then fires it to first single. It's Gardner's second
most unique-to-Fenway 8:50 pm | 2-1 Yankees; 2nd 1. He will walk a lot, and 2. He to double off Cameron. He opposite-field hit of the night. 3-
homeruns a baseball fan will Inning | by Nando Di Fino gets inured a lot. When he steps might have been safe as he dove 1, Yankees.
see. It hit the Pesky Pole in short David Ortiz is one of the bigger up to bat, it's going to be like back to first, but there's no real 9:27 pm | 4-1 Yankees, 4th
right (Pesky was, ironically, question marks in baseball this that part of a concert you go to argument and Dustin Pedroia Inning | by Nando Di Fino
introduced to a roaring Fenway season. He is in his contract where the band plays boring Jacoby Ellsbury grounds to third Beckett then narrowly misses
during pregame ceremonies), year, but still managed to almost new songs. Half the stadium to end the inning. Yankees lead, Jeter, brushing him inside
and bounced onto the field. Â 1 hit 30 home runs last season, will get up and go to the 2-1, as we go to the top of the around stomach level with a
-0, Yankees. even though he was a disaster bathroom, knowing that Johnson fourth. pitch, bringing Martinez out to
8:36 pm | 2-0 Yankees; 2nd for more than half the year. He will probably see 116 pitches 9:19 pm | 2-1 Yankees, 4th try and calm him down. As
Inning | by Nando Di Fino grounds out in his first at-bat of per at-bat and slow the game Inning | by Nando Di Fino revenge, Jeter grounds a ball
Curtis Granderson just hit one 2010, but advances Kevin down considerably. Robinson Cano leads off the past a diving (who else?)
of the most not-unique-to-any- Youkilis to third. Youkilis 9:07 pm | 2-1 Yankees; 3rd fourth with a deep fly to left that Scutaro, scoring Swisher and
park home runs a fan will see, scores on a deep sacrifice fly to Inning | by Nando Di Fino glances off a leaping Ellsbury's sending Gardner to third. All
as he absolutely drills a Beckett center by Adrian Beltre. Two Nick Johnson, on cue, walks. glove and bounces away from four of the Yankees runs tonight
pitch to deep centerfield. It's his outs, the Yankees lead, 2-1. Teixeira follows it up with a fly him, sending Cano to second.
first as a Yankee, and it came in Two of the three runs have been out, and A-Rod grounds into a Posada advances Cano to third MLB page 58
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have been scored with two outs. feet away) Granderson, including a wild throw that comes nowhere near as they go to the bottom of the
Nick Johnson is up, so expect 2. It is the gesture for "out," not pitch and a nearly-hit batsman, home plate, allowing Drew to sixth.
your next update in five "safe." but he manages to strike out the score, and Cameron and Scutaro 10:25 pm | 5-2 Yankees; 6th
minutes. 4-1, Yankees. 3. It looked more celebratory. new centerfielder, and we go to to advance to third and second, Inning | by Nando Di Fino
9:34 pm | 5-1 Yankees; 4th Pedroia looked legitimately like the bottom of the fifth with the respectively. 5-2, Yankees. If I had to rate the new
Inning | by Nando Di Fino a Duke player who had just hit a Yankees up, 5-1. 10:10 pm | 5-2 Yankees, 5th additions to YES tonight, I think
Scott Schoeneweis is warming big three-pointer. 9:59 pm | 5-1 Yankees; 5th Inning | by Nando Di Fino it would be:
up in the Red Sox bullpen. Two The Sox go down 2-3 after Inning | by Nando Di Fino Ellsbury strikes out to end the Pitch counter - 5 stars (out of 5)
pitches after Ken Singleton said Pedroia's "1." We go to the top Sabathia has only thrown 63 fifth. 5-2, Yankees. We learned In-game info visits with Kim
we should watch for a steal by of the fifth with the Yankees pitches at this point, which is as two things this inning: First, Jones - 4 1/2 stars
Jeter, to "maybe steal a run ahead, 5-1. good a time as any to bring up moving Gardner to left may take The little arrow next to the
here," Jeter steals second and 9:43 pm | 5-1 Yankees; 5th this stat from ESPN: the a little while to get used to for inning which indicates whether
Gardner steals home. The plan, Inning | by Nando Di Fino Yankees are the only team with Yankees fans (or, being the it's the bottom or the top half - 3
according to the booth, was a Beckett is on pitch 85 right three pitchers on their current Yankees, expect to see a chorus 1/2 stars
designed play for Jeter to stop now, and seems to be all over staff who threw 200+ IP last of fans chanting for the signing Obsession with making
running, get himself in a the place, with 36 balls to 49 year (Sabathia, Javier Vazquez, of Jermaine Dye in the next references to LeBron James - 1
rundown, and allow Gardner to strikes. Teixeira and A-Rod go A.J. Burnett). Andy Pettitte just couple weeks). Second, David star
score while the infielders were down quickly, but Robinson missed with 194 2/3. Ortiz needs to start clicking, or 10:28 pm | 5-2 Yankees; 6th
trying to get Jeter out. The Cano hits another hard ball, this 10:02 pm | 5-1 Yankees; 5th one of those moving parts I Inning | by Nando Di Fino
throw went to second from time to right. J.D. Drew plays it Inning | by Nando Di Fino mentioned earlier could be DH. Pedroia walks to start off the
Victor Martinez, Jeter stopped, "beautifully," according to Kay, Beckett's final line included 10:24 pm | 5-2 Yankees, 6th bottom of the sixth, followed by
but jogged to second, as the and holds Cano at first on a shot five runs, eight hits, three walks, Inning | by Nando Di Fino a rope by Victor Martinez to left
throw immediately went back that 85% of the time is probably and two home runs. In last Schoeneweis gets Swisher and for a double. Gardner makes an
home to try and get Gardner. a double. Drew just one-handed year's the 2008 opener against Garndner on two quick outs, on-line throw to A-Rod at third,
Gardner scores, Jeter is safe at it, turned, and threw a rocket to Toronto, he gave up five runs on then is yanked in favor of where Ellsbury decides to hold.
second, and it's 5-1, Yankees. second base. three hits and five four walks, Ramon Ramirez. While we Yankees pitching coach Dave
Nick Johnson strikes out 9:53 pm | 5-1 Yankees; 5th with one home run. Before that, have the pitching change, here is Eiland just pulled a move after a
looking, and we move to the Inning | by Nando Di Fino he had all stellar starts going a bit of fun "Where Are They visit to the mound that I don't
bottom of the fourth. Jorge Posada walks on pitch 94 back to 2003, when Philly Now?" trivia: Tony Womack, think I've ever seen before: he
9:36 pm | 5-1 Yankees; 4th from Beckett. Terry Francona hammered him in 2 2/3 innings who briefly played second base took the ball with him and then
Inning | by Nando Di Fino comes in and yanks his number- pitched. for the Yankees before they flipped it to a fan behind the
CC Sabathia wins a footrace to one starter with two outs in the 10:07 pm | 5-2 Yankees; 5th called up Robinson Cano, dugout.
first as Pedroia slides head-first top of the fifth. Scott Inning | by Nando Di Fino enlisted the help of three people 10:33 pm | 5-4 Yankees; 6th
into the base and is called out in Schoeneweis comes in to pitch J.D. Drew gets the second hit of he recruited in a bar this past Inning | by Nando Di Fino
the second close play of the just as Michael Kay mentions the game for the Red Sox, weekend and finished in second Youkilis lines a ball to right
night that has gone New York's that many Sox fans thought Jon followed by Cameron getting place (out of twenty entries) in that lands about six feet to the
way. Pedroia gets up and Lester should have gotten the the third, after Ortiz popped out the Cuervo Games in Tempe, left of Nick Swisher and ships
throws a right hook at nobody in start instead. and Beltre struck out to lead it Ariz. by him to the wall. There's a
particular, which couldn't be 9:54 pm | 5-1 Yankees; 5th off. With men on first and 10:24 pm | 5-2 Yankees, 6th great shot of fans screaming at
more inappropriate: Inning | by Nando Di Fino second, Scutaro ropes a hit to Inning | by Nando Di Fino Swisher with middle fingers
1. It could have been construed Schoeneweis, a lefty, is a little left, which Gardner almost Jeter singles off Ramirez, raised as he runs it down and
as a punch thrown in the all over the place with his first chased down but seemed to pull followed by a Nick Johnson
umpire's direction (from five few offerings to the lefty up on. He then makes a wild liner to center. It's 5-2, Yankees MLB page 60
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fires it to the infield, but it is too hits a bullet against the Green fans know that Chan Ho Park is David Ortiz is up in a spot that Yankees live blog). Randy
late. Two runs score, Youkilis Monster -- maybe 10 feet too on the Yankees. Swisher will either earn him weeks of Winn, a relatively late signing
has a triple, and the Yankees low for a home run -- and the grounds into a double-play to reverence in New England, or by the Yankees, enters the game
lead is cut to 5-4. Yankees have runners on second end the inning, with the have most of the region shaking as a pinch runner, but it is all for
10:35 pm | 5-4 Yankees; 6th and third with no outs. Ramirez Yankees leading, 7-5, heading their heads, saying he's through. naught, as Teixeira grounds into
Inning | by Nando Di Fino is being pulled in favor of lefty into the seventh-inning stretch. Just as Michael Kay mentions a fielders choice. 8-7, Red Sox,
David Ortiz hits a broken-bat reliever Hideki Okajima, who 10:56 pm | 7-5 Yankees; 7th that Marte has been bothered by as we go to the bottom of the
dribbler to Cano, who pulls a will face a lefty (Cano), a switch Inning | by Nando Di Fino a cranky shoulder, he skips his eighth.
great move by pumping to the -hitter (Posada), and another Michael Kay is reporting that first pitch in the dirt to Posada's 11:35 pm | 8-7 Red Sox; 8th
plate while running towards lefty (Granderson), if there are Steven Tyler, of Aerosmith, left for a wild pitch, moving Inning | by Nando Di Fino
first, which accomplished the no double-plays. sang "God Bless America" Youkilis to third. Three pitches Fans at this game are going to
dual goal of holding Youkilis at 10:48 pm | 7-5 Yankees; 7th during the seventh-inning later, a ball bounces off Posada's tell their kids they went to a
third and getting Ortiz at first. Inning | by Nando Di Fino stretch. mitt for a passed ball, and concert and a baseball game
Sabathia is being pulled with a Cano grounds to Pedroia, who 10:57 pm | 7-5 Yankees; 7th Youkilis scores. 8-7, Red Sox. broke out. The Sox brought out
man on third and a one-run lead. pumps towards the plate then Inning | by Nando Di Fino Marte walks Ortiz and is Neil Diamond to sing "Sweet
10:35 pm | 5-5 tie; 6th Inning | decides to throw to first for the Chan Ho Park's first pitch of promptly yanked. Caroline," which they play after
by Nando Di Fino out. Teixeira scores, Ken the game is high and inside as 11:18 pm | 8-7 Red Sox; 7th the top of the eighth inning
David Robertson's first pitch of Singleton feels that if Pedroia Scutaro sets up to bunt, making Inning | by Nando Di Fino every game, one inning after
the inning is hit past Cano in the didn't pump he would've gotten this our third almost-hit-batter Joba Chamberlain comes in to Steven Tyler sang "God Bless
first-second hole by Adrian the runner at home, A-Rod of the game. get the last out for the Yankees America." To sum up: a one-run
Beltre for a run-scoring single. advances to third, and the 11:02 pm | 7-7 tie; 7th Inning | and mercifully end an inning game with plenty of offensive
It's a tie ballgame, 5-5, with one Yankees lead, 6-5. by Nando Di Fino that seemed to last for a solid firepower in one of the nation's
out in the bottom of the sixth. Before YES gets a chance to Park gives up a single to two hours. We are through best parks between the game's
10:38 pm | 5-5 tie; 6th Inning | show a fifth replay of the Cano Scutaro, strikes out Ellsbury, seven innings, with the Red Sox two best teams on what Michael
by Nando Di Fino RBI, Posada strokes a single then allows a home run just next leading, 8-7. Kay described as the best day
I know it doesn't hold the same that scores A-Rod from third. 7- to the left-field foul pole over 11:28 pm | 8-7 Red Sox; 8th anyone could ask for. Plus Neil
importance as having it for the 5, Yankees. the Green Monster to Pedroia. It Inning | by Nando Di Fino Diamond. And Steven Tyler.
starters, but there is no pitch 10:49 pm | 7-5 Yankees; 7th is a 7-7 tie once again. Bard induces Gardner and Jeter This is how you open a baseball
counter for David Robertson, Inning | by Nando Di Fino 11:09 pm | 7-7 tie; 7th Inning | groundouts to start the inning, season.
and, I can only assume, the rest And we have the first Michael by Nando Di Fino bringing up Nick Johnson, who 11:36 pm | 8-7 Red Sox; 8th
of the relievers. YES should Kay pun of the night: Curtis After Martinez grounds out to is working on a mustache. Inning | by Nando Di Fino
really keep that up throughout arrived "in Grand-erson style"! Cano, Youkilis launches a ball Quick thought: if you know the It is also, coincidentally, how
the game. Not because it serves Huzzah! that just missed a Green date of Opening Night for you open a Denny's.
any real purpose, but because 10:53 pm | 7-5 Yankees; 7th Monster home run, instead months, why would you be 11:42 pm | 8-7 Red Sox; 8th
you get used to it and want to Inning | by Nando Di Fino bouncing down for a double. halfway through the mustache- Inning | by Nando Di Fino
check every so often just out of A walk by Granderson pushes The Kay Pun Count is now at growing process? Wouldn't you Joba had a promising start to
habit. Posada to second, with one out. two, as he notes that "Chan Ho have started growing it a couple the inning, getting Drew to
Drew and Cameron ground out And we interrupt this Nick couldn't keep it in the Park," and weeks ago to have it ready for quickly ground out to third, but I
to end the inning. We go to the Swisher at-bat to let all fans Damaso Marte enters the game today? think the fact that Fenway Park
top of the seventh, a 5-5 tie. know that Chan Ho Park is with two outs and a tie 11:32 pm | 8-7 Red Sox; 8th is doing The Wave right now
10:45 pm | 5-5 tie; 7th Inning | warming up in the Yankees ballgame. Inning | by Nando Di Fino indicates how much the game
by Nando Di Fino bullpen. We should probably 11:13 pm | 8-7 Red Sox; 7th Nick Johnson walks (template
After Teixeira walks, A-Rod interrupt the interruption to let Inning | by Nando Di Fino to be created in time for next MLB page 64
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football player could be during career. Reid added. said in a statement released by
his 11 seasons in Philadelphia. But McNabb played poorly in a "It doesn't last forever -- that's the team. "I have long admired
He carried this organization to loss to Dallas in Week 17 that the problem. We all face it, we his competitiveness and feel he
new heights and set a high cost Philadelphia a division title all know it's coming sometime, will be an outstanding addition
standard of excellence both on and a first-round bye. He also someplace," he said. "And then to the Redskins and our
and off the field. We thank him struggled in a loss to the you kind of move on and the community. He knows our
for everything he did for this Cowboys the following week in game moves on." division and the roadmap to
football team and for this city." the wild-card game. The Eagles were 92-49-1 in success in the NFC East."
With three quarterbacks on the Reid said immediately after the regular-season games that McNabb overcame numerous
roster in McNabb, Kolb and season that McNabb would McNabb started and 9-7 in the injuries and controversies
Vick, the Eagles faced a return in 2010. Reid repeated playoffs. throughout his career, including
decision on which QB to keep that several times throughout the "Donovan is the ultimate criticism from Rush Limbaugh
and which to trade. Monday, on offseason until acknowledging professional," Eagles president and a feud with former
ESPN Radio's "Mike & Mike in last month the team was Joe Banner said. "He has an teammate Terrell Owens. He
The Morning," Reid said listening to offers for all three of incredible work ethic and has sustained injuries that ended his
McNabb was not the only its QBs. been an integral part of our regular season in November in
quarterback he considered McNabb then issued a success. Over the years, 2002, 2005 and 2006. McNabb
moving. statement saying he wished to Donovan has always carried missed a total of 24 games
"I can't deny there wasn't a remain with the Eagles, but himself with a great deal of because of injuries. The Eagles
choice to be made. There were understood the situation and dignity. He's an excellent role were 14-10 in those games.
things offered for Kevin," Reid hoped for a quick resolution. model for young men and Information from The
said. "I thought this was the best It was not easy telling McNabb women from across the region. Associated Press was used in
deal here." that he had been traded, Reid In my mind, he'll always be this report.
"I did not go into it saying said on "Mike & Mike in the remembered as one of the Five Filters featured article:
Donovan was the guy [who Morning." greatest Eagles of all time." Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools:
would be traded] -- this "Listen -- we are friends and The Redskins waited until late PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS,
happened to be the best deal for will remain friends and we had in the evening to announce the Term Extraction.
everybody," Reid said. 11 great years together," Reid trade and did not make
McNabb threw for 3,553 yards said of McNabb. Shanahan available for
and 22 touchdowns with 10 "Unfortunately, this game comment.
interceptions in 14 games last moves fast -- it's a terrible, "Donovan is an accomplished
season, leading the Eagles to the terrible thing to deal with as a quarterback who has been a
playoffs. His passer rating of player and as a coach." proven winner in the National
92.9 was the third-highest in his But change is part of the game, Football League," Shanahan
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MLB
continued from page 60
has slowed down as Joba paints ninth. "The Yankee bullpen has may have psychic powers. And
UConn Women Stutter,
every corner of the plate. Mike
Cameron is on second after a
not done the job," Kay notes, in
the understatement of the game.
Nick Johnson needs to buy
either a calendar or a razor. Don't Stumble
single up the middle and a walk Posada singles with two outs, If this game was played two Milton Kent (FanHouse Main)
to Scutaro. but Curtis Granderson grounds months from now, we'd Submitted at 4/4/2010 6:00:00 PM
11:46 pm | 9-7 Red Sox; 8th out on a 1-2 pitch to end the probably see a much different
Inning | by Nando Di Fino game. The Red Sox win, 9-7, to result, with players being more Filed under: Connecticut,
After Ellsbury flies out to take a commanding 1/2 game focused and displaying more Women's Basketball SAN
shallow center, Pedroia lines a lead in the AL East over the stamina. For now, though, it ANTONIO -- Once upon a time,
ball to right. A charging Swisher Orioles, Rays, and Blue Jays. was kind of a messy, yet Connecticut coach Geno
makes a good throw to almost 12:06 am | Postgame | by exciting debut. A paradox, so to Auriemma used to taunt the rest
get Cameron at the plate, but no Nando Di Fino speak. But it did see the debut of of his sport with the phrase,
dice. 9-7, Red Sox, with two The story of the game tonight the YES pitch counter, and they "We have Diana [Taurasi] and
outs and runners on first and can best be represented by can never take that away from you don't," meaning he had the
third. Pedroia has three RBI on David Ortiz in 2009. On paper, us. best player in the game, and she
the night and will now probably it looks like he had a good My prediction is that we'll see was enough to make his team
get the lions share of the text season, but it really was just a these two teams beating up on the best in the game.
votes for Player of the Game. couple very exciting months in a each other for the rest of the Auriemma wasn't in a taunting
11:50 pm | 9-7 Red Sox; 8th sea of "blah." This Yankees-Red season. Whether or not the mode after the Huskies turned
Inning | by Nando Di Fino Sox tilt had a few fun parts, but Rays can take advantage of that back Baylor 70-50 in the sliced a 17-point deficit down to
The pitch counter is back! Joba the whole was a display of poor and sneak past both -- like that national semifinal here Sunday three.
has thrown 31 pitches! The relief pitching and a game that lucky contestant who is in third- night, but he has two of the best But Moore, a 6-foot junior who
Joba Rules live on the YES seemed a little boring at place heading into Final players in the game, Maya won the Wade Trophy, given by
Network! Pitch number 32 is a stretches. Jeopardy and bets nothing, Moore and Tina Charles, and the Women's Basketball
fly out to Swisher in right, and Did we learn anything from while the two leaders guess they made all the difference. Coaches Association to the
we go to the top of the ninth, Opening Night? Maybe. The wrong and knock each other out The Huskies, who have won 77 nation's best player, and
with the Red Sox ahead, 9-7. Red Sox and Yankees have no -- remains to be seen. I'd like to straight games -- all by double Charles, who won the
Jonathan Papelbon will come on problem taking walks this year, say it's going to be fun, but with digits -- were rocked on their Associated Press Player of the
to try and finish the game for for one. The moves the teams the relief we saw tonight, that heels for a time by a scrappy Year, carried Connecticut down
Boston. made in the offseason seem to could be far from the truth. Baylor team that had already the stretch into a rematch with
11:58 pm | 9-7 Red Sox; Final | be the right ones, at least in the knocked off Tennessee and Stanford Tuesday for the
by Nando Di Fino small sample size of Just One Duke in the regionals and national title.
Papelbon makes short work of Game. CC Sabathia is a fun smelled blood in the water early
A-Rod and Cano to start the pitcher to watch. Ken Singleton in the second half, when they
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Reliance Big
Entertainment acquires
50% stake in Codemasters
David Hinkle (Joystiq)
Submitted at 4/5/2010 11:01:00 AM
ESRB rates Star Wars:
Dark Forces for PS1
Reliance Big Entertainment -- a
subsidiary of Reliance Anil
Classics re-release
Dhirubhai Ambani Group -- is a Griffin McElroy (Joystiq)
pretty big deal in India, handling Submitted at 4/5/2010 9:30:00 AM
immense resources and will help
a variety of different media and
entertainment businesses in the us realize the full potential of Resident Evil: Afterlife Though we've all played some
our game coding and online
region, including movies, sports,
music, internet and video excellence across so many
platforms, and especially in the
trailer adds a new dimension form of Jedi-centric game
throughout the course of our
games. That last item is what's lives, some of our younger
most important to this story, as
Reliance now has a 50 percent
world's fastest growing
markets," said Codemasters'
to the Zombocalypse readers may have missed out on
the ground floor of the Star
CEO Rod Cousens. "The future Griffin McElroy (Joystiq) samurai swords, suicidal swan
stake in UK-based firm Wars FPS movement by not
of Codemasters has never Submitted at 4/5/2010 10:30:00 AM dives, and gigantic super-
Codemasters, publisher of checking out the 1996
looked brighter." zombies wielding even larger
games like Operation
[Via Develop] There's a moment in the debut meat tenderizers -- all of which PlayStation classic, Star Wars:
Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, Dirt,
Reliance Big Entertainment t r a i l e r f o r R e s i d e n t E v i l : we assume will come flying Dark Forces. Fear not -- you
Overlord and Grid.
acquires 50% stake in Afterlife(the next Paul W.S. right 'atcha thanks to the won't have to go hunting
Zapak Digital Entertainment,
Codemasters originally Anderson/Milla Jovovich joint) i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f J a m e s through pawn shops to get your
Reliance's gaming division and
appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 05 where series antagonist Albert Cameron's 3D technology. Is it Kyle Katarn fix. The game
India's largest gaming company,
Apr 2010 11:01:00 EST. Please Wesker throws his glasses at too early to start talking Oscars? recently showed up on the
will oversee Reliance's you, the viewer, who will also [Via Hell Descent, Thanks CJ!] ESRB's list of adjudicated titles,
see our terms for use of feeds.
investment in Codemasters. The
Read| Permalink| Email this| presumably be wearing 3D Continue reading Resident Evil: slated to land on the PSOne
company also runs an online
Comments glasses when watching the full Afterlife trailer adds a new Classics platform.
gaming portal. film. The glasses pop off the dimension to the Zombocalypse We've contacted LucasArts to
"Reliance and Zapak have screen, and come flying towards Resident Evil: Afterlife trailer find out a time frame for the
ESRB y o u r g l a s s e s , w h i c h i s a adds a new dimension to the game's arrival on the PSN. As
continued from page 65 p h e n o m e n o n y o u c o u l d n ' t Z o m b o c a l y p s e o r i g i n a l l y for the new listings for XS
Joystiq on Mon, 05 Apr 2010 e x p e r i e n c e w i t h o u t t h e appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 05 Junior League Dodgeball and
09:30:00 EST. Please see our aforementioned glasses. It's Apr 2010 10:30:00 EST. Please XS Airboat Racing, we ... man,
unsettlingly recursive. we just don't know who we'd
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sustainable level to regurgitate passing the biggest healthcare China in a position to accept people who caused the bubble for profits. This trend is
overspending of the past. reform bill in four decades. It that? I seriously doubt it. and brought down the economy, strengthening China’s global
Long-term sustainability is will provide health insurance to Japan was a developed fearing negative economic bargaining power. Moreover,
possible if the U.S. trade deficit 32 million people who are not economy in 1985, and about one consequences. Neither will it global stock markets will
is small. Although the trade insured today and cost US$ 1 -third of China’s population have the guts to do something become more dependent on
deficit was cut in half after the trillion over 10 years. Obama lives in a developed economy, against Chinese exports that China’s economic performance.
crisis, U.S. consumption will go down in history as a mainly in coastal cities. Two- would surely bring down its For the United States, then,
probably is still above the long- significant president just for thirds are living in a developing economy. hurting China would be like
term sustainable level. this. stage, and an overvalued What the government can do is hurting oneself. Time is on
Moreover, export orders on the But its impact is mainly in the currency would block their impose tariffs on Chinese China’s side. China can wait out
China side suggest U.S. retail area of social justice, not path to economic development. products that are commodities U.S. protectionism.
sales have been picking up in efficiency. The U.S. economy’s The Democratic Party may lose still produced in the United The global economy has shown
the second quarter. This is biggest problem is skyrocketing a lot of votes for passing States. Chemical and metal signs of recovery, but it’s still
good news for the short term but healthcare costs, and the reform healthcare legislation, but products fall into this category. not stable. The bursting of the
reflects the U.S. household won’t reverse that. Even though blaming China for U.S. But even if Chinese exports of credit bubble has been followed
sector’s reluctance to change an the administration aimed to cut economic problems could win these products are fully by even greater growth for
unaffordable habit. It seems costs and expand insurance votes in the November mid- blocked, the impact would be two, separate bubbles – the U.S.
pretty remote to expect coverage, politicking forced it to term elections. Thus, pressure limited, since China doesn’t Treasury market and China’s
consumers to regurgitate that give up the first goal, on China’s currency value will have to depend on exports as in land market.
US$ 3 trillion. demonstrating again that the skyrocket before November. the past. What to do? Cooling the land
Ill-gotten bubble gains, if U.S. system can’t solve But as long as China remains What Matters bubble would make the Chinese
recovered, could help the problems through cutbacks. calm, pressure will dissipate A labor “shortage” is now economy less vulnerable to any
economic recovery. So far, What sells politically is over time. The United States emerging as a major turning shock from U.S. protectionism.
though, U.S. authorities have problem-solving through has been selectively imposing point in China’s development. So interest rates should be
done very little to settle the expansion, in which no one is tariffs on Chinese products over Wages will likely rise faster raised as soon as possible.
score. U.S. government action hurt and a rising tide washes all the past few months. Nothing than GDP for years to come, Many analysts argue that
looks suspiciously like a cover- problems away. The only way to will change in the near future, which is the best news for raising interest rates would
up for wrongdoings during the achieve this goal is by and a massive, across-the-board growing domestic demand. increase currency appreciation
bubble, and it’s a problem that expanding exports. This is why tariff on Chinese products is Low wages due to a labor pressure. This argument is
the same people are in charge. the administration wants to unlikely. surplus depressed China’s normally correct. But a great
Not a single, significant player double exports in five years. Most Chinese exports to the consumption development, but deal of hot money is already in
from Wall Street has gone to But Europe and Japan are so United States are designed, the labor market is now turning China, chasing a bubble rather
jail, despite mounting evidence depressed that the United owned and sold by major U.S. to an advantage for workers. An than paying interest. If China
of widespread fraud. Financial States could hardly export ore corporations. IPhones, Nike unlimited labor supply is a raises interest rates, hot money
reform legislation has been goods there. sneakers, and HP PCs are good thing of the past. Consider, for may exit for fear of a bubble
delayed again and again. And The Chinese economy is also examples. A massive tariff example, that rural schools burst, and appreciation pressure
the current reform bill includes too small to absorb much. Of would hit their profits and across the country are closing on the yuan may ease rather
so many measures contingent course, if China doubles or trigger a stock market collapse. because they’re running out of than strengthen.
on studies that it would not bite triples its currency value as It would bring down the U.S. students. China’s land bubble is vast and
for at least two years. Japan did after the Plaza economy and trigger a double- Another factor is that has far-reaching consequences
Expansion Option Accord in 1985, its economy dip. multinationals now rooted in for the country’s future. The
The Obama administration would be big enough to support The U.S. government doesn’t China’s consumer market are
scored a major victory in U.S. export growth. But is have the courage to prosecute increasingly relying on China PUT page 68
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PUT
continued from page 67
bubble may spread to farmland bubble is a must. Trade friction and growing, external
Research Brief: Gift
in coming years, creating new
complications. The bubble’s
with the United States will
command headlines and
challenges cannot derail
economic development. So the Cards Down in '09, But
existence has been widely attention from policymakers. answer to China’s problems lies
acknowledged, but no clear
measures have been taken to
But China’s main challenges
are internal. How to divide the
within. International
confrontation offers no
Turning at Year End
control it, proving that powerful pie created by economic solutions. (MediaPost | Media News) and pay?before products gaining
interests are behind it. development is critical to the Five Filters featured article: Submitted at 4/5/2010 6:15:28 AM increasing prominence as credit
The bubble makes China country’s future. Many argue Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: markets have tightened.
vulnerable to shock. If trade growth will solve all problems. PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, According to new data from Nevertheless, in 2009, the
friction with the United States I’m not sure about that. Term Extraction. Javelin Strategy Research, in combined use of prepaid and
drags on, hot money may leave Asset bubbles in China are the past few years, card gift cards shows a 5 percentage
en masse for fear of an mainly for taxing the middle networks have changed their point decline from 66% to 61%
economic collapse. And it may class, and they stunt growth. prepaid and gift focus as of consumers, reflecting a
make the collapse self-fulfilling. No modern economy can be core, rather than emerging, decrease of 11 million
To strengthen China’s position stable without a big, healthy products. The global economic consumers. With unemployment
in the coming conflict with the middle class. As long as downturn has furthered this
paradigm shift, with pay?now RESEARCH page 69
United States, taming the land China’s middle class is vibrant
Then there's the Party Play bit too ambitious with the size game made the transition to the be sorely disappointed. Some
feature. With the iPad lying in a of combat engagements. iPhone. sort of trial program, or demo
central location as the board, up Nevertheless, the ease with The App Store Experience system, wouldn't hurt either.
to four players can compete, which I could pan about the Apple's App Store is already a It's too early to claim that
using their iPhones and iPod map, divide my troops into phenomenal success, having Apple's iPad will revolutionize
Touches as personal tile racks. groups, and execute sold billions of apps, to say the portable video game
After all of the players have multifaceted attack strategies, nothing of the popularity of the industry. But regardless of how
downloaded a free app onto dwarfs anything that consoles-- Apple handhelds. The iPad successful the device is at
their Apple handheld, they'll be portable or otherwise--have shows no sign of changing any changing the way we play, it's
able to sync with the iPad, attempted with the genre. of that for the worse. sure to be a windfall for game
rearrange their tiles and flick While real-time strategy games During the initial launch, there developers: After just 20 How It Works:
them onto the board, or browse have their proof of concept, was no clear division between minutes of casual browsing
a Scrabble dictionary for valid tower-defense games have hit iPad and iPhone apps; but the through iTunes, I managed to A Lean, Mean
words. True, it's a bit gimmicky- the ground running. Consider applications have subsequently burn roughly $70 on a handful
-but it's also fun, and it adds
some nostalgic value, with your
PopCap's Plants Versus
Zombies. It's a stellar game in
fallen into place, with
developers settling on naming
of games.
Convenience is great, but a
Nail Gun
Max Fischer (Popular Science
letters safe from roaming eyes. its own right and has appeared conventions--appending "for the lurking danger here is the - New Technology, Science
EA may have the board game on multiple platforms, but the iPad" or "HD" to their games. feeling of instant gratification. News, The Future Now)
with the highest profile out on iPad version is hands down the Still, further streamlining, and a Tap the Buy button, and your
Submitted at 4/5/2010 6:55:48 AM
the App Store, but with this best iteration of the game thus clear line of demarcation brand new game will be yours in
Bosch reinvents the common
much money lying on the table, far: superior in execution even between the devices, would be seconds. Those $5 to $7
nailer, making a smaller tool
a digital board game revival to the original PC version. welcome. purchases start to add up
with the nail-driving power of
can't be too far behind. Blasphemy? Not quite. Though Pricing will be a learning alarmingly quickly, however.
the big guns
Multitouch Shines Where Plants versus Zombies HD may process for consumers and Now that the iPad has arrived,
Pneumatic nailers can slash the
Precision Counts not include all of the features developers alike. App store offering greater potential for
time it takes to fasten everything
As a dyed-in-the-wool strategy that shipped on the PC version enthusiasts have grown iPhone developers to improve
from window trim to roof
game fan, I was surprised to find of the game, the core experience accustomed to a glut of readily the overall quality of their
rafters. The basic guts of the
that the iPad made Command is vastly improved. The visuals accessible, 99-cent titles. But wares, we'll have to wait and see
tool haven't changed since the
and Conquer: Red Alert scale excellently down to the the prices of iPad games are whether pricing scales
1960s: Compressed air pushes a
legitimately bearable to play-- iPad's 1024 by 768 resolution, venturing into "real game" accordingly.
piston that drives a rod, forcing
certainly a first for the real-time while offering ample territory: Most start in the Five Filters featured article:
nails deep into wood, before the
strategy genre on a platform that maneuvering room. vicinity of $5, and some go as Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools:
tool resets for the next nail. Now
lacks a mouse and a keyboard. Better still is the multitouch high as $15. PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS,
Bosch has figured out how to
Multitouch is the key here, experience. Response and Though console and PC gamers Term Extraction.
make a nailer that's 20 percent
coupled with the size of the reaction times are faster, simply may be accustomed to the
smaller while boosting power by
display. Though Gameplay because you don't have to slide a pitfalls of digital distribution--
10 percent, so it can drive nails
suffers from limited AI and an mouse cursor across a map, and such as being unable to share
into hard woods like walnut
occasionally choppy frame rate, because you can tap (frantically) game purchases, or to return a
with less pressure than other
the level of control over units is in as many locations as you product they're dissatisfied with-
guns. Instead of reserving some
impressive. have fingers to reach. It's -some iPad owners shelling out
of the compressed air for
Micromanaging units can be portable, too, without the increasingly significant dollar
resetting the piston, which
tricky, as the developers were a drawbacks we saw when the amounts for games are going to
HOW page 71
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HOW
continued from page 70 The Convergence of
weakens the strike, the tool uses semiautomatic mode called motion.
all of the air's energy to drive
the nails. A vent exhausts the
bump firing, in which you can
hold down the trigger and fire a
3. The driver blade, a 5.3-inch
steel rod attached to the bottom
Renewables, the Smart Grid
air, and a second burst returns
the piston. Since Bosch's nailer
nail just by pressing the nose to
the wood. A toggle switch on
of the piston, smacks the nail,
driving it into the wood.
and (Maybe) PV Inverters
can operate at lower pressure, it the trigger changes the position 4. Just behind the nose is a info@greentechmedia.com interact with the appliances in
(Greentech Media: Headlines) the home, they typically work
reduces wear on compressors of a metal lever inside so that it plastic vent that exhausts all the
and components, while still touches the trigger-valve pin. At air as the piston descends in less Submitted at 4/5/2010 7:09:04 AM through some hardware and
hammering home 1- to 2.5-inch- that point, depressing the nose than 0.1 second, so it meets with software gateway; one that is
long nails all day. Design pushes the metal lever into the almost no resistance. A second There is an entrepreneurial and armed with wireless capabilities
Highlights on the Nail Gun pin, activating the trigger. burst of compressed air pushes venture capital rush in building and intelligence on household
Self-Cleaning Filter: The Depth of Drive: A dial lets you the driver blade and the piston out the Home Area Network behavior.
pressurized air leaving the tool adjust the distance between the back up, ready for the next (HAN). Companies like People What if there was already a
cleans this filter, which captures nose and the board, which strike. In conventional nailers, a Power, Tendril, Google, Cisco, piece of home electronics that
debris like sawdust and dirt, changes how deeply the gun reservoir captures some of the iControl, Lixar(bought by contained some intelligence on
preventing it from clogging the drives the nail. Step By Step air and rechannels it to push the Gridpoint), Greenbox(acquired energy usage, was connected to
cylinder. 1. A spring in the magazine piston back into position. by Silver Spring Networks), t h e g r i d a n d h a d s o m e
Fitting: A connection to an air feeds forward sleeves of 16- C o n t r o l 4 , E n e r g y H u b , communications capabilities?
hose allows pressurized air to gauge nails one at a time, EcoFactor, et al. are all working Startup iControl already has a
flow from an electric air putting one directly under the on software and hardware pieces piece of hardware in the home
compressor into the nailer, driver blade. of home and building energy in the form of a home security
where it's moved by valves 2. Squeezing the trigger opens management. product. They don't have to
controlled by the trigger. the nailer's main valve, letting in The millions of deployed smart worry about the high cost of
Bump Firing: Like most nailers, air from a compressor that sets meters tend to look out towards
the utility. When these meters CONVERGENCE page 72
the Bosch also has a the 33-gram aluminum piston in
customer acquisition -- they Enphase, like other HAN end of the spectrum) informing in demand response, with to be done to get ready for all of
already have a customer. Their dashboards, envisions a product a homeowner of how much approximately 12 percent of this, beginning, of course, with
ambitions of moving into the that provides control over power the PV array is producing peak megawatts under demand DPUC approval," Jessica
smart grid space seem logical generation and consumption relative to the homeowner's response management, Brahaney Cain, director of
and intuitive. with a simple web-based overall usage as a means of according to Gregg Dixon, the customer solutions at CL&P,
But there's another piece of interface leveraging their moderating consumption." senior vice president of said in a statement. "By 2017,
electronics starting to appear at existing microinverter, internet There are other inverter marketing at EnerNoc, one of we believe 25 percent of our
the home that might also have a gateway, energy monitoring companies looking for "grid the demand response providers residential and 50 percent of
head start as the gateway to the services and powerline awareness" and grid integration, in Connecticut. commercial and industrial
HAN -- solar inverters. communications. Nahi sees the such as PV Powered and Currently, most customers that customers will be participating
Enphase is not be limited to the product as granular -- the right Advanced Energy. We reported opt into demand response in the program. Hopefully, the
DC to AC microinverter size for the customer, resilient, on microinverter firm Petra services are financially numbers will be even higher."
function, and apparently never and providing plenty of Solar and their utility grid rewarded to cut their use during In the past few months,
intended to be. The company's actionable data. monitoring capabilities here. critical peak periods. Demand consumers in Texas and
CEO, Paul Nahi, hinted at their Greg Madianos, Product Line And at the utility scale, inverter response companies give them a California have complained that
grander ambitions at Greentech Director at microinverter firms like SMA, Satcon, and GE check for conserving (and the smart meters have unfairly
Media's Solar Summit in manufacturer SolarBridge, said incorporate features like low utility gives even a bigger check raised their bills, a charge
Phoenix last week. (BTW -- last in an email: "We firmly believe voltage ride through (LVRT) to the demand response provider denied by utilities. But in a trial
week was a good week for that inverters will play a central and the ability to compensate for for relieving congestion on the in Oklahoma, consumers were
Enphase.) role in enabling the smart grid to reactive grid power. grid). Demand response has surprised to learn about peak
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walls of the home. That's where functionality in mind for proposed peak-time pricing expected to make a decision on
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and diverse student body while but not sustainable over the long made reporting SAT scores Ursinus uses the Free formula will penalize you. The
bringing in enough revenue to haul. We were making the optional for students in the top Application for Federal Student federal formula won’t.
keep the doors open. Whereas college commitment really 10% of their class, and it Aid (FAFSA) to dole out federal But because the Profile gives a
elite colleges take merit as a lopsided.” considers their other strengths, money, such as Pell grants, and fuller picture of your finances
given and extend financial aid Hoping to attract stronger including the number of to give students access to federal and lets you explain special
only to those who need it, students who could also pay a Advanced Placement classes on loans, including Staffords. The circumstances, it could give the
Ursinus offers sizable higher portion of costs, if not the their high school transcript and feds pay the interest on financial-aid officer a reason to
scholarships to outstanding whole amount, Ursinus moved any leadership roles. Staffords for students with need bolster your need-based aid.
applicants from every economic from a need-only financial-aid Admissions counselors use the while they are in college. Colleges must follow strict rules
strata, including the wealthiest. policy to one that includes ratings not only to decide which Unsubsidized Staffords are in distributing federal funds but
Surprised? Consider your own scholarships for top applicants. students to admit but also to available to anyone who applies. can make their own rules for
college search. As a parent, you Other colleges, faced with a determine how much merit aid, (Use our interactive college-aid their own money. Private
look for the best academic similar financial crunch, did the along with need-based aid, they letter to learn how to distinguish colleges, which set their own
program for your student at a same. “We haven’t thrown need will receive. Not surprisingly, the various types of aid offered tuition and often have
price you can afford -- the same out the window,” says students who rate a 1 generally to you.) endowments, have more
basic process that colleges use DiFeliciantonio, “but we’ve elicit the best scholarships -- Public colleges generally rely freedom than public schools to
to attract the best students, but introduced merit into the $13,000 to $20,000 or more. on the FAFSA to calculate how do as they see fit. “If you have
in reverse. The better you equation.” Number 2s might be offered much families are expected to blond hair and blue eyes and
understand how colleges To define what constitutes $10,000 to $13,000. The 3s are contribute. Many private they want to give you money for
conduct their deliberations, the merit at Ursinus, less likely to get merit schools, however, also have you that, they can -- or not,” says
better you can go about yours. DiFeliciantonio (now vice- scholarships but can still qualify fill out the CSS Profile, a more- Suzanne Sparrow, director of
Measuring merit president for enrollment) for need-based aid. detailed financial-aid financial services at Ursinus.
Ursinus’s academic reputation devised a system that rates Discomfiting as it may be to application that uses a different Sparrow conducts seminars for
once relied heavily on the applicants according to their think that your child is being calculation -- called the the parents of prospective
sciences, especially its pre-med grades, standardized-test scores assigned a number, much less a institutional formula -- to students and encourages them to
program. When John and accomplishments. Students dollar amount, such calculations determine how much you are bring their concerns to the
Strassburger arrived as president who score 1300 or more on their go on across the country as expected to pay. Some tailor the financial-aid office. One family
in 1995, he broadened the focus math and verbal SATs and rank colleges build their classes and Profile to suit their criteria or recently did just that, informing
to include liberal arts and in the top 10% of their high parcel out their money. “Not ask that you submit a third Sparrow that sky-high, ongoing
boosted academic expectations. school class are typically everyone is a 1, by definition, application that bores even medical bills offset their assets,
Says Strassburger, “We believe assigned the highest rating, a 1. and every school has its 2s and further into your finances. which were significant. She
outstanding students make other Those with at least 1100 total on 3s -- they are just at different Which formula the college uses adjusted the financial-aid
students outstanding.” their math and verbal SATs and levels,” says DiFeliciantonio. can make a huge difference in calculation accordingly.
About the same time, Richard who rank in the top third of their “We’re ultimately trying to your potential for financial aid. Assembling the awards
DiFeliciantonio, who was then class rate a 2. Students who fall match the quality of our For instance, the FAFSA By early February, Sparrow has
admissions director, began somewhat below those criteria programs with the potential of considers fewer assets than the already put together 500 awards,
reexamining Ursinus’s financial rate a 3. our students.” Knowing the Profile; it ignores home equity mostly for applicants who have
-aid policy, which focused But numbers don’t represent the formula as well as the assets of family- been accepted through early
almost entirely on need. “The whole picture, says Once Ursinus decides which business owners with 100 or decision. The software she uses
college was enrolling a lower DiFeliciantonio. “We read each students to accept and how fewer full-time employees. If shows how the FAFSA would
percentage of low-need students application twice and have the much merit money, if any, to you have significant wealth in calculate the expected family
and a high percentage of high- latitude to bump a student up or offer, the financial-aid office home equity or in a small family
need students. It was laudable down.” The school recently takes over. Like every college, business, the institutional CRACKING page 76
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contribution, but she uses the qualifies for almost $21,000 in which ignores equity, the Sparrow, “with $32,000 in
institutional formula, with a few need-based aid owing to her student would qualify for grants and scholarships, it’s a
tweaks, to come up with family’s modest net worth -- $25,000 in need-based aid, but nice package.”
Ursinus’s calculation. (Use our about $60,000 -- and annual the institutional formula Sparrow wraps up for the
interactive college-aid letter to income, just over $120,000. qualifies her for only $11,000. afternoon, having allocated
learn how to distinguish the Despite her rating, she has not Consolation? As a 2, the student more than $100,000 from
various types of aid offered to been awarded a scholarship. receives a merit scholarship of Ursinus’s coffers in just a few
you.) “Maybe she had good SATs but $13,000, and Sparrow adds a hours. The college has budgeted
Sparrow pulls up a screen and she didn’t have enough AP $2,000 grant to the mix. $33 million for financial aid for
reviews the application of a classes, or maybe she didn’t The final application under the upcoming academic year,
student whose parents’ visit the campus and didn’t seem review for the day is that of a and it will use that money to
household income exceeds interested,” says Sparrow. “It’s student whose family makes attract the precise mix of
$200,000. Their investments and not cut and dried.” about $26,000 and has no assets students it wants to enroll.
cash accounts add up to about According to Ursinus’s to speak of. Rated a 1, this Message to parents? Encourage
$150,000. Even before factoring guidelines for 1s, she will be student is the kind colleges fight your kids to study hard. “In
in home equity, they do not awarded a need-based grant of over, both to fulfill their almost all schools, the aid
qualify for need-based aid. $21,000 -- a good deal but not educational mission and to package will reflect the strength
But the student has been rated a the best one. “Every year, the strengthen their incoming class. of the student,” says
1 by the admissions office and student will have to reapply for In addition to federal grants, DiFeliciantonio. “The stronger
awarded a merit scholarship of a grant,” says Sparrow. "A Ursinus offers him a $13,000 the students are, the more
$20,000. Sparrow pulls out a scholarship will never change as scholarship, a $19,000 grant and options they’ll have.”
yellow form on which she long as the student meets the subsidized Staffords, plus a job Use our interactive college-aid
records the family’s expected grade-point-average through the federal work-study letter to learn about the various
contribution and award. To the requirements. So for the same program. types of aid offered to you.
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award comes to $25,500, about income is $125,000. The leaves a gap between award and
half of Ursinus’s $50,000 sticker family’s biggest asset is home cost, the better to spread its
price. equity, a substantial $172,000. resources. The award falls short
The next student, also rated a 1, Under the federal formula, by $8,000. Nonetheless, says
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bottle I didn't like.' I've never McCullough and his son, Alex, couldn't finish it. Though I can't
met a Blizzard I didn't like." had invented. Today, of course, say how soft serve compares to
In Crosbyton (population soft serve is not so glamorous or other ice creams I've had, I will
1,874) on another Sunday, the novel as it was when it first say that it was delicious—and
church crowd had already gone debuted. Having now that the structure itself was a
home for the day and the considered it in detail, however, modern-day miracle.
famous West Texas wind was I think I should offer some Finally, and most importantly,
blowing full gale. A flagpole praise for soft serve ice cream. soft serve requires a machine. A
wire pinged wildly against its First off: soft serve is cheap and machine, in turn, requires a
pole. At the deserted Dairy soft serve is low in fat. (Unlike store. Not quite solid, and made
Queen, I ordered a Snickers Mayfield's claim about largely of air, soft serve can't
Blizzard. The machine beat out Blizzards, this is actually true.) survive a freezer. You can't buy
the calories. Would the server Furthermore, because soft serve soft serve in a carton. Every
turn the Blizzard upside down? doesn't freeze your mouth, it cone requires an excursion into
She turned the Blizzard upside tastes better than hard ice cream. the world. It is a public ice
down. Mayfield told me that That was Grandpa cream, meant to be eaten fresh.
Blizzards do sometimes fall out.
But in Crosbyton mine stayed
McCullough's theory, anyway,
and Dairy Queen boosters have
Following the invention of soft
serve, the creation of thousands
Breakfast Worth
put. treated it as gospel ever since. I of new places to go and sit and
•
The Blizzard has been good for
haven't done a taste comparison,
but I did tackle a monstrous
eat it was almost inevitable. Wishing for Leftover
Dairy Queen, but neither it nor
Dairy Queen itself would exist
Brown Derby (chocolate dip
cone) in Aspermont (population Matzoh
without soft serve ice cream. 1,021). In size and shape, it contributors@theatlantic.com Truth be told it is the only dish I
After all, Sherb Noble opened recalled a Dr. Seuss mountain. (Ezekiel J. Emanuel) (Food :: can recall he ever cooked for us.
the first store in Joliet, Illinois, Tens of millions of Whos could The Atlantic) Sorry Dad, but it was horrid.
only to sell the soft serve his have lived on top; even with the Submitted at 4/5/2010 6:09:28 AM Hard on the throat. The matzohs
friends, J.F. "Grandpa" help of my mom and dog, I dremiel/flickr were firm and in big chunks and
Passover is here. Yuck! This is only scratched as they went
BREAKFAST a holiday where the food you eat down the gullet.
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is supposed to make you Over the years I have found the
them. Just cover the matzohs gemish(mixture). Shake some own children liked this so much remember the suffering of being
secret to good matzoh brei:
with the water. The water is ground cinnamon to taste on the we would use up the matzoh a slave. Nowhere is that more
boiling water. I always thought
absorbed and softens the gemish. For variety you can add making this even after Passover true than in relation to breakfast.
that during the Seder we should
matzoh. After five to 10 chopped up apple pieces if you ended. (Truth be told, I hate Gone are the pancakes, waffles,
thank God for the miracle of
minutes, pour off any remaining want. matzoh so much I was always and French toast, not to mention
boiling water.
water. If you are impatient like Heat up the griddle add butter tempted just to throw out basic cereal. What is left? Only
So here is the recipe for a
me it will be shorter, but even a (or margarine). And plop down whatever was left after the sun two things: eggs and matzoh
decent Passover breakfast.
few minutes is good enough. small circles of the matzoh-egg went down on the eighth day.) brei.
Crumble three matzohs into
Break two eggs into the gemish as if it were pancake So remember to be thankful for Eggs you can handle yourself.
smallish pieces in a bowl, and
bowl—you can add another egg batter. Cook both sides and boiling water—reduces the Matzoh brei is an art form.
then pour boiling water over
for a richer mixture or pre- serve with pure maple syrup. suffering of Passover breakfasts. When I was growing up, my
whisk, if you want—and mix to Presto! Now you have a decent BREAKFAST page 81 father made us matzah brei. BREAKFAST page 80
create a matzoh-egg Passover breakfast. Indeed my
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