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US: Terrorists seeking missing Libyan missiles

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20,000 such missiles in its arsenals before civil war began in Submitted at 10/14/2011 12:06:21 PM March, Shapiro said. Although BRUSSELS (AP) Terrorist many were destroyed by NATO groups have expressed interest in air strikes, thousands are missing. obtaining some of the thousands " T h e p o s s i b i l i t y t h a t t h e s e of shoulder-launched missiles that weapons may cross borders is an have gone missing in Libya and area of considerable concern," the issue has become a priority for Shapiro said. "That's why U.S. the Obama administration, a has been working with countries senior U.S.official said Friday. bordering Libya to prevent By Manu Brabo, AP (proliferation)." Revolutionary fighters launch Reports that thousands of the missiles toward loyalists positions portable, short-range missiles in Sirte, Libya. were missing first surfaced at the Andrew J. Shapiro, Assistant end of September, when NATO's Secretary of State for Political- t o p m i l i t a r y o f f i c e r , A d m . Military Affairs, said Friday the Giampaolo Di Paola, was cited as missiles "could pose a threat to telling German lawmakers that the civil aviation." alliance had lost track of at least "We know that terrorist groups 10,000 surface-to-air missiles h a v e e x p r e s s e d i n t e r e s t i n from Libyan military depots. obtaining these weapons," he said, The State Department had sent 15 adding that the issue issue of specialists to Libya to track down securing the weapons was a the weapons and plans to increase priority for President Barack the number to 50 soon, Shapiro Obama and Secretary of State said, adding the U.S. has allocated Hillary Clinton. $30 million to the effort. Libya was believed to have about He said vast majority of the
missing missiles were Sovietmade SA-7 Strela (Arrow) with infrared homing. The United States and other Western nations have been trying for decades to reduce the global stock of portable missiles, fearing they could fall into the hands of terrorists. The small, easily concealable SAM-7s are considered obsolete by modern military standards but could pose a threat to civilian airliners or helicopters. Weighing just 14 kilograms (31 pounds) and only 1.40-meters (4feet) long, the 1960s-era missile can reach an altitude of over 3,000 meters (10,000 feet). Thousands have been used in wars in the Middle East, Latin America, Central Asia and former Yugoslavia. Civilian aircraft as well as U.S. and allied warplanes and helicopters have been damaged or downed by the missiles in Afghanistan and Iraq. "Libya was largest non-producing country holding MANPADS," he
said, referring to the weapons by their official designation of ManPortable Air-Defense Systems. Also on Friday, NATO Secretary -General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that although the missing weapons were a matter of concern, "it's not a part of NATO's mandate to deal with that." He said that according to a U.N. Security Council resolution it was the responsibility of the new authorities in Libya to make sure the stockpiles of weapons are monitored and controlled effectively. "But I know that individual NATO allies are also engaging with the new authorities to help them fulfill that task." Fogh Rasmussen said in an AP interview. Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. For more information about reprints &
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Despite pressure, anti-Wall Street movement stands ground

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arrested 10 demonstrators Thursday night for refusing to leave a makeshift structure. Police DENVER Dozens of police in say eight men and two women riot gear began herding Wall were booked into the King Street protesters out of a tent County Jail. camp outside the state Capitol on The protesters' demands are wide Friday as demonstrators around -ranging, but they are united in the country fought to keep their blaming Wall Street and corporate movement alive. interests for the economic pain By Joshua Trujillo, AP they say all but the wealthiest Occupy Seattle protesters chant Americans have endured since the in Westlake Park on Thursday. financial meltdown. Ten of the protesters were Protests against Wall Street arrested for refusing to move from spread across USA. Click on a a makeshift structure in the park. city to read the story. In New York, a move to evict In Denver, most protesters left protesters from a plaza in Lower the Occupy Denver tent camp Manhattan so it could be power- Friday morning without resisting. washed was postponed after they Many chanted "Peaceful!" as they scrambled to clean it on their b a c k e d a w a y f r o m t h e i r own. encampment. Officers were Deputy Mayor Cas Holloway placing plastic handcuffs on some said the owners of the private protesters. p a r k , B r o o k f i e l d O f f i c e The Colorado State Patrol and Properties, had put off the Denver police began clearing the cleaning. Supporters of the camp just after 6 a.m. ET Friday. p r o t e s t e r s , i n c l u d i n g u n i o n The protesters set up dozens of members, had started streaming tents on state land and many of into the plaza early Friday in a them did not leave when the show of solidarity. state's curfew went into effect at In Trenton, N.J., protesters were 11 p.m. Thursday, despite an ordered to remove tents from their order from the governor and e n c a m p m e n t n e a r a w a r repeated requests from the state memorial. patrol. Occupy Seattle demonstrators During a news conference on remained in downtown Westlake Thursday night, the State Patrol Park on Friday morning under the said the protesters could not stay watch of police after officers on the land around the Capitol, in
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Lincoln Park, and it said it would enforce the 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew. Xcel was on the scene trying to cut power to the tent city. Officials say the protesters tapped into the electricity of park structures, such as lighting fixtures, to run their equipment. Xcel is repairing the damage the protesters caused, structure by structure. A statement released Thursday night by Chief James Wolfinbarger of the patrol said: "Our goal is to give Occupy Denver and other protesters every opportunity to leave Veterans Park in a peaceful manner. While it is our responsibility to enforce the law, we must continue to protect the safety of the public." Gov. John Hickenlooper had said protesters needed to pack up and leave on Thursday night. Mark Silverstein, legal director for the ACLU, said that the posting of tents could be a "symbolic speech that's protected by the First Amendment." "I'm not saying they have a legal right in court to keep those tents there," Silverstein went on to say. "We'd ask the question: Is there a way the government can accommodate the expression without having to shut it down, without having to clear people out of the park?"
Derrick Frazier recently joined the Occupy Denver movement because he liked the group's approach and what they stood for: make a change in our country and do it without violence. He said he believes that is why the group has not been removed from the Capitol Center complex. "The police see that it is nonviolent, it is not what they thought it would be," Frazier said. "People are good. That makes a difference, a big difference." In Salem, Ore., protesters agreed to move their tents from Wilson Park but said they have no intention of leaving. Police have told protesters to move their tents because camping in the park, which closes at 10 p.m., is illegal. Demonstrators moved their camp twice, to a nearby YMCA and then to a street at the edge of the park and both times they were told to move. Organizer Michele Darr said they would move the tents again only 10 tents remained to a grass strip near the YMCA parking lot. State officials in Iowa Friday denied a renewed camping permit at the Iowa Capitol grounds for Occupy Iowa protesters. The reason: The state's practice has been to limit overnight stays on the ground to three nights. "As we've done throughout the
process we're trying to treat the organization the same way we treat for any other organization," said Caleb Hunter, a spokesman for the Iowa Department of Administrative Services. David Goodner of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement said the denial opens up the possibility of more arrests tonight. "This is state government standing on the side of big corporations and big money and against hardworking people and families," Goodner said. "And it raises the risk of confrontation tonight." Boisterous cheers floated up from the crowd in New York as the announcement of the cleaning postponement circulated, and a small group soon marched away with brooms, saying they were going to clean up Wall Street, a few blocks away. Police arrested 14 people, including protesters who obstructed traffic by standing or sitting in the street, and others who tuned over trash baskets, knocked over a police scooter and hurled bottles. Liane Nikitovich, 44, fitness instructor, said she was buoyed by the news but also concerned that it was a postponement not a cancellation. "It's really a victory for freedom DESPITE page 4
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House panel looks at Solyndra loan restructuring

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committee. Democrats' protests temporarily stopped the hearing. But WASHINGTON (AP) A House R e p u b l i c a n s q u i e t e d t h e h e a r i n g o n a s o l a r p a n e l complaints by agreeing to enter manufacturer that went broke the Energy Department memo after receiving a half-billion dollar into the record and to allow the federal loan erupted in a partisan department's officials to testify at skirmish before any witnesses had a later hearing. testified Friday. Rep. Henry Democrats say they want "to get Waxman called the hearing "a the facts on the table," Rep. Joe rigged proceeding." Barton, R-Texas, said. "That's By Susan Walsh, AP House what we're trying to do." Oversight and Investigations The hearing Friday was focused subcommittee member Rep. on newly released emails that Henry Waxman, D-Calif., speaks s h o w t h a t t h e T r e a s u r y during the Solyndra hearing on Department was concerned that Capitol Hill. the loan restructuring, approved earlier this year, could violate By Susan Walsh, AP federal law. The deal was H o u s e O v e r s i g h t a n d structured so that private investors Investigations subcommittee moved ahead of taxpayers for member Rep. Henry Waxman, D- repayment on part of the loan in Calif., speaks during the Solyndra case of a default by Solyndra. hearing on Capitol Hill. Administration officials have Democrats on the House Energy defended the loan restructuring, a n d C o m m e r c e C o m m i t t e e saying that without an infusion of criticized Republicans for not cash earlier this year, Solyndra allowing the Energy Department w o u l d l i k e l y h a v e f a c e d to testify and for blocking the immediate bankruptcy, putting release of an Energy Department more than 1,000 people out of memo that outlined the legal basis work. for its decision to restructure the Even with the federal help, $535 million loan to Solyndra. Solyndra closed its doors Aug. 31 "We are going to get only one and let all of its workers go. side of the story. That's no way to Democrats sought the release of a r u n a n i n v e s t i g a t i o n , " s a i d 6-page memo, dated Feb. 15, Waxman, D-Calif., a former 2011, outlining the legal basis for c h a i r m a n o f t h e e n e r g y the Energy Department's decision
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approved. "To our knowledge that has never happened," Miller wrote in an Aug. 17 memo to the White House Office of Management and Budget. Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., called Miller's memo "startling" and said it appears that DOE violated "the to ensure that investors who p l a i n l e t t e r o f t h e l a w " i n provided additional funding to approving the restructuring. Solyndra would be repaid before "We need insight into Treasury's the federal government if the role in reviewing this loan company defaulted on the loan. guarantee," said Stearns, chairman Republicans said Democrats were o f t h e e n e r g y p a n e l ' s aware before the hearing started subcommittee on oversight and that Energy Department officials investigations. Emails released last week show a would not testify. "Today we're here to talk to the w i d e d i s a g r e e m e n t a m o n g Treasury Department because o f f i c i a l s a t t h e E n e r g y they're the department that Department, Treasury and Office actually financed the loan," of Management and Budget about Barton said. "It's not really a loan Solyndra. Officials at the latter guarantee. And apparently they're two agencies raised questions the department that raised a lot of about the quality of the DOE's red flags about it that nobody at loan-vetting process and the DOE or the White House paid any special treatment Solyndra was given as its finances deteriorated. attention to." The lawmakers cite emails Gary Grippo, a deputy assistant showing that Mary Miller, an treasury secretary, and Gary assistant treasury secretary, said Burner, chief financial officer at the deal could violate the law the Federal Financing Bank, are because it put investors' interests expected to testify. The financing ahead of taxpayers. Miller told a bank made a $528 million loan to top White House budget official Solyndra in 2009. The Fremont, Calif.-based that she had advised that any p r o p o s e d r e s t r u c t u r i n g b e company was the first renewabler e v i e w e d b y t h e J u s t i c e energy company to receive a loan D e p a r t m e n t b e f o r e i t w a s guarantee under a stimulus-law
program to encourage green energy and was frequently touted by the Obama administration as a model. Obama visited the company's Silicon Valley headquarters last year, and Vice President Joe Biden spoke by satellite at its groundbreaking. Since then, the company's implosion and revelations that the administration hurried budget officials to finish their review of the loan in time for the September 2009 groundbreaking has become an embarrassment for Obama. Damien LaVera, a spokesman for the Energy Department, said Thursday that the loan restructuring was legal. "Based on a careful analysis of the terms of the restructuring, the career officials in the DOE loan program determined that the restructuring was legal and that it did not require Justice Department review," LaVera said. Energy Department officials say the statute cited by the Treasury Department requires the Justice Department to approve a loan "compromise," in which a borrower is allowed to pay back less than the full amount of the loan. That was not the case in the Solyndra deal, they said. And while one portion of the law makes clear that a federal debt HOUSE page 4
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cannot be subordinate to other financing at the time of the loan, another section provides officials with broad authority to take action to protect the taxpayer in an emergency situation, they said. Energy Secretary Steven Chu approved the restructuring in February. Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. This entry passed through the
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Despite pressure, anti-Wall Street movement stands ground - USA Today

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arrested 10 demonstrators Thursday night for refusing to leave a makeshift structure. Police DENVER Dozens of police in say eight men and two women riot gear began herding Wall were booked into the King Street protesters out of a tent County Jail. camp outside the state Capitol on The protesters' demands are wide Friday as demonstrators around -ranging, but they are united in the country fought to keep their blaming Wall Street and corporate movement alive. interests for the economic pain By Joshua Trujillo, AP they say all but the wealthiest Occupy Seattle protesters chant Americans have endured since the in Westlake Park on Thursday. financial meltdown. Ten of the protesters were Protests against Wall Street arrested for refusing to move from spread across USA. Click on a a makeshift structure in the park. city to read the story. In New York, a move to evict In Denver, most protesters left protesters from a plaza in Lower the Occupy Denver tent camp Manhattan so it could be power- Friday morning without resisting. washed was postponed after they Many chanted "Peaceful!" as they scrambled to clean it on their b a c k e d a w a y f r o m t h e i r own. encampment. Officers were Deputy Mayor Cas Holloway placing plastic handcuffs on some said the owners of the private protesters. p a r k , B r o o k f i e l d O f f i c e The Colorado State Patrol and Properties, had put off the Denver police began clearing the cleaning. Supporters of the camp just after 6 a.m. ET Friday. p r o t e s t e r s , i n c l u d i n g u n i o n The protesters set up dozens of members, had started streaming tents on state land and many of into the plaza early Friday in a them did not leave when the show of solidarity. state's curfew went into effect at In Trenton, N.J., protesters were 11 p.m. Thursday, despite an ordered to remove tents from their order from the governor and e n c a m p m e n t n e a r a w a r repeated requests from the state memorial. patrol. Occupy Seattle demonstrators During a news conference on remained in downtown Westlake Thursday night, the State Patrol Park on Friday morning under the said the protesters could not stay watch of police after officers on the land around the Capitol, in
Lincoln Park, and it said it would enforce the 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew. Xcel was on the scene trying to cut power to the tent city. Officials say the protesters tapped into the electricity of park structures, such as lighting fixtures, to run their equipment. Xcel is repairing the damage the protesters caused, structure by structure. A statement released Thursday night by Chief James Wolfinbarger of the patrol said: "Our goal is to give Occupy Denver and other protesters every opportunity to leave Veterans Park in a peaceful manner. While it is our responsibility to enforce the law, we must continue to protect the safety of the public." Gov. John Hickenlooper had said protesters needed to pack up and leave on Thursday night. Mark Silverstein, legal director for the ACLU, said that the posting of tents could be a "symbolic speech that's protected by the First Amendment." "I'm not saying they have a legal right in court to keep those tents there," Silverstein went on to say. "We'd ask the question: Is there a way the government can accommodate the expression without having to shut it down, without having to clear people out of the park?"
Derrick Frazier recently joined the Occupy Denver movement because he liked the group's approach and what they stood for: make a change in our country and do it without violence. He said he believes that is why the group has not been removed from the Capitol Center complex. "The police see that it is nonviolent, it is not what they thought it would be," Frazier said. "People are good. That makes a difference, a big difference." In Salem, Ore., protesters agreed to move their tents from Wilson Park but said they have no intention of leaving. Police have told protesters to move their tents because camping in the park, which closes at 10 p.m., is illegal. Demonstrators moved their camp twice, to a nearby YMCA and then to a street at the edge of the park and both times they were told to move. Organizer Michele Darr said they would move the tents again only 10 tents remained to a grass strip near the YMCA parking lot. State officials in Iowa Friday denied a renewed camping permit at the Iowa Capitol grounds for Occupy Iowa protesters. The reason: The state's practice has been to limit overnight stays on the ground to three nights. "As we've done throughout the
process we're trying to treat the organization the same way we treat for any other organization," said Caleb Hunter, a spokesman for the Iowa Department of Administrative Services. David Goodner of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement said the denial opens up the possibility of more arrests tonight. "This is state government standing on the side of big corporations and big money and against hardworking people and families," Goodner said. "And it raises the risk of confrontation tonight." Boisterous cheers floated up from the crowd in New York as the announcement of the cleaning postponement circulated, and a small group soon marched away with brooms, saying they were going to clean up Wall Street, a few blocks away. Police arrested 14 people, including protesters who obstructed traffic by standing or sitting in the street, and others who tuned over trash baskets, knocked over a police scooter and hurled bottles. Liane Nikitovich, 44, fitness instructor, said she was buoyed by the news but also concerned that it was a postponement not a cancellation. "It's really a victory for freedom DESPITE page 11
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View: Cain Needs to Give Voters 411 on His 9-9-9 Plan - Bloomberg
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Editorials Illustration by Bloomberg View By the Editors Fri Oct 14 00:03:07 GMT 2011 The 9-9-9 plan that I have proposed is simple, transparent, efficient, fair and neutral. Thats Herman Cain defending his tax overhaul plan at the Oct. 11 Bloomberg-Washington Post Republican presidential candidates debate in New Hampshire. Cain is correct in claiming that his plan, which has vaulted him to the top of the opinion polls and was the debates unofficial theme, is simple and efficient. But he misses the mark on the other three: Its not transparent, fair or neutral. Still, hes on the right track, and we encourage him, along with those who call 9-9-9 unworkable, to come up with a better plan. The former chief executive officer of Godfathers Pizza would replace the current tax code with a 9 percent tax on personal income, a 9 percent tax (down from 35 percent) on corporate income, and a new 9 percent national sales tax. Thats really the extent of it. Gone would be deductions for mortgage interest and charitable contributions. Gone
would be business deductions for workers wages. Gone, too, would be paycheck deductions that fund Social Security and Medicare. Rival Republicans around the debate table mocked the plan as simplistic, but we side with voters who yearn for simplicity in the tax code. At 72,536 pages, its mind-
numbingly complex. It forces taxpayers to adopt inefficient taxavoidance strategies. Many Americans view the system as biased toward special interests, which can afford lobbyists to wring favors from Congress and tax lawyers to exploit loopholes. Laudable Goals
Cain is also right to say his proposal is efficient. It would expand the tax base so more Americans and corporations contribute to the governments coffers. At the same time, government would no longer pick winners and losers through the tax code. Those are laudable goals.
But 9-9-9 is far from perfect. One small issue is its lack of transparency. Cains campaign website devotes all of 500 words to the plan. Reporters have had to wrest important details from him, including who devised it (Rich VIEW: page 12
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Interview: Peoples Bank CEO on Occupy Wall Street Protests, Bank Regulation
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place a cap on the amount of money, or swipe fee, banks charge retailers when a customer After the financial meltdown in uses the bank's ATM card for a 2008, there was broad agreement purchase. that the government needed to act Like us on Facebook to prevent future meltdowns, but Transferring some of the cost of t h e r e w a s l i t t l e a g r e e m e n t ATM transactions from retailers between the two political parties to banks means that banks will on how that should happen. The have to pass on the cost to Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform consumers or reduce expenses, and Consumer Protection Act, or according to Sulerzyski. Dodd-Frank Act, was passed by Bank of America recently Congress in the summer of 2010 announced it would charge with no Republican votes in the customers $5 per month to use its House and only three Republican ATM cards with retailers. It said votes in the Senate. the new fee was necessary The Republican presidential b e c a u s e o f t h e D u r b i n candidates have vowed reform or A m e n d m e n t . repeal of the Dodd-Frank Act if Sulerzyski said he also worries elected. about the Durbin Amendment. He Sulerzyski said he supports parts believes that, while small banks of the Dodd-Frank Act and thinks are currently exempt from the cap, r e g u l a t i o n o f t h e b a n k s i s all banks will eventually be necessary. I'm pro-regulation, a f f e c t e d b e c a u s e o t h e r w i s e and some of what they did makes retailers will steer their customers sense, Sulerzyski said. towards using ATM cards from Sulerzyski cautioned, though, certain banks. that reforms in the banking Peoples Bank, a financial industry should keep in mind the services company with $1.8 i m p o r t a n c e o f r e m a i n i n g billion in assets and 47 locations competitive in a global economy. in Ohio, West Virginia and One of the main controversies for Kentucky, is taking a different banks with the Dodd-Frank Act is approach, Sulerzyski says. the Durbin Amendment, named For one type of checking after Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.). account, Peoples Bank charges $6 The Durbin Amendment gives the per month but will reduce that fee Federal Reserve the authority to by 25 cents for each purchase
made with the debit card, thus encouraging the customer to use the debit card more, rather than less. Sulerzyski expects that other banks will compete by seeking creative ways to provide services to their customers, and does not expect all banks to copy Bank of America's $5-per-month ATM fee. On Wednesday, Reps. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and Bill Owens (D-N.Y.) introduced a bill in the House that would repeal the Durbin Amendment. The legislation is not expected to be voted on in the Senate or signed by the president. The Occupy Wall Street protesters are largely represented by liberals and the Tea Party Movement is mostly conservatives, but they share a common dislike of government bailouts. They view bailouts as nexus for Wall Street and the rich and powerful in government and Wall Street to keep their wealth and position in society. There were two primary pieces of legislation used to prevent a collapse of the financial industry. The first, TARP I, was passed in the last few months of the Bush administration and the second, TARP II, was passed in the early months of the Obama administration.
We will look at TARP differently 30 years from now, Sulerzyski said. There were no easy choices at the time, according to Sulerzyski, and the options were between doing something bad, passing TARP or doing something worse doing nothing. Steve Sack of the Star Tribune drew an editorial cartoon that depicted some of the frustration of the Occupy Wall Street protesters. It shows two jail cells. One, labeled Wall Street Demonstrators Jailed for Protesting, is crammed full of protesters holding signs. The other, labeled Wall Street Bankers Jailed for Destroying the World Economy, is empty. The reason no one from Wall Street is in jail, Sulerzyski said, is that there is no law against what they did. What they did was stupid, but not illegal. You can't legislate against stupidity. It's unfortunate, Sulerzyski said, that bankers are considered the bad guys in the public imagination these days, but some of it is probably deserved, when you look at it industry-wide. The banking industry should not be looked at as a single entity, according to Sulerzyski, because the large financial services companies, such as Citibank and
Bank of America, are so different from what regional and community banks do. He said the smaller companies get most of their revenue by lending to local businesses. The poor economy and the challenging regulatory environment make it difficult for the smaller banks to do well. Small businesses are not seeking to expand and thus are less in need of loans when the economy is not doing well, Sulerzyski explained. Sulerzyski said he thinks customers should be as discerning when choosing a bank as they are when purchasing a vehicle. Use your own antennae, he advised, look at what products they provide, their customer service standards and their fees. C o n t a c t : napp.nazworth@christianpost.co m This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Rick Perry calls for increased oil and energy production to reboot US economy Washington Post
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Rick Perry calls for increased oil and energy production to reboot U.S. economy By Perry Bacon Jr., WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. Texas Gov. Rick Perry laid out a plan that he said would increase domestic energy production and create jobs in a speech Friday that is the start of an attempt to reboot his struggling presidential campaign. His proposals on energy, which broke little new ground, reflected the Republican view that increased domestic production of natural gas and oil are necessary to revive the struggling U.S. economy and that the Obama administration is limiting drilling and exploration because it is too tied to environmental groups. Perry, like many Republicans, called for increased oil drilling off the Atlantic Coast, around Alaska and on federal lands in Western states. He urged the end of the ban on drilling in Alaskas Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. And Perry said that if he were elected president in 2012, he would severely curtail the Environmental Protection Agencys role in setting emissions
standards for businesses, arguing these rules often hurt the economy, a claim Democrats dispute. He said he would oppose tax credits and benefits that favor specific kinds of energy, a rebuke of the Obamas administration push to incentivize wind power and other alternative energy sources. He said these moves would create American jobs and reduce the U.S. independence on foreign oil. America needs jobs, America needs energy, America needs a made-in-America energy revolution, and Ive got that longtime track record of experience and success in this critical area, Perry said in a major speech at a U.S. Steel Corp. plant in this Pittsburgh suburb. The governor added, My plan would make us more secure by tapping Americas true energy potential. The speech is part of the next phase of the candidacy of Perry, who quickly vaulted to the top of polls when he entered the race in August but has fallen after a series of lackluster performances in debates. After spending much of his first two months as candidate raising money, Perry is shifting to offer more details on his policy
views. The governor will give a speech about job creation this month in South Carolina, according to aides. On energy, its not clear how viable Perrys ideas are. A coalition of most Democrats and some Republicans in Congress have for years blocked expanding drilling in the Alaskan refuge for environmental reasons. The Perry energy plan is the Bush-Cheney-big oil plan gone wild, said Daniel Weiss of the liberal-leaning Center for American Progress, a think tank in Washington. It would allow oil companies to drill in some of our most precious places protected for our children, while creating few jobs but yielding significant smog, acid rain, mercury and other pollution. Desp ite Perrys attack on the Obama administration for slowing drilling after last years Deepwater Horizon oil spill, drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is now nearly back to pre-spill levels. Perry predicted his energy plan would create more than a million new jobs, a claim with which Weiss sharply disagreed. Politically, the speech was
designed both to remind Republicans of the job creation in Texas under Perrys leadership and show his expertise on a major issue after the debate performances caused party activists to question both Perrys expertise and conservatism. Perry himself has acknowledged his weakness in debates, telling reporters this week that debates are not my strong suit. But his advisers are playing down the import of the sessions ahead of a debate this coming Tuesday in Las Vegas. We have staff in key primary states, we have a message, we are going to use all of resources to run a credible campaign toward winning the primary, and the debates are a fraction of what it takes to get elected, said Matt Miner, a Perry campaign spokesman. Miner added, referring to the front-runner in the GOP nomination contest, there is a still a lot of distrust of Mitt Romney from Republican primary voters. Perry supporters privately acknowledge the debate performances have worried them. But they argue the rise of businessman Herman Cain in
polls is the latest illustration that many Republicans are looking for an alternative to Romney. And they say ultimately Perry will emerge because his$15 million left in campaign funds (he raised $17 million in the third quarter) will allow him to wage the kind of campaign Cain and other wouldbe challengers to Romney cannot. But this week, Romney announced he turned in a healthy fundraising performance for the third-quarter, raising $14.2 million. Earlier in the week, President Obama announced he raised $43 million over the same time period, far outpacing his GOP rivals. Staff writer Steven Mufson contributed to this report. More on PostPolitics: Does Perry really want to leave Texas? Perrys jobs plan: Drill, baby, drill Romney raises $14.2 million Obama has big edge over GOP in fundraising Cain: What is there beyond 9-99? This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it RICK page 9
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Calif. Poll Shows Most Americans Believe in Traditional Marriage

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again said that God would not redefine marriage, while 29 percent said He would. Gary Lawrence, a political Finally, 64 percent of pollster and market researcher, respondents said they believed recently released a poll that marriage should only be between reveals Americans largely hold one man and one woman, while traditional religious views of another 33 percent said marriage marriage. The reason his poll should be redefined to include any uncovered strong support for two people. marriage, while polls from groups The difference between his poll like Gallup do not, he explained, and others, Lawrence explained, is because he used explicit is that he distinguishes same-sex wording. unions from gay marriage. Polls His group, Lawrence Research, that ask respondents if they would conducted a national public l e g a l i z e g a y m a r r i a g e , h e opinion survey of 1,000 randomly clarified, are really asking, "These chosen adults in all 50 states and relationships are already valid found that 53 percent of those marriages. Do you think the law who responded disapprove of should validate them?" homosexual behavior, while 28 Like us on Facebook percent approve o f Lawrence also said his poll asks h o m o s e x u a l i t y . A n o t h e r 2 0 the "broader question" about how percent had no opinion or refused marriage should be defined. to answer the question. "When you are focusing only on More than half of respondents 'yes' and 'no' on gay marriage, you (58 percent) said they believe the get a different answer than when institution of marriage was you say, 'Here are the two types of created by God. By contrast, 40 marriage, which one do you percent said they believe marriage support?'" he told the Deseret was created by man. When asked News. i f G o d w o u l d e x p a n d t h e Alliance Defense Fund's survey definition of marriage if He of marriage in June also asked shared His opinion, 58 percent Americans about the definition of
marriage. The ADF/Public Opinion Strategies poll asked 1,500 adults ages 18 and older if they strongly agreed, agreed or disagreed with the statement, "I believe marriage should be defined only as a union between one man and one woman." As a result, 62 percent of respondents reported that they supported a traditional definition of marriage. Gene Ulm, Public Opinion Strategies partner and ADF survey director, said the survey's findings, which are similar to that of Lawrence Research, are not surprising. "More than 63 million Americans in 31 state elections have voted on constitutional marriage amendments. Forty million Americans in all ... have voted to affirm marriage as a union between a man and a woman," he said in a statement. "This survey, along with the nearly 80 percent win rate in ADF marriage cases, shows the opposition has created an illusion of momentum, but not a real base of support or track record of victory in the court." Gallup's poll asked respondents,
"Do you think same-sex marriage should be recognized by the law as valid, with the same rights as traditional marriages." In the past 14 years, the majority of respondents reported that they opposed legalizing same-sex marriage and affording it equal rights. However, its 2011 poll revealed that 53 percent of Americans now believe same-sex marriage should be recognized by the law as valid, with the same rights as traditional marriages, while 45 percent do not. Additionally, a March Washington Post-ABC poll also showed that 53 percent of Americans support gay marriage. The news poll asked respondents "Do you think it should be illegal or legal for gay and lesbian couples to get married?" National Organization for Marriage President Brian Brown disputed the poll's results. He faulted the polls usage of the word "illegal" for implying that same-sex couples would be arrested for entering into a gay marriage. Brown is convinced that Americans still support marriage and pointed to the recent failed
attempt to pass gay marriage legislation in blue state Maryland as proof. Recent polls now suggest that the majority of Marylanders no longer favor gay marriage in their state. An October Gonzales Research and Marketing Strategies poll found 48 percent of Marylanders who vote regularly favor a law allowing same-sex marriages, while 49 percent of that group are against allowing same-sex marriages. "The facts do support that the majority of Americans still prefer marriage between a man and woman," Brown asserted. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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This Week In Bots: Thinking, Charming, Walking, And Life-Saving Droids

Kit Eaton (Fast Company)
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Meka's Trustworthy Face Meka is intended to design a robot that builds emotional links between humans and the machines themselves, and at the recent Intelligent Robots and Systems event, Professor Sentis of the University of Texas showed off Meka's most recent iteration. [youtube bSj8ixExf7k] He's extraordinarily engaging-courtesy of camera-equipped eyes, smooth motor drives, and seven degrees of motion. Unlike other androids, like the hyperrealistic Geminoid series, Meka's looks are deliberately nonrealistic, right down to his glowing ears. Would that make you trust it more than a robot that's creepily realistic? Japan's Thinking Android This week the tech world has been blown-away by Siri, the (slightly) artificially-intelligent voice-activated assistant in Apple's new iPhone--particularly because the way Siri is programmed makes it able to understand natural language to a certain extent and even understand context, in a limited way. But Siri is nothing compared to the research of Osamu Hasegawa at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. He's created a
system called Self-Organizing Incremental Neural Network, SOINN, which means instead of mutely and un-intelligently following pre-programmed tasks, his Kawada Industrie's robot called Hiro can actually perceive and interpret information about the real world environment around it, and process existing
knowledge, to complete an assigned task. For example, by training an inquisitive robot like Hiro to do a number of tasks--with the robot querying for help when it's not sure about something--he thinks it'll ultimately be possible to ask Hiro to make a cup of tea, and have it share knowledge with a
robot in England about how to complete the task (something this robot has learned itself). Such a flexible learning system, coupled with powerful image recognition tech could also let the robot bring you soy sauce to the dining table on request--even if it hadn't seen soy sauce before. But Haswgawa is sensitive to the
kind of fear such a smart robot could create, and he notes that this tech is already here--so the start of a public debate is necessary. Korea's Robo-Dog We've seen a couple of dog-like robots in development--the tech has advantages over more humanTHIS page 15
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White House Summit: Christian Leaders Encourage Obama to Share Faith

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meeting. Hunter, who sat next to Obama during the meeting, told The Christian Post that the president (Photo: White House/Pete also talked about his own faith. Souza) President Barack Obama Although he did not want to quote m e e t s w i t h t h e N a t i o n a l the president's conversation on the Association of Evangelicals matter, he said Obama did bring B o a r d o f D i r e c t o r s i n t h e up his faith and spoke from that Roosevelt Room of the White perspective. House, Oct. 12, 2011. Pictured At the conclusion of the meeting, with the President are; Joel Leith Anderson, the president of Hunter, left, and William Roberts, NAE, asked Obama if he would right. like the members present to pray for him, Hunter said. Obama met with the executive We prayed for him. Leith committee of the National c o m m e n d e d h i m o n h i s Association of Evangelicals, expression of his faith in the which represents 45,000 churches Easter prayer gathering and at from 40 denomination s across the other times. We told him that we United States, in the Roosevelt really do appreciate his being Room. clear about his Christian faith at Religious freedom and the different events. So we just Christian stance on traditional wanted to encourage him in that, marriage took center stage among Hunter said. the topics discussed, Hunter said. Like us on Facebook Immigration reform and global Hunter, of Northland, A Church poverty were also presented as Distributed, near Orlando, Fla., issues during the 30-minute was a member of the White
Houses Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. He told CP that he presently has a pastoral relationship with Obama. It was a very constructive meeting. Very honest, Hunter described. The president is very good at stuff like that. He wanted to hear our concerns and priorities, and he listened and responded to each one of them. The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference and a member of the contingent, told Charisma News that the meeting was "very much a conversation among friends. We had about 19 evangelical leaders all an integral part and members of the NAE and we had a great conversation with the president." According to Rodriguez, "Although we may disagree with the president on certain issues, we did it with great deference and civility. Not only was the meeting cordial, it sounded like a
conversation amongst believers. The meeting was edifying, to say the least." Hunter said that members of the NAE wanted to make sure Obama was clear on their views on religious freedom and marriage. Certainly, the presidents attention was drawn to religious freedom and our strong advocacy for that. There is a bill in the Senate right now to extend the commission on international freedom, he said. We wanted to advocate that we continue that commission because its so important. Although it is not always clear cut, there appears to be a divide between Obama and many evangelicals on the issue of samesex marriage. NAE leaders articulated a desire for military chaplains to be able to express opposition to homosexuality, coming on the heels of the repeal of dont ask, dont tell. I think the president was reminded how important the issue
of marriage is to us, Hunter said. That we dont ever want to be in a position that we feel like we are having to compromise what we believe because of federal policies. Hunter also said the NAE wanted to make sure that there is future cooperation with the White House in regards to immigration laws and that funding for international aid is not cut. Be the first of thousands of iPosters by sharing your news, views, and analysis. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Lowrie, an accountant and investment adviser in Gates Mills, Ohio). Only now are we learning that it would actually set income and sales taxes at a decidedly noncatchy 9.1 percent to raise the same amount of federal tax as the current system. Cain insisted at the debate that his plan would raise no more and no less than the $2.3 trillion the federal tax system produced in pre -recession 2008, but the next day he had to admit that the plan wouldnt replace $67 billion in excise taxes on gasoline, beer and cigarettes. Cain now says he would keep those levies. The bigger problem is that, by aiming for neutrality, 9- 9-9 would raise no new revenue to address chronic budget deficits or lower the U.S.s $14.8 trillion debt. Regressive Plan The biggest issue of all is that 9-9 -9 is regressive. It would unfairly give the wealthy an enormous tax break while placing a greater burden on middle- and lowerincome Americans. The affluent would get the same top tax rate of 9 percent as everyone else. Investors would pay no taxes on capital gains, and inheritors would escape taxes on estates. Low-
income households would lose the deductions that complicate the tax code but that also keep it progressive. Taxes would most definitely rise on the nearly one-half of households that pay no federal income taxes at all, a category that includes many older Americans who dont have jobs and whose Social Security benefits arent taxed. It also includes the working poor, who can combine the standard deduction, the $1,000 per -child tax credit and the earnedincome tax credit to reduce their tax liability to zero, or to get a check from the IRS. Poverty Grants Cain argues that lower-income workers would pay less because payroll taxes, which total 15.3 percent of wages, of which half is paid by employers, would disappear. He would also create poverty grants, vaguely described as lower rates for those living in designated empowerment zones. But what 9-9-9 would give with one hand (scrapping payroll taxes), it would take with the other (child and earned-income tax credits). Heres another example: By not allowing
companies to deduct the cost of labor from taxable income, 9-9-9 would cause the true cost of hiring workers to rise. Companies would probably make up for the extra cost by lowering pay. Cain would also require lowincome and middle-class families to pay 9 percent national sales taxes on such essentials as housing, clothing, medicine and food, which many states dont tax at all. If those items were excluded, less tax would be collected, and Cain might need to change his plan to 10-10-10. Political Problems The 9-9-9 plan also has political problems. Conservative lawmakers dislike the sales tax because it would give Congress a new stream of money to spend. It would come on top of -- not instead of -- existing state sales taxes, and that wont sit well in New Hampshire, an early voting state with no sales tax. In Florida, another early primary state, 9-9-9 is likely to be unpopular among older voters. Cain ultimately would eliminate individual and corporate income taxes in favor of a national sales tax. We have said before that a consumption tax offers the best
route to broader tax reform, if coupled with tax credits for the elderly, lowincome workers and the very poor. A revamped tax system must offer more than a snappy slogan that fits on a bumper sticker. We encourage Cain to keep refining his plan to make it truly fair, transparent and neutral. As for rival candidates who say 9-9-9 is unworkable, show us your plan. To contact the Bloomberg View e d i t o r i a l b o a r d : view@bloomberg.net. Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Britain Agrees to New Probe of Radiation Poisoning - New York Times

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Gucci workers 'tortured' during shifts

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Carpooling.com, Booming In Europe, Eyes A U.S. Launch

Michael J. Coren (Fast Company)
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Carpooling--going strong overseas--may be finally rev up here thanks to the domestic launch of Europe's incredibly successful ridesharing program. Carpooling--which has has never really taken off in the U.S.--is about to get a little help from a European invasion. Carpooling.com, launched as an MBA class project in Germany six years ago, is now a continentwide phenomenon that has cracked what it takes to get millions of people to open their doors to relative strangers: safety, convenience, and a little cash. "The key to the success of our site compared to others is that we want to give [people] options to [carpool] the way they like to," says Odile Beniflah, a senior product manager with Carpooling.com. "In the last 12 months, it has really become a global phenomenon. Every single country we have launched in, it's working." So far, their formula has spread to 5,000 cities and 45 countries. Carpooling.com is relatively
simple. Riders and drivers can search for each other on an online exchange. Members, whose identification is verified by the company, rate each other. Prices are suggested, but final terms are decided between passengers and drivers. Carpooling.com charges for premium features, and takes a cut from each fare. The service is now gaining popularity in European countries that never had a carpooling culture or, in the case of Italy,
never even had a word for it. German airlines are teaming up with the site to give passengers a link to their final destination. Although carpooling in some places is just another form of public transport, the demographics still skew younger. The average Carpooling.com member is under 35, and students make up a large, if shrinking, percentage of the total number. The primary motivation is money: More than 75% of people carpool
need to save money." Perhaps, but the number of people carpooling to work in the U.S. has dropped by half since 1980 as fuel costs fell dramatically and offices spread out into the suburbs, according to The New York Times. In 1980, the cost of a 30-mile round trip was $6.11 adjusted for inflation; today that same trip is just $3.12. It is possible the recession, and rising oil prices, will push more Americans to share rides to work each day. There will likely be plenty of carpool competition to put them there. UPDATE: There's at least one promising carpool startup here in the US, so far focused on the Philadelphia market, Ridaroo, for economic reasons, says the with several older sites attempting company and most trips seem to to garner a national market be intra-city with the average trip including erideshare.com and carpoolworld.com. covering about 125 miles. Having conquered much of Reach Michael J. Coren via E u r o p e , C a r p o o l i n g . c o m i s Twitter or email. turning its attention to the U.S., [Image: Flickr user mariachily] although it won't release a date when it plans to land. "It is going to work in the U.S.," says Beniflah. The U.S. is known for being mobile, she argues, "and I don't think the the wealth of America is so great they don't
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Vincent Tabak weeps in dock as he sees pictures of Joanna Yeates' dead body Telegraph.co.uk
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Steve Jobs's Legacy - And The Next Tech War

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coming clash The Great Tech War of 2012. Submitted at 10/14/2011 12:45:57 PM These four companies are In a few days Fast Companys increasingly crossing into each next magazine issue will begin others spheres. They are all arriving in newsstands and creating mobile devices, all trying mailboxes. The issue has four to exploit the social graph, all different covers, and one of them eyeing the ad business, and of features a picture of Steve Jobs. course they all want to sell stuff. But this is not a commemorative Their competition is provoking obituary. In fact, the issue had each to be more aggressive, more already been printed at our plant ambitious, and more innovative. when Jobs passed away. They are now setting the agenda Instead the magazine offers a for wide swaths of the economy, forward-looking analysis of from entertainment to media, whats next for Apple--and how it communications to finance. CEOs will be battling with Americas who never thought of themselves t h r e e o t h e r f a v o r i t e t e c h as competing with Silicon Valley companies: Amazon, Facebook, now find themselves forced to and Google. Weve dubbed this react to the latest initiatives out of
Cupertino or Palo Alto or Mountain View or Seattle. Our four covers feature Steve Jobs, Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Larry Page, and Amazon chief Jeff Bezos. Why didnt we put Apples new CEO Tim Cook on the cover? As the article explains, for the next couple of years at least, Apple will be executing a strategy put in place by Jobs. For the time being, whether you look backwards or forwards, Apples success depends on Jobss vision. Steve Jobs has had an outsize impact on our culture. That is in part a reflection of the iconic products he has brought to our daily lives. But he has also been a
The Sun Vincent Tabak weeps in dock as he sees pictures of Joanna Yeates' dead body Telegraph.co.uk Joanna Yeates's killer wept in the dock as harrowing pictures of her dead body were shown in court. By Martin Evans, in Bristol Vincent Tabak held his head in his hands and covered his eyes as s y m b o l o f h o p e : f o r w h a t the images were shown to the jury American business might achieve. at Bristol Crown Court.... A t F a s t C o m p a n y , w e v e Vincent Tabak weeps as court consciously tried to construct our shown photos of Joanna Yeates's media to deliver Apple-esque body U.TV distinctiveness--much the same Tabak Cries As Jury Is Shown way businesspeople across the Body Photos Sky News economy have sought to learn Vincent Tabak weeps over from Jobss success. pictures of Joanna Yeates' body Competitors like Facebook, Metro Google, and Amazon have also The Press Association- BBC learned from Jobs, as commentary News- Daily Mail across the business world has all 820 news articles echoed since his passing. But that admiration and respect will not in any way lessen the competition that is rising--and that may prove to be yet another lasting piece of Jobss legacy.
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like walking 'bots because the problems of balance and general locomotion are much simpler to solve. Meet another one, SQ1 from South Korea's SimLab. He's a technology demonstrator so that the company can perfect the walking software, and iron out any wrinkles in the gait of the dog -bot which is actually a much bigger project on the scale of BigDog himself. [youtube ZmhLfMh7mdQ] Looks like the tech is working! What we can learn from this is that when robots do make it into our everyday environment, they may sometimes look more like SQ1 here than two-legged machines like ASIMO--for all sorts of reason, including being more stable, which is probably helpful if one is carrying objects around.
Emergency Robot Network We've mentioned many times that robots will find ever-more useful roles in post-disaster scenarios, and they have demonstrated some of this promise in the cleanup at the Fukushima nuclear accident caused by Japan's earthquake and tsunami disaster. The Fraunhofer Institute has been looking into the phenomenon, and notes that the International Federation of Robotics thinks that robots are so immediately usful that their exploitation in emergency response scenarios will increase to 17% of disasters by 2013. But the Fukushima disaster has demonstrated one weakness in this kind of situation: Multiple robots on scene from different manufacturers have different control systems, need different
types of controller expertise, and deliver different types of sensor information about the scene. That's something Fraunhofer wants to fix, and it's designing what's called the "Sensor Network With Mobile Robots For Disaster Management" project--SENEKA. The idea is to come up with a common system that can network together a bunch of information from different robots and sensors, and even let the individual robots communicate with each other. SENEKA is so promising, and plain sensible, it's something we expect to hear more about. Chat about this news with Kit Eaton on Twitter and Fast Company too.
Advani's anti-corruption yatra is mere political gimmick: Mayawati - Economic Times

prime ministerial candidate. "Advaniji's yatra against corruption is... Zee News Advani: Loss of faith in Govt not Advani's anti-corruption yatra is a good sign for nation Daily m e r e p o l i t i c a l g i m m i c k : Pioneer Mayawati Not in race for PM post: Advani Economic Times Rediff NOIDA (UP): Terming BJP BJP to go alone in 2012 UP polls: leader LK Advani's yatra a Rajnath IBNLive.com "political gimmick", Uttar Daily News & AnalysisPradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Hindustan Times- The Hindu today said the exercise was aimed all 93 news articles to promote himself as the party's
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There's Something Really Ironic About The Way Media Covers Bill Gross
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him. The interesting thing about this is that his short bet got TONS of Submitted at 10/14/2011 12:47:05 PM attention ( including a big story in This week, bond god Bill Gross The Atlantic), whereas his new just made a super-long bet on the long bet is only getting a little. long end of the yield curve, The funny thing about this is that coming right after a historic rally in terms of implication for the in fixed income. economy, the new long bet is It was a gigantic shift from his much more significant. Going stance earlier this year, when he super-long the long end of the bet against Treasuries -- a bet that curve implies that Gross thinks famously worked out badly for yields will collapse even more,
which would likely happen in a major economic collapse of some sort. Shorting Treasuries, conversely, was a very bullish bet on the economy, as Treasuries fall when the economy is improving (or at least lately that's been the pattern). And so really this new bet should be getting tons of attention for what it says: If it pays off, that will be very ominous. Yet it's hardly getting a peep from most
people. The reason is: When people hear "Short Treasuries" they actually hear "Short America" even though that's not what it means, so and so they freak out. Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story See Also: Bill Gross Just Made Another Stunning Bet On Treasuries
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Google Has A Team Of 50 Working On Its SelfDriving Cars (GOOG)

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This person says that the team is source says that Google is using working on three areas in parallel: Nevada and the Mojave Desert in Submitted at 10/14/2011 12:47:30 PM Design and production of the California as a test ground. On Google's Q2 earnings call in vehicles, which is still in an early July, CEO Larry Page tried to stage. The project is being overseen by play down the company's project Sergey Brin, who formally took to build self-driving cars, saying charge of secret projects at "we're not betting the farm on this Business model, including how Google after Larry Page took over stuff." they might tie in with other as CEO earlier this year. Maybe not, but the self-driving Google businesses. (Futurist Paul Please follow SAI on Twitter and cars are definitely more than an Saffo recently hypothesized that Facebook. experimental project. the might be run as an on-demand Join the conversation about this According to a person with direct car service like Uber, combined story knowledge of the project, Google with cameras to take Street View See Also: has more than 50 people working pictures.) Google Knocks Down on the project, and has begun Speculation It's Interested In talking to major car companies Akamai a b o u t c o o p e r a t i n g o n t h e Public policy, which involves Union Square Ventures Invests technology and producing the working with local and state In Search Engine, DuckDuckGo actual vehicles. governments to get them to Peter Relan Explains Why By way of comparison, the approve self-driving cars. In June, Facebook Will Have A Hard Android team had about 100 Nevada became the first state to Time Winning In Mobile people on it when the first pass a law allowing "autonomous Android phone shipped in 2008. vehicles" on its roads, and our
People just aren't getting married like they used to. Marriage has sharply declined over the past 50 years, from 68% of 20-somethings being wed in 1960 versus only 26% of the same age group in 2008, according to a 2010 study from the Pew Research Center. The family is still staying strong though, it just looks a little different. The research center worked with TIME Magazine to conduct the study, which also has analysis from the U.S. Census Bureau. Income, education level and changing attitudes about the family and marriage as an institution have all contributed to the drop in marriage rates, the study found. In 2008, just over half of people over the age of 18 were married, compared to nearly three-quarters of people in 1960.
Source: The Pew Research Center 39% percent of Americans have noticed the downfall of marriage. That's up from the 28% who agreed with the same question in 1978. Source: The Pew Research Center With a change in views about marriage comes a change in views about sex. More Americans are OK with premarital sex than they were in 1969. Source: The Pew Research Center See the rest of the story at Business Insider Please follow The Life on Twitter and Facebook. See Also: 12 Strip Clubs That Also Serve Up A Delicious Meal The 20 Most Expensive Restaurants In New York City This Is What Millions Of Young People In China And India Are REALLY Thinking
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U.S. rejects plan to strengthen IMF in euro zone crisis

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Geithner wasted no time in shooting the idea down. The IMF's dominant shareholders, People walk near the French including the United States, Economy, Finance and Industry Japan, Germany and China, are Ministry at Bercy before the start content that the fund's $380 of the G20 Finance Ministers billion worth of resources is Summit in Paris October 14, enough. Canada and Australia 2011. also voiced opposition. Credit: Reuters/Charles Platiau "They (the IMF) have very By Abhijit Neogy and Glenn substantial resources that are Somerville uncommitted," Geithner said. P A R I S | F r i O c t 1 4 , 2 0 1 1 The United States is among 12:53pm EDT countries keen to keep pressure on (Reuters) - Proposals to double t h e E u r o p e a n s t o a c t m o r e the size of the IMF as part of a decisively to end the two-year-old broader international response to debt crisis that began in Greece Europe's debt crisis immediately but has since spread to Ireland and ran into resistance from the Portugal and is lapping at Spain United States and others, burying and Italy. the idea for now and firmly "The first priority here is for putting the onus back on Europe. Europeans to put their own house The outlines of the plan, that had in order," Australian Finance the backing of several developing Minister Wayne Swan said. economies, emerged as G20 The finance ministers of France finance ministers and central and Germany, under pressure bankers began meeting in Paris to from the rest of the world to act in discuss a world economy under c o n c e r t , m a d e a f r e s h threat from European nations commitment to have a plan for the mired in debt. euro zone in place before a One G20 source said some summit of G20 leaders in Cannes policymakers backed injecting on Nov 3/4. some $350 billion into the Speaking after a lunch meeting International Monetary Fund. with President Nicolas Sarkozy, Other options under consideration French Finance Minister Francois included loans, special purpose Baroin said: "We will continue vehicles and note purchase our discussions in the coming agreements. days but we have already come to Treasury Secretary Timothy some agreements that will be very
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important." If minds needed concentrating further, the downgrade of Spain's credit rating a few hours earlier highlighted the risk of a much larger economy than Greece coming under threat. Standard and Poor's cut Spain's long-term credit rating, citing the country's high unemployment, tightening credit and high private sector debt. French and German officials are trying to put flesh on the bones of a crisis resolution plan in time for a European Union summit on October 23. Fears about the damage a default by Greece -- and possibly others -- could inflict on the financial system have driven a confidence-sapping bout of market volatility since late July, with global stocks falling 17 percent from their 2011 high in May. Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty also said the G20 should keep up pressure on the euro zone on its "arduous" journey toward a solution and not focus on IMF resources. DIVISION Unlike in 2009 when the G20 launched coordinated stimulus to pull the world out of crisis, the rest of the world is chafing at Europe's slow response while Washington and Beijing are sparring over the yuan currency.
The Franco-German crisis plan is likely to ask banks to accept bigger losses on their Greek debt than the 21 percent spelled out in a July plan for a second bailout of Athens, which now looks insufficient. "It will be more, that's more or less certain," French Finance Minister Francois Baroin said. It should also lay out a system for recapitalizing banks and plans to leverage the euro zone's European Financial Stability Facility to give it more punch. Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi said he would share with his G20 counterparts Japan's "bitter experience" of failing to contain its 1990s banking crisis by doing too little, too late. Whilst the EFSF has the resources to cope with bailouts for Greece, Portugal and Ireland, it would be overwhelmed by the need to rescue a bigger economy such as Italy or Spain. "We see heightened risks to Spain's growth prospects due to high unemployment, tighter financial conditions, the still high level of private sector debt, and the likely economic slowdown in Spain's main trading partners," S&P said. The most effective method would be to turn the EFSF into a bank so it could draw on European Central Bank resources. Both Germany
and the ECB are opposed to that. The G20 may refer to the euro crisis in its communiqu and in closing news conferences on Saturday evening, but little else of substance is likely to be inked in with a EU summit in nine day's time the make-or-break moment. ROLE OF IMF G20 sources said most BRICS economies were in favor of bolstering the IMF's capital as a crisis-fighting tool. "We have said this before and have conveyed this again, that if emerging economies and the BRICS are called upon to contribute, we can do it via the International Monetary Fund," one of the sources said. "India is open to it, China and Brazil are also okay with the idea." Another G20 source said the IMF would present a plan which had broad support to its executive board to make short-term credit lines available to fundamentally healthy countries hit by liquidity crises. It could aid euro zone countries hit by the current crisis of confidence in the bloc's sovereign debt. The Paris meeting may give the green light to regulators for new rules on banks deemed 'too big to fail', including capital surcharges, due to be officially approved in U.S. page 23
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Retail sales rise as consumer sentiment slips

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Chevrolet cars are seen at a GM dealership in Miami, August 12, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Carlos Barria By Jason Lange WASHINGTON| Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:46am EDT (Reuters) - Retail sales grew at the fastest pace in seven months in September as consumers shook off concerns about a weak stock market and political gridlock, giving a bit more momentum to the economic recovery. Consumer sentiment, however, unexpectedly slipped in early October as worries about declining incomes drove a measure of expectations to the lowest level in more than 30 years. Retail sales rose 1.1 percent in September, boosted by strong auto purchases, the Commerce Department said on Friday. The gain was stronger than economists had expected and sales for August and July were revised higher as well. Consumer spending accounts for
about two thirds of U.S. economic activity, and the report suggested the economy had more vigor over the past three months than previously believed, although it was not yet out of the woods. The data "reflects an economy that is still struggling but won't fall back into recession," said Omer Esiner, an analyst at Commonwealth Foreign Exchange. A separate report on business inventories also suggested economists would likely raise forecasts for economic growth in the quarter following a weak first half of the year. Inventories, which are a key component of gross domestic product, rose slightly more than expected in August and the government said July inventories gained more than initially estimated. "It looks like third-quarter GDP is going to be better than the first and second quarter combined," said John Canally, an investment strategist and economist for LPL Financial in Boston. The economy grew at less than a 1 percent annual rate over the first half of
the year. Separately, the Thomson Reuters/ University of Michigan's preliminary reading on consumer sentiment for October sagged to 57.5 from 59.4, with an expectations reading dropping to 47.0. Even though the U.S. recovery is strengthening, analysts warn that the economy still faces heightened recession risks. A slowdown in Europe, where debt-laden countries are enacting austerity measures, is expected to weigh heavily. Prices for U.S. government debt fell following the retail data. Stocks rose on optimism the euro zone will continue to make progress on a solution to its debt crisis. CONSUMER RESOLVE Consumer confidence plunged over the summer as a bruising battle over the U.S. budget slammed stock prices and pushed the nation to the brink of default. But Friday's retail report shows the crisis of confidence might not necessarily keep Americans from spending. "Obviously consumers are still
willing to go out and shop," said Gary Thayer, a strategist at Wells Fargo Advisors in St. Louis, Missouri. "If the economy takes a clear turn for the worse we would expect sales to suffer, but at least this time the shock to confidence has not derailed consumer spending." Sales of motor vehicles and parts rose 3.6 percent last month, the biggest gain since March 2010. The U.S. economy was hit by a spike in gasoline prices early in the year and a March earthquake catastrophe in Japan that clogged up global supply conduits, hurting auto output and sales. While autos sales are now bouncing back, even excluding autos, retail sales increased 0.6 percent in September, above forecasts for a 0.3 percent gain. Stripping out sales of gasoline, autos and building materials, socalled core retail sales -- a figure that correspondents most closely to the consumer spending component of GDP -- rose 0.6 percent in September. A separate report, showed U.S. import prices unexpectedly rose in September, posting their largest
gain in five months on higher fuel and food costs and pointing to some build-up in imported inflation pressure. The U.S. Federal Reserve has been more concerned about the tepid pace of the economic recovery than inflation pressures, and has said it stands ready to help the economy more if needed. It has already cut overnight lending rates to near zero and pumped about $2.3 trillion into the banking system. (Additional reporting by Leah Schnurr, Chuck Mikolajczak and Ellen Freilich in New York, Editing by Andrea Ricci) This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Wall St. Protesters Clash With NYC, Denver Cops

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Bloomberg said Brookfield Properties -- which owns Zuccotti Park, where protesters have been Protesters in New York, Denver camped out for a month -- could a n d S e a t t l e c l a s h e d w i t h still go ahead with an official authorities as at least 48 arrests cleanup if no deal is reached with were made early Friday near protesters. Bloomberg said the O c c u p y W a l l S t r e e t city was notified shortly before encampments. midnight that Brookfield wanted Police in New York said they to postpone the cleanup of the made at least 14 arrests after a park, adding that owners hoped to few hundred protesters marched work out an agreement with the through lower Manhattan near protesters. Zuccotti Park, where a planned "If they want to take a couple of cleaning on Friday had been days ... then they can do that," postponed by the city's deputy Bloomberg said during his weekly mayor. WOR Radio show. In one incident, an NYPD scooter Bloomberg, whose staff was accidently struck a protester, under strict orders not to pressure causing him to fall to the ground Brookfield one way or the other, screaming before kicking the said the company has received vehicle over to free his foot. He "lots of calls" from elected was then arrested. officials siding with protesters. Most of the arrests occurred near One protester, Brian James, of Broadway and Exchange Place. Massachusetts, said the group was Charges were pending, but some cleaning the area in shifts with protesters obstructed traffic or donated supplies, including more overturned trash cans and hurled than a dozen white buckets, bottles. brooms and several mops. FOLLOW LIVE: FoxNews.com Meanwhile, in Denver, dozens of Reports From 'Occupy Wall St.' police officers in riot gear Protest in Lower Manhattan advanced early Friday on the last New York City Mayor Michael remaining cluster of Wall Street
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protesters at the state's Capitol. Some protesters retreated without resisting while other had been arrested. Some of those assembled chanted "Peaceful!" while others shouted "Shameful!" as they backed away from their encampment. No immediate signs of violence were reported as about two dozen protesters were arrested. Officers placed plastic ties around some protesters' wrists and one woman was carried away from the makeshift encampment. Authorities began taking down dozens of tents at around 3:30 a.m. Three hours later, officers advanced on a line of protesters who had locked arms around the remaining tents. Officers held their batons horizontally and nudged the protesters to break up the human chain. By 7 a.m., most of the group had retreated across a street that had been closed to traffic. Some protesters moved back into the street when officers let traffic flow again, prompting police to herd them back to the sidewalk. As in other cities, the Denver protesters said they object to Wall
Street excesses and the economic power of the rich. "My main complaint is there is no more middle class in America," David Humphrey, 24, told The Associated Press. "The rich control most of the money." Humphrey, of Pine, Colo., carried a sign with a picture of President Barack Obama and the words "Change God bless." Pavlos Stavropoulos, of Littleton, who described himself as a medic for the protesters, said he had seen no serious injuries. "This is a very disciplined action," he said. A nearby bus station was closed because of the police action. About a dozen downtown bus routes were picking up and dropping off commuters on the sidewalk outside the station. In Seattle, 10 people were arrested at Westlake Park after it was closed late Thursday night. Det. Mark Jamieson said the arrests came as police focused on protesters associated with a tent in the park who did not comply with orders to leave. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Related Stories
Hey, Protesters: What About Solyndra?'Occupy Wall Street' -It's Not What They're for, But What They're Against Denver Police in Riot Gear Move Into Wall Street Protest Area Occupy Wall St To Stay In Zucotti, Cleanup Delayed Related Video Big Win for 'Occupy Wall Street' Protesters? Owners of park call off clean-up effort Related Interactive LIVE BLOG: Fox News at Occupy Wall Street Protests Follow reporter Perry Chiaramonte as he covers the protests live on FoxNews.com This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Race With Terrorists to FindMissing Libyan Missiles

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AP October 14: Libyan revolutionary fighters launch a missile towards pro-Gadhafi forces in downtown Sirte, Libya. BRUSSELS -- Terrorist groups have expressed interest in obtaining some of the thousands of shoulder-launched missiles that have gone missing in Libya and the issue has become a priority for the Obama administration, a senior U.S. official said Friday. Andrew J. Shapiro, Assistant Secretary of State for PoliticalMilitary Affairs, said Friday the missiles "could pose a threat to civil aviation." "We know that terrorist groups have expressed interest in obtaining these weapons," he said, adding that the issue issue of securing the weapons was a priority for President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Libya was believed to have about 20,000 such missiles in its arsenals before civil war began in March, Shapiro said. Although
many were destroyed by NATO air strikes, thousands are missing. "The possibility that these weapons may cross borders is an area of considerable concern," Shapiro said. "That's why U.S. has been working with countries bordering Libya to prevent (proliferation)." Reports that thousands of the portable, short-range missiles were missing first surfaced at the end of September, when NATO's top military officer, Adm. Giampaolo Di Paola, was cited as telling German lawmakers that the alliance had lost track of at least 10,000 surface-to-air missiles from Libyan military depots. The State Department had sent 15 specialists to Libya to track down the weapons and plans to increase the number to 50 soon, Shapiro said, adding the U.S. has allocated $30 million to the effort. He said vast majority of the missing missiles were Sovietmade SA-7 Strela (Arrow) with infrared homing. The United States and other Western nations have been trying for decades to reduce the global stock of portable missiles, fearing
they could fall into the hands of terrorists. The small, easily concealable SAM-7s are considered obsolete by modern military standards but could pose a threat to civilian airliners or helicopters. Weighing just 14 kilograms (31 pounds) and only 1.40-meters (4feet) long, the 1960s-era missile can reach an altitude of over 3,000 meters (10,000 feet). Thousands have been used in wars in the Middle East, Latin America, Central Asia and former Yugoslavia. Civilian aircraft as well as U.S. and allied warplanes and helicopters have been damaged or downed by the missiles in Afghanistan and Iraq. "Libya was largest non-producing country holding MANPADS," he said, referring to the weapons by their official designation of ManPortable Air-Defense Systems. Also on Friday, NATO Secretary -General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that although the missing weapons were a matter of concern, "it's not a part of NATO's mandate to deal with that." He said that according to a U.N.
Security Council resolution it was the responsibility of the new authorities in Libya to make sure the stockpiles of weapons are monitored and controlled effectively. "But I know that individual NATO allies are also engaging with the new authorities to help them fulfill that task." Fogh Rasmussen said in an AP interview. Related Stories New Fighting Breaks Out in Libyan Capital United Nations Fears Abuses When Qaddafi Strongholds Fall Libya Waha Oil Output May Resume On Dismissal Pledge-Officials NATO: Libya Action Shows Europe's Commitment This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Letwin faces probe over dumped documents Financial Times

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National Grid reopens retail bond offer after strong demand

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Demand for National Grid's inflation-linked bond has been so strong the company has reopened
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Flexing Carbon Nanotube Motor Mimics Muscles

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By David Skoumbourdis Epoch Times Staff Created: Oct 14, 2011 Last Updated: Oct 14, 2011 Scanning electron micrograph image of a 3.8-micron diameter carbon nanotube yarn that functions as a torsional muscle when filled with an ionically conducting liquid and electrochemically charged. The angle indicates the deviation between nanotube orienta (University of Texas at Dallas) A more durable flexible alternative to the electric motor has been created by spinning lengths of microscopic carbon nanotubes (CNT) into muscle-like yarns that twist like an elephant's trunk. The rotation produced is more than 1,000 times faster than previous artificial muscles, which are based on different systems. An international research team developed the motor with a CNTbased artificial muscle at its core that is 10 times smaller in diameter than a human hair. Its power output is comparable to more complex conventional electric motors, but performance is not degraded despite miniaturization. The motor comprises a CNT
yarn, a yarn electrode, and a counter electrode submerged in a conducting liquid. A low voltage battery generates electromechanical charge and discharge applied to the yarn, creating torsional rotation. Here torsional rotation means the yarn twists in one direction to an extreme point when an opposite charge is applied, causing it to rotate the other way, rather like elephant trunks and octopus
tentacles work. "The amazing thing about these [nanotube muscles] is their extreme simplicity. They just consist of a yarn, a counterelectrode which is basically saltwater and a battery," lead author Ray Baughman at the University of Texas told Cosmos Online. "The muscles work like super capacitors," he added. "You apply a battery between the muscle and a counter-electrode and electrons
are injected into the carbon nanotube muscle. Ions from the electrolyte then migrate into the yarn and cause it to expand and rotate" In a demonstration, the motor drove a paddle 200 times larger in radius and 80 times heavier than itself, rotating it up to 590 revolutions per minute in 1.2 seconds. Applications range from powering micro pumps and turbines to animating prosthetic limbs and nano-robots. "The discovery, characterization, and understanding of these high performance torsional motors shows the power of international collaborations," said Baughman in a media release. "Researchers from four universities in three different continents that were born in eight different countries made critically important contributions." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Michael Shank Racing Announces IndyCar Program

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Michael Shank Racing's Daytona Prototype in action at Barber Motorsports Park during the 2011 Porsche 250. (James Fish/The Epoch Times) Grand Am competitor Michael Shank Racing has announced it will be expanding into IndyCar for 2012, according to a team press release. MSR, in Las Vegas for the Sunday's IndyCar finale, announced that it is forming MSR Indy, and has already purchased a 2012 IndyCar; delivery is slated for Dec. 15. The team will continue its full-season efforts in Grand Ams Rolex series with its Daytona Prototype. For me, the Indianapolis 500 has always been the dream, said Michael Shank in the MSR Indy press release. With the new 2012 Dallara IndyCar, there is a window for a team like mine to join the series and pursue that dream. Weve got the opportunity to come in and make an impact while still running an efficient
program, doing the most we can with the available resources." We are still working on finalizing several elements of our program, but we wanted to take this opportunity to announce our commitment to IndyCar and we look forward to finalizing plans and to being ready to go in 2012. Two principal partners of the new venture are Columbus, Ohio businessman Brian Bailey, and
operationsObviously I have a close connection to open-wheel racing, but add that to the chance to work with Mike and his organization and it's something that really appealed to me," said Allmendinger, who has led every Rolex 24 at Daytona he has started, all for Michael Shank Racing. Mike is one of the hardest working guys in motorsports and he's a racer. I've always liked that about him, so I know he'll fight hard for MSR Indy's performance. We also hope to open some business relationships for our NASCAR Cup partners with this effort too." This entry passed through the NASCAR Sprint Cup driver AJ kind of campaign. I believe in Full-Text RSS service if this is Allmendinger. Bailey is a long- Michael, his people, and his team, your content and you're reading it time business associate of MSR, so this is an exciting program to on someone else's site, please read while Allmendinger has driven for be a part of. the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentMSR in several Rolex 24-hour Allmendinger will not be driving only/faq.php#publishers. Five races. the new IndyCar. He will join Filters featured article: A 'Malign "This is an incredible opportunity, MSR's driving team at Daytona Intellectual Subculture' - George to be a part of Michael Shanks for the 2012 Rolex 24, then return M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , move into IndyCar and the next to Sprint Cup, his primary focus. Herman, Peterson, Pilger And era in the sport, said Bailey. He H i s m a n a g e m e n t b u s i n e s s , Media Lens. has put so much into building this Walldinger Racing, will assist in team to be ready to take on this M S R I n d y t e a m
Wall Street protest this evening

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overlooking Zuccotti yet, but we do have one with a fantastic view of Wall Street. This picture was taken by Evan
Fogel earlier this evening, of a
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Cannes. Any real progress on bigger goals such as setting parameters to measure global imbalances and reining in speculative capital flows is unlikely to come before a November 3-4 summit in Cannes, where France passes the G20 baton to Mexico. (Reuters: Top News) "countervailing duties" against shares the goal of the legislation, A French finance ministry source g o o d s f r o m c o u n t r i e s w i t h which is getting China to revalue said that for Cannes, France Submitted at 10/14/2011 12:33:22 PM undervalued currencies. its currency. But it has raised hoped to have two or three President Barack Obama looks Many U.S. lawmakers contend concern that some provisions in measures agreed for countries on as Chinese President Hu Jintao t h a t C h i n a u n d e r v a l u e s i t s the Senate bill could violate s h o w i n g i m b a l a n c e s : speaks during a joint press currency by as much as 15 to 40 World Trade Organization rules. consolidation measures for those conference in the East Room at percent to give its companies an M e a n w h i l e , t h e T r e a s u r y with high deficits and stimulus the White House in Washington, u n f a i r p r i c e a d v a n t a g e i n Department faces a Saturday measures for those with surpluses. January 19, 2011. international trade. deadline to issue an semi-annual "We are going to try to make Credit: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque House Speaker John Boehner report on whether any country is some progress and obtain, perhaps By Doug Palmer says he fears the bill could start a manipulating its currency for an not tomorrow or Saturday but by Cannes, a list of measures country WASHINGTON| Fri Oct 14, trade war and has refused to bring unfair trade advantage. 2011 1:33pm EDT it to the floor for a vote, even The Obama administration, in by country," he said. "These must (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers though a similar measure passed five previous reports, has pushed be measures which will have an vowed on Friday to keep pressing the House last year 348-79. China to move more quickly to impact on the real economy." for a vote on China currency "They don't want this bill on the revalue its currency. However, it A separate G20 source said after legislation, now blocked by floor for one reason: it would has declined to take the step of preparatory talks late on Thursday Republican leaders, which they pass," said Representative Sander f o r m a l l y l a b e l i n g C h i n a a that China would commit in Paris to boost its consumption through s a i d i s v i t a l f o r U . S . Levin, the top Democrat on the c u r r e n c y m a n i p u l a t o r . a five-year plan, via households c o m p e t i t i v e n e s s i n g l o b a l H o u s e W a y s a n d M e a n s (Editing by Vicki Allen) markets. Committee. "The speaker should This entry passed through the a n d c o m p a n i e s a s w e l l a s "It is estimated that currency let the House work its will." Full-Text RSS service if this is i n f r a s t r u c t u r e . manipulation costs our economy Representatives Tim Ryan and your content and you're reading it The G20 countries make up 85 over a million jobs," said Steny Betty Sutton, two Democrats from on someone else's site, please read percent of global output. Hoyer, the No. 2 in the House of Boehner's home state of Ohio, the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- An April G20 meeting placed Representatives Democratic also said they had no intention of only/faq.php#publishers. Five seven large economies under leadership. "I urge the Republican letting the issue drop. Filters featured article: A 'Malign review -- the debt-burdened leadership to put the currency bill Democrats hope Republican Intellectual Subculture' - George on the floor." lawmakers will hear from Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Earlier this week, the Senate constituents on the issue when Herman, Peterson, Pilger And voted 63-35 to pass a bill aimed at they return to their districts next Media Lens. China by allowing companies to week. s e e k U . S . g o v e r n m e n t The Obama administration says it
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As we have argued previously with regard to East Africa, the aid Submitted at 10/14/2011 3:09:00 AM necessary in times of global Thirty years of globalization has financial austerity is "dualpropelled widespread economic benefit" assistance: support that growth across Southeast Asia. In c a n h e l p c o m b a t m o u n t i n g recent decades, the number of s e c u r i t y c h a l l e n g e s w h i l e people in the region living on less s i m u l t a n e o u s l y f u r t h e r i n g than $1.25 a day has dropped by d e v e l o p m e n t n e e d s . T h i s h a l f . Y e t , t h e s e p o s i t i v e assistance can be garnered from d e v e l o p m e n t t r e n d s a r e various "hard security" aid accompanied by a darker side of channels. For example, U.N. globalization: trafficking in drugs Security Council Resolutions and small arms, piracy, human 1373 and 1540, as well as broader smuggling, the marketing of nonproliferation initiatives, such counterfeit goods and nuclear as the G-8 Global Partnership to proliferation. The size and scope Combat the Spread of Weapons of of these challenges threaten to Mass Destruction, are logical undercut the remarkable gains of platforms on which to base this t h e p a s t q u a r t e r - c e n t u r y . new model of engagement. This Preserving those gains will approach will ensure recipient buy require collaboration between -in and an enduring return on Southeast Asian governments, the donor investments. Indeed, the identification of novel streams of model has already been successful s e c u r i t y a n d d e v e l o p m e n t in the Caribbean and Central a s s i s t a n c e a n d p r o d u c t i v e America. Promising efforts are engagement with the private a l s o u n d e r w a y i n E a s t sector. Africa(.pdf). ... Subscribers
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Use Siri to set a reminder for October 18. That afternoon, Apple will announce its fourth quarter 2011 earnings via a live earnings conference call to discuss the results. The call will start at 5:00 p.m. EDT (2:00 pm PDT) will be streamed live over the Internet so you can listen in. Most of the call is filled with financial information only an
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Lines outside the Apple store on Fifth Avenue wrap around the block this morning.(Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) After a longer than usual wait for Apple iPhone fans, the newest version--the iPhone 4S--is finally hitting store shelves today all across the U.S. and in six other countries. Starting at 8 a.m. local time, the iPhone 4S will go on sale at Apple stores. And for the first time in the U.S., a brand new iPhone will go on sale for not one, but three, wireless operators. In addition to AT&T, both Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel will also be selling the new iPhone 4S. Retailers including Best Buy, Target, Sam's Club, and Radio Shack will also be selling the newest iPhone. With preorders for the device already hitting records, the iPhone 4S is expected to be a hot seller. But will it generate the long lines we've seen form outside of Apple stores for past iPhone launches? That's the big question. CNET's team of reporters will be here to keep you posted on the latest news on iPhone launch day. The CNET New York crew, which includes Maggie Reardon and photographer Sarah Tew, will begin reporting from the Apple store on Fifth Avenue at 7:00 a.m. ET. And on the West Coast, Josh Lowensohn will be offering
updates from San Francisco, James Martin will send in pictures from Emeryville, Calif., and Roger Cheng will blog from Los Angeles. So stay tuned for this live blog as we feed updates into it all day long. Glendale 10:14 a.m. PT: The
Glendale Americana store is reporting problems with activating AT&T and Verizon Wireless iPhones. Sprint Nextel apparently is holding up. (Meanwhile, here's a related news story.) And Americana mall employees are handing out
umbrellas to customers looking to shield themselves from the sun. San Francisco 9:38 a.m. PT: For the newer carriers joining AT&T in the iPhone market, what better place to find iPhone customers than the Apple line? "The Verizon guys are trying to poach
customers from the Apple Store line," reports Harry McCracken, who was at an Apple store in San Francisco. "Now the Sprint guy is trying to poach," he tweeted. A relatively short line at the IPHONE page 28
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Apple store located in the Americana shopping complex in Glendale.(Credit: Roger Cheng/ CNET) Glendale, Calif., 9:38 a.m. PT: If you're seeking an iPhone in Los Angeles, a good bet is the Apple store in the Americana complex in Glendale (where Roger Cheng is now located). Even before the store opened, the line didn't stretch much further than the roped off area set up for customers. Brian Duncan, who deals with Internet services at Walt Disney, said he dropped by this morning around 7 a.m. to see how bad the line was and realized the wait wasn't so bad. Even though he wasnt one of the first in line, he only waited an hour and a half. At downtown San Francisco's AT&T store, about a dozen and a half people stood in line around 9:30 a.m. Friday.(Credit: Josh Lowensohn/CNET) San Francisco 9:35 a.m. PT: With the action quieting at Apple's downtown San Francisco store, we took a stroll down the street to visit Verizon and AT&T's retail stores to see how they were doing. Verizon's store had no line, but many customers inside. The reps we talked to said they still had plenty of units left and hadn't sold out of any particular model. A block away at AT&T's retail store a line of about 18 people stretched outside looking to get new iPhones. An AT&T rep we talked to said that everyone there this morning was there for the 4S and not the
8GB model of the 4, despite its cheaper price. They also noted that 16GB was the most popular size, and that an unusually high number of people were buying the white, which was not available during last year's iPhone 4 launch, arriving only in April of this year. Duncan Fraser, the first guy in line at the downtown San Francisco store, strolls out a little more than an hour after going in to buy the phone. San Francisco 9:15 a.m. PT: Duncan Fraser, the first fellow in line for an iPhone 4S here finally walked out, phone in hand. No, it wasn't activation problems, instead it was Fraser going through Apple's personal setup for about 45 minutes after buying and activating the device. Also, the line is now completely gone. People are just walking in to buy the device. Despite the line, AT&T said it still had all the models available. Pasadena 8:49 a.m. PT: The long line and buzz around the Apple store contrasts starkly with the surrounding stores in the Old Town area of Pasadena, which are all closed. Aside from Apple, the rest of Old Town is quiet. Apple store greeters in Pasadena welcome the first wave of eager iPhone 4S buyers.(Credit: Roger Cheng/CNET) Pasadena 8:45 a.m. PT: Kevin Yeager, who was the third person in line at the store, is a first-time iPhone buyer. Yeager said he was excited to be getting an iPhone 4S for Sprint Nextel, which will be keeping its unlimited plan. He's
had nearly every other Apple product except the iPhone, so he considers this completing his collection. iPhones stacked near the Genius Bar inside the downtown San Francisco Apple store.(Credit: Josh Lowensohn/CNET) Inside the downtown San Francisco store.(Credit: Josh Lowensohn/CNET) San Francisco 8:45 a.m. PT: In case you were wondering how long the people at the front of the line have been here, the person I chatted with just a moment ago said they cruised in here around 7 a.m. "Yeah, it wasn't too bad," he said. The line definitely isn't as long as last years, due in part to that there's only one line instead of two. Last year had people who had preordered the device being able to pick it up in person, alongside a completely separate line for walk-ins. Robert Melkonyan, a student at Glendale Community College, was the first to emerge from the Pasadena, Calif., Apple store with his iPhone 4S ( and a second for his brother). He said he had been saving up since January for the phones.(Credit: Roger Cheng/ CNEt) Pasadena 8:41 a.m. PT: Chong Man Lei, an accountant from West Hills, Calif., said he came straight from work yesterday to the Pasadena, Calif., Apple store, and plans to head straight back to work once he gets his iPhone 4S. His reason for urgency: he is flying to China for a month tonight, and wanted to get the
iPhone before he left. Pasadena 8:39 a.m. PT: Siri was a common feature that people in line talked about checking out, although some were skeptical about its practical use. "I can't see myself talking to my phone," Gizemitjer said. "Standing in line is geek enough." New York 11:20 a.m. ET: Verizon Wireless representatives aren't yet saying anything about which devices are selling out and where. But they are providing some color on this first morning that the iPhone 4S is on sale. One spokesman in New York City told me that the company has seen strong demand from customers across the Northeast. And at the Bryant Park store in Manhattan, there's a good mix of people buying both the white and black models of the iPhone 4S. And he also added that most of the customers who are switching providers to get the iPhone 4S are coming from one competitor. Gosh, who could that be? (AT&T is my guess.) Another Verizon spokeswoman added that other parts of the country are also seeing strong demand as stores open this morning. And the company is seeing a nice mix of people who are first time smartphone purchasers as well as those switching from competitors. Pasadena 8:10 a.m. PT: Martin Gizemijter flew 11 hours from the Netherlands and headed straight for the Apple store in Pasadena, Calif., where he got into line behind Naranjo on Thursday. "I've
been awake for a long time," he said. "It's not a matter of being worth it," when asked about waiting in line. "It's not an intellectual decision. It's about the experience." He also flew to the U.S. and waited at this store for the iPad 2 launch. New York 11:05 a.m. ET: I just talked to a Sprint representative, who told me that most stores in New York City are sold out of the 16GB iPhone 4S. The store on 23rd Street in the Flatiron building sold out of the 16GB model by 10 a.m. The store also sold out of the 32GB and 64GB models within the first 45 minutes the store was open. There were about 20 to 40 people lined up outside the 23rd Street Sprint store when the doors opened at 8 a.m. People started lining up outside around 5:30 a.m. Once the doors opened, there was a steady stream of customers. Once the store ran out of phones, it started putting customers who left a $50 deposit on a waiting list. Sprint will then ship the iPhone 4S either to the store or the subscribers' homes. The scene at Sprint stores was similar in other large cities, such as Atlanta, the spokesperson said. There were about 20 or 40 people lined up outside when the store opened, and many stores are running out of the 16GB version of the device. He said that it's still too early to say how many of the Sprint IPHONE page 29
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iPhone 4S customers may be switching from other carriers. But anecdotally, the first four in the door at the 23rd Street store were switching to Sprint from another carrier, he said. Customers hoping to get their hands 16GB iPhone 4S from Sprint should check back with their local stores daily. The stores will likely be getting more shipments, he said. The line stretched around the block as eager iPhone fans patiently waited to get into the Apple store in Pasadena, Calif.(Credit: Roger Cheng/ CNET) Pasadena 8 a.m. PT: Francisco Naranjo entered the Apple store amid cheers and high-fives after waiting 34 hours in line at the Pasadena, Calif., Apple store. When he got in line on Wednesday night, Apple employees told him the launch was on Friday, not Thursday. He responded, "I know, but I just wanted to make sure I get one." The next person didn't show up until the following afternoon. New York 10:55 a.m. ET: An Apple salesperson at the Upper West Side store said the company has run out of the 16 GB Sprint iPhone 4S. It still has 32GB Sprint versions in white. And it has both black and white models in the 64GB configuration. It still has supply of all models, both white and black, of iPhone 4S's from Verizon Wireless and AT&T. I asked why they ran out of the Sprint version of the 16GB so quickly, and the salesman said
that the store got fewer shipments of the Sprint devices than it did of phones from the other two carriers. Pasadena 7:45 a.m. PT: Roger Cheng here. Good morning from the Apple store in Pasadena, Calif. The main store is closed for renovations, forcing Apple to relocate to a smaller location just two doors down. But that hasn't stopped the crowds from coming-people are lined up around the block. Francisco Naranjo was the first in line at the Pasadena, Calif., Apple store after getting in line Wednesday night.(Credit: Roger Cheng/CNET) The iPhone 4S isn't the only thing for sale this morning. Enterprising line-goers in San Francisco are selling their spots.(Credit: Josh Lowensohn/CNET) San Francisco 7:37 a.m. PT: The sun's finally coming up here, as is the energy level. People have gotten up from sitting on the ground and are now milling around. Plenty in line already have a iPhone, many with an iPhone 4 model. We're also seeing many with the iPhone 3GS', the folks who are right on schedule to get an upgrade after fulfilling a two-year contract. As usual there are some deal makers including people selling spots near the front of the line, and others giving away free samples to line-goers. How much will the number five spot in line cost you? $100. The line is already well formed at daybreak in front of the Apple store in Emeryville, Calif.
Meanwhile, no one is lining up yet down the street at the same mall's AT&T store.(Credit: James Martin/CNET) The early morning line in front of the San Francisco Apple Store.(Credit: Josh Lowensohn/ CNET) San Francisco 7:20 a.m. PT: Josh Lowensohn here--good morning from the downtown San Francisco Apple Store, where the line is beginning to stretch around the block. We've definitely seen longer lines here, notably for the iPad 2 earlier this year, but it's a line nonetheless. At the very front of it is Duncan Fraser, an entrepreneur who makes wallets out of Dupont's Tyvek material. He got here yesterday at around 4:30 p.m. local time so as to replace his ever-so-old iPhone 4 with a 32GB AT&T model of the 4S. Employees run a lap to pump up the crowd at the San Francisco store.(Credit: Josh Lowensohn/ CNET) The Apple employees just did an entire lap around the block giving those in line a high-five, while yelling "wooo!" The store's already gone through the line doling out tickets to people for the model they want. From the size of the stack I'd say they have plenty of these things on hand. Apple employees at the downtown San Francisco store are already doling out tickets to people in line for the model they want.(Credit: Josh Lowensohn/ CNET) Apple employees inside the
Upper West Side Apple Store help customers pay for and set up their new iPhone 4S smartphones.(Credit: Sarah Tew/ CNET) One proud owner of the new iPhone 4S shows off his new device. The iPhone 4S is on the left and his old iPhone 4 is on the right.(Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) New York 9:25 a.m. ET: Photographer Sarah Tew and I have relocated to the Upper West Side Apple store. The line has almost been eliminated at this point. At 6 a.m. when I stopped by there on my way to the Fifth Avenue store, people were lined up along the side of the store on 67th Street. But now just a few people stand outside the store as they wait to go inside. Sarah took some pictures inside the store of people activating their new phones. I'll be posting shortly. Keenen Thompson, the first person in line at the Apple store on Fifth Avenue, shows off his new iPhone 4S.(Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) New York 8:25 a.m. ET: Tony Medina of New York City emerged from the Apple store with his new iPhone 4S. He said he plans to give his old iPhone 4, bought last year, to his mom, who is currently using the iPhone 3GS. Medina decided to upgrade from his 32GB iPhone 4 to the 64GB iPhone 4S because he said he needed more memory for his music and videos. When I asked him why he didn't just buy the phone online, Medina said he wanted to be here for the
experience. "The clapping and cheering are really great," he said. "You feel like you're a part of something. You can't get that from the UPS guy delivering a box." I also asked him if people talked about the late Steve Jobs, Apple's former CEO and co-founder, who died last week. He said that people were talking about Jobs and reminiscing about all his fantastic products. He even added that some of them joked he was in the "cloud" and that Hurricane Steve (Jobs) was blowing through when a thunderstorm swept into the area at around 2 a.m. bringing with it torrential rains, thunder, and lightning. New York 8:05 a.m. ET: One reporter just said he is leaving the Apple store on Fifth Avenue to head down to the "Occupy Wall Street" protest. He said it's a better story than the "Occupy Apple" story. He may be right. Keenen Thompson, who is being sponsored by the iPhone reseller Gazelle, is first in line to buy the iPhone 4S at the Fifth Avenue store in New York City. He has been waiting in line since September 26.(Credit: Marguerite Reardon/CNET) New York 8:00 a.m. ET The first people have started to go into the store. I'll stick around outside the store until people start to come out with their new devices to get their first impressions of the device. The Apple store on Fifth Avenue supposedly gets more IPHONE page 30
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iPhones to sell on launch day than any other store. So hopefully, everyone in line is getting an iPhone 4S. Even if they run out of phones here, they will likely get a fresh stock later today and even more probably over the weekend. New York 7:55 a.m. ET The Apple employees are all out of the store. It's five minutes until the store opens. And they are getting ready to start cheering on customers who will enter the store to buy the new iPhone 4S. New York 7:48 a.m. ET It's almost 10 minutes before they start letting people into the store. Many of the Apple employees have gone downstairs into the cube for a "huddle." I am guessing they will be out soon to begin the cheering. The anticipation is killing me. Well, actually not. Honestly, this launch just doesn't have the same energy and spark as other Apple product launches. But I'm sure they will sell the heck out of these things. My guess is most people who really wanted the iPhone 4S preordered it online. Smart move, if you ask me. People have been leaving apples, flowers, and notes in front of the Apple store on Fifth Avenue to honor the late Steve Jobs, who died last week.(Credit: Sarah Tew /CNET) New York 7:40 a.m. ET: Apple employees are starting to gather. They haven't started cheering yet.
I overhead one worker tell a passerby that the crowd is not as big as the iPad 2 launch. It definitely seems like things are a big more subdued here. An Apple employee gives people tickets as they line up.(Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) New York 7:30 a.m. ET: David, who didn't want his last name used, arrived at the iPhone store on Fifth Avenue at 11 p.m. last night. He said he felt like a schmuck when I told him that there was barely any line at the Upper West Side store. "Shoulda woulda coulda," he said. "But at least I had the experience. I've only lived in New York City for three weeks." David and others also got some free stuff from Otterbox, which makes waterproof iPhone cases, and Gazelle, which buys used gadgets such as the iPhone. Unfortunately, they were giving away rain ponchos and a big yellow Otterbox case, but sadly it was not an actual Otterbox for the iPhone 4S. Jessica Mellow and Keenen Thompson were the first people to get in line for the iPhone 4S. They have been waiting since September 26. And they're sponsored by Gazelle.(Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) New York 7:25 a.m. ET: Before heading to the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue, I stopped
by the Apple store on the Upper West Side. The first person in line there got there at 10 p.m. last night. At 6 a.m. the line was halfway down 67th St. And people really started showing up around 5 a.m. Laurel Moll, who is buying her first iPhone, said she would have bought the phone online, but she waited too long. She wanted to get the phone from AT&T. And even though AT&T isn't sold out of the device, she wouldn't have been able to get it for Friday. So she and her friend decided to wait in line. New York 7:15 a.m. ET: The first people in line, Jessica Mellow, 26, and Keenen Thompson, 21, got here on September 26. But most people standing in line got here late last night. Tony Medina, who is one of the first 50 or so people in line, got to the store at 11 p.m. He braved the violent thunderstorm in the middle of the night to make sure he got his iPhone 4S today. He already has an iPhone 4, but wanted to get the iPhone 4S for the improved camera and the Siri personal assistant app. The first thing he will ask Siri: "Wake me up at 3 p.m." It's been a long, wet night in the Big Apple. The line for the iPhone 4S at the Apple store on Fifth Avenue went down 58th Street along of FAO Schwartz.(Credit: Sarah Tew/ CNET)
New York 7:00 a.m. ET: While the line is long here at the Apple store on Fifth Avenue in New York City, the plaza next to the big cube is not filled as much as usual. This may be due to the renovation of the glass cube. People are lined up down 58th Street along FAO Schwartz and around the block. Paris 4:08 a.m. PT/1:08 p.m. local time Friday CNET's Stephen Shankland covers the iPhone launch in Paris. Read his story here. Los Gatos, Calif., around 2 p.m. PT Thursday Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak tweets that he's the first in line at the Apple Store there. Sydney, Australia, 2 p.m. PT Thursday/8 a.m. Friday local time ZDNet Australia reports that the iPhone 4S launch has less fanfare than past launches. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Box offers 50 GB storage to iOS users

Kelly Hodgkins (TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
Submitted at 10/14/2011 1:00:00 PM
Box.net is taking advantage of the hype surrounding the iPhone 4S and iCloud by offering 50 GB of free storage to iPhone and iPad owners. The promotion is live now and will last for 50 days so you have plenty of time to sign up. To claim your 50 GB account, you have to download the Box.net app to your iOS device and login with your account credentials. If you don't have an account, you can sign up for one on your device. Once you login, your account will be upgraded to 50 GB. These extra 50 GBs are yours to keep for as long as you have your box.net account. [Via Engadget] Box offers 50 GB storage to iOS users originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Source| Permalink| Email this| Comments
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Why Did Google Ignore Mobile in Its Earnings Report?

Jon Mitchell (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 10/14/2011 1:00:00 PM
announced yesterday? Good question. It isn't there. Sponsor It was an interesting quarter for No Mention Of Mobile Google. The search giant moved Did Google forget that it bought into uncharted territory with the Motorola Mobility for $12.5 launch of Google Plus, bringing billion in August? Doubtful. its data-driven business squarely That's a lot of money, though, and i n t o t h e s o c i a l r e a l m . T h e it's Google's first adventure in the branding of "Google+" is hard to h a n d s e t - m a k i n g b u s i n e s s . ignore; how do you read that? It's Shouldn't Google have given its "Google," but it's more. But to investors some clues about its make the social network a + intentions there? Well, it didn't. instead of a -, Google has to tie it Not in the quarterly report. into its core business - advertising Yesterday,@Android joined targeted to searches - and use the Twitter, Ice Cream Sandwich social data to improve it. avatar and all. I guess he (it?) had Google can't do that without its nothing better to do, since he mobile vehicle, Android, the most wasn't invited to the earnings call popular smartphone OS in the going on at the same time. world. Mobile computing is Numbers And Silence becoming the most important Google's overall revenue grew by kind. Its use surpassed desktop 33% year over year: computing this year, and mobile But its quarterly report lumps ad revenue is exploding. Location mobile revenues in with the rest. -powered search is the key to the On the live call, CEO Larry Page business, and Apple - Google's s a i d h e e x p e c t s G o o g l e t o mobile competitor - is revving its earn$2.5 billion in mobile ad sales engines in that space. Google this year, but that's just an Plus, the big Q3 experiment, is expectation. Actual, measurable tailor-made for Android use. So quarterly mobile performance was where is Google's mobile vision not something Google deigned to i n i t s Q 3 e a r n i n g s r e s u l t s report.
- a very important one. It's not just about Android; that's just one of many vehicles in Google's overall mobile ad business. Google incentivizes mobile heavily. It even gives away mobile sites for free to businesses. Google needs small, local businesses on board. That's where the meat is. Local, mobile, location-powered search - and hence advertising - is the best cookie in the jar. And Google is Let's compare this year over year. making moves in that space that The Q3 2010 earnings report seem almost panicked, seizing mentions mobile channels seven control of the content of business times and names Android three listings, buying up all kinds of times. Yesterday's Q3 report local-focused companies, and mentions neither at all. even trying to make cash registers Mobile Is A Channel dependent on Android phones. Google makes mobile apps, but Siri: No Mere Android mobile isn't really a Google Why so serious, Google? You're "product." The Android licensing the king of search, and your business is about getting onto as general financial situation seems m a n y p h o n e s a s p o s s i b l e . quite comfortable. What's the Google's even willing to pay problem? heavy taxes to its competitors to Well, here's one: the iPhone is license all the patents involved. a l r e a d y t h e m o s t p o p u l a r Google gets a little defensive smartphone handset in the world, about that sometimes. Patents are and Apple just released a version an obstacle to getting Android with an artificial intelligence that everywhere. performs searches for its users. In Google treats mobile as a channel one of Apple's first deals for Siri,
it uses Yelp, Google's competitor, for local business searches. And that's just on the high end; on the same day, Apple started giving away the iPhone 3GS for free. Google's Big Wait Google is spending and scaling aggressively; expenditures were up 34% over Q3 2010. The majority of that spending was on IT infrastructure investments, but Google is also investing heavily in people. Its workforce topped 30,000 people this quarter, adding over 2,500 full-time employees. It also bought a phone company. In general terms, Google did very well in Q3. It made a great deal of money. But it's also reinvesting tons of it in machines, humans, and phone manufacturers. Google is working hard; so hard that its new experiment, Google Plus, is rolling out at a painstakingly slow pace. Where's the rest of the API? Where are the distinguishing features? How many things can Google do at once? Discuss
Emmy-winning costumer Ray Aghayan dies at 83 (AP)

(Yahoo! News: Obituaries)
Submitted at 10/14/2011 9:59:47 AM
AP - Ray Aghayan, an Emmywinning costume designer who worked on more than a dozen
Academy Award shows and the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in
Los Angeles, has died. He was 83.
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Kindle Cloud update for Kindle 3 out now

Chris Burns (SlashGear)
Submitted at 10/14/2011 12:16:53 PM
Those of you using the Kindle that Amazon is now calling the Kindle Keyboard, aka the Kindle 3, will be glad to hear that today theres a software update out there that gives you access to Kindle Cloud. This is the same cloud that the Kindle 4 has access to, the one that, activated, youll have access to every ebook youve ever purchased from Amazon, complete with all the notes and highlights youve left in them. Get this update NOW via Amazons simple to use update process. What youve got to do to get to this update on your Kindle 3 is, starting from the Home screen, is hit Settings. From there youll see your Kindle version at the bottom of your display. If you see Version Kindle 3.1 or earlier, youve got an update coming to you. To download, just head to Amazon or hit one of the following links: Kindle Keyboard Wi-Fi: Download 3.3 Your serial number will start with B008 Kindle Keyboard 3G (Free 3G + Wi-Fi) U.S. and Canadian Customers*: Download 3.3 Your serial number will start with B006Kindle Keyboard 3G (Free 3G + Wi-Fi) European Customers*: Download 3.3 Your serial number will start with B00A If youre unsure of your Kindle
serial number, just check at the bottom of your Settings menu just like you did for the Kindle software version. Once youve got the software downloaded, youll have to transfer it to your Kindle device. To do this, again follow directions as provided by Amazon: 1. Transfer software to your Kindle Keyboard: Turn your Kindle Keyboard on and connect it to your computer using the USB cable. Drag and drop the new update file from your computer to the root Kindle drive. (The drive contains a number of folders
such as audible, documents, and music and is typically displayed as a device icon). 2. Monitor file transfer and disconnect: Check your file transfer progress to ensure file transfer to your Kindle Keyboard is complete before disconnecting. After the file has transferred successfully, eject the Kindle to safely disconnect Kindle Keyboard from your computer. Disconnect the USB cable from your Kindle Keyboard and your computer. 3. Start the software update: Go to the Home screen, press the
Menu key, and select Settings. Press the Menu key again, and then select Update Your Kindle. (This option will be grayed out if the most recent update has already been installed or if the file transfer was not successful.) Select Ok when prompted if you want to perform an update. Your Kindle Keyboard will restart twice during the update. After the first restart, you will see Your Kindle is Updating. 4. Once the update is complete: Your Kindle Keyboard will automatically restart a second time. When you go to the Settings
page, you should notice Version: Kindle 3.3 at the bottom of the screen. Once you see this, you know your update is complete. Got it? Any troubles, ask below or go straight to Amazon for support. Get in the cloud! BONUS have a look at the Kindle Touch while youre at it. Relevant Entries on SlashGear.com Kindle firmware 2.5 now in wild Amazon Kindle Firmware v3.0.2 Now in Early Preview KINDLE page 34
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Microsoft touts benefits of new Windows 8 Task Manager

(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 10/14/2011 11:04:18 AM
Windows 8 will offer a new Task Manager to help you better view and control open applications and other processes that may be causing trouble. Task Manager has always been a useful tool to view open files and processes and see which ones are chewing up memory and CPU cycles. As the tool has evolved over the years, it's incorporated more data and given people more control. But it's always been less than user friendly. Enter Microsoft's refresh, starting with the way most people typically use Task Manager--to shut down an application that's not responding. The new default view in Windows 8's Task Manager.(Credit: Microsoft) "For the default view, we designed a minimalist experience that appeals to the needs of the broadest customer base and most common scenario," Ryan Haveson, group program manager of Microsoft's In Control of Your PC team, wrote on the company's "Building Windows 8" blog.
"When you launch Task Manager for the first time in Windows 8, you see a very clean view of your running apps. We made the default view great at one thing: killing misbehaving apps. And we removed everything that did not directly support that core scenario." In short, the company removed all the extra tabs, menus, and other distracting items so that people just see open applications by name. The default screen lets you easily select a program that's not responding and shut it down. Clicking on the "More Details" link then opens a window with more in-depth data, similar to today's Task Manager. Here you can see how much memory, CPU cycles, and disk space each application and process is using. To make it easier to spot misbehaving items, Microsoft has set up a "heat map" that highlights the applications eating up more than their fair share of system resources. The heat map will call attention to specific categories, such as CPU or memory, if multiple applications are fighting over them. Windows 8 users should also
Task Manager has always been a tricky tool since it packs in a lot of information for experienced users but can be too technical for the average person. The new version tries to offer something for everybody. "As you can see, we added quite a lot to the new Task Manager (and we only showed you the first tab!)," Haveson wrote. "Task Manager was a unique have an easier time grouping and opportunity for user experience sorting the wide array of items designers and researchers working displayed in Task Manager. together with technical program Microsoft has added the ability to managers and engineers to create group items by applications, a clean, organized, and efficient background processes, and design. We made it more Windows processes to help you streamlined for mainstream users, determine which ones should be and more detailed for power safe to shut down and which ones users." This entry passed through the should be left alone. Full-Text RSS service if this is Finally, the current flavor of Task Manager lists processes and your content and you're reading it service by their file names, which on someone else's site, please read typically don't give you a clue as the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentto what they do. In Windows 8 only/faq.php#publishers. Five Microsoft has added "friendly" Filters featured article: A 'Malign names to those items so that you Intellectual Subculture' - George can better identify them. Even M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , further, you can now search the Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Web for a particular process or Media Lens. service to learn more about it.
We need to avoid being creepy with face tracking tech

Nate Lanxon
Submitted at 10/14/2011 10:48:00 AM
By: Nate Lanxon Face tracking is creepy stuff and we have to make sure that it is used to create consumer-focused services and not for Minority Report-style stalking, says Gil Hirsch, CEO of Face.com. "This stuff is scary. We've all seen the movies in Hollywood... Minority Report. We care about getting people to connect through faces," he said at Wired 2011 in London this afternoon. He described how face recognition is important because we are fascinated about faces and identity, and how you can connect that on social networks. There are two main ways that the technology can be used: for detection, i.e. figuring out where a face is in a photo and what the biometric data of that face are; and for identification. Edited by: Olivia Solon Continue reading...
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iPhone 4S Poll shows web users torn; will you head to the Apple store today?
the iPhone 5 taking third and Maybe, Im going to wait for the first reviews below that. Its Its iPhone 4S day, everyone, do seeing how iOS 5 looks and you know where your children picking up the less expensive are? According to the poll weve iPhone 4 or 3GS that sit at the had up since the iPhone 4S was bottom, this letting us know that first announced, theyre either amongst the people taking the crying in their room because poll, price doesnt really seem to Apple dropped the ball or be a deciding factor in all of this. t h e y r e d o i n g o n e o f t h e On the other hand, it seems as following: tapping away at their though our poll takers here have iPhone 4S or waiting in line to mighty opinions about the iPhone purchase one. Lets have a look at 4S, whether they love it or hate it, our poll of 19,667 SlashGear this deciding whether or not users and see what theyve theyll pick it up in the end. decided to think about the iPhone And of course theres the big 4S given our options. lines at the stores today. Well be The poll weve been running picking up on reports from around since last week had the question t h e s t a t e s ( a n d t h e w o r l d ) Will you buy an iPhone 4S? and throughout the day, but heres one included several options, ranging for starters: here in Minnesota at from Not a chance, Apple has the largest mall in the United dropped the ball to Definitely, it States, the Apple store had right looks amazing! And wouldnt around 100 people in line before you know it, those two options the doors opened, the entirety of ended up being the top choices, the line being served in less than a with No way, Im holding out for half hour the Apple worker at
Submitted at 10/14/2011 11:34:34 AM
now for $100 off the original price iPhone 4S pre-orders open now! Doh stupid iPhone Apple logo hits Homer in the head Youll only be able to get one iPhone from AT&T, but Apple will let you have two Yup, Apples new If you dont have an iPhone campaign is out Apple Store down: New iPhone incoming New iPhone instructional video from Apple Samsung Galaxy S torn down and snapped iPhone 4S Poll shows web users torn; will you head to the Apple store today? is written by Chris Burns& originally posted on SlashGear. 2005 - 2011, SlashGear. All right reserved.
the door told yours truly that no iPhone 4S model had sold out and that he really wasnt sure which carrier was selling the best at the time, each of the three seeming to sell relatively equally. Head to our big review of iOS 5, our big review of the iPhone 4S,
and see our massively gigantic review wrap-up from the first wave of top-tier publishers. And I ask you again, will you buy the iPhone 4S? Relevant Entries on SlashGear.com Refurbished iPhone Get yours
KINDLE
Stage, Available to Download Kindle 3 becomes Kindle Keyboard Kindle breaks sales record during November Amazon Kindle Update to 2.5.2 Available for International Owners
Amazon Kindle DX Global Wireless looks imminent Amazon Kindle firmware v3.0.1 goes public $99 Kindle Touch plus Kindle Touch 3G official Kindle Cloud update for Kindle 3
out now is written by Chris Burns& originally posted on SlashGear. 2005 - 2011, SlashGear. All right reserved.
Should I Take Advantage of Credit Card Balance Transfer Offers? [Ask Lifehacker]
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Sony Echo stamps sound for later listening

Submitted at 10/14/2011 12:30:15 PM
The following concept design comes from a workshop held yearly by Sony, the product being here a hand-held device that records sounds, attaches them to symbols, and stamps them on objects for later scanning. When you scan a symbol later on, the device plays back the sound you recorded at an earlier date. Can you imagine the possibilities this simple set of functions could hold? Fantabulous! This device is conceptualized by Shan Hao Cheng, and is made with the Sony brand on it simply because of the event that Sony holds yearly in China. I must remind you, as I must remind everyone who happens upon an early concept design post such as this, that the product isnt yet
brought up to speed with the technology needed to execute it. Because designers in this particular Sony event are allowed to design without exact execution in mind, the imagination can run wild, and the designs can essentially be magic. Weve got something similar to this out there right now in QRcode creating and scanning, but this concept right here is all contained inside a single object. Because we know that taking a concept and filtering it down to a single device that can contain the entirety of the proposed activity will work Apples iPhone, for example, works quite well in this way we know that this device could very well become somewhat of a hit if it were to evet reach the manufacturing floor and stores. Like all concept designs, this one needs to be
George Lucas goes postal Echo 15 laptop bag Bone Conduction gets art application Sony unveils SRS-BTV25 and RDP-V20iP smartphone 360degree speakers at IFA 2011 Puget Systems crams new Echo III SFF PC into Lian Li chassis The Echo Bot: to scare all those that dares to cross its path Can a robot find you a life-long companion? Sony CECH-ZVS1 surround sound bar for PS3 landing in Japan this September pushed forward with one thing: cash. Would you buy it? How about if you were a teacher looking to do some conceptual projects with your students? Perhaps if you were a graffiti writer? What about music artists looking to have people running around a city scanning musical codes? Have at it! [ via Yanko Design] Relevant Entries on SlashGear.com Sony Echo stamps sound for later listening is written by Chris Burns& originally posted on SlashGear. 2005 - 2011, SlashGear. All right reserved.
To a one year-old, a magazine is an iPad that doesn't work

Steven Sande (TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
Submitted at 10/14/2011 1:30:00 PM
While we're waiting for our iPhone 4S's to get delivered (or activated), I thought this would be a good time filler. It's a one-year-
old baby who seemingly understands the touch user interface of the iPad (even when it is upside-down), but becomes confused with a magazine that doesn't respond to her taps and swipes. It's a cute video, but also shows
just how intuitive Apple's touch
interface is when a baby can understand it immediately. The video was posted by Jean-Louis Constanza, head of Orange Valle, the skunk works for telecom company Orange. To a one year-old, a magazine is an iPad that doesn't work
originally appeared on TUAW The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Source| Permalink| Email this| Comments
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Google Axes More Services: Jaiku, Buzz, Code Search & More
Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)
GE To Build Largest U.S. Solar Factory In Colorado

Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 10/14/2011 11:54:00 AM
and focus instead on Google+. While people obviously wont be Submitted at 10/14/2011 12:23:05 PM able to create new posts after that, According to a new post by they will be able to view their Google VP of Product Bradley existing content on their Google Horowitz, on the official company Profile, and download it using blog, Google is delivering the Google Takeout. death blow to several more Jaiku, a product we acquired in products and services, including 2007 that let users send updates to its code search engine, Jaiku, friends, will shut down on January i G o o g l e f e a t u r e s a n d t h e 15, 2012. Well be working to University Research Program for enable users to export their data Google Search, the latter which from Jaiku. provides API access to Google Several years ago, we gave Search results for a small number people the ability to interact of academic institutions. socially on iGoogle. With our new Here are the details on the new focus on Google+, we will shutdowns, per Google: remove iGoogles social features on January 15, 2012. iGoogle Code Search, which was itself, and non-social iGoogle designed to help people search for applications, will stay as they are. open source code all over the The University Research web, will be shut down along with Program for Google Search, the Code Search API on January which provides API access to our 15, 2012. search results for a small number In a few weeks well shut down of approved academic researchers, Google Buzz and the Buzz API, will close on January 15, 2012.
Google also said that it will be closing down the Google Labs site, as it promised earlier. That site will be gone as of today, so get your last visit in now. In addition, Boutiques.com and Like.com will now be replaced by Google Product Search. These latest closures come on the heels of several other service shutdowns from the company whose previous strategy seemed to involve throwing a bunch of a spaghetti on the wall to see what sticked. In June, it shut down Google Health. In August, Google killed off the projects from its Slide acquisition, and in September, it killed Aardvark. Despite all the streamlining and shutdowns, Google has previously stated that its 20% Time Project isnt going anywhere.
Professor who developed mortality-rate model dies (AP)

Submitted at 10/14/2011 9:51:26 AM
AP - University of Oregon sociology professor Lawrence Carter, who helped develop a
model for forecasting mortality rates, has died at age 68.
GE has announced plans to spend $600 million on a new solar factory located in the Denver suburb of Aurora, Colorado. The factory, which begins operations in 2012, will be capable of producing enough solar panels per year to generate 400 megawatts of power, or enough energy to power 80,000 homes. When completed, the factory will be bigger than 11 football fields soon to be the largest factory of its kind in the U.S. The business will also bring 355 jobs to Colorado plus 100 more positions at GEs research facility in upstate New York. The company is retrofitting and expanding an existing 200,000 sq. foot former LOreal Worldwide warehouse, a project which will require a $300 million investment. Over the next two years, GE will double the buildings size. Colorado is already the manufacturing site for GE Energys thin film solar pilot line, a joint technology development between GEs Global Research Center and PrimeStar Solar, a company GE acquired in April.
The new factory is located near this smaller, 30 MW facility and a GE solar research center. GE says the location will enable an accelerated start-up schedule with production equipment installation beginning in January 2012. The new factory will produce thin film solar panels made from cadium telluride, which are cheaper than traditional crystalline silicon panels. Its the same technology as produced by First Solar, the largest solar company in the world by market cap. The panels are lighter, which helps ease installation. Theyre also large, which helps to lower the total system cost by reducing the amount of racking and electrical components required. Shipments to utilities and commercial customers will start in early 2013, according to the annoucement. GEs plan for solar is similar to the one for its wind business, a space the company entered in 2002 that is, it plans to grow through both technology and scale. GE now has more than 27 gigawatts of wind and solar resources installed around the world.
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What's New in Apache Subversion 1.7?

Joe Brockmeier (ReadWriteWeb)
Apache Subversion, carries a standard Apache License, version 2 instead of the modified Apache Submitted at 10/14/2011 1:30:00 PM license Subversion used The Apache folks have released previously. Subversion 1.7, an update of one Users looking at upgrading to 1.7 of the most popular open source should take a look at the known version control systems. This issues. Specifically, Mac users release includes a number of that have upgraded to 10.7 will performance improvements, new run into problems with the SQLite client and server features, and shipped with OS X. The distribution and license changes. Subversion project plans to fix One of the major changes in this this with 1.7.1. For users that are release is a move to a new Subversion repositories called still on Red Hat Enterprise Linux metadata format that does not ( a p p r o p r i a t e l y ) s v n r d u m p . 2 (64-bit), there's a known issue require multiple.svn directories in Subversion also gets a bunch of with the standard compiler working copies. Instead, working features that improve its ability to shipped on that release. If copies will have a single metadata show "diffs", including a new compiling Subversion from option inspired by git. Known source, use GCC 4.0.x or later or directory. Issues, License Changes Sponsor build the Apache Portable Subversion was originally Runtime (APR) with the--disableNew Tools, Performance p r i m a r i l y s p o n s o r e d b y nonportable-atomics option. Improvements The release also improves the CollabNet, but is now under the Subversion also loses the HTTP protocol usage, which will Apache umbrella. Subversion "contrib" repository with this require fewer round-trips to make graduated as an official Apache release, but the tools and scripts a connection. This will improve Project in February of 2010 after previously shipped there are still performance, especially for high- joining the Apache Incubator available online. For the rest of process in November of 2009. the changes in 1.7 see the full latency network connections. The 1.7 release brings a new tool This release, being the first release notes. Discuss for creating remote dumps of "official feature release" for
Google Retires A Slew Of Old Products, Including Buzz

Jon Mitchell (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 10/14/2011 1:20:00 PM
'The Devil Went Down to Georgia' co-writer killed (AP)

Submitted at 10/13/2011 8:08:23 PM
AP - Country star Charlie Daniels says his longtime keyboardist and co-writer of "The Devil Went
Down to Georgia" had his own musical personality
The day after its Q3 earnings report, Google announced a "fall sweep" of old products into the dustbin of Internet history. In the most telling move - albeit one which we knew would come Google Buzz and its API are finished, and Google Plus will absorb the old content. The open data standards that made Buzz interesting will be replaced with the haltingly slow rollout of APIs for Google Plus. Google Labs is also gone for good. The site will shut down effective today. In addition to Buzz and Labs, a slew of mis-remembered little projects are going away, too. Google Code Search and the Code Search API will be shut down on January 15, 2012. Jaiku, a 2007 acquisition of a Twitter-like nature, is no more. The social features for the iGoogle homepage will be replaced by Google Plus. The University Research Program for Google Search will close its API for academics. Sponsor Even though Google Buzz wasn't terribly good at anything, from a user standpoint, we at least enjoyed its developer-centric
nature. It was all about open data. That may have been all it had going for it, but that meant something. Its replacement, Google Plus, is awfully slick and smooth and secretive. The few APIs released so far barely enable developers to make anything, much less anything interesting. Google sure is a busy place. Its whole business is undergoing rapid transformations, even if its quarterly earnings are reported so generally that they seem stable. Google is spending money and changing shape. It's launching social networks and buying handset manufacturers. It's hiring new people, buying new infrastructure, and now it's shedding old products. When will Google start to break a sweat? What's next for Google? Sound off in the comments. Discuss
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The Galaxy Nexus Pops Up In Verizons Device Management System

Jordan Crook (TechCrunch)
wont be a global phone. An earlier specs leak describes a huge Submitted at 10/14/2011 12:19:04 PM 4.65-inch display, a 1.2GHz TI I f l e g i t , a f r e s h l y l e a k e d OMAP 4460 processor, a 5document from the Verizon megapixel camera, 1GB of RAM, Device Management System 32GB of internal storage, an NFC confirms earlier rumors that the chip, and of course, Android Ice next official Google phone will Cream Sandwich. indeed be called the Galaxy Based on Verizons usual pricing Nexus. An Ice Cream Sandwich scheme, we can probably expect announcement is already slated this LTE device to go for around for October 19, where Samsung $299 on-contract. But we wont and Google are expected to know anything for sure until we announce the next Nexus. get official word. Originally spotted by Droid-Life, Crunchbase the leaked document shows that GOOGLE the Galaxy Nexus will run on Verizons 4G LTE network, but it Company: Google Website: looks as though the new handset google.com Launch Date: July 9,
Supernatural Swimsuit Lookbooks The Muther of All Things 'Wolf Dream' Video is Hypnotic (TrendHunter.com)
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1998 IPO: NASDAQ:GOOG Google provides search and advertising services, which together aim to organize and monetize the worlds information. In addition to its dominant search engine, it offers a plethora of online tools and platforms including: Gmail, Maps and YouTube. Most of its Web-based products are free, funded by Googles highly integrated online advertising platforms AdWords and AdSense. Google promotes the idea that advertising should be Nate Lanxon highly targeted and relevant to users thus providing them with a Submitted at 10/14/2011 10:24:00 AM rich source of information.... By: Nate Lanxon Learn more Joanna Shields doesn't have the easiest job. She's the vice president and managing director of Facebook's European, Asian and African expansion, which meant that when social networks were targeted for shutdown by the government in the wake of the riots earlier in the year, she was All Things' 'Wolf Dream' lookbook film, from Australian director Gemma Lee. Blending supernatural imagery, oceanside views,...
Joanna Shields doesn't believe a social network shutdown will ever happen
directly in the firing line. As such, you might think she'd have a better response to the question of whether it's a good idea to shut down social networks in times of crisis than "There were a lot of things said in that period at that time. I don't think that's ever going to happen." Edited by: Duncan Geere Continue reading...
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Nasa charters three suborbital flights on Virgin Galactic for space science
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Space tourism pioneer Virgin Galactic has inked a contract worth upwards of $4.5 million with Nasa, so the space agency can take charter flights on its privately-built spacecraft SpaceShipTwo for experiments in suborbital space. When Virgin Galactic begins
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9 Strange Last Wills and Testaments

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Submitted at 10/14/2011 9:00:56 AM
A will is supposed to help surviving family and friends dispose of your estate after you've
passed away. Many people use it as an opportunity to send a message from beyond the grave, either by punishing potential heirs with nothing or perhaps by giving away something fun or unusual to
remember them by. Where there's a will, there's a way, so make sure you have a good will before you go away for good. Here's our list of 9 strange last wills and testaments.
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Prisoner's Dilemma - By Alex Fattal

ALEX FATTAL (Foreign Policy)
Submitted at 10/14/2011 4:26:08 PM
Now is the time for the Obama administration to renew its efforts to engage with Iran. BY ALEX FATTAL| OCTOBER 14, 2011 When I heard that my brother Josh and his friends Shane and Sarah had been captured by the Iranian government on July 31, 2009, I was in Sweden, conducting field research for a Ph.D. in social anthropology at Harvard University. I immediately put my graduate studies on hold and began what has felt like a parallel Ph.D., one that has been more torturous -- and as of three weeks ago, following my brother's release in Muscat, Oman, more rewarding. My views on U.S. policy toward Iran have evolved over the 781 days Josh and Shane were detained. During that time, I read widely about Iran and the U.S. relationship with the country, and visited Washington more than three dozen times to meet with U.S. policymakers. This week, I made one more round in the nation's capital with other family members to say thank you to folks at the State Department, at White House, on Capitol Hill, in key embassies, and within the interfaith community who have worked to reunite my family, as well as the Bauer and Shourd families. In addition to my deep appreciation, I would also like to
offer a policy recommendation based on these years I've spent immersed in the world of IranianAmerican non-relations: Barack Obama's administration should double down on diplomacy and
reach out to the Iranian regime. This effort has only become more urgent following the U.S. government's announcement that it thwarted an Iran-sponsored assassination attempt on the Saudi
ambassador to Washington -allegations that could easily provoke an escalation in regional rivalries. The Obama administration's policy toward Iran has long
coupled economic pressure with political isolation. Recently, any efforts at outreach have been followed by sanctions when the PRISONER'S page 41
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outreach is spurned. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei dismissed Obama's Nowruz message on March 19, 2009, and his call to transcend the mutual antagonisms of the last 30 years in his Cairo speech 11 weeks later. Tehran was flummoxed and nonresponsive. This enabled the White House to make the case to skeptical countries that Iran was the obstacle to rapprochement. After rounds of some of the most robust multilateral and bilateral sanctions Iran has ever faced, it's time for the Obama administration to reach out to Iran again. Why? Even if it doesn't precipitate a breakthrough (which it almost certainly will not) and Iran continues to lean on the rhetorical crutch of antiAmericanism (which it almost certainly will), the redoubled outreach will entrench the political fissures in the Iranian establishment. Those on the neoconservative end of the spectrum in the Beltway would do well to consider this simple truth: Engagement is more controversial in Tehran than in Washington. Any gesture that could conceivably be construed as an overture to the West, such as the release of my brother and his friends or contact with high-level Western officials, makes the conservatives in the religious city of Qom, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and Khamenei's office bristle with worry and ultimately deepens the divisions between
Iran's political elites. The limited poll data available indicates that over 70 percent of Iranians favor better relations with the United States. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's recent political neutering was precipitated by conservative paranoia that the president is seeking to capitalize on this sentiment and is jockeying to position himself as an interlocutor with the West. The conservative opposition, including Khamenei himself, has publicly jerked the president's leash in fights over ministerial posts and in assigning credit for the release of Josh and Shane last month and Sarah over a year ago. The underlings of judiciary chief Sadeq Larijani went on to insist that the release would only happen on their watch. In practice, this meant one judge would sign a paper authorizing the release while a second judge leisurely returned from a vacation -- as if Kafka were writing the script. While Khamenei has publicly called for unity, he hasn't had the gumption to personally mediate. Renewed outreach to Iran at once kicks the crutch of rhetorical posturing out from beneath the Islamic Republic and strengthens America's diplomatic hand. My brother was ultimately released after a concerted diplomatic outreach that involved many of Iran's neighbors, nonaligned nations, and allies. While it's easier to get three obviously innocent hikers out of Iran than
stockpiles of low-enriched uranium, a diplomatic full-court press is necessary for both. Despite the pressures that will undoubtedly come from a Republican House in an election year, the strategic thing to do is double down on diplomacy. I have firsthand experience with how frustrating diplomacy with Iran can be. But it is the most assertive move that the United States can make and the surest way to speed the collapse of the Iranian system under the weight of its own contradictions. Over the last 26 months, I have heard reports of quiet meetings between U.S. and Iranian officials. Afterward, however, both sides get nervous and run away in fear of the political liabilities back home. There is also a structural problem in engaging the Iranian regime. Iran's most accessible channels, the Foreign Ministry and presidency, are not key decisionmakers; the true power centers, such as senior IRGC leaders, are the targets of punitive sanctions. But that shouldn't stop the diplomatic efforts, private and public. As Iran -- stuck in a "defensive crouch," as one U.S. administration official put it to me after one of our many meetings -continues to prove its incapability to reciprocate to further outreach, it will become even clearer to the international community that Iran's increasing isolation is a problem "of its own making," as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-
moon said to our families in June. My family is finally united, but many Iranian families continue to be divided by the brutal policies of their own regime. The best thing the Obama administration can do for these families is stick to its guns -- and insist we're ready to talk. Consummating Iran's political isolation can only be achieved by Iran's own bumbling, but that bumbling can be spurred along. Barack Hussein(yes, use the Hussein here) Obama should go on BBC Persian before Ashura this December to send another positive message to the Iranian people and reiterate the promise of better relations -- if only the Iranian government will respond in kind. John Limbert, a former hostage of Iran who was the Obama administration's point person on Iran at the State Department before resigning after 10 months on the job, wrote in his book Negotiating with Iran, "Iran does not respond to pressure. Iran only responds to a lot of pressure." That pressure is being applied economically through tighter sanctions, geopolitically through the staggering of the Syrian regime, militarily through Turkey's agreement to host a missile defense shield, and morally through the symbolic actions of the human rights community -- such as the appointment of a Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran by the United Nations and a
virtual protest in Azadi Square organized by Amnesty International. What is needed now is more diplomatic pressure. In an age where emerging powers have greater diplomatic say and Russia and China need extra cajoling, the way to ratchet up the diplomatic pressure on Iran is through renewed outreach. However, with news of foiled Iranian terror plots rippling across the headlines, however, it seems unlikely that the non-relationship is moving in the direction of renewed outreach. Extending a hand now is just the way to keep Iran guessing. As Jon Stewart so aptly put it, "Iran has militarized irony." While it may seem ironic for the United States to extend its hand while applying punitive sanctions and trying to "put Iran in a vise," it is a logic that the Iranians know well, and may just respond to. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Chinese Banks Deteriorate; Loan Sharks Come Knocking; Copper Ponzi Financing Revisited; 5 Reasons to Expect Lower Commodity Prices
noreply@blogger.com (Michael Shedlock) (Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis)
It was like what happens in war time. The boss, as it turned out, was millions of dollars in debt to loan Submitted at 10/14/2011 3:06:00 AM On September 29, with thanks sharks underground lenders of Google Translate and some links t h e s o r t t h a t m a n y p r i v a t e in Chinese sent by a reader, I businesses in China routinely use reported China Loan Shark because the government-run M a r k e t C r a s h e s ; S c o r e s o f banks typically lend only to big Chinese Business Owners Unable state-run corporations. to Pay Black Market Loans In recent months, at least 90 Commit Suicide or Disappear business executives from this T h a t s t o r y h a s n o w g o n e coastal city, a one-hour flight mainstream. the New York Times s o u t h o f S h a n g h a i , h a v e reports As Chinas Economy disappeared because of mounting Cools, Loan Sharks Come d e b t s a n d i m p e n d i n g Knocking The 300 employees of bankruptcies, according to a local Aomi Fluid Equipment here were government report. delighted recently when the owner Whether out of fear of mafiaoffered an all-expenses-paid, two- s t y l e l o a n e n f o r c e r s day trip to a mountain resort three kidnappings and broken kneecaps hours away. are common tactics or the The owner, Sun Fucai or Boss family dishonor that is its own Sun, as hes known was so harsh penalty in China, some of insistent that his workers attend the Wenzhou missing have gone that he imposed a $30 fine on any into hiding. Others have fled e m p l o y e e w h o r e f u s e d t h e overseas. getaway. Nearly everyone went. And in the last few weeks, at Except Boss Sun. least three have attempted suicide When the employees returned by jumping off high-rises in the from their holiday, they found that city, according to the state-run the factory had been stripped of news agency, Xinhua, which its equipment and that Boss Sun reported that two of them died and had fled town. It was entirely the other survived with a broken empty, Li Heying, a former leg. Aomi worker, said of the factory. This is not just happening in
infrastructure and real estate development which has boosted the demand for copper. Imports continued even when London prices exceeded Shanghai prices by more than the equivalent of Chinas value-added tax. Instead of being shipped to end users, it seems that copper was being stockpiled in warehouses. Why? One possibility of course was pure speculation. If you think domestic Chinese copper use is going to soar, and with it prices too, then it might make Wenzhou, said Chang Chun, commodity intensive projects sense to buy copper and hoard it. who teaches at the Shanghai m a k e a n y e c o n o m i c s e n s e But there seemed to be a lot more Advanced Institute of Finance. w h a t s o e v e r . hoarding than normal, and Some companies borrow from I touched on that theme on May 5 anyway with London prices often the state banks and then lend into in Ponzi Financing Involving above the tax-adjusted Shanghai the underground market. Many Copper Trade Gone Wild. As I prices, why would anyone want are doing this type of arbitrage. have repeated numerous times, to speculate on foreign copper This informal lending was t h o s e l o o k i n g f o r m a s s i v e when it could be bought more a g g r a v a t e d b y t h e c r e d i t inflation can find it in China, not cheaply domestically? tightening that made borrowing the United States. Demand for It turns out, that the copper from the official banking system credit is so insane in China, that purchases were not entirely, or more difficult, said Wang Tao, a businesses will go to any length to even mainly, speculative. They UBS economist based in Hong get it. were part of a financing scheme Kong. Tight Credit Silliness Courtesy of Michael Pettis at for companies that, in spite of the The idea espoused by UBS China Financial Markets, please avalanche of new lending economist Wang Tao that "credit check out the insane way some occurring both within and outside is tight" in China is absurd. companies in China obtain credit. normal RMB lending, were Credit is not tight. Credit has Via Email, Pettis writes ... China having trouble accessing bank expanded so rapidly that China is had been importing for many credit. Interestingly, Pettis insists overheating and inflation is high. months far more copper than was This has been going on for so needed for real use and this in CHINESE page 45 long, that no capital intensive and spite of a huge surge in domestic
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More Alarming Shipping News and Charts: Railfax Railroad, Ceridian Trucking, HarperPetersen Shipping; Reader Anecdotes
Submitted at 10/14/2011 10:20:00 AM
Weak shipping reports have now spread to rail traffic, truck traffic, and ocean shipping. We will look at each of those in turn, but first a brief recap on the Unprecedented Drop in Port Traffic: A Sobering Omen for Holiday Sales. The five busiest container ports in the United States said that imports in August 2011 were lower than or even with 2010 volumes. In Long Beach, the second-busiest container port by volume, August imports fell by 14.2 percent from August 2010. Many analysts remain optimistic about a strong Christmas season anyway, prompting me to write .... So what are analysts thinking? Or are they thinking at all? Shippers don't see it, the labor market does not see it, and consumer sentiment does not reflect more willingness to spend. Are analysts giddy over this 1week rally in the stock market or are they simply cheerleading "rah rah sis-boom bah" as they do 99% of the time? Railfax Rail Traffic Year-over-Year Percent Change 13 Week Rolling Averages Chart courtesy of Railfax
The steady deterioration in the rail indices is obvious. The next set of charts is even worse. Harper Petersen Shipping Chart courtesy of Harper Petersen Ceridian PCI Truck Fuel Usage Please consider the CeridianUCLA Pulse of Commerce Index, September data. Pulse of Commerce Index Falls For the Third Month In a Row This is alarming news for the third quarter and beyond. In the last three months, the PCI has declined at an annualized rate of 10 percent per year as illustrated in the figure above. This rate of decline has been exceeded only in the deep recession of 2008/09, and equaled only once outside of a recession in March 2000. In other words, since June, trucking activity has been receding at a pace that would be expected to show up in other economic measures soon. Two or three more months like this would confirm an official recession. With the past three negative months, the PCI declined at the annualized rate of 4.3 percent in the third quarter of 2011 compared with the second quarter. Outside of the recessions, we have
that businesses, in the face of the considerable concerns about growth, appear to be unwilling to restock for a potentially vibrant holiday season at the same time as normal, and they are planning to ramp up inventories late this year, if and when the sales start to materialize. In other words, what we are observing this month is only a weak forecast of future sales, a forecast that doesnt have to be self-fulfilling. With lean inventories, increases in sales mean increases in production and in jobs. Retail Sales and the PCI: Inventories in Motion never experienced such a large consequent third quarter 4.3 quarterly decline in the PCI. Our percent decline of the PCI, it will Viewing the PCI as a measure of near-recession situation is made be difficult to get a positive GDP inventories in motion, it appears only slightly less concerning by n u m b e r i n 2 0 1 1 Q 3 b u t that inventory restocking in 2010 two facts: the declines in the trucking activity tends to lead the got ahead of real retail sales, and recessions have been much larger economy, and the effect of the the decline in the PCI in the than 4.3 percent, and the PCI positive growth in the PCI from second half of 2010 was an decline in 2011Q3 is almost as 2011Q2 lingers on. As such, this indication of inventory reductions much in 2003Q2. makes the PCI-based forecast for realigning with sales. This year October 12, 2011 3 With hopes third quarter GDP growth equal to we have experienced an ominous that the September data would be zero, meaning just as likely to be cessation of growth of both the PCI and real retail sales, and now positive, last month we wrote, negative as positive. Based on the July and August More ominously, the last weeks in September 2011, a sharp data, the PCI will likely decline in of September were the weakest, decline in the three-month moving the third quarter and this suggests promising more of the same in average. In the coming months, we are going to see either an GDP growth of zero to 1.0 October. percent. Due to the disappointing The positive point of view on this improvement in the PCI or a MORE page 44 S e p t e m b e r n u m b e r a n d t h e extremely disappointing news is
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deterioration of real retail sales. Reader Anecdotes Big Ship writes .... Hi Mish, Your story about the unprecedented drop in port traffic reminded me of something I recently noticed about shipments that the company I work for gets from Asia. I work for a major publisher in New York City that prints many of its titles in Asia due to lower costs. What we've noticed in the past several months is that shipments of our books get delayed due to a lack of ship traffic from Asia to N. America. Basically what happens is our stuff gets printed and then it waits for weeks at the docks until the ship is full and ready to transport the cargo. To give you a perspective, it takes us twice as long now to receive stock from Asia than it did two years ago. For all intents and purposes we're a relatively 'poor' industry so we're likely at the back of the line in terms of preference but it cannot be denied that there is excess capacity and that no one is interested in increasing it because there clearly is nothing to ship. Without question this is yet another sign of the various deflationary pressures that the economy is under. Warmest regards,
Big Ship Nancy Drew comments ... Hello Mish From what I see at Walmart and Target, those two stores have visibly reduced their inventory. Even grocery stores seem to have reduced inventories. Also look at how many stores are advertising "layaway" for the holidays and all the online stores offering free shipping. It sounds like a lot of retailers are expecting a bleak holiday season. I remember a year ago Gerald Celente said Christmas was going to evolve into a holiday that centers around religious festivities and traditional food, with gifts being greatly diminished or eliminated except for small children. In response to Nancy Drew, Cross Country Runner replies ... We only buy gifts for children. The adults don't need anything and we have almost everything we want. We'd prefer to just keep our money and our sanity. I'm tired of crowded stores and trying to find a gift for those who don't need anything. Credit Crumbs writes ... Actually, the best thing to give to kids these days are silver coins. They will grow up with a fond memory of the reward that comes from saving. Collectively the
various shipping reports tell a story of very weak Christmas demand. Consumer demand can change on a dime, but there is no reason whatsoever to expect it to do so. The jobs market has been exceptionally weak, real wages are down, sentiment is down, and small yet unprecedented protests have spread to Wall Street. Globally things look worse. Mike "Mish" Shedlock h t t p : / / globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. com Click Here To Scroll Thru My Recent Post List Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http:// www.sitkapacific.com/ account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.
Out Of Nowhere, Economists Have Now Done A Huge Shift

Joe Weisenthal (Money Game)
Submitted at 10/14/2011 10:09:00 AM
... I continue to stick to my guns that were not going to fall A conclusion you can't help but backward into a recession, said reach: Rising markets give people David Crowe, the chief economist rose-tinted glasses about the at the National Association of economy. Home Builders. Its just hard to Not much has changed in the last figure out how you can get much 8 days, except that the market is lower than we are already. way off its lows. Bear in mind that none of this car And now, suddenly, the recession /housing sales stuff is remotely doesn't look so likely to people. new, but it's the rising market that We wrote last weekend that the opens people's eyes to what's brewing new economic meme t h e r e . E c o n o m i s t s a r e n o w would be: Rising car sales and flat furiously raising their GDP house sales would prevent the forecasts to catch up to reality. e c o n o m y f r o m g o i n g i n t o For more on why people are recession. getting bullish again, see here. And now that's gone mainstream. Please follow Money Game on H e r e ' s N e i l I r w i n i n t h e Twitter and Facebook. Washington Post in a piece called Join the conversation about this The Simple Math Of Recession, story in which he argues that many See Also: economic areas don't have much C H A R T O F T H E D A Y : room to fall. Remember When The Market It isnt the resilience of the U.S. Crashed Through That Big Black economy. Rather, its a sign of Line? how bad things have already South Korea's Central Bank become. Many of the key sectors Keeps Its Benchmark Rate At that usually cause economic 3.25% contraction, including housing The IMF Just Cut Its Growth and durable goods such as Forecast For Asia Blaming automobiles, are already at such Europe And The US low levels that they dont have much more room to fall.
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that credit cannot really be considered tight in China, rather demand for credit has gone through the roof. In my model, rapidly expanding credit is a sign of a huge inflation problem. For comparison purposes, many forms of credit are still stagnant or declining in the US. This is supposed to end well? For who? Clearly this did not end well for "Boss Sun" or those who leaped from buildings, were kidnapped, or simply vanished as noted in the first link above. Copper Weekly Chart Anyone plowing into the copper Ponzi finance scheme since the beginning of 2010 is now underwater. Because of storage costs, loan fees, etc, that even includes those lucky enough to catch the price dips in early 2010. Worse yet, those who bought copper above $4 (anyone who bought since mid-November 2010 until 4 weeks ago), are in deep trouble. The loan sharks are about to come knocking, if they haven't already. China Banks Deteriorating Jim Chanos Says China Banks Deteriorating Jim Chanos, the hedge-fund manager whos been betting that
Chinese bank stocks will tumble, said a rally spurred by government purchases of the shares hasnt changed his bearish outlook. The fact that people are even talking about the government stepping in to shore up the banks, when two months ago people thought there was nothing wrong with the Chinese banks, should tell you just how seriously this situation is deteriorating, Chanos, founder of New Yorkbased hedge fund Kynikos Associates, said in an interview with Bloomberg Televisions Michael McKee today. Chanos, who told Bloomberg News last month he was selling short shares in virtually all of the large banks in China, said today that the countrys property market is in the first parts of a very serious pullback and that hes also betting against Brazils Vale SA (VALE), the worlds largest iron-ore producer, on expectations demand from China will slow. Chanos Video on China Rio Tinto CEO says China to Overcome 'Wall of Worry' I side with Chanos and Pettis. This is not even close. There is a real risk of a Chinese implosion as well as a commodities implosion led by five factors.
Recession in Europe Recession in US Slowdown in China Regime change in China in 2012 with more focus on Chinese consumption and far reduced focus on commodity-sensitive infrastructure projects Chinese housing market crash
MORE RUMORS: EU Considering Huge Greek Debt Haircut, And Full -On Backstop For The Banks
Joe Weisenthal (Money Game)
as markets aren't moving on the news. In fact, stocks have slipped Submitted at 10/14/2011 10:22:00 AM a touch in the last several minutes, More murmurings about haircuts though stocks are still higher on and writedowns coming out of the day. Europe. Please follow Money Game on The latest is out of Bloomberg, Twitter and Facebook. which cites "people familiar with Join the conversation about this Mike "Mish" Shedlock h t t p : / / the discussions" that say a 50% story globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. Greek debt haircut has been See Also: considered, along with a big Alright Folks, Circle October com 23 In Your Calendars, This Is A Click Here To Scroll Thru My backstop for the banks. There's been tons of this kind of New Huge Day In Europe Recent Post List Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered chatter for awhile now, but the Forget Dexia: Here Are Other investment advisor representative point seems to be that it's heating European Banks Praying For The f o r S i t k a P a c i f i c C a p i t a l up, and ideas are getting more PIIGS To Get Saved ...And Here's Some More Good Management. Sitka Pacific is an specificity. asset management firm whose Apparently though a refresh of News From Europe goal is strong performance and old rumors isn't worth a whole lot, low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http:// www.sitkapacific.com/ account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific. Lauren Turner (PopSugar) family of three did enjoy some time together in NYC late last Submitted at 10/14/2011 10:24:30 AM month when Pink wasn't busy Pink strapped baby Willow to her with work. She's been filming chest for a walk around TriBeCa Thanks For Sharing, which also yesterday. Pink was excited to be stars Gwyneth Paltrow and Mark out with her daughter, tweeting, Ruffalo. Gwyneth and Mark "Walking around New York City kissed during a recent scene in with my little girl, gettin' my little Central Park, though Gwyneth angel some East Coast flava. She's took the night off to make an workin' on her attitude . . . Love appearance at the New York Film it." Dad Cary Hart didn't join F e s t i v a l y e s t e r d a y . V i e w them, since he's in Las Vegas for S l i d e s h o w the Monster Energy Cup. The
Pink and Her "Little Angel" Take a Sweet Stroll Around the Streets of NYC
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French Government Bond Yields Widen to Record vs. Germany; Portugal Faces National Emergency; Trichet Says "ECB Will Not Be Lender of Last Resort"
By the way, Trichet is a proven liar. The ECB is already acting as a lender of last resort by supporting Italian bonds and Submitted at 10/14/2011 11:42:00 AM Credit stress has now hit France foolishly buying Greek bonds sovereign debt. The spread previously. between 10-year French bonds Mike "Mish" Shedlock and German government bonds is h t t p : / / at a Euro-era record 97 basis point globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. differential. com France 10-Year Government Click Here To Scroll Thru My Bonds Recent Post List Mike Germany 10-Year Government "Mish" Shedlock is a registered Bonds Spains 10-year bonds fell for a securities. S&P cut Spains investment advisor representative Italy 10-Year Government Bonds fifth day after Standard & Poors ranking by one level to AA-, with f o r S i t k a P a c i f i c C a p i t a l Portugal 10-Year Government cut the nations credit rating. the outlook remaining negative, Management. Sitka Pacific is an Bonds asset management firm whose Yields climbed across the euro the company said yesterday. Spain 10-Year Government area after European Central Bank P o r t u g a l F a c e s N a t i o n a l goal is strong performance and Bonds low volatility, regardless of President Jean-Claude Trichet E m e r g e n c y Greece 1-Year Government said the ECB will not act as a Portugal 10-year yield increased market direction. Visit http:// Bonds lender of last resort. five basis points to 11.64 percent. w w w . s i t k a p a c i f i c . c o m / French Bond Yields Jump Most The eight largest U.S. money- The nation is planning to deepen account_management.html to Since 2008 market funds reduced their budget cuts next year as it faces a l e a r n m o r e a b o u t w e a l t h Bloomberg reports French Bond lending to French banks by 44 moment of national emergency, m a n a g e m e n t a n d c a p i t a l Yields Jump Most Since 2008 on percent last month, according to and has to do more to meet its preservation strategies of Sitka Bank Concern Ten-year French filings compiled by Bloomberg budget goals, Prime Minister Pacific. yields climbed 38 basis points this a n d p u b l i s h e d i n t o d a y s Pedro Passos Coelho said. Trichet week, the most since the euro was Bloomberg Risk newsletter. a Proven Liar introduced in 1999. The extra Spanish 10-year yields climbed Does this look like anything has yield investors demand to hold 10 four basis points to 5.24 percent, been contained or does it look like -year French bonds instead of even after the ECB was said by the problem is spreading to German bunds also expanded to people with knowledge of the France (as a result of foolish the most since the euro started. deals to have bought the nations containment efforts)?
Rail Traffic Continues To Say That The Economy Is Growing

Cullen Roche (Money Game)
Submitted at 10/14/2011 10:50:42 AM
Another week, another decent rail report. This data is still consistent with a growing economy, but not a healthy growing economy. Muddle through continues (via the AAR): The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported a gain in weekly rail traffic, with U.S. railroads originating 302,500 carloads for the week ending October 8, 2011, up 2.1 percent compared with the same week last year. Intermodal volume for the week totaled 241,999 trailers and containers, up 2.4 percent compared with the same week last year. Read the full post here > Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story See Also: This Is What Millions Of Young People In China And India Are REALLY Thinking BUSTED: Groupon And Living Social Caught Inflating Regular Prices To Make Deals Look Better This One Slide From Wal-Mart Basically Says It All...
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The Drive To Be Different

Jonah Lehrer (Wired Top Stories)
Submitted at 10/14/2011 12:30:00 PM
Im waiting in line for a cappuccino. Its gonna be a good one: short, intense, the foamed milk emulsified with the syrupy shot. I glance up from my phone and look around at the cafe. It is, for lack of a better adjective, a hipster joint. There are the artfully branded items for sale (T-shirts, espresso cups, etc.) and a long list of single varietal beans. Hot water is being poured out of sleek Japanese kettles; the baristas are wearing fedoras. And then I look at the other people in line. I notice their costumes: the slim dark jeans, flannel shirts, scuffed boots, designy glasses, mussed hair. Everyone is staring down at the gadget in their hands. They all look like me. I look like them. This is the definition of selfloathing. I mean no disrespect. Im a sucker for single-varietals. I own one of the Japanese kettles. Right now, Im wearing that branded Tshirt from my coffee place. What interests me, however, is the irony of the situation. Here we all are, seeking uniqueness, looking for those things that neatly express the idiosyncrasy of our peculiar personalities. And yet, our uniqueness (at least as consumers) is mostly a sham. Somehow, we all end up in the same place, chasing the same trends while drinking the same drink while
staring at the same app on the same phone. I was reminded of this contradiction while reading a new paper by two excellent social scientists, Jonah Berger and Baba Shiv. The researchers were interested in our so-called drive for distinctiveness, that urge we all feel to not be like everyone else. But how real is this drive? Is it as tangible and powerful as those other rewards we seek, such as food, sex and love? To answer these questions, Berger and Shiv played a variety of tricks on undergraduates. In one experiment, for instance, they
primed subjects to think of distinctiveness they had to write an essay about a time they felt extremely distinctive separate and different from the people around you before asking the students a bunch of seemingly unrelated questions about food. It turned out that people primed to think of distinctiveness were willing to walk a lot further to get their favorite snack. They were also willing to pay about 70 percent more for it. What does this data teach us about the drive for distinctiveness? Berger and Shiv argue that it reveals the primal
component of the drive, since its long been known that our other basic drives exhibit a spillover effect. When people are exposed to erotic pictures, for instance, they express an increased desire for money. Showing people a tasty beverage makes them more interested in seeing a romantic movie, while actually consuming calories makes us less interested in sex and so on. The point is that our most essential desires are weirdly intertwined, which is why its interesting that making people think about distinctiveness has such a big impact on how badly they crave food.
Another experiment asked ninety male undergrads to complete a survey on the attractiveness of various swimsuit models. (This was the arousing condition. The control condition rated the attractiveness of various pets.) Berger and Shiv then quizzed the students about how interested they were in purchasing items of varying levels of distinctiveness. Car A, for instance, had been purchased by 30 percent of the student body, while Car B had only been purchased by 10 percent of students. According to DRIVE page 50
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Special Ops Spend Big Bucks on Family Training

Spencer Ackerman (Wired Top Stories)
Submitted at 10/14/2011 10:00:00 AM
These are supposed to be tough times for the defense budget. But the U.S. Special Operations Command hasnt gotten the memo. It recently proposed spending nearly $200,000 per hour on a retreat to teach its elite commandos how to be better dads. As the cliche goes, its not just the soldier who goes to war, its his or her family, too. Thats especially true for the special operations community, whose families endure long periods of radio silence while knowing their loved ones are experiencing some of the harshest conditions war offers. And its why the military is spending big, big money on strengthening family resiliency for Navy SEALs. Resiliency is the newest military buzzword for preparing families to handle separation anxieties. Its also an expensive one. In July, the Navy gave a contract worth up to $44 million to a Seattle organization called Loving Families Loving Children Inc. for SEAL family training. Thats not all. U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) may have awarded another $7 million to teach SEALs to be
better dads. Thats right all of this cash is for training. Loving Families Loving Children Inc. wont design or produce any special software to keep moms, wives and
kids in touch with their SEALs, nor any fancy platforms to run it on. Itll instead design resiliency assessment analysis, workshops and training programs. The crunchy-sounding company gets
$9,380,746 for designing such courses through 2012, with an option to extend till 2016. As for the father-son training, $7 million in SOCOM cash went for just one1.5 day bull session. It
was supposed to focus on the father/son relationship, communication skills and the sons development, featuring SPECIAL page 50
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The Double Standard

not addressing any one person or any one group of peoples sexual behaviors. Im not concerned with anyones number or what they "It's A Man's World" is a new choose to do with their genitals. c o l u m n o n a n y t h i n g a n d Secondly, Im not here to endorse everything related to the modern a n y p a r t i c u l a r i d e o l o g y o r man, by Ian Lang. If there are any political stance. I dont care if topics you'd like to see addressed youre of the opinion that oral sex h e r e , s e n d t h e m t o u s a t is an acceptable way to greet editorial@askmen.com or let us strangers, nor do I care if you know what you think in the believe intercourse is a special comments section. This week, thing to be first shared between L a n g d e b u n k s t h e d o u b l e one man and one woman on their standard. Its one of the tiredest fifth wedding anniversary. Im not lines in the huge, tattered book of talking about anyones behavior. g e n d e r c o n f l i c t s : I d o n t Instead, Im talking about the understand why its OK for guys logic driving the double standard to hook up with as many girls as debate (or the absence thereof). they want, but if a girl does the Discover The Attractive Qualities same thing, shes a slut. Its You Didnt Know You Had Men such a double standard!Ah, yes, and women are different. Accept the ever-popular sexual double it. The entire basis for the standard, the one that grants argument centers around some increasing power to men while general assumptions: That men mercilessly oppressing women and women are equal and equally and their sexuality. Ive written sexual beings, and as such, their before about the male-female sexual choices should be weighed dynamic in general, but this equally by outsiders. It follows particular rhetoric has been then if a man who has game is irritating me for years now. I capable of picking up a lot of think its high time that we as women (and by that, I mean men were equipped to combat this having same-night, possibly oneinsipid logic.First, I want to make time sex with them) and is a couple of things clear: First, Im deserving of admiration, then the
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same would hold true for women engaging in similar behavior. Never mind that theyre operating within parameters originally set out for and by men, because nothing says empowerment like adopting and measuring yourself by someone elses standard.I have a newsflash for you, l adies and gents: Never, not once in her life, has a woman ever picked up a man, and under no circumstances do women have what men refer to as game. Calm down -- Ill clarify. Picking up guys is not rocket science, ladies Ladies, picture this: Youre in a bar or some other venue with a socially charged atmosphere. You spot a guy whos just your type and
appears single. You approach him, make some conversation, and find him to be pretty cool. As a bonus, he seems into you, too. Now try this: In the next few minutes, ask him if hed like to come home with you. Gentlemen, you are free to run the same scenario. (Bonus points if youve ever actually tried this. Let me know how that went.)Does everyone see where Im going with this? On the one hand, barring any ideological conflicts, there arent many single guys I know who would turn down a free ticket to poundtown from a girl they were attracted to. On the other hand, I dont know many guys who would be met by
anything but ridicule for offering the same. The reason why some men are lauded by their peers for their success with women is the same reason why this idea of a double standard is bunk: It is exponentially harder for men to succeed with women than it is for women to succeed with men. I dont know why this idea shocks some women, but it does. The bar is pretty much the same as the forest The ground rules for our interactions have remained unchanged for thousands -- maybe even millions -- of years. Men compete for a womans favor, and in the end, the women are the selectors, which through math alone sets men up for a lower success rate. I know plenty of women complain of not having success with men, but I dont think our definitions of success are even in the same ballpark. I have no doubt that the process of weeding out the losers to select a guy who will make a decent partner (even for the short term) is an arduous, stressful endeavor. But Im not talking about that.More on the double standard, next... Continue Reading
TED: Jae Rhim Lee: My mushroom burial suit - Jae Rhim Lee (2011)
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Submitted at 10/14/2011 10:15:32 AM
Here's a powerful provocation greener Earth, even after death? from artist Jae Rhim Lee. Can we Naturally -- using a special burial commit our bodies to a cleaner, suit seeded with pollution-
gobbling mushrooms. Yes, this just might be the strangest TEDTalk you'll ever see ...
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classroom talks, a retreat, simulated exercises and team building. According to a SOCOM solicitation, training was scheduled for September 23-24 in a Camp style lodging for 100 students. SOCOM hasnt been willing to answer basic factual questions about that father-son module. But even if only 50 people showed up for it, that means the command might have spent as much as $280,000 per family, and $194,000 per hour on it. Theres no doubt that Special Operations Forces are under unique stress. In Afghanistan over the past year, they conducted a staggering 1700 nighttime raids. Deployments have quadrupled since 9/11, resulting in a frank February admission from the former SOCOM commander that the elite commandos are exhausted. (Of course, that didnt stop the SEALs from reaching their finest hour.) And the SEAL community recently experienced one of its most hellish days ever, as the Taliban shot down a Chinook in August, killing 19 SEALs. In other words, given what the country asks of special operators, its perfectly appropriate for the military to look after their family
lives. But the military has preexisting programs for that as well. Strong Bonds is an Army specops program to increase individual Soldier and Family member readiness through relationship education and skills training. In 2008, West Coastbased SEALs set up a Family Resiliency Enterprise program that, among other things, helped newly reunited families reintegrate after deployments. The private Special Operations Warrior Foundation has family programs, too. And then theres the standard on-base stuff like couples retreats. This is supposed to be Austerity Time, with the Defense Department pressed to make major budget cuts to close the federal deficit. But when Danger Room asked SOCOM for basic information about the expensive father-son training module whether it really went down as solicited, where it took place, how many people attended, how much it ultimately cost we were told that the Naval Special Warfare Command would treat our queries like a Freedom of Information Act request. Those cumbersome FOIAs can take weeks or months to process, if theyre not completely denied, as many are.
Attendees of the father-son SEAL counseling wont go home empty-handed. The solicitation stipulates that its contractor must provide student guides, pens, [and other] resources for post retreat relationship building. And $7 million can buy a lot of pens. Photo: Flickr/ Marion Ross See Also: No, Navy SEAL Dogs Dont Have Titanium Teeth Navy SEALs Instant BrainInjury Test Fizzles On Veterans Day, Help Out Ft. Hood Families Ex-Stripper, Army Spouse on Life Behind the Camo Curtain
the data, people primed to think of sex (via swimsuit models) were much more interested in buying the most distinctive products. Interestingly, this desire for distinctiveness could be quelled by giving the aroused males a candy bar. Because our different drives are largely interchangeable, a few bites of chocolate managed to reduce the desire that had just been triggered by the arousing images. We no longer needed to be so unique. There are some obvious marketing takeaways from this research. For one thing, it suggests that only brands selling distinctiveness Berger and Shiv This entry passed through the cite Gucci and BMW as examples Full-Text RSS service if this is b e n e f i t f r o m s e x a p p e a l . your content and you're reading it Because we are aroused, we also on someone else's site, please read experience an increased desire to the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- b e d i f f e r e n t . H o w e v e r , only/faq.php#publishers. Five mainstream brands that dont sell Filters featured article: A 'Malign distinctiveness think of Gap and Intellectual Subculture' - George Ford may actually be hurt by M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , sexy campaigns. (That attractive Herman, Peterson, Pilger And model in the Gap ad sends us Media Lens. straight to Urban Outfitters.) In other words, sex sells. But what it sells best is stuff that makes us feel special. The real point of this paper, though, is that we can longer
write off the drive for distinctiveness as merely a habit of insecure teenagers. Instead, it appears to be a pretty essential component of Westerners thats why its engaged in a deep psychological dialogue with rewards for food and sex. Of course, this wont be news to retailers. Theyve long catered to our desire for uniqueness, selling us mass-produced commodities that promise to express our real, authentic selves. Its not until were standing in line waiting for a cappuccino that we realize how badly weve been played. Image: LWY/Flickr This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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A Century's Worth of Monsters May Lead to Sleepless Nights

Dave Banks (Wired Top Stories)
Kesslers shape-shift to a hound from hell still impresses. Surprisingly, so do many of the Submitted at 10/14/2011 9:00:00 AM vampires, zombies, mad As I sit in my dark office writing scientists, and mutated beasts this, light from the full moon found in the books 320 pages. spills across my floor and leaves All decades of the past century are rustle across the patio outside, represented well in Monsters in l e a v i n g m e f e e l i n g a l i t t l e the Movies and, while Landis is unsettled. Im not normally given clear this is not meant to be to feelings of unease, but Ive just encyclopedic, its remarkable how spent the past couple of hours many miscreations hes managed reading a new book from John to fit in. Landis. The book, Monsters in the The book is organized by Movies: 100 Years of Cinematic monster types, beginning with Nightmares, is a nearly exhaustive vampires and werewolves and c o l l e c t i o n o f b a d g u y s , winding its way through more boogeymen, and things that go minor categories like scary bump in the night and it is children, natures revenge (birds, u n b e l i e v a b l y , f r i g h t e n i n g l y bees, sharks, etc.), and dystopias fantastic. like A Clockwork Orange and Landis, whos better known for Fahrenheit 451. All of your comedies, gave us the best favorites are there and maybe a werewolf transformation to ever few you need to revisit or see for hit the silver screen when An the first time. American Werewolf in London But its not all monsters. At the terrorized box offices in 1981. beginning of each section, Landis Three decades later, David has an essay about each monster
youre a horror movie fan, you could spend hours immersed between its covers, reminiscing over images and reading tidbits about the monsters and films they appeared in. Its a horrifying and very enjoyable read. Parental warning: As you can imagine, the book is full of potentially scary images. Besides the monsters, there is plenty of blood, gore and other things youd expect to see in horror movies, including some partial nudity. Disclosure: GeekDad received a review copy of this book. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read t y p e , w h i c h i n c l u d e s s o m e Raimi. The book concludes with a the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentcinematic history, folklore, section devoted to the directors, only/faq.php#publishers. Five and anecdotes from Landis make-up artists designers, and Filters featured article: A 'Malign m o v i e m a k i n g c a r e e r . A l s o animators who have made horror Intellectual Subculture' - George included are eight interviews with movies more realistic in the past M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , a number of Hollywood horror century. Herman, Peterson, Pilger And legends, including Guillermo Del Monsters in the Movies is a Media Lens. Toro, Rick Baker, and Sam really impressive book and, if
Death Derivative Videos

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New Android Phones

Victor Krull (AskMen Latest Articles)
Last week saw record pre-orders for the iPhone 4S, proving that a find-and-replace of the iPhone 4S for 5 really was all that was needed to silence critics, who said it was an underwhelming update. But today, A T&T is reminding us that phone competition is alive and well with their launch of five new Android phones, bringing their current count of Android devices to a staggering 19. Apparently, Canadian Thanksgiving produced a cornucopia brimming with Android phones, and we do give thanks for this feast of Droid-y goodness.Proving again that size matters, the Motorola Atrix 2 comes with a 1GHz dual-core CPU, 1GB RAM, 8GB ROM, 2GB expandable microSD. With its large 4.3 960 x 540 pixel screen, 1080p video capture, HDMI out and included ZumoCast video, music and photo sharing streaming software, Motorolas latest is a multimedia monster that easily rivals Apples
4S.Samsungs Super AMOLEDscreened Captivate Glide sports a similar base config (Android 2.3, 1GHz dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2, 8MP camera, 4G, 1GB RAM, 1080p video, HDMI out), and it includes a slide-out physical keyboard for those who find rubbing the letters off of virtual keys less satisfying. For those who want them both, the Froyobased Samsung DoubleTime features a touchscreen on the outside and opens up to reveal a full horizontal keyboard and screen. Samsung DoubleTime, for the non-committing type.The AT&T Avail is a new GoPhone entry form that isnt going to blow
your head clean off with features, but its a prepaid horn, so you get what you pay for.The Pantech Pocket struck us as a little weird. With its 3:4 aspect ratio and super-wide bevels, this one looked too big for a pocket and too small for a tablet. Maybe it will be popular with the slightly confused pubescent Android market.Still, with 19 Android phones hosting a spectrum of features and price points, choice is proving to be Androids strength. Still not ready to make the leap from the iPhone? Then check out what Apple has in store for you. Continue Reading
Weight loss programs may save Medicare $15 billion

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approaches dont address the rising rates and prevention of chronic disease and obesity. Investing in weight loss programs The majority of health care to prevent diabetes or heart spending is due to increasing rates disease could save the U.S. of weight-related health issues government as much as $15 like diabetes, cholesterol, and billion in Medicare spending. high blood pressure so by the A new study published in the t i m e m a n y p e o p l e b e c o m e journal Health Affairs proposes Medicare eligible, they are enrolling overweight and obese already battling these health adults between the ages of 60 and issues, says Kenneth Thorpe, 64 with prediabetes before they professor of health policy and enter the Medicare program at age management at Emory University. 65. Full story at Futurity. The proposal comes at a time More research news from top when Congress is looking to universities. reduce Medicare spending and Photo credit: Fotolia lower the federal deficit. Current Permalink| Leave a comment
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Penis Enlargement Surgery

Dave Golokhov (AskMen Latest Articles)
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Submitted at 10/14/2011 10:32:16 AM
One of the leading Cuban sex experts has sent a stiff message to the countrys young men: Dont get your penis enlarged.Ramiro Fragas, an expert from the Ministry of Public Health, suggests that self-esteem and knowledge are the best ways to combat penis-size anxiety and discourage penis enlargement surgery, even though Cuban public health care can cover the costs. Wait -- what? The Cuban government pays for penis enlargement? Cock extensions all around!Men worldwide should now flock to Cuba, become citizens and get free male enhancements (assuming its not Dr. Nick Riviera performing the surgery in a back alley).You
might be laughing, but we all know that if there was a country that covered the costs of boob jobs, a lot more young women would go there to study, and the number of female visitors would skyrocket.Fragas suggests that the gains from such surgeries are minimal (only one or two centimeters of length). But we
iOS 5 is totally going to make your life easier with sweet new upgrades and tools, and we have an iOS 5-optimized app that popculture junkies will love. The newly updated PopSugar Mobile for the iPhone and iPod Touch has launched with Twitter integration to bring you even more celebrity goodness! Alongside PopSugar's up-to-theminute news stories and photo live in a shallow, low self-esteem galleries of your favorite stars, the society, so for self-conscious upgraded app will also show you males who measure incessantly, live tweets from verified celebs any assistance is appreciated.Now and related tweets inside stories. men know where to get it at an You can even weigh in on posts affordable cost. The Truth About by commenting or tweeting at Not Getting It Up PopSugar, follow, or send a tweet Continue Reading to a celebrity without ever leaving PopSugar Mobile. It's the best
way to keep up with news and events on the go. Plus, of course, you'll still have access to feeds from the rest of the PopSugar Network sites like FabSugar, TresSugar, GeekSugar, and more. Get a closer look at the app in the photo gallery, then head on over to iTunes to download now! View Slideshow
Who Owns Your Genes? The Gene Patent Quiz

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You may have heard debate in the news about whether or not parts of the human genome can
actually be patented, but how much do you know about gene patents? Find out by taking this quick quiz! Earn a point for every right answer! Save your score at the
end of the quiz.
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Penelope Focuses on Her Latest Role as a Previous Project Gets Retitled

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Submitted at 10/14/2011 10:17:07 AM
Penelope Cruz made a low-key arrival to the Rome set of Venuto al Mondo yesterday. She got a good-luck kiss on the forehead from director Sergio Castellitto then took her mark in front of the cameras. This is Penelope's second project to shoot in Italy this year; earlier this Summer, Penelope teamed up again with Woody Allen for his Bop Decameron. Since production wrapped, Woody's film's title has been changed to Nero Fiddled. Woody Allen explained changing Bop Decameron's title saying, "I couldn't believe how few people had heard of The Decameron even in Rome, and the few that did
Spotify Streaming Music Comes to Boxee [In Brief]

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Submitted at 10/14/2011 9:30:00 AM
assumed the movie was based on Boccaccio's tales, which it's not. Anyhow, I changed the title to Nero Fiddled, which is the first time I've changed a title since my last-minute switch of Anhedonia to Annie Hall." View Slideshow
4 ways to use social media to grow your subscriber lists

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people who have clearly expressed an interest in your company, your social media There are enormous potential followers are an ideal audience synergies between social media for your cross-channel marketing and e-mail or SMS outreach, efforts," Judge writes. writes Signal CEO Jeff Judge. Full story at SmartBlog on Social Your Facebook and Twitter Media by SmartBrief. audiences already are opting in to More SmartBrief stories. receive information from you, and Photo credit: Fotolia it's a small jump from there to Permalink| Leave a comment persuade them to sign up for an email or SMS subscription list. "As
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Boxee, the video streamer that handles local files as well as any other set top box that's not an XBMC, finally gets Spotify music support. That means if you're a paid Spotify subscriber (the $10 a month plan), you'll be able to stream Spotify music directly to your Boxee, then out through your TV or entertainment center. More
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The Best Video Chat App for Linux [Linux App Directory]
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Somalia's children dying in record numbers

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Review: 'The Walking Dead' Doesn't Break Its Stride in Season 2

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Submitted at 10/14/2011 7:15:00 AM
While other video chat apps may be more popular, we've found that Google+ Hangouts brings the best experience to video chat, with a ton of extra features and the low price of free. More
alone, fifteen children out of every 10,000 die each day, the Submitted at 10/14/2011 11:14:16 AM highest rate in the country. In Mogadishu alone, fifteen And this is only expected to get children out of every 10,000 die worse. each day as a result of famine and Peter Greste reports from drought. Last Modified: 14 Oct Mogadishu in an Al Jazeera 2011 16:14"/> exclusive. Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, is This entry passed through the overrun by the number of people Full-Text RSS service if this is seeking food as a result of famine your content and you're reading it and drought. on someone else's site, please read The UN estimates there are just the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentunder half a million people now only/faq.php#publishers. Five housed in the temporary plastic- Filters featured article: A 'Malign covered shelters that pack the city. Intellectual Subculture' - George Although there is international M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , support to tackle conditions, it is Herman, Peterson, Pilger And failing to stem the number of Media Lens. children who are dying. The UN says that in Mogadishu
Filed under: Reality-Free, Stay Tuned'The Walking Dead' (9PM ET Sunday, AMC) went through a lot of public controversy over the summer when executive producer Frank Darabont abruptly left and his second-in-command, Glen Mazzara, was appointed showrunner. The good news is, you wouldn't know any of that from watching the show. In the first two episodes of the drama's second season, scares are efficiently dispensed, the action moves along briskly and there are credible attempts to make the survivors of a zombie apocalypse more than a collection of types. The bottom line is, if you liked the what the show was dishing out in its first season -- genre
storytelling made with admirable restraint and economy, except for those jump-out-of-your-seat scary /gross moments -- you're likely to enjoy what you see in season 2. Permalink| Email this| Linking Blogs| Comments
First Promos for Stephen King's 'Bag of Bones' Surface

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Submitted at 10/14/2011 7:45:00 AM
Filed under: TV Previews, TV News A&E is getting spooky with
their miniseries version of Stephen King's 'Bag of Bones.' In 'Bag of Bones,' Pierce Brosnan plays novelist and recent widower Mike Noonan. Annabeth Gish plays his deceased wife, Jo.
Inspired by a dream, Brosnan's character goes to the couple's lakeside property in Maine and becomes involved in a custody battle.
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UN rights head warns of 'civil war' in Syria

Submitted at 10/14/2011 12:25:41 PM
International community urged to take immediate action as UN's estimated death toll since protests began exceeds 3,000. Last Modified: 14 Oct 2011 17:25 Syrians have been protesting against President Bashar alAssad's government since March this year [EPA] The number of people killed in Syria in violence related to protests against President Bashar al-Assad's government has now reached more than 3,000, the United Nations human rights chief has said, as she has called for "the international community to take immediate measures to protect the Syrian people". Navi Pillay, the UN's high commissioner for human rights, expressed her deep dismay at the "remorseless toll of human lives", according to a statement released from the body's head office in Geneva on Friday. "The number of people killed since the violence started in March has now exceeded 3,000, including at least 187 children. More than 100 people have been reported killed in the last 10 days alone," she said. "In addition, thousands have been arrested, detained, forcibly disappeared and tortured. Family members inside and outside the country have been targeted for harassment, intimidation, threats and beatings.
"As more members of the military refuse to attack civilians and change sides, the crisis is already showing worrying signs of descending into an armed struggle." "The Government of Syria has manifestly failed to protect its
population. Furthermore, it has ignored the international community's calls to co-operate with international investigations," the UN human rights chief said. Meanwhile, activists said at least 9 people were killed in demonstrations across the country
on Friday and that the number was expected to rise, Al Jazeera's Rula Amin reported from Beirut in neighbouring Lebanon. "The demonstrations spread from Dera'a in the south to the central part of the country in Homs, in Idlib, and to the eastern part in
Deir Azzour," Amin said. "The slogans today were of course, the toppling of the regime, a call on Syrian officers and soldiers to refuse orders to shoot and a call on international RIGHTS page 57
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community to provide help and to provide protection for civilians." International action Pillay said that the international community must take "protective action in a collective and decisive manner", before the violence drives Syria into "a full-blown civil war". "Sniping from rooftops, and indiscriminate use of force against peaceful protesters - including the use of live ammunition and the shelling of residential neighbourhoods - have become routine occurrences in many Syrian cities," Pillay said. Such call by the UN human rights commissioner "will mean very good news for the [Syrian] people, because it will add pressure on the international community to do something," but it is unclear what exactly they expect the world to do, our correspondent Rula Amin said. Some say they do want military intervention and even welcome it because of the intensity to which Assad has cracked down on the population with violence, Amin said. "They're talking about no fly zones, to stop the Syrian military and the government from using planes and tanks." However, one member of the coalition of opposition groups,
said the struggle against the Assad regime must remain peaceful. "There is a pull by some people to take the country towards armed resistance, [but] most people disagree," said Louay Safi, the chair of the political office of the Syrian National Council (SNC). "The council itself believe the best option it to have unarmed resistance - a peaceful resistance." "We should avoid civil war at all costs and we believe the regime will fall if the people continue opposing it and the world stops giving support [to the government] from the outside," Safi added. Arab League Arab League foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss the ongoing unrest in protest-hit Syria, Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh said. The meeting will "apparently look into what measures they can take against the Syrian regime, after it has refused all recommendations put forward by the League in their last meeting on Syria" ... including a list of political reforms and dispatching a fact-finding mission from the League, an Arab League source said, according to Rageh. The 22-member Arab League has not yet approved the request but such meetings need only the
approval of two members to take place. Six member states of the Gulf Co -operation Council (GCC) called for such a meeting on Thursday, demanding on the need address "the situation in Syria, which has deteriorated sharply, particularly in its humanitarian dimensions, and steps that could help end the bloodshed and halt the machine of violence". In a meeting on September 13, Arab foreign ministers met in Cairo and called on the Syrian authorities to "immediately stop the bloodshed," drawing a testy response from Damascus. Nabil al-Arabi, the Arab League chief, had met Assad three days earlier and presented him with a 13-point document outlining Arab proposals for reform. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
'Today' Labiaplasty Discussion Gets Awkward For Everyone Involved (VIDEO)

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uncomfortable to talk about it and Kathie Lee outed her mother for having the procedure. Filed under: TV Replay Before "Hey guys, we don't know what's Kathie Lee and Hoda could even going on over there, but it must be get started on their discussion of far more fascinating than what's a n a p p a r e n t l y i n c r e a s i n g l y going on over here," Kathie Lee popular surgical procedure called admonished, before embarking on a L a b i a p l a s t y , the awkward talk. "I don't want to the'Today'(weekdays, 9AM ET on talk about this next topic," Hoda NBC) camera crew started talking said. "If you do, feel free." amongst themselves and giggling. Permalink| Email this| Linking Clearly, they could sense the Blogs| Comments awkwardness that was soon to come, as Hoda was too
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Gaddafi supporters clash with NTC in Tripoli

Submitted at 10/14/2011 9:55:51 AM
Gun battle breaks out in Libyan capital between armed supporters of Gaddafi and forces from the NTC. Last Modified: 14 Oct 2011 14:55 NTC forces captured 10 to 15 Gaddafi supporters after a gun battle in the Abu Salim neighbourhood [Reuters] A gun battle broke out in the Libyan capital Tripoli between supporters of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi and forces of the National Transitional Council (NTC). Local residents on Friday said a group of armed men had earlier appeared in Abu Salim, a centre of support for Gaddafi, and had begun chanting pro-Gaddafi slogans. NTC fighters converged on the Hay Nasr district of the Abu Salim neighbourhood, in pickups mounted with weapons and began setting up checkpoints. Many opened fire at the buildings on Friday, fearing snipers were inside.
About 20 to 50 armed supporters of Gaddafi exchanged automatic and heavy machine gun fire with the NTC forces, the witness told the Reuters news agency. Al Jazeera's James Bays, reporting from Tripoli, said he could see smoke over the Abu Salim area in the capital. "The sound of gunfire and heavy weapons being fired also was heard in the neighbourhood," he
said. Assem al-Bashir, a fighter with Tripoli's Eagle Brigade, said the shooting began after a man was spotted raising the green flag that symbolised Gaddafi's ousted regime. NTC officials said 10 to 15 Gaddafi loyalists have been captured. Booms echoed across the city in the first serious burst of violence
in the capital since the NTC forces seized control of the city in late August and forced Gaddafi into hiding. NTC fighters said fighting had also broken out in the nearby Hadhba neighbourhood. "Gaddafi told them in a message last night to rise up after Friday prayers," Abdullah, an NTC fighter, said. "That's why these few people
have come out and are causing this problem. Gaddafi has released a number of audio recordings calling on loyalists to fight the new interim government which ousted him from power when its forces captured Tripoli two months ago. "I urge all Libyan people to go out and march in their millions in all the squares, in all the cities and villages and oases," he said in one such message earlier this month. "Go peacefully ... be courageous, rise up, go to the streets, raise our green flags to the skies." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Hitachi Gas-Powered Handheld Blower and $30 Mail-In Rebate Offer

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Submitted at 10/14/2011 12:00:06 AM
thing he can get his hands on, his dads Hitachi Gas Powered Handheld Blower. And thats No Air Up There how he finds the aliens As a blower, great! As a weapon w e a k n e s s ! against an alien invasion, maybe Oh, something to do with the low not. emission Pure Fire II engine, huh? I gotta tell ya, Bobby. Im loving Or maybe the plastic its made out the script so far. Explosions, of? devastation, aliens. What more Actually, its AIR! The aliens are could you ask for? I almost wanna allergic to air! green-light this thing right now Air? but first, I just gotta know: how S o e v e r y o n e g e t s H i t a c h i does it end? blowers which is easy because Okay, well Im still working the there is a special offer and they kinks out. But heres what Im run those aliens back into space! thinking: so it looks like all hope But wait, they were already on is lost, right? Like humankind is Earth. going to be enslaved by the spider Not for long! So lets talk. I can -like creatures, right? get the ending written up by next Yeah? Wednesday. When can we get this But then, little Tommy you baby into production? know, the farm boy spelling bee Umm, well, hold on. Lets back champion who dreams of being an track a minute. I wanna make sure astronaut he gets attacked by Im clear. The aliens come to one of these things in his dads Earth? Where theres air all over? tool shed. Yeah. Wait, hold on! Does the kid die? But, theyre fine until people start You get a lotta heat if you kill a shooting them with Hitachi good kid on screen, Bobby! blowers? Even though theyve No, thats just the thing. He been here, in the air? reaches out and grabs the first Oh I see what youre getting
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Why You Should (Or Shouldn't) Buy The iPhone 4S

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everything from making routine phone calls to searching the web. The phone's new processor is Submitted at 10/14/2011 12:30:00 PM fasterit's reportedly the same (Apple Inc.) one Apple uses in the iPad 2. And Our phone-testing friends at that may help enable smoother Consumer Reports have the new multitasking, not to mention more Apple iPhone 4S in house, and fluid movement and greater they'll have their first hands-on functionality in games and other r e v i e w l a t e r t o d a y . I n t h e processor-intensive apps. meantime, they have some advice The phone now has an 8for anyone who is considering megapixel camera, compared to 5 rushing out of the house to wait in megapixels in the iPhone 4. And a line to buy the phone today or new lens promises make it easier later this weekend: Do it. Or don't. to take sharp pictures even in low Depending on what kind of phone light. you currently have, and what features are important to you, now What's not: may be the time to get a new The phone lacks access to the iPhone. Here are some things to fastest 4G networks, such as consider: Verizon's LTE network, which What's better: puts it at least a half-generation The iPhone 4S has an advanced behind some other recent models speech-recognition program from other companies. called Siri that lets you give the Although Apple claims the 4S p h o n e c o m p l e x c o m m a n d s has better battery life than earlier without touching the screen, models, the phone still has a nonwhich can make it easier to do removable battery, which limits
iOS 5, and freshen up your phone without having to pay for new hardware (though you won't get Siri, or any of the hardware upgrades, such as the new processor or camera). If you're on the fence about switching to the iPhone from another platform, CR says you your ability to add juice if the should take a close look at some power starts running low and of the new features and see how you're away from a power source. important they are to you, and The screen is still only 3.5 what the trade-offs are. If you're inches. Many newer phones have looking for the fastest 4G access, 4-inch, and even 4.5-inch screens, for example, the iPhone 4S and still fit comfortably in a shirt probably isn't right for you. From ConsumerReports.org: pocket. This entry passed through the So, should you get on line today? Full-Text RSS service if this is I f y o u ' r e a h a p p y i P h o n e your content and you're reading it customer, and have been using on someone else's site, please read early models such as the original the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentiPhone or iPhone 3G, Consumer only/faq.php#publishers. Five Reports says there's a good Filters featured article: A 'Malign chance you'll find this a worthy Intellectual Subculture' - George upgrade. If you're a satisfied 3GS M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , or iPhone 4 user, you can install Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
'Man Of Steel' Photos: Henry Cavill's Shirtless Superman MTV.com (blog)

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WorstPreviews.com 'Man Of Steel' Photos: Henry Cavill's Shirtless Superman MTV.com (blog) Of course, this could just be a phase, as the photos were taken in Alaska, one of the settings for the film, and my money is on Superman emerging from his haggard state squeaky clean (shaven). Ripped abs aside, what else is going on in these pictures?... Photos: Henry Cavill is Shirtless on "Man of Steel" Set WorstPreviews.com Superman Has Superbeard in New MAN OF STEEL Set Photos Collider.com all 23 news articles
Top Posts Of The Week And Open Thread

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TCF Bank Adds New $28 Daily Overdrawn Balance Fee

Ben Popken (The Consumerist)
Submitted at 10/14/2011 12:00:00 PM
Sound Byte: Sony Vaio Z Series stands out in our laptop Ratings
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Reader Jeff used to intentionally overdraw his bank account in order to have enough money to feed his family and gas the car. At $35 a pop, that's a pretty cheap loan. But now that's not going to be a viable option because TCF Bank has started to assess him a daily fee of $28 if his account is overdrawn by $5 or more. Jeff writes: I have been a customer of TCF bank for over 10 years. I've been mostly satisfied, even though I've given them large piles of money in overdraft fees. I know I should have opted out of overdrafts a long time ago, but occasionally I'll double-spend my balance just to have gas in the car AND food in the fridge until payday. Paying at the pump places a $1 hold on the account until the full charge goes through in three days... plenty of time to spend the balance again on food. It's clearly a bad idea, but if it feeds the family the last couple days until the paycheck arrives it's worth the $35 overdraft. At least that's how things worked last
month. This month instead of getting the usual $35 "NSF Fee", my account showed a $28 "Daily Overdraft Fee". Um... what? Clicking on the transaction presented me with a two page overdraft notice explaining the fee: "TCF charges a daily fee of $28 if your account if overdrawn by more than $5. This daily fee will continue until you deposit enough money to bring your account positive or reduce the overdrawn amount to $5 or less. TCF limits this fee to 14 consecutive days. TCF does not charge a per-item fee for transactions we pay that overdraw your account. TCF charges $27 for any day that we return items without paying them." Really? $28 EVERY DAY? Also notice their extreme generosity, limiting this pain to 14 consecutive days. Nice to know a $6 overdraft will never cost me more than $400, right? Wow, it's going to cost TCF much more than that... it only took me an hour to scrounge the money needed to bring my balance up to zero, and under 10 minutes with a customer
rep in their main downtown branch to close the account. Goodbye, and good riddance. If this is fee reform, it's certainly not what I was hoping for. While I understand your sentiment about the surprise fee, and your frustration with making ends meet, overdraft fees are not supposed to be temporary loans. If that's your common practice, I'm sure the bank is as happy to be rid of you as you are of them. I hope that with your next bank you can find other areas in your spending that you can cut, or income that you can increase, so you don't spend more than you earn. From ConsumerReports.org: This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Sound Byte: Sony Vaio Z Series stands out in our laptop Ratings The newest laptop computers are lighter, faster, more powerful, and more versatile than ever before. And in our latest laptop Ratings(available to subscribers), we found the Sony Vaio Z series laptop to be a notable example. On last week's Into Tomorrow radio show, Consumer Reports Web electronics editor Carol Mangis outlined the features that make this laptop a standout performer. Listen to our Sound Byte podcast for details. About Sound Bytes Every week, Consumer Reports experts produce a short (less than two minutes in length) audio segment which cover a wide variety of issues regarding consumer electronics and technology. These small "sound bites" can be heard on Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline. The Sound Byte that is featured in the Consumer Reports Electronics Blog is a segment that aired on last weekend's Into Tomorrow over-the-air broadcast. About Into Tomorrow Now in its 16th year, Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline
covers the Latest in Consumer Electronics & Technology available today and... into tomorrow. The show airs on over 160 AM and FM radio stations around the U.S., on SIRIUS XM Satellite Radio, radio stations in Germany, Bermuda, New Zealand, Canada and several other sources including Mobile Broadcast Network, BeOS Radio, Sprint Radio, TiVo, and many othersevery weekend. "Into Tomorrow" is also heard around the world on the Armed Forces Networks in several other countries. You can also catch all Into Tomorrow episodes on the Web. (The most recent show is usually added about three or four days after it has been broadcast on the radio.) Subscribe now! S u b s c r i b e t o ConsumerReports.org for expert Ratings, buying advice and reliability on hundreds of products. Update your feed preferences
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Why you shouldor shouldn'tbuy the iPhone 4S

and still fit comfortably in a shirt pocket. So, should you get on line today? If you're a happy iPhone customer, and have been using early models such as the original iPhone or iPhone 3G, chances are you'll find this a worthy upgrade. functionality in games and other If you're a satisfied 3GS or iPhone 4 user, you can install iOS 5, and processor-intensive apps. The phone now has an 8- freshen up your phone without megapixel camera, compared to 5 having to pay for new hardware megapixels in the iPhone 4. And a (though you won't get Siri, or any new lens promises make it easier of the hardware upgrades, such as to take sharp pictures even in low the new processor or camera). If you're on the fence about light. switching to the iPhone from another platform, you should take What's not: The phone lacks access to the a close look at some of the new fastest 4G networks, such as features and see how important Verizon's LTE network, which they are to you, and what the trade puts it at least a half-generation -offs are. If you're looking for the behind some other recent models fastest 4G access, for example, the iPhone 4S probably isn't right from other companies. Although Apple claims the 4S for you. Subscribe now! S u b s c r i b e t o has better battery life than earlier models, the phone still has a non- ConsumerReports.org for expert removable battery, which limits Ratings, buying advice and your ability to add juice if the r e l i a b i l i t y o n h u n d r e d s o f power starts running low and products. Update your feed you're away from a power source. preferences The screen is still only 3.5 inches. Many newer phones have 4-inch, and even 4.5-inch screens,
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Why you shouldor shouldn'tbuy the iPhone 4S We have the new Apple iPhone 4S in house, and we'll have our first hands-on review later today. In the meantime, we have some advice for anyone who is considering rushing out of the house to wait on line to buy the phone today or later this weekend: Do it. Or don't. Depending on what kind of phone you currently have, and what features are important to you, now may be the time to get a new iPhone. Here are some things to consider: What's better: The iPhone 4S has an advanced speech-recognition program called Siri that lets you give the phone complex commands without touching the screen, which can make it easier to do everything from making routine phone calls to searching the web. The phone's new processor is fasterit's reportedly the same one Apple uses in the iPad 2. And that may help enable smoother multitasking, not to mention more fluid movement and greater
Flash In The Brain Pan: Asleep Walk

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Submitted at 10/14/2011 9:00:00 AM
bar pauses you when needed, and trust us, you're gonna need it, because everything in this game Good morning! Aw, what's wants to crush you. wrong? Tired out from the week However, if you pay attention, that was? We understand. But you can always find a way out. you've got to push yourself Just be very patient and try to through the day. Just finish what think about your surroundings. you're doing, even you're not Don't worry if you die, you'll be really able to concentrate. Here. right back. If you can make it we found a game to help. It's through every level, consider called Asleep Walking yourself the master of auto-pilot. You're that shadowy guy who And by then, maybe it'll be moves like the original Prince of quitting time! Persia. Walk to the right. Space
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News flash! Green products don't have to cost more

Silva-Sonnen II, whats taking so long? Camp Silva doesnt sound too enthused
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Submitted at 10/14/2011 10:52:23 AM
incandescent bulbs only save you money if you never turn them on. Indeed, an LED can save between Submitted at 10/14/2011 10:59:59 AM $65 and $400 over its 18- to 46News flash! Green products don't year life compared with a have to cost more standard incandescent. Paints and lightbulbs are among It's the same story for many home the products that will cost more if products we test. Some of the you want to buy green, at least most energy-efficient appliances, according to"Eco Meets The gallon. That's half as much as i n c l u d i n g r e f r i g e r a t o r s a n d Economy," an article in this other paints we tested, including washing machines, now cost as week's Home section of the New ones with higher VOC levels. little as non-green alternatives. So Y o r k T i m e s . B u t b a s e d o n Exterior paints have more recently if you want to save money while Consumer Reports' tests of these gone low-VOC, but there too saving the planet, as the Times and other products, that news just we're finding top-performing puts it, you don't have to scrimp. isn't fit to print. green formulas at competitive Instead, just check our Ratings. In our latest review of interior price points. Subscribe now! and exterior paints, for example, Lightbulbs are a bit trickier, since S u b s c r i b e t o many of the top-performing you need to calculate the long- ConsumerReports.org for expert models were both low-VOC and term costs. In the Times article, an Ratings, buying advice and low-priced. Nearly every interior LED bulb costing $17.97 is pitted r e l i a b i l i t y o n h u n d r e d s o f finish we recommend can be against a $2.64 incandescent. Put products. Update your feed considered green, with versions that way, the green bulb certainly preferences by Behr, Glidden, and Kilz seems pricey. But Consumer costing $25 dollars or less per Reports' tests have found that
Chael Sonnen called the champ out in front 16,000-plus in Houston and millions more watching on pay-per-view. He's insulted his homeland, his character and even his wife. So why isn't Anderson Silva-Sonnen II booked? Listening to his manager Ed Soares, Camp Silva is either playing minds games or it doesn't want the fight. "Let's see what the big boss is going to do. My opinion is that he (Sonnen) had his chance and tapped, he should go back to the end of the line. The same thing is true with Vitor Belfort. They're great fighters, but they had their chance," Soares said. "Sonnen would make a big fight, as would Dan Henderson and Georges StPierre, but we should recognize that Anderson only has around
four fights left in his career." Soares says it isn't personal with Sonnen, but the champ will determine his own schedule. "Chael is not the person that's going to determine when [Silva] is going to take the fight. When he's going to take this fight is when his shoulder is completely healed up, and he's ready to start his training camp for the fight," Soares told MMAjunkie on fight night at UFC 136. "It's not because Chael says he wants to fight in February. Who is Chael to determine that? Chael needs to take a number and wait his turn. He got his opportunity, and he tapped. It's not the first time he's tapped, and I guarantee you it won't be the last." Dana White confirmed that Silva's shoulder bursitis has to take care of before he can book the fight for Super Bowl Saturday weekend in Las Vegas. Tip via Fightlinker
Chicken Breasts 25 Ways

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Submitted at 10/14/2011 9:45:28 AM
A lean, skinless chicken breast half contains 182 calories and 4 grams fat (only 1.1 grams sat fat) making it a great source of protein
in a convenient package. From marinating and pounding to stuffing, pan-frying, and grinding, these 5 simple techniques, with variations, give healthy weeknight cooking a makeover. Next Marinating: Tandoori-Spiced
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Move makes line to Pacquiao longer Baltimore Sun

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rounds as you can without being totally embarrassed, then climb into the Brink's truck and ride October 13, 2011| By Bill Dwyre, away while they stitch up your Tribune Newspapers eyes, nose and mouth and ask Think of boxing's quest for fame whether you remember your and fortune as a game of musical wife's name. chairs. Recently, the song stopped To a man, any fighter weighing and Tim Bradley quickly sat anything close to Pacquiao's down. favored 147 pounds, and having The 28-year-old fire hydrant, a shown indications that he can 140-pounder from Palm Springs, limit his bleeding to less than a Calif., with lightning-quick hands pint and return punches long and feet, signed with Top Rank enough to justify $3,000 ringside Promotions. That's Bob Arum's seats, wants into the lineup. They company, and 46 years after he all say the same thing. They want quit being a Harvard lawyer and to fight the best, which Pacquiao found Muhammad Ali, Arum's is is. But what they really mean is: still the logo you want on your "Show Me the Money." boxing gloves. Arum is nothing if not clever, Bradley had been with Gary even devious. Shaw's promotions, but when his He says he has not promised contract ran out this summer, Bradley a Pacquiao fight, nor Bradley ran out too. Right to even mentioned his name to Arum. Pacquiao. That's probably true. And once that happened, the But he quickly made Bradley the never-ending game of Who's Got semi-main event for Pacquiao's Next increased in intrigue. Nov. 12 fight at the MGM Grand Boxing these days is like a Garden in Las Vegas against Juan Depression food line. Everybody M a n u e l M a r q u e z , w h o h a s queues up, waiting for Manny proved, indeed, in his two Pacquiao to hand out the bread. A previous fights with Pacquiao that fight with Pacquiao is an instant he can last awhile and bleed a lot. retirement plan, usually both On the undercard, Bradley will financially and physically. Get in fight Joel Casamayor, the Cuban the ring with him, last as many who defected to the United States
Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:16:09 PM
just before the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and has had a nice capitalistic career ever since. His record is 38-5-1, and he has fought only three times since his biggest payday, a knockout at the hands of Marquez on Sept. 13, 2008. The two pertinent things about Casamayor, relative to this fight, are that he is 40 and left-handed. Pacquiao is left-handed. Fill in the blanks. Bradley gives Arum another option, as he masterfully delivers a couple of $20 million paydays each year to Pacquiao, who then fits them in between his duties as a congressman in the Philippines. For Pacquiao, the boxing world wants Floyd Mayweather Jr. Sadly, so do several judges in Las Vegas, where Floyd is accused of sucker-punching more than just Victor Ortiz. "Floyd may have the biggest fight of his life ahead," says Arum, referring to several assault charges Mayweather faces. He says it with the look of a concerned parent. The proper reaction is to suppress a giggle. If Pacquiao fights Mayweather, it will come to pass because there is so much money at stake that it can't be rejected. But if Arum
goes to his grave never having put on the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight, he certainly will rest in peace. He once promoted Mayweather, through much of his early success. But that didn't end well and now Arum speaks in amazement at what has become of his former client. "First of all, he is a terrific fighter," Arum says. "At one point, he appeared to be a good guy. But then, his people (handlers after he left Arum) got this idea to make him into a villain. They thought they could attract an audience that comes to see him get beat. Let me tell you. It's tough to promote a villain." Bradley is the countervillain. He is well-spoken, friendly, accommodating and unbeaten in 27 fights. Arum says, "Our goal is to make Tim Bradley one of the major stars in boxing. We know he is one of the best fighters, but that doesn't make him a star." Todd DuBoeff, Arum's stepson and the president of Top Rank, says of Bradley, "He has marketability and ability." In a recent media gathering, Bradley spoke for about 10 minutes and DuBoeff said later that he "lights up the room." Which he did.
So, with Bradley, the line to Pacquiao just got longer. Mayweather is the obvious first choice, but Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito might like another shot, despite the beatings they took by Pacquiao. Circumstances could give the shot to Amir Khan, Andre Berto or Marcos Maidana. Erik Morales could find his way back to Pacquiao, though the public probably wouldn't buy that. Saul Alvarez is Golden Boy's hot fighter right now, but he'd have to lose lots of weight, as would impressive middleweight Sergio Martinez, who says he could and would get down to 154 or lower, to fight Pacquiao. The permutations are endless. The line snakes around the block. Arum loves it. bdwyre@tribune.com This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Bernard Hopkins faces Chad Dawson in latest age-defying feat - Boston Herald
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less than the defining moment of his career. He has been angling for this bout since shortly after he L OS ANGELES Bernard won his first title in early 2007, Hopkins defied serious odds 23 figuring a win over Hopkins will years ago when he left Graterford establish him as the worlds State Penitentiary and never went greatest 175-pounder. back. Since then, he has thwarted Bad Chad coaxed, prodded and all conventional wisdom about i n s u l t e d H o p k i n s , b u t s t i l l athletes and aging with a thriving couldnt get him in the ring until boxing career into the back side of he leveraged a lucrative HBO pay his 40s. -per-view slot and a mandatory If Hopkins can figure out a way shot at Hopkins WBC light t o b e a t C h a d D a w s o n , t h e heavyweight belt. Executioner has topped himself "I want to be in the position one more time. Bernard is in, so Ive got to move The 46-year-old Hopkins (52-5- him out of the way," Dawson 2, 32 KOs) realizes the enormity said. "Im not going to say Im a of the task he accepted at Staples nightmare, but I can be a problem Center on Saturday night. He has for him, and I think he knows spent a half-decade warily circling that. I think deep down, he knows Dawson (30-1, 17 KOs), the this is going to be a tough fight." f o r m e r l i g h t h e a v y w e i g h t The main event is a chess match champion who ranks among the pitting two impressive athletes most gifted fighters of his who prefer tactics over brawls. generation and is 17 years Thats just one reason not many younger than Hopkins. fans are likely to turn up at the "He could almost be my son, but cavernous Staples Center to see Im used to that," Hopkins said. two East Coast-based boxers who "Not many guys who couldnt be rarely put on crowd-pleasing my son are still fighting at my fights. level." Even with a strong undercard Dawson sees the fight as nothing featuring Kendall Holts 140Submitted at 10/14/2011 11:54:55 AM
pound brawl with Danny Garcia and bouts for steady pros Jorge Linares and Paulie Malignaggi, the promoters know theyll struggle to fill the House That Kobe Built. Promoter Gary Shaw even tried to give away 100 tickets Thursday night on Twitter. The card also features the pro debut of 52-year-old Dewey Bozella, who spent 26 years in prison for a murder he didnt commit. Bozella trained with Hopkins in recent weeks, and he showed off his readiness by ripping off his shirt during the pre -fight news conference on Wednesday. Yet the main attraction is Hopkins, who beat Jean Pascal last May to become the oldest man to win a significant world title. Hopkins is no George Foreman-style novelty act, however: His skills havent significantly eroded, but his veteran guile and gamesmanship have grown. Dawsons combination of quickness and activity could be a brutal matchup for the shorter, slower Hopkins, but while the champion is aware of Dawsons
dangerous hands, hes not terribly intimidated by the challengers head. Dawson has acknowledged struggling for motivation and focus at various points in his career, and he makes no apologies for his nonchalant personality. Hopkins inner fire and ascetic lifestyle are the stuff of boxing lore. He also relishes the mind games played at boxings highest level, and he has taken both potshots and subtle jabs at Dawson during the promotion. "I know that he has doubt, because his personality represents doubt," Hopkins said. "It doesnt mean he cant be a winner. It just means I have to exploit and expose that doubt. I will make him fight harder than he ever had to before, and well see if he can answer that challenge. Hes knows whats capable of happening, what hell lose if he loses." Hopkins has never been stopped, and Dawson is an unlikely candidate to do it. Dawson acknowledges he doesnt try to knock out most of his opponents, preferring to befuddle them with technique and work rate but he
can dream. "Which is my favorite scenario? A knockout," Dawson said. "Hit him with a nice, crispy left hand and watch him go down. I know Pascal put him down three times, and Im stronger than Pascal. I dont expect Bernard to sit there and try to trade with me. I think hes going to try to lull me to sleep, but its not going to happen." Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Spurrier isnt proud of his actions, but hes not apologizing to local columnist
Graham Watson (Y! Sports Blogs - Yahoo! Sports)
It won't happen again. Once is enough. That won't happen again as long as I'm at South Carolina." Submitted at 10/14/2011 10:53:14 AM Spurrier was miffed at Morris for If The State columnist Ron a story he wrote back in the spring Morris is waiting for an apology regarding Spurrier recruiting thenfrom Steve Spurrier, he might be South Carolina point guard Bruce waiting a long time. Ellington, who is now a Spurrier said on his weekly call- Gamecock receiver, away from in radio show Thursday evening the basketball team. So Spurrier that he had no regrets about called Morris out in front of his refusing to do his weekly press peers and then walked out of the conference while Morris was in room. the room. "I'm not gonna talk when [Morris] " I ' m n o t p r o u d o f w h a t I is in here. That's my right as a did," Spurrier said. "I'm not head coach. I don't have to talk to apologizing for it. I don't know if him, and I don't have to talk to I was right. I don't know if I was him when he's in here. So what wrong. But I can assure you this. we're gonna do, all you TV guys,
I'm gonna do a personal interview with you in this other room. And the writers that are still left in here, I'll come back here and talk with you right after that.
"OK? Everybody for that? What room we got? Media room? OK! Bring your cameras down there and let's do some one-on-one." From the sound of Spurrier's
comments on his radio show, it doesn't look like he and Morris have kissed and made up, which should make for an interesting postgame after Mississippi State on Saturday. Will Spurrier continue to postpone press conference's until Morris is removed from the room or what that just a one-time deal? Not sure what point Spurrier was trying to get across with his stunt, but it's probably not going to stop reporters who cover his team from writing controversial things, especially since the team continues to give reporters ample ammunition.
Dunlap not practicing again - Philadelphia Daily News

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He was likely there to get in some mental repetitions. Dunlap practiced Wednesday and wasn't Eagles tackle King Dunlap wasn't l i s t e d o n t h e i n j u r y r e p o r t involved in the early portion of afterward, but the team said back Friday's practice, putting his s p a s m s k e p t h i m o u t o f availability for Sunday's game at T h u r s d a y ' s s e s s i o n . Washington in question. With Dunlap sidelined, Todd Dunlap showed up at the team's Herremans moved over from right indoor facility during practice but tackle to left tackle and Winston wasn't wearing pads or a helmet. Justice jumped up and took
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Herremans' place at Thursday's practice. Justice hasn't played all season, but was active last week for the first time. He spent all of the preseason on the physically unable to perform list because of off-season knee surgery and is still walking with a limp. The Eagles have no other tackles on the 53-man roster, although both starting guards -- Evan
Mathis and Danny Watkins -have played tackle before. Mathis was briefly at right tackle in training camp and Watkins played left tackle in college at Baylor. Back with more. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-
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Video: Rajon Rondo throws a no-look alley-oop over his head from the three-point line
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dunked it. Which is cool, too, I guess. Some would say that Rondo has Submitted at 10/14/2011 10:45:35 AM never thrown a pass like this one The lockout-inspired run of i n a n N B A g a m e b e c a u s e exhibition games has been full of professional defenses actually try, exciting plays, from the thrilling and they would be correct. But dunk to the amazing pass to the that doesn't mean it's not a great thrillazing alley-oop. What's best play anyway. For one thing, there about all of them is that they are only a few people in the entire remind us of the league we're world who can complete this play missing. They placate the habit under any circumstances. On top without doing anything to kick it. of that, even fewer would even Rajon Rondo is one of the most think to try it. It didn't happen in creative players in the league. the NBA, but the same inspiration But, as far as I know, he's never applies. Rondo doesn't stop being decided to throw a no-look alley- Rondo just because the other oop over his head from the three- players on the court aren't trying point line. Which is exactly what their hardest. he did during a recent charity (Via PBT) game. Oh, and Denver Nuggets draftee caught the pass and
The Joystiq Show - 009: Dark Souls and the Dark Knight
Jonathan Downin (Joystiq)
Submitted at 10/14/2011 1:30:00 PM
Filed under: Podcasts Batman: Arkham City isn't quite on store shelves yet. If the wait isn't already torture enough, Richard, Chris and Griffin spend 40 minutes breaking it down for you-- you just might be surprised by what you hear. If Dark Souls is more your speed, or you are just a connoisseur of varied experience like Richard and Griffin, make sure to stick around for a lengthy discussion with GamePro's Kat Bailey about the unique, and sometimes torturous, experience of From Software's latest. We dare you to listen to this and not want to at least give this game a chance, even just a little. Part 1(1:36) - Roundtable: Batman: Arkham City Part 2(40:54) - Roundtable: Dark Souls Get the podcast: [ iTunes] Subscribe to the Joystiq Podcast in iTunes [ Zune] Subscribe to the Joystiq Podcast directly in the Zune Marketplace
[ RSS] Add the Joystiq Podcast feed to your RSS aggregator [ MP3] Download the MP3 directly Host: Richard Mitchell (@S enseiRAM) Guest: Kat Bailey (@The_Katbot) Producer: Jonathan Downin (@jonathandownin- Game Thing Daily) Production Coordinator: Richard Mitchell
Music: Trash80, Batman: The Animated Series and Dark Souls. Stream the show after the break. Continue reading The Joystiq Show - 009: Dark Souls and the Dark Knight The Joystiq Show - 009: Dark Souls and the Dark Knight originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments
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Army Corps of Hell PSA: Xbox Dashboard marching to North America preview applications in time for Vita launch
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The Most Amazing Science Images of the Week, October 10-14

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Submitted at 10/14/2011 11:54:00 AM
Army Corps of Hell, Square Enix's demonic action-strategy game for Vita, is a launch title in Japan. The publisher announced today that it'll be a launch title in North America too, whenever the North American Vita launch happens. Army Corps of Hell is developed by Entersphere, a company founded by Nintendo expats -including Motoi Okamoto, who worked on the scripts for both Pikmin games, as well as in
direction roles for both Wii Play and Wii Fit, before leaving in 2008. The Pikmin cred is (hopefully) more relevant to this game than Wii Fit. Gallery: Army Corps of Hell (PS Vita) Continue reading Army Corps of Hell marching to North America in time for Vita launch Army Corps of Hell marching to North America in time for Vita launch originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments
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notified within the next two weeks. The rest of us will just be over Hopefully you didn't put off here, kicking up some dust and applying for Microsoft's Xbox letting out a collective "shucks." D a s h b o a r d p u b l i c p r e v i e w , PSA: Xbox Dashboard preview because applications are now applications now closed originally closed. Major Nelson broke the appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 14 Oct news, noting that "we have 2011 13:00:00 EST. Please see reached our target audience our terms for use of feeds. volume." Those lucky enough to Permalink| Email this| Comments get into the program should be
Your Face on Other Faces A Japanese company called Real-F is making creepily accurate copies of people's faces. You can read more about them here, if you feel like being unsettled today. Real-F It's been a great week in science and tech--why not relive it in imagery? This week's roundup takes us on a tour through space, modern gastronomy, ancient prehistory, and up the world's tallest tree. Click to launch a tour through the past week, in pictures.
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If I were...
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River2 1.0
(Scripting News)
If I were one of my friends on Twitter who is at the exclusive elite invite-only Shorenstein If I were Michael Bloomberg, a conference celebrating very smart and wise man, I would Shorenstein, I would not tweet take a deep breath and spend one about it. If I were at Davos earlier day this weekend trying to learn this year I would not tweet about what Occupy Wall Street is about, it. In fact if I were invited to an from the point of view of an exclusive elite invite-only average New Yorker. He's so conference I would not tweet smart he will get it. The problem about it at all, to anyone. Twitter is his perspective. He's one of the is unique in that it lets everyone few people who they are angry in. The rabble. The non-elite. with, and rightfully so. When the Could be the season, or the light goes on for him, he will be politics, or the fact that people are able to explain it to others in his post-Steve experience to remind camping out in lower Manhattan class. Whether they listen or not is us of Apple's ability to get the for freedom. The contrast is not their problem. But it's up to him, money out of our pockets. flattering. Imho. (And I know this as the elected leader of all New Also, if I were Apple, I'd re-run will piss some people off, so be Yorkers, to listen and understand, some of the his most brilliant it.) commercials. The funny ones. That's all I have in If I were's for and make wise choices. If I were Apple, I would quickly The stylish ones. The crazy ones. right now. find a product in the pipe to Let us remember how inspired we One more: If I were a rich man release that's new and interesting were by Apple's mission. We can I'd buy Kyle Shank lunch at Tand get us Apple devotees who be inspired again. And remember Rex. already have one of everything to that they weren't hollow promises, buy this new thing. We need a they actually delivered.
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Imho of course. I would love to get feedback from any news org or J-school I'm not going to make a huge deal that started doing rivers with this about this, but River2, my river-of software. -news aggregator, turned 1.0 It's available for Mac and yesterday. Windows. The Mac version is a To celebrate, I also did a new universal binary, no more need to release of the OPML Editor, the r u n R o s e t t a . T h e W i n d o w s environment that River2 runs in. version runs nicely in EC2 for So if you've wanted to operate Poets, which means you can your own river-of-news, now's a operate a river in the cloud if you good time to start. want. Examples of rivers: 1, 2, 3, 4. EC2 for Poets also got a refresh a Who would find this interesting: few weeks ago, so it's current and n e w s o r g a n i z a t i o n s a n d tested, and works nicely. journalism schools. Operating a Support is available on the river is a way to automate news River2 mail list. gathering in your sphere of If you're an old-time Frontier user interest, your community. And for wondering what this is all about, J-schools, it's a way to give your we made a site just for you that students a head start on the news explains! system of the future, which will surely operate in this fashion.
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Online Features - October 2011

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Meet our Superfast Fan of the Month Meet our Superfast Fan of the Month winners and take the challenge: Prepare any Superfast
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Archive Gallery: Classic Thrill Rides and Carnival Attractions

Denise Ngo (Popular Science New Technology, Science News, The Future Now)
classic amusement parks, they've been good at accommodating patrons with mellower tendencies. Coney Island visitors could watch Submitted at 10/14/2011 10:01:29 AM Amusement Parks, July 1949 The a zeppelin air raid show between Wastebasket of Dizziness, the thrill rides, while those in need of Corkscrew of Fate, and more a little exercise could cart around amusement park rides and a gas-powered aluminum horse attractions from the pages of with wheels. PopSci And if you couldn't get enough of Our archives are filled with the amusement park, well, you terrifying things -- flying tanks, could always assemble a roller radium faucets, and coaster or a merry-go-round out groundbreaking lobotomy of secondhand lumber and techniques, to name a couple -leftover skate wheels. While our but few of them are as backyard carnival DIY projects deliberately scary as the past were geared more toward children century's amusement park rides than to adults, there's no better and attractions. With names like way to cultivate a love for roller The Wastebasket of Dizziness, coasters in one's offspring than to The Ring of Death, and the build them one yourself. Corkscrew of Fate, how could Click through our gallery to see the Parachute Jump ensure soft, their suicidal tendencies. Consider they not instill terror in even the the Rock-O-Plane, the Parachute and not splattered, landings? And his description of the Corkscrew most seasoned roller coaster Jump, the roller skate loop the why would anybody want to roller of Fate: "Centrifugal force holds enthusiasts? loop, and fun attractions from our skate down a loop-the-loop? the ball to the rails, and it whirls The early 20th century saw the magazine's history. Click to launch the photo gallery. around and around in the spiral, Golden Age of Roller Coasters, as And the fun continues: earlier Thrill rides aren't everyone's cup rolling out at the end against a well as the peak of Coney Island's this year we looked at the inner of tea, least of all Popular Science cushioned bumper, where the popularity. As amusement parks workings of the world's fastest writer George Worts, whose occupant emerges, a sadder and flourished, so did our interest in roller coaster. article titled "A Dozen Ways of wiser, if not a broken, man. thrill rides. How did engineers Breaking Your Neck" ascribed While roller coasters and Rock-O prevent roller coaster cars from people's love for roller coasters to -Planes might be the hallmark of toppling off the track? How did
Romans 6:11 (1014-11)

(Verse of the Day)
Submitted at 10/14/2011 2:00:00 AM
In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Romans 6:11(NIV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... In baptism, we are united with Christ in his death (see Romans 6:1-14 for the background of this devotional meditation). Our old sinful selves are crucified with Christ. We are no longer slaves to sin. We are alive in Christ -- the one whom sin could not master and death could not conquer. His life is now our life. His victory is our victory. His future is our future. Let's set our hearts to live based upon this certainty! My Prayer... Gracious Father, I find it incredible that you put all my past sin in the grave of your crucified Son and have raised me up to new life in him. Inspire me to find meaning, joy, and victory in Jesus. Strengthen me with your Spirit and conform me more perfectly to my Lord. Please empower me to live fully trusting that all of my sin is dead, buried and gone. Please give me the confidence that my new life is bound up with Jesus and his future. Jesus, I thank you for this hope and offer this praise in your name. Amen.
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The Very Large Array Wants You To Rename It

Paul Adams (Popular Science New Technology, Science News, The Future Now)
the ultimately impractical Overwhelmingly Large Telescope. But, following a massive Submitted at 10/14/2011 10:54:33 AM The Very Large Array Hajor rebuilding of the 1970s New Mexico's Very Large Array, electronics from the ground up, a g i a n t r a d i o t e l e s c o p e the VLA feels it needs a new observatory which took a PopSci n a m e , a n d i t ' s o p e n t o largeness prize recently, is named s u g g e s t i o n s ! in a fine tradition of utilitarian Entries are welcome until before you submit them. If you monikers like the European December 1. Feel free to hash out post an idea here and it turns out Extremely Large Telescope and your ideas in the comments here to be accepted as the new real
name for the array, we will definitely pull together some sort of magnificent prize for you. But I have an name or two in mind myself. See the rest of the world's most epic science projects.
Host a Fall Dinner Party

Submitted at 10/14/2011 9:45:28 AM
Early-Fall Dinner Party Menu Problem: A Maine reader frets about preparing supper for a large group. Strategy: Save time and reduce stress with uncomplicated dishes that feature make-ahead components. When Bob and Cindy Gurry left their fast-paced, 70-hour-a-week city jobs in Massachusetts a year ago and moved their family of four to the small seaside town of Scarborough, Maine, it meant they'd finally have time for entertaining. Bob, 40, says he
envisioned hosting dinner parties and inviting eight or 10 of his new neighbors. But there's one hurdle. "Cooking for a big crowd is a little intimidating," he admits. Cindy, 35, is willing to share cooking duties, but the couple needs advice about how to manage meals for large groups. To ensure the Gurrys' success, we offer a few key strategies: Choose straightforward recipes, prep the ingredients in advance, and divide cooking duties. This efficient, nofuss approach allows the couple to throw dinner parties they'll be sure to enjoy as much as their guests. Crowd control
Keep it simple. Elaborate dishes are impressive, but they often require lots of prep time, particularly when you're cooking for 10 or more. Stick to recipes with relatively few components or streamlined preparations you can handle easily. Opt for one-dish meals like casseroles, stews, or main-dish salads. Eliminating side dishes wherever possible reduces your workload. Showcase a few high-quality ingredients. You don't need to spend lavishly or prepare fancy recipes to impress guests if your components are stellar. Buy fresh wild salmon for plank-grilled
fillets, for instance, or ripe farmers' market produce for a simple mixed vegetable salad. Work in advance, preparing a salad, dessert, or components of the main course. The goal is to minimize active cooking time after guests arrive. In colder months, offer braised dishes and slow-roasted meats, which you can put in the oven earlier in the day, then simply serve when ready. Divvy up the duties. When some foods are grilled and others are cooked on the stovetop, a couple can share the cooking responsibilities. This way, food prep is faster and neither partner
is overwhelmed. Let guests help. Consider compose-it-yourself dishes like tostadas or chili with various toppings so guests serve themselves. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Early Deadline For Medicare Enrollment This Year

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to switch to a different drug or Medicare Advantage plan need to pay attention to the earlier Submitted at 10/14/2011 9:05:00 AM deadline. iStockphoto.com Don't put it off, says Medicare Medicare beneficiaries who want Rights Center President Joe to switch drug plans will have to Baker. "People have developed a make a decision earlier than usual habit of doing it by the end of the this year. year," and many tend to The holiday shopping season procrastinate, he says. "Now, we seems to start earlier every year. recommend that people get it And this year, Medicare's open done by Thanksgiving, rather than enrollment season also begins Christmas." and ends earlier than ever. Operators on MRC's Medicare The annual enrollment period for helpline, which handles 12,000 privately run Medicare Advantage calls each year, have been asking plans and prescription drug callers whether they're aware of benefits starts Saturday, rather the new dates, and most people than in mid-November as in past aren't, Baker said. years. The deadline for enrollment A survey by PlanPrescriber, an has also been pushed up to online insurance comparison tool Dec. 7 from Dec. 31. But the and seller, found that 65 percent enrollment season is now a week o f 4 7 5 s e n i o r s e n r o l l e d i n longer, so it's not all bad news. Medicare's Part D prescription Seniors who want to stick with drug program weren't aware of the their existing plans don't have to altered timeline. do anything. But those who want But that telephone survey was
conducted between during the summer before a flood of mailings and TV ads geared to enrollment season. "We expect that people will be pretty aware," says Nicole Duritz, a vice president with AARP. The change was mandated by the
2010 health law "in order to give people more time to choose a plan and to permit a smoother transition to their new plan," Tony Salters, a spokesman for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said in an email.
Beneficiaries now have seven weeks, rather than six, to decide on plans, and the earlier deadline should make it more easier to get people their new membership cards by the start of 2012. There is, however, one exception to the new deadlines: Beneficiaries who switch to a 5star Medicare Advantage plan the highest-rated for quality, as determined by CMS can do so at any time during the year. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
If I Do Say So Myself
David Frum (FrumForum David Frum)
Submitted at 10/14/2011 7:21:02 AM
Googling ones own name is sometimes called a vanity search. In my case, the practice calls for another name, since I can
assure you the results are generally 10-1 ungratifying to vanity. Call it defensive Googling. But this morning it did yield a positive result, unearthing a line Id written in 2008 that seems even more apt today. Ill take the liberty of reposting it now:
The shapers of the American mortgage finance system hoped to achieve the security of government ownership, the integrity of local banking and the ingenuity of Wall Street. Instead they got the ingenuity of government, the security of local
banking and the integrity of Wall Street. Still too true, alas. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-
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The Islamization of London: A Photo Tour

Ned May (FrontPage Magazine FrontPage)
Civilisation: Muslims across the UK collectively declared their disgust Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:33:29 PM of British values and their desire When I arrived in London in to live by the Shariah. September it had been more than As Muslim enclaves across forty years since I had last spent Britain rapidly edge closer to any time in the city. If I hadnt Islamic autonomy, Muslims kept up with recent events Against Crusades in conjunction through my British contacts, the with several other leading Muslim changes would have been startling organisations would like to indeed. declare the next chapter in the The most popular tourist spots ongoing campaign to transform appear much the same, and the Britain into a thriving Islamic c o m m e r c i a l a r e a s a r e s t i l l state. thronged with shoppers. No Mr. Choudary lives in Ilford, but matter where you go, however, he and his supporters are also the presence of Islam makes itself active in East London, Luton, and felt. With the rapid increase in the other parts of England where Muslim population over the past Islam is ascendant. He is the most decade, the capital of Britain has forthright and plainspoken of moved that much closer to Britains Islamic radicals. No becoming an Islamic city. taqiyyah or kitman (sacred lying) The process of Islamization is not for him. He proudly proclaims the always as obvious as in this coming Caliphate in public, poster, which appeared one volubly and repeatedly, into the morning last July at a bus shelter microphones and in front of the on the corner of Mission Grove cameras. and Carisbrooke Road, in the Denial is rampant among the Waltham Forest area of East multicultural oligarchs of the London: political class. The British A straightened out close-up government prefers to believe that provides a clearer view of what Anjem Choudary and other the devout Muslims of Waltham Islamic zealots are not serious in Forest are demanding: their avowed intentions. Their This is the new Islamic Britain as incendiary pronouncements are envisioned by the fire-breathing thought to be mere rhetoric radical Anjem Choudary and what they really want is more M u s l i m s A g a i n s t C r u s a d e s . funding, more generous welfare MACs latest initiative is called benefits, new state-supported The Islamic Emirates Project, and Koran schools, or more parking its stated goal is Breaking the spaces around their mosques. F o u n d a t i o n s o f W e s t e r n Everything is business as usual to
the politicos. The leaders of the three major political parties find it impossible to accept that these extremists mean exactly what they say. Acknowledging the problem would force the government to actually do something to save the country from destruction. In the second decade of the 21st century with millions of Muslims already in Britain, and hundreds of thousands more arriving or being born every year what could they do? How could Islamization ever be reversed without enormous expense or unimaginable violence? No, its better to pretend that everything is harmonious and peaceful and normal in Modern Multicultural Britain. From time to time the coming Emirate intrudes even into the
tourist zones of London. On Saturday, September 24, under the sponsorship of Mayor Boris Johnson, a huge officiallysanctioned Eid Festival was held in Trafalgar Square. The domed building in the background is part of the National Portrait Gallery: The cave-like structure below is a stage for performers. When I arrived, loud drumming was coming over the speakers. In the background you can see Nelsons Column, which serves as a reminder of the greatness that once was, but is no longer: The drumming was soon replaced over the PA by Muslim rap. A large display screen behind the fountain provides an incongruous contrast between the rapper and the nautical-themed statue in the foreground: The Islamic presence is visible all
over London. From Marble Arch to Docklands, from Piccadilly to Kings Cross: on virtually every street can be seen women in hijab, often pushing strollers, and men wearing skullcaps and Islamic robes. One of my British contacts is a longtime observer of Muslims in the capital, and has analyzed the pattern of their street behaviors: I regularly walk up and down Ladbroke Grove, Portobello Road and Harrow Road and have noted a process of coagulation or clumping of the sidewalks by Muslim women: Two Muslim women, each with baby pushcars, can present a significant amount of biomass on a sidewalk a phalanx of piety? to the extent that evasive action is required. Groups of two or three Muslim women are increasingly common more towards the North Kensington end in Harrow Road and Kensal Road. It is also increasingly common to see non-Western dress among Muslim men, both old and young. Mosques are prominent in many different areas of the city. For example, this is the Regents Park Mosque, in a leafy middle-class neighborhood not far from Marylebone Road: Certain areas of the city are more thoroughly Islamized, however. Tower Hamlets, which hosts the East London Mosque, has a ISLAMIZATION page 75
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Khamenei Cheers On Occupy Wall Street

Joseph Klein (FrontPage Magazine FrontPage)
hidden 12th Imam, must have heard Pelosis invocation. He came out in support of the Occupy Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:40:16 PM Wall Street protest this week. He Barack Obama has finally found said that it shows how the the common ground he has been capitalist system in the U.S. and searching for with the Iranian the West has reached a dead end. regime. They share support for the When people use the slogan we Occupy Wall Street protest, are the 99 percent, Khamenei whose premise is to pit the declared, the remaining one virtuous oppressed 99% of percent is condemned. Americans against the top 1% of Obama and Khamenei would wealthy, greedy Americans. have been able to share their Last week, Obama said that the support for Occupy Wall Street as protest expresses the frustrations an ice breaker if they ever got that the American people feel. together for those unconditional The protesters, he claimed, are negotiations with Iran that Obama giving voice to a more broad- p r o m i s e d d u r i n g t h e 2 0 0 8 based frustration about how our campaign. Sure, Obama would financial system worksand have had to endure a repetition of thats going to express itself Khameneis charge this week that politically in 2012 and beyond. the demonstrators were being Obama had previously told harshly treated by U.S. officials. Americans on national television P r o p h e t M u h a m m a d s s e l f that their country is a nation with declared earthly deputy said with a system in which the deck seems a straight face that such treatment stacked against middle class i s n o t s e e n e v e n i n A m e r i c a n s i n f a v o r o f t h e underdeveloped countries with wealthiest few. dictatorial regimes. No doubt, to House Minority Leader Nancy keep the peace, Obama would Pelosi (D-CA) was so enthusiastic have bowed to the Supreme about the Occupy Wall Street Leader and apologized, while protesters that she came as close continuing his own failure to to offering a prayer as she respond forcefully regarding the probably ever has in her lifetime. brutal crack-down by Khameneis God bless them, Pelosi said. security forces against peaceful Ayatollah Khamenei, Irans Iranian dissidents in June 2009. Supreme Leader of the Islamic Too bad that the Iranian regimes Revolution, who considers attempted assassination on himself to be the earthly deputy of American soil of the Saudi both Prophet Muhammad and the ambassador to the United States
the American people feel. As usual, Obama is out of touch with the feelings of most Americans. The protests express the frustrations of the far Left, his own base. The core includes significant contingents who hate capitalism and think they are bringing the Arab Spring to America. They are much closer to Khameneis way of thinking than they are to ordinary Americans. One problem is that the corruption of capitalism has become clear to the people. Of course this movement might be suppressed, but they cannot and its plot to blow up two Iranian government officials d e s t r o y t h e r o o t s o f t h e embassies in Washington, D.C. complained that the Obama movement, Khamenei said. intruded and will probably end the administration was fabricating the Khamenei claimed the protests chance for such a meeting any alleged plot to divert attention proved that U.S. capitalism was t i m e s o o n . T h e O b a m a from the Occupy Wall Street on the verge of full collapse. He administration is finally getting protests. In an interview with the predicted that the movement will upset with the Iranian regime I r a n i a n n e w s a g e n c y F a r s , grow so that it will bring down something that Irans march transcribed by the Middle East the capitalist system and the towards a nuclear arms capability, Media Research Institute, Majlis west. its announced intention to send its S u p r e m e N a t i o n a l S e c u r i t y General Masoud Jazayeri of warships off the coast of the Committee chairman Ala Al-Din Irans Revolutionary Guard, United States, its infiltration of Boroujerdi said, Without a whose Qods Force unit was terrorists into Latin America and doubt, this new American-Zionist allegedly involved in the aborted its plans to build a missile base in plot was aimed at diverting public ambassador assassination and Venezuela, have not aroused. But attention from the crisis in which embassy bombing plot, said the while Secretary of State Hillary [President] Obama has become protests were a revolution and a Clinton is calling up world leaders entangled [that is,] the Wall comprehensive movement against corruptionin the making. The t o r a l l y e x p r e s s i o n s o f Street popular uprising. international outrage against Iran, Apparently, Boroujerdi missed last phase will be the collapse of the Iranian government is using Obamas statement last week the Western capitalist system. the Occupy Wall Street protests to giving his presidential seal of shift blame for the episode to the approval to the protests as an United States. expression of the frustrations that
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Damning the Koch Bros.

Jacob Laksin (FrontPage Magazine FrontPage)
ISLAMIZATION
Koch Industries based in Germany. Every single chance they had to do business with Iran Submitted at 10/13/2011 11:35:27 PM or anyone, else, they did, Bentu Image publicized by Think was quoted as saying. Nowhere Progress mentioned in the report was that The recent headline in Bentus account was dismissed by Bloomberg Markets magazine Ergorova-Farines, the other main was nothing if not sensational: source for the story, while she Koch Brothers Flout Law was still with the company. After Getting Richer with Secret Iran investigating Bentus concerns, Sales. Those would be the she found that they were billionaire Koch brothers, Charles contradictory and had and David Koch, whose support insufficient or no substantiation. for libertarian, small-government Clearly, the magazine had not causes and sponsorship of the Tea chosen the most credible sources Party has turned them into btes on which to base its indictment of noires for the Left and a foil for Koch Industries. much of the mainstream media. But the problem with the story Bloomberg Markets article was exceeded its dubious sources. almost precisely calculated to fuel Bloomberg Markets reported that causes supported by the Koch it generated on the Left, however, left-wing contempt for the between 2001 and 2007, a French b r o t h e r s , f r o m g r o u p s l i k e there was significantly less to the Koches, with its account of an subsidiary of Koch sold Americans for Prosperity to the Bloomberg Markets report than alleged pattern of unethical and petrochemical equipment to Iran. Tea Party, were tainted by met the eye. As journalism, the hit illegal business practices by Koch Yet the magazine declined to association with them. Not to be -piece was shoddy at best. For Industries Inc., the brothers highlight a highly critical point: outdone, Mother Jones demanded example, to back up its claims Wichita, Kansas, based oil the deals were perfectly legal. that Rick Perry, who had received about Koch Industries disregard company. As depicted in the Although U.S. law banned funding from the Koch brothers for American laws in dealing with report, Koch Industries Inc. was American multinational while running for Texas governor, I r a n , t h e m a g a z i n e r e l i e d the very personification of companies from doing business in return all donations and renounce primarily on two sources, both corporate greed and profit-first Iran, these companies foreign any and all ties to the Koches. disgruntled former employees. amorality, a notoriously secretive subsidiaries were allowed to New York magazine chimed in One of the sources, Ludmila company that regularly operate under certain conditions. that, as a result of Bloombergs Egorova-Farines, had been fired disregarded U.S. laws and That exception is the reason that report, the Koch brothers seem to by the company for failing to regulations in order to do 74 corporations have done be resembling more and more the show up to work. And the sources business, including with business in Iran over the last lefts caricature of them as evil contradicted each other. Thus, to Americas enemies like Iran. decade, according to the New right-wingers bent on doing the support its claims about Kochs The Left instantly seized on the York Times. country ill. What more proof dealings in Iran, the magazine sinister-sounding storyline. Leftcould be needed of the Koch relied on the say-so of one George wing blogs raged at the Koch brothers malevolence? Bentu, who was identified as a brothers supposed Iranian For all the hyper-partisan outrage sales engineer for a subsidiary of treason and insisted that all the
majority-Islamic borough council and a Muslim mayor, Lutfur Rahman:
What Weve Learned About Terror Trials From the Underwear Bomber
Cully Stimson (The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation)
Submitted at 10/14/2011 10:15:06 AM
It was supposed to be the second full day in federal court for Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. The socalled Christmas Day bomber aka The Underwear Bomber faced eight charges, including attempted murder on an aircraft. But, acting as his own attorney, Abdulmutallab surprised many Wednesday by pleading guilty. He faces a maximum possible sentence of life without parole. The case never was a whodunit, nor was there ever a question of why he did what he attempted to do. A guilty plea in this case simply means that the public will not see, in full detail, the extent of the governments overwhelming evidence. WHAT page 76
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Also lacking suspense was what the now-convicted terrorist said in court during his discussion and guilty plea with U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds. Like other Al Qaeda-inspired terrorists who were caught and pleaded guilty, Abdulmutallab boasted of his allegiance to Jihad, and explained that his actions were in retaliation for U.S. support of Israel. He admitted that he conspired with at least one other person, whom he did not name in open court, to bomb the Northwest Airlines flight to Detroit in December 2009. Tuesday, on the opening day of trial, the prosecutor played a video message from the defendant to fellow Muslims. In it, he denounced the United States, describing it as the enemy [who] is in your land along with the Jewish and Christian armies. The prosecutor also stated that the evidence at trial would show that the defendant was inspired by Anwar al-Awlaki, the radical American cleric who joined Al Qaeda and was killed recently by
a U.S. drone strike. The defendant warned those in court that if the U.S. continues to kill and support those who kill Muslims, that the United States will await a great calamity, and that God will strike them directly with his will. His guilty plea and possible life sentence will cause some who want all terrorism trials to be conducted in federal courts to claim victory. They will say, as they have before, that this case proves once and for all that our federal courts can handle terrorism trials, and that we should use federal courts exclusively for terrorism trials. That opinion, however, has fortunately been rejected by both the Bush and Obama administrations, and for good reason. Others will say that people like Abdulmutallab should only been tried in a military commission. That opinion, too, has fortunately been rejected by the Bush and Obama administrations. What we have learned, if
anything, in the last 10 years it is that the presidentany presidentmust have all lawful tools available to him during wartime. He must have the flexibility to use the most appropriate tool at any given time. In this case, the defendant was tried in the right venue, with a just result. Cross-posted from FoxNews.com. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Is Wikileaks Responsible for Irans Latest Plot?

David Frum (FrumForum David Frum)
Irans nuclear program. He told you to cut off the head of the snake, the cable quotes al-Jubeir Submitted at 10/14/2011 7:26:48 AM as saying. Eli Lake asks: Was Irans plot to Lake quotes House intelligence murder Saudi ambassador to the committee chair Mike Rogers: US Adel-el Jubeir inspired by He (al-Jubeir) was seen as one of Wikileaks revelations? the most vocal critics of Iran too. If the Iranians needed a motive to This entry passed through the a s s a s s i n a t e S a u d i A r a b i a s Full-Text RSS service if this is ambassador to the United States your content and you're reading it they may have found it in a on someone else's site, please read diplomatic cable leaked earlier the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentthis year by WikiLeaks. only/faq.php#publishers. Five In the April 20, 2008 cable, Filters featured article: A 'Malign A m b a s s a d o r A d e l a l - J u b e i r Intellectual Subculture' - George relayed to Americas No. 3 M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , diplomat in Riyadh that the Saudi Herman, Peterson, Pilger And king wanted the U.S. to attack Media Lens.
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Illinois Shows that Taxing Apple iPhone 4S and Spending Has Is Here: Ask Us Consequences Anything
Jay Lucas (The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation)
Wisconsins or Michigans and more than twice those of Missouri, Indiana or Iowa. -Illinois owes $8.3 billion in Submitted at 10/14/2011 11:00:33 AM In January 2011, newly elected unpaid bills. Thats 10 times Illinois governor Pat Quinn higher than the level in 2002. imposed a 67% income tax - Illinois debt service (interest) is increase on citizens and a sharp approaching $3 billion a year. increase in the corporate tax rate Thats four times the amount to satisfy missed and unpaid bills. needed to plug the $712 million A month later, the state issued budget deficit at the Chicago $3.7 billion in bonds just to make Public Schools. (Note: CPS itself payments to unfunded state pays more than $470 million in pensions. Unfortunately, these debt service.) measures do not seem to have Credit ratings agencies arent the inspired Moodys confidence. The only organizations dissatisfied by agency rated Illinois as the worst the tax and spend approach. credit risk of any state in the Following the tax hikes, a union in August. billboard campaign asked Illinois Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill) businesses if they were Illinoyed produced a report on Tuesday that by Higher Taxes? and pointed makes some startling claims about out the fact that AAA-rated the severity of the fiscal problems Indiana was the best in the i n h i s h o m e s t a t e . S o m e Midwest in the Tax Foundations highlights: 2011 Business Tax Climate Index. - According to a Standard and Even the iconic CME Group, Poors study, Illinois per capita which owns the Merc and the debt and unfunded liabilities Chicago Board of Trade, may be amount to more than three times leaving to escape higher taxes.
Senator Kirk hopes that shining some light on the depth of the issues may help garner support for pro-growth reforms. However, if his state continues to spend more and raise taxes the Chicago way, preferred by (former Illinois Senator) President Obama (see: Buffet Rule and the millionaire tax), the state will continue down its dead-end path. Jay Lucas is a member of the Young Leaders Program at the Heritage Foundation. Click here for more information on interning at Heritage. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Lance Ulanoff (Mashable!)

Submitted at 10/14/2011 12:30:21 PM
We, like many of you, waited on the long lines and now Mashable has a bunch of Apple iPhone 4S phones in its possession. For those of you who might have been asleep for the last two weeks, the iPhone 4S is the latest iPhone. No, it isnt the eagerly anticipated iPhone 5 (maybe next year), but it is a new device with faster guts (A5 dual-core cpu, better antennas, World Phone capabilities, 8 MP camera) and does have a load of exciting new features. West Coast Bureau Editor Chris Taylor and I are busy setting ours up. Mine is on Verizons network. Chris is running his on AT&T in San Francisco. Were anxious to try out iOS 5 on the device it was designed for, dig into the iCloud and spend quality time with Siri: the Intelligent Assistant voice recognition feature. Siri really isnt an app since its backed into the device. We imagine that many of you are doing the exact same thing as us. Right now, youre opening up the iPhone 4S box for the very first
time. Well share our discoveries and photos in the live blog below. You can, too. Better yet, were here to answer whatever questions we can about the new iPhone, iOS 5, the cloud and, of course, Siri. Im sure you, like us, want to know if the device is any thicker or heavier. Does it handle calls better? If so, why? How easy is it to set up iCloud? Im wondering if Siri is really as smart as she sounds. So lets dive in! More About: apple, iphone, iPhone 4S
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Why the New FTAs Should Be Embraced

Jen Gieselman (The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation)
Submitted at 10/14/2011 12:00:56 PM
It started almost five years ago with free trade agreements(FTAs) reached between the Bush Administration and the governments of Peru, Colombia, Panama, and South Korea. Unfortunately, the then-Democrat controlled House allowed only the FTA with Peru to be approved. The other three were abandoned. Now, with the approval by Congress of the three remaining FTAs, some compelling benefits will fall on the U.S.: Colombia has improved. Much of the delay on approving an FTA with Colombia was a result of the countrys negative record on human rights. But the Colombian government has thrown support behind the judicial branch and those who investigate human rights abuses, and it has created a new law that aids victims of the countrys civil war. With the
FTA, greater strides toward development and stability are likely. Latin American allies. With Venezuela on one side and Ecuador on the other, Colombia, as well as nearby Panama, is strategically important to the U.S. in tempering the anti-U.S. attitude in the region. The FTAs with Colombia and Panama are important tools in ensuring productive, cooperative relationships between the U.S. and these Latin American countries. Boost U.S. markets. According to the U.S. International Trade Commission, within a year U.S. exports to Colombia alone will increase by at least an estimated$1 billion. U.S. goods that currently face high tariffs in Panama will become more competitive. U.S. companies themselves will be more competitive as new opportunities are opened to them. This means that nearly 250,000 new jobs will
be created. While that might not seem like enough to put a dent in unemployment figures, consider that 400,000 jobs could have been lost if the FTAs had not been approved. Despite long delays and tedious critiques, the FTAs with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea will finally be given the opportunity to make some muchneeded changes in the U.S. economy and in U.S. relations with Latin America. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
RIP Google Buzz

Todd Wasserman (Mashable!)
Submitted at 10/14/2011 12:48:53 PM
the Twitter-like Jaiku which will also be discontinued on that date and iGoogles social Google is shutting down the last f e a t u r e s . A s p r e v i o u s l y remnants of Google Buzz to focus announced, Google Labs will also o n G o o g l e + , t h e c o m p a n y shut down. announced on Friday. Launched in February 2010, In a few weeks well shut down Google Buzz was initially seen as Google Buzz and the Buzz API, a threat to Twitter and Facebook, and focus instead on Google+, but never lived up to its promise, Brad Horowitz, Googles vice becoming one of the biggest flops president of product, wrote on of the year. It is likely that Buzz The Official Google Blog. While will be viewed as a forerunner to people obviously wont be able to Google+, which had a stronger create new posts after that, they start, hitting 40 million users in its will be able to view their existing first three months, according to content on their Google Profile, Google CEO Larry Page. and download it using Google Image courtesy of iStockphoto, Takeout. traveler1116 In addition, Google is shuttering More About: Google, google Code Search on Jan. 15 and other buzz, google labs, Jaiku social media offerings, including
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How Non-Profits Are Using Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]

Zoe Fox (Mashable!)
correlation between social media savvy and an organizations net Submitted at 10/14/2011 12:18:00 PM worth. C r a i g s l i s t f o u n d e r t u r n e d The deal is, its not about money, philanthropist Craig Newmark set its about getting people to talk out to discover which U.S. non- with each other to make peoples profits were the most effective lives better, says Newmark, who social media users. It turns out, now focuses his energies on his there doesnt appear to be a non-profit craigconnect, which
seeks to maximize the use of online tools for the common good. Its difficult to pinpoint social media savvy through numbers, although the study compares a variety of metrics. While most of the stats focus on Twitter use, the infographic also evaluates LinkedIn, YouTube and RSS
feeds. Are you surprised that money doesnt necessarily result in social media success? Let us know what you think in the comments. More About: craig newmark, CRAIGSCONNECT, non-profits, Social Good, Social Media For more Social Good coverage:
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Energy companies in profits row

(Evening Standard - News)
Submitted at 10/14/2011 4:09:07 AM
14 Oct 2011 Energy companies have been hit by a new storm over prices after it was claimed their average profit per customer had jumped to 125 a year. Regulator Ofgem's latest price report indicated profits on a standard dual fuel deal had risen from 15 in June following a spate of price hikes in recent weeks. The average dual fuel bill now costs 1,345 and although Ofgem expects profit margins to drop next year, chief executive Alistair Buchanan said it was "not the case" that customers could be confident that prices are "being set by companies competing in a fully competitive market". Rising wholesale prices have been cited by suppliers for the recent spate of tariff hikes and while Ofgem said such prices had risen by 40% to 115 per customer over the past year, it added that a combination of
confusing tariffs, poor behaviour from energy suppliers and lack of transparency meant that "radical change" was still needed in the sector. As a first move, a new simplified standard tariff will be introduced. There are more than 400 different tariffs available at present but in future firms will have to offer a no-frills version featuring just the unit price for energy used and the standing charge. Energy firms hit back at Ofgem's claims and said the methods used by the regulator to calculate their profit margins were wrong. Perth-based SSE said it "did not recognise in any way" Ofgem's calculation of profits of 125 for a dual fuel domestic customer and estimated the figure for its own customers at 62, and British Gas also said Ofgem was wrong and its methodology "flawed". Energy Secretary Chris Huhne, who is due to meet energy companies, consumer groups and the regulator on Monday to ensure that households are given help in saving money on their energy
bills this winter, welcomed Ofgem's review proposals, which could come into force by next winter. He said: "Both the Government and Ofgem are working to boost transparency in billing and increase competition in the energy market to help keep prices down." Consumer Focus chief executive Mike O'Connor said: "Consumers are faced with a thicket of energy tariffs that can seem designed to confuse all but the most persistent and numerate consumers. More than 60 new tariffs have appeared so far this year, despite all the pressure for fewer and simpler tariffs." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Killer weeps over images of Jo body

suffered while Miss Yeates was still alive, he said. Submitted at 10/13/2011 9:54:25 PM Andrew Mott, a forensic officer 14 Oct 2011 who reached the scene after police Vincent Tabak has wept in the arrived shortly after 9am, told d o c k a s a j u r y w a s s h o w n how he tried to prevent Miss harrowing images of Joanna Yeates's body thawing out. Yeates's strangled body. Tabak's QC, William Clegg, The 33-year-old covered his face questioned why photographs were with his hands as close-up not taken of a broom being used pictures of her injuries were to arrange straps underneath the shown on big screens. body so her body could be taken Close-up shots of her face from away. p o s t - m o r t e m e x a m i n a t i o n s "I can't comment on why that was showed her with blood-stained the case," Mr Mott said. short blonde hair. Red bruise "The straps that we used are marks were shown on her neck hooked around the broom so it and chin. would have to be the straps that Mr Justice Field had warned the come into contact with the body." jury at Bristol Crown Court to This entry passed through the prepare for the images taken after Full-Text RSS service if this is the body was found by dog walker your content and you're reading it Daniel Birch. on someone else's site, please read As the pictures were shown to the the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentjury, pathologist Russell Delaney only/faq.php#publishers. Five told the jury of a host of injuries Filters featured article: A 'Malign found around her face and neck. Intellectual Subculture' - George Purple bruising above Miss M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , Yeates's right eye and a graze on Herman, Peterson, Pilger And her cheek were found by Dr Media Lens. Delaney, the court heard. Injuries on her nose and lip were also
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Liam Fox quits as Defence Secretary Perry Agrees: He's

Submitted at 10/14/2011 11:01:38 AM
14 Oct 2011 Liam Fox has resigned as Defence Secretary over his links with his close friend, lobbyist Adam Werritty. In a letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, Dr Fox said that he had "mistakenly" allowed the distinction between his personal interest and Government activities to become "blurred". "I have also repeatedly said that the national interest must always come before personal interest. I now have to hold myself to my own standard," he said. "I have therefore decided, with great sadness, to resign from my post as Secretary of State for Defence - a position which I have been immensely proud and honoured to have held." Philip Hammond has been appointed Defence Secretary with Justine Greening replacing him as Transport Secretary, according to sources. Mr Cameron paid tribute to the
"superb job" which Dr Fox had done at the Ministry of Defence. "I understand your reasons for deciding to resign as Defence Secretary, although I am very sorry to see you go," he said. "We have worked closely for these last six years, and you have been a key member of my team throughout that time." The announcement comes after days of damaging speculation over the relationship between Dr Fox and his 33-year-old best man and former flatmate. Mr Werritty was questioned for a second time on Friday by a senior official from the Cabinet Office as part of the Whitehall investigation headed by Sir Gus O'Donnell. Shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy said: "This was unavoidable and inevitable. Throughout these events I haven't called for Liam Fox's resignation but just the full truth. Governments must have rules and ministers must have standards. Liam Fox fell foul of the standards and he broke the rules. It was clear early on that he had
breached the Ministerial Code." Dr Fox telephoned Mr Cameron in his Oxfordshire constituency to inform him of his decision to resign. It is understood the Prime Minister had been prepared to let him carry on until Sir Gus had completed his inquiry - despite the prospect of another weekend of damaging headlines - before reaching a decision. There has been no suggestion Dr Fox profited personally in any way from the relationship, but there have been increasing questions as to what Mr Werritty and backers were getting from it. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Getting Picked on Because of His Faith

The Atlantic Wire (Politics : The Atlantic)
Submitted at 10/14/2011 12:36:27 PM
On Friday's Good Morning America, Rick Perry agreed with his wife Anita's remarks about the reasons for why his opponents are picking on him: his faith and his true conservatism. "I'll stand by my wife. I think she's right on both cases. My understanding is that she said I'm the most conservative candidate in the race and 'he's a Christian.' So I haven't got anything I can add to that and she's hit me on my mark both times there," he told George Stephanopoulos. Yesterday, Anita Perry was quoted by First Read saying: "We are being brutalized by our opponents, and our own party. So
much of that is, I think they look at him, because of his faith. He is the only true conservative ..." Read the full story at The Atlantic Wire. This article available online at: http://www.theatlantic.com/ politics/archive/2011/10/perryagrees-hes-getting-picked-onbecause-of-his-faith/246716/ This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Debates a Perry pile-on?

Ed Morrissey (Hot Air Top Picks)
debates since Rick Perry joined the field and found that the Texas governor has absorbed far and Submitted at 10/14/2011 11:45:21 AM away the most attacks from other R e p u b l i c a n s h a v e g r o w n candidates. frustrated that Mitt Romney Perry has been singled out for seems to be sailing towards the criticism 39 times about twice pole position in the primaries the combined total of Herman without having to offer much of a Cain (9), Jon Huntsman (5), Ron defense about RomneyCare or his Paul (4), Rick Santorum (1), record on other issues. If that Michele Bachmann (1), and Newt happens, dont blame Rick Perry. Gingrich (0) and 10 more than According to a new analysis of Mitt Romney (29). the last four debates by Eric Brutalized? Hardly. Perry rode Ostermeier at Smart Politics, into the race at the top of the polls Perry seems to be the only one on and remained there for the first the attack against Romney, while three of these debates, only everyone else has focused their sliding downward after the third rhetorical guns on Perry: debate in Orlando. If Perry Two days after her husband expected to get no questions about emerged battered from yet another his record in Texas, then he debate, Anita Perry confessed in a should have stayed out of the speech at South Carolinas North r a c e . B e s i d e s , a s m a n y Greenville University that, We commenters wrote last night in are being brutalized by our Allahpundits post, maybe they opponents. should try walking in the Palins And the data backs her up even shoes for a while to understand though the most recent New being brutalized. H a m p s h i r e d e b a t e f o u n d Perrys inability to coherently Governor Perry receiving fewer a n s w e r t h e s e a t t a c k s h a v e blows and all largely glancing c e r t a i n l y e m b o l d e n e d h i s ones at that compared to his first o p p o n e n t s , a l t h o u g h i t s three debate performances. instructive to see how they fared Smart Politics content analyzed f o r d o i n g s o . A p a r t f r o m the four Republican presidential Romney, whose numbers havent
changed much over this period of time, Perry got attacked most often by Rick Santorum, Jon Huntsman, and Michele Bachmann. Bachmann hoped to slow Perry down by attacking him in the debates, and she did, but shes crashed to the bottom in part because her attack on the vaccine mandate backfired so badly. Neither Santorum nor Huntsman have gained any momentum by attacking Perry. There were 22 attacks by this group on Perry but only 13 on Romney and ten of those came from Huntsman. While Bachmann has positioned herself as the Tea Party banner carrier and ObamaCare warrior, she has only attacked Romney once in four debates. Romney has been challenged a total of 29 times in four debates, and 22 of those came from Hunstman and Perry. No one pays that much attention to Huntsman, who clearly isnt going to provide much of a contrast to Romney anyway, and Perry has come across as incoherent and ineffective in many of these attacks. Perry has hardly bothered with the rest of the field, with 13 of his 15 attacks going against Romney (the other
two were Herman Cain and Rick Santorum), and Romney has been similarly focused, with 14 attacks, 12 on Perry and one each also against Cain and Santorum. Who have been the most negative and how has it helped them? Huntsman has gone the most negative with 19 attacks against everyone but Gingrich, Ron Paul, and Santorum. Santorum has been attacking everyone except Bachmann and Gingrich, coming in second at 18 attacks. In contrast, Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich have been the most positive, issuing only 4 attacks each and that may be why recent polling shows both men moving up the ladder, Gingrich less spectacularly than Cain, at least in New Hampshire: Romney leads all the candidates on the primary election ballot with 41%. Former Godfathers Pizza CEO Herman Cain has rocketed into second place with 20%. And Texas Congressman Ron Paul places third with 10%. All other candidates were in single digits. Apart from Cain, the candidate to see the most impressive gains is former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. After months of being
upside down, Gingrich has improved his image rating to even. He is viewed favorable and unfavorably by 45%. Two months ago, Gingrich was viewed unfavorably by a 2-to-1 margin. Going positive will do that, even if Gingrich has too much baggage to get much farther in the race. Romney knows this as well, which is why almost all of his attacks came in response to Perrys ascent in the polls, and why in the last debate Romney acted as though Perry didnt exist. Thanks to the efforts of his competitors to pile on Perry, Romney has mostly escaped any serious and/or effective attacks which may be why conservatives have been so frustrated to see him sailing towards that pole position as the man to beat in January. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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MSNBC analyst: The OWS movement really needs a Kent State moment
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abiding protesting by conservatives distasteful. Speaking of provocateurs, Submitted at 10/14/2011 11:05:45 AM though, Andrew Breitbart and his Well, why not? After all, weve team have a cache of social-media already had the spitting-on-the- communications from Occupy military moment, the defecate-on- Movement and Day of Rage the-car moment, the call-for- o r g a n i z e r s , a n d w a n t s t h e violent-revolution moment, and a blogosphere to crowd-source the whole bunch of anti-Semitic data to unveil any repulsive moments, too. Donny Deutsch motives high-spirited hijinks tells Morning Joe this morning involved: that the Occupy Movement needs Then, at the end of August, we to grow up by getting someone w e r e a l e r t e d b y a f e l l o w shot by The Man, or something, researcher that information about just like at Kent State (via JWF): USDoR (U.S. Day of Rage, to Charming. Joe Scarborough and which Occupy Wall Street is Mika Brzezinski react not by connected) had been posted on telling Deutsch that wishing for Shamuk and Al-Jahad, two Althat kind of moment is rather Qaeda recruitment sites. We grotesque and ghoulish, but by began to take the Occupy warning police around the country protest more seriously, and that they should be careful about dedicated more time to research provocateurs trying to make and monitoring. Deutschs wish come true ( see Days later, Anonymous update). Im sure they appreciate announced that it would be the heads-up on that, Joe. r e l e a s i n g i t s n e w D D O S Deutsch later says that hes (Distributed Denial of Service) repulsed by the Tea Party, but at tool. Because of the Al-Qaeda least the movement is grown posting, we contacted the New up. Apparently Deutsch isnt York Field Office of the FBI so repulsed by anti-Semitism and t h e y c o u l d i n v e s t i g a t e t h e calls for violent revolution by potential threat. From that point featured speakers at the rallies, on, we decided we needed to but somehow finds all that law- include the Human Element of
Intelligence (HUMINT), and to infiltrate the protestors to map their ties to Anonymous, and to the postings on Shamuk and AlJahad. A few of us had attended several of the pre-protest meet-ups and training classes. The Civil Disobedience training was taught by Elliot Smokey Madison, a New York-based anarchist who is a member of the Peoples Law Collective, a voluntary group that advises protesters on legal issues arising from their actions. The Media training was taught by Vlad Teichberg, a New York based anarchist who is a member of the Glass Bead Collective, an artistic activist group. After attending these meetings and socializing with those present, several of our team members were added to all the mailing lists of the Occupy group. That is how we created the email archive that we are sharing with you (see below). In addition to the involvement of socialists, anarchists, and other radicals, the emails also reveal heavy union involvement from the beginning of the Occupy movement, as well as discussion about the role of the Democratic Party, and how
the movement should respond to President Barack Obama. The emails also reveal that the Occupation attempted to provoke the New York Police Department prior to some of the clashes that occurred with activists. Be sure to check out how you can help vet the communications over at Big Government. Update: To be fair, one commenter points out that Mika slaps at Deutsch, although its not clear that this comment provoked it. Later, Scarborough says that Deutsch jumped the shark with this comment. You know, MSNBC bounced Mark Halperin for calling Barack Obama a dick on Morning Joe. Will Deutsch get a similar response? This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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CBS: Dont forget Grenadewalker, too

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Well, heres CBS Sharyl Attkisson again, being all unreasonable by reporting that the ATF let thousands of grenades cross the border into Mexico at roughly the same time the Mexican drug cartels were using grenades to blow up a casino and kill dozens of people. But hey, its not as if they could have stopped Jean Baptiste Kingery, right? Er CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson, who has reported on this story from the beginning, said on The Early Show that the investigation into the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)s so-called Fast and Furious operation branches out to a case involving grenades. Sources tell her a suspect was left to traffic and manufacture them for Mexican drug cartels. Police say Jean Baptiste Kingery, a U.S. citizen, was a veritable grenade machine. Hes accused of
smuggling parts for as many as 2,000 grenades into Mexico for killer drug cartels sometimes under the direct watch of U.S. law enforcement. Law enforcement sources say Kingery could have been prosecuted in the U.S. twice for violating export control laws, but that, each time, prosecutors in Arizona refused to make a case. CBS describes this as a new twist, but thats not completely true. The grenade trade first came to light in July, although in a different context. A former CIA agent said that the Obama administration sold weapons directly to the Zetas cartel, including grenades and other military weaponry. The implication seemed to be that the State Department was playing on the side of the Zetas while the ATF and DoJs programs ended up benefiting the Sinaloa cartel, which would be about as inept and incoherent a strategy for stabilizing Mexico as anyone could imagine. In this case, though, the ATF also allowed thousands of grenades to
cross the border rather than stop the man trafficking them, even as grenades became the weapon of choice for the cartels. Why? Most people following Fast & Furious assume that the Obama administration wanted to discredit gun sellers as a means to build support for tougher gun-control laws, which certainly seems to be the only reason to let those guns get into the hands of the cartels especially without letting the Mexican government in on the operation. That doesnt fit with grenades, though; to my knowledge, there isnt a movement in the US to allow lawabiding citizens to stock up on pineapple poppers. Why not stop Kingery? Youll love this answer: The prosecutors already the target of controversy for overseeing Fast and Furious, wouldnt comment on the grenades case. U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke recently resigned and his assistant, Emory Hurley, has been transferred. Sources say Hurley is the one who let Kingery go, saying grenade parts are
novelty items and the case lacked jury appeal. Novelty parts? Remind me not to get into a practical-joke contest with Emory Hurley. The Mexican government ended up shutting down Kingerys whoopie-cushion business with parts for a thousand grenades, and reportedly admitted to training the cartels to build the grenades themselves. If its unreasonable to report on this story, is it at least reasonable to ask whether the ATF had a policy to arm one cartel as a matter of policy? Because thats the only rational reason I can see for allowing grenade trafficking to continue while merely watching from the sidelines. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Picture of the Day: A Mustached President? AMI Votes Yes.

Chris Good (Politics : The Atlantic)
entails, the AMI fights for mustache-related causes across the land -- most notably a tax Submitted at 10/14/2011 11:56:49 AM exclusion for Mustached The American Mustache Institute Americans, who allegedly have to (AMI) has endorsed Herman Cain buy more grooming supplies than for president of the United States. regular people. In a mostly shaven race, there If elected, Cain would be the first weren't any other mustached mustachioed president since options. William Howard Taft, who served Committed to the advancement in the White House from 1909of upper-lip coverage and the 1913. "sexually adventurous lifestyle" it "AMI is fully confident that the
support of the Mustached American community will buoy his presidency," AMI Chairman
and self-proclaimed nuclear mustachologist Aaron Perlut told The Atlantic. Image credit: American Mustache Institute This article available online at: http://www.theatlantic.com/ politics/archive/2011/10/pictureof-the-day-a-mustached-president -ami-votes-yes/246714/ This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it
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Google to launch MP3 store in coming weeks?

Amar Toor (Engadget)
Apple unveils iTunes Match, at the end of this month. It remains to be seen, however, whether Big Details are still scarce here, but G w i l l b e a b l e t o f i n a l i z e the New York Times is reporting negotiations with record labels that Google is about to launch a and publishers before launching new MP3 store, as part of its the initiative in earnest -- a ongoing foray into the music p o t e n t i a l l y m a j o r h u r d l e , business. According to sources considering Google's recent track within the industry, the platform, record. As you may recall, not surprisingly, would be directly previous negotiations over a linked to Google Music Beta and proposed locker-type storage may launch within the next few service ultimately broke down weeks -- perhaps even before earlier this year, amid concerns
Submitted at 10/14/2011 1:04:00 PM
over licensing and illegal filesharing. As one label executive told the Times, the recording industry desperately wants to
"make sure the locker doesn't become a bastion of piracy." An MP3 store, of course, isn't exactly a radical proposal, but its future
will likely hinge upon Google's ability to mend relations with a sector it recently characterized as " unreasonable and unsustainable." Google to launch MP3 store in coming weeks? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| The New York Times| Email this| Comments
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Panoramic ball camera gives a full 360-view of you nervously throwing it in the air (video)
Mat Smith (Engadget)
big question is, can it survive a few rounds of keepie-uppie? You can take a closer look at the ball Yes, it isn't the first ball camera camera's 36 x two megapixel we've seen, nor is it the first images in the video below. Now, camera to hawk 360-degree do you think there's any chance of panoramas. But, the Throwable getting one for the next Engadget Panoramic Ball Camera marries meet-up? these two concepts together, and Continue reading Panoramic ball packs them into a sturdy-looking camera gives a full 360-view of sphere made mostly of foam. This you nervously throwing it in the shields the 36 fixed-focus phone air (video) camera modules, each capable of Panoramic ball camera gives a taking two megapixel snapshots. full 360-view of you nervously These are then stitched together to throwing it in the air (video) create full panoramic works like originally appeared on Engadget the shot above. Somewhere within on Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:47:00 t h a t s q u i s h y c o r e i s a n EDT. Please see our terms for use accelerometer to measure the apex of feeds. Permalink| Jonas Pfeil| of its flight, and where the camera Email this| Comments array will capture its image. The
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Boxee Box adds music streaming from Spotify, just press play
Richard Lawler (Engadget)
Submitted at 10/14/2011 1:26:00 PM
favorites with no problem, however if you don't have playlists set up there's no way to Today the Boxee Box becomes search or pull in songs from the next media streamer in the US d i f f e r e n t s o u r c e s . S t i l l , (after the WDTV Live and Live considering how difficult it is to Hub) to add support for Spotify's throw a party with more than one s t r e a m i n g m u s i c l i b r a r y . participant around your laptop, Assuming you have a premium this should be the perfect way to subscription at the ready (free and take your dubstep playlist to the unlimited passes won't cut it, big speakers. And maybe invite consider this the same as access some other people. on a smartphone) all you need do Boxee Box adds music streaming is log in and your personally from Spotify, just press play curated selections from the originally appeared on Engadget company's catalog of sounds is on Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:26:00 available in your home theater. EDT. Please see our terms for use We gave it a quick try on our own of feeds. Permalink| Spotify, system and found it synced our Boxee| Email this| Comments

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