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Video: Yanukovych
Victor Yanukovych heads for Ukrainian set to become
presidency Ukrainian president
(World news and comment
by Luke Harding (World news had put him up to four points postponed a scheduled news closed her aides had accused from the Guardian |
and comment from the ahead. conference. Yanukovych of "open banditry guardian.co.uk)
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) International monitors described Claiming victory on Sunday and terrorism", claiming that her
Submitted at 2/8/2010 7:51:07 AM
Submitted at 2/8/2010 7:51:07 AM the vote as "professional, night, Yanukovych said in a TV election observers had been
transparent and honest" and interview: "I think Yulia barred from 1,000 polling The opposition leader appeared
• E a r l y r e s u l t s p u t r i v a l called on the country's political Tymoshenko should prepare to stations in the eastern Donetsk to be -heading for a remarkable
Tymoshenko three points behind leaders to ensure a peaceful resign. She understands that region. Yanukovych's Regions comeback, showing a three-point
• International monitors praise transition of power. well." He said his priority as party rejected this. lead over his bitter rival, the
' i m p r e s s i v e d i s p l a y ' o f The observers, headed by the president would be to restore the Hundreds of Yanukovych prime minister, Yulia
democracy Organisation for Security and Co economy: "I will carry out the supporters took to the streets of Tymoshenko
Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine's -operation in Europe, said: reforms that will allow us to Kiev and set up camp outside
Russia-leaning opposition leader, " Y e s t e r d a y ' s v o t e w a s a n overcome soon the consequences Ukraine's central election
is on course to become the impressive display of democratic of the economic crisis." commission building, an echo of
country's president, with early elections. For everyone in Describing the vote as a "turning the protests against him during
results indicating a three-point Ukraine this election was a point in our country's history", the revolution on Kiev's ADVERTISEMENT:
lead over his bitter rival, the victory. It is now time for the he said he would pursue policies Independence Square five years (BloggingStocks)
p r i m e m i n i s t e r , Y u l i a country's political leaders to that helped all Ukrainians and ago.
Tymoshenko. listen to the people's verdict and not favour one geographical area. • Ukraine Submitted at 2/8/2010 10:00:00 AM

Yanukovych, the villain of the make sure that the transition of "We don't need to find enemies
2004 Orange revolution, power is peaceful and in our country. We need to unite Luke Harding
appeared to be -heading for a c o n s t r u c t i v e . " together," he said. guardian.co.uk© Guardian
remarkable comeback. With The verdict undermined Tymoshenko said on Sunday News & Media Limited 2010 |
more than 98% of the vote T y m o s h e n k o ' s c h a n c e s o f night that her opponent's slender Use of this content is subject to
c o u n t e d , r e s u l t s s h o w e d succesfully appealing against the lead in exit polls was "within the our Terms & Conditions| More
Yanukovych with 48.6%, against result in court. On Sunday night margin of error … it is too soon Feeds
45.81% for his long-time rival she refused to concede defeat, to draw any conclusions". Even
Tymoshenko. Earlier exit polls but she remained silent today and before polling stations had

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Gay rights groups attack FA delay over anti-homophobia film

by Owen Gibson (World news of the FA's dissolution of the awaited and much needed video was scathing about the clip's video meant that it had
and comment from the broad-based Tackling has raised grave concerns content and what it said about misjudged a significant moment.
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) Homophobia Working Group," regarding the FA's overall the attitudes at the top of English Piara Power, director of Kick It
Submitted at 2/8/2010 8:05:31 AM he added. approach to tackling football. Out, said the FA had "got
He said the group had helped homophobia." "Football can't shock fans out of themselves into a mess". "If they
FA says internet film will be implement many constructive It is believed that while the FA being bigots – this process had gone ahead as planned, I
released after further talks with initiatives to rid football of had signed off the script for the requires a highly strategic, multi- don't think any of this would
gay rights groups homophobia, but that members film, it only recently saw the modal approach, not to mention have happened and no one would
The Football Association's had now been replaced by a final version. It will consult more a significant investment," he be doubting their sincerity," he
c o m m i t m e n t t o t a c k l i n g "hand-picked, much smaller and widely and conduct focus group wrote on his blog, also criticising said. "As campaigners with a
homophobia in the game was less representative" group. "It no research before finally releasing the "cheap" £10,000 budget. long record of success of
today called into question by gay longer includes all interested it. "Ninety seconds of bad language tackling discrimination in
rights groups after the launch of stakeholders," he said. As yet, not a single high profile that will only be seen on the football we know our audience
a much-heralded film designed Last year, Ben Summerskill, footballer has followed the lead internet is not a solution to the well and are confident the film
t o c o n f r o n t t h e i s s u e w a s chief executive of Stonewall, of Welsh rugby union problems faced by football and will have the desired impact."
cancelled at the last minute. said the results of a survey international Gareth Thomas and the concept of trying to create a Power said gay rights groups,
Amid some unease about the showing that seven in 10 fans come out. 'viral video' to combat including OutRage, Stonewall
content of the hard-hitting had witnessed homophobic "I wouldn't expect a player to homophobia in football feels and the Gay Football Supporters
video, produced by advertising abuse proved that football was come out by himself but I don't crass at best." Network, were widely consulted
agency Ogilvy to a brief agreed "institutionally homophobic". see any reason why three or four He added: "I have reached out on the film's content.
b y t h e F A i t s e l f , f o o t b a l l The video shows a man abusing players shouldn't come out on numerous occasions to help "We also know that a film of this
diversity campaign group Kick It workmates, tube passengers and simultaneously. Players fear the Premier League, the Football kind cannot by itself solve the
O u t a n d g a y r i g h t s g r o u p a newspaper seller with gay rejection, but that fear is grossly Association and even UEFA problem of homophobia in
OutRage, Thursday's planned taunts, before doing the same at a exaggerated," said Tatchell. make the necessary changes to football. We intend to start an
launch of the film at Wembley football match. Captions make "Most fans are not homophobic bring them into the 21st century, active debate that will be
Stadium has been cancelled. the point that since homophobic and most sponsors would not but there is simply too much followed up by a series of other
The campaign had been in behaviour is not acceptable withdraw their support. But one denial in too many quarters to interventions, from within
development for almost two outside football stadiums, it of the problems is that players penetrate to the heart of the football and from within the
years and had been billed as a should not be acceptable within often feel they wouldn't receive problem in football." LGBT community."
key moment in an embryonic them either. The FA planned to wholehearted support from their Many of those attempting to An FA spokesman said it was
drive to tackle homophobia release the viral video via clubs. That has to change." force the game to face up to the "committed to its stated aims of
a m o n g p l a y e r s , f a n s a n d YouTube and its website. The decision has also sparked a issue liken the debate to that tackling homophobia in
administrators. According to Tatchell, FA debate within the gay community which surrounded racism in football". He added: "After
"This last-minute cancellation is chairman Lord Triesman also about whether the shocking football grounds 25 years ago, consultation with our Tackling
a big disappointment. It has planned to send a copy to clubs video was the right strategy. with some clubs and players Homophobia Working Group we
t h r o w n t h e F o o t b a l l with a personal plea to show it at Tatchell agreed that Ogilvy's refusing to admit there is a have now produced a viral film
Association's commitment to half time in stadiums and send approach was effective but said problem. which will form part of our
t a c k l i n g h o m o p h o b i a i n t o out the film to overseas football he would have preferred a more Tatchell said the FA deserved overall strategy. We will now
d i s a r r a y , " s a i d O u t R a g e associations. "uplifting, MTV-style" video credit for some of the work it has enter a final stage of consultation
campaigner Peter Tatchell. The Justin Campaign – named featuring high-profile players done in educating coaches and and will shortly be in a position
"Contrary to what the FA is now after the only openly gay top- and criticised the FA for not referees, and ensuring that to announce the next stage of the
saying, the video and strategy flight footballer, the late Justin doing more to sign them up. homophobic abuse within
was agreed nearly two years ago. F a s h a n u – s a i d : " T h e But John Ameachi, the gay grounds results in ejection or GAY page 5
This postponement comes on top postponement of this long former NBA basketball player, arrest, but its hesitation over the
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The real no-go area in Brussels | Khaled Diab

by Khaled Diab (World news In addition to idle musings this talk of zero tolerance, of all engage with the youth and unemployment can be as high as
and comment from the about who polices the police respect has reached zero level. offer them alternative 50%. Unsurprisingly, this chasm
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) during such a protest, I wondered We need a public debate, but one perspectives," he said. can often lead to feelings of
Submitted at 2/8/2010 8:03:35 AM whether the Belgian capital's based on mutual respect and Gijssen and others with resentment on one side of the
image is deserved and whether acceptance." grassroots experience see the wealth divide and fear on the
Belgian media hysteria over m o r e d r a c o n i a n s e c u r i t y The sense of disillusionment is fixation on security aspects of other.
c r i m e a n d c a l l s f o r z e r o - measures are really the answer. pervasive, especially in the Brussels question as short- "In places like Kuregem, young
tolerance policing miss the real According to available statistics, Kuregem, which is regularly sighted and even people have very little or
issue – social exclusion in the B r u s s e l s h a s , b y n o r t h e r n portrayed as some kind of urban counterproductive. Instead of nothing, and not much of a
inner city European standards, a high petty "war zone". Eric Gijssen, a video attacking the symptoms with a future to look forward to,"
Among Belgians, Brussels has crime rate and it is top of the artist and social worker who has fist of steel, what is required is explains Gijssen. "One thing is
something of a reputation for European league when it comes lived in Brussels for two decades treatment of the root causes: essential: more investment."
being an unsafe city where to domestic burglaries but is one and works with young people in poverty and social exclusion. But rather than investing more,
criminals of Moroccan and other of the safest capitals in the world Kuregem to help them find their While it is not inevitable that the authorities have been
immigrant extractions rule its – and possibly the safest in voice through the medium of poverty will lead to crime, siphoning off funds from
m e a n s t r e e t s a n d c e r t a i n Europe– when it comes to film, has noticed a growing ignoring the strong correlation community projects in Kuregem
neighbourhoods are no-go areas, violent crime, particularly apathy among his charges. between the two is disingenuous and other poorer neighbourhoods
not only for law-abiding citizens murder. And despite the current "The youth I work with and other and an easy way for politicians in Brussels and, at a time when
but also for the police. media stampede, in the first half locals are becoming increasingly and society to cop out of their everyone is feeling the pinch of
Three recent incidents, including of 2009 Brussels registered the apathetic," he said. This is a far responsibilities to create the economic crisis, immigrant
a dramatic one in which a police lowest crime rate in almost a cry from the active and engaged opportunities for the neighbourhoods have fallen off
o f f i c e r w a s s h o t w i t h a decade. young people we met some years marginalised. the political radar when it comes
Kalashnikov during a getaway Like many Brussels residents, ago at the Alhambra centre who In Brussels, the contrast to employment and education.
after a thwarted armed robbery, my wife and I lived for years were keen to challenge between wealth and poverty is "If jobs and other opportunities
have confirmed this perception without problems beyond some stereotypes and misperceptions. extremely stark. As the country's are found, then this security
in the minds of many. minor annoyances, on the edge "They no longer believe this will main economic dynamo, problem will vanish," Kamal told
The predictable media frenzy – of what is regarded as one of the make a difference, and have Brussels has a per-capita GDP me. "We need to combat social
with a tone that would be c i t y ' s m o r e d a n g e r o u s turned their backs on the media that is 233% that of the EU exclusion through better socio-
familiar to a British audience – n e i g h b o u r h o o d s . to find their own information average. However, most of the economic integration."
about street crime and the need The public debate, carrying as it sources and forums online," wealth generated in the city is • Belgium
for "zero tolerance" followed hot d o e s r a c i a l a n d r e l i g i o u s Gijssen added. earned by people who live in its
on the heels of the tragic undertones, has not surprised While he acknowledges that plusher suburbs or who commute Khaled Diab
shooting, and voices of reason locals in Brussels's problem there are plenty of problems, he there from other towns. guardian.co.uk© Guardian
and nuance have been drowned a r e a s b u t i t h a s c a u s e d finds that the sensation-seeking In contrast, inner-city Brussels, News & Media Limited 2010 |
out. The police even took to the widespread disappointment. elements of the media and self- unlike most other capital cities, Use of this content is subject to
streets to call for more resources "The violence we hear about in serving politicians are only has the highest unemployment our Terms & Conditions| More
and pay, as well as stiffer the media is the exception and making a delicate situation rate in the country (17.6%) and, Feeds
sentences and faster judicial not the rule," Kamal, a 32-year- worse. "Instead of stigmatising according to Gijssen, in places
procedures. old Moroccan, told me. "With all entire communities, we must first like Kuregem, youth

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Afghanistan death toll matches Falklands as two British

soldiers die
by Matthew Weaver, Richard "Two of our comrades have been "imperative" for Britain to hold the UK, but in theatre our people General Wardak, the Afghan
Norton-Taylor (World news cruelly taken from us, but their its resolve after the latest continue resolutely and defence minister, said in a
and comment from the bravery and fortitude will not be casualties. "We should not forget courageously with the task of statement later: "I was deeply
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) forgotten". that each and every death of a assisting Afghans to build their saddened to hear of the death of
Submitted at 2/8/2010 7:43:55 AM The soldiers were not due to be member of our armed forces is a own future". the 255th UK serviceman who
involved in Operation tragedy of equal proportion," he US and British military paid the ultimate price on
Royal Scots Borderers killed by Moshtarak, the biggest offensive said. commanders have been briefing operations in Afghanistan. On
explosion on foot patrol as against Taliban-led insurgents in "We have seen an intense, hard openly about Operation behalf of the Afghan
Ministry of Defence warns of central Helmand, which is about and bloody period in Moshtarak clearly in the hope government, the ANSF and the
more casualties to be launched, the MoD said. Afghanistan but, as we prepare that Afghan people, I would like to
Two British soldiers have been Simon Weston, a Welsh to consolidate our progress with Taliban fighters will either lay offer our sincere condolences to
k i l l e d b y a n e x p l o s i o n i n Guardsman who suffered serious the launch of Operation down their arms or flee. Taliban the families and friends of all
southern Afghanistan, bringing burns when his troopship, Sir Moshtarak, it is imperative that fighters have said they intended those who have died".
the number to have died there Galahad, was bombed, said: "For we hold our resolve. The to defend the town of Marja, the Their sacrifice was not in vain,
equal to the death toll in the the Afghanistan death toll to national security of the UK and first target for US and Afghan he said. "The scourge of
Falkland war in 1982. reach that of the Falklands the safety of its citizens depends forces, with the help of foreign extremism and terrorism affects
The two soldiers, from The strikes me as very sad. It has on that". fighters. us all and we will continue to
Royal Scots Borderers, 1st taken a long time to get to this Ainsworth added: "Our presence Ainsworth has warned that confront it together. I look
Battalion The Royal Regiment of figure – over two years - and has in Afghanistan is vital in British -casualties were a "very forward to the day when the
Scotland, part of the 3 Rifles been very dramatic for our boys preventing it from once again real risk" during Operation Afghan security forces are able
B a t t l e G r o u p , d i e d i n a n and girls and the allies over becoming a haven for terrorists Moshtarak. "This is not a safe to take full responsibility for
explosion near Sangin, on there." who would seek to threaten the environment and it doesn't matter Afghanistan's security. We are
Sunday evening, the Ministry of He continued: "But you now UK. In taking the fight to the how much kit and equipment we trying very hard to make this day
Defence said. have to ask yourself how many insurgents, providing security provide for them, we cannot happen as soon as possible".
A t o t a l o f 2 5 5 B r i t i s h more are going to die – is it and hope for the Afghan people entirely make these -operations • Military
servicemen and women have going to exceed the figure of and building up their own risk-free", he said. • Afghanistan
d i e d s i n c e o p e r a t i o n s i n Northern Ireland even?" security forces, we will – and He said British commanders and
Afghanistan began in October He said the troops should not be must – succeed." Afghan forces had been talking Matthew Weaver Richard
2001. pulled out of Afghanistan if it Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock to disaffected Afghans in an Norton-Taylor
Lieutenant Colonel David meant a return to the Taliban's Stirrup, chief of the defence attempt to draw them away from guardian.co.uk© Guardian
W a k e f i e l d , s p o k e s m a n f o r hardline regime. "We can't let the staff, said the milestone would the insurgency. "This is not News & Media Limited 2010 |
British forces in Helmand, said: Taliban back in to conduct "attract attention" but the work about slaughtering people. This Use of this content is subject to
"They were on a foot patrol themselves the way they did of the troops would continue war will not be won by killing our Terms & Conditions| More
bringing security to local people before." regardless. Taliban, it will be won in the Feeds
near Patrol Base Wishtan when Bob Ainsworth, the defence He said: "Sad milestones such as hearts and the minds of the
the explosion caught them. secretary, said it was this naturally attract attention in Afghan people".

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Eat-onomics With Paul Willis of Niman Ranch

by Stephanie Schomer (Fast FC: What's the biggest FC: How do we move any today. So we were raising
Company) challenge facing sustainable food sustainable food into the the best pigs and getting farmers
Submitted at 2/8/2010 8:47:34 AM
right now? mainstream? the best price. All those things
PW: It's probably the PW: I think just continue to talk together? It became an important
Niman Ranch began in 1970 as commodity system that is in about it, continue to talk about option for people that wanted to
a small, eleven-acre farm raising place, and has been in place for the benefits of supporting stay in business.
humanely treated animals using quite a long time, that's based on farming systems, and ask where FC: What are the benefits of
all-natural feeds. Forty years h i g h - e n e r g y i n p u t s — f u e l , your food comes from, how it choosing your products?
later, Niman Ranch has grown chemicals, fertilizers. There are was raised. Everything from PW: It's the best eating product
into the largest network of lots of input costs and energy meat products, fruits, out there, and it supports small,
independent American farmers, costs. A big obstacle is the food vegetables—just be curious. Ask sustainable farms. It's raised
producing antibiotic-free meat system we have in place. What those questions. Support, in the without drugs, without
products that carry the reputation we need to look for in the future marketplace, what you believe antibiotics. All those things
of "the finest tasting meat in the is a sustainable agricultural in. wouldn't work if it didn't taste
world," and served at high-end system where the environmental, FC: How did Niman Ranch great, but it does.
restaurants such as Per Se. Paul social, and economic results are become the largest US network Fast Company: What did you
Willis joined Niman Ranch in all taken into consideration. It's of farmers and ranchers? eat for breakfast today?
1995 as a hog farmer working to not just about yield, it's not just PW: My farm was the first farm Paul Willis: I had a little bowl of
revitalize sustainable farming about dollars, but it's about in Iowa that was providing pigs granola that my neighbor made
methods in the Midwest. Today, taking into consideration long- to Niman Ranch, which was a and gave to me. Organic oats,
he manages a network of more term goals, and how the system the environment. For example, brand that has since become the nuts, and fruit.
than 500 family hog farmers, and a f f e c t s t h e c o m m u n i t i e s , the manure can be used as an network of farmers--it just came Read more of Eat-onomics, part
continues raising his own e n v i r o n m e n t s . asset, as a fertilizer, rather than down to the fact that I didn’t of our Inspired Ethonomics
animals. FC: What does Niman Ranch do being a waste product. have enough supplies, so I just series: Gary Hirshberg, CEO of
FC: What's your definition of to tackle that problem? I'm primarily involved with the was looking for friends and other Stonyfield Farm Paul Willis of
sustainable food? PW: We provide a market for network of hog farmers. Our farmers that were raising pigs in Niman Ranch Dave Corsi, VP of
PW: Food that has a minimal farmers that raise livestock with criteria, in the briefest definition, a similar manner. I created a Produce at Wegmans Roger
impact on the environment and high animal welfare standards are that the animals are raised in small network and we just Doiron, Founder of Kitchen
comes from healthy soils, is and are generally part of a pastures or deeply bedded pens. continued to expand. What was Gardeners International Mike
sustainable, and animals that are diversified farm. Most of our We allow the animals to live in happening was, the independent Yohay, CEO of Cityscape Farms
raised as humanely as possible farmers don't just raise livestock, groups with no liquid manure family farmers, without a
and allowed to exhibit their but also raise crops. That allows systems, and we pay attention to network like Niman, were just
natural behaviors. them to minimize the impact on the natural behaviors of animals. disappearing. There are hardly
6 Business/
Will Your Texting Policy Stand Up in Court?
by Minda Zetlin (Inc.com)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 4:39:00 AM
You have a mobile workforce,
so you issue mobile devices to
your employees. You pay for
their mobile service and make
sure their equipment is working.
Since it's intended for business,
you have the right to read
employees' text messages.
What's more, you have a policy
that says so, in so many words.
All employees must
acknowledge this policy when
receiving their Blackberry
devices or other smartphones.
Legally, you might think you're
well covered -- and you might be
wrong. In Ontario, Calif., police
officials reviewed an unusually
large number of texts sent by a
police sergeant named Jeff Quon.
They found hundreds of sexually
explicit texts. Quon sued,
arguing that his bosses had no
right to read the texts. The case
made its way up the food chain
to the Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals, which ruled in favor of
the cop. Recently, the U.S.
Supreme Court agreed to hear
the case, with a final ruling
expected this summer.
Whatever the court eventually
rules, this is unlikely to be the
last employment case involving
text messages, and employers
find themselves setting text and
other communications policies in
an increasingly confusing world.
"Technology is changing fast and
the courts are left to catch up,"
notes Jason C. Gavejian, an
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associate at Jackson Lewis LLP. weren't private. But a lieutenant because its clients' data is always
"The biggest challenge is the told Quon informally that if he highly confidential, OnSite
interplay between federal law, paid for any texts beyond the Consulting chose to route all e-
and state and local law," he adds. 25,000 characters a month on his mails and Blackberry messages
are some steps that may help:
"In one New Jersey case, the pager plan, no one would read through its own servers. "We
Have the right people create
courts ruled that employers have his texts. "You should have in worked with our general counsel
policy. "In many companies we
an obligation to make sure your policy that no one but a and did a lot of research,"
consult, these policies are set by
employees are not viewing child designated senior official of the Sinclair explains. "By default, if
an IT person," notes James
pornography. That requires company can change the policy," you're going through our server,
Sinclair, principal of OnSite
monitoring. Now the Supreme Miller says. you're accepting our terms and
Consulting, a hospitality industry
Court may rule that monitoring Train managers about the conditions, and the messages are
consulting firm that specializes
is illegal." If it does, the two policy. "You want to make sure automatically copied and
in helping financially troubled
rulings will be in direct conflict, managers get proper training so audited."
companies regain profitability.
and employers in New Jersey that when they inform employees This solution may become more
"I'm a big believer that these
will have to choose between about the policy they're doing it popular in the wake of the Quon
should be management
disobeying state and federal in a uniform fashion, consistent case: One of the questions at
decisions." Top management
courts. with what the company wants to issue is whether his employer
should set mobile
It should be clear by now that accomplish," Gavejian says. had the right to demand his text
communications policy, with
setting an appropriate policy Specify how equipment is to be messages from their pager
input from legal counsel.
governing the use of mobile used. This is a tricky question. company, and whether the pager
Update the policy often.
devices is a very serious You can't define unauthorized company was right in acceding
Especially any time you provide
business. But many small use too narrowly, Gavejian says. to that demand. OnSite's server is
employees with new types of
companies don't take it seriously For instance, if you write a rule hosted and maintained by a
devices. "One of the issues in the
enough, says Michael McAuliffe against sexually explicit text hosting provider, but it does
Quon case is that the police
Miller, partner in the labor and messages, it won't apply to physically belong to OnSite.
force's policy had been written to
employment group at Eckert sexually explicit images. Instead "We made it a priority and spent
apply to e-mail, not texts."
Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC. he suggests a rule that company a significant sum for a
Reduce expectation of privacy.
"The biggest mistake companies equipment be used only for technology we can't see or
"Employers should have a policy
make is that they have no policy business communications. At the directly use and that does not
that says employees have 'no
on texting and mobile same time, he acknowledges, contribute to our return on
reasonable expectation of
communications," he says. "Or such a rule may not be realistic. investment," Sinclair says. "But
privacy.' That's the key phrase,"
else, they have an off-the-shelf "You can't stop someone from it provides another layer of
Miller says. The policy should be
policy that they've downloaded sending a message home saying protection for our clients." It also
distributed to employees at
from the Internet. Then they're 'I'll be late for dinner,'" he notes. provides a real-world model of
regular intervals, and they should
inconsistent about enforcing the "I don't think there's one how to most safely handle
be asked to acknowledge their
policy, especially with universal policy everyone can employee communications. "We
agreement. "Some employers
employees everybody likes." apply. It has to be analyzed on a have to do it," Sinclair says. "We
make that consent interactive,"
Develop a policy on texting case-by-case basis, and can't walk in there as a
he adds. "It could be part of the
If the above is a good depending what technology consulting company and have a
employee's log-in process."
description of how not to handle you're using." less-than-perfect system
Specify who can change policy -
texting policy, what's the right Keep messages on your own ourselves."
- and who can't. In the Quon
way to do it, especially in light servers. This is a potentially
case, the police force had a
of the Quon case? Unfortunately, costly solution that isn't right for WILL page 8
formal policy that said texts
there's no one right way, but here every small company. But,
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Tech Life | Sima Diane Sistani

by Sima Sistani (Fast
Company)
Submitted at 2/7/2010 3:55:39 PM

Tech Life follows the daily

routines of the world's Fastest
movers and shakers to find out
what products make them click --
and scroll and surf, too.
Business Development |
Branded Entertainment | San
Francisco
Blackberry or iPhone: Both--one
for emails, and the other for fun.
I am on three phones all day--the
"crack"-berry (my blackberry
actually has a cracked screen),
iPhone, and my work landline
(no landline at home).
Alarm Clock: iPod alarm
(iHome Brand)--much better
wake-up call to have a little
music in your ear in the AM than
the heavy blare or BUZZ of a
gadget, so no Kindle for me I'll pull the trigger on the $599 (which displays my gChat just purchased it on Amazon for
traditional alarm clock. Currently
(famous last words). last minute deal to Iceland). Eat friends and internal chat in one S299.95).
I'm waking to Kate Nash Made
Tweets From the Fridge: In yogurt with almonds and berries place), and intermittent cups of Twitter or IM: My friends are all
of Bricks album but it's always
NYC I was a big fan of as I surf the Feed. green tea. Drop.io is the easiest spread out across the country so I
something sing-songy that gets
FreshDirect.com--I miss it Mac or PC: I'm a Mac, but I FTP site ever--upload and share use BBM (Blackberry
in my head for the rest of the
greatly in SF. I also heard Intel have daily frustrations sending deck; time for lunch. Messenger) to chat on the go,
day.
was working on an integrated presentations to colleagues and Most Visited Web site: and it helps me feels like they're
Black & Decker Toaster Oven,
Kitchen--your fridge tells you clients--Keynote doesn't translate Dictionary.com--texting has always around (I prefer that to
and Four Other Gadgets She
what your missing for grocery and the UX of Office for Mac is done nothing for my vocabulary! Facebook status updates because
Can't Live Without: iPod,
list or can recommend recipes for less than desirable. Thank LinkedIn for connections, and it allows for more candid
Macbook, Blackberry. I get my
what you do have! goodness for Adobe PDF or all Facebook for marketing discussion).
energy from fresh squeezed juice
RSS Feed of Champions: my presos would look deformed. inspiration--nothing like Multitasks: Demo'ing our latest
--a juicer is a must in the kitchen
Personalized start page created What Happens Between Phone Zeitgeist to get the creative mind iPhone application ad hoc, doing
(concoction of the week: kale,
on Netvibes runs through Calls: PowerPoint, Excel, wandering. QA and entering bugs in
pear, apple, carrot, lime)
everything branded viewing designs in Photoshop, Listening Habits: Pandora Bugzilla, calling our colleagues
Today's Papers: Newspapers,
entertainment, trend related, ad previewing our video online and NPR Podcasts (since I in the Tokyo office on Skype,
really? (sadly, no; but I'm guilt-
and mobile news, and some productions in QuickTime, don't have a car or radio). and using our internal Wiki and
ridden for being part of their
online guilty pleasures and examining flow charts for our Her Next Gagdet: Bose BaseCamp for status updates of
demise). On the go, I'm a fan of
updates like VitalJuice daily and latest campaign on Visio, SoundDock, $299.95 (update:
magazines - I still can't read TECH page 12
TravelZoo(I just know one day chatting internally using iChat writing this made me want it--I
more than an email or text on a
8 Business/
Making Cents of Social Media Tools
by Saumil Mehta (Inc.com)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 3:36:00 AM
Let's get this out of the way:
much like you, I too am sick of
every single "social media"
service that's going to magically
bring customers in the door and
turn them into lifetime fans of
your business. Ever since
Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn
became mainstream applications,
we've seen a torrent of entrants
into the social space that's
matched in number only by the
sheer volume of vapid celebrity
tweets on Twitter.But look
underneath the surface and
something interesting is truly
afoot. Consumers across the
globe are sharing media on
Twitter and Facebook, friending
relative strangers, becoming fans
of their cities and their favorite
shows on Facebook and talking
with their public officials on
Twitter. It seems obvious then,
that where consumers are,
business must follow.As a
business owner or manager,
where should you start? There
are several social media tools
that you can begin using right
away with low friction and great
upside. I have picked a few
select examples but this list only
scratches the surface. CoTweet:
Do you run a service business?
WILL
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Look at your bill and
Do you live and die by customer
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low-cost airline, you have most
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customers who are also on the
social network. CoTweet allows
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one company Twitter account
and engage obsessively with
your current and future
customers in a common voice.
You can also see what the
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Finally, you can even track all of
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hokey? Take a look at JetBlue's
rather active Twitter stream,
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SalesForce Chatter: You have
undoubtedly come across
SalesForce's myriad business
offerings over the last few years.
One of their latest is a slick
collaboration offering called
Chatter. Most small and mid-
sized businesses deal with
collaboration issues -- how do
you run a lean and efficient
business when your team is stuck
in a meeting vortex for half the
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already established a basic online http://service.yourcompany.com,
presence via a company website for example. This allows you to
that lists and/or sells all of your control the look and feel and
products online, a blog where maintain a seamless experience
their employees the same kinds
you discuss your tactical goings- for your customers. Companies
of social tools we all use to keep
on, and likely, Facebook/Twitter left and right are jumping in with
in touch with our friends around
pages where you engage with both feet. Check out a traditional
the globe. Chatter, for example,
actual customers. But what and established business -- Nike
is a piece of collaboration
happens when things go wrong -- that has overcome these
software that allows your
with customers? How do you qualms and is taking advantage
employees to "follow" each other
provide professional customer of social customer service. Nike
much like on Twitter or
service online in today's integrates GetSatisfaction on
Facebook. This way, employees
hothouse media environment? A their NikeRunning site, albeit
can stay constantly updated on
simple "Contact Us" page with a mostly for technology issues.So
projects that various colleagues
1-800 number simply won't do. what are you waiting for? Kick
are working on across teams and
Enter GetSatisfaction, a off 2010 with an aggressive
departments. Chatter also allows
thoughtful service that allows investment in a few, or all, of
team members to create groups
customers to report issues, start these tools. Saumil Mehta is a
instantaneously to discuss and
conversations and get in touch product fanatic at Kosmix and an
collaborate on deals they are
with your customer service reps all-around Internet business
working on together. Users can
painlessly. In a nutshell, the geek. He tweets with nary a hint
post files, talk deal strategy and
service provides your customers of self-promotion at @saumil
competition, and get on the same
a simple online interface to ask and blogs about technology and
page without more dreadful
questions and report problems. personal rants at
meetings. The key point here is
Your service reps can now http://bitbubble.wordpress.com
that different members of your
maintain an official online Advertisement: Comcast
team can engage with the stream
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customers' most pressing issues. Look at your bill and
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Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: GreenLogic
Energy
by Lauren Folino (Inc.com)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 7:29:00 AM
As applications for the 2010 Inc.
500 | 5000 arrive, we thought it
would be worthwhile to shine a
spotlight on some of the
companies that are vying to
appear on our ranking of the
fastest-growing private
companies in the U.S. (For more
information and to apply, go to
http://www.inc.com/inc5000appl
y/2010/.) One that caught our
eye was Southampton, New
York-based GreenLogic
Energy.Founded in 2005,
GreenLogic works with homes,
businesses and municipalities
from New York City to the tip of
Long Island to install and
maintain the best alternative
energy solutions. According to
GreenLogic co-founder and
managing director Marc Cléjan,
his company works to eliminate
both the financial and
environmental burdens of typical
power sources.“We refer to
ourselves as technology
integrators,” Cléjan says. “We
don’t build anything, but we
search out the best products in
the market and bring them to our
How CoverItLive failed users during iPad unveiling
by Rafe Needleman
(Webware.com)
Business/ Popular News/ Tech/
of referrals, which currently
accounts for about 60 percent of
their business. GreenLogic’s
product systems also have 25-
year warrantees, and drastically
cut down not only the financial
aspect of energy, but on carbon
dioxide emissions, too. As a
result of installing these
combined technologies, Cléjan
says that 25 percent of his
company’s nearly 450 clients
have no energy costs
whatsoever. “When you take the
full value of everything, it adds
up to $50 million savings for
customers, financially,” Cléjan
says. “On environmental costs,
the equivalence of carbon
dioxide reduction would be if we
went out and planted 1,000 acres
of trees. Customers are signing
clients.” The GreenLogic team heating, cooling, cooking, and in up because this makes sense.”
uses several types of the near future, even Advertisement: Comcast
technologies to eliminate t r a n s p o r t a t i o n , ” C l é j a n Business Class
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solar photovoltaic (VP) and solar 2009, GreenLogic grew from find out how much your
thermal systems, wind turbines, having only 100 clients to 486, business can save
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Authorities Investigate
Possible Airport
Security Breach
(FOXNews.com)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 7:35:14 AM
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A portion of a terminal at
Detroit Metropolitan Airport was
evacuated after authorities say a
man walked through a passenger
screening checkpoint and refused
to comply with security officers.
The Transportation Security
Administration says the
passenger failed to stop about
7:45 a.m. Monday at the
McNamara Terminal. Airport
spokesman Mike Conway says
the man was arrested by airport
police and was being questioned.
Conway says the man's vehicle
was located at the airport in
suburban Detroit, and it was
searched and towed.
Conway says security doors
were lowered at the terminal
between the security area and the
concourse, and people in that
area were evacuated. He says
security screening resumed about
an hour later.
People evacuated from the
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China Busts Nation's Biggest Hacking School ... for Google's

Sake?
by Kit Eaton (Fast Company) caught. gain, rather than any kind of
Submitted at 2/8/2010 8:46:44 AM What exactly were these guys national/geopolitical reasons.
up to? It seems that their main Conspiracy theorists will of
China can't seem to keep out of crime isn't so much hacking course point out that this new
the news about hacking and themselves, but running a report is curiously timely, and
cyberwar can it? The country's subscription site which provided that might even reflect a certain
police have scored a positive sophisticated tools like trojans amount of former blind-eye
news report, however: They've and account-hijacking code. turning towards the hacking
closed down the nation's biggest They also ran training sessions in group by the authorities. And the
hacker training school. It does which they'd show other coders only way to detect the
raise some questions though. how to write malicious code. significance of this police action
The action went down in Hubei Over the years of operation, is to measure if there's a
province in Central China, and Black Hawk attracted some markedly reduced incidence of
three people were arrested and a 17,000 VIP members, 140,000 cyber attacks both inside and
pile of money and other assets free-access members and had outside China in the coming
were seized. The three were made a haul of the equivalent of weeks--a statistic that's not
responsible for running the Black just over a million dollars in necessarily the easiest thing to
Hawk Safety Net, allegedly, and membership fees. And that's biggest site, there must be others, China really does have a large measure.
t h e y ' r e f a c i n g c h a r g e s o f actually pretty amazing--it and they may be of a similar corps of young code-happy [Via ChinaDaily]
providing online hacking code to implies that there's an active scale. hackers, that might be capable of
others--a new offense in China. hacker base numbering in the The concept of a hacking school organizing group attacks on
It all stems back to a cyberattack hundreds of thousands just from is, by itself, an intriguing one, foreign interests. This news
i n 2 0 0 7 , w h i c h r e v e a l e d this one site, and though the particularly in the light of the article implies that the
connections to Black Hawk media is labeling Black Hawk as ongoing Google-versus-Chinese- subscribing Black Hawk hackers
when some of the suspects were what's "believed to be" the government spat. It implies that were in the game for personal

Insurance Companies to See Hot Cat Bond Market

by Tom Johansmeyer
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 9:30:00 AM
Filed under: Deals, Goldman
Sachs Group (GS) The
catastrophe bond market will be
heating up over the next few
months, thanks to a combination
of favorable market conditions
and new investors. Michael
Halsband, Vice President at
Goldman Sachs ( GS), said to linked securities] sector," Insurance Companies to See Hot
Reuters that the cat bond continuing, "In addition, we Cat Bond Market originally
issuance market got off to an believe between $1.5 and $2.5 appeared on BloggingStocks on
early start in January, despite the billion of new capital has flowed Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:30:00
fact that the first quarter is into dedicated ILS funds and EST. Please see our terms for
usually rather quiet. This follows along with the $2.7 billion of use of feeds. Read| Permalink|
the recent closing of the year's maturities. Around $5 billion Email this| Comments
first cat bond, Foundation Re III, will be available to be put to
by The Hartford ( HIG). work in the cat bond sector."
According to Halsband, "From mature and most of that is Continue reading Insurance
January to June this year, $2.7 expected to be placed straight Companies to See Hot Cat Bond
billion of transactions will back into the ILS [ insurance- Market
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Behind the Letterman-
The Best Smartphone Apps for Business Oprah-Leno Super
(Inc.com) startling phone calls in the Bowl commercial
Submitted at 2/7/2010 1:00:54 PM middle of an important meeting. (Holy Kaw!)
Using GPS, Locale lets you
Submitted at 2/7/2010 7:07:00 PM
DataViz lets you create and edit choose your phone settings based
Word and Excel files and on your most common locations,
Considering the recent
PowerPoint presentations, and then switches to that setting
controversies in late night
view PDF documents. A free automatically when you enter the
television, what a surprise to see
version lets you view Word and area. Cost: $9.99
Letterman, Oprah, and Leno
Excel documents. Cost: $14.99 Receive IMs and updates from
sitting around for a Super Bowl
This app, by Burrotech, lets you AIM, Yahoo, Google Talk, MSN
commercial. The New York
use your phone's camera to scan Messenger, ICQ, Skype, Twitter
Times explains how the
contracts, receipts, and other and Facebook users all through
commercial came to be and how
documents as full-color PDFs one program called Fring. Fring
the talk show stars had to sneak
and e-mail them to your desktop. consolidates all of your
around New York City in order
Cost: $14.99 messenger clients into one
to keep the surprise. Believe it or
See what your customers really mobile app so you can chat with
not, the spot took only 20 or 30
think about you with GPS-based multiple people on multiple
minutes to shoot!
app Loopt, which shows you programs in one place - and on-
Read the full blog post at The
where you're nearby friends -- or the-go. Cost: Free
New York Times.
customers -- are on an interactive Need a graphic designer in the
More NY Times headlines.
map and displays their Yelp New York City area? Send out a
swap info simply by tapping life. WaveSecure takes a little of r e q u e s t o n W h o s H e r e , a Permalink| Leave a comment »
ratings. Cost: Free
Seesmic neatly groups all your their phones together. Cost: Free the edge off by allowing you to p r o x i m i t y - b a s e d s o c i a l
Twitter timelines in one screen. Conference via text message remotely lock the device, track networking app for iPhone, that
The coolest feature: the ability to with TextPLUS, which enables the SIM card, and back up any connects people using queries
customize alerts, so you will be users to text up to 20 people at data so you won’t lose any and then allows you to make free
notified only when specific once. It's a fast and cheap way to precious info or contacts. Cost: text messages or calls to them.
tweets are posted. Cost: Free c o m m u n i c a t e w i t h y o u r About $7 for every 3 months, Cost: Free
Quickly exchange contact employees and colleagues. Cost: $21 for one year. Free lifetime
information without fumbling Free subscriptions for Android users
with cell phone keypads using It’s unfortunate, but losing your until the end of March, 2010.
Bump. It allows two users to phone is pretty much a part of Gone are the days of those loud,

Super Bowl strip club stimulus?

(Holy Kaw!)
Submitted at 2/7/2010 7:39:00 PM
If this Fast Company article is
correct, estimates that the Super
Bowl is pumping $153 million
into the South Florida economy
are conservative in more ways fans typically boost both tips and More on NFL football.
than one: they overlook a less visits, especially in a Florida city Photo credit: Fotolia
than wholesome swell from like Miami, which is one of the Permalink| Leave a comment »
football visitors at strip clubs. six biggest strip club markets in
“Peeler destinations,” as the the country.
article calls them, can apparently Super Bowl festivities. Football Read the full article at Fast
double their business during Company.
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TECH
continued from page 7
ongoing projects--and of course,
yet more PowerPoint.
Hyperconnected Excursion:
Meeting a client for a drink,
update my FB status asking for a
recommendation in the Mission
for a nice outdoor venue since
it's a warm night in SF (that
never happens!); text a friend,
who lives in the neighborhood,
on my way there to see if she
wants to meet for dinner after;
Google map my way there using
the iPhone.
Crowdsourcing Dinner: Some
people check Yelp iPhone app
for suggestions on what to order,
but not me, I'll have to order
whatever looks good around me
(food envy inevitable). But I will
use NextBus iPhone app (which
is really just a WAP site) to
time/plan my trip home.
TV Guilty Pleasure: I don't have
cable (otherwise I'll get
addicted), but I watch it on the
Greenspan: 'The Recession Is Over'
by Joseph Lazzaro
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 10:00:00 AM
Filed under: Forecasts,
Employees, Recession One of
the world's preeminent
economists and former central
bankers had some good news
a n d n o t - s o - g o o d n e w s f o r is over. It bottomed back in the 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see A new design for the Indian zero-rupee notes diffuse the
investors.
Speaking on NBC's Meet The However, Greenspan added that, P e r m a l i n k | E m a i l t h i s | message. Indians pressured into [Via Boing Boing]
Press on Sunday, Former U.S. as many economists agree, the C o m m e n t s
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan economic recovery will have to
Greenspan said, "The recession
treadmill at the gym. So my
content is delivered via Netflix,
consumed online, or taken in the
old fashioned way, reading a
book. I'm currently enjoying
Modern Family on ABC and 30
Rock on NBC (the only shows
that will drive me to the gym so I
can watch in real-time).
YouTube or Hulu: Hulu (I
There's An App For ... Romplr
(music remixing tool--makes me
feel like a DJ), Epicurious (great
for--"I've got cabbage in the
fridge--how can I make it
yummy?"), GoodGuide (keeping
it green on-the-go)
Digital Bedtime Ritual: Unplug.
Though am I really? Have sun
simulator that slowly dims the
room to make it feel like
sundown. Offline: I think it's
important to unwind with old
school comforts: a hike, a book,
the farmer's market.
About Sima Sistani Director of
middle of the year."
E-reader News Edition
Business Development at
Moderati, a mobile entertainment
agency. Prior to joining
Moderati, Sima worked in
Business Development at start-
up television network, Plum TV.
At Plum TV, she secured
strategic partnerships with Delta
Airlines, Volkswagen, Pepsi, and
the HBO Comedy Festival. She
also worked at Creative Artists
Agency and on the trading floor
of Goldman Sachs. Sima holds
an MBA from Northwestern
Compassionate
University's Kellogg School of
Management and a Bachelor of
Counterfeiting: Ghandi-
Arts in English and Sociology
from Duke University. She Approved Zero-Rupee Bills
currently calls San Francisco by William Bostwick (Fast zero-rupee note instead. The
home and is learning to love Company) Indian NGO Fifth Pillar has been
avocados and hiking Submitted at 2/8/2010 8:49:05 AM
handing out the fake bills for a
few years now, and they say
An Indian NGO is fighting they've put more than one
bribery by using fake money. million into circulation. (The
T h e s e e m i n g l y c o n s t a n t design is apparently available for
redesigning of U.S. currency and downloading here, but the site
the rise of the design-community may be down.)
-approved, architecture-centric Vijay Anand, Fifth Pillar’s
Euro (only the Netherlands could president, says it works not
continue for some time to absorb get away with a coin this cool) because bribe-takers are fooled
the slack in the labor force to has led to a wave of art and into thinking the money is real,
lower the U.S. unemployment design projects that toy with but because bribery is a crime in
rate significantly. what our money looks like, and India, even though it's so
Continue reading Greenspan: w h a t i t s a y s a b o u t u s . widespread, and most officials
'The Recession Is Over' (DesignBoom has a great round- are only comfortable asking for
Greenspan: 'The Recession Is up here, but they missed my bribes when they know they
Over' originally appeared on favorite, the Lil' Rhody-themed won't get caught. A powerful
BloggingStocks on Mon, 08 Feb Noney.) little piece of graphic design, the
our terms for use of feeds. rupee has a more immediate crime by acknowledging it.
giving bribes can now flash this
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The Best (and Worst) Super Bowl Ad Spoofs You Didn't See
Last Night
by Dan Macsai (Fast
Company)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 10:18:33 AM
While you were busy watching
last night's motley crew of Super
Bowl commercials, we were
busy trolling the Internet for
"spoof" and "banned" ads. Here's
a look at the best--and the best of
the worst:
BEST: Is Tiger Feeling Lucky
Today? [Google Spoof] Google's
aww-shucks "Parisian Love"
spot is reimagined with a typing
Tiger Woods, who's frantically
Private Equity Tax Could Have
Unintended Consequences
by Tom Johansmeyer
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 10:30:00 AM
Filed under: Private Equity The
federal government needs cash,
and we all know it has to come
from somewhere. As no
politician has ever been
criticized (at least not broadly)
for going after the folks with the
deepest pockets, private equity
industry needs to dig in for what
could become a fierce battle over
new taxes.
The issue isn't new. For a while
now, the feds have been kicking
around new taxes on private
searching for information about
facial lacerations and "Rachel
Uckital." Side note: If you ever
catch yourself looking for the
"Orlando Zales," it's way too
late.
BEST: Tim Tebow Superbowl
Ad Response [Focus on the
Family Spoof] Tim Tebow's pro-
life Focus on the Family spot is
reimagined with a pro-choice
message, starring a 30-something
slob who's living in his mom's
basement--proof that "they don't
all turn out like Tim Tebow."
BEST: In The Hole [KGB
equity firms based on how
profits are classified. Yet, this
search for cash could have
unintended consequences, as the
definitions used could wind up
taxing venture capital funds and
"Banned" Ad] To illustrate that
"you shouldn't go through life
with your head up your ass," this
KGB spot shows a man literally
walking around with his head up
small partnerships, which could
be the keys to an economic
recovery. Critics argue that the
tax may not bring in as much
money as the government hopes.
Continue reading Private Equity
Tax Could Have Unintended
Consequences
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Unintended Consequences
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2010 10:30:00 EST. Please see
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Completely disgusting. (Unless,
of course, they're Doritos Late
Night Last Call Jalapeno
Poppers, which everyone knows
are worth an occasional
vehicular homicide.)
WORST: Lola ["Banned"
GoDaddy Ad] This GoDaddy
spot features a flamboyant male
lingerie enterpreneur named
Lola, who's both unsexy and
his ass. BEST/WORST: Humpy unfunny.
["Banned" Doritos Ad] In this
fanmade Doritos commercial, a
man backs his car over a woman
to steal a bag of chips.
PayPal Suspends
Payments In India?
by Mike Masnick (Techdirt) not particularly clear as to
Submitted at 2/8/2010 4:45:33 AM why:"Personal payments to and
from India and transfers to local
After the story a few weeks ago b a n k s i n I n d i a h a v e b e e n
about Paypal suspending the suspended while we work with
account of Wikileaks, and our business partners and other
blocking it from removing stakeholders to address questions
money in the account, many they have about the service...."
people pointed out how risky it is Apparently, this has been going
to leave any money in a PayPal on for over a week, which has to
account. It seems that situation be seriously frustrating to many
is getting worse and worse. merchants, but a seriously good
PayPal has apparently halted t h i n g f o r v a r i o u s P a y P a l
personal payments in India, and c o m p e t i t o r s .
aren't allowing merchants to Permalink| Comments| Email
r e m o v e m o n e y f r o m t h e i r This Story
accounts. And the reasoning is...
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John Thain Takes the New Orleans parties after NFL win
(BBC News | Americas |
Top Spot at CIT Group World Edition)
the devastation of Hurricane
Katrina in 2005 which killed
almost 2,000 people.
division and we played the
champions of their division and
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Submitted at 2/8/2010 5:49:19 AM something akin to chronic construction workers who were him in such pain that he had working an average of 12 hours
asthma. She insists her lawyers there for the city," said attorney trouble pushing a vacuum, per day between Sept. 12, 2001
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continue developing it. being considered for May trials "There is no question anymore nauseous, I get sick. I am weak," landfill where the rubble was
NEW YORK – As the first over the city's culpability for about whether they were sick, he told the jury in that case. sifted for human remains.
cases in a massive battle over chronic illnesses caused by and how sick they are. There are He needed repeat surgeries for But O'Loughlin's work records
illnesses linked to 9/11 near trial, exposure to contaminated dust in tens of thousands of people who fistulas and an abdominal at the Cresskill Police
an Associated Press investigation the months after the Sept. 11, are sick. Not all are severely ill, abscess beginning in the mid- Department show him working
has found that several of the 2001 terrorist attacks. but many of them are." 1990s. And, his lawyers in the regular shifts there, day after
initial 30 suits contain Those cases are among the Evaluating the merits of even medical malpractice case wrote day, through all of those months.
inconsistent or exaggerated thousands filed over the health of the few cases selected for trial is that for weeks in early 2002, he While he was indeed assigned
claims about how the workers ground zero workers, but they difficult, due to medical privacy was too ill even to leave his duties related to 9/11 on 11 days
got sick or how much time they have an outsized importance. rules, a lack of detail in public Staten Island home. in September and October of
spent at ground zero. Of the more than 9,000 legal court filings and a refusal by When questioned about his 2001, his official responsibilities
One demolition worker who claims filed against New York both legal teams to discuss health and employment during a on at least five of those days was
s a i d h e d e v e l o p e d h e a l t h City, about 60 have gotten close details of the suits. 2003 trial, which he lost, to give a motorcycle escort to a
problems after toiling for six scrutiny by the court. Of those, Yet, a few stand out. Briganti didn't say anything funeral procession, not sift
months in the toxic ruins of the 30 are now being considered as Take the case of Vincent about having worked at ground rubble, the records show.
World Trade Center has actually candidates for trials in May. U.S. Briganti: In the lawsuit he filed zero. But he did reveal that he On Sept. 11, he guarded the
been severely ill since the 1990s. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, against the city in 2005, the 50- was taking a powerful George Washington Bridge. On
I n a p r e v i o u s m e d i c a l who is overseeing the case, says year-old said he put in 75 days medication with side effects that another occasion, his duty was
malpractice case, he said he was that group will ultimately be supervising demolition crews at can include shortness of breath, listed as escorting an ambulance.
so sick between 2000 and 2003 reduced to 12, for the first set of ground zero, then developed respiratory infections and skin Another entry had his
that he couldn't work regularly. trials. ailments including shortness of problems. responsibility listed as "escort,"
He never mentioned 9/11 during Hellerstein has said he hopes breath, vocal cord problems, skin There also are contradictions in without further explanation.
his testimony in that lawsuit. those initial trials will serve as a problems and acid reflux disease. the court filings submitted on Cresskill's records are
Lawyers for a police officer road map to settlements for the He blamed all of those problems behalf of Sgt. Michael incomplete and don't say what
from northern New Jersey who many other claims by rescue and on the trade center dust. O'Loughlin, a police officer in O'Loughlin was doing on a few
died in 2006 claimed in a court recovery workers who say they But records obtained by the AP Cresskill, N.J., who was of his workdays or his days off.
filing that he spent nearly 300 got sick after the city failed to show that this isn't the first time diagnosed with advanced stage So it is possible that he did
days handling debris at ground protect them from poisonous Briganti has sued over his poor colon cancer in early 2003 and volunteer in the "Bucket
zero, but his work records trade center ash. More than $1 health. died in 2006. There is no Brigade" that sifted rubble at the
indicate that his actual time and billion in damages is at stake. In August, 2001 — one month question that in the years after site.
duties related to 9/11 were far Lawyers for the workers whose before the terrorist attacks — he 9/11, O'Loughlin frequently But based on the records, it
more limited. During the months cases were examined by the AP filed a medical malpractice raised money for trade center appears very unlikely —
the lawyers said the man worked declined to discuss them, but lawsuit in which he claimed to victims' groups, but other parts impossible — for him to have
at ground zero, he was recording s a i d t h e t r i a l s w i l l s h o w be so ill with complications of of his timeline are in doubt. worked so diligently at both jobs
full-time shifts in Cresskill, N.J. unequivocally that workers Crohn's disease, an incurable Lawyers for O'Loughlin's family during the same weeks and
Another police officer who was exposed to the dust weren't given gastrointestinal disorder, that he initially claimed that he put in
listed by her lawyers as having proper equipment, and as a result couldn't work regularly. 293 days as "a debris remover IMPACT: page 16
lung cancer, doesn't have cancer are now sick. Briganti testified that improper and decontaminator" at ground
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months.
O'Loughlin's widow didn't
respond to phone calls, an e-mail
or a letter, but former Newark
Police Lt. Jim O'Connor, who
employed O'Loughlin at his
private investigation firm, told
the AP in an e-mail that he was
sure his friend was there.
"He told me he had worked
ground zero," O'Connor said.
"He described the same horrific
scenes that only a person who
was there would remember ...
Many officers responded and
worked the pile and it was never
documented."
In a third case examined by the
AP, New York Police Sgt. Dawn
Sorrento, 43, said she was
healthy her entire life before her
service at ground zero, but now
carries an inhaler to treat
episodes of wheezing and
shortness of breath that flare up
when she has to exert herself, or
when it is cold outside.
"I'm having trouble breathing on
a daily basis," she told the AP in
a phone interview. "If I have to
run after a perp, I'm going to
need an oxygen tent."
Yet even in Sorrento's case,
there have been irregularities.
In her initial legal complaint,
she described her illness
accurately. But her lawyers
claimed in a subsequent court
filing that she also suffered from
lung cancer.
"I noticed that was written on
one of the papers they sent me
and I made corrections. I'm like
'This is incorrect. I don't have
lung cancer,'" Sorrento explained
during a recent deposition
contained in the court file.
"I got a package of papers that
said I had lung cancer. I was like,
'Whoa, that's news for me, hold
on.' And I corrected it and I sent
it back."
Sorrento, who said the correct
information has been provided to
the court, is confident that if her
case goes to trial, jurors will see
the truth and do the right thing.
"I might not be in the hospital as
much as other people. I know
there are people who have come
out of this in a box," she said.
"But I never smoked, I've never
done drugs, I've been physically
active my whole life, and all of a
sudden, I now can't breathe... I
shouldn't have to live like that."
The lead counsel for the
plaintiffs, Paul Napoli, did not
respond to several requests for
information about Briganti,
O'Loughlin, Sorrento or the
others with health claims against
the city.
Some plaintiffs have turned
reluctant as the cases have
moved forward. For example,
one of the 30 asked out of the
case completely, for unspecified
personal reasons.
Also, New York Police Sgt.
James Cantore listed his only
exposure as taking place in July
of 2002, when he worked six
days at the Fresh Kills landfill.
The only illness listed in his case
are chronic headaches that began
in 2006. Though his wife,
Cantore declined to be
interviewed by the AP. He has
also been reluctant to appear for
depositions, finally sitting down
with lawyers for the city in late
January only after the judge
threatened to have him arrested.
Clearly, some of the plaintiffs
are gravely ill — or worse.
Firefighter Raymond Hauber
died of esophageal cancer at age
47 after putting in at least 90
days on the smoking rubble pile.
Fire Lt. Martin Fullam needed a
lung transplant after doctors
diagnosed him with
polymyositis, an autoimmune
disease that led to pulmonary
fibrosis.
Others claim a variety of
illnesses, but a majority describe
symptoms similar to asthma,
with recurrent wheezing,
shortness of breath and sinus
problems.
There is growing scientific
evidence that some people,
maybe even thousands, were
harmed by the air at ground zero.
Studies have shown elevated
levels of sinus and lung
problems among rescue and
recovery workers. Of the people
exposed to the dust, 1 in 10
developed asthma within six
years of the attacks, about triple
the national rate. Firefighters
have experienced unusual levels
of sarcoidosis, an inflammatory
disease that affects the lungs.
Research has also shown that
trade center responders suffer
from high rates of post-traumatic
stress disorder and doctors have
been investigating elevated
levels of acid reflux disease.
Some lawmakers have proposed
legislation that would reopen the
federal 9/11 victim compensation
fund to cover people with health
claims. They have asked for as
much as $12 billion for the sick.
The legal team representing
New York City and the
contractors who carried out the
debris removal effort have
argued that many claims contain
incorrect or exaggerated
information.
Another defendant, the Port
Authority of New York and New
Jersey, said in a court filing that
many plaintiffs, in addition to
detailing claims of dust-related
ailments, also have listed
everything wrong with their
health, regardless of whether
there is any link to 9/11
exposure.
The detailed medical and work
records needed to confirm victim
illness were largely unavailable
to the court last year when it
selected the 30 candidates for
early trial consideration.
Instead, it chose plaintiffs based
on their responses to a 360-
question survey about their
health and work history, the
results of which were compiled
in a database and ranked by
illness severity. Of the 30, a third
were selected by the court, a
third by the defense team and a
third by the plaintiffs. The cases
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Sorrento were selected by the
judge.
It is unclear which cases will
make the cut when the pool is
narrowed to 12.
Hellerstein has commented in
his rulings on the difficulty of
managing the case, which he
noted involved plaintiffs with
387 diseases "ranging from the
most life threatening to the
merely irritating." He said on
Jan. 21 that he would likely
order all trial plaintiffs to
undergo an independent medical
evaluation.
Even having trials for only the
most severely ill could mean
hundreds of trials, but the judge
rejected lumping them together
as a class action because the
plaintiffs were each exposed to
different toxins under different
circumstances.
Hellerstein also has pushed hard
for a settlement that would avoid
trials altogether. At a hearing
Jan. 21 he said the two sides had
been in intensive talks, although
he noted that the negotiations
had been complicated.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –
Endeavour and six astronauts
rocketed into orbit Monday on
what's likely the last nighttime
launch for the shuttle program,
hauling a new room and
observation deck for the
International Space Station.
The space shuttle took flight
before dawn, igniting the sky
with a brilliant flash seen for
miles around. The weather
finally cooperated: Thick, low
clouds that had delayed a first
launch attempt Sunday returned,
but then cleared away just in
time.
"Looks like the weather came
together tonight," launch director
Mike Leinbach told the
astronauts right before liftoff.
"It's time to go fly."
"We'll see you in a couple
weeks," replied commander
George Zamka. He repeated: "It's
time to go fly."
There are just four more
missions scheduled this year
before the shuttles are retired.
"For the last night launch, it
treated us well," Leinbach said.
Endeavour's destination — the
space station, home to five men
— was soaring over Romania at
the time of liftoff. The shuttle is
set to arrive at the station early
Wednesday.
Zamka and his crew will deliver
and install Tranquility, a new
room that will eventually house
life-support equipment, exercise
machines and a toilet, as well as
a seven-windowed dome. The
lookout has the biggest window
ever sent into space, a circle 31
inches across.
It will be the last major
construction job at the space
station. No more big pieces like
that are left to fly.
Both the new room and dome —
together exceeding $400 million
— were supplied by the
European Space Agency.
NASA began fueling Endeavour
on Sunday night just as the Super
Bowl was kicking off to the
south in Miami. The shuttle crew
did not watch the game —
neither did the launch team —
but it was beamed up to the
space station in case anyone
there wanted to watch it.
Endeavour's launch also was
broadcast to the space station
residents, who got to watch it
live.
Launch manager Mike Moses
said he got "evil glares" in the
control center for making his
team report to work on Super
Bowl night. He noted that the
shuttle's fuel tank was made in
New Orleans. "They were at
least happy with the results of
the game," he said with a smile.
The coin used in the opening
toss flew to the space station in
November, aboard Atlantis.
Monday morning's countdown
ended up being uneventful,
except for a last-minute run to
the launch pad. Astronaut
Stephen Robinson forgot the
binder holding all his flight data
files, and the emergency red
team had to rush it out to him,
just before he climbed aboard.
The launch team couldn't resist
some gentle teasing.
A quick look at the launch video
showed a couple pieces of foam
insulation breaking off
Endeavour's external fuel tank,
but none appeared to strike the
shuttle, officials said.
The 13-day mission comes at an
agonizing time for NASA.
Exactly one week ago, the space
agency finally got its marching
orders from President Barack
Obama: Ditch the back-to-the-
moon Constellation program and
its Ares rockets, and pack on the
research for an as-yet-
unspecified rocket and
destination.
NASA's boss, ex-astronaut
Charles Bolden, favors Mars.
But he, too, is waiting to hear
how everything will play out.
The space station came out a
winner in the Obama plan. The
president's budget would keep
the outpost flying until at least
2020, a major extension.
The spectacle of the night
launch illuminating the sky
attracted a crowd, including
some members of Congress,
federal big shots and European
space leaders.
Endeavour shot through some
thin clouds on its way into orbit,
and its bright flame was visible
from the launch site for seven
minutes. By then, the shuttle
already was up near Cape
Hatteras, N.C., said Leinbach.
"We're going to cherish this," he
said at the traditional post-launch
news conference.
Within 15 minutes of taking off,
the astronauts were enjoying "a
beautiful sunrise" from orbit,
with the moon as a backdrop.
"Wish you could be here,"
Zamka called down.
The four remaining shuttle
flights to the station — in March,
May, July and September —
have daytime departures, at least
for now. A significant delay
could bump any of the launches
into darkness. NASA has
Obama's permission to bump a
mission or two into 2011 if
safety needs arise.
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the mood around the launching
site was bittersweet.
The manager in charge of
preparing Endeavour for launch,
Dana Hutcherson, said everyone
was excited to be part of the first
launch of the new year.
"But let's face it, our KSC
(Kennedy) team is going to have
a challenging year ahead of us as
the space shuttle is ending," she
said. "It's not going to be easy
for us."
Three spacewalks are planned
during Endeavour's flight to
hook up the new station
compartments, beginning
Thursday. The shuttle crew —
five men and one woman, all
Americans — will team up with
the station residents to get the
job done. Aboard the station are
two Americans, two Russians
and one Japanese.
Bolden sees that same blend of
nations in NASA's future
exploration efforts, whatever
they are.
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MIDDLETOWN, Conn. –
About five people remain
unaccounted for after a deadly
explosion at an under-
construction power plant, and a
section of the site was too
unstable to search, a fire official
said Monday.
Sunday morning's blast at the
Kleen Energy Systems plant in
Middletown, about 20 miles
south of Hartford, killed at least
five people and injured a dozen
or more others. It happened as
workers were clearing gas lines
of air.
Middletown Deputy Fire
Marshal Al Santostefano said
officials have verified the
whereabouts of 95 percent of the
nearly 100 workers who were at
the plant, citing conversations
with contractors and labor union
officials. It was unclear whether
the workers who remain
unaccounted for are missing or
haven't been contacted yet by
authorities.
Investigators returned to the
scene Monday to try to begin
determining the cause.
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Santostefano said he didn't
know when rescue crews would
be able to search the small
section of the plant that is
unstable.
Piles of rubble were 10 feet tall
in some parts of the plant, and
mounds of rubble and debris
were everywhere, he said.
Gov. M. Jodi Rell said Monday
morning that officials still
haven't received rosters of
workers who were at the plant
Sunday.
"There are a number of
contractors who do the work at
the building," Rell told WTNH-
TV. "Until we actually have a
roster of the names of those
individuals that are in each of
those groups and who was
working on Sunday, we need that
before we can do anything else.
... We're still confirming the
number of people."
The explosion was so powerful
it alarmed residents who heard
the boom and felt tremors in
their homes miles away.
The blast left huge pieces of
metal that once encased the plant
peeling off its sides. A large
swath of the structure was
blackened and surrounded by
debris, but the building, its roof
and its two smokestacks were
still standing at the site, which is
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wooded and hilly 137-acre parcel
of land overlooking the
Connecticut River.
Rescue crews combed through
the debris until about 2:30 a.m.
Monday.
The U.S. Chemical Safety
Board, a federal agency that
investigates industrial chemical
accidents, was mobilizing a team
of workers from Colorado and
hoped to have them on the scene
by midday Monday, spokesman
Daniel Horowitz said.
The nearly completed 620-
megawatt plant is being built to
produce energy primarily using
natural gas, which accounts for
about a fifth of the nation's
electricity. Workers for the
construction company, O&G
Industries, were purging a gas
line, clearing it of air, when the
explosion occurred around 11:15
a.m. Sunday, Santostefano said.
Santostefano said workers were
at the site Sunday because they
were trying to get the plant open
on time — the opening was
slated for sometime in the middle
of 2010 — but he added "It
wasn't like they were working in
a frenzy."
One of those killed was
Raymond Dobratz, a 58-year-old
plumber from Old Saybrook,
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Lynn Hawley, of Hartland,
Conn., said her 36-year-old son,
Brian Hawley, is a pipefitter at
the plant and broke his leg. She
said he called her from his cell
phone to say he was being
rushed to a hospital.
"He really couldn't say what
happened to him," she said. "He
was in a lot of pain, and they got
him into surgery as quickly as
possible."
Hospital officials didn't
immediately release the
conditions of the other injured
people, whose wounds ranged
from minor to very serious.
The thundering blast shook
houses for miles.
"I felt the house shake,"
Middletown resident Steve Clark
said. "I thought a tree fell on the
house."
Mayor Sebastian Giuliano said
he heard it as he was leaving
church.
"It felt almost like a sonic
boom," he said.
Kleen Energy Systems LLC
began construction on the plant
in February 2008. It had signed a
deal with Connecticut Light and
Power for the electricity
produced by the plant, and would
be one of the biggest built in
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The company is run by former
City Councilman William Corvo.
A message left at Corvo's home
was not returned. Calls to
Gordon Holk, general manager
of Power Plant Management
Services, which has a contract to
manage the plant, also weren't
returned.
Energy Investors Funds, a
private equity fund that
indirectly owns a majority share
in the power plant, said it was
cooperating with authorities.
Safety board investigators have
done extensive work on the issue
of gas line purging since an
explosion last year at a Slim Jim
factory in North Carolina killed
four people. They've identified
other explosions caused by
workers who were unsafely
venting gas lines inside
buildings.
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Contributing to this report were
Associated Press writers Eric
Tucker in Middletown;
Stephanie Reitz in Glastonbury,
Conn.; Mark Williams in
Columbus, Ohio; Mike Baker in
Raleigh, N.C.; and Anne
D'Innocenzio in New York.
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continue developing it. haven't received rosters of Connecticut River. happened to him," she said. "He Energy Investors Funds, a
At least 95 percent of the nearly workers who were at the site Rescue crews combed through was in a lot of pain, and they got private equity fund that
100 workers who were at a Sunday, and Santostefano said the debris until about 2:30 a.m. him into surgery as quickly as indirectly owns a majority share
power plant that exploded are he didn't know when emergency Monday. possible." in the power plant, said it was
accounted for, a Connecticut fire crews would be able to search The U.S. Chemical Safety Hospital officials didn't cooperating with authorities
official said Monday. the unstable area. Board, a federal agency that immediately release the investigating the explosion. In a
Middletown Deputy Fire SLIDESHOW: Deadly investigates industrial chemical conditions of the other injured written statement, the company
Marshal Al Santostefano said C o n n e c t i c u t P o w e r P l a n t accidents, was mobilizing a team people, whose wounds ranged offered sympathy and concern
that most of the workers are E x p l o s i o n of workers from Colorado and from minor to very serious. and said it would release more
accounted for, judging by "There's still uncertainly about hoped to have them on the scene "I felt the house shake," information on the explosion as
conversations with contractors who came in and who didn't by midday Monday, spokesman Middletown resident Steve Clark it becomes available.
and labor union officials. But he come in yesterday," he told Daniel Horowitz said. said. "I thought a tree fell on the Safety board investigators have
says a section of the Kleen reporters Monday morning. The nearly completed 620- house." done extensive work on the issue
Energy Systems plant remains Santostefano also said there megawatt plant is being built to Mayor Sebastian Giuliano said of gas line purging since an
too unstable to see whether w e r e " p i l e s o f r u b b l e produce energy primarily using he heard it as he was leaving explosion last year at a Slim Jim
anyone is still trapped. everywhere, debris everywhere. natural gas, which accounts for church. factory in North Carolina killed
A u t h o r i t i e s s a y d i f f e r e n t In some places the debris is as about a fifth of the nation's "It felt almost like a sonic four people. They've identified
contractors were working at the high as 10 feet." electricity. Workers for the boom," he said. other explosions caused by
site, making it difficult to Local fire investigators and construction company, O&G Kleen Energy Systems LLC workers who were unsafely
determine how many people f e d e r a l a u t h o r i t i e s a r e Industries, were purging a gas began construction on the plant venting gas lines inside
were there during the blast. investigating what caused the line, clearing it of air, when the in February 2008. It had signed a buildings.
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rescue crews still haven't been blackened and surrounded by Conn., said her 36-year-old son, A message left at Corvo's home

Google's Super Bowl Ad: A Romance in Search

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WASHINGTON – The federal
government was shuttered
Monday while the Mid-Atlantic
region dug out from as much as
three feet of snow that left tens
of thousands without power and
blocked trains, planes and cars,
with another storm looming.
Federal agencies that employ
230,000 in Washington were
closed, as were many local
governments, businesses and
school districts across the region.
Around 200,000 students in
Philadelphia's public and Roman
Catholic schools got a snow day.
With more snow expected
Tuesday, stranded travelers and
those struggling with no
electricity wondered when they'd
escape the icy, gray mess.
"You've got a whole city held
captive here," Gwen Dawkins,
who was trying to get to Detroit,
said as she waited at
Washington's Reagan National
Airport, where all flights had
been canceled after 18 inches of
snow was recorded by Sunday.
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That was the fourth-highest
storm total for Washington.
Reagan remained closed for
snow and ice removal Monday
and officials said operations
were expected to resume at some
point during the day.
Baltimore-Washington
International Thurgood Marshall
Airport opened one runway
Sunday evening, but airport
officials warned that delays and
cancellations will likely continue
Monday.
Dulles International Airport was
open, but the Metropolitan
Washington Airports Authority
warned that some flights may be
canceled or delayed.
More than 24,000 utility
customers in Virginia were
without electricity after some
areas got nearly 3 feet of snow.
In Pennsylvania, Allegheny
Power reported outages to about
65,000 customers. West Virginia
had about 5,000 customers
without electricity.
The National Weather Service
called the storm "historic" and
reported a foot of snow in parts
of Ohio and 2 feet or more in
Washington, Delaware, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania. Parts of
Virginia, Maryland and West
Virginia got closer to 3 feet.
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Crews plowing streets and
homeowners shoveling their
walkways faced the possibility of
another storm adding to the
work. The National Weather
Service issued a storm watch for
the Washington area Tuesday,
saying there was potential for
another 5 inches or more of
snow. Forecasters expect highs
in the low- to mid-30s for the
next few days, though sunshine
on Monday should help melt
some of the snow, said weather
service meteorologist Bryan
Jackson.
The sight of cross-country skiers
cascading down monument steps
and flying snowballs has since
given way to images of people
hunched over snow shovels or
huddled next to fireplaces.
John and Nicole Ibrahim and
their 2-year-old son, Joshua,
have been without power at their
suburban Washington home in
Silver Spring, Md., since
overnight Friday. They were
among hundreds of thousands
without electricity across the
region, and utilities warned it
could be days before electricity
is restored to everyone.
"We were all bundled up in the
same bed together and (Joshua)
was coughing in his sleep and his
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heart was racing, and we worried
he might be getting pneumonia,"
Nicole Ibrahim said.
Eric Berry, a plow driver for
Baltimore, said he worked 12-
hour shifts Saturday and Sunday.
He said overanxious residents
were sometimes hindering his
ability to clear secondary roads
by digging out their cars and
moving them into the path of his
plow.
"They feel like they need to park
in the street, so that when it's
time to go, they can up and go,"
Berry said.
In Philadelphia, 28.5 inches of
snow fell during the storm, just
shy of the record 30.7 inches
during a January 1996 blizzard.
Snow totals were even higher to
the west in Pennsylvania, with
31 inches recorded in Upper
Strasburg and 30 inches in
Somerset.
Authorities say most public
transportation in Philadelphia has
resumed. In Pittsburgh, bus
service restarted but light-rail
wasn't running. Washington's
Metro trains were to be limited
Monday to underground rails,
and its buses were going to
operate on a very limited basis.
Despite the snow, watching the
Super Bowl was still a priority
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Arlington, said he borrowed his
neighbor's snow shovel and spent
at least an hour getting his car
out of the snow to head to the
Crystal City Sports Pub in
Arlington, Va.
"I was snowed in and I dug my
car out today to come here," he
said. "I couldn't go anywhere."
The frigid temperatures and
snowy and icy streets did not
deter runner Patrick Duffy, 23,
from training for the Pittsburgh
Marathon in May. He admitted
was going slower than usual.
"I'm trying not to fall. I haven't
fallen yet," Duffy said, his
eyelashes frosted white.
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Nuckols reported from
Baltimore. Contributing to this
report were Associated Press
photographer Jacquelyn Martin
in Silver Spring, Md.; and
writers Geoff Mulvihill in
Atlantic City, N.J.; Ron Todt in
Philadelphia; Jessica Gresko in
Washington; and Kathleen Miller
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Parts of the eastern United
States remain largely paralysed
Parts of the eastern United
States remain largely paralysed
for a third day after some of the
heaviest snowfalls in decades.
Transport links in Washington
DC and nearby states have been
severely disrupted and hundreds
of thousands of people are still
without power.
Federal government offices and
most schools are shut after the
authorities advised people to stay
indoors.
Weather forecasts are warning
of fresh blizzards due on
Tuesday.
The storm has disrupted
transport from West Virginia to
southern New Jersey.
Some parts of Washington
experienced up to 32in (81cm) of
snow, one of the heaviest
snowfalls in decades.
A record 3ft (91cm) of snow fell
in Maryland.
Washington DC, Virginia and
Maryland have declared
emergencies, allowing them to
mobilise the National Guard to
help cope with the wintry
onslaught.
Electricity was cut to at least
300,000 homes as the snow
felled trees, and cut power lines
across the region. Emergency
workers are struggling to restore
power.
Another 250,000 customers
were hit by blackouts in
Pennsylvania and New Jersey,
the New York Times reported.
Pepco electric company said its
workers were scrambling to
restore power, but warned it
could be a few days before
everyone's supply was restored.
"We have a lot of scattered
outages and the road conditions
are not really working with us,"
spokesman Andre Francis told
AFP news agency.
' Snowmageddon'
The massive storm brought the
nation's capital to a virtual
standstill.
All flights were cancelled out of
Washington's national airport,
along with most flights out of
Dulles International in Virginia.
The 18in (46cm) recorded at
Reagan National Airport was the
fourth-highest snow total for the
city. At Dulles Airport, outside
Washington, the record was
shattered with 32in (81cm).
Even President Barack Obama
fell victim to "snowmageddon",
as locals - including the president
- have dubbed it.
A tree limb snapped and fell on
to a vehicle in Mr Obama's
motorcade, but no-one was
injured.
All across the region, hundreds
of car accidents were reported,
but only two fatalities - a father
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Debi Adkins, who lives just
outside the city of Baltimore,
told the BBC: "I'm not going
anywhere - I couldn't if I wanted
to. You just can't get your cars
out. The front door of the
building I live in is closed shut,
so I just can't get out."
Some sightseers ventured out in
thigh-deep snow in the National
Mall park, or went cross-country
skiing down empty boulevards.
Others took part in a huge
snowball fight at Washington's
DuPont Circle, organised via
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The Endeavour shuttle launched
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The US space shuttle has made
its final night launch from the
Kennedy Space Center in
Florida.
The Endeavour orbiter soared
into the Florida sky on a 13-day
mission to the International
Space Station (ISS).
It is delivering a connecting
node and a large window module
in what will be one of the last
ISS assembly flights.
The US space agency (Nasa)
plans just four further shuttle
missions after this one - and all
of them are planned to launch in
daylight hours.
The blast-off occurred at 0414
local time (0914 GMT), 24 hours
behind schedule. Endeavour
should have left Earth on Sunday
but was held on the pad because
of a thick layer of cloud
blanketing Florida's Space Coast.
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spectacle.
"It lit up the Kennedy Space
Center," said shuttle flight
director, Mike Leinbach.
"I saw it very clearly through
solid rocket booster separation,
and then it disappeared behind
some clouds and I got kinda
disappointed. But then it broke
out of those clouds and that's
when I was able to see it all the
way out to seven minutes in
flight. For the last night launch,
it treated us well."
Endeavour's mission is an
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Thales Alenia Space.
Node 3, also known as
Tranquility, will house the
station's core life-support
systems.
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Esa's project manager on Node 3
and the Cupola, Philippe Deloo,
told the BBC: "I heard that on
orbit the most favourite past-time
of the crew when they're off duty
is to watch out the window and
look at Earth.
"The psychological effect of
being able to look outside, to
look at the Mother Earth, is
something that has long been put
forward as an argument to have
windows on the station."
Endeavour's crew is commanded
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bones tend to lose strength over
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time.
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Laura Chinchilla celebrates the
win
Costa Rica is set to have its first
female president, after election
results gave governing party
candidate Laura Chinchilla an
unassailable lead.
With most votes counted from
Sunday's poll, Ms Chinchilla had
47% of the vote, 22 points ahead
of the main opposition
contender, Otton Solis.
Ms Chinchilla, a former vice-
president, has pledged to
continue the free-market policies
of outgoing head, Oscar Arias.
She has also promised to tackle
violent crime, a growing issue in
Costa Rica.
"The biggest challenge we face
is criminality, violence and drug-
trafficking," Ms Chinchilla, 50,
told her supporters.
Costa Rica, along with other
Central American nations, is
increasingly being used as a
transit route for drugs smuggled
from South America to the US
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Don’t Have Money
for a Real iPad? Cut
One Out of Paper
by Stan Schroeder
(Mashable!)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 4:10:18 AM
Yeah, we know. Although
experts have been congratulating
Apple on how competitive the
iPad prices are, when you
actually have to part with 500
market. Mr Solis won some 25% of the Send your pictures and videos to bucks or more (if you want 3G,
She also responded to criticism vote, while the third-placed yourpics@bbc.co.uk or text them which is a must-have for such a
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Father Accused of Waterboarding Google working on

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"held her down on the counter
and submerged her head into the
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What if the Terminator were real? Och, Google's head of translation

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As technology advances, the
possibility of automated fighting
machines becomes more and
more realized. Thousands of
robots are already in use— such
as bomb disposal unites and un-
maned aerial vehicles—says the
BBC, but the horizons are
growing broader for mechanized
warriors.
This BBC article examines a
few reactions to these imminent
developments, specifically
speaking to the ethical dilemmas
services, said:
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too late and everyone can speak
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iPad in the family: What it'll take

by Michael Grothaus (The
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Submitted at 2/8/2010 8:00:00 AM

Filed under: Hardware When

Steve Jobs announced the iPad, I
thought it was neat, but I didn't
see how it would really fit into
my life. What could it do for me
that my iPhone or MacBook Pro
couldn't? It seemed like that gap
Steve Jobs said the iPad filled
was targeted at a group of people
I didn't belong to. So I asked the
TUAW readers if you'd be
getting one. Then I began talking
to my family about the iPad and
discovered some surprising
things: the very people I thought
would never buy one plan to, and
the people I thought would jump
at it are holding off.
So here's a rundown of four very
different people in my family
and if/why they will be getting
an iPad:
Person: My mother. 62. Queen
of the Luddites. hates computers because the For her the iPad is perfect. It's when she wants to check on her the camera connection kit she
Computer proficiency: icons are so small and the not small like the iPhone, so she email, she simply touches the can bypass a computer entirely
Absolutely none. various program UI's are can see everything on the screen screen. My mom has poor sight and view her photos as never
Will she be getting the iPad? relatively confusing (remember, without squinting. Because my but the iPad is both large enough before.
Yep. The 16GB 3G model. she's a 62 year old woman who mom is a light internet user and features a simple enough UI Person: My brother. 34. Public
Why? My mom has never still clings to her VHS tapes). (think email and Skype), the $15 that she can touch to email with school teacher.
owned a computer. She doesn't My mom never saw the value in pay-as-you-go 250MB 3G price ease. Computer proficiency:
have an internet connection. She getting a computer and plan is perfect for her - Best of all, when she isn't Intermediate.
couldn't explain to you what subscribing to a $30 monthly especially since she can cancel at checking her email, the iPad will Will he be getting the iPad? Not
Facebook is. And she refers to internet service when computers any time. She doesn't have to double as a digital picture frame. yet.
my iPhone as"that information were always hard for her to use sign a $30 a month contract and My mom loves her photos and Why? My brother won't be
device." (she never really understood the has no modem to worry about has recently gotten a digital getting an iPad until it offers him
Given all this, I was quite mouse moves the cursor on the dying on her. But, the real appeal camera. But with no computer, something he doesn't already
surprised when she said she'll be screen thing) and the only thing about the iPad is there is no she's had to take the camera card have in his iMac. What would
getting one right away. But then she would really use the mouse for her to fuddle with or to Walgreen's to get the pictures IPAD page 27
it made perfect sense. My mom computer for would be email. cursor to follow. With the iPad, printed. Now with the iPad and
26 Tech/ E-reader News Edition

Review: Hive board game app offers all sorts of buggy fun
by Sebastian Blanco (The these bugs are the kind you want on hard, is not too difficult to
Unofficial Apple Weblog invading your iPhone. beat. In the course of an evening,
(TUAW)) Gallery: Hive an experienced abstract game
Submitted at 2/7/2010 7:00:00 PM A game of Hive goes pretty player can learn the rules and
quickly, taking anywhere manage to beat the system with
Filed under: iPhone, iPod touch, between five and 30 minutes some regularity. It's not a total
App Review As a tabletop board depending on how good you are cakewalk, but a difficulty level
game, Hive has been around and what level you're playing beyond "hard" would be
since 2001. It draws inspiration against. The app can save up to appreciated. You know,
from classic abstract strategy eight games so you'll always something really frustrating.
games like chess and shogi but have room for any game that gets Considering the game's mediocre
does away with that pesky board interrupted. AI, a real online player option
(see also: Tile Chess). The The App would be a great thing. Instead,
i P h o n e / i P o d t o u c h a p p Since Hive, like chess and many the pass-the-device two-player
[US$1.99, iTunes link] brings other abstract strategy games and local network P2P are all
everything from the physical where all pieces and options are that's offered.
version to your pocket, and if known at all times, is a game of Of course, a harder-working AI
c l e v e r p l a c e m e n t o f b u g - perfect information, it works might be a bit much for early
decorated pieces is your thing, wonderfully as a two player app. iPhones. Running on a first-gen
the game is well worth the In fact, if your tabletop board iPod Touch, the game repeatedly
download - at least for a short game shelves are already full of reported low memory and
while. abstract games, there's really no suggested restarting the device.
The Game reason any more to shell out the Even after doing so, though, the
The rules of this two-player $25 or $30 for the physical copy message appeared. Still, the app
game are entirely simple. Each w h e n a l m o s t t h e s a m e continued to work, so it's not the
turn, you either add a piece to the functionality - with quicker set most useful of warnings. When
hive (you can think of the hive as up - can be had for $1.99 in the playing the medium and hard AI
the board) or, if you've already App Store. Heck, just the 2007 levels, there is some - not too
placed your queen bee, you can Mosquito expansion costs $10 in much - delay in the bot's moves,
move a piece in the hive. The a store. There's no way an which is kind of nice and mimics
object of the game is to surround iPhone can replace an entire playing against a person, but it
your opponent's bee and, like in board game collection, but in this might become too annoying if
c h e s s , e a c h t y p e o f p i e c e case, it makes more sense to the AI got smarter.
(different kinds of bugs) has its have the app than the box. Thankfully, the game's music
own movement abilities, so While the app doesn't offer a and sound effects can be muted
knowing when to move where is way to playing with multiple dozen background colors and the tournament rules set to be and, if iTunes is playing when
a challenge and certainly part of mosquito tiles, the game's visual five different tile types. There always on. Tournament rules t h e a p p s t a r t s , t h e a u d i o
the fun. Beetles climb on other options are ridiculously varied. are also four difficulty levels and mean that neither player can continues without interruption.
bugs, the ant runs around the None of them make the game toggles to to turn the mosquito place the Bee as their first piece, Also, while there is no undo
hive, and so on.The full rules are look quite as nice and the option and tournament rules on a choice that often leads to button per se, you can touch the
detailed in the app's tutorial, or polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolan and off and to select which color games that end in a draw. "Hive" logo on the game screen
you can watch a video review hydride (sorry, Bakelite) pieces the AI will play in single player Boring.
after the jump (or get the rules available for tabletop play, but mode. We recommend leaving The trouble is that the AI, even REVIEW: page 27
PDF). Read on to discover if you can pick from about two
E-reader News Edition
IPAD
continued from page 25
that something be? An
iComicbook store.
My brother has collected comics
since he was a kid - back when
they were 75 cents an issue.
Today they run about $3.99 each
- a price many think is just too
high. He's had to cut back on the
amount of comics he reads
because of their high cover price.
But what if he could buy a digital
issue for 99 cents each? That
would be enough for him to get
the iPad.
And it just might happen. Jon
Fortt over at Fortune wrote an
article that made a lot of sense
about why he believes comics
will come to the iPad. His thesis?
Steve Jobs is the largest Disney
shareholder. In August Disney
bought Marvel Comics. Disney
is extremely concerned about
turning a young, tech savvy,
male audience back to their
brands. The marriage of Disney
and Marvel might just produce a
subsection of the iBookstore in
the very near future called the
iComicstore. If Marvel signs on,
you can bet DC Comics will
follow suit. Once this happens,
my brother will buy an iPad, as
REVIEW:
continued from page 26
and call up the game menu,
which includes a "Back to
Game" option. If you do this
when you're selected the wrong
piece, the piece will be
unselected when you come back
to the game. Handy, but the
location of the logo makes it
I'm sure legions of comics fans
would.
Person: Me. 32. Tech blogger
and writer.
Computer proficiency: Expert.
Will I be getting the iPad? Not
yet.
Why? No, not because they
didn't put a front facing camera
on it as planned. Really people,
do you really want the person
you're vid chatting with to be
staring up at your nose hair? I
think the iPad's pretty cool, but I
see it more as a content/leisure
device - and right now the
content is lacking. Sure, the
iBooks app is nice, but I'll have
to see if reading a book on an
iPad is an enjoyable as reading a
paperback or as easy on the eyes
as reading on an E-ink reader.
There is one thing that would
make me buy an iPad right away.
It's another subsection of the
iBookstore that I envision: the
iMagazine store. I've written
about this before, but I'll repeat
my talking points here: I like
magazines, but like my brother, I
find the newsstand cover prices
are a bit too high when I only
want to read one interesting
kind of troublesome for one
player in a two-player game.
All in all, Hive is like so many
of the "easy to learn, hard to
master" style of games. Even
when playing on the iPod touch,
having two human players is
better than playing against the
article that's caught my eye. If I
could buy that single issue on an
iPad for 99 cents, it would be a
done deal. Add bookmarking,
highlighting, and a built-in
dictionary panel like the one in
Mac OS X and I would be in
heaven.
As with comics, the expensive
cover price is a result of the costs
of printing, shipping, and
distribution. If magazine and
comic publishers switched to the
digital iPad distribution format,
they could easily cut the cover
prices while still maintaining
profits (due to no printing or
shipping costs, and cheaper
distribution costs through
Apple). Magazine publishers
may actually be able to make a
healthier profit if they introduce
pay-per-click dynamic ads in the
issues. This would especially
benefit digital comic books
because many fans go back and
read their favorite issues again
and again (thus they would be
seeing new ads each time).
Person: My sister. 30.
Occupational Therapist.
Computer proficiency:
Intermediate.
bots, and the game loses nothing
in the translation to virtual
tabletop.
Review of the board game
version by the Dice Tower:
Official app promo from Lotus
Studios:
TUAW Review: Hive board
Tech News/ 27
10 Ways to a
Will she be getting the iPad?
What's that?
Geeky Girl's
Why? Please, I'm still trying to Heart
get her on a Mac or even just an by Jenny Williams (Wired Top
iPod. Stories)
IMHO, Apple will implement an
iMagazine and iComicbook store Submitted at 2/8/2010 6:36:00 AM
sooner rather than later and that's
If you’re a geeky guy looking to
when my brother and I will jump
romance a geeky girl, it doesn’t
on the iPad bandwagon. In the
matter if you’ve been with her
meantime, I'll have to live with
forever or if she’s a new interest;
the fact that my mom will have
realize that conventional
the latest and greatest tech
romantic overtures won’t always
gadget on the planet while I curl
work. Think outside the box.
up with a good book and a copy
Here's some help.
of Men's Health.
TUAW iPad in the family: What
it'll take originally appeared on
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Do you wonder where those ads
for work at home, teeth
whitening and so on are coming
from, and why they appear on
otherwise respectable websites?
The answer is complicated, but
becoming less so.
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The Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART]
by Pete Cashmore
(Mashable!)
Submitted at 2/7/2010 7:00:41 PM
Twitter was abuzz this week
with chatter about the iPad,
performances at The Grammys
and relief efforts in Haiti.
Some of the top trends were
predictable (Mashable’s Ben Parr
successfully guessed at four of
the 10 last week), while others
were unexpected.
The tendency for Twitter users
to sign off with “Goodnight” has
made that a top topic this week,
while the “Retweet If” meme
gathered momentum.
Meanwhile, the Super Bowl is
the dominant topic today,
although these stats were
compiled before the big game: its
true popularity will be seen in
next week’s list.
Here’s a roundup of the top 10
topics on Twitter this week,
courtesy of our friends at
WhatTheTrend. As this is a
topical list, hashtag memes like
“#UKnowUBrokeWhen” and
“#thatsanono” are not included.
You can find previous weeks’
Twitter trends in our Twitter
A Would-Be Spy's Buried Treasure
and Uncrackable Code
by Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
(Wired Top Stories)
Submitted at 2/7/2010 9:00:00 PM
Former Air Force sergeant Brian
Regan buried stolen government
Topics section. Top Twitter
Topics This Week
Rank Topic Top Index This
Week Change Description#1
iPad 1 Steve Jobs, head of
Apple, announced the iPad on
1/27/10. It will be available for
purchase in March, 2010. On the
52nd Annual Grammy Awards
Show, Steven Colbert pulled an
iPad out of his jacket (Trends:
iPad, Apple iPad)#2 Grammys
The 52nd Annual Grammy
Awards aired on 1/31/10 with
great performances from Lady
GaGa, Beyonce, Pink, Taylor,
Drake, Wayne, Eminem, and a
wonderful MJ tribute. (Trends:
Grammys, Lady GaGa, Taylor
S w i f t , B e y o n c e ,
#goodlucktaylor, Grammy’s,
Grammy Awards, Kanye, Drake,
Eminem, American Idiot, MJ’s,
Ciara, Maxwell, Eminem)#3
Haiti 2-1 On January 12, 2010 an
earthquake measured at 7.3
devastated the country’s capital.
A week later, on the 20th, an
aftershock of magnitude 6.1
struck. People are Tweeting
about other charitable efforts
along with recordings of song to
support relief.#4 Shorty
secrets and encrypted the
coordinates, hoping to sell the
stash to the highest bidder. Then
he had to crack his own code.
Award 2 The Second Annual
Shorty Awards honor the most
popular producers of short
content on Twitter. Award
winners are recognized in 26
official and 100s of user
generated categories. This topic
first trended when nominations
were submitted and now people
are casting votes for different
categories.#5 Follow
Friday 2 Follow Friday is a
tradition where people tweet the
names of others who they believe
are fun/interesting to follow.#6
Happy
Groundhog Day 2 Groundhog
day is an American tradition. A
groundhog is used to determine
whether we have 6 more weeks
of winter due to the animal
seeing his shadow after emerging
from his burrow. (Trends: Happy
Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney
One Last Who Dat
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 5:48:53 AM
A random Who Dat on the
corner of Royal and St. Louis
Streets in the French Quarter
Phil)#7 Super Bowl 4-3 The
Indianapolis Colts play the New
Orleans Saints in Super Bowl
XLIV, the culmination of a
season of National League
Football play. The Super Bowl is
treated almost as a holiday in the
United States, with many people
holding parties, some just to
watch the commercials during
the game.#8 Goodnight 5
Usually a person’s last tweet of
the day. They’re telling us
they’re going to sleep now and
wishing us the traditional
‘Goodnight’. This can trend at
many different times due to the
different time-zones of Twitter
users.#9 Retweet
If 3 Simple eme: "Retweet if x"
where "x" could be "Crazy for
Justin Bieber" or, at this point,
anything. Also, there is a meme
"Retweet if #idothat2"#10 Lost 3
The two hour premiere of Lost’s
sixth and final season aired 2/2
on ABC in the USA. (Preceded
by an hour long recap of the first
five seasons.)
Tags: Top Twitter Topics,
trends, twitter
Sunday night, speaking for the
Nation: “I believed, and it
happened.”
Amen. Good morning. And one
last Who Dat.
E-reader News Edition
German Pranksters
Attach GPS Device to
Google Street View Car
[MAP]
by Stan Schroeder
(Mashable!)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 5:29:56 AM
This one will definitely put a
smile on the faces of all those
who think Google’s Street View
service is invading their privacy:
Members of German Free Art &
Technology group(F.A.T.)
noticed Google’s Street View car
in Berlin and decided to attach a
GPS device to it and track its
movement.
The result of their efforts can be
seen on a large map, and
although it doesn’t seem to show
anything out of the ordinary —
the Google Street View car
seemed to be driving around
Berlin as it should be (until they
realized they were being tracked
and removed the GPS device),
but it was nice to be able to
reverse the roles and snoop on
Google, even for a short while.
Tags: Google, gps, street view
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Bids are in for AOL's sale of ICQ-- TUAW at Big Nerd

it's down to 'UN' of 4 buyers Ranch: Aaron Hillegass
(CNET News.com) running. by Brett Terpstra (The Aaron expounds a little on his
Submitted at 2/8/2010 7:02:40 AM Whatever the price, it will likely Unofficial Apple Weblog "monastic" approach, and had
be much lower than what AOL (TUAW)) me walking up and down
Message from fivefilters.org: If are four "serious" ones, which paid for it in 1998. Submitted at 2/7/2010 4:30:00 PM slippery slopes to see the land ...
you can, please donate to the full one person close to the situation The then-powerful AOL A big thanks to Aaron for his
-text RSS service so we can described as a "U.N. of buyers." acquired ICQ, which was once of F i l e d u n d e r : I n t e r v i e w s , time, it was definitely a pleasure
continue developing it. Translation: The bidders are t h e m o s t e x p l o s i v e o n l i n e Developer and an honor to sit down with
AOL has taken another step likelier to be one of many communications tools, for $287 More coverage of TUAW's him!
closer to selling off its ICQ international Internet companies million, with another $120 inside look at developer boot In order to give our readers the
i n s t a n t m e s s a g i n g s e r v i c e , rather than a U.S. one. million in earnouts for the team. camp. See below for notes & first-hand account of what it's
culling seven bids to four That's because ICQ-which has It was part of an Tel Aviv, Israel, disclaimer. like to experience developer boot
"serious" ones, said sources close 40 to 50 million active users start-up called Mirabilis. On my last day at Big Nerd camp, Big Nerd Ranch has
to the situation. across the globe-has a stronger But ICQ's popularity in the U.S. Ranch, I got a chance to sit down p e r m i t t e d B r e t t t o a t t e n d
The price for the service is overseas business, especially in lagged in comparison to rival with with the biggest nerd at the complimentary classes and has
h o v e r i n g j u s t u n d e r $ 2 0 0 G e r m a n y , R u s s i a , E a s t e r n services from Microsoft, Yahoo ranch, Aaron Hillegass, and talk provided transportation/lodging
million, several sources said, E u r o p e a n d I s r a e l . and Google. In addition, about nerds, NextStep, the iPad assistance. Other than those
with one bid higher. While I could not get the exact Facebook and Twitter have also and more. Aaron has a unique considerations, no sponsorship or
An AOL spokeswoman declined names of those left, the most become major players in the vantage point on all things advertising relationship exists
to comment. obvious possibilities include: status-update space. Apple, and it was definitely an between BNR and TUAW. This
BoomTown reported news of Russian investment group AOL's AIM service, in contrast, enjoyable conversation. If you series is not an endorsement of
the sale of ICQ by AOL in Digital Sky Technologies, which is quite strong, typically clocking continue reading after the first BNR's programs or teaching
N o v e m b e r , p a r t o f a has invested in both Facebook a s o n e o f t h e t o p i n s t a n t video, there's a second short methodology.
deleveraging of units from the and social gaming site Zynga; m e s s a g i n g p r o p e r t i e s . video of Aaron and I out at the TUAW TUAW at Big Nerd
newly independent Internet China's huge Tencent-owned QQ ICQ is still based in Israel with site of the future Big Nerd R a n c h : A a r o n H i l l e g a s s
company, as it focuses more on instant messaging and gaming about 100 employees and is Ranch. originally appeared on The
its content and advertising service; Naspers, a multimedia moderately profitable. Bidders After chatting with Aaron for a U n o f f i c i a l A p p l e W e b l o g
business. giant which is also known as the and its team, sources said, are while, we drove about 20 (TUAW) on Sun, 07 Feb 2010
While other reports a month MIH Group and based in South now also talking as part of the minutes to get to the site of the 16:30:00 EST. Please see our
later said the sale was closer to Africa; Seznam, the largest Web process. "new" ranch (it's much closer to terms for use of feeds.
completion than it actually was, portal in the Czech Republic; Story Copyright (c) 2010 the airport than the current Read| Permalink| Email this|
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30 Tech/ Tech News/ Gadgets/
Israeli gas stations to swap Better Place car
batteries
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 7:20:41 AM
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Electric car service company
Better Place on Sunday
announced deals with corporate
fleet operators and a gas station
company in Israel, steps toward
launching a country-wide
network of all-electric cars next
year.
Ninety two companies said they
plan to host charging stations for
Better Place electric cars and a
gas station operator will host
battery switching stations.
A charging point for electric
vehicles in Israel.(Credit: Better
Place)
With the deals in place and
support from the Israeli
government, Better Place
projects that it will be operating
a country-wide network of
thousands of charging stations by
2011, according to reports.
During a presss conference,
Israel-born Better Place CEO
Historic Naval Gunship, Fully Cloaked [War]
by Mark Wilson (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 10:20:00 AM
After Japan destroyed the Allied
Fleet in WWII's Battle of the
Shai Agassi predicted that by
2020 there will be more electric
cars sold in Israel than gasoline
cars. The deal with corporate
fleet operators translates into
over half the fleet cars in the
country, he told Reuters.
Better Place's business model is
to provide driving plans for
electric vehicle owners, roughly
analogous to mobile phone
plans. A person or company can
Java Sea, the Abraham
Crijnssen, a minesweeper, was
ordered to escape to Australia.
To avoid detection, the 186-foot branches. [ HNSA via MAKE
boat was simply covered in
$350 million to expand into
Israel, Denmark, and other
locations, an investment led by
bank HSBC.
Better Place has not signed on
any other carmakers and many
people have questioned whether
its business model will work,
particularly in the U.S. where
driving distances can be longer
than other countries.
By contrast, its business is better
suited for Israel, where there is a
strong national interest to reduce
oil imports, many people drive
corporate cars, and there is a
relatively small geography to
work with.
Also on Sunday, the company
purchase a certain number said it will open a demonstration
driving miles per month for a fee facility, which includes a driving
and refill batteries at home and track and displays to explain
corporate charging stations. They how how the electric charging
can also swap out batteries, network will operate.
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this month, Better Place raised
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Vitamin D Webcam
Monitor Hits 1.0, Still
Has a Free Option
[Updates]
by Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 7:10:00 AM
Vitamin D, the Windows/Mac
remote webcam monitoring
software that we liked for
customizable accuracy, and
which one reader used to nab
proof of a derelict dog walker,
has hit a 1.0 release and
announced its pricing. There's
still a free version that does most
of what the (soon-to-expire) beta
does, but is limited to monitoring
one camera. A Basic ($49)
version supports two cameras,
and Pro ($199) license monitors
as many camera streams as your
computer can handle. [ Vitamin
D via TechCrunch]
E-reader News Edition
Super Bowl Ads 2010 [VIDEOS]
by Pete Cashmore
(Mashable!)
Submitted at 2/7/2010 11:03:15 PM
YouTube delivered on its
promise to upload all the Super
Bowl Ads as soon as they aired
today, with users voting to
choose which one will grace the
YouTube front page on
Thursday.
The tech and web ads were a
mixed bunch: Both the
established GoDaddy “Too Hot
for TV” schtick and Motorola’s
decision to put Megan Fox in a
bathtub stuck to the “sex sells”
mantra, while Monster.com
returned with a “Fiddling
Beaver.” Intel went for a quirky
“lunch room” ad while Vizio
chose star power in its Beyonce
commercial. We don’t know
what inspired Boost Mobile’s ad,
meanwhile, but the humor
appears to miss the mark
[Update: Commenters say it's a
remake of the "Chicago Bears
Super Bowl Shuffle"].
Our favorite: Google’s
sentimental made-for-web ad —
it was promoted to Super Bowl
status after its success on
YouTube. FLO TV’s
retrospective on American media
is also a very memorable
attempt. Which ads are your
faves? Web and Tech Super
Bowl Ads 2010 Megan Fox
Motorola Ad
FLO TV: My Generation Ad
Monster.com Fiddling Beaver
Ad
GoDaddy Super Bowl
Boost Mobile Ad
Google: Parisian Love Ad
Intel Lunch Room Ad
Go Daddy: News
Vizio Beyonce Ad
Cars.com Ad
Other Super Bowl Ads 2010
Snickers Super Bowl Ad
Survivor: Heroes Vs. Villains
Ad
Hyundai Sonata Ad
Doritos Ad
Robin Hood Spot
Doritos: House Rules Ad
NCIS /CBS Ad
Coca-Cola / Simpsons Ad
Undercover Boss Ad (CBS)
Doritos Casket Ad
Tech/ 31
Why Does The IEEE Make
It So Difficult To Access
And Share Research?
by Mike Masnick (Techdirt) the author of his own paper --
Submitted at 2/8/2010 6:41:16 AM but the IEEE stamps it with
Martin's name and says that it
Matt points us to an article by can't be used by anyone else.
Martin Rowe about the difficulty Of course, you can see what the
o f a c c e s s i n g a n d s h a r i n g IEEE is thinking. It wants to
i n f o r m a t i o n a n d r e s e a r c h hoard the information in order to
published by the IEEE, which he build up its membership ranks,
Wolfman Ad finds to be a bit of a travesty, fearing that if it made that
The Good Wife since the IEEE should be in the information available, people
Emerald Nuts: Awesomer business of promoting technical would be less interested in
Hyundai Soata / Brett Favre Ad knowledge. He describes how becoming an IEEE member. I
VW Punchdub he found an interesting paper that would argue that's rather short-
Budweiser Bridge Ad he wanted to share with his sighted, and there are plenty of
Denny’s Chicken Birthday Ad readership, but that the IEEE other ways the IEEE could make
Denny’s Chicken Warning forbids just reposting their membership more valuable
Alice in Wonderland content (a restriction he's fine (member-only gathering, access
Skechers with). Instead, though, he hoped t o o t h e r m e m b e r s o n l i n e ,
Homeaway Vacation Ad that the author of the paper d i s c o u n t s o n
Dr Pepper / KISS ad would post it publicly (rather events/publications/etc.) while
Select 55 Ice Bottle Ad than behind the IEEE's paywall) s t i l l m a k i n g t h e p a p e r s i t
Michelob Ultra – Little Bumps and let him link to it. The author publishes free. In fact, by
Ad agreed, but since the author freeing up the content, and
Budweiser Clydesdale Fence Ad wasn't a member of the IEEE, he highlighting those other benefits,
Late Show Ad didn't have a copy of the full it could even make membership
Bud Light Asteroid Ad paper (this part seems a bit odd -- more valuable.
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B o w l , S u p e r B o w l a d s , the author would have a copy of This Story
Superbowl, trending his own paper). So Martin
agreed to download a copy for
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Google is Working on Speech-to- Italy Blocks The Pirate

Speech Translation for Android
by Stan Schroeder
(Mashable!)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 6:22:07 AM
In Douglas Adams’s humorous
sci-fi novel series Hitchhiker’s
Guide to the Galaxy a special
kind of fish is mentioned — the
Babel Fish. When inserted into
the ear, it translates any spoken
language into whichever
language the listener
understands. It is a very nifty
device, and now Google seeks to
create something similar.
According to Times Online,
Google is developing a speech-to
-speech automated translator for
Android phones. It’s essentially
a combination of two of
Google’s existing technologies;
its online universal translator
service, Google Translate, and its
voice recognition system.
Google plans to make its Babel
Fish a lot like a human
translator; the software would
analyze chunks of speech, and
translate them in their entirety
rather than translating word for
word. Franz Och, Google’s head
of translation services, claims the
technology could go live in a
couple of years. “Clearly, for it
to work smoothly, you need a
combination of high-accuracy
machine translation and high-
accuracy voice recognition, and
that’s what we’re working on. If
you look at the progress in
machine translation and
corresponding advances in voice
recognition, there has been huge
progress recently,” he says.
Anyone who’s used Google
Translate knows that translations
aren’t (and probably never will
be) perfect, but they’re very
helpful when you can’t
understand a word of some
foreign language. However,
Google’s voice recognition also
has issues of its own, and I fear
that these two combined would
produce a very high amount of
errors. The Times also mentions
the issue of different accents, a
problem that Google plans to
solve by making the software
gradually learn the speaking
habits of the phone’s owner.
Despite the big issues Google
has to overcome to make this
technology useful, if anyone can
pull it off, Google can. The idea
of being able to call someone
who doesn’t speak your
language, and have the
conversation translated almost
instantly, well, that’s one of
those inventions that made
Google the company it is today.
Tags: Google, machine
translation, translation
Bay Yet Again
by Mike Masnick (Techdirt) entertainment industry we're
Submitted at 2/8/2010 2:45:17 AM talking about, and if the courts
save it from shooting itself in the
Well, here we go again. A year foot, it will just keep shooting.
and a half ago, an Italian court So, once again, it is going to get
ordered ISPs to start blocking The Pirate Bay a lot more
access to The Pirate Bay. Oddly attention by getting a court to
(and inexplicably) many ISPs require the site be blocked again.
redirected all such traffic to a Basically, the original ruling
website owned by the IFPI, saying that Italy couldn't ban
w h i c h s e e m e d h i g h l y foreign sites was overturned by
questionable. Why should a the Italian Supreme Court, and
private entity receive that traffic? thus, the lower court went back
Either way, it didn't do much and decided, again, that the site
good, as the block only drew should be blocked.
more attention to The Pirate Bay, What I really wonder is if
leading more visitors to reach the anyone actually thinks this will
site from Italy than before the make a difference?
block! Not long after that, a Permalink| Comments| Email
court struck down the ban as This Story
being unreasonable.
But, of course, this is the

Google Working on Speech-to-Speech Phone

Translation [Google]
by Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker) "speech-to-speech," translation and that's what we're working
Submitted at 2/8/2010 4:40:00 AM technology for future phone on." Would you let Google listen
models, according to The Times in on your international calls and
Using its vast compendium of UK. Google's head of translation do your translation for you? [via
voice and translation data, services is quoted as saying that Gizmodo
Google appears to be working speech-to-speech requires "high- high-accuracy voice recognition,
toward a semi-real-time, or accuracy machine translation and
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online once again, the company
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The Nook is also expected to
show up in most B&N stores by
midweek.
After running out of the e-
readers over the holidays, Barnes
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could ship the Nook to its stores
by this week--in time for the next
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Day.
Those interested in buying the
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The company recently launched
Nook version 1.2, which sent
several updates to the e-reader,
Palin Thinking of
Presidency in 2012,
Cites Pat Buchanan
(Little Green Footballs)
Submitted at 2/7/2010 11:09:23 AM
Sarah Palin, who quit her
elected office as Governor of
Alaska in the middle of her term,
now says she’s considering
running for President in 2012.
“I would, I would if I believe
that is the right thing to do for
our country and the Palin family.
Certainly I would do so,” she
told “Fox News Sunday,” in an
interview that was taped before
she addressed a Tea Party
convention the night before. “I
think that it would be absurd to
not consider what it is that I
could potentially do to help our
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would actually lose the office he
won just a year-and-a-half ago.
But — citing a column written
by Pat Buchanan — she left open
the possibility that his fates could
change, particularly (she seemed
to wish) if a major attack were to
be launched against Iran.
And she topped it off by
defending Rush Limbaugh’s use
of the word “retard,” (with the
patented“It’s satire!” gambit),
reversing the criticism issued by
one of her aides just a few days
ago.
“They are kooks, so I agree with
Rush Limbaugh,” she said, when
read a quote of Limbaugh calling
liberal groups “retards.” “Rush
Limbaugh was using satire … . I
didn’t hear Rush Limbaugh
calling a group of people whom
he did not agree with ‘f-ing
retards,’ and we did know that
Rahm Emanuel, as has been
reported, did say that. There is a
big difference there.”
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Talkcast tonight, 10 pm ET:
Macworld Expo preview
by Michael Rose (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 2/7/2010 6:00:00 PM
Filed under: Macworld, TUAW
Business, Podcasts We're back
live tonight with the usual gang
of ruffians, this time (partially)
live from San Francisco as we
warm up for Macworld Expo
2010! So what if the iPad isn't
out for a few more weeks? We're
revved up for the show -- it's our
first year with a booth of our
own, and our first year
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What coverage do you want to
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We'll kick things off at 10pm
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Koreans watch Avatar in “4D”
by Serkan Toto (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 6:40:56 AM
One important factor that can
explain Avatar’s success at the
box office is certainly the 3D
experience viewers can have
when they walk into the right
movie theater. But what about
watching Avatar in “ 4 D”? In
then, and if not, we'll vamp.
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The nation’s leading multiplex
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the experience includes moving
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How the Air Force Biomorphic Micro Air

Vehicles Will Spy and Kill Unnoticed [Weapons]
by Jesus Diaz (Gizmodo) the Air Force Research able to position themselves to even explosives. The future is
Submitted at 2/8/2010 9:40:00 AM Laboratory, they will be more perform long-term surveillance going to be a lot of fun. [ Design
like robotic birds with spy and duties, but they would be enable World Online]
I thought the Micro Air Vehicles attack capabilities, capable of to engage enemies individually,
would be small hovering robots blending with the environment. attacking humans with
but, according to this video from Not only these things would be incapacitation chemicals and
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The Way of the Whigs?

(AEI.Org: Articles) liberals by nearly two to one, a Whigs and birth of the 43 by embracing a Maine, and Minnesota; others
Submitted at 2/7/2010 3:00:00 PM figure that has remained roughly Republicans. "compassionate conservatism" have run strong but losing races.
stable since the mid-1970s. Consider the first trend, a retreat that envisioned a strong role for Ross Perot did well for a third-
Message from fivefilters.org: If "America is a center-right from ideology. Despite the party government. Clinton spoke of party candidate when he ran for
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-text RSS service so we can say, and since the GOP is a clear from polls and election and infuriated the Left by signing speculation about independent
continue developing it. center-right party, the political results that the public has been a welfare-reform bill. And candidates such as Colin Powell
Scott Brown's improbable win implications are supposedly seeking a middle ground for Obama rocketed to public and Michael Bloomberg is now a
in the Massachusetts Senate clear. They argue that the GOP's quite some time. On fiscal issues, acclaim with his 2004 staple of the presidential season.
election is the latest and most poor standing doesn't matter in a polls show a desire for less Democratic-convention address, Candidates of this type have
d r a m a t i c e v i d e n c e o f t h e two-party system; anger at government and lower taxes in in which he spoke of one different personalities and
Republicans' greatly improved Democrats inevitably leads to the abstract, but support for most America, neither red nor blue. biographies but are cut from the
electoral outlook. As polls have GOP votes. Once Republicans specific (and expensive) This trend toward pragmatic same political cloth: They
shown dissatisfaction with are back in power, they can government programs. On centrism can perhaps be most invariably run against special
President Obama rising and reestablish the center-right cultural issues, polls show that clearly seen in the rise of interests and for the people, as
D e m o c r a t i c l e a d s i n majority and return to people want abortion with something that is now almost fiscal but not social
congressional generic-ballot d o m i n a n c e . serious restrictions, and gay commonplace, the independent conservatives, and promise the
polls shrinking or gone, GOP I'm not so sure. I see the current rights without gay marriage. campaign for governor or sort of pragmatic problem-
operatives have started 2010 s t a t e o f a f f a i r s a s a n Even conservatives' much-touted president. Between 1928 and solving of which party-backed
with visions of 1994 dancing in intensification, perhaps even a voter-identification advantage 1968, third-party presidential candidates are said to be
their heads. culmination, of four interrelated can be exaggerated. While self- candidates represented incapable.
But a closer look at the data 25-year political trends: a described conservatives do ideological splinters from either One might be tempted to
rings alarm bells. Recent polls growing distrust of conservative significantly outnumber self- the left (Henry Wallace in 1948, dismiss these trends as products
also show that voters' ratings of and liberal ideologies, a growing described liberals, the largest Socialist Norman Thomas in of the candidates' particular
t h e R e p u b l i c a n p a r t y a n d movement away from the two group during the modern 1928 and 1932) or the Jim Crow strengths rather than expressions
R e p u b l i c a n m e m b e r s o f parties and toward political political era has always been self South (Strom Thurmond in 1948, of mistrust of ideology, but our
Congress have barely budged independence, increases in the -described moderates. George Wallace in 1968). Third- second trend--growing voter self
and remain sharply negative: racial-minority (which usually Further, election results since party candidates at the state level -identification as political
G r e a t e r s u p p o r t f o r G O P means Democratic-voting) share 1980 suggest unwillingness to were rare and, when victorious, independents--provides evidence
candidates has not meant greater of the population, and a growing accept rule by either party's base. represented a wing of a fractured against that interpretation. In
support for the GOP in general. inability of the Republican party Left-leaning Democrats like party, like James Buckley, who 1964, according to Gallup polls,
I n d e p e n d e n t s c o n s i s t e n t l y to bridge the gap between its Michael Dukakis and John Kerry was elected senator from New 51 percent of Americans
outnumber both Democrats and populist and elite wings. were rejected even when facing York on the Conservative-party identified themselves as
Republicans, and GOP party Together, these trends raise the Republican nominees with ticket in 1970. Truly independent Democrats, 25 percent as
identification remains at or close specter of a serious independent, strong disapproval ratings. candidates, people who ran Republicans, and 23 percent as
to 70-year lows, with some polls populist presidential candidacy Successful candidates of either without the backing of any independents. But as Democrats
showing less than a quarter of for the first time in a century. party relied on overtly centrist established party, were virtually showed themselves unable to
Americans saying they are And if the GOP doesn't adapt to appeals. Both Bushes made clear nonexistent. solve the nation's problems, and
Republicans. the shifting political terrain, there breaks with the GOP's base, Since 1988, however, this has with Republicans mired in
It's tempting to dismiss these is even a remote possibility that Bush 41 by invoking a "kinder changed, with third-party seemingly permanent minority
negative signs. Conservatives are the identity of America's two and gentler nation" (which candidates running against rigid status, both parties dropped in
fond of citing polls that show dominant parties will change for infuriated Nancy Reagan: ideology instead of espousing it.
self-described conservatives the first time since the 1850s, "Kinder and gentler than who?" Independent centrists have won WAY page 37
outnumbering self-described which saw the death of the she famously quipped) and Bush governorships in Connecticut,
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public esteem. In 1980 the
breakdown of voters' political
affiliations was 45 percent
Democrat, 23 percent
Republican, and 29 percent
independent, and despite
Republican electoral successes
over the next three decades, the
proportion of Americans who
say they are independent has
continued to rise. In every year
since George H. W. Bush's
defeat in 1992, the number of
Americans identifying
themselves as independents has
equaled or exceeded the number
identifying themselves as
Republicans, according to annual
polls by the Pew Research
Center.
The political stasis that
characterized the 1992-2008
period, an era that Michael
Barone famously called "50-50
nation," was in fact not 50-50 but
a roughly equal three-way split
between a liberal Democratic
base, a conservative Republican
base, and an independent third
group that switched or divided
its allegiance depending on
which party seemed responsive
to its concerns.
Republicans who see the party's
underlying weakness and want to
address it, however, must also
address our last two trends, both
of which are harmful to the
GOP. The first is America's
changing demography. Since
1980, immigration and larger
black turnout have created an
electorate that is increasingly
non-white, which means
increasingly Democratic. In
1980, 88 percent of the voters
were white; in 1988, 85 percent
were. By 2008, the number had
dropped to 74 percent, and
McCain lost non-white voters 81
-18. Meanwhile, whites are
becoming wealthier and more
educated. Such voters, who
increasingly vote Democratic,
tend to be concentrated in non-
southern suburbs. Reagan and
Bush 41 were able to win
majorities of them, but in 2008
Obama carried non-southern
whites earning over $80,000 a
year.
These shifts have changed the
electoral landscape. Political
journalist Ron Brownstein has
calculated that if six
demographic groups (blacks,
Hispanics, Asians, other
minorities, college-educated
whites, and all other whites) had
voted in 2008 as they actually
did but had composed the shares
of the electorate that they did in
1992, McCain would have
beaten Obama by 2.3 percent.
Demographics are projected to
get even worse for the GOP in
coming years. Census estimates
show that 34 percent of the
American population is non-
white, with the number rising to
44 percent among children. Even
if immigration is halted, an
unlikely event, the non-white
share of the electorate will grow.
Under those circumstances, a
Republican who does not raise
his or her share of the non-white
vote well above the record highs
recorded by George W. Bush in
2004 will by 2016 need to carry
60 percent or more of the white
vote to get a majority.
And that will not be possible if
Republicans do not heal their
divisions. That brings us to our
fourth trend: the growing rift
between the two major wings of
the party, the populists and the
elite.
Modern conservatism started as
a revolt against the eastern,
liberal, urban wing of the
Republican party. Goldwaterites
made common cause with the
easterners' old adversaries,
Republicans from the party's
midwestern wing, which was pro
-business and suspicious of
government intervention both at
home and abroad.
But by the early 1970s, the
conservative movement had
grown beyond its old base to
incorporate many former
Democrats. They were
economically conservative,
although often not as
conservative as the
Goldwaterites; they were
internationally interventionist;
and they added a cultural-
conservative component to GOP
campaigns. They were
disproportionately from areas
where the GOP had not done
well in generations: the South
and the ethnic Catholic wards of
big and medium-sized cities.
Ronald Reagan united all wings
of the movement on the basis of
populist style as much as
ideology. From his casual brown
suits to his folksy demeanor,
Reagan sought to portray himself
as a humble representative of
what he called in a prescient
1964 National Review article
"the forgotten American--that
simple soul who goes to work,
bucks for a raise, takes out
insurance, pays for his kids'
schooling, contributes to his
church and charity and knows
there just 'ain't no such thing as a
free lunch.'" The character of his
following was obvious. The
journalist Theodore H. White
remarked to Reagan aide Lyn
Nofziger that Reagan's 1980
victory party was "the frowsiest
crowd of frumps" he had ever
seen. Nofziger replied, "Yup,
that's us. We're the middle class."
Since 1980, intra-GOP fights
have increasingly been waged
between candidates who are
comfortable with this new
movement and those who are
not. Reagan's nearly successful
1976 challenge to incumbent
president Gerald Ford united
what remained of the old eastern
and midwestern wings in
opposition to it. And Reagan's
presidency shifted the ground so
much that by 1988, Bob Dole--
who twelve years earlier, as
Ford's running mate, had been
seen as an arch-conservative--
was viewed by many
conservatives as a moderate
because of his willingness to
raise taxes. With liberal
Republicans leaving the party in
droves, and with conservative
former Democrats joining by the
37
day, Dole was easy pickings for
George H. W. Bush, who ran as
a populist conservative and
clinched his nomination with a
win in a state previously
unimportant to GOP hopefuls,
South Carolina.
Once in office, however, Bush
governed in a manner
reminiscent of the country-club
Republicans. On issue after
issue, he sided with the old elites
over the new majority, and the
1992 elections are best seen as
two consecutive populist revolts
against him. First Pat Buchanan
challenged Bush in the primaries
on an anti-tax theme, doing quite
well in initial heats. Then Ross
Perot launched a populist
campaign that split the Reagan-
Bush coalition, leading to the
election of Bill Clinton even
though Clinton received a
smaller share of the vote than
Michael Dukakis had four years
earlier.
The GOP's electoral fortunes
since have depended in large part
on the ability of its leaders to
unite populists and elites behind
a shared goal. President Clinton's
missteps would have made 1994
a good year for Republicans in
any event, but Newt Gingrich's
uniting of populist fervor (term
limits, an end to congressional
corruption) and elite concerns
(balanced-budget amendment,
fiscal probity) through the
Contract with America turned a
good year into a historic one.
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existing Clean Air Act, if it gases. Which means it’s time to also, no doubt, be messy disputes The agency has a variety of EPA alone can't bring about
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to public health and welfare handle the job? "significant" upgrade, a Clean Burnett, a former EPA official "The only way to cut emissions
(which, most scientists agree, EPA officials have stayed fairly Air Act battle that's been raging who helped craft greenhouse-gas 80 percent by 2050 is to put a
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Similarly, the domestic and
international stresses of the past
few years would have hurt
Republicans in the 2006 and
2008 elections regardless. But
the GOP's congressional
leadership exacerbated these
problems through its failure to
offer a comprehensive governing
agenda. This led to wild
gyrations in emphasis to satisfy
populist and elite demands, an
inconsistency that ultimately hurt
the Republican image among
both groups.
More recent elections have
shown the importance to the
GOP of getting this balance
right. Doug Hoffman in New
York's 23rd congressional
district had many flaws, such as
his lack of familiarity with local
issues and his non-residence in
the district. But surely his
campaign style, a brand of fiery
populism that excited grass-roots
conservatives, contributed to his
final defeat. Many moderate
Republicans who were backing
the establishment GOP
candidate, Dede Scozzafava,
ended up voting for the
Democrat, Bill Owens, whose
campaign was languishing below
40 percent in the polls before she
dropped out and endorsed him.
On the other hand, candidates
like Scott Brown have shown it
is possible simultaneously to
satisfy the populist desire for an
ordinary person who opposes
Obama's agenda and the elite
desire for someone thoughtful
and willing to work with
reasonable people from all
parties.
Seen against this backdrop, the
continuing debate over the
proper role of tea-party
conservatives in the 2010
elections is merely the latest
flashpoint in a multi-decade war.
Each side in this war should
recognize that it needs the other
to win, as a recent Rasmussen
poll demonstrates. This poll
showed that the Republicans led
the Democrats by seven points in
a generic congressional ballot,
but that if a third "Tea party" was
added, the Democrats won
handily, pulling 36 percent
versus the hypothetical party's 23
percent and the GOP's 18
percent.
Where does this leave us?
Republicans should first
remember that politics is like
tennis, and the Democrats are
serving. It's very hard to break
service against a competent
player, and there is still time for
Obama and his party to regain
their game. Obama's slide in the
polls has been steep, but his year
-end standing was eerily similar
to Ronald Reagan's in December
1981. Back then, Reagan had 49
percent approval; Obama had 50
percent in the late-December
2009 polling average on
RealClearPolitics. Reagan's
numbers slid throughout 1982 as
the economy worsened, reaching
their nadir at 35 percent in
January 1983.
But Reagan recovered nicely,
relying on issues that unified his
coalition, like hard-line positions
against the Soviets. The fast-
recovering economy also helped,
and as his numbers recovered--
and with Democrats unable to
overcome their own intra-party
divisions during their
presidential primaries--Reagan
swept to an epic reelection win
that placed the GOP on the path
toward the continued power it
would wield for another 20
years.
If both of today's parties
continue their missteps, however,
it is not at all inconceivable that
a serious third-party presidential
candidate could arise. In this
scenario, by early 2012
independents would make up a
record-high 40 percent or more
of the electorate. President
Obama would be discredited,
blamed for governing from the
left and failing to improve the
economy while saddling our
nation with previously
incomprehensible deficits. The
GOP would be viewed as the
party of incompetence and
narrow-mindedness,
simultaneously alienating elites
and populists. It's easy to
envision the rallying cry for this
candidate: "Republicans are for
the rich, Democrats are for the
government, I'm for you."
One should not overestimate the
odds of such a candidate's
success. Independent campaigns
must spend many months and
millions of dollars simply
qualifying for the ballot in 50
states. They lack the fundraising
and volunteer infrastructures that
a major party can provide, and
without a primary campaign or
any presence in the White House
or Congress, they must fight
extremely hard to receive the
free media coverage that major-
party campaigns command. But
in a scenario where both major
parties are discredited and the
electorate is looking for a third
way, one would be foolish to
dismiss the possibility of an
independent win.
Such a victory would be historic
enough, but it need not end there.
Current trends, if left unchecked,
will produce a political situation
quite similar to that of the early
1850s, which led to the demise
of the Whig party. The Whigs
collapsed under the pressures of
immigration and issue-driven
populism. Largely Anglophile,
they could not make common
cause with the Irish and German
immigrants who streamed into
the country starting in 1848, and
their affluent southern wing
could not make common cause
with the burgeoning anti-slavery
movement, which launched three
successive third-party campaigns
between 1844 and 1852. Yet the
Democrats could not reconcile
their southern, slaveholding base
with these constituencies either,
and this created fertile ground for
a new party--the Republicans--to
grow in.
A more recent example of a
major party's destroying itself by
immobility and inaction took
place in Canada. The Progressive
39
Conservative party, one of the
two founding parties of modern
Canada, imploded because of its
inability to appeal to Canada's
Asian immigrants or unite its
western, populist wing and its
eastern, elite wing. In the 1993
election, the PCP went from 150-
odd seats in Parliament to two,
and after a decade of confusion,
a new party, the current
Conservatives, arose to reunite
the Right under the leadership of
an immigrant-friendly westerner,
Stephen Harper.
The path the original Republican
party took can be followed by its
modern descendant. The
Republican party of Lincoln (a
former Whig) was diverse and
contained many groups
seemingly opposed to the others.
German immigrants broke bread
with anti-immigration Know-
Nothings; abolitionists shared
space with anti-abolition
unionists; pro-slavery, anti-tariff
former Democrats partnered with
pro-tariff former Whigs. They
were unified by a common cause
--opposition to the extension of
slavery into new territories,
including the vast swath that had
been won in the Mexican War--
and a spirit of cooperation led
them to compromise on their
differences in pursuit of that
goal.
The monstrous deficits being
created today could play the
same role for the modern GOP
(or its replacement) that slavery
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The idea that Republicans
haven’t had a chance to present
their ideas on health care reform
is a bit mind-boggling. Five
separate congressional
committees had hearings; each
chamber had floor debates.
That’s hundreds of hours the
GOP had to talk about health
care, all of it in public view and
televised on C-SPAN. And that’s
not even including all of the
unofficial channels at the
Republicans’ disposal. Generally
speaking, the party of Rush
Limbaugh and Fox Television
doesn’t struggle to get across its
message.
But if President Obama is
determined to give Republicans
one more public forum for
presenting their health care
agenda, as he will do when he
meets with GOP leaders on Feb.
25, maybe that is just as well.
For most of last year,
Republicans spent their time
attacking Democratic plans for
reform, rather than describing
their own. But now they’ve put a
plan on the table. Showcasing
that plan--and comparing it to
what the Democrats have
proposed--might help clarify a
few things.
The Republican health care plan
is part of the " Roadmap for
America's Future." Its chief
architect is Paul Ryan, ranking
Republican on the House Budget
Committee and a rising star in
the party. Republicans boast that
the Roadmap is serious plan to
get the federal budget under
control, which turns out to be a
fairly large exaggeration. As
Howard Gleckman of the Tax
Policy Center has observed, the
Roadmap doesn't account for
trillions of dollars in lost revenue
from its tax cuts. Yes, that's
trillions with a "t" at the front
and "s" at the back.
The health care portions of the
plan, though, really would
reduce what the government
spends on health care. And they
would do so, primarily, by
extracting money from
Medicare. Instead of continuing
to provide coverage directly, the
government would issue
vouchers that seniors could use
to buy private insurance. The
value of the vouchers would rise
far more slowly than Medicare
spending is expected to grow if
nothing changes.
According to the Congressional
Budget Office, Medicare will
soak up more than 14 percent of
gross domestic product by 2080.
If the Roadmap were to be
adopted, CBO says Medicare
would take up less than 4
percent. As Ryan explained
during an illuminating interview
with the Washington Post’s Ezra
Klein, the hope is that converting
Medicare into a voucher scheme
would prod seniors to shop
around to find the best value--
that is, the best insurance
policies, the best hospitals, the
best doctors--and, in so doing,
get health care that is as good if
not better than they would have
otherwise.
That all sounds perfectly
innocuous: Who wouldn’t want
seniors taking the initiative and
hunting around for the best
bargains? But it’s not clear how
many seniors really have the
ability to navigate the world of
health care with the sort of
sophistication to really hunt
down the most cost-effective
care, even if, as Ryan promises,
they’d have more information at
their disposal. At the very least,
you'd want to give seniors
ironclad protections when it
comes to the design of insurance
products--making sure a wide
array of services were covered
and that out-of-pocket spending
were limited.
The Roadmap includes only
vague protections along those
lines. Combine that with the
magnitude of the spending
reductions--those cuts are very
big--and it's easy to envision a
world where seniors simply
couldn't afford their medical
care. As a preliminary (and still
unpublished) analysis of the
Roadmap by the liberal Center
on Budget and Policy Priorities
concluded, “elderly and disabled
people with significant medical
conditions could encounter
serious difficulty securing
adequate coverage.”
But wait a minute--don’t the
Democratic reform plans also
take money out of Medicare?
They sure do. But there are
several key differences. For
starters, the Democrats’
reductions don't appear to be as
large as what’s envisioned in the
Roadmap. Also, under the
Democratic plan, most seniors
would still be getting their
coverage directly from the
government, which has lower
overhead than private sector
insurers. So every dollar the
Democrats spend on seniors
would actually go a little further.
No less important, the
Democratic plans wouldn't
simply slash spending and let the
market sort itself out. Instead, the
Medicare cuts are part of a
broader package of reforms
designed to change the way
Medicare pays for services.
These reforms are designed to
reward efficiency (by, for
example, paying more to doctors
that join integrated group
practices) while penalizing
inefficiency (by, for example,
paying less to hospitals with high
rates of infection or, eventually,
paying less money for drugs that
don’t work that well). They are
also designed, quite frankly, to
push down the prices that
providers charge.
This is a critical difference. If
you simply reduce the money
flowing into Medicare, relying
only on the wits of beneficiaries
to figure out how best to spend
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what’s left, seniors are bound to
end up with less care. That's the
Republican method. But if you
also introduce system-wide
changes that reward more
efficient care and force down
provider prices, the dollars in the
program really might go farther--
so that spending less doesn't
always mean getting less. That's
the Democratic approach.
"The slowdown in the Reid
[Senate] bill is predicated on
specific policies which,
according to MedPAC and
others, shouldn't reduce
beneficiaries' access to care,"
says Paul Van de Water, a senior
fellow at the Center on Budget.
"The Ryan bill just gives every
beneficiary a voucher and makes
them fend for themselves in a
poorly regulated private market."
The irony is that, for much of
the last year, Republicans have
been scaring the bejeezus out of
seniors by telling them that
Democrats were out to destroy
Medicare. But the Roadmap
makes clear that it’s not
Democrats who seek massive,
disruptive changes to the
program. It’s the Republicans. If
the coming engagement between
the Republicans and President
Obama help the public to
understand that reality, extending
the debate might actually be
worth it.
Jonathan Cohn is a senior editor
of The New Republic. This
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Stouffer's Should Be Doing Product Placement in 'The Middle'

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Congress.” After all, EPA rules
are a relatively blunt
instrument—having regulators
suggest, for example, that
polluters adopt specific
technologies would limit the
potential for innovation.
There's also the cost question.
EPA regulations would, in all
likelihood, be pricier for
polluters than a flexible cap-and-
trade system from Congress. For
a utility that owns a lot of creaky
old coal-fired plants, it may be
cheaper to pay $12 per ton of
carbon-dioxide under cap-and-
trade—or to lobby Congress for
free permits—than to implement
millions of dollars worth of
equipment upgrades per an EPA
mandate. That's why most
industry groups would prefer that
Congress come up with its own
system.
Then again, that's also a reason
why many environmentalists
prefer the EPA approach, or at
least see it as a good complement
to a congressional bill. "We don't
want to see a cap-and-trade bill
give life to a whole new
generation of coal plants on their
Michael Chiklis to Star in Pilot About Superhero Family
by Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 9:26:00 AM
The season finale of'Heroes' is
on NBC tonight (yup, in
February), and no knows yet if
the show is coming back for
another season or not (though
Greg Grunberg is hopeful). If the
last legs," says Steven Biel, the
clean energy campaign director
for MoveOn.org, which has been
active in defending the EPA's
authority. (A number of
congressional staffers say that
the EPA's authority over
greenhouse gases would likely
be overridden by any climate
bill, although, thanks to pressure
from groups like MoveOn, some
members are now backing away
from this view.)
Another problem with going the
EPA route is that there are plenty
of legal uncertainties involved.
Industry groups are certain to sue
the agency at every turn, which
could bog down the regulatory
process. Still, say some experts,
as long as the agency takes care
in drafting its rules, it can
probably survive the flurry of
legal challenges. "The EPA has a
good track record here," says
Burnett. "Even during the last
eight years, the record wasn't
always stellar, but the courts still
upheld most of the agency's
rules. That's something within
EPA's control: They can decide
how much legal risk they want to
show is canceled, there are a
couple of shows that are rushing
to fill that hole in the superhero
genre. One is an NBC show
titled'Cape,' and another is'No
Ordinary Family.' a pilot that
ABC has picked up.
This one is a drama from Greg
Berlanti ('Brothers & Sisters,' 'Eli
take." Lawsuits might be able to
slow down the EPA for a few
years, but probably not much
more than that.
The biggest potential pitfall with
the EPA approach is that
Congress can always put a stop
to it, if it chooses. In the Senate,
Alaska Republican Lisa
Murkowski is proposing a bill
that would strip the agency of its
authority over greenhouse gases.
She has the support of 36
Republicans and three
conservative Democrats. That's
clearly not enough to enact a law
(let alone overcome an Obama
veto), but things could change if
the GOP picks up more seats this
fall. Likewise, Congress could
block the EPA from getting the
funds it needs to regulate
greenhouse gases (Obama asked
for about $43 million for this
purpose in his latest budget).
"That's the problem with this
notion that the EPA is somehow
holding a gun to Congress's
head, forcing us to pass
legislation," says one Democratic
Senate aide. "Because the first
thing that occurs to people here
S t o n e , ' ' D a w s o n ' s C r e e k , ' and not other powers a family
is, 'Hey, I know a way to get out
of that.' "
That means that, in the coming
months, many climate advocates
may have to switch gears.
Instead of talking about the
EPA's authority as some
terrifying prospect that only the
passage of a cap-and-trade bill
can stop, the EPA option may
increasingly get framed as
something worth defending in its
own right. Especially since it
may be one of the few viable
options left for tackling climate
change.
Bradford Plumer is assistant
editor of The New Republic.
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'Everwood,' and 'Dirty Sexy
Money') and focuses on a family
(headed by dad Chiklis) who
finds that they have super
powers. And by "super powers"
I'm sure they mean things like
strength, speed, and invisibility
could have, like being a great
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Sandra Bullock Talks
Oscar Fashion and
Her Newest Honor
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 12:01:00 AM
ET was front and center at the
25th Santa Barbara International
Film Festival (SBIFF) on Friday
night, and our Lawrence Zarian
dished with Oscar nominee
Sandra Bullock!
Sandra, who's nominated for
Best Actress for her role in 'The
Blind Side,' revealed whether
she's been contacted by designers
about an Oscar-night dress -- and
she got candid about her
preparations for glamorous
events like the Academy
Awards.
"JCPenny called me and I said,
'Give me some sketches and I’ll
see what I can do.' K-Mart, bring
it on. I want Walmart, K-Mart,
JCPenny," divulged the star who
now has an Oscar "prefix"
leading into her already
household name.
cook, being able to fix leaky
faucets, and organizing closets
like no ordinary human.
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ET Exclusive: Will
CRU Scientist Got Death Threats Melissa Rycroft Wipe
(Little Green Footballs) year in July alone the unit requests. Each applicant asked or withhold data. “It was just Out on 'Wipeout'?
Submitted at 2/7/2010 2:04:35 PM received 60 FoI requests from for data from five different frustration. I thought the requests
across the world. With a staff of countries, 200 in all, which were just distractions. It was (ETonline - Breaking News)
Embattled climate scientist Phil only 13 to cope with them, the would have been a daunting task taking us away from our day Submitted at 2/8/2010 6:22:00 PM

Jones talks to the Times Online: demands were accumulating even for someone with nothing jobs. It was written in anger.”
The leak was bad. Then came the faster than they could be dealt else to do. It was clear to Jones But he insists that no data were ET special correspondent
death threats - Times Online. with. “According to the rules,” that the attack originated from an destroyed. “We have no data to Melissa Rycroft has bravely
At the worst possible time, in says Jones, “you have to do 18 old adversary, the sceptical delete. It comes to us from decided to take on the wacky TV
the days immediately before the hours’ work on each one before website Climate Audit, run by institutions around the world. challenge that is "Wipeout," but
Copenhagen climate summit in you’re allowed to turn it down.” Steve McIntyre, a former We interpret data. We don’t has she bitten off more than she
December, it enabled sceptics It meant that the scientists would minerals prospector and arch create or collect it. It’s all could chew?
across the globe to claim that have had a lot of their time climate sceptic. available from other sources.” "I was really nervous," admits
climate science was fatally diverted from research. “We were clearly being If the leak itself was bad, the Melissa. "I knew there was a
flawed and its practitioners a A further irritation was that targeted,” says Jones. “Only 22% aftermath was the stuff of potential to get hurt even though
shifty gang who twisted the facts most of the data was available of the FoI enquiries were nightmares. Even now, weeks everybody said there wasn't."
to suit their agenda and shut out online, making the FoI requests, identifiably from within the UK, later, Jones seems rigid with The ABC competition pits 24
anyone who disagreed with in Jones’s view, needless and a 39% were from abroad and 39% shock. “There were death thrill-seekers against each other
them. vexatious waste of his time. In were untraceable.” What irked threats,” he says. “People said I in the world's largest extreme
Jones insists that is not the way the circumstances, he says, he him was that the foreign should go and kill myself. They obstacle course designed to
it was, but concedes it was the thought it reasonable to refer the applicants would all have had said they knew where I lived.” provide the most spills, face
way it may have looked. He now applicants to the website of the sources closer to hand in their Two more death threats came plants and, of course, wipeouts!
accepts that he did not treat the Historical Climatology Network own countries. last week after the deputy The winner earns the title of
FoI requests as seriously as he in the US. “I think they just wanted to information commissioner "Wipeout Champion" and a
should have done. “I regret that I He also suspected that the CRU waste our time,” he says. “They delivered his verdict, making grand prize of $50,000. The hit
did not deal with them in the was the target of a co-ordinated wanted to slow us down.” more work for Norfolk police, summer series returns on
right way,” he told The Sunday attempt to interfere with its work It was pure irritation, he says, who are already investigating the Wednesday, May 27.
Times. “In a way, I misjudged — a suspicion that hardened into that provoked him and others to theft of the emails.
the situation.” certainty when, over a matter of write the notorious emails
But he pleads provocation. Last days, it received 40 similar FoI apparently conspiring to destroy

Learn to Use Windows 7's Compatibility Mode with Older

Apps [Windows 7]
by Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker) though, take a dive into the Mysticgeek includes a fix access to older apps, it's a fine
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continued from page 39
extension played for its founders.
Independents and moderate
Democrats are increasingly
frightened by the deficits but
oppose large tax increases on the
middle class. Like antebellum
southern intransigents, however,
the modern progressive
Democratic base seems
unwilling to accommodate these
concerns in its rush to expand the
government, a rush that
ultimately can be financed only
by high taxes on the middle and
upper-middle classes like those
seen in Canada and Western
Europe. In the 1850s the
Democratic party drove away
many of its northern members
who had reluctantly tolerated
slavery, because the party's
raucous southern base rejected
any compromise. Today, the
raucous progressive blogosphere
is already trumpeting the song of
no compromise, sending shivers
down the spines of moderate and
elite Democrats.
While we should not
overemphasize the parallel
between Lincoln's times and
ours, the political analogy is on
point. Any issue or concern that
is widely believed to be of
The Gold Rush [Beautiful Awards]
by Richard Lawson (Gawker)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 10:40:00 AM
Mark Harris, former
Entertainment Weekly editor and
partner of Tony Kushner, has a
crucial importance by large
majorities of swing and base
voters can be used to create new
and lasting political coalitions. It
is not inconceivable that a new
party arising to combat Obama's
deficits could be as diverse as the
original Republicans, including
immigrants and anti-illegal-
immigration activists, social
conservatives and agnostic
professionals, populist Blue
Dogs and traditional
Republicans. Whether this
coalition would be gathered
under a new party founded by an
independent president seeking a
congressional base, or would be
merely a reborn Republican
party, is one of the political
questions that would face GOP
leaders.
Certainly the recent victories of
Brown, Bob McDonnell, and
Chris Christie demonstrate a
possible way forward, but it is
much easier to campaign than it
is to govern, as Obama is now
learning to his dismay. An
opposition party can hold
together and rally the public
against an unpopular opponent,
but once it takes power, internal
fissures grow more prominent
long and engrossing cover-story
about crazy Oscar campaigning
and a skeptical public becomes
much less indulgent. The
ongoing trends mentioned above
will make the task of governing
even tougher for the
Republicans, should they regain
power, than it now is for the
Democrats.
This long-term lesson must not
be lost on the GOP. Relying on
Obama and the Democrats to
double-fault may win one
election, but is unlikely to
produce a lasting majority. If the
Republicans do not resolve their
internal tensions and adjust to
demographic shifts and changing
public attitudes, they could easily
resume their decline and perhaps
even go the way of the Whigs.
Henry Olsen is a vice president
at AEI and the director of the
National Research Initiative.
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Call Barney Stinson!

by Brad Trechak (TV Squad)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 10:29:00 AM
The Super Bowl had no shortage
of clever ads. Some of the most
surprising were the ads for CBS
shows, particularly'The Late
Show with David Letterman'. Barney in the crowd of the Super Stinson!
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Coming this spring: Four new Canon point-and-shoots

by Terry Sullivan (Consumer
Reports)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 8:10:58 AM
Coming this spring: Four new
Canon point-and-shoots Canon
Powershot SX210 IS
Photo: Canon
With the PMA camera trade
show two weeks away, Canon
just introduced four new
PowerShot digital cameras—a
superzoom and three
subcompacts.
The priciest, the 14-megapixel
PowerShot SX210 IS
superzoom, $350, includes a 14x
zoom, 3-inch LCD and dedicated
video record button. The
subcompacts are the 14-
megapixel PowerShot SD3500
IS Elph, $330, which has a very
large 3.5-inch touchscreen LCD
and 5x zoom with wide-angle
capability; the 14-megapixel
PowerShot SD1400 IS Elph,
$280, which has a 4x zoom; and
the 12-megapixel PowerShot
SD1300 IS Elph, $230, with a 4x
zoom and wide-angle capability.
Canon Powershot SD3500 IS
Elph
Photo: Canon
All models include a new FE
flash exposure feature that not
only automatically adjusts the
aperture, shutter speed and ISO
settings, but also changes the
strength of the flash's
illumination. All but the SD1300
Elph include new scene modes,
including fish-eye and miniature
effects, and can shoot HD-
resolution video. Plus, like the
newly announced Panasonic
point-and-shoots, the
PowerShots will support the new
higher capacity, SDXC memory
cards, which will eventually be
able to store as much as 2
terabytes of data.
All cameras will be available
this month, except the SX210 IS,
which will be available next
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Verizon Blocks 4chan Chinese Black-Hat

by Jolie O'Dell
(ReadWriteWeb)
AT&T's temporary blocking of
the site in July 2009. Eventually,
AT&T said the block was due to
Hackers Arrested
Submitted at 2/7/2010 10:00:23 PM
by Jolie O'Dell
a DDoS originating from 4chan (ReadWriteWeb)
According to 4chan's Twitter IP addresses, to which Poole
account and status update blog, Poole posted, "After an hour and responded, "We're glad to see Submitted at 2/7/2010 11:23:25 PM

they have been "explicitly a half on the phone, we've this short-lived debacle has
blocked" by the Verizon wireless received confirmation from prompted renewed interest and According to reports from China
network. Daily, what is believed to be the
V e r i z o n ' s N e t w o r k R e p a i r debate over net neutrality and largest illegal hacker training and
If you're unfamiliar with 4chan Bureau (NRB) that we are Internet censorship - two very
a n d w h y a n I S P / w i r e l e s s 'explicitly blocked.'" recruitment entity in China has
important issues that don't get
company would block it, read been shut down by police.
In the past, we've held a nearly enough attention - so Three people were arrested and
more about it on Wikipedia. The generally negative view of ISP perhaps this was all just a
high-traffic image board of censorship and traffic-shaping, blessing in disguise." the equivalent of a quarter of a
mostly anonymous users was regardless of site content. It'll be UPDATE: A Verizon NRB rep million dollars in assets frozen.
created by Christopher Poole in interesting to see how this battle said their center has been The accused, who ran a now-
2003 and has been the subject of shapes up, as Poole is calling for deluged with phone calls but was shuttered site called Black Hawk
a fair amount of negative media 4chan users to file complaints unable to relate the specific Safety Net, are suspected of
and legal attention over the past with Verizon's Network Repair reason the site has been blocked. offering online attacking
six years. But why would Bureau. programs, disseminating viruses
We are continuing to call other
Verizon choose to block the site We are contacting Poole and Verizon numbers at this time, but and recruiting almost 200,000 Safety Net was the subject of
now? Does this put Verizon on Verizon to figure out specifically we've been alerted that Verizon members. Police have research and scrutiny from a
par with foreign ISPs that block why the site is being blocked and has not yet set up any process for confiscated nine servers and five team of around 50 police officers
torrent sites and social networks? will update this post as more dealing with media calls on this computers and completely closed ever since 2007, when suspected
Or is there more to the story? all associated websites. hackers in another attack were
information becomes available. issue as no other media outlets Sponsor
Sponsor W h i l e w e ' v e p e r s o n a l l y have yet contacted them. found to be members of the site.
Poole wrote this afternoon, confirmed that the image boards UPDATE: Multiple Verizon Over the past 5 years, the site There is no word yet as to
"Over the past 72 hours, we've are not accessible from the FIOS/DSL customers have let us owners had collected more than whether this site or its members
been receiving reports from Verizon wireless network, we're know that the boards are still the equivalent of $1 million in of owners were affiliated with
Verizon Wireless customers not certain that Verizon as an accessible from other devices not membership fees. Reportedly, the recent attacks on Google
having difficulty accessing the ISP is blocking the site or on the Verizon wireless network. paying members were able to accounts and other international
i m a g e b o a r d s . A f t e r whether they plan to in the near However, we're confused as to download trojans and were entities. To read more related
investigating, we found that future. Again, a move of this why Verizon wireless would coached on writing programs news, check out our ever-
Verizon is dropping traffic... magnitude would have to have block a website and still allow designed to steal accounts for growing archives on China's
only on port 80 (HTTP). No s o m e p r e t t y c o m p e l l i n g access on other parts of its profit. Internet exploits. Discuss
other subdomain/IP/port is justifications, and we can't wait network. Discuss According to China Daily's
affected, which leads us to to find out Verizon's reasons. police sources, Black Hawk
believe this block is intentional." This incident calls to mind
However, a couple hours ago,
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iPad Gets No Consumer Love? (POLL)

by Sarah Perez
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 6:56:44 AM
A new survey from Retrevo
finds that consumers' interest in
the Apple iPad died down after
they heard what the new tablet
PC actually had to offer.
According to the company, "not
only did Apple fail to convince
new buyers, it may have lost
many potential buyers who now
say they don't think they need an
Apple tablet computer." Ouch!
While it's true that the poll
results do support these findings,
they contradict what tech
analysts have been saying about
the device's potential. With sales
expectations that range anywhere
from one million to six million
units over the course of this year,
the iPad is predicted to do quite
well. So is the survey wrong? Or
is it the analysts?
Sponsor
iPad Reality Disappoints?
The Apple iPad has the dubious
glory of being one of the most
over-hyped, hotly anticipated
tech products of the year.
Rumors surrounding the device
prior to its launch had the tablet
computer offering everything
from OLED to multiple cameras
to an innovative multi-touch
enabled back. The reality was a
much simpler device that looked
more like a big iPod than the
revolutionary product so many
had built up in their minds.
But will this let-down in
expectations actually lead to
fewer sales? If you believe the
Retrevo survey, that could easily
be the case. The percentage of
consumers who had heard about
the iPad but were not interested
shelter, and clothing. Once our
basic needs are met, we then
focus on obtaining other "needs"
like a job, a car, an education,
etc. The iPad, however, is
something we want. We already
have a computer. Maybe even a
computer, a netbook and an iPod
or iPhone. We can't in all
honesty say we need an iPad. It
may seem like a simple turn of
phrase, but when crafting survey
questions, word choice is
important. Will You Buy an
iPad?
So instead of going by Retrevo's
findings, we'll ask you instead.
Will you buy the iPad? Will you
rush right out and get one as
soon as it hits store shelves? Or
will you wait patiently for iPad
in buying one jumped from 26% materialistic and fickle people. 2.0? Or are you not interested at
prior to Apple's announcement to (Who couldn't write about that?) all? Now's your chance to weigh
52% afterwards. Also, people We probably should just ignore in and prove Retrevo's numbers
who claim they don't need an t h e s e p u b l i c i t y s t u n t s . . . wrong...or right, as the case may
iPad went from 49% to 61%. err...surveys, but this one was be. Just answer the question in
That certainly sounds like bad begging to be shot down...or the poll below:
news for Apple, doesn't it? shored up, we suppose. After all, Will you buy an iPad?( polls)
Survey Says: Marketing Stunt! their survey phrases questions in Discuss
Well not so fast. Let's keep in a way that almost guarantees a
mind that Retrevo likes to put negative response. Case in point:
out these sorts of link-baiting "do you need an iPad?" No one
surveys from time to time. For really needs an iPad. Not
example, a prior survey found surprisingly, many people said
t h a t i P h o n e o w n e r s w e r e "no." We need water, food,

Warren Sapp Leaves Court

(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 12:44:00 AM
After being apprehended by
authorities in the early hours of
Saturday morning, "Dancing
with the Stars" finalist Warren
Sapp appeared in court on
Sunday.
Sapp was in Miami Beach to
offer commentary for the NFL
cable network during Super
Bowl XLIV. While out with his
girlfriend at the Shore Club
Hotel, the two were allegedly
involved in an incident according ET followed Sapp as he left his
to the Miami Beach Police. The court appearance and drove away
footballer was arrested at 5 a.m. in a waiting vehicle.
and charged with misdemeanor
domestic battery.
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Survey: How Kids 12 & Under Use
Web Technology
by Richard MacManus
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 5:00:00 AM
Yesterday we posted a video
from the Teens in Tech
conference, looking at how teens
perceive technology. Today
we're co-launching a survey
which aims to find out how
children 12 years and younger
use web technology. We've
partnered with Boston research
firm Latitude, who provided the
survey tool and will help us
analyze the data. The survey will
be open for 2 weeks, after which
ReadWriteWeb and Latitude will
list and analyze the results.
If you're the parent of a child 12
and under, then we invite you to
participate in the survey by
clicking here.
Sponsor
The study is open to all children
aged 12 and under. It's
important to note that you DO
NOT need to reveal the identity
of your child. We're super
conscious of the privacy issues
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by Associated Press
(ESPN.com)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 4:55:26 AM
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InPhase out of business,
assets seized for back
post by Latitude's Kim Gaskins,
the survey aims to discover how
children use and understand Web
taxes
by Joseph L. Flatley
technology, the environmental (Engadget)
factors that contribute to these
understandings, and the extent to Submitted at 2/8/2010 10:36:00 AM
which children can think
It's been something like five
'innovatively' about web
years that we've been eagerly
technology. The study also
waiting for InPhase to finally
intends to deduce real-world
release that revolutionary
applications from the drawings
holographic storage solution, and
that the kids create.
while there has been plenty of
regarding children on the Web, Click here to begin the survey drama in the way of release dates
so you may enter a nickname process.
promised and pushed back, and
into the survey instead of your Latitude is a research-driven even some layoffs to keep things
child's real name. consultancy for technology and
interesting, the company has
In a nutshell, here's how the media companies. It works with been pretty, pretty quiet lately.
survey works. With you (the clients to discover and develop
As it turns out, this has been due
parent) always at the controls, opportunities for next-generation to the fact that employees have
the survey will ask your child to c o n t e n t , s o f t w a r e , a n d
been busy enough updating their
draw his or her response to a communications technologies resumes. "We were expecting it
question. There is a special tool through a combination of web-
for a long time," said one
for you to upload the resulting b a s e d a p p l i c a t i o n s a n d
employee, among the sixty or so idea, but as you know every
drawing, in JPEG format. The innovative research methods.
who picked up their final cloud has a silver lining: If
survey will then gather some Visit life-connected.com for paychecks last week. "So it you're looking to get into the
general information about the other Latitude studies, or email
wasn't a big surprise." To put a holographic storage business,
child's computer use, which ischulte@latd.com to learn more finer point on things, it's been drop us a line. We've heard that
should only take 5-10 minutes. about working with Latitude.
announced that the Colorado some equipment is becoming
As explained in a background Discuss Department of Revenue has available soon -- and at a great
seized the company's assets for price.
non-payment of taxes. According
to The Register, the state has
InPhase out of business, assets
seized for back taxes originally
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Google Rebuilds the Tower of Babel Google working on

with Real-Time Language voice translator phone,
Translation redefining synergy
by Mike Melanson such as Mandarin or Cantonese, by Vladislav Savov
(ReadWriteWeb) which are tonally based. In (Engadget)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 7:13:00 AM
Mandarin, for example, the word Submitted at 2/8/2010 10:13:00 AM
"ma" can have four different
If our attempts at getting such meanings according to the tone Okay, so Google has this
simple information as bus includes a number of languages used. If the speaker uses the first expansive online translation
schedules or account balances w i t h c o m p l e t e l y d i f f e r e n t tone, a constant high pitch, then service, which we all know, use,
f r o m a u t o m a t e d v o i c e alphabets. the word means "mother". If they and sometimes even love.
recognition systems are any The Times UK spoke with Franz use the third tone, a dropping Google also has its own branded
indication, then we imagine Och, head of Google's translation then rising pitch, however, the phone, with a voice recognition
Google has a lot of work to do in services, who said that this new meaning changes to "horse". function that we frankly adore.
its latest endeavor - real-time, service should be up and running The fun doesn't stop there, the So what's a brave new age
spoken-language translation. and "work reasonably well in a Times UK article points out, as company with bottomless
According to the Times UK, few years' time." handling the vast number of pockets to do but try to splice the
Google is working on developing "Everyone has a different voice, accents and dialects is also an two together into some kind of accrue data on his or her
software for a mobile phone that accent and pitch," said Och. "But immense task. Much like the omnilingual instant translator? linguistic idiosyncrasies, so that
would translate what you were recognition should be effective web-based translation that Speech-to-speech translation -- the more the phone's voice
saying into the language of the with mobile phones because by Google does, though, the system long the exclusive plaything of recognition is used, the more
speaker on the other end of the nature they are personal to you." would become more accurate fanciful sci-fi writers -- is said by accurate it becomes. Sounds tres
line and vice versa. Och is referring to the fact that over time, essentially learning Franz Och, Google's head of bien to us.
Sponsor the software would have the from its experience. translation services, to be a Google working on voice
As you may have noticed, opportunity to learn your accent, We hope that one of the first viable possibility within a translator phone, redefining
Google already has a hand in the dialect and general manner of things it learns is not to call our measly couple of years. The synergy originally appeared on
translation business, with its web speaking over time, becoming new Chinese friend's mother a Mountain View approach to Engadget on Mon, 08 Feb 2010
page translation service. Google more accurate. But we can only horse. Discuss overcoming the inherent 10:13:00 EST. Please see our
Translate currently translates imagine the difficulty of the task problems of variable pitch, tone terms for use of feeds.
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Obama Wants to Starve Your Kids [Outrage]

by Hamilton Nolan (Gawker)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 10:51:24 AM
NObama's latest plan to curtail
America's freedom is to deny our
obese, no-attention-span-having
schoolkids the option of gorging
on Hot Fries and Snickers out of
school-sponsored vending
machines. Why won't our
nation's soft drink conglomerates
stand up for the children?
"Industry opposition to the new
legislation has softened in part
because the Coca-Cola Company
and PepsiCo now sell far more
than Coke and Pepsi. So instead
of having to yank vending
machines from schools, the
companies could replace
offerings with bottled water or
juice." Oh. That's why.
[ NYT]
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Retire Sooner by Banking Labor, Not Just Income
[Money]
by Jason Fitzpatrick
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 6:30:00 AM
Nearly everyone has heard the
glory of compound interest
sung—how if we all saved from
our first day in the workforce
until our last we'd have an
enormous nest egg. Get that egg
faster by investing your labor,
too.
Photo by wili_hybrid.
Over at the aptly named Early
Retirement Blog, they argue in
favor of not just focusing on
investing some of your income
for retirement but also investing
your time and labor. While they
don't argue with the conventional
wisdom that you should be
socking away some of your
income towards your retirement
goals, they suggest that in
addition to that you should be
using your labor and time during
Corsair readying Nova and Reactor 2.5-inch SSDs for release
by Darren Murph (Engadget)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 9:53:00 AM
Corsair has kept quiet on the
SSD front here recently, but it
looks as if it's about to ruffle a
few feathers with two new laptop
-centric drives. Fudzilla has dug
up pricing information on two
heretofore unreleased solid state
drives from the company, with
the 64GB / 128GB Nova and
your working years to increase
your available income:
It is often said a person's earning
power, that is, the ability to earn
an income, is by far the biggest
asset anybody has. This is
entirely true, but what this
doesn't tell you is that you can
magnify your earning potential
60GB / 120GB Reactor both
featuring the Indilinx Barefoot
controller, MLC NAND and at
least 64MB of cache. The Nova
series is purportedly capable of
hitting read speeds of up to
215MB/sec on both the V128
and V64, while write speeds are
locked at 130MB/sec for the V64
and 195MB/sec for the V128. As
for the Reactor range? Those
feature 128MB of cache and a
several times over working for
yourself rather than somebody
else. This means finding a low-
maintenance side gig and
banking the earnings. This is
what Tim Ferriss refers to as a
muse in his book The Four Hour
Work Week. If you do it right,
you can net an additional
nice boost in transfer speeds, more details, but don't get your
though the €151 ($206) starting hopes too high for a near-term
tag doesn't do much for bargain release in the US.
shoppers. Hit the source link for Corsair readying Nova and
$15,000-20,000 per year per
muse, each requiring only a few
hours per week (or month, if you
choose wisely) to maintain.
The goal, by their measure, is to
invest not just money in an
interest-bearing vehicle, but to
invest your time in securing new
i n c o m e
opportunities—essentially
diversifying your income sources
like one diversifies an
investment portfolio. You can
read their whole take on the
process at the link below. Have
your own experiences scoring
extra cash with side gigs,
freelancing, or other kinds of
outside-the-9-5 money making?
Let's hear about it in the
comments. Set Aside 10% of
Your Work for Retirement, Not
10% of Your Income[via
GetRichSlowly]
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Sam Worthington
Goes From Oz to
Lone Star State
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 12:05:00 AM
Aussie actor Sam Worthington
is getting plenty of screen time.
According to Variety, the
quickly budding star has signed
onto 'Texas Killing Fields,' a
murder mystery. Based on a true
story, the plot centers on two
police officers trying to solve 20
years worth of disappearances
and homicides in the industrial
wastelands surrounding
refineries. This is quite an
undertaking because they are
investigating up to 60 victims.
Sam landed the role of a
homicide detective who, working
with a detective from New York,
embarks on a mission to find the
killers. Filming begins in April
in Louisiana, Variety reports.
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Clean Up Long Email Threads with

Clear Language [Email Overload]
by Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 5:40:00 AM

By the time an email missive

makes the rounds and comes
back to the manager, it can be a
cluttered, confusing mess. The
Wall Street Journal recommends
a few solutions for cutting down
and cleaning up an email with a
succinct reply.
Hard-to-follow email is one of
Google Wave's best use cases,
but unless the corporate world
adopts Wave en mass tomorrow,
we're all going to get lots of
>>>> in our inbox for a while to
come. If you're a team manager,
or just the person in charge of
putting a multi-reply, multi-
forward email thread to bed, the
Journal suggests some syntax
and message massaging that
might do the trick:
• State your position clearly,
even if context follows below in
the email string. "Yes" helps less
than "Yes, you can have the
extra funding to hire 5 temporary
workers."
• Summarize the discussion to
Traders cautious as contagion fears linger
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 7:16:59 AM
Message from fivefilters.org: If
you can, please donate to the full
date: "See below: R&D is
looking for more time but Sales
risks losing customers if we don't
act now."
• Force focus when necessary:
"Let's focus on cost now and
revisit the morale and equity
issues at our staff meeting next
week."
• Change subject lines
cautiously. Tighter, more
relevant subject lines work best,
but even one letter's difference
-text RSS service so we can
continue developing it.
By Jamie Chisholm, Global
Markets Commentator
Published: February 8 2010
08:31 | Last updated: February 8
The Real Colors of a
upsets inbox sorting
Dinosaur Revealed for the
mechanisms.
• Cut extraneous or repetitive First Time [Image Cache]
information. by Jesus Diaz (Gizmodo) Science—obtained 29
Submitted at 2/8/2010 11:00:00 AM melanosomes samples from all
Hit the link for nine more ideas over the body of the Anchiornis,
in being a better email manager, Readers, meet Anchiornis comparing them to the feathers
and share your own wild email huxleyi in its true colors, of modern birds. The result was
taming tips in the comments. discovered by an international an accurate map of the animal's
Top Ten Mistakes Managers team lead by Li Quanguo of the colors, the first true-to-life
Make With Email[WSJ.com] Beijing Museum of Natural picture of a dinosaur.
History. Anchiornis huxleyi, Now, I only wonder how you
here are some readers. And no, taste like, Anchiornis, properly
you can't eat them, you oversized brined and cooked slowly in a
chicken, you. thick pan, with some carrots,
The paleontologists team—who potatoes, and shallots. [ National
2010 15:16
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Canon launches the Rebel T2i for $899
by John Biggs (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 6:31:42 AM
If you just bought a Canon
Rebel T1i, get thee to the camera
store. The company just
launched the T2i with 1080p
video recording, an 18MP
sensor, and 3-inch LCD. It also
has a 63-point metering system
and takes 3.7 fps continuous.
The new model, called the 550D
in Euro-land, doesn’t have an
availability yet but, as is their
wont, Canon sprung this so it
could appear in time for the
upcoming PMA show.
THE NEW CANON REBEL
T2i DIGITAL SLR TAKES
A S P I R I N G
PHOTOGRAPHERS BEYOND
THE STILL WITH
ADVANCED VIDEO
FEATURES
The Family Camera is Back,
Introducing the EOS Rebel T2i
Featuring a Large 18-Megapixel
CMOS Sensor and Full HD
Video Recording with Selectable
Frame Rates up to 30 fps
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.,
February 8, 2010 – Canon
U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital
imaging, today introduced the
new flagship model for the
Company’s highly popular Rebel
DSLR line: the Canon EOS
Rebel T2i Digital SLR camera.
Today’s photo enthusiast is
looking for a camera that will
grow with them as they learn,
and that is a perfect description
of the new EOS Rebel T2i
Digital SLR camera. Retaining
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various lenses and accessories
they are already familiar with to
create amazing video footage,”
stated Yuichi Ishizuka, executive
vice president and general
manager, Consumer Imaging
Group, Canon U.S.A. “Taking
that HD video quality and
putting it in the hands of entry-
level photographers with
cameras like our new EOS Rebel
T2i, we are seeing a new
generation of creative digital
artists emerge.”
Lights, Rebel, Action – EOS
HD Video
Canon’s EOS HD video capture
has helped spark a major
movement in digital imaging,
empowering still photographers
with the ability to experiment,
learn and capture stunning high-
definition video through a
variety of creative lenses.
Continuing this imaging
revolution, the new EOS Rebel
T2i puts entry-level
a l l o f t h e t r a d i t i o n a l including: 3.7 fps shooting, an with manual exposure control, photographers on the frontline
characteristics that have made I S O r a n g e o f 1 0 0 - 6 4 0 0 selectable frame rates and a new equipped with all the latest EOS
the EOS Rebel series beloved by (expandable to 12,800), a 63- external microphone input. There HD video features including full
entry-level photographers and an zone Dual Layer Metering is also a new feature for standard H D v i d e o a t 1 9 2 0 × 1 0 8 0
industry best-seller, the new System, and Canon’s DIGIC 4 definition recording, Movie resolution, selectable frame rates,
Rebel T2i succeeds in bridging Imaging Processor. There are C r o p , w h i c h p r o v i d e s a n full manual exposure control and
the gap between an entry-level some moments in our lives approximate 7x additional zoom t h e v i s u a l o p t i o n s o f
camera and a true pro-sumer where video helps capture the with no loss of image quality interchangeable lenses. Manual
camera. moment better than a still image, when shooting SD quality video. video exposure control provides
The Rebel T2i Digital SLR and the Rebel T2i offers the best “There is no question that HD novice filmmakers with the
camera includes a variety of new of both worlds with Full HD video is the biggest trend in i m a g e c o n t r o l t h e y a r e
f e a t u r e s f o r p h o t o g r a p h i c 1080p video as well as 18- DSLR technology and because accustomed to in a still camera,
a s s i g n m e n t s a s v a r i e d a s megapixel still images. The o f t h i s w e a r e s e e i n g t h e all while shooting professional-
grabbing that action shot from Rebel T2i DSLR continues creativity of still photographers l e v e l c i n e m a t i c v i d e o .
t h e s i d e l i n e s o r c r e a t i n g Canon’s industry-leading trend transferring to the moving image.
memorable family portraits, in Full HD DSLR video capture Still photographers are using the CANON page 56
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Canon keeps the PowerShot line alive with the SX210,

SD3500, and SD1400 IS
by Matt Burns (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 6:46:59 AM

Canon knows how to make

quality cameras and these latest
pocket cams clearly show that
off. The PowerShot SX210 IS
leads the charge with a 14.1 MP
sensor, 14x optical zoom, and a
720p video capture mode. Of
course Canon’s loaded with a
image stabilizer and DIGIC 4
processor to ensure the pics
produced are worthy of the
Canon name. $349 this March.
The SD3500 brings something
else to the table though: sex
appeal. This little pocket camera
packs the same 14.1 MP sensor
but forgos the large 14x optical
zoom for a more modest 5x
option. This of course allows
Canon designers a bit more
artistic freedom and it shows.
the IXUS 210 is a looker. Oh,
and it has a rear touchscreen.
$329 later this month.
Finally the PowerShot SD1400
IS and SD1300 IS rounds out the
new PowerShot models. The
SD1400 IS brings the same 14.1
MP sensor along with a 4x
optical zoom and HD video
mode to the party while the
SD1300 IS only has a 12.1 MP LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., IS, PowerShot SD1400 IS and increased shooting flexibility in a The addition of Fish-eye and
sensor. $249 and $199 later this February 8, 2010 – Canon PowerShot SD1300 IS, offering number of settings through Miniature Effect modes help
month. U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital today’s photographer a advancements to the Smart Auto photographers add a creative
New PowerShot SX210 IS and imaging, today announced the compelling blend of cutting-edge mode while offering greater element or lend a humorous look
ELPH Cameras Offer Improved addition of four new PowerShot photo capture technology and photo personalization and and feel when capturing images
Features For Increased Image Digital cameras, the PowerShot superior styling. The new enhanced creativity with new
SX210 IS, PowerShot SD3500 PowerShot cameras offer Scene Modes and Image effects. CANON page 57
Capture Control
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CANON
continued from page 54
Professional photographers
utilize creative lighting,
adjustable depth-of-field and a
variety of lenses to create
powerful still images and video
footage, and these are exactly the
tools that the new Rebel T2i
gives to budding photo and video
enthusiasts. Adding a new
professional-level feature for
EOS cameras, the Rebel T2i
includes an Auto ISO function
that works in all Creative Zone
exposure modes including
Manual where users can set a
limit to the highest ISO the
camera will use, enabling them
to retain the lighting and look
they desire for a scene. By
setting an Auto ISO range,
videographers can retain dark
shadow areas and avoid blowing
out highlight areas in a scene
while still retaining the benefit of
automatic ISO adjustments. The
Rebel T2i DSLR captures video
in both NTSC (National
Television System Committee)
and PAL (Phase Altering Line)
standards at selectable frame
rates including Full HD 1920 x
1080 at 30 (29.97), 25 or 24
(23.976) fps, and HD 1280 x 720
or Standard Definition 640 x 480
quality video, at 60 (59.94) or 50
fps.
For easier video recording
operation and familiar
functionality for beginners, the
Rebel T2i’s autofocus can be
operated before or during video
recording by pressing the shutter
button half-way down in video
mode. Another feature debuting
in the Rebel T2i is Canon’s new
Movie Crop mode, where the
user can achieve 7x
magnification when shooting SD
video for a significantly
increased “telephoto” effect.
Unlike the digital zoom feature
found in many compact digital
cameras, Canon’s new Movie
Crop mode actually crops the
image directly from the CMOS
sensor at full SD resolution to
preserve maximum image quality
and provide additional zoom
power. The new Movie Crop
feature is especially helpful for
achieving extra full resolution
zoom power when filming youth
sports, such as a child running to
the furthest end of a field. For
better sound quality when
shooting video, the Rebel T2i
DSLR includes an external
stereo microphone jack, a first
for an EOS Rebel model, in
addition to its built-in monaural
microphone. These audio and
video features supplement a
tremendous range of additional
must-have video features in an
entry-level Digital SLR camera.
For enhanced viewing pleasure
and easy video sharing at home,
the HDMI video-out capability
of the Rebel T2i DSLR includes
a new Consumer Electronics
Control (CEC) compatibility
which allows users to play back
still or video files on a CEC-
compliant HDTV, using the TV
remote to control the camera
when connected via HDMI
interface.
Camera Feature Set
The EOS Rebel T2i DSLR
features a newly developed 18-
million-pixel Canon CMOS
imaging sensor providing
outstanding resolution and light
sensitivity for amazing poster-
sized prints with fine detail and
stunning color. The camera
exhibits exceptional low-noise
performance incorporating many
of the same technologies used to
reduce noise in professional
cameras such as the EOS 7D.
The Rebel T2i camera’s basic
ISO range is an amazing
100~6400, and via a Custom
Function, it can be extended to
ISO 12,800. The outstanding
ISO range combined with its
noise reduction technology
allows the Rebel T2i to capture
outstanding low-light pictures at
events such as candlelit birthday
celebrations or recitals where
flash photography may be
prohibited.
The camera provides 3.7 fps
continuous shooting for still
photos, making it the fastest
shooting Rebel model to date and
enabling users to capture that
great image of a little leaguer’s
first swing. The camera features
Canon’s proprietary iFCL 63-
zone dual-layer metering system
offering intelligent Evaluative
metering with much finer
segmentation than any previous
EOS Rebel model. The new
Rebel T2i also has an expanded
± 5 EV exposure compensation
range allowing for much more
versatility when shooting in
extremely bright or dark
environments; or when shooting
HDR (high dynamic range)
images.
The Rebel T2i DSLR includes a
number of professional-level
user-selectable Canon image
processing features to enhance
the image quality of in-camera
JPEG files, and to tag RAW
images for processing later
through Canon’s Digital Photo
Professional software (included
with the camera). These features
include Canon’s Auto Lighting
Optimizer to enhance shadow
detail and add contrast to “flat”
scenes, Highlight Tone Priority
adding up to one stop of detail in
bright highlight areas, Peripheral
Illumination Correction for
automatic correction of
vignetting, High ISO Noise
Reduction with four user-
selectable settings, and Long
Exposure Noise Reduction
applied to exposures one second
or longer. These Canon image
enhancements provide new
photographers with professional
quality automatic image
correction on JPEG files right
out of the camera.
The EOS Rebel T2i digital
camera includes a new enhanced
3-inch LCD monitor featuring
1.04 million dots with a wide 3:2
aspect ratio, wider than previous
EOS models. The Rebel T2i
camera’s LCD monitor can
display a full-screen video image
utilizing the entire screen during
playback. For maximum storage
capacity the new EOS Rebel T2i
Digital SLR camera is the first
E-reader News Edition
EOS model to support SDXC
memory cards. With all the new
and exciting features of the EOS
Rebel T2i, the Rebel series
continues to provide great Canon
features such as Live View, a
built-in pop-up flash, and the
EOS integrated cleaning system,
as well as compatibility with
Canon EX-series Speedlites and
Canon EF and EF-S lenses
allowing users to fully explore
multiple creative photographic
possibilities. The new EOS
Rebel T2i Digital SLR camera is
also compatible with Canon’s
new BG-E8 battery grip and new
RC-6 wireless remote control for
both still images and video
capture.
Pricing and Availability
The Canon EOS Rebel T2i
Digital SLR camera is scheduled
to be delivered to U.S. dealers in
early March, and will be sold in
a body-only configuration at an
estimated retail price of $799.99.
It will also be offered in a kit
version with Canon’s EF-S 18-
55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS zoom lens at
an estimated retail price of
$899.99.
About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading
provider of consumer, business-
to-business, and industrial digital
imaging solutions. Its parent
company, Canon Inc.
(NYSE:CAJ), a top patent holder
of technology, ranked fourth
overall in the U.S. in 2009†, with
global revenues of US $35
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of their favorite household pet or
landscape scene.
From untimely blinks and
awkward smirks to hard to shoot
back-lit situations, the compact
PowerShot SX210 IS,
PowerShot SD3500 IS and
PowerShot SD1400 IS cameras
offer a variety of technologies to
secure the best pictures under the
most challenging conditions. In
addition to the Face Detection
self-timer, the new Smart Shutter
scene mode now has Smile and
Wink self-timers where the
camera looks for a wink or smile
which will act as the trigger and
release the camera’s shutter.
The advances to Canon’s Smart
Auto mode increases the number
of shooting scenarios where each
PowerShot camera can
automatically adjust to different
lighting or movement levels to
obtain the best image possible. In
addition, Canon’s Smart FE
(Flash Exposure) function
improves image quality by
automatically adding the
optimum level of flash
illumination, aperture, ISO and
shutter speed while the Low
Light Mode features a wide ISO
range (up to 6400), allowing
more light to be captured
creating sharper more vivid
images and further enhancing the
overall quality.
“The new Canon PowerShot
Digital cameras are designed for
consumers seeking a blend of
eye-catching style and advanced
image capture technology in a
compact, easy-to-use form,” said
Yuichi Ishizuka, executive vice
president and general manager,
Consumer Imaging Group,
Canon U.S.A. “Offering a
unique blend of features and
functionality including new
Scene Modes, Smart FE and
Smart Shutter, Canon once again
brings image-taking and personal
photography expression to new
levels.”
For users interested in
expanding beyond still images,
three of the four new PowerShot
cameras announced today have
the ability to shoot 720p High
Definition (HD) video offering
extraordinary resolution and
clarity when capturing moments
such as a child’s dance recital or
the latest trip to the local zoo.
Also, the built-in HDMI mini-
connector allows play-back of
video and photos on an HDTV.
With the camera tethered to a
computer and the included
software, movies can be
uploaded directly to YouTube
via the Camera Window. To
further enhance a users ability to
capture images and video, all of
the new Canon PowerShot
Digital cameras will support the
high-spec SDXC memory cards
with a maximum storage
capacity of two terabytes (TB) in
SDA standard.
Canon PowerShot SX210 IS
Digital Camera:
The Canon PowerShot SX210
IS is designed for the
photographer seeking HD video
and brilliant image quality in a
stylish, compact camera.
Featuring a 28mm wide-angle
lens with 14x Optical Zoom and
Optical Image Stabilization, the
PowerShot SX210 IS allows
users to capture dramatic close-
ups or broad landscapes with
ease, while the 14.1-Megapixel
resolution ensures stunning
image quality. Available in three
bold color variations, black,
purple and gold, additional
features include a 3.0-inch wide
LCD screen for improved
visibility and glare reduction
with enhanced Control Dial with
Hints and Tips. For shooting
video, the PowerShot SX210 IS
has the ability to zoom optically,
shoot in stereo sound and has
Dynamic Mode Image
Stabilization for improved image
clarity. Users embracing the
freedom of wireless data transfer
can connect directly to PCs
through Eye-Fi memory cards1.
The PowerShot SX210 IS is
scheduled to be available in late
March for an estimated retail
price of $349.99.
Canon PowerShot SD3500 IS
Digital Camera:
The Canon PowerShot SD3500
IS represents a significant
milestone in the evolution of the
ELPH series through the
combination of superior image
capture functionality and
Canon’s touch screen
technology. The camera’s large
3.5-inch wide LCD touch screen
enables intuitive operation as
users can customize their photo
settings by simply dragging
icons to their preferred on-screen
location, then utilizing “tap”
operations to switch between
images during playback. A
24mm ultra-wide angle lens with
5x Optical Zoom gets more in
your shot, like that family
vacation at the Grand Canyon or
the Empire State Building while
Optical Image Stabilization
ensure blur free images at full
telephoto. The 14.1-Megapixel
resolution delivers stunning
images and the HD quality video
further adds to the overall allure
of this new PowerShot Digital
camera. Available in three
elegant color variations, black,
silver and pink, the PowerShot
SD3500 IS is also compatible
with Eye-Fi memory cards for
wireless transfer of video and
photo files to PCs1. The
PowerShot SD3500 IS is
scheduled to be available in late
February for an estimated retail
price of $329.99.
Canon PowerShot SD1400 IS
Digital Camera:
The Canon PowerShot SD1400
IS is the ideal choice for the on-
the-go, spontaneous
photographer seeking
outstanding performance in a
super-slim camera. Measuring
less than one inch in thickness,
the sleek PowerShot SD1400 IS
57
features a 28mm wide-angle lens
with 4x Optical Zoom lens and
Optical Image Stabilization and
14.1-Megapixel resolution for
outstanding photo and HD video
quality. Available in four vibrant
color variations, pink, orange,
silver and black, the PowerShot
SD1400 IS is scheduled to be
available in late February for an
estimated retail price of $249.99.
Canon PowerShot SD1300 IS
Digital Camera:
The Canon PowerShot SD1300
IS delivers outstanding value for
the consumer seeking a stylish,
highly functional digital camera.
The PowerShot SD1300 IS
features a 28mm wide angle lens
with 4x Optical Zoom lens and
Optical Image Stabilization, 12.1
-Megapixel resolution, and
enlarged 2.7 -inch PureColor
System LCD screen offering
superior visibility. Available in
five color variations, silver, pink,
green, blue and brown, the
PowerShot SD1300 IS is
scheduled to be available in late
February for an estimated retail
price of $199.99.
For more information about the
new Canon PowerShot cameras,
g o t o
www.usa.canon.com/powershot.
58 Gadgets/ E-reader News Edition

B&N says the Nook will be available in stores nationwide this

week conveniently in time for Valentine’s day
by Matt Burns (CrunchGear) Day gift for anyone who loves
Submitted at 2/8/2010 7:30:43 AM reading. Demand for nook
continues to be very high, and
The Nook has seen its fair share we’re pleased our customers will
of delays but Barnes & Noble is be able to try and buy nook in
now saying that it will be our stores and online and enjoy it
available online and in the in time for the holiday,” said
majority of stores mid-week — William J. Lynch, President of
just in time for Valentine’s Day, Barnes & Noble.com. “In Barnes
guys! That’s actually right on & Noble stores, nook owners
schedule according to the will enjoy exciting nook-only
timetable the bookseller set back content from their favorite
in December. But please, unless authors and other valuable offers,
your spouse has specifically along with fast and free in-store
asked for an ebook reader, don’t Wi-Fi, which nook customers
give him or her a Nook or Kindle have been accessing in droves
this Sunday. over the last few weeks.”
B&N’s is clearly using Saint New Barnes & Noble in-store
Valentine’s holiday to sell their content will be updated weekly
wares with a special edition nook and available for a four-week
preloaded with a short story from period. nook users can stay
at least they can play with one out of nook stock online over the newspapers and enjoy exclusive
Adriana Trigiani and recipe for apprised of upcoming exclusive
first. There are demos in most holidays due to unprecedented “More In Store” content and
red velvet cupcakes. That’s More In Store content at
locations. customer demand. Since then the promotional offers, officially
really not out of place. After all, www.bn.com/nook/moreinstore.
Barnes & Noble Launches c o m p a n y h a s r a m p e d u p launching in February, which
the holiday is mostly a shame Also in February, nook users in
Exclusive In-Store Content and production and is shipping stock include:
anymore, but elaborate electronic Barnes & Noble stores can enjoy
Promotions to the majority of its stores, – A short story by bestselling
gifts such as the Nook or an 10 percent off any CD. nook
Barnes & Noble, Inc., the beginning this week. Customers f a v o r i t e A d r i a n a T r i g i a n i
under-the-counter TV (I gave customers need only show the
world’s largest bookseller, can visit the Barnes & Noble featuring characters from her
one a few years back) aren’t special offer on their nook to the
announced that its popular nook n o o k I n - S t o r e L o c a t o r a t newest blockbuster, Brava,
great Valentine’s gift. cashier to redeem.
eBook reader — the ultimate gift w w w . b n . c o m / n o o k / i n s t o r e , Valentine.
In fact an ebook reader is Barnes & Noble has continued
for book lovers — is in stock u p d a t e d d a i l y b e g i n n i n g – A Valentine’s Day recipe for
something that a person should to optimize nook software for an
online at nook.com and will be February 10, to find local stores red velvet cupcakes from Anne
probably buy themselves. It’s a improved reading experience
rolling out in the majority of with devices in-stock. Byrn, the Cake Mix Doctor.
tad pricey and is something that with the newly updated nook
Barnes & Noble stores beginning Enhanced in-store connectivity – “Read Between the Wines,” a
runs the risk of not being used. v1.2. Automatic over the air
mid-week, just in time for a l l o w s n o o k c u s t o m e r s t o regular feature by renowned
For instance my wife and I both (OTA) updates, which do not
Valentine’s Day. While in-store, seamlessly access fast, free Wi- wine expert Kevin Zraly, guides
read a lot of books but neither of require any action from nook
nook customers will enjoy Fi in Barnes & Noble stores. readers and wine lovers through
us want an ebook reader. If you customers, are underway and
exclusive holiday-themed online There, they can browse the the mystery of pairing books
really think an ebook reader is a will be conducted seamlessly
content, kicking off this month. extensive library of more than a with the perfect vintage.
good bet, take your significant
Barnes & Noble quickly sold million eBooks, magazines and “nook is the perfect Valentine’s B&N page 60
other to your local B&N store so
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CANON
From Wiiitis to Wii Fractures: A Guide to continued from page 56

billion, is listed as number four

Nintendoid Medical Conditions [Medicine] in the computer industry on
Fortune Magazine’s World’s
by John Herrman (Gizmodo) Wii Sports? And anyway, fake Most Admired Companies 2009
Submitted at 2/8/2010 9:45:02 AM sport/real injury humor is l i s t , a n d i s o n t h e 2 0 0 9
universal. BusinessWeek list of “100 Best
A British doctor was so kind as • Head Injuries: Wiimote straps Global Brands.” Canon U.S.A. is
to write a letter to the New may save your HDTV, but they committed to the highest levels
England Journal of Medicine, won't save your kid sister from of customer satisfaction and
handily summarizing what is getting clocked in the skull while loyalty, providing 100 percent
known about Nintendo-related you're playing Zelda. U.S.-based consumer service and
injuries. The gist: Your Wii • Wii Fracture: This is the new support for all of the products it
wants you dead. one: distributes. At Canon, we care
The point of the letter was to In the United Kingdom, a because caring is essential to
highlight a new case, in which a h e a l t h y 1 4 - y e a r - o l d g i r l living together in harmony.
girl hurt her foot playing Wii Fit. presented to the emergency Founded upon a corporate
But in the process, it provides a department at Horton General philosophy of Kyosei – “all
tidy little history of ways people Hospital in Banbury (near people, regardless of race,
have managed to injure Oxford), having sustained an religion or culture, harmoniously
themselves playing video games. injury to her right foot with living and working together into
• Nintendinitis: This is the a s s o c i a t e d d i f f i c u l t y i n the future” – Canon U.S.A.
classic videogame injury, and mobilization. She had been supports a number of social,
one you've probably heard of playing on her Wii Fit balance youth, educational and other
before. This is a repetitive stress board and had fallen off, p r o g r a m s , i n c l u d i n g
injury in the "extensor tendon of sustaining an inversion injury. environmental and recycling
[the] thumb," which you can get or physical exercise recently. He sounds terrifying, you probably Apparently, rolling your foot off i n i t i a t i v e s . A d d i t i o n a l
from pretty much any game c o n s u l t e d a r h e u m a t o l o g y did well in Latin class. Doctors t h e s i d e o f t h e b a l a n c e i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e s e
console. programs can be found at
colleague. The Patte's test was have apparently documented the board—which, really, anyone
• Wiiitis: Sounds like something positive, consistent with acute cavities around patients' lungs who's played Wii Fit has done www.usa.canon.com/kyosei. To
a lot of people have probably just tendonitis isolated to the right filling with blood after Wii- multiple times—can be enough keep apprised of the latest news
slept off: from Canon U.S.A., sign up for
infraspinatus. related falls. This can kill you. to crack a bone in your foot.
A healthy 29-year-old medical After just a day with the Wii, • Dislocations: This one is the So basically your Wii is actively the Company’s RSS news feed
resident awoke one Sunday this kid was out of commission most predictable of the lot, since trying to maim you and your b y v i s i t i n g
morning with intense pain in the for a week. What does Nintendo honestly, who hasn't gotten c h i l d r e n , t h e e n d . [ w w w . u s a . c a n o n . c o m / r s s .
right shoulder. He did not recall have against healthy tendons? carried away trying to Happy- NEJM—Thanks, Michael from
any recent injuries or trauma and • Traumatic Hemothorax: If this Gilmore-bowl their way through Medgadget!]
had not participated in any sports

Allen St. Pierre — [Pullquote]

by Gabriel Snyder (Gawker) executive director of NORML, Bored to Death, to The Daily
Submitted at 2/8/2010 11:05:29 AM on the $700 pot smoking device Beast. Apples still cost around
called the Volcano Vaporizer that's shown up in Weeds and 25 cents.
60 Gadgets/ Entertainment/ E-reader News Edition
B&N
continued from page 58

PMP Brief: ViewSonic VM-MB7001 through this week. nook

customers currently using the
and is the first to offer digital
lending for a wide selection of
previous version can also eBooks through its LendMe(TM)
MovieBook, ONN V10, Onda immediately download v1.2 at
www.nook.com/support, where
technology.
To learn more and experience
VX595, Yinlips V900HD additional update and technical
support information is available.
nook marries innovative
nook, visit www.nook.com.
Follow our eBooks and other
updates on www.bn.com/twitter.
by Tablet MKV, TS, MOV, MP4, AVI and Yinlips V900HD
(BestTabletReview.com) FLV (plus a few others). It can We’re used to PMP makers only technology and sleek minimalist To learn more about the free
Submitted at 2/8/2010 7:50:05 AM
also stream HD through its releasing the base specs, but design with access to the Barnes Barnes & Noble eReader
HDMI output. There is also surprisingly Yinlips didn’t even & Noble’s digital store of over software and Barnes & Noble
Message from fivefilters.org: If Flash support for this device so release the screen size in their one million eBooks, newspapers eBookstore apps, visit
you can, please donate to the full you can download SWF files and spec sheet. We do know it’s a and magazines. nook’s color www.barnesandnoble.com/ebook
-text RSS service so we can Flash games. Finally it has USB 720p screen with 1280 x 720 touch screen for navigation along s.
continue developing it. OTG for faster data streaming. resolution and that the V900HD with a best-in-class E Ink display
The ViewSonic VM-MB7001 No word on capacity, price or can play AVI, RM, RMVB, offer an immersive, enjoyable e-
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resolution display and can output their VX575 and now they’ve
multi-tasking support. There’s no
internal storage listed, but it does
Pitt Step Out Together
HD video via its HDMI port. It released their next model, the
also can be used as a picture VX595. The Onda VX595 has a
viewer and TXT eBook reader. 4.3-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen
have a SD card slot for
expansion. Rounding out its on Super Bowl Sunday
specs are a USB and HDMI port. (ETonline - Breaking News) win, their son Maddox showed
For now, there’s little spec with HDMI output for 1080p Price and availability, you his support for his home team by
information surrounding this unit HD. It supports RM, RMVB, guessed it, not listed at this time. Submitted at 2/8/2010 12:30:00 AM wearing quarterback Drew Brees'
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capable of playing 1080p videos. The Yinlips V900HD PMP Photographed leaving the Sun Super Bowl XLIV.
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Canon rolls out four new colorful PowerShot Snowpocalypse

by Kevin Collins (Flickr Blog)

compact cams Submitted at 2/7/2010 1:02:50 PM

Message from fivefilters.org: If

by Laura June (Engadget) the SD1300 IS will arrive in late
February (that's this month!) for you can, please donate to the full
Submitted at 2/8/2010 9:35:00 AM
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Canon's just gone and busted out respectively. Full press release is continue developing it.• About
four new cameras in its point and after the break. Flickr
shoot PowerShot line. Up first Gallery: Canon PowerShot Flickr is a revolution in photo
the PowerShot Sx210 IS boasts a compact cameras storage, sharing and
14.1 megapixel sensor, a 28mm Continue reading Canon rolls organization, making photo
wide-angle lens with 14x optical out four new colorful PowerShot management an easy, natural and
zoom, a 3-inch LCD, and can compact cams collaborative process. Get
shoot HD video. The SX210 IS Canon rolls out four new comments, notes, and tags on
will come in black, purple and colorful PowerShot compact your photos, post to any blog,
gold. The PowerShot SD3500 IS cams originally appeared on share and more!
also packs a 14.1 megapixel sensor, with 28mm lens and 4x 28mm wide angle lens and 4x Engadget on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 Five Filters featured article:
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The PowerShot SD1400 IS megapixel resolution, with a SD3500 IS, The SD1400 IS, and
similarly has a 14.1 megapixel

Canon's new Rebel T2i shoots 18 megapixel stills, ups the

video options
by Paul Miller (Engadget)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 9:22:00 AM
We'd heard inklings, but
Canon's brand new Rebel T2i
(also known as the EOS 550D
outside the US) is newly official
and oh-so-desirable. The camera
takes quite a few features from
Canon's EOS 7D, including an
almost identical sensor, the
selectable frame rates, and the
stereo mic jack. There's also a
new widescreen LCD and button
layout to differentiate it from its
T1i sibling-- which will stick
around on the market to pick up
the poorer Canon lovers among
us. The shooter can capture 18.7
megapixel stills at 3.7 fps, with
better, 7D-style light metering
and an expanded ISO range of
100 to 6400. Video is even more
thrilling, with the addition of 30 /
25 / 24 fps 1080p (the T1i was
limited to a silly 20 fps at that
resolution), along with 720p at
50 / 60 fps and VGA at similar
rates. The camera can also do an
ultra-zoomed "movie crop"
function that actually does the
cropping on the CMOS sensor to
provide about 7x of additional
zoom without losing quality in
SD. The T2i will hit retail in
March for $800, with a EF-S 18-
55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens kit at
$900. PR is after the break.
Gallery: Canon Rebel T2i press
shots
Continue reading Canon's new
Rebel T2i shoots 18 megapixel
stills, ups the video options
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62 Gadgets/ TV/ Apple/ E-reader News Edition

Even at 4-inches, The Qisda QCM-330 Dwarfs

the iPad's Resolution [Smartphones]
by Mark Wilson (Gizmodo) discrepancy between the spec (which makes the prospect of
Submitted at 2/8/2010 10:06:29 AM resolution and the general importing a phone for its
wideness of the screen: you're hardware alone so much more
You hear the 9.7-inch iPad has a right to do so.) appealing). But if you're one of
screen resolution of 1024x768, The Qisda (you also know them
and you think to yourself, that's as BenQ) QCM-330, expected to
those people who doesn't like to
use the same phone as other
Why Not to
not so bad! And it's not. But debut at the upcoming CeBIT
when you later hear that a new 4- tradeshow this March before
inch smartphone will feature a b e i n g a v a i l a b l e t h r o u g h
people, the QCM-330 might be a
decent handset to watch. [
Unwired View via SlashGear]
Buy a Mac
resolution of 1280x1024, well... Vodafone, features a 4-inch, We don't know much else, other
...it's just tough to be floored by 1280x1024 screen that could be than that it will most likely run (Now)
anything less. sharper than life itself, along Android given the Home key by Charles
The Jade
simple
WHY if unsatisfying
page 63
( T h o s e o f y o u n o t i n g t h e with HSDPA and Wi-Fi. (TheAppleBlog)
answer to the question of when
to buy a new Mac is when you
WikiReader update boasts better scrolling, keyboard, and
navigation
by Doug Aamoth its “Spring 2010” update, which Tech-savvy WikiReader owners updated microSD cards semi-
(CrunchGear) includes new and updated can download the updates for annually.
Submitted at 2/8/2010 8:00:40 AM
Wikipedia entries, animated key free online, or there’s a $29-per- W i k i R e a d e r –
presses a la the iPhone, more year upgrade plan that’ll be Updates[theWikiReader.com]
The WikiReader (portable fluid scrolling, and “a highly available for purchase sometime Press Release
Wikipedia reader — see previous requested back feature for a searched articles.” in the future wherein
coverage here) is in the midst of quick way to return to previously WikiReader will mail out

Six Reasons Why '24' Has Jumped the You-Know-What

by Allison Waldman (TV because we'd be seeing a lean, seasons past. Instead, '24' has Filed under: 24, Ratings, TV
Squad) mean, older Jack who has been turned into something else Squad Lists, Emmys, Reality-
Submitted at 2/8/2010 11:00:00 AM
through the wringer and knows entirely -- an empty shell of its Free
all the tricks and turns of the former self. It's time to call it a Permalink| Email this| |
What is going on with Jack business. Comparisons were day for '24.' The show has Comments
Bauer? Have you been watching made to Jason Bourne, but with definitely jumped the you-know-
'24' this season, the first time set the Bauer edge. what.
in New York City? There were Unfortunately, we're not seeing Continue reading Six Reasons
high expectations that this might the vim and vigor of'The Bourne Bourne pictures. We're not even Why '24' Has Jumped the You-
be the best season yet for'24' Identity' or any of the other seeing the quality of'24' from Know-What
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WHY
continued from page 62
need one.
There’s nothing a Mac bought a
year ago can’t do today, and
nothing a Mac bought today
won’t be able to do a year from
now, just not as well.
That’s the problem for those
seeking to maximize the value of
their next purchase. If one
believes the hype from none
other than Steve Jobs himself,
Macs are going to “take Apple to
the next level” in 2010, and who
doesn’t want to level up with
Steve?
But even without the hype, there
are three–well, really, two good
reasons and one forlorn hope–to
wait a while before purchasing
your next Mac.
While Steve Jobs just
pronounced Apple a “mobility”
company at the iPad event, it’s
actually been one for awhile.
More than two out of three Macs
sold are laptops, and if you are in
that majority you should
definitely wait for Arrandale.
That’s the mobile CPU from
Intel launched at CES under the
Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7
variants. Hyper-Threading and
Turbo Boost technologies for
improved parallelization and
increased speed on demand have
resulted in double-digit
Beauty Poll: Carrie Underwood's Super Bowl Hairstyle
by ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 2/7/2010 9:45:00 PM
Country music siren Carrie
performance increases without a
decrease in battery life.
Regarding performance, the
desktop Core i5 and Core i7 can
already be found in the high-end
iMac, which admittedly are quad
-core versus dual-core for the
mobile versions. Nonetheless,
Macworld found the that the
“2.66GHz Core i5 iMac is the
fastest standard configuration
Mac we’ve ever tested,” and can
be as fast as Xeon-based Mac
Pros.
This is the kind of upgrade
worth waiting for, and the wait
shouldn’t be long. The MacBook
Pros and the MacBook Air were
last updated in June, meaning
they are due for an update even
without significant new
technology. Keep in mind the
MacBook, last updated in
October, may continue to use a
Core 2 Duo for market
segmentation purposes. Since the
iPad is set for launch in late
March, and companies like HP
are already selling Arrandale
laptops, expect an update within
weeks, possibly even sooner.
There’s something else HP is
selling, the Envy 15 laptop with
USB 3, and that’s the second
reason not to buy a Mac right
now. USB 3 has transfer rates of
Underwood opened last night’s
Super Bowl with a rousing and heels, Underwood styled her
rendition of the national anthem. blond strands in a wispy low
Clad in Rock & Republic’s white pony. Would you wear her coif?
“Cary” jacket, matching jeans,
up to 4.8Gbps, though real world
rates won’t be nearly that high,
but then USB 2 doesn’t reach its
theoretical maximum of
480Mbps, either.
We can expect that USB 3 will
be multiple times as fast as USB
2, which is the kind of benefit
instantly recognizable to anyone
downloading images from a
camera or backing up to a USB
drive. While there are very few
USB 3 devices available today,
that will change quickly this
year.
As to when to expect USB 3
Macs, a recent rumor in
DigiTimes suggested Genesys
Logic is sampling device
controllers for Apple now, a
claim which the company
denied. Whether there’s truth in
the rumor or the denial, Apple is
undoubtedly working on USB 3
for Macs. The new bus could
conceivably be part of the next
round of updates in the spring,
but if not then expect USB 3
Macs in the fall.
Something not to expect this
spring, and that is suspect this
year, would be Macs with Blu-
ray. Just last month, it was
attributed to Steve Jobs that Blu-
ray is still a “mess,” and that
Apple is waiting until Blu-ray
sales “take off.”
According to market researcher
In-Stat, that could be about 2013,
if by “take off” one means
exceeding sales of DVD players.
Unfortunately, the predicted
adoption rate for Blu-ray in PCs
is even worse. Metrics firm
iSuppli projects that by 2013
only 16 percent of PCs will come
with Blu-ray drives.
If, like me, you are waiting for a
Mac mini with Blu-ray, you
probably won’t be buying this
year. However, for those who
plan on keeping their next Mac
for one to three years, a Mac
mini with Core i5 and USB 3 can
likely be had this year.
The same can be said for every
other Mac, too. While 2010 may
or may not take Macs to the
“next level,” both Intel’s new
Core processors and USB 3 are
significant upgrades. That’s why
if you need a Mac today, buy
one, but if not, tomorrow is
definitely worth the wait.
Vote now! —Emily Hebert
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Underwood's Super Bowl
hairstyle?( polls)
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Saints pick off
Manning, Colts to
win Super Bowl
by Greg
Garber<br>ESPN.com
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This game shows the NFL is too
good to risk a stoppage for labor
issues, writes Gene
Wojciechowski. Story
That Drew Brees outplayed a
quarterback legend in Peyton
Manning is just one of the things
we learned about this Super
Bowl, writes John Clayton. Story
It was the uncannily accurate
Brees and the ability of his
receivers to break open that
made the difference in the end,
writes Len Pasquarelli. Story
• Yasinskas: Huge gambles
• Kuharsky: Manning's legacy
hurt
• Seifert: Jumping the Colts
• Graham: Colts look unprepared
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Alleged Core i7 MacBook Pro Benchmarked

by Charles Jade has also been noted in recent
(TheAppleBlog) builds of 10.6.2 as well.
Submitted at 2/8/2010 7:33:56 AM
It’s unfortunate that Geekbench
doesn’t report GPUs. While the
A sharp-eyed MacRumors integrated GPU for the Core i5
forum member spotted what is and i7 is significantly faster than Amazon: 360 Platinum
either a hoax or the highly that of the Core 2 Duo, Hits are buy 2, get 1
inappropriate use of a next- significantly faster junk is sill
generation MacBook Pro this junk. Specs including a 9800 free for a limited time
weekend. series GPU from Nvidia would by Richard Mitchell (Joystiq)
Processor and memory make a good hoax into a great Submitted at 2/8/2010 3:00:00 AM
benchmarks for a computer one.
identified as “MacBookPro6,1 However, true benchmarks or Just in time for Valentine's Day,
were posted at Geekbench, but hoax, the launch of the new Core Amazon is now offering a
that model identifier does not family of CPUs from Intel a special buy two, get one free deal
currently exist in the MacBook month ago and counting is the on Xbox 360 Platinum Hits
Pro lineup, nor does a MacBook real pressure on Apple to update titles. The deal is fairly
Pro sporting Intel’s brand new the MacBook Pro lineup, that straightforward: just pop three
Core i7 CPU. While Apple’s and the launch of the iPad in Platinum Hits games into your
secretive nature and tight March. For the MacBook Pros, cart and the cheapest of the three
security would suggest these the update window is closing, will be knocked down to the
benchmarks are a fabrication, the leaked memo of an internal free. The specs for the Core i7 and that means the odds of the
incentive program aimed at Intel are correct, and the results are in wallet-friendly price of zero
benchmarks could also be the familiar yellow sticky note at the dollars. It's really the perfect
latest circumstantial evidence employees was revealed, one that keeping with expected Apple Store are increasing every
offered a Core i5 MacBook Pro performance gains, about 20 excuse to pick up some great
supporting an imminent day. If you are considering games you might have missed,
MacBook Pro update. as a prize. While Intel admitted percent, over Core 2 Duo buying a new MacBook Pro,
the incentive program was real, MacBook Pros at the same clock especially considering many of
Intel introduced the new Core seriously consider waiting just a them have sequels out this year -
i3, i5, and i7 CPUs for laptops at the company asserted the speed. While the most current little longer.
reference to the Core i5 was a shipping version of 10.6.2 is - notably Fable II, Halo 3,
CES on Jan. 7, which was Fallout 3, Mass Effect, BioShock
followed by announcements of typo. build 10C540, 10C3067
That bring us to the Geekbench conforms to a non-shipping and Dead Rising. You'd better do
new laptops from companies like it quick though, as the offer is
Dell and HP. A few days later a results, which appear to be typo- build. The new model identifier
only valid through February 13
and only while supplies last.
Time Was Right for Saints' Gutsy Call [Thanks, Goldenchild]
Amazon: 360 Platinum Hits are
by David Whitley (FanHouse he were, he would have waited a Morstead said. buy 2, get 1 free for a limited
Main) little longer before dropping a Instead, Morstead had an entire time originally appeared on
Submitted at 2/7/2010 5:15:00 PM
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"Hey, we're running it," he told nervous. But like almost 03:00:00 EST. Please see our
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hearing for the next few years, thing wrong with the call was left in halftime.
Sean Payton isn't that smart. If that there were still 20 minutes "I wish he'd told me at the end,"
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Hypercamp, revisited 'Lost's' Daniel Dae Kim

(Scripting News)
Submitted at 2/7/2010 9:44:33 AM
The idea developed -- let's put
two podiums at either ends of the
room with vendors paying to
tapped for 'Hawaii 5-0'
David Weinberger asks: "After
press conferences, what?"
Imho: A hybrid of newsroom
make presentations. There's an
EIC for each open newsroom remake
who can also give time to open by Allison Waldman (TV
and press conference. And it source projects in all these fields Squad)
must be open, unlike newsrooms (open source sports and fashion -
Submitted at 2/8/2010 10:00:00 AM
and press conferences of the - interesting).
past. collaborative writing that Big high bandwidth pipes CBS's new incarnation
A few years ago I wrote about happened, that usually doesn't emanate from the room, all kinds of'Hawaii Five-0' to a huge step
an idea called Hypercamp, a way happen in the blogosphere of video flow in and out. It's a towards becoming a reality with
of distributing ideas and news because we all write holed up in work place and an event space. one casting move. Daniel Dae
that I felt would come into isolated cubbies. I called these open newsrooms Kim will be playing one of the
existence in what we now call It dawned on me that this was a Hypercamp and drew a diagram 'Hawaii Five-0' team. The 'Lost'
the "rebooted news system." hybrid press conference and to illustrate. veteran, who is available for
The idea became real for me at a newsroom. I'd love to start one in NYC work because the ABC drama
Microsoft press event at the So imho what happens in the and/or SF. It has to be operated ends on May 23, will be a cop on
Palace Hotel in 2005. Ray Ozzie rebooted news system are open by someone other than me, I'm 'Five-0.'
introducing himself as the new newsrooms. I'm not talking about strictly editorial. Not good at the No, they're not making Steve
CTO. After the event we all went virtual (online) newsrooms. A logistics involved in putting McGarrett, the lead detective.
upstairs to a small ballroom couple in SF, one for tech and these things together. Kim has been cast as Detective
where there was all kinds of food another for biotech (different In the age of realtime networked Chin Ho Kelly, the second or did.
and refreshment and a mix of people, different issues). In news this is the new CNN, video third guy, depending on the Continue reading'Lost's' Daniel
bloggers, developers, reporters NYC, you'd have an open would flow out of these facilities episode. In the original series, Dae Kim tapped for 'Hawaii 5-0'
and Microsoft execs. The party newsroom for tech, and one for 24 hours a day. If you have an Kam Fong played the role, and remake
went on for a couple of hours finance, fashion, perhaps sports. event to host, you'd pay to put it James MacArthur as Dano was Filed under: OpEd, Lost,
with people reporting live from In every geographic center, you'd in the appropriate Hypercamp. perceived more of the second Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
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David Paterson Has Not Resigned Today
[Scandals]
by John Cook (Gawker)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 10:53:32 AM
New York Gov. David Paterson
consulted with "key Democratic
leaders" over the weekend to
discuss either a) his imminent
resignation pending a New York
Times report that he is a corrupt
snuggling swinger or b) just talk
about stuff.
Paterson has been battling
maddeningly vague rumors that
the Times is on the verge of
publishing a career-ending story
detailing either previously
undisclosed marital infidelities or
some sort of official corruption
that will cause him to
immediately resign. Today the
Associated Press reports that
Paterson spent the weekend in
meetings and on phone calls with
Democratic leaders, apparently
prepping them for the fallout:
A Democrat close to the
situation, though, said the
meetings included discussions
about whether Paterson would
resign or announce he will not
run because of the
unsubstantiated claims in the
whisper campaign surrounding
the governor's behavior. The
Democrat spoke on condition of
anonymity because of the
sensitivity of the issue.
Paterson's spokeswoman told
the AP that the calls were routine
fundraising and strategy
sessions. She also told Gawker
yesterday that the mythical
Times story does in fact exist,
and that it's a perfectly normal
boring profile for Metro.
In the exceedingly likely event
that Paterson's spokeswoman is
lying while desperately trying to
forestall the inevitable, several
possible scenarios have emerged:
There's the swinging thing,
which is buttressed by recent
stories in the New York Post
about a state trooper on the
governor's security detail
discovering Paterson"snuggling
together" with an unidentified
woman in a closet and Paterson
being spotted"neck-kissing" a
young lady in a New Jersey
restaurant. There's also a rather
run-of-the-mill corruption angle:
Paterson recently delivered a
contract to run a casino at the
Aqueduct racetrack in Queens to
a company that Queens politico
Rev. Floyd Flake partly owns,
after which Flake met with
Paterson to discuss a possible
endorsement for Paterson's re-
election bid. The Post's Fred
Dicker writes today that many of
Paterson's aides consider the
Aqueduct deal "corrupt" and are
threatening to quit over it, and
that Paterson's "poor work habits
and late-night, booze-fueled
'disappearances' at trendy
nightclubs and undisclosed
locations" have wrecked his
staff's confidence.
Meanwhile, GOP gubernatorial
candidate Rick Lazio can't stand
the suspense anymore, and has
issued a statement calling for the
Times to—as the Albany Times-
Union puts it—"print or get off
the pot":
"The rumors about the Governor
are a sad reflection of Albany
politics," Lazio said. "No public
official deserves to be the subject
of over a week of innuendo and
nasty speculation. If the New
York Times is working on or has
a story then they should confirm
or print it. If they do not, then
they have an obligation to stop
this rumor mongering right now.
Common decency demands it."
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NintendoWare Weekly:
Blaster Master
Overdrive, Princess
Tomato, Fieldrunners
by JC Fletcher (Joystiq)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 10:00:00 AM
There's a wide selection of
downloads available on Wii and
DSi this week -- including stuff
that people might have heard of
before and/or be interested in!
Two days after its reveal, the
new Blaster Master game is
available on WiiWare, along
with Hudson's Princess Tomato,
a somewhat forgotten NES
oddity. And DSiWare has the
iPhone hit Fieldrunners and a
new puzzle game by Intelligent
Systems. Read about all ten (!)
new games after the break.
Gallery: Blaster Master:
Overdrive (WiiWare)
Continue reading NintendoWare
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David Letterman Resorted to Extreme
Measures to Land Jay Leno for His Florida State Seminoles vacate 12
Super Bowl Gag [Kiss And Make Up] football wins, 2007 NCAA men's
by Brian Moylan (Gawker) corporate jet to fly to New York.
Submitted at 2/8/2010 10:27:56 AM It was done in the Ed Sullivan
theater in Midtown, but Leno
track title
You think it's easy getting had to wear a hoodie, sunglasses by ESPN.com news services involving an online music cross country, men's and
(ESPN.com) course. The vacating of wins was women's track and field, men's
Oprah Winfrey, Jay Leno, and and a mustache to get into the
David Letterman in a room theater undetected. This is more Submitted at 2/8/2010 7:02:10 AM
the only penalty Florida State and women's swimming and
together to tape a 15-second gag cover than Valerie Plame ever appealed. diving, and men's golf.
for the Super Bowl? Then you're got. Apparently the two men got Message from fivefilters.org: If The football team vacated five Under the penalty, the NCAA
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According to Bill Carter's Media on everyone and chanted some Florida State will vacate athletic wins from 2007. Among the other victories
Decoder blog today, Letterman magic words and made them hug victories from 2006 and 2007, Bowden retired after the 2009 vacated:
came up with the idea for the and all was forgiven. Well, for including 12 credited to former season with 389 wins over a 57- • Softball: 32 wins from 2006-
promo himself and then his team five minutes at least until Leno football coach Bobby Bowden, year career, the second-most in 07, including two from the ACC
pitched it to Oprah who agreed took off his disguise and Jeff as part of its penalty for an major college football behind tournament.
immediately (due to his studio's Zucker screamed at him for academic fraud scandal in 2006- Penn State's Joe Paterno. The • Baseball: four wins from 2006-
proximity to Mariella Pizza, her racking up a huge bill while 07 involving 61 student-athletes, penalty leaves him with 377 07, including one NCAA
favorite slice in the city) but unsuccessfully trying to repair the school announced. wins. tournament win.
Leno had to clear it with NBC, his image by filming a promo for ACC blog The university also gave up its • Men's indoor track and field:
r e a r r a n g e d t h e p r i m e - t i m e a competing show. Oprah hugs ESPN.com's Heather Dinich 2 0 0 7 N C A A D i v i s i o n I dropped from second to fourth
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Super Bowl XLIV Diary: Saints 31, Colts 17

(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
Submitted at 2/7/2010 12:41:05 PM

Getty Images The Saints’ Tracy

Porter (front) returns an
interception of a Peyton
Manning pass for a fourth-
quarter touchdown.
The Journal provides minute-by-
minute analysis of Super Bowl
XLIV as the New Orleans Saints
beat the Indianapolis Colts 31-17
for their first National Football
League championship. Journal
staffers Reed Albergotti and
David Kozo and Daily Fix
emeritus Jason Gay are at Sun
Life Stadium to offer
commentary on the game, while
Speakeasy editor Christopher
Farley comments on the pregame same location. Itâs worse than royalties for use of the fleur de thing you can hear are the they blocked our view of the
and halftime musical that -- itâs windy. The palm lis? helicopters overhead and the ocean. But our hotel lobby this
performances. Guest blogger trees outside my hotel window Whatever happens, weâll live- noisy video screen showing morning was pretty evenly
Brittany Hite (Colts) and Journal are swaying violently and the blog all the action. Weâll be highlights of the season (set to divided, with plenty of black and
staffer Alex Martin (Saints) give conditions are no different at the there during warm-ups to let you some surging music straight out gold everywhere, along with the
a fan’s perspective from the stadium. This could put a damper know whether injured Colts of a Michael Bay movie). There attendant beads and other New
teams’ home cities. on the high-scoring fireworks defensive end Dwight Freeney is are a few balls being thrown Orleans craziness.
For a WSJ live blog of the Super display we were all promised hobbling on the field. Weâll tell around on the field, but most of Overall I was very impressed
Bowl ads and music, click here. should the coaches opt for the give you the mood of the the activity is on the sidelines, with the fandom of both these
3:36 pm | Pregame | by Reed ground attack to avoid errant, stadium and critique the pregame with camera people and other teams for the couple of days I've
Albergotti wind-blown passes. and halftime shows. Weâll even media types milling about. Our been here -- passionate but not
After a week in South Florida The questions are many: Can the have people on the ground in media space is on the Coltsâ rude, wearing their colors
(read: Fort Lauderdale), the part Saints defense stop Peyton Indianapolis and New Orleans, sideline, which, for now, is proudly, coexisting peacefully.
of the Super Bowl where they Manning, who is having one of where the party of the century is where most of the activity is. Major sporting events that don't
actually play a football game is the best seasons of his career? no-doubt already beginning. 4:01 pm | Pregame | by David feature a team with a dedicated
finally upon us. The Wall Street Will the Saints opt for their high- Tune in and enjoy. Kozo fan base lose a little something in
Journal team will be at Sun Life octane passing attack, or will 3:42 pm | Pregame | by David Our media hotel was in Fort my eye. But this is one Super
Stadium, where the New Orleans they try to keep Manning off the Kozo Lauderdale, which was definitely Bowl that I feel like the losing
Saints will try to upset the field using their running attack? Itâs a sunny, cool day here in Colts country this week. Lots of fan base will be crushed, and that
Indianapolis Colts, a five-point If Manning wins, will the Hall of Sun Life Stadium, and having blue and white could be seen makes it more compelling.
favorite. Fame just induct him on the just arrived at our seats in the yesterday along A1A by the 4:03 pm | Pregame | by Reed
Itâs not raining like it was three spot? If the Saints win, will the media area in the corner of the beach, including a car that drove
years ago when Peyton Manning French start charging the NFL end zone, just about the only by with two Colts flags so big SUPER page 69
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Albergotti
Have the Saints gained an early
edge in Super Bowl XLIV by
staying put? According to
reports, the Colts followed an old
Super Bowl tradition by
switching hotels Saturday night
to avoid any distractions. But the
Saints stayed where they were,
avoiding the hassle of moving
and checking an entire football
team into a new hotel the night
before the game.
4:04 pm | Pregame | by David
Kozo
The pregame entertainment here
in the stadium is a series of NFL
Films shows recapping the highs
and lows of every team in the
NFL. How does NFL Films put
together these programs so
quickly? These teams stopped
playing as little as two weeks
ago. The guy who does the voice
over must have destroyed his
vocal chords by now.
4:05 pm | Pregame | by David
Kozo
The Colts all week have been
calling the game a business trip,
which is suddenly the "it" term
in sports (following closely on
the heels of walk-off home run,
shut-down corner, and others.)
So far here in the stadium, it
looks like their fans feel that way
too. For the most part the only
people to have taken their seats
so far are in blue and white.
They're being mostly quiet,
sitting watching the video board,
which is just now showing
highlights of the AFC
Championship Game against the
Jets. We don't see many Saints
fans here yet. We think they may
be just waking up now.
4:58 pm | Pregame | by Reed
Albergotti
Drew Brees just jogged out onto
the field wearing a gold, long-
sleeve shirt and black shorts.
Saints fans went nuts. Brees is
doing jumping jacks, warmup
drills and stretching, along with
two dozen other Saints players.
4:59 pm | Pregame | by Reed
Albergotti
All week leading up to the
Super Bowl, Colts fans have
been getting blitzed by Saints
fans yelling "Who Dat" in their
direction. But like Peyton
Manning against the blitz, Colts
nation made a crucial
adjustment. They've been
countering "Who Dats" with the
witty response "We Dat!" Have
the Colts uncovered a blueprint
for a way to beat Saints fans?
5:08 pm | Pregame | by Reed
Albergotti
Saints nation was
overrepresented in Miami the
last couple of nights, but it's
becoming clear that the number
of Colts and Saints fans will be
more balanced in the stadium.
There is quite a lot of blue here,
which stands out against the red
seats. It's more difficult to spot
the black and gold jerseys of the
Saints fans.
5:13 pm | Pregame | by Reed
Albergotti
The wind is dying down here a
bit in Sun Life Stadium. The
wind socks on the goal posts are
not nearly as active. Place
kickers Matt Stover of the Colts
and Garrett Hartley of the Saints
both look comfortable booting
practice kicks from 50 yards out
and the balls don't seem to be
drastically affected by the
breeze.
5:41 pm | Indianapolis | by
Brittany Hite
On Friday, in the midst of the
season's heaviest snowfall, the
Blue Crew Sports Grill on the
city's north side was packed. A
painted blue 1970 fire truck sits
outside, while inside, a local
musician sang an ode to Peyton
Manning, to the tune of Don
McLean's "American Pie."
Most of the Indianapolis area
was blanketed in a half-foot of
snow over the weekend, but that
certainly was not enough to
keep the Colts crew at home. A
circle through downtown
Indianapolis found the entire
area decked in blue and white
with many mini-Mannings
bustling about. Manning jerseys
are so abundant you'd think they
were a prerequisite to get into
any bar downtown. Signs adorn
virtually every business
establishment, and the whole
city is going to be zoned in come
game time.
But this time, it's a different
feeling. Having already secured a
Super Bowl victory just three
years ago, this is welcome
territory, and most of Colts
nation seems confident and
more at ease. The rest of the
country may be against Indy, but
that just makes the fan base
more resolute.
I recently moved to China,
where coverage of (American)
football games is virtually
nonexistent. As the only game
I'll get to see live all year, I'm
hoping the Super Bowl will have
been worth that 7,000-plus-mile
flight back home. We're ready to
get started and see if Peyton can
add another ring to his
collection.
5:42 pm | Pregame | by David
Kozo
The stadium is quickly filling up
with the scoreboard clock
showing 25 minutes and
counting until whatever comes at
that point. That's not kickoff yet
but rather the official opening
ceremony/flyover/anthem, I'm
guessing. Little roars go up every
once and a while when one
team's players take the field, but
so far the players have run out
just in clusters, not any single
group.
5:43 pm | Pregame | by Reed
Albergotti
Drew Brees just did his pregame
chant that he picked up from the
U.S. Marines on a USO visit. If
you've never heard it, it's an
electrifying pump-up ritual.
5:43 pm | Pregame | by David
Kozo
I love the simplicity of the Colts'
blue-and-white uniforms (just
two colors--so elegant). But what
really stands out on this field are
the gold sweatshirts worn by the
Saints who are hobbled and on
the sidelines. That gold's a very
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cool color.
5:47 pm | Pregame | by Reed
Albergotti
Colts defensive end Dwight
Freeney is warming up now with
the rest of the defensive line.
Freeney, who has a torn ankle
ligament and is key to the Colts
pass rush, did sit out some drills.
But he planted pretty hard on his
injured right ankle in one drill.
He wasn't showing any signs of
pain, but he did just go into the
locker room early, possibly for
some kind of treatment.
5:49 pm | New Orleans | by Alex
Martin
An hour or so before game time,
traffic magically disappears from
Decatur Street in front of
Jackson Square. As Saints
players and coaches appear on
the screen inside The Corner
restaurant/bar, Saints fans erupt.
Drew Brees. "Yeaaaahhhhhh!
Drew Dat!" Devery Henderson, a
Louisiana guy. "Yeaahhhh. LSU!
LSU! LSU!" Jeremy Shockey.
"Wooooooo."
And then Peyton Manning.
"Boo! Hissssss!" Then a fan
nearby grumbles, "And now
back to the 'Peyton Manning
Show.'"
Folks here are more than a little
tired of this particular program --
even though people find Peyton,
a New Orleans native, "dawlin',"
as we'd say in the local dialect.
The restaurant's getting noisy,
cheering even the sight of the
Saints stretching.
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Then, Katie Couric is
interviewing Drew Brees on the
TV, and the place goes quiet.
6:02 pm | Indianapolis | by
Brittany Hite
An hour or so before game time
and streets in downtown
Indianapolis are empty, but
that's not uncommon for the city
that never wakes up.
But Scotty's Brewhouse
downtown has been packed for
hours. The first shot of Peyton
Manning and the bar erupts in
cheers. A quick glance shows
that most fans today are sporting
his No. 18 jersey -â yet another
sign that the game is resting on
his shoulders.
Katie Couric is on the screen,
talking to Brees (a Purdue grad,
located about an hour north of
here) about his move toÂ
downtrodden New Orleans,
restoring hope to the city Katrina
wrecked. Yes, it's unfortunate,
but really, we've been hearing
about it for weeks. As I recently
saw it so succinctly summed up
by a friend on Facebook, this
game feels like Colts vs.
America.
Three of the four broadcasters
just picked the Colts to win.
Today's special Super Bowl
section of the Indianapolis Star
showed similar results: Of all
two dozen or so sports analysts
quoted, only a single one picked
the Saints. Fans here are
confident -â let's just hope that
confidence isn't a curse.
6:13 pm | Pregame | by Reed
Albergotti
The Saints come marching onto
the field first to a flood of "Who
Dat" cheers. The Colts prance
onto the field next through blue
and white flags adorned with
lucky horseshoes.
6:14 pm | Pregame | by Jason
Gay
Tonight's game: SOLD OUT.
5,000 seats were available at 5
p.m. and Reed Â
and I bought them with petty
cash to prevent a TV blackout.
You're Â
welcome, America.
6:16 pm | Pregame | by Reed
Albergotti
The NFL and CBS have gone
with a "Survivor" theme in a
pregame video, making believe
the NFL playoffs were actually a
season of Survivor. If you think
about it, it kind of is like
Survivor, except these
contestants are definitely not
emaciated.
6:21 pm | Pregame | by
Christopher Farley
Early in the coverage, they
played the song "Run This
Town" featuring Rihanna and
Jay-Z. It's a popular song, but
does have some lyrics that aren't
family friendly. It's a bit
surprising that, for this
broadcast, they didn't cut the line
with the n-word.
6:21 pm | Pregame | by
Christopher Farley
Queen Latifah sang "America
the Beautiful" accompanied by
lots of strings and a large chorus.
She's known as a rapper and an
actress, but has been singing
more in recent years.
6:25 pm | Pregame | by
Christopher Farley
Carrie Underwood, the country
singer and "American Idol" star,
sang the National Anthem.
Sports championships have been
leaning on "Idol" winners more
and more. As is traditional, she
sang without musical
accompaniment. She held the
note for "Freeeeeeeeee" for an
awfully long time. Say what you
want about "Idol," they have
produced some singers that have
real pipes and she's one of them.
6:26 pm | Pregame | by David
Kozo
Wow, those fighter jets in the
flyover are LOUD!
6:27 pm | Pregame | by
Christopher Farley
I wonder what Simon Cowell
would have said about Carrie
Underwood's performance of the
National Anthem.
6:29 pm | Pregame | by Jason
Gay
Dave Kozo disappointed they
didn't use new Bose noise-
cancelling flyover jets.
6:29 pm | Pregame | by Reed
Albergotti
Heads it is. The Saints win the
toss and elect to receive the ball.
Can the Colts overcome this
hurdle?
6:30 pm | Pregame | by Jason
Gay
Heads! I just won $500,000 at
the MGM Grand!
6:31 pm | Indianapolis | by
Brittany Hite
We haven't even kicked off yet,
and the bar is already out of its
specially blue-dyed Coors Lite.
Carrie Underwood is singing the
national anthem, and the crowd
here at the bar is up on its feet.
Colts fans are at least classy
enough to not boo the Saints
players shown during the
national anthem. After the song
ends, though, no such mercy will
be extended.
6:32 pm | Pregame | by Reed
Albergotti
I wonder if all the other Saints
receivers make fun of Adrian
Arrington for being the only one
with a number not in the teens.
Wide receivers typically have
numbers in the 80s, but five of
the Saints six receivers in their
depth chart have numbers in the
teens. It seems like all the cool,
young receivers in the NFL want
a number in the teens these days.
6:33 pm | New Orleans | by Alex
Martin
After the coin toss, Who Dats 1,
Indy 0.
6:36 pm | 1st quarter, 0-0 | by
Reed Albergotti
The Saints go three and out, but
it was a promising three and out.
On third and short, Brees went
deep to Robert Meachem and
just missed him. They punt to the
Colts.
6:39 pm | 1st quarter, 0-0 | by
Reed Albergotti
The Saints are trying an
interesting tactic against
Manning: They're hanging back
and not bringing pressure. It's not
working. The Colts are marching
down the field.
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6:40 pm | 1st quarter, 0-0 | by
Reed Albergotti
Manning can kill you when you
blitz him. But he can really kill
you if you don't get any pressure
at all. And that's what's been
happening on this first Colts
drive of the game. But the Colts
still need to establish the run.
6:47 pm | 1st quarter, 3-0 Colts |
by Reed Albergotti
The impressive Colts drive
stalled on a false start (perhaps
due to a surprisingly large
amount of crowd noise coming
from Who Dat nation) and ended
with a Matt Stover field goal.
Now the oldest person to score in
a Super Bowl. It's 3-0 Colts with
7:22 in the first quarter. After the
kickoff, Saints ball on their own
26 . First and 10.
6:48 pm | 1st quarter, 3-0 Colts |
by Reed Albergotti
Itâs amazing how much football
fashion has changed in less a
decade. Saints backup
quarterback Mark Brunell still
wears his old-school jersey and
shoulder pads, which makes him
look like he was just beamed
here from the early 90s. While
starting quarterback Drew Brees
has sleek shoulder pads and
fitted sleeves, Brunell wears
bigger pads and looser sleeves
that jut out well past his arms.
Weâll check the locker room
later to see if he uses one of
those old-school straight-edge
razors, too.
6:49 pm | Indianapolis | by
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The Saints may have won the
coin toss, but the Colts are the
first on the board. Peyton looks
like his usual self -â in the zone,
totally focused, prepared and
ready for this. Indy fans
clearly wanted that drive to go
all the way, but for now they'll
take the FG.
Kicker Matt Stover's parents
will surely be glad to see him
score the first points of the game.
His mother recently had brain
surgery and is watching him
from a hospital in Dallas, where
she's recovering.
6:52 pm | 1st quarter, 3-0 Colts |
by Reed Albergotti
The Saints are driving now at
midfield on a big pickup by
Reggie Bush after a catch over
the middle. Dwight Freeney has
been a non-factor and looks to be
gimpy on his right ankle.
6:54 pm | 1st quarter, 3-0 Colts |
by Reed Albergotti
The Saints drive stalls with
stellar play from the Colts
defensive backfield. A Thomas
Morstead punt pins Peyton
Manning and the Colts offense
inside their own 5-yard line with
5:12 left in the first quarter.
6:55 pm | 1st quarter, 3-0 Colts |
by Reed Albergotti
The Saints fans are winning the
"loud" battle. There may indeed
me more Saints fans. But as one
Saints fan told me earlier in the
parking lot: "We're louder."
6:59 pm | 1st quarter, 3-0 Colts |
by Reed Albergotti
Saints cornerback Tracy Porter
has been covering Reggie Wayne
on the left side and Jabari
Greer has been covering receiver
Pierre Garcon on the right. The
cornerbacks have been doing
well, but Manning is finding the
open guy consistently.
7:01 pm | 1st quarter, 3-0 Colts |
by Reed Albergotti
Big gain by Joseph Addai, who
takes a handoff up the middle to
the Saints 24-yard line.
7:04 pm | 1st quarter, 10-0 Colts
| by Reed Albergotti
Touchdown Pierre Garcon, who
finds room over the top of safety
Roman Harper, who should have
been able to stay deeper than the
receiver in a shortened field. The
19-yard throw from Manning
and XP puts the Colts up 10-0
with 36 seconds left in the first
quarter.
7:05 pm | 1st quarter, 10-0 Colts
| by Jason Gay
This quick Colts start is
seriously cutting into Kim
Kardashian's camera time.
7:06 pm | New Orleans | by Alex
Martin
And the Nation wept. Well,
more like Who Dat Nation got
very, very quiet.
7:07 pm | 1st quarter, 10-0 Colts
| by Reed Albergotti
The Saints got to the Super
Bowl by hiring an aggressive
defensive coordinator in Gregg
Williams, who blitzes like crazy.
They relied on the arm of a sharp
-shooter quarterback in Drew
Brees. They don't look like the
Saints today. They haven't been
blitzing. They have been trying
to establish a running game.
Don't be surprised if, down by
10, they don't go back to their
old ways and start throwing and
blitzing again.
7:07 pm | 1st quarter, 10-0 Colts
| by David Kozo
Manning has completed his nine
passes to six different guys. Now
that's spreading it around.
7:08 pm | Indianapolis | by
Brittany Hite
The Colts may be the worst
rushing team in the league, but
that isn't because of a lack of
talent but rather a lack of
necessity. The rushing game
begins to come to life here, and
then as Peyton connects with
Garcon, I think the entire of
downtown Indy just went wild.
(Though to be fair, that only
encompasses about 10 square
blocks.)
7:10 pm | 1st quarter, 10-0 Colts
| by Reed Albergotti
The Colts said all week that this
was just a business trip for them.
They've been here before. Their
fast start is testament to that. The
Saints look a little jumpy. Brees
missed a big throw to Meachem.
Marques Colston dropped a big
one. The Saints do not look like
they've been here before.
7:11 pm | End of 1st quarter, 10-
0 Colts | by Reed Albergotti
End of the first quarter. Colts
10. Saints 0.
7:13 pm | 2nd quarter, 10-0
Colts | by Reed Albergotti
This is my third Super Bowl and
it's the least amount of seat
schwag I've ever seen. There are
plastic bags attached on the
seats. Inside, white towels. What,
no Super Bowl glow sticks for
the halftime show? No seat
cushions? Usually, there are
loads of giveaways.
7:21 pm | 2nd quarter, 10-0
Colts | by Jason Gay
Sitting in press box, eating baby
carrots, Marv Albert whispering
in my ear. Bliss.
7:21 pm | 2nd quarter, 10-0
Colts | by Reed Albergotti
The Colts are playing
cornerbacks Jacob Lacey and
Tim Jennings off the ball, and
that is allowing Saints receivers
to get open for short routes. They
are typically only rushing four
defensive linemen and Brees is
getting time.
7:23 pm | 2nd quarter, 10-3
Colts | by Reed Albergotti
Wow, Dwight Freeney bull-
rushes his way directly to Brees
and takes him down! A huge
play for the injured defensive
end many people didn't think
would even play. The Saints are
held to a 46-yard Hartley field
goal, but they get on the board.
It's Colts 10, Saints 3 with 9:34
in the second quarter.
7:25 pm | New Orleans | by Alex
Martin
I can't be certain, but I believe
water pressure in the city of New
Orleans dropped precipitously
low after the Saints' field goal as
all of a relieved Who Dat Nation
went to seek, well, relief.
7:28 pm | 2nd quarter, 10-3
Colts | by Reed Albergotti
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out blitzing on that drive. On
third down, the Saints sent
everyone after Manning. He
found Pierre Garcon open over
the middle, but Garcon drops the
ball. Colts punt. Saints ball on
their own 28 with 8:14 left in the
2nd quarter.
7:30 pm | 2nd quarter, 10-3
Colts | by Reed Albergotti
Free safety Antoine Bethea just
dropped what should have been
an interception throw by Brees.
Apparently, the Colts didn't work
on catching during their week-
long "business trip." Two costly
drops in a row.
7:35 pm | 2nd quarter, 10-3
Colts | by Reed Albergotti
Big gain for Saints receiver
Lance Moore. On third and
short, the Saints line up in short-
yardage run formation and find
Moore underneath, bringing the
ball to the Colts 30.
7:36 pm | 2nd quarter, 10-3
Colts | by Reed Albergotti
The Saints are sniffing end zone
with a chance to tie the game
here. Second and goal on the 2.
7:37 pm | 2nd quarter, 10-3
Colts | by David Kozo
Saints tight end Jeremy Shockey
was just jawing with Colts safety
Antoine Bethea after that pass
play to Marques Colston.
Something to keep an eye on.
Shockey made some kind of
gesture to Bethea; something to
keep an eye on.
7:38 pm | 2nd quarter, 10-3
Colts | by Reed Albergotti
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Huge mistake! backup tackle
Zach Strief false-starts, backing
the Saints up.
7:39 pm | 2nd quarter, 10-3
Colts | by Reed Albergotti
Pierre Thomas makes up for
much of that penalty, taking the
handoff inside the 1 yard line.
The Saints are a foot away from
tying the game.
7:44 pm | 2nd quarter, 10-3
Colts | by Reed Albergotti
The undersized Colts defense
makes a miraculous stand on the
goal line, stopping running back
Mike Bell, who slips on this
immaculate Miami turf. Fourth
and goal Saints. 1:55 left in the
second.
7:45 pm | 2nd quarter, 10-3
Colts | by Jason Gay
This is getting interesting. The
Who needs to be back to the
Seabreeze Condos in Boca by 9.
7:45 pm | 2nd quarter, 10-3
Colts | by Reed Albergotti
A lot of tension here. The Saints
look to be going for it.
7:46 pm | 2nd quarter, 10-3
Colts | by Reed Albergotti
Stop! One of the great Super
Bowl defensive stops there. The
swarming Colts defense forces a
turnover on downs. Colts ball.
1:45 left in the half. Two-minute
drill for Manning?
7:47 pm | 2nd quarter, 10-3
Colts | by Reed Albergotti
Peyton Manning has a
reputation for using
opportunities like these to march
down the field and get his team
in field-goal range. Will they try
it?
7:51 pm | 2nd quarter, 10-3
Colts | by Reed Albergotti
Saints are shooting for a last-
second kick. Hartley comes on
the field. He came up big with an
overtime kick in the NFC
championship to get them here.
Let's see if he can do it again.
7:53 pm | Halftime, 10-6 Colts |
by Reed Albergotti
Hartley's 44-yard kick with five
seconds to go is good with plenty
of distance.
The Colts take a 10-6 lead into
half time.
7:54 pm | Halftime, 10-6 Colts |
by Reed Albergotti
It's halftime and the Saints,
down 10-6, are looking like
themselves again. They still
haven't gotten in the end zone,
but their offense seems to be
looking like itself.
7:55 pm | Halftime, 10-6 Colts |
by Jason Gay
The Who just arrived in their
Oldsmobile Cutlass.
7:56 pm | Halftime, 10-6 Colts |
by David Kozo
One thing you don't see on TV
Is the quick work of the roadies
installing the halftime stage.
There are about a dozen teams
each trotting out giant devices
that almost resemble bicycle
spokes. After plugging them in,
they're illuminated within
seconds. And the instruments are
up on the stage. It's a very
impressive display. Meanwhile,
the house lights are dimming...
7:57 pm | Halftime, 10-6 Colts |
by Jason Gay
As WSJ ace reporter Dave
Biderman would say, that's 5.5
minutes of action in the books!!
7:58 pm | New Orleans | by Alex
Martin
The last time the Saints were in
this stadium it had a different
name (LandShark), they fell
behind early, and they scored
just before half time. They
owned the second half and won
going away. Who Dat Nation
believes.
And, another round of Abita
Amber for this table, please,
waitress.
7:59 pm | Halftime, 10-6 Colts |
by Christopher Farley
Finally, the Who are coming up.
The halftime show is usually
more about spectacle than great
music. But some of the acts that
have played the Super Bowl in
the past have set a high bar --
Prince, U2 and Bruce
Springsteen among them. I really
hope none of the Who have a
"wardrobe malfunction."
8:00 pm | Halftime, 10-6 Colts |
by Jason Gay
The Who appear to be playing
on a giant upturned wok.
8:04 pm | Halftime, 10-6 Colts |
by Christopher Farley
The Who start off their set with
âPinball Wizardâ from their
1969 rock opera âTommy.â
8:05 pm | Halftime, 10-6 Colts |
by David Kozo
Unlike many recent halftime-
show acts, there are no throngs
of young fans surrounding the
stage. Daltrey, by the way, looks
so much younger than
Townshend, and they're only a
year apart in age.
8:05 pm | Halftime, 10-6 Colts |
by Christopher Farley
They slide right into "Baba
O'Riley."
8:06 pm | Indianapolis | by
Brittany Hite
Colts fans seem relaxed at
halftime. The Saints may have
pulled closer, but we see no
reason to worry. Everyone's
refilling their beers, ordering
more wings and singing along to
The Who.
8:07 pm | Halftime, 10-6 Colts |
by Jason Gay
RED ALERT: TWITTER IS
OVER CAPACITY. TWITTER
IS OVER CAPACITY.
8:08 pm | Halftime, 10-6 Colts |
by Jason Gay
Folks, that's WSJ's Reed
Albergotti on drums. Dude is
AMAZING!
8:08 pm | Halftime, 10-6 Colts |
by Jason Gay
Man, this makes me want to go
watch Gary Sinise dust some
fingerprints.
8:09 pm | Halftime, 10-6 Colts |
by Christopher Farley
With only two of the original
members, is this band still The
Who? Or The What? A
philosophical question to
consider as they sing âWho Are
You,â first issued in 1978.
Younger readers may know it as
the CSI theme song.
8:12 pm | Halftime, 10-6 Colts |
by David Kozo
After the stage was set for The
Who, the stage appears to be set
for a classic second half between
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two quarterbacks that are just
getting going. Peyton Manning
has been quiet since his 19-yard
touchdown pass to Pierre
Garcon. (Actually a key drop by
Garcon didn't help matters.)
After 88 yards passing in the first
quarter, Manning had just 9 in
the second. Drew Brees, on the
other hand, had 137 yards in the
second quarter after 27 in the
first. So he's getting warmed up,
but you know that Peyton likely
will, too.
In retrospect it was probably
good that the Saints went for that
fourth down, because the last
thing teams want to do is kick
off to Peyton very late in the first
half. They didn't make it, and
most people were scratching
their heads, but the Colts couldn't
engineer anything from deep in
their own end. So Saints coach
Sean Payton played the field-
position game, and his team got
the ball back and got the field
goal. Should be a great second
half.
8:12 pm | Halftime, 10-6 Colts |
by Christopher Farley
They sing a bit of âSee Me Feel
Me,â another song from
âTommyâ before going into
âWonât Get Fooled Again.â
Younger readers may know that
last song as the âCSIâ Miamiâ
theme song.
8:13 pm | New Orleans | by Alex
Martin
As the geriatic halftime act belts
out "Who are you," the equally
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answer, "who dat, who dat."
8:15 pm | New Orleans | by Alex
Martin
Outside The Corner, fans are
kicking a stuffed blue horse
around. Ah, the spirit of
sportsmanship.
8:16 pm | Halftime, 10-6 Colts |
by Christopher Farley
"Meet the new Boss/ Same as the
old Boss," Roger Daltrey sang at
the close of the set.
Meet the new Who, not quite the
same as the old Who -- but they
did fine.
8:19 pm | Halftime, 10-6 Colts |
by Jason Gay
Here in the stadium -- I'm not
making this up -- they just
started cranking the Arcade Fire,
as if it was air freshener.
8:20 pm | Halftime, 10-6 Colts |
by Reed Albergotti
Kozo is right on. This game is
up for grabs. I think the Saints
will unveil their most
complicated and confusing
blitzes in the second half. Saints
defensive coordinator Gregg
Willaims was laid back in the
first half, when most teams blitz
the living daylights out of
Manning. By the second half,
most teams have used up all their
ammunition and Manning has
figured them out. By keeping the
game close, the Saints are in
position to go after Manning in
the second half, when it's too late
to go into the locker room and
make adjustments. Expect the
Saints on defense to look like
bees whose hive just got bashed
in with a baseball bat.
If the Colts stick with their
conservative approach on
defense, keeping their safeties
way off the ball, Saints
quarterback Drew Brees may just
pick them apart.
8:24 pm | 3rd quarter, 10-6 Colts
| by Reed Albergotti
That's one way of not allowing
Peyton Manning to come on the
field. Just onsides kick it. Saints
ball! Unbelievable. You don't
usually see those kinds of trick
plays in the Super Bowl. Sean
Payton needs to go to Gambler's
Anonymous.
8:25 pm | Indianapolis | by
Brittany Hite
A drunken fan keeps trying to
start a C-O-L-T-S chant, a lá J-
E-T-S. But Colts fans don't
seem to be having any of it.
8:25 pm | New Orleans | by Alex
Martin
And the Nation roared. Sean
Payton -- in it to win it.
8:27 pm | 3rd quarter, 10-6 Colts
| by Reed Albergotti
Freeney's getting his ankle taped
now. The Colts are still playing
their bend-don't-break defense
and Drew Brees is lighting.
Them. Up.
8:31 pm | 3rd quarter, 13-10
Saints | by Reed Albergotti
Touchdown Pierre Thomas, as
he catches a short Brees pass and
goes in from 16 yards out. The
Saints just stole the momentum.
Sean Payton looks like a genius
with the onsides kick, and Larry
Coyer's defense is looking very
porous. The Saints kick the XP
to go up 13-10 with 11:41 left in
the third quarter.
8:31 pm | 3rd quarter, 13-10
Saints | by Reed Albergotti
You can't hear any Colts fans
right now, but you can hear a
LOT of Saints fans. It's like
they're multiplying. "Who Dat"
chants abound.
8:33 pm | 3rd quarter, 13-10
Saints | by Jason Gay
One last blast from halftime.
Here's the take on The Who's
performance from a Rolling
Stone editor and serious Who-
ologist Andy Greene, who
emailed in his review:
I was nervous because Daltrey's
voice was on the fritz during his
recent solo tour, but he pulled it
together and sounded great
(assuming he didn't lip-sync). I
normally hate medleys, but they
made it work -- even if i question
the need for three seconds of
"See Me, Feel Me." It didn't
come close to the brilliance of
their Concert For New York set
in 2001, but doing a great job in
12 minutes is tough. For a band
that is literally half dead and the
survivors are pushing 70, they
did a pretty great job. Also,
Daltrey hit the wail in "Won't
Get Fooled Again" better than
I've heard in a very long time.
8:34 pm | 3rd quarter, 13-10
Saints | by David Kozo
OK, Peyton Manning has to be
super antsy. Since his TD pass at
the end of the first quarter, he's
had the ball for two three-and-
outs, and during that time his
team has gone from 10-0 up to
trailing 13-10. Fascinating to see
how he responds. This next
possession is key. He needs to
get back into a rhythm.
8:35 pm | New Orleans | by Alex
Martin
The screen pass has worked in
that part of the field all year for
the Saints. I guess the Colts
missed that.
8:35 pm | 3rd quarter, 13-10
Saints | by Reed Albergotti
The Colts offense comes out
strong. Joseph Addai with
another good run. Why aren't
they running him more? He's
averaging about 10 yards a carry.
8:36 pm | 3rd quarter, 13-10
Saints | by Reed Albergotti
The Saints defense actually has
a home-field advantage here. I'ts
not Metrodome loud, but it is
definitly hard to hear. Jason Gay
had to ask me three times to pass
the popcorn.
8:37 pm | 3rd quarter, 13-10
Saints | by Reed Albergotti
Peyton threads the needle with a
deep pass to tight end Dallas
Clark. Ball on Saints 20.
8:39 pm | 3rd quarter, 17-13
Colts | by Reed Albergotti
Manning finds Clark again, who
comes off the end of the line for
a dump over the middle. First
and goal at the 5. And hand-off
to Joseph Addai who breaks
three tackles for a 5-yard
touchdown run. Colts regain the
lead. 17-13. 6:15 to go in the
third quarter.
8:41 pm | 3rd quarter, 17-13
Colts | by Jason Gay
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8:42 pm | 3rd quarter, 17-13
Colts | by David Kozo
Classic Manning drive. The way
he looked off his guys, checking
down repeatedly to Clark, and
not being afraid to use the
ground game. It didn't look
beautiful, but that's what makes
it classic Manning. And Addai
looks young and spry for a
relatively old running back.
8:43 pm | 3rd quarter, 17-13
Colts | by Reed Albergotti
I just read Saints coach Sean
Payton's lips on the sideline.
"OK, we're never kicking off to
them again. Onside kicks for the
rest of the game!"
8:44 pm | Indianapolis | by
Brittany Hite
High-fives all around. A wave
of relief floods the place. Let's
see if we can hold the lead.
8:44 pm | 3rd quarter, 17-13
Colts | by Reed Albergotti
Why does that CBS cable
camera keep hovering over the
cheerleaders during the
comercial breaks?
8:49 pm | 3rd quarter, 17-13
Colts | by Reed Albergotti
Colts linebacker Clint Session
trying to cover Reggie Bush in
the open field is a total
mismatch.
8:49 pm | 3rd quarter, 17-13
Colts | by Reed Albergotti
I'm getting sympathy pain in my
right ankle watching Dwight
Freeney run all over the field. He
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is literally everywhere on every
play.
8:53 pm | 3rd quarter, 17-16
Colts | by Reed Albergotti
Garrett Hartley with a 47-yard
field goal to make it 17-16 Colts
with 2:01 left in the third quarter.
8:54 pm | 3rd quarter, 17-16
Colts | by Jason Gay
Garrett Hartley is a laid-back
dude. Spent a bit of time talking
to him the other day, and if he
didn't have the Saints uniform
on, you'd think he was serving
smoothies on a beach in Santa
Cruz. Unflappability, of course,
is a key to a successful field-goal
kicker. That -- and being able to
kick the football far, and
accurately.
8:59 pm | End of 3rd quarter, 17
-16 Colts | by Reed Albergotti
That's the end of the third
quarter. Colts getting a good-
looking drive started. Colts up 17
-16 going into the fourth.
9:00 pm | 4th quarter, 17-16
Colts | by Reed Albergotti
Notice that nobody on the Colts
has fumbled yet. You can see the
Saints have been trying to strip
it, but every ball carrier and
receiver on the Colts seems to be
overprotective of the ball. They
all put two hands over it,
sometimes even at the expense of
gaining more yards. Seems like
they watched some of that
fumble fest two weeks ago when
the Saints played the Vikings.
9:01 pm | 4th quarter, 17-16
Colts | by Reed Albergotti
You know, I'm sure people are
saying that the Saints have no
chance, going into the fourth
quarter down against one of the
greatest quarterback who's ever
lived. But it doesn't feel that
way. The Saints seem like they
should be able to score at will
against the Colts defense.
9:04 pm | 4th quarter, 17-16
Colts | by Reed Albergotti
Colts get a huge fourth-and-
short to burst into Saints
territory. Reggie Wayne with a
little slant play.
9:04 pm | 4th quarter, 17-16
Colts | by David Kozo
Fast-moving game, surprising
given the passing nature of these
teams. We shouldn't have been
surprised. These aren't chuck-and
-duck quarterbacks. Peyton
especially, with all his short
passes, doesn't throw many
incompletions. And Brees has
also only missed on seven
passes.
9:05 pm | Indianapolis | by
Brittany Hite
Cheers of "Reg-gie! Reg-gie!
Reg-gie!" after converting on
that fourth down.
9:06 pm | 4th quarter, 17-16
Colts | by Reed Albergotti
The Colts hot drive stalls when
the a Saints blitz finally works,
and Manning is forced to give it
up.
9:08 pm | 4th quarter, 17-16
Colts | by Reed Albergotti
There is one big-name free
agent the Colts have on their
roster: kicker Adam Vinatieri.
Now you know why Colts owner
Jim Irsay went out and got him --
their backup kicker, Matt Stover,
just missed a big one from 50
yards out.
9:09 pm | 4th quarter, 17-16
Colts | by David Kozo
Jason Gay bet me $20 that
Stover would miss the kick. I
don't think I ever technically
agreed to the bet...
9:10 pm | 4th quarter, 17-16
Colts | by Jason Gay
You don't ever see this on TV,
but if you are live in the stadium,
there are women in funny outfits
dancing on the sidelines.
9:10 pm | 4th quarter, 17-16
Colts | by David Kozo
Take one, pass it down. A bit
after each quarter, the helpful
NFL PR people come around
with the quarter summaries, with
all the stats and plays. They're
still warm when you get them,
like the mimeographed copies
your teacher used to pass out. No
one stops to smell these,
however.
9:11 pm | 4th quarter, 17-16
Colts | by Reed Albergotti
What is the play of this game?
Last year had James Harrison's
interception return and the catch
by Santonio Holmes. The year
before had David Tyree's helmet
catch. There have been good
ones tonight. But have their been
any great ones?
9:12 pm | New Orleans | by Alex
Martin
And the Nation sighed. Who
Dats rejoice as Matt Stover, who
kicked at Louisiana Tech in the
last ice age, puts the kick wide.
God is invoked, and the Who
Dat cheer rains from the
heavens. Drew Brees with a
short field.
9:13 pm | 4th quarter, 17-16
Colts | by David Kozo
I've been writing a lot about
Manning tonight, but Brees is
having a whale of a game. Most
of these throws, from where I'm
sitting, appear to be off his back
foot with a guy three inches
taller in his face.
9:13 pm | 4th quarter, 17-16
Colts | by Reed Albergotti
Keyunta Dawson is rotating in
for the injured Dwight Freeney
and the Saints are yet again
moving. First and goal at the 5.
9:14 pm | 4th quarter, 17-16
Colts | by David Kozo
Question: Do Saints go for 2 if
they get this TD?
9:16 pm | 4th quarter, 22-17
Saints | by Reed Albergotti
Two-yard touchdown throw to
Jeremy Shockey. Saints take the
22-17 lead with 5:42 left in the
game.
9:18 pm | 4th quarter, 22-17
Saints | by Jason Gay
Peyton Manning sitting on
sideline, cooly smoking a
cigarette...
9:19 pm | 4th quarter, 22-17
Saints | by Reed Albergotti
Lance Moore can't hold onto a
two-point conversion throw,
making it 22-17 Saints. Pretty
good game here.
9:20 pm | 4th quarter, 22-17
Saints | by David Kozo
Brees is one completion away
from Tom Brady's record 32 in a
Super Bowl (the Patriots' 32-29
win over the Panthers in Super
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Bowl XXXVIII).
9:20 pm | Indianapolis | by
Brittany Hite
The tension is palpable. Let's
just get Peyton back out on the
field.
9:21 pm | 4th quarter, 24-17
Saints | by Reed Albergotti
Upon further review, the Saints
do get the two points for a 24-17
lead. So now there's 5:42 on the
clock. Let's say the Colts drive
down the field and score and
burn 3:45 off the clock and tie
the game. That gives the Saints
about two minutes to kick a field
goal. Garrett Hartley, their
kicker, has been great all night.
This is not looking good for the
Colts at all.
9:26 pm | 4th quarter, 24-17
Saints | by Reed Albergotti
Now the Colts need to score
quickly so if the Saints score,
there is still time for a last-
minute Peyton Manning drive.
9:29 pm | 4th quarter, 24-17
Saints | by David Kozo
Another great Manning drive,
but if they don't convert after the
injury timeout they face another
tough call. I feel like they have
to go for it. They're not stopping
the Saints right now. A FG
doesn't help them.
9:29 pm | New Orleans | by Alex
Martin
Who Dat Nation wants a
challenge. Of course, the Nation
has been guzzling beer.
9:30 pm | 4th quarter, 24-17
Saints | by Reed Albergotti
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(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix) Indianapolis Colts winning. Even defense. So, where is it written prognostication, but “The Couch
Submitted at 2/7/2010 8:17:15 AM an avowed Peyton Manning that the better team always Slouch” gets in some good jokes
agnostic like ESPN’s Bill wins?” in his pre-Super Bowl column.
When it comes to the Super Simmons has seen the light on At the usually Mets-centric blog And then he, like everyone else
Bowl, everybody’s an expert. the supremely locked-in passer. Faith and Fear in Flushing, Fixer — or at least like Rod
No, seriously, everybody. It’s “If you’re trying to talk yourself emeritus Jason Fry makes his Blagojevich and Maya Angelou
not so much that one doesn’t into the Saints on Sunday, you unabashedly emotional case for — picks the Colts, too.* * *
need to look hard to find Super k e e p c o m i n g b a c k t o o n e the Saints. At ESPN, Pat At MarketWatch, Mark Hulbert
Bowl predictions from people question,” Simmons writes. lopsided Indianapolis win. In the Yasinskas writes that the Saints’ brings news of a prediction that
only tangentially related to the “‘Has Manning reached that Boston Globe, Albert R. Breer future is bright, whatever will doubtless be good news to
game of football as it is that it’s h a l l o w e d agrees with the coach. In the happens on Sunday. “These the Journal’s readership. The
almost impossible to avoid MJ/Montana/Bird/Federer Don’t Washington Post, Michael Saints arent some kind of one- Super Bowl Indicator — a bit of
stumbling across seemingly Bet Against Me, It’s Just a Bad Wilbon also agrees with Dungy year wonder,” Yasinskas writes. stock-market superstition
everyone in the world’s Super Idea level?’” As usual with on the victors, but sees the game “Theyre for real and what has dictating that a Super Bowl
Bowl picks online. Getty Images Simmons, it takes some time to as a bit more closely matched. been the season of a lifetime for champion with roots in the
Peyton Manning has become get to the answer, but (spoiler And that is about as diverse as fans all around the Gulf region original National Football
hard to pick against in big alert) it’s, “yes, he has.” In the the opinion gets. might only be the start of League will lead to a bull market
games. Boston Herald, Karen Guregian So, do the underdog Saints have something bigger. This team has in the year ahead — suggests
Thus we have predictions from argues that the comeback win a chance at all? At Yahoo, Mark the chance to be very good for a that investors are in for a good
George W. Bush’s famous Manning engineered against the Pesavento writes that New very long time.” year, whichever team wins. Both
former FEMA head and an New England Patriots in the Orleans definitely has a chance Given the near-unanimity on the the Saints and Colts have their
impeached former governor of AFC Conference Championship provided they lose the coin toss. Colts’ behalf, it’s hard to see the origins in the NFL, as opposed to
Illinois, as well as, in no three years ago keyed his ascent In Sports Illustrated, Don Banks Super Bowl itself as promising the old AFL.
particular order, poet Maya to can’t-bet-against primacy. takes a less-quirky tack on that much drama. In the Miami In the New Orleans Times-
Angelou, former CIA head The sports commentariat does question, offering five reasons Herald, Jeff Darlington offers Picayune, original New Orleans
Michael Hayden, Ed Asner, John not seem terribly conflicted why the Saints could win. ( Jim another reason: both teams are quarterback Billy Kilmer
Stossel and the Grateful Dead’s about betting on Manning and Trotter holds down Indy’s half of just so darned admirable. “As remembers his days with the
Bob Weir. Oh, and an orangutan the Colts. “It comes with the the point/counterpoint) much as the Saints have gripped expansion Saints. In the
in the Oregon Zoo. Should any plaid sport coat and the Olivetti In the Salt Lake Tribune, the nation with their story, as Baltimore Sun, Kevin Van
of these predictions matter to typewriter: If youre a sports Gordon Monson finds himself much as it would be impossible Valkenburg looks back on the
you? Absolutely not. Are they writer, youre duty-bound to pick having to make the most of being to despise anything this Colts’ early days in Baltimore
interesting? Kind of, at least the Super Bowl,” the Atlanta in the same position as Banks — organization has stood for, it has and compares Colts juggernauts
relative to the reliably dull Journal-Constitution’s Mark that is, arguing on behalf of an been equally difficult to treat the past and present.* * *
certitude of sportswriters in Bradley writes. “Some years its extreme underdog in a debate Colts as a team of bullies,” For the players involved in the
prediction mode. But while hard — take it from a guy who with a colleague. “There is no Darlington writes. “It might Super Bowl, Sunday will
seemingly every sport-pundit has picked the Rams to beat the good conclusive reason [why the simply come down to this: Two doubtless seem like one of the
a take on how the Super Bowl is Patriots 42-3 in 2002 — and Saints will win],” Monson of the classiest teams in football most important days of their
going to shake out, some takes other years its easy. This time its writes. “There are, however, also happen to be two of the lives. From a football
were notably more interesting easy.” plenty of sort of spotty, goofy, best.” In the Chicago Sun-Times, perspective, it’s hard to argue
than others. In the New York Times, cosmic ones. Without much Mark Potash concurs. with that point. But life, of
Of course, most all of these William C. Rhoden writes that doubt, the Colts on paper are the The Washington Post’s Norman course, is not most sensibly
prognosticators — though not Tony Dungy — who coached better team, with the better Chad, as per usual, is more
B o b W e i r , i f y o u w e r e Manning to a Super Bowl win quarterback and the better interested in comedic riffage WHY page 78
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Man, that onsides kick is
looking like a better and better
idea as this game wears on. I'm
not sure the Colts can come up
with a defensive stop, assuming
the Colts score.
9:32 pm | 4th quarter, 31-17
Saints | by Reed Albergotti
And the Saints defense wins the
game! Cornerback Tracy Porter
picks Manning and returns it 74
yards for a touchdown with 3:12
left. the XP makes it 31-17. That
should end the game.
Unbelievable upset. CBS got
their money's worth on this
game.
9:33 pm | 4th quarter, 31-17
Saints | by Jason Gay
Five years ago, I came to Reed
Albergotti with an idea. I wanted
to open a bar on Bourbon Street
called Tracy Porter's
Interception. Reed said no. True
story.
9:34 pm | Indianapolis | by
Brittany Hite
I can't actually repeat the
phrases uttered after that play.
Tracy Porter gets the pick on
Manning for the score.
Ironically, Porter played at
Indiana in Bloomington in
college, just south of here.
9:36 pm | New Orleans | by Alex
Martin
Peyton who? Meet Tracy Porter,
America. Who Dat Nation
already knows him. He grew up
in Port Allen, La.
9:37 pm | 4th quarter, 31-17
Saints | by Reed Albergotti
Gotta hand it to Manning. He
really never thinks the game is
over.
9:38 pm | 4th quarter, 31-17
Saints | by Reed Albergotti
Random thought. What ever
happened to that Brees guy the
Chargers cut loose a few years
back? You know, that guy with
the torn up shoulder?
9:39 pm | 4th quarter, 31-17
Saints | by Reed Albergotti
By the way, pretty obvious what
the play of the game was. Does
Tracy Porter deserve Super Bowl
MVP?
9:40 pm | 4th quarter, 31-17
Saints | by David Kozo
Look at these reception totals
for Saints receivers. Colston 7,
Henderson 7, Thomas 6, Bush 4,
Shockey 3, you get the idea.
9:49 pm | Final, 31-17 Saints |
by Editor
And that's it. Saints win 31-17
for their first NFL title.
9:50 pm | Indianapolis | by
Brittany Hite
Perhaps Colts Nation was too
overly confident coming into this
game. Today, we've simply been
outplayed. The Saints have
played one heck of a game and
rightfully earned this win, as
much as it hurts.
9:50 pm | Postgame | by Jason
Gay
So wish I was Alex Martin's
waitress right now.
9:51 pm | Postgame | by David
Kozo
Ballgame. Saints take a knee,
and they upset the Colts 31-17.
Reed has gone downstairs to the
locker rooms. I think only the
Colts will be in theirs for a
while. This is a mad scene here.
The confetti -- actually little
rectangles of tissue paper -- are
hitting my computer as I type
this. I thought perhaps they'd be
color coded to the team that won,
but no, they're the official Super
Bowl XLIV colors of blue, red
and orange.
9:52 pm | Indianapolis | by
Brittany Hite
The bar is silent. No one knows
what to do. Everyone is waiting
for Peyton to go back in and run
a one-minute scoring drive. But
that's not going to happen today.
They're trying to finish off a
raffle of some autographed
helmets, but no one is interested
in that right now.
Well, at least we'll always have
Super Bowl XLV. If this was the
Colts vs. America, it looks like
America won... I guess at least it
wasn't Tom Brady.
9:55 pm | Postgame | by David
Kozo
Sincere congratulations to New
Orleans and the Saints' fans, not
to mention the team itself, for
this win. The stadium's starting
to thin out, as we can see some
orange seats in the upper
reaches. But the Saints fans
clearly aren't going anywhere.
No one's saying anything from
that big scrum at midfield. We're
getting a video presentation of
Saints' highlights from this
season. I guess they have to get
everyone in place before the
CBS television trophy
presentation.
9:56 pm | New Orleans | by Alex
Martin
And the Nation danced. It's what
we do. Cop cars blared sirens in
joy. Horns honked. And screams
rose to the sky. Who Dat is an
exclamation. As a question, it
has no answer.
9:59 pm | Postgame | by David
Kozo
How long before we get the
questions again about the
decision to pull the starters in
those last two weeks of the
season. The fact that the Colts
got to the Super Bowl seemed to
close that argument for many
people, but now the story line
could be, well the Colts lost that
feeling of invincibility, making
tonight possible.
9:59 pm | Postgame | by David
Kozo
I have to say, very well done by
the NFL. Len Dawson walking
the trophy up through the scrum
of the players is very cool.
10:04 pm | Postgame | by David
Kozo
E-reader News Edition
There are some Colts fans
sticking around watching the
ceremony. Nice to see. Guess
they figured, I shelled out five
grand, I'm getting my money's
worth.
10:05 pm | Postgame | by David
Kozo
Manning finishes 31-45 for 333
yards, but with the key pick.
Brees ends up tying that Brady
32 completions record. Drew
goes 32-for-39 for 288 and, of
course, gets the MVP. He's being
congratulated now. Still more
confetti hits my computer.
10:10 pm | Postgame | by Reed
Albergotti
The mood is obviously somber
in the Colts locker room. Peyton
Manning has his head hunched
over. He's talking to brother Eli
in a low voice. Players are in a
hurry to leave.
10:16 pm | Postgame | by David
Kozo
Meanwhile, back in the stadium,
there are still tons of people on
the field. Not so many in the
stands. Confetti still falling
down. Some cleanup going on.
Most of the Saints fans still here
are gathered down at the bottom,
by the rail.
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viewed from a football to fill the time between now and portrait of the state of the Super
Praying for Saints in the
perspective.
In several ways, Dexter Manley
is something of a poster boy for
when you need to start putting
that seven-layer dip together.
The first comes via the late
Bowl circa now. In place of
Thompson’s Nixon-era demi-
anarchy is an eruption of VIP-
French Quarter
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
this fact. Manley was an ace pass Hunter S. Thompson. While it’s room conspicuous consumption;
Submitted at 2/7/2010 11:28:07 AM
-rusher on a pair of Washington hard not to admire his wild-eyed standing in for Thompson’s drug
Redskins Super Bowl champions commitment and prose, -addled Samoan attorney is
Six hours before game time and
and a hero of the ‘Skins’ Super Thompson has never really been plastic surgerized rap starlet Lil’
Who Dat Nation begins to stir.
Bowl XVII win. He was also one a favorite of your Fixer’s. Still, I Kim. The fear and loathing, of
It’s a game most everywhere
of the most baroquely star- really enjoyed reading “Fear and course, remain. else, but here it is a civic event, a
crossed NFL players of his or Loathing at the Super Bowl,” — Tip of the Fix cap to readers
duty almost. It’s why I came
any era: Manley didn’t learn how Thompson’s 1973 missive from Don Hartline and Terri Lipton
home. Associated Press Former Archbishop Alfred
to read until he was 30 years old, Super Bowl VII for Rolling and fellow Fixer Garey Ris.
Parishioners wearing New Hughes welcomes various
earned a lifetime ban from the Stone. It’s predictably druggy Found a good column from the
Orleans Saints gear attend Mass groups to the service. When he
NFL for cocaine problems in and self-indulgent and world of sports? Don’t keep it to
on Super Bowl Sunday at St. welcomes “of course, all of those
1991, and ultimately lost nearly occasionally kind of hard to yourself — write to us at
Rita’s Catholic Church in in black and gold,” the church
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Harahan, La., a New Orleans erupts in unchurchly applause.
addiction. In the Washington (almost too-vivid) portrait of the consider your find for inclusion
suburb, Sunday. To close out the service,
Post, Mike Wise tells the story of weird vibes surrounding the first in the Daily Fix. You can email
Small black-and-gold clumps Archbishop Hughes suggests a
how Manley reclaimed the Super post-Watergate Super Bowl. David at droth11@gmail.com.
move through the streets of the patron saint “for all of those
Bowl ring he’d pawned for drug By the same token, Dan Le French Quarter toward its heart. interested in the outcome of
money, and eventually reclaimed Batard’s sharp, funny account in New Orleans, very Catholic and tonight’s game” to pray to: St.
his dignity, thanks to his the Miami Herald of a late night very football crazed, is headed Joan of Arc. “As a saint,” the
friendship with the late Houston out with Minnesota Vikings toward St. Louis Cathedral on archbishop says, “she rode a colt
attorney John O’Quinn.* * * tackle Bryant McKinnie in Super Jackson Square for 11 a.m. to victory.” Louder applause.
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Research Chief Rubens, Dead At 82 The lector announces it is the
fifth Sunday in ordinary time.
Saints are in the Super Bowl.”
And off they go outside the
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E-reader News Edition
The Play That Turned the Super
Bowl
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 6:07:23 AM
With all that happened in the
second half of the Super Bowl,
its almost difficult to remember
what changed the course of the
game and gave the momentum to
New Orleans: Saints head coach
Sean Paytons bold decision to go
for an onside kick at the
beginning of the second half.
The short kick by Saints kicker
Thomas Morstead was recovered
by third-string Saints linebacker
Jonathan Casillas. The Colts
never saw it coming. Getty
Images The Saints’ Anthony
Hargrove reacts after a onside
kick to start the second half
against the Colts.
They caught us with our pants
down, said Colts running back
Peyton One of the Greats? Not Quite
by Terence Moore (FanHouse
Main)
Submitted at 2/7/2010 4:35:00 PM
Filed under: Colts, Super Bowl,
NFL Quarterbacks, NFL
Analysis MIAMI -- The great
ones thrive in this situation.
Everything has gone against you
for the longest time. The whole
world is watching. Your
opponents have admitted often
that they are scared to death of
your skills. You're trailing by a
touchdown within the final six
Sports/ 79
the Saints to drive down the field
and score on a Pierre Thomas
touchdown reception.
Essentially thats a turnover. So
yeah, thats important, said guard
Jamey Richard, who was also on
the field at the time. Mr. Richard
was too far back to get there in
Chad Simpson, who was too far time to make a play, but he said
away to try and fall on the ball. he tried. When I got there,
They got us. Mr. Simpson said people were still jumping on the Saints Win? Maybe
h e n o t i c e d t h e a w k w a r d pile and I jumped on too and it
approach to the ball by Mr. turned into a little bit of a scrum,
Morstead. I knew something was I guess.
Brees Is 'Breesus'
up, he said. Mr. Simpson tried to Defensive end Fili Moala said by Jay Mariotti (FanHouse once so rotten that fans called
get to the ball, but it was too late. the kick caught the tea team off Main) them the Aints and wore bags
He couldnt even dive into the guard, but the Colts should have Submitted at 2/7/2010 5:13:00 PM over their heads, a team once so
pile to help his teammates fight won anyway. Its not an excuse, embarrassing that two young
for possession. he said. Filed under: Super Bowl children named Peyton and Eli
The onside kick took a crucial MIAMI -- It was a convergence Manning asked their mother if
possession away from the Colts, of voodoo and love and confetti, they could boo with the other
keeping the ball out of Peyton all the things a visitor feels fans in the Superdome, a team
Mannings hands, and it allowed walking through New Orleans once so hopeless and pathetic
yet rarely felt by the good people that a local sportscaster named
who live there. Finally, on a
Sunday night in south Florida
that didn't happen unless you
Buddy Diliberto said he'd wear a
dress on Bourbon Street if they
ever reached the Super Bowl.
You're Peyton Manning, seeking
believe in marriage and Santa A good guess is that dresses and
to prove without a doubt that
Claus and a world without taxes all types of clothing were being
you're more than just a bunch of
and war, something beautiful removed on Bourbon Street until
pretty numbers on your NFL
blossomed for a pained city that dawn. That's because the Saints,
resume.
has experienced too much death the pride of Who Dat Nation and
Oh, well.
and destruction and dearly a team that almost left town after
He'll never live this down.
needed a CARE package. Hurricane Katrina, won the Su ...
While this otherwise
The good people were blessed in Sup ... Supe ...
extraordinary quarterback for the
the form of the Saints, a team
Indianapolis Colts will reach the
Pro Football Hall of Fame
someday, he just moved closer to
the city limits of the Chokers
minutes of the Super Bowl, and PEYTON page 80
you're driving, driving, driving.
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PEYTON
continued from page 79

Hall of Fame.
I mean, you're Peyton Manning,
and you're so close Sunday
against the New Orleans Saints
to becoming Joe Montana, a
truly great one, who produced
magic 21 years ago down the
stretch of a Super Bowl on this
same field. Near the end of that
one, Montana hit John Taylor in
the end zone to push the San
Francisco 49ers past the

For Joseph Addai, a Saints March Right Cincinnati Bengals.

Super Outing, but No Through the Door

Ring This Time
by Nancy Gay (FanHouse
Peyton Manning. In Super Bowl
by Thomas George
(FanHouse Main)
Super Bowl XLIV that began
with the Colts scoring the game's
first 10 points and then being
Submitted at 2/7/2010 4:11:00 PM

Main) blitzed 31-7 -- were planted

XLIV, his MVP bid -- which Filed under: Saints, Super Bowl when Sean Payton walked
Submitted at 2/7/2010 4:11:00 PM
seemed very legitimate at MIAMI -- The brash and bold through the door at the Saints
halftime with his 80 yards from attitude the freshly anointed New complex four years ago.
Filed under: Colts, Saints, NFL scrimmage and the Colts leading Orleans Saints displayed on Instantly, he began whacking
Playoffs, Super Bowl the Saints 10-6 -- was destroyed Sunday night is a trait they have and whittling. Cutting wheat
MIAMI -- There's something Sunday by a New Orleans flaunted all season. There was from shaft. Carving out whatever
about a Super Bowl stage that offense that dominated in the nothing fluke or lucky or remnants of sulking, sorry losing
b r i n g s o u t t h e b e s t i n second half and was outscored miraculous about what the Saints mentality that remained, traits
Indianapolis Colts running back 15-0 in the fourth quarter. did to the Indianapolis Colts here that had long helped strangle the
Joseph Addai. He easily could Addai, meanwhile, was one of well before "The Who'' appeared franchise. Dumping grouchy
have been the MVP of Super t h e f e w h i g h l i g h t s f o r at halftime and well after the players and lax coaches and
Bowl XLI three seasons ago at Indianapolis in what would be a Colts wondered "Who Dat stole overhauling the systems.
this same South Florida stadium, 31-17 loss to the sentimental our thunder?'' Payton had a hammer in one
when the then-rookie gained 143 favorite Saints. The fourth-year You bet, the seeds for this hand and a blueprint in the other.
total yards in a victory over the b a c k h a d 1 3 5 y a r d s f r o m whipping -- a 31-17 victory in
Chicago Bears. scrimmage -- 77 rushing, and 58
In that game, Addai lost his y a r d s r e c e i v i n g o n s e v e n
MVP trophy to quarterback r e c e p t i o n s .
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The Best of Big Download: February
1-7
by John Callaham (Joystiq)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 1:00:00 AM
Filed under: Mac, PC, Meta
(about Joystiq) Apparently
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features and news from Joystiq's
PC sister site Big Download?
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• The Top 10 PC Gaming News
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Lego Star Wars III: The
Clone Wars marching to
multiple platforms this fall
by David Hinkle (Joystiq) Seperatists the chance to
construct their own "customized
Submitted at 2/8/2010 11:00:00 AM
bases and in-game battlefields."
And here we thought the well of You'll also be able to employ
Lego Star Wars material had new tactics throughout the game,
d r i e d u p . P e r h a p s w e ' v e such as "Squad command,
underestimated TT Games, Lightsaber slicing, Lightsaber
which has revealed that it's jumps, long distance Jedi attacks
constructing a new armed and and Grapple Tie-Ups."
fully operational entry in the Wait, lightsaber slicing? Does
series: Lego Star Wars III: The that mean the obvious, or the
Clone Wars. Destined for an radical ability to slice through
Autumn 2010 release on the lightsabers?
Xbox 360, PS3, PSP, Nintendo Lego Star Wars III: The Clone
DS and Wii, the game will focus Wars marching to multiple
on the events of the Cartoon platforms this fall originally
Network animated series, Star appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 08
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Around the Net In Media: Ukraine's

presidential election:
ABC's Sawyer Cool, Sleek Orange squashed
Newscasts Appeal To Viewers (The Economist: News
analysis)
(MediaPost | Media News) cultural elite as pundits and
Submitted at 2/7/2010 10:53:49 PM
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taking over as anchor from concern. While Couric often Viktor Yanukovich seems the
Charles Gibson at " ABC World comes off as perky, Sawyer likely winner of Ukraine’s
Apogee's Rise of the News" at the end of last year, emits real intellectual gravitas. In
Diane Sawyer may be able to an Oprah age, she is emotional
succeed where Katie Couric and concerned, but smart and
presidential election
Feb 8th 2010 | From The
Economist online
Triad getting ludicrous hasn't quite clicked. (Both still sleek.
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Store in "early 2010." political turmoil of their country,
Submitted at 2/8/2010 10:30:00 AM
whoever turned out to be the
Check out a video of the game
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B-to-B Online Marketing With over 90% of votes
counted, Viktor Yanukovich, the
villain of the 2004 orange
OS. The game is being ported to of the Triad getting ludicrous on
t h e p l a t f o r m b y M o b i l i a iPhone
Interactive, which has produced Apogee's Rise of the Triad
Will Grow 8% This Year revolution, has a narrow lead of
less than 3% over Yulia
(MediaPost | Media News) that online must complement Tymoshenko, the prime minister
a number of previous iPhone getting ludicrous on iPhone
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AMR International's latest online will reach 12% of the b-to Ms Tymoshenko dallied,
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UKRAINE'S
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election commission, offering to
support Mr Yanukovich. This is
a parody of the mass protests of
five years ago: the enthusiasm
and spirit which drove the
orange revolution is long gone
and protesters on both sides can
only be enticed with a bribe. A
repeat of the orange revolution is
all but impossible. Ms
Tymoshenko could, however, try
to challenge the result in the
courts which would lead to a
prolonged legal battle and more
uncertainty. Given the poor state
of Ukraine’s economy, this is the
last thing that the country needs.
International observers were
expected to give their verdict on
the election on Monday. Much
depends on that, and on Ms
Tymoshenko’s state of mind.
She had dismissed exit polls
which indicated Mr
Yanukovich’s victory by about
5% as “mere sociology” and said
every ballot matters, yet she
appeared dispirited and
undecided about what to do next.
By contrast Mr Yanukovich,
looking pleased with himself yet
somewhat surprised by the
outcome, has declared victory.
Mr Yanukovich’s comeback
should not be exaggerated, partly
because he and his supporters
never went away. The vast
majority of his 48% of the vote
comes from the Russian-
speaking east of Ukraine, as it
did five years ago when he also
won over 40% but lost to Viktor
Yushchenko, the hero of the
orange revolution. He then
served as Mr Yushchenko’s
prime minister in 2006 and 2007.
If Mr Yanukovich now becomes
president he will owe his
elevation largely to the
spectacular failure of the orange
coalition.
The tongue-tied and hard-fisted
Mr Yanukovich did little to win
this election. He abstained from
televised debates with Ms
Tymoshenko to avoid making
gaffes. But squabbling among
former orange allies and the
financial crisis did him favours.
Still, given the desperate state of
the Ukrainian economy which is
fast running out of money to pay
public wages and pensions, Ms
Tymoshenko did better than
might have been expected.
Mr Yanukovich gained mightily
from Mr Yushchenko who failed
to deliver on any of his election
promises and developed an
almost irrational hatred of Ms
Tymoshenko. Mr Yushchenko
won just over 5% in the first
round of presidential elections on
January 17th and called on his
supporters in western Ukraine to
vote against both candidates. It is
this 4% of Ukrainian votes that
probably deprived Ms
Tymoshenko of victory.
Moscow is likely to celebrate a
victory for Mr Yanukovitch as a
belated vindication of Mr Putin’s
backing five years ago and as a
victory over the West. In fact,
Mr Yanukovich is sympathetic to
large industrial groups and will
guard their business interests
more zealously than Ms
Tymoshenko may have done.
The relationship with the
Kremlin will improve, but none
of Ukraine’s mainstream
politicians or tycoons sees any
83
future in a political or economic
union with Russia.
In any event, this election was
not about geopolitics but about
Ukraine’s own governance and
economy. The choice of Mr
Yanukovich as president would
be neither a disaster nor a
breakthrough for Ukraine’s
oligarchic political system. He
would inherit a country with
weak institutions, a struggling
economy and a disillusioned
population. He may not be able
to deal with those. But at this
stage it is less important than
having a clear winner. Readers'
comments
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Influence in Tech, Media and Buying Power
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Submitted at 2/8/2010 6:45:35 AM computers, cell phones and leaders who have their eyes on
electronics - a proportionally climbing the executive ladder
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According to a comprehensive • Spend more weekly time • Tech-Fluentials are digitally
BET survey of the African- online (18 hours) than watching savvy and travel in globally
American community recently television (15 hours) conscious circles
released, African Americans in • 93% go online traditionally • Bright Horizons are young
2008 accounted for a 10% via their PC's, while 76% access adults in high school and
increase in population from 2008 the web via their cell phones college that are aware of all
versus 2000, while African- • 60% have downloaded available technology and
A m e r i c a n b u y i n g p o w e r music, a TV show, movie or electronic gadgets
increased more than 55% during ringtone in the previous month • Inner Circle Elites are
the same period to $913 billion. • 50% regularly update and working women rich in their
By the year 2013 black buying access a social networking cultural, ancestral and spiritual
power will reach $1.2 trillion account roots
dollars, a 35% increase versus • Urban Dreamers are young,
2008. The included segmentation urban adults who are social
T h e " A f r i c a n A m e r i c a n s study revealed that African- magnets and trend setters intent
Revealed" study of more than Americans are not a monolithic on and focused on living life
8 0 , 0 0 0 A f r i c a n - A m e r i c a n group but rather break down into to the fullest
consumers on multi-media seven distinct groups defined by • Survivors are a group of risk-
e n g a g e m e n t a n d d i g i t a l similar characteristics, including taking teen and young adult
applications, shows African- buying power and habits, media males who are hustling to keep
Americans are very tech savvy, consumption, and influences: their existence in check
with roughly 31% of African • The Strivers are mostly in
American discretionary spending their late 20's to early 40's and A 2010 Census study, within
dollars, or $39 billion, going are adventurous, fashionable, "African Americans Revealed,"
predicts that the upcoming
Census count will find that 42
million African-Americans
reside in the U.S., a 13.4%
increase from the 2000 Census -
a higher growth rate than the
projected 9.8% increase for the
total U.S. population.
Matthew Barnhill, Senior VP of
Corporate Research at BET
Networks, says "African
Americans Revealed shows us
that the black community should
never be referred to as one
homogeneous population... We
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complexities."
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Barnes & Noble said on
Monday that its popular but hard
-to-find Nook e-book reader is
now back on store shelves as of
this week. The book retailer said
the e-reader is in stock on the
Nook website and will be rolling
out in a majority of its brick-and-
mortar stores beginning mid-
week, "just in time for
Valentine’s Day."
You know, if your partner really
digs V-day-themed digital books
instead of flowers and chocolate.
The company had depleted its
Nook inventory over the
holidays and it's been nothing
but waitlists since. The company
says it has ramped up
production.
To see if your local store has the
Nook in stock, the company has
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beginning February 10.
And if you're not sure if the
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Economic Confidence: Wyoming, Michigan Most Negative

(All Gallup Headlines) Though the questions that Americans were more optimistic seem to have brought additional
Submitted at 2/7/2010 8:00:00 PM constitute Gallup's Economic about the economy in 2009 than gains in consumer confidence
Confidence Index ask they were in 2008. In fact, in all thus far: a month into 2010,
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difficult economic year in which the recent economic downturn The average increase in series reveals state-by-state
residents of all states rated r a n k a m o n g t h e 1 0 l e a s t consumer confidence across all differences on political,
economic conditions negatively, c o n f i d e n t s t a t e s . states was 14 points. economic, and well-being
those living in the District of From a broad perspective, both The District of Columbia saw measures Gallup tracks each day.
Columbia and South Dakota the top 10 and bottom 10 states the greatest gains in economic New stories will be released
expressed a greater degree of are diverse groups regionally and confidence in 2009, 34 points, throughout the month of
confidence in the U.S. economy politically. However, half of the followed by Vermont, February.
than did residents in other states. top 10 consists of states from the twice as many rated conditions Massachusetts, and Maryland. Survey Methods
Economic confidence was lowest upper Midwest -- North and poor as rated them excellent or Perhaps not coincidentally, these Results are based on telephone
in Wyoming, Michigan, West South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, good. Michigan and Nevada had states tend to be Democratically interviews with 173,567 national
Virginia, and Nevada. and Minnesota. the most negative ratings of oriented in their politics, and adults, aged 18 and older,
Gallup's Economic Confidence Current Conditions Versus current conditions by this their much-improved economic conducted Jan. 2-Dec. 30, 2009,
Index is an average of two Future Expectations in the 50 measure. outlook could be partly the result as part of Gallup Daily tracking.
m e a s u r e s - - o n e a s k i n g States In terms of a forward look at the of the switch from a Republican For results based on the total
respondents to rate current Looking at each component of economy, residents of the to a Democratic presidential sample of national adults, one
e c o n o m i c c o n d i t i o n s a s the Economic Confidence Index District of Columbia were the administration last year. In can say with 95% confidence
excellent, good, only fair, or separately, only as many as 17% most likely to believe that addition to Wyoming, whose that the maximum margin of
poor, and the other asking of residents in any state (North economic conditions were score fell from -43 to -47, error is ±1 percentage point.
respondents to assess whether Dakota) rated current economic getting better -- 46% said this, Montana and Idaho showed the Margin of error for most states
the economy is getting better or conditions positively last year, easily the highest in the nation. least improvement. These three is ±2 percentage points, but is as
getting worse. The Index has a underscoring the poor shape of Meanwhile, West Virginia and states ranked among the 10 most high as ±7 percentage points for
theoretical range of -100 to the economy as perceived by the Wyoming residents were the Republican in 2009 according to the District of Columbia and ±6
+100, with negative scores average American. In 22 states a least likely to say the economy Gallup, with Wyoming the most percentage points for Delaware,
indicating respondents are more majority described economic was improving, with West Republican. North Dakota, and Wyoming.
negative than positive about the conditions as poor, including a Virginians having a slightly Bottom Line Interviews are conducted with
economy. The results reported high of 59% in Nevada and more negative view of the Despite significant improvement respondents on land-line
here are based on Gallup Daily Michigan. economy's direction because a last year, Americans remained telephones and cellular phones.
t r a c k i n g d a t a f r o m 2 0 0 9 , Nebraska, South Dakota, and higher percentage said the downbeat in their economic In addition to sampling error,
consisting of more than 170,000 North Dakota had the least economy was getting worse. evaluations. All states plus the question wording and practical
interviews in all 50 U.S. states negative ratings of current Confidence Improves in 2009 District of Columbia had difficulties in conducting surveys
plus the District of Columbia."In economic conditions last year, Though Gallup's Economic negative scores on Gallup's can introduce error or bias into
all but one state, the 2009 index based on the percentage in each Confidence Index remained in Economic Confidence Index in the findings of public opinion
scores were improved from state rating the economy as negative territory throughout 2009, with the District of polls.
2008, and in most of the states excellent or good minus the 2009 (and was negative for the Columbia and South Dakota
t h e i m p r o v e m e n t w a s percentage rating it poor. But year in all 50 states plus the being more optimistic than other ECONOMIC page 87
substantial." even in these states, more than District of Columbia), states. The new year does not
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Gray Matter: Batteries Out of Thin
Air
by Theodore Gray (Popular
Science - New Technology,
Science News, The Future
Now)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 7:20:17 AM
A little oxygen is all a zinc-air
battery needs to become a
powerhouse
A battery that runs on air? Why,
that's almost as good as a car that
runs on water! Those cars are
fantasy, but batteries that run on
air are actually quite common,
especially among older people.
Tiny zinc-air batteries are widely
used in hearing aids, where they
have replaced toxic mercury-
based batteries in providing a
small but steady stream of
power. They supply more energy
for their size than any other
battery, because they draw some
of their power straight from the
air.
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batteries generate power with
two chemical reactions: one that
produces electrons at the anode
(negative terminal) and one that
absorbs them at the cathode
(positive terminal). This creates a
circulation of electrons-an
electrical current-from the anode
to the cathode. Most batteries
contain all the chemicals needed
for both reactions.
But zinc-air batteries contain
only the anode-side chemical,
zinc metal, which is converted to
zincate ions and then zinc oxide.
This releases two electrons per
atom of zinc, which are absorbed
by oxygen on the cathode side.
Zinc-air batteries can pack more
power into a smaller space than
other batteries for the same
reason that jets run for longer
than rockets. Rockets, which
must operate in the vacuum of
space, have to carry both fuel
and oxygen to burn it with. Jets
need to carry only the fuel, since
they can pull in oxygen from the
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air.
The downside is that jets can't
produce as much thrust as
rockets, because there's a limit to
how fast they can suck in air.
Zinc-air batteries have the same
limitation. They can deliver a
large amount of energy, but only
relatively slowly; they're like
endurance runners, not sprinters-
the tortoise to Energizer's bunny.
Inside a Zinc-Air Battery: A.
Cathode can with air holes B.
Teflon air filter C. Graphite-and-
wire-mesh air cathode D.
Dielectric filter paper E. Zinc-
powder anode F. Anode can G.
Insulating ring Mike Walker
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Because zinc-air batteries must
be open to the air, the water
inside them eventually
evaporates, limiting their life
span. But future cells could use
electrolytes made of ionic fluids,
which do not evaporate. The
potential exists for rechargeable
zinc-air batteries with 10 times
the capacity of today's cells.
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Canon T2i: Cinema-Grade Full HD Video in an
Entry-Level DSLR
by John Mahoney (Popular
Science - New Technology,
Science News, The Future
Now)
Submitted at 2/8/2010 7:54:41 AM
It wasn't that long ago that the
T1i first brought 1080p video to
an entry-level digital SLR--albeit
at a pokey 20 frames per second.
Today, Canon's latest digital
Rebel, the T2i borrows the video
capabilities of the far more
advanced 7D in a sub-$1,000
package.
The T2i shoots 1080p video at
the full range of frame rates
desired by hobbyists and cinema
pros alike--24, 25 and 30 frames
per second. It also includes the
same manual exposure controls
during video capture--essentially
every major video-shooting
feature of the 7D.
The similarities continue: An 18
-megapixel APS-C sensor is
inside that matches almost every
feature of the 7D's own, differing
only in its speed--a 4-channel
readout as opposed to 8 means a
slower burst mode, capturing 3.7
frames per second instead of 8.
ISO range is also similar, with a
standard max of 6400 which
boosts to 12,800.
The T2i also borrows the refined
ergonomics and control scheme
of the 7D, with a dedicated video
button up top. A new high-
resolution 3-inch LCD (1.4
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million dots) graces the back.
So what do you lose from
downgrading from the $1,700
7D? The aforementioned speed,
the tougher magnesium body
alloy, the enhanced body shape
(and thumb wheel), and the suite
of still-photo enhancements like
faster autofocusing and the 7D's
extremely programmable and
customizable control scheme.
Still, for savings of $1,000 (the
T2i is $900 with a kit lens, $800
for the body only), matching the
7D in the feature areas most will
care about--HD video capture
and imaging sensor--is quite a
nice looking package. And for
those who are served just fine by
720p video, look for the
otherwise-excellent T1i to come
down in price.