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The First Draft: Missile Defense, Iran and Value Voters: Internet News Record 18/09/09 - 20/09/09
The First Draft: Missile Defense, Iran and Value Voters: Internet News Record 18/09/09 - 20/09/09
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decision to shelve a missile of the Union. plan would not be a threat to system proposed by former
defence plan was not dictated by • Healthcare: "About two-thirds Russia, either. president Bush, ground-based By MICHAEL GORMLEY
Russian opposition. of what we've proposed would be The US leader said it would be a defence missiles would have been (AP) – 28 minutes ago
"The Russians don't make from money that's already in the bonus if the Russians were "now sited in Poland and a radar system ALBANY, N.Y. — New York
determinations about what our healthcare system but just being willing to work more effectively to detect enemy missiles installed Gov. David Paterson isn't bowing
defence posture is," Barack spent badly. And as I said before, with us to deal with threats like at Brdy in the Czech Republic. to the latest pressure to scrap his
Obama told CBS television. this is not me making wild ballistic missiles from Iran or Iran's Shahab-3 missile is thought plans to run for the office he
"If the by-product of it is that the assertions." - CBS's Face the nuclear development in Iran". to have a maximum range of inherited 18 months ago.
R u s s i a n s f e e l a l i t t l e l e s s Nation. Writing in the New York Times 2,000km. A senior Democratic adviser
paranoid... then that's a bonus," • CIA interrogations: "I continue earlier, US Defence Secretary Sea-based system President close to Paterson said Sunday that
Mr Obama said. to believe that nobody's above the Robert Gates said the decision to Barack Obama has shelved plans the state's first black governor is
US conservatives have criticised law" - CBS's Face the Nation. drop the initial plan was a to site interceptor missiles in still planning to run and is
the decision to scrap the plan to • Race: "Are there some people "pragmatic" one, scolding those Poland. Instead the Aegis and focusing on the state's fiscal
deploy interceptor missiles in who don't like me because of my who he said provided a "devoted Standard Missile-3 systems will crisis. The adviser spoke on
Poland and a radar station in the race? I'm sure there are." - ABC's following" to missile defence be deployed on US warships condition of anonymity because
Czech Republic. This Week plans that were "unworkable, based in the Mediterranean, with he wasn't authorized to speak for
Mr Obama's predecessor, • Afghanistan: "I just want to prohibitively expensive and could mobile land-based variants to Paterson.
George W Bush, had argued that m a k e s u r e t h a t e v e r y b o d y never be practically deployed". follow by 2015. The governor's office has
the system was necessary to deal understands that you don't make "I have found since taking this Intercontinental missile ranges refused to comment since reports
with potential threats from Iran. decisions about resources before post that when it comes to missile The US has developed missile Saturday revealed that national
Moscow said it was aimed you have the strategy ready." - defence, some hold a view defence sites in California and Democratic leaders hoped to
against Russia, and has welcomed ABC's This Week. bordering on theology that regards Alaska as a deterrent to North persuade him to drop out of the
the US decision to abandon it. • North Korea: Kim Jong-il is any change of plans or any Korea, which has unsuccessfully 2010 race. That would pave the
Mr Obama's plan is to replace it "pretty healthy and in control" - cancellation of a program as tested a 10,000 km range missile way for the far more popular
with a defence system using sea CNN's State of the Union. abandonment or even breaking the Taepodong-2. Of the US's Andrew Cuomo.
and land-based interceptors. No negotiations with Moscow faith," said Mr Gates, a strategic rivals, Russia has the The Rev. Al Sharpton said
In a series of wide-ranging Questioned on the CBS's Face Republican who also served as longest range missile, the SS-18. Sunday that he spoke to the White
interviews with US television t h e N a t i o n p r o g r a m m e , M r defence secretary during George Print Sponsor House and Paterson about his
networks on Sunday, Mr Obama Obama said: "My task here was W Bush's final years as president. concern that Democrats do what
also focused on: not to negotiate with the Under the original plan, the US is best for the people of New
• The economy: "I want to be R u s s i a n s . " signed a deal in August 2008 with York. He wouldn't say whether he
was advising Paterson to drop out.
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them to override Republican fundamental principles of social senate, the legislation's passage While Dukakis is regarded as
attempts to block legislation justice and the character of our seems guaranteed. being the frontrunner because of The iPod Nano's camcorder is
President Barack Obama's country". Democratic supporters of the his profile, Patrick has given no pretty okay, but it's just so
healthcare plans could receive a The naming of a temporary move have argued that the state indication of the other candidates obvious—what happened to the
crucial boost this week, with the senator requires Massachusetts to must fill both its US Senate seats that he is considering. days of camcorders hidden in tie-
a p p o i n t m e n t o f a n i n t e r i m change its Senate succession law when issues as important as Other names that have been so clips and eyeglasses? The
Democratic senator to take the to allow Governor Deval Patrick Obama's proposed healthcare far been mentioned include wristwatch camcorder is pretty
place of veteran Ted Kennedy, to approve the appointment – a reform – as well as other Charles Ogletree, a Harvard law sneaky and surprisingly not ugly.
who died last month. request made by Kennedy before important policies – may be voted professor, and Paul Kirk, a former The lens itself is located within
Kennedy's fellow Massachusetts his death in a letter to Patrick. on before a replacement senator chairman of the Democratic the number 2, and its 1.3MP
Democrats could appoint a A bill has already passed the can be elected in late January. National Committee. camera takes AVI video at a
"caretaker" senator as early as state house of representatives by a The move is controversial • US healthcare resolution of 352x288. Inside the
tomorrow, in advance of a full substantial majority, but the because of the way Massachusetts • Democrats watch lies 2GB of flash memory,
e l e c t i o n o n 1 9 J a n u a r y . Massachusetts senate has put off Democrats have switched views • Barack Obama which is enough for about 12
S p e c u l a t i o n w a s m o u n t i n g voting on the issue until tomorrow on the law reform proposal since • US domestic policy hours of video, and gets about 12
yesterday that former Democratic at the earliest. Governor Patrick is it was last proposed in 2004 under • Edward Kennedy hours of battery life on a single
presidential nominee and former expected to sign off on the a Republican governor, who • Republicans charge (via USB or AC). It's
state governor Michael Dukakis legislation. would have been expected to • Obama administration pretty toned-down, looking just
might occupy the vacant seat. President Obama has been appoint an interim senator from • United States about like every other trendy
As Republican opposition to taking a close personal interest in his own party. Then Democrats Peter Beaumont oversized silver wristwatch out
President Obama's policy agenda the Democrats' attempts to change voted overwhelmingly against the guardian.co.uk© Guardian there, and costs $150. [ Book of
hardens, the appointment would the rules and allow a temporary proposal while Republicans – now News & Media Limited 2009 | Joe]
once again give Democrats the senator to take Kennedy's seat. opposing it – voted for it, leading Use of this content is subject to
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US Senate, allowing them to president asked him about the both sides. Feeds
override Republican attempts to issue during Kennedy's funeral, Patrick has insisted that no one
block legislation. while his aides have remained in intending to run for the seat in
S e n a t o r K e n n e d y w a s touch to monitor progress. January should be appointed,
passionately committed to Republicans managed to delay leading speculation to focus on
AmazonBasics: Bezos and Co. starts private-label Got a second and a few hundred
bucks to spare? Great, then check
out this short list of loftily priced
consumer electronics line smartphones coming to an AT&T
retailer near you, sometime in
By Darren Murph (Engadget) -- are you scared yet? October:
Submitted at 9/20/2009 12:51:00 PM Read- AmazonBasics The first two phones are the
Read- Amazon's press release HTC Tilt2 and Pure, or Touch
You had to see this coming. Or Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Pro2 and Touch Diamond2,
not. While Amazon has certainly Peripherals respectively. According to sources
shown an ability to do well in the AmazonBasics: Bezos and Co. at BGR, the 2-year subsidized
consumer electronics space starts private-label consumer price—with $50 rebate—for the
(ahem, Kindle anyone?), we never e l e c t r o n i c s l i n e o r i g i n a l l y Tilt2 will be $300, while the Pure
exactly envisioned the mammoth appeared on Engadget on Sun, 20 will arrive at $200. Without a
e-tailer to spark up its own private Sep 2009 12:51:00 EST. Please contract, the prices jump to $500
-label line of consumer see our terms for use of feeds. and $350, respectively.
electronics. Designed to go mano- inexpensive doodads for not much these products will be eligible for Permalink| Email this| Comments The other leaked price concerns
a-mano with the likes of cheddar. Everything the outfit free (albeit slow) shipping if you the Garmin-ASUS nüvifone G60,
Monoprice and other cut-rate sells through this initiative will break the $25-per-order mark, and which weighs in at $300 after a
accessories providers, ship in frustration-free packaging, while Americans can begin $100 rebate. No contract? Bend
AmazonBasics will -- at least and Bezos has already committed ordering today, it'll be a tick over; it's $550. Again, no release
initially -- offer consumers AV to expanding the line "in the before these wares trickle out to dates, but a pre-Halloween arrival
cables, blank DVD media other coming months." As expected, international portals. So, industry is likely. [ BGR]
LogMeIn can control some PCs, even when off My Debate With The
By Rafe Needleman packets. this capability come with remote NY Times' David Carr
(Webware.com) The technology is getting built access turned off in the BIOS by
Submitted at 9/19/2009 10:00:00 AM into motherboards using the Q45 default. But chances are that Over Journalism
support chipset. Only a few crimes over VPro, if any are Business Models
During a recent talk with corporate desktops use this committed, will be against people
LogMeIn CEO Michael Simon, I technology, in particular HP's DC who simply don't know that this By Michael Masnick (Techdirt)
learned about the company's new 7900 and Lenovo's ThinkCentre everyone the annoyance and kind of access is possible.
Submitted at 9/18/2009 6:34:00 PM
LogMeIn Central dashboard for M58 lines. expense of a repair visit or the Other LogMeIn representatives
IT managers, designed to help Simon told me that the Mark Glaser, from PBS's
need to ship the computer back to also took pains to remind me that MediaShift invited me and NY
them keep tabs on thousands of technology does not provide a Dell for examination. this capability can be used to fight
computers at a time. wide-open backdoor. There are Times columnist David Carr to
Michael Simon, LogMeIn's crime as well: a computer that had have a back-and-forth debate over
I also heard about the new security protocols. The user has to CEO(Credit: R a f e been stolen could be remotely
version of virtual network service agree to use the technology, and wiped of data, for example, even email, concerning business
Needleman/CNET) models for newspapers --
Hamachi, which makes it a like all LogMeIn remote-control What I am concerned about are if it's powered down. Also, there
competitor to standard (and products, remote access isn't specifically questioning whether
VPro home computers for which are no consumer desktops yet micropayments or a paywall of
e x p e n s i v e ) v i r t u a l p r i v a t e - possible unless the computer's remote control is preconfigured with this BIOS-level support for
networking products in the owner agrees to it. And in many some kind makes sense. Carr
by a seller. A machine sold by an remote access. supports some sort of "user pays"
enterprise. ways, it is similar to current unscrupulous builder. A used I have been a big fan of
We chuckled a bit about the remote-access products that rely LogMeIn's free remote-control model for content, whereas I tend
computer sold via eBay or to think the idea would backfire
v e r s i o n o f L o g M e I n t h a t ' s on " Wake-on-LAN" packets to Craigslist by someone bent on product for years, and I have
embedded in the dashboard of power up a PC so it can then be badly. PBS has published the two
identity theft. The opportunities never heard of any security part debate here:
some Ford F150 pickup trucks, so c o n t r o l l e d r e m o t e l y . T h e for crime here are just too great to breaches due to a technical issue
their owners can remotely control difference here is of degree. with the company's products. • Part I, where we disagree about
ignore. what people will pay for, and talk
their office PCs. And I heard And I don't worry about this in A n d i t ' s L o g M e I n ' s Furthermore, I congratulate
about a LogMeIn technology, just the enterprise. If you're using a a bit about newspaper economics
exceptionally robust connection Simon for landing this deal with (they're bad...).
now reaching the market, that computer provided to you by your technology that makes it all the Intel. Nice move. But I think that
e n a b l e s n o t j u s t r e m o t e company, it is owned by your • Part II, where we continue to
more so. Unlike Wake-on-LAN my relationship with this capable go back and forth, but eventually
diagnostics of computers but also company, not you. If your technologies and other remote- maker of remote-access and
access to data on the hard drives employer want to get your data or reach a bit of common ground in
control products, LogMeIn is very network utility services just got the middle (no, really!)
of PCs that are turned completely mess with your work, it does not good at connecting to a computer, more complicated. I am going to
off. Gulp. need a tool like this to do so. This There's probably not that much
no matter how far away it is on try very hard to avoid VPro surprising to folks around here if
That last technology, part of technology just gives IT pros the Internet or how deep behind p r o d u c t s , i f t h e y s t a r t t o
Intel's VPro system architecture, more capabilities, and it sounds you read this site regularly, but it
firewalls it is. It's robust--and proliferate in the consumer was a fun debate.
has just started to ship in a few like a very useful tool. secure in the hands of its users-- market.
new PCs. It's designed for Even for home users, in most Alternatives include switching Permalink| Comments| Email
but it's a scary tool, if the wrong This Story
corporate networks so that support cases, this won't be a problem, people get into it. to AMD-powered computers or
personnel can get into a machine-- mostly because VPro PCs aren't Simon did say that perhaps this unplugging a VPro PC when not
to run a backup, for example-- marketed to home users. But technology needs a protocol that using it, which would be a Tops & Flops: A Week
regardless of whether it's running assuming that they were, the VPro specifies that whenever it's used, ridiculous hassle. I know it seems in Fashion!
Windows, has crashed into a blue protocols still specify that the user whether it's been configured for crazy and paranoid, but if "off"
screen, or has been shut down. As must consent to remote access unattended access or not, it "drops d o e s n ' t r e a l l y m e a n " o f f " (ETonline - Breaking News)
long as the PC is plugged into the each time someone wants to use a receipt on the desktop" so the anymore, we do have to be more Submitted at 9/20/2009 8:01:00 AM
w a l l a n d t o a n E t h e r n e t it. computer's owner can see it when careful.
connection, the computer, even So let's say Dell sells me a Originally posted at Rafe's This week had its share of
he or she turns the machine on. fashion finds and outfits that
though in an off state, will computer, and it crashes. I am That's a start. I'd recommend Radar
continue to draw a small amount happy to have Dell customer should have been left behind.
disabling this feature entirely. Whose looks were second rate,
of power (about 4 watts) while it support see what's going on And to be fair, computers with
monitors the network for control during a phone call. It might save and which were super great? You
rate!
36 Tech/ Internet News Record
launched with splashy Madison more online by having knowledge was too late: advocacy groups interface, or API, rather than ink a
Avenue fanfare nearly two years that gives them a greater sense of formal partnership. As Hollywood keeps asking for
claimed that it still wasn't enough, permission from the FCC to break
ago. control," a statement from some existing partners pulled out, And offering Facebook users
The social network has settled a Facebook representative Barry the chance to register and log in to your TV with Selectable Output
and others were likely deterred Control, it's picked up an
year-old class action lawsuit that Schnitt read. "We fully expect the from participating because of the external sites without separate
targeted the social network's foundation to team with other usernames and passwords gives unsurprising ally. Cable
unsavory implications. companies. NCTA, the lobbying
a l l e g e d f a i l u r e t o p r o v i d e leading online-safety and privacy Surprisingly, a "small number of Facebook Connect's marketing a
adequate information and privacy experts and organizations that slant of user convenience--and group that represents the cable
customers" were still using it; industry has come out in favor of
controls to users with regard to have been working diligently in Facebook will work to transition security, as some Web users may
Beacon, which shared information these fields." be more comfortable hitting a the request, claiming that it will
them out of it. let them offer movies earlier. This
about users' information on third- The suit was filed in August Facebook's experiments in "Connect with Facebook" button
party partner sites in Facebook 2008 on behalf of 20 plaintiffs, than registering for an account is a myth that they want regulators
social-media advertising turned to believe. The MPAA and cable
news feeds. most of whom were Texas instead to "engagement ads," with a new Web service.
One of the terms of the residents. Named as defendants "We learned a great deal from companies could offer up movies
which have come under some whenever they want. They just
settlement? Any last vestiges of were Facebook, along with scrutiny themselves, and the "fan the Beacon experience," the
Beacon, which failed to gain current and former Beacon statement from Facebook's Schnitt don't want people to record them,
pages" that it encourages brands, because they want to introduce
traction amid a barrage of p a r t i c i p a n t s B l o c k b u s t e r , organizations, and celebrities to read. "For one, it underscored
negative press stemming largely Fandango (owned by Comcast), how critical it is to provide yet another annoying window. So,
create. they declare that they need to
from advocacy groups like Overstock.com, STA Travel, The irony behind Friday's news extensive user control over how
MoveOn.org, will be shut down Zappos, Hotwire (owned by information is shared. We also break your TV and DVR from
is that the thinking behind Beacon recording. Hopefully, the FCC
completely. InterActiveCorp), and GameFly. ultimately evolved into the learned how to effectively
Also as part of the settlement, Another, earlier Beacon-related communicate changes that we knows better than to break TVs
phenomenally successful and piss off so many people just
which is still pending approval lawsuit had been filed against Facebook Connect, the universal make to the user experience. The
from a judge, a $9.5 million Blockbuster several months introduction of Facebook Connect because Hollywood is upset some
log-in standard that, among other people will want to record
"settlement fund" has been e a r l i e r , c l a i m i n g t h a t i t s things, shares third-party activity --a product that gives users
e s t a b l i s h e d t o s e t u p a n participation in the advertising significant control over how they movies.
on members' Facebook profiles. Permalink| Comments| Email
independent foundation to "fund program violated the Video The privacy controls on extend their Facebook identity on
projects and initiatives that Privacy Protection Act of 1987. the Web and share experiences This Story
Connect are clearer and more
promote the cause of online Facebook was not named as a extensive, but perhaps more back to friends on Facebook--is
privacy, safety, and security," defendant in that suit. crucial to Facebook Connect's an example of this."
according to a release. Up to a Shortly after the negative buzz success has been the fact that it's Originally posted at The Social
third of that fund, however, can about Beacon started, Facebook been marketed as a utility for
potentially be recovered by the began tweaking and modifying ordinary members rather than an
Diamonds are an Emmy Star's Best Friend
(ETonline - Breaking News) and the launch of his new red shoulders and says, "Goosebumps dress together and your shoes
Submitted at 9/20/2009 8:00:00 AM carpet Everlon Diamond Knot everywhere, and I admit it: together, and nothing's actually
Collection! diamonds do that to me." done until you have the diamonds
Martin Katz has jewels like no "You know, diamonds go with "Dexter" star Jennifer Carpenter – it's the perfect finishing touch.
other, and the stars flocked to the everything," says Debra Messing. observes, "The Emmys are like a It's when you really feel done."
celebrity jeweler's house in "It makes everybody look rollercoaster. You get on early in
Beverly Hills to honor the Emmys prettier." She then rubs her the week and start putting your
38 Tech/ Fashion Internet News Record
CoPilot Live smooths the rough edges in nav app with new
update
By Mel Martin (The Unofficial Improvements from the last maps were updated for this app with new update
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) version include: release, there seemed to be a lot TUAW CoPilot Live smooths
Submitted at 9/19/2009 5:00:00 PM • The ability to dial a POI (point missing in my neck of the woods, the rough edges in nav app with
of interest) and reports from users of the new new update originally appeared on
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, • Improved GPS performance version are not positive in that The Unofficial Apple Weblog
iPhone, App Store, App Review I • A full QWERTY keyboard (the regard. As I tried to navigate to (TUAW) on Sat, 19 Sep 2009
took a look at CoPilot Live[ last version was alphabetical) my house, CoPilot Live could find 17:00:00 EST. Please see our
iTunes link] almost exactly a The app also offers real time the street but not any house terms for use of feeds.
month ago, and it was a pretty traffic information, gas prices, and numbers, even though my street Read| Permalink| Email this|
good, inexpensive nav program, something called live local search. has had houses on it for at least a Comments
but it had quite a few rough edges. Those features are an extra decade. Continue reading for
Those rough edges aren't so purchase of $19.99 and I did not more about the CoPilot Live
rough now, and the app is have those services for my test. maps look fine. The 'voice' was update.
certainly competitive at a price of As in my previous drive around, clear, and directions were concise. Continue reading CoPilot Live
US$34.99. GPS acquisition was rapid. The Although the company claims smooths the rough edges in nav
Internet News Record Tech/ Picture 43
Your Google docs: Soon in search Matt Cassel to Start For Kansas
City
results? By Adam Gretz (FanHouse)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 11:55:00 AM
(CNET News.com) of people." publicly crawled Web page has
Submitted at 9/19/2009 6:31:00 PM "Marie" of Google was quick to linked to your published by Adam Gretz
note that the crawling for search document? Is the only way to Filed under: Chiefs, Raiders,
Users of Google Docs and results "only applies to docs ensure that your published
Spreadsheets accustomed to NFL Injuries After missing
which you explicitly publish using document does not ultimately Kansas City's season opening loss
publicly publishing their the 'Publish as Web page' or show up in search results to
documents might want to rethink in Baltimore with an MCL injury
'Publish/embed' option, and which actually unpublish it? suffered in the preseason, Matt
exactly how publicly available are linked to from a publicly As noted by The Register,
they want to them to be. Cassel is expected to make his
crawled Web page" (documents "Google Apps master view does Chiefs debut on Sunday against long-term contract extension in
Google on Thursday wrote in a for which users choose only to not tell you which docs are July reportedly worth over $60
blog post that "in about two the Oakland Raiders, according to
"allow anyone with the link to publicly published and which Jason LaCanfora of the NFL million. More Coverage: Wes
weeks, we will be launching a view" will not get crawled, she aren't." While it may well be Welker Out for Patriots
change for published docs. The Network.
wrote, adding that users can obvious to most users how Cassel was the big offseason Matt Cassel to Start For Kansas
change will allow published docs unpublish documents they wish to publicly available their Google City originally appeared on
that are linked to from a public addition in Kansas City, coming
remain uncrawled). documents are--and many of those over in a trade that sent a second- Fanhouse NFL Blog on Sun, 20
Web site to be crawled and Some users of the search giant's published documents may well be Sep 2009 11:55:00 EST . Please
indexed, which means they can round draft pick to the New
suite of online productivity intended to be as publicly England after the Patriots see our terms for use of feeds.
appear in search results you see applications expressed concerns available as possible--this seems Permalink| Email this| Linking
on Google.com and other search designated the 27-year-old signal-
about the plan, suggesting better to be another area where Google caller as their franchise player. Blogs| Comments
engines...This is a very exciting labeling of potentially crawlable needs to find the right balance
change as your published docs The Chiefs then signed him to a
documents, spreadsheets, and between transparency and data
linked to from public websites presentations. For example, how accessibility.
will reach a much wider audience would you know definitively if a
Just watch this: Sam the Florida Gators cite 'panic level' over
cooking guy is great! recent flu outbreak
By Allison Waldman (TV
Squad) By Associated Press campus last week.' My gosh." isolations this week. He was most
Submitted at 9/19/2009 1:01:00 PM (ESPN.com) Meyer said team doctors and his concerned with Demps, the team's
Submitted at 9/20/2009 9:57:18 AM training staff were doing starting running back, because
Recently, I was channel surfing everything they could to prevent he's on the front end of the flu.
and I stopped on a show called GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The an outbreak. Hand sanitizers were Hernandez and Cunningham were
Just Cook This! With Sam the Florida Gators' flu bug is cause everywhere, and prevention getting over their symptoms,
Cooking Guy. The fact that it was for alarm, at least for coach Urban checklists were posted all around Meyer said.
on FitTV nearly made me move Meyer and his staff. the training facility. On the injury front, Meyer said
on (to me a healthy cooking show Running back Jeff Demps, tight "We're trying the best we can, linebacker Brandon Spikes will be
is oxymoronic!), but this guy e n d A a r o n H e r n a n d e z a n d but it's real," Meyer said. "We go placed in a protective boot. Spikes
Sam, the cooking guy, kept me which turned into a food program d e f e n s i v e e n d J e r m a i n e to the extremes. They get a missed most of the second half of
tuned in. Well, I can now say instead. FitTV, which is part of Cunningham were isolated in the separate dorm room for them. Saturday's game because of
without equivocation, Just Cook Discovery, probably bought the days leading up to Saturday's They get a separate hotel room for tendinitis in his Achilles' tendon.
This! is my new favorite food show because they liked Sam. game against Tennessee. them. They put them right on The team's defensive captain
show and I'm in love with Sam. And that's the beauty of the show. Although Meyer did not say any whatever the flu stuff is. Our limped off the field early in the
Sam is actually not a formally Continue reading Just watch of the players had swine flu, he guys, our team doctors, they're on game, got his left ankle taped and
trained chef or a caterer turned this: Sam the cooking guy is c e r t a i n l y w a s w o r r i e d t h e it as fast as you can get on it." tried to return. But Spikes ended
cook or a restaurateur or any of great! devastating virus could hit his top Demps, Cunningham and up getting pulled and replaced by
the other types that have made Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, -ranked team. Hernandez all played against the Dustin Doe. Meyer said Spikes
their way to TV. I looked him up OpEd, Celebrities, Reality-Free SEC blog Volunteers, but none of them struggled through practice this
and Sam Zein was a regular Joe, Permalink| Email this| | ESPN.com's Chris Low writes seemed to play up to par. week and had to be fitted with
working for a pharmaceutical Comments about all things SEC in his Demps, who had a 101-degree orthotics.
company, who dumped it all to conference blog. temperature, ran four times for 31 "It's a pain issue," Meyer said.
make a TV show about travel, • Blog network: yards and a touchdown. "It's not a structural issue. It's not
College Football Nation Hernandez caught four passes for a pull, it's a tendon strain of the
"It is a panic level of proportion 26 yards. And Cunningham Achilles' tendon."
I've never seen before," Meyer finished with one tackle. Receiver Deonte
said Sunday, a day after his team's Meyer said Sunday that Demps Thompson(hamstring) also missed
23-13 victory. "That's coming probably shouldn't have played. the game, but should return
from me. You hear about, I think, "Jeff did not look right, Aaron against Kentucky. Receiver Riley
Wisconsin had 40 players. Ole Hernandez didn't play like Aaron Cooper pinched a nerve on the
Miss had 20 players. My wife, Hernandez, and Jermaine didn't first series but stayed in the game.
with her great insight, said, 'Do play like Jermaine. They were Copyright 2009 by The
you realize the swine flu and beat up pretty good," he said. Associated Press
everything is hitting the Florida Meyer said there could more
The Count: It’s Fourth and Long. Go QB Kevin Kolb to start for
For It? Philadelphia Eagles with
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 2:24:30 PM
opposed to Kelley’s preferred
onside kicks — carry more Donovan McNabb hurting
reward and less risk in the NFL By ESPN.com news services and four interceptions.
Sports Illustrated visited Little than in high school. Aaron Schatz (ESPN.com) Garcia knows what could
Rock for a story this week about a of Football Outsiders agreed that Submitted at 9/20/2009 8:51:05 AM happen among Eagles fans if Kolb
very unconventional football the extreme strategy “makes more gets off to a slow start.
coach. Kevin Kelley of Pulaski sense for high schools.” Saints-Eagles Pregame Report Garcia was an instant favorite
Academy doesn’t carry a punter NFL stats vindicate this Saints-Eagles Pregame Report here during his first stint when he
nor a placekicker on his roster, position. The fourth-down PHILADELPHIA -- Kevin Kolb led the Eagles to the NFC East
and doesn’t return punts. His team conservatism. No coach gets fired conversion rate was 53% around will start for the Philadelphia title subbing for an injured
goes for it on nearly all fourth or ripped on talk radio for punting the league last year, similar to Eagles on Sunday against the McNabb.
downs. “The average punt in high on fourth-and-four. Most do when Pulaski’s success rate. But the New Orleans Saints as Donovan Kolb has been told he's earned
school nets you 30 yards, but we they go for it and fail.” average punt netted 39.5 yards, McNabb isn't ready to play the chance to start and finish
convert around half our fourth Applying a successful high- significantly more than high- because of a fractured rib. Sunday's game. But there are no
downs, so it doesn’t make sense school strategy to the pros is school kicks, as estimated by McNabb will not dress for the guarantees he'll get a second start.
to give up the ball,” Kelley told questionable, though. Stefan Kelley. game. Jeff Garcia is the backup, With Garcia and Vick lurking if
SI. “Besides, if your offense Fatsis, the former Wall Street Wayne Winston, professor of and the Eagles will have no third McNabb can't go next week
knows it has four downs instead Journal sportswriter and former decision sciences at Indiana quarterback. In an emergency, against the Kansas City Chiefs,
of three, it totally changes the Broncos training-camp kicker — University and an analyst of NFL Brian Westbrook or DeSean the pressure is on Kolb to play
game. I don’t believe in punting for a book about the experience stats, estimated the fourth-down Jackson would play quarterback well and win.
and really can’t ever see doing it — agreed that coaches should conversion rate teams would need for Philadelphia. McNabb cracked a single rib
again.” Getty Images Should NFL punt less on fourth down But he to achieve in order to make it Kolb has never thrown a TD when he was crunched by several
teams cut this play from their added, “I wouldn’t extrapolate worthwhile to go for it on fourth- pass in eight career games. defenders on his 3-yard
playbooks? from a single high-school team and-five at various positions on NFC East blog touchdown run in the third quarter
As support for the coach’s for a simple reason: The field is the field. An average offensive ESPN.com's Matt Mosley writes of last week's win at Carolina. He
analysis, SI cited a 2005 paper the same size as in the NFL, but team that nets an average of 40 about all things NFC East in his didn't immediately get up after the
demonstrating that NFL coaches the abilities of high-school yards per punt would have to have division blog. touchdown, and was attended to
should be going for it a whole lot punters and placekickers don’t a 64% chance of converting on • Blog network: NFL Nation by Eagles trainers before
more on fourth down than they come near matching their fourth down to go for it from its A strange scenario played out eventually leaving the field on his
do, and attributed coaches’ professional counterparts.” For own 25-yard line. But a team this week at Eagles practice, own.
eagerness to punt when the this reason, punting, field goals averaging 30 net yards per punt where McNabb, Garcia and Kolb was 7-for-11 for 23 yards
numbers suggest otherwise to and booming kickoffs — as would need just a 48% chance of Michael Vick mingled in the and sacked twice once he took
“incentive to err on the side of converting to eschew the kick. background while Kolb ran the over for McNabb.
offense. Information from ESPN's Sal
Three quarterbacks with a Paolantonio, Adam Schefter and
combined 12 Pro Bowls and six The Associated Press was used in
NFC title games have been this report.
reduced to cheerleaders for Kolb
and his 167 career yards passing
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Five things worth knowing today
Submitted at 9/20/2009 11:30:00 AM
- And just as soon as one ends,
by Michael Cardillo another begins. Say hello to
Filed under: European Soccer, London Fashion Week, starting
English Premier League There are today.
times when the marketing aces at - Meanwhile, back in the U.S.,
the 52nd annual Monterey Jazz
the Barclay's Premier League
home office must get a little tired
of constantly telling anyone who
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup Festival kicks off in California,
bringing together more than 500
will listen that the league is the
greatest in the world. Surely
is pirate-talkin' musicians for a three-day
blowout.
partisans in Barcelona and Madrid By Griffin McElroy (Joystiq) Scribbling(Brawl in the Family) - If you're a die-hard Megan Fox
would argue otherwise. Submitted at 9/19/2009 11:30:00 PM A Rupee for your obsessive, you probably don't
However smug these assertions Thoughts(Digital Unrest) need us to tell you that her
might come off, the Premier Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day, Penny Arcade (by Tiny Kitten Sapphic-leaning cheerleading
League did get another amazing e v e r y o n e ! W e h o p e y o u ' v e Teeth)(Penny Arcade - Guest horror flick Jennifer's Body opens
game to add to its resume and celebrated appropriately -- by Strip) in theaters today. If you're not,
worldwide popularity in the form UK discussing the benefits of IP Caring is Sharing(Nerf NOW) well, why not exactly? Have you
of Manchester United's last- Manchester United Wins 7-Goal blocking software and remote Scribblenauts(xkcd) met this girl?
minute 4-3 derby victory over Thriller Over Manchester City relay points for worry-free torrent Tried to Make Me Go to - Speaking of highbrow
Manchester City at Old Trafford. originally appeared on Fanhouse distribution. Just kidding! Piracy ReSTART(Virtual Shackles) entertainment, today in 1851, The
As far as a 90-minute soccer game Soccer Blog on Sun, 20 Sep 2009 is illegal. If you do it, your mom New Sonic Game!!!(GG Guys) New York Times was first
goes, it's hard to ask for more than 11:30:00 EST . Please see our will get brutalized by a SWAT Continue reading Weekly published.
anything than this match because terms for use of feeds. team, you'll be attacked by push Webcomic Wrapup is pirate- - And today in 1939, comedian,
it had pretty much everything. Permalink| Email this| Linking broom-wielding inmates, and talkin' Christopher Guest stalwart, and
More EPL Coverage: FanHouse Blogs| Comments Klingons will make disparaging Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is all-around supporting actor
comments about your illicit pirate-talkin' originally appeared extraordinaire Fred Willard was
behavior. Trust us on this one. on Joystiq on Sat, 19 Sep 2009 born. Can he carry a movie? Well,
Below are our seven favorite 23:30:00 EST. Please see our not that we know of. (Studio
(piracy-free) webcomics from this terms for use of feeds. execs: Give the guy a chance!)
past week. Vote for your favorite Permalink| Email this| But a few good minutes from him
in the poll after the jump, and tell C o m m e n t s can make dreck watchable, and
us what strips we may have the good stuff—like Waiting for
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ourselves: Is Halo 3: ODST worth So how's your money being Wait, you need more than that? will have to hit the targets in sync
While not technically a new with the beat of the song. As in We liked what we saw of the
$60? If you want the answer, this spent? new Thorocraft footwear line
is your review: $30+$10+$10+ The Remainder= arcade game, this rhythm/light most other music games, players
gun shooter was one of our are judged on how closely they that's been making the blog
In hindsight, announcing what Halo 3: ODST rounds this morning, so we called
was then"Halo 3: Recon" as a Gallery: Review: Halo 3: ODST favorite things from this year's match the beat, and successive
Amusement Machine Show. (It hits will increase the combo over to designer Alex James to
" v a l u e - o r i e n t e d " e x p a n s i o n (New Screenshots) hear some more about his
appears to have been a crucial Continue reading Review: Halo was also conveniently located meter.
next to Elevator Action Death Continue reading Hands-on: fledgling line. His designs put
first misstep for Microsoft and 3: ODST new twists on standard shapes: a
Bungie along the road to Review: Halo 3: ODST Parade.) Music GunGun! has you Music GunGun!
aiming at the screen with a Hands-on: Music GunGun! desert boot with slit detail; a more
marketing what is now Halo 3: originally appeared on Joystiq on traditional ankle boot in bright
ODST. In time, the so-called Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST. colorful (but rather standard) originally appeared on Joystiq on
plastic light gun. Instead of the Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:30:00 EST. cherry leather; and our favorite,
expansion grew to include a Please see our terms for use of the woven Ross lace-up (above),
complete campaign with 4-player feeds. usual shooter fare, your targets Please see our terms for use of
will be the most adorable, um, feeds. which recalls the Jeffrey
support; Firefight, a separate co- Permalink| Email this| Campbell huaraches we spotted at
o p m u l t i p l a y e r m o d e ; a Comments things ever. (They're not quite Permalink| Email this|
animals, fruits, nor vegetables.) C o m m e n t s Loden Dager's Spring show.
comprehensive version of Halo 3 James doesn't have formal
multiplayer; and access to the The basics of the game will be
cobbler's training but created his
line after studying shoemaking
during an extended stay in
Vietnam, where it's still produced.
That provenance may help explain
that affordable price: The Ross
will retail for $160 when it hits
stores on both coasts in February.
thorocraft.com MATTHEW
SCHNEIER Photo: Courtesy of
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Here's what got me through the the Topshop Leather Mix Biker
exciting seven days: Jacket. It¹s perfect over dresses or Fisher Communications, which
Apple iPhone 3GS What doesn¹t paired with jeans and isn¹t bulky, runs the ABC affiliates in Seattle
this Godsend gadget do? From so it easily tucked into my bag. and Portland, has signed a deal for
recording interviews to snapping Burt's Bees Lip Shimmer in a service that forecasts how local
video and photo and navigating Raisin
directions, the apple iPhone was, Lip balm meets sheer color. A
swipe
The GQ Punch List
of this made me look put By stylemens (GQ: The
sports teams will do in their next
game.
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hands down, a lifesaver. season five this week. If you need
Klorane Extra-Gentle Dry together, but not fussy. Editors) a primer, get Season 4 off iTunes. arrangement with Los Angeles-
Shampoo with Oat Milk -—Janna Johnson, Beauty Submitted at 9/18/2009 2:02:17 PM Pardon their name, but not their based AccuScore, the stations
Great for early morning call Assistant music. Slaraffenland, a Danish g a i n a c c e s s t o i t s d e t a i l e d
times and pre-party (hello, Lady Image courtesy of Klorane What you need to watch, indie band we’ve been digging p r o j e c t i o n s d e r i v e d f r o m
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MEDIADAILYNEWS Tour the new Cowboys stadium. Radiohead with a kick of free- added a "Game Forecasts" section
form jazz, cool without shouting, to their companion Web sites,
continued from page 75
Sunday’s Cowboys versus Giants
KOMO's site before the AccuScore bills its data as game officially marks the opening and addictive in that slow-burning w h e r e u s e r s c a n v i e w
hometown Seahawks faced off beneficial to fantasy sports of Cowboys Stadium, the $1.3 kind of way—the sort of rumbles prognostications for all events in
against San Francisco would have enthusiasts. billion monolith of steel and glass that stay with you after a listen or all major sports leagues and top
seen a projection that the local Fisher sportscasters could use the courtesy of franchise owner Jerry two. Check out their latest album, college conferences.
NFL team would lose 21.4 to projections as a way to close a Jones. Place your bets on who'll We’re on Your Side, which came Fisher stations are also
20.1. Its quarterback, Matt report. On Sept. 18, the 11 p.m. be the first punter to hit the video out on Wednesday. Here's one of considering using them on-air,
Hasselbeck, was to have thrown sports report on KVAL in Eugene, scoreboard—at 90 feet high (five our favorite tracks. perhaps via a ticker during the
f o r 2 3 4 . 8 y a r d s a n d 1 . 5 Ore. might have offered the feet above NFL requirements) the Go heckle David Cross. Mock sports portion of a newscast or as
touchdowns. forecast that the University of odds will likely be in your favor. the Alvin and the Chipmunks star grist for sports reports. The
Portland Trailblazers fans will Oregon football team would slip Join the gang. Crack addiction, on Monday when he does stand- precise and oft-entertaining
have to wait until the NBA season by Utah the day after -- 26.5 to i n c e s t , a b o r t i o n , a n d c h i l d up at The Wiltern in L.A. Likely projections -- which go so far as
to get AccuScore's take on their 25. molestation—these are just a few victims of ridicule will include to use decimal points -- cover not
team at KATU.com. A Fisher spokesman said the of the patently-offensive themes groupies "with dreaded arm-pit only the score, but how individual
Troy McGuire, vice president of company may opt to run the waved about like a drunk uncle's hair," his rabbis, Bill O’Reilly, players might perform. "We want
the Fisher Interactive Network, prognostications on a ticker unlicensed handgun in the FX and personal punching bag Jim to make sure we're exact and it's
said the service can "add value for during a sportscast. And KVAL sitcom It's Always Sunny In Belushi. up to the consumer to round it up
our online users and sponsors as it may use them as a featured Philadelphia, which kicked off or round it down," an AccuScore
produces 'sticky' content -- the component of its weekly "Inside spokesman said.
kind that attracts and keeps users the Pac" program that covers the In Seattle, fans visiting
on the site, which is ideal for
advertisers." MEDIADAILYNEWS: page 76 MEDIADAILYNEWS: page 75
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