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The eye introduces an evening- news style program for trending topics, viral videos, and online memes. The television empires are imploding, and perhaps the most spectacular conflagration has been seen at CBS News, with downward diving ratings and the the early departure of Katie Couric from the Evening News. Now CBS is betting on the web to recapture the TV-less generation, or cord-cutters, in a new show called What's Trending, which takes a evening news-style investigative eye to hot online stories. Some Media critics aren't convinced it'll succeed and have already begun heckling the show with accusations of unoriginality. The show does have some innovative features, including a weekly video infographic and a partnership with the Webby's. But, ultimately, like other online sensations, it'll depend as much on the execution as the content. "If you were at a cocktail party," aware is a prerequisite to the king of the cocktail party. That's specializing in Government 2.0, to The Bets says Berger, What's Trending will conversation (as this hilarious clip not to say What's Trending will be comment on Gingrich's and the Host Shira Lazar and Executive put you "in a position" to spark from Portlandia illustrates). Justin Bieber and LOL cats, Republicans' 2012 social media Producer Damon Berger are the most interesting conversation [youtube P7VgNQbZdaw] "We're more interested in push. betting that information-addicted topic or add in a unique insight. What's Trending aims to be the covering something that is a piece Like Al Jazeera's The Stream, an young viewers are desperate to be Trending topics and viral videos one-stop-shop for all web buzz, of culture," says Berger." Just editorial team separates the social "in the know." are this generation's New York offering juicy insights into viral yesterday, they had a guest post WITH page 5 Times opinion column; being stories, so their audience can be by Alex Howard, a journalist Newstablet Edition Technology/ 5 WITH continued from page 4 media wheat from the chaff, model for television pilots in the clear: What's original about Lazar. "The Internet is the active utilizing online curation tool, post-scheduling scarcity world of What's Trending? While Lazar part of social good," continues Storify, to stack relevant quotes online viewing. certainly has battle ahead to cut Berger, noting that "connected and videos from the web into a But in terms of content, the deck through the online noise, the show technologies" transform seamless, informative story. A is decidely stacked against the does have three novel ideas that awareness into direct action. live, produced 30-minute weekly eye. A cable network that traffics may help distinguish it: a weekly Webby's show (at 10 a.m. PST on in similar material, G4, has never motion infographic (launched Perhaps the only online award to Tuesdays) supplements a been able to rise above also-ran exclusively with Fast Company), break into the main stream is the constantly updated blog, which status, despite cultivating a loyal a weekly spotlight on social good, Webby's, an annual gathering that Arts Council cuts engages users through comments, band of viewers. And when old- and a partnership with the nominates and celebrates the best Twitter, and Facebook. school nets, such as CNN, have Webby's to highlight Internet inventions, from business blogs to send creative The second, much riskier bet, is brought social media to television, savvy from around the web. games, from around the web. The industries to bed that web celebrities have the same the results have rarely been Infographics partnership helps give the intrigue as politicians, electrifying. Infographics combine the best of Webby's daily newsletter, Netted, with corporate entertainers, and business giants-- Original Vs. Unoriginal two web obsessions: data and eye a bigger audience, and might give think about if Larry King Media critic and New York candy. Infographic assemblyline What's Trending some of the viral patrons interviewed the " Double University journalism professor, Column 5 will be producing a spice surrounding the must-see Rainbow Guy" or Wael Ghonim, Jay Rosen, has already given motion infographic every week appeal of Webby attention. Submitted at 5/17/2011 9:18:00 AM the Google executive who What's Trending the ultimate for the show. Here's a first look at Much like a local news program Arts Council funding cuts have instrumental in the Egyptian thumb's-down: a glib dismissal on What's Trending's video today. is the epicenter of small town hit a number of major players in uprising. Until now, many have Twitter: [youtube c-TMM6C5LKI] conversation, Lazar and Berger the digital arts world, such as sidelined web celebrities as TV veteran Michael Rosenblum, Social Good are betting that the web has its Onedotzero, pretty hard. The afterthoughts, much the way however, at least gave the show Philanthropy has a special place own culture, events, and public spending cuts are likely to Twitter was before it went the time of day--with a snarky in the web's heart. Twitter, SMS, celebrities. In part, they might be drive artists into bed with mainstream. Thus, Lazar's and post titled"Let's Talk Some More and Facebook permit easy alerts fighting the same battle as corporate sponsors, keen to be Berger's success ride on if they About What We're Already and calls for charity. Tech giants traditional media: If something is associated with cultural content. can show the world that there's Talking About." like Google can use existing tech truly popular, anyone who Does this mean that brands are the more value to web sensations than And just what is currently to help disaster victims. Many regularly checks their Twitter feed modern day patrons of the arts? just a 10-minute sharing break on Trending on Twitter at this online new sites even have will already have heard about it. A month ago, the Arts Council Facebook. moment? dedicated channels to prosocial But, if the growing web audience whipped out its funding axe and In many ways, the show isn't #youwerecooluntil , #heyjustin , stories: Huffington Post's Impact craves more than 140 characters slashed its budget by 14.9 percent, much of a financial bet for CBS #seenomore , English GCSE , section, Fast Company's own (which is a big assumption), and replacing a portfolio of 849 News: Sponsor AT&T is flipping ProudOfJoeJonas , DB5K, Ethonomics channel, and the execution is stellar, What's funded organisations with one of most of the bill for regularly MC1123 , RowlingsArmy , Mashable's Social Good tab. Trending could be successful. 695. advertisement space. Lazar and ExcitedForOtherside , What's Trending has partnered Critics be damned. The Arts Council was forced to Berger maintain editorial control, OrgulhoNXZERO with Good magazine, an outlet Follow Greg Ferenstein on do this because it had a 29.6 oversaw the construction of the And there you have it. dedicated to highlighting the Twitter. Also, follow Fast percent cut to its own 2011-2015 new Hollywood studio The rundown for NBC Nightly better side of human nature, for Company on Twitter. budget from the government. themselves, and do all the other News it is not. regular feature called "People are Some 206 organisations lost their legwork typical of startup But perhaps, in search of ratings, Awesome." "I think its a funding altogether, collectively entrepreneurs. Regardless of what it should be. As I said a long time responsibility when you have a shaving £19.1m off the total happens with What's Trending, ago, I am buying a farm in platform to shine light on things funding, which was worth they may certainly have England for a reason. that aren't necessarily trending but £310.5m in 2011/2012. Continue conceived the future funding The critical narrative so far is people should know about," says reading... 6 Top News/ Newstablet Edition Schwarzenegger had child with staffer - CNN (Top Stories - Google News) The couple have four children

Submitted at 5/17/2011 9:32:43 AM together between the ages of 14 and 21. Schwarzenegger tells L.A. Times A spokeswoman for Shriver said he fathered child out of wedlock she would have no comment, the STORY HIGHLIGHTS Times reported. • Arnold Schwarzenegger After Schwarzenegger and acknowledges having a child out Shriver married in 1986, they of wedlock, CNN confirms became one of America's most • The child was born more than a famous couples. decade ago, before his first run for He was one of Hollywood's office highest-paid actors, and she was a • Schwarzenegger and his wife, network news anchor and a Maria Shriver, announced their member of the Kennedy family, separation May 9 America's storied Democratic political dynasty. (CNN)-- Arnold Schwarzenegger Shortly before the 2003 fathered a child more than 10 gubernatorial election that years ago outside of his marriage catapulted the former actor to to Maria Shriver, a source close to political office, however, the Los the former California governor Angeles Times ran a series of confirmed to CNN on Tuesday. articles in which 16 women The revelation, published first by accused him of sexually harassing the Los Angeles Times, came and humiliating them over a 30- about a week after year period in incidents on movie Schwarzenegger and his wife of sets, at gymnasiums and 25 years announced that they elsewhere. were "amicably separating." One of the women said that when "After leaving the governor's she worked with Schwarzenegger office I told my wife about this apologized to Maria, my children Schwarzenegger's statement, the Schwarzenegger and Shriver were on a movie, he pulled up her shirt event, which occurred over a and my family. I am truly sorry." newspaper reported. separating did not mention a to expose her breasts and took a decade ago," Schwarzenegger said Schwarzenegger fathered the The newspaper quoted her as reason for the split, but said the picture, and groped her on two in a statement obtained by CNN. child with a household staffer, the saying she recently retired "on decision was a mutual one. other occasions. "I understand and deserve the Times article said. He has good terms" with the couple after "This has been a time of great Rhonda Miller filed a lawsuit, feelings of anger and provided support for the child working for them for 20 years. personal and professional saying Schwarzenegger and his disappointment among my friends since birth, the source told CNN. The newspaper said it was not transition for each of us," they campaign staff tried to discredit and family. There are no excuses The staffer told the newspaper publishing the former staffer's said. "After a great deal of her by spreading false information and I take full responsibility for that the child was fathered by her name or that of her child to thought, reflection, discussion, the hurt I have caused. I have then-husband. She declined to protect their privacy. and prayer, we came to this SCHWARZENEGGER page 7 comment after learning of The May 9 announcement that decision together." Newstablet Edition Top News/ 7 SCHWARZENEGGE continued from page 6 Trump Bows Out of Race; Top about her. Schwarzenegger said he knew nothing about Miller's allegations and said the timing of the GOP Spot Left Vacant complaints of the 16 women was "rather odd," given that no one (Christianpost.com > Politics) business is my greatest passion, broadcast on MSNBC's Hardball. 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Before that, evangelical Cain, a self-professed Christian, that's not my behavior." (CPAC) in Washington, Gov. Mike Huckabee announced Franklin Graham said that he was has won the hearts of GOP voters Schwarzenegger, a naturalized Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. Saturday night on his Fox News considering Trump as a candidate. in South Carolina and the Tea U.S. citizen from Austria who show that he will not seek the The April Gallup poll also Party Patriots. gained fame as the youngest Trump announced on Monday Republican nomination for showed that at 13 percent, Trump The current GOP field of winner of the Mr. Universe that he has decided against a run president. also had a higher percentage of announced GOP presidential bodybuilding contest, was for the presidency. The New York Order Online: Jesus for President conservative supporters than Tea candidates consists of Cain, Newt governor until January. 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The streaming movie service has grabbed over 30% of Net traffic into U.S. homes during peak evening hours. The times they are a-changing, for the Web and for regular TV. Netflix traffic, be it movies or TV shows streamed over the wires, now accounts for close to 30% of Net activity in U.S. homes in peak evening hours, according to a study by hardware/software net traffic experts Sandvine Inc. In total, the "real time entertainment" share of Net traffic, which includes Netflix, takes up 49.2%--basically half of data flowing into homes. Web activity, presumably covering all burden uses like email. Long used to having a degree of the 'tube to see their content, downstairs it's possible Junior is other use cases including reading First, it's a sign writ in letters monopoly over their client's when they choose to transmit it, in his room watching a show on digital news sources or accessing large that Netflix has roared to entertainment viewing habits, the with ads that they're being paid Netflix on his iPad. social network resources, takes up success in the online movies and arrival of the Net began to change handsomely to show. But if a But we do know that iPad use is less than 17%. We're imagining TV content game, and it explains the situation. And now it looks significant percentage of homes also encroaching on the peak the remaining 50% is taken up by why other providers like Google like their entire business model is are now viewing Netflix instead, evening time usually occupied for digital traffic of other types like are scrabbling to offer competing under threat: Netflix, by its very then they're certainly not watching TV watching, meaning how playing online games, reading services--before the market is nature, is not a network-driven TV. consumers spend their evening email, making Skype calls, illegal entirely sewn up. service, it's a user-driven one with There's a wrinkle here, because gobbling up entertainment is file-sharing and so on ... but the But that 49.2% is also a statistic content streamed on demand unlike the notion of two or three radically changing. It seems now fact that a single provider has that will grab the attention of the when users prefer to consume it. family members gathered together that Netflix is behind a lot of this grabbed 30% of Net traffic is traditional TV networks The fact that Sandvine's stats watching TV, the fact that change. amazing. Around 25% of homes themselves. It's up 60% from the relate to "peak" hours is going to someone in the house is watching Chat about this news with Kit with a broadband connection same measure for 2009, and be a wake-up call for the existing a Netflix show doesn't necessarily Eaton on Twitter and Fast subscribe to Netflix, but the traffic Sandvine predicts it'll rise to TV industry--this is the time it mean everybody is--the set-top Company too. -heavy nature of the service being 55% or 60% of all evening expects the average consumer to box isn't the only solution, and Read More: Most Innovative explains its larger share of the Net Net traffic by the end of 2011. be tucked up on a couch watching while Mom and Pop watch TV Companies: Netflix traffic compared to low-data- Newstablet Edition Top News/ News Wire/ Obituaries 11 'Dougie' rapper M-Bone slain in Calif. drive-by (AP) (Yahoo! News: Most Viewed) following up on some of those to its leaning stances, shoulder and

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Submitted at 5/17/2011 10:28:00 AM A coder named Fabrice Bellard has built a PC emulator in Javascript, capable of running a version of Linux in your browser. "I did it for fun, just because newer Javascript engines are fast enough to do complicated things," Waste Management's Quest To says Bellard in the technical notesfor the project. You can try it out, but you'll need a modern browser (Firefox 4 and Chrome Turn Trash Into Power 11 should work, though there are Ariel Schwartz (Fast Company) natural gas in solid form, and owns 111 landfill-based gas also invested in startups like bugs with the Chrome 12 beta)

Submitted at 5/17/2011 10:26:25 AM because Waste Management owns plants). But Agnion has Enerkem, which turns trash into and you'll need to know how to a lot of trash, it owns a lot of developed a small-scale device transportation fuel; and Agilyx, a use a Linux command line once it With the company throwing natural gas. And it's investing that allows users to perform on- company that is attempting to turn boots. Continue reading... money at solutions that turn heavily in companies that can site gasification for a low upfront plastics into crude oil. If any of refuse into energy, it may soon be help it go from a trash company to cost. In practical terms, this these solutions pan out, Waste about more than just garbage. a trash-and-energy company. means that hospitals, shopping Management will have the ability Not content to sit on its laurels as This week, the company malls, and every other building or to turn trash to power--and be in the largest trash collection announced that it is investing in institution that collects large the enviable position of having company in the country, Waste Agnion Energy, a company that amounts of waste--like Waste already cornered the market on Management is innovating in one turns trash (or "solid biomass Management--can get high- garbage. of the unsexiest--but most feedstock") into synthetic gas that quality gas out of straight-up Read More: Introducing The Self important--sectors of the can be used in heating. The idea garbage. -Cleaning, Smog-Eating Building economy: garbage. What might to make gas from trash isn't new Waste Management isn't betting look like trash is actually just (Waste Management already only on Agnion. The company has Newstablet Edition Business/ Technology/ 13 Redfish A tour around “first church of Instruments offers world’s technology” PARC (the innovative first iPhone- enabled wireless lab that started a ton in tech) multimeter Robert Scoble (Business the first church). It’s where Victoria studies people to Yahoo!’s click-fraud protection Shane McGlaun (SlashGear) Insider) everything seemed to start and is understand their practices, system and delivering the Security Submitted at 5/17/2011 9:29:05 AM

Submitted at 5/17/2011 10:25:37 AM still filled with brilliant people. problems, and requirements for and DRM components for For instance, in part IV of my tour future technology, and also Motorola’s first Java-based phone There really is an app for You might know PARC. This is you’ll meet Richard Chow. Some designs and analyzes human- platform. everything on the iPhone, that fact the lab that Steve Jobs walked of his achievements include centered systems — focusing on Here Richard talks to me about is reinforced to me all the time. If into and was inspired to make the architecting Yahoo!’s click-fraud user experience. what he’s working on and how you are the sort that likes to Mac what it is today. Inside this protection system and delivering PART THREE: Ubiquitous he’s developing new techniques to dabble with electronics or repairs lab lots of things in the industry the Security and DRM Computing research(and some keep our data private and secure. electronic items using a were developed: components for Motorola’s first historic networking equipment). Interesting conversation! multimeter frequently and you 1. Laser printers and page Java-based phone platform. urt Partridge is a researcher in Anyway, hope you enjoyed this have an iPhone a cool new description language. PART ONE: Future of PARC’s ubiquitous computing little tour around PARC. multimeter has launched from 2. Tablet PCs (the first prototype Networking. See the first Ethernet area. His research interests By the way, recently Malcolm Redfish Instruments. The is sitting in a display there). cable in the wall, and learn about include context awareness, Gladwell wrote about PARC’s multimeter is [...] 3. Ethernet (first piece of ethernet Content Centric Networking. activity modeling, location role in computing’s development. is still in the wall here, and is seen Here, Teresa Lunt, Vice President modeling, wearable computing, He got several things wrong, in one of the interviews below). and Director of the Computing and using users’ natural behaviors PARC’s managers say, and they 4. Object oriented programming. Science Laboratory research to simplify human-computer wrote a rebuttal on their blog 5. The modern personal computer organization, and Nacho Solis, interaction. He received a Ph. D. about how the lab innovates and with graphical user interface. researcher, tell me how networks in Computer Science from the why it plays a key role in Silicon 6. Very-large-scale-integration are changing. University of Washington in Valley even today. for semiconductors. Anyway, let’s get started. 2005. Here we talk about what Read more posts on Scobleizer » Among other things, which are PART TWO: How Ethnographic happens when computers are For the latest tech news, visit detailed on Wikipedia. research leads to new business everywhere, which enables the SAI: Silicon Alley Insider. Follow So, when PARC says “come on ideas. Here we meet Victoria Internet of Things. us on Twitter and Facebook. over for a tour” you drop Bellotti who manages PARC’s PART FOUR: Keeping our Join the conversation about this everything and go. Socio-Technical and Interaction Cloud Computing Safe. Richard story » While there I met with several Research team at PARC where Chow is interested in systems people to get a taste of what they she also developed PARC’s security, fraud detection, and are working on now. Visiting here Opportunity Discovery research privacy. Some of his is like visiting Jerusalem (home of targeting methods and program. achievements include architecting 14 Business/ Technology/ Newstablet Edition Barnes & Noble UBS' Andy Lees: "You Cannot May 24 event confirmed: Prepare To Deal With A Loan NOOKcolor 3G? Chris Davies (SlashGear)

Submitted at 5/17/2011 9:58:37 AM Situation As Bad As China's" Barnes & Noble has sent out Joe Weisenthal (Business government. That USD673bn it invitations to a New York City Insider) said was a very conservative event later this month,

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You may recall back in Inflation Really Means For The at the 2015 Milano Expo. 'Life' is presumably if they wanted to that have been taken off the 2006 Ernst & Young issued a Common Shanghai Consumer made entirely out of eco-friendly continue lucrative business in the bank’s books and with the report that China’s bad debts may materials, including recycled be as high as USD900bn, country. Fitch, PriceWaterhouse management agencies, which are paper and natural cotton. The outstripping the country’s massive and McKinsey Global Institute not treated as NPL’s, but are paper... foreign exchange reserves at the subsequently issued reports, future liabilities on the Newstablet Edition Business/ Technology/ 15 Apps 6 Times More Popular Here's What Oprah Winfrey's than Web on Phones, Less Going To Do With Her Popular on Tablets Sarah Perez (ReadWriteWeb) Friend Maria Shriver Submitted at 5/17/2011 10:28:32 AM Megan Angelo (Business Mobile analytics firm Zokem just Insider) published a new study comparing mobile application usage on Submitted at 5/17/2011 10:30:55 AM smartphones and tablet computers This photo tells you all you need to the time spent Web browsing. to know about why Barbara The results are not surprising - Walters, NBC News and anybody application use is far more else who's currently vying for popular than using the Web Maria Shriver's first sitdown browser on these devices, the firm found. should pack it up and go home. Web browsing. On smartphones, Shriver and Oprah Winfrey have Also of interest, especially to mobile application developers, are on the other hand, a smaller been friends for 30 years. screen and of course, better Now, Shriver's rumored to be the differences in app and Web usage between tablets and availability of apps, contribute to appearing on Winfrey's final the apps' dominance." "Oprah" show next week. phones. On smartphones, apps are 6 times more popular than Web Zokem notes that because calling (For what it's worth, we think this and text messaging features are is a weird way to go -- yes, there's browsing, while on tablets, the difference is not as significant. not available on tablet computers, no bigger, Oprah-friendly story only applications such as games, out there right now, but shouldn't Sponsor Apps: A Better Experience on a entertainment apps, books, office Winfrey want to strike a jubilant capitalize on the wave of public story » apps and multimedia were tone with her exit?) Small Screen empathy coming her way. See Also: The study, conducted in April compared with Web browsing in In any case, their arrangement (A ratings stunt like that might • UPFRONTS 2011: Go Behind this study. will yield more than a beige- 2011, found that on smartphones, reek of cynicism, but it's not a bad The Scenes Of NBC's Rainbow- apps were used 85% of the time, The analytics firm has been couch crying jag. deal for Shriver, who has plenty Bright Ballroom Affair tracking the apps vs. mobile Web Shriver became the first guest but the Web browser was used of platforms she could use a • UPFRONTS 2011: Donald just 15% of the time. On tablets, trend for some time, having editor of O: The Oprah Magazine forum for.) Trump Starts The Week With A released a study earlier this year in April, and we're betting she's apps were still popular, but were Hey, maybe they'll even run for Bang used just 61% of the time as that found apps, at 667 average going to be splashed all over the office together someday. • UPFRONTS 2011: Here's The minutes of usage per month, were book as soon as the printing compared with Web browsing, For the latest media news, visit Best And Worst Of What's which was used 39% of the time. the second-most popular presses can catch up. The Wire. Follow us on Twitter Coming To Fox smartphone usage category after And be on the lookout for Shriver Says Jing Wu, from Zokem's and Facebook. research team, "it can be messaging (671 avg. minutes/ to get her own show on OWN -- Join the conversation about this month). Meanwhile, Web sooner, rather than later, to speculated that for tablets, the bigger screen and the better browsing was fourth on the list at overall user experience in just 442 minutes per month. browsing contribute to the Discuss relatively higher face time for 16 News Wire/ Newstablet Edition Is the Republican Party Ready for Bach- Mania? (FOXNews.com) consultant said. be a serious effort by Democrats presidential pool – former Utah -- Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc.,

Submitted at 5/17/2011 10:30:58 AM While Bachmann is a polarizing to unseat her. Gov. Jon Huntsman and Indiana speaking at the Economic Club of figure in the party, her candidacy With two lanes open and trouble Gov. Mitch Daniels. Chicago. GOP Braces for Bachmania; is quite logical. With Mike brewing in her home district, Huntsman is continuing to snatch Democrats are softening a bit on Dems Nod on Medicare; Pakistan Huckabee bowing out of the race, there’s no reason for Bachmann up talent, a move that their hard line against Medicare Reset Stuck; RNC Looks at Palin showing no outward signs not to take a run. Plus, she’s from demonstrates he is willing to use changes – House Minority Leader Crossroads Competition of launching a campaign and a state neighboring Iowa and has his multi-billion family fortune to Nancy Pelosi told Bloomberg Republican Field Shaping Up Newt Gingrich seeming to burn been a longtime congressional try to overcome his anemic name News that her caucus was “open Fast after Huck, Trump up on entry into the race, that ally of conservative hardliner recognition among Republicans to many changes” in the program, “Get out now before you make a leaves former Pennsylvania Sen. Rep. Steve King from the key and his controversial stance on including how it is funded. bigger fool of yourself.” Rick Santorum with an almost western part of the state. Why not gay civil unions. As if Romney While Democrats (and Newt -- Republican voter Russell unobstructed view of the social give it a try? didn’t have enough headaches, Gingrich) are still calling Rep. Fuhrman of Dubuque, Iowa to conservative voters who dominate The obvious losers will be now he has a 2008 version of Paul Ryan’s plan to turn the former House Speaker Newt Iowa’s caucuses. Santorum, who has been himself getting ready to fire a program into an individual Gingrich upon his arrival at that Bachmann’s candidacy is also cultivating Iowa social broadside at him. insurance subsidy for seniors city’s Holiday Inn to speak at a helped by the fact that Donald conservatives for months and Daniels continues to play Hamlet “radical,” party leaders also must Kiwanis Club luncheon. The Des Trump has renewed his contract former Minnesota Gov. Tim in Indianapolis despite a bow to the following: The Moines Register, which reported with NBC and ended the most Pawlenty. Iowa is a make or break successful coming out party for program is rapidly bankrupting the confrontation, said that successful publicity stunt of his state for Pawlenty. If Bachmann his wife (she of the mid-1990s and their health care law requires Fuhrman later attributed his career. His appeal had been based catches fire there, she could block breakup and remarriage) and the slashing $500 billion from the outburst to anger over Gingrich’s on blunt, pungent attacks on Pawlenty’s path to the nomination ardent urging of heavy hitters like program to pay for a new attacks on Rep. Paul Ryan’s President Obama, stock in trade right out of the gate. Jeb Bush. If he doesn’t decide entitlement program. budget plan. for Bachmann. Plus, she gets Meanwhile, less excitable soon, the anticipation could turn It’s a tricky two-step for Get ready, Republicans. similar attention from Republicans are giving a look to into resentment and unreasonable Democrats. The current impasse Hurricane Michelle is heading establishment media outlets that Mitt Romney’s $10 million one- expectations. over the now-breached debt limit toward your primaries. like to bring her on for bearbaiting day fundraising haul in Las ______provides an opportunity. Minnesota Rep. Michele sessions and then mock her Vegas. The phone-a-thon ______By cutting off wealthy retirees, Bachmann, a Tea Party favorite afterwards. highlights Romney’s fundraising Dem Conundrum: Medicare increasing taxes or imposing new and something of a surrogate for As Bachmann has expanded her prowess and his strong stature in Changes or 2012 Attack Plan government powers to restrict Sarah Palin, is getting ready to national profile and become more the Mormon-heavy Silver State, "It's about the solution to access to services, Democrats jump into the presidential contest. outspoken, her chances for which is again holding its controlling costs in Medicare. might forestall Medicare Her advisers put out the word on reelection to her congressional caucuses right after the New And if I could sum up that insolvency and also push off some Monday that a run was “very seat have somewhat dimmed. Hampshire primary. Big money disagreement in a couple of of the most unpopular cuts in likely” and a D.C.-based Redistricting, a prospective romp and Mormons are givens for sentences, I would say this: Our President Obama’s health care consultant tells Power Play that by President Obama at the top of Romney, but it never hurts to plan is to give seniors the power law. Bachmann associates have been the ticket and the aversion to remind people. to deny business to inefficient But, Democrats don’t want to shopping for services. confrontation inherent in But, the GOP mainstream is still providers. Their plan ...is to give abandon the chance to fillet “This is now beyond speculation. Minnesotans leaves Bachmann watching the next two hopefuls government the power to deny They are doing this,” the vulnerable to what would surely getting ready to slip into the care to seniors." REPUBLICAN page 19 Newstablet Edition News Wire/ 17 Maid Describes AllegedSex Attack by IMF Boss (FOXNews.com) rocked the financial world as the business and was paying his own perform oral sex on him during

Submitted at 5/17/2011 10:30:58 AM IMF grapples with the European way, the IMF said. He could seek the encounter at about noon, debt crisis, and upended French that protection only if he were according to a court complaint. The woman accusing IMF chief presidential politics. Strauss- conducting official business, She ultimately broke free, escaped Dominique Strauss-Kahn of a Kahn, a member of France's spokesman William Murray said. the room and told hotel staffers sexual assault told her brother Socialist party, was widely The agency's executive board met what had happened, authorities "somebody did something really considered the strongest potential informally Monday for a report on said. She was treated at a hospital bad to me" in a phone call shortly challenger next year to President daily inmate population of about the charges against Strauss-Kahn, for minor injuries. after the alleged attack, the U.K. Nicolas Sarkozy. 14,000 — more than the prison the managing director at the "The victim provided a very Daily Mail reports. Making his first appearance populations of many states. international lending agency since powerful and detailed account of The 32-year-old woman, a maid Monday on the sex charges, a The complex's notable history 2007. the violent sexual assault," at the Sofitel Hotel in Manhattan, grim-looking Strauss-Kahn stood includes accounts of run-ins The French newspaper Le Assistant District Attorney John reportedly told her brother that slumped before a judge in a dark between inmates and guards. In Monde, citing people close to "Ardie" McConnell said. He she was trapped inside Strauss- raincoat and open-collared shirt. one such case last year, a guard Strauss-Kahn, said he had added that forensic evidence may Kahn's bedroom while he twice The 62-year-old, silver-haired was sentenced to six years in reserved the suite at the Sofitel support her account. Strauss-Kahn tried to force himself on her. economics chief said nothing as a prison for ordering inmate hotel for one night for a quick trip voluntarily submitted to a forensic "She rang me and she said, lawyer professed Strauss-Kahn's beatings as part of a rogue to have lunch with his daughter, examination Sunday night. 'Somebody has done something innocence and strove in vain to disciplinary system. Prosecutors who is studying in New York. The alleged victim's brother, really bad to me. I've been get him released on bail. said he imposed order in a unit at Strauss-Kahn is accused of whom the U.K. Daily Mail did not attacked,'" the woman's brother "This battle has just begun," the complex by having teenage attacking the maid, who had gone name, said he's confident Strauss- told the newspaper. defense attorney Benjamin inmates beat other teenagers who in to clean his penthouse suite Kahn will be brought to justice. Strauss-Kahn, who heads the Brafman told scores of reporters had stepped out of line. The union Saturday afternoon at the luxury "I trust the American justice International Monetary Fund, outside the courthouse, adding that represents jail guards said the hotel near Times Square. He is system and will let it do what it spent the night in jail at Rikers that Strauss-Kahn might appeal prisoners fabricated the charged with attempted rape, sex has to do," the brother told the Island, a 400-acre penal complex the bail denial. allegations. abuse, a criminal sex act, newspaper. "I want him to see that offers a strikingly different Because of his high profile, Also last year, more than a dozen unlawful imprisonment and justice. Justice will be served/" level of comfort than the $3,000-a Strauss-Kahn will be held in correction officers were injured forcible touching. The most Brafman said defense lawyers -night Manhattan hotel suite protective custody on Rikers while stopping fights between serious charge carries five to 25 believe the forensic evidence "will where authorities say he tried to Island, away from most detainees, inmates awaiting pretrial hearings years in prison. not be consistent with a forcible rape the maid. said city Correction Department at a jail there. And in February, The maid told authorities that she encounter." Defense lawyers Strauss-Kahn was being held on a spokesman Stephen Morello. the city settled a wrongful death thought the suite was empty but wouldn't elaborate, but Brafman charge that would normally result Unlike most prisoners who share lawsuit brought by the family of that Strauss-Kahn emerged from said "there are significant issues in release, but he was denied bail 50-bed barracks, he will have a an inmate who died after a scuffle the bathroom naked, chased her that were already found" that Monday after prosecutors warned single-bed cell and will eat all of with guards. down a hallway, pulled her into a make it "quite likely that he will the wealthy banker might flee to his meals alone there. He'll have a Strauss-Kahn was ordered jailed bedroom and later dragged her be ultimately be exonerated." France and put himself beyond prison guard escort when he is at least until a court proceeding into a bathroom, police said. Prosecutors asked the judge to the reach of U.S. law like the outside his cell. Friday. He cannot claim He grabbed her breasts, tried to hold Strauss-Kahn without bail, filmmaker Roman Polanski. Rikers is one of the nation's diplomatic immunity because he pull down her pantyhose, grabbed Strauss-Kahn's weekend arrest largest jail complexes, with a was in New York on personal at her crotch and forced her to MAID page 25 18 News Wire/ Newstablet Edition Strauss-Kahn in jail as IMF seeks new faces (Reuters: Top News) leader Martine Aubry told commentators voiced shock and over who would succeed him. Deutsche Bank, and Thomas

Submitted at 5/17/2011 9:38:33 AM reporters after the session. anger at the judge's decision to Swedish Finance Minister Anders Mirow, a German politician who "There was emotion, of course, refuse Strauss-Kahn bail. Borg joined a string of European heads the European Bank for By Basil Katz and Jon Boyle and the shock we all feel, but it is Former Culture Minister Jack officials on Tuesday in saying that Reconstruction and Development, NEW YORK/PARIS| Tue May our responsibility to be up to the Lang described the treatment as a a successor to Strauss-Kahn a public body. But Ackermann 17, 2011 10:38am EDT task," she said. "lynching" that had "provoked should come from Europe because has Swiss citizenship and lacks (Reuters) - France's Socialists and "I say to the French people: we horror and aroused disgust." of the IMF's deep involvement in government experience while the international financial will be ready in 2012." The U.S. justice system, he said, the euro zone debt crisis. Mirow may lack political heft. community grappled for a future Strauss-Kahn has neither was "politicized" and the judge Western Europe has had an The most prominent emerging without Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned from the Washington- appeared to have been determined effective lock on the job since its economy figure mentioned as a on Tuesday after the IMF chief based IMF nor dropped out of the to "make a Frenchman pay." creation after World War Two but possible candidate is former was remanded in a New York French race so far, but he seems Other senior Socialists said that faces a growing challenge from Turkish Economy Minister Kemal prison on attempted rape charges. bound to be sidelined by a displaying the IMF chief in the rising economic powers of Dervis, now at a Washington Many Socialist leaders voiced prolonged legal case. handcuffs escorted by burly Asia. think-tank. outrage at the way the head of the Sarkozy, whose approval ratings policemen violated his right to be China's foreign ministry weighed In France, Aubry is under International Monetary Fund, a had slumped to a record low of 20 presumed innocent until found in on Tuesday, declining to increasing pressure to contest the frontrunner for the French percent, received another guilty by a court. comment on Strauss-Kahn but Socialist presidential primary presidency, had been paraded campaign boost with news that his Strauss-Kahn denies the charges saying the selection process for herself but said "today is not the handcuffed and unshaven by U.S. wife, singer and former model and his legal team has denied IMF leaders should be based on moment" to declare a candidacy. police before he has a chance to Carla Bruni, is expecting a child police accounts that he fled the "fairness, transparency and merit." Her reluctance to throw her hat defend himself in court. later this year. hotel. He is next due to appear in LAGARGE IN FOCUS into the ring has led some Strauss-Kahn was arrested aboard The president's father confirmed court on Friday. Strauss-Kahn had been expected commentators to question her an Air France plane on Saturday the widespread rumors to German In an apparent hint at the to resign soon in order to run for appetite for a race that many see and charged with a sexual assault newspaper Bild and a visibly defense's strategy, his lawyer office in France. Diplomats say offering the Left its best chance of on a chambermaid at a luxury pregnant Bruni appeared in public Benjamin Brafman told his French Finance Minister Christine winning in a quarter of a century. Manhattan hotel. He denies the on Tuesday, although Sarkozy's arraignment hearing: "The Lagarde had been quietly Strauss-Kahn's spectacular fall accusations. office declined comment on a evidence we believe will not be gathering support as a successor from grace could benefit Sarkozy, A judge denied him bail on matter it said concerned his consistent with a forcible before his arrest, but may now even though the conservative Monday, remanding him to the private life. encounter." face increased resistance to president nominated the former city's grim Rikers Island jail, Sarkozy urged center-right Apart from blasting the French another Paris nominee in the job. Socialist finance minister for the where he spent the night. lawmakers at a closed-door presidential race wide open, Another possible choice, former IMF job in the first place four An emergency Socialist breakfast to show "restraint and Strauss-Kahn's arrest has thrown British Prime Minister Gordon years ago. leadership meeting in Paris staged dignity" and refrain from the Fund into turmoil just as it is Brown, appears sidelined by the Far-right leader Marine Le Pen a rare show of unity amid comment on the Strauss-Kahn playing a key role in helping euro opposition of his own successor in could also pick up support if consternation over the probable case, participants said. zone states like Greece and government, David Cameron. voters grow disillusioned with loss of the center-left's most SHOCK AND ANGER Portugal tackle debt woes. Polish central bank governor mainstream politics. popular contender to unseat The Socialists agreed they would The Washington-based IMF Marek Belka, a respected former "K.O." headlined the left-leaning conservative President Nicolas not change the selection board, which was briefed prime minister with recent IMF Liberation newspaper, reflecting Sarkozy in next April's election. timetable, which calls for informally on the case on experience, might be a European the almost universal view in "Unity, responsibility, candidates to register by July 13 Monday, has so far held off on compromise figure. France that his political career had combativity, these are the three for a primary election to be held deciding whether or not to remove A Berlin newspaper floated the suffered a knock-out blow. words which came up the most in October. him from his job. If he is forced names of Josef Ackermann, chief this morning," Socialist party French politicians and some out, there could be a fierce battle executive of Germany's private STRAUSS-KAHN page 24 Newstablet Edition 19 REPUBLICAN continued from page 16 Republicans for supporting Pakistan in which he said it was escalating the covert war in would tell their donors, if they Politico that the court decision Ryan’s plan. As Republicans time to press the “reset button” Pakistan while slowly winding have extra money, to send it to the creates a loophole as long as the showed in 2010, Medicare only after the killing of Usama bin down the U.S. presence in Republican Super PAC.” funds are spent without works as a third rail if only one Laden. Afghanistan. Note the American -- Republican National coordinating with the campaigns side touches it. If both sides grab Kerry brushed off speculation efforts at rapid reconciliation with Committeeman James Bopp or parties. The argument is that a hold, the attacks become harder about the degree of official the Taliban in Afghanistan even talking to Politico about his plan the money can be raised together and harder to make. Pakistani complicity in bin Laden as the Taliban in Pakistan is to create a new soft-money fund. but must be spent separately. Ryan is continuing to sell his having hidden in plain sight for escalating its bombing campaign. James Bopp, an RNC member While there are certainly legal plan, and, with reports that former six or more years in a filthy, So, while U.S.-Pakistani relations from Indiana, pro-life activist and hurdles, the largest problems may Wisconsin Gov. Tommy polygamous pad just down the are circling the drain and the adviser to the 2008 Mitt Romney be logistic. Crossroads is still Thompson will seek the road from a major military already weakened government of campaign, is trying to build running and donors like their Republican nomination for the installation. He called on President Asif Ali Zardari looks support for an Republican efficiency, record of success and Senate seat left open by the Americans to instead “recalibrate” weaker still, a NATO gunship National Committee-allied personnel – former Bush adviser retirement of Sen. Herb Kohl, the relationship with Pakistan opened fire on a Pakistani military independent expenditure group. Karl Rove, former RNC Ryan will face less pressure at instead of engaging in such outpost near the Afghan border, Bopp’s plan, circulated to Chairman Ed Gillespie and 2010 home to abandon his entitlement fruitless considerations. injuring two soldiers. members of the committee, would Political Director Carl Forti are all crusade to start running for Meanwhile, Congress is getting Were the Pakistani soldiers firing have the RNC, state parties and in the mix. Senate. ready to recalibrate Pakistani aid at the gunship? That such a thing federal candidates direct If Bopp’s plan survives the The long-term political advantage downward. As the Wall Street is even possible is testament to contributors who want to give in skepticism of his fellow RNC for Democrats lies in capitalizing Journal reports, the Pentagon has how wretched the U.S.-Pakistani excess of candidate or party limits members (one told Power Play the on this moment to save the already been dialing back on situation has become, but the to give the money to a Super idea was “intriguing but kind of program that is perhaps their most specious requests for answer is yes. Was the fire PAC, a vehicle for unlimited weird”) the organization might important avenue to elderly compensation for Taliban hunting coming from some nearby jihadis contributions and unlimited struggle to achieve critical mass voters. But that means sacrificing activities. (Case in point: we paid and the Western forces got mixed expenditures under the terms of a given the head start Crossroads, the short-term advantage of to refurbish two helicopters that up? It’s certainly possible. Supreme Court decision barring the U.S. Chamber and other torching Republicans for dealing were then sent to Sudan on a Whatever the case, the country is restraints on outside expenditures. established groups enjoy. with the issue. peacekeeping mission for which seething. Already angry over the The success story of the 2010 ______the Pakistanis were already gunship raid on bin Laden’s elections was the effort by ______getting paid by the UN, to which house, the ongoing covert air Republican operatives to start And Now, A Word From Charles Was That the Reset Button or we are the largest contributor.) strikes in the border provinces and issue-advocacy groups like “This is a big deal. He's done. He Self-Destruct? In Pakistan, the main the presence of so many CIA American Crossroads, which didn't have a big chance from the "Upon arrival the helicopter recalibration seems to be folks, the population will be even could raise unlimited sums and beginning, but now it's over… received fire from across the increasing the bore of the attacks more susceptible to calls from the then deliver them swiftly into Reagan had the 11th border but did not immediately continually leveled against Islamists to boot out the U.S. and targeted races. It was especially commandment, ‘thou shalt not return fire. Upon receiving fire American interests by the start deepening ties with China. important when the RNC was in attack fellow Republicans.’ This from across the border a second country’s politicians. Anti- ______disarray during the ongoing is a capital offense. He won't time, the helicopter returned fire." Americanism is at an all-time ______struggles of former Chairman recover.” -- A NATO official speaking to high, which is saying something RNC Member Plans Rival Group Michael Steele. -- Charles Krauthammer on “ Reuters about an incident in about a country in which to Crossroads Bopp’s plan would be to create a Special Report with Bret Baier” which an allied helicopter fired on Christian missionaries are subject “We are harnessing the vehicle for the RNC to have its discussing Newt Gingrich’s a Pakistani military installation, to the death penalty and bin Laden fundraising operations of those own new spigot for soft money. statements in support of injuring two soldiers. was able to operate with relative entities, the RNC and all the state While many believe the plan runs government-mandated health Sen. John Kerry continued his impunity. parties and federal candidates, afoul of the existing laws that insurance and bashing the House long audition to be the next Remember, President Obama’s who will be raising money first limit party contributions, Bopp REPUBLICAN page 25 secretary of State with a trip to plan for the region involves for themselves and then they argues in his memo and to 20 News Wire/ Newstablet Edition Pakistan military protests after NATO incursion wounds soldiers (Reuters: Top News) immediate comment about the bin Laden was killed and the time, the helicopter returned fire," Pakistan knew where he was and

Submitted at 5/17/2011 7:58:06 AM possible complaint. Pakistan Taliban vowed to avenge he added. has been playing a double game. The incident is certain to weigh his death. The official said the NATO-led Pakistan has rejected that as By Emma Graham-Harrison and on relations between the U.S. and BREACH OF AIRSPACE? coalition had received reports two absurd, but the United States has Haji Mujtaba Pakistan have been pushed almost A local government official said Pakistani troops had been stepped up drone attacks against MIRANSHAH, Pakistan/ to the breaking point after the two NATO helicopters crossed wounded. He declined further suspected militants since bin KABUL| Tue May 17, 2011 May 2 raid on Abbottabad that into North Waziristan and comment, including on whether Laden's killing despite 8:58am EDT killed bin Laden, with Pakistan's remained for about 10 minutes in the helicopters had entered Islamabad's objections. (Reuters) - NATO helicopters parliament condemning the the area, known to be a hub for al Pakistan airspace. Several Pakistani helicopters took from Afghanistan intruded into operation as a violation of the Qaeda-linked fighters including Pakistan has in the past reacted off from Waziristan's main town northwest Pakistan Tuesday, nation's sovereignty. the Haqqani network that is angrily to incursions by NATO of Miranshah toward the site of wounding two soldiers, officials It also came hours after Pakistani leading the insurgency in eastern aircraft, even though its air space Tuesday's reported incursion, a said, prompting a protest from the Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani Afghanistan. is routinely breached by Pakistani officials said. military already seething over the landed in Beijing for a visit that The helicopters retreated after unmanned drone aircraft. "After the May 2 incident, there is secret U.S. operation to kill underlines Islamabad's close and Pakistani border forces opened A previous incursion on a high alert on the border," a Osama bin Laden. productive ties with another major fire in the Datta Khel area about September 30, 2010, killed two security official said. "Forces The Pakistani Army said it had power. 40 km (24 miles) west of the main Pakistani troops and wounded have been ordered to respond lodged a "strong protest" and A Western military official, who town of Miranshah, a security four more when NATO quickly if there is any attempt of sought a flag meeting with NATO asked to remain anonymous, said official said. helicopters crossed the border intrusion." commanders over the incursion in NATO helicopters had fired at "A shell struck a mountain nearby while pursing insurgents. Pakistan Separately, a Pakistani helicopter Pakistan's North Waziristan near targets inside Pakistan, but only and two of our soldiers were retaliated by shutting down the gunship destroyed a wireless the Afghan border which has been after they were attacked from wounded by the rubble," the supply route for NATO troops in communication installation repeatedly targeted by U.S. drone across the border. official said. Afghanistan. established by militants in aircraft as a hub of al Qaeda Pakistan's frontier has been The Western military official said TENSE US TIES mountains near Miranshah town linked militants. described as a global hub for the helicopters came under fire In Pakistan this week, Senator in an strike Tuesday, an A Western military official in militants, and Tuesday, police first. John Kerry who is close to U.S. intelligence official in the region Kabul, however, said two NATO said they had killed five suspected "Our initial reports indicate that President Barack Obama, tried to said. helicopters supporting a base in al Qaeda militants who had tried two ISAF helicopters were in the smooth relations in the wake of North Waziristan is the base of eastern Afghanistan had returned to carry out a suicide bombing at area in support of FOB (forward the bin Laden raid, but also the Haqqani network blamed for fire after being attacked from a paramilitary checkpoint in the operating base) Tillman, as the warned that Washington would the insurgency in eastern Pakistan, but declined to say southwestern city of Quetta. FOB had been receiving not tolerate any of Pakistan's Afghanistan. U.S.-led drone whether they had crossed into The would-be bombers included intermittent direct and indirect fire alleged double-dealings with aircraft have targeted the area Pakistani airspace. three women and were believed to from across the Pakistani border," militant groups. over the past year and A senior Pakistani security be foreigners, police said. he said. Bin Laden's discovery in the Washington has repeatedly urged official said NATO has lodged its Quetta is believed to be a base for "Upon arrival the helicopter comfortable garrison town of the Pakistan military to launch a own complaint with Pakistan, the Afghan Taliban leadership and received fire from across the Abbottabad, only 50 km (30 ground operation. accusing its forces of if the attack had been carried out, border but did not immediately miles) from the capital, has deeply Many militants, including foreign "unprovoked firing." Western it would have been the second return fire. Upon receiving fire embarrassed the military and spy military officials in Kabul had no targeting Pakistan's military since from across the border a second agency, reviving suspicion that PAKISTAN page 23 Newstablet Edition News Wire/ 21 True Lie: Schwarzenegger Fathered Child With Staffer (FOXNews.com) criticism, my family does not." severance payment from the breakup, Schwarzenegger said last In a YouTube video posted on

Submitted at 5/17/2011 10:30:58 AM Schwarzenegger's representatives former couple. week that he and Shriver "both her website in March, she asked did not comment further. A Schwarzenegger reportedly love each other very much." her fans “how do you handle AP spokesman for the former first accepted financial responsibility "We are very fortunate that we transitions in your life?” In this file photo taken Oct. 7, lady told the Times she had no for the child from the start and have four extraordinary children “It is so stressful to not know 2003, shows Arnold comment. continues to provide support. It is and we're taking one day at a what you’re doing next, when Schwarzenegger and his wife, VOTE: Which Celeb Sex unclear whether or not the child time," he said at a Los Angeles people ask you ‘ what are you Maria Shriver ,as they celebrate Scandal the Most Shocking? knew that Schwarzenegger was event marking Israeli doing?’ and then they can’t his victory in the California The shocking revelation was the father. independence. Their four children believe that you don’t know what gubernatorial recall election in apparently the impetus for Shriver From the start, the range in age from 13 to 21. you’re doing and then every idea Los Angeles. to leave the couple’s home before Schwarzenegger-Shriver union Schwarzenegger has received you have you think, ‘well, maybe Former California Gov. Arnold they announced their separation seemed an unlikely pairing. She support from his four other I shouldn’t do that.’ Schwarzenegger admitted last week after 25 years of was a Kennedy, well-respected children since the couple “So I thought to myself, I’ll ask Tuesday that he fathered a child marriage. journalist and a Democrat, while announced the news of their split. you guys … I’d like to hear from with a member of his household Schwarzenegger and Shriver he was a Republican bodybuilder Following the announcement, a other people who are in transition. staff 10 years ago. made a public announcement May turned movie star. 52-year-old former child actress, How did you find your transition? He called his actions inexcusable 9 that they were splitting up, but Shriver, 55, stood by her husband Gigi Goyette, claimed that she Personal, professional, emotional, and apologized to his wife, Maria according to the L.A Times, during his 2003 gubernatorial was one of many Schwarzenegger spiritual, financial … how’d you Shriver, his children and his Shriver moved out of the family’s campaign after the Los Angeles mistresses over the course of his get through it?” family. Brentwood mansion earlier this Times reported accusations that 25-year-marriage. In 2005, the Shriver maintained her own "After leaving the governor's year after Schwarzenegger he had a history of groping L.A. Times reported that two days identity when her husband entered office I told my wife about this announced the affair with his women. Schwarzenegger later after he announced his campaign politics promoting volunteer work event, which occurred over a staffer. said he "behaved badly for governor in 2003, a tabloid and directing conferences, decade ago," Schwarzenegger told The unnamed staffer reportedly sometimes." publisher with close ties to although she gave up her job at the Los Angeles Times in a worked for the family for 20 years In an interview that year with Schwarzenegger paid Goyette NBC. statement early Tuesday. "I and retired in January. The L.A. Oprah Winfrey, Shriver balked at $20G for her silence about their On Friday, she thanked her understand and deserve the Times approached the woman, allegations that she was taught, as relationship. Twitter followers for supporting feelings of anger and who initially denied that a Kennedy woman, to “look the Since his term as California her. disappointment among my friends Schwarzenegger was the father, other way.” governor ended in early January, “Thank you for all the kindness, and family. There are no excuses saying instead it was her husband “That ticks me off, I am my own Schwarzenegger, 63, has support and compassion. I am and I take full responsibility for at the time. woman, I have not been quote hopscotched around the world, his humbled by the love," she wrote. the hurt I have caused. I have After Schwarzenegger's ‘bred’ to look the other way,” she wife nowhere in sight. While the "Thank you.” apologized to Maria, my children confession, she declined to offer told the talk show host. "Terminator" star appeared The Associated Press contributed and my family. I am truly sorry." further comment, saying she Schwarzenegger, for his part, confident about the future since to this report. Related Slideshow "I ask that the media respect my voluntarily left her position with publicly credited Shriver’s exiting politics, cutting movie Straying Stars wife and children through this the family “on good terms.” support with helping him to win deals and fashioning himself as a Arnold Schwarzenegger joins our extremely difficult time," the “I wanted to achieve my 20 years, the election. global spokesman for green list of leading men with statement concluded. "While I then I asked to retire,” she told the In his first public comments since energy, Shriver, known for her deserve your attention and Times adding that she received a the couple announced their confidence, seemed unsettled. TRUE page 25 22 News Wire/ Newstablet Edition Theater Review: ‘The House of Blue Leaves’ (Epoch Times | All headlines) well as his own inability to make her husband dearly and can relate

Submitted at 5/17/2011 7:59:46 AM important decisions. Artie doesn’t to the world around her, at least to want to tell Bananas about Bunny, a degree, but is certainly not to be THE DREAMERS: Jennifer even when Bunny tries to force trusted with anything sharp or hot. Jason Leigh as Bunny and Ben the issue, instead doing his best to Sadoski nicely shows the other Stiller as Artie Shaughnessy play avoid a confrontation. He also side of the status coin as Billy, a New Yorkers dreaming of fame in won’t call his friend Billy successful director, but still a poignant retelling of House of (Thomas Sadoski), a big-time looking for his own bit of Blue Leaves. (Joan Marcus) movie director, to see if he can happiness. Surprisingly, he’s also NEW YORK—Those expecting help him break into the business. quite envious of Artie, with a production similar to the 1986 Playing out against this Billy’s final lines showing how revival of “ The House of Blue background of dysfunctional empty his own life can be. Leaves” will likely be relationships are events such as Abbott does a good turn as disappointed with the latest Pope Paul VI’s visit to New York. Ronnie, trying to work out incarnation of John Guare’s 1970 Bunny wants His Holiness to parental issues while planning to tragicomedy about a group of bless Artie’s songs, while Artie commit murder. Pill is fine as losers and dreamers in 1965 wants him to bless Bananas in the Corrinna, projecting a sort of Sunnyside, Queens, in New York hope it will cure her. Then, three human condition, showing the deliberately spoken too quickly, bewilderment into the character’s City. On the other hand, those nuns (Mary Beth Hurt, Susan characters for exactly what they or not emphasized, to prevent persona. Hurt, Bennett, and seeing the show with no Bennett, Halley Feiffer) suddenly are: a collection of lost and lonely them from having any effect. Feiffer are good as the nuns. Scott expectations whatsoever should barge their way into the individuals, each craving what Stiller, who made his Broadway Pask’s set is nicely cluttered, be thoroughly fascinated by the Shaughnessy apartment. There’s they perceive the others have, debut as Ronnie in the 1986 creating a space as depressing as current Broadway production. also Billy’s actress girlfriend such as love, happiness, success, revival, is very realistic here as the people inhabiting it. Jane Artie Shaughnessy (Ben Stiller) Corrinna (Alison Pill), who drops and so on. The expression “beauty Artie, giving the character a kind Greenwood’s costumes are nice. is a forty-something zookeeper by with some news, and Artie and is in the eye of the beholder” is of tragic air as a man desperately Brian MacDevitt’s lighting and who dreams of being a successful Bananas’s estranged son Ronnie quite appropriate to the story hoping to escape from his dead- Fitz Patton and Josh Schmidt’s singer/songwriter. Though he has (Christopher Abbott), who shows depicted here. end existence. Leigh is amusing sound design (the latter quite little talent to speak of, Artie up after going AWOL from the Perhaps most evident through as Bunny, playing the character important here) are very good. keeps plugging away, waiting for army. Cromer’s guidance is the with an acidic sense of humor. “ The House of Blue Leaves” his big break. Artie’s main STEALS THE SHOW: Edie casualness with which comedy Like Artie, she looks for someone illustrates the desperate and cheerleader is his girlfriend Falco plays Bananas and drama exists side by side. A else to make her dreams come disparate elements of the human Bunny (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a Shaughnessy, a woman who can good example of this occurs when true, rather than trying to work on psyche. Not always comfortable, woman of numerous talents and no longer bear reality in David Ronnie begins talking about his her situation herself. neat, or nice to see, it’s certainly past careers, who hopes Artie will Cromer version of John Guare, childhood while he is assembling Falco quite literally steals the powerful and moving. take her to the big time. House of Blue Leaves. (Joan an explosive device for a deadly show as Bananas, a tragic figure Also in the cast is Tally Sessions. Several things stand in the way of Marcus) Eschewing the endless purpose. Cromer allows some of to whom reality has become too “The House of Blue Leaves” Artie’s success. Foremost is his possibilities for comedy, director the funnier moments to stand on much to bear. Yet at the same Walter Kerr Theatre wife Bananas (Edie Falco), who David Cromer instead dives their own, though there are a few time, she’s still sound enough to suffers from mental illness, as headlong into the dark side of the times when laugh lines are realize her own pain. She loves THEATER page 25 Newstablet Edition News Wire/ 23 PAKISTAN continued from page 20 Home building, manufacturing fighters loyal to al Qaeda, are based in Datta Khel. It is a stronghold of fighters loyal to Hafiz Gul Bahadur and has been a slump in April frequent target of U.S. drone strikes. (Reuters: Top News) starts rising to a 568,000-unit rate. U.S. business continues to tumble in the volatile multi-family Monday, unmanned U.S. drone Compared to April last year, struggle even as international homes sector, where starts for Submitted at 5/17/2011 9:49:06 AM aircraft fired missiles in Datta residential construction was down sales held strong. buildings with five or more units Khel killing 12 militants, A housing development in 23.9 percent, the largest decline U.S. stocks fell on concerns dropped 28.3 percent. Single- Pakistani officials said. Colorado in a file photo. since October 2009. about the economic recovery, family home construction fell 5.1 An intelligence official said that Credit: Reuters/Rick Wilking Starts in the South slumped to a while Treasury debt prices rose percent. one of the dead militants, an Arab, By Lucia Mutikani two-year low. and the dollar firmed against a New building permits dropped was the son of an al Qaeda WASHINGTON| Tue May 17, "We're still struggling to find the basket of currencies. 4.0 percent to a 551,000-unit pace operative identified as Abu 2011 10:49am EDT bottom here for the housing TOO MANY HOUSES ON THE last month. March's permits were Kashif. There was no way to (Reuters) - Housing starts and market. It does not bode well for MARKET revised down to a 574,000-unit verify the death toll. Militants building permits fell in April and construction in the near term, and Residential construction is being pace and economists had expected often dispute official accounts of factory output slumped as an there's a good deal of overhang in crowded out by an oversupply of overall building permits in April drone attacks. automobile parts shortage terms of inventory," said Michael used homes on the market, in to remain unchanged at the (Writing by Chris Allbritton; crimped production, showing the Woolfolk a senior currency particular, foreclosed properties, previously reported 585,000-unit Additional reporting by Zeeshan economy got off to a weak start in strategist at BNY Mellon in New which sell well below their value. pace. Haider and Kamran Haider in the second quarter. York. 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Economists had forecast housing world's largest retailer, said its depressed by a 24.1 percent 24 News Wire/ Newstablet Edition STRAUSS-KAHN continued from page 18 Movie Review: 'Pirates of the A French writer is also considering seeking attempted rape charges against Strauss-Kahn that date back almost a decade. Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' Her lawyer said no complaint would be lodged on Tuesday. (Epoch Times | All headlines) between their beauty and their Newspapers were awash with evil intentions, it’s the stuff of Submitted at 5/17/2011 8:11:36 AM pictures of an unshaven and Brothers Grimm fairytales. They haggard Strauss-Kahn looked By Matthew Rodgers are also at the centre of the film’s drained and tense during his first Epoch Times Staff Created: May most impressive sequence, during court appearance on Monday. 17, 2011 Last Updated: May 17, which a boat full of unsuspecting (Additional reporting by Michelle 2011 grog-swiggers are picked off by Nichols, Lesley Wroughton, Johnny Depp in Pirates of the the submerged seductresses. Of Noeleen Walder, Matt Daily, Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. the new crew members, McShane Andrew Longstreth, Brian Love, (Peter Mountain/Walt Disney) hardly makes any kind of Catherine Bremer, John Irish, It appears that since The Black impression as the supposedly Gernot Heller and Evren Ballim; Pearl docked At World’s End in threatening Blackbeard, failing to writing by Jon Boyle and Paul 2007, it has become quite usurp the brilliance of Rush’s Taylor; editing by Alastair fashionable to lambast this returning Barbosa. 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Submitted at 5/17/2011 3:03:00 AM domestic challenges like of thought, especially effective military deterrent and lacking. The book also McCarthyism and conservatism. For example, taking other measures to maintain underscores the difficulties of Last weekend I attended a multiculturalism to external ones Huntington praised conservatives adequate U.S. hard power. nation-building by outside seminar on "Liberty and such as Soviet communism and for understanding the valuable More generally, Huntington powers, including by the United Responsibility in the Major WMD terrorism. contributions made by several argued against seeing States, despite America's vast Works of Samuel P. Huntington." In particular, Huntington feared social institutions -- such as the conservatism exclusively as an economic and other resources. The participants included former that one major threat to military, which became a decisive ideology of a single feudal- Few economic and political Huntington students, such as contemporary American political barrier to McCarthysm, or aristocratic social class or as processes apply universally to all myself, as well as academics and liberalism -- as opposed to religion, which profoundly shapes representing universal principles developing countries. Although independent scholars interested in classical liberalism -- came from individual behavior -- that are in the same manner as ideologies rational choice and behaviorist his writings. Though it operated its own zealots. He applauded misunderstood or such as socialism and Marxism, models remain popular in under Chatham House rules, how the designers of the U.S. underappreciated by liberals. among others. Rather, he favored academia, applied social scientists meaning that participants' constitution, especially James Huntington warned against trying a "situational" definition that working for U.S. government contributions were off the record, Madison and Alexander to force liberal or other subjective interprets conservatism as a agencies and international the seminar served as a useful Hamilton, constrained popular values on the professional officer defense of established institutions institutions rely heavily on reminder of Huntington's prolific sovereignty through various corps. He argued that effective from various challenges, regional experts precisely because genius and of the continued checks and balances. Huntington military leaders needed a including radical ideologies. policy prescriptions need to be relevance of his work. likewise called for restraint and generally conservative ethic that Huntington explicitly rejected the tailored to each unique society. Like many Harvard professors, modesty when it came to U.S. emphasizes order and obedience. "reactionary" label, since The wars in Somalia, Iraq and Huntington was active in both real foreign policy. The military profession also conservatism can defend the Afghanistan have again reminded world politics and academia. He For example, much of his work naturally adopts a "realist" view classical liberal institutions of Americans of the importance of was an early New Deal supporter, on economic and political of international politics, such as democracy from those seeking to effective governance and of the advised several Democratic development analyzed the that found in Thucydides, which restore earlier ones like danger represented by malign presidents and became a difficulties involved in building differs from the prevailing liberal monarchism. He urged political nonstate actors exploiting "Jackson" Democrat -- named nations in developing countries perspective. progressives to accept that vacuums that result from the after those Democrats who, led by based on Western models. In For example, whereas liberal conservative values can at times collapse of existing public the late Sen. Henry "Scoop" many of these states, Western- internationalists see peace as the defend classical liberal principles institutions. U.S. strategies in the Jackson, combined moderate backed economic development natural state of world politics, and more effectively than exclusively latter two conflicts only showed domestic politics with hard-line projects resulted in more political seek to identify and punish those liberal arguments. signs of success after they national security policies. disorder, rather than less, since responsible for its absence, Huntington explored the nature developed effective partnerships As a scholar, Huntington saw his the projects undermined realists consider conflict common, and consequences of "failed" with traditional ethnic, religious mission as defending America's traditional social and political and pursue hard-headed measures states even before that term and communal institutions, rather key institutions and core liberal institutions without ensuring that to limit it. Above all, realists existed. His " Political Order in than seeking to impose classical principles of limited government, new ones arose to replace them. emphasize the need to preserve Changing Societies" stresses the liberal democratic models on individual liberties, constrained Although Huntington was peace by preparing for war. In his importance of having viable developing societies. In Iraq, for majority rule and free-market committed to politically liberal preferred policies for fighting the governments capable of example, tribal authorities helped economics from various principles, he considered it Cold War with the Soviet bloc, performing important tasks, and contemporary threats. He saw imperative to supplement them Huntington also called for the adverse consequences that GLOBAL page 28 Newstablet Edition World News/ 27 In the Age of Connectedness, China Goes Solo (World Politics Review: Articles) This is not to deny the substantial in Asia. institutions. networks is almost entirely a

Submitted at 5/17/2011 2:35:00 AM internationalization of the Chinese A revealing example of the lag There is considerable debate over direct consequence of current economy since 1978 or the rapid between China's global economic why economic development has Communist Party policies, one of BEIJING -- Enhanced emergence of new constellations integration and its socio-cultural failed to bring wider integration only a handful of governments transnationalism in international of foreign relations, such as and intellectual integration is last benefits in China. It is a common that choose to significantly restrict systems is creating new sources of Chinese engagement with Africa week's share offering on the New but misleading view that their citizens' access to the comparative advantage for and Latin America. But China is York Stock Exchange by Renren, isolationism and introversion have Internet. Beijing's economic nations, with the strategic value of struggling to engage fully in the a social networking site dubbed historically been the default foreign policy is designed to connectedness being a particularly global exchange of ideas, and the "Chinese Facebook." The modes of Chinese civilization. In reduce the informal social and noteworthy example. But in an aloofness in a host of emerging offering attracted huge interest fact, one of the most striking cultural feedback associated with age where horizontal global transnational systems and from investors, and shares rose 30 characteristics of Han Chinese internationalization. Attempts to network connections are communities is a critical feature percent on the first morning of culture has been its ability to expand international soft power proliferating, the world's fastest- of this dynamic. trading. expand and assimilate. The are dominated by state-led rising power, China, maintains a The past year has been But while Facebook has users in isolationist argument cannot initiatives at the expense of more- rigidly vertical, Communist Party- characterized by a more abrasive more than 100 countries and is a explain major historical events heterogeneous, organic cultural led hierarchy of information. This Chinese foreign policy, but truly international forum for the such as the assimilation of the products, and their awkward tone exceptionalism, increasingly domestically it has also seen an exchange of diverse information Mongol and the Manchu invaders is often more alienating than apparent throughout China's increase in domestic Internet and the seeding of new local and into the Chinese state, the engaging. domestic and foreign policy, is controls, the most wide-reaching transnational communities, country's tradition of expansive The Chinese government is emerging as one of the most and sustained crackdown on Renren is an overwhelmingly international trade or the hybrid aware of its negative image fundamental obstacles to the "unharmonious elements" for at single-nation platform whose political systems found in Hong abroad. It seems to realize that the country's continued international least a decade and a tightening of functionality is restricted by Kong and Macau. key variable in the county's rise. domestic regulations on holding China's political environment. The Another line of analysis holds continued international rise is no Chinese exceptionalism in formal international conferences and site is heavily monitored by that China's previous experiences longer simply sustaining domestic foreign and economic policy is by meetings. Members of the foreign government censors who ensure with international integration have economic growth, but Beijing's no means a new phenomenon, but business community also talk of a that there is little or no made it more cautious as it re- own ability to overcome a trust China, to a greater degree than significant deterioration in their "unharmonious" political content, emerges on the global stage. This deficit and carve out a more any other major economic power, operating environments here. oversee any community-building is true to some extent, but it is proactive role in the international has resisted informal Moreover, China has found itself initiatives and control the inflow important to recognize that this community. But this task is made convergences of international isolated on key issues. Beijing has of foreign news and opinions. line of thinking is most harder by current policies that systems. China's integration into abandoned its longstanding Thus, Renren, like China's persistently found in Communist restrict the global connectedness the socio-cultural components of respect for the institution of the information culture more Party propaganda. In many ways, of Chinese society and promote the global market, such as the Nobel Prize, positioned itself as generally, does not exhibit the two China finds itself debating a skepticism in international World Wide Web and other an outlier on " the West's cocky most striking features of new similar spectrum of views on the relations. emerging transnational social Libya gamble" and maintained its media: rapid and uncontrolled country's place in the global order China is justified in its desire to networks, is limited, and this staunch support for North Korea flow of information and ideas, and as were common a century defend national sovereignty and disconnectedness is becoming in the wake of the Cheonan the ability to foster connectedness ago(.pdf). stability, but in the age of more pronounced as the country incident to the detriment of nearly between previously unlinked In truth, China's relative lack of continues its rapid economic rise. all its other international relations individuals, groups and engagement in new global AGE page 29 28 Technology/ Economy/ Newstablet Edition GLOBAL continued from page 26 85-Year-Old reign in Islamist extremists, while tenets of this thesis are that, civilizational differences subject and doing the same thing. Concept Cars - The in Afghanistan progress has despite the West's triumph in the peacefully by searching for means His works on civil-military required working with local elites. Cold War, much of the rest of the that will diffuse tensions and relations, political development, 1926 Rolls Royce "Political Order" and other world rejects Western principles promote inter-civilizational global democratization and the 10EX is a Huntington works underscore the and policies. Their opposition understanding and cooperation. relationship among the world's need to approach the latest wave arises less from nationalism than Not all that Huntington wrote has major civilizations can still offer Historical Concept of potential democratization, the from their belonging to different stood the test of time. For insights to today's international so-called Arab Awakening, with civilizations with distinct cultures example, today's American affairs analysts. Car Up for Auction caution. Many of these countries and religions. According to military is so fundamentally Richard Weitz is a senior fellow (TrendHunter.com) could become democratic, but Huntington, many of the conflicts different from the U.S. armed at the Hudson Institute and a most likely only after major that will persist within and forces that existed decades earlier World Politics Review senior (TREND HUNTER - The Latest setbacks and further development between nation-states will involve as to call into question some of editor. His weekly WPR column, Trends) of their political parties and other groups adhering to different his early insights. Today's military Global Insights, appears every Submitted at 5/17/2011 10:03:02 AM political institutions. Fortunately, civilizations. no longer lives apart from civilian Tuesday. several developments since Much of the controversy society, for instance, but rather is Photo: Samuel P. Huntington at ( TrendHunter.com) While most Huntington wrote his major works surrounding Huntington's thesis deeply enmeshed in civilian the World Economic Forum in concept cars and display-only on this topic might facilitate the reflects his emphasis on Muslim society due to the growing Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 25, 2004 hybrids that dominate car shows establishment of democracies. For militancy. Even before the events number of married personnel, the (World Economics Forum photo are primarily for show and often example, the spread of new media of Sept. 11 and the subsequent increased reliance on embedded licensed under the Creative can't be driven, the 1926 Rolls tools can partly substitute for Western military interventions in civilian contractors and Commons Attribution-Share Royce 10EX provides a healthy more traditional means of political the Muslim-majority countries of consultants, and the adoption by Alike 2.0 Generic license). alternative for car fans who are... association. 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Islamic civilization and the amazing productivity and You Don't Succeed - Four From the perspective of world growing economic and military erudition, Huntington had the Decades Of US-UK Attempts To right now. politics, Huntington's most power of the Chinese civilization. remarkable ability to focus on an Topple Gadafi. (Money Game) famous and controversial work Rather than sounding a call to important political question for a Submitted at 5/17/2011 10:20:19 AM remains his essays and book arms for Western nations, few years and then write the exploring what he called " The however, Huntington instead definitive treatise on the topic, Oil is getting clobbered right Clash of Civilizations." The key emphasized the need to settle before moving on to another now. For the latest finance news, visit Clusterstock. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Donate to World Vision Join the conversation about this story » [email protected] (Ad times by grant funds, and can ServeRSS) (AdServRSS Feed) mean the difference between life and death for hungry children. Your gift to provide seeds, tools, and training will be multiplied 4 Newstablet Edition Technology/ Culture/ 29 AGE continued from page 27 connectedness, an overemphasis and more damaging to China's Winklevoss twins taking on these concerns will be overall national interests in the strategically counterproductive. modern economic and security For example, it is hard to see an environment. upside from China's current Iain Mills is a Beijing-based freel Facebook case to Supreme Internet censorship policies that is ance writer. not massively outweighed by the Photo: The Nine Dragon Screen, damage they do to the country's Datong, Shanxi, China (Photo by international image. 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Submitted at 5/17/2011 10:27:00 AM (sorry, future children). Full story at Latino Review. Permalink| Leave a comment » Conclusion: November 23, 2011 All the top Muppets news. Newstablet Edition Technology/ Economy/ Culture/ 31 Alt Search Engine blekko Partners with Flipboard for RSS Search Sarah Perez (ReadWriteWeb) Of course, Flipboard is not the Within Flipboard, however, How Many Hours Submitted at 5/17/2011 9:52:08 AM first startup to display RSS feeds blekko is providing the social in a more attractive visual layout. magazine with access to its RSS This morning, alternative search A number of startups have done feeds via a specially developed of Sleep Do You engine service blekko announced the same, including Feedly, Pulse API (application programming a partnership with hot iPad social and Zite, to name just a few of the interface), which offers a Really Need? magazine Flipboard to power its more recent entries. But Flipboard programmatic way for Flipboard [Sleep] content searches. Under the new is one of the most popular social to access Blekko's content. deal, users looking for new magazines for iPad at present, This isn't Flipboard's first RSS Matthew Rogers (Lifehacker) content to subscribe to within having just announced that it's feed integration, either. In Submitted at 5/17/2011 7:30:00 AM Flipboard can discover and now seeing more than 10 million December, the magazine added browse for items by keyword. The "flips per day," up from 3 million support for Google Reader, but, of The general rule of thumb for content will come from RSS just two months ago. (Flips equate course, this assumed that an end what counts as a full night's sleep feeds, the Web feed format used to pageviews in the iPad you curate yourself.(Note: We user was already using RSS feeds has been eight hours for as long as to publish regularly updated news application). It has also been recently looked at this process in a and had a collection of feeds anyone can remember, but it's not in a structured format. But unlike featured in Apple's "App post titled " How to Use Blekko to ready for import. With Blekko, an arbitrary number at all. Two with traditional RSS readers, like Essentials Hall of Fame" in Rock at Your Job.") users don't need to understand studies, one at the University of Google Reader, for example, the iTunes and is one of the 25 most Earlier this year, the startup RSS technology, they only need Pennsylvania and the other at the feeds will not be displayed in the popular free apps for iPad. announced that it's using to know what content they would Walter Reed Research Institute, typical inbox-like view often Blekko, while perhaps a less well Facebook "likes" to help create like to see and perform a simple tested dozens of sleepers and associated with feed-reading -known startup, is an alternative personalized search experiences, search. found that sleeping even seven services. Instead, the feeds will be search engine that uses human where users can see whether or The blekko integration will go hours a night will slowly add up displayed in Flipboard's magazine editors to aid in the elimination of not any of their Facebook friends live in the next update to to a costly sleep debt. More » -like format for a more visually spam from search results. It also liked particular search results. Flipboard's iPad app, which attractive experience. allows you to curate your own This is similar to the functionality should be out shortly. Discuss RSS dead? Hardly. personalized, customized mini- Microsoft's Bing search engine Sponsor search engines featuring content just announced yesterday. Selloff ON: Dow Down Over 120 Joe Weisenthal (Money Game) Suddenly the dip-buyers of yester • Small Caps!

Submitted at 5/17/2011 10:08:00 AM -week have vanished. • The Market's Huge Trend: For the latest investing news, Stocks Whipping Commodities Really sharp selling in just the visit Money Game. Follow us on • Total Reversal Of Fortune For last several minutes. Twitter and Facebook. story » Everything The Dow is off over 120. Join the conversation about this See Also: 32 Technology/ Newstablet Edition Businesses embrace iPads, 3D TV shipments but don't know why to soar 500 (CNET News.com) Submitted at 5/17/2011 10:27:06 AM percent in 2011 Most businesses plan on using at (CNET News.com) least some tablets by 2012.(Credit: Dimensional Submitted at 5/17/2011 9:40:11 AM Research) iPads are catching on among More and more 3D TVs are on business users, a study released the way.(Credit: Sarah Tew/ today has found, but most of them CNET) don't have a clear strategy for the Televisions boasting 3D tablets. capabilities will be far more Dimensional Research, in a popular this year than last, market buy a 3D TV pointed to price and survey of 448 businesses, found researcher In-Stat predicts. 32 percent blamed the glasses. that 22 percent have deployed According to an In-Stat report But as In-Stat's study has found, tablets, 22 percent plan to do so released today, 3D TV shipments consumers may not have much of this year, and 24 percent plan to will be up nearly 500 percent a choice. Vendors are continuing next year. worldwide this year, compared to add 3D capability, especially to And although Apple isn't known Topping of desired iPad just run any app on a tablet." That with 2010. In-Stat also predicts bigger-screen sets. And if folks for its corporate focus or market applications were tools for finding led Dimensional to that sometime soon all televisions want bigger screens, they will penetration, it's the leader when it salespeople, picked by 47 percent conclude there's a disconnect with screen sizes of 40 inches and soon get 3D capability whether comes to tablets: 83 percent said of the respondents. Other between IT and the business above will come with 3D they seek it or not. they would be using iPads. That categories included providing groups. functionality. In 2015, In-Stat predicts, a compares to 17 percent for RIM's customer services, submitting The survey also found that 82 There are still barriers, though, whopping 300 million households BlackBerry PlayBook, 14 percent expense reports, dealing with percent of respondents think the 3D TV expansion.. worldwide will have 3D TV sets. for HP's Slate, 13 percent for financial information, and making tablets will complement, not Last month, market researcher This entry passed through the Motorola's Xoom, and 11 percent purchases. replace, laptops. NPD Group released findings on Full-Text RSS service — if this is for Dell's Streak. Most tablets in businesses were This entry passed through the consumer interest in 3D TVs. your content and you're reading it Why use tablets? That's harder to purchased by employees.(Credit: Full-Text RSS service — if this is NPD found that 45 percent of on someone else's site, please read pin down. Dimensional Research) your content and you're reading it people who won't buy a 3D TV the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- "Most participants, 51 percent, Some expectations management on someone else's site, please read cite price as the barrier and 42 only/faq.php#publishers. Five indicated that they did not have a is probably in order, though. the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- percent say its the special 3D Filters featured article: If At First clearly articulated strategy," Among the IT personnel only/faq.php#publishers. Five glasses. You Don't Succeed - Four Dimensional said. surveyed, 42 percent agreed that Filters featured article: If At First Perhaps of more concerns for 3D Decades Of US-UK Attempts To There are some reasons, though, "The need for additional You Don't Succeed - Four TV makers, those figures are up. Topple Gadafi. including productivity development is not understood by Decades Of US-UK Attempts To According to the NPD, last year applications, often cloud-based. our business stakeholders. Most Topple Gadafi. 37 percent of people who won't Newstablet Edition Technology/ 33 Netflix Now The Largest Single Source of Internet Traffic In North America Erick Schonfeld (TechCrunch) downstream traffic during peak with demand—he expects a

Submitted at 5/17/2011 9:54:27 AM times in North America. gigabit to the home to be (BitTorrent still accounts for half commonplace within ten years. Netflix video streaming is now of all upstream traffic). As whole, As he told me earlier this month, the single largest source of peak “real-time entertainment” (which “streaming is the core of our downstream Interent traffic i the is mostly video streaming, but business,” but he also points out U.S., according to a new report by also includes streaming music) in the video below that most of Sandvine. The streaming video accounted for 49 percent of the video to the home is cached service now accounts for 29.7 downstream traffic in March, on the edge of the network rather percent of peak downstream 2011, versus 19 percent for P2P than going through the backbone. traffic, up from 21 percent last file sharing, and 17 percent for CrunchBase Information Netflix fall. Web browsing. definitely point to a future where estimated 37 percent of Internet Information provided by That puts Netflix above HTTP Video files are so big that it does video accounts for more and more traffic. CrunchBase websites (18 percent), BitTorrent not take much usage for it to take of the traffic on the Internet. As But as Netflix CEO Reed (11 percent), and YouTube (10 over in terms of bandwidth recently as last November, Web Hastings points out, bandwidth to percent) as a source of consumed. But these numbers video alone accounted for an the home keeps increasing along HP chooses USB 3.0 over Thunderbolt Michael Grothaus (TUAW) to rule them all. You can connect overall adoption of a superior

Submitted at 5/17/2011 11:00:00 AM anything from hard drives to technology, which means we'll displays on one connection and see fewer Thunderbolt accessories PC World is reporting that the even daisy-chain multiple hit the market. That's unfortunate, world's largest computer Thunderbolt devices together. To because consumers deserve the manufacturer has chosen USB 3.0 top it off, a Thunderbolt port is best technology available. over Intel's Thunderbolt port in its smaller than a USB 3.0 port, at HP chooses USB 3.0 over new desktop PCs. HP's worldwide least twice as fast as USB 3.0 and, Thunderbolt originally appeared desktop marketing manager told theoretically, has the potential for on TUAW on Tue, 17 May 2011 PC World that "We did look at four times the throughput of USB 11:00:00 EST. Please see our [Thunderbolt]. We're still looking 3.0. terms for use of feeds. into it. Haven't found a value I understand that HP is desktops in order to help speed for a hardware company that Source| Permalink| Email this| proposition yet." considering that there are already adoption of a superior moves the industry forward. Comments Haven't found a value proposition 6 billion USB devices on the technology? HP's decision to use Excluding Thunderbolt isn't just a yet? To put it in fantasy geek market, but is it really that hard to older technology is an example of failure of envisioning where terms, Thunderbolt is the one port add a Thunderbolt port to new why no one will ever mistake it computers are headed; it slows 34 Technology/ Finance/ Newstablet Edition Enterprise Inns Nuance voice samples provide a sees pubs return to profit growth taste of Lion text-to-speech this year Steven Sande (TUAW) o. Yannick- German Male (Finance News - Business news from the UK and world) Submitted at 5/17/2011 11:30:00 AM o. Monica- Spanish Female o. Paolo- Italian Male Submitted at 5/17/2011 9:55:50 AM As we reported on May 14, Lion My current favorite on the list is Developer Preview 3 includes a Karen, the Australian English Enterprise Inns, Britain's biggest number of voices from Nuance's female voice. What voice do you pub landlord, expects its pubs to RealSpeak Solo software that can want to hear coming out of your end three years of profit declines be used for text-to-speech (TTS) Mac or iOS device speakers in the in the second half, as the company operations in the OS. These future? Let us know in the comes to the end of a cycle of voices are a good improvement on comments. selling off its worst-performing the existing voices used by Mac Nuance voice samples provide a sites. OS X, and could point to a greater taste of Lion text-to-speech use of speech recognition and available on the NextUp Nuance o. Sangeeta- Indian English originally appeared on TUAW on TTS as a user interface feature in Sample page, some of which are Female Tue, 17 May 2011 11:30:00 EST. Lion and iOS 5. listed below: o. Felix- Canadian French Male Please see our terms for use of If you have a hankering to hear o. Samantha- American English o. Karen- Australian English feeds. just how good these voices are, Female Female Source| Permalink| Email this| OS X Daily has linked to a o. Serena- British English Female o. Lee- Australian English Male Comments number of samples that are Social TV Platform Loyalize Acquires Game Studio Savage Entertainment Leena Rao (TechCrunch) Midway, and LucasArts. The with content on phones and gaming expertise to add

Submitted at 5/17/2011 9:53:29 AM studio has created games for a tablets. Brands can also view the interactive gaming features to number of well-known movies, analytics from consumer Loyalize’s platform. Loyalize, an audience including Transformers, James interactions in real time and CrunchBase Information participation company, has Bond, and Star Wars. Savage has Agency. determine what audiences like, Loyalize Information provided by acquired game studio Savage also created simulators for various Loyalize offers a white label, hate, or find unbelievable. CrunchBase Entertainment. Financial terms of branches of the US government, second-screen, Social TV The company, which recently the deal were not disclosed. including the Army, the experience to broadcasts or live landed a deal with Motorola Savage has worked with Department of Homeland events, allowing viewers to win Mobility to power a social TV numerous publishers, including Security, and the Defense real awards, shop, virtual badges, service for Motorola’s devices, Electronic Arts, Activision, THQ, Advanced Research Projects polls, and more around interacting will be using Savage talent and Newstablet Edition Technology/ Policy/ 35 Rumor: NFC John McCain’s payments coming to Misleading Speech (AEI.Org: Articles) stopped and the detainees moved techniques because they feared Apple Stores soon? Submitted at 5/16/2011 11:00:00 PM into noncoercive debriefing. enhanced techniques. Michael Rose (TUAW) McCain knows that Hassan Ghul Here's the big question McCain McCain said in his speech that — the detainee who provided "the needs to answer: If his claims are Submitted at 5/17/2011 10:40:00 AM the "best intelligence gained from best intelligence" on al-Kuwaiti true, and enhanced interrogation It may be a case of putting the a CIA detainee — information — resisted during his initial really did not play an important cart before the horse, but Boy describing Abu Ahmed al- questioning, was put through role in producing "the major leads Genius Report suggests that some Kuwaiti's real role in al-Qaeda enhanced techniques and that ultimately enabled our of the retail rumblings coincident and his true relationship to Osama subsequently became cooperative. intelligence community to find with the Apple Stores' 10th bin Laden — was obtained When Ghul began cooperating, Osama bin Laden," why isn't CIA anniversary(coming this week) through standard, noncoercive the enhanced techniques stopped Director Leon Panetta making may have to do with the stores means, not through any ‘enhanced and he moved into debriefing, these same claims? After all, who being equipped to take payments interrogation technique.'" Note where he provided vital has a bigger interest in via Near Field Communications ( again, the careful wording: information about al-Kuwaiti. The discounting the role of enhanced NFC) setups. Presumably the McCain did not say that this fact that Ghul provided this interrogation than the Obama existing EasyPay system could be detainee did not undergo information "through standard, administration? If administration swapped out for NFC-enabled enhanced interrogation (he did) – noncoercive means" simply shows officials could make this iPod touch handhelds with a only that he did not provide the that he provided it after the argument, they would be shouting handy-dandy sled, giving Apple a information "through" enhanced enhanced process was complete. it from the rooftops. They are not solid test platform for future NFC interrogation. This is deceptive. In fact, two-thirds of detainees doing so, because they know the hardware in other devices. McCain was briefed in detail underwent no enhanced truth: Enhanced interrogation The rumor mill has been grinding facelift to support payments, that more than once on enhanced techniques at all. This is because worked. at both ends on the likelihood of would be a major tell about the interrogation, so he knows full during their initial "neutral Marc A. Thiessen is a visiting NFC in future iPhones, with future of the technology in well that enhanced techniques assessment," the alternative was fellow at AEI arguments pro and con registering Apple's product line. were not used to gain intelligence made clear to them. The story of This entry passed through the points. While major players like Rumor: NFC payments coming from detainees — they were used one senior al-Qaeda terrorist, Abd Full-Text RSS service — if this is Visa have already committed to to Apple Stores soon? originally to compel their cooperation. al-Hadi al-Iraqi, illustrates the your content and you're reading it testing NFC hardware in appeared on TUAW on Tue, 17 While applying enhanced point. When Abd al-Hadi was on someone else's site, please read specialized cases for the iPhone May 2011 10:40:00 EST. Please techniques, interrogators would brought to a CIA black site, the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- and other devices, it's not clear see our terms for use of feeds. ask detainees questions to which agency officials told him, "We're only/faq.php#publishers. Five that Apple is ready to put its Source| Permalink| Email this| the interrogators already knew the the CIA." He replied, "I've heard Filters featured article: If At First payment eggs in the iOS device Comments answers, so they could judge of you guys. I'll tell you anything You Don't Succeed - Four basket. If, however, BGR is right when the detainees had made the you need to know." And he did. Decades Of US-UK Attempts To and the stores are getting an NFC decision to begin cooperating. Detainees like Abd al-Hadi Topple Gadafi. Once they did so, the techniques cooperated without enhanced 36 Policy/ Newstablet Edition The LWOT: Terrorism trial begins in Chicago; Florida terrorism suspect to plead not guilty - by Andrew Lebovich ANDREW LEBOVICH (Foreign Foundation paper "Lashkar-e- The case has surprised many Journal notes Farhani's "lack of publicly defended the role harsh Policy) Taiba: Past Operations and Future congregants at the elder Khan's religious fervor" and absence of methods played in finding bin

Submitted at 5/17/2011 8:08:09 AM Prospects" ( NAF) mosque, who described him as apparent connections to radicals ( Laden, with Thiessen stating that Florida terrorism suspect to plead poor and apolitical ( Miami WSJ). 9/11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Key terror trial begins in Chicago not guilty Herald). The arrest was notable Panetta letter on "enhanced Muhammad "mocked" his Jury selection began yesterday in Septuagenarian Florida Imam for the subtle differences from interrogation" leaked interrogators by reportedly the case of Pakistani-born Hafiz Khan will plead not guilty other terrorism cases in the The Washington Post's Greg counting off the seconds until Chicago man Tahawwur Hussain to charges that he helped funnel behavior of federal agents during Sargent yesterday obtained a letter they would have to stop Rana, accused of providing up to $50,000 to the Tehrik-i- and after the arrest; agents waited written by CIA director Leon waterboarding him ( Miami support to his old school friend Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and was until prayer was over to arrest Panetta to Sen. John McCain on Herald, WSJ). David Coleman Headley while the denied bail in a court hearing Khan, and authorities informed the role "enhanced interrogation" Reuters reports this weekend on latter scouted targets for the 2008 yesterday ( NYT, AFP). Khan and community leaders of the arrests of CIA detainees played in the the hazy paper trail indicating that Mumbai attacks, as well as his son Izhar Khan will appear in before they were made public ( eventual tracking and killing of Hassan Ghul, a supposed al- allegedly helping plot an attack court for a pre-detention hearing Miami Herald). Osama bin Laden ( Washington Qaeda faciliatator detained in Iraq against a Danish newspaper that on May 23 -- another son, Irfan, And in New York, doubts are Post). He asserted that: in 2004, gave significant published cartoons of the Prophet appeared in a Los Angeles court emerging over two arrests last We first learned about the information about bin Laden's Muhammad in 2005 ( AP, WSJ, yesterday and was given a bond week in an alleged plot to attack facilitator/courier's nom de guerre courier before he was subjected to AFP, Chicago Tribune). The trial hearing later this week ( Reuters, synagogues, as anonymous from a detainee not in CIA enhanced interrogation methods ( will likely to feature testimony Dawn, AP, Miami Herald). The federal law enforcement sources custody in 2002. It is also Reuters). Ghul was released by from Headley, who pled guilty three were charged on May 14 told the AP and WNYC radio that important to note that some Pakistan in 2007, and is believed last year to avoid the death (indictment available here) along the FBI had doubts about how the detainees who were subjected to to have returned to militancy. For penalty. with three people in Pakistan, NYPD had handled the case enhanced interrogation techniques more coverage see Katherine Headley has reportedly told including the elder Khan's against Ahmed Farhani and attempted to provide false or Tiedemann's AfPak Channel American and Indian investigators daughter Amina and 19-year-old Mohamed Mamdouh, and misleading information about the Daily Brief here and here. about extensive links between the grandson Alam Zeb, with questioned how well terrorism facilitator/courier...In the end, no And the U.S. Supreme Court terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba conspiring over a three-year charges against the two would detainee in CIA custody revealed yesterday, citing the state secrets (LeT) and Pakistan's Inter period to provide funding for the fare in court ( AP, WNYC). the facilitator/courier's full true privilege, rejected the appeal of Services Intelligence Division group and for a school Khan set Mamdouh gave a tearful interview name or specific whereabouts. five men who were attempting to (ISI), and the Rana trial is up in the Swat Valley that is at Riker's Island in which he This information was discovered sue a Boeing subsidiary, Jeppesen expected to shed light on these alleged to have recruited boys to blamed Farhani, a permanent through other intelligence means. Dataplan, over the role the latter long-suspected but never proven fight for the Taliban ( CNN, NYT, resident from Algeria, for The letter's release came on the allegedly played in facilitating the connections ( AP, AP, WSJ, AFP, LAT, AP). Pakistani authorities discussing acquiring weapons and same day that several Bush Bush administration's NYT, Bloomberg, NPR). For yesterday reportedly arrested attacking synagogues, while administration officials, including extraordinary rendition program ( background on the ties between Alam Zeb, who had previously Farhani's family asserted that he former U.S. Attorney General Bloomberg). the ISI and LeT, see Stephen denied the charges to reporters ( was innocent ( NYDN, Michael Mukasey and LWOT: page 40 Tankel's New America ET, Reuters). Gothamist). And the Wall Street speechwriter Marc Thiessen Newstablet Edition Policy/ 37 Post-Bin Laden: Pakistan's Hour of Choice (AEI.Org: Articles) Laden become more tolerant, Army Chief General Ashfaq the relatively secular idea of the rotated through the ISI, whose

Submitted at 5/16/2011 11:00:00 PM democratic and development Kayani issued a statement, country as simply a homeland for links to violent Islamism, while oriented? Or will it continue down warning the US against India's Muslims and the pan- focused on Afghanistan and India, Two weeks after US Navy a path that most outside observers attempting an encore with another Islamic one of a land born to stretch from Chechnya to the SEALs killed Osama bin Laden in – and many Pakistanis – see as target: "Any similar action further the cause of the faith. southern Philippines. a safe house in the Pakistani endangering Pakistan itself, the violating the sovereignty of Over the past decade, Pakistani It's hardly surprising then that garrison town of Abbottabad, the broader region and the world? Pakistan will warrant a review on fingerprints have shown up on Pakistan and its diaspora have South Asian country is at a On the one hand, the Abbottabad the level of military/intelligence terrorist plots all over Europe and produced some of the world's crossroads. With the massacre of raid has unleashed an cooperation with the United India. most prominent terrorists: would- scores of security forces in an unprecedented outcry in Pakistan, States." Kayani also said that US By most accounts, however, be Times Square bomber Faisal apparent retaliatory attack by much of it critical of the military. military personnel in Pakistan will Pakistan's slide toward intolerance Shahzad; 1993 World Trade militants, and US demands for Writing in Dawn, the country's be reduced to the "minimum began during the prime Center bomber Ramzi Yousef, tougher action against al Qaeda leading newspaper, columnist essential" level. ministership of Zulfiqar Ali born in Kuwait to Pakistani and the Taliban, room for Cyril Almeida sharply summed up In parliament, Prime Minister Bhutto, the debonair, Scotch- parents; 9/11 mastermind Khalid Pakistan to play both sides of the Pakistan's dilemma: between Yusuf Raza Gilani spoke swilling feudal landowner from Sheikh Mohammed; Wall Street war on terror is rapidly shrinking. being seen as a "rogue state" for approvingly of bin Laden's killing Sindh first elected in 1970. Journal reporter Daniel Pearl's The big questions raised by this deliberately sheltering bin Laden as "justice done." But at the same Believing that he could co-opt the kidnapper, Omar Saeed Sheikh; watershed moment may force or as a "failed state" for not time, most likely in a nod to his then relatively marginal Islamists, and three of the four men behind Islamabad into making existential tracking him down in a country's fiercely anti-American Bhutto banned alcohol and the July 2005 train and bus choices. conspicuously large compound a sentiment, Gilani laid the blame gambling and shuttered bombings in London. Will Pakistan's army and its Inter stone's throw from the country's for the rise of Islamic militancy in nightclubs. He replaced the Aid must emphasize -Services Intelligence agency premier military academy. Pakistan at Washington's traditional Sunday holiday with strengthening moderate voices abandon support for militant In a similar vein, prominent doorstep. "Pakistan is not the Friday and declared the tiny and army officers who respect Islamists nurtured over more than television anchor Kamran Khan birthplace of Al Qaeda. We did Ahmadiyya sect to be non- democracy. three decades? Will the country's declared that Pakistan has become not invite Osama bin Laden to Muslim. Apart from bin Laden and his feckless politicians seize this "the world's biggest haven of Pakistan or even to Afghanistan." Bhutto promoted the rigidly deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri, opportunity to bring terrorism." The usually pro- On May 14, the parliament pious Zia ul-Haq to head the prominent non-Pakistanis who accountability to the generals who military Khan also turned on the unanimously condemned the army, and once Zia seized power used the country as a base include have ruled Pakistan directly for army, demanding a genuine Abbottabad raid and threatened to in a coup in 1977, the Mohamed Atta; shoe-bomber more than half of the country's 64 explanation rather than the usual cut off NATO supply lines to Islamization of Pakistan began in Richard Reid; and John Walker years of independence, and "lollipop" conspiracy theories Pakistan unless the US stopped earnest. The general established Lindh, the so-called American indirectly for much of the rest? about the US, India and Israel. A drone strikes on militants. Shariah courts; instituted Taliban. Over the past decade, And will Pakistan's elites turn raft of articles by prominent Though Gilani is hardly the only government collection of zakat, or Pakistani fingerprints have shown their attention toward what ought intellectuals have honed in on the person to blame the US-backed an alms tax; stripped libraries of up on terrorist plots all over to be their most pressing concern same point: It's time for Pakistan jihad against the Soviet Union in books deemed un-Islamic; and Europe, not to mention India, – improving the lives of an to make a decisive break with the the 1980s for Pakistan's problems mandated compulsory prayer for which has borne the brunt of its impoverished and rapidly growing past. with radical Islam, the truth is civil servants. The Quranic neighbor's use of terrorism as an population? The first nation created purely on more complicated. From its Concept of War – which argues instrument of policy. Will Pakistan continue on a path the basis of Islam struggles to inception in 1947 as the world's that "terror struck in the hearts of The harsh glare of scrutiny that that endangers Pakistan itself, the balance competing notions of first nation created purely on the the enemies is not only a means, it accompanies bin Laden's death broader region and the world? identity. basis of Islam, Pakistan has is the end in itself" – was offers the international Or to put it another way, will Pakistan's official response has struggled to balance two mandatory reading for army nuclear-armed Pakistan after bin been much less introspective. competing notions of its identity: officers. Many subsequently POST-BIN page 41 38 Policy/ Culture/ Newstablet Edition Morning Links - Mad Dog in The Hague? - By Romance For Leighton and James A. Goldston Justin? JAMES A. GOLDSTON own cities and towns. Take the threat of prosecution did not judicial process on potential or PopSugar (PopSugar) (Foreign Policy) example of kidnappers: The prevent negotiators from reaching ongoing peace negotiations. Submitted at 5/17/2011 7:42:00 AM

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Such fiscal high-profile efforts to spark 40 Culture/ Newstablet Edition LWOT: continued from page 36 Bomb defused outside of Dublin that six men arrested last Aktobe, wounding several people release several thousand The Irish military has defused a September on suspicion that they ( Reuters). imprisoned Islamists from jail, small but "viable" pipe bomb on a planned to attack Pope Benedict • French authorities have filed reportedly as part of a bid for bus near Dublin hours before the XVI were not involved in terrorism charges against three greater support and to draw to a Queen of England's scheduled terrorism ( BBC, Telegraph). Frenchmen and an Indian who close another legacy of Algeria's visit to the city, the first by a Trials and Tribulations allegedly wanted to travel to brutal civil war ( Reuters). 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Submitted at 5/17/2011 8:00:00 AM control comes in. Here's a deeper look into how self-control works, If we were entirely logical, we'd followed by several ways to more be able to abandon our bad habits, effectively exert your supply of curb temporary moments of self-control in order to make insanity, and practice self-control. however, and sometimes our smarter decisions. More » Our logic is paired with emotion, emotions motivate us to make 42 Economy/ Newstablet Edition China’s Real-Estate Developers Struggle with Debt; Servicing China's Total Debt Load is Problematic; Dramatic Slowdown in China Coming [email protected] (Michael did not cut interest rates; in fact, of China's loan growth, and the from China’s economic the current growth model is Shedlock) (Mish's Global it conducted a net absorption of painful rebalancing that must policymaking circle makes such a unsustainable, and want to move Economic Trend Analysis) liquidity from the market through happen in his latest weekly Email. comment in the midst of what is quickly towards an economic

Submitted at 5/17/2011 1:58:00 AM its open market operations. Pettis writes ... supposed to be a tightening cycle. growth model that de-emphasizes Inquiring minds are digging Meanwhile, the market The fundamental imbalances are I am also hearing, by the way, investment and exports. They also deeper into China's bank credit capitalization of domestic stock all in place and are not beginning that there is a lot of opposition recognize that this will result in a bubbles, fixed asset investment exchanges more than doubled to reverse. They will not reverse from local and municipal sharp slowdown in growth – bubble, and property bubbles. from a year earlier, an indication until there is a radical change in borrowers towards raising interest although not nearly as sharp as I Please consider Closer Look: 100 of too much capital flowing the growth model, and investment rates even further – even though expect. Trillion Yuan in Banking Assets around. China’s Real-Estate comes down sharply. in real terms interest rates have But they will not be able to do so on Caixin Online. Developers Struggle with Debt Unfortunately that will also mean decline quite substantially. This without a pretty complete As of 2010, the total assets of MarketWatch reports China’s a sharp decline in growth. shouldn’t be a surprise since they consensus within policy-making China's banking industry have Real-Estate Developers Struggle My friend Wei Liao from have a lot of outstanding debt and circles. A lot of very powerful grown to 2.39 times the amount with Debt Paridon, in Singapore, sent me a are expected to borrow even more constituencies – the export sector, of national GDP, breaking records The debt carried by China’s real- reference to an interview in 21st this year and next. Servicing the local and municipal borrowers, once again at nearly 100 trillion estate developers jumped 41% in Century Business Herald (a well- debt is unlikely to be easy and SOEs – have benefited from yuan. In comparison, according to the March-ended year from the regarded local newspaper) with they want more, not less, relief. distortions, like the currency and OECD data, Japan's banking same period 12 months earlier, Zhu Bailiang. Zhu is the chief I would argue that Zhu Bailiang’s the interest rate regimes that have assets in 2008 stood at US$ 9.81 according to a report by Chinese economist at the State Information comments and the rumors of created the imbalances. They are trillion, 2.27 times the amount of state media. Center of China, a policy think opposition to further interest rate likely, not surprisingly, to be its GDP, which was US$ 4.32 The value of unsold houses was tank affiliated with the NDRC, hikes probably indicate that the loathe to give these up, and so it trillion. Germany, another country up 40.2% to CNY903.5 billion, and in the interview he argued very intense debate within policy- will not be easy to arrive at a representative of economies that the Xinhua report said. Average that the government shouldn’t making circles continues consensus. rely on banks for financing, had profit was down 4.9% to introduce tighter monetary unabated. In fact, on that note, for I have many times argued that 6.6 trillion euros for banking CNY54.65 billion yuan. policies because existing limits on me the most interesting thing that historically one of the key assets and 2.48 trillion euros for Chinese government measures car and home purchases will hurt happened during the SED indicators that the high-growth GDP in 2008. Its 2008 banking- designed to cool the housing the economy. meetings in Washington this week investment-driven model has assets versus GDP ratio was 2.66, market have made it harder for Zhu is not a policymaker but he involved Monday’s much- reached its limits as a wealth almost the same as it had been in real-estate companies to replenish is a senior advisor to the very commented interview on the creator (i.e. is no longer allocating previous years. their working capital by quickly powerful NDRC, an entity usually Charlie Rose show with Wang capital efficiently) is when we see The surge in China's banking selling apartments. China's considered less focused on Qishan– who is expected to be an unsustainable increase in debt. assets, which took off in 2009, Unsustainable Growth correcting domestic imbalances named Vice Premier next year. Of course whether or not we have was attributed to political The above links are thanks to and more focused on maintaining The gossip that I have heard in reached this point is still much directives rather than monetary Michael Pettis at China Financial high growth and redistributing Beijing is that both Wang and Li debated, but I would argue that policies. In 2009, huge amounts Markets. income to the poorer sectors of Keqiang – expected to be named we started to see this at least five of loans were made at the order Pettis commented on those the economy. As Wei Liao points Premier next year – understand CHINA’S page 44 of government. The central bank articles, the unsustainable nature out, it is pretty rare that someone China’s debt position, worry that Newstablet Edition Economy/ Culture/ 43 California Governor Jerry Brown's New Plan Shows He Still Does Not Understand 2 + 2 [email protected] (Michael Republicans would go along with $9.6 billion from about $15.4 passed by a simple majority vote Shedlock) (Mish's Global tax hikes not more. billion, Brown said in revising his and strips lawmakers of their pay Economic Trend Analysis) Besides, what part of 2 + 2 does budget proposal for the year that whenever a budget is late. Unless

Submitted at 5/16/2011 9:22:00 PM Brown not understand? The begins July 1. some Republicans loses their The California humor show rolls legislature is 2 votes shy in both Brown’s initial plan in January minds or Brown offers up on. Today we find out that the House and Senate of ramming asked lawmakers to put those tax significant incentives such as because of the recovery, a preposterous tax hike measure extensions directly before voters scrapping defined benefit pension California is only $9.6 billion in down California taxpayers throats. in June. His revised budget calls plans and offering right-to-work the hole instead of $15.4 billion A few Republicans are willing to for lawmakers to extend the taxes laws, nothing is going to happen in the hole. bargain if Democrats will scrap and then ask voters in November by June 15. Brown's old plan, because California's defined benefit to validate the move. 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A new infographic. this recovery is nearly over), Brown said. law approved by voters in Get more information about makes it less likely that The deficit estimate shrank to November allows the budget to be nutrition at Nutrition.alltop. Permalink| Leave a comment » 44 Economy/ Finance/ Newstablet Edition CHINA’S continued from page 42 Australia Real Estate years ago. The surge in banking enough to forestall such an event. assets doesn’t give much comfort. Regardless, the markets will Dramatic Slowdown in China likely react in advance of that Coming slowdown, whether forced by the Bulls Trot Out Every China is going to slow, much markets or by plan of China's new more than anyone thinks. The leaders. commodity producers and Mike "Mish" Shedlock commodity producing countries http:// Cliché Known To Man like Australia and Canada will globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. [email protected] (Michael Wakelin Property Advisory Australia:Near-Record Corporate take a hit. 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- Richard Wakelin, director of see Economic Bust in Submitted at 5/17/2011 6:41:53 AM and it deals with billions of pounds of debt. Dramatic statistics from Yell show how far the company has to Newstablet Edition Economy/ Sports/ 45 DTotD: Reina, UBS' Andy Lees: "You Cannot Skrtel and Lucas take down a Prepare To Deal With A Loan naked man Brooks Peck (Y! Sports Blogs - Yahoo! Sports) Situation As Bad As China's" Submitted at 5/17/2011 8:42:39 AM Joe Weisenthal (Money Game) said was a very conservative In addition to the daring

Submitted at 5/17/2011 10:30:46 AM estimate due to the quality of Manchester United fans with their accounting etc, and was therefore banner prank, Liverpool also had Earlier we brought you the latest not credible. It said in reality the to do with a pitch invader late in note from Art Cashin, who figures would be far higher and the second half of their loss to highlights mounting concerns in “Given the weakness" already Spurs on Sunday. And making it China. discussed, we believe Chinese all that much worse, the guy was Cashin was riffing off his banks remain acutely vulnerable completely naked except for a colleague UBS colleague Andy to an economic slowdown”. You pair of black socks. Lees, who has one of the gloomier cannot prepare to deal with a loan Even though his footwear caused notes about China we've seen in a situation as bad as China’s. You him to slip a couple of times, the long time. simply keep cycling as fast as stewards couldn't catch up to him In addition to talking about possible and hope something turns as he ran around the pitch wasting drought, the end of productivity up. everyone's time. So, the Liverpool growth, water depletion, and a For the latest investing news, trio of Pepe Reina, Lucas and looming demographic crisis, Lees visit Money Game. Follow us on Martin Skrtel converged to bring highlights the state of the banking Twitter and Facebook. him down, with Lucas taking the system. Join the conversation about this brunt of his naked impact. Unfortunately there is yet another story » The three footballers really did an area of concern starting to build in See Also: impressive job here, though. Such estimate includes bad loans in extreme nevertheless made China, that of its finances. We • JIM O'NEILL: China Is an impressive job that they really state investment companies, credit similar observations and have heard the recent stories Slowing More Than People should have their own TV show cooperatives, and other vehicles suggested that the problem was about companies using letters of Realize -- And That's Bad News that follows them around as they set up by the government to significantly worse than Japan’s credit to import copper or For Commodities work security at concert halls and dispose of the loans. At the time 15 years earlier. Fitch said official soybeans and then using the • China Just Raised Its Reserve sporting events together this the government dismissed this as NPL’s were USD206bn with proceeds to support other debt, Ratio By 0.5% summer. fantasy and Ernst & Young were another USD270bn problem loans but this is just the tip of the • What Rampant Chinese Video via Z czuba forced to withdraw the report, plus another USD197bn in NPL’s iceberg. You may recall back in Inflation Really Means For The presumably if they wanted to that have been taken off the 2006 Ernst & Young issued a Common Shanghai Consumer continue lucrative business in the bank’s books and with the report that China’s bad debts may be as high as USD900bn, country. Fitch, PriceWaterhouse management agencies, which are outstripping the country’s massive and McKinsey Global Institute not treated as NPL’s, but are foreign exchange reserves at the subsequently issued reports, future liabilities on the time. Aside from large banks, the which although not quite as government. That USD673bn it 46 Culture/ Newstablet Edition Why America's Funniest Home Videos Won't Die Brian Raftery (Wired Top Stories)

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Whether it's the year 1011 or 2011, a video of a guy getting hit in the balls produces the same amount of funny. America’s Funniest Home Videos clips provided courtesy of Vin Di Bona Productions The kid on the screen can’t be more than 2. He’s standing on a patch of lawn, examining a few dark mounds that some animal has dropped on the grass. As he leans in for a closer look, he begins to lose his balance. The image freezes, and Tom Bergeron, the puckish host of America’s Funniest Home Videos, puts his finger on the TV monitor. “I see a forehead-to-shit ratio right there,” Bergeron says, tracing the kid’s likely downward trajectory. It’s a late fall afternoon and we’re on the show’s cold and spangled Los Angeles set, a glowing cavern filled with lava- colored video walls and spectral white stars. Bergeron, dressed in a black suit, is rehearsing a bit called “Hit, Miss, or Disgusting?” in which two audience members will be asked to predict the clip’s outcome: Will the kid fall headfirst into the minefield? Or will he swerve away at the last second? Since thisWHY is America’s page 47 Funniest Newstablet Edition Finance/ 47 WHY continued from page 46 Home Videos—a show that for that?” moppets, frazzled pets, and humor—it instilled the then- $100,000—going to the audience equivalent of a football to the more than 20 years has served as homegroan puns, all strung revelatory notion that anyone’s favorite. This is probably why, crotch. “I stomp my foot when I a highlight reel of our lowest together by a lite-ska musical follies could be a hit TV gag. The even though it long ago see a funny video that’s not moments—the answer is pretty theme. Even by network TV fat guy falling into a pool, the disappeared from pop-culture mine,” says Vin Di Bona, the obvious. You don’t get on standards, AFV is radically dude wiping out after a botched radar, AFV remains wildly show’s creator, who still serves as national TV by dodging poop, and square. karate-chop—those could have successful. The show is about to director and executive producer. sure enough, when the video But as dorky as it is, AFV may be been your neighbors. Over time a wrap its 21st season—more than But Di Bona has a secret weapon: resumes, the kid goes down, right one of the most subtly influential formula emerged: a few seconds ER or Law & Order and only one an archive of tens of thousands of on target. “That’s the first face- shows of the past two decades. of setup, a moment of physical behind The Simpsons, that other videos, many of which have never plant into feces we’ve ever had,” Need proof? Just check your calamity (usually accidental), and ever-durable chronicle of hapless been seen by the public. He’ll Bergeron says with mock pride. Facebook feed. Chances are pretty a quick shot that showed suburbia. It averages more than 7 need them, too. Because after He takes a sip of coffee before good that in the past few weeks everything was fine and no one million viewers a week and celebs having the stupid-video landscape moving on to the next clip, in somebody posted a video that was got hurt. from Tina Fey to Muhammad Ali almost to itself for years, which a little girl gets clocked by short, serendipitous, and brazenly Now AFV’s DNA can be found have approached Bergeron to America’s Funniest Home Videos a tire swing. stupid—a cocky skateboarder everywhere: the “Forever” profess their fandom. And now must compete with … In less than an hour, 200 wiping out on a rail, perhaps, or a wedding, “Charlie Bit My because the show is relatively America’s Funniest Home audience members will arrive at cat facing down a metronome. Finger,” the 3.8 million cat videos cheap to produce, ABC will likely Videos. the studio, dressed neatly but not Millions of such quick-blip on YouTube—all build on the keep it on the air until the Pages: Previous 1 2 3| Full Page | too stuffily, like congregants at an distractions now rove the web, goofy physicality and to-the-point Rapture—unless, of course, Next easygoing megachurch. And from and for that we have AFV to punch line timing established by somebody gets filmed knocking This entry passed through the the moment they sit down, they thank and/or blame. The tens of AFV. In fact, watching an episode their head on a stoplight on the Full-Text RSS service — if this is will laugh—deep laughs, the kind thousands of clips in AFV’s video of AFV now feels a lot like way up, requiring a post-event your content and you're reading it that make shoulders pump like vault are broken down into 12 watching the web. special. “In my house,” Bergeron on someone else's site, please read pistons. They’ll laugh at a baby categories of humor, from adults For those who can be open- says, “we call this show ‘the the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- with its thumb stuck in a toilet lid, and animals to fall-downs and minded about its brainlessness, annuity.’” only/faq.php#publishers. Five a bowler with his thumb stuck in a weddings. Many of these clips AFV is still consistently, almost But here’s the irony: The AFV Filters featured article: If At First ball, and a dog with its tongue have never been seen by the soothingly, hilarious. It’s wall-to- format has proved so enduring, it You Don't Succeed - Four stuck in a guy’s nose. public—giving the show its secret wall primal comedy, from has spawned a slew of aggressive Decades Of US-UK Attempts To Unless you happen to spend a lot weapon against the web. trampoline falls to groin-kicks to competitors. There are now sites Topple Gadafi. of time around little kids or the When the show debuted in 1989, old people getting hit by kites. like FAIL Blog and the Daily elderly, it has probably been years in the midst of the camcorder And while the show’s format has What, as well as TV shows like since you’ve seen America’s boom, it introduced a whole new undergone a few tweaks over the Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Ellen Funniest Home Videos(or AFV, accidental-auteur style, marked by years, its fundamental MO DeGeneres Show, and Tosh.0, as it has now become known). wobbly camerawork and abrupt remains largely unchanged: Each scouring the web for hits. And This is understandable, given that denouements. Because AFV week, a slew of carefully vetted many of them can get videos on technically speaking it’s the consisted entirely of audience clips are edited together as zippily the air much quicker than the once uncoolest show on TV, a submissions—making the show as possible, with a cash -a-week AFV can. When that saccharine medley of “did I do an early adopter of crowdsourced prize—now as high as happens, it’s the showbiz Yell needs to become more like Groupon (Finance News - Business news "Does anyone use the Yellow Others may find a better use for it from the UK and world) Pages anymore?" a colleague as a door stop or stool.

Submitted at 5/17/2011 8:13:39 AM questioned this morning. Mine goes straight in the recycling bin. 48 Culture/ Newstablet Edition Fujifilm's Rugged Camera Is Rough Around the Edges Roger Hibbert (Wired Top Stories)

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Thrill seekers who want to take their camera kit along on adventures have a spate of products to choose from these days. Fujifilm’s FinePix XP30 is one such specimen. It’s rugged, water- resistant, and has GPS onboard. But just as adrenaline-junkies often sport fractures, scars, or the occasional missing tooth, the camera buys toughness at the expense of good looks. Its pictures could crack a mirror and its audio might burst an eardrum. And let’s get this out of the way immediately: I tried to like it. I really did. A waterproof, crash- proof, dust-proof, freeze-proof GPS camera is so cool on the face of it that I wasn’t going to kick it out of bed for farting a couple of times. But flaw after flaw just kept piling up, and I decided to sleep on the couch. And the dumb thing didn’t even know what it did wrong. So I will take you through the process of falling in and out of love with this unfortunate klutz of a camera. I first came across the XP30 on anti-reflective display seeks know where we are — and where case glittered like a scarab in the it look like Domo kun wearing a the PR wire, but it could have adventure-lovers. Waterproof to we have been. sun — it’s also available in black, monocle. It’s the same sort of been a Craigslist personals ad: 14- 16.5 feet; I love to swim, and with Its profile picture was equally blue, silver, and orange — and its megapixel camera with 2.7-inch, my built-in GPS, we’ll always intriguing. The metallic green offset lens and oblong shape made FUJIFILM'S page 50 Newstablet Edition Culture/ 49 Climate Science-Defying Paper Yanked for Plagiarism John Timmer (Wired Top Stories)

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By John Timmer, Ars Technica The so-called “hockey stick” plot of recent climate, in which recent temperatures appear as a sudden and anomalous rise after a thousand years of relative stability, has become a bit of an icon for climate change. Even though it’s rather secondary to the concerns about rising greenhouse gas levels — CO 2 would be a concern even if we were limited to the 150 years of instrument records — the hockey stick attracted so much attention that, in 2006, it was the subject of Congressional hearings. Now, it appears that the sharpest critic of climate scientists at those hearings relied on plagiarized material to prepare his report. The report in question was prepared by Edward Wegman of George Mason participants collaborated and then inordinate amount of time Computational Statistics and Data Documents requested by Vergano University. In it, he criticized the served as reviewers on each analyzing Wegman’s report to Analysis, has decided to retract appear to show that the paper was methods used to generate a others’ papers, despite the Congress, and came up with the paper. In an e-mail to the accepted five days after version of the hockey stick graph potential for conflicts of interest. extensive evidence of plagiarism. journal, Wegman blamed the submission by an editor who was generated by Michael Mann, a That analysis was later published The blogger’s findings were plagiarism on a former student; a personal friend of Wegman’s, an Penn State climatologist (similar as an independent paper, in which picked up by USA Today’s Dan his lawyer told Vergano that irony given that the study was results have been produced by certain styles of research were Vergano, who has been following Wegman had no involvement in about the nefarious influence of other researchers). But he also suggested to be prone to “group- the accusations, including George its appearance. social networks. The editor in raised questions about anything think, reduced creativity, and the Mason’s investigation of the Given the overlap between the question claims that more published by climatologists by possibility of less rigorous accusations, which is ongoing. paper and the Congressional extensive review must have taken performing a network analysis reviewing processes.” Early today, Vergano published report, if the paper contained place, but the records were that ostensibly showed that it was In the intervening years, a word that the journal in which plagiarized material, the report a small field in which most climate blogger spent an Wegman’s paper was published, almost certainly does as well. CLIMATE page 50 50 Obituaries Newstablet Edition FUJIFILM'S continued from page 48 Pioneering CBS ugly-cute that a Scion XB or so you can pin your photos to a shooting conditions. In practice, plot out your pictures on a map. Newsman Joseph Nissan Cube has. map using Google Maps or though, the camera’s algorithm It’s relatively inexpensive. And then it arrived! The camera similar software. The GPS was dynamically misjudged shooting TIRED Default “Scene Wershba dies at is cleverly and efficiently pretty accurate, and the included conditions, producing, blurry, off- Recognition” mode exhibits all packaged in box scarcely larger software lets you map out your color shots. the good judgment of a drunken 90 (AP) than its contents: the camera, shots through a Google Maps Video was no better. It’s not that sailor. Just about everything from (Yahoo! News: Obituaries) lanyard, USB cable, battery, a thin plugin (though if you’re all “geo- the 1280 x 720 video is so bad, focusing to deleting pictures sheaf of papers, and a CD-R. I cachey,” you probably already but the sound is insufferable. locking in on GPS satellites was Submitted at 5/16/2011 12:15:43 PM couldn’t wait to free it from its have a preferred method). But the Even in a quiet room there are painstakingly slow. Videos were AP - Joseph Wershba, a CBS cardboard prison and run away to GPS was reluctant to lock in on clicks and pops that emanate ruined by their audio, which News producer and reporter the beach with it. its satellites, even in a flat, open seemingly from nowhere, and included cracks and pops, tinny whose work on a pivotal 1954 That’s where the good memories field on a cloudless day. The what sound it does capture is treble, and a grinding zoom expose on Sen. Joseph McCarthy end. No… there were still good average lock-in time was about 15 shrill and tinny. And should you servomotor that sounded like a was the centerpiece of the film things. I’ll always have the good minutes — if it locked in at all. zoom during filming, you’re light aircraft. Battery life is weak, "Good Night, and Good Luck" things, though I feel so betrayed The slowness of the GPS is just treated to a grinding sound and GPS drains it even more. has died. He was 90. now. one of a variety of slows the reminiscent of a faulty can- Photo by Roger Hibbert/Wired It is waterproof. Neither pool nor camera possesses. It takes its time opener. On the plus side, if you This entry passed through the dishpan nor baby’s mouth could turning on, it’s slow to focus, it restrict your filming to Full-Text RSS service — if this is get past the camera’s rubber seals rests an inordinately long time underwater, you can pass off these your content and you're reading it and self-contained 5x lens. The between shots. It even drags its sounds as hermit crabs and on someone else's site, please read camera seemed to actually like the feet when you are scrolling passing boats. the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- water; it’ll shoot videos or stills, through shots, zooming into a It was with the video only/faq.php#publishers. Five and the camera has two different photo, or deleting photos, the last performance that I knew I had to Filters featured article: If At First underwater settings. Though I did of which is accompanied by an end the relationship. I couldn’t let You Don't Succeed - Four not bang it around too much, the annoying dissolve graphic. it go on; it was just too painful. I Decades Of US-UK Attempts To solid-feeling construction assures The XP30 occasionally took loved this camera as soon as I laid Topple Gadafi. you that it can stand up to minor some really good-looking photos, eyes on it — and until I laid my concussions. especially outdoors in good light. hands on it. The GPS is a cool feature, though At its default, the device uses a WIRED Waterproof, shock- this is where the camera’s facade “Scene Recognition” mode, which proof, and dust-proof, the XP30 is begins to crack. GPS data is is meant to dynamically change equally at home in Aruba or included in the photos’ metadata, the camera’s settings based on Fallujah. Included GPS lets you CLIMATE continued from page 49 destroyed during an office move. since been generated using criticize the scientific consensus. Source: Ars Technica Decades Of US-UK Attempts To A researcher in the field of social improved methods and different The impact of this scrutiny on See Also: Topple Gadafi. network analysis is quoted as data, both by Mann and others, Wegman’s academic career will This entry passed through the dismissing the Wegman paper as though, so it’s not clear if those be more clear once George Mason Full-Text RSS service — if this is more of an “opinion piece.” criticisms are especially relevant University completes its your content and you're reading it At the moment, the sloppy anymore. What it does suggest is investigation. on someone else's site, please read scholarship done by Wegman that the excessive attention that is Image: Variation of Earth’s the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- doesn’t appear to invalidate his now paid to all areas of climate surface temperature, in degrees only/faq.php#publishers. Five statistical criticisms of Mann’s research can bite anyone who gets Celsius, from 1000 A.D. to 2000 Filters featured article: If At First work. Similar hockey sticks have involved, whether they support or A.D. (IPCC) You Don't Succeed - Four Newstablet Edition Culture/ Gaming/ Travel/ 51 Leonardo Starts His Day Miranda Kerr Appreciates Flynn's Smile as Orlando Bloom With a Spielberg Visit Holds Down the Fort at Home Amid Blake Rumors Allie Merriam (PopSugar) Submitted at 5/17/2011 7:48:47 AM Allie Merriam (PopSugar)

Submitted at 5/17/2011 8:13:27 AM Miranda Kerr was spotted checking in solo for a flight out of Leonardo DiCaprio went LAX on Sunday night. Earlier in incognito this morning when he the day, her husband, Orlando Vacation boarded Steven Spielberg's yacht Bloom, ventured out on his near Cannes. The actor paid a motorcycle. He met up with Time: Cheaper visit to his Catch Me If You Can friends at a shopping center, director and his wife, Kate where Minnie Driver and her son, = Better Capshaw. Leo's catching up with Henry, were actually spotted as (CONCIERGE.COM: LATEST friends and business associates well. Miranda is fresh off a long TRAVEL FEATURES) soon be taking a getaway to her during the film festival despite week of West Coast promotion native Australia, and it seems Submitted at 5/16/2011 12:55:03 PM some turmoil in his personal life. for Victoria's Secret new joined Jamie Foxx to see a Kanye their baby is with her on her He recently parted ways from Bombshell bra line. Miranda West performance. She was current getaway. Miranda tweeted Sure, vacations are meant for longtime girlfriend Bar Refaeli, joined other Angels like Adriana nearby in order to see last week's yesterday, "There is nothing better splurging, but sometimes big- who actually traveled to France as Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio Chanel cruise collection show, than my son's smile . . . Melts my ticket trips can isolate you from well in order to attend last night's for a recent launch party, and at a and evidently met up with Leo heart every time!" View the local flavor. We've compiled a big Chopard party. Leo is lunch spoke to FabSugar about after befriending him last year Slideshow › list of 7 destinations where less is rumored to have moved on Summer beach bag essentials. She while trying to nab the role of more. For just $42 a night, already with Blake Lively, revealed that she, Orlando, and Daisy Buchanan in The Great experience the picturesque another starlet enjoying the their 4-month-old son Flynn will Gatsby that eventually went to beaches of Koh Samui, Thailand, cinema fun. Blake and Leo were Carey Mulligan. View Slideshow and snack on delicious pad thai reportedly seen hanging at the › for pennies! Hotel du Cap Eden Roc on Friday, the same evening he Dead Island trailer piles on the sadness Griffin McElroy (Joystiq) first. It's as pretty and poignant as sorely disappointed. Joystiq on Tue, 17 May 2011

Submitted at 5/17/2011 11:15:00 AM the game's startling debut, but Continue reading Dead Island 11:15:00 EST. Please see our we're worried it might not match trailer piles on the sadness terms for use of feeds. The latest trailer for Dead Island the tone of the actual title. For Dead Island trailer piles on the Permalink| Email this| Comments is just as sappy and pianoed as the instance, if there's not a "cry over your dead family" button, we'll be sadness originally appeared on 52 Politics-Left/ Newstablet Edition Pressure on Strauss-Kahn to quit IMF post (AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE))

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French Socialist politicians have voiced outrage at the parading of Strauss-Kahn handcuffed and unshaven [Reuters] Maria Fekter, Austria's finance minister, has suggested that the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) should consider stepping down to avoid damaging the institution in the wake of his arrest for alleged sexual assault. Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested in New York on Saturday for allegedly attempting to rape a maid in his hotel room. A New York judge refused to release him on bail on Monday and he spent the night in the city's Rikers Island jail. "Considering the situation, that bail was denied, he has to figure out for himself, that he is hurting the institution,'' Fekter told journalists as she arrived at a meeting of European finance ministers in Brussels Elena Salgado, Spain's finance chief, said Strauss-Kahn had to decide for himself whether he wanted to step down, considering the offenses he is accused of are "extraordinarily serious". more supportive of the IMF's referring to footage that showed impede the IMF's day-to-day negotiated on Monday. "If I had to show my solidarity managing director. Strauss-Kahn in handcuffs being functioning, with the executive "An element of uncertainty has and support for someone it would "I'm very sad and upset. And he's escorted by police outside a New board still able to approve loan been injected at a time when the be toward the woman who has a good friend of mine," said Jean- York precinct house. packages. situation is extremely fragile," been assaulted, if that is really the Claude Juncker, the Luxembourg Strauss-Kahn has not yet The board is expected to said James Rickards, senior case that she has been," she said. prime minister. officially stepped down, but few authorise rescue loans to Portugal managing director at Tangent 'Good friend' "I didn't like the pictures I've seen analysts expect him to remain. as part of a larger package that Other European officials were on television," Juncker added, His arrest is not expected to European finance ministers PRESSURE page 55 Newstablet Edition Politics-Left/ 53 Libyan oil minister Shokri Ghanem 'defects' (AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE))

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The defection of Shokri Ghanem would be a huge loss to Gaddafi's government [Reuters] Libya's oil minister has reportedly defected and fled to Tunisia. Shokri Ghanem, who also chaired the National Oil Corporation, is said to be on his way to the Tunisian capital, Tunis. Hoda Abdel Hamid, one of Al Jazeera's correspondents in Libya, said a border guard confirmed the defection. "He told us the minister had crossed into Tunisia two days ago and that he was alone, not with his family," she said. "He mentioned he had tried to cross before but was held in Libya. We cannot confirm this." Rebels fighting to end the 41- year-old rule of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya's embattled leader, also said they had information that Ghanem, 68, had defected. However, rebels and Arab media reported on a previous occasion that Ghanem had stepped down, but he later re-appeared and said was previously prime minister. civilians. cities. today was the necessity of the he was in his office and working His oil ministry is the biggest Russia talks "The answer we heard cannot be insurgents accepting analogous as usual. income generater for the country. Meanwhile, Russia hosted a called negative," Russian foreign steps and that NATO also stopped If confirmed, Ghanem would Libya has Africa's largest oil representative of Gaddafi's minister, Sergei Lavrov, said. bombing," Lavrov said, adding be the latest high profile Libyan reserves, at 41.5 billion barrels. government in its capital, He said that Libya was ready to that it remained to agree terms official to leave the Gaddafi Rebels have taken Benghazi and Moscow, on Tuesday when it look at peace proposals based on and a timeframe for a truce. government. In March, Gaddafi's the oil-producing east of the called on the Libyan government those suggested by the African The talks indicate Russia's desire foreign minister, Moussa Koussa, North African country, their to stop using force against Union and to comply with to act as peace maker and defected. insurgency helped by a NATO civilians, comply fully with UN Security Council resolutions. preserve its influence in Libya, Ghanem has been in charge of bombing campaign sanctioned by Security Council resolutions and "The only things that our the oil ministry since 2006 and the United Nations to protect withdraw armed groups from interlocutors from Tripoli noted LIBYAN page 56 54 Politics-Left/ Newstablet Edition Queen visits Ireland after bomb scare (AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)) a potent moment," our

Submitted at 5/17/2011 8:40:15 AM correspondent said. "It's controversial, there will be The queen's visit went Unionist politicians there and ahead despite the bomb scare, the some involved in the Ulster foreign office said [Reuters] Defence Association, which has Queen Elizabeth II, the British disarmed and was part of the monarch, has begun the first visit conflict in Northern Ireland," he to Ireland by a UK royal in a added. century, despite a bomb being Her arrival also coincides with found on a bus near Dublin, the the 37th anniversary of bombings Irish capital. in Dublin and Monaghan, the The four-day trip is intended to single bloodiest day in a three- highlight good Anglo-Irish decade sectarian battle over relations following years of Northern Ireland. animosity and peace in Northern Thousands of police shut down Ireland. key roads in the Irish capital and Earlier on Tuesday defence erected pedestrian barricades for forces said they had carried out a several kilometers, while 1,000 controlled explosion on a "viable" Irish troops are on standby during explosive device found on a bus the historical visit. heading for Dublin. Tuesday's events come a day "It was on a bus and by the time after British police said they had our team was called in the bus received a bomb threat for central was evacuated and parked at a bus disruption of this historic visit." residence, had said the state visit 1921. It severed its last ties to the London from stop," an army spokesman said. A controlled explosion was also would go ahead. British monachy in 1948, but the Irish dissident republicans. "The device was made safe in carried out on a second device, "This is an historic and symbolic north of the island remains part of This entry passed through the situ," he added. which turned out to be a hoax, the visit and it is dealing with the the United Kingdom. Full-Text RSS service — if this is Andrew Simmons, Al Jazeera's defence forces said. conclusion of the past and a Queen Elizabeth II's itinerary your content and you're reading it reporter in Dublin, said: "The A third device found in the message for the future," Kenny includes a visit to Croke Park, a on someone else's site, please read [first] device was on the outskirts Summerhill area of Dublin also told RTE state radio. Gaelic sports stadium where the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- in the commuter belt. It was turned out to be a hoax. "These things happen when global British troops killed 14 people in only/faq.php#publishers. Five inside a luggage compartment of a 'Major act of symbolism' personalities visit any countries ... 1920 during Ireland's uprising Filters featured article: If At First bus, and that bus was headed for Enda Kenny, the Irish prime and whether it be Ireland or other against British rule. You Don't Succeed - Four the capital." minister, said the queen's visit countries, adequate security She will also visit the Garden of Decades Of US-UK Attempts To "[There are] are no claims of would not be affected by the arrangements are put in place." Remembrance, a central Dublin Topple Gadafi. responsibility but you can incidents, and the British foreign The queen is the first British memorial that honours two certainly say that it's highly likely office and Buckingham monarch to visit Ireland since its centuries of Ireland's rebel dead. that dissident Republican groups Palace, the monarch's official independence from the UK in "That is a major act of symbolism, are involved in the attempts at Newstablet Edition Gaming/ Talk/ 55 PRESSURE continued from page 52 TEDTalks : Capital Partners. minister, described the treatment minister, Robert Badinter, who pair, both veteran left-wing Thomas Before his arrest, Strauss-Kahn of the IMF chief as a "lynching" pushed through the abolition of figures with a strong support base, was widely expected to step down that had "provoked horror and the death penalty in France, said but who may lack the sparkle and Heatherwick: within months and run for aroused disgust". the IMF chief had been subjected sophistication to rally the vote president of France, so the IMF's The US justice system, he said, to "death by media". they need. Building the Seed executive board is likely to have was "politicised" and the judge "Never forget it's not just judges Aubry's reluctance to throw her already been considering appeared to have been determined that are elected [in New York], hat in the ring has led some to Cathedral - replacements. to "make a Frenchman pay" by but prosecutors. And the chief of question her appetite for the A new managing director could denying him bail, though his police is elected. presidential battle. Thomas be selected as early as June or lawyer had offered to post a $1m "And clearly, in public opinion, to "We have a timetable and today is Heatherwick July, Rickards said. bond. exhibit a powerful rich man in the not the moment" to declare a China's foreign ministry said on To many Americans, the presence of a victim from a very candidacy, she told France Info (2011) Tuesday that the selection for handling of Strauss-Kahn poor background, electorally, it radio on Tuesday. (TEDTalks (video)) leadership of the IMF should be reflected an egalitarian tradition pays off." "We are not changing anything in based on "fairness, transparency that all crime suspects get the Socialist turmoil our timetable [for the primary]". Submitted at 5/17/2011 10:10:00 AM and merit", but declined comment same treatment, regardless of their French Socialists have been This entry passed through the A future more beautiful? on the charges against Strauss- wealth or power. thrown into turmoil by the sex Full-Text RSS service — if this is Architect Thomas Heatherwick Kahn. Martine Aubry, the French assault case against their preferred your content and you're reading it shows five recent projects French anger Socialist Party leader, denounced presidential contender and will on someone else's site, please read featuring ingenious bio-inspired French Socialist politicians "degrading images" and said meet for crisis talks on Tuesday to the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- designs. Some are remakes of the voiced outrage on Tuesday at the France was lucky to have a law on think about a new plan of attack only/faq.php#publishers. Five ordinary: a bus, a bridge, a power parading of Strauss-Kahn before the presumption of innocence that for the 2012 election. Filters featured article: If At First station ... And one is an he has a chance to defend himself bars media from showing With a July deadline fast You Don't Succeed - Four extraordinary pavilion, the Seed on charges of attempted rape. defendants in handcuffs before approaching, Aubry is under Decades Of US-UK Attempts To Cathedral, a celebration of growth Strauss-Kahn was made by police they are convicted. pressure to throw her hat into the Topple Gadafi. and light. to walk manacled in front of Elisabeth Guigou, former justice ring alongside former party leader cameras on his way to a minister, who drafted that law, Francois Hollande. courthouse, and his appearance called the pre-trial publicity With Strauss-Kahn apparently before a judge was televised. "absolutely sickening". out of the picture, the left's Jack Lang, the former culture Another respected former justice chances of re-election rest on the Sonic Generations listed for 3DS, PC in earnings report Richard Mitchell (Joystiq) Generations on PC and 3DS. PS3. PC in earnings report originally

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HBO Role, Masi Oka deals. corruption cases," said spokesman "There are lots of injured crossing Russia is one of five permanent Mussa Ibrahim. over in ambulances from the Security Council members. It Ambulances were at the scene of Libyan side. We were told that Promoted on 'Hawaii Five-0' abstained from voting on the the buildings on either side of a some people were killed as well," Chris Harnick (TV Squad) resolution authorising military street although there was no sign said a Reuters photographer at the Submitted at 5/17/2011 6:20:00 AM intervention in Libya and has of any casualties. border post. accused NATO of going beyond Meanwhile, on the frontline, There have also been reports Filed under: TV News Sigourney the bounds of the resolution in its Libyan rebels have virtually of heavy shelling around the Weaver has booked a guest role bombing. abandoned the Dehiba-Wazzin Libyan village of Ghezaya in on HBO's new Tea Leoni pilot, NATO strikes border post on the frontier with mountains near the crossing. 'Spring/Fall.' In the capital, Tripoli, NATO air southern Tunisia and at least three This entry passed through the According to Deadline, Weaver planes reportedly hit two rebels were killed and many Full-Text RSS service — if this is will play a very "authoratative" buildings on Tuesday, including injured by Libyan government your content and you're reading it fashion editor. one which a Libyan spokesman shell fire, a witness called Walid on someone else's site, please read In September, Weaver told said contained files detailing said on Tuesday. the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- Moviefone that she wasn't quite corruption cases against Hoda Abdel Hamid said that grad only/faq.php#publishers. Five ready to book a starring role on a government officials who had rockets had landed on Tunisian Filters featured article: If At First TV series. However, she wasn't defected to the rebels. territory. You Don't Succeed - Four ready to rule it out. 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Submitted at 5/17/2011 10:04:00 AM but since the pregnancy test was found by Dorota, it's pretty much Blake Lively down to roomies Blair or the now Spotted: Viewers laughing our LA-based, Hollywood player blogs off at last night's Gossip Serena. Somehow, we're betting Girl season ender. that neither of them will be True story. From Eric's "I'm still cracking as wise as they were gay," to the fawning Constance tonight once the unexpected news House Makes the Terrible girls, to Georgina's "I haven't been breaks next season. this bored since I believed in Who do you think is the mommy- Jesus," to Serena's "I'd ask how to-be? And how would you rate Decision to Perform Surgery you are, but I don't really care," GG's season finale? the episode (written by series exec Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine on His Own Leg (VIDEO) producer Joshua Safran) was now! Jason Hughes (TV Squad) tumors in House's leg. And, being packed with zingers as sharp as This entry passed through the Submitted at 5/17/2011 5:30:00 AM the calm and rational medical the costumes were insane. Really, Full-Text RSS service — if this is professional he is, House did what does anyone dress better for a doozies. Turns out Cousin Charlie your content and you're reading it Filed under: Reality-Free, TV any sane and normal person night out than these people? is really some grifter named Ivy on someone else's site, please read Replay Last week we got the would do. He decided to operate Since it was the season finale, the working for Lily's hippie-hateful the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- bombshell that Dr. House has on his own leg ... in his bathtub. hour was also loaded with enough sister down in Florida; Dan has a only/faq.php#publishers. Five been self-medicating with an It went about as well as expected, twists to satisfy even those of us secret Upper East Side-bashing Filters featured article: If At First experimental drug to try and which means terribly. Luckily, he who had tired of waiting for manuscript; Chuck's matured You Don't Succeed - Four regrow muscle tissue in his leg. was able to get a hold of Cuddy to someone to drop a house on enough to let Blair go so she can Decades Of US-UK Attempts To Unfortunately, lab tests revealed come in and save the day. So, this Vanessa or explain why Nate has marry snoozy Prince Louis; Topple Gadafi. that mice treated with the drug wasn't the big drama for the no real storyline. While neither of Serena can actually read; and had developed tumors. This week, season finale. What do you think those happened, we did get some on'House'(Mon., 8PM ET on that will be? FOX), we found out it wasn't just Permalink| Email this| Linking the mice. Blogs| Comments An x-ray showed that while muscle had grown, so had three Newstablet Edition TV/ 59 Upfronts: ABC Announces Fall Schedule Joyce Eng (TVGuide.com: Breaking News)

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ABC logo ABC's fall lineup will include seven new shows, featuring a second comedy block on Tuesdays. Tim Allen's sitcom, Last Man Standing, will anchor Tuesdays at 8/7c, leading into another new comedy, Man Up. Suburgatory will join the Wednesday comedy 'Hawaii Five-0' Finale: block at 8:30/7:30c, while midseason fan favorite Happy McGarrett Discovers the Truth Endings will move up an hour into the 9:30/8:30c berth. It will About the Governor (VIDEO) be followed by Revenge, a 9:30/8:30c. Tim Allen comedy; cancels retelling of The Count of Monte Also held to midseason: comedy Brothers & Sisters, V Jason Hughes (TV Squad) in the death of Laura Hills earlier Cristo at 10/9c. Work It, the Kristen Chenoweth- This entry passed through the Submitted at 5/17/2011 5:45:00 AM this episode, for all the good it's Charlie's Angels lands the cushy starring Good Christian Belles, Full-Text RSS service — if this is going to do him. 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Submitted at 5/17/2011 5:34:28 AM shifts to find homes for Chinese here,” said Gong, whose son is in worldwide, according to Canada’s British Columbia government also buyers visiting during the Lunar sixth grade at Shaughnessy Frontier Centre for Public Policy. could consider an increase in The gates to Chinatown stand in New Year. Elementary School. Eastern Only Hong Kong and Sydney, property transfer taxes for Vancouver, British Columbia, “It was unprecedented,” said Canada wasn’t an option because another magnet of Asian foreigners, he said.‘Control the Canada. Photographer: Don Royal Pacific Chief Executive “I cannot bear cold weather,” immigration, were more Price’ MacKinnon/ Bloomberg Officer David Choi. “I called Gong said. Vancouver has the expensive. Vancouver’s median Cecilia Huang, a Canada resident May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Tom them sleepwalkers.” second-largest immigrant Chinese home price of C$602,000 since 2003, also is concerned Gradecak, owner of Westside Sales of detached homes, population in Canada after ($618,000) was 9.5 times the about rising prices. Tom Gradecak Realty, talks with townhouses and condominiums in Toronto. China Curbs Speculation annual median household income “I hope the government can do Bloomberg's Christopher Donville metropolitan Vancouver jumped China, where home prices rose of C$63,100, the group said in a something to control the price” so about rising demand for 70 percent in February from 28 percent in Beijing and 26 study released Jan. 24. Canada younger generations can buy, said residential real estate in January, to 3,097 units from percent in Shanghai last year, had a 4.6 national multiple, Huang, who paid almost C$1 Vancouver from mainland 1,819, and were up 25 percent according to the country’s biggest making it “seriously million for a condo in the Chinese buyers and the outlook from a year earlier, according to real estate website owner SouFun unaffordable,” while the U.S. at Westside’s Kitsilano for the city's housing prices. They the Real Estate Board of Greater Holdings Ltd., has taken steps to 3.3 was “moderately neighborhood two months ago so spoke on April 18 in Vancouver. Vancouver. In March, sales curb property speculation within unaffordable,” the study showed. her daughter, now aged 6, could (Source: Bloomberg) climbed 32 percent from its borders. Chinese home prices To be affordable, the multiple attend school nearby. She May 17 (Bloomberg) -- February, to just shy of a record gained for 19 straight months must be 3 or less. couldn’t afford a house and Bloomberg's Adam Johnson for the month of 4,371 through December and climbed in Vancouver was more expensive prefers apartment living because reports on the growing middle transactions set in 2004. Sales almost all 70 cities tracked by the than San Francisco, London and she doesn’t like yard class in China. (Source: increased by 80 percent from two government during the first New York by that measure, the maintenance. She also likes the Bloomberg) years ago. quarter. Premier Wen Jiabao Winnipeg-based center said. views from her sixth-floor condo. Signs in front of businesses in Buyers from mainland China are placed curbs on mortgage lending, “This makes it all the more Holidays in China have been a Chinatown on West Pender St. in leading a wave of Asian boosted down-payment difficult for people who are popular time to look for houses in Vancouver, British Columbia, investment in Vancouver real requirements and limited the already struggling to get into the Vancouver. Sales picked up in Canada. Photographer: Don estate as China tries to damp number of purchases. market or businesses who can’t October during China’s weeklong MacKinnon/ Bloomberg property speculation at home. “As the Chinese get more and hire people to come here because national holiday, said Winnie In 2010, Vancouver had the third Good schools, a marine climate more prosperous, they are of the high housing prices,” said Chung, a Royal Pacific agent who -highest housing costs among and the large, established Asian diversifying their assets out of Peter Ladner, a former Vancouver represented buyers or sellers in English-speaking cities community as a result of China,” said Jim Rogers, an city councillor and a columnist for C$285 million of home sales in worldwide, according to Canada’s Canada’s liberal immigration American investor who moved to the Business in Vancouver weekly 2009 and 2010 combined. Chung Frontier Centre for Public Policy. policy make Vancouver attractive, Singapore from New York four newspaper. “There are a lot of employs eight full-time assistants Photographer: Lyle Stafford/ said Cathy Gong, who moved years ago so his daughters could people who are really frustrated.” and travels to China twice a year Bloomberg from Shanghai to the learn Chinese. “Vancouver is very Unlike London or New York, to meet potential clients. 50 Sales Vancouver’s Royal Pacific Shaughnessy neighborhood on high on the list.” “we don’t have enough jobs with Mainland Chinese are buying Realty had such a surge of Vancouver’s Westside about three Pricier Than New York high incomes to justify” the home houses primarily in Vancouver’s business during the first two years ago. In 2010, Vancouver had the third prices, said Ladner. He noted weeks of February that agents and “The schools here are the best and -highest housing costs among Australia has placed restrictions CHINESE page 63 Newstablet Edition 63 CHINESE continued from page 62 Westside, boosting the median traditional styles such as Villa or Bridge from downtown and not to spurred by the 1989 Tiananmen “Foreign investment in sales price to C$2 million in the Georgian for exteriors. Inside, be confused with the Westside. Square massacre and a flight from Vancouver residential real estate district known for its wide designs are changing. Every new The three priciest areas usually Hong Kong in the years before its is showing no signs of slowing,” boulevards, beaches, expansive house has two kitchens: a large account for about one-third of return to Chinese rule from said Gregory Klump, chief parks and stucco Tudor mansions. Western- style one and a small annual home sales in greater British sovereignty in 1997. economist of the Ottawa-based Prime Westside neighborhoods “wok” kitchen with a stove, sink, Vancouver. Third Wave Vancouver home prices dropped Canadian Real Estate Association, include Point Grey, Shaughnessy strong exhaust fan and door to The current group of Chinese when some people returned to in a May 9 report. The surge of and Dunbar. The University of seal off cooking aromas, said homebuyers in Vancouver is the Hong Kong after the handover. multimillion-dollar sales in British Columbia is at the area’s Leyland. third “wave” from Asia since British Columbia, the province Vancouver prompted the trade western end. Some buyers acquire multiple 1990, following Taiwanese and where Vancouver is located, gets group to revise its forecast for “Our office has done 50 sales this homes, one to live in and others Hong Kong immigration, said about 55 percent of Canada’s national home sales. It now year, which is pretty incredible,” for investment, said Chung, the Manyee Lui, a veteran Vancouver investor-class immigrants, people expects Canada home sales said Vancouver realtor Tom broker. Her clients made their realtor. “People from mainland who have a minimum net worth of through the Multiple Listing Gradecak at his office in Point money in a variety of businesses, China are the new immigrants,” C$1.6 million, said Cameron Service to fall 1.3 percent in 2011 Grey, where he has one colleague she said, including mining, Lui said. Muir, chief economist of the to 441,100 units, less than the 1.6 who speaks Mandarin and stainless steel manufacturing and Vancouver’s Expo ‘86 was British Columbia Real Estate percent decline it forecast in Cantonese and is hiring a second. real estate. About 10 percent of pivotal in the city’s growth. In Association. The province drew a February. Low Rates “Half of those sales are from them speak English, she said. 1988, the Expo site downtown on total of 3,779 investor- class Low interest rates inflated home mainland China.” Westside Gains the shore of False Creek was immigrants from China last year, prices and created a bubble, said One Chinese buyer paid C$1.7 The Westside, also known as acquired by Concord Pacific or 69 percent of all investors Lawrence Wong, an immigration million in March for a five- Vancouver West, had the biggest Developments with investors led moving to British Columbia, said lawyer with many Chinese clients. bedroom, three-bath house that five-year gain of all 15 areas in by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka- Muir. Unlike the U.S., Canada has no the previous owners had greater Vancouver, edging out shing. The group developed high- Starting about 18 months ago, so tax deduction for mortgage completely renovated in 2003, Richmond, the municipality just rise condos and sold them in Asia many homeowners applied to interest. C$150,000 more than the asking south of Vancouver, according to during the early 1990s. Concord change the last two digits of their “There is this psychological fear price, said Gradecak. The buyer the Real Estate Board. Westside Pacific Place today is Canada’s addresses to remove or shift the that ‘Ok, if I don’t get into the plans to tear it down and build home prices rose 77 percent biggest master-planned urban number 4, which in Chinese market, I might not be able to get anew.‘Cashing Out’ during the past five years through community, comprising about 50 sounds like the word for death, or in later on,” said Wong. “There’s more value in the land,” April amid the housing collapse in buildings with 10,000 homes, add the numeral 8, which is Chinese buyers frequently are he said. “We’re seeing a lot of the U.S. People of Chinese or parks, a school and daycare considered lucky, that Vancouver absentee owners, wealthy empty nesters cashing out.” South Asian ancestry make up centers. began turning down some businessmen who buy second or Many existing houses were built more than 60 percent of the “That was like turning on a requests, said Bonnie Lee, third houses for their wives and in the 1940s and ‘50s and have residents in Richmond, a hub of switch; it’s okay to invest in addressing coordinator for the children while continuing to live outdated electrical systems and Hong Kong immigration during Vancouver because Li Ka-shing city. Korean, Taiwanese Buyers in China for work, said Norman plumbing and are “much smaller” the 1990s. did,” said Peter Cowley, who “We used to do eight or nine a Chow, a fourth-generation than allowed today, said In 2010, the average home price grew up in Vancouver and is month but in March we did 25,” Canadian engineer who lives near Vancouver architect Loy Leyland. in greater Vancouver rose 14 director of school performance said Lee. “A lot of it is cultural. A Quilchena Park on the Westside. As buyers prefer to demolish old percent from 2009, according to studies at the Fraser Institute, lot of it is just people trying to “You see a lot of these satellite houses than renovate, new homes the Real Estate Board. Excluding which grades schools in Canada change it before they list because families,” said Chow. He said it’s for Asian clients make up two- the three most expensive areas -- on academic performance. estate agents are telling them to.” not unusual to see college-age thirds of his more than 30 current the Westside, Richmond and West Chinese immigrants routinely It’s not just the Chinese who are kids of wealthy Chinese parents projects. Vancouver -- the average price check the Institute’s website to shopping for homes, said driving Bentleys, Maseratis and “I’ve never been busier” in a 30- gained 8 percent. West Vancouver decide where to buy homes. Gradecak. Korean and Taiwanese Porsches around the Westside. year career, Leyland said. is a separate municipality on the Tiananmen Square buyers also have been active, he CHINESE page 66 Leyland’s clients usually stick to north shore across Lions Gate Migration to Vancouver also was said. 64 Sports/ Newstablet Edition Fan’s view: Zebras hand Bulls victory over Miami Heat - YAHOO! (- Bing News) it. away with throwing Miami attempt, and he doesn't get called about the Bulls.

Submitted at 5/17/2011 9:45:00 AM Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! players to the ground without an for a single one. There's a good chance, as Greg Sports—a long-time hater of the official blowing their whistle, and Again, that is hardly the end of it. Cote of the Miami Herald puts it, This article was produced by a Miami Heat and LeBron had to suffer through the moronic There were literally dozens upon we can Expect Miami Heat's member of the Yahoo! James—is having a party with the announcers ignoring such stuff dozens of non-calls in the second, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James Contributor Network, where users whole idea, as he lays out in his completely and instead praising third and fourth quarters, while to Bounce Back, and I'll be like you are published on Yahoo! Bulls-worship piece every thought the Bulls for their unbelievable the Heat were being called for looking forward to it. I'm not It took me nearly 24 hours before he has that the Heat went down in defense and rebounding. ticky-tack touch fouls such as ready to give up hope the Heat I could even begin to think about defeat because the Bulls planned One such incident was an Chris Bosh being called for a foul can still come through this and writing an article about the Miami it all that way. offensive rebound and putback of when he literally barely touched give Miami fans what they've Heat's 103-82 loss in Game 1 of I would say I've never in my life a Kyle Korver missed three-point the back of Omer Asik who'd just desired all year. the Eastern Conference Finals on seen such horrid officiating if it attempt with 2:57 left in the dunked the ball with 8:33 left in However, if they are to have any Sunday, May 15 to the Chicago weren't false. The fact is I have second period by Joakim Noah, the second period. chance at it, they'll certainly need Bulls. seen a team robbed just as badly which should have been negated I know Bulls fans will dismiss all the rest of the games against That's because I was so incensed in an NBA playoff game, and and a foul called on Boozer, who this, but the one good thing that's Chicago to be more fairly about the game I probably ironically it involved another had shoved Joel Anthony so hard changed since that 1996 Eastern officiated. Whether those officials would've thrown my laptop up Florida franchise and these same with his right elbow he literally Conference Finals series between swallowed their whistles simply against the wall just trying to get Chicago Bulls. knocked him to the floor. Chicago and Orlando is we now because they were so enamored out the first few sentences. As I laid out in my piece, The Did the refs call a foul on the have digital television in high- with the Bulls that day, or because However, I wasn't angry at the NBA Might Be Fixed: So What; play? Nope. Did the announcers definition, with DVRs. I have the there's some nefarious plot to send Heat players or their coaches, or Live With It! The Orlando Magic opine on how the Bulls had gotten entire game taped, and have Chicago to the Finals, I'll even so much at the Bulls players were just as thoroughly robbed by away with one there? Nope. reviewed it several times, and I probably never know. and their coaching staff as I was the officials in Game 2 of the Instead, they simply ignored it as can authoritatively state the Bulls Regardless of that, the fact at the officials; who all but 1996 Eastern Conference Finals. if it hadn't even happened; even should have been called for—at remains in my view Miami was handed the game to Chicago in That game actually had me when they almost immediately minimum—35 fouls in the game. robbed. what I believe was one of the believing for a few years the NBA went to an overhead replay of the The fact, though, is they were More From Yahoo! Sports greatest robberies in sports I've was no more on the up-and-up whole thing that made it so visible only called for 13 fouls, and that LeBron James' Redemption: Oh ever witnessed. than professional wrestling, and I to anyone watching that to claim is why Game 1 of the 2011 What a Difference a Year and a Now, I know Bulls fans will still have that seed of a thought in you didn't see it would be to admit Eastern Conference Finals, in my New Team Makes comment on this story in droves my head today. However, as the you're legally blind. view, was the Great Chicago Bring On the Bulls! LeBron saying I'm nothing but a whining title of the article reads, I've lived And that wasn't just an isolated Referee Robbery. James, Dwyane Wade and Miami fool for believing that, and I'm with it. play. The block by Taj Gibson of I don't know if the NBA is fixed. Heat Close Out Boston Celtics 97 more than prepared to simply However, if I continue to see the a LeBron James layup attempt I don't know if Miami is being -87 ignore every one of them. kind of egregiously bad with 2:11 left in the third quarter purposely robbed to prevent them The Orlando Magic's Dwight However, someone has to say officiating I witnessed in Game 1 and the Heat only down by six, 67 from getting to the NBA Finals Howard Isn't Going Anywhere this; especially in light of the of the 2011 NBA Eastern -61 was not only a foul on and serve the "wonderful" Soon media pretending the Chicago win Conference Finals, I'm not sure I Gibson, he committed three of storyline David Stern and most in All stats and information taken was because of "smothering" will be able to continue to do that. them on the play. That's right, the media are falling down over defense as they seem to be putting I watched as Chicago literally got three fouls on one driving layup themselves trying to maintain FAN’S page 66 Newstablet Edition Sports/ 65 Derek Boogaard's death raises questions about head injuries in NHL - Los Angeles Times (- Bing News) "To lose a 28-year-old. … I don't they had found evidence of usually had hefty penalty-minute had to defend himself.

Submitted at 5/17/2011 5:20:09 AM have a whole lot of answers." degenerative disease in the brain totals too. A junior linemate of "He was told, 'You want to get to No one does. of former NHL enforcer Bob current San Jose forward Patrick the next level you're going to have Ron Salcer, a longtime hockey Boogaard was a brawler on the Probert. Marleau, DiRoberto was chosen to scrap somewhat,' " Al said. "He agent based in Manhattan Beach, ice but otherwise selfless and Boogaard was approached by by Buffalo in the fifth round of was a pretty scrappy little guy, but spent most of last week talking gentle enough to be described as a researchers after the Probert study the 1997 NHL entry draft. The 5- this is a tough business when business with New York Rangers "teddy bear" by his sister Krysten was made public. His family foot-11, 190-pound left wing you're trying to be a pro hockey forward Derek Boogaard. When during a fan-inspired memorial signed the donation papers over spent four seasons in the minor player." they met to celebrate Boogaard's Sunday. He suffered a season- the weekend. His funeral will be leagues and reached the American Torrey DiRoberto, luckily final night in Southern California, ending concussion Dec. 9, at least held Saturday at the Royal Hockey League with the Ducks' unburdened by post-concussion Salcer brought his family. his fourth. He may have suffered Canadian Mounted Police Depot Cincinnati affiliate. After he syndrome, is in medical sales, Al "We had a great dinner. My others before awareness was in Regina, Canada, where his suffered his third recorded said proudly. He's married and the daughter said how good he raised in the hockey world about father, a brother who's a Mountie concussion, at age 25, Al father of two. Derek Boogaard looked, how happy he was," the symptoms and risks of head and two uncles had trained. DiRoberto urged him to quit. and his family won't reach those Salcer said. "We said goodbye injuries, an educational process Boogaard had spoken to Salcer "He was knocked unconscious milestones. Wednesday night, he traveled that's plodding along. about his admiration for the and then he was vomiting," Al "I feel for them," Al DiRoberto Thursday and on Friday I got the It's too early to speculate whether National Guard. DiRoberto said. "When I got that said. phone call from his brother." The that last concussion contributed to "I've been working with hockey report, I talked to him on the As do we all. call brought unfathomable news. his death. Salcer said Boogaard players for 30 years and I've phone and I told him, 'You did six [email protected] Boogaard, who kept an apartment "was feeling good about things," always thought they epitomize the years of pro. You went a long twitter.com/helenenothelen in Minneapolis after playing five and the Minneapolis Star Tribune highest of morals, values and ways. There's no sense in This entry passed through the seasons for the Minnesota Wild, reported that Boogaard had told ethics, and Derek epitomized becoming permanently disabled Full-Text RSS service — if this is had been found dead there by two friends he was eager to work hard that," Salcer said. "It's from this.' And he understood your content and you're reading it of his brothers. Police uncovered this summer and resume his devastating." that. on someone else's site, please read no signs of foul play. An autopsy career. Al DiRoberto of Fullerton, who "As a parent we just got to the the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- was conducted Saturday, but the But Boogaard and his family has a TV production company and point where I felt we had to talk only/faq.php#publishers. Five medical examiner's conclusions wondered enough about the coached youth hockey in New about it." Filters featured article: If At First and results of laboratory tests effects of those blows to the head York and California for 25 years, Torrey was a speedster, not a You Don't Succeed - Four aren't expected for several weeks. to consider donating his brain to feared he might someday get the fighter. But Al said opposing Decades Of US-UK Attempts To "It's terrible," Salcer said Monday, Boston University's Center for the terrible phone call the Boogaards coaches would send checkers to Topple Gadafi. his voice breaking as he arrived in Study of Traumatic did. rough him up and Torrey, as a Minneapolis to join the Boogaard Encephalopathy, whose DiRoberto's son, Torrey, was a former roller hockey player and family in mourning. researchers announced in March prolific junior hockey scorer and then-rare California product, often 66 Politics-Right/ Newstablet Edition CHINESE continued from page 63 Cindy Crawford “The kids seem pretty nice,” he Wong, a local realtor. Feng Shui cooled since the March 11 much more quickly on a purchase is helping said. Because houses in West earthquake and tsunami in Japan, since their offers often aren’t Forty-one percent of the pupils at Vancouver are built on the said Wong. Parts of Richmond are contingent on the sale of another fundraise for Mitt the Westside’s Maple Grove mountainside with their backs to at or just above sea level because residence, said Gradecak, the Elementary have English as their the Coast Range, they generally of its location in the Fraser River Westside realtor. Romney? second language, according to the face south, providing views of delta. Nonstop Flights “It’s definitely for real,” Gradecak (The Feed) Vancouver-based Fraser Institute, English Bay and Burrard Inlet. Beginning June 15, China said. “How long it’s going to last, the school- ranking organization. This situation conforms to the Southern Airlines Co. will offer that’s an unknown. I get asked the Submitted at 5/17/2011 8:43:38 AM The institute doesn’t break out principles of feng shui, the proper Canada’s first nonstop flights to same question every single day.” [ Via: Politico] ethnicities for ESL students. The placement of features within and China’s most populous province, To contact the reporters on this During her modeling career, Living Word Chinese Baptist surrounding a house to increase Guangdong, with service between story: Hui-yong Yu in Seattle at Cindy Crawford was skilled at Church at Arbutus St. and 33rd wealth and deflect bad luck, said Vancouver and Guangzhou, the [email protected]; Christopher switching outfits. Now, she’s Avenue West introduced a Wong. province’s capital city. Donville in Vancouver at switching presidential candidates, Mandarin fellowship last October In November, Osaka “Canada is a very attractive [email protected] it seems. after 16 years of only Cantonese Supermarket, part of Canada’s country these days for many To contact the editor responsible Eric Fehrnstrom, a spokesman for and English. Protecting Savings biggest grocery chain, opened its reasons,” said Rogers, the for this story: Kara Wetzel at Mitt Romney, took to Twitter While education for children second Vancouver-area store in investor. “They’ve done a much [email protected] Monday to oh-so-subtly boast that often is the primary goal, some West Vancouver’s Park Royal better job than the U.S. has over This entry passed through the Team Romney has a new backer immigrants just want to move shopping center. Osaka offers the last 15 to 20 years.” Full-Text RSS service — if this is in its corner: Cindy Crawford. money out of China because they items ranging from marinated Canada’s natural resources-based your content and you're reading it “Cindy Crawford appears in a don’t feel it’s safe, according to duck wings to a full dim sum bar economy has gained from the on someone else's site, please read demonstration video at Romney one homebuyer who moved to and Asian fruits such as economic growth in China and the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- call day to show people how to Vancouver from Wuhan with her mangosteens, rambutans and other countries. The Canadian only/faq.php#publishers. Five use ComMitt fundraising son two months ago and asked longans that can be hard to find in dollar climbed 70 percent against Filters featured article: If At First software,” wrote Fehrnstrom. . . that her name not be used. Her North America. the U.S. dollar since 2002, You Don't Succeed - Four Was this just a speaking gig for husband remains in Wuhan for “Five years ago, Chinese buyers reaching parity in 2007 for the Decades Of US-UK Attempts To Cindy or is she a true fan?— GP work. avoided West Vancouver because first time since 1976 as rising Topple Gadafi. This entry passed through the Interest is spreading to other parts of the Lions Gate bridge -- it just prices for commodities such as oil Full-Text RSS service — if this is of Vancouver as prices on the wasn’t convenient,” said Wong. and gold boosted Canada’s export your content and you're reading it Westside jump. The latest hot “Now Osaka makes it much better revenue. Nine years ago, one on someone else's site, please read markets are West Vancouver and and Chinese people are spreading Canadian dollar bought 65 U.S. the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- the southern bedroom community the word.” cents. Today it buys $1.03. only/faq.php#publishers. 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You Don't Succeed - Four Newstablet Edition Sports/ 67 Is Novak Djokovic’s new, President Obama: UConn’s championship gluten-free diet behind his ‘shocked the world’ Jeff Eisenberg (Y! Sports Blogs emergence of freshmen Jeremy win streak? - Yahoo! Sports) Lamb, Shabazz Napier and Submitted at 5/17/2011 8:25:14 AM Roscoe Smith. Chris Chase (Y! Sports Blogs - Journal, the effects of the new diet Even though Obama's bracket Yahoo! Sports) could be more mental than After missing one flight and finished in the 87th percent Submitted at 5/17/2011 8:26:25 AM anything. having a second delayed in New nationally in ESPN's contest, the "If you believe in a cause of your York for more than an hour, president lamented not having A simple allergy test could have disorder, it becomes the cause," UConn guard Kemba Walker more faith in UConn. Obama had led to one of the most dominant David Levitsky told the earned the right to ask President Kansas beating Ohio State in the stretches in tennis history. Since newspaper . "We see this in many Obama the one question that had national title game and UConn Novak Djokovic's nutritionist different studies. If you believe it, been on his mind for a while. falling to Duke in the Elite Eight. discovered last year that he was you change your behavior in the "I wanted to ask, can you teach "I have to be honest — this is a allergic to gluten, the tennis star direction of being cured." me that walk?" Walker said, much bittersweet day for me," Obama has switched to a gluten-free diet Djokovic spoke about the change to the amusement of his said. "On the one hand, I get to and is staying away from most earlier this year. "I have lost some teammates gathered behind him. congratulate a great team and a processed carbohydrates. weight but it's only helped me "That's a special presidential great coach and national That means no pizza, pasta, because my movement is much walk," the president replied. champions, but on the other hand, pretzels or various other starchy sharper now and I feel great "Maybe in a few years." I'm reminded once again my foods that don't necessarily begin physically," he said in April. The easy banter between Walker bracket was a bust." with "p." Djokovic made the The gluten-free diet didn't turn and the president was the Obama appeared to enjoy UConn change last year. Since then he's Novak Djokovic into a great highlight of Monday's ceremony coach Jim Calhoun's brief speech, made the final of the US Open, tennis player. He was a Grand in the East Room of the White which included a reference to the won the Davis Cup and Australian the positive allergy test, Djokovic Slam champion and No. 3 in the House honoring UConn's president's well-known 2008 Open, defeated Rafael Nadal four played it safe and cut out the world while eating the protein. improbable 2010-11 campaign slogan. times and is currently on a 39- starches altogether. The change may have turned him championship season. The "Who would have thought nine match winning streak, the third Is Djokovic better because the into a greater, more fit tennis Huskies finished ninth in a loaded months ago that we would be longest of the Open era. So much gluten allergy was affecting him player or it may have simply Big East, but reeled off five wins here?" Calhoun said. "But you for the idea of a carbo boost. phsyically or is he better because made him believe he was a in five days at the conference know what? Yes, we can. And Those with an allergy to gluten he improved his diet in general? greater, more fit tennis player. tournament and then six more in like you Mr. President, yes we often have trouble digesting the It's a chicken and egg question. And, really, isn't that the same the NCAA tournament behind the did." protein, which can lead to various Though as a Cornell nutrition thing? brilliance of Walker and the medical issues. When he received professor told The Wall Street 68 Gaming/ Politics-Right/ Daily Word/ Newstablet Edition Amnesia 'Justine' DLC now available to all, soundtrack released Richard Mitchell (Joystiq) free. For everyone else, it's

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The GAO focused on how the medicines' effectiveness as countries test for as many as 57 Fish trucks like this one, touting And about half of the foreign agency does in assessing imported treatments for human illness. SOMETHING'S page 73 the health benefits of seafood, are seafood is farmed. Those facts fish for traces of drugs used in So some drugs, such as the Newstablet Edition Politics-Right/ 73 PLAYING SOMETHING'S continued from page 70 continued from page 72 Laboratory and co-author of the Kraus says. "It focuses on the people we become in very drugs. improvement. And HHS says new study. "It is really the act of auditory skill." basic ways — in ways that effect And the amount of seafood FDA powers made possible by the engagement of playing the The latest findings follow earlier how our senses work," she says. subjected to FDA tests is quite federal Food Safety instrument that matters." research from Kraus that showed And, Kraus says, a person doesn't small. Only 0.1 percent of all Modernization Act, such as Participants in the study were musicians in a younger age need to be an Itzhak Perlman or a seafood imported into the U.S. in enhanced product tracing, can between ages 45 and 65. bracket had better hearing skills. Yo-Yo Ma to experience the fiscal year 2009 was tested for help. Researchers tested 18 musicians At the same time, some research effects. Talent, she says, isn't a drug residues, the GAO report This entry passed through the who had been playing an has shown that musicians who factor. said. 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The This entry passed through the In a response to the GAO, the You Don't Succeed - Four at hearing speech in noisy difference, she said, was how the Full-Text RSS service — if this is Department of Health and Human Decades Of US-UK Attempts To environments. They also showed musicians used their hearing your content and you're reading it Services said the FDA has Topple Gadafi. better auditory temporal abilities. on someone else's site, please read increased the number of processing abilities, which relate Does this effect apply to the guy the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- inspections it performs of foreign to how people interpret speech who plays in a community band only/faq.php#publishers. Five seafood producers. It also assesses sounds. one night a week? Kraus says no. Filters featured article: If At First how strict other countries are in However, the two groups tied To be included in the study, You Don't Succeed - Four policing seafood farming. when researchers tested visual musicians were required to have Decades Of US-UK Attempts To Yes, there's room for working memory skills. Kraus engaged in musical activities — Topple Gadafi. says that's significant. "It isn't as practicing, teaching or performing though musical training has a — at least three times a week. volume knob effect that makes all "What we do with our time and Morning Bell: kinds of sensory processing how we engage our senses and enhanced in the same manor," our thinking seems to really shape Teaching Obama a BONUS continued from page 71 becomes a factor. Hospitals will Sometimes hospitals do it for a only/faq.php#publishers. Five Lesson on Education often do an autopsy on a patient fee, or there are private outfits Filters featured article: If At First Mike Brownfield (The Foundry) than President Barack Obama in who dies at home within a that also offer autopsy services. You Don't Succeed - Four writing their lesson plan. designated time period — Despite sometimes cheezy names Decades Of US-UK Attempts To Submitted at 5/17/2011 8:32:21 AM Yesterday the President delivered sometimes a year or longer. like 1-800-AUTOPSY, these Topple Gadafi. Posted May 17th, 2011 at 9:32am a commencement speech at a high But the family of someone who private companies are "definitely in Education Print This Post school in Memphis, Tenn., just dies a natural death at home OK," says Burton. Those who fail to learn from in recognition for its achievement and hadn't been a hospital patient This entry passed through the history are doomed to repeat it. in his Race to the Top recently may have to pony up the Full-Text RSS service — if this is Yet when it comes to education, Commencement Challenge, a $3,500 to $6,000 autopsy fee on your content and you're reading it that’s one lesson the federal competition for schools to their own if they want one on someone else's site, please read government hasn’t learned. demonstrate their commitment to performed. the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- Maybe it’s time to put some preparing students for college. history teachers on the case. They MORNING page 75 would have to look no further 74 Politics-Right/ Newstablet Edition The Mideast Takes Center Stage in Washington Rick Moran (FrontPage resigned. months ago, as he became Magazine » FrontPage) But what seems like an frustrated with what he perceived

Submitted at 5/16/2011 11:50:18 PM opportunity to begin repairing as both sides “moving the goal relations with Israel, denouncing posts” every time he offered Despite what promises to be a big the alliance between Hamas and concessions. week for Middle East diplomacy Fatah, warning the Arab world There was also Mitchell’s at the White House, President about the influence of Islamists in frustration with shifting policy at Obama appears nearly oblivious their nascent democracy the White House. The Obama to the mortal threats facing Israel movements, and speaking some administration’s incoherence in its and the US, which have only hard truths about despotic regimes Israeli policy was being driven as increased in the wake of the like Syria and Yemen, will not be much by the political necessity of “Arab Spring,” and the Hamas- seized upon by the Obama having to support the Jewish State Fatah unity agreement signed in administration. Instead, we are as it was by their desire to bring Cairo last week. likely to hear some blindly about an historic peace agreement Three major events will occur optimistic twaddle that between the Israelis and this week in Washington that will acknowledges nothing and proves Palestinians by forcing radical impact US relations with the Arab that the president and his advisors concessions on land and world and the state of Israel: a are foolishly placing their hopes settlements from Tel Aviv. visit by King Abdullah of Jordan on a series of foreign mirages that Mitchell was caught in the middle on Monday and Tuesday, bear little resemblance to what is and resigned in disgust. another“outreach” speech by really occurring in the Middle agree to respect existing Judea and Samaria — a While Mitchell’s departure is President Obama glorifying the East. agreements with Israel, and stipulation they never agreed to in something of an embarrassment Arab Spring on Thursday, and the One need look no further than the renounce terrorism. this most recent treaty. for the administration and their arrival of Israeli Prime Minister Palestinian unity agreement that But Hamas has flatly refused to Glick calls this notion of Hamas Middle East policy, the talks held Benjamin Netanyahu for a White has ended years of conflict abide by those requirements. So meeting any conditions with Jordan’s King Abdullah House visit on Friday. Netanyahu between Hamas and Fatah to see what did the Obama “ridiculous” and rightly asks, previews some of the themes the will address the AIPAC the myopic outlook of this administration do about that? “[W]ho does the Obama president’s Arab outreach address conference on Monday night and administration. Incredibly, as They lowered the bar by pointing administration think will control will highlight on Thursday. follow that up with an address to a Caroline Glick reports in her out that Hamas, by signing the these ‘technocrats?’” Abdullah’s brush with his own Joint Session of Congress next Jerusalem Post column, the unity agreement, had made There is no doubt that the unity Arab Spring demonstrations was Tuesday. administration actually believes “major concessions” in agreeing agreement has killed off any handled deftly with serious Overshadowing all of these that the agreement will to form a government of possibility of direct talks with the dialogue between the government events is the uncertainty brought “moderate” Hamas, forcing them “technocrats” instead of terrorists, Palestinians. Recognizing this, and the protesters, and some about by the marriage of Hamas to agree to the three principles of and that they had accepted a 2009 and treating it as the last straw, minor concessions on political and Fatah, the continuing rise of legitimacy set by the Quartet (US, agreement with Fatah brokered by George Mitchell shocked the liberty were granted by the the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Russia, EU, and the UN) in 2007. Egyptian President Mubarak, White House by handing in his government. and the surprise announcement Those principles are extremely which they had rejected two years resignation as Middle East envoy. The president will no doubt hold that the president’s Middle East mild, and require Hamas to ago. That agreement demanded In fact, some observers believe MIDEAST page 75 envoy, George Mitchell, has recognize Israel’s right to exist, that Hamas not join the army in that Mitchell’s tenure ended Newstablet Edition Politics-Right/ 75 MORNING MIDEAST continued from page 73 continued from page 74 While applauding the students, thanks to a $100 billion bonus Department of Housing and ensure that taxpayer dollars are Jordan up as a model of how the President also took time to pat provided to the Department of Urban Development, the wisely used and education is governments in the Middle East his Administration on the back for Education through the so-called Department of the Interior, and serving its most important should address the call for its education policy — which “stimulus” in 2009. the Department of Justice. From constituencies-students, parents, democracy in the streets. What he amounts to another truckload of Moreover, the President is eager 2002 to 2009, the Department of and taxpayers-not bureaucrats in won’t do is talk about the danger spending and further to consolidate more power in Education’s paperwork burden Washington. of Islamic extremists like the concentration of power over Washington by requiring states to increased by an estimated 65 It’s always great news when Muslim Brotherhood (MB) education in Washington: comply with national standards as percent—an astounding number students achieve success, but hijacking the revolutions and Ever since I became President, a part of No Child Left Behind that continues to grow. unfortunately, nationwide, this installing terrorist governments. my Administration has been reauthorization, driven by the Fortunately, there’s a move afoot year’s graduating class is not working hard to make sure that belief that education reform can in Congress to yank the long hand remarkably different in we build on the progress that’s happen top-down from of government out of our nation’s achievement than the classes that taking place at schools like this. Washington. President Obama has schools. Hunter has introduced preceded them years ago. The We’ve got to encourage the kind called for the law’s legislation that would eliminate only thing changing about our of change that’s led not by reauthorization before the start of 43 out of some 80 programs that public schools is the amount of Washington, D.C., but by teachers the next school year. fall under No Child Left Behind, money the federal government is and principals and parents; by There’s another lesson that the and Representative John Kline (R- using to control them. It’s time for entire communities; by ordinary Obama Administration could MN), chairman of the House results measured in achievement, people standing up and stand to learn. It’s about waste in Education and the Workforce not tax dollars. And yes, Mr. demanding a better future for their the federal government — Committee, is determined to President, those results are proven children. specifically, the Department of reduce the federal government’s to be driven best at the local level. In reality, the President’s strategy Education. According to a role in education. That’s good Quick Hits: isn’t about empowering teachers Government Accountability news given that No Child Left This entry passed through the and communities. It’s about Office report, billions of taxpayer Behind is up for reauthorization. Full-Text RSS service — if this is increasing the federal dollars are being wasted on Burke explains what’s at stake: your content and you're reading it government’s authority over redundant programs. In fact, the As the fight of No Child Left on someone else's site, please read The Middle schools. The Heritage report found 82 redundant teacher Behind reauthorization heats up, the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- Foundation’s Lindsey Burke quality programs. And rather than federal policymakers have two only/faq.php#publishers. Five East’s Looming writes: encouraging teachers, as the options: they can continue to Filters featured article: If At First Despite his assertion that President claims he’s doing, the repeat the failed policies of the You Don't Succeed - Four Hunger Crisis education change must be led “by Department of Education is past by trying to dictate education Decades Of US-UK Attempts To teachers and principals and regulating them. According to reform from Washington, or they Topple Gadafi. Stephen Brown (FrontPage Magazine » FrontPage) parents” – not by Washington, Representative Duncan Hunter can take steps to reduce the D.C. – the Obama (R–CA): federal footprint and tack a new Submitted at 5/16/2011 11:44:58 PM Administration’s track record on Currently, the paperwork burden course. If President Obama is education policy begs the imposed by the Department of serious about locally-driven When you can’t eat, nothing else contrary. His Administration has Education is larger than that of the education reform, he should matters. continued the education spending Department of Defense, the follow the lead of conservatives in And it is this side of the ‘Arab spree, taking it to new heights Department of Energy, the Congress, who are working to Spring’, the sweeping rise in food prices, which the international media appear to have underreported in their Middle East coverage this year. With the MIDDLE page 77 76 Politics-Right/ Newstablet Edition Stop Relying on Russian Aircraft Ariel Cohen (The Foundry) President proposed last month, conflict area, the Russian

Submitted at 5/17/2011 9:30:33 AM U.S. national security is Federation can obtain sensitive apparently one of the few areas information about their locations, Posted May 17th, 2011 at where the President is willing to movements, and classified 10:30am in Protect America Print cut. In the long term, however, equipment. Does the U.S. really This Post taxpayers will pay even more in want to rely on the country whose The United States is increasingly Russian plane leasing fees than if spying activities in the U.S. relying on the Russian Federation the Administration continued with reached Cold War levels? What for supplying U.S. forces the program and procured more C would happen if the Russian stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan. -17 aircraft. Federation provided sensitive data This is because the U.S. does not Due to its versatility, the C-17 to other players hostile to the U.S. have enough C-17 military aircraft is an invaluable resource interests, such as Iran or China? transport aircraft to address all of when dealing with humanitarian It may be cost effective to lease its logistical needs and meet its catastrophes in hard-to-access the Ruslans for humanitarian commitments around the world. areas, such as Haiti or Chile after operations. It is a whole different Freedom is not free, and neither is earthquakes in 2010. These events question if U.S. power projection the Russian help. increased the operational tempo of capabilities are jeopardized by In 2007, the United States paid the C-17 fleet—and increased relying on the Russian strategic $47,000 per hour to lease Russian U.S. reliance on foreign aircraft. airlift in military contingencies. Antonov AN-124 “Ruslan” This reliance ended up costing the This post was co-authored by strategic heavy lift jets. In fiscal U.S. taxpayers $2 billion. This Michaela Bendikova year 2007–2008, the U.S. money could have been used to This entry passed through the taxpayers paid more than $840 procure eight additional C-17 Full-Text RSS service — if this is million total to the Russians. This aircraft and create jobs to support your content and you're reading it equals what the Department of the U.S. declining defense on someone else's site, please read Defense would pay for four industrial base. diminishing capabilities of our cargo fleet is one of the essential the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- additional C-17 aircraft, which The U.S. is not alone in reliance European allies. components of U.S. power only/faq.php#publishers. Five would serve the U.S. military for on the giant Ruslans. In 2006, the In the future, the U.S. will be projection capabilities, which Filters featured article: If At First the next 40 or 50 years. Instead, NATO leased six Antonov An- required to help its allies and essentially underpins the current You Don't Succeed - Four the Obama Administration, in an 124-100 transport aircraft from friends with consequences of world order. Decades Of US-UK Attempts To effort to achieve immediate dollar Russia and Ukraine to bridge the similar catastrophes in the future. Increasing dependence on the Topple Gadafi. savings, proposed to cancel the C- gap between NATO’s strategic Hence, the U.S. should be able to foreign airlift capabilities, 17 program in the defense budget airlift capabilities and demands of provide for its strategic airlift especially those of Russia, should last year. its “out-of-area” military capabilities, because others might be worrisome also from the With additional$400 billion in operations. The initiative is yet not be able or willing to meet intelligence perspective. By cuts in the defense budget that the another demonstration of America’s needs. A capable air supplying the U.S. forces in a Newstablet Edition 77 MIDDLE continued from page 75 media’s focus on religion and “The World Bank estimates 44 Egypt is the heart of the Arab markets by September, after politics, it is now almost forgotten million people may have been world and the most populous of which millions of Egyptians will that fear of hunger, perhaps more pushed into poverty by the price all the Middle Eastern countries face starvation. than unemployment and political increases, and aid agencies warn with 80 million people. With such “It (Egypt) will look like the Latin oppression, brought people on to high food costs threaten millions a large population, Egypt is also America banana republics, but the streets in Tunisia, Egypt, more,” the Wall Street Journal facing the region’s biggest hunger without the bananas,” Spengler Yemen and Syria, to topple rulers. reports. crisis. Almost 20 million wrote. “That is not meant in jest: More importantly, the crippling Of all the Middle Eastern Egyptians live on two dollars a few people actually starved to cost of food is continuing to countries facing the current food day or less, and these are being death in Latin inflations. Egypt, increase the inability of the crisis, Yemen is in the worst squeezed even further downwards which imports half its wheat and a Middle East’s substantial number shape. A United Nation’s World by rising food prices. great deal of the rest of its food, of poor to feed themselves and Food Programme (WFP) report To make matters worse, Egypt is will actually starve.” their families. states that seven million of the world’s largest wheat Other Arab countries like Syria Rising food prices, a chief source Yemen’s 21 million people are importer. But its ability to buy and Tunisia are in the same of the Middle East’s spreading “acutely hungry, making Yemen grain on the world market to sinking boat. Only the oil-rich misery, are reaching record levels. the 11 th most insecure food alleviate the food crisis has been states like Saudi Arabia and Qatar According to one report, grain country in the world. diminished by the disappearance can afford to buy foodstuffs on prices alone were 71 percent “Hunger and malnutrition are of the tourist industry, which the international markets at higher worldwide in April than widespread in the country and provided the country with much- today’s high prices, which are they were for the same month last require urgent intervention,” the needed foreign currency. Egypt’s expected to go even higher. Saudi year. In the United States, corn report relates. economy took another hit when a Arabia has also bought large and wheat have“roughly doubled” Yemen is the poorest of all the quarter of a million Egyptian tracts of agricultural land in other the past 12 months. This food Middle Eastern countries, and its workers had to return to Egypt countries like Brazil to grow food inflation has had serious food problems appear almost from Libya because of the war. for Saudi domestic consumption consequences for the Middle insurmountable. One Yemeni The money they sent home is and avoid world market prices. East’s poor and for the destitute in woman said she can still afford sorely missed and has also other developing countries as bread and rice for her family’s contributed to Egypt’s balance of well. Besides threatening the well one meal a day but can no longer payments problem. One analyst, -being of those already leading buy beans or eggs. A WFP plan to who writes under the literary marginal existences, the price provide food for 1.7 million pseudonym Spengler, estimates hikes have increased the number “severely food insecure Yemenis” that Egypt will have no money to of poverty-stricken by millions. also fell through for lack of funds. buy grains on the international 78 Politics-Right/ Newstablet Edition PODCAST: Saving the American Dream David Weinberger (The combined with federal spending, Foundry) amounted to $330 billion.

Submitted at 5/17/2011 10:07:03 AM This program is also growing too large. It can’t continue. Iran, Syria and Posted May 17th, 2011 at Reform of these three programs 11:07am in Ongoing Priorities is essential in any budget plan, but Print This Post of course other areas of spending the Assault on In this week’s Heritage in Focus, need to be brought under control, economic policy director Alison our tax system needs to be Israel Fraser takes us through Heritage’s simplified, and regulation needs Ryan Mauro (FrontPage budget plan to save the American to be more reasonable in order to Magazine » FrontPage) Dream. Make sure to listen to the return prosperity to the American Submitted at 5/16/2011 11:45:49 PM full interview, here. people. To give an indication of the dire Read more about Heritage’s new Sunday’s Nakba Day was marked fiscal situation our three major programs, etc. In place of the Medicare is even worse. It faces budget plan, here. with bloodshed. 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The Iranian paying out about $700 billion per tapped into other tax revenue No level of tax hike can possibly page. and Syrian regimes chose to use year. Starting last year, it began sources to cover Social Security’s cover these promises. The This entry passed through the this holiday to whip up the region running a cash-flow deficit, deficits. However, tapping into program needs desperate reform. Full-Text RSS service — if this is into anti-Israeli fervor, hoping to meaning it was paying out more other sources of revenue will only And lastly there’s Medicaid. your content and you're reading it steer the Arab Spring in a than it took in through payroll work until around 2037, as that’s Medicaid is becoming a bigger on someone else's site, please read direction away from them and taxes. Annual deficits are when the IOUs must be paid. burden on states as well as the the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- towards their enemies. projected to continue with no end To think of this another way, federal government, as the only/faq.php#publishers. Five Israel also had to face clashes in in sight. over the years the right hand of program has grown over the Filters featured article: If At First the West Bank and East Jerusalem There is a $2.5 trillion Social government has been shoveling years. According to stateline.org, You Don't Succeed - Four in addition to the violence on its Security trust fund that has Social Security surpluses into a the program grew to account for Decades Of US-UK Attempts To borders. A 22-year old Arab- accumulated as a result of lock box while the left hand of eight percent of state’s budgets by Topple Gadafi. Israeli also drove a truck into surpluses from 1983 to 2009. The government has been reaching 1985. Just 20 years later, vehicles and civilians in Tel Aviv, only problem is the money isn’t into that lock box and spending Medicaid consumed 22 percent of killing one person and injuring 17. there. Government spent it on the money. state’s budgets, and that, The attacker claims his vehicle other things – roads, welfare had problems with the brakes, but witnesses are certain it was IRAN, page 79 Newstablet Edition Politics/ 79 IRAN, continued from page 78 deliberate. One says he yelled, “inciting” the clash at the Golan stating that “to achieve our goals “Allahu akbar” and “death to Heights. in the liberation of our occupied Jews” during the attack. A Syrian dissident says that his land, we should have one “The leaders of these violent sources in Damascus revealed that leadership.” A spokesman for demonstrations, their struggle is pro-Assad Palestinian groups Hamas referred to the day as a not over the 1967 borders but over transported the participants to the “turning point.” Life Is Strange the very existence of Israel, which border the previous night. The The rhetoric of the Palestinian they describe as a catastrophe that organizers of the protest on the Authority was not much different, must be resolved,” said Prime Lebanese border said Hezbollah as the Hamas-ally praised those Minister Netanyahu. He defended financed it. A spokesman for the who lost their lives battling Israeli (Donald the Israeli military, saying “we are Israel Defense Forces also said soldiers. Prime Minister Salam determined to defend our the incidents had the Fayyad expressed his desire that borders.” “fingerprints” of the Iranian 2011 will be the year “in which An estimated 1,000 people ran up regime. our people achieve freedom and Rumsfeld Dept) to the Israeli-Syrian border and Hundreds of protesters in the independence.” President James Fallows (Politics : The satirical novel. There is no 300 actually breached it. The Gaza Strip were allowed to walk Mahmoud Abbas will lobby the Atlantic) understanding people. Syrian border guards did not stop through a checkpoint manned by United Nations to officially Submitted at 5/17/2011 10:23:01 AM I suppose it's a blessing that them. Those who crossed into Hamas to approach the Israeli recognize an independent James Madison, George Marshall, Israel have all been returned border. The leader of Hamas in Palestine this fall, so the unity Consider Donald Rumsfeld. et al had no access to The Twitter. except those detained for Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, preached to between Hamas and Fatah and the Age 30: elected to Congress Come to think of it, Teddy questioning. The Israeli a crowd of 10,000 that the day Nakba Day provocations should Age 38: White House counselor, Roosevelt and Douglas government is accusing Syria of was one of “great hope of be seen as part of this plan. with Cabinet rank MacArthur are probably the ones trying to deflect attention away bringing to an end the Zionist Age 40: US Representative to whose Tweets we are luckiest to from its violent suppression of project in Palestine.” He also NATO have been spared. Maybe the later anti-government protests. The referred to the recent Age 42: White House Chief of -years Henry Ford too. 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There is a Bottom Line: Tons of fun for about the power of nostalgia. there are no design nods to the as well as lovers of all things middle ground, but with just four vintage photography fans, but After suffering in a digital classic Polaroid snappers of the vintage, Lomography fans and scene settings and no other way to unlikely to inspire the next photography marketplace, the past. It’s a chunky plastic camera hipsters. adjust the camera’s settings, it’s generation. A Look at the Polaroid instant camera has been offering simple settings, even Limitations: Shooting at night not easy to find. Finally, the cost Polaroid 300 given a reprieve — and some simpler operation, and business- with the automatic flash created of the camera and the film leaves The rise and fall — and rise again celebrity backing— returning in card size instant photos. The sheer harsh, flat images with bleached the 300 in an expensive niche — of the Polaroid brand is an the form of the Polaroid 300. bulk of the camera — it doesn’t out areas. Similarly, shooting in market position — photos are a interesting study in market The 300 is a rebadged version of strong sunshine also led to buck a snap. demand and a fascinating lesson Fujifilm’s Instax Mini 7, so sadly POLAROID page 81 Newstablet Edition Technology/ 81 POLAROID continued from page 80 ExoPlanetSat nanosatellite fit into a pocket or some handbags is where the photo comes out. you the next generation of — means you’ve got to commit to Polaroid 300 Back View charging with Qi technology. Qi taking the Polaroid 300 out with The large flap on the back is is the new universal standard for to begin search for alien you. where the film loads -- it simply wireless charging. Energizer® has The Polaroid 300 is fun — hold- snaps into place. always been designed with worlds next year your-breath-waiting-for-the-photo Polaroid 300 Side View performance and responsibility in Donald Melanson (Engadget) -to-develop fun. It’s easy to use The four AA batteries load into mind … now that’s and is sure to delight younger the side of the camera. From the positivenergy™. Submitted at 5/17/2011 11:33:00 AM children with its cute business angle, you can also see that it's More About: cameras, Gadget of SETI's search for intelligent life card-sized pics revealed before quite a bulky gadget, even with the Day Series, gadgets, in outer space may be on ice for your eyes just seconds after the the lens in. photography, polaroid, review, the time being, but the search for shutter has snapped. The Polaroid Polaroid 300 Flash tech alien planets that may possibly 300 turns the photograph back The Polaroid 300 has an For more Tech & Gadgets support life of some sort is now from a disposable digital file to a automatic flash. The button coverage: being bolstered by a number of tangible thing, an object to be beneath the flash takes the picture. • Follow Mashable Tech & new efforts. One of the latest is treasured, to be carefully placed in Polaroid 300 Sample Photos Gadgets on Twitter the so-called ExoPlanetSat a wallet, on a pinboard or in an Two sample photos taken in • Become a Fan on Facebook nanosatellite developed by MIT album. strong sunlight appear washed • Subscribe to the Tech & passing in front of it. What's and Draper Laboratory, which more, while the launch of a single Polaroid 300 Front View out. Gadgets channel recently got the go-ahead from The lens pops out of the body and More Polaroid 300 Sample • Download our free apps for satellite is plenty to get excited NASA's Cubesat Launch about, the researchers hope that it doubles as the on/off button. Photos Android, Mac, iPhone and iPad Initiative and is now set to hitch a Polaroid 300 Top View More sample photos show the lead the way for a whole fleet of ride into space sometime in 2012. similar nanosatellites that could The viewfinder is quite a distance kind of images you can expect While not quite as "nano" as the from the lens, which is something from the Polaroid 300. Series greatly speed up the search for SIM card-sized satellites that planets. to bear in mind if you're shooting Supported by Energizer® launched with the Shuttle objects close to you.The four The Gadget of the Day Series is ExoPlanetSat nanosatellite to Endeavor, the smaller-than-a- begin search for alien worlds next settings are "indoor," "cloudy," supported by the Energizer® breadbox ExoPlanetSat is still "fine" and "clear." The slit on top Inductive Charger, which brings year originally appeared on pretty tiny by satellite standards, Engadget on Tue, 17 May 2011 yet it packs all the necessary 11:33:00 EDT. Please see our optics and technology required for terms for use of feeds. Permalink| what's known as transit Technology Review, Draper observation -- that is, monitoring Laboratory| Email this| Comments a star for decreases in brightness, which could indicate a planet 82 Social Media/ Technology/ Newstablet Edition Panorama Captures on iPhone Now Fix Themselves Jennifer Van Grove (Mashable!)

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Occipital, a mobile computer vision startup and maker of eBay- acquired RedLaser, is releasing version 4.0 of 360 Panorama, an iPhone and iPad 2 application for taking and sharing panoramic Sony Ericsson ST18i and shots. Out Tuesday, 360 Panorama 4.0 has a bold new look, more social CK15i blurrily leak their features and the ability for captured images to dynamically improve and fix themselves with way onto message boards time. The application is Brian Heater (Engadget) CK15i, a keyboard-equipped compatible with iPhone 4, iPhone Submitted at 5/17/2011 11:04:00 AM slider phone with a 240 x 400 3.3- The redesigned interface is a competes with a handful of inch display. Add the recently 3GS, iPod Touch 4G and iPad 2. welcome and noticeable mobile applications including The startup is also unveiling The last time we saw Sony leaked Cyber-Shot phone, and it's improvement to previous Uscapeit and Bing’s latest Ericsson's Azusa, it was just a shaping up to be a nice, blurry 360VERSE, a community- versions. But best of all, Occipital Photosynth release for iOS. powered site for panorama lonely blue line on a bar graph. year for Sony Ericsson. Image of is using its computer vision More About: 360 panorama, Now it seems as if our little the CK15i after the break. discovery. The new site is meant technology to help panorama 360verse, iphone app, Mobile 2.0, to let users immerse themselves in mystery handset might've actually Continue reading Sony Ericsson captures “self-heal.” Occipital’s occipital, panorama become a real smartphone. There ST18i and CK15i blurrily leak the 360 degree views other users servers will continue to synthesize For more Startups coverage: are capturing elsewhere in the weren't a ton of specs to go off their way onto message boards captures so that they age to • Follow Mashable Startups on from that original leak, though the Sony Ericsson ST18i and CK15i world. perfection. “Just like a fine wine,” Twitter “360 Panorama 4.0 represents by ST18i's 854 x 480 resolution does blurrily leak their way onto Reddy says. • Become a Fan on Facebook match up. Also on-board, message boards originally far the biggest step forward since The application is all-around • Subscribe to the Startups we launched 1.0 last year,” according to this new info: appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 much slicker in both look and channel Gingerbread, an 8MP camera, and May 2011 11:04:00 EDT. Please Occipital co-founder Vikas Reddy feel. Plus, 360 Panorama is now • Download our free apps for says. “It boasts more advanced an ARM Cortex-A8 1GHz see our terms for use of feeds. integrated with Facebook, is two Android, Mac, iPhone and iPad Processor. The Esato message Permalink Android Community| computer vision algorithms, a times as fast and supports user completely redesigned user board also seems to have gotten Esato (1),(2)| Email this| accounts. its hands an ad featuring the Comments interface, better quality and new Occipital’s 360 Panorama sharing options.” Newstablet Edition Social Media/ Technology/ 83 SoundCloud Makes it Easier for Musicians To Sell Single Tracks Across the Web [VIDEO] Brenna Ehrlich (Mashable!)

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Music sharing platform SoundCloud and micropayments system Minno are out with a new service that lets SoundCloud users sell single tracks across the web. Forged in the fires of San Francisco’s Music Hack Day, SoundRain is a SoundCloud/ Minno mashup. Musicians can connect their SoundCloud accounts to SoundRain and choose which tracks they want to sell for $0.99 AT&T bringing red HTC per download. A “Buy with This isn’t a huge leap forward for MARKETING, music, social Minno” link will appear in the SoundCloud by any means — you media, soundcloud, soundrain, Inspire 4G to Radio Shack, SoundCloud player, and when could always include buy links in web apps fans click on it, they’ll be taken to players — but it could be a handy For more Media coverage: SoundRain, where they can buy way for bands to sell single teaser • Follow Mashable Media on purple Evo Shift to follow? the song. (The link will be added tracks on their blogs and Twitter Amar Toor (Engadget) its way to the Shack, so you know to all players across the web, even Facebook Pages before a full • Become a Fan on Facebook Submitted at 5/17/2011 10:41:00 AM where to go to get your flashy those included in apps like album release. • Subscribe to the Media channel phone fix this summer. BandPages and Headliner.fm.) Image courtesy of iStockphoto, • Download our free apps for Why, yes, that is a red HTC [Thanks, Dave] Once an artist has sold $10 worth shulz Android, Mac, iPhone and iPad Inspire 4G you're looking at. A AT&T bringing red HTC Inspire of music, money will be delivered More About: facebook, friendly tipster provided us with 4G to Radio Shack, purple Evo to the artist via PayPal. these dummy unit images, adding Shift to follow? originally that AT&T is planning to launch appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 the jazzy model at Radio Shack. May 2011 10:41:00 EDT. Please No word yet on when that'll see our terms for use of feeds. actually happen, nor do we know Permalink| | Email this| how much they'll cost when it Comments does. Our same source claims that a purple Evo Shift is also making 84 Daily World/ Newstablet Edition Maddy could be Emerald Queen: Monarch picks found alive, says Met chief in case Irish colours to mark her historic review Justin Davenport, Crime Editor (Evening Standard - News) four-day trip Submitted at 5/17/2011 6:02:25 AM Justin Davenport and Ross momentous. The Queen then leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising the Union flag. Scotland Yard chief Sir Paul Lydall (Evening Standard - inspected a guard drawnfrom the made their last stand - to get a Observers noted that there was no Stephenson said today that there News) Irish army, navy and air force, glimpse of the Queen. bowing when the Queen met Mrs was a chance Madeleine McCann

Submitted at 5/17/2011 3:31:53 AM before laying a wreath at the Angela Halpin, who saw the McAleese and Irish prime could be found alive. Justin Davenport and Ross Lydall Garden of Remembrance. Queen plant a tree at the minister Edna Kenny. David The Metropolitan Police 17 May 2011 The visit - first suggested by Irish presidential residence, Aras an Cameron, who will join the Queen commissioner said that in 2009 The Queen opened a new era in president Mary McAleese 13 Uachterain, said: "She took great tomorrow for a key speech at his force had helped Jersey police Anglo-Irish relations today as she years ago -went ahead despite the time to chat to people and seems Dublin Castle, said: "I believe Her investigate the disappearance of began a four-day visit to Dublin discovery of a "viable" bomb on a in spritely form." Majesty's visit will be the start of two people who had been missing that marks the historic bus 15 miles from Dublin, and the Vickey Kortenhorst, who was something big." since the Eighties with the result reconciliation of both nations. threat of several other suspect waiting outside Trinity College to The visit is timed to coincide that one had been found alive. Defying a dissident Republican packages. It was the first visit to see the Queen, said: "Everyone is with end of Mrs McAleese's Speaking on LBC radio today, he bomb threat, the 85-year-old Ireland by a British monarch since talking about it, everyone is second term and she has described added: "So there is always a monarch stepped onto Irish soil 1911. Scuffles broke out this excited and we are very happy to the visit as "an extraordinary chance." shortly before midday wearing afternoon as up to 200 have her here. I've even brought moment in Irish history" and a His comments came after David emerald green. Republicans tried to reach my little Union Jack flag in "phenomenal sign and signal of Cameron asked Scotland Yard to She stood proudly as the national O'Connell Street •- site of the support." the success of the peace process". review the disappearance of anthem was played alongside an 1916 Easter Rising - while there Accompanied by the Duke of But both governments say they Maddy, who went missing in Irish rebel song outside the were shouts of "Queen out" at the Edinburgh, her private plane hope the official trip will hasten a 2007 shortly before her fourth official home of the Republic's Garden of Remembrance prior to touched down at Casement new and better relationship birthday while on holiday with president. The rendition of God the Queen's visit to honour the Aerodrome in Baldonnel around between the people of Ireland and her parents in the Portuguese Save The Queen was followed by thousands of Irish killed while 12 midday, becoming the first Britain, built on equality and resort of Praia da Luz. the Irish national anthem - The their country was under British British monarch since her mutual respect. Kate and Gerry McCann had Soldiers' Song - which was sung rule. grandfather George V to set foot This entry passed through the made an impassioned appeal for by freedom fighters during the But amid the biggest security in Ireland - then part of the British Full-Text RSS service — if this is Mr Cameron to help them revive 1916 Easter Rising. There was crackdown in the Republic's empire. your content and you're reading it the search for their daughter. The then a 21-gun salute and an Air history, the royal party received a The Queen was met off the plane on someone else's site, please read decision has prompted criticism Corps flypast. largely warm welcome. The by eight-year-old Dun Laoghaire the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- from a member of the The gesture was replicated at Queen smiled as she was shown scholgirl Rachel Fox. The Queen's only/faq.php#publishers. Five Metropolitan Police Authority, Buckingham Palace where round the presidential residence escort from the airport was 33 Filters featured article: If At First which governs the force. Changing of the Guard was that was once home to British green Honda motorbikes with You Don't Succeed - Four Green Party MPA member Jenny marked with the playing of the viceroys. green, red and black tricolour Decades Of US-UK Attempts To Jones said the review was a Irish folk song, Danny Boy. Hundreds of people crowded flags of the Second Cavalry Topple Gadafi. "ludicrous" waste of money and Politicians on both sides of the outside the General Post Office on Squadron, representing the 32 would deny other victims of crime Irish Sea described the visit as O'Connell Street, where the counties of Ireland, plus one with MADDY page 85 Newstablet Edition Politics/ 85 MADDY continued from page 84 the chance of justice while using had helped the Antiguan review, caught murderer Miguel NATO, Pakistan up valuable police resources. authorities investigate murders da Silva 15 years after he Fellow MPA member Labour and had reviewed the Soham strangled 44-year-old mother of peer Toby Harris has also murders. two Susan Martin in 1994. questioned the move, accusing the He said: "This is not unique. I do This entry passed through the exchange fire on Prime Minister of undermining think this is probably a case that Full-Text RSS service — if this is the operational independence of would benefit from a review." your content and you're reading it the police. He admitted that some trails in on someone else's site, please read Sir Paul said today that his the case would have gone cold, the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- Af-Pak border officers had already started work but added: "We do review these only/faq.php#publishers. Five Ed Morrissey (Hot Air » Top academy. What kind of progress examining the scale of the task sort of cases and there may be Filters featured article: If At First Picks) did Kerry make? The New York before them. some benefit here and we will You Don't Succeed - Four Submitted at 5/17/2011 9:12:54 AM Times reports that Pakistani He said that as commissioner he lend our expertise with the Decades Of US-UK Attempts To forces fired on NATO helicopters took the request very seriously Portuguese authorities staying in Topple Gadafi. Senator John Kerry flew to over Pakistani territory, sparking and said he believed it was the lead. It will go to our Pakistan this weekend to smooth a skirmish that left two Pakistanis appropriate for the Yard to carry homicide team and people who over the rupture in relations wounded: out the review, having been are used to doing reviews." between the US and Pakistan Pakistani ground troops opened assured funding would come from The inquiry is being headed by following the raid that killed the Home Office. Detective Chief Inspector Andy Osama bin Laden within walking NATO, page 87 He said that in the past the Yard Redwood who, after a cold case distance of Pakistan’s military Soap-Opera Special: Tea Party Woes Continue in NY Chris Good (Politics : The The respected Rothenberg himself to a woman he met on candidates for special elections; chairmen to reconsider their vote. Atlantic) Political Report Monday moved Craigslist. instead, local party officials get Barring that unlikely event, Davis

Submitted at 5/17/2011 10:00:05 AM the traditionally Republican Now, Republican state together and pick one. Davis had said he has offered his services to district, which sits outside Assemblywoman Jane Corwin is sought the nomination and, failing Democrats, on whose line he ran In the 26th Congressional Buffalo, from the "Lean vying for the seat against to get it, now is opposing Corwin for the office three times. Davis District, a race to replace Rep. Republican" column into the Democratic Erie County Clerk and running as a "tea party" reaffiliated with the Republicans Chris Lee of Craigslist fame once "Toss-Up/Lean Democratic" one Kathy Hochul and tea-party candidate. After Corwin was last year and has even been again sees the GOP divided as a third-party candidate and a candidate Jack Davis. selected in late February, the helping the party financially, but A tea-party candidate could bring series of missteps have cost the Republicans had seemed poised Buffalo News reported: Monday said he still prefers the down Republicans in New York once-favored Republican to retain the district, which voted But at least one contender for the Democratic approach to issues once again as the state prepares candidate support. twice for former president George GOP nod, industrialist Jack Davis like free trade. for a special election in House The election being held Tuesday, Bush and solidly for John McCain of Amherst, said he is not "I think I can get the Democratic District 26 in a contest that's taken May 24, sees voters seeking to in 2008, but a messy candidate- convinced the process is over. endorsement," he said. "I still on a Jerry Springer ambiance, replace former congressman Chris selection process has left them in Because election law does not have connections there." providing yet another example of Lee (R), who resigned in February trouble. provide for a primary in the case This development will sound a statewide penchant for political after getting caught sending a New York Republicans don't of a special election, Davis said SOAP-OPERA page 89 melodrama. flirtatious, shirtless photo of hold primaries to select their Monday he will ask the GOP 86 Politics/ Newstablet Edition Napolitano: “Very, very, very few” people get TSA patdowns Ed Morrissey (Hot Air » Top TSA checkpoints.” Three percent Holdren, they question why the Just to be clear, these scientists the wheel. TSA says that they Picks) of 2 million is 60,000 people. TSA won’t make the scanners aren’t saying that the machines have fail-safe systems and

Submitted at 5/17/2011 10:36:30 AM That means that over the course available for independent testing are unsafe, either. What they’re emergency stop buttons to keep of a month, roughly 1.8 million by outside scientists. … saying is that the methodology passengers safe, but that’s not How many people actually suffer people receive a pat-down. That’s According to the agency and used by TSA for their safety and what Johns Hopkins researchers through TSA patdowns at more than four times the many radiation experts, the dose dosage claims is flawed, and that found: airports? Homeland Security population of Atlanta. is so low, even for children or they object to the lack of access to When Johns Hopkins researchers Secretary Janet Napolitano says, That doesn’t sound like “very, cancer patients, that someone the technology so that visited the Rapiscan facility, the “Well, actually, very, very, very very, very” few people to us. would have to pass through the independent tests can be automatic termination appeared to few people get a pat-down.” It depends on your perspective. machines more than a thousand conducted. In fact, the mere work. But the full results of the That’s three verys, which is kind That can also describe the number times before approaching the suggestion of an independent shutoff tests are redacted. of like a triple-dog dare — and of people covered under waivers annual limit set by radiation study appears to shock TSA: What’s more, the test system PolitiFact decided to take up granted at HHS for ObamaCare, safety organizations. After her article was published, didn’t have an emergency stop Napolitano on the dare. As it too. I’m betting they use four But the letter to the White House Smith-Bindman was contacted by button. turns out, Napolitano’s claim verys over at HHS to describe the science adviser, signed by five a TSA public affairs officer. Do you feel very, very, very safe depends on your definition of impact of waivers. professors at University of During the conversation, she now? I wonder what pants on fire “few” … and probably “very,” PolitiFact gave Napolitano a California, San Francisco, and one suggested that she or other outside look like in a backscatter image too: “pants on fire” verdict for this at Arizona State University, scientists be allowed to test the … Atlanta TSA spokesman Jon claim, but it may not be the only points out several flaws in the machine. The official was This entry passed through the Allen told us that during March, 3 one for TSA this week. tests. Studies published in shocked by the suggestion and Full-Text RSS service — if this is percent of air passengers were ProPublica reported yesterday that scientific journals in the last few said such access could tip off your content and you're reading it subject to a pat-down. The TSA TSA claims of safety for the months have also cast doubt on people who want to avoid on someone else's site, please read collects this data by monitoring scanners that travelers can use to the radiation dose and the detection, Smith-Bindman said. the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- “data from select airports avoid the gate grope may not be machines’ ability to find One scenario posed by scientists only/faq.php#publishers. Five throughout the year,” he wrote in as safe as TSA claimed, and that explosives. is that of mechanical failure. The Filters featured article: If At First an email. That number is the science behind their claims A number of scientists, including backscatter beam moves quickly, You Don't Succeed - Four “consistent with that of previous cannot be reproduced to check it: some who believe the radiation is thanks to a high-speed rotating Decades Of US-UK Attempts To time periods.” … But some scientists with trivial, say more testing should be wheel that keeps it from sticking Topple Gadafi. PolitiFact Georgia therefore took expertise in imaging and cancer done given the government’s on one point of a body, which the TSA figures and did some say the evidence made public to plans to put millions of could create medical problems. math. The TSA’s Allen told us support those claims is unreliable. passengers through the machines. Scientists are concerned that that “on an average day, about 2 And in a new letter sent to White And they have been disturbed by machines in operation 24/7/365 million people are screened at House science adviser John the TSA’s reluctance to do so. could experience malfunction in Newstablet Edition Politics/ 87 NATO, continued from page 85 California's fire on two NATO helicopters that government protests the May 2 assault by U.S. Navy speak, which is exactly what he’s "Jungle Primary" crossed into Pakistan’s airspace incursions, but it’s still a violation SEALs on bin Laden’s hideout. supposed to do in this from Afghanistan early Tuesday of Pakistani airspace, and It was clear, however, that Kerry circumstance, but we shouldn’t be System Gets Its morning, the Pakistani Army said reactions like these will occur and his interlocutors made little surprised to find that no one’s in a statement. A firefight then whether Islamabad turns a blind headway on the core disputes that buying it, least of all the First Test Today briefly erupted between NATO eye or not. had plunged relations between the Pakistanis. Jessica Taylor (Politics : The forces and the troops, the Still, coming so soon after the putative allies to their most The eruption of a skirmish on the Atlantic) statement said, and two Pakistani OBL raid, it does appear that the acrimonious level in 10 years border will only complicate the soldiers were wounded. Gilani government — or at least even before the raid that issue for Kerry and the Obama Submitted at 5/17/2011 10:29:18 AM The clash took place at Admi Kot the Army — wants to send a embarrassed and enraged administration. The OBL mission Tuesday's special election in Post in the North Waziristan tribal message to NATO about further Pakistan’s powerful military, was worth the price we’re paying California's 36th District is a region of Pakistan, an area that cooperation in the war in which was only informed after it with Pakistan now, but perhaps prequel to what will likely be the American officials have long Afghanistan. Gilani himself flew was over. other border missions should be main event on July 12. If no regarded as a haven used by to China to improve ties, which Kerry did his best to argue that rethought for a while until we get candidate gets a majority of votes militants to attack coalition forces the Times reports is an unsubtle the US didn’t withhold the Pakistanis calmed down. cast -- highly unlikely in the inside Afghanistan. NATO signal to the US that Pakistan has notification out of a lack of trust, Unless we have hot data on a high crowded 16 person field -- the top officials said they were looking other options than the US. but the “best” is still threadbare: -value target that we simply can’t two vote-getters will advance to a into the incident, and could not All of this makes Kerry’s mission Kerry defended the pass up, the cost of further runoff in the first test of the state's immediately confirm whether the very, very difficult from the start. administration’s decision not to provocation may well be the war new "jungle primary" system. helicopters had indeed entered According to McClatchy, it inform Pakistan in advance of the itself. The Frontrunners: Los Angeles Pakistan’s airspace. doesn’t appear to be going well: raid, saying that few U.S. officials This entry passed through the City Councilwoman Janice Hahn The exchange of fire between The United States and Pakistan were taken into confidence, either. Full-Text RSS service — if this is jumped into the race almost NATO and Pakistani forces sought Monday to avert a rupture “It was not a matter of trust, but your content and you're reading it immediately after now-former appeared likely to worsen in relations over the U.S. raid that imperative of operational on someone else's site, please read Rep. Jane Harman announced in frictions between Pakistan and the killed Osama bin Laden, but it security,” he said. the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- February she'd step down to head United States. The Pakistani was unclear how much progress Well, yes, but the reason it was only/faq.php#publishers. Five the Woodrow Wilson Center. Army “lodged a strong protest they made beyond a vague accord imperative of national security is Filters featured article: If At First Hahn and Harman are close, and and demanded a flag meeting,” to “work together” on future because … we can’t trust the You Don't Succeed - Four while Hahn doesn't have the the statement said, referring to a operations against “high value” Pakistanis. The point about US Decades Of US-UK Attempts To former congresswoman's official meeting between officials from militants hiding in Pakistan. officials is true but irrelevant; we Topple Gadafi. endorsement, Harman did provide Pakistan and NATO. Pakistani civilian and military didn’t invade the US to conduct her with a heads-up she was This isn’t the first time that the leaders also agreed in talks with the mission. We tried trusting the leaving. Hahn comes from a well- two sides have exchanged fire. Senate Foreign Relations Pakistanis on an OBL mission known political family -- her Eight months ago, a similar Committee Chairman John Kerry, during the Clinton presidency, brother, James, served as the city's incident left two Pakistani soldiers D-Mass., to return the wreckage and the Pakistanis tipped off OBL mayor from 2001 until 2005, and dead. NATO has operated in of a top-secret, radar-evading U.S. before we could get him. Kerry’s her father, Kenneth, was a county Waziristan with tacit unofficial helicopter that was damaged and doing his best to obliterate the supervisor for forty years. permission while Pakistan’s intentionally destroyed during the obvious conclusion through diplo- California Secretary of State Debra Bowen took a bit longer to officially decide, but since her entrance, the two women have been at the top of a very crowded pack in the all-party primary. CALIFORNIA'S page 88 88 Politics/ Newstablet Edition CALIFORNIA'S continued from page 87 New housing starts fall 10.6% in Hahn quickly rolled out endorsement after endorsement of other Members of the state's Congressional delegation, Sen. April Dianne Feinstein, and even former House Minority Leader Ed Morrissey (Hot Air » Top more were at a rate of 143,000 in is lower than the previous two- crowded out by an oversupply of Dick Gephardt. She's also Picks) April. year low of 555,000 in October. used homes on the market, in garnered most of the labor Privately-owned housing starts in Single-family starts narrowly beat particular, foreclosed properties, Submitted at 5/17/2011 9:55:40 AM endorsements in the race. April were at a seasonally February’s 382,000 but the rest of which sell well below their value. Bowen has worked to paint The housing market continues to adjusted annual rate of 523,000. the last 24 months showed single- The only solution for this is to herself as the more progressive decline sharply, according to the This is 10.6 percent (±13.0%)* family starts no lower than produce more qualified buyers — candidate in the race, particularly latest figures on new housing below the revised March estimate 403,000. and that means restarting massive on environmental issues, and has starts and residential building of 585,000 and is 23.9 percent Reuters correctly notes that a glut job creation through pro-growth been endorsed by Democracy for permits. The Census Bureau (±7.0%) below the revised April of inventory is keeping the market economic policies. President America, former Democratic reported today that the annualized 2010 rate of 687,000. depressed: Obama continues to signal that he National Committee Chairman rate of new residential starts Single-family housing starts in Housing starts and permits for will expand the regulatory state Howard Dean, and the Sierra dropped over 10 points from April were at a rate of 394,000; future home construction fell in and focus on gimmicky, capital- Club. March to April, and that single- this is 5.1 percent (±10.2%)* April as an overhang of homes on destroying government There's been no public polling family starts dropped 5.1%. below the revised March figure of the market discourages builders interventions, which keeps capital done in the race, and the one Permit applications also declined 415,000. The April rate for units from taking on new projects, on the sidelines. With gas prices internal poll released by Bowen by 4%, which indicates that no in buildings with five units or pointing to prolonged weakness in rising rapidly, the housing last month showed the two one sees much hope for renewed more was 114,000. the housing sector. industry is correct to predict that women tied with 20 percent demand in the market: Housing completions rose in The Commerce Department said the market will only get worse apiece. Another sign both are Privately-owned housing units April, but that may not be good on Tuesday housing starts through 2011. waiting for overtime to pounce - authorized by building permits in news. With new starts going dropped 10.6 percent to a This entry passed through the neither has aired any television April were at a seasonally sharply downward, the seasonally adjusted annual rate of Full-Text RSS service — if this is ads in the race. The California adjusted annual rate of 551,000. completions mean a lack of work 523,000 units. 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Submitted at 5/16/2011 3:25:58 PM confront stone throwers on the mood in the area,” said Shehadeh. president Bashar al-Assad Israel’s borders, said Maoz. Palestinians’ annual day of “What happened … is very, very encouraged the crowd to gather at “Then what happens? Shoot Tweet mourning. But the West Bank was distinctive, because it is the border to divert attention away them? It can happen,” Maoz said. Download MP3 relatively quiet. Meanwhile, coordinated activity amongst from the uprisings in his country. “But it would put Israel in bad By Daniel Estrin according to Israeli media, on a Palestinians in various parts of the Lessons Learned light in international community. There were unprecedented portion of Israel’s northern border region. So it’s a very significant That tactic won’t work, said What would Israel do if thousands clashes on the Israeli border with Syria, there were just two turn of events.” Syria expert Moshe Maoz of the would march on its borders – Sunday, on three fronts. On military cars, with only 10 The Israeli delegation to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, civilians, women and children?” Israel’s western border with Gaza, reservists patrolling the border. United Nations said Monday it but that’s not to say the stunt If there’s one lesson Israelis and Palestinians marched towards the Hundreds from Syria would file a complaint against wasn’t instructive. It taught Syria Palestinians have learned from Israeli border wall. On Israel’s There, hundreds of Palestinian Syria and Lebanon for violating a few lessons, Maoz said, yesterday’s border skirmishes, northern border with Lebanon, refugees in Syria raced through a UN Security Council resolutions. including this: Israel’s border is Maoz said, it’s that the young Palestinian refugees swarmed the minefield and reached the Israeli Earlier the Lebanese delegation to more vulnerable than it might generation of Palestinians is border. But what especially border fence unharmed. Then, the UN filed its own complaint have thought. Not one mine courageous. The refugees in Syria caught Israel’s attention was on men jumped over the fence and against Israel. The Lebanese army exploded when the masses knew they were about to cross a the Syrian-Israeli border, when ran into Israel. Arabs from the said 10 people were killed and approached the border. This tactic minefield, but they did it. more than 100 Palestinian Druze minority living in Israel more than 100 wounded when could be used again. “It shows they didn’t care,” Maoz refugees jumped the border fence greeted them with hugs, and demonstrators approached the “Surely it can teach the Syrians said. “The barrier of fear has into Israel. brought them bread and yoghurt. Lebanon-Israel border Sunday. that this is an option – we can do collapsed vis-à-vis Israel in this The mass marches marked the A local videotaped the event and Israel’s army blamed bigger it sometime in the future,” Maoz respect.” Palestinians’ annual Nakba Day. uploaded it to YouTube. forces for orchestrating the said. Nakba is Arabic for catastrophe, It was the first time a mass of events, especially in Syria. Army Israel learned the same lesson. • Palestinian Protests: Arab and it’s how Palestinians refer to refugees from neighboring Syria spokeswoman Avital Leibovich Maoz believes that for masses of Spring or Foreign Manipulation? their people’s mass displacement had ever infiltrated the border. said the Syrian regime used to Palestinians to march to Israel’s • Middle East crisis by the founding of Israel 63 years Israeli troops shot at the crowd, prevent people from approaching borders again, they’ll need • Palestinian reconciliation deal ago. More than a dozen people reportedly killing four and the border. another pretext or symbol to get signed were reportedly killed in the wounding dozens. Troops “This time, 150 meters (about 164 people revved up. That pretext skirmishes, and it left Israel escorted the rest out of Israel back yards) from fence, Syrian could come in September, if peace Read tweets about the Palestinian pointing fingers, but also into Syria. policemen were sitting down, not talks don’t happen in the coming protests worrying this might not be the last The march, and recent events doing anything about it,” said months; the Palestinians have time this happens. around the Arab world, are a big Leibovich. “Our assumption is threatened to ask the UN General At the start of the day, Israeli boost to Palestinians, said that this violent protest was Assembly in September to troops had been expecting violent Palestinian author Raja Shehadeh. directed by the Syrian regime.” recognize a sovereign state of demonstrations in the West Bank, “There’s no question that the Israeli officials, and the White Palestine. At that point, many Newstablet Edition Daily Word/ 91 Turkey Plans Internet Filtering The World (PRI's The World) websites. One was Eksi Sozluk, or

Submitted at 5/16/2011 3:20:55 PM Sour Dictionary, one of Turkey’s first, biggest and freest online Tweet communities. Download MP3 The founder of Eksi Sozluk, By Matthew Brunwasser Sedat Kapanoglu, says the (Photo: Matthew Brunwasser) authorities shut down the site Thousands of protestors marched because one user said he liked down Istikal Cadesi, Istanbul’s marijuana. main pedestrian street. They “They closed the whole website chanted and waved signs. One because of one single entry under poster put a Turkish twist on single topic,” said Kapanoglu. Barack Obama’s campaign “The ban took two months. We slogan. It read “Yes we ban.” didn’t know about the ban The protestors were demanding actually because we thought it that the Turkish government take was a technical problem.” its hands off the Internet. Kapanoglu said his website has The demonstrators considered the two software developers and five proposed new filters as just the lawyers. He’s bracing for the latest step to tighten the protest in more than 30 years. She everyone’s habits and usage, since financial impact of the filters. government’s control over the only uses the Internet for work but everyone will have a user name “Eksi Sozluk contains adult Internet. Turkish officials say the feels the filters proposal is scary. and password under this system,” content, so I don’t think we will filters are not about censorship. “This is really very very bad, it’s said Azdeniz. make it to family packet or They are meant to protect children really a big damage for freedom The head of the children’s packet,” Kapanoglu and families from harmful content because the Internet is so big and telecommunications regulatory said. “I don’t think that will on the Internet. But protestor so deep,” Albay said. Choosing a agency, Tayfun Acarer appeared happen. It will impact our revenue Melike Ozbek says the authorities Filter on television and denied that any as well.” can’t be trusted. The new regulations are set to filters would be mandatory. He A non-profit press freedom group “The thing is that people do not come into force on August 22. said that the measures are meant has filed a lawsuit. It’s seeking an know,” said Ozbek. “That’s the Users will have to choose one of only to enforce Turkish law. injunction against the filters, problem with the government; four filters. One is called the “Turkey is more transparent than based on administrative and they are lying all the time, to their family filter and another is for many other countries regarding constitutional violations. A court own voters, to their own people. children. The domestic filter this issue,” Acarer said. “I want to decision is expected by the end of They are lying all the time. It’s a blocks all foreign sites. And the emphasize this. When you go to a June. lie that they are not censoring. standard package will be the banned site in a European This is to show people they are default. Yaman Akdeniz, a law country, you see only a flag or a • Bianet, a Turkish press freedom being fooled, to be able to create professor at Bilgi University, stop sign. But if a web site is NGO, in Istanbul. some sort of spark in their head, worries that Turkish authorities blocked in Turkey, it is always • The OpenNet Initiative reports to check what’s going on so that will use these filters to step up clearly stated when, why and by on Internet censorship and maybe then they will understand.” control of the Internet. which institution the page was surveillance around the world. Not all of the protestors were “They are not telling us whether banned. Eksi Sozluk Internet savvy youngsters. Gul there will be monitoring of Turkey has closed thousands of Albay, 56, said this was her first