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Where does Newt go after big night in S.C.?

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Romney-Obama in 2012 but to Gingrich-Romney, observed historian David Pietrusza, author COLUMBIA, S.C. -- History- of the much-praised 1948 on making was just one of the terms Trumans upset of that year. h e a r d S a t u r d a y n i g h t t o Coming in a state where every characterize Newt Gingrichs w i n n e r s i n c e i t s f i r s t - e v e r t r i u m p h i n t h e R e p u b l i c a n Republican primary in 1980 has primary in South Carolina. g o n e o n t o b e c o m e t h e Where a Rasmussen Poll barely a presidential nominee, Gingrichs week ago showed Mitt Romney win has convinced skeptics who leading the former House Speaker had once written him off as too among likely voters by sixteen controversial to be nominated to percentage points statewide, a consider him as a prospective combination of two stellar debate candidate against Barack Obama. performances, some critical For supporters of Romney, the endorsements, and the exit of scenario of wrapping up the former Texas Gov. Rick Perry nomination after the Palmetto from the race (and his blessing for State primary is now out of the the Georgian) helped Gingrich q u e s t i o n . The former turn the race upside down and Massachusetts governor must now defeat Romney (As of 8:15 PM, face the possibility of a protracted h i s m a r g i n o f v i c t o r y w a s nomination battle against a uncertain, with official counts reinvigorated Gingrich and Ron giving Gingrich an edge of 39 to Paul, who drew 16% of the vote. 36 per cent and several network (Although Rick Santorum actually projections having him defeat out polled Paul with 17%, there Romney by a larger margin). were questions after South The Dewey-Truman analogy Carolina about whether the former may be best applied not to Pennsylvania senator could raise
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the funds necessary to compete in Florida and its costly media market on January 31st). So the major question is whether Gingrich can live up to his vow to HUMAN EVENTS three days ago that I have a game plan to win. His Florida campaign chairman, former state Attorney General Bill McCollum, told us last week that his eager volunteers were poised to take advantage of a Gingrich win in South Carolina. Noting that there were volunteer chairmen in all 67 counties and that the Gingrich campaign had signed on Sen. Marco Rubios 2010 campaign quarterback as their full-time manager in the state, McCollum insisted that Florida will be ready for Newt once he takes care of South Carolina. Assuming he wins or does well in Florida, Gingrich told us last week, we will be competing in the Republican caucuses [to choose national convention delegates] in Colorado and Minnesota February 7 and then
the caucuses in Washington State [March 3] and then were into Super Tuesday,referring to the voting March 6 in which caucuses and primaries in a dozen states will choose their delegates. The most delegate-rich of the Super Tuesday states is his home state of Georgia, where most elected officials from Gov. Nathan Deal on down have endorsed their former House Member. But, with support from scores of elected office-holders and party leaders, Romney will be strong in those states as well. He is expected to receive the endorsement of popular former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush soon. And even Gingrich himself concedes that Romney can depend on more money, dubbing the former governors war chest small by Obama standards, large by Republican standards. With a reputation for being a chaotic organizer, Gingrich himself has been in the rather unique position of having fresh volunteer support, better showings
in polls, and more small donations emerge almost overnight as he continues to perform well in televised debates. His South Carolina chairman John Napier freely admitted to us that his mans performances in two debates in the state were the critical element in his turning a likely loss into a win that is possibly game-changing. Right now, the most certain conclusion on the Republican presidential race is that it will go on longer than the punditorcracy anticipated, or many party leaders hoped for. And, at the very least, it will. John Gizzi is Political Editor of HUMAN EVENTS. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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Newt Gingrich takes South Carolina GOP primary

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November election. By Joe Raedle, Getty Images Mitt Romney, surrounded by his COLUMBIA, S.C. Newt f a m i l y , t e l l s s u p p o r t e r s i n Gingrich won South Carolina's Columbia, S.C., that "this race is Republican presidential primary g e t t i n g t o b e e v e n m o r e today, riding a surge of support interesting" and congratulates from conservative voters and Newt Gingrich. dealing a major blow to Mitt Romney, speaking after the polls Romney's status as the party's closed, thanked supporters, said front-runner. the campaign for the GOP By Matt Rourke, AP nomination would be a long one. Newt Gingrich campaigns in By Paul J. Richards, AFP/Getty Anderson, S.C., on Saturday. Images "Thank you to everyone in South Rick Santorum campaigns in Carolina who decided to be with Boiling Springs, S.C., on Friday. us in changing Washington,'' "This race is getting to be even Gingrich said in a speech to more interesting," he said. supporters. "We are now moving By Mark Wilson, Getty Images on to Florida and beyond.'' Ron Paul addresses supporters at Gingrich renewed his assault on a rally in Columbia, S.C., on President Obama and said if he is Friday. the nominee the fall election "We're now three contests into a would present a choice between long primary season," Romney "American exceptionalism'' or said. "This is a hard fight because "radicalism,'' which he said the there is so much worth fighting president represents. for. We're going to move on to "If Barack Obama can get re- Florida." elected just think how radical Rick Santorum, the former he would be in a second term,'' Pennsylvania senator belatedly Gingrich said. designated the winner of Iowa's Gingrich, from neighboring lead-off caucuses, and Ron Paul, Georgia, easily outpaced former the Texas congressman coming Massachusetts governor Mitt off a strong showing in New Romney, the winner of New Hampshire, were looking ahead to Hampshire's primary a little over contests in Florida and beyond a week ago, and other candidates with a presidential field narrowed seeking the party's nomination to by two during the past week. oppose President Obama in the "This is the beginning of a long,
hard slog," Paul told supporters, vowing to carry on with his campaign. Santorum congratulated Gingrich on an "amazing victory" and vowed to take his campaign on to Florida and other primary states. "Three states, three winners. What a great country," Santorum said. A poll of voters leaving voting places showed Gingrich benefited from strong support among voters who call themselves conservative. Gingrich was leading by a wide margin among the state's conservatives, Tea Party supporters and born-again Christians. Romney held a small advantage among moderate and liberal voters. In an important reversal of fortunes for Romney, the exit polling showed he trailed among voters who said they cared most about picking a candidate who could defeat President Obama this fall. Gingrich was ahead of the field for those voters' support. Romney has positioned himself as the Republican most likely to be
able to unseat Obama. In those exit polls, most voters said they made up their minds in the past few days of the campaign. Two-thirds said the debates were an important factor in their vote. Romney, in a speech to supporters, took aim at Obama as well as Gingrich and the criticism of his record as head of an investment fund. "When my opponents attack success and free enterprise, they're not only attacking me, they're attacking every person who dreams of a better future," Romney said. The exit poll was conducted for the Associated Press and television networks by Edison Research. The survey involves interviews with more than 4,000 voters as they left polls at randomly selected sites. Republican also-rans Jon Huntsman, the former Utah governor and ambassador to China, and Rick Perry, the Texas governor, dropped out of the race, but their names still appeared on South Carolina's ballot. Democratic National Chairman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said the South Carolina results revealed that Romney, a wealthy investor and former governor long considered the Republican Party's establishment's choice, was "out of touch with the middle class''
and losing support as the campaign progresses. "If tonight proved one thing, it's that the central rationale of Mitt Romney's campaign is cratering,'' she said. "Anyone who goes into a state with a significant doubledigit lead (in polls) yet ends up losing that support in a week, is someone who is failing to connect.'' South Carolina's primary awards 25 delegates to the national convention, a sliver of the 1,144 delegates needed for the GOP nomination. But the contest offers the winner outsized bragging rights: Since Ronald Reagan in 1980, every winner of the South Carolina GOP primary has gone on to win the party's presidential nomination. Romney came into the primary with 33 delegates, according to an Associated Press tally, compared with 13 delegates for Santorum. Paul had four and Gingrich two, according to the AP's count. Matt Moore, executive director of the South Carolina Republican Party, predicted a strong turnout. He told The State newspaper in Columbia that it would exceed the 2008 turnout of 445,499 voters but probably fall short of the record high 573,101 votes cast in the 2000 primary. NEWT page 5
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Horrific murder no surprise in U.S. meth capital

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FRESNO, California (AP) When a 23-year-old Fresno woman fatally shot her two toddlers and a cousin, critically wounded her husband then turned the gun on herself last Sunday, investigators immediately suspected methamphetamine abuse in what otherwise was inexplicable carnage. It turned out the mother had videotaped herself smoking meth hours before the shooting. Family photo via AP Isaiah Echeverria, 3, and his sister, Aliyah Echeverria, 17 months old, were shot and killed by their mother, Aide Mendez, on Jan. 15. Family photo via AP Isaiah Echeverria, 3, and his sister, Aliyah Echeverria, 17 months old, were shot and killed by their mother, Aide Mendez, on Jan. 15. In family photos, the children are adorable, the mother pretty. They lived in a large apartment complex near a freeway with neatly clipped lawns and mature trees. The father was recently laid off from a packing house job. "When you get this type of tragedy, it's not a surprise that drugs were involved," said Lt. Mark Salazar, the Fresno Police
Department's homicide commander. "Meth has been a factor in other violent crimes." A mother in Bakersfield, California, was sentenced Tuesday for stabbing her newborn while in a meth rage. An Oklahoma woman drowned her baby in a washing machine in November. A New Mexico woman claiming to be God stabbed her son with a screwdriver last month, saying, "God wants him dead." "Once people who are on meth become psychotic, they are very dangerous," said Dr. Alex Stalcup, who treated Haight Ashbury heroin users in the 1960s, but now researches meth and works with addicts in the San Francisco Bay Area suburbs. "They're completely bonkers; they're nuts. We're talking about very extreme alterations of normal brain function. Once someone becomes triggered to violence, there aren't any limits or boundaries." The Central Valley of California is a hub of the nation's methamphetamine distribution network, making extremely pure forms of the drug easily available locally. And law enforcement officials say widespread meth abuse is believed to be driving much of the crime in the vast farming region.
potential for abuse combine to create the biggest drug threat in the Central Valley, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Justice's Drug Intelligence Center. From 2009 to 2010 methamphetamine busts in the Central Valley more than tripled to 1,094 kilograms, or C h r o n i c u s e o f t h e h a r s h more than 2,400 pounds, the chemical compound known as report says. speed or crank can lead to Large tracts of farmland with psychosis, which includes hearing isolated outbuildings are an ideal v o i c e s a n d e x p e r i e n c i n g place to avoid detection, which is hallucinations. The stimulant why the region is home to nearly effect of meth is up to 50 times all of the nation's "super labs," longer than cocaine, experts say, controlled by Mexican drug so users stay awake for days on trafficking organizations, said end, impairing cognitive function John Donnelly, resident agent in and contributing to extreme c h a r g e o f t h e U . S . D r u g Enforcement Administration paranoia. "Your children and your spouse office in Fresno. become your worst enemy, and "They have the potential to make you truly believe they are after 150 pounds (68 kilograms) per you," said Bob Pennal, a recently (each) cook," he said. "There are retired meth investigator from the more super labs in California than California Bureau of Narcotic anywhere else. Every week another office calls us St. Paul, Enforcement. Methamphetamine originally Dayton, Kansas, Texas and t o o k r o o t i n C a l i f o r n i a ' s says, 'We've got a meth case here' agricultural heartland in the late and they say the suspects are from 1980s and early 1990s as a poor Turlock or Visalia. We're slinging man's cocaine. Its use initially it all over the country from here." creates feelings of euphoria and Last month, a drug task force invincibility, but experts say working in four central California repeated abuse can alter brain c o u n t i e s b u s t e d 2 4 a l l e g e d chemistry and sometimes cause members of the Mexican drug cartel La Familia Michoacana schizophrenia-like behavior. Meth's availability and its with 14 pounds (6.35 kilograms)
of powdered meth, 30 gallons (114 liters) of meth solution, 17 guns, $110,000 in cash and a fleet of vehicles with sophisticated hidden compartments for smuggling. Most law enforcement agencies don't keep statistics on how many homicides, burglaries and thefts are meth-related, but those responding to the National Drug Intelligence Center's 2011 survey said the drug is the top contributor to violent crimes and thefts. "It drives more crime than other drugs do. Meth is in its own category, because it's so much more addictive than other drugs," said Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims. Across the valley, meth addicts steal any metal they can resell agricultural plumbing, copper wiring, lawn sprinklers. "We lose five to 10 manhole covers a week," said Ceres Police Chief Art de Werk, who said a woman was injured recently when she fell into an unprotected drain in a shopping center. "Meth is the poor man's drug and frankly the Central Valley is an impoverished geographic area." Authorities say the science involved in creating the chemical compound continues to evolve, including an easier recipe called HORRIFIC page 6
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Energy customers. The utility has brought in repair crews from across the West and SEATTLE (AP) Tens of planned to field more than 800 thousands of Pacific Northwest linemen on Saturday, in addition residents faced the prospect of a t o t r e e - t r i m m i n g c r e w s , chilly weekend after a powerful spokesman Roger Thompson said. storm brought snow and ice and "The wind is a wild card that left a tangle of fallen trees and could set us back," he said, adding damaged power lines. Several PSE hoped to have the majority of Oregon counties saw their worst the outages restored by Sunday, flooding in more than a decade. although some customers will Find your local weather with The probably be without power into W e a t h e r C h a n n e l z i p - c o d e early next week. lookup: The Weather Service predicted By Ted S. Warren, AP Derrick weekend lows in the mid-30s. Lonneker climbs up a downed Several warming shelters have power pole as he works to repair a been opened in the area to aid transmission line damaged by a people whose homes are without fallen tree in Olympia, Wash., on heat. Friday. Despite warnings from emergency officials, the first By Ted S. Warren, AP cases of possible carbon Derrick Lonneker climbs up a monoxide poisoning surfaced downed power pole as he works Friday night. Two families in the to repair a transmission line Seattle suburb of Kent were taken damaged by a fallen tree in to hospitals after suffering Olympia, Wash., on Friday. s e p a r a t e c a s e s o f p o s s i b l e The National Weather Service poisoning. Both had been using forecast more rain and winds charcoal barbecues indoors for gusting as high as 40 mph heat. Saturday in Western Washington, The storm was already blamed a combination that could bring for three deaths. A mother and her down even more snow-laden and 1-year-old son died after torrential ice-damaged trees. rain on Wednesday swept away a Nearly 230,000 customers were car from an Albany, Ore., grocery without power late Friday night in store parking lot. An elderly man Western Washington, about was fatally injured Thursday by a 220,000 of them Puget Sound falling tree as he was backing an
Friday's mainly dry streets belied a morning of terror barely 24 hours earlier, when emergency crews conducted 55 boat rescues as water filled streets, homes and businesses. "You just watch the water rise hour by hour, and there's nothing you can do about it," Mayor Paul all-terrain vehicle out of a Thomas said. "It's a long, slower backyard shed near Seattle. sort of torture." On Washington's Mount Rainier, Kitzhaber said the state would a blizzard kept rescuers from work with local and federal searching Friday for two campers officials to try and get disaster and two climbers missing since funding to Turner and other early this week. Just east of that communities hard-hit by flooding. region, about 200 skiers and The governor praised residents' workers were able to leave the strong sense of community as Crystal Mountain ski resort after neighbors helped each other. transportation officials reopened Nancy Ko saw that spirit firstthe area's main highway, closed hand. From the safety of higher two days earlier by fallen trees. ground, she watched a live feed Near Tacoma, three people from a security camera as water escaped unharmed Friday when a rose over the curb and lapped heavy snow and ice load on the against the front door of the roof of an Allied Ice plant caused convenience store and cafe she the building to collapse. West owns just feet from Mill Creek. Pierce Fire and Rescue Battalion Out of the blue, five strangers Chief Hallie McCurdy said they showed up and plopped sandbags heard loud noises and got out just in front of the door, preventing damage that she believes would in time. As floodwaters receded, residents have otherwise been far more of Oregon's Willamette Valley severe. began taking stock of damage in "Just a godsend," said Ko, a Korean immigrant who has owned soaked cities. Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber paid the store for six years. "Good a visit Friday to the hard-hit town person, amazing persons." of Turner, where 100 homes were Elsewhere in the Willamette Valley, a 35-year-old woman who damaged or still underwater.
drove a Ford Mustang into 4 feet of floodwater was plucked from the roof Friday by deputies who arrived by boat to save her. It was one of a number of dramatic rescues in western Oregon, left sodden by as much as 10 inches of rain in a day and a half that has brought region's worst flooding in 15 years. Interstate 5, the main road connecting Seattle and Portland, was briefly closed near Centralia so crews could remove fallen power lines. Much of Washington's capital, Olympia, was without power. Gov. Chris Gregoire's office, legislative buildings and other state agencies in Olympia lost electricity for several hours before power was restored. The governor thanked repair crews late Friday by hand-delivering peanut butter cookies. The storm was "a constant reminder of who's in charge. Mother Nature is in charge, she gives us a wake-up call every once in a while, this is one of those," Gregoire said. It was still snowing in the Cascades, with up to 2 feet possible in the mountains over the weekend. At Sea-Tac Airport in Seattle, airlines were trying to MORE page 6
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The state's voters are a more racially diverse and conservative lot than those the candidates faced in New Hampshire less than two weeks ago. Voters do not register by party in the state, so Democrats and independents can vote in the GOP primary. Evangelical Christian voters are considered a strong force in South Carolina's Republican Party. Polling places opened across South Carolina only hours after Santorum officially was declared the winner in Iowa, where Romney had come away with an eight-vote lead over Santorum in the original caucus count. The muddled outcome the close results, a recount that showed Santorum ahead, and the Iowa party's slow move to declare Santorum winner even after the recount raises questions about the future viability of Iowa's traditional kickoff campaign event. Republican strategist Rich Galen suggested on Twitter that "international observers" might be needed in Iowa next time. David Yepsen, longtime observer of Iowa politics as a former journalist, told the Des Moines Register that the confusion "really hurts the caucuses." With all eyes on Gingrich and Romney, the front-runners in South Carolina polls, the two men avoided an anticipated run-in at a Greenville restaurant, Tommy's Country Ham House, as the voting places opened. Both were
scheduled to greet customers there at the same time, but Romney showed up 45 minutes ahead of schedule and was gone when Gingrich arrived. At another breakfast-spot stop, Gingrich told diners he was "the only practical conservative" and called Romney a moderate. Polls over recent days have shown the state's voters trending toward Gingrich, and the former House speaker was buoyed. "Polls are good votes are better," he said. Romney agreed to participate in debates Monday and Thursday in Florida as he and the party girded for what could be a prolonged battle with Gingrich. "This could be real close," Romney said as he phoned voters Saturday morning. Romney still has an organizational and fundraising advantage over his rivals but found himself on the defensive in the South Carolina campaign, agreeing under pressure to release tax returns and acknowledging for the first time that despite massive wealth, he paid an effective tax rate far lower than most middleincome Americans. He also suffered a symbolic setback when he was stripped of his razor-thin Iowa victory by the recount that went to Santorum by 34 votes. Still, he had the backing of much of South Carolina's GOP establishment, including Gov. Nikki Haley.
Lashing out at Gingrich, Romney called on the former speaker to explain his contracts with Freddie Mac, the housing finance giant, that paid Gingrich's companies more than $1.6 million over eight years. Gingrich, a former history professor, has said he worked as a historian consultant rather than lobbyist. "I'd like to see what he actually told Freddie Mac," Romney said. "Don't you think we ought to see it?" Gingrich's campaign in South Carolina was rocky, too. He faced questions and attacked the media over an interview that his second ex-wife, Marianne, gave to ABC News, in which she said that Gingrich had told her he wanted an "open marriage." He angrily denied the allegation. Gingrich, who has been married three times, has been accompanied on his campaign travel by his current wife, Callista. At voting places, Romney supporters tended to cite his business background, while Gingrich voters said they appreciate his government experience and hard-charging style. They also found fault with the other candidate. Gingrich "would handle Obama in a debate," said Kirk Baker, 37, a pastor from Lexington, S.C., who also spoke highly of Santorum. "I want to see a conservative win in South Carolina," Baker said
after voting at a community learning center in Lexington. "I think (Gingrich) has had a lot of success. He's gotten things done." Also voting in Lexington, retired insurance agent Ken Shaw, 70, said he likes Romney's business experience because "we need somebody to run the country - not somebody who's just a politician." At Westminster Presbyterian Church in Columbia, Kay Freeman expressed concern about how Romney conducted his business and made money, echoing TV ads run by outside groups supporting Gingrich and attacking Romney's background as head of Bain Capital, a venture capital fund. "He might not be as concerned about my money because he's got so much of it," said Freeman, 69, a retired computer programmer from Columbia. Shane Franks, 40, from Greenville said he began the election cycle supporting Rep. Michele Bachmann but would support Romney in the election today. Franks, a BMW employee who attended the campaign event at Tommy's Country Ham House on Saturday morning, where both Romney and Gingrich appeared, said that after Bachmann dropped out, he started to research Romney's positions and found much believed about him in the past were incorrect. "Newt Gingrich has too much baggage, and he is part of the elite
establishment," he said. "He sat on a couch with Nancy Pelosi, for God's sakes." Holly Rotalsky, 31, a small business owner from Fort Mill, said she was torn between Gingrich and Santorum, but after seeing Santorum speak at the Fort Hill rally, she decided to support him. "Right now, I feel like he knows what he's talking about, and I think my biggest concern was I felt like Newt Gingrich had the resolve to lead," she said. "It sounds like he's assured of his conviction,s not just saying the right things at the debate." June Bynum, 62, said she had been considering Santorum and Gingrich but decided to vote for the latter at the last minute. Bynum, a retired Medtech from Powersville, said Gingrich's debate performances had convinced her he was the only one could go up against Obama. Welch reported from Los Angeles; contributing: The Associated Press This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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"Shake and Bake" that is available on the Internet. Last month, an Oklahoma woman was arrested as she walked around a WalMart store for six hours before she was noticed mixing ingredients for Shake and Bake. In one of the recent attacks by meth users, Danielle Mailloux received a nine- month sentence in Bakersfield Tuesday for stabbing her 6-week-old infant in the back and cutting her along her abdomen, jaw and neck during a binge. The baby survived. "It's not illegal because we don't want people to feel better. It's illegal because it makes good people do crazy things," said Mailloux's defense attorney, Mark Anthony Raimondo. In Oklahoma, authorities charged Lyndsey Fiddler with seconddegree manslaughter after an aunt found her infant daughter in a washing machine thudding off balance in the spin cycle. The
aunt told authorities that Fiddler had been up for three days using meth. In Albuquerque, New Mexico, last month Liehsa Henderson, high on meth, claimed to be God and told police God wanted her son to die after allegedly stabbing him in the neck with a screwdriver. The boy survived. Last Sunday, Fresno police found Aide Mendez dead on the bathroom floor of her home. Her children 17-month-old Aliyah Echevarria and Isaiah Echevarria, 3 were in the bathtub. Mendez's cousin was dead in the kitchen. She had shot each in the head. The children's father remains hospitalized with stabbing and gunshot wounds. Police recovered 10 grams of meth, $8,000 and scales and the iPad the young mother used to videotape herself smoking meth. "If she had been on it for any length of time, well it deteriorates
your brain and central nervous system," said Sue Webber-Brown, a former district attorney's office investigator in Butte County who now advocates nationally for children in drug cases. "If you are already depressed or feel like a loser mom and you don't have a support system and there is no hope, the meth just fuels that." Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
accommodate passengers whose flights were canceled Thursday. The airport's largest carrier, Alaska Airlines, canceled 50 of its 120 daily departures Friday. On Thursday, Alaska and sister airline Horizon canceled 310 flights to and from Seattle, affecting 29,000 passengers. In Seattle, Carly Nelson was negotiating an icy sidewalk on her way to Starbucks. Nelson has been frequenting her neighborhood coffee shop to avoid cabin fever. "I'm pretty tired of it. It gets old pretty fast. All my friends are stranded in little pockets and you can't get together to go to yoga,"
she said. "I'm just looking forward to being able to go wherever I want to go." Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
Staring Into The Abyss

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Gingrich projected winner, born again in South Carolina

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multiple news organizations such as ABC News and FOX News are reporting. Trailing by more than 20 Many South Carolinians made up percentage points just a week ago, their minds during this past week based on exit polls, former House a n d G i n g r i c h s d e b a t e S p e a k e r N e w t G i n g r i c h i s performances swayed many. projected to win the first-in-the- Early exit polls seem to indicate South primary in South Carolina, those debates allowed voters to
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see Gingrich as a combative fighter of conservative causes who can battle the mainstream media and President Obama in a general election. Stay tuned to HUMAN EVENTS for more analysis and results throughout the evening. Tony Lee edits The Chase 2012
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Wuerl is the author of the recently published book Seek First the Kingdom: Challenging the Culture By Living Our Faith. CP: In your book Seek First the Kingdom, you mention a ceremony to unlock the doors of St. Mary County chapel. You liken that ceremony to how it is better to keep the doors of religious expression in public life open. How can Christians of all traditions help undo an American culture that seems to be once again "locking the doors" of religious freedoms? Wuerl: The great American tradition is one of pluralism, not exclusive secularism. The strength of our country is reflected in the contributions that we all make to the common good. Faith-based entities have provided education, health care, social service and a host of other benefits to the nation, to the common good of all. We should not today begin to close the doors in favor of a rigid, narrow, exclusively secular outlook on life. People of faith should be able to have confidence in their right to freely express and live their beliefs. Today they must be vigilant in asserting that right in the public square. On a personal
level, Christians of all traditions should be engaged in the national debate and formation of policy around matters that are not denominational but go to the core of who we are. They can enter the public dialogue by communicating with their representatives, testifying before government bodies, and writing to media outlets with faith-informed outlooks. American culture can be changed if the faithful speak up for what they believe. CP: How is the Catholic Church making its members aware of the growing issue of religious liberty and equipping them to tell "the rest of the story" in relation to the sanctity of marriage? Like us on Facebook Wuerl: The church teaches and attempts to convince and persuade all of the truth of her position. It is important today, for example, to understand that marriage and family have deep roots in natural law, human experience and history. Words have meaning. We are not free to change the basic meaning of reality for political convenience. "Marriage" is the word that throughout human history has been used to designate the act of commitment of a man and a woman to join together in a partnership for life directed towards their mutual support and the generation and education of
children. This is what marriage means and has always meant. The Catholic Church has taken several practical steps to highlight the importance of religious liberty. For instance, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has established an Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty; my fellow Maryland-serving bishops and I released a statement in November 2011 calling attention to the perilous state of conscience rights in this country; and most recently, four Catholic bishops joined with leaders of numerous other religious communities in signing an open letter to all Americans highlighting the connection between religious liberty and the preservation of the traditional definition of marriage. Similarly, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has created a website, "Marriage: Unique for a R e a s o n " (marriageuniqueforareason.com), that explains fully the church's teaching on marriage. In addition, the Archdiocese of Washington publishes teaching material entitled, "Marriage Matters," which explains various facets of Catholic doctrine regarding marriage. The goal of all of this is to inform and support the faithful so they'll have the confidence to make their voices heard on a
range of issues that also involve religious freedom. CP: In Seek First the Kingdom, you write that the "right" of samesex unions should be tempered with the right of conscience. However, conscience protections written into Illinois' Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act failed to protect Catholic Charities foster care services. In fighting for religious liberty, is asking for the right of conscience and religious exception enough to protect religious freedoms? Wuerl: It should be, if those statutes are written in a way that truly respects religious liberty. Unfortunately, as in the case of Illinois, religious exemptions can be written so narrowly as to make them meaningless. Recently, though, in a decision widely considered to be one of the most important rulings on religious liberty in decades, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the right of religious organizations to choose whom they appoint to teach their faith and carry out their mission. The case, Hosanna-Tabor Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the reinforcement of Constitutional protections for religious organizations come at a critical
point in the cultural debate over religious freedom. There is plenty of room for all of us to interact and participate in the life of this country. The freedom to be able to offer education, human services, and health care in accordance with our own identity as a church should not be denied us simply because there may be the perception of a political majority who favors a new understanding of the American tradition of pluralism. Catholic programs and organizations serve everyone. No one is turned away because of their gender, sexuality, race, religion, ethnic background or social condition. However, there are some things that Catholics simply do not do. For example, when someone comes to a Catholic health care professional or facility seeking to abort their child, the church simply can not assist them not because of questions of race, creed, ethnic background or social circumstances, but because it violates our belief that all life is sacred. It is not an act of discrimination to say, "We do not do that." It is a recognition of the sanctity of one's own conscience. No one should be forced to violate one's conscience nor INTERVIEW: page 14
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Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich(Credit: AP Photo/ Matt Rourke) Newt Gingrich stormed to victory in the South Carolina Republican primary on Saturday, coming from more than 10 points down in pre-election surveys taken just a week earlier. The CBS News exit poll of South Carolina Republican primary voters showed that his impressive debate performance during the last week of the campaign enabled him to assemble a coalition of tea partiers, evangelicals, and young white men. Mitt Romney, the frontrunner for much of the last month in South Carolina, was hurt by attacks on his role investment firm Bain Capital and his weak answers about why he does not want to release his tax returns. Shined in the Debates Gingrich electrified debate audiences during the week with his confrontational exchanges and conservative rhetoric, and it showed at the polls. Nearly twothirds of South Carolina Republican primary voters - 65 percent - said the recent debates were one of the most important factors in deciding whom to support, with 13 percent saying it
was the single most important factor. Of those voters who said the debates were one of the most important factors in their decision, a whopping 50 percent cast a ballot for Gingrich, compared to 22 percent for Romney and 17 percent for Rick Santorum. Further evidence of the debates'
importance can be found in the remarkable number of South Carolina Republican primary voters in who made up their mind in the last few days. Fifty-five percent of voters settled on their choice in the last few days, with 18 percent making their final decision on Election Day.
Gingrich won a large plurality of these late deciders, defeating Romney 44 percent to 22 percent among those who decided in the last few days of the campaign. Tea Partiers Showed Their Muscle Much has been made about the dwindling impact of the Tea Party
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(Photo: The Christian Post/Paul Stanley) Former Sen. Rick Santorum campaigns with his wife and three of his children prior to the Fox News debate in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. January 16, 2012. (Photo: REUTERS/Chris Keane) Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum walks with his daughter Sarah before a Values Voter rally at Mount Pleasant Memorial Park in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina January 19, 2012. The children of the other candidates may be more active, but none are larger than the Santorum clan of seven children ranging in age from 20 to 3 and a half. They include Elizabeth, John, Daniel, Sarah Maria, Peter, Patrick and Bella. The former Pennsylvania senator and his wife, Karen, are tireless campaigners and public servants who have chosen to involve their children in all aspects of their political life. When Santorum moved from the House of Representatives to the Senate in 1995, the couple decided it was best to move the family to Washington so the senator could
come home, have dinner with the kids and put the younger ones to bed, before returning to the Hill for late night votes. Seeing them on the campaign trail offers a unique glimpse into their family dynamics. On Wednesday, Santorum and three of his kids, John, 19, Daniel, 16 and Sarah Maria, 14, appeared at a campaign stop with the Values Voter bus tour in Mt. Pleasant, just outside of Charleston. They came on the tour bus for a few moments to relax while their dad discussed the order of speakers and how the event would proceed a routine they experience over a half dozen times per day. John, who is lanky and tall, sat back and gazed out the bus windows into the crowd gathered on the lawn, some of whom included a group of homosexual protesters that looked to be around his same age. He seemed unfazed at the chaos outside. Instead of enrolling in college immediately after high school, he decided to take a year off to campaign with his dad and process his future plans. Like us on Facebook "I think I want to go into the military or do some public service before I start school," he said. "The hardest part of the campaign is we are really busy most days
and the drives between campaign stops can be long and boring," John added. "But the food that's my favorite part. It's really good most of the time." Of course, pizza and chicken wings always seem to satisfy a growing teenager. Yet it is obvious Karen Santorum is the glue that holds her family together. At late -evening press availability on the eve of the South Carolina primary in downtown Charleston, she was concerned that her husband, Sarah Maria and Patrick had not eaten. "We need to get some food in your dad," she told Patrick. "I bet you guys are hungry too, honey." Moments later an aide came over and said her husband was busy hamming it up with a group of reporters and bloggers and had sat down with political analyst and former Clinton adviser Dick Morris for pizza and chicken strips. "Okay, let's go in and join your dad. We may be here a while," a relieved mom told her kids. The kids smiled when they saw the table full of food. The Santorum family made the decision to run as a family and it took months to reach. Some of the children thought it would be a great experience; others were hesitant that they would see much less of their dad. "In the end we all decided it was
the right thing for our country, our dad and our family," said Sarah Maria. "We know he'll be just a good a president as he is a dad." The feeling seems to be mutual. When candidate Santorum was asked a list of five questions ranging from his favorite movie ("Field of Dreams"), to his favorite founding father (James Madison), his answer to the last question spoke volumes of his relationship with his children. What is the job you most want after you serve as president of the United States? "Just Dad," he quickly said. Earlier this week, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's two grown daughters from his first marriage were busy meeting with voters, party activists and elected officials in Myrtle Beach, Columbia and Spartanburg prior to making their way to Thursday's CNN debate in Charleston. What they did not expect was the turn of events they would face in the middle of their week. The furor they would encounter when their dad's second wife, Marianne Gingrich, surfaced in an ABC interview saying that the former speaker sought her approval for an "open" marriage would be intense. The Gingrich girls also grew up with a dad who spent lots of time away from home during his early
years in Congress. Kathy Gingrich Lubbers, 48, and Jackie Gingrich Cushman, 45, have been involved in their dad's political and business life for the last several years and are now playing a substantive role in their dad's campaign, not only stumping for him but advising him on important campaign matters. After the news broke that Marianne Gingrich's ABC interview would air after Thursday's CNN debate in Charleston, the girls immediately fired off a letter to the president of ABC, requesting the network not air the interview after their father told them the accusations were untrue. In an email reply to The Christian Post, Gingrich's oldest daughter talked about the emotions of the week and the campaign process itself. "It has been a roller coaster and one has to learn to take your hands off of the bar, hold your hands up high, have faith in human kind and the American process and enjoy the ride," said Gingrich Lubbers. The ability to love and defend a parent is instilled in Gingrich's daughters. And they too believe he would make a great president. "We know our dad is the best man SANTORUM, page 11
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percent. Gingrichs win comes in spite of a negative hit his campaign took Two stellar turns at bat in the Thursday night when ABC News debates lead to a grand slam. ran an interview with his ex-wife 01/21/2012 claiming that Gingrich wanted an Former House Speaker Newt open marriage. That attack Gingrich captured a key victory backfired when Gingrich chided Saturday night winning the South CNN anchor John King for Carolina primary that historically leading a presidential debate with picks the Republican presidential claims from an ex-wife, calling nominee. Gingrich was ten to the question despicable. Exit fifteen points down in South polling from CBS News shows Carolina polls only a few weeks Gingrich won evangelical and ago, but exit polling suggests two born-again Christian voters with stellar debate performances 44 percent of their vote (versus 22 helped turn the tide. percent for Rick Santorum, 21 With exit polls showing the percent for Romney, and 13 Georgia native ahead by ten percent for Ron Paul.) Gingrich percent of the presumptive front- also won women by a comfortable runner Mitt Romney, the calls 6 percent, although his lead was were made by television networks twice as great among male exit and cable news stations before the p o l l r e s p o n d e n t s . P a r t o f votes were counted from nearly Gingrichs success among these 50 counties. groups might be attributed to their As the results begin to trickle in, focus on other issues, as fully 63 seven percent of the precincts percent of voters in the CBS exit reporting show Gingrich is poll said the economy was their leading Romney 37 percent to 32 greatest concern. percent. The Gingrich campaign also beat C N N s e x i t p o l l s s h o w e d back a last minute dirty trick after G i n g r i c h w i t h 3 9 p e r c e n t , a fake CNN news alert was followed by Romney with 29 emailed around the state claiming percent, Rick Santorum with 17 that Gingrich wanted his wife to percent and Ron Paul with 15 undergo an abortion. The network
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denied sending the news alert. Interestingly, the majority of voters had a positive view of Mitt Romneys background of corporate investment and restructuring, so he might not have suffered too badly from the Bain Capital assaults but Gingrich outscored Romney in the category of which candidate seemed best able to defeat President Obama in the general election, by 48 percent to 39 percent. This is not good news for Romneys aura of electability, especially coupled with the fact that hes only won a single state thus far, New Hampshire. There are 25 delegates at stake in the South Carolina race. Already from the Iowa and New Hampshire contests, Romney had 31 delegates, while Paul has 10, Santorum has 8, and Gingrich had 3 before tonight. 1,144 delegates are needed to win. A South Carolina victory has been part of every winning GOP nominees portfolio to date since the Reagan campaign in 1980, which set many of the benchmarks for modern Republican primaries. Gingrich was already looking ahead to Florida, telling supporters on Saturday they are
organized and ready to keep the momentum growing. But Romney says he is in the race for the long haul with more funding and stronger organization than Gingrich. A key endorsement for Romney from popular former Florida governor Jeb Bush is likely to come soon. Some forbidding electoral territory for Gingrich lies ahead, including an important state his current home state, Virginia where he wont even be on the ballot. Hell need a major sea change in national opinion to have a hope of shaking some of that safe Romney turf loose. Interestingly, on the eve of the South Carolina primary, the editor in chief of the Gallup polling organization was heard to remark that Mitt Romneys national support was collapsing. Santorum told CNN he was disappointed that he didnt run stronger, but predicted he would come out on top in future races, and is already planning events in Minnesota and Colorado. I just think there was a momentum for Newt, and he capitalized on it, Santorum said. Three early contests with three different winners are unusual in
the Republican primary. HUMAN EVENTS will update reports as events warrant. Audrey Hudson, an awardwinning investigative journalist, is a Congressional Correspondent for HUMAN EVENTS. A native of Kentucky, Mrs. Hudson has worked inside the Beltway for nearly two decades -- on Capitol Hill as a Senate and House spokeswoman, and most recently at The Washington Times covering Congress, Homeland Security, and the Supreme Court. Follow Audrey on Twitter and Facebook. John Hayward is a staff writer for HUMAN EVENTS, and author of the recently published Doctor Zero: Year One. Follow him on Twitter: Doc_0. Contact him by e m a i l a t jhayward@eaglepub.com. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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freshmen congressmen and firsttime Governor Nikki Haley were elected in 2010 based, in part, on their strong associations with the movement. On Saturday, the Tea Party movement once again showed its clout in the Palmetto State. More than a third of voters - 34 percent - in the South Carolina Republican primary strongly support the Tea Party movement. They overwhelmingly gravitated toward Newt Gingrich, backing him by more than a two-to-one margin over Mitt Romney, 47 percent to 21 percent. Perhaps even more troubling for Romney, is that nearly one-out-of-ten strong supporters of the Tea Party said they would not support him even if he goes on to win the Republican nomination. Appealed to Rural Voters Gingrich did particularly well among rural voters in South Carolina. Twenty-nine percent of voters in the South Carolina Republican primary resided in rural areas, located primarily in the northern and western portions of the state, in the counties north of Interstate-20. Gingrich easily won this group, securing 46 percent support from rural voters compared to only 23 percent for Romney. Evangelicals Overlooked Personal Issues Evangelicals comprised a
sizeable proportion of the South Carolina Republican primary voters, making up 65 percent of the electorate, well exceeding the 56 of the electorate they comprised in the Iowa caucuses. This time, however, they coalesced around Gingrich rather than Santorum. Gingrich soundly defeated Santorum 44 percent to 21 percent among primary voters in South Carolina. Despite recent allegations from his second wife that he wanted an open marriage, Gingrich's personal issues were clearly not a priority among evangelical voters. Nearly half of evangelical voters 45 percent - cited the ability to beat Obama as the candidate quality that mattered most in their vote decision, and they awarded 55 percent of their ballots to Gingrich. Only 21 percent of evangelical voters indicated that having strong moral character was the most important candidate quality in how they voted. While these morality-driven evangelical voters preferred Santorum to Gingrich 53 percent to 7 percent, there were just too few of them to have much of an impact on the overall vote. Top Choice Among Voters Concerned with the Economy The economy was the top issue among South Carolina Republican primary voters, like it was for voters in Iowa and New
Hampshire. Sixty-three percent of voters in the Palmetto State identified the economy as the issue that mattered most in their vote. The budget deficit was cited by 22 percent of voters, while 8 percent of voters named abortion and 3 percent named illegal immigration as their most important issues. Unlike Iowa and New Hampshire, though, Romney was not the preferred choice among South Carolina voters prioritizing the economy. Economic voters preferred Gingrich to Romney by a 40 percent to 32 percent margin. Similarly South Carolina voters struggling in the current economy gravitated toward Gingrich. Among the 31 percent of voters who claimed someone in their household had lost their job in the last three years, Gingrich defeated Romney 40 percent to 23 percent. Among the 21 percent of voters who said they were falling behind financially, Gingrich topped Romney 44 percent to 25 percent. Attacks on Romney Proved Successful Gingrich aggressively attacked Romney's years as the head of Bain Capital, an investment company often focused on turning around underperforming businesses. He described it as "rich people figuring out clever legal ways to loot a company." "Winning Our Future," a super
PAC supporting Gingrich, even released a 28-minute television advertisement characterizing Bain Capital as ruthless job-killers. These campaign barrages proved quite influential on Saturday. More than a quarter of South Carolina Republican primary voters - 28 percent - had a generally negative view of Romney's background of investments and restructuring companies. Of those voters who had a negative view of Romney's days at Bain Capital, 50 percent cast ballots for Gingrich, while a miniscule 3 percent voted for Romney. Poll results discussed in this article are based on a National Election Pool exit poll conducted by Edison Media Research. Interviews were conducted with 2381 primary voters as they exited precincts around South Carolina. The margin of error for the poll is +/-3 percentage points. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
for the job," Jackie Gingrich Cushman said at an event in Myrtle Beach on Monday. "He's the only one in this race that has balanced four budgets and can stand up to President Obama." As Santorum was getting ready to walk off the bus to a waiting crowd in Mt. Pleasant, Sarah Maria, who is almost as tall as her father, stood in front of her dad, his hands on her shoulders. "You ready sweetie?" Santorum said to his daughter. "Yeah, I'm ready dad. Love you." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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(Photo: REUTERS/Mary Ann Chastain) Supporters of U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich cheer as he is announced on television as the winner of the South Carolina primary at his election night rally in Columbia, South Carolina, January 21, 2012. Gingrich won the Republican U.S. presidential primary in South Carolina, with Mitt Romney behind in second, television networks projected. (Photo: REUTERS/Eric Thayer) Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich talks next to his wife Callista (R) at a campaign stop at Whiteford's Restaurant in Laurens, South Carolina January 21, 2012. Exit polls suggest that Gingrich could end up with about 40 percent of the vote. Mitt Romney
will come in second place, followed by Rick Santorum in third place and Ron Paul in fourth place. Rick Perry and Jon Huntsman dropped out of the race earlier this week. Gingrich's victory came after one of the most turbulent weeks in the campaign. He began the week behind Romney in the polls, but had two strong debate performances. Romney, on the other hand, was badgered by questions about releasing his tax returns and his work as a venture capitalist for Bain Capital. On Thursday, Gingrich's ex-wife, Marianne, was interviewed by ABC and The Washington Post. She claimed that Gingrich had asked her for an "open marriage" so he could continue dating his mistress, and current wife, Callista. Gingrich accused the media of impropriety for revealing the information. In Thursday night's debate, he told CNN moderator John King that it was despicable to ask him a question about the
allegations in a presidential debate. The audience gave Gingrich a standing ovation for the remarks and he rose in the polls conducted the next day. Exit polls conducted by CNN show that Gingrich won every age group, except those aged 18-29. Ron Paul won the young voters (32 percent), but they only represented about nine percent of the electorate. Like us on Facebook Voters who described themselves as evangelical or born-again Christians made up 65 percent of the electorate. Gingrich won a plurality of those voters (44 percent), while Romney won those who said they were not evangelical or born-again Christians (38 percent). Sixty-five percent of voters said the debates were an important factor in their vote, and Gingrich won 50 percent of those voters. Most voters, 45 percent, said the most important quality they wanted in a candidate was an ability to defeat Barack Obama.
Of those, Gingrich won 51 percent of their vote. Rick Santorum received the most support, 43 percent, from those who said they wanted a candidate with a strong moral character. Gingrich only received 6 percent of the votes from this group and they only made up 18 percent of the vote total. South Carolina has 25 delegates. Gingrich will get 11 delegates for winning the state. The winner of each of South Carolina's seven congressional districts will get two delegates each. The next contest will be Florida's Jan. 31 primary. C o n t a c t : napp.nazworth@christianpost.co m This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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Ex-Penn State coach Paterno's health in 'serious' condition - USA TODAY

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hospital since Jan. 13 for observation. His family said last Submitted at 1/21/2012 8:32:00 PM week he was being observed due Former Penn State football coach to minor complications from Joe Paterno, who is battling lung cancer treatments. cancer, is in "serious condition" "Over the last few days Joe but continues to "fight," according Paterno has experienced further to his sons. health complications," McGinn Scott tweeted around 9:20 p.m. said in a statement Saturday to the ET Saturday night in response to Associated Press. "His doctors reports that Paterno, his father, have now characterized his status had passed away, "CBS report is as serious. wrong - Dad is alive but in serious "His family will have no comment condition. We continue to ask for on the situation and asks that their your prayers and privacy during privacy be respected during this this time." difficult time." Jay Paterno, Scott's brother and a Paterno was diagnosed with former assistant coach to their cancer in November, nine days father, also tweeted Saturday after being fired in the aftermath night: "I appreciate the support & of the child sex abuse charges prayers. Joe is continuing to against former assistant coach fight." Jerry Sandusky. Family spokesman Dan McGinn Also Saturday, The Citizens' said earlier in the evening that Joe Voice newspaper in Wilkes-Barre, Paterno was in serious condition Pa., said on Twitter that Paterno's a f t e r e x p e r i e n c i n g h e a l t h condition was so grave that family complications. members and close friends were Paterno, 85, has been in the summoned to the hospital. USA
TODAY was not able to independently confirm that. Word of Paterno's condition caused a stir in State College, Pa. Police blocked off part of the street leading to Paterno's house. A crowd of at least 60 students gathered at the Paterno statue across from the football stadium. Last week, Paterno spoke to The Washington Post's Sally Jenkins, the first interview he's granted since the scandal broke in November. Here was Jenkins' description of Paterno's health: Joe Paterno sat in a wheelchair at
the family kitchen table where he has eaten, prayed and argued for more than a half-century. All around him family members were shouting at each other, yet he was whispering. His voice sounded like wind blowing across a field of winter stalks, rattling the husks. Lung cancer has robbed him of the breath to say all that he wants to about the scandal he still struggles to comprehend, and which ended his career as head football coach at Penn State University. The words come like gusts. Contributing: Audrey Snyder in State College, Pa. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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Did Romney's Mormonism Doom Him In South Carolina?

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almost no difference between that group and voters as a whole. So, it mattered. But it was clear Submitted at 1/21/2012 7:05:00 PM from other exits that upwardly Mitt Romney came in second in mobile, high-income voters went South Carolina and it looks as if for Romney in a big way. He won he'll get nearly 30 percent of the over 40 percent of those. vote overall. That's a higher Lower-income voters, percentage than he got in Iowa. Evangelicals, and late-deciders Was it anti-Mormonism that held w e n t f o r N e w t . B u t N e w t him down? Gingrich only won 6 percent of It did- a little. voters who said the "moral 27 percent of South Carolinians character" of the candidate was told exit polls that the religious the most important factor in their affiliation of the candidate vote. mattered "a great deal to them. 9 And here is the key result: 51 percent of those voters voted for percent of those who said that Mitt Romney. "electability" was most important But among the 33 percent of voted for Newt Gingrich. voters who said that it mattered The overwhelming factor seems "somewhat", Romney won 27 to be that Newt Gingrich had percent of them. So there was momentum and looked like a
Political junkies may not think Gingrich is more electable than Romney. But if you judged by the performances you saw this week, it would be hard to disagree with South Carolinians that Gingrich looked like the toughest opponent for Obama. Please follow Politics on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story See Also: THE TRUTH ABOUT SOUTH CAROLINA: Mitt Romney Just Emceed A Happy Marriage Rally more skilled debater in the week debates. leading up to the primary. And, Anti-Mormonism was a factor. Mitt Romney Is Already frankly, Mitt Romney looked But class just as important, if not Rolling Out His Veep Picks terrible this week. He looked like more so.. But clearly the largest This Is What Happens If Newt he had something to hide in his was the debates and concerns Gingrich Wins South Carolina tax returns, and he withered in the about electability.
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BLOWOUT: Newt Gingrich Crushes Romney In South Carolina

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This was just a very night for Romney, and a great night for Newt Gingrich. Results will be updated here as they come in tonight. The nomination is no longer "inevitably" Romney's. There can be no doubt that the Marianne Gingrich interview with ABC, and the debate question about it produced pro-Newt blowback. The scandal helped Gingrich! Currently with 97% of the precints reporting the results look like this: Newt Gingrich 40% Mitt Romney 27% Rick Santorum 17% Ron Paul 13% Interesting exit data from CNN: Newt Gingrich was winning big among conservatives, voters who identified with the Tea Pary, evangelical Christians and latedeciding voters, according to the early exit polls. Ron Paul won the youth vote taking 34 percent of those between 18-24, and 37 percent of
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voters between 25-29. Mitt Romney won 37 percent of voters with post-graduate study, and 47 percent of those who make 200k or more. Romney also won voters who described themselves as moderate or somewhat liberal. Unsurprisingly he lost voters who beleived that the religious views of the candidate "matters a great deal" - only 9 percent of those voted for him. Please follow Politics on Twitter and Facebook.
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Gingrich upends Republican race in South Carolina

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By Sam Youngman COLUMBIA, South Carolina| Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:45pm EST (Reuters) - Newt Gingrich jolted the Republican presidential race on Saturday with a convincing come-from-behind victory in South Carolina, where voters rejected frontrunner Mitt Romney's pitch that he is the best bet to fix a broken economy and defeat President Barack Obama. Gingrich's win injects unexpected volatility into a Republican nominating race that until this week appeared to be a coronation for Romney, the former Massachusetts governor and private-equity chief. Three different candidates now have won the first three contests in the state-by-state battle for the Republican presidential nomination to face Obama, a Democrat, on November 6. Former senator Rick Santorum won the Iowa caucuses on January 3 and Romney won the New Hampshire primary on January 10. Gingrich fared poorly in both those states and had trailed badly in South Carolina polls. Riding a series of feisty debate performances, Gingrich captured the lingering unease of conservative voters in South
Carolina who view Romney's moderate past and shifting policy stances with suspicion. The former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives argued that he would be able to better articulate the party's conservative ideals. With 65 percent of the vote counted, Gingrich had pulled in 41 percent of the vote, followed by Romney with 26 percent, networks reported. Santorum was in third with 18 percent and U.S. congressman Ron Paul in fourth with 13 percent. Gingrich contrasted his sometimes-chaotic management style with Romney's buttoneddown approach, arguing that his campaign was powered by ideas rather than logistics. U.S. television networks declared Gingrich the winner shortly after polls closed at 7 p.m. EST (0000 GMT). "We have a very real chance on an idea basis as conservatives to offer a better future for the American people. We have an ability to reach out to lots of people and communicate with them without millions of dollars of paid advertising," Gingrich said on Fox Business Network. "This race is getting to be even more interesting," Romney told supporters. "We're now three contests into a long primary season," he added in
a speech in which he took several shots at Gingrich, including condemning Republican rivals for assaulting free enterprise as they criticized his business resume. FLORIDA IS NEXT The next contest is the Florida primary on January 31. It will be the largest state yet in the nomination battle and one that will require the candidates to spend quite a bit of money on advertising. Romney starts off with a wide lead in the polls in Florida and a distinct edge in logistics and fundraising, which will be crucial in a state that has 10 separate media markets. A drawn-out Republican contest would likely help Obama as Republican candidates would continue to spend time and money attacking each other. Obama, who does not face a primary challenger, will have his turn in the spotlight on Tuesday with his State of the Union address. In a message to supporters on Saturday, he said the speech would focus on "building an economy that works for everybody, not just a wealthy few. Animosity between Gingrich and Romney has been festering since December, when a group supporting Romney launched a blitz of negative TV ads in Iowa
that effectively ruined Gingrich's campaign there. In South Carolina, a state with a reputation for rough and tumble politics, the gloves came off. Gingrich attacked Romney's business record and reluctance to release personal tax information, while Romney pointed to Gingrich's past ethics lapses and alluded to his messy personal life. Voters said they were overwhelmingly focused on fixing the sluggish economy and finding the strongest candidate to defeat Obama. Some 78 percent said they were "very worried" about the economy and 45 percent said that the most important trait in a candidate was the ability to beat Obama, according to exit polls released by CNN. Those issues are the twin pillars of Romney's candidacy. Romney had developed an aura of inevitability after strong showings in the first two nominating contests, and he led South Carolina polls by 10 percentage points a week ago. He suffered a setback on Thursday when Iowa officials declared in a recount that he had come in second place in that state's January 3 contest, behind Santorum, instead of winning narrowly as initially announced. Romney is among the richest men ever to run for the U.S.
presidency and his stewardship of the private equity firm Bain Capital has been criticized by Gingrich and others. "If Republican leaders want to join this president in demonizing success and disparaging conservative values then they are not going to be fit to be our nominee," Romney told supporters. Voters said they viewed Romney's business background as an asset. But he waffled this week when asked whether he would release his tax records, and acknowledged that he pays a much lower tax rate than many Americans. 'PUNCH IN THE MOUTH' "This is the punch in the mouth/ wake up call Romney needed if he wanted to be a strong general election candidate," Republican strategist Ford O'Connell said in a Twitter message, referring to the South Carolina results. Romney attacked Gingrich's ties to mortgage giant Freddie Mac and criticized his time in the nation's capital. His campaign also highlighted Gingrich's $300,000 fine due to ethics lapses while serving as House speaker 15 years ago. The thrice-married Gingrich has fended off publicity about his GINGRICH page 22
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Gingrich Surges to Win in South Carolina Republican Primary

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But Romney, at his post-election rally in South Carolina, vowed to put up a stiff fight in what he predicted would be a "long AP Republican presidential primary season." candidate and former House "I'll keep fighting for every single Speaker Newt Gingrich takes part vote. I will compete in every in a TV interview during a single state," Romney said. campaign event at the Grapevine The former Massachusetts Restaurant in Spartanburg, S.C., governor, without calling out on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, the Gingrich by name, blasted him unpredictable voting day of the o v e r h i s g o v e r n m e n t - h e a v y South Carolina presidential resume and his past attacks on primary. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Romney's tenure at Bain Capital. "President Obama has no Newt Gingrich has won the South experience running a business and Carolina Republican primary, Fox no experience running a state. Our News projects, further scrambling party can't be led to victory by an already volatile presidential someone who also has never run a race which has produced three business and never run a state," different winners in three states as Romney said. Likewise, Romney the candidates head next to said the GOP can't defeat Obama Florida. with a candidate who joined in on Fox News projects that Mitt the "assault on free enterprise." Romney will place second in the "They're attacking every person Palmetto State, where he was who dreams of a better future. leading in the polls just one week He's attacking you. I will support ago. With 81 percent of precincts you," Romney said, adding that reporting, Gingrich has 41 percent anyone who demonizes success is and Romney has 27 percent. not "fit" to be nominee. Rick Santorum will finish in third Gingrich, though, recently has place, Fox News projects, while t e m p e r e d h i s c r i t i c i s m o f Ron Paul will finish last. Romney's time at the investment Gingrich's victory marks a firm -- opting instead to pressure remarkable comeback for the Romney to release his tax returns. former House speaker, propelled Romney's aides had been by his strong performance in two downplaying expectations by late debates in South Carolina this Saturday, acknowledging the week. momentum that had been going
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decision to reprimand Gingrich for ethics violations, during his days as speaker. Romney suggested Saturday that he's girding for a drawn-out election, while sounding optimistic about his odds in the long run. The former governor's fortunes have taken a sharp turn over the past week. He initially headed into South Carolina with a win in Iowa and New Hampshire under his belt. Then the Iowa GOP announced that Santorum, and not Gingrich's way in recent days. The race heads next to Florida. Romney, had actually won the Exit polling confirmed his There, Romney is planning to Iowa caucuses-- party officials advantage among several groups aggressively go after Gingrich's declared Santorum the winner late of voters. Those who made up ethics record in the House during Friday night after giving a t h e i r m i n d s l a t e b r o k e f o r his days as speaker and the qualified announcement earlier in Gingrich, while those who had consulting work his firm did for the week. Rick Perry also dropped decided early mostly backed Freddie Mac. out on Thursday, endorsing R o m n e y . L a t e d e c i d e r s Gingrich, trying to build up his Gingrich. outnumbered early deciders 53-46 operation, made a fundraising And while Gingrich has deflected percent. Gingrich also had the pitch on Twitter Saturday night. questions about claims made by advantage among voters who "Thank you South Carolina! Help his second wife, Romney has viewed the debates as important. me deliver the knockout punch in struggled to explain why he won't And Gingrich was leading among Florida," he wrote. release his tax returns in the near those who say it's important that a Primary day Saturday was future. candidate shares their religious marked by tough rhetoric on both Santorum, speaking Saturday beliefs. sides, previewing the race ahead. night in Charleston, described the South Carolina has a reputation In the morning, Gingrich mocked race as "wide open" and said he's as a tie-breaker in the Republican R o m n e y a f t e r t h e f o r m e r charging into Florida next. primaries, often setting the winner Massachusetts governor came and "Three states, three winners," on a relatively smooth course to went at a campaign stop where Santorum said. He continued to the nomination. But Saturday's both candidates were expected to make a working-class appeal to contest only complicates things. m e e t . N o t t o b e o u t d o n e , voters, saying he's going to bring With Gingrich's victory, there Romney's campaign later put out have been three distinct winners a statement celebrating the "15th GINGRICH page 21 in the first three contests. anniversary" of the House
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Eye on 2016 as Christie Crafts New Jersey Agenda?

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AP Jan. 18, 2012: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie answers a question in Voorhees, N.J., during a town hall meeting. After tackling pensions and health care benefits, Chris Christie is setting his sights on taxes and education reform -- all as the New Jersey governor signals interest in a 2016 presidential run despite sitting out this year's race. Christie, who is getting a taste of presidential politics this season as a high-profile surrogate for Mitt Romney, used his State of the State address earlier this week to unveil his ambitious plans, as he heralded the arrival of the "New Jersey comeback." Whether or not the state is experiencing a renaissance, the charismatic and YouTube-ready governor may still be poised to use New Jersey as a lab of sorts for some of his party's boldest ideas. Should his experiments succeed, there's little question the notches on his political belt will serve him well in a presidential run. "It's hard to run for national office if you've had an unsuccessful
governorship," said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. "(Christie is) moving toward accomplishing a great deal in the first term." Asked whether Christie is likely to mount a presidential run in 2016, should President Obama win this fall, Sabato said: "Yes, yes and yes." Christie, who turned down appeals to run in 2012, signaled in an interview with Oprah Winfrey last week that he's got his eye on the next cycle. Though it depends on how things turn out this fall, Christie said he'd be "much more ready four years from now." Christie, in an interview on Fox News, downplayed the idea of him settling for vice president -should Romney win the nomination and ask him to join the ticket. "I don't think I have the personality to be vice president," Christie said. "Certain people are good at being number two and certain people are better at being number one." On the question of a presidential run, he dismissed the idea that his time with Romney is schooling him on the ins and outs of the trail. "I don't think I have an idea of what it's like to run for president any more now than I did
before," he said. Christie said he expects to be governor after Election Day. In that role, Christie is pushing for a host of new changes. Last year, he was able to push through legislation that raised the retirement age for future state workers, increased the amount workers pay for health insurance and made other changes to curb costs. In his address Tuesday, Christie called for a 10 percent, across-theboard income tax cut. He also proposed restoring a tax credit for low-income residents, which he earlier had taken away. But the most detailed proposal concerned tenure reform. He called for a new evaluation system, one which would allow schools to strip tenure for poor-
performing teachers and grant it to those who do well. And he called for ending what's known as "last in, first out" -- a policy that in practice hits newly hired teachers with layoffs before more senior teachers. But Christie still faces a Democrat-controlled legislature in Trenton, and powerful unions. Skepticism was widespread over his Tuesday speech. John Wisniewski, chairman of the state Democratic party, accused Christie of blocking his party's proposals to spur job creation -- the state's unemployment rate is at 9.1 percent, above the national rate. Wisniewski also pushed back on the governor's call for a sweeping income-tax cut, with the state's fiscal house hardly in order. The
state's bond rating was downgraded by Fitch last summer. "For all his rhetoric about responsible budgeting, he has set New Jersey on an unsustainable fiscal path," he said in a statement. "To suggest to the people of New Jersey that we may be able to afford tax cuts in light of our approaching fiscal crisis is the height of irresponsibility. ... At a time when New Jersey needs a leader, we have a showman." The Star-Ledger wrote in an editorial that while Christie has curbed the growth of property taxes, the state still has the highest property taxes in the country. "A real 'comeback' would be property tax bills that actually got smaller," the paper wrote. Still, Christie could simply blame political opponents if his tenure proposal and others don't work out. Sabato said the governor can at least claim he made progress. But he said Christie's gotten a taste of national politics, "and he likes it." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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company's common stock, according to the proxy. Shares of Disney closed at $39.31 on Friday, valuing the Jobs Trust's stake at roughly $5.37 billion. The proxy, as it has in past years, showed that Jobs did not receive any compensation for his role on the Disney board, per his request. The only Disney board member not up for re-election, Chairman John Pepper Jr., announced back in October that he plans to step down from the board at the upcoming annual meeting, set to be held on March 13 in Kansas City, Missouri. Iger, who has run Disney since October 2005, will take on the additional title of chairman at the meeting. He is expected to step down as CEO in March 2015. Iger's compensation rose 13 percent in fiscal 2011, boosted by an increase in his annual cash bonus and incentive plan, according to Disney's proxy. Iger, 60, saw his total compensation including pension benefits top $33.4 million in the 12 months to September 2011, when Disney's financial year ended. Apple has been expanding the scope of its computers, iPhones and iPad tablets in the months since Jobs' death. The iPad appeared to be a hot seller during
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Weekly Wrap-up: SOPA 2012 and More

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Submitted at 1/21/2012 3:00:41 PM
this iteration of SOPA is gone, it will be back. Troubling Google Contractor Dan Rowinski publishes an easy Allegedly Caught Vandalizing to understand explanation of Open Street Map (Updated) SOPA. Joe Brockmeier wishes Someone using Google IP Americans were always so tuned addresses in India was caught in to their elected representatives' editing Open Street Map in a very doings. A Google contractor is u n h e l p f u l w a y . T h e e d i t s caught vandalizing Open Street included reversing the direction of Map. All of this and more in the o n e - w a y s t r e e t s , d e l e t i n g ReadWriteWeb Weekly Wrap-up. i n f o r m a t i o n a n d g e n e r a l l y After the jump you'll find more wreaking havoc amongst the good of this week's top news stories on data. That this sabotage was some of the key topics that are made from an official Google IP shaping the Web - Location, App is even worse. It also appears that Stores and Real-Time Web- plus the Google contractor was using highlights from some of our six the same IPs that were caught channels. Read on for more. attempting to scam Kenyan Sponsor businesses, scraping data from a What You Need to Know About crowd-sourced phone directory SOPA in 2012 and claiming to represent both a Many of us needed to know why l o c a l K e n y a n b u s i n e s s a n d SOPA, and its sister bill in the Google. To see the entire story Senate, PIPA, was so dangerous and see Google's response, read to innovation and to your liberties. Marshall Kirkpatrick's, Troubling Dan's lengthy SOPA explainer is Google Contractor Allegedly an excellent resource for everyone Caught Vandalizing Open Street who needed to learn what SOPA Map. More Top Posts: is, and why it is so important to JQ.Mobi Is A Mobile-Optimized quash it. HTML5 Rewrite Of the JQuery What I Wish Wikipedia and Framework Others Were Saying About SOPA HTML5 developers appMobi /PIPA want to bring the definitive Sure it was really great to see the jQuery framework to mobile Internet's response to SOPA/ developers. Dubbed jQ.Mobi, P I P A , b u t J o e B r o c k m e i e r appMobi is releasing the new expressed his desire to see HTML5 framework to the open Americans pay better attention to s o u r c e c o m m u n i t y t o d a y , their government's activities. He promising that it is faster and n o t e d j u s t h o w c l o s e t h e more lightweight than existing entertainment industry is to our options and will give mobile Web legislators, and that even though developers the user interface and
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Apple Just Incentivized Every College Kid To Get An iPad. As For High Schoolers
MG Siegler (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 1/21/2012 7:13:59 PM
these days. In urban areas, its more like 60 percent, he said. Schiller was setting up Apples As I watched Apples iBooks iBooks textbooks as a possible event in New York City last way to improve this. week, my mind began to race The problem is that the cheapest about the ramifications of such iPad is still $500. What high announcements. Everyone had a school student is going to buy pretty good idea for weeks (or that? Basically none their months if you read the Steve Jobs parents will have to. And thats biography) that textbooks would fine for some students, but not all. be a focal point for Apple, but Not even a high percent, Id there wasnt much thought given imagine. In the inner-cities to what this would mean. During again, where education is even the event itself, I just kept more of an issue its probably thinking, wow, Apple just even less likely of a purchase. incentivized every college student As Josh Topolsky points out, to get an iPad. Apple does work with school Except, they didnt. Not yet. districts to lease iPads on a fourThe weird thing about Apples year schedule, presumably at a event was that it mainly focused nice discount. But that means the on high school education. Yes, the school owns the iPads and iTunes U update is fantastic, but temporarily gives them out to for now, the textbook side of the students. That goes against equation is about high schools. Apples stated mission that And again, thats weird because students should now buy (or get the iPad plan seems better suited via redemption code) all iBooks for college students. In fact, it textbooks and keep them forever, seems almost perfectly suited for keeping their notes, highlights, college students. etc. In kicking off the event, Apple The school leasing also probably SVP Phil Schiller noted that high means the iPads are staying at the school students in the U.S. that schools. How does that help for enter as freshman only have a 70 homework? Or are the schools percent chance of graduating allowing students to take the
iPads home, risking losing them or damaging them? That doesnt seem like a tenable idea for many budget-minded schools. Schiller also told The Verge that he felt the numbers worked out favorably if the school districts bought students iPads instead of old-school textbooks and computers for the classroom. Maybe. But computers are a purchase the high schools do in multi-year cycles and students share them. For this new iPad textbook system to fully reach its maximum potential, schools would have to buy one iPad for each student that comes through the school. And again, what if they get lost, or stolen, or break? My point is that Apples textbook plan for iBooks is a wonderful, obvious, and much needed evolution of the current system. But its more naturally suited for college students. At least right now. One could easily imagine students buying $499 iPads and $15 textbooks instead of paying several hundred dollars a year for just the old-school textbooks alone. (Though it wasnt entirely clear if college-level textbooks would have the same $15 ceiling
that high school ones do again, the focus last week was on high school.) Yes, college students can (and often do) sell back books once theyre done with them. But having been a college student myself, I feel safe saying the entire experience is pretty crappy. Id much much much rather have an iPad with all my textbooks on it that I get for a reasonable price, and keep forever, along with all my notes. Even better, you could imagine the universities themselves wrapping the cost of an iPad into tuition. Many schools started doing this with laptops years ago. Because college is so expensive and again, college textbooks are so ridiculously expensive this works. At the very least, it works a lot better than it currently does for high school students. Even if when the next iPad is announced, the current model drops in price to something like $400 or even $300 thats still an expensive sell to high school students and/or their parents and/or their schools. If every kid in the world already had an iPad, this would be the most brilliant program ever.
Unfortunately, Apple needs to sell at least a few billion more iPads to get to that point. Im worried we may have a chicken and egg problem here. Apple is giving students a huge incentive to use iPads, but its still prohibitive for many of those students to get one. And if many cant get one, does the iBooks program take off like it should? If it does take off, I bet it does in colleges first. And thats why its weird that Apple is starting off by focusing on high school. The education system in this country (and Im sure you could certainly argue the same is true in most parts of the world) absolutely needs fixing, and its great that Apple is working on the problem. Im just not sure I see how its anything but an extremely slow process with iBooks, if it works at all. I have no doubt that in the nottoo-distant future, students walk around with tablet computers carrying all of their textbooks and other education needs. But we need to get the tablets in their hands to get to that future.
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Web-hosting service DreamHost warns users of password hack

Edward Moyer (CNET News)
Submitted at 1/21/2012 1:35:52 PM
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DreamHost customers should change their passwords asap. That's the word from the Webhosting service and domain name registrar, which sent an e-mail to customers last night saying that their FTP passwords may have been accessed by hackers. The company said it had reset all customer FTP passwords as a precaution and that users would have to create new ones by logging in to their DreamHost Web panel. It also advised customers to change their e-mail passwords, though it said e-mail passwords and billing information were not accessed. DreamHost added today that handling new password requests was taking some time: "Processing user updates is taking longer than usual due to the sheer number of customers requesting password changes on our system," the company said in a status update posted to its Web site. "We understand your desire to get things working in an expeditious manner and we are working hard to get you there. We're examining ways of decreasing the queue depth, but we're still faced with
the fact that there is a considerable amount of work to be processed and apologize for the delay." As of 11 a.m. PT today, the company said password changes would take one to two hours to fully update. Customers should also take note of the following caution about phishing schemes that closed the heads-up e-mail of last night: "DreamHost will never ask you for personal or account information in an e-mail. Please exercise caution if you receive any other e-mails that ask for personal information or direct you to a Web site where you are asked to provide personal information." Here's the complete text of last night's warning e-mail: IMPORTANT INFORMATION: We are writing to let you know that there may have been illegal and unauthorized access to some of your passwords at DreamHost today. Our security systems detected the potential breach this morning and we immediately took the defensive precaution of expiring and resetting all FTP/ shell access passwords for all DreamHost customers and their users. There are three different types of passwords at DreamHost:
a Web panel password (for logging in to the panel), e-mail passwords, and FTP/shell access passwords. Only the FTP/shell access passwords appear to have been compromised by the illegal access. Web panel passwords, email passwords, and billing information for DreamHost customers were not affected or accessed. Refer to the following DreamHost status post for details: http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/ 2012/01/20/changing-ftpshellpasswords-due-to-security-issue/ IMPORTANT ACTION REQUIRED: 1. To create a new FTP/shell access password for your DreamHost account, please log in to your DreamHost Web panel (https://panel.dreamhost.com/), select "Manage Users" in the top left, then select "Edit" next to each user, and type in a new password. Make sure you click "Save Changes" at the bottom of the page. 2. We are also requesting that you change your e-mail password. We are not enforcing this change at this time as we do not believe that e-mail passwords were compromised. However we strongly recommend that you change your e-mail password as a
precaution. To change the passwords for your e-mail users or yourself, log in to the DreamHost panel at (https:// panel.dreamhost.com/), select "Manage Email" in the top left, select "Edit" next to each e-mail user address, and choose a new password for each. Make sure you click "Save Changes" at the bottom of the page. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any additional questions about this process, please contact us through the support page in the panel. Note that DreamHost will never ask you for personal or account information in an e-mail. Please exercise caution if you receive any other e-mails that ask for personal information or direct you to a Web site where you are asked to provide personal information. Sincerely, The DreamHost Team This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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HBO Go Could Be the Next Netflix

Don Reisinger (SlashGear)
Submitted at 1/21/2012 1:35:38 PM
As a Time Warner Cable customer, I was one of the last cable subscribers out there to get access to HBO Go. For months now, many of you have probably been using the streaming service, and to see a column about it now might surprise you. But dont hold it against me I was a victim of the oddly contentious relationship between Time Warner Cable and its former corporate overlord, Time Warner. Regardless, I now have HBO Go. And after using it for the past several days for more hours than Id like to count, I can say now, with certainty, that HBO Go has a strong chance of becoming the next Netflix. Now, Ill freely admit that there are some major differences between HBO Go and Netflix, the most notable being that HBOs service only offers its own content. Whats more, its only available to HBO subscribers, which could stunt its growth a bit. But beyond that, Im seeing nothing but good things from
comes with outdated movies for everyone else, HBO Go has the potential to become the go-to place for movie content. With the right content deals, I just dont see any way Time Warner wont be able to add many more films to the service to round out what is already a content-heavy solution. So, I see nothing but potential for HBO Go. I was skeptical of its value initially, but after getting to try the service out, its clear now that my concerns were unwarranted. Are there limitations to its focus that could hold it back from realizing its full potential? Sure. Might HBO try to stick with its current business model and fail to achieve the kind of results it HBO Go. The service works lineup is so good, I dont quite than Netflix. Time Warner has could? Of course. exceptionally well, and offers all miss access to, say, The Office strong ties with Hollywood But if the company plays its the episodes of all the shows the or How I Met Your Mother. Im studios, automatically putting it cards right, I think theres a real network has aired in recent years. more than content watching The ahead of the game against Netflix. chance HBO Go becomes a better Whats more, it also includes Sopranos, Entourage, or Curb And if it can start bringing the a n d m o r e - d e s i r e d movies, documentaries, and Your Enthusiasm."Time Warner service to more devices, including d e s t i n a t i o n t h a n N e t f l i x . HBOs stellar sports series, has strong ties with Hollywood, game consoles and set-top boxes HBO Go Could Be the Next making it the complete package, putting it ahead of the game its Achilles heel right now I N e t f l i x i s w r i t t e n b y D o n in my book. against Netflix" could see HBO Gos adoption Reisinger& originally posted on SlashGear. Would it be nice to have content In the coming years, I think skyrocketing. from other services? Sure. But HBO, with the right strategy, Whereas Netflix has quickly 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All you know what? HBOs series could make its service far better become a TV-focused service that right reserved.
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Jobs' seat on Disney board not to be filled by widow or Trust

Edward Moyer (CNET News)
Submitted at 1/21/2012 6:14:12 PM
Steve Jobs with Pixar execs Ed Catmull (left) and John Lasseter.(Credit: Pixar) Neither Steve Jobs' widow nor a representative of his trust will be on the ballot when Disney shareholders meet in March to vote on re-electing the company's board of directors, Reuters reports. That's despite the fact that the Jobs trust is Disney's largest shareholder. Jobs had been a Disney board member, and the company's top
shareholder, since Disney bought his Pixar studios in 2006, and he'd been helping Disney move forward into the digital era, Reuters reports. Jobs died of pancreatic cancer last October. The Steven P. Jobs Trust owns nearly 137.3 million shares, or 7.7 percent, of Disney's common stock, according to a proxy filed by Disney yesterday and cited by Reuters. The proxy also says that Jobs, as he had requested, received no compensation for being on the Disney board. In the proxy filing, Disney said
10 of its 11 current board members would stand for reelection, including Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Disney CEO Robert Iger. Board
on the chairman role. The news agency said Disney had not responded to a request for comment, and that Apple had declined to comment. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five C h a i r m a n J o h n P e p p e r J r . Filters recommends: Donate to announced last year that he would Wikileaks. leave the board at this year's annual meeting, which is set for March 13. Iger is expected to take
How to Fix Your Router, According to McSweeney's

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volunteered, name after the initial effort's address in San Francisco), Submitted at 1/21/2012 2:00:00 PM starting up a quarterly literary I am a big fan of David Eggers, magazine called McSweeney's, a first having come across his A book imprint, and the quirky but H e a r t b r e a k i n g W o r k o f always interesting website. Staggering Genius, part novel, This week online one can find the part autobiography, several years. article In Which I Fix My Since then the man has become a Girlfriend's Grandparent's Wifi paragon of bringing good writing and am Hailed as a Conquering to the children of various inner Hero, a short piece of fiction that well. cities with his 826 Valencia just speaks volumes to me. I Sponsor p r o j e c t s ( w h e r e I o n c e thought you would enjoy it as As many of you have been called
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Colleges enthused as iTunes classes go live

Mel Martin (TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
Submitted at 1/21/2012 4:30:00 PM
Apple's opportunity to expand retail into India

Mike Schramm (TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
Submitted at 1/21/2012 3:30:00 PM
The Wall Street Journal's Livemint blog reports that Apple may be considering opening up retail operations in India as soon as it possibly can, following a new governmental ruling in that country that foreign companies can indeed open and own retail stores. Apple's been poking around India for a while -- the company reportedly thought about opening a call support center there a few years ago, but eventually decided not to. And while Apple's retail sales in China and
There's a pretty high level of excitement flowing from Thursday's arrival of the iTunes U app. Harvard University is now adding its science + cooking lectures from its school of Engineering and Science for what will likely be an interesting public offering. Titles like 'Olive Oil and Viscosity' and 'Meat Glue Mania' sound intriguing. elsewhere have definitely been on success in emerging markets like Anyone with an iPad or iPhone the rise, India hasn't opened its China already, and obviously can use the app and access the doors to foreign retailers yet -- India also represents a lot of free classes on iTunes U. Having until now. potential as well. We'll have to this new standalone app should be Apple of course says it doesn't see what route Apple takes to set a boon to users and educators. comment on future plans, but up shop in the country, and how The Inside Higher Ed website is presumably the company is still those decisions work out for them h i g h l i g h t i n g m a t e r i a l f r o m interested in selling its devices in going forward. Harrisburg Community College, India, and before long we'll see Apple's opportunity to expand where there are free courses in some retail presence planned for r e t a i l i n t o I n d i a o r i g i n a l l y d i f f e r e n t i a l e q u a t i o n s a n d an opening there. There is still a a p p e a r e d o n T U A W - T h e astronomy. It's the first iTunes U r u l e t h a t s a y s 3 0 % o f t h e Unofficial Apple Weblog on Sat, offering from a community produced items sold must come 21 Jan 2012 15:30:00 EST. college. from local Indian resources, but Please see our terms for use of Apple approached some major even the government says that if feeds. educational institutions last year t h a t l i m i t r e m a i n s a m a j o r Source| Permalink| Email this| to start preparing the courses, and obstacle for Apple, it may be Comments the app contains content from reversed as well. Interesting. Apple's seen a lot of
places like Duke, Cornell and Yale universities. Older versions of iTunes U, introduced in 2006, offered audio and video podcasts, but this new app provides selfcontained courses allowing users to download handouts and worksheets they can reference while listening to a recorded lecture. Colleges enthused as iTunes classes go live originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Source| Permalink| Email this| Comments
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Summify Shutdown Sign up for an interview with TUAW at Means Big Gains Macworld|iWorld 2012 for News.me
Anthony Ha (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 1/21/2012 3:47:10 PM
Victor Agreda, Jr. (TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog)

Submitted at 1/21/2012 9:30:00 PM
here for you, outlining upcoming features like Facebook integration, and asking for When social news startup feedback. Summify announced Thursday News.me general manager Jake that it was being acquired by Levine told me via email that T w i t t e r , i t l o o k e d l i k e t h e since Summifys announcement, Summifys existing users were News.me has been seeing 10 out-of-luck the company said times its normal daily sign ups. the current version of the service He didnt say specifically how would be shut down. many sign ups that entails, but he Enter News.me. The company is noted tens of thousands of b e s t - k n o w n f o r i t s i P a d people are already enjoying the newsreading app(which was News.me Daily Digest and that it developed at The New York enjoys consistently awesome Times, then commercialized by open and click through rates. incubator betaworks) but it also Feature requests are pouring in offers an email digest of news through our blog post, on Hacker from your Twitter stream, similar News, and on twitter, Levine to Summify. It sounds like jilted said. Summify users clearly feel S u m m i f y u s e r s j u m p e d o n left out in the cold, and have been News.me as an alternative, so the highly receptive to our message. company published a blog post telling Summify users, Were
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Do you have an awesome app, accessory or hardware product you'd like to demo for the TUAW audience? We'd love to see it. While we're going to focus on what's on the Macworld|iWorld floor during the event, we'd like to take the opportunity to talk to anyone at the event for later publication. In particular, if you have a hot new unreleased product you're excited about, we'd like to see it. Similarly, if you've enjoyed stellar success on the App Store, tell us your story. We only have a limited number of interview times, so you'll have to use this
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SOPA Debate Part II: Viacom & CDT Square Off Over Due Process
Josh Zelman (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 1/21/2012 5:15:39 PM
Before SOPA was pulled from the House yesterday, opponents of
the bill argued (among other things) that sites accused of making copyrighted material available could be shut down without being given full,
adverserial, due process. Was this an accurate assessment? Viacoms General Counsel and EVP Michael Fricklas and David Sohn, General Counsel and
Director of the Center for Democracy and Technology defend their respective positions in part II of TCTVs SOPA/PIPA debate.
Part I of this debate here. Part III is coming up.
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Fox, NBC, Bloomberg Project Newt To Win South Carolina, Romney Second
Tyler Durden
Submitted at 1/21/2012 6:07:16 PM
Audiophiliac readers show off their sweet systems

Steve Guttenberg (CNET News)
Submitted at 1/21/2012 12:23:32 PM
Some high-end turntables are snazzy indeed. This one belongs to Audiophiliac reader Lee S. To see more gear, check out the slideshow by clicking the teaser below.(Credit: Lee S.) In December, when I asked
readers of The Audiophiliac to " Show us yours--your hi-fi that is," I didn't know what sort of response I'd get. But it turned out to be a broad and deep one. JPEGs of heavyweight hi-fis flooded my in-box--from huge home theaters to desktop audio setups. There's some sweet gear here, so click to the slideshow to check out the systems.
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Three primaries, three different winners. There is little that can be said here except to add what we said before: the US gets just what it deserves. Follow the results live on the CNN webcast and the interactive Google chart. And live map: Average:
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Peacocks' structure doomed it to failure

James Quinn (Finance News Business news from the UK and world)
Submitted at 1/21/2012 4:05:35 PM
involved spend the weeks that follow playing a drawn-out blame game.
When companies fail, it is often the case that many of those
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Slashing Sovereign Debt Is Not A Path To Prosperity

Robert Skidelsky (Money Game)
This anxiety is readily transferred to national debt the debt owed by a government to its creditors. Submitted at 1/21/2012 4:36:00 PM How, people ask, will Europe is now haunted by the governments repay all of the specter of debt. All European hundreds of billions of dollars that leaders quail before it. To they owe? As British Prime exorcise the demon, they are Minister David Cameron put it: putting their economies through Government debt is the same as the wringer. credit-card debt; its got to be paid It doesnt seem to be helping. back. T h e i r e c o n o m i e s a r e s t i l l The next step readily follows: in tumbling, and the debt continues order to repay, or at least reduce, to grow. The credit ratings agency the national debt, the government Standard & Poors has just must eliminate its budget deficit, downgraded the sovereign-debt because the excess of spending r a t i n g s o f n i n e e u r o z o n e over revenue continually adds to countries, including France. The the national debt. Indeed, if the United Kingdom is likely to government fails to act, the follow. national debt will become, in To anyone not blinded by folly, todays jargon, unsustainable. the explanation for this mass Again, an analogy with downgrade is obvious. If you household debt readily suggests deliberately aim to shrink your i t s e l f . M y d e a t h d o e s n o t GDP, your debt-to-GDP ratio is extinguish my debt, reasons the bound to grow. The only way to sensible citizen. My creditors will cut your debt (other than by have the first claim on my estate default) is to get your economy to everything that I wanted to leave grow. to my children. Similarly, a debt Fear of debt is rooted in human l e f t u n p a i d t o o l o n g b y a nature; so the extinction of it as a government is a burden on future policy aim seems right to the generations: I may enjoy the average citizen. Everyone knows b e n e f i t s o f g o v e r n m e n t what financial debt means: money extravagance, but my children owed, often borrowed. To be in will have to foot the bill. debt can produce anxiety if one is That is why deficit reduction is at uncertain whether, when the time the center of most governments comes, one will be able to repay fiscal policy today. A government what one owes. with a credible plan for fiscal
because it means cutting the national income on which the governments revenues depend. This will make it harder, not easier, for it to cut the deficit. The British government already must borrow 112 billion ($172 billion) more than it had planned when it announced its deficit-reduction plan in June 2010. Third, the national debt is not a net burden on future generations. Even if it gives rise to future tax liabilities (and some of it will), these will be transfers from taxpayers to bond holders. This may have disagreeable distributional consequences. But trying to reduce it now will be a consolidation supposedly is less repay their debts. A government net burden on future generations: likely to default on its debt, or of a country with its own central i n c o m e w i l l b e l o w e r e d leave it for the future to pay. This bank and its own currency can immediately, profits will fall, will, it is thought, enable the simply continue to borrow by pension funds will be diminished, government to borrow money printing the money which is lent investment projects will be more cheaply than it would to it. This is not true of countries canceled or postponed, and otherwise be able to do, in turn i n t h e e u r o z o n e . B u t t h e i r houses, hospitals, and schools will lowering interest rates for private governments do not have to repay not be built. Future generations borrowers, which should boost their debts, either. If their will be worse off, having been economic activity. So fiscal (foreign) creditors put too much deprived of assets that they might consolidation is the royal road to pressure on them, they simply otherwise have had. economic recovery. default. Default is bad. But life Fourth, there is no connection This, the official doctrine of most after default goes on much as between the size of national debt and the price that a government d e v e l o p e d c o u n t r i e s t o d a y , before. contains at least five major Second, deliberately cutting the must pay to finance it. The fallacies, which pass largely deficit is not the best way for a interest rates that Japan, the unnoticed, because the narrative is government to balance its books. United States, the UK, and so plausible. Deficit reduction in a depressed Germany pay on their national First, governments, unlike private economy is the road not to SLASHING page 37 individuals, do not have to recovery, but to contraction,
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Here's Why Emerging Markets Could Be In For A Tough 2012

Jeffrey Frankel (Money Game)
Submitted at 1/21/2012 3:34:00 PM
work off the bad loans. This is not wild doom-and-gloom speculation. The World Bank has E m e r g i n g m a r k e t s h a v e just downgraded economic performed amazingly well over forecasts for developing countries the last seven years. In many in its 2012 Global Economic cases, they have far outperformed Prospects, released this month. the advanced industrialized For example, Brazils annual countries in terms of economic GDP growth, which came to a growth, debt-to-GDP ratios, halt in the third quarter of 2011, is countercyclical fiscal policy, and forecast to reach 3.4% in 2012, assessments by ratings agencies less than half the 7.5% rate and financial markets. recorded in 2010. Reflecting a As 2012 begins, however, sharp slowdown in the second i n v e s t o r s a r e w o n d e r i n g i f half of the year in India, South emerging markets may be due for Asia is slowing from a torrid six a correction, triggered by a new years, which included 9.1% wave of risk off behavior. Will growth in 2010. Regional growth China experience a hard landing? is projected to decelerate further, Will a decline in commodity to 5.8%, in 2012. prices hit Latin America? Will the Three possible lines of argument European Unions sovereign-debt empirical, literary, and causal, woes spread to neighbors such as each admittedly tentative and Turkey? tenuous support the worry that Indeed, few believe that the rapid emerging markets economic economic growth and high trade p e r f o r m a n c e c o u l d s u f f e r deficits that Turkey has dramatically in 2012. experienced in recent years can be The empirical argument is simply sustained. Likewise, high GDP historically based numerology: growth rates in Brazil and emerging-market crises seem to Argentina over the same period come in a 15-year cycle. The could soon reverse, particularly if international debt crisis that global commodity prices fall not erupted in mid-1982 began in a remote prospect if the Chinese Mexico, and then spread to the economy begins to falter or global rest of Latin America and beyond. real interest rates rise this year. The East Asian crisis came 15 China, in turn, could land hard as years later, hitting Thailand in its real-estate bubble deflates and mid-1997, and spreading from the countrys banks are forced to there to the rest of the region and
save grain in the seven years of plenty, building up sufficient stockpiles to save the Egyptian people from starvation during the bad years. That is a valuable lesson for todays government officials in industrialized and developing countries alike. For emerging markets, the first seven-year phase of plentiful capital flows occurred in 19751981, with the recycling of petrodollars in the form of loans to developing countries. The international debt crisis that began in Mexico in 1982 catalyzed the seven lean years, known in Latin America as the lost decade. The turnaround year, 1989, was marked by the first issue of Brady bonds (dollar-denominated bonds issued by Latin American countries), which helped the region to get past the crisis. The second cycle of seven fat years was the period of record beyond. We are now another 15 Pharaoh to interpret a dream capital flows to emerging markets years down the road. So is 2012 about seven fat cows followed by in 1990-1996. Following the East the year for another emerging- seven skinny cows. Asia crisis of 1997 came seven markets crisis? Joseph prophesied that there years of capital drought. The third The hypothesis of regular boom- would come seven years of cycle of inflows occurred in 2004bust cycles is supported by a long- plenty, with abundant harvests 2011, persisting even through the standing scholarly literature, such f r o m a n o v e r f l o w i n g N i l e , global financial crisis. If history as the writings of the American followed by seven lean years, repeats itself, it is now time for a economist Carmen Reinhart. But I with famine resulting from third sudden stop of capital would appeal to an even older drought. His forecast turned out to flows to emerging markets. source: the Old Testament in be accurate. Fortunately, the Are a couple of data points and a particular, the story of Joseph, Pharaoh had empowered his HERE'S page 38 who was called upon by the technocratic official (Joseph) to
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Will the Fed Bring Clarity or Confusion?

Bruce Krasting
Submitted at 1/21/2012 8:45:01 PM
By Bruce Krasting Next Wednesday, between 12:30 and 2PM, we will get a ton of new information to digest and analyze. The Federal Reserve will make a series of statements while unveiling its new communication effort. A portion of the new information will be contained in the revised Summary of Economic Projections(SEP). The Fed has worked long and hard on its new communication policy. The question is,What will people think and how will the markets react? I believe that there is a very good possibility that the Fed's plan will add to uncertainties regarding monetary policy. Contrary to its objectives, the new "openness and clarity" may end up causing the confusion. The Fed will provide information regarding member's thinking on the future size of the Feds balance sheet (BS). This is critical. We might see a consensus view that the Feds balance sheet will grow another 25% over the next 18 months. That would bring this headline: Fed Signals Another $1T Of QE Stocks rise sharply. Oil, copper, gold see largest one-day rise in two years TIPs spreads widen to 2.5% We could just as easily get a consensus opinion that the Feds
BS will remain unchanged for the foreseeable future. That would also be a shocker: Fed Forecasts End of QE Global stocks in broad retreat. Next move is to tighten? The Fed will provide information regarding its thinking on GDP, inflation and the timing of an increase in the Federal Funds rate (new info). This is all potentially explosive data. The Fed's most recent read (November) on the economy painted a somewhat upbeat picture. Almost all of the data since then has been on the positive side. While I doubt the Fed will signal that happy days are here again, it would appear likely that a +2.0% growth forecast for GDP is in the cards. How is the Fed going to square this (relatively) upbeat economic assessment with a loose monetary policy that is currently at biblical historic levels? The answer is, "It cant". Fed Predicts Improvement. To Keep Monetary Pedal on the Metal Global Central Bankers Critical, OECD head says, Reckless Dollar in rout, Gold rises $65 For the Fed to continue ZIRPing, Twisting and QEing, it has to support the policy with a bleak assessment on the economy. A negative outlook is the only scenario that justifies maintaining, let alone expanding, the existing "emergency" monetary measures. I think the Fed will hint that
monetary contraction is in our future (about a year away, if not sooner). To me, the only circumstance that would avoid this conclusion is if the Fed were to come out with some decidedly disappointing expectations for growth and unemployment for the next 36 months. This too would make for headlines: Fed Downgrades Expectations Three More Years of Sub-par Growth A downbeat assessment would influence the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). On January 30, the CBO will release its tenyear economic outlook. This is what they said a year ago: The CBO forecasts for 2011 were off the mark. I think they will have to significantly downgrade their expectations for 2012 and
risk of significant market confusion next week. At the end of the day, were concerned that market confusion next week could lead to an unintended tightening of financial conditions. Mr. Greenlaw is assuming that the Fed will produce an economic forecast that will force a conclusion that further easing is off the table. We may get that. The alternative is that the Fed downgrades its collective assessment for growth, inflation and interest rates. Should it do that, the folks at the CBO will have to either scramble to adjust their own expectations, or face 2013. The CBO numbers are the severe criticism for presenting a basis upon which long-term rosy view of the future while the estimates for future deficits and Fed is singing a different tune. the financial status of Social What will we get next week? S e c u r i t y ( a n d o t h e r b i g Will it be clarity? entitlement programs) are made. Or confusion? The Office of Management and Either way, I cant wait. B u d g e t ( O M B ) u s e s t h e s e Note: This is a Banksy. What numbers to craft legislation for original oil painting is this from? the White House. Average: I find it interesting that the Your rating: None forecast that would best serve Ben This entry passed through the Bernankes desire to maintain and Full-Text RSS service if this is expand monetary policy is exactly your content and you're reading it the opposite forecast that the CBO on someone else's site, please read wants to use in evaluating the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentAmericas macro economic only/faq.php#publishers. Five outlook. Filters recommends: Donate to On Friday, Morgan Stanleys Wikileaks. David Greenlaw commented on prospects for the Feds announcements this week: In sum, there seems to be some
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Megaupload Takedown: The Real Meaning

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probably do so, and give a specific timeframe to pick it up. The Feds would not shut down The Feds takedown of the storage company and throw Megaupload shows beyond the out all of the property stored there shadow of a doubt that SOPA, by honest people. PIPA or any similar legislation is As Ernesto at TorrentFreak wholly unnecessary. writes: As the Atlantics Dashiell Do the feds realize that hundreds Bennett correctly notes: of thousands, perhaps millions of The shutdown inadvertently people used the site to share proved that the U.S. government research data, work documents, already has all the power it needs personal video collections and to take down its copyright much more? entertainment celebrities endorsed determine whether the business villains, even those that arent they should. What will happen to these based in the United States. No They dont shut down the entire Megaupload (major stars like used a criminal business model, or personal non-infringing files? storage company, or the train Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas was mainly a legitimate business. SOPA or PIPA required. People are outraged on Twitter Indeed, that might be why station where the locker is sung Megauploads praises) so W h a t e v e r h a p p e n e d t o d u e and are demanding access to their SOPAs chief sponsor who said located. We can all agree that that its not like the entire business p r o c e s s o f l a w ? files immediately. was criminal. On the other hand, IN THE REAL WORLD, hed still push SOPA even after would be absurd. By mindlessly shutting down the B u t t h e F e d s s a y t h a t s o m e p e o p l e a c c u s e PEOPLE WOULD GET THEIR Wednesdays web blackout site, the Feds have made a very backed down right right after Megaupload was basically a Megauploads founder as being a PROPERTY BACK stupid move, indeed. Even if the criminal company megaupload was taken down. criminal enterprise, focused on serial criminal. Update: Did the Feds Just Kill B u t t h e t a k e d o w n o f analogy is accurate, the honest (Granted, it could have also been illegal conduct. In other words, the Cloud Storage Model? because Anonymous hacking their response to the storage Megaupload was wrong. It should customers of a storage company A v e r a g e : spree showed that draconian company analogy will be that the have gone through the normal would normally get their property Your rating: None Average: 4.9( legislation wont stop techies, or storage company gave money to court process, and a judge should back. They wouldnt say 60 7 votes) because of increased political people who stored dope or stolen have ruled on the site before percent of the customers are This entry passed through the property there, and that the whole anything was done to kill the crooks, Mrs. Jones, so we threw pressure from other areas.) Full-Text RSS service if this is WHY THE TAKE DOWN OF thing was a criminal enterprise. business. This is especially true away your priceless family your content and you're reading it MEGAUPLOAD WAS WRONG (The Feds also point out that a because the. countries involved heirlooms, too. on someone else's site, please read Every day, criminals use storage grand jury found that Megaupload are signatories to international Indeed, if it were easy for the the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentcopyright and extradition treaties, Feds to arrest the criminal owners lockers to stash drugs, stolen probably did bad stuff.) only/faq.php#publishers. Five I dont know enough about not rogue nations. of the company and to give people jewelry, etc. When the Feds raid, Filters recommends: Donate to they seize the ill-gotten loot, and Megaupload to know whether or It should be the courts which notice that they could pick up Wikileaks. throw the criminals in jail as not that is true. Numerous top e x a m i n e t h e e v i d e n c e a n d t h e i r p r o p e r t y , t h e y w o u l d
Submitted at 1/21/2012 1:28:33 PM
Solyndra Caught Destroying Millions in Assets

Mark Hemingway (The Weekly Standard)
Submitted at 1/21/2012 2:16:00 PM
Solyndra, the bankrupt solar panel firm at the center of the Obama administration's green energy loan program scandal, still
owes U.S. taxpayers hundreds of
millions of dollars. So why is it destroying millions of dollars in saleable assets? CBS San Francisco reports:
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Greek Debt Talks Stall, More Negotiations "By Phone" Later Today; IMF Germany Think 4% Coupon Too High; Greek Haircut Calculator
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debt are equally low, despite vast differences in their debt levels and fiscal policies. Finally, low borrowing costs for governments do not automatically noreply@blogger.com (Mike creditors. coupon rate. Germany had been reduce the cost of capital for the Mish Shedlock) (Mish's Global "Right now there are no talks. arguing for a 2% rate. Economic Trend Analysis) There will be consultations with At a 2% coupon on new debt, private sector. After all, corporate the EU and the IMF to determine assuming a 10% Greek haircut borrowers do not borrow at the Submitted at 1/21/2012 11:28:00 AM For weeks we have been hearing where we stand and then we'll see. rate, existing bondholders (except risk-free yield of, say, US "agreement soon" on Greek bond It (negotiations) has again become the ECB) would suffer 76% losses Treasury bonds, and evidence haircuts. The theme for the day c o m p l i c a t e d w i t h t h e n e w plus whatever losses it would take shows that monetary expansion today as it was yesterday and as it demands over the coupon," said a to make the ECB whole on the can push down the interest rate on was a week ago is "tomorrow". person with direct knowledge of garbage it is holding on its government debt, but have hardly any effect on new bank lending to One problem with all of these the talks. balance sheet. "deal is close" announcements is Earlier, people familiar with the Reuters has an interesting " firms or households. In fact, the none of them have included an matter said that the IMF and Greek Haircut Calculator" to see causality is the reverse: the reason agreement from those who stand Germany don't believe Greece's what losses might be at varying why government interest rates in the UK and elsewhere are so low to benefit if there is a credit event. debt would return to sustainable rates on new debt. is that interest rates for privateUntil those CDS holders are made levels if the average coupon on Mike "Mish" Shedlock whole, or at least the CDS holders the new bonds is around 4%, h t t p : / / sector loans are so high. As with the specter of are satisfied, there is no deal, just pushing for a lower coupon. globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. Communism that haunted noise. "We were discussing technical com The Wall Street Journal reports and legal issues having agreed in Click Here To Scroll Thru My Europe in Karl Marxs famous UPDATE: Greek Debt Talks principle to an average coupon of Recent Post List Mike manifesto, so today [a]ll the Appear To Stall Saturday 4%, but the IMF insists this won't "Mish" Shedlock is a registered powers of old Europe have Talks between Greece and its be enough to bring (Greece's) debt investment advisor representative entered into a holy alliance to private sector creditors over a back to sustainable levels," said f o r S i t k a P a c i f i c C a p i t a l exorcise the specter of national debt writedown plan appeared to another person with knowledge of Management. Sitka Pacific is an stall Saturday as the banks' top the talks. This is the second asset management firm whose negotiator left Athens amid signs intervention by Germany and the goal is strong performance and of fresh disagreements over how IMF in debt talks in the last eight low volatility, regardless of much Greece would pay its days over the coupon rate. IMF market direction. Visit http:// bondholders in the future. Germany Think 4% Coupon Too w w w . s i t k a p a c i f i c . c o m / Institute of International Finance High account_management.html to David Galloway (Lifehacker) chief Charles Dallara, who has It's hard to say whether it's the l e a r n m o r e a b o u t w e a l t h Submitted at 1/21/2012 3:00:00 PM been negotiating with Greek CDS holders who are the only m a n a g e m e n t a n d c a p i t a l officials on the bond swap plan holdouts here. Rather it's possible, preservation strategies of Sitka Over-the-door shoe holders are for the last two days, left Athens there is no general agreement at Pacific. wonderful for organizing lots of Saturday as hurdles remained over all. Interestingly, both German household items in addition to the interest rate the new bonds and the IMF think Greece cannot their normal function. We've w o u l d p a y p r i v a t e s e c t o r recover with a 4% or higher previously covered how to use them to store pantry items, cable storage, and gadgets. Now, household weblog Whine &
debt. But statesmen who aim to liquidate the debt should recall another famous specter the specter of revolution. Related: A QUESTION FOR PAUL KRUGMAN, Who Keeps Saying Our Huge Debt Mountain Is Of No Concern> This post originally appeared at Project Syndicate. Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story See Also: If European Leaders Implement This Fiscal Plan They Could Be Headed For A Major Depression Greece Looks More And More Like A Collapsed Society How Long Until People Raise The Alarm About Britain?
Repurpose an Over-the-Door Shoe Holder into a Cleaning Products Organizer [Organization]
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Sarkozy Dumps Financial Transaction Tax After Pressure From Banks
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biblical parable enough to take the hypothesis of a 15-year cycle seriously? Perhaps, if we have some sort of causal theory that could explain such periodicity to international capital flows. Here is a possibility: 15 years is how long it takes for individual loan officers and hedge-fund noreply@blogger.com (Mike territories, as confirmed by Round of French Elections; traders to be promoted out of their Mish Shedlock) (Mish's Global sources in the banking sector I n t e r e s t i n g C r o s s o v e r V o t e jobs. Todays young crop of asset Economic Trend Analysis) Germany's Handelsblatt. O p p o r t u n i t y f o r H o l l a n d e pickers knows that there was a According to newspaper reports, Supporters to Dump Sarkozy crisis in Turkey in 2001, but they Submitted at 1/21/2012 5:58:00 PM French President Nicolas Sarkozy Paris would replace the tax on Never before has a sitting French did not experience it first hand. is once again setting himself up to financial transactions by a "tax on president been dumped in the first They think that perhaps this time look like a fool, this time over his stock negotiations", similar to that round of elections. That outcome is different. If emerging markets crash in pledge to implement a tax on all established in the UK, after is now a strong possibility. 2012, remember where you heard financial transactions, popularly having held talks with French Mike "Mish" Shedlock referred to as the "Tobin Tax". banks. h t t p : / / Just days after pledging to Earlier this week, the Spanish globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. proceed with a tax on all financial prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, com transaction tax in France if the expressed his support for the Click Here To Scroll Thru My rest of the Europe would not go imposition of a tax on financial Recent Post List Mike along, he walked away from the transactions, but admitted to be "Mish" Shedlock is a registered "Tobin Tax" idea completely after studied "some details". Not only investment advisor representative receiving pressure from French does it look like Sarkozy caved f o r S i t k a P a c i f i c C a p i t a l banks. under pressure from French Management. Sitka Pacific is an Via Google Translate, please banks, it appears the Spanish asset management firm whose (Holy Kaw!) consider Sarkozy waiver of the prime minister Mariano Rajoy goal is strong performance and Submitted at 1/21/2012 6:37:00 PM Tobin Tax by pressure from the caved in as well. low volatility, regardless of banks, according to the German Will this flip-flopping by market direction. Visit http:// Characters who come face to face press Sarkozy, especially after being w w w . s i t k a p a c i f i c . c o m / with Vinnie Jones usually dont The French government had adamant that France would go it account_management.html to have much longer to live, but abandoned its demand to impose a alone if necessary help his l e a r n m o r e a b o u t w e a l t h theres no need to get that close tax on financial transactions, also election chances? m a n a g e m e n t a n d c a p i t a l with this hands-only CPR called Tobin Tax, after pressure For a discussion of Sarkozy's preservation strategies of Sitka t e c h n i q u e , w h i c h a s t h i s advertisement from the British from the country's largest banks, dwindling election chances please Pacific. Heart Foundation points out is which have threatened to relocate consider Le Pen Inches Closer to t h e i r b u s i n e s s e s i n o t h e r Bumping Off Sarkozy in First
it first in ancient Egypt. This post originally appeared at Project Syndicate. Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story See Also: 10 Signs That China Is In A Bubble The Clock Is Ticking On China's Cinderella Story GMO: Something's Fishy in China
Stayin Alive with CPR as demonstrated by Vinnie Jones [video]

best done to the beat of Stayin Alive. Onlookers might not appreciate your crooning the Bee Gees while someones life is at stake, but theyll thank you when all is said and done (hopefully). Full story at YouTube. Groovin til the EMT arrives. Permalink| Leave a comment
Newt Looking to 'Deliver the Knockout Punch in Florida'

Daniel Halper (The Weekly Standard)
Newt Gingrich has not yet delivered his victory speech tonight in South Carolina, but he
has delivered a strong message to his rivals via Twitter. "Thank you South Carolina! Help me deliver
the knockout punch in Florida," Gingrich tweeted. "Join our Moneybomb and donate now."
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'Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus' Poet Jefferson Bethke Talks Jesus, Religion
(Christianpost.com > Most Popular)
Bethke says was his journey to discover this truth the difference between Jesus and false religion. One critic in particular who (Photo: YouTube via The found Bethke's presentation Christian Post) Jefferson Bethke troubling was Pastor Kevin is seen here in a YouTube video DeYoung. The Michigan pastor titled Why I Hate Religion, But offered a verse-by-verse critique Love Jesus." The video has drawn of the video something that over 9 million hits. Bethke said he appreciated, admitting that "it hit me hard," but The 22-year-old shared that this that he agreed with DeYoung's video was not as big as it assessment. l o o k e d t h a t i t w a s t h e Like us on Facebook collaborative product of his poetry Bethke, a member of Mars Hill and a friends video production Church (Federal Way) in St. skills. However, the emotion Auburn, Wash., told CP that Mark behind Why I Hate Religion, But Driscoll, pastor of the main Mars Love Jesus was Scripture-based, Hill campus in Seattle, and Tim he told CP. Keller of Redeemer Church, have My heart behind the video and also described religion as: a the lyrics really has to do with just short-hand that is synonymous reading the Scripture and seeing a with legalism, hypocrisy, and selfstaunch juxtaposition that Jesus justification, which has nothing to would always do in regards to with the institution. highlighting people who are only It has nothing to do with the a b o u t t h e e x t e r n a l n o t t h e actual church, Bethke stated. internal, Bethke said. Its a synonym used for Pharisee The viral video was born from -type legalistic, self-righteous readings that showed that the people that are opposed to the people Jesus was most opposed to c h u r c h a n d o p p o s e d t o in his time were those that C h r i s t i a n i t y . S o t h a t s m y everyone else looked to as closest definition of [false religion]. to God, he stated. This just made Regarding organized religion, me think Hey is that going on studies have found, and church today? leaders have observed, that many The popular video, called of todays young Christians unhelpful and misleading by appear to be pushing it away a some watchers, showcases what seeming trend with which Bethke
says he is playing a difficult middle game. The 22-year-old shared that he was in the camp of young Christians pushing the church away. He recalled watching a panel discussion of well-respected theologians and pastors and one question really struck a chord. The group was asked about the most encouraging and discouraging aspect of the millennial generation responding, that the most encouraging is that they love Jesus more passionately, more furiously than previous generations. However, in that same aspect the most discouraging is that they hate the church more passionately and more furiously. Right when I heard that, it just convicted me and God used it as one of those Spirit moments where its just man hes right, Bethke told CP. I realized a lot of my views and treatments of the church were not Scripture-based, they were very experiencedbased. He added, And thats when I realized that wasnt right. Gods church is holy, thats his bride. I want to separate myself from the group of people who say, I love Jesus, but I hate his church, he said. I accidentally got put in that group, but that happens when
you preach radical, free juxtaposed and self-righteousness grace and Jesus. Did I maybe get placed there a bit through this video? Yes, but not nearly as much as Im getting accused of, he relayed. Ive gotten a handful of criticisms, but hundreds of responses saying, Man, Ive went back to the church. Its a hospital for the broken. I went back, thank you praise God. According to Bethke, it has been really humbling to receive such feedback. The Washington resident says he wants to separate from groups that distance themselves from church, because the Church is Christ's body. Its really cool for my generation to say I love Jesus, but Hate the Church but thats not honoring God, because the church is His number one. The church is 'plan A,' there is no plan B, Bethke said. Saying you love Jesus, but hate the church is like youre about to get married and [tell that person], I love you, but hate your kid. He added, The church is messy, the church fails, but we are all covered by grace. We are all covered by the blood and thats our invitation. Were saying, world, were not perfect, but we know a perfect God and we want you to know him as well.
According to Bethke, his main message to young Christians struggling with feelings of distrust and hate for the church is to not let events of the past blind or block your view of what the church is saying. Dont listen to what society is saying, he advised. The ultimate authority is the word of God and we have to submit ourselves to that. Return to the Scripture and trust that God knows best. There are a lot of times we put the Bible below us and say, Okay Im going to listen to it, Im going to read it, but its below me so I have [the] ultimate say. We dont realize the arrogance of that statement to say we know better than God. So we need to elevate the Scriptures, put them back where they belong, see the word of God as the ultimate authority and say God this might not sound politically correct to me, but I trust that youre after my joy. The Tacoma, Wash. resident told CP he had expected Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus to get only a few thousand views. However, the video may have struck a chord that he was not ready to strike regarding 20 years of pent up generational separation. Regardless, the answer 'WHY page 43
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Elevation Church Accused of Censoring Reformed Pastor's Sermon

during the first rebroadcast time. We were getting so many requests for prayer. C h a n d l e r , a R e f o r m e d The Motion Graphic Designer for evangelical pastor, spoke as a Elevation Church, Geoff Schultz, guest speaker at Elevation last also explained on his Facebook Friday, the third night of the Code wall that Chandler's sermon was Orange Revival. But Chris edited out of the revival's Rosebrough, blogger and host of rebroadcasts because "the team Fighting for the Faith, told The decided to focus the rebroadcast Christian Post that Chandlers on Jesus - so we reformatted the sermon was never rebroadcast content a bit - We are trying to afterwards like the other speakers stay in the flow of what the Spirit talks were. is leading us to do." Elevation Church is in the midst Like us on Facebook of its 12-night revival in Elevations pastor, Steven Charlotte, N.C. Each night, the Furtick, sent out a tweet at 9:18 worship time and speakers' a.m. the next day, stating: I sermons are rebroadcast on the apologize for the inconvenience Elevation Network at 10:12 p.m. o f l a s t n i g h t ' s and 3:12 a.m. EST. #CodeOrangeRevival Rosebrough told The Christian p r o g r a m m i n g c h a n g e - M a t t Post that when he went back to C h a n d l e r ' s m s g w i l l r e a i r watch Chandlers sermon at both today@10:12am&12:12pm. of the appointed times they never Bendickson noted that Pastor showed up. Elevation rebroadcast C h a n d l e r s m e s s a g e d i d the worship time leading up to rebroadcast, just not the first time, Chandlers talk, but right when it and it will be available for podcast got to the time for the sermon it after the revival with all the other was cut out. They put a prayer messages. update in its place. Rosebrough isnt buying it. He Elevations spokesperson, Tonia said on his blog: Fact is, B e n d i c k s o n , t o l d C P , W e Furtick's explanation is a flimsy decided to do prayer time live effort at spin/damage control and
an admission that a deliberate decision was made to remove Chandler's sermon from the first two rebroadcasts. He told CP that he broke the story of the "censorship" Saturday morning and shortly after, Elevation reversed their decision and the sermon was rebroadcast at 12:12 p.m. on Saturday. Rosebrough thinks part of the reason for the alleged censorship stems from Furtick and Chandlers theological differences. During his talk, Chandler came out both guns blazing and blew the head off Steven Furticks favorite Bible technique of allegorizing a text. He (Chandler) said the Bible is not about you. At the beginning of his talk at the revival, Chandler, who leads The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas, told crowds, Weve got to get past Elevation and Pastor Furtick. Weve got to get underneath all that so we can gaze upon what is actually going on and what God is about. In Rosebroughs view, the talk was a boxing match theologically; if you watched
Furticks body language he was pissed. He wasnt clapping, he was shaking his head. Chandler, who was one of 11 world-class speakers invited to the 12-night revival, preached about the law and about sinfulness, which Rosebrough said is considered negative preaching in Furticks book. Furtick has told his congregation that he doesnt like negative preaching. Chandlers talk centered around the law and Gospel, telling those in the audience that the law cant save you, its purpose is to show you your sin. The Texas pastor told the crowd the only solution against sin is Jesus Christ and Him crucified, Rosebrough recalled. Chandler and Furtick have debated theological issues before. They participated in the Elephant Room Conference last year where Chandler told the young Elevation pastor that the Reformed community is not a big fan of him. He pointed to a video he came across where Furtick rebuked his church for wanting depth. Youre in front of your
congregation saying you guys want to talk about reform? You guys want to talk about this doctrine? Well I want you to know we baptized 1,000 people. Chandler said he was heartbroken because through that talk Furtick literally said evangelism and doctrine are exclusive. The Elevation pastor clarified that he was just being hyperbolic and that what he was trying to say was that he was tired of people saying give me abstract theoretical truths as long as they dont have to do anything about it. He said he exaggerated his point to tell those people to get out of here (Elevation) if thats what you want. The Village Church declined to comment on the rebroadcasting issue. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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The End of the Christian Right?

(Photo: REUTERS/Rick Wilking) Copies of Family Man the biography of Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, are seen in the bookstore at the Focus headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado July 20, 2007. Michael Kazin, professor of history at Georgetown University, in an article for The New Republic, claims, The Christian Right is fighting a losing battle on the issues of abortion and same -sex marriage. Kazin supports his assertion that the Christian Right has declined in influence with two points: the absence of effective, well known leaders and a lack of enthusiasm for the movement among the younger generation. But one expert doesnt see the movement ending. Rather, it is changing, said Kimberly Conger, who teaches political science at Colorado State University and is the author of The Christian Right and Republican State Politics. It's not going to be the same movement as the previous generation incarnated, Conger
said. The Christian Right is not gone (how many times has that been predicted?), but like any social movement, it is evolving. Pundits have been predicting the demise of the Christian Right almost as soon as it started. In 1988 there was a book called The Rise and Fall of the New Christian Right. A year later, another titled Fall From Grace: The Failed Crusade of the Christian Right was released. More recently, in 2007, former George W. Bush administration insider David Kuo wrote a book suggesting that the 2006 election results were a sign that the movement would soon be over. And, in 2009, Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker asked, Is a New Generation of Christians Finished with Politics? Like us on Facebook David French, co-founder of Evangelicals for Mitt, provided a similar diagnosis on Wednesday. In an editorial for The Washington Post, French asserts that Christian Right leaders have little name recognition, represent small (and overlapping) constituencies, and simply cannot by themselves motivate large numbers of voters.
Well-known leaders such as Jerry Falwell, James Dobson and Pat Robertson helped get the Christian Right movement going in the 1980s, with their large following. But many are hard pressed to name Christian leaders with the same influence and national following in this generation. While some think the Christian Right is on its last legs, Conger pointed out to The Christian Post that movement leaders have consciously moved most of its efforts to the state level. It is true that there are not a lot of nationally recognized names, but there are a slew of state level Christian Right leaders who are having practical impact on morality issues, she noted. Most of these issues, including abortion and same-sex marriage, are inherently state level issues. On the issue of leadership succession, there are some generational differences between the older and younger generations of Christian conservatives. The concerns of the younger generation, for instance, tend to be broader. The younger generation of evangelicals is different, in general, and so the leadership that
is emerging does not look like the older Christian Right. In fact most of them want nothing to do with the baggage of the Christian Right of the 1990s and George W. Bush administration, Conger said. But, there are clearly still significant groups of conservative younger evangelicals who have the motivation and skills to run the movement. Commentaries on the end of the Christian Right came out days after a group of 150 evangelical and Christian conservative leaders, including Dobson, met in Texas to try and come to a consensus on a candidate for president. A supermajority chose to back Santorum. Newt Gingrich came in second. C o n t a c t : napp.nazworth@christianpost.co m This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
Storms over Africa from ISS [video]

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Snowy Central Park today

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Thunderstorms are always an impressive experience but few of us have ever had the chance to see them from orbit until now. According to the description provided on YouTube: This video was taken by the crew of Expedition 30 on board the International Space Station. The sequence of shots was taken December 29, 2011 from 20:55:05 to 21:14:09 GMT, on a pass from over central Africa, near southeast Niger, to the South Indian Ocean, southeast of Madagascar. The complete pass is over southern Africa to the ocean, focusing on the lightning flashes from local storms and the Milky Way rising over the horizon. Full story at YouTube via Geeks are Sexy. The view from space. Permalink| Leave a comment
Central Park was absolutely lovely, with kids sledding and everyone out to experience the snowy landscape and really cold
air. Wonderful.
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This Week's Top Downloads [Download Roundup]

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iPhone-hacking group Chronic Dev Team just released the first untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 running iOS Boxer is a Free DOS Game 5.0.1. We've explained why a Emulator for your Mac(Mac) tethered jailbreak can be such a Computer games have come a hassle, which is why we've been long way since the days of Doom, w a i t i n g t o r e c o m m e n d Zork, Tie Fighter, and Castle jailbreaking your up-to-date Wolfenstein, but many of us who iPhone. Luckily, that wait is over. grew up with those games would Clean My Desktop Sorts Files like to replay them. Boxer is a I n t o C o n t e n t S p e c i f i c free app that will let you play any Folders(Mac) A desktop filled DOS game on your Mac. with hundreds of files in a variety iBoostUp Cleans Out Your of formats can be a headache to Mac's System File Clutter in a clean up, but Clean My Desktop Minute(Mac) iBoostUp cleans out m a k e s i t e a s y b y s o r t i n g the crap on your drive and fine- everything into content specific tunes your system for better folders based on the file type. performance. It's simple, it's MindNode Is a Mind Mapping quick, and it's free. App that Makes Brainstorming AntiCrop "Uncrops" Your S i m p l e a n d E a s y ( M a c / i O S ) Photos by Extending the Picture's Regardless of the type of work Background(iOS) If you've ever that you do, brainstorming is an taken a hasty photo on your phone important part of generating new and didn't leave enough room on ideas and new approaches to the outside, AntiCrop is the app getting your work done more can "uncrop" those photos by efficiently. Mind mapping is a filling in the edges with just a few brainstorming technique that swipes. helps you get all of your Untethered Jailbreak for iPhone interconnected thoughts out in a 4S and iOS 5 Is Finally Here(iOS) diagram, and there are a number
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of complicated tools designed to help you do it. MindNode for Mac and iOS is pricey, but it's one of the best tools we've seen for the job. Pomodroido Is an Elegant Pomodoro Timer for Your Android Phone(Pomodroido) If you're a fan of the Pomodoro productivity technique, you know that part of the philosophy is to work in short, focused, timed bursts and then take periodic breaks to relax. To do this, you'll need a timer, and Pomodroido is a free app that turns your Android phone into one that follows you everywhere. Forismatic Is a Free App that Helps You Relax and Keeps You Inspired Every Day(Mac) Computers are supposed to make our work easier, but in reality they often just bring us more work and stress us out. Give your Mac the opportunity to help you relax for a change with Forismatic, a free app that sits in the menubar until you need a little inspiration to help you keep going, and will remind you to take a break now and again to relax.
Breathing Zone Guides You Towards Slower Breathing to Help Reduce Stress and Anxiety(Mac/iOS) Breathing Zone is a simple app that helps slow your breathing rhythm to calm you down and make you feel more relaxed. If you're a bit stressed or anxious, it's a good way to help you alleviate those feelings in just a few minutes. WatchMe Is a Desktop Timer that Keeps Track of Multiple Alarms at Once(Windows) Unfortunately, few of us have the luxury of only keeping track of one thing at a time. There are plenty of great timers available to help you keep track of how long you've been working or when you need to take a break, but if you need to track multiple times or set more than one timer, you may be out of luck. WatchMe is a timer that allows you to set multiple alerts and multiple timers so you're alerted at different times for different things. More
Audiobook Cutter Pares Down Lengthy Audio Files Into Customized Segments [Windows Downloads]
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Jefferies to make move for RBS cash equities

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Windows: As a frequent audiobook and podcast listener I find that most of the time long audio files of an hour or more aren't terrible to deal with until you lose your place and try to find it again while driving or running. Usually this means pulling your car over, skipping and fast forwarding for a minute or two until you've found your place again. The free version of Audiobook Cutter lets you instead chop that monster file down into segments to make navigation easier. More
Jefferies has initiated one-on-one meetings with staff in Royal Bank of Scotland's equities business as the US investment bank prepares
to make an offer for the statebacked lender's Hoare Govett corporate broking business.
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to whether he would change something if he had it to do over is yes and no. Yes, my desire to maybe change or be more airtight or elaborate on some points. I dont want people to ever close their ears to the message Im trying to portray of Jesus just because I used some type of strategy, Bethke said. But on the flipside, I also say no because I think that helped me do what it did. Its a double-edged sword. If I were to use those words that I said were synonymous with religion instead, I dont think it would have done what it did. Bethke, a self-described messed up dude addicted to grace, says he is just trying to make Jesus famous. Theologically I think thats what were created for were created to find joy. I think St. Augustine said it: 'You cannot find rest, you cannot find joy until you find your joy and rest in Jesus. And were restless and joyless until then.'
I have found that to be true and it is now the thing that sparks my entire heart, he confessed. When you make Him famous and make that the pursuit of your life, you find joy and bring glory to God. Thats what we were created for. According to Bethke, there is no need to defend the word of God. Its like saying you need to defend a lion. You dont, you just unlock the cage. Thats essentially what I try to do. I just unlock the cage. In regards to the criticism and praise Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus has received, the 22year-old says he does not especially read either that both are dangerous and can be turned into some type of idolatry. You can either become a slave to the fear of man or critique of man or you can be a slave to the praise of man, Bethke stated. And I dont want to be a slave to either. I want to be a slave to Jesus. However, he insisted that no
person can critique or show him how wrong or how much he deserves death more than the cross. And in the same sense, nothing can show his worth or the extent to which he is treasured more than the cross does. Its a double-edged sword in a beautiful way, Bethke said. And its really encouraging when that starts to penetrate the heart. The video Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus can be seen below: ravelle.mohammed@christianpost .com @ravmo [Twitter] This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
Emma Roberts, Andy Samberg, and Rashida Jones Bring Celeste and Jesse to Sundance
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The cast of Celeste and Jesse Forever hit the Sundance Film Festival to show off their sweet movie on Friday. It's Rashida Jones's first screenplay, and she also stars alongside Andy Samberg in the project. On the red carpet at their premiere, the two gushed about working together, and Andy joked that if he was tasked with winning back an old love in real life, he'd probably revert to "d*ck in a box" tactics. Emma Roberts plays a pop star in Celeste and Jesse Forever and to get ready for the part she revealed that she channeled a little bit of Christina Aguilera in the "Dirrty" days, Britney Spears, and Ke$ha. We also chatted with Elijah Wood
about his part in Celeste and Jesse and what it was like to see the The Hobbit trailer for the first time, which he said was "electrifying." Award season darling and The Descendants star Shaliene Woodley slipped in to see the movie, and later in the evening checked out Wiz Khalifa at the Bing Bar. View Slideshow
Emily Blunt Celebrates Your Sister's Sister at Sundance Without John

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Sister's Sister in Park City on Friday evening. She was joined by her costars in the movie, including Despite the snow falling outside, Mark Duplass and Rosmarie Emily Blunt went with a cute Dewitt, though Emily's husband d r e s s a n d b o o t i e s f o r t h e John Krasinski was busy in LA Sundance premiere of Your with the press junket for Big
Miracle. John will be headed to
Utah soon enough though, since he has his own project, Nobody Walks debuting on Sunday. Hopefully John and Emily will get to overlap in the Winter wonderland, though he's in the thick of promoting his dramatic
whale movie. Next up for Emily is Five Year Engagement which made BuzzSugar's short list of the five movies they are most excited to see in 2012. View Slideshow
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Taylor Swift Bundles Up and Heads to Sundance for Ethel Kennedy

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Joe Paterno, Penn State legend, dead at 85 - NJ.com

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Taylor Swift stayed cozy in her hat and coat as she made a surprise appearance at the premiere of Ethel, a documentary about Ethel Kennedy, at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday. Taylor declined to do interviews on the press line, though in her February Vogue cover story she did speak about her interest in Ethel's marriage after the two had lunch together recently. In the article, Taylor also addressed her much-talked-about love life and her own "stupidity" when she falls for someone hard. It's been a while since she's been linked to
someone romantically, but most recently she reportedly was spotted out on a date with Zac Efron, sparking a set of rumors about the twosome. View Slideshow
Andrea Rossi : Sinner or Saint? Examiner.com

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The cost of technology over the decades [infographic]

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for the last few months, and reports earlier today said his Submitted at 1/21/2012 7:56:04 PM condition had worsened and he is Joe Paterno's family says the near death. legendary Penn State coach has In 46 seasons at Penn State, not died, despite reports tonight Paterno compiled a record of 409saying he succumbed to lung 136-3, making him the all-time cancer tonight. winningest coach in Division 1 CBSSports.com reported shortly college football. before 9 p.m. that Paterno died at But he was fired in November in age 85. the wake of a child sex abuse But Paterno spokesman Dan s c a n d a l i n v o l v i n g f o r m e r M c G u i n n s a i d t h e r e p o r t s longtime assistant coach Jerry are"absolutely not true." Sandusky. His sons also denied the report on Paterno was diagnosed with Twitter. cancer shortly after his firing. Scott Paterno tweeted: "CBS This entry passed through the report is wrong - Dad is alive but Full-Text RSS service if this is in serious condition. We continue your content and you're reading it to ask for your prayers and on someone else's site, please read privacy during this time." the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentJ a y P a t e r n o t w e e t e d : " I only/faq.php#publishers. Five appreciate the support & prayers. Filters recommends: Donate to Joe is continuing to fight." Wikileaks. Paterno has been battling cancer
Andrea Rossi: Sinner or Saint? Examiner.com Is Andrea Rossi the world's greatest inventor since Nikola
Telsa and the savior of mankind, or is he one of the worst scoundrels of the year? It's very difficult to say at this time, but the question really is that basic. There are those who would like...
Via New Mac Online. Like infographics? So do we. Permalink| Leave a comment
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Muslim Brotherhood tops Egyptian poll result

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Katatni, a leading Muslim Brotherhood official who has previously sat in parliament as an The Freedom and Justice Party independent, as speaker of the (FJP), which represents Egypt's assembly. Muslim Brotherhood, has won 47 Katatni has told the Reuters news per cent of all seats in the agency that he intends for the role country's election for the lower o f t h e a s s e m b l y t o house of parliament, the election " r e c o n c i l i a t o r y " . commission has said. "The priorities are meeting the The FJP won 235 seats in the d e m a n d s o f t h e new People's Assembly, Abdel revolution,including the rights of Moez Ibrahim, the head of the the injured and those killed in the country's election commission, uprising," he said. announced on Saturday. New constitution It also secured 127 seats on party The landmark elections for the lists, while its candidates won lower house of parliament, held in another 108 in first-past-the-post three stages, were the first since constituency votes, where votes the fall of Hosni Mubarak, the w e r e c a s t f o r i n d i v i d u a l former president, who was candidates. overthrown by a popular uprising The hardline Islamist Salafi al- in January last year. Nour party has won 24 per cent of Two-thirds of the 498 seats up all seats on offer. for election were reserved for The liberal al-Wafd party won those belonging to registered about seven per cent of the seats, political parties (refered to as according to the latest results. The 'closed party lists'), while the remaining 22 per cent of seats remaining one-third of seats were were split amongst smaller contested by individuals. political parties. Ten seats were reserved for The election commission says a p p o i n t e e s o f t h e S u p r e m e that voter turnout was 54 per cent Council of the Armed Forces in the polls. (SCAF), the military council that The FJP has named Saad al- has been ruling Egypt since
Mubarak fell. "This parliament, that has its opening session on Monday, has very limited powers," reported Al Jazeera's Sherine Tadros from Cairo, the Egyptian capital. "The most important thing that it will be doing in the coming weeks and months, is setting up a 100member body that will then write the constitution." Elections for the upper house of parliament will be held in February, after which the constituent assembly will be chosen. A new president is to be elected by June under a timetable decided by the SCAF. Candidates can register for that election by April 15. Thousands of detainees freed In a separate development, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, the head of SCAF, ordered the release
on Saturday of 1,959 people being held prisoner after having faced military trials. "It is the biggest pardon since the ouster of then President Hosni Mubarak. All of these people were incarcerated after the SCAF took over and they subjected about 12,000 people to military trials since then," reported Al Jazeera's Sherine Tadros from Cairo. "Most of those who are incarcerated and are now being pardoned, are mainly in there for cases to do with rioting, attacking public buildings and so on. There has been a lot of talk about military trials. There's a big movement here to try and get rid of these military trials, people saying that they violate human rights." Maikel Nabil, a prominent blogger who was convicted of
insulting the military and sentenced to two years in jail, was among those ordered to be released. "[Nabil was] the first blogger to be incarcerated by military trial back in April ... and he was against the military and he spoke out against the military and wrote about the military and his case very much resonated across the country at that time because it ... fed into this idea that the country was just going back to its old ways," said Tadros. "All of this coming just a few days before the first anniversary of the revolution, January 25. SCAF is very adamant to make this a day of celebration, whereas others are trying to make it into a day of demonstration." For further information about Egypt's complication electoral system, click here. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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Gingrich projected to win in South Carolina

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January 31. Romney marches on Without naming Gingrich, "/>"/> Romney compared his Republican Newt Gingrich has won the competitors unfavourably with Republican presidential primary Obama and said he was the i n S o u t h C a r o l i n a , b e a t i n g candidate who stood for his favourite Mitt Romney and party's values of "free enterprise possibly setting up a lengthy and free markets and consumer campaign to choose the man who choice". will challenge President Barack "Our party can't be led to victory Obama, media outlets reported. by someone who also has never NBC projected that Gingrich, the run a business and never run a former speaker of the House of state," he said. "We cannot defeat Representatives and a longtime that president with a candidate politician, would win the Saturday who has joined in that very assault contest, joining predictions by on free enterprise." Fox News, ABC, CNN and the Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher, Associated Press. reporting from Columbia, the Gingrich's victory means that South Carolina capital, said three different candidates have Gingrich had made a "remarkable won the first three contests in the turnaround" after trailing Romney state-by-state Republican primary by nine percentage points in for the first time in history. recent opinion polls. Rick Santorum, a former senator In response, Romney appeared to from Pennsylvania, won the Iowa c h a n g e t a c t i c s , " g o i n g a t caucuses on January 3, and [Gingrich] directly for really the Romney, the former governor of first time in this campaign," our Massachusetts, won the New correspondent said. Hampshire primary on January But Romney's attack along free 10. enterprise lines might not stick in In a speech after polls closed, an election year when most voters Romney acknowledged Gingrich's are worried about the economy, victory but said he would fight on Jason Johnson, a political analyst, to the next contest, in Florida on told Al Jazeera.
"That argument is never going to work ... you've got a nation where people are angry about bank bailouts; free enterprise is not the argument you want to be making in 2012," he said. Ryan Grim, the Washington DC bureau chief for the liberalleaning Huffington Post, said Romney's loss in South Carolina had wiped away the "sense of inevitability" surrounding his candidacy. "People in his own party, even people who are voting for him don't like him ... they don't identify with him, they think his jokes fall flat, they think he's an awkward guy," Grim said. "The only thing that was driving him was the weakness of these other candidates." Gingrich dodges "open marriage" claim Romney's second-place showing in South Carolina came after he slipped in the polls in recent days under criticism over his reluctance to release personal tax information and his admission that he pays a much lower tax rate than many Americans. Romney, the former chief of private equity firm Bain Capital, is one of the wealthiest men ever
to run for president. The Gingrich victory followed disappointing finishes in the first contests in Iowa and New Hampshire and a last-minute interview with one of his former wives, who said Gingrich had requested an "open marriage," meaning her consent to sleep with other partners. But the interview seemed only to improve Gingrich's standing in the polls, and he used the story, which he called false, to berate what he called the "elite media" in a televised debate. The next contest on the calendar is the important Florida primary on January 31. It will be the largest state yet in the nomination battle and one that will require the candidates to spend quite a bit of money on advertising in many cities. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
NBC Calls South Carolina for Newt

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Submitted at 1/21/2012 6:01:00 PM
As the polls close in South Carolina tonight, NBC News is able to project that Newt Gingrich will be the winner of the Republican primary in the first Southern state to vote. UPDATE: CNN reports: "Exit polls show Newt Gingrich leading Mitt Romney, 38% to 29% among voters who spoke with network exit poll interviewers." UPDATE II: Fox and ABC have also called South Carolina for Newt. (Clarification: CNN has not yet called the race, but has released the exit poll numbers.)
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At least 100 dead in blasts in Nigeria's Kano

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bodies. Gwadabe said the disparity was due to confusion in the aftermath A series of bombings and attacks of Friday's attacks and that c l a i m e d b y t h e r a d i c a l victims had been taken to I s l a m i s t g r o u p different hospitals, homes and Boko Haram has left at least 100 treatment clinics. dead and many more injured in "At least 140 people died. The northern Nigeria's largest Red Cross and Nigerian city, witnesses and the Red Cross emergency services have collected have said. the victims and brought them to G u n f i r e c o n t i n u e d t o one hospital [Murtala Central echo through some areas of Kano Hospital], and indeed, hospital on Saturday, despite a strict officials say 140 people were c u r f e w i m p o s e d o n F r i d a y killed," Gwadabe said. night which will remain in place In a statement released on until further notice, local officials Friday, Boko Haram claimed said. Death tolls from Friday's responsibility for the attacks and violence, which targeted police said the blasts were revenge for and state offices, varied widely as the recent arrests of its members new information was gathered. in Kano. "Many agencies are involved in "We are compelled to write this the evacuation of corpses from the letter to inform Kano residents of streets," a Nigerian Red Cross t h i s d e v e l o p m e n t , " w r o t e spokesman said on Saturday, Abubakar Shekau, the group's under condition of anonymity leader. because he was not authorised to 'Commenced investigation' speak publicly, following Friday In a statement issued late night's attacks. on Friday, federal police "From our tally, we have 121 so spokesman Olusola Amore said far," he said. attackers targeted five police Maude Gwadabe, a journalist in buildings, two immigration Kano, told Al Jazeera by phone offices and the local headquarters that he had seen at least 140 dead of the State Security Service,
week. Some Nigerians have called for Ringim's resignation. Scores of bomb blasts in Nigeria's north have been blamed on Boko Haram. Attacks specifically targeting Christians have also given rise to fears of a wider religious conflict in the country, with Christian leaders warning they will defend themselves. Some have even evoked the possibility of civil war. Boko Haram also claimed responsibility for the August suicide bombing of UN Nigeria's secret police. state of emergency in parts of four headquarters in Abuja that killed 25 people. "The police have commenced states hit by attacks [Reuters] investigation and therefore use Among those killed was a Goodluck Jonathan, the Nigerian this medium to call for calm t e l e v i s i o n r e p o r t e r , E n e c h e president, declared a state of among the residents of Kano as Akogwu, 31, who was shot dead emergency in parts of four states on December 31, hard hit by police are doing their best to bring while interviewing witnesses. the situation under control," The country's police chief, Hafiz attacks blamed on Boko Haram. Amore said. R i n g i m , h a s c a l l e d f o r a n This entry passed through the H e a d d e d t h a t p o l i c e a r e investigation into the blasts, Full-Text RSS service if this is "appealing to members of the which he described as "well-co- your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read public to come forward with ordinated attacks". information on the identity and Ringim is under investigation the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentlocation of these hoodlums. himself, after a suspect charged only/faq.php#publishers. Five Information given will be treated with carrying out Christmas Day Filters recommends: Donate to with utmost confidentiality". bombings on churches, escaped Wikileaks. Nigeria's president has declared a from police custody earlier this
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Ravens vs. Patriots: the key matchups in AFC title game Washington Post
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also want their offensive line, which has been inconsistent, to set Submitted at 1/21/2012 5:18:35 PM the tempo inside for Rice and M a t c h u p s f o r t h e A F C backup Ricky Williams (34). That championship game Sunday is a key, because only guard between the Baltimore Ravens Marshal Yanda (73) has stood out and New England Patriots at this season, and the line was Gillette Stadium: outplayed by Houston last week. When the Ravens have the ball: Expect Patriots coach Bill Run, Ray, run. Belichick to have something Catch, Ray, catch. schemed up to neutralize Rice, Those are the top two priorities forcing QB Joe Flacco (5) to beat for the Ravens (13-4), who must his team. Flacco isnt spectacular get the ball in the hands of RB and the Ravens rarely have asked Ray Rice (27), the leagues leader him to be the focal point of the in total yardage with 2,068 (1,364 offense. Belichick could force that rushing). Rice was dynamic the to happen, especially if superb NT last time he faced the Patriots in a Vince Wilfork (75) has his way in playoff game at Foxborough, the trenches. Journeyman DE breaking an 83-yard run on the Mark Anderson (95) had 10 sacks f i r s t B a l t i m o r e p l a y f r o m in Belichicks defense, and scrimmage. He needs to set the Wilfork and Ninkovich each had tone again, aided by All-Pro 1 against Denver last weekend. fullback Vonta Leach (44). Veteran WR Anquan Boldin (81) Baltimore wants to get Rice open joins Rice as the main target for in space as a receiver, putting Flacco. New Englands secondary pressure on LBs Jerod Mayo (51) has been mediocre for much of and Rob Ninkovich (50), and all the year, but does make big plays, the defensive backs. The Ravens led by CB Kyle Arrington (24),
who had a league-leading seven interceptions. The Ravens need rookie Torrey Smith (82) and veteran Lee Evans (83) to contribute, particularly downfield, in matchups with CB Devin McCourty (32) and safeties James Ihedigbo (44) and Patrick Chung (25). Where the Ravens could surprise New England (14-3) is with tight ends Dennis Pitta (88) and Ed Dickson (84). Each can be dangerous in the red zone and on third downs. When the Patriots have the ball As they showed in last weeks rout of Denver, the Patriots will feast on any defense that doesnt challenge them from the outset. Baltimore must be physical and aggressive from the opening play, and thats a staple of the Ravens defense, which had 48 sacks during the season. Led by All-Pro NT Haloti Ngata (92) and LB Terrell Suggs (55) plus the ageless LB Ray Lewis (52) and S Ed Reed (20) and
using a never-back-down philosophy, the Ravens will get after Tom Brady (12) as best they can. But they managed zero sacks and not a ton of pressure against Houston, whose offense resembles New Englands as much as the weather of the two cities matches up. Given time, as he has proven for more than a decade, Brady will destroy even the best defenses. But he hasnt faced a high-quality one in months, and the best defense the Patriots played in 2011, Pittsburghs, held them to a season-low 17 points. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
Google Sky Map boldly explores open source galaxy

Andrew Munchbach (Engadget)
Submitted at 1/21/2012 8:21:00 PM
Via its Research Blog, Google has announced the donation of the Sky Map project to the open source community. Originally developed by Googlers during their "20% time," the stellar application was launched in 2009 to showcase the sensors in first generation Android handsets. Four years and over 20 million downloads later, Sky Map's code will be donated to the people -with Carnegie Mellon University taking the reins on further development through "a series of student projects." Hit the source link for the official announcement and a bit of nostalgia from Google. Google Sky Map boldly explores open source galaxy originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink AndroidCentral| Google Research Blog| Email this| Comments
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Australian Open: Dominant Serena into 4th round - Salt Lake Tribune
By CAROLINE CHEESE (- Bing News)
Submitted at 1/21/2012 1:43:50 PM
MELBOURNE, Australia Just before she walked on court, Greta Arn said she was looking forward to the privilege of playing her first match against Serena Williams. Some privilege. The 13-time Grand Slam champion overpowered Arn 6-1, 6 -1 in 59 minutes on Saturday for her 17th straight win at the Australian Open. The mismatch was so great that the crowd was muted, rousing themselves only when Arn won her two games and when Williams completed her thirdround victory. Arn double-faulted twice to end the match. As the players shook hands at the net, Williams looked briefly taken aback and smiled. I told her it was an honor to play against you, the 32-year-old Arn said. And she told me, Oh, you are so sweet. Im a big fan of
hers. Shes the real No. 1. Williams, who racked up her 501st career match win, is hoping to become the second woman over age 30 to win the Australian title in the Open era. It makes me feel really good, she said of her Hungarian opponents remarks. Im really proud of the work that Ive been doing for so many years, all the hard work. Vania Kings loss to Ana Ivanovic left Williams as the only American player left in either singles draw. John Isner lost Friday, the last American man to exit. Coming off an injury-ravaged 18 months, Williams is seeded 12th in Melbourne. She hasnt held the top ranking since 2010, the year she won the last of her Grand Slam titles. On Saturday, she spoke expansively about her off-court activities: Shes taking courses in kinesiology and management and preparing for an appearance in a
pretty big TV show. Arn says everybody knows if Williams hits top form she will win the Australian Open, where she hasnt lost since 2008. She won back-to-back titles in 2009 and 2010 and was unable to defend her title last year while she recovered from two foot surgeries. Because of her ranking, Williams cant take the No. 1 spot with a win at Melbourne. However, No. 2 Petra Kvitova, No. 3 Victoria Azarenka and No. 4 Maria Sharapova could walk away with the top ranking if they win the tournament. Next up for Williams is unseeded Russian Ekaterina Makarova. After that, things are likely to get a lot tougher. Sharapova is a potential quarterfinal opponent, and Wimbledon champion Kvitova may await in the semifinals. Im nowhere near where I want to be, said Williams, who came into the tournament nursing a
sprained left ankle. Im just trying to play through it. A little rusty, just trying to play through my rust. Sharapova and Kvitova joined Williams in advancing to the fourth round on Saturday. Between the three of them, they lost six games. Kvitova was leading 6-0, 1-0 when Russian opponent Maria Kirilenko retired. Sharapova, who won her first two matches 6-0, 61, was tested for the first time and still came out with a 6-1, 6-2 win over U.S. Open semifinalist Angelique Kerber. Next Page This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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Zynga's paid $300 per new user in the past nine months, says analyst
Mike Schramm (Joystiq)
Submitted at 1/21/2012 7:30:00 PM
New York Motorcycle Show in Photos 2012 MotorcycleUSA.com

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Submitted at 1/21/2012 6:31:15 PM
Zynga has been struggling with its stock price since the IPO late last year, and Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia says there are more dark days ahead. When you compare Zynga's $120 million marketing budget to its recent rise in only 400,000 new players (about $300 a person), the numbers don't look good: "We know that, on average, these people are spending about $150 or so," says Bhatia, which suggests that Zynga is spending about $300 for every $150 in profit. "That math won't work for very long," obviously. Zynga's spending is indicative of
a few trends in social gaming. First, the company has discovered it's very hard to earn new players. Many of Zynga's games are similar, and without really experimenting, it's going to be hard to generate uniques. Second,
Zynga's earnings are based on "whales": A small percentage of players who spend big. You need to find a lot of unique free-to-play players to land a few whales, and Bhatia doesn't see Zynga doing that lately.
So what's the solution? "Zynga will have to find their next FarmVille," says Bhatia. Until the company finds another phenomenally popular hit and the surge in new players that comes along with it (which is incredibly tough to do), Bhatia expects to see even more problems with Zynga and its stock. Zynga's paid $300 per new user in the past nine months, says analyst originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments
New York Motorcycle Show in Photos 2012 MotorcycleUSA.com The New York stop of the Progressive International Motorcycle Show is currently taking place at Manhattan's Jacob Javitz convention center. If you're a motorcycling enthusiast looking for all the latest and greatest motorcycles and accessories the show... and more
New album available from VVVVVV composer Souleye

Jordan Mallory (Joystiq)
delights entitles Adventure. The 20 track collection of bleeps, boops and beats includes brandSouleye, the chiptune new songs, tracks from mastermind behind the incredible VVVVVV 2.0 and VVVVVV for soundtrack for indie darling the 3DS, as well as unreleased VVVVVV, has released a new, remixes from the indie rhythm full-length album of original title Pulsen.
Submitted at 1/21/2012 6:00:00 PM
Souleye's pseudo-retro compositions are guaranteed to lift your spirits in his trademark, undeniably catchy way. The album is available for $10 (or more) at Souleye's official website, and can be listed to for As the above trailer testifies, free at Souleye's Bandcamp
profile. New album available from VVVVVV composer Souleye originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments
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The disneyfication of tech

Then where would you be if you were dependent on them to distribute news? It would be like Submitted at 1/21/2012 10:29:46 AM the Times depending on Murdoch Truth is this -- users are caught to print their daily paper. Instead between tech and media. Neither the Times invested in their own of them is looking out for our printing plant, presumably so they interest. Each of them own could have better control of the politicians each owns tech. The product, both from a creative and tech industry is better at tech (no tactical standpoint. If Murdoch surprise) and the media industry is owned the presses and the trucks, better at a lot of other things, who do you think would deliver including getting Congress to do the most timely news? They have their bidding. to think about Twitter that way. I've been warning the news At some point they will come to publishers to be careful about s e e t h e m s e l v e s a s a m e d i a viewing Twitter and Facebook as company, if they don't already. if they were equivalent to the Caught in the middle is the web. This would be like Kodak original idea of the Internet and trusting Apple to handle its digital the web, that people could be photography strategy. We know media instead of just consuming it. For that to continue, enough ambitious plans. Ultimately, they now how that turned out. want to make Hyrulecraft "a Twitter and Facebook are rich people have to see their future as u n i q u e M i n e c r a f t M M O and getting richer. Either of them publishing independently, and experience including quests, could easily buy a struggling but enough people have to read NPCs, dungeons, free build zones, independent news organization. indpenedently of corporate media, guilds, and more," according to their website. If cuboid reproductions of Nintendo 64 games really are your bag, baby, then hit the source link for information about how you can scope out the public alpha test and download the map for yourself. (news photos - Google News) Washington Post (blog) Hyrulecraft: Ocarina of Time Submitted at 1/21/2012 6:55:32 PM View more photos. Just 25 reproduced in Minecraft minutes after polls closed, Newt originally appeared on Joystiq on The Guardian Gingrich acknowledged his win in Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:00:00 EST. Newt Gingrich wins South a tweet, asking followers to Please see our terms for use of Carolina Republican primary (live contribute to his campaign for the feeds. updates, photos, video) Florida primary. The Florida vote Permalink| Email this| Comments
Hyrulecraft: Ocarina of Time reproduced in Minecraft

Jordan Mallory (Joystiq)
Submitted at 1/21/2012 9:00:00 PM
We don't know if you guys are aware of this or not, but people really love Zelda games. Some people, in fact, love Zelda games so much that they've spent nine months completely rebuilding a Zelda game inside of a totally unrelated and entirely different game. The Hyrulecraft project, which is currently in the middle of live public alpha testing, is a to-scale recreation of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time inside of Minecraft. As you can tell from the above trailer, Hyrulecraft an impressive display of devotion to the franchise, but the team responsible has far more
neither originating from Silicon Valley or Hollywood, to keep the flame alive. I still hope that there's a remnant of the idealism of tech. That there was value in the personal-ness of PCs. The net is the same way. We need to make it always-easier for people to own and run their own infrastructure. People think it's hard, but it doesn't have to be! Each of us can have the equiv of a printing plant, that's the magic of tech. No harder to keep running than a laptop. To those people in tech who still hold to the ideal of free communication unrestricted by government or corporations, please use some of your profits to help guarantee the future of an independent Internet. Otherwise, I think we can all see this clearly now, the net will be a single amorphous disneyfied mess, not too far down the road.
Newt Gingrich wins South Carolina Republican primary (live updates, photos, video) - Washington Post (blog)
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Setting up an iPad in 2012

know her email address? And why does it need to be verified? We paid good money for this Submitted at 1/21/2012 8:50:51 AM device. It's ours, isn't it? How I remember reading an article in does Apple justify getting in the the NYT magazine that had a way of our using it whatever way picture of a young woman who we'd like to? (Yes, I know that had been horribly disfigured in a shows how naive I am and what a fire when she was a kid. They throwback I am to the days when showed her the picture. She didn't computers were really ours, when know she looked like that. They they were personal computers.) asked what she saw when she They didn't like the password she looked in the mirror. She said chose. It was a good password there was a way of tilting her head given that she just wants to play a and looking only at certain game with it. But it required 8 features that made her appear characters, at least one had to be attractive. That's how she hid the uppercase and one had to be a truth from herself. This made an number. The chance of her impression, obviously, since I remembering the password we read that piece many years ago, created? Pretty slim. (And what but the story stays with me. good is a password that the user Yesterday, I tried to configure an can't remember?) iPad with my mother, for my They use so much techinical mother, and we failed. And in the jargon in the setup process that a process I saw clearly how awful normal person couldn't possibly the process still is, even though be expected to understand. I didn't you no longer need to tether the write it all down. I knew what to iPad to a computer to set it up. do because I have almost 40 years I understand it can be a hard experience using computers and a problem, but I also see evidence couple of degrees in computer of different teams working on science. But if they commissioned different parts of the setup and not a study at Apple to evaluate the talking to each other. What else setup process, by someone who could explain why you have to didn't have a stake in "it just enter your email address twice in works" as applied to Apple, they the process? would have their eyes opened. And why exactly do they need to This thing is not easy to set up or
didn't have a way to access her email from the Starbucks where we did this work, so she left without the iPad. And she's not good at following instructions over the phone. I had reservations about giving her something that would further complicate her computer life. Now I can see what a bad idea this was. But what if Apple lived up to their claims? What if the iPad really were easy to set up and use? What if they streamlined it so that all unnecessary steps were taken out of the way of a user who just wants to have fun? I read a quote from Steve Jobs where he said he didn't want to compete with Dell and have the computers delivered by UPS or Fedex because he wanted to experience the joy of an impulse purchase. He wanted to get the credit with his family for bringing home something fun, powerful and easy. I agree. But today's Apple doesn't deliver on that. My mom says that all her friends use. (It is easy to buy, however. who have iPads had to go to the That process they have invested in Apple store to get them set up. I'm streamlining.) not surprised. I can't imagine how All I wanted to do was give my it could be otherwise. mom a way to play Words With Friends with her friends. She's a lifelong Scrabble player, and I think she would enjoy it. But we
PHOTOS: Snowstorm creates driving nightmare Milford Daily News

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Submitted at 1/21/2012 8:18:52 PM
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For Obamas Navy Policy, Is the Supreme Court Obliged to Follow Its Talk Is Cheap Own Precedents?
Brian Slattery (The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation)
Submitted at 1/21/2012 11:00:31 AM
As President Obama has hastily drawn down forces in Iraq and Afghanistan to meet arbitrary timelines, he has taken the opportunity to ramp up rhetoric on a strategic military shift to the AsiaPacific region. He recently made it clear in the new defense strategy guidance that military focus will be directed toward emerging threats in the region and stressed that security needs will drive the budget, contrary to recent concerns that fiscal constraints have directed miserly defense spending. In spite of this rhetoric, the defense budget has been cut dramatically during Obamas presidency. As an editorial in The Washington Times recently commented, Talk is cheap. An emerging debate over the Navys future reveals the price America will pay for slashing defense. A shrinking U.S. Navy contradicts the Administrations pledges for increased presence in the AsiaPacific region. No one is debating that American naval presence in the region is a key
component of both U.S. and global security. This is particularly evident in Chinas increasing efforts to assert itsindisputable sovereignty over the South China Sea. Yet Obama has failed to address these concerns through the budget process. In fact, the need for a more robust navy will only increase if his guidance is implemented. The U.S. fleet, amidst a host of defense issues in need of attention, cannot atrophy any further. The aircraft carrier fleet is an asset that should be of particular concern. There is a possibility that soon the fleet may fall to nine shipsbelow the congressionally mandated requirement of 11. Meanwhile, China has recently begun sea trials on its first aircraft carrier, and its officials have expressed a requirement of at least three carriers so we can defend our rights and our maritime interests effectively. While China has claimed in the past that it intends to float a navy only to protect its own territorial waters, an aircraft carrier program signifies only one thing: power projection. Taking this into account with the disputed waters
in the South China Sea, one can assume that China has higher aspirations than merely a coastal security fleet. This reinforces the need for a strong U.S. carrier fleet in the years to come. For all the talk of an increased focus on East Asia and the Pacific, there appears to be a divide between national security aspirations and what the U.S. Navy can afford. If President Obama wishes to follow through on pledges of a greater Pacific presence, he must either somehow overturn much of the defense slashing he has implemented or attempt to loot other Defense accounts to fund a sustainable blue-water Navy. Instead of continuing to cut defense to give the illusion of fiscal responsibility, perhaps Obama should consider matching rhetoric to reality. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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constitutional questions. The answers it gives are very important to the stability of our law, a feature necessary for good Submitted at 1/21/2012 9:00:58 AM Certain Supreme Court cases g o v e r n m e n t . C o n s e q u e n t l y , haunt the American people. When precedent holds some weight in particular issues land on the determining the proper way to Courts docket, some Americans interpret the Constitution. proclaim that, of course, the Court Despite the importance of will rule this way because, dont precedent, the Constitution you know, there is a precedent for remains the supreme law of the that. Free speech, free exercise, land, and the Court and its t h e C o m m e r c e C l a u s e , a n d observers may fairly consider abortionthese are only a few of whether a particular decision was the issues that cause Americans right or wrong. The Supreme on the left and the right to hold Court may therefore revisit some their breaths and wonder, Will of its doctrines and try to adjust this be the case where the Court i t s p r o n o u n c e m e n t s t o t h e overturns (fill in the blank case). commands of the Constitution. Is Americans concern with This question was reprinted from precedents misplaced? Is the the new First Principles page at Supreme Court obliged to follow Heritage.org. For more answers to its own precedents? frequently asked questions, visit No. The Supreme Courts h t t p : / / w w w . h e r i t a g e . o r g / foremost duty is to uphold the Initiatives/First-Principles/basics. commands of the Constitution. If This entry passed through the the Court determines that one of Full-Text RSS service if this is its prior decisions was incorrect, it your content and you're reading it must overturn this precedent. on someone else's site, please read Precedents should not, however, the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentb e d i s m i s s e d l i g h t l y . A s only/faq.php#publishers. Five Alexander Hamilton explains in Filters recommends: Donate to Federalist 78, it is the proper and Wikileaks. peculiar province of the Court to address some of the weightiest
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Scribecast: Rep. Frank Wolf Discusses Political and Religious Rights

Lachlan Markay (The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation)
How Newt Won in Carolina: By Playing the Hate Card

Robert Wright (Politics : The Atlantic)
Scribecast There are more [human rights abuses] taking place today than perhaps any other time in the Submitted at 1/21/2012 1:32:24 PM With economic issues dominating history of our country, certainly in the domestic political agenda and the 21st century and the 20th much of our foreign policy century, Wolf explained. Those focused on combating terrorism, abuses span the globe: from South systematic violations of political America to Southeast Asia to and religious rights by some of North Africa to Eastern Europe to the worlds most tyrannical the Middle East. regimes receive less attention than The first step the United States perhaps they should. should take in defense of the Rep. Frank Wolf, a Republican oppressed, Wolf insisted, is to representing Virginias 5th publicly advocate for them. He District, is out to rectify that recalled former President Ronald shortcoming. His new book, Reagans forceful advocacy for Prisoner of Conscience: One those denied their freedom, and Mans Crusade for Global Human l a m e n t e d t h a t f e w i n and Religious Rights, discusses contemporary American politics his work to champion human seem willing to do so with the rights across the world, and same vigor and consistency. expose the gross violations he has But concrete policies can be put come across in the process. in place to combat abuses, he Wolf recently visited Heritage added, including making foreign and joined us on Scribecast to aid conditional. But American discuss the book and the issues it policymakers, he noted, cant covers. muster the political will to go Listen to the interview with Rep. after what he sees as one of the Frank Wolf on this weeks worst offenders, China, simply
2) Convince your audience that you, too, hate those people. due to this countrys massive 3) Repeat. Submitted at 1/21/2012 6:13:49 PM debts owed to Beijing. We dont Conveniently, a group this have the leverage to stand up to How did Newt do it? How did a audience hated was in the room China, Wolf said. Thats why candidate who seemed near death that night: the elite liberal media. when Obama goes to China, he only a week ago rise up to win in Indeed, it was a member of this never raises the issue. South Carolina? He did it the way group that had asked Newt the Aside from human rights, Wolf he always does it: By playing the question about his wife! said he has little confidence that hate card. And this time he did it You may object that John King, Congress will be able to get the in a particularly creative way. who asked the question, seems national debt under control. Let's revisit the key moment. like a non-ideological news Lawmakers seem hesitant to Gingrich was in a tight spot. To reporter. True. But he works for address the issues actually driving beat Mitt Romney, he needed to CNN. And when you're in a the debt such as Social Security pick up a lot of the family values southern state, and your target and Medicare. vote--yet, awkwardly, one of his audience is the more conservative The podcast runs about 15 ex-wives had just said that he part of the Republican party, that minutes. It was produced with the once asked her for an "open fact alone will do. All Newt had help of Hannah Sternberg. Listen marriage." And now, in the to do to win the audience over t o p r e v i o u s i n t e r v i e w s o n opening moments of a crucial was express contempt for King Scribecast or subscribe to future televised debate, John King of and his colleagues in the elite episodes. CNN was confronting him with liberal media. And Gingrich does This entry passed through the her claim. Oh, the bitter irony: contempt very well! Full-Text RSS service if this is You're standing onstage next to a The rest is history: your content and you're reading it Mormon, and you're the one who This article available online at: on someone else's site, please read has to defensively insist that you http://www.theatlantic.com/ the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- don't favor polygamy! politics/archive/2012/01/howonly/faq.php#publishers. Five But to imagine Gingrich as newt-won-in-carolina-by-playingFilters recommends: Donate to conceiving his predicament this the-hate-card/251770/ Wikileaks. way--as needing to actually This entry passed through the respond to the allegation--is to Full-Text RSS service if this is evince a misunderstanding of the your content and you're reading it basic tactical algorithm that has on someone else's site, please read governed his career. Here is the the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentalgorithm: only/faq.php#publishers. Five 1) Assess your audience. What Filters recommends: Donate to kinds of people do they hate? Wikileaks.
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How To Close The Books on Your Startup

Nellie Akalp (Mashable!)
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This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. In the life cycle of an entrepreneur, shutting the doors on a business isnt necessarily a gloomy situation. The end of one venture often signals the start of something new and the beginning of the next exciting journey. This is particularly true in the fastpaced high-tech and software world, where only a small percentage of startups mature. Yet to embark on the next project, youll want to properly close the books on your previous company. There are legal and financial ramifications at stake: Without formally closing a business, you can still be charged fees and required to submit tax returns to the IRS (including an annual report to the state). Additionally, closing a business the right way ensures the network, reputation, goodwill and momentum youve built with the first company can be gracefully transitioned to future projects. Heres the seven-step process to formally close your business: 1. Dissolve Your LLC or Corporation An LLC or Corporation can be dissolved as easily as its created.
Essentially, youll need to file a form called Articles of Dissolution or Certificate of Termination with the Secretary of States office in the state where your LLC/Corp was formed. If youve been operating as a Corp, LLC, or Partnership, all business associates need to vote on closing the business. This final vote should be recorded in the meeting minutes. If shares were issued in a Corporation, twothirds of the voting shares must agree on the dissolution. If no shares were issued, the Board of Directors must approve to dissolve the company. If youve been operating as an LLC, review the dissolution requirements in your states LLCA (Limited Liability Company Act). Every state statute has a different set of provisions, so be sure to follow your particular statute to the letter. Otherwise, members of the LLC can be held liable for debts of the company after its been dissolved. 2. Pay Off Debts and Get in Good Standing Any outstanding company debts must be paid. In most states, an LLC or Corporation must settle its debts before any distributions can be made to members. If your business doesnt have enough money to pay off all loans and debts, you should consult an attorney its possible that members could be held personally liable for those debts after the
freelancers, vendors and suppliers whom you have done business with dont just leave them wondering as your business tapers down to zero. By being upfront with and considerate of your contractors and suppliers, theyll be more likely to help you on your next venture. Your strength as an entrepreneur and business leader depends heavily on the caliber of your network. 7. Close Just Like You Opened Take the whole process of closing your business just as seriously as you did opening it. business is dissolved. 3. Close business is located and cancel Your credit and reputation are at Federal and State Tax Accounts your business license, as well as stake. If you know youve moved Notify the IRS that your business any other permits you hold. Dont on from a business, start the is no longer operating by shutting just let this expire, because you dissolution process as soon as down the Employer Identification could still be assessed fees and possible. Theres simply no Number (EIN). Youll also need taxes even though your business reason to pay an extra cent in fees to file your final federal and state is no longer in operation. If you and paperwork toward a business tax returns (check the box have a sellers permit, cancel that you know youre retiring. Put all indicating that this will be the as well. And if you have been that effort to your next project! final return). If applicable, your using a fictitious business name, Image courtesy of Flickr, companys payroll withholding y o u l l n e e d t o f i l e a n borman818 More About: Business, t a x e s m u s t b e u p - t o - d a t e abandonment form. Theres no (members can be held personally reason to hold on to any of this, corporations, features, mashable, liable if payroll taxes arent paid). and you dont want to be liable if open forum, Small Business 4. Return Cash Reserves to someone else accidentally or For more Business coverage: Owners intentionally uses your sellers Follow Mashable Business on After debts have been paid, the permit or other license. 6. Notify Twitter r e m a i n i n g a s s e t s a n d c a s h Any Vendors, Contractors, and Become a Fan on Facebook Subscribe to the Business reserves should be distributed to Clients the owners/members in proportion If youre closing a business, it is channel to ownership interest. Again, no likely that you dont have any Download our free apps for assets can be distributed until all active clients or youve already Android, Mac, iPhone and iPad debts have been settled. 5. Cancel made preparations for stopping Any Permits and Licenses work. You should also take the Contact the county where your time to notify any contractors,
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6 Things to Know Before Starting a Business

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about these questions from the start, as the building blocks of your company (such as legal This post originally appeared on structure) should vary depending the American Express OPEN on your preferred final outcome. Forum, where Mashable regularly 2. Dont Get Stuck in the Past c o n t r i b u t e s a r t i c l e s a b o u t My husband and I launched our leveraging social media and first online legal document filing technology in small business. service in 1997, and then reAn entrepreneurs life can be a entered the market with our real roller coaster. Having started second company in 2009. While a few businesses in my career, I our previous experience certainly thought it would be useful to gave us a leg up the second time highlight some of the hard-won around, we soon realized the e x p e r i e n c e I v e l e a r n e d market landscape had changed throughout the process the dramatically since our first kind of advice I wish Id known c o m p a n y . W e h a d t o s t o p when I started my first, or even dwelling on previous competitors, s e c o n d , b u s i n e s s . 1 . D o n t customer needs and service Underestimate a Business Plan expectations and write a brand If youre not seeking outside new playbook. funding at the start, its tempting The marketplace and your to forgo writing out a formal business plan are living entities; business plan. However, taking theyre continually in flux. the time to write out your business Whether its your first company plan, forecasts and marketing or fifth in a given market, youve strategy is a particularly effective got to keep asking: What do we way to hone your vision. All need to do today? 3. Dont Hire planning should center around Friends two essential questions: How is I form bonds quickly and make my business serving a particular fast friends with people around need or pain point, and does this me. While I generally consider r e p r e s e n t a m a j o r m a r k e t this a positive trait, it has created opportunity? some difficult situations when In addition, dont overlook the running a business. At times I exit strategy at the beginning. Do h a v e b e e n r e l u c t a n t t o l e t you want your children to take employees go even though I know over the company? Do you want its not a good fit. If things arent to sell it? Its critical to think working out between an employee
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Eriksson once said, The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure. An entrepreneurs path is uncharted and sometimes a little bumpy. Its easy to get stressed or downright panicked, but you cannot let fear prevent you from following your dreams. Think of it this way: the sooner you fail, the closer you are to discovering what works. Conclusion While you cant guarantee the outcome of any new venture, you can stack the odds in your favor. These are six lessons Ive learned over time and countless others are and startup, its time to put new idea, step back and think how out there. If youre open, you can feelings aside and trust that the it fits into your companys overall gain wisdom from everything you person will find a better situation goal and vision, then create a plan try and gather insight from fellow elsewhere. for how to make it happen. 5. entrepreneurs. What do you wish Unfortunately, Ive also learned Dont Fall Into a Discount Trap you knew when you started your that people can let you down, At the beginning, too many first business? ranging from laziness to fraud. I young companies feel the pressure Image courtesy of iStockphoto, still believe that faith in people is to heavily discount their prices in ineskoleva a good thing. However, blind faith order to win business. While More About: Business, features, can bring trouble. 4. Dont Dive customer acquisition is important, mashable, open forum, small in Without a Plan a t t r a c t i n g c u s t o m e r s a t business whiteboard, Startups Just like the business plan, its unsustainable price levels will just For more Business coverage: critical to think through any result in a race to the bottom. Follow Mashable Business on initiative you wish to launch. After all, raising your prices on Twitter When youre in the midst of goods and certain services can be Become a Fan on Facebook startup fever, its easy to get a tricky proposition. Ive learned Subscribe to the Business wrapped up with every new idea. that youre better off in the long channel However, be careful of losing run focusing on how to bring Download our free apps for focus. Moving forward is critical more value to customers, rather Android, Mac, iPhone and iPad for any startup, and constantly than simply slashing your prices. switching directions can impede 6. Dont Be Afraid to Fail this forward progress. With each Soccer coach Sven-Goran
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5 Firefox Add-Ons for Increasing Productivity

Zachary Sniderman (Mashable!)
Poll upset as Gingrich wins primary

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end up with an unrecognizable clutter up there. Tab Mix Plus will help you wrangle your tabs Submitted at 1/21/2012 4:53:46 PM including sorting options, the This post originally appeared on ability to undo closed tabs and it the American Express OPEN e v e n c o m e w i t h a s e s s i o n Forum, where Mashable regularly manager to help you multitask c o n t r i b u t e s a r t i c l e s a b o u t like a pro. Besides, more than one leveraging social media and million users cant be wrong. 2. technology in small business. The Formatter: Print Edit The Internet is a black hole of Print Edit is one heck of a hack if p r o c r a s t i n a t i o n . I t s a r a r e you know how to use it. The main occasion when we open up our purpose of the add-on is to help web browsers and just do work you format any webpage for without checking Facebook or printing. From the edit mode, you getting sucked into YouTube. can add and remove elements Not only is it possible to get work from a page like, say, banner done, but your web browser can ads or search bars for a cleaner actually help you be more printed page. The add-on, productive. If you use Mozillas however, can also give you Firefox, youre in even more luck detailed information on the make since weve compiled this list of up of a website. Inspecting five Firefox add-ons to boost your individual elements will bring up work flow efficiency. their properties in CSS. For Take a look and let us know example, did you know that the which add-ons you use to stay width on the Im Feeling Lucky productive. 1. The Multi-Tasker: button on Google is 102px wide, Tab Mix Plus in bold font with a background If you use Firefox, youve color of #f8f8f8? learned to love tabs, but its far Its a fun and quick hack for too easy to get over-zealous and discovering how elements on a
you when its available somewhere else for cheaper. The add-on also has alerts for coupons and deals on any website you visit to help you get the most bang for your buck whether you need to buy a last-minute gift or supplies for your office. 5. The Socializer: site are created. 3. The Forgetter: Yoono ReminderFox If your work also means Keep forgetting birthdays? staying up to date with your social Meetings? What you need to do profile, than Yoono is a good innext Thursday? ReminderFox is a browser option, especially if you simply add-on that acts like a want to stay connected without digital to-do list and calendar leaving Hootsuite or Tweetdeck permanently attached to your open all day. Yoono syncs up browser. Its not a revolutionary with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, idea, but its one that could save YouTube, chat services and more you from missing that important with a discrete little vertical and/ business appointment. 4. The or horizontal bar. The add-on will Power Shopper: PriceBlink scroll updates from your If youve shopped online for connected networks and allows anything recently, you know that you to publish and post text, p r i c e s c a n v a r y d r a s t i c a l l y image and video at the same time. between websites. An espresso Image courtesy of Flickr, Jacob machine on Amazon could be $50 Davies cheaper on eBay. PriceBlink aims More About: add-on, features, to streamline your comparison Firefox, mashable, open forum, s h o p p i n g b y a u t o m a t i c a l l y productivity searching for the same product across dozens of sites and alerting
22 Jan 2012 Newt Gingrich stormed to a shock victory over Mitt Romney in the South Carolina primary, opening up the race to choose a Republican challenger to US President Barack Obama. The win marks a dramatic turnaround from Mr Gingrich's earlier poor showing in the first two contests of the race for the party's presidential nomination, setting up the likelihood that the contest, which Mr Romney once seemed poised to wrap up quickly, could drag on for months. It also puts Mr Gingrich in a position to establish himself as the true conservative alternative to Mr Romney, who some Republicans see as too moderate. Mr Romney has benefited by having the conservative vote divided among Mr Gingrich, former senator Rick Santorum and Texas governor Rick Perry, who dropped out on Thursday. An exit poll conducted for the Associated Press and US television networks showed Mr Santorum and congressman Ron Paul were far behind. Mr Gingrich led by a wide margin among the state's heavy population of POLL page 58
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conservatives, born-again Christians and supporters of the small-government Tea Party movement. Mr Gingrich also won the support of voters who said they cared most about picking a candidate who could defeat Mr Obama. Mr Romney has made the claim that he is the most electable candidate a key part of his campaign. Mr Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, once appeared poised to sweep the first three contests in the Republican race and become the all-but-inevitable nominee, but what had appeared to be a narrow victory in the first contest, the Iowa caucuses, was later determined to be a narrow loss to Mr Santorum. He easily won the New Hampshire primary, but lost what had been a substantial lead in pre-election polls in South Carolina. Mr Gingrich pressed ahead despite poor showings in Iowa and New Hampshire, boosted by strong debate performances and shrugging off allegations by an ex
always considered a gimme for him (sorry, Jon Huntsman). Romney still has the best Submitted at 1/21/2012 3:00:26 PM organization and biggest warBlogging news and events from chest in the field, but there's no the Palmetto State as voters question that he suddenly looks handed the former speaker a big much more vulnerable. win Gingrich's surprising NEWT 8:36 p.m. Saturday Night Insta- d e m o g r a p h i c s . O b v i o u s l y , continued from page 58 Analysis. Molly Ball is writing a Gingrich -- a volatile, thricea whopping 42 percent of the last the result means that either South vice-presidential short list, and complete analysis of tonight's married, hothead -- is weak group, with Romney taking 22 Carolinians are wrong, or every she'd check important boxes for results later, but here are a few among women, evangelicals, and and Santorum, for all his social pundit in America is wrong. Time R o m n e y ( f e m a l e , s o u t h e r n , points to think on for the time voter whose foremost concern is conservative credentials, getting will tell. evangelical, and Tea Party). Hut being. beating Obama, right? Not so o n l y 2 0 p e r c e n t . A n d t h e Nikki Haley's bad night. If Mitt she risked alienating Tea Partiers It isn't easy being Mitt. Before much. Per CNN, Gingrich won a Georgina won nearly half of the Romney had the worst day in who helped elect her but don't Thursday's debate, Romney had a plurality of "conservative" and voters who said their first priority S o u t h C a r o l i n a t o d a y , t h e trust Romney, who they see as a d o u b l e - d i g i t l e a d i n S o u t h "very conservative" voters (no is beating Obama. Apparently, governor had the second worst. moderate. She lost that gamble, Carolina and two victories -- Iowa surprise) but he also won a Gingrich's pitch that is debating Romney worked hard to woo her and looks a lot weaker now: she's and New Hampshire -- already plurality of women, married s k i l l s m a d e h i m t h e o n l y and finally did get convince her to squandered valuable in-state under his belt. When he goes to women, and evangelicals. He won candidate capable of taking on the back him, but she took a risk in bed tonight, he'll only have one NEWT page 60 NEWT page 58 president convinced voters, but doing so: she was on everyone's victory, and New Hampshire was
-wife that he had once asked her for an open marriage so he could keep his mistress. As Mr Gingrich's victory became apparent, he swiftly appealed to supporters for donations ahead of the next contest in Florida on January 31. "Help me deliver the knockout punch in Florida. Join our Moneybomb and donate now," he tweeted. Mr Romney told supporters he would compete for every vote in every state. He criticised Mr Gingrich without naming him, saying his opponent was joining in on a frontal assault on free enterprise when he castigated Mr Romney's time at a private equity firm. Mr Romney said his party could not choose someone who had never run a business or a state. Mr Paul told his supporters the momentum of his campaign would continue. He told a cheering crowd that his campaign started as a way to grow support for his libertarian ideas. But now he said his campaign was focused
on winning delegates to secure the GOP (Grand Old Party) nomination for the White House. Former Pennsylvania senator Mr Santorum vowed to press on to Florida and beyond, saying there had been three states and three winners in the Republican contest, which was "wide open" for the GOP nomination. Mr Santorum said he was the candidate who could contrast best with Mr Obama and the most consistent conservative in the race. He said Republicans must stand up for family values and promised to continue to campaign that way. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to David A. Graham (Politics : The Atlantic) Wikileaks.
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posted at 6:00 pm on January 21, 2012 by Allahpundit Polls close at 7 p.m. ET. If PPP and ARG are right, the race should be called at around 7:01. But maybe theyre not right: More than 22,000 absentee ballots were cast, many of them before Newts last-minute surge, so Romney might be stronger than he seems. On the other hand, reporters are chattering about Democrats in South Carolina voting for Newt in order to prolong the Romney/ Gingrich war. Read pollster Mark Blumenthal on why trying to predict a race with lots of eleventh -hour developments is a fools errand. Heres Googles page for South Carolina election returns. Assuming Newt wins, the margin obviously matters in shaping the pre-Florida spin. If its narrow, Romney will claim that Gingrich won only because SC is in his backyard. If its wide, youll hear the phrase aura of inevitability shattered roughly eight thousand times over the next few days. See Eds post this morning on why Romney probably isnt worried, even if he ends up swamped
tonight. Hes piling up absentee ballots in Florida, where he currently holds a huge lead, and rumors continue to fly about him rolling out Jeb Bush for the big endorsement at an opportune moment. And then theres this: After Florida, Gingrichs outlook becomes even more bleak. The February calendar presents Romney with the opportunity to do to Gingrich what Barack Obama did to Hillary Clinton in 2008. Caucuses in Nevada, Colorado, and Minnesota will benefit a more organized campaign, giving Romney and Rep. Ron Paul a boost over Gingrich. The two primaries that month, in Arizona and Michigan, will take place on Romneyfriendly turf; Arizona has a sizable Mormon electorate, while Michigan is Romneys home state. By the end of February, Romney is likely to have the
hemming and hawing about his tax returns to feed the suspicion that he has something to hide and letting his campaign stupidly float the idea that he might back out of one of the Florida debates, which plays right into Newts message that he isnt tough enough to handle Obama. He wont implode in a flash the way Perry did with his answer on in-state tuition for majority of the 274 delegates Romneys campaign, the reality is illegals, but if he continues to awarded to that point. Pauls that the race for the Republican look weak and untrustworthy he focus on caucus states means nod is as clear today as it was could bleed enough support to Gingrich may not even be in before Gingrichs revitalization: keep Gingrich going. second place by the end of the There will be no extended fight Heres your thread to follow month. for delegates a la Obama-Clinton, results; lots of updates to come, Then comes Super Tuesday, t h e r e w i l l b e n o b r o k e r e d including a link to the exit polls as when 10 states will allocate a total convention, and Romney will be soon as theyre available. Ed will of 407 delegates. With few the Republican nominee. The be on Hugh Hewitts show debates left on the horizon, deck is stacked too much in sometime between 7 and 9 p.m. Gingrich wont have the time, the R o m n e y s f a v o r t o g i v e ET to talk about the results, so be exposure, or the money to build Gingrichs campaign anything sure to tune into that too. the type of national campaign more than a temporary reprieve. Update: The hard feelings begin Romney has already started to Once Gingrich is formally before the vote ends: build (Gingrich isnt even eligible crowned Not Romney tonight and Not to be outdone, Romneys f o r t h e 4 6 d e l e g a t e s f r o m becomes the last real obstacle to campaign later put out a statement Virginia; his campaign didnt Mitts nomination, he shouldnt celebrating the 15th anniversary submit enough valid signatures to have any trouble raising money o f t h e H o u s e d e c i s i o n t o make the ballot there). for months to come. One of his reprimand Gingrich for ethics In short, South Carolina presents advisors told Stephen Hayes, in violations, during his days as Gingrichs last real chance to be fact, that Newt will be in it until speaker. The Romney campaign on equal footing with Romney the convention. I wouldnt rule plans to deliver an anniversary before the race goes national. o u t a r e a l s t u m b l e f r o m cake to Gingrichs South Carolina Barring a sustained surge in Romney on the trail either. As headquarters to mark the occasion c a m p a i g n c o n t r i b u t i o n s f o r effective as Gingrich has been this OPEN page 61 Gingrich and a real stumble by week, Romney has been terrible,
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political capital, and any GOP nominee (including Romney) is going to be skeptical of her ability to deliver as a running mate, too. Obama's good night. Campaign manager Jim Messina is going to sleep well tonight, because his boss got lucky. Not many commentators, even on the right, see Gingrich going all the way to the nomination, but no one doubts his capacity to tear down a rival -a skill he proved with tonight's results. While Chicago would be delighted to run against a candidate with Gingrich's baggage, they're also OK with a scenario in which Gingrich hangs around for a long time and bloodies Romney up, so he's already punch-drunk by the general election. And if Newt somehow pulls it out and gets the nod? Even better, as far as Obama is concerned.
7:34 p.m. County-by-County Results. Politico has a good map of the results from South Carolina as they come in, using Associated Press data. As you'll see, there are still very few votes counted -- just 0.5 percent as of writing. Rather jarringly, there are more votes for Romney so far, despite the call for Gingrich, because many results are in from the Charleston area, where Romney had strong support. 7:20 p.m. How He Did It. The Washington Post's Karen Tumulty puts her finger on it: Is Newt going to thank Juan Williams and John King in his victory speech?#scprimary Karen Tumulty.(@ktumulty) January 22, 2012 For the record, neither CNN nor the Associated Press has not called the race for Gingrich, but the other networks have. UPDATE, 7:22 p.m.: The AP now calls the race for 8:24 p.m. Playing the Hate Card. G i n g r i c h . The Atlantic's Robert Wright has 7:06 p.m. It's Gingrich. Both his analysis of the race up: "How MSNBC and Fox are calling the Newt Won in Carolina: By primary for Newt Gingrich. Now Playing the Hate Card." Read it. the only question is how much he 8:05 p.m. Romney's Speech. He's won by. giving it now. Romney started off 7:01 p.m. Whither Santorum? thanking Nikki Haley, the South Something we're not hearing Carolina governor whose much about today is Rick endorsement he fiercely sought, Santorum. Despite his newly only to lose the primary. But the declared victory in Iowa, he's heart of this speech is an attack on been something of an afterthought Gingrich, without naming him, for to the Romney-Gingrich battle. If "demonizing success" and using he finishes a respectable third, he "the weapons of the left," a can make a compelling case for particularly strong line: "Those going on. But if he's well behind who use those weapons today will both of the others, it's tough to see see them turned against us his argument for staying in, since tomorrow," he said. he still lacks the money and
organization of Romney and the name-recognition and sheer indestructability of Gingrich, who has retaken the anti-Mitt mantle (it's a foregone conclusion that Rep. Ron Paul isn't going anywhere, regardless of how he does today). If Santorum gets trounced today, it's a doublewhammy to Iowa. The Hawkeye State political establishment is already wringing its hands over the caucus recount controversy. If it looks like the Pennsylvanian is out, it will suggest that not only is Iowa incompetent at counting its votes, it's too susceptible to politicians who are willing to shake every hand in the state but aren't really viable outside of it. 7 p.m. And polls are closed. 6:56 p.m. A Trojan horse? A little earlier, we mentioned that there's talk of Dems going out to vote for Gingrich, hoping to push the GOP into the arms of a man they see as unpredictable and unelectable. It's not just average South Carolinians. Our own Molly Ball saw Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, the Floridian head of the Democratic National Party, at Gingrich's victory party. Was she there as a supporter? "Yes, absolutely." Snarky! 6:54 p.m. For What It's Worth. Here's some analysis from famed political guru Alec Baldwin: For a while, I was concerned. But I'm not seeing any GOP entryin the race that can beat O... AB (@alecbaldwin) January 21, 2012 6:45 p.m. Friendly Reminder. Polls close in 15 minutes. 6:40 Reality Check. Assuming
Gingrich wins tonight, it's worth a sober look at the road ahead for him. Recent polls in Florida, site the next primary, have Romney leading by around 15 points. Don't miss Reid Wilson's article on why Romney is still in the catbird seat. UPDATE: Notably, National Review Editor Rich Lowry also says this reminds him of John McCain's 2000 win in New Hampshire -- a surprise, but not the kind that results in a nomination. 6:27 p.m. Spintastic! McKay Coppins got a great quote from a Romney aide. It's clear that the former Massachusetts governor's camp is expecting to get shellacked tonight -- they've been downplaying expectations for two days, and are now openly predicting defeat. "I think we're going to lose tonight, we could lose big. But I think it's been a terrible week for Gingrich and a great week for us," the anonymous aide said. "When we go up against Newt, it helps us in the general election. It's not an ideological thing as much as judgment -- the total gestalt of it." Three thoughts. First, that's an impressively positive spin on a bad day, so points for creativity. Two, who uses the word "gestalt," other than Newt Gingrich himself? Three, you've got to get to the general election. Even if he loses big tonight, it's true that Romney is the strongest candidate, with a big war chest, a disciplined organization, and great polling in Florida. But he'll also be a weakened candidate, with
only one primary victory, and the aura of inevitability will be gone. 5:39 p.m. Exit Poll: Undebatable. If Gingrich wins tonight, expect to hear more about this: a CBS exit poll of South Carolina voters finds that an amazing two-thirds of them said recent debates were a major factor in their decision today. Brian Montopoli sums it up succinctly: Sixty-four percent said the debates were an important factor for them; just 34 percent said they were not. Gingrich won standing ovations in both debates while Romney often struggled -- and at one point received a smattering of boos for equivocating over how many years of his tax returns he would release. That sound you hear is Newt 2012 headquarters staffers rubbing their hands together in anticipation. 4:51 p.m. I Voted ... For Better Stickers. Sure, Iowa might be redfaced over losing eight precincts' votes and then switching the winner in the caucus, but South Carolina has a silly Election Day mixup too. Charleston's Post and Courier reports that some precincts received tiny "I Voted" stickers -- so small, in fact, that wise guys are comparing them to the stickers that come on bananas. As Rick Perry would say, oops! 4:26 p.m. Surely He's Got Something Else to Do. Mitt Romney's son Tagg posted this picture of his father to Twitter. He does know there's a primary going on, right? Or is he just giving up NEWT page 63
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on Saturday. Update: Behold, my friends, as Team Romney prepares the ultimate You know who this benefits? spin: I think were going to lose tonight, we could lose big, the aide said, speaking on condition of anonymity. But I think its been a terrible week for Gingrich and a great week for us. From the former Speakers demonization of Romneys business record, to his decision to indignantly deflect criticism from his ex-wife, the aide said Gingrich has ensured that he wont win the Republican nomination Of course, a loss is still a loss, and up until very recently, Romney and his surrogates had been predicting a first-place finish in the Palmetto State. Asked whether Romneys collapse in the polls is forcing Romneys campaign to consult its own mortality, the aide laughed. Oh God, no, he said. I mean, to face Newt Gingrich? Update: Here comes the exit poll data. You know who this doesnt benefit? Sixty-four percent said the debates were an important factor for them; just 34 percent said they were not. Gingrich won standing ovations in both debates while Romney often struggled and at one point received a smattering of boos for equivocating over how many years of his tax returns he would release. Gingrich, who polls suggest overtook Romney in the final days before todays primary, is
hoping for a victory that would keep Romney from locking up the nomination before the end of the month. A majority of voters 53 percent said they made up their mind about who to back within the last few days. Forty-five percent say electability is most important. Well see how that breaks between Gingrich and Romney. Update: Looks like itll be a short night: Romney aides tell Fox News they expect a second place finish based on exit polls. Update: Nate Silver sends a chill through Team Romney by wondering whether hes still ahead in Florida: Essentially all of the polling data used for the forecast, however, predates the Monday night debate in Myrtle Beach, since which time there has been a dramatic reversal of fortunes in the Republican race. Mr. Romney has lost 15 points from his lead nationwide, according to the Gallup national tracking poll. There has been an even larger swing a net of about 21 points between Mr. Romney and Mr. Gingrich in South Carolina. If the Florida polls have swung as much as the national polls during the past several days, Mr. Romney would have only about a 5-point lead there now. And if the Florida polls have swung as much as the South Carolina ones have during the last week, Mr. Gingrich and Mr. Romney would now be essentially tied there. The wider the margin tonight, the more buzz Newt will have and,
presumably, the more momentum heading into Florida. (Theres another debate on Monday too, dont forget.) Speaking of which, heres the answer to the electability question I posed above about the exit poll data: Of the 45 percent who said beating Obama was most important, 49 percent said Gingrich was best positioned to do it compared to just 41 percent who said Romney. In South Carolina, Newts the electable candidate. Update: A picture is worth a thousand words. Update: All the nets are calling it for Gingrich promptly at 7 p.m. Stand by for exit poll data so that well have some sense of the margin. Update: Heres the exit poll data. Newt wins, 38/29. Update: The most amazing thing about the exit poll is how many different demographics Newt won. Romney led by double digits less than a week ago but couldnt hold onto his advantage in virtually any group. Newt won men, women (sorry, Marianne), independents, marrieds, singles, veterans, non-veterans, and all income groups. He won on electability and on the economy and on the deficit. He won among voters who decided today and within the last few days, and tied Romney among those who decided earlier this month. (A rare win for Romney came among those who decided before that.) He even won among those who approve of Nikki Haleys job performance as governor,
notwithstanding her endorsement of Mitt. As for Bain, here was the response when voters were asked their view of Romneys background of investing in and restructuring companies: Most think positively of Romneys career, but Mitt beats Newt within that group fairly narrowly. Among the minority who view Romneys career negatively, Gingrich crushes Romney. Could be that the Bain attacks didnt matter much to most voters, but to the voters who cared, they mattered a lot. Even though Newt topped Mitt on nearly all the issues, I think thisll be the media spin tomorrow: Romney lost on the basis of two debates. Welcome to U.S. of American Idol. Update: For what its worth, heres the Democratic reaction tonight via our old friend KP: Getting ecstatic emails from my Dem operative friends re Newt. Update: A mind-boggling exit poll data point from John Dickerson. I guess that ABC interview with Newts ex didnt work: Gingrich got the same share of the evangelical vote in SC as Mike Huckabee in 2008. One of them is an ordained minister. Update: Two more tidbits from the exit poll. In case there was any doubt, yes, Gingrich killed Romney at the debates: As for this, make of it what you will: Update: One more and then Ill stop. This doesnt prove that the
Bain attacks worked, but Im not sure thats a comfort to Mitt. If voters are starting to feel alienated by Romneys wealth, whether because they think he doesnt understand their problems or for other reasons, then Gingrich could become the blue-collar candidate by default and suddenly Mitt has a big problem: Update: Team Mitt would have preferred to roll out the Jeb Bush endorsement closer to the Florida vote, but I guess theyre panicky about a sinking Romney ship narrative tomorrow. Three sources are telling CNN tonight that Jeb will in fact endorse Mitt sometime soon. Will that be enough, though, if Santorum drops out? Says PPP, Florida Santorum voters prefer Newt over Mitt 58-32his decision whether to stay in or not will have major implications. Update: Chris Cillizza of WaPo tweets that Close Jeb Bush ally tells me that no Romney endorsement is in the works. Jebs camp being coy, or is he getting cold feet about throwing in with Romney after tonights drubbing? Update: Santorums speaking as I write this and Ed notes on Twitter that hes using the past tense a lot. Him dropping out would be Romneys worst nightmare, needless to say. Update: Wouldnt you know it, Nikki Haley couldnt make it over to the Romney rally tonight. Sad. Update: Heres Mitts concession speech. The money line: Our OPEN page 63
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Why Racial Polarization Is Still Central to South Carolina Politics

Ronald Brownstein (Politics : The Atlantic)
Submitted at 1/21/2012 9:25:36 AM
Jim Crow and Strom Thurmond are long gone, but race remains central to tax and spending issues -- perhaps an omen for national politics. COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Race is no longer as overt a factor in South Carolina politics as it was when Strom Thurmond, who is memorialized in a statue looming over the state Capitol complex here, quit the Democratic Party for the GOP after Congress passed the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. Yet race remains embedded in the state's political DNA. The role of race in South Carolina politics has moved far beyond the civilrights era's questions of explicit discrimination. Today, whether openly discussed or not, race is central to the clash between Democrats and Republicans over taxes and spending. In that way, far more than in the days of the backlash against integration, the state previews what national politics will increasingly resemble if it continues along its current trajectory. MORE FROM NATIONAL JOURNAL Romney Loses Altitude Nationally, Not Just in S.C.
Brokered Convention? 8 Scenarios for SC and Beyond Congress Postpones Votes on Piracy Bills The dominant fact of South Carolina politics is racial polarization. In the 2008 general election, Barack Obama won 96 percent of the state's AfricanAmerican vote, but John McCain carried 73 percent of its white voters. That wasn't an anomaly
rooted in Obama's race: In 2004, George W. Bush won an even higher percentage of the state's white voters (78) against John Kerry. And in the 2010 governor's race, Indian-American Nikki Haley carried 70 percent of whites in the Republican's narrow victory over Vincent Sheheen, a centrist white Democratic state senator. Sheheen, meanwhile, won 94 percent of the black vote. In Saturday's critical GOP
presidential primary, whites will likely cast more than 95 percent of the ballots (although they represent only about two-thirds of the state's population). Sometimes the two parties in South Carolina collide over issues that directly inflame racial tensions, as they did in 2000 over the display of the Confederate flag. The legislation that Haley signed last May toughening voteridentification requirements --
which the Obama Justice Department has moved to block as racially discriminatory -- has produced similar, if less explosive, collisions. But mostly, racial conflicts in state politics now play out through the parties' differences over the role of government. African-Americans and other minorities overwhelmingly WHY page 64
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on this one? Nothing like the glamorous life on the road twitter.com/tromney/ status... Tagg Romney (@tromney) January 21, 2012 4:20 p.m. Dampened Turnout? It's raining in much of South Carolina this afternoon, with steady showers and even forecasts of possible tornadoes and hail. There's no consensus on who low turnout would help the most, although Ron Paul's camp told The Hill they thought it'd be good for the Texas representative because his backers are so fanatical. In non-weather-related news, Twitter is abuzz with suggestions that Democrats are going out today -- the primary is open, meaning anyone can cast a ballot, regardless of registration -to vote for Gingrich and prolong the contest, but it's hard to verify how much it's really happening and harder to imagine it mattering. And Slate's Dave Weigel shot this picture in Charleston, which doesn't look like there are flocks of voters even in drier climes: 4:09 p.m. A Whole Newt World? By now, even the most casual political watcher knows the big story for the day is whether Newt Gingrich can complete his improbable comeback -- his umpteenth of the campaign -- and ride to victory tonight. If his
bravado is any indication, he certainly thinks so (see Hamgate below). But what do the numbers say? On Saturday, American Research Group released a poll, conducted over the prior two days, showing Gingrich with a 4026 lead over Romney. What's amazing isn't just the 14 point gap -- it's the speed with which it's opened. Another ARG poll released two days earlier had the two neck and neck, with Gingrich a single point ahead. It suggests that the former speaker's feisty style, on full display in Thursday night's debate, is exciting South Carolina voters, and revelations about his second marriage aren't hurting him. Meanwhile, FiveThirtyEight stats whiz Nate Silver pegged Gingrich's chance at winning at a stunning 87 percent. 4 p.m. Hello, South Carolina! Thanks for joining us this afternoon. Here's a quick rundown of essential Atlantic coverage so far. "How Serious is Stephen Colbert?," Molly Ball "The South Carolina Debate: Blunt Assessments of the GOP Field," Conor Friedersdorf "Why Racial Polarization Is Still Central to South Carolina Politics," Ron Brownstein "GOP Debate: Gingrich Kills Infidelity Question, and That's
Just the Start," Molly Ball Polls close at 7 p.m. We'll keep you updated on major developments here. For more, follow us on Twitter: Molly Ball in South Carolina, as well as David Graham and TheAtlanticPol. Recapping the Morning. As voters go to the polls today, the candidates are stumping to get out the remaining votes and try to convince undecideds. The biggest story this morning was the socalled"Hamgate." Both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich were originally scheduled to be at Tommy's Country Ham House in Greenvile around 10:45. Trail reporters amassed at the scene, looking forward to a brawl (or what passes for one between grown men campaigning for president). They were disappointed: Romney showed up closer to 10, said his hellos, then left, leaving behind a mild mob scene. If the reporters were bummed, Gingrich was really disappointed. Upon arriving, he almost immediately asked, "Where's Mitt?" while Gingrich press secretary Nathan Naidu mocked Romney on Twitter. Elsewhere on the trail, there's chatter about Romney's busloads of student supporters. Scads of enthusiastic teens and twentysomethings waving signs were appearing at events -- but
from where? Not South Carolina, it seems. Here's McKay Coppins with the scoop: No, many of the students cheering on the candidate told BuzzFeed they were actually BYU students and young Mormons from D.C. and Virginia who traveled to the Palmetto State to give their coreligionist's presidential effort a much-needed jolt of energy. Initially, there were reports that Romney had paid to bus in the students, some of whom also came from the Mormon college Southern Virginia University, but his campaign says that's not true. Image: Reuters This article available online at: http://www.theatlantic.com/ politics/archive/2012/01/newtgingrich-wins-the-south-carolinaprimary/251769/ This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
party cannot be led to victory by someone who also has never run a business, and never run a state We cannot defeat [Obama] with a candidate who has joined in that very assault on free enterprise. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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Final poll heading into the primary confirms a double-digit lead for Gingrich
Tina Korbe (Hot Air Top Picks)
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13%. Among women, Gingrich leads Romney 42% to 26%, followed by Paul with 16%, and Submitted at 1/21/2012 3:35:53 PM Santorum with 13%. That number posted at 4:35 pm on January 21, may be surprising, following the 2012 by Tina Korbe broadcast Thursday night of an Allah reported Public Policy allegation from Gingrichs exPollings remarkable findings last wife, Marianne, that the former night, and a new survey out this House speaker offered her a morning seconds the notion that choice of an open marriage or Newt Gingrich could win South divorce when he revealed to her Carolina decisively. he was having an affair with the According to an American woman he later made his third Research Group survey released wife. Saturday morning, 40% of people Gingrich said the claim by his likely to vote in South Carolinas second wife was false, but the GOP contest say they are backing story made major headlines, and the former House speaker, with an angry Gingrich chastised CNN 2 6 % s u p p o r t i n g f o r m e r for starting off Thursday nights M a s s a c h u s e t t s G o v . M i t t debate with a question about his Romney, 18% backing Rep. Ron ex-wifes allegations. Gingrichs Paul of Texas and 13% supporting response elicited a standing former Sen. Rick Santorum of ovation from the audience. Pennsylvania. Gingrich also leads among selfT h e s u r v e y i n d i c a t e s t h a t identified Republicans, although Gingrich grabs about half the vote Ron Paul and Mitt Romney both among self-described tea party best him among independents and movement supporters, far ahead Democrats. of the rest of the field. Among This particular poll was those who say they are not tea conducted Thursday and Friday party supporters, Gingrich is at half before and half after the 33%, Romney 31%, Paul 22% debate in which Newt Gingrich and Santorum 11%. caustically verbally accosted Gingrich leads Romney among moderator John King for opening men 38% to 25%, followed by with a question about Marianne Paul with 21% and Santorum at Gingrichs accusations against
him. A poll conducted by the same firm Tuesday and Wednesday showed Gingrich and Romney neck-and-neck. That suggests that Gingrich might actually have received a boost from his ex-wifes allegations and his handling of them. Some pundits predicted this most notably Sarah Palin, who claimed the media overplayed its hand against Newt by marketing Marianne Gingrichs revelations to the masses. Frustration at the MSM for the timing and handling of The Ex-Wife Interview is understandable but should that automatically have translated into support for Gingrich? I still argue no, especially given that his debate performance Thursday was not particularly impressive notwithstanding his fiery fury at CNN for asking about the hottest news of the day. Ed reminds me that, in 2008, American Research Group predicted that Mike Huckabee would win South Carolina, which turned out to be not true, so perhaps this poll should be taken with a grain of salt. At this point, any poll purporting to predict South Carolina shouldnt be taken too seriously. So much has happened this week alone that its
surely difficult for any poll to pick up all the movement that must be occurring in the state as a result. As AP summarized yesterday, Newt Gingrich will probably win South Carolina, but anything could happen so expect the unexpected. For those of you who, like me, have felt nearly as many reservations about Newt Gingrich as about Mitt Romney, this piece by Mark Steyn might help. Oh, itll confirm your reservations but itll also awaken a sliver of hope that, should he be the nominee, he could maybe just maybe beat Obama. Steyn wrote the piece before the Iowa caucuses, but it still seems to accurately capture Gingrich. As has been often repeated, all of our candidates are flawed but any would be better than Obama. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
believe that they need an activist government investing in services, such as education, job training, and health care, to help them ascend into the middle class. Most of South Carolina's whites are comfortable with a governing model that limits taxes while investing far less than most states in public services. "There is a fundamental difference in attitudes about the role of government between whites and African-Americans," says veteran South Carolina GOP strategist Warren Tompkins. The Republican skepticism about government here, as in Washington, manifests most importantly as unwavering opposition to new taxes. Resisting tax increases "is the one issue that unifies Republicans," says GOP state Sen. John Courson. "It is the chewing gum, or glue, that keeps Republicans together." Courson, who chairs the Senate Education Committee, acknowledges that commitment to low taxes comes with a cost, particularly for the state's public-school students, nearly half of whom are now minorities. "The revenue stream has not been there to adequately fund public or higher education in South Carolina," he says flatly. But, like others in his party, Courson argues that the answer is not to increase revenue but to trim waste in the education system and to find savings elsewhere, particularly in Medicaid for the poor. WHY page 65
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Will the rain work to Ron Pauls advantage?

Tina Korbe (Hot Air Top Picks)
Submitted at 1/21/2012 4:35:20 PM
WHY
posted at 5:35 pm on January 21, 2012 by Tina Korbe On any given Saturday, rain is generally a good reason to remain under the covers at least a little while longer than usual and to forgo any unnecessary errands entirely. On primary Saturday, rain becomes a test of supporters dedication to a particular candidate. So far, its been a wet weekend day in the Palmetto State and you know who that helps. For once, the answer is not Mitt Romney. The Texas congressman joked at a campaign stop here Friday evening that some of his staff were praying for less favorable weather to tamp down turnout for those who would vote for other candidates, the implication being that Pauls supporters would not stay home for any reason. When we were flying in [to Greenville], the weather was getting bad, and it was starting to rain, and I thought, is anybody going to show up? Paul recounted at the Friday rally. And somebody said, can you doubt that the weather is going to
As Obama does nationally, Democrats in South Carolina offer the counterargument that the state cannot attract good-paying jobs without investing more in education, training, and keep them at home? of the other candidates. infrastructure. That case helped These guys are praying for bad Paul had a relatively drama-free Sheheen unexpectedly win the weather tomorrow so that all week compared to his remaining state Chamber of Commerce's those other people stay home rivals, and recent tracking polls endorsement in the gubernatorial tomorrow, Paul said. peg him to finish third in the race last year. Nothing to do but wait and see South Carolina primary. But his Yet in pressing that argument, whether the rain will, indeed, grasp on the top spot in the Democrats face two huge affect turnout and whether Paul @ M e n t i o n M a c h i n e , a s i n headwinds among South fans will be undeterred. But, in practically every other online poll Carolina's whites. One is the another sign of the dedication of ever conducted, is firm. enduring belief that too many Ron Paul supporters, the Texas No matter how popular Paul government programs benefit the Congressmans name still becomes, though, insiders indolent -- a group that in many dominated Twitter mentions this inevitably discount him as a minds is disproportionately week, even though the drama plausible actual nominee. Instead, composed of minorities. "It's all surrounding the other candidates they speculate about what it is race, it's just that simple," says m a d e f o r o n e o f t h e m o s t Paul wants out of his candidacy, John Land, the (white) state memorable weeks of the 2012 as it couldnt possibly be the Senate Democratic leader. The primary season so far. nomination. A new theory from second problem is a sharp NBCs Chuck Todd might have Kimberly Strassel, for example, rightward shift among white summed up Thursdays events puts forward the idea that he just seniors, who see little personal best with this tweet: wants to amass enough delegates benefit in the education or Books about this campaign will to force his foreign policy views infrastructure investments that have chapters simply titled: on the rest of the party. If that is Democrats favor. "They feel January 19th the case, then anyone in South differently about paying taxes for And yet, through it all, Ron Paul Carolina wary of Ron Pauls outkids they don't have anymore," m a i n t a i n e d h i s l e a d o n of-the-GOP-mainstream positions says t h e @ M e n t i o n M a c h i n e better brave the rain. Democratic state Rep. William l e a d e r b o a r d t h i s w e e k . W e This entry passed through the Clyburn, who chairs the measured tweets from Wednesday Full-Text RSS service if this is legislative black caucus. In all at 7 p.m. through Friday at 4 p.m. your content and you're reading it these ways, the state crystallizes T h e c a n d i d a t e s , w i t h t h e on someone else's site, please read the dynamics shaping the national exception of Santorum, saw the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentdebate. National polls show that significant surges in the volume only/faq.php#publishers. Five amid tough times, most whites o f t w e e t s a b o u t t h e m , b u t Filters recommends: Donate to (especially older and blue-collar perennial top-mention-getter Paul Wikileaks. whites) are hardening in still had more mentions than any skepticism of government, while most minorities continue to view it as essential to their opportunity. Mitt Romney presents that
backlash as opposition to an "entitlement society," but that's too broad. Surveys indicate that most Republicans (particularly the white seniors flocking to the party) are adamant about preserving the biggest entitlements, Social Security and Medicare; what they oppose is transfer payments to people they view as undeserving. It's that sentiment Newt Gingrich stokes when he derides Obama as "the food-stamp president." It almost doesn't matter whether Gingrich is deliberately sending coded racial signals. As long as the argument between the parties revolves so centrally around government's role -- and whites and minorities divide so sharply in their attitudes toward governmental activism -- the racial polarization that defines South Carolina politics will increasingly drive our national campaigns as well. Image: Chris Keane / Reuters This article available online at: http://www.theatlantic.com/ politics/archive/2012/01/whyracial-polarization-is-still-centralto-south-carolina-politics/251765/ This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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Engadget Mobile Podcast 122 - 01.21.2012

Trent Wolbe (Engadget)
Duarte reveals design standards for Android 4.0 at CES 2012 Submitted at 1/21/2012 7:33:00 PM 01:16:48 - AT&T to adjust data This podcast is all about vision, plans January 22nd, offers more which proves that the Engadget gigs for more money Mobile Podcasters were not 01:27:38 - Virgin Mobile targets completely blinded by the light of March 23rd to throttle data, take the Consumer Electronics Show. candy from children They got close, though (despite 01:28:45 - Samsung wasn't relentless Wookie attacks). interested in buying RIM, still Hosts: Myriam Joire ( tnkgrl), isn't interested in buying RIM Brad Molen 01:30:05 - Samsung's Bada Producer: Trent Wolbe Tizen merger still looking pretty Music: Tycho- Coastal Brake( likely Ghostly International) 01:31:24 - Verizon to sell $200 00:01:37 - Huawei Honor review Droid RAZR, 16GB microSD 00:31:05 - ZTE Tania arrives in card not included this time the UK: a budget phone for 01:36:05 - HTC EVO 3D: poof, budget buyers no more Carrier IQ software 00:32:00 - ZTE pays Microsoft 01:39:30 - Skype exec confirms around $27 for each Windows that Windows Phone product is Phone made 'coming soon' 00:44:36 - Editorial: Don't call it 01:44:27 - KDDI and Kyocera an ultrabook create speaker-free smartphone, 01:01:36 - Google's Matias we go hands-on (video)
01:46:10 - Nokia Lumia 900 coming to retail on March 18? 01:46:25 - Texas Instruments demos first OMAP 5, Android 4.0 -based reference design, promises it in laptops next year (video) 01:47:35 - SpareOne cellphone
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NES controller lets you stomp Koopas, save Princess Peach in capacitive fashion (video)
Jason Hidalgo (Engadget)
Submitted at 1/21/2012 6:37:00 PM
which -- besides making turtlestomping peripherals -- also can be used to produce guitar effect Is your NES controller in another pads, virtual keyboards, bicycle castle? Maybe you're just pining rim lights and all sorts of circuits for your smartphone's capacitive that might tickle your fancy. game controls for some reason. Unfortunately, the creator isn't as Regardless, here's a little piece of well-funded as this inkjet-based tech that just might put the fire in control circuit project so he's your flower: the capacitive touch trying to raise money through NES controller. This sucker is Kickstarter to make the mill in a milled from a copper board using large enough run to lower costs. a device called the MezzoMill, Given how Kickstarter generated
nearly $100 million in funding last year, maybe he's got a fighting chance. See the buttonless controller work its
capacitive magic after the break. Continue reading NES controller lets you stomp Koopas, save Princess Peach in capacitive
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