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Free Internet Press - News Aggregator
Recent stories collected from around the world.
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Crowded web TV field awaits Apple
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Source: CNN.com
2010-09-02 14:00:33 (2 minutes ago)
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With Wednesday's announcement that it will be revamping its web TV offerings, Apple has made its most serious push into an emerging, and increasingly crowded, field.
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U.S. sues controversial Arizona sheriff in civil-rights investigation
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Source: Chicago Tribune news - Nation/World
2010-09-02 14:00:29 (2 minutes ago)
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Justice Department officials say Maricopa County's Joe Arpaio failed to turn over documents in a probe of his agency's immigration enforcement operations. Among his tactics are 'sweeps' of immigrant-heavy neighborhoods.The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday announced it had sued Joe Arpaio, the controversial sheriff of Maricopa County in Arizona, for failing to turn over documents in a probe of whether his aggressive operations against illegal immigrants had violated civil rights.
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Vt. ranked top for poor student performance
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Source: Boston.com -- Vermont news
2010-09-02 14:00:26 (2 minutes ago)
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A new report ranks Vermont top in the country for low-income students. At the same time the report from the American Legislative Exchange Council, a national group that promotes limited government, put Vermont at the bottom in its efforts at education reform.
Vermont - United States - Education reform - American Legislative Exchange Council - Education
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Egypt's Mubarak, Israel, and Obama
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Source: TIME.com: Top Stories
2010-09-02 13:46:57 (15 minutes ago)
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While the Mubarak regime may be grossly repressive and anti-democratic, one thing you can say for Hosni and son is that they sing a quite reasonable tune about Israel and the peace process.
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Russia extends ban on grain exports until 2011
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Source: The Seattle Times: Home
2010-09-02 13:46:55 (15 minutes ago)
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday he has extended Russia's ban on wheat exports until next year's harvest to ensure it has bounced back from a severe drought and wildfires that destroyed 20 percent of the crop this year.
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Romanian PM shakes up cabinet
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Source: The Seattle Times: Home
2010-09-02 13:46:55 (15 minutes ago)
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Romania's unpopular government was in turmoil Thursday after the prime minister fired five Cabinet ministers, with the economy minister also saying he will quit.
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Music Publishers Angry That Apple Didn't First Grovel To Them About 60-Second Song Previews
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Source: Techdirt
2010-09-02 13:46:49 (15 minutes ago)
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It's really incredible to watch music industry folks shoot themselves in the foot over and over again with a simple inability to understand that promotions can lead to more sales, and that you don't need to get paid for every promotional effort. We've seen some in the industry gleefully admit that they'd rather have $1 today than $100 tomorrow. But this sort of thinking seems to pervade so much of the music industry at times that it's really quite stunning.
The latest comes from rumors that Apple was going to double song sample lengths in iTunes from 30-seconds to 60-seconds. There's apparently plenty of good reasons for this, as research has shown that 60-second samples lead to more purchases.
And yet, despite the rumors, you'll notice that Steve Jobs did not announce the expected doubling of samples. Why? Apparently Apple had the approval of all four of the major record labels... but he forgot to go groveling and beg for permission from the other side of the coin: the music publishers. Apparently, various music publishers read the rumors of the doubling and were quite upset that Apple hadn't asked for their permission, and even started lawyering up to sue, in case Apple announced such a plan without first getting permission from various music publishers.
And people say we're exaggerating when we show just how ridiculous music licensing is. This isn't about copyright or revenue or anything. This is just childish foot-stomping by a group that demands that everyone ask permission before helping them make more money. Stunning.
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Clinton opens new round of Mideast peace talks
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Source: SignOnSanDiego.com: World
2010-09-02 13:46:44 (15 minutes ago)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton formally opened the first direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians in nearly two years on Thursday, imploring the parties to ignore the long history of failed negotiations and make needed compromises to forge an agreement.
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21Q: Laura and Lisa Ling return to their hometown for a book signing
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Source: SacBee -- Breaking News
2010-09-02 13:46:40 (15 minutes ago)
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In 2009, Laura Ling and her Current TV crew were filming a documentary along the North Korean-Chinese border when their guide led them briefly onto North Korean soil. Suddenly, a group of angry border guards approached. The film crew fled back into China, where Ling was caught and literally dragged back into North Korea.
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Offshore platform explosion and fire in Gulf of Mexico
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Source: Daily Kos
2010-09-02 13:45:33 (17 minutes ago)
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Details are still emerging, but here's some of what is being reported about the explosion of an offshore platform earlier today 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay, Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico: The platform is in 340 feet of water and its 13 crew are alive, though one is injured. The platform is owned by Mariner Energy which says it successfully drilled a well there in Q309. The Coast Guard is leading the rescue operation. According to MSNBC, a company spokesman says there has been no "sheen" visible at the site of the explosion The platform issued a distress call at 9:00AM central time on Thursday, prompting the Coast Guard response. Although a well was recently drilled in the area, it is not currently producing oil or gas. As of noon central time, NOLA.com reported the platform was still on fire. Ironically, just yesterday Mariner Energy staged a protest against the Obama administration's offshore drilling policy, saying the White House is "trying to break" the oil and gas industry while Republicans in Congress lashed out at the administration for "demonizing" oil and gas companies with policies like the deepwater drilling moratorium. Of course, the truth is that the moratorium hasn't had a major economic impact but it has helped strengthen safety standards which will in the long run help the industry. But enlightened self-interest isn't a concept these guys seem to have wrapped their minds around.
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Crowded web TV field awaits Apple
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Source: CNN.com - Technology
2010-09-02 13:45:31 (17 minutes ago)
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With Wednesday's announcement that it will be revamping its web TV offerings, Apple has made its most serious push into an emerging, and increasingly crowded, field.
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Sheriff Arpaio sued by Justice Dept.
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Source: CNN.com
2010-09-02 13:45:30 (17 minutes ago)
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Justice Department civil rights lawyers filed suit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona on Thursday after talks collapsed on a deal to provide federal investigators with requested documents.
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Police message gets through to at least one gang member
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Source: Chicago Sun-Times News
2010-09-02 13:45:23 (17 minutes ago)
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Gang members Thursday complained police had treated them unfairly in a meeting last month saying they would be held accountable for killings done by other gang members. But one gang member at both meetings said he's already started asking fellow members to stop the violence.
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Bow and arrow used to send phones into Brazil jail
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Source: Boston.com / News
2010-09-02 13:45:20 (17 minutes ago)
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Police say a 17-year-old teen was detained after he shot arrows with cell phones attached over the walls of a prison in southern Brazil to inmates waiting on the other side.
Prison - Mobile phone - Brazil - Bow - Science and Technology
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Man in searched home worked at slain teen's school
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Source: Boston.com / News
2010-09-02 13:45:20 (17 minutes ago)
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A 25-year-old man who lives at a home searched by detectives investigating a teen's slaying once worked as a teacher's aide at the victim's high school, school officials confirmed Thursday.
High school - Teacher - Education - K through 12 - School
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Smart Spending: New Hobbies and Sports
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Source: Boston.com / News
2010-09-02 13:45:20 (17 minutes ago)
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New hobbies and exercise regimes may broaden your horizons or shrink your waistline, but they also can break the bank if you're not careful.
Business - United States - Hobby - Apple - Television
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Head of US Strategic Command says he's retiring
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Source: Boston.com / News
2010-09-02 13:45:20 (17 minutes ago)
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The Air Force says the commander of U.S. Strategic Command is retiring. In a news release Thursday, Gen. Kevin Chilton said that after 34 years of service, "it's time to close this chapter of my career."
Air Force - United States Strategic Command - United States - US Strategic Command - Government
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Connecticut family questions suicide ruling
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Source: Boston.com -- Connecticut news
2010-09-02 13:45:05 (17 minutes ago)
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The fiancee and mother of a Connecticut man found dead in a car submerged in the Housatonic River in Stratford are disputing a ruling by the medical examiner's office that he killed himself.
Connecticut - Housatonic River - Suicide - United States - Stratford Connecticut
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Sex, Lies, and fMRIs
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Source: Boing Boing
2010-09-02 13:45:04 (17 minutes ago)
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is making its way into the public consciousness. The film Salt has an interrogation scene where a spy spills some secrets while a scientist looks at his brain scan. After a quick glance, the scientist casually says with absolute certainty, "He's telling the truth."
As with any new technology, there's a lot of potential for good, but there's also a lot of potential for pseudoscience and bad science. Remember those kooky Canadians who've used "fruit machines" and peter meters to catch people lying about being gay and what-not? Now they are moving north of the groin and firing up fMRIs. They're already making questionable claims and writing grant proposals based on what parts of the brain "light up" when people view certain stimuli. Lies, thoughtcrimes, and precrime (offense prevention) are all on the list of things they claim fMRI will divulge if taxpayers will just fund their research.
It's the same concept behind privately-held ventures like No Lie MRI in San Diego, which, for a cool $5,000, will administer a "truth-verification" session. Though this Orwellian evidence has so far been successfully deemed inadmissible in US courts under the Daubert Standard, people are still trying to use it. Reporter Mark Harris got tested to see if he is a liar and presented his troubling experiences in the most recent IEEE Spectrum.
MRI Lie Detectors [IEEE Spectrum]
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Homeless man calls 911 from hot tub, seeks cocoa
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Source: SFGate: Top News Stories
2010-09-02 13:16:32 (46 minutes ago)
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A homeless man who called 911 from the hot tub of a suburban Portland home and asked for towels, hot chocolate and a hug got arrested for trespassing instead. Beaverton police say Mark Eskelsen called 911 from his cell phone, identified himself as "the...
Portland Oregon - Beaverton Oregon - Police - Trespass - Home
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DA: Man shot in Oakland over insults
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Source: SFGate: Top News Stories
2010-09-02 13:16:32 (46 minutes ago)
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Prosecutors say an exchange of insults led to the shooting of a man in downtown Oakland. Thirty-two-year-old Michael McCurty has been charged with murder in the death of 27-year-old Craig Ainsworth. Alameda County Chief Deputy District Attorney Tom Rogers...
Alameda County California - Oakland California - Murder - District attorney - Downtown Oakland
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Gen. Petraeus calls relationship with Karzai sound
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Source: SFGate: Top News Stories
2010-09-02 13:16:32 (46 minutes ago)
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The top US military commander in Afghanistan says the sometimes strained relationship between the US and Afghan President Hamid Karzai is solid. Gen. David Petraeus (peh-TRAY'-uhs) says Karzai shares US concerns about corruption in his country. Petraeus...
Afghanistan - David Petraeus - Hamid Karzai - President of Afghanistan - United States armed forces
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Clinton opens Mideast peace talks in Washington
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Source: SFGate: Top News Stories
2010-09-02 13:16:32 (46 minutes ago)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is formally opening the first direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians in nearly two years, imploring the two sides to make compromises to forge an agreement. In a ceremony at the State Department,...
Israel - Hillary Rodham Clinton - United States Secretary of State - United States Department of State - Palestinian people
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3.3 quake strikes near San Pablo
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Source: SFGate: Top News Stories
2010-09-02 13:16:32 (46 minutes ago)
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An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.3 jolted the East Bay just after 9:30 a.m. today, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake was centered 1 mile northwest of San Pablo at a depth of 4 miles, the agency said. It struck at 9:35...
Earthquake - United States Geological Survey - Earth Sciences - East Bay - Organizations
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Free baseball tickets for anyone named Earl
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Source: ProJo 7 to 7 News Blog
2010-09-02 13:16:27 (46 minutes ago)
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By Mike McDermott The Portland Sea Dogs, the Double-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, are offering free tickets to tomorrow night's ballgame at Hadlock Field to anyone named Earl. The Sea Dogs are scheduled to host the New Hampshire Fisher Cats at 7 p.m.
What is the chance the game is actually going to be played? Well, it doesn't look real promising, but then again the forecast for Portland isn't nearly as bad tomorrow night as it is for Rhode Island and Massachusetts -- right now the outlook is for showers with light winds at gametime. The value of a free ticket to a Sea Dogs' game? $8 for adults and $7 for children (in other words, not worth the gas cost).
To take advantage of the Sea Dogs' offer, call 207-879-9500 and say "My Name is Earl." Proper identification will have to be presented at the ticket window.
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Orlando now has two Premium Outlets
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Source: OrlandoSentinel.com -
2010-09-02 13:16:25 (46 minutes ago)
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Shoppers may think they're seeing double: Prime Outlets – Orlando on International Drive will now become Orlando Premium Outlets, bearing the same name as a similar center several miles down Interstate 4.
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DOJ sues Arizona's Sheriff Arpaio
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Source: MSNBC.com: Politics
2010-09-02 13:16:16 (46 minutes ago)
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In an atmosphere of tension between the federal government and Arizona, the Justice Department today dialed it up some more, filing a lawsuit against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio -- accusing him, the county, and his office with failing to cooperate with a civil rights investigation of his office.
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Ping! Apple enters social media market via music
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Source: Guardian Unlimited World Latest
2010-09-02 13:16:02 (46 minutes ago)
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Apple announces social networking service which will display the music interests of friends via iTunes, iPhones and iPod Touch Having cornered the MP3 player, mobile phone and computer tablet markets with the iPod, iPhone and iPad devices respectively, last night Apple announced its latest expansion – into social media – with Ping. Ping will be integrated into Apple's latest iTunes software update and will enable users, or "Pingers", to follow musicians, friends and others to see details including what music they're buying and what concerts they're attending. Steve Jobs, Apple's chairman and chief executive, said the information will arrive in a long stream of updates, similar to the way Facebook and Twitter work. "Be as private or as public as you want. The privacy is super-easy to set up," he said adding that users can choose to automatically accept followers or decide on a follower-by-follower basis – similar sounding controls to those on Twitter. The service is available immediately to more than 160 million iTunes users, Jobs said, and will also be available across the iPhone and iPod Touch ranges. The feature is believed to have been based on the technology Apple acquired with the purchase of the former online music store Lala.com last year. The iTunes logo will no longer feature a CD – mirroring the change in the program's focus. Jobs unveiled a range of other upgrades to its products and services, including a new version of Apple TV – which will allow users to stream television programmes and films. The company is also releasing a revamped range of iPods, including an iPod touch with front- and rear-facing camera, Jobs told an assembled crowd of journalists, bloggers and analysts in California. Until now the Apple TV device was "never a huge hit", admitted Jobs. The box originally allowed users to buy films and television programmes, but the latest version, which is smaller and, at $99, much cheaper than its $229 predecessor, will only allow the renting, rather than purchasing, of content. Users will pay $4.99 for high-definition films on the day they come out on DVD, while the rent of high-definition TV shows will be $0.99, Apple announced. "We've sold a lot of them, but it's never been a huge hit," Jobs said of Apple TV. The new version will be available within a month. Jobs also introduced a new design across the range of iPods, including the latest Nano, featuring a rotatable screen and a new Shuffle which sees the return of buttons – its predecessor was voice activated. The new iPod Touch will have front- and rear-facing cameras, the latter of which will be able to record HD video content, Jobs added. AppleComputingSteve JobsitunesSoftwareiPodiPhoneMobile phonesTelecomsUnited StatesAdam Gabbattguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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State, Arizona and the UN | Michael Tomasky
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Source: Guardian Unlimited World Latest
2010-09-02 13:16:01 (46 minutes ago)
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Our dear Appalachian-Lukacsian-Burnettian comrade (did I forget anything?) known by the initials VM certainly piqued my interest this morning with that business in the comment thread about the State Department and Arizona and the UN. So I looked into it, and yes it's true, but... The UN used to have a high commission on human rights. That's the one Libya chaired. Thus discredited, the high commission was replaced by a new body called the UN Human Rights Council in 2006. Under its rules, apparently all member nations are required to submit evaluations of their own human rights records. As nearly as I could find out this morning, this is to be done quadrennially, so this seems to be the first one conducted by the US (i.e., the Bush administration wasn't obligated to do one). It's officially called a universal periodic review, or UPR. The UPR process (more than you need to know, but...) involves a series of public discussions and consultations held over the previous year, arranged by State in conjunction with local nonprofits, churches and universities. Eleven were held. Here's the list. The result of these meetings is the report itself, a 29-page document that list the US human-rights record on a number of fronts: freedom of speech, assembly and worship; fairness and equality; et cetera. It's broken into six sections, the fifth of which is entitled "A commitment to values in engagement across our borders," which is broken into three sections: national security, immigration and trafficking. In the immigration section there are five paragraphs. The first is glorious-history boiler plate. The second is about immigration detention. The third describes the so-called 287(g) program, under which the federal government may delegate to states and localities immigration enforcement. Then the fourth graf says in its entirety: A recent Arizona law, S.B. 1070, has generated significant attention and debate at home and around the world. The issue is being addressed in a court action that argues that the federal government has the authority to set and enforce immigration law. That action is ongoing; parts of the law are currently enjoined. And that's it. Three sentences that are as objective and straightforward as they could possible be, just describing a situation. There is no appeal to the UN to do anything. There is no assertion that this is a major problem. There isn't even an adjective describing the law as bad. It's the 95th out of 100 numbered paragraphs, and it's actually one of the shorter grafs in the report. As fate would have it, this morning I was emailed a write-up of the UPR by Barbara Crossette, the excellent former New York Times journalist who covered the UN and diplomacy for many years and now writes syndicated pieces. I don't have a link, since I got it in an email. Maybe you can find it somewhere. In what reads to me like about a 1,300-word piece, she doesn't even mention the fact that the UPR mentions Arizona. She focuses on what any reasonable news person would focus on reading it, which is the language about gay rights in America, which is clearly the most newsworthy language and something that, if those kind of people want to get mad about something, maybe they should focus on. Crossette describes what the US's participation in this process actually means: A periodic review "package" consists of not only the country's own assessment of how it thinks it has met its obligations under various international and national laws and conventions, but also input from nongovernmental organizations or other interested parties, the office of the high commissioner and finally experts from three other countries -- in the case of the United States, those will be Cameroon, France and Japan. The US review will be on the agenda of the Human Rights Council in November. The council has no enforcement powers; it can merely pass resolutions and make statements. But its actions have a large international audience. And this will be the first appearance by the United States in such a review process. The Obama administration joined the Human Rights Council last year, reversing the Bush administration's hostile policy toward it and global human rights monitoring in general as it affected the United States. In preparing its first review, the Obama administration met with human rights activists and community groups around the country. In other words, the Bush administration shunned this process, and the Obama administration is participating in it. That's a change. If you think that's a bad change, fine. If you think it's a good one, fine. Let's debate that. But that's not what's going to happen over the next few days, if our Misanthrophic friend and some of the rest of you are right, which you might well be. By next week, half of America might believe that Obama - not some State Department functionary, not even Hillary C., but Obama himself - wants to "force" Arizona's law to undergo review by the UN or something. And we'll be off to the races again. Having said all this, I still think it was unwise to include a mention of the law in there. But having now read the report, I can't honestly say that if I'd been in the room, reading that brief and anodyne language, I'd have seen any political red flags. I might have, I might not have.
Obama administrationUS immigrationArizonaMichael Tomaskyguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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Jennifer Carroll and that Hillary Clinton joke
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Source: Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville, FL
2010-09-02 13:15:56 (46 minutes ago)
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We've all made comments we've later wished could be taken back. Perhaps a joke that may have sounded funny to us, but just came out wrong when we shared it with others.
For state Rep. Jennifer Carroll, who will be named as Rick Scott's running mate today, her attempt at a Hillary Clinton joke at a 2004 Southern Republican Leadership Conference, was one of those moments.
Carroll told assembled Republicans that Clinton, then a U.S. Senator from New York, had been visited by ghosts of presidents past. It went something like this:
Carroll said Clinton was visited by the ghosts of Presidents Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln. According to The Associated Press, the joke had Clinton asking each president what she could do to help the country, and Lincoln told Clinton to go to a theater. Lincoln was assassinated in Ford's Theater in Washington.
But Carroll said her intent was never to imply Clinton should suffer harm.
"You infer what you want to infer, but I never said assassinate, or kill or maim," Carroll told The Associated Press.
The joke earned Carroll a reprimand on FOXNews by Bill O'Reilly.
(Original Times-Union story here.)
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No bank account? Get your tax refund on plastic
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Source: Detriot Free Press
2010-09-02 13:15:38 (46 minutes ago)
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A new Treasury Department program to give people without bank accounts faster access to their tax refunds will help some avoid costly short-term loans. But careless consumers could end up racking up fees and padding bank profits.
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AZ-Gov: Jan Brewer's rough debate outing
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Source: Daily Kos
2010-09-02 13:15:26 (47 minutes ago)
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It was the first debate of the Arizona governor's race, and likely the last, as there's no way incumbent Republican Gov. Jan Brewer chances another disaster like this one. It started out embarrassing enough: Brewer, who has gained national notoriety for signing into law the country's toughest provisions for illegal immigrants, awkwardly paused twice during the opening statement of the Clean Elections Debate broadcast on the state's PBS affiliate. "I have ... done so much and I just cannot believe that we have changed everything since I've become your governor in the last 600 days. Arizona has been brought back from its abyss," Brewer said, after appearing to lose her train of thought. Then, after saying, "We have cut the budget, we have balanced the budget and we are moving forward. We have done everything that we could possibly do," the governor paused for a 10 seconds — an eternity in a live televised debate — before looking down at her notes. Video of that giggly 10-second pause: Ouch. But even worse was the substance, as the local media gangs up on her for her refusal to admit that her alarmist story about beheadings in the Arizona desert is bullshit: The transcript is below the fold, but needless to say, it's brutal. Her refusal to own up to her misstatement is inexplicable, generating hostility from the local press and stepping all over her message. But maybe that's good for Brewer, as it's one less question about her blatant conflict of interest in signing SB 1070: Gov. Jan Brewer took center stage last Tuesday night after she officially clenched the Republican nomination. Standing just behind her was a man most Arizonans would not recognize. He’s Chuck Coughlin, Brewer’s campaign chairman, policy adviser and a lobbyist for the largest private prison company in the country. And he’s one of two people in the Brewer administration with ties to Corrections Corporation of America. The other administration member is communications director Paul Senseman, a former CCA lobbyist. His wife still lobbies for the company [...] Isaacs said private prison companies have been buying influence in Arizona politics for years. The number of private prisons and jails operating across the state shows the result of that influence, he said. Currently, there are at least 12 for-profit prison, jail and detention facilities in Arizona. Isaacs said the state has something else that attracts these companies. "The other Holy Grail, if you will, of private prison construction is immigrant detention," Isaac said. Corrections Corporation of America holds the contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to lock up illegal immigrants picked up in Arizona. Tough immigration laws like Arizona's SB 1070 could send thousands of new bodies its way, and millions of dollars.
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Residents in Earl's path stock up
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Source: CNN.com
2010-09-02 13:15:23 (47 minutes ago)
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Chris Meek put his motorcycle in storage in Wilmington, North Carolina, to protect it from Hurricane Earl as the Category 4 hurricane headed toward the North Carolina coast.
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Probe into baby's death in surgery
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Source: Cincinnati Enquirer - Top Stories
2010-09-02 13:15:19 (47 minutes ago)
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The Hamilton County Coroner's Office is investigating the death of a seven-month-old baby who died after his body was flushed with alcohol and not a saline solution during surgery at Cincinnati Children's Medical Center last month.
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Gunman shot as Discovery hostages planned escape
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Source: Chicago Sun-Times News
2010-09-02 13:15:17 (47 minutes ago)
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SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) As the three hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters appeared ready to make a run for it, police said Thursday that a SWAT team officer quickly shot and killed the increasingly agitated gunman who had explosives strapped to himself, ending the four-hour standoff.
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Cops: Conn. man threatens bank workers with knife
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Source: Boston.com / News
2010-09-02 13:15:15 (47 minutes ago)
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West Haven police say they arrested a local man who allegedly became upset and threatened workers at a bank during an argument about his account.
Connecticut - Police - Business - Financial Services - Banking Services
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Embattled Illinois prisons chief resigns
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Source: Boston.com / News
2010-09-02 13:15:15 (47 minutes ago)
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Illinois' prison chief, who became a political liability to Gov. Pat Quinn during an election year because of a secret prisoner release program he oversaw, is stepping down, the governor said Thursday.
patquinn - Illinois - United States - University of Illinois - Education
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Connecticut family questions suicide ruling
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Source: Boston.com / News
2010-09-02 13:15:15 (47 minutes ago)
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The fiancee and mother of a Connecticut man found dead in a car submerged in the Housatonic River in Stratford are disputing a ruling by the medical examiner's office that he killed himself.
Connecticut - Housatonic River - Suicide - United States - Stratford Connecticut
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Vt. ranked top for poor student performance
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Source: Boston.com / News
2010-09-02 13:15:15 (47 minutes ago)
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A new report ranks Vermont top in the country for low-income students. At the same time the report from the American Legislative Exchange Council, a national group that promotes limited government, put Vermont at the bottom in its efforts at education reform.
Vermont - United States - Education reform - American Legislative Exchange Council - Education
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Man in hot tub calls 911 seeking cocoa
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Source: Boing Boing
2010-09-02 13:15:10 (47 minutes ago)
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A homeless man having a hot tub soak at a suburban Portland home allegedly called 911 requesting "a hug and a warm cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows in it." Police arrested him for criminal trespassing and unnecessarily calling 911. I really hope they brought him the cocoa though. From AP News:
Beaverton police say Mark Eskelsen called 911 from his cell phone, identified himself as "the sheriff of Washington County," and asked for medical help. He later admitted he wasn't the sheriff but informed the dispatcher he'd been "yelling for about an hour and a half."
The man said in his Sunday morning call that he'd been in the water about 10 hours and his towels had gotten wet.
"Homeless man calls 911 from hot tub, seeks cocoa" (Thanks, Carlo Longino!)
Woman calls 911 in attempt to get a date
911 call for beer
Mom calls 911 over son's video game habit
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Meet Desiré Dubounet: prolific gadget patenter and healing space medicine drag queen YouTube starlet
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Source: Boing Boing
2010-09-02 13:15:10 (47 minutes ago)
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Robert Popper discovered this one, and suggests that it is very likely the new "Pardon Me." But oh, there's more. Desiré Dubounet is the nom de drag of a fellow named
Bill Nelson, whose website proclaims Dubounet/Nelson to be:
The MAN Who created the term "Quantum medicine"
Who created the first "Quantum Consciousness Interface" known as QXCI
Who discovered the Xrroid process, Subspace and the Trivector field
(besides many other terms he does not know how to explain)
Who got the FDA register the first Quantum device in history called EPFX
(sorrily for him that the FDA already 19 years later found out that he misbranded it as "biofeedback" device, and now revoked the registration and declared an import ban )
Who brought Apollo 13 safely back from the moon (see details below)
Has jumped another Quantum Leap
He crossed over in female territory (also called forbidden zone in quantum theory)
And now calls himself
DESIRE
Video link, and Desiré's website is here.
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PSP Go straightens tie, knocks on death's door
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Source: Ars Technica
2010-09-02 13:15:05 (47 minutes ago)
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Playing games on the PSP Go was one of the most annoying experiences possible in a job that can be full of annoying experiences; if it takes you hours to play a game on a portable system out of the box there is something tragically wrong with your product. After only a year on the market, it looks like Sony's experiment in digital distribution is on its last legs.
Finding any sort of sales information on the system for the US has been difficult, although Media Create does track the hardware sales for Japan... and its performance has been abysmal. The PSP has long come in last place in the US sales numbers, and breaking that number down between the PSP and PSP Go doesn't give Sony the possibility of a happy ending.
We called a local GameStop to see what they were offering for trade-in credit on the hardware. Even though you can still buy the PSP Go for $250, the trade-in value was only $50. Just to rub salt in the wound, the latest model of the standard PSP will get you $80 in trade-in credit, and is eligible for a $20 promotional bump. The PSP Go is specifically exempt from that offer.
No, PSP Go. Not yours.
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep is coming to the PSP on September 7 and should be one of the platform's largest releases this year. The bad news? Square Enix currently has no plans to release the game on the PlayStation Network; the company doesn't seem to care about missing out on digital sales, which means PSP Go owners will not be able to play the game. Sony leaves decisions about digital sales up to the publishers, and there is no way to tell in advance whether a game will be made available to Go owners.
There's nothing wrong with the idea of a gaming system with no physical media—Apple seems to be doing just fine in the gaming space without requiring carts or discs—but Sony's implementation has been disastrous. It may be a while before any company has the gonads to step up and take another crack at the idea.
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Study: 1 in 7 home kitchens would flunk inspection
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Source: AP Top News
2010-09-02 13:15:03 (47 minutes ago)
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By MIKE STOBBE
2010-09-02T16:28:47Z
ATLANTA (AP) - A new study suggests that at least one in seven home kitchens would flunk the kind of health inspection commonly administered to restaurants. The small study done in Los Angeles County found that less than two-thirds of home kitchens would get an A or B if put through the rigors of a restaurant inspection. At least 14 percent would fail....
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Blackjack Whiz Riffs on Fantasy Sports, Statgeeks and Yahoo
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Source: Wired Top Stories
2010-09-02 12:47:10 (1 hours ago)
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A Q&A with Jeff Ma, the former leader of the infamous MIT Blackjack Team that took Vegas for millions in the mid-'90s. Now a successful entrepreneur and author, Ma talks about his love of fantasy sports, selling his company Citizen Sports to Yahoo (and why he didn't join them), and how young statgeeks can make their way in a sports industry dominated by traditionalists.
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Stocks edge higher after jobs, housing reports
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Source: The Washington Times - national
2010-09-02 12:47:01 (1 hours ago)
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are edging higher after reports on housing, manufacturing and jobs indicated the economy continues to grow, albeit slowly. The Labor Department says first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell slightly last week, but remain well above levels that indicate a healthy economy. The number of buyers ...
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Feds sue Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe
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Source: The Washington Times - national
2010-09-02 12:47:01 (1 hours ago)
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PHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department sued Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday, saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics. The lawsuit calls Sheriff Arpaio and his office's defiance "unprecedented" and says the ...
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Gulf oil rig explodes off Louisiana coast
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Source: The Washington Times - national
2010-09-02 12:47:01 (1 hours ago)
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An offshore petroleum rig exploded and was burning Friday in the Gulf of Mexico about 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay. The Coast Guard said no one was killed in the explosion, which was reported by a commercial helicopter flying over the site around 9 a.m. ...
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LaCie catches ultra-small USB Flash drive bug
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Source: The Register
2010-09-02 12:46:58 (1 hours ago)
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MosKeyto flies in
Ordinary USB Flash drives to darn big for you? LaCie's new MosKeyto protrudes a mere 6mm from the USB port it's connected to.… Free On-Demand Webcast - Virtualizing the Hard Stuff
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Bartenders Looking For Greater Intellectual Property Protection For Drinks
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Source: Techdirt
2010-09-02 12:46:52 (1 hours ago)
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Copycense points us to yet another story about another person in another industry whining about not getting enough monopoly privileges from the government. This time, believe it or not, it's bartenders wanting to protect mixed drink recipes. Seriously. Unfortunately, the writeup at the Atlantic, by food writer Chantal Martineau seems to get an awful lot of points about intellectual property totally mixed up. The article slips back and forth between trademark law and copyright law (which are extremely different) and then has this whopper:
The publication of a recipe can be legally protected, but the "expression of an idea," as the lawyers in the seminar explained, cannot. It's the reason musicians can't be sued for covering another band's song in a live show.
So many things wrong in two short sentences. First of all, no, the publication of a recipe cannot be protected. Straight from the US Copyright Office: "Mere listings of ingredients as in recipes, formulas, compounds, or prescriptions are not subject to copyright protection." That said, if there is "substantial literary expression" in, say, the description of how to prepare the recipe that part (and that part alone) could be covered by copyright, but that should have little impact on bartenders making similar mixed rinks. Also, copyright is, in fact, supposed to protect the expression, contrary to the statement above. This is the whole basis of the idea-expression dichotomy, which Martineau seems to get backwards. As for why musicians can't be sued for covering another band's song in a live show, that's got nothing to do with the difference between an expression and an idea, and everything to do with performance rights licenses from venues to PROs like ASCAP and BMI that (in theory) are supposed to cover the copyright (yes, there is one) on the composition.
As for the meat of the actual article, there's a lot that's very troubling in there, though Martineau doesn't seem to challenge any of the claims made (given the confusion on the topic, perhaps that's why). It starts off with a story about a trademark violation, when a new Manhattan lounge called Painkiller was threatened with a cease-and-desist from the distillery Pusser's, who had apparently trademarked a drink called Painkiller back in 1989. But the only issue there is the name (which is trademarked), not the recipe. So it's odd that this is used as a lead in to a discussion about copyright.
The actual story focuses around an apparently angry bartender, Eben Freeman, who seems to be upset that he doesn't get enough credit for inventing certain drinks:
After the seminar, I spoke to Freeman, who admitted he came up with the idea for the talk after becoming fed up with other bartenders and establishments taking credit for and profiting from his recipes and techniques. (Fat washing, for example, the process by which a spirit can be infused with, say, bacon, was pioneered in part by Freeman, yet is often attributed to others.) "Someone needs to get sued ... to set a precedent," he told me.
"In no other creative business can you so easily identify money attached to your creative property," Freeman went on. "There is an implied commerce to our intellectual property. Yet we have less protection than anyone else."
Of course, Freeman is exaggerating the claim that bartenders "have less protection than anyone else." He has just as many protections, it's just that you can't copyright a recipe. If it's true that he really did come up with a novel and non-obvious process for "fat washing" (I really don't want to know), then he could have applied for a patent on it, but in an article confused about trademarks and copyright law, no one even mentions patents. Perhaps Freeman should have done some research first.
From there the article goes off on a totally random tangent about how big liquor companies have been hiring young bartenders to become "brand ambassadors" where they're expected to come up with a signature drink using the specific brands in question. But, the accusation is, these bartenders "don't have the experience" to do so, and instead just copy someone else's recipe and tweak it. Of course, that's not illegal. At all. And it's not a problem. It's how innovation happens. You build on the ideas of others, and you tweak it to try to make it better. There's nothing wrong with that at all. In fact, it should be celebrated. In fact, we've seen how the very same lack of copyright protection over recipes has helped food and restaurant trends grow and spread in valuable ways. Instead, this just seems like a complaint about someone who doesn't like young bartenders and the way they work. But that's not an intellectual property issue.
Over at the Washington Post, Ezra Klein does a nice job pointing out that, just as with fashion copyright, there's no evidence for a need for a "drink copyright,":
As is always the case with granting individuals legalized monopolies over intellectual property, we should start by asking whether consumers are suffering because bartenders don't have enough financial incentive to innovate interesting new drinks. Given that the past few years have seen an incredible explosion in creative mixology, that's a hard case to make. The status quo seems perfectly good at encouraging innovation -- so much so that the drinks have gotten increasingly comical.
And it's not just that there's no evidence that consumers are being harmed by the current arrangement. There's clear evidence that they're benefiting from it. I live in Washington. But a lot of really good cocktails are thought up in San Francisco. Happily, I can drink a lot of those cocktails, as the most successful recipes quickly proliferate.
But, of course, the reason that Freeman's complaint and Martineau's article don't ask those rather basic questions, is that it appears both don't realize that intellectual property is supposed to be about incentives, rather than protectionism and making sure that some guy who created something "gets his proper credit." Freeman's complaint comes off more as someone who just doesn't feel he's received enough recognition for his work as a grumpy old bartender. But that's got absolutely nothing to do with intellectual property law -- patents, trademarks or copyrights -- and should have no bearing on whether or not he likes young bartenders coming up with derivative drinks.
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Perriello Headed for Big Defeat
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Source: Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
2010-09-02 12:46:49 (1 hours ago)
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Nearly everyone expected Rep. Tom Perriello's (D-VA) re-election race to be a tough one in the current political environment, but a new SurveyUSA poll shows a total blow out.
Robert Hurt (R) now leads Perriello by a whopping 61% to 35%.
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San Marcos police seek credit card thief
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Source: Statesman - Local Headlines
2010-09-02 12:46:48 (1 hours ago)
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From Hays County Crime Stoppers: Hays County Crime Stoppers is assisting the San Marcos Police Department in solving the following Felony Fraud - Credit Card Abuse. This Crime of the Week is a crime of opportunity. In most cases,
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Android phones look to expand app offerings
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Source: SFGate: Top News Stories
2010-09-02 12:46:42 (1 hours ago)
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Pinger Inc., a San Jose developer of mobile applications, can get twice as much in sales from programs for Apple devices than for phones powered by Android software. That's not stopping it from creating its first Android app. "Even if the revenue generation...
Apple - Android - Handhelds - Mobile Computing - Pinger
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Steve Jobs unveils upgraded Apple TV, new iPods
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Source: SFGate: Top News Stories
2010-09-02 12:46:42 (1 hours ago)
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Apple revamped its iPod lineup, unveiled an upgraded Apple TV that will feature streaming shows and movies, and launched a new music social network Wednesday. While many of the improvements were expected, they signaled a renewed push by Apple to compete in...
Apple - IPod - Steve Jobs - Social network - IPhone
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Google, Verizon unite to shape Net regulation
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Source: SFGate: Top News Stories
2010-09-02 12:46:42 (1 hours ago)
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Google Inc. Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt once called Rep. Anna Eshoo "almost the perfect example of a congressperson." She "understands what we need," he said. More than two years after that comment to workers at Google headquarters in Eshoo's...
Google - Verizon Communications - Anna Eshoo - Eric Schmidt - Searching
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Democrats fight to stay in office amid backlash
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Source: SFGate: Top News Stories
2010-09-02 12:46:42 (1 hours ago)
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Rep. Chet Edwards, an imperiled Democrat deep in the heart of Republican territory, finds exiting American Legion Post No. 273 slow going. Supporters and well-wishers keep stopping him. The wife of a World War II veteran hugs him. Several men line up to shake...
World War II - American Legion - United States - Republican - Democratic
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Is the tea party becoming the new Grand Old Party?
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Source: SFGate: Top News Stories
2010-09-02 12:46:42 (1 hours ago)
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Is the tea party the new Republican Party? The grass-roots network of fed-up conservative-libertarian voters displayed its power in its biggest triumph of the election year: the toppling of Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska's GOP primary. Political novice Joe...
Republican - Lisa Murkowski - Primary election - United States - Politics
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Michela Alioto-Pier loses bid to seek new term
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Source: SFGate: Top News Stories
2010-09-02 12:46:42 (1 hours ago)
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The California Supreme Court Wednesday declined to accept San Francisco Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier's request to review her legal bid to run for re-election in November - a decision that effectively ends her campaign. The ruling, posted on the court's...
Michela Alioto-Pier - Supreme Court of the United States - San Francisco Board of Supervisors - United States - California Supreme Court
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Earl threatens East Coast with weekend pounding
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Source: SFGate: Top News Stories
2010-09-02 12:46:41 (1 hours ago)
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Hurricane Earl packed winds near 140 mph as it blew toward North Carolina on Thursday, putting the Eastern Seaboard up to Maine on alert for a Labor Day weekend pounding by waves, gales and rain. A hurricane warning for the tip of Massachusetts, including...
North Carolina - East Coast of the United States - Hurricane Earl - Tropical cyclone warnings and watches - Labor Day
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Gulf oil platform explodes, burning off La. coast
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Source: SFGate: Top News Stories
2010-09-02 12:46:41 (1 hours ago)
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An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 80 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site where BP's undersea well spilled after a rig explosion. The Coast Guard says no one was killed in the blast, which...
Gulf of Mexico - Coast guard - Oil spill - Oil platform - Petty officer
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Religion is like a penis.
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Source: reddit.com: what's new online!
2010-09-02 12:46:38 (1 hours ago)
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It's fine to have one. It's fine to be proud of it. But please don't whip it out in public and start waving it around, And PLEASE don't try to shove it down my children's throats. submitted by SnarkyCommenter to funny [link] [63 comments]
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Feds sue Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe
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Source: Front - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper
2010-09-02 12:46:03 (1 hours ago)
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PHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department sued Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday, saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics. The lawsuit calls Sheriff Arpaio and his office's defiance "unprecedented" and says the ...
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Earl update
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Source: Daily Kos
2010-09-02 12:45:32 (1 hours ago)
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At 11 AM EDT Hurricane Earl's track is mostly unchanged from yesterday evening. The storm has intensified slightly and is now a strong cat 4 with winds in excess of 140 mph and higher gusts. Conditions along the US east coast will deteriorate as Earl now moves near or over the outer banks later tonight, bringing hurricane and tropical force winds and 3 to 5 foot storm surge to a wide region: Earl's size and track will produce tropical-storm force winds somewhere along the East Coast this weekend, and there is a 28% chance of hurricane-force winds along the Outer Banks. NHC puts out a very useful wind probability forecast. The highlights are that Cape Hatteras, NC has a 28% chance of hurricane-force winds and a 91% chance of tropical-storm (TS) force winds. A wide swath of 30+% probabilities covers the East Coast from Virginia to New England. Cities with a greater than 40% chance of TS winds include Norfolk, Ocean City, Providence, Boston, and Nantucket. Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada has a 62% chance of TS force winds. A hurricane and tropical storm warning has been issued by the NHC. A Special Alert has been posted at North Carolina DOT. More info on evacuation and storm preparation can be found at FEMA and GetReady.gov. See also discussion in MillWX's diary.
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iReport boot camp: Taking better pictures
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Source: CNN.com Recently Published/Updated
2010-09-02 12:45:30 (1 hours ago)
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One topic that has dominated my career is how to photograph a scene that quickly gets to the heart of the story without explanation or embellishment. So how do you do that? Well, the answer doesn't lie with a fancy camera. Excellent visual communication is primarily driven by your unique visual sense, the time spent shooting and a deep connection to the story. In essence, you must do more than take pictures: You must make them. Images that transcend snapshots require extra effort.
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Shakedown by Jamaica's radical sheik
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Source: CNN.com - World
2010-09-02 12:45:30 (1 hours ago)
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Sheik Abdullah El-Faisal's teachings have been connected to the shoe bomber, suicide bombings in England and even 9/11. To get an interview with him, journalists should have plenty of cash on hand.
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Hope grows, realism prevails in talks
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Source: CNN.com - Politics
2010-09-02 12:45:29 (1 hours ago)
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The latest round of Israeli-Palestinian peace started off like similar endeavors in the past, but the White House hopes that this time, the outcome will be different. FULL STORY | LEADERS CALL FOR END TO VIOLENCE | WHAT'S AT STAKE?
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Lineman won't be tackled by flu again
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Source: CNN.com - Most Popular
2010-09-02 12:45:29 (1 hours ago)
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It was the fifth game of the 2009 Ohio State University football season, and offensive lineman Andy Miller cheered as the Buckeyes sprinted past the Indiana Hoosiers, 33-14, the fourth win of the year. The campus was brimming with excitement, yet for Miller the occasion was bittersweet.
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Risks remain with Gulf well cap coming off
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Source: Chicago Sun-Times News
2010-09-02 12:45:20 (1 hours ago)
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) The cap that ended BP's three-month oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico was set to come off Thursday as a prelude to raising a massive, failed piece of equipment and preparing for a final seal on the broken seafloor well.
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Feds sue Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe
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Source: Boston.com / News
2010-09-02 12:45:18 (1 hours ago)
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The U.S. Justice Department sued Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday, saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics.
Joe Arpaio - Arizona - United States Department of Justice - Civil and political rights - Sheriff
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Togo opposition leader claims police brutality
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Source: Boston.com / News
2010-09-02 12:45:18 (1 hours ago)
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Togo's opposition leader claims police tried to stop him from leading protesters through a police blockade in their attempt to protest the alleged rigging of this year's presidential election.
Togo - Police brutality - Protest - Africa - Police
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5 police officers killed by road bomb in Colombia
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Source: Boston.com / News
2010-09-02 12:45:18 (1 hours ago)
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Colombian authorities say five police officers were killed and four wounded by a roadside bomb while on patrol in an area where leftist rebels are active.
Police officer - Improvised explosive device - Law - Law Enforcement - Organizations
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Gulf oil rig explodes off La. coast
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Source: Boston.com / News
2010-09-02 12:45:18 (1 hours ago)
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An offshore oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill.
Gulf of Mexico - Oil spill - Oil platform - Energy - Environment
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Report: Victims not told of some inmate furloughs
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Source: Boston.com / News
2010-09-02 12:45:18 (1 hours ago)
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Federal prisons are failing to notify crime victims and witnesses when inmates are allowed to travel by themselves for medical treatment, the Justice Department inspector general said Thursday.
Prison - United States Department of Justice - Crime - Federal Bureau of Prisons - Organizations
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Paris mosque slams burger chain's Muslim outreach
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Source: Boston.com / News
2010-09-02 12:45:18 (1 hours ago)
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Note to big companies hoping to tap into France's lucrative but long-neglected Muslim consumer market: Pitfalls may await, and not only in the form of complaints from the far-right.
Muslim - France - Mosque - Islam - Religion and Spirituality
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Recovering bubbly in Baltic Sea, divers find beer
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Source: Boston.com / News
2010-09-02 12:45:18 (1 hours ago)
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Divers who found what's believed to be the world's oldest drinkable champagne say they have also discovered two-centuries-old bottles of beer at a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea.
Baltic Sea - Champagne - Shipwreck - Beer - Wine
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Marine general says Taliban drug trade faltering
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Source: Boston.com / News
2010-09-02 12:45:18 (1 hours ago)
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A Marine two-star general says the Taliban is experiencing a serious cash flow problem after losing an estimated half of its annual revenue from the drug trade in southern Afghanistan.
Taliban - Afghanistan - War in Afghanistan - Asia - Politics
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Volunteer for RI mayoral candidate arrested
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Source: Boston.com / News
2010-09-02 12:45:18 (1 hours ago)
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A volunteer worker for the campaign of a Pawtucket mayoral candidate has been arrested on charges of tampering with voter registration cards.
United States - Voter registration - Pawtucket Rhode Island - Government - Elections
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Samsung fires first Android-powered salvo at iPad with Galaxy Tab
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Source: Ars Technica
2010-09-02 12:45:05 (1 hours ago)
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Apple became the biggest fish in the very small touchscreen tablet pond when it launched the iPad this past spring. But more fish will arrive starting mid-month when Samsung launches its Galaxy Tab mobile device in Europe (US and Asia will get it "in the coming months"). After being rumored and teased for weeks, Samsung officially unveiled its entry into the burgeoning market at the IFA show in Germany on Thursday.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab is a 7" widescreen touch tablet powered by Android 2.2. The Tab will use the same TouchWiz UI used on Samsung's line of Galaxy S smartphones, which gives it a very iOS-like look and feel. Also following the iPad's lead, the device has a metal back, black bezel, bottom speakers, and even a 30-pin connector.
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