A federal court on Friday rejected an Alabama county’s argument that a key part of the 1965 Voting Rights act is outdated. That could set the stage for a Supreme Court hearing.?
By Warren Richey,?Staff writer / May 18, 2012
A divided federal appeals court panel on Friday upheld Congress?s 2006 extension of a key provision of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965, setting the stage for an expected showdown over the civil rights law at the US Supreme Court.
Section 5 of the VRA requires states, counties, and other jurisdictions with a history of discrimination in elections to obtain pre-approval from Washington before enacting any changes to election procedures that might undercut minority voting.
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia voted 2 to 1 to throw out a lawsuit filed by Shelby County, Alabama that challenged the reauthorization of Section 5. Lawyers for the county argued that Congress was not justified in automatically reimposing the Section 5 requirements on the same states and jurisdictions identified as egregious discriminators nearly 50 years ago. They say the state is being punished for past problems that no longer exist.
At issue is whether Congress?s decision to extend Section 5 of the VRA for 25 years meets a Supreme Court requirement that the remedy be ?congruent and proportional? to the level of discrimination that currently exists in nine states and parts of seven other states covered by the provision.??
A federal judge rejected the county?s argument and upheld the statute. On Friday, the appeals court affirmed that result, eliciting praise from civil rights organizations.
?Our job is to ensure that Congress?s judgment is reasonable and rests on substantial probative evidence,? Judge David Tatel wrote in the 63-page majority opinion. ?After thoroughly scrutinizing the record and given that overt racial discrimination persists in covered jurisdictions ? we are satisfied that Congress?s judgment deserves judicial deference.? ?
Tatel added: ?Does the severe remedy of [Section 5] preclearance remain ?congruent and proportional?? The legislative record is by no means unambiguous. But Congress drew reasonable conclusions from the extensive evidence it gathered.?
In a dissent, Judge Stephen Williams said the criteria Congress used to decide which states are covered by Section 5 were outdated and did not satisfy a Supreme Court requirement that the measure be ?congruent and proportional? to Congress?s remedial goal of fighting discrimination.
Judge Williams said criteria used under the law are based on statistics from 1972. ?If the formula were to be updated to use more recent election data, it would cover only Hawaii,? he said.
Judge Tatel said the question isn?t whether the law relies on old data, but whether the criteria continue to identify jurisdictions with the worst problems. ?If it does, then even though the formula rests on decades-old factors, the statute is rational,? Tatel wrote.
Williams cited the ongoing dispute over voter ID laws in South Carolina and Texas as an example of how the Voting Rights Act subjects covered states to heightened and questionable legal requirements.
CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) – President Barack Obama pledged at a Group of Eight summit on Saturday to work with Europe to balance growth with debt reduction as world leaders try to prevent the worsening euro zone crisis from destabilizing the global economy.
At the wooded Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland’s Catoctin Mountains, Obama and leaders from other major economic powers are seeking ways to soothe financial markets after worries about Spain’s banking problems and the risk of a Greek exit from the euro zone sent world stocks to their lowest levels this year.
A shirt-sleeved Obama opened the morning session on the global economy at a rustic lodge, promising to seek ways to restore healthy growth and jobs and address concerns in Europe.
“All of us are absolutely committed to making sure that both growth and stability, and fiscal consolidation, are part of an overall package in order to achieve the kind of prosperity for our citizens we all are looking for,” Obama said.
British Prime Minister David Cameron, after an early morning treadmill workout with Obama at the Camp David gym, said he detected a “growing sense of urgency that action needs to be taken” on the euro zone crisis. London relies heavily on international finance and banking instability would strike a fresh blow to an economy already in recession.
“Contingency plans need to be put in place and the strengthening of banks, governance, firewalls – all of those things need to take place very fast,” he told reporters.
European Union leaders seemed keen to stress on Friday that they would stand firm in protecting their banks, after news of escalating bad loans raised the specter that rescuing Spain’s banks would crash the euro zone’s fourth largest economy.
“We will do whatever is needed to guarantee the financial stability of the euro zone,” EU President Herman Van Rompuy said.
Earlier French President Francois Hollande suggested using European funds to inject capital into Spain’s banks, which would mark a significant acceleration of EU rescue efforts.
An Italian newspaper reported that Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has propose at the G8 creating a European-wide system of bank deposit insurance. Officials had no immediate comment.
OBAMA, MONTI, HOLLANDE
Beyond stabilizing the financial system, a key issue on the agenda is how to balance a growth with efforts to lower government debt through fiscal belt tightening. Obama has aligned himself with Monti and the new French president in putting more emphasis on growth.
That places pressure on German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has pushed fiscal austerity as a the prime means of bringing down huge debt levels that are burdening European economies.
Voters in euro zone countries have shown frustration with that approach, ejecting the Greek government and in France the conservative Nicolas Sarkozy was defeated by Hollande, a socialist, in the May 6 elections.
A draft of the summit communiqu? shown to Reuters will stress an “imperative to create growth and jobs.”
There are signs of softening in Germany’s austerity stance.
Germany’s largest industrial union, IG Metall, struck its biggest pay deal in 20 years early on Saturday. The 4.3 percent pay increase, more than double Germany’s inflation rate, will boost worker buying power in the euro zone’s richest nation and lift consumption – something the United States long has urged as a means to bolster overall growth throughout the world’s second largest economic region.
Obama, in the Saturday discussion on the global economy, advocated a balanced approach, saying there should be “no artificial boosts,” G8 delegation sources told Reuters.
“We need a growth agenda while maintaining fiscal discipline”, he said, according to sources.
In the G8 group photo outside the presidential log cabin surrounding by lush green trees and under sunny skies, Obama also sought balance. He stood with the leaders of Europe’s two largest powers – France and Germany – to his right and his left respectively.
An adviser to Hollande said France’s growth message is winning supporters. “The positions he has taken are seeing an extremely positive echo in Europe but also in the United States, Canada and Japan,” the adviser said.
GLOBAL SECURITY
Also on the summit agenda are concerns about oil and food prices as well as Afghanistan, Iran, Syria and North Korea.
Speculation has grown that Obama will use an energy session at the G8 to seek support to tap emergency oil reserves before a European Union embargo of Iranian crude takes effect in July.
But with oil prices already sliding, a move by Obama to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve – alone or along with other countries – could expose him to criticism that the emergency supply should only be touched in a supply crisis.
The Camp David summit kicked off four days of intensive diplomacy that will test leaders’ ability to quell unease over the threat of another financial meltdown as well as plans to wind down the unpopular war in Afghanistan.
After the Camp David talks wrap up late on Saturday afternoon, Obama will fly to his home town of Chicago where he will host a two-day NATO meeting at which the Afghanistan war will be the central topic.
(Additional reporting by Alister Bull, Jeff Mason, Caren Bohan, Stella Dawson, Elizabeth Pineau, Gleb Bryanski, and John Irish; Writing by Matt Spetalnick and Stella Dawson; Editing by Mary Milliken, Vicki Allen and Bill Trott)
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Instructional program can cut no-shows rates
Patients who watch an online instructional video are more likely to keep their appointments and arrive prepared for a scheduled colonoscopy than those who do not, according to a study by gastroenterologists at the University of Chicago Medicine.
The study, presented at the 2012 annual Digestive Diseases Week meeting in San Diego, CA, found that among patients age 50 to 65 the primary target for colon cancer screening those who watched the video were 40 percent less likely to cancel an appointment. That suggests many more cancers could be prevented or detected and treated early if more thorough instruction were given.
“Although early detection of colon cancer can save lives, only about half of those who could benefit take advantage of this screening test,” said Archita P. Desai, MD, fellow in the section of gastroenterology at the University of Chicago Medicine. “Use of this video-preparation approach could increase the number of people who complete the process. Thanks to such screening, the death rate from colorectal cancer has been dropping for more than 20 years, but there is still plenty of room for improvement.”
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, responsible for nearly 50,000 deaths a year. The American Cancer Society recommends that men and women should have a colonoscopy every 10 years, beginning at age 50. When colon cancer is caught early, 90 percent of patients remain alive five years later, but when the cancer has already spread, five-year survival falls to 12 percent.
In the United States, only 53 percent of those older than 50 follow the recommendations for colorectal cancer screening. Far more people than that schedule a colonoscopy, but surveys show only 23 percent to 58 percent of patients who schedule a colonoscopy keep those appointments. This wastes resources, increases costs and extends the waiting time for those seeking an appointment.
The 30-minute web-based interactive program (watch a four-minute segment) produced by Chicago-based Emmi Solutions, walks the viewer though the entire process. It explains how colonoscopy is performed, why preparation is necessary, and how to weigh the risks and benefits. Viewers can pause the video, ask questions or review the information to make sure they understand it. Doctors can enable the viewer to type a question to them or their staff. The questions that patients ask can alert the doctor to address remaining concerns.
In this study, the researchers compared all 1,740 patients referred by their primary care physicians for a colonoscopy at the University of Chicago Medicine in the six months from Dec. 1, 2009, to June 1, 2010 before the colonoscopy video was available to all 1,415 patients referred Dec. 1, 2010, to June 1, 2011, half of whom were told to watch the video. More than three out of four patients with access to the video watched it all the way through.
The researchers looked for “preventable cancellations,” patients who did not complete the test because they skipped the appointment, arrived unprepared, failed to follow instructions about taking or discontinuing certain medications, or faced transportation issues.
The preventable cancellation rate for those who watched the video was significantly lower, falling from 11 percent for patients screened before the video was available to 8 percent for those who had access to the video. The biggest improvement was seen among those age 50 to 65, in which the no-show rate fell from 12 percent for those without access down to 7 percent for those who watched.
“This appears to be an effective and inexpensive way to improve compliance,” Desai said. “Our next steps will be to track the outcomes of patients who did not watch the video after being assigned to do so as this group has the highest cancellation and poor-preparation rates. It will be important to identify how to successfully screen this group of patients.”
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The study (DDW abstract number Sa1127) was presented at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2012 in San Diego, CA. Additional authors include Mark Mulert, Lisa Vinci, and Leslie W. Yang of the University of Chicago Medicine.
DDW is the largest international gathering of physicians, researchers and academics in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery. Jointly sponsored by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute, the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, DDW takes place May 19 – 22, 2012, at the San Diego Convention Center. The meeting showcases more than 5,000 abstracts and hundreds of lectures on the latest advances in GI research, medicine and technology. For more information, visit www.ddw.org.
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Instructional program can cut no-shows rates
Patients who watch an online instructional video are more likely to keep their appointments and arrive prepared for a scheduled colonoscopy than those who do not, according to a study by gastroenterologists at the University of Chicago Medicine.
The study, presented at the 2012 annual Digestive Diseases Week meeting in San Diego, CA, found that among patients age 50 to 65 the primary target for colon cancer screening those who watched the video were 40 percent less likely to cancel an appointment. That suggests many more cancers could be prevented or detected and treated early if more thorough instruction were given.
“Although early detection of colon cancer can save lives, only about half of those who could benefit take advantage of this screening test,” said Archita P. Desai, MD, fellow in the section of gastroenterology at the University of Chicago Medicine. “Use of this video-preparation approach could increase the number of people who complete the process. Thanks to such screening, the death rate from colorectal cancer has been dropping for more than 20 years, but there is still plenty of room for improvement.”
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, responsible for nearly 50,000 deaths a year. The American Cancer Society recommends that men and women should have a colonoscopy every 10 years, beginning at age 50. When colon cancer is caught early, 90 percent of patients remain alive five years later, but when the cancer has already spread, five-year survival falls to 12 percent.
In the United States, only 53 percent of those older than 50 follow the recommendations for colorectal cancer screening. Far more people than that schedule a colonoscopy, but surveys show only 23 percent to 58 percent of patients who schedule a colonoscopy keep those appointments. This wastes resources, increases costs and extends the waiting time for those seeking an appointment.
The 30-minute web-based interactive program (watch a four-minute segment) produced by Chicago-based Emmi Solutions, walks the viewer though the entire process. It explains how colonoscopy is performed, why preparation is necessary, and how to weigh the risks and benefits. Viewers can pause the video, ask questions or review the information to make sure they understand it. Doctors can enable the viewer to type a question to them or their staff. The questions that patients ask can alert the doctor to address remaining concerns.
In this study, the researchers compared all 1,740 patients referred by their primary care physicians for a colonoscopy at the University of Chicago Medicine in the six months from Dec. 1, 2009, to June 1, 2010 before the colonoscopy video was available to all 1,415 patients referred Dec. 1, 2010, to June 1, 2011, half of whom were told to watch the video. More than three out of four patients with access to the video watched it all the way through.
The researchers looked for “preventable cancellations,” patients who did not complete the test because they skipped the appointment, arrived unprepared, failed to follow instructions about taking or discontinuing certain medications, or faced transportation issues.
The preventable cancellation rate for those who watched the video was significantly lower, falling from 11 percent for patients screened before the video was available to 8 percent for those who had access to the video. The biggest improvement was seen among those age 50 to 65, in which the no-show rate fell from 12 percent for those without access down to 7 percent for those who watched.
“This appears to be an effective and inexpensive way to improve compliance,” Desai said. “Our next steps will be to track the outcomes of patients who did not watch the video after being assigned to do so as this group has the highest cancellation and poor-preparation rates. It will be important to identify how to successfully screen this group of patients.”
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The study (DDW abstract number Sa1127) was presented at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2012 in San Diego, CA. Additional authors include Mark Mulert, Lisa Vinci, and Leslie W. Yang of the University of Chicago Medicine.
DDW is the largest international gathering of physicians, researchers and academics in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery. Jointly sponsored by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute, the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, DDW takes place May 19 – 22, 2012, at the San Diego Convention Center. The meeting showcases more than 5,000 abstracts and hundreds of lectures on the latest advances in GI research, medicine and technology. For more information, visit www.ddw.org.
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BEIJING ? A blind Chinese activist whose escape from a rural village set off a diplomatic tussle between Beijing and Washington was hurriedly taken from a hospital to the airport Saturday to board a plane for the United States.
Chen Guangcheng told The Associated Press that he had left the hospital where he’d been staying and was at Beijing’s international airport. He said he expected to leave on a flight late Saturday afternoon for Newark, New Jersey, outside New York City.
“Thousands of thoughts are surging to my mind,” Chen said by phone from the airport, sounding hurried but calm. To his supporters and others in the activist community, Chen expressed gratitude and indicated that he hoped to return.
“I am requesting a leave of absence, and I hope that they will understand,” he said.
The departure of Chen and his family to the United States would mark the conclusion of nearly a month of uncertainty and years of mistreatment by local authorities for the self-taught legal activist who made a daring escape from abusive house arrest in his village last month.
His supporters welcomed his imminent departure. “I think this is great progress. We are happy about it,” said U.S.-based rights activist Bob Fu. “It’s a victory for freedom fighters.”
Chen sought the protection of U.S. diplomats at the American Embassy in Beijing, triggering a diplomatic standoff days ahead of unrelated high-level talks on global hotspots and economic imbalances led by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. After days of negotiations, the sides announced an agreement in which he and his family would be allowed to travel to the United States for him to study.
The departure of Chen, his wife and two children seemed hastily arranged and entirely orchestrated by Chinese and American officials with no apparent input from the activist.
Chen said he was informed at the hospital just before noon Saturday to pack his bags and get ready to leave. Officials did not give him and his family passports or inform them of their flight details until after they got to the airport.
Seeming ambivalent, Chen said that he was “not happy” about leaving and that he had a lot on his mind, including worries about retaliation against his extended family back home.
“I hope that the government will fulfill the promises it made to me, all of its promises,” Chen said. Such promises included launching an investigation into abuses against him and his family in Shandong province, he said before the phone call was cut off.
Chen and other activists fear authorities in Shandong province will punish Chen’s extended family for his audacious escape. Chen’s nephew, Chen Kegui, is accused of attempted murder after he allegedly used a kitchen knife to attack officials who stormed his house after discovering Chen Guangcheng was missing.
Chen Guangcheng had been awaiting permission to travel to the U.S. to take up an invitation to study law at New York University after he left the embassy on May 2 and was hospitalized for treatment for injuries sustained during his escape.
The State Department has said that U.S. visas for Chen, his wife and children are ready for them to travel to America. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said Saturday that it had no comment on Chen’s planned departure.
The 40-year-old Chen is emblematic of a new breed of activists that the Communist Party finds threatening. Often from rural and working-class families, these “rights defenders,” as they are called, are unlike the students and intellectuals from the elite academies and major cities who led the Tiananmen Square democracy movement.
A self-taught legal activist, Chen gained recognition for crusading for the disabled and fighting against forced abortions in his rural community. But he angered local officials and was convicted in 2006 on what his supporters say were fabricated charges. After serving four years in prison, he then faced an abusive and illegal house arrest.
Nanjing activist blogger He Peirong, who was instrumental in helping Chen escape from house arrest, said she was “very happy” to hear that Chen and his family were on their way to the United States.
“I hope that this will be a good beginning,” said He, who was detained for several days by police for helping Chen. “I hope that they will all be well and safe.”
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Associated Press writer Charles Hutzler contributed to this report.
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It was bound to happen eventually, every other gadget does it. After debuting in a serious black sheen, the PS Vita is now getting a stylish white shell as well. Sadly, the shiny new pale version will only be available in Hong Kong at first, starting June 28th. There’s no price premium for grabbing the lighter shade of handheld, though, if you want the matching white accessory pack, you’ll have to pre-order. On the plus side, if you pledge now, they’ll toss in the Trooper Pack, Armor Game case, 4GB memory card and (perhaps most importantly) a lint free cloth for free. Check out the PR after the break.
The king of Bahrain, whose regime has been accused of rights abuses, was among nearly 50 foreign royals at a lunch on Friday to mark the diamond jubilee of Britain‘s Queen Elizabeth II.
King Mswati III of Swaziland, Africa’s last absolute monarch, was also on a guest list that has caused several diplomatic headaches for Britain.
Bahrain is gripped by civil unrest following a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protests, while Swazi activists accuse King Mswati of presiding over an economic meltdown while maintaining an ultra-lavish lifestyle.
Spain’s Queen Sophia pulled out of the lunch earlier this week due to tensions with Britain over the disputed territory of Gibraltar.
About 50 people staged a protest against what they called “dictator monarchs” outside Buckingham Palace in London, where most of the foreign royals were attending a dinner following the lunch at Windsor Castle.
King Hamad was not at the dinner hosted by heir to the throne Prince Charles and his wife, though King Mswati was attending.
“We feel it’s tremendously important to show that there are British people who do not agree with these royal dictators being invited to Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace,” said human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell.
“The queen has misjudged the public mood. Most British people would not agree with our head of state wining and dining dictators who stand accused of very serious human rights abuse.”
Demonstrators chanted and held banners reading: “Shame on you Liz Windsor,” and “Democracy now for Swaziland”.
Royals from Brunei, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia were among the guests for the two events.
Less controversially, Japan’s 78-year-old Emperor Akihito, King Harald V of Norway and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands were among the 17 foreign reigning monarchs who attended.
Buckingham Palace has said that the Foreign Office approved the invitation to King Hamad.
An AFP reporter at Windsor said security was low-key and there was no sign of any protest. Indeed, a dozen-strong group waved Bahraini flags.
Around 150 people gathered to see the limousines arrive at the castle west of London. Some monarchs waved to the crowds as they went in, while Japanese spectators cheered and bowed to their emperor.
One spectator, Clare, a Windsor woman in her 60s, used binoculars to identify the flags on the vehicles.
“This is not a political event,” she told AFP. “It’s a great pity that politics had been allowed to intrude. The diamond jubilee is a celebration for the queen.”
Queen Elizabeth, 86, and her husband Prince Philip warmly greeted their guests as they arrived.
Inside at a pre-lunch reception, William and Kate chatted to Prince Albert II of Monaco and his wife Charlene, before the guests assembled for a group photo.
Britain has close links to Bahrain and has had to tread carefully in diplomatic terms since the unrest broke out.
Prime Minister David Cameron held a meeting with King Hamad at his Downing Street residence in December when he urged him to implement reforms, and offered Britain’s support in doing so.
Bahrain‘s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa turned down an invitation to William and Kate’s wedding following a public outcry in Britain.
Amnesty International says around 60 people have been killed in Bahrain since the anti-regime protests first erupted in February last year.
The visit by international royals is one of the main events in the run-up to four days of celebrations spanning June 2-5 to mark the queen’s 60th year on the throne.
Contrary to recent scholarship and popular belief, parents experience greater levels of happiness and meaning in life than people without children, according to researchers from the University of California, Riverside, the University of British Columbia and Stanford University. Parents also are happier during the day when they are caring for their children than during their other daily activities, the researchers found in a series of studies conducted in the United States and Canada.
These findings appear in a paper ? “In Defense of Parenthood: Children Are Associated With More Joy Than Misery” ? which will be published in a forthcoming issue of Psychological Science, the flagship journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
“We are not saying that parenting makes people happy, but that parenthood is associated with happiness and meaning,” explained Sonja Lyubomirsky, professor of psychology at UC Riverside and a leading scholar in positive psychology. “Contrary to repeated scholarly and media pronouncements, people may find solace that parenthood and child care may actually be linked to feelings of happiness and meaning in life.”
Paper co-authors are S. Katherine Nelson, a doctoral candidate at UCR; Kostadin Kushlev, a doctoral candidate at UBC; Tammy English, a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford; and Elizabeth W. Dunn, associate professor of psychology at UBC.
The findings are among a new wave of research that suggests that parenthood comes with relatively more positives, despite the added responsibilities. The study also dovetails with emerging evolutionary perspectives that suggest parenting is a fundamental human need.
Recent popular accounts have painted a portrait of unhappy parents who find little joy in taking care of their children, “but the scientific basis for these claims remains inconclusive,” the researchers wrote.
“If you went to a large dinner party, the parents in the room would be just as happy or happier than the guests without children,” Dunn said.
The researchers conducted three studies that tested whether parents are happier overall than their childless peers, if parents feel better moment-to-moment than nonparents, and whether parents experience more positive feelings when taking care of children than during their other daily activities.
The consistency of their findings across all three studies “provides strong evidence challenging the widely held perception that children are associated with reduced well-being.
Among the findings:
Parents are happier when taking care of their children than while doing other daily activities.
Fathers in particular expressed greater levels of happiness, positive emotion and meaning in life than their childless peers. This finding requires further study, Dunn noted, adding that “the pleasures of parenthood may be offset by the surge in responsibility and housework that arrives with motherhood.”
Older and married parents tend to be the happiest. “Our findings suggest that if you are older (and presumably more mature) and if you are married (and presumably have more social and financial support), then you’re likely to be happier if you have children than your childless peers,” Lyubomirsky said. “This is not true, however, for single parents or very young parents.”
As Dunn put it, “These findings suggest that parents are not nearly the miserable creatures that we might expect from recent studies and popular representations.”
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Should the robots everform an alliance and turn against us, all we need to do is call on people like Anand Jin to save us. Why? Because it’s folk of his ilk that are the pied pipers of the machine world. We’ve seen disk drives coerced into recreating Daft Punk, and Bo-Rhap extorted from an Atari 800XL. Now, we can watch the aforementioned Anand eke the theme from Game of Thrones out of eight floppy drives. There’s more info on his YouTube channel if you’re curious to know the hows and whys. Much as we enjoy the performance, hearing the theme again just brings up bad memories of last week’s ending.
Episode number 299 comes in with a bang as automated commerical skipping makes its triumphant return to the DVR with Dish Network’s “Auto Hop” and we also take a peek at the updated TiVo Premiere XL4. Also invading this week is a flood of OLED news, from production models delivered by Samsung and some tasty Panasonic / Sony team-up rumors. Also in the news is BBC’s Sport app and WatchESPN on Comcast, while the return of Total Recall on Blu-ray is definitely reason to celebrate.
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