Marketplace Minute 09/03 from Marketplace on Vimeo.
Videos: ABC, MSNBC & NBC
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Jobbed
Prior to Friday's job numbers, and on the official day U.S. operations in Iraq changed, Nobel Economist Joseph Stiglitz of Columbia University offered thoughts on the true cost of both.
Video: CNN
Your Career Has Timed Out
While unemployment is worst for young people nationally, the situation is reversed in Silicon Valley.
High Tech places a premium on youth and puts older engineers into a job market that's a more like Hollywood... Beyond working cheap, it’s all about age and a career change may be needed before age 40.
Video: CNN
Your Career Has Timed Out
High Tech places a premium on youth and puts older engineers into a job market that's a more like Hollywood... Beyond working cheap, it’s all about age and a career change may be needed before age 40.
 | Hitting The Silicon Ceiling Audio Embed: APM's Future Tense 9/3/10, Host: Steve Henn. |
Let There Be Controversy!
Although Professor Stephen Hawking had previously argued belief in a creator was not incompatible with science, in a new book he concludes the Big Bang was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics. The Grand Design, partially serialized in the London Times, says there is no need to invoke a supernatural creator to set the Universe going.
 | Redefine Time, Eliminate Creator Audio Embed: BBC, PRI & WGBH's The World 9/2/10, Reporter: Alex Gallafent. |
Manny Still Being Manny
But In Different Colored Sox
Many MLB division races are over, with playoff-bound teams ready to coast into October.
If your team is already waiting 'til next year, Bill Littlefield suggests you throw your support behind the Chicago White Sox and unpredictable slugger Manny Ramirez.
If your team is already waiting 'til next year, Bill Littlefield suggests you throw your support behind the Chicago White Sox and unpredictable slugger Manny Ramirez.
 | Another Team, Another Chance Audio Embed: WBUR & NPR's Only A Game 9/4/10. |
Penciled In
"Zipper" KPK Photography of Germany
Pencil tip micro sculptures by Dalton Ghetti on LikeCool.com
See more mini masterpieces at Just Whatever.
Friday, September 3, 2010
Great Debates
California is home to nearly 13% of all Americans. They're electing a senator this year, and the race neatly embodies the differences in electing a candidate of either major party.
Arizona is now the 14th most populous state, and with any state that's growing, there are voters that haven't had a lengthy exposure to local politics. Candidates for Governor met Wednesday... It was revealing.
The last time Arizona's voters selected a Governor, they voted to elevate their Democratic Attorney General to the post. They have the same option this year, should they use their (still attached) heads.
Arizona is now the 14th most populous state, and with any state that's growing, there are voters that haven't had a lengthy exposure to local politics. Candidates for Governor met Wednesday... It was revealing.
The last time Arizona's voters selected a Governor, they voted to elevate their Democratic Attorney General to the post. They have the same option this year, should they use their (still attached) heads.
Crazy Discovery
And You Thought Mad Men Was On AMC
Video: Newsy.com
Video: Newsy.com
 | Who do we blame THIS time? Audio Embed: Dave Ross, KIRO-FM/Seattle, 9/2/10. |
Fried Beer
Guinness filled fried raviolis taste like beer & pretzels.
Amateur chef Mark Zable from Texas has a new culinary invention: fried beer. Zable says this is the first time anyone has successfully deep fried a liquid. He'll debut his fried beer at the Texas State Fair. | Boy Howdy! You Can Deep Fry Beer! Audio Embed: Morning Edition 9/2/10, Host: Steve Inskeep. |
Video: CBS/Late Night with David Letterman
Virtual Love Story
The Game of Love, Japanese Style
A popular Nintendo DS game, "Love Plus," creates "relationships" between creepy male geeks and attention whore anime cartoons.
Video: CBS
A popular Nintendo DS game, "Love Plus," creates "relationships" between creepy male geeks and attention whore anime cartoons.
Video: CBS
Pet Lovers, Nose Holders
I thought they were closer to another kind of citrus, but when a friend sent along pictures of the new feline roomie and it, too, was orange, I decided to look up the term. And according to Google there are two predominant kinds of "lemon cat"...
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 | The Pet Shop Boys Audio Embed: Berger & Prescott, podcast via Facebook. |
You're Doing It Wrong
If You're Turning Anyone On
Shake Weight inventor Johann Verheem claims the company wasn't trying to be suggestive in the infomercial at all—and that the motion isn't that dirty if you follow the proper instructions.
Ubiquitous commercial queen Erica Shaffer shakes it like a pro.
SNL Has Other Ideas
Or You Can Mix Drinks
The Cars from their 1981 album of the same name.
Shake Weight inventor Johann Verheem claims the company wasn't trying to be suggestive in the infomercial at all—and that the motion isn't that dirty if you follow the proper instructions.
Ubiquitous commercial queen Erica Shaffer shakes it like a pro.
SNL Has Other Ideas
Or You Can Mix Drinks
The Cars from their 1981 album of the same name.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Mixed Reviews
Glenn Greenwald: "Nobody Could've Known" is BS
A Salon.com article blows the whistle on the recurring tactic for politicians and pundits to shirk responsibility for their past positions claiming "nobody could have known then that this would have happened". Actually, yes, anyone could have known, had they actually taken the time to study all of the information available without bias.
For example, (Mega-Hawk as VP) Dick Cheney who conveniently forgot what he said as former Defense Secretary during the 1991 Gulf War.
Neocons sought credit for the surge while some on the left are still hoping for war crimes trials... Hardly anybody is happy.
| Did We Win? Audio Embed: Dave Ross, KIRO-FM/Seattle, 9/1/10 |
The Spaceman Returns
| Audio Embed: WBUR & NPR's Only A Game Host: Bill Littlefield. |
Warren Zevon from Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School (1980).
Downtown Octopus
Petula Clark "Downtown" vs The Beatles "Octopus's Garden" mash-up from
Mark Vidler and Go Home Productions
Doctor Of Now What?
Although one measure of an academic program's success is the number of PhDs it turns out, one psychology professor at the University of Kentucky has decided to stop admitting Ph.D. students because there aren't enough jobs waiting for grads to justify the effort & expense of their study.
 | Does A PhD = A Ponzi Scheme? Audio Embed: PRI & WNYC's program The Takeaway, 8/19/10, Hosts: Celeste Headlee & Miles O'Brien. |
Motivation
"Hope Springs Eternal" read one post title... Another called it "the best workout shirt ever."
Runnin' Rhino T-Shirt by Allan Faustino from Threadless
Einen Seehafen Kind
 | Ulrich Schauss, child of the seaport Audio Embed: Echoes, an ambient music program on public radio with extensive archives of subscriber downloads. |
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Follow The Money To Fox
Rupert Murdoch with Alwaleed bin Talal.
As Fox News suggests a radical Saudi prince is funding the Islamic community center to be built two blocks from Ground Zero in New York, they fail to mention that the same Saudi prince is a major shareholder in Fox News. | They Deceive, You Go Nuts Audio Embed: BBC, PRI & WBUR's Here & Now 8/31/10, Host: Robin Young. |
Back To The Saddle Seat
Kids take to the streets of Old Town in Ft. Collins CO
Bicycling Magazine says return to riding. | Get Fit, Have Fun Audio Embed: BBC, PRI & WBUR's Here & Now 8/31/10, Host: Robin Young. |
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Beckstock?
Video: Newsy.com
| Faith, Dopes and Charity Audio Embed: Dave Ross, KIRO-FM/Seattle, 8/30/10. |
The Takeaway spoke to Dr. Alveda King, MLK's niece, about her speech and the new religious tenor in the Tea Party movement... And to Karen West, among the thousands of Beck fans who attended.
 | What was that about? Audio Embed: PRI & WNYC's program The Takeaway 8/30/10, Hosts John Hockenberry & Celeste Headlee. |
Video: CBS 8/28/10.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Choose Your Ride
A choice presented on DailyPicDump
A recent National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study showed as many as eight percent of all drivers have driven drunk during the past year and highlighted the need for more enforcement and education about the consequences.
Tiger Tale
Video: Newsy.com
| They're Called "Wild Animals" For Some Really Good Reasons Berger & Prescott, podcast via Facebook. |
Palomas de la Esperanza
Doves of Hope
On the world stage, rescue workers in Chile communicate with the 33 trapped miners via a narrow passageway carved through nearly half a mile of rock and soil. Relief supplies are sent down in narrow, 5-foot-long parcels nicknamed "doves," which also carry handwritten letters between miners & loved ones, who they may not see for months.
On Wednesday I'd gotten an email from her expectant Mom... Sweating out the final days in good spirits and hoping to be patient during her first delivery sometime over the weekend... The baby girl came Thursday afternoon, but the delivery didn't go well.
Three generations of family were ready for the everyday miracle of new life... But nobody was ready for the scariest letters among hospital acronyms: NICU (Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit).
When I first held her Dad in my arms, I told him his Grandfather would have loved to meet him... It's still something I hope to say to our new baby girl... Script slightly modified to reflect the absence of her Grandmother, my late sister.
But before I can, we'll need something a little higher on the scale than an everyday miracle... And from those who can't be there in person, there are metaphorical hands on shoulders & doves of hope carrying thoughts & prayers toward a home, a hospital & the heavens.
| Audio Embed: Weekend Edition Saturday 8/28/10, Reporter: Annie Murphy. |
Three generations of family were ready for the everyday miracle of new life... But nobody was ready for the scariest letters among hospital acronyms: NICU (Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit).
When I first held her Dad in my arms, I told him his Grandfather would have loved to meet him... It's still something I hope to say to our new baby girl... Script slightly modified to reflect the absence of her Grandmother, my late sister.
But before I can, we'll need something a little higher on the scale than an everyday miracle... And from those who can't be there in person, there are metaphorical hands on shoulders & doves of hope carrying thoughts & prayers toward a home, a hospital & the heavens.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Song Fu
Song Fu is an Internet contest run by Quick Stop Entertainment... Think of it in contrast to manufactured TV talent contests, designed to shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors were presented with a very specific songwriting challenge with one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries were uploaded and voted on by the readers.
In the round that ended July 31st, the final task was to completely reimagine David Bowie's "Space Oddity" -- while retaining the same basic “story points” - spaceman goes up, spaceman talks with control, spaceman goes for a walk, spaceman disappears - and at least some sonic “cue” or “quote” from the original tune (a short phrase or series of chord changes; the key word here is “brief”).
Coulton, altered the species and told the story from the point of view of Laika, the dog aboard the Soviet's 2nd Sputnik launch that caused the mission to be called "Muttnik" in the Western press.
MacDougall chose to stick with a human passenger anticipating an untethered spacewalk with more direct quotes from the original but kept the entire narrative perspective with Major Tom.
Curious about the voting results? Click here!
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors were presented with a very specific songwriting challenge with one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries were uploaded and voted on by the readers.
In the round that ended July 31st, the final task was to completely reimagine David Bowie's "Space Oddity" -- while retaining the same basic “story points” - spaceman goes up, spaceman talks with control, spaceman goes for a walk, spaceman disappears - and at least some sonic “cue” or “quote” from the original tune (a short phrase or series of chord changes; the key word here is “brief”).
 | Jonathan Coulton - "Space Doggity" [3:26m] Download: Jonathan Coulton - "Space Doggity" |
 | Jeff MacDougall - "High" [3:28m] Download: Jeff MacDougall - "High" |
Curious about the voting results? Click here!
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