Emanuel Triumphs in Chicago Mayoral Race

Mr. Emanuel, who will take office in May, won 55 percent of the vote against five other candidates. That allowed him to avoid a one-on-one runoff election in April that had been seen by some opponents as their best chance to defeat Mr. Emanuel. With 95 percent of precincts reporting, his closest competitor, Gery J. Chico, a former chief of staff to Mr. Daley, got 24 percent of the vote.

?Tonight we are moving forward the only way we truly can ? together as one city with one future,? Mr. Emanuel told a crowd at a union hall west of downtown.

Mr. Emanuel, 51, is known to nearly everyone here ? less, perhaps, for his years as a congressman from the North Side than for his ties to President Obama, a fellow Chicagoan whom he served as White House chief of staff. Mr. Obama congratulated Mr. Emanuel on Tuesday evening, saying, ?As a Chicagoan and a friend, I couldn?t be prouder.?

Some voters here have viewed the connection as both an affirmation to support Mr. Emanuel and as a potential advantage for Chicago in its future dealings with Washington.

As the next mayor of this city, the nation?s third largest, Mr. Emanuel faces significant obstacles. He must cope with staggering unfunded pension liabilities, as well as a budget deficit around $600 million, by some estimates. Easy fixes ? like the proceeds of privatization deals of the city?s parking meters ? have already been used. Meanwhile, the city?s population of 2.69 million is smaller than it was a decade ago, unhappy news for a new mayor who would wish to see a growing tax base.

?There are no more rabbits to pull out of the hat,? said Joe Moore, an alderman from the North Side for the last 20 years, referring to the city?s budget of about $6 billion. ?What is left for the next mayor and the next City Council is a series of bad choices ? cutting services, perhaps raising taxes and fees.?

A Daley (the current mayor or his father, Richard J., who operated with a similarly tight control) has run this city for 42 of the past 55 years, and Mr. Emanuel, the city?s first Jewish mayor, is likely to be compared with that family?s legacy at every turn.

Among the questions certain to arise: How does he now handle the city?s 50 aldermen, some of whose political careers were owed to the current mayor and others who pressed for Mr. Emanuel?s opponents? How may he push to change city workers? pensions, a system he has described as unsustainable? And how does he soothe differences that arose during a tense campaign ? differences with public-sector unions that endorsed Mr. Chico and with African-American leaders who backed Carol Moseley Braun, the first black woman in the United States Senate?

City voting officials said the election had drawn a smaller turnout than they had anticipated. Along with Mr. Chico and Ms. Braun, who was winning 8.8 percent of the vote Tuesday night, Mr. Emanuel defeated Miguel del Valle, the city clerk, who got 9.4 percent; Patricia Van Pelt-Watkins, 1.6 percent; and William Walls, 0.9 percent.

Mr. Emanuel ? who has spent plenty of time working behind the scenes for other politicians, including Mayor Daley and President Bill Clinton ? has long been known for his tough-guy methods of negotiating, his harsh, blunt retorts, and his use of four-letter words. But over the last five months, in his own campaign, Mr. Emanuel showed a far more reserved side. That left some here wondering which Mr. Emanuel ? fierce or muted ? may next appear, with the campaign over and the governing ahead.

Mr. Emanuel had long suggested that he would love to be the mayor of Chicago, his birthplace. But his immediate road to City Hall began last September, when Mayor Daley stunned this city and announced he would not seek a seventh term. That meant the first mayoral election in 64 years without a sitting mayor on the ballot, and a huge crop of would-be candidates emerged from seemingly every political rank.

In October, Mr. Emanuel left his post as White House chief of staff to return to Chicago for a run, and the number of candidates quickly began shrinking. In the months that followed, he would raise some $13 million and campaign at more than 100 neighborhood L stations, 229 neighborhood stops and 20 schools.

In the end, the effort ? far more elaborate and expensive than his five opponents? ? spared him from a runoff in April. Some opponents had viewed that second race ? a head-to-head race with only one candidate ? as the only chance of defeating Mr. Emanuel.

After Mr. Chico spoke on the telephone to Mr. Emanuel on Tuesday evening, Mr. Chico told his supporters that he had pledged his support, from here on out, to Mr. Emanuel?s efforts for Chicago. ?Let?s all work together to get behind the new mayor,? Mr. Chico told a subdued group during his brief concession speech, ?and make this the best city on the face of the earth.?

At points in the campaign, Mr. Emanuel?s inevitability faltered over a seemingly simple question: Was he really a resident of Chicago? Critics challenged him, saying his time at the White House meant he failed to meet a requirement that candidates live in Chicago for the year immediately before Election Day. The Illinois Supreme Court found that he was allowed to run ? he had never lost legal residency at his North Side home, the justices found ? but not before the issue became a major drama here, with election workers, at one point, urgently halting the printing of ballots.

If the residency battle ultimately drew sympathy to Mr. Emanuel, it also raised a question that his opponents had quietly pressed on all along: Was he a true, die-hard Chicagoan the way Mr. Daley ? an avid White Sox fan and a constant, if gruff cheerleader for his city ? was a Chicagoan? Mr. Emanuel spent part of his youth in the northern suburbs, in addition to his working time in Washington ? details regularly noted by his critics.

But voters who chose him on Tuesday seemed to dismiss the question. ?Who cares if he lived on the North Shore?? said Ben Fogel, a social worker who said he was voting for Mr. Emanuel. ?I have family there, and it is close enough.? The distinction was silly now, his supporters said, a nonissue in a post-Daley world.

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The Caucus: More Signs That Huntsman Is Preparing for 2012 Run

Jon Huntsman Jr.?s campaign-in-waiting has launched a Web site declaring that ?maybe someday? the country will find the right leader, another indication that allies of the ambassador to China are preparing for a presidential campaign.

The Web site for the Horizon PAC cleverly opens with a logo of a big letter ?H? with the words ?Maybe? and ?Someday? on either side. Is that for Horizon? Or is it for Mr. Huntsman?

Advisers to Mr. Huntsman insist that the political action committee has no formal or informal connection to the ambassador, who once served as the governor of Utah. But they acknowledge that the committee is being designed to make a campaign possible if Mr. Huntsman decides to run for the Republican nomination.

?H-PAC isn?t your typical political organization,? said Tim Miller, a spokesman for the committee. ?Neither the design nor messaging are what people have come to expect from traditional political organizations or campaigns. You won?t see the same tired tropes and images that are the hallmark every other PAC Web site.?

The Horizon PAC also announced on Tuesday the addition of two more advisers to its staff. Al Shofe will serve as congressional liaison, and Craig Engle, the founder of the Arent Fox Political Law Group, will be the committee?s legal counsel.

The Web site appears designed to make the case for Mr. Huntsman, who would be an unusual candidate if he decides to run. A moderate Republican as governor, Mr. Huntsman joined President Obama?s administration in 2009 to put his China expertise to use. If he seeks the Republican nomination in 2012, he would in essence be seeking to oust the man who has been his boss for the last two years.

In one section, the Web site asks: ?What happened to common goals? To calm? To respect? What happened to actual, lasting solutions to problems? When were they replaced with anger? Slammed fists. Divisive words. Winning at any cost??

In a second section, called ?The Politician,? the Web site suggests that politicians are ?an unusual animal. The firm handshake. The frosty smile. So often driven by ego alone.? And it argues that ?America can do so much better. Maybe someday.?

And in a third section, ?Maybe Someday,? the Web site hints that an announcement from Mr. Huntsman could be coming. ?These leaders exist. We will search the country. We will find them. Stand behind them. They will win. And, America will flourish. Someday COULD be today.?

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Tumblr clone. Made in China.

Tumblr clone. Made in China.

Facebook and Twitter, two of the world?s most popular social networks have prominent Chinese counterparts, RenRen and Sina Weibo. With this in mind, it doesn?t come as a surprise that Tumblr, the light, casual blogging platform, gets one too. DianDian (??), which translates to ?bit by bit?, is a new startup dubbed as the Tumblr clone of China.

Chinese tech blog TechRice reports that it has received a beta invitation from DianDian, which is currently on closed beta. Its founder Jack Xu, is a ?Genius in the Chinese Social Networking industry?. Prior to starting this venture, he was managing RenRen and Kaixin, two Chinese Facebook clones, during the crucial time when these sites boomed in China back in 2009.

Here is an image of DianDian?s homepage, which closely resembles Tumblr up to the navy blue background. Like on Tumblr, users can also open mini-blogs using their main account, and assign other users as co-authors.

According to the report, DianDian copies around 80% of Tumblr?s functionalities, which is a very common practice for Chinese startups ? making localized clones. I wouldn?t be surprised, however, if DianDian rolls out new and unique features as well, similar to what Sina Weibo did after copying Twitter.

Tumblr?s emphasis on customization and ease of use, is its unique selling proposition. Even though microblogs are already rampant, casual blogging platforms like Tumblr and DianDian focus more on creating and sharing media content including photos, quotes, links, audio, and video, that can easily be ?reblogged? by anyone. Currently, there are 12 million blogs on Tumblr with an 85% retention rate compared to Twitter?s 40%.

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Dell refreshes XPS 15, 17 with Sandy Bridge, GT500M series

Dell has revamped its XPS 15 and 17 notebooks, adding the latest silicon from Intel and Nvidia. The smaller machine can be outfitted with one of three Sandy Bridge Core i7 processors up to 2.7GHz, as well as a 1GB Nvidia GeForce GT525M or 2GB GT540M.

The base offering is equipped with 4GB of DDR3 RAM which maxes out at 8GB, while storage peaks at 750GB for mechanical or 256GB for flash. For a premium, the 15.6-inch display can upgraded from 720p to 1080p, with or without facial recognition technology.

The larger system adds one Core i7 and two Core i5 chips to the mix and boosts the graphics to a 1GB GeForce GT550M or 3GB GT555M. It also comes with the Nvidia 3D Vision kit and a 3D-ready display, while max RAM and storage are increased to 16GB and 1.2TB.


Both the come with your choice of a DVD or Blu-ray drive, a six or nine-cell battery, as well as a 9-in-1 card reader, a 2MP webcam, two USB 3.0 ports, HDMI 1.4, Bluetooth 3.0 as well as optional WWAN and Wireless Display modules alongside the usual connectivity.

The XPS 15 starts at $1,050 while the XPS 17 kicks off at $900 and both currently have an estimated ship date of March 15. Dell has simultaneously discontinued the XPS 14 based on Intel's first-gen Core processors, though a new model hasn't been introduced yet.

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Google rolls out Gingerbread update to Nexus S and Nexus One devices

Google rolls out Gingerbread update to Nexus S and Nexus One devices

Google has confirmed that it has started rolling out a new Android Gingerbread update for Nexus S and Nexus One devices, bringing with it new features, bugfixes and extended support for NFC.

Google took to its Google Nexus Twitter account to warn users that a full roll out could take a number of weeks to complete, asking them to be patient as it pushes its OTA update to Nexus S and Nexus One devices:

Google states on its Android Developer portal that Android 2.3.3 ?is a small feature release that adds several improvements and APIs to the Android 2.3 platform?. The update will ensure the Nexus S will have improved support for NFC, fix random rebooting issues and add new Bluetooth API support.

It will also include new graphics, media framework and speech recognition APIs and also disables the Contacts sync in Facebook for Android for Nexus S devices and above.

Engadget reports that Facebook for Android contact sync has been axed because ?Facebook contacts cannot be exported from the device, the appearance of integration created a false sense of data portability?, so now contacts will stay within the app:

We believe it is very important that users are able to control their data. So in the over-the-air update for Nexus S, we have a small change to how Facebook contacts appear on the device. For Nexus S users who downloaded the Facebook app from Android Market, Facebook contacts will no longer appear to be integrated with the Android Contacts app. Since Facebook contacts cannot be exported from the device, the appearance of integration created a false sense of data portability. Facebook contact data will continue to appear within the Facebook app. Like all developers on Android, Facebook is free to use the Android contacts API to truly integrate contacts on the device, which would allow users to have more control over their data. We are removing the special-case handling of Facebook contacts on Nexus S and future lead devices. We continue to believe that reciprocity (the expectation that if information can be imported into a service it should be able to be exported) is an important step toward creating a world of true data liberation ? and encourage other websites and app developers to allow users to export their contacts as well.

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Source: http://thenextweb.com/google/2011/02/23/google-rolls-out-gingerbread-update-to-nexus-s-and-nexus-one-devices/

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Nothing screams ?obnoxiously rich? like these iPhone playing cards

Nothing screams ?obnoxiously rich? like these iPhone playing cards

Forget the ultra-rare official Apple playing cards. At £539, it?s nothing compared to this deck of iPhone cards. It really doesn?t matter if these phones are counterfeit or not; what I do know is that anything with an LCD screen this big is sure to cost a good sum of money. That?s right, because that?s how obnoxiously rich Apple fan boys roll.

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Emanuel Triumphs in Chicago Mayoral Race

Mr. Emanuel, who will take office in May, won 55 percent of the vote against five other candidates. That allowed him to avoid a one-on-one runoff election in April that had been seen by some opponents as their best chance to defeat Mr. Emanuel. With 95 percent of precincts reporting, his closest competitor, Gery J. Chico, a former chief of staff to Mr. Daley, captured 24 percent of the vote.

?It?s a victory for all those who believe that we can overcome the old divisions and the old ways that have held Chicago back,? Mr. Emanuel told supporters, later adding that he believed the city?s most difficult challenges ? with safety, schools and jobs ? could be met.

Mr. Emanuel, 51, is well known to nearly everyone here ? less, perhaps, for his years as a congressman from the North Side than for his ties to President Obama, a fellow Chicagoan for whom he served as the White House chief of staff. Mr. Obama congratulated his former aide, saying, "I want to extend my congratulations to Rahm Emanuel on a well-deserved victory tonight.  As a Chicagoan and a friend, I couldn't be prouder. Rahm will be a terrific mayor for all the people of Chicago."

Some voters here viewed the Obama connection as both an affirmation to support Mr. Emanuel and as a potential advantage for Chicago in its future dealings with Washington.

As the next mayor of this city, the nation?s third largest, Mr. Emanuel faces significant challenges. He must cope with staggering unfunded pension liabilities, as well as a budget deficit around $600 million, by some estimates. Easy fixes ? the proceeds of privatization deals of the city?s parking meters, for instance ? have already been used. Meanwhile, the city?s population of 2.69 million is smaller than it was a decade ago, unhappy news for a new mayor who would wish to see a growing tax base.

?There are no more rabbits to pull out of the hat,? said Joe Moore, an alderman from the North Side for the last 20 years, referring to the city?s budget of about $6 billion. ?What is left for the next mayor and the next City Council is a series of bad choices ? cutting services, perhaps raising taxes and fees.?

A Daley (the current mayor or his father, Richard J., who operated with a similarly tight control) has run this city for 42 of the past 55 years, and Mr. Emanuel, the city?s first Jewish mayor, is likely to be compared with that family?s legacy at every turn.

Among the questions certain to arise: How does he now handle the city?s 50 aldermen, some of whose political careers were owed to the current mayor and others who pressed for Mr. Emanuel?s opponents? How may he push to change city workers? pensions, a system he has described as unsustainable? And how does he soothe differences that arose during a tense campaign ? differences with public-sector unions that endorsed Mr. Chico and with African-American leaders who pushed for Carol Moseley Braun, the first black woman in the United States Senate?

City voting officials said the election had drawn a smaller turnout than they had anticipated. Along with Mr. Chico and Ms. Braun, who won 8.8 percent of the vote, Mr. Emanuel defeated Miguel del Valle, the city clerk, who got 9.4 percent; Patricia Van Pelt-Watkins, 1.6 percent; and William Walls, 0.9 percent.

Mr. Emanuel ? who has spent plenty of time working behind the scenes for other politicians, including Mayor Daley and President Bill Clinton ? has long been known for his tough-guy methods of negotiating, his harsh, blunt retorts, and his use of four-letter words. But over the last five months, in his own campaign, Mr. Emanuel showed a far more reserved side. That left some here wondering which Mr. Emanuel ? fierce or muted ? may next appear, with the campaign over and the governing ahead.

Mr. Emanuel had long suggested that he would love to be the mayor of Chicago, his birthplace. But his immediate road to City Hall began last September, when Mayor Daley stunned this city and announced he would not seek a seventh term. That meant the first mayoral election in 64 years without a sitting mayor on the ballot, and a huge crop of would-be candidates began emerging from seemingly every political rank.

In October, Mr. Emanuel left his post as White House chief of staff to return to Chicago for a run, and the number of candidates quickly began shrinking. In the months that followed, he would raise some $13 million and campaign at more than 100 neighborhood L stations, 229 neighborhood stops and 20 schools.

In the end, the effort ? far more elaborate and expensive than his five opponents? ? spared him from a runoff in April. Some opponents had viewed that second race ? a head-to-head race with only one candidate ? as the only chance of defeating Mr. Emanuel.

After Mr. Chico spoke on the telephone to Mr. Emanuel on Tuesday evening, Mr. Chico told his supporters that he had pledged his support, from here on out, to Mr. Emanuel?s efforts for Chicago. ?Let?s all work together to get behind the new mayor,? Mr. Chico told a subdued group during his brief concession speech, ?and make this the best city on the face of the earth.?

At points in the campaign, Mr. Emanuel?s inevitability faltered over a seemingly simple question: Was he really a resident of Chicago? Critics challenged him, saying his time at the White House meant he failed to meet a requirement that candidates live in Chicago for the year immediately before Election Day. The Illinois Supreme Court found that he was allowed to run ? he had never lost legal residency at his North Side home, the justices found ? but not before the issue became a major drama here, with election workers, at one point, urgently halting the printing of ballots.

If the residency battle ultimately drew sympathy to Mr. Emanuel, it also raised a question that his opponents had quietly pressed on all along: Was he a true, die-hard Chicagoan the way Mr. Daley ? an avid White Sox fan and a constant, if gruff cheerleader for his city ? was a Chicagoan? Mr. Emanuel spent part of his youth in the northern suburbs, in addition to his working time in Washington ? details regularly noted by his critics.

But voters who chose him on Tuesday seemed to dismiss the question. ?Who cares if he lived on the North Shore?? said Ben Fogel, a social worker who said he was voting for Mr. Emanuel. ?I have family there, and it is close enough.? The distinction was silly now, his supporters said, a nonissue in a post-Daley world.

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Enermax to launch CPU coolers

Enermax to launch CPU coolers

Posted on 19th Feb 2011 at 10:32 by Richard Swinburne with 18 comments

During a brief discussion with Enermax recently, a PR person let slip that the company's planning to launch a new CPU cooler range, which will be based on the principles of vortex generator flow technology, while featuring a couple of Enermax's Twister bearing fans.

The cooler has six heatpipes that get direct contact with the CPU, while a Twister fan sits on either side of the tower. Meanwhile, the LEDs can be switched off using the little buttons below each fan in the picture. The fans *should* feature 4-pin PWM power connectors as well, but we don't know whether they'll be tied together with a single connector yet.


More information about the coolers is likely to start doing the rounds soon, though, as Enermax is encouraging folk to visit its booth in the usually wet (sometimes snowy), cold and miserable surroundings of the CeBIT tradeshow in Hannover, Germany, at the start of March.

Does this design look like a winner to you? Let us know your thoughts in the forums.

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