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From: axial	12/17/2010 8:24:49 AM
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Obama energy chief urges Congress to think nuclear "The report urged Congress to increase money for loan guarantees for nuclear power plant construction and called on the federal government to support nuclear research and development and help export U.S. nuclear designs. It also suggested that new agencies could be enlisted, such as the Commerce and State departments, to help the nuclear industry compete with foreign industries. Also Tuesday, renewable energy industry groups urged Congress to extend a cash grant program for the production of wind, solar and other renewable energy. The groups say that thousands of jobs are at stake. The program, which was created by the federal stimulus law, is set to expire at the end of the month." kgw.com Jim

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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (37161)	12/17/2010 9:29:19 AM
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This mapping approach seems akin to the FCC's much-maligned zip code approach for broadband adoption mapping (i.e. as long as one individual within a geographic region is "connected" the entire region gets counted as connected. At the scale of that map, it's a deceiving view. You could probably pick a single person on facebook that has say a hundred "pretend friends" and in turn map their "friends" etc, following the "six degrees of separation" concept (see: en.wikipedia.org ), and get a map that looks the same. Soon, people will be writing articles about the "facebook divide," arguing that this "disconnected 88% of the population" risks societal outcast and economic harm. Counter-arguments will say those are all actually benefits and the 88% is better off than the rest. Thus demonstrating that the sides of any argument also have six degrees of separation ;o)

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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (37198)	12/17/2010 11:15:30 AM
From: ftth	of 42733

Doesn't it seem only fair that a media obsessed by polls like "unfavorable ratings" should seek a balanced presentation (i.e. what percent of people have an unfavorable view of the various high profile social media sites)? I have a feeling the unfavorable percentages would be higher than the user percentages discussed in recent posts, but we'll probably never know. The media has a vested interest in only emphasizing positives (Facebook/Twitter are the perfect "infinite reservoir" of space-filler material for the 24/7 news cycle) I guess 10% adoption, plus or minus, is the new (lower) standard for the "killer app." BTW, Skype claimed over 500 million users in 2009, and I don't recall any comparable media obsession with it. Curious. The iPhone is another that comes to mind where the actual numbers don't match the level of media hype.

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