WASHINGTON ? House Republicans Monday proposed slashing cuts to environmental programs and funding for the Smithsonian Institution and the arts as they unveiled the latest legislation to implement the second year of budget cuts required under so-called sequestration.
The $24 billion spending measure would gut the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency with a one-third cut and cuts the National Endowments for the Arts by almost half. Overall, the measure funding the Interior Department, EPA, national parks and federal firefighting efforts is cut by 19 percent below funding approved in March.
It takes a more modest approach to the national parks with a slight increase over levels mandated by sequestration, the across-the-board cuts forced by Washington's failure to strike a bipartisan budget accord. And firefighting efforts would benefit from $1.5 billion in "emergency" funds on top of the spending limits set by the GOP's austere budget plan.
The measure is the latest of 12 spending bills for the almost one-third of the federal budget funded each year by Congress in the form of day-to-day operating budgets for government agencies. Such budgets are hit the hardest by sequestration.
Republicans control the House and are insisting on living within a tight $967 billion "cap" on agency operating budgets and are shifting more than $47 billion from domestic programs to the Pentagon ? which runs counter to a 2011 budget agreement. The restoration of money to the Defense Department would force austere cuts on nondefense programs like foreign aid, transit grants and community development grants sought by local officials.
Monday's measure, along with a legislation coming to the floor later this week funding transportation and housing, are two of the GOP bills absorbing the brunt of the domestic cuts, along with a measure funding labor, health and education programs that will be revealed on Wednesday.
"Simply put, this bill makes very difficult choices in an extremely tough budget environment," said author Mike Simpson, R-Idaho. "Within challenging budget constraints, we've focused on providing adequate funding to fight and prevent wildfires, making sure our national parks stay open, and meeting our trust responsibilities to American Indians."
The measure also contains a roster of policy "riders" aimed at reining in the EPA such as language that would prohibit the agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions from electric utilities.
The bill is sure to be slapped with a White House veto threat and functions as a placeholder until negotiations this fall.
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"Apple invites users to try out iWork for iCloud beta"?T3?7/20
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"Quick Note: iWork for iCloud Beta Opening up to Non-Developers"?DailyTech?7/19
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AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"iCloud: What do Back to My Mac status messages mean?"?Apple Support?7:56 AM
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Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Viewfinder for iOS is a unique way to share photos and memories"?TUAW?10:12 AM
"How to Use the Mask & Instant Alpha Tools in iWork for Mac -Part 2"?The Mac Observer?7/20
"How-to: Change the email address associated with your Apple ID"?9 to 5 Mac?7/20
"Here Are Another Five Great Tips And Tricks For OS X Mavericks Beta [Feature]?Cult of Mac?7/20
"Review: Photo Sense - An Easy-To-Use Batch Photo Editor For Mac"?MacTrast?7/20
"Review: Face2Face makes Apple Mail more personable"?Macworld?7/20
"Share Bucket For Mac Offers Quick Screenshot & File Sharing Via Dropbox, Google Drive & SkyDrive"?AddictiveTips?7/20
"OS X Mavericks Preview: App Nap helps you work longer from your laptop"?iMore?7/19
"Hands-on: Unibox is a 'people-centric' Mac email client"?Macworld?7/19
"5 Ways to AirPlay From Your Mac to Your Television"?Mactuts+?7/19
"Mac Gems: Actions turns your iPad into a Mac control pad"?Macworld?7/19
"MacMost Now 893: Editing Photos In External Editors"?MacMost?7/19
"Mechanic by Bitdefender helps Mac users improve performance, stability and privacy"?BetaNews?7/19
"Want more battery-life from your laptop? Close some tabs"?9 to 5 Google?7/19
"Create unique slideshows with ScatterShow for Mac"?TUAW?7/19
"ScreenFloat makes taking, managing screenshots a breeze"?AppleDailyReport?7/19
"Set Default Font Choices For Messages You Send And Receive In Mavericks Beta [OS X Tips]?Cult of Mac?7/19
"Where To Find The Ultimate PDF Reader For The Mac"?TeraTalks?7/19
"The Best Mac Writing Tool For Real Mac Writers"?Mac 360?7/19
"Do To Your Mac What You've Always Wanted To Do But Didn't: Pimp Your Screen"?NoodleMac?7/19
"Finally, An Easier, Faster, Better Way To Find Email Messages On Your Mac"?BohemianBoomer?7/19
"My Favorite Way To Create Movies From Photos"?Mac 360?7/19
Op/Ed
"iTunes want: Sending apps straight to a specific iOS device from the desktop store"?iMore?7/20
Press Releases
"ZipZapMac Releases Periscope Pro - Motion-Based Mac Video Surveillance"?prMac?7/20
"Defense of the Ancients 2 for Mac, free multiplayer battle game, released on Steam"?iMore?7/19
"Realmac Software Teases Ember, A Digital Scrapbook For Your Mac [Video]?Cult of Mac?7/19
"Great tech-spectations: What's next in tech for 2013/A boring summer for tech is about to get a lot more exciting. Here's what to expect."?CNET Reviews?8:05 AM
"Apple refunds 8-year-old's ?4,000 bill for in-app purchases"?Crave @ CNET?8:08 AM
"Apple refunds $6000 to dad over 8 year-old's iPad bill"?MacNN?7:59 AM
"The iPhone Is Alive and Well (At Least in the United States)"?The Motley Fool?7/20
"Major crackdown planned for tech's biggest alleged tax dodgers"?BGR?7/20
"Apple refunds dad $6,000 iPad bill racked up by 8-year-old: Incredibly, there are still some 8-year-olds who don't know that in-game purchases involve real money. As Lily Neale's aerospace designer dad discovers when his bank account is frozen."?CNET News?7/20
"Clamour for smartphone 'kill switch' as 'Apple-picking' surges"?Financial Times [Paid Membership Required]?7/20
"From Apple to Nest Labs, Always a Designer"?New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required]?7/20
"More work ahead in Apple, Samsung antitheft crack attack: The results of attempts to crack the antitheft security on Apple's iOS 7 and Samsung's Galaxy S4 Lojack system are still being compiled."?CNET News?7/19
"Apple, Google, dozens of others urge U.S. surveillance disclosures"?Reuters?7/19
"Microsoft attacks iPad to unload Surface RT inventory: In a new ad, Microsoft compares a Surface RT to an iPad. An Apple Siri-like voice, representing the iPad, says, 'This is not going to end well for me.'"?CNET News?7/19
"Surface RT takes on the iPad and wins!"?BetaNews?7/19
"Google to take Apple's iPhone head on: August 1 Moto X media event is a go"?iDownload Blog?7/19
"More iOS Apps Are Free Than Ever Before"?Wired?7/19
"Recharging iPhone blamed for another serious shock in China: iPhone 4 connected to a counterfeit or third-party charger leaves 30-year-old man in a coma for the past 10 days, according to reports from Asia."?CNET News?7/19
"Beijing fanboi in coma after iPhone 4 shock treatment" ["The handset and charger in question didn't show any signs of damage, however the latter was not an 'official' Apple peripheral."]?The Register?7/19
"Another iPhone shock case in China leaves man in coma"?ZDNet?7/19
"State, federal governments testing Apple's antitheft tech"?TUAW?7/19
"Verizon's iPhone Activations Could Have Been Helped By iPhone 4 Upgrades"?Forbes?7/19
"Top-3 mobile telecom carriers in Russia to give up iPhone, say Taiwan makers"?DigiTimes?7/19
"Take a nostalgia trip with minimalist renders of old Macs"?TUAW?7/19
Non-Apple News
"Samsung to Debut Smart Watch Prior to iPhone Event"?Patently Apple?11:47 AM
"750 million phones could be vulnerable in massive SIM security flaw"?The Verge?10:12 AM
"SIM Cards Have Finally Been Hacked, And The Flaw Could Affect Millions Of Phones"?Forbes?8:52 AM
"Mozilla unveils 'aggressive' Firefox OS schedule: Quarterly feature releases, security updates every six weeks"?The Next Web?7/20
"Official Press Shots Leak for Google's Moto X"?PC Magazine?7/20
"Consumer Reports weighs in on device upgrade plans"?iDownload Blog?7/20
"U.S. Music Sales Down As Streaming Up 24% To 51B Tracks In 6 Months; Harlem Shake Bumps Its Way To The Top"?TechCrunch?7/19
"Scientists power mobile phone with urine" [Video Report]?BBC?7/19
Publications/Podcasts
"Mobile Roar Podcast #4: iPhone 5S specs roundup, new Carrier upgrade plans, Apple negotiating ad skipping, and more [Video]?iSource?10:10 AM
"Coming July 20: Gene Steinberg meets Dan Frakes, of Macworld, Daniel Eran Dilger, of AppleInsider, and John Martellaro, of The Mac Observer, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!"?The Tech Night Owl LIVE?7/19
"9to5Mac Happy Hour Podcast: iWatch rumors, special discounts, more"?9 to 5 Mac?7/19
"Jeff Carlson Takes Control of Your Digital Photos, One Step At A Time"?MacVoices?7/19
"iMore show 355: An episode of hoarders"?iMore?7/19
"HD Images Showing The Comparison Of Cheap iPhone And iPhone 5 Leak Out"?Techkiddy?7/20
"Hi-res photos of the budget iPhone compare it to the iPhone 5"?GSMArena?7/20
"As part of iPhone sales push, Apple Store app to be redesigned & gain free iTunes content"?9 to 5 Mac?7/20
"'Apple Store' iOS App Update Coming Tuesday with Free iTunes Store, App Store, and iBookstore Deals"?MacRumors?7/20
"Update to Apple Store app will offer free iTunes, App Store content -- report"?CNET News?7/20
"Apple Store iOS app reportedly being re-designed to offer free iTunes content"?iMore?7/20
"Amid Apple developer site outage, users report unauthorized password resets: Apple's developer site has been down for two days. Some have experienced password reset emails, which appear to be sent by Apple, but were not authorized: suggesting foul play."?CNET News?7/20
"Is Apple seeing double? Budget iPhone could arrive in two flavours: Budget iPhone? Try budget iPhones"?TechRadar UK?7/20
"Apple hard drives twice as bad as others, says consumer watchdog: Apple hard drive faults 'worrying'"?Macworld UK?7/20
"Apple Wins Two Loopy Design Patents in Hong Kong"?Patently Apple?7/20
"Apple iPhone Lite to have two versions: Zenvo and Zagato/Bertone codenames appear"?phoneArena?7/19
"Apple 'iPhone Lite' pictured in two versions: report: The devices are currently known as their codenames, Zenvo and Zagato/Bertone, a new report claims."?CNET News?7/19
"Leaked documents may suggest specs for low-cost iPhone"?Electronista?7/19
"Apple Could Be Prepping Two Different 'iPhone mini' Versions"?AppAdvice?7/19
"Fully assembled budget iPhone appears in leaked picture"?BGR?7/19
"LG reportedly says 'no 2014 delay' on iPad Mini Retina: LG Display now seems to be saying that a 2013 iPad Mini Retina is a possibility. That contradicts what analysts have been saying."?CNET News?7/19
"DigiTimes changes course, claims Retina iPad Mini will launch in fall"?9 to 5 Mac?7/19
"LG Shipments Indicate Retina iPad Mini Could Arrive As Early As October"?MacRumors?7/19
"Apple works on ways to proofread electronic publications on portable devices"?AppleDailyReport?7/19
AppleCare/Helps
"Bugs & Fixes: Resolving an iPhone camera dust-up"?Macworld?7/19
"Apple rolls out MacBook Air software update to resolve recent issues"?Digital Trends?7/19
"2013 MacBook Air Problems? Apple Fixes the Lot"?FairerPlatform?7/19
"Apple issues fix for MacBook Air Wi-Fi bug and screen flickering problems"?BGR?7/19
"MacBook Air (Mid 2013): Troubleshooting Wi-Fi connection issues"?Apple Support?7/19
"How to update proof-of-purchase information"?Apple Support?7/19
"How to request a refund for an AppleCare agreement"?Apple Support?7/19
Price Trackers/Deals
"Demolition Physics For iPhone And iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $2.99)"?Apple Sliced?7/20
"Real Cliff Diving For iPhone And iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)"?Apple Sliced?7/20
"Dragons Rage 2 For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $1.99)"?Apple Sliced?7/20
"Voro -Unique And Addictive Puzzler For iPhone And iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?7/19
"Redline Rush For iPhone And iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?7/19
"SkySafari For Mac Is Free Today (Was $4.99)"?Apple Sliced?7/19
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?7/19
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?7/19
"MacBook Air Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?7/19
"Best Buy Slashes $200 Off MacBook Pro"?Mashable?7/19
"PadGadget Daily App Deal ? 10 iPad Apps on Sale"?PadGadget?7/19
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Reviews
"iPhone 5 vs. Nokia Lumia 1020 Specs: Can Nokia Defeat iPhone With 41-Megapixel Camera? (Photos)"?Christian Post?7:47 AM
"Lenmar Meridian battery case for iPhone 5 review"?9 to 5 Mac?11:54 AM
"Review: Bluelounge Milo Micro-Suction Aluminum Stand for iPhone, iPod, Smartphones from CaseMotions.com"?Run Around Tech?7/20
"Review: Velodyne vPulse In-Ear Headphones Bring Well-Balanced Sound to the Table"?Run Around Tech?7/20
"New products: Wireless speaker streams from iPhone"?USA Today?7/20
"Apple TV in Thailand: At Last; Again"?eXtensions?7/19
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Review: Prime World: Defenders an enjoyable tower-defense game for Mac"?Macworld?11:51 AM
"Plants vs. Zombies 2 preview: More plants, more zombies, more fun, some freemium crap"?iMore?11:51 AM
"Drive Assist iPhone App Review: A Truly Stunning Driving App"?Tapscape?7:59 AM
"iOS 7 preview: Siri gets a new look, access to settings, more services, still no predictive results"?iMore?7/20
"Review: Magic 2014 for the iPad is like poker for nerds"?Macworld?7/20
"Drive As Fast As You Can Without Crashing In Dolmus Driver HD For iPad"?AppAdvice?7/20
"Review: VLC returns to iOS after long hiatus, yet still needs refinement"?GigaOM?7/19
"Best email apps for iPhone: Mailbox, Triage, Boxer, and more!"?iMore?7/19
"RadarScope for iOS: Beautiful, Visual Access to Weather Radar"?The Mac Observer?7/19
"Pacific Rim for iOS: Battle giant monsters with a giant robot and go poor in the process"?iMore?7/19
"Daily iPhone App: Grid is an idea organizer for the visually oriented"?TUAW?7/19
"iPad App Video Review: Ravenmark: Mercenaries"?Appolicious?7/19
"XCOM: Enemy Unknown for iPad and iPhone review - Acclaimed alien invasion strategy game"?Macworld UK?7/19
"Leisure Suit Larry sleazes his way onto iOS"?CNET Reviews?7/19
"Baseball Slam Review: A fun and exciting take on the baseball genre, combining addictive single player with competitive multiplayer to make a thoroughly enjoyable game!"?148Apps?7/19
"Breach & Clear Review: Elements from several of the most popular (and beloved) modern tactical franchises come together to create something no strategy fan should be without."?148Apps?7/19
"Zumba Dance Review"?148Apps?7/19
"Kamikaze Pigs Review: Kamikaze Pigs is a game about chain reactions to destroy pigs. Sure, it sounds fun, but randomness only goes so far."?148Apps?7/19
"Argus Review: Argus makes it possible to reach health goals thanks to its many features and impressive honeycomb interface."?148Apps?7/19
"Iesabel Review: Iesabel scratches that action RPG itch, but just barely."?148Apps?7/19
How-To/Tutorial
"How to Use Restrictions as Parental Controls on an iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch"?OS X Daily?7/20
"Disable Gmail's inbox sorting"?PCWorld?7/20
"How to automatically post Instagram photos directly to a Facebook page"?iMore?7/19
Tips
"Instagram Crashing For You On iOS 7 (B3)? ? Here's The Fix."?RazorianFly?7/19
"Forget second-screen apps. Today, the TV is the second screen"?GigaOM?11:53 AM
"My iPhone - putting the smart into smartphone"?PalmAddict?11:48 AM
"The AppAdvice Week In Review: It's Silly Season In The World Of Apple"?AppAdvice?8:04 AM
"Apple's New Patent Could Introduce Liquid Metal to Mobile Market"?Mashable?7/20
"Craigslist horror stories: What not to do when buying, selling, or trading used iPhones"?iMore?7/20
"Microsoft's Surface tablets: A trip down memory lane, via Apple"?Fortune?7/20
"'Does the iPad Deserve To Exist?' Not really the question to be asking at this point"?TechnologyTell?7/20
"The Macalope Weekly: Loss of perspective"?Macworld?7/20
"Nokia's struggles suggest consumers are 'content' with iOS and Android duopoly"?AppleInsider?7/19
"Next stop: Public transportation directions in Apple Maps?"?GigaOM?7/19
"Apple and Samsung Still in Settlement Talks, 'No Indication' of Imminent Agreement"?MacRumors?7/19
"Apple and Samsung back at the bargaining table, deal came close in February"?9 to 5 Mac?7/19
"How willing are you to re-purchase apps for iOS 7?"?TUAW?7/19
"Why Apple Should Not Create a Low-End iPhone"?Tech.pinions [Paid Membership Required]?7/19
"A new trend? 'Posegram' developer shows off iOS 7 UI elements in older iOS versions [Video]?9 to 5 Mac?7/19
"Why the Surface RT Failed and the iPad Did Not"?New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required]?7/19
"Why Apple needs iTunes Radio"?GigaOM?7/19
"Smartwatch makers: You need apps to beat Apple/So be nice to developers and give them good tools"?The Register?7/19
"Microsoft, Google Join Apple's Walking Dead Line"?Mac 360?7/19
"Apple TV: The Best New Way To Watch Television"?Mac 360?7/19
Non-Apple
"9 ways that 3D printing is going to change business"?The Next Web?8:51 AM
"Android Activations Top 1 Billion"?Tapscape?7/20
"After Mobile: Smarter TVs"?Forbes?7/20
"Will technology ever deliver a perfect speaker or headphone?"?CNET News?7/20
"Smartphone Plans: 5 Ways To Avoid Trouble/AT&T and Verizon rolled out ugly smartphone plans this week. Before you choose any new plan, consider this advice."?InformationWeek?7/20
"Editorial: The mysterious failure of Microsoft's Surface RT"?AppleInsider?7/20
"Latest iPad-bashing Microsoft ad focuses on peripherals, new Surface RT price point"?AppleInsider?7/19
"Consumer Reports: AT&T Next is almost $300 more expensive than T-Mobile JUMP [updated]?BGR?7/19
"Why I hate read receipts: Read receipts come to Facebook, Snapchat, and more?and make our lives miserable."?Ars Technica?7/19
"Did You Ever See Geordi La Forge With a Keyboard on His Tablet?"?The Mac Observer?7/19
"What Should Microsoft Do With its Surface Surplus? Around six million Surface tablets are wasting away in a warehouse somewhere and I have a few ideas on how Microsoft should move them."?PC Magazine?7/19
"Google Just Proved That Those Price-Fixing Conspiracy Theorists ? Like Adobe ? Were All Wrong"?Business Insider?7/19
"Relax, Everyone, Google's 'Bad Quarter' Actually Wasn't All That Bad..."?Business Insider?7/19
"What's an Android user worth? Excluding Motorola, Google's gross margins have dropped for seven out of the last nine quarters."?asymco?7/19
"Windows 8.1 preview final verdict: Did Microsoft fix Windows 8?"?Digital Trends?7/19
"Why Microsoft's Surface RT Failed"?Mashable?7/19
"When will consumers make use of their 4K TVs?"?DigiTimes?7/19
Humor/Cartoons
"Who's the Boss? Your Cellphone."?Mashable [comic]?7/19
"This Is Exactly How Fast the Windows Monopoly Is Being Destroyed"?Business Insider?8:09 AM
"More bad news for Microsoft cranks up pressure on Steve Ballmer"?Financial Times [Paid Membership Required]?8:00 AM
"How Microsoft spent a decade 'sleeping on the job'"?The Observer?8:09 AM
"What can we learn from the Surface RT disaster?"?TabTimes?8:10 AM
"Should Microsoft keep bashing Apple, Google? Despite financial disappointments, Microsoft has offered a new, more aggressive stance toward competitors. Instead of telling people that Apple is bad, should Microsoft start telling people why it's good? Or is that too hard?"?CNET News?11:50 AM
"Microsoft's Xbox 360 Stands Tall in the U.S., Outsells PS3 and Wii for 30 Straight Months"?HotHardware?8:09 AM
"Microsoft Internet Explorer Pushes Beyond Second Screen To Companion Web"?Forbes?2:04 PM
"Can Hewlett-Packard Continue Its Good Run?"?Seeking Alpha?8:05 AM
"Amazon vs. IBM: Big Blue meets match in battle for the cloud"?Reuters?7:56 AM
"IBM high-fives Netflix open-source tools"?GigaOM?10:14 AM
"What's IBM Doing at a #Mobile Conference, Anyway?"?Technorati?8:12 AM
"Regeneron in final talks to take over Dell's Irish facility"?Irish Independent?8:15 AM
"Intel looks to catch up with appetite for mobile devices"?Arizona Republic?8:14 AM
"Facebook's Open Compute network is limited, Cisco says"?Network World?2:03 PM
"U.N. warns on mobile cybersecurity bugs in bid to prevent attacks"?Reuters?8:06 AM
"Microsoft shares hit by biggest sell-off since 2000"?Reuters?7/20
"It's very scary, especially when he used to be talking to my daughter. But I told him he was too old to be talking to my daughter because she was only 19. When I found out how old he was, I said, 'You need to move on, she's too young.'" ? Nathenia Crosby on Michael Madison, arrested in the discovery of three bodies found wrapped in plastic bags in East Cleveland, Ohio.
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"I'm sure there's no safety bar that is broken." ? Tobias Lindnar, project manager for German-based Gerstlauer Amusement Rides, after a woman was killed on a roller coaster they manufactured at Six Flags Over Texas.
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"This is such an accomplishment for me because I just never knew if I'd be able to develop the game to play links golf effectively. To play the best round arguably of my career, to putt better than I've ever putted, to shoot the round of my life ... it feels amazing to win the claret jug." ? Phil Mickelson after winning his first British Open title and his fifth major championship.
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This week's round-up of Good Reads includes a profile of Olympian Missy Franklin, American sitcoms in Kyrgyzstan, a strange TV phenomenon in Norway, a 'slow friend' backlash to Facebook, and productive early risers.
By Jenna Fisher,?Staff writer / July 19, 2013
Missy Franklin executes a backstroke start at the US National Championships.
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A true champion
Missy Franklin isn?t your ordinary teenager. Not only does the 18-year-old four-time Olympic medalist get straight A?s and spend her free time visiting children?s hospitals, she?s known to be one of the nicest elite gold medal athletes out there. So how did her parents raise such a well-adjusted champ??
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?There is no blueprint,? writes ESPN The Magazine?s Wayne Drehs. ?More often than not, parents are making mistakes without even realizing it. In [the Institute for the Study of Youth Sports at Michigan State?s] 2005 study of elite youth tennis players ... roughly 30% of parents were unintentionally acting in a way that troubled their children. It could be as simple as the way a father holds his face in his hands after his son strikes out, or as complex as an up-and-coming tennis star, seeing the money his parents are shelling out for coaching and travel, feeling pressure to deliver on the investment.?
But the Franklins? effort to not get caught up in the race to athletic insanity seems to have worked: ?If it?s one thing my parents have taught me it?s to follow my heart,? says Ms. Franklin in a related ESPN video.
Is it that simple? ?By many standards, Missy is spoiled. Her parents have built their lives around her needs and her schedule,? writes Mr. Drehs. ?But somehow, Missy hasn?t devolved into a self-centered egomaniac. Instead, she?s the exact opposite.?
What Americans do best
Empathy is spreading in Kyrgyzstan, and just in time, writes Emily Canning for Registan.net, with the introduction of a new TV show called ?Dorm,? funded in part by the United States. (Think a Russian ?Friends? with a sentimental moral in each episode.) The show confronts pressing social issues that include racism, corruption, and cross-border tensions with neighboring Uzbekistan. While Ms. Canning laments the US government cutbacks for research and education in Central Asia, a critical area as American troops pull out of Afghanistan, ?Dorm? serves as a good reminder of what she says Americans truly do best: entertainment.
Norway?s ?slow TV? movement
While many networks around the Western world are vying for viewers with short attention spans and a hunger for the latest exciting concept, a rather odd thing is happening in Norway, writes Mark Lewis for TimeWorld.
