Nicole Bader

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Current Events Executive BriefingApril 17, 2006

• Nicole Bader
• Sylvia Choi
• Anthony Cortese
• Matt Shirey

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Rush is on for .eu Domain Name

• New European Internet domain that is going to
  rival .com
• Some 300,000 thousand people, mainly from
  Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and
  Belgium registered already
• Good for European business (.eu) rather than
  using .com (U.S.)
• All EUs institutions switched to .eu, including
  the Commission, European Parliament, and EUs
  general website.
• Estimated cost is 12 euro (U.S. 14.77)

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Hamilton Peterson Talks About the Voices on the
Phone

• Press statement released of Peterson describing
  the last moments of Flight 93 on the CVR.
• He heard two people pleading for their lives
• The so-called leader of the hijacking in the
  background being harassed by American passengers
• Peterson believes that Moussaoui should be given
  the death penalty, but he stated, it is for the
  jury to determine
• Believes the recent movie Flight 93 is a accurate
  depiction of what the people on the plane
  experienced

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Relative Arrested in Killings of Six Family
Members

• Leola, Pennsylvania - Police arrested a man
  Thursday in the gruesome killing of six relatives
  in his grandmother's home
• The victims were killed last weekend and
  apparently died of multiple traumatic injuries by
  Jesse Dee Wise, 21
• Wise's 64-year-old grandmother, Emily Wise two
  of her daughters two of her grandchildren, ages
  5 and 19 and a 17-year-old relative were
  identified as the victims, said East Lampeter
  Township police Chief John Bowman
• Discovery of the bodies was in the three-story
  house in Leola, a small village in Lancaster
  County's rural Amish country, followed a phone
  call from Emily Wise's husband to a friend asking
  him to check on his family.
• Jesse Dee Wise is jailed and awaiting trail.

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Gas Prices are Expected to Rise During the Summer
-Gas prices have already jumped nearly 33 cents,
or almost 14 percent, in the last month. And now
gas will be 25 cents higher than last year. Last
year a gallon of regular unleaded gas was 2.37
and soon, it is expected to be about 2.62.
Some places are even expected to raise gas prices
to 3.00 such as AAA's Sundstrom and in other
high-price markets like California. Not only
will the price of unleaded gas rise, but diesel
prices will as well
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Will Robots replace Receptionists?
A Japanese temp agency wants robotic rentals
modeled after characters like Hello Kitty to man
the front desk. -In February, Nagoya-based
People Staff launched a service called Robot
Dispatch For 424 a month - or one-sixth the
cost of one of the firm's human temps - Japanese
companies can rent an electronic receptionist
shaped like Hello Kitty. -Manufactured by
Business Design Laboratory, also based in Nagoya.
The 20-inch-tall Hello Kitty Robo can recognize
as many as 10 faces, ask visitors to speak their
names, and tell them when the person they have
come to see is ready. It is programmed with
20,000 conversation patterns, songs and riddles.
Not only are they entertaining but also cheaper
than human receptionists.
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Fortune 500-The Number One Job in America

• -The number one job is Software engineers.
• -Software engineers are needed in virtually every
  part of the economy, making this one of the
  fastest-growing job titles in the U.S.
• -The average salary of a software engineer is
• 80, 500 dollars
• -On average There are 44,800 annual job openings
• -The number 2 job is a college professor with an
  average salary of 81,500 dollars with an average
  of 95,300 job openings annually.
• -And third is being a financial advisor with an
  average salary of 122,500 with an average of
  only 6,100 job openings annually.

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Disney to put TV Shows Online
Leading U.S. media companies are experimenting
with ways to deliver programs via new technologies
"Commander in Chief" "Alias" "Lost" and
"Desperate Housewives" will be available on the
Web in May and June, starting the day after they
are first broadcast. Pause and move between
"chapters".
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Robotic 'Crusher' Ready to Roll Into Combat

• "Crusher" a 6.5-ton, six-wheeled robotic
  vehicle designed to negotiate harsh terrain.

April 28 Will be presented at Carnegie Mellon's
National Robotics Engineering Center on April
28 Funded by the Army and the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency developed in recent
years after the university won a military
contract in 2002 to create Spinner.

• Goal have a third of all military ground
  vehicles unmanned by 2015.

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Snake Robots Could Aid in Rescues

• At Carnegie Mellon University, an industry
  breakthrough enabling the articulated,
  remote-controlled devices to climb up and around
  pipes.

Built from lightweight aluminum or plastic, the
robots are about the size of a human arm or
smaller. They can sense which way is up, but
are only as good as their human operators.
Our dream is to have the snake robot thread
through this collapsed rubble and get to victims
more quickly. -- Howie Choset, Carnegie Mellon
University professor
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Big Picture, Tiny Shooter

• Sony HDR-DC3 camcorder
• High Definition
• Has an energy-efficient sensor that doesnt need
  a huge battery
• Worlds smallest and lightest hi-def model
• 3 1/4" x 3 1/8 x 5 1/2"
• 1 pound, 3 ounces with battery and tape
• Price 1,499

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Backseat Driver

• NASCAR Nextel Fan View
• Watch live feeds from any of the seven cameras
  planted in every racecar
• Also, view angles from cameras around the track
• This product is not something you buy, rather it
  can be rented at the race for 50 dollars!

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Big ol Hug for Dr. Dick

• Bag Boy Navigator
• Motorized caddy
• Uses remote control
• This guy can tote your clubs to the next whole
  while you enjoy a cigar!