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Google SketchUp For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
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- Considerably easier to use than other 3D software, Google SketchUp has found a niche in architecture, landscaping, real estate development, furniture building, and other design professions
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- Shows readers how to build a 3D model, print it, share it, export it to another professional design package, export it to Google Earth, and create a 3D animated tour
- Helps readers harness the power of Google SketchUp so that they can populate Google Earth with 3D buildings, monuments, and other sculptures
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
Today on New Scientist: 28 October 2011
Astrophile: Undead stars rise again as supernovae
If a tribe of dormant, winking stars really are on the verge of going supernova, they will help reveal dark energy's true nature
Friday Illusion: Mysterious material escapes from box
Watch a spinning ring with an unusual surface appear to change direction and break free from its enclosure
What gives scientists - and writers - credibility?
At the Festival of Ideas, intellectual heavyweights sparred over credibility in conducting - and writing about - science
Skype security flaw can expose a user's location
Researchers have worked out how to reveal the IP address of someone using Skype, without them knowing
Stem-cell find breathes new life into lung repair
New hopes of treating chronic lung diseases have been raised by the rapid stem-cell repair of mouse lungs and by a molecule that drives lung healing
An Experiment with an Air Pump: medical ethics staged
Shelagh Stephenson's play explores the difference between a human research subject and a human experiment
Smarter cameras help you take slicker snaps
Wouldn't it be nice if your camera could also make you a better photographer? New camera interfaces will help get pictures right first time
Green Machine: Recycled cans to make cheap fuel cells
Treating aluminium with small amounts of titanium can be effective at storing and releasing hydrogen, making it a contender for future cheap fuel cells
Graduate Special: where to now?
The end of your degree is drawing close. It is time to take a deep breath and consider your next big steps
Drug hallucinations look real in the brain
Brain scans suggest that the visions induced by an Amazonian shamans' brew may be as real as anything the eyes actually see
Magnetic tongue to produce tastier tinned tomatoes
The sensor could help food manufacturers tweak their production methods to maximise flavour
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Five Favorite Films with Abigail Breslin
Since her acting debut in Signs (at age six) and Oscar nomination for Little Miss Sunshine (at age 10), Abigail Breslin has taken an unpredictable path in her film roles, appearing in everything from family movies to heartstring-heavy dramas to unabashed horror-comedy -- as Zombieland's gun-toting scamp Little Rock, she got to indulge in what few of her young peers are allowed; namely, blowing away hordes of the undead. This year, Breslin's already lent her voice to probably the best, and certainly the most original American animated feature, Rango, and she'll soon appear (alongside practically everyone else in Hollywood) in the romantic comedy New Year's Eve; while next year brings a transition to teenage roles -- including a high school murderess in the very Heavenly Creatures-sounding Innocence. In this week's Janie Jones, Breslin plays the title character, a 13-year-old girl set adrift from her single mother to reconnects with her boozy rock-n-roll dad, played by Alessandro Nivola. We sat down with the young actress to talk about the movie and her music, where she sees her career headed, and her Five Favorite Films (with a little assist from her mom).
One would probably be Meet Me in St. Louis, which I love. Meet Me in St. Louis I love because I love Margaret O'Brien, and I actually got to meet her in person -- she was so sweet and so cool. She was my favorite. So I love that movie.
I guess I'll have to do one horror movie because it's my thing; I love horror movies. So my favorite horror movie would be... [pauses] I guess I'll just go with a recent one that I really like right now, which was Insidious. I actually really liked that. It was kind of like, in some ways kind of campy, but it was so fun the way it was done. I loved the storyline of it all, and the ending was really cool.
The Help (Tate Taylor, 2011; 74% Tomatometer)
A recent movie that I really liked was The Help. I thought The Help was really, really good. And I love all the actors in it, who I thought were just amazing. I love Jessica Chastain, and Viola Davis and, you know, Emma Stone too, 'cause I worked with her. And Octavia Spencer. I thought they were all amazing.
Oh, the Bette Davis one -- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? I really like... I really love that movie. She's kind of like really crazy and creepy. It's one of the most -- it's not really a horror movie, but it's so eerie and creepy. .
Prancer (John D. Hancock, 1989; 69% Tomatometer)
And then finally I love... [long pause] Can I think about the last one? [Breslin's mother intervenes: "For sentimental reasons the one you always loved was Prancer," she suggests, laughing.] Oh yeah, I loved Prancer. Oh my god. [Laughs] I actually, really--- okay, yeah, I'll put that. So that movie, for sentimental reasons, and just because I still love it. It still has to be watched every Christmas. [Mom laughs in the background. ]
How many times have you seen it?
Oh, probably over a hundred. Especially when I was younger, I watched it like every day.
Do you know I've never seen it?
Oh my gosh, shame on you! Now you must.
Next, Breslin talks about Janie Jones, starting her music career, and her mini-obsession with Little Rock.
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Perry, Romney contrast in style, substance (AP)
MANCHESTER, N.H. ? Campaigning just five miles and a few minutes apart, Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Perry showed first-in-the-nation primary state voters just how starkly different they are.
Romney, who leads the state's polls, has spent years campaigning here and has a home on a nearby lake, held an hour-long town hall meeting Friday outside of Manchester. Perry, a much newer presidential candidate on his sixth visit to the state, filed his official paperwork to appear on the state's presidential primary ballot, met briefly with voters at a local restaurant and gave a boisterous speech to social conservatives.
Romney held private meetings in Manchester Friday morning and spent the evening taking questions from voters, covering fiscal policy, the environment, defense, even NASA funding. He largely ignored his Republican rivals and went after President Barack Obama instead.
"The president's philosophy," Romney said, "is extraordinarily misguided. What they have done over the last three years is every time they've seen an area they thought needed addressing, they put more government in, and what it did was it caused the private sector to retreat."
Romney is far ahead in the polls here. His organization is long-running and stable. And he faces challenges from a multitude of rivals who are competing for the same group of conservative voters.
Perry ? his chief rival in money, staff and organization elsewhere in the country ? spent his New Hampshire morning defending his debate performances and campaign trail mistakes ? and attacking rivals Romney and Herman Cain.
"The governor (Romney) has been on opposite sides of a lot of issues. He was for banning handguns; now he's Mister Second Amendment," Perry said during a radio interview at the Barley House restaurant across from the New Hampshire Statehouse. "Governor Romney in his book initially said his health care plan would be good for America. And then he took that sentence out when the book came out in paperback. So the issue is, Who are we really going to trust to stand up every day and be consistent? I have been consistent."
And in a spirited 20-minute speech at the socially conservative Cornerstone Action's banquet here, Perry cracked jokes, talked baseball, quoted from Proverbs and waved his one-page flat tax filing form in the air.
The two men ? one businesslike, calm, usually careful; the other aggressive, spirited and pointed in conviction ? could hardly provide New Hampshire voters with two more different candidates to choose from, in style, focus or substance.
Romney came to his town hall surrounded by a handful of his longest-serving and most influential advisers, business leaders and political operatives. He opened his remarks with an anecdote about his father, former Michigan Gov. George Romney, to describe why America's economy is in trouble.
"He said there's nothing as vulnerable as entrenched success," Romney told the crowd of about 100, seated in chairs surrounding him. "His idea was that some groups of people or companies or nations become so used to their success that they become complacent, they become fat, lazy, and other upstarts are able to rush past them."
Romney has been working hard here for months, almost since he lost his last campaign in 2008. He's focused relentlessly on his economic message, a pitch that plays well with independent-minded voters in the state. He avoids the social issues that tripped him up last time, including abortion and gay marriage.
And while he was on message during his appearance on the trail, his campaign was left to deal with yet more accusations that he had flip-flopped on a major issue important to conservatives. It's a reputation left over from the last campaign, and one he's been unable to shake. On Friday, Democrats seized on comments he made in Pittsburgh, where he said he wasn't sure what was causing global warming ? remarks they portrayed as a shift from a previous position, though Romney had said as much before.
Perry, by contrast, is on his sixth visit to the state since he announced his presidential run in mid-August. He's far behind in the polls here, and is instead likely to focus on the caucuses in Iowa and the primaries in South Carolina and Florida. He arrived, as always, accompanied by a few of personal aides and a sizable security contingent.
His central message is his job creation record in Texas.
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Saturday, October 29, 2011
Richard Watts: We Don't Spoil Our Children Anymore -- We Entitle Them
How much is too much to give your children? Consider this: For everything you give your child, you are taking something away. This applies to buying your teenager a new car, giving them the down payment on a home, or leaving them $100,000 when you die. The typical parent, at all income levels, imbibes the fiction that it is their responsibility to take away the struggle in their children's lives. Most parents dream their children will have better lives than they do. In recent generations "a better life" has become defined as financial stability. But often in assisting them, a parent dulls the character, integrity, work ethic, and socialization skills their children need to become responsible adults.
The responsible and intentional parent makes an effort to contemplate, discuss, and if possible, determine what life lessons will be missed if financial support or a gift is given. Your teenager gets a DUI from driving while intoxicated. Do you run to your IRA and make a loan to bail him out of jail, hire the best lawyer, and then start listening and believing the lawyer's rationalizations of how body weight and lack of food intake should excuse the five beers he or she inhaled before jumping behind the wheel of a car? Maybe you should leave him in jail for the night or allow her to be represented by a public defender.
"What?" you say, "My child? He is an honors student and super star athlete!" So what? He was also irresponsible and a physical danger to other innocent people on the highway. If your teenager had injured someone in an accident he would be on his way to prison for an extended term... at no charge.
Make no mistake; the development of a "child of entitlement" is exclusively the fault of the parent. In the name of protecting our children, parents create a literal disconnect between the "safe" or "ideal" world in which our children live and the real world. Children don't have their own built in warning light. They have no foundation to know they are taking their privileges for granted. We teach them they are entitled to have everything they want. Because no earning takes place in between acquisitions, purchasing a new car or house, for instance, feels equivalent to purchasing a new bicycle. Value escapes. There is a "richness" missing from their lives. When Michelangelo was asked how he had envisioned his masterpiece David within a giant hunk of marble, he responded, "David was inside the rock all along. My only job was to remove the unnecessary rock from around him so he could escape." Too many parents fear the pain that will come when they remove the rock around their children, so they never allow them to escape and become "works of art" as adults.
Most of us experience a life filled with repeated fluctuations of compression (difficult events) and expansion (successful events). Difficult times typically last for a while, and then when they recede for a moment, we can move forward. Compression can be caused by both internal and external influences. Internally we struggle with our own egos, our ambitions, our sense of personal worth, our societal position, our self-image, our images of how others perceive us, our health goals, our addictions, our failings, and our feelings of being financially successful and good providers. Externally we get a promotion at work, we get a raise, the economy is healthy, interest rates are low or our neighbors are gracious to us. Conversely, we get fired, lose our home to foreclosure, lose a parent, wife, or child, get a traffic ticket, or find our automobile just decided to quit running. Others have characterized this journey as traveling through the hills and valleys of life.
If you believe you can avoid these rhythms at any income level, you are being unrealistic. They find everyone. Many people believe money relieves these symptoms of everyday existence. One thing is undeniable: There is a direct correlation between people feeling better as compression ends and expansion begins. The burden is temporarily lifted, and for a while life lets out a big sigh and the mind experiences a moment of contentment.
Oddly, most parents could be convicted of trying to make their children's lives easier and less taxing than their own. Such parental ethics are either well-intentioned errors or just plain laziness. There is nothing better for children than to crash and burn as a result of their own errors in judgment and mistakes, for them to experience the consequences of their choices. You can tell a child not to put her hand on a hot stove ten times without success. It only takes letting her insist on it once for the child to learn the lesson.
So at least spend a little time looking at the downside of your financial support. Before you "take away the pain" of your child's struggle or misfortune, consider what benefit they might receive from your willingness to listen, love, discuss, and console, in lieu of handing over your wallet. It is ironic how we hope to help our children avoid the same toil that gives us so much satisfaction. We endured and so will they... if we let them.
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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-watts/children-discipline_b_1064721.html
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Video: Is Cain able?
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Samsung's SCH-i929 and SCH-W999 dual-screen clamshell get certified in China
Of course, the real star of the show is the SCH-W999, a follow-up to the SCH-W899 of the same dual-screen clamshell form factor. As you can see on the right, on the outside this phone features a 3.5-inch 480 x 800 AMOLED display along with three touch buttons, while on the inside it packs a similar screen plus a physical keypad. Like the i929 above, this funky flip phone is also powered by a MSM8660 chip and supports both GSM and CDMA2000 on China Telecom, though its camera is limited to five megapixels instead. Anyhow, we'd certainly love to get hold of a world-friendly version of this 204 gram beast, so what do you say, Won-Pyo Hong?
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Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner To Reveal 'Breaking Dawn' Clip On MTV!
'Twilight' stars will stick around for lengthy Q&A after clip, which premieres November 3 at 7:56 p.m. ET.
By Kara Warner
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in "Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Part 1"
Photo: Summit Entertainment
Calling all "Twilight" fans! MTV has got a triple-layer treat for you in the form of exclusive interviews with your favorite three stars during our "MTV First: Breaking Dawn - Part 1."
On Thursday, November 3, at 7:56 p.m. ET on MTV, we will premiere a never-before-seen clip from the hugely anticipated new film live on-air, to be introduced by megastars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner.
Immediately following the introduction and premiere of the clip, Stewart, Pattinson and Lautner will be sticking around for a lengthy Q&A session with MTV News' Josh Horowitz — a chat that begins on air and continues on MTV.com. Who knows what will happen when the three stars actually get together in one room, because separately they've had some very intriguing things to say about one another. In recent conversations, RPattz has compared his sex scenes to "playing Twister," while KStew has revealed that Taylor began one of their fight scenes by confessing to his co-star, "You're so cute."
Fans can get in on the anything-might-happen conversation immediately by submitting video or text questions beginning Thursday (October 27) via MTV.com or via Twitter (using @MTVNews, plus the hashtags #AskTwilight and #MTVFirst).
Also launching today is our fan-voted poll of the Top Five Favorite "Twilight Saga" Moments thus far, including Edward and Bella's first kiss in "Twilight," the infamous Jacob abs-reveal in "New Moon," Edward and Jacob in the tent in "Eclipse," the fan-favorite "leg hitch" scene in "Eclipse" and Edward proposing to Bella in "Eclipse." Beginning on Monday, October 31, the clips will be revealed in order of popularity.
So mark your calendars and set your alarms to tune in to our "MTV First: Breaking Dawn - Part 1," which kicks off Thursday November 3 on MTV at 7:56 p.m.
Check out everything we've got on "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1."
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Friday, October 28, 2011
Samsung 3Q profit slides 23 percent (AP)
SEOUL, South Korea ? Samsung Electronics said quarterly profit slid 23 percent as weaker demand for flat panels and computer chips offset booming smartphone shipments that were estimated to have surpassed those of industry pioneer Apple.
Samsung, the world's biggest manufacturer of memory chips and liquid crystal displays, said Friday it earned 3.44 trillion won ($3.1 billion) in the three months ended Sept. 30, down from 4.46 trillion won ($4 billion) a year earlier.
The company's display panel business suffered a quarterly loss of 90 billion won ($81.5 million) and its revenue of 7.08 trillion won ($6.4 billion) was down 13 percent from a year earlier. Samsung's semiconductor businesses had sales of 9.48 trillion won ($8.6 billion), a drop from last quarter.
But the company said its telecommunications business hit a record in quarterly sales of 14.9 trillion won ($13.4 billion) ? a 37 percent increase from last year ? with growth mainly due to strong Galaxy smartphone sales.
Jae Lee, a Daiwa Securities technology analyst, estimated that Samsung had shipped about 28 million smartphones in the third quarter, up from about 20 million last quarter, and had surpassed Apple's iPhone shipments. Lee expects strong sales in the next three months as Samsung continues to focus on an array of smartphone products.
Samsung spokesman Nam Ki-yung wouldn't comment on whether Samsung had passed Apple Inc. in smartphone sales, saying the company no longer provides its sales figures for handsets. It did say, however, that handset shipments jumped more than 20 percent from last quarter, and global smartphones sales were up 300 percent from last year.
The Suwon, South Korea-based company said its handset revenues were 14.42 trillion won ($13 billion) in the third quarter, a 39 percent jump from last year, and it forecast strong sales.
"Looking ahead into the fourth quarter, when industry demand is traditionally at its peak, Samsung expects sales of mobile devices to remain strong and flat panel TV shipments to increase," the company said in a statement.
Samsung also said the third quarter saw increased demand for flash chips used in mobile devises and enhanced revenue in the business that creates mobile application processors and image sensors.
The gains in smartphones came despite the South Korean electronics giant being locked in a global patent battle with Apple, which began legal action in April against Samsung for what it says is uninhibited copying of its iPhone and iPad designs.
Apple says the product design, user interface and packaging of Samsung's Galaxy devices "slavishly copy" the iPhone and iPad. Samsung fought back with lawsuits of its own, accusing Apple of patent infringement of its wireless telecommunications technology.
Earlier this month, Samsung asked Japanese and Australian courts to block sales of Apple's new iPhone 4S in those countries over alleged patent violations.
Samsung is also appealing an Australian court's decision to temporarily ban sales of Samsung's new Galaxy tablet computer.
In an attempt to win sales in the market between smartphones and tablet PCs, Samsung on Friday unveiled a new Galaxy Note, Yonhap news agency reported.
The Galaxy Note is smaller than tablet computers but offers the same features as other wireless devices with applications. Its 5-inch screen is bigger than the Galaxy S2 smartphone, and a digital pen can be used to write on the screen, Samsung said.
Yonhap says the Note will debut in Europe next month and then later in China, South Korea and other Asian countries.
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UFC 137 press conference video: ?Cro Cop? says this might be it
The 2011 version of Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic is a different fighter in and out of the cage than we saw in the early 2000's. Whether that will lead to one final win tomorrow night is anyone's guess, but? Cro Cop is at peace with whatever happens.
"I'm relaxed, there's no pressure on me. I will do best to beat Roy, who I respect a lot. I don't want to underestimate him,"Cro Cop said during the UFC 137 press conference. "But if you ask me, this is the most important fight in my career. This will be the most important fight in my career and that's why I trained so hard for Saturday evening. I'm just looking forward to it."
Cro Cop's lost two straight and 3-of-5. More importantly, he was the victim of terrible knockout at UFC 128 at the hands of Brendan Schaub. He faces another fighter badly in need of a win in Roy Nelson. Cro Cop doesn't want to go out with three straight losses.
"[...] this could easily be my last fight in the UFC. It has nothing to do with the result, if I win or lose. Especially if I lose, but even if I win it could be my last fight in the UFC. And I'll really give my best and hope this will be an attractive fight. I cannot afford anymore, especially in this fight, that it's declared as the most boring fight of the evening like the fight with Frank Mir. I think me and Roy will perform a good fight and the fans will be satisfied and excited," said Cro Cop.
If he sounds too relaxed, don't be fooled because Cro Cop told the media on Wednesday he has some extra motivation, he wants to avoid ridicule in his home country.
"People in my country will say, 'If you beat him, you beat a fat guy', and if you lost to him they start laughing to me, 'You lost against him', but he's a super dangerous guy who can knock out anyone. Some people might be tricked by his body, but he's a dangerous guy," said Cro Cop.
Nelson is a minus-275 favorite in Las Vegas sportsbooks. A Cro Cop bet brings back plus-235.
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
HP will keep PC division, hope alive
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Windows Phone Apollo coming 'middle of next year,' says Nokia VP
Update: We've spoken with some sources close to Microsoft who indicate that the timing given to us by Nokia is inaccurate. Unfortunately the truth serum we used wore off before we were provided with a surrogate timeframe, but we'll of course keep our ears to the ground.
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Writer Isaacson on Steve Jobs: 'I just listened'
NEW YORK (AP) ? Steve Jobs told Walter Isaacson he wanted him to write his biography because he's good at getting people to talk. Jobs, it turns out, didn't need much prodding, secretive as he was about both his private life and the company he founded.
"I just listened," said Isaacson, whose book, "Steve Jobs" (Simon & Schuster) went on sale Monday. Jobs, who died Oct. 5 at the age of 56 after a long struggle with pancreatic cancer, was a man full of deep contradictions, a product of 1960s counterculture who went on to found what is now the world's most valuable technology company, Apple Inc.
In an interview with the Associated Press Wednesday, Isaacson said Jobs was a compelling storyteller with "fascinating stories." Sometimes, the author would hear him tell those tales two or three times, often with slight variations. But through more than 40 conversations with Jobs, as well as interviews with his family, close friends, co-workers and rivals, Isaacson painted a rich portrait of a complex, sometimes conflicting figure.
Isaacson began work on the book in 2009 after Jobs' wife, Laurene Powell told him that if he was "ever going to do a book on Steve, you'd better do it now." It was just after Jobs had taken his second medical leave as CEO of Apple, in January of that year. His third leave, which began in January, would be his final one.
"He was not sick through much of this process," Isaacson said, when asked about what it was like to be working on the book and speaking with Jobs' family while he was ill.
"We took long walks," he said. "Every evening, he would have dinner around the kitchen table with his wife and kids. He didn't go out socializing or to black-tie dinners. He didn't travel much. Even though he was focused on his work, he was always home for dinner."
Those who see Jobs as the iconic CEO first might be surprised to read about his devotion to his family. It wasn't always evident. As a young man, Jobs denied paternity of his first daughter, Lisa Brennan-Jobs, for years after Lisa was born in 1978. The two later reconciled.
Isaacson said he was most surprised by the intensity of Jobs' emotions.
"Sometimes I'd look up and there would be tears running down his cheek," Isaacson said.
Jobs told him he was always moved by "artistic purity." Sometimes, it was the design of a product, or even the creation of an advertisement that would move him to tears. Other times, it happened as he talked about a person who meant a lot to him. For his 20th wedding anniversary with Powell, Jobs wrote her a letter that he read to Isaacson from his iPhone. By the end, Isaacson said, he was crying uncontrollably.
"Years passed, kids came, good times, hard times, but never bad times," Jobs wrote in the note. "Our love and respect has endured and grown."
Those around Jobs referred to his ability to influence the perception of those around him as his "reality distortion field." Though on the surface it sounds similar, this was far more complex than someone who is lying or deluding himself. As Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak puts it in the book: "You realize that it can't be true, but he somehow makes it true."
The "reality distortion field" was Jobs' way of getting people to do what they thought was impossible, Isaacson said. Like how he'd tell an engineer working on the Macintosh that he could save 10 seconds on the time the computer needed to boot up if he just wrote better code.
"And the guy would say 'no you can't,'" Isaacson said.
Jobs then asked the engineer if he could do it if it would save a life. And so the engineer did, he wrote better code and he shaved not 10 but 28 seconds off the Macintosh's boot-up time.
While writing the book, Isaacson said he came to understand the connection between Jobs' temperamental behavior and his artistic passion.
"I have a strong emotional respect for Steve," he said. "And it helped me put in perspective...the tales of him being hard on people. Because I knew it was all in the context of getting people to do the impossible. Which he did."
Isaacson didn't spend time shadowing Jobs, though he did spend an afternoon at the design studio of Jony Ive, the chief designer at Apple who worked on the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. It was Ive who came up with the idea of making the first iPod, including its headphones, pure white. In the afternoons, Isaacson said Jobs would walk around Ive's studio and touch all the new prototypes that were laid out there.
"He was a very tactile person," Isaacson said. "He loved to fondle the prototypes."
Isaacson spent a long afternoon in that studio and doing so "realized what a serene experience it was. Quiet, with new-age jazz playing softly. The leaves from the trees outside casting dancing silhouette shadows on the tinted windows. And even small products like power adapters being lined up for inspections."
Can Apple continue to thrive without Jobs?
"Yeah, I think that his great creation was not any one product but a company in which creativity was connected to great engineering," Isaacson said. "And that will survive at least while the current people who trained under Steve are there."
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Janet Jackson reschedules shows
SAVANNAH GUTHRIE, co-host: But we are going to begin this half-hour with the latest on the trial of Michael Jackson 's doctor. Attorneys for Conrad Murray are expected to begin making their case today. And NBC 's Jeff Rossen is in Los Angeles again for us this morning. Jeff , good morning to you.
JEFF ROSSEN reporting: Hey, Savannah , good morning to you. And just to give you an idea how different the theories are about how Michael Jackson died that day in 2009 inside his mansion, Dr. Murray says he gave Michael Jackson 25 milligrams of propofol, this much, right up to here in a syringe about this size. But the prosecution's expert now says that's not true, he did the math, and Dr. Murray gave Michael Jackson 40 times more than that, this much propofol, and you can see the difference in size. This morning we have exclusive new details how Murray 's defense team will try to keep him out of jail. Dr. Conrad Murray has spent weeks listening to prosecutors blast him.
Unidentified Man: That misplaced trust in the hands of Conrad Murray cost Michael Jackson his life.
ROSSEN: Now, it's the doctor's turn. Sources close to the case tell NBC News Murray 's lawyers have developed a new timeline and they'll lay it out for the jury this week. One AM , Michael arrives home from rehearsal, takes a shower and a Valium . Two AM , Dr. Murray gives Michael two milligrams of the anti-anxiety drug lorazepam. Three-fifteen AM , Michael falls asleep, but by 3:30 AM , he's awake again. Five AM , Dr. Murray gives Michael another two milligrams of lorazepam, but the singer still can't sleep. Between 7 and 10 AM , Jackson becomes agitated, panicked that if he can't sleep, they'll have to cancel that day's rehearsal, putting the entire show and his paycheck in jeopardy. It's in that window, 7 to 10 AM , when Murray 's lawyers will claim Michael enters his private bedroom, where no one is allowed, and swallows eight pills of lorazepam, never telling Dr. Murray . Ten-forty AM , Dr. Murray gives Michael 23 milligrams of propofol, experts say a low dosage. Eleven AM , Michael is "sleeping comfortably" and Dr. Murray makes phone calls to his office and his girlfriends. Murray claims Michael then wakes up when he isn't looking and injects himself with more propofol. Eleven-fifty-eight AM , Dr. Murray notices Michael Jackson has stopped breathing.
Ms. ROBIN SAX (Former Prosecutor): While it may seem that the defense has a tough road ahead of them, all they have to do is kick up enough sand and hopefully something sticks with some juror that creates reasonable doubt .
ROSSEN: Murray 's defense team plans to call at least 15 witnesses and in court this week will argue what they told me at the start of the trial, that Michael Jackson essentially killed himself .
Mr. CHARLES UNGER (Conrad Murray's Defense Attorney): This was a gentleman who just couldn't sleep at night, period.
ROSSEN: And your contention is he would have done anything, including giving himself propofol and lorazepam to do it.
Mr. UNGER: Oh, without a doubt. He would have done anything to get the sleep that he needed.
ROSSEN: And we have another new development breaking overnight. Janet Jackson , Michael 's sister, has canceled several concerts in Australia this week to be here at the LA courthouse with her family. In a statement released overnight, Janet says, "After talking with my family last night, I decided we
must be together right now." Savannah: All right, NBC 's Jeff Rossen in Los Angeles . Thank you. Star Jones is a veteran legal commentator and former prosecutor. Star, good morning to you.
GUTHRIE: Good morning.
Ms. STAR JONES (Attorney and Former Prosecutor): Well, let's start talking about this new defense theory...
GUTHRIE: Mm-hmm.
Ms. JONES: ...that Jeff Rossen laid out, the timeline. And essentially what they're arguing is that Michael Jackson took it upon himself to walk into that private bedroom, take eight lorazepam unbeknownst to his doctor, Conrad Murray . We know that the defense does not have to prove a case beyond a reasonable doubt ...
GUTHRIE: Correct.
Ms. JONES: ...but don't they have to offer some evidence of this? I mean, they can't just make allegations and put no proof forward, right?
GUTHRIE: Do -- can I remind you of -- with sitting here with me and hearing that in the Casey Anthony case that there was some sort of child molestation? They made allegations without any proof whatsoever. She's at home right now, OK? And that's the kind of thing that a jury will look to. If they don't want to, quote, "ruin this man's life," Conrad Murray could get the benefit of beyond a reasonable doubt .
Ms. JONES: At the same time, prosecutors very effectively have used Conrad Murray 's own words...
GUTHRIE: Absolutely.
Ms. JONES: ...the statement he gave to police, and prosecutors are making the argument that 'Even if you just take Conrad Murray at his word, we've established gross negligence .'
GUTHRIE: Yes. If they're saying, the prosecution's saying, 'We don't believe anything that he says, and because of that he's guilty,' then they're also saying, 'If you believe everything that he says, because of that he's guilty.'
Ms. JONES: This is a pretty steep hole that the defense now has to climb out of. They are going to put on their own expert, forensic expert...
GUTHRIE: Mm-hmm.
Ms. JONES: ...to counter the experts we've heard now from the prosecution, most of whom seemed very effective in court. Is it possible that jurors just kind of throw their hands up and it's -- you -- we got dueling experts and they kind of cancel each other out?
GUTHRIE: The battle of the experts often ends with the jury tossing out sort of the main central issue, which is the propofol. That's why Dr. Steinberg is going to become so, so important. He's the one who laid out the six elements that could make gross negligence in and of themselves, and of those six, five of them would find Conrad Murray guilty. That's what the prosecution is depending on. The defense very clearly just needs to do reasonable doubt when it comes to cause of death. That's where they're going.
Ms. JONES: And to that end, I mean, the defense was actually severely limited by the judge before trial...
GUTHRIE: Mm-hmm.
Ms. JONES: ...in terms of what it could put on for evidence of his former addiction and his financial pressures. At the same time, evidence has come in that Michael Jackson had some kind of addiction problem. Do you think jurors may find, you know, 'We -- we'll never know what really happened here,' and that that would be sufficient to have reasonable doubt ? Maybe Michael Jackson did take these drugs himself.
GUTHRIE: That is always enough to -- if the jury throws its hands up and say, 'I just don't know,' that's enough to find a defendant not guilty. The bigger problem, though, for the defense is their alternate theories that can get to guilt. If the jurors are arguing over one aspect, the prosecution has another card to play, and they've played them all. It's very skillful. There's a hole that they have to get out of.
Ms. JONES: And you want to stand by your position, no way Conrad Murray takes the stand this week.
GUTHRIE:
Source: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/45015949/ns/today-entertainment/
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HBT: Cards blow several chances
Though they likely owe an assist to Tony La Russa, the Rangers are now just one win away from winning their first ever World Series title.
The Rangers defeated the Cardinals 4-2 on Monday night in Arlington and now hold a 3-2 lead in the series going into Game 6 on Wednesday night in St. Louis. Mike Napoli was the offensive star for the second straight day, delivering an opposite field two-run double off left-hander Marc Rzepczynski in the bottom of the eighth to put the Rangers in front.
C.J. Wilson danced in and out of trouble over his 5 1/3 innings of work, allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits, five walks and a wild pitch. The Cardinals had plenty of opportunities on offense, but went just 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position and left a total of 12 men on base. They also gave away three outs via sacrifice bunts, which resulted in zero runs crossing the plate. Scott Feldman, Alexi Ogando, Darren Oliver and Neftali Feliz combined for 3 2/3 shutout innings in relief of Wilson.
While the Rangers walked away with the victory, this game will likely be remembered for some real head-scratchers on the part of La Russa, some of which he chalked up to miscommunication in his post-game press conference.
Allen Craig was gunned down twice at second base with Albert Pujols at the plate while?Rzepczynski was strangely left in the ballgame to face Napoli, who has a .955 career OPS against southpaws. La Russa said in the postgame that he actually wanted right-hander Jason Motte to face the right-handed hitting Napoli, but that he wasn?t able to communicate that information to his bullpen. Whether that?s true or not really doesn?t matter at this point, because leaving Rzepczynski in resulted in the decisive play of the ballgame.
With their backs against the wall, the Cardinals will send Jaime Garcia to the mound against Colby Lewis on Wednesday night as they attempt to force a Game 7.
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Generation X Report: Survey paints a surprisingly positive portrait
ScienceDaily (Oct. 25, 2011) ? They've been stereotyped as a bunch of insecure, angst-ridden, underachievers. But most members of Generation X are leading active, balanced and happy lives, according to a long-term University of Michigan survey.
"They are not bowling alone," said political scientist Jon Miller, author of The Generation X Report. "They are active in their communities, mainly satisfied with their jobs, and able to balance work, family, and leisure."
Miller directs the Longitudinal Study of American Youth at the U-M Institute for Social Research. The study, funded by the National Science Foundation since 1986, now includes responses from approximately 4,000 Gen Xers -- those born between 1961 and 1981.
"The 84 million Americans in this generation between the ages of 30 and 50 are the parents of today's school-aged children," Miller said. "And over the next two or three decades, members of Generation X will lead the nation in the White House and Congress. So it's important to understand their values, history, current challenges and future goals."
The first in a new quarterly series of Generation X Reports describes how Gen Xers are faring in terms of employment and education; marriage and families; parenting; community involvement and religion; social relationships; recreation and leisure; digital life; and happiness and life satisfaction.
Among the many findings:
- Compared to a national sample of all adults, Gen Xers are more likely to be employed and are working and commuting significantly more hours a week than the typical U.S. adult, with 70 percent spending 40 or more hours working and commuting each week.
- Two-thirds of Generation X adults are married and 71 percent have minor children at home.
- Three-quarters of the parents of elementary school children say they help their children with homework, with 43 percent providing five or more hours of homework help each week.
- Thirty percent of Generation X adults are active members of professional, business or union organizations, and one in three is an active member of a church or religious organization.
- Ninety-five percent talk on the phone at least once a week to friends or family, and 29 percent say they do so at least once a day.
"In sociologist Robert Putnam's influential book, 'Bowling Alone,' he argued that Americans were increasingly isolated socially," Miller said. "But this data indicates that Generation X members are not bowling alone.
"Although they may be less likely to join community-based luncheon clubs, they have extensive social, occupational and community networks. They are active participants in parent-teacher organizations, local youth sports clubs, book clubs and other community organizations."
In addition, Miller points out, nearly 90 percent of Generation X adults participated in at least one outdoor activity, such as hiking, swimming, boating or fishing, and 40 percent engaged in two or more recreation and leisure activities per month.
On the cultural side, 45 percent of the Generation X adults surveyed reported attending at least one play, symphony, opera or ballet performance during the preceding year, and 13 percent said they had attended three or more cultural events during the last year.
"Generation X adults are also readers," Miller said. "Seventy-two percent read a newspaper, in print or online, at least once a week, and fully 80 percent bought and read at least one book during the last year. Nearly half said that they read six or more books in the last year."
Finally, Miller reports, Generation X adults are happy with their lives, with an average level of 7.5 on a 10-point scale in which 10 equals "very happy."
"That is not to say that some members of this generation are not struggling," Miller said. "And in future issues of the Generation X Report we will address some of the challenges many members of this group are facing."
The second Generation X Report will be issued in January 2012, on the topic of influenza. Using data collected during the 2010 influenza epidemic, the January report will explore how young adults kept abreast of the issue and what actions they eventually took to protect themselves and their families. Subsequent reports will cover food and cooking, climate, space exploration, and citizenship and voting.
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Review slams US training of Iraqi police
An Iraqi police officer uses a detector at a checkpoint in central Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011. A U.S. Department of State program to train Iraqi police lacks focus, could become a "bottomless pit" of American money, and is not even appreciated by the Iraqi government, a U.S. government watchdog warned in a report released Monday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
An Iraqi police officer uses a detector at a checkpoint in central Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011. A U.S. Department of State program to train Iraqi police lacks focus, could become a "bottomless pit" of American money, and is not even appreciated by the Iraqi government, a U.S. government watchdog warned in a report released Monday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
Iraqi police officers use detectors at a checkpoint in central Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011. A U.S. Department of State program to train Iraqi police lacks focus, could become a "bottomless pit" of American money, and is not even appreciated by the Iraqi government, a U.S. government watchdog warned in a report released Monday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
Iraqi police officers use detectors at a checkpoint in central Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011. A U.S. Department of State program to train Iraqi police lacks focus, could become a "bottomless pit" of American money, and is not even appreciated by the Iraqi government, a U.S. government watchdog warned in a report released Monday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
Iraqi police officers stand guard at a checkpoint in central Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011. A U.S. Department of State program to train Iraqi police lacks focus, could become a "bottomless pit" of American money, and is not even appreciated by the Iraqi government, a U.S. government watchdog warned in a report released Monday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
Iraqi police officers stand guard at a checkpoint in central Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011. A U.S. Department of State program to train Iraqi police lacks focus, could become a "bottomless pit" of American money, and is not even appreciated by the Iraqi government, a U.S. government watchdog warned in a report released Monday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
BAGHDAD (AP) ? A U.S. State Department program to train Iraqi police lacks focus, could become a "bottomless pit" of American money and may not even be wanted by the Iraqi department it's supposed to help, reports released Monday by a U.S. government watchdog show.
The findings by the U.S. Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction paint what is supposed to be the State Department's flagship program in Iraq in a harsh light.
The report comes at a crucial time for the State Department as it assumes sole responsibility for securing U.S.-Iraqi ties as American forces leave by the end of this year.
On Oct. 1, the State Department took over the job of training Iraqi police from the Defense Department. According to the inspector general's report, the training program faces many problems.
Only a small portion ? about 12 percent ? of the millions of dollars budgeted will actually go to helping the Iraqi police, the report said. The "vast preponderance of money" will pay for security and other items like living quarters for the people doing the training, the review found.
The audit also said that although the State Department has known since 2009 it would be taking over the training program, it failed to develop a comprehensive and detailed plan for the training.
"Without specific goals, objectives and performance measures, the PDP (Police Development Program) could become a 'bottomless pit' for U.S. dollars intended for mentoring, advising and training the Iraqi police forces," the report stated.
Few dispute, however, that Iraqi police are far from ready to fully protect their country ? or even themselves.
On Monday, police and health officials said four separate attacks against traffic police in Baghdad killed two policemen and three civilians. Twelve people, including eight police, were injured.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information.
In the inspector general's report, the oversight agency also found that budget concerns led to the program being significantly downsized.
In 2009, the State Department agency in charge of the training, the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, estimated it would cost about $721 million to pay for a program with 350 police advisers. That averaged out to about $2.1 million per adviser, said SIGIR.
But in December 2010, the program was downsized to 190 advisers while costs had increased, the report stated. According to SIGIR calculations, the average cost per adviser jumped to $6.2 million per year.
By July of this year, the number of advisers had dropped to 115 for what the State Department described as Phase 1 of the program. If its budget request is approved for fiscal year 2012, the program could be beefed up again to 190 advisers, State Department officials told the oversight agency.
Despite the considerable outlay in U.S. taxpayer money, the Iraqi government has yet to sign off on the program and doesn't seem to want it. The official in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior (MOI) responsible for the ministry's day-to-day operations, Adnan al-Asadi, suggested to SIGIR that the U.S. should spend the money on something for the American people instead.
"What tangible benefit will Iraqis see from this police training program? With most of the money spent on lodging, security, support, all the MOI gets is a little expertise, and that is if the program materializes. It has yet to start," al-Asadi said.
The inspector general said the State Department did not fully cooperate with their audit.
"There were delays in gaining access to key officials and in obtaining documents. Moreover, the documents provided were incomplete," the audit read. One meeting in May was canceled an hour before it was to start because State Department officials needed additional "Department guidance," SIGIR wrote.
The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad did not respond to a request for comment.
In a letter to SIGIR, the State Department said it "generally agrees" with the report's recommendations but defended its efforts.
State Department Assistant Secretary William Brownfield wrote that because they were unsure of whether they would get all the money they'd requested, they decided to start with a smaller number of trainers, and they could ramp up to 190 trainers if the funds come through.
Brownfield also said an independent organization was supposed to do a detailed assessment of Iraqi law enforcement capabilities but did not have access to people on the Iraqi side to finish the assessment in time. He said it would be done by November.
The fact that Iraq still does not have a permanent in interior minister has hampered efforts to come up with an agreement on implementing the training program, Brownfield wrote. But he said the MOI was committed to the program. He also wrote that the State Department hoped to reduce costs in the coming years and to hire more Iraqi support employees.
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