Sunday, October 30, 2011

Billboard battle: 'Wanted' posters v. blight fight (AP)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. ? Nearly a decade ago, a suburban Kansas City man desperately searching for his teenage daughter's killer divined an idea: Place a "wanted" poster with the suspect's picture on a billboard.

A year later, Leawood, Kan., resident Roger Kemp got his wish and investigators got their man. Two anonymous tipsters who had seen the Kansas City billboards recognized the photo and contacted police.

Today, law enforcement agencies nationwide say billboards ? especially digital ones ? have become a valuable tool in their high-tech crime-fighting arsenal. This week, more than a dozen electronic billboards began flashing pictures of little Lisa Irwin, the missing Kansas City baby who was 10 months old when her parents reported her missing Oct. 4.

Kansas City police said Friday they had pursued 934 of the 1,059 tips they've received, but still have no solid leads. Hundreds of investigators have combed wooded and other areas but each search has come up empty, they said.

Lamar Advertising Co. has put Lisa's picture, a phone number and information about a $100,000 reward on its 15 electronic billboards in the Kansas City metropolitan area as a public service, CEO Bob Fessler said.

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has a deal with digital billboard operators nationwide in which the organization can override the messages on the signs and replace them with Amber Alerts whenever they're issued. That happened on the day Lisa disappeared.

The FBI credits digital billboards with helping nab 45 fugitives since pictures were first put on the signs. The Outdoor Advertising Association of America Inc. estimates the FBI will use roughly 40 million donated billboard slots in 2011, each lasting eight seconds.

Ken Kline, vice president with the Outdoor Advertising Association, said that since so many agencies ? local police, FBI, U.S. Marshal's Service and others ? are using the billboards to catch fugitives, there's no way to quantify how many people have been apprehended through their use. He said a "national estimate of multiple hundreds would be conservative."

But acceptance of digital billboards is not universal. Kansas City has a moratorium in place restricting new billboards, and cities nationwide are grappling with an issue some feel is destroying the beauty of their neighborhoods and countryside while also distracting drivers.

"We receive a lot of complaints from individuals who live in neighborhoods, and motorists who are concerned about the additional distractions and dangers billboards pose," said John Regenbogen, executive director of Scenic Missouri, which touts billboard control as one of its top issues. "When digital billboards come into a community, they're often met with outcry from residents."

They also keep missing children in the public eye. Fessler said his company, which donated those first billboards for Kemp's campaign in 2003, wanted to help gather tips in Lisa Irwin's search by keeping her image displayed on the billboards.

"After the Kemp case, we got a lot of phone calls about anything from missing people to cold cases," Fessler said. "We treat it as a public service. We don't charge for it."

Fessler's company has been embroiled in a multi-year dispute with Kansas City over electronic billboards after the city banned them in 2007. The city now has a moratorium that allows the handful of digital billboards to remain, but places strict restrictions on new signs.

Carol Winterowd, who has been active in the fight against billboard proliferation in Kansas City, said there are several alternatives for getting information out.

"We have more (billboards) than we need," she said, adding that posting pictures of criminals and Amber Alerts is fine, while also claiming electronic billboards can be a safety hazard. "Attention should be on the road, not looking at billboards."

Kemp's daughter, Ali, was 19 when she was found raped and murdered June 2002 at a Leawood, Kan., swimming pool where she worked. After Kemp found Ali's body, he relentlessly pursued her killer.

He said he was driving down the highway when the billboard idea hit him. He approached Lamar Advertising about buying a billboard ad, but the company instead donated space for several.

About 16 months later, two people who recognized the person on the billboard contacted police and led them to Benjamin Appleby, a former pool cleaner who had moved to Connecticut and was living under an assumed name. Appleby confessed and eventually was convicted of capital murder.

Kemp doesn't like talking about his daughter's murder ? as his suddenly shaky voice and glassy eyes attest ? and he refers to Appleby only as "that predator." He talks about it, he said, only because sharing Ali's story might help avoid a similar tragedy.

"... It takes a lot out of me," Kemp said. "But I want these predators off the street. If they get away with it, they escalate it. They think they can just get away with stuff. We've got to get them off the street. We cannot tolerate it."

After Appleby's capture, Kemp spread the word about how the billboard ads helped bring his daughter's killer to justice. He has spoken to groups across the country and recently was in Washington to receive the 2011 Presidential Citizens Medal from President Barack Obama for his work with The Ali Kemp Defense Education Foundation, or TAKE, which trains women to fight off attackers.

"Roger Kemp was a key catalyst of the modern application of the `wanted' billboard," Kline said. "He basically revived an old idea and made it better. In essence he said, if this worked in Ali's case, it could work in other cases. And indeed, it has."

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Eddie Murphy planning "Beverly Hills Cop" TV series (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) ? Bad news: Eddie Murphy says "Beverly Hills Cop IV" isn't happening. Good news: The actor and comedian is working on a TV series adaptation of the "Cop" movies.

Murphy says in the new issue of Rolling Stone that he's planning a TV series that would revolve around the son of his Axel Foley character.

"Axel is the chief of police now in Detroit," Murphy says. "I'd do the pilot, show up here and there."

The actor, who returns to the big screen on November 4 in the crime comedy "Tower Heist," also told Rolling Stone a fourth "Cop" movie never materialized because "none of the movie scripts were right."

"It was trying to force the premise," Murphy said. "If you have to force something, you shouldn't be doing it. It was always a rehash of the old thing. It was always wrong."

The new Rolling Stone hits newsstands on Friday.

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Saturday, October 29, 2011

Friday, October 28, 2011

WSJ best-seller lists to include e-books (AP)

NEW YORK ? The Wall Street Journal has an agreement with Nielsen BookScan to publish best-seller lists that include both physical books and e-sales.

Since 2009, Nielsen has provided the journal with lists based solely on hardcover and paperbacks. The Journal and Nielsen announced Friday that four charts will debut this weekend: combined e-book and physical sales for fiction and nonfiction, and e-sales only for fiction and nonfiction. Eligible releases will include self-published books, children's books and "perennials," older works that continue to sell strongly.

It's the first time that Nielsen has compiled e-books, with Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Apple and Google among those participating. BookScan numbers reflect around 75 percent of hardcover and paperback sales and offer a rare look at raw data from an industry known for being secretive about how much books actually sell. But the Nielsen statistics became increasingly limited as e-sales took off.

"As consumers and booksellers continue to embrace the potential of e-books, we are very happy to be working with The Wall Street Journal to produce the most accurate best-seller charts available," Jonathan Stolper, vice president & general manager of Nielsen BookScan, said in a statement. "These new charts uniquely reflect what people are really buying and reading and will most definitely advance the industry's understanding of e-book best sellers."

But the industry, and the public, will have to wait before seeing actual Nielsen numbers under the new system. The lists will feature only rankings, not copies sold. And the data will be available exclusively to the Journal.

The New York Times and USA Today also include e-sales in their weekly lists.

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Student loan forgiveness and more: 5 ways Obama wants to ease student debt (The Christian Science Monitor)

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    Thursday, October 27, 2011

    Architects of the brain: How different receptors promote the formation of nerve cell processes

    ScienceDaily (Oct. 26, 2011) ? Bochum's neurobiologists have found that certain receptors for the neurotransmitter glutamate determine the architecture of nerve cells in the developing brain. Individual receptor variants lead to especially long and branched processes called dendrites, which the cells communicate with. The researchers also showed that the growth-promoting property of the receptors is linked to how much calcium they allow to flow into the cells.

    "These results allow insights into the mechanisms with which nerve cells connect during development," says Prof. Dr. Petra Wahle from the RUB Working Group on Developmental Neurobiology. The scientists report in Development.

    It all depends on a few amino acids

    "Nerve cells communicate with chemical and electrical signals," explains Wahle. "The electrical activity controls many developmental processes in the brain, and the neurotransmitter glutamate plays a decisive role in this."

    In two different cell classes in the cerebral cortex of rats, the researchers studied the nine most common variants of a glutamate receptor, the so-called AMPA receptor. When glutamate docks on to this receptor, calcium ions flow into the nerve cells either directly through a pore in the AMPA receptor or through adjacent calcium channels. Depending on the variant, AMPA receptors consist of 800-900 amino acid building blocks, and already the exchange of one amino acid has important consequences for the calcium permeability. Among other things, calcium promotes the growth of new dendrites.

    Different cell types, different mechanisms

    One at a time, the Bochum team introduced the nine AMPA receptor variants into the nerve cells and observed the impact on the cell architecture. In several cases, this resulted in longer dendrites with more branches. This pattern was demonstrated both for several receptor variants that allow calcium ions to flow directly into the cell through a pore and for those that activate adjacent calcium channels.

    "It was surprising that in the two cell classes studied, different receptor variants triggered the growth of the dendrites," says Dr. Mohammad Hamad from the Working Group on Developmental Neurobiology. "In the inhibitory interneurons, only one of the nine variants was effective. Calcium signals are like a toolbox. However, different cell classes in the cerebral cortex make use of the toolbox in different ways."

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    The Situation on Snooki: I Never Got It In, But ...


    Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino is setting the record straight about his alleged smush session with co-star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi. He never got it in, however ...

    "We didn't sleep together," he told Chelsea Handler, contradicting what he said on the fourth season premiere of Jersey Shore. "But we did something else."

    "Well, I didn't do anything. She did something."

    Snooki and Sitch

    When the comic host asked her buff guest to dish on the hookup, she likely didn't expect she would hear that specific an explanation, but hey, Sitch calls it like it is.

    Mostly. He also lies and stirs up drama quite a lot. As for Snooks, her boyfriend must be so proud that she went down on Mike and boned Vinny while they were dating.

    Snooki has also denied sleeping with Sitch, so it looks like the truth is out ... though we're not sure how kindly she'll take to him blabbing about the details yet again.

    We know how well that went over the last time ...

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    Review: `Puss in Boots' a lively spin-off (AP)

    The "Shrek" movies may not even exist as far we're concerned in "Puss in Boots," which is fine, because they just kept getting worse; last year's "Shrek Forever After," in 3-D, felt especially flat. But the franchise reboots anew here, if you'll pardon the pun, with great energy, creativity and aplomb.

    This spin-off is actually a prequel, providing the origin story of the diminutive, swashbuckling kitty voiced with great charisma, as always, by Antonio Banderas. The role has been an ideal showcase for Banderas to have a little fun with his suave, sophisticated image; he revels in Puss' playfulness and faux bravado as well as his genuine courage and heart.

    At the film's start, Puss is an outlaw in his own small, Spanish hometown. Flashbacks take us to his childhood at an orphanage, where he was best friends with a brainy, ambitious Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis). Together, the two dreamed of stealing the magic beans, climbing the beanstalk and getting rich off some golden eggs. Now, that crime has become Humpty's obsession; he tries to enlist Puss as the brawn of the operation, which would allow both to enjoy some redemption.

    Humpty's partner in this caper is the dangerous master thief Kitty Softpaws, voiced with slinky seduction by Banderas' frequent co-star, Salma Hayek. It's a clever collaboration that doesn't feel like stunt casting, as is the case with many animated films; they're so good together after so long, it just makes sense.

    But since Puss is a lover as much as he's a fighter, you know he'll find a way to win her over ? and there is definitely a Pepe LePew vibe to the way they flirt with each other. A dance-off between the two characters early on, when Kitty is still disguised and Puss is unaware she's a woman, is both exquisitely choreographed and hilariously funny.

    The Puss in Boots character eventually felt like the best part of the "Shrek" movies, but a little of him goes a long way. Giving him an entire movie of his own would seem like a stretch, and really, he has trouble sustaining his shtick for the film's 90-minute running time. But for quick, lively, family friendly entertainment, "Puss in Boots" works just fine, even in 3-D, which is integrated thoughtfully into the narrative and doesn't just feel like a gimmick. Through chases, swordfights, dance sequences and even a flight into the clouds, the 3-D consistently provides a feeling of propulsive motion. (The glasses are still clunky and uncomfortable, but that's another conversation for another time.)

    Puss looks so soft and fluffy and tactile in his little, leather boots, his jaunty, feathered hat and his shiny sword, you'll want to reach out and pet him ? especially when he's a tiny kitten working those big, green eyes for maximum manipulative effect. But just as impressive is the way the film from director Chris Miller ("Shrek the Third") gives detailed expression and personality to a talking egg. Merely the idea that Humpty Dumpty might be a criminal mastermind is good for a laugh, but Galifianakis infuses the character with a healthy mix of neediness and megalomania. He gets so into the character, you might not even realize it's him under that shell until the credits roll.

    The same is true of Jack and Jill, who are depicted as greedy and fearsome and are voiced with complexity (and perfect Southern twangs, naturally) by Billy Bob Thornton and Amy Sedaris. Their relationship reflects the best of what the "Shrek" movies have offered over the years: an unexpected twist on the fairy tales you know and love.

    Thankfully there's a lot more of that kind of inspired writing ? and not nearly so many pop-culture references and Hollywood in-jokes ? this time around. Puss likes to dance, but he never does the Macarena.

    "Puss in Boots," a DreamWorks Animation release, is rated PG for some adventure action and mild rude humor. Running time: 90 minutes. Three stars out of four.

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    G ? General audiences. All ages admitted.

    PG ? Parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children.

    PG-13 ? Special parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13. Some material may be inappropriate for young children.

    R ? Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.

    NC-17 ? No one under 17 admitted.

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    Wednesday, October 26, 2011

    Jon Chattman: A-Sides With Jon Chattman: Eve to Adam, Anna Rose, and Grace Weber Go It Acoustic

    Ever since Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora played "Wanted Dead or Alive" with nothing but their guitars (and mullets), fans and the music industry alike have had a fascination with stripped-down performances. The duo's intimate performance on MTV in the early 1990s paved the way for that channel's popular Unplugged series, VH1's Storytellers, and countless other shows that have featured artists playing their songs without plugging into an outlet. This week "A-Sides" channels the iconic MTV series -- sans the candles and cardigans -- with three very different artists sharing three very different songs acoustically.

    Eve to Adam are usually accustomed to audiences rapidly bopping their heads up and down to their guitar-based hard rock music. Not on "A-Sides." The NYC-based group, which features Taki Sassaris (lead vocals/guitar), Alex Sassaris (drums/backing vocals), Gaurav Bali (guitar/backing vocals) and Eric Bergmann (bass), made a pit stop in White Plains, NY (the Music Conservatory of Westchester to be exact) to perform their high octane track "Run Your Mouth" minus the high "octaniness". The band are about to tour with a big name to be named late -- all in support of their new album Banquet for a Starving Dog. Thus far, they've opened up for everyone from POD to Saliva. Watch "Run Your Mouth" below followed by an informal chat.

    Anna Rose is the antithesis of Eve to Adam. This singer/songwriter dropped her debut album Nomad over a year ago, and it's safe to say no one banged their head listening to the record. An inspired collection of songs she wrote on her journey into the music business and her life experiences, the album was more poignant than it was hard rocking. That's about to change. Rose said her next album, which will be released in early 2012, will be closer to alt rock than the "singer/songwritery" vibe of Nomad. We're getting a sneak preview of what's to come now.

    Earlier this month, the musician released a video for her sultry cover of Arcade Fire's "My Body is a Cage" on NME. Her interpretation of the song has gone viral, earning critical acclaim, and more importantly, has received a thumbs-up from that Canadian wonder band.

    Rose performed the cover with her guitarist Adam Stoler at a Conservatory studio earlier this week, and discussed her career path afterwards.

    Reality Bites is a pretty underrated movie. Sure, Winona Ryder's a bit whiny in it, but I really dug the script, the performances, and above all else, the soundtrack. One famous scene in that Ben Stiller-directed Generation X flick is the characters dancing to "My Sharona" at a gas station mart. Well, last week, I came as close as I ever will to reenacting that scene. In a New York City deli, singer/songwriter Grace Weber and her guitarist joined me for an impromptu "A-Sides." Following a performance of "Hitchhiker" off her buzzworthy debut album Hope & Heart, Weber chatted about the basis for the song, her music, and more while frat guys behind us made their beer selection.

    Before you watch the video, know this about Weber: she's a Milwaukee native currently residing in Brooklyn, and has already performed on "Showtime at the Apollo," played the Kennedy Center, and appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Her jazzy pop styling has also caught the eye of Billboard Magazine who dubbed her an "artist to watch." Speaking of which... watch her now.


    About "A-Sides with Jon Chattman"
    Jon Chattman's music series features artists (established or not) from all genres performing a track, and discussing what it means to them. This informal series focuses on the artist making art in a low-threatening, extremely informal (sometime humorous) way. No bells, no whistles -- just the music performed in a random, low-key setting followed by an unrehearsed chat. In an industry where everything often gets overblown and over manufactured, I'm hoping this is refreshing.

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    Caring for a Loved One with Cancer: Be Prepared to Help for the ...

    It is not unusual for visits, calls, and offers of help for those battling cancer to taper off after a couple weeks. When someone calls and a cheery voice answers, the assumption can be made that all is well and help is no longer needed. However, this is sometimes far from the truth.

    Even when spirits are high and recovery is going well, it doesn?t mean that needs are no longer present, especially when a loved one is undergoing chemo or radiation treatments and energy is low. The side effects of these treatments can render anyone incapable of performing simple tasks that are suddenly too strenuous to accomplish.

    Be committed to being available for the long haul and to continue helping throughout the length of the cancer treatments. Such perseverance and faithfulness will be forever remembered and deeply appreciated.

    ?[Love] . . . always hopes, always perseveres.? -?1 Corinthians 13:7

    Adapted from Caring for a Loved One with Cancer by June Hunt

    As we recognize breast cancer awareness month, we?ve shared several helpful thoughts from June Hunt?s new book Caring for a Loved One with Cancer. Read a sample chapter, buy the book, or check out our related posts:

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    Twelve South BassJump 2 USB Subwoofer now available, further bumps your Mac's thump

    At a glance, one could confuse Twelve South's BassJump 2 for a 2011 Mac Mini -- don't be fooled though, this USB subwoofer aims for sound that's anything but. Much like the original BassJump, this guy's aimed at aiding MacBook speakers by adding extra low end boost, and employing proprietary software to keep it in all in check. Improving on the original, however, the BassJump 2 pumps out eight extra decibels of volume and comes with "remastered software," notably featuring iMac and Thunderbolt Display support. If it piques your fancy, the BassJump 2 is now available for about $70 -- much like a pair of utilitarian Grado headphones (or similar), but we digress. Full press release past the break.

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    Tuesday, October 25, 2011

    BlueBiped robot needs no power to walk for miles, as long as it's downhill (video)

    The robots; they're walking -- and this one's doing it under its own steam. This passive robotic frame requires no energy input, and is instead powered by its own weight and a gentle slope. The BlueBiped can be adjusted to match the proportions of any user, and researchers plan to use it to assist people who find it difficult to walk and transport unwieldy sports equipment. It already holds the Guinness world record for the longest distance walked by a bi-pedal robot, plodding 15 kilometers (9.32 miles) in a single 13-hour stroll. Those fearing the impending Robopocalypse can at least breathe a sigh of relief that -- like some other homocidal robots -- stairs still remain out of bounds.

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    A look at economic developments around the globe (AP)

    A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Tuesday:

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    MILAN ? The Italian government and a broad European plan to save the euro were at risk, with Premier Silvio Berlusconi locked in a high-stakes battle with coalition partners to muster support for emergency growth measures demanded by the EU.

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    BRUSSELS ? A grand plan to resolve Europe's escalating debt crisis was once again in doubt after officials said that key parts of the package may not be ready in time for a leaders' summit on Wednesday.

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    LONDON ? Stock markets turned sharply lower on worries that European leaders would be unable to deliver a comprehensive solution to the debt crisis in time for a high stakes summit on Wednesday.

    Britain's FTSE 100 was 0.5 percent lower, while Germany's DAX fell less than 0.1 percent. France's CAC-40 slipped 1.2 percent.

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    TOKYO ? In Asia, shares ended mostly higher after a skittish day of trading. Japan's Nikkei 225 index closed 0.9 percent lower.

    Elsewhere, South Korea's Kospi lost 0.5 percent, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index rose 1.1 percent. Benchmarks in mainland China, India, Taiwan, Singapore, and New Zealand also advanced.

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    ATHENS, Greece ? Commuters in Athens are struggling as public transport workers hold another 24-hour strike, leaving the Greek capital without metro trains, trams or buses as unions lash out against new austerity measures.

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    BANGKOK ? Thailand's devastating flood crisis deepened after floodwaters began pouring over sandbagged barriers into Bangkok's second airport, shutting it down after commercial airlines suspended flights and authorities closed its runways.

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    TORONTO ? Canada's central bank left its key interest rate unchanged and reduced its growth forecast for 2011 and 2012.

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    NEW DELHI ? India's central bank raised its key interest rate by 25 basis points, the 13th such hike in 18 months as the government struggles to contain persistently high inflation.

    WARSAW, Poland ? Official figures show that Poland's jobless rate remained at 11.8 percent in September, the same as in the previous month.

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    MADRID ? Spain has raised nearly $4.9 billion in short-term debt, but at sharply higher interest rates due to jitters over the EU's sputtering efforts to contain the eurozone financial crisis.

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    John Mayer Undergoes Throat Surgery

    Grammy winner announces granuloma diagnosis after series of concert cancellations
    By Gil Kaufman


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    Singer/guitarist John Mayer has enjoyed a long, Grammy-filled career thanks to his bluesy rasp. But after canceling a series of recent performances to rest his voice, Mayer announced that he had gone under the knife to correct a throat problem that had laid him low.

    Mayer was diagnosed with granuloma (throat inflammation) just above his vocal cord last month and has been ordered to take complete vocal rest for at least a month after the surgery.

    "I wanted to give you an update on the granuloma just above my vocal cord," Mayer wrote on his Tumblr. "I had surgery this afternoon to remove it and am now on complete vocal rest for a month or more. It's been a very long process in waiting to see if time was an alternative to surgery, but even given two weeks' voice rest (along with many other approaches), there was no change for the better."

    Mayer canceled some performances last month, including an appearance at the first-ever iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas as well as a show with Tony Bennett in Los Angeles. In addition, his upcoming fifth album, Born and Raised, which was originally slated for release this fall, has been pushed back to next year.

    "I should be frustrated but I can't seem to stop thinking about beautiful things," Mayer continued. "I never thought I'd be wishing I could do what I love again; I stay in at night, picking guitar parts off of records and dreaming of playing on the big stage. The only difference between now and when I was 18 is that now I have this beautiful, meaningful record waiting for me when I can sing it."

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    Obama's foreign successes may help little in 2012 (AP)

    WASHINGTON ? By declaring the Iraq war over, President Barack Obama scored what his allies see as a fourth big foreign policy success in six months, starting with Osama bin Laden's killing.

    But in his re-election bid, these events might play a discouragingly small role even if they burnish his eventual place in history.

    Voters tend to focus heavily on domestic issues, especially in times of high unemployment. That will limit Obama's campaign options.

    His supporters are seeking ways to make the most of his foreign policy accomplishments. One approach is to contrast them with Congress' partisan-driven gridlock on taxes, the deficit and other domestic issues.

    "Look at the progress the president can make when he doesn't have Republicans obstructing him," said Karen Finney, a former Democratic spokeswoman who often defends the party on TV and radio.

    Former Democratic strategist Rebecca Kirszner Katz distributed a similar remark on Twitter this past week: "Terrorists and dictators, lacking the filibuster, have no effective defense against Barack Obama." It referred to the stalling tactic that Senate Republicans frequently use to kill Democratic bills even though they hold only 47 of the chamber's 100 seats.

    These Democrats hope people will see a bold and capable president who keeps his promises when Republicans don't create roadblocks. They note that he approved the raid to kill bin Laden in Pakistan on May 1 and policies that led to last month's drone-missile killing of American-born al-Qaida figure Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen; backed allied actions that led to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's ouster and death; and ended U.S. involvement in Iraq on schedule.

    "It is very important for any incumbent to be able to talk about promises made and promises kept," Finney said. The list of achievements, contrasted with President George W. Bush's erroneous claims about Iraq's weaponry in the first place, should help Democrats shake their image of being the weaker party on national security, she said.

    "That baggage is finally lifted," Finney said.

    Translating that claim into votes for Obama 13 months from now may be difficult, however. The latest Associated Press-GfK poll confirmed that Americans place far greater emphasis on domestic issues, especially the economy, than on foreign matters, including the fight against terrorism.

    The poll found Obama's overall approval rating at a new low, 46 percent, for the second straight month, even though 64 percent of adults approved of his handling of terrorism. Only 40 percent approved of his handling of the economy.

    Ninety-three percent of those questioned said the economy was an extremely or very important issue. By comparison, 73 percent put the same emphasis on terrorism.

    Democratic officials believe Obama's foreign policy record will look even better when the Republican presidential candidates hold a debate on that topic Nov. 15. Leading contenders Mitt Romney and Rick Perry are current or former governors, and businessman Herman Cain has never held public office. None has extensive foreign policy experience.

    But voters routinely accept that. In recent presidential elections they have chosen governors from Georgia, California, Arkansas and Texas, plus a first-term senator, Obama.

    On Friday, Romney and Perry criticized Obama's handling of Iraq. Some Democrats found Romney's remarks exceptionally harsh.

    "President Obama's astonishing failure to secure an orderly transition in Iraq has unnecessarily put at risk the victories that were won through the blood and sacrifice of thousands of American men and women," Romney said. "The unavoidable question is whether this decision is the result of a naked political calculation or simply sheer ineptitude in negotiations with the Iraqi government."

    Obama's defenders fired back. "Is there anything more hollow than Mitt Romney decrying `political considerations' in decision-making?" said former White House spokesman Bill Burton.

    Perry said in a statement: "I'm deeply concerned that President Obama is putting political expediency ahead of sound military and security judgment by announcing an end to troop level negotiations and a withdrawal from Iraq by year's end." He said Obama "was slow to engage the Iraqis and there's little evidence today's decision is based on advice from military commanders."

    House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, was more generous. "American forces not only freed Iraq from a vicious tyrant, but ? under the strategy developed and implemented by our generals, and the leadership of both President Bush and President Obama ? ended a violent terrorist insurgency," he said.

    Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt said Obama "kept his pledge to the nation to end the war in Iraq in a responsible way, he has promoted our security in Afghanistan, and eliminated key al-Qaida leaders." He said Romney "didn't lay out a plan to end the war in Iraq."

    Republican strategist Rich Galen said the economy clearly will dominate the 2012 election, and it might undo Obama. As for Obama's foreign record, however, Galen said, "they're doing exactly the right thing" by highlighting every success they can.

    Galen said Obama clearly deserves credit for the raid on bin Laden's compound.

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    Monday, October 24, 2011

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    Battling for gay rights, in Allah's name

    Like other aspiring religious reformers before her, Ani Zonneveld takes positions that make her unpopular with her religion's spiritual leaders, in this case America's Islamic leaders, including advocating for gay Muslims. Msnbc.com's Kari Huus reports.

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    Video: Researchers build transparent, super-stretchy skin-like sensor

    Monday, October 24, 2011

    Imagine having skin so supple you could stretch it out to more than twice its normal length in any direction - repeatedly - yet it would always snap back completely wrinkle-free when you let go of it. You would certainly never need Botox.

    That enviable elasticity is one of several new features built into a new transparent skin-like pressure sensor that is the latest sensor developed by Stanford's Zhenan Bao, associate professor of chemical engineering, in her quest to create an artificial "super skin." The sensor uses a transparent film of single-walled carbon nanotubes that act as tiny springs, enabling the sensor to accurately measure the force on it, whether it's being pulled like taffy or squeezed like a sponge.

    "This sensor can register pressure ranging from a firm pinch between your thumb and forefinger to twice the pressure exerted by an elephant standing on one foot," said Darren Lipomi, a postdoctoral researcher in Bao's lab, who is part of the research team.

    "None of it causes any permanent deformation," he said.

    Lipomi and Michael Vosgueritchian, graduate student in chemical engineering, and Benjamin Tee, graduate student in electrical engineering, are the lead authors of a paper describing the sensor published online Oct. 23 by Nature Nanotechnology. Bao is a coauthor of the paper.

    The sensors could be used in making touch-sensitive prosthetic limbs or robots, for various medical applications such as pressure-sensitive bandages or in touch screens on computers.

    The key element of the new sensor is the transparent film of carbon "nano-springs," which is created by spraying nanotubes in a liquid suspension onto a thin layer of silicone, which is then stretched.

    When the nanotubes are airbrushed onto the silicone, they tend to land in randomly oriented little clumps. When the silicone is stretched, some of the "nano-bundles" get pulled into alignment in the direction of the stretching.

    When the silicone is released, it rebounds back to its original dimensions, but the nanotubes buckle and form little nanostructures that look like springs.

    "After we have done this kind of pre-stretching to the nanotubes, they behave like springs and can be stretched again and again, without any permanent change in shape," Bao said.

    Stretching the nanotube-coated silicone a second time, in the direction perpendicular to the first direction, causes some of the other nanotube bundles to align in the second direction. That makes the sensor completely stretchable in all directions, with total rebounding afterward.

    Additionally, after the initial stretching to produce the "nano-springs," repeated stretching below the length of the initial stretch does not change the electrical conductivity significantly, Bao said. Maintaining the same conductivity in both the stretched and unstretched forms is important because the sensors detect and measure the force being applied to them through these spring-like nanostructures, which serve as electrodes.

    The sensors consist of two layers of the nanotube-coated silicone, oriented so that the coatings are face-to-face, with a layer of a more easily deformed type of silicone between them.


    Using carbon nanotubes bent to act as springs, Stanford researchers have developed a stretchable, transparent skin-like sensor. The sensor can be stretched to more than twice its original length and bounce back perfectly to its original shape. It can sense pressure from a firm pinch to thousands of pounds. The sensor could have applications in prosthetic limbs, robotics and touch-sensitive computer displays. Darren Lipomi, a postdoctoral researcher in Chemical Engineering and Zhenan Bao, associate professor in Chemical Engineering, explain their work.Credit: Steve Fyffe, Stanford News Service

    The middle layer of silicone stores electrical charge, much like a battery. When pressure is exerted on the sensor, the middle layer of silicone compresses, which alters the amount of electrical charge it can store. That change is detected by the two films of carbon nanotubes, which act like the positive and negative terminals on a typical automobile or flashlight battery.

    The change sensed by the nanotube films is what enables the sensor to transmit what it is "feeling."

    Whether the sensor is being compressed or extended, the two nanofilms are brought closer together, which seems like it might make it difficult to detect which type of deformation is happening. But Lipomi said it should be possible to detect the difference by the pattern of pressure.

    With compression, you would expect to see sort of a bull's-eye pattern, with the greatest deformation at the center and decreasing deformation as you go farther from the center.

    "If the device was gripped by two opposing pincers and stretched, the greatest deformation would be along the straight line between the two pincers," Lipomi said. Deformation would decrease as you moved farther away from the line.

    Bao's research group previously created a sensor so sensitive to pressure that it could detect pressures "well below the pressure exerted by a 20 milligram bluebottle fly carcass" that the researchers tested it with. This latest sensor is not quite that sensitive, she said, but that is because the researchers were focused on making it stretchable and transparent.

    "We did not spend very much time trying to optimize the sensitivity aspect on this sensor," Bao said.

    "But the previous concept can be applied here. We just need to make some modifications to the surface of the electrode so that we can have that same sensitivity."

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    Sunday, October 23, 2011

    The 10 biggest TV flops of the last 5 years

    On Friday, Drew Barrymore?s ?Charlie?s Angels? became the latest television tragedy as ABC canceled the heavily promoted, but not-very-well-received drama.

    Despite a slew of hot, nubile young actresses (like Minka Kelly) and a Miami twist, the show ? a reboot of the 1970s classic ? didn?t get the pulses of America racing.

    VIEW THE PHOTOS: TV?s Biggest Flops Of The Last Five Years

    ?Charlie?s Angels? has joined a rapidly growing list of Fall 2011 shows that were canned by their networks, including CBS comedy ?How to Be a Gentleman? (with Kevin Dillon), The CW reality show ?H8R,? NBC?s remake of the British comedy of the same name, ?Free Agents? (the original is airing on BBC America on Saturday nights), and one of the most talked about programs of the season, ?The Playboy Club.?

    With shows dropping like flies, AccessHollywood.com takes a look back at 10 of the biggest flops of the last five years that failed to last for a full season.

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    10. ?Kings,? 2009 (NBC)
    Brit Ian McShane brought his icy stares and weighty presence as King Silas Benjamin to NBC in the big budget series ?Kings? in 2009. Also starring newcomer Aussie Christopher Egan, and eventual ?Gossip Girl? guy Sebastian Stan, the high-on-effects drama ? about loyalty, politics and betrayal went from hot to just plain lukewarm with the viewers who dipped off as the weeks rolled on between March and April. NBC took a break from the show after its first five outings, running seven more in the summer of 2009 before saying goodbye for good.

    9. ?Day Break,? 2006 (ABC)
    ?Day Break? made its premiere outing on ABC?s primetime schedule in 2006. Like a serious ?Groundhog Day,? the series followed the story of Detective Brett Hopper (Taye Diggs), who was trapped repeating the same 24-hour cycle, as he attempted to figure out who set him up for murder. The supporting cast included Moon Bloodgood as Rita Shelten ? Hopper?s girlfriend ? and ?The X Files? star Mitch Pileggi as a fellow detective, but audiences decided not to revisit the past, and changed the channel. Ramon Rodriguez, of the newly canceled ?Charlie?s Angels,? was also a part of the cast.

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    8. ?New Amsterdam,? 2008 (FOX)
    Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau rode a wave of hype stateside as John Amsterdam, a NYPD homicide detective stuck living an immortal life, following a brave act in the 1600?s. A cancellation meant fans never got to see John find true love ? the one thing that would break the spell, but these days the actor has found life again as Jamie Lannister on HBO?s ?Game of Thrones.?

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    7. ?The Bionic Woman,? 2007 (NBC)
    Sci-fi American drama ?The Bionic Woman? crashed into NBC?s primetime lineup in 2007, propelled by some super-powered hype. Brit Michelle Ryan played Jamie Sommers, who was saved from death after surgically receiving bionics ? bionics she was asked to use by those who brought her back from the brink. The reboot?s premiere ? in September 2007 ? packed a punch, beating the Season 3 premiere of ?Grey?s Anatomy.? But, ratings plummeted by November, just as the Writers Guild of America strike began, putting the show on hiatus. While the strike ended, ?The Bionic Woman? stayed permanently on ice.

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    6. ?Six Degrees,? 2006 (ABC)
    An American drama series, ?Six Degrees? had a nice lead in, following ?Grey?s Anatomy? in 2006. Starring Erika Christensen, a post-?Hostel? Jay Hernandez and ?Sex and The City?s? Bridget Moynahan, the plots were various, but connections between the characters worked in. It exited screens in November 2006 after low ratings, but came back for one more (dismal) try in March 2007 before it was canceled for good.

    5. ?Lone Star,? 2010 (FOX)
    It seemed like a Texas-sized treat ? with lots of big oil drama ? when ?Lone Star? made its debut on FOX in 2010. The show centered around a handsome conman who led a secret double life, pulling jobs in two different towns ? and on two different women. Unfortunately, while series star James Wolk was being touted as a young George Clooney, it ran out gas with TV watchers after two low-rated episodes.

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    4. ?The Beautiful Life: TBL,? 2009 (The CW)
    ?The O.C.?s? Mischa Barton retuned to The CW as messed up supermodel Sonja Stone on ?The Beautiful Life: TBL.? Aside from Mischa?s character, the project ? from executive producer Ashton Kutcher ? also focused on a group of male and female models sharing a residence in New York City as they tried to make it. The show itself didn?t, drawing just 1.38 million viewers before it got a designer boot after just two episodes.

    3. ?Viva Laughlin,? 2007 (CBS)
    They double downed, combing a storyline about a guy trying to jump start a casino in a locale that isn?t Las Vegas, with pre-?Glee? musical numbers, but ?Viva Laughlin? ? even with Hugh Jackman on board as an executive producer and guest star ? bombed, and CBS yanked the series after just two episodes.

    2. ?Emily?s Reasons Why Not,? 2006 (ABC)
    After a charming run as Dr. Molly Clock on NBC?s ?Scrubs,? Heather Graham got her own comedy in 2006 with the ?Sex and the City?-styled ?Emily?s Reasons Why Not.? Focusing on Emily (Graham), a successful author of self-help books who was less successful at dating, ?ERWN? was heavily promoted by ABC, but yanked after its premiere. ?We felt like, unfortunately, it was not going to get better,? ABC?s then-network president, Stephen McPherson, told reporters at the time.

    1. ?Cavemen,? 2007 (ABC)
    Inspired by a popular series of GEICO insurance ads, ?Cavemen? rode a prehistoric wave to ABC in 2007. The show, centered around three Cro-Magnon men who were trying to make their way through dating in the modern world ? without their trusty clubs ? piqued the interest of more than 9 million viewers in its premiere outing. Viewers, however, went the way of the dinosaurs, and ABC axed the show after six episodes.

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    Exclusive: Alberta: EU oil sands ranking threatens ties

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) ? The government of Alberta, home to the bulk of Canada's oil sands, has written to EU experts voicing "grave concerns" that the bloc's plans to rank unconventional oil as a highly polluting fuel are unfair and a potential threat to trade ties. With the letter, the provincial government joins Ottawa and the oil industry in a Canadian full-court press to sway the European Union away from labeling one of the country's most lucrative exports as inherently dirty.

    EU says can defend Canada oil sands plan at WTO: letter

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union proposals to rank Canadian oil sands as a highly polluting fuel can probably be defended if Ottawa challenges the move at the World Trade Organization (WTO), legal advisers to the EU's executive have said. "The Commission's Legal Service has provided reassurance that the greenhouse gas methodology set out in the implementing directive... may probably be defended in the case of a challenge before the WTO," said a letter sent to EU government experts by the bloc's executive, seen by Reuters on Friday.

    Green groups lose Alberta power plant appeal bid

    CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Environmental groups have lost a bid to overturn an Alberta regulator's approval of a coal-fired power plant in the province that they had argued was fast-tracked to avoid upcoming federal carbon-reduction regulations. A judge ruled she would not allow Ecojustice, arguing on behalf of the Pembina Institute, to appeal the Alberta Utilities Commission's approval of Maxim Power Corp's Milner plant near Grand Cache, because the commission had examined the application for 28 months when it gave its interim approval in June.

    Flaherty urges progress on European crisis

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Friday he was very concerned about delays in addressing the European debt crisis because it could endanger the global economy, but he remained confident of modest North American growth "We need to get to the goal and delay is the enemy. All they have to do is look at the markets, look at the bond spreads, look at what is happening to certain countries in the world that are going to have to bear an awful lot of the premium to borrow money, so we need to sort that out and get to a conclusion," Flaherty told reporters.

    Canada's Libya mission to end in two weeks

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will be contacting its allies in the next few days and arranging for the early end of its Libyan military mission, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Thursday. "Our government shall be speaking with our allies to prepare for the end of our military mission in the next few days," Harper said in a statement to reporters in which he also welcomed the news of Gaddafi's death.

    Further study urged on virus found in Pacific salmon

    SEATTLE (Reuters) - U.S. senators from Alaska and Washington state called on Thursday for more investigation of a contagious and lethal fish virus recently detected for the first time in wild Pacific salmon, alarming marine scientists. The infectious salmon anemia virus, previously limited to Atlantic salmon -- including an outbreak that ravaged Chile's farm-raised salmon industry in 2007 and 2008 -- was found in two out of 48 young sockeye salmon sampled from a British Columbia river inlet, researchers said.

    Core inflation hits near 3-year high

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's annual core inflation rate jumped in September to its highest level in nearly three years, causing traders to scale back the likelihood of central bank interest rate cut this year or next. The core rate sped up more than expected to 2.2 percent from 1.9 percent in August, according to Statistics Canada data on Friday. The core index is considered a better gauge of price trends because it excludes eight volatile items including gasoline and food.

    Air Canada, cabin crew union to avoid strike

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Air Canada and its flight attendants' union on Thursday agreed to avoid a strike and let an arbitrator resolve a bitter and drawn-out labor dispute. Hearings will commence October 28 and a binding arbitration award will be issued on or before November 7, the two sides said in separate statements.

    Canada, EU say face hard work on trade treaty

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada and the European Union will need to put in "quite a lot of hard work" to settle several key differences in talks on a proposed free trade deal, a senior official said on Thursday. Canada, keen to diversify its exports away from the United States, opened a ninth round of negotiations with the European Union in Ottawa on Monday on a deal that both sides hope will be ready next year. The talks are due to end on Friday.

    Canada selects shipyards to modernize Navy

    TORONTO/OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will sign contracts with shipyards in Nova Scotia and British Columbia under a C$35 billion ($35 billion) shipbuilding program, the largest in the NATO country's history. The government set up the program to revive Canada's shipbuilding industry while modernizing its Navy and Coast Guard, which are still operating some ships that are a half-century old.

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