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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Unofficial Steve Jobs action figure is so realistic it's creepy
By Rosa Golijan
In Icons via The Verge
I adore action figures and I respect Apple's late co-founder Steve Jobs, but the Steve Jobs action figure that's supposedly becoming available in late February makes me want to run away screaming.
Just look at it! It's so realistic that it's genuinely a little bit unnerving.
The Verge's Joseph L. Flatley seems to agree with my assessment???though he prefers to describe the action figure as "pretty awesome" yet almost "Uncanny Valley-creepy."
Flatley reports that the?1:6 scale figure will be distributed by a company called DiD Corp., cost a hundred bucks (plus shipping) once it becomes available in February, and have some remarkable characteristics. Creepily remarkable characteristics, that is:
The company wants you to take note of [the action figure's] "piercing eyes of soul" that will "always remind you to stay hungry, stay foolish and to follow your heart in the limited life."
Am I the only one shuddering? Must be all those creepy beady-eyed dolls I encountered as a child.
It's worth noting that DiD Corp.'s figurine isn't the first of its kind. Toward the end of 2010,?Steve Jobs action figures were sold through and by a website called M.I.C. Gadget. The fun didn't last long though, because a law firm representing Apple quickly requested that the company cease marketing and selling the action figure.
Will the (far more realistic) action figure offered DiD Corp. suffer the same fate? We'll just have to wait and see.
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
New year brings new attacks on evolution in schools
The new year is bringing new controversy over teaching evolution in public schools, with two bills in New Hampshire seeking to require teachers to teach the theory more as philosophy than science.
Meanwhile, an Indiana state senator has introduced a bill that would allow school boards to require the teaching of creationism.
New Hampshire House Bill 1148 would "require evolution to be taught in the public schools of this state as a theory, including the theorists' political and ideological viewpoints and their position on the concept of atheism."
The second proposal in the New Hampshire House, HB 1457, does not mention evolution specifically but would "require science teachers to instruct pupils that proper scientific inquire [sic] results from not committing to any one theory or hypothesis, no matter how firmly it appears to be established, and that scientific and technological innovations based on new evidence can challenge accepted scientific theories or modes."
Innovation can indeed overturn old ideas, but the theory of evolution is too well-established to be tossed out like yesterday's garbage, scientists say.
"Bill 1457 turns skepticism into bewilderment," said Zen Faulkes, a biology professor at the University of Texas, Pan America. "It would ask teachers to say to students, 'Don't commit to the hypothesis that uranium has more protons than carbon,' or 'Remember, kids, tomorrow we might find out that DNA is not the main molecule that carries genetic information.' Evolution is as much a fact as either of those things, so it should be taught with the same confidence."
Religion and science
The theory of evolution has become a flashpoint for religious conservatives, many of whom argue that the idea of life evolving over billions of years clashes with Biblical beliefs. Republican State Rep. Gary Hopper, who with his Republican district mate John Burt introduced HB 1457, told the Concord Monitor that the theory of evolution teaches students that life is nothing but an accident.
"I want to introduce children to the idea that they have a purpose for being here," Hopper told the newspaper.
Hopper said he would like to see intelligent design, or the idea that a creator sparked life's development, taught in schools, but that he did not write the requirement into his bill because similar attempts have failed around the country.
Jerry Bergevin, a Republican who introduced HB 1148, went further, telling the Concord Monitor that atheism was linked to Nazism and the 1999 Columbine school shooting.
"I want the full portrait of evolution and the people who came up with the idea to be presented," Bergevin said. "It's a worldview and it's godless."
New Hampshire isn't the only state where battle lines have been drawn over evolution. In 2011, at least seven states considered bills that would limit the teaching of evolution in public schools. Anti-evolution bills in the last several years have failed except in Louisiana. That 2008 law gives teachers the right to bring in supplemental classroom materials that teach ideas contrary to established science in fields including evolution, climate change and the origin of life. ?
Doomed to failure?
New Hampshire's two bills are set for hearings in the state's House Education Committee in February. Nashua Telegraph columnist David Brooks, who has been following their course, said bills related to evolution in public schools are rare in the state. The last time evolution was an issue was in 1994.
Brooks added that New Hampshire, with 1.3 million people, has 400 state representatives, each of whom gets paid $100 a year to serve. "Most of them are volunteers, many of them are retirees, so a lot of unusual bills get proposed," Brooks told LiveScience. "So the fact that an unusual bill gets proposed in New Hampshire is not always as big a deal as it would be in other states."
Indiana's proposal, state Senate Bill 89, would require that "the governing body of a school corporation may require the teaching of various theories concerning the origin of life, including creation science, within the school corporation." [7 Theories on the Origin of Life]
"This is a bill that directly promotes that teaching of creation science," said Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education, a nonprofit organization in Oakland, Calif., that defends the teaching of evolution and climate change in public schools.
"What a dinosaur. Bills specifically saying 'Thou shalt teach creation science' haven't been around for a couple of decades," Scott told LiveScience.
That's because a 1987 Supreme Court decision in the case Edwards v. Aguillard found that teaching creationism as science in public schools is unconstitutional. Any laws passed requiring the teaching of creationism would thus be thrown out by the courts.
Nevertheless, Scott said, the NCSE is keeping a close eye on state legislatures around the country. The organization helps local groups oppose anti-evolution legislation.
"Teaching students that scientific explanations that are not controversial are controversial is mis-educating them," Scott said. "And that's why these bills are bad."
You can follow LiveScience senior writer Stephanie Pappas on Twitter @sipappas. Follow LiveScience for the latest in science news and discoveries on Twitter @livescienceand on Facebook.
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Monday, January 2, 2012
Andrew Luck, sustainability, and unsportsmanlike comments
Andrew Luck easing up on course load with an urban sustainability class? Don't diss sustainability!
In this morning's SF Chronicle,?Scott Ostler writes?about Stanford QB Andrew Luck's choice to take easy classes this semester as he focused on his Saturday games and his chance to win the Heisman Trophy. Here is the quote that caught my eye.?
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"Luck needs two more classes to graduate. He will skip the upcoming winter quarter to prep for an NFL career, then come back in the spring to pick up the classes.
Luck did dial it back a tad academically this past quarter, as he dealt with Heisman Trophy hoopla and Stanford football. But it's relative.A month ago he told me, "At this point you realize, 'I'm not going to take classes in school that are going to tax my time completely.' Which is not to say that I don't put the effort into the classes. But I'm not going to take the maximum amount of units, or a hard studio class for architecture."Luck said he took two art history classes and a course in urban sustainability, whatever that is. Easy courses?"I wouldn't call 'em easy," Luck said, uneasily, "but on the lighter workload side. I wouldn't want to disrespect the professors."You know how big-time football stars hate to disrespect their professors.Luck, due to some oversight, never received the?College?Superstar Athlete Manual. He attends classes, gets good grades (around a 3.5 GPA), rides his bicycle around campus and lived in the dorm his first three years."?
So, Dr. Ostler --- you dare to mock "urban sustainability"? ? Allow me to offer you a short course on this subject.
You have a job at the SF Chronicle because there is a city called San Francisco. ?If there were no cities, you would be a farmer and would spend your days doing hard work just to make sure that your family has something to eat. ?You wouldn't have a tractor because such farming equipment is made in cities.Good luck using your hands and other primitive tools.
All over the world, billions of people are moving to cities and becoming richer because they are moving to cities. ?If everyone in India and China achieves the American Dream of earning a good wage and then buying a home and a car and consuming electricity, will we run out of oil and other natural resources? Will we unintentionally exacerbate the challenge of climate change because of the fossil fuels we use in powering our economy? ? Could we unintentionally kill off the golden goose because our cities are growing? ?These are some of the major themes of urban sustainability? ?You and Mr. Luck should pay more attention in class. This is an exciting field. If you would like to learn more, go to?this webpage?and start reading!
Now, maybe Stanford is to blame for not offering rigorous urban sustainability classes? ?I taught for one year at Stanford in 2003-2004 and was very happy with the students but I doubt that "urban sustainability" is taught by an economist. ? So, Mr. Luck's experience may be an example of why serious universities should be hiring more economists so that we can teach these classes. ?The rigorous tools of economics can be applied to many subjects that appear to be far removed from "supply and demand".
Dr. Ostler and Dr. Luck have both chosen to live in the San Francisco metropolitan area. ?It is well known to be a "Green City". ?Do they believe that this status was simply caused by god giving it good temperate climate and some topographical beauty? ?This is surely part of the equation but don't forget the human aspect. The area self selects liberal, educated, sophisticated people (think of Berkeley) and these folks vote for policies that further "green" the area.
This in ?a nutshell is "urban sustainability". ? When Andrew Luck is playing for the Colts in Indy, he may want to go back to his notes to think about how to make that city nicer. ?Don't simply blame the cold weather. ?Chicago is "green" these days. ?Why? ?Take a course in urban sustainability and stay awake this time!
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Sunday, January 1, 2012
Katy Perry And Russell Brand Divorce Details Emerge
Sources say a 'massive fight' led to Brand's divorce filing Friday.
By Jocelyn Vena
Katy Perry and Russell Brand
Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images
On Friday, Russell Brand filed for divorce from his pop-star wife, Katy Perry, after only a year of marriage. With the new year on the horizon, more details about what led to their split are emerging.
Sources told Us Weekly that the couple always fought, but in the time leading up to the divorce filing, the arguments had gotten more heated, leading to one "massive fight."
"She was like, 'F--- you. I'm going to do my own thing.' Russell replied, 'Fine, f--- you too,' " the source explained.
See a timeline of Katy Perry and Russell Brand's relationship.
Meanwhile, other sources close to the couple told E! News that the twosome had spent "a lot of time apart" as of late and that they have been having a number of "problems." TMZ further reports that those separate vacations were planned so that neither party would be in L.A. when the papers were filed.
The couple had been having problems for some time, and after trying to make it work, TMZ sources add that "it just wasn't there" anymore. Brand eventually filed for divorce first due to Perry's strong religious beliefs and background.
Other reports suggest that Brand and Perry may have had differing views about how they wanted to live their lives. The Daily Mail reports that recovering drug addict Brand didn't approve of Perry's friends (like fellow pop star Rihanna). He had reportedly asked her to "tone it down."
The split may be surprising for some given that in the past few weeks, the former couple had gushed about one another in various interviews. When Brand stopped by "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," he steadfastly denied that he and Perry had plans to divorce. "There are always rumors, aren't there? In the end, you have to just not engage with Internet technology, which is difficult, because a lot of the nude-women websites I quite enjoy," he joked.
"I've treated the whole Internet now like it's a wicked little liar," he added. "Yeah. I am really happily married. I'm married to Katy. Perpetually, until death do us part was the pledge."
In fact, when MTV News spoke to Perry at rehearsals for her "Saturday Night Live" hosting gig earlier this month, she noted that she was getting lots of advice from her soon-to-be ex-husband. "My husband, of course, every day I call him and I'm like, 'This happened,' and he's like, 'I know what that means, and here's the next play-by-play for tomorrow,' so he's gotten me really prepared for this week, thankfully."
Whatever happens next for these two in 2012, the comedian noted in a statement that he hoped to remain friends with Perry. "Sadly, Katy and I are ending our marriage. I will always adore her and I know we'll remain friends." Perry has remained mum since the news broke.
The couple kicked off their love affair at the 2009 VMAs when Brand was hosting and Perry was on hand as one of the night's performers. They later got engaged in India during a New Year's vacation months later. The pair married in a lavish affair in India in 2010. News of their split comes days after they sparked split rumors when they were seen separately over the Christmas holiday sans wedding rings.
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