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...having to deal with menial chores and talk on the phone at the same time. Sullenberger and [co-pilot] Jeffrey Skiles disarmed a bomb on a three-minute fuse. They did it by concentrating on the two really important matters - how to get the engines started, and where to land. They could have done it in a Boeing, too. But it was helpful to their immediate cause that they were working with the product of [Airbus engineer Bernard] Ziegler's mind, in which computers took care of the menial chores, then conjured up a magic carpet for them...
...Commit a Felony: Something just serious enough to land you one night in jail with minimal bail. We recommend public drunkenness...
...says that dreams might actually physiologically help our brains prepare for the mental activities ahead—a sort of mental warm-up. FM thinks up a couple of dreams and what they might be prepping for. Dream: You’re in a strange land surrounded by books and drool, and guards are laughing at you as the sun rises. Oh...wait...damn...again? Predictions: You will subsist for the next six hours on coffee. You will pass out briefly in a random, uncomfortable locale that is NOT your or anyone else?...
...Supreme Court is expected to announce its decision sometime in the spring of 2010. Till then, the machine-or-transformation test is the law of the land and the patent office is rejecting applications based on the test...
...name is mentioned just once, when Ndesandjo thanks several people, including "Barack," in the foreword. With this book, Ndesandjo says he's stepping into the public eye in order to raise awareness of domestic violence, promote volunteerism and share his tale of starting a new life in a new land. "I am an Obama, and a large part of my life was a repudiation of that," Ndesandjo tells TIME. "To a certain extent, my brother ... opened my eyes to things that I had left behind for a long time." (Ndesandjo is still reticent about detailing his personal life beyond...