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...Mateo, Calif., whose book, Crossing the Chasm, has shaped Segway?s strategy for conquering the recalcitrant market-point out that there are just too many little problems associated with owning a Segway to make the $5,000 you pay to own one seem worthwhile. (Where do you park it? Where can you ride it without angering pedestrians?) In any case, for most urbanites, hopping on a bike or simply walking a little more seems a fine alternative to shelling out so much money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What the Recall Reveals About Segway | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

...life, Stayner's kidnapper told him that his dad had died and his mother had signed custody of Stayner over to the kidnapper. "If you can convince a child that their parents don't care, then you own them," says J. Michael Bone, a mental health counselor in Winter Park...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Kidnapper's Trick | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

...Will Boratmania conquer North America as it has Toronto? I hope so, since it's the most inventive, assaultive - and just plain funny comedy since South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. One clue to the movie's early power is the unease it has sparked among the presumed objects of its ridicule. The real Kazakhstan, perhaps taking a hint from Kurdistan's recent ad campaign promoting itself as "the other Iraq," is busily devising a publicity effort to counter Borat's supposed national slander...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Borat Takes Toronto | 9/13/2006 | See Source »

...fact, seven Colorado counties are the top seven ranked counties in the nation, all with a life expectancy of 81.3 years. And it hardly seems coincidental that all seven - Clear Creek, Eagle, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Park and Summit - lie either on, near or adjoining the Continental Divide and are spectacularly beautiful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where You Will Live the Longest | 9/12/2006 | See Source »

...recreation? Of the top seven counties, Gilpin has a state park, portions of two national forests, and no supermarkets; Grand County is the western portal to the state's most primo real estate, Rocky Mountain National Park; and Summit has three ski areas: Breckenridge, Copper Mountain and Keystone. Eagle County (where Vail is located) has 19,316 registered voters and 44,421 registered vehicles, an average of 2 1/2 vehicles per voter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where You Will Live the Longest | 9/12/2006 | See Source »

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