Steve Jobs Officially Recognized contribution to World Music

Although during the late Steve Jobs is known as a technology leader, but was judged Jobs has given many contributions to the world of music. Monday (2/13/2012), the founder of Apple was awarded the Grammy Trustees Award.

What are the services Jobs in the music industry? The answer is the media iPod music player and online music store iTunes Store.

Steve Jobs is not the person who created the iPod. But Jobs quickly saw an opportunity when Tony Fadell seeking funding for digital music players are small. The result, Apple's iPod has changed the way a person in the enjoyment of music.

When the iPod was first launched, many people think that Apple is no longer focused on the computer. But Jobs said, Apple is a company that is always innovating. "The music we hear is the soundtrack of our lives in this world," said Jobs.

iPod became the biggest-selling media player in the world.

Jobs are also considered to participate against online music piracy. On 28 April 2003, Jobs launched the iTunes Music Store, a place where one can download music files legally.

Before the iTunes Store any, to purchase digital music is very annoying. People prefer to piracy because it's easier, they spontaneously filter out all the tracks in one album. Apple's online music store all the ease comes with a music album and a collection of various labels.

iTunes Store is considered to have saved the music industry. Since 2008, the iTunes Store became the largest online music retailer in the United States.

Because these services, Jobs is considered to have given many important contributions to the world and the music industry. Grammy Award for Jobs received by Eddy Cue, Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Service Apple, in Los Angeles on Saturday (11/02/2012).

"Music means so much to Steve Jobs. He tells us that music has formed his life," Cue said when accepting the award.

Cue at the end of the show also said that Jobs really liked the works of Bob Dylan and The Beatles. It is they who have made the soundtrack in Jobs life.

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Google's reputation shifted Apple

    Apple store in Grand Central Station, New York

Apple is a company with the best reputations in the year 2012, the company set aside the search engine Google.

The results of this study is the research conducted by Harris Interactive agency, in a report to the Reputation Quotient-13.

Google, which according to Harris Interactive research had previously been in the position of a company's reputation for the best, must be willing to go down because it is shifted by Apple.

Apple also managed to beat a number of other large companies, like Coca-Cola, Amazon, and Kraft.

"Companies like Apple, Google and Amazon.com combines innovation and leadership in several business areas, thus giving the company a competitive advantage," said Robert Fronk, Executive Vice President of Harris Interactive.

According to the research, Apple also won the Reputation Quotient score of 85.62. This is the biggest score in the history of Reputation Quotient study ever conducted Harris Interactive.

Apple also is at the top in four of the six dimensions of reputation, the financial performance, products and services, vision and leadership, and work environment.

Meanwhile, Apple lost from Whole Foods on the dimensions of social responsibility, and lost to Amazon on the dimensions of emotional approach.

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"The Dark Knight Rises" unveils action-packed trailer

A new trailer for "The Dark Knight Rises" has arrived.

Moviegoers who saw certain IMAX screenings of "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol," were treated to a six-minute prologue of Christopher Nolan's new Batman film, but those who saw it on standard screens still got to see the latest teaser.

The clip opens on a young boy singing the national anthem at a football game, as the villain Bane (Tom Hardy) wreaks mayhem at the stadium.

It also gives a closer look at Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle (aka Catwoman).

"A storm is coming, Mr. Wayne," she warns Bruce Wayne (Christain Bale, reprising his role as the Caped Crusader) as the two dance at a gala. "And you and your friends better batten down the hatches."

Gary Oldman returns as Commissioner Gordon, Michael Caine is back as Alfred, and Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard also star in the film.

"The Dark Knight Rises" opens in theaters on July 20, 2012.

Tell us: What do you think of the trailer?

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Philippines flood death toll nears 1,000

The Philippine government shipped more than 400 coffins Tuesday to two flood-stricken cities in the south where the death toll neared 1,000 as President Benigno Aquino III declared a state of national calamity and relief agencies rushed to help.
The latest count listed 957 dead and 49 missing and is set to climb further as additional bodies are being recovered from the sea and mud in Iligan and Cagayan de Oro cities.

CBS News' Barnaby Lo reports that the biggest problems for officials in Iligan, at the epicenter of the flooding, are the shortage of coffins for the dead, and food and clean drinking water for the survivors. He says there are long lines for water all around the city, and evacuation centers remain overcrowded.

A mass burial was to be held later Tuesday in Iligan, reports Lo. Local officials say it's necessary to prevent the health risk to the public, but families who still can't find their loved ones are appealing to the government not to bury unidentified dead.

A handful of morgues are overwhelmed and running out of coffins and formaldehyde for embalming. Aid workers appealed for bottled water, blankets, tents and clothes for many of 45,000 displaced in crowded evacuation centers.

Navy sailors in Manila loaded a ship with 437 white, wooden coffins to help local authorities handle the staggering number of dead. Also on the way were containers with thousands of water bottles.

Most of the dead were women and children who drowned Friday night when flash floods triggered by a tropical storm gushed into homes while people were asleep.

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10 Tricks for you to Learning Effective

Some might believe that success in learning comes into its own. Nothing wrong with it, when there is success in his studies, but he did not look very hard effort. However, most students actually achieve success by developing and applying effective study habits? Well, 10 the following trick might be a guide for you who is looking for the best way of learning.

1. Do not try to impose learn in one session

Typically, successful students always take the time to study shorter and rarely impose studied thoroughly in one or two sessions. The key, learn to be consistent and do on a regular basis even in a short time.

2. Plan when you will learn

If you want to succeed in learning, draw up a schedule with specific times during the week. And try to be assertive with the schedule that you have created. Those who studied sporadically, usually do not perform as well as students who have set the time to study the discipline.

3. Learn at the same time

Not only is important to plan a schedule of when to learn, but, you also learn to be consistent with the routine of daily learning. When you learn at the same time every day and every week, then it will become a routine part of your life. Mentally and emotionally, you'll be better prepared during study sessions arrive and certainly more productive.

4. Each learning activity should have a specific purpose

Assuming a simple learning without a clear direction will not be effective. You need to know clearly what you need in every learning opportunity. Before starting to learn, set the goal of learning what you do. This will support the overall academic goals.

5. Never put off learning

It is very easy to cancel a general study sessions you had planned because it is not interested in the field of study, or you have other things to do, or because a given task is very difficult to do.

Students who had not been put off time to learn. If you do, your learning becomes ineffective and you will not get what it needs. The delay would also cause chaos and become the number one cause of failure.

6. Start with the most difficult lessons

Tasks or the hardest lesson will take some effort, mental, and the greatest energy. You should start with this. Once you can resolve the most serious task, it will be easier to finish the rest. Believe it or not, starting with the most difficult job will bring a huge increase for the effectiveness of study sessions and your academic performance.

7. Always review your notes before starting work on the task

Thing is for sure, before you can review the records you have, then you must have a note. Make sure that you always make a good record during the class. Before starting any study sessions and the main tasks to be completed, make sure you know how to do it correctly.

8. Make sure there is no interference during learning

Find a safe place to learn from the disorder. When you are distracted while learning then it would break the concentration and learning activities become ineffective.

9. Take advantage of study groups with effective

Ever heard the saying, "Two heads are better than one head". This saying may be true to be applied in learning activities. Learning in groups will bring a number of advantages, among others, get help from other students when you are struggling to understand a concept, complete tasks more quickly, and share knowledge with other students who will help them and yourself to internalize the problem. However, the study group will be ineffective when group members are not structured and minimal preparation.

10. Review notes, tasks, and other materials every weekend

Students who are successful are usually always reviewing what they learned during the week in every weekend. This will make them better prepared to continue learning new concepts in the next week.

Rest assured, when applying these tricks in learning will bring changes and a significant increase in the academic record and success of your studies. The key, do not despair!

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The death of Kim Jong-Il Worrying World

The death of North Korean leader, Kim Jong-Il, has sent shock waves throughout the world. But analysts play down fears of turbulence in the nuclear-armed country. They say, a well-planned succession is underway there.

The official announcement on Monday (12/19/2011) in North Korean media, which revealed Kim's death two days earlier at age 69, according to some analysts, makes clear that his youngest son who was also his successor is Jong-Un had been in power - at least for now.

South Korea has ordered its military to guard, but when the conversation turned to the threat of war, President Lee Myung-Bak to ask people to remain calm. "I think there will be no turbulence or directly in the internal political turmoil in North Korea or foreign affairs," said Paik Hak-Soon of thin-thank institutes Seoul, Sejong Institute.

North Korean media has asked the country's people to follow the leadership of Jong-Un. The state news agency was calling him a "great successor". "All party members, civil servants and the people have remained faithful to the guidance of Kim Jong-Un and gentlemen," the agency said.

Analysts state that alone, which has long worried the international community with its nuclear capabilities and his actions erratic, ignoring concerns about the power struggles that occur directly or military coup. "(The announcement of death) clearly shows that Jong-Un is definitely in power, and all the key officials under the Kim Jong-Il has been decided during the last two days since the death of Kim Jong-Un to support the new leader," said Paik .

"The top North Korean officials have cleared everything, and the regime appears to be stable under a new leader. I do not expect any fluctuation or power struggles within the regime's future. The era of Kim Jong-Un has already begun," said Paik.

So far, only little is known about Kim Jong-Un, a Swiss-educated youth who are now expected to extend the Kim dynasty into a third generation. He is known only in their 20s end. Profile only slightly known to the public until his father suffered a stroke in 2008, which forced an accelerated succession plan. In September 2010 he was given a senior position in the ruling party and given the rank of four-star general, though he was little military experience. Since then, he has been constantly at his side.

Sister Kim Jong-il, Kim Kyong-Hui and her husband Jang Song-Thaek, pemipin unofficial number two country, it is hoped will act as a mentor and support the leadership of Jong-Un.

Baek Seung-Joo of the Korea Institute for Defense Analysis said that North Korea has fully prepared for the death of Kim since a stroke in August 2008. "For a while, the military and the family will strive to support Kim Jong-Un Kim as their leader and unite around him," said Baek.

But the young leader, who headed into the position with little experience and a number of challenges including severe food shortages, are not expected to take an ambitious agenda. "Kim Jong-Un is not expected to make drastic policy changes when trying to glue his leadership. He will try to share power or to build a strategic alliance with military leaders," said Baek.

"A power struggle may be in the future, which would create barriers to succession as Jong-Un did not actually pocket the full support of the public," he said. He added that the lack of popular support makes it vulnerable.

Kim Tae-Hyun, a professor at Chung-Ang University in Seoul, agreed that the son of Kim Jong-Il seems to have been in power with military support and the party - and that the regime has an interest in maintaining the status quo.

North Korea's relations with South Korea have chilled since two deadly border incidents are blamed on North Korea last year. But Paik said the new leadership was not possible to take a confrontational approach against his old enemy the United States and South Korea, at least for some time. "The country needs a lot of help and daily needs to be given to people in politics mark the anniversary of the year 2012," said Paik. He referred to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the country's founding president, Kim Il-Sung.

News Kim Jong-Il's death comes amid intense diplomatic efforts to revive six-party talks North Korea's nuclear program. "Regarding the nuclear talks, the North will also likely take a more cooperative attitude to get what they want," says Paek. "They will probably progress to renew negotiations with the U.S. after the mourning period is over."

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There Dog Tracking Money in Argentina

Dogs to sniff out drugs is not new. However, in Argentina there are forces capable of sniffing dog who saved money in the suitcase.

Argentina has 300 dogs with that capability. They are deployed in the border country. Task type dogs and Labrador retrievers sniffed the money that is not reported to the immigration. What they are sniffing a banknote ink.

Last week, special forces found the cash amount is U.S. $ 30,000 hidden in the spare tire of a BMW car that will cross into Uruguay, Buenos Aires Herald newspaper reported. Legal limit of carrying cash in or out of Argentina is 10,000 U.S. dollars.

Seara border patrol gives special attention to crossing the border with Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia.

But Argentina is not the only country that has a dog with special abilities. In 2008, a cocker spaniel found 250,000 U.S. dollars at the airport in Milan, Italy.

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