ANDERSON COOPER, CNN HOST: Tonight, a number of major developments in the Michael Jackson investigation to tell you about. Let's get started.
We're going to show you video we first obtained of Michael Jackson's last full rehearsal. As well as my interview with the men who saw him last the night before he died at the Staples Center.
Also, confirmation Debbie Rowe may fight for custody of two of Jackson's children. We'll have all the developments on that.
But we begin with potentially significant breaking news, news you'll only see here on 360. As you know a registered nurse who had worked for Jackson three months ago has claimed he asked her for a powerful intravenous sedative drug three months before his death.
Tonight, new information on Jackson's history with potent sleep drugs -- 360 M.D. Sanjay Gupta has been on the trail of a doctor who we've learned worked for Jackson on tour in the late 1990s, an anesthesiologist himself with a checkered medical past. Sanjay what have you learned?
DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, I'll tell you. We know several things now. Sources close to Michael Jackson tell us that during the "History" tour back in '96 and '97 Jackson was actually traveling with what looked like a mini clinic, including an IV pole, drips and what looked like a rack with lights and monitors and such.
Sources who had the opportunity to see Jackson at various points during the tour say Jackson was traveling with at least two doctors and one of whom was anesthesiologist Dr. Neil Ratner.
Now, one source said he asked Ratner about all this elaborate equipment, and Ratner said he was there because Michael simply couldn't sleep. Now Ratner went on to say, according to the source, "I take him down at night" -- referring to Jackson -- "and I bring him back up in the morning."
Now, a source said Michael Jackson often appeared groggy. And when the source asked Jackson about all of this equipment, he just said he needed sleep. So, it was pretty remarkable, Anderson, to just hear that so clearly. COOPER: Well Sanjay, I mean, over the past couple of nights we've talked to each other about how dangerous powerful anesthetics can be. Do we know anything about precautions taken to protect Jackson on this tour?
GUPTA: Yes, we do. Sources say that Ratner would keep the equipment in his hotel room, which would be next to Jackson's. And he would use that for monitoring Jackson's vital signs when he was asleep, or under, as the source put it.
Now, there was a "Vanity Fair" article that said a former business associate of Jackson's said the singer had a quote, "sleep disorder," and then Ratner confirmed that to us today on the phone.
But I really want to talk to him some more, so we tracked him down, Anderson, today at the Woodstock, New York, where he now lives with his wife. Here's what he had to say.
GUPTA (on camera): We've come here because your name was obviously associated with Michael Jackson. And people said that there was a question of whether or not you gave anesthesia to him while he was on tour. And we just wanted to come to the source, you, and hear and find out if that had happened.
DR. NEIL RATNER, FORMER PHYSICIAN OF MICHAEL JACKSON'S: I'm very upset. I'm distraught. Michael was a good person.
I can't talk about it right now. It's really something I don't want to talk about right now. I've lost a friend and I feel very badly about that.
RATNER: I don't want to talk about this topic at all now. I really have nothing to say about it right now. You know? The man hasn't had a funeral, and the man hasn't been buried. It's inappropriate. I don't want to talk about it right now. And I appreciate it if we could end this now.
GUPTA: So, who is Dr. Neil Ratner? Well, he's a board-certified doctor who, as we mentioned, served as one of Jackson's doctors on that "History" tour that spanned '96-'97; over 80 performances on that tour.
Now, Ratner was actually stripped of his medical license for three years back in 2002 after being found guilty of insurance fraud -- Anderson.
COOPER: So, back to the hotel rooms, the "History" tour. Did Ratner or your sources say anything about seeing -- there's been talk about this drug Diprivan or Propofol in the last couple days because of this registered nurse who said that Jackson asked her for that three months ago. And has the sources mention anything about that?
GUPTA: Well, there's no specific mention of those -- medication Propofol, also know as Diprivan, no specific medication. But it's worth noting that, now we're talking back in '97. At that time at least Propofol wasn't nearly as commonly used as it is today. But there weren't specific drugs mentioned, just that equipment -- Anderson.
COOPER: Is it odd to you as a medical doctor to have an anesthesiologist with somebody on a tour?
GUPTA: Completely odd. No question, very odd, and to have all that equipment as well. I've never heard of such a thing, to have that equipment outside some sort of medical setting. So you know, I'm hearing things that frankly I've never heard of before as a doctor.
COOPER: All right. Sanjay, obviously a lot still we don't know. And just to be clear, we do not know what, if any drugs, Michael Jackson was taking for insomnia or for any other reason. And we won't know until the toxicology reports are made public.
I talked with Jackson's concert promoter today, who told me at point blank the singer had passed a five-hour insurance physical with flying colors. That interview later on in this hour.
But I want to show you some of the last images ever recorded of Michael Jackson performing. This is Tuesday night, two days before he died; a full-length dress rehearsal for his upcoming show. Take a look.
COOPER: The tape a very vivid reminder that no matter what information comes out in the next weeks or days or months even, that tape reminds us all, that this is a story about a man who died far too soon, a remarkable performer the world has lost.
We're going to show you the whole tape later on this hour.
But first, there are other big developments to talk about involving custody of the two eldest Jackson children. A judge today pushing back the permanent guardianship hearing for Prince Michael and Paris Michael by a week to the 13th of July.
And word tonight that birth mother, Debbie Rowe, who was not mentioned in Jackson's will or specifically not mentioned in Jackson's will might -- we say might -- try to seek custody. Her lawyer saying, quote, "She has not reached a final decision."
RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): She is the woman Michael Jackson picked to have his children. And Debbie Rowe was happy to help, as she told "The Insider" back in 2005.
DEBBIE ROWE, MICHAEL JACKSON'S EX-WIFE: If someone needs something I'm there.
KAYE: Their brief marriage, which seemed to be more of an arrangement, gave Jackson two children, Michael Jr., now 12 and Paris, now 11. Rowe waived her parental rights in 2001 telling the Los Angeles court quote, "They are his children." All part of an $8.5 million settlement in which the pop star got full custody. Rowe explained on Fox in 2003.
ROWE: I did not leave my children. My children are with their father.
(on camera): Does Debbie Rowe have any custody rights at this point?
LISA BLOOM, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: As a biological mother, Debbie Rowe is first in line to get custody under California law, which favors a biological parent.
KAYE (voice-over): Rowe's attorney said tonight he had no reason to dispute KNBC's report but insisted she has not reached a final decision. Jackson's will names his mother, Katherine Jackson, as guardian.
BLOOM: Katherine Jackson can claim she's had no connection to these kids for a number of years, that makes her an unfit mother. But I don't think that will be enough for the courts to sever her parental rights.
KAYE (on camera): KNBC also reported, Debbie Rowe is willing to submit to psychological testing and DNA testing to prove she's the children's biological mother. Legal experts told me that will likely come into play in a custody showdown.
(voice-over): Rowe, now 50, lives on a horse farm about an hour outside Los Angeles. As part of her agreement with Jackson, she says she wasn't even allowed to have pictures of the children in the house. If she does decide to fight for custody and wins, she won't need the pictures. She'll have the real thing.
COOPER: It's a startling development today that we heard this. And again, according to her lawyer she has not yet made up her mind. Has there been any reaction from the Jackson family legal team at this point?
KAYE: We haven't heard from the lawyers today, but as you know yesterday, Anderson, the legal team did come out and say that they absolutely do not expect to have a custody battle on their hands.
But now it looks like they very well might. And from what legal experts have told me today, they think that the court may actually show some sympathy for Debbie Rowe. Because over the years -- even though a lot of people think that she abandoned her children -- over the years there were a couple of times where she actually tried to get custody of them and protect them.
Once when Michael Jackson was charged with child molestation and another time when she felt that he had been too closely associated with the Nation of Islam. And she felt that was dangerous for her children.
So, legal experts do believe that maybe the court will see that and maybe it will show that she cared and they may have a little sympathy for her.
COOPER: All right Randi Kaye, I appreciate it.
We're going to have more on the custody angle, next. Is this about what's best for the kids or is this about money for Debbie Rowe? We'll talk about that.
Let us know what's your take is. Join the live chat happening now at AC360.com.
A lot to talk about: a court hearing postponed. As we've mentioned, the case that Debbie Rowe might try to make. Senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin is here along with the Reverend Al Sharpton, who has been working with the Jackson family.
Later, a fuller look at the last known video of Michael Jackson on stage, the picture it does and does not paint of the performer's condition.
And also, my interview with the Jackson creative team, including the promotion company president who saw the star the night before he died who hugged him good-bye about 12:30 a.m. on Thursday morning. And what he says, ahead.
COOPER: Just two days before he died, Michael Jackson rehearsing with his dance company at the Staples Center. That was their final full rehearsal -- dress rehearsal for his comeback concert series. The footage just taken as I said just two nights before he died.
If not the warp-speed Jackson in his "Thriller" in bad days, he is certainly looking fit enough for a 50-year-old. I should be so lucky to look that fit at 50. In fact, the picture of health according to his top concert promoter.
He says Jackson passed a five-hour checkup with flying colors. We'll have more in a moment from him and members of Jackson's creative team. We will show you the entire tape later on.
President Obama today, also paying tribute to Michael Jackson today. Listen.
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I think that Michael Jackson is -- will go down in history as one of our greatest entertainers. I grew up on his music. I still have all of his stuff on my iPod. You know, I think that his brilliance as a performer also was paired with a tragic and you know, in many ways, sad personal life.
COOPER: That's President Obama today.
With us now: talking about all the late developments including custody arrangements, longtime Jackson confidant Reverend Al Sharpton; also longtime Jackson chronicler and CNN's senior legal analyst, Jeffrey Toobin.
Reverend Sharpton, let me start off with you. You're reaction to comments made by Debbie Rowe and her attorney that she may seek some sort of custody.
REV. AL SHARPTON, JACKSON FAMILY FRIEND: I don't have anything reaction to that. I mean, I've basically been one that have admired and respected Michael's value historically, and we've been trying to deal with that. I've not gotten into the private thing one way or another.
My personal view is no one can deny Katherine Jackson as the matriarch of that family. She has been a driving force, and I think the whole world respects and loves her, and I think her and her legal team will resolve whatever matters in their way. I don't get into that.
COOPER: You met with Joe Jackson today and other members of the Jackson family. Was there any discussion about that?
SHARPTON: No. Their discussion is preparing of course for whatever the services and the public celebration of his life. We've talked about the Apollo thing that I helped coordinate and preserving his legacy.
I mean, those of us in civil rights see him as the icon and want to make sure he's treated fairly. And we stay within that area.
I'm not a confidant in the sense of their legal family strategy. I want to just want to see him treated fairly. Elvis, Frank Sinatra, others had flaws that people talked about, but not to this degree. I don't know that any of this stuff about Michael is true. I just want him to be treated properly in history. That's all.
COOPER: Jeff, I want to play you a clip of Jermaine Jackson speaking to Larry King just moments ago.
LARRY KING, CNN HOST, "LARRY KING LIVE": What do you make of the ex-wife possibly seeking custody?
JERMAINE JACKSON, MICHAEL JACKSON'S BROTHER: Well see, Larry, the will is what it is, and the will was really written well. And it was executed by the executors and they did a great job. That's what it is.
KING: So, you don't think she has a shot?
JACKSON: Well, no. No because this is what Michael wanted. If we're looking at Michael, and it's all about Michael. This is what he wanted.
COOPER: Jeff, clearly this is about what Michael Jackson wanted. We're not sure now what Debbie Rowe wants. What do you make of her sort of stepping in now and saying well, maybe she does want to fight for custody.
JEFFREY TOOBIN, CNN SENIOR LEGAL ANALYST: Well, this could get complicated because ordinarily, the biological mother does have first claim. But this is, to put it mildly, not an ordinary situation. She's had virtually no relationship with the kids. Katherine Jackson has had a relationship with the kids.
But there's another factor here that we haven't mentioned yet, that's very important. What do the kids want? They're 12, 11 years old; Blanket is 7. A judge will ask the three of them who they want to live with. And that will have a big impact on the resolution of this case.
COOPER: Also, Debbie Rowe, to the extent that she had any involvement, being the biological mother it was only of two children. So if in fact they did award custody to her in any capacity that would actually be separating this family, which seems highly unlikely now.
TOOBIN: It does seem very unlikely. And one of the rules that judges try to follow -- they don't always follow it -- is, in a terribly traumatic situation like this, is you try to keep the siblings together. And Debbie Rowe has absolutely no claim on Blanket.
So, it does seem unlikely that she would have a -- that she would wind up with the children. But it is also true that the biological mother is favored under California law. So, it would not be a frivolous claim.
If you want to get cynical about the whole thing, I mean, she in essence sold the rights to these children for $8.5 million several years ago.
There could be another monetary settlement here. It's an ugly way to think about parenthood, but it's one way that it makes sense here.
COOPER: Well, I mean, clearly she hasn't thought much about parenthood over the life of these kids by her own admission in several interviews.
Jeff, do you think this is about money for her? I mean, do you think there's some sort of negotiating? She kind of rattles her saber and then sees what happens?
TOOBIN: Certainly that's a plausible interpretation. I don't know her well enough. I don't know all the circumstances well enough. But just from the fact that -- that are publicly available and her history with these children, it certainly is something that you could make an argument to a judge that this isn't about the children, this is about money.
COOPER: Reverend Sharpton, you've been focusing on the legacies, you said. And the -- what do we know about this memorial service that's going to take place now on Tuesday? Is it a done deal or it's going to take place on Tuesday?
SHARPTON: I think there will be an announcement in the morning. And I think by then they will have -- they will announce at that point what has been -- you know, what they've concluded. I think they're still conversing.
But I think you've got to remember, this is a mammoth task. And you're talking about a world historic figure -- people from all over the world would want to celebrate. There already have been celebrations like the one we did at the Apollo.
So, I think they're working out the details. This is an awesome task for the family and others that have done business with Michael. You're not talking about something they planned on and then you're talking about someone you can't easily give the kind of due that he's entitled to.
COOPER: I talked to officials from AEG live today, the company which was promoting the concerts. They say they have more than 100 hours of behind the scenes footage of Michael Jackson rehearsing, preparing for this concert.
They have this entire stage production which they put some $30 million into -- at this point already, they have the dancers. It's all done. They would like to see it seems some sort of tribute performance, not necessarily -- this is separate from what's going to occur on Tuesday. Is that something you would also like to see?
SHARPTON: I mean, I think that as you get by -- whatever happens in terms of the public memorial, if it's Tuesday, I think that we'd love to see a global celebration, maybe around his birthday with all kinds of people.
Michael was one of the few artists in the history of the world that every continent celebrated. And it would be wonderful to have him bring the world together one more time on his birthday or some date like that. That would be wonderful, that will be the spirit of Michael, uniting people across religious, and national, racial lines.
That was Michael Jackson -- not all of this who shot John, who did this -- but the spirit of unity and love, that's what Michael was about. And I think that that's what we ought to concentrate on.
COOPER: There has been increasing pushback from Jermaine Jackson during "LARRY KING." You were just saying tonight about the importance of focusing on his legacy.
Do you think it is appropriate to be asking questions about potential drug use, about what may be in the toxicology report? Things like that? I mean, clearly that is what reporters do. There's a lot of interest in that and there is a death involved here that is unanswered.
SHARPTON: I think that the reporters have a right to ask questions, but I don't think they ought to be the only questions.
I don't hear reporters asking about how Michael did "We are the World" for us and raise hundreds of millions of dollars for Africa before "Live Aid."
I don't hear them talk about the how he broke the racial barrier with MTV. I don't hear them talk about how Michael would come into communities and make sure poor kids had funds for their programs.
So, what I'm saying that I got involved is because I'm only hearing the negative. I hear all these stories about his family dysfunction. What are you talking about? When Michael was on trial, his mother and father and siblings walked in that courtroom every day and stood with him.
So, why don't we talk about the whole Michael and not just blow- up a small percentage? You have a right to ask the questions but when that's the only question, people like me come in and say, is that really being fair to the legacy of a person that did so much for so many?
COOPER: And but Tuesday you hope and expect that legacy to be on full display?
SHARPTON: I think whatever the family does, I think we all will respect. And I think there will be future dates as well when the whole world will say, you can say in the media what you want about Michael, those of us Michael touched know what Michael meant to us.
And that's why thousands surrounded the Apollo in the rain. Because they don't believe the hype, they know what Michael Jackson meant.
COOPER: Reverend Sharpton, we appreciate your time and Jeff Toobin as well.
We have a lot more ahead tonight. My conversation with AEG Live officials, the last people, the people who worked with him over these last weeks and months getting ready for this concert. Their recollection of their last moments with Michael Jackson, and how he seemed to them, early Thursday morning around 12:30 a.m. when they said good-bye to him at the Staples Center.
Also we'll show you the full tape of his final live dress rehearsal, ahead tonight.
COOPER: And we're live in Los Angeles tonight.
Just ahead, the video shown first on CNN today before you saw it anywhere else. It was shot just two days before Michael Jackson's death, during his last full rehearsal for his comeback concert series.
You'll see what he looked like. You'll also hear from four people who were with him on that night, his final night, on Wednesday night into Thursday morning. How did he seem to them? Find out.
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COOPER: Well, happy birthday to both of them.
Still ahead tonight, the last known video of Michael Jackson, as we said, made just two days before his death. It shows some onstage dancing, singing and not lip-synching we were told actually he's singing, preparing for his comeback concert series.
We'll show you more of the video ahead. You can judge for yourself how he appeared.
You'll also hear from four people who were with Jackson at his last two rehearsals.
MICHAEL BEARDEN, MUSICAL DIRECTOR, "THIS IS IT" TOUR: M.J. had a glow about him. He had his shoulders back, his head up. And he just looked great. He sounded great.
COOPER: Also tonight, a couple in crisis, and they can't seem to stop talking about it. Governor Mark Sanford's wife speaking out again about her cheating husband. The latest ahead.
We're live from Los Angeles.
COOPER: Tonight we know much more about the final days and hours of Michael Jackson's life, including how he looked, how he seemed onstage as he prepared for the comeback concert series that by any measure would have been grueling.
More now of the video made on June 23rd, two days before Michael Jackson died. It shows the last full rehearsal he took part in. And no one knew then of course, that these would be among the last images ever recorded of the pop legend on stage.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hold for applause. Hold for applause. Slow umbrella, fade out.
COOPER: Michael Jackson, perhaps where he felt most comfortable, on stage. That was Jackson on June 23rd, 48 hours before he died. The next day, Wednesday June 24th, Jackson had another rehearsal, less intensive session one that by all accounts went just as well as the day before. Today earlier I sat down with four people who were at both rehearsals. Randy Phillips, president of AEG Live, the promoter for the "This is it" concert series in London, Kenny Ortega, well-known show director and co-creator of this performance, choreographer Travis Payne and musical director Michael Bearden.
They told me Wednesday's rehearsal wrapped up at around 12:30 a.m. Thursday morning. They said good night to Jackson, not knowing it would be the last time they saw him alive. Listen.
COOPER: You were all with Michael Jackson Tuesday night and Wednesday night before he died. How did he seem?
MICHAEL BEARDEN, MUSICAL DIRECTOR, "THIS IS IT" TOUR: Michael looked great to me. He was happy. We did a long, exhaustive technical rehearsal maybe Tuesday or Wednesday. And then by the time we got him to the stage -- I would just like to describe this -- because my band just saw this. They were like, man, M.J. had a glow about him. He had his shoulders back, his head up and he just looked great. He sounded great.
COOPER: There are reports circulating that he didn't want to do all these shows, that he maybe didn't want to follow through on the commitment.
RANDY PHILLIPS, PRESIDENT & CEO, AEG LIVE: When we did the deal, I'm the one who did the deal with Michael because originally when we were doing this, we were going to do 30 shows. We didn't know how big it was going to be, nor did he. He was a little insecure about how the public would be him coming back after 12 1/2 years.
Normally when you promote concerts, if you're doing 30 shows, you don't put them all on sale at the same time because it's a disincentive for people to buy early.
COOPER: Initially, only ten shows were announced.
PHILLIPS: Ten shows and then we sold those out, we're going to roll into the next ten, roll into the next ten. It became relatively obvious in the first pre-registration on the Wednesday that this thing was unheralded. We had over 1 million registrations.
We knew we were going to blow through the 30 shows. I called a gentleman named Dr. Tomei who was managing Michael at the time and was his representative. I said, "Listen, we're going to blow through the 30 shows in the presale. We're going to have nothing left for the general public. We're going to need to add more shows. Will you talk to Michael?" Then he called Michael and then called me back and said Michael will go to 50 shows as long as you make sure "The Guinness Book of World Records" is there to record that.
COOPER: There is a report out by unnamed sources that he didn't want to do 50 shows. You're saying point blank that is not true.
PHILLIPS: That is absolutely not true.
KENNY ORTEGA, SHOW DIRECTOR, "THIS IS IT" TOUR: It's the way he wanted to do them. Michael wanted to make sure he had that sort of turnaround time. Because what Michael did when he went on stage, he put it out like no other performer, ever. He exhausted himself.
COOPER: What happened? What do you think happened to Michael Jackson? You saw him the night before he died.
PHILLIPS: We all saw him that night when he finished Wednesday night, 12:30 in the morning. I looked over and he, Kenny and Frank Dileo, who was managing him during the process, were hugging each other.
I walked him to the car. I was going to my car. He put his arm around me and with that soft voice of his, he whispered in my ear, "Thank you. We're going to get it there together. I know I can do this."
COOPER: Randy, I mean, you're a businessman. From a business standpoint did you have concerns about being in business with Michael Jackson? I mean, given his history on backing out on some concerts?
PHILLIPS: The answer, Anderson, is yes. It would be untruthful of me to say I wasn't. We had those concerns. I discussed it with the gentleman I worked for, Phil Anschutz, who owns the company, and Tim Leiweke.
But you know what, in very few times in anyone's career do you get a chance to touch greatness. OK? To me, it was worth taking that risk. And a reporter asked me if I would do it all over again? The answer is, "Hell, yes."
COOPER: As part of the business proposition, Michael had to undergo a medical examine to get insurance.
COOPER: Do you have the results of that exam? Was there a drug test for that exam?
PHILLIPS: The insurance carrier sent a doctor out from New York named Dr. David Slavic (ph), I believe; independent of us. We had nothing to do with it. He examined Michael for about five hours at his house. I think they went somewhere for some other tests. I'm sure there was a blood test.
We're obviously not privy to the patient/doctor relationship with that information. But the insurance broker told us that he passed with flying colors. OK? And that the only issue was slight hay fever.
COOPER: As you have been watching over the last several days allegations come out about drug use, what do you think?
PHILLIPS: Well, you know, I don't know because I wasn't with him 24/7. I've spent a lot of time with him.
All I know is the Michael Jackson that hugged me and said good night was a healthy, vibrant human being about to undertake the greatest undertaking of his life. OK? And something happened between 12:30 when he left us and the morning when I had to rush to the hospital when I got the first call.
COOPER: That night he did ask his doctor to stay overnight. Did any of you have any indication there may have been something wrong with him that night?
ORTEGA: He left happy. He looked into my eyes and said, are you happy? I said, I'm happy, I'm proud. It was an incredible night. I said, "Are you happy?" He said, "I'm very happy."
BEARDEN: As a matter of fact, I had to stay and wait for M.J. because his car was blocking mine. The security team was there. He's coming, I'm looking at him like, "Dude, I'm ready to go. I'm tired."
And he's looking at me and he says, "I'm sorry, Bearden." Then he goes, "I'm going to see you tomorrow. Are you happy today? It was a good day, though. Good day today? Yes."
He always had this thing like, "Yes."
COOPER: The decision to have a full-time doctor, was that his decision? Or was that AEG?
PHILLIPS: It was a debate. My production guy, Paul (INAUDIBLE) who was in charge of the budget, had a big fight with him because we wanted to hire a doctor in London. I mean, I know I could get in trouble for this. I know there are good doctors in Bangladesh. The shows weren't in Bangladesh. They were in London. It made no sense.
We spent a lot of money to take Dr. Murray -- Conrad Murray -- out of his practice, OK, but he went public with what to do. $150,000 a month plus travel plus hotels plus per diems. As producers of the show it made no sense with the doctors and the medical, what you have in London.
COOPER: Michael Jackson demanded that doctor?
PHILLIPS: Michael said to me, "You don't understand" -- because I took one last shot at talking him out of it. And it has nothing to do with Dr. Murray. No judgments whatsoever. I just said to Michael, I said, "Michael, we're spending too much money. It doesn't make sense." He said, "You don't understand. My body is the machine that fuels this whole business. OK? I need that kind of attention."
And you know what, when Michael Jackson says that to you, and there's this much at stake, you don't argue.
COOPER: Obviously, all of these four people are business people. They are also, in the case of at least three of them, artists as well. They are all deeply saddened by Michael Jackson's loss. They feel it very personally as well of course as professionally.
You can watch the video of Michael Jackson's last full rehearsal, shot just two days before he died, as many times as you want. It's on our Web site at AC360.com.
You can also join the live chat and let us know what you think about the program tonight at AC360.com.
We're also following two plane crash investigations. Some shocking new details about how that Air France plane Flight 447 actually went down. Whether or not it really did break up in midair or whether it was intact when it hit the water.
And a sole survivor from a different crash, one that killed more than 150 people, the only survivor, a young girl speaks out tonight.
Also ahead, invading a Taliban stronghold, U.S. Marines in Afghanistan launching a new offensive; the latest in their fight against the insurgency.
COOPER: We're back live from Los Angeles. Tonight, new developments in two deadly plane crashes and what some are calling a miracle.
We have some stunning new information on the final seconds of Air France Flight 447 and the details reveal the plane hit the Atlantic Ocean intact. Everyone on board the plane, of course, died.
But another jet plunged into the Indian Ocean this week, and this 14-year-old girl survived the disaster. She's the only survivor.
Tom Foreman has her extraordinary account in just a moment. But he begins with the new details on Air France Flight 447.
TOM FOREMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (on camera): Anderson, the mystery of Air France 447 is just getting deeper. The preliminary French report dismisses the idea that the plane broke up in the air in terrible weather. Instead, investigators say it came down -- they don't know quite how -- but ultimately, it belly-flopped onto the ocean after falling fast and nearly straight down.
They think that, because they found this large debris field. You can see where all the pieces are in relation to where the plane went down right here. And some of the bigger pieces like this one show signs of vertical stress, like they were crunched from the top to the bottom. That's why they're thinking that they had this belly-flopping phenomenon.
They've also confirmed that they had a dramatic loss of cabin pressure, that systems were failing all over the plane all at once, and that the auto pilot had switched itself off, because it couldn't get accurate readings on the plane's speed or altitude.
All of that is refocusing attention on that great big line of storms that this plane passed through. They were terrible storms at the time. They're wondering if that caused a massive electrical failure or maybe a broken rudder, making the plane uncontrollable.
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(voice-over): It happened near the island nation of Comoros, leaving a mystery and what some consider a miracle. One hundred fifty-three people disappeared when that plane hit the Indian Ocean while trying to land. And one has come back.
This 13-year-old girl, Bahia Bakari, is now in a hospital in France with only some cuts, bruises and a broken collar bone. The shy teenager was going to visit relatives. Her father says she can barely swim, yet somehow she stayed afloat for 13 hours until she was spotted by rescuers amid the wreckage.
He says, "She told me, 'Papa, we saw the plane going down in the water. I could hear people talking, but I couldn't see anyone. I was in the dark. I couldn't see a thing. On top of that, Daddy, I can't swim well, and I held onto something but I don't know what.'"
(on camera): Even Bahia can't explain how she survived. She says she felt nothing during the impact. By the time the rescuers found her, everyone else appears to have been lost, including Bahia's mother -- Anderson.
COOPER: Unbelievable that she was able to survive. Tom, thank you very much.
You can go to AC360.com to hear other amazing stories of plane crash survivors.
Coming up next, on the ground in Afghanistan, the latest: searching for an American soldier captured by insurgents and the latest on the offensive, a major U.S. offensive targeting the Taliban -- the strategy and what's at stake ahead.
And Governor Sanford's wife is speaking out days after her husband admits to crossing the line with multiple women. "Crossing the line" is his term, by the way. We have the "Raw Politics" ahead.
COOPER: In Afghanistan, U.S. forces are trying to rescue one of their own, an American serviceman captured by insurgents. The Pentagon says the kidnapped trooper was not taking part in the major new offensive against the Taliban that's left at least one Marine dead and several others injured.
Operation Khanjar, or Strike of the Sword, is aimed at rooting out the Taliban in Helmand province, which is a militant stronghold where the fighting has been fierce for some time.
Take a look at what some American Marines were up against just last week.
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COOPER: Nic Robertson is in Islamabad, Pakistan. He joins us now for more on the missing soldier and the offensive.
Nic, what do we know?
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Anderson, one of the concerns right now is that the missing serviceman may be across the border inside Pakistan already. Why the people think that may be possible? The group that has captured him, Haqqani clan, affiliated with the Taliban, they also held a prisoner for seven months, "The New York Times" journalist David Rohde. They brought him here to Pakistan to hold him in a safe location.
And their concern is that could be what's happening to the U.S. serviceman right now.
Pakistan has moved additional troops to the border with Afghanistan to help support the Marine operations, stop more Taliban coming into Helmand Province where the Marines are fighting.
But the Marines have a tough challenge ahead. This is the hottest time of the year so fighting in these conditions very tough. Winning over the local population, which is what they're going to do to hold those areas, also incredibly tough. Because they lack the civilian element, the civil affairs, the civilian element that will come in, convince the local population that the Marines are there to help them.
Vets, doctors, agricultural experts, these types of people, they're just not there. And this is going to add to the challenge of the Marines' job that once they kick the Taliban out, to keep them out, Anderson.
COOPER: Nic, you have a lot of experience in this area, a lot of contacts, even with the Taliban. You're hearing that they're going to try to make a big deal out of this capture of the American service member?
ROBERTSON: Anderson, I've talked to people who have been involved in Taliban kidnappings inside Afghanistan. And they say that this is a big deal for the Taliban, that this group, the Haqqani group, will make as much out of it as they can. They will, quote, "go for humiliation."
They will try to release a videotape. They will try to use this -- use the serviceman as a bargaining chip to get other -- to get Taliban released from captivity. They'll ask for a lot of money. But they're going to milk this for all it's worth.
Because captured U.S. servicemen for the Taliban is worth far more than inflated figures of attacks against U.S. troops and claims of downing helicopters. Here they will try to get a video out. That's the assessment of everyone who's watching this right now, Anderson.
COOPER: Well, let's hope they get him back soon. Nic Robertson thanks very much.
Coming up next on 360, South Carolina's first lady speaking out about her cheating husband, Mark Sanford. Her new statement: she's ready to forgive him, she says. But does she want him to resign? Find out.
Plus, the dash-cam cuddle; have you seen this? A police chief caught on camera, kind of getting cozy with another police officer. The story and the fallout, ahead on 360.
COOPER: Welcome back. We're in Los Angeles, live tonight.
Let's get caught up with some of the other big headlines. Erica Hill joins us with a "360 Bulletin" -- Erica.
HILL: Anderson, a federal judge has tentatively thrown out the misdemeanor conviction of a Missouri mom for her role in a MySpace hoax involving a 13-year-old neighbor who ended up committing suicide. Prosecutors say Megan Meier killed herself after receiving humiliating messages from Lori Drew, who was posing as a teen boy on the site. Megan's mother, though, still believes justice was done. She says that's because people learned about the dangers lurking on the Internet.
"Raw Politics" now, South Carolina's first lady, Jenny Sanford, saying she's willing to forgive her husband for his wandering eye, but it is up to South Carolinians, she says, to decide if he should step down as governor.
The wife of convicted swindler Bernard Madoff evicted from the couple's $7 million Manhattan penthouse. Federal marshals seized the home today. They refused to let Ruth Madoff take her fur coat. The property and its contents will be sold to help pay back the victims of Madoff's scam.
And the police chief of Perry Township, Ohio, is taking early retirement after this dashcam video became public which shows him kissing and caressing a female officer, all while -- wait for it -- a prisoner is in the back seat, Anderson.
COOPER: No, are you serious?
HILL: You're the police chief. You've got a dashboard cam. Just letting you know.
Erica, thanks very much. Coming up next, "The Shot:" Stop, a sea lion. Take a look as the sea lion kind of tries to take a police boat on a joyride. Bizarre video. We've got the video and the story ahead.
COOPER: All right, Erica, time for tonight's "Shot." A sea lion hijacks a police harbor boat here in southern California. The -- apparently, the Orange County Sheriff's office says two deputies saw the sea lion trying to attack a boy on a dock. They enticed the sea lion onto the boat, planned on taking it out to sea -- somewhere more suitable for the animal.
The deck lights started going on and off for no reason. And so they went to investigate. And in the cabin, where another ceiling -- steering wheel is located, the sea lion was hitting buttons and trying to steer the boat, they say.
HILL: I love it. I think the sea lion at one point even put the boat into reverse, I read.
COOPER: They ultimately brought the sea lion back to marine headquarters, where, after some prodding and a few treats, it apparently went back into the water. I'm not sure what kind of treats they gave it, but it seemed to work.
HILL: How about that? The sea lion is cute and all, but I don't really want it driving my boat.
COOPER: Yes, exactly. Don't let sea -- sea lions get behind the wheel.
You can see all the most -- you can see all the most recent "Shots" and tonight's "Beat 360," which we didn't have time for on the broadcast, on our Web site at AC360.com.


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'Atlantis, Go': Remembering the Shuttle's Final Launch, Ten Years On
With STS-135, Atlantis was embarking on the 33rd and final flight of her career. During 26 years of active operational service, she supported five Department of Defense assignments, seven shuttle-Mir dockings and 12 trips to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
A string of "Go" calls—interspersed with an occasional poignant remark about the contributions of the Space Shuttle Program across three decades of service—reached the ears of Launch Director Mike Leinbach, seated at his console in the Launch Control Center (LCC) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on the morning of 8 July 2011.
All stations, from the Orbiter Test Conductor (OTC) to the Superintendent of Range Operations (SRO) and from the Safety Console to STS-135 Commander Chris Ferguson, seated on shuttle Atlantis' flight deck, confirmed to NASA Test Director (NTD) Jeff Spaulding that they were ready to launch the 135th and last mission of the program. Ten years ago today, the shuttle took flight under her own power for the final time.
Video Credit: NASA
The ship which sat on history-steeped Pad 39A that morning was almost indistinguishable from the Atlantis which first rocketed into orbit on Mission 51J in October 1985. However, across a lengthy career of orbital flight, Atlantis had secured her reputation as the second most-flown shuttle and had cemented her credentials as the "heavy-lifter" of the fleet.
She had hauled half of the massive Integrated Truss Structure (ITS) to the International Space Station (ISS), as well as delivering three key pressurized facilities, including the U.S. Destiny lab and Europe's Columbus lab. Now long-retired, her legacy circles the globe at this very moment, home to seven spacefarers and forerunner to humanity's future exploratory forays beyond low-Earth orbit.
The STS-135 crew, pictured during pre-flight training, were the first four-person team of U.S. astronauts since STS-6 in April 1983. From left to right are Rex Walheim, Chris Ferguson, Sandy Magnus and Doug Hurley. Photo Credit: NASA
After passing through the Go/No-Go calls, and with all stations declaring no constraints to launch, Leinbach radioed Ferguson.
"Atlantis, Launch Director. Air-to-Ground-1."
"Atlantis, Go," replied Ferguson, a veteran of two previous shuttle missions, former deputy chief of the Astronaut Office and now skipper of the first four-member crew to ride a U.S. piloted spacecraft since April 1983.
Seated alongside Ferguson was Pilot Doug Hurley, whilst at the back of the tiny flight deck were Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim. Between them, the four astronauts had seven prior flights, five spacewalks and a long-duration ISS expedition to their credit.
Space Shuttle Atlantis and levels of shuttle-specific work platforms in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), during processing to fly STS-135. Photo Credit: Mike Killian/AmericaSpace
"Okay, Fergie, we're starting to feel pretty good down here on the ground about this one today, so on behalf of the greatest team in the world, good luck to you and your crew on the final flight of this true American icon. And so, for the final time, Fergie, Doug, Sandy and Rex, good luck, Godspeed and have a little fun up there!"
"Thanks to you and your team, Mike," said Ferguson. "Until the very end, you all made it look easy. The crew of Atlantis is ready to launch."
The STS-135 crew wave to well-wishers before boarding the Astrovan for the trip out to Pad 39A. From left to right are Rex Walheim, Sandy Magnus, Doug Hurley and Chris Ferguson. Photo Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Shortly afterwards, the clock was released from its hold point at T-9 minutes and the Ground Launch Sequencer (GLS) autosequence was initiated. In the excitement-tinged minutes which followed, the hive of activity entered high gear.
From the pilot's seat, Hurley connected essential power buses to the fuel cells and began the process of pre-starting Atlantis' trio of Auxiliary Power Units (APUs), providing the vehicle with mechanical muscle. By T-5 minutes, he declared "Three good APUs."
Clad in their bright orange pressure suits, the STS-135 crew greet the media and gathered friends and family before boarding the Astrovan for the ride out to the launch pad on 8 July 2011. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
In the meantime, the Orbiter Access Arm (OAA), bearing the "white room", was retracted from the shuttle, and the External Tank (ET) hydrogen and oxygen tanks were pressurized for flight.
Atlantis' cluster of three Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSMEs) were put through an extensive sequence of gimbal exercises, to verify their readiness for launch, and the gaseous oxygen vent hood (the "beanie cap") was retracted from the top of the ET.
Atlantis sits on Pad 39A for her final launch. Photo Credit: NASA/Terry Zaperach
The minutes ticked on. Now, with around two minutes to go, Hurley cleared the shuttle's Caution and Warning memory and verified no unexpected errors, after which all four astronauts closed their helmet visors and initiated the oxygen flow to their pumpkin-orange pressure suits.
With 75 seconds remaining, the sound suppression system—which would dump 300,000 gallons (1.4 million liters) of water from four giant "rainbirds" onto the surface of the Mobile Launch Platform (MLP) to reduce the reflected energy at liftoff—was armed.
Atlantis is pictured the day before launch. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Liquid oxygen and hydrogen fill-and-drain valves were closed for flight, as all eyes monitored the Cape's famous countdown clock, as it progressed toward the "hand-off" of vehicle functions from GLS to Atlantis' computers at T-31 seconds.
However, it seemed that after 134 shuttle missions in 30 years, which had garnered a range of emotions, from the calamities of Challenger and Columbia to the glories of servicing the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and building the ISS, the gremlins of fate still had one more card to play on 8 July 2011.
Three members of the STS-135 crew are pictured during pre-flight training on the flight deck of the shuttle simulator. Photo Credit: NASA
"Clock will hold at T-31 seconds, due to a failure," came the call from Janine Pape, at the GLS console. No indication had been received that the gaseous oxygen vent arm had retracted from the vehicle and properly latched.
With only 3.5 minutes of hold time left in STS-135's tight, five-minute "launch window", it was critical that the problem be resolved quickly. Camera 62 was remotely reoriented to ascertain that the vent arm had indeed fully retracted, but hearts were in throats as a scrub and 24-hour turnaround seemed likely.
Nine hundred miles (1,500 km) away, in the windowless Mission Control Center (MCC) at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas, a team of mission controllers under Ascent Flight Director Richard Jones tensed in their seats. "FIDO," the flight director radioed the Flight Dynamics Officer, "we're holding at 31."
A few minutes later, Pape cleared the hold. Calling the NASA Test Conductor over Channel 212 of the Operational Intercommunications System, she reported: "NTD, CGLS on 212, we're ready to go". And moments thereafter, the clock was released to continue counting from T-31 seconds.
Flight Director Richard Jones (right) discusses weather and pre-launch issues with Capcom Barry "Butch" Wilmore (left) and veteran shuttle commander Lee "Bru" Archambault. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford
The familiar voice of NASA Public Affairs Officer (PAO) commentator George Diller brought news of the final milestones to a worldwide audience and around a million visitors at the Cape for the historic swansong flight of both Atlantis and the entire shuttle program.
"Firing Chain is armed," said Diller at T-15 seconds. "Go for Main Engine Start…"
Atlantis' cluster of three Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSMEs) ignite and roar to full power, ahead of liftoff. Photo Credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Tom Farrar
At T-10 seconds, for the final time, a flurry of hydrogen burn igniters swirled beneath the three SSME bells, ahead of the onset of the ignition sequence at T-6.6 seconds, generating a sheet of translucent orange flame and a trio of dancing Mach diamonds as exhaust gases flowed from the engines at 13 times the speed of sound.
"…all three engines up and burning…" continued Diller.
Atop a pillar of fire, Atlantis takes flight for the final time, a decade ago today. Photo Credit: NASA/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool
Flexing against the struts which anchored her to the ET—in a phenomenon nicknamed "the twang"—Atlantis seemed to strain for her last leap toward the stars.
"…two, one, zero and Liftoff…the final liftoff of Atlantis," exulted Diller. "On the shoulders of the Space Shuttle, America will continue the dream!"
The final launch, Atlantis STS-135. Photo Credit: Alan Walters / AmericaSpace
It was 11:29 a.m. EDT, ten years ago to this very day.
After almost ten months of training as a crew and three hours on their backs in Atlantis' cockpit, tempered by the agonizing hold at T-31, the joy was evident in Chris Ferguson's voice as he yelled out the "Roll Program, Houston" call at T+10 seconds.
Steam billows in all directions as Atlantis takes flight. Photo Credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Tom Farrar
"Roger Roll, Atlantis," came the reply from Capcom Barry "Butch" Wilmore, clad in a dark shirt and red tie and seated immediately to Jones' right side in Mission Control.
Narrated uphill by NASA PAO Rob Navias, Atlantis cleared the launch tower and rose into the clear morning sky, kicking off "a sentimental journey into history".
Atlantis roars aloft on 8 July 2011. Photo Credit: Mike Killian/AmericaSpace
Flying in a heads-down, wings-level orientation, a failed transducer, requiring no action, was the only event which marred an otherwise perfect ascent.
For the 33rd time, Atlantis had given her crew a smooth voyage to orbit. And for the next 13 days, STS-135 would play a critical role in stocking the ISS for the post-shuttle era.
Providing almost 80 percent of the thrust uphill were Atlantis' twin Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs). Photo Credit: NASA/Frank Michaux
Returning to Earth on 21 July 2011, Atlantis logged a cumulative 306 days in space over her 33 missions and traveled almost 126 million miles (202 million km).
Her stellar career saw her conduct more Department of Defense assignments and more dockings with Russia's Mir space station than any other shuttle, as well as sending two planetary probes—Magellan and Galileo—on their way to Venus and Jupiter and servicing Hubble for the final time.
Video Credit: Alan Walters/AmericaSpace
Additionally, Atlantis delivered nearly half of the ISS solar arrays and truss structure, together with three of the station's major pressurized modules: the U.S. Destiny lab, the Quest airlock and Europe's Columbus lab.
And two years after STS-135, in June 2013, she began her 34th and final mission, as the starring exhibit in a dedicated $100 million facility at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (KSCVC), serving to enthuse and inspire future generations of scientists, engineers, teachers, explorers, and dreamers. And, with this in mind, perhaps "Mission 34" will be Atlantis' most important and far-reaching assignment of all.
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For those of you who are experienced in the eCommerce world the first thing you will notice with the Magento system is the lack of statuses to accommodate real world order processing.
This falls short for several different reasons, for instance, lets say that I want to know internally where this order is currently at in the "Processing" state. The basic statuses that are relevant to me for the state "processing" are "Processing, Packaging and Backordered".
Currently, the Magento forums are littered with "hacks" on how to accomplish this. I am going to show you a quick and easy way to customize state transitions and statuses while retaining the ability to upgrade Magento.
First we need to create a basic Magento module (* if you have a module you are using already skip to the config.xml).
in /magento/app/code/local create a folder with a project name that is relevant to you.
Within the etc folder we will need to create a config.xml file.
Once we have created this basic structure we will now need to let magento know about our new module. For this we will need to create another xml file.
Now, if you navigate to the orders section of the Magento admin you should see your new statuses available as search options. Further, if you review an Order that is currently in a processing state you will see that you can now transition the status to your custom defined statuses.
I tried these instructions and it did not work. Do you place the config file under the modules etc folder (app/code/local/etc) OR just (app/etc)?
That is correct, the config.xml would go in your modules etc directory.
These instructions also didn't work for me.
Doesn't quite work as it is. In the config.xml, the and everything within it should be within a .
Looks like it stripped out my xml tags.
Basically, the example is missing a global tag around the sales tag.
is it possible for you to upload a zip file with this setup for ease of use. i have tried a few times to do this and i dont seem to be able to do it.
@Andrew, Thanks for pointing that out.. I have double checked my config and you are correct, I apologize for that. The post has been updated to reflect the correct config.xml configuration.
@sip I will work on getting a sample module setup in a zip to go along with this post, thanks for the suggestion!
Works great, though there is a typo in config.xml. The at the bottom should be .
Hi, still missing end tag of global .
A much better way to go than using the core hacks.
Don't forget to close the global tag. Its missing a slash.
This doesn't work for me either I'm afraid.
Is there no PHP code involved at all?
@Kevin, There is no PHP code involved. Please note that this has only been testing on 1.4.1. Further you must make sure that you refresh your configuration cache: system > cache management >check configuration, select Refresh and click Submit.
@Sandeep, I was under the impression that 1.5 added this functionality? You may want to check into that, since I haven't had the opportunity to check 1.5 out. The example in this post has only been tested on 1.4.1 however I believe it does work on other versions.
works fine for me !!!
This way is now deprecated since 1.4.2 as the core sale module indicates it.
The database driven way is the solution.


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Extreme poverty continues to drop worldwide — and China is one big force behind it.
According to a World Bank report released on Sunday, the world's population living in extreme poverty, those living on less than $1.90 a day, fell from 35% to 11%.
The organization explained how this happened:
"The decline in extreme poverty was largely fueled by the rapid advances in two regions – East Asia and the Pacific and South Asia – specifically in China, Indonesia and India."
The World Bank recognized China's lifting of more than 800 million people out of poverty since its market reforms in 1978. Discussing the new report, senior director Ana Revenga said (via Xinhua):
"Much of the success in poverty reduction globally has actually been driven by China's incredible success in reducing poverty. If anybody can show the world how to do that last mile [of ending extreme poverty], it probably is China."
This is a turnaround. In 1990, more than 60% of people in East Asia lived in extreme poverty. Twenty-three years later, that number is 3.5%.
While progress looks imminent, extreme poverty prevails in other regions. Sub-Saharan Africa suffers the most, with 388.7 million people living below the line. This is half of the total number of the world's extreme poor and greater than the other regions altogether.
Still, the findings don't tell that everyone in China is well-off. It is part of the top 10 with the most number of the poor, alongside other Asian countries Bangladesh, India and Indonesia.
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I wanted to draw our readers attention to an article we posted this morning over at the main Military.com news site about a drive in the Senate to force the Army into a competition for a new standard-issue carbine.
I had a long conversation with a top aide to Sen. Tom Coburn whos concerned over our and Army Times coverage of failings in the M4. Its not so much that the M4 is a bad weapon its just that there are better weapons out there that could be fielded just as easily.
Coburn - a medical doctor and relative newbie to the Senate - wrote a letter to the Army April 12 faxing a copy to the office of Acting Secretary Pete Geren on April 17 requesting that the service hold a competition for a new rifle. If the M4 wins out, the aide said, so be it. But it makes no sense to the first-term senator that HK416, SCAR and other qualified carbines (event he XM8) are just rejected out of hand.
Coburn has no weapons manufacturers in his state, so its not for parochial interests hes insisting on the competition. It seems to be one of those rare occasions when a lawmaker is taking on an issue that just makes sense and helps the warfighter and isn't geared toward creating jobs in his state.
I am concerned with the Armys plans to procure nearly half a million new rifles outside of any competitive procurement process.
I understand that the Army decided to procure M4 Carbines in the early 1990s to fill the gap between the M16 and 9mm pistol. At that time the Army specifically framed the requirement as the Required Operational Capability (ROC) for the M4 Carbine. M4 is a trademark name owned by Colt. Is it standard practice in Army acquisition to tie a requirement to a trademarked product?
I am certain that we can all agree that Americas soldiers should have the best technology in their hands. There is nothing more important to a soldier than their rifle, and there is simply no excuse for not providing our soldiers the best weapon not just a weapon that is good enough. Unfortunately, considering the long standing reliability and lethality problems with the M-16 design, of which the M4 is based, I am afraid that our troops in combat might not have the best weapon.
In the years following the Armys last Requirements Document, a number of manufacturers have researched, tested, and fielded weapons which, by all accounts, appear to provide significantly improved reliability. To fail to allow a free and open competition of these operational weapons is unacceptable.
I would like to see the results of the surveys you have conducted in the field in Iraq and Afghanistan. Please include our soldiers accounts of malfunctions, assessments of M4 reliability and how the Army is addressing those reliability concerns.
I believe the Army needs to rapidly revise its rifle and carbine requirements. Free and open competition will give our troops the best rifle in the world. Thank you for your prompt consideration of this matter, and I hope to hear from you soon.
The Army has yet to respond to Coburns letter and has in the past been pretty dismissive of criticism about the M4. Its understandable that the Army would shrug off negative stories from journalists and even some of its special operators who say the M4 isnt the best weapon out there they have big fish to fry with a war going on, including fleets of new armored vehicles, paying for the surge and Walter Reed-esque patient care issues. But when a senator gets involved someone who has his hands on the purse strings the Army might just take it a little more seriously.
Well be sure to update our readers on this issue as it develops.


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Scientists from Canada and the UK have succeeded in sequencing and assembling the full genome of a living organism for the very first time on the MinION DNA sequencer, a device that is the size of a smartphone.
Bacteria genomes are much smaller and less complex than human genomes, but the successful demonstration proves that MinION could eventually be scaled up to sequence human DNA, which is pioneering considering how small the device is.
MinION is the brainchild of UK startup Oxford Nanopore Technologies. It measures just 4in long and is powered via USB cable by plugging it into a computer. The device is able to sequence all 80,000 base letters of a DNA strand and up to 150 million base pairs in less than six hours.
DNA sequencing today requires incredibly expensive state-of-the-art lab equipment and involves cutting up the genome and then mapping out where the pieces fit, which is very time-consuming and can take many days.
It only costs $1,000 to join the MinION Access Program, which gets you a the device with a starter kit containing three flow cells, two reagent kits, software and some "ongoing intermittent free supplies", according to the creators Oxford Nanopore.
Reading all the base letters takes a long time and many such long reads are required, and at the moment, standard sequencing platforms can only read long stretches of a genome or generate data, whereas MinION is able to do both at the same time.
"Long reads are necessary to assemble the most repetitive parts of genomes but we need a lot of reads if we want to sequence human genomes. The small size of the MinION suggests there is room to scale up and sequence larger and more complex samples," said Dr. Jared Simpson, principal investigator at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research and a lead author on the study.
"The amazing thing about this device is that it is many times smaller than a normal sequencer—you just attach it to a laptop using a USB cable.
"And while our work is a demonstration of the capabilities of the technology, the most significant advance is in the methods. We were able to mathematically model nanopore sequencing and develop ways to reconstruct complete genomes off this tiny sequencer."
The study, entitled "A complete bacterial genome assembled de novo using only nanopore sequencing data" is published in the journal Nature Methods.
Development on the device began in 2005 and the product was finally released in September 2014.
The only drawback of MinION is that its readings are not as accurate as reads provided by larger devices, and researchers previously reported a 60-80% accuracy rate. However researchers from the University of Birmingham and Ontario Institute for Cancer Research succeeded in developing methods to overcome the error rate, which led to an accurate final sequence.
The device can be used for everything from rapid pathogen sequencing to full length cDNA sequencing for isoform analysis. How long it takes depends on the application, but early access customers have reported that they have been able to detect pathogens much faster using the device than using conventional methods.
For example, researchers from University of California San Francisco published a report in June which showed that MinION was able to detect Ebola, Hepatitus C and the chikungunya virus from four human blood samples within four to 40 minutes of acquiring data.
The whole process from sample-to-answer took less than six hours to return a complete data analysis and interpretation of the samples.
"This technology will be particularly desirable for enabling point-of-care genomic analyses in the developing world, where critical resources, including reliable electric power, laboratory space, and computational server capacity, are often severely limited," the researchers wrote.
Another study published in May by the University of Queensland in Australia found that MinION could identify bacterial species and strains in less than an hour once the device started sequencing.
Furthermore, initial drug-resistance profiles were ready within two hours, with complete resistance profiles taking at most 12 hours.
The researchers concluded that MinION could become a useful clinical tool in detecting the best ways to treat patients with time-critical conditions like blood poisoning (sepsis) or detection of bacteria in the blood stream (bacteraemia).


I never liked February much, despite Valentine's Day being smack dab in the middle, and it being a short month. February is a soggy, dreary, icy, month in Connecticut. My mother passed away in this cold month, a few decades ago, and far too soon in my book as she deserved to embrace the golden years that were stacking up for her to enjoy. But March I like and then finally April. ..
Despite April being tax month, crocuses and snowdrops poke their heads up through wet Connecticut soil, and I, an avid gardener and Yardart enthusiast am propelled to create art for my garden along with painting pieces for my ETSY shop or writing new copy for the other shop. The surge of creative 'doing' momentum spills over with the promise of longer sunshiny days.
I discovered YardArt on Pinterest a few years ago. I'd been offering my services to weed and design some area Windsor Resident's yards. I suffered for my efforts, bee stings, poison ivy, but loved working with women who were open to my design ideas, and I made some new friends. I also tired of the constant maintenance in my own yard, "when will this end?" thought I as I pulled away at tough weeds that refused to give up the ghost. That's when YardArt came to the rescue, no more seeing a gorgeous shrub die on me, or forking out money for tons of annuals to pop in color. I still love to buy, plant and even start seedlings, but Yardart helps keep needless backbreaking work at bay, AND it offers an interesting view to the passerbyer that an artist resides in this antique house.
I have a friend who once placed her TV on a pile of old suitcases, I marveled at her swift move to design a vignette that worked utility-wise and really added a visual punch to her living room. Carla shared that she felt there were two kinds of artists in this world. Those that created beauty strictly on the canvas in front of them, ignoring the interior space around them; and those, like her, and me, who's artistic sense encompassed the immediate space around them as well.
Enter Pinterest with it's realm of garden boards, and I even created this one–Cool and Exciting Ideas for the Garden as a visual resource to refer to. I started making glass plate flowers, shutter snowmen and now I'm investigating shutter angels and am finishing up a pair of fan-blade dragonflies for my backyard. And I'm even making seedbombs dotted with Milkweed seed to attract Monarchs to my butterfly habitat in back. In one town artist Deborah Triplette started YardArt day and I'd love to adopt this concept here in Windsor.
The only problem with YardArt and Gardening for me, is creating a balance between outdoor work and indoor studio work, a real #WIP (Work in Progress) for me so I don't neglect one for the other. This is my year to truly discover creative balance. So far, so good, but it is trying, it means going in the studio when I want to be outside, or vice a versa.


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Q: Calling child class function to reduce code replication I'm looking to reduce code replication in my child classes by using common code in the parent, but still need to do some specific processing that changes depending on the child class. I know that calling a child from the parent is bad. How can I accomplish the code reduction? (or should I even be trying?)
This is an example:
class Address:

    def __init__(self, street, city, postal_code):

        self._street = street
        self._city = city
        self._postal_code = self.valid_postal_code(postal_code)

    def valid_postal_code(self, postal_code):
        """ Returns a validated postal code """
        #
        # A big bunch of code common to all postal codes
        #

        if child == Usa:
            return Usa.valid_postal_code(postal_code)
        else:
            return Canada.valid_postal_code(postal_code)

class Usa(Address):

    def valid_postal_code(self, postal_code):
        """ Returns a validated US zip code """
        # Must be 5 digits or 5 digits plus dash 4 digits
        if len(postal_code) != 5 and len(postal_code) != 10:
            raise Exception("Bad postal code")

        return postal_code

class Canada(Address):

    def valid_postal_code(self, postal_code):
        """ Returns a validates Canadian postal code """
        # Must be A#A #A#
        if len(postal_code) == 6:
            postal_code = postal_code[0:3] + " " + postal_code[3:3]
        if len(postal_code) != 7:
            raise Exception("Bad postal code")

        return postal_code.upper()

A: Each overrides method should call the parent method.
class Address:

    def __init__(self, street, city, postal_code):

        self._street = street
        self._city = city
        self._postal_code = self.valid_postal_code(postal_code)

    def valid_postal_code(self, postal_code):
        """ Returns a validated postal code """
        #
        # A big bunch of code common to all postal codes
        #
        ...

class Usa(Address):

    def valid_postal_code(self, postal_code):
        """ Returns a validated US zip code """

        # Must be 5 digits or 5 digits plus dash 4 digits
        if not super().valid_postal_code(postal_code) or len(postal_code) != 5 and len(postal_code) != 10:
            raise Exception("Bad postal code")

        return postal_code

class Canada(Address):

    def valid_postal_code(self, postal_code):
        """ Returns a validates Canadian postal code """
        # Must be A#A #A#
        if len(postal_code) == 6:
            postal_code = postal_code[0:3] + " " + postal_code[3:3]
        if not super().valid_postal_code() or len(postal_code) != 7:
            raise Exception("Bad postal code")

        return postal_code.upper()

A: There are two possibilities:

*

*have the parent code contain the common portions and the child contain the specifics

*

*parent must return intermediate result

or

*

*have two parent methods, one of which is a stub and overridden by the child

*

*parent passes intermediate result into stub

The second method looks something like:
class Address:

    def __init__(...):

    def valid_postal_code(self, postal_code):
        """ Returns a validated postal code """
        #
        # A big bunch of code common to all postal codes
        #
        return self._validate_postal_code(postal_code)

    def _validate_postal_code(self, postal_code):
        raise NotImplementedError

class Usa(Address):

    def _validate_postal_code(self, postal_code):
        """ Returns a validated US zip code """
        # Must be 5 digits or 5 digits plus dash 4 digits
        if len(postal_code) != 5 and len(postal_code) != 10:
            raise Exception("Bad postal code")
        return postal_code

class Canada(Address):

    def _validate_postal_code(self, postal_code):
        """ Returns a validates Canadian postal code """
        # Must be A#A #A#
        if len(postal_code) == 6:
            postal_code = postal_code[0:3] + " " + postal_code[3:3]
        if len(postal_code) != 7:
            raise Exception("Bad postal code")
        return postal_code.upper()


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The park begins near the ocean side entrance to Pearl Harbor, which is the home port for Navy vessels stationed in Hawaii. Standing at the shore line the channel does not seem wide enough to accommodate large ships/carriers that you may see passing as they enter or exit Pearl Harbor.
The paved path is 1 mile long, a lot of people like to walk, run, or ride bikes on the paved path. It's one of the best places on the island to enjoy a sunrise or sunset.
The Missing Man Formation memorial is located on the south end of the park and a Air Force memorial dedicated to Medal of Honor recipients is located near the center. There's a small playground near the Officers Club and Wright Bros Cafe.


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Film festival opens in movie-crazy North Korea
Published on September 20, 2012 at 9:17 am
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — An international film festival opens Thursday in what may seem the unlikeliest of places: North Korea.
Held every two years, the Pyongyang International Film Festival offers North Koreans their only chance to see a wide array of foreign films on the big screen — from Britain, Germany and elsewhere (but not America). And it's the only time foreigners are allowed into North Korean theaters to watch movies alongside locals.
This year, festivalgoers will get the chance to see two feature films shot in North Korea but edited overseas: the romantic comedy "Comrade Kim Goes Flying," a joint North Korean-European production, and "Meet in Pyongyang," made in conjunction with a Chinese studio.
While it's true that homegrown movies predictably tend toward communist propaganda with a healthy dose of tear-jerker, North Korea is a film-crazy country. Well-to-do residents pay as much as 500 won (about $5 according to official exchange rates) to see new releases from the government-run Korean Film Studio, as well as Russian and Chinese imports.
Those who don't have the means to go to the theater tune into the Mansudae TV channel, which shows mostly Chinese and Eastern European films on weekends. Some recent offerings have included "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," and the only western offering shown on state TV in recent memory, the British film "Bend It Like Beckham," which aired in 2010.
This year, a huge screen in front of the Pyongyang train station has become another popular place to watch movies. On Monday, hundreds of locals stood transfixed by a North Korean drama in a plaza in front of the station.
The late leader Kim Jong Il, who died in December, was a notorious film buff.
He was 7 when he saw his first film — "My Hometown" — the inaugural film made at by the Korean Film Studio. The film, about a young man who returns to his village after Korea is liberated from Japan, made a lifelong impression on the future leader, according to Choe Hung Ryol, director of the studio's external affairs department.
In 1973 Kim published a treatise called "On the Art of the Cinema," in which he extolled filmmaking as a way to aid the people's "development into true communists."
"Creative work is not a mere job, but an honorable revolutionary task," he wrote.
In 1978, Kim "recruited" a South Korean director, Shin Sang-ok, and his actress ex-wife, Choi Eun-hee. According to the late director's memoirs, he was lured to Pyongyang to make propaganda films, but he and his wife slipped away from their bodyguards during a 1986 trip to Vienna.
Kim's father, North Korea founder Kim Il Sung, also wrote a film called "The Flower Girl," and current leader Kim Jong Un also has a keen interest in film, according to Korean Film Studio spokesman Choe .
In an interview with The Associated Press, Choe acknowledged that the main purpose of North Korean cinema is propaganda.
"Our films carry a different purpose than movies made in other countries," he said. "We make films for the purpose of ideological education."
And to play with the emotions of the audience, evidently.
"If you watch a lot of North Korean films, you'll find yourself crying a lot," he said. "If you don't cry, you're clearly a person without emotion."
A visit to the film studio is a lot like going back in time, from the thatched cottages of a bygone rural Korea, to the ancient royal palaces of the Choson Dynasty, to a louche depiction of 1950s South Korea compete with brothels, pubs and pharmacies.
"American tourists who come here always tap the walls to see if the buildings are real," Choe said. "They say the sets in Hollywood are just facades."
For British filmmaker Nicholas Bonner and his Belgian co-producer Anja Daelemans, the upcoming North Korean premiere of "Comrade Kim Goes Flying" will be a moment nearly seven years in the making.
The film, a romantic comedy about a coal miner who dreams of becoming an acrobat, was shot in North Korea in 2010 with a local cast, directed by veteran North Korean filmmaker Kim Gwang Hun, and edited in Belgium.
"It's not what you expect from North Korea, and it's not something people have seen before," Bonner said.
Writing the script took three years, as the North Korean and European members of the team worked to come up with a story line that was both entertaining and politically safe for showing in North Korea. Bonner credits his the Koreans with contributing some of the film's funniest moments
"In the end, you're dealing with professionals," Bonner said. "They do their job. You're in the film world, and we're all making a film."
But for sheer scale, "Comrade Kim" can't possibly compete with the heavyweight of North Korean cinema, the 63-part epic "Nation and Destiny," which began in the 1990s. Filming is already under way on part 64.
Printed on Thursday, September 20, 2012 as: North Korea opens foreign film festival


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