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Study says Generation X is balanced and happy

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Myth #1: Gen Xers are slackers. Reality: Generation X devotes more hours to work than average and pursues continuing education.

Myth #2: Generation X is hopelessly single and pessimistic about marriage. Reality: A higher percentage of Gen Xers stay married than Boomers, and most want to be married.

Myth #3: Generation Xers are disengaged, existential isolationists. Reality: Gen X is social.

Myth #4: As former latch-key kids, Gen Xers are wimpy, neglectful parents. Reality: About 84% of Gen X parents expect their children to earn at least a baccalaureate, and 39% expect their child to earn a graduate or professional degree.

Myth #5: Generation X is depressed. Reality: Generation X is actually pretty happy.

Check details here: http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/26/living/gen-x-satisfied/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

Stanford prison experiment continues to shock

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14564182

The idea was simple – take a group of volunteers, tell half of them they are prisoners, the other half prison wardens, place them in a makeshift jail and watch what happens.

The abusive prison guard, Mr Eshleman, also felt he gained something from the experiment. “I learned that in a particular situation I’m probably capable of doing things I will look back on with some shame later on,” he said.

“It does tell us that human nature is not totally under the control of what we like to think of as free will, but that the majority of us can be seduced into behaving in ways totally atypical of what we believe we are,” he said.

Google Admits Handing over European User Data to US Intelligence Agencies

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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Admits-Handing-over-European-User-Data-to-US-Intelligence-Agencies-215740.shtml

Google has admitted complying with requests from US intelligence agencies for data stored in its European data centers, most likely in violation of European Union data protection laws.

At the center of this problem is the USA PATRIOT ACT, which states that companies incorporated in the United States must hand over data administered by their foreign subsidiaries if requested.

Military loses contact with hypersonic test plane

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/11/us-usa-defense-hypersonic-idUSTRE77A5RN20110811

An unmanned experimental aircraft designed to glide down from the upper atmosphere at 20 times the speed of sound lost contact with ground control on its second test flight on Thursday, a Pentagon agency said.