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|The island - discovered by Christopher COLUMBUS in 1494 - was settled by the Spanish early in the 16th century. The native Taino, who had inhabited Jamaica for centuries, were gradually exterminated and replaced by African slaves. England seized the island in 1655 and established a plantation economy based on sugar, cocoa, and coffee. The abolition of slavery in 1834 freed a quarter million slaves, many of whom became small farmers. Jamaica gradually increased its independence from Britain. In 1958 it joined other British Caribbean colonies in forming the Federation of the West Indies. Jamaica gained full independence when it withdrew from the Federation in 1962. Deteriorating economic conditions during the 1970s led to recurrent violence as rival gangs affiliated with the major political parties evolved into powerful organized crime networks involved in international drug smuggling and money laundering. Violent crime, drug trafficking, and poverty pose significant challenges to the government today. Nonetheless, many rural and resort areas remain relatively safe and contribute substantially to the economy.
Strategic location between Cayman Trench and Jamaica Channel, the main sea lanes for the Panama Canal
|Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba
|Geographic coordinates:
| total: 10,991 sq km
land: 10,831 sq km
water: 160 sq km
Size comparison: slightly smaller than Connecticut
|Land Boundaries:
|0 km
|1,022 km
|Maritime claims:
| measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to edge of the continental margin
|tropical; hot, humid; temperate interior
|mostly mountains, with narrow, discontinuous coastal plain
|Elevation extremes:
| lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Blue Mountain Peak 2,256 m
|Natural resources:
|bauxite, gypsum, limestone
|Land use:
| arable land: 10.92%
permanent crops: 9.1%
other: 79.98% (2011)
|Irrigated land:
|252.2 sq km (2003)
|Natural hazards:
|hurricanes (especially July to November)
|Current Environment Issues:
|heavy rates of deforestation; coastal waters polluted by industrial waste, sewage, and oil spills; damage to coral reefs; air pollution in Kingston from vehicle emissions
|International Environment Agreements:
| party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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| noun: Jamaican(s)
adjective: Jamaican
|Ethnic groups:
|black 91.2%, mixed 6.2%, other or unknown 2.6% (2001 census)
|English, English patois
|Protestant 62.5% (Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, Pentecostal 9.5%, Other Church of God 8.3%, Baptist 7.2%, New Testament Church of God 6.3%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.3%, Anglican 3.6%, other Christian 7.7%), Roman Catholic 2.6%, other or unspecified 14.2%, none 20.9% (2001 census)
|2,909,714 (July 2013 est.)
|Age structure:
| 0-14 years: 29% (male 428,643/female 414,348)
15-24 years: 21.8% (male 318,132/female 315,945)
25-54 years: 36% (male 514,172/female 532,094)
55-64 years: 5.5% (male 78,510/female 82,565)
65 years and over: 7.7% (male 100,820/female 124,485) (2013 est.)
|Dependency ratios:
| total dependency ratio: 54 %
youth dependency ratio: 41.8 %
elderly dependency ratio: 12.2 %
potential support ratio: 8.2 (2013)
|Median age:
| total: 24.6 years
male: 24.1 years
female: 25.2 years (2013 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|0.7% (2013 est.)
|Birth rate:
|18.65 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)
|Death rate:
|6.63 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)
|Net migration rate:
|-4.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)
| urban population: 52% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.6% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
|Major urban areas - population:
|KINGSTON (capital) 580,000 (2009)
|Sex ratio:
| at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2013 est.)
|Mother's mean age at first birth:
|21.2 note: Median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008 est.)
|Maternal mortality rate:
|110 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
|Infant mortality rate:
| total: 13.98 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 14.55 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)
|Life expectancy at birth:
| total population: 73.44 years
male: 71.81 years
female: 75.15 years (2013 est.)
|Total fertility rate:
|2.09 children born/woman (2013 est.)
|Contraceptive prevalence rate:
|69% (2002/03)
|Health expenditures:
|4.8% of GDP (2010)
|Physicians density:
|0.85 physicians/1,000 population (2003)
|Hospital bed density:
|1.9 beds/1,000 population (2010)
|Drinking water source:
| improved:
urban: 98% of population
rural: 88% of population
total: 93% of population
urban: 2% of population
rural: 12% of population
total: 7% of population (2010 est.)
|Sanitation facility access:
| improved:
urban: 78% of population
rural: 82% of population
total: 80% of population
urban: 22% of population
rural: 18% of population
total: 20% of population (2010 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
|1.7% (2009 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
|32,000 (2009 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - deaths:
|1,200 (2009 est.)
|Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
|24.1% (2008)
|Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
|1.9% (2007)
|Education expenditures:
|6.4% of GDP (2010)
| definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 87%
male: 82.1%
female: 91.8% (2011 est.)
|School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
|total: 12.9 years (2010)
|Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
| total: 30.1%
male: 23.9%
female: 37.9% (2011)
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|Country name:
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Jamaica
|Government type:
|constitutional parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
| name: Kingston
geographic coordinates: 18 00 N, 76 48 W
time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard Time)
|Administrative divisions:
| 14 parishes; Clarendon, Hanover, Kingston, Manchester, Portland, Saint Andrew, Saint Ann, Saint Catherine, Saint Elizabeth, Saint James, Saint Mary, Saint Thomas, Trelawny, Westmoreland
note: for local government purposes, Kingston and Saint Andrew were amalgamated in 1923 into the present single corporate body known as the Kingston and Saint Andrew Corporation
|6 August 1962 (from the UK)
|National holiday:
|Independence Day, 6 August (1962)
|6 August 1962
|Legal system:
|common law system based on the English model
|18 years of age; universal
|Executive branch:
| chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Dr. Patrick L. ALLEN (since 26 February 2009)
head of government: Prime Minister Portia SIMPSON-MILLER (since 5 January 2012)
cabinet: Cabinet is appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister (For more information visit the World Leaders website )
elections: the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of the prime minister; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition in the House of Representatives is appointed prime minister by the governor general
|Legislative branch:
| bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (a 21-member body appointed by the governor general on the recommendations of the prime minister and the leader of the opposition; ruling party is allocated 13 seats, and the opposition is allocated 8 seats) and the House of Representatives (63 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held on 29 December 2011 (next to be held no later than December 2016)
election results: percent of vote by party - PNP 53.3%, JLP 46.6%; seats by party - PNP 41, JLP 22
|Judicial branch:
| highest court(s): Court of Appeal (consists of president of the court and a minimum of 4 judges; Supreme Court (40 judges organized in specialized divisions) note - appeals beyond Jamicia's highest courts are submitted to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London) rather than to the Caribbean Court of Justice (the appellate court implemented for member states of the Caribbean Community) judge selection and term of office: chief justice of the Supreme Court and president of the Court of Appeal appointed by the governor-general on the advice of the prime minister; other judges of both courts appointed by the governor-general on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission; judges of both courts serve till age 70
subordinate courts: resident magistrate courts, district courts, and petty sessions courts
|Political parties and leaders:
|Jamaica Labor Party or JLP [Andrew HOLNESS] People's National Party or PNP [Portia SIMPSON-MILLER] National Democratic Movement or NDM [Michael WILLIAMS]
|Political pressure groups and leaders:
|New Beginnings Movement or NBM Rastafarians (black religious/racial cultists, pan-Africanists)
|International organization participation:
|ACP, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CDB, CELAC, FAO, G-15, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, Petrocaribe, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
|National symbol(s):
|green-and-black streamertail (bird)
|National anthem:
| name: "Jamaica, Land We Love"
lyrics/music: Hugh Braham SHERLOCK/Robert Charles LIGHTBOURNE
note: adopted 1962
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Stephen VASCIANNIE
chancery: 1520 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036
telephone: [1] (202) 452-0660
consulate(s) general: Miami, New York
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Pamela E. BRIDGEWATER
embassy: 142 Old Hope Road, Kingston 6
mailing address: P.O. Box 541, Kingston 5
telephone: [1] (876) 702-6000
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The Jamaican economy is heavily dependent on services, which accounted for more than 60% of GDP at the end of 2011. The country continues to derive most of its foreign exchange from tourism, remittances, and bauxite/alumina. Remittances account for nearly 15% of GDP and exports of bauxite and alumina make up roughly 5%. The bauxite/alumina sector was most affected by the global downturn while the tourism industry was resilient. Tourism revenues account for roughly 5% of GDP in 2011. Jamaica's economy faces many challenges to growth: high crime and corruption, large-scale unemployment and underemployment, and a debt-to-GDP ratio of nearly 130%. Jamaica's onerous public debt burden is the result of government bailouts to ailing sectors of the economy, most notably to the financial sector. In early 2010, the Jamaican Government created the Jamaica Debt Exchange in order to retire high-priced domestic bonds and significantly reduce annual debt servicing. Despite the improvement, debt servicing costs still hinder the government''s ability to spend on infrastructure and social programs, particularly as job losses rise in a shrinking economy. Jamaica was hard hit by the effects of the global economic crisis, experiencing economic contractions from 2008-10 and growth remains low. The SIMPSON-MILLER administration faces the difficult prospect of having to achieve fiscal discipline in order to maintain debt payments, while simultaneously attacking a serious crime problem that is hampering economic growth. High unemployment exacerbates the crime problem, including gang violence that is fueled by the drug trade. As of late 2012, the SIMPSON-MILLER government was working to negotiate a new IMF Stand-by agreement to gain access to additional funds.
|GDP (purchasing power parity):
| GDP (purchasing power parity): $25.62 billion (2012 est.) $25.6 billion (2011 est.) $25.22 billion (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2012 US dollars
|GDP (official exchange rate):
|GDP (official exchange rate): $15.25 billion (2012 est.)
|GDP - real growth rate:
|0.1% (2012 est.) 1.5% (2011 est.) -1.4% (2010 est.)
|GDP - per capita (PPP):
| GDP - per capita (PPP): $9,300 (2012 est.) $9,300 (2011 est.) $9,200 (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2012 US dollars
|Gross national saving:
|8.4% of GDP (2012 est.) 7% of GDP (2011 est.) 13.1% of GDP (2010 est.)
|GDP - composition, by end use:
| household consumption: 86.2%
government consumption: 15.9%
investment in fixed capital: 20.7%
investment in inventories: 0.5%
exports of goods and services: 33.3%
imports of goods and services: -56.5% (2012 est.)
|GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
| household consumption: 86.2%
government consumption: 15.9%
investment in fixed capital: 20.7%
investment in inventories: 0.5%
exports of goods and services: 33.3%
imports of goods and services: -56.5% (2012 est.)
|Agriculture - products:
|sugarcane, bananas, coffee, citrus, yams, ackees, vegetables; poultry, goats, milk; shellfish
|tourism, bauxite/alumina, agro-processing, light manufactures, rum, cement, metal, paper, chemical products, telecommunications
|Industrial production growth rate:
|-2.4% (2012 est.)
|Labor force:
|1.255 million (2012 est.)
|Labor force - by occupation:
| agriculture: 17%
industry: 19%
services: 64% (2006)
|Unemployment rate:
|14.3% (2012 est.) 14.1% (2011 est.)
|Population below poverty line:
|16.5% (2009 est.)
|Household income or consumption by percentage share:
| lowest 10%: 2.1%
highest 10%: 35.8% (2004)
|Distribution of family income - Gini index:
|45.5 (2004) 37.9 (2000)
| revenues: $3.884 billion
expenditures: $4.499 billion (2012 est.)
|Taxes and other revenues:
|25.5% of GDP (2012 est.)
|Public debt:
|134.2% of GDP (2012 est.) 131.6% of GDP (2011 est.)
|Fiscal year:
|1 April - 31 March
|Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6.9% (2012 est.) 7.5% (2011 est.)
|Current account balance:
|-$1.523 billion (2012 est.) -$1.723 billion (2011 est.)
|$1.747 billion (2012 est.) $1.666 billion (2011 est.)
|Exports - commodities:
|alumina, bauxite, sugar, rum, coffee, yams, beverages, chemicals, wearing apparel, mineral fuels
|Exports - partners:
|US 38.7%, Russia 8.1%, Canada 7.8%, Slovenia 5.6% (2012)
|$5.905 billion (2012 est.) $5.881 billion (2011 est.)
|Imports - commodities:
|food and other consumer goods, industrial supplies, fuel, parts and accessories of capital goods, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials
|Imports - partners:
|US 30.1%, Venezuela 14.8%, Trinidad and Tobago 14.4%, China 11.9% (2012)
|Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
|$1.981 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $2.282 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
|Debt - external:
|$14 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $14.35 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
|Market value of publicly traded shares:
|$7.223 billion (31 December 2011) $6.626 billion (31 December 2010) $6.201 billion (31 December 2009)
|Exchange rates:
|Jamaican dollars (JMD) per US dollar - 88.751 (2012 est.) 85.893 (2011 est.) 87.196 (2010 est.) 87.89 (2009) 72.236 (2008)
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|Electricity - production:
|5.208 billion kWh (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 117
|Electricity - consumption:
|4.801 billion kWh (2009 est.)
|Electricity - exports:
|0 kWh (2010 est.)
|Electricity - imports:
|0 kWh (2010 est.)
|Electricity - installed generating capacity:
|1.198 million kW (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from fossil fuels:
|93.5% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
|0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
|1.8% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from other renewable sources:
|4.7% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Crude oil - production:
|0 bbl/day (2011 est.)
|Crude oil - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
|Crude oil - imports:
|23,780 bbl/day (2009 est.)
|Crude oil - proved reserves:
|0 bbl (1 January 2012 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - production:
|22,790 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - consumption:
|78,520 bbl/day (2011 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - exports:
|9,145 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - imports:
|68,410 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Natural gas - production:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - consumption:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - exports:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - imports:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - proved reserves:
|0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
|Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
|9.217 million Mt (2010 est.)
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|Telephones in use:
| 272,100 (2011)
country comparison to the world: 123
|Cellular Phones in use:
|2.975 million (2011)
|Telephone system:
| general assessment: fully automatic domestic telephone network
domestic: the 1999 agreement to open the market for telecommunications services resulted in rapid growth in mobile-cellular telephone usage while the number of fixed-lines in use has declined; combined mobile-cellular teledensity exceeded 110 per 100 persons in 2011
international: country code - 1-876; the Fibralink submarine cable network provides enhanced delivery of business and broadband traffic and is linked to the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) submarine cable in the Dominican Republic; the link to ARCOS-1 provides seamless connectivity to US, parts of the Caribbean, Central America, and South America; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2010)
|Broadcast media:
|privately owned Radio Jamaica Limited and its subsidiaries operate multiple TV stations, subscription cable services, and radio stations; 2 other privately owned television stations; roughly 70 radio stations (2007)
|Internet country code:
|Internet hosts:
|3,906 (2012)
|Internet users:
|1.581 million (2009)
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| 28 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 123
|Airports (paved runways):
| total 11
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 5 (2013)
|Airports (unpaved runways):
| total 17
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 16 (2013)
| total 22,121 km
(includes 44 km of expressways) (2005)
|Merchant marine:
| total 14
by type: bulk carrier 4, cargo 5, container 4, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 14 (Denmark 1, Germany 10, Greece 3) (2010)
|Ports and terminals:
|Discovery Bay (Port Rhoades), Kingston, Montego Bay, Port Antonio, Port Esquivel, Port Kaiser, Rocky Point
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|Military branches:
|Jamaica Defense Force: Ground Forces, Coast Guard, Air Wing (2010)
|Military service age and obligation:
|17 1/2 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2012)
|Manpower available for military service:
| males age 16-49: 726,263
females age 16-49: 742,958 (2010 est.)
|Manpower fit for military service:
| males age 16-49: 590,673
females age 16-49: 596,414 (2010 est.)
|Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
| male: 33,369
female: 32,702 (2010 est.)
|Military expenditures:
|0.9% of GDP (2012)
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|Transnational Issues
|Illicit drugs:
|transshipment point for cocaine from South America to North America and Europe; illicit cultivation and consumption of cannabis; government has an active manual cannabis eradication program; corruption is a major concern; substantial money-laundering activity; Colombian narcotics traffickers favor Jamaica for illicit financial transactions
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Rick J
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Great package trip
Just returned from 4 days of fishing at Isla Blanca just north of Cancun. Stayed in Cancun at a great small hotel - a great package deal!! This is a great place for a shot at a slam or even a super slam (we did not see any snook but they are here). Our last day both my brother and I hooked a slam but did not land them all. Baby tarpon (to 20# so babys they may be but they sure tax an 8 wt!!). The tarpon are mostly off the mangroves in small schools but we would go right into the mangroves hunting them in small pockets of open water - lots of fun but deet was sure handy!!! Probably the most fun was stalking permit on the flats. Most permit we saw were behind the cruising rays. The guide had a killer crab pattern - very small - probably an 8 - felt body with epoxy back with no weight. You could often hit the permit right on the head without spooking them. The last permit my brother hooked (and finally landed) took out over 200 yards of backing and he was not a big permit by any stretch!! Not great numbers of fish but we had lots of opportunities. Accurate casts were an absolute must, often in the wind. Hope to make this an annual venture!!
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The collar in the u.s. Has developed more titled bitches contributing to the gene pool. The physical/punishment era where sometimes brute strength was the criteria for training dogs. More females, human types, have been super sucessful with the humane use of the e collar, without being physical etc. Therefore in the hunt test and field trial games, breeding the best to the best is more prevalent. In the past you had unproven brood bitches going on pedigree alone. My take on it.
Lots more big money, more pros, etc has also contributed to better trained dogs.
Just one man's opinion.
Hi there from Australia,
Been pondering AGAIN ha!! As you have "been around" field games for a while, do you think the dogs have improved, or has training simplybecome more um..um.. humane - teaching before punishment blah blah. Do you feel US field labs generally are bold and confident?
asked you before but you answer didn't address the question - didn't "Smok'n Red devil have a big impact on the golden breed - didn't a lot of his offspring become kind of "goofy/schizo (sp) at least these were my observations with what I saw at Lardy's when he started training - and I talked about this before in my previous message - gosh some of the names like Costad I had forgotten about - over 40 years ago arready
you old fart - guess what most of them are good
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Las Vegas, NV January 5th, 2014 – Liquid Image joins the growing M2M and 4G LTE market with the Ego LS, the first wearable and mountable 4G LTE enabled camera. The Ego LS will be demonstrated over the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Network at the International CES show January 7th-10th.
The Ego LS is a multi-functional camera with 4 Wireless Features embedded in the device. The wireless features include 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Low Frequency RF. The camera can transmit over a 4G LTE Network video in WQVGA at 30fps as well as low and high res images. The 4G LTE Wireless stream can pass through a cloud service directly to a website or out to various Social Network Sites. In addition to 4G LTE capabilities, the Ego LS can be used in the same manner as the Ego Mountable camera to connect to iOS or Android devices over Wi-Fi with the use of the free Liquid Image App which can be downloaded through iTunes or Google Play. The app may be used to stream live view to a mobile device, view recorded files, trim video clips, transfer files to a mobile device, adjust camera settings and act as a remote control to activate the camera. Bluetooth is embedded to operate the camera by remote control (included) as well as adding the possibility to connect peripheral devices such as biometric devices, remote microphones, and headsets to the camera to record all of the metadata from peripheral devices onto the camera file for use by Applications. The Low Frequency RF Wireless feature allows the camera to be in stand-by mode for over 24 hours without draining the battery.
Applications for 4G LTE with the EGO LS include Live Streaming beyond the range of Wi-Fi. This can apply to Action Sports and Traditional Sports where the desire to stream to a website, app or social network directly from the athlete or from a point on a course will increase viewer participation or aid in training. Communities and organizations can utilize the EGO LS with 4G LTE to stream live from indoor and outdoor concerts, events, parades, races, etc. Additional applications extend to use with the Police, Firefighters and Military. The Ego LS will allow the 4G LTE to transmit location, audio, biometrics, temperature, as well as other vital data to command centers and to personnel over a secure network connection. The EGO LS can be used as Security and Monitoring Cameras without dependence on Wi-Fi connectivity, adding uses for home and business. And, the EGO LS has tremendous applications as a Social Camera allowing groups of friends and families to create social groups that allow instant access to EGO LS cameras that are turned on.
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An exhibition at the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library celebrates the history and spirit of Reunions at Princeton University.
Through a photographic timeline and a selection of artifacts from the University Archives, "Princeton Reunions and the P-rade: A Historical Retrospective" explores the history of Reunions from their beginnings in the 19th century to 2003. Included is a tribute to the classes of 1979 and 1954, which this May will be celebrating their 25th and 50th anniversaries, respectively.
Complementing the Reunions exhibition is "Reunions and the P-rade: A Photographic Timeline," which can be viewed online .
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I should clarify my point about blog.example.com and signon.example.net encrypting a shared datum. Rereading my post, I realize it wasn't clear that I meant each should have the other's public key. blog.example.com encrypts the datum with its private key so signon knows the request came from blog, and signon encrypts the response with its private key so blog knows the reply / ack came from signon.
This is obvious, but the way I wrote it might not convey that I know it's obvious :)
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What's your vertical jump height? How can we represent this as a quadratic function?
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One of the things that basketball players love to show off and brag about is their vertical jump height. If you walk past a basketball hoop, there will always be someone walking past or before playing basketball to jump and try to reach the rim. Some make it, and some don't.
Vertical jump height is discussed quite frequently among NBA players and fans. Vertical jump height refers to the distance between the highest point a person can reach after a big jump and the standing reach height.
David Noel, from the NBA Draft of 2006, had a vertical jump height of 34 inches. The quadratic equation that can best describe his vertical jump height over time is , with representing the vertical jump height and represents time in seconds. We can use this equation to find how long it took for him to land on the ground.
Applying our understanding of factoring, we can factor out 6t from both terms on the right side of the equation. Once we do that, we have . We can use the Zero Product Principle to set each factor equal to zero and solve for when .
We factored from both terms because is the greatest common factor of both terms.
and We used the zero product principle to solve for .
and , rounded to 0.84
What do these numbers mean?
This means that at 0 and 0.84 seconds Noel's vertical jump height is 0ft. Why are there two numbers?
The two numbers represent the time that Noel started at 0 seconds and the time that it took for him to reach the ground after jumping.
For the sake of this activity, we're going to look at the quadratic equation if someone were to find their vertical jump height if the person were jumping off a bench. How do you think the quadratic function would change?
Let's say Noel jumped off a bench 1ft off the ground and had the same jump height. How would the quadratic equation that represents his jump height change?
From reading the "vertical shifts of quadratic functions" concept, we know that jumping from a bench would mean that this is a vertical shift, assuming that his vertical jump height is still the same. The new equation would add a "" value. In this case, we would add 12 (since ) to the equation. Our new equation is .
Try graphing the two quadratic equations and see what the similarities and differences are.
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Advanced: Try finding your own vertical jump height and determine with your friends when you reach the highest height and what time you land. Using this information, try to find the quadratic equation that best represents your vertical jump height over time.
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Sun Prairie - Deborah A. Huonker, age 44, passed away after a courageous battle with breast cancer on Saturday, February 2, 2013, at her home in Sun Prairie. She was born on July 10, 1968 to Edward and Donna (Danne) Gregoire. Debbie was a swimmer most of her life. She received a full scholarship to swim at Illinois State University. She earned a degree in Nutrition and Dietaries and worked at 3 hospitals over a period of 16 years. Deb's true passion became her transition from swimmer to swim coach. She loved supporting her daughter as well as all of her group athletes. She was always so happy and humbled to be part of a child's life.
Deborah is survived by her husband, Scott A. Huonker; her children, Baelin, Kynzie, Jaric and Teagyn; her mother, Donna Gregoire; a sister, Chris Gregoire and a brother, Greg Gregoire; a niece, a nephew, other relatives and her DFAC and BAC swim families.
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TOWN OF SCOTT, Wis. - A Columbia County community has come together to help a family whose Christmas presents were stolen from beneath of their tree.
In the Town of Scott, Josh and Brenda Wilcox were left with no gifts for their four daughters after the 15 wrapped boxes were stolen. Most of them were clothes, but an MP3 player was also stolen.
Charlene Gordon, 46, of Portage, and Dean Jansma, 43, of rural Cambria, are accused of taking the gifts. According to police reports, they also stole tools and other items from the garage.
They have both been charged with a felony count of party to the crime of burglary to a dwelling and misdemeanor theft as a party to the crime.
According to a criminal complaint, the family returned Monday after shopping and dinner to find the presents missing.
"My heart was broken. My heart sank for the kids," Brenda Wilcox said.
Josh Wilcox said he was sleeping in the house when the items were taken. The entire family, including the girls, has been shaken by the incident.
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Brandner described the thefts as heartless.
Between the Giving Tree, Pardeeville schools and other generosity from the community, the Wilcox family will now celebrate Christmas on time with a floor filled with presents for the children.
"Economically, this is a tough time for everybody, and so for these people to dig out of their own pockets and give to our kids shows a lot," Brenda Wilcox said. "It shows a lot that we come from a great community."
Brenda and Josh Wilcox said they hope others donate to organizations that offer children presents this holiday.
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OK so gun control advocates say that they present too great of a danger to society and only have limited social benefit. However, why don't these people look at other things that present even greater danger and less social benefit. Look at Alcohol. The only benefits it provides is social recreation. The cost is:
- 250,000 people have died in alcohol related accident in the past 10 years.
- Over 50% of all fatal highway crashes involving two or more cars are alcohol related.
- Over 65% of all fatal single car crashes are alcohol related.
- Over 36% percent of all adult pedestrian accidents are alcohol related.
- An average of 30,000 people die per year from cirrhosis of the liver, cancer and other diseases linked to drinking too much
- 36% of all adult pedestrian accidents involve an intoxicated pedestrian.
- 40% of all suicide attempts are alcohol-related
- 54% of all violent crimes are alcohol-related
- 60% of all emergency room admissions are alcohol-related
- 80% of all domestic disputes are alcohol-related
At least guns provide some degree of protection. The reality is that gun control people don't like guns. They grew up without them and all the know about them is the violent side. When they think about guns they think about the nightly news and I think about spending time with my father in a hunting blind. Getting rid of guns has zero impact on them so why do they care. However I bet if you made they same argument about alcohol they would scream about government over steeping their bounds and trying to control people. Seems pretty hypocritical isn't it. People love making their lives better by making someone else sacrifice.


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I'm not going to make excuses as to why I haven't updated my blog in the last seven months. No one really wants to know anyhow. :-)
I'm back with a new focus on Java free software. I will be working with Java free software on the job and in other professional level projects, so there will be a lot more free software news coming from me now. I'll write about that at some other time.
Now moving right along...
The pond just got a whole lot bigger for the little folks...
I find Red Hat's leaving the consumer operating system market to concentrate on the enterprise market awesome news for the growth of Linux, but it's a bit sad. It marks the end of an era and the start of a new one for Linux. The most famous Linux distro is leaving its roots behind, maybe not in spirit, but at least in writing. :-)
The interesting thing is, this now leaves room in the consumer market for Mandrake to come back from bankruptcy. Now that the big fish has moved to other waters, suddenly there is a huge market gap to fill.
Of course, Mandrake now has even more competition than before, with Lindows and Xandros also positioning themselves in the consumer Linux market. Lindows goes for the computer newbie, while Xandros goes after the early adopter hardcore gamer that doesn't want to leave Windows games behind, doesn't know how to hack Linux either, they just want to move to this Linux thing because it's the cool new thing. I'm not sure which one has the higher market, but as Mandrake is the closer one to what Red Hat was, it may be the one to gain the top spot. I think Lindows and Xandros are positioning themselves in really narrow niche markets.
As for Fedora, I hope it turns out regular releases that compare in stability to the "old" RH Linux. I also hope it stays a volunteer-run project and doesn't go commercial. The world needs a showcase volunteer-run distro that doesn't require one to be a hard-core Linux hacker.
Disclaimer: I myself use Gentoo and Linux-From-Scratch for my development servers, so I'm not bashing hard-core distros. All I'm saying is that there are a lot more mainstream Linux users than hard-core Linux users, and I'd like Fedora to be there for the mainstream Linux users the way Red Hat's consumer Linux used to.
My best wishes to Red Hat and Fedora in the years ahead.
A little over a month has gone by since my last post. I got swamped with work from my job, and barely had any free time for hacking. Things have been back to normal for a week now.
Here's the summary:
Free Software in Puerto Rico Government
During this last month, the March 12-13 conference promoting broader free software use in the Government of Puerto Rico, was scaled way down in scope, because of lack of financial support. Now that this has passed into history, I am starting to plan a 'real' conference for some undetermined time in the future.
But first, I am exploring commercial sponsorship possibilities from the green-lizard and rouge-thing-on-the-head free-software companies, as well as the two-lettered computer hardware company and the three-lettered computer hardware company.
Mono and Gnome Hacking
I cleaned up some documentation in The Mono Handbook and began adding content to the introductions of the various ECMA standard .NET namespaces.
I am having a blast rewriting Same Gnome in Gtk# and Glade2. I didn't know Gnome2 programming could be so easy! :-) I am documenting my effort, to be included in The Mono Handbook as a case study of Gnome programming in Mono.
After I'm finished with Same Gnome, I'm converting GnomeCalc. :-p
Hacking the Linux kernel
My only solace during this last busy month was reading Understanding the Linux Kernel, Second Edition, during my lunch break and before bedtime. I also located a copy in good condition of Linux Core Kernel Commentary (aka LCKC) with the CD-ROM, which is now out of print. Finding this last book in good condition was a waste of time, because after only a week of use, the spine broke and the pages started coming unbound, which seems to be the fate of all LCKCs in existance. :-/
Good hardware is so cheap these days, I went and built a new spare PC, installed Debian GNU/Linux on it, plus the source of the last three releases of the 2.4 series kernel, some of Con Kolivas' patches and his contest benchmark. I grabbed the last three releases from the 2.5 series kernel as well, to keep track of the latest development. I also have installed LXR cross-references to all this source on my XBox Apache server.
Since I don't have the time to read the lkml every day, KernelTrap and Kernel Traffic will be my new found friends.
It seems in my overenthusiasm, I misunderstood my invitation to the free software in government conference. I was asked to 'participate', and I assumed that meant that I was asked to speak. More details later.
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Last week, in the days following the latest snowstorm to hit NYC we saw photos of Hugh Jackman really loving the snow and then really, really loving the snow. Today we get to see new cute photos of Hugh, his daughter Ava Eliot and the family pooch Dalí really, really, REALLY loving the snow together.
Yes, I know these photos of Hugh rolling around in the snow having the TIME OF HIS LIFE are starting to get ridiculous but … I can't help it. First, we got a hot man who is unafraid of showing his playful side. Then we see him paired with his cute daughter who clearly loves playing in the snow with her daddy. And finally we get the cutest little dog around … and BAM! It's all too damn cute. As much as I hate the snow, seeing photos like this makes me just want to roll around and play with Hugh! I mean, right?
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'World Wide Pants!' has submitted this little peice of info to us:
Just doing a little backtracking in GTA 3 history at the liberty tree and I
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Asked why they thought she was now living in Liberty City, our sources said, "We raided her apartment last week in one of those funny towns down south with a Spanish name, Los Something or other, or San Somebody, and we found a ticket with a flight to Francis International Airport. It didn't take us long to realize this was the airport in Liberty City.
I guess this means that we shall learn more about Catalina's past in San Andreas and quite possibly Fido's real name.
Link: http://www.rockstargames.com/libertytree/story3.html
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Family: Sciuridae, Squirrels view all from this family
Description Has the bushiest tail of any ground squirrel. Back is typically a buff gray, and is marked with flecks of white; this spotting sometimes producing a wavy striped appearance, but never the white shoulder markings of O. beecheyi. Often has varying amounts of black on the back; this may be across the head, shoulders, back, or entire body. Head varies from pinkish buff to brown. Has conspicuous white crescents above and below the eyes. Tail not as bushy as tree squirrels. Rarely climbs trees. Males are larger.
Dimensions 470-500mm, 190-230mm, 450-875g
Habitat Canyons & caves, Cities, suburbs & towns, Deserts
Range Plains, Rocky Mountains, Southwest, Texas, California
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http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs...parenting.htmlIt's not unusual to see proud moms and dads make YouTube videos of their kids' accomplishments for family and friends, and eventually the world, to see.
It is unusual to see a highlight reel of a peewee football player with stats so impressive - 35 touchdowns, 65 tackles and nearly 2,000 rushing yards - they would make an NFL scout do a double-take.
What's even more unusual is that this particular proud dad, Brent Gordon of the greater Salt Lake City-area, uploaded the video to show off the skills of his 9-year-old daughter, Samantha "Sam" Gordon.
"When she was about 3 or 4 years old and we would play soccer out in the yard with my older son and they'd try to be a little bit rough with her and even intentionally try to kick the ball at her and she wouldn't be fazed and would keep getting up," Gordon said today via Skype on " Good Morning America." "I kind of had an idea that she's got an aggressive mentality back then."
That "aggressive mentality" has made Sam the standout star of the nearly all-boys Ute Conference football league in Utah she joined this year as starting quarterback after coming out on tops among the 172 kids in her district in nearly every speed and agility drill during tryouts.
The YouTube video created by her dad has made her an Internet sensation. The video has been viewed nearly 2 million times since Gordon posted it Monday.


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Lucky Friday's reopening puts Silver back in the Valley
MULLAN, Idaho - After a yearlong shutdown at the Lucky Friday Mine in Mullan, the facility is getting ready to reopen and workers are being told to come back to their jobs.
In 2011, there were a series of accidents at the mine, including two deaths and a rock blast that injured seven. The mine was shut down for safety improvements and more than 100 people were put out of work.
Miners head to Dirty Ernie's in Kellogg all the time to get a drink, kick back and relax. Debbie Cameron knows them well. Back in May, in the midst of the Lucky Friday closure, she was sharing the pain with those out of their jobs. Now she's sharing their relief.
"It's really nice to see the miners come in all happy," Cameron said.
Those same people are being told to come back to work. Lucky Friday is working towards re-opening and ramping up production in the next few months.
"Everybody is just thrilled to get a paycheck now, get off unemployment. Families aren't struggling as hard. Everybody just seem to be doing a lot better," she said.Lucky Friday reopening
During the closure, Dirty Ernie's business took a hit. Things did pick up in the fall and miners coming back to Lucky Friday will help out.
Going back to work is not only a relief for workers, businesses and the community but also the children.
"The greatest impact I've observed is the psychological impact," Wallace School District Superintendent Dr. Bob Ranells said.
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But this holiday season, miners were able to come back home and celebrate with their families.
Hecla said that most of the people out of work are coming back and expects production to start within the first quarter of 2013.
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The New York section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy has chosen Princeton graduate student Peter Tarsa for its 2004 Graduate Student Award.
Tarsa received the award for his work on the development of an ultrasensitive method for detecting trace gases and biological agents with a technique known as "cavity ring-down spectroscopy." Tarsa, who works in the lab of chemistry professor Kevin Lehmann , has multiple publications and three patent applications for his instrumentation designs.
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Usually we go game by game in this space, but today we're doubling up on the recaps. The Knicks split two winnable games this weekend….here are some quick thoughts 1. The Sixers game has got to be concerning – At home, 1 – 5 opponent, star player on the bench, early tip off. These are the kind of games the Knicks have to win if they want to make the playoffs. One of the fantastic th...


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Havent posted in awhile but needless to say after i bought the obi wan weatherd and the vader fx i was hooked on collecting the windu and the esb luke as soon as i had heared the news that they were being produced as fx's.
ANYWAY'S ive been wondering about the "flights" that the products are being shipped on, im on flight 4 and it says that the products will be dispatched in july to august months.
If anyone has any info as to when even the first flight is being dispatched id be really gratefull about this as i am just bursting to see the luke esb fx, cuse essentially its the ep3 saber with afew minor additions .
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"The Vinyl Cafe is probably the CBC's, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, most successful weekend show. Its American counterpart would be Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion and the funny stories the genial host of the Vinyl Cafe, Stuart McLean, tells are sort of like the News From Lake Wobegon without the politics, religion, and occasional high-horse. As a show, the Vinyl Cafe, when live, is a one-hour set of eclectic music by very different musicians and a story by Stuart McLean about Dave, the owner of a used record store called the Vinyl Cafe, his wife, Morley, their two kids and their neighbors." - The Serious Comedy Site
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It was all thanks to Open House New York, an annual two-day event showcasing hundreds of architecturally and historically significant sites around New York City. Relative to many of the other OHNY venues, this was one of the more distant and harder-to-access locations. Nonetheless, an impressive number of visitors—many of whom would probably cringe at the thought of trekking to the airport without flying somewhere under other circumstances—attended the four hour event.
Built in 1962 and closed since 2001, the terminal recently underwent a renovation which restored much of its original golden-age-of-air-travel glory. The Eero Saarinen-designed masterpiece is now a government-protected landmark which cannot be demolished or significantly altered, but it sits on valuable real estate that the airport would like to make use of. Recent proposals have involved building a hotel either inside or above the terminal, but the terminal's fate remains undecided.


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Internet pioneer John Little '80, the founder and CEO of Portal Software, Inc., will deliver the G.S. Beckwith Gilbert '63 Lecture on Wednesday, April 5 at 7 p.m. in McCosh 10. His lecture is titled "All I Needed to Know in Business I Learned at Princeton, or, After Fifteen Years, I'm an Overnight Success."
Portal, founded in 1985, evolved as one of the country's first Internet service providers. In 1996, the company introduced Infranet. software, a customer management and billing program designed specifically for the needs of the Internet and emerging communications service providers. Little's achievements prompted Forbes magazine to put him on the cover of a recent issue.


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7-14 since the break. Lost last ngiht 15-5 to the Padres for number 8 in a row.
Now 3 games under and 8 back.
How quickly things change. We can still get 3rd place, folks!
7-14 since the break. Lost last ngiht 15-5 to the Padres for number 8 in a row.
Now 3 games under and 8 back.
How quickly things change. We can still get 3rd place, folks!
Hide your power alleys; Hide your wife
I predicted this scenario months ago, so it must've been easy to see.
Can't win with 'em
Can't win without 'em
We couldn't have just bumped my Pirates thread to give me a little redemption?
yeah well THEY were supposed to suck
"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
--Woody Hayes
Same thing happened in Seattle when the offense never arrived - the pitching can't do it all. They may not be done sliding yet...
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"In my day you had musicians who experimented with drugs. Now it's druggies experimenting with music" - Alfred G Clark (circa 1972)
No need for us to jump the Pirates for third. It's all about getting the best draft pick possible now in this lost season. (And it will be fun watching the young guys and our stud players in general play the rest of the season. It's still going to be interesting to watch the rest of this Reds season, but we're out of it and I want the best draft position possible for the '12 draft if we're not going to make the playoffs. Which we're not.)
Americans love a winner. Americans will not tolerate a loser....Americans play to win all of the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed...the very idea of losing is hateful to an American.
Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.
Just as I, and many others, predicted. They may end up finishing just a few games below .500 but they were never legitimate contenders for the Central crown.
"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."
So what happens to all those Pirates fans that all of a sudden appeared out nowhere?
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."
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Typesafe Activator 1.3.0 released: Contains new sbt server and UI
Ten months ago we posted about architectural changes to Typesafe Activator. After
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U-Store sponsors author events, Jan. 27-Feb. 24
Posted January 8, 2004; 04:30 p.m.
The University Store is sponsoring a number of events in the early spring featuring authors with Princeton connections or those of interest to the University community.
The authors usually present a short talk at the store, answer questions from the audience and sign copies of their book. Here is the schedule for the coming weeks:
- 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27, Christopher Corbett, former news editor and reporter with the Associated Press and author of "Orphans Preferred: The Twisted Truth and Lasting Legend of the Pony Express."
- 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, Christopher Hedges, visiting scholar in the Council of the Humanities, investigative reporter for The New York Times and author of "War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning."
- 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, English department professors Henry Abelove, author of "Deep Gossip," and Jeffrey Nunokawa, author of "Tame Passions of Wilde."
- 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, John Stossel, Princeton alumnus, ABC news correspondent and author of "Give Me a Break."
- 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, seven female poets who will read their love poems.
- 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16, Henry Louis Gates Jr., visiting fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study and author of "America Behind the Color Line."
- 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 (Alumni Day) C.K. Williams, lecturer with the rank of professor in the Council of the Humanities and author of "The Singing."
- 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, Fred Greenstein, professor of politics emeritus and author of "The George W. Bush Presidency: An Early Assessment."
For more information, call 921-8500, ext. 255, or visit the U-Store Web site .
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Windows 7 was a follow-up to Windows Vista, which was one of the more maligned versions of Microsoft's operating system in recent years. Windows 7 lured many upgraders not only from Vista, but from the older XP operating system as well. Windows 8 doesn't have the luxury of following an unloved version of Windows like Windows 7.
The statistics offered by Net Applications only count computer users who installed preview versions of Windows 8 and preview versions of Windows 7. The statistics are believed to provide a clear indication of consumer interest in the operating system rather than a desire or need for new computer hardware.
In September, only 0.33% of all computers using Windows relied on Windows 8. That works out to 33 out of every 10,000 Windows machines using Windows 8. By the end of September 2009, with very similar time remaining before the launch of Windows 7, the operating system accounted for 1.64% of all Windows PCs working out to 164 out of every 10,000 units.
Analysts are beginning to believe that Microsoft won't see the uptick in OS sales that it hoped for with Windows 8. Gartner recently advised clients that it predicts the operating system would top out at only 20 to 25% share in the corporate environment.
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Take Two Interactive today released its financial results for the final quarter of fiscal year 2007, which ended on 31st October. The company's finances are in improving shape, with an increase in profit being attributed to Bioshock's impressive sales, which have crossed the two million mark.
Often the company uses this time as an opportunity to reveal final release dates for upcoming titles but today all the company would clarify about Grand Theft Auto IV was that it will be on store shelves in the second fiscal quarter of 2008. This means that it will release some time between February 1st and April 30th. The company restated that it is committed to seeing the game release simultaneously on both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
The company also confirmed that the first episodic content for GTA IV will hit Xbox 360 by 31st October 2008. The second of the packages, which Microsoft famously paid a total of $50million for, will release some time before 31st October 2009. The significance of this is that it almost certainly rules out any further GTA titles appearing at retail before 2010.
An interesting question was fielded to executives during the associated conference call - will Grand Theft Auto IV be coming to Nintendo Wii? The company's response was that "there are other titles better suited for the Wii than Grand Theft Auto IV". While this suggests that GTA IV won't be released for Wii, they did not rule out the possibility of an alternative or unique game being released for the growing platform.
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Made giddy by the recent deluge of SATC-spanking media coverage (see end of story for links), and in the interest of further dragging out the saga of how SATC killed NYC, let's trace it back--not as far back this time as Bushnell and Star's fateful meeting at Bowery Bar, we've already covered that. No, let's go back to a seemingly more harmless moment in the year 2000, to a few seconds frosted in pink.
The Villager points the way, reflecting, "After Sarah Jessica Parker ate a creamy retro cupcake on Sex and the City at a beloved local landmark, The Magnolia Bakery, the tour buses began circling. The lines outside the tiny bakery swelled into queues stretching around the corner. Soon, upscale clothing retailer Marc Jacobs, salivating over the youthful crowds, rented a shop right across the street."
don't do it! stop!
And here's our smoking gun: "Our goal was to take advantage of the huge concentration of young people who flooded into the area, especially with the 'Sex and the City' show," said Debbie Lee, a Marc Jacobs assistant manager.
oh no, you didn't! watch the cataclysmic catalyst here
The way a butterfly's wings can theoretically whip up a tornado, Carrie Bradshaw's bite of a cupcake set an avalanche in motion. That mouthful of buttery sweetness begat tour buses, which begat trendy lines, which begat Marc Jacobs. And what did Marc Jacobs beget?
Wrote the Observer, "Marc Jacobs didn't invent the West Village, but his five stores there have made it into a precious, pricey, overpopulated, well-corduroyed, bubble-skirted dreamland." Time Out says this SATC effect created the "douchification of the Meatpacking District and the West Village," with "Lower East-Packing and Chinatown... neck-and-neck for the next douchey makeover," thanks to inclusion in the SATC movie.
the only bakery where cupcakes require bouncers for protection
From here, we can follow the cupcake crumb trail west, where toxic Bleecker connects to Hudson, which becomes 9th and leads straight into the luxury Meatpacking Mall. To the east, Bleecker infects Bowery and gives birth to the Cooper Sq Hotel, Varvatos, etc., which will in turn beget more of the same. These Bleecker offshoots stretch ever north and south, and even cross the rivers. You can see how quickly the light breeze from those butterfly's wings has built into a devastating storm--one that the media and the city has begun to turn against.
Just for fun, imagine an alternate universe in which Carrie Bradshaw opted not to swallow that cupcake. What if, instead, she spat it onto the sidewalk and said, "These cupcakes are horrible"? On the filmreel of your mind, watch the city rewind back to its old self--glass towers fall and fallen brick lowrises rise again, the sidewalks clear of heartless crowds, lost New Yorkers return to homes and shops they were evicted from...oh, what a fantasy that would be.
She's an easy target, but for the record, I don't think it's all Sarah Jessica Parker's fault. She has her part, but an actor plays a character co-created by writers, producers, directors. Let's not forget the others who brought SATC to power, including Darren Star and Candace Bushnell. And, clearly, the yunnies were already in the audience, primed and hungry to receive SATC's messages. In a time and place where image is king (or queen), television dictates behavior. It won't make us into murderers, but it can boost existing cultural trends that balloon into major changes.
In an essay on television and gentrification, one writer takes it to the next level, writing, "urban leaders have internalized these televisual images of the urban good life. When they think of 'urban vitality,' they envision the city as a playground of upscale consumption and leisure. And, in doing so, they have increasingly committed themselves to policies of gentrification and displacement."
And so the cupcake trail leads straight to Bloomberg and Burden. Wipe those crumbs from your lips, Carrie and the gang, you've got a lot of cleaning up to do.
A chain of blame:
- The Post rolls out a list of crimes, saying, "Carrie Bradshaw, we're holding you responsible for the following developments, which you and your cohorts unleashed upon an unsuspecting city."
- Time Out features an anti-SATC cover and a "haters package" for a "Carrie-free" New York.
- The Daily Mail (and last night's CBS News 2) declares the Big Apple backlash begun.
- AMNY wonders, "is it the show's fault that your corner diner was knocked down for a condo and places like Third Avenue in Murray Hill are overrun with Samantha clones?"
- A former Villager details the ruination of her neighborhood, complete with: bitchy cupcake ladies! rats! desperate singles!


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No news, is no news–and stocks are little changed this morning. But that doesn't mean that the political turmoil in the U.S. isn't front and center in just about everyone's mind.
Who's concerned? Well, let's see. There's the IMF, which plans to make the political turmoil in the U.S the focus of its meeting this week. Wall Street types, too, are fretting, as they warn about the ramifications of prioritizing some payments over others. And China and Japan are worried too, as both warn the U.S. to get its act together.
Still, the S&P 500 has ticked down 0.1% to 1,675.50, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average is off 0.1% at 14,920.63.
The Lindsey Group's Peter Boockvar explains the ramifications of international concern:
Japan joined China in telling the US government that they better be careful with the handling of US debt where both countries hold about $2.5T worth. While both will be fully repaid, we have to wonder how tolerant in the future the two will be with not only holding their existing stock of US Treasuries but what their appetite will be in buying more at their historic pace. At some point QE will end (who knows when now) and the US Treasury will need some big buyers to step in to the fill the breach. My message again to the Fed is that it's all about the flow, not the stock.
And despite the calm today, Marketfield's Michael Shaoul sees evidence that investors are worried, too. He writes:
Yesterday saw a surge in the VIX index, which gained 2.67 points (15.95%) to close at 19.41, its highest close since June 24th, the date the SPX bottomed at 1560.3 (and closed at 1573.09). Although recent market action has been poor, it does not yet compare to the correction that took place in May and June, and this can be seen in the change to the 20 day historic volatility of the SPX which remains quite muted at 9.62, almost half its level in late June.
Of course as its name suggests historic volatility is backwards looking while the VIX is sensitive to the market's perception of a future move. Nevertheless we are starting to see something of an "event premium" being built into option prices, much as took place last December at the time of the obsession with the "Fiscal Cliff"…
Still, despite the turmoil, Shaoul believes the next move will be determined by the quality of earnings, rather than "the quality of political leadership in this country."
Speaking of earnings, Alcoa (AA) is scheduled to release after the close today, getting reporting season underway. Investors don't appear to be placing big bets on Alcoa, however: Its shares have dropped 0.3% to $7.95.
Shares of Jamba (JMBA) have plunged 19% to $10.87 after the juice maker said same-store sales dropped 3.4%.
McKesson (MCK) has gained 4.3% to $135.27 after the Wall Street Journal reported that it was in talks to buy Celesio.
Arkansas Best (ABFS) has dropped 5.1% to $22.59 as the transportation-services company faces a potential strike.
Cloud Peak Energy (CLD) has gained 3.1% to %15.03 after it was upgraded to Buy from Hold at Stifel.
Novatris (NVS) has dropped 1.2% to $74.48 after it was downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JP Morgan.


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By Tiernan Ray
Shares of software vendor Informatica (INFA) are up $2.19, or almost 7%, at $34.50 in late trading after the company reported Q1 revenue that beat analysts' expectations and earnings per share that was in line with consensus.
Revenue in the three months ended in March rose 9%, year over year, to $214 million, yielding EPS of $31 cents.
Analysts had been modeling $202 million and 31 cents.
CEO Sohaib Abbasi remarked that the quarter's results showed "growing customer demand" for the company's software.
Informatica executives will host a conference call with analysts at 5 pm, Eastern time, and you can catch the webcast of it on the company's investor relations Web site.


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While at this point in the season we are regularly deluged with plays set on or around Christmas, there's not usually a whole lot of holiday fare out there for Jews. That changed over the last two Decembers, when Acorn Productions staged first a trio of plays about Eastern European Jewish life, and then The Wandering Beggar, adapted for the stage by Howard Rosenfeld from Simon Solomon's classic 1931 book about humble, honest Simple Shmerel, who proves wiser than the rabbis. This year, Acorn carries on the tradition by staging the world premiere of The Legend of the Golem, a new play (written and directed by Michael Levine) in which one doubting son of Israel experiences a rebirth of happiness and faith.
In the fictional Polish town of Grotski, in the 1920s, the family of struggling tailor Reb Nathan (Josh Brassard) is beset by tensions. Reb Nathan wonders if he should give up his hand-sewing and learn to work the new industrial machines, so that he can increase his efficiency and finally bring home the meat that his wife Shoshe (Brenda Tubby Chandler) craves. The embittered Shoshe is sick of eating bread all the time, and frustrated with their daughter Liesel (Kara Haupt) for caring more about her goyish boyfriend Ludwig (Tristan Rolfe) and the new German philosophers (like experience-it-to-believe-it Kant) than about learning how to make matzoh and keep house. She is especially upset with Reb Nathan for his recent absence at minyan prayers, and really rides his tuchas about his seeming loss of faith. And Reb Nathan, poor, unhappy, and hen-pecked, questions what seem like the impossibly pre-modern stories and rituals of the faith into which he was born.
Luckily, fate intervenes, in the form of a stranger named Moshe (Hal Cohen) who interrupts a very awkward Seder (attended as it is, much to Shoshe's chagrin, by the eager-to-learn Ludwig). Moshe takes him to the attic of the shul, and urges him to recall the legend of the titular creature, made from clay and animated to help save the Jews. The Golem, Moshe advises, can also help save a Jew, i.e., Reb Nathan himself. It's not quite a correct analogy to call what follows a Jewish Christmas Carol or It's a Wonderful Life — Reb Nathan's rebirth is explicitly religious, and it takes place around Passover, rather than during the winter months — but that's the overarching sentiment of his renaissance.
Levine tells the story on a simple set, with the exaggerated tone and types of fairy tales: Brassard's Reb Nathan is the archetypal long-suffering husband, with plenty of comically besieged rolled eyes and gestures; Chandler's Shoshe is a classic kvetching wife; and Haupt's Liesel is the quintessential young girl common across cultures: giddy with love, petulant in the face of her parents' rules. As Ludwig, the outsider by which non-Jews can learn a bit about Seder and other Jewish rituals, the skinny Rolfe is sweetly candid and curious. Cohen has a lot of fun as the mysterious Moshe, whom he plays with a luxuriously uncouth love of eating anything thrown his way, and as the Golem himself, the already lanky David Handwerker towers entertainingly in huge platform shoes, an adorable grin often lighting up his clay-colored face.
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Correspondence: Philip James Bailey to Rev. H. Christmas
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This collection is stored at Firestone Library.
Requests will be delivered to Manuscripts Division, RBSC Reading Room .
Collection Creator: Bailey, Philip James, 1816-1902..
Dates: undated.
Located In: Box 1 Folder 52;
Extent: 1 folder
Languages: English.
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Correspondence: Philip James Bailey to Rev. H. Christmas; undated; Philip James Bailey Collection, Box 1 Folder 52; Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
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My neighbor just returned from a trip to England and brought me back a pack of AOTC stickers. It says Merlin on the front (little box near the bottom). 6 stickers per package it says.
Can anyone tell me more about these? What should I expect when I open them? Should I open them? Are they different from US versions or is it just a change in packaging?