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If you are from "BigCorp" (any powerful corporate) the cops will *help* you take liberties, not merely permit you to.
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If you are from "BigCorp" (any powerful corporate) the cops will *help* you take liberties, not merely permit you to.
Something is clearly happening to opinion in techspace. As recently as half a year ago a thread like this on this topic would have to a considerable extent been swamped by the dollar-key dyslexics howling about what rubbish WP7 is. This thread however, has considerably more balance. I am very happy with my Desire Z currently but when the time comes I will definitely at least look at which ever high end slider Nokia has released when considering what HTC are then offering with Android.
The poor chap is certainly suffering from some kind of deficit but I doubt that it is a lack of attention at the moment.
.........than in the US *excluding* sales tax. Levi-Strauss have been rigging the market in Europe for years. It is about time the European Commission asked "BigCorp" in general to explain and justify the difference between European and US prices and started to fine *very* heavily.
No, the system does not work that way. The "big people" pay both the tax man *and* their own employees as little as possible under any and all circumstances. Large numbers of people are so badly paid by these heroes of Capitalism that they need help from the Social even though they are in "gainful" employment. Who pays for this? You and me, ordinary taxpayers because it certainly is *not* "Mr Big". He ensures that he contributes as little to society in the form of tax as he can and in many cases by paying his employees as badly as he can. A significant section of our financial and business elite (not all, but many) are the very definition of the word "parasite".
I would however say that the two strategies have a certain degree of "clear water" between them and the author should have taken those nuances into account. -:)
"When it comes to Windows 8, Microsoft is therefore following Apple's example by straddling camps. Steve Jobs' Lion version of OS X this year brings little touches of iOS to the Mac in the way it scrolls through screens and the way apps are fired up from icons."
"Following Apple's example". Now there was me having the impression that Apple was rejecting the entire idea of porting OSX to tablet space whilst Microsoft was making an issue of porting Windows to tablet space. You can perhaps explain where I have misunderstood (which is of course entirely possible) what is going on. I.E. In what sense in this context is MS following Apple's example? I thought that they were doing the exact opposite - silly me.
The train I was driving one fine day got stuck (brakes hanging on) in the tunnel approaching Camden Town on the southbound. Happily the train's call-number was 13 (the Line Controller was based at Euston and I think that you know what's coming here!) and I had the great pleasure of the following radio exchange.
Me: Train 13 approaching Camden Town south to Northern Line control.
Controller: Yes 13, pass your message.
Me: Euston we have a problem here.
Controller: Howls of laughter.
..........I do think that three-quarters of a kilo is perhaps a *bit* much for a lightweight mobile device? Try reading that one-handed in bed at night and you are likely to end up with bursitis.
"Making devices from graphene will not be done using today's silicon wafer tools and processes. New processes, whole new toolchain, new fabs. Patents all the way down."
Indeed Ru, I agree with you. They will in fact have to be *solid* *old style* patents that actually demonstrate a *working* process. Not vapourware inventions with no accompanying working prototype, purely designed to poison as large an area of the market as possible without any intention of ever actually manufacturing something.
Happily I am in a position (as a researcher in organic chemistry) to reassure you that graphene has a planer hexagonal structure and is definitely *not* rectangular with rounded corners. Even Cupertino will not be able to fire off writs over this one. Furthermore it was discovered in 1962 (first described by Hanns-Peter Boehm) a couple of decades or so before Apple was founded which should ensure that prior art applies regardless of any claims by the iPhanbois that Apple developed the iTardis in the early 1960s. -:)
"A spokesman for DigiNotar told The Register that it would "be difficult" for him to respond to questions about the security breach and the resulting effects it has on end users. This only seems to reinforce the notion that CAs see themselves as too big to fail and aren't accountable to end users."
It would certainly be difficult if he strongly suspects that the breach was the work of an intelligence agency from a "friendly power". Especially if that power had a lot of influence over control of the net. He might very well feel that keeping stumm under the circumstances might be the lesser of the two evils and that he just has to swallow the fact that the rest of the industry are not too impressed by the lack of information from the company. He indeed may fear that they will end up very "accountable" but for the wrong reasons and not to the end users in the industry.
"The Iranian Government, perhaps"
Which they can perfectly well do (and certainly do do) from within Iran's own networks.
"However, I *cannot* argue that the "I am out and I am proud and I am an arsehole" brigade will not feel that they will be in any way restricted by this. "
This has of course an extraneous "not" and should have read as:
"However, I *cannot* argue that the "I am out and I am proud and I am an arsehole" brigade will feel that they will be in any way restricted by this. "
Sorry, my fail. -:)
Indeed, I cannot dispute your point here. I would only argue that lack of anonymity restrains to *some* degree that kind of garbage. However, I *cannot* argue that the "I am out and I am proud and I am an arsehole" brigade will not feel that they will be in any way restricted by this. In fact if these issues demonstrate anything it is that anonymity is not a precondition for some people - they just do not give a shit about what they are willing to say to others. The only restriction of course being that they are not within arm's reach of the person they are insulting! In fact that may be the bottom line - that they are not forced to choose between not saying it and having to say it face to face with their "victim". Maybe the issue is one of "cowardice"?
Very interesting discussion/article with a number of very good points. The issue in the last paragraph about FBs built in advantage here contra Google+ inasmuch as their punters *wish* to fly their own colours is a very well taken one that had not occurred to me. In the end of course it is the old story about creating a service that your punters want in the form that *they* want it. A concept that is a *lot* simpler to describe than it is to realise.
""A weakening DRAM market will encourage manufacturers to optimise their product mix, moving toward increased production of a higher-margin memory such as NAND flash," said IHS."
Manufacturers will likely move production effort from a sector where sales and prices are falling off a cliff into the fastest growing sector within personal computing and communications. Wow! Such amazing insight! You've got to hand it to the analysts - as masters of the (ig)noble art of stating the blindingly bleedin' obvious they take some beating.
It is an interesting point regarding apps. The point is often repeated lazily and ad nauseam that apps discourage transferring from one os to another. I am not so sure *to what degree* this is true. Given that even paid apps are pretty damn cheap then unless a genuinely "mission critical" app is not available on the os one is considering moving to and or the new os' ecosystem has limited choice and numbers then I am not so sure how vital this point is. It may very well be the case that how comfortable the average punter is with the os/stock UI concerned and how much he/she likes the phone itself may have more to say than having to replace apps if one does transfer. Whatever, when and if web-apps begin to compete in terms of quality and availability thus eliminating the platform tie-in we will no doubt see.
However that point can be overdone/exaggerated. Latest prices for Asus' Transformer pad and docking station (for example) at Amazon.com are $352 for the former and $125 for the latter - all up at $477, the whole package is *within* Apple's price-point and is selling very well in both the US and Europe (the prices in Europe are as usual a bit higher the package being equivalent to about $545 excluding sales tax though it is all the same selling well here even with sales tax.). A reputable OEM *should* be able to do this and make a profit as long as they do the necessary heavy lifting *and* do not expect to be able to imitate Apple's margins which are currently the largest in the sector.
The combined transformer/dock package is selling at Amazon.co.uk at a price *inside* that of the 16Gb iPad2 (prices include UK sales tax).
In other words it most certainly *can* be done if the OEM understands his business.
"What a bad idea, for so many reasons – not least that Apple purchasers are prepared to pay a premium because it's Apple."
That is the trick isn't it? Identifying what the "Apple premium" might be in price point terms and then pitching good quality well thought out kit at the necessary "discount" while still being able to turn a profit. It is in fact not *so* big a mystery. Asus, for example, have shown us how to do it with the ingenious "Transformer" (the "Slider" on the way) and HTC (a company that I normally have a lot of time for) have shown us how *not* to do it with an overpriced 7 inch tablet launched too early to take advantage of the changes in Honeycomb which take into account that form-factor. There is no substitute for some heavy duty thinking combined with a lot of effort to engineer to a saleable and profitable price-point - but that surely is what being a reputable OEM has always been about? In that sense I am *almost* inclined to say, so what's new this time?
I should also say that I also genuinely like the guy as a comedian and an actor, got a lot time for him in fact. However, almost every time he opens his mouth and starts to pontificate it gets right up my nose!
Weeell, now you mention it, there I was all excited at the prospect of seeing "Not another fucking elf" and now I feel all let down.
On a more serious note it is quite clear that Stephen Fry really *does* believe that Steve Jobs has "changed all our lives". Er, no he hasn't, he has made some shinies that can only be afforded (in common with other high-end shinies from other companies) by a small minority of our fellow earthlings. If he had done something like invent a permanent cure for malaria and/or AIDS then we would be talking about something that *really* had planet-wide impact upon the lives of a huge number of our fellow earth-dwellers. It is not only that Mr Fry's opinions on matters outside his own field often are so gushingly twee, they are also so fucking western-world middle class head-up-own-bum parochial.
The writ is in the post.
Sent from his iThingy.
The previous poster's comments are not *entirely* without merit since Apple's capacities to defend themselves against hostile takeovers, borrow money or carry out a takeover themselves would only be significantly affected if their share price dropped by a very large percentage indeed. This applies to any well managed and strongly capitalised company where "normal factors/circumstances" apply.
..........what the reception to the iPhone5 is like. Anything significantly less than the sales of the equivalent period after launch of the iPhone4 then the market who are well aware that Steve Jobs has not been in the best of form for some time now make very well mark the shares down by year's end. That does not necessarily make such a reaction rational or logical but I would not bet against some "post-Jobs" profit taking over the coming months - especially since the stripy-shirted numb-nuts on the exchanges frequently oscillate between excessive optimism and the opposite.
Quite simply put neither Apple nor the business community in general have anywhere near the amount of experience with large networked Mac-based systems that the business community and MS (like them or loath them) have with such Windows based systems. Specifically they have not remotely the same amount of experience with such systems being attacked. IMHO that is a major contributor to this type of problem.
I am sure that I am not the only one who has now concluded that HP should fire their communications advisers and stop up the mouths of all their senior managers with super glue. How did we get the impression that they were about to completely torch that side of their hardware interests, why from *them* over the course of the last few days. An absolute object lesson in how *not* to communicate with your customers, shareholders and employees.
"The chalice from the palace holds the brew that is true".
Sorry, I know that shows my age. Too many afternoons when I was a kid watching ancient films on the Beeb.
I'll get my coat.
"According to that data, copying, moving, renaming, and deleting files are "far and away the most heavily used features within Windows Explorer" and account for half of all commands."
...................did one actually need a survey to realise that? Given that once you have launched an application (and later close it - just two actions) and are working within it then the above actions very often occur time and again. Especially if you are working with two or more related files. However, having said that I hope that their efforts actually lead to genuine improvement for the user.
......The Galaxy S II: Sued by Apple, built by Samsung - Your quality guarantee.
I say old chap, steady on with those similes. I was eating a sandwich whilst reading this thread - oh god I've got to go.......
When they reach Skåne they will realise they do not understand a word the locals* are saying and they'll turn round and swim straight back.
*Nobody in the rest of Sweden understands what folk from Skåne are saying.
To continue your analogy so that it *can* be compared with what Apple are trying to get away with we can, for example, suggest Sikorski. Consider a situation where they had sued every other helicopter maker on the grounds that the other manufacturers offerings had an *appearance* that was too much like the *appearance* of Sikorski's helicopters even though the engineering/hardware clearly had *not* been copied from Sikorski. Would one not then be absolutely right to cite Leonardo de Vinci and prior art?
According to the report on the Graun's tech-site, Reuter's are reporting that this alleged "cheap" version of the iPhone4 will have "an improved antenna". If this really is the case one has to wonder what the improvement(s) might be. Not external perhaps? Not in two parts that can be bridged? Do we not have it on the authority of no less than Mr Jobs himself that there is nothing wrong with the iPhone4's current antenna? All that noise in the media at the time was purely got up by Cupertino's rivals?
A classic "Microshill" rant/accusation. You do not like an article and your response is to accuse the author(s) of, in practice, being on the take. El Reg can be accused of a great deal (indeed it is fun to do so) but if you haven't noticed that they take the piss here out of Big Corp regularly (whether it is Apple, Google, Intel or, yes, Microsoft) then you have not followed El Reg very closely.
Indeed if you used the old grey matter a bit then you would realise that a site like Reg which addresses IT professionals (and in that way attracts their advertising revenue) would realise that the very *last* tone they would wish to adopt would be one that appeared to favour one of the big boys in the industry. Why is that? Because IT pros tend to be a fairly cynical bunch and El Reg would loose all credibility with their audience and their capacity to attract that audience is the source of their ad-revenue. If a significant section of the sites regulars became convinced that Reg was brown-nosing BigCorp their click-rate (and thereby their revenue) would go down the kahzi. See how easy it is when one tries to do a bit of joined up thinking instead of howling?
The only thing one can conclude from *your* posting is that you have a *very* protective/strange relationship to your choice of phone and your playstation.
........"Microshill" for that drive-by ad hominem attack.
"The reasoning WinMo7 is discounted is simply because it's shit. I have used one it's not even close to Android 1.5,"
Don't misunderstand me, my phone's a Desire Z - very happy with Android, like the os very much. However, WP7 worse than the 1.5 iteration of Android? That kind of brain-dead teenage fanboism does nobody any service and simply makes you look like an ignorant expletive. If you cannot post anything other than that kind of spew, do us all a favour and vanish.
...........were all evil and should be shut down the moment the plods or politicos want them shut down (because of course I believe implicitly in everything the Daily Heil tells me) and now we see it just depends - as in whether they like you using these media or not and when it suits *them*. Now there's a surprise.
Surprising she is capable of *thinking* without moving her lips let alone reading.
"....small handgun....."?
What kind of outdoor trips are we talking about here, "Deliverance"?
"Back in the mid-80s, when businesses were expected to talk the IT department's language, all this may have meant something. These days it is like discussing angels dancing on the head of a pin. Business managers just want the damn stuff to work when they need it so they can make money. End of story."
To tell the business manager he is an arrogant know-nothing shit and find another way of earning a living. Almost anything would do as long as one did not have to put up with that kind of manager.
For example:
"The choice for a manufacturer now is a straight one, between Android and Windows Phone. "
In an article that is talking about *both* smartphones *and* tabs it is actually necessary to distinguish between which comparison of operating systems we are talking about. The above sentence makes sense only if it is just smartphones we are talking about. In practice the *only* current choice in *tablets* for the OEMs is Android. The only relevant comparison if one *is* talking about Windows in the *tablet* space is not yet available (Win8) and will not become available until the middle of next year at the earliest. This market (whether we are talking smartphones, tablets or both) is still at a *very* early/immature stage and all of us who prognosticate too didactically are risking an awful lot of egg meets face.
"Every pound taken in benefits is a pound taken out of the country / taxpayers - every pound earned is money in."
I assume that you are of course directing these admonitions at employers who pay such shit that one still needs benefits, the landlords who feed off the benefits system and of course (lest we forget) the (w)bankers, all of whom are parasites on the public purse on a scale that the average poor sod on the social can only dream about.
........beverage in my case is coffee) is extraordinarily attractive. That was in fact my reaction to the article. It was indeed interesting and instructive and I felt refreshed after having read it instead of totally wound up and ready to bite someone's head off. Obviously El Reg made a big mistake and it won't happen again. No doubt somebody will be disciplined such this type of error is not repeated.
If in addition they concentrated on battery life (we after all are talking about *mobile* computing here are we not?) instead of "my dick is bigger than your dick" "improvements" we would all be better off.
The Kindle app is probably one of the most well known and popular apps on the face of the smartphone planet. If Apple were to break the app even when it is no longer being used for in-app payments I think even the most devoted iPhan might get rather upset. I am not saying that the cult's priest-caste are incapable of error but I think that even they would think twice before, in practice, banning the Kindle as an e-book *reader* app from the iPhone.
Sorry, if I am going to pony up over 500 quid for a phone it would have to be so ultra cutting edge that the manufacturer would had to have imported it from 5 years in future by means of a TARDIS. This rather mediocre BB definitively does not qualify. If RIM do not start to deliver kit at a price that you can afford without looting your nearest CPW they are going to end up going even faster down the kahzi than they are now.
ps Great sub-heading BTW - I just howled when I read it.
Ah, but you see that was *before* Hackergate blew up in the Dirty Digger's face. That was when his friends within all sorts of organisations both public and private regarded keeping Rupert happy as a major priority. Suddenly, for some remarkable and mysterious reason, they all seem to have abandoned him - I cannot imagine why. Thoughts of rats and sinking ships come to mind.


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(Read article summary)Mexicans work an average of 10 hours a day, the most of 29 industrialized nations studied in a new report released Tuesday by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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Mexico's undeserved stereotype for indolence is finally being chipped away, with a new study released this week finding that Mexicans work longer days than anyone else in 29 industrialized nations studied.
According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Mexicans spend 10 hours a day doing both paid and unpaid work, the most of any OECD country (China, India, and South Africa were also included in the survey). Belgians, at the opposite end of the spectrum, work 7 hours daily. The OECD average is 8 hours, with Americans working about 8-1/2 hours daily.
The unpaid work includes housework or other chores. Mexicans do the most work in the home, at 3 hours a day, while Koreans do the least, at 1 hour and 19 minutes. Much of that is dedicated to cooking. Americans spend the least amount of time in the kitchen – only 30 minutes daily. The conclusions were drawn by asking those surveyed, including those retired or on vacation, to report what they were doing every five minutes.
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From company advertisements to Hollywood films to TV cartoons, Mexican culture with its afternoon siesta has been stereotyped as lackadaisical and half-baked. But whether they are computer engineers, government hacks, or street vendors, most Mexicans log longer days than American doctors and Wall Street bigwigs.

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Arrest: McConville Was One Of 'Disappeared'
Jean McConville was abducted by an IRA gang of up to 12 men and women at her Belfast home in 1972 after being accused of spying for the British.
The 37-year-old was taken from her home at Divis Flats at gunpoint and shot in the back of the head.
Her murder was one of the most notorious incidents during the Troubles.
For years she was one of the so-called Disappeared, those abducted and killed by republican paramilitaries during this period and buried in unmarked graves.
Mrs McConville's children were told their mother had abandoned them.
It was not until August 2003 that her remains were found over the border in the Republic of Ireland, on Shelling Hill beach in County Louth - 50 miles from her home.
The IRA had admitted responsibility for her killing in 1999, although no one has ever been charged with her murder.
The claim that Mrs McConville was an informer was dismissed after an official investigation by the Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman.
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Documentary Photographer/Videographer here - Looking for help learning about Oshawa (self.Oshawa)
submitted 2 years ago by unicorn_zombie
Hey there r/Oshawa,
I'm a documentary photographer and videographer originally from Ottawa that lived in Toronto for the past 4 years, and who recently moved to London, ON. The general focus of my work over the past few years has been documenting varying degrees of economic downturn in Ontario. I am passionate about visual story telling, and I am interested in learning more about Oshawa's story.
I recently completed an undergraduate degree in Media Studies, and focused my final year of research writing on the impacts of economic downturn in North America, particularly of General Motors and the impacts in Michigan. The next step that I would like to take would be creating a documentary body of work that tells the story of the people of Oshawa, primarily through video. This is where I need your help.
I'm looking to research about the impact that big business has had on various facets of the city of Oshawa. In particular, I'd like to learn about the long-term impacts on the housing market, the effects to local businesses, the effects on families, the community supports that are available, the effects on culture in Oshawa, etc... I want to involve as many people from Oshawa as I can. I want to hear your stories through interviews. I want every piece of music used in the video to be written and performed by musicians from the Durham region. I am in no way an expert. I want to learn from you about your experiences and share your story, but I can't do it alone. I've already gotten some support from a few friends in Oshawa, and I want to widen the scope of experiences and try to hear from as many people as possible.
I'm not from Oshawa, but I truly believe there is an important story to share and I am looking for help in learning it and telling it. While a lot of you may not be interested, for those that are, I would love to meet with you sometime in the coming months to learn from you and hear your perspective about the topics I'm hoping to learn about and discuss.
I think that this is a large story that impacts a lot of people, and the last thing I want to do is rush it or not do it properly. I want to take the time that it takes to create something that the people of Oshawa will be proud of and that will tell their story.
If you're interested, reply here or PM me.
[–]adaminc 4 points5 points6 points 2 years ago (1 child)
I can't really say much, but anything to do with the history of Oshawa and GM has to start with Samuel McLaughlin. The GM Canada headquarters are located in Oshawa too.
This should also help out a bit.
[–]unicorn_zombie[S] 1 point2 points3 points 2 years ago (0 children)
Fantastic! Thank you.
[–]helvisg0d 2 points3 points4 points 2 years ago (2 children)
Wish I could help but I just moved here so here have an upvote =) good luck
Thanks for the support :) I'd be interested in hearing about your experience as someone who is new to town.
[–]r-ice 0 points1 point2 points 2 years ago (0 children)
i also just moved here earlier last year. So far have you discovered anything interesting? I drove through downtown looking for food one night and was entirely disappointed with the selection. I tried to get wings pizza and the person inside was so busy I didn't feel like waiting.
[–]protestanhero 2 points3 points4 points 2 years ago (1 child)
one thing you should definitely look into is the people who commute from st. catharines every morning. I grew up in Oshawa and go to school there, it's about a 4 hour commute in the morning. after the GM plant in st. Catharines closed, about a hundred workers or so started making that commute daily, which blows my mind.
as I said though, born and raised in Oshawa. I was young when the plants started closing, but if you have any questions or need a starting point I can probably help out. my uncle recently retired from gm and some of my friends and their parents are still there. let me know what you need.
Oh wow! Very interesting. I didn't realise that people were making that commute.. That's a huge time commitment. Thanks for sharing that!
I'd be interested in maybe chatting/interviewing with your uncle, as well as your friends and their parents. It wouldn't be until spring time and I could provide them with some of the bigger questions ahead of time.
Thanks for reaching out. I appreciate it very much :)
[–]Smashy76 1 point2 points3 points 2 years ago (0 children)
I've got lots of info on "The Shwigity" raised here, went to 4 different high schools (shit disturber/chasing girls) I've lived in both ends. Oshawa has a little civil war between North Shwa and South Shwa. Shwigity can be awesome fun, or it can easily become a fear and loathing type place, just depends on who you know, where you go and how well you can handle your booze.
[–]verinwolf 0 points1 point2 points 2 years ago (1 child)
If you need any help, Ask the older folk who've grown up and lived here their entire lives. Try the OSCC by Memorial park for some help.
Great advice. Thanks for the local knowledge! Much appreciated
[–]s3gfau1t 0 points1 point2 points 2 years ago (0 children)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windfields_Farm was a big deal before it closed.
[–]Smashy76 0 points1 point2 points 2 years ago (0 children)
Camp "x", SteppinWolf the 70's band is from Oshawa. When the movie "Easy Rider" was being made, the producer wanted a "biker type band" to do the soundtrack. They came to Oshawa cause of the biker gang "Satan's Choice MC". Check it out.
Also just ask me or message me, I can give you tons of crazy interesting Oshawa facts & history.
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LONDON Midland trains will return to normal from today (Monday) after weeks of disruption because of driver shortages.
The company, which runs trains through Solihull, said all shifts would now be covered and it would be able to run all of its 1,300 scheduled services because its new batch of trainees had completed their training.
It has also been decided that Virgin will hold on to its contract to run the West Coast Mainline - for now.
A two year contract was agreed with the government weeks after it lost the franchise to rival First Group. However, the process by which the tenders were assessed was found to have been done incorrectly and will be restarted again in the new year.
Trains will continue to operate under the Virgin Trains brand name, serving London, the Midlands, the North West, north Wales and Scotland.
It coincides with the early completion of a government-backed deal to roll out 106 new Pendolino carriages with four new 11-carriage trains and lengthening 31 existing trains from nine carriages to 11, adding 28,000 seats to services.
A new hourly service between London and Glasgow has also been introduced.
Chief executive Tony Collins said: "We have had great support from staff and customers in recent months and we will repay that loyalty with even better service.
"We are proud of what we have achieved since 1997, but there is undoubtedly more to come and we will work closely with the Department for Transport to bring even better services in future."
Secretary of state for transport Patrick McLoughlin said: "We are determined to ensure not only that passengers continue to experience the same levels of service they have in the past, but that services improve."
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I never thought I would see anything like this in my lifetime.
I must have been living in a different country for the past 50 years. Perhaps it's really time for us "unsaved" to start packing and look for greener pastures.
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The industry-tracking NPD Group released its sales figures for the US March retail period today, and despite at least one analyst's expectations, the streak of significant sales growth has continued for another month.
For the period of March 4 to April 7, game software sales jumped 15 percent over the March 2006 time frame to land at $574 million. Hardware sales were up 69 percent to $370 million, with the overall industry figures (hardware, software, and accessories) totaling $1.1 billion, a 33 percent increase over the previous March.
Like the industry itself, the Nintendo DS continued its strong performance, topping all hardware with 508,000 systems sold for the month. The PlayStation 2 was next in line with 280,000, followed by the Wii (259,000), the Xbox 360 (199,000), the PlayStation Portable (180,000), the Game Boy Advance (148,000), and the PlayStation 3 (130,000).
Software sales were driven by a handful of new releases, with God of War II for the PS2 sitting atop the charts, boasting sales of 833,000. That's double the second-place finisher, the Xbox 360 edition of Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2, which pulled in sales of 394,000. The Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II saw release in the waning days of the reporting period but still managed to net sales of 291,000 for the $89.99 guitar-equipped bundle in half a week of release.
Wii Play (packed in with a Wii Remote) continued to be the best-selling title on Nintendo's new platform, moving 273,000 copies during the March period. Meanwhile, the PS3-exclusive MotorStorm was that system's best seller, rounding out the top five and narrowly missing the 200K mark with 199,000 copies sold.
Shortly after the NPD reported its numbers, Sony and Nintendo sent out statements to present the figures in a favorable light. In its missive, Sony noted that the PS2 had outsold all console hardware for the month and that the PS3 was the only next-gen console to see an increase over its February sales. Sony said that was despite PS3 supply problems in the US in March, as production had been shifted to focus on the system's European launch. The PS3 also launched in Australia in March.
For Nintendo's part, the Wii and DS maker said it "once again claimed the top two spots among the best-selling new video game systems in America," despite what it called "widespread shortages" for both systems. Nintendo's statement also boasted that the Wii is "the fastest-selling new console in more than a decade" over its first five months of US availability and that it had sold more systems so far this year than "all other manufacturers combined."
A Microsoft representative had not responded to GameSpot's request for comment as of press time.
Top 10 games for March 2007, based on number of units sold:
1. God of War II--PS2--833,000
2. Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2--Xbox 360--394,000
3. Guitar Hero 2--Xbox 360--291,000
4. Wii Play with Wii Remote--Wii--273,000
5. MotorStorm--PS3--199,000
6. Diddy Kong Racing--Nintendo DS--189,000
7. Spectrobes--Nintendo DS--165,000
8. MLB 2K7--Xbox 360--165,000
9. MLB '07: The Show--PS2--164,000
10. Def Jam Icon--Xbox 360--148,000


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Amount - $1,000. Application timeline - Deadline is April 30, 2014.
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Amount - up to $2,000. Application timeline - See website.
- Provides assistance to current undergraduate students in good standing who may be unable to continue their education at the University due to extenuating personal or family financial circumstances.
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- Must have completed atleast 30 credit hours, including atleast 6 semester hours in his/her declared.
- Must be a minority student.
- Must provide an essay and two recommendations.
- Must be a full-time undergraduate student.
Dreamkeepers Emergency Financial Assistance
- University of Maryland program designed to help students avoid dropping out of school when faced with unforeseen financial difficulties.
- Dreamkeepers can help ease student worries about housing, food and utilities, transportation, childcare and medical needs, allowing students faced with sudden financial obstacles to focus their energy on education.
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Amount - $1,000. Application timeline - March 31, 2015
- Open to all students who study computer science with the intention of using knowledge gained to provide leadership in their chosen field [business].
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- Student has concrete plans to take at least one computer science class in the upcoming school year.
- Student has a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 out of 4.0 or the equivalent.
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Accounting Majors
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Scholarship
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- Must be a Maryland resident enrolled in an accredited Maryland university, college, or community college.
- Major in accounting, leading to a degree or certificate.
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- Prepare 250 word essay.
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Can US kill American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki? Judge to hear case.
American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki is hiding in Yemen, where he's a leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. He's trained terrorist recruits and helped prepare the Christmas Day bomber.
A federal judge is set to hear arguments on Monday in a lawsuit challenging an alleged secret Obama administration plan to use lethal force against an American-born Islamic cleric hiding in Yemen.
The cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki, is a leader of the Yemen-based group Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. He has facilitated training camps in Yemen, encouraged new recruits, and helped prepare Umar Abdulmutallab in his attempt to blow up an airliner near Detroit on Christmas Day 2009, government lawyers say.
In July, US authorities listed Mr. Awlaki as a "specially designated global terrorist." According to press reports, he is on a US government "kill list."
RELATED: Yemen orders troops to 'forcibly arrest' Al Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Awlaki's father by the American Civil Liberties Union, challenges the government's authority to carry out the intentional killing.
Although the government has authority under certain circumstances to engage in the use of lethal force against American citizens deemed a threat to national security, those circumstances do not exist in the case of Awlaki, the lawsuit says.
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Updated Nov 26, 2012 - 3:26 pm
Brandon Magee named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week
Arizona State senior linebacker Brandon Magee was named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week for his role in a 41-34 victory over the Arizona Wildcats.
Magee recorded a career-high 17 tackle (14 solo), including three for loss, in the Sun Devils' thrilling victory.
The senior from Corona, California sat out all of last season due to a torn Achilles tendon, but this year has been the anchor for the Arizona State defense.
His 104 tackles rank second in the Pac-12 this season and are the most by any Sun Devil since 2007.
A two sport athlete, Magee was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in 23rd round of the 2012 MLB draft.
Magee and the Sun Devils finished the year 7-5 and now await an invitation to a bowl game.
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Assistant product managers work with the product manager to handle specific products within the organization. The main objective of an assistant product manager is to perform customer research, define customer problems, identify market opportunities, and complete market research activities. Assistant product managers may participate in the creation of product budgets and prepare budget documents for review by the product management team. Assistant product managers also develop and monitor key product metrics and perform quality and cost control reviews based on these metrics. Additionally, assistant product managers work with purchasing and supply chain representatives to ensure that products are profitable and cost effective.
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Record rainfall around New York City that flooded roads on Sunday could cause delays for commuters Monday morning. John F. Kennedy International Airport reported 7.72 inches Sunday night — the most ever recorded there in a single day. The driving rain broke the previous record of 6.3 inches, set in 1983, the National Weather Service said. The highest total regionally was recorded at Lido Beach in Nassau County — 10.
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For the past few years Onondaga County has dramatically changed course with a focus on green projects. The Legislature made an important decision a few years ago to abandon the "gray infrastructure" which involved building an expensive wastewater treatment plant to adopt the "green" philosophy.
By adopting this strategy, the County has saved approximately 20 million dollars in capital costs alone. Furthermore, the County was honored by being named one of the Environmental Protection Agency's top ten green communities. That is national recognition for the work we are doing in this area to promote green infrastructure. While the lake clean up has been the focus of the green projects, we have invested in projects all around the county as well. In 2009 solar energy panels were installed at the Beaver Lake Nature Center with grant funds from NYSERDA. This project has proven to be an educational piece at the nature center, teaching patrons the advantages to solar energy over fossil fuel. The Jamesville Correctional Facility was in need of a new roof in 2009. Onondaga County took an opportunity with this project to observe the various types of "green" roof options. Also known as "living roofs", green roofs serve several purposes for a building, such as absorbing rainwater, providing insulation, creating a habitat for wildlife, and helping to lower urban air temperatures. The correctional facility's roof is comprised of four housing modules that are small in size, and identical in shape and orientation. This gave us a great opportunity to experiment with the best options for future projects.
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We've had a lot of fun requests for dragon's over the past year. Some of them have been really complex, but even the simplest ones have been totally gorgeous. The yellow dragon is a fantastic example of a simple design that is striking and adorable. We didn't change much beyond the colors of our black dragon hoodie, but the addition of a sweet mohawk and large bat ears definitely make it stand out!
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First appears in G-Taste Episode 3 performing a sex show with Mayu Hoshino. |
Berry Shirayuki
The protagonist of Tokyo Mew Mew à la Mode. She is the Sixth Mew and is the temporary leader of the group while Ichigo is away. She gets infused with the Andres Mountain Cat and the Amami Black Rabbit. |
Biko Daitokuji
The rich daughter of a business tycoon, who is a mechanical genius able to construct or repair in a matter of minutes. She develops a rival relationship with Eiko Magami over Shiiko Kotobuki. |
Bulma is a genius inventor at the Capsule Corporation and inventor of the Dragon Radar. She met Goku and together they began the journey for the Dragon Balls. |
Chisame Hasegawa
Chisameis a member of Negi's class 3-A. She has two Personality. One is a computer geek and the other is a famous Net Idol. Reluctant guardian of Negi in Asuna's absence. |
Erina Goldsmith
One of the fighters from Variable Geo. Erina practices no particular martial art, but instead fights using improvised methods derived from years of street brawling. |
Erza Scarlet
Erza is a powerful S-Class mage and one of the main characters in Fairy Tail. She's part of Team Natsu and uses Requip magic to change into different suits of armor, each with it's own unique properties. |
Fuurin Katakage
Fuurin Katakage is a character from Tropical Kiss. |
Golden Darkness
A assassin that was sent to kill Rito by one of Lala's arranged suitors. Eventually she found out she was used and broke the contract with her employer. She said she wasn't finished with Rito but is really using this as a excuse to stay on earth. |
Haruhi Suzumiya
She's the central character in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya franchise as well as the president of the SOS Brigade. She's brash, restless, and completely unaware of her own massive powers. |
Haruko Haruhara
A girl from outer space that comes to Mabase, Japan in order to use the N.O channel in Naota's head. While she is there she acts as the Nandaba household's maid. |
Hazuki Tachibana
A beautiful, well-endowed television reporter who is tricked continuously into exposing or humiliating herself on television, but remains tough despite what happens to her. |
Honey Kisaragi
A android girl who fights crime and to avenge the death of her father with the powers she gains from the Cutie System. She calls herself the warrior of love and she`s the first magical girl. |
Kairi Tsubaki
One of the lead females in Tsuma to Mama to Boin. She appears in Volume 2. |
Kallen Kozuki
Kallen Kozuki is Britannian-Japanese mix-blood, but she identifies more with her Japanese half. The ace pilot of the Guren for the Black Knights. |
Lavinia Reberth
The lowest-scoring Reasoner of the Space Squadron in Basion Academy. She's completely infatuated with Sara and constantly tries to win her over. |
The main protagonist of Jewel BEM Hunter Lime. |
Marilyn is the Marine A Go-Go antagonist character. |
Maya Jingu
Team Warrior's gun-toting maniac. Maya is Team Warrior's primary sniper and gun user who mainly joined to shoot as much as she wanted, which causes problems because she doesn't get to shoot that much. |
Mayu Hoshino
She first appears in G-taste Episode 3, doing a small sex show with Ayaka Konno. |
Mieko Sukegawa
Yayoi's attractive classmate who is also a rival for Minoru's affection. She is described as lewd and cunning. |
Mikan Kurenai
An orphaned girl that is traveling with Rushuna and Yajiro on their journey to the capital. She is a balloon maker and has many helpful balloons at her disposal. |
Miki Hatori
The school absentee that helps Ayumu with her problems dispite being hated by most of Manami's clique. |
Mikuru Asahina
A cute, buxom high school student / time traveler, and Kyon's love interest. |
Misora Arimiya
Misora Arimiya is a character in The Immorals adult OVA. |
Misty May
She's is a playboy-esque parody of Magic Girl |
Mitsuka Yoshimine
Mitsuka Yoshimine is a drop-dead gorgeous home room teacher, multilingual instructor and all-around exhibitionist. |
Miyo Takano
Works as a nurse at the Irie clinic. |
Momiji Binboda
A God of Misfortune that always attempts to steal the Karma energies of Sakura Ichiko. |
Nao Iihara
The female lead in Resort Boin |
A child companion Autoreiv infected with the Cogito virus who accompanies Vincent Law and Re-L Mayer on their Journey. |
Runna Minami
When Runna was young she received a bracelet from a mysterious person that can grant wishes. After enrolling in St Agrippa Academy she becomes friends with honor student Mika Kujiraoka. |
Tiffany Abbott
An employee at the Howard Resort |
Tomoko Nomura
Tomoko Nomura is a junior high student in Onizuka's 3-4 class. She is easily recognizable with her size F breast. |


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quote:HempHead, you're smart enough to know that what Greenspan was saying is the Fed does what it wants..
quote:Greenspan was saying is the Fed does what it wants..
quote:ude, you're a spin artist. You tried to argue that the Fed isn't independent.
quote:and you still won't concede.
quote: I'm headed outside to enjoy some of the day.
quote:<---loves these threads.
quote:(no message)
quote:I just balk at the suggestion that it is COMPLETELY independent, and that Congress has no authority to redirect their efforts (or eliminate them).
quote: I do, too. But it's kind of frightening there are people walking around in our society with the paranoid beliefs of this guy. Actually, not "kind of" but very frightening.
quote:The Federal Reserve is an independent agency
quote:You seem to put a lot of effort into trying to paint me in a certain light.
quote:So you're now saying it IS an agency???
quote:When did I deny it's an agency??
quote:The Federal Reserve, like many other central banks, is an independent government agency but also one that is ultimately accountable to the public and the Congress. The Congress established maximum employment and stable prices as the key macroeconomic objectives for the Federal Reserve in its conduct of monetary policy. The Congress also structured the Federal Reserve to ensure that its monetary policy decisions focus on achieving these long-run goals and do not become subject to political pressures that could lead to undesirable outcomes. So, members of the Board of Governors are appointed for staggered 14-year terms and the Chairman of the Board is appointed for a four-year term. Elected officials and members of the Administration are not allowed to serve on the Board. The Federal Reserve does not receive funding through the congressional budgetary process. The Fed's income comes primarily from the interest on government securities that it has acquired through open market operations. Other sources of income are the interest on foreign currency investments held by the Federal Reserve System; fees received for services provided to depository institutions, such as check clearing, funds transfers, and automated clearinghouse operations; and interest on loans to depository institutions. After paying its expenses, the Federal Reserve turns the rest of its earnings over to the U.S. Treasury.
quote:It's hard to take someone serious when they write as poorly as you do..
quote:To the OP, the Federal Reserved was created to enslave us with debt.
quote: instead, I prefer to just end the conversation by asking, "please explain, with factual evidence, why the gold standard or any other alternative monetary system is more advantageous, why deflation is preferable to inflation, and that business cycles did not occur prior to the existence of the reserve system."
quote:Mo is paranoid. That's apparent.


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These people have had it with Mumbles ... they say he is like Vladimir Putin :rofl:. http://news.bostonherald.com/news/r...ceo_challenges_menino/srvc=home&position=also http://vimeo.com/futureboston Welcome to the Official Mumbles Menino Website
I'm no fan of Mennino but Howie Carr is the biggest horse's azz in Boston media. He's good at slander, libel and stalking anyone that gets on his bad side and that's about it. I won't support anything associated with that bitter dirtbag.
I love all news mumbles PR :cool3:. I find it amazing that a guy who appears so outwardly stupid is the mayor of such a great city. You know I do not even know if he is a good mayor or one that sucks ... I do like his speeches.
And like a cookie, they crumbled...rhymes with mumble too! I don't know if he's a good mayor. I have little interest in Boston politics. But I'd have to say, the city is light-years better now than when he took office. The Big Dig is prolly his pride & joy...really improved that area.
I think Menino's done a terrific job. The waterfront, Fort Point, and parts of South Boston and parts of the South End below Tremont areas have developed by leaps and bounds. Even parts of Dorchester, East Boston, and Charlestown have improved during his tenure. Who here besides me spends a considerable amount of time in Boston?
I drive through it every other week ... I must admit it is impressive. The work force that cleans the streets and empties the garbage cans - they are great the area always looks clean and fresh.
Menino is outright awful. He's an abolsute embarassment. Boston is the most, or one of the most, expensive cities to live in inside the country. The guy is a moron on monumental porportions. The waterfront is nice. It's just too bad the city has to bribe people to build there. It's assinine that a city such as Boston has to give away so much in tax subsidies and incentives, as well as infrastructure, in order to get downtown waterfront property developed! What a terribly run city Boston is. What else would you expect when it's mayor doesn't even speak english. Oh, and it pains me to say this because I've met Menino a couple of times and he's a fellow paesan who's family in Italy lives right next to mine.
Why don't you give him credit for the sun coming up while you're at it Patters? Its been nearly 20 years now, 11 years longer than he agreed to btw. There's bound to have been some development. He caught a wave. Any moron could have had his accomplishments. I remember fondly the days when meter maids didn't come through my neighborhood overnight giving out tickets for parking in the wrong direction. He though, could park a 747 outside his house in Hyde Park for a year without so much as a peep. I'd also point out that ancient excise tax bills are being dredged up (I got hit last year for a bill from 1988*) by a private company operating from within City Hall. So not only do you get held up on your registration, the city doesn't even get much of the money you pay. Some sleasy collection company does. The guards and metal detectors all over the place in City Hall aren't for terrorists. They're for mumbles' constituents. *The first one here who can prove with paperwork that they paid their excise tax bill back in '88 gets $10 from me. Even if its Wolfpack.
OMFG that's absurd? Isn't there a statue of limitations on something like that? ABSURD!!!! Who are you going to complain to anyway right? I mean, if you tell them to prove to you that you didn't pay it, they'll just do something like charge you ridicluous fees and interest, or suspend your registration so you can't drive. You have no choice but to STFU, and pay like the little ***** they say you are. Man, that would so incense me. I had something similar happen to me a while ago. I used to work at Kelly's and a cop wrote me a ticket in their parking lot. I was runnings stock from Saugus to Revere while on the job. My boss got it straightened out. Well, at least he did for about 10 years, cuz that's how long after it was that I got a letter in the mail from the town of Saugus saying I never paid a parking ticket from 1996. Who was I going to complain to? I STFU'd and paid it. MF'ers can choke on the money. At the time, the city was so in trouble they were trying to get the residents to approve a multi-million dollar tax override. The initiative got an FU from voters, so people like me got bills in the mail.
Can someone explain to me what Menino's role in the Boston waterfront has been? All I can recall is that he wanted to move city hall to where the BofA pavilion is, but other than that, allowing something to happen while on your watch is not worthy of any credit. I've watched countless hi-tech companies leave boston during the menino regime.
Oh man, that reminds me of something similar that happened to me. My time lag was 15 years when I went to renew my license to find that Vermont was looking for a traffic ticket fee for hitch-hiking on I-90 in 1980! I had to drive up there expecting to pay hundreds in late fees, all ready for battle, but the judge just dismissed everything ...Gotta love VT. The Menino thing...I think the chief role of a mayor of a great city like Boston (IMUO, the greatest city in the US) is to not screw it up. Seems like the city is doing well so...he gets to stay mayor. That's the way it is. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. He may be embarrassing to some, and maybe have some corruption skeletons in the closet, but that's the price. (See Buddy Cianci)
The city has been broken for a long time. One of the highest costs of living in the entire country. There are what, a couple hundred murders a year at least. Taxes, fines, fees, regulations, etc. the city is run very poorly imo. I'm in and out of it all the time. Weekdays, weeknights, weekends. Sure there are nice parts of the city, but that doesn't mean it's run well. There are nice parts of virtually every place on the planet if u look for them. Heck tehre are nice parts in NYC too. Don't get me wrong, I like Boston. It's home for the most part. That doesn't mean it's run well, or isn't a complete ****hole in some parts.


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Asante Rafiki means 'Thank You Friend' in Swahili, and embodies the spirit of the Rafiki Surgical Missions that have helped hundreds of Tanzanians with congenital deformities and burns injuries.
Tanzania, in East Africa, is home to 38 million people, and while politically stable, it remains one of the poorest nations in the world. Rafiki surgical teams treat patients, who without their help would go on untreated and suffering their whole lives. The Australian teams also work closely with the local medical teams to share expertise in areas such as anaesthetics, surgery and health care.
Since establishing in 2004, Rafiki has sent 17 surgical missions to Tanzania and operated on hundreds of adults and children. In addition to the surgeries and training Rafiki also sends shipping containers full of medical equipment that would otherwise go to waste in Australia. Since 2010, Rafiki has managed to pack and ship 18 x 40 foot containers of medical equipment that has been distributed to hospitals and medical centre's in need in Tanzania. 10 YEARS OF RAFIKI from Myriad Images on Vimeo. |
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Update: 11:00am The time that Apple took the original 10 free apps live has come and gone. Perhaps this isn't an Apple promotion after all. But, it's still some great free, and historic apps.
We told you Sunday of the first round of apps and games set free in celebration of the App Store 5th Anniversary. Early indications look like Apple is about to swap those out for 10 new apps and games as the following have just gone free.
Make sure you head here and grab the first round too, if you haven't already. There's a chance they could go back to paid soon.
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