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STAMFORD, CT (June 26, 2006) Premiering tonight and airing every Thursday night at 9, OLN introduces Fight Night, a new series of Live and Classic Bouts. Tonights premiere fight features Kelly Pavlick vs, Bronco McKart in an NABF Middleweight Championship. OLN, home to the NHL, the Tour de France and the Professional Bull Riders, announced a partnership with leading boxing promoters Top Rank to bring professional boxing to the networks sports lineup. Fight Night will consist of a series of live fights promoted by Bob Arums Top Rank group, as well as classic fights from their vast library, and will air Thursday nights at 9 p.m. ET beginning July 27..
As OLN transitions to Versus, we continue to seek out sports that fortify the competitive core of the brand, said Gavin Harvey, President of OLN. Boxing is the ultimate statement of man vs. man and is an exciting addition to our expanding portfolio of competitive genres.
The newly added Fight Night will showcase 12 live events per year roughly one per month. Wally Matthews, a veteran boxing writer who has covered the sport for two decades, and Bob Papa, who has called boxing for ESPN and currently for NBC, will host Fight Night on OLN. Michael Buffer, the tuxedoed announcer who coined the catchphrase Lets get ready to rumble! will serve as the ring announcer for the live fights. Details of the first live event, scheduled for July 27, will be released shortly.
On nights when OLN and Top Rank are not presenting a live event, the network will take advantage of Top Ranks extensive library of classic fights to present Fight Night: Top Rank's Legends of the Ring, hosted by Michael Buffer. From Muhammad Ali to Joe Frazier and Sugar Ray Leonard to Thomas Hearns, these classic fight packages will not only include the action inside the ring, but tell the back-story of each match as it happened. When feasible, classic fights will be enhanced to include interviews with the contenders, pre-fight press conferences, weigh-ins, and behind-the-scenes banter between contenders.
Partnering with Top Rank allows OLN to get in the boxing game in a big way, said Marc Fein, Senior Vice President of Programming and Production for OLN. They have a reputation for organizing great fights and they consistently deliver a solid audience. This new partnership gives us the opportunity to grow the sport while also attracting a broader audience to our channel.
Top Rank is delighted to be associated in this venture with OLN. We anticipate that OLN will become a major force in boxing and that boxing will help the network thrive, said Bob Arum, CEO, Top Rank. Twenty-six years ago Top Rank launched a boxing series on ESPN that lasted for 15 years and helped build the network into a major force in sports broadcasting. We are convinced we will do the same for OLN.
In addition to the live and classic telecasts on OLN, fans will be able to get their fill of boxing excitement across a number of OLN platforms. OLN will make cut down versions of the contests available on VOD to all of their operators. Additionally, viewers can visit the networks website for exclusive footage of Fight Night bouts, as well as highlights from each of the telecasts and insights from OLNs boxing experts.
OLN (OLNTV.com) is the national cable home of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Stanley Cup Playoffs as well as best-in-class events like The Tour de France, the America's Cup, the Dakar Rally, the Professional Bull Riders (PBR), the Arena Football League (AFL), the Boston Marathon, AMA Motocross, Davis Cup and USSA Skiing. Now in more than 69 million homes, the network features the best field sports programming on television and is a destination for sports fans, athletes and sportsmen to find exclusive, competitive events that audiences can't find elsewhere. The network offers unique, competition-themed original programming and is the exclusive home of Survivor in syndication. OLN, a wholly owned company of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK), is distributed via cable systems and satellite operators throughout the United States. The network will be changing its name to Versus as of September 2006.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — School bus drivers with Durham School Services in Antioch, Illinois, have voted by more than a 2-1 margin to join Teamsters Local 301 in Waukegan. The 45 drivers united for respect, fairness and strong representation on the job.
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"I knew only good could come out of having a union. I'd like to see better wages, benefits and some retirement so we have security for our future," said driver Deanna Kube.
The drivers stood united, while facing resistance from Durham management in their efforts to join the Teamsters. The drivers were faced with weekly meetings about the union, anti-union literature and company attempts to delay the election.
"We're proud of them for sticking together, and we are looking forward to negotiating a contract that will address their needs," said Michael Haffner, Local 301 Secretary-Treasurer.
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The victory is the latest in an effort to organize private school bus and transit workers across the country. Drive Up Standards is a national campaign to improve safety, service and work standards in the private school bus and transit industry.
Since the campaign began in 2006, more than 27,700 drivers, monitors, aides, mechanics and attendants have become Teamsters.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ICAP Patent Brokerage announces for auction malware scanning and cleaning IP portfolios from eAcceleration Corporation, which include patented automated malware removal and data scanning technologies. These portfolios will be included as two lots in the 17th ICAP Ocean Tomo IP Auction on November 29, 2012, at The Ritz Carlton in San Francisco, California.
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"We are excited to be offering these improved anti-malware technologies to our global base of buyers. This technology could be an exclusive differentiator as it provides automated, high-level protection for computers and other electronic devices from viruses and other malicious software," says Dean Becker, CEO of ICAP Patent Brokerage.
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As Internet communications proliferate and the demand for digital security increases, anti-malware software applications are crucial to protecting computers, and ultimately, computer users – individuals, government institutions, or large corporations. The described patents are relevant to any company wishing to manufacture and/or provide software solutions for the scanning and automated cleaning of computers for viruses, spyware, adware, or other unwanted programs.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that MetraTech, now part of Ericsson, has been named "Silver Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9–11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York, NY. Ericsson is the driving force behind the Networked Society- a world leader in communications infrastructure, software and services. Some 40% of the world's mobile traffic runs through networks Ericsson has supplied, serving more than 2.5 billion subscribers.
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The world is at a tipping point where the technology, the device and global adoption are converging to such a point that we will see an explosion of a world where smartphone devices not only allow us to talk to each other, but allow for communication between everything – serving as a central hub from which we control our world – MediaTek is at the heart of both driving this and allowing the markets to drive this reality forward themselves. The next wave of consumer gadgets is here – smart, connected, and small. If your ambitions are big, so are ours. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Jack Hu, D...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that DragonGlass, an enterprise search platform, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. After eleven years of designing and building custom applications, OpenCrowd has launched DragonGlass, a cloud-based platform that enables the development of search-based applications. These are a new breed of applications that utilize a search index as their backbone for data retrieval. They can easily adapt to new data sets and provide access to both structured and unstruc...
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The 4th International Internet of @ThingsExpo, co-located with the 17th International Cloud Expo - to be held November 3-5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA - announces that its Call for Papers is open. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the biggest idea since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago.
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We're entering a new era of computing technology that many are calling the Internet of Things (IoT). Machine to machine, machine to infrastructure, machine to environment, the Internet of Everything, the Internet of Intelligent Things, intelligent systems – call it what you want, but it's happening, and its potential is huge. IoT is comprised of smart machines interacting and communicating with other machines, objects, environments and infrastructures. As a result, huge volumes of data are being generated, and that data is being processed into useful actions that can "command and control" thi...
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As the Internet of Things unfolds, mobile and wearable devices are blurring the line between physical and digital, integrating ever more closely with our interests, our routines, our daily lives. Contextual computing and smart, sensor-equipped spaces bring the potential to walk through a world that recognizes us and responds accordingly. We become continuous transmitters and receivers of data. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Andrew Bolwell, Director of Innovation for HP's Printing and Personal Systems Group, discussed how key attributes of mobile technology – touch input, sensors, social, and ...
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All major researchers estimate there will be tens of billions devices - computers, smartphones, tablets, and sensors - connected to the Internet by 2020. This number will continue to grow at a rapid pace for the next several decades. With major technology companies and startups seriously embracing IoT strategies, now is the perfect time to attend @ThingsExpo, June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City. Learn what is going on, contribute to the discussions, and ensure that your enterprise is as "IoT-Ready" as it can be
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The Internet of Things is not only adding billions of sensors and billions of terabytes to the Internet. It is also forcing a fundamental change in the way we envision Information Technology. For the first time, more data is being created by devices at the edge of the Internet rather than from centralized systems. What does this mean for today's IT professional? In this Power Panel at @ThingsExpo, moderated by Conference Chair Roger Strukhoff, panelists will addresses this very serious issue of profound change in the industry.
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WebRTC defines no default signaling protocol, causing fragmentation between WebRTC silos. SIP and XMPP provide possibilities, but come with considerable complexity and are not designed for use in a web environment. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Matthew Hodgson, technical co-founder of the Matrix.org, discussed how Matrix is a new non-profit Open Source Project that defines both a new HTTP-based standard for VoIP & IM signaling and provides reference implementations.
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Buzzword alert: Microservices and IoT at a DevOps conference? What could possibly go wrong? In this Power Panel at DevOps Summit, moderated by Jason Bloomberg, the leading expert on architecting agility for the enterprise and president of Intellyx, panelists will peel away the buzz and discuss the important architectural principles behind implementing IoT solutions for the enterprise. As remote IoT devices and sensors become increasingly intelligent, they become part of our distributed cloud environment, and we must architect and code accordingly. At the very least, you'll have no problem fil...
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7) To what extent do touching therapies (massage, reiki, polarity) reduce stress and to what extent does stress reduction help fight individuals fight cancer? -- Bill
Barrie Cassileth, Ph.D., chief of the Integrative Medicine Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center:
Good question, Bill. Massage and other touch therapies are soothing and relaxing. They can decrease pain, anxiety, fatigue and other problems. In reducing stress, such therapies help people get through the rigors of complete cancer treatment. In this indirect but important way they help patients' receive treatment and therefore combat the disease. Neither the therapies nor stress reduction directly destroys cancer cells or reduces tumor size.
8) What is the best way to go about getting info on alternative cancer treatments? There is a lot of garbage out there also. My son has a very rare cancer and now after traditional treatments, we are at the point of being "given time". Are there any real quality alternatives in this country? -- Knowles
Barrie Cassileth, Ph.D., chief of the Integrative Medicine Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center:
What a very difficult situation you are facing. You seem quite knowledgeable in pointing out the existence of the vast array of bogus cancer treatments out there. Unfortunately, there are no viable or useful "alternatives" to mainstream cancer treatments. Rare cancers are best managed in special settings, such as major cancer centers or at the National Cancer Institute: http://www.cancer.gov/search/results.aspx
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Different Central air conditioner and furnace brands? When it comes to HVAC, should we go with Carrier, Goodman, York, or Lennox? [more inside]
Air conditioning vent clearance
I have air conditioning vents in the floor at the side of the room. The vents can be angled in different directions. If I put a large dresser against the wall, above a vent, with clearance of a few inches, will it be substantially detrimental to heating/cooling?
Do I need to have my furnace and AC inspected once a year?
Do I really need to have my furnace and AC inspected once a year? [more inside]
Doing the Frequent Repair Dance with my HVAC.
I have to keep calling my apartment manager in to repair the HVAC (heating and air conditioning) unit every few months. This can't be right. I know YANMRP (you are not my repair-person) but I wonder what could be going on and what I can do about it. [more inside]
Does attic ventilation = more efficient air conditioning?
Is leaving the windows in my attic cracked beneficial for keeping my air conditioning bill low? [more inside]
Can I combine two thermostats into one?
Do I need to have separate thermostats for my central air conditioning & my radiator heat? [more inside]
Help me make sure I'm not getting scammed...
BrrrrrFilter: It's gotten cold here in Chicago and my heater appears to be broken. Google didn't help me much probably because my knowledge of HVAC is weak. Help me find out quickly if I'm being ripped off? [more inside]
In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics
What can we do to get more air from the air conditioning (and the heat in the winter) to the back of the house? [more inside]
How much does an A/C unit cost?
Any idea how much a new combination electric A/C and gas heater costs? Our house is approximately 1450 square feet.
Can I get notifications of power outages by e-mail?
Our dog stays at home while we're out working. She does fine and has people walking her on most days, but with the generally unreliable nature of electric power on hot Virginia days, I worry that the house may lose power and heat up to an uncomfortable temperature while my wife and I are at work. Does anyone have any experience with an inexpensive, easy-to-setup way for me to get an e-mail alert if the power goes out or the temperature gets to a certain point? This looks neat, but if the house loses power it won't do me much good.
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Are there any programmable or automatic thermostats that can keep a house within a certain temperature range, and not just at a certain point? For example, I don't want to set the temperature at 72°F, but have the air conditioner come on at 73°F and the heater come on at 71°F. I'd prefer a range of six degrees or so, so that the air conditioner comes on if the temperature rises above 74°F, and the heater if it falls below 68°F, or something like that. I don't pay enough attention to it now, so the temperature swings too much and it's bad for items in the house. Can't some technology do this for me?
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"It's That Time of Year" Holiday decor, Merchandise & Snow White's 70th, + Much More
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Happy Holidays! Hopefully you aren't still too full of turkey and pumpkin pie, and you haven't been mauled too bad from the Black Friday shopping crowds - cause it's time for our very first "Dateline Disneyland" photo update!
The toll booths at the Mickey and Friends Parking Structure are sporting Christmas wreaths.
The billboards at the tram stop announce the holiday festivities at the parks.
The new marketing campaign for this year's holiday season is really nicely done. The snowman from last year is missed, but this year's designs are really great.
The billboard near the security checkpoints is pushing APs for Christmas gifts.
New park maps.
Disneyland park is decked out in its holiday finest.
The poster for "Remember... Dreams Come True" is still up in the entry tunnel, despite it being on hiatus to make way for the Holiday show.
Poinsettias swirl in the flower beds
And of course, the Disneyland Christmas tree rises high above Town Square
The Christmas tree in Walt's Apartment is up
The following Main Street photos are linked to their respective flickr pages and are available there for high-res download, if you're interesed.
Main Street Carolers!
You can watch a video of the carolers, by clicking here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk3kmqsLvmc
The Disneyland Band has their Christmastime uniforms on.
Frontierland is decked out for the holidays, too.
Inside the Golden Horseshoe:
Over in Critter Country, Pooh and Brer Rabbit have decked out the place quite nicely. The balloons holding the garlands up in the sky is a clever touch, and overall, Critter Country is a nice little corner during the holidays.
A small, but nice touch:
Of course, the talk of the town is Sleeping Beauty Castle's new winter overlay.
For a video of the Castle lighting ceremony, click here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...80727655893957
The Castle projector boxes have been open all week. Talk about bad show. Guests shouldn't be able to see this sort of stuff.
On paper, the idea of Sleeping Beauty Castle covered in magical snow is pretty awesome, but the reality of the concept is quite lacking in several areas. Overall, the entire overlay seems incomplete. There are patches of snow that are missing. The icicles are incredibly tacky. And at night - only half of the Castle is lit, so if you're in Fantasyland, the illusion of magical, glowing snow is shattered.
This turret didn't even get snow.
Missing snow
Did it melt?
This is just cheap. Forget about being able to immerse yourself in the illusion - You can clearly see where the snow ends.
At night, the lighting effect looks great from far away. But up close, not so much.
Sections of icicle lights and snow don't work.
First year glitches are many.
Magical? Not really.
And it's not like the snow and icicles that aren't working are kind of hidden from view.. The wreath and icicles on the front of the Castle above the drawbridge aren't working, either.
And despite the trees around the Castle being covered in lights for Christmas, none of them are ever turned on.
The most unfortunate part of this overlay is that the back of the Castle is not lit. At night, from Fantasyland it is glaringly obvious that there's something missing from the overlay. No lights at all, and you can see where the snow lights and icicle lights stop. Bad show.
The DCA guide map has a blurb about the Snow White 70th Anniversary exhibit in the Disney Animation pavilion.
The exhibit is set up in the lobby of the Disney Animation attraction in the Hollywood Pictures Backlot. It's done very nicely. The animation loop on the overhead screens has been changed to nothing but Snow White clips and audio.
A wall shows "how animation works" and includes flip books with reproductions of original Snow White animation art for guests to flip through. This is a great touch, an is a great little thing for the Disney Animation attraction.
Overall, the exhibit is done exceptionally well. It's a perfect use for the big lobby area, and hopefully this will become home to more exhibits in the future now that the Disney Gallery at Disneyland is gone. The use of the screens and audio is an amazing touch that compliments the exhibit material perfectly. Using the lobby as gallery space is a smart move and it feels completely natural.
Anyway, over in the Character Close-Up room the Wall-E glass case has a new backdrop:
And the case that previously advertised Meet the Robinsons now features a big teaser for 2008's Bolt.
The Off the Page store next door is selling loads of new Snow White merchandise. Here's some of it.
The new Enchanted pre-parade with Princess Giselle is now rolling out before the Christmas Fantasy parade.
For a video of the "Enchanted" pre-parade, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8I8D0r3CtU
The last remnant of the old Disney Gallery is now gone. The signs that were on the base of the stairs are now gone.
And a look at elevator construction...
And finally, a look at some of the seasonal goodies available at Blue Ribbon Bakery and the candy shop in DCA's Greetings From California.
Holiday biscotti
Pumpkin muffins are still available, too.
What a delicious way to wrap up our very first Dateline Disneyland. We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving - and for the record, the thing that we are most thankful for around here is you, our wonderful readers. See you next week for more visions from Disneyland.
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I'm new here too, and in largely the same situation as you. Bought my first boat fairly recently (1968 25 ft Seafarer Rhodes Meridian) and have been sailing the Indian River in FL ever since (and loving it!). I've also started thinking about a bigger boat, but I was a bit more tempted by the bigger end of the spectrum, maybe up into the low 40' range (tayana 37, westsail 42, freedom 40, valiant 40). I worry about messing with a good thing though... As it stands I can leave the slip, sail for 2-3 hours, and clean up in 20 minutes and be done. As a result, I'm logging a sail every couple of days. I'm guessing you are in a similar situation with your 24 - quick and easy. A bigger boat brings the promise of longer trips with more family members (My boat is great for two, but three's starting to be a crowd). However, I am a bit nervous about scaling up and making sailing more of a chore... right now it is easy and fun. That said, I'll probably get a bigger boat in a few years. Do you have any similar apprehensions about a bigger boat?
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BlackBerry (
) recently posted a better than expected set of Q1 2015 earnings,
indicating that its restructuring plan is certainly taking effect.
Over the past year, the company has made some meaningful
headway in cutting costs and improving liquidity by selling real
estate, sizing down its workforce and subcontracting parts of
its handset design and manufacturing operations. While the progress
on the cost front is no doubt encouraging, we believe that the
company could be running out of inefficiencies and costs to
eliminate, meaning that earnings growth will have to be aided by
reversing the precipitous revenue decline.
The company's revenues have fallen by around 66%
year-over-year to around $966 million during Q1 2015, largely due
to an 82% decline in hardware sales. Software and services revenues
have also fallen by about 29%, largely due to the smaller user base
for BlackBerry services. ((
BlackBerry Q1 2014 Earnings News Release
)) This is quite concerning, since BlackBerry has been highlighting
that its software and services business will be a key driver of the
company's turnaround. While the company has been reworking its
strategy for its principal software and services businesses such as
BlackBerry Enterprise services, BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) and the
QNX software business, their monetization has yet to gather pace
and we believe that it could take several quarters before we see
any visible results. In this note, we analyze the key risks that
BlackBerry's software and services business face in unlocking
See Our Complete Analysis For BlackBerry
Trefis has
an $8.40 price estimate for BlackBerry
, which is slightly below the current market price.
BlackBerry Services Subscriber Declines, BES 12 and EZ
Pass Will Need To Yield Results
BlackBerry services remain the company's most valuable business,
accounting for about 54% of revenues and around 40% of the
company's market capitalization, according to our estimates. The
division has faced significant headwinds of late, with a subscriber
base that has fallen from around 79 million in early 2013 to an
estimated 50 million at the end of the last quarter. However, the
company is counting on the loyalty of its large yet declining user
base of government institutions and corporations, who value
BlackBerry's reputation for cutting edge security and its proven
mobile device management software (
), to stem the decline and drive growth going forward. Unlike
the consumer market, the enterprise market for software and
services is less prone to large-scale subscriber defections, since
companies typically plan and invest large sums of money in their
information systems, making them less susceptible to short-term
technology transitions.
Stabilizing The User Base:
The company has taken several initiatives to drive a turnaround in
the enterprise services space. It introduced cross platform support
in BES 10 in order to capitalize on the growing "bring your own
device" trend (BYOD), providing support for rival platforms
including Android and iOS. The company has also been
investing considerable resources in developing BES 12, which would
unify support for BES 10 and BES 5, making it easy for
organizations to operate both BB7 and BB10 based devices on a
single infrastructure. BlackBerry also seems to be counting on its
handset business to drive subscriptions to its BES service.
The company plans to launch two new high-end
smartphones, dubbed Passport and Classic, later this year.
However, we believe that these upgraded device and service
offerings will merely serve to retain existing BES subscribers
rather than entice additional users for BlackBerry services.
EZ Pass Could Hurt Monetization
: BlackBerry has also been trying to attract more customers to its
BES 10 platform through its EZ Pass program, which allows
organizations running earlier versions of BES or
competing Mobile Device Management (
) platforms to switch to the BES 10 offering for free. The company
intends to monetize these users by eventually charging them for
technical support and by encouraging them to upgrade to a premium
version of the service that offers better security features.
However, the program could have near-term impacts on the company's
profitability, since it would not earn anything from free licensees
while still providing customers with technical
support. It also remains to be seen how effectively the
company is able to convert these free licensees into higher value
BlackBerry Messenger Seeks To Ride The Mobile Messaging
Wave, But MAU Stagnation Is An Issue
The use of mobile messaging applications has been growing
rapidly, driven by higher smartphone penetration and the
availability of affordable data plans in emerging markets.
BlackBerry has been looking to revitalize its BBM messaging service
by opening it up to rival platforms such as Android and iOS. BBM
has some advantages over rival applications, including security and
a proven infrastructure, voice and video calling options as well as
channels that allow brands and celebrities to connect with their
audience. The cross platform strategy got off to a strong start,
with its active user base growing by about 20 million to about 80
million in just a few weeks following the launch.
Monthly Active User Base Has Remained Flat Of Late
: We have some concerns over the company's ability to significantly
expand the user base of the product. as monthly active user (MAU)
growth has slowed down, and remained nearly flat over the last two
quarters at around 85 million users, though the company expects
this to improve to around 100 million users as the Windows version
of the application launches. We believe that the slowing growth in
MAUs could be due to the fact that roughly 50 million of the active
BBM users are on the BlackBerry platform, which is more popular
with businesses. As mentioned previously, businesses are less
susceptible to short-term technology transitions, unlike the
consumer market.
Monetization Plans Need To Gather Steam
: BlackBerry is targeting revenues of roughly $100 million from BBM
by FY 2016, and its monetization strategy is multi-pronged. The
company introduced its BBM Protected offering, which provides
end-to-end encrypted messaging for security-conscious enterprise
users. The company is also looking to monetize its consumer user
base through its mobile payments platform for BBM and advertising
on its BBM channels. The company could also be looking to
potentially sell off the BBM business, given the attractive
valuations that mobile messaging apps have been witnessing of late.
However, BBM significantly trails market leaders WhatsApp (450+
million MAUs), Facebook messenger and WeChat in terms of MAU's and
its flattish user base could prove to be a negative.
QNX Software Has A Huge Installed Base, But Forward Value
Capture Is Key
BlackBerry's sometimes overlooked QNX software business has been
receiving quite a bit of buzz lately. Although BlackBerry bought
QNX software systems to build its BB 10 operating system and power
its Playbook line of tablets, the software is primarily used in
embedded systems given its low hardware requirements, stability,
and flexibility. The software has been particularly successful in
the automobile infotainment market. Global automotive infotainment
systems sales stood at close to 40 million units in 2013,
and QNX had a market share of roughly 53%.
Not Very Meaningful To BlackBerry's Bottomline
: However, despite its strong technical attributes and installed
base, the QNX business is not believed to be very meaningful to
BlackBerry's financial performance (the company does not break out
QNX financials). The business generates revenues through the
licensing of QNX software products (primarily operating systems and
middleware) and through the professional services that BlackBerry
provides to customers for developing QNX powered devices. Estimates
from Bloomberg peg QNX revenues at just about 2% of BlackBerry's
total sales and IHS analysts estimate software licensing fees at a
relatively paltry $3 per vehicle. (BlackBerry Leads in
Connected-Cars Market Google Covets, Bloomberg, March
Smart Homes, Automotive Safety Are Areas To Expand
: A bulk of the value in the automotive infotainment market
comes from offering a differentiated user interface and user
experience. This is an area controlled by OEMs and auto
manufacturers. QNX's OS and middleware, on the other hand, operate
behind the scenes, having a lower ability to capture end-consumer
value. This could prove to be an issue for BlackBerry if it
wants to grow in the connected automotive market (which is forecast
to touch $53 billion by the year 2018), since the share of core
software sales as a percentage of the overall market size could
decline as the space becomes more commoditized.
The QNX division has been looking at other avenues for growth as
well. The growing interest in the 'Internet of Things' such
as smart homes could be an important area. QNX should have an early
mover advantage in this space since it already has a large network
of third-party developers and also intends to launch a cloud
platform later this year. The company has also been looking to make
a push into automotive safety, with its QNX OS for Automotive
Safety 1.0 offering.
30% Upside To Price Estimate If User Base
BlackBerry's services offering accounts for close to two-thirds of
the company's enterprise value, according to Trefis estimates. Our
current $8.50 price estimate for the company assumes that the total
BES subscriber base will decline at roughly 10% annually and
stabilize at about 21 million users by the end of the Trefis
forecast period (CY 2020), while average monthly subscription fees
will decline to around $2.65 per month (including consumer and
business users). We estimate that EBITDA margins for the service
will improve to around 28% by 2020 due to lower fixed operating
expenses. However, if the company is able to stem the decline and
maintain subscriptions at levels of around 40 million users going
forward, while realizing an average revenue per subscriber of
around $3 per month, it would increase our price estimate by
roughly 30% to about $11.25.
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BlackBerry's services offering accounts for close to two-thirds
of the company's enterprise value. Our current $8.50 price
estimate for the company assumes that the total BES subscriber
base will decline at roughly 10% annually and stabilize at about
21 million users by the end of the Trefis forecast period (CY
2020), while average monthly subscription fees will decline to
around $2.65 per month (including consumer and business users).
We estimate that EBITDA margins for the service will improve to
around 28% by 2020 due to lower fixed operating expenses.
However, if the company is able to stem the decline and maintain
subscriptions at levels of around 40 million users going forward,
while realizing an average revenue per subscriber of around $3
per month, it would increase our price estimate by roughly 30% to
about $11.25.
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Nine Catawba County schools met the Adequate Yearly Progress standards set forth by the No Child Left Behind Act. And officials offer praise to the schools that did make the AYP, even if they feel it's not acceptable testing.
"One child in a subgroup can hold you back," said Catawba County Schools Superintendent Glenn Barger.
With about 40 students in each subgroup, Barger said he does not think the AYP results are an appropriate way to rate school systems.
The various subgroups are created on different factors, such as educational disadvantages, minorities, English as a Second Language students and economically disadvantaged students. The number of subgroups changes yearly, such as Blackburn Elementary increased to more than 20 subgroups for the 2010-11 results, when in 2009-10, the school had 13 subgroups.
"The number of economically disadvantaged students has increased in many schools because of unemployment numbers and students who qualify for free and reduced lunch," Barger said.
In addition, Barger said one student can be in two different subgroups and be counted twice in the AYP results.
In Catawba County Schools, Banoak Elementary, Clyde Campbell Elementary, Sherrills Ford Elementary, Tuttle Elementary and Challenger Early College High School met the 2010-11 AYP standards.
In Newton-Conover City Schools, South Newton Elementary and Newton-Conover Health Science High School met AYP for the last school year.
Over in Hickory Public Schools, Viewmont Elementary and Hickory Career Arts and Magnet High School met the goals.
AYP targets increased this year.
In reading, the goal increased 30 percent from 43.2 percent to 71.6 percent in third through eighth grades. In mathematics, the goal went from 77.2 percent to 88.6 percent for third through eighth grades.
For high school mathematics, the percentage increased from 68.4 to 84.2 and reading levels increased from 38.5 percent to 69.3 percent.
"That's the biggest jump in proficiency standard since AYP started," Barger said. "We are extremely proud of the schools that have made it."
By 2014, the AYP will be at 100 percent proficiency, after staying at the 77.2 percent for mathematics and 71.6 percent for reading during the next two school years.
"That's a pretty high proficiency," Barger said. "When that year comes, I'm not sure how many students in North Carolina and across the nation will make AYP. Our goal is to continue to grow and work toward the goal of 100 percent."
Dr. David Stegall, associate superintendent for NCCS, said there are two measures to rate student productivity in school. One is through the AYP; however, the second is by looking at the expected growth of students.
Stegall said five NCCS schools met the expected growth for the year.
"We were able to help students grow over a year's worth of material," Stegall said. "We will still strive to meet the AYP goals set higher and higher. It makes it tougher, but we are continuing to work to get to that point."
The official AYP results will be approved by the North Carolina State Board of Education on Aug. 4.
.. its the FREAKIN LIUSY AND INEFFECTUAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT ARE THE PROBELMS.
Just look at teh absurd curriculum they teach. They can't get control of discipline and even have to have armed police officers patrolling the halls of A MIDDLE SCHOOL just so they can open the doors. They have drug dealin and sex going on behind the back parking lot of the High School.
Nope it aint the poor kids, they are just a product of the environment.
I say cut the schools budget even more and forcem to cut their fat, then they will:
a. get rid of the bad kids.
b. get rid of the bad teachers.
c. cut out the useless "fluff" curricula
d. so much more!


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I'm trying to install the latest nvidia driver on Ubuntu. I am using Xorg 7.0. I've noticed that nvidia does not yet support Xorg 7.1, but does it support 7.0? The installation seems to have gone fine, but X will not start. I get these errors:
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I use a Cateye and it's very nice and bright and has a lot of different patterns. But the other day I was riding with a buddy with a Serfas taillight that was incredibly bright and had a blink that could not possibly be missed by anyone who's not blind. It was literally almost too bright, if such a thing is possible.
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Can you please explain the bidding process for goverment contracts in relations to rehabilitations centers, nursing centers, hospitals, long-term care facilities.
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Most such facilities are privately owned, either by non-profits, such as hospitals, or by corporations, not by the federal government. Therefore, a government contract isn't involved. Rather, you would contact the institutions directly and find out how they choose the service providers they use. Larger institutions may put the contract out to bid. Smaller ones may have a more informal process.
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Re: Mobile Hair Salon I actually did this for one of my clients so heregoes. Many of the facilities to whichyou refer are funded by the government but are actually nonprofit agencies notbound by government contract rules. WhatI would do with a mobile hair salon is prepare a written proposal in no morethan two to three pages about your qualifications, the nature of the serviceyoure willing to provide, your willingness to set up a file on each client soyou know their likes and dislikes and most importantly your discount rate for ahigher number of clients.
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Some of their peers — Ross Macdonald, Ed McBain, John D. MacDonald — enjoyed more critical acclaim than Wade Miller, but few were as successful commercially. Published in 14 languages, their books sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. At least a half-dozen were turned into films, including "Kitten With a Whip," starring Ann-Margret in 1964.
Mr. Miller died in 1961. Mr. Wade wrote another 11 novels using the name Whit Masterson and two others using his own. In 1988, he was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Private Eye Writers of America.
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Vice-Admiral K.N. Sushil, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Naval Command, was the chief guest of the ceremony that commenced at the Naval Base at 5 p.m. Invited guests and family members of naval personnel were treated to some scintillating aerobatic display led by Commander V.G. Menon, Commanding Officer of the INS Garuda-based 336 squadron. As a precursor to the aerial show, there was the flight of a power glider. Naval helicopters such as the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv, Chetaks and Seaking anti-submarine and anti-surface helicopters showcased their maneuverability and operational capabilities. Naval commandos aboard a Seaking displayed short team insertion and extraction (STIE) operation.
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If you read the eight-page fix-it report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, you could be fooled into thinking, "Gee, job done!" But look carefully and you'll find claims that are hard to verify and others that don't point to a business-grade level of website operation.
In particular, I note that as of Sunday, CMS was claiming 95.1 percent availability. That translates to nearly a day and a half per month of downtime. A CIO responsible for a high-activity commercial site would be canned for that level of performance if it lasted very long. Most strive for the "five nines" level of availability, which translates to five minutes of downtime per year. Ninety-nine percent uptime means 3 1/2 days down per year.
CMS is claiming a 4x "registration throughput" improvement, 3x "database throughout" improvement, and 2x "capacity" increase together with 5x network throughput improvement. Taking the agency at its word, the bottleneck would therefore be "capacity." Consistent with the weakest-link theory, even with a 10x network throughout increase, users will only see improvement as extensive as the smallest improvement. For a site that was down nearly half the time and slow when it was operating, a 2x limiter on performance doesn't sound like a triumph.
The whole episode calls into question President Barack Obama's belief that the failure of HealthCare.gov's launch was connected to the government's inefficiency at IT procurement. Procurement is a popular canard. Sometimes it really is the problem. But not in this case. The awards to contractors were made in reasonable time using an existing multiple-award vehicle in place at CMS. The technologies used are neither exotic nor out of date as a result of slow procurement. It looks to me like a matter of pure project management, or lack thereof.
CMS cites twice-a-day "standup war room" meetings. It says "the team is operating with private sector velocity and effectiveness" with "clear accountability and decision-making." Well, OK. The report shows things going in the right direction. But it deepens the mystery of what was going on since March 2010 when the Affordable Care Act became law.
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Michael Foley, owner of Foley Designs Private Limited, has had many milestones in his career, including designing the Queen's Baton for the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2012 Indian Formula 1 Grand Prix trophy.
This year, too, he designed the 2013 Indian Formula 1 Grand Prix trophy. "Last year's trophy represented a victory procession of old India. This year I have incorporated the colours of the Indian flag.
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SAN DIEGO – In 15 games spanning the Dodgers' opening trip to Australia until he suffered a sprained ankle May 24, catcher A.J. Ellis had eight hits and reached base just 20 times.
In his first five games after being activated last week, Ellis, 33, has been much better. He had five hits, reaching base 11 times and raising his on-base percentage more than 50 points.
He said he has done it by forgetting his inconsistent-at-best power stroke and focusing on the skill he does possess – the ability to get on base.
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Ellis credited Dodgers assistant hitting coach John Valentin with stressing the back-to-the-basics approach. At his peak as a Boston Red Sox shortstop in the 1990s, Valentin walked more than he struck out.
He had more power than Ellis, but the comparison between the right-handed hitters is valid.
"More than anything, I think he's just trying to be conscious of what he did well when he first won the job here," Valentin said. "He was basically an All-Star catcher in 2012, getting on base and working counts, getting pitches to hit. And I basically told him, 'That's still the guy that you are.'"
Ellis hit 13 homers in 2012, his first full big league season, and 10 in 2013. Valentin said it's unrealistic to expect much more.
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The first out of the ninth inning had just been recorded in Clayton Kershaw's no-hitter Wednesday, and, after the Dodgers infielders went around the horn, rookie third baseman Miguel Rojas tossed the ball back to Kershaw from a few feet away.
It was a routine, light toss, except for one thing – Kershaw wasn't looking. And so the ball hit him square in the chest, knocking the ace out of his zone for a second.
In the moment, it was tense. But Rojas apologized and laughed about it afterward – after the no-hitter was secured.
"I threw the ball to him to wake him up because I thought he was sleeping," Rojas said jokingly Friday. "No, but that's the kind of concentration he had in that moment. He was looking down, not even looking at me."
Earlier, with one out in the seventh inning, Rojas made a terrific play to rob Troy Tulowitzki of a likely hit when he ranged back and to his right into foul ground.