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Pricey, focusing range starts at 1.5m, below average audio
Flip more or less invented the pocket camcorder market so when we heard that it was launching an updated range, we were very keen to get our mitts on them. The third-generation Flip UltraHD is similar to the last model, with its 720p video capture, although it does pack a few extra surprises. Along with the built-in 8GB memory as found on the previous model, the UltraHD also now includes image stabilisation and can shoot at 50fps - both of which should result in much smoother video capture. Flip also recently launched the new MinoHD camcorder which offers all the same benefits but with a slightly smaller chassis and a higher price tag. The UltraHD is also offered as a cheaper 4GB version, although this model doesn't offer image stabilisation and can only muster 30fps support.
Measuring in at 106 x 54 x 22mm, the UltraHD is certainly fairly svelte, even by pocket camcorder standards. And weighing just 128g, it's pretty light, too. The rubberised finish that covers the majority of the device is a nice touch that not only gives the UltraHD a premium feel, but also means that even the most butter-fingered of users shouldn't be dropping it too often. The front of the camcorder sports the fixed focus lens, located slightly off-centre to the left. Like most devices of this type, the lens sports a F/2.4 max aperture.
There are very few controls on the UltraHD, which is sure to be good news for those that like their products to be nice and simple. On the right-hand edge of the unit you'll find the power button that turns the device on and off with one click, rather than the annoying "hold button down for 3 seconds" move. You'll also find a small recess for attaching the supplied wrist strap. The underside of the Flip reveals a standard tripod mount along with a "hold" switch so that you don't end up with reams of video footage of the inside of your pocket. Next to this, there's a Micro HDMI port alongside the manufacturer's FlipPort connection.
The back of the device sports the 2-inch TFT LCD sporting a 320 x 240 resolution, along with the familiar central red button that's surrounded by a multi-directional pad that also doubles up as the zoom control. There are also separate Play and Delete buttons. The left-hand edge of the unit is home to the flip-out USB connector which is a great piece of lovingly crafted design work. Pulling the switch downwards releases the the USB plug, which pings out with satisfying ease and speed. The device is supplied with a soft pouch which won't do much against serious bumps and knocks, but will hopefully keep the screen from getting scratched when the Flip is in your pocket or bag.
The UltraHD is said to power up in 4 seconds - in fact, we found it to be a little quicker than that which is a great attribute for a device of this type to have. A lot of products say that they're "point and shoot" devices, but the Flip really is.
With the device powered up within seconds, you're ready to to record almost straight away and the operation couldn't be simpler. To record, you simply power up and then press the red button, while pressing it again stops the recording. The up and down controls (or plus and minus) enable you to get closer to your subject without actually having to move, using the surprisingly smooth 2x digital zoom.
Using a 1.6 megapixel CMOS sensor, the gadget captures MPEG4 footage (H.264) in high-def at 720p (1280 x 720 pixels). According to the spec list, the UltraHD boasts automatic low light detection, while the relatively fast F/2.4 aperture lens is designed to work well in dingy lighting conditions. The UltraHD also has automatic white balance and black level calibration which works well enough most of the time, although it ran into difficulty with high contrast subjects, such as a dark building against a bright sky.
The focusing range is effective from 1.5m (to infinity), so if you plan on doing any extreme close-ups then you're out of luck. The UltraHD works best on a range that's slighly beyond the minimum, but if you stretch it too far then it will begin to struggle to cope with detail on far away objects.
As these kind of products are designed to be whipped out swiftly from a bag and held aloft like a mobile phone for recording, it's no wonder that the footage tends to be a bit shaky. The new image stabilsation, along with the 50fps capture rate does seem to make a marked difference to the smoothness of the footage when compared with the previous model. However, the effectiveness of the image stabilisation seems to decrease as lighting conditions get darker. As with most pocket camcorders, shooting outside produces the best results, as indoor footage tends to lack detail and be plagued by unwanted artefacts. We found the colour reproduction to be pretty faithful to the subject, with flesh tones being fairly reaslistic too.
As you'd imagine, the built-in wide-range stereo microphone does a relatively decent job of capturing the sound, but it's not amazing and there's no option for plugging in an external mic. We found that the UltraHD added a fair bit of background noise to our recordings, even on footage taken in a near-silent room. It's not a deal-breaker and not that unusual on devices of this kind, but a constant sound that's reminiscent of running water or rustling paper on your clips will be a step too far for some video purists. Likewise, the built-in speakers are functional, but hardly inspiring.
You can play back footage on your TV using an HDMI cable rigged up to the UltraHD's Micro HDMI port, although you won't find one in the box so unless you've got a spare one laying around you'll have to fork out some extra cash. It's worth the extra trouble if you want to get the best out of the device's HD capabilities. Unlike watching your videos back on the tiny 2-inch screen, viewing them on an high-def TV really shows off the quality of the 720p footage, although we think that most people using a pocket camcorder will be more concerned about how their videos look on Facebook or YouTube.
The UltraHD is powered by the brand's own rechargable Flip Video Lithium-ion Battery Pack (included) or alternatively you can use 3 AAA Lithium Batteries if you haven't had a chance to get your camcorder charged up. You should get around 2 hours of recording time when the battery pack is fully charged. Charging the device is accomplished using the USB connector to hook up to your computer and it should take about 4 hours for a full charge.
The manufacturer offers pre-loaded FlipShare software that can be used for editing and sharing your videos directly to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. It's very easy to use, but it's just as easy to circumnavigate the software altogether and just upload the videos directly from the device, rather than saving them onto your computer first.
This is certainly the best Flip we've seen so far and a marked improvement on the previous generation, but it's still a little on the pricey side, particularly considering the below average audio capture and the distinct lack of features. It's still cheaper than its sibling - the Flip MinoHD, which will set you back £179.99, even though it sports the same image stabilisation and 50fps capture rate. The UltraHD also deserves credit for its slick design and flip-out USB connector.
If you're after a pocket camcorder that's quick and simple to use and doesn't include lots of confusing features then the Flip UltraHD fits the bill. Having said that, there are cheaper models around with superior audio capabilities.

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As the CEO of American Records, a theater company devoted to making work that chronicles our time/work that serves as a bridge between people, scale is always on my mind and an important part of how we produce.
For your information, I'm the CEO, not the artistic director because American Records is an S Corp, not a nonprofit. We have the soul of a nonprofit in that every dollar we make we spend on artists and programing (i.e. we have no profit margin), which allows us to work under the fiscal sponsorship of Fractured Atlas.
This is a great partnership because being a corporation keeps us light and lean and able to work very quickly, and the fiscal sponsorship allows for grants for particular projects. Right now, our average earned/contributed ratio is 80/20 (80% earned, 20% contributed). We're not the only ones pioneering this model. Rainpan 43 Performance Group and Universes are also S Corps with fiscal sponsorship. Other companies are pioneering the L3C.
I bring up our company structure because it is fundamentally tied to how we work on scale. The way we're working on "going big" and the reason we have such a high level of earned income is because we tour. Our tours go to traditional theaters like Actors Theater of Louisville and Roundhouse and traditional presenters like The Hopkins Center at Dartmouth but we also tour to conferences, hospitals, lecture halls, and military bases.
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Release Date: 1/1/1964
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That's fair enough although shouldn't that be applies to all prisoners with mental health issues? I understand that you feel differently about this because of your sister's experiences but I don't see how this woman deserves special treatment over other prisoners.
I would advocate that treatment is always the better option.
If you lock a sick person in a jail for 5 years, what do you have when they get out? A sick person that's learned all sorts of new ways to hurt people. Lock them up in a hospital though, you have at least a chance of releasing a well person at the end of it.


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DEC PDP-1 Collection
The PDP-1 archive contains documents, photos, movies and music relating to Digital Equipment Corporation's groundbreaking PDP-1 computer. The launch of the PDP-1 (Programmed Data Processor-1) computer in 1959 marked a radical shift in the philosophy of computer design: it was the first commercial computer that focused on interaction with the user rather than the efficient use of computer cycles. It was also Digital Equipment Corporation's first computer.
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Just as running water doesn't become stagnant, change keeps us fresh and invigorated. We've presented our site with the same design for long enough; it's time we changed it up a little.
The point is not only to make it look more attractive for you as a user, but also to make it easier to find what you're looking for. No matter what type of traveller you are, we want it to be simple and even fun to find the hotel that suits you best.
Diving straight in, you'll notice quite a difference to the home page:
One of the major improvements to the website is the size and quality of the images we display. There's no point you straining your eyes to try and get a feel of what a place is like – we let our pictures speak for us. This applies across the board; the new design includes the presentation of larger, higher quality photographs of cities, attractions and accommodations.
There's now this interesting presentation of hotel choices on each 'city' page, with snippets of info for you to easily digest and choose from….or you can start your own search.
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The booking process is made easier thanks to clearer buttons and guidance, and additional interactive functionality has been added to the 'hotel location' section:
If you open the map at the top, a useful widget allows you to select individual places of interest (such as museums, districts and conference centres) to be marked on the map. From this you can easily see the distance from the hotel to the point you selected.
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It's now easier to see what your discount is, and what it is based on (time of stay, percentage etc). Everything that's included in the price is now shown much more clearly:
While we were messing about with all this 'new design' stuff, we also threw the logo and slogan into the mix, to see what would come out:
The new logo and slogan reflect the direction we're heading in: clean, straightforward, and relevant. Our goal is to give you all the information you need without you having to go searching for it: basically, to make it as easy to book as possible.
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Laura's Law would face understaffed court system
I've received many smart personal responses to a series of columns about Laura's Law, controversial state legislation that allows the creation of a special court to order defiantly and dangerously mentally ill individuals into treatment.
However, one email from a Superior Court judge delivers a dark cloud of depression that must be lifted if Laura's Law is ever going to be woven into San Diego County's safety net.
To allow the judge to speak freely (and, thank God, irreverently), I granted his request for anonymity.
"I have been reading with interest your columns regarding implementation of Laura's Law," the judge begins.
"Unfortunately, in this age of budget constraints, it is one thing to direct the court to have a special court since we have many such mandates — some imposed by statute and some self-imposed — but the current and sad realities of the California judicial system is that although we have plenty of judges in San Diego County (although one can quarrel with the allocation; i.e., North County loses a total of one judge every calendar year who are never replaced and currently we have three completely closed/locked courtrooms with neither judge nor staff while downtown has a surfeit of judges), we have no staff.
"Layoffs of courtroom and business office staff have approached well over 40 percent, and in some instances the very indicia of a justice system has been removed.
"For example, in family court where daily we make important decisions not just involving dissolution but children and issues of domestic violence, we have lost roughly 25 percent of our working staff and no longer have the services of certified shorthand reporters.
"The courts have throughout the years not only have had to deal with mandates from the Legislature regarding such 'special courts' such as Proposition 36 (drug court), veterans court, parole court and (with the criminal realignment laws) new duties regarding probation of recently incarcerated parolees, we also have internally developed 'feel good' courts without direction or mandate from the Legislature such as yet another drug court (essentially a AA meeting run by a judge and in a courthouse), homeless court and specialized criminal courts dealing solely with domestic violence issues — none of which we are required to do by statute.
"All of these mandates, whether legislatively required or not, require court staff. We will always have plenty of judges since we are political appointees and this is a 'plum' to be awarded; however, the real muscle in a justice system are the nonjudicial employees which are always the first to be eliminated or laid off.
"Our staff (not the judges, of course) are facing a 10 percent pay cut by means of furlough and many positions have been eliminated. The end result is the taxpaying citizens are having to wait hours in long lines only to find the business office has been closed early.
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UFC Heavyweight Shane del Rosario, 30, Dies Nearly Two Weeks After Suffering Full Cardiac Arrest
Shane del Rosario has died after suffering full cardiac arrest nearly two weeks ago.
Del Rosario, a professional MMA fighter since 2006, was 30. His friend and roommate, UFC flyweight Ian McCall, as well as teammate Carla Esparza, tweeted the news on Monday night. Sources close to the UFC told MMAjunkie a statement from the promotion is expected soon.
The heavyweight fighter was rushed to a hospital in Newport Beach, Calif., on Nov. 26 and was in critical condition after reportedly being found by McCall. According to multiple sources, del Rosario was on life support for several days. When he was removed from life support, he was able to survive until Sunday night.
News of del Rosarios heart attack came as a shock to the MMA world when it was announced by his management team, which said the fighter was in critical condition following full cardiac arrest two days before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.
Del Rosarios team at Iridium Sports on Nov. 27 tweeted that del Rosario was in the hospital after being resuscitated in the emergency room.
Del Rosario training partner Erik Apple later posted to his Instagram account a photo of himself with del Rosario, along with a comment: yesterday my friend had 2 heart attacks and he is still fighting for his life. I got to see him last night and hold his hand and I know he isnt giving up so we shouldnt either.Quote:
Official Statement: Shane Del Rosario had a catastrophic cardiovascular collapse at home on Tuesday morning. He was brought to the hospital in full cardiac arrest. He was resuscitated in the emergency room back to a stable heart rhythm and blood pressure. He is currently in the coronary care unit critically ill. Our prayers are with him and his family.
Del Rosarios management team released a statement saying doctors were looking at the potential that the fighter had a rare heart condition known as Long QT Syndrome that typically goes undetected until theres a problem.
Del Rosario (11-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) started his combat sports career in kickboxing and muay Thai before moving to MMA in 2006. He started his career 11-0 with 10 first-round stoppages. After going 8-0 with wins for M-1 Challenge and EliteXC, del Rosario signed with Strikeforce and stopped Lolohea Mahe and Lavar Johnson in the first round.
He was booked for a fight against Daniel Cormier, but after being in a car accident, a herniated disc kept him out of the fight. He wouldnt compete again until moving to the UFC, where he was stopped by Stipe Miocic in May 2012 and Pat Barry a year ago.
Del Rosario tried to return over the summer against Dave Herman, but was forced out with a rib injury. And in November, he was forced out of a fight against Guto Inocente (6-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) that had been booked for UFC 168 later this month in Las Vegas.
In 2012, MMAjunkie videographer Rick Lee produced and directed a video for Fight Magazine detailing del Rosarios road to recovery from the car accident, which was caused by a drunk driver. In the video, del Rosario talked about his desire to give back to those who werent as fortunate as he was, and that despite the accident and, at the time, being uncertain if he would ever fight again, he considered himself lucky for all he had.


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Posted 21 November 2012 - 03:22
Downloading the official .deb (or rpm if you are on fedora or suse) from google and installing it automatically does indeed add the official chrome repo for you, so its kept up to date automatically. Once you install it since it adds that repo you can also easily change channels by doing sudo apt-get install google-chrome-beta or sudo apt-get install google-chrome dev.
ViperAFK, you can still add a repository for it (which I believe the Chrome deb on Google's website does automatically). While I couldn't find a Chrome PPA on launchpad.net, just the Chromium one, I did find this mention of an official Chrome repository for Ubuntu. I can confirm that it works on Debian Wheezy, which probably means that it works on virtually every Debian based distribution.
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Posted 21 November 2012 - 05:14
Does VMWare emulate an NVidia card? You probably don't want to install regular video card drivers in a virtual machine. That's irrelevant of the OS being ran there. I only know Virtual Box, but VMWare may have something akin to VBox's guest additions - essentially a bunch of drivers for the virtual machine. Look into that. Or just switch to Virtual Box, it's free and runs Linux great.
Well, I have Mint installed in a VMWare Box. Linux is very difficult to install driver or software on. I had to Google command line commends to ge the nVidia drivers and even that failed somehow because I am now stuck on 640 X 480. I also downloaded Chrome and I found out you can't just double click on a downloaded file to install it. It still seems very advanced and only for the very computer savvy, nowhere near ready for prime time.
Posted 21 November 2012 - 05:52
Although I'm just guessing based on the information you gave, I can probably tell you what your problem is: you are approaching your Mint install as if it were Windows. In Linux, you very rarely want to download software directly from the vendor's website. For example, if I wanted to install the proprietary nVidia driver in Ubuntu, I would install it from the repository using a command like sudo apt-get install nvidia-current instead of downloading the binary blob from nvidia.com. Similarly, instead of downloading and installing Chrome directly from www.google.com/chrome, I would use sudo apt-get install chromium-current.
As a new user, however, its very unlikely that you prefer typing commands into terminal as I do. Unfortunately, that is something that often turns off new users and gives them the impression that Linux distros are difficult to use. That's not the case at all; its just that more experienced users often prefer CLI to GUI (and terminal commands are far easier and more concise to give over the Internet). In Ubuntu (and probably Mint as well since its Ubuntu based), you can easily search and install software using the Software Center. If you prefer a more powerful graphical interface to the repository, you can also install Synaptic Package Manager and use that instead of, or in addition to, Software Center.
While it may take a little while to get used to, installing software from the repository has several benefits. First, its easy. You don't need to go hunting for software or worry about downloading download.com's download manager just to get your programs. Second, updates are centralized. Instead of needing to use the updaters built into each piece of software you can merely update the repository (which is done automatically once every other day in Ubuntu by default) and install updates. Third, security and program integration are managed by your distribution. Any piece of software in the repository is theoretically guaranteed by the maintainers of your distribution to be secure and work properly with your system. Its a different way of thinking, but it works well (in my opinion much better than the traditional Windows approach) once you adjust to it.
Edit: Ah, I was too slow again. ViperAFK and Mindovermaster beat me to it.I know is kinda long, but please read my post anyway.
Posted 21 November 2012 - 06:14
Posted 21 November 2012 - 08:09
Thanks for this great post. It sounds like I should try Ubuntu, especially since my Linux mint seems to be all messed up.
Posted 21 November 2012 - 08:46
Usually setting Linux up in a VM is a lot easier than setting it up natively, because Windows does the hardware for you and the virtual machine translates them to Linux. I have been able to print from Linux just by setting up the printer.
I have used many USB devices because they hook up to Windows and the VM translates them to Linux. It just works better for me anyway.
Posted 21 November 2012 - 09:20
Posted 21 November 2012 - 09:27
Linux used to be like this but is so much different now
for example i have Fedora
- I plugged in my Canon MP170 and it installed automatically
- downloading files and double clicking them will do the same as window, if it know what program to use it will use it if it does not it will ask you what program you want to use
- the installation was straightforward and it does everything itself (unless your dual booting then you need to tell it where to install
So many people have used linux 5 yrs or so ago and had a bad experience and just give up with it
Its a new system to use you need to learn how to use it the same as you would with anything new
Posted 21 November 2012 - 13:08
Downloading chrome right from google gives you a few advantages over chromium though (integrated pdf reader, integrated pepper flash, extra html5 codecs)
Posted 21 November 2012 - 15:10
Posted 21 November 2012 - 15:29
Well, I got Chrome installed but not my latest nVidia drivers. I download them and can't just double click to install them. I found some instructions online about using command line to install from a repo but all that did is mess up the system and now it won't do anything other than 640 X 480. Why would vNvdia even have Linux drivers for download if you can't install them?
I'll try Ubuntu when I get home, maybe it'll be better..
Posted 21 November 2012 - 17:07
Windows had worse releases than Windows 8 and kept its predominance just fine.
If Windows 8 doesn't succeed, people will just stay with Windows 7 for the next few years, there's no "shift to Linux", never was, never will be (at least in the foreseeable future).


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Changing lenses is the product of an ongoing conversation between sociologist (and TSP co-editor) Doug Hartmann and photographer Wing Young Huie. In each post, they exchange what's seen behind a camera lens and what's seen through a sociological lens to get at the diversity of perspectives and cultivate a unique look at the human experience.
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A journalist and travel writer in the employ of the Ethiopian government in the early 1980's hears mention that the great lost treasure of the Jewish race - the ark of the covenant in which Moses placed the ten commandments - is reputed to be held in a church somewhere in Ethiopia ...
The same man later sees the Hollywood blockbuster 'Raiders of the lost Ark', and an idea begins to find shape in his mind which will take some years to come to fruition ...
In 1989 at Chartres Cathedral, France, he is drawn to a small, seemingly insignificant carving which mysteriously hints that the tale he heard in Ethiopia may be true - that that may, in fact, be the last resting place of the Ark ...
The man is Graham Hancock - and the story of his quest to discover the truth behind the legends is the breathtaking real life adventure of The Sign and The Seal. the book that launched Graham into the bestseller lists worldwide.
Following obscure clues found within ancient stories and Biblical tales, through the occult knowledge gleaned from the coded Grail epic of Wolfram Von Eschenbach, and the obscure and secretive workings of the enigmatic Knights Templar, Graham traces the Ark from its source in ancient Egypt, to Jerusalem, and from there to its final resting place in Africa.
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Here is the first inkling that the technology of ancient Egypt, that produced the Ark, was something mysterious and powerful - a legacy, perhaps of something older and forgotten - here is the seeds that would flower in Fingerprints of the Gods. Was Moses an initiate of the lost Egyptian wisdom - the lost wisdom of the survivors of a cataclysmic flood?
A deeply personal account of a quest for meaning, The Sign and the Seal is a must-read for any interested in the ancient world or in the genesis of Graham Hancock's thinking.
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Trim Flying Club operates from Trim Airfield (EITM),Ireland, situated in the heart of the Boyne valley of Meath, only 30 minutes drive from Dublin, 15 minutes flying from Aerodrome (EIWT) . Trim Flying Club is a voluntary flying organisation founded in 1979, with the primary objective of promoting amateur aviation and in particular to run instruction and training courses relating to private (non-commercial) flying.
Trim Flying Club Aircraft EI-EYJ Trim Flying Club Aircraft EI-DDC Trim Flying Club is recognised by the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) as a Registered Training Facility (RTF) for pilot training in the following areas:
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Cape Town (Kaapstad; Xhosa: Ikapa) is the second most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the metropolitan municipality of the City of Cape Town. It is the provincial capital of the Western Cape, as well as the legislative capital of South Africa, where the National Parliament and many government offices are located. Cape Town is famous for its harbour as well as its natural setting in the Cape floral kingdom, including such well-known landmarks as Table Mountain and Cape Point. Cape Town is one of the most popular South African destinations for tourism.
Cape Town was originally developed by the Dutch East India Company as a victualling (supply) station for Dutch ships sailing to Eastern Africa, India, and the Far East more than 200 years before the construction of the Suez Canal in 1869. Jan van Riebeeck's arrival on 6 April 1652 established the first permanent European settlement in South Africa. Cape Town quickly outgrew its original purpose as the first European outpost at the Castle of Good Hope. It was the largest city in South Africa until the growth of Johannesburg.
According to the 2007 Community Survey, the city has a population of 3.5 million. Cape Town's land area of 2,455 square kilometres (948 sq mi) is larger than other South African cities, resulting in a comparatively lower population density of 1,425 people per square kilometre (3,689/sq mi). Cape Town is twinned with Nice in France and Haifa in Israel.
There is no certainty as to when humans first occupied the area prior to the first visits of Europeans in the 15th century. The earliest known remnants in the region were found at Peers cave in Fish Hoek and date to around 12,000 years ago. Little is known of the history of the region's first residents, since there is no written history from the area before it was first mentioned by Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias in 1486. Vasco da Gama recorded a sighting of the Cape of Good Hope in 1497, and the area did not have regular contact with Europeans until 1652, when the Netherlands' Jan van Riebeeck and other employees of the Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oost-indische Compagnie, VOC) were sent to the Cape to establish a way-station for ships travelling to the Dutch East Indies. The city grew slowly during this period, as it was hard to find adequate labour. This labour shortage prompted the city to import slaves from Indonesia and Madagascar. Many of these became ancestors of the first Cape Coloured communities.
During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, the Netherlands was repeatedly occupied by France, and Great Britain moved to take control of Dutch colonies. Britain captured Cape Town in 1795, but the Cape was returned to the Netherlands by treaty in 1803. British forces occupied the Cape again in 1806. In the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814, Cape Town was permanently ceded to Britain. It became the capital of the newly formed Cape Colony, whose territory expanded very substantially through the 1800s.
The discovery of diamonds in Griqualand West in 1869, and the Witwatersrand Gold Rush in 1886, prompted a flood of immigrants to South Africa. Conflicts between the Boer republics in the interior and the British colonial government resulted in the Second Boer War of 1899-1901. Britain won the war. In 1910, Britain established the Union of South Africa, which unified the Cape Colony with the two defeated Boer Republics and the British colony of Natal. Cape Town became the legislative capital of the Union, and later of the Republic of South Africa.
In the 1948 elections, the National Party won on a platform of apartheid (racial segregation) under the slogan of "swart gevaar". This led to the Group Areas Act, which classified all areas according to race. Formerly multi-racial suburbs of Cape Town were either purged of unlawful residents or demolished. The most infamous example of this in Cape Town was District Six. After it was declared a whites-only region in 1965, all housing there was demolished and over 60,000 residents were forcibly removed. Many of these residents were relocated to the Cape Flats and Lavendar Hill. Under apartheid, the Cape was considered a "Coloured labour preference area", to the exclusion of "Bantus", i.e. blacks.
Cape Town was home to many leaders of the anti-apartheid movement. On Robben Island, a former penitentiary island 10 kilometres from the city, many famous political prisoners were held for years. In one of the most famous moments marking the end of apartheid, Nelson Mandela made his first public speech in decades on 11 February 1990 from the balcony of Cape Town City Hall hours after being released. His speech heralded the beginning of a new era for the country, and the first democratic election was held four years later, on 27 April 1994. Nobel Square in the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront features statues of South Africa's four Nobel Peace Prize winners - Albert Luthuli, Desmond Tutu, F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela. Since 1994, the city has struggled with problems such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, a surge in violent drug-related crime and more recent xenophobic violence. At the same time, the economy has surged to unprecedented levels due to the boom in the tourism and the real estate industries.
The Cape Peninsula has a Mediterranean climate with well-defined seasons. In winter, which lasts from May to September, large cold fronts come across from the Atlantic Ocean with heavy precipitation and strong north-westerly winds. The winter months are cool, with an average minimum temperature of 7 °C (45 °F). Most of the city's annual rainfall occurs in wintertime, but due to the mountainous topography of the city, rainfall amounts for specific areas can vary dramatically. The suburb of Newlands which is to the south of the city is the wettest place in South Africa. The valleys and coastal plains average 515 millimetres (20 in) of rain per annum, while mountain areas can average as much as 1,500 millimetres (60 in) per annum. Summer, which lasts from November to March, is warm and dry. The Peninsula gets frequent strong winds from the south-east, known locally as the Cape Doctor, because it blows away pollution and cleans the air. The south-easterly wind is caused by a high-pressure system which sits in the South Atlantic to the west of Cape Town, known as the South-Atlantic High. Summer temperatures are mild, with an average maximum of 26 °C (79 °F). The only times when Cape Town can be uncomfortably hot is when the Berg Wind, meaning "mountain wind" blows from the Karoo interior for a couple weeks in February or early March.
Cape town's local government is the City of Cape Town, which is a metropolitan municipality. Cape Town is governed by a 210-member city council, which reports to a 28-member executive council. The executive council, in turn, is presided over by a city manager and an executive mayor. The city is divided into 105 electoral wards; each ward directly elects one member of the council, whilst the other 105 councillors are elected by a party-list proportional representation system. The mayor is chosen by the city council.
The current mayor is Helen Zille of the Democratic Alliance. In the most recent local government elections, the Democratic Alliance was the largest single party with 90 of the 210 seats on the council, ahead of the African National Congress's 81 seats, but with no party holding a majority. A subsequent by-election has increased the DA's seats to 91. The DA has now increased its majority, by introducing the Independent Democrats (South Africa) to the coalition, and so the DA-led council now has a majority of 22 seats.
Before the unification of Cape Town's local government into the so-called "Unicity", it was divided into six regional "Administrations"; many functions of the Unicity are still divided according to the old Administrations. The administrations include Cape Town, which has the regions of the City Bowl, the Atlantic Seaboard, the southern suburbs, Pinelands, Langa and Mitchell's Plain. The South Peninsula includes Hout Bay, Wynberg, Constantia, Fish Hoek, Kommetjie, Noordhoek and Simon's Town. The Blaauwberg region includes Milnerton, Tableview, and Bloubergstrand. Tygerberg has its own region, with Durbanville, Bellville, and Khayelitsha added to it. Oostenberg includes Kraaifontein, Brackenfell, Kuilsrivier, Blue Downs, and Eerste Rivier. The last administration, Helderberg, includes Somerset West, Strand, and Gordon's Bay.
According to the South African National Census of 2001, the population of Cape Town is 2,893,251 people. There are 759,767 formal households, of which 87.4% have a flush or chemical toilet, and 94.4% have refuse removed by the municipality at least once a week. 80.1% of households use electricity as the main source of energy. 16.1% of households are headed by one person.
Coloured people account for 48.13% of the population, followed by Black Africans at 31%, Whites at 18.75%, and Asians at 1.43%. 46.6% of the population is under the age of 24, whilst 5% are over the age of 65. The median age in the city is 26 years old, and for every 100 females, there are 92.4 males. 19.4% of city residents are unemployed; 58.3% of the unemployed are black, 38.1% are Coloured, 3.1% are White and 0.5% are Asian.
41.4% of Cape Town residents speak Afrikaans at home, 28.7% speak Xhosa, 27.9% speak English, 0.7% speak Sotho, 0.3% speak Zulu, 0.1% speak Tswana and 0.7% of the population speaks a non-official language at home. 76.6% of residents are Christian, 10.7% have no religion, 9.7% are Muslim, 0.5% are Jewish and 0.2% are Hindu. 2.3% have other or undetermined beliefs.
4.2% of residents aged 20 and over have received no schooling; 11.8% have had some primary school; 7.1% have completed only primary school; 38.9% have had some high school education; 25.4% have finished only high school and 12.6% have an education higher than the high school level. Overall, 38.0% of residents have completed high school. The median annual income of working adults aged 20–65 is ZAR 25 774. Males have a median annual income of ZAR 28 406 versus ZAR 22 265 for females.
Cape Town is the economic centre of the Western Cape and serves as the regional manufacturing centre. It also has the primary harbour and airport in the Western Cape. The large government presence in the city, both as the capital of the Western Cape and the seat of the National Parliament, has led to increased revenue and growth in industries that serve the government. Cape Town hosts many conferences, particularly in the new Cape Town International Convention Centre, which opened in June 2003. The city has recently enjoyed a booming real estate and construction market, because of the 2010 World Cup as well as many people buying summer homes in the city or relocating there permanently. The central business district is under an extensive urban renewal programme, with numerous new buildings and renovations taking place under the guidance of the Cape Town Partnership. The central business district is expecting a private-sector investment influx of ZAR30-35billion (US$5-6billion) over the next 5 years, confirmed by the Partnership.
Cape Town has four major commercial nodes, with Cape Town Central Business District containing the majority of job opportunities and office space. Century City, the Bellville/TygerValley strip and Claremont commercial nodes are well established and contain many offices and corporate headquarters as well. Most companies headquartered in the city are insurance companies, retail groups, publishers, design houses, fashion designers, shipping companies, petrochemical companies, architects and advertising agencies.
Much of the produce is handled through the Port of Cape Town or Cape Town International Airport. Most major shipbuilding companies have offices and manufacturing locations in Cape Town. The Province is also a centre of energy development for the country, with the existing Koeberg nuclear power station providing energy for the Western Cape's needs. Recently, oil explorers have discovered oil and natural gas off the coast in the Atlantic Ocean.
The Western Cape is an important tourist region in South Africa; the tourism industry accounts for 9.8% of the GDP of the province and employs 9.6% of the province's workforce. In 2004, over 1.5 million international tourists visited the area.
The mining industry in Cape Town has been booming for last 6 years. 6000 miners are now employed in the mining industry since 2002.
The city was recently named as the most entrepreneurial city in South Africa, with the percentage of Capetonians pursuing business opportunities almost three times higher than the national average. Those aged between 18-64 were 190% more likely to pursue new business, whilst in Johannesburg, the same demographic group was only 60% more likely than the national average to pursue a new business.
Cape Town is the most popular tourist destination in South Africa due to its good climate, natural setting, and relatively well-developed infrastructure. The city has several well-known natural features that attract tourists, most notably Table Mountain, which forms a large part of the Table Mountain National Park and is the back end of the City Bowl. Reaching the top of the mountain can be achieved either by hiking up, or by taking the Table Mountain Cableway. Cape Point is recognised as the dramatic headland at the end of the Cape Peninsula. Many tourists also drive along Chapman's Peak Drive, a narrow road that links Noordhoek with Hout Bay, for the views of the Atlantic Ocean and nearby mountains. It is possible to either drive or hike up Signal Hill for closer views of the City Bowl and Table Mountain.
Many tourists also visit Cape Town's beaches, which are popular with local residents. Due to the city's unique geography, it is possible to visit several different beaches in the same day, each with a different setting and atmosphere. Beaches located on the Atlantic Coast tend to have very cold water from the Benguela current which originates from the Southern Ocean. The water at False Bay beaches is often warmer by up to 10 °C (18 °F). Both coasts are equally popular, although the beaches in affluent Clifton and elsewhere on the Atlantic Coast are better developed with restaurants and cafés, with a particularly vibrant strip of restaurants and bars accessible to the beach at Camps Bay. Boulders Beach near Simon's Town is known for its colony of African penguins. Surfing is popular and the city hosts the Red Bull Big Wave Africa surfing competition every year.
The city has several notable cultural attractions. The Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, built on top of part of the docks of the Port of Cape Town, is one of the city's most popular shopping venues, with several hundred shops and the Two Oceans Aquarium. Part of the charm of the V&A, as it is locally known, is that the Port continues to operate and visitors can watch ships enter and leave. The V&A also hosts the Nelson Mandela Gateway, through which ferries depart for Robben Island. It is possible to take a ferry from the V&A to Hout Bay, Simon's Town and the Cape Fur Seal colonies on Seal and Duiker Islands. Several companies offer tours of the Cape Flats, a mostly Coloured township, and Khayelitsha, a mostly black township. An option is to sleep overnight in Cape Town's townships. There are several B&Bs where you can spend a safe and real African night.
Cape Town is noted for its architectural heritage, with the highest density of Cape Dutch style buildings in the world. Cape Dutch style, which combines the architectural traditions of the Netherlands, Germany and France, is most visible in Constantia, the old government buildings in the Central Business District, and along Long Street. The annual Cape Town Minstrel Carnival, also known by its Afrikaans name of Kaapse Klopse, is a large minstrel festival held annually on January 2 or "Tweede Nuwe Jaar" (Afrikaans: Second New Year). Competing teams of minstrels parade in brightly coloured costumes, either carrying colourful umbrellas or playing an array of musical instruments. The Artscape Theatre Centre is the main performing arts venue in Cape Town.
Cape Town's transport system links it to the rest of South Africa; it serves as the gateway to other destinations within the province. The Cape Winelands and in particular the towns of Stellenbosch, Paarl and Franschhoek are popular day trips from the city for sightseeing and wine tasting. Whale watching is popular amongst tourists: Southern Right Whales and Humpback Whales are seen off the coast during the breeding season (August to November) and Bryde's Whales and Killer Whale can be seen any time of the year. The nearby town of Hermanus is known for its Whale Festival, but whales can also be seen in False Bay. Heaviside's dolphins are endemic to the area and can be seen from the coast north of Cape Town; Dusky dolphins live along the same coast and can occasionally be seen from the ferry to Robben Island.
Approximately 1.5 million tourists visited in Cape Town during 2004, bringing in a total of R10 billion in revenue. The forecasts for 2006 anticipate 1.6 million tourists spending a total of R12 billion. The most popular areas for visitors to stay include Camps Bay, Sea Point, the V&A Waterfront, the City Bowl, Hout Bay, Constantia, Rondebosch, Newlands, Somerset West, Hermanus and Stellenbosch, as well.
Several newspapers, magazines and printing facilities have their offices in the city. Independent News and Media publishes the major English language papers in the city, the Cape Argus and the Cape Times. Naspers, the largest media conglomerate in South Africa, publishes Die Burger, the major Afrikaans language paper.
Cape Town has many local community newspapers. Some of the largest community newspapers in English are the Athlone News from Athlone, the Atlantic Sun, the Constantiaberg Bulletin from Constantiaberg, the City Vision from Bellville, the False Bay Echo from False Bay, the Helderberg Sun from Helderberg, the Plainsman from Michells Plain, the Sentinel News from Hout Bay, the Southern Mail from the Southern Peninsula, the Southern Suburbs Tatler from the Southern Suburbs, Table Talk from Table View and Tygertalk from Tygervalley/Durbanville. Afrikaans language community newspapers include the Landbou-Burger and the Tygerburger. Vukani, based in the Cape Flats, is published in Xhosa.
Cape Town is a centre for broadcast media and has several radio stations that only broadcast within the city. 94.5 Kfm (94.5 MHz FM) and Good Hope FM (94–97 MHz FM) mostly play pop music. Heart FM (104.9 MHz FM), the former P4 Radio, plays Jazz and R&B, while Fine Music Radio (101.3 FM) plays classical music and jazz. Bush Radio is a community radio station (89.5 MHz FM). The Voice of the Cape (95.8 MHz FM) and Cape Talk (567 kHz MW) are the major talk radio stations in the city.
The SABC (South African Broadcasting Corporation) has a small presence in the city, with satellite studios located at Sea Point. e.tv has a greater presence, with a large complex located at Longkloof Studios in Gardens. M-Net is not well represented with infrastructure within the city. Numerous productions companies and their support industries are located in the city, mostly supporting the production of overseas commercials, model shoots, TV-series and movies. The local media infrastructure remains primarily in Johannesburg.
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|Philippi Stadium
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|Standard Bank Cup Series
|Newlands Cricket Ground
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|Athlone Stadium
|Rugby union
|Super 14
|Newlands Stadium
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|Rugby union
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Cape Town's most popular sports by participation are cricket, association football, swimming, and rugby union. The Stormers represent Western Province and Boland in the Southern Hemisphere's Super 14 rugby union competition. Cape Town is the home of the Western Province Rugby Union, who play at Newlands Stadium and compete in the Currie Cup. Cape Town also regularly hosts the national team, the Springboks, and hosted matches during the 1995 Rugby World Cup, including a semi-final.
Football, which is better known as soccer in South Africa, is also popular. Two clubs from Cape Town play in the Premier Soccer League (PSL), South Africa's premier league. These teams are Ajax Cape Town, which formed as a result of the 1999 amalgamation of the Seven Stars and the Cape Town Spurs; and Santos. Cape Town will also be the location of several of the matches of the FIFA 2010 World Cup including a semi-final, which is to be held in South Africa. The Mother City is building a new 70,000 seat stadium (Green Point Stadium) in the Green Point area.
In cricket, the Cape Cobras represent Cape Town at the Newlands Cricket Ground. The team is the result of an amalgamation of the Western Province Cricket and Boland Cricket teams. They take part in the Supersport and Standard Bank Cup Series.
Cape Town has Olympic aspirations: in 1996, Cape Town was one of the five candidate cities shortlisted by the IOC to launch official candidatures to host the 2004 Summer Olympics. Although the games ultimately went to Athens, Cape Town came in an impressive third place, edging out Stockholm and Buenos Aires in the first three rounds of voting. There has been some speculation that Cape Town is seeking the South African Olympic Committee's nomination to be South Africa's bid city for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.
The Cape Argus Pick 'n Pay Cycle Tour is the world's largest individually timed cycle race and the first event outside Europe to be included in the International Cycling Union's Golden Bike Series. It sees over 35 000 cyclists tackling a 109 km route around Cape Town. The Absa Cape Epic is the largest full-service mountain bike stage race in the world.
Some notable events hosted by Cape Town has been the 1995 Rugby World Cup, 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup, and World Championships in various sports such as athletics, fencing, weightlifting, hockey, cycling, canoeing, gymnastics and others.
Cape Town is also a host city to the 2010 FIFA World Cup from 11 June to 11 July 2010, further enhancing its profile as a major events city.
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|IRB Rugby World Cup
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|24th IAAF World Cross Country Championships
|Atlanta 1996 Olympic Hockey qualifying tournament
|Hartleyvale stadium (3,000)
|Modern Pentathlon World Cup Final
|FIE World Championships in Fencing
|Culemborg exhibition centre(6,000)
|UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
|World Junior Weightlifting Championships
|Good Hope Centre (6,000)
|World Junior Weightlifting Championships
|World Women's Hockey Championships
|Ice station (1,000)
|ICC Cricket World Cup
|Newlands cricket stadium (25,000)
|UCI Track Cycling World Cup Round 3
|Bellville Velodrome
|World Road Championships
|World Marathon Canoeing Championships
|Berg River
|World Mountain Bike Championships
|Swatch FIVB World Tour
|Camps Bay Beach
|Volvo Ocean Race
|Cape Town Harbour, V&A Waterfront and Royal Cape Yacht Club
|8th African Gymnastics Championships
|Bellville Velodrome
|UCI B World Cycling Championships
|Bellville Velodrome (track)
|ICC World Twenty20 Championship
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|UCI World Junior Cycling Championships
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|World Rope Skipping Championships
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|2008 Biathle World Championships
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|9th World Junior Women's Softball Championships
|Turfhall Softball Stadium (2,500)
|ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships
|Grand Arena (6,000)
Cape Town has a well-developed higher education system of public universities. Cape Town is served by three public universities: the University of Cape Town (UCT), the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT). Stellenbosch University, while not in the city itself, is 50 kilometres from the City Bowl and has additional campuses, such as the Tygerberg Faculty of Health Sciences and the Bellville Business Park closer to the City.
Both the University of Cape Town and Stellenbosch University are leading universities in South Africa. This is due in large part to substantial financial contributions made to these institutions by both the public and private sector. UCT is an English speaking institution. It has over 21,000 students and has an MBA programme that is ranked 51st by the Financial Times in 2006. Since the African National Congress has come into governmental power, some restructuring of Western Cape universities has taken place and as such, traditionally non-white universities have seen increased financing, which has benefitted the University of the Western Cape.
The public Cape Peninsula University of Technology was formed on January 1, 2005, when two separate institutions – Cape Technikon and Peninsula Technikon – were merged. The new university offers education primarily in English, although one may take courses in any of South Africa's official languages. The institution generally awards the National Diploma.
Air Cape Town International Airport serves both domestic and international flights. It is the second-largest airport in South Africa and serves as a major gateway for travellers to the Cape region. Cape Town has direct flights to most cities in South Africa as well as a number of international destinations.
As of June 2006. Cape Town International Airport is being upgraded to handle an expected increase in air traffic as tourism numbers will increase in the lead-up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The renovations include several large new parking garages, a revamped domestic departure terminal and a new international terminal plus a new double-decker road system. The airport's cargo facilities are also being expanded and several large empty lots are being developed into office space and hotels.
The Cape Town International Airport was among the winners of the World Travel Awards for being Africa's leading airport.Sea Cape Town has a long tradition as a port city. The Port of Cape Town, the city's main port, is located in Table Bay directly to the north of the central business district. The port is a hub for ships in the southern Atlantic: it is located along one of the busiest shipping corridors in the world. It is also a busy container port, second in South Africa only to Durban. In 2004, it handled 3,161 ships and 9.2 million tonnes of cargo.
Simon's Town Harbour on the False Bay coast of the Cape Peninsula is the main base of the South African Navy.Rail The Shosholoza Meyl is the passenger rail operations of Spoornet and operates two long-distance passenger rail services from Cape Town: a daily service to and from Johannesburg via Kimberley and a weekly service to and from Durban via Kimberley, Bloemfontein and Pietermaritzburg. These trains terminate at Cape Town Railway Station and make a brief stop at Bellville. Cape Town is also one terminus of the luxury tourist-oriented Blue Train.
Metrorail operates a commuter rail service in Cape Town and the surrounding area. The Metrorail network consists of 96 stations throughout the suburbs and outskirts of Cape Town.Road Three national roads start in Cape Town: the N1 which links Cape Town with Bloemfontein, Johannesburg, Pretoria and Zimbabwe; the N2 which links Cape Town with Port Elizabeth, East London and Durban; and the N7 which links Cape Town with the Northern Cape Province and Namibia. The N1 and N2 both start in the Central Business District, and split to the east of the CBD, with the N1 continuing to the north east and the N2 heading south east past Cape Town International Airport. The N7 starts in Mitchells Plain and runs north, intersecting with the N1 and the N2 before leaving the city.
Cape Town also has a system of freeway and dual carriageway M-roads, which connect different parts of the city. The M3 splits from the N2 and runs to the south along the eastern slopes of Table Mountain, connecting the City Bowl with Muizenberg. The M5 splits from the N1 further east than the M3, and links the Cape Flats to the CBD. The R300, which is informally known as the Cape Flats Freeway, links Mitchells Plain with Bellville, the N1 and the N2.Buses Golden Arrow Bus Services operates scheduled bus services throughout the Cape Town metropolitan area. Several companies run long-distance bus services from Cape Town to the other cities in South Africa.Taxis Cape Town has two kinds of taxis: metered taxis and minibus taxis. Unlike many cities, metered taxis are not allowed to drive around the city to solicit fares and instead must be called to a specific location.
Minibus taxis are the standard form of transport for the majority of the population who cannot afford private vehicles. Although essential, these taxis are often poorly maintained and are frequently not road-worthy. These taxis make frequent unscheduled stops to pick up passengers, which can cause accidents. With the high demand for transport by the working class of South Africa, minibus taxis are often filled over their legal passenger allowance, making for high casualty rates when minibuses are involved in accidents. Minibuses are generally owned and operated in fleets, and inter-operator violence flares up from time to time, especially as turf wars occur over lucrative taxi routes.


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