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Occupy Wall Street welcomed its newest supporter yesterday (?) when this Occupy Wall Street videographer's wife had their baby in the back of a livery cab in New York. He filmed it, of course.
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It was a weekly video team meeting like any other that we'd had since September. That is, until my wife announced that she was having contractions. I'm a videographer with the Occupy movement and happened to have my camera with me. As soon as my hands were free I pulled it out and started shooting.
We knew Occupy Wall Street had some hardcore videographers, but this is above and beyond getting menaced by the NYPD. Congratulations! We'll expect the "Occupy Pre-Schools" movement to launch in about three years.


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GNU/Linux is getting bigger and bigger. Microsoft's recent patent threats are definitely helping GNU/Linux to gain mainstream popularity. Unfortunately, new users are often confused by why they should actually use GNU/Linux, and how to go about the transition. Hopefully, this article will fill that gap!
Why should everybody use GNU/Linux?
Number one reason, it's fun. Windows XP has been around so long and changed so little, it's boring. Vista looks slightly more interesting, but it's expensive and won't run on a lot of hardware (including mine!). GNU/Linux caught up with XP a few years ago and beat Vista to things like 3D desktops and windows with variable transparency. Even if you stick to basics, it's fun learning a new operating system and new applications. It's especially fun if it doesn't cost you anything.
Reason two, therefore: it's free. If you download a user friendly distro like Kubuntu it will fit on a single CD, so a cheap CD-R from your local bargain store is all it will cost. It's free in a more important sense too. No one stops you from copying Linux: the trademark is owned by its creator Linus Torvalds, and the code is owned by many programmers worldwide, but the actual code is released under the GNU Public Licence (GPL) so anyone can do what they want with it. You can install it wherever you like on as many PCs as you want, copy it, sell it, give it away, even hack into the code and change it if you know how. You don't need to activate it or register it.
Reason three: community. Conventional software comes with a user guide and sometimes a help desk that you can phone and argue with when it doesn't work. GNU/Linux doesn't: it comes with a community of people all over the world; some of them are developers, some write help files or design icons, some are just users. All of them are committed to using GNU/Linux and encouraging others to use it. So, if you're stuck, there will be a forum or a mailing list somewhere that can help. But they're not getting paid and they're not there to blame, which brings me to...
Software for grown ups
Reason four: responsibility. Buy a proprietary software licence and it comes with some (often limited) guarantee from the vendor, especially if you are a big company. GNU/Linux, and free software generally, doesn't. It comes with a warning that this is offered free to people that think it might be useful. If it isn't useful, if it doesn't work or doesn't do what you thought it did, or even if it trashes your PC and burns the house down, that's your responsibility. You are expected to treat it sensibly. To test it thoroughly, to take sensible precautions like doing a back-up before you install in case it goes wrong. In short it's software for grown ups. But...
Reason five: it is very reliable. In four years I have never crashed GNU/Linux, despite installing some experimental "alpha" versions and taking liberties with things I didn't really understand. Some free software will crash, especially early versions. The well established stuff like OpenOffice.org, the GIMP, Kontact and Konqeror are bomb proof. About two years ago I managed to crash the KDE Desktop by trying to use the same "home" directory and the same KDE settings on two computers with very different hardware. I was simply dumped back at the log in screen but the underlying operating system carried on quite happily. Basically it was saying, "You boobed, you're out of here, but I'm fine".
Now, four years of using (and frankly messing around with) GNU/Linux have taught me a lot, and I've had beginners and potential GNU/Linux users ask the same questions over and over, so here's Phil's Top Ten Tips:
10 tips
- Nervous first timers should try a LiveCD version such as Knoppix, Puppy or Mepis (see links). It will run more slowly than an installed operating system, but it will give you an idea of what a GNU/Linux distribution looks and feels like. Live "distros" use Windows "temp" directories which are wiped when you shut down, so no permanent changes are made to your hard drive. Work is generally saved to removable media, though Puppy Linux will (if you wish) create a permanent Windows directory to store your files.
- Live distros "mount" Windows drives (
c:\etc) so you can open and save to your existing files. This feature can be used as a means of rescuing work off a Windows drive that won't boot. Run your LiveCD, and copy your files to a USB memory device or external drive, to a network drive, to an optical RW drive, use FTP to move them to a website or even email them to yourself!
- Many LiveCDs put an "install" icon on your desktop for when you decide to take the plunge, but beware...
- Having two or more OSes on your PC requires either two or more hard drives, or more commonly, your single drive to be divided into two or more partitions. Most distros provide tools to re-size existing Windows partitions and re-format the freed space, but do it wrong and you'll wipe out Windows, so back up important data first (and make sure you've got your Windows installation disk).
- There are hundreds of distros and each has its followers. Safest choices for beginners are boxed sets from major distros such as SuSE, Mandriva or Fedora. Reliable single CD downloads are Vector SoHo (or Vector Linux's basic offering for older hardware), Ubuntu or Kubuntu. (See links). Ubuntu will even send you a CD—FREE.
- Free software developers prefer open standards such as
.htmlbut are pragmatic enough to provide filters for common proprietary formats such as
- The GNU/Linux file system is different to Windows, but on a single PC with a single hard disk it's easy to understand.
/, known as "root" is the starting point—roughly equivalent to
c:\on Windows. Directories such as
/etccontain applications and configuration files. Your work is saved in
/home/usernamewhich equates to
c:\Documents and Settings\username.
- Many GNU/Linux applications equal or surpass their Windows counterparts. As most are free, there is little point in creating "lite" or cut-down versions: GNU/Linux apps are fully featured professional packages. As many developers are academics there is tremendous range of educational software from KTouch, for down-to-earth keyboard training to KStars, a desktop planetarium.
- WINE enables some Windows apps to run on GNU/Linux. Cedega from TransGaming is a WINE based subscription service optimised for running popular games.
- GNU/Linux is built for networking, even beginners can connect to the internet, create a SoHo network, even communicate with Windows PCs thanks to Samba. Shared printers on a Windows PC are accessible from a GNU/Linux PC and vice versa.
So why are you waiting? Have fun.
Live distros
Installable distros:
Ooh, very nice intro for
Ooh, very nice intro for beginners. It is definitely a good idea to start with a Live CD to see what you're getting.
You are correct in the directory structure being confusing at the start (/, /opt, etc). Sometimes I still have issues with the more obscure ones. But they come around after a while.
let's all play nice!
Podcasts can be helpfull
I have to agree with you that this is quite a good intro. It sums it up quite nicely. You could stress the freedom part a little bit more though, IMHO ;).
One tip i give to all new soon-to-be-converts is to listen to this podcast I discovered a little over one year ago: linuxreality. It was at that time at episode 2, but I always felt the potential in this one and I have been advising it to people interested in gnu/linux ever since.
Don't get me wrong, this is not the linux podcast. There are a lot of great ones out their and they all deserve your attention (eg. lottalinuxlinks, TLLTS, LugRadio, ... and a lot more). But linuxreality is tailored for new users and in my opinion succeeds in doing that very well. Although I've had the enjoyment of a free system for over 5 years now, it still is capable of teaching me some great tricks that are so easy I simply overlooked them.
I' m in no way affiliated to this podcast so i don't actually care if you are going to use it or not. It's just a great resource that is there for you to use it. Use it if you want to.
oops, sorry forgot to mention something
I forgot to mention linuxreality has a very nice Filesystem Hierarchy episode (episode #11).
How forgetful of me since it was the reason I replied to Mr. clievers in the first place :)
peace again,
I would definitely recommend Ubuntu to anyone thinking about making the switch over. Its extremely easy to use and setup.
Hello. Just writing to say
Just writing to say nice article. However all Ubuntu (Kbuntu, Ubuntu, Xubuntu) have live cds.
Extremely nice!
Just so you know, Ubuntu is also a live distro. Also, Puppy may not be the best introductory GNU/Linux distro, since it's interface uses IceWM (and most modern distros use Gnome or KDE). Other than that, wonderful intro!
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Good article but a couple quibbles
It's true that you can use GNU/Linux at no charge, but if you want/need paid support there are plenty of people willing to sell it to you. LiveCDs run directly out of memory, and definitely don't use any Windows temp directory. Finally, wav is about as far from a proprietary format as you get. :) Thanks again for the article.
Excellent article, but you fail to mention Synaptic at all. Elsewhere in this issue it is called the de-facto front-end for apt, and we all know how many applications are available for installation through the various (even just default) sources. A beginner can certainly benefit from knowing that it is there. After all, show me anything even close to it in the Windows world...
I downloaded the latest version of Ubuntu willing to try, extracted the ISO file to a CD but will not boot from the CD. What up wit dat?
This is really not the place to ask
Have you considered looking/asking on the Ubuntu Forums?
We have a great article about getting help with free software or you could ask for how to get help with this issue in our forums.
More than likely your download or burn was corrupted or the burn was done at too high a speed. But you should look for help in more appropriate places.
There should be a link in the article
Maybe you could include a link to the forums at the end of the article stating something like: Are you interested in getting help in installing GNU/Linux? Come join our formus. Link
Eventual answer
Maybe your BIOS is not set to run the CD-DVD drive as first device during boot up. If you enter BIOS and set up your optical drive (CD-DVD drive) to boot first, may be it will install?
almost there
It was a nice into for a beginner to check out the world of Linux. I would caution that looking through rose colored glasses can do more harm than good.
Most computer users are not super users and only want their computer to work. They don't care how as long as it does. A mention that much of their existing Windows software will be totaly useless when they swap. I know there is Wine but that is a headache all it's own. While your hardware may or may not configure there are still simple things that you grow accustomed to just working in Windows that can be a real pain in the rump to make work. For instance, streaming video / music, 3d acceleration just to name a few. The reality is, something are still just easier for a regular user in Windows.
Definitely give Linux a try but don't rush into it blindly thinking you found the holy grail.
I would recommend newbies
I would recommend newbies try out the more popular distros first (Ubuntu, PClinux etc). Shopping around is also recommended due to hardware compatibility issues, for this reason I used a dedicated hard drive for the installed linux distro. After 8 months & three distros tried I have finally selected PClinux as my OS. I should also add I have retained Windows as a multi-boot option, whilst using a mounted 3rd hard drive to share documents b/w the two operating systems.
live CD is good but WUBI is way better
Wubi installs ubuntu for free on you computer...better than live CD and installs on windows...u get at the most 20 gigs but u can save most of the things in Windows...I suggest if you want to use Linux give this a shot...
I use a couple of distros
I use a couple of distros but the one that appeals to me most is puppy - there are many colours of puppy and its the easiest distro to install as the installation wizards guide u through nearly everything - easier than ubuntu
Puppy came standard with JWM - easy simple and can be off and running with most applications in minutes
Most puppy distros are only 70-120mbs in size although Muppy and Chubby Puppy are pre-installed with much more are around 250+mbs
Boots up in 55 seconds on a 350MHz K6 64mb machine
Program installer is simple - no! very simple - if you can read then you can use it
You can load a debian installer which has a high success rate and it checks dependencies (that means u can access the huge Debian repositories - thousands of programs!)
Runs Wine very well - never underestimate what applications/games can run under Wine - I use MYOB all the time
MS Office can be run on Crossover (feepaying app')
Cedega (as mentioned above) - still working on getting it to run (only started attempting to install it today without luck) - though only a matter of time - need it to play Dark Age of Camelot and Oblivion
Community is great and helpful - especially to noobs such as myself - and its growing and the range of applications (dotpets and dotpups) is steadily increasing
After 2 months i have made my own version of puppy so i can put it on family and friends computers and im NOT a programmer nor a computer wiz and neither do i work with computers just an average joe blow with an average job - if i can do this anyone can - it makes me look like an expert rofl
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Just installed PMS on my macbook and am trying to send my dvd's (ripped to computer as Video_TS file structures).
Even over ethernet (100mbps, cat5e)I seem to be experiencing stutter of the video. Its the new 2ghz Dual Core, with 2gb RAM so power should be okay?
I'm thinking maybe its transcoding to something when it doesn't need to be? I'm not sure, but I'd imagine all it needs to do is link all the chapters together, which the ps3 can't manage - it *can* play each chapter individually though (when shared via network drive).
Perhaps I need to turn some of the encoding options off?
Also, a general question, but say I built a machine exclusively to run PMS - Would it auto connect to the ps3 if the ps3 was turned on and off several times a day?
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SAN FRANCISCO -- After his last game as a Giant, Barry Zito had a hard time remembering all the details.
Zito faced one batter in Sunday's 7-6 Giants win over the San Diego Padres, receiving thundering ovations before and after the appearance. Moments after the Giants walked off with a win, Zito was asked to grab the microphone and speak to the sellout crowd at AT&T Park.
"I was terribly nervous," he said. "I didn't want to screw it up."
Zito had nothing to worry about. No part of his exit was bungled.
Four days after earning a win in his final start for the organization, Zito was in standby mode as manager Bruce Bochy looked for the right opportunity to let Zito get a proper goodbye from Giants fans. Bochy pulled Zito for a pinch-hitter on Wednesday, but he cooked up a brilliant plan Sunday. Zito was on hold to face left-hander Mark Kotsay, a former A's teammate who was playing his final big league game.
"If that didn't work out, I would find a way," Bochy said. "I wanted to give him the great send-off he deserves."
Zito twice went down to the bullpen, with the crowd rising both times. Heath Hembree came in to start the eighth and got the first two outs. With Kotsay strolling to the plate, Bochy called for a left-handed pitcher who was 63-80 with a 4.62 ERA for the Giants after signing a record-breaking seven-year, $126 million deal in December 2006.
Zito hasn't lived up to expectations on the field but has handled the struggles with grace and humility, earning respect inside the clubhouse and out. AT&T Park shook as Zito took the field, and after he started Kotsay with a cutter that has helped him stay in the league, Zito twice turned to his famous curveball. With two strikes, Kotsay swung through an 84 mph fastball.
"The 84, the sneaky fastball," Zito said, smiling. "It was weird coming in for a lefty for the first time in my 14 years. I haven't done that. But I was telling the boys when I got back to the dugout: 'You better watch out. I'm going to make a name for myself as a left-handed specialist.'"
Zito instead would like to find a job as a starter, but it won't be in San Francisco. As he left the AT&T Park mound for the final time as a Giant, he received a long, loud and emotional ovation.
"That was surreal," Zito said. "I had more adrenaline than during the World Series. Having that way of going out as a Giant? Wow."
Zito tipped his cap in all directions, but as he descended the dugout steps, he was pushed back out onto the field. Teammates stood and applauded as Zito soaked in the applause.
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Pan troglodytes
|Scope: Global
|Scientific Name:
|Pan troglodytes
|Species Authority:
|(Blumenbach, 1799)
|Infra-specific Taxa Assessed:
Common Name(s):
Simia troglodytes Blumenbach, 1799
|Taxonomic Source(s):
|Mittermeier, R.A., Rylands, A.B. and Wilson D.E. 2013. Handbook of the Mammals of the World: Volume 3 Primates. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
|Taxonomic Notes:
|Chimpanzee taxonomy remains an active area of research. Four subspecies are commonly recognized: the West African Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes verus; the Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee P. t. ellioti; the Central Chimpanzee P. t. troglodytes; and the Eastern Chimpanzee P. t. schweinfurthii. Recent mitochondrial DNA work (Gonder et al. 2006) shows that schweinfurthii is embedded in troglodytes, and suggests that there are only two major clades of chimpanzees: Pan troglodytes ellioti in West Africa and P. t. troglodytes in Central and East Africa. Based on recent nuclear DNA work, as well as considerations of the overall similarity in behaviour and morphology of the proposed subspecies, Fischer et al. (2006) argue that differences between chimpanzee populations are too small to warrant subspecific designations. While the appropriate taxonomic labelling for different chimpanzee populations remains unresolved, the relative importance of different threats faced by chimpanzees varies across Africa, making a regional approach valuable for conservation purposes. We, therefore, use a four-subspecies classification system here, recognizing that future work may lead to a consensus recognizing more or fewer subspecies.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Endangered A4cd ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Oates, J.F., Tutin, C.E.G., Humle, T., Wilson, M.L., Baillie, J.E.M., Balmforth, Z., Blom, A., Boesch, C., Cox, D., Davenport, T., Dunn, A., Dupain, J., Duvall, C., Ellis, C.M., Farmer, K.H., Gatti, S., Greengrass, E., Hart, J., Herbinger, I., Hicks, C., Hunt, K.D., Kamenya, S., Maisels, F., Mitani, J.C., Moore, J., Morgan, B.J., Morgan, D.B., Nakamura, M., Nixon, S., Plumptre, A.J., Reynolds, V., Stokes, E.J. & Walsh, P.D.
|Mittermeier, R.A., Butynski, T.M. & Williamson, E.A. (Primate Red List Authority)
Although Chimpanzees are the most abundant and widespread of the apes, with many populations in protected areas, the declines that have occurred are expected to continue to occur, satisfy the criteria for ranking as Endangered (Oates 2006). Due to high levels of exploitation, loss of habitat and habitat quality due to expanding human activities, this species is estimated to have experienced a significant population reduction in the past 20 to 30 years (one generation is estimated to be 20 years; Boesch and Boesch-Achermann 2000, Emery Thompson et al. in prep., Gombe long-term records, unpubl.) and it is suspected that this reduction will continue for the next 30 to 40 years. The maximum population reduction over a three-generation (i.e., 60 year) period from the 1970s to 2030 is suspected to exceed 50%, hence qualifying this taxon for Endangered under criterion A4. The causes of the reduction, although largely understood, have certainly not ceased and are not easily reversible. The suspected future continuation of the population reduction is a precautionary approach based on the rapidly increasing human population density in the region, the spread of diseases such as Ebola, and the degree of political instability in some range states.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|Chimpanzees have a wide but discontinuous distribution in Equatorial Africa between 13 degrees North and 7 degrees South. They occur from southern Senegal across the forested belt north of the Congo River to western Uganda and western Tanzania, from sea-level to 2,800 m asl. The four subspecies recognized here are distributed as follows:
P. t. verus (Schwarz, 1934) is found in West Africa from Senegal to Nigeria.
P. t. ellioti (Gray, 1862) is found only in Nigeria and Cameroon, north of the Sanaga River.
P. t. troglodytes (Blumenbach, 1799) ranges from Cameroon, south of the Sanaga River, to the Congo River/Ubangi River (Democratic Republic of Congo).
P. t. schweinfurthii (Giglioli, 1872) ranges from the Ubangi River/Congo River in Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to western Uganda, Rwanda and western Tanzania (with small, relict populations in Burundi and southeastern Sudan).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Angola (Angola); Burundi; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Liberia; Mali; Nigeria; Rwanda; Senegal; Sierra Leone; South Sudan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda
Possibly extinct:Benin; Burkina Faso; Togo
Regionally extinct:Gambia
|Additional data:
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|Little recent survey work has been carried out over much of the chimpanzee's range, and so population estimates are crude. The most recent estimate of total population size is 172,700 to 299,700 (Butynski 2003). Approximately 6,400 to 9,600 eastern chimpanzees were estimated to occur outside the DRC, with about 5,000 in Uganda. DRC was estimated to have 70,000 to 110,000. Central African chimpanzees were estimated to number 70,000 to 116,500. In the west, P. t. verus is patchily distributed and number between 21,300 and 55,600 with the greatest number estimated to be found in Guinea (Kormos et al. 2003); P. t. ellioti is the least numerous taxon with a total population of less than 6,500 individuals remaining (B. Morgan and J. Oates pers. comm. 2006). The only relatively large and secure population of P. t. ellioti is in Gashaka-Gumti National Park in Nigeria, with an estimated population of up to 1,500 (Oates et al. 2003).
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|Chimpanzees are found predominantly in moist and dry forests, and forest galleries extending into savanna woodlands. They are omnivorous, and their diet is highly variable according to individual populations and seasons. Fruit comprises about half the diet, but leaves, bark, and stems are also important. Mammals comprise a small but significant component of the diet of many populations. Chimpanzees form social communities of 5 to 150 animals. Home ranges are larger in woodland forest mosaics than in mixed forest, and average 12.5 km² (range 5 to 400 km²).
|Major Threat(s):
The four subspecies face similar threats but to varying degrees in different regions.
Major threats include:
1. Habitat destruction and degradation, with varying impacts on populations and caused mainly by:
(a) slash and burn agriculture: deforestation across West and Central Africa has severely reduced chimpanzee habitats. It is estimated that more than 80% of the region's original forest cover has been lost (Kormos et al. 2003). Rapid growth in human populations across Africa is expected to lead to continued widespread conversion of forest and woodland to agricultural land.
(b) Logging, oil and gas mining: increased accessibility to remote areas through road building poses a risk to chimpanzee populations through habitat degradation and fragmentation and potential increased poaching in areas previously not seriously impacted by such anthropogeniic pressures. In western Central Africa deforestation rates are low but selective logging is, or will be, carried out in the majority of forests outside of national parks. Logging generally, but not always, has a negative impact on chimpanzee density due to habitat alteration (removal of important food trees) and disturbance (Plumptre and Johns 2001, White and Tutin 2001).
2. Poaching. Due to low population densities and slow reproductive rates, hunting often leads to the rapid local extirpation of chimpanzee populations. The main reasons for hunting are:
(a) for meat: Chimpanzees currently constitute 1 to 3% of bushmeat sold in urban markets in Côte d'Ivoire (Caspary et al. 2001), and commercial hunting, often facilitated by logging, has caused declines in chimpanzee populations in some areas (Wilkie and Carpenter 1999, Tutin et al. 2005).
(b) pet trade: Although the pet trade is illegal in all range countries that are signatories to CITES, it persists illegally across Africa. The capture of an infant chimpanzee usually implies the death of its mother and often other members of the community.
(c) medicinal purposes: In some localities, chimpanzees are hunted traditionally for medicinal purposes. Some range countries, such as Guinea, still officially permit the capture of chimpanzees for scientific research.
(d) snares/crop-protection: People kill chimpanzees intentionally to protect their crops (S. Kamenya pers. comm. 2007). Chimpanzees may also be maimed or killed unintentionally when caught in snares set for other animals, such as baboons or cane rats (e.g., Reynolds 2005, C. Duvall pers. comm. 2007).
3. Disease. The main cause of death in chimpanzees at Gombe, Mahale and Taï is infectious disease (e.g., Goodall 1986, Nishida et al. 2003, Hanamura et al. 2006). Because chimpanzees and humans are so similar, chimpanzees succumb to many diseases that afflict humans (Butynski 2001). The frequency of encounters between chimpanzees and humans and/or human waste is increasing as human populations expand, leading to higher risks of disease transmission between humans and chimpanzees. If not properly managed, research and tourism also presents a risk of disease transmission between humans and chimpanzees. In the past 15 years, Ebola haemorrhagic fever has killed chimpanzees in Côte d'Ivoire (Formenty 1999), and repeated epidemics have caused dramatic declines of ape populations in remote protected areas in Gabon and the Republic of Congo (Huijbregts et al. 2003, Walsh et al. 2005, P. Walsh, unpubl.). While recent surveys have not always distinguished between the nests of chimpanzees and gorillas, the pooled density of apes in several large areas has declined by 50 to 90% following Ebola epidemics (Maisels et al. 2004, Tutin et al. 2005, Bermejo et al. 2006, Lahm et al. 2006, P. Walsh, unpubl.).
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Chimpanzees are listed under Appendix I of CITES and as Class A under the African Convention. Chimpanzees are protected by law in most countries and they are present in numerous national parks throughout their range, although many populations occur outside protected areas. Nonetheless, stricter enforcement of wildlife laws, and more effective management of protected areas are urgently needed. Engagement with the extractive industries are predominant in Central Africa towards curtailing the bushmeat trade is essential. Some marked success in co-management and other arrangements have been implemented and these should be duplicated and extended (Morgan and Sanz in prep.).
Conservation education and promotion of economic alternatives to hunting and land-extensive agriculture should also be supported. Major resources are required to identify appropriate conservation actions in the face of the spread of Ebola (Walsh et al. 2005). Finally, a combination of factors has led to a poor understanding of the current population status of Pan troglodytes. Much of the range has not been surveyed, survey methods have been inconsistent, and many of the surveys are now out of date. Older survey data are particularly unreliable as Ebola, commercial hunting and extractive industries are known to have caused dramatic declines in some areas (Tutin et al. 2005). New surveys using consistent methods are greatly needed throughout most of the range of Pan troglodytes (Kuehl et al. in prep.). These will enable the conservation community to better understand the true impact of Ebola, the bushmeat trade, habitat degradation and destruction, and to effectively set priorities.
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Firstly i would like to say the quality of the video streams ive seen even tho im having problems, and the fact that this program supports MKV files is absolutly fantastic.
I am not ENTIRELY video savvy, i kno the basics (container types, etc but not much past that)
Hopefully someone here can help.
If you want i can give someone my msn details to talk me through it, or if someone has a step by step setup tutorial that would be excellent.
1- your computer specs (cpu, memory)
AMD X2 +6000 - 3.0GHz
4GB Ram, however onli on a 32 bit OS
500GB x 2 HDD
Programs installed:
CCCP Codec Pack
PS3 Media Server
Xvid codec
(onli video programs i can think of)
2- the network connection you are using for streaming your files (wifi, homeplugs, ethernet 100Mbits, or gigabit)
WIFI, Wireless router, Wireless G Series, looking to wirelessly stream to my ps3.
3- detailed infos on what's not working
Ok basicly the problems ive encountered so far and have attempted to read the Help/FAQ in the program to try to debugg the issue hasnt helped
Delayed Audio, Video stream CLEAR as day, excellent quality. Audio is a good 30 seconds to a minute out of time tho.
Stuttering Video, Tried Playing AirGear (anime) video stutters badly, and audio is still delayed.
No issues to report.
4- if you're transcoding some videos, which engine are you using ? (mencoder, avisynth/mencoder, tsmuxer)
I think its transcoding LOL. Honestly the one in bold is Mencoder.
5- a debug.log file excerpt, or you can zip the whole file. this file can be found in the application directory, or if you have UAC and Vista activated, likely found in the Windows temp directory


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You won't be able to dismiss this by usual means (escape or click button), but you can close it programatically based on user choices or actions.
"I received an invitation made by Wedding Paper Divas some time ago and thought the card was beautiful. When I had the opportunity to order invitations myself, I decided to use them and am very pleased with the final product.The paper quality, printing and opportunity to personalize are wonderful features. Friends and family commented on how nice it was. I do wish the company had the option for overnight delivery. I ordered on short notice with a holiday weekend coming up and would have liked the speedier service even if it meant there was an extra charge. I would highly recommend this product/company"
"You've made it so stress-free to design beautiful invites. From picking the colors & design to having someone proofread for errors to super fast delivery. The quality of the product was excellent. We've already received compliments on the invites from friends & family."
"We used this for our son's Groom's Dinner Invitation to let the wedding party and others involved in the wedding to know the date and time of both the wedding rehearsal and the Groom's dinner. Everyone commented on the nice invitation card sent. We used the shimmer paper and a red color for their names which was real striking with the black text. We choose to keep the card rectangle shaped...it looked real classy."
"Thrilled with the final product. I included a photo on the back and the colors are stunning. I had questions about adding the photo and sales support was immediate and through. I love the details on the front, the quality is excellent, and arrived on time. Color has more green in it than I thought but still thrilled with the invite."
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Little Snitch
Alerts you of outgoing network connections.
A firewall protects your computer against unwanted guests from the Internet. But who protects your private data from being sent out? Little Snitch does!
Little Snitch informs you whenever a program attempts to establish an outgoing Internet connection. You can then choose to allow or deny this connection, or define a rule how to handle similar, future connection attempts. This reliably prevents private data from being sent out without your knowledge. Little Snitch runs inconspicuously in the background and it can also detect network related activity of viruses, trojans and other malware.
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I've owned and used this application for years - pretty much ever since I owned my first Mac. It protects your privacy, and so much more. Is it a little bit annoying to have to approve each new application trying to talk to the Internet? Perhaps. But once you get used to having it around, and the majority of your applications are configured to work with Little Snitch, when a new application tries to talk - maybe one you don't WANT to talk - you'll take notice, and be able to take action. Little Snitch should be bought and used by anyone who wants to know, and then control, which applications get to talk, and how. An essential app.
P.S. If you have more than one computer, check out the family pack license, as it may save you some money.
yup! great app, great support, worth every penny!
Periodic maintenance of the filter is a must! Have used for so many years I don't remember purchasing, but must have, years ago! Loved it that long. Warnings of ads and connections have alerted me to many a bad piece of software. To quote someone else, "worth every penny."
Didn't this use to be 14.99??
I purchased it years ago, worth every penny.
version 2.2.2 is available, but iusethis and appfresh aren't picking it up...
This program is not just for people who don't want to pay for software but it is a wonderful tool for managing what comes in and out, it also makes for a handy parental control tool as well
dukevim, you can change the guest user, it just isn't real easy (sorry, in 3 parts due to comment limit):
First, log in as the guest user and then disable the network filtering, etc, for 'Snitch.
Then go into the user's Library/Preferences and copy the at.obdev.LittleSnitch... file to a shared location on your computer
Part 2:
Logout and log back into your normal user account
Fire up a Terminal session and "su" to your root account
Go to /System/Library/User Template/Library/Preferences and copy the file from the shared location
Now log into the guest account again (you should not have 'fast user switched' above - you need the system to create the temp account again)
Part 3:
You will probably get a message the first time that the Preference file was altered by some other user - at least I did - just say it is Ok to use it
Logout and log back in - you should not get that message again, and LittleSnitch should be disabled from now on for the guest account
great app - but completely borked if you use a guest account, especially if you are a guest as you will be constantly harassed with pop up requests, confusing enough, but of course because no preferences are saved in a guest account it will happen every time you use it.
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At Facebook, we take online piracy and copyright infringement very seriously. Rogue foreign sites that pirate American intellectual property or sell counterfeit goods pose significant problems for our economy. However, we believe the PROTECT IP Act (or PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which are currently being considered by Congress, are not the right solution to this problem, because of the collateral damage these overreaching bills would cause to the Internet.
Our Position
PROTECT IP and SOPA could create very real problems for Internet companies like ours that are a primary driver of innovation, growth, and job creation in the 21st century economy. The bills contain overly broad definitions and create a new private cause of action against companies on the basis of those expansive definitions, which could seriously hamper the innovation, growth, and investment in new companies that have been the hallmarks of the Internet. In addition, we are concerned about provisions in the bills that could chill free expression or weaken the Internets architecture.
Continuing the Discussion
We understand the concerns of the film and music industries, as well as other content creators and trademark owners, and we have been engaging in a constructive dialogue on the most effective ways to combat piracy. However, we must ensure that Congress does not do anything in this area that threatens the security of the Internet, hampers U.S. innovation or competitiveness, or sets harmful precedents for other governments to follow. We ask Congress not to rush this process. Its too important not to take the time to get it right.
Reporting IP Infringement
Facebook makes it a priority to respond promptly whenever were made aware of illegal content on our site. We have a reporting system in place and a trained team dedicated to handling rights owner notices. Were always working to invest in tools and resources necessary to meet the needs of both rights owners and users. For more information on how to report IP infringement, click here.
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2. Tech industry letter to House and Senate Judiciary Committee leadership
3. Share this link with friends and encourage them to join the conversation
4. Share your thoughts with Congress via NetCoalition's petition here
Google says 4.5 million people signed anti-SOPA petition today
January 18, 2012 | 4:00 pm
When Google speaks, the world listens.
And today, when Google asked its users to sign a petition protesting two anti-piracy laws circulating in Congress, millions responded.
A spokeswoman for Google confirmed that 4.5 million people added their names to the company's anti-SOPA petition today.
Not too shabby.
The petition, which was available via a link from Google's homepage, states that although fighting online piracy is important, the plan of attack described in the SOPA and PIPA bills would be ineffective.
PHOTOS: Sites on strike
"Theres no need to make American social networks, blogs and search engines censor the Internet or undermine the existing laws that have enabled the Web to thrive, creating millions of U.S. jobs," the petition reads. "Too much is at stake - please vote NO on PIPA and SOPA."
The search engine frequently delights users by toying with its homepage logo, but on Wednesday it did something it had never done before: it blocked out its logo completely.
A link below the blackout read "Tell Congress: Please don't censor the web!" and lead to a page with the petition.
Of course, Google's anti-SOPA and PIPA petition is not the only one out there on this day of mass online protest. As of this writing 1.458 million people signed a similar petition at the activist website Avaaz.org, and Fight for the Future said that between its two sites, Sopastrike.com and AmericanCensorship.org, at least 350,000 people have sent emails to representatives in the House and Senate.
A graphic put out by Google shows that before today's coordinated protests, 3 million Americans had signed various petitions against the two bills.
In other SOPA number news, a spokeswoman from the popular blogging platform WordPress, said that at last count, 25,000 WordPress blogs had joined the SOPA and PIPA protest by blacking out their blogs entirely, and another 12,500 used the "Stop Censorship" ribbon.
Today, the White House Blog reports that 103,785 people signed petitions through the We The People website asking the president to protect a free and open Internet.
-- Deborah Netburn
Quote: Three co-sponsors of the SOPA and PIPA antipiracy bills have publicly withdrawn their support as Wikipedia and thousands of other websites blacked out their pages Wednesday to protest the legislation.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) withdrew as a co-sponsor of the Protect IP Act in the Senate, while Reps. Lee Terry (R-Neb.) and Ben Quayle (R-Ariz.) said they were pulling their names from the companion House bill, the Stop Online Piracy Act. Opponents of the legislation, led by large Internet companies, say its broad definitions could lead to censorship of online content and force some websites to shut down.
In a posting on his Facebook page, Rubio noted that after the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously passed its bill last year, he has "heard legitimate concerns about the impact the bill could have on access to the Internet and about a potentially unreasonable expansion of the federal government's power to impact the Internet."
PHOTOS: Sites on strike
"Congress should listen and avoid rushing through a bill that could have many unintended consequences," Rubio said in announcing he was withdrawing his support. While he's committed to stopping online piracy, Rubio called for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to back off plans to hold a key procedural vote on the bill on Tuesday.
Rubio's withdrawal will reduce the number of co-sponsors to 39. Last week, two other co-sponsors, Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), joined four other Senate Republicans in a letter to Reid also urging him delay the vote. But Grassley and Hatch have not withdrawn their support.
Terry and Quayle were among the 31 sponsors of the House legislation before they withdrew their support Tuesday.
Quayle still strongly supports the goal of the House bill to crack down on foreign websites that traffic in pirated movies, music, medicine and other goods.
"The bill could have some unintended consequences that need to be addressed," said Quayle spokesman Zach Howell. "Basically it needs more work before he can support it."
Terry said that he also had problems with the House bill in its current form and would no longer support it.
Wikipedia, Reddit and about 10,000 other websites blacked out their pages Wednesday with messages warning of the dangers of the legislation and urging people to contact their congressional representatives. Howell said Quayle's office had not seen a major increase in calls or emails Wednesday, but that the piracy bills have been the main issue in recent weeks for people contacting the office.
There has been a "manageable increase" in visits to House member websites Wednesday, said Dan Weiser, a spokesman for the House office of the chief administrative officer.
"Its possible some users will see a short delay or slow loading of a member's web page," he said.
-- Jim Puzzanghera in Washington
jakethesnake wrote:
This does beg the question, can occupying a park even hold a candle to the power of occupying the internets?
Quote: Sopa: US backers end support for anti-piracy bill
Backer Marco Rubio said the Senate "should take more time to address the concerns"
Two of the bill's co-sponsors, Marco Rubio from Florida and Roy Blunt from Missouri, are among those backing away.
Online encyclopaedia Wikipedia and blog service WordPress are among the highest profile sites to block their content.
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has branded the protests as "irresponsible" and a "stunt".
The MPAA, Hollywood's primary advocate in Washington and a key supporter of the legislation, is led by former Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Dodd.
Both bills focus on responding to online piracy, specifically illegal copies of films and other media.
The bills would also outlaw sites from containing information about how to access blocked sites.
The BBC's Jonny Dymond says that with Mr Rubio and Mr Blunt withdrawing their support, the Senate bill - Protect Intellectual Property Act (Pipa) - that had looked likely to pass, now appears to be in trouble.
Mr Rubio is a rising star in the Republican party, and is often suggested as a viable vice-presidential choice for this year's Republican presidential nominee.
Bi-partisan backlash
Republicans and Democrats were among the lawmakers rowing back on Wednesday.
The US bills are designed to block access to sites containing unauthorised copyright material.
Content owners and the US government would be given the power to request court orders to shut down sites associated with piracy.
Advertisers, payment processors and internet service providers would be forbidden from doing business with infringers based overseas.
Sopa also requires search engines to remove foreign infringing sites from their results, a provision absent in Pipa.
Full explanation on Sopa and Pipa
The list of senators no longer backing Pipa includes Mr Rubio and Mr Blunt, and Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, all Republicans, as well as Democrat Ben Cardin of Maryland.
In the House of Representatives, Republicans Ben Quayle of Arizona, Lee Terry of Nebraska and Dennis Ross of Florida said they were no longer supporting the Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa), joining Pennsylvania Democrat Tim Holden.
Mr Ross tweeted that he was no longer supporting Sopa, because as "a true free marketer, I want IP protected correctly".
In a Facebook posting, Mr Rubio said he and fellow Senators "heard legitimate concerns about the impact the bill could have on access to the internet".
Mr Hatch called Pipa "not ready for prime-time" and said he would remove himself from the bill's list of sponsors.
Blackout on the web
The US news website Politico estimated that 7,000 sites were involved by early Wednesday morning.
View a gallery of protest action taken by some of the web's highest profile websites
Google did not shut down its main search but is showing solidarity by placing a black box over its logo when US-based users visit its site.
Online marketplace Craigslist asks site visitors to contact their representatives in Congress before moving on to the main site.
Visitors to Wikipedia's English-language site were greeted by a dark page with white text which said: "Imagine a world without free knowledge... The US Congress is considering legislation that could fatally damage the free and open internet. For 24 hours, to raise awareness, we are blacking out Wikipedia."
If users tried to access its other pages via search sites, the text briefly flashed up before being replaced by the protest page. However, people were sharing workarounds to disable the redirect.
When the protest ended at 0500GMT on Thursday, Wikipedia carried the message: "Thank you for protecting Wikipedia".
WordPress's homepage displayed a video which claimed that Sopa "breaks the internet" and asked users to add their name to a petition asking Congress to stop the bill.
"The authors of the legislation don't seem to really understand how the internet works," the site's co-founder, Matt Mullenweg told the BBC.
Mojang, the developer of Minecraft, has replaced the game's website with a protest message
Other net firms that have criticised the legislation decided not to take part in the blackout.
Twitter's founder, Dick Costolo, tweeted that it would be "foolish" to take the service offline.
The moves were described as an "abuse of power" by one of the highest-profile supporters of the anti-piracy bills.
"It is an irresponsible response and a disservice to people who rely on them for information," Mr Dodd said in a statement, calling the actions taken by the high-profile websites "yet another gimmick".
In addition to the MPAA's support for the legislation, the US Chamber of Commerce said claims against the legislation had been overstated.
Rory Cellan-Jones
Technology correspondent, BBC News
Around the world, with Britain's Digital Economy Act, France's Loi Hadopi, and now America's Sopa, the story has repeated itself. The media industries claim the new laws will provide them with vital protection against the scourge of online piracy, the web community maintains that innocent victims will be harmed by blunderbuss legislation that will usher in a new era of censorship.
What we are lacking, of course, is data on their impact on illegal file-sharing or on the open internet. There is none from the UK - nearly two years after the Digital Economy Act was rushed into law, it still has not been implemented, held up by legal challenges.
Read more by Rory Cellan-Jones
"[The sponsors] announced they would roll back the provisions of these bills designed to block foreign criminal websites, striking a major conciliatory note with those who raised legitimate concerns," said Steve Tepp, chief intellectual property counsel at the chamber's Global Intellectual Property Center.
"What remains are two pieces of legislation that are narrowly tailored and commercially reasonable for taking an effective swipe at the business models of rogue sites."
The proposed legislation would allow the Department of Justice and content owners to seek court orders against any site accused of "enabling or facilitating" piracy.
Sopa also calls for search engines to remove infringing sites from their results. Pipa does not include this provision.
Google posted a blog on the subject claiming that the bills would not stop piracy.
"There are better ways to address piracy than to ask US companies to censor the internet. The foreign rogue sites are in it for the money, and we believe the best way to shut them down is to cut off their sources of funding."
The events coincided with news that the US House of Representatives plans to resume work on Sopa next month. The Senate is expected to start voting on 24 January on how to proceed on Pipa.
Even if Congress approves the bills, President Barack Obama may decide to veto them.
The White House issued a statement at the weekend saying that "we will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global internet".
jakethesnake wrote: Yes, clear targets and clear goals. Something OWS seems to never be able to come up with (see page 1-40 of the OWS thread). That's my point.
Bicycle wrote: People aren't listening to anything. They're giving in to emotional appeals and paranoia without examining the issues. These bills aren't about censorship. They're about cutting pirate sites off from their source of income which is advertising. Google makes a mint off of advertising. A generous portion of that comes from piracy sites. Google stands to lose alot of money Should these bills pass so they are going with the tried and true argument that fighting piracy is an affront to free speech and making exaggerative claims about what these bills can and cant do
Quote: Anonymous Goes on Megaupload Revenge Spree: DoJ, RIAA, MPAA, and Universal Music All Offline
Anonymous has sure been quiet lately, but today's federal bust of Megaupload riled 'em up good: a retaliatory strike against DoJ.gov (and plenty of other foes) leaving them completely dead.
DownForEveryoneOrJustMe.com is reporting the department's site as universally nuked, and an Anonymous-affiliated Twitter account is boasting success. This is almost certainly the result of a quickly-assembled DDoS attackand easily the widest in scope and ferocity we've seen in some time. If you had any doubts Anonymous is still a hacker wrecking ball, doubt no more.
The combination of the hacking nebula's SOPA animositythey've been a vocal opponent of the bill since its inceptioncombined with today's sudden Megaupload news has made the group bubble over: hundreds upon hundreds of Anon operatives are in a plotting frenzy, chatting about which site will go down next. In Anon's eyes, the government and media interests are responsible for the undue destruction of Megaupload (and the arrest of four of its operators), so it'll be exactly those entities that're feeling the pain right now. Pretty much every company that makes movies, TV, or music, along with the entirety of the federal government, is in Anonymous' crosshairs.
Update: Anonymous says they've also knocked off the RIAA's sitelooks down for us at the moment as well.
Update 2: Universal Music Group has also fallen off an e-cliff.
Update 3: Goodbye for now, MPAA.org.
Update 4: Affected sites are bouncing in and out of life, and are at the very least super slow to load. Anon agents are currently trying to coordinate their DDoS attacks in the same direction via IRC.
Update 5: The US Copyright Office joins the list.
Update 6: This Anon sums up the mood in their "official" chat room at the moment:
Danzu: STOP EVERYTHING, who are we DoSing right now?
Update 7: Russian news service RT claims this is the largest coordinated attack in Anonymous' historyover 5,600 DDoS zealots blasting at once.
Update 8: the Anonymous DDoS planning committee is chittering so quickly, it's making my laptop fan spin.
Update 9: Major record label BMI is down for the count.


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Embraer: Flying Further and Faster into the Future
A corporate strategy article by Thunderbird students Mitch Epstein, Chad Bonfiglio, Trudy Sharp, Edgar Khachatryan and Alyssa Watt
Embraer, a Brazilian aircraft manufacturing company, flew into a lead role in the regional jet industry. With a tagline of "For the Journey," Embraer faces significant pressure and competition. In order to maintain and extend its lead in the industry, Embraer will have to build on its unique history and push harder and deeper into strategic relationships and innovations.
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Embraer's unique relationship with the Brazilian government has positioned the company well to continue pursuing its lead in the regional aircraft market. When the Brazilian government was looking for a national champion in the late 1960s, in the airplane manufacturing sector, it created its own "mixed enterprise." Created in 1969 as a joint venture, shareholders and the Brazilian government formed Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica, better known as EMBRAER.


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BIRTHPLACE: Kamloops, BC, CAN
DRAFTED: PIT: 1988-67 overall
* Recorded his first two-point game of the season with two assists on Oct. 10 vs.
* Scored his first goal of the season at Carolina on Oct. 5.
Icetime: 20:58 (10/19 vs. CAR)br>Plus/Minus: +1 (twice, last time 10/20 @ WSH)br>Hits: 3 (10/17 vs. NJD)br>Shots: 6 (10/05 @ CAR)br>
Mark Recchi capped his 18th NHL regular season by appearing in all 82 games for the Penguins in 2006-07.
The veteran winger was productive, too. He finished third on the Penguins in scoring with 24 goals and 44 assists for 68 points. He has reached the 20-goal mark for the 15th time in his career. He has scored 20 or more goals in the last seven-straight seasons.
He ranked second on the team in power-play points with 27. His 14 man-advantage goals also ranked second on the Penguins. He added 13 power-play assists.
He scored his 500th career goal on Jan. 26 at
Recchi continues to climb the Penguins all-time lists as well. His 376 points rank 11th in history, while his 152 goals are tied for 10th. He is tied for seventh with 21 game-winning goals and 59 power-play goals.
2005-06: Split 2005-06 with Pittsburgh and Carolina. He was one of the Penguins' most-productive players as he racked up 24 goals and 33 assists in 63 games before he was dealt to the Hurricanes on the NHL trade deadline.
With the Hurricanes, Recchi scored four goals and had three assists in 20 regular season games. However, his biggest impact came in the postseason. He scored seven goals and added nine assists in 25 playoff games to help guide the Hurricanes to the Stanley Cup championship.
Recchi was clutch in the Stanley Cup Finals against
2004-05: Did not play.
2003-04: Was named the winner of the Bobby Clarke Trophy as the Flyers' most valuable player...Was the Flyers' nominee for the King Clancy Memorial Trophy for leadership qualities on and off the ice and has made a noteworthy humanitarian contribution in his community...Was first on the team in goals (26), assists (49, tied for ninth in the NHL), points (75, tied for 12th in the NHL), power play goals (14, tied for fifth in the NHL) and power play points (30)...Was first on the team in shooting percentage at 15.6% (26 goals on 167 shots)...Was second on the team in game-winning goals with five...Was tied for second on the team in plus/minus at +18...Was one of two Flyers to play in all 82 games...Reached the 20-goal mark for the 13th time in his career, including the fifth consecutive season (has reached the 20-goal mark in 13 of 14 full seasons)...Recorded at least a point in 28 of the final 37 games of the season (10G,31A over span)...Game @ Montreal on April 1 was his 600th game as a Flyer (17th player in team history to reach mark)...His second of two assists vs. NY Islanders on March 25 was his 1,200th career NHL point (40th player in NHL history to reach mark)...Was scoreless @ NY Rangers on Feb. 12, ending his nine-game point-scoring streak (5G,12A)...Recorded at least one assist in each of the seven games from Jan. 24 through Feb. 5 (12A, tied for the third longest streak in the NHL this season)...His first assist vs. Washington on Feb. 4 was his 600th point as a Flyer (ninth player in team history to reach mark)...His goal vs. Washington on Feb. 4 was his 602nd point as a Flyer, moving him past Rod Brind'Amour into eighth place on the Flyers All-Time List...His third assist @ Washington on Jan. 25 was his 370th as a Flyer and moved him into fourth place on the Flyers All-Time List...Set season highs for assists in a game (3), points in a game (4) and plus/minus in a game (+4) at Washington on Jan. 25...His assist vs. Buffalo on Jan. 24 was his 367th as a Flyer, moving him into sixth place on the Flyers All-Time List (passing Rod Brind'Amour)…Is fourth on the Flyers All-Time Assists List (395)…Is eighth on the Flyers All-Time Points List (627)…Is tied for 10th on the Flyers All-Time Goals List (232).. 2003-04 Single Game Highs: Goals - 2 (three times); Assists - 3 (@ WSH, 1/25/04); Points - 4 (@ WSH, 1/25/04); Shots - 6 (twice - @ BOS, 2/28/04; vs. NYI, 11/11/03); Plus/Minus - +4 (@ WSH, 1/25/04); TOI - 23:39 (vs. TOR, 3/18/04).
His streak of 570 consecutive regular season games played (10/4/91-12/11/98) is the eighth-longest streak in NHL history...Is one of just five Flyers to reach the 100-point mark in a single season (1992-93 and 1993-94) and just one of six Flyers to reach the 50-goal mark in a single season (1992-93)...Has scored 25 or more goals in a season 11 times, including four consecutive 40 or more goals seasons (1990-91 through 1993-94)...Has appeared in seven NHL All-Star Games (1990-91, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1996-97 through 1999-00), winning most valuable player honors for the 1997 contest as he recorded three goals...Named male athlete of the 20th century in his hometown of Kamloops, British Columbia; the street outside the local arena was renamed "Mark Recchi Way"
2002-03: Led the Flyers in goals (7) and points (10) during the playoffs...Scored the game-winning goal at 13:54 of the third overtime to give the Flyers a 3-2 win @ Toronto in Game Four of their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series on April 16...Tied for first on the team in assists (32) and power play goals (8) during the regular season...Was second on the team in points with 52 (20G,32A)...Tied for third on the team in goals with 20...Registered two assists vs. Buffalo on Jan. 7, his second assist was his 1,100th career NHL point (46th player in NHL history to reach mark)...Was named First Star @ Calgary on Oct. 12, after recording three goals, including a shorthanded, an even strength and a power play goal (his fifth career hat trick and second as a Flyer)...Missed the first eight games of the preseason due to a Grade Two MCL sprain of his right knee sustained at practice on Sept. 16.
2001-02: Was third on the team in goals (22) and in assists (42)...Was second on the team in shots with 205...Led the team in power play goals with seven...Was tied for first on the team in shorthanded goals with two...Scored 17 of his 22 goals at home...Recorded two power play assists @ Pittsburgh on March 23, his 1,000 career NHL game (177th player in NHL history to reach milestone)...Missed two games (@ Tampa Bay on March 8 and vs. Toronto on March 10) after being suspended by the NHL on March 8 for a major penalty for elbowing vs. Calgary on March 7...Scored a goal Dec. 18 vs. St. Louis, the 400th of his career (65th player in NHL history to reach milestone)...His assist vs. Montreal on Dec. 13 was his 288th as a Flyer and moved him into 10th place on the team's all-time list (past Tim Kerr)...Posted three goals (even-strength, power play and shorthanded) and an assist vs. Washington on Oct. 20, his first hat trick as a Flyer.
2000-01: Was first on the team in points (77), in assists (50, tied for 17th in the NHL), in game-winning goals (8) and in power play points (24 - 7G,17A)...Was tied for second on the team in goals with 27...Was scoreless @ Calgary on 3/22/01, ending his 11-game point-scoring streak (from 2/25/01 through 3/19/01 - 6G,13A)...Was named First Star after recording a goal and two assists vs. St. Louis on 3/13/01...His goal vs. St. Louis on 3/13/01 was his 1,000th career NHL point (60th player in NHL history to reach milestone)...Recorded two goals and two assists at Pittsburgh on 1/31/01...His second assist @ Pittsburgh on 1/31/01 was his 600th in the NHL (an NHL Milestone)...Played in his 900th NHL game @ Carolina on 1/27/01...Scored the game-winning goal in overtime @ Toronto on 11/15/00, after missing the previous nine games (from 10/24/00 through 11/11/00) due to a concussion...Returned to action vs. Anaheim on 10/21/00 after missing four games (from 10/12/00 through 10/19/00) due to a concussion...Flyers had a 32-9-2 record when Recchi registered at least a point in a game...Was the Flyers' nominee for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy ("perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey").
1999-00: Won his second-career Bobby Clarke Trophy as the Flyers' MVP...Led NHL in assists (63)...Led team in points (91, third in NHL)...Was second on team in goals (28)...Tied for team lead in plus/minus (+20)...Recorded 24 multiple-point games...Was one of three Flyers to play all 82 games...Appeared in his seventh career All-Star Game 2/6/00 and registered an assist...Recorded a goal and four assists vs. Pittsburgh on 5/7/00, tying Flyers records for assists and points in a playoff game...Scored his first playoff goal as a Flyer on 4/16/00 @ Buffalo...Registered three assists @ Pittsburgh on 1/23/00...Registered his 900th career point, an assist, @ Florida on 1/17/00...Scored a goal, the 350th of his career, @ Calgary on 12/27/99...Recorded an 11-game point-scoring streak (7G,11A: 11/22/99-12/16/99)...Appeared in his 800th career game on 11/13/99 vs. San Jose...Registered four assists @ Washington 10/12/99.
1998-99: Missed the final two games of regular season because of symptoms associated with a vascular spasm...Missed two games (4/3/99-4/5/99) because of migraine headaches...Played @ Nashville on 4/1/99 after missing the previous three games (3/27/99-3/30/99) because of a concussion sustained @ Toronto on 3/22/99...Scored a goal vs. Colorado on 3/11/99, his first game as a Flyer since being traded to Montreal on 2/9/95...Recorded 12 goals and 35 assists for 47 points and 28 PIM in 61 games for the Canadiens...His 35 assists and 47 points led the Canadiens...Missed four games (12/12/98-12/19/98) because of pneumonia, ending his consecutive regular season games played streak at 570 (10/4/91-12/11/98, the eighth-longest streak in NHL history).
1997-98: Canadiens' Molson Cup Player of the Year...Led the Canadiens in scoring with 74 points (32G,42A) in 82 games...Led the Canadiens in goals (32)...Played his 700th NHL game on 3/28/98 vs. Tampa Bay...Represented the Canadiens in the 1998 NHL All-Star Game...Named NHL Player of the Week (12/29/97-1/4/98) when he recorded seven points (4G,3A) in four games...Scored his 300th NHL goal on 12/12/97 @ New Jersey.
1996-97: Canadiens' Molson Cup Player of the Year...Led the Canadiens in goals (34)...Recorded his 700th NHL point, a goal, on 3/1/97 @ Edmonton...MVP of the 1997 NHL All-Star Game after scoring three goals in the contest...Registered his 400th NHL assist on 11/23/96 @ Toronto.
1995-96: Third on the Canadiens in scoring with 78 points (28G,50A) in 82 games...Played his 500th NHL game on 12/22/95 @ Pittsburgh.
1994-95: Led Montreal in scoring with 43 points (14G,29A) in 39 games...Led the Canadiens in goals (14).
1993-94: Led the Flyers in points (107, tied for fifth in NHL) and assists (67, tied for seventh in NHL)...Second on team in goals (40)...Recorded his 500th NHL point, an assist, on
1992-93: Won the Bobby Clarke Trophy as the Flyers' MVP and the Class Guy Award as the player who best exemplified a strong rapport with the media...Posted a team-record 123 points for the Flyers...Set single-season career highs for goals (53) and points (123)...Led the Flyers in goals (53, tied for 11th in NHL), assists (70, tied for 12th in NHL), and points (123, 10th in NHL)...Was scoreless vs. Quebec on 12/3/92, ending his 17-game point-scoring streak (14G,23A from 10/18/92-11/28/92)...Tied his career high for points in a game with six (2G,4A) vs. NY Islanders on 11/12/92.
1991-92: Named to NHL Second All-Star Team...Recorded two goals and assist @ Washington on 2/22/92, his first game as a Flyer...Set a career high for points in a game with six (3G, 3A) @ Quebec on 11/18/91, including his first NHL hat trick.
1990-91: Member of the 1991 Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins, recording 34 points (10G,24A) in 24 playoff games...Led the Penguins in points (113, fourth in NHL) and assists (73, tied for fourth in NHL)...Tied for the Penguins lead in goals (40)...Posted a career high five assists @ NY Rangers on 12/3/90.
1989-90: Among NHL rookies, ranked third in points (67), second in goals (30), and fourth in assists (37)...Named NHL Rookie of the Month for February.
1988-89: Named to the IHL Second All-Star Team after posting 99 points (50G,49A, eighth in the IHL) for Muskegon...Recorded his first NHL goal (Eldon Reddick) and first NHL assist on 1/20/89 @ Winnipeg...Played his first NHL game on 11/16/88 @ Toronto
Amateur Career: Played three seasons in the Western Hockey League (1985-86 with New Westminster; 1986-87 and 1987-88 with Kamloops)...Named to the WHL West All-Star Team following the 1987-88 season...Led the WHL in playoff assists (21) and playoff points (31) in 1988...Led the WHL in assists (93) for the 1987-88 regular season
International Career: Member of Team Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan (recorded two assists in five games)...Member of Team Canada for the 1990, 1993, and 1997 World Championship Tournament...Member of the gold-medal winning Canadian National Team at the 1988 World Junior Championship Tournament…Resides in Pittsburgh with wife Alexa; daughter, Christina; sons, Cameron and Austin.


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OAKLAND -- With the 2013 NBA draft a week away, Golden State sits on the outside looking in. But general manager Bob Myers suggests the Warriors may not stay bystanders.
"We'd love to have a pick," Myers said Wednesday in a meeting with local media. "What we would look at if it would make sense and there's a nice young player. ... It's always good to have young players. They're cheaper. ... The fact that we have a lot of young players makes it that we're not desperate. But if you can find good players on rookie deals, you always want to do that."
Last year, the Warriors had four picks and didn't want to use them all. They drafted four players and stashed one in Europe.
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The Warriors have never gone without at least a second-round pick. Myers said they can buy their way into the draft. If the team is looking to sell a pick, Golden State has $1.6 million to spend -- the amount it has left of the $3 million out of pocket per year the league allows to spend on trades.
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Myers also said it was an option to trade into the draft, but that's a tricky proposition because it probably would mean giving up young talent. He didn't rule it out, but you got the sense the team really would have to like the player it would get in the draft.
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Whether they get into the draft or not, the Warriors have some definite needs. With big man Festus Ezeli losing potentially half the year after knee surgery, Golden State needs a big man. And with Jarrett Jack a free agent, it could be in the market for a backup point guard.
Getting into the draft could be a way to address one of those needs for cheap.
He has a player option on the final year of his contract, set to pay him $4 million next season. But his contract states he must decide the day before the draft.
Landry is expected to opt out and shop for a longer, more lucrative deal. But he said the decision is tough because he loved his first season with the Warriors and wants to stay.
Landry is the last contractual unknown on the Warriors' roster. Forward Richard Jefferson ($11 million), center Andris Biedrins ($9 million) and forward Brandon Rush ($4 million) all passed on the chance to opt out of their contracts.
Myers, Tellem's former protégé, said they've only thrown out ideas about Jackson's contract, which has next season and a team option for 2014-15 remaining. The Warriors could guarantee the last year on the contract or agree to an extension with Jackson.
Doing nothing means Jackson goes into this season as a virtual lame duck with just one year guaranteed.


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|Free up to 48 hours before pickup.
Less than 48 hours: deposit amount or 3 day rental, whichever amount is greater.
2 days or less before start date: 75% of total car rental price.
No Show: 100% of rental costs.
|Untill 24 hours before pick-up: no fee.
Less than 24 hours before pick-up: € 50.00.
No-show: no funds paid will be reimbursed.
|Until 48 hours before the start of the rental period: no fee.
Less than 48 hours before the start of the rental period or no show: the prepayment.
|31 or more days before start date: € 20.
7 or more days before start date: € 35.
6-3 days before start date: 50% of the rental costs.
2-0 days before start date: 75% of the rental costs.
No Show: 100% of the rental costs.
|7 or more days before the rental commencement date: GBP 15.
6 to 3 days before start date: 50% of total car rental price.
2 days or less before start date: 75% of total car rental price.
No Show: 100% of total car rental price.
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