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Control and compliance across complex IT enviroments
The financial sector has to deal with increasing national and international industry regulations such as Basel II, SOX, and Solvency II. The regulatory framework that applies to the industry requires control and compliance of often highly complex IT environments with large numbers of users. Omada's focus on business-centric governance solutions and services – that provides enterprise-wide control and compliance, efficient user provisioning, and automated processes for separation of duties and policy enforcement has clear appeal to the financial sector.
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Based on Microsoft technology Omada Identity Suite provides deep access intelligence across highly complex IT environments, gathering identity and entitlement data from all enterprise applications on-premise, outsourced, or cloud-based. The solution ensures transparency of complex IT systems, provides automated processes for attestation, reporting, and separation of duties (SoD), and enables financial industries to automatically enforce policies, provide instant documentation and reporting of users' access rights and entitlements to effectively manage governance, risk, and compliance across heterogeneous IT environments.
Omada has solved governance and compliance challenges for financial industries, providing innovative IT-based identity management solutions as well as consulting services based on our in-depth expertise.
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Comdirect implements Omada's Identity Management Solution to automate processes
Comdirect Bank – the market leading bank among online brokers and investors in Germany, has chosen to implement Omada Identity Suite. The Identity Management solution will automate processes for requesting and granting access rights for both internal employees and external IT users. Existing procedures will be replaced by automated processes to improve reporting, archiving, and access management.
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Sydbank, a Danish based full service bank with branches in northern Germany and a subsidiary in Switzerland, has chosen Omada Identity Suite and Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010 as the solution for efficient and secure administration of identity lifecycle management for bank employees.
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The solution is based on Omada Identity Suite for the RTC - Real Time Center AG. Omada's identity management solution enables RTC AG to offer its financial service customers, cost efficient identity management processes that comply with audit requirements and at the same time provide an easy solution to meet legislative requirements.
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I don't have much of a retro game collection. I've got a few items that I've saved from my childhood, but not enough to call myself a collector. I would however like to slowly amass a collection of early Nintendo swag, building upon what I already have. I like to occasionally look around at ebay auctions to see what kind of rare treasures I can find, though I've never actually purchased anything. With the holiday season fast upon us, I want to highlight a few things that any retro enthusiast would would be thrilled to find under the tree.
Nintendo M82
I may as well start off with a big one. The M82 is what I would consider to be the Holy Grail of a retro-game fan's collection. This unit was an in store display system that allowed shoppers to demo a variety of up to 12 NES games at once. The beauty of these in particular is that they use actual NES cartridges; so they can be swapped in and out quite easily. I imagine that this item would make the ultimate "man cave" accessory, stocked with carts like Contra and Punch-Out!!.
Price: $1,000 - $2,000 (One sealed in it's original box sold for $9000 in Mar. 2010)
Nintendo Fun Club News
I love early Nintendo publications. This free newsletter is where Nintendo Power got it's roots. After only 7 issues, Nintendo Fun Club News was ended and re-formatted as a full pay subscription magazine. Being that they were made for such a limited time, completing this collection would be a fairly easy task if one could find some of the more rare early issues.
Price: ~$20 per issue (some of the earlier issues spotted for closer to $80 a piece.)
Virtual Boy
I know what your thinking, of all things, why the Virtual Boy? Many, like myself, I'm sure have never played the Virtual Boy. The system only sold 750,000 units in it's lifetime. I realize that it is said to be an awful gimmicky system with no good titles; but knowing that there is a Nintendo system that I have never played makes me want one. Plus, many units can be found used for half of it's original launch value and they are not hard to find.
Price: System = ~$70 - $100 / Games = $5 - $15
This just scratches the surface of the great items that can be found from Nintendo's early years. What items do you guys have or would like to have in your collections?
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N.Y. Mayor Bloomberg Drops GOP Affiliation
Mayor Michael Bloomberg dropped his Republican Party membership to become unaffiliated. The news has many wondering if he's planning a run for the White House. Bob Hennelly, a reporter at member station WNYC, talks with Renee Montagne.
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And I'm Renee Montagne.
Six years ago this month, Michael Bloomberg, then a candidate for mayor of New York City, explained why he switched his party affiliation from Democratic to Republican.
Mayor MICHAEL BLOOMBERG (Republican, New York City): The way the system is today is if I want to change the world, I've got to get to November, and the Republican Party and the Independence Party offered me the opportunity to do that.
MONTAGNE: Very practical. Now Mayor Bloomberg is leaving the Republican Party. He announced yesterday that he was dropping his Republican affiliation - a move that set off speculation that he may seek an independent bid for the presidency.
Joining us now is Bob Hennelly of member station WNYC in New York. For the past three years, he's been covering Mayor Mike, as the mayor has been dubbed by the city's tabloids.
Good morning.
BOB HENNELLY: Good morning.
MONTAGNE: Here is how Mayor Bloomberg explained his decision. I believe this brings my affiliation into alignment with how I have led and will continue to lead this city. What is the significance of this move, and why now?
HENNELLY: I think it has to do with the fact that Michael Bloomberg is a lame duck. We're term limited here in New York, and this is an opportunity for him to have an effect on the national dialogue. Traditionally, in this period of time running up to a presidential selection in the partisan parties, they have to - the Republicans have to go to the right. The Democrats have to go to the left. We know the script.
Bloomberg, I think, wants to change that. And I think there's an analysis in his camp that, at this point, America's kind of stuck, abroad and at home. And so, if they can emphasize the competence they feel he's displayed, it'll trump the ideology that has, in his worldview, America is stuck right now.
MONTAGNE: Let's back up a moment. Tell us a little about Michael Bloomberg's background leading up to how he came to be mayor of New York.
HENNELLY: It's a real Horatio Alger story. He came out of Massachusetts, John Hopkins undergrad, worked his way through school parking cars - came out of a situation where he read the fact that there was an opportunity to use communication in a new way to get critical information to financial decision makers, and was - and this approach was very unconventional, thought out of the box and became a billionaire in the process. This is a story Americans love.
MONTAGNE: How would you describe his tenure as mayor, and his political views during this time?
HENNELLY: I think that has always - he didn't really change his political views. He was very pragmatic about seeing the fact that, oh, well. There is too much competition to be a Democrat in this city and win the nomination, so I think I'll be a Republican. And so he went about governing from the center, and in the process he made it clear that he was pro-choice, he was for gun rights, he was for gay rights. And he also managed the city in a way that made it governorable in the sense that big problems that had always confounded people, he broke up into smaller, bite-sized ones, if you will. The big breakthrough, for instance, was the 311 complaint line.
In a city as sprawling as New York City, he was able to provide a situation where citizens could call in and say what bothered them, and they could get real-time help. This became a great management tool because the stuff that couldn't be managed, they could get their arms around.
MONTAGNE: It's intriguing that Mayor Bloomberg made his announcement out here in California after - just after he's been on stage with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who's also an independent-minded Republican. How do you read that?
HENNELLY: Well, I look at the fact that it was also timed with the cover on Time magazine, where Governor Schwarzenegger and Bloomberg where depicted arm in arm with the caption, who needs Washington, intimating that Washington - as Bloomberg said out there - is a swamp dysfunction, which gets us into things like Katrina and the idea that we're stuck in Iraq. So basically, it was perfectly timed to make him a cause celebre on the other coast. And that's the first thing he needs to do in order to be a national player.
MONTAGNE: And, yes or no, running or not running for president.
HENNELLY: Well, here's the nice thing about this, because this man never leaves any money on the table. He does not, as a practical matter, have to do anything official until May of 2008. That's a lot of news cycles from now, because he has to file in Texas some 43,000 signatures by May to get on the ballot. And most of the other ballot processes kick off in July and August of 08. At that point, the people around him believe there will be candidate fatigue. Because of the front-loaded primaries in February, we'll know who the major parties have nominated. And as I said, there'll be a lot of time for the fourth estate to do its job, and at that point, that he believes that people will have major party fatigue.
MONTAGNE: Bob, thanks very much.
HENNELLY: Thanks so much.
MONTAGNE: Bob Hennelly of member station WNYC.
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CARDURA is indicated for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of BPH.
CARDURA is indicated for the treatment of hypertension, to lower blood pressure. Lowering blood pressure reduces the risk of fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular events, primarily strokes and myocardial infarctions. These benefits have been seen in controlled trials of antihypertensive drugs from a wide variety of pharmacologic classes, including this drug.
Control of high blood pressure should be part of comprehensive cardiovascular risk management, including, as appropriate, lipid control, diabetes management, antithrombotic therapy, smoking cessation, exercise, and limited sodium intake. Many patients will require more than one drug to achieve blood pressure goals. For specific advice on goals and management, see published guidelines, such as those of the National High Blood Pressure Education Program's Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC).
Numerous antihypertensive drugs, from a variety of pharmacologic classes and with different mechanisms of action, have been shown in randomized controlled trials to reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, and it can be concluded that it is blood pressure reduction, and not some other pharmacologic property of the drugs, that is largely responsible for those benefits. The largest and most consistent cardiovascular outcome benefit has been a reduction in the risk of stroke, but reductions in myocardial infarction and cardiovascular mortality also have been seen regularly.
Elevated systolic or diastolic pressure causes increased cardiovascular risk, and the absolute risk increase per mmHg is greater at higher blood pressures, so that even modest reductions of severe hypertension can provide substantial benefit. Relative risk reduction from blood pressure reduction is similar across populations with varying absolute risk, so the absolute benefit is greater in patients who are at higher risk independent of their hypertension (for example, patients with diabetes or hyperlipidemia), and such patients would be expected to benefit from more aggressive treatment to a lower blood pressure goal.
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This part supplies water to refrigerator components that require water, such as the ice maker and water dispenser. If you notice a leak coming from your refrigerator, the plastic tubing that feeds your water and ice dispenser might need to be replaced. This part is made of clear plastic and is 1/4 inch thick, and 8 1/2 feet long. Make sure to disconnect power to the refrigerator and shut off the water supply prior to installing this part. Safely store any perishable food items that could deteriorate while the power to the refrigerator is disconnected. Work gloves are recommended to protect your hands during this installation.
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A s the world's most expensive city, Tokyo can seem a daunting prospect for tourists. Japan's wealthy capital can appear to be a destination few would attempt on a budget. In reality, however, high costs can be something of a myth. The fast-paced metropolis has many affordable options for tourists prepared to research their trip.
First-time visitors will find that, in general, Japan has cultural advantages that reduce costs. With the exception of a 5% VAT on goods, every price is all inclusive. Tipping is not a feature of Japanese culture. In fact, staff will usually follow you with change if you try to leave extra money. Holiday extras such as bottled water, cigarettes and snacks are also affordable.
The economic climate of the city has also changed, meaning that Tokyo no longer operates in a culture of extreme wealth. Even within the last year, the yen has fallen by around 10% of its value against the pound.
Transport, in the form of subways and express trains, is clean, fast, and very efficient. A short subway journey costs 160 yen - the equivalent of 80p - while an all-day ticket costs £5.20. This represents a bargain in a place as vast as Tokyo, which is the equivalent of several sub-cities conglomerated into one large area.
More importantly, the underground system always runs on time. Not only does this mean you waste less of your day stuck in tunnels, you can also visit more of the city for the price of your ticket.
Common sense should warn you not to travel by taxi. Drivers charge £3.20 for the first two kilometres and 40p for each additional 274 metres. Although this is not exorbitant, Tokyo is a very large city, and metre charges soon add up. More importantly, after 11pm there is a 30% surcharge. As subways and buses stop running at midnight, the transport situation requires some careful thought if you intend to go out drinking.
It is rarely advisable to simply "do what the locals do" in Tokyo. In real terms, this means earning a six-figure salary. However, as a visitor you can stay close to the centres of nightlife because you don't have to commute. Alternatively, many people simply stay out until 5am when the tubes start running again - after all, you don't have to work in the morning.
Where to stay
The falling yen is not the only reason why Tokyo represents good value for those on a budget. In general, tourists with a little local knowledge can reap dividends. Hotel accommodation in general is prohibitively expensive. Even a moderate hotel can set you back a few hundred pounds a night. However, youth hostels in Tokyo are palatial by comparison with western counterparts. Most rival the standard offered by mid-range hotels in England, and are often overlooked by tourists.
Hotel New Koyo
2-26-13 Nihonzutsumi, Taito-ku (+3873 0343, newkoyo.com)
This costs a mere £14 a night. It is advertised as the cheapest hostel in Tokyo, although you can get cheaper if you forgo showers.
The YMCA Asia Centre of Japan
8-10-32 Minata-ku, Akasaka (+3402 6111, asiapacificymca.org/hotel/holtel/itbsnet/japan.htm)
More like a western hotel, it costs £51 per night, and is clean and peaceful, with good communal areas. The biggest advantage is the location - about 20 minutes' walk from major nightlife spots.
Tokyo International Youth Hostel
18F, Central Plaza, 1-1- Kagurakashi, Shinjuku-ku (+33235 1107, email: email@example.com)
Ideal for families, with large clean rooms, and beautiful Japanese bathing facilities. The food is also good value - a first-rate traditional Japanese breakfast costs £2. Guests are expected to be out between 10am and 3pm, however, and there is a strict curfew of 10pm. Dormitory rooms cost £18 a night for adults and £10 for children.
Hotel Sky Court
Taito-ku, Asakusa (+3815 4411)
YMCA members can stay here for £26 per night. The hotel is also well located, and has no curfew.
Where to eat
Tokyo is heaven for foodies, with restaurants everywhere serving up cheap ramen and sushi. You can pick up the ubiquitous snack of rice and fish wrapped in seaweed for 50p and a meal for £3 a head even in the most upmarket retail district. A good option is the many restaurants that display vending machines outside. Simply choose a picture, slide in your money, and take the ticket to the restaurant counter.
Sotobori-dori, Minata-ku, Akasaka, 11-3pm, 5pm-12.30am
For huge bowls of ramen, with various accompaniments from £2.70 a bowl. It has a great atmosphere, looking like a bamboo lean-to next to the Hie shrine.
2-2-2 Nishi, Taito-ku, Asakusa, noon-12am
Osaka is famous for cheap, make-your-own omelette restaurants, but Tokyo has a few versions of its own. At Sometaro, customers choose from bowls of ingredients from £3. You then cook this at the griddle-cum-table at which you are seated - cross-legged, of course.
3-25 Shinjuku-ku, Shinjuku, 10am-8pm
One of many bargain revolving sushi restaurants in the heart of Shinjuku. Plates are priced from 50p to 80p, and this includes as much green tea as you can drink.
1-1-3 Taito-ku, Asakusa, 11am-3pm, 5pm-12.30am
Two of the three famous soba (buckwheat noodle) restaurants in Tokyo serve meals from £2.50 andthis one is renowned for its fresh, cold noodles served daily.
Sushi connoisseurs might want to try the Tsukiji Fish Market, which opens daily from 5am until around 11am. Small cafes bordering the market serve up the world's freshest sushi breakfasts for about a fiver.
Where to drink
If you come to Tokyo, you have to get supremely drunk in the local bars and clubs. This is a national pastime, and what the Japanese lack in tolerance, they make up for in endurance. Unfortunately, an average bottle of beer costs £4. One solution is to go to bars that have set prices per drink (usually around £5) and order a cocktail with six shots in it. Similarly, karaoke bars often have all-you-can-drink offers instead of happy hour. You can also buy yourself a can of beer at any time of the day or night for £1.70, and careful hunting will get you off-licence prices similar to back home.
Bars stay open until the early hours and frequently double as clubbing nightspots, with dance floors. If you are not a dedicated clubber, this can save you untold amounts in drinks and entrance prices.
Bar Hama
Roppongi BLDG, 5th floor 6-2-35 Minata-ku, Roppongi
For an urban Tokyo experience, travel five floors in the elevator to the cool, neon-lit interior of Bar Hama. It also provides excellent views of hectic Roppongi nightlife. Most weekdays, you can get a bottle of beer for £2.50.
Hoochie Coochie
25-5, Sarugaku-cho, Shibuya
This is one of the many places in Tokyo boasting a live jazz band. They also serve a very unusual selection of cocktails, which can add a cultural flavour to the evening's drinking.
12-18 Udagawacho, Shibuya-ku, Shibuya
For a cheerful bar reminiscent of an izakaya - or traditional Japanese pub - you are expected to pay a table charge, but the experi ence is quintessentially Japanese, and drinks can be as cheap as £2.50 a bottle.
Ocean Bar
1F Roppongi, Minata-ku, Roppongi
A themed drinking venue in beautiful surroundings. Drinks range from £2.50 to £5, and prices seem to depend on the mood of the staff, so being charming can save you a few yen.
What to see
For most people, the price of a tube ticket will gain them as much entertainment as they need in Tokyo. Visitors may also enjoy the experience of a traditional Japanese bath, which is a standard facility in most youth hostels.
An evening out might include a sumo match, which generally costs around £12 for a day ticket from The Nihon Sumo Kyokai (1-3-28 Yokoami, Sumida-ku) . For this, you can watch the amateur bouts from 9am, right through to the professional matches, which end about 8pm. Be warned, however: Japanese crowds seem to appreciate nuances of sumo entertainment that will be lost on westerners.
Traditional Japanese gardens can be seen for free, with a good example being Hibiya Park (Hibiiya Koen 1-6, Chiyoda-kuin). Definitely not to be missed is the man-made island of Odaiba, off Tokyo bay. The island includes a beach, a huge shopping centre and a landmark tower. Odaiba is also home to Venus Fort - a state-of-the art retail paradise. The interior of the building has been modelled on an open-air European city, and a computer-animated skyline, which changes throughout the day, is projected on to the ceiling.
Other tourist excursions include the electric city of Akihabara - a neon haven of electrical goods. Serious shoppers can pick up laptops at knock-down prices, although larger electrical equipment will need a transformer to work in the UK.
An hour out of Tokyo is the fantastic Fujikyu Highlands (5-6-1 ShinNishihara Fuji-Yoshida-shi, 81 0555-23-2111, fujikyu.co.jp/fuji-q) - a theme park containing the world's highest, fastest, steepest rollercoaster. It is a mere £5 a ride, while entrance to the park costs £6.
Way to go
Getting there: All Nippon Airways (020-7224 8866, anaskyweb.com) flies London-Tokyo from £803.50 return. However, Tokyo is one of the few destinations that you can still get to as an air courier, which can knock the price down to about £400.
Contact the International Association of Air Travel Couriers (0800 0746481, courier.org).
Further information: Japan National Tourist Organisation (020-7734 9638, seejapan.co.uk).
Country code: 00 81.
Flight time London-Tokyo: 11hrs.
Time difference: +9hrs.
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Dragomir Possehl hadn't actually expected anybody to come. His apartment was dingy and smelled of rising damp, and had three rooms - the expensive rent on such a miserable place was being paid for out of his dead father's money, which he was lucky enough to have inherited. Anyway, he was sitting, drinking a bit of vodka before he went to bed, at the grubby kitchen table next to the damp on the windowsill, when there was a sharp rap on the thin wooden door.
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Dragomir went to the door. He opened it, and looked out. He did not recognise the couple in front of him.
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The couple came in, and Dragomir shut the door. Almost immediately, there was another knock on the door.
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Dragomir heard the door knock again, pushed through the crowds and opened the door, vowing it to be his last visitor.
It was Rouben Waletzko.
At once, a cheer went up, and applause. Embarrassed, Rouben gave a small, awkward bow, and caught Dragomir's eye. –May I come in?– he asked, and Dragomir let him past.
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Dragomir's heart sank a little as he followed this odd radical through the crowds.
–Why are we here?– Rouben continued, asking nobody in particular.
–Why are you not in prison?– asked somebody else, and this was met with general agreement.
–All right, I'll tell you why.– Rouben took his place, which happened to be on Dragomir's kitchen table. He climbed on top of it, and regained his balance. –Because I, Rouben Waletzko, by the highest luck, blew up the police station on the night that most of the police in our area were attending a meeting. They are all dead, and there is nobody to arrest me.–
–Why haven't they been replaced?
–In due course, they will be,– replied Rouben. –We can count on it that they'll be coming sometime in the early hours of morning. Which means, everyone,– he continued, –We have a very small window of opportunity. We have one night to take control, and it's tonight.–
Who have I let into my house? thought Dragomir. Whoever he was, he was damn charismatic, because he had most people agreeing with him, Dragomir included.
–What are you suggesting?– he asked suddenly, once the cheer had died down. –A riot? They'll kill us!–
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–The Government!– shouted someone in the crowd.
–We don't want a Government! We hate it!– roared somebody else, and there was a cheer. This is mental, thought Dragomir.
–Down with the Government!
–We want to be free!
–Now, now,– said a voice close to Dragomir, and there was instant quiet. A short, bespectacled, skinny young man holding a book. –I believe the term for that is anarchy.–
–Explain yourself,– said Rouben.
–Anarchy,– replied the bespectacled man, –is a stateless society based on mutual aid. There is no Government, no Police, no Banks and everyone owns his own property. I'm Krasimir Dulka, and I believe this to be your solution.–


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Go to the Old Town (Altstadt) to find major Dusseldorf attractions. Visit the world's longest bar, a collection of 250 pubs and restaurants lining the Old Town streets. Sample an Altbier, a dark beer brewed in Dusseldorf. See a slice of cinema history at the Film Museum. Visit the City Hall (Rathaus), a building that dates back to the late 16th century. Nearby, shoppers will enjoy the fashion stores situated on Königsallee.
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We investigate novel visual techniques for interacting with very large or complex data sets. Semantically represented data such as the Linked Open Data Cloud are an important example. We have developed a range of tools and UIs for exploring and searching semantic data such as gFacet or RelFinder. With SemwidgJS, we have developed a JavaScript library that facilitates the integration of Linked Open Data into almost any regular Website. Within the OPDM-project an editor to create and edit semantic product models was realized with a particular focus on non-technical users, thus hiding technical details to achieve a better usability.
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BeschreibungApplied Demography is clearly evolving as its practitioners become involved in the emerging trends of the Twenty-First Century. Data bases, substantive issues and methodological approaches seldom considered just a few years ago have become mainstream concerns in the area of applied demography. This book derived from the 1st post-2000 national conference on Applied Demography, to be held in San Antonio, Texas January 7-9, 2007 under the sponsorship of the Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio, provides a unique opportunity to obtain an overview of the current state of applied demography. The work will provide a cross-sectional view of Applied Demography and an evaluation of its likely future.
InhaltsverzeichnisChapter 1:Applied Demography at the Beginning of the 21st Century: Steve H. Murdock and David A. Swanson,- Section I: Data use and Measurement Issues: Chapter 2:Measuring Population Change Using the American Community Survey: Howard Hogan,- Chapter 3:Using the 2005 American Community Survey: Patricia C. Becker,- Chapter 4:Address Coverage Improvement and Evaluation Program-2005 National Estimate of Coverage of the Master Address File: Susan Perrone,- Section II: Population Estimates and Projections: Chapter 5: Using Assessor Parcel Data to Maintain Housing Unit Counts for Small Area Population Estimates: Beth Jarosz,- Chapter 6:Aging and Elder Abuse: Projections for Michigan, Lori Post et al ,- Chapter 7:Methods for Measuring the Population After a Disaster: Household Population Surveys in Post-Katrina New Orleans, October 2005-October 2006: Gregory Stone,- Chapter 8: An Evaluation of Population Estimates for Counties and Places in Texas for 2000: Nazrul Hoque,- Chapter 9: Using Demographic Estimates and Projections to Improve Statistical Forecasting: Don R. Warren,- Chapter 10: Measuring Uncertainty in Population Data Generated by the Cohort-Component Method: A Report on Research in Progress, David A. Swanson,- Section III: Applied Demography and Health: Chapter 11:Tuberculosis and Perception of Risk: A Comparison of Native Born and Foreign Born Persons in the United States: Mary Bollinger,- Chapter 12: Causes of Fire Deaths and Injuries in Anchorage, Alaska: Policy Implications, Donna Shai,- Chapter 13: Dispersion of Registered Death Causes as a Function of Age in the 1999 U.S. Population, Bo G. Eriksson,- Section IV: The Breadth of Applied Demography: Chapter 14:A Comparison of Potential Demographic Influences on Church Membership of Two United Methodist Congregations in San Antonio, Texas: Michael E. Cline,- Chapter 15:Linking Tax-Lot and Student Record Data: Applications in School Planning: D. Richard Lycan,- Chapter 16:Demography and Turnover, Giuseppe De Bartolo and Manuela Stranges,- Chapter 17: Household Consumption in China: An Examination of the Utility of Urban-Rural Segmentation, Farhat Yusuf et al ,- Chapter 18: How Chinese Children Spend Their Time, Hongwei Xu and Elisabeta Minca,- Section V: Educating the Applied Demographer,- Chapter 19: Introducing Survey Methods to Professional Students in Applied Demography, David W. Smith and Stephanie L. McFall,- Chapter 20: The Academic Training of Applied Demographers: History, Evolution, and a Description of the First Ph.D. Program in Applied Demography, Steve H. Murdock and Mary Zey,- ConclusionS: Chapter 21: Applied Demography in the 21st Century: Steve H. Murdock and David A. Swanson
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Managing Information II • Take the time to evaluate what kind of organizational systems speak to the ways in which you "normally" work best. – The best organizational systems are: • Simple • Common-sensical • Can be easily adapted to your individual working "style" Four Questions • Why Google? Why not Yahoo, Microsoft or Amazon? • How does Google influence information? • What impact will Google's services have on the information profession? • What implications will these services have on society in general? 's Mission Organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful Google controls 42-70% of the traffic for searching (as of 2007). Search: At the Core Search is at the heart of everything Google does More engineers working on search than ever before Search is not a solved problem – offline info, personal info, personalized results, mobile experience Evolution 1995 1998 2000 2003 2004 2005 2006 ? Core Search 11 Ads Monetization Communications Collaboration ? Most Influential Services Google Tools • Using Google as a "Research Environment" • Do we have our own "undergraduate student work" task list • On a new piece of paper, or in Notepad, create a list of umbrella contexts that might help to organize your "graduate student work" • For each category that you have created, note the tools that you require to engage or complete the work • Begin attributing your tasks to your contexts • Note any relational networks that might exist between tasks associated with different contexts. Google rule #1 Be specific ... because if you aren't specific, you'll end up with a bunch of garbage! Google rule #2 Use quotes to search for phrases. "your name" Google rule #2a Use dashes between words to also search for phrases. your-name Source: http://tinyurl.com/cpcdg Google rule #3 Use the + sign to require an exact match. [Well, not really.] "your name" +unikl Google rule #4 Use the - sign to exclude. "your name" -unikl Google rule #5 Combine symbols as often as possible (see rule #1). "your name" –unikl +iprom Part Two: In Summary 1. Be specific ... because if you aren't specific, you'll end up with a bunch of garbage! 2. Use quotes [or dashes] to search for phrases. 3. Use the + sign to require. [Well, not really.] 4. Use the - sign to exclude. 5. Combine symbols as often as possible (see rule #1). Part Three: More Stuff No One Tells You Google's shocking secrets revealed! Google's Boolean Default is AND But there are ways to get around that. Boolean Default is AND • If you search for more than one keyword at a time, Google will automatically search for pages that contain ALL of your keywords. • A search for disney fantasyland pirates is the same as searching for disney AND fantasyland AND pirates • But, if you try to use AND on your own, Google yells at you. Source: http://www.google.com/help/basics.html Phrases • To search for phrases, just put your phrase in quotes. • For example, disney fantasyland "pirates of the caribbean" – This would show you all the pages in Google's index that contain the word disney AND the word fantasyland AND the phrase pirates of the caribbean (without the quotes) • By the way, while this search is technically perfect, my choice of keywords contains a (deliberate) factual mistake. Can you spot it? Source: http://www.google.com/help/refinesearch.html Capitalization Does NOT Matter The old AltaVista trick of typing your keywords in lower case is no longer necessary. How Insensitive! • Google is not case sensitive. • So, the following searches all yield exactly the same results: disney Disney DISNEY DiSnEy fantasyland Fantasyland FANTASYLAND FaNtAsYlAnD pirates Pirates PIRATES pIrAtEs Source: http://www.google.com/help/basics.html Google Used to Have a Hard Limit of 10 Keywords Bet you didn't know THAT! Source: Google Hacks, p. 19 Google's 10 Word Limit • Until recently, Google wouldn't accept more than 10 keywords at a time. – Any keyword past 10 was simply ignored. • Google now accepts up to 32 keywords. – Stick with 10. Source: Google Hacks, p. 19 The Order of Your Keywords Matters A me life for pirate's? For Example A search for disney fantasyland pirates yields the same number of hits as a search for fantasyland disney pirates, but the order of those hits – especially the first 10 – is noticeably different. Part Three: In Summary • Google's Boolean default is AND. • Capitalization does not matter. • Google has a hard limit of 32 keywords. • The order of your keywords matters. Part Four: Advanced Search Operators Beyond plusses, minuses, ANDs, ORs, quotes, and *s How Google Finds New Pages • • Image source: http://www.disobey.com/ Google has special programs called spiders (a.k.a. "Google bots") that constantly search the Internet looking for new or updated Web pages. When a spider finds a new or updated page, it reads that entire page, reports back to Google, and then visits all of the other pages to which that new page links. Paging the webpage • When the spider reports back to Google, it doesn't just tell Google the new or updated page's URL. • The spider also sends Google a complete copy of the entire Web page – HTML, text, images, etc. • Google then adds that page and all of its content to Google's cache. Advanced Operators Query modifiers • filetype: • intitle: • inurl: • site: • synonyms Alternative query types • cache: • link: • related: • info: Other information needs • phonebook: • stocks: • define: • Google Calculator • weather • movies: Query Modifiers Stuff you can add to your regular searches filetype: • filetype: restricts your results to files ending in ".doc" (or .xls, .ppt. etc.), and shows you only files created with the corresponding program. • There can be no space between filetype: and the file extension • The "dot" in the file extension – .doc – is optional. Source: http://www.google.com/help/faq_filetypes.html Google's Official Filetypes • Adobe Portable Document Format (pdf) • Adobe PostScript (ps) • Lotus 1-2-3 (wk1, wk2, wk3, wk4, wk5, wki, wks, wku) • Lotus WordPro (lwp) • MacWrite (mw) • Microsoft Excel (xls) • Microsoft PowerPoint (ppt) • Microsoft Word (doc) • Microsoft Works (wks, wps, wdb) • Microsoft Write (wri) • Rich Text Format (rtf) • Shockwave Flash (swf) • Text (ans, txt) Source: http://www.google.com/help/faq_filetypes.html filetype:extension pirates filetype:pdf pirates -filetype:pdf Synonyms • Using ~ before a keyword tells Google to search for both that keyword and its synonyms. • There can be no space between ~ and the keyword. Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html ~keyword pirate ~treasure related: • Using related: lists web pages that are "similar" to a specified web page. • There can be no space between related: and the URL. Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html related:URL related:disney.com Other Information Needs Did you know that Google can look up phone numbers, stock quotes, dictionary definitions, and even the answer to math problems? phonebook: • There are two ways to use Google's phonebook: – Just do a regular search. – Use one of Google's phonebook commands. • Phonebook commands [in lowercase]: – phonebook: searches the entire Google phonebook. – rphonebook: searches residential listings only. – bphonebook: searches business listings only. Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html How to Use the Phonebook • first name (or first initial), last name, city (state is optional) • first name (or first initial), last name, state • first name (or first initial), last name, area code • first name (or first initial), last name, zip code • phone number, including area code • last name, city, state • last name, zip code phonebook:Data (US Only) phonebook:disneyland ca phonebook:(714) 956-6425 Can we try KL phonebook? stocks: • If you begin a query with stocks: Google will treat the rest of the query terms as stock ticker symbols, and will link to a Yahoo finance page showing stock information for those symbols. • Go crazy with the spaces – Google ignores them! Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html stocks:Symbol1 Symbol2 … stocks: msft stocks: aapl intc msft yhoo define: • If you begin a query with define: Google will display definitions for the word or phrase that follows, if definitions are available. • You don't need quotes around your phrases. Source: http://www.google.com/help/features.html#definitions define:term define:pirate define:barbary coast Google Calculator • Simply key in what you'd like Google to compute (like 2+2) and then hit enter. • Google's Calculator can solve math problems involving basic arithmetic, more complicated math, units of measure and conversions, and physical constants. Source: http://www.google.com/help/features.html#calculator 3+44 56*78 1.21 GW / 88 mph 100 miles in kilometers sine(30 degrees) G*(6e24 kg)/(4000 miles)^2 0x7d3 in roman numerals For instructions on how to use the Google Calculator, see http://www.google.com/help/calculator.html weather • Using weather presents the three to four day weather forecast for a particular US city. • You don't need a colon in weather. Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html weather city weather city state weather zip code weather permatang pauh? weather ipoh, my weather 90210 movie: • Using movie: presents either movie show times in a particular city or information [like reviews] about a particular. • There can be a space between movie: and the keywords. Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html movie:city and state [or zip] movie:keyword[s] movie: irvine,ca movie: pirates Summary of Advanced Operators Query modifiers • filetype: • synonyms Alternative query types • related: Other information needs • phonebook: • stocks: • define: • Google Calculator • weather • movies: Part Five: The Rest of the 70% Behind the Google homepage Home Sweet Home I'm Feeling Lucky "Well, Do Ya …?" • The "I'm Feeling Lucky" button takes you directly to the first web page Google returns for your query. • You won't see any other search results. Source: http://www.google.com/help/features.html#lucky Google's "Hidden" Search Options Hiding in Plain Sight To the right of the search box are three links practically no one has never noticed: – Advanced Search – Preferences – Language Tools The Limitations of Advanced Search • Advanced Search is a one-shot deal. – You aren't permanently changing any of your Google settings. – "Search for this and then forget these settings the next time I come back." • With a few exceptions, the "advanced" stuff is just search engine math and advanced search operators. Advanced Search v. Preferences • Advanced Search = "search once using these settings." • Preferences = – "Change the way Google works for me from here on out." – Changes every Google service you use, not just search. Google Preferences • When you change your Google preferences, Google writes a cookie to your hard drive. • Your Google preferences are "permanent" until you: – Change your preferences. – Toss your cookies. • In Internet Explorer: Tools > Options > Delete Cookies • In Mozilla/Firefox: Tools > Options > Privacy > Clear Cookies. – Go to http://www.google.com. • The extra period at the end forces you to go to the English language version of Google. Source: Google Hacks 2nd Ed, p. 21 Interface Language • Interface Language lets you change the default language used to display the interface of every Google page you visit. • Change the Interface Language to Chinese (Traditional), save your preferences, and watch what happens… Interface Language Limitations • Notice the hits are still in English. – Google doesn't translate the hits to your default language. Yet. • The only thing that's changed is the default language of Google's interface. Using Interface Language • This is great for foreign language immersion. • This is also a WONDERFUL practical joke to play on a friend or colleague. – "Hey, why is Google in PIG LATIN!?" • Remember, your Google preferences are "permanent" until you: – Change your preferences. – Toss your cookies. – Go to http://www.google.com. Language Tools • Like Advanced Search, Language Tools is a oneshot deal. • Use Language Tools if – You don't want to permanently change your Interface or Search languages. – You want to translate text. Google Translate • Using Language Tools, you can – Translate keyed in text from one language to another. – Translate a web page's text from one language to another. • Be looking for even more robust translation tools from Google in the not-too-distant future. Part Six: More Googles Data mining for fun and profit Google's Goal, Restated Organize the world's information – not just web pages – and make that information universally accessible and useful Adapted from Google Factory Tour Google Image Search Behind the Scenes • "Hey, let's take all these cached images and make them searchable." • Two ways to get to Google Image Search – images.google.com – Go to Google [or Google Groups, Google News, Froogle, or Google Local/Google Maps] and click on the "Images" link. Using Google Image Search • Search engine math works here as well. • Check out Advanced Image Search [to the right of the search box] for special size, filetype, and coloration options. • Beware of copyright! – Google cannot grant you any rights to use the images you find for any purpose other than viewing them on the web. – To reuse the images, contact the site owner and obtain the requisite permissions. Google Groups [Beta] Behind the Scenes • "Hey, let's take the Deja News archive of over one billion Usenet postings since 1981 and make that searchable." • "And while we're at it, let's make it so people can create their own announcement lists, mailing lists, and public discussions as well." • Two ways to get to Google Groups – groups.google.com – Click on the "Groups" link on most Google sites. How Google Groups Works • Google took an archive of Usenet posts and slapped a Google search engine on top of it. – Searching Google Groups is pretty much identical to searching Google. – Check out Advanced Group Search for some Google Groups-specific search operators. • Wait. There's more. The REALLY Cool Part • Google Groups also lets you create your own [non-Usenet] groups. • You can – Create your own private listervs. – Hold [and archive] your own online web- or email-based discussions. • All you need is a free Google account. – If you don't have one already, go to groups.google.com and click on "Join." Google News [Beta] Behind the Scenes • "Hey, let's take news articles from 4,500 online news sites and make them searchable." • Two ways to get to Google News – news.google.com – Go to Google [or Google Groups, Google News, Froogle, or Google Local/Google Maps] and click on the "News" link. How Google News Works • Every 15 minutes, Google gathers stories from more than 4,500 English-language news sites. • A computer program automatically arranges the stories by relevance and popularity. – Sound familiar? – There are no editors or human intervention. – Google's algorithms run everything. • And if you don't want to browse the news, you can also search the news by keyword[s.] Source: http://news.google.com/intl/en_us/about_google_news.html Google News Tips • Click on "Customize this page" to change the default layout [via a cookie.] • Google News archive only goes back 30 days. – Use the regular Google for older searches. – "Copyright * The Orange County Register" Disneyland • Scroll to the bottom of the Google News homepage for links to international versions of Google News. Source: Google Hacks, 2nd Ed, p. 60-61 Froogle [Beta] Behind the Scenes • "Hey, let's take all these cached web pages on which merchants are trying to sell stuff and make those pages searchable." • Three ways to get to Froogle – froogle.com – froogle.google.com – Go to Google [or Google Groups, Google News, Froogle, or Google Local/Google Maps] and click on the "Froogle" link. How Froogle Works Adapted from: http://froogle.google.com/froogle/tour/index.html?promo=help Google Local Hey, Wait a Minute! • That's Google MAPS, not Google LOCAL! – Google Maps and Google Local merged in October 2005. • "Hey, let's take Telcontar's NAVTEQ maps and the images we got when we bought Keyhole and make all of that searchable." • "And, while we're at it, let's throw in Google Local information as well." • There are several ways to get to Google Local: – maps.google.com – local.google.com – Go to Google [or Google Groups, Google News, Froogle, or Google Local/Google Maps] and click on the "Local" link. Search for an Address Ooooh. Pretty. And Draggable. Look! Up in the Sky! The Best of Both Worlds It's a Small World After All. More Uses for Google Local • With Google Local, you can search for – Addresses. – Step-by-step driving directions. – Businesses or services. • In or Near searches – ribs in anaheim – free wifi near irvine ca Even "More >>" Googles The Hidden 20% [and 10% More] A Quick Caveat • There are simply too many Google tools and services! – Imagine how many times you could say "Hey, let's take ___ and make it searchable!" if you had Google's bank account! • Instead of talking about each of Google's tools and services in-depth [which would take DAYS], let's just take a quick tour of what's available and point you to where you can get some more information. Google Alerts [Beta] Choose a topic and Google will automatically send you an email when: – New stories appear in the top ten results of a Google News search for your topic. – New web pages appear in the top twenty results of a Google search for your topic. – New posts appears in the top fifty results of a Google Groups search for your topic. Google Answers answers.google.com Pay service [NOT free] Ask a question. Set a price you are willing to pay for the answer [starting at US$2.50.] • If your price is right, professional researchers will find an answer for you, usually within 24 hours. • Fun suggestion: browse the previously answered questions. • • • • Blogger • blogger.com • "Hey, now that we bought this blogging company, let's let everyone create their own blog for free." • Check out "Blogger Basics" at help.blogger.com for step-by-step instructions on how to get started. Why Blogger? • If you are interested in joining the blogosphere, Blogger is a great place to start. – It's free. – It's pretty easy. • You'll be up an running in minutes and you'll be an expert in a few hours. Google Catalogs [Beta] • catalogs.google.com • "Hey, let's scan the full content of hundreds of mail order catalogs and make those pages searchable." • Key in a search term and Google's search technology finds [and highlights] the search term[s] on the scanned catalog pages. • Click on "Catalog Help" for more information. Google Desktop [Beta] • desktop.google.com • "Hey, let's give Windows XP users a way to search both the web and inside of the files on their computers at the same time." • Free 1.3 MB Windows XP file you download and install How Google Desktop Works • Google for your PC's files • Indexes and searches the contents of your Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, IE, AIM, PDF, and Netscape files. • It's private. – Google doesn't put your files on the internet or in their master database. • If you often lose files on your computer, Google Desktop search is a godsend. Google Directory • directory.google.com • Human-compiled directory of web pages organized by topic into categories [a la the old Yahoo directory.] – Netscape Open Directory Project database with a Google front end. • Human editors determine each page's importance. Google Earth [Beta] • earth.google.com • Processor- and videocard-intensive 11.2 MB Windows 2000 or XP program that lets you – Zoom into a specific address or location from space. – Tilt and rotate the view to see 3D terrain and buildings. Google Mail [Beta] • gmail.com or mail.google.com • "Hey, let's give everyone a free email account with lots of storage and make that searchable." • 2,500+ megabytes of storage per account • By invitation only – Sign up via SMS – Search Google for "free gmail invitations" Gmail Benefits • Gmail gives you so much storage space you may never need to delete any emails. • Gmail automatically groups emails and their replies as threads. • Gmail autosaves drafts every few minutes. • You can import Outlook contacts into Gmail and output your Gmail contacts into other email programs and services. • Check out http://mail.google.com/support for more information. Google Mobile • mobile.google.com • Search Google on your web-enabled cell phone – Search the web – Search images – Do a local search [maps, driving directions, businesses, and services] – Search for web pages specifically designed to display on a cell phone. • Visit Google Mobile for step-by-step instructions. Google Short Message Service [Beta] • sms.google.com • Don't have a cell phone with a built in web browser? • If your cell phone can send and receive text messages, just send your queries as a text messages to 46645 [GOOGL] • Scroll to the bottom of sms.google.com for an online demo, sample queries, and even a walletsized tip sheet. Picasa • picasa.google.com • "Hey, let's give everyone a way to organize and fix their digital images." • Kind of Google's version of Adobe Photoshop Elements • Free 4 MB Windows 2000 or XP file • Click on "Take a tour of Picasa" for more information. Google Print (now Books) • books.google.com • "Hey, let's take a millions of books and make them searchable." – Google Print Publisher Program is digitizing books authorized by publishers. – Google Print Library Project is digitizing the collections of several major libraries. • Publishers have filed lawsuits to stop Google Print. Books Still in Copyright Source: http://print.google.com/googleprint/screenshots.html Public Domain Books Source: http://print.google.com/googleprint/screenshots.html Google Scholar [Beta] • scholar.google.com • Limits your searches to – – – – Peer-reviewed papers Theses Books Abstracts and articles • A great tool to search for scholarly information from – – – – Academic publishers Professional societies Preprint repositories Universities and other scholarly organizations Source: http://scholar.google.com/scholar/about.html Special Google Searches • Topic or site-specific Google searches • http://www.google.com/options/ specialsearches.html Google Talk [Beta] • talk.google.com • Google instant messenger with built in voice-over-IP features • Free 900 KB Windows 2000 or XP file • Requirements: – A Gmail account – Microphone and speakers Google Toolbar • toolbar.google.com • Free web-browser plug-in for Internet Explorer and Firefox on the PC – – – – Google search box Pop-up blocker Spellcheck PageRank display Google University Search • google.com/ options/ universities.html • Limits your search to a particular .edu domain • Of course, you can always skip this and use site:schoolname.edu on Google's homepage. Google Video [Beta] • video.google.com • Lets you watch Flashencoded material from archived TV programs, educational videos, personal productions and more. • Recommended: a FAST internet connection Not Quite Ready for Prime Time • Still in beta • Currently includes only a small amount of programming from a limited number of channels • For educational movies, skip Google Video [for now] and go to the Moving Pictures archive at archive.org. Google Sites • sites.google.com • Google's latest online website development tools • We will look at this tools again in details later for topics on Webpublishing. Google Docs • docss.google.com • Google's latest online office tools • You can create and share documents, spreadsheets, presentation and even forms online with your friends, colleagues etc. What's Next? • labs.google.com • Google's technology playground • Great place to get a sneak peek of new Google technologies in the beginning stages of development The Last Part: Google Resources Where to get more information http://www.google.com/support • Google Help Central • Free guides and FAQs that tell you about Web searching in general and Google's features in specific. Google Support Newsgroup • Google has a free Usenet newsgroup: google.public. support.general • You may be able to access this newsgroup through your Usenet reader. Google Support Newsgroup • You can also search for the google. public.support. general newsgroup at news.google.com. • The easiest way to access the newsgroup is to just click on the "user support discussion forum" link on the right side of the Google Help Central page. Official Google Blog • googleblog. blogspot.com • Where Google managers, engineers, and team members make official announcements • Updated every day or so Where else can be use to find info on the internet? • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Google, Bing, Yahoo Google hacks/scripts (filetype, intitle, inurl, site) Google Trends Journals (ex: Emeraldinsight.com, DOAJ.org, HighWire.stanford.edu, Google Scholar) Scitopia.org Scirus.com Wolframalpha.com RSS readers – (Pageflakes.com) Newsgroup (Google Groups, Yahoogroups) Filesharing – Bittorent.com, Furk.net, Mininova.org Social site – Facebook, Myspace, Friendster Youtube.com, Metacafe.com etc. Reference, bibliography – Bibme.com Free Ebooks – Hongkiat.com - 20-best-websites-to-downloadfree-e-books. OPPapers.com – Research Papers and Essays StumbleUpon, Firefox addon


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Eric Foss Sets Fastest Time Ever at the Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car Challenge
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The Osborne Legacy, GM's 200 mile electric car, and electric car adoption
In 1981 the first luggable computer, the Osborne 1, went on sale to become very popular. All was well for Osborne Computer Company until Adam Osborne, in 1983, announced details of the next generation Osborne computers. The resulting sales falloff and eventual demise of OCC created the myth of the Osborne Effect, which is when a company announces a future product and the customers stop buying the current product. What does this have to do with automotive news? Consider thursday's news that GM's CEO Dan Akerson is again talking about the electric car with a 200 mile driving range that GM could be building in the next two-to-four years.
It's plausible that news of someone like GM's CEO claiming an electric car with a 200 mile driving range is just around the corner, would make potential electric car buyers go "hmm.. maybe I'll wait a couple years."
This effect may already be happening for the Nissan Leaf. Sales of the Leaf are much lower than in 2011, and there are a pair of attributes of the 2013 model which may be affecting current Leaf sales. One is that the 2013 Leaf will have an option to buy a 6.6 kilowatt on-board charger, which would give the Leaf a better effective driving range. The second is that Nissan is building a new factory in Smyrna TN, that's slated to increase Nissan Leaf production volume to over 100,000 units a year. The scuttlebutt is that by building the Leaf in the U.S., the domestic MSRP would be lower than currently.
In the case of GM, Akerson first talked of a 140+ mile driving range electric car in March, shortly after Envia Systems demonstrated the company's technology at an ARPA-E conference. That company is targeting a dramatic jump in lithium ion energy density, with a dramatic drop in cost, and if the final result turns out as projected it would be a game changer in the electric car industry.
In March, Akerson did not explicitly name Envia Systems. This week an AP report repeated statements made by Akerson to a GM employees meeting, which the AP reporter somehow was allowed to hear, where he explicitly named Envia Systems and a potential 200 mile driving range electric car in two-to-four years.
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Blasphemer Outfit Gameplay
Apr 20, 2012 - Geralt the Blasphemer shows off his gear in a short battle against a pack of Nekkers.
- 4:55 mins
Toothpicks with Ves
Apr 19, 2012 - The Toothpicks mini-game with Ves in the Blue Stripes' headquarters in Flotsam. The building is next to the brothel-i...
- 0:36 mins