Monday, February 25, 2013

NYT: Barnes & Noble may be moving away from Nook hardware

NYT: Barnes & Noble may be moving away from hardware

Barnes & Noble's hardware division hasn't exactly been glowing recently, and if one New York Times source is to be believed, it'll take more than cute (and charitable) rhymes to keep investors happy. According to the NYT source, company executives want to shift from making Barnes & Noble branded hardware to licensing its content to other manufactures. "They are not completely getting out of the hardware business, but they are going to lean a lot more on the comprehensive digital catalog of content," the paper was told. The source went on to explain that the company will emphasize this new strategy in its Q3 2013 fiscal report next week, committing to building deeper relationships with device makers like Samsung and Microsoft. The unnamed informant didn't say which devices the bookseller planned to shelve, but we wouldn't be too surprised to see the more expensive SKUs fall by the wayside. Either way, we'll see the facts for themselves when the company posts its earnings next week.

Update: Barnes & Noble followed up with us to clarify the situation, stating plainly that it has "no plans to discontinue our award-winning line of Nook products."

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Source: New York Times

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/24/nyt-barnes-and-noble-less-hardware/

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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Greece helicopter prison escape attempt foiled

ATHENS, Greece (AP) ? A helicopter swooped down on a prison courtyard Sunday as armed men on board fired on guards and lowered a rope to help a convicted killer make his fourth attempt to escape from a Greek prison.

But the plot was foiled after the prisoner was shot and the chopper forced to land in the prison's parking lot.

The dramatic escape attempt was one of a handful involving helicopters in Greece, and the first time such plans have failed.

Authorities said the chartered helicopter ? carrying two armed passengers, a pilot and a technician ? first tried to rip off the chicken-wire fence surrounding Trikala prison with a hook dangling from a rope. But that didn't work, so a rope was lowered down to whisk away Panagiotis Vlastos. Another prisoner, an unnamed Albanian national also in the courtyard at the time, may also have been part of the escape plan.

At the same time, the armed passengers used AK-47 assault rifles to fire on the prison guards. One guard, who was inside a post, was slightly injured by shards of flying glass. He and others returned fire, injuring Vlastos, who had managed to climb into the helicopter, as well as the helicopter's technician. Vlastos fell from a height of about 3 meters (10 feet) into the courtyard, and the helicopter was eventually grounded in the parking lot.

Vlastos, 43, is a convicted murderer and racketeer serving a life term who had tried and failed three times before to escape from prison.

Prison officials told TV stations Mega and NET that they recovered well over 500 bullets fired from the helicopter. The Ministry of Justice, in statements describing the escape attempt, added that the helicopter passengers also carried, but did not use, "improvised explosive devices."

Authorities said Vlastos was wounded in the legs but is being treated in the prison hospital because his injuries were not deemed serious enough for a transfer elsewhere. The technician's hand was slightly wounded.

It was not immediately clear if the pilot and flight technician had willingly participated in the escape attempt or had been forced to fly to the prison, which is located 328 km (205 miles) northwest of Athens. Also unclear was whether the second would-be escapee was in on the scheme or just happened to be in the courtyard and tried to take advantage of the situation.

The helicopter was hired from a western Athens suburb and was supposed to fly to Thessaloniki, in northern Greece. But it deviated from is flight path to head to the prison.

This is the third time a helicopter has been used in an attempted prison escape in Greece. Convicted criminals Vassilis Paleokostas and Alket Rizaj were whisked by helicopter from the high-security Korydallos prison in Athens in June 2006. They were caught, but escaped for a second time ? again using a helicopter ? in February 2009. Paleokostas is still at large.

Vlastos was first arrested in 1994 in the murder of two members of a rival criminal gang. He was convicted last year as the behind-the-bars mastermind of the kidnapping of shipping tycoon Pericles Panagopoulos. Panagopoulos was kidnapped in January 2009 and released after eight days, when a ransom of ?30 million was paid.

While awaiting trial for the kidnapping, Vlastos tried to escape in December 2011 from Korydallos prison along with three members of armed anarchist group Conspiracy Nuclei of Fire. The four used a pistol and knives to take hostage three prison guards and 25 visiting relatives of other prisoners. The four surrendered to authorities after a five-hour standoff.

Vlastos had also tried to escape, unsuccessfully, in 1994 and 1998.

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Demetris Nellas contributed to this report from Athens.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/greece-helicopter-prison-escape-attempt-foiled-220755584.html

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Saturday, February 23, 2013

Great news for Americans aged 35 and younger! You have less household debt than...

Household debt falls sharply among younger Americans: study

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The recession had a strong impact on young Americans who saw the credit crisis up close: they are taking on less credit card debt, delaying plans to buy homes and owning fewer cars,

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Sunday, February 17, 2013

What should we do to improve school/education - The Student Room

(Originally Posted by Pings)
At my school I would like to see new and improved teachers; they could undergo numerous tests - firstly to see if they actually like kids, if they can handle teenagers, how well they can teach and finally the higher the qualification the better. ie if the teacher is a Doctor they are more likely to enjoy their subject and teach it better Although it may be harder for state schools to employ teachers with a higher qualification (I'm not sure if the government would have to pay more for them?)

The latest textbooks for students, written by the exam board you are with. I take latin and we use Cambridge Latin Course books but I'm taking an OCR exam so the textbook only helps for really basic/waaaay too complicated grammar and a little bit of vocab.

More teachers; so the staff to student ratio is a lot smaller, students would then feel more comfortable to ask questions

Have interactive white boards in every teaching classroom

Have a lesson based on life skills and general knowledge; it's too easy these days to 'live in a hole'

Cheaper, healthy food in the Dinning Hall/tuck shop. Any food is brain food

And finally to have a more lively atmosphere!

hope this helps!

Source: http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2261537

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

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9 Rome bars and restaurants charged for serving minors

ROME?Nine individuals have been arrested for selling alcohol to minors at local establishments on Saturday night, according to the Rome Police.

During an undercover investigation members of the Rome Police Community Impact Unit and Oneida County Stop DWI checked approximately 17 different locations in Rome.

Locations where alcohol was sold to a minor were:

Korps Corner, 800 West Dominick Street

Applebee?s, 1794 Black River Blvd.

Palisades Hotel, 1921 North James Street

Trace?s, 1109 Oneida Street

Bucky?s, 1305 Floyd Ave.

DeMatteo?s Bar, 705 East Dominick Street

Lupia?s Bar, 701 East Dominick Street Continued...

The Mill Bar, 611 East Dominick Street

Philly?s Bar, 415 West Dominick Street

Locations that did not sell alcohol to a minor were:

Midnite Mikes Bar, 443 South James Street

Legends Sports Bar, 526 Erie Blvd. West

Rhine Haus, 513 West Dominick Street

Black River Ale House, 1747 Black River Blvd.

Aquino?s, 910 Floyd Ave.

Sammy G?s Bar, 417 West Dominick Street

Ramblin Inn, 415 North James Street Continued...

ROME?Nine individuals have been arrested for selling alcohol to minors at local establishments on Saturday night, according to the Rome Police.

During an undercover investigation members of the Rome Police Community Impact Unit and Oneida County Stop DWI checked approximately 17 different locations in Rome.

Locations where alcohol was sold to a minor were:

Korps Corner, 800 West Dominick Street

Applebee?s, 1794 Black River Blvd.

Palisades Hotel, 1921 North James Street

Trace?s, 1109 Oneida Street

Bucky?s, 1305 Floyd Ave.

DeMatteo?s Bar, 705 East Dominick Street

Lupia?s Bar, 701 East Dominick Street

The Mill Bar, 611 East Dominick Street

Philly?s Bar, 415 West Dominick Street

Locations that did not sell alcohol to a minor were:

Midnite Mikes Bar, 443 South James Street

Legends Sports Bar, 526 Erie Blvd. West

Rhine Haus, 513 West Dominick Street

Black River Ale House, 1747 Black River Blvd.

Aquino?s, 910 Floyd Ave.

Sammy G?s Bar, 417 West Dominick Street

Ramblin Inn, 415 North James Street

Delvecchios Bar, 416 West Dominick Street

The police charged those individuals with first degree unlawfully dealing with a child, a Class A misdemeanor.

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Source: http://www.romeobserver.com/articles/2013/02/11/news/doc511931beab417482555176.txt

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