| Jury-rigged, jerry-built: Maybe a problem?
The word had popped up the week before in The New York Times Magazine article, "The Sleep-Industrial Complex," all about the mattress and pharmaceutical industries. The piece included a reference to a man who was such an enthusiast for Sleep Number Beds that he "jury-rigged something similar for his bulldog." On the subject of exactly how the dog expressed its preference for a particular Sleep Number, the author was silent. Jury-rigging is a term with nautical origins. "Rig" is one of those little words so short that it contains nearly infinite meanings (an early form of nanotechnology). One of its meanings is "the arrangement of masts, sails, etc., on a vessel." In the days of the tall ships, when a vessel on the high seas lost a mast in a storm or a battle, the ship's carpenter would fashion what was known as a jury mast from spare parts down in the hold.
DHS grads put video skills to work for trinity of sport teams
If anyone had told 20-year-old Jared Rita in high school that he would be attending Super Bowl XLII, staying in the same hotel as the New England Patriots and working with the video crew on the sidelines, he might have laughed. But the 2005 graduate of Dartmouth High School will find himself doing just this Sunday. Jonathan Gotlib, 21 — Jared's best friend and fellow '05 DHS graduate — has also been enjoying some pretty remarkable company lately. He's been at the TD Banknorth Garden filming Celtics and Bruins games, just feet away from the athletes he used to watch from the other side of the camera on television. .
Semiconductor industry hits record sales of $255.6 billion
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported $255.6 billion in global semiconductor sales for 2007. Revenues were up 3.2% from $247.7 billion in 2006.The industry association said that major drivers for chip sales remained personal computers, mobile handsets, and consumer electronics. PC shipments were up 13.8%, cellphone shipments were up 20% and MP3/PMP player as well as digital camera shipments increased by about 20%, while LCD TVs gained about 50% in 2007, the SIA said.Memory devices, including DRAM and NAND flash, saw "strong pricing pressures" and average selling prices (ASPs) for both DRAMs and NAND flash declined. Total bit shipments for DRAMs nearly doubled in 2007, but total revenues declined by 7.4% due to a 39% decline in ASPs. NAND flash revenues were up 26% but unit shipments grew even faster at nearly 46%, the SIA said.
Mumbai, January 17
While most of his Bollywood associates called him a political turncoat, his newfound colleagues in politics, particularly those from his own party, dismissed him as a political novice. Some even considered him as an intruder straying into their preserved territory to spoil their fun. The badgered star belatedly got the hints from both sides. Finally, he chose his profession over politics, from which he started to distance himself slowly without making his retreat appear too obvious. IANS .
Around the world in 30 days
In fact, in our quest for Muslims living in the region, all we came across were immigrants and converts. In a region known for sensuality, salsa dancing, pork-heavy cuisine and a general air of hedonism, the modest values of Islam have little fertile ground to take root. .
Perry, small lakes are hot spots for fishing
Most of the fish we have are fairly small as we sampled about 2,300 fish and only about 10 percent of those were legal fish over 10 inches and those were pretty nice fish." Tjelmeland said some of the best crappie fishing is happening right now at Perry. "Those fish are schooled up right after the ice comes off and they're usually hanging in 12-18 feet of water in some kind of brush and as it warms up in the spring they move towards the bank and think about spawning." The crappie spawn can make a lot of fish accessible to shoreline anglers making it a favorite time of the year to fish. Rocky rip-rap and shoreline brush piles are great places to target. "Last year it was nice and the fish moved up early and during the first part of March there were guys catching them in 4-6 feet of water," Tjelmeland said of the pre-spawn pattern.
Nokia N78 - The New Candybar Nseries Device
While the N96 takes the plaudits, Nokia's N78 is probably going to be the bigger seller. With all the high spec features of the Nseries range (including assisted GPS; Carl Zeiss 3.2 megapixel lens with LED flash; and a 2GB ‘pre-fitted' memory card), but in a more traditional candy bar shape, along with an integrated FM transmitter, to pass out your music and video to a nearby radio (eg in a car). What is clear is the consistent style of the latest Nseries devices has been decided on. With a Multimedia Menu Button and NaviWheel, the physical interface started on the N81 has carried on into the N78 (and the N96), which should please software developers (and give the N-Gage developers some consistency as well). The candy bar format of the N78 is likely to go down very well in a number of territories, including America.This also appears to be the ‘basic' Nseries device which will be in the lower reaches of the price range, helping to get Nokia's ideas of the new mobility to the internet to the mass market.
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