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I never seem to catch the good shows when they premiere; I end up hearing about them later from friends who are incredulous when I tell them I haven't seen it. For example, I've never watched an episode of Lost on television (try not to let your jaw hit the floor). After much insistence by a friend of mine, I picked up disk one of season one and must say I'm interested enough to add the title to my Blockbuster list. Even if I catch up to the new season I doubt I'll watch it on TV; commercials drive me crazy and that's 20 minutes of the hour. The exception to this rule is for new episodes of House. I can't get enough of Hugh Laurie, and the fact that Dave Matthews guest-starred recently is enough to mentally justify the mindless ad content.
Technology-wise I get behind as well. I buy quality stuff that I believe will last, and then I don't bother looking to see the newest gimmick that replaced it six weeks later. I was using an old RCA dvd player I bought back in '99 for years before my husband insisted that we must have a new one. Apparently it's embarrassing to own electronics that are older than a 5 o'clock shadow.
MP3 player? I bought a RIO with a whopping 64mb of memory (with room enough for 256mb expanded). This worked well for me. I can't listen to more than 30 to 40 songs at a time anyway. Lo' and behold, this past Christmas I ended up with a new iPod. Lots of space, sure...but I'm not thrilled with the iTunes software - and as funny as this may sound, I lose music: as in, I forget I even added it, and it's doubtful that I'll "browse" across it when there are 1,000 other songs to scroll through.
Fashion? Forget it. I like comfort. I don't care if wearing running shoes lands me on "What Not to Wear," I refuse to wear those painful pointy heels that are oh-so-trendy these days. I'm a jeans and t-shirt kind of girl, and when the rare occasion arises that I must "dress up," I'm told I clean up well (I don't know why this is considered a compliment - You thought I was dirty?).
I suppose I can understand watching your favorite TV show when it premieres. But the rush to stay up-to-date on electronics and clothes and trends blows my mind. If it's comfortable - if you like it - if it works, what the hell's the difference?
First Case: School Bus Death
What Happened: A young man earlier this week was crossing the street at 6:30 in the morning on his way to school, on a five-lane street, and was struck by a bus and killed.
Why It Happened: It was said that the teen was wearing very dark, long clothing that made him impossible to notice on the road, especially considering the dark morning conditions. How does this pertain to trends? Black and white teens alike both seem to have a strange passion for long shirts and sagging pants, especially black colored hoodies and jeans. My preferred atire for school is jeans at an acceptable length (I wear a belt) and a T-shirt, that actually fits me! I wear a medium when kids who are shorter than me wear and X-Large!
What Could Have Been Done Different: Just wear clothes that actually fit you!! Not everyone wants to see your boxers when you lift up your shirt to wipe your nose, or rub your stomach or chest, or whatever it is you hot young guys do for attention...Narcissism is a sin for a reason. I'm not going to try and say he got what was coming to him, but it still could have been avoided.
The Second Case: Cyber-Bullying
What It Is: Cyber-bullying is a new term being adopted by school corporations to refer to bullying that occurs via the Internet (specifically a popular "MySpace" or blogs alike), or cellular phone. If a student makes a slanderous, cruel, or otherwise bullying/offensive statement about a teacher or student, he/she can now be held responsible and face punishment.
Why It's Bullshit: You can't govern the Internet. That's why it was created in the first place: An escape from the rest of the world. There are no rules (not to say there aren't laws), no boundaries. Do whatever you like, whenever you like. New policies for this so-called cyber bullying infringes on First Amendment Rights, and basically defeats the purpose of the Internet. Why use it if you can't make funny pictures of teachers in lude positions with Photoshop? Why use it if you can't say Tyler is a douchebag and needs to shut his mouth? Why use it if you can't post pictures of naked ladies on message boards? These are all simple joys that will soon be outlawed if these ridiculous policies aren't stopped. Now for the second problem here: GROW UP!!! "Oh, woe is me, I received a text message that was rather offensive indeed!" Yeah, I wrote that just know, and it kinda rhymes. But it basically sums up everyone's complaints that put this policy in affect in the first place. "Make him stop visiting my MySpace, mommy." GROW UP!!! life has problems and you have to deal with it. the schools can't protect you from everything, sweetheart. "He said he wanted to sleep with me!!" Yeah? Well, stop dressing like a slut, you slutty McSlutSlut. Then people won't harrass you about your body. Plus, MySpace is gay. If MySpace did not exist (which I am feverishly working on making a reality), then this stupid fucking policy would not have to exist. "He made a mean comment on my MySpace page! Woe is me!" GROW UP GODDAMMIT, Stop with your fucking complaining, get rid of that myspace, and get a life. Goddamm.
Okay, that's about all I have to say. If you don't agree with me on what i just said, then GROW UP and suck the big one!!!
On May 15, 2006, The Bureau of Justice Statistics release the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) report on Local Police Department for 2003. The following are highlights from that report.
How does your local agency measure up?
Personnel
• As of June 2003 local police departments had about 581,000 full-time employees, including about 452,000 sworn personnel. There were about 11,000 more sworn and 4,000 more nonsworn employees than in 2000.
• Racial and ethnic minorities comprised 23.6% of full-time sworn personnel in 2003, up from 22.6% in 2000, and 14.6% in 1987. Women comprised 11.3% of officers in 2003, up from 10.6% in 2000, and 7.6% in 1987.
• From 2000 to 2003 the number of black or African American local police officers increased by 1,500, or 3%; Hispanic or Latino officers by 4,700, or 13%; officers from other minority groups by 850, or 7%, and female officers by 4,400, or 9%.
• Sixty-one percent of departments had officer separations during the 12-month period ending June 30, 2003. Overall, about 32,100 officers separated, including 16,100 resignations, 9,400 retirements, and 2,600 dismissals.
• Sixty percent of departments hired new officers during the 12-month period ending June 30, 2003. Overall, about 34,500 officers were hired, including 28,800 entry-level hires, and 5,300 lateral transfers/hires.
• During the 12-month period ending June 30, 2003, 21% of local police departments had full-time sworn personnel called-up as full-time military reservists. Overall, about 7,500 officers were called up.
Budget and pay
• Departments had total operating budgets of $43.3 billion during fiscal 2003, 10% more than in 2000 after adjusting for inflation. Operating expenditures in 2003 averaged $93,300 per sworn officer, and $200 per resident.
• In 2003 starting salaries for local police officers ranged from an average of about $23,400 in the smallest jurisdictions to about $37,700 in the largest. Operations
• Fifty-nine percent of departments, including more than 75% of those serving 250,000 or more residents, used foot patrol routinely. An estimated 38%, including more than 95% of those serving 500,000 or more residents, used bicycle patrol on a regular basis.
• In 2003, 92% of local police departments, employing 98% of all officers, participated in a 9-1-1 emergency system compared to 32% and 60% in 1987. In 2003, 73% of Departments, employing 90% of all officers, had enhanced 9-1-1, compared to 7% and 26% in 1987.
• Eighteen percent of departments had officers assigned full time to a special unit for drug enforcement, with about 12,000 officers assigned nationwide. Nearly a quarter of departments had officers assigned to a multi-agency drug task force, with about 6,000 officers assigned full time nationwide.
• Twenty-seven percent of local police departments were responsible for providing court security, 18% for serving civil process, and 9% for operating a jail.
• Thirty-six percent of departments had drug asset forfeiture receipts during 2002, including more than 80% of those serving 25,000 or more residents. Nationwide, receipts totaled about $298 million, or $642 per officer.
• Fourteen percent of local police departments, employing 44% of all officers, maintained or created a written community policing plan during the 12-month period ending June 30, 2003.
• Nearly half (47%) of departments, employing 73% of all officers, had a mission statement that included some aspect of community policing.
• Fifty-eight percent of all departments, employing 82% of all officers, used fulltime community policing officers during 2003. Collectively, there were about 54,800 local police officers so designated.
• Thirty-one percent of departments, employing 67% of all officers, trained all new officer recruits in community policing. This included more than 3 in 4 departments serving a population of 100,000 or more.
• Sixty percent of departments, including more than 80% of those serving 25,000 or more residents, had problem solving partnerships or written agreements with community groups, local agencies, or others during the 12-month period ending June 30, 2003.
• Forty-three percent of departments, employing 74% of all officers, used fulltime school resource officers in 2003. Collectively, these agencies employed about 14,300 such officers.
Highlights
• Nearly all departments had a written policy on pursuit driving. Three-fifths restricted vehicle pursuits according to specific criteria such as speed or offense. About a fourth had a policy that left the decision to the officer’s discretion, and 6% discouraged all vehicle pursuits.
• Ninety-five percent of departments, employing 99% of all officers, had a written policy on the use of deadly force. Ninety percent, employing 97% of all officers, had a policy on the use of nonlethal force.
• Sixty-two percent of departments had written policies about racial profiling by officers. This included about 9 in 10 agencies serving populations of 250,000 or more residents.
• Thirty-nine percent of departments had a written plan specifying actions to be taken in the event of a terrorist attack. This included a majority of departments serving 10,000 or more residents.
• Eighty-four percent of departments, employing 95% of officers, had written policies or procedures for handling juveniles; 59%, employing 81% of officers, for responding to the mentally ill; and 27%, employing 42% of officers, for interacting with homeless persons.
Equipment
• In 2003 the .40-caliber semiautomatic was the most commonly authorized sidearm, with 62% of departments authorizing its use by officers.
• An estimated 99% of departments authorized use of chemical agents such as pepper spray during 2003, up from 51% in 1990.
• In 2003, 74% of local police officers were employed by a department that required at least some field officers to wear protective body armor while on duty, compared to 30% in 1990.
• Nationwide, local police departments in 2003 operated an estimated 242,700 cars, or about 1 car for every 2 officers employed. About a third of these cars were unmarked.
• Nearly 1 in 3 departments used dogs for law enforcement work, including more than 90% of those serving 100,000 or more residents. About 2% used horses, including most of those serving 250,000 or more residents.
• Fifty-five percent of departments regularly used video cameras in police car during 2003, compared to 37% in 2000. There were about 49,000 in-car cameras in use during 2003. Eleven percent of departments operated traffic enforcement cameras during 2003.
Computers and information systems
• From 1990 to 2003 the percentage of local police departments using infield computers increased from 5% to 56%. Departments using infield computers employed 83% of all officers in 2003, up from 30% in 1990.
• From 2000 to 2003 the percent of local police officers employed by a department with infield computer access to vehicle records increased from 67% to 78%. The percent employed by a department with infield computer access to criminal history records rose from 29% to 39%.
• In 2003, 55% of departments used paper reports as the primary means to transmit criminal incident field data to a central information system, down from 86% in 1997. During the same time period, use of computer and data devices increased from 9% to 38%.
You can view the complete report here
Areas of adoption
Linux adoption in Government
- Brazil's PC Conectado program
- City of Munich has chosen to migrate its 14,000 desktops to Debian [1]
- US Department of Defense, use and develop open source software
- City of Vienna, has chosen to start migrating its desktop PCs to Linux [2]
- Spain has been noted as the furthest along the road to Linux adoption [3], for example with Linux distribution LinEx
- State owned Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) is rolling out Linux in all of its 20,000 retail branches as the basis for its web server and a new terminal platform. (2005) [4]
- In 2005 the Peruvian government voted to adopt Open Source across all its bodies. The 2002 response to Microsoft's critique is available online [5].
- In January 2006, Venezuelan open source law goes into effect, mandating a two year transition to open source in all public agencies. [6]
Linux adoption in schools and education
- The $100 laptop, a cheap laptop running Linux, will be distributed to millions of children, especially in developing countries.
- Macedonia deployed 5,000 Linux desktops running Ubuntu across all 468 public schools, and 182 computer labs (December 2005) [7]
- Italian schools in Bolzano have switched to a custom distribution of Linux (FUSS Soledad GNU/Linux), which will be used by the 16,000 students in the area when they return on 12 September 2005. [8]
- Brazil has around 20,000 Linux desktops running in elementary and secondary public schools.
- The Netherlands has an initiative called "Open Source en standaarden in het onderwijs", in English "Open source and standards in education". [9]
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Bundled with computer hardware
- PlayStation 3 will come with a Linux OS pre-loaded on the hard disk system. Due to large penetrating of PlayStation platform, (200 million units worldwide in 10 years) Linux will have a great penetration possibility being bundled on PS3. [10]
Trends and history
- 1983 (September): GNU project was announced publicly
- 1991 (September): first version of the Linux kernel was released to the Internet
- 1999: Linux is the most popular Internet serving OS, counted by domain name, with 28.5% of market (Zoebelein)
- 2001: Linux in use by 35.5% of Japanese corporations (Impress Corporation)
- 2001 (second quarter): Linux server unit shipments at 15% annual growth rate IDC
- 2002 (July): Linux and Microsoft (Windows XP and CE combined) have 30% share each in terms of developer use for future embedded projects (EDC).
- 2002: 25% of servers and 2.8% of desktop computers running Linux (IDC)
- 2002: Linux in use by 64.3% of Japanese corporations
- 2002 (October): 59% of developers expect to write Linux applications in the next year (EDC)
- 2004 (second quarter): Linux server unit shipments at 40% annual growth rate (IDC)
- 2004: Linux shipped on approximately 50% of the worldwide server blade units, and 20% of all rack-optimized servers. (IDC [11])
- 2004: Linux deployments in retail increased 34 percent over 2003 (IHL)
- 2004 (February): 1.1 million developers in North America working on F/OSS projects
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