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Leopard will have Mac-users purring
Apple's new operating system draws on the success of the iPod and iPhone to make using a personal computer fun and straightforward. Several of the most exciting features come directly from iTunes, the music program that works with Apple's music players and cellphone. I tested the new operating system, Mac OS X Leopard, on a MacBook Pro laptop with a 17-inch screen. Leopard comes pre-installed on all new Apple computers and sells for $129 for a single-user license. Apple says Leopard has more than 300 new features, but I'm going to focus on three key areas: organization and time saving, backup and mail. I don't always do the best job organizing documents, pictures, music and other files on my computer, so I sometimes waste a lot of time looking for what I want. One way Leopard tackles this issue is with "Stacks," a handy new way to store items you access often.
NYC Briefing: FDNY Commissioner Says More Buildings inspectioned
Of the 4,000 top scorers on this year's Firefighter exam, 33 percent (1,333 candidates) are minorities. This is, by far, the highest percentage of minority scorers at the top of the list in Department history. Moreover, in each of the first four groups of 1,000 – that is, from list number 1 to 1,000, from list number 1,001 to 2,000 and so on – about 33 percent of the candidates are minorities. That means more minorities than ever will become probationary Firefighters starting with the very first class drawn from this list, which we expect to enter the Fire Academy in the summer of 2008. Here's the breakdown of minorities among the top 4,000 scorers: 18 percent (722) are Hispanic; 12 percent (491) are Black; and three percent (114) are Asian. All of these percentages are significantly higher than the list from our last exam in 2002, when only nine percent of the 4,000 top scorers were Hispanic and four percent were Black.
Report: NKorea Replies to Bush Letter
The North recently conveyed a brief verbal message to the U.S. through their U.N. delegation in New York, saying the North "appreciates President Bush's letter, will fulfill its obligations and expects the U.S. to perform what it has to do," South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported from Washington, citing an unnamed diplomatic source there. Yonhap said the North Korean message was the country's first official response to Bush's letter but that it did not directly answer Bush's demand for full disclosure. It was unclear whether the North Korean message was from leader Kim. The White House had no immediate comment, said spokesman Trey Bohn. The South Korean Foreign Ministry and the U.S. Embassy in Seoul also declined immediate comment. Bush's letter to the North was viewed as an indication of warming ties between the U.S.
Offshore Wind Proposal Gains Fans in Delaware
Since 2000, the amount of electricity the country gets from wind has more than quadrupled, according to Energy Information Agency statistics. Yet, wind projects still generate less than 1 percent of the nation's electricity. Texas has the most wind energy of any state, followed by California, Iowa, Minnesota and Washington. The country's largest wind farm is in Horse Hollow, Texas. So far, the country has no offshore wind farms. But offshore projects are in various stages of planning and development off Texas, Massachusetts and New York. .
California cornerback commits to UH
Like most successful puzzle solvers, the University of Hawai'i football team is starting with the corners. The Warriors yesterday secured a commitment from Steven Christian, an athletic cornerback from Kennedy High School in Sacramento, Calif. The Warriors' starting cornerbacks, Gerard Lewis and Myron Newberry, complete their NCAA eligibility at the end of the Jan. 1 Sugar Bowl. "Yes, I'm going to be a Warrior," said Christian, who is 6 feet 1 and 175 pounds. Christian said he will put his commitment in writing Feb. 6, the first day high school prospects may sign binding national letters of intent. Christian, who can run 40 yards in 4.5 seconds, made 91 tackles in 10 games during his senior season. Christian was named to the Sacramento All-Metro first team.
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