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Old Nintendo system sells for $13,105
Posted by ShopinJA in International News on February 14th, 2010
What treasures are in your attic?
Everyday folk discovering colossally valuable collectors’ items amid everyday junk has been the lifeblood of antiques shows for years, but it’s not every day you see a real-life gold-in-the-attic tale play out on eBay.
Last week, North Carolina eBay user lace_thongs35 thought she was putting up an everyday, 80s-era Nintendo Entertainment System (together with five games) up on the popular auction site. But less than an hour after the first bid, the price was over $6,000 — and on Wednesday, when the auction closed, the final selling price topped $13,000.
Why? Not the console itself, but one of the games bundled with it — a deeply obscure 1987 release called Stadium Events, a highly sought-after collectors’ item. But it wasn’t even the game itself that was worth the bulk of the money — it was the original cardboard box, which collectors value at a breathtaking $10,000. Fewer than 10 complete copies of the game are thought to exist, and retro gaming aficionados consider it one of the hardest-to-find NES games ever made.
Bet you’re wishing you hadn’t let Mom throw out your Nintendo collection now, eh?
Plane crash at airport
Posted by ShopinJA in Breaking News on December 23rd, 2009
40 passengers injured in American Airlines accident at NMIA
BY ROLAND HENRY Lifestyle Co-ordinator henryr@jamaicaobserver.com
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Go-Jamaica - Flash representation of the final moments of flight AA 331 - News
Forty passengers were reported injured when an American Airlines plane crashed and broke in two after landing at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston shortly after 10:00 last night.
“The injured passengers have been taken to the Kingston Public Hospital,” Information Minister Daryl Vaz told the Observer. “There are no reports of fatalities.”
Vaz, Transport and Works Minister Mike Henry and National Security Minister Dwight Nelson were quick on the scene and engaged in a head count from the passenger manifest to determine if anyone was missing.
An injured American Airlines flight 331 passenger is being pushed in a wheelchair by a member of the flight crewl at the Norman Manley International Airport last night. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)
Flight AA331, a Boeing 737-800, had just arrived from Miami in pouring rain with 148 passengers and a crew of six when the accident occurred.
“The plane crashed and broke almost in front of me,” said a shaken Naomi Palmer who was in seat number D8.
Palmer said she was feeling some pain and was being supported by a friend on the outside of the arrival area when she spoke with the Observer.
The plane overran the runway, smashed through the perimeter fence, crossed the Port Royal road and ended up on the beach.
Buju arrested on cocaine charge in Florida
Posted by ShopinJA in Breaking News on December 13th, 2009
BY VERNON DAVIDSON Executive editor - Publications davidsonv@jamaicaobserver.com
Sunday, December 13, 2009
THE United States Drug Enforcement Administration (USDEA) yesterday confirmed that reggae artiste Buju Banton is now in a Florida lock-up after being charged with intent to distribute cocaine.
Banton, whose real name is Mark Myrie, was held on Thursday, Florida DEA information spokesman David Melenkevitz told the Sunday Observer.
“Mr Myrie was arrested on a case based in Tampa. He is charged with intent to distribute cocaine, five kilos or more,” Melenkevitz said. “Right now he’s in custody in South Florida and he’ll be transferred to Tampa.”
BANTON... has been in the United States since September promoting his new album Rasta Got Soul
Asked when the transfer would take place, Melenkevitz said he couldn’t give a date, only that it would be “in the near future”.
Melenkevitz also said he did not know the circumstances that led to the deejay’s arrest. However, he confirmed that the arrest was not made at an airport.
Banton has been in the United States since September promoting his new album Rasta Got Soul.
His arrest comes almost two months after he rejected demands from gay activists in California that he promote respect for homosexuals via his music and at a town hall meeting.
Wray & Nephew warehouses go up in smoke
Posted by ShopinJA in Breaking News on December 2nd, 2009
At about 6:00pm Last night (Dec, 01 2009) A Raging fire broke out at the Wray & Nephew warehouse located on Spanish Town Road (Kingston Jamaica). The Amateur video below will show just how big of a Blaze the fire was.
Jamaica Observer Article
Wray & Nephew warehouses go up in smoke
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
FIRE fanned by a brisk evening breeze yesterday destroyed warehouses owned by the country’s main rum distillers — Wray and Nephew — on Spanish Town Road in Kingston.
The fire sent jitters throughout the trade ahead of the Christmas season when demand for the company’s popular liquor products hits peak. But no one was injured in the blaze, although employees who watched helplessly from outside the premises estimated that millions of dollars worth of goods went in the flames.
Neither the cause of the fire nor the extent of the damage were ascertained up to late last night.
LIME hits Digicel with $100-m lawsuit
Posted by ShopinJA in Breaking News on October 28th, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
LIME filed a $100-million lawsuit against Digicel on Monday, claiming that the Irish-owned telecom unfairly priced its landline-to-mobile rates by as much as $2.48 per minute below the rate it charges LIME to terminate its landline calls.
But the amount now being sought by the British-owned telecom is dwarfed by the $3.9-billion lawsuit it brought against Digicel earlier this year - a case which is scheduled to be heard on Friday - only days after the current action was filed.
LIME Jamaica's country manager, Geoff Houston makes a point at a press conference held yesterday at his company's head office. Listening in is Camille Facey, regional vice-president, legal regulatory and corporate affairs.
In that suit, LIME is claiming for the difference between payments per minute versus per second in respect of Fixed-to-Mobile (FTM) Interconnect Traffic. By LIME’s account, Digicel unilaterally changed the payment regime in 2003 in breach of the interconnection agreement.
Up to yesterday, the Business Observer was unable to get more details of the case to be heard on Friday, except that in the case, which will be heard in court chambers by Justice M McDonald-Bishop and clerk S Rainford, one party will argue for a stay of proceedings.
More Jamaicans said fleeing America
Posted by ShopinJA in Breaking News on October 20th, 2009
Tough economy, stricter enforcement of immigration policies trigger return home
BY INGRID BROWN Observer senior reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
BECKFORD... If the crime rate was 50 per cent lower a lot of people would return home.
Scores of Jamaicans are believed to be among the 1.7 million illegal immigrants in the United States who have opted to return home in the last two years, rather than endure the harsh realities of a tough American economy and stricter enforcement of immigration policies.
According to the US Centre for Immigration Studies (CIS), the population of undocumented persons in the United States declined by some 14 per cent or 1.7 million people between the summer of 2007 and spring of 2009.
Analyzing Census Bureau data, researchers Steven Camarota and Karen Jensenius calculate that the number of immigrants entering the USA illegally has fallen by one-third, while the number returning home has more than doubled.
“Both increased immigration enforcement and the recession seem to explain this decline,” they report.
But so far there are no clear cut figures as to how many Jamaicans are choosing this route, since persons turning up at the two international airports on the island are not required to declare what their status was in the country from which they are arriving.
However, those closely connected to the migrant communities in New York, one of the largest settlements of Jamaicans in the US, say there is an ever increasing number of our citizens who are falling into this category.
Dr Basil Wilson, dean of criminal justice at Monroe College and former provost and senior vice-president of academic affairs at John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York, said navigating the US system as an illegal immigrant has become much harder, forcing many to give up their American dream.
File photo of Brooklyn, New York where Jamaicans are said to be homeless and living in shelters, especially those who are illegal and cannot benefit from state support.
Although certain sectors, such as restaurants and hotels, depend largely on immigrant labour, stringent measures imposed by the federal government have made it much more difficult for illegal immigrants to find employment.
Men charged with Claro phone thefts
Posted by ShopinJA in Breaking News on September 24th, 2009
Some months ago it was reported that numerous amount of cell phones were stolen from a Claro Warehouse, among the phones stolen were a large number of Blackberry Bold 9000 Smart-phone Devices, the indecent was being investigated by the relevant authorities unknowing to the public. As time would have it a few months later these phones had resurfaced on the market and were being sold to unsuspecting buyers as new but ‘Branded to Claro’, when asked where the phones were sourced, many were told by a cooperate Claro Link or From a Claro Dealer, being that these phones were passed down to many different re-sellers it is possible that a large number of them had no idea they were stolen, but one still has to ask if these re-sellers had suspicions.
The persons who bought the Blackberry devices for way less than the actual value soon ran into problems as after activating their Blackberry data plan many experienced a loss in service a few weeks down the road, when they contacted their respective service providers they were advised that these devices were stolen and subsequently had to be barred from using the Blackberry Data Services. The exact amount of Blackberry Phones that went down is somewhere in the 100+ region, so as you would imagine many persons were calling the sellers asking for refunds, which to many would lead to a dead end.
Bank sues Google
Posted by ShopinJA in International News on September 23rd, 2009
Bank sues Google after emailing sensitive data to wrong Gmail account
A Wyoming bank sent an e-mail containing sensitive customer data to the wrong Gmail account, and now wants Google to reveal the identity of the account holder who received the data.
According to a court document in the case, in August a customer of the Rocky Mountain Bank asked a bank employee to send certain loan statements to a representative of the customer. The employee, however, inadvertently sent the e-mail to the wrong Gmail address. Additionally, the employee had attached a sensitive file to the e-mail that should not have been sent at all.
The attachment contained confidential information on 1,325 individual and business customers that included their names, addresses, tax identification or Social Security numbers and loan information.
After realizing what he’d done, the employee “tried to recall the e-mail without success.”
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