Category: politics

Miami-Dade demographic data

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US Census released American Community Survey, 2005-2009 data set that gives a snapshot of the American population.  The Herald  reported on the data for Miami-Dade and Broward.

Some interesting facts:

  • Miami-Dade’s population about 2.5 million.
  • 61 % Hispanics, 20 % Blacks, the rest being mostly white non-Hispanics.
  • Median family income : $39,000 – Blacks, $45,000 – Hispanics, $84,000 – White; $62,000 – US

via Miami-Dade is rich, poor, polarized and getting better educated – Miami-Dade – MiamiHerald.com.

The War on Cameras – Reason Magazine

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The War on Cameras – Reason Magazine.

It has never been easier—or more dangerous—to record the police.

Be aware you can go to jail for recording(video and audio) and photographing public officials, especially the police.

“There’s this idea that just because charges are dropped, there’s no harm,” Miller says. “But that isn’t right. There’s definitely harm when someone is illegally arrested and has to spend a night or more in jail. Your life is disrupted. You now have legal bills to deal with. There’s also harm when a cop wrongly tells someone they can’t photograph or record. He’s intimidating them into giving up their rights.”

DMCA fixed.

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From the EFF

EFF Wins New Legal Protections for Video Artists, Cell Phone Jailbreakers, and Unlockers
Rulemaking Fixes Critical DMCA Wrongs
San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) won three critical exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) anticircumvention provisions today, carving out new legal protections for consumers who modify their cell phones and artists who remix videos — people who, until now, could have been sued for their non-infringing or fair use activities.

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Wired.com on the story.

Ars Technica also explains