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The long sabbatical is over. After more than 10 years, "the doctor" is finally back in — sort of.
Anthony Edwards, who was celebrated for his stalwart portrayal of Dr. Mark Greene on the landmark medical drama "ER," is returning to network television. But this time around, he's ditched the scrubs.
Edwards is the star of "Zero Hour," a drama in the tradition of high-concept shows such as "Lost," "FlashForward" and "The Nine" — all of which have had varying levels of success on ABC in recent years. He plays Hank Galliston, a happily married publisher of a paranormal enthusiast magazine who becomes caught up in an international conspiracy after his wife is kidnapped.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - MIT men's swimming and diving will be looking to make history next weekend as the Engineers position themselves for the program's best finish ever at the NCAA Championships behind a strong medley relay and three top-five seeds.
Freshman Michael Dobson will shoulder the heaviest load for MIT in making his first appearance at nationals. The distance phenom qualified for NCAAs in three individual events, and will also play a factor if the Engineers compete in any of the freestyle relays. Dobson produced the fifth-fastest times in the nation in both the 500 (4:32.93) and 1650 (15:46.70) freestyle. Dobson will also be making a run in the 200-yard free, where he's seeded 17th with a time of 1:41.78.
Dobson won't be the only MIT athlete in the 200 free, or its only freshman. Rookie Laurent Charpentier just missed qualifying in the 100, although he delivered the 13th-best time for Division III in the 200 behind a clip of 1:41.54.
MIT hopes to secure big points from sophomore star Rastislav Racz. Seeded fifth in the 100 breast (56.40) and 12th in the 200 breast (2:05.22), Racz picked up a pair of sixth-place finishes and four All-America honors at the NCAA Championships last year.
While the individual events could power the Engineers beyond its tremendous 11th-place ranking at nationals last season, performing well in the relays will be crucial for the Cardinal and Gray. The 200 medley relay appears to be MIT's best chance at All-America recognition. Ignited in the backstroke by Jeff Zhou and capped by Racz, Charpentier and Luke Cummings, the Engineers are seeded ninth with a time of 1:32.98. The same group could make a significant impact in the standings of the 400 medley relay, despite a low seed, while Dobson would team with Zhou, Charpentier and Cummings in the free relays.
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The 27-year-old New Yorker said this was "maybe a small step for Volantis" – as she calls the battery-powered metal dress – but "a big-time step" for Lady Gaga.
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When Mike Ciochetti does something, he does it big. So when he decided to develop an airpark, he didn't just shoot for the stars. He's shooting for heaven.
Ciochetti is the man behind Heaven's Landing, an upscale airpark in the mountains of Georgia, about 90 miles northeast of Atlanta.
A race car driver and pilot, Ciochetti does everything full throttle. So it's no surprise that the airpark he's developing features a 5,069-foot concrete runway, the world's only two-story hangar complex, 1.5 acre homesites ranging from $125,000 to $285,000, with homes priced from $500,000 to $3 million.
Ground has just been broken on the airpark's clubhouse, which will feature a private lounge, dining room, fitness center, racquetball, tennis and recreational areas. A large swimming pool and Jacuzzi overlook the runway and its mountain vistas. An equestrian stable with bridle and hiking trails also will grace the community.
"Mike's dream is so much bigger than we hoped for," said Butch Harben, an airpark resident, pilot and the proprietor of Gainesville Machine Co. in Gainesville, Ga. "All we hoped for was a little grass strip, but what Mike built has changed our perspective."
Change is nothing new to Ciochetti, who never set out to be an airpark developer. A NASCAR driver by trade, he started racing in Southern Florida in the 1970s. He ultimately found success in 1999 when he was hired by Cale Yarborough Motor Sports in NASCAR's premiere Winston Cup Series for the 2000 season. With what appeared to be a very bright racing future ahead, a commitment was made to secure the acreage that is now Heaven's Landing, not to be an airpark, but to be a private fly-in estate.
Then came Oct. 16, 1999. While racing at Talladega Superspeedway — after leading most of the race and with just five laps to go — he got tangled in a multi-car collision, breaking his shoulder. Surgery and 18 months of rehabilitation shattered not only Ciochetti's dreams of NASCAR glory, but also the reality of owning his private fly-in estate.
Not wanting to lose the property, he switched gears, becoming a land developer instead of a race car driver. A long-time pilot, Ciochetti, who owns a Cessna 210, felt there was a market for an aviation community in Georgia's Rabun County. He also knew the location, tucked into the Blue Ridge Mountains and next to the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests, was relatively affluent. With Lake Burton only three miles to the southwest and Highlands, N.C., only 20 miles to the northeast, he joked, "This area is a hotbed for RAPs — Rich Atlanta People."
Floridians, looking to get away from the three H's — hurricanes, heat and high taxes — also are flocking to the area.
"Florida has been our hottest market, but we also have people from Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Maryland, California and Louisiana who have bought properties," Ciochetti said.
Of the 300 overall lots, 118 have sold. Buyers include race car drivers, doctors, company owners, corporate CEOs, judges, retired airline pilots and other professionals, covering a demographic ranging in age from 25 to 70.
Some, like Harben, are building a vacation home, while others will make Heaven's Landing their primary residences.
For Harben, discovering Heaven's Landing lets him combine his love of the mountains with his other true passion: Flying.
"I've owned a home on a lake for many years," he said. "And I love to go to the mountains, but when I do, I was away from aviation. So although I could enjoy the mountains and the lake, I couldn't enjoy my airplanes."
A true aviator, Harben, who owns a Citation jet, a Skymaster and a 182, enjoys everything about flying. He especially enjoys flying around the mountains, which are "just beautiful."
His home at Heaven's Landing, which he and his wife, Becky, designed themselves, is under construction. He describes it as a "small place," 4,500 square feet on the "tip top of the mountain."
Nothing will block the couple's view of the wilderness area, he said, adding they plan to build an outdoor kitchen and a pool. "This will be a huge playground for us," he said.
The best part? His hangar is right next to his house. In view from his hangar, which has numerous windows and a balcony, is a waterfall, he said. "We are very blessed," he admitted.
While the views and mountain-top living are a prime selling point for Heaven's Landing, what's also important is that the airpark is only three miles from the city of Clayton and its restaurants, stores and more.
"At our cabin on the lake, we were 25 miles from a restaurant," Harben said. "If you're not careful, you can become too isolated. Having just a short drive into town is a tremendous benefit."
Harben also noted that the sophistication of Heaven's Landing appealed to him and his wife. "It's on top of a mountain, but it's not rustic," he says. "It's very sophisticated, which meant a lot to my wife. I wanted to make her happy."
Keeping his residents and prospective residents happy also is important to Ciochetti. "We are a cut above," he noted. "All the roads are concrete instead of asphalt. We cater to the jet set. The 5,069-foot runway can accommodate everything from Gulfstreams to Piper Cubs."
The airpark also boasts the world's only two-story hangar complex, according to Ciochetti. By taking advantage of the mountainous terrain, the hangar's lower level is entered from the front, while the upper level is serviced via an elevated taxiway on the opposite side of the building. All hangars have full bathrooms, standing seam roofs and Wilson bi-fold aluminum doors.
Next on the drawing board is a condominium complex built on top of attached hangars. "That's really unique for an airpark," he said, noting the idea has come to life at the request of customers. "Many people are looking to downsize and simplify, not wanting the maintenance of a home."
Meanwhile, construction continues on numerous houses in the mountain-top community. Harben has already met many of his neighbors and is looking forward to many long hangar flying sessions at his mountain retreat.
"I love flying," he said simply. "I enjoy every bit of it and as soon as you meet someone else in aviation, there's that common ground.
"We're living in a time when changes in aviation are just fascinating," he continued. "As soon as you bump into somebody, you want to see what kind of new toys they have."


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Installing a ceph cluster and configuring rbd-backed cinder volumes.
Currently rbd-backed cinder volumes are only available on compute nodes running cinder-volume. Work on using rbd-backed volumes on standalone cinder nodes is underway.
First steps
- Install your build server
- Run puppet_modules.py to download the necessary puppet modules
- Edit site.pp to fit your configuration.
- Define one mon (mon0) and at least one OSD server (osd0). If you wish to test with multiple MONs, you must have an odd number of MON nodes.
- Change the cinder driver option to 'rbd'
# The cinder storage driver to use Options are iscsi or rbd(ceph). Default is 'iscsi'. $cinder_storage_driver = 'rbd'
- Enable ceph installation on your compute nodes
$cinder_ceph_enabled = true
- Specify your MON and OSD cobbler nodes
### Repeat as needed ### # Make a copy of your swift storage node block above for each additional # node in your swift cluster and paste the copy in this section. Be sure # to change the host name, mac, ip, and power settings for each node. ### this block defines the ceph monitor nodes ### you will need to add a node type for each addtional mon node ### eg ceph-mon02, etc. This is due to their unique id requirements cobbler_node { "ceph-mon01": node_type => "ceph-mon01", mac => "11:22:33:cc:bb:aa", ip => "192.168.242.180", power_address => "192.168.242.13", } ### this block define ceph osd nodes ### add a new entry for each node cobbler_node { "ceph-osd01": node_type => "ceph-osd01", mac => "11:22:33:cc:bb:aa", ip => "192.168.242.181", power_address => "192.168.242.14", }
- Enable all the ceph options.
- Note that the string 'REPLACEME' MUST be left as is.
- Generate a unique $ceph_monitor_fsid by running 'uuidgen \-r' on the command line. Unique $ceph_monitor_secrets can only be generated on a running ceph cluster. Leave this string as is.
$ceph_auth_type = 'cephx' $ceph_monitor_fsid = 'e80afa94-a64c-486c-9e34-d55e85f26406' $ceph_monitor_secret = 'AQAJzNxR+PNRIRAA7yUp9hJJdWZ3PVz242Xjiw==' $ceph_monitor_port = '6789' $ceph_monitor_address = $::ipaddress $ceph_cluster_network = '192.168.242.0/24' $ceph_public_network = '192.168.242.0/24' $ceph_release = 'cuttlefish' $cinder_rbd_user = 'volumes' $cinder_rbd_pool = 'volumes' $cinder_rbd_secret_uuid = 'REPLACEME'
- You will also need to uncomment both the path Exec statement and the puppet node statements
node 'ceph-mon01' inherits os_base { # only mon0 should export the admin keys. # This means the following if statement is not needed on the additional mon nodes. if \!empty($::ceph_admin_key) { @@ceph::key { 'admin': secret => $::ceph_admin_key, keyring_path => '/etc/ceph/keyring', } } # each MON needs a unique id, you can start at 0 and increment as needed. class {'ceph_mon': id => 0 } class { 'ceph::apt::ceph': release => $::ceph_release } } # This is the OSD node definition example. You will need to specify the public and cluster IP for each unique node. node 'ceph-osd01' inherits os_base { class { 'ceph::conf': fsid => $::ceph_monitor_fsid, auth_type => $::ceph_auth_type, cluster_network => $::ceph_cluster_network, public_network => $::ceph_public_network, } class { 'ceph::osd': public_address => '192.168.242.3', cluster_address => '192.168.242.3', } # Specify the disk devices to use for OSD here. # Add a new entry for each device on the node that ceph should consume. # puppet agent will need to run four times for the device to be formatted, # and for the OSD to be added to the crushmap. ceph::osd::device { '/dev/sdd': } class { 'ceph::apt::ceph': release => $::ceph_release } }
Installation process
- Lets first bring up the mon0 node
apt-get update run 'puppet agent \-t \-v \--no-daemonize' at least three times
- Then bring up the OSD node(s)
apt-get update run 'puppet agent \-t \-v \--no-daemonize' at least four times
- The ceph cluster will now be up.
Login to mon0 run 'ceph status' the monmap line should show X mons the osdmap line should show X osds, ensure that the OSD is marked as up.
- You can verify the ceph status with the following command
$ ceph status health HEALTH_WARN 320 pgs degraded; 320 pgs stuck unclean; recovery 2/4 degraded (50.000%) monmap e1: 1 mons at {0=192.168.2.71:6789/0}, election epoch 2, quorum 0 0 osdmap e7: 1 osds: 1 up, 1 in pgmap v17: 320 pgs: 320 active+degraded; 138 bytes data, 4131 MB used, 926 GB / 930 GB avail; 0B/s rd, 11B/s wr, 0op/s; 2/4 degraded (50.000%) mdsmap e1: 0/0/1 up
- If your OSD is not marked as up, you will NOT be able to create block storage until it is.
- Note: If You are using a disk that was previously used as an osd device, you must write zeros to the drive. Do this by running
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/DISK bs=1M count=100';
if you do not, your OSD installation will fail.
- Installing your compute nodes will run the necessary commands to create the volumes pool and the client.volumes account.
- Your compute nodes will be automatically configured to use ceph for block storage.
- Run puppet agent atleast twice on each compute node
puppet agent \-t \-v \--no-daemonize
- Once these steps are complete, you should be able to create a rbd-backed volume and attach it to an instance as normal.
nova volume-create 1 nova volume-list
- For a few moments, depending on the speed of your ceph cluster, nova volume-list will show the volume status as "creating".
- After it's created, it should mark the volume "available".
- Failure states will either be "error" or a indefinite "creating" status. If this is the case, check the /var/log/cinder/cinder-volume.log for any errors.


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At the heart of Ron Johnson's plan to turn J.C. Penney into a mini-mall of boutiques was the notion that the department-store model needed reinvention.
Yet while J.C. Penney faced challenges on Johnson's arrival — not least that its middle-income customers had been hit hard by the economic downturn — other department stores have been thriving without a radical course correction. Exhibit A: Macy's, which has turned in 12 consecutive quarters of sales growth and managed to remain relevant in an age when many brick- and-mortar retailers have lost ground to the Web.
Myron llman, who replaced Johnson on Monday as chief executive officer, turned J.C. Penney around in his first stint running the chain, only to stumble once the U.S. slipped into recession in 2008. Ullman or his successor will have to decide what parts of Johnson's strategy can be salvaged. Ditching it altogether would be costly. Too, some of the brands Johnson introduced were starting to generate buzz and sales.
"Some of the stuff he's done isn't bad, but he was bankrupting the company," said Margaret Gilliam, founder of an eponymous consulting firm in New York. The shops dedicated to home goods and the apparel line Joe Fresh "bring a vibrancy to the store that is exciting."
J.C. Penney shares closed Tuesday at a 63 percent discount to Macy's on a price-to-sales basis. That's the widest discount in the past five years, during which J.C. Penney traded at an average 2.4 percent premium to Macy's on that basis.
The chain's operations consumed $10 million in cash in the year ended Feb. 2, the first year they've done so since at least 1987, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. J.C. Penney produced $820 million in cash from operations the previous year.
Ullman declined to be interviewed for this story, spokeswoman Daphne Avila said in an email. The new CEO, also named to the board, was first asked about replacing Johnson by Chairman Thomas Engibous last weekend. That and the fact he doesn't have a formal contract with the company has raised doubts about how long he'll be there.
"Ullman makes sense in the interim" because he knows the company's operations and that will help given the urgent cash situation, Michael Binetti, an analyst for UBS AG in New York, wrote in a note to clients. "J.C. Penney does not have the luxury of time to bring in a fresh CEO that could take some time to learn the operations and develop a strategy."
The Plano, Texas-based chain reported a net loss of $985 million last year as sales sank by 25 percent to $13 billion, the lowest since at least 1987. Meanwhile the company has delayed payments to vendors, Binetti said. The shares fell 12 percent to $13.93 in New York yesterday.
At root, Johnson's vision for J.C. Penney differed little from what other department stores have been doing for some time: carrying exclusive merchandise that consumers can't find anywhere else.
Consider the legal battle between Macy's and J.C. Penney over the right to sell Martha Stewart-branded merchandise. Both companies want to use Stewart's name to lure customers into their stores. Johnson won kudos from analysts for choosing a range of cutting-edge brands, including Joe Fresh, the youth- oriented apparel brand.
Even as J.C. Penney's sales slid, there was evidence that Johnson's focus on exclusive merchandise was having an impact. The company said sales per square foot increased at locations with boutiques dedicated to Levi's, Izod, Liz Claiborne and Arizona Jean.
Ullman himself pursued a similar strategy during his previous stint as CEO, most notably with the cosmetics brand, Sephora. J.C. Penney opened more Sephora stores last year.
Johnson's emphasis on hip brands was an attempt to capture younger shoppers and "it was the right path for J.C. Penney to take," said Robin Lewis, a retail consultant in New York. "They thought they would shed older and lower-income shoppers and have a new core customer. That would be the end game. If he were given long enough to accomplish this, they would have been poised for growth."
Johnson departed from the traditional department store model with his mini-mall concept of 100 boutiques, and the company now says it's putting the stores-within-the-store in 500 locations rather than 700, as previously announced.
"We expect suspension of new shop-in-shop builds" after the home goods boutiques are finished and cuts to capital expenditures to save cash, said Binetti, who reiterated a recommendation to sell J.C. Penney shares.
J.C. Penney could do worse than take its cues from Macy's, which outperformed most if its peers after CEO Terry Lundgren began adding exclusive merchandise from such national brands as Tommy Hilfiger as well as store-brands like INC. Macy's shares have advanced 9.2 percent over the past 12 months compared with a 59 percent slide for J.C. Penney.
Lundgren built an army of local managers who are free to tailor the merchandise assortment to each of its about 800 locations. He's also trying to lure shoppers in their teens and 20s who shop at malls' specialty stores, by adding 13 new brands this year.
"Macy's is best-in-class in the moderately priced space," said Brian Yarbrough, an analyst with Edward Jones & Co. in St. Louis, who recommends holding Macy's shares. "They have done a great job over the last few years of improving the merchandise and the stores."
Cincinnati-based Macy's sales at stores open at least 12 months expanded 3.7 percent in 2012. Same-store sales sank 25 percent at J.C. Penney and dropped 2.5 percent at Sears Holdings. They advanced 0.3 percent at Kohl's and 4 percent at Dillard's.
It took years for Lundgren's turnaround plan to succeed. Revenue declined for three consecutive years before rebounding in 2011, and per-share profit had a similar sustained negative stretch, starting in 2007.
Macy's also has stolen market share from J.C. Penney by remaining promotional when J.C. Penney was trying to reduce markdowns, Yarbrough said.
"Not to take anything away from what Macy's has achieved, but for the last 15 months they also have been benefiting from Penny's problems," Yarbrough said.
Whatever decisions come in the next few months, it may be that J.C. Penney is too damaged to salvage and should be sold, said George Bradt, managing director at PrimeGenesis, a Stamford, Conn., consulting firm.
"Penney was the place where middle American women went to buy underwear, but now they have lots of other places to go," said Bradt. "Macy's has been able to survive in the middle and do well because they have a real brand and they're edging upscale, but Penney has lost its reason to exist."
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Dierks Bentley kicks off the Top Tweets of May 2012 list with a post about his sister, who's excited to go see Kenny Chensey. Maybe too excited to see Chesney and Tim McGraw when they begin their tour next month. Jake Owen's hot and sticky fun is a little more … sanctioned than Bentley's sister's, while Carrie Underwood finds herself apologizing for a strange shower she gave fans at a recent awards show.
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Miramonte girls defeat Mitty
If Miramonte High School's 69-55 girls basketball win over Mitty on Saturday was a measuring stick game, as its coach Kelly Sopak predicted, the Matadors have definitely arrived ... at a place they're likely to stay for three more seasons.
Freshman post Uriah Howard dug Miramonte out of a hole in the first half, and fellow ninth-graders Sabrina Ionescu (24 points, 12 rebounds) and Keana Delos Santos (17 points) finished it off in the second as the third-ranked Matadors (19-1) wore down the defending state Division II champions in the showcase game of the Campolindo Shootout at Bentley-Lafayette High School.
Ionescu, a five-tool 5-foot-10 forward, overcame a slow start with three late baskets in the second quarter and then took over in the second half. Delos Santos, a 5-6 guard, drilled four three-pointers in the second half, three in the third quarter.
Meanwhile Mitty (15-5), which played its seventh game in 14 days and was missing three starters because of injuries, managed just six points in the fourth quarter.
The Monarchs were also led by a freshman, Johnay Anderson (17 points, five three-pointers). Emily Dinger added 13 points, eight rebounds and five assists. All-Metro 5-11 forward Kelli Hayes was held to nine points.
"I said before the season, if our freshmen played like sophomores and juniors by February, we'd be in good shape," Sopak said. "I think we're in pretty good shape."
Literally and figuratively.
Sopak runs all 10 players on his roster in and out, and Miramonte presses full court. Mitty normally doesn't wilt, but eventually the pressure was too much. Miramonte forced 28 turnovers and had 17 steals, five each by Ionescu and Megan Reid, who also added six assists.
"We can't use fatigue or our injuries as excuses," Dinger said. "We have to give Miramonte a lot of credit. They're a really good team. We'll be back though."
#2 Carondelet-Concord 66, #16 Berkeley 58: High-scoring junior guard Natalie Romeo scored 15 of her game-high 29 points in the fourth quarter, when Carondelet (15-3) outscored Berkeley 27-13. ... The game changed when Berkeley 5-10 senior Rachel Howard fouled out with 5:35 left and her team leading 52-44. Carondelet immediately went on a 13-0 run, keyed by three baskets and two assists from Romeo, a relentless 5-7 guard who came in averaging 21.3 points per game. ... Loyola Marymount-bound Makenzie Cast had 13 points for Carondelet, and for Berkeley (11-9), Desire Finnie had 23 points and 14 rebounds, Howard 14 points and Jaiamoni Welch-Coleman 13.
#5 St. Mary's-Berkeley (17-4) 71, Brookside Christian-Stockton 52: The Panthers (17-4) had little trouble against the defending state Division V champions, as 5-10 senior Elexis Goodwin scored 18 points. ... Gabby Green, one of the top five juniors in the country, also had 18 and Cal-bound Mikayla Cowling 11, but it was Goodwin who made all nine of her field-goal attempts in the third and fourth quarters. ... Tiara Tucker, who recently had games of 73 and 63 points, led Brookeside (18-4) with 23 points.
Other games: Amelia Li had 23 points, and London Robinson tallied 13 in the second half as Oakland Tech (15-3) scored a 64-54 upset win over McNair-Stockton (20-2), which got 13 points and 17 rebounds from 6-4 junior Mandy Coleman. Keleea Pickeral-Dennis, a 6-1 sophomore, had 11 points and 11 rebounds for Tech. ... St. Mary's College-bound Sabrina Engelstad, a 6-3 post, had 13 points and 12 rebounds to lead No. 10 Heritage-Brentwood (15-4) to an impressive 55-36 win over Oak Ridge-El Dorado Hills (18-3). Lexie Campbell added 13 points and Megan Vernov nine points and 14 rebounds for Heritage. ... Ashley Ewing had 24 points, including four three-pointers, and Laura Hickey added 18 as No 14 Campolindo-Moraga (16-3) rolled to a 60-46 win over Castro Valley (3-15), which got 18 points, including four three-pointers, from Ally Woo.
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The Federal Trade Commission has begun to examine complaints by rivals of Google that the Internet giant abused its power in the market for selling online-graphical and video ads. Scott Austin joins digits. Photo: Getty Images.
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... I ... the Federal Trade Commission has started a probe into Google's display ad business will commit Digits I'm Simon Constable ... Scott Austin ... tech editor ahead of a Wall Street John joins me now to discuss this Ensco ... this'll surrounds the bundling of services and it's as a result of all public competitors saying hey this is the festival goofiness and five that's right we should note that this is just the very early stages that Google's rivals ... have ... requested that the FTC look into this and they're beginning this in in Coury ... eyes hasn't turned into a full blown investigation but what they are looking at ... is how I do go into whether Google abused its power in bundling several different had services together ... before seen publishers to to to deal with all all the services rather than just one year from Allah card so it's one hell of a bundling my my what if if if indeed that was what was happening what is that what is he acted as it is this the of the others say look we will help you pick the places it should be as well as finance units writing that I think it's a ... it's really long been an altogether and so that ... you know when you when you're purchasing and individual package whether it's just ... him you want to display ad to go on a certain area ... I hear you can force into ... a whole host of another move exactly how many different checked boxes there are ... aam ... but ... it's clear when going to go bought DoubleClick back in two thousand and seven and this was the big display ad company ... because predominately ... IPO texted ... company ... it's made its billions by putting ... text ads next to its search ... results ... in this case after bought DoubleClick it's really can push into the display outside and now it's a question of whether and if he's he's always come look that this after they left ... the clear that that the acquisition whether that had to go with abuses power is that you know obviously controls a huge part of the smartphone and a still has a heavy I mean a big potted ... of the display ad business a fifteen percent of the fifteen billion to Lamont and I mean now that is that that is a a sizable portion but it isn't completely gone and now it's all a bit of a fifty percent is not enough of this is still yearly gains accruing a Facebook is to try to really push more into this guy who inhale well also have ... a decent share ... gossip you gold is not controlled was just yet but it's worth looking at to see before you can take some of that has had a swift rise ... and is the the the leader ... isn't this what you know competitors Sunday when they lose in the business then I say oh please take show I to go please FTC in the skies but basically it's like asking the teacher saying look it's not fair when not winning ... business is now mostly go moulding maybe by the nominal one of three and that the FTC possibly a new this did happen with that ... I just recently just this this comes only a few months after the FTC came down with the decision ... it begins to love this web search engine and search advertising business the same thing happened were rivals ... like Micra soft ... Micra soft is probably with it and then it's not clear views can come a complaint in this new case but ... I've but rivals like Micra soft ... who are worried about two goals ... in his power in the search ad business ... yes it's clear that that is part of it and that's why the sudden turn into about a full on and investigations it's ... that they're still looking into the were just looking and so flawless if it does follow thank you Brian much Scott Austin tech editor of The Wall Street Journal ... I'm Simon console that was digits ...


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Known to many for creating '90s hit show The Nanny—and as Fran Drescher's gay ex-husband—the handsome Peter Marc Jacobson continues to not only be a successful producer, but still best friends with Fran and, as he explains, will always love her. Happily Divorced stars Fran and is based on the events of her and Peter's post-marriage lives together, as it would've happened today and instead of the late '90s when they separated and divorced. The show returns for a new season packed with guest stars and fan-pleasing events.
Out: What was the process behind creating Happily Divorced?
Peter Marc Jacobson: Fran and I took a vacation together to Paris after we were divorced, and we started getting into all these fights, and started going back to the way we were when married. We looked at each other and said, this would be a funny movie. We started writing it and called it Happily Divorced. Keith Cox at TV Land then called Fran and said, what would you like to do for TV if you were producing your own show ... and if you were to star in the show? She said well, that would be easy, it would be me and my gay ex-husband, and her boyfriend and our weird little triangle. She asked, should I tell you the rest of my ideas, and he said no because I just bought that one. Easiest sale in television history. [Laughs]
You publicly came out in 2010, but came out to Fran before then correct?
I actually came out 11 years ago, and everyone who knew me, knew I was out. Then a tabloid [In Touch] called about three years ago and said we are going to out you, and I said, well I'm out already … save yourself the news ... They then [asked if I] would do an interview, and I said no, because it would look like it's being gratuitous and looking for attention. So I said, why don't you just make a statement that we're friends and we love each other.
Instead, they put out the story as 'Fran Drescher outs her husband,' which was not true. The next morning it was all over CNN, and Oprah called and said, 'We want to do a show about you and Fran.' Fran and I figured, well if we are going to talk about it, we'd bring up Happily Divorced, since at that time [we working on the pilot], and Oprah said what a great idea, [about the show] on the air. Then the show got picked up. So we thank Oprah and the tabloid ... But yes, I came out years ago. I was going to the Roxy, can't come out more than that. [Laughs]
Speaking of nightlife, in Happily Divorced there is a local gay bar, the There Bar, played off Here Lounge in LA. Is Here a favorite spot?
I love going there Sunday afternoons, and The Abbey. Sunday Funday is my favorite day to go out [Laughs]. I go to the Abbey around 5 o'clock with my friends, and we have a drink or two. Then go to Here Lounge. It's like a ritual with me.
As a big Nanny fan, it is wonderful to see guests such as Renée Taylor, who played Fran's mother on The Nanny, and Charles Shaughnessy, who played Mr. Sheffield, on Happily Divorced. Who else will be making an appearance?
Renée is now a reoccurring character, and we are hoping to get Danny Davis [who played Niles the Butler] and Lauren Lane [CeCe] on, and maybe Rachel Chagall [Val]. We also have great guest stars this season - Joan Collins, Florence Henderson, Robert Wagner, and Cyndi Lauper, who just shot an episode. Molly Shannon is also doing an episode ... it takes a while for a series to get its groove going, and now this season is really out there. We are pushing the envelope.
Back to your relationship with Fran, what went on through your mind before you came out?
I didn't want her to think that I didn't ever love her. Because I always did and I still do, and I always will. I was worried people were going to think it was a business marriage, since someone wrote that it was a marriage of convenience. That wasn't the case, I was born in the '50s and I didn't even know what gay was. In my neighborhood, everyone got married at 20 years old and that was it, there was no choice; that was what you did.
Any feelings, you just put them away, and that's what I did, because I loved her and thought we could have a great marriage, but eventually, I started controlling her and dealing with her instead of dealing with my own self, burying that away. That's when the marriage fell apart, from me being controlling or as she put it, a pain in the ass. When I told her, I couldn't even tell her I was gay, I said I was dating men. She was dating a guy much hotter than me, and 16 years younger, so it made it much easier for her to accept. She said, you have to live your authentic life and be who you are, and I appreciated that and was very touched by it. She's a big supporter of the gay community and equal rights.
But while married, you were also open about your attraction to men?
I told her I was bisexual about half way through the marriage, but I didn't want to act on it. Just wanted her to know who I was. She was going through her own stuff and didn't want to be alone, and she figured I'm telling her the truth, I'm not having a double life or anything. She loved me and I loved her, and we enjoyed our marriage and went on. I guess me saying I was bisexual, I was living in a denial, and at that point I thought I was. Sexuality evolves for some people.
Happily Divorced is relatable, what has been some feedback from the public?
It's been great, people stop me on the street and I get letters from people, such as men who are still in marriages or straight people who are still divorced and living together because of the economy. It's a universal problem, you don't have to be gay or straight, you just have to have been in a relationship. It's nice that if you have had love with someone along the way [but it didn't work out], you don't have to be enemies and you can find a way back to the love. It might not be the same, but it doesn't always mean it is bad or worse ... Fran and my relationship now is much better than it was when we were married, much more mature. When we get uptight with one another, we know we can go to our own home. [Laughs]
As you said, you and Fran are both strong supporters of equality and LGBT rights. What organizations do you support and have been involved with?
We were just honored by GLAAD, they gave us a lovely award. We are very supportive of the HRC, and The Trevor Project. A little girl who was bisexual got in touch with me on Facebook saying she wanted to kill her self, and I immediately had to think, what do I do? I said please, please don't do anything, I'll give you a number to call, call them they can help ... [After couple of days] she wrote me back saying she called The Trevor Project and they really helped and [that she was] much better. It makes me so upset to think a child would think about taking their own life, but it's wonderful a place like Trevor exists.
While based on your lives, not all on Happily Divorced actually happened to you and Fran. Any parts of the show really happen to you two?
A lot of pieces exist between us, and then we evolve them into something else, Caesar and Judy are people in real life. Someone said, well Caesar is so stereotypical, because he speaks with an accent and he's a gardener, but that is who he was. Why does that have to make someone's story stereotypical, because he has an accent, why cant people be who they are, be different? I think it's charming; I have an accent... Pieces like that exist through the whole show.
How did you go about selecting John Michael Higgins to play the character based on yourself?
We could not find someone to play me, and we were looking high and low, in New York and LA, testing people right and left, but they were all 10 years too young. All great actors, terrific, but Fran said it's got to be someone my age, because that was who we were. Michael came in, the last person, and they tested together. The second they did, we knew that was him. We are so lucky to have him, he's such a brilliant talent.
Are aspects of the character Peter true about you?
[Laughs] Yes, I'm oblivious: oblivious when people are coming on to me. When the first time I went to a gay bar, I walked in with a friend and some guy came up to me and said, 'yo daddy,' and I said, 'Why is he calling me tha?' And my friend said, 'No, that is a good thing.' I said, 'Oh, it doesn't sound good. How did I already go to daddy; it's my first time in a gay bar?' So they explained to me what it meant. I'm not good at the whole scene, I try though. Part of me is like a 25-year-old at 55.
Any significant relationships coming up on the show for Peter?
He's started to date more; he's dated me on the show at the end of first season, but slowly, as in my real life. I was dating someone for a little while, but we broke up. It's hard to date in Los Angeles; I guess any big city it is. When I lived in New York it was too. I'm trying though, I'd like to have a relationship. I'm ready.
Can you tell us more about the new season, any more surprises for fans of both shows?
There is a big twist at the end, but I can't say what it is. But you won't see it coming. We have a new character that is coming in, a neighbor, played by the guy who played Charles Shaungey's brother on The Nanny, Harry Van Gorkum. They have a very cantankerous relationship, where he's a noisy kind of neighbor. Peter is working for Joan [who plays a version of her real self], and Fran has to fill in and gets her fired, so Peter and Fran have to get her job back.
A great show coming up for Judy. She has a boyfriend, and we'll have a very exciting guest star for that: Cyndi Lauper plays Renée Taylor's daughter. And Peter has been having a relationship, which he hasn't told Fran about, and that comes out. He's in a movie theater, and she sees him and says what?! He says, we are on a date, and the guy next to him says, we've been going out for three months, and she's not happy about that.
Sounds like a really packed season ahead, and it is also great that The Nanny is still on the air worldwide since 1993. Anything planned for the 20th anniversary?
We haven't thought about it, we should do something special for it. I'll need to talk to TV Land about that. Everyone keeps asking for the fourth, fifth, and sixth year on DVD. I don't know why they don't put it out. The ones on TV now are cut, so they really should put out the originals, but that is Sony Entertainment. When we did that show, we were just hoping we could pay the rent for another month. We never knew it was going to turn into what it did.
There are 12 other Nannys out there in different countries; it's the most popular show in the history of Russian television. I'm so grateful and so amazed how many people are fans of that show that made people laugh, and that was really what we were trying to do, make people laugh. They were reflections of our families. When Fran's mother saw Renée for the first time she said, thank God you didn't exaggerate my hair. [Laughs]
Happily Divorced returns November 28. Watch a sneak peak video from Fran Drescher and TV Land below:
The November 28 episode is also available early online until Saturday November 24, make sure not spoil the ending for any other fans.


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PRINCETON, N.J. - In its opening game of the 2012 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Eastern Championship, No. 6 MIT water polo lost to Mercyhurst University, 6-5, which is the lowest scoring affair so far in this year's tournament. Junior Craig Cheney (Sherwood, Ore.) was the only Engineer to net more than one goal.
Mercyhurst jumped on the scoreboard early in the first quarter, but the lead lasted less than a minute when Cheney scored his first goal of the game with five minutes left on the clock, evening the score. By the end of the period, the Engineers were behind, 2-1 but the game was tied up again just 28 seconds into the second quarter when freshman Matthew Orton (Los Altos Hills, Calif.) was able to sneak a ball past goalie Matt Cote. With four minutes remaining in the period, fellow freshman Ory Tasman (Orlando, Fla.) fired the ball into the net, leaving the score at 4-3 going into the next period.
At the end of the third quarter, freshman Kale Rogers (Newberg, Ore.), who was just named CWPA's Rookie of the Year, netted the equalizer. With two Mercyhurst goals a minute apart, however, MIT was trailing by two. With four minutes left in the final quarter, Cheney scored his second goal, slowly closing the gap. This was not enough though, as the Lakers were able to keep the Engineers from scoring another goal, ending the game with a score of 6-5.
Throughout the game, Cote made 16 saves, while sophomore keeper Spencer Boone (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) finished with 14 saves.
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HARWICH, Mass. – No. 5 seeded MIT scored first, but back-to-back two run innings by No. 4 seed Western New England were enough to lift the Golden Bears to a 5-2 victory in the opening game of the NCAA Division III Regional Baseball Tournament this morning. Senior Max Ockner (Chesterfield, Mo.) pitched seven strong innings and sophomore Hayden Cornwell (Newport Beach, Calif.) homered for the Engineers.
After a scoreless first, MIT (27-12) got on the board first. Sophomore Parker Tew (Chapel Hill, N.C.) led off the second with an infield single and then moved up to third on a double from freshman DH Nate Rodman (Corvallis, Ore.). With one down sophomore K.J. Parent (Knoxville, Tenn.) slapped one back up the middle to plate Tew with the first run of the game.
Ockner was in control early, setting down Western New England (32-11) in order in the first three innings. In the fourth, however, the Golden Bears finally broke through. A leadoff single was erased when Jeff Schult was caught stealing, but Tim Clark followed with an infield hit and with two down Steve Buckley knocked one over the fence in left to put Western New England on top, 2-1.
In the fifth Taylor Perun hit one in the gap in left center for a double that scored Steve Ambrosino, who led off the inning with a single. With two down Perun then moved over to third when Ockner was called for a balk, and then came in to score when Schult came up with a two-out RBI single to center to make it 4-1.
MIT came back in the top of the six when Cornwell slammed his team-leading fourth home run of the season to left to make it a two-run game. Tew followed Cornwell's blast with a double, but was stranded there when Golden Bear starter, Brendan Nugent, retired the next two hitters on a strike out and a ground out.
Nugent, who improved to 8-1 for the year by allowing eight hits and two runs in seven innings, then set the side down in order in the seventh before turning things over to Nick Salerno. He held MIT in check the rest of the way, allowing just a hit and a walk over the final two innings to collect the save.
Ockner also went seven innings for the Engineers, giving up six hits and four runs as he fell to 5-3 on the season. Senior Henry Zhu (Overland Park, Kan.) threw the final inning for MIT, giving up an RBI single to Mike Rubino for the final run of the game.
Tew and senior James McKinney (Wakefield, R.I.) each had a pair of hits in four trips to lead MIT. Schult and Buckley had a pair of hits for Western New England, with Buckley driving in a pair.
With the loss MIT will move on in the double elimination tournament to face No. 8 seed Daniel Webster College, who lost today to Southern Maine, 5-2. The Engineers and Eagles will meet tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. in an elimination game.


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LEGO® Robotics is our core class, where beginners learn to build and program robots using LEGO® Education's award-winning WeDo robotics and programming software.
Students follow step-by-step on-screen instructions to build their robots, and then build a suggested program to get their robots working. After that, those who are ready build more complicated programs involving motion or tilt sensors, or improvise to make their robots achieve certain tasks.
Towards the end of the session, we encourage some of the more advanced students in this class to skip the group activity and instead take our challenge to use what they've learned so far to design their own programmable car that that can move without being touched. Even our biggest LEGO® robotics buffs find this extremely challenging, but we work with them to help them succeed. If they like the challenge, we suggest our follow-on LEGO® robotics class, Robo Challenge!
Tired of having no clue what your kids do in all those clubs? We're different. A day or two after every class, your instructor will email a note explaining what the class learned in the previous session and what's next. Sometimes we even include photos and videos!
For complete information for parents whose students are new to robotics, see our beginning robotics FAQ.
The great adventure lab, formerly known as Adventures with Robots
Same company. Same management. New name to fit our growing curriculum!
Registration questions: email@example.com
(240) 442-1855
twitter: @awrobots
September 11, 2012 — 3:30 pm to
October 30, 2012 — 4:30 pm
Carderock Springs ES
7401 Persimmon Tree Lane
Bethesda, MD
United States