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NASHVILLE � It's been three years since Tennessee put an inmate to death, and problems with obtaining lethal injection drugs make it unlikely executions will resume anytime soon.
NASHVILLE � It�s been three years since Tennessee put an inmate to death, and problems with obtaining lethal injection drugs make it unlikely executions will resume anytime soon.
The state�s supply of sodium thiopental, one of three drugs used in lethal injections, was turned over to the federal government in 2011 over questions about how it was imported. The short supply of sodium thiopental in the U.S. has led many states with the death penalty to seek out other drugs.
Arizona, Idaho and Ohio already have carried out executions using a single drug, pentobarbital. However, Tennessee officials are staying tight-lipped about their search for alternative drugs.
The Department of Correction spokeswoman said last week that no decision has been made on revisions to Tennessee�s current three-drug method.
�The Department of Correction has been monitoring the steps being taken by other states concerning implementation of lethal injection,� department spokeswoman Dorinda Carter said in a response to questions from The Associated Press regarding the search for new drugs.
The department declined a request from the Associated Press to interview Correction Commissioner Derrick Schofield.
He told The Tennessean this month that the state�s lethal injection protocol is a top priority and that he is pursuing alternative drugs. But he wouldn�t say which drugs are being considered or when a decision may be reached.
In addition to the shortage of sodium thiopental, records obtained by The Associated Press through an open records request indicate that Tennessee has also been unable to get pancuronium bromide, a strong muscle relaxant given to the inmate before the final injection of potassium chloride, which stops the heart.
A memo dated February 2012 stated that the pharmaceutical distributor Morris & Dickson informed the state that pancuronium bromide was recalled in May 2010 and will not be reissued. Carter confirmed last week the state has no supplies of either sodium thiopental or pancuronium bromide.
The FDA drug shortage list indicates that Hospira, which makes pancuronium bromide, says the drug would be available in the first quarter of 2013.
This has essentially stalled any executions in Tennessee. The last inmate executed by lethal injection in the state was Cecil Johnson, on Dec. 2, 2009, and the Tennessee Attorney General�s office has not asked the state Supreme Court to set an execution date since 2010. Tennessee has 83 inmates on death row.
The attorney general won�t pursue execution dates until officials are ready to proceed with executions, said office spokeswoman Leigh Ann Apple Jones.
Death penalty experts say that whenever the state makes its decision, legal challenges to the revised protocol are likely to occur.
The last major revision to the state�s execution protocols came in 2007, when then-Gov. Phil Bredesen issued an executive order to review the policies and procedures and ordered a moratorium on executions. A committee was formed, a public hearing was held and a detailed report was published on updates made to the execution manuals.
But this time the state has declined to answer many questions about what options they are considering, leaving defense attorneys and inmates largely in the dark. Under state law, changes to the lethal injection method can be made administratively without legislation. And there�s no timetable for the state to make a decision, said David Raybin, a Nashville attorney and former prosecutor who helped write the Tennessee death penalty law more than 30 years ago.
Raybin said the state is likely being silent on the issue because officials are being careful to avoid confusion or prompt legal challenges before they are ready to defend them. He said correction officials likely will be consulting with the attorney general�s office about the drugs they are considering.
�The flip side of that is if they act precipitously then they will trigger months if not years of litigation,� Raybin said. �And that would delay things as well.�
He said choosing a drug whose legality has already been tested in court might allow the state to move quickly toward resuming executions.
Some states have changed their lethal injection procedures to use pentobarbital, a barbiturate that is most commonly used to euthanize animals and treat seizures. And Missouri has switched its lethal injection method to a single, fatal dose of propofol, the anesthetic blamed for Michael Jackson�s death, although officials have not yet carried out an execution using that drug.
But both those drugs have their own supply issues and legal challenges as well, said Megan McCracken, the Eighth Amendment Resource Counsel with the U.C. Berkeley School of Law�s Death Penalty Clinic.
Germany-based Fresenius Kabi USA is one of only two domestic suppliers of propofol, and it is the only one currently distributing in the U.S. The company announced last year that it won�t sell propofol for use in U.S. executions.
McCracken said the use of propofol has been challenged in court because of the pain associated with administering the drug.
Denmark-based Lundbeck Inc., which was once the only maker of pentobarbital in the U.S., sold its rights to the drug to another manufacturer and said it never intended its product to be used in executions. The company said a distribution system meant to keep the drug out of the hands of prisons will remain in place.
McCracken said some states still use pentobarbital in executions, and at least one state � South Dakota � has indicated it may obtain that drug through a compounding pharmacy.
Compounding pharmacies mix drugs to order for hospitals and clinics. But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is pushing for more regulation of these facilities after a massive fungal meningitis outbreak last year that has been linked to a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy.
�If this practice grows, I imagine we will see additional challenges because the use of a compounding facility certainly raises a lot of questions,� McCracken said.


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Here's a move I think the Pacers should be giving a lot of thought to.
Rumor has it that New Orleans has expressed interest in Darren Collison. The Pacers need a wing that can score off the bench, a proven back up center and if they trade Collison, a back up PG. What could the Hornets offer the Pacers to help cover those gaps?
Jarrett Jack. Jack has proven that he play play the PG and SG. He can score (15.6 ppg last year), he shoots fairly well with a career 44.7% (35% 3 pt.) and he can distrbute the ball (4.2/1.9 career assist to TO ratio). Jack could back up Hill at PG and slide over and get another 8-10 mpg at SG so he can play around 24 mpg.
Collison for Jack. Looks like a pretty good move to me.

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Dear Clarem,
I am really sorry about the surgery. This seems to happen quite frequently with CC. At least you know the doctors tried the surgery, so now you look for other options. I'm sure it was very heartbreaking to hear the news, but chemo makes many with CC feel better. I wish things had turned out differently for your sister. My thoughts are with all of you.
Love and hugs,
My comments, suggestions, and opinions are based on my experience as a caretaker for my daughter, Lauren and from reading anything I can get my hands on about Cholangiocarcinoma. Please consult a physician for professional guidance.


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Chloe's Soft Serve Fruit Co. (previously known as The Soft Serve Fruit Co.) just opened a new location inside Dylan's Candy Bar last week. They're up on the second floor cafe serving their classic all-fruit soft serve. It's clean and simple with only three ingredients: whole fruit puréed and frozen, filtered water, and organic cane sugar. The signature sundae at his new location is a mango and raspberry twist with coconut flakes and fresh raspberries. When they ask if you want to top it with a hot waffle quarter - which happens to be vegan, say yes! The crisp waffles are made to order, and this could easily count as breakfast.
Chloe's Soft Serve Fruit Co. at Dylan's Candy Bar
1011 3rd Avenue, New York, NY 10065 (map)
About the author: Originally from Honolulu, Kathy YL Chan blogs at Kathy YL Chan, where she chronicles her eats and travel adventures between Hawai'i, New York and beyond. She firmly believes that there is always room for dessert.


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Near Albert Hall
Occupying a 1938 building, this hotel is across the street from Kensington Gardens, two blocks from Kensington Palace, three blocks from London's Royal Albert Hall, and a short walk from the Olympia exhibition center.
Hotel health spa
The full-service eMotion Leisure spa offers an indoor pool, steam room and sauna, and beauty and body treatments. Other amenities include a health club, restaurant, cafe, and a lounge bar.
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Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
The Kensington Close Hotel & Spa is located in the fashionable Kensington neighborhood, within a few short blocks of upscale shopping and green parks as well as the royal Kensington Palace.
Guests have access to the on-site health spa (surcharge), which is one of the largest fitness and spa facilities in Kensington. The eMotion Leisure spa, features beauty treatments, including self-tanning, body wraps, facials, and manicures and pedicures. There is also a steam room, sauna, and spa tub for added relaxation. The 59-foot (18-meter) indoor pool offers swimming classes, and the health club is equipped with multiple workout machines and offers aerobics classes.
The featured restaurant, Boulevard Restaurant, offers European specialties while the Lounge Bar and Caffe Musetti provide an array of beverages and lighter fare. 24-hour room service can also be provided.
Guests also have on-site parking (limited availability, with surcharge), and WiFi available to them. There are also 12 meeting rooms available for any business or special events.
- Number of floors - 8
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- 24-hour front desk
- Multilingual staff
- Total number of rooms - 706
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- Elevator/lift
- Business center
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- Concierge services
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- Meeting rooms 12
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- Self parking (surcharge)
- Number of meeting rooms - 12
- Free reception
- Smoke-free property
- Wedding services
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Full-service spa
- Year Built 1960
- Television in common areas
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Indoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge), Parking (limited spaces)
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Phone
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- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Satellite TV service
- In-room safe
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
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- Free WiFi
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- Room service (24 hours)
Where to Eat
Boulevard Restaurant - The main restaurant at this hotel serving an array of delicious, modern, European cuisine during breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A full English or continental breakfast is served buffet style; a buffet is also available for lunch and dinner on request, and an à la carte menu is available for dinner.
Lounge Bar - Offers a contemporary and relaxed space, offering a superb drink menu with a wide selection of cocktails, light dishes, and modern bar dining as well as a famed afternoon tea. The bar is open from 9 AM to 1 AM. Food is served between 9 AM and 10 PM.
Caffe Musetti - Open daily from 6:30 AM until 8 PM, this casual venue offers a selection of hot and cold beverages, freshly prepared sandwiches, pastries, and cakes.
24-hour room service is also available to guests.
Nearby Things to Do
The Kensington Close's on-site health club features a 59-foot (18-meter) heated indoor pool, a studio with aerobics classes, and a gym with personal trainers, 6 TVs, Precor and Cybex equipment, and cardio machines, such as rowers, steppers, and treadmills.
Children must be accompanied by an adult to enjoy recreational amenities, such as the swimming pool, health club, and spa.
Kensington Gardens, across from the hotel, is a lovely place to walk and bird-watch in fine weather.
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Unlikely cancers shake faith in Corps | Oct. 18, story
Marines deserve better
When I read this article Sunday morning I went straight to tears.
My father died a year ago from an unknown type of cancer due to the contamination. We have contacted the Marine Corps and all higher powers in the government and nothing is being done.
My father was a perfectly healthy man and went to the doctors because of back pain in October 2007. He was given medication because they said it was a pulled muscle. They then found a kidney tumor, and that was taken out in December 2007. It just went downhill from that point. He was diagnosed with an unknown type of cancer (it was in his spine) in January 2008 and was paralyzed from waist down by February '08. He passed away in May of that year.
Nothing is being done! If you want to pursue this further I would love to be of assistance in any way possible. We owe this to all the Marines who have passed because of a bad decision made by the government. I promised my dad I would find a way to settle this and I will keep my word.
Samantha Morales, Tampa
Shameful responses
Many people associated with Camp Lejeune are experiencing deadly diseases. How does the Marine Corps answer this?
The Marine Corps spokesman, Capt. Brian Block, talks about "possible adverse health effects … related to past contamination" and says that "science has yet to find a link."
Maj. Eric Dent said the Marines' leadership "is committed to understanding the issue" and that "scientists cannot give us a clear answer."
The cherry on top? Maj. Dent says, "It would be extremely interesting to see how much time these men spent at Lejeune, where exactly they lived and when."
Really warms the cockles of the heart. I'm sure the families of these victims are filled with glee about the sporting comments! Shame on the Marines, the EPA and the government at large.
Georgia Timberlake, Sun City Center
High-speed rail
Commuter rail is a more sensible goal
I couldn't help but notice that the above subject is in the news again. This seems to be pushed by the ambitious U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor. It is amazing what a lot of ego and a little knowledge can do.
This project, if the estimates are even close, will cost the taxpayers "billions" of dollars, and will accomplish what? The stated goal is to appeal to the tourists descending on the Disney/Orlando area and suck some of their travel dollars into the Tampa area. Won't happen. I hate to tell the supporters of this plan but Tampa doesn't have enough appeal to attract the tourists it thinks will come here.
More realistically, politicians and planners should look very closely at commuter rail. Granted commuter rail is not as glamorous as high-speed rail, but it sure does have a very positive impact on the community. First of all, it gets the majority of the single-occupant vehicles that travel the same routes off the road each day. People would flock to the opportunity to park their expensive gas-guzzling cars in a lot near their homes and ride a fast, silent convenient train to work
In contrast, high-speed rail would have to fight to find enough passengers to fill a few cars a couple of times a day. Rep. Castor points to the thousands of construction jobs that the high-speed rail would bring for a couple of years. What happens after that? The rail authority would reduce employment to the bare minimum to try to break even financially with the low ridership that this fiasco would bring.
I have spent more than 30 years in my career traveling throughout this great country of ours and also extensively in Europe and Canada. I have experienced the travel industry up close and personal. What is being proposed will be nothing but another Democratic tax-and-spend boondoggle which will end up being a huge drain on the country for decades to come. If these folks really want to help the constituents, then they need to focus on local mass transit, and that doesn't mean another Ybor City trolley.
Robert Perkins, New Port Richey
Special session on rail sought | Oct. 20, story
The trouble with TriRail
During a three-week stay in Pompano Beach this summer, I never used the TriRail commuter train once, and I love mass transit, especially urban trains. It's disheartening to see this desperate effort to find more funding for it as part of the scramble to get our cut of the transportation stimulus package.
I wondered why the TriRail was installed in the middle of I-95 and how South Florida totally ignored the main commercial artery parallel to the freeway called Federal Highway, or U.S. 1. This north/south axis was built before the interstate highway system and, consequently, has the density of commercial and residential enclaves that is necessary for pedestrian access to urban rail. One has to drive to TriRail, park the car in a lot smaller than the one at St. Petersburg's main library, get to the destination station and wait to transfer to a bus or two in order to get anywhere.
What TriRail needs is more feeder lines — not buses, mind you — that get people from areas like Federal Highway to the line in the middle of nowhere, streetcars, monorails. I am not a planner; I just know that it is understandable that only 11,000 people per day ride the TriRail even though traffic congestion in South Florida is among the worst in the nation.
Once again, our officials think that sinking more money into an incomplete system will fix everything. South Florida needs to take a good hard look at expanding access to TriRail, not more expensive public relations campaigns.
Jeannie Cline, St. Petersburg
Put contributors on display
Recently my two sons and I were having a discussion about our government and why it doesn't work for us. The political election process is so expensive that the candidates rely on donations from large corporations and special interest groups. Since it is a political race, it requires sponsorship, like NASCAR.
Out of this was born what we think is a great idea. While in the political race, people running for office should have to wear white coveralls with the names of their sponsors (patches) on them. Then we will know who they really work for!
If nothing else, it would make a great skit. This would probably require extra large clothing or very small patches. Actually, the patch size should be commensurate with the size of the donation, just to be fair.
Bob Murphy, Seminole
How Snowe could make health bill better Oct. 16, E.J. Dionne column
Avoid employer mandate
Columnist E.J. Dionne criticized Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, for "her opposition to a strong employer mandate." His criticism is ill-founded. Such a mandate would lead to massive job losses.
A study released earlier this year by the National Federation of Independent Businesses concluded that an employer mandate would cause the economy to shed 1.6 million jobs within the first five years of implementation.
That makes sense. Forcing firms to provide health insurance to their workers will make the cost of employing someone even higher. Many companies will respond by laying off existing workers or refusing to hire new ones, whom they'd immediately have to cover. Perversely, an employer mandate may actually increase the number of people without health insurance.
Janet Trautwein, executive vice president and CEO, National Association of Health Underwriters, Arlington, Va.
Don Wright cartoon | Oct. 22
Bias on both sides
I can't dispute that there are biased commentators on Fox who clearly favor a conservative, right-wing agenda. But there surely seems to be a double standard being employed by our current administration. Have any of them ever watched MSNBC? It is virtually Fox News in Democratic Party clothing. Welcome, America, to politics even worse than usual.
Tom McKnight, Safety Harbor
Political childishness
The Obama administration has declared war on Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and Fox News. They have apparently decided that any talk show host or news organization that chooses to disagree with them on the issues is a "fringe element" or "not really a news organization."
Barack Obama has made the calculation that he'll never get votes from Fox viewers. This is a major miscalculation on his part. Millions of independent voters watch Fox daily. He just lost many of them.
Rather than engaging their detractors with facts, liberals choose instead to marginalize, name-call, and issue boycott threats. Maybe they know they can't win a factual argument without playing these games and looking for cover. This is childishness and it's un-American. It's also what they wrongly accused George W. Bush of doing.
It is not the duty of people who oppose Obama's agenda to go away and shut up. Hopefully the Times does not support such drivel.
Jay Johnson, St. Petersburg
Homeless shelter at Floriland Mall
Neighborhood is opposed
I'm the neighborhood watch leader for an area adjacent to the proposed homeless shelter. We are extremely opposed to this idea and will fight to the end to make sure it doesn't happen.
We all feel this is a ploy by Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin White to deflect the focus off of his recent misconduct. At the same time, we cannot be subjected to what will happen to our neighborhood should this actually take place. We have huge plans in the works against this.
Kellie Nieves, Tampa
Progress' nuke hike is approved | Oct. 17, story
Citizens, speak out
The recent rate increase granted by the Florida Public Service Commission to Progress Energy amid our current recession, where federal bailouts have done little to alleviate the economic hardship at the individual taxpayer level, is unconscionable.
The rate increase will serve to increase the profits of Progress Energy, a publicly traded Fortune 500 company on the New York Stock Exchange, as well as increase executive compensation, and charge consumers for up-front construction costs for a new nuclear facility in Levy County with no return on their forced investment.
Florida Statue 366.93 allows the PSC to permit Progress Energy the opportunity to collect up-front construction costs from consumers for a nuclear facility that will not be online until at least 2018, if it survives environmental challenges to the plant location, and with no risk to Progress Energy stockholders who garnered a 9.6 percent return on their investment in 2008. The issue is made more unpalatable with the recent reporting of cozy relationships between PSC staff and utility industry officials.
The lack of action on behalf of the citizens of Florida by our elected Florida Legislature on this issue should be a bellwether issue for every voting Floridian in future elections. Write your representative and tell them what you want them to do for you, and vote based on their actions.
Gerard Meyn, Dunnellon
Climate change
Senate needs to act
With so much attention being placed on our economy (and rightly so) less is being given to our wildlife. It may seem economically a good idea to ignore it. After all, does it really matter if we lose a few polar bears or wolves?
Actually, yes. By changing, shrinking and destroying habitat, wildlife migrates and adapts. This affects not only their world, but ours too. By 2050, if we don't take strong action, 20 to 30 percent of the world's plant and animal species will be at increased risk of extinction. The more they go, the more we as humans are at risk too.
Thankfully the House of Representatives passed legislation this summer to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which are triggering climate change. Now we need the Senate to do the same. Recent legislation introduced by Sens. Barbara Boxer and John Kerry could do this.
Hopefully the people of Florida will understand the risks to their environment and act before it's too late by writing a letter to their senators.
Sarah Parrish, Clearwater
World Polio Day
Rotary keeps up the fight
I am too young to remember when children were not allowed to swim in public pools because parents feared they would contract polio. I was fortunate to not have the sound of an iron lung etched in my memory as a polio victim struggled to breathe. No one in my family was paralyzed, had withered limbs or was forced to use a wheelchair or leg braces. We in the United States are very lucky because of the mass vaccination programs for children that began soon after the Salk vaccine was created in the mid '50s.
But there are many children in the world that still contract this deadly disease. Since 1985, when polio paralyzed more than 350,000 children in 125 countries every year, ending polio has been Rotary's top philanthropic goal. Since then, polio cases have been slashed by 99 percent worldwide, with fewer than 2,000 in 2008, and just four countries remain polio-endemic: Afghanistan, India, Nigeria and Pakistan. Rotarians worldwide have galvanized governments, provided hundreds of thousands of volunteer hours and raised some $700 million to make eradication a reality. UNICEF and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have joined the partnership. In fact a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation challenge grant of $355 million is being matched with a $200 million contribution over three years from Rotary.
I am proud that my Rotary club, Dunedin North, pledged $2,000 this year to help meet the challenge. Our members, along with their family and friends, willingly save and give their change to make a difference in the lives of many. One day, polio will be no more, and Rotary will have achieved a dream for the world that started so many years ago.
Sherrie Davisvis Kinkead, Dunedin
Recent Sunshine Skyway suicide
Add a fence
I believe most if not all of these tragic suicides could be eliminated by installing an 8- to 10-foot- high aesthetically enhanced security fence that would be extremely difficult to climb over. The type of fence I'm referring to has minimum obstructions, so it wouldn't hamper our wonderful view.
I think the cost would be far offset by eliminating wasted man-hours for both responders and folks stuck in traffic for untold hours.
Sanford Goldman, AIA architect, St. Petersburg


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Blueberry Ricotta Pancakes
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
4 tablespoons melted butter
1/2 cup ricotta cheese
1 large egg
1/2 cup orange juice
1/3 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup blueberries
1 to 2 teaspoons grated orange zest
Cooking spray
Combine the flour, baking powder, soda, salt and sugar in a medium bowl. In a different bowl, whisk together the ricotta, butter, egg, juice, vanilla, zest and milk. Combine the wet and dry ingredients just until blended.
In a griddle, spay light coating of cooking spray. Spoon 1/2 cup of batter onto the hot cooking surface, drop 3 or 4 blueberries onto the individual pancakes. Flip over when bottom side is brown approximately 20 seconds top with pat of butter and/or powdered sugar.
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Another Christmas season, another year of hand wringing for Muslim-majority Indonesia's arbiters of piety.
As the Jakarta Globe reports, Indonesia's top Islamic rule-making body (the Indonesia Ulema Council) is again warning Muslims to forego all Christmas "rituals".
In other words, don't plop your kid down on Santa's lap at the mall. And don't even say "Merry Christmas," the clerics warn -- it's a slippery slope towards religious impurity.
Those who've never experienced Christmas in Asia may wonder why clerics would feel compelled to issue such a warning in the first place.
But in malls across Asia -- in Shanghai, Buddhist Bangkok and even Muslim-majority cities such as Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur -- shoppers are deluged with cheesy carols piped through intercoms. And Christmas trees. And neon wreaths and, occasionally, a plump Asian dude waving to tots in a Saint Nick suit.
Directly participating in much of that, the clerics say, is "haram" or forbidden for Muslims.
As for "Merry Christmas"?
"It's still up for debate whether it's halal or haram, so better steer clear of it," the council's chairman tells the Jakarta Globe. "But you can say 'Happy New Year.' "


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LAKEPORT -- The Board of Parole Hearings last week denied the release of a former Kelseyville man convicted of killing a Lakeport toddler and gruesomely abusing another boy more than 20 years ago.
Leonard Scott Snider, 53, was sentenced to 31 years to life in prison in 1990 for first-degree murder and felony child abuse. He reportedly continues to deny wrongdoing and claims he was wrongfully incarcerated.
Richard Hinchcliff, chief deputy district attorney for Lake County, attended the parole hearing and argued against Snider's release March 21 at High Desert State Prison in Susanville.
Hinchcliff said he told the commissioners that "because of the severity, gruesomeness and callousness of the crimes committed against the children, and Snider's conduct while in prison, the Lake County DA's Office would be attending every parole hearing for Snider and making every effort to keep Snider in prison for the rest of his life."
According to investigative reports, Snider was involved in several incidents of domestic violence against his girlfriends between 1988 and 1990, Hinchcliff said. Both child victims were sons of Snider's former girlfriends.
On April 7, 1990, Lake County Sheriff's deputies and Lakeport Police responded to a Lakeport hospital, where the 3-year-old son of Snider's then-girlfriend was dying of severe trauma, Hinchcliff said.
Snider initially told investigators the boy was injured in a fall but later admitted, "He lost it and spanked the child too hard," Hinchcliff said.
Police reportedly found several bloody areas in the child's home on Sixth Street in Lakeport. A relative of the victim told investigators she previously witnessed Snider beating the toddler.
Doctors reported the boy died of blunt force trauma to his head and had severe body bruising, cerebral trauma and swelling, a broken arm, burns on his legs and scarring all over his body, including on his genitals.
The death occurred in the same year that the 8-year-old son of Snider's previous girlfriend came forward to report a long history of gruesome abuse at the hands of Snider.
The 8-year-old said Snider beat him repeatedly, smashed his face into things, kicked him in the groin with boots, held his head under water, pulled hair out of his head, tied a rope around his neck and put him a bathtub with steaming-hot water numerous times, Hinchcliff said.
Snider also allegedly placed a rubber band around the second victim's genitals and snapped it repeatedly while covering the boy's mouth to prevent screaming.
During a post-conviction interview, Snider claimed both children loved him and he loved them too, serving as their father figure, Hinchcliff said. Snider reportedly blamed the toddler's mother for the death.
He denied ever committing child abuse during a prison interview last October, Hinchcliff said.
Snider has caused problems while in prison, getting caught with inmate-manufactured alcohol 10 times and disciplined for violence seven times, Hinchcliff said.
The parole commissioners denied Snider's release for five years. His next parole hearing would be in 2018.
Snider's conviction came in August 1990, with then-Lake County Superior Court Judge Robert L. Crone Jr. handing down the sentence The case was originally prosecuted by former DA Stephen O. Hedstrom, who is now a Lake County judge.


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The California State Auditor last week released a report saying that the state Department of Parks and Recreation's budget "weak" budget procedures have made it hard to track efforts to keep parks open across the state.
"For years the department has continually reported different fund balance amounts -- usually lesser amounts -- to the Department of Finance than it reported to the State Controller's Office for both the State Parks and Recreation Fund and the Off-Highway Vehicle Trust Fund," according to a summary of the state auditor's findings, released Feb. 14.
The practice had gone on for at least 20 years, according to the report, and the understatements reported to the state DOF over the past 12 years averaged more than $22 million annually. A $20.4 million understatement was reported in fiscal year 2010-11, according to the report.
That, combined with a $33.5 million understatement of the off-highway vehicle fund -- helped along by what the report calls an adjustment made by the DOF without informing the department's highest levels of management -- "led the public to believe that the department was hiding nearly $54 million," according to the state auditor's report.
In 2011, the state parks department identified 70 parks out of the 278 in its statewide system to close in order to bridge a state budget gap, "yet it had limited documentation of its analysis in making its selection of the parks chosen for closure and, thus, we couldn't evaluate the reasonableness of its selection," the state auditor's office wrote. "The department does not budget or track expenditures at the park level and used outdated and incomplete cost data to estimate operating costs for its parks, making it difficult to measure the impact of its recent efforts to keep the parks open."
Eight of the parks proposed for closure statewide were in Mendocino County. The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors in October 2011 wrote a letter to state lawmakers urging the state to widen its parameters when deciding which parks to close, and arguing that the move wasn't fiscally sound.
Senator Noreen Evans on Feb. 14 released a statement about the report.
"The Auditor's report confirms my ongoing criticisms and concerns that Parks failed to use the criteria developed by the Legislature in 2011 which led to the premature proposal to close 70 state parks," Evans stated. "Further, the Department of Finance transferred money between funds which should have triggered notification to the legislature and the public."
The false reports could have been avoided "had appropriate oversight been in place," Evans wrote.
According to the state auditor's report, "although various budget officers -- including the current one -- raised concerns about the differences in reporting, the budget office continued to report the different amounts. The former deputy director of administration and the former acting chief deputy director directed the current budget officer to continue reporting the information as in the past out of fear of a budget reduction."
The discrepancies were reported as early as 1999, according to the report, but weren't resolved until the fall of 2012.
"The department's former acting chief deputy director told us that when he stated at the department in 2003 as the deputy director of administration he was informed by the budget officer at the time that the difference in reporting for the parks fund was the result of an error made several years earlier that understated the amount reported to (DOF)," according to the state auditor's report.
For years, several people in the department raised concerns about the discrepancies until the department's current budget officer, who started work there in February 2011, was told by the former deputy director of administration and the former acting chief deputy director to continue the practice because "they were concerned that if the department reported the fund balances accurately, as shown in the State Controller's records, the department's General Fund appropriation could be reduced," according to the report.
In addition, the state parks department's method of estimating the costs to operate individual costs were outdated, making it hard to show how much the department would save by closing a given park, according to the report, "and to measure the impact of partnership agreements that provide funding to help pay (the department's) operating costs and offset the effects of budget reductions."
The auditor's office recommends that the department's budget office use "detailed procedures that describe how to use the year-end financial statements to report prior-year accounting information to (DOF)," including "steps to ensure that the ending fund balances reported in the most recent governor's budget and the State Controller's budgetary report agree."
The recommendations also include determining how much money it takes to operate the state's 278 parks at the 2010 funding level, and comparing that number to the most recent cost estimates "to determine the actual amount of the reductions or closures needed."


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CHICAGO -- Blake Tekotte became the third outfielder to start in Dayan Viciedo's absence, with the left fielder going on the disabled list Saturday with a strained left oblique. Jordan Danks has made two starts, Dewayne Wise has made one and two games have been postponed.
"Just get him out there and see what he can do," Ventura said of Tekotte, adding that he doesn't like players to sit too long without playing after coming up from the Minors. "You just mix and match and if one of them gets hot, you probably run with it. It's like with Gordon [Beckham] out. You mix and match and you have the ability to do that unless somebody forces you not to."
Wise, 35, has been playing professionally since 1997 and has held a utility role for pretty much the entirety of 11 big league seasons. He knows how to get ready with limited at-bats, even though it's not an easy task.
"It's really tough, especially with the beginning of the season with the weather," Wise said. "I knew coming back over here this year that I probably wouldn't get the playing time I did last year. You know, I'm a veteran guy. I know how to prepare myself to stay ready when I get the opportunity.
"But it's tough. You have to go out and prepare every day so when you do get in there, you give it the best you can."
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The presidential election is just days away, and the Republican ticket is trying to drum up some last-minute support in Pennsylvania.
Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan rallied voters at an airplane hangar at Harrisburg International Airport Saturday.
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He greeted the crowd of about 2,000 supporters, and then dove into his main topic of conversation: the economy under President Obama.
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The purpose of this study is to determine the pharmacokinetics and dosage of EPB-348 that best balances safety and efficacy among adult immunocompetent patients with an acute episode of herpes zoster.
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- To compare the time-to-crusting of vesicles on patients in each of the EPB-348 dosing arms versus the valacyclovir dosing arm. [ Time Frame: Daily assessment during the seven days of treament then weekly until Day 28 ]
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In cells infected with varicella-zoster virus, there is evidence to suggest that EPB-348 could offer clinically important advantages in the treatment of acute herpes zoster over currently available therapies due to rapid absorption and conversion to the active moiety as well as a longer intra-cellular half-life in infected cells. Clinically, these characteristics could translate into once-daily dosing versus thrice-daily dosing as seen with current therapy, leading to a higher rate of compliance and quality-of-life, especially among elderly patients. The objective of EPB348-0201 is to determine the pharmacokinetics and dosage of EPB-348 that best balances safety and efficacy among adult immunocompetent patients with an acute episode of herpes zoster. This multi-center study will randomly assign patients to either EPB-348 1000 mg once daily or EPB-348 2000 mg once daily or valacyclovir 1000 mg three times daily.
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- Females who are pregnant or nursing
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Tyring SK, Plunkett S, Scribner AR, Broker RE, Herrod JN, Handke LT, Wise JM, Martin PA; Valomaciclovir Zoster Study Group. Valomaciclovir versus valacyclovir for the treatment of acute herpes zoster in immunocompetent adults: a randomized, double-blind, active-controlled trial. J Med Virol. 2012 Aug;84(8):1224-32. doi: 10.1002/jmv.23329.
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Valomaciclovir Stearate
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Rob Neyer: "Any writer who says he'd be a better manager than the worst manager is either 1) lying (i.e. 'using poetic license') or 2) patently delusional. Which isn't to say managers don't do stupid things that you or I wouldn't."
The other thing is to consider context. Salty is a Braves prospect, and their affiliates typically play in pitcher-friendly environments. (It's one reason their pitching prospects are often overvalued.) He's also been young for the levels. What I've seen is a guy who broke out in 2005, putting up a .913 OPS in High-A as a 20-year-old, in one of the more extreme pitcher's parks in minor-league baseball. Last year? Not so good. He was slumping and he was hurt, probably related causes, but after he sat out to rest his injury he went right back to raking. He's been raking this year.
I think it's valid to question him on the general grounds of being a catcher, with all that comes with being a catcher, and maybe -- maybe -- there's grounds to question his ability to stick behind the plate, given that he's not naturally great defensively and he's tall for a catcher. But his ability to hit? I don't question that at all.
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But what about from the Braves' point of view?
For starters, it's likely the Braves would address their obvious pitching deficiencies before dealing Salty to try to upgrade an offense that has been producing more than just fine. Sure, Willie Harris will fall hard and Thorman is still very questionable as a run-producing first baseman, but cheap LF/1B production is relatively easy to find and relatively cheap to acquire.
Furthermore, I haven't seen this mentioned, but Adam Dunn is not exactly the poster child for Atlanta Braves style baseball. Philosophically, the Braves have been as pro-NL Style as it gets. Bobby Cox does a great job of taking advantage of his players' strengths, but I just don't see Adam Dunn's total package as something the Braves are seeking in a LF. As much as we ORG Redszoners appreciate Adam Dunn for what he is, the Braves are an organization that will not overlook what he is not. I can't see a team like the Braves taking that big of a hit to their OF defense, nor can I see them pairing Dunn with Andruw Jones to go back-to-back with the two highest strikeout hitters in baseball. You can certainly argue whether that's smart or not, but I just can't see the Braves organization going in that direction.
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Bingo, doesn't mean he sucks or that Cox and crew are insane, what it means is there are many paths to the goal and chances of the Braves and Dunn crossing (at the cost of players developed in their system with high ceilings) is not going to happen.I haven't seen this mentioned, but Adam Dunn is not exactly the poster child for Atlanta Braves style baseball.
I'll say this, if it happens it's very likely the baseball equivalent of the marriage of Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovett.
Griffey may actually have more appeal than Dunn right now in terms of trade value, as he's signed for next year (I never thought that would be an advantage), and is producing better offensively than Dunn. The big advantage of a team getting Dunn is having him get a looksee of the team and increasing your chances of signing him long term.
I think Griffey to ATL makes a tremendous amount of sense. He is going to be a draw when he hits 600. He is a proven veteran who has been pretty healthy this year and has finally gotten his bat right. His contract is not huge for his production and it is not that long any more. And Jr would be closer to home and playing with a legitimate contender.
Salty may be a very good prospect (top notch, in fact) but you are still talking about a prospect, a guy who you don't know what you are going to get at ML level. If ATL has an OF and offensive hole, you give up Salty for Jr every time, especially if CIN pays some of the contract IMO.
Keep Adam Dunn, obtain Salty while not sacrificing MLB talent. I don't see why this is a hard concept.
We know what we have in Adam Dunn, we know what he'll give us.
We have zero clue what Votto, Stubbs, Cueto and Wood can offer.
We have a pretty good idea what Salty can offer.
Adam Dunn > Votto, Stubbs, Cueto and Wood IMO.
Adam Dunn for the next 4 months on a team going absolutely nowhere < Votto, Stubbs, Cueto and Wood without question.
The Reds should absolutely pay Adam Dunn a contract in the range of $100 Million over 7 years, which equates to a little over 14 Million a year.
Votto should have some impact over the next 3 years, but the same can't be said about Stubbs, Cueto and Wood.
We will agree to disagree that the Reds should pay Dunn that much money. I don't think its worth it.
As for Cueto, Wood and Stubbs over the next 3 years.... you may be right, although I bet Cueto and Stubbs at least are in the majors by then and Wood is at least in AAA if he stays healthy. Of course you are forgetting about the whole thing where Dunn would be traded for Salty, so at that point you are getting plenty of production out of him as well.
There is NO WAY I pay Dunn $100M to play leftfield for me.
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I think the Reds and Redszone, need to come to terms with how they truely feel about Adam Dunn.
1. If you view him as important cog in the offensive future of the Reds, that means they must pay him ~$15 million for the next five years. He needs to go to first base as well, he isn't going to be getting any faster over that period of time. Joey Votto will probably need to be traded, and they will lose out on the opportunity to get slighly less production in terms of OPS for pennies on the dollar they will pay Adam Dunn. Assuming Votto can do what many people believe he can do.
2. Trade Adam Dunn for _______ prospect(s), or something else. I don't think you can get enough value back in return for Adam Dunn in any trade. Too many people are of the mindset that strikeouts are BAD. This extends to GM's as well.
I don't really have the answer, but I think in a market like Cincy you cannot afford to pay him what he deserves. We have been down that path with Ken Griffey Jr for the last eight seasons. The As and Jason Giambi parted ways, the Reds would probably be well suited to do the same thing with Dunn.
With all that being said, I would love to see a trade for Salty with either Dunn or Jr.
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What do you suggest as being the best Width for a Web site?That is do you think that the best Width should be set based on Percentages or Pixels?
And if Pixels, then what is the optimum Width so that the Web site looks OK across most display devices, which means requires NO scrolling to see the whole of the Web site content.
To me it seems Width set based on Percentages would be best, since then one can be sure that always the page does not scroll require, but then one looses control over the exact display of things that require set size such as images, etc.
Looking forward to your thoughts.
the absolutely best web site width evar is 100%
The best width is whatever fits on and makes best use of my screen/window.
Fixed width is a cop-out for designers, putting their convenience over the needs and convenience of their visitors. Ideally, a site will adapt for any screen size, although in realistic terms, you might want to put min-width and max-width constraints on it.
A site that is narrower than my window is wasting space (that assumes people don't have maximised windows on huge screens, because lines over about 20-30 words start to get hard to read), which is no big deal, but is inefficient.
A site that is wider than my screen is a major fail.
Yes, designing for flexible width takes a bit more effort if you're going for a clever layout with lots of positioned elements, but it's almost always possible.
Don't forget that even within a flexible site, you can have fixed width elements, where specific items need to appear at specific sizes.
Definitely 100% as that's the only width that will display at full width in all browsers.
While I agree that 100% is a great way to go, the problem is that there are times when it gets taken to far. In terms of readily there is nothing worse than trying to read an article that is 800px wide.
I am however a big fan of the whole 'responsive design' that is happening right now.
In terms of readability, there are a couple of things that are worse – one is pages that are wider than your window, and the other is bad spelling
Damn the iPhone autocorrect and these fat fingers. Thanks for pointing out the spelling errors.
Indeed there may be things worse but the topic of this thread isn't the content of the site, spelling, or even design of the site. It is the width. I rarely run into a situation where the website is wide than my screen. Is this a common problem for others? Or am I just not surfing the web enough?
1000px and 900px used in common platforms, it's what i use, 100% should be used inside the elements,(website borders and different tables make your site good looking)you also can detect user screen size with javascript(get the Width and insert to your table or css).
I frequently come across sites that are wider than my window.
I run my desktop at 1280×1024. If I run my browser windows maximised, that makes for an uncomfortably large viewport, giving long lines that are harder to read. Unless I'm looking at large images or maps or any other content that needs that much space, I don't want a viewport that big. Fortunately, Opera supports a proper MDI, meaning that I can have each tab open as a separate window within the main Opera window, and the size I find most comfortable is a width of about 900px. A significant minority of sites don't respect this and make their websites so wide that it invokes a horizontal scrollbar.
Fluid site with mostly text - 100%Fixed layout with graphics aligned precisely - 900px
I frequently come across sites with the same problem. My screen resolution is 1920x1080 so I have my browser (and all the other windows I open) set to use exactly half the width so I can see two windows side by side and no window is so wide that the content is hard to read (this gives a viewport width of 958 which I find quite wide enough for easy reading).
Kohoutek broke me of using fluid-width designs with no max-min width constraints. She has a huge monitor like yours, Stephen, and she sent me a screenshot of what one of my sites looked on her monitor. It was a revelation.
I am sorry, but "It was a revelation." to what?Are you saying that it better to have a Fixed Width rather than 100% width?
Frankly looking at all the answers here I am even more confused now than when I started this thread about what is the BEST Width decision for a Web site?
Overall I am leaning toward it being a fixed Width size in Pixels, but what amount of Pixels wide?
A revelation to the problem of allowing unrestricted 100% width.
No, fixed width is not better than 100%. It may make your life as a designer easier, but it doesn't make the user experience better.
The ideal width from the user's point of view is 100%, with a max-width set at somewhere between about 900px and 1200px (or you might want to set it in ems) depending on the layout, to ensure you don't get horrendously long lines. You might also want to set a min-width to preserve the layout on very narrow screens, but a preferable solution there would be to use media queries to alter the layout completely to fit in a single narrow column.
around 30 - 35 characters in a line of text is about as wide as you want a column to be.
You can of course have your page rearrange columns so as to fill whatever width your visitor has available.
Seriously, is it really like REAL STATE? WHITE SPACE = WASTED SPACE?
I just thought white spaces are good for viewing.I use 100% not to literally "use" them all but to have enough space and a clear viewing on what your client want to see on your website.
I think it's a matter of perspective on how creative you will use it. I think you can use 950px but still jiving with the 100% of the viewport.
Right usage is still the best and not because "STANDARD" guys told you so.
There's a balance to be struck. Yes, space on the screen is unlimited, and unlike print there's no cost to spreading things out. Getting enough white space into a design is important for readability and navigability, as well as just aesthetics. On the other hand, you don't want to waste space unnecessarily. Large gaps - particularly side gaps created by a very narrow content column - can look out of place. The more scrolling is needed, the more people might not make it as far as the bit they're looking for. That's particularly true at the top of the page (and most of all on the home page), where you need to have enough content to give people the 'information scent' to read on. If they see nothing on the first screenful that looks interesting and worth reading, a lot of people will back out there and then.
I think you can use 950px but still jiving with the 100% of the viewport.
Not when a significant number of people are using viewport widths of less than 950px, you can't...
The solution to where lines might get too long to read is to assign max-width:35em on those columns. Of course no one is going to deliberately open their browser so wide that they have difficulty reading the page content so the problem should rarely occur in the first place.
You have a touching and misplaced faith in the intelligence and sanity of the web browsing community
this may well be true (also, it's a great example of creative writing)
but stephen has it right, web authors should still take care to ensure their text is readable, and 35em is fine
i can think of one scenario where a wide open browser viewport on a large monitor makes sense, and that's to view a page which has high quality and very large images
of course, on such a page, the fewer words the better, eh


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THE RIVER Severn estuary alongside the Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) has risen to the highest level any staff and volunteers can remember since 1982.
The unusually high tide expanded the width of the Severn Estuary considerably ,with waters reaching out an extra half-mile right up to the bank that defends WWT's buildings and waterfowl gardens against extreme events.
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Mrs Jones, 40, from Yatton Keynell, near Chippenham completed the 26.2 mile course in 4hrs 15mins, 58 seconds and was delighted to beat the time she did 13 years ago, when she ran in normal running gear, by 15 minutes.
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A winter storm brought rain, hail and reports of tornado activity Tuesday afternoon to Tehama County.
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Meteorologist Johnnie Powell told the Associated Press a ''weak'' tornado was spotted north of Red Bluff on Tuesday shortly after 1:30 p.m.
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A metal storage building about a quarter-mile east of San Benito Avenue just south of Gerber appeared to have had its roof torn up by the funnel cloud.
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Southern Rep Extends A CHRISTMAS CAROL thru December 23
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Thursday, December 20, 7:30pm
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The production features John "Spud" McConnell as Scrooge with Donald Lewis, Julian Simmons, Laura Friedman, Mia Frost, Glenna Broderick, William McGovern, Burton Tedesco, Zach Rogers, and Michael Martin.
A highly inventive adaptation of the classic Dickens story, paired down to its essential elements. A traveling troupe of actors enact the play creating special effects through mime, music, dance, imagination and visual stagecraft.
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Our company history is full of interesting developments. And we couldn't help but pick out a few of our favorite milestones to share:
- 1984 — At the age of 19, Michael Dell found PC's Limited with $1,000 and a game-changing vision for the technology industry.
- 1988 — We complete our initial public offering, raising $30 million and increasing market capitalization from $1,000 to $85 million.
- 1992 — Dell debuts on the Fortune 500, making Michael Dell the youngest CEO on the list.
- 1996 — Dell.com launches, generating $1 million in sales per day just six months after site is live.
- 2001 — Dell becomes the No. 1 computer systems provider worldwide.
- 2005 — Dell tops the list of "America's Most Admired Companies" in Fortune magazine.
- 2010 — Dell is ranked the No. 1 healthcare information technology services provider in the world according to Gartner, Inc.
- 2013 — Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake Partners buy back Dell from public shareholders to accelerate our solutions strategy and to focus on the innovations and long-term investments with the most customer value.
- 2016 — Dell and EMC together become Dell Technologies - the biggest technology integration in history.