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Reviewed By James Z (High Point, NC) Reviewed for a 1993 Chevy Corvette —5/18/2015 12:52 PM
I guess that my expectations were high based on the description that was given and the reviews that were shared. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing in particular wrong with this cover. I guess I just expected something amazing. It's OK. It works.

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Trade deadline: Pominville, Gaborik move
The NHL trade deadline day ended with Marian Gaborik going to the Columbus Blue Jackets, Jason Pominville joining the Minnesota Wild and the Ottawa Senators and Tampa Bay Lightning filling needs in a player-for-player swap. How the day went down:
5 p.m.: The final trade
The Nashville Predators send Martin Erat and minor league Michael Latta to the Washington Capitals for 2012 first-round pick Filip Forsberg.
4:30 p.m.: Awaiting Capitals trade
General manager George McPhee was supposed to meet the media at 3:30 about a trade. We're still waiting for the trade call to be completed and the players to be informed.
4:20 p.m.: Pominville particulars
The Jason Pominville to Minnesota Wild deal would send goalie Matt Hackett, forward Johan Larsson, a 2013 first-round pick and a 2014 second-round pick to the Buffalo Sabres. The Wild gets the Sabres' fourth-round pick in 2014.
3:35 p.m.: Coyotes part with two
Matthew Lombardi was traded to the Anaheim Ducks for Brandon McMillan, who has 91 games of NHL experience. The New Jersey Devils gave up a seventh-round pick to get Steve Sullivan.
3:30 p.m.: Luongo speaks
Interviewed about not getting traded, Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo said: "My contract sucks. That's what the problem is." That is why Luongo is always a media favorite. He never hides, always faces the music. He always answers questions. He has always been a class act.
3:29 p.m.: Bruins add defenseman
Wade Redden was traded from St. Louis to Boston. GM Peter Chiarelli knows Redden from their days together in Ottawa.
3:25 p.m.: Leafs add defenseman
The Toronto Maple Leafs gave up a fourth-round pick to get defenseman Ryan O'Byrne from the Colorado Avalanche. Solid depth addition.
3:09 p.m.: Luongo stays put
Here's what we know: Roberto Luongo wasn't traded. The Chicago Blackhawks made only a minor-league deal, and the Detroit Red Wings made no deal. ESPN's Pierre Lebrun reports that the Montreal Canadiens didn't make a deal. TSN reports that Winnipeg made no deal, though the Jets did pick up Mike Santorelli off waivers. Frankly, the Canucks will get more by trading Luongo next summer.
3:03 p.m.: Sharks land Raffi Torres
The San Jose Sharks replace the grit lost with the trading of Ryane Clowe by acquiring Raffi Torres from the Phoenix Coyotes for a third-round pick.
3 p.m.: Deadline passes, but stay tuned
The NHL trade deadline has officially passed, but there apparently still are fireworks to come. Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo was just pulled off the ice. Usually, there are a handful of trades reported late because it takes time to register them with the league.
2:58 p.m.: Sabres captain on the move
Still awaiting the details, but Buffalo has traded its captain Jason Pominville to the Minnesota Wild. He is the third captain to be moved in this trade deadline season, following Calgary's Jarome Iginla and Dallas' Brenden Morrow. This is a big move for the Wild, sending a message to fans that they believe they are in contention for a Stanley Cup. Although the team has performed well, the Wild still need scoring and Pominville will help.
2:50 p.m.: Gaborik dealt to Blue Jackets
The Marian Gaborik-to-Columbus deal certainly gives sportswriters something to write about. The Rangers receive Derek Dorsett, Derick Brassard and John Moore and the Blue Jackets get the speedster Gaborik. The Blue Jackets receive a proven goal scorer, a true star to sell to fans. The Rangers get the feisty forward Dorsett, who should instantly become one of coach John Tortorella's favorites, plus a younger forward in Brassard and developing defenseman in Moore who is an exceptional skater. Gaborik had to waive a no-trade clause to make this deal happen.
2:30 p.m.: Steve Mason heads to Flyers
A run on goalies. The Philadelphia Flyers, according to RDS, have acquired Steve Mason from the Columbus Blue Jackets. This is not a big gamble for the Flyers because Mason will be a restricted free agent this summer. He will be auditioning to see with the team next season. If they don't like what they see from him, they can cut him loose this summer. He is a former NHL rookie of the year who hasn't played well since his first NHL season.
2:15 p.m.: Conacher swapped for Bishop
The Tampa Bay Lightning acquire goalie Ben Bishop from the Ottawa Senators in what is the biggest trade of the day. The Lightning give up rookie Cory Conacher and a fourth-round pick. Both teams get an asset they need. With Bishop and Anders Lindback now on the roster, the Lightning probably are now comfortable that one of them will emerge as top performer in net. Conacher is a late bloomer who had more goals (nine) and points (24) than any player in the Senators' lineup.
2:02 p.m.: Panthers sign prospect
The Florida Panthers announced they have signed prospect Nick Bjugstad, and that might be one of the top news items of the day. He has scored 46 goals over the past two seasons at the University of Minnesota. He still had a year of college eligibility remaining. The Panthers wanted to sign him last season because he is projected to be a key player in their building effort. He's 6-4 and he is expected to score at the NHL level.
2 p.m.: One hour to go
With an hour to go in the NHL trade deadline, general managers must be on spring break because nothing seems to be happening in the marketplace. Toronto general manager Dave Nonis just said he doesn't expect to do anything. As hard as this is to believe, we may need a Ben Bishop Sweepstakes just to spice up the proceedings.
1:45 p.m.: The day so far
With 1:15 left before the trade deadline, we've seen three trades involving legitimate NHL players. The guys who have moved include a third-pairing defenseman (Scott Hannan), a fourth-line center (Jerred Smithson) and a player who has already cleared waivers this season (Jussi Jokinen). This has not been a day for big-name players moving.
1:30 p.m.: Penguins add Jussi Jokinen
Jussi Jokinen cleared waivers recently because teams were wary that he's under contract for next year at a $3 million cap hit. But the Carolina Hurricanes were willing to pay some of his salary, as allowed this year under the new collective bargaining agreement. The Penguins would not have been interested in the deal otherwise. The Hurricanes get a conditional sixth- or seventh-round pick.
1 p.m.: Two hours to go
With two hours to go until the trade deadline, we've seen only two deals involving true NHL players.
12:55 p.m.: Jerred Smithson goes to Oilers
Jerred Smithson is going from the Florida Panthers to the Edmonton Oilers for a fourth-round pick. He is known as an exceptional faceoff guy and he understands his value as a role player. Eric Belanger, who fills that role in Edmonton, is on the injured list.
12:48 p.m.: Our first real trade, Hannan to Sharks
The San Jose Sharks make the first trade of the day involving a true NHL player when they acquired defenseman Scott Hannan from the Nashville Predators for a conditional sixth-round pick. Hannan previously played in San Jose. At 34, Hannan is still a gritty competitor who gives the Sharks some depth. They previously traded Douglas Murray to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
12:30 p.m.: A trade, sort of
The first trade of deadline day involved the Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks swapping centers. But don't get your hopes up. The deal sent Maxime Sauve from Boston to Chicago for Rob Flick. They have a combined one game of NHL experience among them. Sauve, 23, a former second-round pick, played one game for the Bruins in 2011-12. This is his fourth season in the American Hockey League. Flick is 22 and he's a former fourth-round pick. He is playing his second season in the AHL.
12:10 p.m.: Waiver pickups
The Philadelphia Flyers picked up Adam Hall from the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Winnipeg Jets grabbed Mike Santorelli from the Florida Panthers. Hall can fill the role of Max Talbot, who broke his leg the other day and is out for the season. Kurtis Foster, Drew MacIntyre, Steve Montador, Rostislav Olesz and Cam Barker all cleared waivers.
12:05 p.m.: Red Wings' needs
The Detroit Red Wings have been mentioned often as a team in search of help on defense. But their defense actually has exceeded expectations, and the coaching staff is content with that group. The team's most pressing need is for a proven scorer.
Noon: Three hours to go
Only three hours remain before the NHL trade deadline expires and we have not had a single trade. That's like waking up on Christmas and finding no presents under the tree.
11:29 a.m.: Report says Kipper is staying
TSN's Darren Dreger tweeted, "Sources indicate (Miikka) Kiprusoff will stay in Calgary and retire at the end of the season." Toronto Maple Leafs goalie James Reimer has to be happy with that news.
11:25 a.m.: Quiet so far
Yes, it's quiet so far, but usually things don't get buzzing until noon. However, last year, the first deal (Andrei Kostitsyn to the Predators) occurred at 10:45 a.m.
11:15 a.m.: Pominville's name out there
The best forward available in the marketplace now might be Buffalo's Jason Pominville. But he has one season left on a deal paying him $5.3 million next season. If the Sabres move him, they would have to get back a player who would be a significant contributor next season.
11 a.m.: Hannan's experience appealing
When it comes to sizing up defensemen, general managers often talk about games played. That's why Nashville's Scott Hannan, with 937 NHL games under his belt, might be someone who could move now. He's injured now, but he's expected back soon. He's clearly not in Nashville's plans. With his experience, Hannan might be worth looking at for an insurance policy.
10:48 a.m.: Quiet day for Coyotes?
It sounds as if the Coyotes won't sell off any key assets. "We want to give our team and Coyote fans, who have been incredibly supportive the last few seasons, every opportunity to qualify for the playoffs," GM Don Maloney says.
10:44 a.m.: Guy Boucher weighs in
Did former Tampa Bay Lightning coach Guy Boucher forget what day it is when he scheduled a conference call at 4:30 p.m. today? Either that's the case, or he didn't want want many members of the hockey media on the call.
Sarah McLellan of Gannett's Arizona Republic says she is not convinced the Coyotes will trade Derek Morris, but she says he is the most likely defenseman from the team to move. She says the Coyotes would have to be bowled over by a deal to move Yandle.10:32 a.m.: Coyotes update
10:30 a.m.: Quiet so far
Starting to hear too many teams saying they might not do anything today. It's clear that there are not enough available players to help contending teams. That's why the Pittsburgh Penguins moved early.
10:02 a.m.: Over/under for the day
With most of the big-name players already moved, the over/under for the number of trades today might be 15. It might be a day to take the under.
10 a.m.: Good fits
Deals that seem like a good fit: Ben Bishop to Tampa Bay or Edmonton or Carolina. Miikka Kiprusoff to Toronto. Raffi Torres to Montreal.
9: 55 a.m.: Keith Yandle talks
The Philadelphia Flyers and Phoenix Coyotes have had very serious discussions about defenseman Keith Yandle, but they got stuck when GM Don Maloney wanted the wrong two forwards off Philadelphia's roster.
9:50 a.m.: Keep an eye on Whitney
If the Edmonton Oilers keep defenseman Ryan Whitney, it's a good indication that they believe they can make the playoffs.
It's always a difficult decision knowing when to leave the rebuilding mode and when to start aggressively acting like a legitimate contender. There's a tendency to stay in rebuilding mode too long.
Fans should at least appreciate the symbolism if the Oilers keep Whitney.
9:45 a.m.: Pitkanen out for season
With Joni Pitkanen gone for the season with a broken heel bone, the Hurricanes probably will be looking for another defenseman in today's marketplace.
Pitkanen was injured chasing the puck on an icing call. That certainly will come up when the NHL makes the decision about whether to change the icing rules this summer. The chase for the puck in those situations isn't exciting enough to put players at risk.
The recovery time on Pitkanen's injury is 10-12 weeks.
9:35 a.m.: Goalies could be moved
This might be the strongest goalie market we've ever seen on trade deadline day. Roberto Luongo, Miikka Kiprusoff, Ryan Miller and Ben Bishop are all being discussed.
But it would seem as if it would be hard to move Luongo and Miller because their teams would want assets that are more difficult to part with during the season. Kiprusoff would be easier to move because the Calgary Flames seem to be stockpiling draft picks.
Bishop's price is said to be a pick and a prospect. The over and under for goalies moving today is probably one.
9:20 a.m.: Quiet day for Predators?
The Nashville Predators (4-1-2) in their last seven are scrapping to make the playoffs, but they are not likely to add. The only guy they might move would be injured defenseman Scott Hannan.
9 a.m.: Role players could draw interest
With most of the big names gone, NHL general managers will be looking primarily for role players. Here are some of the possible veteran "rental" players that might be targeted. A rental is a player whose contract expires this summer. That list includes:
-Raffi Torres (Phoenix): He's a 220-pound winger with some bite to his game. Will chip in some big goals. The Coyotes, in a fight to make the playoffs, would have to think long and hard about trading him.
-Eric Nystrom (Dallas): Played almost 400 NHL games and is very dependable in his role
-Jochen Hecht (Buffalo): Can play center and wing, and has 14 seasons of NHL experience. has 59 games of NHL playoff experience.
-Jerred Smithson (Florida): Wins 54.8% of his faceoffs, and can kill penalties.
8:50 a.m.: Salary breakdowns
The breakdown of some of the players who signed extensions on Tuesday:
-Vancouver Canucks' Chris Higgins: Four years at $2.5 million each
-Columbus Blue Jackets' Mark Letestu: Two years at $1.2 million and $1.3 million.
-Washington Capitals' Jack Hillen: Two years at $700,000 each


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1941 : FDR puts Coast Guard under control of the Navy1941 : FDR puts Coast Guard under control of the Navy
On this day in 1941, President Roosevelt announces that the U.S. Coast Guard will now be under the direction of the U.S. Navy, a transition of authority usually reserved only for wartime.
The Coast Guard was established as the Revenue Marine Service by Alexander Hamilton, secretary of the treasury, in 1790. In 1915, the U.S. Lifesaving Service, formed in 1878, and the RMS combined to become the Coast Guard. During peacetime, the Guard was under the direction of the Department of Treasury until 1967, when the Department of Transportation took control. But during war, it was under the control of the U.S. Navy. What made FDR's November 1 announcement significant was that the United States was not yet at war-but more and more American ships were nevertheless becoming casualties of the European war.
The Coast Guard's mission is to enforce all laws applicable to the waters within U.S. territory, including laws and regulations promoting personal safety and protection of property. It provides support and aid to all vessels within U.S. territorial waters. It is charged with inspecting sailing vessels and their equipment for violations of safety regulations, as well as lighthouses, buoys, navigation equipment, and radio beacons. The Guard operates and maintains a network of lifeboat and search-and-rescue stations, which also employs aircraft.
The Guard's wartime duties include escorting ships, providing port security, and inspecting ships for everything from illegal drugs to munitions. They also have powers of interdiction-the right to stop, board, and inspect any vessel suspected of threatening U.S. security. In fact, Coast Guard ranks are analogous to those of the U.S. Navy; even the uniforms are similar. The Guard is headed by an admiral appointed by the president. Women have served in the Guard since 1973.
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Police in Philadelphia are investigating how a 5-year-old boy managed to bring 22 bags of crack cocaine to a day care center this week.
The 5-year-old's stash was discovered after a teacher's aide at St. Cyprian Children's Center noticed a bulge in the boy's pocket around 9:20 a.m. Tuesday. That's when the aide found a plastic baggie containing the individually wrapped baggies. The aide confiscated the bag and turned it over to the director of the center who immediately called police.
The boy was reportedly told by his father, who lives in Upper Darby, to leave the bag in his pocket and not take it out, NBC News reported.
According to a statement from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, the staff at the children's daycare are fully cooperating with authorities.
"The aide reported the matter to an administrator, who immediately called 911. Police responded to the call and determined the substance in the bag to be crack-cocaine," the Archdiocese of Philadelphia said in a statement. "Law enforcement secured the bag and removed it from the premises. Staff and administration from the Children's Center have cooperated fully with police during the course of their investigative work throughout the day and will continue to do so. Information regarding this matter was communicated to all families served by the Children's Center earlier today. We are grateful to the Philadelphia Police Department for their swift response and their ongoing partnership with us in maintaining safe environments for the children and young people entrusted to the care of the Church and her various ministries."
The drugs were not passed out to any of the other children. No injuries were reported.
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So I guess Tron was the pretty much the first film to tell of how a person went into a digital world completed a quest and then returned to the real world. If you know of any other others let me know.
For the launch of our client's ePrint product we played with this concept firstly using architectural mapping to create an augmented reality display at the South Bank . We then tried to create play with some of the TRON: Legacy imagery to create a visual experience that could be both printed and posted onto the web.
The idea was to highlight how the web is not just encroaching into the external world but creating links back and forth using wireless printing and posting to social networks. The 'outernet' is a phenomena still in it's infancy but it is certainly fun to investigate.


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Hello, I'm having trouble with one of my triggers. It's supposed to add the date to the beginning of an entry before it is inserted into the database.
My table name is UserBlog with columns blogEntryID(INTEGER), username(VARCHAR2(20)), blogEntryDate(DATE), blogEntryTitle(VARCHAR2(50)), blogEntry(VARCHAR2(500)).
Here's what hasn't worked:
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER bfInsert_userblog
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SELECT seq_blogEntryID.NEXTVAL into :NEW.blogEntryID from DUAL;
--append date to beginning of user's entry
:NEW.blogEntry := to_char(sysdate, "Mon. DD, YYYY: ") || :NEW.blogEntry;
I also tried
:NEW.blogEntry := CONCAT(to_char(sysdate, "Mon. DD, YYYY: "), :NEW.blogEntry);
....amongst other things like declaring the to_char(date) into a variable and likewise with :NEW.blogEntry but I keep getting compilation errors.
This is a homework assignment so it has to be done via a before insert trigger so please keep solutions within that frame please. Thanks.


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Chevron completes repairs at damaged refinery unit
Chevron Corp. says it has completed repairs at an area of its Richmond refinery that was damaged last year in a fire.
The Contra Costa Times reports ( https://bit.ly/XXWLpG ) that production will not begin in the repaired crude unit until final regulatory approvals are given, which could be by the end of June.
The refinery was damaged by the August fire that sent a towering plume of black smoke into the air. Thousands of nearby residents complained of respiratory issues after the blaze.
The company received a nearly $1 million fine from state workplace safety regulators, who said Chevron didn't heed its own scientists' advice to replace the old, corroded pipe that failed and caused the fire.
Sean Comey, a company spokesman, says the company is improving safety and oversight.


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20th November – Pub meet: RubyConf aftermath
This month the meeting will be two weeks after RubyConf so we will all be getting together to discuss any exciting news that may have found it's way out onto the blogs. Maybe drink some curry and beer too!
7:00pm :: Social meeting in The Paramount
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Sporting KC clinches Eastern title
Sporting Kansas City wrapped its second consecutive Eastern Conference regular-season title with a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Union.
C.J. Sapong sent the club into the MLS playoffs with a win, Wednesday night, pushing the club's unbeaten streak to 12 games and giving it a massive wave of momentum as it chases its first MLS Cup title since 2000.
''It's a totally new season coming up,'' Sapong said.
Antoine Hoppenot scored an equalizer early in the second half for the Union (10-17-6), but Sapong answered when Kamara found him open on the wing late in the game. Sapong's shot past Union goalkeeper Zac MacMath found the back of the net for his ninth goal of the year.
''We knew it would be a very difficult match today. There wasn't much for them to lose,'' Sporting KC coach Peter Vermes said. ''The important thing is that we came out to play.''
Jacob Peterson had the other goal after entering the game as a first-half injury substitute for Sporting KC (18-7-9). Its franchise-record point total of 63 is six clear of second-place D.C. United, which has one game remaining in the regular season this weekend.
Sporting KC opens the two-leg conference semifinals on the road Nov. 3 or 4 against an opponent yet to be determined. The return match is Nov. 7 at Livestrong Sporting Park.
''We know a whole new season starts,'' Vermes said, ''and it's a clean slate, and it's not going to be easy. I think right now we're ready for it.''
Peterson came on as a substitute when Paulo Nagamura had to limp off with a sprained left ankle in the 33rd minute. He got his chance to make an impact in the 40th, when Sapong swung a pass to Kamara on the wing, and he pushed the ball ahead to Peterson the breakaway.
Peterson out-ran the Union's Carlos Valdes to reach it first, and then ripped a shot just past the outstretched hands of MacMath to give Sporting KC a 1-0 lead.
It was Peterson's career-high fourth goal of the year.
Sporting KC had a chance to add to its lead in the final minute of first-half stoppage time when Sapong set up Graham Zusi in front of the net. The U.S. national team member sent a shot at MacMath that he saved in self-defense, and then another on the rebound that he also saved.
The Union attacked early in the second half, and Matt Besler was called for a foul on Danny Cruz in the penalty area. Michael Farfan took the shot and Jimmy Nielsen made a sprawling save to his left before Hoppenot - a second-half substitute - drove home the rebound for the tying goal.
Hoppenot's fourth of the year was only the 27th that Sporting KC allowed in 34 games this season, but it proved to be a costly one for Nielsen. The goalkeeper was less than a half away from matching Tony Meola's MLS and club record with 16 shutouts set during the 2000 season.
''He'll tell you that the number-one thing is htat we won,'' Sporting KC defender Matt Besler said. ''We'll all replay that one in our minds a little bit, but it's not the important thing.''
The important thing is that Sporting KC is the top seed in the Eastern Conference.
The club will begin pursuit of another title in a couple weeks, grateful it won't have to worry about pesky Philadelphia. The Union pounded Sporting KC 4-0 on June 23, the only time outside an exhibition game against Montpellier-Herault SC that an opponent scored two or more goals.
Sporting KC rebounded to beat Philadelphia 2-0 in the U.S. Open Cup semifinals.
''We expect to be here,'' Besler said. ''It's a feeling we expect. It's a big accomplishment to be here two years in a row, but we want more than this.''


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Apple has a lot of knowledge regarding its users, which it uses to improve its services and offerings, including names, addresses, locations and purchase histories. But what it doesn't do with that data is share it with advertisers very freely. That makes Madison Avenue very mad, according to a new AdAge article detailing why Apple, and Amazon (which operates in a similar manner) aren't having an easy time of building their respective advertising businesses.
Apple might come out ahead of its competitors on data, if it would share.
That's a telling quote from the piece, which refers to the quality of Apple's information, which is "one of the best" according to a former Apple software manager and one of the key architects of iAd's data-measurement platform. But what it reveals to its advertising partner is next to nil; rather than offering a cookie-based ad-tracking and targeting mechanism, it essentially requires partners to tell it what kind of audience it needs to reach, and then trust that Apple will handle the rest, AdAge says. And it's well worth noting that Apple prioritizes customer privacy here over a big potential upside in ad revenue.
As Apple itself notes on its official advertising page, advertising partners get access to analytics and performance reporting, as well as customized campaign creation with either automatic or manual targeting options, which include factors like geography, gender, age and specific user preferences. But what it doesn't do is hand over the keys to all that data and let advertisers plug into it directly with their own data-mining and targeting software. That's not standard for the ad industry and that's likely the reason a few Madison Avenue feathers are ruffled over their approach.
Of course, Apple's approach is in keeping with its overall goal of maintaining customer satisfaction. Happy customers are customers who know their sensitive data is protected and used responsibly. The iAd logic is clear: Apple offers to drive engagement, as well as provide granular reporting and easy campaign tweaks to capture a better rate of return on investment, but it isn't willing to draw back the curtain to make that happen (nor is that even required, the company would likely argue).
Apple has caused discomfort before in an established industry in the process of maintaining its relationship with its users intact: When it rolled out the iPhone, carriers had to give up their role as an intermediary between phone manufacturer and end user, as Apple refused to allow the kind of bloatware and service/goods delivery portals that had provided revenue streams to carriers for years. This is a similar reimagining of an established way of doing business, but one that I'd argue will ultimately prove just as beneficial for the average consumer.
Advertisers, too, seem to be willing to admit the value of Apple's system. A number of top advertisers are on board with the platform, after all, and some have been since the start. The platform has a reach of over 600 million users worldwide, with unique advantages in terms of audience segmentation. Just like with carriers, the upside is too big to ignore, and that could ultimately help contribute to an industry shift.


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System Center Data Protection Manager
System Center Data Protection Manager (SCDPM) is Microsoft's enterprise backup product. For years, administrators employing SCDPM in production received expressions of alarm, sympathy or dismay when they related this fact. Competing products were superior – and SCDPM lacked the track record to be fully trusted.
With the release of the 2012 suite, it's finally safe to openly say that SCDPM doesn't suck. If that wasn't enough, SP1 brings a raft of new features - and the really neat stuff starts happening. SP1 sees Cluster Shared Volumes get backup support at usable speeds and deduplicated volumes see support. All the new Hyper-V features are supported, including uninterrupted protection for VMs undergoing live migration.
If Hyper-V is your virtualization stack, SCDPM 2012 is a nice to have. SP1 will be essential.
System Center Operations Manager
System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) is Microsoft's systems and software monitoring package. Like any good monitoring package, it can monitor a plethora of operating systems and applications. This includes Java Enterprise Edition (JEE). The JEE monitoring is not to be overlooked; many critical enterprise applications are implemented in Java, making this is a "stop and consider" feature.
With 2012, SCOM has high availability baked right in, so your monitoring system won't go down if your servers do. SP1 brings expanded Linux, Azure, .NET, MVC and WFC support. My favorite feature is the ability to peer into Hyper-V switches via SCVMM.
As with any good monitoring solution, the list of devices and applications that are compatible with SCOM is exhaustive. The compatibility list is large enough – and growing at such a rapid pace – that the quickest way to figure out if your device is supported is not to Google it. Call your vendor and / or Microsoft instead.
Monitoring applications rarely see revolutions in functionality. The usual model is a steady evolution of support for various frameworks, APIs, products and so forth. Year-on-year, SCOM has not disappointed: it is the best product on the market to monitor a Microsoft environment.
Results are more mixed when we start talking about heterogeneous environments. Competing products can and often do offer more support and functionality outside the Microsoft ecosystem. This is often at the cost of poorer monitoring of Microsoft's offerings.
SCOM is a fantastic product, but try before you buy. Whether or not SCOM will meet your needs better than a competing product depends entirely on the fiddly little details of the environment you support.
System Center Orchestrator
System Center Orchestrator (SCO) is the still-under-contraction nervous system of the System Center suite. Microsoft borged Opalis at the end of 2009, and Orchestrator, a workflow automation product, is based on software it gained through the acquisition.
It still feels like a product that is not quite integrated properly into the rest of the collective. Given Microsoft's history, the next version should be pretty amazing. For now, Microsoft's massive ecosystem needs time to digest SCO before we start seeing the full potential of this application.
Dubbed "automation software," SCO boils down to a WYSIWYG cron job generator. If you've used SQL's management suite to create Server Agent jobs, you know what I'm talking about. For those who haven't, picture making "scheduled tasks" with Visio, except that these tasks can control everything on your network.
Along with its hooks into Microsoft's various applications, SCO takes advantage of "integration packs" provided by vendors. Deploy hundreds of apps in a click, sling VMs to and fro, even play the Tetris theme by power cycling blades.
SCO is worth the time to learn, but I'm nervous about giving this robot root access to every widget in my data center. I want a lot of someones to walk through that particular minefield ahead of me.
System Center Service Manager
System Center Service Manager (SCSM, formerly System Center Reporting Manager) is a help desk/ticket system. I've had little use for SCSM in the past. I'm a Spiceworks fan and, for the SMEs I work with, Spiceworks is a big hit.
I found the language used throughout the app a bit off-putting. Consider that the SP1 features list for SCSM proudly proclaims the ability to pivot by cost center. If you can stomach that, you in a completely different market from me.
From the standpoint of raw functionality, SCSM does what you'd want a ticketing system to do. SCSM 2012 also includes some neat data warehousing features. It collects information on everything it can find; system configuration, system events, who moved which VM or responded to what ticket. SCSM can see everything you do (for which System Center has hooks to provide visibility,) and keep a record of it.
Throw some reporting on this and you can (in theory) see exactly what changes happened when and how they might have caused a given problem. I have my doubts about the uptake of this; if all the switches are flipped, this becomes a Big Data problem in a real hurry.
Organizations big enough to create data at a rate to challenge SCSM (and the underlying SQL server) are also those who are most likely to be eager to obtain the level of accountability SCSM promises.
Adam Fowler, a fellow systems administrator based in Adelaide, Australia, sums up SCSM best: assuming you already pay for System Center, it is a functionally free helpdesk ticketing system that is "better than just an Inbox." He has used SCSM for some time now and swears by it. It is worth taking the time to check it out for yourself.


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The time lag between increased quantities of CO2 reaching or leaving the atmosphere and global temperature change may be far shorter than previously thought, according to a new paper, Tightened constraints on the time-lag between Antarctic temperature and CO2 during the last deglaciation published this week by Climate of the Past.
The paper states its claims by suggesting other ice-core-based assessments of the correlation between CO2 prevalence and global temperature use samples from a region of Antarctica where ice accumulates slowly, making conclusions on the age of air bubbles difficult. This new research uses several ice core samples from several locations in Antarctica and Greenland, compares the results to what the researchers feel is a robust model of Antarctic climate, carries the three* and produces a result that the authors feel offers a more comprehensive assessment of just what happens during those moments in time with lots of CO2 makes it into the atmosphere.
Their conclusion is that when the CO2 arrives, things change – fast – as southern climates respond to events in the northern hemisphere and vice-versa.
As the paper states:
"... we show that the increase in CO2 likely lagged the increase in regional Antarctic temperature by less than 400 yr and that even a short lead of CO2 over temperature cannot be excluded."
The paper appears far, therefore, from a smoking gun for those who would say CO2 is tipping us over a climactic cliff any year now. Indeed, the authors are careful to state that their work suggests that things move pretty quickly in the climate, but declient to comment on current anthropogenic CO2 emissions and what they may mean for the planet's climate. ®
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The Hot Mommas Project Case Study Competition has launched (what is this? See our blog brief.) Now, it's time to get the word out. One of the ways to do that is search engine optimization and other social media tools. Lessons learned from BlogHer DC yesterday are the subject of this post. It took a while getting there, however.
Pictured here: My shower running.
Rather pathetically, I am in my bathroom typing so I don't wake up my husband. This is pretty indicative of the weeks/months I've been having which is detailed in a different post for those schadenfreude-inclined individuals.
[Blog Themesong "Everybody's Got Their Something" by Nikka Costa Plays. Check out on PANDORA…my new love]
Monday October 13, 6.52 a.m.
Location: Inside my head, in my house in DC…Which is – as my son says – "In the world" and "not make-believe."
Today, the Hot Mommas Project Case Study competition launches. I am getting ready to go to BlogHer Reach Out Tour in DC to promote the competition.
Last and this weekend were a severe flurry of emails between Dave our developer, Achin on our team (see earlier post), our testers, and me. Now, we take the BETA site live and wait for complaints, hopefully some praise.
7.52 a.m. Now it's time to go to the conference with Esther. We'll see how it goes. Wish us luck.
8.48 a.m. The BlogHer conference started 18 minutes ago. I still haven't left the house.
[Music stops]
……..Flurry of emails. Flurry of emails. Flurry of emails……..
…….Fix sign in process at http://www.HotMommasProject.org………
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10.02 a.m. I am finally at the conference. I walk in directly from the garage into a really exciting environment. Cool exhibitors and SWAG. Tons of friendly, smart women. What's not to like?
10.15 a.m. Attend a killer presentation on "Online community building as a natural promotional tool" moderated by Elisa Camahort Page. All panelists amazing. They ask for social media success stories from the audience. I am called upon:
"My name is Kathy Korman Frey and I run a women's leadership called 'The Hot Mommas Project' housed at the George Washington University. We started a blog just over a year ago, and got on Twitter this summer. The increased interest we've received due to this foray into social media led to funding for our venture. With that money, we built a software program where women come online and tell their own story to serve as role models for women and girls around the world. We actually are launching TODAY."
The entire room, filled with hundreds of people, claps. Yay.
12.30 p.m. – I exit presentation and look at my blackberry. We just got our first hate mail.
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12.38 p.m. – I get another email from a SUPER POWER interactive education guy who has agreed to be a judge for us. (We are not revealing our judges until after the beta, but, I am psyched and so is the team!)
[Music starts again]
12.38-8.30 p.m. – I attend the rest of the conference, meet some amazing people, get fabulous reactions to the project, Esther and I hand out every last case competition postcard. We wrap up the night being interviewed by @dcconcierge for a cool women's telecom blog and we also hear from @yoga_mama that she's already started her case.
FINALLY…THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION TAKEAWAYS or, as I like to call it, "A list of everything I'm doing really badly." Is badly a word? Geeeeezzz this blogging and reading and writing thing is soooo complicated! (Said in Napoleon Dynamite voice).
(Note: I am trying to be cool and load a Napoleon Dynamite clip using www.killerclips.com, but, WordPress is like the Gestapo w/ foreign HTML so, my apologies if it's screwed up. Use "Napoleon Dynamite" link above. Is worth it.)
From Charlene Prince Birkeland at Yahoo's Shine Magazine:
1. How to organize your site/blog. Think – Usable, clean, organized, one click away. What does this mean? No clutter. All key items "one click away" not buried.
2. Research key words. Do this at www.freekeywords.wordtracker.com. Use key words strategically in headlines and in your posts. What does "strategic" mean? For example if 1500 searches coming in for your term, you know your post will get buried/lost. The lower you go (e.g., 300, etc.), the better the chance you'll have at winding up at the top of search results. Use the words in categories and tags. Tag photos. Rename photos (vs. "IMG5762139") and put on Flickr so there is a better chance of it showing up in a search.
3. Know your current audience – I am not sure how to do this. I seem to have missed/zoned this part of the presentation. From the earlier panel moderated by Elisa Camahort Page, I picked up the following:
– Poll your users (BlogHer has used Zoomerang, Micropoll, and Survey Monkey). Your blog company may offer a polling function, too, for free. One audience member suggested Google Forms as the "the stupid easy lazy way to do it." More on Google Forms.
4. Montior
What do you monitor?
1. Page views – How many. What are most popular?
2. Time spent – How much time? You want people to get lost in your site.
3. Search terms – What terms are bringing people to your site?
4. Links (and reciprocate with link love) – Who is linking into you? Remember to reciprocate and give some "link love" meaning post on their blogs).
How do you monitor? Use a mix of the below:
Google Analytics
Stats from your pubisher's tool (e.g. "stats" button on WordPress)
Blog ranking sites (Here are a few: http://www.blogrankings.com/, http://technorati.com/pop/blogs/, http://www.blogpatrol.com).
5. Publish
Think about publishing in new venues like:
BlogHer (not sure about dudes here)
Web circles – considered an oldie but goody (some competitors listed too)
Shine – Cannot figure out how to publish there at quick glance, but, they said you can publish there.
Boing boing – I looked this up and am not sure in what context it was mentioned, but, here is a funny Boing boing post called "Iran: You Suck at Photoshop."
Don't forget LINK LOVE and to post on other blogs when they post on yours…and so on…and so on.
If you get "the opportunity" with millions of hits, remember that you have a window of time. Keep the content coming, and keep it fresh, to hold onto those new readers.
6. Don't "Spray and Pray." This was not in the Yahoo presentation, but, is useful. Flipping the Funnel by Seth Godin talks about social media marketing. It is not about the MOST eyeballs, it is about the BEST eyeballs. Well, actually, it is about MOST – but the way you get there is by having ambassadors, fans, etc. willing to endorse your cause/product/idea/thoughts/words. "Find your 1000 true fans, have them make asks on your behalf…Tell a friend, put a widget on your site," was the advice of a panelist. "People trust each other, not the media." This is essentially the social media hybrid version of Malcom Gladwell's connector, maven, and salesperson concepts from The Tipping Point.
Summary of tools used commonly by bloggers/social media folk: Blogging (wordpress, typepad, yada yada), Twitter (here I am on Twitter. Here is Esther. Here is Achin. We are currently peer-pressuring Kaitlyn – stay tuned.), Facebook (here is Hot Mommas Project on Facebook), Friendster (not on this), Flickr (not on this, yet), Ning (for creating communities) some YouTube (not on this) and video stuff mentioned, but have a feeling that is in a bit of an "early adopter" stage. Some LinkedIn – not a ton. Then, do all that other stuff mentioned above (meaure, monitor, link love, etc.) and then use the below to try to keep your brain from exploding.
In a panel led by the authors of 50SomethingMoms and SarahandtheGoonSquad we learned about the following:
1. In Google Reader – Star article at top left corner to save for later
2. http://www.zotero.com – Good for academic research and tracking citations
3. http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=browser_toolbar_download – Linked in Toolbar for Firefox
4. http://www.yoono.com/ – Gives you access to Facebook, Twitter, etc. all at one place.
5. http://www.digsby.com/ – Another tool a blogger just spoke about (learned about it from her son. cool.).
6. http://www.rescuetime.com – Analyzes your internet usage each day. Eek! You can set timers, goals, alarms.
7. Organize yourself/make the world smaller – With tools like StumbleUpon (and other social bookmarking tools like, e.g., del.icio.us) as well as Twitter search.
8. (I added this) Use www.Alltop.com to see blogs by area of interest. Check us out at www.moms.alltop.com.
Net squared (an initiative of TechSoup.org) helps nonprofits with all of this stuff. Always check out @Kanter with respect to this field.
P.s.s. As I mention almost EVERY FREAKING TIME – Chris Brogan (@ChrisBrogan) and Guy Kawasaki (@GuyKawasaki) are good folks to monitor re: all things social media. In this realm there is also Shashi. We can't forget our man Shashi (Shashi Ballamkonda). He took the picture here of the three of us.
P.s.s. Here is Kimberly Wilson at BlogHer.
She is an ORIGINAL Hot Mommas Project Case Protagonist (the ones published before we opened up this competition). She has a yoga/clothing/publishing empire but is super chill and unassuming. We love her. Check out www.hiptranquilchick.com for more.
Among other things, The Hot Mommas Project needs to do a better job of: Posting more freqently and doing link love. So, those are a couple of goals. Shorter posts would help me accomplish this. Feel like I'm writing a book here.


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Increased transparency from a law-enforcement agency? That's just crazy!
SALT LAKE CITY — Mounted on the side of a pair of sunglasses is what Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank says is the future of police work.
The body cameras work like dash cameras already in police cars — they they'll provide an eye-level view of an officers one on one interaction with the public. Burbank says the body cameras are the "wave of the future" when it comes to police work and transparency.
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Objectives are specified similarly to constraints. The full set of objectives is documented in Table 12–1.
There are two categories of objectives.
A workload-dependent objective is an objective that will vary according to the nature of the workload running on the system. An example is the utilization objective. The utilization figure for a resource set will vary according to the nature of the workload that is active in the set.
A workload-independent objective is an objective that does not vary according to the nature of the workload running on the system. An example is the CPU locality objective. The evaluated measure of locality for a resource set does not vary with the nature of the workload that is active in the set.
You can define three types of objectives.
Valid Elements
loose | tight | none
< > ~
Objectives are stored in property strings in the libpool configuration. The property names are as follows:
Objectives have the following syntax:
objectives = objective [; objective]*
objective = [n:] keyword [op] [value]
All objectives take an optional importance prefix. The importance acts as a multiplier for the objective and thus increases the significance of its contribution to the objective function evaluation. The range is from 0 to INT64_MAX (9223372036854775807). If not specified, the default importance value is 1.
Some element types support more than one type of objective. An example is pset. You can specify multiple objective types for these elements. You can also specify multiple utilization objectives on a single pset element.
See How to Define Configuration Objectives for usage examples.
The wt-load objective favors configurations that match resource allocations to resource utilizations. A resource set that uses more resources will be given more resources when this objective is active. wt-load means weighted load.
Use this objective when you are satisfied with the constraints you have established using the minimum and maximum properties, and you would like the daemon to manipulate resources freely within those constraints.
The locality objective influences the impact that locality, as measured by locality group (lgroup) data, has upon the selected configuration. An alternate definition for locality is latency. An lgroup describes CPU and memory resources. The lgroup is used by the Solaris system to determine the distance between resources, using time as the measurement. For more information on the locality group abstraction, see Locality Groups Overview in Programming Interfaces Guide.
This objective can take one of the following three values:
If set, configurations that maximize resource locality are favored.
If set, configurations that minimize resource locality are favored.
If set, the favorableness of a configuration is not influenced by resource locality. This is the default value for the locality objective.
In general, the locality objective should be set to tight. However, to maximize memory bandwidth or to minimize the impact of DR operations on a resource set, you could set this objective to loose or keep it at the default setting of none.
The utilization objective favors configurations that allocate resources to partitions that are not meeting the specified utilization objective.
This objective is specified by using operators and values. The operators are as follows:
The "less than" operator indicates that the specified value represents a maximum target value.
The "greater than" operator indicates that the specified value represents a minimum target value.
The "about" operator indicates that the specified value is a target value about which some fluctuation is acceptable.
A pset can only have one utilization objective set for each type of operator.
If the ~ operator is set, then the < and > operators cannot be set.
If the < and > operators are set, then the ~ operator cannot be set. Note that the settings of the < operator and the > operator cannot contradict each other.
You can set both a < and a > operator together to create a range. The values will be validated to make sure that they do not overlap.
In the following example, poold is to assess these objectives for the pset:
The utilization should be kept between 30 percent and 80 percent.
The locality should be maximized for the processor set.
The objectives should take the default importance of 1.
pset.poold.objectives "utilization > 30; utilization < 80; locality tight"
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Isiogu v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co.
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|Op. Below
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Mar 30, 2011
|Jun 9, 2011
Holding: Because the FCC has advanced a reasonable interpretation of its regulations i.e., that to satisfy its duty under §251(c)(2) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, a carrier must make its existing entrance facilities available to competitors at cost-based rates if the facilities are to be used for interconnection, the Court will defer to the FCC's views. (Kagan, J., recused.)
Plain English Holding: The Federal Communications Commission can bar AT&T from charging market rates for access to the equipment its competitors need to access AT&T's network.
Judgment: Reversed, 8-0, in an opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas on June 9, 2011. Justice Scalia filed a concurring opinion. (Kagan, J., recused.)
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- Brief for Petitioners Orjiakor N. Isiogu, Monica Martinez, and Greg R. White, Commissioners of the Michigan Public Service Commission
- Brief for Respondent Michigan Bell Telephone Company
- Reply Brief for Petitioners
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- Brief for the United States in Support of Petitioners
- Brief for Centurylink, Qwest Communications International, and Windstream Corporation in Support of Respondent
- Brief for Verizon in Support of Respondent
- Brief for United States Telecom Association and Network Engineers in Support of Respondent
- Brief for Administrative Law Professors in Support of Respondent
- Brief for the California Public Utilities Commission in Support of Petitioner
- Brief for Sprint Nextel Corporation in Support of Petitioner


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FDA review: Avandia may not be as risky for heart as once thought
WASHINGTONA former blockbuster diabetes pill which was subjected to major safety restrictions in 2010 may not be as risky as once thought, according to the latest analysis of the much-debated GlaxoSmithKline drug Avandia.
The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing a new interpretation of the key study of Avandia's heart attack risks, which suggests the drug is as safe as older diabetes drugs. At a highly unusual meeting this week, the FDA will ask a panel of experts to vote on a range of options for the drug, including lifting restrictions on its use.
The positive safety review from Duke University researchers is the latest twist in a years-long debate over Avandia, which has divided medical experts, cost Glaxo billions of dollars and possibly resulted in an unknown number of patient heart attacks.
First approved in 1999, Avandia became the top-selling diabetes pill in the world by 2006 with sales of $3.4 billion. But prescriptions plummeted the following year after an analysis of dozens of studies suggested Avandia could raise the risk of heart attack.
For three years the FDA struggled to answer a seemingly simple question: Does Avandia increase the risk of heart attacks? A definitive answer has never been reached, in part because patients with diabetes are already predisposed to heart problems. That makes it extremely difficult to tell which heart attacks are drug-related and which are simply a result of the underlying disease.
Finally in 2010 the FDA decided to restrict the drug's use to all but the rarest of cases. Regulators in Europe banned the drug outright.
FDA critics have speculated that the real purpose of this week's meeting is to vindicate FDA officials who kept Avandia on the market for so many years. They say regulators appear poised to roll back safety limits on the drug.
"It's the wrong reason to take a regulatory action," said Dr. Steven Nissen of the Cleveland Clinic, who authored the 2007 analysis that first raised public safety concerns about Avandia.
"You want to take a regulatory action because it's going to benefit patients. I don't see how patients could possibly benefit from lifting these regulatory restrictions."
Nissen says he requested time to make a presentation during the meeting but was turned down by FDA officials.
The FDA says Wednesday and Thursday's meeting was prompted by a new analysis of the lone study of Avandia's heart risks. Known as RECORD, the study followed 4,400 patients and tracked rates of heart attack, hospitalization and death for six years.
The results were first reported in 2009 and medical experts have been debating their legitimacy ever since.
At the last Avandia panel meeting in 2010, FDA leadership generally backed RECORD's findings that Avandia appeared as safe as other standard diabetes drugs. But FDA staff scientists said the study was unreliable because of underreported heart attacks and other design flaws. Because of that disagreement the FDA asked Glaxo to obtain an independent analysis by an outside party.
The new analysis by the Duke Clinical Research Institute generally supports Glaxo's original findings. In documents posted Monday, an FDA review of Duke's analysis states: "These results show no statistically significant evidence to suggest an increased cardiovascular risk."
Despite that assessment, the agency says it "has not reached any final updated conclusions" on the heart safety of Avandia.
The FDA will seek advice from two panels comprised of outside experts in the fields of diabetes and drug safety. The panelists will be asked to vote on four options for Avandia:
- Removing the drug's safety restrictions
- Leaving the safety restrictions in place
- Modifying the safety restrictions
- Withdrawing the drug from the market entirely
At the last FDA meeting on Avandia in 2010, the panelists voted 21 to 12 to leave Avandia on the market. The group's recommendations are not binding and are only one part of the government's decision-making process.
Even if the latest reassessment clears Avandia's safety record, the real-world impact could be minimal.
Avandia is currently prescribed to just 3,000 patients in the U.S. In 2009 the drug was prescribed 2.7 million times.
Because of FDA restrictions put in place in 2010, patients can now only get the drug after signing a waiver from their doctor indicating that they understand the risks and have tried all other drug options to treat their disease.
Glaxo executives say they believe the drug should remain available for patients with hard-to-treat diabetes, but the company has no plans to resume advertising of the drug.
"I think there are patients who benefit from this drug and I would hope the committee continues to allow Avandia to be prescribed to the right patients," said Glaxo vice president Murray Stewart.
Stewart stressed that Glaxo did not request the panel meeting, which was set up by the FDA.
"We were phoned up earlier in the year and told they were having an advisory meeting and that GSK should present," Stewart said.
Wall Street analysts have dubbed the meeting a "non-event" from a financial perspective, since Glaxo's stock price long ago absorbed the impact of the Avandia controversy.
Last July Glaxo plead guilty to failing to report safety problems with Avandia to government officials over a seven-year period. The guilty plea was part of a larger $3 billion settlement with the Department of Justice for various criminal and civil violations involving 10 Glaxo drugs.
In November, the company paid $90 million to settle allegations from 38 state governments that the company misrepresented the risks of Avandia.
The company has also settled tens of thousands of personal injury lawsuits filed by Avandia patients, though it has never specified the exact number. Last month there were 3,750 cases pending before U.S. District Court Judge Cynthia Rufe in Philadelphia, where various Avandia cases from around the country have been consolidated.
U.S. shares of GlaxoSmithKline PLC rose 41 cents to $52.18 in afternoon trading Monday. They traded as high as $54 last Tuesday and are up almost 25 percent from their 52-week low of $41.68 last November.


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Dinner Tonight: Sardines with Lemon and Mint Salsa Recipe
Your source for quick recipe every single week day.
I won't try to tell you that fresh sardines make for an attractive dinner. There's no doubt about it: These are fishy fish with a reputation that no fancy lemon-and-onion salsa can hide. But I will tell you that fresh sardines make for utterly delicious eating. If you can get over picking around (and inevitably swallowing) a couple fish bones, not to mention encountering your dinner in its head-on form, you're on your way to a great meal.
The salsa comes via Nigella Lawson, and is made up mostly of the chopped flesh of a lemon, giving it this cutting brightness and acidity, shot through with fresh herbs like mint and parsley. Its bracing flavor complements the distinct taste of the sardines perfectly and does what citrus fruits ought to do in wintertime: remind you that sunnier times are coming.
Indeed, I pulled this out of a cookbook called Forever Summer. But no matter. Citrus is in season in some parts of the country, and a screaming hot broiler did the job just as well as the recommended grill.
- Yield:4
- 8-12 fresh sardines, depending on size
- 2 lemons
- 1 medium red onion, chopped
- Small handful fresh parsley, chopped
- Small handful fresh mint, leaves roughly chopped
- 1/2 cup good olive oil
- Sea salt and pepper to taste
Cut off the ends of the lemons and stand them upright on a cutting board. Using a sharp knife, cut away the peel from top to bottom, turning the lemons as you go. Roughly chop the remaining flesh, removing the seeds as you go.
Add the onion and herbs and season with salt and pepper. Add the olive oil and stir well, then allow the salsa to sit for awhile to develop (at least 15 minutes).
Preheat the broiler for a good 5-7 minutes until it is screaming hot, and place an oven shelf close below it. Arrange the fish on a small baking sheet and drizzle with a little olive oil. Broil 3-5 minutes per side, until the skin is beginning to brown. Remove and sprinkle with sea salt.
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Sharon Sands love of boxing began when she was just a little girl. She would sit in awe in front of the television watching boxing matches with her father. This little girl's love of boxing would lead to an even greater love for the sport as she grew up. She would eventually travel across the nation attending as many boxing matches in person as she could. When she couldn't be there in person, she would make sure to watch the match on the television. You could even say boxing was her first love. This love of boxing would one day lead her inside the ring – calling the shots.
One of six kids, Sharon grew up in a very athletic home – every morning before breakfast, their father would play a song called Chicken Fat and they all knew it was time to exercise and sing along. Her father learned all about exercise and structure in the military and it came in handy when managing six young children. Sharon continued her athleticism playing basketball, running track, serving as a lifeguard, and even set a national record as a hurdler when she was in high school. As an adult, she would grow up to be an attorney and own a boxing gym.
But the love of boxing and being in the ring was always on her mind. When she was initially approached to become an amateur referee back in the 1990's, she declined. After much thought, she decided to go for it and seize the opportunity. Being a new referee in the boxing world can be intimidating and challenging. Just like the hurdles she jumped over setting a national record in high school, she would do the same exact thing as a referee in amateur and professional boxing.
Sharon would spend 14 years an amateur boxing referee on the West Coast and the East Coast before officially becoming a California professional boxing referee last month. For the last 20 years in California, it has been male referees calling the shots inside the professional boxing ring.
Sands is the first female referee in California in more than two decades to officiate a professional boxing match. A recent bout in Southern California was the first evaluation of Ms. Sands as she earns a permanent professional license. So, during a boxing match, she is the one responsible for enforcing the rules inside the ring. The last woman to do this in California was Gwen Adair back in the 1990's.
If you think becoming a professional boxing referee is easy, think again. They are licensed and regulated by the California State Athletic Commission and must meet some of the strictest requirements and guidelines in the nation.


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Monster is making a push into the sports headphone market and doing a pretty impressive job of it. In 2012, it released its
Think of these as fancy, hard earbuds that have molded, removable rubber coverings -- Monster calls them OmniTips -- instead of silicone eartips. The design has a couple of advantages. For starters, the earphones are quite comfortable and will appeal to folks who don't like jamming silicone eartips into their ear canals. Like the
The other positive for some folks will be that the OmniTips let sound in. If you're a runner or biker who for safety reasons wants to be able to hear the external world -- cars in particular -- these allow you do that.
The downside to their open design is that sound quality is significantly impacted by your environment. If you're dealing with a lot of ambient noise, you lose a lot of the lower and higher frequencies and are left with pretty flat sound. (Note: From what Monster PR reps tell me, the slightly cheaper Strive model, which has a different shape to its OmniTips, lets in even more sound than the Intensity.)
Personally, I had good results listening to the Intensity earphones in the gym or at my desk at work. They don't sound incredibly clean or smooth, but the bass does have some kick to it and their sound is a definite notch up from Apple's earbuds, even the new EarPods, which just don't stay in your ears all that well. But outside in the streets of New York they didn't perform as well, with reduced bass response.
The bottom line is that they simply don't offer sound as good as you get from their noise-isolating cousins, the Immersions. Even in a quieter environment, there isn't quite as much bass and they're not as detailed. That said, they still sound decent and measure up to competitors like the Bose SEI2i series and cost $50 less (though the Bose models are arguably slightly more comfortable).


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The Durham (NC) Fire Department wants citizens to know what's on its wish list through Sparky's Wish List, a National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) partnership that links businesses and the community to fund life-saving fire safety education materials for fire departments.
"Protecting lives through community-based fire-safety education is extremely important to us," Fire Chief Bruce Pagan said. "We want to make sure we deliver the most influential fire safety messages and educational tools which help us to do that."
According to the NFPA, every year, fire departments in the United States respond to more than 350,000 home fires resulting in at least 2,500 deaths and more than 12,000 injuries - many of which could have been prevented with fire safety education.
"Fire safety education saves lives, but with current budget pressures, it's hard for many departments to pay for a range of educational materials," said Jim Shannon, president of NFPA, coordinator of the program. "Sparky's Wish List: Partnering for Fire-Safe Communities is designed to help close the gap between what fire departments can afford and what they need to educate on fire safety."
The Sparky's Wish List website allows fire departments to create a profile page, identifying specific materials needed for fire education programs. Residents, businesses, and others can then visit the Durham Fire Department's profile page to choose items to purchase for the fire department.
Want to help a fire department in your state? See a list of departments that have created a Wish List for this year's Fire Prevention Week campaign.


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In sports, everyone is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like those who watched the Fiesta Bowl's cornucopia of bizarre and occasionally disturbing images. And then flooded our inbox with every single one of them.
There were four indelible, snapshot-worthy moments from last night's TCU-Boise State matchup that captured America's fancy, before America captured them with crappy cell phone pictures and put them on the internet. Let's remember when:
One: Brandon Cook's stomach troubles.
It's tells you how remarkable the Fiesta Bowl's imagery was that a wide receiver throwing up on himself on national TV barely merits a mention. Thank goodness some people still know how to make animated GIFs.
Two: Boise State's rooting section
Got it? Let's move on.
Three: Jeron Johnson, Cummunication Major
You should all be ashamed of yourselves for laughing at this. The people of the Fox Network spent a lot of money at very prestigious schools to earn their TV dugrees.
Four: Cowbell Girl
Oh, boy. Where to begin? This
unfortunate lass is either completely self-aware that she has the worst job in the Blue Thunder Marching Band or is blissfully ignorant of the power of television cameras to turn you into a national celebrity if you aren't careful. Is she bored? Regretful? Drunk? Amused by the turns her life has taken? Does she play any other instruments? Inquiring minds need to know.
UPDATE: According to Twitter, Cowbell Girl is blind. No one bothered to send that one in, of course. We all suck.
UPDATE 2: Oh, and her xylophone partner may be on crutches. Sheesh.
Only one thing is certain—expect to see approximately 847,362 Christopher Walken mashup videos by the end of the week. Explore the space.
[Thank you to everyone who sent these—and there were a lot—but the folks at 30fps are doing the Lord's work. So I just borrowed their stuff.]
Honorable mention: The BCS. I take back everything I ever said about your corrupt and shiftless organization. So what if we never find out what a 14-0 team could do against the SEC? The people of Tostitos must be very proud.


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Hi! My name is Guido Nockemann and I'm currently working on the DAS project, the digitization of the archaeological collection at the Lippisches Landesmuseum in Detmold/Germany. Till may 2011 I've worked as a research volunteer in the department of ground monument conservation at the Lippisches Landesmuseum in Detmold. Since June 2011 I am entrusted with the design, implementation and scientific management of the DAS project.
Some facts about the project: The aim of the DAS project is the digitization of all objects of the archaeological collection of the Lippischen Landesmuseum.
In the daily routine of a museum, it is impossible to exhibit all the objects. Digitisation allows to access all objects via the Internet for the public and research. So what exactly does "digitization"? All information of an object (name, function, age, size, color, weight, literature, origin, etc.) will digital recorded as text and supplemented by a digital image.This information will be recorded in a database and afterwards imported into a publicly accessible online database: the portals "museum-digital" and "europeana".
The tools for digitizing: PC, documents, measuring tools, a digital camera, books, the Internet,…and the finds.
Museum-digital is an initiative with the aim to make digitised museum items available through the Internet. Museums in various parts of Germany have joined forces to respective regional museum associations or initiatives and got involved in the museum digital project, including the Lippisches Landesmuseum Detmold, where the DAS project is carried out now.
You can find already digitized objects of the LLM here.
The Internet portal europeana is a platform in which, via the European digital libraries, selected museums and archives can be searched.
The Lippisches Landesmuseum Detmold, a facility of the Landesverband Lippe, is already part of both portals. The DAS project is still at the very beginning but on its way. It is funded by the Lippisches Landesmuseum Detmold and the Stiftung Standortsicherung Kreis Lippe. I am an employee of the company SCRIPTORIUM commissioned to carry out the project at the Lippisches Landesmuseum.
So, what am I doing exactly?
The department of ground monument conservation at the Lippisches Landesmuseum Detmold keeps about every find and each site a file.
Some of these documents are very old. The Lippisches Landesmuseum was founded 175 years ago and from the beginning archaeological finds were collected.
So, first I work through the documentation and hack all the information about it into a database. Then I get the boxes with the finds from the magazine and describe the content, the number of artifacts, their condition, the kind of the objects, their dating, etc and feed this information also in the database. This is the big part of the work. For the right classification and dating of the objects I have to consult books, databases, publications of other museum-collections, colleagues… my brain and have to hope that I didn't forget everything I've learned at University. Sometimes the gathering of the data is just a matter of minutes, sometimes it takes a week to get all required information.
I also make documentary pictures of the artifacts and integrate them into the database. For the presentation of the finds at the Internet portal of museum digital, I take them, not every piece but the more "beautiful" ones, to our photographer who make some realy fine photographs of them. When enough objects have been digitized I export the data sets and send them to my contact at museum digital who upload them to Internet database. After that everybody with access to the Internet can search and find the objects. The result of the project will look like this (click the pic):
It's fascinating to go through a whole archaeological collection and work with so many finds. There is so much to tell about them. And it´s also a very important work. Science just work by sharing information. The digitization helps to make the finds known by other archaeologists and the public. Scientists can use the information to compare finds, to find out how old they are, their function, etc. This project is very interesting for me, because I see a lot of finds of various kind and dating. There is no better way to learn much about archaeology. And every day you get some surprises when you recognize a nice and rare but still unknown object and can bring it to public and tell its story.
For more information about the project and museum digital:
Digitised objects of the Lippisches Landesmuseum Detmold @ museum-digital
The blog of museum-digital with posts of the DAS-Project
The Lippisches Landesmuseum Detmold
my side project "Ask the Archaeologist2.0" @ Facebook
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That's a fragment of a Wendy's spork that was removed from a man's throat last year. It is by far the least weird thing that shows up on a new, cringe-inducing list of bizarre things doctors have extracted from patients.
Sermo, a members-only website for doctors, asked them to post about the strangest things they had ever pulled out of their patients. Then they published some of the weirdest on their public blog. They are very weird and probably mentally not safe for work. Here are some noteworthy ones, in ascending order of how much they disturbed me:
Allergist & Immunologist:
I once retrieved a plastic helicopter from a child's nose.
General Surgeon:
5 pens, 2 permanent markers, 3 straws, 2 toothbrushes, 4 Oreo cookie wrappers. All at the same time from the stomach of a patient.
At our hospital recently the general surgeons removed from the stomach a bound and gagged barbie doll that the patient had swallowed.
Large zucchini (rectum). The spiral from a spiral-bound notebook (male urethra). Pencil (male urethra). Cigarette lighter (stomach).
OH MY GOD, I'm only going to consume smoothies for the next several months. [Sermo via NPR]


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Oakland police are undergoing refreshers on crowd-control. Businesses are boarding up storefronts and removing dumpsters. City officials are calling for cool heads. Bloggers and columnists are pleading for public calm.
Anxious anticipation reigns as the city of Oakland awaits the verdict in the trial of Johannes Mehserle, a former Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officer charged with murdering passenger Oscar Grant on a train platform in January 2009. Closing arguments Thursday and Friday have officials worried over a possible repeat of the clashes that occurred after Mr. Grant's death, when businesses were vandalized, cars and dumpsters set ablaze.
"The city and police have been very proactive in reaching out to businesses and residents to make sure they have up to date information and are aware of police support from other jurisdictions," says Scott Peterson, Public Policy Director for the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. "We had riots following the incident itself and no one is taking any chances," he says
But several community groups are also going on the offensive – for peace.
A YouTube video produced by the Oakland group "Youth Uprising" has a long list of local activists, poets, rappers, police, district attorneys and regular Joes admonishing watchers to "denounce all forms of violence." The not-for-profit organization, supported by Alameda County and the City of Oakland, helps give underprivileged youth options.
The group is holding broad meetings to train young people to understand the US legal system, the economic costs of rioting, and to identify outside agitators.
The city Chamber of Commerce announced Thursday an Oscar Grant Memorial Fund for after-school centers for youth. And the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights is announcing forums for youth leaders to be educated about the history of successful social movements.
The tone of this movement is one of healing, understanding, and progress.
"In all the media hype surrounding the trial and the cops vs. protester coverage, something is lost. That something is healing, transformative justice," writes Ella Baker Center Executive Director Jakada Imani in a statement to media, schools, churches and clerics. "How do we build a powerful social movement and not just participate in one-off flash mobs?"
In a phone conversation, Mr. Imani is openly upset with the media portrayal of events since the Mehserle shooting. Yes, midnight crowds overturned and burned cars, broke windows and caused violence, he says. But months later, thousands of people in the streets held vigils and speeches for hours without incident. Hours after the peaceful crowds dispersed, a few small groups broke some windows, and "suddenly all the media attention was directed at 'another violent protest,' " says Imani. "This town is perfectly capable of dealing with this peacefully and moving forward even wiser."
His story is confirmed by Youth Uprising's executive director, Olis Simmons. "If you look at the videos of that coverage, you find that this violence was clearly led by outside agitators because they were wearing Muslim scarves and beanies that our kids simply don't wear," says Ms. Simmons.
She says a group of outside agitators showed up at a youth, education and training workshop Thursday and were told to leave by the Oakland teenagers who were there.
"This is why we are trying to train our teens what outside infiltrators look like and why it's not advisable to follow them," says Simmons. She says 75 percent of those on the streets that second night were not from Oakland. "We are teaching teens that they have choices at times like these."
Part of their exercise Thursday was to review the Watts riots of 1965 and those that followed the acquittal of Rodney King in 1992 – which were the most deadly and costly in American history. "Kids need to understand that these incidents only harmed the communities themselves, while putting out a very negative image nationally that is hard to overcome," says Simmons.
Imani says he can't believe that justice will not be served in the first verdict, but that several organizations, including his and Youth Uprising, are emphasizing legal recourses that can follow instead of violence.
"Another trial of Mehserle would violate the US Constitutional protection of 'double jeopardy'," says Simmons. "But these teens don't really understand that the US Department of Justice can institute another trial for violations of civil rights, which is what happened after O.J. Simpson was originally acquitted."


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