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System Protection Removal Process (remove SystemProtection)February 27, 2012
System Protection is a misleading application found to be a rogue anti-spyware program. System Protection makes false claims of being able to protect a system from malware and at the same time remove threats from a PC. System Protection does none of this but instead renders false warnings that attempt to notify a PC user of detected threats. System Protection will then offer a paid-for version of the System Protection program to remove these so-called threats. System Protection will not remove them once purchased. Additionally, System Protection will then be found and verified as a complete fake. In other words, System Protection is a scam that is designed to only take a PC user's money in return for a fake security program.
Are you getting popups from System Protection? Have you identified that you have System Protection installed on your computer? Do you wish to remove System Protection completely from your computer?
Why should you remove System Protection?
If System Protection resides on your computer, it can potentially damage your personal files or you may end up losing data stored on your system. Research has shown that System Protection may have the ability to make your computer vulnerable to remote attacks which could result, initially, in loss of money, possibly identity theft, and, eventually, a painstaking System Protection removal process.
How can you manually remove System Protection
Manual removal of System Protection may not be for everyone. Each manual System Protection removal step must be followed delicately to completely remove all related files and registry entries from your computer. If you are unsure or have doubts about editing your system registry, then we recommend that you use the automatic System Protection removal process.
System Protection can be removed manually by following the steps below.
- With all programs closed, click the Start Menu and go to the Control Panel.
- Locate the Add/Remove Programs icon and double click it.
- Locate System Protection in the list of programs. If you find it, select it and remove it. If you cannot find System Protection, you can continue to step 5.
- Restart your computer.
- Close all open programs and windows on your desktop.
- Open your registry editor (regedit) program by going to Start Menu, type in regedit, and click OK.
Find all of the following registry entries and delete them. If you do not know how to do this,
then you can read how to edit the registry in Windows.
You may need to return to this removal process for removing System Protection. You can do this easily by bookmarking or adding a favorite to this page by clicking here. If you are using the FireFox web browser you can press the keys Ctrl and D simultaneously to bookmark this page.
Image 1. Bookmark PCHubs removal process
Delete all of the following files that are associated with System Protection from your computer.
If you need a better understanding on how to search for these files then you can read how to find and search for files and folders here.
If you have issues deleting any of the previously listed files that are associated with System Protection, you can try rebooting your computer into safe mode. Booting into safe mode may allow certain malicious files to be deleted. If you are wondering how to boot into safe mode, you can read our process for starting a computer in safe mode here.
Image 2. Select "Safe Mode with Networking"
After locating and deleting the previous files you must remove all directories associated with System Protection by going to the C:\ProgramFiles\System Protection folder, select it, and delete it. In some cases you may not be able to find this directory. You can still continue to the next step.
Restart your computer. You do not need to boot into safe mode at this point. You should have removed System Protection completely from your computer. If you find that System Protection is still on your computer, you can repeat the steps again or go to the automatic System Protection removal process.


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Fellas, it's officially crunch time. Our Best of Philly Soirée is tomorrow and it's time to figure out exactly what to to wear. We've already counseled the ladies on their outfits, so let's talk about menswear.
Shopping for formal events in the dead of summer can be daunting (three-piece suit? In this humidity? Hard pass), but after years of seeing first-hand what makes the coolest Best of Philly outfits, we know what we're talking about. Here are some helpful tips and inspiration for putting together the perfect men's Best of Philly outfit. Read more »

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- Lead contamination in Uruguay: the "La Teja" neighborhood caseNelly Mañay
Department of Toxicology and Environmental Hygiene, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Republic of Uruguay, Gral Flores 2124, 11800 Montevideo, Uruguay
Rev Environ Contam Toxicol 195:93-115. 2008..Future health and environmental actions are needed, not only to remediate known areas of lead pollution, but also to investigate other sources of potential health risks...
- Developing medical geology in Uruguay: a reviewNelly Mañay
Toxicology and Environmental Hygiene Department, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Republic of Uruguay, Gral, Flores, Montevideo, Uruguay
Int J Environ Res Public Health 7:1963-9. 2010..Future actions are also presented...
- [Lead contamination in the suburb of La Teja; Montevideo, Uruguay]Nelly Mañay
Universidad de la República Oriental del Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay
Salud Publica Mex 45:S268-75. 2003
- Impacts of multidisciplinary actions on environmental lead exposure in UruguayAdriana Cousillas
Toxicology and Environmental Hygiene Department, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Republic of Uruguay Gral, Flores, 2124, Montevideo, Uruguay
Environ Geochem Health 34:207-11. 2012..We conclude that the integration of inter and multidisciplinary actions promoted was of high impact on the population, bringing about a public sensitization and growing awareness of the lead environmental risks...
- Lead exposure stimulates VEGF expression in the spinal cord and extends survival in a mouse model of ALSAna G Barbeito
Departamento de Histologia y Embriologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la Republica, Avenida General Flores 2125, 11800, Montevideo, Uruguay
Neurobiol Dis 37:574-80. 2010..Understanding how Pb stimulates astrocytic VEGF production and reduces neuroinflammation may yield a new therapeutic approach for treating ALS...


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On Friday, April 26th, the CU CPE for CPAs Program will be recognizing the following instructors for their outstanding contributions to the program: Calvin Anderson Gail Blandford Jean Bushong Travis Chillemi Cynthia Husek Karen Ichiba Chirag Joshi Robert Kuehler Leila McCamey Shaun McMullin Kristine McNamara Laura Ragin Normandy Roden Brett Rogers Kevin Sisemore Carl Sorenson Joseph Tinucci Rick Todd Lisa...read more
CU CPE for CPAs – Truly an Award-Winning Program
The CU CPE for CPAs program was one of the winners of the CU Shared Practices (CUSP) Fiscal Year 2012 awards. The CU Shared Practices Program is a recognition program designed to spur the creative processes of CU employees, with a best practices emphasis, and is inspired by the CU President's Task Force on Efficiency. By calling on internal resources, the CU CPE for CPAs program is able to provide Continuing Professional Education (CPE) in an effective, efficient, yet high-quality...read more
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The Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) recently announced changes in the expiration dates for both individual and firm Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licenses. For license renewals, the changes are as follows: CPA Firms: Renewal date is now August 31, 2014 Current Individual Renewal Date: May 31, 2012 Next Individual Renewal Date: November 30, 2013 CPA license holders who renew on May 31st will receive a license that is valid until November 30, 2013. The CPE reporting periods will not...read more
CU CPE's Commitment to Continuing Education
I just received my diploma for my Master's in Education degree, with a focus on Training and Development, from North Carolina State University. I finished the program in December of 2011. The program focuses on adult education and the principles of training and development and instructional design. My degree really does give me the best of both worlds in my current position as the CPE Program Manager at CU; it builds on my experience in finance and accounting as a CPA, while enabling me to apply what I have learned to ensure a quality...read more
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Is your CPA license active in another state? Do you need to transfer your license to (i.e., obtain reciprocity for) Colorado? I am in the process of doing this myself – here are the steps to follow! Verify that your license is active in an equivalent jurisdiction. Verify that you have completed 80 hours of CPE within two (2) years immediately prior to the date of your reciprocity application. Complete the AICPA Ethics exam within two (2) years immediately prior to the date of your reciprocity application. Complete two (2) hours of...read more
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Are you a CPA in the state of Colorado? Are you unsure if you have satisfied your CPE credits? The Continuing Professional Education Requirements for the State of Colorado are as follows: CPE Reporting Period Biennial from 1/1 of even years to 12/31 of odd years General Requirements 80 hours Subject Areas Based on the NASBA designated fields of study Ethics Requirement 4 Hours of CPE must be in Ethics, of which up to 2 may be in Colorado Rules & Regulations Credit Limitations Personal Development is limited to a maximum of 16 hours ....read more
On Wednesday, September 14, we launched our inaugural session of NASBA-sponsored continuing professional education for certified public accountants (CU CPEs for CPAs), and had great participation! We had 33 attendees from all CU campuses, and we also had 4 attendees from outside the university. We received rave reviews, such as: "Awesome presentation! Very upbeat personality and came across very nice!" "Enjoyed the passion in the presentation!" "Appreciate the applicability to CU." "This is great! Highly relevant!...read more


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England's Rare Mosses and Liverworts:
This is the first book to cover England's rare and threatened mosses and liverworts, collectively known as bryophytes. As a group, they are the most ancient land plants and occupy a unique position in the colonization of the Earth by plant life. However, many are at risk from habitat loss, pollution, climate change, and other factors. Britain is one of the world's best bryologically recorded areas, yet its mosses and liverworts are not well known outside a small band of experts. This has meant that conservation action has tended to lag behind that of more charismatic groups such as birds and mammals. Of the 916 different types of bryophyte in England, 87 are on the British Red List and are regarded as threatened under the strict criteria of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
This book aims to raise awareness by providing stunning photographs--many never before published--of each threatened species, as well as up-to-date profiles of 84 of them, including status, distribution, history, and conservation measures. The book looks at what bryophytes are, why they are important and useful, and what makes them rare; it also examines threats, extinctions, ex situ conservation techniques, legislation, and the impact of the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity.
"Engaging, informative and beautifully illustrated. . . . This 224-page volume is the definitive reference for libraries--whether located on a university campus or natural history institution, in a public or personal library. Additionally, this field guide will appeal to naturalists of all ages and is indispensable to those who go 'mossing.'"--Devorah Bennu, GrrlScientist, Guardian
"This is a beautifully prepared and well-written book, and I strongly recommend it to all who have an interest in bryophyte conservation and rarity; and as a means of providing bryophyte awareness to a broader public."--James R. Shevock, Bryologist
"[T]his well-written and beautifully presented publication will be a valuable reference work for anyone concerned with studying, managing and conserving England's threatened bryophytes . . . stunningly good."--Sharon Pilkington, British Wildlife
"This book deserves a place in the office of every conservation biologist, bryologist and ecologist. I expect it to be heavily referenced in grant proposals and to act as a template for guides to other countries' rare bryophytes."--Laura Forrest, Edinburgh Journal of Botany
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ST. PETERSBURG — Flying Macbeth knocked … and knocked … and knocked.
A rival always seemed to slam the door in his face in major races — until the McAllister Kennels' greyhound turned the tables in the $50,000 Fall Sprint Stakes at Derby Lane. His six-length victory over kennelmate Flyin Home Depot on Oct. 4 was the breakthrough kennel operator Malcolm McAllister had waited for. It was Flying Macbeth's first stakes victory.
"I'm relieved," he said. "I hope this is one of many. … He's been in five (previous) finals and never pulled one off. He was overdue. I was happy for him, (owner) Vince Berland and the regime."
Flying Macbeth, a 38-month-old red male out of a litter by Flying Hydrogen and Fuzzys Blueangel, had trouble shedding the bridesmaid tag. In stakes races, he lost to Greys Touch Gold (St. Petersburg Derby), Red Dirt Road (T.L. Weaver Memorial) and Kinloch Brae (Sprint Classic) — all this year — and to Flying Stanley (Fall Sprint) and Flyin Bridgeport (660-Yard Challenge) in 2007. In those stakes, his best finishes were two third places.
At the Derby Lane 2007-08 meet, Flying Macbeth was the leading winner until a lower back injury in March sidelined him for five weeks, allowing Red Dirt Road to overtake him and set a meet win record (43). He also appeared to clock the meet's fastest times on both courses (30.07 seconds at 550 yards and 37.14 at 660), but Red Dirt Road took down the mark with 30.06 three days before the season ended.
The Fall Sprint set up perfectly for Flying Macbeth, who is trained by Barbara McAllister, Malcolm's wife. The event's qualifying points leader drew the No. 1 box and didn't have to face Red Dirt Road, who injured his leg in the final qualifier and is expected to miss at least two months. In the 550-yard final, Flying Macbeth passed pacesetter Lamorge Streaker (fifth) entering the stretch and posted his 62nd career victory in 128 starts. The winning time was 30.68 seconds.
"I was just hoping for a clean race," Malcolm said. "It was a shame what happened to (kennel operator) Tommy (La Rosa). He's got a hell of a nice dog" in Red Dirt Road.
Flying Macbeth is now arguably the top athlete at Derby Lane. The dual-distance performer has won half of his 110 career starts at 550 yards, and seven of 18 at 660.
MORE DOGS: Retired Derby Lane kennel operator Chuck Marriott and former standout greyhound Talentedmrripley will be inducted into the Greyhound Hall of Fame on Thursday in Abilene, Kan.
HORSES: Tampa Bay Downs trainer Tom Proctor sends two-time stakes winner Closeout of Ocala's Glen Hill Farm against 10 challengers today in the Grade I $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (Race 9, 5:10 p.m.) at Keeneland Race Track in Lexington, Ky. Closeout starts from the No. 5 post with Jamie Theriot up in the 1 1/8-mile turf test for 3-year-old fillies. … Smooth Air, a third-place finisher in the Sam F. Davis Stakes this year at TBD, is expected to be entered in the Breeders' Cup Classic on Oct. 25 at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif. It appears Smooth Air will have enough points to qualify for the $5-million race. … A hearing officer found there is insufficient evidence to suspend Big Brown's trainer Rick Dutrow for violating Kentucky drug rules with another horse. The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission claimed that Salute the Count had an excessive amount of Clenbuterol in his blood during a race. The commission said it will appeal.
Information from Times wires was used in this report.


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Hot Spots: Starting Pitchers
"Value Picks" is going to stay steady going into the second-half with the exception of the removal of Vicente Padilla, whose popularity has increased exponentially over the last week. Today's column will focus on some well-known but undervalued pitchers who you may be able to pick up relatively cheaply via trade. Use your knowledge as an advantage!
I am going to list some numbers below. Try to match them up with the correct ERA (4.36, 3.14, 3.33).
Tough, right? Over the last three years, Dan Haren has been essentially the same pitcher. In 2008, his ERA was 3.33 and in '09 it was 3.14. This year, despite similar performances, his ERA has ballooned to 4.36 in large part due to a .346 BABIP. He ranks fifth in the National League in SIERA, however. If Haren stays the course, he should enjoy much more success in the second half.
If you happen to play in a league with players who still go by won-lost records and ERA, you should see if you can pick up Haren on the cheap. He is owned in 100 percent of ESPN leagues but you may be able to put your knowledge of Sabermetrics to use. If you have a pitcher like Tim Hudson or R.A. Dickey, you ought to sell high on them and buy low on Haren.
Shields has a case of what I like to call "Cole Hamels Syndrome" -- he simply cannot shake his high BABIP no matter how well he pitches. Hamels last year (and to a lesser extent, the first half of 2010) pitched very effectively with a strikeout-to-walk ratio approaching four-to-one. Unfortunately, he was victimized by a barrage of seeing-eye singles and bloop hits that landed between the infielders and outfielders.
Similarly, Shields currently has a career-high 8.4 K/9 and a low 2.0 BB/9. SIERA puts him at 3.41 but based on his 4.87 ERA you never would have guessed that. His popularity is dwindling in fantasy baseball leagues as he is owned in only 96.6 percent of ESPN leagues. He has not compiled a quality start since June 5 on the road against the Texas Rangers.
If you play in a league with Baseball Prospectus subscribers, it is unlikely that you will strike a good deal for Shields. Most people, though, are very unhappy with his performance thus far and may be itching to clear up his roster spot.
The window of opportunity for Nolasco may have already passed, but I still think he deserves a mention here. In three starts from June 23 to July 4, Nolasco struck out 28 and walked two in 21 innings of work (he also racked up three wins). He is clearly much better than his 4.55 ERA indicates.
His popularity was on the decline but he is back in the good graces of fantasy baseball players nationwide. Nolasco's ownership rate went down to about 90 percent just a week ago, but is back up to 98 percent.
Most fantasy baseball players are very cognizant of hot and cold streaks. As such, you will be hard-pressed to strike a deal until Nolasco hits another bump in the road. Still, keep him on your radar. His SIERA is still a full run lower than his ERA.
Hanson's 4.16 ERA is not bad enough to make fantasy owners throw him overboard but for a pitcher who was drafted 78th overall on average, the expectations have not been met. He has good performance numbers -- 9.2 K/9, 3.0 BB/9, 3.1 K/BB -- but a .349 BABIP has contributed to his high ERA. It would be worse if not for a suppressed HR/FB rate.
Of the pitchers on this list, you will be least likely to get Hanson at a bargain price, but it never hurts to try.
Now may be the perfect time to try and acquire Baker on the cheap. He just received a cortisone shot and his most recent start against the Toronto Blue Jays left a lot to be desired. As a result, many fantasy owners are discarding him. In fact, he has been dropped in 11 percent of ESPN fantasy baseball leagues and his overall ownership rate has plummeted to 72 percent.
There is a lot to like about Baker: his walk rate is currently at a career-low 1.6 per nine innings and his strikeout rate is at a career high 7.8 per nine. The culprits, as usual, are a .335 BABIP and a 12% HR/FB rate. His ground ball rate leaves a lot to be desired and as such will be victimized by the home run more than you would like, but his 3.44 ERA compared to his 4.87 ERA should give you more than enough incentive to attempt to acquire him.
Last week, commenter jorodrig asked for a compilation of all of the "Value Picks" articles. Here it is:
If you would like to find these articles very quickly for other authors, simply go to Google and type in the search bar:
You can find articles in specific months by adding the month in quotations to the search, i.e. site:baseballprospectus.com "author name" "June".
Feel free to leave comments and questions below, or contact me via Twitter.
Bill Baer is an author of Baseball Prospectus.
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Nice work, I love these types of articles as I play in deep leagues where often most of the Value Picks are already gone (still useful and with plenty of gems though).
Jul 16, 2010 06:26 AM
I love these articles. I am curious why Yahoo is never mentioned, only CBS & ESPN.
Jul 16, 2010 09:35 AM
Bobby Mueller
It's strange that we should have to do a Google search to find these articles. It would seem like Baseball Prospectus would want to keep us on their site when looking for a past article, perhaps by having an easy-to-use archives feature.
Jul 16, 2010 12:29 PM
you just listed my entire pitching staff in the "underachiever" section.
Jul 16, 2010 13:28 PM
Dan Haren has never played well in the 2nd half of the season usually his ERA is 4.15 or higher, His K's usually stay the same, His Whip has consistently been bad besides for last year it was 1.258 which anything over 1.00 is bad for him in the first half, Opponents OPS climb around .200 pts to the high 700s, his BAbip usually jump about .100 pts from mid .200s to mid .300s, his tOPS+ jumps about 60pts to about 135 140, and his sOPS+ jumps about 40 pts to a little above 100. If this is his usual trend since 2007 why is he going to get better? and for the past 12 months he has estimating 4.49era 1.29whip 8.6k per 9 going 12-12. Usually I agree with everything you say but I am going to need more convincing on him and would love if you could further prove your point for me on him. Thanks, Love your work
Jul 16, 2010 15:06 PM
Bill Baer
BP staff
Have there been any studies proving that historical second-half stats have predictive power? If so, I haven't seen them.
Jul 16, 2010 23:20 PM
^And Robinson Cano..and Mark Texeira (who started slow again)...that is a great question though, is there any chance that these guys just seem to lock-in for a couple months and it all balances out? I think Cano (off memory) had a big first half and a poor second half once before and was the opposite all the other years...he has already started to cool quite a bit.
Jul 18, 2010 07:28 AM
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Annual IT operational costs continue to increase, with labor commanding a larger and larger share. For example, an IBM internal study of its own distributed infrastructure showed labor to be over 60% of the total operational cost per year, while industry analysts estimate labor costs can be as high as 80% of overall data center costs. As a result, many customers are turning to private clouds, implementing such technologies as virtualization and consolidation, standardized workloads, and automation by way of self-service provisioning in an effort to reduce these costs.
One of the private cloud tools offered by IBM is the IBM Workload Deployer (IWD for short). According to an IBM study, IWD can dramatically reduce labor hours compared to manual deployment. The task of deploying a software stack as a VM image onto a virtualized server has historically been a highly labor-intensive task. For instance, one has to first deploy and configure the OS along with all requisite patches. After that, the administrator has to install and configure the application server and all its constituent components (e.g. HTTP server, etc.) as well as patches and other fixes. For applications requiring a database, that becomes yet another piece of middleware that needs to be installed and configured. Then there is the application itself. Collectively, deploying and testing a complete application manually can require days or weeks to accomplish depending upon its overall complexity. In a private cloud environment, this kind of turnaround is untenable. The IBM Workload Deployer is specifically designed to address this problem. Available as a hardware appliance, it leverages 10+ years of best practices in WebSphere Application Server deployments and encapsulates them into pre-defined, customizable images that can be dispensed to a variety of hypervisors used in virtualized datacenters. Its use of scripting and automation techniques greatly reduces the labor required to perform deployment tasks. IBM Workload Deployer works very well with WebSphere Virtual Enterprise. This is supported with the "Intelligent Management" pack for IBM Workload Deployer. Picture below shows what IWD looks like. All the software is pre-installed and pre-configured – it is a true appliance.
Following the IBM lead, Oracle is now starting to move in a similar direction. In June 2010 Oracle announced the Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder. This product provides provisioning of the virtual appliances into the Oracle VM environment. Other than overall lack of product maturity, there are number of significant limitations with this new Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder product:
- Consider the appliance form factor (open the box, plug in power and network, few tweaks on the config and you are ready to go) and the ease of use with the IBM Workload Deployer vs. the labor intensive process of installing, configuring and securing Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder (being a classic software based tool). The differences in time to production between appliance and software based solutions are usually orders of magnitude. Quoting the installation requirements for the IWD, all you really need is: "You will need the following tools, hardware, and cables to install the Workload Deployer rack-mounting kit: (1) A medium Phillips screwdriver, (2) Two standard rack screws". How often do we talk about screws in software business? :-). Finally I can put my favorite Bosch impact driver to good use.
- IBM Workload Deployer has been available on the market since 2008 (formerly known as WebSphere Cloudburst Appliance) and has hundreds of successful production deployments with companies such as IBM, ABSA, Nationwide, Kaiser Permanente, BSKyB, Haddon Hill Group, Lowes, Kroger, South California Edison, and many others (I got all these names from the IBM Impact agenda since these companies presented their use of IWD or participated in roundtable discussions). In contrast, the Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder product was shipped in June 2010 and its track record is unknown at the time of this writing. Oracle plans to announce a new version of the product on December 1, 2011 (two days from now), but the general availability date is still unknown.
- IBM Workload Deployer supports major virtualization platforms, including VMware (x86 platform), PowerVM (Power 6 and Power 7 platform) and z/VM (System z platform). IBM is likely to add more hypervisors to the supported list as time goes on. The market share of these hypervisors is well over 80 percent. At the same time, Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder only supports Oracle VM on x86 platform only. I dont have exact data, but I suspect that the market share for Oracle VM is likely in the low single digit numbers. Oracle has not announced intent to support non-Oracle hypervisors. This is classic Oracle lock-in strategy at its best (Oracle must be taking a page from the Microsoft book).
- IBM Workload Deployer supports provisioning of various versions of SuSe Linux, RHEL, AIX, zVM and will support more Operating Systems in the future. Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder supports Oracle Enterprise Linux and Oracle JRockit Virtual Edition only. Oracle has not announced any plans for additional OS support for the future.
- IBM Workload Deployer allows one to design and deploy patterns (see demos) consisting of WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Virtual Enterprise (via the Intelligent Management Pack), IBM HTTP Server, WebSphere Extreme Scale, WebSphere Portal, WebSphere Process Server and ESB, WebSphere Message Broker, WebSphere MQ, WebSphere Business Monitor, WebSphere Content Manager, and DB2, with more products on the roadmap and the ability to add almost any 3rd party software/application via scripting packages. Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder support is limited to WebLogic Server, Oracle Coherence, Oracle DB (single instance), Oracle HTTP server.
- IBM Workload Deployer is built on the IBM DataPower platform with a high degree of security being a major design objective. It appears that the release of the Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder v11.1.1 is not production ready as it has security issues as identified in the Oracle documentation : "This release of Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder is a Developer-centric release (versus an Enterprise release) from a security perspective… In this release, users cannot replace the self-signed root certificate created by default by Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder with their own production-quality certificates… The communication between Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder and the Oracle VM Server when Oracle VM Server retrieves templates is not secure. If sensitive data has been introspected, then it might be visible to an attacker who has access to the network. The attacker might be able to access that sensitive data in the template."
- IBM Workload Deployer provides a self-service portal with a Web 2.0 interface so that authorized users can create new patterns, deploy instances, generate reports on the usage of the software, remove instances, etc. Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder does not provide similar capabilities and forces users to contact system administrators the old-fashioned way. System administrators use special design tool to build images and then execute deployment commands on behalf of the end users. This is not cloud-like model. User is still not in control.
- IBM Workload Deployer has the ability to define automatic scaling policy for applications. With this policy new virtual images will be created and added (or removed) on-the-fly to the dynamic cluster if current application topology is not able to meet predefined level of SLA. All without administrator involvement. Oracle product does not offer similar capability. Perhaps Oracle will add it in future version?
- IBM Workload Deployer can also patch existing running systems. Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder can't patch existing systems.
- There are many other advantages of IBM Workload Deployer over Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder, including, but not limited to virtual machine mobility, admin REST API support, user and roles management, import and export, usage tracking for billing, license tracking for compliance, SNMP, Tivoli integration, automated firmware updates, powerful and easy to use configuration editor, pre-built scripting packages, role based security, ease of use, performance, flexibility, ability to capture and convert existing application topologies into templates, etc. To experience some of these advantages, see the online demos of IBM Workload Deployer or just browse the IWD product documentation.
- Finally, the cost of the IBM Workload Deployer configuration is usually less than a third of the Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder topology when considering hardware and software license and support costs. If you are interested in exact numbers, please send me email and I can share the calculations with you or you can simply look at the public IBM and Oracle price lists.
Despite so many technical differences, perhaps the most important one in my view is the vendor lock-in. How many companies are using Oracle VM with Oracle Enterprise Linux? Not too many. This makes Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder useless for all those datacenters not using Oracle VM.
I should also mention that there is one other product that Oracle markets as "cloud" ready. Oracle is claiming that Exalogic machine is a cloud appliance. It is not. Like Mark Benioff said: "It's just a box". I will talk about Exalogic in more details in my future posts.
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Speaking to CVG, he said: "I think there are more people playing PC games and more dollars being spent on the PC space than ever before, but it's taking a different form.
"MMOs are one way that's occurring, and there are more people playing flash-based games and casual games, even core games that are playing in a casual way, so maybe they have a more core experience and you only play them for short bursts for half an hour or something.
"It's not a bad thing if people want to play more types of game than they did 20 years ago, it's natural and normal as the audience and technology evolves. As creators we have to adapt to that and continue to make sure that we're satisfying the audience, but it doesn't mean we have to compromise.
"We can still make deep rich experiences but we have to make them easy to access. You have to make the control system really easy to use, and you have to make people feel like they're playing an experience that they can play how they want to play it, whether that is long sessions or short sessions."


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SAN FRANCISCO--Tom Foremski of Silicon Valley Watcher suggests that "you aren't are missing anything if you couldn't make it" to Web 2.0 Expo. That may be a bit strong, but one thing seemed to be almost entirely missing from the show: money.
Yes, there were plenty of sponsors spending money on the conference. There just wasn't much emphasis in the conference program itself on actually making Web 2.0 profitable for more than just Google, despite an entire track dedicated to Web 2.0 business models.
The one session, other than mine, that focused on the topic was somewhat apologetic about even having to raise the issue: "Why Sales Shouldn't Be a Dirty Word in Web 2.0."
Sales? A dirty word? How do these companies expect to exist long enough to be acquired? And while the good old days saw Web 2.0 companies bought based on their page views alone, the reality is that not many Web companies are going to be able to acquire money pits forever. Only so many companies can afford to acquire a YouTube and have it bleed mountains of cash.
Ironically, the open-source world, which has been criticized in the past for not making its advocates enough money, is now firmly focused on minting money, and it's doing a pretty impressive job of it. Red Hat, the biggest open-source company, notched more than $659 million in revenue in its last fiscal year, but Red Hat is no longer alone in making money with open source.
My own company, Alfresco, announced 103 percent year-over-year revenue growth (on a very significant base). Open-source ad server company OpenX delivered 400 percent growth in its ad-serving business. Pentaho and others have also announced significant growth, even as the economy contracts.
Web 2.0 has a lot to learn from open source. There are plenty of principles common to both (e.g., users add value, focus on adoption before focusing on sales), but there's one principle that Web 2.0 companies need to adopt immediately: users are nice, but customers are critical.
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Meeting Notes
May 3, 2001
9:30 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Jan Walsh, Assistant Director
Jeff Martin, Grants Specialist
Karen Goettling, Library Consultant
The Library Council of Washington meeting was called to order by Chair Neel Parikh. New members, Laurie Miller and Lethene Parks were welcomed.
David Griffin, Catalog Services Manager at the Lynnwood Public Library provided an overview of the library's catalog resources in CARLweb.
Jonalyn Woolf-Ivory, Deputy Director of the Sno-Isle Regional Library System, and the Lynnwood Public Library staff conducted a tour of the library.
Motion: The Council moved, seconded, and approved the March 19, 2001 meeting notes citing this meeting was re-scheduled from March 1, 2001 due to the Nisqually Earthquake.
Karen Goettling reported than an on-line survey was conducted and six forums were held throughout the state for library employees, trustees and citizens. Information from the survey and forums was used to create the first draft of the Statewide Plan. Information and contents of the draft plan were discussed and changes were suggested. A draft of the Statewide Plan will be forwarded to the Washington State Library Commission for initial comment and approval. This draft will then be distributed to the library community for response and a draft sent back to the Council, and to the Washington State Library Commission for final approval.
1. Compile all revisions and comments into the plan
2. Karen will meet with Sharon Winters to discuss revisions
3. Schedule a joint meeting with the Washington State Library Commission to discuss the Statewide Plan in July if possible.
It was suggested to change the total amount that can be awarded to each person and organization to $500 and $1,000 respectively, as well as to change awards to require a 50 percent match and add an additional $10,000 in unallocated FY2001 LSTA funding to support the program through the remainder of the federal fiscal year. Motion: The Council moved, seconded, and approved as outlined and will forward recommendation to the Washington State Library Commission.
Discussion and review was held for each proposal.
Connecting Through Information Literacy
Committee representatives from Connecting through Information Literacy, Information Literacy and K-12 gathered to discuss issues such as will there be a coordinating group and chair person and staff salary. No changes to this proposal at this time.
Continuing Education
It was suggested to increase the grant level of $30,000 to $40,000. Change the total amount that can be awarded to each person and organization to $500 and $1,000 respectively, change awards to require a 50 percent match, and limit awards to one per individual per calendar year.
Grants emphasize needs assessment; community partnerships and developing outreach programs. No changes to this proposal at this time.
Digital Images - Phase 4
The DigitalWA web portal and the Digital Best Practices web site will be expanded and updated. No changes to this proposal at this time.
Early Learning - Phase 3
The Council will hold discussions regarding the future of this project. The allotment request has been changed from $370,000 to $430,000 to provide additional funding for grants awarded to libraries in a 2002 grant cycle.
Information Literacy
Training dollars may not be sufficient, but no changes to the proposal at this time. Training through Connection Through Information Literacy and K-12 initiatives should complement the training offered through Information Literacy.
The Council needs additional information regarding per diem, food and lodging, and the contracts for services amount costs listed in the budget. No changes to this proposal at this time.
Clarification is needed as whether the project budget will need $10,000 in funding each year. No changes to this proposal at this time.
Preservation Initiative
This proposal is to assist libraries in preserving their collections of materials. No changes to this proposal at this time.
This project began as a federally funded pilot project in 1998. No changes to this proposal at this time.
This proposal will need revising to help determine what the basic deliverables are. No changes to this proposal at this time.
Coordinated Statewide Library Marketing
Council discussed whether to move this proposal forward as presented. Only enough funding will be needed to re-draft and assist in the coordination and re-development of the proposal. One important goal will be to create good working relationships with key stakeholders.
Washington Talking Book and Braille Library
A revised budget was provided to compensate for the difference between the current service contract and the proposed service contract. Revised funding total is $177,644. It was noted that the vendor, Keystone is the only vendor of choice in this arena, but WTBBL may do a competitive RFP.
Virtual Reference Service (VRS)
Budget request increased $78,000 to better accommodate grant pilot demonstration projects.
The Council discussed the possible impact of the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) on school and public libraries. They also considered that LSTA funding may be used to implement technology and electronic services. The Council sees this as a cost of doing business and does not recommend LSTA funds for this purpose at this time.
The Joel M. Pritchard Library, staff and collections will be moving off Capital Campus to a new building in Tumwater, WA in the fall of 2001.
NEXT MEETING, July 12, 2001
Curtis Senior High School Library
8425 40th Street W.
University Place, WA
Meeting adjourned 3:15


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Let's suppose, hypothetically speaking, that it's around 1967, and you have recently arrived in Laurel Canyon and now find yourself fronting a band that is on the verge of taking the country by storm. Just a mile or so down Laurel Canyon Boulevard from you lives another guy who also recently arrived in Laurel Canyon, and who also happens to front a band on the verge of stardom. He happens to be married to a girl that you attended kindergarten with, and her dad, like yours, was involved in atomic weapons research and testing, her husband's dad, meanwhile, is involved in another type of WMD research: chemical warfare.
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It may take five years, perhaps 10, Lightning general manager Brian Lawton said, but the "legalized fighting" the NHL now condones likely will be eliminated.
"It's a fabric of the game right now," he said. "But every day society advances from a macro standpoint, I think it becomes more archaic."
In the meantime, the league's general managers, during three days of meetings beginning today in Naples, will discuss making fighting a little more civilized, or at least a little safer.
The main topic: perhaps mandate players keep helmets on during a fight.
Some players remove helmets when squaring off. That lessens the chance of punching plastic and injuring a hand, and Lightning center Jeff Halpern said it also is "a courtesy" among players who wear half shields to shed the extra facial protection.
"It's just an unfair advantage for the guy with the shield on," Halpern said.
Fighting's place in the game has been argued since the days of the bench-clearing brawls. The issue again got traction in March 2007 when NHL executive Colin Campbell said it was time to "ask the question" about whether fighting should be permitted.
It got even hotter in January when Don Sanderson, an Ontario senior league player, died after he struck his head on the ice during a fight. Shortly thereafter, AHL player Garrett Klotz had a seizure on the ice after being pounded in a brawl.
That prompted players association head Paul Kelly to tell reporters at last month's Conn Smythe Celebrities Dinner and Auction in Toronto that a rule requiring players to keep helmets on during a fight might be worth considering, while also requiring officials to step in if a helmet comes off.
"If it's true that when guys get hurled to the ice or tripped to the ice and bang their skull on the ice is where the real danger comes from, then maybe we can protect against that," Kelly said. "It's certainly something worth looking at."
"Absolutely, yes," Hurricanes coach Paul Maurice said. "If you can increase the safety if a player does get knocked out and is falling down, something catastrophic like that, if there's a way to do that, that's fine. How you mandate that, I still don't know."
The junior Ontario Hockey League might provide a clue.
Players receive a game misconduct and a one-game suspension for removing helmets or undoing chin straps during a fight. The same penalties apply to a player who removes his opponent's helmet, and officials intervene immediately if a helmet is dislodged.
"It's worth discussing, keeping helmets on," Lawton said. "You always want to protect your players first and foremost."
Still, "with how big and strong and dangerous these guys are getting," he wondered about practicality:
"Who wants to jump in there when (Lightning enforcer) David Koci is throwing rights?"
Fighting is a tricky subject.
No Tampa Bay player asked said he believed it should be eliminated, and coach Rick Tocchet said plenty of players, if they know they won't have to "pay the mortgage," are willing to play "cheap and ugly."
"There has to be consequences," he said. "You might get hit in the jaw with a punch, or you might get knocked out. That's the intimidation element you have to have. Now, to just go out there and start swinging at guys and being reckless, I don't think we need that in the game."
Commissioner Gary Bettman agreed, telling reporters at All-Star Weekend that though "I don't think there's any appetite to abolish fighting from the game … what we're going to have to take a good hard look at is what I described … as the rules of engagement."
General managers will take a look this week.
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Novak Djokovic completed a straight-sets win over German veteran Tommy Haas in their quarterfinal encounter at the Shanghai Masters on Friday.
The Serbian star won 6-3, 6-3, wobbling only at the start of the second set when Haas, ranked 21 in the world, managed to take a 2-0 lead.
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(CBS/AP) Parents should lose custody of super obese children.
That's what a controversial commentary in one of the nation's most distinguished medical journals argues. And its authors are not the first to say the government should intervene in extreme cases of childhood obesity.
The opinion piece in the July 13 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association says temporarily putting children in foster care is in some cases more ethical than obesity surgery.
It's already happened a few times in the U.S.
Dr. David Ludwig, an obesity specialist at the Harvard-affiliated Children's Hospital Boston and co-author of the article, says he first started thinking about this issue years ago, when a 90-pound 3-year-old girl came to his clinic. Her parents had physical disabilities, little money and couldn't control her weight. By age 12, she weighed 400 pounds and had developed cholesterol problems, diabetes, high blood pressure, and sleep apnea.
"Out of medical concern, the state placed this girl in foster care, where she simply received three balanced meals a day and a snack or two and moderate physical activity," Ludwig said. After a year, she lost 130 pounds. Today, she remains in foster care and though she is still obese, her diabetes and apnea have disappeared.
The point isn't to blame parents, Ludwig said, but rather to act in children's best interest and get them help that for whatever reason their parents can't provide.
Roughly 2 million U.S. children are extremely obese. Most are not in imminent danger, Ludwig said, but kids with obesity-related conditions like type 2 diabetes, breathing difficulties and liver problems could die by age 30 if no action is taken. It's these kids who should be considered for state intervention, Ludwig said.
State intervention "ideally will support not just the child but the whole family, with the goal of reuniting child and family as soon as possible. That may require instruction on parenting," said Ludwig.
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that the debate puts too much blame on parents. Obese children
are victims of advertising, marketing, peer pressure -
things a parent can't control, according to Caplan.
"If you're going to change a child's weight, you're going to have to change all of them," he said.
JAMA isn't the only journal to publish a provocative argument on this subject.
Last year a British Medical Journal commentary by London pediatrician Dr. Russell Viner and colleagues said obesity was a factor in several British child protection cases. They claimed that child protection services should be considered if parents are neglectful or actively reject efforts to control an extremely obese child's weight.
A 2009 commentary in Pediatrics agreed that temporary removal from the home would be warranted "when all reasonable alternative options have been exhausted." That piece discussed a 440-pound 16-year-old girl who developed breathing problems and nearly died at a University of Wisconsin hospital. Doctors discussed whether to report her family for neglect. But they didn't need to - her medical crisis "was a wake-up call" for her family and the girl ended up losing about 100 pounds, said co-author Dr. Norman Fost, a medical ethicist at the university's Madison campus.
State intervention for obese children won't necessarily require new laws, said Ludwig. Doctors are required to report children who are at immediate risk, and that can be for a variety of reasons - including neglect, abuse or when kids are severely underweight - so why not also when they are severely overweight?
Stormy Bradley, an Atlanta mother whose overweight 14-year-old daughter is participating in a Georgia advocacy group's "Stop Childhood Obesity" campaign, sympathizes with families facing legal action over their kids' weight. She said healthier food is more expensive, and trying to monitor kids' weight can be difficult, especially when they reach their teens and shun parental control.
But taking youngsters away from their parents "definitely seems too extreme," she said.
Just ask Jerri Gray, a single mother from Greenville, S.C., who lost custody of her 555-pound 14-year-old son two years ago. She said authorities don't understand the challenges families face when trying to control their kids' weight.
"I was always working two jobs so we wouldn't end up living in ghettos," Gray said. She'd buy her son fast food when she didn't have time to cook. She said she asked doctors for help for her son's big appetite but was accused of neglect.
Her sister has custody of the boy, now 16. She has the money to help him with a special diet and exercise, and the boy has lost more than 200 pounds, Gray said
But at what cost?
"Even though good has come out of this as far as him losing weight, he told me just last week, 'Mommy, I want to be back with you so bad,' They've done damage by pulling us apart."
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Sling type baby carriers have been growing in popularity in the US for years, and while their use has often been associated with the growing subset of parents practicing attachment style parenting, the media is beginning to recognize the diverse array of families who make the choice to sling their children.
In a Fashion & Style piece released on March 10, the New York Times revealed the breadth of this trend and reported that "…"wearing" one's baby has taken on a certain cachet, with celebrities like and Keri Russell pictured in star-gazing magazines and blogs with their babies strapped to their bodies." 1
It's not just celebrities who have caught on, however. the New York Times interviewed a myriad of babywearing parents, including an obstetrics nurse who is "quite passionate about [slinging]". 2 In an accompanying image Natasha Ossinova, 33, looks stunning wearing her baby in a fashionable wrap style sling the NYT calls "a five-yard stretch of woven fabric in shades of burnt orange and burgundy". The article doesn't forget dads either-one mom is quoted as saying (about a popular type of baby backpack carrier), "All the dads are wearing it." 2
Sling wearing in the media isn't all fun and fashion, however. On March 9th and 10th several media outlets, including the NYT, began reporting on a forthcoming release by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on the safety of sling use. While news agencies used headings such as "Baby Slings Deadly? Consumer Safety Commission Readying Warning", the actual safety warning, issued today, is more balanced.
In a press release dated March 12th, the CPSC reports findings of 14 sling related deaths in the last 20 years and advises "parents and caregivers to be cautious when using infant slings for babies younger than four months of age." The release states that some types of baby slings, when used improperly, can potentially cause a suffocation hazard and calls for a voluntary standard for infant carriers until a mandatory standard for safety can be issued. And, while the release offers diagrams demonstrating suggested safe poses for an infant in a sling, it also states that "Many of the babies who died in slings were either a low birth weight twin, were born prematurely, or had breathing issues such as a cold, " -directing the press release more heavily to parents of babies with existing weight and health issues. 3
For more information on sling use, check out the following articles from Mothering.com and the Mothering Magazine reprint "Babywearing 101".
Slings, by Joylyn Fowler
Hold Me Close: The Many Advantages to Wearing Your Baby, by Christine Gross-Loh
Babywearing Tips, by Christine Gross-Loh
1. Bleyer, Jennifer. The Latest in Strollers? Mom and Dad. New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/fashion/11BABY.html?src=twt&twt=nytimesfashion. March 10, 2010, Accessed March 12, 2010.
2. Bleyer, Jennifer. The Latest in Strollers? Mom and Dad. New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/fashion/11BABY.html?src=twt&twt=nytimesfashion. March 10, 2010, Accessed March 12, 2010.
3. Infant Deaths Prompt CPSC Warning About Sling Carriers for Babies. Consumer Product Safety Commission. http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PREREL/prhtml10/10165.html March 12, 2010, Accessed March 12, 2010.


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Less than two weeks after OC Weekly revealed Assistant Sheriff George Jaramillo's role in a possible kickback scheme, he was fired from his $135,000-per-year post and the FBI raided his office.
It was an ugly fall for the cocky 43-year-old who'd risen from an undistinguished career in the Garden Grove Police Department and parlayed a friendship with then-newly elected Sheriff Mike Carona into a plum political appointment: second in command at the $500 million-per-year agency.
A high-level Sheriff's Department source said Jaramillo was so shocked by his March 17 dismissal that he refuses to turn in his badge.
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Investigators are trying to determine if the former assistant sheriff participated in a bail bonds kickback scheme inside the county jail. They say powerful inmates called "tank workers" were paid several hundred dollars each time they forced a newly incarcerated inmate to hire a certain lawyer or bail bonds agency.
No one has been charged with any crime, but the probe is focusing on the relationship between Jaramillo, Creative Bail Bonds Inc. and local defense attorney Joseph G. Cavallo. A longtime friend of Jaramillo's, Cavallo is a business partner of Assistant Sheriff Don Haidl, who has made a fortune selling used government vehicles. Cavallo also represents Haidl's 18-year-old son, Gregory Scott Haidl, in an ongoing gang rape case.
"This whole county is going to be turned upside-down when the truth comes out," said Glenda Stroobant, who says her bail bonds agency has lost 60 percent of its business because of "racketeering." Stroobant says she has formally complained about jailhouse bail bonds corruption for six years. "I think the FBI investigation is wonderful. Enough is enough."
Detectives are also looking at Jaramillo's ties to CHG Safety Technologies, a Newport Beach corporation seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in government contracts for a laser device created to aid police attempts to end vehicle pursuits. Law-enforcement sources tell the Weekly that the former assistant sheriff—who has admitted accepting up to $10,000 from CHG—worked for the company while wearing his sheriff's uniform and on county time. The investigation includes a review of out-of-state banking transactions.
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Although he was an "at will" political staffer for Carona, the former assistant sheriff has threatened to file a lawsuit over the firing and, to the amusement of numerous law-enforcement officials, claims he is contemplating a future campaign for sheriff. Last week, he hired Cavallo law partner Peter Scalisi, who is also representing Gregory Haidl in the rape case. Neither Jaramillo nor Scalisi could be reached for comment.
Only eight months ago, Jaramillo basked in the national spotlight. He testified in Washington, D.C., about anti-terrorism efforts before Representative Christopher Cox's U.S. House Select Committee on Homeland Security. CNN's Connie Chung interviewed him about the investigation into the rape and murder of Stanton's five-year-old Samantha Runnion. Southern California newspapers as well as radio and television stations portrayed him as an aggressive crime fighter.
But last summer, fellow cops began to complain privately about Jaramillo. Newport Beach Police accused him of interfering on behalf of Gregory Haidl in their probe of an alleged 2002 gang rape in Assistant Sheriff Haidl's Corona del Mar home. The Orange County Register reported that he used a $720-per-hour Sheriff's Department helicopter for personal convenience. In October, a department telephone recorded Jaramillo and another deputy plotting to hide from the public a San Clemente drug bust involving Gregory Haidl. (Out of jail on bail at the time, Haidl was not cited even though officers found marijuana next to his wallet and keys.)
The first public glimpse of Jaramillo's mounting trouble was in late October, when KCBS/KCAL reporter Dave Lopez caught him emerging from the grand jury room where he'd taken the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer questions.
During the early days of the turmoil, Jaramillo remained unfazed. He joked happily about his invincibility and even taunted Lopez. He told people he had a "brotherly" bond with Carona. In a December interview with the Weekly, he left no doubt that he saw a conspiracy forming against him, but he believed that his fate was tied so closely to the generally popular sheriff that it wouldn't succeed. He took a vacation in Hawaii and spent hours upon hours trying to identify his enemies in law enforcement. He openly wondered if District Attorney Tony Rackauckas was carrying out an unspecified personal vendetta against him.
To the end, the assistant sheriff seemed unable to see that the man who wanted him out most was his boss: Sheriff Carona.
When Jaramillo arrived at the sheriff's Santa Ana offices on March 17, he was clueless that a four-and-a-half-month behind-the-scenes process was about to explode in his face. Carona had been dissatisfied with Jaramillo's role in the department since November; for legal reasons, he waited to make his move until after he'd received permission from officials in the county's human-resources department, high-level sources say.
That approval came on the morning of Wednesday, March 17. County firings customarily occur on Fridays, but Carona didn't delay. He knew news of the FBI probe was imminent, and sources say he didn't want the public to believe he had reacted only to federal pressure. Within minutes of the decision from human resources, he ordered staff to change the lock on Jaramillo's office.
The assistant sheriff entered the building at about noon and found members of the dignitary-protection unit waiting to usher him into a brief, curt meeting with Carona. He was fired on the spot. Jaramillo asked if he had any options and was told he could only concur or not with his dismissal. After collecting Jaramillo's Sheriff's Department-issued gun, cell phone and car keys—everything but the badge—the dignitary-protection unit drove an "incensed" Jaramillo to his Rancho Santa Margarita home. There, he reportedly told deputies that Carona would have to personally take his badge.
On Saturday, March 20, Jaramillo returned to the Sheriff's Department at about 11 a.m. to collect his belongings. FBI agents holding a search warrant had been there just three hours before. They confiscated the former assistant sheriff's files and computer. When Jaramillo walked in, there remained on the wall framed photographs of scenes such as Newport Harbor. He began to pack the pictures, but in a final indignity, a deputy told him to put them back. The pictures belong to the Sheriff's Department.
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Additional links to related stories:
--"Raped Again? Underaged 'slut' wanted gangbang sex, defense lawyers says in OC rape case," March 26, 2004
--"Mr. Big Mouth: In the Haidl gang-rape case, the Sheriff's No. 2 digs himself deeper," March 19, 2004
--"Rape-Tape Escape? Haidl defense say s the DA altered key evidence in gang-gape case," March 5, 2004
--"Bye, George? Grand jury investigation charges Sheriff's No. 2 man helped himself to cash destined for cops," February 18, 2004
--"The Critic: Thanks to his blundering defense, we now know about Gregory Haidl's 'graphic' performance on an x-rated DVD," February 6, 2004
--"Dudes it can't be my dope! Gregory Haidl: from alleged gang-rapist to whiny rich kid," January 23, 2004
--"Teen Sex, Cash and Videotape: All of millionaire Don Haidl's fortune can't buy his kid a dollar's worth of sense," January 9, 2004
--"Our Little Secret: Audio tape reveals cover-up of drug bust involving a sheriff's son already on trial for a videotaped gang bang," December 5, 2003
--"Reefer Badness: DA investigates charges sheriff's deputies covered up a pot bust involving an official's son already on trial for videotaped gang rape," November 14, 2003
--"Exhibit X-Rated: The Blockbuster DVD the Haidl defense doesn't want you to see," November 7, 2003
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