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For Second Consecutive Year, Unigene's Clinical Advances in the Oral Delivery of Peptides Honored as the Industry's Most Significant Breakthrough
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BOONTON, N.J., Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Unigene Laboratories, Inc. (PINK: UGNE) today announced that for the second year in a row it has received the Drug Delivery Partnerships™ ("DDP") Innovation Award in the Industry Achievement category in recognition of the Company's 2012 clinical advances in the oral delivery of peptides.
This year's DDP Award recipients were voted on and selected by conference attendees, including leading scientists, pharmaceutical executives and drug delivery key opinion leaders, at the 17th Annual Drug Delivery Partnerships in San Diego, CA. This Industry Achievement Award honors Unigene as the Company that has made the greatest contribution to the field of drug delivery throughout 2012. Unigene also won the DDP Innovation Award at last year's meeting in February 2012.
Ashleigh Palmer, Unigene's Chief Executive Officer, commented, "Receiving the Industry Achievement Award in consecutive years is a testament to the value of our Peptelligence™ platform and its place as a true breakthrough in peptide drug delivery. As we embark on 2013, Unigene is committed to being the partner-of-choice for pharmaceutical companies seeking to capitalize on the significant opportunities that orally delivered peptides offer in the treatment of numerous debilitating diseases."
Dr. Nozer Mehta, Unigene's Chief Scientific Officer, said, "We are extremely honored to accept the 2013 Drug Delivery Partnerships Industry Achievement Award. In clinical development of our own peptide programs or via our external licensing program with Unigene's Peptelligence technology, we continue to demonstrate that our unique combination of technological expertise and business development acumen has the potential to transform the way in which peptide drugs are developed and administered."
As the leader in the design, delivery, manufacture and development of peptide-based therapeutics, Unigene is focused on advancing its own pipeline of novel, proprietary peptide product candidates focused on metabolic disease and inflammation as well as exploiting its industry-leading Peptelligence™ platform of peptide oral drug delivery and manufacturing assets, expertise and capabilities by building a robust portfolio of strategically partnered opportunities.
"We are very proud to recognize Unigene as the DDP Innovation Award for the second year in a row," remarked Heather King, Drug Deliver Partnerships. "Without question, Unigene has secured its position as a true innovator in oral peptide delivery and, more broadly, throughout the drug development and delivery industry."
About Unigene Laboratories, Inc.
Unigene Laboratories, Inc. is a leader in the design, delivery, manufacture and development of peptide-based therapeutics. The Company is building a robust portfolio of proprietary partnerships in this expanding drug class based on its Peptelligence™ platform. Peptelligence™ encompasses extensive intellectual property covering drug delivery and manufacturing technologies, unsurpassed research and development expertise, and proprietary know-how representing a genuine distinctive competence. Core Peptelligence™ assets include proprietary oral and nasal peptide drug delivery technologies, and proprietary, high-yield, scalable and reproducible E. coli-based manufacturing technologies.
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David Wright (13 homers), Carlos Gonzalez (24), Michael Cuddyer (15) and Bryce Harper (13) will compete for the NL. Wright is the captain of the team. He told New York reporters he selected Gonzalez because he leads in homers; Harper because he led an online fan vote; and Cuddyer because they are childhood friends.
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"We'll get there. But I don't think it's time to heal all wounds yet," Duncan said. "We're gonna let it fester for a while. We're gonna continue to think about it, because it's going to continue to hurt whether we talk about it or let it go or not. When the regular season starts and the ball goes up, then we've got to focus on a whole 'nother season."
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"We'll talk about it," Ginobili said. "I thought enough those first two weeks and we all have scars about our careers. That one is pretty deep but we're going to have a good chance this year to keep getting better and keep doing things well and have a great season.
"I don't think about it every day. I try to avoid it but sometimes it comes up. It was hard the first two or three weeks and then there is always somebody asking you what happened. Something about LeBron (James) or the shot or the turnovers. Then you think about it. If not, I just try to avoid it."
Coach Gregg Popovich had admitted that he thought about the loss every single day over the summer and would address it head-on.
"When we start each new season, we talk about the season that just ended first," he said. "We've done that however many years. It's no different than any other year. However we ended up the year before, we close that, talk about it. It's going to be the same this year."
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"It would have been easier if every waiter and employee or visitor at that (Turks and Caicos) hotel hadn't watched the Finals," Ginobili said. "But we all know the NBA Finals are really popular and hundreds of millions of people watch every game so I understood it was a big thing and they appreciated what you did and wanted to say something about the games.
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Most people know that a LIKE predicate with only a trailing wildcard can usually use an index seek:
FROM Production.Product AS p
p.Name LIKE N'D%';
As the execution plan shows, SQL Server determines a covering range (which depends on the collation), seeks the string index using the range as the start and end points of a partial scan, and applies the original LIKE condition as a residual predicate to just the rows that match the initial seek operation. Specifically, the Storage Engine seeks the index to locate rows in the covering range, and the Query Processor applies the residual predicate (the LIKE) to the rows it receives.
But what if the LIKE search term is in a variable?
DECLARE @Like NVARCHAR(50) = N'D%'
p.Name LIKE @Like;
SQL Server can still perform a seek here, but it needs to determine the covering seek range for the search term at execution time, not at compilation time:
The plan now contains an extra Constant Scan, a Compute Scalar and a Nested Loops Join. These operators are interesting because they have zero cost estimates: no CPU, no I/O, nothing. That's because they are purely architectural: a workaround for the fact that SQL Server cannot currently perform a dynamic seek within the Index Seek operator itself. To avoid affecting plan choices, this extra machinery is costed at zero.
The Constant Scan produces a single in-memory row with no columns. The Compute Scalar defines expressions to describe the covering seek range (using the runtime value of the @Like variable). Finally, the Nested Loops Join drives the seek using the computed range information as correlated values.
The upper tooltip shows that the Compute Scalar uses three internal functions, LikeRangeStart, LikeRangeEnd, and LikeRangeInfo. The first two functions describe the range as an open interval. The third function returns a set of flags encoded in an integer, that are used internally to define certain seek properties for the Storage Engine. The lower tooltip shows the seek on the open interval described by the result of LikeRangeStart and LikeRangeEnd, and the application of the residual predicate 'LIKE @Like'.
Something very similar occurs in plans that use IN or OR with variables:
p.ProductID IN (@1,@2,@3);
Now we have three ranges: one for each of the variables in the original query. The Compute Scalar operators again define three columns containing the start and end of the range, and the associated informational flags (previously seen as a result of the LikeRangeInfo function). This time, we see the decimal representation of these flags, which happens to be 62 for an equality comparison. The IN expands to (ProductID = @1 OR ProductID = @2 OR ProductID = @3), so each of the 'ranges' here is in fact a single value, so the start and end range values are the same in each Compute Scalar.
The three dynamic ranges are concatenated, sorted (so any overlapping ranges appear next to each other in the stream) and the Merge Interval collapses these intervals into one or more disjoint (non-overlapping) ranges. This is important, because the three variables might, for example, all contain the same value, and it would be incorrect to return that value three times. Anyway, for each disjoint range produced, the Nested Loops Join drives a new seek of the Clustered Index. The overall effect is that an arbitrary number of possibly overlapping ranges are computed, merged, and then used to drive one or more seek operations. The final result of the query will be the combination of all the seek results, as you would expect.
The following example contains a table with DATETIME2 values, and a query with a expression that at first sight seems unlikely to be able to seek on an index (the variable is typed as DATE, and there is a CONVERT function applied to the DATETIME2 column):
DECLARE @Example TABLE (date_time DATETIME2 PRIMARY KEY);
INSERT @Example (date_time)
DECLARE @date DATE = '2011-01-01';
FROM @Example AS e
@date = CONVERT(DATE, e.date_time);
Nevertheless, a query plan that uses a seek can be produced:
In this case, neither SSMS or Plan Explorer will show the contents of the Compute Scalar (this is probably just an oversight, rather than deliberate concealment!). We have to open the XML form of the execution plan to see the three familiar expressions, wrapped in a Value Vector (just a fancy container for multiple expressions).
Another internal function, GetRangeThroughConvert, is responsible for determining the the range of DATETIME2 values covered by the DATE variable @date, and the informational flags needed. In the same way the engine works out covering ranges for some LIKE predicates, this function determines ranges where certain problematic type conversions are required. Otherwise, the machinery is the same: a range description is defined by the Compute Scalar, and the Nested Loops Join driving a seek using those values.
There is another related internal function used when the Query Processor needs to determine a range for a comparison between different data types. This example returns rows based on a greater-than-or-equal comparison between DATE column values and the DATETIME return value of the GETDATE() intrinsic function:
DECLARE @Example TABLE (col1 date PRIMARY KEY)
SELECT * FROM @Example AS e
WHERE e.col1 >= DATEADD(DAY, -7, GETDATE());
Again, the SSMS graphical plan and Plan Explorer cannot display the contents of the Value Vector, so we have to dig into the XML again. The function evaluates the DATEADD(GETDATE()) expression, computes the open-interval start point of a DATE range accounting for the conversion from DATETIME to DATE, and specifies NULL as the end of the range (since this is a >= comparison, there is no end value). The flags value in this case is 22 (the flags for a >= seek operation).
This last example features all sorts type sloppiness, resulting in an execution plan that uses GetRangeThroughConvert on the string expression and GetRangeThroughConvert on the result of GetRangeWithMismatchedTypes applied to the result of the GETDATE function. The whole thing is then wrapped in a dynamic seek with the Merge Interval enforcing the (annoying) BETWEEN requirement that the first parameter must be less than or equal to the second. See if you can work out all the conversions necessary for this query, using the rules of data type precedence. It is really quite impressive that this example of lazy T-SQL coding results in an index seek, don't you think?
DECLARE @Example TABLE (col1 DATETIME PRIMARY KEY)
SELECT * FROM @Example AS e
WHERE CONVERT(DATE, e.col1) BETWEEN '20000101' AND GETDATE();
SQL Server works quite hard sometimes to produce index seeks where they might seem unlikely. This is a good thing, and it would be great to see this capability extended further in future. The downside is that this extra effort means you are less likely to see an Index Scan when you have done something daft with data types.
Why is this a bad thing if you get a seek anyway? The problem is that these hidden implicit conversions can result in inaccurate cardinality and distribution estimations at any stage of the plan. So, even if you get a seek, the plan might be way off overall. If that isn't persuasive enough, consider this: will having hidden nested range calculations improve your chances of getting a good query plan? Probably not, no. Be very aware of types, and in particular of the types returned by functions and expressions. If in doubt, use SELECT INTO to materialize the results of an expression or query, and check the types of the columns produced.
Note: if you have any scripts that trawl the plan cache looking for implicit conversions (CONVERT_IMPLICIT), you might want to look into updating them to check for these conversions too. Not all conversions are bad ones, of course :)
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I guess I know where this one comes from :-)
Great job, Paul, as usual!
Yes that twitter #sqlhelp question was just the prompt I needed to finally write this stuff down. Thanks, Gianluca.
These optimizer rules are life savers when you want to go through an ORM.
Yes I can believe it tobi, being stuck with index scans in cases where there is an obvious relationship between mismatched types (e.g. DATE and DATETIME) would be unfortunate, to say the least.
My belief is that one of greatest strength of the optimizer is to take away very laborious and stupid query optimization work in the small. In the large the programmer is still responsible. But in the small, I just want these little obvious problems to go away. The optimizer does a great job with that.
Thanks for a great article. I'm trying to wrap my head around why this produces an Index Seek on SQL 2005 and is on par with the trailing wildcard:
DECLARE @Like dbo.Name;
SET @Like = N'%Tube'
SELECT p.Name
WHERE p.Name LIKE @Like;
Hello Edafe,
The optimizer produces a 'dynamic seek' plan that is valid for any possible @Like string value (the plan might be cached and reused in future). In your case, the leading wildcard means the LikeRangeStart and LikeRangeEnd values computed at runtime define the *whole range* of possible values, so this seek is logically equivalent to a table scan. (Sadly there is no easy way to see the computed range values.)
On SQL Server 2008 and later, we can add OPTION (RECOMPILE) to construct a one-time plan for the specific value of @Like. This plan is not cached for reuse, so SQL Server can base it on the specific value of @Like at the time. Doing this produces the expected table scan with a residual predicate of LIKE @Like, as you would expect.
Hope that helps, thanks for a great question.
Ahh, thanks for the reply. I wondered why it shows up as performing better than the same query without the variable. I definitely need to delve into this more!
Thank you for you help Paul. You've done a great job helping me find the issue, and pointing me in the right direction!
Your blog post was definitely an interesting read!
Thanks 'DevJef' for the #sqlhelp question that finally motivated me :)
Great article. My plan cache crawler already had GetRangeThroughConvert but GetRangeWithMismatchedTypes was missing. Just curiosity - is it possible to compare convert cost for different data types pairs? What's the worst combo?
Hi @DataSic,
It seems reasonable to expect that some conversions would be more costly than others, though it's not something I have ever explicitly tested. If I had to guess, I'd say conversions to or from LOB (including XML) or CLR types would be the worst.
Any input as to why we get this plan shape with the compute scalars and merge interval when an `IS NULL` is involved as opposed to just getting a simpler looking plan with multiple seek predicates?
(As per question here http://dba.stackexchange.com/q/14789/3690)
Hi Martin,
The simple answer is that the storage engine can't currently perform multiple different types of seeks at once. WHERE column IN (1, 5) can be implemented as two seeks of the same type (ScaOp_Comp x_cmpEq), same goes for the semantically identical WHERE column = 1 OR column = 5.
We can also seek for NULL (ScaOp_Comp x_cmpIs) or NOT NULL (ScaOp_Comp x_cmpIsNot) but combining Is and Eq variants is not supported in the same operation (similar to the case where an index cannot be backward scanned in parallel, but it can forward). There's no great reason why not, as far as I know, it just hasn't been done yet.
So, the merge interval plan is the lowest-cost alternative available to the optimizer. Writing the query slightly differently (e.g. with UNION ALL) can produce other viable alternatives.
There are other issues with NULL seeking (e.g. with filtered indexes) so my guess is that product support will continue to deepen in this broad area over time.
Thanks for that explanation.
So that explains why the equality part of `c2 > 1048576 or c2 = 0` appears in the plan as `c2 >= 0 AND c2 <= 0` as well then.
Never noticed that before!
Ask anyone what the primary advantage of temporary tables over table variables is, and the chances are
CONVERT_IMPLICIT isn't the only problem with getting data types wrong. You might have the right type,
One other aspect to this that I just noticed is that the "GetRangeThroughConvert" doesn't necessarily get the range that you might expect.
The CAST as date version uses > < and a residual predicate instead of >= and < so ends up reading more rows.


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Duff tells UsMagazine.com, "We are really dedicated to taking care of (son) Luca, and we're really good friends who spend a lot of time together.
"We're not in a rush for anything. So we're just trying to enjoy our lives and figure out what makes us happy and it's working for us.
"We have Luca as our main priority, but we do care a lot about each other. We're adults and we're making our way through life. Sometimes you do that together and apart and we're gonna be and we're going to do it in the most peaceful way possible."
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Gary L. Harris, of 1809 Howard St., was charged with four counts of aggravated child pornography and possession of marijuana and cocaine with intent to manufacture or deliver, police said.
Naperville and Downers Grove police departments were investigating the sharing of child pornography in a file sharing network when investigators determined Harris' involvement. During their investigation, they determined the sharing involved a St. Charles resident and provided an IP address and a DVD, to St. Charles police investigators.
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NEW YORK (AP) — For Bobby McFerrin, breaking new ground has always been synonymous with his music.
His concerts are a mixed bag of musical styles drawing from jazz, classical, blues, and numerous other styles. He's performed unaccompanied, scatting and riffing with his four-octave range, and at times, even used his entire body to make percussive sounds.
Yet most people know him for the feel-good a cappella tune "Don't Worry Be Happy," even though the 63-year singer says he hasn't played the song in its entirety since 1988.
"The fans that come to my shows are excited with the music that I'm making, so they understand when I don't play it," McFerrin admits.
The 10-time Grammy Award-winning musician recently released his 14th album, "spirityouall," a CD that's dedicated it to the legacy of his father, the former Metropolitan Opera star Robert McFerrin Sr.
The senior McFerrin, who died at age 85 in 2006, had a distinguished career as both a performer and educator. He also provided the singing voice for Sidney Poitier in the 1959 film version of "Porgy and Bess."
The new record combines a unique selection of Americana, covering such classics as "Every Time I Feel the Spirit," and "Swing Low Sweet Chariot," as well as Negro spirituals.
"I wanted to honor him with some of the music he was known for," he says.
McFerrin remembers his father as a kind, yet tough man, especially when it came to his students. "He was nice, but he wouldn't sugarcoat anything," McFerrin remembers.
"After a student sang for my father, he wouldn't say, 'Oh that was nice, but...' He would pretty much say, 'I didn't like that' and immediately ask 'Where were you breathing?' or 'Do you know what that note means to the song?'" McFerrin recalls.
"If a student had him for a private lesson, it would be doubtful that they would finish the song by the time the lesson ended. He would pick apart everything they did, and while it was frustrating, they would become better singers. I've seen my father turn decent voices into very good ones by his technique."
Despite a stroke in 1989, the elder McFerrin appeared on his son's 1990 album, "Medicine Music," and was a soloist with the St. Louis Symphony in 1993 with his son as guest conductor.
The younger McFerrin might be best known for the fun song "Don't Worry Be Happy," but don't be fooled: He's got a powerful range and an uncanny ability to make music with anything.
"My shows are about music. It's classical. It's jazz. Negro spirituals. And the audience is a part of it, too," he says.
McFerrin says his father was proud of him for writing a hit song that reached so many people. But if that song was more a blessing or a curse, McFerrin sees it as a little of both.
"Actually more of a blessing," he corrects himself.
"Sometimes I go on YouTube and look to see what the fans are putting up from my shows, and I see the number of people that are checking it out. Without that song, I don't think they'd know who I am."
McFerrin is currently on tour in support of the new record.
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The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education has been in continuous negotiations with its seven labor unions for nearly two years. To date, it has reached settlements with five of those unions, representing the university health center nurses and physicians; campus police and security officers; and clerical and maintenance staffs.
While salary increases are included in each of those agreements, the added costs required to pay for those increases have largely been offset by agreed-to savings in benefits and changes to work rules.
PASSHE leadership is seeking the same pattern in its efforts to reach new agreements with its other two labor unions, the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties, which represents about 6,500 faculty and coaches at the 14 state-owned universities; and the State College and University Professional Association, which represents the campus admissions, financial aid, residence life and career services officers. The overriding goal is ensuring the long-term viability of the PASSHE universities. The greatest challenges to achieving that goal are the continuing growth in health care and retirement costs and inflexible work rules.
As was noted in materials provided to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees earlier this year, PASSHE's long-term obligation to pay for annuitant healthcare coverage currently stands in excess of $792 million. In the absence of any changes in current plans, it is likely that by 2020 the number of retirees being covered by the PASSHE administered health plan will exceed the number of active employees in the plan. Employer pension costs are projected to increase by as much as $80 million annually within four years.
"We must make changes in the way we operate and in our cost structure," said Gary Dent, PASSHE vice chancellor for human resources and labor relations. "We have had success working collaboratively with several of our labor unions, which have recognized the extraordinary fiscal challenges facing us and have partnered with us in working toward solutions on behalf of our students.
"We have been negotiating with APSCUF for two years. We are committed to finding an agreement with our faculty and coaches that also is fair and affordable for everyone involved. It is also important that the final agreement meets the needs of the highly competitive higher education marketplace. We are hopeful that APSCUF will join us in being responsive and innovative as we work toward those goals."
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education is the largest provider of higher education in the commonwealth, with nearly 120,000 students. The 14 PASSHE universities offer degree and certificate programs in more than 120 areas of study. About 500,000 PASSHE alumni live and work in Pennsylvania.
The state-owned universities are Bloomsburg, California, Cheyney, Clarion, East Stroudsburg, Edinboro, Indiana, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Mansfield, Millersville, Shippensburg, Slippery Rock and West Chester Universities of Pennsylvania. PASSHE also operates branch campuses in Clearfield, Freeport, Oil City and Punxsutawney and several regional centers, including the Dixon University Center in Harrisburg.


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Java should be considered a top software security threat, even more so than Adobe PDF files, according to Microsoft's announcement issued today.
Exploit attempts leveraging Java peaked at more than six million in the third quarter. In contrast, exploit attempts tapping PDF files in that same time period were measured in the thousands, according to MMPC data.
The Java exploit attempts on Windows machines used known security issues for the most part for which Microsoft has already issued patches, according to Stewart. Those patches include CVE-2008-5353, CVE-2009-3867 and CVE-2010-0094, all of which are associated with the Java runtime environment. Microsoft particularly noted exploits associated with the CVE-2008-5353 bulletin as "a major problem."
The low profile for Java as a software security attack vector is due, in part, from the lower volume of attacks compared with malware families such as Zbot, according to Stewart. She also speculated that makers of intrusion prevention system software have trouble figuring out Java code themselves and so haven't sounded the alarm.
Stewart pointed to a post by security researcher Brian Krebs as one of the few outlets pointing to Java as a potential security problem. According to Krebs, the regular monthly Java patches delivered by Oracle through automatic updates aren't frequent enough to ward off potential attacks. He recommended increasing the frequency of Java update checks. Alternatively, for those not really needing Java, he recommended just removing the java runtime environment altogether.
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What about Java on Linux? Curiously that is not addressed in the analysis....
I would rather see statistics on successful exploits, not the "exploit attempts" sited here. So a bunch of malware is trying an exploit... yeah, but what vulnerabilities are actually working for the crooks?
Wonder how much of that "insecurity" is induced by the way Microsoft codes the linkages that Java uses?Microsoft still does not like Java because of the legal beating they took over it some years ago, and they hate the fact that it allows users to use non-Microsoft products, unlike those who try to read active-X coded files. And one has to wonder about how many security flaws are hidden in active-X that Microsoft does not fix unless someone points them out instead of exploiting them... Unfortunately, there is no such thing as secure software, unless it is off. And just because Microsoft would prefer you to use their software instead of someone else's software does not mean that you will be any safer, especially the way windows intertwines everything and has so many patches and overlays over the years instead of designing new software (reminds me of some of the roads here, instead of fixing the rotting road base, they toss some tar and asphalt on top and call it good for a few months)...
Isn't this like asking Ford about the safety of Chevrolet cars? OF COURSE they're going to say it will trigger Armageddon. Get this from an un-biased source and it might mean something. Otherwise it is just propaganda.
Holly's right IMO. Java is and/or has represented a huge threat to those OS'es that have not fully taken into account the flexibility of Java. JavaScript however represents an even larger bad use potential threat. However blaiming security holes in OS'es on Java is somewhat unfair although Oracle has not been a forthcomming as many would like, including myself as to point out the ever increasing flexability of Java and how that might pose a security threat on some OS'es accordingly
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Schlicher was awarded the American Foreign Service Association's annual prize for producing the year's best "dissent channel" cables–tightly written and cogently argued memos to Washington taking issue with particular aspects of US foreign policy. In effect, Schlicher was recognized for his constructive criticism of President Bush's policies in the Middle East, a region Schlicher, a fluent Arabic speaker, knows as well as anyone in government.
But Schlicher, now Iraq desk officer in Washington, is not boasting about his prize. In fact, like the State Department's other Arab hands, he's not even giving interviews. American diplomats, both active and retired, say he is outraged at the way America's most talented Arab experts were until recently blocked from playing any meaningful role in the administration of postwar Iraq.
"This administration doesn't like naysayers," says Edward Walker, a former US ambassador to Egypt and Israel and now the president of the Middle East Institute in Washington. "Ron challenged US policy and they shut him out."
American Arabists are an embattled priesthood within the nation's foreign policy elite. Like the China hands of the 1950s, who were purged by McCarthyites, the State Department's Middle East experts have been marginalized over the years for "going local"–associating themselves too closely with host governments and being critical of Washington's wholesale support of Israel. It was Arabist denial of the true character and ambition of Saddam Hussein, their critics say, that caught Washington off guard when the dictator invaded Kuwait in 1990.
"Arabists," said Francis Fukuyama while a Reagan Administration appointee on the State Department's policy planning staff, "are more systemically wrong than other area specialists in the foreign service." Such comments could easily be applied to the neoconservative cabal that continues to pilot Bush foreign policy despite the mess it has made of Iraq–after dismissing prescient State Department advice.
Although junior State Department officials have enrolled in Arab-language courses in record numbers over the past three years, it could take years to restore the Arabists' ranks. The US Embassy in Baghdad will have fewer Arab specialists relative to its size and importance than any other American mission in the Arab world. John Negroponte, the current ambassador, had never served in the region before his recent appointment. The Bush Administration is so short on Middle East expertise that Christopher Ross, a veteran Arabist and former ambassador to Syria, was summoned to Baghdad out of retirement.


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Paige Bradley was born on May 29, 1991 in Walnut Creek, Calif....Parents are Tom and Susan...Has two older brothers, Matt and Kevin...Nicknames include "Paigey," "Bradley," and "B-Rad"...Is majoring in environmental studies at UCSB...Would like to pursue a career as a research toxicologist, conservation ecologist or as a farmer...When outside the pool, she enjoys reading, dancing, running, hiking and doing anything outdoors...Names "Batman Begins" as her favorite movie while "Tuesdays with Morrie" is her favorite book...Enjoys the music of Jimmy Eat World...Names her brothers as her personal heroes...Most memorable athletic achievements were being named team captain her senior year of high school and leading team cheers at the Big Ten Championships...Her favorite aspect of college swimming is "trying to make yourself a better athlete/person for the success of the team"...Is ambidextrous.


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If you're getting redirected from Google or seeing pop-up ads, unwanted toolbars, or strange Google search results, your computer may have malware. Malware is software designed to damage and take control of your computer.
Signs you might have malware
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- Unwanted toolbars
- Inappropriate Google search results or ads
- Being redirected from a site you're trying to visit, like your homepage or Google
- Seeing a search engine that looks like Google, but with an unfamiliar URL or logo
- Getting results from the wrong search engine
Remove malware from your computer or browser
- Check your computer for programs you don't recognize, and uninstall them.
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- eSave Security Control
- Extended Protection
- Nation Zoom browser protection
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- Omiga plus
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2. If you're using Chrome or Firefox, use the browser reset feature to undo the changes you see and get your settings back to normal.
3. If you're using another browser, use antivirus software to detect and remove malware from your computer.
4. If the steps above didn't fix the issue, create a post in the Google Search Forum about your issue. In your post, mention what troubleshooting steps you've already done.
Prevent your computer from getting malware in the future
Tip 1: Keep your browser and operating system up to date.
Most operating systems will let you know you when it's time to upgrade – don't ignore these messages. Old versions of software can sometimes have security problems that criminals can use to easily get to your data.
Google's Chrome browser automatically updates to the latest version every time you start it up, so you can get the most up-to-date security protection without any extra work.
Tip 2: Keep an eye on what you click and download.
Without meaning to, you may click a link that installs malware on your computer. To keep your computer safe, only click links and downloads from sites that you trust. Don't open any unknown file types, or download programs from pop-ups that appear in your browser.
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Between holiday parties and short work weeks, the end of one year and the birth of another, many people will celebrate. And with celebrations comes libations.
Between holiday parties and short work weeks, the end of one year and the birth of another, many people will celebrate. And with celebrations comes libations.
It's also the time of year when police forces in Oneida County will crack down on travelers that decide to drive after drinking, with money stemming from the STOP DWI program funding the way.
That money, however, has been running dry as fewer people are arrested for the offense, creating a Catch-22 situation: fewer people driving drunk means safer roads but also amounts to less money to keep the roads safe.
"Arrests are down, therefore, revenue is down, resulting in reductions in all DWI-related budget lines," said Tom Giruzzi, the county's STOP DWI program coordinator and victim impact panel coordinator, in an email.
The program has been successful within the county: In 2012, more than 730 people were arrested for driving while intoxicated and/or related offenses. The program reached its highest number of arrests in 2009 with 1,150. Since then, across the board, police departments have seen decreased arrests. Giruzzi said this reflects a state-wide trend.
"Obviously, the numbers being down, we like to think it's because the programs are working and less people are out on the roads when they've been drinking," he said.
Money for the STOP DWI program comes is based solely on the fines generated from the county's DWI convictions. In 2012, the county generated $434,320.64 in revenue toward the agenda. That money is filtered into different departments paying for the overtime or part-time officers to act on patrols for DWI-specific enforcement, Giruzzi said.
For the New Hartford Police Department, funding for 2014 has been cut by about 20 percent. In 2013, the department received $44,000, but next year's budget only includes $35,000.
Giruzzi said he does not believe this spells disaster for the police forces participating in the effort.
"There's still funding available, but not at the levels in the past when those numbers were higher," he said, referring to the number of arrests.
Grant monies, he said, might become more important. In October, the county's program received a $25,600 grant from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Traffic Safety Committee toward more crackdowns. The grant cycles through Oct. 1, 2013, through Sept. 20, 2014. Giruzzi said he hopes similar grants will be available in the future.
"With our aggressive approach … more people are cognizant of the fact that drinking and driving isn't going to be tolerated in (Oneida County), therefore, making sure that they have a plan to get home safe after a night of drinking," he said in an email response.


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COMMERCE CITY CO (Oct. 1 2007) – As a part of the club-to-club partnership forged earlier this year between Mexico's C.F. Pachuca and the Colorado Rapids of MLS the Tuzos Soccer Academy was launched on Monday Oct. 1 at the Rapids' home stadium Dick's Sporting Goods Park.
The Tuzos Academy is planned to provide instruction for boys and girls between 6 and 18 years of age and its mission will be to link the sport of soccer with the importance of human values as the main tools of a truly-integrated soccer education.
This is the Mexican club's first-ever soccer academy in the United States of America.
The Tuzos Academy's official launch was Monday October 1 at 4:30 p.m. MT on the fields complex at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Juan Manuel Herrero the project manager and Prosport's Managing Partner and Coach José Luis Arce one of the most recognized Mexican youth soccer coaches were present as were special guests and distinguished representatives including: Enrique Borja Mexican soccer icon; Jeff Plush Managing Director of the Colorado Rapids; Fernando Clavijo Head Coach of the Colorado Rapids; Eduardo Arnal Mexico's Consul in Denver and Paul Natale Mayor of Commerce City.
It is important to mention that the Tuzos Academy's first season will be a short introductory one with only a one-month duration (October); the regular full season of the Tuzos Academy will run April-October 2008 and will follow that summer-long format for the coming years.
For more information on the Tuzos Academy please contact Juan Manuel Herrero of ProSport at (52-55)-5282-1698 or email@example.com.


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2013 'KAMENJAK' IFCA Pro Kids, JUNIOR & YOUTH FREESTYLE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP Day 2
Strong Bura winds during the night caused for an early day on the second competition day. After analyzing several forecast yesterday night the skippers meeting was set for 7:30 am with winds still reaching up to 20 knots. The single elimination for Youths was scheduled first followed by the Juniors who were all excited to get the battles started.
Youths Highlights:
Italian Francesco Cappuzzo performed well with powerfull new school tricks but was beaten by Belgian Mattijs lasore in the battle for third. Mattijs performed a great routine with a nice viriety of normal stance and switch stance manouvers.
Final heat was between Steven Max from Aruba and the Italian Giovanni Passani who was sailing really well today with moves such as one handed burners, switch kono's and high shakas but Steven Max his move list was just a bit more including Punch, double flakas and a variation of technical moves wich led to a solid overall impression score sheet.
Juniors Highlights:
Mattijs Lasore from Belgium kept his routine and won against the Russian Kostya Smirnoff who unfortunitely did not accomplished some of his high scoring manouvers in the battle for third. David Schiebel from Austria had a great day and made it to the final rounds facing the Arubian Steven Max who once again performed with a greater amount of tricks on each tack.
After both eliminations were sailed the wind started to drop down just like the local forecast predicted. The double elimination started but the wind was not strong enough to continue with an official competition. The Race director decided to run the double of the Pro Kids U15 age group category. The rider of today was the local star Tvrtko Ljutic who propably had the most fun showing of his manouver and advancing heat after heat with board and sail trick combinations, backwind sailing and a nose ride. Mats Moyson from Belgium managed to show more technical skills and advances to the final to meet with the Italian Nicolo Tagliafico. The wind got even lighter and the final heat was cancelled, competitors were on standby throughout the afternoon but the wind did not return.
It was a great day full of action followed by a roller skating show and a hockey game demonstration in the event tent with local kids from the region
The forecast for tomorrow looks light and the skippers meeting is set for 10am
Youth Results single 1:
1. Steven Max
2. Giovanni Passani
3. Mattijs Lasore
4. Francesco Cappuzzo
Junior Results single 1:
1. Steven Max
2. David Schiebel
3. Mattijs Lasore
4. Kostya Smirnoff
IFCA/ Class Rep Ruben Petrisie
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2013 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class Values
Select a 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class trim level
2013 model year changes
The 2013 SL-Class has been given a total redesign making this the sixth generation of SL-Class roadsters for Mercedes-Benz. Sporting a brand new chassis, the 2013 SL-Class weighs significantly less than the car it replaces, paying dividends in both fuel efficiency and performance. The mission of the car remains unchanged however, the 2013 SL-Class representing the ultimate in two seat luxury motoring.
Competitive comparison
Prodigious power and performance; world-class luxury; technology galore; unbeatable style
Special features for 2013
The 2013 SL-Class is a 2 seat sports car with a generous helping of luxury and comfort. Starting at about $105,000, the car is truly in the luxury category. However drivers are treated to some of the best technology available. The car features a powerful engine, a very willing chassis and a clever folding hard top.
All new for 2013, the Mercedes Benz SL-Class is a hardtop luxury roadster that comes standard with a 429 hp producing 4.6-liter V8 engine and a 7-speed automatic transmission. The RWD SL550 gets an EPA estimated 17 mpg city and 25 mpg highway. For those who crave performance the SL63 offers all the luxury of the standard SL blended with AMG performance. The SL63 AMG comes equipped with a 5.5-liter twin-turbocharged V8 engine that produces 530 hp while the SL65 AMG 6.0-liter twin-turbocharged V-12 yields 621 hp. Options include distronic adaptive cruise control, panorama roof, multi-contour ventilated seats, sport steering-wheel, premium sound, hands-free phone capabilities, navigation, heated/cooled seats, and a 40GB hard drive. Safety features are comprised of active body control, pop-up roll-bar, anti-lock braking system (ABS), brake assist (BA), multi-link suspension, and 7-way airbag protection. The SL-Class is backed by a 4-year/50,000-mile warranty.


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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Palestinian officials say the leader of a Palestinian group based in Damascus is among those injured by a car bomb that killed more than 30 people in the Syrian capital.
Nayef Hawatmeh, who is head of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, suffered light wounds in his hands and face when he was hit by flying glass. His office is about 500 meters (yards) from the site of Thursday's explosion in central Damascus, which killed at least 31 people and injured more than 200 others.
An official in Hawatmeh's office, Rashid Qweider, told The Associated Press that Hawatmeh was briefly hospitalized following the explosion.
Hawatmeh, a Greek Catholic, formed the Marxist DFLP in 1969, one of the major factions within the Palestine Liberation Organization.


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August 24. 2013 9:29PM
Kuchar and Woodland share lead at Barclays
(Reuters) - Matt Kuchar and Gary Woodland battled to a tie for the lead at breezy Liberty National and will be paired today at The Barclays, the opening event of the FedExCup playoffs.
Kuchar carded a one-under 70, while fellow American Woodland shot a 68 to finish Saturday's third round locked at 12-under-par 131.
Unheralded Kevin Chappell fired a sensational, course record 62 to stand one stroke behind his compatriots in pursuit of his first title on the PGA Tour.
Four shots off the pace were Tiger Woods and England's David Lynn, who both returned two-under 69s on the waterside course under the shadow of the Statue of Liberty.
Woods, among 40 players who returned early Saturday morning to complete the second round after play was suspended due to darkness in the weather-hit event, slipped from seven-under with a pair of bogeys but battled back with three late birdies to reach eight-under 205.
"Just hung in there and that was a grind,'' said world number one Woods.


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Bedford to get a $900,000 refund from LGC
BEDFORD — Taxpayers and some school district employees will get a $900,000 refund from Local Government Center for health and dental premiums paid in 2010.
For the district, the money will be received as a credit in the form of a premium holiday — a reduction in the amount the district has to pay for insurance. In addition, a small percentage of the refund will go to those employees who were insurance subscribers at that time, said Superintendent Tim Mayes.
"The money, what I call a credit, is from premiums the Local Government Center charged that were higher than what they needed to be," Mayes said.
Towns and school districts pay insurance premiums that are put into a pool overseen by the LGC, which then contracts with an insurance company. The district is billed monthly for employees' health and dental insurance policies, and the premium holiday rebate will reduce that monthly payment.
"It's going to make a difference in the money we have to raise in taxes next year," he said.
The district was also notified several months ago that it would be given a premium holiday in August as a refund for health and dental premiums paid in 2011. As a result, the board budgeted about $250,000 less for insurance premiums for the 2013-14 fiscal year.
School Board members voted unanimously to accept the $900,000 refund as a premium holiday rather than a lump-sum check at their Aug. 26 meeting. Mayes recommended taking a premium holiday to create a buffer in the budget for emergencies. This way, the refund would not create a spike in the school tax rate in fiscal year 2015 due to the one-time revenues, he said.
"The money will be returned to taxpayers for any part of the year-end balance to be used to reduce taxes for the 2014-2015 tax year," he said.
The percentage of money payable to the district and to employees who paid their share of dental and health premiums will be known in late October.
The refund for overpayment of premiums stems from litigation last year, when the Secretary of State's Office ruled the LGC had to refund $53 million to member cities and towns. The organization was also told to reorganize or lose its nonprofit status.
The LGC claimed it retained surplus money to help keep rates stable, but the surplus was used to start a workers compensation insurance program.
In the Aug. 16, 2012, ruling, the Secretary of State's hearings officer Donald Mitchell said the LGC wrongly created a business conglomerate and withheld funds that could have been used by member cities, towns and school districts to improve facilities, technology or buffer fund accounts.
The LGC appealed the ruling and lost. HealthTrust, an organization under the LGC, was reorganized into HealthTrust Inc., an independent not-for-profit corporation. The change was effective Sept. 1.
"The regulatory agencies have determined that the Local Government Center's premiums they were holding in member reserves were too high and told them to return health and dental premiums for 2010 and 2011," said Mayes.


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Healthy people should be encouraged to take a daily dose of aspirin to ward off cancer, according to the leader of a new study highlighting its benefits today.
The research shows long-term use of aspirin significantly reduces the risk of developing and dying from major cancers, mostly affecting the digestive tract.
If everyone in the UK aged 50 to 64 took aspirin for 10 years, an estimated 130,357 cancer deaths and 9,473 fatal heart attacks could be avoided over two decades, the study found.
On the other side of the equation, aspirin use would be expected to cause just under 18,000 deaths over 20 years, mainly due to internal bleeding and strokes.
However, the scientists believe the scales are tipped firmly towards aspirin when weighing up the risks and benefits of the drug.
Lead researcher Prof Jack Cuzick, head of Queen Mary, University of London's Centre for Cancer Prevention, stopped short of urging GPs to prescribe aspirin to healthy patients but added: "I think they should recommend it."
He revealed that he took a daily low-dose aspirin pill every day "as part of a bedtime ritual".
The research, published in journal Annals of Oncology, pulled together data from reviews and clinical trials looking at both the good and bad effects of preventative use of aspirin.
Prof Cuzick's team found that taking the drug for 10 years could cut bowel cancer incidence by 35 per cent and deaths by 40 per cent.
Rates of stomach and oesophageal cancer were reduced by 30 per cent and deaths from these diseases by 35 per cent and 50 per cent respectively.
While aspirin use cut heart attack risk by 18 per cent, it only led to a five per cent reduction in heart attack deaths, according to the study.
Rates of serious or fatal bleeding in the gut due to the blood-thinning effects of aspirin were very low under the age of 70, but increased sharply after that age.
Prof Cuzick said: "It has long been known that aspirin, one of the cheapest and most common drugs on the market, can protect against certain types of cancer.
"But until our study it was unclear whether the pros of taking aspirin outweighed the cons.
He added: "Whilst there are some serious side effects that can't be ignored, taking aspirin daily looks to be the most important thing we can do to reduce cancer after stopping smoking and reducing obesity, and will probably be much easier to implement."


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Storytime - International Migratory Bird Day
Place:Children's Storytime Room
Join us for a special Bird Day Storytime with Children's Librarian, Sarah Kostin, and special guest Woodsy Owl. We will read stories and sing songs about birds. After Storytime, follow Woodsy Owl to the rest of the events in Little Toots Park. For kids and families of all ages.


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What a president says, matters. His language is important. He's not just another guy at the bar. His words have repercussions, at home and abroad.
His words affect foreign policy, as realists understand. They affect our relations with other countries and they affect our image in the world at large. This has a lot to do with our leeway, our leverage, our ability to shape events.
When you're the top dog, as America is, you don't have to put other countries down. You don't have to refer to them as sh**holes. They know they're sh**holes. You can afford a little graciousness, even a touch of nobility. Think of the conservatism of Burke or Buckley. There is a long tradition of this.
Kindness, courtesy, honesty, integrity — these are not the qualities of weaklings. These do not indicate an absence of strength. Washington, Lincoln, and Reagan — to name three presidents — were strong. They were also humane.
Over the generations, many "losers" from sh**hole countries have come to America to start a new life. Those who are sittin' pretty in the Old Country tend not to come. Why should they? My ancestors weren't doctors, lawyers, and nuclear engineers. How about yours?
Think of Italy and Ireland. Today, they are fairly happy and prosperous countries. Once upon a time, they were not. You could even have described them as sh**holes. That's why a lot of people emigrated from those countries, coming to America. They were not necessarily sh**ty people. Far from it.
"But it was different then!" you might say. "It's different now!" You may be right. But bear in mind that Americans in every generation have said those same words: "It was different then! It's different now!" Remember how they complained about the Italians and the Irish: wrong religion, too many children, too alien — all of it.
The Left is loath to acknowledge any problems with immigration. They are apt to denounce our concerns and prescriptions as racist, xenophobic, etc. The Right, I'm afraid, is often loath to acknowledge any blessings of immigration. It would behoove us to offer a good word about immigration from time to time. You can be for e-verify — even the Wall — and still appreciate the place of immigration in the American story and the American Dream.
Last year, Anthony Daniels, a.k.a. Theodore Dalrymple, had this to say about Trump: "By his crudity, he will end up strengthening the forces of political correctness." Will Trump end up hurting the cause of restriction in immigration? I don't know — but it's something to think about.
In the '80s, I heard Alan Simpson say something in a Senate hearing on immigration. It was charming. "No fair quotin' the Statue of Liberty," he said. Well, if it's no fair quotin' the Statue of Liberty, it's doubly unfair to quote Reagan at the Statue of Liberty, as he was in 1986, celebrating the Lady's centennial. He spoke of people "who had a special love for freedom and a special courage that enabled them to leave their own land, leave their friends and their countrymen, and come to this new and strange land to build a New World of peace and freedom and hope."
Reagan was a conservative too. His strain was not the strain that is dominant or popular today, but it still exists, within the broader orbit of conservatism.
We are in a huge mess, where immigration is concerned. We must curb illegal immigration. We must do something about the ruinous combination of mass immigration and social-welfare programs. We must honor the rule of law (which has been left in tatters). We must be mindful of jobs and wages. We have to work out some sensible policy.
I know that "merit" is all the rage now — merit as in graduate degrees and other credentials. Maybe that ought to be the standard. But I can't help thinking that, sometimes, your merit is that you cross an ocean, embrace America, and work your tail off.
Above all, we should try to solve this problem amicably, remembering that the issue is tangled and that lives of various kinds are involved.
(End of sermon. Don't forget to stuff your largest bills in the velvet pouch as it passes.)