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The best how-to on the SQL MODEL clause, by Duke Ganote.
I've been trying most of the day to PIVOT a query based on monthly buckets (up to 7). It's driving me crazy. I haven't been able to get it going with Analytics and that's what led me back to Duke's post.
I'm co-presenting Application Express at the SOUG meeting with Dan McGhan. Dan graciously helped out when I stumbled last time. You can get directions and sign up here.
I'll be doing more of the backend (why does that always make me giggle?) stuff and Dan will be showing off some of the cool front end stuff (customization, javascript plugins, etc).
By the way, I found out at the DBA 2.0 one day conference that we were presenting. That was funny.
I like twitter now. Jake suggested using it to search for jobs during my recent stint of un-employment...I like the "micro-blogging" thing.
I did get my old job back last week. They (thankfully) were able to move the start time up a month. I get to do some testing as part of the deal.
I do miss home though. It was nice hanging out with my wife without having to always rush through conversations. Being around the kids (before school started) was fun too. I have never been able to enjoy my time because I'm always thinking about some problem...since I had no job I was released from that burden.
The Wii is gathering dust, kind of. I did score a 184 on tanks (Wii Play) last night. I also miss my afternoon naps...
But I'm thankful to have a job again. Lots to do...
Monday, September 8, 2008
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- Jake said...
Hey congrats. Rarely, if ever, have I heard of someone in tech "getting a job back", so you must be persuasive or just that good.
What did you do? Break some heads, make them an offer they couldn't refuse?
- September 9, 2008 at 10:19 AM
- oraclenerd said...
I think I just whined a lot...you know, made them feel guilty about letting me go, small kids, etc.
- September 9, 2008 at 10:20 AM
- oraclenerd said...
and Thanks!
- September 9, 2008 at 10:20 AM
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Are we going to see another thrust in Voice Spamming now... like v recently witnessed Email Spam .... May be v r heading on towards another disaster led by voice spammers now. Its all due to MS's history of initially rolling out crappy and vulnerable systems.AOL Plays Catch Up
AOL said it will roll out its new service on October 4. Dubbed TotalTalk, the company said its service transforms any high-speed Internet connection into a quality phone service with savings of up to 40 percent off monthly phone bills, compared to traditional landline service. TotalTalk is available to all consumers, regardless of which Internet Service Provider they use to get online.
TotalTalk includes unified voice, e-mail and instant messaging, enhanced voicemail and call management capabilities, and the ability to make and receive calls on a home phone line from anywhere users have access to AIM. Call Waiting, Caller ID, 911 emergency calling, Star Codes, voice mail integrated with e-mail and three-way calling are also included.
Gartner analyst David Willis told TechNewsWorld that AOL has to play catch up with the rest of the Internet search and portal vendors. AOL's just-announced partnerships with Pingtel, Global IP Sound and On2 are a bid to regain some lost ground on the VoIP front.
"People will download the AOL client, they'll download the Google client and the Skype client," Willis said. "It's free to call any of those communities and it doesn't cost you anything to join the community; therefore, you become a member of all of them."
Microsoft's Multiple Plays
Meanwhile, Qwest Communications and Microsoft are teaming up to provide small and medium-sized business (SMB) customers with a converged communications solution. The partnership integrates the Microsoft Solution for Enhanced VoIP services with Qwest's OneFlex VoIP services to combine VoIP, e-mail, Internet access, collaboration, presence, instant messaging and desktop services. The companies expect the service to be available in 2006.
"Small and medium-sized businesses want access to the same types of communications services that large enterprises enjoy today, but the investment and resources required to manage those services have traditionally been out of their reach," said Tom Richards, executive vice president of the business markets group at Qwest.
Willis said Microsoft has several plays. There's the move to sell MSN as an online service, the play to justify upgrading to Microsoft Vista to get free voice traffic, and the pure VoIP strategy.
The Telcos' Flat-Rate Moves
The Internet telephony movement is causing the telcos to react with offerings of their own. Analysts said that could mean moving customers to flat rate long distance products to curb the migration to low-cost VoIP. But that strategy will take revenues out of the telcos' pockets.
"There's no real good news here for the telcos, except ultimately it will allow them to create unique services and give customers more control about the phone services they offer," Willis said. "So they can talk about the softer benefits of voice over IP instead of just having cheaper voice."


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Roberts, Carter win Mac school board seats
Incumbent Tim Roberts won re-election to the McMinnville School Board in Tuesday's school and fire board election. He will be joined by Barbara Carter, a retired teaching assistant, who won a three-way race for a vacant seat.
Ryan Jones won a contested race for a seat on the Amity School Board and Terry Chrisman defeated a challenger for a spot on the Sheridan School Board, according to results from the Yamhill and Polk county clerks' offices. In Newberg, incumbent Todd Thomas won the race for the Zone 4 position.
In returns in the McMinnville School District, Roberts had 2,595 votes to challenger Bill Bordeaux's 2,185, or 54.3 percent to 45.7 percent. Carter led with 2,685 votes, or 55.5 percent, in a three-way race with Robin Swenson, 1,105 votes or 22.9 percent, and Nicholas Scyoc, with 1,0452 votes or 21.6percent.
In Amity, Yamhill and Polk county voters gave Jones 545 votes, or 63.6 percent. Challenger Trish Stephens had 312, or 36.4 percent, in the combined count of the two counties.
In Sheridan, Chrisman had 337 votes, or 62.6 percent, in the combined count of Yamhill and Polk counties. Muriel Ablard received 201, or 37.4 percent.
In Newberg, Thomas had 1,755 votes, or 53 percent, to challenger James Gleason's 1,553, or 47 percent.
In most districts, only one candidate filed for each seat. They were re-elected handily.
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With proper documentation, cats can travel freely throughout the United States. Hawaii is the only exception, requiring all entering cats to be quarantined for 30 to 120 days. Check with officials prior to your trip or move.read more
Shelter cats make great pets. There are just a few things to know to make your new cat's transition to your home easier for both her and you.
Facebook, blogs and other social media tools are helping to match loving homes with homeless cats. Here's how you can get involved too.
From the first exciting adjustments to training to health care, we help you to get your home-and yourself-ready for a new kitten.
These award-winning volunteers -- including a cat -- have helped to save the lives of innocent felines. Here, their stories.
Did you know that you can help homeless cats just by using social media? Here are other easy ways to help cats in need this winter holiday season.
Are you looking to adopt a cat this holiday season? Consider a senior cat or black cat, and help to end unfortunate trend of these cats being left behind.
Facebook, blogs and other social media tools are helping to match loving homes with homeless cats. Here's how you can get involved too.
From the first exciting adjustments to training to health care, we help you to get your home -- and yourself -- ready for a new kitten.
I have a sweet Himalayan kitten, and I would like to adopt another cat now. Do I need to keep anything in mind when selecting this second cat -- such as its age, sex and/or breed -- to ensure they get along?
Looking to adopt a cat this holiday season? ASPCA's Meet Your Match program, Iams' Home 4 the Holidays and other pet adoption campaigns are here to help.
Celebrate Adopt a Senior Pet Month by saving the life of an elderly yet still active and lovable cat.
Are you allergic to cats, or do you already have a house full of cats? From shooting photos and videos to sponsoring cats in need, you can still help homeless pets.
August 21 is International Homeless Animals' Day. Here's how you can help to transform cats from homeless to happy and homeward bound.
Each year, thousands of kittens are born during spring and summer, filling animal shelters nationwide. How can you help? Take part in June's Adopt a Cat Month.
Can you crochet, knit or sew? If so, you can ease the life of homeless shelter cats through the Snuggles Project.
The holiday season usually means more shopping, cooking and socializing, but did you know these efforts could also help cats in need? December fun has never been so rewarding.
Want to help reduce the shelter cat population? Turn your single-feline household into a multi-cat one -- without angering your current top cat.
Did you know that adult cats are among the least adopted animals at shelters? Here's how you can help remedy this dire situation.
A house without a cat is not a home if you're a feline fancier, so here's what to do if you'd like to adopt a cat for the first time or to add to your preexisting cat crew. The simple process takes just six steps.
Bringing a new pet into a home with another pet can be stressful. Here are some ways to make the transition easier.
Double your pleasure -- and that of your pet -- by adopting more than one cat. Here are compelling reasons to have a multi-cat household.
Thinking of adopting a kitten or cat? Here's what you need to know about pet rescue.
Blogger Michele C. Hollow explains why she often urges others to adopt cats.
If you're looking for a new pet to fill your home with love, consider an older cat before settling with a new kitty.
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Your Guide To Editing Your Closet
Cleaning out your closet is a task that's about as much fun as going to the dentist or filling out lengthy paperwork, but just like paying rent, it must be done. To make this daunting-yet-totally-refreshing experience easier on you, we created a friendly guide that will help you decide what's worth keeping and what needs to go. The result will be a perfectly edited wardrobe, which will make getting ready even easier. Closet clutter, be gone!
Keep your best blazers, but go ahead and sell or donate the ones that are uncomfortably too tight or faded far from their original color.
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Always maintain a solid selection of office-appropriate blouses in your closet. Get rid of any ill-fitting or permanently stained blouses and button-down shirts.
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When editing your dresses, ask yourself one question. Have you tried it on three times in the past year, without actually wearing it? If so, it's time to realize it's just not going to happen.
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Try on every pair and make a pile of your favorites. From there, keep one or two of each jean style: skinny, cropped, boyfriend, distressed, boot-cut, and flared—you want to have options. Confession: A minor denim addiction isn't entirely a bad thing, so we also suggest keeping a larger selection of the style that is most flattering for your body.
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Did it shrink in the dryer? Donate it. Is it pilling like crazy? Donate it. Does it have moth holes that aren't worth fixing? Donate it. Is it fine, but very similar to other pieces you already own? Keep two (okay, three) of your favorites, and donate the rest.
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Hang on to a selection of the timeless prints: animal, polka dot, stripes, and gingham. Sift through the rest of your printed-top collection, keep your absolute favorites, and give away anything that's too trendy or that you haven't worn in at least six months.
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Can you think of at least three occasions and ways to wear a particular skirt? If not, this may be the moment to officially retire it.
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Is the neck stretched out? Donate it. Does it smell odd? Donate it. Does it belong to your ex-boyfriend? Donate it.
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Check the bottom of your pants: are the ends tattered and stained? If so, it's time to let them go. (Side note: if you properly tailor your trousers, this shouldn't happen!)
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Your weekday morning blend from Instant Tea:
1. President Barack Obama and Daniel Hernandez Jr. — the gay intern credited with saving the life of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords — disagree about whether Hernandez should be called a hero. Thus far, however, discourse between the two has remained civil. Hernandez, who sat next to Obama during Wednesday night's memorial service in Tucson, also spoke to MSNBC's Keith Olbermann after the event. In case you missed the service, Obama also announced that Giffords had opened her eyes for the first time in the hospital. And as Bill Maher put it, now it's time for the rest of the nation to open its eyes. Watch Obama's full speech here.
2. The government shouldn't spend money to treat people with HIV/AIDS who "caused it by the way they live," according to Instant Tea's official Bigot of the Day, North Carolina State Rep. Larry Brown. "I'm not opposed to helping a child born with HIV or something, but I don't condone spending taxpayers' money to help people living in perverted lifestyles." (Winston-Salem Journal)
3. When the Dallas Police Department conducts one of its gay sex stings, it's business as usual. But when it happens in Palm Springs, Calif., all hell breaks loose.


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Janis Siegel: 40 years with Manhattan Transfer
Janis Siegel, a fantastic vocalist in her own right, has a long and distinguished career that has taken her around the world as a soloist, a member of Bobbie McFerrin's "Voicestra," and one fourth of the 10-time Grammy-winning Manhattan Transfer.
There are few of us around these days who remember the original group, which disbanded in 1972, regrouping with a sound that has distinguished them as one of the most innovative quartets in the world.
"I was born in Brooklyn, and had no thoughts of being a singer when I was young," Janis told me from her home in New York City. "My parents weren't musical, and music was particularly a part of my life as I was growing up.
"That all changed as I grew older and was exposed to all kinds of music," she said. "We have to introduce young people to jazz, and the marriage of fusion is one way to attract them."
Janis raved about her experiences with Bobby McFerrin and his Voicestra.
"He is an absolute genius. He is awesome. He is the greatest. He is a special singer and a special person. I did the Circle Group records with him and have also done a few tours. Just being around him is a wonderful experience."
Siegel has soloed and recorded her own music, having toured Europe, Japan, Indonesia, and many New York City clubs. She loves her long association with Manhattan Transfer and is looking forward to meeting up again with Jusif Ghandi, the man responsible for bringing great acts like Manhattan Transfer to Cranston's park Theatre. ("He produced one of our albums.")
What will they sing on June 23?
"Wow, I'm not sure," she said. "We have a 40-year repertoire."
Manhattan Transfer will bring back many memories for a lot of us and hopefully introduce new fans to this amazingly talented group. Personally, I can't wait to hear that sound again.
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City of Portsmouth 1977
This film is a rough cut edit commissioned by Portsmouth City Council in 1977 as a documentary of the city in that year, including the visit of the Queen to review the Fleet during the Silver Jubilee of her reign and the local celebrations.
Narrated by Peter Macann, it was never actually shown or fully completed, owing to disagreements within the Council regarding the film content. It should be regarded as a snapshot view of the city, rather than a comprehensive account, and reflects the situation as some people saw it at the time.
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NEW ORLEANS —Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin stood before a federal magistrate judge Wednesday afternoon and in a stern tone pleaded not guilty to nearly two dozen federal charges, including conspiracy, bribery, wire fraud and filing false income tax returns while serving as leader of this city.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Sally Shushan set Nagin's bail at $100,000 and set April 29 as a preliminary trial date. The case is assigned to U.S. District Judge Ginger Berrigan.
A grand jury last month handed up a 21-count indictment against Nagin, who prosecutors allege accepted more than $200,000 in bribes and other goods — including granite and free trips — from contractors in exchange for helping them to secure city work that was worth millions of dollars.
Nagin surrendered his passport Wednesday and was prohibited from traveling anywhere outside of Louisiana or Texas. Nagin now lives in Frisco, Texas, a Dallas suburb.
Asked minutes before the hearing if he had anything to say about the charges he faces, Nagin said he didn't.
"No, man. I can't make any comments,'' Nagin said as he walked from his attorney's office on St. Charles Avenue to the nearby Hale Boggs Federal Courthouse. He responded to no other questions from a gaggle of reporters who crowded him as he entered and left the courthouse.
Nagin's attorney, Robert Jenkins, also said little to the media scrum.
"We don't have any comments. We're preparing for trial. That's all I can tell you," Jenkins said as he and Nagin left court.
Nagin has consistently maintained his innocence and said he would fight the charges.
The city's former chief executive appeared calm and relaxed as he entered the courthouse. He even shared a few laughs with Jenkins in the courtroom before the proceeding began. He was more stoic as he walked back to Jenkins' office, staring straight ahead and saying nothing.
It was the first court appearance for Nagin, 56, in a legal saga that has seen several of his former associates taken down on federal charges. Wednesday was also the first public appearance here for Nagin since his indictment.
Voters elected Nagin in 2002 on promises of rooting out perceived corruption at City Hall. He led the city through Hurricane Katrina and was returned to office in 2006. He left office in May 2010, when term limits prevented him from seeking the city's top office again.
Nagin's post-Katrina tenure appears to be when his reputation as an anti-corruption mayor began to crumble.
Prosecutors allege Nagin accepted more than $160,000 in bribes and loads of granite for a family business in exchange for issuing millions in post-Katrina city contract work to businessman Frank Fradella, who pleaded guilty in June to conspiracy to commit bribery.
Prosecutors also charged that Nagin accepted at least $60,000 in payoffs from businessman Rodney Williams and then secured several city contracts for him. Williams, who was president of Three Fold Consultants LLC, pleaded guilty late last year to a charge of conspiracy.
Additionally, the indictment alleges that Nagin received free private jet and limousine services to New York from someone identified only as "Businessman A." That person owned a movie theater in eastern New Orleans between August 2002 and May 2010, according to the indictment. Prosecutors claim that in May 2006, Nagin agreed to waive unpaid tax penalties on a delinquent tax bill the businessman owed the city.
Nagin also is accused of accepting free travel and vacation expenses for trips to Hawaii, Chicago, Las Vegas and Jamaica from several city contractors while in office.
The alleged bribery plot isn't limited to Nagin's time as mayor. Prosecutors claim he accepted nine payoffs from Fradella totaling $112,250 once he left office.
That same year, Greg Meffert, a former technology official in Nagin's administration, pleaded guilty to charges he took bribes and kickbacks in exchange for steering city contracts to businessman Mark St. Pierre. Anthony Jones, who served as the city's chief technology officer in Nagin's administration, also pleaded guilty to taking payoffs.
Meffert cooperated with the government in its case against St. Pierre, who was convicted in May 2011 of charges that include conspiracy, bribery and money laundering. According to the indictment, Nagin accepted bribes from St. Pierre, including free travel and lodging, cellphone service for relatives and campaign funding.
Aaron Bennett, a businessman awaiting sentencing in a separate bribery case, has said he introduced Nagin to Fradella specifically to help the mayor get Home Depot granite installation work for Stone Age LLC, a business that he founded with his sons, Jeremy and Jarin. Fradella's company received more than $4 million in city contracts for repair work at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport and in the French Quarter after Katrina, according to the indictment.
"Family Member 1" and "Family Member 2" are alleged coconspirators. Those two people appear to be Jeremy and Jarin Nagin, who last fall appeared before a grand jury in response to a subpoena. Nagin's sons have not been charged with any crimes.
Nagin was an executive with Cox Cable before he was elected to his first term as mayor. Buoyed by strong support from white voters, he cast himself as a reform-minded progressive who was not bound by party affiliations as he snubbed fellow Democrats.
Strong support from black voters helped Nagin win re-election in 2006, despite widespread criticism of his post-Katrina leadership and the pace of the city' recovery.
However, the glacial pace of rebuilding, a surge in violent crime and the budding City Hall corruption investigation chipped away at Nagin's popularity during his second term.
Nagin, who sold his Gentilly home before he moved to Texas, has largely steered clear of the political arena since he left office. On a Twitter account he often uses, he describes his occupations as author, public speaker and "green energy entrepreneur."


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Marian alumni came out to celebrate Homecoming Weekend, October 4-6.
With the opening of the Michael A. Evans Center for Health Sciences, the welcoming of the first 162 students to the Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine, and the construction of Alumni Hall, Marian University is certainly growing and changing. Homecoming weekend gave alumni the chance to reconnect with old friends and discover many of the exciting new things happening on campus. The weekend kicked off on Friday night with the Distinguished Alumni Awards, where Dick and Mary Ellen Phillips '63, Earl Brinker '74, Mary Beth Bonaventura '76, David Bethuram '78, Gina Fleming '93, and Jenny Morris '05 were recognized and celebrated for their achievements in categories including: mentoring, professional success, and service.
Saturday began with a special rosary at the Blessed Mother Mary Shrine and Rosary Walk in honor of friends and loved ones the Marian University community has lost. Campus tours gave alumni the chance to see the newly opened Michael A. Evans Center for Health Sciences.
Tailgating commenced with lots of food, fun, and laughter. Festivities included a live band, face painting, balloon artistry, and a bounce house. Despite rain, a good time was had by all.
Saturday afternoon, the Marian University Knights football team came out victorious against Robert Morris University with a 21-19 victory. During halftime, the Class of 1958 presented a check for $54,760 to the university for their class endowed scholarship.
The Class of 1963 also presented a check for $10,000 for the building of Alumni Hall, a new student center set to open next fall.
The weekend of fun continued with Mass, class reunions, and the Roaring Twenties Casino Night. The Class of 1963 celebrated a major milestone, their 50th reunion! Otherreunions included the Class of 1958's 55th reunion, the Class of 1968's 45th reunion, the Class of 1973's 40th reunion, and the Class of 1978's 35th reunion.
Students, alumni, faculty, and staff came together for Casino Night at the Mother Theresa Hackelmeier Memorial Library on Saturday night. Some even dressed in Gatsby-esque, Roaring Twenties attire!
The Women of Marian Luncheon, honoring classes of 1943, 1948, 1953, 1958, 1963, 1968, and the Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg, wrapped up Homecoming Weekend on Sunday, October 6. Honoring the brave women who founded the university and have been a continuous thread of support and guidance for the university was the perfect ending to an amazing weekend.
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University to live stream commencement events
IOWA CITY, Iowa —
The University of Iowa is offering live streaming on its website of all 10 commencement ceremonies organized by the Office of the Registrar.
The university announced the move Thursday, saying it was the first time all the ceremonies would be live streamed. After the event, archival video of the ceremonies will be available.
Ben Hill, director of video services for the University Communication and Market, says the UI is streaming the video because officials know not all family, friends and other loved ones can make it to the various ceremonies.
The first live stream was Thursday, when the pharmacy college held its commencement ceremony.
More information about the steaming is available at the university's website: www.uiowa.edu.


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These are heady days for the Harbaugh family.
With John and Jim set to square off in Super Bowl XLVII, their parents, Jack and Jackie Harbaugh, are about to experience something to which no mother-and-father act before them ever has been privy.
The increasingly famous parental units staged a conference call with reporters Thursday, a wide-ranging chat that dished on life in a household dominated by football and a sense of togetherness. Jack and Jackie were asked if John and Jim (say that three times fast) would be able to survive this showdown. Bottom line: Will Super Sunday plant the seeds of a massive family conflict?
Don't bank on it.
"I think we experienced (this) a little bit (on) Thanksgiving last year in the game when the two played together," Jack said of the game won by Baltimore 16-6. "I do recall coming down to the locker room, and I peeked into the Ravens' locker room, and I mean, ecstatic. Guys jumping up and down. The smile on John's face and thrill of victory ... and I thought to myself, 'We're really not needed here, this looks like it's pretty well taking care of itself.'
"(I) walked across the hall and went into the 49ers' locker room -- you know, quiet and somber -- and looking into some offices and finally I saw Jim all by himself. You know, no one around him ... and realized that that's where we were needed. The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, and we know we're going to experience that next week."
From Jackie: "John came out and ran down to the buses to find Jim and talk to him briefly. It just was the epitome of how everybody in this family feels about each other and always tries to raise one another up. And these are difficult times in football ... when you play against your own brother. And a lot of brothers in the NFL have experienced this. But at the end of the game, it's still about family and your feelings for one another, and that's what came through in the Thanksgiving game."
At this stage, the operator crackled to life: "Our next question comes from John in Baltimore. Your line is open," he said.
"Is it true that both of you like Jim better than John?" asked a familiar voice.
Silence. Then laughter. John Harbaugh, on line five, crashing the call.
It's hard not to dig this family.
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If you're looking for a calico cat, be aware that these multicolored felines are almost always females. If you're looking for a male cat, consider an orange-and-white tabby.read more
Name: Ms.Lady
Age: 2 1/2 Years
Owner: Amanda and Larry
Hometown: Randallstown, MD
Likes: Salami
Dislikes: McDonnalds Chicken Nuggets (?)
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lady is special because shes beautifull and classy, hence the name Lady. Shes also very loving and attentive.
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Soyoung Park
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BA, English Education, Kyunghee University, Seoul, Korea
MA, English, Kyunghee University, Seoul, Korea
PhD, English, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Soyoung Park is an assistant professor of Liberal Arts at MCA. She specializes in American literature and feminist theory. Her research reflects her interests in a cluster of fields: trauma studies, sexuality studies and ethnic minority literature. Her dissertation analyzes the jarring concurrence of female erotic desire and sexual trauma at the intersections of race, class, ethnicity and nation in contemporary American fictions. Her current research interests lie in the trope of "home" and transnational sexuality in ethnic minority women's narratives. She published "'Survival is the Least of My Desires': Testimony, Shame, and Desire in Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina" in the Fall 2010 issue of Feminist Studies in English Literature.
At MCA, she teaches Literature Survey, African American Literature, Contemporary Novel, Asian American Literature, Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality, and Introduction to Women's Studies. She also teaches a graduate seminar on the representation of trauma.
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Behind the term TrustZone lies a security technology that is almost omnipresent in ARM-based devices, ranging from low-cost development boards to most mobile phones. Yet, there hardly exists a public body of knowledge around it. This prompted the Genode developers to investigate. Today, they published their findings in the form of a comprehensive article and an demonstration video.
In contrast to TPMs, which were designed as fixed-function devices with a predefined feature set, TrustZone represented a much more flexible approach by leveraging the CPU as a freely programmable trusted platform module. To do that, ARM introduced a special CPU mode called "secure mode" in addition to the regular normal mode, thereby establishing the notions of a "secure world" and a "normal world". The distinction between both worlds is completely orthogonal to the normal ring protection between user-level and kernel-level code and hidden from the operating system running in the normal world. Furthermore, it is not limited to the CPU but propagated over the system bus to peripheral devices and memory controllers. This way, ARM-based platforms become effectively kind of a split personality. When secure mode is active, the software running on the CPU has a different view on the whole system than software running in non-secure mode.
The Genode team is nothing short of amazing. Not only are they developing unique software, they're also doing stuff like this. Much respect for these women and men.
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I think the mechanism per se is not harmful. But the question of who is in control of the secure world is important to assess the security and privacy implications of using of a device.
If the user has a chance to place security functions in the secure world, e.g., the cryptographic functions that need access to the user's private key, such credentials could be hidden from the normal world. So an exploit of the normal world never leak the user's private key.
On the other hand, if the platform vendor controls the secure world, TrustZone may actually be a mechanism to protect the platform from the end user. Naturally, DRM comes into mind. Also if you look closely into low-cost dev boards like the Pandaboard, you will find that the secure world is fixed with predefined firmware. What this firmware does is only known to the vendor. On the Pandaboard, it is used (among potentially other things) to work around certain hardware bugs such as erratas of the cache controller.
On consumer devices, the secure world is generally not accessible to the end user. Even if you install an alternative version of Android (like Replicant) on the device, the secure world remains unaffected. Ultimately, the proprietary software running in the secure world is just another potential risk for the privacy of the end user. Referring to Thom's recent posting
the secure-world software stack is a third "OS" running on the device. You have to be faithful in your device vendor.


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2008 Marine Issue of the Fish and Wildlife DIGEST
Portions of this Digest are available in enlarged format for the visually impaired. To request a black and white, large format Digest, write to: NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife, Large Format Marine Digest, P.O. Box 400, Trenton, NJ 08625-0400.
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New Delhi: With new version of `Mahabharat` coming on air soon, veteran actress Kiran Sippy still feels that the older generation will miss the original version of the show.
The actress played Ganga in B.R Chopra`s `Mahabharat`.
"They will have an emotional attachment and have an emotional connect. They will compare and feel that the earlier one was better," Kiran said.
But, the actress feels that the newer generation will not compare the new show with previous one.
"Today, a whole new generation is watching TV. The old Mahabharat was made in the 1980s. The youngsters today have not watched that version and therefore will not make any comparisons," she said.
Kiran is convinced that the newer version of the show is much more updated.
"It is too early to comment on the newer version. But I am sure it must have been updated and changed," she said.
`Mahabharat` is scheduled to air Sep 16. The show features Samir Dharmadhikari, Shayantani Ghosh, Aarav Chaudhary, Arpit Ranka, Puneet Issar, Praneet Bhatt, Saurabh Jain, Ratan Rajput and Pooja Sharma.
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Northern Tier Energy LLC Announces Pricing of $275 Million of Senior Secured Notes
RIDGEFIELD, Conn., Nov. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Northern Tier Energy LLC ("Northern Tier Energy" or the "Company") and its subsidiary Northern Tier Finance Corporation announced today that they have priced $275 million in aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due 2020 (the "Notes") in a private offering. The Notes will bear an interest rate of 7.125% per annum and will be issued at par. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of this offering to fund a portion of its pending tender offer for any and all of its outstanding 10.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2017.
The Notes were offered to certain eligible purchasers pursuant to Rule 144A and to certain persons in offshore transactions pursuant to Regulation S, each under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The Company expects to close the offering on or about November 8, 2012.
The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, or any state securities laws, and unless so registered, the Notes may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The notes are expected to be eligible for trading by qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A and non-U.S. persons under Regulation S. This announcement is being issued pursuant to Rule 135c under the Securities Act and shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the notes.
About Northern Tier Energy LLC
Northern Tier Energy LLC, the direct operating subsidiary of Northern Tier Energy LP (NYSE: NTI), is an independent downstream energy company headquartered in Ridgefield, CT with refining, retail, and pipeline operations serving the PADD II region of the United States. The Company was established to own and operate the St. Paul Park Refinery as well as a retail network of SuperAmerica brand convenience stores and a 17% equity interest in the Minnesota Pipeline.
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The Inner Wheel Club of Alfreton has presented scooters to school children as part of the Inner Wheel Association's 'Wheels Project'.
Alfreton president Sue Curley and three club members went to Alfreton Park School to present scooters and strollers for younger children there to use. The ongoing project is to celebrate the formation of Inner Wheel 90 years ago. Every club and district in Great Britain and Ireland is being encouraged to provide a 'wheeled' item for the benefit of someone or something in their own locality during this special year.
The project has seen clubs donate a great variety of 'wheeled' items from toys to wheelchairs.
Pictured are Sue Curley, Alfreton Park School headteacher Cheryl Smart and school pupils.


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KAL is an ELECTRONIC NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION (e-NGO) and has been initiated on independent volunteering bases as a global open network since 1993. Members with skills in linguistic, and information technology are sharing their thoughts around Kurdish linguistic issues. They seek information, solutions and focus on a future for better understanding of the Kurdish language. KAL is a community of people who has responded to this crucial question of our society.
"Herwekí me cend jaran gotiye yekitiya mileté kurd bi yekítiya zimané kurdí téte pé. Di yekítiya zimané de gava péshín jhí yekítiya herfan e. Yaní jhi bona nivísandina zimané miletekí divét zana ú xwendewarén wí miletí bi tevayí jhi bona zimané xwe elfabeyeké bibijhérin ú heke di wí zimaní de cand zar hene, zar hemí bi wé elfabé béne nivísandin."
"As I have noted before, the Kurdish nation will converge via a unified Kurdish language. The prerequisite of a unified Kurdish language is a unified Kurdish alphabet. This means that the Kurdish scholars and the literati need to develop a writing system that allows all speakers hailing from every Kurdish dialect to use that writing system."
Jeladet Alí Bedir Xan, Hawar, hejh 9, 1932
One thing that Individuals/organisations can do to support projects like KAL and KURDISTANICA is to ask their friends, colleagues or fellow organizational members to get involve in turning hard copy material into electronic (scanning, typing etc.). If you are conversant in other relevant languages, you can help translate texts from English into Persian, Turkish, Arabic (and vice versa), as well as proof-reading English translations. These types of contribution make the information available to all others whose linguistic knowledge is limited.
Têgeyştinî Rastî (Understanding the truth) was a semiweekly newspaper published by the command of the British army in Iraq in 1918–19. At the time, Britain was at war with the Ottoman Empire, which had ruled Iraq since the 16th century. When British forces began advancing north toward the Iraqi Kurdistan region in the spring of 1918, the paper became the mouthpiece of the British Empire, propagandizing in support of British positions when dealing with political, social, and cultural issues. The paper sold for one ana, or four fils, a very small amount at the time.
Abu-l 'Abbas Ahmad Ibn Khallikan (1211–82 AD, 608–81 AH) was a Kurdish Muslim jurist who lived in present-day Iraq, Syria, and Egypt. Wafayat al-a'yan wa-anba abna az-zaman (Obituaries of eminent men and history of the contemporaries), better known as Ibn Khallikan's biographical dictionary, is the book on which its author's fame rests. Considered a work of the highest importance for the civil and literary history of the Muslim people, it occupied Ibn Khallikan from 1256 until 1274.
This is the front page of KURDISTAN,
The first Kurdish Newspaper published on Thursday 21st of April 1898
Thursday 30th of Dhū al-Qa'da (ذو القعدة) year 1315, Islamic Calendar
Thursday 9th of Nisan year 1314, Ottoman Turkish Calendar (Rumi Calendar)
The unprejudiced academics that study Kurdish history are united in the view that the Kurds are an ancient race (1). The Kurds have lived for many thousands of year's -even longer than written documentation can reflect-in a land that has been described as the 'cradle of human civilisation'. We need only think of Jewish and Islamic mythology, which designates Mount Judi (Cudi) in Kurdistan as the resting place of Noah's ark (2); we know from history that in the land of the Kurds and its surrounding territories numerous advanced civilisations existed, such as that of Mesopotamia, of the Hittites, the Hurrites; the Karduchi, the Mittanis, the Parthians, and the Sassanids.
Like other non-Arabic speaking peoples who adopted the Arabic alphabet after the Islamic conquest of the seventeenth century, Kurds have started using a modified version of the Arabic script to suit the phonemic system of their language from the beginning of the last century. The changes introduced before the present century were modest compared to the extensive reform carried out especially since the 1920's. The Arabic version of the Kurdish alphabet with all its practical difficulties is now to a great extent standardized, although spelling remains a serious problem. This section view a historical as well practical usage of existing Kurdish orthographies.
Modern formal schooling, which is usually structured in the form of primary, secondary and higher education, relies on the extensive use of written and oral language. To achieve any degree of success, the teaching/learning process must be carried out through a standard medium of instruction. In fact, school functions, and is generally accepted, as the most visible authority on the accepted "norm" of the language.
Geoffrey L. J. Haig, June 2004
In 1995, when I first began to learn Kurdish, my interest was captivated by the feature commonly referred to as ergativity in the past tense of transitive verbs. Although it was familiar to me in an abstract fashion from the linguistic literature, actually using a language with that particular feature is a very different matter. However, at a fairly early stage I came to the conclusion that ergativity in Kurdish was a largely superficial phenomenon, something manifested in the morphology, but without apparent ramifications for the syntax.


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Money to Burn (Hardcover)
A Novel of Suspense
Harper, 9780061556302, 368pp.
Publication Date: March 1, 2010
"Money to Burn takes off like a rocket from page one and never slows down. Highly recommended." -- Christopher Reich, author of Rules of Vengeance
In this timely stand-alone thriller ripped from the headlines, bestselling author James Grippando (Lying with Strangers, Intent to Kill, Born to Run) explores a world in which the destruction of financial institutions and the people who run them can occur in a matter of hours--even minutes. Fans of John Grisham's The Firm and the thrillers of Lisa Scottoline and Phillip Margolin are sure to love Money to Burn a "perfectly mixed cocktail of dry wit, sophisticated voice, believable characters, and] non-stop suspense" (Joseph Finder, author of Vanished and Paranoia).
Praise For Money to Burn: A Novel of Suspense…
"Grippando is a skilled writer, and he works enough variations on the familiar theme to keep us guessing. . . . Recommend this one to fans of Joseph Finder's PARANOIA, COMPANY MAN, or POWER PLAY."
"MONEY TO BURN will get you so excited and worked up, you just may go out and steal a few million."
-Brad Meltzer, author of THE BOOK OF FATE and THE TENTH JUSTICE
"A sleek, sophisticated thrill machine. . . . I thoroughly enjoyed this blood-soaked tale of murder and intrigue set among Wall Street's most powerful and unscrupulous players. Highly recommended."
-Christopher Reich, author of RULES OF VENGEANCE and NUMBERED ACCOUNT
"Scandals involving subprime lending, short selling, and Ponzi schemes provide a timely backdrop. . . . Grippando keeps the reader guessing. . . . The dramatic tension remains high with a sadistic hired killer, high-stakes wheeler-dealers, and plenty of cinematic escapes."
-Publishers Weekly
"Ranking among his best, Grippando's latest thriller will not disappoint his loyal readers. . . . The twists and turns are surprising and plentiful . . . and there will be plenty of readers staying up late to finish this in one sitting."
-Library Journal
"[A] gripping thriller."
-National Examiner
"James Grippando skillfully uses the financial meltdown, along with Ponzi schemes and identity theft, in an exciting and timely thriller. . . . This is a thriller through and through."
-South Florida Sun Sentinel
"MONEY TO BURN is one of those all-too-rare novels you won't be able to stop reading once you start. It's a perfectly mixed cocktail of dry wit, sophisticated voice, believable characters, non-stop suspense, and plenty of vicarious pleasure."
-Joseph Finder, author of Vanished and Paranoia
"Grippando's latest thriller couldn't be more timely. . . . All the elements you expect from a Grippando novel are here, including interesting characters, a plot filled with nonstop action and suspense, and continual surprises. A splendid read."
-Romantic Times
"Reader Warning Alert: if you plan to read James Grippando's white-hot thriller Money to Burn, push all your scheduled activities back for a few days. It's impossible to put down. . . . His best yet. . . . Money to Burn is a real-time, heart-racing gamble."
-Madison County Herald


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Voyageur has been on an extraordinary journeysince ourestablishment in 1998. Enjoy this 3-minutevideo sampler of the educational media projects we have produced over the past 18 years, as well as a sneak peak of a few exciting projects in production. Thanks to all of theproduction professionals, artists, scholars, board members andfunders who have collaborated to bring these compelling documentaries, books, artworks and companion websitesto millions of viewers, teachers and students.
Voyageur has produced the introductory video for a newexhibition at the Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery in the Aronoff Center in downtown Cincinnati. The eleven minute video is part of a fascinatingexhibition "Sanctuary: Kathy Y. Wilson Living in a Colored Museum," which runs from December 1, 2017 until January 28, 2018. The exhibition, curated by Emily Buddendeck, presents the art collection of acclaimed writer, performer and educator, Kathy Y. Wilson. Voyageur is pleased to support regional institutions with creative production services as part of our Community Video series. For more information about the exhibition visit: TheAlice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery , Aronoff Center, Cincinnati.
A Force for Nature: Lucy Braun explores the life and work of E. Lucy Braun (1889-1971) — a groundbreaking 20th century woman of science. The project is a co-production of Meg Hanrahan Media and Voyageur Media Group, Inc. The centerpiece of the project is a one-hour documentary for public television broadcast scheduled for release in early 2018.Support for the Lucy Braun project continues to grow! The project has received a leading $25,000 grant from the Meshewa Farm Foundation, a major $20,000 grant from Ohio Humanities (a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities), and generous support from the Anness Family Charitable Fund, the Alan B. Lindner Family Fund, the Camden Foundation, and other organizations and donors.A Force for Nature: Lucy Braun
Born in Cincinnati, Lucy Braun was a pioneer who forged her own unique theories in the developing field of ecology. She discovered new species and documented the deciduous forests of the entire eastern North American continent. A leader in preservation, she led efforts to save Ohio's and Kentucky's most sensitive ecological sites. Watch our preview trailers , and read more about Lucy Braun and this educational media project at A Force for Nature: Lucy Braun .
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Biotech Focus: Chasing the Pot of Gold
1976 was a seminal year for innovation. It was the year when Apple was founded, starting the propulsive growth of computer-driven business. After just 30 years, the results have saturated our economy and culture, changing the way we live and producing giant companies like Microsoft, Intel, Amazon, Google and Bloomberg. Microsoft alone has bred millionaires like rabbits.
That same year Genentech became the pioneer of the biotech industry, and the company (now partially owned by Roche) is still around and highly successful. Overall, however, as even Genentech CEO Arthur Levinson has bluntly said, biotechnology has been "one of the biggest money-losing industries in the history of mankind" (see sidebar, page 58). Money aside, the biotech promise has not changed the healthcare landscape the way Apple's seeds have sprouted. The cures for cancer, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson's are still around the corner.
What went wrong? Despite the stark difference in the two industries' fates, they followed essentially the same business model—an inspired innovator, sometimes partnered with an equally venturesome entrepreneur, forms a company and attracts smart investors. It worked not only for Genentech but for Amgen, Biogen Idec, Celgene, Genzyme and Gilead Science…but they are the exceptions. Other startups, however, are either still struggling, extinct or have sold out. But the promise remains, and venture capital is still chasing the pot of gold. Whether this confidence is justified depends, as so often, on whom you talk to.
Since BIO is the industry's trade association, it is its mission to be optimistic. Alan Eisenberg, EVP for emerging companies and business development, told MM&M in an exclusive interview that the industry "has been extraordinarily successful in terms of addressing medical needs, developing new therapies for patients that had no hope previously." Financially, "some companies have been very successful and others less so." He pointed out—and this was the theme of everyone we talked to—that since "the industry is fundamentally about trying to commercialize new and innovative science, it's a high-risk business."
A look at the data
For hard numbers, we turned to Glen Giovannetti, biotechnology leader of Ernst & Young. The firm is in its 22nd year of tracking the biotech market and its reports present annual snapshots of what's happening industry-wide.
Citing the latest report, which covers the first half of 2007, Giovannetti said it reflects "a symbolic milestone"—for the first time in biotech's history, the industry is on track to achieve aggregate profitability for this fiscal year. In fact, according to Giovannetti, this milestone might have been achieved during 2006, except for charges related to the many deals completed then, which depressed the bottom lines.
The basis for this hopeful profit picture is that revenues for US publicly traded biotech companies were up 18% as compared with the first half of 2006, a performance that outpaced the industry's historical average rate of growth. It was a record led by Amgen, Celgene, Genentech, Genzyme, and Gilead Sciences—what the report refers to as the industry's stalwarts. "This growth rate is all the more impressive," the report adds, "because it includes the impact of the acquisition of MedImmune by AstraZeneca," one of dozens of such acquisitions by pharma companies over the years (Alza, Chiron, etc.), which keeps their revenue statements out of the public record. Meanwhile R&D expenses kept pace with revenue growth.
Growth in revenues is nice, but the bottom line is what happens to profits. Says Giovannetti: "If you track the financial reports of all the publicly traded companies since we've been tracking it, the industry has never shown profitability, but last year we were right on the cusp of profitability. And this year (i.e., 2007) through mid-year it was clearly going to be profitable, and I have no reason to believe that the full year will not be profitable." (The full year's data for 2007 are due out in this month.) Those are composite figures, of course, and as he points out, the profits are coming primarily from a handful of companies—the Genentechs and Amgens—while 80% to 90% of the public companies are still in the R&D stage which, "by definition means losing money."
The private sector
Financial reports for publicly traded companies are easy to track, but when private companies lose money they do it, well, privately. Even Ernst & Young finds their financial data hard to get at. "The way you measure how private companies are doing, at least on a broad level," Giovannetti explains, "is by how successful they are in attracting capital." Since they have little if any revenue on the sales front, infusions of capital plus partnership agreements with pharma are what keep them afloat. And from a venture capital point of view, 2007 was also a very successful year, the second highest in the industry's history according to BIO's Eisenberg.
"There are record levels of capital pouring into biotech," Giovanettti concurs, despite the difficulties in the stock market. It is, however, hard to generalize. "The dollars are not spread evenly, so the companies that have an interesting research platform are attractive to investors, while others are in a part of their development cycle where they are not as attractive. There are so many different stories, but if you look at how much money is flowing to private companies as a surrogate of their success, it's a pretty healthy picture." (This conversation took place before the Bear Stearns meltdown.)
Nonetheless Eisenberg cautions that a good number of companies have less than three years of financing, and if they need to raise money this year, the financial situation might make it more difficult. Some observers we spoke to (who preferred to remain anonymous) went further, expressing concern that if the current credit crunch leads to, if not a drying up, at least to a shrinking of the capital market, that might bankrupt the more vulnerable players.
Asked to comment on the Levinson quote, Giovannetti says, "You have to be careful about what's being measured. In terms of true operating losses as shown on companies' income statements, he's quite right. But if you look at value creation for investors, it's a different story." His point is that hundreds of billions of dollars have been invested in start-up ventures, and while not many have become profitable, many others developed something sufficiently valuable to lead to buy-outs by pharma companies—a good deal for investors. So some people have made money but "everybody agrees that this is a high-risk area, not for the faint of heart, and companies do lose a lot of money before they ever return a dollar." Single product companies are particularly vulnerable, especially now that an increasingly risk-averse FDA seem to be giving new product applications ever closer scrutiny.
Looking ahead, Giovannetti summed up: "Six months ago I would have said that the near future for the industry's overall picture was very positive." Now, due to the ripple effects of the problems in the mortgage markets, "the capital market will be tighter and might even shut down for a little bit. But we've come off a couple of very good years that permitted companies to stock up their cash reserves. These cycles come and go." An example cited by him as well as others is the genomic bubble of 1999 and 2000; the fallout when it burst was quickly overcome. By the time this appears in print we may know whether the current market bubble will prove equally benign.
Overseas trends, by the way, are similar. European companies had their best results in years in 2005, with revenue growth of 17% compared to a five percent decrease the year before. Also in that year, for the first time ever, Europeans raised more money through IPOs than their US colleagues. Meanwhile, the Asia-Pacific region, Ernst &Young reports, "recorded a scorching 46% increase in revenues" in 2006. Australia alone scored a 60% boost in biotech revenues, helping to propel Australia's biotech sector to profitability ahead of either Europe's or ours.
Cyclical or endemic?
If, after 30 years, the biotech industry is only now on the cusp of becoming profitable, it may be, of course, that it has basic, systemic problems. That, at least, is the conclusion of Gary Pisano, a professor at Harvard Business School and author of Science Business, widely regarded as the most definitive study of the industry. Published in 2006 (and he confirmed in a personal interview that the essential facts haven't changed), the book sums up his 20 years of analyzing the industry's technology strategy and management of innovation. Having also served as an advisor to top execs of both pharmaceutical and biotech companies, Pisano asked himself: "Can science be a business?"
"The scientists and executives I met and worked with…were among the smartest, most dedicated and most imaginative people I had ever known," he reflects. Not only that, but "everything we knew about business and industry performance suggested a very promising future for biotechnology, not just commercially but also for its ability to transform drug therapy," and at industry conferences he kept hearing consistently "sunny prognostications." So why, he began to wonder, "was the great promise of biotech going largely unrealized?" Conducting a productivity analysis, he concluded that despite the basic premise of biotech there was in fact no discernable difference in R&D productivity between biotech firms in the aggregate and that of large, traditional pharma companies. So he began to look for explanations.
He came to believe that the scientific and commercial promise of biotech has been hampered by the way the business is structured and operated. Specifically:
- Effective development and application of the technology requires integration, but the founder-driven biotech business is characterized by specialization and fragmentation.
- "The uncertainty and novelty of the science requires rapid diffusion of 'high fidelity' information," while each company jealously guards its trade secrets.
- Science requires long-term, cumulative learning. Biotech firms, however, face market pressure to optimize short-term results.
These built-in inconsistencies are not amenable to easy solutions, Pisano feels. "The imperfect and often messy context in which these firms operate is taken as a given," and therefore is not likely to change dramatically over the foreseeable future because "investors will be fickle and sometimes irrational. Academic entrepreneurs will continue to be motivated to start their own firms, whether this strategy is rational or not. Venture capitalists will still feel impelled to take companies public at the earliest opportunity."
Since this outlook is not hopeful, Pisano concludes with a radical suggestion—abandon the current model and instead develop biotech drugs the way movies are produced. Studios, he points out, do not generally develop their own content. They get that from scriptwriters or independent producers. So let's think of scientists as the outside idea people. Once proof of the concept has been established, companies can then procure development rights. Call it "greenlighting" R&D. Finally, established pharma companies, assuming the role of the major studios, can take over, pursuing Phase III trials, securing regulatory approval, and applying their distribution and marketing skills. Thus everyone, including medical care, will benefit.
Pisano concedes that this might not be the right model for the most innovative drugs, since without strong internal scientific capabilities it would be virtually impossible to differentiate the prospective winners from the lemons. Thus "vertical integration may actually be better suited to the most novel types of innovation." But that brings up another hitch—the way traditional companies have tried to integrate both internally developed and acquired biotech leads. "It does no good to be a vertically integrated enterprise and yet operate each major function or technical specialty as its own island of expertise," he adds.
In other words, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. Even the fairly standard pharma/bio alliances often don't work because they are usually arms-length relationships and not true collaborations.
Low-hanging fruit
In light of all that, you wonder how it happened that some companies did score signal successes, and what strikes you as you list them is that most of them were early entrants into the biotech game. Then as you look at their early winning products, it becomes clear that they mostly started with far more attainable objectives than their successors. Genentech, for example, concentrated on its recombinant insulin program. Not only was this a specific product objective rather than trying to capitalize on basic science breakthroughs, but it provided an opportunity to partner with an established company—their R& D agreement with Eli Lilly & Co.. It provided Genentech with development funding, while Lilly acquired the marketing experience that gave it a head start among major pharma companies anxious to branch out into biotech. Incidentally, Lilly had first tried to license Harvard scientist Walter Gilbert's discovery, but Gilbert preferred to start his own company—a telling illustration of why pharma has largely been forced to rely on expensive acquisitions to enter the biotech field. But that hasn't stopped acquisitions and partnerships. As recently as 2005 to 2007, according to an MM&M analysis, there were 17 big pharma/big biotech deals, involving such major companies as Merck, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Lilly, Novartis, Roche, and AstraZeneca.
One conclusion all commentators agree on is that succeeding in or even entering the biotechnology business is fraught with hazards. First you have to get the science right, turning promising leads into experimental products. Then you face multiple R&D and regulatory hurdles, all the while keeping the money spigot open at one end as your funds pour out the other. As Pisano puts it in Science Business, "raising capital in biotech is like getting an official number for the Boston Marathon. It can be really tough to do…but it only gets you into the race. You still have to run the 26.2 miles!"
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But that won't keep people from trying. As Glen Giovannetti points out, the prospect of developing exciting technology that has a chance to meet unmet medical needs will continue to attract investors, and when such products are created, there will be a market for them—and they will get paid for. His Ernst & Young colleague Gautam Jaggi, managing editor of the "Beyond Borders" report, concurs.
"While the issues change, the constant is that innovation drives value in R&D, in deal structures, and in go-to-market strategies," says Jaggi. "Yes, sometimes it feels like this industry is always at one crossroad or another. That may well be so—it may just come with the territory of being a high-risk, high-reward business. But we shouldn't complain. After all, these challenges, and the biotech industry's innovative responses to them, have always kept the journey interesting."


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Location, Location, Location. Those are words we associate with real estate. Have you ever thought it may also be Price, Price, Price? You know that real estate conditions can vary by geographic location, however conditions can also vary by price range.
Just take a look at the below numbers. This table represents months of inventory, the amount of time it would take to sell the current listing inventory at the current sales pace, by price range for both the Tucson and Phoenix metro areas.
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|$75,000 - 99,999
|$100,000 - 124,999
|$125,000 - 149,999
|$150,000 - 174,999
|$175,000 - 199,999
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|$300,000 - 349,999
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|$400,000 - 499,999
|$500,000 - 599,999
|$600,000 - 699,999
|$700,000 - 799,999
|$800,000 - 899,999
|$900,000 - 999,999
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These statistics are based on information obtained from the TARMLS and ARMLS using Brokermetrics software on 7/5/2012. Information is believed to be reliable, but not guaranteed. Months of Inventory (MOI) re?ect the time period required to sell all the properties on the market given the number of closed transactions in the preceding month, provided no new product becomes available. This is an excellent benchmark to show the velocity of transactions in relation to the market inventories. This measurement is a broad one and will vary (in some cases dramatically) by price range, location and type of property.
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Alberto Ginastera first came to international attention in the1940s with two ballet scores, Panambí and Estancia, employing nationalist style * From 1952 onwards combined folkloric elements with serial techniques and indeterminacy * Late 1950s and 60s saw series of major US premieres, including Piano Concerto No.1 (Washington), Violin Concerto (New York Philharmonic/Bernstein), Harp Concerto (Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy) and Don Rodrigo (New York City Opera) * In 1967 second opera Bomarzo was premiered in Washington, but Buenos Aires production was banned for political reasons and not staged until 1972 * Married cellist Aurora Natola in 1971 and left Argentina for new home in Geneva * Late works, in which folk influences are fully subsumed into a rich and multi-coloured modern idiom, include opera Beatrix Cenci, Glosses for orchestra, Piano Concerto No.2 and two cello concertos
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