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Buying a PC from any large manufacturer/retailer without a copy of Windows pre-installed is difficult. You have some companies that refuse to sell a machine if you want Windows removed, then there are others that will remove it and reduce the price. Dell offers certain confirgurations without Windows installed, but it's not clear from the website, and has to be requested either offline or over Live Chat.
Harish Pillay found this out by actually trying to buy a Dell laptop with Ubuntu installed. He had actually done this before, purchasing a Dell Vostro V13-N series laptop with Ubuntu. However, this time the N-series was nowhere to be seen and a Live Chat was required to get a Windows-less laptop.
What follows is a transcript of the chat he had with a Dell representative in case you ever want to do the same. What's interesting to note here is the difference in price including Windows makes. Without Microsoft's operating system the final laptop price is $887.15. With Windows that balloons up to $1,045.79.
And why do Dell not advertise Windows-less laptops? It seems this is simply a case os stopping customer confusion as many visitors to the Dell website search for the cheapest laptop. That will always end up being one without Windows installed, but the user doesn't realize the cheap laptop they selected has no operating system.
16:36:01 Dell Rep Welcome to Dell Sales Chat. My name is Dell Rep. I'll be your personal sales agent. How may I assist you. If you proceed to place your order online, please indicate my name, Dell Rep, as your sales representative so that I'll be able to track your order for you.
16:36:22 harish pillay Hi, Dell Rep. Can you point me to where I can get the n-series vostro v13?
16:36:33 harish pillay i do not want to buy windows for the machine.
16:37:01 Dell Rep we do not offer n-series of the Dell system online
16:37:07 harish pillay why?
16:37:24 harish pillay does microsoft restrict sales of n-series online?
16:37:56 Dell Rep i'm not too sure on that but V13 has being replaced by the V130
16:38:23 harish pillay ok, so I would like to buy a v130 without an OS (I will settle for freedos).
16:38:36 harish pillay i prefer the n-series v-130 then.
16:39:51 Dell Rep the V130 is not offering any Free DOS version at the moment
16:40:01 Dell Rep let me check on the availability of the V13
16:40:13 Dell Rep we do offer Free DOS offline
16:40:50 harish pillay it does not matter if it has freedos or fedora (or even ubuntu). i want to buy the machine without any microsoft os.
16:41:07 Dell Rep any particular specifications on your mind?
16:41:47 harish pillay i will be running Fedora and/or Red Hat Enterprise Linux on them. I have the apps taken care of already.
16:42:22 Dell Rep any specific hardware requirement
16:42:51 harish pillay Why don't you focus on asking about the OS? the hardware is OK as it is.
16:43:25 harish pillay 64-bit, 8G would be nice, but 4G RAM is OK. USB (3.0 would be nice), bluetooth, wifi.
16:43:55 Dell Rep please note that you may find difficulties for the correct drivers as we have not tested on the compatibility of the drivers with the OS you intend to install
16:44:13 harish pillay not that you support windoze drivers anyway.
16:44:17 Dell Rep any other hardware requirement
16:44:33 harish pillay none
16:44:52 Dell Rep also is this purchase are for your company or personal?
16:45:05 harish pillay does it matter?
16:45:27 Dell Rep i need to generate the quotation for you
16:45:51 harish pillay Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100, Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller,
16:46:19 harish pillay is there a price difference if the quote was for corporate vs consumer?
16:47:02 Dell Rep there's no difference unless your company has a specific contract with Dell
16:47:40 harish pillay fair enough. give me the consumer quote first.
16:48:32 Dell Rep can i have your full legal name, address as well as your contact no
16:49:04 harish pillay . harish pillay, address
16:50:27 Dell Rep alright, let me work the quotation and emailed it to you?
16:50:40 harish pillay ok. firstname.lastname@example.com
16:50:47 Dell Rep noted
16:52:22 harish pillay so are we done or what?
16:52:42 Dell Rep unless you've others to add.
16:53:04 harish pillay so the quote will be without windows?
16:53:12 Dell Rep yes
16:55:26 harish pillay that's fine. can you provide me with the quote that shows with and without windows?
16:55:37 harish pillay i want to know the difference.
16:55:42 Dell Rep alright
16:55:46 harish pillay not that i want windows.
16:56:50 harish pillay are you mailing the quote now?
16:57:17 Dell Rep give me about 5 mins and i shall be able to send it to you
16:57:56 harish pillay ok thanks. i will be keeping this chat transcript and blanking out your name.
16:58:12 Dell Rep thanks
16:58:57 harish pillay the reason for keeping the chat transcript is so that I can post this to my blog stating that there is a way to buy non-windows Dell machines but one has to ask for it.
16:59:26 harish pillay so, keeping your name off the transcript is key as it is not you but your organization that is at fault here.
16:59:32 Dell Rep we do have regular request for n-series of system from time by time
17:00:20 Dell Rep we do not offer is sometimes to avoid misunderstanding from certain customers where they look for the cheapest system and only to find out that no OS was installed
17:00:33 harish pillay and I want to make it a permanent request and something that I can find from your online catalog. As long as it does not appear, I think Dell is doing the whole world a disservice and pandering to Microsoft's monopolistic heavyhand.
17:00:33 Dell Rep we had that quite a lot previously
17:00:56 Dell Rep that's the reason we choose to offer all with the OS preinstalled
17:01:00 harish pillay and if you explain to people, they will understand.
17:01:26 Dell Rep not all customer are as understanding as you
17:01:39 harish pillay so long as dell hides the info (or makes it hard to find), these misunderstandings can happen.
17:02:07 Dell Rep we have lots of customer who choose the cheapest and only to find out that no OS is installed
17:02:57 Dell Rep we don't really hide the info as long as a customer request for it, we'll be able to offer
17:03:22 Dell Rep we just limit them options online to avoid misunderstanding
17:03:37 Dell Rep anyway perhaps we may work out something in future
17:17:37 Dell Rep i've just emailed both quotation to you. could you please check and revert
17:23:28 Dell Rep Is there anything else I may assist you? If there's no further assistance required, you may email me at DELL REP @dell.com shall you need further assistance / clarifications.
17:32:49 System The session has ended!
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The abducted child is identified as SKYLAR MELDIN COULCER-JARDING, age 5. He is described as white male, 3'6", 45 - 50 lbs, with sandy brown hair. He wears glasses, is cross-eyed, and has a speed impediment. Clothing description is not available at this time.
The child was reported taken January 23, 2013 at approximately 5:40 a.m. from a home in The Dalles when the suspect identified as BRIAN LESTER DEPRIEST, age 36, went into the child's residence and assaulted two adults with a hammer. DEPRIEST, who is from The Dalles and knows the boy's mother, took the boy and reportedly left in a stolen bluish-green 1997 Chevrolet Cavalier displaying Oregon license 229 BUK. The vehicle is said to be in fair condition and has a dolphin sticker in the rear window.
DEPRIEST is described as a white male, 6'5", 210 lbs, with brown hair and blue eyes. He was wearing a black hoodie sweatshirt and blue jeans.
Anyone seeing the vehicle, the suspect and or child are asked to call 9-1-1 or Oregon State Police dispatch center at 1-866-5AMBER5 (866-526-2375)
Photographs of the child, suspect, and similar looking vehicle are provided with this updated release. More info will be provided when available.

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A Savior Who Wants Us to Seek
It's possible my emotional low was a mix of post-traumatic stress and reverse culture shock, if we're going to put a name on it.
I had spent a week in Washington, D.C., visiting with friends and sitting at my favorite coffee shop writing, writing and writing. I did a lot of thinking, too.
Previously I had been living for about five weeks in my parent's house in North Carolina following a year's worth of work in Africa. My mood was miserable, and I desperately wanted a change.
Being in D.C. was uplifting for me.
I had contemplated moving back to the capital following my return from Africa. But unemployment and preparing for my next step — which decidedly was to apply to seminary — was holding me back from packing a U-haul and unpacking my life in a new city right away.
As I defied my quick-acting personality and tried to um, be patient, I fought through sadness. (If you haven't read this entire series, catch up by starting with the first article.)
There were all kinds of circumstances leading to my bout with sadness. It's possible my emotional low was a mix of post-traumatic stress and reverse culture shock, if we're going to put a name on it. But the bottom line is that I was in one, big emotional funk — and I felt ashamed about it.
Packing up my car and heading to D.C. for a week was a needed and unexpected blessing. I returned feeling more hopeful and refreshed and confident of God's care for my life.
He spoke to me through His beauty on the drive up through a Virginian countryside bursting with bold colors. He encouraged me through the wisdom of a counselor and a special friend who had gone before me. He didn't spare me from the "locust groves" and "wildernesses" that we all will trek through in a fallen world. But He reminded me that He won't leave me alone, and that I will walk out of those dark places with a purpose and a mission that can only come from having been beautifully broken.
By Friday, it was time to head back. I am unemployed but volunteering as a "bedside visitor" at a hospital in my hometown, and I was scheduled to work.
I got an early start, not realizing that my good traveling time would allow me to make a quick stop on the campus of the seminary I hoped to go to this fall.
While I was in war-torn Liberia, I believe that God confirmed to me my ability to reach out to some of His most broken people, to empathize with them, and to live among them. I worked in a remote hospital, where I spent hours visiting the bedsides of sick Liberians and grieving mothers who lost their babies to complications of childbirth. I often felt inadequate and poorly trained, relying instead on the guidance of the hospital chaplain and the grace of God to use me as He would see fit.
When I came back, I knew seminary was the next step. I had launched a seminary tour the year before (and continued it on a stateside break this year). There was one school where I instantly felt like I belonged. I was drawn to one of the programs, which formed partnerships with post-conflict countries and worked to foster true reconciliation by way of the church.
On campus is a gorgeous, awe-inspiring neo-Gothic cathedral. It towers over the campus, its intricate stone piers poking above clots of tall campus trees. I didn't know exactly where the cathedral was on campus, but I hoped the chapel spires would lead the way.
I curved through campus, drove down pesky dead-end roads, looked out for spiky stone spires. They came into my view at different moments down those dead-end streets. I turned around over and over again, looking to the sky for direction, but I still couldn't find the chapel.
After many minutes of hunting, I finally got my view.
It was a hold-your-breath view.
Gothic and awesome. Holding flying buttresses and magnificent stained glass and big, beautiful bells. A tower embroidered with chiseled curves and crosses. It was a worship space so beautiful that it reminded me of God's beauty and His treasured sanctuary.
Theologian Paul Tillich writes that "our language has widely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word 'loneliness' to express the pain of being alone, and it has created the word 'solitude' to express the glory of being alone."
I had left for Washington, D.C., the week before feeling lonely. But I was returning as someone different.
Yes, I still was sad. I didn't know when that was going to go away. But I felt renewed and confident in what was now my solitude. I was single. I was unemployed. I didn't have a man or even a potential man. I didn't know where God was going to send me next.
But I had something like hope. I felt that I had seen God's beauty, been encouraged by the words of people who knew His heart, reminded of how He stands strong — alone — despite all that comes His way.
There was no better symbol to encourage me of a glorious God who could stand alone despite all the obstacles than that towering stone cathedral.
As I struggle through a deep sadness, my hope is rising through my understanding of a God who doesn't change. He accepts me when I seek Him. He responds to my prodding. He never stops loving me. He is there when I look for Him — and when I don't.
In Emily Dickinson's poem "Hope is the thing with feathers," Dickinson writes that hope is like a bird that perches in your soul and "sings the tune — without the words, And never stops at all." She goes on to write that she has heard that song in the "chilliest land And on the strangest sea; Yet, never, in extremity, It asked a crumb of me."
Hope. God's hope. It is there for my taking. It doesn't ask anything of me. I am only left to ask myself whether I will take it.
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"Digressing into Depression? A Journey Through Common Sadness" is a five-part series based on author Christina Holder's bout with intense sadness following several upheavals in her life. It is a glimpse into one woman's struggle with sadness and is not meant to be a resource for those facing clinical depression or to replace counseling from licensed mental health professionals.
Focus on the Family has counselors and care specialists who are available weekdays to talk with you, provide information and encouragement, suggest resources, give referrals and pray with you. If you are struggling with depression or mood disorders and would like to talk with one of them, you can find more information here.
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What u Atheist believe in what will happen when u die ? what is after death ? is it game over or what ?
There is no afterlife, just death. You die, that's it ?
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Roman Emperor/Philosopher Marcus Aurelius agreed with you:
"Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just,
then they will not care how devout you have been,
but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by.
If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them.
If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life
that will live on in the memories of your loved ones."
-- Marcus Aurelius --
Wow, Blaine, you really know how to coin a phrase: "to boldly go where no man has gone before" - I'll have to try and remember that --
At my first Star Trek convention, George Takei was the guest speaker - I've met Nimoy personally when he signed my son's birthday card - so,
I met him at the Director's Guild in Hollywood, when he spoke at the pre-screening ot ST4, "The Search For Spock," which he directed - I also met Harve Bennett, the producer. Good times.
Oh, and Blaine, before you get the mistaken idea that I'm some kind of celebrity, you couldn't be more wrong - Unseen is the real celebrity on this board. He told me personally that he wrote the screenplay for "Jurassic Park," and we all know that he would never be less than honest about something like that, don't we? We DO, don't we? Well don't we? Anybody?
"They did a much better job with my script for Jurassic Park."
I can vouch for Unseen. I was on set during the making of Jurassic Park trying to make a herd of Fronkeys famous. I did not meet him personally but I did notice a man who was able to walk under any door frame or bridge no matter what the height clearance sign read. Unfortunately for me my Fronkeys were deemed to be too evolved as no dinosaur ever walked with one and the producer was against using any cinematic licensing in the making of the film. I also think Unseen's 1980's German electronic music would have made for an excellent theme tune for the film.
You mean this list is infiltrated with the Hollywood Elite type atheists we've heard so much about!?!
You really do exist. Well that answers one question.
I met Florence Henderson once, after she spoke at a Women's Leadership meeting in Santa Clara circa 1994, she was drunk. It was all I could have hoped for.
@Marc - I envy you, I've always had a soft spot in my heart for drunk blondes --
My thoughts? It's over, your entire being; consciousness, memories, thoughts, dreams - gone. Complete annihilation of everything that is "you". I guess the example of what it's like is to think of what it's like in between dreams, if that makes any sense.


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Scott Carlton will present "Prioritizing Snake River Cutthroat Trout Conservation in Jackson Lake Watershed" at 6:30 p.m. at the AMK Ranch, located north of Leeks Marina. A barbecue, at a cost of $5 per person, will take place at 5:30 p.m. Reservations are not required. For more information, call the UW-NPS Center at (307) 543-2463.
Carlton uses the abundance of natural strontium -- a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element -- to characterize and differentiate the tributaries to Jackson Lake and the upper Snake River.
His research can reconstruct the life history movement patterns of cutthroat trout and establish a "fingerprint" of Snake River fish in each stream across the watershed. The information can then be used to develop a conservation/management plan to protect the streams that are responsible for contributing to the survival of juvenile cutthroat trout that will eventually become the next generation of adult fish in the Jackson Lake watershed.
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The deployvista.com site is finally put to rest...
You find new content on the Deployment Research site, a site filled with articles and video-tutorials on how to deploy operating systems. If you are missing something on the new site, please let me know. You can find me on twitter on my @jarwidmark alias.
You can also search the old deployvista.com article archive below.
Regards / Johan Arwidmark
If you have certain domain policies, like renaming the administrator account or setting a legal disclaimer at login, those policies will break MDT 2010. Group Polciies that deploy application may also fail if they are executed when the task sequence is running.Here are some workarounds...
Option 1 - Use a Staging OU
Use a Web Service to move the computer account to a staging OU during deployment, and move it back to the production OU when deployment is completed. Maik Koster has a great post about that:
Option 2 - Prevent the Group Policy to apply as long as the deployment is running
I have seen quite many ways for this, all from creating additional variables to check for, to modifying the built-in script. The simplest solution I have found is simply to add a WMI filter to the Group Policy, so that it does not apply until the deployment is done.
The obvious way would be to check for the existenece of the C:\_SMSTaskSequence folder, but due to the way WMI filter works (or rather not works) it's better to check for the existence of the C:\Windows\Temp\DeploymentLogs folder. That folder is not created until deployment is completed.
Create thw following WMI Filter and link it to the Group Policy
Select * From CIM_Directory Where Name = 'C:\\Windows\\Temp\\DeploymentLogs'
Note: Make sure that you don't have such folder in the wim you are deploying...
Option 3 - Postpone the domain join process
I do like option 1 the best, but yet another solution is to postpone the domain join process. Here is a good article by Keith Garner that explains how to do this.
/ Johan


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CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Clint Bowyer picked up his first win in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship Saturday night, winning a fuel mileage race that ended in disaster for points leader Brad Keselowski.
Keselowski dominated Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway but ran out of gas with 58 laps remaining to blow his chance at the victory. He fell a lap down and finished 11th, and had his lead in the standings sliced in half over five-time champion Jimmie Johnson.
Keselowski, who has a seven-point lead over Johnson at the halfway point of the 10-race Chase, immediately gave his Penske Racing team a pep talk over the radio.
"Win some lose some guys, it's all good," he told them.
Keselowski, who also ran out of gas Friday night in the Nationwide Series race because of a fueling error, then asked his crew if he led the most laps Saturday night. Indeed — he led 139 of the 334 — but had little to show for his effort.
"It's blackjack, you're not going to win every hand," he said. "When you got a bad deal you have to try not to have too many chips on the table."
But Keselowski was able to see a silver lining in still finishing 11th.
"It was the worst-case scenario," he said. "We minimized the damage as best we could."
Denny Hamlin finished second and is third in the Chase, 15 points back, and Johnson finished third. Neither felt all that bad for Keselowski.
"Live by the sword, die by the sword," Hamlin said.
"I don't know how much it hurt him at the end of the day," Johnson said. "I've been doing this long enough, too, when you see something happen, in your mind you're like there's an opportunity and before you know it, it happens to you."
Both had to play their own fuel-saving game, especially in the closing laps. Hamlin couldn't make a run at winner Bowyer, and Johnson said he couldn't try to chase down Hamlin.
"We were just being really cautious and didn't want to go out there and chase (Hamlin) and get ourselves in trouble," Johnson said. "We're getting really good at this fuel mileage stuff, it's hard to get it right."
Everyone had to keep one eye on the gas gauge starting very early in the race, and it worked out in Bowyer's favor for his career-best third victory of the season. It also put him back in the title hunt as he moved one spot in the standings to fourth, and he's 28 points out as he heads next week to his home track in Kansas.
It all comes in Bowyer's first season with Michael Waltrip Racing and manufacturer Toyota, a partnership that's working out far better than expected.
"Who thought in a million years I'd walk into the situation I've walked into?" he asked in Victory Lane.
The race was the first since 1979 without an Earnhardt as Dale Earnhardt Jr. sat out with a concussion. The announcement was made Thursday after Earnhardt sought medical attention for a lingering headache from the 25-car accident Sunday at Talladega.
His doctor said he'd also sustained a concussion in an Aug. 29 crash at Kansas.
Regan Smith got the start for Earnhardt, but it was short-lived. The engine in the No. 88 Chevrolet failed during the first third of the race, sending Smith to the garage for the night.
Smith is scheduled to be back in the car next week at Kansas, which has two open days of testing and gives Smith more time to get acclimated with the Hendrick Motorsports crew.
"It's a good team, it's a good car and everybody at Hendrick Motorsports does a great job," Smith said. "I'm looking forward to next week. I'm getting comfortable with the cars, comfortable with the equipment. Should be fun to go to Kansas."
Kurt Busch, who was hired to replace Smith at Furniture Row Racing next season, got a jump on that job early by taking over the job this week and finished 21st in his debut race. That opened up Busch's seat at Phoenix Racing, and Smith was scheduled to drive that car at Charlotte.
But when Smith got the call to replace Earnhardt, the team gave a chance to AJ Allmendinger, who made his first start since his July suspension for failing a random drug test. Allmendinger, who had not raced since June 29, finished 24th.
Greg Biffle, who set a track record in winning the pole, finished fourth. It moved him up three spots in the points to sixth. He was followed in the finishing order by non-Chase drivers Kyle Busch, Mark Martin and Carl Edwards.
Kasey Kahne was eighth, but it cost him a spot in the Chase standings and he's now fifth. Joey Logano, winner of Friday night's Nationwide race, was ninth and Chase driver Martin Truex Jr. was 10th to give MWR all three of its drivers in the top 10.
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NIJ addresses the challenge of keeping up with an increasing volume of evidence.
We have all seen the headlines — thousands of untested rape kits have been discovered in law enforcement agencies, and crime laboratories have large backlogs of DNA cases awaiting analysis.
Delays in sending evidence to forensic laboratories and further delays in analysis slow the criminal justice system. In worst-case situations, such delays can contribute to added victimization by serial offenders or imprisonment for people who have not committed a crime.
Why do backlogs persist even after the federal government has spent millions of dollars to address the problem? The backlog picture is complex and requires an understanding of the types of backlogs that exist and the ways crime laboratories work.
There is no industry wide definition of a backlog. Some laboratories consider a case backlogged if the DNA has not been analyzed after 90 days. Others consider a case backlogged only if the DNA has not been analyzed and the final report sent to the agency that submitted the DNA. The National Institute of Justice defines a backlogged case as one that has not been tested 30 days after it was submitted to the laboratory.
Discussion of and research about backlogs must take into consideration the varying definitions of the term. In addition to delineating length of time, it also is important to identify the type of backlog being referenced. There are two types: (1) casework backlogs and (2) convicted offender and arrestee DNA backlogs.
Casework backlogs. This type of backlog is comprised of forensic evidence collected from crime scenes, victims and suspects in criminal cases and then submitted to a laboratory. Processing this evidence is time-consuming because it must first be screened to determine whether any biological material is present and, if so, what kind of biological material it is. Only then can DNA testing begin. In addition, some samples can be degraded or fragmented or may contain DNA from multiple suspects and victims.
Convicted offender and arrestee DNA backlogs. DNA samples taken from convicted offenders and arrestees pursuant to federal and state laws are significantly easier and faster to analyze than casework samples because they are collected on identical media (usually a paper product). The standardized collection methods in each state allow the laboratory to use automated analysis of many samples at once. Robotic platforms, for example, can process scores of these samples and the appropriate controls at the same time, generally in a 96-sample format. In addition, unlike with forensic casework samples, the laboratory analyst does not need to "find" the DNA amidst the evidence.
A related but quite different problem involves untested evidence collected from crime scenes and stored in law enforcement evidence rooms that has not been submitted to a crime laboratory for analysis. Recent headlines about backlogs refer to rape kits being stored in law enforcement evidence rooms. NIJ considers untested evidence awaiting submission to laboratories to be a matter separate and different from backlogs in crime laboratories. Federal funding programs to reduce backlogs in crime laboratories are not designed to address untested evidence stored in law enforcement agencies.
See "Untested Evidence: Not Just a Crime Lab Issue"
Consider the data in
figure 1, "DNA Casework: Supply, Demand, Backlogs," and the story they tell about crime laboratory backlogs. Each of the three graphs show DNA backlogs at a particular moment in time. While study methodology differed, each graph portrays the same pattern: even though capacity is increasing, the new cases received by DNA laboratories outpace the ability of laboratories to complete the cases — hence, a backlog.
Today's casework backlog consists of recent cases, not older ones; the backlogged cases from 2004, when Congress passed the DNA Initiative legislation, are gone.[1]
The bottom line: Crime laboratories have increased their capacity to work cases significantly, but they are not able to eliminate their backlogs because the demand continues to exceed the increases made in capacity.
Demand for DNA testing of forensic cases is rapidly increasing for several reasons:
Figure 1: DNA Casework: Supply, Demand, BacklogsView larger image and text description
The demand for DNA testing of convicted offenders and arrestee samples, which also is increasing, is being driven by state and federal statutes that require convicted offenders and arrestees to submit DNA samples for testing. As more states pass legislation, there is greater demand for DNA testing of these samples.
In 2004, in response to the emerging backlog, Congress passed the DNA Initiative. The legislation had several objectives, among them to reduce the backlog and build up the nation's database of DNA profiles. By 2010, hundreds of millions of dollars had been spent on efforts toward these goals. Both scientific studies and anecdotal reports confirm that federal funding has made a tremendous impact on the backlog. Without the influx of federal support between 2005 and 2008, the backlog problem would be much worse. Crime laboratories would be completely unable to meet the demand for DNA testing.
NIJ's largest funding program is the DNA Backlog Reduction Program, which has provided $330 million in direct grants to accredited public sector DNA laboratories between 2004 and 2009.
The program's short-term goal is to reduce the backlog of untested cases by providing crime laboratories with funds to work more cases. The crime laboratories can either outsource backlogged cases to private laboratories or test more cases in-house.
The long-term goal is to build the capacity of crime laboratories by providing funds to purchase highthroughput instruments capable of processing multiple samples simultaneously; automated robotic systems; and information management systems to manage the data generated more efficiently and validate newer, more efficient laboratory procedures. Funds also can be used to hire additional personnel.
According to grant reports submitted to NIJ and surveys of crime laboratories, NIJ's DNA Backlog Reduction Program has helped fund crime laboratories nationwide to reduce backlogs by 135,753 cases. State and local DNA laboratories have significantly increased their capacity to work cases since 2005. Without the federal funds to purchase better equipment and hire additional personnel, many laboratories would not have been able to increase their capacity much beyond the reported 2005 levels.
In addition to casework backlogs, there are backlogs in the processing of DNA collected from convicted offenders and arrested persons and the subsequent uploading of the DNA profiles into the national DNA database, called the Combined DNA Index System, or CODIS.
See "What is CODIS?"
The processes and procedures used in casework DNA testing are very different from those for convicted offenders and arrestees. Thus, the two types of backlogs should be considered and discussed separately to avoid the common mistake of "comparing apples with oranges."
The federal government and all 50 states have laws requiring the collection of DNA samples from individuals convicted of certain crimes. In addition, the federal government and some states have laws concerning the collection of DNA from individuals arrested for certain crimes. DNA profiles from convicted offenders and arrestees are uploaded into CODIS so that law enforcement can compare the DNA gathered from crime scenes against DNA profiles in CODIS. If a match is found, investigators get a lead as to the potential perpetrator of an unsolved crime. Delays in uploading profiles into CODIS could present an opportunity for an offender whose profile is in the system to commit other crimes.
* 2007 data from
National Forensic Science Technology Center, 2007 DNA Evidence and Offender Analysis Measurement: DNA Backlogs, Capacity and Funding (pdf, 37 pages), Final report for the National Institute of Justice, Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice, January 2010, NCJ 230328.
** 2008 data provided to NIJ by applicants to the FY 2009 DNA Backlog Reduction Program.
NIJ's program to reduce the backlog of DNA from convicted offenders and arrestees allows laboratories to use grant funds to either process samples in their own facilities or outsource the work to private laboratories. Between 2005 and 2009, NIJ made more than $53.8 million available to reduce the backlog of samples of convicted offenders and arrestees. Federal funding has helped analysts test more than 1.6 million convicted offender and arrestee samples since 2005 and conduct more than 56,000 reviews of the data produced by these analyses. The result has been more than 15,000 CODIS hits.
Figure 2, "Convicted Offender and Arrestee DNA Backlog Data, 2007 and 2008," shows how the number of convicted offender and arrestee DNA samples sent to and processed by crime laboratories increased dramatically between 2007 and 2008. At the beginning of 2008, the backlog of samples was 455,164. By the end of the year, laboratories had completed analysis of 1 million samples but had received 1.3 million samples — hence, a backlog.
Laboratory capacity to process convicted offender and arrestee DNA, like laboratory capacity to process casework DNA, has increased significantly but not enough to keep pace with the increased demand for this testing. Until demand is met, backlogs will persist.
NIJ Journal No. 266, June 2010NCJ 230415
Mark Nelson is a senior program manager with the Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences at NIJ.
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Who: Ray Bolton
Where: Lancaster, California
What: 1971 Dodge Challenger hardtop
Ray first laid eyes on his '71 Challenger back in 1980 when his wife brought a friend home for dinner — she was driving this car. He said that if she ever wanted to sell the car, he wanted to buy it. In 1987 Ray's dream came true when he bought it for $2,500.
In 2007 his wife said Ray either needed to drive the Challenger or sell it, so he immediately started researching for a restoration shop.
Ray found Wayne & Dave's Automotive in Lancaster, California. A year and a half later, it was transformed into the awesome Mopar it is today. The wheels are Boyd Coddington, and were signed by him prior to his passing in 2008.
Ray's Challenger is a multiple trophy winner, and his most prized ones are the 2009 Heartbreaker Award in Chatsworth, California, as well as from the Spring Fling 2010 at Woodley Park in Van Nuys, and the Fremont Street Experience Hotel and Casino Award in 2011.
Plus, Ray's high desert beauty graced at the 2012 Rodeo Drive Concours D'Elegance in Beverly Hills.
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Who: Don LeBeuf
Where: Oakville, Ontario, Canada
What: 1970 Dodge Charger R/T
Don, co-founder of the 1970 Dodge Charger Registry, had a '70 R/T SE years ago that he had to sell before he could restore it.
When he found another, its Hemi Orange color led people to think it was (or would be) another General Lee clone. Instead, Don built his Charger the way he would have ordered it back in 1970.
That meant a 440 Six Pack under the hood, using a correct 1970 HP block bored .030-inch over, Edelbrock heads, dyno-tuned-by-Promax Holley 3×2-barrel carburetors on an aluminum intake, Mopar solid-lifter camshaft and electronic ignition, which add up to around 500 hp.
Backing it is a 727, built with a Turbo Action valvebody and 10-inch 3,500 stall converter, and a 3.91-geared, Sure Grip — equipped 83⁄4 rear. Chassis highlights include polyurethane bushings, larger torsion bars, front and rear factory torque boxes, and leaf spring reinforcement plates.
Inside, there's a full Special Edition interior, and outside, Boot Hill Automotive Resurrection in Erin, Ontario, sprayed on the FC7 Plum Crazy paint (with V21 Performance Hood Paint option).
Don's R/T SE has won award after award since its debut at Moparfest, and it was in the invitational display at Carlisle last year.
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Who: Stephen Burchett
Where: Seffner, Florida
What: 1973 Dodge Charger
Here's another Charger that was built the way its owner wanted it, in a nearly five-year project that turned a well-used (and rusted) 318-powered Charger into this 440-powered eye-grabber.
To restore the unibody, Desert Valley Auto Parts sent a rust-free trunk floor, rear quarters and wheelhouses, which went on after the body was bead-blasted and de-rusted, but before the two-stage Prowler Orange paint went on.
For power, this Charger also sports a 440, but this one runs an Edelbrock ProFlo II EFI, with 44-lb/hr injectors. The 440, was bored out .060-inch, and also runs a forged crankshaft and pistons, an Iskenderian hydraulic camshaft, and a Billet Specialties serpentine pulley/AC compressor/alternator/power steering pump. Transmission's a 727 with a reverse-manual valvebody, with a DTS-sourced Dana 60 running 3.73 gears in back.
Underneath, the chassis got larger sway bars, new control arms, polyurethane bushings, and disc brakes all around with stainless steel brake lines.
Inside, stock Charger buckets (also found in Arizona) were re-done with OEM seat covers, as was the rear bench, and Painless wiring harnesses replaced the well-used stock ones.
D-Series Delight
Who: Bill Muehlstedt
Where: Grand Junction, Colorado
What: 1963 Dodge D-100 Custom Sweptline LWB pickup
When was the last time you saw a D-Series Dodge pickup that looked this nice? On a Dodge dealer's lot way back when?
The sheetmetal and paint restoration took five months—all cab and bed parts were taken off and restored better then new, and the grille and both bumpers were chromed.
Inside, the dash was taken out and stripped, and the gauges cleaned and re-painted. New carpet went in, as did new front and rear glass, while the steering wheel was restored.
The original 318 Poly was rebuilt back to original, with an electronic ignition replacing the original points-type system. Also going on: new dual exhausts with chrome tips, plus new brakes and shocks all around. As Bill puts it, "No nut or bolt was left unturned."
Bill says that he's been to hundreds of car shows, and he's yet to see a D-100 like his.
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Since the discovery of electricity, we have sought effective methods to store that energy1. Energy is the potential of a physical system to perform work. (A common unit of work is foot-pound—the amount of energy needed to lift one pound up a distance of one foot.) Energy exists in several forms such as electromagnetic radiation ... for use on demand1. The rate at which electricAn adjective meaning "needing electricity to operate" such as electric motor or wire. IEEE: Containing, producing , arising from, actuated by or carrying electricity. energy is delivered to or by a system or part of a system, generally expressed in kilowatts or megawatts, at a given instant or averaged over any designated interval of time. 2. The rate at which energy is being used by.... Over the last century, the energy storage industry has continued to evolve and adapt to changing energy requirements and advances in technology.
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Tunnel vision reveals underground history
Engineers are examining videos of historic underground tunnels in Tasmania's Derwent Valley.
Works in Burnett Street in New Norfolk last year uncovered ventilation shafts.
Further investigations revealed tunnels about six metres below the surface.
Derwent Valley Mayor Martyn Evans says the tunnels have now been filmed.
It is believed the tunnels date back to the 1830s and could have been used to transfer convicts and patients to the mental health hospital at Willow Court.
"We've actually had people with confined spaces apparatus in the tunnel to do some filming," he said.
"There is no stormwater infrastructure going into them, there is no sewerage infrastructure in the tunnel...it looks like it's a purpose-built tunnel for moving people through."
New Norfolk publican Peter Smith says the tunnels could entice tourists.
"It'll be good for New Norfolk...all the tourists will come," he said.
"I think it'd be a really good thing for the Derwent Valley, I'd probably go if it's big enough for me to get in there."
The council wants to work with Heritage Tasmania and the Government to conserve the tunnels.
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- Three admit to conspiring to defraud Holocaust reparations group
- Defendants handled false applications in scheme that cost organization $57.3 million
- The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany aids Holocaust victims
Three defendants pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to conspiring to defraud a Holocaust reparations organization out of $57.3 million, according to court documents.
Genrikh Kolontyrskiy, Moysey Kucher and Dora Kucher, all of Brooklyn, helped produce and process some of the thousands of fraudulent applications for the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany that are under investigation.
The organization, also known as the Claims Conference, distributes more than $400 million a year from funds provided by the German government to victims of the Holocaust.
"Our efforts to hold to account all of the individuals who participated in defrauding an organization that exists solely for the purpose of aiding victims of Nazi atrocities continues," said Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, in a statement.
The defendants aided in defrauding two funds managed by the Claims Conference, the Article 2 Fund and the Hardship Fund, of $45 million and $12.3 million, respectively, according to court documents.
The Article 2 Fund makes monthly payments of around $400 to survivors of Nazi persecution who make less than $16,000 per year "and either lived in hiding or under a false identity for at least 18 months," according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's office.
The Hardship Fund pays a one-time payment of $3,500 to "victims of Nazi persecution who evacuated the cities in which they lived and were forced to become refugees."
Kolontyrskiy, 80, knowingly processed fraudulent applications for payment while employed with the Article 2 Fund, according to court documents.
Moysey Kucher, 66, and Dora Kucher, 58, recruited individuals to provide identification documents that were used to prepare fraudulent applications for both funds, in exchange for money paid out to the false applicants, according to court documents.
Jesse Siegel, Kolontyrskiy's attorney, said his client was by no means a major instigator, but he takes responsibility for his actions.
"He admitted his guilt before the court, and now we hope the judge will put my client's role into context."
Moysey Kucher is extremely remorseful and feels terrible about what happened, according to his attorney, Richard Asche.
Dora Kucher's attorney, Benjamin Brafman, says Kucher has accepted responsibility for her conduct, which she deeply regrets
"We are hopeful that at sentencing, the court will find reason to sentence her with great leniency and compassion."
The three defendants were arrested in 2011 and are among 31 people who have been charged with participating in the scheme. To date, 10 former Claims Conference employees have been charged.
"We are grateful to the FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office ... for their diligent work that resulted in the three guilty pleas," Claims Conference public relations manager Amy Wexler said in a statement.
Kolontyrskiy faces a maximum of 40 years in prison, while Moysey Kucher and Dora Kucher each face a maximum of 20 years in prison. All three defendants are scheduled to be sentenced in August.


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There's much more to R.A. Dickey than the knuckleball.
That's the theme of a compelling but haunted profile of the New York Mets pitcher in the April 2 issue of Sports Illustrated. The piece is tied to the release of a memoir by Dickey — "Wherever I Wind Up: My Quest for Truth, Authenticity and the Perfect Knuckleball" — that the magazine suggests "might be the finest piece of nonfiction baseball writing since 'Ball Four.'"
The opening of the story:
It tacks in inexplicable and unpredictable ways. It sometimes resists the desired path, no matter how much control you try to exert. When you think you've solved the mystery and discerned the secrets, it confounds you anew. When hope diminishes, it has a way of cooperating and breaking right.
Yes, life mirrors the knuckleball, just as the knuckleball mirrors life. R.A. Dickey is singularly well-suited to appreciate this. The Mets righthander is the lone knuckleballer in a major league rotation. He is the keeper of the flame carried by the Niekro brothers, Charlie Hough and Tim Wakefield -- inasmuch as there's anything flaming about a pitch that dips and dives and dances and usually travels slower than the speed of interstate traffic. Plus, at age 37, Dickey has done his share of living, his tortuous -- and sometimes torturous -- path to the majors marked by gratifying highs, and lows that had him pondering suicide.
As you might imagine, Dickey ultimately finds redemption.
But what role does his "devout Christian" faith play in that journey? An extremely vague role, based on the Sports Illustrated profile.
The story skirts at the edges of Dickey's faith, at one point referring to his "salvation" but never pressing him to explain his "hope." The magazine treats the knuckleballer's Christianity as an afterthought, not worthy of introspection:
That lonely night in Tacoma when Dickey first began writing his story? He was called up to the Mariners a few weeks later, and he's barely been in the minors since. At the same time, through heavy-duty doses of therapy and faith, he's come to grips with the abuse he suffered and the emotional damage it caused. He's repaired his relationships with his mother (now sober) and his wife, the twin heroines of his book. Dickey confesses he's nervous how Wherever I Wind Up will be received, inside the clubhouse and beyond. But cutting back on the honesty he displays on the page was never an option. "I couldn't share my story and not share the most difficult parts of it," says Dickey, who while writing sought advice from J.R. Moehringer, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who co-authored Andre Agassi's bracing 2009 memoir, Open. "As a reader, I can tell when someone is skating around the truth."
As early as 2001, when Dickey pitched for the Oklahoma RedHawks, then the Texas Rangers' Triple-A affiliate, I wrote a short item for The Oklahoman about the pitcher sharing his Christian testimony at a church. The pondered suicide and an extramarital affair highlighted by the magazine both occurred after that. I, for one, would love to know more about the ups and downs of Dickey's professed walk with Christ.
According to the New York Daily News, Dickey "views the book as a narrative about faith, redemption and hope." But the 2,000-word Sports Illustrated story fails even to identify the pitcher as a "Christian."
There's much more to R.A. Dickey than the knuckleball. Much more, it would seem, that the magazine cared to explore.


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to this:
But are you prepared?
Other than mentally ready to shed the layers and layers of organic cotton, denim, wool and fleece you've grown accustom to assembling day after day for what seems like an eternity now, is your closet ready?
This week, we are celebrating everything that is SHORTS.
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"For the record, It feels pretty good to stop at least one shellacking this November," Obama said Wednesday, referring to the drubbing Democrats received in the Nov 2 midterm elections.
Saying the presidential pardon was an "awesome responsibility," Obama said Apple and his stand-in Cider scratched their way to the Rose Garden ceremony, beating out about 20,000 feathered competitors.
He called the competition, which included the birds "strutting their stuff" to an eclectic music mix, "a turkey version of 'Dancing with the Stars.'"
"Except the stakes for the contestants are much higher," Obama chuckled. "Only one pair would survive and win the big prize -- life."
After "living it up on corn" at a Washington-area W Hotel, Obama said, Apple and Cider will spend the rest of their natural lives at Mount Vernon, Va.
"You are hereby pardoned from the Thanksgiving dinner table," Obama said "May you have a wonderful and joyful life in Mount Vernon."
Once at George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens, the pair of 45-pound, 21-week-old birds will be on display during "Christmas at Mount Vernon" through Jan. 6, 2011, then live in a "custom-made enclosure" at Mount Vernon's livestock facility, the White House said.
On a serious note, Obama noted the Thanksgiving holiday was a time to be "thankful for what we have ... and be generous for those who have less."
Obama said he and his family were delivering two turkeys to Martha's Table, a Washington-area organization "that does extraordinary work helping folks who are struggling."
After wishing everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving, Obama said he was grateful to America's military serving "bravely and selflessly" throughout the world.


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Irma Bruggeman used to decorate telephones, when these phones were to be replaced by mobil phones shoe was looking fror a new object. She started to decorate Dutch wooden clogs. 'Our cultural inheritage that was disappering in the fashion scene. I took the challenge getting it back in the picture.'
Softwoodenshoes was initiated after a discussion with 'Klompen Frans', a wooden toy supplier. He noticed that the traditional wooden clogs were disappearing from the market. People stopt buying the clogs. The Softwoodenshoe has a soft instep, which makes wearing them very comfortable and painless.
The Softwoodenshoes are permanently shown in the 'Clog museum 't Oale Ambacht' in Goor, The Netherlands.
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It is very important that your doctor check your progress at regular visits to make sure this medicine is working properly. Blood tests may be needed to check for any unwanted effects.
Using this medicine while you are pregnant can harm your unborn baby. Use an effective form of birth control to keep from getting pregnant. If you think you have become pregnant while using the medicine, tell your doctor right away.
Triazolam may cause a serious type of allergic reaction called anaphylaxis. Anaphylaxis can be life-threatening and requires immediate medical attention. Stop taking this medicine and call your doctor right away if you have itching, hives, hoarseness, nausea or vomiting, trouble breathing, trouble swallowing, or any swelling of your hands, face, mouth or throat while you are using this medicine.
Do not take itraconazole (Sporanox®), ketoconazole (Nizoral®), or nefazodone (Serzone®) while you are using this medicine. Taking these medicines together with triazolam may increase the chance of serious side effects.
If you develop any unusual or strange thoughts and behavior while taking triazolam, be sure to discuss it with your doctor. Some changes that have occurred in people taking this medicine are like those seen in people who drink too much alcohol. Other changes might be confusion, worsening of depression, hallucinations (seeing, hearing, or feeling things that are not there), suicidal thoughts, and unusual excitement, nervousness, or irritability.
This medicine may cause sleep-related behaviors such as driving a car (sleep-driving), walking (sleep-walking), having sex, making phone calls, or preparing and eating food while you are asleep or not fully awake. If these reactions occur, tell your doctor right away.
This medicine will add to the effects of alcohol and other central nervous system (CNS) depressants. CNS depressants are medicines that slow down the nervous system, which may cause drowsiness or make you less alert. Some examples of CNS depressants are antihistamines or medicine for hay fever, allergies, or colds; sedatives, tranquilizers, or sleeping medicine; prescription pain medicine or narcotics; barbiturates (used for seizures); muscle relaxants; or anesthetics (numbing medicines), including some dental anesthetics. This effect may last for a few days after you stop taking this medicine. Check with your doctor before taking any of the above while you are using this medicine.
This medicine may cause some people, especially older persons, to become drowsy, dizzy, or less alert than they are normally. Even though triazolam is taken at bedtime, it may cause some people to feel drowsy or less alert the next morning. Make sure you know how you react to this medicine before you drive, use machines, or do anything else that could be dangerous if you are dizzy, not alert, or not able to think or see well.
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Do not stop taking this medicine without checking with your doctor first. Your doctor may want you to gradually reduce the amount you are using before stopping it completely. This may help prevent a worsening of your condition and reduce the possibility of withdrawal symptoms, such as convulsions (seizures), stomach or muscle cramps, sweating, tremors, vomiting, or unusual behavior.
Do not take other medicines unless they have been discussed with your doctor. This includes prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) medicines and herbal or vitamin supplements.
If your condition does not improve within 7 to 10 days, or if it becomes worse, check with your doctor.
Take this medicine only as directed by your doctor. Do not take more of it, do not take it more often, and do not take it for a longer time than your doctor ordered.
Take triazolam just before going to bed, when you are ready to go to sleep.
This medicine should come with a Medication Guide. Read and follow these instructions carefully. Ask your doctor if you have any questions.
The dose of this medicine will be different for different patients. Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the label. The following information includes only the average doses of this medicine. If your dose is different, do not change it unless your doctor tells you to do so.
The amount of medicine that you take depends on the strength of the medicine. Also, the number of doses you take each day, the time allowed between doses, and the length of time you take the medicine depend on the medical problem for which you are using the medicine.
In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For this medicine, the following should be considered:
Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.
Appropriate studies have not been performed on the relationship of age to the effects of triazolam in the pediatric population. Safety and efficacy have not been established.
Appropriate studies performed to date have not demonstrated geriatric-specific problems that would limit the usefulness of triazolam in the elderly. However, severe drowsiness, dizziness, confusion, clumsiness, or unsteadiness are more likely to occur in the elderly, which may require an adjustment in the dose for patients receiving triazolam.
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There are no adequate studies in women for determining infant risk when using this medication during breastfeeding. Weigh the potential benefits against the potential risks before taking this medication while breastfeeding.
Drug Interactions
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Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is not recommended. Your doctor may decide not to treat you with this medication or change some of the other medicines you take.
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Certain medicines should not be used at or around the time of eating food or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using alcohol or tobacco with certain medicines may also cause interactions to occur. The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
Using this medicine with any of the following may cause an increased risk of certain side effects but may be unavoidable in some cases. If used together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use this medicine, or give you special instructions about the use of food, alcohol, or tobacco.
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The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of this medicine. Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:
Triazolam is used to treat insomnia (trouble with sleeping). This medicine is only for short-term use, usually 7 to 10 days. Triazolam is a benzodiazepine. Benzodiazepines belong to the group of medicines called central nervous system (CNS) depressants, which are medicines that slow down the nervous system.
This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription.