| S.F. Police Blotter: Neighborhood crime log
These are excerpts from the San Francisco Police Department's daily log of activities. Incidents are listed by police precincts and the neighborhoods they patrol. Bayview Bayview Hunters Point They went that way: Officers were flagged down by a victim of a robbery Dec. 19. The victim told the officers that he was just robbed at gunpoint and that the suspects were still nearby. The officers found the three suspects. Not only did the officers locate the stolen money, but they also recovered the gun used in the robbery. Bus money: Officers responded to the Transbay Terminal on a report of a robbery Dec. 22. When the officers arrived, they found a victim with cuts and abrasions all over his face. The victim told the officers he was waiting for the bus when he was approached by the suspect, who beat him and took his money.
Update: Library Has 10 Copies of "Water for Elephants"
Of course, they don't add back the time you've spent being debriefed or watching them fumble around because they weren't properly trained or their computers were outdated or upgraded. None of this is the fault of clerks. They're just doing their jobs. The fault lies with managers who've decided to do inventory and marketing on your time -- Gary Crooks/Smart Bombs. Full column here Question: What annoys you most about running your purchases through a checkout stand? .
What Makes Sugar Explode?
A British Airways jet carrying 142 passengers and crew was forced to crash-land short of the runway at Heathrow Airport on Thursday night. Despite the fact that the plane had lost power and, according to eyewitnesses, dropped like a stone in the air, the pilot was able to land the Boeing 777 mostly intact. Slate readers asked several questions about this incident. Do commercial airline pilots practice crash-landings in flight school? No, but they may have instruction on how to configure the wing flaps and the landing gear in an emergency, and where to land. For example, a pilot might learn the best way to crash into rough seas—i.e., how to decide whether to land on the crest or in the trough of a wave. Pilots do practice maneuvers for dealing with serious problems.
Category: virtualization
It is available today. VMware Stage Manager rolls out technology services into production and tests them. VMware Site Recovery Manager centralizes data recovery plans and automates and tests the processes. Individually, these products–all available by the second quarter–are just the latest move for VMware to move up market away from the virtualization commodity scrum that's brewing. The big picture is that IT is being increasingly automated in the background. In fact, VMware is increasingly sounding a lot like Opsware, now a unit of HP. The general theme is the same: Automate the data center and put it on autopilot. More virtualization reading: Storage virtualization: Why aren't the big guys talking more about it? VMware: Sales light; shares much lighter afterhours posted by Larry Dignan February 25, 2008 @ 4:34 am Last 10 posts: Apple: All signs point to a more business friendly iPhone (02-28) Dell's fourth quarter: Watch retail channel, enterprise and software plans (02-28) News to know: EC vs.
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