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Davies said she first took notice of the drug in 1999. By 2001, she said there was such rampant drug abuse that her group, Lee County Coalition for Health, met with Purdue Pharma and asked the company to recall and reformat the drug. She said the company particularly targeted southwestern Virginia because of its high Medicaid and disability rates. A lot of coal miners suffered from pain, for example, and they were among the prime targets of Purdue's risky marketing. "This has changed the face of Appalachia," Davies said. "The foster care rate, the crime rate, we never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Punishing OxyContin's Maker | 7/20/2007 | See Source »

...decision to reformat its newscast and poach Couric may have been overhyped and gimmicky. But it was also optimistic, quixotic, even. Journalists dismissed CBS CEO Les Moonves, a show-biz guy and former actor, for taking it on himself to "blow up" the news. But at least he believed something few of them did: that the evening news could reverse its long decline, attracting brand-new viewers with all their original teeth, rather than just fighting over a shrinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here's the News: Old Is In | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

...only concern about the transition to Intel-based systems - the iMac, the MacBook Pro and the newly announced Core Duo Mac Mini - has to do with hard disks. If you boot up using an external drive, as many Mac users often do, you have to reformat that external drive to have something called a "GUID partition," otherwise the computer will simply not recognize it as a boot disk. The other disk issue I have had in the last few weeks regards DiskWarrior. The hallowed saviour of Mac-formatted disks since time immemorial doesn't run on the new systems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Apple MacBook Pro | 3/1/2006 | See Source »

...REBUILD When all else fails, you could reformat your hard drive and start afresh. Beware: that is not for the faint of heart and could take several hours. You will have to back up everything first, including your favorite programs, and then reinstall it all, including your operating system. Before you take that leap, consult your owner's manual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech Watch | 4/11/2005 | See Source »

When all else fails, you could reformat your hard drive and start afresh. Beware: that is not for the faint of heart and could take several hours. You will have to back up everything first, including your favorite programs, and then reinstall it all, including your operating system. Before you take that leap, consult your owner's manual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Spring Cleaning For Your PC | 3/27/2005 | See Source »

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