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Cab Driver in London Suspended Over Twitter Blow-Up
A minicab driver in London has been suspended while he is under investigation for allegedly kicking a same-sex couple out of his vehicle for holding hands, reports the British newspaper The Independent.
The incident gained substantial attention when one of the men tweeted about the experience and the minicab company received a chain of angry messages.
"Just been ejected from an @AddisonLeeCabs taxi for being gay. Thanks for the homophobic treatment," Liam Kelly, one of the passengers, tweeted Wednesday.
He snapped a photo of the driver's license plate and tweeted it along with other messages that detailed his story.
He and his boyfriend got into a cab late that night, he claims, as they were heading home from the club G-A-Y Late.
When they started holding hand, the cab driver called them "dirty" and told them to get out. They made it home safely after getting a ride in a London Black Taxi cab.
Twitter users were quick to condemn the major minicab firm Addison Lee for the alleged behavior of the minicab driver.
"Looks like I won't be getting a contract with @AddisonLeeCabs for my day-job business after all," posted Jo Little King.
"Sigh, don't need to go to Russia 4 homophobia," wrote Phil Holmes.
Kelly responded to the tweets writing, "Thank you to everyone for your messages of support, they mean a lot. We're home now, after a very nice Black Taxi journey."
"LGBT [people] are my bread and butter," Dan Norris, a licensed London Black Taxi driver, told Edge. "If I refused to take them I would starve to death."
"A licensed London Taxi, or Black Cab, spends about 3 years studying the Streets of London and it's thousands of places of interest," Norris informed. "They are regarded by the public as the best 'taxi' service in the world."
Another licensed Black Taxi driver, Pete Crane, commented, "[Addison Lee has] a long history of hatred towards many various groups in London, including cyclists and us London Black Taxi drivers."
"If the facts are as proved, these two young men are entitled to go to the county courts," Ben Summerskill, chief executive of the LGBT rights charity Stonewall, said about the Independent. "This gives a very disturbing message to lots of people who come to London, both to work and as tourists, who imagine that it's a twenty-first century metropolis, and that they'll be treated accordingly."
An Addison Lee spokeswoman said: "We are aware of an incident involving an Addison Lee vehicle in London last night. This incident is being investigated thoroughly, and the driver has been suspended from duty while the investigation takes place. We are also in contact with the customer to understand more about what happened.
"Addison Lee does not tolerate any form of discrimination. We pride ourselves in delivering the highest possible level of professional service, and we take matters like this very seriously."
A cab company in Portland, Ore., has gone out of their way to show support for the LGBT community after a driver kicked a lesbian couple out of his cab on the side of the Interstate.
The Broadway cab company has gone so far as to paint their name in the colors of the rainbow flag on the side of some of their cabs.
This article has been updated to correct mistakes that were made in terminology.

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Monday, January 11, 2010
It's Baaaaaack
So for the third strait year the Town Manager, who has the ultimate authority over the park, assigned the DPW the task of constructing a skating rink.
Let's hope this year it works out better than the last two.
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Thanx 4 the tip, I'll be sharpening up my cccm super tacks! Glad to see they are keeping the dpw busy when it's not snowing out, and providing some free recreation opportunities!
- January 11, 2010 at 12:24 PM
Hey great!
- January 11, 2010 at 12:29 PM
Cool! Makes us feel like a New England small town!
- January 11, 2010 at 12:42 PM
Seriously Larry, would you prefer that the kids fall through the ice somewhere and drown? How much does one ice rescue cost the town, particularly when you send a firefighter or two across the river for hypothermia????
Of course, what I would like to see is him be man enough to let the Boy Scouts do it. They would be out there at night (when you really need to do it), wouldn't be charging the town overtime, and would be able to be proud of it.
- January 11, 2010 at 1:41 PM
- LarryK4 said...
Kind of hard to judge since I don't believe we have had an ice rescue in a many a year.
I love skating rinks--I really do. Used to use the one at Memorial, oops, I mean Ziomek Field all the time 45 years ago.
And for some reason that one seemed to work just fine. The Kendrick Park one however...
- January 11, 2010 at 1:55 PM
I think it would be great if it works and people use it. It would be nice to drive by and see kids skating.
- January 11, 2010 at 2:21 PM
- LarryK4 said...
Agreed. Nice indeed.
Although the Town Common offers much better visibility and access.
- January 11, 2010 at 2:30 PM
I agree that a skating rink is a net positive for the Town, assuming that it's done properly. I grew up in an Amherst that had FIVE outdoor public skating rinks to choose from each winter, so I know it can be done. The three key elements seem to be:
1. Find a level, shaded plot of publicly-held land
2. Have a water source near the rink
3. Spray it on a regular basis, before the sun comes up.
The Town Common is neither level nor shaded so that was a bad choice. Kendrick Park is level but not shaded...another poor choice. Why not do it where it was successfully done for many, many years - out in the left field area of Ziomek Field! It's centrally located w/in easy walking distance from downtown AND it now has the added benefit of having LIGHTS which would allow for evening skating sessions a few nights each week. Just a thought...
- January 11, 2010 at 4:07 PM
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- January 11, 2010 at 4:27 PM
larry you are an ahole.The town common is on a slight hill making it hard to make a skating rink.You should stick to what you do best and run your pathetic gym in south amherst if you still own it? Get a life and do something useful or shut the hell up
- January 11, 2010 at 6:35 PM
- LarryK4 said...
Apparently what I do best is piss off Cowardly, Anon, Nitwits.
- January 11, 2010 at 6:38 PM
this coward maybe doing good things for the community and not hidding behind a camera diving around town looking for trouble you spinless ass
- January 11, 2010 at 7:19 PM
- LarryK4 said...
Well if I knew his name--or yours for that matter--I could Google you and make that judgment for myself.
- January 11, 2010 at 7:36 PM
I think we a least know that's a prozac sucking anarchist... Am I right?
- January 11, 2010 at 11:28 PM
I think we a least know that's a prozac sucking anarchist... Am I right
Now, now, now....
Prozac reduces both the male and female sex urge so the more anarchists on Prozac the fewer baby anarchists on welfare we will have. And that is a good thing, isn't it???
- January 12, 2010 at 9:56 AM
Ha ha... perfect!
- January 12, 2010 at 11:45 AM
shafter knows about the EISCAT/haarp ability to control weather.
soon after the norway spiral northern hemisphere temps plummeted, florida losing crops, england covered in snow.
could it be mass depopulation by weather?
- January 12, 2010 at 11:47 AM
classy bunch of readers and responders, with and without names.
- January 12, 2010 at 2:54 PM
- LarryK4 said...
Yeah, sometimes you gotta take the good with the bad.
- January 12, 2010 at 3:44 PM
from the coward.Larry i am sure u had a hard day at the gym working or taking pictures to get your rocks off. Keep up the good work
- January 12, 2010 at 3:58 PM
- LarryK4 said...
Actually today's post (above) did not require a picture. Although it did take me a moment or two to figure out how to take a "selective" screen grab and then convert it from a TIFF to a JPEG.
But yeah, I still have to teach a Karate class tonight at 6:15 PM, so feel free to stop in and say "hi".
- January 12, 2010 at 4:39 PM
from the coward. The class was great but maybe u should stick to your day job u have the moves of an old man. Your pictures and blogs might be a better choice.
- January 12, 2010 at 8:24 PM
- LarryK4 said...
Yeah, I thought I saw a skinny little dweeb skulking around the parking lot this evening.
- January 12, 2010 at 8:47 PM
from the coward.Who is pissing u off now old man?
- January 12, 2010 at 8:52 PM
- LarryK4 said...
More like AMUSED.
You had your chance, and you proved to be like all the others before you: A Cowardly, Anon, Nitwit.
- January 12, 2010 at 8:59 PM
from the coward.See u around town world chump i mean champ
- January 12, 2010 at 9:12 PM
- LarryK4 said...
For many, many more years there Anon.
(Actually, it was National Champ.)
- January 12, 2010 at 9:22 PM
from the coward.So u are not that good i give u too much credit old man
- January 12, 2010 at 9:33 PM
- LarryK4 said...
And I'm sure in your prime (assuming you had one) you "coulda been a contenda."
- January 12, 2010 at 10:01 PM
Why do you even waste your time, energy, and attention on this guy, Larry? It's the same guy who's been mumbling "It's Over" in his sleep for the past year & who has obviously been skipping his meds. Just ignore him & he might, maybe, and thankfully eventually go away (and leave the town that he obviously loathes so much behind)
- January 12, 2010 at 11:51 PM
- LarryK4 said...
Good point. And it is midnight...
- January 12, 2010 at 11:59 PM
oh its just 'bach again
- January 13, 2010 at 8:59 AM
- LarryK4 said...
I thought Cinda chucked him into a woodchipper.
- January 13, 2010 at 9:17 AM
- john said...
thrilled you would think of me.
but i am the haarp poster, not the antagonist.
- January 13, 2010 at 10:42 AM
- john said...
look at any of my posts, i have never used "u" for you
cinder's ninth generation business is down the tubes. i guess that dc lobbyism karma finally caught up to her. nice going jiggly.
also, i have decided that amherst is a fine "place", but it is the people in charge that make it a shithole.
- January 13, 2010 at 11:04 AM
"Why do you even waste your time, energy, and attention on this guy, Larry? It's the same guy who's been mumbling "It's Over" in his sleep for the past year & who has obviously been skipping his meds. Just ignore him & he might, maybe, and thankfully eventually go away (and leave the town that he obviously loathes so much behind)"
~I'm~ the "it's over" person and
that other person is definitely NOT me.
I HAVE used the term "old man" and "tough guy" with Larry... I also have ZERO desire to meet him, I'm not on meds (NEVER have been) and contrary to what sloppy Kelley said, I NEVER asked him to "pin" anything on the school maintenance/transportation dept. Investigate, yes, pin no. So Larry, you need to clear the record on that one, or prove it tough guy.
And "Realist", I'm FAR from finished. Count on that. I'm right up inside their worst nightmare, trust me. I'm "the mole". A tunnel herrrrrre, annnnd a tunnel there...
And BOING! (aw, lookit the cute mole!).
- January 13, 2010 at 11:59 AM
cinder's ninth generation business is down the tubes.
I think we are going to see a LOT of long-established Amherst businesses going under.
UMass is changing and much of the 1970's Amherst is going to fall by the wayside....
- January 13, 2010 at 10:36 PM
from the coward.A woodchipper,skipping meds and leaving town? I do not think so.To u and your sorry friends I am here to stay
- January 14, 2010 at 4:36 PM
- LarryK4 said...
Oh, I would not have it any other way.
But you could of course start your own blog (they're free).
- January 14, 2010 at 5:15 PM
from the coward.Still have not heard from any of your friends if u have any?
- January 14, 2010 at 9:33 PM
- LarryK4 said...
Hey with Anons like you coming here frequently to bother me, who needs friends?
- January 14, 2010 at 9:50 PM
from the coward.So iam pissing u off. But maybe i will stop for awile because u r not worth the Charmin i wipe my ass with after taking a dump. C u around town
- January 14, 2010 at 10:03 PM
- LarryK4 said...
Yeah I'm sure you will.
And you have a distinct advantage: everybody knows who I am and nobody knows you (not that anybody cares).
- January 14, 2010 at 10:09 PM
Larry, just step on them liddle cridders...
- January 14, 2010 at 10:27 PM
Actually, it would be EASY to figure out who this guy is - just go have a short conversation with ANYONE in the School Maintenance/Transportation Dept. and they would know EXACTLY who he is.
- January 15, 2010 at 9:27 AM
I think it makes it easy to figure out who YOU are.
You liddle cridder you...
- January 15, 2010 at 12:35 PM
- LarryK4 said...
Okay when everybody figures out who everybody is, let me know.
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So instead of WB featuring minutes of MoS(a film so far in production that it was originally scheduled to be released in a few weeks mind you), before it's own feature The Hobbit(a film so big and full of genre and demanding the same audience as MOS mind you). They instead let the direct competition in the form of Paramount's StarTrek(squeal of all things) play ahead ala TheDark Knight(and TDKR)?! no....
My dear lord. Well there goes that theory that they are going with the Nolan genre template of marketing. They may or may not release the standard christmas trailer, but it really looks like WB isn't broadcasting that this is the event picture they are fully behind and thus we shouldn't all be too, next year. Don't be surprised if we don't get a full trailer till next year. Moreover, don't be surprised if we don't get another production still. Just more mentions in other interviews by various cast telling us, not only things we already know(more serious..etc) but things they've been saying from day one(superman is the grand daddy...etc).
Come on already...just because this film isn't coming out in a few weeks any more doesn't mean you have to shelve it's buzz as well.
..they better at least release trailer two with hobbit(to get out buzzed by star trek no doubt) or I'll take my shot at making one of those hitler responds to myself.
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They got really lucky, but I hope they'll manage to make their dreams come true.
It was nice how everyone congratulated them on serialization ^^
Azuki's present was really nice, as were the flashbacks that came with it.
I'm totally happy Hattori's gonna be their editor again!!!!
Miura'll sure have his hands full with Niizuma & Akina ^^"
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Good thing the other editors realized losing Ashirogi Muto over a silly vote was a bad idea. Best news ever Hattori is back with them! Lol though Miura gets +Natural now. Iwase was funny as well. Interesting new way to tackle what they lack and do it like how Iwase and Niizuma work together.
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Way to go sensible people. The chief editor will always remain as the downfall of Jack, but luckily, there were enough sensible people around him to overturn his decision.
Definitely the best news is Hattori is back. You can see the excitement and progress is there with them. The chief editor actually made a good decision this time, so there is still hope for him. Well, I'll like to see where they head with this.
Miho's VA was quite good with the song. She sounded really cute, except for wishing a happy new "ear" for Mashiro. I guess the better for him to listen to her with.
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I'm an episode behind, and next week the second season ends.
If I may voice my opinion, the committee voting whether PCP was to be serialized or not became the best high-tension scene of all this season, because the verdict stopped at at tie with only the Editor-In-Chief remaining to cast his vote whether he approved PCP to compete against CROW and +NATURAL or not.
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Loved seeing Niizuma straight call out Miura over Tanto. That boy tells it like it is, and doesn't hold back.
Neither does Iwase, at that. And I don't care what anyone says, she and her nutty yandere tendencies are adorable
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So, those of you out there let a sigh of relief now that Ashirogi's PCP has been serialized and were changed editors back with Hattori, meaning Miura's reign-of-terror is over.
In spite of his shortcomings, Miura learned important lessons from the three of them, so we'll see how he handles both Niizuma and Iwase. However, poor Miura he's moped around by Iwase and got threatened with her suing him next time for sexual harrasement just for calling her pretty!!
Moving on again with the boys, they barely scraped through because their manga lacks blank panels to go insight the characters for engaging with imagination to the readers like Eiji's manga does.
Fukuda's now working on a new one-shot for a possible manga of his own creation, because he doesn't want to lose against Ashirogi.
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What a great final episode. I ended up watching it twice straightaway. It finished up exactly where predicted oh so many months ago. That being said, even if I knew what was coming my eyes got watery at the end there.
The Tanto era was an infamous low in the Bakuman universe, so I can't wait until we see what season 3 has to offer. I'm also happy because there was much Kaya love in this episode as well.
I'm definitely going to miss this show until then.
EDIT: Also, I don't remember Sasaki giving that condition in the manga. After doing a quick check through the chapters this covers, I couldn't find it either. The (anime) staff really want him to rub you the wrong way in the show, it seems. Though as far as conditions go, it does fit in with what they had agreed upon beforehand. It just seems silly when put up against those results.
EDIT EDIT: Ah, my bad. Sasaki did indeed give those terms. I do stand by my opinion that they're deliberately making him out to be more of a bad guy in the show though. I honestly like him as a character, and the only time he irked me was when he made the decision in the hospital.
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|2012-03-27, 13:53
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So their serialization is moving along nicely ^^
The three assistants were a nice add-on to the Ashirogi team.
The new manga name was also pretty good & catchy too.
The suspense part was killing me!
Finally!!!!!! They got it.
Hattori & Ashirogi Muto sure make an amazing team!!
Awesome final episode, this is was what I was waiting for since this anime started.
|2012-03-27, 17:07
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Based on the very quick teaser we got I expect it to cover chapters 92 through 150
Hopefully we'll get S4 in fall 2013.
That being said,between one epic manga chapter and anime episode bakuman was on a roll on all fronts this week.
|2012-03-27, 20:05
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What a terrific finale. I knew from the eyecatch that the ending would go exactly where I'd hoped it would - and it did. I even have to give Miura his due - he could have turned sour grapes, but he was genuinely pulling for Ashirogi to get first place. I wonder - do the authors know the connotations of PCP in English, though?
Terrific season on the whole, and a criminally underappreciated anime. We survived the Tanto era - both Ashirogi and the viewers.
|2012-03-27, 20:32
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Yes, Angel Dust got first place! That was definitely a good note to end the season on. I wonder if they will have any hallucinary effects in the manga?
Hattori and Ashirogi are just so great together. Chief Editor will always remain as the downfall of Jack, but I'm sure that the mangaka will turn this around somehow to say that thanks to Chief Editor, things turned out great. I'll never buy that, though.
I'm glad they added some dynamic to the assistants. They will be fun to watch in the 3rd season.
Also, at the closing 3rd season anouncement, they flashed a third character after Mashiro and Takagi. It looks like a blend of those 2 characters, but is that a new character?
|2012-03-27, 20:44
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MADISON — Wisconsin Republicans have retaken full control of state government, winning majorities in both the Senate and Assembly and erasing Democrats' gains in last summer's recalls.
Results from Tuesday's elections show Republicans captured an open Senate seat and four incumbent GOP senators fended off challengers, allowing them to capture the majority, and their colleagues in the Assembly easily held onto their advantage in that chamber.
With Republican Gov. Scott Walker in office, the GOP now has complete control in Madison. And the ramifications are huge: Republicans will be able to pass legislation without a single vote from Democrats and Walker should be able to push through the next state budget with ease, setting himself up for his 2014 re-election bid.
Still, the governor was careful not to alienate Democrats on Tuesday night.
"I look forward to working with members of both parties to grow our economy and create jobs," Walker said in a statement.
Among contested seats in the Northland, incumbent Democratic Rep. Janet Bewley held off a challenge from Republican John Sendra in District 74, which covers much of Ashland, Iron, Bayfield and Sawyer counties. Bewley led 59-41 percent with all precincts reporting.
In District 75, which covers parts of Washburn County, Democrat Stephen Smith ousted incumbent Republican Rep. Roger Rivard 51-49 percent with all precincts in.
In District 87, which covers much of Sawyer County, incumbent Republican Rep. Mary Williams beat Democratic challenger Elizabeth Riley 59-41 percent with all precincts in.
Republicans rode a wave of national discontent over the flagging economy to win the Senate, Assembly and governor's office in 2010. They used their power to pass a contentious Walker proposal that stripped most public workers of nearly all their union rights.
Enraged Democrats ousted two Republican senators in recall elections in August 2011. They launched another round of recalls last spring, forcing Walker, Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and four more GOP senators into elections.
Democrats managed to chase only one Republican senator from office in those elections, but it was enough to earn a 17-16 majority in the Senate. That edge grew to 17-15 after Sen. Rich Zipperer, R-Pewaukee, left to join Walker's staff. But Republicans have held that seat for decades and are expected to keep it in a special election in December, meaning Democrats really had only a one-seat advantage.
The Democrats' majority has been mostly symbolic anyway since the legislative session isn't scheduled to begin until January. As the rancor over Walker's union law faded, Republicans went back on offense heading into Tuesday's elections.
By early Wednesday morning, election results showed that Republican Tom Tiffany had defeated Democrat Susan Sommer for an open seat in far northeastern Wisconsin's 12th Senate District. All four GOP incumbents who faced re-election easily won.
That left the balance of power at 16-16, but with Zipperer's seat bound to turn red in December, the GOP will have a 17-16 edge when the session starts.
Their advantage could grow to 18-15. Republican challenger Rick Gudex had a 590-vote lead over Democrat Sen. Jessica King in east-central Wisconsin's 18th Senate District as of early Wednesday morning, but King had refused to concede.
"Whatever," Senate Republican Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, said of King's refusal to give up. "That's her call; 590 votes is a lot to overcome. I fully expect to be at 18" Republican seats.
Assembly Republicans went into Election Day with a formidable 59-39-1 advantage in that chamber. Three GOP incumbents met with defeat but Republicans picked up three other seats to offset the losses. Five races were still undecided early Wednesday morning, but they didn't matter in the math — Republicans still retained an overwhelming majority.
Rep. Robin Vos, R-Burlington, co-chairman of the Legislature's powerful budget committee and one of the leading contenders for Assembly speaker next session, said voters realized Republicans held true to their promises of balancing the state's finances without raising taxes.
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Please tell me these guys lost a bet
The horror. The horror.
22 comments:
- Zach Landres-Schnur said...
that's not tim tebow, is it?
- January 24, 2007 3:59 AM
- NDorUConnConfused said...
oh, cmon. I hate the gators but I saw that over a month ago.
Btw.. as a ND fan, I love this site.
- January 24, 2007 5:45 AM
- Ungar Kelt said...
This actually makes the "Franklin County" guys (DJ Snooze & MC Snores, or something like that) look like artists.
- January 24, 2007 8:13 AM
- beast in 'bama said...
11 seconds...that's all I could take.
- January 24, 2007 9:38 AM
- Andy said...
Sadly, I watched the entire thing.
Ouch. My neck hurts because I have been shaking my head trying to get this image out of my head.
The guy that ends up in a blue speedo is just plain wrong. He can take his UF degree and turn it into a career in low budget gay porn. I was actually afraid they all would start kissing each other.
- January 24, 2007 9:45 AM
- jagnole said...
That clip needs a whole lot less cowbell
- January 24, 2007 10:29 AM
- Go Blue Gabe said...
Ouch! Why would anyone do that?
- January 24, 2007 11:30 AM
- Tim said...
That was...disturbing!
- January 24, 2007 12:40 PM
- Out of Conference said...
Girls, all I really need is girls.
Two at a time, I want girls. With new wet hairdos I want girls.
(trying to get the song and the image of hat video out of my head by singing Beastie Boys)
- January 24, 2007 12:42 PM
- Matt said...
It isn't "new WET hairdos". It is "new wave hairdos". C'mon now.
- January 24, 2007 1:02 PM
- TitleIX said...
rockin' the catbox
rockin' the catbox...
- January 24, 2007 4:06 PM
- rex said...
I saw this link to a cheap shot from an OSU player on Tim Tebow during the Florida/OSU game. Watch number 55 on Tebow.
- January 24, 2007 4:29 PM
- Howard21 said...
The Funky Bunch has really gone down hill. I remember them being a lot better looking in a speedo back in the 90's
- January 24, 2007 6:27 PM
- peyton's place said...
I feel very, very, very gay for having watched that.
- January 24, 2007 8:09 PM
- Out of Conference said...
Matt, I concede. You are correct. Thanks for ruining the dream I built in junior high of girls with "new wet hairdos". Now please don't tell me that Motley Crue's "Girls, Girls, Girls" doesn't have the line, "...long legs and burgandy lips." Something has to remain sacred while many of the longtime bastions of early teen hormones are slowly fading away.
- January 25, 2007 8:49 AM
- MGoBlue93 said...
1. Cut a hole in the box.
2. Put your junk in the box.
3. Have your confused and lonely UF roommate open the box.
For the SNL challenged, check this out... Not a Justin Timberlake fan but this one is headed for cowbell immortality.
- January 26, 2007 12:51 AM
- Douglas said...
That dorm room looks striking similar to ones I've seen in Tallahassee. Interesting.
- January 26, 2007 11:20 AM
- Douglas said...
BTW, does Lloyd Carr use the same publicist as T.O.? He gained UM lot of votes by falsely accusing Urban of defaming the Wolverines. And that's on top of the fact he sounded like a teenage girl who forgot to change her tampon
- January 26, 2007 11:48 AM
- Yost said...
Falsely, Doug? Seriously, get a clue. Lloyd wasn't the one whining like a little bitch to anyone who would listen.
In the future, maybe you'd find a much more sympathetic ear over at the Gator Zone, not the M Zone, ass.
- January 26, 2007 12:21 PM
- Douglas said...
Urban may have broke out the megaphone to sell voters on the Gators, but he did so to counteract the deaf ears created by ABC and ESPN's Big 10 Marketing juggernaut. And in the process, at least he didn't give himself a man-gina and start bashing the Wolverines. BTW, why would I need sympathy after that ass raping we put on the Big 10's crown jewel? I'm here to stir the pot.
- January 26, 2007 1:21 PM
- jagnole said...
Doug, all dorm rooms look the same for the most part. I'm sure you are aware of this as you more than likely clean them up as your day job. I can assure you no nole would make a video to show how gay University of Floida at Gainesville (UFAG)is when anyonoe can simply take a tour of the campus and see the sweaty hog flesh that you call a female population. While Urban Cryer's whining paid off, I have to imagine pride is worth something these days, at least we learned that at FSU
- January 26, 2007 3:14 PM
- Douglas said...
First of all I'm curious as to why you would say that all dorm rooms pretty much look alike. That could mean a number of things - 1) you are the "Gulliver" all of dorm dorks who moved from building to building each semester jockeying for that "pimp" single, 2) you failed out of a number of different institutions (obviously not FSU, since that is impossible), 3) you are one of those pathetic guys that relives the glory days by trolling keg parties, finding 17 yr olds, and staying the night in their dorm, or 4) you, in fact, are the one who cleans dorm rooms for a living. Somehow I think "All of the Above" are applicable. And if you think Urban's marketing was prideless, lest you forget Bobby perfected the art when FSU nudged out Miami for the BCS Championship Game birth against OU. Why are you on this blog anyways? Must be true that misery enjoys company...
P.S. - Sorry you didn't get into UF.
- January 26, 2007 5:10 PM


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Any "dissection" of Microsoft products by Preston Gralla will be so gentle it'll seem like a product endorsement.
Strange that...
Am I the only one left that hasn't been eaten by the "If we force it and make them look at it often enough they'll eventually like it, no matter how bad" syndrome that seems to be affecting everyone with regards to that stupid ribbon?
It's true, but you've mis-named it. It is the "If people actually use it instead of simply whining about something they don't know anything about, they actually *like* it" syndrome.
Ya know, it's the same one that affects fanboy's of all products... Those folks who complain about drivers in Linux? About how "hard" it is to use a Mac... or complain that the ribbon is unusable.
The workflos (read speed) is much slower with the ribbon.
You have to use the mouse more (read greater distance between buttons.
You cannot devide the ribbon by 2. In other words you can't have some toolbars on the left (File, Edit, Help, etc) and others on the top.
It takes up too much screen space.
-Linux user
Am I the only one left that hasn't been eaten by the "If we force it and make them look at it often enough they'll eventually like it, no matter how bad" syndrome that seems to be affecting everyone with regards to that stupid ribbon?
You're appear to be stuck in a logical fallacy where you're unable to comprehend the idea that people might actually like the ribbon based on their use and experiences with it, and the clear benefits it provides, rather than for any other reason.
In other words, you think no-one can like the ribbon, so if people do, there must be a negative reason. For goodness sakes, Microsoft are making good products these days; open your mind a tiny bit.
I have to agree with you. I'll admit that it took some getting used to, but after an adjustment period, there really is nothing wrong with the ribbon. It works pretty well.
I've never understood the people who praise KDE for doing absolutely batty things with their UI because they're "innovating", but when Microsoft does something a bit different they proceed to excrete a brick because they're "messing with established ui standards".
IMHO, the ribbon is only a bad thing to someone intimately familiar with the products already. If you're a new or basic user, it does a VERY good job of getting useful functions in a more accessible location rather than buried 7 levels deep in a menu structure.
I still have to use Office 2002 at work. You can't find tutorials about how to do things on Microsoft's web site anymore.
Hell, while I usually leave it in the default html mode, there are times when I switch it to RTF mode so I can control things like where attachments show up in the email (like you can do on internal network emails in lotus notes). Sure, I know not to send formatted stuff like that to unknown email clients outside the company, but 95% of my emails never leave our exchange server so I know for a fact that every feature is supported.
I think HTML is sometimes useful (although I don't like how Outlook does it -- too often it 'forgets' that I'm trying to type in blue and reverts to black, or messes up indenting).
But what benefit does top-posting give?
I can say that there are very real reasons why top posting and html email make sense.
To posting is beneficial when someone new to the chain (or someone without perfect memory) wants to catch up with the history.
You can read every email in the chain without it being chopped into pieces with bits removed.
Sure you mightn't find that useful, and whether the cost of *all* the messages being top posted is worth it for the few that ever need it. But it's a real benefit for lots of people.
Agree, I don't think that the people designing these email apps even read email or understand the basic UI concepts of reading electronic systems.
The basic UI concept seems to be "my way or the highway" regardless of which way "my way" is.
as long as Outlook continues to encourage top-posting and HTML formatted content, and discourage quoted reply trimming, it will still suck.
Jesus Christ. 10 years later, and we're still having this argument?
Give it up, dude. Usenet is dead, top-posting is the norm, and everything supports HTML. Only a select few chose to trim their bottom-posts, which usually just meant lots of scrolling.
(In any event, threaded conversations a la GMail are clearly the way forward)
as long as Outlook continues to encourage top-posting and HTML formatted content, and discourage quoted reply trimming, it will still suck.
Jesus Christ. 10 years later, and we're still having this argument?
Give it up, dude. Usenet is dead, top-posting is the norm, and everything supports HTML. Only a select few chose to trim their bottom-posts, which usually just meant lots of scrolling.
(In any event, threaded conversations a la GMail are clearly the way forward)
Obviously you are not on too many mailing lists. Most F/OSS oriented mailing lists (e.g. gentoo users, PHP users, samba uses, etc) forbid HTML mail, and discourage top and bottom posting. They also highly encourage trimming the message to just what you are replying to - as the rest, you know, is in the message archives. Outlook has always been a problem for mailing lists, but again - it's not impossible to do inline replies, just a bit harder to get it setup that way. Even Yahoo! Mail broke that for a while
The history is there, but the most recent message is automatically displayed first.
The mail client could easily do that for bottom-posted stuff.
>as long as Outlook continues to encourage top-posting and HTML formatted content
1996 called. Its looking for its outrage.
the new trend in business intelligence is using Excel to manipulate data in a cube so the users don't bug the BI developers for new cubes
I don't know what you're talking about... people have been sitting in cubes manipulating data in spreadsheets for decades now.
"There's also an improved Ribbon that now works across all Office applications"
I don't care, unless there's a "classic" menu mode I'll stay with OpenOffice or older MS Office versions. I know some people like the ribbon, but I really, really hate it.
Exactly, the only thing that would make me even consider a new microsoft application is if they provided a way to show normal menu's and hide that obnoxious ribbon. I can not even stand the new paintbrush, it is horrible.
Use OpenOffice then.
I know some people like the ribbon, but I really, really hate it.
I have never liked the ribbon for Excel or *cough* Access as I was always trying to hunt down under which context sensitive section I could find what I needed. But late last year I was using a 3rd party graphics drawing program that used a ribbon. And to my surprise I actually like how it was done. So now I am of the opinion that a ribbon interface *can* be a good idea, but that not all programs can benefit from it.
...I can simply relate what things I believe and the things I hear from other CTO/CIOs regarding Google Apps and using Google Mail in a corporate environment. Everyone I know is adamantly against the idea. It isn't because there are technical shortcomings, it's simply because of liability and privacy. That's it, plain and simple.
The idea that our company would place our mail and documents, and the mail and documents of people communicating with us into the hands of another company who are not tightly bound by laws regarding retention and usage? Makes my skin crawl.
I wonder who the first company to be bought by Google will be using Google mail and apps while negotiations are ongoing?
Thanks, but I'd rather only have to worry about the ISP, not the ISP and the Cloud. It's unfortunate because I have no interest in running mail servers, exchange servers, file servers, I just want to make software.
Perhaps his first name is Cosmo...
Until we can use Google Apps on an Airplane, we'll be sticking with Office for Mac for the foreseeable future. There are things I like about Google Apps, especially when you need to share a document for editing during a conference call. But the privacy problem renders that to anything you don't mind your competitors seeing. And with the advent of better screen sharing tools, it renders those needs fulfilled for us.
Don't Google also need to improve their reliability and guarantee data integrity? People have lost their email in the past due to Gmail disasters, with no backups to recover it from.
Oh, I hadn't heard that Google had lost people's email. When was that?
Don't Google also need to improve their reliability and guarantee data integrity? People have lost their email in the past due to Gmail disasters, with no backups to recover it from.
Yeah, this would be a pretty big news story. I'm not saying that I'm 100% sure that Google has never lost an e-mail, but I'm inclined to think that as someone who keeps pretty good tabs on the tech industry, that would have made my radar. And the simple truth is that I remember absolutely nothing about this.
Without some kind o
Until we can use Google Apps on an Airplane, we'll be sticking with Office for Mac for the foreseeable future.
I thought that if you installed Google Gears [google.com] then you could use things like Docs in an airplane. They've dropped support for it currently [venturebeat.com] but I think that it was designed to store your documents and mail locally and then when you were "working offline" in the browser Gears would kick in and provide you the same experience and then sync up once you were back online.
I also personally believe that airlines will soon begin to offer in flight wi-fi but right now it's just a few where I live.
Not only are you correct, but HTML5's offline functionality is supposed to let them do the same thing without gears, which is why gears is being permitted to die.
No, they announced they will drop support, but not until HTML5 storage [wikipedia.org] support is in, which is already supported by Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 3.5+, Safari 4, Google Chrome 4, and Opera 10.50.
I work in the IT group of a Fortune 100 company, and to be honest, I see little difference between using Gmail and other third-party companies. For example, we use Symantec as our mail filtering/virus scanning company. Every e-mail that comes to and goes from our company goes through servers located physically on their premises, and as far as we're concerned, it's a "black box" of a scanner--we don't know all the nitty-gritty details of what all they do when they're scanning our mail, we just know the end result. And it's a lot of mail--just the other day, our gateway crashed for a couple of hours, and they held over 14,000 e-mails for us while we worked on getting it back up.
Granted, I don't know what legal agreements we have in place with Symantec, but if you want to be paranoid, you could imagine all sorts of evil things they could be doing with all of that e-mail, and there are no telling what kind of sensitive information is being misclassified by the users and sent completely free and clear through their system.
At some point, though, unless you want to literally do everything in-house and never take advantage of the value-added services that third parties can provide, you have to suck it up and trust them not to screw you over. If nothing else, Google should know that all it would take is one major data loss or one gross breach of corporate privacy, and their Gmail service would pretty much be dead. Just as if we find out that Symantec has done something evil with our e-mail--even something that is legally allowed in the contracts--that their business would suffer a nasty hit.
At some point, the benefits of using a service like Gmail outweigh the risks that Google, a company with an excellent reputation, suddenly turns evil. As a CTO, your job isn't to sit around and dream up reasons why you'll never trust a third party; it is to assess those risks, reasonably compare them with the benefits, and decide whether it's worth it or not.
As a side note, I'm actually part of a large team of people who were recently outsourced by my former employer to a third-party IT services provider to handle all of the IT services for that former employer. So now, I'm on the direct opposite side of the coin that you're mentioning here. It's pretty well understood that if we do something to screw over my former employer--now our client--that it would not only cost us our careers, but likely cost all of our friends and coworkers their careers, too. We still have and require root access to almost every server and network device across the world. If you start dreaming up things that could happen in that situation without considering what you're getting in exchange for that risk, it seems on the surface a pretty stupid thing to do, but it's actually working really well.
And when you really think about it, just about anything you could dream up a third-party provider doing to you, I could dream up much, much worse your own internal people, with even less motivation, doing to you.
Your mail may go through a third-party server (which every single mail does that does not get sent to a local recipient - when I send out an e-mail it first goes to my ISP's server for starters), they are not responsible for storage/retention of your mails. I assume in your case Symantec basically acts as a relay for your network, storing mails only long enough to check for viruses/spam/other filtering and delivering it to your own mail server (from your mail I understand that you are still running your own
Your mail may go through a third-party server...they are not responsible for storage/retention of your mails.
At the same time, there's nothing technologically speaking stopping them from storing all of our e-mails for whatever nefarious purpose they have in mind.
If Gmail were to suddenly crash and burn, most of the people using it would lose all their mails.
First of all, I'm pretty sure Gmail has much more robust datacenters, with multiple levels of redundancy and backups, than 99.9% of all companies out th
If you host your own mail server so that the mail is never stored on the Internet, then by definition that server has to have presence on the Internet, and again, the risk is still there.
You made a lot of good points, but I have to take issue with this one. There's no reason why the server that stores the mail needs to be visible on the Internet. Usually I have three machines involved -- one running a secure store-and-forward SMTP listener, one dedicated to scanning for spam and viruses, and a third where
If Gmail were to suddenly crash and burn, most of the people using it would lose all their mails.
First of all, I'm pretty sure Gmail has much more robust datacenters, with multiple levels of redundancy and backups, than 99.9% of all companies out there.
I was more thinking in the lines of going out of business for whatever reason (takeover, bankrupty - now don't tell me "they are too big/rich", think Enron for example) and Gmail is closed.
The only difference is that it's your personal responsibility for ensuring that the server is secure instead of Google's. Now, I'm not doubting your technical prowess, but even giving you the benefit of a doubt that you are personally smarter than the hundreds of PhDs working at Google that do nothing but this for a living, the vast majority of people and companies aren't.
The number of attacks on Google's servers is also certainly way higher.
Because if you don't, then even if you run your own mail server, you are still at pretty high risk of your e-mail being intercepted and read.
Yes, but no historical mails an be gotten that way.
And even if you do, then I have to point out that even if you run your own mail server, you are storing your mails on servers in a country which government has a total lack of respect for privacy.
No I don't. My location's (Hong Kong - no that is not China) government has far better respect for privacy than the US government. And as I said before I like to keep my data in my own hands as much as
As a former CIO, I disagree with your diagnosis of the issues. Many companies, both large and small, outsource services to companies with access to all manner of sensitive materials (e.g., documentation destruction, electronic reading rooms, business continuity services, AR, etc). The difference is how those services are implemented and the trust in the organizations, not so much the laws that specifically regulate their offerings or even the ability to sue them.
In my opinion, the problem with Google Apps is that they:
1) don't make many important explicit commitments (e.g., availability, security, retention policies, restoration times, etc)
2) provide very little visibility into their implementation
3) their low cost service model provides little room for day-to-day customer service (e.g., mailbox restore) and the confidence to know that you can rapidly escalate a problem should one arise (not to mention offline backup)
I say this because this implies the issue is not inherent to outsourcing email in principle. The outsource service model is the future for generally commoditized services like email. There are several offerings today that I believe are generally superior to in-house for most SMBs that want Exchange functionality and need good availability. I have recommended Rackspace's Hosted Exchange to a $60M (revenues) client of mine and a few others. I am generally quite pleased with it, though there are a few shortcomings that will prevent others from adopting it today (especially larger organizations).
The biggest issues with the various Hosted Exchange offerings (those I'm familiar with at least):
#1: Authentication cannot be readily shared with other services, i.e., the employees need to juggle yet one more set of credentials.
#2: Limited ability to use 3rd party software (e.g., VM, Fax, two-factor authentication systems, etc) unless it exclusively uses exposed interfaces (RPC/HTTP, IMAP, etc).
#3: Won't scale well with large companies (with multiple subsidiaries/operating companies) that need/want to use more advanced AD features.
That said, these companies will figure most of this stuff out gradually until all but the most conservative big companies concede that they are better off outsourcing it, i.e., that an outside company has the scale and expertise to do a better job at less cost and in a more capital friendly way. When real customization is required then in-house makes sense, but the reality is that many of these issues are fairly widely felt and can be addressed with more generalized solutions.
I did not diagnose the issues for all companies, only for my own and those of the people I know in similar positions who have discussed their issues with me on the topic.
There are many companies, as you said 'both large and small', who make use of third parties for all sorts of sensitive issues which require 'trust.' The only third party that my company involves in our business affairs on the technology and communication side is our ISP (although that trust chain inherits all the ISPs through which communi
Don't Google offer an appliance for in-house use? Basically a rack mount server - plug in, config and away you go. Get the benefit of a web-based office suite with none of the security and legal concerns.
Of course that implies that you have full control over the server - I've never worked with one so I can't say if that's so.
No, the rack-mount server is only for in-house search. If you want the email, docs and spreadsheet - that's in Google's data centre.
You would be surprised (hopefully) by how many CIOs base their decisions entirely upon the dollar amounts involved. You'd also be surprised by how many CIOs spend most of their time at work looking for their next position.
>some large enterprises are seriously considering jumping from Exchange to Gmail, or already have
We use Google Apps and we are thinking about moving away from it. First off, their customer service sucks, two you get occasional outages and extremely poor performance quite often and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it.
Google Apps (spreadsheets, documents, etc) are usable only for non-professional things. Like documents shared within a work groups. Don't even think of using them for professional needs that will be used outside the company.
The contacts / calendar is nice. Especially if you have a Android phone where it syncs directly to it without having to hooking it up to your computer. (providing you aren't also trying to sync a normal (read personal) Gmail account. Gmail doesn't let you connect both a normal Gmail account and a Google Apps domain account at the same time (which REALLY SUCKS)
I've used Exchange and if managed properly, you can minimize your pain. Though we've also been looking into OpenXchange. It seems to have many pluses and some minuses also. (clunky interface)
I would be interested to hear what you guys/gals use Google Apps for and what specific you don't use it for.
We had, of course (since money is involved), discussed what the ramifications of using Google Apps was and felt it might make (as you mentioned) an good intra/inter team communication media for sharing things (instead of using something akin to Sharepoint), but we were concerned about confining the types of sharing that could be involved due to concerns about the medium. For example, although we use
Google Apps will now let you upload other types of files (including tarballs) though you have a maximum of 1GB of space.
We currently use a xWiki for heavily updated stuff like documentation and Google Apps for other things like spreadsheets and project planning / development that require signing off before becoming actual projects.
We have to watch capital expenditures also as we are a start up. For stuff Google Apps isn't good for, we use Open Office or Microsoft Office. Most of the guys that use MS Offic
i've managed Exchange before. what exactly is so hard about it? configure your I/O properly by not dumping everything on the same RAID5 volume and you should be OK.
I still think that whether Exchange is adopted or not is kind of a moot point, since a smart company/users will probably set up an email client for IMAP or POP3 on Gmail. Heck, even though I made the switch a long time ago I'd probably be using Outlook if I didn't enjoy Thunderbird so much.
I've been using the beta for awhile and I can say without a doubt that it's far better than Office 2003. The ribbon menus, in Word especially, are actually easier to use than the menus of 2003. And some of the other features, like auto-print preview, automatically showing what new formatting will look like, and the navigation sidebar, are actually useful. There are still some bugs, and the interface in Excel isn't as easy to get used to, but in general I'd say 2010 looks like it will be worth the price of the upgrade. I say this as someone who never got used to or liked 2007.
Yeah, I have to say, I've been playing with Office 2010, and I like it. I'm not a Microsoft fan. My response to Windows Vista and even Windows 7 and Office 2007 has been, "So what?" Yes, they're all prettier than previous versions and have a couple nice improvements here and there, but mostly.... meh.
But I don't know what it is with Office 2010, somehow it feels much more pleasant to use. It's like they smoothed over a bunch of rough edges, and though I can't give a very long list of what's different f
FTA: "The File button, by the way, replaces the Office orb button from Office 2007, which Microsoft says thoroughly confused people -- many thought it was a piece of branding eye candy rather than a functional button."
Indeed. Now how much do their UI people get paid?
Here's hoping they've also fixed some of the inconsistencies in the ribbon as well - it's incredibly frustrating that you can adjust some formatting in one application but not in another - you'd think they share the same codebase. Are they just trying to protect us from having too much control over our documents?!
have you tried working with tables, for example
Yup, daily. Drives me mad...for extra insanity points of course, you can always try pasting a table from Excel/Access, (for most 'Office' users the logical place to store tabular data, especially numeric), into Word or PPT.
it's incredibly frustrating that you can adjust some formatting in one application
Indeed. Want to highlight some text in PPT, like you can do very easily in Word? SOL...
Of course, you can do it in 'presentation' mode, (F5) using the pen : (Ctrl+P then select highlighter). But that's not persistent, unless you save your annotations...which is 'all or nothing')
FTA: "The File button, by the way, replaces the Office orb button from Office 2007, which Microsoft says thoroughly confused people -- many thought it was a piece of branding eye candy rather than a functional button."
Indeed. Now how much do their UI people get paid?
I hope they get paid well as Office 2007 was an overwhelmingly positive change. There's always the fact that many of Office's users are the kind of users that get confused by everything. There's a remedy for the button: "Guys and gals, that candy button is the File menu". There, damage done. There's no harm to make it more obvious in ver. 2010 either. Means they listen to feedback.
I thought it was "branding eye candy" when I first used Office 2007 myself. I looked and looked for the equivalent of the File menu, then clicked the button when I couldn't think of any other solution.
Okay, it's 2010, He's going on about how everyone promises productivity enhancement and Outlook finally does it... this is going to be good. The new feature, that we've waited over a decade for, this will change everything... is.....
Thread-view for messages. Flat, by subject-line and date.
Did previous versions of Office really not have this?
Meanwhile: after months of people saying they couldn't switch to Thunderbird because they couldn't import their filters, and they NEEDED their filters, it turns out (aft
Some large enterprises are seriously considering jumping from Exchange to Gmail, or already have, reports Robert Mitchell.
The last place I moved off Exchange to Gmail would probably not want to go back. You can still keep Outlook, if you think the email organizing tools are worth it, but most people just used the Gmail interface.
The real question is if the Office 2010 upgrade is compelling enough and cost effective enough to keep current users from jumping ship? My experience suggests it would have to be a near software miracle to make that happen. The cost savings of switching to Gmail are pretty significant.
Unfortunately MS doesn't have to worry about much of a threat from OpenOffice. I find their product gets more difficult to use with time instead of better. GoogleDocs is good enough for a lot of things but formatting options are limited. If OO was a home run product, then Office 2010 would be yesterday's news.
"rare that I come across one that I believe will truly make a difference in the way that I work or use my computer."
Yeah, that was said about 2007 and it DID make a difference. It made a number of people i know finally dump MS and move to OO.
very useful new PowerPoint tools
What are two words that cannot be used together?
very useful new PowerPoint tools
What are two words that cannot be used together?
PowerPoint can be useful if it's used as a visual aid instead of the entire presentation. As long as you don't read the title of every slide out loud, don't read the slides verbatim, and do use them as reinforcements of key points in your presentation it's quite effective.
The flaw in PowerPoint (or any presentation software) lies mainly in the users. I think the best analogy for this is a cooking analogy. The presentation is your dish and PowerPoint is the seasoning. A little bit of seasoning can, and u
I don't see why most medium or small orgs need the headache of buying MS Office, being subject to software audits, being subject to semi-annual updates for features and new functionality they don't even use. It's money down the drain. Open Office is more than adequat
When I need a feature I'm still pecking around for it. The ribbon is supposed to identify features that I need and categorize it in a sane manner, but it just isn't the case. Just try in outlook: importing or exporting mail, adding additional exchange account views, finding actual email headers - you're in for a shock. Instead of a ribbon, why not a contextual search for features? Isn't that more in line with the new windows concept?
Quite puzzled...
1. 32 and 64-bit versions of the software. Apparently this addresses various performance issues, but also means there is incompatibility with 32-bit versions of other office apps (and perhaps visual studio) on 64-bit OS.
2. MAK and KMS replace the use-anywhere, no activation open license key. Heh.
3. There are fewer editions of office this time around, missing Enterprise. I guess that is a good decision, but there should be fewer. Nevertheless Microsoft believes strongly in market segmentation.
when they pry it from my cold dead hands.
Regardless of anything else, I just have never seen any reason to keep secure, mission critical data in another companies data center. Especially email with all of its legal implications.
SaaS (or cloud or whatever buzzword you want to use) has its place. Spam filtering is a great example. Economies of scale, easy setup, reduced internal overhead. The data that flows through is not stored in any meaningful fashion.
But as soon as you are talking about storing data, you lose me. So many issues, so little time.
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It certainly is a puzzle. On the one hand, Clark Kent's alter ego, the first and mightiest superhero, is the father of them all: the George Washington, if you will, of superpower possessors. Yet on the other hand, let's face it, he's become the least sexy superhero of
them all.
The guy gets respect, yes, but not love. He may be faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, but his Q rating is about the same as Ben Bernanke's. Superman's first in war, first in peace, and last in the Justice League (so to speak).
How can this be? How have all those Marvel characters and — ahem — his darker DC counterpart, Batman, surpassed Superman in public interest and affection? Perhaps the very name offers some clues.
Solo. Sure, Superman has friends, family, colleagues. Only his parents know his true identity, though, and they're out of the picture pretty quick. Perry White and company know him only as Clark Kent. He has no Alfred (or Robin), no Pepper Potts. He lacks a sidekick or confidant. It's like Elaine May's advice when shown an early draft of the "Tootsie" script. "Give him a friend." Yes, that's it:
Superman needs Bill Murray.
Ubermensch. Tim Burton's and Christopher Nolan's versions of Batman get praised for being so dark and Teutonic, even Wagnerian. Is Superman's problem that, in origin, he's the real deal? "Superman" is the English translation of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's concept of the "Übermensch."
Preening. The key to Clark Kent's being able to conceal his identity is his bland personality and appearance. Alas, the blandness extends to Superman, too. Sure, he doesn't need any cool gadgets, having superpowers and all that. But they would certainly help. So would some attitude. And that costume? It's so minimal. If Superman had a cowl, say, or a blinking piece of metal in his chest, that might make a difference.
Extraterrestrial. Really, that's what Superman is. Oh, he looks nice and normal (and very dedicated to going to the gym). Clark Kent does, too. But, really, he's just E.T. with muscles. People love E.T. But has there ever been a sequel? Nope. Draw your own conclusions.
Radioactivity. What makes Kryptonite so scary is its being a metaphor for radioactivity. Thanks to Three Mile Island, "The China Syndrome" was a hit. That's the exception that proves the rule. Otherwise, people want to have nothing to do, entertainment-wise, with uranium and plutonium and suchlike.
Metropolis. He needs to move. The name's so generic (as Gotham, say, is not). Also, the obvious model for Metropolis is Manhattan. That was fine back in the '30s, when New York was the largest city in the world, or just about. Move Superman to Tokyo or Shanghai. Think of what that would do for the foreign box office. Speaking of which . . .
American Way. Truth and justice everyone can relate to. But the American Way doesn't exactly extend into international waters. Has jingoism handicapped Superman? Then again, "Captain America" did OK. Of its $368.8 million worldwide grosses, 52 percent came from overseas. So give the guy a shield, maybe?
Newspaper. Now here's the real kiss of death: Clark Kent's profession. The poor guy's a newspaper reporter. As a baby, he escapes a doomed planet. As an adult, he joins a doomed profession. Talk about going from galactic frying pan to economic fire!Mark Feeney can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The Phils' bats come out to support Roy Halladay as they beat the first-place Reds, 12-5.
The Phils' offense refuse to let up as they defeated the Reds, 12-5.
The Reds took the lead in the first as, with the bases loaded, via singles by Zack Cozart, Chris Heisey and Brandon Phillips, and with noone out, Jay Bruce hits an RBI double, knocking in Cozart, giving the Reds a 1-0 lead, before Heisey is thrown out at the plate on a good throw by second baseman Chase Utley, after first catching right fielder's Dom Brown throw into the infield, with Erik Kratz applying the tag, for the inning's first out, while Phillips stops at third base. The Red then made it a 2-0 lead as Scott Rolen hits an RBI ground out, 5-3, scoring Phillips. The Phils got a run back in their half of the first as, with one man on, and with two men out, Ryan Howard hits an RBI single, knocking in Juan Pierre, who had earlier doubled, then stole third base, cutting the Reds' lead down to 2-1. The Phils tied the game up at two-all in the third as, with two men out, Howard hits a solo home run, his eighth home run of the season. The Phils took the lead in the fourth as, with two men out, Kratz hits a solo home run, his seventh home run of the year, giving the Phils a 3-2 lead. The Reds tied the game up at three-all in the fifth as, with a runner on third and with two men out, Heisey hits an RBI double, scoring Devin Mesoraco, who had started the inning off with a double, then moved up to third base on Mike Leake's sacrifice bunt, 5-4. Two batters later, after Heisey moved up to third base on Phillips' single, the Reds retook the lead as Bruce hits an RBI single, knocking in Heisey, giving the Reds a 4-3 lead, while sending Philips on to third base. The Reds then took a 5-3 lead as, with Rolen batting, Bruce got picked off first base, and was soon caught in a run down, 2-3-4-3-6, before finally being tagged out by shortstop Jimmy Rollins, caught stealing, but not before Philips scored from third base. The Phils got a run back in their half of the fifth as, with one man on, and with one man out, Utley hits an RBI double, knocking in Pierre, who had earlier singled, making it a 5-4 Reds' lead. Two batters later, after Howard is intentionally walked, the Phils tied up the ballgame at five-all as John Mayberry, Jr. hits an RBI single, knocking in Utley, while sending Howard on to third base. The Phils then took the lead for good as Brown followed with an RBI double, knocking in both Howard and Mayberry, giving the Phils a 7-5 lead. The Phils then added to their lead in the sixth as, with a man on third, and with nobody out, Utley hits a sacrifice fly, scoring Rollins, who had earlier doubled, then went to third base on Pierre's sacrifice bunt, on which Pierre would reach first safely, giving the Phils an 8-5 lead. The Phils then took a 10-5 lead two batters later as Mayberry hits a two-run home run, his eleventh home run of the year, knocking in Pierre, who had earlier stole second base. The Phils then made it an 11-5 lead in the seventh as, with runners on the corners, and with two men out, Pierre hits an RBI single, scoring Placido Polanco, who had started the inning off with a walk, moved up to second base when Kratz was hit by a pitch, then went to third base when Rollins hits into a force out, 5-4, as Kratz is wiped out st second base for the inning's second out, while Rollins, who was safe at first on the force out, would stop at second base. The Phils then took a 12-5 lead in the eighth as, with the bases loaded, via a single by Mayberry, a walk by Brown, moving Mayberry up to second base, and a single by Polanco, and with one man out, Kratz hits a sacrifice fly, scoring Mayberry, while sending Brown on to third base. That would be the final score as Josh Lindblom pitched a scoreless ninth.
Roy Halladay (7-7, 3.95) gets the win as he pitched seven innings, giving up five runs on ten hits and a walk, while striking out just three Reds. B.J. Rosenberg, Antonio Bastardo and Josh Lindblom combined for two scoreless innings, giving up two hits (Rosenberg (1), Bastardo (1)) and a walk (Lindblom) between them, while striking out three (Bastardo (2), Lindblom (1)). Mike Leake (5-8, 4.50) took the lost as he went four and a third innings, giving up seven runs on ten hits and a walk, while striking out four. Sam LeCure pitched two-thirds of an inning, plus two batters, as he gave up two runs on a hit and a walk. Jose Arredondo pitched an inning, giving up a run on a hit, while striking out two. Logan Ondrusek pitched two innings, giving up two runs on three hits, two walks and a hit batter, while striking out two.
The Phils collected fifteen hits in the ballgame, with Juan Pierre (2 Singles, Double, RBI) and John Mayberry, Jr. (2 Singles, Home Run, 3 RBIs) both leading the ballclub with three hits apiece, followed by Ryan Howard (Single, Home Run, 2 RBIs), Placido Polanco (Singles) and Erik Kratz (Single, Home Run, 2 RBIs) with two hits each. Jimmy Rollins (Double), Chase Utley (Double, 2 RBIs) and Dom Brown (Double, 2 RBIs) had the other three Phils' hits. The Phils also had four walks, a hit batter (Kratz) and two stolen bases (Pierre (30 & 31)) in the game.
The Phils (57-65, T-3rd East) will continue their series with the Reds (74-49, 1st Central) with a game tonight. The game will be played at Citizens Bank Park and is to start at 7:05 pm EDT. The Phils will send to the mound Cliff Lee (2-7, 3.83), who is coming off a no-decision against the Brewers on August 16, when he went seven and two-thirds innings, giving up three runs on five hits, as he struck out twelve, in the Phils' 7-4 lost. He will be once again trying for his first win at home since last September. The Reds will counter with Homer Bailey (10-8, 4.16), as he is coming off a lost to the Mets on August 16, as he threw five and two-thirds innings, giving up four runs on eight hits and three walks, while striking out six, in the Reds' 8-4 lost. He will be trying to even up the series. The Phils will be trying to record their fourth straight win.


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Community News
Benefit set for Greg Carr, auction items sought
- Details
- Category: Community News
- Published on 23 September 2013
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
A benefit for Greg Carr has been organized for Saturday, September 28 at 4 p.m. at the Hagansport Community Center. Items are now being sought to be offered in an auction the night of the event.
Mr. Carr has been in the intensive care unit at East Texas Medical Center - Tyler since July 29. He was seriously injured in a farm related accident that day. For more information, see the Sept. 19 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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CHICAGO Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended that a certain type of genetic testing (for the genotype CYP2C19) be considered before prescribing the drug clopidogrel to identify individuals who may be less responsive to the medication, a review and analysis of previous studies did not find an overall significant association between the CYP2C19 genotype and cardiovascular events, according to a study in the December 28 issue of JAMA.
Clopidogrel is an antiplatelet drug used by approximately 40 million patients worldwide to treat or prevent atherothrombotic (blood clot from thickening of inner lining of arteries) events and after percutaneous coronary revascularization (such as balloon angioplasty). "Despite the overall benefit, some individuals may be less responsive to clopidogrel than others because clopidogrel is a prodrug activated by several enzymes, including CYP2C19, and common genetic variation in CYP2C19 alters enzyme activity," according to background information in the article. The American Heart Association and American College of Cardiologists have argued evidence is insufficient to support CYP2C19 genotype testing.
Michael V. Holmes, M.B.B.S., M.Sc., of University College London, and colleagues conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the strength and quality of evidence on the association of CYP2C19 genotype with responsiveness to clopidogrel. The researchers conducted a search of the medical literature and identified 32 studies that met criteria for inclusion. These included studies that reported clopidogrel metabolism, platelet reactivity or clinically relevant outcomes (cardiovascular disease [CVD] events and bleeding), and information on CYP2C19 genotype.
The 32 studies included 42,016 patients reporting 3,545 CVD events, 579 stent thromboses, and 1,413 bleeding events. Six studies were randomized trials ("effect-modification" design) and the remaining 26 reported individuals exposed to clopidogrel ("treatment-only" design). In treatment-only analysis, individuals with 1 or more CYP2C19 alleles (an alternative form of a gene) associated with lower enzyme activity had lower levels of active clopidogrel metabolites, less platelet inhibition, lower risk of bleeding, and higher risk of CVD events. However, there was evidence of small-study bias, the authors write. When analyses were restricted to studies with 200 or more events, the point estimate was lessened.
In effect-modification studies, CYP2C19 genotype was not associated with modification of the effect of clopidogrel on CVD end points or bleeding. A limitation included selective outcome reporting.
"Despite associations between CYP2C19 genotype, clopidogrel metabolism, and platelet aggregation, this systematic review and meta-analysis does not demonstrate a clinically important association of genotype with cardiovascular outcomes with the possible exception of stent thrombosis," the researchers write.
"Our appraisal has identified issues pertaining to the design and analysis of pharmacogenetic studies that are important in the understanding of the significance of the CYP2C19 genotype."
(JAMA. 2011;306[24]:2704-2714. Available pre-embargo to the media at www.jamamedia.org)
Editor's Note: Please see the article for additional information, including other authors, author contributions and affiliations, financial disclosures, funding and support, etc.
Editorial: Pharmacogenomics and Clopidogrel - Irrational Exuberance?
Steven E. Nissen, M.D., of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, writes in an accompanying editorial that several factors led to the unrealistic expectations of the effectiveness of CYP2C19 genotyping for clopidogrel, and that a large randomized controlled trial is needed to adequately test the clopidogrel pharmacogenomic hypothesis.
"In the absence of such a study, physicians should use CYP2C19 or platelet reactivity testing rarely, if ever, and interpret the results with caution. It is still likely that pharmacogenomics has a bright future in cardiovascular medicine, but the pharmacogenomics approach to drug therapy must undergo the same rigorous testing for efficacy and cost-effectiveness that is required for other therapies. Overzealous adoption based on limited biochemical data does not serve the public interest."
(JAMA. 2011;306[24]:2727-2728. Available pre-embargo to the media at www.jamamedia.org)
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Lionel Messi
Malaga 1-3 Barcelona
Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi may be feted for his unparalleled goalscoring ability, but the Argentina maestro is also a dab hand when it comes to laying on opportunities for his teammate.
Messi provided 27 assists last season, and already has 12 this term, none of which will have been better than the delightful through ball to set-up Cesc Fabregas' goal against Malaga on Sunday.
Luka Modric
Real Madrid 4-0 Celta Vigo
Things have not exactly gone to plan for Luka Modric since completing his protracted transfer to Real Madrid from Tottenham, with the Croatian having played just 790 minutes of football in six months.
However, Modric was able to display just why Real Madrid strived so desperately to sign him, when he sent Cristiano Ronaldo through on goal in the defeat of Celta Vigo.
Maurizio Domizzi
Udinese 3-1 Fiorentina
There may be a hint of offside in this example as Antonio di Natale sits on the shoulder of the Fiorentina defender, but let's not take anything away from the sumptuous ball from Maurizio Domizzi.
The Udinese a trademark run from Di Natale and weights a perfect pass over the top of the defence and, as he invariably does, the striker finishes expertly.
Remy Cabella
Montpellier 2-0 Lorient
Remy Cabella first displays great tenacity before showing supreme technique in this instance, as he wins the ball for his team before providing the assist for a goal.
The Frenchman is quick into the tackle, before taking one touch to get the ball out of his feet and another to send Gaetan Charbonnier goalbound.
Marek Hamsik
Napoli 3-0 Palermo
Only Barcelona duo Andres Iniesta and Cesc Fabregas have more assists than Marek Hamsik in Europe's top five leagues this season, and that comes as no great surprise with the ability to cross a ball like this.
Hamsik provided a nigh on unmissable chance for Christian Maggio, taking out the Palermo defence with a lethal cross, as Napoli streaked to a comfortable win.
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Leaders of the AFL-CIO and the Chamber of Commerce released a statement of "shared principles" on immigration reform on Thursday as the groups continue to hammer out a deal over what a low-skilled immigrant worker program should look like.
The statement does not settle one of the central disputes between the two groups: whether there should be caps on the number of visas granted each year and who should decide on those caps. In the past, business and labor groups have been unable to see eye-to-eye on a system for employers to bring low-skilled legal workers to the country, a disagreement that has helped scuttle previous attempts at immigration reform.
Once the nation's illegal immigrant population is legalized and tougher barriers are put in place for the hiring of undocumented workers, employers in some industries say they'll need to be able to sponsor and import more legal workers to perform jobs that most Americans don't want to do. Unions have argued that low-skilled temporary guest-worker programs encourage employer abuse and lower wages for U.S.-based workers.
Now, the two groups have been tasked by a Senate working group on immigration reform to come to a compromise.
In the statement, Chamber President Tom Donohue and AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka called for a "a new kind of worker visa program that does not keep all workers in a permanent temporary status," suggesting that some of the low-skilled workers should be able to become permanent legal immigrants to the U.S.
Unions, led by the AFL-CIO, have argued that an independent commission of experts should use economic data to decide how many workers need to come into the country each year. Business, led by the chamber, has had reservations about letting an independent group set caps.
In the statement, the groups said they agree an independent bureau should be set up to study this issue. But it appears they did not reach an agreement on whether the group should have the power to set caps on how many workers are needed each year.
"We agree that a professional bureau in a federal executive agency, with political independence analogous to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, should be established to inform Congress and the public about these issues," Trumka and Donahue said in the joint statement.
The leaders acknowledged that they—and Congress—have a long way to go before immigration reform passes, saying, "We are now in the middle—not the end—of this process."