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This two hour boat trip (including brief and equipment don) is aimed at the more adventurous wildlife enthusiast. Departing Inverness Marina experience a high speed cruise on a twin diesel, jet propelled ex-Navy open boat, similar to a rib. Cruise down scenic Inverness Firth to Channory Point where the wildlife tour begins. Here you may encounter the bottlenose dolphins, seals and see a variety of sea birds along the Black Isle cliffs before returning to Inverness Marina.
Requirements: - some degree of agility, outdoor clothing, stout shoes, not suitable for young children or if you're pregnant. Water-proofs provided.
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Another important part of the IBM Smart Business is the Smart Cube. Once a solution is found in the Smart Market there is a back-end platform that the solution runs on. What's different about the Smart Cube compared to just your plain off the shelf hardware is that it's a complete application platform with all hardware and software needed, preconfigured and ready-to-use, with no manuals required to set up and get running. In a few easy steps the solution can be up and running. The solution integration provides the simplicity that small businesses need to cut down on the IT skill needed. The operating system, middleware and other components are preloaded on the Smart Cube, the Smart Market solution is automatically detected by the Smart Cube and all entitlements and the solution itself is downloaded to the Smart Cube.
Set up and configuration is very easy - step by step and wizard driven the small business owner will find it intuitive and easy to use. Setting up e-mail, daily back-ups, instant messaging, and the application have the same interface, the same look and feel from a set-up and configuration standpoint, it looks like one solution. The customer no longer has to handle multiple CD's, read manuals and know things like IP addresses, ports, and network configurations.
The Smart Cube is always connected back to the Smart Market - it's how additional solutions can be added to an existing Smart Cube, how fixes for all aspects of the solution (application, middleware, operating system) are downloaded and applied to the Smart Cube. The connection back to the market provides the interface back into the support structure as well. Access to the knowledge base of information as well as electronic submissions of problems.
The focus on deep integration and a total solution view has enabled a new level simplicity and experience that is consistent across all elements of the solution. The Smart Cube is a crucial part of the platform that ties together the whole experience from the Smart Market to the Smart Desk.
I would like to hear your thoughts on what we've done to simplify through integration - the always connected aspect and the ability to easily add additional solutions.
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In a match-up of Jeopardy! winners, former Amazon editor Tom Nissley (who won $250,000 over an eight-episode streak last year, and wrote about it here), talks with Ken Jennings (the all-time Jeopardy! champion) about Ken's recent book, Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks, which I previously wrote about here. Maphead was a September Best Books of the Month pick.
Ken, who won an astounding 74 episodes straight in 2004, tells Tom that the best thing about his Jeopardy! winnings was that they bought him a second chance at a writing career - "and more time with my kids." He's now working on a book about all the lies our parents told us - Don't crack your knuckles, you'll get arthritis! Don't stand next to the microwave!
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Things to see and do - Basse-Terre
Leaving for Guadeloupe
Carmel Quarter :
Nearby tourist site
Carmel Quarter
Carmel Quarter : Michelin's recommendations
South Basse-Terre's historic Carmel quarter is proud to have several remarkable buildings. On Place du Champ-d'Arbaud, note the Conseil Général and Palais de Justice buildings by early 20C architect Ali Tur, emphasising the authority of the colonial power. Further south, the church of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel (late 17C), precedes Fort Louis-Delgrès, named after a militant anti-slavery campaigner. It's worth recalling that Basse-Terre flourished thanks to a sugar industry based on slave labour!
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Procter & Gamble Graduate Careers
Procter & Gamble (P&G) is a large multinational manufacturer of various product ranges sold in supermarkets all around the world. Procter & Gamble produce goods including personal care products, household cleaning products, laundry detergents, prescription drugs and disposable nappies.
Procter & Gamble consists of over 138,000 employees working in over 80 countries worldwide. Procter & Gamble goods are sold to consumers in over 180 countries worldwide.
As of 2008, Procter & Gamble is the 23rd largest company in the USA by revenue and 14th largest by profit.


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Reagan by Killer Mike
(Daniel Garcia, Harry Teitelman, 2012, 4.5 min)
Music video for Killer Mike's Regan railing against the US government's dealings. The targets include the last five presidents, aliens, a killer robot, and Mike himself.
Directed by Daniel Garcia , Harry Teitelman
Sunday, March 24 12:00pm
Music Videos in Competition
Program co-curated and presented by Dan Hirsch, featuring contemporary music videos.


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Charlotte Observer "The Panthers are bringing back their special teams captain. Backup linebacker and special teams ace Jordan Senn said Wednesday night he has agreed to a 1-year deal with the Panthers. The team has not confirmed the deal because Senn has not yet signed the contract. Senn, 28, an unrestricted..." March 07


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Why is Sun Microsystems so afraid to let the Java community look at the license agreement for the Java SE 5 Java Compatibility Kit? The JCK is the test suite that third parties, such as the Apache Software Foundation, must use to demonstrate that their implementations of the Java SE virtual machine meet the specs.
Apache claims that the JCK license agreements contain terms, called "field of use restrictions," that place limits on how people can use the software tested by the TCK. If this is true, then if Apache were to agree to Sun's license conditions, its license would have to require that people who use its Harmony JVM agree not to use that JVM in a way that Sun doesn't approve.
But does the JCK actually contain field of use restrictions—and if so, what precisely do those restrictions restrict? Sun refuses to say, insisting that the JCK license is confidential and proprietary.
Remember, we're not talking about the JCK itself. We're talking about the license for the JCK.
Last week, SD Times formally asked Sun to make a copy of the JCK license available to the Java community, so that we can all judge for ourselves if the license places unreasonable conditions on Apache or other licensees. Sun refused.
"The licenses are confidential and we are unable to accommodate your request. All public information is available on each of the JSR pages on the JCP.org site," replied Jacquelyn Decoster, a spokesperson for the Java Community Process Program Management Office (JCP PMO). Some community, eh?
Following up that terse message, we sent her a series of questions about the JCK—at least, if Sun wouldn't release the license terms, maybe they'd discuss it? We asked, for example, "Are the allegations by Apache (in the open letter) regarding the field of use conditions in the JCK license factually accurate? If they are not accurate, how can Sun demonstrate this to SD Times and to the Java community?"
We also asked if Sun derives a competitive advantage from keeping the JCK license secret—and if not, why is it confidential?
So far, Decoster only says, "I haven't gotten any more specific answers for you."
SD Times also asked Sun to comment on what Intel wrote in its vote on JSR 316 (Java EE 6): "The Spec Lead has told us there are no 'field of use restrictions' on implementations for this particular JSR." We asked, "Can you confirm or deny the accuracy of Intel's comment, that the spec lead told Intel that Sun will not include field of use restrictions in the Java EE 6 licenses? Can you comment on whether Sun stands behind what the spec lead allegedly told Intel?"
No comment from Sun. We wonder what the JCP PMO is hiding.
What is Sun hiding?
Why is Sun Microsystems so afraid to let the Java community look at the license agreement for the Java SE 5 Java Compatibility Kit? The JCK is the test suite that third parties, such as the Apache Software Foundation, must use to demonstrate that their implementations of the Java SE virtual machine meet the specs.
Posted by Alan Zeichick at 10:50 AM 0 comments
What's a field of use restriction?
I have been asked to be more explicit about the 'field of use restriction' cited in my earlier posting. To be honest, I can't be — yet.
The field of use restriction that Apache is talking about is part of the TCK for JSR 176. That is, the technology compatibility kit that anyone who claims to properly implement Java SE 5 must run (and pass).
In order to gain access to that TCK, organizations like IBM or Apache must execute a specific TCK license agreement with Sun. According to Apache, that license agreement places restrictions on how the software tested with that TCK (in this case, an implementation of Java SE 5) can be used.
A challenge is that I don't have a copy of the TCK license agreement for JSR 176, so I can't see the field of use language; Sun considers it a proprietary document. (Apache is prohibited from sharing it with me either.) So, that leaves journalists, analysts, outside experts and the greater Java community to consider Apache's claims without having access to the source document.
The closest we can come (so far) to seeing what Sun actually requires is the following Q&A in an Apache FAQ document:
Q : What is a "field of use" restriction?
A : A "field of use" restriction is a restriction that limits how a user can use a given piece of software, either directly or indirectly. To give a concrete example from the Sun / Apache dispute, if Apache accepted Sun's terms, then users of a standard, tested build of Apache Harmony for Linux on a standard general purpose x86-based computer (for example, a Dell desktop) would be prevented from freely using that software and that hardware in any application where the computer was placed in an enclosed cabinet, like an information kiosk at a shopping mall, or an X-ray machine at an airport.
I have formally asked Sun to provide SD Times a copy of the TCK license agreement for JSR 176. It is in the public interest to make the text of this license available to the entire Java community, including the media. Restricting access to the contract is contrary to the spirit of community software development. Let's see how Sun responds.
Posted by Alan Zeichick at 12:33 PM 0 comments
Sun needs to get its licensing act together
There's a debate going on in the Java community regarding the licensing terms for technology compatibility kits. It's not a new debate—the Apache Software Foundation published an open letter on the subject back in April, complaining about the so-called field of use restrictions that Sun places on its Java Compatibility Kits.
The JCKs are the tests that third parties, including open source groups like Apache, need in order to demonstrate that their implementation of Java specs meet the requirements of those specifications.
Sun's field of use language requires licensees to restrict how their customers deploy the software tested by the JCKs. As you can imagine, that's ridiculous when applied to open source software. As Apache correctly points out, those restrictions not only are hostile to Sun's public promises to support open standards, but also violate Sun's own Java Specification Participation Agreement, the bilateral contracts between Sun and other companies that let them into the Java Community Process.
To date, Sun has refused any meaningful comment about the field of use restrictions, or address the concerns expressed about them by Apache. And now, it looks like the issue's coming to the fore. The first major JCP spec to come to a vote since Apache's open letter is the ballot for the creation of JSR 316, the super-important Java EE 6 specification. The ballot passed, but it was not unanimous—even though the spec leads apparently pledged not to impose field of use restrictions on Java EE 6's JCK.
Apache voted against, charging that "this spec lead—Sun—is in violation of the JSPA and therefore shouldn't be allowed to start another JSR until the above matter is resolved."
While everyone else voted in favor (well, Borland didn't vote), several Executive Committee member companies referred to the license issue in their official vote comments.
Big Blue wrote, "IBM's vote is based on the technical merits of this JSR and is not a vote on the licensing terms. IBM supports licensing models that create an open and level playing field by allowing third parties to create independent implementations of Java Specifications and that do not allow individuals or companies to exercise unnecessary control for proprietary advantage."
Intel said, "The Spec Lead has told us there are no 'field of use restrictions' on implementations for this particular JSR. The Apache open letter about Java SE claimed that a confidential license for a required JCP test suite restricts how Independent Implementations of that JCP spec can be used. Licenses to test for JCP compatibility must not be used to limit or restrict competing, compatible implementations; licenses containing such limitations do not meet the requirements of the JSPA, the agreement under which the JCP operates. For every JCP ballot, we will ask the Spec Lead whether such restrictions exist in their license."
And Red Hat wrote, "The spec lead of the EE6 specification has confirmed that the EE6 TCK would contain no 'field of use restrictions,' as originally raised by Apache with regard to another JSR (i.e. the SE TCK licensing). That is a good thing. However, in the absence of an explicit JSPA rule that would forbid such field-of-use restrictions, we will remain worried that a similar issue might resurface anytime, for any JSR. Consequently, in the future, for any submitted JSR (by SUNW or not), we will specifically expect the spec lead to provide clear information on that aspect and take the answer in account when casting our vote."
It is long past time when Sun needs to publicly and openly address the "field of use" issue—and either satisfactorily explain why it imposes such restrictions in violation of the JSPA, or drop such restrictions from all past, present and future JSRs immediately.
Posted by Alan Zeichick at 11:27 AM 0 comments
Software evangelism for dummies
Well, not for dummies — for enthusiasts! You may recall my comments about Guy Kawasaki's keynote address at the Salesforce Developer Conference, where I described him as "the funniest entrepreneur." But whether he's a CEO or venture capitalist, Guy is, ultimately, a software evangelist.
Last month, as a follow-up, I interviewed Guy, asking for advice for budding software evangelists, as well as for software development managers who would like to work more successfully with their organizations' evangelists. The interview, "Software Evangelism in 10 Steps," was published in the July 15 issue of SD Times, and I hope you enjoy it.
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Have you listened to SD Times lately?
Last week, Dave Rubinstein chatted with Forrester Research senior analyst Carey Schwaber about Microsoft's three-pronged product announcement for 2008, IBM's patent play and what "release management" means to different groups within an organization.
Before that, the SD Times e-in-c talked to Rob Enderle, Enderle Group principal analyst, about the iPhone phenomenon and the platform it hopes to become, and the "non-event" Enderle calls the release of the GPL version 3.
In previous weeks, Dave interviewed Yankee Group's Laura DiDio, OnStrategies' Tony Baer and Gartner's Mark Driver.
You'll find all that, and more, in SD Times Week in Review, an exciting new podcast from BZ Media. Listen to streaming audio, download the files, or subscribe to the Week in Review RSS feed. When the analysts talk, SD Times listens!
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It's Appreciate Your Test Team Day!
Well, it's not really "Appreciate Your Test Team Day," but if you read Edward Correia's latest Test & QA Report newsletter story, you'd think it should be.
Eddie really hit the ball out of the park with his essay, "QA Teams — Underappreciated But Seldom Understood." A number of readers have already commented that he nailed an important issue. One person wrote in:
Your July 17th article by Edward J. Correia is such a breath of fresh air!!! One reason I highly value my current solo work is the accurate description of inside political scenarios he described. You got my creative juices stirred up for possible ways to overcome the barriers. I think this is a function (encouraging cross-communication) HR reps can and should have as a part of their strategic job description. Ultimately, the QA has to do it, though.
Testers and QA teams are at the heart of successful new product development and ongoing improvement. Some might say, 'that goes without saying', but it doesn't seem that way when you are the one doing the job. (I am a good documenter, but a poor tester, but that may have been different had there been more cross-silo interaction.)
Read Eddie's column — and forward the link to your development staff and other software stakeholders.
Posted by Alan Zeichick at 12:53 PM 0 comments
COBOL consolidation
Sometimes something happens, and you just miss it. That's the case when Micro Focus quietly purchased Acucorp two months ago.
Micro Focus and Acucorp are among the few remaining providers of COBOL tools and runtimes. Micro Focus was by far the larger and more successful company. Its fiscal 2006 revenue was around US$170 million; Acucorp was about 1/10 its size.
The purchase, which was mentioned along with Micro Focus' financial results, was for $40.7 million, not a bad price.
But what's going to happen next? It would be fair to expect that the product lines would be consolidated, and that users of Acucorp's Extend system will be eventually migrated to Micro Focus' COBOL technology. However, it does appear that the forthcoming Extend 8 will appear later this year, as scheduled.
Even so, Acucorp customers should be worried about the longevity of their platform. When announcing the purchase, Micro Focus said, "Following the acquisition, Micro Focus plans to restructure the business and aims to increase margins over time to a level consistent with Micro Focus' existing business."
How do you increase margins of a software business? Two ways:
• Increase the revenue from the product line
• Decrease the cost of the product line
Increasing the revenue would imply raising prices, or increasing the volume of products sold. While possible, I don't think that's likely. Instead, I expect Micro Focus to decrease cost by paring back development of future products in the Acucorp line, beyond any specific technology they need, and pursue an aggressive program to swiftly migrate customers to Micro Focus products instead.
In other words, Micro Focus will benefit from the acquisition primarily by taking its major competitor out of the market.
Of course, there are other players in this industry: One of the most interesting, technologically, is NetCOBOL, from Fujitsu, which targets .NET servers. Still, given that very few new projects are started in COBOL, consolidation is inevitable.
Posted by Alan Zeichick at 4:00 PM 0 comments
Oracle takes the database lead
With the release of the Oracle Database 11g beta yesterday, Oracle pulls ahead in the War of the Giant Enterprise Databases. With all respect to all the enterprise database companies, the four main contenders remain, in alphabetical order, IBM with DB2, Microsoft with SQL Server, newcomer MySQL, and Oracle. Yes, there are lots of other great enterprise databases. But at the top tier, both technologically and in market share, the big four stand alone.
Well, actually, IBM and Oracle stand alone. SQL Server (working up from its small-business origins) is half a step behind. It's catching up fast, but because it's architecturally limited to one operating system and one hardware architecture, it won't scale to giant servers; even the forthcoming SQL Server 2008 won't make it into the very top rung. And while MySQL is maturing fast, there's functionality that it still needs to develop before it takes down Oracle.
Compared with IBM, Oracle has been the clear top innovator in enterprise database technology for the past half-decade. Take the release of Oracle 10g—nothing came close to what Oracle offered for supporting grids. That gave enterprises a real choice between scale-up and scale-out—or both—without changing databases. Now, with Oracle 11g, the ante is raised higher, with much richer (and faster) support for XML data, really strong security and crypto, embedded OLAP capabilities, and a very rich set of programming interfaces. DB2 is now, in my humble opinion, squarely in catch-up mode.
For those of us in the technology press, it's been easy to forget about how powerful Oracle's core technology is. Unlike IBM, which sticks to its knitting, and Microsoft, which talks a lot about SQL Server, Oracle seems to go out of its way to talk about everything except its database. The high-profile hostile takeovers and the associated push toward applications have succeeded in transforming Oracle into an ERP/CRM company, not a database company.
Yet, let us not forget that Oracle actually is a database company, with a number of other products that, essentially, are database applications. If you're looking for a commercial database to run on huge servers from companies like HP and Sun, you're talking to Oracle. If you need to scale bigger than SQL Server, you're talking to Oracle. If you want technology more advanced than IBM's DB2, you're talking to Oracle.
By the way, BZ Research just completed a study into database software. We'll be publishing some of the results in the Aug. 1 issue of SD Times. But here's a sneak preview: In terms of market share, the top entries are SQL Server, in use at 74.7% of companies; Oracle, 54.5%; Microsoft Access, 54.4%; MySQL, 43.4%; DB2, 23.5%; and PostgreSQL, 11.2%. Note that this data is for database usage of all scales, and wasn't limited to asking about giant, bet-your-company databases.
Posted by Alan Zeichick at 3:29 PM 0 comments
Dying harder, seven clicks at a time
Last night, we want to see the new action movie, "Live Free or Die Hard," the fourth movie in the Bruce Willis "Die Hard" series. All of the movies in this series have been well done, but this installment was the most fun, mainly because the plot had to do with rogue hackers. I always enjoy hacker movies.
Fortunately, the producers of this movie avoided one of most egregious clichés, which is having typewriter, teletype or other lame sound effects accompany the slow display of text on a computer screen. However, there were plenty of other elements to make one laugh.
I'm trying not to give away spoilers, but if you haven't seen the movie, you might want to stop reading.
1. Backup. At one point, there's an entire secure complex that's filled with rack after rack of super-high-end servers. It is presented as plausible that the entire facility could be "downloaded" into a portable hard drive. Even with the new terabyte drives, a suitcase full of hard drives shouldn't be able to back up the entire contents of a major secure data center – even though the facility does have a convenient FireWire port.
2. Downloads. Why, oh why, when data is being "downloaded," does the contents of the files stream across the screen, complete with still images of all the graphics files?
3. Storage. In that data center, at one point someone opens up a cover – and reveals a row of spinning hard drive platters. Can you say "head crash"? Sure, it looks neat, but exposed drive internals aren't very practical.
4. Satellites. The good hacker (Justin Long, the "I'm a Mac" guy) takes an off-the-shelf cell phone (well, it was a PDA of some sort), which is offline because the local cellular network has crashed. But with just a few keystrokes, he reprograms it to become a working satellite phone. Yeah, right.
5. I'm In. Hackers in movies and TV shows are universally able to break into a system by grabbing any keyboard (or in this case, by plugging in a folding keyboard) and typing just a few characters. And then they universally exclaim to all and sundry, "I'm in!" Carrying out any random nefarious instruction from "the boss" is just a matter of a few keystrokes after that.
6. Networks. Every system in the world is seemingly connected to every system, so that hackers can, for example, view what's happening in an elevator's security camera, open the traffic-control gates on a highway, display the power consumption of a remote data center, steal military access codes, activate a turned-off PC video camera, or take over a local police radio system, all from one workstation, with just a few clicks of a mouse.
7. User interfaces. I don't know which dev and admin tools are used in movie computers, but not only can hackers create/deliver sophisticated viruses, logic bombs and encryption locks with just a few keystrokes, but those apps also include complex user interfaces, with spinning numbers, animated graphics, sound effects and more. How do they do that? Visual Studio? Eclipse? Xcode? No – they're usually typing at a command prompt.
Summer popcorn movies. Gotta love 'em.
Posted by Alan Zeichick at 10:21 AM 0 comments
eFax customer disservice, part 2
As mentioned in Part 1, my wife asked me to cancel her eFax account, and it seems that the only way to do that is to telephone the company or engage in a live chat. This is unacceptable: I was able to sign up for the account entirely online, why can't I cancel the same way I signed up?
Step 3: Contact via live chat. Result: Success, we hope.
In any case, I did the live chat. Here's a verbatim transcript. Note that "Howard P." sent back his responses in far less time than it would take to type them. Don't you love boilerplate customer service?
Welcome to chat.
The session has been accepted.
{Carole Zeichick} Hello?
{Howard P.} Hello, Carole. Welcome to j2 Global online support. I am Howard, your online Live Support Representative. How may I assist you?
{Carole Zeichick} Hello. Please cancel my account, ##########
{Howard P.} I am sorry to hear that you wish to cancel. Can you please provide me with the PIN for verification?
{Carole Zeichick} ####
{Howard P.} Thank you for providing your information. Please give me a moment while I go through your records. In the meantime, please type the number corresponding to your reason for cancellation:
1) Moving to another provider
2) Bought a Fax machine
3) Business or role changed
4) Short term project completed
5) Financial reasons
6) Problems with Faxing or Billing
7) Dissatisfied with Quality of service
8) Too Costly
{Carole Zeichick} 9 - Because I want to cancel
{Howard P.} I understand that you may not be using our service much at this time, but in the long run, it is always helpful to have a faxing service at hand, as you never know when the need for it may arise.
In the current situation as a special consideration we will waive off the monthly fee for two months. You can use the fax service with no monthly fee for the next two billing cycles. Please feel free to contact us at any time. This way you will be able to keep your local fax number, which will enable you to send and receive any pending faxes with your number.
{Howard P.} Your eFax account will be credited with $33.90 so that you may utilize our services without being billed our monthly fee for the next two billing cycles.
{Howard P.} Since you will not be charged any monthly fees for the next two months you may keep the account till then. If at all you find that you need our services during this period, then you will still have the account. If however, you still feel that you do not have any use for our services by the end of the two months credit period, then you can get back to us back anytime.
{Carole Zeichick} Please cancel the account.
{Howard P.} Carole, I completely understand your wish to discontinue, since you have already paid for the month, I suggest you to retain this number at least till the end of two months credit offer as you will not be charged any monthly fee for the next two months.
{Howard P.} As a goodwill gesture for our further association, I would also provide you with an additional gift usage balance of $10.00 with which you can send up to 100 pages of faxes for free (per page per minute within US & Canada) along with the monthly credit.
{Howard P.} All you need to do is to just contact us once at the end of your 2 months credit period. There is certainly no obligation to stay back with our service. Since we are available here 24 x 7, you will have no problem in contacting us. We will process your request immediately without any further delay.
{Carole Zeichick} Please cancel the account (third time that I've asked this)
{Howard P.} Okay, I understand and respect your decision for cancellation. I will cancel your account with us immediately.
{Howard P.} Is there anything else that I can assist you with at this time?
{Carole Zeichick} You're doing a good job cutting/pasting the boilerplate, but just cancel the account.
{Howard P.} As stated above, your account has been canceled.
{Howard P.} Anything else I can assist you with.
{Carole Zeichick} No, thank you.
{Howard P.} We would appreciate if you could spare a minute in filling the survey form as it would give us your valuable feedback which would help us to improve our services. Here is the link where you can fill the Survey.
{Howard P.} We are sorry that you have decided to leave eFax, but if your faxing needs do change in the future, we would be more than happy to have you back. Thank you for being with us and for using our service. Goodbye and take care!
In retrospect, I should have let "Howard P." keep making offers; we might have ended up with a set of Ginsu knives or something.
Posted by Alan Zeichick at 7:41 AM 4 comments
eFax customer disservice, part 1
My wife, Carole, had been using an eFax account for a few years, but decided to it just wasn't worth continuing. She asked me to cancel it for her, since I was the one who set it up in the first place. Sounds easy, right? Of course not.
Step 1: Try to go through the Web site. Result: Failure.
After browsing to their Web site, I logged into the account, with her e-mail address and PIN, and look all around for "cancel" options. There were none. So, I did a search on their online help under the word cancel, and here's what they say:
How to Cancel your eFax Account
If you are considering cancelling your eFax account because you are having a problem using the service, keep in mind that the solutions to many common problems can be found in this "Help" section.
If our online help is insufficient or you wish to cancel your eFax account for another reason, please click the blue "Chat Now" button below or click HERE and a Customer Service representative will assist you. Please note that your account should not be considered cancelled until so confirmed by Customer Service.
Step 2: Contact via e-mail. Result: Failure.
Not wanting to telephone or chat, I decided to send them an e-mail, which I did from my wife's account. It was hard to find an e-mail address, by the way; there's none listed under their "contact us" tab. Finally, I found one: firstname.lastname@example.com, and wrote a simple message: "Please cancel my account
I received a response back from a guy who signed himself Alvin F., but whose return e-mail address was CS - Tier 1 - India (Email), who replied,
In order to cancel your account, please contact us at 1-323-817-3205,
or by visiting our Live Chat service, at
https://www.efax.com/en/efax/twa/page/chat where a Customer Service
representative will assist you in the cancellation process. We are
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Not interested in doing a phone call, I (feeling slightly annoyed), decided to try their chat line. See the transcript in Part 2.
Posted by Alan Zeichick at 7:37 AM 0 comments
The Europa, iPhone and GPLv3 Trifecta
Last week was a big one for technology enthusiasts and software developers.
The Eclipse Foundation shipped Europa, the huge simultaneous upgrade/release of 21 open-source projects. Apple shipped the iPhone, its groundbreaking multi-purpose mobile device. And the Free Software Foundation updated its General Public License for open source software to v3.
What do each of these seemingly unrelated events have in common, other than their appearance during the last week in June? Plenty.
First: Each of these new releases was planned very visibly, and each was eagerly anticipated.
• There have been a myriad betas of each Eclipse project, and many developers were already working with early code.
• High-paid corporate lawyers, armchair lawyers, software experts, entrepreneurs and technology pundits have publicly debated every inch of each GPLv3 draft.
• The hype around the iPhone reminded me of nothing less than Windows 95, where people stood in line at midnight to receive their devices.
Second: The actual impact of each of these releases will be big – but we don't know how big.
• The Eclipse Europa release is part of a consistent annual cycle of software updates. It's anchored by version 3.3 of the IDE, which has strong incremental improvements. Changes to other projects vary from significant to esoteric. The Eclipse Foundation, in its press release promoting Europa, highlighted nine of the projects with such language as "The Eclipse Modeling project has updated the Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) to support Java 5 generics, allowing for creation and management of more complex and flexible data models." Despite this bland description, the Europa release demonstrates that Eclipse has legs.
• While not perfect, the iPhone is technologically impressive. I'm not going to buy one until my carrier offers it (I refuse to switch mobile carriers in order to use a specific handset). Hype aside, what's significant about the iPhone is that it's the first truly user-friendly device to have a real browser, and real full-time connectivity. Expect to see many other similar "no compromises" mobile devices, not only from Apple, but also from Microsoft, Symbian, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, RIM and other players. What the iPhone enthusiasm means, beyond that Apple is unparalleled at marketing, is that people want those "no compromises" devices, and they want them to be easy to use.
• GPLv3's potential impact on the open source movement does not depend on how many projects decide to migrate to it. The license offers enterprise customers and major software companies more confidence in the intellectual-property foundations behind open source software in general, and Linux in particular (if Linux goes to GPLv3, which is uncertain). This reinforced the message that open source is seriously business.
Third: Microsoft is not doing any of these technology breakthroughs.
This isn't Windows 95, this isn't the Xbox, this isn't Windows Vista, this isn't MSN. Also, note that today's other big-hype company, Google, isn't there either. That means that other companies beyond Microsoft and Google can innovate. But there is going to be a Microsoft response to each of these, you can count on it.
• The primary motivation behind Eclipse is to help is member companies (such as IBM, Oracle and BEA) save money by collaborating on their toolchains. However, you can't look at the cross-platform Eclipse without viewing it as the primary competitor to Microsoft's Visual Studio. While Microsoft has never challenged Eclipse directly, it's clear that Bill & Co. must view it as a threat. After all, Microsoft knows that developers are incredibly influential when it comes to deployment platforms, particularly on the back end. Every developer who chooses to build server apps using Eclipse instead of VS is potentially denying Microsoft a place in corporate data center for Windows and Windows Server apps. Expect Microsoft to respond sooner or later. It may not be soon, but Microsoft can't keep ignoring Eclipse.
• The iPhone dovetails nicely with Apple's iTunes service and iPod music player. On the surface, doesn't compete with anything strategic from Microsoft, whose MSN Music service and Zune music players are minor players. However, Microsoft is trying to be a big kahuna in the phone market, with Windows CE, Windows Mobile and Windows Smartphone. It's not just about phones: Microsoft wants to supply clients end-to-end, from desktops to tablet to phone, tying them together with Windows servers and MSN services, all programmed through Visual Studio. The iPhone is a threat on Microsoft's own turf. Expect Microsoft to respond as soon as the hype has calmed down. I expect to see a Microsoft announcement this summer.
• GPLv3 was inspired, in part, by some longstanding holes in GPLv2. But it was also inspired by Microsoft's threats against the open source movement, its attacks against Linux, and most recently, its IP-sharing agreements with major Linux distributors, namely Novell. In other words, Microsoft is attempting to compete against open source software by waving around its intellectual property portfolio, instead of competing on price, features and security. Microsoft has a huge number of well-paid lawyers. The open source movement does not. This is a problem for the open source movement; GPLv3 is an attempt to solve that problem. Since IANAL, I don't know if GPLv3 will accomplish that goal. Expect Microsoft respond obliquely, by by spreading FUD about GPLv3 and open source in general.
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In my quest to find my muse, I have set out to interview the many people I know to be successful. I hope to gain insight into their success.
Michele Savoldi is one classy lady, exuding success wearing all the various hats in her life. I have had the pleasure of getting to know Michele through our common interest in social media and marketing. We met participating in Tastecasting, contributing to www.greatestcityofall.com and fortunately became friends along the way. Michele is generous with her time and gifts, promoting the non-profit community in addition to running her own marketing and Communication Company, columbus imPRessions. I love her ability to gracefully juggle family, friends and career.
Tiff: You seem to have a natural ability for branding, design and marketing. Have you always loved marketing and branding, or did you discover your gifts over time? Do you believe you have found your muse?
Michele: Thanks! I have actually always loved all types of designing! From redecorating a room in my home, to creating landscape and gardening beds in my yard, to laying out marketing pieces. I love to create! It's my expression of self and I feel at peace when I'm using my creativity in any way. Even though I love to use my creativity I didn't always know that I wanted to do marketing and branding. I went into college pretty much undecided and came out with a business degree and was still pretty much undecided. It was during my second job, at a radio station, that my eyes lit up at the thought of doing public relations. I liked the idea of making news and creating awareness. With that I spent a number of years focusing on public relations and worked at an ad agency and then at a large corporation in the public relations department. I enjoyed what a did, but didn't feel driven. It wasn't until I took some time off work to raise my kids that I found my muse. While home with the kids, in order to stay connected and current to the outside world, I did a lot of volunteer work. It was during my time volunteering on special events and various programs for a few nonprofits that I found my passion for design and marketing. It did feel natural and it was energizing. But what was most important to me was that I was using my passion to help make a positive difference. When the kid's were ready for school, I was ready to go back to work and I did so as a Director of Marketing, Communications & Branding for a large nonprofit organization. It was there that I met an incredible mentor who was a board member. With his help I was able to craft my skills and learn how to be strategic about marketing, branding and public relations. And then came the boom of social media, which has taken me places I never dreamed possible. I sincerely believe I found my muse. It has and will change over time, but the foundation of what it is will always be the same.
Tiff: Did you ever question your choices or the direction you were heading in regards to your career?
Michele: I really haven't questioned my choices or direction in my career. I strongly believe that everything, and everyone comes into your life for a reason. The reason could be something simple, or a lesson that needs to be learned, or a life alteration. Throughout my career, I have learned from my experiences whether they be, good, bad or indifferent. Each experience has helped me grow and has gotten me to where I am today. The birth of columbus imPRessions came from an experience that if I let it, could have been a terrible situation. A couple years ago the unthinkable happened. I was working at a job I enjoyed for a mission I loved when unexpectedly I was asked to leave the organization. Not because of poor work performance but because I had a blog – imPRessions. imPRessions was a blog a co-worker and I started on our own time to learn more about social media and to express our personal thoughts and opinions about the marketing and PR world. I'm not sure if my boss at the time did not understand social media, was jealous, or felt threatened, but regardless of her reasoning I was forced to resign my position. After the initial shock I decided this was a moment of a life-time. Instead of wallowing in self pity I decided to turn a bad situation into a great opportunity and actually turned the blog imPRessions into a business – columbus imPRessions, a marketing and communication business primarily serving small businesses, trade associations and nonprofit organizations. Things for columbus imPRessions have grown and changed since the first day I made that decision and I know, and hope, things will continue to change. Because with every change comes adventure, understanding, growth and evolution. I understand that while I may not be able to control each situation, I do have the power to decide how I will handle anything that comes my way. Instead of allowing myself to become a victim of circumstance I strive to take tough situations and turn them into positive occasions. It is through these occasions that I am continually growing both professionally and personally.
Tiff: What does success look like to you? Has your definition evolved over time?
Michele: Success to me comes in all shapes and sizes and always has. I look at each situation and try to find a success in them. If I can't find the success, then I look for the lesson. Once the lesson is found success is achieved! I've had a couple big successes recently. When I started columbus imPRessions I also founded In-Kind Connection (www.inkindconnection.com), a complimentary website helping nonprofit organizations in accruing much needed in-kind donations. Nonprofits send me their needs or businesses send me their haves then I post them on the site and also broadcast them over various forms of social media platforms in hopes of making a connection. Awhile back I made a connection by helping a school in Africa for Aids children find lap size chalkboards for each student. They needed 100 of them and because of In-Kind Connection, the word got out and a connection was made. It was pretty awesome! Last month I helped open a new restaurant in New Albany. I created the branding, everything from the logo, tag line, to the marketing pieces and social media elements. When they had their soft launch celebration my family and I went to enjoy dinner. It was pretty amazing walking in and seeing the brand I created all over the place, from the signage, menu, cash registers, etc. Then to have my family tell me how proud they were of me was so gratifying! Other successes like helping a friend achieve a goal, watching my kids instinctively do something I've tried to instill in them, accepting and learning from a situation, making someone laugh, or appreciating all my blessings are incredibly gratifying successes as well.
Tiff: What are some of your favorite mentors, books and/or celebrities that have shaped your view on success? Do you have any favorite quotes you live by? What advice do you give to your children when they talk about their future?
Michele: My parents have been huge mentors for me. They lead very giving lives and are always putting others first. I have quite a few friends who are mentors to me. So many of them have the entrepreneurial spirit and aren't afraid to try new things. Professionally I was lucky enough to work with a board member from a big Fortune 500 company. He shared with me so much wisdom and information in the marketing and branding industry. There is no college that could teach me what he did! While I do read books and have some favorite celebrities I tend to look to my real life interactions and situations to pull inspiration.
I do have a favorite Italian proverb – "At the table with good friends and family you do not become old". It reminds me that above everything family and friends are the most important things in your life.
Anytime a situation is presented in a regular day I give advice to my kids about their future. I do it this way because it is more of a conversation than me coming across preachy. Plus when the situation is presented it can serve as an immediate example. Like every parent, I want my kids to be happy with whatever they decide to do with their future. I tell them that in life they will make mistakes and that is fine. It's what they learn from those mistakes that will shape them as a person. I also hope that like I did with my parents, my kids will learn from my actions too.
Tiff: Michele, you have many wonderful characteristics; such as your generosity, kindness and a great work ethic. One characteristic that I highly admire is your confidence. Confidence seems to be a problem for so many people, including myself. What do you believe contributes to your confidence?
Michele: You're so kind, thank you. I'm not always so confident, I just might be a little better at hiding it. There have been plenty of times I've jumped into something and wasn't sure if I was doing the right thing. But instead of stressing over it too much I try to focus on the adventure, the lesson, and the growing opportunity. I also have pretty strong faith. Faith in God that He introduces me to situations for a reason and faith in myself that I can figure it out and make it as good as I can. Because unfortunately there is quite a few bad things in the world, I feel it is my responsibility to do what I can to put some good things into it. You know, trying to do my small part in helping balance it out. When you see the fruits of your labor, especially for the greater good it does amazing things for your self-worth and confidence. I've also had the support of my family, which is very reassuring and boosts confidence. They are a big part of why I'm able to do what I love.
Tiff: I understand that many women (and men too) are juggling life. How do you approach all the opportunities you have before you?
Michele: I try to achieve balance and with that sometimes I have to say "no". As much as I wish I could, I know I can't do it all so I have to look at everything and prioritize. Owning my own business gives me the freedom to create the schedule I want or need at that moment. That really helps with family, friends and career!
Tiff: Any upcoming projects that you are currently working on that you want to share?
Michele: I'm continuing my work with 10TV Commit To Be Fit, writing for various on-line publications, doing some speaking engagements, working on some fun projects with friends, looking forward to summer adventures with the kids, and working on details for possibly helping out a trade association with some event marketing. It looks to be a busy summer!
Tiff: Thanks so much Michele! I appreciate your time in answering these questions. I am learning so much from amazing women like you!
Michele: Thanks for asking me Tiff! I'm very touched that you would think to include me in the quest! You have many talents and I look up to you for the fire you have. You are not afraid to try and to learn. Those are great qualities to have and I admire them and you.


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As far as judging books by their covers goes, this one is no exception. Looking at the bottle I would have expected something, well, regular, cause that's what the bottle looks like. But I'm glad I tried Unbound as it really is a great fragrance from Halston. I'd reccomend it for daily use as it's light. it does stay rather close to the skin, so it should be applied quite freely. Other than that a great product.
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This cologne has a pleasant enough scent; floral without being effeminate. It's also not very strong and doesn't seem to last very long.
This cologne has a pleasant enough scent; floral without being effeminate. It's also not very strong and doesn't seem to last very long.
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I like the smell. It's unique. Would make a great summer fragrance. It holds OK and doesn't fade that quickly. Killer price!
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The cologne was great...the container, not so much. It arrived with a dented sprayer tip that had leaked about a 1/4 of the cologne out in the box. Obviously done during manufactoring as the packaging was fine. Emailed Fragrance X and got absolutely NO response from them. This consumer is moving on to greener pastures. Good Luck.
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This cologne has a pleasant enough scent; floral without being effeminate. It's also not very strong and doesn't seem to last very long.
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I purchased this cologne for my husband, because it smells really good on him, and because of how good it smells on him I would like to wear it myself also.I like it so much that I intend to buy a lot more of it.
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Unbound has a very gentle fragrant smell,and others seem to like it.
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Following a pitch inspection this afternoon, tomorrow evening's scheduled replay of our 4th Round William Hill Scottish Cup tie against Turriff United has been postponed due to frozen areas on the playing surface.
An early decision was taken bearing in mind the weather forecast for the next 24 hours when temperatures are set to fall well below freezing as well as the travelling involved for our opponents and their supporters.
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The driver of a tractor trailer that overturned on an Interstate 80 ramp in Butler Township on Thursday suffered minor injuries, according to police.
State police at Hazleton said Fayzulla Pulatov, St. Louis, Mo., was trapped in the cab beneath the steering wheel after the crash and then freed by a Valley Regional Fire and Rescue crew. He refused medical treatment, police said.
The tractor-trailer sustained major disabling damage in the crash, which occurred at the I-80 west on-ramp and was reported to police at about 10:25 a.m., troopers said.
Pulatov was trying to turn from Interstate 81 north but drove around the curve too fast and lost control of the tractor trailer, troopers said. The cab and the trailer, which was full of miscellaneous items, turned onto their side.
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Ideal Topos?
Advantages: Influential, interesting from a range of perspectivesDisadvantages: Not an easy read, what is it?
I think most people are familiar with the term utopia, and its use to describe "any real or imaginary state or place believed to be ideal, perfect, excellent" (Chambers dictionary). Probably far fewer are familiar with Sir Thomas More's tract of 1516, whi ...
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A More Perfect Plan...
Advantages: Fascinating glimpse of an alternative world viewDisadvantages: Somewhat stuck in time
Thomas More, executed by Henry VIII (one of his best friends) for treason, led an illustrious career of politics and letters. Under his friend the King, he served in many capacities Speaker of the House of Commons, Master of Requests, Privy Councillor, ...
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A Utopia for all Seasons???
Advantages: Written by a great manDisadvantages: No discussion of ideas in the text
For those that want to know about the dispute about the meaning of the word "Utopia" please go to the end and start there otherwise continue ....
Plato's "Republic" is a seminal work and being philosophy can be read in any time in history it seems as i ...
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Another mile stone away from christ
Advantages: Well writen, brilliant @ the time and easy to readDisadvantages: Dated Phillosophy and pro-god undertones
Thomas More was one of Henry the 8ths clergy men, he re-designed Platos classical blueprint for a perfect world as he it seems re-wrote 'Republic' as a modern (14something) 'Utopia' before Orwell so famously debunked it in his nhillistic classic '1984' ...
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Don't even bother
Advantages: Information about the ideas of utopias in the pastDisadvantages: Archaic language, boring incessant information, no storyline, incomprehensible...the list is endless...
I have to say, I do not think anyone in their right mind would find this book understandable or interesting to read. It is full of archaic language and verb forms, for example "there be...." instead of "there are..." and each chapter has to be read at LEA ...
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Posted By Jim On 02/24/2009 @ 12:14 pm In Personal Finance | 28 Comments
I spent the last week out in San Francisco and couldn't sleep the other night so I thought I would, in my sleepy yet unable to sleep haze, put up a video blog post to kick off the Bargaineering VideoCast (BVC) series. This one will talk about how you should always take what personal finance experts say with a grain of salt. Whether it's an advisor or some talking head, the adage still holds true. If you don't follow it, then you deserve everything you get.
Word of warning, the camera does have a little bit of shake (I'm holding it) and I'm new at this so I hope to improve it. Please don't get sick!
Here's the Wikipedia page for Suze Orman, ranked [3] number 1 by Google (through some fine SEO I'm sure!) for personal finance expert [4]. I have nothing against Suze Orman (unlike James Scurlock [5]), I merely pointed her out because she's one of the hot names in personal finance right now. At times I think her abrasive attitude is a bit over the top (but for some, it's absolutely necessary) but that's hardly a fault.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on this little experiment, on what I have to say, on pretty much everything!
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Jerusalem Fire Department publishes photo of baby trapped in room by drawer blocking door; Hamodia daily deletes feminine shoes from picture due to 'modesty concerns'
Kobi Nahshoni
Published: 02.06.13, 14:39 / Israel Jewish Scene
Kobi Nahshoni
The haredi sector's daily newspapers, which operate under the strict supervision of a "spiritual committee," have an old tradition of refraining from publishing pictures of women. In the past, they even avoided mentioning women's first names.
Sometimes, due to the great sensitivity of the issue, new restrictions are formed – as in this case.
Before (L) and after censorship (Photo: Asaf Abres of the Jerusalem Fire Department)
Hamodia published a report about a baby who opened a shoe drawer, which blocked the door to the room he was in. He got trapped inside the room and fell asleep – before being rescued by firefighters and emergency forces.
A member of the rescuing force, Asaf Abres of the Jerusalem Fire Department, took a picture of the baby with the drawer and distributed the photo to the media. In the haredi paper, however, it was only published after the graphics department deleted a pair of women's shoes which were in the drawer.
A source in the newspaper confirmed that Hamodia permits the publication of accessories like bags but censors feminine items like clothes and shoes.


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Savvy gardeners have always known that the allure of the natural world is a universal one, and now, it seems, everyone else has caught on as well. Garden tourism is big business these days, with people flocking to public pastures and plots for inspiration in record numbers.
Gardening is officially the most popular hobby in North America, so it should come as no surprise that garden tourism is thriving. In fact, in his book Garden Tourism (Butterworth-Heinemann, January 2012), author Richard W. Benfield points out that more people visit gardens every year than Disneyland and Disney World combined.
Ride the rails to visit Canadian gardens
One company that's responded to the demand is VIA Rail Canada. Carol Cowan, manager of the VIA Rail Garden Route, cites these statistics as evidence of the surging market. "The latest (2006) Travel Activities and Motivation Survey (TAMS), commissioned by federal and provincial tourism ministries, indicates that a whopping 27 million Canadians and Americans visit the gardens of Canada in any given two-year period." VIA Rail has promoted its Garden Route, which features 19 garden destinations from coast to coast, to train travellers for several years now, encouraging garden and rail enthusiasts alike to stop and smell the flowers.
Touring international garden destinations
Edmonton native Donna Dawson of gardeningtours.com, a tour company specializing in international garden destinations, has also witnessed the growing boom in garden tourism in Canada and beyond. Indeed, her business has mushroomed since 1998, from one group of 29 people who signed up to tour England's great gardens to her current menu of six tours that also takes in exotic destinations as far away as Southeast Asia. "For a few years, I only offered tours to the more well-known hot spots—the United Kingdom, France and Italy. But with many travellers wanting something new and different, I expanded to offer destinations such as India, Morocco, Thailand and South Africa," she says.
Inspiration for gardeners and non-gardeners alike
The trend is directly related to the current popularity of organic living, growing our own food and eating locally, and is the natural evolution of the increase in ecotourism we saw a decade ago. Non-gardeners are becoming just as interested as those with green thumbs in how different countries and cultures practice sustainability, and public parks and gardens are a perfect way to indulge a longing to learn. Whereas once a trip to Florence, Italy, for example, would feature magnificent paintings, palaces, shopping and eating, now the beautiful Boboli Gardens are on the must-see list for a lesson in restoration and maintenance. But whether it's the expert's love of the latest techniques or the novice's interest in blossoms and blooms, one thing is clear: nature is definitely calling.