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Microsoft betting on smaller Windows 8 devices and subscriptions
Microsoft's current financial team has been laying out the company's future strategy, and is hoping that a new rash of smaller Windows 8 PCs and cloud revenues will secure Redmond's future. During a call with financial analysts after reporting Microsoft's financial results for its third fiscal 2013 quarter on Thursday, departing …
Death of the 10" tablet
Perhaps its a little early to call but with the Haswell and Baytrail part incoming, we must be approaching visibility of the end of the 10" tablet. Whether this year or holding on to next, even Apple is likely to switch to the attractive convertible and detachable form factors in the medium size mobile space.
Microsoft being early in this future market is a plus for Windows, although obviously their late entry into pocket sized 7/8" sized devices is nothing to shout for them to shout about; I for one don't expect a competitor to the new Nexus 7 or retina iPad mini this Summer.
Rental Market
Looks like they are moving into the rental market, no one will ever be able to own their own software, instead they will be left to the whims of a landlord that can increase costs whenever they wanted, limit or remove whatever they want whenever they want.
Ownership is out compulsory tithes are in. We are now beholden to our Masters......
'Droit du seigneur' is next I suppose.
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'Droit du seigneur' is part of the OEM PC tradition - try to find a virgin laptop with no Windows license (or even the particular license one is looking for, e.g. a cheapie with a Windows edition that can join a domain).
Waitaminute. Let me get this straight...
...after brutally murdering it, Microsoft's future is the Netbook? Well blow me the fuck down. People actually want those things? Battery life, small size, portability and cheap. Who'd have thought it? I mean really? What kind of crazy nuts would like that shit?
Real customers want to pay $2000 for a 13" piece of plastic that you can't upgrade and whose battery lasts 4hours with all the blue crystals turned off. Really! Microsoft and Intel have telemetry that tells them this. I know, because they've spent the past three years pouring billions of dollars into marketing that attacks anyone who says anything different.
Marginalizing your customers and trying to clockwork orange them "the message" until they open their wallets wasn't a viable business strategy? Holy shit. That's some game changing stuff right there. Next you'll be telling me they realized that an always-on xbox was going to cause bad PR!
What's worse, people are starting to expect reliability and dependability from their systems; computers that last a decade! Stupid consumers wanting actual value for money and some semblance of ownership over the products they use. Who the hell do they thing they are anyways?
The hoi polloi exist only to perpetually increase the Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) for large corporations! How dare they seek to decrease it? If they do that, how can we show unlimited, perpetual growth? Subscriptions must be forced on them at all costs. At all costs, you hear me?
Creating products that consumers actually want to buy by actually listening to one's customers is not the path towards victory. A laser focus on driving up ARPU through lock-in, leveraging a monopoly in one area to obtain one in another and abusive licensing techniques is the only corporately acceptable path!
Bang the drum loud enough and you can drown out what your customers are saying! Margins, margins, margins, margins! Can you hear me my friends? Margins, margins, margins, margins! No netbooks! No retail packages! Drive up the ARPU and increase your margins, margins, margins, margins!
Tighten your grip. Tiiiiiighten it...
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Plans for double-digit decline
Yes their wonderful touchy phone interface windows 8 is doing a wonderful job of killing off new computer sales.
now people will be able to (not) buy smaller computers with a low end CPU just like they are not buying high end computers, and ultrabooks.
Win8/Office365 driving customers away fromMicrosoft.
Just spent an afternoon with a friend after she called me to help with her new Win8 laptop as she was suffering what she described as tears of rage trying to navigate Win8.
The "swipe" action I inadvertently executed while using the touchpad kept producing a black border and a box containing the time/date and frequently replaced Internet Explorer on screen with something else -- luckily I discovered that pressing Esc key took me back.
I couldn't find My Computer or Windows Explorer but after identifying a taskbar icon as representing folders I stumbled across a screen called (something) Assist which is basically My Computer under another name and style.
Pointless. Bonkers.
Next she wanted my advice on why, when trying to open a Word document, she had been whisked off to an offer to rent (not buy) Windows Office 365 for over £70 per year !!
I steered her instead to the Open Office site.
So a customer infuriated by Win8 turning her experience of her new computer into a struggle. And a potential application sale lost.
Do Microsoft seriously think companies are going to adopt Win8 if it produces this kind of reaction, multiplied across dozens or hundreds of staff ?
Re: Win8/Office365 driving customers away fromMicrosoft.
Took me a couple of days to learn how to use Win8. I love it now. Some people struggle with change and learning new things though. Always have.
Re: Win8/Office365 driving customers away fromMicrosoft.
I'm sorry but I'm going to have to call bulls**t on this because Win8 does not do what you are saying.
The "swipe" you claim to have made is a temporary pop up for the charm bar on the right of the screen, simply clicking anywhere outside the charm bar removes it. Also the charm does not replace anything on screen, to do that you have to pick one of the large, clearly marked options on the charm bar otherwise it just goes back to the normal screen. The escape key takes you back to the previous app which means you "accidentally" clicked one of the big icons that says search, devices, etc, its akin to saying I accidentally pressed the start menu in Windows 7 and somehow switched off my PC. Alt-Tab still works as a shortcut too.
The task bar is on the desktop mode so that means you knew where to find it. My Computer still exists and there's an icon for it as standard on the desktop.
Windows would not take you direct to an advert for Office365 when trying to open a word document. If you have software capable of opening word documents it will open in that software automatically like it has done on XP, Vista and Win7. If there is no software for it Win8 will direct you to the App Store first.
You are quite clearly someone who's never seen or used Win8 as what you've described does not happen in real world usage and the stuff you said did happen you have to deliberately go out of your way to do.
Re: Win8/Office365 driving customers away fromMicrosoft.
'You are quite clearly someone who's never seen or used Win8 as what you've described does not happen in real world usage and the stuff you said did happen you have to deliberately go out of your way to do.'
That just about says it all, about you and the operating system. Do we all have to go on re-training courses to actually get to grips with it. Moving from Win 7 or Vista or XP to Win 8 should not be an ordeal, but it is to some people and that is a fact so belittling someone who is struggling with it serves no purpose.
Instead of berating someone and showing your immaturity, why not offer a polite explanation and help them out and not be so ignorant.
Re: Win8/Office365 driving customers away fromMicrosoft.
I wonder if the most responsible course of action is to recommend that dissatisfied W8 purchasers return their machines, as one would do with any other appliance that is new and frustrating?
Re: Win8/Office365 driving customers away fromMicrosoft.
That's what you get if you have trouble with Win8 and ask for help.
Derision- "Go and RTFM N00b!!!!"
Oh the irony.
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@ Matt Evans
You are wrong and unnecessarily rude.
The very fact that you use terms like "charm bar" (whatever that is) and effectively admit that I (who have used PC since 1985 starting with MSDOS) may have become confused says all one needs to know about the misguided piece of software that Win8 is.
I don't use Win7 regularly but that was far less of a culture shock and I'm not sure that even had I used Win7 more I would have been comfortable with Win8.
Sure, given a longer spell with Win8 I would probably get the hang of it, driven by my curiosity about such things. But I'm not talking about people like us, my friend is far more typical of the average user.
Re: Win8/Office365 driving customers away fromMicrosoft.
>Some people struggle with change and learning new things though.
Most of them seem to be in Microsoft management.
Re: Win8/Office365 driving customers away fromMicrosoft.
@Fihart. I've also used PCs for 25 years. I had no problem picking up Win8 barely had to engage brain. Far more to learn when I first used an Android tablet and an iPad not that it was over-taxing.
What grates to me about these Win8 comments is the way some people seem to pretend that a small learning curve is a Windows only thing?
Shame your friend didn't know someone familiar with Windows. Your post read blind leading the blind. Ever tried helping friends with any other new tech?
Re: Win8/Office365 driving customers away fromMicrosoft.
@Fihart: If you'd said "I've used PCs for years and when my friend asked me to help them with Windows 8, which I've never used, I found it difficult", people might have listened. However when you describe things that simply don't happen, or berate the removal of things like My Computer (which hasn't gone anywhere), then people unsurprisingly assume you're just making stuff up based on what you've read on the internet.
See how that works?
@MattEvansC3: So what you're saying is he's holding it wrong?
How very ....
Jobsian of you.
Re: Win8/Office365 driving customers away fromMicrosoft.
@ El Andy
You are right, I was hasty. But judging by the upvotes I'm not the only one who feels something is wrong with Win8 compared to the relative ease with which one moved to XP (or in my brief experience) to Win7.
Incidentally, 5 minutes ago received message from another friend -- in Upstate New York -- saying she had returned her new Sony Ultrabook which she otherwise loved to the retailer due to user issues with Windows 8.
Re: Win8/Office365 driving customers away fromMicrosoft.
It's not a case of belittling someone who doesn't know what they are doing its calling someone out on lying about their experience to prove a fictitious point. Everything he claimed is false, pure and simple.
There is a My Computer and Windows Explorer in Windows 8, you do not need to look for it as its on the desktop. There is no My Computer alternative on the task bar, its the exact same task bar from Windows 7.
You can't just bring up the Charm bar and accidentally go a different screen, you have to click on one of the clearly marked options to go a different screen. If you do deliberately click on one of those options all the existing windows shortcuts, Alt+F4 to close, Alt+Tab to bring up all running programs and the Windows Key (takes you to the Start Screen instead of pulling up the start menu) still work in Windows 8 and solve the issue in Windows 8 like it would solve the same problems in XP, Vista and Windows 7. It would be like telling people Windows 7 is awful because you keep hitting the a windows key on he keyboard and Windows 7 takes you to the network settings screen,
The only way her system would prompt her to rent Office 365 is if she had already signed up to a month's free trial and had been using Office 365 for over a month otherwise Windows 8 behaves exactly like Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 in regards to its file association.
The poster was not looking for help, if the poster was they wouldn't be stating examples of the software doing something the software does not do.
Win8 *is* killing both MSFT and the PC market.
It's telling that most of the "pro-Win8" crowd are 'AC' commenters. Probably MS shills, who are also astroturfing on ZDNet (just read any Steven Vaughan-Nichols article, the shills will claim he's unprofessional, even when he's actually telling the truth). IDC is placing the blame on the sharp PC sales drop squarely on Windows 8. MS is probably trying to pull a Jobs here, but they lack the RDF, and even Jobs didn't go out and change OSX's interface like MS did with Win8. Launchpad, the iOSish app launcher is optional; TIFKA Metro is *mandatory*.
People hate it. It seems it will kill MS this time, I just hope it doesn't take the entire PC industry down with them. I still need 'em to get work done.
Re: Win8/Office365 driving customers away fromMicrosoft.
It's not rude to point that someone is saying something untrue. It's not a case of you by your own admission being confused its you posting that things have been removed when they haven't, that something does an action it cannot and that new items exist when they do not. Even now you try to spin your factual errors as an issue with the software.
Re: Win8/Office365 driving customers away fromMicrosoft.
@M attEvansC3:
> It's not rude to point that someone is saying something untrue.
Ok then:
> There is a My Computer and Windows Explorer in Windows 8, you do not need to look for it as its on the desktop.
No there isn't.
Re: Win8/Office365 driving customers away fromMicrosoft.
Meant to add... there's just Recycle Bin and two hidden desktop.ini files.
Re: Win8/Office365 driving customers away fromMicrosoft.
>> There is a My Computer and Windows Explorer in Windows 8, you do not need to look for it as its on the desktop.
>No there isn't.
Factually incorrect as I'm staring at both on the left side without even straining an eyeball. I've been using Windows since 1.0 (blech!), DOS and other operating systems long before ranging unto punch-cards, magnetic & paper-tape, even 132 column printed paper on mainframes (1970). I'm pretty sure I'm one of the last id10ts on earth that can properly operate a card-sorting machine. Change has been around me since day one. Since Windows came into the world, Windows 8 is the very first version that I haven't been itching to hack the desktop, let alone the internals of the OS, to fix to something more reasonable. I can safely say that it's going to be almost a joy to teach a novice since there are fewer ways to nuke yourself accidentally which wreckage I have to clean up far too often.
Obviously, if you are stuck in a rut, and it seems to be that XP is supposedly the one great desktop, apparently, then a successor will arise (yea ole invocations of the Year of Desktop Linux, oh my!) and Microsoft will have to figure out what to do NeXT. As if Windows 8 doesn't already share a lot with Job's NeXT which is why I happen to like it ;-).
You can shoot the messenger with down-votes, you can reap in tons of up-votes, but a screen shot demonstrates that Computer and Explorer are still there on the left on a stock Windows 8 Metro desktop..
[Think of the Metro interface as a two-dimensional dock. Now to teach it how to do tear-off menus! That ribbon along the bottom would be superfluous with a stylus or mouse then!]
Me? I'm stick with Windows 8 and kicking the tires on Server 2012 which looks mighty fine as well.
s/A Former Amiga Evangelist, btw.
Build it and they will come?
Not if Microsoft doesn't rethink it's pricing model with RT and Surface. Keep pricing them above the iPads and iPad mini's and they will continue to barely move off shelves. As for Office 365, I have no intention of buying a Microsoft subscription. Not every business and consumer customer will be wiling to help Microsoft make that billion dollars in subscriptions, annually.
Re: Build it and they will come?
> Not if Microsoft doesn't rethink it's pricing model with RT and Surface.
I think that they are about to. I suspect that 'Blue' will bring in a subscription model for Win8.1. The OEMs, or actually anyone, will get it free and it will work for 30 days or so until you sign up for a MS account and pay the annual subscription.
This way they can cut the retail price while taking more revenue away from OEMs and retail, ie the margin on the licence component.
2 or 3 years ago I saw a Windows XP (I think it was) 7" tablet. It actually had dual boot Android and Windows. The Windows was a _trial_ version. It was more expensive (x86 based) than any other 7" tablet and would require a couple hundred more for a licenced Windows plus a few hundred for MS Office (which was also a 30 day trial version).
I don't think that they sold many.
Re: Build it and they will come?
"Microsoft betting on smaller Windows 8 devices subscriptions"
There- that's more like it.
Re: Build it and they will come?
I'd be genuinely shocked if they charge for Blue. It simply doesn't make sense from a business perspective. They need devs to develop for the Windows 8 Store and that means they can't afford to fragment the platform this early in it's lifetime. Blue needs to be ubiqituously installed on Windows 8 PCs if the Store, which is a potentially bigger cash stream, is to succeed.
Re: Build it and they will come?
When MS originally release DOS, it was like a license for them to print money. It was a decent product that did what people needed it to do. And since it was a new market, over the next decades they were able to innovate and build new stuff that like DOS continued to be a license for them to print money. The problem now is that they have become confused and think they own a license to print money instead of the right to go out and compete for customers. Until that is fixed all else is futile.
Re: Build it and they will come?
> that did what people needed it to do.
MS-DOS's greatest feature was that it kept out of the way. "What people needed to do" was WordStar, Lotus, WordPerfect, dBaseII, Turbo Pascal... DOS was irrelevant and was so very poor at displaying data that these programs bypassed it to do direct screen writes.
Windows /386 was a success, initially not because of Windows programs, but because it could run multiple DOS sessions and thus run WordPerfect _and_ Lotus. Eventually actual Windows programs were developed and Windows didn't get in the way of working too much, with some exceptions:
With Win95 MS brought in the original MSN which blocked access to the internet because MS wanted to replace it with their own. Netscape fixed that and MS had to concede and join the internet.
With Win98 MS brought in 'Active Desktop' and channels. These simply were annoying and got in the way. Fortunately it was easy to turn off.
Bob, and its derivative Clippy, also get in the way and are ignored or turned off.
The _function_ of an operating system is to _keep_out_of_the_way_ while I do my work or play. Microsoft never learned this. They think that Windows is all people should need (plus Office). It has been getting more intrusive with each version. Windows 8 _deliberately_ gets in the way because it is promoting WP and Surface.
Re: Build it and they will come?
Well that's partly true. A good operating system however offers a clear vision of how software should interact with each other, and Microsoft never managed to do this. Which means that Windows will probably never be more than a way to start software and a zoo of different ways applications talk to eachother with the only one working universally being the clip board.
Office 365's licensing model
Is the best advertisement for OpenOffice/LibreOffice ever. Thank you so much Microsoft!
And may you rest in peace!
Re: Office 365's licensing model
Some people aren't home users.
Re: Office 365's licensing model
Not yet. But who - outside Redmond - can't see that there's going to be a stampede towards Open/Linux/Etc on the desktop, with a good few exiles heading for the spotless radiant unicorn-arse uplands of Planet Apple?
Or at best, IT managers with desktops to IT manage are going to hang on to Win 7 until it has to be prised out of their cold dead hands with a crowbar, vaseline and WD40.
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@TheOtherHobbes: "But who - outside Redmond - can't see that there's going to be a stampede towards Open/Linux/Etc on the desktop"
At a guess, everybody who has heard this claim repeatedly for the last decade or so, without any evidence of this so called "stampede" ever happening. But hey, you carry on telling us all that "Next year is the year of Linux on the desktop" and we'll all just quietly pretend not to be giggling at hearing the same thing repeated year on year.
Re: Office 365's licensing model
"Office 365 is set to bring in a billion dollars a year in 2013, Klein said, and a quarter of Microsoft's business customers are now using it, although presumably only partially in most cases. "
Anyone else sceptical of the above statements by MS? Emphasis on 'a Quarter of"... The caveat at the end strikes me as being the most relevant i.e. the words "presumably only partially"... I bet MS relaxed their sales targets to include surveys! For instance 'Dear Enterprise customer are you foreseeing migrating to Office 365 anytime ever in the future....? Yes? Ok, we can book that as income now then!
Who knows maybe that's why the CFO really quit this week. What if he was being strong-armed into these all-too-common accounting tricks? After all, why should the CFO be axed when Win-8's disappointing numbers are due to Win-8's UI quirks. Surely someone from the tech side should fall on their sword?
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Don't know why you have been downvoted. You have a valid point. It is obviously far more difficult for businesses to make a transition to another software package. And there is the issue, that the open alternatives have not the same functionality than what Microsoft offers. On the other hand, they cover pretty much 100% of any home users need and I would say about 95% of the usual business applications.
And the last 5% should probably better not be done in an office suite anyway.
In any case the more restrictive and greedy Microsoft becomes, the more customers they will lose. Call me blue eyed, but I DO believe that evil behaviour is going to be punished sooner or later.
Re: Office 365's licensing model
LibreOffice might work for 95% of business applications, but try managing it in a Business environment. Even small point updates require a 10 minute uninstall-reinstall.
I've deployed OO and LO in small offices (5-40 users) over the last 5 years. I've never met a user who would choose OO or LO if they could have MS Office instead - even Office 2007. Maybe when it comes to paying for it themselves, they'd select the "free" option, but I haven't seen much evidence of it on the home PCs or laptops that I've been asked to take a loot at when they have problems.
I only have LibreOffice installed on my work PC and my home PC, and have deliberately avoided installing MS Office at work, even though it's available, just to demonstrate that it's all I need. But I don't spend my day working with a spreadsheet or editing documents. The people who do are voting with their feet, when given the chance, and they're not voting for LO or OO.
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> But hey, you carry on telling us all that "Next year is the year of Linux on the desktop"
You may not have heard but the desktop is dead, or at least dying, and the move has been to mobile where it _is_ "the year of Linux (Android)".
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> At a guess, everybody who has heard this claim repeatedly for the last decade or so
This year is the fifteenth anniversary of the Halloween Documents, though I recall the "This is the Year of Linux" crowing to have been around longer.
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"At a guess, everybody who has heard this claim repeatedly for the last decade or so, without any evidence of this so called "stampede" ever happening. But hey, you carry on telling us all that "Next year is the year of Linux on the desktop" and we'll all just quietly pretend not to be giggling at hearing the same thing repeated year on year."
Yeah great point there...
Save that these "claims" were made ~way way back~ in the days of W2k, XP and to some extent Vista & W7. All of which were just a facelift with some tinkering (Likely updated bug patches in so far as Vista was XP SP4 and W7 is Vista SP2.), under the hood.
Nobody with any "sense" of style cares for WP7 & 8 and, by proxy Windows 8 (e.g. TIFKAM) WHICH IS JUST PLAN UGLY by anyone's standards! And the fact of Microsofts overwhelming success with its great experiment is enough proof of this. Add unintuitive, and obstructive "Touch Gestures" into a Keyboard & Mouse dominated Desktop ecosystem. All the while proclaiming that no ones giving 'em a fair shake. While striping the last of there user-rights out from under 'em.
You were right about the "Year of the Linux".... Up to a, and only to this point! This is not the same as card blanch for Microsoft. If Microsoft can not, or will not react to these problems immediately. Then things like Linux or BSD, and by that proxy OSX will suddenly have a greater profile.
Did MS add a secret 'Toggle Win8 OFF' switch...?
"We build Windows 8 with touch and mobility at the centre of the experience.......which positions us well in this new era..."
That's the problem right there MS! Its statements like that above that got you into this mess. Who were you trying to copy 'in this new era'? You lot all talk like Zuckerberg now.. Mobility and 'The Experience'.... If you knew anything about the 'Experience' you would have quietly added a simple TOGGLE SWITCH into Win8, so people could turn off Metro and Touch etc and revert to a simple UI in the event they hated it.
How much would that have cost? Where were the focus groups MS execs? Why didn't you add a simple toggle-switch before the launch? Any regrets now Peter? Wouldn't it have been a painless easy option to build-in? But no you didn't listen, and now Peter the CFO has been handed his hat! MS are a shower of self-righteous dictators having a Fall-of-Rome moment IMHO! Next time out, how about some plain old back-to-school basics... Like a solid OS that does what it says on the tin i.e.
Win 2000 SP3,
Win7 SP1.
New Coke in smaller cans
"Microsoft betting on smaller Windows 8 devices"
Hey, I know what to do to fix the problem! New Coke in regular sized cans was a disaster so let's try smaller cans! Smaller cans should make people love New Coke, right?
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"New Coke in smaller cans"
... seems to have worked for Wagon Wheels...
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"... seems to have worked for Wagon Wheels..."
Not. Funny. :|
Lidl TV Laptop vs. Small devices...
MS was quoted this week: "There is no doubt that the device market is evolving," Peter Klein, Microsoft's chief financial officer, said on a conference call. "Consumers and businesses are increasingly shifting their focus to touch and mobility."
There is a famous cartoon of the 'tree swing' a.k.a. what the customer wanted. I may be alone here but IMHO there's a real disconnect between a tech-giant's view of reality and the users'. Personally, I don't want mobile. Instead I want tech-giants to invest in technology for large home-screen-cinema TV's. I'm fed up with the 'Zucks' trying to convince me that mobile is where its at with the 'user experience', when all they're seeing is the hype of advertising dollars! Fuck advertising, lets have some functionality lads! I'll pay for that! 'Home' Screen? No, no thanks!
For example, a pissy mobile phone albeit smartphone, is still a pissy smartphone with a small screen. Yes its handy to have while you wait on a train, but its not the mega-100-inch-TV + onboard-laptop that I crave for while waiting for that train. Now that's a user experience! Equally, I'm fed up with TV vendors trying to pass-off Smart TV's as laptop substitutes, when the onboard software is more awful than MS' ME/Vista offerings.
In short, I want to game on my large-screen TV, watch one of terabytes of movies and TV series that I have in my collection, or watch holiday videos using VLC and not some POS TV player that lacks the codecs. Moreover, I want to surf the net with the latest browser with AdBlock / NoScript, and not some stripped down browser. In short, what I don't want is some fixed onboard Pseudo-Smart-TV costing several grand! I'm not interested in touching my TV screen either, I have a 24" monitor at home that does exactly that, and it only leaves horrible marks. Furthermore, I don't want to be sold a Smart TV that needs its own expensive custom Mic and Webcam!
As I said I might be alone here, but I'd like to offer a vision of what I'd like to see in the marketplace. Some time ago, Lidl were flogging a stripped down netbook with no screen, that clipped onto the back of a TV and had a wireless remote keyboard. It was from Targa I think, but I didn't buy one. Why? Because the hardware was weak! But if MS, Intel and Samsung had come together to offer a quality device, I certainly would have jumped onboard! For me, a laptop is not a TV and vice versa. Personally I think its also better to have separate devices, albeit with close interaction. That way, if one breaks or needs to be upgraded etc, its easer to live with. So while a combined cooker / dishwasher may suit some compact kitchens, I don't want to lose both if one breaks down or needs replacement.
To sum up, I would like to point out to the Tech-Giants that not everybody with money to spend is following the Zucker-herd. I want utility, functionality and reliability- not fucking ads, and I am willing to pay for that! Right now I have plenty of gadgets, and could spend more. However all the current offerings are so lacklustre that I'll be sitting on the sidelines indefinitely! Why? Because the Tech-Giants are all parroting the same bullshit, whether its MS, Facebook, Google etc. The situation is this- your platforms and marketing are all filled with noise! Maybe I'm just too counter-culture, but the grand move to Mobile doesn't sum up my deepest desires. While I accept that in India or China there are billions of users coming online and mobile makes sense there, back home its not what I want!
But with all the noise towards mobile, I doubt the tech giants will see any problems with this strategy! For them, hype and advertising has firmly replaced utility and functionality... But for me their Execs are reading too many glossy in-flight magazines. This week, Facebook's 'Home' was unveiled by the media as a Second-Coming. Whereas to me, it was just the latest pathetic offering from a tireless self-promoter. Obsession with small devices = Tech-Giants Small Minds or cult-thinking IMHO!
Did the Win8-chicken give rise to the Mobile-egg or vice versa?
There's an article on a business website today titled: 'Microsoft Corp / IBM, two architects of the U.S. computer industry, are feeling the pain as consumers and businesses flock to mobile devices. '
Its not very often I curse on here, but for fuck sake. What is it with articles like this? Have MS forgotten who they are, lost all sense of identity and self-worth, and are now just the bitch of Facebook etc? After all, up until very recently it was Facebook that usually had articles with titles like this one!
Yes, yes, yes, we get it. Mobile is growing. But MS still have a vice like grip on the PC, netbook, Ultrabook market that many of my business users still need for things like Office. I have yet to see a mobile version of Office that runs VBA macros or conditional-formatting or quality-charting for example. But the problem is MS forgot all this and got too caught up in what the 'the younger guys' are doing, i.e. Facebook and Google etc...
Microsoft's Win-9 lame duck offering is only hastening their fall from grace. If they had just stuck to kicking out the same old tired but nonetheless 'reliable' OS, they would have SOLD MORE this year!
Re: Did the Win8-chicken give rise to the Mobile-egg or vice versa?
I have yet to see a mobile version of Office that runs VBA macros
Be careful what you wish for. Really, please: don't forget you're talking of the guys who invented the Browser "Helper" Object. We do NOT need a return to those days.
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Oil exec says line could be used for tar sandsBy John Dillon
Vermont Public Radio | February 19,2013The head of a regional oil pipeline company says hes looking for new projects, including using the line to carry controversial tar sands oil across northern New England.
The Legislature is reviewing the pipeline issue amid national protests against a project that would carry tar sands oil from western Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
Environmentalists argue that tar sands have a larger greenhouse gas footprint than conventional oil. They warn about the risk if the pipeline breaks and the oil spills.
Green groups have raised similar concerns about an existing line that runs from the Canadian border across Vermont and New Hampshire to Portland, Maine.
The line is now used to transport conventional crude oil. Larry Wilson, the chief executive officer of the Portland Pipe Line Corporation, testified recently that the company does not have plans for a tar sands project yet.
It is our desire to have a project of some kind to revitalize our pipeline company and the pipeline system, Wilson told the House Fish, Wildlife and Water Resources Committee. So we are aggressively looking at every opportunity to use these excellent assets in a way that will continue to provide for the North American energy infrastructure needs.
The National Wildlife Federation is fighting the potential project. Federation senior counsel Jim Murphy said tar sands are more dangerous than conventional oil because the heavier crude is more abrasive, is transported under higher temperatures and pressures, and is much harder to clean up if it spills.
Murphy points to an accident two years ago that dumped 1 million gallons of the thick oil into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan. He said the tar sands sank to the bottom of the river, where much of it remains.
Theyve spent more on the Kalamazoo clean-up than theyve spent on any pipeline spill in U.S. history, Murphy said. And EPA has basically said we cant clean this up. This stuff is so dirty it gets into everything. That river is fouled for generations.
Murphy said the Portland pipeline spilled oil into the Black River in northern Vermont in 1977. He said the impact of a similar spill would be far worse if the pipeline carried tar sands.
But Larry Wilson of the Portland Pipe Line Corporation told lawmakers that pipelines are the safest way to carry any kind of oil. He said the tar sands oil poses no additional danger, and does not need to be carried at hotter temperatures.
Well, its crude oil. Its a heavier oil, potentially, if we had this project, he said. And weve pumped heavy oil, and were capable of pumping it very safely.
To carry tar sands or any crude oil east to the port of Portland, Maine, the company would need to reverse the direction of the flow. Right now the line is used to ship fuel west from Portland to a refinery in Montreal.
Wilson said flow reversal poses no particular technological challenge. Hes opposed to a bill that would require the company to get a state Act 250 land use permit if the flow is reversed.
It seems discriminating to me, quite frankly, to discriminate against an opportunity to receive oil from our strongest, most reliable, friendliest neighbor, he said.
The House Fish, Wildlife and Water Resources Committee continues work this week on the pipeline Act 250 bill.
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Told by their son who was President of NBC NEWS.
This is a wonderful piece by Michael Gartner, editor of newspapers large and small and president of NBC News. In 1997, he won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. It is well worth reading, and a few good chuckles are guaranteed. Here goes…
My father never drove a car. Well, that's not quite right. I should say I never saw him drive a car.
He quit driving in 1927, when he was 25 years old, and the last car he drove was a 1926 Whippet.
"In those days," he told me when he was in his 90s, "to drive a car you had to do things with your hands, and do things with your feet, and look every which way, and I decided you could walk through life and enjoy it or drive through life and miss it."
At which point my mother, a sometimes salty Irishwoman, chimed in:
"Oh, bull shit!" she said. "He hit a horse."
"Well," my father said, "there was that, too."
So my brother and I grew up in a household without a car. The neighbours all had cars — the Kollingses next door had a green 1941Dodge, the VanLaninghams across the street a grey 1936 Plymouth, the Hopsons two doors down a black 1941 Ford — but we had none.
My father, a newspaperman in Des Moines , would take the streetcar to work and, often as not, walk the 3 miles home. If he took the streetcar home, my mother and brother and I would walk the three blocks to the streetcar stop, meet him and walk home together.
My brother, David, was born in 1935, and I was born in 1938, and sometimes, at dinner, we'd ask how come all the neighbours had cars but we had none. "No one in the family drives," my mother would explain, and that was that.
But, sometimes, my father would say, "But as soon as one of you boys turns 16, we'll get one." It was as if he wasn't sure which one of us would turn 16 first.
But, sure enough , my brother turned 16 before I did, so in 1951 my parents bought a used 1950 Chevrolet from a friend who ran the parts department at a Chevy dealership downtown.
It was a four-door, white model, stick shift, fender skirts, loaded with everything, and, since my parents didn't drive, it more or less became my brother's car.
Having a car but not being able to drive didn't bother my father, but it didn't make sense to my mother.
So in 1952, when she was 43 years old, she asked a friend to teach her to drive. She learned in a nearby cemetery, the place where I learned to drive the following year and where, a generation later, I took my two sons to practice driving. The cemetery probably was my father's idea. "Who can your mother hurt in the cemetery?" I remember him saying more than once.
For the next 45 years or so, until she was 90, my mother was the driver in the family. Neither she nor my father had any sense of direction, but he loaded up on maps — though they seldom left the city limits — and appointed himself navigator. It seemed to work.
Still, they both continued to walk a lot. My mother was a devout Catholic, and my father an equally devout agnostic, an arrangement that didn't seem to bother either of them through their 75 years of marriage.
(Yes, 75 years, and they were deeply in love the entire time.)
He retired when he was 70, and nearly every morning for the next 20 years or so, he would walk with her the mile to St. Augustin's Church.
She would walk down and sit in the front pew, and he would wait in the back until he saw which of the parish's two priests was on duty that morning. If it was the pastor, my father then would go out and take a 2-mile walk, meeting my mother at the end of the service and walking her home.
If it was the assistant pastor, he'd take just a 1-mile walk and then head back to the church. He called the priests "Father Fast" and "Father Slow."
After he retired, my father almost always accompanied my mother whenever she drove anywhere, even if he had no reason to go along. If she were going to the beauty parlour, he'd sit in the car and read, or go take a stroll or, if it was summer, have her keep the engine running so he could listen to the Cubs game on the radio. In the evening, then, when I'd stop by, he'd explain: "The Cubs lost again. The millionaire on second base made a bad throw to the millionaire on first base, so the multimillionaire on third base scored."
If she were going to the grocery store, he would go along to carry the bags out — and to make sure she loaded up on ice cream. As I said, he was always the navigator, and once, when he was 95 and she was 88 and still driving, he said to me, "Do you want to know the secret of a long life?"
"I guess so," I said, knowing it probably would be something bizarre.
"No left turns," he said.
"What?" I asked.
"No left turns," he repeated. "Several years ago, your mother and I read an article that said most accidents that old people are in happen when they turn left in front of oncoming traffic.
As you get older, your eyesight worsens, and you can lose your depth perception, it said. So your mother and I decided never again to make a left turn."
"What?" I said again.
"No left turns," he said. "Think about it.. Three rights are the same as a left, and that's a lot safer. So we always make three rights.."
"You're kidding!" I said, and I turned to my mother for support.
"No," she said, "your father is right. We make three rights. It works."
But then she added: "Except when your father loses count."
I was driving at the time, and I almost drove off the road as I started laughing.
"Loses count?" I asked.
"Yes," my father admitted, "that sometimes happens. But it's not a problem. You just make seven rights, and you're okay again."
I couldn't resist. "Do you ever go for 11?" I asked.
"No," he said " If we miss it at seven, we just come home and call it a bad day. Besides, nothing in life is so important it can't be put off another day or another week."
My mother was never in an accident, but one evening she handed me her car keys and said she had decided to quit driving. That was in 1999, when she was 90.
She lived four more years, until 2003. My father died the next year, at 102.
They both died in the bungalow they had moved into in 1937 and bought a few years later for $3,000. (Sixty years later, my brother and I paid $8,000 to have a shower put in the tiny bathroom — the house had never had one. My father would have died then and there if he knew the shower cost nearly three times what he paid for the house.)
He continued to walk daily — he had me get him a treadmill when he was 101 because he was afraid he'd fall on the icy sidewalks but wanted to keep exercising — and he was of sound mind and sound body until the moment he died.
One September afternoon in 2004, he and my son went with me when I had to give a talk in a neighbouring town, and it was clear to all three of us that he was wearing out, though we had the usual wide-ranging conversation about politics and newspapers and things in the news.
A few weeks earlier, he had told my son, "You know, Mike, the first hundred years are a lot easier than the second hundred." At one point in our drive that Saturday, he said, "You know, I'm probably not going to live much longer."
"You're probably right," I said.
"Why would you say that?" He countered, somewhat irritated.
"Because you're 102 years old," I said..
"Yes," he said, "you're right." He stayed in bed all the next day.
That night, I suggested to my son and daughter that we sit up with him through the night.
He appreciated it, he said, though at one point, apparently seeing us look gloomy, he said:
"I would like to make an announcement. No one in this room is dead yet"
An hour or so later, he spoke his last words:
"I want you to know," he said, clearly and lucidly, "that I am in no pain. I am very comfortable. And I have had as happy a life as anyone on this earth could ever have."
A short time later, he died.
I miss him a lot, and I think about him a lot. I've wondered now and then how it was that my family and I were so lucky that he lived so long..
I can't figure out if it was because he walked through life,
Or because he quit taking left turns. "
Life is too short to wake up with regrets.
So love the people who treat you right.
Forget about the ones who don't.
Believe everything happens for a reason.
If you get a chance, take it & if it changes your life, let it.
Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would most likely be worth it."
Dear Folks,
We met with the Mother and the boys today. We had a wonderful visit. The first of many to come I hope. I was shocked to learn they have lived there 9 years. I thought it had only been a couple. I am ashamed I did not make an effort to get to know this family. The children are charming, they are good people. I have cheated myself out of some good times with them. Attached is a letter written by the Mother; Laura.
Dear Mary,
Thank you for reminding us about our letters of apology. We, too, have been frustrated by the frequently missing mail, but that was not the case here.
I am very sorry and embarrassed about the fire our two youngest sons (then aged 11 and 12) started on your property. I knew from the beginning that you knew the cause of the fire, as the investigator asked if it was alright with me for him to talk to you about it (since they are minors). We have been doing our best to work through the situation with the boys, but my husband and I couldn't agree on the best approach where you were concerned, so we did nothing, and for that I am sorry, too.
Thankfully, as you said, the damage was minimal and no one was hurt, but rest assured, we took the situation very seriously as the potential was great for a very different outcome. As a result of this incident, the boys were not allowed to go to camp this summer, are now in counseling, confined to a small section of the property while playing outside (which can be seen from the house) for the entire summer, have had several fire professionals at church talk to them, are expecting to attend a class for junior fire setters, and have about 8 cords of firewood to move to keep them occupied while outdoors. We have gone over, in great detail, all of the possible ramifications if the fire had… A) burned them. B) burned anyone else. C) burned our barn. D) burned your horse trailer. E) burned the neighbors greenhouse. F) burned the other neighbors bird pen. G) harmed my elderly in-laws who were trying to keep it under control until the firefighters arrived. H) And of course, how dangerous fire is not only to the firefighters, but the potential risks to everyone in their proximity as they speed to the scene of any emergency.
You are correct in saying that children must be held accountable for their actions if they are to have any chance of growing up to be responsible adults. I think it's vital that they "own" every bit of the situation they created. To this end, I let them explain when anyone asks what happened in that field. I honestly believe that they have learned some invaluable lessons and are quite done playing with fire.
After extensive discussion, it has been decided that in addition to this, and the boys' letters, they will be spending their lunch break (we homeschool) for the foreseeable future cleaning up what they can of the fire damaged area. We'll start on Monday, August 18, 2014 at 12:30 P.M., if you'd care to come speak with us/them. I suggested they might work on it for 2 weeks, but to give you an idea of what good kids they are and the depth of their contrition, my younger boy said he thought they should go until it's done, and the older one suggested that since your property was damaged, you should be the one to decide when they might be allowed to quit. They are very empathetic, and still tear up often when the subject arises, so I greatly appreciate your willingness to let the matter drop with leniency.
Again, I am very sorry about this whole situation including our lack of communication.
Happy Birthday to my darling Grand daughter; "Jamie Kay Katz ". She was born at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley, Ca. in 1987. The same hospital her Mother and my youngest son was born. I knew the wonderful Maternity Ward well. When Jamie was born her Mother's Doctor had nine other Mothers in labor at the same time. We were in a private room and the Dr. came in and explained her problem. She knew I had delivered my two by natural child-birth and used the Lamaze system. She rushed in, examined my daughter and announced she was dilated to nine. She slapped some clamps in my hand, saying over her shoulder as she left the room; "You know what to do, don't ring for me unless it is something you can't handle."
My Grand daughter was born, I clipped the cord and clamped it off. I was drying her off, when the Pediatrician came in, checked the baby and put drops in her eyes. Glanced at my daughter and said; "Fine, fine." Turning to me he announced; "You know where the nursery is, take the baby there and they will exam her." as he exited the room. I wrapped my precious name sake up swaddled style and proceeded to walk down the hall. All of a sudden I was over whelmed with emotion, I was holding this precious bundle and no one was even watching me. I felt like someone had entrusted me with all the gold and sent me alone to the bank. Goose bumps galore. When I arrived at the nursery things were hectic. All the nurses were busy examining new babies. The nurse directed me to an exam table asked the babies' name, clipped a name bracelet on her wrist and taking the clip board she said: "Since you delivered her, you can help with her exam." She would direct me and write down my answers on the clip board. It was all so exciting.
This baby was the perfect child. I never had to spank her. She spent much of her childhood with me and our bond continues to this day. I am so proud of the young woman she is today. She has a successful career, is the Mother of two adorable super smart children and the wife of a man who adores her and the children. She impresses me with her wisdom and management ability.
She called me last night at 10:30 p.m. after working an eleven hour shift as a Chef at the Marriott Hotel. We talked until almost midnight.
She is my joy.
Love, Grandma
The neighbors' Foster Children were playing with matches and threw them over my fence. They set my five acres on fire. It was a four alarm fire. The children lied about setting it. However, the Fire Marshall got the truth out of them. I don't think the parents know, I know the children set it. I have not heard a word from them. I believe in allowing people their dignity, so I wrote the following letter.
Dear Family,
We have had some problems with our mail missing out of our mail box in the past. On the chance that you wrote a letter of apology to us about the fire, your children admitted to setting on our 5 acres, to the Fire Marshall. I wanted to assure you we have not received it. I do not want you to think we are being rude by not acknowledging your apology.
The Fire Marshall interviewed me about your children and your household. I assured him that I felt the children were well cared for. I never hear crying or arguing from the kids. The only sound that filters down to me is the delightful sound of Children's laughter on occasion. I asked him if you would be billed for the cost of putting the fire out. Which can be done if intent or neglect is an issue. He stated that based on my positive report they would waive sending you a bill. I told him I was pleased that was the case, because I feel you are very conscientious parents.
The Fire Marshall told me Laura was going to have the Children sit down and write me an apology. I was very heartened to hear this. Having raised five children I feel very strongly about children being held responsible for their actions.
We have some loss and damage from the fire. Do you have Home Owners' Insurance? If you do it would cover the fire. We have three of our majestic Oak Trees damaged. I do not know if they will survive. We can wait and see or if you have insurance we could have a Tree Horticulturist exam them. We also lost a Fiber Glass bench that we bought years ago from an auction. It's value is about $50. One of our wooden packing crates was damaged as well. All in all we are all very fortunate to have so little loss.
Let me be clear. We are not interested in monetary recovery. I just want you to make the children aware that we suffered some damage because of their actions. Some thought might be given to having them come down and do some chores, weeding, raking or watering the garden, perhaps. Only to teach them accountability. Please know that I would enjoy their company. I so miss having children around. My family all live in the Bay Area.
I look forward to hearing from you about this matter.
Our desire is to be good neighbors.
Mary and Ron
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The three mink coats became one of the best investments I ever made. They were used by all my girl friends that had a special place to wear them. But the best part was the role they played as "Foul Weather Gear", on the Yacht Mariner II., that I operated as a Yacht Charter business on San Francisco Bay.
My chief steward, Dean Radcliff took such delight in offering a coat to the ladies on board the yacht. He would say; " I notice that you appear to be chilled. May I get you some foal weather gear? IT IS MINK!" Then as their jaw dropped, he would add, so very casually; "What color would you like"?
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13. Liquor, sex, drugs, hobbies, work, relationships, etc., will not take the pain away. If you are using anything to try and numb the pain, it will make things worse in the long run. Seek help if you're dealing with the sorrow in unhealthy ways.
14. It's okay to ask for help. It's okay to need people. It's okay, it's okay, it's okay.
15. Grief can be beautiful and deep and profound. Don't be afraid of it. Walk alongside it. You may be surprised at what grief can teach you.
What are things you've learned about grief that you wish you'd known when your loss first happened?
Thanksgiving 2022
"Winston, come into the dining room, it's time to eat," Julia yelled to her husband. "In a minute, honey, it's a tie score," he answered. Actually Winston wasn't very interested in the traditional holiday football game between Detroitand Washington.
Ever since the government passed the Civility in Sports Statute of 2017, outlawing tackle football for its "unseemly violence" and the "bad" example it sets for the rest of the world", Winston was far less of a football fan than he used to be. Two-hand touch wasn't nearly as exciting. Yet it wasn't the game that Winston was uninterested in. It was more the thought of eating another Tofu Turkey. Even though it was the best type of VeggieMeat available after the government revised the American Anti-Obesity Act of 2018, adding fowl to the list of federally-forbidden foods, (which already included potatoes, cranberry sauce, and mincemeat pie), it wasn't anything like real turkey.
And ever since the government officially changed the name of "Thanksgiving Day" to "A National Day of Atonement" in 2020, to officially acknowledge the Pilgrims' historically brutal treatment of Native Americans, the holiday had lost a lot of its luster.
Eating in the dining room was also a bit daunting. The unearthly gleam of government-mandated fluorescent light bulbs made the Tofu Turkey look even weirder than it actually was, and the room was always cold. Ever since Congress passed the Power Conservation Act of 2016, mandating all thermostats – which were monitored and controlled by the electric company – be kept at 68 degrees, every room on the north side of the house was barely tolerable throughout the entire winter.
Still, it was good getting together with family. Or at least most of the family.
Winston missed his mother, who passed on in October, when she had used up her legal allotment of life-saving medical treatment. He had had many heated conversations with the Regional Health Consortium, spawned when the private insurance market finally went bankrupt, and everyone was forced into the government health care program. And though he demanded she be kept on her treatment, it was a futile effort. "The RHC's resources are limited," explained the government bureaucrat Winston spoke with on the phone. "Your mother received all the benefits to which she was entitled.
I'm sorry for your loss."
Ed couldn't make it either. He had forgotten to plug in his electric car last night, the only kind available after the Anti-Fossil Fuel Bill of 2021 outlawed the use of the combustion engines – for everyone but government officials.
The fifty mile round trip was about ten miles too far, and Ed didn't want to spend a frosty night on the road somewhere between here and there.
Thankfully, Winston's brother, John, and his wife were flying in.
Winston made sure that the dining room chairs had extra cushions for the occasion. No one complained more than John about the pain of sitting down so soon after the government-mandated cavity searches at airports, which severely aggravated his hemorrhoids. Ever since a terrorist successfully smuggled a cavity bomb onto a jetliner, the TSA told Americans the added "inconvenience" was an "absolute necessity" in order to stay "one step ahead of the terrorists."
Winston's own body had grown accustomed to such probing ever since the government expanded their scope to just about anywhere a crowd gathered, via Anti-Profiling Act of 2022. That law made it a crime to single out any group or individual for "unequal scrutiny," even when probable cause was involved. Thus, cavity searches at malls, train stations, bus depots, etc., etc., had become almost routine. Almost.
The Supreme Court is reviewing the statute, but most Americans expect a Court composed of six progressives and three conservatives to leave the law intact. "A living Constitution is extremely flexible", said the Court's eldest member, Elena Kagan. " Europe has had laws like this one for years.
We should learn from their example," she added.
Winston's thoughts turned to his own children. He got along fairly well with his 12-year-old daughter, Brittany, mostly because she ignored him. Winston had long ago surrendered to the idea that she could text anyone at any time, even during Atonement Dinner. Their only real confrontation had occurred when he limited her to 50,000 texts a month, explaining that was all he could afford. She whined for a week, but got over it.
His 16-year-old son, Jason, was another matter altogether. Perhaps it was the constant bombarding he got in public school that global warming, the bird flu, terrorism, or any of a number of other calamities were "just around the corner", but Jason had developed a kind of nihilistic attitude that ranged between simmering surliness and outright hostility. It didn't help that Jason had reported his father to the police for smoking a cigarette in the house, an act made criminal by the Smoking Control Statute of 2018, which outlawed smoking anywhere within 500 feet of another human being. Winston paid the $5,000 fine, which might have been considered excessive before the American dollar became virtually worthless as a result of QE13.
The latest round of quantitative easing the federal government initiated was, once again, to "spur economic growth." This time, they promised to push unemployment below its years-long rate of 18%, but Winston was not particularly hopeful.
Yet the family had a lot for which to be thankful, Winston thought, before remembering it was a Day of Atonement.
At least, he had his memories. He felt a twinge of sadness when he realized his children would never know what life was like in the Good Old Days, long before government promises to make life "fair for everyone" realized their full potential.
Winston, like so many of his fellow Americans, never realized how much things could change when they didn't happen all at once, but little by little, so people could get used to them.
He wondered what might have happened if the public had stood up while there was still time, maybe back around 2012, when all the real nonsense began. "Maybe we wouldn't be where we are today if we'd just said 'enough is enough' when we had the chance," he thought.
Maybe so, Winston. Maybe so.
Mark Twain once said: "Its easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled."
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Obviously, I'm not a relationship expert. But there's something about my divorce being finalized this week that gives me perspective of things I wish I would have done different… After losing a woman that I loved, and a marriage of almost 37 years, here's the advice I wish I would have had
1) Never stop courting. Never stop dating. NEVER EVER take that woman for granted. When you asked her to marry you, you promised to be that man that would OWN HER HEART and to fiercely protect it. This is the most important and sacred treasure you will ever be entrusted with. SHE CHOSE YOU. Never forget that, and NEVER GET LAZY in your love.
2) PROTECT YOUR OWN HEART. Just as you committed to being the protector of her heart, you must guard your own with the same vigilance. Love yourself fully, love the world openly, but there is a special place in your heart where no one must enter except for your wife. Keep that space always ready to receive her and invite her in, and refuse to let anyone or anything else enter there.
3) FALL IN LOVE OVER and OVER and OVER again. You will constantly change. You're not the same people you were when you got married, and in five years you will not be the same person you are today. Change will come, and in that you have to re-choose each other everyday. SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO STAY WITH YOU, and if you don't take care of her heart, she may give that heart to someone else or seal you out completely, and you may never be able to get it back. Always fight to win her love just as you did when you were courting her.
4) ALWAYS SEE THE BEST in her. Focus only on what you love. What you focus on will expand. If you focus on what bugs you, all you will see is reasons to be bugged. If you focus on what you love, you can't help but be consumed by love. Focus to the point where you can no longer see anything but love, and you know without a doubt that you are the luckiest man on earth to be have this woman as your wife.
5) IT'S NOT YOUR JOB TO CHANGE OR FIX HER… your job is to love her as she is with no expectation of her ever changing. And if she changes, love what she becomes, whether it's what you wanted or not.
6) TAKE FULL ACCOUNTABILITY for your own emotions: It's not your wife's job to make you happy, and she CAN'T make you sad. You are responsible for finding your own happiness, and through that your joy will spill over into your relationship and your love.
7) NEVER BLAME your wife If YOU get frustrated or angry at her, it is only because it is triggering something inside of YOU. They are YOUR emotions, and your responsibility. When you feel those feelings take time to get present and to look within and understand what it is inside of YOU that is asking to be healed. You were attracted to this woman because she was the person best suited to trigger all of your childhood wounds in the most painful way so that you could heal them… when you heal yourself, you will no longer be triggered by her, and you will wonder why you ever were.
Allow your woman to JUST BE. When she's sad or upset, it's not your job to fix it, it's your job to HOLD HER and let her know it's ok. Let her know that you hear her, and that she's important and that you are that pillar on which she can always lean. The feminine spirit is about change and emotion and like a storm her emotions will roll in and out, and as you remain strong and unjudging she will trust you and open her soul to you… DON'T RUN-AWAY WHEN SHE'S UPSET. Stand present and strong and let her know you aren't going anywhere. Listen to what she is really saying behind the words and emotion.
9) BE SILLY… don't take yourself so damn seriously. Laugh. And make her laugh. Laughter makes everything else easier.
10) FILL HER SOUL EVERYDAY… learn her love languages and the specific ways that she feels important and validated and CHERISHED. Ask her to create a list of 10 THINGS that make her feel loved and memorize those things and make it a priority everyday to make her feel like a queen.
11) BE PRESENT. Give her not only your time, but your focus, your attention and your soul. Do whatever it takes to clear your head so that when you are with her you are fully WITH HER. Treat her as you would your most valuable client. She is.
12) BE WILLING TO TAKE HER SEXUALLY, to carry her away in the power of your masculine presence, to consume her and devour her with your strength, and to penetrate her to the deepest levels of her soul. Let her melt into her feminine softness as she knows she can trust you fully.
13) DON'T BE AN IDIOT…. And don't be afraid of being one either. You will make mistakes and so will she. Try not to make too big of mistakes, and learn from the ones you do make. You're not supposed to be perfect, just try to not be too stupid.
14) GIVE HER SPACE… The woman is so good at giving and giving, and sometimes she will need to be reminded to take time to nurture herself. Sometimes she will need to fly from your branches to go and find what feeds her soul, and if you give her that space she will come back with new songs to sing…. (okay, getting a little too poetic here, but you get the point. Tell her to take time for herself, ESPECIALLY after you have kids. She needs that space to renew and get re-centered, and to find herself after she gets lost in serving you, the kids and the world.)
15) BE VULNERABLE… you don't have to have it all together. Be willing to share your fears and feelings, and quick to acknowledge your mistakes.
16) BE FULLY TRANSPARENT. If you want to have trust you must be willing to share EVERYTHING… Especially those things you don't want to share. It takes courage to fully love, to fully open your heart and let her in when you don't know i she will like what she finds… Part of that courage is allowing her to love you completely, your darkness as well as your light. DROP THE MASK… If you feel like you need to wear a mask around her, and show up perfect all the time, you will never experience the full dimension of what love can be.
17) NEVER STOP GROWING TOGETHER… The stagnant pond breeds malaria, the flowing stream is always fresh and cool. Atrophy is the natural process when you stop working a muscle, just as it is if you stop working on your relationship. Find common goals, dreams and visions to work towards.
18) DON'T WORRY ABOUT MONEY. Money is a game, find ways to work together as a team to win it. It never helps when teammates fight. Figure out ways to leverage both persons strength to win.
19) FORGIVE IMMEDIATELY and focus on the future rather than carrying weight from the past. Don't let your history hold you hostage. Holding onto past mistakes that either you or she makes, is like a heavy anchor to your marriage and will hold you back. FORGIVENESS IS FREEDOM. Cut the anchor loose and always choose love.
20) ALWAYS CHOOSE LOVE. ALWAYS CHOOSE LOVE. ALWAYS CHOOSE LOVE. In the end, this is the only advice you need. If this is the guiding principle through which all your choices is governed, there is nothing that will threaten the happiness of your marriage. Love will always endure.
In the end MARRIAGE isn't about Happily ever after. It's about work. And a commitment to grow together and a willingness to continually invest in creating something that can endure eternity. Through that work, the happiness will come.
Marriage is life, and it will bring ups and downs. Embracing all of the cycles and learning to learn from and love each experience will bring the strength and perspective to keep building, one brick at a time.
These are lessons I learned the hard way. These are lessons I learned too late.
But these are lessons I am learning and committed in carrying forward. Truth is, I LOVED being married, and in time, I will get married again, and when I do, I will build it with a foundation that will endure any storm and any amount of time.
If you are reading this and find wisdom in my pain, share it those those young husbands whose hearts are still full of hope, and with those couples you may know who may have forgotten how to love. One of those men may be like I was, and in these hard earned lessons perhaps something will awaken in him and he will learn to be the man his lady has been waiting for.
The woman that told him 'I do', and trusted her life with him, has been waiting for this man to step up.
If you are reading this and your marriage isn't what you want it to be, take 100% responsibility for YOUR PART in marriage, regardless of where your spouse is at, and commit to applying these lessons while there is time.
MEN- THIS IS YOUR CHARGE : Commit to being an EPIC LOVER. There is no greater challenge, and no greater prize. Your woman deserves that from
Be the type of husband your wife can't help but brag about.


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Car Show 40: Tokyo SpinoutMarch 17, 2012 at 12:08 am | Posted in CAR SHOW, TOYS FOREVER | 2 Comments
This is my new toy – "Tokyo Spinout"
This was inspired by a scene in the movie "Cars 2″.
This toy is produced by Mattel.
2 cars are needed to race on the track.
Lightning McQueen was included in the package.
So that means I have 2 Lightning McQueens now that came from Mattel. Let's compare the old and the new. Note that the one on the right is the new one. Spot the difference!
Come, let's play!
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The facts are proven best by watching the episode of the show, which as we indicated previously, are when pictures are worth more than a thousand words. We are especially proud of when Bravo showed the video portion of the producer asking me what to look for. I'm glad they kept it real.
Let's get back to helping the stray "Cat" about her invitation to the White House. I think she was uninvited by her husband not by the White House. Keepin' it real Cat! Your Dad went in your place and that was the right thing to do, to share.
I was very happy to see Tareq defend me, rise above it all, and even apologize to Lynda. However, I was sad to see Lynda couldn't do the same to me for all the pain she has caused me. I really hope she blesses herself instead of the yard, it is much needed at this time.
I will be appearing at and supporting the National Multiple Sclerosis event in Chicago, November 13th, at the Hard Rock Hotel. For more information, please go to www.Multiple-Solutions.org. Hope to see you there!
Thanks for watching Season 1 and I hope you enjoyed learning about us. More to come!
Here is how you can stay in touch with me:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MichaeleandTareqSalahi
Twitter: http://twitter.com/michaelesalahi
My website at www.MichaeleandTareqSalahi.com
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The September exhibition at Northwest Mississippi Community College features some talented fine art graduate students from The University of Mississippi who are working to gain the terminal degree in studio art, Master of Fine Arts, according to Northwest art instructor Ashley Chavis, who is in charge of organizing the event.
The exhibition will run Sept. 1-30 at the Northwest Art Gallery on the Senatobia campus.
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Help Israel Lacrosse launch its' First School Program on Giving TuesdayIsrael Lacrosse needs your help to continue expanding our youth lacrosse programs in Ashkelon. In January, the Israel Lacrosse First School Program will kick off in four schools in the city of Ashkelon in Southern Israel: Omanuote, Beit Yeheskel, Harel, and Nevah Tzion.
Ashkelon, a small city in the south of Israel near the Gaza Strip, is often caught in the middle of military escalations between Israel and Hamas. Sleeping in bomb shelters is unfortunately a reality, far too often, for the city.
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True helping does not necessitate rushing in to solve all of a young person's troubles single-handedly, but rather implies a process in which an adult guides a young person to solve problems independently and with dignity.
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Assertive responses are particularly effective in countering bullying because the child who masters this type of direct, emotionally honest communication demonstrates that a bully's attacks will be answered in a fair, but formidable way.
Just as you would offer individualized instruction and run though extra practice problems with a child who lagged behind in math, commit to spending extra time offering a socially-awkward child extra practice with friendship-building skills.
In this world of instant messaging and constant contact, you may be tempted to say whatever comes to your mind in a given moment. Don't do it!
The teachers who are most effective in stopping bullying are the ones who work purposefully and systematically to create classroom cultures in which kindness is valued over coolness.
A friend mentioned recently that her young daughter had had her first encounter with mean girls at school. The girls were being girls and, although they had all been 'best friends forever' yesterday, today it was her daughter's turn to be the group's pariah-du-jour.
In a new survey from Harris Interactive, 9% of adult respondents reported "My child or a child I am at least partly responsible for has been or is currently being bullied in school." Only 2% said "My child or a child I am at least partly responsible for has been accused of bullying in school."
For kids, who are often in the very best position to stop the bullying that occurs in their midst, the barriers to intervention are very real and quite formidable. What follows are six of the most frequently cited reasons that young people give for why they choose not to intervene to stop bullying.
Before the advent of social media networks, cell phones and unlimited text plans, young people who were bullied in school could count on hours spent at home as a respite from ridicule. Today, kids are connected to each other 24/7/365.
Bullying is a phenomena that has existed in the shadows for too long; its exposure to the light of day is the critical first step in stopping it.
Unlike the aggression that underlies bullying, assertive behavior does not depreciate or cause harm. Rather, assertiveness is a healthy way of defining personal boundaries.
The common denominator of all types of bullying is a lack, or erosion, of empathy. Nurturing empathy, a potential that is present in almost all children, is therefore at the heart of interventions to prevent bullying.
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