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No uniform solution to crack problem
Word is, South Gwinnett High School has a crack problem.No, I'm not talking about narcotics but about teen fashion - specifically, about jeans that are either gravity-defyingly baggy or exaggeratedly low cut, either way exposing a significant portion of the wearer's backside. When I was in high school, we had a word for kids who dressed like that. We called them "poor." If classmates looked like they were wearing oversized hand-me-downs or last year's outgrown jeans, it was usually because they were. Nowadays, such excess has become a fashion statement. And while the logic behind this current trend may be incomprehensible to adults - how can such pants possibly be comfortable? - the real question remains, what are we going to do about it? By "we," of course, I mean adults, those of us who have moved beyond the equally ridiculous fads of our own youth - anybody else remember elephant-leg bell-bottoms? - to approach (one hopes) something resembling good taste and a sense of propriety. The solution being proposed by South Gwinnett's administration, and by school systems across the country, is to require students to wear uniforms. If we can't control how they dress, by golly, let's just make 'em all dress alike. Clearly, school uniforms are the easy answer, in the sense that they ostensibly solve the problem while requiring a minimum of attention and judgment on the part of parents, teachers, and administrators. But are they the right answer? I understand the arguments in favor of uniforms. Kids will take more pride in their appearance. There'll be fewer distractions in the halls. Socio-economic distinctions will become less visible. And without all that free advertising, Abercrombie and Fitch will have to increase its marketing budget. Even so, I have two major objections. The first is that uniforms reinforce one of high school's most negative roles: fostering conformity while discouraging individualism. That's why kids dress in these silly styles to begin with - because they want to look like their friends. Should we really embrace, as a solution, the very group-think mentality that creates the problem? My second objection is that school uniforms provide yet another example of the American penchant for punishing the innocent majority - and make no mistake, most kids will regard uniforms as punishment - for the behavior of a guilty few. Consider gun-control legislation and airport security, for example. The fact is, most students don't dress offensively, and it's fundamentally unfair to penalize them because others do. Ultimately, the answer to the "crack problem" is simple, which is not to say easy: Devise a fair and reasonable dress code, with input from parents and students and then enforce it strictly. Ah, enforcement. There lies the rub. Then again, that's when school principals earn their six-figure salaries: when they really have to crack down. E-mail Rob Jenkins at email@example.com.
Engagement Announcements
McDonald - WoodardRichard and BettieSue McDonald of Tifton announce the engagement of their daughter, Michelle Marie McDonald, to Ryan Augustus Woodard, son of Clint and Nancy Woodard of Metter.
Dixie Huthmaker, owner of Huthmaker Violins in Duluth, has been awarded a $3,000 scholarship to the Wizard Academy, a business and communications school. Huthmaker received one of just three Wizard Academy scholarships nationwide.
Continuing to discover new books and authors
During the last month of 2005, I was super busy preparing for and celebrating the holidays. Still, I managed to fit in a little light reading and ended up finding some new books that I really enjoyed.
Lifestyle's new look
We're excited to introduce two new Sunday Lifestyle sections today. In the Life & Leisure section, you'll find great community, books and entertainment coverage, as well as columnist Rob Jenkins. And in the Taste & Travel section, we bring you delicious recipes, travel coverage, columnist Susan Larson and your TV and comics pages.It's all a part of a new approach to Lifestyle that brings a fresh look to the features and entertainment coverage you count on. Look for Health & Wellness on Tuesdays, Home & Garden on Thursdays, the Weekend entertainment section on Fridays and the Family & Faith section on Saturdays. And in the coming months, expect more changes, such as added books coverage, a recipe swap feature and additional content. We hope you enjoy Lifestyle's new look. - Kristen Cox Roby, Lifestyle editor
Desbiens leads Gladiators to win
DULUTH - Guillaume Desbiens scored four goals and the red-hot Gwinnett Gladiators handed reeling Columbia a 6-3 loss Saturday in front of 6,405 at the Arena at Gwinnett Center.
Plan offers tax credit for donated land
Georgia landowners now have greater incentive to hand over their property to the state.
Snellville ready to open long-awaited City Center
SNELLVILLE - Jerry Oberholtzer spent many sleepless nights wondering if his vision for Snellville was only a dream.
Affordable housing being built on Five Forks
n Where: Five Forks Trickum Road at the Ronald Reagan Parkway off ramp•What: Colson & Colson is building a 118-unit affordable housing project, most likely condos, for senior citizens. While the housing costs aren't set, they could approach $2,000 a month for some units.
Treadwell - Pognant
Alisa Christine Treadwell and Matthew Joseph Pognant were married on Nov. 5 at Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Larry Wynn officiated the ceremony.
Perdue's bill aims to funnel more money into classrooms
ATLANTA - Responding to criticism of his education record, Gov. Sonny Perdue will propose legislation on Monday requiring school districts in Georgia to steer at least 65 percent of their funding to classrooms.The governor's floor leaders will introduce the bill on opening day of the 2006 legislative session, along with a constitutional amendment limiting the use of Georgia Lottery revenues to HOPE scholarships and the state's pre-kindergarten program. "Education takes place in the classroom between a teacher and a student,'' Perdue told reporters last week during a briefing on his plans for the session. "That's where we're going to place our focus.'' The two measures come as Perdue prepares to seek a second term as Georgia's first Republican governor since Reconstruction. Throughout the last three years, he has come under fire from Democrats and education groups for cutting Georgia's K-12 and university system budgets. Perdue also has been criticized for rolling back class-size reductions enacted by the Legislature six years ago during the administration of former Gov. Roy Barnes, keeping a tight lid on raises for teachers and seeking to limit the HOPE Scholarship program. In each case, the governor has argued that he was forced to impose fiscal discipline on education spending because of the effects of a sluggish economy on state tax collections. But Perdue's economic advisers are forecasting that the state will take in $1.2 billion in new revenues during fiscal 2007, which starts on July 1, the second year in a row of strong growth. The governor said the budget he will release on Wednesday will dedicate 72 percent of that money to education. "Education is going to be a big winner in this budget,'' he said. "(But) I don't want to back fill any administration. I want it to go to the classroom.'' Perdue said the 65-percent funding goal for classrooms contained in his bill is realistic, given that Georgia school systems on average already spend 63 percent of their money in the classes. He said systems that aren't at the 65-percent level won't be found in violation of the standard if they show 2-percent improvement each year. Systems already sending more than 65 percent of their funds to classrooms will receive waivers, he said. Tim Callahan, president of the 65,000-member Professional Association of Georgia Educators, said maximizing the education dollars being sent directly into the state's classrooms sounds like a laudable goal. But he said other vital components that go into operating public schools can't be ignored. "I also want to have guidance counselors in the schools,'' he said. "Do we need school nurses, bus drivers and custodians? Yes, we do.'' Callahan also criticized the measure as an overly simplistic concept that would simply follow an approach growing in popularity among Republicans and conservative groups in other states. "It's kind of a bumper-sticker gimmicky thing,'' he said. "I don't call it serious policy making or visionary leadership.'' While the 65-percent standard for classroom spending is new from Perdue, the governor first proposed protecting HOPE scholarships through a constitutional amendment during a speech last June. In fact, his last three budgets already have put a stop to using lottery money on anything other than HOPE and pre-kindergarten, a practice that diverted more than $1.8 billion from the two programs between 1994 and 2003. He said the constitutional amendment would simply give the policy the effect of law. While Democrats aren't likely to oppose protecting HOPE scholarships, they bristle at giving Perdue credit for taking the lead on the issue. House Minority Leader DuBose Porter, D-Dublin, noted that it was the governor who pushed unsuccessfully to link HOPE eligibility to SAT scores and Republican lawmakers who sought to limit the number of hours covered by the scholarships. "Suddenly, at the last hour, he's become the champion of HOPE,'' Porter said. "People aren't going to fall for that.''
Artist's photography will be on display at national Capitol
An artist who graduated from Gwinnett Technical College will soon have her work on display at the national Capitol.Nighta Davis will have her wildlife and scenic photography on display at the Senate Rotunda of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Her work has already been on display at the Congressional building in Washington, D.C. and at the Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta. Her photojournalism also won her consideration for a Pulitzer Prize in 2002. Davis credits Gwinnett Tech as helping her develop her photography skills when she was a student.
Washington focuses on opposites: Abramoff and AlitoBy David Broder
WASHINGTONThe two names uppermost on the minds of official Washington at this moment represent polar extremes of reputation. Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff is an admitted felon and certified sleaze. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito is an upright, ethical and highly respected jurist, as modest in his habits as Abramoff is flamboyant.
Travel Briefs
Survey tells best places to stay•NEW YORK - Four Seasons hotels in Chicago and Hawaii and inns in Vermont, Mississippi and on the California coast were the top-scoring places to stay in the United States in the annual ''Gold List'' survey published by Conde Nast Traveler.
Black commits to UAB
SUWANEE - Collins Hill point guard Shantell Black verbally committed to the University of Alabama-Birmingham on Friday night.
Former councilman ready for his debut as legislator
LAWRENCEVILLE - Being the new kid in school is always intimidating, but it helps when you're already friends with the class president and the star quarterback.
BUFORDBRADSHAW, J.B. J. B. "Bob" Bradshaw, age 79 of Buford, friend of Jesus Christ, passed away at 6 P.M. Thursday evening, January 5, 2006. He left to be with Jane, his wife of 25 years in heaven. He was a father of three girls and one boy and a Dad to more. He was loved and will be missed by many friends. He was a cherished and loved member of First Baptist Church of Buford on Hamilton Mill Rd. He was an accomplished entrepreneur, he and Jane lived and worked to spread the word of the Lord through their business. Bob felt called to assist a Cuban ministry after a hurricane disaster by fully funding the operational costs of the church so they could afford to rebuild, though he would not admit it to anyone. Services will be held at 12 P.M. Monday, January 9, 2006 with Rev. Charles Gilliland, officiating at Tapp/Tim Stewart Funeral Home and Crematory, 201 Morningside Drive, Buford, Georgia 30518, 770-945-9345. Sunday will be a day of visitation at Mr. Bradshaw's residence. Monday through Wednesday there will be a memorial in his home for those that are unable to make the funeral. Please drop by to pay your respects and say goodbye. Arrangements by Tapp/Tim Stewart Funeral Home and Crematory, 770-945-9345. DECATUR LIGON, SARA Mrs. Sara Mills Ligon, age 90 of Decatur, Georgia, passed away on Friday, January 6, 2006. Service and Arrangements will be announced later by Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory of Buford, GA, 770-932-1133, www.flaniganfuneralhome.com. JEFFERSON GLENN, FRANCES Mrs. Frances Wilkes "Mom" Glenn, age 82 of Jefferson, Georgia died Friday, January 6, 2006. Arrangements by Evans Funeral Home, Jefferson, Georgia, 706-367-5467. LAWRENCEVILLE BARRY, CHRISTOPHER Christopher White Barry, age 41 of Lawrenceville, died Thursday, January 5, 2006. Funeral Services will be held 11:00AM Monday, January 9, 2006 at Cannon United Methodist Church, Snellville. Rev. Glenn Ethridge will officiate. Mr. Barry was a Business Manager at UPS with 18 years of service; graduate of The Marist School & The University of Georgia and was a member of Cannon United Methodist Church. He is survived by his Wife: Melanie Ann Barry, Lawrenceville; Children: Victoria Marie Martineau, Atlanta, Mitchell Kallen Barry & Grant Etherson Barry, both of Lawrenceville; Parents: Charles & Carol Barry, Dawsonville; Sisters: Allison Barry Rosenlund, Denmark, Elizabeth Paige Barry, Tampa, FL; Several Nieces and Nephews. Flowers accepted or in lieu of flowers, memorial to: The University of Georgia Athletics Association, P.O. Box 1472, Athens, GA 30603. The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM on Sunday, January 8, 2006 at Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 2246 Wisteria Drive, Snellville, GA 30078, 770-979-5010. HIGGINBOTHAM, THOMAS Thomas M. Higginbotham, age 64 of Lawrenceville, died Friday, January 6, 2006. Arrangements by Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 300 Simonton Road, Lawrenceville, GA 30045, 770-962-3100. JOHNSON, ALLEN Allen Johnson, Sr., age 78 of Lawrenceville, died January 7, 2006. A loving family man, he is survived by his wife, Jean Johnson; children, Barbara Higbe and her husband, Henry of Duluth, Allen Johnson, Jr. and his wife, Karen of Buford, Russell Lewis Johnson, Lawrenceville; brother, Robby Johnson and his wife, Marline, Macon, GA; sister, Laurene Wooten and her husband, James, Macon, GA; 8 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Johnson was preceded in death by a son, A. E. Johnson. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at Wages & Sons Gwinnett Chapel. Rev. John Colbaugh will officiate. Entombment East Shadowlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Monday from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Wages & Sons Gwinnett Chapel, 1031 Lawrenceville Hwy., 770-277-4550. JONES, LINDA Linda Gayle Norton Jones, age 53, of Lawrenceville, GA, passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2006. She is survived by: her husband of 33 years: Billy Jones; Daughter and Son-in-law: Heather and Kevin Boeckman; Son and his Fiance: Cameron Jones and Kelly Jardim; Daughter: Holli Jones; Parents: Ralph and Polly Norton; Brother and Sister-in-law: David and Neysa Norton; Sisters and Brothers-in-law: Sheila and Steve Steinhauer, Lisa and Tim Norton; Grandchildren: Jordan, Hunter, Dakota and Connor Boeckman; Parents-in-laws: James and Lucile Jones; Sister and Brother-in-law: Steve and Cheryl Jones; Many nieces and nephews. Gayle was born in Newton County, GA and had lived in Stone Mountain before moving to Lawrenceville. She was a nurse at Dekalb Medical Center. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Lawrenceville. A funeral service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, January 9, 2006 at First United Methodist Church of Lawrenceville. Rev. Nolan Jackson will officiate. Interment will follow in the Gwinnett Memorial Park, Lawrenceville. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society or to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. The family will receive friends on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at Wages & Sons Gwinnett Chapel, 1031 Lawrenceville Highway, Lawrenceville, GA, 770-277-4550. LILBURN FITZGERALD, JAMES James J. Fitzgerald, age 49 of Lilburn, GA passed away on Thursday, January 5, 2006. James worked in the insurance industry in Atlanta for the last 15 years and most recently with Maxum Indemnity of Duluth, GA. He was preceded in death by his father, John D. Fitzgerald and brother, Jack Fitzgerald. He is survived by his: wife: Debra Adams Fitzgerald; children: Laura E. Fitzgerald, Emily A. Fitzgerald, all of Lilburn, GA; mother: Thelma R. Fitzgerald of Naples, FL; brothers: Robert Fitzgerald, Michael Fitzgerald, both of Pittsburgh, PA; sisters: Carol Fitzgerald of New Jersey, Patricia Kocher of Pittsburgh, PA; a number of nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held on Friday, January 13, 2006 at 11:00a.m. at Wages & Sons Gwinnett Chapel with Rev. Sara Holben-Schminckey officiating. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the American Cancer Society, 6500 Sugarloaf Parkway, Ste. 260, Duluth, GA 30097 or the American Red Cross, 1955 Monroe Drive, NW, Atlanta, GA 30309. The family will receive friends on Thursday, January 12, 2006 from 6:00p.m. to 9:00p.m. at Wages & Sons Gwinnett Chapel, 1031 Lawrenceville Highway, Lawrenceville, 770-277-4550. SERENKO, LORETTA Loretta Serenko, age 92 of Lilburn, GA, passed away January 6, 2006. Arrangements by Wages & Sons Gwinnett Chapel, 1031 Lawrenceville Highway, Lawrenceville, GA 30045, 770-277-4550. LOGANVILLE RAWLINS, SANFORD Sanford P. Rawlins of Loganville, died Saturday, January 7, 2006. Funeral Services will be held 3:00 PM Monday, January 9, 2006 in the Snellville Chapel of Tim Stewart Funeral Home. Rev. Larry Cannon, and Rev. Darrell Lawrence will officiate. Burial will follow at Snellville Historical Cemetery. Mr. Rawlins was a member of Victory Baptist Church, Loganville, and was preceded in death by his wife, Clara Cannon Rawlins in 2005. He is survived by Sons: James Rawlins & Randy Rawlins, both of Loganville; Grandchildren: Michele Tyndall & Matthew Rawlins, both of Lawrenceville; Great Grandchildren: Tami Rawlins, Laura Tyndall & John Eric Tyndall, III, all of Lawrenceville. The Family will receive friends from 3:00 PM - 9:00 PM Sunday, January 8, 2006 at Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 2246 Wisteria Drive, Snellville, GA 30078, 770-979-5010. MOBILE, AL BRADLEY, JOHN Mr. John Bradley, age 71, of Mobile, AL, formerly of Gwinnett County, passed away on Friday, January 6, 2006. Service and Arrangements will be announced later by Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory of Buford, GA, 770-932-1133, www.flaniganfuneralhome.com.
Literary Calendar
MondayBarbara Taylor Bradford, author of "Just Rewards," will discuss and sign her new novel at 7 p.m. Monday at the Chapter 11 Bookstore at Peachtree Battle, 2345-A Peachtree Road in Atlanta. Free. 404-237-7199.
Snellville city councilman, wife expecting triplets in June
There has been a veritable baby boom in Snellville over the past 12 months.
Reed wages battle for political future
Is Ralph Reed finished? Some astute observers tell me kingpin lobbyist Jack Abramoff's plea bargain with federal prosecutors is all but certain to wreck Reed's budding political career and may even force him to fight for his freedom in federal court.
Thumbs Up
The Daily Post gives a thumbs up to Gwinnett citizens who have stood apart this week.
Democrats say GOP not dealing with key issues
With the General Assembly's Republican majority focusing on a limited agenda for the legislative session that starts on Monday, Democrats say they're missing some key issues that need addressing.When the lawmaking wraps up around the end of March, Georgians' property rights are almost certain to be safe from abuses of the governmental power of eminent domain, illegal immigrants will be on notice not to try to shoulder U.S. citizens aside in the line for state services and sex offenders will be looking at longer prison sentences, particularly if they choose kids for victims. While all three are legitimate concerns, acting on them also is likely to be popular with Georgia voters and, thus, help the GOP retain control of the House and Senate this fall. Democrats say what's absent from the majority party's short list of priorities are causes that don't resonate as strongly at the polls, like cracking down on Georgia's title-loan industry or building on the ethics reforms Gov. Sonny Perdue and lawmakers achieved last year. "Everybody is against sex offenders. Everybody wants a good eminent domain bill,'' said Rep. Mary Margaret OIiver, D-Decatur, who is sponsoring legislation in the House addressing title loans. "(But) the Georgia General Assembly is open for all kinds of ideas affecting large and small groups of people ... I have never fashioned my agenda based on poll numbers.'' Oliver's bill would prohibit title-loan companies from charging annual interest rates of more than 60 percent. Current law allows interest rates of up to 300 percent per year. But Oliver said she's concerned that pressure from the industry will prompt the Legislature to settle for a "featherweight'' Republican-backed measure that stops at prohibiting lenders from pocketing the profits from selling repossessed cars. Sen. Steen Miles, D-Decatur, who is sponsoring a Senate bill similar to Oliver's, agreed that the interest rate issue will be the key sticking point. But she's optimistic that something will get done this year. "The hearings we had over the summer months had an excellent turnout from people who felt they'd been victimized,'' said Miles, whose district includes most of Rockdale County. "We're going to move on the Senate side. Hopefully, we can convince people on the House side who are more reluctant to come over.'' As for ethics reform, Republicans appear satisfied for now with the comprehensive legislation enacted last year. It is highlighted by a long-sought provision aimed at the "revolving door'' of Georgia politics by prohibiting state elected officials or agency heads from becoming lobbyists within one year of leaving office. But House Minority Leader DuBose Porter, D-Dublin, said his GOP counterparts in the House watered down the bill considerably by removing a proposed $50 cap on gifts and a provision giving the State Ethics Commission the power to investigate alleged conflicts of interest involving lawmakers. Instead, House and Senate negotiators created a new committee of legislators to, in effect, investigate themselves. "They didn't really get that much done,'' Porter said. "They allowed the bill to be gutted.'' But Perdue is more willing to accept the give and take that went with getting a law passed. "I would have preferred an independent body rather than this legislative oversight,'' the governor said. "I introduced it that way, and it didn't happen. But this is a relationship up here. You've got an executive and a legislative branch.'' Where Republicans and Democrats are likely to reach a meeting of the minds during the upcoming session is education and health care. To Democrats, they represent the "real issues'' that GOP leaders aren't paying enough attention to in their rush to curb eminent domain and illegal immigration. While they might not be at the top of the Republicans' legislative agenda, they're too important to ignore. Perdue set the tone late last week, declaring that education will be the big winner in his 2007 budget. And, with more money at the state's disposal due to the improving economy, he's promising no more major cuts in health benefits for teachers and state employees or increases in insurance premiums. Dave Williams is a staff writer for the Gwinnett Daily Post. E-mail him at email@example.com.
Recruiting begins for tax district
LAWRENCEVILLE - If it takes a village to rejuvenate Jimmy Carter Boulevard, then a group of business people in the Norcross area is about to begin recruiting villagers.
Voices in business
Each week the Gwinnett Daily Post profiles the business men and women who help drive the success of local companies and small businesses alike. Interested in a profile? Call Doug Sams, business reporter, at 770 963-9205, ext. 1321, or e-mail him at email@example.com.
Schell called up by Chicago
Center Brad Schell, in his second year as a professional, received his first call-up to Chicago of the American Hockey League on Saturday.
Norcross boys, Collins Hill girls lead Tipoff Club honors
The Norcross boys and the Collins Hill girls received the highest awards at Saturday's Gwinnett Tipoff Club banquet at South Gwinnett High School.
Home builders offering buyers big incentives
SUWANEELike that house? How about a new washer and dryer to sweeten the deal? Maybe a new gas grill or plasma TV might interest you?
Donations help Lawrenceville co-op pay off loan in full
Are you aware of an event or project that benefits our community? Contact Shelley Mann at 770-963-9205 ext. 1305 or email@example.com.
No. 1 Collins Hill blasts Stephenson
SUWANEE - Perhaps there is a basketball team from the state of Georgia that can give the nationally ranked Collins Hill girls a game, but one thing's for certain - it's not Stephenson.
People helping people: Cancer patients get help with 'wishes'
The holidays are over for another year. All the decorations have been taken down and put away.We've stuffed ourselves with delicious treats and partied with friends and family. Those who traveled to visit family have returned home. New Year's Resolutions have been made - and maybe even broken already.
Gwinnett Gab
Tax commissioner reduces online feesLAWRENCEVILLE - Beginning Monday, the credit card transaction fee to renew vehicle registrations on the Internet will be reduced by 57 percent.
Metro stream protections under review
LAWRENCEVILLE - A metro Atlanta water district could tweak its stream buffer requirements, giving counties and cities more leeway in how they comply with the regional mandates.
Republicans push limited '06 agenda
ATLANTA - The General Assembly's first Republican majority since Reconstruction pulled some symbolic one-upsmanship on the Democrats last year when the Legislature adjourned on Day 39, one day ahead of tradition.GOP leaders could do it again during the 2006 session, which starts Monday. The limited agenda they are pushing includes issues expected to attract bipartisan support from lawmakers this winter, votes in November, or both. "The new Republican majority is going to want to show that they're more efficient than the Democrats," said Charles Bullock, a political science professor at the University of Georgia. "They get in, get it done and go home." If nothing else is accomplished between now and the end of March, Republicans in control of the House and Senate are promising action on: •Eminent domain - Following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last June in a Connecticut case, state legislators around the nation are vowing to pass laws safeguarding private property rights. •Sex offenders - Several highly publicized murders of children in other states allegedly by convicted sex criminals are behind proposals to lengthen prison sentences for those who prey upon children and toughen monitoring requirements for sex offenders after they are paroled. •Illegal immigration - Although controlling the flow of illegals into the U.S. is primarily a federal issue, Georgia Republicans are pushing legislation to deny taxpayer-funded services to people who are here illegally. •Voter ID - Republican leaders say they plan to "fix" legislation the General Assembly passed last year requiring voters to show a photo ID at the polls. Last fall, a federal court issued a temporary injunction preventing enforcement of the law as currently written. Ambitious proposals Several months ago, legislative Republicans were gearing up for a more aggressive 2006 as a follow-up to last year's busy session. They had study committees examining a host of ambitious proposals, including an overhaul of the way public schools are financed in Georgia and an effort to limit annual increases in government spending to the rate of inflation plus population growth. But the idea of replacing school property taxes with a higher state sales tax ran into opposition during a series of public hearings around the state. The spending cap, also known as the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, lost momentum in November when voters in Colorado, the state that has pioneered the concept, passed a referendum temporarily lifting the spending limits in effect there. "We put out some ideas that were kind of controversial," said House Speaker Glenn Richardson, R-Hiram. "Now, we're going to heed what we heard." The eminent domain issue surfaced during last year's session when Senate Republicans introduced legislation allowing local governments to enter into public-private partnerships with building contractors as a way to speed up public building projects. But the bill was abandoned after newspaper columnists and editorial writers raised fears that it could be used to make it easier for cities and counties to condemn private property for public use. Following the Supreme Court decision allowing the city of New London, Conn., to condemn houses in an old neighborhood to make way for new development, Georgia Republicans have gotten behind legislation to prohibit the use of eminent domain merely to improve a municipality's tax base. House Minority Leader DuBose Porter, D-Dublin, accused GOP leaders of pushing the issue now to cover up what they tried to do last year. "These people intended to take property rights away," he said. "What they're doing now is a smokescreen." Inverse condemnation Some Republicans also are targeting inverse condemnation, an action by the government that doesn't take a property owner's land but causes it to lose value. A Senate study committee has been working on legislation that would force local governments to compensate property owners when environmental or zoning restrictions limit the use of their land. But advocates for cities and counties have objected that such a law would cripple their ability to regulate land use. "Eminent domain is easier to get your arms around," said Sen. Don Balfour, R-Snellville, chairman of the Senate Republican Caucus. "(With inverse condemnation), you know it when you see it. But how do you correct it without affecting other things?" While protesting Republicans' motives, Democrats are likely to support tightening Georgia's eminent domain law because it's politically popular. The same holds true for cracking down on sex offenders. House Republican leaders served notice last spring that going after sex criminals who target children would be a top priority this year. That was shortly after a convicted sex offender was arrested in Augusta and charged with kidnapping and murdering a 9-year-old Florida girl. A House committee has been working on comprehensive legislation for several months, and Senate Republicans weighed in late last month with several bills. The longer sentences contemplated in both the House and Senate measures undoubtedly will drive up the state's prison budget. But Gov. Sonny Perdue said he's not worried about the cost. "If we get it right in being able to identify and adjudicate true sexual predators who prey upon young people, I'm prepared to spend whatever it takes to keep them locked up," he said. Dividing issues There's much less unity in how to approach illegal immigration and the photo-ID requirement for Georgia voters. While Republicans are driving the push for the Legislature to address illegal immigration, even GOP leaders concede it's mainly a federal issue. "You can't pass a (state) law saying (illegal immigrants) can't go to public school or use emergency rooms because the federal government says they can," Balfour said. However, Balfour said he expects lawmakers to pass a bill prohibiting illegal immigrants from receiving in-state tuition benefits at Georgia's public colleges and universities. Other Republicans are crafting legislation to prohibit the state from hiring contractors that employ illegal immigrants. Democrats have countered by prefiling legislation giving the state University System Board of Regents the ultimate say over admission and residency requirements and asking Congress to take the lead on dealing with illegal immigration. Photo ID back The photo ID issue wasn't expected to come up again until U.S. District Court Judge Harold Murphy issued a ruling in October prohibiting the state from enforcing the law adopted by the General Assembly last year. Murphy compared the requirement that Georgians obtain a photo ID before being allowed to vote to an illegal poll tax. Richardson said legislation will be drafted this year scrapping the fee the state was to collect for providing photo IDs to voters who don't already have a driver's license or passport. "We're going to fix voter ID," he said. "You are going to need a photo identification to vote in Georgia." Throughout last year's debate on the bill, Republicans said their purpose in reducing the acceptable forms of ID at the polls from 17 to six was to prevent voter fraud. But Democratic leaders accused the GOP of targeting voters least likely to possess a photo ID - the poor, elderly and minorities - because those groups tend to support Democratic candidates. "This was designed to keep certain segments of society from voting," Porter said. But, as with every other priority issue, Republicans have the votes to change the photo ID as they see fit. With solid majorities in both chambers, GOP leaders expect to pass their bills and head for home by the end of March. "The quicker a citizen legislature can return to their families and jobs, the easier it is to serve up here," said Senate President Pro Tempore Eric Johnson, R-Savannah. Plus, there's campaigning to do. Qualifying week for statewide and legislative candidates will be held April 24-28.
Get a taste of summer at the exquisite town of Acapulco
Sunny warm beaches. Great food. Exciting nightlife. Welcome to the exquisite Mexican resort town of Acapulco.While there are many ways to escape the winter doldrums, few could argue that a trip to this slice of paradise tops the list. Your cares will melt away when you see the clear blue waters set against the rolling hillsides that cradle Acapulco's lush resorts, hotels and restaurants. Weathering Atlanta's winters can be like riding a meteorological roller coaster, but sunshine is the norm year-round in Acapulco. So turn down the heat. Shut off those pipes. Stop the mail. And hop a flight to a place where you can get away from it all.
State House goes high tech
ATLANTA - Political insiders know that most of the General Assembly's important business takes place not on the floor but during committee meetings.
Winder ends moratorium, annexes 80 acres for homes
WINDER - The city of Winder ended a moratorium on annexing land and added nearly 80 new acres within the city limits.
Sports calendar
BaseballJan. 14: Berkeley Baseball Academy is holding a pitchers and catchers clinic with professional scout for the New York Yankees and former minor league pitching instructor Joe Caro from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Jan. 14. The clinic is for players age 10 to 18, costs $75 and includes a video analysis and personal evaluation checklist. To reserve a spot, call 770-441-2242.
Thompkins scores 51 in Wesleyan win
LILBURN - Howard Thompkins scored a school record 51 points, including nine 3-pointers, to lead Wesleyan past Providence 72-40 on Saturday. Thompkins also had 10 rebounds.
Norcross singer to offer lullaby CD to celebrity moms
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A method of improved handling of an email by a recipient email program comprising the steps of: (a) displaying a dialog to a sender of the email in response to the sender attempting to send the email to the recipient, wherein the dialog allows the sender to select tags for tagging the email, said tags being predetermined by the recipient; (b) sending the email together with tags selected by the sender from list of tags offered by the recipient, and (c) using the selected tags to prioritize the incoming email in accordance with recipient categories.
1. A method of improved handling of an email by a recipient email program comprising the steps of:
(a) displaying a dialog to a sender of the email in response to the sender attempting to send the email to the recipient, wherein the dialog allows the sender to select tags for tagging the email, said tags being predetermined by the recipient;
(b) sending the email together with tags selected by the sender from list of tags offered by the recipient, and
(c) using the selected tags to prioritize the incoming email in accordance with recipient categories.
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The present invention is directed to providing email tools, methods and systems for aiding processing of email.
As time passes, more and more people receive larger and larger volumes of email that require processing. By processing, any or all of a range of activities including reading, responding, deleting, ignoring, filing and similar actions are intended.
Processing emails takes time. People working at a computer may check their email many times a day, and often interrupt other tasks to do this.
Messages that are obviously urgent will typically be handled immediately, but other messages may be ignored, to be dealt with later. These will typically languish in the default folder for incoming emails�henceforth �inbox� waiting to be processed. Messages remaining unread in the inbox may be buried deep by later emails, and never read or acted upon.
A stressful feeling known as �email overload� may result from receiving more emails than can be processed, leading to the inbox becoming over full.
The commercially available email programs known to the present inventor typically display only the most basic information about an email, in particular, the name of the sender, the subject line and the date it was received. The default sorting practice of most email packages is to list the messages by date received, with the most recently received email messages being displayed first.
Most recently received rarely reflects the priority with which the different emails should be handled, but is symptomatic of the lack of ability of email programs to provide a better means of prioritization. It also satisfies the common urge for constant stimulation by something new.
Studies have shown that the most important factor used in deciding whether to read an email message is the identity of the sender. Indeed, it will be noted that email messages, as displayed in the in-box, usually display only two pieces of information useful for deciding whether to open and read the email now, to put off reading the email until later, or to ignore completely. These two pieces of information are the sender's details and the time it was received. The subject as defined in the subject line, the body, the importance ranking (high/medium/low) and other properties that may be ascribed by the sender are all subjective to the sender's viewpoint. The recipient's viewpoint may be somewhat different.
Indeed, because of the scant meta-data that is available for each message, it is often necessary to read a message in order to assess its importance. This is somewhat counter-productive, as an optimal notion of priority would dictate the order in which the messages should be read in the first place! One consequence of this is that many people make multiple passes through the contents of their inbox: first reading and prioritizing, and only then handling the messages in further passes. Others prefer to handle their email in a single pass. However, the problem with this approach is that important messages are not handled first, and due to the user's time constraints, time-sensitive messages may be handled late or even not at all. With both processing types, unimportant messages, including junk mail that is not filtered out automatically, serve as a distraction.
Another factor that contributes to inefficient inbox processing, and the inefficiency of email as a means of communication in general, is that many people do not express themselves well, particularly not in emails. It will be noted that emails are often written and sent out quickly. To the sender, they are informal and similar to telephone conversations. To the recipient, they are more similar to letters in that they seem more permanent and formal.
Since many people do not express clearly what they want from the recipient, time is wasted and misunderstandings are caused. The subject line is often not worded carefully, and the point of the communication, such as to pose a query or request, is often buried deeply in a rambling message. If the sender's desired outcome of an email is not clear, the recipient is inclined to miss the purpose of the communication. If the subject line is not crafted well, the message may not even be opened.
Some email programs allow users to define rules that process messages when they arrive, for example sorting messages into folders and color-coding them, based on testing for various user-defined conditions. Most users find these features too complicated and do not use them at all. Rules can work well for sorting messages by sender into specific folders and for identifying predictably formatted (often automatically generated) messages that trigger the recipient to perform routine tasks. However, the vast majority of messages are not predictably formatted and cannot be effectively prioritized by such rules. Rules, at the current stage of development, cannot truly understand the content of a message and cannot deduce the nature of the action that the sender is asking the recipient to perform, or even whether a message is actionable or not.
Borrowing from business facsimile and internal memorandum practices, and in attempting to reduce the burden of email, a number of large companies have adopted internal conventions such as where the sender pre-appends an agreed-upon acronym to the subject, to indicate how the sender expects the message to be handled. Examples of this are NRN��no response necessary�, RR��reply requested�, RAL��read at leisure�. The problems with this approach include:
(1) The number of acronyms that can be learned by most email users is limited, as is the amount of meta-data of this type that can comfortably be inserted into a message.
(2) Conventions of this type cannot easily cross group/company boundaries and gain widespread acceptance.
Existing products and approaches to the above problems include SNARF and ClearContext. SNARF is a User Interface provided by Microsoft that is designed to provide a quick overview of unread mail, organized by its importance. The UI shows a series of different panes with unread mail in them; each pane shows a list of authors of messages. Clicking on a name shows all messages involving that person. People use a variety of strategies to handle triage; there is no single �best� ordering of email messages to produce an optimal outcome.
SNARF gives the user the freedom to build a personalized ordering. Each sender to a user's inbox is assigned a set of meta-information such as �number of emails sent in the last month,� for example. These metrics can, in turn, be combined to create an ordering across all contacts. ClearContext provides an Inbox Manager that is an email management solution for email users who want to manage their inbox more efficiently by monitoring previous emails from a sender and inferring importance from the way that the previous emails were responded to. It will be appreciated that such a system is only useful to the extent that the current urgency of a communication is analogous to the urgency of previous communications. The system is oblivious to the subject matter, and, if a sender has previously sent a message not requiring a response, such as daily jokes, for example, the sender may find an email message that is subsequently sent that does require a response not getting the attention it deserves.
Despite the available partial solutions as detailed hereinabove, there is a need for a more effective way of dealing with emails and the present invention addresses this need.
It is an aim of the preferred embodiments of the invention to help users improve the efficiency of email as a business communications platform.
It is a specific aim to help email recipients prioritize incoming email according to their own true priorities.
It is a further specific aim to help senders express themselves more effectively when communicating via email.
In a first aspect, the present invention is directed to providing a method of improved handling of an email by a recipient email program comprising the steps of: (a) displaying a dialog to a sender of the email in response to the sender attempting to send the email to the recipient, wherein the dialog allows the sender to select tags for tagging the email, said tags being predetermined by the recipient; (b) sending the email together with tags selected by the sender from lists of tags offered by the recipient, and (c) using the selected tags to prioritize the incoming email in accordance with recipient preferences.
Preferably the tags comprise tags for identifying the relationship between sender and recipient.
Typically, the relationship being selected from the list of: boss, subordinate, colleague/peer, company employee, friend/family, customer, vendor/service provider, business contact and the like.
Typically, the tags comprise tags for identifying subject matter of email.
In one embodiment, predetermined tags of recipient are published on a server.
Typically the predetermined tags include a generic description of type of email selectable from a plurality of generic descriptions including at least some of: Action Request, Approval/Authorization Request, Quick question, Information, Scheduling/Meeting Agenda, Report/Summary, Idea/Proposal, Newsletter, Product/Service Offer, Reminder, Response to Information Request, Response to Action Request, Response to Approval/Authorization Request, Response to Quick question, Response to Information, Response to Scheduling/Meeting Agenda, Response to Report/Summary, Response to Idea/Proposal, Response to Newsletter, Response to Product/Service Offer, Response to Reminder, Response and Other.
Optionally the tags are selectable from default lists provided with a program that incorporates the method of handling emails of the invention.
Alternatively the tags are recipient defined.
Optionally the recipient can offer a range of acceptable times for preferred response for the sender to tag the email so that the recipient is notified how urgent the response is to the sender.
The method may be applied for bypassing spam filters, wherein the email is a message or newsletter of interest to recipient and the tag is a spam filter bypass tag of the recipient and the method further comprises configuring spam filters to always allow messages tagged with the spam filter bypass tag to bypass spam filters and to reach an inbox of the recipient's email program.
Optionally the spam filter bypass tag is a dedicated tag provided by the recipient to a specific sender only and configured to allow messages that carry the tag to reach the inbox of the recipient without being stopped by a spam filter, but only if they originate from the specific sender.
Optionally and preferably, an email sent to a plurality of recipients in a recipient list will be tagged by the sender system individually for each recipient in accordance with said recipient specific. These tags may be obtainable from a server, or from previous correspondence, for example.
In a second aspect, the present invention is directed to a software package for installing on an email terminal comprising tools for enabling a user to define and publish user profiles for displaying to an email sender.
Preferably the software package comprises prioritization rules for selection by the user to aid processing of incoming emails.
Preferably, the software package enables prompting the user to select relevant tags from user profiles published by the intended recipient when sending an email to the intended recipient.
Optionally, the software package enables color coding incoming messages and displaying incoming messages in accordance with rules predefined by the recipient.
Optionally the user can select and offer potential senders a range of responses acceptable to the user.
Optionally a single message sent to multiple recipients may be tagged with different tags for each recipient.
Typically a main recipient of an email as identified by TO field will be flagged with different tags from additional recipients as identified by C.C. and B.C.C. boxes.
For a better understanding of the invention and to show how it may be carried into effect, reference will now be made, purely by way of example, to the accompanying drawings.
With specific reference now to the drawings in detail, it is stressed that the particulars shown are by way of example and for purposes of illustrative discussion of the preferred embodiments of the present invention only, and are presented in the cause of providing what is believed to be the most useful and readily understood description of the principles and conceptual aspects of the invention. In this regard, no attempt is made to show structural details of the invention in more detail than is necessary for a fundamental understanding of the invention; the description taken with the drawings making apparent to those skilled in the art how the several forms of the invention may be embodied in practice. In the accompanying drawings:
The applicant has noted that triage on an incoming email message typically consists of two distinct analysis steps:
Categorization: What kind of message is it? Does it require a reply? Does it need to be acted upon? If so, what action is appropriate? By when?
Prioritization: Based on how it is categorized, how important is this message compared with other messages?
The prioritization step is dependent on the results of the categorization step.
Whereas in the prior art, messages are typically characterized and prioritized by the sender in accordance with sender considerations, in the present invention, the categorization step is separated from the prioritization step, and both steps are automated and optimized. It is a particular feature of the present invention that each step is performed by a different person, with the categorization step being performed by the sender and the prioritization step being performed by the recipient. This contrasts to standard prior art email programs such as Microsoft Outlook which allow the sender to label emails as low priority or high priority. In preferred embodiments, the categorization, though performed by the sender, is performed in accordance with the recipient's categories.
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Sender and recipient's PrioriTags add-ins 110, 210 are typically identical and a user's PrioriTags add-in may be used for sending and receiving, with a large number of users being PrioriTags enabled.
The system 100 also includes a central server 107 supporting a user profiles database 106 in which a plurality of profiles 360 each consisting of a number of tags are provided.
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The sender at sender machine 102 selects suitable tags T from each multiple tag list 360 and (f) closes the dialog (
For example: Message Type 342: �Idea/Proposal 344�,
Sender Role 346 vis a vis recipient 4: Subordinate 348
Time Sensitivity 350: This Week 352
Expected Response 354: Review and Comment 356.
When the message 300 is received (h) by the recipient's 4 email program 216 the message 300 is analyzed by a rules engine 212, which identifies the relationship between sender and recipient, the message type, the expected response type and other properties by reading (h) tags T from the message 300, and assigns (i) a priority 420 to the message 300 by matching (0) message tags T to priority rules 420. The rules engine 212 uses rules 425 pre defined by the recipient 4, which map specific sets of tags T to corresponding priorities 420. It will be noted that the tags T used here may be published in such a way that the sender 2 could make use of them in other email messages.
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It will be appreciated that the sender 2 has a vested interest inoptimizing the message 1 so that it catches the attention of the recipient 4. It will further be noted that the sender 2 is familiar with the contents of the message 4 that is about to be sent. This makes it easy and useful for sender 2, to click a few extra buttons thereby characterizing the message 1. Although the sender 2 does not know what priority 420 the recipient 4 accords messages of the message type 344 having the selected tags T, 361, sender 2 can, nevertheless, be assured that it will be dealt with according to its true priority, and that it will be less likely to be missed due to an overflowing inbox or the like.
It will also be appreciated that the recipient 4 has an interest in implementing the PrioriTags add-in 210, since incoming mail 1 is pre-sorted and prioritized thereby in an automatic fashion.
Implementation of the PrioriTags system described hereinabove, harnesses the value of the community by allowing each sender 2 to be rated by the value they bring and by the integrity with which they tag T their outgoing messages 1. Recipients 4 will be able to ignore tags T on messages 1 from senders 2 who consistently attempt to misuse the system by tagging messages 1 with tags T1, T2, T3 . . . intended to give their message 1 an unwarranted high priority 420. Conversely, when receiving a message 1 from a sender 2 with whom the recipient 4 has no prior relationship, the recipient 4 will thereby have an indication from the community as a whole as to whether a specific sender 2 has brought value to others or whether this sender 2 is considered a nuisance. In this manner, spam is identified by sender identity not merely by content, and may be diverted to a Junk email folder, for example, not being displayed to the recipient at all.
The PrioriTags system has a number of useful features:
a) Sender 2 is prompted to enhance outgoing messages 1 with tags T chosen from a tag list 360 published by the recipient 4. This ensures that the sender 2 expresses clearly what response or action is requested, in terms that the recipient 4 can understand, and allows the message 1 to be automatically prioritized with a priority 420 by the email program 216 of the recipient 4. From the perspective of the sender 2, tagging an outgoing email 1 after requesting to send same, is somewhat similar to having a spell checker program being implemented automatically prior to the email being sent.
b) Incoming messages are automatically classified, prioritized 420 and sorted in accordance with sender 2 selected tags T.
c) The recipient 4 receives incoming messages 1 tagged up with tags T . . . offered by the recipient 4, and sorted and prioritized in accordance with prioritization rules 425 defined by the recipient 4.
d) In contrast with prior art email applications, information is made available by the recipient 4 to the sender 2 prior to the email 1 being sent. Consequently, messages such as �Out of Office� and the like are viewable by senders 2 before the email message 1 is sent.
The system of the present invention typically includes Client Software for installing by all users of the system, senders 2 and recipients 4 alike. Client Software helps the user define and publish their user profiles and prioritization rules. Client Software also color codes incoming messages and displays them in order of priority. When sending a message 1, Client Software prompts the sender 2 to select relevant tags T from a user profile 8 published by the recipient 4.
In selected embodiments, the system includes a Central Server 7, which is essentially a repository for all published user profiles 8. When a potential recipient 4 has defined the tags T that are relevant to the recipient 4, recipient's client publishes recipient user profile 8 to the Central Server 7. When a potential sender 2 wants to send recipient 4 a message, sender's Client downloads recipient's 4 user profile 8 from the Central Server 7, and sender selects tags from recipient's 4 user profile 8 that are relevant to the message 1.
Where a server 7 is used, the system will preferably be configured so that the client software does most of the work to minimize the processing performed by the server 7.
In one embodiment:
a) The client creates an encrypted user profile file 8 and uploads it to the central server, supplying the email address(es) for which it should be used. The upload is operated via a server-side script that places the file at the location determined by the primary email address, and places symbolic links to it, at locations corresponding to the other email addresses that were supplied.
b) No validation of the user profile file is required to be performed on the server since this can all be handled on the client side whenever the file is downloaded and interpreted. This conserves server resources that would otherwise be required for expensive operations such as encryption/decryption and XML validation.
c) In order to prevent subversion of existing user profiles by rogue users, and to prevent rogue users creating fake profiles for users who have as yet not signed up, operations will typically take effect only after a confirmation email is sent to the account holder's email address thereby reaching the real person, and not the rogue user. The account holder may confirm the action by clicking on a unique link in that email.
Having provided an overview of the invention hereinabove, a preferred embodiment known as �Prioritags� is now described.
While editing an outgoing message or when the sender clicks Outlook's Send button, the sender is prompted with the Tag Outgoing Message window 330 (
To avoid making the sender wait, it is useful to pre-fetch the recipients' user profiles, which include their tag lists and the like, in the background while the message is being edited.
It is a particular feature of the present invention that the instructions field 518 can be used for giving an �Out Of Office� message, or the like before the message is sent.
If a recipient has not opened an account, then the sender is presented with an option to send them an invitation to do so. The sender may also attach tags to the message, but only the standard tag lists will be available in such an instance. This is useful in instances where the recipient accepts the invitation to subscribe to the system of the invention as described herein, as it ensures that the e-mail message thus tagged will immediately be properly understood by the system.
It will be noted that the response tags are standard tags, since these must be guaranteed to be available to both sender and recipient.
Each user profile contains standard tag lists. Users are unable to delete these lists or their pre-defined contents, but are able to add additional lists and add new tags to the predefined lists.
The User profile may be encrypted so that only PrioriTags can use it, and typically contains the following information:
It will be noted that users can define tag lists that reflect their job function or industry practices. For instance, for the military or government, it would be possible to define a Classification list containing the tags: Top Secret, Secret, Restricted, Unclassified.
Maintenance of Tag Lists may be achieved by a user maintained list of tag types, such as Message Type, Original Type, Expected Response, Time Sensitivity, Sender Role, Miscellaneous, and the like, via a user displayable Tag List dialog box.
The user is able to interact with the lists by Adding, Deleting and Editing them, for example. Once finished, the user can accept or reject the changes, via selection of OK or Cancel buttons in the usual way.
Choosing to Add or Edit a tag list could invoke a Tag List Settings dialogue, in which the tags belonging to a specific list can be configured.
The identifier field of a tag list must be validated as uniquely identifying a tag list. It is used to provide a machine-readable representation of the tag lists and corresponding tags for a given message, for example: SECCLASS=TOPSECRET
For standard tag lists, none of the settings should be editable, but the user may add additional tags, and (re)define the default tag.
�Allow manual entry of hidden tags� allows use of secret tags known to both sender and recipient. For example, a user may want to give selected close associates a special tag which gives their messages the highest priority. To ensure that only his close associates can use the tag, he marks it as �Hidden� and allows manual entry of hidden tags.
If a tag is not appropriate for the current user, it can be hidden. Senders will not be able to select hidden tag. If the user wishes to give certain people a secret priority code, the tag should not be shown to senders, but the option to allow them to enter it manually should be checked in the Tag List Settings dialog. This will cause a text field to be provided to allow them to enter the appropriate tag (the secret priority code). For standard tags, all fields should be locked.
Ways for a sender 2 to tag an outgoing message 1 with tags T have been described hereinabove. The recipient 4 may use the tags T to prioritize incoming messages.
Based on the tags attached to incoming messages, a recipient 4 can define a priority to each incoming message such as lowest, low, medium, high, highest, and the like.
Priorities can be used to sort messages as displayed in the inbox.
In addition, each message may be color-coded according to the priority assigned to it.
In order to assign a priority to messages that match a given set of criteria, it is necessary to define Priority Rules. Each user will typically have a number of these rules.
The order of the various rules in the priority list dictates the order in which messages will be compared to rules.
The individual rules in the list may be color coordinated, with the colors assigned, being used to display the messages in the inbox. Changing the default color of a priority causes the rule list to be refreshed, reflecting the new choice.
It will be noted that the �Responses to my requests� rule overrides the default color for High Priority messages.
As messages arrive in the Inbox folder, they are evaluated according to the rules and assigned priorities. The tags attached to each message are compared with each rule in the order defined by the user. The first rule that matches the tags, defines the priority and color of the message. A message that does not match any rules is typically assigned a Medium Priority, and the corresponding color.
PrioriTags offers a number of ways to view email.
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Within a given priority band (e.g. �Highest�), the position of an item is determined by the Priority Rule that matches it. The higher up the rule in the rules list, the higher up matching items are displayed.
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By way of providing enablement only, in one embodiment, a method for Attaching and Reading Tags to/from Messages utilizes a feature of Microsoft Outlook known as Categories, which is a convenient general-purpose mechanism for tagging messages and other items. Each item in Outlook has a Categories field, which accepts free-text values, separated by commas. If Categories are assigned to an outgoing message, it will arrive at its destination with the categories intact, whether the protocol used to transmit the message is Microsoft's Exchange protocol or standard SMTP. Outlook maps the contents of the Categories field to the RFC 822 Keywords header field. The present invention may utilize the category feature of Microsoft Outlook to retroengineer Outlook to support Prioritags.
Having drafted a message, when the sender clicks the Send button in his e-mail interface, the Tag Outgoing Message window is displayed. The tags shown in this window are the result of downloading and parsing the profiles of the recipients. Once the sender has selected the relevant tags for each recipient, the tags need to be attached to the outgoing message. This may be done by encoding the tags into a string, which is then assigned to the Categories property of the Outlook message.
The tags that are relevant to each recipient should be represented by a single string that conforms to the following format, so that each recipient can identify the tags relevant to him:
For example, consider a message sent to firstname.lastname@example.com and email@example.com, that has the following properties:
The above tags might be encoded as follows:
When an incoming message is received by the recipient email program, incoming message is processed according to the prioritization rules by reading its tags. A given message may contain tags for a number of different users, but each recipient needs only the tags that are relevant to him.
In order to extract the relevant tags (if any) for a specific recipient (e.g. firstname.lastname@example.com):
The Categories field (Keywords SMTP header) may contain comma-delimited values. Each of these should be examined in turn.
The value that starts with ptag://firstname.lastname@example.com/ will contain the tags that are applicable to this recipient. Note: there may not be such a value.
Once the relevant value has been identified, the pairs of parameters that occur after the ? symbol should be parsed. Each pair is delimited by an & symbol and takes the format taglist_id=tag_id, where taglist_id identifies a tag list, and tag_id identifies the individual tag that was chosen by the sender from this list.
After the ID's have been separated, they should be un-URL encoded in order to reflect any special characters that they use.
Sometimes, newsletters and the like are treated as junk mail or spam by spam filters that look for various message characteristics and erroneously assume spamming. In certain embodiments the tagging system of the present invention may be configured appropriately and used to bypass or to disenable Anti-Spam features, on a per-message basis. One way of achieving this is now presented: If an intended recipient subscribes to a newsletter and wishes to receive that newsletter, the recipient may provide a special tag that is then used by the sender to tag the newsletter as NOT SPAM. The spam filter is then set to always allow messages tagged with the NOT SPAM tag. Such a tag may be a general purpose recipient tag of the recipient used as a general NOT SPAM filter tag for bypassing spam filters. All messages tagged with the general purpose recipient NOT SPAM tagged are allowed through the spam filter. Alternatively, for added security, special individual sender dedicated tags may be generated for each and every sender, with the special individual sender dedicated tag being provided with a rule to allow passage through the Spam filter. In this manner, if the recipient decides that the sender has passed on the sender dedicated tag to someone else or otherwise is unhappy with the email messages tagged by the special individual sender dedicated tag, the recipient may reconfigure the spam filter to treat all messages tagged with the tag as junk. Furthermore, it will be noted that special individual sender dedicated tags may be encrypted using symmetrical or asymmetrical encryption keys for added security.
In some embodiments, particularly those designed for internal use within a company, or an intranet, Aristotelian logic and the like, may be used to make inferences about relationships between a sender and a new recipient from knowledge of relationships between the sender, recipient and a third party. Thus if, A is B's superior, and B is C's superior, A is C's superior.
Some relationships are associative in this way, and others are not, e.g. If A is B's customer and C is B's customer, it says nothing about the relationship between A and C. In general, relationships that are commutative (both sides of the relationship define each other the same way: A is B's peer=>B is A's peer) can be used to infer such relationships.
In some cases of non-commutative (reciprocal-type) relationships, e.g. Vendor/Customer, if A is B's customer, and C works with B (as a peer, company employee etc.), then A is at least likely to be C's customer, and can be set as a default, perhaps.
This is useful because in such embodiments, the system can infer how the sender is related to a recipient, even if the recipient has not explicitly defined the relationship yet. The system could make the inference based on relationship information stored on the central server or even by examining other messages in the inbox to see how they are tagged, thus if A sent B a message, with C as a C.C.ed recipient, through seeing how A defined the relationship between A and B, C may be able to infer his relationship with A and/or B in many cases.
It will be appreciated however, that the present invention may be programmed in other ways, and that most of the details provided hereinabove are provided by way of enablement only, and are optional features.
Thus the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims and includes both combinations and sub combinations of the various features described hereinabove as well as variations and modifications thereof, which would occur to persons skilled in the art upon reading the foregoing description.
In the claims, the word �comprise�, and variations thereof such as �comprises�, �comprising� and the like indicate that the components listed are included, but not generally to the exclusion of other components.
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