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ROBERT HALL PARHAM, the subject of this sketch, was born in Norwood, Georgia. In 1896 Mr. Parham moved to Indian Territory,
by way of Texas, settling in Pauls Valley, where he became connected with the Pauls Valley News. In 1901 he was sent by A.
E. Baker, owner of the Pauls Valley News, to Ada, Oklahoma, to establish the Ada News. In 1905, Mr. Parham and T. N. Shaw
bought the Pauls Valley Democrat, which they published for five years. In 1910, Mr. Parham purchaed the Purcell Register,
1918 he bought an interest in the Norman Transcript, which he held at the time of his death. His death was caused by an accident
on the highway South of Norman.
He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Carlos Ellzey and Miss Mary, both of Norman; two sons, R. H., Jr., and Melvin
Lewis, also of Norman; two sisters, Mrs. W. E. McConnel of Vian, Oklahoma. Mrs. F. F. Wright, of Pauls Valley; four brothers
survive him, A. H. of Norman, J. N. of Dodge City, Kansas, Nat. of Lawton, and B. L. of Maysville.
His untimely death is lamented by a large number of friends. He was a useful citizen, full of good works.
DOCTOR L. C. TENNENT, a pioneer of Indian Territory, died October 9th at the Albert Pike Hospital, in McAlester. Death followed
a stroke of paralysis of several days duration.
The Doctor had nearly reached his eighty-second birthday.
The subject of this sketch was a native of South Carolina, but the Tennent family moved to Georgia while he was yet only a
youth; and from that state he joined the Confederate army, serving throughout the Civil War. After the war he attended the
medical school at Atlanta, from which he graduated, coming immediately to Indian Territory, locating in Eufaula, Creek Nation,
where he did a lucrative practice.
He married Miss Emma Hicks McDuff, a native of the Choctaw tribe; immediately following their marriage they settled on the
South Canadian River, on the Choctaw side where they put in quite a plantation. In 1882 the family moved to North McAlester,
where they resided until the time of his death.
From his advent in to the Territory, the Doctor had been active in the medical fraternity, both in Oklahoma and Indian Territory,
and was chairman of the first board of medical examiners of the Choctaw Nation. He was an ardent Southerner and assisted in
the organization of the first Democratic club in McAlester, which was the old Jefferson Club. His wife died several months
ago, and the children who survive are two sons, R. R. of McAlester and W. R. of Pittsburgh, Pa. Two daughters: Mrs. Clarence
Brain, of Oklahoma City, and Mrs. A. F. Browder, of Point Isabel, Texas.
Yesterday at noon death claimed one of the oldest citizens of Choctaw County, Judge Thos. E. Oakes. Death occurred at the
family home at Atlas after an extended illness. Mr. Oakes was stricken with flu which developed into pneumonia. He recovered
from the attack of pneumonia, but his age was against him and death finally relieved him of his suffering.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church at Soper this afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Hoskins, President
of Oklahoma Presbyterian College at Durant, followed by interment in the Soper cemetery. At the grave the services were conducted
by the Masonic fraternity, of which order he had been a member for nearly fifty years. He was a charter member of Soper lodge
No. 345, having originally joined at Doaksville No. 2.
Thomas Everidge Oakes was born December 24th, 1846, at Goodwater, I. T., near what is now Frogville, Choctaw County, where
he lived until 1888, when he moved to the Atlas community. He died January 16, 1929. He was twice married, his first wife
dying shortly afterwards. He was married to Miss Margaret Ervin in 1870, who survives him, and to this union 12 children were
born, five of whom survive, as follows: D. W. Oakes, Soper; Thos. J. Oakes, Wichita Falls, Texas; E. O. Oakes, Soper; Mrs.
Howard Morris, Soper; and Mrs. Rosa Huff, Seminole. All of the children were at his bedside during his last illness.
Four brothers and two sisters also survive. They are L. W. Oakes, G. W. Oakes, J. E. Oakes, Mrs. J. B. Jeter and Mrs. Tom
For many years before statehood he was county judge of what was then Kiamichi county which position he held until Judge Glenn
was inaugurated county judge at statehood.
Prior to his becoming judge he was national auditor for the Choctaw nation which position he held for many years. At statehood
he was chosen as county commissioner of Choctaw county which position he held for nearly five years.
Judge Oakes has been identified with most of the progressive moves of the Choctaw Nation, and stood out as a man among men.
He had been a member of the Presbyterian church for 60 years and always lived up to the teachings of his church. Besides the
immediate family he leaves many friends to mourn his loss.
Beaver, once the capital of No-Man's Land, is mourning the loss of one of its most distinguished citizens, Thomas P. Braidwood,
a resident of this vicinity for over forty-two years, and who has perhaps had more to do with the history of No-Man's Land
than any other person, died at Beaver, January 3rd, 1929, a victim of the flu epidemic.
With his wife, Mr. Braidwood moved to No-Man's Land in 1877, coming from Leavenworth, Kansas, to make a home in the neutral
strip that was given then without Government of any form. One of his first public spirited acts was to assist in having this
county put under a lawful form of government. As a result of this effort, Cimarron Territory was organized, and Mr. Braidwood
was elected Secretary of State. Besides this unique distinction, he was also Beaver's first provisional mayor.
Upon the organization of the county in 1889 he was the first County Clerk and he has held several county offices since that
time. He was a
member of the Seventh Territorial Legislature and was instrumental in securing needed legislation for the Panhandle.
For twenty-five years, Mr. Braidwood has been United States Commissioner at Beaver and for a number of years he has held the
position of City Treasurer. Along with his other duties, he has maintained an Abstract Office, at which business he was engaged
at the time of his death.
It is interesting to note that Thomas P. Braidwood was active in the building of the Presbyterian Church, at Beaver, the oldest
White Man's church in Oklahoma Territory. Mr. Braidwood was a thirty-second degree Mason, and at the time of his death was
Secretary of the local Masonic Lodge. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge for over fifty years and an officer
of the Grand Lodge of that order when death claimed him. He was affilated with the Pythian Sisters and was an ardent member
of the Eastern Star. Upon the organization of the Pioneer's Club in Beaver County about a year ago, Mr. Braidwood was elected
Mr. Braidwood was a typical Scot, being descended from an old line of Scotch Presbyterians. He enjoyed the best of health
up until his recent illness and was very proud of the fact that he had never spent a day in bed from illness, nor been attended
by a physician, since he was a boy.
He was but 73 years of age when he died.
He is survived by an only son Thomas C. Braidwood, who with his wife and small son Thomas P., named for his grandfather, reside
near Beaver.
The untimly passing of "Uncle Tom Braidwood," is a loss indeed to the little community of which he has been an honored part
for so long a time. His contribution to the development of No-Man's Land, as well as to the State of Oklahoma, is no small
consideration. He was steeped with the lore of early pioneer days and his wonderful memory and ready wit made him an interesting
character with whom to converse. He has indeed been a man of the people and the history of No-Man's hand will always be associated
with Thomas P. Braidwood for the one is incomplete without the other.
Services for Mr. Braidwood were held at the historic old Presbyterian Church which he helped to build and interment made in
the Beaver cemetery, January 4th, 1929.
Tuesday morning word was received here by Mrs. Belle Van Noy that Dr. W. W. Van Noy had died at Kiefer early Tuesday morning.
Dr. Van Noy lived in Tishomingo forty-five years.
November eighteenth, 1883, Dr. and Mrs. Van Noy moved to Tishomingo from Dodd City, Texas, bringing their household effects
in a two-horse wagon. They located in the Old Capitol Hotel building, and lived there for some ten or twelve years where they
engaged in the hotel business. Their home was always open to any and everyone whether they were pauper or prince. In the mean
time Dr. Van Noy practiced medicine.
His mode of conveyance was by buggy and team, and many times during epidemics and when sickness was prevalent, the Doctor
went night
and day, sleeping while the driver was taking him to another sick patient. It has been said of him that if he had collected
all the fees that he had earned in what is now Johnston County, he would have been wealthy.
Some five years ago Dr. and Mrs. Van Noy moved to Keifer, Oklahoma where he had established himself in the practice of medicine.
He is survived by his wife and five children; Mrs. Cornelius Hardy of Wewoka, two daughters, who reside in Louisiana; Oscar
Van Noy of California, and Walter Van Noy of Muskogee.
This good man is held in the memory of a large number of Johnston County people in fatherly reverence, having been their family
physician for many years.
CLARENCE HENRY COLBERT (generally known as Bud) was born Feb. 10th., 1863 at the old Colbert home on Red River, west of Colbert.
His father Calvin Colbert was of the prominent Colbert family of the Chickasaw Nation, and came with his tribe from Mississippi
in 1838. His mother Emma Nail of the pioneer family of Nails of the Choctaw tribe was well known as her parents came with
her people from Mississippi in 1832.
When Clarence Colbert was a small boy his parents moved to Carriage Point northwest of Colbert. The place was a stage stand
for many years before the M. K. and T. Railroad was built through Indian Territory. There were a few stores there at the time.
A post Office had been established there in 1869.
At an early age Clarence Colbert was sent to school at Robinson Academy, near Tishomingo. It was the Male Academy for Chickasaw
Boys. It was later named Harley Institute in honor of Professor Harley who was with the institution so many years.
On February 26th., 1888 he was married to Miss Rosabel Davis at Preston Bend, Texas. In 1889 they moved to the "Twelve Mile
Prairie" twelve miles from Durant, near Nails crossing on Blue River.
When the Chickasaw lands were allotted he selected his land near the old home place. His entire family took their allotment
adjoining their father's. There he lived until his death January 14th., 1929. He is survived by his widow, and seven children:
L. C. Colbert of Francis, Mrs. J. W. Kay of Baton Rouge, La., Mrs. H. H. Burris of Ada, C. Henry of Maud, and John C. of Ada.
Clarence Colbert had always been a successful stockman and farmer. His home was always a hospitable one, and seldom were they
ever without company. A true friend and a substantial man of the Chickasaw Nation.
JOEL H. NAIL, pioneer of Bryan county was born at Doaksville Feb. 1st. 1850. Son of Jonathan and Kathrin Perry Nail. When
he was one year old his mother and father moved to the old Nail home on Blue River, which was called the Nail Crossing, a
few miles from Caddo. His mother had made the trip on horse back from Fort Towson, before the Civil War. His father Capt.
Jonathan Nail, was a distinguished Confederate Officer of the Choctaws.
During his life time Joel Nail was a great lover of horses. He brought many from Kentucky and in time raised a vast herd,
perhaps of thousands, that roamed the blackland prairies west of Caddo and the Twelve Mile Prairies.
He had also a large ranch of cattle which included thousands of acres of grazing land and amassed quite a fortune. But with
the allotment of lands of the Choctaws his holdings were broken up and his herds diminished, and scattered. In the later days
of his life he resided at the old homestead and became more interested in his farming interests. He was a Mason and a member
of the Presbyterian church.
When a small boy he attended the Choctaw neighborhood schools. Later was sent to Paris, Texas. In his latter teens he was
sent to Lebanon, Tenn. In 1869 he returned home with his bride a charming southern girl, Miss Nettle Merrit, of Tennessee,
a talented musician in voice and piano. To them were born five children, two of whom are living, Mrs. Viv is Locke of Oklahoma
City, and D. O. Nail of Caddo. Mrs. Nail died twenty-eight years ago.
Joel Nail died Jan. 20th., 1929 leaving a wife he had been married to eleven years, who was Miss Jessie Gordon. They had one
child a boy of ten. named J. H. Nail, Jr.
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Or should I just count carbs?
This is how I'm roughly breaking down my calories throughout the day:
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On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Gilles Detillieux wrote:
> roll out the pre-release. I'll try to get it in in the next hour or two.
> Also, I just realised that we had a +3 vote back in October for Joe's
> proposed max_keywords attribute, which I developed as a patch to 3.1.4
> back in December, and forgot to adapt to 3.2, so I'll try to get it
I've been in classes all morning and I wasn't planning on making a
snapshot until at least the local_urls patch gets in. (Don't worry so much
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> you don't deliberately do something like that, and your PATH is OK, it
> should find the right program. If you have time to implement some of
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Putting in an autoconf macro is fine, but I'll point out that it still
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Besides, there isn't a whole lot of security risk here--if your mv command
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Long-lived high-level radioactive waste must be isolated from the human environment over long time scales. There is worldwide consensus that deep geological repositories provide the required long-term safety and security and are feasible using current technologies. However, implementing this approach is not a purely technical or scientific issue. Meeting societal requirements and expectations is recognised as a prerequisite to implementing geological repositories, and local and regional involvement is an essential component of the decision-making process.
Similar international conferences were held successfully in 1999 (Denver, Facing Common Challenges), 2003 (Stockholm, Political and Technical Progress) and 2007 (Bern, A Common Objective, A Variety of Paths), and they were each attended by 200 senior decision-makers from all over the world.
In 2008, the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency issued a Collective Statement regarding the suitability and the feasibility of geological disposal for radioactive waste. In recent years, there have been important further developments within national programmes, and led by international organisations. To read the Collective Statements from 2008 and 2011 visit:
In recent years, and building on the learning derived from past conferences, many countries have undertaken significant steps to move forward with the implementation of their geological repository programmes. For example, Finland is presently constructing the first repository for used nuclear fuel; Sweden has selected a site and has submitted applications for regulatory review; France has selected a location and is now preparing the licence application for the geological repository; and Canada has significantly advanced its siting process to identify an informed and willing host community for this project.
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On January 11, 2006, the four federal bank and thrift regulatory agencies issued an interagency letter, in which they reaffirmed the CRA statutory intent (see http://www.ffiec.gov/cra/pdf/minorityownedinstitutions.pdf). The letter stated that a financial institution's investments in a minority-owned institution would receive favorable CRA consideration, even if the minority-owned institution is not located in the assessment area(s) of the investing institution or within the broader statewide or regional areas that include the investing institution's assessment area(s) (emphasis added).
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Financial intermediaries (including certified community development financial institutions (CDFIs), community development corporations (CDCs), minority- and women-owned financial institutions (emphasis added), community loan funds, and low-income or community development credit unions) that primarily lend or facilitate lending in low- or moderate-income (LMI ) areas or to LMI individuals to promote community development. (See Interagency Questions and Answers Regarding Community Reinvestment, 71 Fed. Reg. 12,424, 12, 433 (July 12, 2001) (Q&A § __.12(t) – 4)).
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Exams are one way of assessing whether or not you have learnt the ideas, facts and issues involved on your course, and that you are able to apply these to particular questions or tasks. Evidence of manipulation of this information is more important than simple repetition of facts and figures.
Not many people like doing exams, but they have been around for a long time, so they must be, at least to some extent, a good way of carrying out student assessment. They test how well you can think and whether you can work quickly and under pressure, which are both important skills to develop.
The best preparation for exams is to attend all your lectures and seminars, do all your coursework conscientiously and read widely. If you do this, and try to really understand the ideas and issues involved in your course, then exams should not cause too many problems. Difficulties arise when you have not worked hard enough during the year and then try to "revise" (i.e. learn) your course materials in a few days or weeks at the end of the course. Make sure that you do any revision effectively; you can't afford to waste time.
Your tutors want you to do well; they're not trying to trick you or to make exams as difficult as they can. Bad results may reflect badly on them, on the department, and on the university as a whole. So listen carefully to what tutors say in lectures and seminars leading up to exams – they may drop hints as to what the exam may consist of. Try to find out which tutors are responsible for which exams or parts of an exam.
Make sure you're clear which courses or modules are actually examined and what percentage of the course assessment is represented by the exam.
Find out as much as you can about the format of the exam, either by checking with your tutors or by looking at old exam papers. How long is it? How many questions have to be answered? What type of questions are asked? How much choice do you have? Do some questions carry more marks than others? What are the regulations on taking materials into the exam? The more informed you are, the less pressure you should feel on the actual day.
By using old exam papers as well as what you are told by tutors, try to predict likely topics and questions. Remember though that you are unlikely to be asked exactly the same question used in a previous exam; you must always read your actual exam questions carefully and make sure you answer that particular question (see Writing the Exam).
Practise analysing the questions and writing essay plans by looking at old exam questions. It is probably not a good idea, however, to actually write answers or even to look at model answers which may be available. Doing this may restrict your thinking and flexibility; as noted above, you must be responsive to the particular questions being asked on the exam paper. You must know your stuff, but have an open and flexible mind as to how this material should be used in the exam.
Get together with colleagues to discuss possible topics, questions and answers.
Don't stay up late revising the night before the exam: if you don't know it by then you probably never will. Much better to have an early night so you are fresh in the morning. On actual exam day, you should obviously make sure you arrive in plenty of time and have a good supply of pens, pencils, rubbers etc. Check about taking in refreshments, and make sure that mobile phone is switched off!
Writing the exam
Don't start writing straight away! If you are given time before the exam to read through the paper, make sure you use this effectively. If you are not allowed this extra time, you still need to spend a few minutes carefully checking:
Analyse the questions carefully. You must answer the actual question set. It's a very common mistake to zoom in on the general topic and start writing everything you know about it or to start answering another related question which may have been included in a past paper. Spend time looking very closely at the question:
See Guide 1.11: Understanding questions
Work out the structure of your answer. Spend time working on a fairly detailed plan. Don't panic if you see everyone around you writing away: a good plan will make writing your answer much easier; a well structured answer will usually get higher marks, and if you are unable to finish an answer, but your plan indicates clearly what you were intending to write, you may in some circumstances get credit for this. Remember the basic structure: introduction; clear paragraphs or sections, each devoted to one new idea; conclusion or summary. And when you're writing your answer, keep referring back to your plan, and keep asking yourself if you're answering the question. Your answer must be 100% relevant to the question – exam answers are short, and there is absolutely no room for waffle or inconsequential information.
See our other guides on writing essays and essay structure.
If English is not your first language don't worry. Your tutors realise this and will make concessions, although they do of course need to understand what you've written, and some courses do also have higher standards of the English they expect. It's the ideas that are the most important thing.
Don't worry about making references. A exam answer is different to a coursework answer, and you are usually not expected to try and learn lots of reference details, especially dates and page numbers. Some references to authors may be necessary however. Similarly, it may not be necessary to try and learn lots of detailed information such as exact dates and figures. A university level exam is not simply a memory test.
Timing is important. If you have three questions to answer in three hours, don't spend an hour and a half on the first question. Divide up your time equally, allowing for question analysis and planning, and also for checking what you've written when you've finished for relevance, structure, cohesion, accuracy etc. You may want to answer the question you're most comfortable with first, partly maybe to help settle your nerves, but don't get carried away with it – keep your eye on the clock.
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After the exam
No post-mortems. You're more likely to depress yourself than anything else. There's nothing you can do about it now. Go and relax and then prepare for your next exam if you have one.
If you have to resit try to find out as much as possible from your tutors
why you did badly, and concentrate on improving that area. Was it because
of misunderstanding of the questions? Irrelevant or short answers? Problems
with English? Most tutors will be happy to help you (remember, they
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Up to 90% of mainland Australians agree to NBN connection
NBN Co has reported a higher level of support for fibre optic broadband in mainland Australia than expected, with a 90% consent rate in some test towns.
The reason this result has been such a shock is because the Tasmanian NBN Co, the first to roll out fibre optic test sites in Australia, saw a disappointing 51% of Tasmanian homes agree to the connection. This caused many to pause and question the viability and necessity of such a massive publicly funded infrastructure project.
Now, the NBN is being rolled out to over 12 thousand homes in five areas around mainland Australia. Resellers of retail-based fibre optic broadband will begin offering both broadband and telephone services in around eight months time. Wholesale pricing of the fibre optic service has yet to be finalised, but it will have to be approved by competition analysts first, which should mean the cost would be affordable to the masses.
NBN Co chief executive Mike Quigley recently told BusinessDay: "We are very happy with what we are finding in the first release sites on the mainland … That is a number considerably above what we had anticipated.''
Mr Quigley was referring to the consent ratios in the four towns of Armidale, NSW; Townsville, QLD; Kiama, NSW; and Willunga, SA. Homes within the fifth test area of Brunswick in the Northern suburbs of Melbourne will be receiving consent forms later this week.
Armidale has come out on top as the most 'broadband hungry' location thus far, with 87% of all homes in the test zone asking to be connected to a super-fast broadband service.
The area sits in the regional constituency currently governed by independent MP Tony Windsor, who recently sided with the Labor government in the federal election because of the NBN project. Students at the University of New England will also be happy their town has been chosen as one of the NBN's early adopters.
Following closely behind, around 84% of houses in Willunga, SA want fibre optic broadband, 74% in NSW's southern coastal town of Kiama, and 54% in Townsville, QLD. Townsville's uptake rate is expected to increase by at least a further 10% after the landlords of holiday homes bring back their consent forms.
The reason the NBN Co needs a homeowner's consent form is because the final part of the roll-out process involves laying several metres of fibre on the actual property, as well as connecting equipment near the house.
It's hard to say why Tasmanians haven't warmed up to the NBN like the rest of Australia. The Tasmanian state government has been forced to draft laws making a connection compulsory, in an opt-out paradigm where only people who outright refuse are not connected. It is more logical for consumers to sign up for a connection as soon as it's available, as the initial rollout has a free set-up, whereas later connections are expected to come at a cost to the homeowner.
As the nation moves towards fibre optic broadband, so too will our telephone services. Earlier this year Telstra made a deal with the NBN Co to move customers over from the traditional copper landline network to a fibre optic phone service.


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CNN host Wolf Blitzer noted that President Bush mentioned the 9-11 attacks in his June 28 speech on the war in Iraq, but he left out a key fact: Even Bush has acknowledged that there is no evidence that Saddam Hussein had anything to do with 9-11. NBC News made a similar omission in its coverage following Bush's speech.
On the June 29 edition of CNN's Wolf Blitzer Reports, Blitzer showed a clip of an interview with Rep. Robin Hayes (R-NC), who claimed that "the evidence is very clear" that Saddam was involved in 9-11 but that he couldn't provide specific evidence because only congressmen "get access to it." Blitzer then asked R. Nicholas Burns, deputy assistant secretary of state for public affairs: "Have you seen evidence there, Mr. Secretary, of a direct link between Saddam Hussein and those who perpetrated 9-11?" Burns did not respond directly but hinted that such a link did exist. "Wolf, I would just refer to you what the president said last night. He did refer to 9-11," he said. Blitzer did not inform viewers that both Bush and the 9-11 commission have contradicted the claim that Saddam was involved in the 9-11 attacks.
Blitzer's treatment of Burns contrasts with CNN anchor Carol Costello's interview of Hayes earlier in the day. Blitzer showed the clip of Hayes's claim, but not Costello's response, in which she insisted, "There's no evidence of that."
Here's Blitzer interview with Burns, including the clip of Hayes, from the June 29 edition of CNN's Wolf Blitzer Reports:
BLITZER: Let's get to the president's speech last night. Reaction mixed. A lot of the critics still very critical. Listen to what the editorial writers of The New York Times wrote today. They said, "We did not expect Mr. Bush would apologize for the misinformation that helped lead us into this war or for the catastrophic mistakes his team made in running the military operation. But we had hoped he would resist the temptation to raise the bloody flag of 9-11 over and over again to justify a war in a country that had nothing whatsoever to do with the terrorist attacks."
Was that appropriate for the president to repeatedly make the connection?
BURNS: Wolf, I think so. I think the president had a responsibility last evening, and he took it, to assure the American people that we were right to go in a little over two years ago, that there is a plan in place that's going to allow the United States to do what it said it would do, and that's protect the Iraqi people and give them time to build the political capacity to run their own affairs, train their army.
And the president looked forward last night. The great majority of that speech was looking forward as to how we can emerge in our friendship with the Iraqis victorious. And victory would be the Iraqis stand up, they take control of their own country, they have a democracy, they have a constitution.
And despite all of the violence of the last several weeks and months, there is a reason to believe that the Iraqis are pointed forward themselves with some degree of optimism about the future.
BLITZER: One congressman from North Carolina, Robin Hayes, earlier this morning here on CNN told our Carol Costello that there was a connection between 9-11 and Saddam Hussein. Listen precisely to what Robin Hayes said.
HAYES [clip]: We get access to it. Unfortunately, others don't. But the evidence is very clear.
BLITZER: Have you seen evidence there, Mr. Secretary, of a direct link between Saddam Hussein and those who perpetrated 9-11?
BURNS: Wolf, I would just refer to you what the president said last night. He did refer to 9-11. He also referred to the fact that our most important national objective now is to help the Iraqis, is to help them militarily, is to give them political support.
And I was in Brussels, Europe, last week with Secretary [of State Condoleezza] Rice. And there was a tremendous amount of support from the international community for Iraq itself. So I think it's more important to concentrate on the future, on what we can do in 2005 to help that government.
BLITZER: All right. Let's talk about the future, specifically NATO. You're the former U.S. ambassador to NATO.
Here's the rest of Costello's interview with Hayes, including the portion that Blitzer did not excerpt, from the June 29 edition of CNN Live at Daybreak:
COSTELLO: President Bush said in his speech we're there to fight terrorists. But he failed to explain how a war to remove a dictator bent on using nuclear weapons has turned into a fight against Muslim militants. Doesn't he owe us an explanation?
HAYES: He gave us a very good explanation of what the war is about. It's winning the war against terror and people that would kill us, innocent women and children. This is about a military action against ruthless, brutal killers who have no conscience whatsoever.
COSTELLO: Well, we understand that.
HAYES: It's about destroying us.
COSTELLO: But that's not what it started out, when the United States invaded Iraq. It's changed, hasn't it?
HAYES: I don't think it's changed at all. It's very clear that terrorists are connected to what Saddam Hussein was all about. And that again faces up to the most severe threat going forward --
COSTELLO: But there is no --
HAYES: We have to do a good job explaining --
COSTELLO:-- evidence that Saddam Hussein was connected in any way to Al Qaeda.
HAYES: Ma'am, I'm sorry, but you're mistaken. There's evidence everywhere. We get access to it, unfortunately others don't. But the evidence is very clear.
COSTELLO: What evidence is there?
HAYES: The connection between individuals who were connected to Saddam Hussein, folks who worked for him, we've seen it time and time again. But the issue is: Where are we now? Nobody disputes 9-11. They would do that again if not prevented. Preventing 9-11 wherever it might happen in America, winning the war overseas, not bringing it here to our shores, is the issue in that regard.
COSTELLO: Well, are you saying that Saddam Hussein had something to do with 9-11?
HAYES: I'm saying that Saddam Hussein -- and I think you're losing track of what we're trying to talk about here -- Saddam Hussein and people like him were very much involved in 9-11. Did he make the phone call and say --
COSTELLO: There's no evidence of that.
HAYES: Well, I'm sorry, you haven't looked in the right places.
COSTELLO: I must not have, because I know of no evidence connecting Saddam Hussein to Osama bin Laden or Al Qaeda. And, also, there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. And many people writing to us this morning wanted the president to explain those things.
HAYES: Well, we would be glad to explain it. I'd love to talk to those people face-to-face because hundreds of thousands of Kurds were gassed and killed, biological weapons were used. Fortunately, nuclear weapons weren't there. That's one smoking gun we didn't find. But it's very clear he would have used it if he could. The terrorists that remain would clearly use nuclear, biological, chemical, any other kind of weapon to destroy you, me and our families.
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NEW YORK — The revolving door continues to turn at Penney with the news that Ron Johnson-appointee Nick Wooster, SVP of product and design is out while company veteran Ken Mangone has returned to the fold.
Mangone, who left Penney last December after 35 years with the company, is returning to his previous post as EVP of product development, design and sourcing. His return is one of new CEO Myron Ullman's first major moves in personnel.
Wooster, an outspoken fashion blogger and style-setter in men's fashions, previously held positions with Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus. He joined Penney in spring 2012, brought in to overhaul men's clothing. But his edgy fashion-forward sensibilities, which included a penchant for European-cut or slimmer silhouettes, was considered an odd fit with Penney's traditional customer base.
This latest shakeup follows Penney's announcement late Thursday that COO Michael W. Kramer had left the company. In addition, the company also disclosed that Daniel Walker had resigned as the company's chief talent officer. Their departures follow the resignation CEO Ron Johnson just two weeks ago and the appointment of former J.C. Penney CEO Myron Ullman as his replacement.
In other news, a New York judge on Thursday rejected a request by Macy's to block J.C. Penney from selling Martha Stewart goods under the "JCP Everyday" label for now, while it appeals a ruling allowing the sale. An order temporarily barring Martha Stewart from selling goods branded with her name at J.C. Penney's is still in place.
Justice Richard Andrias of the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court in Manhattan rejected Macy's request for a temporary restraining order that sought to block Penney from selling the Martha Stewart goods without her name.


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mike adams
Over the years I have known several people who have tried to stop smoking. The only device that has safely helped them get off of tobacco is the E-Cig. The E-Cig is safe, clean, tobacco free, ash free & there is no second hand smoke. Where as the most dangerous venue to quit smoking is the drug known as Chantix. Chantix has way too many side affects and suicide is one of them..
Ian Hodgson PhD.
The efficacy of all pharmaceutical programs/aids for cessation are considerably improved with adjunct behavioral support. Cognitive Behavior Modification is different from behavioral support. From 1975 to 1979 a program in New Zealand of solely behavior modification in group support with long term follow had an independently measured efficacy after 12 months of 32% (not smoking at all). The problem with such programs is the cost. I doubt if E-cigarettes will be much more successful than any other pharmaceutical aid without decent CBT. In fact a number of people using E-cigarettes are already rationalizing continuing with the E-cigarettes as a "substitute", in which case the same behavioral and attitudinal triggers will remain or be strengthened. In these cases we have tobacco substitution not cessation but which may be safer..
mary c
When one is really ready to quit and wants to quit more than anything, they will quit no matter what method they select. A erson just has to keep trying. I know many who used different methods and each says the method they were successful with was the best! I was very addicted and smoked 4 packs a day for over 35 years. My husband was a heavy smoker for over 45 years (they hooked him at 14) and we tried many methods. We both quit at the same time with the cold turkey method. It worked for both of us and we have been off nicotine for over 5 years now. It is not the method that seems to matter, but the true desire to quit. Many times I thought I was ready to quit, but really wasn't. My sister swears hypnotism is the ony way to quit, cause it was the method that worked for her when she was truly ready to quit. I tried all methods many times before making it, by the way. Cold turkey stops the physical addition faster than any other. The other methods just stretch out the length of time you are in painful withdrawal. Including mental withdrawal, which is harder to break than physical. Oh, I had physical withdrawal symptoms, all of them! Vomiting, cold sweats, mental distress... everything. Certainly not something a person would want to lengthen by weaning off with e-cigs. Does no one realze the tobbaco companies are trying to recover addicts and to make a new generation of addicts with e-cigs? They are touting it to the young generation with favors, smoke club/shops, etc. Does this not key the medical community in? It is unregulated and many different brands have different chemicals in them, in various amounts. Including nicotine..
steven steinberg
I attempted to quit smoking about 22 or so years ago. No pharmaceutical aids/devices were at all helpful, indeed, some had deleterious effects. As a behavioral clinician, did a literature search, and found that cognitive behavioral therapy was by far the most effective available therapy. Used it successfully on myself, have been cigarette+free for over 22 years. Also used it on a few of my clients, with very good results..
I'm truly appalled that not one of these invited respondents mentioned the FDA-approved nicotine inhaler, which basically allows the quitter to...inhale nicotine. The only issue is that it requires a prescription, as all NRTs used to. This omission perpetuates the notion that the only approved NRT forms are patches (which are slow to deliver nicotine) and gums (which are quite fast); and it reinforces the idea that the only way to get the quick rush of nicotine to stop cravings is the e-cigarette. Talk about playing into the hands of the e-cig marketers--I'm sure they're loving this. Not one journalist I've read who has written breathlessly about all the controversies of e-cigarettes has bothered to mention all the other forms of NRT either, especially not the nicotine inhaler. Again, I expect more from Medpage..
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Ask those who quit what worked for them. I find it ridiculous that non-smokers decide how a smoker should quit. I quit on Chantix. I didn't have the problems that received so much media attention. In fact, I found it elevated my mood. I'm confused about why healthcare providers are so against nicotine. It does not cause cancer. It has anti inflammatory properties. If the e-cig only delivers nicotine, without the tar, smoke and carcinogens why isn't it a viable option? Prohibition just doesn't work with habits and vices. Work with your patients instead of being such a big boulder in the road to their behavioral and health changes. I have a friend who went from a heavy, 40+ yr cigarette habit to an e-cig and then quit altogether. It can work..
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debra s, m ....health care providers are against nicotine for a number of reasons. First, nicotine is a powerful vasoconstrictor. Vaso as in vessel, and constrict as in tighten. Nicotine does cause heart disease – the number one cause of death of both men and women. Nicotine constricts blood vessels, increases the heart rate, raises blood pressure, and reduces blood flow throughout the body. Nicotine reduces the oxygen delivered to all cells of the body. Orthopaedists advise patients to stop nicotine because it slows bone healing. Neurosurgeons advise patients to stop nicotine because it speeds up the degeneration of spinal disks. General surgeons advise patients to stop smoking because it delays wound healing. Nicotine contributes to all types of cancers, not just lung cancer. Nicotine is a poison and is used as an insecticide. Eating a cigarette can make a toddler very ill, eating two cigarettes may kill the child. Pure nicotine in a small amount can kill an adult. The CDC reports there has been a substantial increase in calls due to children who have become ill because they were attracted to the colors and candy-like-taste of the liquid in e-cigarettes. Nicotine is anything but harmless..


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We arrive in Berchtesgaden tired and hungry following 11 long hours of travel by air and train. Before stepping out of the train station and being assaulted by sleeting rain and cutting winds, we consult our map - we're quickly learning early autumn in the Bavarian Alps can generate some unexpectedly extreme weather.
Heading off on foot, suitcases in tow, we battle our way through the elements until our accommodation, Hotel Bavaria, comes into sight - a character-filled old mansion, perched on the side of a steep hill looking down on the gushing Ramsauer Ache river.
As we enter the haven of the hotel's foyer, we are warmly welcomed by the owner's son, Andre. Our room is huge by European standards, the decor fitting perfectly with the era of the building. But the best part is the balcony, overlooking magnificent Mt Watzmann. Of course, with the current weather, we have to take Andre's word on the view - Watzmann is well and truly hidden behind a curtain of clouds.
We decide to walk up the hill into the centre of town in search of refreshments. Five minutes later we find ourselves in the charming village centre but, being a Sunday afternoon, it's a ghost town. We walk around aimlessly for half-an-hour past countless closed shops and restaurants until we give up and return to the hotel.
It has stopped raining by the time we step back out for dinner but with darkness the temperature is plummeting towards freezing. We set a cracking pace back up the steep hill to warm ourselves up, hoping some restaurants will be open. Thankfully the town centre is much livelier now and we settle into a cosy pizzeria off the main square for a tasty dinner.
The next morning we awake to the sound of rain but nevertheless I step straight out on to our balcony, hoping for a view of Watzmann. Unfortunately the great mountain is still proving elusive.
After a delicious champagne breakfast in the hotel's dining room, we make our way back towards the train station to join a tour which will give us an insight into the darker side of this peaceful town. There's a suggestion the tour may be cancelled due to inclement weather but we're eventually advised the tour can go ahead, minus a visit to the infamous Eagle's Nest, a chalet-style building high atop Mt Kehlstein that was gifted to Hitler. While we're all disappointed not to visit this historical site, our guide explains that, because of Hitler's fear of heights, he visited Eagle's Nest only a handful of times.
Piling into a mini-van, we wind our way up the mountain to Obersalzberg, a small summer and winter retreat once occupied by the nazis. It starts to snow and the countryside looks amazing, with a clean blanket of white covering the ground and trees. Our guide explains this area was a favourite of Hitler's and, as such, was the official second seating place of the nazi parliament.
Hitler had a home, known as the Berghof, in the area. He hosted many foreign dignitaries here and held important meetings with his closest advisers, who also acquired properties in the region. It is believed many important decisions were made right here, in this sleepy little alpine town. And while the local inhabitants were driven out to create a secure zone, the nazi propaganda machine portrayed a completely fictional story of Hitler as a good neighbour and nature lover.
We arrive at our destination, the Dokumentation Obersalzberg, a museum built on former nazi land. All the information is provided in German but audio-guides are available for hire and we have our English-speaking guide to explain each exhibit to us. The museum provides a comprehensive insight into the nazi history of the area, along with the rise of the nazis in Germany more broadly.
Our guide then takes us into an extensive underground tunnel and bunker system, designed to provide a haven for Hitler and his advisers as defeat by the Allies loomed. The tunnels linked high-ranking nazi officers' houses to important infrastructure. The system was protected by machine-guns and anti-gas technology, and could provide refuge for up to six months. But as we all know, in the end Hitler ended his life in Berlin.
Back into the mini-van to continue the tour past Hitler's property (the house has been destroyed), we can see the countryside is indeed beautiful. It is difficult to believe we could have anything in common with the dictator responsible for the deaths of so many people but we are quickly falling for this place, which he obviously loved. Thankfully, time seems to be healing the damage Hitler did to this beautiful piece of the world.
The next day we awake to markedly improved weather - still cloudy but the threat of rain seems to have passed. Another champagne breakfast before we catch a local bus to Berchtesgaden National Park's famous Konigssee Lake. The lake lays claims to being the most pristine in Germany, and its emerald-green waters are crystal-clear and simply stunning. We take a soundless electric ferry across the lake, the captain providing commentary in German and stopping at one point to demonstrate the echo from the mountain-side with a trumpet.
Disembarking at the furthest point of the lake, we enjoy the approximately 6km return hike to the Obersee lake and around its shores to a waterfall. The views are breathtaking - pristine alpine lakes with snow-capped mountains in every direction. After the hike, we catch the ferry back and then take the cablecar up Mt Jenner. It takes us to 1800m above sea level, well above the snow line, and so a snowball fight seems mandatory. The spectacular surrounds would be even more amazing on a clear day.
On our final morning, I once again open the curtains and the French doors as soon as I get up to step out on to our balcony. Finally, Mt Watzmann has decided to grace us with its magnificent presence. It is a perfect vista, the beautifully formed snow-capped peaks juxtaposed against a brilliant blue sky. I call my husband out on to the balcony and we sit there in the early morning air, enjoying the view.
We reflect on the dark history of this sleepy alpine town, and agree its beauty certainly outshines any evil that lived here years ago.


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On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 11:12 AM, David StaintonĀ<email@example.com>Āwrote:

 Sounds like interesting topics!
I'd like to attend but I'll be going to the Spokeland Alleycat race
this Sunday instead.
I do computer nerd stuff for work during weekdays and it makes me not
want to do more computer stuff on weekends;
 so I try to go on bike rides on the weekends.

David

Computer nerd by day, bike nerd by night!

We're like superheroes, only our alter-egos are still perceivably geeky (especially moi).

My bike is seriously lacking enough LEDs, tho, to make me truly look like a geek-on-wheels. I want it to look likeĀbio-luminescentĀabysmal fish. Can someone recommend a good portable bike-powered generator to light up LEDs? (I'll always keep some battery-powered ones on the bike for serious road safety, of course.)

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Yet he has gotten little credit for one of the best — or at least luckiest — strategic decisions in the technology industry in the past decade.
At the peak of the tech bubble in 2000, with intense pressure on the long-private and highly respected SAS to go public and rake in billions of dollars, Goodnight said no.
He said no against a powerful tide of conventional wisdom. He said no when saying yes would've vaulted him near the top tier of wealth and fame. His two-thirds ownership of SAS — pronounced "Sass" — would've placed him a notch below the likes of Microsoft's Bill Gates and Oracle's Larry Ellison.
By saying no, Goodnight, 61, saved his company's culture — a way of life so envied it was featured in 2003 on 60 Minutes and consistently lands SAS near the top of Fortune's annual list of best places to work. Saying no also allowed SAS to be one of the few tech companies to prosper during the 2001-2003 tech downturn.
SAS sells analytic software, which takes databases full of information and makes sense of it. Banks, for instance, use SAS to figure out who would most likely respond to a mailing for a new credit card.
Yet now Goodnight is in something of a jam. SAS is in terrific shape to take off in a resurgent tech industry — but to really soar and reach its potential, SAS should go public, industry observers say.
"True greatness requires a grand plan fueled with equal amounts of paranoia and greed," says Mike Campbell, CEO of software firm TempoSoft and previously a top executive at SAS' sometimes-competitor, SAP. The demands of Wall Street would drive Goodnight and SAS harder and would give SAS the cash and stock to pay for expansion. "He can and should set his sights much higher," Campbell says.
Not only does Goodnight stand stubbornly against going public, but the SAS culture might not let him.
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You could use the SAS story to construct a version of the 1946 movie It's a Wonderful Life. With Goodnight's decision intact, SAS is a manicured, homey place of on-site health care, hefty benefits and piano players in the cafeteria. Take away Goodnight and his decision, and SAS likely would be a public company forced by investors and Wall Street over the past three years to slash costs to prop up the stock price. Its campus would be a much drearier place after waves of layoffs and lost perks.
Founded: 1976. Headquarters: Cary, N.C., on 200-acre campus. Employees: 9,238. Ownership: The world's largest privately held software company, owned two-thirds by co-founder Jim Goodnight; one-third by co-founder John Sall. Perks: On-site health care and day care; fitness center; profit sharing; piano player in the cafeteria. Rank on Fortune' s 2004 list of best places to work: 8. Business: Makes analytic software, used by companies to make sense of data and statistics. Customers include major banks, Coca-Cola, Major League Baseball, Harley-Davidson.
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"We would've been crushed," says Jim Davis, a SAS senior vice president. "We are firm believers that happy employees equal happy customers. If you disrupt that balance, you run the risk of disrupting our whole business model."
"It would have destroyed the culture," says Al Segars, professor at the nearby University of North Carolina's business school. "It was one of the best strategic decisions ever made in the software industry."
What does Goodnight say about it? In an interview in a SAS conference room, he seems to think the decision wasn't all that momentous. "We were never really close" to going public, he says.
But either he is modest or his memory is short. In an early-2001 interview with USA TODAY, Goodnight talked of the serious steps SAS had taken toward an IPO, including instituting financial controls and hiring a former Oracle executive, Andre Boisvert, to get the company ready. "A year ago at a user conference I announced our intent to go public," Goodnight said back then. "I felt it was time to reward employees with some ownership."
At some point, he obviously changed his mind.
Goodnight stands 6-feet, 5-inches tall, with a slouchy, slow-moving bearing. He wears hiking boots, even when dressed in a dark suit to lobby in Washington, and speaks in a lazy, soft voice, leaving long, uncomfortable pauses when he has no more to say. Goodnight seems particularly adept, actually, at keeping people off balance. He says he practices "management by loitering," showing up in unexpected places. He will personally take charge of a troubled department to fix it, or haul a handful of employees off to an unused floor and work with them to create a new product.
Goodnight, a statistician and computer programmer by training, has run SAS since its founding in 1976. He comes off like a seat-of-the-pants entrepreneur. And yet, "At SAS, everything is carefully thought out and considered," UNC's Segars says. "It's very scientific. It follows from Goodnight's past (as a statistician)."
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In the late-1990s, the Internet craze drove tech stocks sky high. SAS had never considered going public, and by then was the largest privately held software company. In 1999, it hit $1 billion in revenue. (By comparison, publicly held Oracle had $8.8 billion revenue in 1999.)
Born: Jan. 6, 1943.
Hometown: Wilmington, N.C., where his father owned
a hardware store.
Previous job: Faculty, North Carolina State University,
Family: Wife Anne, grown daughters Leah and Susan,
son James. None plan to take over SAS. "My family's not
interested," Goodnight says.
Favorite pet project: Cary Academy, a private school
built by SAS on its campus. It makes extensive use of technology
- every student gets a computer.
Worst pet project: Personally rescued Midway Airlines
in 1997. The money-losing airline shut in 2001.
Source: USA TODAY research
SAS had no investors pushing for an IPO. Aside from Goodnight's two-thirds ownership, the other one-third is held by co-founder John Sall. But employees were getting restless. Tech start-ups dangled million-dollar stock options to lure SAS programmers, managers and sales staff. Other employees read about Silicon Valley secretaries getting rich when their companies went public and realized that could be them.
The media and industry analysts focused on the glamour of the public companies, all but ignoring SAS — which irked Goodnight. "They don't even look at a private company," Goodnight grumbled in that 2001 interview.
Goodnight's gut told him to start heading down the IPO road. So he did.
While teaching at North Carolina State University in the 1970s, Goodnight, Sall and a handful of other young academics wrote and sold software they called Statistical Analysis System, or SAS. In 1976, they left the school to make SAS an independent business, and gave themselves the same cushy benefits they got in academia — including the academic titles. SAS employees still refer to Goodnight as "Dr. Goodnight," a name that conjures images of a James Bond villain.
As time went on, SAS built its rolling, woodsy campus with on-site health clubs, day care and medical facilities, and the company paid hefty cash bonuses and profit sharing. While other corporations backed away from paternalism, SAS embraced it. Certain kinds of people have been drawn there. They tend to be more interested in security, community and long-term thinking and less focused on financial rewards and power titles.
From this formed a culture of intensely loyal people who think about the company's well-being as much as about their own. And they don't want the culture to change.
Inside SAS during the tech bubble, tension mounted between the allure of stock market wealth and the sanctuary of the SAS culture. Lots of tech companies famously threw extravagant parties and offered perks, like Google's free gourmet lunches. But none matched SAS, which offered the old-time feeling that the company would take care of its employees for the long term. One sign of that is the extraordinary low turnover — about 3.8% a year, vs. as much as 25% a year for a typical tech company.
"I heard the rumblings (about an IPO), and I didn't want it," says Dina Fiorentino, who works in marketing and came to SAS from Apple Computer. "There is something great about SAS that I did not want to spoil."
Into this walked Boisvert, a public-company outsider who started instituting controls and systems for reporting earnings to Wall Street. He became the symbol of the IPO, and a year later, he was gone.
"Our culture is a lot like the human immune system," Goodnight says with a somewhat amused air. "If you bring a stranger into a leadership position, it attacks."
Steady and predictable
Goodnight, true to form, kept monitoring and analyzing the progress. Sensing trouble, he put off the investment bankers in 2000, and all the way through 2001. By then tech stocks had plummeted, making an IPO less and less attractive. Finally, in 2002 Goodnight surveyed SAS employees. Not surprisingly, 87% voted not to go public.
That was it. For Goodnight, the IPO issue was dead.
The decision — or maybe non-decision — has been a blessing for SAS. Certainly if it had been public, pressure from Wall Street would've forced it to cut staff, cut costs, or worse — the kind of things that happened to all but a handful of tech companies.
More significantly, while other companies have laid off talented workers the past two years, SAS has gone on a hiring spree, increasing staff by 6% in 2001, 8.5% in 2002 and 3% in 2003. "There was a lot of talent on the street out there," Goodnight says. Though revenue wasn't growing, he could spend money on hires for the long term and let profits slip for a few years. "If we were public, I wouldn't have been able to do that."
Bulked up with talent, developing new products while others hunkered down, SAS is now in the best shape in its history. It could lead the charge into a new kind of software that analyzes the vast amounts of data coming into companies, allowing the companies to understand their businesses and customers like never before. "Jim is in a perfect position to really change the software game," says TempoSoft's Campbell.
Now, though, comes that turning point. SAS can't really take advantage of its position unless Goodnight takes the company public, SAS watchers say. "I certainly won't do it," Goodnight says. "Maybe we can find a dynamic younger leader to replace me who'd be interested."
Within minutes, Goodnight says he has no intention of leaving and has no successor ready.
His stubborn streak and the momentum of the SAS culture served the company well through the tech bust. The next chapter will reveal whether that streak is a godsend, or a Shakespearean flaw.


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Now that we're doing this weekly best and worst of Netflix feature, representatives from several Netflix rivals have been calling us up, urging us to take a look at their services. This week the good people at Shaw Cable lent us a shiny new iPad loaded with Shaw Go Movie Central, their on-demand streaming app for Apple's iThings.
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The first thing you notice when you load the Shaw app is that the content doesn't suck. This is, of course, by design – Shaw has designed its app to load directly to a home screen that prominently features its most appealing movies and TV shows. Click past the home screen to the full content listing, however, and you'll quickly find that this service contains just as much unwatchable nonsense, per capita, as Netflix (although Shaw's app has far fewer total movies and shows than Netflix).
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Also, for some reason, the app lumps any movie or show that starts with the word "The" into one section, meaning that, in the alphabetical content listing, the "T" heading contains by far the most content. This seems like a silly design choice.
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After last week's depressing choice of Requiem For A Dream , we've picked somewhat lighter fare. This week's highlight is comedy, while this week's lowlight is "comedy."
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