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Why even pay for software? A declaration against poorly implemented DRM
I'm guessing you wouldn't usually expect me to make a post like this, but seriously, where is the incentive to pay for software these days? Yes, it is unfortunate how millions of people pirate software nowadays, but by now it has to be clear that there is little to nothing that can be done about it.
Those that can afford to buy software generally do pay for it, but I have found the hard way that it isn't always worth it, and this is becoming truer as time goes on thanks to poorly implemented DRM (Digital Rights Management).
When Microsoft released Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit it was rather pricey, but I still went out and purchased two copies right away – one for me and one for testing. Although I have paid for the software I'm extremely tempted to avoid the genuine activation and simply crack it. But why would I do such a thing for software that I have paid good money for? Well, it's simple. Because of the large number of people that pirate Windows, Microsoft has felt compelled to punish the suckers that actually buy it.
Every time I change a major piece of hardware I end up with a warning message informing me that I have two days to reactivate my copy of Windows. Okay, that's not so bad. Just click re-activate then shall we. Hang on, that didn't work, and now I have to ring the Microsoft support center based on India and try to communicate a 60+ digit code to someone I can barely understand. After that process is done I can finally use my computer again. Yay! Well… at least until I need to change/upgrade something again.
The alternative is to run a 20 second patch that removes the Microsoft activation altogether, meaning that I will never be inconvenienced again when upgrading, an inconvenience I apparently paid good money for. Again, the options: to pay for software that is going to have you pulling your hair out every time you change something, or get it for free without any of the catches.
Over the years the countless re-activations of my computers has not only improved my Indian accent, but also simply become a way of life.
Why I wouldn't buy the new MacBook… and probably you shouldn't either
Although I rely on my desktop PC for long work sessions and I stand by the fact no laptop will ever beat a fully equipped desktop (dual monitors, and in general, the works…), there is an obvious need for a laptop whenever I'm on the move.
When my old Thinkpad T needed to retire, I looked into the Vaio TX series, at the time the best 11″ ultra-portable money could buy with its mere 2.9 pounds. That was months before the MacBook Air and other similar ultra-portables arrived to the market. Unfortunately the small size didn't cut it for me and had to look elsewhere to replace the Thinkpad until I finally decided to get a MacBook Pro. In spite of the fact that I'm a Windows user, I did it with the purpose of checking out the then new Leopard OS X release.
Today the MB Pro remains as my primary laptop. Although I have my gripes about OS X, I have remained more or less content about the hardware which has proved to be of top quality construction, all while running Windows Vista. You have probably heard the stories of how the MB Pro makes for a great Windows laptop anyway, and in my case that has hold true – in fact, I haven't touched Leopard in months.
And now with the well publicized release of the new MacBooks, I started looking into the possibility of getting a new laptop, but instead of the Pro I was checking the upgraded MacBook which is cheaper, has got many of the Pro's biggest selling points like the aluminum body, powerful specs, but sports a smaller 13.3-inch screen that is also LED illuminated. Sounds good so far? Until I saw this…
Those images were taken by Gizmodo in their first look at both the new MacBook and MacBook Pro. As you can see, the colors on the standard MacBook get all washed out depending on the viewing angle. Then my disappointment has been further reinforced by the fact that many, many of the outgoing reviews for the MacBook barely touch on this point, just mentioning the use of the glossy display which would be less of an issue if the laptop shipped with a quality LCD panel like its more expensive sibling.
In my experience those screen issues are characteristic of older laptops or current entry level models (any brand). Then again my Thinkpad T42, which admittedly wasn't entry-level four years ago doesn't suffer from that issue, and at $1300-1600 for a new MacBook, you can't call them budget either.
With a strong pro-Apple movement going on around the web and growing Apple laptop sales, the word is that the new MacBook is like a smaller Pro without the discrete graphics. I have to dissent, and now you know why.
Update: I'm glad to see Anandtech's review of both new Mac laptops give light on my assertions above unlike a majority of reviews I have read so far from so-called experts.
As it turns out, the new MacBook screen is an improvement over the older generation which had an even more lacking viewing angle. Really bad for a laptop at that price point IMO. But if you want a superb quality screen, the MacBook Pro will have to be your choice. As I understand it, the MacBook's Air screen is not too bad either though I have used them on a very limited basis.
The reason I will never buy a Mac desktop
While browsing around this morning I stumbled upon this bit of news: "Apple released a new graphics upgrade kit today." For those Mac Pro users out there (that is, the tower desktop system, not the laptop) can now upgrade to a GeForce 8800GT for about x1.5 the actual price of the card, ain't those wonderful news?
From Macrumors.com:
When Apple released the Early 2008 Mac Pro, they offered the NVIDIA 8800GT as an upgrade option, however due to firmware issues, the 8800GT was not compatible with previous generation Mac Pros — until today.
And here's a reaction by a Mac Pro owner, taken from Apple's website:
YES! We all know how good this card is and 1st Gen Mac Pro owners can now use it…
Perhaps you may want to grab an overpriced memory upgrade kit from the manufacturer as well?
Craiglist listing gone really bad
When I read this I couldn't believe myself, apparently it's not the first time happening either. I have never used Craiglist but this kind of story makes it easy to believe how powerful of a network it has created in some areas (in case you have never been to the 1997-looking site, it's all about local classified postings).
Most folks recall the story about the Tacoma, Wash., house that was trashed after a woman posted an ad on Craigslist telling people to "please help yourself to anything on the property."
Well, some mischief maker in Jacksonville, Ore., apparently decided to re-enact the Tacoma house-trashing scheme. According to this Associated Press story, Robert Salisbury came home to nearly 30 people rummaging through his barn and front porch. Not only that, when he told the trespassers to give him back his belongings, he was rebuffed.
The Craigslist post advertised all of Salisbury's stuff–even his horse–as free for the taking. The woman who showed up to take his horse finally started to feel uneasy about the whole deal when she realized that the horse looked perfectly healthy, and well, seemed to actually belong to someone. She left a note on the door and then decided to call Salisbury to make sure that the ad was legit.
Vista crashing in the most simple of tasks
So let me rant for a bit. After defending Windows Vista, not because I like Microsoft but because based on my experiences I have had relatively few problems with the OS, last night I saw it giving me a deja vu of the early Win95 days!
A solid install of Vista now running SP1 was put to the test… burning a data DVD with 1GB worth of files. The result? A 15 minute wait, followed by a hard crash (that is, I had to manually shut down my system to restart). I can forgive all the driver incompatibilities you want, but DVD burning? Good thing, Nero finally works well with Vista.
Crazy, crazy funding for a web startup
Just like a bad habit or a reality TV-like guilty pleasure, over the past few weeks I have grown accustomed to check out startup-related blog TC once a day just to see what's popping around the web. It's been exciting times for a while on the web now, the late nineties bubble is well forgotten, and a massive wave of very useful and profitable services based on the Internet are here with even more on the way.
That's not to say there aren't crappy ideas and lots of copycats popping up as well, all of which are usually covered by TC, but that's just part of the nature of a fast growing industry. There seems to be a lot of excitement from investors as well, so demand for more potentially viable businesses is quite latent despite of recession concerns in the US. But something that quite shocked me this last week, and that's what I wanted to share today, was the announcement of a $15M funding for blog widget ShareThis.
Now, I won't call it undeserving because it's a very cool widget that works quite well with many blogging platforms, and I may even implement it here at some point, but for a widget that has a very limited scope and has yet to come up with a way to make any money, that's a huge figure that will rarely become justified.
Revisiting some of my thoughts from last year, I don't want to scream it's an Internet bubble all over again. For starters, the web today is already a hard proven medium that is competing hand in hand with television and newspapers. Also, for an Internet-based business like TechSpot, a second dot com bubble on top of an imminent US recession would just be terrible, terrible news.
But once again I wanted to raise a red flag regarding stuff like this that in my opinion poisons somewhat the realistic scenario of where the web stands today and where it will belong a few years from now. If for a moment I thought investors should know better, I will think again.
Edit: I just realized that the post title "Crazy, crazy funding for a web startup" could imply saying that $15M is too much money for ANY web startup, which is by far not the case, not does that reflect my thinking. What I meant was, too much money for THIS specific startup.
How to run Windows Live Messenger on Windows XP x64 and Server 2003
Sorry, Windows Live programs cannot be installed on Windows Server, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, or Windows operating systems earlier than Windows XP Service Pack 2.
Being a new user of Windows XP x64 that message puts me off quite a bit, apparently Microsoft wants you to install the old and ugly MSN Messenger instead of Live Messenger if you happen to run the state of the art version of Windows XP. However, as you will see, Windows Live Messenger can be used in full, but Microsoft in its infinite wisdom just made the installer incompatible!
Live Messenger 8.0 seems to be the latest version on the Microsoft Download Center where support for Windows XP x64 is specifically mentioned. In version 8.1 only Server 2003 is mentioned. If you download v8.5 you will receive the message above during installation… Notice also that the size of the file is reduced considerably because this is just an installer that then downloads the features you choose to install.
On the official download page for Windows Live Messenger you can read this under requirements:
Windows 2003 Server and Windows XP x64 are not supported.
What is so ironic is that Windows Live Messenger is fully compatible with XP x64, as a matter of fact I'm using it right now. So what you have to do is download the file I mentioned that the unsupported installer downloads. Take note though that you will not get any prompts during the install, it is silent, since you are supposed to make those choices in the unsupported installer… What this means is that you are saved the trouble of unticking the boxes about installing MS toolbars and changing your browsers home page to the dreaded MSN sites.
Also worth mentioning is that Windows XP x64 shares its codebase with Windows Server 2003 x64 and even uses the same service packs!) So this should apply to Server 2003 as well, just like drivers for either OS work fine with each other.
You can download the bare MSI file of Windows Live Messenger v8.5.1302.1018 here. While you are at it check out A-Patch that allows you to disable many annoying features of MSN like advertising – it's beyond me why MS advertises in their own client. And when you have come to your senses you can may as well download a decent chatting client instead ;).
Oh, and here is the command to uninstall the Windows Messenger (not the same as MSN Messenger OR Live Messenger) that is bundled by default with the OS. Just copy and paste the following into Start > Run and Windows Messenger will be gone: RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
Drivers and Windows Vista
Mostly when people post something about Vista it's either bashing it or praising it, however those two camps generally agree on one thing; that drivers have matured quite well since its release.
I'm gonna create a third group now; they are both wrong!
UAC, admin accounts, memory requirements and all other stuff aside, I've concluded one thing: unless you have a very very top of the line computer you have no business running Vista. And this has actually nothing to do with Vista itself at all, quite the shame because that leaves me out on an otherwise easy punch in the stomach :D
You might have seen my post about performance in Crysis with the 7900GT. I just ran some tests with a 8800GTS 512MB now. What I can conclude from this is that XP will give you 63% better performance in Crysis compared to Vista if you have a 7900GT, and only 16% better if you have a 8800GTS 512MB.
In other words, it's not just Creative that releases miserable drivers, Nvidia is quite high on the list too (though they still have a long way to catch up with Creative, IMO :D)
Adobe bloated software, and how to disable automatic updates
Personally, I hate the trend of software adding bloat in subsequent versions as much as I hate people saying an application is bloated just because it's no longer a simple one-dimensional kind of program. That said, Adobe current crop of products have to be some of the worst in this sense.
At this point I'm sure nobody doubts the deserved dominance of Photoshop in the world of digital photo editing, just like Microsoft Word or Excel are your overall best bets for documents and spreadsheets despite of its cost. But when the very creators of the PDF format ship its latest reader which takes twice the amount of time for opening files than third-party software like Foxit Reader (on a high-end PC, for slower machines it can be as much as a 10x difference!) you know something is very wrong then.
But that is just one of the many examples I can give you. The Adobe installer is just damn horrible. For a moment I thought this would be limited to the Windows version of the CS3 Suite, but when I downloaded trial versions of Fireworks and Dreamweaver for the Mac, it was quite the unwelcomed surprise to see that the bloated and painfully slow installer is also used under OS X. I have to admit that adding a bunch of 'required' middleware like the "Extension Manager" is not something I enjoy, but I find much worse the inclusion of the stealth Adobe Updater. You may be surprised the first time this updater pops up because it doesn't leave any traces in the Windows registry and is not listed as a startup program. So, unless you are running a full fledged firewall (which you should but there aren't many good ones for Vista yet), the program could run and download updates without your consent. In fact it's quite likely you won't notice this running unless it's taking away your bandwidth, or CPU time (bloat, remember?) or an interruption in your Internet connection happens, which will make it complain and thus become evident it was running behind your back.
Furthermore, Adobe doesn't give you an easy way to turn this feature off beforehand, but rather you can configure it while it's running – there's no access through the Adobe programs' options menus – or you will have to manually edit a configuration file (AdobeUpdaterPreferences.dat) as detailed here. Adobe, you still make really good software, but I may have to look elsewhere in the future if you make this an on-going trend.


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xoxo, sober girl turned 2 today!
But really, I mean it. I'm writing to you from my flu ridden bed. This week I decided The Whole30 wasn't working for me and my last 2 weeks of marathon training, so I went back to my regular diet of interspersing carbs and dairy and the occasional cookie into my meat and veggie routine. And what happens? I get sick. Really sick. With the flu. Over Valentine's Day. Bed ridden, no running, eating saltines washed down with white tea. FML. What is going on. The half marathon is in like, 9 days or something. I don't even have a tutu yet. dear god someone help me.
But I did sign up for the Color Run Philadelphia today, and caught up on Spartacus with my Valentine, and today I even mustered up enough strength to make it out of bed to shower. I'll put today in the win column.
Sober Girl
#whole30 day 8 lunch. Turkey burger spinach salad with tomatoes, olives, jalapeños, and almonds. #yum #nocarbs
This whole thing is very interesting so far to say the least. I thought I could give up coffee with it, but that lasted for 1.5 days. My job is far too meticulous to give up what's basically my version of heroin cold turkey. Staring at hundreds of rows on excel is virtually impossible with a caffeine headache playing like a bass drum behind burning, sleepy eyes. Sorry not sorry, but I don't like the idea of letting go of coffee, ever, anyway.
[Amen, Ned, amen.]
Other than that, everything has gone fairly well. I survived a birthday party and eating dinner at Applebee's one night, and I've tried to up my cooking skills as well. I'm now a certified pro at turkey burgers and chopping produce, and one night I made garlic herb shrimp and scallops. I have an extremely large steak and flounder waiting in the freezer for future dinners also. Here's to experimenting.
[wish me luck, cause this is what I normally look like.]
On the physical training level:
I haven't run much this week because of the snow (which is killer as the 13.1 miles of impeding doom is exactly 2 weeks away) but the one day I did manage to get out, Day 3, my run was really hard. My heart was beating very quickly and I didn't have much energy. Coming from a person who can run for an hour without breaking for water or a walk, I was confused by this. I asked some friends and apparently I wasn't doing it right. I don't think I was eating enough, in terms of calories and frequency, and I wasn't eating the right things at the right times. Protein is a must for every meal. Eggs especially in the morning. Fruit before the run. Snacks in between meals. Lots and lots of green things, and water.
I've also gotten a few headaches. My aunt said today she had a friend who was a really heavy soda drinker give it up, and she got massive migraines at the beginning. I guess that's what my body's doing as well. As much as my mouth is saying no to bread and cheese, my tummy and head are saying, Y U NO FEED ME PIZZA?!
[I think at this point in time, if stuck in the desert, I would fantasize an iHop as my oasis.]
We'll see how this goes. My cousin Jess who started me on this crazy train said to give it until at least Day 8 to see a change in energy levels and appetite. So that's what I'm doing. I have a big run tomorrow. 10 miles. If the snow doesn't cooperate I'm going to have to run it on a treadmill, which I will not be happy about. Even though my race is at 5AM (fuck you, Disney, for money mongering and not opening the parks just a little later that day), I'll probably run mid morning or mid afternoon, after I've had a meal and some energy intake. Lord knows I'll need it.
If anyone reading has any tips for me, please, I beg of you, let me know. I could use all of the running/eating encouragement I can get at this point.
Sober Girl
In honor of the upcoming Disney Princess Half Marathon, and my old friend and catalyst for this blog being created, Lent, I've decided (with a little help from my cousin Jess) to try out the Whole30 challenge. It's 30 days with no grain, dairy, legumes, sugar, alcohol, etc. It's basically a high protein diet regimen that is supposed to restart your metabolism and cleanse and rejuvenate your body. The shopping list consists of meat (all kinds, including seafood), almost every fruit and vegetable known to man, nuts/seeds, eggs, and cooking substitutes like ghee for butter, and coconut milk/oil. Here goes nothing.

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Weaving Webs Candy Lollipops
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Use melted green candy from kit in cut disposable bag to pipe in mold, filling half full. Tap mold gently to remove air bubbles.
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Place lollipop stick in mold cavity and turn to evenly coat with candy. Carefully fill remainder of mold with melted green candy. Chill until firm; unmold.
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Madison Square Garden Passes Up ACC Tournament: Huge Mistake?Posted by Chris Johnson on September 26th, 2012
Chris Johnson is an RTC Columnist. He can be reached @ChrisDJohnsonn.
Over the past three years, conference realignment has precipitated a shift of thriving programs away from the Big East into the ACC. Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame, three valuable pieces of the Big East's hoops power hierarchy, saw weakness in the Big East's deteriorating leadership and declining status in the BCS power structure. They sought greater stability and a more lucrative TV payout in their new conference. The Big East was fracturing, so it was not at all surprising that these programs wanted out. It is hard to fault their move. But like so many of the realignment-related movements of late, their league hop had detrimental consequences on the Big East's basketball league. For years Syracuse and Pittsburgh have contended for conference titles, played fierce rivalry games and did their part to help make the Big East one of the nation's most compelling hoops leagues. Notre Dame is, by all accounts, a football school, but had itself risen among the league's hoops upper-tier under head coach Mike Brey. When these programs announced their departures, it wasn't just a blow to the league's membership, but to the Big East brand itself, the very essence of which rested upon such fierce hardwood drama. This was a familiar wave of movement; it wasn't long ago that the ACC poached Virginia Tech, Boston College and Miami, another football-motivated move that impacted its basketball competition at the expense of the Big East. These six defections over the last decade (Boston College, Miami, Virginia Tech, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Pittsburgh), along with West Virginia's jump to the Big 12, has conspired to reconstitute the Big East into an amorphous heap of disparate programs, a depleted league robbed of much of its hoops equity.
The realignment-powered decline of Big East basketball is nothing new. It is a topic I (along with many other college hoops scribes around the web) have visited before in this space. This latest bit of news counts as a rare positive step for the revamped league, and it was brought to light Tuesday by ESPN.com's Brett McMurphy. The ACC may have stolen the Big East's basketball talent, but it can't take its legendary conference tournament venue! Take that, conference realignment! Madison Square Garden, according to McMurphy, did not submit a bid for hosting rights to the 2016-21 ACC Tournaments. The newly-unveiled Barclays Center, home of the re-branded Brooklyn Nets, also passed up the soon-to-be hoops super-conference's league tourney. The Big East's current deal with MSG runs out in 2016, but an extension is in the works to keep the league's tournament at the historic New York City arena through 2026, according to the New York Post.


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Thomas Sullivan: EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX AND TOLD ME
You guys are really good. What a smokin' hot month you dropped on me through e-mails and posted comments. Seems there is no one on the planet who has not already thought through the gender issues I raised in April's column, like it was their right of passage. So I guess a summary is in order here.
The questions were meant to stimulate fictional character relationships in a novel-in-progress on contemporary marriage, after I 'fessed up to having zero perspective about normal relationships on account of I've only met one woman whose instincts/thinking on "luv" were the same as mine. Fact is, when it comes to communication I am gender reversed, very much given to talk about mental and emotional things in a supportive way. You'd think that would lead to a marriage made in heaven, but, of course, the only long-term relationship I've had was with someone gender reversed the opposite way and all but autistic (God has a sense of humor). So I lack a frame of reference for what's normal.
But guess what! I'm left wondering if anyone else has one either, because the variety of views was flat out astonishing and yet almost everyone felt they have sorted out definitive truths about gender relationships. That was the most revealing thing: that everyone has a definite and detailed take on sexual dynamics. No uncertainties. The communication biz, for instance…I dunno, it seems to me most women seek emotionally meaningful communication in order to feel safe, respected and cherished. And it would follow that a marriage could be no more successful than its ongoing meaningful communication, and that it only takes one unwilling or unable party to kill that – which is what I see in most marriages. So I posed statement #3, expecting to have it accepted or challenged directly. But of the 40 or so responses that came in, the divide wasn't over communication skills, rather it was over what is meaningful communication. Most respondents either lamented the lack of emotional focus in male-female communication or discredited the need for it. And that's how responders generally got around one side or the other of an issue.
The infidelity question (#1) brought another sweeping array of interpretations. Most (but not all) saw women as more concerned about emotional fidelity and men more concerned about physical fidelity. But some saw those as indistinguishable, and I have to confess, that's where I was coming from in posing the question. I was looking to see if I was alone in that view, i.e. male response to physical infidelity is itself a hardwired reflex to emotional infidelity as well. Why? Because a man recognizes that emotional connections and security are what drive a woman to give sexual access in a relationship, and therefore her emotional fidelity is his best assurance that his sperm and DNA will win and be proliferated. In other words, his anger and jealousy over her emotional infidelity is a hard-wired response to the whole emotional aura of sexuality that leads to sexual access. If that wasn't true — if what drove him was simply an intellectual and factual guarantee that his sperm would win — then he wouldn't care about physical fidelity after the woman's tubes were tied or if she practiced effective birth control or was willing to have an abortion or if her other male lovers were sterile. Of course, you have to believe in the premise that the mandate of evolution for a male is that his sperm must win exclusively. All his emotions are then conditioned by that. It isn't conscious logic that drives men at the reflex level; it's feelings – hard-wired emotions. (Hey, guys, please inform me if at the moment of passion any of you actually think, "Hot diggety, for the sake of my biological imperative, here's a chance to make sure this woman doesn't get pregnant with any man's sperm but mine!")
But the premise for a woman's mandate in evolutionary history seemed to be taken for granted, and that surprised me. I thought some would regard the "emotion" tag as a sexist Victorian attitude that somehow denied the reality of a woman's physical appetites. For the sake of clarity, I'm talking about an evolutionary premise something like: women are more concerned about emotional fidelity because securing safety and support for themselves and their children was their strategy for survival over millions of years before the rule of law and standing armies lessened the practical (but not necessarily the emotional) need for a specific provider/protector. Hmmm. No bullet holes in me yet. Well, we've come a long way baby, haven't we? So I've learned something about those "normal" attitudes I was seeking in order to shape my fictional characters. I think a few years ago I would've been swarmed by Women's Studies Ninjas for even alluding to evolution's basic training…and now I'm going to put on my running shoes and tiptoe out of Dodge.
Wish I could include examples of your wonderful responses to the questions, but privacy/anonymity is a must. Suffice it to say that what came in was feisty, funny, emotional or reasoned. Much of it was profound. And I very much appreciate the rending honesties that some people shared. I'm creating a half dozen marriages in the new novel, and your responses will deepen the nuances. The original questions and the answers that were posted rather than e-mailed are here: http://storytellersunplugged.com/thomassullivan/2010/04/16/thomas-sullivan-would-you-write-a-book-for-me-or-what-do-you-really-know-about-sex-love-and-terror/
Doc Foto's latest picture satire struck me as a kind of relationship inkblot test, so I used it to head up this gender article. The evil doctor's true identity is folk-singer Mark Manrique, a life-long friend who is much-loved by readers of Sullygrams (newsletters) for his outrageous photo caricatures. You can link to his original music here: http://www.youtube.com/user/manriq47#p/a/u/0/iYXd2GAOwkA Another link to one of his original haunting songs is in this month's Sullygram. You can get that and future Sullygrams sent to you once a month for free by emailing me at email@example.com .
May I also invite you to follow me on Twitter? It's just something fun you can peep at anonymously. The only thing that changes after you create an account by making up a username and password is that when you click on your account page you'll see the tweets of anyone you wish to follow, though they won't see you. Or simply click this link anytime: http://twitter.com/thomassullivan . Sample of recent Tweets: "Stubbornness is how you prove things to others; honesty is how you prove things to yourself." …and "I am now a full-blooded Indian. Turtles no longer slide off logs when I canoe past." Your thoughts are welcome, your attention valued.
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Recall: Naproxen Bottles Mistakenly Filled with Ibuprofen
Updated: 10/22/2014 - A popular pain reliever is being recalled across the country.
Updated: 10/22/2014 - A popular pain reliever is being recalled across the country.
Updated: 10/22/2014 - There could be changes in open enrollment for your company's 2015 health care plans.
Posted: 10/20/2014 - The Coffee County Health Department is having a free flu clinic this week.
Posted: 10/17/2014 - Here's another reason to kick your soda habit.
Posted: 10/17/2014 - Most school-age children are getting the required vaccinations.
Posted: 10/17/2014 - A panhandle organization is feeding hundreds of hungry children.
Updated: 10/17/2014 - The first nurse to be diagnosed with Ebola after treating an infected Liberian man at a Dallas hospital has arrived in Maryland for treatment at a specialized isolation unit.
Posted: 10/16/2014 - Many air travelers are concerned about flying after a nurse with Ebola flew on a plane the day before she was diagnosed.
Updated: 10/15/2014 - Health Officials Alert Other Passengers To Get Tested.
Updated: 10/15/2014 - Officials say a second health care worker who's tested positive for Ebola was in isolation at a Dallas hospital within 90 minutes of the worker finding she had an elevated temperature.
Updated: 10/15/2014 - After a thorough examination was conducted, it was determined that a patient in Mobile, Alabama did not meet the Centers for Disease Control screening criteria, and there is no risk for Ebola.
Posted: 10/13/2014 - Not only is Ebola in the U.S., but young people are coming down with a respiratory condition called Enterovirus D68. And it's also flu season. So how can you tell the difference between all of these viruses and their symptoms?
Posted: 10/13/2014 - There's no cure for the Ebola virus, but that's not stopping some online companies from claiming they have one.
Posted: 10/13/2014 - Treating some symptoms of autism could be as simple as eating your broccoli.
Posted: 10/09/2014 - Americans are living longer than ever!
Updated: 10/08/2014 - In the movies, you may expect an Ebola fighting robot to come kill the virus. But some hospitals in North Texas already have one.
Updated: 10/07/2014 - A San Francisco company has created a cup that knows what's poured into it.
Posted: 10/06/2014 - A medical examiner says a New Jersey child has died from Enterovirus D-68. It's the first such ruling in the country. Even more surprising, the young boy showed none of the cold-like symptoms before his death.
Posted: 10/05/2014 - The Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine held its 2nd annual white coat ceremony Sunday afternoon.
Posted: 10/05/2014 - Ebola patient in critical condition... Ebola apartment items hauled away to be destroyed... Ebola ruled out as cause of air traveler's illness... Britain says teacher held hostage in Libya freed... Smoker bypasses security at JFK; flights delayed... Parents of missing UVa student ask for information... 2 aboard copter that crashed into Colorado River... 2 Southern California crashes claim 5 lives each... Oldest congressman injured in Texas car accident... Police: Car plows into outside diners in Miami... Heat from north to south smothers California... Hurricane Simon intensifies off Mexico's coast...
Posted: 09/27/2014 - A local Wiregrass sorority honors sickle-disease month with a walk.
Updated: 09/25/2014 - This Saturday, September 27, 2014, the Dothan Police Department is asking Wiregrass residents to bring all of their expired and unused medicine to the front parking lot of the police station.
Posted: 09/20/2014 - Wiregrass women gathered in Ozark Saturday morning to educate themselves on proper healthcare.
Posted: 09/05/2014 - A new study reveals soy supplements may spur tumor growth in breast cancer patients.
Posted: 09/05/2014 - New research concludes wearing a bra does not increase a women's risk of breast cancer.


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Maleficent has the same story before she was called the 'Mistress of all Evil'.
Maleficent was a fairy princess. When she was young, without the devilish horns and pale white face, she met a young prince named Stefan. They had a terrible mistake that bore into a child. As the Prince Stefan was named King, her marred a princess in a neighboring Kingdom named Princess Leah. But he wasn't sure of her love for her because he never knew her before they married each other. They also have a child but at the time of delivery, the young heir died. The King then decide to switch heirs with Maleficent. King Stefan took Maleficent's daughter and named her Aurora. He then presented it as the rightful princess of the Kingdom. Maleficent was consumed by hatred that made her grow horns like a devil. A year after, Maleficent attended the First Birthday Celebration of the Princess Aurora, casting an evil spell in which she would prick her finger in a spindle and fall asleep for years, without Maleficent knowing that it was in fact her daughter all along. In her spell, she said: "A child, for a child. You took a mothers life. Your soul for hers, the rightful heir to mine."
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Maleficent has the same story before she was called the 'Mistress of all Evil'. When she was a young girl, she didn't have the devilish horns nor did she have that mean and evil attitude. Maleficent was called a different name and she was a fairy princess. Her life was in the woods and she had a very enchanting power, not to mention her gift of beauty. She was beautiful with blonde hair and gorgeous eyes. She was born heir to the throne of her Fairy Kingdom because of her father 'The King'. She has a dark secret that she kept for a very long time. It made her shun herself from the kingdom because of her difference from the rest of the fairies. Her wings was so huge and black giving her an impression of a bat.
One day, when she was at her 16th's, Maleficent strolled around the woods near to her land. There she met a young man, tall, handsome and sturdy like any other prince you can meet. The bright looking Maleficent quickly fell in love with the young man who is in fact a prince of a far away kingdom. He wasn't a prince of any magical kingdom but a prince in the kingdom of man. They danced and talked all around the woods. Maleficent then showed every bit of her talent, making the Prince a little startled but eventually he liked the fairy princess. They were about to bid farewell to each other when The Fairy King suddenly appeared, breaking their perfect moment together. Scared, the young Prince ran off with his horse, fleeing from the King and Maleficent.
Maleficent's father didn't like the idea of a fairy and a man ending up together, so, the King suggested Maleficent to stay hidden from the world. Maleficent grew cold from the world of mankind but somewhere in her heart, she still dreams of her Prince to come.
As for the Prince, he eventually forgotten the incident with the Fairy Princess/Maleficent. Not until one day, after so many years, he was once again taking a ride around the woods and there he met Maleficent who was taking her usual afternoon walk. The Prince was once again captivated by her beauty, telling her that her face looked so familiar to him, like he dreamed of her once. Little did he know that she was the girl whom he danced and talked with back before when they were a little younger. It was as if destiny brought them back together again. The Prince got up by asking Maleficent to dance with him and this time ending it with a kiss.
No one was there to criticize them or to even ruin their precious moment together. They introduced themselves to each other for the first time. Maleficent was surprised to know that her true love's name is Stefan.
By the time they were done, both of them return to their respective kingdoms. Prince Stefan is greeted by a revolting news. He was about to get married in less than a week to a certain princess from another kingdom, named Princess Leah. Angered from this, he fled away from the palace and went looking for Maleficent in the woods. He didn't want to spoil the rest of hid day with the news, so Prince Stefan looked for Maleficent instead. He hesitated to tell her his problem but he wasn't able to find the right moment to do so. Day after day passed, it's the night before the Prince's wedding and coronation day. He thought, if his life will end on the day of the wedding then he might as well waste whatever second of his life are left. Prince Stefan sneaked in the forest and called upon every magical creature to form an enchanted garden for Maleficent. The fairy princess then appears magically in a mist. They danced all throughout the night. They shared kisses, touches and smiles. Every step they make grew into a terrible passion. Their kisses lasted for a lifetime and absentmindedly they fell on each others arms. Their souls are tightly intertwined to each other. They felt each other in a very deep way that both of them never knew. They produced music so passionate and it goes on and on as the dark covers all land.
The wedding day came, the prince then left Maleficent sleeping soundly on the green covered surface.
Prince Stefan sealed the wedding with a kiss that he could hardly remember at the future. It was also the day of the coronation and they were named King and Queen of their kingdom from now on. Queen Leah isn't much the King's type but they get along quite well. Eventually, they turned out to be true lovers because there was news that she's about to have a baby. The whole Kingdom rejoiced with such a news but one crumbled in jealousy and hatred.
Her black veil covered her face as she stepped on the cold marble floor. She wore a long sleeve'd dress that drags as she walk towards the throne of the King. It was Maleficent, she heard the news from her Kingdom as well. Maleficent plucked up all the courage to talk face to face with the King. She has a very big problem that she wants to resolve. The King was startled by the sight of her presence not knowing it was Maleficent. She dropped the black veil to speak to him directly but the King was in a fit of anger because he doesn't want to see her, not now that he's going to be a Father. Maleficent spoke in a low grieving voice. She hesitated for a lot of time before stating the most intriguing story yet. She has a little bundle inside of her and she is scared of the consequences of it. She is worried of her Father's health who is getting weaker at that point which may worsen because of her secret. The King couldn't believe what Maleficent had said. His words dropped in a faint whisper because of the shame her have to face. He couldn't be a father to two different children with two different mothers. The King then ordered the guards to take Maleficent away from the Kingdom. The King kept the secret hidden as she left. He paid every officer, guard and official present in the scene with the woman in black.
9 months later, at the palace of the King, a scream is heard by every maid, butler, officer and horseman. The baby is due on that day and everyone is ready for the Royal Blessing's arrival. They propped the Queen on an arm chair for the delivery of the heir. Everyone was shouting, some were jumping in joy as they see the crown of the heir shooting out from the Queen. Everyone's heart was thumping constantly but something's wrong. The heir wasn't moving or was it breathing at all. They couldn't wake the Queen but she's alive. The King bare the accident so he ordered everyone to keep the accident as a secret from the people and also from the Queen. The King then rode away from the palace to Maleficent's private quarters at the woods. Maleficent was also in delivery but the only difference with the Queen is that Maleficent's child survived and it was well and alive. The child was a girl. She matched her mothers eyes, fairness and blonde hair. The King tried to take the baby away from her. She struggled to keep her baby safe but there's nothing she can do. She was weak and so is her power. The King threatened Maleficent's daughter by retrieving a small dagger underneath his robes. To the King's surprise, Maleficent cast counter courses to take her child back to her but the king ran at a glance. Maleficent was left maddened. Her Father was awoken by her her screams afterwards, but Maleficent was consumed of hatred and anger. Her body shook with great power like she was about to explode. The Fairy King was frightened of her daughter for the first time. He tried to stop Maleficent but she couldn't control herself. Her Father was swept aside the woods with a great force because of her power. The Fairy King is dead. The throne shrieks as soon as the King's heart stopped beating. Maleficent ran towards her dead father. Now there's no one left in her world. Her daughter is probably dead by now and her poor father. The throne shrieks whenever it feels the need of a ruler. Maleficent fell on the forest floor. She can feel her heart turning to a cold stone. She was consumed by every evil doings and the only thing running in her head is revenge. The whole land was then covered in darkness, not an inch of light is seen. That's when she grew horns in her head. Her once blonde hair turned black like the dark sky. Her beauty stays as it is but she grew paler and paler, with her lips turning redder and redder each day. Every fairy in their kingdom left the now rotten ruins of the once abundant place of the magical creatures. Shrieks of the throne was the one that annoyed everyone but the new Queen out grew it. Maleficent was then named the Mistress of all Evil.
And every once in a while, she still hums the tune of her rotten love story - Once Upon A Dream.
"I know you
I walked with you once upon a dream.
I know you
The gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam
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that visions are seldom all they seem
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You'll love me at once
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Vulnerability Type: Authenticated SQL Injection, Authenticated Command Injection
Source Code: http://sourceforge.net/projects/astguiclient/files/astguiclient_2.7rc1.zip/download
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SQL Injection: Line 285
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Affected Versions: 2.7RC1, 2.7, 2.8-403a (others likely)
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$stmt="SELECT count(*) from web_client_sessions where session_name='$session_name' and server_ip='$server_ip';";
passthru("/usr/local/bin/sipsak -M -O desktop -B \"$SIPSAK_prefix$campaign\" -r 5060 -s sip:$extension () $phone_ip >
In both of these cases, parameters are passed through without validation or escaping.
During setup, two accounts with hard-coded passwords are created (VDAD, VDCL), these can be used to bypass the
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additional check, thus giving access to the Command Injection vulnerability. The output from shell commands are
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Make the most of the Brilliant supers as they have not got long left with the new owners looking like they want to scrap the WSB championship
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a space odyssey
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Almost no action, very little dialogue, no famous names, an amazing attempt to portray the reality of space, a subplot about artificial intelligence, and an ending that is still confusing people more than forty years later. A classic, but an odd one.
Breathtaking and an awe inspiring space spectacle which presents the sci fi genre the way it was meant to be. Also thought provoking and brilliant in direction, 2001 was a landmark in cinema. This one should be seen.
Bar none the greatest sci-fi film ever made. The visuals and and music amaze the senses more and more every time I see it. What people need to understand is that no one should go into 2001 for the developed story or characters, but one should watch it purely for the great visuals and atmosphere. The scene with the space station and the Blue Danube is one of the best muscal moments in the history of cinema, I would recommend this to any fan of sci-fi and just movies in general.
Considered one of the Top 10 classic 'English' movies (my researched #7). A subtle, soothing, unique take on the sci-fi genre. This is the top sci-fi film, followed by "Star Wars IV" at #24. See my GerryD Lists for other classic movies.
To truly appreciate this film, watch the making of, then proceed with the movie. A visual masterpiece above and beyond, but has a difficult storyline to understand without outside reference. Still, it's an excellent movie that can still hold up today.
I have not seen this in over 8 years. Now it seems less impressive then back then. There was only about 20% of the film worth watching. And the plot, if any, was undetectable. I kept watching to the end for some type of meaning to the film, but found none. Liked the music - did not like the plot. It is sci-fi, so maybe no plot is intended?
Nice music, good cinematography, but utterly absurd and incomprehensible 'plot'.
"An epic drama of adventure and exploration." (- Theatrical release poster.) An amazing $10.5 million (in 1968!) masterpiece co-written by Arthur C. Clarke & Stanley Kubrick (producer/director), made almost entirely in England, using both the studio facilities of MGM's subsidiary "MGM British" and those of Shepperton Studios. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, and received one for its pioneering visual effects. In 1991, it was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. The ethereal musical score is haunting. The monkey costumes were cheezy (lol). I know, it was 1968... probably loaners from "Planet Of The Apes". Speaking of '68, I wouldn't be surprised if the fourth chapter: "Jupiter And Beyond The Infinite" had L.S.D. influenced audiences in mind... (e.g. "A Clockwork Orange"!) In closing, a really LONG dazzling piece of work with minimal dialogue that every sci-fi fan should experience.
Not a good film at all, and it's not Kubrick's fault, because the plot is forced to carry a symbolic coded meaning. It's not at all about space travel. It's about a stone block, which symbolizes a secret society, which is so monolythic and strong that it can't even be scratched. This stone block picks out the smartest hairy ape man, who then kills his opponent with a thighbone (meaning: "he who kills is superior.") Then the bone (man) flies up into space and becomes a spaceship, which has the shape of a male sex member in erection. This is also part of the coded message. The ship's computer, Hal kills off part of the staff as part of its program, which means the genetically coded natural aging program we all have (for now). The smart astronaut disables the computer's program, thereby overcoming the natural law of aging. This is the meaning of the film, which is in fact an age-old agenda of the ancient secret societies of men who want to become ageless, immortal gods using science. There is a sequel to this film: "2010 - The Year We Make Contact." In that one the symbolic meaning is that the two systems: the Russian and American are brought together, and a second Sun (enlightenment) appears in the sky. This is about the ancient agenda of the secret Wise Men's societies, who want to perfect the world that God has created. This is the real meaning of these films, but only insiders understand it. The plot is unnatural, as it is forced to carry the hidden meaning. Akirakato had not grasped this meaning of the movie, which is not a masterpiece at all, because he got too mesmerized by the Waltz. Kubrick's last film was "Eyes Wide Shut" about the secret societies abovementioned. Maybe Kubrick's death after that film wasn't an accident.
Not a good film at all, because its plot is to carry a symbolic meaning, which makes it unnatural.
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Through her estate plans, Caroline Stewart established a scholarship in honor of her late husband, Dr. Edwin L. Stewart, a history professor at Warren Wilson from 1951-1954.
Both from Greenville, South Carolina, Ed and Caroline met in high school. Several years after high school, they married, and Ed joined the Service, while Caroline taught elementary school. Once Ed was discharged from the Service in 1951, he heard about a "little college outside Asheville" known as Warren Wilson College and applied for a job teaching history. He was immediately offered the job by then-president Arthur Bannerman, and soon the couple found themselves in what Caroline describes as a "magical place."
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After three years on campus, the Stewarts moved to Chapel Hill to take advantage of the G.I. Bill, which was about to expire. Ed enrolled in medical school at the University of North Carolina, earning an M.D. in neurology, which led to a successful 30-year career as a neurologist in Clearwater, Florida. Though they lived several states away, Ed and Caroline thought frequently about Warren Wilson and the Swannanoa Valley. Upon Ed's retirement in 1991, the couple purchased a home close to campus.
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Grilli made his debut in the ninth inning, although the National League was trailing.
"A lot went through my head," Grilli told The Fan's Vinnie Richichi. "I looked down at the mound as a kind of a moment to clear my head and focus on what I was doing."
Grilli was one of five Pirates selected to the National League roster. Grilli told Richichi that it's a sign the rest of baseball is taking notice.
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Came back from the filling station on my new bike and with all the questions answered in this post. Who would guess how 30 years of motoring would fail to prepare me or that visit! Discs and chains and what-not in the way. Repeated pumping and checking - only to find the 250/290kPa drops to a highly variable 230/270 with each repeat check. Doesn't matter how crisply I snap the pump connector off the valve. So your advise addresses all this but not the matter of the pressure drop when removing the pump connector. In the morning I'll get the pump, gauge and 90 degree connector - 90 degree valve must wait 15,000km till I change my Metzler Z6's for something exciting.
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Mar 29, 2012Great album from a real multi talented artist. Andrew Bird's music has a distinct style and this record brings a number of different elements together to make some brilliant music. Mixing his amazing violin work with guitars on some really catchy songs, there's not much to fault with this. The record has some beautifully subtle moments, a few numbers where Bird just lets loose and then there are some psychedelic aspects as well, The only drawback for me is that it's possibly a little too long and could do without a track or two.… Expand
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You might remember the glorious Shangela Laquifa Wadley stomping it out on RuPaul's Drag Race Seasons Two and Three. And while she might not have taken home the prize in either season, she could well turn out to be the show's biggest star.
The actor behind this amazing drag creation, D.J. Pierce, has been busy filming TV pilots and guest spots, honing his stand-up act and launching a music career. He will also make an appearance this Wednesday on TLC's Toddlers & Tiaras, returning to his hometown of Paris, Texas to act as pageant coach for his goddaughter.
We were happy to grab D.J. for a photo shoot last week, as well as an extended interview where we talked acting gigs, vision boards, his relationship with fellow Drag Race contestants Raja and Manila Luzon, his love life, what his churchgoing grandma now thinks of his Shangela alter ego, plus a whole lot more.
AfterElton: Hey D.J.! Thanks for talking to us. Let's start from the beginning. Tell us a little bit about growing up in Paris, Texas.
D.J. Pierce[a.k.a. Shangela]: Well, I'm an only child, and I was raised primarily by my grandparents, because my Mom was in the military, so she traveled around a lot. And Paris, I call it the second largest city of Paris in the world. We have an Eiffel tower in our town with a big red cowboy hat on the top of it.
It was very interesting growing up. You know, I wasn't always Shangela. I just actually celebrated my third year as the character Shangela this month.
But in Paris I was always out there, very gay and fabulous. I was the first male cheerleader at my high school since 1964 and always stood out and wanted to be a leader and didn't let anything hold me back. So Paris, although it's gotten some bad rap over time – it also was a great place for me. So I'm happy to be doing this episode of Toddlers & Tiaras actually in Paris, Texas.
AE: You did an Orbitz ad recently with Manila Luzon and Carmen Carrerra, and Paris, Texas actually features in that ad. I was wondering if that was just a coincidence, or if you had any input in the script.
DJ: You know, that was the universe at work, or divine intervention – I did not have anything to do with that script and actually, I originally wasn't even slated to be in that commercial.
Let me tell you a little something about me. When I want something I'm gonna go after it 100 percent. I haven't gotten to where I am today by sitting back and waiting. I believe in being prepared, putting in the effort and going after it. And of course there's a lot of luck in there as well.
But I saw the script for that commercial, and they were shooting it in New York, and it was on kind of a shoestring budget so they were just casting out of New York from the Drag Race girls there. But I called them up, and I said, 'Look, you can't have a Paris, Texas commercial without the queen of Paris, Texas! You now have the opportunity to make me the number one hometown hero. So I will fly myself to New York if you can hook a ho up!'
And they were like, 'Oh my God, it didn't even dawn on us. Of course, this is the perfect match.'
And then of course I didn't have to buy my own ticket out there after all. So it worked out fantastically. And that's what you gotta do. When you want something in this world honey, you gotta go for it.
AE: What was it like going home? Were you like the hometown hero?
DJ: Well, I was waiting for my ticker tape parade, but I didn't get it! [Laughs]
No, it was quick – only because I've been touring, going around state to state performing at bars everywhere. But it just fell on a week that I happened to be available and they called me and said 'Can you come do this with you goddaughter? She's phenomenal, and we want you to be our first drag queen on Toddlers and Tiaras.'
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AE: Your goddaughter, is she like a major pageant girl? Has she been doing that for awhile?
DJ: Honey she is the number one pageant girl. I told little Miss Eden and Mackenzie [of Toddlers & Tiaras fame] they better watch out because here comes Miss Hailey!
She is nine years old. She's a gem. Not only is she really beautiful, but she's also really smart and funny. And she's already five feet tall! She wants to be a model, and she knows America's Next Top Model better than I do. And I'm the Top Model queen! Trust me, I have it DVR'd all over! I can tell you about seasons from Zimbabwe!


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Asian Debate: What Next In the Crazy World Of Iranian Football?
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Now just six weeks before a vital 2010 World Cup qualifier in North Korea, Team Melli is managerless.
There are many, the majority even, who opposed the appointment of this member of the old guard. He was a man who had been around for years but in the past decade or so, had achieved little. But even the most vociferous opponents of the 55 year-old will be taking little pleasure in another saga that doesn't reflect well on Iranian football.
Mayeli Kohan didn't enjoy much support among the media or fans. He was never the popular choice to succeed Ali Daei who was fired on March 29 after losing a vital qualifier against Saudi Arabia. What he did have was the support of many in the Iranian Football Federation (IFF).
That enabled him to pip the more popular Afshin Ghotbi to the post. Despite that support, Mayeli Kohan has a number of enemies in Iranian football. One of those was Ali Daei and another was Daei's predecessor with the national team - Amir Ghaleneoi, now coach of Tehran giants Esteghlal.
It was a row with the Esteghlal boss that ended Mayeli Kohan's oh-so-short stint. The new Iran coach had wanted a two-year contract from the IFF. He didn't get it and with just three games to see if he could save Team Melli's dreams of South Africa, it was perhaps not surprising that Mayeli Kohan stayed on with club side Saipa.
In last Saturday's league clash with Esteghlal, the Esteghlal fans let their feelings regarding Mayeli Kohan heard throughout the 90 minutes. The target of those chants was not happy and believed that the fans were chanting at the behest of Ghaleneoi.
Mayeli Kohan is not one to let such things go and he responded with a statement the following day.
"…During the match we were attacked with the worst insults. These insults were led by little people and their entourage…I am telling these people who call themselves the General [Ghalenoi] that they do not have any educational background and qualifications."
He then went on to use several derogatory remarks that directly and indirectly referred to Esteghlal's head coach.
The IFF then summoned him to explain his comments. This did not please their new coach. "For an entire game these people (fans of Esteghlal at the stadium) insulted me and my family," he said. "Did the federation do anything? I issued my statement then…My resignation letter is in my pocket."
Ali Kafashian, the head of the IFF, appeared on television and refused to guarantee that the new boss would be in place for the North Korea match on June 6. The fact that he was smiling as he did so and tried to pass it off as a joke, meant little.
The letter in the pocket was pulled out and handed over to end one of the shortest reigns in international football and one shocking even by Iranian standards.
Could it be a blessing in disguise? Only time will tell. The only good thing is that not much time has been lost. There is still almost six weeks before June and the games with the two Koreans and UAE.
What needs to happen is for Iranian football to pull together. The media, the IFF, the league and the fans need to unite at least until at least June 17.
But who will be the one to unite behind? Maybe the IFF will look at a resurgent Saudi Arabia and go down the foreign coach route, though Jose Peseiro was a man with prior experience of football in the Kingdom before he succeeded local coach Nasser Al Johar.
Goal.com has stated before that Afshin Ghotbi deserves consideration and he has come so close to taking the reins of Team Melli on two occasions. If the Iranian-American doesn't get the nod this time with recent success in the Iranian league, current availablity and extensive knowledge of football in Korea, then he probably never will.
He would be the people's choice but there are others in the running though and even the recall of Ghalenoi – now that would be ironic – or Ali Daei can't be ruled out.
Perhaps the IFF have been lucky. They have been given one last throw of the dice and if they make the right decision now – the events of the past few weeks will be looked upon as a positive change in Iranian football as opposed to just another period of chaos and turmoil.
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After many years out of NASCAR, Road America in Wisconsin will welcome the drivers of the Nationwide Series to their track.
In 1956, NASCAR raced there in a sanctioned race, won by Tim Flock. Yes, it was that long ago, before many of us were even born. However, the track will once again host a NASCAR event, and keep alive the hopes of Wisconsin fans to continue to welcome NASCAR to their state. The Milwaukee Mile was dropped from the schedule earlier when the track could not find a sponsor for the race.
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