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Killing the Business Desktop PC Softlyby Johan De Gelas on 7/19/2007 3:00 AM EST
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smokenjoe - Wednesday, July 25, 2007 - linkI just thought I would post some end user experience as these are not all that common. We had an intel based thin client. When they were fist implemented last year they were OK slower than the dated computers they replaced but usable. Unfortunatly as time went oth they started having more and more issues to the point that it was common to have only one working thin client out of 6. We had to boot the clerks off their old PIII computers from the dark ages because they were the only ones that worked. People literally jumped for joy when we got the PC's back.
Without being part of the IT department it is hard to say where the fault was but at the bare minimum make sure you have people that have the training and security privileges to fix problems any time they are needed. I had multiple reports of "I cant fix that I dont have the security privileges we will have someone fix it on Monday."
Thank god they did not think the clerks important enough to upgrade or we would have been lost.
yanman - Monday, July 23, 2007 - linkAnother alternative which is available through a mix of technologies is removing only the local storage of your corporate desktop fleet and replacing this with a PXE-boot solution. There are vendors that can allow iSCSI boot of XP installs via a proprietary solution using PXE.
i.e. Dell Optiplex with onboard GbE, boots from PXE, loads iSCSI stack, mounts guest LUN on the SAN for it's XP image, boots. Possibly you could leave the local hard disk in and use it only for swap space.
- Less forced change on the users
- Better workstation performance
- Retains the thin-client advantages of ensuring all data is on the SAN
- Can significantly increase SAN and network utilisation
- Slightly exotic setup that may not be fully supported by the hardware vendor. Reply
Ajax9000 - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkCould you please spell out VDI on page 9. I knew pretty much what was being talked about, but I still had to Google to be sure.
The workstation blades are an interesting development. Would it be possible to do VDI over workstation blades?
I ask because where I work (a government department) went Citrix in about 2001. At that time performance was reasonable in Head Office, but flaky in the handful of regional offices. We had thin clients, skinny clients (PCs stripped down to act as thin clients -- to save on TCA of course), and fat clients for specialised uses. It worked quite well -- I'd run 20MB+ spreadsheets under Citrix and use a fat client for publishing & graphics apps that wouldn't run under Citrix.
The only problem was making sure IT didn't downgrade you from fat client. :-)
But the government then amalgamated us with some other agencies (with standard PC setups) and we went from ~800 staff to over 2500 staff with many regional offices with poor network connections. And there was much more specialised uses such as greatly expanded GIS/mapping, web mapping, publishing, etc. Trying to get a sensible IT setup took three years ... and then there was another round of amalgamations with another round of IT integration issues that still haven't been resolved (and again involving lots more GIS/mapping, web mapping, etc).
So, would it be possible to do VDI over workstation blades as a way of distributing ARCinfo "floating" licences, Adobe apps, etc, across multiple sites rather than having dedicated workstations in "fixed" sites?
RandyDGroves - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkThis was a nice detailed review of CCI, but completely missed the fact that IBM is using PC-over-IP technology from Teradici (www.teradici.com) instead of a Thin Client. Unlike software solutions such as ICA, RDP, and RGS; Teradici's PC-over-IP processors use hardware to bridge the video, audio, and USB traffic between the desktop device (called a Portal) and the blade workstation. This enables a perception-free experience in which the end user cannot detect that their PC has been remoted. Furthermore, since the Portal only has a hardware decoder chip, it is lower power than a Thin Client.
For full disclosure, I am the CTO for Teradici and obviously biased. But, here are some links to recent articles in other publications that may be of interest:
Wall Street Journal - http://webreprints.djreprints.com/1722520524296.ht...">http://webreprints.djreprints.com/1722520524296.ht...
EETimes - http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jht...">http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jht...
The Register - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/06/teradici_b...">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/06/teradici_b...
JohanAnandtech - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkThe briefing we got in IBM's blade HQ in Raleigh about the IBM HC10 was a lot more about the concept. The actual hardware and software was not discussed in detail. That is why I focused mostly on CCI, as I had been shown the exact specifications. Reply
florrv - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkAs a network security manager for an F100, we've found a very useful niche for VDI technology: 3rd party developers.
Rather than have a 3rd party connect directly into your dev environment, you set up a VDI environment and give them a controlled sandbox. This way, you can lock down what data goes back and forth to the 3rd party.
senseamp - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkAs mentioned, this has been out for 8 years as SunRays.
You can take your badge out, go to any place in the company with a Sunray (like drop in office), put your badge in, and it will pop up the desktop where you left off. Unix (such as Solaris) is designed from ground up for this kind of work (multiple users running on same OS with remote display), so it works very well, if the network is behaving well. With star/open office and firefox/thunderbird, that's good enough for most office work, and if you need a lot of performance, you can dispatch jobs to bigger machines or compute farms in the company. Reply
szaijan - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkSun has been pushing the thin client architecture for years, yet there's no mention in the article. Having worked on multiple Sunray clusters, and many PC netwroks, I have the say the thin client setup is much better for day-to-day office and e-mail work, simply based on the lack of overhead in installation, bug resolution, boot times, et. al. Cost is much lower overall. The downside is that network problems make work impossible, while you can still utilize a PC when the network is down or overloaded. A decent netwrok infrastructure makes this a minor issue.
All that said, CAD, Photoshop, 3D Modeling, et. al., while not impossible, are badly hampered by the mouse latency, and the precision needed for such endeavors just isn't there. Of course you can just add a work station to the network for employees who require that level of client power. Reply
Adul - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkWe've been on a mission to getting rid of our thin clients as they been a source of pain since they keep getting infected with viruses, we can't patch them with normal updates, etc. Reply
JohanAnandtech - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkVery interesting. As you might have noticed, there are a lot "should" and "might" in the article :-). Could you tell me what kind of thin clients you are using? Running XP Embbedded? Why can't you patch them? Reply
Pale Rider - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkI work for a fortune 500 company as a sys admin. We have 10,000 nodes (PCs and servers).
Half of those are desktop business PCs and we use PCs on purpose - they fullfill the business need the best.
The facst are, most applictions do not run correctly in a terminal server or think client enviroment. Until the software developers change this and the cost of this clients come down consideranly we have no plans to move to think clients - this is true for the majority of IT departments as well. Reply
rowcroft - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkIt's been out there for years, but I have deployed Sun's SunRay systems and they worked great. Granted, the environment had limited Windows requirements (ran Mozilla for web and e-mail, used custom apps for business use) but those were satisfied with a Citrix deployment.
If you're looking for a stable, cost effective environment (both from a productivity and hard cost savings PoV) then you should consider something like that as well. Reply
yacoub - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkI'd feel horrible for anyone working in that type of locked-down environment... no freedom, no ability to use software beyond what is installed by the default image (obviously I'm talking about winamp, AIM, and other useful items, not trojans or malware), all of your programs and processing power are at the mercy of whoever dictates how much your share of the server's horsepower you're allowed to consume and what software you have access to. Ugh. What a death sentence of a work environment.
And for the IT department, what a dream come true! ;) Reply
rowcroft - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkProblem is, who gets to determine what's OK and what isn't? Try managing that in an enterprise environment. This isn't meant for a shop with 200 computers and one admin. Reply
yacoub - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkWhy the preview lure text for articles that is posted on the homepage below the article title always cuts off and yet the exact sentence never seems to be found in the actual article:
t's 2007, and a serious attempt on the life of the PC is in the works. Shockingly, the murder is planned by nobody less...
nobody less than who? Please finish the sentence of the preview text on the homepage, instead of burying parts of it amongst several sentences later in the article. Reply
strikeback03 - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkIf you go to the "IT Computing" tab at the top of the page (or whatever section the article is in) you get the whole intro blurb. they just display a portion on the homepage. Reply
punko - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkAs a heavy guy, I resent the term "fat client".
The biggest improvement in cost of ownership lately has been the change to LCD monitors. The effect is real in power savings.
The biggest headache is the licensing model change by Microsoft, AutoDesk and Adobe. This may lead to a massive shift in software to open source alternatives.
In our firm, most have PC's with a large number of laptops. Thin clients can't replace laptops, and most of us with PC's tend to push them hard, so there isn't any advantage over PC's. Reply
Chunga29 - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkGive me a break - take the PC (political correctness) somewhere else, please! If you're so offended, get off your duff and get some exercise, drop the fast food, don't drink sodas or juice or alcohol, and you'll be amazed at what that can do for your obesity.
And yes, you probably are clinically obese, as are 65% (and rising) Americans. I was one of them until a year ago, when I kicked my ass into shape doing the above. Dropped from 240 pounds and 31% body fat down to 190 pounds and 16% body fat, where I have been happily resting for the past six months.
Or, you can be like so many others and blame the problem on genetics, your job, etc. because weight issues certainly can't be caused by personal behavior! Reply
NT78stonewobble - Saturday, September 15, 2007 - linkI read it as a joke.
Still I WOULD blame my doctor on gaining around 30 % body weight in one year when I was twelve by giving me hormones.
Hormones that in the end wouldn't have had any effect on me. Hormones would help eg. 60 % of cases and in the rest surgery was necessary. However the initial exam of everyone with this particular problem was cut due to costs and thus everyone was given one or even two halfyear treatsments of hormones instead.
So unless you really know the guy dont ditch him.
P.S. Yes I've lost the weight since then. I am however still suffering from depressions going on the 10 th year and have an allmost anorectic relationship to food. Reply
JohanAnandtech - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkThin portables do exist, and could be a reality once Wimax and/or 3G are ubiquitous.
But I do agree that the licensing models of the bige Software guys add a lot to TCO. Is it just me or is IDC always trying minimize those by grossly overestimating administration costs? :-) Reply
Pirks - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkwell, I know the guy who claims he lowered TCO drastically by switching his business desktop PCs to MacBooks. he says the number of support calls for Macs is zero, while Windows PCs give him trouble after trouble. is this zealotry? I have no idea, maybe he is a zealot but I'd rather wait before judging him
anyway, if you guys have any technical questions for him - shoot
I'll ask him, if he sees any real interesting questions - he might even appear here in person
just wanted to let you know that anandtech knows not everything about lowering TCO - there are some interesting surprises out there only a few people know about Reply
bob661 - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkI don't have trouble with Windows PC's. The only patches I install are Service Packs. That's it. I don't get viruses or spyware. I do run a anti-virus app and a firewall but that's it. This shit is easy! Block ALL questionable websites at your companies firewall. No pr0n and no downloading. Block all that shit. If you need to download, put in a request stating why you need it. Set up a separate computer with user accounts and passwords that's not attached to the network and let them download from there. Monitor those computers and if someone messes up, remove their access. Reply
Pirks - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkexcuse me, but "I have antivirus", "I block everything with firewall", "I don't let my users do anything on the Net without special request" - this does not sound quite like "I have no trouble", it's more like "I avoid trouble by not letting my users do anything"
this is very different from Macs where it's safe to go outside and there's no need to cut everything off. this was this Mac guy's original point - put Macs instead of Windows PCs and there's suddenly no need to babysit your users anymore, he never even bothered to cut their internet access - no need for this with Macs, he says Reply
retrospooty - Friday, July 20, 2007 - link"put Macs instead of Windows PCs and there's suddenly no need to babysit your users anymore"
Thats a great arguement except for the fact that Macs are...
1. largely incompatible with the business world and apps used. Yes some things work fine, but everyone in any office knows that dealing with the few Mac users is a pain in the ass because their shit doesn't work.
2. Expensive as hell
3. If the above 2 problems were overcome (and that IS possible) Macs would be a decent contender and hackers and Viruses would be targeted toward Macs. Right now, Macs are 3-4% global market share, and aren't enough of a contender to bother with.
yyrkoon - Friday, July 20, 2007 - linkLets not forget about . . .
4) Limited hardware support.
I am not a Mac fan at_all, in fact I nearly hate anything 'Apple', but if Windows were to vanish into thin air right now, and given the other options availible, I would have to say that Mac OSes are probably the next best polished. It is just too bad that OSX's limited BIOS support makes it nearly impossible to run on 100% of the PCs out there . . . as I personally would not be adverse to running OSX as an alternative to Windows. This goes back to what you said about Macs 'just not working right', this is the feeling I get from anything *NIX; ie: there is always SOMETHING that does not work.
As for your Virus comments, I could not agree more, and while *NIX based OSes may be built to be more secure from the get go, I actually hear more about Linux/BSD machines being compromised than XP/2k machines in a server capacity. My feelings here are that those people who run servers actually KNOW how to setup a Windows machine properly, and do not become complacent. They also do not frequent questionable websites, while 'clickity clickity'n' on 'yes' buttons on every website they land on. They also know the true value of keeping an OS up to date. I actually run XP Pro SP2 withuto any form of a virus scanner, but I will occationally fire up the occational LiveCD (BartPE) and scan with the root disk un-mounted; I have yet to find a virus in the past several years(on my own personal computers), and yet, people I know, who run virus software 24/7 are being constantly infected. GO figure !
Now if it werent for the fact that I get paid very well to remove viruses as a professional, I might actually 'hate' viruses ;) Reply
hubajube - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkMy mistake. I use antivirus and firewalls at home. At work, I'm not in charge of infrastructure but I know what it takes to make it work. And you can surf legitimately and freely without the need to download and also without the need to go to questionable websites. IF IF IF you NEED to download (IT staff, software developers, etc.) setup a separate computer NOT attached to the companies LAN like I said previously and monitor the hell out it. If YOU are not grown enough to download pr0n or pirate software at home then I don't want to YOU as an employee. The "secret" to Macs is that hardly anyone writes viruses or spyware for them. It's a niche market. Using them in place of the PC at work is smart (IMO) but only serves to NOT hold your employees responsible for their actions. Like I said, I don't those types of people working for me. Reply
bpt8056 - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkIt's the opposite at the institute where I work. While the IT guy has dealt with both IBM and Apple for support, he said that IBM was far superior. He went on to say that there were 12 PC (IBM) and 12 MAC laptops that were sent to the manufacturer for repair. The difference between the two was that all of the PC laptops worked when they were returned and only half of the MAC laptops worked after repair. At the equipment request meeting, he has encourage everyone to consider getting a PC laptop because the level of support between the two were worlds apart and the ~$1300 savings in purchasing each laptop after discounts were considered.
I'm glad the switch to Mac worked out well for your guy, but not everyone has the same experience. Reply
TA152H - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkCompaq was the mother of the PC? They were one of the two most important companies? What????????????????????
They had NOTHING to do with the creation of the PC, NOTHING. Last time I checked, mother's had a lot to do with the creation of their kids.
Compaq was a clone maker. IBM designed the PC, and pushed all the standards for the first decade. Ever hear of PS/2 ports? AT (often incorrectly called ISA) bus? VGA? XGA? Hell, even Winchester drives (Hard disks) were invented by IBM. RISC? IBM! These are things still in use, or at least the terms are. Even Windows 2K/XP were born by IBM, as they were originally known as OS/2 NT (or 3.0), not Windows NT, and perversely IBM funded a lot of the development because it was started before IBM and Microsoft broke up.
Calling Intel a father I could live with, after all they had the microprocessor that was used and eventually took over a lot of the important hardware design from IBM. Easily a more important company than Compaq. Compaq? One of the driving forces behind that great success EISA? Wow, yes, they deserve a lot of credit for that and being a clone maker.
I can't even read the rest of the article after reading that. It's one thing to try to make some seque into the rest of the article, but it's another thing when it's based on absolute nonsense that just makes people scratch their heads. Compaq, the mother of the PC. Unreal. Reply
yyrkoon - Friday, July 20, 2007 - link
ever hear of PS/2 ports? AT (often incorrectly called ISA) bus?
Uh . . . there was such a thing as an ISA bus . . . PS/2 ports are the din9 plug keyboards still to this day plug into(unless you're using USB of course) . . . Never have I ever heard anyone confuse a keyboard interface, with an expansion slot, but I guess you're living in that wierd part of the world . . . this is not like some PC newbie calling the computer case the 'CPU"; people who knew about an ISA slot, knew what it was, and what it did.
Also, before you get too comfortable calling IBM 'the creator of all', lets not forget that IBM was also the cause of PC hardware stagnation (proprietary hardware at a high cost), and that it was not until OEM vendors got tired of IBM's tactics, that IBM lost nearly all of its PC market share. Sure, IBM pioneered a lot of stuff, and they were responcable for a lot of the technology 'back in the day', but I for one am glad they are no longer 'setting the standard' now days. Now, since when was RISC considered a PC technology ? Never ? Sun ring a bell ? SGI ?
Since OS/2 Warp bore IBMs name, they are responcable for NT/Win2k/XP ?! Now whose taking the leap from reality . . . you sure seem to have an unique outlook on the computer industries past, I'll grant you that. Reply
JohanAnandtech - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkI am glad the Anandtech Comment box allows you to blow off some steam ... I think your colleagues should thank me now ;-).
Anyway, of course, Compaq as the mother of Thé pc is an exageration. However, as we are talking about the business desktop, I do think that Compaq has played a very important role. See stmok's comment, and also, Compaq was one of the most important companies that started very early with selling business desktops, not just plain pcs. More expensive, but easier to maintain and a bit more robust.
You agree that IBM is one of the parents. I am not an historian, but a server researcher/journalist... So feel free to seriously question my history knowledge. Who was the other parent of the business desktop according to you? The main point that IBM and HP/Compaq were both two very important companies when it comes to the history of the business pc. Reply
TA152H - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkActually, I had no steam until I read the Compaq stuff, so don't patronize me.
I worked at IBM, and man did we hate Compaq. When I read stuff like that, I guess I still have some true blue blood in me, and it makes me mad.
They didn't do anything. Compaq was certainly not the only company to reverse engineer IBM's BIOS, or really ROM as it was called then. It was done by many companies. Ever hear of Phoenix?
They were not an important company in any way, there were plenty of clone makers out, although Compaq did make a reliable clone, but it was expensive as Hell too. They did use the 8086 instead of the 8088, and were the first to use the external cache on the 386, but then, Intel created the cache chip (82385)and setup so I'm still not sure what credit they deserve. What did Compaq do that would not have been without them? Nothing! They invented nothing. They just sold an expensive clone, that was ugly. IBM, by contrast, did a lot. Apple too, really.
I don't know how to make the analogy for the parent, but Compaq was a meaningless company that in no way shaped the industry. I would call IBM the mother, and maybe Intel the father. Or maybe even Apple, because if you look at the IBM PC, it did seem to borrow a few things from the Apple II. Maybe it was a half grandfather or something. Tandy was an extremely important player too, not only because of the PC compatibles, but before. They brought the PC home, and did a lot of minor innovations too, like putting the OS in ROM, and adding their own low-end GUI (Deskmate). They also released the PC that Bill Gates said was what he used to develop Windows (The Tandy 2000, an odd bird based on the 80186, and MS-DOS compatible but not truly PC Compatible since the ROM calls were different).
The reality is, the PC was really just an IBM product. No other company deserves too much credit, and frankly, IBM didn't even make anything too revolutionary, when you consider things. They made probably the biggest mistake in business history in fact, using a microprocessor from Intel, and an operating system from Microsoft. They thus lost control of the computer industry, slowly at first, but inevitably as microprocessors became too powerful for IBM's liking. They also made huge mistakes by degrading their PCs so as not to compete with their other lines. Not only in performance (why did the PC/AT have a wait state???), but also in price. Would anyone have bought that junk from Compaq if IBM didn't artificially inflate prices on their PS/2s? Would there have been clones if IBM had used proprietary technology, instead of using an inferior microprocessor, and off the shelf parts?
Really, IBM only should get credit because of their name. It created a standard, and that it was a standard was more important than the actual company that created it. There was nothing special about the machines, although the PS/2s were incredible machines when released in 1987, and the RT PC was a technical masterpiece (although, in real world performance, was a failure). OS/2 was a great operating system too. But, by then their mistakes were carved in stone, and the rest of the world is now suffering from them. Sub-optimal microprocessors from AMD and Intel because of horrible instruction set, and a miserable OS from Microsoft that is bloated, buggy, and slow. Compaq, by virtue of it's irrelevance, bears no responsibility for that. IBM does, with arguably the worst choices ever made by a company, when considering the consequences of them. Reply
Chunga29 - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkDude, you've got SERIOUS issues. I won't argue about whether or not Compaq was the mother of the business PC or not, but they were at least a player and basically you're having a fit about a short sentence that serves as the intro to the article. HP is now the biggest business PC maker I believe (barely ahead of Dell), so at least they're somewhat relevant. Anyway, get past the intro and read the article rather then going off on a little comment that was basically there to try and get people interested (or in your case perhaps, riled up). Reply
TA152H - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkYes, my issue is I dislike misinformation and revisionism. Yours is you do not. Which do you think is worse?
I never said anything bad about HP. Compaq being the mother of the PC though, it just wrong. If no one points it out, then it tacitly is accepted as true, and it was not. If you think truth is irrelevant, then we have a fundamental difference of opinion. Reply
Chunga29 - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkThis isn't even revisionism, I don't think. I mean come on, Johan is over in the Netherlands testing this stuff, and it was just an intro. The main gist (I believe) is that HP/Compaq and IBM are trying to push PCs out of the business sector. The conclusion is that at present they're still pushing proprietary, expensive technology that really doesn't benefit *most* companies. There are instances where it could be useful, but for most large companies a cheaper PC is still easy enough to support.
I work at a fortune 500 company with thousands of PCs and laptops throughout the corporation. I haven't heard much about anyone pushing blades for us (though I'm sure IBM has tried). We have about 200 PCs and 20 laptops at my location, and about 10 spares. The spares are imaged and ready to roll in the computer room. If a PC has issues, we go out, swap PCs, take the old PC back and start troubleshooting. Takes about 15 minutes, 10 of which involves us carting the PC from the data center to the desk of whoever needs it.
FWIW, Compaq did create the "luggable brick" PC, didn't they? I have fond memories of playing Rogue on a small 4-6" screen with a fold-down keyboard. Hahaha... those weighed about 40 pounds, I think! You still have major isses, though (as you indicate above). I mean, seriously, who gives a rip about whether or not Compaq was one of the major founders of the PC world? They were, along with many others, but it's pretty irrelevent.
I'd say Intel is the father (hardware), Microsoft is the mother (software), and IBM is basically the preist that married the two and then everyone more or less ignored. That you're one of the people who think PS/2 was a great system speaks volumes in my book. It was expensive, not truly much faster, filled with proprietary parts, and in the PC world it was doomed to failure. It was basically IBM trying to put the wine back in the bottle after pouring, and the market rejected the idea.
I remember doing some work on a guy's PS/2, and I was shocked at how much he paid for so little. $4000 or something crazy, and my little old $2000 clone 386 could run circles around it. Sure, it had SCSI (I think?), but a faster HDD subsystem with less RAM, a slower CPU, and all the other junk was meaningless. I think the biggest contribution the PS/2 made to the computer world is the PS/2 keyboard and mouse adapters! Reply
JohanAnandtech - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkThan I am sorry I overemphasized the role of compaq, but I think we can agree that this article was not about giving credit to those who layed the foundation for the personal computer.
The purpose was to show that both HP and IBM/Lenovo, IMHO the most important players in the pc industry (from business desktop to pc server) were thinking out alternatives to the pc.
Thanks for the historical insight.
TA152H - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkI still have a fundamental problem with giving Compaq any credit for the foundation of the personal computer, because they were one of many clones, but they did sell to businesses, so I guess that counts for something (what I'm not sure of).
HP was a much more important company than Compaq, not so much for their PCs, which were essentially clones and not particularly original, but they did a lot of work on CISC based workstations (68030) and operating systems for them, as well as their own stuff. I have nothing at all against HP, they were and are a very important company and have pioneereed a lot of interesting technology, currently the Itanium. Also, their impact on printers can not be ignored, as they became at one point a de facto standard.
Compaq, invented?
With regards to the article, it was nice to see the Eden processors mentioned. I wish they received more attention than they do, although I do have an 800 MHz processor and it's a complete failure on every level. It uses as much power as a K6-III+ at 600 MHz, and underperforms it at everything. For that reason I stuck with my K6-III+s, which are capable of changing multiplier without even rebooting the machine.
However, now they have some 3.5 watt 1 GHz model which completely changes things. Their 1.5 GHz 7 watt model is also very impressive, and, I think, deserves a lot more press than it gets. These are certainly not speed kings, but for a lot of functions are perfectly adequate while having extraordinary power use.
One thing about HP and IBM is, they are both technology companies, and I think have an interest in kicking out the commodity market as much as possible. Dell, being little more than a distributor, has an interest in commoditizing as much as possible. So, it's not altogether surprising that companies with the technical ability to create new products would attempt to do so, in an attempt to usurp the usefulness of commodity products. It's almost surprising it hasn't taken off more than it has, because most of the time PCs on a business LAN are so restricted that it almost is irrelevant if they have a hard disk, except for the fact they whine and use power. I'm not even sure the term business PC makes any sense, it's something of an oxymoron.
As they say, the more things change, the more things remain the same. This is not so different from mainframes with 3270s attached to them. The processing can still be done on the client though, so in that respect it is. Certainly, however, things are a lot more centralized than they were 15 years ago. Good grief, I wonder if PL/1 will make a comeback. Oh, the humanity! Reply
stmok - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkCompaq made the PC clone possible by reverse engineering IBM's BIOS. (clean room approach).
So they did have some influence as to what has become today's PC. (or PC Clone).
Then again, the only use for the BIOS nowadays is for bootstrapping until the OS's drivers take over. (except for ACPI, you still need BIOS for that). Reply
fic2 - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkSo, Compaq were more like the long lost uncle that comes into town after a few years to take pictures of the niece/nephew. Nothing to do with the conception or raising the kid, just bragging that if he wanted to he could have done the same. Reply
bob661 - Thursday, July 19, 2007 - linkI'm still back on people being able to do CAD apps from 2000 miles away. LOL! The hardware may be there and the bandwidth may be there but there's NO WAY any company can guarantee that you'll get less than 20 ms of latency on an internet connection. Especially the more remote your users are. Are you willing to bet your engineering departments productivity on a promise from your ISP? I'm not. I'll pay the horrendous costs (LOL again!) for a dedicated desktop PC that's NOT at the mercy of an external company.
BTW, if you want to eliminate viruses and such from the companies network, there's a free solution for this: IT'S CALLED ENFORCING COMPANY POLICY! This involves (gasp) training and if that fails, taking disciplinary action. If they STILL don't get it, fire them! It's FAR cheaper to fire an employee that's not productive (and inducing viruses on a the company's network reduces productivity) than it is to come up with some multi-million dollar scheme (thin clients and their respective high dollar IT admins) to outsmart them and put everyone's productivity at risk. Reply


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State District Judge Ernest G. "Ernie" Drake Jr. gained election Wednesday to a seat on the Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal after his only rival withdrew from the race.
Denham Springs Marshal Jerry Denton filed a Notice of Withdrawal with the Secretary of State's Office on Wednesday, officially ending his campaign for the appellate court's District 3, Division C seat.
Both men qualified with the Secretary of State's Office to run in the April 6 primary election for the 1st Circuit Court judgeship vacated by Judge Jeff Hughes' Dec. 8 election to the Louisiana Supreme Court.
The 1st Circuit Court of Appeal encompasses 16 parishes, seven of which are represented by the District 3, Division C judgeship: East Feliciana, Livingston, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington and West Feliciana.
Drake, a sitting judge on the 21st Judicial District Court bench, will be commissioned Thursday and take his oath of office for the appellate court seat within 30 days, said Meg Casper, spokeswoman for the Secretary of State's Office.
Denton said his withdrawal from the race was the result of a short election cycle and its demands on both time and resources.
"I have been very fortunate to gain the support of many people across the seven parishes in this district, and I still believe I would do an excellent job representing this district," Denton said in a statement released Wednesday through spokeswoman Delia Taylor.
"However, I have not been able to attain the large sums of money in this short election cycle that is needed. Also, the time constraints in this short election cycle would make it difficult for me to simultaneously do my job as marshal," he said.
Denton's candidacy had been challenged in 21st Judicial District Court by Amite lawyer Charles "Boo" Christmas.
Christmas filed suit under a provision of state law that allows any registered voter to challenge the qualifications of a candidate in a race for which the person may vote.
Christmas alleged in his lawsuit that Denton failed to disclose to the Louisiana Supreme Court more than $261,000 in federal tax liens.
All judges and candidates for elective judicial office are required by state law to file a personal financial statement with the Supreme Court disclosing, among other things, any debt exceeding $10,000.
Although there are exceptions, none include debts owed to the Internal Revenue Service.
Christmas also said that, in qualifying for the appellate court race, Denton was required to certify that he had filed his state and federal tax returns for the past five years, but that Denton failed to certify that he filed a state tax return in 2008.
Denton said Wednesday that he believes he successfully met all requirements to be a judicial candidate.
Christmas agreed.
"After reviewing documentation provided to my attorney by Mr. Denton, I am satisfied that Mr. Denton has, in fact, filed his state and federal returns for the last five years," Christmas said Wednesday. "I am also satisfied that Mr. Denton is a qualified candidate in this election for the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal.
"Quite frankly, if my suit were to go forward on the merits, in all likelihood I would not prevail," Christmas said.
Denton said Wednesday that the lawsuit issue had lingered for several days longer than expected and hindered his ability to fulfill his duties as marshal, a position he intends to maintain.
"I am very happy with my decision to continue serving in that capacity, and I look forward to continue doing my best to improve that office and its service to my community," Denton said.
Drake's move to the appellate court will leave a vacancy on the bench of the 21st Judicial District, which serves Livingston, Tangipahoa and St. Helena parishes.
The Louisiana Supreme Court will appoint a judge to fill that seat temporarily, pending a special election in October for Drake's unexpired term, Chief Judge Bob Morrison said.
Following the expiration of that term at the end of 2014, court officials hope to convert the seat to a family court division, he said.
The court currently has no family court divisions, but legislation has been enacted to convert another division — that of Judge Zoey Waguespack, who will retire in 2014 — to a family court division, Morrison said.
The plan is to do the same with Drake's division, which will leave the court with six general divisions for hearing criminal and nonfamily civil cases, he said.

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SAINT LEO, Fla. – Classes are in session and the excitement is already building for the Saint Leo Men's Basketball season once the calendar heads into November. Just this week a simple phrase on the men's basketball Facebook page that read "Big things coming this year" had the fans abuzz as the memories of last year's success still sit fresh with Lions' fans.
Lance Randall's 2012-13 squad begins the year with some lofty goals and expectations, but the Lions continue to build a résumé which moves them into the upper tier of the nation's elite teams.
Let's looks at some impressive facts and figures as we build toward Tip-off 2012:
- With an 18-12 overall record, Saint Leo qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the first time as the South Region's No. 5 seed
- Saint Leo returns all five starters from 2011-12 and nine of their top-10 scorers
- The Lions finished with the second-most wins in program history (18)
- The Lions advanced to the Sunshine State Conference Tournament Championship Game for just the second time in program history.
- At one point in the season Saint Leo won eight-consecutive games to close out the regular season and claimed a program-record nine straight wins in total
- After being picked to finish last in the Conference in 2011-12, the Lions surprised everyone but themselves by finishing third in the regular season
- Statistically, the Lions ranked at the top of the SSC in scoring defense, field goal percent defense, 3-point defense, and defensive rebounding
- In his first season at Saint Leo, Head Coach Lance Randall was named the SSC's Coach of the Year
- Saint Leo finished last season fourth in the nation in scoring defense (58.7 points/gm)
- The Saint Leo defense was proven in the NCAA Tournament game against Florida Tech when starting senior Tom Neary posted 10 blocks.
- The Lions were also 10th in the nation with a 39.6 percent field goal average defense
- Randall's squad finished 2011-12 tied for 19th in 3 point field goal defense (30.4%)
- Saint Leo introduced three talented freshman signings, as all three were ranked in the top-100 players in Florida
- Last month the Lions announced the addition of Chim Kadima, a versatile wing from Division I Loyola-Chicago
- After a redshirt season, talented guard Jerrel Harris joins the Lions backcourt
- Last season saw starter Trent Thomas earned All-Conference First Team honors and was also named the Newcomer of the Year and NABC All-District as he positions himself for Player of the Year honors
- Also positioning himself for Player of the Year accolades is returning starter Marcus Ruh who finished 2011-12 as an All-SSC First Team member and a member of the All-Newcomer team.
"We are looking forward to coaching a team that returns so much talent and experience," Randall said. "This is a tough-minded group that has embraced a steel curtain defensive mentality. We have added two very good veterans in Jerrel Harris and Chim Kadima as well as three talented freshmen that greatly upgrade our depth."
These numbers, stories and the exciting additions are just a small part of what the Lions have in store for this season as the Green and Gold supporters begin to ramp up toward November.


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This download includes three articles from the early 1900s (my original copies are, alas, undated, but hairstyles and dress styles provide good clues). First is a feature about fashionable hats. Next is a beautifully illustrated piece about negligees–lovely, long gowns and wrappers to match. Finally there's an article with photographs of intricate embroidery by "peasants!" Enjoy!
Early 1900s Fashion Features
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Robert Neumann 1960-1979
1979 — Albuquerque, NM
"ROBBIE's Dad_____ Lt. Col. Robert H. Neumann (USAF Ret.), a resident of Albuquerque since 1959, died Monday, January 25, 1999. He was preceded in death by his son, Robbie"Colonel" Neumann in 1979;
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Muscular Dystrophy Association, 6733 Academy Rd. NE 87109, in memory of Robbie (Colonel) Neumann.
Robbie was born in 1960 and passed in 1979 of Muscular Dystrophy at barely the age of 19 years. He was obviously greatly loved by everyone... his nickname was the "Colonel".
Please see Robbie's dad LTC Robert Neumann's WWII link to the left under the MAP.
Barbi Ennis Connolly, 57th Bomb Wing Historical Researcher for WWII and Historian of the 319th and 321st Bomb Groups. http://57thbombwing.com/gallery2/main.php


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Today's update to Creative Cloud is packed with features, reimagining the creative process through a new set of "CC" desktop applications and enhanced cross-device collaboration and publishing capabilities . Adobe also announced that the company will focus creative software development efforts on its Creative Cloud offering moving forward. More details info on press release here.
Also there have been major updates to Cloud in terms of :
- Desktop, Web and Mobile Access
- Integration With The World's Leading Creative Community
- Synchronize, Store, Share and Collaborate
- Seamless Publishing
There have been host of new feature additions in other flagship products like Illustrator etc. For more info click here.


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Skydiving Adventure Goes Bad For 80-Year-Old Woman [Video]
We are hearing more and more about people and their bucket lists thanks in part to the motion picture of the same name that starred Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. Lavern had a bucket list and on that list was skydiving on her 80th birthday. Lavern took the opportunity until her tandem jump went bad.


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Fisher Named to Wallace Award Watch List
Fisher Named to Wallace Award Watch List
April 20, 2013
STILLWATER, Okla. – Kansas State's Austin Fisher is one of 25 shortstops nationally to be named to the initial watch list for the 2013 Brooks Wallace Award, the College Baseball Hall of Fame has announced.
The award recognizes the nation's top shortstop and will be presented during the College Baseball Hall of Fame's Night of Champions on June 29 in Lubbock, Texas.
Fisher, the only Big 12 player to make the watch list, is the third Wildcat shortstop to be up for the award as Drew Biery was a semifinalist in 2009 before Carter Jurica was a candidate in 2010. Pitcher Daniel Edwards was also a candidate in 2007 and 2008 before the award was focused solely on shortstops beginning in 2009.
A product of Lenexa, Kan., Fisher enters play Saturday with a .324 batting average in 39 games, including 38 starts. The left-handed hitter leads the team and ranks second in the Big 12 with 14 doubles, while he has three triples, one home run and 25 RBI.
Fisher has thrived in late-game situations as he singled home the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth on April 5 against Texas Tech on a two-strike, two-out pitch. Four days later, Fisher completed a five-run K-State comeback by hitting a game-tying double in the eighth inning against Wichita State, a game the Wildcats won on a passed ball the next inning.
Kansas State continues its three-game series at No. 27 Oklahoma State Saturday afternoon in a 3 p.m., contest at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium. The game can be heard in the Manhattan area on SportsRadio 1350 KMAN, while free live audio is available online at both www.k-statesports.com and www.1350kman.com.


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Lung Cancer After 70: Is it a Different Disease?
Lung Cancer After 70: Is it a Different Disease?
Despite the fact that elderly patients comprise over 50% of the non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) population, our knowledge regarding the efficacy and safety of chemotherapy in this group is suboptimal. The "elderly" (defined as individuals ≥70 years of age) experience physiologically normal aging of their bone marrow and kidneys, which inherently increases toxicity to therapy. Standard practice has often been to discourage the use of combination chemotherapy in these patients; however, general consensus guidelines emphasize that performance status should primarily guide the choice of treatment. Elderly patients with advanced NSCLC treated with platinum doublet therapy demonstrate similar efficacy (but increased toxicity) to their younger counterparts. Patients with metastatic disease in which a targeted and/or biological agent(s) was added to chemotherapy experienced benefits similar to those treated with standard platinum doublets, but with increased morbidity and mortality. In the future, effective testing of molecular targeted therapies will have to include elderly patients among research cohorts or risk excluding a large population of eligible patients. Overall, elderly patients with advanced NSCLC, while experiencing greater toxicity, demonstrate the same response rates and survival benefits as their younger peers.
It is estimated that lung cancer will be diagnosed in 222,520 patients in 2010 and that 80% of them will fall into the non-small cell category (NSCLC).[1] Approximately 50% of these patients will be aged 65 years or older.[2] The SEER database indicates that the median age of diagnosis for NSCLC is 69 years of age, with 14% of newly diagnosed patients 80 years old or older—this latter group receives fewer interventions and shows poor survival.[3,4] Furthermore, the age-adjusted incidence of developing lung cancer of any type increases from one in 41 patients from 60 to 69 years of age to 1 in 18 patients at over 70 years of age according to data acquired between 2003 and 2005.[1] In the United States and Europe, 70 is accepted as "elderly".[5] Patients ≥70 years of age are grossly underrepresented in clinical trials. Historically, only 25% of NSCLC trials included patients 65 years or older.[6] Extrapolating these data to elderly patients in clinical practice represents an obvious clinical dilemma.
However, age alone does not accurately predict patients' ability to tolerate chemotherapy, and being elderly does not portend poor outcomes. Performance status (PS), rather than age, is a better predictor and should be used to tailor therapy decisions. Furthermore, multiple geriatric assessments have been constructed to better predict which elderly patients can tolerate chemotherapy. Questionnaires, such as ones developed by Hurria and Extermann et al, use a patient's functional status, which combines nutritional status, mobility assessment, and concurrent health conditions to better predict for morbidity and mortality during treatment.[7,8]
In this article, we aim to demonstrate that elderly patients with advanced (stage III-IV) NSCLC will derive the same benefit from therapy as their younger age-matched controls. Topics to be addressed include toxicity, choice of single-agent or doublet chemotherapy, concurrent chemoradiotherapy, and finally choice of therapy in metastatic disease, with attention paid to toxicity of biological/targeted agents.
Pharmacology and Toxicity
Treatment of elderly cancer patients requires careful regard for potential toxicity. Normal aging results in a decrease in the glomerular filtration rate, which reduces the excretion of many common cytotoxic therapies used in NSCLC such as carboplatin and pemetrexed. The elderly must be careful to avoid dehydration, and nephrotoxic agents such as contrast dye, aspirin, or NSAIDs must be used with caution.[9, 10] Similarly, aging results in decreased hematopoietic progenitors and increased myelosuppression during chemotherapy.[11]
From 2003 to 2005, advanced-stage NSCLC patients were enrolled in the Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance [CanCORS] Consortium observational study[12]. Chrischilles et al prospectively evaluated a cohort of 1,371 of these NSCLC patients with age groups of <55, 55 to 64, 65 to 74, and ≥75 for the influence of age on toxicity and choice of therapy.[13] They found that 78% of patients in the <55 group received chemotherapy, while only 60.5% of those in the 65 to 74 group and 42% in the ≥75 group received any therapy (P < .0001). Similarly, older patients were less likely to receive platinum agents. Among those receiving chemotherapy, pre-treatment clinically important acute medical events (as defined in the CanCORS survey) actually occurred in 18.5% of patients age <55 years, but 9.2% of elderly patients. This is in contrast to treatment-related adverse events, which occurred in 42% of patients age 65-74 years, compared to 30.6% of patients <55, which was statistically significant (odds ratio: 1.70, 95% confidence interval: 1.19 to 2.43). Both peripheral neuropathy and neutropenic fever/sepsis occurrences were also associated with increasing age. Some reduction in the incidence of neutropenia may have been achieved via growth factor administration, per the guidelines recommended by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).[14]
Doublet vs Single-Agent Therapy
The most recently published expert consensus data did not support the selection of a specific first-line chemotherapy regimen or combination therapy based on age alone, and in fact emphasized that elderly patients derive the same benefit as younger groups, but at the cost of increased toxicity with combination versus single agent first-line chemotherapy.[15, 16]
In the West Japan Thoracic Oncology Group (WJTOG) 9904 trial, in which docetaxel was compared with vinolrelbine in elderly patients with advanced-stage disease (including PS ≤2), docetaxel (5.5 vs 3.1 months, P < .001, and 22.7% vs 9.9%, P < .01, respectively) showed a higher progression-free survival (PFS) and response rate, but also showed higher myelosuppression.[17]
Docetaxel has also been compared to a combination of gemcitabine-docetaxel in patients >65 years of age. In the combination arm, 39% of patients were >75 years. Time to progression was improved with the combination therapy (4.8 vs 2.9 months; P = .04), but overall survival (OS) results showed no statistical difference. Those with Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) PS of 2 did poorly, and the authors suggested that PS should influence the choice of singlet vs doublet therapy.[18]
A pivotal trial conducted by Quoix et al was recently presented in abstract form (Table 1); this study intended to show that doublet therapy is superior to singlet therapy in the eldest of patients.[19] The trial included only patients aged 70 to 89 years; in addition, patients with ECOG PS of 2 comprised ~27% of the total study population (n = 451). Patients were randomized to 15 weeks of either single-agent weekly gemcitabine or vinorelbine or to a combination of carboplatin, dosed monthly, with weekly paclitaxel for a total of 16 weeks. Doublet therapy demonstrated an improvement in PFS from 3.0 to 6.1 months for singlet therapy (P < 10-6). OS for doublet therapy was 10.3 months, vs 6.2 months in the single-agent arm (P < .00004). Grade 3 neutropenia occurred in 54% of patients who received doublet therapy and in 38% of those who received singlet therapy (P < 10-5), but no significant differences were shown regarding febrile neutropenia. Toxic deaths were increased with doublet therapy, but overall death rates were higher in the singlet therapy group.
Overall, this trial provides level I evidence for using PS criteria and not age as the most important factor in choosing doublet chemotherapy, since older patients with good PS achieve gains, similar to those seen in their younger counterparts, in PFS and OS with this therapy. This trial provides level I evidence to the ASCO consensus guidelines, which recommend consideration of doublet therapy in fit elderly individuals.[15]


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This article was published 19/10/2012 (1768 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
He's not leader of anything right now, and even if he does win the Liberal crown, it's a long shot that he will ever get the chance to lead a government. Still, that hasn't stopped Quebec MP and presumptive leadership front-runner Justin Trudeau from acting like he's already prime minister.
Trudeau is scheduled to appear at a Liberal rally in Winnipeg on Saturday October 20. This is the first time he is visiting Winnipeg since he announced his intention to run for the leadership of the federal Liberals earlier this month. Once he declared, and even before he confirmed his appearance this weekend, a cadre of Free Press journalists began rousting their contacts in the party to secure a sit-down interview with him whilst in our fair city. In particular, we attempted to get him to do a live webcast interview at the Free Press News Café on McDermot Avenue, where we have interviewed federal politicians such as Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and Heritage Minister James Moore, among others. Heck, we even had then-interim Grit leader Bob Rae in for a chat.
After nearly two weeks of back-and-forth with local Liberals working on his campaign, and his federal handlers, we were told Trudeau "isn't doing one-on-one interviews" at the moment. We were free to scrum him after his Saturday gig, the Grit handlers said, but that was the extent of his availability.
The fact is Trudeau is doing one-on-one interviews. He did an "exclusive" interview with the Globe and Mail's Jane Taber, a veteran 'inside the ropes' journalist, for a story that appeared October 6. He also did a sit-down with Maclean's Magazine for their October 11th issue.
I'm sure what Trudeau's handlers meant to say is, 'we're not doing many one-on-one interviews right now, preferring to work with selected journalists to control access and message.' Don't get me wrong, from time to time I've been lucky enough to be one of those selected journalists, and appreciate that those who did get interviews with Trudeau did it by making good use of the gravitas of their news organizations and their own relationships with key people in his campaign. Good on them. That doesn't mean that it's a good political strategy for this politician, at this delicate stage in the history of the Liberal party.
The frustration is that Trudeau's handlers are already handling him like he is the prime minister. They are engaging in the same rigid, suffocating, hyper-controlled media strategy that the federal Tories apply when Prime Minister Stephen Harper travels the country. However, while it may seem silly to have to point this out, Trudeau is not Stephen Harper. Not only has he not won anything, he hasn't even demonstrated he has enough support to win the leadership of his party. This is a time when Trudeau should be out barnstorming the country, meeting as many people as possible and making himself available to the media in an unfettered manner.
This is especially true in a province like Manitoba, where the Grits have been reduced to a single federal seat. Although Manitoba has only a handful of seats (14) in the House of Commons, it serves as a microcosm of the challenge facing the Liberals. At one time, when Liberals commanded enormous majority governments, they held 12 of 14 seats here. Now, it's down to MP Kevin Lamoureux. Manitoba doesn't offer a huge trove of seats for the Liberals, but they could be competitive in a half-dozen ridings here with the right leader and campaign. It's hard to imagine the Liberals, running a distant third in the federal legislature, would turn their noses up at the prospect of adding six seats. As it stands now, Trudeau has virtually no campaign organization in Manitoba. Maybe that's why he's blowing through town so quickly.
It is instructive that when the federal NDP were selecting a leader to replace the late Jack Layton, the majority of candidates in a very large field were readily available for one-on-one interviews. This included the then front-runner and eventually winner, Thomas Mulcair. There seemed to be an overriding belief among NDP hopefuls, that campaigning to lead a federal opposition party was a valuable tool that would help introduce the eventual successor to the country. After all, while only party members get to choose a leader, all voters get the responsibility of choosing a prime minister.
Trudeau certainly doesn't need the exposure. With his iconic last name, his movie-star good looks, and his willingness to appear bare-chested in charity boxing matches, this is a politician who has already established tremendous brand power. That still does not excuse his campaign's decision to put him under a bell jar at this early stage of the leadership race.
The Free Press will dutifully cover his appearance Saturday. We will file stories and video for the newspaper and our website. Like clutch of seals at feeding time, we will strain our necks and choke down whatever content Mr. Trudeau is willing to toss our way. Even as we curse the suffocating control exerted by his handlers over the entire event.
One of the biggest problems the Liberals have in rebuilding their once great party is that they still haven't started thinking like an opposition party. Once dubbed Canada's "natural governing party," far too many Liberals are walking around in a state of stunned disbelief that they were tossed from office in 2006. They don't understand why voters have disowned them in former hotbeds of support. And they haven't figured out that in these days of rampant cynicism and declining voter turnout, their chances of ever regaining past glory will rest in efforts to engage voters who long ago stopped caring about them or politics.
A highly restrictive, intensely selective media management policy may a necessary evil as a tool of governing. It might even be a great strategy to win the Liberal leadership. But as a strategy to rebuild the Liberal party and return it to government, it's misguided and small-minded.


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Considering Factor Financing Helps Companies Protect And Grow
Companies faced with a cash-flow squeeze and slow-paying customers can quickly find their own credit ratings at risk and face difficulty securing a credit line or loan.
When you don't quite qualify for a traditional loan, receiving an advance against invoices or accounts receivable from asset-based lenders called factors can be an optimal solution for securing cash needed to grow.
Many business owners don't realize that factor financing can be a good source of capital for high growth or start-up companies. The factor advances most of the invoice amount, usually 70-90 percent, after reviewing the credit-worthiness of the billed customer. When the bill is paid, the factor remits the balance, minus a transaction – or factoring) – fee.
If you are going to consider factor financing, it is important to understand the different options. In non-recourse factoring, the factor accepts specified risks around the debtor's failure to pay. In other words, the credit risk has shifted to the factor and if the debtor (your client) does not pay, you are not required to pay back the factor for the advance against the factored invoice. While this might sound like a great option, non-recourse factoring is very expensive and the factor becomes the aggressive collection company pursuing your clients. The factor takes over all rights to pursue the customer for payment. This includes the right to take legal action.
In recourse factoring, the factor does not take on the risk of bad debts and the credit risk remains with you. To put it another way, the factor will be able to reclaim their money from you if the customer does not pay. Whether you refund the advance or not, you will still have to pay the fee and interest. Recourse factoring is cheaper than non-recourse factoring and may have fewer requirements concerning your customers and your systems.
When choosing recourse factoring, it is important to protect your company against credit risk, since you retain the credit risk of non-payment. In the event your customer goes bust or just doesn't pay, you are ultimately responsible for any funds advanced to you by the factoring company. If you sell on open credit to your customers, there will be times when you are concerned about repayment. If you don't want to be on the hook for all the credit risk, trade credit insurance may be an option.
Trade credit insurance insures manufacturers, traders and providers of services against the risk that their buyer does not pay (after bankruptcy or insolvency) or pays very late. The trade credit insurance premium will be based primarily on the credit profile of the customers you are insuring against. The trade credit insurance policy will pay out a percentage of the outstanding debt. This percentage usually ranges from 75- 95 percent of the invoice amount, but may be higher or lower depending on the type of cover that was purchased.
Before deciding what the best option, is for your organization, including factor financing, do your homework, ask questions and get referrals.
Robyn Barrett is founder and managing member of Factors Southwest LLC, specializing in factoring financing for small to mid-size companies. For more information about factor financing, visit www.factors-southwest.com.


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TEN intrepid young leaders at Blackburn Youth Zone are the first brave soles to sign up for a fundraising firewalk next month.
They have committed to take part in a daredevil challenge which it is hoped will raise at least £10,000 for the Lancashire Telegraph-backed Teen Leaders appeal.
The appeal aims to raise £60,000 to train and develop a further 100 young leaders at the youth zone.
The existing young leaders who work with youth zone members and undertake projects within the community signed up for the firewalk immediately They said: "The youth zone has become an important part of our lives and it is only right that we should get involved and try and raise money for the appeal.
"We want other people to raise money so we need to set an example. Before the youth zone there was nothing for young people in Blackburn.
"With more young leaders there is so much we could do within the community as a whole."
The firewalk, on Wednesday, March 5, will be the first major fundraising event for the Teen Leaders appeal.
Firewalk organiser Laura Jones said: "Readers may remember we held our first Firewalk last year and it was so successful we decided to bring it back in 2014 in aid of the Teen Leader appeal.
"It's an event that anyone over the age of 16 can take part in and full training is provided on the night. We want at least 100 people to take part, each pledging to raise a minimum of £100 in sponsorship and we hope to raise £10,000."
The firewalk will involve walking barefoot across a 15-foot long path of burning embers where temperatures reach 600 degrees Laura said: "To sign up, just give me a call on 01254 292000 or go to our website to reserve your place."


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WISCOMBE Park hosts the highlight of the South-West's hill climb season this weekend with the visit of the country's premier series, the Avon Tyres/TTC Group British Hill Climb Championship.
The main championship event with two exciting run-offs for the 12 fastest championship competitors will be on the Sunday while the previous day will see a separate event for local drivers plus the practice runs for those contesting the national championship.
Challengers for the title will be attacking the lead that the current championship leader Scott Moran has amassed so far this season.
Competitors will be travelling from Scotland, Wales and the Channel Islands with the intent of claiming success.
Not all of the challengers have such extensive travelling arrangements however with many local drivers having the opportunity of comparing their prowess and skills with the best of British.
Two such drivers hail from the Eyles family of Wellington.
Both Rod and Forrest Eyles will be campaigning single-seater racing cars. Forrest in his 1000cc OMS CF will contest the 600cc to 1100cc class while the experienced Rod will be among the championship aspirants with his 2.8 litre Pilbeam MP53.
And having taken victories at Wiscombe Park he can be relied on to take the battle to the 'big boys'.
Favourite for success this weekend is the 2012 British Champion Trevor Willis.
Willis, the fastest driver to compete at the course having posted a new hill record at Wiscombe two years ago, will be keen to close the gap at the top of the points table to Scott Moran who last weekend increased his lead in the championship standings to thirty points following events in the Channel Islands.
Willis will take his OMS 28 chassis powered by a 3.2 litre Powertec V8 engine up against current third place man Will Hall aboard his 3.5 litre Nissan powered Force WH.
The recent events in Jersey and Guernsey will see Alex Summers seeking to make up lost ground on Hall having occupied the third slot earlier in the season in his DJ Firehawk powered by a 1.34 litre supercharged Suzuki engine.
Added interest at Wiscombe will involve the ever developing battle of the lightweight carbon-fibre chassis, powered by highly developed motorcycle engines, which have been proving a match for the large capacity V8 powered machines.
This was very much the case last week at Val Des Terres in Guernsey when Jos Goodyear took two wins in his GWR Raptor with a similar power plant to DJ of Summers.
The series only visits the south west's premier hillclimb course at Wiscombe Park once during the season so spectators will looking to the fastest driver/car combinations not only to be fighting each other but bidding for a new hill record should track conditions allow.
Although the focus of attention will be on these ultimate machines, there will be a huge supporting cast of saloon and sports cars. Included in the entry of over 120 will be competitors contesting classes for saloon and sports cars.
In addition there will be classes for vintage Austin Sevens, Morgans and an eclectic mixture of Mini and Mini variants battling in the Downton Engineering Works Social Club category.
More local drivers will battle for glory in the diverse array of classes which will compete on track.
Taunton Rover Mini enthusiasts Dan and Simon Howard will be in action in both events across the weekend as will Ian Sydenham in his Nissan Micra.
Peugeots will be campaigned by another two Taunton drivers in the form of Steve Watts and Tom Reeves.
The Modified Series Production up to 1400cc class will see the father and son combination of Tony and Ben Bonfield campaign their 1380cc Mini.
No ordinary Mini this as the striking black machine sports a 16 valve BMW motorcycle engine cylinder head.
Gates open at 10am on both Saturday and Sunday.
Further information available at www.wiscombepark.co.uk .


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07/15/16: The Passing of Erik Petersen
We're heartbroken about Erik Petersen's death earlier this week. After knowing him & Denise for years, I was super proud that we added Mischief Brew to our roster 2 years ago (following fellow Philly punx Witch Hunt). My deepest condolences and love and support go out to my fellow Philadelphians and friends elsewhere who are grappling with this truly awful news. I wish I was out there with you to grieve. Let's celebrate his life and art and dance on the ruins! -Jesse Luscious, AT GM
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01/20/16: Limited Edition Jello Biafra & Winston Smith Woodprints Available For A Short Time!
Something very cool has shown up for a VERY limited time, Prints on Wood are offering a limited edition signed and numbered photo of Jello Biafra by Edward Colver printed on wood available with or without frame.
This is the fifth release with Edward Colver of his iconic photos during the most memorable time of Punk Rock. Printed on sustainable Birch wood with archival UV protected ink. The timed release will end on February 3rd at 11:59 pm so don't wait too long!
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05/18/11: Newt's Greatest Hits #4
"The secular socialist machine represents as great a threat to America as Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union once did."
[In his book To Save America: Stopping Obama's Secular-Socialist Machine, May 2010.]
The cool cats over at Truth On Tees produced the rockin' Bush America as a fundraiser for both the ATLDF and Greg Palast Investigative Fund.
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I picked up a crawfish jambalaya stuffed chicken from Buc-ees this weekend and tossed it on the grill and cooked indirectly tonight. Can't say I ever thought I would be grilling a gas station chicken and sharing it, but this came out awesome! Buc-ees is doing it right!
On the grill it goes
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Michael Dighton's men will head to Barbados this week to participate in a 10 day training and match tour ahead of the Carribean T20 tournament in January.
The tour will start on Tuesday as the team leaves for Barbados and will include matches against Barbados, Barbados u25, and CCC.
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Rizwan Cheema (PCB - TDCA) - VICE CAPTAIN
Usman Limbada (PCB - TDCA)
Nitish Kumar (REPTON ACADEMY, UK)
Jimmy Hansra (ABBOTSFORD - BCMCL) - CAPTAIN
Hiral Patel (BRAMPTON MASTERS - TDCA)
Ruvindu Gunaskera (OVERSEAS - TDCA)
Abdul Sattar (UNITED - C&CDL)
Durand Sorraine (VIKINGS - TDCA)
Khurram Chohan (CANASIA - C&DCL)
Harvir Baidwan (YORKSHIRE - TDCA)
Manny Aulakh (RICHMOND - BCMCL)
Henry Osinde (BRAMPTON MASTERS - TDCA)
Junaid Siddique (PCB - TDCA)
Tyrone Roberts (VIKINGS - TDCA)
Zubin Surkari (TCSCC - TDCA)
Kushroo Wadia (TCSCC - TDCA)
Raza Rehman (TCSCC - TDCA)
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SMWC sponsors Lt. Governor's Leadership Luncheon to benefit the Girl Scouts of Central Indiana
November 14th, 2013 | SMWC
Lt. Governor Sue Ellspermann (l) and President Dottie King (r)
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and Girl Scouts of Central Indiana initiated their partnership through the Lt. Governor's Leadership Luncheon at the Indiana Roof Ballroom in Indianapolis on Tuesday, November 13, 2013. SMWC sponsored the luncheon, which honored Girl Scouts of Central Indiana.
SMWC and Girl Scouts of Central Indiana are a natural partnership, with both organizations encouraging and empowering young women and instilling a sense of pride within future women leaders.
"We believe our partnership with Girls Scouts of Central Indiana will allow Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College the opportunity to further showcase the importance of helping young ladies have the confidence to be strong leaders in the world," said SMWC President Dottie King.
At the luncheon, King spoke to nearly 700 attendees about the importance of empowering young women to be leaders in the community. She also shared how Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College continues to educate and encourage students to have confidence and courage, to give back, to make a difference and to aspire higher in their personal and professional lives.
Lieutenant Governor Sue Ellspermann introduced the four women honorees who live by the Girl Scout mission and exemplify the values of superior leadership: CFP President and owner of Bedel Financial Consulting, Inc., Elaine Bedel for Confidence; Executive Director/Founder of GLAM, Inc., Shanel Poole for Courage; Rabbi Emerita of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck, Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso for Character; and Chairman of the O'Bannon Publishing Company and former first lady of the state, Judy O'Bannon for Making the World a Better Place.
This is the 6th year for the Indiana Lieutenant Governor's Leadership Luncheon. The luncheon surpassed last year's dollar amount raised, $244,000, by bringing in over $257,000 for the day's event. The funds raised at the luncheon will help Girl Scouts of Central Indiana achieve its mission of teaching leadership skills by fostering courage, confidence and character in girls.
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HOUSTON - A man with a stab wound was found laying on the side of a southwest Houston road.
Police said the victim was discovered near South Main Street and Fondren in southwest Houston at around 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
He was transported to Southwest Memorial Hermann Hospital in stable condition.
The motive of the stabbing is unknown. His name was not released.
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PHILADELPHIA - Brianna Bradford, Katie Davis and Alyssa Baron were named 2012-13 team captains for the University of Pennsylvania women's basketball team on Wednesday as announced by fourth-year head coach Mike McLaughlin.
"We are extremely lucky to have so many great leaders on this team," McLaughlin said. "This is such a well-deserved honor for all three of them. Alyssa has been a leader on the court for us since she first stepped on campus, and when our staff took over, Bri and Katie stayed committed to the program and bought into the changes we were making. Their belief in our system reverberated throughout the program, and their efforts to make this team better each day have not gone unnoticed by their coaches or teammates."
Davis and Bradford stayed committed to Penn during the coaching transition that took place prior to their freshman seasons. Davis has played in 38 games for the Quakers and was named the team's Most Dedicated Player following her sophomore campaign, where she played in a career-high 17 games. Bradford has played in all but one game for the Quakers over the past two seasons. As a sophomore, she finished third on the team in scoring (6.2 ppg), and second on the team in three-point percentage (34.2%) and made threes (26).
Baron has led the Ivy League in scoring in each of her first two seasons. She became the first player in Ivy League history to win the scoring title as a freshman. In just two seasons in a Penn uniform, Baron is a two-time All-Ivy recipient, a six-time Ivy Player of the Week and three-time Big 5 Player of the Week. Baron is Penn's first back-to-back first-team All-Big 5 recipient since Jewel Clark's three straight selections (2002-04). In 2011-12, she followed up her Ivy League and Big 5 Rookie of the Year campaign with another Ivy League scoring title.
The Quakers return 10 letterwinners and two-time Ivy League scoring champion, Alyssa Baron, from the 2011-12 squad that finished with the program's highest win total in seven years (13-15, 6-8 Ivy). In addition to the best start in school history, the 2011-12 Quakers opened 5-0 at home for the first time in eight years and set a program record with seven wins before the month of January. The Quakers also posted back-to-back 10-win seasons for the first time since 2003-04 and 2004-05.


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Dr. Kevin Swinden wins the Hoffmann-Little Award for Faculty
May 10/13
The Hoffman-Little Award recognizes teaching excellence and professional endeavour at Laurier. This years recipient is Dr. Kevin J. Swinden.
Dr. Swinden is a tenured associate professor of music theory and associate dean and co-ordinator of the music theory program in Lauriers Faculty of Music. He joined Laurier in 2002 after teaching at the University of Mississippi as the director of music technology. His research specializes in chromatic harmony of the late 19th century. He is internationally regarded for his studies, and has been invited to present papers and speak at academic events in Canada and the United States.
He is also highly regarded by his students. One nominator wrote: Ask any music student who has had Dr. Swinden as their professor and I am positive you will hear my conclusion about his eligibility for the Hoffmann-Little Award many times over: He is an excellent professor, a credible scholar, a committed teacher, and a warm-hearted person!


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LONDON -- Nineteen months after a modern fairy-tale wedding turned the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge into the world's most famous newlyweds, the royal juggernaut known as Will and Kate is officially expecting what may turn out to be the world's most famous baby.
Brits great and small toasted the eagerly anticipated arrival of a royal child and descendent of the late Diana, Princess of Wales. The baby will be third in line to the throne. But news of the pregnancy was immediately tempered by the hospitalization of the mother-to-be due to unusually acute morning sickness.
The duchess, known as Kate Middleton before her marriage, was suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum, prompting her admission to London's exclusive King Edward VII Hospital for "several days" of medical care to ensure proper nutrition. Royal officials said the duchess would "require a period of rest" after her discharge.
The pregnancy announcement, which brought well-wishes from the White House and the crowned heads of Europe, heralds what would be a landmark birth in Britain of a 21st-century monarch-to-be. The child would be the rare product of a union between a celebrated British royal and a "commoner" who is the great-great-granddaughter of a coal miner. The royal couple's offspring would also be the first born after a historic change was set in motion last year to eliminate the tradition of male hereditary precedence to the throne in Britain and Commonwealth nations, where Queen Elizabeth is head of state. So, if the baby -- who would leapfrog William's brother, Prince Harry, upon birth -- were a girl, a younger brother would not be able to leapfrog her.
Nevertheless, a nation only just emerged from a double-dip recession and perhaps slouching toward a third cautiously celebrated the needed dose of good news before the holidays. Tabloids screamed the news in apocalyptic headline type. The BBC broke into regular programming with running coverage. A rash and swell of British and foreign media flocked to the entrance of King Edward VII Hospital for what appeared likely to be a round-the-clock campout.
Even Prime Minister David Cameron could not contain himself, saying he blurted the news out during an official meeting with aids after receiving a "little note."
"It's absolutely wonderful news, and I'm delighted for them and I'm sure they will make absolutely brilliant parents," Cameron said. "I'm sure people 'round the country will be celebrating with them tonight."
Speculation had grown in recent weeks that the couple might be expecting a child, though the rumour mill appeared driven more by desire and expectation than insider knowledge. Tabloids had taken to scouring every photo of the duchess for evidence of a "royal bump." On Wednesday, the saucy Daily Mail reported the duchess's chic new coiffure must surely be a harbinger of pregnancy: "If she is keeping a Very Important Secret, then that demure long fringe is perfect for hiding behind."
Yet, for the hawk-eyed, there were signs of royal fecundity. On a recent tour of Asia, the duchess eschewed wine for water during a state dinner, prompting torrid rounds of baby speculation. And as recently as last week, a young mother in Cambridge handed Prince William -- a Royal Air Force search-and-rescue pilot -- a handmade onesie with a helicopter and the words "Daddy's little co-pilot" embroidered on it. According to Britain's ITV television network, William promptly placed the suit in the care of an aide, quipping, "I'll keep that."
As the couple steamrolled toward their second wedding anniversary, royal-watchers pointedly noted Queen Elizabeth gave birth to Prince Charles almost a year to the day after her wedding. The late Diana, meanwhile, produced an heir -- the now expectant father -- after 11 months of marriage.
In the Queens Park neighbourhood of North London, known as the "Nappy Valley" due to its proliferation of families with babies, a parade of young couples wished Will and Kate well.
"It's perfect. Why wait?" said Miranda Little, 36, a full-time mother pushing her 10-month-old son in a stroller. "Get on with it; give the people what they want."
Yet in a country rich in gross national sarcasm, the blogosphere also rang out with priceless missives of the sort posted on the mothers' chat site Mumsnet: "Oh how lovely! Another little privileged sprite to ponce off the taxpayer! Joy to the world," posted someone going by the handle HullyEastergully.
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Ragtime Pianist, Terry Waldo, to Give Free Public Performance
Contributed by Susan Monagan on 09/07/10
Ithaca College is honored to welcome pianist Terry Waldo to campus for a three-day residency culminating in a public performance at 8pm on Tuesday, September 14th in the Hoerner Theatre in Dillingham Center. There is no charge for this performance and seating is by general admission.
Waldo is described by The New York Times as a "ragtime pianist nonpareil and eminent scholar of the form." A protégé of jazz great, Eubie Blake, Waldo is known not only for his virtuosic interpretation of ragtime and early jazz but also for his storytelling and wit. Waldo has performed all over the world in jazz's best-known venues including Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and Michael's Pub.
The San Francisco Examiner wrote, "Waldo's New York Centennial Ragtime Celebration ranks among the best and most entertaining such presentations in my 25 years of Big Apple festival attendance (JVC festival). The ragtime event featured Terry Waldo as bandleader, pianist and narrator/host. He is brilliant and imaginative as a musician and a droll, witty raconteur."
While in Ithaca, Waldo will guest teach in various music classes as well as give a public performance. Following the performance, Waldo will be signing copies of his recently reissued book, "This Is Ragtime," with a forward by Eubie Blake and an introduction by Wynton Marsalis. Also available for purchase will be Mr. Waldo's numerous CDs and DVDs. Personal checks and cash will be accepted. Waldo's visit is made possible by the Linden Center for Creativity and Aging, the Gerontology Institute, the Office of the President, the Office of the Provost, the Division of Student Affairs and Campus Life, the School of Humanities and Sciences Educational Grant Initiative, and the Special Events Committee in the School of Music.
For more information please contact Joel Gelpe at 607-274-3588 or visit www.terrywaldo.com.
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodation should contact the Dillingham Ticket Office at 607-274-3224 (voice) or the Office of Equal Opportunity Compliance at 607-274-1767 (TDD) as much in advance of the event as possible.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The judge originally slated to oversee the murder trial of a Satellite Beach man accused of killing a Jacksonville teen over loud music has taken herself off the case.
According to the Duval County Clerk of Court webpage, the recusal order for Judge Mallory Cooper was entered Monday.
Cooper is the second judge to step aside from the high-profile Michael Dunn case, Local 6 News partner Florida Today reported.
According to Jackelyn Barnard, the public information officer for the State Attorney's Office, no one in the State Attorney's Office asked Cooper to recuse herself.
The site also shows that Judge Russell Healey has been reassigned to take over the case.
There are a number of reasons why judges would recuse themselves, and why an attorney would ask them to be removed, including a conflict of interest and scheduling conflicts.
Dunn is accused of shooting 17-year-old Jordan Davis last November 23 after getting into an argument with Davis and three other teens.
Police say Dunn argued with the boys about the loud music coming from the red SUV they were riding in, and after they refused to turn the music down Dunn went to his car, retrieved his gun and opened fire on the unarmed teens.
Judge Suzanne Bass removed herself on May 23 after Dunn's lawyers raised doubts of a fair trial when she denied Dunn's plea to be declared indigent and be eligible for taxpayer funds for his defense.
So with a third judge assigned to the Dunn trial, Florida Today asked former prosecutor Richard Kuritz if the high judge turnover on the case is caused by underlying issues.
"It's not that unusual, most of the time one judge recuses because they said something they shouldn't have said or someone interpreted something incorrectly but for a high profile case to go through one or two judges doesn't surprise me," said Richard Kuritz.
John Phillips, the Davis Family attorney in the civil case said, "Jordan's parents and I were to surprised to learn about the recusal of Judge Cooper. Judges often have schedule and personal conflicts which cause them to step-down. Judge Healey is a learned trial judge. We respect and support him and hope he will keep the pace of this case as set by the Judges before him and have a jury decide this matter, as scheduled, in September/October."
Dunn's next pretrial hearing is scheduled for July 8.
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