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Bloc Party @ Manchester Central
They open with Song For Clay (Disappear Here), cracking with dynamism, which sees the crowd joining Okereke in spitting out ‘East Lah-don is a vah-payah/It sucks the joy right out of me' in his distinctive vocal delivery which sounds like someone whose mouth has only just learned how to form words. While big-hitters like Banquet and the spiky, insistent Daily Mail-baiting Hunting For Witches cause eye-candy guitarist Russell Lissack's window-wiping fringe to go into overdrive, it's the crunchy R&B of The Prayer and the tender, evocative Sunday that emerge as the money-shots. Returning for the encore of Flux (“You know I really like this song," grins Okereke), camera phones are raised, 2007's equivalent of an ecstatic thumbs-up to a tune. It's dedicated to “the Mitsubishi crew" (honestly, they discover the “Arpeggiator" function on a Casio and suddenly they think they're the Klaxons!).
The lowdown on Office 2007
If you can't remember where you have a document, the new Search Center lets you find whatever you need anywhere on the SharePoint site, including looking into the content of shared documents. It can highlight the term you are looking for within the results, collapse duplicate results, and offer "Did you mean __?" alternative spellings. You can set an alert so that any new or changed content matching your query triggers an e-mail message. Don't confuse SharePoint with a wiki. While both are designed to share documents and (to some extent) manage workflows, and both can be viewed in a browser, SharePoint has tight integration with Office applications, can notify you when content changes, can integrate multiple calendars (and sync them with Outlook), and allows that content to be almost seamlessly incorporated into your own documents.
Idera Announces New Version of Database Auditing and Compliance ...
"As a gaming institution, we are under strict regulatory compliance and are required to monitor changes made to our databases," said Fred Fischer, IS Operations Manager, Ramada Express Hotels and Casinos. "SQL compliance manager does that and so much more. Not only does it help ensure compliance, it helps keep our systems more secure, and saves countless hours when troubleshooting problems that a particular change may have caused. I highly recommend SQL compliance manager for every administrator that wants to be aware of what's happening on their systems or that is faced with auditing requirements." New features in SQL compliance manager version 3.0 include: -- Enterprise, Server and Database Activity Scorecards - Summarizes key database security and compliance information allowing database administrators to quickly determine if their SQL Servers rate a PASS or FAIL on key compliance criteria.
Side Orders: Still time to send in holiday recipes
YOU STILL HAVE TIME to get your holiday recipes in for our holiday cooking contest. Each of the winners in five categories will receive a $100 grocery gift certificate. Your chances of winning are pretty good if you send in something a little nontraditional. That means no fruitcakes. We've always gotten plenty of them, and, to be honest, they don't even make it to the finalist list. In fact, we're getting heavy on desserts, so your chances of winning are better if you send in other recipes. We're low on appetizers and breads, for instance. See the entry form on page F4 and get your recipes in pronto. The deadline is Friday, Oct. 19. "WILD BILL" E-MAILED asking if anyone knew of a place that serves barbecued beef ribs -- not short ribs, though. Let me know, and I'll pass the info along.
Bob Boilen, NPR Biography
In 1988, a determined Bob Boilen started showing up on NPR's doorstep every day, looking for a way to contribute his skills in music and broadcasting to the network. His persistence paid off, and within a few weeks he was hired, on a temporary basis, to work for All Things Considered. Less than a year later, Boilen was directing the show and continued to do so for the next 18 years. Significant listener interest in the music being played on All Things Considered, along with his and NPR's vast music collections, gave Boilen the idea to start All Songs Considered. "It was obvious to me that listeners of NPR were also lovers of music, but what also became obvious by 1999 was that the web was going to be the place to discover new music and that we wanted to be the premiere site for music discovery." The show launched in 2000, with Boilen as its host.
Wednesday’s Letters to the Editor
Today, Columbia City Council will consider a six-story structure housing two floors of public parking on the former Kenny's site in Five Points. The closest neighborhood, Wales Garden (which voted 74-4 to oppose the project), requests that the following serious questions be considered. The cost for the proposed parking garage is substantially in excess of other options, including the proposal at Claussen's Inn and alternatives suggested in the 2002 parking study. The city has earmarked $6 million for the project. Before spending this and adding two levels to a proposed four-story structure, which is out of scale for that location, the city needs to examine alternatives. Severe problems existed when constructing the original one-story building on this site. Structural soil conditions and rapid water accumulation, which have driven the excessive cost, should be carefully assessed by a structural engineer.
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