Siebel hands CEO duties over to former IBM exec

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IBM hands over NAS duties to NetApp in
mega storage tie-up

IBM hands over NAS duties to NetApp in
mega storage tie-up 04/06/2005 12:24 PM
It's an EMC hate thang

Ex-Siebel Exec to Lead PeopleSoft CRM

Ex-Siebel Exec to Lead PeopleSoft CRM 04/20/2004 07:31 PM
George Ahn, a former marketing executive at rival Siebel Systems, is the company's new group vice president and general manager of its customer relationship management business.

IBM exec replaces Siebel as CEO
(SiliconValley.com)

IBM exec replaces Siebel as CEO
(SiliconValley.com) 05/04/2004 02:01 PM
SiliconValley.com - Joining a growing group of tech company founders who have stepped aside, Tom Siebel is giving up his post as CEO of software maker Siebel Systems and passing the baton to Michael Lawrie, a veteran IBM executive.

SAP Taps Former Siebel Exec for CRM
Group

SAP Taps Former Siebel Exec for CRM
Group 08/02/2004 05:02 PM
Patrick Bakey is named senior vice president of SAP America's North American CRM business unit as analysts predict that SAP will overtake Siebel in CRM market share by year's end.

SAP raids Siebel for key sales exec

SAP raids Siebel for key sales exec 08/02/2004 01:44 PM
ZDNet Aug 2 2004 4:54PM GMT

SAP hires Siebel exec for customer
software

SAP hires Siebel exec for customer
software 08/02/2004 11:45 AM
ZDNet Aug 2 2004 3:30PM GMT

Is Siebel on the Rocks? Or Is Siebel
About To Rock? - Part 4 (NewsFactor)

Is Siebel on the Rocks? Or Is Siebel
About To Rock? - Part 4 (NewsFactor) 07/09/2004 02:55 PM
NewsFactor - CRM market maker Siebel Systems (Nasdaq: SEBL) is standing at a crossroads these days.

Is Siebel on the Rocks? Or Is Siebel
About To Rock? - Part 3 (NewsFactor)

Is Siebel on the Rocks? Or Is Siebel
About To Rock? - Part 3 (NewsFactor) 07/02/2004 02:56 PM
NewsFactor - CRM market maker Siebel Systems (Nasdaq: SEBL) is standing at a crossroads these days, and not only because it has taken on a new CEO.

Is Siebel on the Rocks? Or Is Siebel
About To Rock? - Part 5 (NewsFactor)

Is Siebel on the Rocks? Or Is Siebel
About To Rock? - Part 5 (NewsFactor) 07/13/2004 03:25 PM
NewsFactor - CRM market maker Siebel Systems (Nasdaq: SEBL) is standing at a crossroads these days. As CRM Daily notes in Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 of this series, Siebel -- which, in effect, defined CRM as we know it -- is contending with market forces that ultimately will mean change -- not only for the company, but also for the rest of the industry.

Is Siebel on the Rocks, or Is Siebel
About To Rock? (NewsFactor)

Is Siebel on the Rocks, or Is Siebel
About To Rock? (NewsFactor) 06/03/2004 06:53 PM
NewsFactor - If nothing else, Siebel (Nasdaq: SEBL) is really, really good at keeping secrets. The company's announcement last month that Tom Siebel would be stepping down as CEO, replaced by long-time associate and former IBM (NYSE: IBM) executive Michael Lawrie was nothing short of a bombshell.

Siebel Systems and Microsoft Deliver
Integrated Innovation; Siebel 7.7
Release Utilizes Microsoft .NET

Siebel Systems and Microsoft Deliver
Integrated Innovation; Siebel 7.7
Release Utilizes Microsoft .NET 04/21/2004 01:01 PM
Today at Siebel User Week, Siebel Systems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. announced that Siebel 7.7, the latest release of Siebel business applications, tightly integrates with multiple Microsoft® .NET-enabled technologies to deliver more powerful business solutions at significantly reduced total cost of ownership.

Managerial Duties

Managerial Duties 05/26/2004 07:51 PM
Back Stage,NY-3 hours ago ... do your diligence! A quick Google search, while not foolproof, will sometimes yield tons of helpful information. Checking a few ...

Chief constable returns to duties

Chief constable returns to duties 09/13/2004 05:17 AM
Police chief David Westwood, criticised in a report into the Soham murders, returns to work after his suspension is lifted.

One third of Iraq's new army (which we
trained to take over our duties) quit

One third of Iraq's new army (which we
trained to take over our duties) quit 12/12/2003 07:59 AM
deserting

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Duties Beyond Borders: Towards a Society
Built on Respect for All Life

Duties Beyond Borders: Towards a Society
Built on Respect for All Life 02/05/2005 09:31 PM

Peter Brown's latest book provides a dispassionate, rational and compelling argument for the need to change our economic, political and social systems in order to properly steward the planet, and practical ideas on how to do so. Conservationist Peter Brown moved a few years ago from Maryland, where he still manages a forest, to Quebec, where he also now manages a forest, to take up the role of Director of the McGill University School of Environment, where he continues to teach. His latest, innocuously named book The Commonwealth of Life was recommended by four environmentalists I respect enormously (and have written about), David Suzuki, Elizabeth May, Peter Singer and Herman Daly. I just finished reading the book and it's astonishing. Brown starts by laying out the false assumptions by which our economic, political and social systems currently operate: that well-being can be measured by economic growth that humans enjoy a unique moral place in the universe that we can safely predict the consequences of our actions that nation-states are morally privileged that markets and democracy are mutually reinforcing institutions, and that the world is largely unperturbed and unperturbable by human actions The book systematically and thoroughly deconstructs these false assumptions and provides an alternative framework for the reorganization and management of our economic, political and social systems, that could create a society based on respect for all life on Earth, and at the same time, not coincidentally, maximize human well-being. He starts with an argument, which he eloquently provides historical context for and then defends, that there are three rights that must be satisfied for a healthy, functioning society: the right of bodily integrity (freedom from injury and undue confinement), the right of moral, political and religious choice, and the right of subsistence (to make a decent living and hence provide for the basic needs of life). He goes on to say that in a functioning society these rights are honoured through three duties: individual duty to respect the rights of others, government duty to enforce these rights when individuals abrogate them, and international organizations' duty to enforce these rights when governments fail to do so. He then, again using historical, moral and philosophical argument, says that in our interdependent and finite world we must, to fulfill that duty, extend these rights across space (to all people of all nations), across time (to future generations), and (at least insofar as the first and third rights are concerned) to all other species that reason, communicate and feel pain. He further argues that such rights can only be granted and enforced if we have respect for the entire interconnected 'commonwealth of life' including not only all sentient species but the ecosystems in which they live as well. These duties and responsibilities of commonwealth are, he says, analogous to and natural extensions of our duties and responsibilities of citizenship. They are what he calls duties beyond borders (geographic, temporal and ecological). Not surprisingly, he calls the exercise of such duties stewardship. Recognizing that this is groundbreaking argument, he rigorously raises and then dispels the objections that can be made to each of these theses, and analyzes and contrasts alternative theses for their ability to provide direction towards sustainable human well-being. He's his own critic, diligent and rigorous in his analysis. In Part Two he goes on to explain what changes to our economic, political and social systems will be needed to act on these duties, protect these rights and achieve a properly-stewarded commonwealth. Starting with the 'stewardship economic' system needed to restore, protect and enhance the commonwealth (and extension of Keynes' definition of the function of classical economics to 'protect human life and culture'), he argues that in order for the new economic system to entrench the three basic rights it is first necessary to constrain the extravagant and wasteful use of some resources (notably water, energy, forests, heavy metals and soil nutrients), which has been allowed to continue because of the pervasive myths that we are not significant actors in Earth's biophysical systems. He counters the argument of "technological optimists" that prices, supply and demand will self-regulate the depletion of resources (implausible in the presence of market-distorting subsidies and in the absence of full-costin g of resource extraction) and that new substitutes for scarce resources will always be found in sufficient time (because the cascading impact of the depleted resources on other parts of the ecosystem, including parts critical to our economy, can be catastrophic). He concludes his economic prescription by saying "The space between the lower boundary of satisfying basic rights, and the upper boundary allowing other life forms to flourish is the space for legitimate human wealth". He need not add that, in today's economy, that space is negative. Turning to political systems, he sees the role of government as a trustee, acting only when individuals and groups fail to respect the commonwealth of life, or abrogate the three basic rights or their responsibility to protect them. Government therefore has seven duties: duty to preserve and enhance the well-being of all duty to discharge its obligations impartially duty to uphold the three basic rights duty to prohibit wasteful use of resources duty to address crises of scarcity duty to respect the virtue of commerce to optimize the production and distribution of necessities of life duty to protect the commonwealth undiminished for future generations He demonstrates that the exercise of such duties need be no more interventionist than existing government, and that it requires government to be altruistic, rather than merely responding to the collective parochial demands of today's citizens, corporations and special interests. And he skewers the myth of the infallibility of 'free' markets, demonstrating that 'free' markets do not exist today, and never have. Next up is the changes to social systems, to the functioning of civil society, which must intervene when necessary to check the excesses of both the economic and political systems, and give them direction. He shows why the most common solutions to dealing with the Tragedy of the Commons (those solutions being: making all property privately owned, or making all property government-owned) don't work. He describes the essential aspects of property rights (right to exclude access, right to use, right to dispose) and proposes a merging of today's property rights with a new public trust responsibility commensurate with those rights. This responsibility is identical to the seven duties of governments bulleted above, insofar as that property is concerned, and is consistent with the stewardship theme of Brown's entire philosophy. In Part Three Brown extends the personal and government responsibilities to the international arena, arguing that the world is in essence a community of 'fiduciary states' (nations with stewardship responsibility). He says that individual nations and supra-national organizations (like the UN) must ensure that all nations exercise the seven duties transparently, and that each person and nation has a community responsibility to all others. In response to self-proclaimed 'realists' whose view of human nature is cynical and who see human motives as inherently opportunistic and Machiavellian, Brown counters with the Aristotelian view of human nature, and provides historical context to justify its greater plausibility. In response to the argument that nations 'need' to be able to act in their own self-interest, he reviews the entire history of nation-states and shows them to be a largely arbitrary and evolving concept, suggesting that they are readily adaptable to a more altruistic purpose and may in the future evolve or devolve into a very different form or disappear entirely in favour of other forms of government. This is the part of the book I struggled with the most, for two reasons. First, I've gone on record as saying I think any solution to the current ecological crisis will require political and economic power to first devolve from nations to communities. Secondly, I've argued passionately in favour of the rights of national sovereignty, even, with limits, when the exercise of that sovereignty may sometimes offend our personal and cultural values. I'm re-thinking my positions on these two issues. In the final chapter, Brown starts with a lovely quote from Albert Schweitzer: Sooner or later there must dawn the true and final renaissance which will bring peace to the world. He then lays out a 14-point action plan to migrate our economic, political and social systems to their new stewardship of the commonwealth roles: Assess the current state of the three basic rights in each country. Inventory the current state of productive resources, capacity to rebound to natural, sustainable levels, and capacity of 'sinks' to absorb human activity. Compile an overall global biological survey of ecosystem health and robustness. Design and construct new institutions to protect the commonwealth, modeled after Elinor Ostrom's Governing the Commons analysis of effective common pool resource management structures. Introduce new regulations and incentives (emphasis on the latter) to extend and entrench the three basic rights. Replace GDP with GPI and other, broader and more credible measures of well-being. Redirect central banks' fiscal and monetary policy to incent effective stewardship instead of growth. Restructure tax systems to tax 'bads' instead of 'goods'. Create national Councils of Stewardship to supplant Councils of Economic Advisers. Create incentives for good-stewardship substitutions e.g. grants, tax changes, short-term subsidies, that could, for example, lead to the elimination of the need to raise animals for food. Grant legal standing to future generations and other sentient species, so that actions can be launched on their behalf. Implement cosmopolitan education: teach stewardship, tolerance, and educate and fund research on good-stewardship substitutions for existing activities. Promulgate an international declaration of stewardship acknowledging our responsibilities and also the need for all people to take action to significantly reduce both human population and levels of consumption. Create an annual report of our stewardship and trusteeship of the planet. Brown acknowledges that some of the countries that fail to provide the three basic rights will be belligerent in the face of pressure to do so. He recommends the program of treaties, oversight, sanctions, cooperative and collaborative institutions and agencies outlined in Richard Falk's book This Endangered Planet as a means of dealing with belligerents, rather than the hasty rush to war, which usually does more harm than good. All in all, this slim (160 page) volume is a remarkable mix of idealism and pragmatism. Just one more recipe for saving the world, but one that has the weight of research, the intelligence to avoid rhetoric and blame, extraordinary sponsorship and scholarship and the common sense to take it one step and one country at a time. It deserves our attention. If people are unwilling to accept the duty of respect and responsibility that Brown calls for, we are all lost. (Brown is working on a new book called Reverence for Life: A Philosophy for Civilization. I'll let you know when it's out.) If there's any reason this four-year-old book has not become a best-seller, it must be because it's so hard to find: You'll search Amazon in vain (though you may find it under its even more innocuous European title Ethics, Economics and International Relations). In Britain you can get it under the Canadian title from Politico's Books. Americans will, alas, probably have to get their local bookseller to order it in -- publisher and ISBN can be found here, or order it for CAD $20 from McNally Robinson, the great Canadian independent bookseller.

Supreme Court to Hear Case on Cable's
Regulatory Duties

Supreme Court to Hear Case on Cable's
Regulatory Duties 03/28/2005 03:23 AM
New York Times Mar 28 2005 6:45AM GMT

Restoration Hardware adds chairman to
Friedman's president/CEO duties

Restoration Hardware adds chairman to
Friedman's president/CEO duties 04/17/2005 02:37 PM
InternetRetailer.com Apr 17 2005 5:02PM GMT

WMD hunters switched to security duties.
Another lie buried beneath the
headlines. 11/2

WMD hunters switched to security duties.
Another lie buried beneath the
headlines. 11/2 11/03/2003 05:28 AM
increasingly futile hunt

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Marines Struggling to Wrap Up Santa
Duties (Los Angeles Times)

Marines Struggling to Wrap Up Santa
Duties (Los Angeles Times) 12/19/2004 03:35 PM
Los Angeles Times - CHICAGO — Toys fill the gymnasium — boxes of teddy bears press against a weapons cabinet, bags of dolls and games are stacked high — but it isn't Christmas as usual at this Marine Corps Reserves training center.

WTO panel to rule on EU, U.S. duties on
South Korean computer chips

WTO panel to rule on EU, U.S. duties on
South Korean computer chips 01/24/2004 10:16 AM
Canadian Press Jan 24 2004 2:19PM GMT

large parts of Iraqi security forces
have stopped carrying out their duties

large parts of Iraqi security forces
have stopped carrying out their duties 04/11/2004 01:21 PM
Iraqi Battalion Refuses to 'Fight Iraqis' (washingtonpost.com)

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Yahoo Executive Shifts Duties to Focus
on Hollywood Ad and Content Deals

Yahoo Executive Shifts Duties to Focus
on Hollywood Ad and Content Deals 07/07/2004 02:38 AM
Los Angeles Times Jul 7 2004 7:25AM GMT

Oh Woe is Siebel

Oh Woe is Siebel 04/06/2005 12:24 PM
'We did not expect the results to be this low'

Tom Siebel steps down as CEO

Tom Siebel steps down as CEO 05/04/2004 05:05 AM
Holds tight to chair

SEC to Siebel: You Violated Law Again!

SEC to Siebel: You Violated Law Again! 06/29/2004 03:41 PM
Boston Globe Jun 29 2004 8:17PM GMT

Siebel, EDS Ink BPO Deal

Siebel, EDS Ink BPO Deal 08/23/2004 02:39 PM
The companies will announce EDS' plans to add Siebel's software to its BPO (business process outsourcing) services.

Has Siebel CEO got the right stuff?

Has Siebel CEO got the right stuff? 04/14/2005 04:16 AM
CNET Asia Apr 14 2005 8:55AM GMT

Siebel Ships 7.5

Siebel Ships 7.5 03/14/2003 01:28 AM
Siebel's newest version of its flagship CRM product builds on the Web-centric architectural shift the company made in version 7. Siebel 7.5 "is the next logical evolution for Siebel," Denis Pombriant, vice president and managing director of Aberdeen Group's CRM practice, told CRM Buyer Magazine.

Siebel to Step Down as CEO

Siebel to Step Down as CEO 05/03/2004 05:56 PM
Michael Lawrie will take over as CEO of Siebel Systems.

Siebel Goes Conservative

Siebel Goes Conservative 01/22/2004 04:52 PM
Siebel meets raised guidance, but looks no farther than two quarters ahead.

Siebel appoints new CEO

Siebel appoints new CEO 04/13/2005 07:29 PM
globetechnology.com Apr 13 2005 11:24PM GMT

Tom Siebel Stepping Down

Tom Siebel Stepping Down 05/03/2004 04:44 PM
Almost no details available on this, but apparently Tom Siebel has announced plans to leave the company that carries his name. He'll remain chairman, but in a non-executive role. Siebel, the company, has struggled over the last few years to figure out how to remain relevant in the internet age. Still, Siebel's former boss, Larry Ellison is probably enjoying the news that he was able to outlast his former protege.

Siebel replaces CEO

Siebel replaces CEO 04/13/2005 08:06 AM
Company chooses a former Webvan chief exec to replace Michael Lawrie, who had been CEO for less than a year.

Siebel names new CEO

Siebel names new CEO 04/13/2005 08:37 AM
Business applications company Siebel Systems on Wednesday announced the appointment of George Shaheen as the company's chief executive officer. Shaheen is replacing Michael Lawrie, who became CEO just last May. Siebel has been weathering rough financial waters recently. Earlier this month it announced that it expects revenue and earnings for the first three months of 2005 to come in below expectations, as a result of deals slipping through in the quarter's final days.

Siebel CEO Resigns

Siebel CEO Resigns 04/13/2005 02:24 PM
Siebel Systems Chief Executive Michael Lawrie resigns after less than a year on the job, following a warning that quarterly revenue would be the lowest in more than four years.

Tom Siebel for governor?

Tom Siebel for governor? 03/14/2003 06:18 PM
The chief executive of software maker Siebel Systems may enter next November's race for governor of Montana.

Siebel does better than expected in Q4

Siebel does better than expected in Q4 01/05/2004 08:39 AM
Tops guidance

Siebel: Lawrie out, Shaheen in

Siebel: Lawrie out, Shaheen in 04/13/2005 12:00 PM
Blog: When Mike Lawrie, a 26-year IBM veteran, was appointed as Siebel Systems's chief executive last year, he had a clear mandate....

Siebel ditches boss

Siebel ditches boss 04/13/2005 12:12 PM
Long walk, short plank
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There must be somebody else there
besides your wife

There must be somebody else there
besides your wife 05/15/2004 04:09 PM
The orchid, I think is the most beautiful variety of flower. If not for my black thumb I'd gladly devote some time to growing this gorgeous flowers. The main link is to the Internet Orchid Photo Encyclopedia. There's apparently a cultural phenomena involving orchids that even includes tails of theft. A case of Nicaraguan theft has even been likened to rape. NOVA has done an episode on it, which sadly I haven't seen. They're an amazingly diverse species.

I am my own wife

I am my own wife 06/24/2004 08:07 AM
She's still best known as Mrs. Springsteen, but on her new album Patti Scialfa steps out of the Boss's shadow.

Listen to Your Wife

Listen to Your Wife 04/14/2005 03:32 PM
One Fool's wife takes a page out of Peter Lynch's playbook.

Wife shop!

Wife shop! 03/19/2005 02:53 AM
They're the men who ask about your family's disease history, whether you'd live on the Upper West Side and if you'd be willing to convert -- on the first date. Did their biological clocks all go off at once?

My Next Wife Will Be Abroad

My Next Wife Will Be Abroad 06/22/2005 02:48 AM
When my spouse wises up, I plan to experience glasnost with a hard-working Russian woman who has limited English proficiency and doesn't trust banks.

Comments from the wife, version 3.4

Comments from the wife, version 3.4 04/26/2004 11:46 AM
A much needed update on Kris.

I haven't had a chance to write about Kris' progress in over a month (last entry was March 10th when she came home from the hospital). I saw Kris at home the day after she left the hospital. She was very happy to be home but looked tired. She had lost most of her hair again and the blisters on her hands and feet from treatment were really hurting her. I didn't stay long because of the flood of phone calls and visitors stopping by. I hugged her goodbye, and told her I'd see her next week.

follow the wishes of his wife

follow the wishes of his wife 06/10/2004 08:19 AM
spitting in the face .. Daily Kos .. Kos

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Life for man who killed new wife

Life for man who killed new wife 09/07/2004 10:37 AM
A man who murdered his wife of 28 days after a row over him looking at women in short skirts is jailed for life.

My wife has suddenly turned on me

My wife has suddenly turned on me 03/31/2005 11:33 AM
After 22 years of marriage, for no apparent reason, she just doesn't like me anymore.

"I'm Brian and so's my wife"

"I'm Brian and so's my wife" 03/06/2004 02:02 AM

I'm subscribed to a whole bunch of mailing lists, mostly as a lurker as I have a hard enough time just keeping up with some of them. One of those lists is Bugtraq, which is pretty much required reading for anyone with sysadmin responsibilities for a server connected to the public internet. Bugtraq is the central hub of the "public disclosure" security community and is actually surprisingly low traffic with only twenty or so messages a day. It's fascinating to watch the latest exploits for all manner of popular software packages tick by on an hourly basis.

Last week, someone posted to the list asking if anyone knew of a contact address for the security team at Bank of America. Today, they posted a follow-up which included the following gem:

I'd also like to thank the 0-day social engineers for their variety of approaches used to attempt to gain access to this exploit. We received responses ranging from fraudulent "Bank of America" employees to phone calls from people claiming to be from Bank of America's IT Security. (One caller claimed to be from Bank of America's IT Security but didn't know what PGP is and then said he couldn't give his PGP key due to security restrictions. And when we asked him to provide information so we could verify the contact, he said he would call back but never did. To this caller: Yes, your social engineering failed and your caller-id spoofing was almost perfect. Emphasis on "almost".)

For some reason, I'm reminded of a classic scene from Monty Python's Life of Brian.

Comments from the wife, version 3.2

Comments from the wife, version 3.2 03/06/2004 01:59 AM
Before you read this, check out Comments from the Wife version 3.0 and version 3.1.
 
We went to visit Kris in the hospital today. Her spirits were up and she looked great. She spent the week doing her radiation treatments and did her final chemo on Saturday. Today was a day of rest as far as any treatment goes. Tomorrow is the big day. Transplant day. I will be donating platelets to her tomorrow as she will need a great deal of these after her transplant. Kris wrote something down that she wanted me to post for her. So this is from Kris.

Man Tries to Sue Wife for 5-Day Sex
Denial (Reuters)

Man Tries to Sue Wife for 5-Day Sex
Denial (Reuters) 09/17/2004 10:33 AM
Reuters - A Spanish man tried to have his wife charged with domestic abuse because she refused to have sex with him on five consecutive days, Spanish newspaper El Sur reported on Friday.

Comments from the wife, version 3.1

Comments from the wife, version 3.1 02/17/2004 01:28 AM
Anne wanted to give another update on her friend Kris's condition, so here it is.

Wife released without charge

Wife released without charge 06/25/2004 02:07 AM
The wife of a man murdered in County Armagh, who was being questioned by police, is released without charge.

Comments from the wife, version 3.0

Comments from the wife, version 3.0 02/12/2004 11:35 PM
A year and a half ago, Wil and I participated in the Avon 3 day breast cancer walk. We didn't know anyone with breast cancer. We just wanted to help raise money for research and be part of the walk-a thon. It was by far the most incredible experience of our lives. Between the two of us, we raised over $17,000. We always knew we'd do something like this again.
What I didn't realize, was that I would be doing something like this because one of my very close friends would be diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia. My 45 year old friend, a wife, a mother of two, an active, loved member of the community, was just diagnosed with a life threatening disease.
Kris went to the doctor just before Labor Day weekend to pick up some antibiotics before heading out of town with her family. She hadn't been feeling well and just assumed it was some kind of infection. The doctor wanted to do a blood test just to make sure everything was alright. After the weekend, she was called by her doctor to come in immediately, and to bring her husband because something was wrong with her blood. A bone marrow test confirmed the doctor's suspicion. Leukemia. She received the news and was told to be at the hospital by the end of the day to spend a month doing chemotherapy.
After the month of treatment, and two separate week long treatments, along with several blood and platelet transfusions, Kris is in remission. Her doctor at City of Hope Cancer Hospital wants to do a stem cell transplant on her now because she's doing so well. This gives her a better chance of the leukemia not returning.
For the week prior to her stay at City of Hope, Kris was taking anti-seizure medication and going to her doctor to do chemotherapy tests before beginning her intensive treatment. When she begins her stay on February 13, she will be doing several days of chemotherapy followed by several days of full body radiation therapy. Then they will transplant the stem cells they harvested from her (she was not a match with her brother, children, or the National Donor Registry). This option gives her a better chance of her body not rejecting the transplant. Then the slow recovery begins.
It has been the most difficult thing in the world to see Kris go through this. She is a very strong person and I have no doubt this will just be another one of life's obstacles she hurdles right over. But to feel so helpless at doing anything for her has been the hardest part.
Which is why Wil and I decided we would be part of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's marathon. We will be walking 26.2 miles in San Diego this June to help raise money for a cure. Since we can't donate our blood (not the right type) we can at least donate our feet. Our goal is to raise $25,000. A very small percentage of the daily funding needed for research.
Kris is so happy we are doing this in her honor. She already plans on being at the finish line with us so we can all celebrate this huge victory.
Here's a link to our Team In Training Homepage. Please visit it, and help us reach our goal. Kris, along with thousands of other people dealing with this disease, need our help and encouragement.
Wil here, with a final thought: We kicked massive ass in the Avon 3 Day, and raised over 17,000 dollars in about six months. My stats tell me that about half a million different people read this site each month. Even more read it through various forms of syndication. Can you imagine how much we could do if you all kicked in a dollar, or two dollars? If every person who visits this site were to collect change and stuff for a day, and sponsor us for that amount, we would, together, contribute over ONE MILLION DOLLARS to help fund research that could save Kris's life.
Think about the power you have. Isn't it wonderful?

A Wife, A Son, and A Mountain of Luggage

A Wife, A Son, and A Mountain of Luggage 07/21/2004 04:49 PM

On Sunday, my wife and son returned from Korea.  They also brought a mountain of luggage, two full carts worth.  Since my wife and I already had more than a decade of arguments over her seemingly unbreakable habit of moving mountains across oceans, all I could do was sigh and hug.

My wife and I are on the extreme opposites when it comes to luggage.  I despise luggage so I travel very light.For a month long trip to Europe, I would take two underwears, two pairs of socks, two T-shirts, one jean, one slack, one jacket, and a pair of running shoes.  Since I am going to be wearing one set of everything plus the jacket and the shoes, the spares could fit comfortably into a small carry-on.  If the jacket has big pockets, I could travel without any bags but I use the carry-on to avoid getting grilled by immigration officers.  And on my trips, I rarely buy anything I have to carry.  If it's something big, I ship it. 

My wife, on the other hand, carries everything.Her annual trips to Korea usually starts with increasing shopping activities a month or two before the trip.  In buying her gifts, she ignores logic completely.  I have seen her buying goods made in Korea as gifts to take back to Korea.  On this trip, she brought back goods she bought at Costco in Korea, goods made right here in California.  She said they were on sale over there and saving a few bucks on pots and pans made perfect sense to her.  Oy.

And much of the luggage was food.  For example, she brought back two boxes of ramyeon, dry noodle in a cup.  Of course, our local Korean markets sell them by boxes too but my wife said these are fresher.  Fresh instant noodle?  Arghhhh!

When I was growing up in Korea, I frequently saw a Korean women carrying heavy stuff while her husband walked ahead with hands behind his back.  Until I got married I didn't understand why Korean husbands weren't helping their wives.  Why?  It's because they already had their decade of fruitless arguments and all of them reached the same compromise.  As for me, I help out despite my frustrations but also try to avoid travelling with her to Korea.

Between Mars and Venus lies an impenetrable astroid field of luggage.

Comments from the Wife -- version 4.0

Comments from the Wife -- version 4.0 07/19/2004 02:53 PM
Anne finishes up the Rock-n-Roll Marathon Saga with this entry. Read her entire story at WWdN!

Montgomerie and wife separating

Montgomerie and wife separating 04/29/2004 01:17 PM
British golfer Colin Montgomerie announces a split from his wife but dismisses speculation about their marriage.

Grammer, Wife Have Son Via Surrogate Mom
(AP)

Grammer, Wife Have Son Via Surrogate Mom
(AP) 08/30/2004 05:37 PM
AP - "Frasier" star Kelsey Grammer and his wife, former Playboy model Camille Donatacci, are the parents of a boy born Saturday through a surrogate mother.

Police: Man Tried to Electrocute Wife
(AP)

Police: Man Tried to Electrocute Wife
(AP) 05/03/2004 04:36 PM
AP - A man set up a bubble bath for his wife, complete with candles and music, then tried to electrocute her by pushing a radio into the tub, authorities say.

Ex-Wife Causes Ruckus at Wedding (AP)

Ex-Wife Causes Ruckus at Wedding (AP) 05/07/2004 10:34 AM
AP - A disgruntled ex-wife wasn't about to hold her peace when her former husband tried to get married.

Kennedy's wife goes to hospital

Kennedy's wife goes to hospital 04/11/2005 08:44 AM
Charles Kennedy's pregnant wife Sarah goes into hospital but it is understood she is not yet in labour.

Comments from the wife, version 3.5

Comments from the wife, version 3.5 05/13/2004 12:36 PM
Great news about Kris!

In my last entry, I mentioned Kris would be going into City of Hope one last time to spend a week getting medication that would boost her immune system. That was done last week. I wasn't able to visit her because she was feeling very pukey and tired. It was more important for her to get her rest anyway. She came home on Saturday. I called to check in on her Monday but her son said she was sleeping and that he was staying with her all day to take care of her. So I called her on Tuesday and she sounded great. We talked about our kids, Mother's Day (she slept through most of her Mother's Day) and how she was feeling. She was doing much better after sleeping for most of the past few days. She said she spoke with her friend Debbie about how well she was doing. Debbie is the wife of her friend that died from the same type of leukemia she has. Debbie commented on how much further Kris has come through treatment than Debbie's husband did (he died from pneumonia after the radiation treatments.) It's so sad to think that she had a friend who was diagnosed a year before she was but didn't make it. But at the same time, I'm so relieved that she toughed it out through all this and stayed healthy. I know a big part of her motivation is being at the finish line with our marathon. Yesterday, Kris went to her doctor to have a pump put in that will give her the same immune boosting medication for another ten days. This is like a jump start kick to make sure all of the leukemia stays away. She said she doesn't feel as sick as when she was in the hospital last week. She feels like she has a mild case of the flu. But, she says, she'll survive. I know she will too.

Miandryvazo - Waiting for wife

Miandryvazo - Waiting for wife 03/13/2003 10:20 AM
Hi everyone! Today it is the 17th of December, and Christmas is approaching fast. Although it is not so obvious...

comments from the wife, version 3.6

comments from the wife, version 3.6 06/02/2004 04:39 PM
It's here! Kris made it! One hundred days of treatment for leukemia. This was the biggest goal for her and she did it!

I am so happy to be able to write this with such a happy ending. It's been a very tough road for Kris, but I think a big part of staying so strong and focused on getting this far was all of the support she got from everyone who sent "mojo" her way and encouragement with all the donations (by the way, final score . . . $27,535.) Kris is feeling great and is going to be waiting at the finish line when we do the marathon in San Diego this Sunday.

Wife defends 'berserk' skipper

Wife defends 'berserk' skipper 08/06/2004 11:39 AM
The behaviour of a skipper who was restrained by his crew on a yacht off Spain is described as "out of character".

MSNBC - Mel Gibson says his wife could
be going to hell

MSNBC - Mel Gibson says his wife could
be going to hell 02/12/2004 06:26 AM
MSNBC - Mel Gibson says his wife could be going to hell .. Read article .. Hell

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Cockle picker's last call to wife

Cockle picker's last call to wife 02/11/2004 03:46 AM
Details emerge of a final phone call made by one of 19 cockle pickers who drowned in Morecambe Bay.

Kerry's wife criticizes Iraq war

Kerry's wife criticizes Iraq war 06/02/2004 07:53 PM

Dad Says Son Denied Link to Missing Wife
(AP)

Dad Says Son Denied Link to Missing Wife
(AP) 07/23/2004 09:18 PM
AP - The father of the man whose wife vanished this week, allegedly as she went out for a jog, said Friday that his son looked him in the eye and denied having anything to do with the disappearance.

Siebel hands CEO duties over to former IBM exec

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