The earthquake and tsunami that have caused over 10,000 deaths, swept away whole towns and plunged Japan into a nuclear crisis will have an impact, albeit a much less dire one, on U.
There was a sense that the city was descending into a Hobbesian hell-although that impression was fed by misinformation, much of it spread by the police themselves.
Now, none of us want to be in the situation where we can't get into our own home, but do take time to think where the best and safest place is to leave your spare keys.
To put things into perspective, Tomjanovich's face was fractured, his bone structure was detached completely from his skull and he was in serious danger of actually dying on the court that day.
As host and trail-blazer for the paper's 'on the road to the White House' series for Election 08, Maron and a team of film-makers aim to capture the heart and soul of an increasingly troubled America.
Thus senior IBM people in the sales channel probably bear some responsibility for helping the client get into this mess, but blaming either DB2 or IBM's technical people for it is likely to be wrong.