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Summer Sailing in the Cloud With Office 365

By Guest PostJuly 5, 2011Technologyamerican spirit, ben vanheusden, boston whaler, california, chelsea piers, chicago to new orleans, ft lauderdale, john bertsch, john mirassou, lync online, marty burke, maryland, Microsoft, microsoft technology, motorboats, new york city, norfolk, office 365, penny delgadillo, redondo beach, sailors, sea, spirit 7, statue of liberty, tough economic times, Washington

*Three friends are sailing the U.S. Eastern Seaboard in search of the American spirit. They’ve chronicled their journey and stayed connected with help from Office 365, an official sponsor of the trip.*

BOSTON – July 5, 2011 – In 1987, John Mirassou and two friends set sail from Ft. Lauderdale on a 17-foot Boston Whaler. They didn’t expect to find anything more than good times on their journey, which ultimately logged some 6,100 miles. They were wrong.

“What started out as way to see the country by boat really turned into a story about the American people,” Mirassou said. “Everywhere we went we were taken in by people we had never met. This American spirit came out in amazing instances of generosity.” (more…)

Every Profession Has Its Superstitions

By PravdaFebruary 3, 2011Cultureaboard a ship, bad luck, banknote, boots, brigade, doctors, dog, fire people, irina shlionskaya, professional superstitions, professions, rubber gloves, russian cosmonauts, sailors, sales people, sergei korolyov, sex, sunflower seeds, superstitions, surgeons, surgery, volker mitzlaff, woman

People of many professions have their own superstitions. Most likely, they did not appear from scratch.

Doctors, for example, try not to exchange their night duties. If they do, they will have a tough night, they say. They also try not to have sex the day before the night duty. There is nothing funny about it because people usually get relaxed and become less attentive after sex. (more…)

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Summer Sailing in the Cloud With Office 365

Every Profession Has Its Superstitions