| Microsoft's acquisitions chief quits after 12 years
Japanese electronics giant Matsushita Electric Industrial will drop the founder's name and adopt the brand name Panasonic as the company name, public broadcaster NHK TV reported today. The reported decision marks a dramatic shift for the manufacturer founded in 1918 by Konosuke Matsushita, widely respected in Japan for his managerial, manufacturing and political thinking. The company is far better known outside Japan as Panasonic. Brocade No retrial for exec in stock-option case A former Brocade Communications Systems executive who was convicted in a landmark stock-options case won't get a new trial, despite a key prosecution witness recanting some testimony. U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer on Wednesday denied ex-CEO Gregory Reyes' motion for a new trial, saying the witness's new statements would not likely have altered the outcome.
Back to the turn of the century
Memories of being best friends forever and promises of love flooded their minds as they waited to open the can.“Good memories," said Jasper Jackson, now a senior at Salem High School.While catching up, the group waited anxiously for their former fourth-grade teacher, Ashley Duffey , to open the tin and discover what they placed inside.Duffey didn't remember everything the students placed inside but she recalls telling the students to write their future dreams and wishes along with drawing a picture of how they thought they would look.“I think I put something stupid in there," said Tyler Brown, a senior at Patrick Henry High School. “I just want to see."Tyler brought along his mother, Bonnie Brown, to the event. Brown, who often volunteered with Tyler's class while he was at Raleigh Court Elementary, said she wanted to see if Tyler placed one of her belongings in the tin eight years ago.“I want to see what he put in there, and plus I want to see if he put something he wasn't supposed to in there," she said.
Brooklyn-Queens Pool League Teams Up With Billiard Superstar
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (February 18, 2008) — The APA Pool League of Brooklyn/Queens is teaming up with “Silent Assassin" Tony Robles, a name synonymous with pool in Brooklyn and Queens. Robles, founder of the Predator 9-Ball Tour which kicks off February 2nd, brings his impressive pool resume and “Pool School" teaching techniques to Brooklyn Queens APA members of all skill levels.
“My wife Smith and I discussed taking our APA league experience to the next level this year," said League Operator Ross Banfield. “Teaming up with Tony is a dream come true for us and our players. He is a legend of the game [of pool] and a true gentleman who enjoys sharing his passion with others."
New APA teams will receive free lessons from Tony simply for joining the APA Pool League in the Brooklyn Queens APA.
Think Diffident
Except for the mom bit, reporters don't care about Nesmith's real accomplishments. Give the press entrée, and what do they ask? Whether Nesmith still talks to ex-simians Davy Jones, Peter Tork, and Micky Dolenz. And who needs another pun headline? "Nesmith's Not Monkee-ing Around." "Hey! Hey! Ex-Monkee Is Also a Novelist." Hey, hey. The brains are waiting. "I have no idea whether you can do this," Nesmith tells them flatly. He warns that they'll bicker and possibly even brawl. Two brains in the 1990 council argued so bitterly about Fidel Castro, he says, that the entire group walked out. He encourages them to start with easy ideas ("It may be something as simple as 'be kind to animals' or 'ripe fruit is best'") and work up to the hard stuff. "This idea - that five people of your caliber and your degree of thought would agree on something - is significant," he says, inspiring the brains to be all they can be.
PBS and STILETTO Television Present
He has written hundreds of songs and performed around the globe, thrilling millions of fans and winning a Grammy, two Emmys, several Tony Awards, and an Oscar nomination. In 2006, Manilow celebrated one of the most successful years of his career. The Greatest Songs of the Fifties entered the Billboard charts at #1; the PBS special, Barry Manilow: Music and Passion, earned him an Emmy; and The Greatest Songs of the Sixties hit the charts at number two. STILETTO Television develops, produces and distributes groundbreaking programs, including the first original musical movie made for television, and has garnered national recognition for its docudramas on American life. Principals Garry C. Kief, Mark C. Grove, and Troy P. Queen will serve as Executive Producers for Barry Manilow: Songs From The Seventies.
High voter turnout causes ballot shortage
I marked it, and then took it back to the table where the poll workers were, one worker took it and started to put it in the ballot box when i stopped her and said it had no voter number on it - they hadn't given me one. And I told her that it had nothing connecting it to me/my information, she just grabbed it and put it in the box. I've been voting for almost 30 years, and I've never seen such a poorly run or more user-unfriendly polling place. There has GOT to be a better way.
Posted by MyVoteDidntCount, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Feb 5, 2008 at 5:15 pm .
Your local library: Nolensville branch will be closed on Saturday
Income tax time is here, and forms are available at the library. The staff can also help you find a form on the Internet. The Nolensville Public Library is at 915 Oldham Drive. For more information, call 776-5490 or visit www.lib.williamson-tn.org. Brentwood
A nonfiction book discussion of The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Thursday. No reservations necessary. A genealogy class, for the family historian interested in exploring ancestors on the Internet, will be offered from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday. This course will introduce you to the two major genealogy databases offered by the library. Basic computing skills necessary. To reserve your spot for this free class, call ext. 851. Attend Nutrition 101: Basics for a Healthier You at 10 a.m.
Suki exposed
The rest, like Faizal and Alif, also had their fair share as well, you can read it all at forums or blogs on OIAM. I think these gossips are normal. The bad stories about me, like I cant sing and stuff like that, I take it as a challenge and Ill work hard to be better, hopefully in the long run, I can change these peoples negative views of me. The good ones, of course Id like to thank them for their support. lets talk about something fun. of all the top 12 oiam contestants, who do you think is cute and sexy? For cute, Id say Mimi, shes very cute, not just her face, but in her attitude and how she brings herself as well. If sexy, this is obvious, its Anny and Dayang. who are you close to? Farah. She is not a fake. If you asked her opinion on things, like if its good or not, and if its not, shell defi nitely say it to your face, no sugar-coated.
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