| In Harlem, Backing Up Bill Clinton
Omega Nelson had stopped for a cigarette in the heart of Harlem on Monday morning when he found himself in a political debate. As many are these days, this one was prompted by a reporter and focused on Bill Clinton's role in Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign. .
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Annapolis was the beginning of my career," he said. "I met Dan Wolfe in a Florida marina when he considered buying my father’s boat. He offered to get me an audition on the Mike Douglas show. After the audition, he and his wife left on vacation and I stayed on his boat [docked in an Annapolis marina] for a month." Working as a writer for musical comedian Jim Stafford, Gallagher drew on capital history. "I made up a routine for Jim based on Francis Scott Key and what other musicians, like Johnny Cash, would have written as the National Anthem if they were kept on a boat during the war," he said. After his shipboard stint, Gallagher hit the road, developing his odd brand of family-friendly entertainment. He blames his jokes and performance style for his grueling tour regimen.
Fowler walks away from MFS CFO role
On Friday Allco non-executive director Barbara Ward said she had resigned from the financial services group, without citing a reason. As pressure mounts on companies such as MFS, Centro Properties Group and Allco Finance Group, more and more senior executives and directors are expected to jump ship. Share this article .
Norfolk council says real estate taxes likely to increase
Real estate taxes appear nearly certain to rise again when the city adopts its budget in May. That much seemed clear after a 90-minute City Council budget discussion Tuesday. Asked to state anonymously what they would prefer to happen to eight revenue sources, six of the eight council members said they prefer to keep the tax at the current rate, $1.11 per $100 of assessed value. Two voted to drop the rate. No one asked for an increase, but because of rising real estate assessments, taxes would go up for most homeowners if the rate remains the same. Although the city's residential real estate prices are stagnant, assessments are based on data as much as 18 months old, when the housing market was still hot. Last year, the council approved a 16-cent reduction, which was supposed to keep the tax bill for the average homeowner even.
Category: Green Tech
Between the Lines Latest Post | Last 10 Posts | Archives HP aims to cut PC energy use by 25 percent Posted in: General Hardware Infrastructure Hewlett-Packard Green Tech Hewlett-Packard said Tuesday that it is aiming to cut the energy consumption of its desktops and notebooks by 25 percent by 2010. The HP announcement, delivered at the Consumer Electronics Show, almost reads like it comes from an auto manufacturer trying to cut the miles per gallon requirements of its fleet. Technology vendors are increasingly using their green IT initiatives to improve their standing in the market place. It's becoming difficult to distinguish the marketing from the green technology reality. Indeed, HP touted the number of its products meeting gold and silver ratings under EPEAT (the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool).
CKX Announces January 10th Payment Date for Dividend of FX Real Estate ...
NEW YORK, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CKX, Inc. (NASDAQ: CKXE) , announced today that January 10, 2008 will be the payment date for the previously announced distribution of shares of FX Real Estate and Entertainment Inc. stock to the CKX stockholders. CKX previously announced that the record date for receipt of the distribution was December 31, 2007. CKX stockholders of record will receive, on January 10th, two shares of common stock of FX Real Estate and Entertainment for every ten shares of common or preferred stock of CKX that they owned as of December 31st. The distribution of shares in FX Real Estate and Entertainment is intended to give CKX stockholders an interest in FXRE's location-based exploitation of CKX's Elvis Presley and Muhammad Ali assets pursuant to the terms of FXRE's license agreements with CKX and its subsidiaries.
Brother-in-laws bathroom camera an unnerving discovery
DEAR ABBY: The standard form of greeting in the West is a handshake. But this can lead to transmission of germs. Being from India, I use the standard form of Indian greeting by holding my palms together, which is very hygienic. (By the way, many South Asian countries have the same custom of greeting.) You might consider passing the word along because I'm sure your readers could understand the benefit of such a gesture — particularly during the cold and flu season. — SUNITHA IN KUWAIT DEAR SUNITHA: I'm pleased to pass the word along. Your practical suggestion is a good one and something I have used myself. All you do is place your palms together, thumbs up at chest height. The friendly message it sends is clear when it's done with a smile.
Lebanon in mourning after fresh violence
Lebanon is in official mourning after a night of anti-government street demonstrations in southern Beirut left seven people dead and many Lebanese wondering if the country was slipping into civil war. Schools and universities closed and troops patrolled the streets of Beirut to prevent fresh outbreaks of rioting. "This is an hour of sadness. Our country is passing through the most dangerous times," said Fouad Siniora, the Prime Minister. Lebanese newspapers said that the riot evoked grim images of the 1975-90 civil war. "Black Sunday", the pro-government Al-Mustaqbal daily labelled it. A headline in the independent French-language L'Orient-Le Jour said: "The demons of discord are attempting to reignite the fires of civil war" .
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