| TheStar.com | Sports | Grey Cup arrives at city hall
On hand to greet the Cup were a dozen fans, four times as many media and city hall's feral squirrels, which practically crawl up your leg in search of food. Amidst the fear, one was reminded of the words of Steve Coogan, "If it's between me and a crack squirrel, I will take that squirrel down. I will take that squirrel down to Chinatown." After being marched into council chambers by an honour guard, Mayor David Miller took over. The city's first citizen relived his fondest CFL moments and almost managed to make them seem unscripted. CFL commissioner Mark Cohon the praised the city's love for "Canada's national game." In his defence, he was born in Chicago. But in his offence, I was born in Toronto and I don't think America's national pastime is hockey. After that, Miller officially proclaimed this Grey Cup Week, which excited those fans to fits of shouting 'Go (Insert Winnipeg Blue Bombers or Saskatchewan Roughriders here)!' But when Miller finished his remarks with 'Go Riders,' the mood soured slightly.
NTT America Powers Twitter
NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Twitter, a leading provider of social messaging services, and NTT America, Inc. (NTTA), a wholly- owned U.S. subsidiary of NTT Communications Corporation and a global enterprise solution provider that integrates networks, hosting and Web infrastructure services, today announced that NTTA is providing managed IT infrastructure services for Twitter, Inc. The integrated NTTA solution includes fully managed hosting, managed security, managed networking, and a tier one global backbone. NTTA's SAS 70 Type II audited Premier Data Centers provide an IT infrastructure-as-a-service that is fully redundant with high availability and scalability to support Twitter's continued rapid growth. Additionally, NTTA Professional Services bring a proven technical team to the solution to manage IT infrastructure issues, thus enabling Twitter's IT staff to focus priorities elsewhere.
Teens killed in weekend crash
Dorset was her mother's pride and joy. Family members say the 15-year-old had an infectious smile and a vibrant spirit. "I'm thankful there were no drugs or alcohol. He wasn't even speeding," said Dorset's mother. "It was just her time, I guess. It was just her time." In her memory, friends erected a memorial at the crash site, a cross in Dorset's favorite color, blue, with flowers and teddy bears. .
Navigating to retirement
Over the last six months, some of the toughest decisions have been not to make any decisions," said Gold, who also works with the Moores and Scotts. "It's really important to stay the course."
401(k) nest egg For many workers nearing retirement, workplace 401(k) programs represent a nice pot of money. That makes them a tempting place to look for cash as credit conditions tighten.
The issue of whether or not to take a 401(k) loan is one of several key decisions being thrust upon workers as they're forced to assume more control over their retirement plans. Fewer employers offer company-managed pensions, so employees must make more of their own decisions.
The various 401(k)-style retirement plans can be a great way to accumulate wealth. The programs feature tax-sheltered growth and employer-provided matching funds in most cases.
Obama's Fate in Texas Hinges on Volunteers
Davis started a blog, TexansForObama.com. By the time Sen. Obama announced his run last February, Mr. Davis's blog had received offers from 5,000 potential volunteers. Shortly thereafter, when Sen. Obama came to Austin for a rally, 20,000 people showed up, many of them recruited by Mr. Davis. He collected as many names as he could, filing them in the laundry baskets. As Sen. Obama campaigned in early primaries, Mr. Davis's book club got more and more political. Without much encouragement or oversight from the official campaign, it grew, as did similar groups in other cities. Mr. Davis and other volunteer coordinators began holding weekly meetings to plan leafleting, door-knocking and the like. A Powerful Tool As the voting in Iowa and New Hampshire approached, Mr. Davis and thousands of other Texans took advantage of a powerful tool available on the Obama campaign's national Web site, MyBarackObama.com.
Defense, ha! Playoffs reward playmakers
The folks in Warner Robbins need to troop right back to church and take up a collection to build a monument to Marques Ivory right in front of the school. That was a Hall of Fame performance if ever there was one. Still, one hopes the Ware County coaching staff was paying attention. Sunday morning a neighbor of mine who is casual football fan spotted me walking the dog and came flying down the driveway with one question: "Were the Tucker coaches completely brain dead in the second half?" Knowing Ivory's mobility was probably limited, the Tucker defense made no effort to force him to move choosing to sit back in that 3-4. If Ware County can get some pressure on him they have a chance; if they let him stand back there and throw darts they're just as dead as Tucker. I won't spend a lot of time talking about the Wing-T.
Friday 6th October
EchoStar Communications has won a court ruling in the TiVo Inc. v. EchoStar Communications Corp. lawsuit that allows the company to continue selling digital video recorders while it appeals rival TiVo Inc.'s victory in a patent case. "We are pleased the Federal Court found that EchoStar has a 'substantial case on the merits' and blocked the Texas decision for the duration of the appeal. This action by the Federal Court reinforces our belief that the Texas court made significant errors during the trial process and we look forward to complete vindication of our position," read a statement from the company. "As a result of the Court action, our customers will not be disrupted and all of our DVR models will continue to be available through the EchoStar distribution system." TiVo won a trial in Texas, where it accused EchoStar of infringing a patent on so-called time-warp technology that lets users record one programme while watching another.
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