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Memphis roots rock band Lucero comes back to town for a show at Hal & Mal's, while local jazz songstress Rhonda Richmond plays a free show in the restaurant. Meanwhile, local Americana act The Scramblers take the stage at Martin's, and local alt-rockers Stillframe Tragedy rock out at Fire down the street. friday Will Ferrell goes back to the sports comedy well with Semi-Pro, opening Friday. He plays the boorish owner-coach player of an American Basketball Association team as the league is being consolidated with the NBA in the '70s. The Other Boleyn Girl, based on the novel by Philippa Gregory, tells the steamy tale of Boleyn sisters Anne (Natalie Portman) and Mary (Scarlett Johansson), who vie for the romantic favor of King Henry VIII (Eric Bana).
Corrections and clarifications
He is a hypothermia researcher and professor in the department of neurosurgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. He is no longer chairman of the neurosurgery department. 2/12/08 An article Sunday about presidential polling misstated the first name of the 1948 Republican nominee. His name was Thomas Dewey, not John. *** The sales price of a property was misstated Sunday in the Done Deals column of the Real Estate section. The property at 2527 W. Michigan St., sold for $55,500, not $555,000. Metro MLS, the multiple listing service, provided incorrect information. *** An article Monday in the Sports section about the Daytona 500 incorrectly stated that NASCAR drivers Dale Jarrett and David Reutimann did not compete in the race last year.
Sun backs Web 2.0 startups
Sun Microsystems has put its weight behind up and coming web 2.0 companies with the launched this week of a new initiative designed to provide UK startups with discounts on Sun technology and services. The Sun Startup Essentials programme, which was originally launched in the States, will help eligible companies purchase a range of discounted products and services, including Sun Fire x64 servers and Sun Fire servers with CoolThreads technology, according to the firm. Startups under the scheme can also rent discounted web hosting infrastructure from Sun partners Layered Technologies, NaviSite and NTT Europe Online, and gain access to free open source software including Sun's own. "They will also get free technical support – the idea is to help startups make good decisions up front so as their needs go up they can sustain higher traffic," said Sun's Juan Carlos Soto.
Dixon Wants Out of Toronto
From the law offices of McAfee & Taft, a letter dated Feb. 14 was submitted to Seattle city attorney Thomas A. Carr, highlighting the three scenarios of the June 16 court case. In statement No. 5 of the letter, the Professional Basketball Club makes the offer: "The third scenario is a settlement. PBC is willing to offer a one-time payment to the City that will (a) satisfy the anticipated rental revenue sharing payments and admissions taxes of the final two years of the KeyArena lease and; (b) provide the City sufficient funds to pay the $26.5 million principal due on the KeyArena debut as it matures."The letter then states that Professional Basketball Club will offer the city of Seattle a payment of $7,265,286 to cover the final two years of rent at KeyArena and a payment of $19,305,766 to cover the current estimated bond due for the previous repairs to KeyArena.
Auction Services and Phil Mortensen Auctions Inc. Introduce Cutting ...
For the first time in the auction industry, Auctionservices.com will use virtual salespeople in designing and hosting a client's website. This new tool has been proven to attract customers, increase sales and retain interest in company services, according to Rick Romanus Sr., President and CEO of Auction Services, Inc. Jacksonville, FL (PRWEB) September 13, 2006 -- For the first time in the auction industry, Auctionservices.com will use virtual salespeople in designing and hosting a client's website. This new tool has been proven to attract customers, increase sales and retain interest in company services, according to Rick Romanus Sr., President and CEO of Auction Services, Inc. "We are delighted to offer this innovative video and audio messaging capability," noted Romanus.
The 12th Word at A&M
While it is true that his father donated a large sum of money, George Bush never attended Texas A&M. (Even his daughter Jenna attended UT.) And sadly, you seemed to blame your soldiers just because of their association with TAMU. That to me, is ignorance. Before you accuse me of being another conservative Aggie, it's important to know that I've always been liberal in thought and lived in Austin for the majority of my life. But I respect and admire my fellow Aggies too much to allow someone to degrade or insult them. We will always have something that the University of Texas will never have, and that is a sense of pride and family that bonds us together. .
Tax levy falls by 127-vote margin
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Willy Northpole and the Phoenix hip-hop scene explode
The George S. May Company is going to join Magedson's corporate advocacy program. (Kushnir declined to say how much he's paying.) Basically, Kushnir will pay Magedson to reveal the complainants against the company, and then Kushnir can do what he would have wanted to do all along address them. Good news for Magedson. But not such good news for the people who had anonymously blasted George S. May. After all, Magedson will be giving them up. And if they're current employees, they're probably going to be in trouble with a capital T. Kushnir says he won't sue anybody he's learned his lesson but if it's a disgruntled secretary who called the founder a pedophile, it's hard to imagine things will end happily for her. Kushnir says he's happy with how things ended. But the incident does raise some ethical questions.
Back up your computer files
Losing one file on your computer can be annoying and inconvenient; losing all the information on your computer can be catastrophic. If you haven't given any thought to backing up your computer drives, you may want to consider doing so. Information on your computer can be lost in many ways. Experiencing a power surge or outage, lightening, a child playing on the keyboard or simply equipment failure are just a few of the causes.Your first step will be to decide what to backup. A good start would be to have a "laundry" list of the files you consider to be important. You will find that this list will also be valuable if you need to recover a single lost or damaged file. Some recommended files to backup would be financial information, family photos, personal projects, email and email addresses, your Internet bookmarks, any software that has been paid for and downloaded from the Internet, music downloads, business forms and letters, your .com web site, in reality, anything you do not want to loose or cannot replace.Next you will need to decide on a method to store this information.
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Compared to other nations we are young, not even middle-aged, but as a culture we have become tired and sclerotic, slow to respond and slower still to act. Evidence is everywhere around us. It can be seen in our failure to keep pace with the rest of the world in everything from environmental policy to self-governance. The most recent example was the unseemly rush at Queen's Park to dismiss the report prepared by Trent University economist Harry Kitchen. Provincial politicians lined up to dump on a document that essentially proposes that those who use Ontario highways should pay for the privilege. Public transit riders have been familiar with the concept since the beginning; they're called fares, and everyone who rides the rails pays them. In Toronto, fares on the much-unfunded TTC rank among the highest in North America.
Lighter side of sports
Darrell Waltrip says every time he thinks of Dale Sr. at Daytona, 'I cry like a rat eating an onion.' How come they can't talk like that in the other sports?"
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Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle, summarizing the upcoming baseball season in the Bay Area: "The A's are rebuilding, the Giants are fumigating.'' .
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