Hp User Group Helps Members Connect Professionally, Socially
21 June 2008, 07:07 No comments
Keeping 50,000 members connected drove the leadership of HP’s largest user community to turn to social networking technologies.
The HP independent user group Connect boasts 50,000 members worldwide, including customers of HP’s server, storage, operating system and switch products. Connect President Nina Buik says the volume and diversity of members inspired Connect to find a way [...]
Jon Shirley Steps Down At Microsoft
21 June 2008, 07:07 No comments
Former Microsoft president Jon Shirley has announced his intention to retire from the company in November.
Shirley was president of Microsoft from 1983 to 1990 and oversaw the company’s expansion from a simple operating systems supplier to a global software force.
Shirley lists his hobbies as collecting, restoring, showing and racing vintage Ferraris and collecting contemporary art.
He [...]
Check out the candidates
7 May 2008, 00:12 No comments
The Kings County Record sent a questionnaire to every municipal candidate in Hampton, Norton, Sussex, Sussex Corner and Petitcodiac. It asked for the following information: name, age, occupation, and in two paragraphs, state why your town or village would be a better place with you as the mayor or councillor. The results are below, with [...]
Review proves where NZRUs head is
18 April 2008, 19:07 No comments
The timing of the report is bizarre %26mdash; nah, incredibly stupid.
Just when you thought it was safe to get back into the water, the NZRU %26mdash; showing all the timing of a Luke McAllister drop goal %26mdash; reopens the festering six-month-old sore just as we were beginning to forget it.
At a time when many heartland [...]
#145;The Ruins
7 April 2008, 04:04 No comments
Something or someone wiped out the Maya, that advanced Central American civilization that had all but disappeared when Columbus arrived.Might that something or someone still be around? Might one stumble across it, say, in “an ancient Mayan temple, off the beaten path, off the map”?One might.That’s the intriguing hook for “The Ruins,” a somewhat effective [...]
Heston left cinematic political mark
7 April 2008, 04:04 No comments
LOS ANGELES %26mdash; Nancy Reagan was heartbroken over Charlton Heston’s death. President Bush hailed him as a “strong advocate for liberty,” while John McCain called Heston a devotee for civil and constitutional rights.Even Michael Moore, who mocked Heston in his gun-control documentary “Bowling for Columbine,” posted the actor’s picture on his Web site to mark [...]
Heston left cinematic political mark
7 April 2008, 04:04 No comments
LOS ANGELES %26mdash; Nancy Reagan was heartbroken over Charlton Heston’s death. President Bush hailed him as a “strong advocate for liberty,” while John McCain called Heston a devotee for civil and constitutional rights.Even Michael Moore, who mocked Heston in his gun-control documentary “Bowling for Columbine,” posted the actor’s picture on his Web site to mark [...]
NZ swimmers show a lot of promise
2 April 2008, 23:11 No comments
It wasnt easy for them.
Unusually, heats were in the evening and finals in the morning.
This was to mirror the strange Beijing Olympics scheduling that accommodates big-spending American television. The New Zealand swimmers faced cut-throat pressure. They had to turn up and do the qualifying times, or they didnt get a plane ticket to Beijing.
Its good [...]
Parkersburg Elks Lodge selects teens of month
25 March 2008, 19:07 No comments
The Parkersburg Elks Lodge 198 has selected the February 208 Teenager-of-the-Month. They are Addison Mills Litton from Parkersburg High School and Darrin E. Nichols from Wirt County High School.
Litton is the daughter of Amy Dehmlow and Frank Litton of Parkersburg. She has a GPA of 4.04. She is in or has been in the following [...]
How Pam Beesly (and You) Can Find a Dream Job
19 March 2008, 18:06 No comments
To many viewers of The Office, it’s clear that Pam should leave her dead-end receptionist gig. Despite an endless stream of daily distractions, including elaborate pranks and marathon games of FreeCell, her apathy shines through: “I don’t think it’s many girls’ dream to be a receptionist,” she says. Pam’s real passion is art, so it’s [...]
