The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has accepted Aamir Sohail’s resignation and appointed former Test cricketer Haroon Rashid as the new Director for Game Development.
“Aamir, director game development, has tendered his resignation and PCB chairman Ijaz Butt has accepted it. Former batsman Rashid will be the acting director game development with immediate effect,†The Daily Times [...]
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Eriksson offered job at Notts County
July 21st, 2009 |
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• Eriksson expected to accept director of football position
• Ian McParland would remain as County manager
So Sven-Goran Eriksson was thinking of Meadow Lane when his agent revealed a couple of months ago that the Swede “would love to work in England again”. Anyone predicting such a return before yesterday’s remarkable developments would have risked being carted off to the nearest psychiatric ward but put a consortium from the Middle East and Eriksson’s name in the same sentence and you start to believe that anything is possible.
This time, however, the investors offering to line Eriksson’s pocket are not fake sheikhs seeking to bring down the England manager but Notts County board members intent on pulling off one of the more staggering football appointments in recent times.
Eriksson is expected to be unveiled as the League Two club’s director of football on Wednesday following talks which presumably did not dwell too much on the 61-year-old’s knowledge of County’s promotion rivals next season.
Quite what was going through Ian McParland’s mind when he learned of the bid to lure Eriksson is anyone’s guess, though the current Notts County manager has been assured that his job is safe despite the imminent arrival of someone who spent five years in charge of England. That period should have prepared Eriksson for most things but there could still be a few shocks in store if he makes his way around the League Two circuit next season.
Whether he will be required to negotiate those kind of trips remains to be seen, with his involvement at one of the world’s oldest football clubs likely to be more advisory than hands-on. Either way those close to Munto Finance, the ambitious Middle-East backed consortium that took control at Meadow Lane last week with plans to establish the club in the Championship within five years, say Eriksson will not be here today and gone tomorrow.
Eriksson does have experience of working at a lower level before when he started out on his managerial career with Degerfors in Sweden but 30 years have since passed and the majority of those have been spent at some of the most glamorous clubs in Europe such as Benfica, Roma and Lazio. Portsmouth seemed likely to be the next port of call after he was sacked by Mexico in April but instead Eriksson has checked in at a club that finished 87th on the football ladder in May.
His financial package will be the subject of much conjecture but it is thought to be strongly linked to the club’s progress, although it would be naive to believe that there is not a hefty basic wage. Eriksson, after all, does not work for pennies, even if he has received three seven-figure pay-offs in as many years, and there were suggestions last night, albeit unconfirmed, that he might pick up as much as £40,000 a week at Meadow Lane.
What a turnaround from 5½ years ago when County, mired in financial trouble, narrowly escaped the threat of expulsion from the Football League. There have been more tough times since, including the last five seasons finishing in the bottom half of League Two, but the loyal supporters that have remained faithful to the club that will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2012 can be forgiven for waking up with a smile this morning.
“We have a vision of success now,” said Glenn Rolley, the chairman of the supporters’ trust. “We stand in the shadow of our neighbours. Appointing Sven will reverberate around the football world. I can only compare it to when Notts County signed Tommy Lawton from Chelsea in the late ’40s.
“He was England’s No 1 centre-forward. This is comparable. I’ve been a supporter for 45 years and this is proud day. It’s quite romantic really.”
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Eriksson holds Notts County talks
July 21st, 2009 |
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Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is in talks with Notts County about becoming director of football, BBC Radio Nottingham understands.
The Magpies, who have recently been taken over by a Middle-Eastern consortium, are refusing to confirm or deny the reports.
Earlier newspaper reports had linked Eriksson with the club’s manager role.
The 61-year-old, who spent five years in charge of England, was sacked as coach of Mexico in April.
BBC Radio Nottingham’s Colin Slater said: "Claims that Notts are to appoint Eriksson as manager are wide off the mark.
"It is far more likely Eriksson will be brought in as director of football."
The former Manchester City manager is not the only high-profile name to be linked with the job.
Slater added: "My understanding is that Eriksson is not the first high-profile personality to be linked with the newly created post as director of football.
"Former England manager Glenn Hoddle has also been in the frame."
Following Eriksson’s dismissal in Mexico, he had been linked with a return to the Premier League with Portsmouth.</p
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Shaurya Chauhaan to work with Bipasha Basu and Billy Zane
July 20th, 2009 |
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Shaurya Chauhaan is currently on a new high. The actress has been offered the second lead in renowned Bengali director Tapan Saha’s forthcoming Hollywood project with Bipasaha Basu and Billy Zane.
This beautiful and hot Kingfisher calendar girl had the opportunity to meet the renowned Bengali director Tapan Saha when she was shooting for an [...]
Expenses reveal BBC’s expensive tastes
July 17th, 2009 |
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A bill of nearly £1,600 for an “executive Christmas dinner” held by the BBC’s creative director Alan Yentob was among the claims in the latest list of expenses published by the broadcaster.
Former BBC former drama chief Jane Tranter, who quit as the BBC head of fiction last year to take up a new US role with the corporation’s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, claimed more than £3,000 for flowers over a three-year period, most of them as gifts for BBC stars.
The new figures follow the publication last month of more than £360,000-worth of expense claims made by 13 members of the BBC’s executive board. The latest statistics relate to the BBC’s 30 most senior managers outside of the board, including the controllers of all its TV and radio stations, and other senior executives.
Unlike the publication of MPs’ expenses, the data was not heavily redacted and shone further light into the internal – and occasionally unlikely – workings of the BBC. Some of the more eye-catching claims included:
• Creative director Alan Yentob claimed £1,579.63 for an “executive Christmas dinner” for 27 people in 2006.
• £4,589 claimed by Michael Carrington, controller of CBeebies, for travel to a conference in New York.
• Over £800 of Molton Brown gift sets and toiletries claimed by BBC1 controller Jay Hunt, along with a £94.50 “silver bangle with charm”, a £59.95 biscuit jar, and £48.95 for two pairs of cashmere socks bought as a “gift for a leading supplier”.
• The BBC’s director of archive content and former BBC2 controller Roly Keating claimed more than £1,000 for champagne and chocolates.
• A £1,233 dinner held by BBC Radio 4 controller Mark Damazer to celebrate the 35th anniversary of BBC Radio 4 panel show, Just A Minute
Elsewhere in the figures published yesterday, it was revealed how entertainment executive Jonathan Beazley claimed £6.99 for a Doctor Who action figure, and BBC3 controller Danny Cohen claimed £26.97 for a box set of the first series of Skins, the teen drama he commissioned when he was head of rival channel, E4.
BBC News channel controller Kevin Bakhurst spent several hundred pounds trying to persuade talent to change channels and join the BBC. “Job talks – try to persuade to join BBC News.” Another, for £78.19, went on “contacts/gathering information” about the BBC’s rival, Rupert Murdoch’s Sky.
The BBC’s chief operating officer, Caroline Thomson, said the corporation was delivering a “step change in the information we disclose to the public, and we believe this will make us one of the most transparent and open public service organisations in Britain”. All of the expenses claims related to a three-year period from 1 April 2006 to 31 March this year.
Thomson said: “Later in the year we will formalise our processes in this area and routinely publish large amounts of information relating to the pay and expenses of our top executives. We will also give details of the amount of money the BBC pays for onscreen presenters and artists.
“The public will then be able to see how the BBC performs against its commitment to reduce the amount of money the organisation spends on top talent, which currently stands at approximately 2% of the licence fee.”
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Expenses reveal BBC’s expensive tastes
July 17th, 2009 |
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A bill of nearly £1,600 for an “executive Christmas dinner” held by the BBC’s creative director Alan Yentob was among the claims in the latest list of expenses published by the broadcaster.
Former BBC former drama chief Jane Tranter, who quit as the BBC head of fiction last year to take up a new US role with the corporation’s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, claimed more than £3,000 for flowers over a three-year period, most of them as gifts for BBC stars.
The new figures follow the publication last month of more than £360,000-worth of expense claims made by 13 members of the BBC’s executive board. The latest statistics relate to the BBC’s 30 most senior managers outside of the board, including the controllers of all its TV and radio stations, and other senior executives.
Unlike the publication of MPs’ expenses, the data was not heavily redacted and shone further light into the internal – and occasionally unlikely – workings of the BBC. Some of the more eye-catching claims included:
• Creative director Alan Yentob claimed £1,579.63 for an “executive Christmas dinner” for 27 people in 2006.
• £4,589 claimed by Michael Carrington, controller of CBeebies, for travel to a conference in New York.
• Over £800 of Molton Brown gift sets and toiletries claimed by BBC1 controller Jay Hunt, along with a £94.50 “silver bangle with charm”, a £59.95 biscuit jar, and £48.95 for two pairs of cashmere socks bought as a “gift for a leading supplier”.
• The BBC’s director of archive content and former BBC2 controller Roly Keating claimed more than £1,000 for champagne and chocolates.
• A £1,233 dinner held by BBC Radio 4 controller Mark Damazer to celebrate the 35th anniversary of BBC Radio 4 panel show, Just A Minute
Elsewhere in the figures published yesterday, it was revealed how entertainment executive Jonathan Beazley claimed £6.99 for a Doctor Who action figure, and BBC3 controller Danny Cohen claimed £26.97 for a box set of the first series of Skins, the teen drama he commissioned when he was head of rival channel, E4.
BBC News channel controller Kevin Bakhurst spent several hundred pounds trying to persuade talent to change channels and join the BBC. “Job talks – try to persuade to join BBC News.” Another, for £78.19, went on “contacts/gathering information” about the BBC’s rival, Rupert Murdoch’s Sky.
The BBC’s chief operating officer, Caroline Thomson, said the corporation was delivering a “step change in the information we disclose to the public, and we believe this will make us one of the most transparent and open public service organisations in Britain”. All of the expenses claims related to a three-year period from 1 April 2006 to 31 March this year.
Thomson said: “Later in the year we will formalise our processes in this area and routinely publish large amounts of information relating to the pay and expenses of our top executives. We will also give details of the amount of money the BBC pays for onscreen presenters and artists.
“The public will then be able to see how the BBC performs against its commitment to reduce the amount of money the organisation spends on top talent, which currently stands at approximately 2% of the licence fee.”
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Expenses reveal BBC’s expensive tastes
July 17th, 2009 |
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A bill of nearly £1,600 for an “executive Christmas dinner” held by the BBC’s creative director Alan Yentob was among the claims in the latest list of expenses published by the broadcaster.
Former BBC former drama chief Jane Tranter, who quit as the BBC head of fiction last year to take up a new US role with the corporation’s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, claimed more than £3,000 for flowers over a three-year period, most of them as gifts for BBC stars.
The new figures follow the publication last month of more than £360,000-worth of expense claims made by 13 members of the BBC’s executive board. The latest statistics relate to the BBC’s 30 most senior managers outside of the board, including the controllers of all its TV and radio stations, and other senior executives.
Unlike the publication of MPs’ expenses, the data was not heavily redacted and shone further light into the internal – and occasionally unlikely – workings of the BBC. Some of the more eye-catching claims included:
• Creative director Alan Yentob claimed £1,579.63 for an “executive Christmas dinner” for 27 people in 2006.
• £4,589 claimed by Michael Carrington, controller of CBeebies, for travel to a conference in New York.
• Over £800 of Molton Brown gift sets and toiletries claimed by BBC1 controller Jay Hunt, along with a £94.50 “silver bangle with charm”, a £59.95 biscuit jar, and £48.95 for two pairs of cashmere socks bought as a “gift for a leading supplier”.
• The BBC’s director of archive content and former BBC2 controller Roly Keating claimed more than £1,000 for champagne and chocolates.
• A £1,233 dinner held by BBC Radio 4 controller Mark Damazer to celebrate the 35th anniversary of BBC Radio 4 panel show, Just A Minute
Elsewhere in the figures published yesterday, it was revealed how entertainment executive Jonathan Beazley claimed £6.99 for a Doctor Who action figure, and BBC3 controller Danny Cohen claimed £26.97 for a box set of the first series of Skins, the teen drama he commissioned when he was head of rival channel, E4.
BBC News channel controller Kevin Bakhurst spent several hundred pounds trying to persuade talent to change channels and join the BBC. “Job talks – try to persuade to join BBC News.” Another, for £78.19, went on “contacts/gathering information” about the BBC’s rival, Rupert Murdoch’s Sky.
The BBC’s chief operating officer, Caroline Thomson, said the corporation was delivering a “step change in the information we disclose to the public, and we believe this will make us one of the most transparent and open public service organisations in Britain”. All of the expenses claims related to a three-year period from 1 April 2006 to 31 March this year.
Thomson said: “Later in the year we will formalise our processes in this area and routinely publish large amounts of information relating to the pay and expenses of our top executives. We will also give details of the amount of money the BBC pays for onscreen presenters and artists.
“The public will then be able to see how the BBC performs against its commitment to reduce the amount of money the organisation spends on top talent, which currently stands at approximately 2% of the licence fee.”
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Joel Sawyer, Sanford’s Communications Director, Resigns
July 17th, 2009 |
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Gov. Mark Sanford’s affair has resulted in at least one break-up. Joel Sawyer, the governor’s communications director, has announced he will depart his post at the start of August.
Here the full press release:
Columbia, S.C. – July 17, 2009…
Brad Balfour: Q&A: Master Director Tony Scott Offers One Helluva Ride With The Taking of Pelham 123
July 16th, 2009 |
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It seems everyday, some controversy about the subway makes it in the papers, whether it’s about good new leadership or bad old leadership; whether it’s…
Marshall Fine: Interview: Boaz Yakin, director of Death in Love
July 16th, 2009 |
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It’s hard to make a film when you’re depressed – which is what kept writer-director Boaz Yakin away from filmmaking for the past five or…
Lady Gaga ‘finds new love’
July 16th, 2009 |
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Popstar Lady Gaga seems to have found love in the creative director of her tour.
The 23-year-old singer was spotted canoodling with her new man on a recent night out in London.
“GaGa headed to Balans in Soho for a meal, but soon all of her attention was on her creative director,†Contactmusic quoted a source as [...]
Google Engineering Director Leaves for VMware
July 14th, 2009 |
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According to published reports, Mark Lucovsky, an engineering director at Google, has left the search giant for a new position at VMware. The man who allegedly made Microsoft’s CEO so upset that he threw a chair is now going to work for VMware with former Microsoft cronies.
– According
to published reports, Mark Lucovsky, an engineering director at Google, has
left the search giant for a new position at VMware.
Despite having been hard at work over the last several years helping Google
develop and deliver on its Google APIs strategy, Lucovsky is perhaps best known
a…
‘Harry Potter’ director David Yates says finale to be best yet
July 14th, 2009 |
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Harry Potter director David Yates has said that the finale of the series adapted from J.K. Rowling’s novels, which is currently being shot, will be the best of the lot.
The finale “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” will be split into two movies.
Part one should be out in late 2010 while part two is [...]
Robyn Hillman-Harrigan: The Reckoning — Interview with Director Pamela Yates
July 13th, 2009 |
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The film was stark and penetrating. It discussed the worst war crimes and crimes against humanity of our time, but did so in a rational, rights based justice context.
Cheney’s Secret “Unit Was So Secret That Even The Former CIA Director George Tenet Did Not Control Its Activitiesâ€
July 13th, 2009 |
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We know that the new director of the CIA, Leon Panetta, was kept in the dark for months about the secret counterterrorism program. But Scotland’s leading newspaper – the Scotsman – has a stunning new revelation: The unit was so secret that even the for…
Pennsylvania Swim Club Accused Of Racism To Ask Minority Kids Back
July 13th, 2009 |
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PHILADELPHIA — A private suburban swim club accused of racism after it canceled the memberships of dozens of minority children says it will seek a meeting with the kids’ camps to work out an agreement for them to return.
Amy Goldman, a …