Steve Hoover will take over Feb. 1 for Mark Bernstein, who had held the top PARC executive position for 31 years. – Sixteen-year Xerox veteran Steve Hoover was introduced Jan. 11 as
the new chief executive officer of the company’s Palo Alto Research
Center.
Hoover’s appointment follows previous CEO Mark Bernstein’s retirement
from PARC. Bernstein had held the position for 31 years, guiding the
think tank …
U.S special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke died Monday night after undergoing surgery over the weekend to repair a tear in his aorta. Holbrooke’s death comes as President Barack Obama is finalizing a strategy review of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
A group of 23 Communist Party elders in China has written a letter calling for an end to the country’s restrictions on freedom of speech. The letter says freedom of expression is promised in the Chinese constitution but not allowed in practice.
Veteran actor Bekim Fehmiu was found dead in his apartment in the Belgrade neighborhood of Zvezdara on Tuesday. Police said that the death was most likely a suicide.
Veteran actor and comedian Bill Cosby lost his temper with a publicist during a live interview on Thursday. Cosby, doing interviews to promote the Playboy Jazz Festival, was being questioned by The Associated Press about parenting in the Black community when an employee interrupted him.
Veteran Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Sunday said Haiti’s devastating earthquake would be a test of international co-operation, as other leftist leaders lambasted a US “occupation” of the ravaged nation. “Haiti can become an example of what humanity can do for itself,” 83-year-old Castro,
Jyoti Basu, the charismatic Indian Marxist who headed the world’s most electorally successful communist party for two decades, died on Sunday at the age of 95. Basu, who was the longest serving chief minister in Indian political history, led the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) to
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Friday deeply condoled the passing away of veteran journalist Prabhash Joshi, who died of a heart attack here last night.
In his condolence message to Joshi’s wife Usha Joshi, Dr. Singh said: “I am deeply grieved to learn of the sudden and sad demise of your husband Prabhash Joshi, a [...]
The inspector general cites rampant financial abuses and other indiscretions within the technology department of the Veteran Affairs. Some of the abuse included major bonuses for employees who were not eligible.
– Talk about IT management gone awry. The Department of Veteran Affairs’
technology department is on the hot seat.
Between 2007 and 2008, pay grades were ignored, nepotism was rampant and
excessive bonuses were given to the tune of $24 million, while the department
struggled with budget deficits…
Veteran actress Helen Mirren’s director husband Taylor Hackford has been appointed as the president of the Directors Guild of America.
The Oscar winning director has stepped into the shoes of Michael Apted to represent the union for film and TV directors across the U.S. after being voted by his fellow members at the Hollywood headquarters on [...]
Dame Helen Mirren has confessed she and her husband have “horrendous†rows when they have a reunion after being months apart.
The veteran actress, who has been happily married to acclaimed director Taylor Hackford for 12 years, said coming together again makes the arguments worthwhile.
“We spend months apart and I think that helps,†The Daily [...]
LONDON — Harry Patch, Britain’s last survivor of the trenches of World War I, was a reluctant soldier who became a powerful eyewitness to the horror of war, and a symbol of a lost generation.
Patch, who died Saturday at 111, was wounded…
Violence against environmental activists seems almost inevitable in the coalfields this summer as West Virginia politicians ignore the tense situation.
Veteran reporter Robert Scheer writes today:The federal government works for Goldman and not for us.Is Scheer’s claim over the top?Well, the assistant secretary of the Treasury under Reagan (and former senior Wall Street Journal editor) Paul Craig Robe…
Veteran singer Cher is so desperate to sell her Malibu mansion that she has slashed 4 million dollars off the asking price.
The 14,000 square foot mansion has six bedrooms, seven bathrooms, a tennis court, private cinema, and swimming pool, reports Contactmusic.
The estate was originally priced at 45 million dollars, but the Believe hitmaker has [...]
Veteran singer Cher is so desperate to sell her Malibu mansion that she has slashed 4 million dollars off the asking price.
The 14,000 square foot mansion has six bedrooms, seven bathrooms, a tennis court, private cinema, and swimming pool, reports Contactmusic.
The estate was originally priced at 45 million dollars, but the Believe hitmaker has [...]
Veteran journalist and former LBJ speechwriter Bill Moyers has the quote of the day, from an excellent article on government and media corruption:Nothing will change — nothing — until the money lenders are tossed out of the temple, the ATM’s are wres…
By: Dennis Cook
Tipsy, trippy and toodle-loo-y, veteran trumpeter Dave Douglas‘ latest dips New Orleans moves in something funky – no, not another groove band but so pleasantly off-kilter that one feels a lil’ woozy after spending time in their company. Underpinned by drummer Nasheet Waits, Douglas brass sheen is joined by Luis Bonilla (trombone), Marcus Rojas (tuba) and Vincent Chancey (French horn). The ensemble swings but not too tightly, enjoying the rounded edges of their instruments and fat, overlapping tones. And Douglas’ compositions give them lots to work with but also enough room that individual personalities emerge over the 11 cuts, which culminate in a sweet cover of Hank Williams’ “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry.” Along the way there’s a superb tribute to Lester Bowie that really captures his wild essence, the elegant glide of “Nava” and the appropriately tubby wobble of “Fats.” Spirit Moves (released June 16 on Greenleaf) is a pleasant reminder that jazz is a broad American spectrum, not just bebop, fusion or any other cul de sac.
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