Umpire Admits He Fouled Up Carlos Delgado Home Run Call
- May
- 19
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In the end, the home run that wasn’t did not play an important role in the outcome of the Mets’ 11-2 rout of the Yankees.
But the blown call on a Carlos Delgado fourth-inning shot that bounced off the left field foul pole was still reverberating in the umpires’ clubhouse afterward, with home plate ump Bob [...]
The Real Housing Crisis
- May
- 19
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Patrick Macfarlane investigates properties infested, falling apart and plagued by poor maintenance.
Shoddy extension work, disregard for planning regulations, DIY electrics and slug infestations have caused students living out of college-owned accommodation to speak out against their living and study environments.
In some cases, landlords have ignored complaints of students or have attempted to placate them through [...]
Avaya’s Jim Smith on the Advantages of SIP in the Call Center
- April
- 25
Question: You’ve positioned the announcement as allowing companies to offer “faster service with a personal touch.” Can you explain what you mean by “personal touch”?
Jim Smith: Customers interact with businesses for a variety of reasons. They could be seeking information, shopping for a new service, trying to solve a problem, seeking an update, exploring additional [...]
Sprouting a bright idea
- April
- 20
Riding the boom was Jeremy Howden, the son of Wairarapa farmers, who, in 1990, cashed in his holiday pay as an advertising representative for the local paper and bought the sprouts business of a Chinese greengrocery.
New Zealanders fascination with ethnic food, encountered on their mandatory OE, had already seen the rise in main centres of [...]
THE BUZZ
- April
- 20
‘IDOL’ BUZZ
Cook suits their tastesLarry King hosted Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Ryan Seacrest on his CNN show Monday night, and they were very outspoken about the then-remaining top eight contestants. Although Jackson and Cowell definitively said that David Archuleta is the contestant to beat, all four immediately jumped on [...]
Bush big White House crowd greet pope on his birthday
- April
- 20
WASHINGTON - President Bush and Pope Benedict XVI agreed Wednesday that terrorism is an unacceptable weapon for any cause or religion, standing strongly united on that issue but divided on others during a day of substance and symbolism at the White House.The festive White House visit was the highlight of the first full day of [...]
Bush big White House crowd greet pope on his birthday
- April
- 20
WASHINGTON - President Bush and Pope Benedict XVI agreed Wednesday that terrorism is an unacceptable weapon for any cause or religion, standing strongly united on that issue but divided on others during a day of substance and symbolism at the White House.The festive White House visit was the highlight of the first full day of [...]
Mia Farrow IOC Flunks Human Rights
- April
- 18
CHICAGO - The activist group, Dream for Darfur, is putting final touches on its report card on the human rights record of the International Olympic Committee. The group’s most high-profile spokeswoman, Mia Farrow, already has issued her grade.”Personally, I flunk them,” Farrow said Monday. “The definition of failure is ‘the omission of expected or required [...]
OPINIONMicrosoft’s End to End Trust Request: Is the Messenger Killing the Message?
- April
- 18
Anonymity Is a Joke
I spend a lot of my time reviewing data theft problems both personally and as they appear in the media. Through no fault of my own, a number of my ex-employers have sent me notices that they have somehow managed to lose information that could result in my identity being stolen, and [...]
Working on top of the world (+videos)
- April
- 16
His picture hangs in the Sherpa museum, above the terraced village of Namche Bazaar, and almost everyone in the Solu-Khumbu valley knows who he is. He is stopped often, sometimes by people just wanting to shake his hand. A Western climber we meet on the trail stops to hug him. She tells us confidently, You [...]
