‘Trevor Time’ reaches immortality
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- ‘Trevor Time’ reaches immortality
- The digital revolution hits Taiwan
- Welsh welcome for departing Blair
- I taught men to turn over a new page
- France loses its head over the aristocracy
‘Trevor Time’ reaches immortality
MLB.com - Sep 24, 2006
On Friday night, Chris Young was a double-play grounder away from tossing the first no-hitter in club history when Joe Randa spoiled it with his two-run homer. Hoffman then became the first player to have played primarily with the Padres to take the lead on an all-time Major League list in any category by shutting down the Bucs on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Hoffman may have not been a home-grown Padre, but he certainly earned his baseball stripes in San Diego. Hoffman was traded by Florida to San Diego on June 24, 1993 — three months into his Major League career — in a deal that sent All-Star Gary Sheffield to the Marlins. Randy Smith, the general manager back then, was roundly criticized as the team shed most of its high-priced players. “We got Trevor in the fire sale,” said manager Bruce Bochy about that controversial deal. “Some fire sale that turned out to be.
The digital revolution hits Taiwan
Guardian Unlimited - Sep 24, 2006
A hard core of demonstrators remain at the station, spirits lifted by occasional visits from Shih Mingteh, Chen’s former ally, who leads the protest. Once a political prisoner, Shih carries huge moral weight, but he is also adept at manipulating the media. The downtown vigil feels more like a music festival than a political rally. Huge video screens relay pictures to the crowds, and branded T-shirts, caps and badges bearing the word ‘depose’ are on sale. A media village is occupied by banks of reporters and cameras, but the anti-Chen movement does not depend solely on newspapers and TV for publicity. The internet has also played a part - helping anti-Chen activists to organise. Wretch, a hugely popular homegrown blogging site set up eight months ago, is one of many buzzing with talk about the nation’s political stand-off… The value of community sites was illustrated again last week, when it emerged that Yahoo! is in talks with Facebook, the second largest social networking website in the US, over a possible sale that could value it as high as $1bn. If the deal goes through it would top the $580m that Murdoch’s News Corporation paid for MySpace. At the other end of the spectrum, Yahoo! is rumoured to be interested in buying home-grown, street-level Wretch, which was founded by a twentysomething student and is less than a year old. Few transactions would better illustrate the speed at which the internet is developing - and the battle Yahoo! and its rivals face to keep pace with the changing demands of its users. About this article
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Welsh welcome for departing Blair
BBC News - Sep 24, 2006
Manchester’s G-MEX arena has seen the rise and fall of many a music band in its time. But this week it will welcome quite a different act to its stage. Strumming out policies, Labour delegates will gather for the autumn conference. Much like the success of Manchester’s home-grown band Oasis back in the 90s, Labour has since seen its popularity wane - and the two front men no longer singing in tune… But this week it will welcome quite a different act to its stage. Strumming out policies, Labour delegates will gather for the autumn conference. Much like the success of Manchester’s home-grown band Oasis back in the 90s, Labour has since seen its popularity wane - and the two front men no longer singing in tune.
I taught men to turn over a new page
Guardian Unlimited - Sep 24, 2006
Only the Mickey Rourke cover story was tied to a commercial project (his new film). It was an idiosyncratic mix. A modest launch brought press and some minor television coverage and some positive reactions from influential figures in the media and advertising. The one disappointment was the cover. The Mickey Rourke shoot was poor. Inside we had headshots of Mike Tyson by Albert Watson; one of them was an imposing image of Tyson’s iron head and neck.
France loses its head over the aristocracy
Times Online - Sep 24, 2006
What people want is a sort of King Arthur figure to guarantee the nobility and morality of our souls. ” Having beheaded their own royals, the French have long been obsessed with the monarchies of other countries, including Britain’s. The focus these days, however, has shifted to home-grown nobility: the French are rediscovering their aristocrats with all the excitement of a family dusting off some long-forgotten asset. The rising reverence for the aristo has been reflected in a host of sympathetic books and films, among them de Turckheim’s Les Aristos, a comedy about an impoverished noble family struggling to pay a large tax bill that opened in cinemas last week. Palais Royal, another extremely popular recent film, featured Catherine Deneuve as the queen of a fictional east European country.