March 30, 2004
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Links for today 3-30-2004
Fellowship Bible Church
http://www.fellowshipnashville.org
Welcome to Fellowship!
Your presence with us is a trust that we cherish greatly. Our hope is that you will find this family of faith a place where you can worship freely, relate authentically, and grow spiritually. You are joining a group of people who believe that the stakes are too high to sit on the sidelines when it come to things in life that really matter. Life is too short to coast through, and people are too important to take for granted.
Microsoft cuts Xbox prices
http://money.cnn.com/2004/03/29/technology/personaltech/xbox/index.htm
But some industry analysts suspect Sony will leave PlayStation 2 prices alone, at least for a while.
Daniel Pearl’s widow denied money from 9/11 fund(Daniel Pearl’s widow denied money from 9/11 fund
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/03/30/pearl.widow.ap/index.html
NEW YORK (AP) — The widow of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is seeking compensation from the September 11 victims’ fund, saying her husband, like the victims of the attacks, was a U.S. citizen targeted by Islamic extremists.
Mariane Pearl has filed a formal appeal with the fund after initially being denied, The New York Times reported for a story in Tuesday editions.
Badly injured driver waits 36 hours for aid
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Southwest/03/30/motorist.ordeal.ap/index.html
FRIENDSWOOD, Texas (AP) — A motorist injured in a crash lay paralyzed in the middle of a freeway with a broken neck for 36 hours before he was rescued.
Ed Theisen’s body was blocked from view by Gulf Freeway traffic barricades in this Houston suburb. The 46-year-old survived a night alone on the concrete, unable to move or summon help.
Janet Jackson: Breast-baring was ‘an accident’
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/30/tv.letterman.jackson.ap/index.html
NEW YORK (AP) — Unlike the last time she appeared on CBS, Janet Jackson was bleeped by censors while talking to TV talk show host David Letterman — for saying “Jesus.”
The exclamation, made in apparent exasperation as Letterman asked the singer about her famed Super Bowl “wardrobe malfunction,” was edited out for broadcast, a show spokesman said Monday.
Broadcaster Alistair Cooke dies
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/30/obit.cooke/index.html
LONDON, England — Veteran broadcaster Alistair Cooke has died at age 95, less than a month after recording his last “Letter from America.”
A spokesman for the BBC said Tuesday that Cooke, who was credited with improving trans-Atlantic understanding for more than half a century, died at midnight at his home in New York.
The English-born broadcaster retired earlier in March after 58 years following advice from doctors. He was famous throughout the world for his weekly broadcast on BBC World Service and in Britain on Radio 4.
Accenture: Not looking to buy Acxiom
http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2004/03/30/News/167448.html
LITTLE ROCK - A top spokesperson for Accenture Ltd. on Monday called speculation that the consulting and outsourcing giant is in talks to acquire Acxiom Corp. “way off the mark.”
“Certainly, I have seen some stories in the media last week on speculation that Acxiom is involved in some kind (acquisition,) but Accenture is not in any way connected,” said Roxanne Taylor, director of communications for the Bermuda-based company.
Taylor said the company usually does not comment on deals in the works or rumors concerning possible acquisitions, but “that we are seeking to acquire Acxiom is way off the mark.”
Acxiom Completes the Acquisition of Consodata S.A.; German operation, formerly known as pan-adress, on track to close
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040330005714&newsLang=en
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—March 30, 2004—Acxiom® Corporation (Nasdaq: ACXM) today announced that the transaction to acquire the Consodata companies based in England, France and Spain from Turin-based Seat P.G. has been completed and is effective March 31, 2004. The closing of the German operation, formerly known as pan-adress is pending formal approval by German merger authorities and is expected to close by mid-April.
Colophon.com — THE MAN IN ASBESTOS
http://colophon.com/foolscap/asbes.html
In this futurist story written by the popular Canadian humorist Stephen B. Leacock (1869-1944) there are observations of human nature which are as refreshing today as when they were written in 1911. Leacock describes a world where the inhabitants are clad in long-wearing suits of asbestos; where death has been eliminated, although a person can be broken; and where only a vestigial memory of Work remains, anything requiring effort was accomplished centuries ago - in short, a perfect world. This utopia is illustrated in this edition by photo-engravings of drawings by Jan Vredeman de Vries, the Dutch architect, painter, and engraver of the 16th century. His drawings show us a perfectly ordered world and serve as a flawless backdrop to Leacock’s future world. Additionally, photo-engravings of drawings by Peggy Gotthold have been made to describe the character of the Man in Asbestos.
Method Studios
http://methodstudios.com/index.cgi?f=o&f2=r&f3=0&f4=&c=px3n6BWgQl7cE&cok=718536
Method is a visual effects artists’ studio specialized in the production of digital imagery for commercials, feature films and music videos.
Acxiom Seals Consodata Buy, Remains Quiet on Layoffs
http://arkansasbusiness.com/news/headline_article.asp?aid=37043
Acxiom Corp. of Little Rock on Tuesday said it completed a deal to buy Consodata companies in Europe but remained silent about layoffs related to an “organizational realignment.”
Acxiom said it will pay Seat P.G. about 30 million Euro, or $36.4 million, for Consodata, which has operations in England, France and Spain.
The purchase includes 5 million Euro for a German operation formerly known as Pan-adress. That deal awaits approval by German officials and should close by mid-April, Acxiom said.
Gibson’s Passion works miracles at box office
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=485630§ion=news
LONDON (Reuters) - Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of The Christ” has stormed to No 1 at the UK box office, taking in just over two million pounds in three days over the weekend, according to Screen International.
The film’s takings marked the highest opening for a subtitled film in Britain, defeating incumbent “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon”.
Punctuation vigilante heads stateside
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=485739§ion=news
Posted by akvalley at March 30, 2004 05:16 PM | TrackBackFor, as she explains in “Eats, Shoots and Leaves”, published in Britain by Profile Books, a misplaced comma can indeed be deadly.
The book’s title stems from the joke about a panda who walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots into the air.
“Why?” asks the confused waiter as the panda heads for the exit. The animal produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
“I’m a panda,” he says at the door. “Look it up.”
The waiter turns to the relevant entry and all is revealed.
“Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.”