On the calendar in Somerville: Sept. 10-16 Sep 12, 2009
NOTLOB FOLK CONCERT 8 p.m., Unity Church of God, Davis Square ... COVER UP The Burren, 247 Elm St., Davis Square ... SPITTIN VINNIES The Burren, 247 Elm St., Davis Square. (Somerville Journal, MA)
Daily television listings Sep 11, 2009
Also: back-to-school fashions by Avril Lavigne ... Late Show With David Letterman at 11:35 p.m. on Chs ... Tavis Smiley at midnight on Ch. (Boston Globe)
Warner Bros. out of 'He-Man's' world Sep 10, 2009
Paradox aligned with Avi Lerners Millennium Films, with Marcus Nispel directing. That deal has strict progress to production stipulations. (Variety)
Zim diamond report wanted Sep 9, 2009
WFDB president Avi Paz made the call after the WFDB executive committee's meeting at the London Diamond Bourse on Monday. "We have been following the situation in Zimbabwe with considerable concern," said Paz in a statement. (iAfrica.com)
JSE ends higher Sep 8, 2009
15 rand, having added 8 ... Food group AVI Limited declined 1 ... AVI said it has delivered solid earnings growth and maintained a strong balance sheet despite the challenging environment with both increasing pressure on consumers' disposable incomes and high costs of key raw materials. (iAfrica.com)
Motorola to sink or swim on Android phones Sep 5, 2009
NEW YORK - Motorola needs to spark some serious gadget lust next week when it unveils new phones to convince consumers and Wall Street that it's still a player in the global mobile industry, but the odds may be heavily stacked against it ... "It's going to be extremely significant to the company's future," said Current Analysis analyst Avi Greengart. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Unsolicited Advice for Diane Sawyer Sep 4, 2009
I'd like to see Avi Zenilman in the chair. Send your nominations to and listen to my broadcast. (Slate)
Ruling on Airbus-Boeing dispute expected Friday Sep 4, 2009
2 trillion global avi 00001FED ation market over the next 20 years ... But the ruling could lay the groundwork for how far governments can go to aid plane manufacturers, including in nations like China that hope to build their own aviation industries to rival Boeing and Airbus ... China announced plans last year to build jumbo jets under a partnership between two planemakers that were split off from state-owned China Aviation Industry Corp. in 1999. (WCAX.com, VT)
FinePix REAL 3D W1 Aug 31, 2009
Three-dimensional videos are shot and created in a similar manner by dual AVI video files together. In a nifty repurposing of hardware, 2-D dual-capture shooting mode also allows users to taking two shots simultaneously with different settings. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Sourcing Innovative Products to Imp... Aug 27, 2009
The watch has 2 megabytes of memory built in, while the video camera uses AVI format which can be uploaded to YouTube. The video-camera watch comes with a rechargeable battery, an online manual on disc, a USB cable plus a battery charger. (Suite101.com)
Share your thoughts Aug 27, 2009
FirstPerson: Send your thoughts on Ted Kennedy - FirstPerson- msnbc. Remembering Ted Kennedy. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival band list Aug 24, 2009
A '60s Brazilian psychedelic rock band long defunct, rediscovered by David Byrne and reunited with the band's first new album in 35 years due this fall ... "Raise Up the Tent Now," the new album from the San Francisco jam band, was produced by David Lowery of Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Early Human Hunters Had Fewer Meat-sharing Rituals Aug 19, 2009
"Qesem" means "surprise." The cave was discovered in hilly limestone terrain about seven miles east of Tel-Aviv not quite nine years ago, during road construction. Stiner was invited by Ran Barkai and Avi Gopher of Tel Aviv University's Institute of Archaeology to participate in the Qesem Cave Project ... Her novel approach was to analyze the cut marks to understand meat-sharing behaviors between the earlier and later cooperative hunting societies. (Science Daily)
HIGHER RATES FOR HOMECOMING STANDARD FOR SPECIAL EVENTS Aug 18, 2009
He said city officials have met with UAPB representatives, including Dr. Lawrence A. Davis Jr., chancellor, and John Kuykendall, director of alumni affairs, to discuss former students concerns ... Davis said some UAPB graduates he has spoken to even have suggested moving homecoming to Little Rock, where he said some chose to stay this year ... Davis said he believes the local economy will suffer. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
* Technology Aug 9, 2009
But if you want to watch videos, you must convert your files into the AVI format, using the included Mac and Windows software. The company claims that the projector can create an image up to 80 inches in diameter, but even in a dimly lighted room, the weak light output meant that I had to put the unit quite close to the wall to see a bright-enough image. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Israelis Rally After Murders at Gay Center Aug 3, 2009
TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 2, 2009 ... Police Hunt for Gunman Who Killed 2, Wounded 11 at Tel Aviv Center for Gay and Lesbian Youth ... Members of the gay community protest near the sit of a shooting attack in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2009. (CBS News)
Network Attached Storage units let PCs share data Jul 30, 2009
On World Edition I, Western Digital tried to make nice with Hollywood and record labels by disabling access to certain types of media files, including the ever-popular MP3, AVI, WMV and QuickTime. "We don't filter anymore," says Scott Rader, Western Digital's director of product marketing. (USA Today -- Tech)
• Get more from BFDealMemo Jul 28, 2009
Having seen a steady diet of franchise pictures, the critics embraced the Kathryn Bigelow film indeed were ecstatic about the grim but suspenseful movie ... He should know, since he rewrote the David Murray script himself ... They came up together as line coaches for the New York Giants, with Lombardi leaving after that team lost the famed 1958 championship game. (Variety)
EA shapes 'Deadspace' franchise with D.J. Caruso Jul 25, 2009
EA's The Sims is being developed by producer John Davis and Mass Effect by "Spider-Man" producer Avi Arad ... EAs repped by UTA and attorney David Fox, while Carusos repped by CAA and Media Talent Group. (Variety)
The Week Ahead: Music Jul 23, 2009
The charming folk-pop newcomer Zee Avi opens ... SAFFIRE THE UPPITY BLUES WOMEN Retiring as a group after 25 years, the earthy acoustic trio of Gaye Adegbalola, Andra Faye, and Ann Rabson makes its final swing through the Hub in the wake of its fine final recording, Havin the Last Word ... Meanwhile, the forward-thinking conductor David Robertson picks up the BSO s Sunday matinee concert, leading works by Harris, Thomson, Barber, and Bernstein. (Boston Globe)
Several Gannett Wis. newspapers change top jobs Jul 10, 2009
The 48-year-old replaces former president and publisher Bill Hackney and former executive editor Avi Stern. Roesgen worked at The Reporter from 1991 to 2000, as news editor, managing editor and later publisher. (Rhinelander Daily News, WI)
Are you at memorials for Michael Jackson? Jul 7, 2009
Are you at memorials for Michael Jackson. - FirstPerson- msnbc. (MSNBC -- Music)
Who's Getting In Your Pocket, Now? Foxton's and Iggy's House Jul 5, 2009
Joseph and Avi Fox started an online stock brokerage company in 1996 and sold it to eTrade two years later ... You must enable Javascript to view the Video content and Navigation on this site. (RealtyTimes)
Write On trip to Israel trains new advocates Jul 3, 2009
But the Israelis who met the teen advocacy group Write On for Israel, co-sponsored by The AVI CHAI Foundation and the Cleveland Jewish News, really delivered ... Media bias was a recurring theme from David Horovitz, editor of the English-language newspaper The Jerusalem Post ... Israeli advocacy isn t just about arguing about the security situation or rights to the land, pointed out Zavi Appelbaum of the Israeli foreign ministry. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Condo Trends: From Luxury Condo to Homeless Shelter Jun 29, 2009
Avi Shriki, the developer of the project, says leasing the building for the next 10 years to the Bushwick Economic Development Group, a non-profit homeless shelter group, was the best Plan B he could find ... You must enable Javascript to view the Video content and Navigation on this site. (RealtyTimes)
Mystery of the third man Jun 28, 2009
Geiger discovered aviator Charles Lindbergh's account of on-board "phantoms" during his 1927 attempt to make the first solo non-stop trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris ... " If the "third man factor" had been confined to climbers, the writer concedes, he might have been less intrigued by it because a clear and logical explanation for the phenomenon altitude sickness-induced brain malfunction seemed so readily at hand. Once he started to discover more examples of "third man syndrome" at... (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
Lawsuit brings murky West Bank land deals to light Jun 21, 2009
They even won a rare and controversial dispensation from Ofra's rabbi, Avi Gisser, to allow construction to continue on the Sabbath, the Jewish day of rest, using non-Jews as workers. Palestinians and Israeli right groups say the case is nothing unusual, and that settlements are often built on private Palestinian land. (Anchorage Daily News)
Vigil honors lives lost in Mumbai Jun 19, 2009
I would like to bring to your attention the police officers and the [national security guards] who lost their lives helping out the victims of the attack, said Ravi J. Thakkar, a representative of the Hindu Student Council ... Rutgers Hillel President Avi Smolen, a Rutgers College senior, said he hoped and prayed the University community could unite in the aftermath of this attack to counteract the mission of the terrorists. (The Daily Targum, NJ)
Are you in Iran? Send us photos, video Jun 17, 2009
Protests in Tehran, Iran - FirstPerson- msnbc. Protests in Tehran, Iran. (MSNBC -- International)
Are you on the scene? Jun 16, 2009
Are you on the scene. - FirstPerson- msnbc. (MSNBC -- International)
YouTube leads to fame for singer Jun 3, 2009
Zee Avi posted her songs to YouTube, developed following ... Zee Avi posted her songs on YouTube and attracted the interest of a record label ... Such is the buzz around Zee Avi, a 21st-century chanteuse in the most literal sense. (CNN -- Showbiz)
AMD Introduces Next Generation AMD Athlon II Processor, Adds Dual Core to Record-Setting AMD Phenom II Processor Lineup Jun 2, 2009
Photoshop Elements applies 5 auto-filters on 48 1600x1066 jpg-files and measures elapsed-time-in-seconds; Windows Movie Maker renders a photo slide show as an AVI from a dataset of 97 1600x1066 JPEG images ... AMD Global Communications Matt Davis, 512-602-2808. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
AMD Launches New Chip For Worldwide HDTV-on-the-PC Reception -- Transforms Notebook and Desktop PCs Into Media Entertainment Centers Jun 2, 2009
Take recorded content on the go by capturing and converting recorded TV shows into popular video formats such as H.264, AVI, MPEG, DivX, WMV and MPEG4 for use on portable media devices. 3 For fast and seamless transcoding, consumers can use ATI Stream enabled video conversion software when they pair an ATI Theater HD 750 with an ATI Radeon graphics card. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
SB Star Shines for Pro Club May 27, 2009
Chris Pontius is having a sensational rookie campaign for DC United ... Earlier this year, he and former Gaucho standout faced off against each other in a game between D.C. United and Avila's F.C. Dallas ... "Avi fouled me, actually. He's a hack.". (Ucsbgauchos.com)
Friends remember fire victims May 27, 2009
Hillel Rabbi Avi Heller, who helped organize the vigil, asked how many students had attended Adelipour's Monday funeral in Great Neck, N.Y. Most who were present silently raised their hands. "[The funeral was] one of the saddest things I've seen in my life," Heller said. (Boston University Daily Free Press, MA)
Wilmington library travels through time May 26, 2009
Children of all ages are invited to pick up their reading packets with a schedule of events and begin having fun leaving the here and now behind ... Ereth s Birthday by Avi, a title in the Dimwood Forest series, will be the book of discussion for this informal, drop in event. (Wilmington Advocate, MA)
Review: Clipstart for Mac organizes video sans flashy features May 21, 2009
avi files created by the Flip series are incompatible with Apple's consumer-level video application ... Could you please take 30 seconds and to let us know a little more information about the problem you've been having. (Ars Technica)
Wilmington library wins first place May 19, 2009
Ereth s Birthday by Avi, a title in the DimwoodForest series, will be the book of discussion for this informal, drop-in event. Feeling neglected on his birthday, Ereth, the cantankerous old porcupine, sets out looking for his favorite treat, salt, and instead finds himself acting as mother to three young foxes. (Wilmington Advocate, MA)
Graduates:What's nextfor you? May 14, 2009
What are your post-graduation plans. What are your post-graduation plans. (MSNBC -- Business)
Amazon launches $489 large-screen Kindle May 8, 2009
Avi Greengart, mobile devices research director at Current Analysis, agrees: "Broadening the product line is usually a very good thing. But in this case, they're broadening the line up rather than down. And the line started at a very high price." ... Scott Anthony, president of Innosight, an innovation consulting company, says no "individual platform can be the savior for the (newspaper) industry. But it presents possibilities for those who think in new and different ways." ... Though larger and... (USA Today -- Tech)
Hundreds Of Rogue Black Holes May Roam The Milky Way, Swallowing Anything That Gets Too Close Apr 30, 2009
In fact, new calculations by Ryan O'Leary and Avi Loeb (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) suggest that hundreds of massive black holes, left over from the galaxy-building days of the early universe, may wander the Milky Way ... During the merger, directional emission of gravitational radiation would cause the black hole to recoil ... The stars in the cluster would be moving rapidly, their paths influenced by the gravity of the black hole. (Science Daily)
» Swine flu fears a boon? Apr 29, 2009
-based AVI Biopharma Inc., which develops treatments for viral infections. The stock rose 16 cents, or 18 percent, to $1. (Northwest Indiana Times)
Wilmington library hosts series on planning for retirement Apr 28, 2009
Poppy and Rye by Avi, the sequel to Poppy, will be the book of discussion for this informal, drop-in event. Poppy, the deer mouse, is heartbroken over the death of her fianc. (Wilmington Advocate, MA)
Wilmington library announces poetry contest winners Apr 28, 2009
Mon Apr 20, 2009, 07:00 AM EDT. Poetry contest winners. (Wilmington Advocate, MA)
NASA ISS Mission Intergation Contract Industry Day Apr 8, 2009
NASA/JSC is hereby notifying interested parties that NASA is planning to hold the MIC Industry Day on Wednesday, April 22, 2009, from 9:00 11:00 a.m., Central Daylight Savings Time (CDST), at the NASA/Johnson Space Center Gilruth Recreation Center in the Alamo Ballroom ... It can convert between DVD MPEG AVI WMV MP4 iPod 3GP MP3 WMA and so on. (NASA Watch)
Author chats with local students through the Web Apr 8, 2009
Avi, a well known children's author, speaks to a class via a Webcast at St. Anne's School in Lodi on Tuesday morning ... About 20 sixth and seventh graders at St. Anne's School had the chance to talk to Avi, an award-winning children's book author, via a Web cast on Tuesday morning ... Avi said the session with the Lodi students served as a trial for him to connect with readers by using the Web. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Wilmington library presents 'Money Smarts' Mar 30, 2009
Eileen MacDougall, library trustee and avid reader, gave a book talk at the Wilmington Women s Club luncheon meeting held at the library on March 19 ... Avi creates a fantasy with a cast of woodland characters in Poppy, where a deer mouse challenges the authority of Mr. Ocax, a terrifying great horned owl, in her quest to find a new home for her family. (Wilmington Advocate, MA)
Jeff Boudreau, the man behind local folk concerts Mar 27, 2009
CAMBRIDGE - Jeff Boudreau is struggling to be heard over the din of a crowd jammed into Toad to hear Avi & Celia, a Cambridge-by-way-of-Burlington, Vt ... "They're coming to shows not having heard the artist. Producing is like having a personal jukebox. It's a labor of love." ... Right before Avi & Celia take the stage, one half of the duo - Celia Young, who possesses a big, brassy voice and the personality to match - cheerfully asks Boudreau for a hand arranging lights. (Boston Globe)
Win a free book bag at the Wilmington Memorial Library Mar 24, 2009
Avi creates a fantasy with a cast of woodland characters in Poppy, where a deer mouse challenges the authority of Mr. Ocax, a terrifying great horned owl, in her quest to find a new home for her family. Drop in for the discussion. (Wilmington Advocate, MA)
Hardwicke Gets Maximum Ride Mar 18, 2009
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer scribe Don Payne will handle the screenplay while Avi and Ari Arad will produce alongside Patterson. No word yet on casting, but we're certain to hear more in the very near future. (IGN FilmForce)
Library: No shushing allowwed (177) Mar 16, 2009
By having an open library concept, she said, students are more apt to visit the library more often since it s open from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., remaining open even during students staggered lunches ... She said she has met such authors as Avi, Gordon Korman, and one of my favorite authors, Margaret Peterson Haddix. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
X-Men Trilogy Mar 14, 2009
Commentary by Lauren Shuler Donner, Ralph Winter, Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris and David Hayter ... Producer Commentary by Avi Arad, Lauren Shuler Donner and Ralph Winter ... Huge selection and savings. (IGN FilmForce)
Canada Reads 2009 Winner Mar 12, 2009
Hill s book won out against four others: Fruit by Brian Francis, The Outlander by Gil Adamson, Mercy Among the Children by David Adam Richards and The Fat Woman Next Door is Pregnant (La grosse femme d'; c t; est enceinte) by Michel Tremblay Each novel was championed by a different Canadian celebrity during the battle of the books. Al Jazeera journalist, Avi Lewis called The Book of Negroes, an unforgettable, riveting book with an original voice ... Mercy Among the Children by David Adams... (Suite101.com)
The Results of Canada Reads 2009 Mar 11, 2009
The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill; The Fat Woman Next Door is Pregnant by Michael Tremblay; Fruit by Brian Francis; Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards; and The Outlander by Gil Adamson were the five books to top the charts, and the event, this year ... Listeners met the all-star panelists which included singer-songwriter with a soulful take on CanLit, Sarah Slean; outspoken Quebec talk show host, Anne-Marie Withenshaw; improv actor, Nicholas Campbell; TV veteran with a gift for... (Suite101.com)
The Cairo Key Mar 10, 2009
Egypt is waking up Photo: Avi Katz , JRep. Egypt is waking up after long years in adiplomatic coma. (Jerusalem Post, Israel)
AVI management under less pressure after Tiger backs off Mar 9, 2009
AVI management will breathe easier when it reports interim results today following Tiger Brands' decision to withdraw its proposed offer for the company, but questions will continue to be asked about AVI's strategy. Analysts had expected a successful takeover would result in Tiger Brands focusing on AVI's core portfolio of food and beauty businesses and forsaking the smaller apparel businesses ... This would have resulted in Tiger Brands selling off the shoe components of AVI's fashion business,... (Business Report, South Africa)
UH finishes second in national moot court competition Mar 4, 2009
"Once again our students worked very hard and did an outstanding job in this intense national competition," said Avi Soifer, dean of the law school ... The judges included federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Clifton, District Court judges David Ezra and Michael Seabright, and Magistrate Judge Leslie Kobayashi. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Would you, could you, read a book Mar 3, 2009
Jean Ann Bell read Poppy and Rye by Avi for Terri Vire's fourth grade class. I'm a frustrated actor, so I would have sat here all day doing it, Bell said. (Searcy Daily Citizen, AR)
Kadima Hebrew Academy Announces Appointment of Bill Cohen as Head of School Feb 27, 2009
Cohen will work alongside the school's current stakeholders, including the Board of Trustees, community leaders, faculty, parents and the current school administration, including Yuri Hronsky, Principal for Grades K-8, Bobbie Primack, Director of the Early Childhood Center, Mickey Rabinov, Director of Judaic Studies and Rabbi Avi Navah, campus Rabbi. "The Committee recognized that Bill's demonstrated leadership success, sophisticated educational philosophy, positive energy, deep managerial... (PR Newswire)
A HIDDEN AGENDA AT THE DAILY NEWS Feb 24, 2009
The author was one Avi Schick - "who served as president of the Empire State Development Corp. from 2007 to 2008," we were informed ... That's not all, says Schick: "Once this capital is set aside, a similar amount should be raised from union pension funds, banks and others." How about having fund-raisers stroll through subway trains to beg for any change we can spare. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Short and sharp Feb 21, 2009
Biography Genevieve Clay has always wanted a career in the film industry, having her first taste of filmmaking at the age of 10 when she landed a small role in an Australian feature movie, 15 Amore ... Producer Chris Corbett and David Jaffe ... David Jaffe is an emerging producer working out of Melbourne. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
A helping of ‘Mazel Tov’ Feb 20, 2009
Later when speaking with Avi Abikzer of Genadeen Caterers (exclusive to The Sephardic Temple), he confirmed that the dishes were selected by Meredith and Andrew, and they were sanctioned Glatt Kosher which means a stricter form of Jewish laws prevailed and the ingredients were recognized to have had superior supervision which all sounded like my kind of food. As the festive atmosphere swelled, the Kabbalat Panim (Receiving Faces) commenced. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
* The truth will out Feb 19, 2009
In an incredible twist of fate, the curly-haired woman with green eyes who was his date for the evening turned out to be his childhood savior, the girl who had thrown him apples all those years before: his angel at the fence ... But having already seen photos of the couple, I know it is them ... Later, Avi Mizrachi, the memorials executive director, shows me a black-and-white photo, reproduced as part of a permanent exhibition. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Turkey angered by comments made by Israeli general Feb 15, 2009
Gen. Avi Mizrahi had made on Tuesday did not reflect Israel's official view ... Gen. Avi Benayahu, spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces ... Turkey's foreign ministry issued a statement calling Mizrahi's remarks "baseless" and saying they contained "unacceptable allegations and ravings" and that they were "directed against our prime minister.". (International Herald Tribune)
Slain rabbi's kin want to rebuild Jewish centre Feb 14, 2009
Accompanied by their hefty Israeli escort, security expert Avi Cohen, the couple inspect the damage to the structure and stare at stains on the walls that appear to be blood. Rabbi Holtzberg picks up stacks of Hebrew books from the floor. (India Times, India -- Community News)
