| Alastair Campbell: The Cudlipp Lecture
Thank you very much for inviting me to deliver the Cudlipp Lecture and so follow in the footsteps of some first rate media figures. Not to mention Paul Dacre. I believe I am the first Cudlipp Lecturer to have won the Cudlipp Award, 24 years ago. I do not attach too much significance to winning as the main judge was Robert Maxwell and I won it for coverage of his mercy missions to save the starving in Ethiopia. It was quite a trip. As for the highlight – it’s hard to choose between these three; when he demanded a personal butler on arrival and was told by the manager of the Addis Hilton that there was something of a shortage of butlers during the famine; the hour long meeting it took to persuade him not to come to the famine stations with us, on the grounds that pictures of Captain Bob amid the starving might not be terribly good for his image; or the day he left for home early, with a note telling us "my work here is done.
Local Searchers Hunt for Ideas, Not Categories
In recent weeks, bloggers and others have discussed how consumers are adopting a new way to use local search engines, Internet Yellow Pages (IYPs), and local directories. Actually, it's not so much how consumers use local search products but how their search queries are adapting to the changing landscape brought about by technology. One such interesting blog post by Jennifer Osborne discusses how millennials, the generation born from roughly 1980 to 1995, no longer think in terms of categories like previous generations. This is no small observation, considering there are about as many millennials as baby boomers. Marketers who don't understand millennials may be turning off a large segment of their audience. Millennials Use Local Search Differently As Osborne notes, the generations preceding millennials were conditioned by yellow page directories and similar printed directories.
Black Britain's darkest hour
There were public demonstrations in Wolverhampton and London,' says Robert Shepherd, Powell's biographer and producer of a forthcoming BBC Radio 4 documentary on the 'Rivers of Blood' speech. 'One thousand dockers went on strike to protest at his dismissal, marching to Westminster carrying placards saying "Back Britain, not Black Britain".' On the Tuesday after the speech, 23,000 letters arrived at Powell's home and the Post Office had to provide a van solely for Powell's mail. During the next 10 days, there were 700 telegrams and 100,000 letters. Only 800 were in disagreement. Although Powell claimed he was speaking out on behalf of concerned constituents, there was little evidence of racial tension in the city. As far back as 1955, the managing director of a rubber firm that employed black workers had told the Wolverhampton newspaper: 'There is not antipathy of any kind between white employees and the coloured men.' As a policeman in 1968, Mellor recalls little tension between the communities.
Short skirts and fast cars will have to wait, says Jankovic
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -A sore and sorry Jelena Jankovic will have to forgo glamour for the time being. "When you have pain in your back, the worst thing is to have heels on and put on a short dress," the third-ranked Jankovic said when asked if she'd take another ride in an Italian sports car before she leaves Melbourne. "Because I can't bend down, I can't do anything." Jankovic twice sought medical treatment in the second set of her 6-3, 6-1 semifinal loss to Maria Sharapova, laying outstretched on a towel while a physiotherapist massaged her lower back. "I felt really some strange pain in my back where I felt like I was so stuck," she said. "I wanted to withdraw, but it was a semifinal." The Serb also regrets her promise to join American Bethanie Mattek in the doubles competition, where they lost in the third round.
Local CPA Marks 40 Years Serving Dalton
Forty years ago, Charles W. Hendry established his accounting practice and introduced himself to Dalton's growing business community. Today, he is the Managing Principal of the north Georgia office of Joseph Decosimo and Company, LLC (formerly Hendry & Decosimo). He stands at the helm of Dalton's only regional accounting firm, and is a trusted advisor to the leaders of many of Dalton's most successful companies, officials said.
A Georgia native and graduate of both the University of Georgia and the University of Florida, Mr. Hendry began his accounting career in Dalton in 1968. He was a cofounder of Hendry & Bailey, PC and merged his practice with Chattanooga-based Joseph Decosimo and Company, PLLC (Decosimo) in 1988. Today, the Dalton office of Decosimo provides the resources and expertise of one the Top 100 public accounting firms in the country, while maintaining the close personal relationships Dalton business owners have come to expect.
Doyel's Dribbles
Jerry Jones wouldn't possibly trade Marion Barber, a No. 2 pick and a No. 1 pick just to move up and get Darren McFadden. Would he? - Days before the Super Bowl kickoff, the city of Boston is already planning a victory parade. - An incredible story in a Seattle newspaper makes clear just how bad a guy Jerramy Stevens was, and possibly still is. Stevens now plays for the Bucs. The Bucs reaction? That didn't happen under our watch. "Bucs" rhymes with "sucks" for a reason. - Danny Ferry hasn't done jack to help out LeBron James, and now James is on the offensive: Get me Jason Kidd, he says. - So what made the Twins gets off their rear end and finally trade Johan Santana? Johan Santana made them. Good for him. They were jerking him around, so now it was his turn.
Like the bends of a bassoon
Extend the love of Valentine's a few days more with the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra's upcoming concert, "A Night of Romance." Guest conductor Harvey Felder will lead the 70-piece orchestra in three romantic pieces. Respighi's Prelude and Fugue in D Major is a lavish expansion of a piece by J.S. Bach. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21, otherwise known as the "Elvira Madigan" theme, will feature guest pianist James Winn. And one of symphony director Sherry Parmater's favorites, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6, or the "Pathetique," will round out the show."The melodies are just the kind that pull at your heart. They are overwhelmingly emotional," Parmater said. The Pathetique was the last piece Tchaikovsky wrote. He conducted it in St. Petersberg nine days before he died, she said.Felder, who is currently the Music Director of the Tacoma Symphony, is an active guest conductor.
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