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Diddy wants another assistant and he is using the internet to find his candidate – kinda. I don't know what happened to the first round of youtube boobs, but he is at it again. Stay tuned for the rumor below. First, peep the site WorkForPdiddy.com (is he going back to P.Diddy?). Also, click here for further details.
Here is the rumor. I heard that Diddy is going to be taping at all this open calls and it is all going to be turned in to a television series like American Idol or something. I don't think I can hold an umbrella long enough to be Diddy's assistant.
CHUCK D ADDRESSES THE DEF JAM RUMORS
There have been Def Jam rumors swirling around for some time as to who will replace Jay-Z as the president of the label.
Playhouse drafts comeback plan
Twenty months after South Florida's oldest regional theater abruptly shut down during its 50th anniversary season, the company's board has crafted a vision for a reborn Coconut Grove Playhouse. Working with Miami-Dade County's Department of Cultural Affairs and consultants at Connecticut-based AMS Planning and Research, board leaders have a draft plan that they will take to theater ''stakeholders'' -- former subscribers and patrons, business and government leaders, members of the theater community, Coconut Grove activists, historic preservationists and the public -- in a series of meetings aimed at getting reaction and sharpening the proposal. The rebuilding plan would bring together three partners: the playhouse, a local college or university and a commercial developer.
Friends disunited
Last week, the rumour mill cranked up a gear with the names of likely candidates such as Otto Thoresen, chief executive of Edinburgh neighbour Aegon UK – better known for Scottish Equitable – thrown into the melting pot. The latest gossip was inevitable following the will-he-won't-he departure of highly regarded Trevor Matthews as Standard's head of UK life and pensions, a key lieutenant who played a vital role in the company's transition from basket case to membership of the FTSE-100.Matthews was also the heir apparent, the plain-speaking Australian who had arrived at the firm's Lothian Road headquarters at a time when the company was – by some accounts – a busted flush. He'd taken a gamble, leaving a secure and senior job in Japan with Manulife to join a struggling Scottish company not only in need of modernisation but some firm foundations to ensure it stayed in business.Matthews was a breath of fresh air, popular with the staff and a huge asset when the company began its roadshows to sell the share issue.
TALK ABOUT IT
While the liberal establishment may be conflicted over whether it wants Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama as the Democratic presidential nominee, there's no doubt which Republican it favors. John McCain is the liberal elite's go-to guy in the GOP. They believe he'll be there for them when they need him. That was the essential message of last week's New York Times editorial endorsing McCain for the Republican nomination. "With a record of working across the aisle to develop sound bipartisan legislation, he would offer a choice to a broader range of Americans than the rest of the Republican field," said the Times. "We have shuddered at McCain's occasional, tactical pander to the right because he has demonstrated that he has the character to stand on principle." What the Times is saying here is that it does not take McCain's conservative campaign-season rhetoric seriously.
Unabashed pitches, a grand party and where's the water?
Where to start, where to start? ... Give it up for Rob Oneto he of Ruggeri, Jensen, Azar & Associates who is also on our community pulse panel (see opposite page). When responding to this week's question, Rob went "postal" in his patented hilarious way, sending in the accompanying picture (look close) don't worry, Rob, MayorAl is working on delivering a new P.O. which hopefully won't get lost in the shuffle. Shuffling your feet or dancing your socks off to rock 'n' roll band Shaboom at the world famous Gilroy Garlic Festival may be a thing of the past. It's all in "negotiations," we're told by Entertainment Chair "King" Kurt Chacon. Hmmm ... well, if the deal can't be done, here's an unabashed pitch for a great band, the Groove Kings, who rocked the house at Kirigin Cellars last weekend under warm, blue skies.
Design team taps WKU student
A college senior from Western Kentucky has been selected to work on a global design project to create a wind-powered water purifier to benefit impoverished areas that lack electricity. Zach Pearl, who is studying mechanical engineering at Western Kentucky University, is part of the five-member team contributing to the project from around the world. "Something like this could possibly be used where there isn't a safe source of drinking water," Pearl said. "This could save lives." The research is still in early stages, he said, but the group is using computer-generated conceptual drawings to examine the possibility of harnessing wind power. It's not Pearl's first attempt to design a water purification system. Last year he was part of a team that created a water purification system powered by pedals on a bicycle.
Reminders that drivers can be intolerant of cyclists
When I heard the report on CNN a week ago, my worst fear about bicycling on roads was confirmed: The anger of some motorists toward cyclists goes beyond the inconvenience of sharing pavement. In Arizona, a judge sentenced 27-year-old Melissa Arrington to more than 10 years, actually one shy of the maximum, for negligent homicide and two counts of aggravated DUI for running into and killing cyclist Paul L'Ecuyer on Dec. 1, 2006. While the minimum sentence is four years, the judge's decision to give her a harsher penalty was due to a telephone conversation she had with a male friend that was taped one week after the accident. During the conversation, the man told Arrington that an acquaintance believed she should get a medal and a parade because she had "taken out" a "tree hugger, a bicyclist, a Frenchman and a gay guy all in one shot." Instead of showing remorse, Arrington laughed.
Text of President Bush's News Conference
The president constantly has to make sure that the executive branch is involved in the process, and one way is to _ is to use the veto. And the veto wouldn't have been effective without close coordination and consultation with Republican leaders in the House and the Senate. And in that we made the veto effective, it then meant that negotiations could proceed, with the President involved. And so I really don't sit here and say, well, you know, he won, they lost, or they won, he lost _ it's just not my nature _ because I think what ended up happening was good for the country. I think it's good that we ended up with a spending bill that met 933, but also dealt with some emergencies. I think it's good that we funded our troops without an artificial timetable for withdrawal. I think it's good for the country that that happened.
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