Shields watches Liverpool victory Sep 13, 2009
Mr Shields was invited to Saturday's game along with his father Michael Snr, his mother, Maria, and his two sisters. He was released from Thorn Cross Young Offenders Institute, in Warrington, on the same day. (BBC News -- UK)
UK pardons Liverpool fan Sep 10, 2009
Mr Shields' parents, Michael Snr and Maria, were said to be "ecstatic". Mr Shields has now been reunited with his family, who have campaigned for his release since he was convicted of the attack against barman Martin Georgiev in Varna. (BBC News -- Europe)
Marvell and NuTune Collaborate on New Hybrid NIM for European Integrated Digital Television Sets Sep 4, 2009
0, D-Book v5 and E-Book standards, excellent Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR), low RF sensitivity and over-modulation tolerance for analog TV signals. (Logo: ). (PR Newswire)
Branko gets one up on his golden boy Aug 31, 2009
Culina snr didn't want to divulge the details of his game plan but clearly closing down the Coast, and particularly his son - whom he described as ''by far the best footballer in the country'' - was a pivotal part. Every time he gets the ball it's quality. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
James Murdoch condemns 'chilling' expansion of British state broadcaster... Aug 30, 2009
" so the consumer goes elsewhere . What Murdoch wants to do is to get rid of all these elsewheres . However even if he did that he would not get the customers because people would still not pay for crap . What's happening at the moment is that Murdoch's chickens are well and truly coming home to roost . Murdoch snr. has played a big part in the demise of the USA and elsewhere and , largely indirectly , in the economic crash . We are now at a time of massive paradigm shift - it's very much... (The Drudge Report)
Out of the ordinary Aug 29, 2009
He knows speeches matter and he admires great American speechwriters like Peggy Noonan who wrote for Ronald Reagan and George Bush snr. But he doesn't go in for that sort of thing himself. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Habana accepts WP offer Aug 24, 2009
"Some details of the contract still have to be sorted out, but Bryan has decided that Cape Town is where it is at," Habana Snr said, adding: "Those details will be sorted out in the next few days [before he departs with the Boks for Australasia on Tuesday].". This follows less than a week after he arrived in Cape Town, last Monday, for 'explorative talks' with Stormers coach Rassie Erasmus. (iAfrica.com)
Pick of the bunch for Bart Aug 7, 2009
Despite entering his 82nd year, Cummings snr isn't about to slow down. His thoroughbred team at Randwick is expanding, with 18 new boxes set to arrive. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Luck of the perfect moment in a life touched by sorrow Aug 2, 2009
Dickins snr dressed up for the occasion and, his son says, he was shocked at what he saw. While I was in there I used to do things like go to the linen press and pull out all the bed coverings, all the sheets, hundreds of them, and put them in my room, to make it feel like a homey room. (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
Rockwell Collins gets Canadian Navy networking deal Jul 31, 2009
Future contract provisions include the completion of technical studies along with a potential order of up to additional 53 SNR nodes, company officials said. Work will be performed at the Rockwell Collins facility in Ottawa, Canada. (FCW.com)
Hall brings his latest strike weapon Jul 31, 2009
He hates flying, Hall snr said. He didn t even get out of the airport on his honeymoon but he is worth three or four lengths to Quinny because he knows him so well, and he ll be here. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
The Lowe-down with Cooder Jul 31, 2009
Joachim Cooder has carved out his own career as a drummer, percussionist and producer (he recently produced his father s anthology, The UFO Has Landed), and together with his partner, singer Juliette Commagere, has been playing with Cooder snr and Lowe. Lowe says Cooder fans will hear many of the American s well-known songs, as well as some new tracks, while his own songs are sprinkled throughout Cooder s set. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
TSX Venture Exchange Daily Bulletins for July 21, 2009 Jul 22, 2009
TSX-X ____________________________________________________________________________ SENATOR MINERALS INC. ("SNR") BULLETIN TYPE: Private Placement-Non-Brokered BULLETIN DATE: July 21, 2009 TSX Venture Tier 2 Company TSX Venture Exchange has accepted for filing documentation with respect to a Non-Brokered Private Placement announced June 8, 2009: Number of Shares: 11,000,000 shares Purchase Price: $0. 03 per share Warrants: 5,500,000 share purchase warrants to purchase 5,500,000 shares Warrant... (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Sotomayor defends Latina comments Jul 15, 2009
RISE OF SONIA SOTOMAYOR 1954: Born in South Bronx to Puerto Rican parents Father died when she was aged nine and her mother raised her 1979: Graduates from Yale and serves as an assistant district attorney in New York County 1984: Moves into private practice, specialising in intellectual property 1991: George Bush Snr chooses her as a district judge 1997: Bill Clinton nominates her to the circuit court. "It was bad because it left an impression that I believed that life experiences commanded a... (BBC News -- Americas)
Gloves are off as Ashes tempers flare Jul 14, 2009
Broad snr last year suspended Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir for raising his elbow into the chest of Australia's Shane Watson and said in his judgment that physical contact was unacceptable. The Australians were far more agitated about the apparent stalling tactics. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Photography: Blur's Noise And Distortion Reversed Jul 10, 2009
The researchers point out that earlier attempts at this kind of inverse filtering of an image rely on the image having a high signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio. Other approaches require huge amounts of computing power and are generally untenable. (Science Daily)
Utility Review: Ekahau HeatMapper Jun 2, 2009
Signal strength is useful, but quality is what counts; we'd like to see RSSI and SNR. We also found launching another survey by accident a bit too easy; an explicit Start/Stop button could avoid this. Finally, HeatMapper can save the currently-displayed map image, but not the list of APs. (SmallBusinessComputing)
'My tears speak for everything': Castroneves clinches third Indy500 title May 26, 2009
My tears speak for everything': Castroneves clinches third Indy 500 title. The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Brazil's Castroneves wins third Indianapolis 500 May 25, 2009
" Only four-time winners A.J. Foyt, Rick Mears and Al Unser Snr have won more times at Indy than Castroneves. Wheldon could never threaten Castroneves in the final laps. "We just didn't quite have it for him at the end," he said. Patrick, the only woman to ever lead an Indy 500, stayed in contention to the end but settled for the first Indy 500 podium finish for a woman. "I had a really good car for long runs," Patrick said. "My car really came to me. We were able to run flat the whole way... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Mosley's son found dead after suspected drug overdose May 8, 2009
Mosley snr's friends and colleagues yesterday reminisced about Alexander's close relationship with his father and remembered seeing him accompany him to the formula one track as a child. During the High Court action last year, Mosley snr delivered an emotional and angry address asking why his wife and sons, who had had nothing to do with his own private actions, should suffer equal humiliation and shame: "I don't think there is anything worse for a son than to see in a newspaper, particularly... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Never even tried to visit Britain... May 7, 2009
White supremacists - including former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard Stephen Donald Black and neo-Nazi Erich Gliebe - were also targeted, alongside American Baptist pastor Fred Waldron Phelps Snr and his daughter Shirley. For her (Jacqui Smith) to link me up with skinheads who are killing people in Russia, to put me in league with mass murderers who kill Jews on buses, is defamation. (The Drudge Report)
Pacquiao knocks out Hatton for historic triumph May 3, 2009
"I really thought Ricky would get him," Hatton trainer Floyd Mayweather Snr said. "I dont want to get into it more than that.". (Yahoo! Asia News)
Machine versus man stunt by IBM Apr 28, 2009
For the last two years scientists have been working on perfecting the system that will drive Watson, named after IBM founder Thomas J Watson Snr. "The most challenging aspect of this is that Watson has to know what it knows with utmost confidence. "Otherwise if it buzzes in and gets the answer wrong that is bad on Jeopardy because you lose money and lose the game," explained Dr Ferrucci, an IBM artificial intelligence researcher and team leader on the project. "New approach" IBM is no stranger... (BBC News -- Technology)
Buffalo Resources Announces Record Results for 2008 Apr 15, 2009
Trevor Penford Buffalo Resources Corp. Snr. VP and C.F.O. (403) 252-2462 (403) 252-1399 (FAX) Email: William (Bill) Trickett Buffalo Resources Corp. President and C.E.O. (403) 252-2462 (403) 252-1399 (FAX) Email: Suite 410, 396 11th Avenue S.W. Buffalo Resources Corp. Calgary, Alberta T2R 0C5 Website. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
PAPER: OBAMA BROTHER IN SEX ATTACK CLAIMS... Apr 12, 2009
She married the US president's father Barack Obama Snr in Kenya when she was a teenager. Following Samson's arrest he was fingerprinted but not charged, then left the country. (The Drudge Report)
A big day for Brett Stewart Apr 7, 2009
", followed by the statement: "I am ringing about the four-wheel-drive," French said. In the speech, to the Isaacs Law Society at the University of Canberra , the chief justice revealed himself as quite the self-deprecating wit with a story about his time as a political aspirant, when he stood against Kim Beazley snr for the federal seat of Fremantle in 1969. French recalled being on the hustings at Rottnest Island with a rock band called the Time Piece and setting up on the back of a ute... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
The Man v The Ghost: Pavlik deal on the cards Apr 1, 2009
If the bout with Pavlik comes to fruition, Mundine will re-unite with Roy Jones snr at the renowned trainer's Tampa Bay camp for up to three months. "I just want to give myself the best possible preparation, physically and mentally," Mundine said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
World Watch: The Afghan Plan, "Mr. Obama's War" Mar 30, 2009
As it was George Bush Snr as head of the CIA that had set up these Taliban Mujahideen operatives in the first place, George Bush Jnr was well placed to know who they were and go in and take them out. However we can now see that this was all just a pretext to capture and colonise a key geographic area in Euro-Asia. (CBS News -- 48 Hours)
Two Fists, One Heart Mar 19, 2009
Fazio snr also supplied the film's title, which comes from one of his seminal pieces of advice. "Don't be afraid, son," Rai recalls being told before a bout, "he is justa like you, with two fists and one heart.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Rawiller bounces back after up-and-down week Mar 12, 2009
au/news/sport/horseracing/messara-snr-makes-mark-with-mic-mac/2009/02/28/1235237984133 ... Messara snr makes mark with Mic Mac. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Xonar Essence STX Mar 2, 2009
124 dB SNR / Headphone Amp card for Audiophiles. Industry-leading 124dB SNR - Built-in headphone amp drives every available headphone with - Nichicon ""Fine Gold"" capacitors offer great dynamic performance - Perfectly shielded EMI-free analog output path - Customize your sound color effortlessly via swappable OPAmp socket. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Nigeria: Badagry - Transformation From the Diaspora Beckons Mar 2, 2009
Marllon Jackson Snr is a celebrity entertainer and President/COO, MBC Network. A brother in the Jackson Five family, Mallon is, among others, noted for his participation in Japan's NIPPON 24-hour television, raising funds for worldwide hunger and playing an intricate part in 'Hands Across America' , which raised over $40million to feed, clothe and shelter America's homeless. (allAfrica.com)
Prolific Ryan plans to rein in the riding as travel bug bites Mar 1, 2009
The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. Tony WhiteMarch 1, 2009. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Author pardoned after months of hell in Thai jail Feb 22, 2009
Mr Nicolaides snr said it was "terrific" to have his son back. "It was a living death, but now I feel I have come alive again," he said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Introducing NoiseFree Pro: Noise Cancellation for the Voice-Over-Computer User and Mobile Professional Feb 18, 2009
Furthermore, NoiseFree Pro delivers unrivaled transmit signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) enhancement in excess of 23dB. This ensures that callers can be heard clearly regardless of background noise environments including airport departure gate noise, street noise, loud crowds and coffee shops. "Voice over internet is one of the fastest growing sectors in voice communications for business and consumers alike. However, unlike its telecom predecessors voice over internet comes without native noise... (PR Newswire)
Osman Ahmaday, accused of murder, refuses to leave Melbourne jail Feb 17, 2009
"I think it's just a passive resistance to be brought up before the court," Snr Const Cooper said. But Magistrate Duncan Reynolds said he was not prepared to make an order to forcibly bring Mr Ahmadyar to court and stood down from hearing the matter. (The Australian)
From slave house to the White House Feb 15, 2009
By the time Mrs Obama's parents were married, Robinson and his wife, LaVaughn, were living in an apartment in a public housing project - a tidy complex, as the first lady remembers it, but humble compared with the house that her grandfather's father, Fraser snr, built in South Carolina. Page. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Thorpe wonders: 'How many times?' Feb 8, 2009
However, we may never know as reclusive Cave snr did not respond to PS's inquiries. Having already appeared in a swag of shows for prestigious fashion houses including Balenciaga, young Londoner Jethro has become the subject of a bizarre and somewhat off-putting photographic portfolio by the international fashion powerhouse Hedi Slimane, the former menswear designer for Christian Dior Homme. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
