John Gavin

Akorri: SNW Names Akorri Customer, Service Corporation International, as a Finalist for Its Fall 2009 "Best Practices in Storage" Awards Program

Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009

LITTLETON, MA (MARKET WIRE) Akorri, Inc., the leader in virtual infrastructure performance and capacity management for the dynamic data center, today announced that its customer Service Corporation International (SCI) (NYSE: SCI) has been selected by SNW (Storage Networking World) as a Finalist for its Fall 2009 "Best Practices in Storage" Awards Program.

Remarque Redux: Douglas Sirk’s A Time to Love and a Time to Die at BAM

The House Next Door (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009

By Dan Callahan [ A Time to Love and a Time to Die screened at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on October 9th, 2009 . It is available on foreign region DVD from Masters of Cinema . ] Against a black screen, a voice that seems to be imitating Orson Welles tells us about the great success of Erich Maria Remarque’s anti-war novel All Quiet on the Western Front , and claims that the movie adaptation...

David Denby: Douglas Sirk’s “A Time to Love and a Time to Die.”

The New Yorker - Arts and Culture (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009

After making a series of vibrant melodramas in the United States (such as “All That Heaven Allows”), Douglas Sirk returned to his native Germany to shoot the bitter Second World War story “A Time to Love and a Time to Die” (1958), based on a novel . . .

Comedy review: Scottish comedian of the year

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009

THE OLD FRUITMARKET, GLASGOW

• Comedy review: Scottish comedian of the year - Scotsman.com

Cold-case murder of homeless man solved, police say

the 13th juror (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009

Police describe it as "four-year-old murder mystery." The mystery began when the remains of John Gavin, a 67-year-old homeless man, were found in the woods in Brevard County in 2005. David Wayne Slaton, 33, of Kathleen, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder, the Brevard County Sheriff's Office said. Authorities say Slaton met Gavin at a Polk County bar in 2005, and Slaton...

FBI arrests former Miramar commissioner Fitzroy Salesman

Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009

Former Miramar commissioner Fitzroy Salesman was arrested by federal agents early this morning at his home, his lawyer said.

Macaulay to lead stand-ups in bone cancer fundraising show

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009

COMEDIAN Fred Macaulay is to host a show of top comedians at the Edinburgh Jam House next month, to raise money for bone marrow cancer charity Myeloma UK.

• Macaulay to lead stand-ups in bone cancer fundraising show - Edinburgh Evening News

To Do: Chicago 8.7-8.15

The MidWasteland RSS (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009

1. Lollapalooza Friday to Sunday, August 7-9 One of the biggest festivals presented by Chicago for the year, the headliner this year is Depeche Mode. Other notables include; Bat For Lashes, Dan Auerbach, Misfits and Lykke Li. Grant Park| $205/3days or $80/day 2. Fashion Sustainability Vintage Sale Saturday and Sunday, August 8-9, 1-6pm Becoming a regular weekend shopping stop in Wicker Park, vintage...

Taste Test: Spartacus (1960) vs. Gladiator (2000)

This Distracted Globe (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009

By Joe Valdez What the *&#! Are They About? In the mines of the Roman province of Libya, slave Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) sinks his teeth into the ankle of a guard, earning himself a death sentence. Recognizing an unbroken spirit he could mold into something great, slave merchant Batiatus (Peter Ustinov) purchases the condemned and returns [...]

Voice Mobility International, Inc.: Town of Gilbert Selects Voice Mobility Vmerge

Market Wire (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) Voice Mobility International, Inc. (TSX: VMY)(OTCBB: VMII)(FRANKFURT: VMY), a Vancouver-based developer and provider of carrier and enterprise unified communication solutions, today announced that The Town of Gilbert in Arizona has selected the Vmerge unified communications (UC) solution.

Stand up for Myeloma in comedy night

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 06/04/2009

COMEDIAN Fred Macaulay is to compere a comedy fundraiser at The Jam House in aid of bone marrow cancer.

• Stand up for Myeloma in comedy night - Edinburgh Evening News

Chesapeake does more ’splainin

Footnoted.org (Free subscription) | 05/19/2009

Nearly three weeks ago, we footnoted Chesapeake Energy (CHK) for its interesting explanations about a wide range of goodies for Chairman and CEO Aubrey K. McClendon, who was the highest paid CEO last year, according to the Associated Press. As we noted on Perks Watch, McClendon also got $12.1 million from Chesapeake for selling his [...]

Gavin: “Excellent Political Theater”

Option ARMageddon (Free subscription) | 05/13/2009

John Gavin of Disclosure Insight forwards this video of his appearance on CNBC. In it, he questions the integrity of the stress tests. Gavin published a report on bank goodwill that we featured here on OA: “Using goodwill as a proxy for overall balance sheet integrity, we found reason to question the…balance sheets for at least [...]

Shoot A Bottle Rocket at Chicken John as He Sings Come Sail Away

Laughing Squid (Free subscription) | 04/24/2009

photo by Greg Peverill-Conti In an effort to raise funds for his trip to Slovenia for Swimming Cities of Serenissima , Chicken John is offering people the chance to shoot a bottle rockets at him as he takes the stage in a sailor suit to sing “Come Sail Away” by Styx during the Art of Bleeding [...] This is a blog post from Laughing Squid . For more content like this, subscribe to the RSS...

Arkansas tomato escape freeze

Delta Farm Press RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 04/08/2009

“There were a lot of sighs of relief this morning.” That’s what John Gavin was hearing Tuesday morning from tomato growers in south Arkansas.