Prescott

The Long Awaited Peter Prescott Salute To Mike Muir

Matablog (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPKXpBH8bRI Mission Of Burma, performing “Learn How” from ‘Vs.’, Pitchfork Festival, Friday, July 18.

R.I.P my old PC?

Warrior: The best anime posts from (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008

In short, my faithful Prescott system suffered from a motherboard failure and is now spare parts T_T. It has served me faithfully for the past 3 years or so since I bought it, and stood up to my near 24/7 abuse of it, even miraculously surviving at least 2 lightning strikes on the LAN card. [...] ---- link Warrior: The best anime posts from around the web The best anime blog posts from around...

Red Bird of Kingman

Cap'n Bob & the Damsel (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Today, we drove from Prescott, AZ, Northward to pick up Historic Old Route 66. Then, we drove from Ash Fork along the old highway through Seligman and on down to Kingman. When in Kingman, we stopped at the Harley Davidson dealership to look at the nice hardware and buy a souvenir tank top with the [...]

Road statistics reveal catalogue of failures - Baker

Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

Commenting on today’s DfT annual road statistics, Liberal Democrat Shadow Transport Secretary, Norman Baker said: "Eleven years of a Labour Government has led to a comprehensive catalogue of road policy failures. "Despite John Prescott’s claim in 1997 that a Labour Government would cut the number of cars on the roads, it has now given up on reducing traffic and has resorted to discredited 1980s...

James Purnell and the con of reform

Andrew Allison (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

I remember in the 1980s when John Prescott was Labour's Employment Spokesman. Every month when the unemployment figures were released, Prezza came on the television claiming the figures were a mixture of lies and fiddles. I don't know whether he came on the TV every month, or perhaps the BBC and ITV just replayed the same footage month after month - his rhetoric never changed. James Purnell,...

Microsoft exec now says virtual-management software due in September

Computer World (Free subscription) | yesterday

... meeting for financial analysts, are in contrast to comments the company made last week when Diane Prescott, product manager for System Center, announced on the team's blog that Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2008 would ship during the fourth quarter. In turn, Prescott's comments contradicted what Microsoft said back in April -- that VMM would ship 30 to 60 days after Microsoft's Hyper-V...

Bad news chaps

Not a sheep (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

The BBC are reporting that "Gordon Brown will be in charge of the government this summer even while he is away on holiday... When his predecessor Tony Blair jetted off for sunnier climes, his deputy John Prescott famously took the reins. But this is not the case for Mr Brown. His spokesman said: "The prime minister is the prime minister and remains in charge whether he's on holiday or not.""...

Costa Rica secure Under-17 Women's World Cup berth --

Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | yesterday

Costa Rica secure Under-17 Women's World Cup berth-Ian Prescott Friday, July 25th 2008After beating out Trinidad and Tobago for a semi-final spot on goal difference, Costa Rica have advanced to the final of the CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship. The Costa Ricans became the first team from this region to qualify for the FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup thanks to their 2-0 defeat of Canada...

Max Mosley orgy ruling: The scandals that would have remained unexposed

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

Max Mosley orgy ruling: The scandals that would have remained unexposedA series of high profile scandals involving politicians and senior public figures in the highest echelons of power might never have been exposed had the Max Mosley privacy ruling been in place 20 years ago, lawyers have warned. By Ben Farmer Last Updated: 2:21AM BST 25 Jul 2008 The ones that got away: John Prescott with Tracey...

Max Mosley orgy case marks end of kiss-and-tell stories

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

... BP's Lord Browne or John Profumo would still probably have had to face the music, but would John Prescott? Meanwhile, errant footballers and other celebrities will be raising a glass.

Twitter-Style Videoblogging

PSFK Trend: PSFK (Free subscription) | yesterday

... 12seconds accounts to their Twitter accounts. [via TechCrunch ] - Contributed by Martin Olsson-Prescott

AMD Phenom X4 9350e - 65W quad-core [Hardware]

bit-tech.net (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

Featured Components - Power SuppliesMisco.co.ukOyyy.co.ukAMD Phenom X4 9350e Around £115-120 (inc. VAT) Around $220 (ex. Tax)The AMD Phenom has become synonymous with hot CPUs, taking the reins to some degree from the late Intel Prescott (or, Preshot). However, AMD does produce some awesomely energy efficient CPUs that even Intel hasn't matched. For example, we loved the Athlon 64 X2 BE-2350...

Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. to File Amended Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to Correct Cash Balance

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

... Ruger is headquartered in Southport, CT, with manufacturing facilities located in Newport, NH and Prescott, AZ. The Company may, from time to time, make forward-looking statements and projections concerning future expectations. Such statements are based on current expectations and are subject to certain qualifying risks and uncertainties, such as market demand, sales levels of firearms,...

• Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. to File Amended Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to Correct Cash Balance - Business Wire

Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. to File Amended Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to Correct Cash Balance

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

... Ruger is headquartered in Southport, CT, with manufacturing facilities located in Newport, NH and Prescott, AZ. The Company may, from time to time, make forward-looking statements and projections concerning future expectations. Such statements are based on current expectations and are subject to certain qualifying risks and uncertainties, such as market demand, sales levels of firearms,...

No PM, however dour, can resist the charms of a stately pile

Times Online - Guest contributors (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

The day that Gordon Brown became leader, the headlines made it clear. “Gordon will become the first Prime Minister in 80 years not to use Chequers.” His aides explained that Mr Brown would be mothballing the 16th- century retreat. Why would a Presbyterian Scot want an English stately home with butlers and cooks, floral valances, four-poster beds and Wedgwood china? John Prescott may have fallen...