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Qtrax free music player disappoints
Qtrax had promised a working beta last night, but we knew there was going to be problems after visiting the website. The company warned that downloads weren’t yet available and posted this message on the site. "We're thrilled with the massive response we've received. To ensure the best user experience, we're activating accounts in stages. In the meantime, enjoy all the functionalities of the Qtrax player like importing and playing your music and searching for artist-related content." Disregarding the warning, we downloaded the 9.4 MB install program anyways. After the install, the program scans your hard drive for music and appeared to crash several times during the process. We had to continually close and restart the program to get Songbird working again.
WorldCom Whistle-blower Cynthia Cooper
We were running so many queries of the accounting system that we were starting to crash it. When did it come together for you?
Eventually we went door-to-door in the accounting department, working our way up the chain of command. When we finally confronted the controller, David Meyers, he confessed. His wife later told The Wall Street Journal that he had decided that if I came to him and confronted him directly he would tell me the truth. He also said he felt better that day than he had in years. How long was it after the MCI merger before people thought, "Uh-oh, this is a mistake"?
I would say that there was a consensus across the company that it was a mistake. First of all, the company had to take on a huge debt load to acquire MCI. And a significant portion of MCI's business came from residential sales.
Innovative Constellation NewEnergy Risk Management Program Helps ...
BALTIMORE, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) today announced that its subsidiary, Constellation NewEnergy (CNE), has completed a successful trial of an innovative risk management program for large industrial users that helped two participating companies meet their energy spending budgets during an extended period of commodity price volatility. Since 2005, industry leaders CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) and Solo Cup Company have participated in CNE's i2i(SM) program, which emphasizes a long-term approach to energy procurement to mitigate price risk and achieve budget goals. Staying within the annual energy budget is a significant achievement for CBRE and Solo Cup given the extreme volatility in energy markets the past two years. "We're thrilled with the results achieved through our participation in Constellation NewEnergy's i2i program, and our benchmarking shows we performed well on energy spending when compared to our peers," said Doug Bushing, global director of Sustainability and Energy Services at CBRE.
Krewe of Zeus holds 68th annual carnival coronation
The Mystic Krewe of Zeus gathered on Feb. 1 at the historic Saenger Theatre and crowned its new King, Zeus LXVIII, and his Queen. Royalty, members and guests entered to find the stage transformed into a golden palace, from which they traveled the globe on a magic carpet ride. The evening began in the ancient sands of Arabia and proceeded with a Magical Mystery Tour through the centuries and around the world. From ancient Rome to jolly ole London, through time and space to modern-day New York, and across the continent to Fisherman's Wharf, the night was filled with excitement and adventure. The Zeus Orchestra and Singers, under the direction of Tammy Strahan Mansfield, the Royal Troubadour, Timothy Paul Breland, and, pianist, Brian Blair, entertained the assemblage. .
That Old Kennedy Magic Ted Kennedy's roof-raising endorsement of ...
Sen. Ted Kennedy did not just endorse Barack Obama today; he passed him his brother John's baton, 45 years on, and bet the whole darn Kennedy Compound that this man is The One. Oh, and he performed a double vivisection on the Clintons as 6,000 cheered. The biggest applause line of the day came when Kennedy said that Obama fights for what he believes in, "without demonizing those who hold a different view." And unlike some he could name, what Obama is selling is "not just about himself, but about all of us," Kennedy thundered. He did not make his decision to back Obama instead of Hillary Clinton seem like a very tough call, given that the choice as he described it was between fear and hope, the past and the future, meanness and possibility. .
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