| Tuesday's Sports Transactions
CINCINNATI REDS_Agreed to terms with RHP Richie Gardner, LHP Tyler Pelland, LHP Alexander Smit, RHP Daryl Thompson, RHP Sergio Valenzuela, C Ryan Hanigan, C Craig Tatum, INF Paul Janisch, INF Joey Votto and OF Chris Dickerson on one-year contracts. HOUSTON ASTROS_Agreed to terms with RHP Brian Moehler and INF-OF David Newhan on minor league contracts. Carolina League POTOMAC NATIONALS_Named Chris Fisher assistant director of promotions and broadcasting, Susanna Hall public relations manager, Paul Barrett assistant director of food services, Shawna Hooke accounting manager, Steven Ly and Christopher Healy stadium operations interns, and David Levasseur Jr. and Colin Walsh ticket office interns. Texas League .
Qatar seeks African soccer talent
They (Qataris) have a lot of money, and this is better than just putting up new stadiums," said former World Soccer magazine editor Keir Radnedge. Added sports economist Andrew Zimbalist of Smith College in Massachusetts: "They're endowing them with skills, they're giving them market exposure they might not otherwise get. ... I don't see how that's exploitative." Others worry that Qatar's real aim is to enrich its own national teams down the road — something it has tried before. There also are fears the program may not have enough social safety nets in place for those young athletes who don't make the final cut. "This might be a good idea for the very small number of kids involved, though few of them are actually likely to make it as professional players," said John Williams, director for the Centre for the Sociology of Sport at the University of Leicester.
Star psychic reveals it all
Sometimes people appear in a vision, other times she hears things and recently she has developed an overwhelming feeling in her stomach. "I am always learning new things about myself and my gift," she says. "I can't turn it on or off, it just comes and then goes." In one episode she reads former Big Brother winner, Kate Lawler. She says: "The first thing I saw was Kate in bed with two men and red silk sheets. She was so shocked and she said to me "Oh my God, that is one of my fantasies. I was only saying that to my friend three days ago", and so I said, "Don't lie, you were actually in bed with these guys three days ago". "I could feel what Kate was feeling inside and she was full of remorse, even though she knew what she was doing with these two men and that is what made me want to cry." Sally, who says she believes in God, is blindfolded in one episode and has to guess the job of eight contestants.
Letters to the Editor, January 5
The blind followers are those that do not research things out for themselves, they go to a couple of websites, or PMSNBC and listen to some talking head. I watch the boring C-Span....read laws that are being passed or introduced. I read the fine print. I was not blind when I saw the video about the weapons being loaded up. Strength comes in numbers whether it is for good or evil. Sadam gladly hopped in bed with Bin Laden. .
ATP Movistar Open Results
Maximo Gonzalez and Juan Monaco, Argentina, def. Hugo Armando, United States, and Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, 6-2, 4-6, 10-7 tiebreak. Nicolas Lapentti, Ecuador, and Jamie Murray, Britain, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and Martin Garcia, Argentina, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 11-9 tiebreak. MORE .
Dukas Public Relations Expands Technology Practice 60 Percent With Six ...
NEW YORK, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Dukas Public Relations (DPR) announced today that it expanded its technology practice by more than 60 percent in the fourth quarter 2007 after being retained by six innovative technology companies including Auctionblip, buy at, Inc., Sepaton and Zeta Interactive, among others. "The DPR tech team's explosive growth is a testament to our strong commitment towards providing superior client service and consistent media results," said Todd Barrish, senior vice president and head of the agency's technology practice. "We have a dedicated team with passion for our work. We make it our business to become an integral part of our clients' organizations, thereby helping them to achieve their goals and objectives. It's this dedication that allows for continued success and growth, both for our clients and for DPR itself." Auctionblip, a Web site "created by collectors for collectors," is an international auction network delivering personalized auction information to collectors on a limitless variety of collectibles from elite auction houses.
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