| Jangl Selects Level 3 to Support Voice Platform
BOSTON, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Level 3 Communications (NASDAQ: LVLT) today announced that Jangl is leveraging Level 3's wholesale voice and data services to provide converged communications to its customers by offering integrated wireline/wireless Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services. Distributed directly to consumers at Jangl.com and through partnerships with leaders in social networking, social media and online personals communities, Jangl's service is a simple and easy-to-use way to let people initiate phone connections without sharing their personal information. Under the terms of the multi-year agreement, Level 3(R) is providing Local Inbound, Voice Termination, International Voice Termination, Toll Free, and High Speed IP (HSIP) services to Jangl. Level 3 hands off the call to Jangl's platform, enabling Jangl to assign a new number that provides a way for consumers to interact with one another without divulging personal information like private phone numbers.
Spring into action with marvelous March events
Beginning at 7 p.m. March 1; ending at 10 a.m. March 2. Once the museum doors have been locked for the evening and the lights go down, this exciting, caper-filled adventure will begin. Participants (ages 9 through 13) will search for ways to perfect their aliases and cover stories; check-in at "Border Patrol"; gather intelligence regarding real spy skills; and prepare for sensational intrigue. Over a period of hours, everyone will transform themselves through disguise, make and break secret codes, uncover important secrets, interrogate spies and hunt for a mole within the ranks. While all this is going on, the adults (one adult required for every two youths) hiding nearby will be kept on their toes with their own super-clandestine assignments. As day breaks, enemy agents will be exposed in a dramatic finale.
Win-starved Canucks host Blackhawks
The Vancouver Canucks need a win, badly. After losing nine of their last 11 outings, the beleaguered NHL team has slipped out of the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Canucks left-winger Daniel Sedin leads Vancouver with 56 points (24 goals and 32 assists).(Mark Humphrey/Associated Press) The Canucks have a good chance to get back in the win column, facing off at General Motors Place on Sunday (10 p.m. ET) against the 28th-place Chicago Blackhawks, losers of five of their last six. But the Canucks will have to overcome some obstacles, including being cursed at GM Place, where they've lost five of six games, including 6-2 Saturday to the Colorado Avalanche. Then there's the injury-ridden Canucks blue-line. Willie Mitchell has missed nine games with a fractured vertebra, and Kevin Bieksa is out with a lacerated calf.
Reporter: Susan Ramsett
The death of Chicago news anchor Randy Salerno is receiving national attention after a snowmobile accident in Vilas County. The 45-year old Salerno died January 24 after a crash near Sayner. The driver he was riding with, Scott Hirschey is now facing charges of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle. A criminal complaint says Hirschey's blood alcohol level was .22% four hours after the crash. The legal limit to drive in Wisconsin is .08. So far this season 15 people have died in snowmobile accidents in Wisconsin - and alcohol is believed to have been a factor in 10 of those 15 deaths. Whenever the topic of drinking and snowmobiling comes up - fingers point in lots of different directions. Should there be stricter laws and stiffer penalties? Should there be more authorities patrolling the trails? Can we blame the bartenders who serve the drinks? Or is it a matter of personal responsiblity - resting entirely on the shoulders of those who drink and drive? Maybe think drinking and snowmobiling isn't a problem at all.
Radwanska topples Craybas for Pattaya crown
Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland captured the Pattaya Women's Open with a three-set triumph over American Jill Craybas in Sunday's final. The top-seeded Radwanska notched a 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (7-4) victory Sunday for her second career WTA singles crown. She posted her inaugural win last year in Stockholm and has opened 2008 in solid fashion, having reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open last month.
Craybas, seeded seventh this week, was trying for her second career WTA singles crown and first since 2002.
The 33-year-old Craybas appeared to be on the ropes in the third set, facing a 5-1 deficit, but she fought off a pair of match points and won five games in a row. She then gained her own match point in the 12th game, but missed on a backhand and Radwanska held serve.
Britney Spears' Driver's-License Case Postponed; Plus Hayden ...
Since Britney Spears isn't in control of her own affairs at the moment, she can't make a plea bargain in her driving-without-a-license case, a Van Nuys, California, judge decided Wednesday (February 20). Spears' attorney for the criminal case told the court that the singer's conservatorship attorneys don't feel she's capable of making an agreement, giving a deposition or signing a declaration at the moment, so Judge T.K. Herman continued the case until March 20. The misdemeanor charge stems from an incident in August in which Spears was videotaped hitting a parked car and leaving the scene without notifying the other driver (the hit-and-run charge was later dropped). Spears was denied visitation rights with her two sons in an unrelated hearing Tuesday. ... Hayden Panettiere must have absorbed someone's musical powers, because the "Heroes" star is putting out a debut album later this year on Hollywood Records.
Yahoo employees could come home to Microsoft, leaving assets behind
I have personally met with top executives of the major media companies, and I know there is a desire for more competition in search and online advertising," Johnson continued. "Without this, there's less innovation, less competition, and less value being generated for consumers, advertisers, and publishers. Together, Microsoft and Yahoo would have an opportunity to change and evolve the experiences and value we deliver to all of these groups." Like one of those TV commercials set up to look like an interview, where the speaker looks to one side of the camera rather than right at it, Johnson's memo reiterates the key message put forth by CEO Steve Ballmer and other Microsoft execs on February 1: An acquisition of Yahoo would be done in the interest of absorbing its talent, though its assets are a somewhat lesser priority.
Wireless icebreaker: Missoula company's software signals real-life ...
Rachel Kaufman, right, studies at Break Espresso coffee shop and bakery where customers can enjoy free wireless Internet access. Two Missoula software entrepreneurs have developed iFob, which alerts other users on wireless networks that you're nearby and receptive to socializing.
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Discussion about dating violence to be Nov. 6 at IPFW
While dating is always a hot topic on a college campus, the Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) branch of Voices Not Victims will sponsor a discussion on the more serious side of this social meeting. The Dynamics and Diversity of Dating Violence Discussion will be Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. in Walb Student Union Ballroom. It is free and open to the public.The discussions will include various aspects of domestic violence with a focus on diversity issues. Topics include domestic and dating violence, signs of abuse or potential abuse, diverse domestic aspects, and domestic partnerships. Panel members will center on special issues faced by law enforcement, social services, immigrants, illegal residents, refugees, and the international community. The discussion is cosponsored by the IPFW Department of Women's Studies.For more information, contact Angelina Morimanno, IPFW Voices Not Victims president, at (260) 715-6106.
Deputies, spouses offered Valentine chances for harmony
The next sheriff's deputy that pulls you over may have a little more spring in his step while he writes you a ticket. Or at least that's one of the goals of a new marriage-straightening resource being offered to Lake County Sheriff's Office employees just in time for Valentine's Day. .
Why should you accept less pay?
Philosopher Julian Baggini says he has every sympathy for those who are pressing for higher wages, but suggests that restraint is really all about practical considerations rather than our duty to our fellow man. "In the long run it is to their benefit if the economic argument is right. If inflation is stoked their money will be worth less. The burden isn't being spread evenly, but the burden is never being spread evenly "People don't protest if their wealth increases at a faster rate than anyone else's. They only complain when it's they who have to suffer." Roger Crisp, a fellow of Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, says it's possible to make a case that the appeal for pay restraint is an appeal to our moral sense. 150's your limit "There is a difference between asking people to make some sacrifice and saying we are going to impose some sacrifice on you.
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