REM are to play at Old Trafford Cricket Ground on Sunday, August 24.

Will authorized hosting put MySQL on a par with Oracle and DB2?

Although real comparability to Oracle and IBM databases could still be some time away, MySQL's new authorized hosting program might help broaden out the niche for the open source database a lot more quickly.

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Jennifer Lopez Works Hard, But Not For the Money

I have every one of her albums & I like most of her movies. I do own one of her perfumes, but the others are not so yummy to me.

That being said, I think it's laughable when any rich celeb says they are not doing "it" for the money, but just to be creative. In Jenny's defense, she did say "I've been lucky that because of what I do as a performer, I've also been able to do stuff like fragrances that I love." Maybe what she should have said was "I've got more money than God, so I can afford to try the fragrance thing, as a different creative outlet, & if it fails, I'm still super rich so no harm done! If it succeeds, then I'll make even more money & yippee--I got to be creative!" I think that's more likely what all the celebs mean when they say stuff like that. I think it would be refreshing if/when one of them actually does make that kind of blunt statement.

By: Readers of the North County Times and The Californian -

Watch and see what happens next.Dennis SchwanderOceansideThose voting for immunity should be voted outIf the telecoms did nothing illegal, why do they need immunity? Are the laws in our justice system only for certain people to abide by, and not for others, because of their stature? Does anyone really believe that these companies do not have some of the best attorneys who absolutely knew they would be breaking the law by going along with the administration on this warrantless surveillance? ...The FISA court gives the surveillance issue a great deal of leeway and there's no reason not to obey the law. These companies went against their own privacy statements, guaranteeing confidentiality to their customers.Those House and Senate members who go along with this immunity do not represent their own constituents -- they represent the big special interests.

Debate over malpractice ‘crisis’ comes to the capital

Whenever Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D,W,F-Manhattan, was mentioned the crowd booed and hissed. Reached at his office, Dan Weiller, Silvers press representative, gave a statement on the speakers behalf: We are examining ways to address doctors concerns, maintain the financial viability of the malpractice insurance system and ensure and improve patient safety. The Medical Society is arguing that following a 14 percent increase in insurance premiums in July 2007, most physicians in New York are now paying 55 to 80 percent more for their liability insurance in 2008 than they were in 2003, bringing the annual premiums for many specialists to amounts in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Adding to the problem they say is that physicians could face a 10 percent cut in their Medicare reimbursement on July 1 if Congress doesnt act to prevent it.

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Terps women punch tournament ticket, 13-7

For the first time in three seasons, the Maryland women's lacrosse team will play beyond the first round of the NCAA tournament. They earned the first NCAA tournament win in Cathy Reese's coaching career with a 13-7 win over Yale in front of a sellout crowd at Ludwig Field in College Park on Sunday.

The Terps staked a reputation throughout the season as an offensive-minded team, but the teams combined for six goals in the first half.