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Your guide to the weekend’s Barclays Premier League action
Alex McLeish, the Birmingham manager, has been encouraging his forwards because his team have scored only twice in five matches. Derby could give debuts to Roy Carroll, the goalkeeper, and Alan Stubbs, the defender, after their deadline-day signings, while Lewin Nyatanga is available after suspension. Birmingham City (possible; 4-4-2): Maik Taylor - S Kelly, L Ridgewell, R Schmitz, D Murphy – S Larsson, D Johnson, F Muamba, O Kapo – C Jerome, J McFadden. Injuries and suspensions: B Oubina (knee), M Nafti (Tunisia duty), R Jaidi (Tunisia duty). Derby County (possible; 4-4-2): R Carroll – D Leacock, D Moore, A Stubbs, L Nyatanga – C Fagan, H Ghaly, R Savage, S Pearson – K Miller, R Earnshaw. Injuries and suspensions: J McEveley (knee), T Mears (shin), D Mills (knee), C Davis (hamstring), D Jones (hernia).
Holiday Gifts, Expo Survival
During that interview we routinely refer to Playlist's Plays of the Year awards (the year's best digital-music-oriented gear) and also reference Macworld 's Holiday Gear Guide from the December 2007 issue. The second major event is, of course, next month's Macworld Expo, held from January 14–18. To help prepare you, I offer practical tips for surviving and, more importantly, enjoying your week in San Francisco. I am assisted, in this regard, by a guy dressed as an iPhone. Download Episode #101 • AAC version (20.1 MB, 41 minutes) • MP3 version (18.9 MB, 41 minutes) To subscribe to the Macworld Podcast via iTunes 4.9 or later, simply click here. Or you can point your favorite podcast-savvy RSS reader at: http://feeds.macworld.com/macworld/podcast/ You can find previous episodes of our audio podcasts—as well as our video offerings—on the Macworld Multimedia page.
Who's Blogging
In a scathing report on 11 deaths last year at the District's St. Elizabeths Hospital for the mentally ill, an advocacy group for the disabled told city officials yesterday that medical neglect resulted in "needless pain and suffering" for most of the patients "and may well have contributed to deaths from treatable conditions." .
Janet Lince
Janet Lincé is Musical Director of the Reading Festival Chorus, Oxford University Press Choir and the chamber choir Choros, as well as co-director with Sarah Tenant-Flowers of the newly-formed choir Encoro. She has also worked with several orchestras including London Concertante, Oxford Sinfonia, Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra and the period instrument group Canzona. Janet has a particular interest in the period instrument performance of the music of JS Bach and his contemporaries. However, her repertoire also includes the major oratorios such as Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, Brahms's Requiem, Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius and Vaughan Williams's A Sea Symphony. Performances have included less well-known works such as Britten's The company of Heaven, the Choral Fantasia of Gustav Holst and Janácek's Otcenas, as well as newly commissioned works.
Chief: Officer abused power
A Corpus Christi police officer fired Friday bought a seized truck for about $10,000 less than its real value and visited one of its owners in jail to negotiate the sale, Chief Bryan Smith said in a disciplinary letter. The officer, 22-year veteran Senior Officer Martin Jasso, was fired Friday after he was accused of abusing his authority with his involvement in vehicle sales at the city's impound lot, the letter said. A Corpus Christi Police Department captain and lieutenant also are under investigation and were put on paid administrative leave Tuesday. Smith wouldn't comment Wednesday and has said he will make an announcement at the end of the week. He detailed allegations against Jasso in a letter sent Friday to the city's Civil Service Commission and Human Resources Department.
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