Tuesday, October 20, 2009

“Shazam for BlackBerry review - PC Advisor” plus 2 more

“Shazam for BlackBerry review - PC Advisor” plus 2 more

Shazam for BlackBerry review - PC Advisor

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 04:10 AM PDT

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October 20, 2009

Watch Shazam at work for the first time and you could be forgiven for thinking you were watching witchcraft. Shazam uses your BlackBerry's microphone to "listen" to music, then compares its audio snapshot with its eight million track database to tell you the name of the track and the artist.

It's unbelievably accurate - you'll never wonder what the name of that song playing in a coffee shop is again. Listening to a track takes about 15 seconds and producing a result roughly the same again. Once Shazam has named your track it also gives you the name of the artist and a link to follow to buy the track from Amazon.

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The complimentary version of Shazam allows you to 'tag' up to five tracks per month, but the application comes with a seven-day trial of the full version. This allows unlimited tagging, and gives you recommendations for similar tracks, plus biographies, discographies and reviews of the tracks and artists you're tagging.

Shazam is a bit hit and miss when it comes to identifying hummed or sang music, but there are other disappointments. For instance, the iPhone version of Shazam allows you to tag as many songs as you want, which makes the £5 premium on the BlackBerry version a little hard to swallow, although features such as biographies and similar tracks are missing from the iPhone.

We also found that clicking through to Amazon often produced 'Song not found' messages, making it hard to buy tracks.

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Elizabeth Fisher named Ambassador of the Year - Mercury

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 05:01 AM PDT

By Dennis J. Wright, dwright@pottsmerc.com

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ELIZABETH FISHER ... Ambassador of the Year

PHOENIXVILLE — Elizabeth "Betsy" Fisher was recently named 2009 Ambassador of the Year at the Phoenixville Interservice Club's 47th annual banquet at the Phoenixville Country Club.

The banquet was hosted by the Chesmont Business and Professional Women's Club (Chesmont BPW).

Before giving out the award, Donna Weinstein of the host club announced the names of the four nominees — Shelley Danielle (Phoenixville Jaycees), Louise Vance (Soroptimist Club), Cindy Kerr (Pilot Club of Phoenixville) and Fisher (Phoenixville Women's Club).

Weinstein explained the process in selecting the Ambassador of the Year.

"Each service club selects their nominee, and completed a biography on their accomplishments of their service to the community," Weinstein said. "The club then sends the name to the president of the host club. The host service club asks four to five people, who are not affiliated with any member club to be judges."

This year's judges included Robb Frees, the Rev. Linda S. Gruber, the Rev. Cynthia Krommes, and Moira Mumma.

"The biographies of the nominees are sent with a ballot to the judges," Weinstein said. "They complete the ballots and return them to the president of the host club."

Fisher, who has been a member of the women's club for eight years, said she lives in Upper Providence, but her community work is done in Phoenixville.

"I liked what club did so that's why I joined," she said. "When I joined there was 88 members. We were doing a lot of great things."

When her name was announced as a nominee, Fisher said she felt overwhelmed.

"It felt wonderful to be nominated," she said.

The banquet began with a welcome by Weinstein, who acknowledged previous ambassadors in attendance. Helen Burnley, BPW president, led opening exercises, and David Frees Jr. gave the invocation.

During dinner, Valley Forge Christian College freshman Tom Kurtz performed on his guitar.

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El Paso Corporation Announces Realignment of Executive Committee - Oilvoice.com

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 05:29 AM PDT

El Paso Corporation announces the following changes to the executive committee of the company:
• D. Mark Leland, currently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will become Executive Vice President and President of the Midstream Group. Mark will be responsible for a newly created midstream business unit. He has 15 years of midstream experience and was the Chief Operating Officer of GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P., which was El Paso's former midstream master limited partnership.
• John R. Sult, currently Senior Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer, will become Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. J.R. will remain the Chief Financial Officer of the general partner for El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. He will also be a new member of the executive committee.
• Dane E. Whitehead, currently Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, El Paso Exploration & Production Company, will become Senior Vice President Strategy and Enterprise Business Development. Dane will be responsible for strategy and market analysis, acquisitions and divestitures, planning, investor and media relations and risk management. He will also be a new member of the executive committee.
• Susan B. Ortenstone, currently Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Administration, will become Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer. Sue will be responsible for all administrative service functions, including human resources, information technology, communications and community relations, and administrative services.
• James C. Yardley will continue as Executive Vice President and President of the Pipeline Group.
• Brent J. Smolik will continue as Executive Vice President and President of El Paso Exploration & Production Company.
• James J. Cleary will continue as President of Western Pipelines and report to Mr. Yardley.
• Robert W. Baker will continue as Executive Vice-President and General Counsel.

With the exception of Mr. Cleary, these executives will report to Doug Foshee, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of El Paso. Mr. Sult will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer upon the filing of the September 30, 2009 Form 10-Q. The other executives who are assuming new positions will transition out of their current roles by year end.

"I want to welcome J.R. and Dane to the executive committee," said Doug Foshee, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of El Paso Corporation. "Both have been with El Paso for less than five years, but they have already made tremendous contributions, and I know they will be impactful members of our executive committee.

"I am excited to announce the formation of a new midstream business under the direction of Mark Leland. The North American natural gas industry is undergoing a period of rapid evolution, presenting new opportunities for synergies among our existing Pipeline and E&P businesses and a midstream unit. I am confident that Mark's leadership experience with our previous midstream operations and as our CFO will enable us to capitalize on these opportunities and create value for our shareholders. We intend to reenter the midstream business at a measured pace," Foshee added.

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