| Retired Barksdale colonel receives award
A veteran colonel at Barksdale Air Force Base who took part in World War II as well as served in French Indochina before the U.S. military's involvement in the 1960s was honored Saturday.
Retired Col. Steve dePyssler, head of the Retiree Activities office and perhaps more active in retirement than during his service years, was presented the Chevalier order of the Legion of Honor.
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Dell's advice to a troubled Apple boomerangs a decade later
Michael Dell offered up some harsh advice a decade ago on how to fix struggling Apple Computer, words that now provide an ironic sting for the head of his own slumping company. "What would I do? I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders," he said at a technology conference in the fall of 1997. Of course, Apple's investors and CEO Steve Jobs have gotten the last laugh. Back then, Jobs had just returned to lead the company he had founded, beginning what would become an exceptional transformation. Dell, on the other hand, has watched its business go the other way, and Mr. Dell has been recalled to the helm to get it back on track. When founders give up operational control of companies, they often leave on a positive note.
Double quad parents pregnant again
A BRISBANE couple who made worldwide headlines for having two sets of quads through fertility treatment are expecting baby number 10. Life in the household of Dale and Darren Chalk, from Strathpine in Brisbane's north, is about to become even more hectic with the couple revealing to New Idea magazine they are pregnant again. And despite being plagued with morning sickness, Mrs Chalk, 28, said they couldn't wait to have more babies. "It's not morning sickness, it's all-day sickness, but hopefully it will soon pass," she told New Idea. "We adore children, so there are no plans to stop at 10." Mrs Chalk and her husband, a taxi driver, became parents to quads in August 2004 using an anonymous sperm donor through the Queensland Fertility Group.
Feb 3 2007
ITV1 Wales managed to do this week what right-wing zealots have been demanding for years - by bringing back National Service. OK, so, technically speaking, they didn't conscript the nation's hug-deprived hoodies into the armed forces. What they instead offered in Call Up was a glimpse of the brutal reality behind a notion often spoken of with nostalgia by flint-hearted pensioners. A motley collection of Welsh oldies - including ex-rugby star Clive Rowlands, broadcaster David Parry-Jones and Rhodri Morgan's alarmingly eloquent brother Prys - recalled their own experiences of the dreaded post-War conscription. And what emerged was less a cosy image of Dad's Army-style escapades and high-jinx and more an early version of Guantanamo Bay. .
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