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(picture being sent by Rahmad, following request to Yuli
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Oilman awarded Eisenhower scholarship
JAKARTA: Energy company PT Bakrie Niagatama president director
Rahmad Pribadi has been awarded a prestigious Eisenhower
Fellowship (EF), an honor that entitles him to travel throughout
the United States and learn about the country's powerful oil
industry.
Pribadi was selected after an extremely competitive screening
at which he proved his leadership and success in his professional
field, said the Indonesian trustee of the EF in a press release.
In the U.S., Pribadi will be joined by others representing 24
countries from various fields including journalism, academia, the
arts and the environment.
Pribadi said that he will use the opportunity to strengthen
the relationship between Indonesia and the superpower.
"I will also use this opportunity to enhance my knowledge and
ability in the energy sector," he said.
On earlier occasions, Indonesia received at least one
fellowship a year. EF alumni include late Muslim scholar
Nurcholish Madjid, Trade Minister Marie Elka Pangestu and House
Speaker Agung Laksono.
An eight-week fellowship that encompasses eight to 10 cities
and 60 and 80 professional appointments, the EF is granted to
honor President Dwight D. Eishenhower and the organization is
based in Philadelphia. -- JP
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Rapper-Actor Sticky Fingaz arrested on gun charge
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Rapper-Actor Sticky Fingaz arrested on gun charge
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NEW YORK: Sticky Fingaz, the rapper turned actor, has been
arrested on a charge that he left an unlicensed handgun in a
Manhattan hotel room, police said.
The performer, whose real name is Kirk Jones, surrendered to
police Tuesday morning. He was in custody that evening and was
awaiting arraignment on one count of criminal weapon possession.
Police said Jones checked out of the Flatotel, a Manhattan luxury
hotel, Monday night.
Hotel staff found a 9mm pistol in the room and called police.
Jones, who was a member of the rap group Onyx, was later
identified as the room's last occupant.
Jones, 35, wasn't licensed to carry the weapon, said police
Detective Kevin Czartoryski.
The actor's agent, Michael Greenwald, didn't immediately
return a phone message.
Jones was featured in the 2004 movie Flight of the Phoenix. He
appears in the FX TV series Over There, about American soldiers
in Iraq. He plays a character named Smoke who enlists in the Army
to avoid a prison sentence.
A publicist for the FX networks said he was unaware of the
arrest and referred calls to Jones' manager, Brian Wilkins, who
said he had no information about the incident. --AP
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U.S. former secretary of state Albright makes appearance on
'Gilmore
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Albright makes appearance on 'Gilmore Girls' show
NEW YORK: Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will make
a guest appearance on the Oct. 25 episode of the WB TV network's
show Gilmore Girls.
"I am a big fan of Gilmore Girls and I had a great time,"
Albright said in a statement. "It was an opportunity to do
something different for a quick minute, and I learned how hard it
is to memorize those lines."
Albright, secretary of state under President Bill Clinton,
filmed a scene with Alexis Bledel, who plays Rory Gilmore. The
episode involves the ongoing estrangement between Rory and her
mother, Lorelai Gilmore, played by Lauren Graham.
Norman Mailer and Carole King also have appeared on the show.
Mailer appeared as himself, and King played the owner of the
town's music store in two episodes.
Still, Albright left quite an impression on the WB set.
"If you think she seems brilliant and sassy strutting around
the Middle East, you should try talking to her in person,"
Gilmore Girls executive producer Amy Sherman-Palladino said in a
statement. "We are very honored, very lucky, and soooo not
worthy." --AP
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On the Net:
http://www.thewb.com/Shows
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Multimillion-dollar deal announced for book about Warren Buffett
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Multimillion-dollar deal announced for book about Warren Buffett
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Multimillion-dollar deal for Buffet
NEW YORK: A bidding war for an authorized biography of the
"ideas" of billionaire Warren Buffett has been won by the Bantam
Dell Publishing Group, a division of Random House Inc.
Tentatively titled The Snowball: How Warren Buffett Collected
Friends, Wisdom and Wealth, the book is scheduled to come out in
2008. Several publishers were interested and a representative
close to the deal said it was worth more than US$7 million,
although not as much as the reported $10 million to $12 million
for former President Clinton's My Life.
Former General Electric Co. CEO Jack Welch reportedly got $7.1
million for his best seller, Jack: Straight From the Gut.
The Snowball will be written by Alice Schroeder, a former
insurance analyst at Morgan Stanley, where she met Buffett. This
marks the first time a book will be written with his cooperation,
but the contract was negotiated with Schroeder.
According to a statement issued on Wednesday by Dell, the book
will focus on Buffett's business strategies. It will be based on
the "thousands of hours" Schroeder spent with Buffett and on
"unprecedented access to his files, friends and associates."
The 75-year-old Buffett is considered of special interest both
for his personal wealth, estimated by Forbes magazine at $40
billion, and his folksy style.
Buffett is known as the man who built a 1956 partnership of
four relatives and three close friends into a holding company
worth about $100 billion. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. owns insurance,
soft drink, candy, furniture, restaurant and carpet firms.
Yet Buffett is also known to wear sweat pants and sweat shirts
in his spare time. He is a longtime fan of hamburgers, french
fries and Cherry Cokes, and enjoys bridge and playing the
ukulele. --AP
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