Posted by racingsnake
@ 09:56 AM GMT+00:00
29 Apr · Fri 2005
Sun Chairman's Awards 2005
This year's Chairman's Awards for Innovation have just been announced at Sun.
As (I hope) you would expect, it's a rich crop reflecting the importance of
innovation in Sun's culture.
Congratulations to all the award-winners.
There are two team awards which I think merit particular attention:
First, the Liberty team, who have achieved such ground-breaking work on
establishing and developing the Liberty Alliance. The team members were:
Rajeev Angal, Hellmuth Broda, Jacquelyn Decoster, Chris Hankin, Fulup ar Foll,
Eve Maler, Jamie Nelson, Simon Nicholson, Jonathan Nimer, Takashi Shitamichi,
Bill Smith and Yvonne Wilson. I am genuinely proud to have them as colleagues.
Second, the team without whom blogs.sun.com would not be here!
Tim Bray, Pat Chanezon, Danese Cooper, John Hoffmann, Dave Johnson,
Simon Phipps and Will Snow. Their work is described as "Humanizing Sun, Changing Perceptions and Re-Enlisting Champions".
I hope you agree!
Immigration... a sideways look
OK - just in case things are getting too heavy in my previous post
on immigration, it's time for a sideways look at the subject, courtesy of Andy Borowitz.
BORDER CONTROL JOBS OUTSOURCED TO MEXICO
Setback for Homeland Security, Critics Say
In what some critics of illegal immigration are calling a setback for homeland security, 500 border control agents hired just this week learned today that their jobs were being outsourced to Mexico.
“In a perfect world, it would be great to have American border control agents on the U.S. side of the border,” said Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff. “Having said that, we are going to save a bundle by having those same functions performed by Mexicans on the Mexican side of the border.”
Recognizing that the outsourcing decision will not endear him to critics of the Administration’s immigration policies, Mr. Chertoff said, “I fully expect Lou Dobbs to rip me a new one.”
Nevertheless, Mr. Chertoff said, starting Monday the U.S. will scrap traditional border patrols and replace them with what he called a “state of the art border-control calling center” located in a suburb of Guadalajara.
The plan calls for prospective illegal aliens to telephone the calling center with the approximate time and place they intend to sneak over the border to the U.S.
Hoping to silence criticism of the controversial plan, President Bush addressed the immigration issue head on today in a speech in Grand Rapids, Michigan: “To those who would illegally enter our country seeking jobs, let me say this: stay where you are, and eventually our jobs will come to you.”
Elsewhere, prosecutors will be allowed to introduce five more witnesses in the Michael Jackson trial but they will not be allowed to call them The Jackson Five.
©2004 The Borowitz Report
Many thanks to Michael Barrett for alerting me to the delights of the Borowitz Report.
Not sure if Michael has a blog, but there are some good posts about Michael and
his views on Identity at Phil Windley's fine site.
Posted by racingsnake
@ 09:42 AM GMT+00:00
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