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...home state of New Jersey? -Donna Jackson, Cherry Hill, N.J.It is actually not my favorite place in the world to perform. The guest lists are too long, and every aunt or uncle that you don't even see at Christmas tends to want access to sit on the drum riser or something. [Laughs]. My favorite place to play is actually Dublin. I have got some kind of passion for that city. Something keeps drawing me back...
InnovaLight CEO Burke, whose roots are in sales, marketing and physics, was a fast riser at AT&T and its Lucent spin-off. In 2000 he joined an optics firm called OMM Inc. that tanked with the telecom sector in 2003. Stints with a venture-capital firm and optical- component maker Bookham Inc. followed. Burke's former boss Phil Chapman, now CFO with Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. in San Diego, calls him "fearless." Fearlessness will serve Burke well now. "You don't want to be partnering with a customer who expects this to be simple," says another of Burke's former...
...change in style from Michele to myself may have helped,” Brotemarkle said. “She’s a down-ball pitcher, but I throw a riser and a change-up, so they seemed more off-balance...
...riser is probably as strong as it's been," Brotemarkle said. "It was my strikeout pitch today...
...Carney and John Dickerson. "The show will bridge politics, current events and culture," says Edwards, who describes her fellow panelists as "vibrant, smart, witty folks. Exactly the kind of people you'd love to have at your dinner party." Producer Spiegel shares that feeling but from an early riser's point of view: "They're a great, diverse group of people who have a wide range of opinions, not only on politics and social issues but all the things you talk about when you're having a coffee in the morning...