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NTPC Q3 net profit falls 7 point 5 percent to Rs2469 crore PSU IN MEDIA
Posted Date : 09-02-17
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SINGRAOULI: Shri Sutirtha Bhattacharya , CMD, Coal India Limited chaired a performance review meeting at NCL Headquarters.
NCL CMD, Shri T. K. Nag, Director (Personnel), Ms. Shantilata Sahu, Director (Technical/Operations), Shri Gunadhar Pandey, Director (Finance), Shri P. S.R.K. Sas
Posted Date : 23-08-17
NEW DELHI: The Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan addressing a press conference, in New Delhi on July 07, 2017. The Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri C.R. Chaudhary is also seen.
Posted Date : 08-07-17
NEW DELHI: The Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati holding a press conference, in New Delhi . The Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Shri Jayant Sinha and the Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Shri R.N. Choubey are also seen.
Posted Date : 27-06-17
New Delhi: BEL team explaining non tamperability if EVM during Election commission media demonstration recently.
Posted Date : 24-05-17
NEW DELHI: The Minister of State for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines (Independent Charge), Shri Piyush Goyal releasing the booklet on rural electrification status, at a Press Conference on Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana- Rural Electrification Scheme, in New Delhi on May 19,
Posted Date : 20-05-17
Hyderabad: GMR's Hyderabad International Airport has secured first position in the world in the prestigious Airports Council International (ACI)-Airport Service Quality (ASQ) survey in the 5-15 million passengers per annum (MPPA) category for the year 2016.
We soon plan to go for expansion o
Posted Date : 07-03-17
Inaugurating the WiFi service at the airport, The Honorable Chief Minister Sri Laxmikant Parsekar said, "The Prime Minister's vision of Digital India has taken wings. We've seen a tremendous growth in adoption of public Wi-Fi services. We hope that these services are able to con
Posted Date : 17-02-17
NEW DELHI . The one day Delhi Management Association (DMA) Diamond Jubilee National Convention on the theme "A SMART NCR IN 2025" was inaugurated by the Chief Guest of Honour- Shri Rajiv Gauba, Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, GoI at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on Februar
Posted Date : 16-02-17
Bengaluru. The Union Minister for Defence, Shri Manohar Parrikar, the Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati, the Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Shri Jayant Sinha, the Minister of State for Defence, Shri Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, and other dignitaries at the Aer
Posted Date : 15-02-17
NEW DELHI .Finance minister Arun Jaitley indicated, in his budget speech, that the government is considering bundling of all oil public sector enterprises (PSEs) into one giant unit: "We propose to create an integrated public sector 'oil major' which will be able to match the pe
Posted Date : 13-02-17
New Delhi. Airports Authority of India got report of ACI-ASQ survey for Quarter-IV (October-December) 2016 for 11 airports. The Pune Airport has achieved the highest ACI-ASQ rating of 4.78 and is ranked 29 in the world, followed by Lucknow Airport with ASQ rating of 4.76 ranked 31 during the Qtr-
Posted Date : 11-02-17
New Delhi: State-owned power producer NTPC Ltd on Wednesday reported a 7.5% fall in net profit in the December quarter to Rs2,469 crore from the same period a year ago on account of higher fuel and finance costs and tax liability relating to previous accounting periods.
Posted Date : 09-02-17
NEW DELHI: Singapore-based arbitrator Prof Lawrence Boo has been named as the presiding judge of a three- member arbitration panel that will go into the validity of government's demand of $1.55 billion compensation from Reliance Industries for "unfairly" producing ONGC's gas.&nb
Posted Date : 09-02-17
New Delhi. The government is considering the merger of half a dozen state-owned consultancy firms such as Engineering Projects (India) Ltd with Engineers India Ltd (EIL) to create a mega consultancy player that can take on the might of global giants such as Bechtel.
Taking a
Posted Date : 09-02-17
With an objective to enhance transparency and accountability as a part of the Ease of Doing Business in the Mining sector, Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Shri Piyush Goyal will launch TAMRA (Transparency, Auction Monitoring and Resource Augment
Posted Date : 08-02-17
Mangaluru. Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) recorded a profit of ?566 crore in the third quarter of 2016-17 against a profit of ?295 crore in the corresponding period of 2015-16, a growth of 91.86 per cent. H Kumar, Managing Director, attributed this growth to the increase in the
Posted Date : 08-02-17
MUMBAI. The large size of the new oil sector behemoth that will be created as a result of oil PSUs merger will help in acquisition of overseas assets, M K Surana, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of state-owned refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL) tells ET Energy world
Posted Date : 08-02-17
NEW DELHI . Government estimates for the April-December, 2016, period show the average PLF of the thermal power stations in the country has slid to a decadal low of 59.64 per cent.
Government estimates for the April-December, 2016, period show the average Plant Loa
Posted Date : 08-02-17
NEW DELHI . Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh has recently written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing reservations about the Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs' (CCEA) November 2016 decision to offload 51% equity in the steel unit in favour of a private company. Singh has a
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ON MENTAL ILLNESS: Buddhist-Style Mindfulness Applies
Buddhist ideas and some Buddhist practices are extremely applicable to people who have found themselves in the predicament of being mentally ill. Buddhist ideas of nonattachment and acceptance are potentially a lifesaver for people who experience numerous hardships.
Buddhist acceptance can help someone come to terms with the limitations and difficulties involved in being mentally ill. Persons with mental illness may find that many of the good things in life that others enjoy are out of reach. It requires a lot of acceptance to be able to be happy in spite of not having much to look forward to.
Meditative techniques can help someone deal with the suffering that comes with being ill and being medicated. Acceptance can help someone cope with the disdain received from bigoted people who don't understand mental illness.
Many nondisabled meditation practitioners apparently are attracted to Buddhism because they have unusually painful emotions that they seek a way to resolve. A high level of painful emotions like this could be caused by an undiagnosed, low-level form of mental illness.
On the other hand, when someone has a mental health diagnosis, they are likely to suffer from greater than average levels of painful emotions. This is attributable to the effects of the illness, of medication, and because our life circumstances tend to be much more challenging than those of average people.
Many persons with mental illness have sought relief through use of either illicit drugs, or a numbing level of prescription drugs that they might ask for. A therapist once commented that it was amazing that I had not resorted to illegal drugs because of how badly my life up until then had gone. I have stayed off of street drugs because I have never given up hope, including when things weren't going well.
Practicing meditation doesn't rule out taking a medication such as an antidepressant or an anti-anxiety agent. However, medication to feel better may sometimes not be enough.
Every person is different, and each individual needs to do what works for him or her. I am only offering some ideas, and you don't have to listen to me-I don't know you.
Many people believe that psychiatric drugs block a person's meditation faculty. However, this is only to an extent, and it can sometimes be overcome with extra focus.
A person with mental illness who would like to meditate would be worse off in terms of achieving attainment if they were to go off medication-symptoms of mental illness are far more of a blockage to the meditation faculty than being medicated. Furthermore, a severe episode of mental illness (that can be brought about by going off medication) can obliterate a person's meditative and other progress, and this progress can be harder to rebuild on the second or third try-due to the damage to functioning caused by a severe episode of mental illness.
Being stabilized and remaining so is a help to meditation. Someone on medication may have the same shot at "enlightenment" as anyone else. However, the enlightenment of a person with mental illness will be supported by psychiatric medication, and is put in jeopardy if the medicine is stopped.
If someone with mental illness attempts to meditate and becomes disturbed, they should stop their attempt at meditation practices. Either improper meditation, or meditation when unready, can do more damage than good.
If a meditation class gives you a strange feeling, or if they advise you to stop taking medication, these are red flags that you could be dealing with a "cult" group, and you should avoid such a group. Something with a reputation, such as most Zen centers, a Yoga class at the YMCA, a meditation class at your county's Adult Education, or something that has a reference you can check, would be a safer bet. When a meditative or religious practice has been around for thousands of years, you are less likely to get trouble from it.
This instance of the column does not include meditation techniques. If interested, there are plenty of books available on the subject, there are classes, and there are meditation centers.
Psychotherapy by a good therapist (and not all therapists are good) can also help a person feel emotionally better-and some psychotherapists will do a guided meditation.
* * * My two books about mental illness, "Instructions for Dealing With Schizophrenia: A Self Help Manual," and "Jack Bragen's Essays on Mental Illness," as well as a short story collection, "Selected Short Fiction of Jack Bragen"-(containing several previously published short stories as well as some new ones) are available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats.


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Walmart may be the king of retail in the physical world, but on the internet, it's still a challenger.
Jeremy King, a Silicon Valley engineer who built key parts of eBay's infrastructure, joined global retail titan Walmart in the summer of 2011 as CTO of Walmart.com.
Farhad Manjoo interviewed King for his great story on Walmart's evolution at Fast Company, and the engineer described the "irresistible pitch" that CEO Mike Duke gave him over a videoconference call, luring him into the job.
Duke wanted to become more experimental — and he was making the moves to prove it. From Fast Company:
After years of seeing his company lag online, Duke swore that digital was now a priority for Walmart. Duke had restructured the company, placing e-commerce on equal footing with Walmart's other, much larger divisions. He had made serious investments in high-tech talent, acquiring several startups. One, a 65-person social media firm called Kosmix with expertise in search and analytics, was the impetus for Walmart rechristening its Valley operations "@WalmartLabs."
Duke was looking for people who would revive the company's sites and services, and energize its entire culture. He hoped to turn a company famous for rigid, coldly effective business processes into one that's flexible, experimental, and entrepreneurial. In other words, Duke wanted to inject a bit of Silicon Valley into Bentonville, Arkansas. In the summer of 2011, King signed up as CTO of Walmart.com. "We've hired hundreds of incredibly talented people, in Silicon Valley and around the world," says Duke of his aggressive moves. "We are playing to win."
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I agree completely!!! Can I just add one more thing to that list?Katala wrote:For Full Moon's To-Do List (or it just gotta happen!)
1) Rain everyday in the great North-West!
2) Bright and Shiny days in Italy
3) Keep Taylor and use CGI to enhance his soon-to-be monstrous transformation. Heck, they used ILM!
4) Find a better optometrist to make the tinted contact lenses for EACH of the casts who plays a vampire. (I, too would be pi$$ed if the product I had to wear hurt my eyes [may even damage them].)
Does Summit have the final say in what is going to happen in "New Moon"? Is Gowdy Manor Productions Chris Weitz company? There's of course, Summit Entertainment and Imprint Entertainment (go figure!).
The production companies are the ones who fun for the movie, so the more companies working together (such an understatement), the more money will be used to make a better movie or it could crash...either way... they still have to flight to Italy!
5) Invest in better make-up for all of the vampires!!!! PLEASE...that make-up was painful to look at


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BOSTON, Mass.—#15 UMass Boston men's hockey capped off one of the greatest weeks in program history with a wild fast-paced 4-2 victory over #5 Norwich University, as they set the program-record for longest unbeaten streak at 12 games Friday night at the Clark Athletic Center.
After watching Norwich erase their 2-0 lead right before the second intermission, UMass Boston used a pair of third-period goals to end a three-game losing streak at the hands of the Cadets.
The Beacons moved to 11-1-2 and 4-1-2 in ECAC East play, while the Cadets dropped their first ECAC East contest of the year (7-1-1) and fell to 10-2-2 on the year.
Sophomore University of Vermont transfer Billy Faust (Alta Loma, Calif.) made a statement in his first collegiate start and first game with the Beacons, by making 34 stops on 36 shots. After playing in two games in relief with the Division I Catamounts as a freshman, Faust made a career-high 34 saves in his first appearance with the Beacons, including 11 or more saves in all three periods.
Jeremy Finger (Orlando, Fla.) recorded a career-high two goals in the victory, including the game-winning goal with 13:32 remaining. The sophomore tied for the game-high with six shots and just barely missed out on the first hat trick of his career.
Mike Kuhn (Holbrook, Mass.) added the Beacons' first goal of the night, while Peter MacIntyre (Norfolk, Mass.) added his team-high 15th goal to ice the contest.
Junior Gerard McEleney and senior Travis Janke scored within 11 minutes of each other in the second period to erase UMass Boston's 2-0 lead. Junior goaltender Matic Marinsek made 24 saves on 28 shots to fall to 8-2-2 on the year.
Norwich dominated the opening period outshooting UMass Boston 11-5 and peppering Faust from a variety of angles. Despite seeing seven of the first eight shots, Faust seemed unfazed, making a couple of point-blank saves to keep the Cadets off the board.
UMass Boston turned the tide just before the final horn, as Kuhn scored his career-high fifth goal of the season at 19:48. Mark Grinhaus (Scarsdale, N.Y.) won the face-off back to defenseman Dan Cornell (Abington, Mass.) and Cornell ripped a shot from the right point that Kuhn tipped through Marinsek's legs for a 1-0 advantage.
The Beacons added to their lead at 4:55 of the second period when Nathan Milam (Westland, Mich.) sent a feed to Finger out in front ,who one-timed a shot past Marinsek. Frankie DeAugustine (Pittsburgh, Pa.) picked up an assist on the play as well.
Norwich tacked on their first tally of the period at 8:18 when Dean Niezgoda dangled past a Beacons defenseman and laid a pass off for McEleney ,who fired a shot past Faust.
Janke evened the score at 19:56 on a broken play as he stabbed the puck through Faust off a feed from Brian Rowland.
The Beacons recovered the momentum right out of the break, as they created a couple of grade A chances. Norwich caught the first break when Kuhn was sent to the box 3:14 into the period for hooking, but the Beacons' penalty-kill was up to the task, as they allowed just three total shots, with two on net.
Finger made it 3-2 at 6:28 of the period when he forced a turnover just outside the Norwich zone and skated on the near-side, before sending a soft shot through Marinsek's five-hole for a 3-2 lead.
After the goal the game opened up, as both teams created great chances with Marinsek and Faust forced to make several highlight reel saves.
UMass Boston put the game away with 45 seconds remaining after Rowland was sent to the penalty box for hooking. The Beacons top power-play unit converted on just their second opportunity of the day, as MacIntyre beat Marinsek off a pair of strong feeds from Milam and Travis Daniel (North Brunswick, N.J.).
Norwich outshot the Beacons 36-28 for the contest, with UMB finished 1-for-2 on the power-play and the Cadets ending the day 0-for-2.
UMass Boston will look to make it a four-point weekend when they host St. Michael's College Saturday at 4 p.m. in the final game of their six-game homestand.


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The AG website has a place for submitting complaints, but 99% of the time (well, it seems like) - the gov. entity gets to weasel out because they're not the "responsible party" for posting the signs. This "fines for signs" thing only applies to the specific example where a gov. entity posts signage, and does not address the specific example where a sign is posted on government (owned or leased) property, regardless of who the "responsible party" is. There is a difference, and the gov. entities know it.Treybadd wrote:Is there any way somone could break it down for me to understand this better? I am trying to figure out where these illegal signs would be and where to go to find what the law says. Am I correct in my thinking that it applies to city or county buildings for example ? Thank you in advance!
I forget the bill, but I think the "fines for signs" bill is in the new LTC guide from the DPS.


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By Evan Dawson, Finger Lakes Editor
"The butcher and the baker were the first chefs, if you ask me."
So states chef Marc Meyer of Cookshop in New York City. Then, on the restaurant's website, he explains that his passion runs deep for "sustainable ingredients, humanely raised animals and the support of local farmers and artisans." The result is a clever, impressive menu comprised often of local ingredients.
And so you might be wondering: How about the wine?
Not local. Like most New York City establishments, Cookshop had a very nice wine list that lacked New York state producers.
But that has changed, thanks to the work of the Upstate Wine Company, which is barely a month old. Cookshop now carries Thirsty Owl 2008 Riesling by the glass ($12, or $18 for a quartino).
"We see these great restaurants in New York City, and so many of them push the concept of local food, but their wine lists don't contain anything from New York state," says April Southworth of the Upstate Wine Company, a wholesaler based in Ithaca. "That just doesn't make sense or fit with their mission, and we think a lot of establishments will be open to carrying Finger Lakes wines."
Company president Kevin Faehndrich stresses an important point: It has to be about the wine first, not the message of local or -- as Upstate Wine Co likes to feature -- sustainable. "When we make presentations, those messages are secondary to the wine," he explains. "If we're not offering a world-class wine, they're not going to carry it. Their customers have to want to order it, and they have to like it enough to order it again."
For now, UWC carries the wines of Thirsty Owl Wine Company, Atwater Estate and Chateau Lafayette Reneau. Faehndrich expects to add several more before the end of summer. His team will target New York City, with a focus on pairing sustainable wine producers with restaurants that feature a similar ethos.
"If we're walking down the street and we see a place that uses the words 'organic' or 'local' on the menu, that's potentially a perfect fit for us," Faehndrich says. "We will, though, go into anywhere that will have us. We're not going to shut something out as we build the business."
Of course, organic winemaking is generally viewed as close to impossible in the Finger Lakes climate. Faehndrich recognizes this, putting the emphasis on "sustainable" over "organic."
"We want to work with people who are conscious about their carbon footprint," he says. "And we know there are New York City establishments that are thinking about the carbon footprint of their food. It's only natural that they would think that away about which wines they carry. How much energy is consumed to bring in wine from California, and how much energy would you have to consume to bring in wine from the Finger Lakes? It's a compelling idea, especially when they realize that there are world-class wines coming out of the Finger Lakes."
The idea might be compelling, but it has been slow to spread. Even in Cookshop, the Thirsty Owl Riesling is a lonely local in a sea of foreign options (though the wine lover would probably delight in the selection). But the Upstate Wine Company is banking on the idea that they can make progress and make money at the same time.


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Jeremy Pound says why new works need to be made available on CD… within minutes
Recently, I had the good fortune to attend the world premiere of David Matthews's Seventh Symphony. What I can tell you is that I enjoyed it hugely. I can also happily describe the overall feel and structure of the work – tonal, one major recurrent theme, touches of Sibelius and Vaughan Williams here and there, a rousing finale. But that's about it.
Ask me about any of the finer details, and I'll give you a blank look – not least because the 80 minutes of Mahler's Seventh that followed in the second half muscled poor old Matthews out of my (admittedly limited) short-term musical memory.
Only the most brilliant of minds can properly appreciate and analyse a new work after one hearing. The rest of us need a little help. And, yes, we are fickle too – in the absence of some audio prompt, we soon become hazy about what attracted us to a piece, and our enthusiasms move on.
This, I suspect, rather than lack of quality of the works themselves, is a significant reason why so much contemporary music is blighted by the 'here today, gone tomorrow' tag.
So, what's the solution? How can we prevent so many interesting new works disappearing so quickly?
Perhaps the solution lies in instant concert CDs, of the sort that have been produced since 2005 by the Gürzenich Orchestra, Cologne under its 'GO Live!' brand. The 'GO Live!' concept is simple: you go to a Gürzenich concert at Cologne's Philharmonie; you enjoy the thrills of live music from one of Germany's most revered orchestras; you leave the hall at the end of said concert and – bingo! – CDs of the very performance you have just listened to are on sale in the foyer.
By and large, the 'Go Live!' adventure has been a success, though it's interesting to note that the instant concert CD idea hasn't really caught on elsewhere in the classical music world. Beyond Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the Monteverdi Choir's 'SDG on the Night' label, launched in 2006, examples are few and far between.
A fairly obvious question lies behind why the 'Instant CD' idea hasn't been taken up more widely: who would want a rough-and-ready (coughs and all) recording, when there are plenty of neatly edited 'live' performances around? That question, however, becomes obsolete in the case of world premieres, where the advantages of offering a 'there and then' recording are pretty plain: as well as giving those who are enthusiastic about a new work the ideal chance to hear it again straightaway and get to know it properly, it would also provide a means for the piece to be instantly disseminated.
Plus – and I acknowledge this may be a touch fanciful – such 'First Night' CDs could in time even start to gain value as collector's items. Maybe I'm being naïve. Maybe most concert goers treat new compositions as a vaguely interesting prelude to the main fare but would never dream of buying them on CD. Maybe this is a market that simply isn't there to be tapped. But I'd like to see someone, somewhere give it a try. Works such as Matthews's Seventh Symphony deserve it.
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Moviegoers are storming online ticketing sites in advance of the Christmas release of "Les Misérables," and the big-screen adaptation of the Broadway musical has all the makings of a holiday smash.
With a cast that includes Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman, expectations are enormous, but based on advance tracking, so is the box-office potential.
The film, made for a reported $61 million, is poised to gross as much as $26 million over its opening weekend, according to Boxoffice.com.
The site predicts that the movie should pick up multiple Oscar nominations and that awards attention combined with a rabid fan base of musical theater lovers will have it beguiling moviegoers well into the new year.
Also read: 'Les Misérables' Review: I Dreamed a Nightmare
Ultimately, it estimates that "Les Misérables" will rack up as much as $136 million at the domestic box office.
It's well on its way. Early ticket sales at Fandango indicate that "Les Misérables" has the potential to be this holiday's breakout smash, despite stiff competition from the likes of Tom Cruise's "Jack Reacher" and Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained," both of which open over the next seven days.
Fandango also reports that the film has smashed records to become the company's top advance-ticket seller among all Christmas Day releases, surpassing its previous record-holder, 2009's "Sherlock Holmes"
It is also the largest advance-ticket seller among movie musicals in its history, supplanting 2006's "Dreamgirls." By mid-day Wednesday, "Les Misérables" was outpacing all other films, even current releases like "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," and was responsible for 40 percent of ticket sales at Fandango.
"There's such a history and good will surrounding the stage musical and this is a film version people have been anticipating for such a long time, that it has turned into the movie event of the holiday season," Dave Karger, Fandango's chief correspondent, told TheWrap.
"We're bullish on it," added Phil Contrino, vice president and chief analyst at Boxoffice.com. "Based on all the early reviews, this sounds like a crowd-pleaser. When a musical hits, it becomes a beast at the box office."
He noted that "Mamma Mia!," which arrived with less awards pedigree and was derived from a more dimly known stage show, grossed $609.8 million globally, because audiences loved the music.
Movietickets.com did not release any pre-sales information for holiday releases. However, recent surveys it performed of more than 4,000 customers indicate that there is a great deal of enthusiasm for the musical.
Of the major holiday releases, 52 percent of those polled said they were most excited to see "Les Misérables." That was followed by 24 percent for "Django Unchained," 16.5 percent for "Jack Reacher" and 7.5 percent for "The Guilt Trip."
To be sure, not all of the "Les Misérables" reviews have been kind. In TheWrap, Alonso Duralde faulted the wobbly vocal talents of the leads and the director's penchant for close-ups of his emoting stars.
"Director Tom Hooper ('The King's Speech') piles one terrible decision upon another, with the result being a movie so overbearingly maudlin and distorted that it's one of 2012's most excruciating film experiences," Duralde wrote.
Yet, audiences at screenings have been nearly rapturous in their response. Fandango's Karger notes that at a recent screening for members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that he attended, the crowd broke into applause at four different points during the film and gave Jackman and Hooper lusty ovations.
Given that "Les Misérables" tackles such topics as revolution, poverty and prostitution it seems like dark fare for the season, but Karger argues that the film provides enough uplift to appeal to moviegoers looking to get into the yuletide spirit.
"There are scenes of such intense suffering and despair in the movie, but at the end you are left with a profound feeling of love and that gives it a holiday feel," Karger said. "It's a slog through the mud to get there, but when the movie's over you leave the theater with a wonderful sense of hope."
If Karger is right then Universal, which is distributing "Les Misérables," will be feeling very festive when Christmas rolls around next week.


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No doubt, the near-term future of electrified vehicles in this country is dicey.
But my guess is that -- however bumpy the next few years are -- within a decade or two, electric-drive vehicles will have a noticeable share of the U.S. fleet. They might be electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids, or various hybrid drive permutations.
That would be a good thing for reducing our dependency on Middle East oil. But we might wind up dependent on a technology for which China is the global leader.
As writer Alysha Webb reports in a story today, electric-drive expertise has been steadily flowing from the United States to China over the past year.
That trend caught the attention of one member of Congress last week. U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., went into attack mode after hearing that Wanxiang Group, a large Chinese supplier and automaker, was preparing to buy a controlling interest in battery-maker A123 Systems Inc. A123 had received a $249.1 million federal grant to build U.S. manufacturing plants.
Stearns accused the Obama Administration of failing "to secure sensitive taxpayer funded intellectual property from being transferred to a foreign adversary, which raises serious national security issues," according to Bloomberg.
I'm not entirely sure that national security issues are involved here; this was a grant for factory construction, not R&D. But Stearns is still touching on an important issue. Beleaguered electric-drive companies are discovering that China offers willing investors and supportive government policy.
U.S. firms are setting up manufacturing in China, too. For example, another battery-maker, Boston-Power Inc., received a $125 million investment from China last year. Since then, Boston-Power has moved most operations from Westborough, Mass., to China. It's building a plant there.
The contrast between China's posture and that in the United States is striking. Currently, it seems like any federal support for electric-drive technologies here is under attack. Most new-tech ventures face a slow, risky climb to profitability, so programs backing them are an easy target.
Critics do have a point: A lot of new technologies fizzle out. But there's also a risk to failing to explore new tech.
If we want to take the laissez-faire approach -- to leave the fates of new automotive technologies solely to market forces -- we let the chips fall where they may. Right now, they're falling into China's outstretched hands.
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this is a unique dish, so know your crowd before serving it to a group
cauliflower and cocoa sounds magical!ReplyDelete
LOL magical - you make me smile
Yes, I gues you could say in a word it was magical :)
Wow - I love cauliflower, and especially roasting it, but had never considered adding cocoa to the mix. What a great idea! I have a head of cauliflower in the fridge right now, and think I might just make this for lunch today. I'm inspired!ReplyDelete
YES! If you do make this let me know what you thought of the Cauliflower Cocoa combination - have a great weekend Willow!Delete
Okay - so I didn't have any farro or grapes - but I made the cauliflower! The cocoa really is a nice touch. I added the tiniest pinch of cayenne and really enoyed it. I love putting a savory spin on cocoa, but I would never have come up with this one. Thanks for enlightening me!Delete
Oooh Cayenne love the idea of a bit of heat with the cocoa - I bet it was good; I am so glad to hear that you liked the combination of the cocoa with cauliflower!Delete
Cocoa and cauliflower is a combination I hadn't heard of, yet it sounds divine!ReplyDelete
It was interesting; poor Justin, this was so out of his comfort zone :)Delete
Ooooooh, this looks so good! It's a combination of flavors I never would have put together myself, but I think I'll have to try it out!ReplyDelete
Let me know what you think of the combo if you give it a try - I would love to know what you thought of the flavors!Delete
Great minds think alike - I just posted on farro too! Thanks for giving me a new recipe to use it in!!ReplyDelete
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that is one dressed up cauli.. cocoa! hmmm. though i can imagine that they will work together.. i am still going through a bit of cognitive dissonance, trying to imagine the usually savory cauli with the cocoa:) you are going to town alright with all these new combinations!:) i m wondering what if i put these rossted florets in some melted chocolate.. would love to see hubbs reaction when he bites into that!:DReplyDelete
oooh like fondue - YUM!
I have been rather adventurous in the Kitchen as of late; i think I am ready for Spring which brings a welcome change of scenery, however that is further away than I expected considering we just received 8 inches of snow yesterday :( until then I will just have to change the scenery in the kitchen with some crazy food combos!
Ooh another idea for using roasted grapes! I can see how they would be perfect with roasted cauliflower and farro...I'm hoping to try the focaccia idea this weekend too!ReplyDelete
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Awe, thank you for the lovely mention! :)
I love that you freshened the whole dish up with a mint vinaigrette. Love roasted grapes and love cauliflower. I am super intrigued by combining cauliflower with cocoa. I need to find some farro, so I can make this recipe. For some reason, I'm having a heck of a time finding some here! *hah*
Have a great weekend! xoxo
I use to end up ordering my farro online - but now can find it once in the while in the grovery store :)
You are spot on with the mint it adds a definite brightness to the dish
This recipe looks great, and I love that it's unusual, unique, and vegetarian too. I think it would make a great appetizer or side dish before the main course meal. I know some people are really picky about what they eat, but cauliflower and cocoa seems like a great combination. Thanks for the great ideas!ReplyDelete
this is definitely perfect as a side dish or starter; unusual and fun :)
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This is such a unique recipe - I love the addition of so many versatile ingredients :)
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Thanks Uru - this was definitely a lot of fun to make!Delete
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Daughter of Michael and Lori Cooksley...Undeclared...Favorite sports team is the Minnesota Vikings...Most memorable moment was earning fifth place at the State Championships...Favorite movies are 'Bridesmaid' and 'Friends with Benefits'...Enjoys reading in her free time.
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HTC has released the financial report for Q4 2012, which shows the company continuing to struggle in the competitive mobile phone industry. We've previously covered HTC's down spiral through recent months, but it's set to continue despite the launch of new hardware, including the Windows Phone 8X.
HTC revenue and profits continued to fall in the final quarter of 2012, with the company reporting NT$60 billion ($2.03 billion US), down from NT $70.2 billion in Q3. The report also illustrated a gross margin of 23 percent and operating margin of just 1 percent - down from 25 and 7 percent respectively. Net profit and earnings per share fell as well, the former from NT$3.9 billion to NT$1 billion, while the latter collapsed from NT$4.7 to NT$1.21.
It's not looking positive either as HTC expects the situation to worsen in the first quarter of 2013, predicting Q1 revenue to be in the region of NT$50-60 billion, with a gross profit margin between 21 and 32 percent and operating margins between 0.5 and 1 percent. That said, HTC CERO Peter Chou is relatively optimistic publicly about the company's prospects this year:
"We continue to focus on the most important element of our business: innovation. Our teams are delivering beautifully designed phones, containing the newest technological advancements. Outstanding products, paired with improvements in our marketing execution and overall readiness give us reason to feel optimistic about the progress we will make in 2013."
HTC is still releasing its Windows Phone hardware into the wild with mobile operators only just catching on and pushing out the smartphones to consumers. We'll take a gamble and bet that Q1 will be more troublesome for the company. It's a shame as both the 8X and 8S are great handsets and the manufacturer has surprised many with the innovative design.
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Radioactive rabbit trapped near Richland
A radioactive rabbit caught at Hanford just north of Richland had Washington State Department of Health workers looking for contaminated droppings Thursday.
Contaminated animals occasionally are found at the nuclear reservation, but more often they are in the center of Hanford, far from town.
The rabbit trapped at the 300 Area caught the Department of Health's attention because it was close enough to the site's boundaries to potentially come in contact with the public -- such as if it had been caught by a dog or if its droppings were deposited in an area open to the public.
It's the Department of Health's job to look for contamination off-site and make sure there is no public hazard.
However, an afternoon of surveying turned up no contaminated droppings in areas accessible to the public, said Earl Fordham, the department's regional director of the Office of Radiation Protection.
Washington Closure Hanford, the Department of Energy contractor cleaning up Hanford in the 300 Area, found the contaminated rabbit droppings last week, said company spokesman Todd Nelson.
Several rabbits have been trapped since then and one of them was found to be highly contaminated internally with radioactive cesium, Fordham said.
Because the number of contaminated droppings being discovered on-site has decreased, officials believe it's possible that just one rabbit might have been contaminated and they now are finding old droppings from it.
Washington Closure has narrowed the area of possible contamination to the 327 Building. It was used during the Cold War for testing highly radioactive materials, particularly fuel elements and cladding that were irradiated at Hanford reactors as part of plutonium production for the nation's nuclear weapons program.
The above-ground hot cells were pulled out of the building and demolition began on the structure about a month ago. One theory is that the rabbit might have been sipping water that collected in the building's basement after water was sprayed during demolition to suppress dust.
Washington Closure has taken steps to keep other animals from getting near the building. Workers have put up a chain-link fence and removed any vegetation that might provide a rabbit snack.
They also scented the perimeter of the building with fox urine to deter animals that might burrow and get closer to any contamination. Gravel and steel plates have been used to cover places that have been identified as potential sources of the contamination.
Department of Health workers were using handheld instruments to search for radioactive droppings on Thursday, looking for "polite rabbits," Fordham said. Rabbit droppings are more likely to be found hidden under bushes than out in the open, such as on roads that the public can drive on north of Richland.
The farthest droppings have been found from the 327 Building is about 100 yards to the south, which still is within an area closed to the public.
Hanford has an extensive program to check for contaminated animals. In 2009, 33 contaminated animals or animal materials such as droppings were found on the site.
In Hanford's earlier years, contaminated animals were more common.
Liquid waste with radioactive salts was discharged into the ground near central Hanford during the Cold War. Rabbits and other animals were attracted to the salts and spread radioactive droppings across as much as 13.7 square miles of sage-covered land before the waste sites were sealed to keep out animals in 1969.
Federal economic stimulus money has been used to survey for the radioactive hot spots that remain four decades later.
In a more recent case, so many radioactive wasp nests were found spread across six acres by H Reactor in northern Hanford that up to a foot of soil was dug up to remove the nests.
The nests were built by mud dauber wasps in 2003. Water was sprayed to control dust during demolition of a basin attached to the reactor, and the mud created was collected by the wasps to build nests under straw that had been spread nearby to protect newly planted sagebrush seedlings.
There have been a couple of cases in the past two decades of contaminated animals in areas where they potentially could come in contact with the public.
In 1996, a contaminated mouse apparently crawled into a box of food collected by an employee food drive in central Hanford. It was trapped and tested in an abandoned Hanford building previously used by the Tri-Cities Food Bank.
Two years later, gnats and flies were suspected of eating a sugary coating used to fix some radioactive contamination. They then spread the contamination to waste left by workers in offices, such as banana peels and apple cores.
That required 35 tons of trash that could contain the office waste to be dug up from the Richland landfill and returned to Hanford.
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MacGillivray's "Perca fluviatitilis". It is likely that MacGillivray obtained his fish specimens from the fish market. It is probable that he would have looked for the best example of a particular type of fish and taken it home to paint it.


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TGIF – yeah I couldn't resist that one. Not only is it Friday but a long weekend as well. Not only is it a long weekend but a holiday weekend.
Now if only that redunkulous tropical storm heading our way will friggin stop! Okay not stop because we do need rain for the marsh fire, but come on and get ya butt outta here!
I have plans. Plans that include outdoor time. Plans that include the sun. Plans that include water, just not the kind falling out of the sky.
But enough about the storm. Let's play a game, shall we?
It's the you say-I say game……you know you say tomato, I say tom(ah)(toe) game. Just a little different 🙂
You say smoothie, I say sunrise
You say cupcake, I say take these away from me
You say pudding, I say chocolate all the way (made with avocado mind you) Angela you saved my snack time!
You say Advil, I say not strong enough (I kid I kid)
You say potato, I say yeah I've had them. I care not how friggin good they are, I need to chew!
But yes I will agree that they are tasty. Here is a peak at the ones I have been enjoying forced to eat lately.
Sweet potato w/ cashew butter and maple
Helen, Naturally's mashed potato surprise
- potatoes, diced
- 1T butter
- splash of milk
- cheddar cheese, small cubes
- 2 green onions, chopped
- salt & pepper
- Boil the potatoes until tender. Drain and place back in pot.
- Add the butter and milk then mash the potatoes. You can use a mixer if you like really smooth potatoes.
- Stir in the cheese cubes and green onions.
- Add salt & pepper to taste.
Okay I know it doesn't sound like much but it is yum! There is just something about cheese (sigh). You want to be sure to stir in the cheese then leave them alone. If you mix it too much then you will just combine the cheese with the mashed potatoes, and we do not want that. Oh no. If that was the desired outcome then we would have made a cheese sauce. Instead we want those slightly melty little chunks with our bites. Trust me it is better this way 🙂
Mama Pea's Indian Shepherd's Pie (from the book) – um yeah make this pronto! Oh thank you Mama Pea for saving my dinner 🙂
Then you want to mix up a batch of Angela's chocolate pudding. It is healthy. It is simple. It is divine!
I made a smaller batch by halving her original recipe. You can get the original recipe here.
- 2 avocados, pitted and flesh scooped out
- 1/3c maple syrup
- 1T smooth peanut butter
- 3T almond milk (I used 2 and it is thick….like frosting consistency…..I foresee more cupcakes)
- 1/2T corn starch
- 2T cocoa powder
- dash of salt
- splash of vanilla
- 1/2c dark chocolate chips
- place all ingredients in the food processor except the chocolate chips
- turn on and process until you get a nice smooth, creamy texture (you may have to scrape down some green chunks)
- melt chocolate chips in microwave
- stir melted chocolate and avocado mixture in a storage bowl
- place in fridge and enjoy when you need a chocolate fix (un which could be every 5 minutes)
You say scrambled eggs, I say with Nacho crack Mmmm sauce on top 🙂
I do believe I may be able to endure another day of not chewing with foods like these!


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I love these tips especially #3. I love it when a "Social Media Expert" has no Klout score, their last tweet was a week ago and they don't blog :).
Here are 5 of my favorite ways to separate Social Media Wheat from Chaff:
1. Ask for their favorite tool to help cut down #SMM to a working FLOOD. Any answer is correct but then ask the follow up question. How has that tool changed their process or helped achieve their social media marketing "do more with less" goal.
2. I agree with the differentiation between personal brander and corporate Internet marketer and social media expert (very differnet gigs). Ask the "expert" to tell you how they used a social tool to make a million bucks and what was the ROI.
That isn't totally fair since attribution is a bitch, but see how they handle it. If they stammer or make stuff up RUN. Internet marketing is always about THE NEXT MILLION BUCKS and if you are large enough it may be about the next $10M bucks, so make social about the money and see how they handle it.
3. Ask under what conditions they would use auto-tools like BufferApp. If they have auto-everything RUN.
4. Ask them if they believe they can manage your social stream. Correct answer here is of course but you want to see some recognition of how hard a task managing someone else's social is since it requires you understand how the company thinks and acts across a variety of situations. I've managed OPS (Other People's Social) successfully once and unsuccessfully twice.
It isn't easy, so anyone who tells you it is easy and you should RUN. BTW, I don't even consider managing social for verticals I don't have some experience in. I will NOT manage social for a woman's dress shop because I have no frame of reference and so would just be BAD at it.
5. Ask the expert how they became an expert. If you asked me how I became a social media expert I would explain I am NOT an expert. I would go on to explain I curate between 50 and 200 pieces of content a day into 4 blogs, 4 Twitter accounts and across 3 major SMM tool sets (Scoop.it, Pinterest and Facebook).
I write between 200 and 1,000 words a day that get published to 1 of 5 blogs and I try to learn something daily. When I do learn things I share them to about 10,000 people a day (give or take). I've published at least 5 articles that have gone mega-viral (Retweets greater than 200K) and I defined what constitutes social media "mega-viral" (lol).
I would go on to explain how "expert" and social media don't go naturally together. Curator, writer, creator are labels that work better than "expert" since expert implies social media has been around longer than it really has and that it is knowable enough to create "experts". Not so much, I would explain :).
Extra Credit – Ask why they LOVE Social Media.
I'm an Internet marketer and a merchant at my core. I love social because it is the natural evolution of Internet marketing. I love social media marketing because the feedback loops are faster, the danger and reward greater.
I love social media because I've been able to make friends with genius marketers from around the world such as maxOz (Michele Smorgon), Robin Good and Brian Yanish (@MarketingHits).
I love social because I've been able to meet Jan Gordon (Curatti), John van den Brink (@AtDotComSocial) and Liz and Kelly and my friends at @SmallRivers, the Paper.li people. I could go on and on because everyday I find something or someone new to love.


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For firefighter Craig O'Connell, working as a volunteer for the Evergreen Fire Department was all about the camaraderie.
While it might sound like a cliché, the friendship and loyalty kindled among volunteer firefighters can't be beat, said O'Connell, who was honored April 28 for serving for 26 years as a volunteer firefighter, including three as volunteer chief of the department. He currently works as a paid staffer and paramedic at South Metro Fire Rescue in Littleton.
Chow Down was the perfect place to get a puppy fix on Saturday afternoon.
Dozens of people gathered behind the pet store in Bergen Village, awaiting a minivan loaded with 37 pups and 13 kittens that arrived from the Pryor Animal League in Pryor, Okla.
Linda Biscorner, president of Oklahoma organization, drove more than 10 hours with the animals, hoping that the Evergreen Animal Protective League could help find them forever homes.
Matilda, a hearing assistance dog, knows what to do when people call Evergreen resident Kyle Walpole's name or knock on his door at home or at work.
Matilda "alerts" to the sound, then nudges Walpole in the leg and leads him to the source, he said. Walpole was diagnosed with Meniere's disease in the 1990s and is hearing impaired. If someone is at the door, the black Labrador retriever leads Walpole there. If Walpole drops his keys, Matilda can lead him to them as well.
Heidi — a giant schnauzer who lives in Evergreen — takes her job as a pet therapy dog at Exempla Lutheran Hospital so seriously that she even has her own business card.
Heidi's card lists her favorite hobbies: riding in the car, meeting new people, going on long walks and eating snow. Typical dog fun, you might say.
"For a community to survive, it needs a gathering place," said Bob Cardwell, recipient of the Leader of the Year award from Leadership Evergreen.
During his years in the mountain community, Cardwell has been directly involved in creating recreational opportunities and facilities for residents.
Working with the Evergreen Park and Recreation District, Cardwell helped acquire property to create Buchanan Park and Rec Center.
Chilly but enthralled youngsters in the play-school group at Buchanan Rec Center watched 300 pounds of rainbow trout make their way into Buchanan Ponds on Monday morning.
"It was fun and wild," said John Ellis, who helped coordinate the fish launch with Evergreen Trout Unlimited.
As a frigid wind whipped across the larger pond, T.J. Heyne of Liley Fisheries carried the wriggling fish in nets and released them.
Youngsters Noah and Dawson Parker knelt by the edge of the water to help some of the trout make their way into the pond.
A small sea of homemade pinwheels adorned the lawn outside Wilmot Elementary School on Friday, a silent tribute to peace and kindness.
The pinwheels, created by students, teachers and parents, were part of the school's celebration of the annual Day Without Hate. The day is set aside to promote nonviolence, unity and respect in schools.
Evergreen friends David Cuin and Ann Hopper Vickstrom have collaborated to create "Seasons of Evergreen," a book that offers a present-day glimpse of their community.
"We deliberately placed this as Evergreen now," Vickstrom said.
In writing the book with Cuin, Vickstrom said they focused on making it a personal reflection. Newcomers, longtime residents and visitors can use "Seasons of Evergreen" as a reference, she said.
Reaching the summit of a high mountain peak is secondary to maintaining good relationships with fellow climbers, said George Lowe, a mountaineer with more than 50 years experience.
"The brotherhood of the rope is incredibly important to me," Lowe said during his presentation at Mount Vernon Country Club on April 16. "The most critical message I want to leave is the companionship."
Whipped cream and a red cherry made of artist's clay top the brightly colored "Court Jester Delight" ceramic egg on display at Evergreen National Bank.
A dark yellow egg yolk is a stand-out feature of the "Half-Baked" ceramic egg. The "Snowflake" egg features intricate hand-painted snowflakes on a deep blue background.
The three duck-egg-size eggs, along with about 150 more, are part of Evergreen's seventh annual egg-decorating contest, a fund-raiser for the Evergreen Downtown Business Association.
Shelby Foley and Brandon Bianco have learned many life lessons in the five weeks since their 10-month-old son, Kai, was bitten by the family dog.
They learned firsthand that life can change in an instant.
They witnessed the kindness of paramedics, sheriff's deputies and medical professionals, plus the outpouring of support that is typical for Evergreen.
And, above all, they learned to trust that their son will recover, and they will weather the medical bills and the uncertainty of Kai's future.
Blitz is back home.
Denverite Kate Townsend was reunited with her small black Lab on April 1 after a family in the neighborhood south of Mount Falcon took Blitz in. The dog had been lost lost for 44 days, since she chased a deer Feb. 16 while Townsend was hiking with friends at Mount Falcon Open Space.
The sounds of groans and bodies hitting the floor emanated from Colorado Children's Theatre on Sunday — along with a lot of laughter — as 20 young actors learned the art of stage combat.
They learned how to fall – theatrically, of course – and how to throw a punch that looks realistic but doesn't hurt the recipient. They also used swimming "noodles" as mock swords to learn how to perform a choreographed sword fight.
Saturday was all about the rites of spring at the Humphrey History Park and Museum.
Visitors learned the basics of raising goats and composting, participated in a seed and chicken swap, and learned about raising herbs, making cheese and spinning thread during the Great Humphrey Animal and Seed Swap.
Bill Yearsley talks about his house with a sense of pride.
It's more than simple ownership. He designed his home off Kerr Gulch Road, and it's about as green as a home can get.
"This house came out of my passion for sustainable design," said Yearsley, who was in the engineering and construction industry for 30 years. "It's built using materials that will last. I'd like to think there's nothing else like it in the Jeffco community."
After learning of mountain area residents who couldn't fill out job applications because they lacked English language skills, a group of volunteers formed the Mountain Reads program.
Since the program started last year, the tutors have worked with several individuals, helping them improve their ability to speak, read and write. Now the group is seeking more participants for Mountain Reads, which area Rotary clubs sponsor.
Highway 73 just north of Marshdale has its gnome back, though this time it's a ladies-only situation.
Maminka the female gnome now sits proudly outside the house that has been famous over the years for its iconic gnomes. The male gnome, Gnomie, was stolen more than a year ago, much to the dismay of owner Andre Yerkes, neighbors and motorists who drive up and down the highway.
Marshdale Elementary fourth-graders were rocket scientists for a day on Monday when they used their scientific-inquiry skills to make and launch rockets from soda bottles.
They had help from real rocket scientists from Centennial-based United Launch Alliance, who told them about rockets and satellites, then helped them with their rockets.
ULA, a joint subsidiary of Lockheed Martin and Boeing Co., launches a variety of government and commercial payloads using Atlas and Delta rockets.
The authors who attended the inaugural Authors Fair at Bergen Valley Elementary School on Friday didn't simply read their books to the students; they inspired the children to write about their passions and to dream.
"It was 10 years before I showed (my book) to anyone," children's author Suzanne Brown, a Bergens parent, told a class of third-graders, "and they asked when was I going to get it published. And if you don't try, you don't succeed, right?" she asked the students.
This year's musical at Evergreen Middle School combines the new with the familiar.
New this year for the production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella" is Tom Biaso, an eighth-grader who accompanies the singers on piano. In past years, the music has been provided via recordings or a professional accompanist.
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Although "Star Trek" fans were unable to name one of Pluto's newfound moons "Vulcan," they will get a second chance to leave their mark on the planet.
According to Space.com researchers are considering giving "Star Trek" names to the craters, mountains and other features found on the dwarf planet when NASA's New Horizons spacecraft gets the first up-close views of Pluto in 2015.
"We might have craters called Sulu and Spock and Kirk and McCoy and so on," Mark Showalter of the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute in Mountain View, Calif., said during a Google+ Hangout Tuesday.
Showalter led the team that discovered Pluto's two smallest known moons in 2001 and 2012. After their uncovering, the SETI Institute sponsored an online poll called Pluto Rocks that had participants vote to name the planet's satellites.
"Vulcan," the name of both a planet and the beings who evolved there in the "Stark Trek" universe, won the poll by a longshot with 170,000 votes of the 500,000 votes cast. However, the name was axed because IAU rules say Pluto's moons must be named after characters associated with the underworld in Greek and Roman mythology.
The planet's two moons were named after the second and third place entries in the contest which were Kerberos and Styx.


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As many as 50,000 federal employees in Hampton Roads face the prospect of furloughs, according to the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission. During the furlough, which could last through September, employees could see a 20 percent drop in pay.
The Department of Defense alone announced an 11-day furlough for its federal employees, which affects about 39,000 workers in the region. During the furlough, workers will lose up to two days of pay in every two-week pay period — a 20 percent cut per paycheck, which will last about three months.
For someone making $75,000 a year, the furlough represents a household budget cut of about $1,000 a month, after taxes.
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Its official name is the "Gyu+ Bar" but people know it as the Fridge Door because of its unique entrance. It is actually the door from a Coke machine, and there is a lot more than Coke on offer if you do get to Hirafu.
Ioanna Watanabe, who runs the bar with her husband Hisashi, says: "We have been into Ichiro's for years now and have collected almost all the card series. The bar has slowly progressed over the years to carry more and more whisky; the bottles are taking over the back counter!"
"Our customer base is almost 95 percent foreign, and we have seen the interest in Japanese whisky rocket in the past 3 years. We now have people from Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia that come to the bar every year, sit down and say 'What new Ichiro's have you got this year?'. Its great."
The bar is open only in the winter (Dec 1-end of March). In the off season it becomes a living room and private collection.
Ioanna says: "The Ichiro's at the bar started off as a personal thing. Hisashi stumbled across it and we had it at the bar on the shelf, but like many things behind the bar, it wasn`t on the menu. I noticed some people starting to really ask for Japanese Whiskey a few years ago, and we sold a couple of nips to people here and there. The reaction was so good that we bought 3 cards that came out that year to try them at the bar the following season, and added the Mizunara WR that we were drinking, the first Ichiro' release New Hogshead and Bourbon Barrel. Oh, and the Uniting Nations. We 'released' the Ichiro's at the start of the season to see how they would be received. By about mid-February they were almost all sold out.
"It is incredible the reaction people have by trying it. Not only is it totally different from, say, Suntory or Nikka, but they love that they are trying something so limited and special," she says.
The clientelle at Niseko has been changing recently, according to Ioanna, with older visitors starting to replace backpackers.
"An older crowd (sometimes very knowledgeable in the ways of whisky) has started to arrive. For us, this meant we could make less Jim Beam and cokes, and start talking to people about Japanese whisky, which we were really interested in! The only problem we have is that we end up emptying the bottles every season now," she says.
Photograph by Glen Claydon Photography
This is a list of the Ichiro`s available at the bar. I don`t think they are all available there now, but it does give an idea of how serious they are about their whisky:
This is a list of the Ichiro`s available at the bar. I don`t think they are all available there now, but it does give an idea of how serious they are about their whisky:
Uniting Nations; First release Newborn New Hogshead (Chichibu); First release Burbon Barrel (Chichibu); 5 of Spades; 8 of Hearts; 10 of Clubs; 4 of Spades; J of Hearts; K of Hearts; Q of Spades; 8 of Diamonds; 6 of Clubs; K of Clubs; 9 of Spades; 7 of Diamonds; 3 of Hearts; 2 of Hearts; Mizunara Wood Reserve; Double Distilleries; and Wine Wood Reserve.
Perhaps more importantly, they have the following Ichiro's for future release: 10 of Hearts; 4 of Diamonds; 8 of Clubs; 2 of Spades; 4 of Hearts; 10 of Diamonds; 9 of Clubs; and 6 of Spades.
As I say, I have never visited the Fridge Door. But it looks great. If anyone gets to Niseko, I would love to get a report. They have a webpage here.
As I say, I have never visited the Fridge Door. But it looks great. If anyone gets to Niseko, I would love to get a report. They have a webpage here.
Photographs by Glen Claydon Photography
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Savour the tastes of Italy from the shores of Patong. With an extensive and discerning wine list and a beachside dining terrace, La Gritta is one of the most romantic places to eat in Phuket. A traditional Italian restaurant with a contemporary flair, the menu is highlighted by a selection of gourmet pizzas, handmade pastas and delectable desserts. When the moon rises over the bay, you'll know you're dining in paradise.