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I'm on the front porch of my boyhood home, lighting off bottle rockets.
It's incredibly late. Or freakishly early. Anyway, whatever.
Dad's inside. Dying. Of cancer. The aggressive kind.
I'm drinking whiskey.
I blaze the fuses with the tip of a cigar. Wait for the fuse to burn down just so.
Then toss the rocket skyward.
With each burst, I take a drink.
Then repeat the entire process. I've been doing this for hours.
Dad appears at the screen door. He's mildly annoyed, I can tell.
"Get your ass in here. I've things to tell you. Before it's too late."

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It's lonely in the future for Captain America, aka Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), so Marvel has reportedly added a new love interest for Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Details are scarce as to the actual character and whether or not she'll appear in future Marvel movies, as the studio has a habit of signing talent to multi-picture deals. What is known is that the role is hotly contested, with some of today's top female talent vying for it. Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones), Alison Brie (Community) and Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey) are in the mix. Hit the jump to see who else is competing for Rogers' affections and to see what Marvel character might make a cameo appearance in the Cap sequel.
Deadline reports that Marvel has added a contemporary love interest for the time-jumping Steve Rogers. In addition to Clarke, Brie and Brown, they report that Imogen Poots (Fright Night) and Teresa Palmer (I Am Number Four) are also in contention. As an added bonus, it looks like the Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) will be making a cameo appearance in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. (Variety's Jeff Sneider confirms it.) No word yet on how her character fits into the plot or if she'll be a post-credits appearance only. The other confirmed new character is The Falcon, to be played by Anthony Mackie (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter).
As a bonus, I've pain-stakingly put together a few images of the lovely actresses vying for the role (the things I do for you people). Tell us who you think should win in the comments below (my vote is for Brie. If she channels her Mad Men character, it might remind Rogers of the good ole days). Let's hear it for the ladies!


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A pickup's unique features led police to a suspect in the theft of more than $76,000 from a Northwest Side ATM.
Footage of the heist showed the letters "ATS" inscribed on a blue Dodge pickup's differential cover and the cab's overhead lights. A truck matching the description was found at North Star Dodge after Nathan Paul Davenport dropped it off, police said.
Davenport, 32, was arrested Friday and jailed on a second-degree felony charge of theft from an ATM. Bail was set at $20,000.
The footage of the theft captured a man tying a chain to the pickup and to the ATM at a Security Services Federal Credit Union in the 9500 block of Interstate 10 West on Oct. 26, police said.
Police said Davenport is a suspect in other ATM thefts since Aug. 8 in the San Antonio area.
In video footage of all of the thefts, a man is seen carrying what appears to be a firearm in a holster on his right hip and possibly wearing a bullet-resistant vest.
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Open partisan warfare between Democrats and Republicans, between the Obama administration and Congress, is underway and the latest clash is the Battle of Keystone, the fight over the Keystone XL pipeline.
By attaching a deadline for a decision to legislation extending the payroll tax holiday by two months, Congress tried to force President Obama to issue a presidential permit that would allow for the expansion of the pipeline where it crosses the U.S.-Canadian border. The president had previously announced that he would delay his decision until 2013.
President Obama today called Congress' bluff: he decided, and rejected the permit, on the grounds that he did not have adequate information in hand to approve the pipeline at present. This is consistent with his explanation for delaying his decision to 2013, despite the lengthy review and hearings process that has already taken place. Congress forced him to make a decision, but did not override his freedom to make that decision as he saw fit, and so he chose - as his aides had hinted he would - to say no.
Environmental groups will cheer the decision, and contribute heartily to re-elect the president. Republicans, though, will cheer as well: they have forced President Obama to reject a project that would create American jobs immediately and lower U.S. oil and gasoline prices over time. In elections this year, Republican candidates will cite this decision as proof that President Obama put special interests ahead of jobs and economic growth.
The importance of the Battle of Keystone will be measured by its significance in the larger partisan war that has raged in the United States for a decade or more. It has been a war from the Gingrich revolution to the battle to Impeach President Bill Clinton, from the appalling invective against President George W. Bush to the defection of Senator Jim Jeffords of Vermont to put the Senate in Democratic hands, to the election of President Obama who promised to change the tone of Washington through to the partisan passage of health care legislation and the 2010 election that signaled a Republican takeover of the House of Representatives.
Frustrated by his inability to pass climate legislation, President Obama turned a routine presidential permit decision into a political weapon. By delaying his decision, he allowed his allies in the environmental movement to raise funds and protest the pipeline in Nebraska and nationwide. The issue rallied a diverse coalition of local and national environmental activists and boosted their fundraising in a bleak, recessionary economy.
The president first delayed his decision on Keystone to the end of 2011, allowing additional time for hearings and study. Then, under pressure from his allies, he decided to add a delay until after the U.S. election, pledging to decide in 2013.
Republicans smelled weakness. Texas Governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry came out with a strong endorsement of the Keystone pipeline, criticizing Obama for the delayed decision. Shortly thereafter, the entire field of GOP presidential candidates endorsed the Keystone pipeline and pledged to approve the permit if elected. The partisan battle lines were drawn.
House Republicans tried to attach language forcing the president to make a decision on the Keystone pipeline and ultimately succeeded in adding to the temporary payroll tax cut extension. The White House initially insisted it would veto any bill that included language forcing the president's hand on Keystone, but when the bill came to his desk President Obama signed it anyway.
The payroll tax cut extension is only good until the end of February, and as Congress returns this week following a recess for Martin Luther King Day, negotiations are about to begin on another payroll tax cut extension as well as another increase in the U.S. debt ceiling by more than $1 trillion. Obama's Keystone decision is a warning shot to Congressional Republicans intended to make the president look stronger for the battles to come.
Like picnickers at the Battle of Gettysburg, Canadians have a great view of the fighting and are not indifferent about the outcome - but for those doing the fighting, they are irrelevant. It is always hard, and sad, to repeat this, but this is all about us in the United States, and not about you in Canada. And whatever Prime Minister Harper, Premier Redford or Ambassador Doer thinks or says about the president's decision, it won't stop the war.
Only the 2012 election can do that now. President Obama's rejection of the Keystone permit can be reconsidered at any time by this president. Or by his successor.


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Newly reelected Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) credited Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin with firing up his base and allowing him to cruise to a victory over Democrat Jim Martin.
Chambliss heaped praise on Palin, saying she has a "great future" in the GOP.
"I can't overstate the impact she had down here. All these folks did a great job coming in," he said, referring to former presidential candidates Mike Huckabee and Rudy Giuliani. "They all allow you [to] add momentum to where we were in the campaign. But when she walks in a room, folks just explode."
Party leader credits Palin, majority for GOP victory in Georgia
"The margin you see in this race, I think you can attribute to her involvement in the end," McKoon said.
Biden to Palin: With the race over, 'no one pays attention to me'
"I might point out, as I told you when we walked in, since the race is over, no one pays attention to me at all … Maybe you will walk outside with me or something later and say hello to me," Biden said,
Perry, Sanford and Palin fight for Taxpayers at Philly Conference
Republican Govs. Rick Perry of Texas, Mark Sanford of South Carolina and Sarah Palin of Alaska, led a spirited debate about the pitfalls of adding to the $10.7-trillion federal debt. "They warned that the U.S. economy could collapse", said Governor Paterson
Palin Power: Former Vice Presidential Candidate Attracts Most Attention At The Governors' Meeting
The most exciting politician at the National Governors Association (NGA) conference was not President-elect Barack Obama, D, nor was it the former movie action star, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, R-Calif. The politician everyone wanted was Alaska's Gov. Sarah Palin, the former Republican vice presidential candidate.
"I still have great concerns, when much of the economic problem that we are facing today perhaps was caused by too much debt that solving those problems will not come from incurring more debt", said Palin.
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Love "Clerks?" Love comic books? Kevin Smith's got a show for you.
The writer-director known for his knack for mixing the profound and the profane is launching a new reality series for AMC with a decidedly unique cast of characters: the employees who work at his New Jersey comic book shop, Jay & Silent Bob's Secret Stash. Smith sits down with PopcornBiz to reveal the secrets of his four-color world – with lots of four-letter words, of course.
On bringing his employees – who also happen to be his oldest, closest friends – to TV:
"For years I've kind of written these movies about my friends – thinly veiled portrayals of my friends, thinly veiled characterizations of my friends. So years later, I feel like, 'Okay, let's stop pretending. These are my real friends.' Never mind the fake stories, these guys are interesting in and of themselves... I hope that people fall in love with them as much as I've loved them for years. I think that they're clever. I think that they're original. I've met a lot of people in this world, and there's the Thelonious Monk quote: 'The genius is the one who's most like himself.' Bryan Johnson and Walter Flanagan are the only two people I've ever met in this world who are the most like themselves and have never apologized for it. They made me more comfortable in my skin. I was one of these guys who liked comics when I was a kid. Then I went to high school and I was like, 'Comics, man. F*** comics. I'm all about p***y.' Years later Flanagan was the guy who said, 'Dude – both. Why not both? They can coexist.' I was like, 'Really?' He was a dude that was kind of metal, kind of a cool kid, but he was reading comics at age 22, so he was the first person that kind of made it cool for me and my world. Bryan is a guy who a lot of people write him off, call him names. I've heard Bryan called a loser more times in my life than I've heard myself called a loser – and that's been a lot! But Bryan has been the one guy I've known my whole life who's never occurred to me as a loser. He's a guy that I based the Randal character on in 'Clerks.' He just figured it out early on. He said, 'I'm never going to get a 100% agreement from everybody. People aren't going to like me and my point of views. I'm just going to stay with them regardless.'"
On the difference between the fictional and non-fictional geeks you see on television:
"What I love about the show is that it kind of puts them front and center, and shows you not the geek that most people know, like on f***ing 'Big Bang Theory' which is about dudes who can't get p***y because they like comics and s**t. These guys are all married. They don't get p***y, but for the right reasons. It reminds me of the beginning of 'Everybody Loves Raymond,' when it was not about the kids: this show, it's not about their relationships. That part of their life is fine. It's that they leave that to come to this world where they work, because this is all the sh*t that they love about life and they get to aggregate all of their hobbies into working for a living in a store that they kind of run and do it themselves. For me, being a big fan of those cats for years, everything that you know about me – comic books, hockey, comedy – came from those people. I'm shaped by those individuals. Without Walter and Bryan we're not having this conversation today. So for me to be able to turn around years later and be like, 'Hey man, here's your own TV show,' is kind of neat."
On persuading a pair of adamant anti-Snookies to turn into TV stars:
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"You'd think that they like it, but they f***ing hated it and didn't want to do it at all. I had to convince Flanagan to do it. I was like, 'Dude, man, you could be on TV with the Stash.' He was like, 'I don't want to be Snookie.' I said, 'Why wouldn't you want to be Snookie? Snookie is great.' He was like, 'Because I like dignity.' So I had to convince him to do it. I said, 'Dude, look at this way: if they're doing a show at the store more people might come into the store.' Walter treats the store like it's his own. He runs it kind of like it's his wallet. So he was like, 'All right. I'll do it because it's a free commercial.' Johnson didn't want to do it for the same reason. But Johnson needed some surgery on his knee. So, I got him that way. I said, 'Dude, if you do the show you can get knee surgery.' He said, 'Alright. I'll f***ing do it.' The only one that really wanted to do it was Ming Chen. Ming was like, 'I want to be on TV,' and it shows in the show when you watch it. He's so f***ing ecstatic to be there."
On loving the show whether it hits with audiences or not:
"Even if it doesn't ever last to anything more than this season, that's six episodes of TV that my friends are on, but it wasn't just TV: It was AMC. I compare AMC to being at Miramax in the mid '90s, when everything was good and everything that they did was new and kind of like nobody else was doing the s*** they were, the tone setters. They were doing something original. That's what AMC is doing right now, the same kind of thing. To wind up being in two places in two separate eras with no discernible talent on the surface, but wind up where the action is…Brother, that's f***ing good luck. I must've sold my soul to Satan or sucked somebody's d**k, because we're in a good position with this f***ing show at AMC. We'll be able to sit around and be like, 'Remember when you were on the best network on television about yourselves?'"
"Comic Book Men" premieres Sunday Feb. 12 at 10/9C


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My post titled Anonymity, libraries and websites received quite a variety of comments – thanks for that! The comments cover the whole nine yards – everything from "well, of course David – yay for transparency" to "no, we'd never do that, and don't ask us to" – quite a range there!
The main issue seems to be two things:
- sharing your last name online.
- the possibility of being stalked if you DO share your last name online.
I'm going to deal with those issues, in separate posts. Last names first!
So – some of you aren't comfortable with sharing your last names or your photos online for work-related stuff, and said so in the comments of the Anonymity post. I was able to group the objections into three loose categories. Let's take a peek at each of them:
Loose issue #1: Is your last name private info?
Quite a few commenters think that sharing your last name in public – while at work – is somehow an invasion of privacy. Not sure I can agree with that, and here's why:
- Most of you are government employees under some form of sunshine law. Your last name (as in, a list of people who work at the library) is public record.
- Most of your last names are part of other publicly available government records, like DMV records, birth records, and voting records – all publicly available government info that can easily be obtained.
- Most of you are also in the phone book.
But more to the point for work-related stuff. At my library anyway, we regularly send our staff out into the community, to do things like presentations, storytimes at schools, meetings, committee and community group work, etc. We expect those staff to provide their names, their business cards, their email address, etc. It's simply part of the job.
So is it any different when doing actual library-related work on the library's website? Given what my library does … nope [edit – well, we're mainly sharing first names and pics at the moment].
Loose issue #2: Is sharing your last name for work-related things a choice?
A couple of commenters said this:
- cybermac33 – "I do agree that you have a valid point about transparency however I think it should be a personal choice as whether or not you want your image on the website. We all have a right to privacy."
- Deborah – "My own inclination is that it's great to set a default in favour of transparency, but it's also vital to make it clear to staff that they can opt out if necessary"
OK – I'll state up-front that if anyone's life or well-being is in actual danger, of course there should be an opt-out for those very rare situations.
Otherwise, a library should set their expectations, then follow them. Period. Here's what Stephen Lusk, our HR manager, said when I asked him about the whole choice thing. He said "sure, they have a choice. They don't have to work here." Then he and Gina (our library director) went on to talk about how good managers and good libraries set expectations on work-related activities, then follow those up with annual reviews, etc.
Which brings me to Andy's comment: "In my system, we are county employees and we wear county employee ID badges. It has our full name on them. Some have taken to making a tag to go over this so that it just shows the first name; others have opted to wear it with just the back showing (hiding their name)."
Silly though it might seem, that's a pretty petty performance issue that should be dealt with up-front. If your library requires staff to wear name badges with both names, then it's simply a requirement of the job. Just like the dress code policy (if your library has one).
Loose issue #3 – poor leadership
And Andy's comment really blends into this last loose issue – that of bad leadership. Here's a comment from threegoodrats – "At my first job out of library school, we wore name tags with our first and last names. When I started getting obscene phone calls from a patron, we got new name tags with just first names."
A few other commenters said similar things – there was a policy or a guideline in place, one problem cropped up, and the library … changed the policy or guideline to deal with that single issue, rather deal with the exception that happened (i.e., stalkers). One library moved staff around to different branches rather than dealing with a patron problem.
That's bad leadership. Deal with the real issues, guys. Yes – sometimes the work is harder, or it might take longer. But in the end, it's usually the best thing to do.
Next post – let's deal head-on with those pesky stalkers!
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To become, or cause someone else to become, dependent on a particular substance or thing. That first use of cocaine addicted me to it. So many people have addicted themselves to caffeine.
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to cause someone to become habituated to something, usually alcohol or some another drug. The hospital personnel were thought to have addicted John to morphine. She ended up addicting herself to the substance.
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Welcome readers to my blog, as you all know tht its been 6 months since I started writing!! as mentioned in my earlier blogs i used to note all the info which liked but had no knwon source to share it …then when i came in to this writing blog business….
And also you all should by now be knowing that I have another blog going on which I update on daily basis …its abt the show "Miley Jab Hum Tum" airing on Star one, its link is : http://mjht.wordpress.com
….so I've been getting very less time to update this blog recently but now as the ITA awards will be awarded to out favorite stars of Television ….so here I'm again with the latest update of these awards!!
And so the awards night begins with:
The Curtain Raiser:
It began with the curtain raiser of ITA awards with Afsha n Dhairya (hosts of Zee TV's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs) …..they started meeting the artists of various serial from different channels and asking them sweet questions like first they met Naitik–Akshara, then with both the couples of Bidaai …n also they were with Prem n Heer…n many more.
Then, later in the curtain raiser they take us to the sets of ITA n there too they meet up artist who'll be performing at the awards like Barkha Bisht, Veer (Nandish) n Tapsya …n also they meet Manav n Archana n asks him 'in the serial they are almost at the edge of being divorced n so why are they performing together here ..what if Manav's aai (mom) found out ..what will happen??' ..to this Manav (Sushant) is making faces ….b Afsha acting like his Mom throws slaps his way …hahaha!! how cute his smile was awww
Ok then comes the Red Carpet of ITA, with Dhairya n Afsha again ….n so begins the entries of televisions beautiful stars …n Dhairya n Afsha start interacting with them n asking questions like 'why awards take place at night? …if a kid passes KG what song will he sing (KG kiya re, KG kiya re…) n so on.
Then comes the time of main award function, where the hosts for the evening take over n they are Gaurav Gera n Sunil Grover (they were also the host of Hans Baliye!)
After the show had its formal beginning the hosts introduced the audience with the Jury members …n they were all famous personalities of the entertainment business, experts of their fields…
Then cam the first performance of the evening by charming Tamanna, Syantini nad Barkha Bisht ….they all had their parts to perform on the song 'All the Best' n they were wearing some Mexican carnival sort of white dresses.
This led the way to the announcement of winners from the technical field, in which awards like best visual effects, lyrics of title song, etc were given. I only took note of two coz they involved my favorites, as in
Best Music to Lalit Sen for Ballika Vadhu; and
Best Singer to Sonu Nigam for Dill Mil Gaye!!
Then as these awards were wrapped up, the host cracked a joke saying, 'people should go n buy the cars of TV stars …the asked 'why?' ….so the first one replied 'as it is they out of 24hrs, spend 17-18 on the sets n the car is just wasted parked outside, So…
But it's a great pleasure that our car of ITA has been running successfully since 9yrs …so we move ahead..
And so begins the sizzling performance of Shaleen n Daljit on a parody of three songs; first 'mera naam chin-chin choo' …then 'Roop tera mastana'…n then final song 'Ser par topi lal haath mein reshm ka rumal ho tera kya kehna..' ….they were looking just so sensational while performing!!
Then, the first set of awards, which were selected by the Jury members. The first one was–
Best Child Programme:
M.A.D on Disney
Best Child Artist:
Avika Gor as Anandi in 'Ballika Vadhu'
Best Historical/Mythological Serial:
Meera on NDTV Imagine
Best Game/Quiz Show:
'Sach ka Samnaa' on Star Plus
Best Reality Show:
'Aap ki Kachehri' on Star Plus
Best Music/ Film Based Show:
Indian Idol 4 on Sony TV
Best News/ Current Affairs Show:
CJ Show
As these set of award came to an end, the host took the audience o the world of music by mentioning the world famous musician, who isn't among us this year ..its Michael Jackson (MJ) …n to pay a tribute to him the top finalists of Dance India Dance (DID) were called upon the stage. First came Alisha Singh to perform …followed by Siddhesh, who on the tunes of a Marathi song did MJ style of steps …then finally came Salman Khan (winner of DID 1) …n he too on the tunes of an Indian song, had the steps of MJ!! They all were super fabulous in their dancing …much improved than before.
After this rocking performance by our DID winners, it was time to announce the next set of Jury awards. It started with:
Best Fashion/ Life Style Channel:
NDTV Good Times
Best Thriller/ Horror Serial:
Best TV Event:
IIFA awards 2009
Best Talk/Chat Show:
Tere Mere Beeech Mein – Shahrukh Kahn & Farah Khan
Best Director – Comedy
Kante ki Takkar
Best Comedy Serial:
Tarak Mehta ka Ulta Chahsma
Then in here as a special honor a 'Scroll of honor' was presented to Mr. Anuj Kapoor for the Channel Sab TV
Then, Best Anchor- News/Current Affairs:
Prabhu Chawla
Best English News Channel:
NDTV Imagine
Best Hindi News Channel:
Aaj Tak
And so after the giving of the above awards, came the rocking performance of the most adorable couple on TV screen (well acc to me) …our very own Manve n Archana from the serial 'Pavitra Rsihta'. The act started with Manav (Shushant Singh) coming on the stage wearing ordinary jeans with t-shirt n greenish jacket …but in these simple accessories too, he was looking so handsome n cute. Then he was joined in by Archana (Ankita Lokhande), who in her bluish-purple top n black shining shorts, also wearing a cap was looking so cute n adorable. They performed on a parody of four songs:
First, on 'Blue' – the title song of movie 'Blue'
….then, on 'Genda Phool' from the movie 'Delhi-6'
….after this, on th song 'Om Mangalam' from 'Khambakt Ishq'
….n then lastly on the song 'Lave Me' from 'Wanted' movie.
And this mesmerizing performance from Sushant n Archana made way for the next set of Jury awards. And they were:
Best Actress in Supporting Role
Smita Bansal as Sumitra in 'Ballika Vadhu'
Best Actor in Supporting Role:
Aditya Lakhia as Nanku in 'Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya hi Kijo'
Best Actress in a Negative Role:
Surekha Sikri as 'Daadi saa' in 'Ballika Vadhu'
Best Actor in a Negative Role:
Sudesh Berry as 'Loha Singh' in 'Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya hi Kijo'
And as a trend, after these awards came the next performance …n it was by two couples on two different songs each. The first couple was of Veer (Nandish) and tapsya (Rashmi Desai) from the serial 'Uttaran' on Colors. These two performed on the songs 'Koyalia re' from the movie 'Life Patner' and on Mann ati Bhave' from 'Landon Dreams'. And the second couple was Ranvir (Kinshuk) n Ragini (Parul); They too had their performance on two songs, which were, first 'Aaja Aaja' from the movie Kaminey; and then on the title song of 'Bachna aee Haseeno'.
But this performance was done in mixed manner like, first Veer-Tapsya had the dance on their first song …then came Ranvir-Ragini with their opening song. After this second song of Veer-Tapsya …n then final closing by Ragini-Ranvir!!
Then the next set of Jury awards was given:
Best Anchor – Comedy/Quiz Show:
Salman Khan for 'Dus ka Dum'
Best Anchor – Music/ Film Based Show:
Meiyang Chang for 'Indian Idol 4'
Best Anchor – Chat/ Talk Show:
Female: Dr.Kiran Bedi for 'Aap ki kachehri'
Male : Rajdeep Sardesai for 'Battle for India'
Best Entertainment Channel:
Best Actress – Comedy:
Disha Vakani for 'Tarak Mehta ka Ulta Chashma'
Best Actor – Comedy:
Cyrus Brocha for 'The Election that isn't & the week that wasn't'
Best Actress – Drama:
Ratan Rajput as Lalli in AJMBHK
Best Actor – Drama:
Ronit Roy as Dharamraj in 'Bandini'
As the functuion moved ahead, came the time for another performance n this too had two very famous couples of television, one was the newly married young couple from the serial 'Ballika Vadhu' – Shyam (Vikrant Massey) n Sugna (Veebha Anand) …n they performed on the songs: 'Tera hone laga hu' from 'Ajab Prem ki Gajab Kahani';
….and on 'Dekho Chand aaya' from Ranbir's debut movie 'Sawariya'
The second couple of Prem (Harshad Chopra) and Heer (Aditi Gupta) also had two sings for them, namely 'Teri Ore' from Katrina's movie 'Singh is King';
…..and the second song for them was 'Prem ki Naiya' yet again from Ranbir-Katrina's latest flick "'Ajab Prem ki Gajab Kahani' (APKGK).
Next we see a special segment where the Convenor n President of ITA awards Mr. Shashi Ranjan n Anu Ranjan resp. were called upon stage to give away the special award 'The Scroll of Honor'. And it was presented to the team of APKGK for their particular contribution to the entertainment Industry!
It started with,
Best entertainer of the Year (female) – Katrina Kaif
Best entertainer of the Year (male) – Ranbir Kapoor
Best entertaining Director of the Year – Rajkumar Santoshi
Best entertaining Producer of the Year – Ramesh Torani
And the giving away of awards continued, but now it was time to give the awards for the popular category, which are:
Best Actress:
Hina Khan as Akshara in 'Yeh Rishta kya Kehlata Hai'
Best Actor"
Karan Mehra as Naitik in 'Yeh Rishta kya Kehlata Hai'
Now as the function was speeding towards its end, the stage was again lightened with the shine of the mixed performance of all the stars who had alreadyt performed once, like:
DID dancers – Siddhesh, Alisha, Salmaan n this time they were joined by Jai Nair. They performed on the song 'And we Twist' from the movie 'Lave aaj Kal'
Then, came back on stage the couples, one by one, like Shyam n Sugna and Pem n Heer dancing on the song 'All is well' from the forthcoming Aamir movie '3 Idiots";
After which came Veer n Tapsya looking great to perform on the song 'Barso re' from "London Dreams';
And then jst lkike they started the three girls from the opening act came back to have part in the closing act as well.
In the end, the last 3 main Jury awards were announced n they were:
Best Director – Drama:
Siddharth Gupta and Pradeep Yadav for "Ballika Vadhu"
Best Serial –Drama: (we had two winners)
'Ballika Vadhu' of Sphere Origins Multivision Pvt Ltd:
….And 'Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya hi Kijo' of Swastik Pictures
Then last but not the least was the award for the best serial of television in the popular category, and it was won by:
Best Serial – Popuplar:
Rajan Shahi's 'Yeh Rishta kya Kehlata Hai' of prod. house Director's Kut Production
So I hope you all had enjoyed my written update of the awards.
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Craig no Riverbend boss; Dragas says no bullying
• While an investor in the project detailed last week under the headline "Big box bonanza: Hunter Craig lauded in Wegmans deal," Hunter Craig is not a principal in Riverbend Management, the firm overseeing the development, according to Alan Taylor, Riverbend vice president.
• Also, as a clarification, one that arrived too late for presstime last week: UVA Rector Helen Dragas did send along a dispute to the allegation raised in the story headlined "Leadership fitness: Did Dragas engage in plus-sized bullying?" Through an assistant, Dragas said, "Your assertion is ridiculous, and the question is highly inappropriate and offensive."
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I think the plus size story was reaching. I believe Ms. Sullivan's achievements and career far exceed the pettiness of her so called weight problem. If she didn't have a self esteem issue before that story you guys sure gave her one. Shame.
What's ridiculous is that Helen Dragas is still on the Board of Visitors. But the fat story was ridiculous too.
Der Angriff!!! Watch out Hunter Craig! Cville's finest and most talented writers are after you on a weekly basis.
And another example of the Hook's journalistic prowess. Baffling.


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Baby choices
Choices are important for baby development. Your baby develops thinking skills as he looks at two toys and makes a choice of which one to grasp. He exercises muscles as he reaches for a toy. He remembers and develops preferences for certain objects. He begins to explore independence as he acts on those preferences. As he makes choices, he is beginning to develop decision-making skills and confidence in his abilities.
Comment on what he chose: "You chose the red ball." As he grows, offer more opportunities for him to make choices. In the future, your child will face many decisions. He will hear lots of ideas and beliefs. The ability to make tough decisions and develop spiritual convictions is rooted in these first choices.
Well-Baby Visits
Well-baby visits are frequent checkups to monitor your baby's growth and development. The pediatrician will check the following:
- Measurements. Your baby's length, weight, and head circumference are measured and recorded on a growth chart to observe steady growth over time.
- Head. The doctor will check the fontanels (the soft spots) of your baby's head, as well as any flat spots.
- Ears. The doctor will observe your baby's hearing and check for fluid or infection in her ears.
- Eyes. The doctor will track your baby's eye movements, as well as look for blocked tear ducts and eye discharge.
- Mouth. The doctor will examine your baby's mouth for thrush, a common yeast infection. As your baby grows and starts teething, the doctor will examine her incoming teeth.
- Heart/lungs. The doctor will listen to your baby's heart and lungs to ensure that breathing and heart rhythms are normal.
- Abdomen. The doctor will check for hernias and enlarged organs.
- Hips/legs. The doctor will move your baby's legs to detect any dislocation.
- Genitalia. The doctor will check for tenderness, lumps, and infection.
Do you dread or look forward to well-baby visits? I feel like I didn't mind them until my toddler was underweight … now I feel like I'm being reprimanded every time!


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Everything you need to know to plan, manage and achieve great results with your cookie-selling activities throughout the Guiding year. Plus, you'll find fun and useful tools and resources that you can use for cookie campaign success!
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By Matt Murphy
State House News Service
BOSTON — Massachusetts residents would overwhelmingly oppose a 15-cent increase in the gas tax to help pay for transportation needs, according to the partial results of a poll conducted for a coalition that supports raising the income tax to invest in cities and towns.
The poll, conducted by veteran Boston pollster Tom Kiley for the Campaign for Our Communities, found that 83 percent of Massachusetts residents would disapprove of a gas-tax hike to 36 cents per gallon, including 68 percent who "strongly disapprove."
The state's gas tax is presently 31 cents per gallon.
Seventeen percent of respondents said they would support a gas-tax increase, with 7 percent "strongly" approving. The poll sampled 600 Massachusetts voters from Dec. 12-15.
Gov. Deval Patrick said Thursday his administration's long-awaited transportation financing plan will be rolled out over the next month in two phases, starting with a report due to the Legislature on Monday that will detail options to pay for infrastructure improvements and maintenance.
By law, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation Board is required to produce a financing plan by Jan. 7 to address an estimated $1 billion-a-year gap between available resources and need. Patrick said he will make specific recommendations during his annual State of the Commonwealth address on Jan. 16, or when he files his budget, which is due Jan. 23.
"We will have a transportation plan which is not just about plugging holes and patching what is broken but really about investing in a transportation system worthy of a 21st-century economy and commonwealth," Patrick told reporters.
Asked about a gas tax increase, Patrick said: "I tried the gas tax a couple years ago and it fell with a great thud. I am not certain that a gas tax is going to do for us what needs to be done, but we will see what is proposed in the transportation finance report. I think there are going to be a number of options in that report and that may be one."
Asked about an income-tax hike, Patrick said none of the ideas for new revenue "are perfect."
The Campaign for Our Communities is a coalition of labor groups, local government boards and advocates who have endorsed an increase in the state income tax to 5.95 percent, while also raising the personal exemption level to tamp down the impact of an increase on low- and middle-class families.
The coalition has also called for raising the tax rate on investment income to 8.95 percent with an exemption for low- and middle-income seniors.
Both proposals, according to the group, would generate $1.37 billion in additional revenue annually for Massachusetts.
Andi Mullin, director of the campaign, did not return a call seeking comment.
The News Service was not able to obtain information about other revenue proposals included in the poll.
According to the poll done by Kiley, voters would prefer to that any new revenue plan should include investments in areas outside transportation, including public schools and health care.
While 18 percent said the focus of new revenue should be to pay for transportation, 77 percent said lawmakers should look to address all major funding needs, with 45 percent ranking K-12 education above roads, bridges and tunnels on their priority list and 22 percent saying health care should be the top priority. Thirty-two percent of those polled said infrastructure should be the top priority.


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Although none of us are big on swimming, my dogs and I love running around on the beach. There's something about the cool breeze and sand that makes it a great natural playground.
Back in November, I read about a couple and their son who drowned trying to save their dog at Big Lagoon beach in Northern California. The dog was chasing a thrown stick and was sucked into the ocean by a massive wave. The boy instinctively went in after the pup, followed by his father and mother. Tragically all three of them didn't make it out, while the dog eventually emerged from the water.
It seemed like a tragic freak accident--one that terrifies me because my pups and I are not good swimmers--but it turns out that five people have died in attempted dog rescues since November in Northern California alone.
Because of this, Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Pamela Boehland has teamed up with the National Park Service and the East Bay SPCA on a campaign to keep people from going after their pets in the water.
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To any dog lover it seems absolutely crazy not to attempt a rescue, but Dr. Lynn Miller, DVM says there are many reasons to stay on solid ground. First, the average dog is a better swimmer than the average human. Second, the canine body is better designed to float—their heads are above water, they have a low center of gravity, they have four legs for propulsion, their lungs have a higher capacity than human's, and their fur keeps them warm in cold water. Some breeds even have waterproof undercoats or webbed feet.
Additionally, animals are single-minded, focused on finding safety. While dogs will go with the flow of the water until they're rescued, humans often panic and exhaust themselves before help arrives. And finally, even if you do reach your pup, it can be difficult to carry them back safely in the water.
Pamela's campaign recommends leaving ocean rescues to the professionals. And, as in the Big Lagoon case, many times the dogs are able to make it out of the water on their own.
If your dog does end up in the ocean, East Bay SPCA Director Allison Lindquist recommends following your pup along the shoreline while calling their name. This can help orient them to land while help is on the way. If you end up in the water, swim parallel to the waves and remain calm.
Dr. Miller also says that it's essential for some breeds to wear life vests at the beach. These include breeds with breathing issues, such as Pugs and Bulldogs, breeds with short legs, such as Dachshunds and Corgis, and toy dogs, like Chihuahuas.
I still don't know what I would do if one of my dogs were swept into the ocean. It would be hard to fight the instinct to jump in. However, these are good points to remember as the weather gets warmer and the beaches become more enticing!


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Pirates place Martin, Grilli on disabled list
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer. Cash Kruth is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @cashkruth.
The Pirates placed catcher Russell Martin (left hamstring) and right-hander Jason Grilli (left oblique) on the 15-day disabled list on Saturday.
Right-hander Jared Hughes and catcher Tony Sanchez were recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis to replace them.
Martin missed two games before playing Friday, only to leave after 5 1/2 innings with pain in the hip area.
Grilli was originally placed on the DL on Friday with a left oblique strain, but the move was rescinded because of a procedural error.
This is the second time Sanchez and Hughes have been with the Pirates this season. Sanchez made the Opening Day roster, while Hughes was with the Bucs earlier this week.
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'Game of Thrones' Season 4: Go Behind the Scenes of Episode 9, "Castle Black"!
Though 'Game of Thrones' season 4 still feels like a lifetime away, we know that the ninth episode of any given season has historically proven the most jaw-dropping of them all. We have an idea of what the ninth episode of season 4 will involve, but check out an early sneak peek with a behind-the-scenes photo of "Castle Black!"
An Empire writer tweeted that the episode's director Neil Marshall has posted a behind-the-scenes photo of the stunt team involved in the episode, showing a large group of Night's Watch rangers and Wildlings gathered on The Wall. It remains to be seen if the episode will continue to bear the title "Castle Black," though it would seem to confirm that the ninth episode of the season will follow the Wildling attack on the wall, much as when Marshall previously helmed season 2's Kings Landing-centric "Blackwater."
While we wait for 'Game of Thrones' season 4, HBO has cast in known roles Joel Fry as Hizdahr zo Loraq, Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Mace Tyrell, Pedro Pascal as Prince Oberyn Martell, Indira Varma as Oberyn's lover Ellaria Sand, and 'Sherlock' star Mark Gatiss as Tycho Nestoris. 'Banshee' star Joseph Gatt will appear in a role speculated to be that of Wildling chieftan Styr, Magnar of Thenn, while 'Treme"s Michiel Huisman will replace Ed Skrein as Daario Naharis, and Hafthor Julius Bjornsson will take over the role of Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane from Ian Whyte, among other recastings.
Previous season characters Lysa Arryn (Kate Dickie), Ser Alliser Thorne (Owen Teale), Rorge (Andy Beckwith) and Janos Slynt (Dominic Carter) will likely all return, according to reports.
You can check out the photo of "Castle Black" in action below, and tell us in the comments what you want to see from 'Game of Thrones' season 4 when the action begins anew in 2014!


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Take me over?The maintainer of this distribution is looking for someone to take over! If you're interested then please contact them via email.
Silki::Manual::Admin - Admin manual for Silki
version 0.29
Silki requires a Postgres database in order to function, and it also has a config file. This means that installation is a little different from a standard Perl distribution.
The basic steps are the same, but the Build.PL script takes several additional arguments:
Defaults to "Silki".
None of these are necessary, if the user that runs
./Build installhas permission create a Postgres database using the default connection settings.
When you first install Silki, it will create a new config file for you in the specified directory. This defaults to /etc/silki, but you can override it.
If you have already installed Silki, you can specify this and Silki will use this config file to figure out where to install share files, how to connect to the database, etc.
By default, the share files are installed in the Perl module tree. If you prefer a different location, you can specify an alternate location.
At runtime, Silki needs a directory for generate cache files. This defaults to /var/cache/silki.
The default hostname for the web application. Set this to the (first) hostname through which you will access Silki. Silki can be installed once for multiple hostnames, but to do this, you need to access the web UI. To access the web UI, Silki needs to know what hostname it is listening on.
By default, Silki will simply use the system hostname as returned by Sys::Hostname.
So the installation process looks like this:
perl Build.PL [--etc-dir = /usr/local/etc/silki --db-username foo --db-password bar ...]
./Build test
[sudo ] ./Build install
Cache Dir
Currently, the installer does not make the cache directory, or ensure that it has the right permissions. The cache directory must be writeable by the user that Silki will run as, which is likely to be something like "www-data".
Silki uses an INI-style configuration file. You may also need to configure a web server to serve the Silki application. While Catalyst does make it possible to run the application in standalone mode, this is not recommended for production use.
When you first install Silki, it will generate a configuration file based on the parameters you pass to Build.PL, and that will work for most users.
The configuration file has the following settings.
[Silki] Section
This section contains some application wide settings.
This determines the maximum size of an attachment in the wiki. This defaults to approximately 10MB, which will work for most cases. If you plan to store huge files (video, disk images), you will need to increase this.
Silki stores files in the database, so you may not want to use it to store huge files.
This allows you to add an arbitrary prefix to all URIs that Silki generates. This is useful if you want to install Silki under some specific path on your server, like "http://example.com/wikis".
When running in production mode, Silki expects that all static files (images, javascript, CSS, etc) will be served by a front-end web server. However, if you explicitly set this to a true value, Silki will serve all static content.
This is used as salt when generating digests for things like user authentication cookie MACs. It is also used for generating some URIs. If you change it, existing cookies and URIs will become invalid.
There's no good reason to change this unless you believe that server security has been compromised.
This will be set to true when the configuration file is first generated. Don't make this false unless you know what you're doing.
The Apache mod_rewrite module unescapes the URI before passing it to the backend. This ends up breaking paths to page titles with any escaped characters in them. Set this to a true value and Silki will account for this problem.
[database] Section
This section contains settings for connecting to the database.
The name of the database containing the Silki schema. This defaults to "Silki". Don't change this unless you've already renamed your database.
The username and password used when connecting to the Postgres server.
The host and port for the Postgres server.
By default, Silki attempts to connect to Postgres running on localhost with the default port. It assumes that the user it is running as can connect without a password.
[dirs] section
This section contains paths to some directories used by Silki
The directory which contains "share" files, such as mason components and images. By default, Silki uses File::ShareDir to find this.
Silki needs to write some cache files to disk. Files in this directory can be removed manually if you like, and they will be regenerated as needed. This defaults to /var/cache/silki.
Obviously, Silki will need to have read and write access to this directory at runtime.
[antispam] section
This section contains configuration for Silki's optional antispam feature.
The antispam API server. This defaults to api.antispam.typepad.com.
The antispam API server key. If this is not set, Silki will not be able to check links for spamminess.
By default, Silki looks for its config file at /etc/silki/silki.conf.
If you're running Silki as a user with a home directory (and not as root), it also looks in ~/.silki/etc/silki.conf, which is handy for development and testing.
If you want to put the config file somewhere else, you can set the
SILKI_CONFIG environment variable.
When you first install Silki, it will create a single admin user and a wiki for you.
The user account is "admin@<domain>". The default password is "changeme".
Once you log in, you can change the account's email, name, and password. You can also switch to using an OpenID login if you prefer.
Wikis cannot be renamed, but you can delete the wiki Silki created for you, called "My Wiki".
Silki supports several levels of privacy for a wiki. It does this using a wiki-wide permission system. Each wiki has a privacy setting, which determines what different types of users can do.
The available settings are:
Anyone can read and edit the wiki, without logging in. Only logged-in wiki members can upload attachments.
Public, log-in to edit
Anyone can read the wiki, but users must create an account and log in to edit. This ensures that all edits are associated with a given user, as opposed to the generic "Guest User". Only logged-in wiki members can upload attachments.
Public can read, members can edit
Anyone can read the wiki, but only logged-in wiki members can edit it.
You must be a logged-in wiki member to edit the wiki.
Regardless of the privacy setting, only a wiki admin can delete pages and attachments or invite new members to the wiki.
Of course, a site admin has access to all wikis.
Wiki Membership
A wiki admin can invite new users to the wiki. If the user already has an account in the Silki installation, they are immediately added.
If they don't have an account, they receive an invitation email and are asked to confirm their account's information (name, email, etc.). Once they do this, they are full members of that wiki.
Guests Versus Logged-in Users
When someone visits the wiki without logging in, they are using a generic "Guest User" account. This account is created by the system at installation time. No one can log in as this user, and there is only one guest account for the entire system.
If the system has any public wikis, then guest users will see a "register" link. This allows them to create a new account without an explicit invitation. They are still not members of any wikis, but once they log in they will no longer be considered a guest.
As mentioned previously, there are several ways to create new user accounts. It is not really safe to delete a user, so a site admin can explicitly disable an existing user. When a user is disabled, they cannot log in, but their activity history is still preserved, and their profile is still visible to other users.
The site admin cannot disable any accounts which were created by the system (the "Guest User" and "System User" accounts), nor can the site admin disable their own account.
A site can admin also grant site admin access to existing users. Since a site admin can access any wiki, they can also grant wiki admin status to other users.
By default, Silki assumes that it is being accessed under the system's hostname. Of course, this may not be true.
This is important because Silki generates URIs with the hostname when it issues a redirect, and when it sends invitation and registration confirmation emails.
A site admin can edit the exisiting domain.
Domains can have separate web and email hostnames. The email hostname is not currently used, but will be used in the future for emailing content into the wiki.
Silki will throw an error if you attempt to access it from a domain it does not know about. If the default domain chosen when the system was installed is not being used, you can edit the domain manually using the
psql command line tool. In the future, the default domain will be made configurable during the installation process.
Multiple Domains
If you set up Silki for some sort of wiki hosting system, you may want to operate with multiple domains. When you create a wiki, you will assign it to a specific domain.
Of course, you will also need to configure the web server side to work with multiple domains.
With Catalyst, you have a number of options when deciding how to integrate Silki with your web server, including FastCGI, mod_perl, PSGI, and more.
While you can, in theory, run Silki as a vanilla CGI, this is not recommended, as it will be quite slow.
Silki uses the X-Sendfile header when users download attachments. This means you will need to configure your web server to support this.
Apache 2 and Starman
Since there are so many options, we'll cover just one in depth, running Silki with Apache 2 serving static content, and Starman as the app server.
In order to support the X-Sendfile header, you will need the mod_xsendfile Apache module installed.
You should configure Apache to serve the css, images, and javascript files statically. In production, Silki prepends the css and javascript URIs with the Silki version number. This helps ensure that these files are reloaded when a new version of Silki is installed. Assuming you installed the share files in /usr/local/share/silki, this would look like:
AliasMatch ^/[^/]+/css(.+) /usr/local/share/silki/css$1
AliasMatch ^/[^/]+/js(.+) /usr/local/share/silki/js$1
AliasMatch ^/images(.+) /usr/local/share/silki/images$1
All other URIs should simply be passed to the Starman server. For testing, you can start the server from the command line:
sudo -u www-data \
starman --listen 127.0.0.1:13000 \
--workers 5 \
--preload-app \
You can adjust the value of
--listen, but it is recommended that you only listen on the localhost interface. There's no reason to expose the app server to the world at large. You can also adjust
--workers as needed.
You also need to enable support for the X-Sendfile header in your Apache config file:
XSendFile on
XSendFileAllowAbove on
Finally, you can use mod_rewrite to pass all non-static URIs to the Starman server:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule !^/images - [C]
RewriteRule !^/[^/]+/css - [C]
RewriteRule !^/[^/]+/js - [C]
RewriteRule (.*) http://localhost:13000$1 [P,L]
The whole thing, wrapped in a virtual host, looks like this:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName silki.test
DocumentRoot /usr/local/share/silki
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
AliasMatch ^/[^/]+/css(.+) /usr/local/share/silki/css$1
AliasMatch ^/[^/]+/js(.+) /usr/local/share/silki/js$1
AliasMatch ^/images(.+) /usr/local/share/silki/images$1
XSendFile on
XSendFileAllowAbove on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule !^/images - [C]
RewriteRule !^/[^/]+/css - [C]
RewriteRule !^/[^/]+/js - [C]
RewriteRule (.*) http://localhost:13000$1 [P,L]
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The Miss NiNi legend has grown over the years to include customers from coast-to-coast, and a number of Grand Champion Awards in the baking competitions at the Iowa State Fair, the largest food competition of its kind in the United States. With just one bite, we are confident you will see what makes Miss NiNi's Fine Desserts 'Delicious Defined.'
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One way the U.S. government is responding to the challenges of climate change is by funding the purchase of tens of thousands of flood-prone homes in more than 500 cities and towns across the country. This study provides a nationwide analysis of that program, extending beyond cost-benefit calculations to investigate racial inequities at different scales of local implementation, from county-level adoption, through neighborhood-level participation, to homeowner approval.


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A Dutch man who was questioned in the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway on the Carribean island of Aruba is a suspect in the slaying of a 21-year-old Peruvian woman, Peruvian police said Wednesday.
Chief of detectives Col. Miguel Canlla said police are seeking Joran van der Sloot, 22, in the Sunday killing of 21-year-old Stephany Tatiana Flores in a Lima hotel.
El Comercio newspaper in Lima reported that the girl was stabbed, according to police. She is the daughter of a businessman and race car driver, Ricardo Flores.
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The girl's father, Ricardo Flores, said van der Sloot appears with her in video taken at a Lima casino early Sunday.
Police say they are seeking to confirm van der Sloot's identity with the Dutch Embassy.
Police told El Comercio that she had been seen going out in recent days with van der Sloot. He reportedly arrived in Peru on May 14 from Colombia and left the country on Monday bound for Chile, according to RPP.com in Peru, citing immigration officials. Interpol has been notified to assist in the search. Canlla says Peru is asking Chilean authorities for help in the case.
The victim's body was found in a hotel room in the República de Panamá Avenue in the Miraflores district.
Holloway, 18, of Mountain Brook, Ala., was last seen in public leaving a bar on the Carribean island of Aruba with van der Sloot and two Surinamese brothers — Deepak and Satish Kalpoe — hours before she was due to board a flight home from a school trip. No trace of her has ever been found and no one has been charged with the crime.
Earlier this year, it was reported that van der Sloot confessed to dumping Holloway's body in a sit-down interview with a television journalist, according to a Dutch tabloid newspaper and Aruba's chief prosecutor.
However, the chief prosecutor Peter Blanken told NBC News in February that the suspect's story was "very unbelievable," and no charges followed the confession.
"The locations, names and times he gave just did not make sense," Blanken told NBC News.
De Telegraaf quoted Blanken as saying that van der Sloot's statement was "held together by lies and fantasy."
The interview was not aired by German broadcaster RTL because of doubts about whether van der Sloot was telling the truth, Blanken added.
Van der Sloot claimed that Holloway had died accidentally and insisted that he did not kill her, Blanken said.


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Finnish Act Lets The Public Send Bills To Parliament, Volunteer Group Makes It Easy
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Reactions to the White House's We the People initiative have been mixed, but it is certainly one small step in the right direction. In Finland, they're taking a giant leap: letting citizens pass complete bills directly to parliament. The Citizen's Initiative Act, which came into effect this month, requires Parliament to process any bill that collects 50,000 signatures from citizens of voting age. Alternatively, citizens can make a proposal for a bill, which will then be examined and potentially drafted by a ministry. To facilitate the process, a volunteer group in Helsinki has created the Avoin ministeriö (Open Ministry) website, an online tool for drafting bills and proposals and gathering signatures.
The Open Ministry is an idea that Joonas Pekkanen came up with last December. Pekkanen, who has been involved in launching Internet-based start-up companies, saw a newspaper article about the citizens' initiative. He began to recruit volunteer workers for the project from his circle of friends, and the group was formed quickly. The entire operation has started from the grass-roots level. No money from the government or any interest group is involved. Openness and involving everybody in the operation of the ministry has been the central principle behind the activity.
They plan to start small and get people comfortable with the idea, by first targeting a much-maligned dog tax that is effectively un-enforced but still on the books and actually costing the government money. Pekkanen plans to focus on submitting completed bills rather than proposals, saying "the aim is that citizens' initiatives would have the best possible chances of being passed as laws by Parliament."
There are similar projects underway in the U.S., but none go quite as far as this. Apparently there is going to be a delay while the Ministry of Justice builds a system for accepting legal digital signatures, but once that is taken care of it will be fascinating to see how this develops, and how responsive the Finnish parliament is to citizen-drafted legislation.
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Hurry, hurry to get tickets, that is. There are only three more chances to see Chicago Opera Theatre's current production, a double bill of two one act operas, which you won't want to miss. These operas are wonderful on their own, but even better in contrast to one another. "The Emperor of Atlantis" ("Der Kaiser von Atlantis") by Viktor Ullmann and "The Clever One" ("Die Kluge") by Carl Orff are two satires about oppression and dictatorship both written in 1943, but looking at the world through different lenses. English translation makes both of these works more accessible. The Merle Reskin Theatre of DePaul University (60 E. Balbo) is the perfect venue, providing an intimacy needed for the staging of this production.
Written from within the walls of the Nazi concentration camp, Theresienstadt, Ullmann's work, "The Emperor of Atlantis," is a satire on fascism, set in Atlantis where Emperor Overall advocates total war against everyone and Death retires from his duties. The score contains musical quotations ranging from blues to the German National Anthem, "Deutschland ueber Alles," performed in the style of a Bach chorale. In this work, I found the orchestral music quite beautiful, while the singing and the words were abstract and not as compelling. Costuming and staging were wonderful.
In contrast, and what a contrast, the fairytale opera "The Clever One," by Carl Orff, best known for his perennial favorite "Carmina Burana," tells of a foolish, tyrannical king being bested by a clever woman, a folktale found in many cultures. The composer also wrote his own libretto, based on "Die Kluge Bauerntochter" "The Peasant's Wise Daughter" from the also well-known "Grimm's Fairy Tales." Musical threads harkened to "Carmina Burana," and the staging, lighting, singing, dancing and story telling were fascinating and very energetic, and altogether a wonderful experience.
"COT's pairing emphasizes the political struggle inherent in these two pieces which, despite the circumstances in which they were written, both remain markedly comical and effortlessly satirical," said Andreas Mitisek, Chicago Opera Theater Music Director. "It is extraordinary that such impressive works were created in times of such great repression and terror, and it is a testaments to the power of art that such innovative operas can be created in such and environment."
Both operas are under the direction of Andreas Mitisek and are conducted by Francesco Milioto. The ensemble cast of the two productions includes Emily Birsan; Matthan Ring Black; Paul Corona; William Dwyer; Neil Edwards; David Govertsen; Bernard Holcomb; Christopher Remmel; Cassidy Smith and Andrew Wilkowske.
Theback-story of "The Emperor of Atlantis" is so powerful, it needs to be shared and it makes the opportunity of seeing this production that much more meaningful and poignant. Born on January 1, 1898 in Tesin, Czech Republic, Viktor Ullman, a composer, pianist, choirmaster, conductor and music critic, was one of the victims from the Prague German Jewish musicians' group in World War II. "The four-scene, 70-minute opera, begins with Life and Death commenting on a world where existence is no longer satisfying, and death no true release. In Terezin, during the summer of 1943, Viktor Ullmann and Petr Kien began collaborating on what was to later emerge as a signature masterpiece of Terezin's musical scene. At the time it was also one of the most controversial. "The Emperor of Atlantis," subtitled "Death Abdicates," dared to satirize the political situation of World War II while delivering timeless messages of the power of life and death. Kien, a talented young artist and poet, penned the libretto while veteran composer Ullmann scored the music. During a final rehearsal in September of 1944, SS officers overheard a rehearsal and were outraged by what they heard. The opera's production was immediately ended and "The Emperor of Atlantis" was banned. The entire cast, orchestra, Ullmann, Kien and their families were promptly shipped to Auschwitz. Only the composition survived."
Carl Orff was born in Munich on July 10, 1895. He studied at the Munich Academy of Music until 1914. After serving in the military during World War I, he held various positions at opera houses in Mannheim and Darmstadt, later to return to Munich to further pursue his music studies. Subtitled "The Story of the King and the Clever Woman," Orff's "The Clever One" originates from the tale of a shrewd peasant daughter. Orff based his libretto on a Grimm's Fairy Tale, premiering in Frankfurt on February 18, 1943. Structured along the lines of Brecht's didactic plays, "The Clever One" is not a fairytale opera in the usual sense as the plot is entirely lacking in supernatural or illogical elements. The COS staging of this opera was absolutely remarkable. The orchestra was fabulous as were the special lighting (David Lee Bradke) and other special effects.
Ticket Information
"The Emperor of Atlantis" and "The Clever One" are playing at the Merle Reskin Theatre of DePaul University (60 E. Balbo) Tickets are priced from $45 - $125 and can be purchased by calling 312.704.8414 or via Chicago Opera Theater website The total running time is two hours and 30 minutes including one intermission.
Performance Schedule
· Wednesday, June 4, 7:30 p.m.
· Friday, June 6, 7:30 p.m.
· Sunday, June 8, 3 p.m.
About Chicago Opera Theater
Chicago Opera Theater (COT) is an innovative, nationally recognized opera company that inspires a diverse community through immersive and thought-provoking opera experiences. COT, established in 1974 by Alan Stone, is a founding resident company of the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park. New General Director Andreas Mitisek is known for his adventurous repertory, visionary leadership, fundraising skills, and innovative audience-building initiatives.
Chicago Opera Theater has carved a significant place for itself in the operatic life of Chicago and has reached an audience of hundreds of thousands through its main stage performances, community engagement, education programs in Chicago Public Schools, as well as its renowned Young Artist Program. (See More)
Experience MORE OF THE DIFFERENT with Chicago Opera Theater!
For more information on the Chicago Opera Theater and its programs please visit the Chicago Opera Theater website
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GroupWise Mobile Server: "Uncertified" Devices Known to Work
Novell and Intellisync have provided a list of officially supported devices as of GroupWise Mobile Server version 2, dated 7 March, 2007. If you are not running GroupWise Mobile Server 2, it is highly recommended that you upgrade to obtain the latest device support. The information below pertains to GMS 2 only.
Are you running GroupWise Mobile Server on a device or platform not listed? Is the specific mobile device you are looking for not shown on that list? You can assist by generating and maintaining a list of devices that you have tested and know work on GroupWise Mobile Server in your environment. Please login and edit this page to list your experiences.
Official and Unofficial Platform and Device Support
Please note: Any "supported or certified" device or platform indicates that these will "work" with GroupWise Mobile Server. Various devices will have limitations as to what functions are available for GMS. Also, many devices will require additional data plan coverage, SMS coverage, Brew clients provided by the carriers, etc. that will result in additional charges by the carriers. If you know of specific limitations for devices, please list them in the [Almost Working] section below.
All Platforms and Devices that are officially supported have an "*" next to them. All others are unofficial as of GMS 2.
- Nokia S40: 3rd edition*
- Palm OS: 5.2 and higher*
- Symbian S60: 2nd & 3rd ed.*
- Symbian S80: 2nd edition*
- Symbian UIQ: 2* & 3*
- Windows Mobile 2003*, 5.0*
- Windows 2000* and XP*
Please note - some of the "certified" devices need new firmware or device specific changes in order to work properly. Those are noted in the [Almost Working] section below.
- Palm Treo 650*, 680*, 700p*, 700w*, 700v*, 750v*, T|X (PalmOS5), LifeDrive
- Cingular 8125 (Windows Mobile 5)*
- Cingular 3125 (Windows Mobile 5)* but will not work with a wildcard SSL certificate on the server. Not sure if this problem is specific to the phone or Windows Mobile 5.
- Cingular Blackjack
- HP iPAQ 2215*, 6315*, 6316*, h1940*, rw6815, hw6915, rz 1710, rx1950, h4100, h6340, hx4700, hx2490, hw6510d,
- HTC Harrier, Apache and Hymalaya
- Orange SPV C600 (Windows Mobile 5) & C500 & M3100
- i-mate JAMin
- i-mate KJAM
- i-mate JASJAR
- Qtek S200 (Windows Mobile 5)
- Qtek 9100 (Windows Mobile 5), Qtek 8310 Smartphone
- All T-Mobile MDA Vario's
- Dell Axim X5 w/PPC2002. Must Upgrade to PPC2003 A05 for it to work.
- Dell Axim X3i If you leave this PPC in the cradle so the wifi doesn't disconnect, Network Push works.
- Samsung i320 Smartphone.
- vodafone VPAcompactII (Windows Mobile 5)
- Motorola Q
- Nokia 3230*, 6300*, 6600*, 6620*, 6630*, 6680*, 6681*, 6682*, 7610*, 7610b*, 9300*, 9300i*, 9500*, E50*, E61*, E61i*, E62*, E65*, N70*, N73*, N80*, N90*
- Dopod D810
- ppc - 6700 sprint
- Acer n300, n310
Almost Working
- Nokia 5140i
- Nokia E61-1(Symbian 9.1) - needs v3 firmware and GMS v2 client
- Nokia E60 (Symbian 9.1) only with "S60V3" Software. Works with version 8 of the client, but slows the phone down/memory hog & requires password before getting mail. Require latest firmware - 2.0618.06.05
- Nokia E50 (Symbian 9.1) only with "S60V3" Software.
- Nokia E70-1(Symbian 9.1) only with "S60V3" Software.
- Nokia N71 (Symbian 9.1) only with "S60V3" Software.
- Nokia N73 (Symbian 9.1) only with "S60V3" Software.
- Nokia N80 (Symbian 9.1) only with "S60V3" Software.
The above software has a bug for some phones "Mail sent from Symbian based phones to any recipient is delivered as posted mail into senders mailbox". See https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/783/3745710_f.SAL_Public.html
- Sony Ericsson w810i with SyncML
- Sony Ericsson K700i syncs calendar, tasks and contacts with SyncML.
- Sony Ericsson P990i syncs calendar, tasks and contacts with SyncML.
- Nokia 5500 Sport in SyncML 1.1 mode syncs contacts but not calendar.
- Nokia 6233 syncs contacts with SyncML but not calendar.
- Sony Ericsson K610i syncs contacts and tasks with SyncML but not calendar.
- Sierra Wireless VOQ (Windows SmartPhone 2003) - Syncs e-mail and calender via T-Mobile T-Zones WAP Proxy.
- Sony Ericsson W700i syncs calendar & tasks with SyncML.
- Sony Ericsson T630 syncs calendar, tasks and contacts with SyncML.
Not Working
- The Motorola E815 is listed as a supported device, however all you can do is send text messages to it. I could have done that without the Mobile server. (This may be a GMS1 comment - can anyone confirm that this is a problem with GMS2?)
- MOTORAZR V3m by Motorola from Sprint not working with GMS
- LG LX550 Fusic appears to allow login but next page is blank.
- The HTC TyTn works with the first client version and Intellisync Mobile Suite 2 server install. It won't work with the Intellisync Mobile Suite client 2.


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Tagged: John Smoltz
Red Sox Off-Season Better Than Yankees?
Before I bite on Rob Neyer's writing style, I must first say that even though I'm a Yankees fan, I couldn't agree more with Jayson Stark's assessment of the New York and Boston off-seasons:
But the Red Sox's additions were products of a whole different philosophy, not just a whole different checking account. The four free agents they imported — John Smoltz, Brad Penny, Takashi Saito and Rocco Baldelli — cost this team 4 million fewer guaranteed dollars ($12.5 million total) than the Yankees will pay Burnett alone this year.
Nevertheless, the upside of those men gives the Red Sox four potential impact players without the price tags, or long-term inflexibility, that come with handing out contracts that run through 2016.
And that, for this team, was the whole idea.
Took the words right out of my mouth. All winter I shared mixed thoughts on the Yankees spending spree, first running wild with news of each new big signing before realizing how poorly each contract could turn out, as I briefly mention in my first post.
Smoltz' rehab has gone well and he was reported to have already been hitting 90 mph on the gun as early as January. Pending an injury or an ineffective Penny or Tim Wakefield, he will be joining a rotation that already includes Josh Beckett, Jon Lester, and Daisuke Matsuzaka by the middle of June. You know his heart will be in it to prove people wrong and guess who else is in the AL East? That's right the Yankees, same team that knocked the Braves out of his last two World Series.
Just two seasons ago, Penny was 16-4 with a 3.08 ERA over 208 innings. What happened last year? That can't really be explained. His good stats seemed to be cut in half while his bad stats doubled and he dropped to 6-9 with a 6.27 ERA over just 94 2/3 innings. Injuries didn't seem to be the problem, though he spent some time on the DL. He was sent home in September for being unproductive and a hindrance in the clubhouse. A change of scenery could be all he needs.
Now Shifting to their bullpen, a very good bullpen should it hold together. The thoughts of what it will look like are just plain frightening. Justin Masterson, Hedeki Okajima, and Manny Delcarmen make up the middle innings. Jonathan Papelbon is the best closer in the game and he will be set up by a guy who would make a pretty good closer himself in Saito should he come back healthy. His brief three year career numbers: 81 saves, 11.63 K/9, 1.95 ERA, and a .91 WHIP. He has one appearance this spring and showed no discomfort while going one inning, allowing a hit and striking out two.
Sure there are questions, lots of them. Smoltz is 42 and Saito is 39, both coming off torn labrums in their elbows, a daunting task at any age. If the deals don't work out though, so what, they have the depth to make it without them. Don't forget about Clay Buchholz, though he struggled last year, and prospect Michael Bowden.
As for Baldelli, he fits in perfectly. Since he lacks the stamina to play every day, slotting him in a fourth outfielder role works just fine for both sides. Plus if someone gets hurt, they now have an All-Star talent sitting on their bench to take over.
Do Smoltz and Penny equal Sabathia and Burnett? Depends how you look at it. Over the long haul? Not a chance. Which explains why that Yankees tag team hauled in $243.5 million, while Penny and Smoltz were guaranteed about one-23rd of that ($10.5 million).
But when it comes to pitching, the word that defines the Red Sox is "flexibility." For 50 starts or so this year, if all goes right, Penny and Smoltz could give them just as much impact. Their one-year deals also give this team maneuverability to attack its needs again next winter.
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But remember this: The Yankees needed to add those players, because it was clear to the world that the Red Sox and Rays were both better and more talented. We didn't mention the Rays until now, because this was a piece comparing the Red Sox and Yankees. But nobody should forget them once the season starts.
Regardless, though, no team had a more underrated offseason than the Red Sox. And we'll find out over the next seven months exactly how good a winter they had.
"I just like the way they added depth and filled their needs," said one scout, "without spending $423 million."
I apologize for the long quote but it couldn't have been worded any better. I think the Red Sox have now cemented themselves as favorites in the AL East, especially with the A-Rod saga. If the the moves work, then they make the play-offs and contend for the World Series. If they don't work, they could afford to make these moves anyway and didn't break the bank in the process. Either way the team is fine on the field and financially. It's just the beautiful part about being wise with your money.