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While the USS Enterprise has yet to conquer foreign galaxies, it is starting to pick up speed overseas.
Playing in seven foreign markets this weekend, J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek Into Darkness" collected $31.7 million, according to an estimate from distributor Paramount Pictures. The studio said the sequel performed about 70% better than the original did when it debuted in those same countries four years ago. The movie did well in locations like Germany and Australia but fared best in the United Kingdom, where it grossed $13.3 million.
The movie needs to fare well abroad if it is to become a hit, because the film cost Paramount and co-financier Skydance Productions at least $190 million to produce and more than $100 million more to market.
But "Star Trek" has long been a property that resonates most strongly with American audiences. Abrams' first entry in the franchise made only about 33% of its overall $385.7 worldwide gross internationally — not the pattern most big-budget tent poles typically follow.
Realizing it had to boost its overseas ticket sales on the "Star Trek" sequel, Paramount sent cast members Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto to Australia, Germany, Mexico and England to promote the movie over the last month. The studio is also emphasizing that the second film features bigger special effects and was converted into 3-D — unlike the original.
"Traditionally, the 'Star Trek' TV show was known for its lower-budget visual effects, and the international audience in the past didn't connect to it," Rob Moore, Paramount's vice chairman, said on Sunday. "Now the movie has a great combination of humanity and action that foreign markets can embrace."
Moore added that in Mexico — where "Star Trek" has "traditionally not been good at all" — weekend business nearly tripled from 2009, indicating not just that the local marketplace has grown in recent years but that "the franchise is finding a new audience."
"Star Trek Into Darkness" will debut in the U.S. and Canada's IMAX theaters on Wednesday night and expand to theaters nationwide on Thursday. Next weekend, the film will also launch in Russia, followed by major markets like China and Brazil in June.
[Updated, 4:31 p.m.: A previous version of this post said Rob Moore's title was vice president of Paramount. He is actually vice chairman of Paramount.]
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Bringing you all of the juiciest bits from Channel 4's ultimate sex ed site.
From 2008 to 2015, the Channel 4 Sexperience website was the ultimate go-to destination for no-nonsense sex education. From man bits to masturbation, virgins to vulvas, boobs to blowjobs and everything in between, there was nowhere it feared to tread in its quest to lay sex bare. But now, alas, the time has come for Sexperience to hang up its lucky pants, grab some soothing balm and head out into a well-earned retirement. In its absence, we've been handed the baton and have been tasked with continuing it's epic sexual mission.
So from here on in 'Am I Normal?' will be getting to get to the bottom of all manor of sex-related issues. From staying safe in the bedroom and avoiding unplanned pregnancies to figuring out how to do it, when to do it and who to do it with, we'll have it covered.
We'll be adding plenty of content to the Sex and Relationships section of the 'Am I Normal?' site in the coming weeks and months including articles, cheat sheets, polls, videos, quizzes and more.
In the meantime, we've been trawling the Sexperience archives to salvage some of the best bits and bobs from its years of valiant sexual service. We'll be adding loads more Sexperience content soon, but let's kick things off with a bit of a classic quiz…
Sex can be scary, exciting, confusing and, if you're under 16, it can also be illegal. Having sex is a big decision and you should only go for it if you're really ready and everyone involved is 100% up for it. You can get lots more info on sex laws and consent over at Think You Know? Website.
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April 29, 2006
Hood River County mailed out 10,880 ballots to registered voters on Friday and the countdown officials begins for the May 16 primary election.
Sandra Berry, elections supervisor, asks that ballots be marked only with pencil and signed by the official recipient. She said damaged or destroyed forms can be replaced prior to mailing by calling 387-4522.
She said it is too late for new voter registrations or to change a political party. But members of the electorate can still request a change of address.
All ballots must be returned by 8 p.m. on May 16. A drop-slot for added convenience is available near the front door at 601 State Street.
The ballots will winnow down the field of candidates in contested partisan races. Voters will choose one candidate from the Democratic and Republican parties to advance on to the Nov. 7 general election. In nonpartisan races, if an individual takes 50 percent plus one of the vote, that person will have his/her name singly listed on the fall ballot.
Of particular interest to local voters is the three-way race for the at-large position of Hood River County Commission Chair. District 2 Commissioner Maui Meyer is listed on the ballot, along with challenger Paul Nevin, a Hood River resident. Running as a write-in candidate is Parkdale orchardist Ron Rivers.
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THE SQL Server Blog Spot on the Web
This is the third part in a series of posts based on the content of the Query Optimizer Deep Dive presentations I have given over the last month or so at the Auckland SQL Users' Group and the SQL Saturday events in Wellington, New Zealand and Adelaide, Australia.
Links to other parts of this series: Part 1 Part 2 Part 4
We saw in part 2 how optimizer rules are used to explore logical alternatives for parts of the query tree, and how implementation rules are used to find physical operations to perform each logical steps. To keep track of all these options, the cost-based part of the SQL Server query optimizer uses a structure called the Memo. This structure is part of the Cascades general optimization framework developed by Goetz Graefe. The Memo provides an efficient way to store many plan alternatives via the use of groups.
Each group in the Memo initially contains just one entry – a node from the input logical tree. As exploration and implementation phases progress, new groups may be added, and new physical and logical alternatives may be added to existing groups (all alternatives in a group share the same logical properties, but will often have quite different physical properties). Groups are also shared between plan alternatives where possible, allowing Cascades to search more plans in the same time and space compared with other optimization frameworks.
Continuing with our example query, the input tree to cost-based optimization is first copied into the Memo structure. We can see this structure using trace flag 8608:
USE AdventureWorks2008R2;
-- Initial memo contents
Total = SUM(inv.Quantity)
FROM Production.Product AS p
JOIN Production.ProductInventory AS inv ON
inv.ProductID = p.ProductID
p.Name LIKE N'[A-G]%'
As a reminder, this is the logical input tree to cost-based optimization shown in part 2:
This is copied to the Memo, one group per logical node, illustrated below:
The group numbers and linked structure shown are obtained directly from the trace flag output:
Each group has an entry number (all zero above since there is only one logical entry per group at this stage), with a logical operation (e.g. LogOp_Join), and the group numbers of any child groups (e.g. the logical join in group 13 references its two inputs, groups 8 and 9, and a logical comparison defined by the sub-tree starting at group 12).
One the initial Memo has been populated from the input tree, the optimizer runs up to four phases of search. There is a documented DMV, sys.dm_exec_query_optimizer_info, that contains a number of counters specific to query optimization. Four of these counters are 'trivial plan', search 0', 'search 1', and 'search 2'. The value for each counter keeps track of the number of times a search phase was entered. By recording the values before and after a specific optimization, we can see which phases were entered. The current counter values on one of my test SQL Server instances is shown below, as an example:
We look at each of the four phases in a bit more detail next:
This phase is primarily concerned with finding good plans for OLTP-type queries, which usually join a number of tables using a navigational strategy (looking up a relatively small number of rows using an index). This phase primarily considers nested-loops joins, though hash match may be used when a loops join implementation is not possible. Many of the more advanced (and costly to explore) optimizer rules are not enabled during this search phase – for example search 0 never considers indexed view matching or parallel plans.
This search phase can use most or all of the available rules, can perform limited join reordering, and may be run a second time (to consider parallel plans only) if the first run produces a plan with a high enough cost. Most queries find a final plan during one of the Search 1 runs.
This phase uses the most comprehensive search configuration, and may result in significant compilation times in some cases. The search is either for a serial or parallel plan, depending on which type was cheaper after search 1.
The scripts accompanying this series show another way to see which phases were run, using trace flag 8675. The output provides some extra insight into how things work (for example it shows the number of optimization moves (tasks) made in each stage). The only documented and supported way to see the search phases is via the DMV, however.
Each phase has entry conditions, a set of enabled rules, and termination conditions. Entry conditions mean that a phase may be skipped altogether; for example, search 0 requires at least three joined tables in the input tree. Termination conditions help to ensure the optimizer does not spend more time optimizing than it saves – if the current lowest plan cost drops below a configured value, the search will terminate early with a 'Good Enough Plan Found' result.
The optimizer also sets a budget at the start of a phase for the number of optimization 'moves' it considers sufficient to find a pretty good plan (remember the optimizer's goal is to find a good enough plan quickly). If the process of exploring and implementing alternatives exceeds this 'budget' during a phase, the phase terminates with a 'Time Out' message. Early termination (for whatever reason) is part of the optimizer's design, completely normal, and not generally a cause for concern.
From time to time, we might wish that the optimizer had different goals – perhaps that we could ask it to continue searching for longer – but this is not how it works. It is all too easy to over-spend on optimization (finding transformations is not hard – finding ones that are robustly useful in a wide range of circumstances is), and full cost-based exploration is a memory and processor-intensive operation. The optimizer contains many heuristics, checks and limits to avoid exploring unpromising alternatives, to prune the search space as it goes, and ultimately produce a pretty good plan pretty quickly, most of the time, on most hardware, in most databases.
First a quick summary: The optimizer runs up to four phases, each of which performs exploration using rules (finding new logical alternatives to some part of the tree), then a round of implementation rules (finding physical implementations for a logical part of the tree). New logical or physical alternatives are added to the Memo structure – either as an alternative within an existing group, or as a completely new group. Note that the Memo allows the optimizer to consider very many alternatives at once in a compact and quick-to-search structure; the optimizer does not just work on one overall plan, performing incremental improvements (this is a common misconception).
Having found all these alternatives, the optimizer needs a way to choose between them. Costing runs after each round of implementation rules, producing a cost value for each physical alternative in each group in the memo (only physical operations can be costed, naturally). Costing considers factors like cardinality, average row size, expected sequential and random I/O operations, processor time, buffer pool memory requirements, and the effect of parallel execution.
Like many areas of optimization, the costing calculations are based on a complex mathematical model. This model generally provides a good basis on which to compare alternatives internally, regardless of the workload or particular hardware configuration. The costing numbers do not mean very much by themselves, so it is generally unwise to compare them between statements or across different queries. The numbers are perhaps best thought of as a unit-less quantity, useful only when comparing alternative plans for the same statement.
The model is just that of course: a model, albeit one that happens to produce very good results for most people most of the time. The slide deck that accompanies this series contains details of some of the simplifying assumptions made in the model.
At the end of each search phase, the Memo may have expanded to include new logical and physical alternatives for each group, perhaps some completely new groups. We can see the contents after each phase using trace flag 8615:
-- Final memo
The final Memo (after each phase, remember) can be quite large, despite the techniques employed to constrain the search space. Our simple test query only requires a single run through search 1, and terminates early after 509 moves (tasks) with a 'Good Enough Plan Found' message. Despite that, the Memo contains 38 groups (up from 18) with many groups containing several alternatives. The extract below highlights just the groups that relate directly to the join implementation:
Looking at the green shaded areas, group 13 item 0 was the original (joining groups 8 and 9 and applying the condition described by the sub-tree starting with group 12). It has gained an logical alternative (via the Join Commute rule, reversing the join input groups), and two surviving physical implementations: a one-to-many merge join as item 7, with group 8 option 2 as the first input, and group 9 option 2 as the second; and a physical inner Apply driven by group 8 option 6, on group 30 option 2. Group 20 is completely new – another one-to-many merge join option, but this time with inputs from groups 19.4 and 8.2 with 12 familiar as the join condition. Again, the scripts accompanying this series can be used to explore the details further, if you wish.
The final selected plan consists of physical implementations chosen by starting with the lowest-cost physical option in the root group (18, shaded pink above). The sub-tree from that point has a total estimated cost of 0.0295655 (this is the same cost shown in the final graphical execution plan). The plan is produced by following the links in the Memo, from group 18 option 4, to group 20 option 6, and so on to the leaves:
The original slides and demo code are attached below as a zip file.
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Thanks Paul, there is such a dearth of information on query plans and internals of the query optimizer that every bit of new knowledge is refreshing.
This is the final part in a series of posts based on the content of the Query Optimizer Deep Dive presentations
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Hi Paul,
Thanks for this great post.
I have a question about logical group expression in the memo structure. I noticed that in the final memo, some groups only contain logical group expressions. I was wondering whether it is because some logical expressions are never transformed to physical ones (if so, on what base the optimizer chooses which logical group expressions to transform to physical ones?), or the physical counterparts are expensive and are pruned by the optimizer so they are not kept in the memo?


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Titian (£31) is the perfect natural peachy nude, it does not have shimmer, nor pink tones like a lot of nudes do, it also has the perfect amount of peach without veering into orange territory.
Swatched below on the left with Liz Earle cream blush in Nude on the right, to show the peach of the RBR.
If you are looking for a comfortable, high quality, natural nude look to the skin this could be your answer.
Disclosure: I received this via a gift certificate (which was very kindly given to me by RBR) from rougebunnyrouge.com
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The Nars multiple's break me out and I find they feel heavier than the RBR and have a slighlty tacky texture compared to RBR x
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The different practices will be sorted by neighborhood, so the navigation will have to account for the presence of several (likely 20 or so) links to different category pages. There will also be a resource section for relevant articles which will need to be included in the design. This does not necessarily need to be in the sidebar, but can be below the main content section, or whatever you deem best. I would like the page design to also incorporate a featured section which will highlight a dental practice most likely with photo, short description, and a link to its page. Please source from iStockPhoto and I will purchase imagery if necessary for final design.
Final design will need to be provided in layered PSD format. Please ask any questions and I will respond promptly! Thanks!
Payment sent via PayPal is preferred, but I am open to other options if necessary. Any Western Union fees will be deducted from prize amount.
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Nutrient pollution from farms and livestock hurts amphibians
Remember the uproar in 1995 when school kids in Minnesota began finding frogs with extra limbs? The mutated amphibians looked like props in some sci-fi movie, and scientists quickly began searching for the culprit behind the deformities. Speculation centered on pesticides, increased UV radiation, and infection from parasites—which ultimately turned out to be the "villain."
But the question remained: why were these parasites—called trematodes—increasing in number and preying on frogs? According to a study published earlier this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the leading cause of the problem is the runoff of phosphorous and nitrogen fertilizer, originating from agriculture (likely the monoculture corn and soybean farms of the Midwest), cattle grazing, and domestic runoff.
What's the connection? Through a process called eutrophication, the excess nutrients from animal manure and fertilizers cause more algae to grow in surface waters, like the pond where the kids first found the mutated frogs. The extra algae helps increase populations of snails (which feed on algae), as well as populations of the microscopic parasites (trematodes), which the snails eat and release into ponds. The trematodes form cysts on developing tadpoles, which can cause frogs to develop missing, or in some cases multiple, limbs. The frog's predators then eat the frogs and the parasites, spreading the trematodes back into the ecosystem and relaunching the cycle.
But don't think you're safe from the effects of this pollution just because you're not an amphibian. "Since most human diseases involve multiple hosts, understanding how increased nutrient pollution affects freshwater and marine food webs to influence disease is an emerging frontier in ecological research," says Pieter Johnson, a water scientist at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the lead author of the study.


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With the first phase of the Android rollout, Hulu Plus is available on six phones, including the Nexus One, Nexus S, HTC Inspire 4G, Motorola Droid II, Motorola Droid X, and the Motorola Atrix. We expect to add to the number of Android smartphones and will be making additional device announcements throughout the year.
The free Hulu Plus app is available for download from Android Market, and once installed, Hulu Plus subscribers will be able to enjoy the service on the go. As always, Hulu Plus offers new subscribers one free week to try the service.


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10 Awesome Action/Sci-Fi Movies on Netflix
Netflix is a wonderful service for movie buffs interested in having a wide range of movies available for a convenient, low price. Whether you stream movies or order DVDs through the mail, there are many amazing action and sci-fi movies available through Netflix. These 10 are some of the best the service has to offer.
"Terminator 2: Judgment Day"
This classic 1991 Arnold Schwarzenegger film is a sequel that stands on its own two feet. Two robots, called terminators, are sent back in time. One is sent to save John Connor, and one is sent to kill him. A fight through a mental institution, a trip to a technology lab and a couple of explosions ensure excitement throughout the film. The Terminator unit played by Schwarzenegger also tosses out some great, funny one-liners to keep the tone a little lighter as the movie progresses.
"The Avengers"
The Avengers are superheroes with a long history in comics, and the 2012 film about the team is part of a larger reboot of the comic characters. Loki is the main villain in this action-packed movie, trying to take over the world. In response, Nick Fury recruits the best heroes in the world. The action sequences are punctuated by snappy one-liners and banter between the heroes as they learn to work together.
"Men in Black"
Will Smith steals the screen in this funny, action-filled 1997 hit. A secret organization keeps the world safe from aliens and hires Smith's character, Agent J. Tommy Lee Jones' Agent K acts as a mentor for Agent J, teaching him the ins and outs of the organization while they fight a skin-stealing bug-like alien.
1984 saw the start of the Ghostbusters franchise. This film is filled with big names, such as Bill Murray and Rick Moranis. A group of parapsychologists come together to create a company focused around ghost research and extermination. The group becomes reaches celebrity status in the city while a demonic spirit grows as the main villain of the film. The funny journey involves a good bit of action and a lot of fun.
"Quarantine 2: Terminal"
This 2011 sequel to "Quarantine" is considered the better of the two films. A small plane takes off, and one of the passengers becomes sick and flies into a rage. Once the plane lands, the passengers are directed to a terminal that is sealed off from the outside world. The small group is locked inside, and individuals get infected with a mysterious disease. The sickness is finally explained in this film, removing the mystery while filling in the background.
Hellboy is a sarcastic, unrefined hero who is far from the perfect, clean heroes common in many comics. This 2004 film stars Ron Perlman as the title character, a role he reprises in the sequel. The antagonist is Grigori Rasputin, who is determined to open a portal to create a new world through the destruction of the current one. This is a wonderful introduction to the characters even for those unfamiliar with the comic. There are plenty of funny quips and intense action scenes.
"Planet of the Apes"
This classic 1968 movie is based on a novel of the same name and is considered one of the great sci-fi movies of the era. A group of astronauts crash-land on a planet ruled by intelligent apes. The astronauts learn about the society, in which different species hold different roles. Things turn sour over the role of humans in the strange planet's social system.
James Bond returns in this 2012 movie as actor Daniel Craig. The movie opens with action, something not uncommon in Bond movies. Bond is soon on the hunt for a disc containing crucial files. This film stays true to the traditional James Bond themes and is a thrilling, exciting continuation of Bond lore.
"Captain America: The First Avenger"
Captain America is one of the Avengers, and he is introduced to movie audiences in this 2011 action movie. During World War II, Steve Rogers is deemed unfit for military duty but volunteers for a secret project. The enhanced soldier is used as both a weapon and a propaganda tool during the war and encounters his soon-to-be archnemesis during his travels.
"Resident Evil"
In this 2002 film, a virus breaks out from a research lab and turns all of those infected into hungry zombies. The company computer mainframe locks down the lab in an attempt to contain the infection. A team is sent to shut down the computer and attempt to keep the infection from escaping the complex. This is the first movie in the "Resident Evil" franchise, which includes multiple movies, video games and other media.
Pop some popcorn, pour a drink and settle in to enjoy these great action and sci-fi movies available through Netflix. These movies are some of the best Netflix has to offer and are must-sees for anyone who enjoys some action and futuristic technology in movies.


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This is a nice change of pace for toothpastes. I am an obsessive compulsive when it comes to these things. I always use Colgate Optic "express white" in the mornings and Sensodyne Repair at night. I now switch between this Marvis paste and my Sensoydne before bed or use this midday since it's a very gentle paste. I love the smell and 'flavor' of this too. I will also mention this looks very chic on the glass shelf in the bathroom and adds to the ambience, seriously.5
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MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - The man leading the Auburn Tigers to the team's biggest, and fastest turnaround is being eyed for Coach of the Year accolades.
In addition to being in the lead for the Liberty Mutual Insurance Coach of the Year Award [Vote Here], coach Gus Malzahn is one of three finalists being named for the Maxwell Football Club's Collegiate Coach of the Year Award.
The other finalists in the MFC award are David Cutcliffe of Duke and Gary Pinkel of Missouri. Malzahn and Pinkel will square-off Saturday in the SEC Championship game in Atlanta.
Cutcliffe has led Duke to its first 10-win season in school history and an ACC Coastal Division title. Duke (10-2, 6-2 in the ACC) will play No. 1 Florida State (12-0, 8-0) Saturday.
In just his first year at Auburn and just the second year of his career as a head coach at the collegiate level, Malzahn turned the Tigers' 3-9 team of 2012 into a powerhouse 11-1 team the next year topping off the season with a historic, last second win over undefeated, reigning 2-time national champion Alabama.
Malzahn's Tigers are currently ranked No. 3 in the BCS standings behind No. 2 Ohio State and No. 1 Florida State.
Pinkel has led Mizzou's turnaround in 2013, much like Auburn, to end the regular season 11-1. The Missouri Tigers are the SEC East Champions and are currently ranked No. 5 in the BCS standings.
The winner will be named on December 19, 2013.
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Morgenstern's Reflections Series NACHT UND TRAUME Features Tony Winner Maryann Plunkett Tonight, 11/19
Violinist and artistic director Gil Morgenstern's acclaimed Reflections Series continues the 2012-2013 season tonight, Monday, November 19 at 7:30pm with Nacht und Traüme, "Night and Dreams." Celebrating five years of innovative programming in its intimate home at WMP Concert Hall (31 East 28th Street, NYC), Morgenstern will be joined by Tony Award Winner Maryann Plunkett and pianist Donald Berman.
A nocturnal journey from dusk to dawn, Nacht und Traüme creates a narrative of fantasy and nightmare through the music of Schubert (Nacht und Träume and Fantasie); Enesco (Impressions of Childhood); John Cage (Dream); and Sibelius (Nocturne). Prose and poetry of Sylvia Plath (from The Unabridged Journals, Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams, and The Wishing Box) will be read by Maryann Plunkett who won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress for her performance as "Sally Smith" in Me and My Girl.
By placing musical works in their respective artistic, historic and social context, Morgenstern invites audiences to travel with him behind the scenes into the composers' creative processes. Using both existing and original works, and with the collaboration of a superb ensemble of creative and performing artists representing all art forms, Reflections Series programs present works that both reflect upon one another and invite the audience to reflect anew on universal themes. The 2012-2013 Reflections Series will also be presented in Miami, Philadelphia, Boston and at An Appalachian Summer Festival in Boone, North Carolina; and in various cities throughout Italy, France, and England.
A sneak peek at upcoming Reflections Series Concerts:
The Voice of the Violin, Part 2 | Tues., February 26 & Wed., February 27, 2013 at 7:30pm
The Voice of the Violin, Part 2 expands on the theme of Gil Morgenstern's opening concert at WMP in 2010. Mr. Morgenstern has crafted a second program showcasing the singularly expressive range of the violin and the contrasting manner in which composers have exploited it. He will perform selections highlighting the instrument's unique and versatile voice in music by Beethoven, Berio, Webern, Bach, Schumann, Ysaÿe, and Ravel. With Benjamin Hochman, piano.
Reflections on Things Past: The First Five Years | Tues., May 7 & Wed., May 8, 2013 at 7:30pm
An evening of Reflections Series' highlights, celebrating five years of innovative and original programming. With Jonathan Feldman, piano. Program TBA.
About Gil Morgenstern: Acclaimed for his artistry and technical brilliance, violinist Gil Morgenstern is devoted to exploring and expanding the possibilities for inventive classical music programming. His vision is to present the audience with a more complete concert experience, meticulously curated from start to finish, by organically integrating music with other artistic disciplines in innovative and unexpected ways.
A violinist with a long history of performing in the world's great concert halls, Mr. Morgenstern's career has taken him to international venues including Wigmore Hall, London; Cultural Center Concert Hall, Hong Kong; the American Academy, Rome; Salone dei Cinquecento, Florence; El Teatro Sucre, Quito; Arts Centre and State Theatre, Melbourne, Australia. He has also toured the U.S. extensively, performing in recital and as guest soloist with many leading orchestras including the symphonies of St. Louis, Baltimore, Louisville, Indianapolis, Denver, Milwaukee, New Jersey and North Carolina.
Mr. Morgenstern has also shared the stage with such eminent musicians as Philippe Entremont, Lynn Harrell, André-Michel Schub, Jeffrey Kahane, Sharon Isbin, and Heinz Holliger, and has collaborated with United States Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa, and performance artist Laurie Anderson.
Mr. Morgenstern's discography includes works by Beethoven, Fauré, Copland, Ravel, Kodaly, Sessions and the award-winning American composer George Tsontakis. His latest recording, 20th Century Duos for Violin and Cello, was the No. 1 classical CD for over a month on eMusic, the largest online store for independent music in the world, and was one of the top ten best selling classical music albums on Amazon.com. Of the CD The New York Times raved, "the music is terrific and the performances compelling on this surprisingly exciting and excellently engineered recording." Mr. Morgenstern records for the MMC, Engine Company and Koch International Classics labels, and can regularly be heard on National Public Radio and classical music radio stations across the country.
Highlights of Mr. Morgenstern's recent seasons include interdisciplinary performances with the Julliard Dance Company at Lincoln Center and the Brooklyn Ballet; the premieres of staged versions of The Epic of Gilgamesh, Venus and Adonis with Claire Bloom and John Neville, and Samuel Beckett at 100 at New York City's 92nd Street Y and at Harvard University. Mr. Morgenstern's performance in the Nine Circles Chamber Theatre production of When Samson Met Delilah toured Holland to rave reviews and his recent appearance in Toronto was broadcast throughout Canada on CBC. He also appeared as violin soloist in U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky's translation of Dante's Inferno, which toured the country and was broadcast on PBS and NPR, for which it received a Peabody nomination. Mr. Morgenstern continues to tour the United States and Europe, and his highly acclaimed Reflections Series will be presented in new venues in London, Paris, Rome, Florence, Milan and Venice in the 2012–2013 season. Mr. Morgenstern lives in New York City. For more information, visit www.gilmorgenstern.com.
About Donald Berman: Pianist Donald Berman is recognized as a chief exponent of new works by living composers, overlooked music by 20th century masters, and recitals that link classical and modern repertoires. His 2-volume The Unknown Ives and The Uncovered Ruggles represents the only recordings of the complete short piano works of Charles Ives and Carl Ruggles extant. His recordings also include the 4-CD set Americans in Rome: Music by Fellows of the American Academy in Rome, The Light That Is Felt: Songs of Charles Ives (with Susan Narucki, soprano), and Wasting the Night: Songs of Scott Wheeler.
Recent concerts include premieres of Christopher Theofanidis's Piano Concerto with orchestras of Belgrade; Columbus, OH; and Hartford, CT; and an electro-acoustic program When Brahma Sleeps presented by (le) Poisson Rouge (NYC). He is the recipient of the 2010 Classical Recording Foundation's Samuel Sanders Collaborative Artist Award and the Radcliffe Fellowship at Harvard University.'
Berman teaches at Tufts University and is Treasurer of the Charles Ives Society. A prizewinner of the 1991 Schubert International Competition, Berman studied with Leonard Shure, John Kirkpatrick, George Barth, and Mildred Victor.
About Maryann Plunkett: American actress Maryann Plunkett won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance as "Sally Smith" in Me and My Girl. Additional Broadway credits include Bernadette Peters' replacement in Sunday in the Park with George and the 1991 revival of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, in which she played Elizabeth Proctor opposite Martin Sheen as John Proctor, in an all-start cast including Michael York and Fritz Weaver. Plunkett has appeared in film in Breaking the Silence and on television in as guest star on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Law & Order.
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iPod Nano - the new furry dice?
Gadgets galore
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Certified gadget obsessives Tech Digest and Shiny Shiny scour Gizmoville for the oddest digital goodies, Bayraider keeps tabs on the best and worst of eBay and Propellerhead answers your PC queries.
iPod car clip
Move over fuzzy dice; not content to have the music player market - the iPod now wants to dominate the windshield. The CarClip is a clear, acrylic iPod holder designed to dangle your iPod Mini or Nano from your rearview mirror - presumably making it easier for you to choose your music while you're meant to be driving. iPod video, colour, gen three and four owners don't despair - your holders are in the design stage; soon enough everyone can have their iPods at driver's eye-level, and music on their mind instead of their eyes on the road. Info here.
Entire life on eBay
Selling all your possessions on eBay isn't new. A bloke called John D Freyer did it a couple of years ago so that he could get a book out of it. Now a Construction Management student calling himself 'e-viis' is doing the same, but for much less punchable reasons - he wants to raise some tuition fees.
All e-viis' worldly goods are up for sale, including a PC with 19in CRT monitor, router and printer, Creative Zen 20GB MP3 player, Pioneer VSX-D814 multi-channel receiver, Goodmans TVC201T 21" TV and video, "three expensive watches", a Specialized RockHopper mountain bike and lots more fantastically expensive things, possibly including his Vauxhall Nova if the price is right. (Blimey mate, are you sure Mummy and Daddy can't swing some tuition fees after all that?) Modestly he opened the bids at 99p, but it quickly went up to £500 and there are still a few days left. Auction is here.
GPS with MP3
Evesham Bluemedia has come up with a simple, but blindingly obvious addition to the humble in-car navigation system - MP3 support. It takes SD memory cards so you can listen to your favourite tunes, or not quite as advisable this, review your latest JPEG images, while ahem, driving. The BM6380 has all the goods you would expect from a decent GPS system. It comes with the latest selection of navteq 2D and 3D maps which are displayed on a 320 x 240 touchscreen. There's also address/postcode programming and alerts for six types of speed camera designed to keep you 'safe' when you're booting it like a Premiership footy player across the countryside. Oh, and there's also a pedestrian mode to make it more useful sans car. The Evesham Bluemedia BM6380 will be available from November for £300 and you can chose to up date its memory every few weeks to keep you ahead of those speed cameras and road changes for an extra annual £30 subscription.
PC tip of the day from Propellerhead - create your own icons in Windows
Are you tired of all those boring little icons on your desktop? Then do something about it! You can easily create your own custom icons in Windows using ordinary picture files or graphics created using the Paint program. You could have the pictures of the family or pets representing your programs (no jokes about using a photo of the mother in law to represent the word processor please...) or design your own from scratch. The image can be any size - Windows will automatically adjust the size and shape - but it must be in the Bitmap (extension .bmp) format. Most paint and graphics program have a 'Save As' facility that will convert picture files from other file types into .bmp format. Once that's done open Windows Explorer, find the picture file and click once into the name field to highlight it, then wait a second and click again to insert a cursor so it can be renamed. Change the file extension from .bmp to .ico, and hit return. Now go to the Desktop and right-click on the icon you want to change and select Properties. On the Shortcut tab you should see a 'Change Icon' button, (you can't normally change the icon on Windows applications) click it and use the Browse button to find your icon picture file, press OK and it's done.
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Please invite me to the next one.
Linsday, Your little boy is adorable! I just "liked" your Facebook page. If you could do the same for me, that would be awesome!
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The Ed Block Courage Award banquet last night did not have the drama of a year ago when Michael Vick was the choice by his Eagles teammates.
That does not mean that Vick was not a subject of conversation, especially with Eagles offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg being named the assistant coach of the year, largely for his work with Vick.
"We're all excited," Mornhinweg told National Football Post. "He's had a year under his belt in our system to bank on. I really think he's so talented that if he does it the right way he could end up being one of the greatest of all time. He's got another step to take to do that."
"I've been impressed with a lot of things with Mike. That mentality he has right now is whatever it takes to win the next game and it doesn't matter how it gets done. And the leadership qualities he has, I've been very impressed with as well."
Mornhinweg also lauded Vick for having the "right frame of mind."
"All he cares about is winning the next game," the coordinator said.
After heading to Atlantic City to pick up the player of the year award from the Maxwell Club on Friday, Michael Vick headed to Kansas City to receive the NFC Offensive Player of the Year award at the 101 Football Awards Banquet. Vick's presenter was his mentor Tony Dungy.
"It was quite a thrill and somewhat ironic because we first got together two years ago at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary, just outside of Kansas City," Dungy wrote on his blog. "I couldn't help but reflect on how things had changed for Mike in two years. He has gotten back to being a great player on the field, but more than that, he's doing a great job with his family and also doing many hours of community service, talking to young people about making good decisions, and trying to help them avoid some of the mistakes he made. I have really been proud of Michael and how he has grown in the last two years."
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Positive approach energizes
Letters to the Editor
Last week you published an article about the Coulee Dam/Elmer City sewer plant project that painted a very positive face on the Coulee Dam Town Council. And, as it was, they earned that praise — they deserved that praise! They were courteous, they were interested, they were responsive, and they were focused on a better and more flexible project path. As an active participant in that meeting I also found the town's engineer to be more thoughtful and open to other/different ideas and solutions … bravo to them all! I left that meeting reenergized and anxious to begin the process of working "with" Coulee Dam, Elmer City, and the Colville Tribe … working to find grant monies and other ways to reduce the large and looming sewer rate increases.
Mayor Snow and two council members were not at that uplifting council meeting and it is my hope that they too will embrace this and a more unified and flexible approach. Of course this means a bit of bruised pride to some, and maybe a dinner or two of crow for others … a small price when it comes to saving us all (each family) nearly $600 each year on our utility rates.
As with most things, synergy only works when there are willing and equally respected (and respectful) partners. For this to work, the town of Coulee Dam must become a ship-mate, not "just" a captain barking orders from the wheel-house on a ship floundering dangerously close to the rocks. Or better yet, they could (should) realize that there are other and more applicable metaphors that define a "partnership." A paradigm, if you will, where both input and decisions are better made from left to right as opposed to from the "my way," top-down method heretofore embraced by the Coulee Dam mayor and town clerk. Letting (helping) this happen takes the kind of leadership we all saw from the Coulee Dam Town Council, a few weeks ago.
Synergy and symbiosis often require change and "compromise;" then too every once in a while, it prefers a "consensus." Let's hope we are actually on one of these two paths, preferably the latter — there is just more bang for the buck when you get/have that "consensus!" It's time to break the old adage of, "the more things change, the more they stay the same."
We shall see. Will Mayor Snow, the other two council members, and even the town clerk/treasurer follow the more positive and progressive lead, or will they continue to be divisive and rift with obstruction?
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Fontana police arrested a man Sunday after he struck another man with a car following a fight.
Police said Ernesto Garcia Jr., 20, of Fontana got into an argument with the victim near the corner of Falcon Court and Blue Jay Lane at 8:30 a.m.
When the victim walked away, Garcia followed him in a vehicle and then struck him with the car, police said.
He drove away from the scene.
Police found Garcia and arrested him on suspicion of attempted murder.
The 26-year-old victim was taken to an area hospital for treatment of critical head injuries.
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Stock prices were mixed Monday as investors await reports on inflation and home construction later this week.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 18.89 points to 13,507.32. However, the Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 8.13 points to 3,117.50 and the S&P 500 Stock Index was down 1.37 points to 1,470.68.
Federal Reserve Board chairman Ben Bernanke told an audience at the University of Michigan the aggressive bond buying program designed to keep interest rates low and spur the economy will not lead to inflation in coming years. He also stressed the importance of raising the nation's debt ceiling.
Gold rose $8.80 to $1,669.40 an ounce and oil was up 58 cents to $94.14 a barrel.
Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL), the most valuable company, sank 3.6 percent on reports it curbed iPhone production on weak demand. Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) dropped 3.9 percent after the wireless carrier was cut at JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). Dell Inc. (Nasdaq: DELL) surged 13 percent as two people with knowledge of the matter said the company is in buyout talks with private-equity firms.
"As Apple goes, so goes the market," Frank Ingarra, who helps manage $1.4 billion at Greenwich, Conn.-based NorthCoast Asset Management LLC, said. "The problem you run into is that eventually they run out of people to sell stuff to. There's just not enough people in the world to keep buying all these Apple products. It makes sense that it's pulling back, and it makes sense that it's affecting the market because it's such a large weight."
Almost 80 percent of the 28 S&P 500 companies which reported quarterly results beat analysts forecasts. Fourth-quarter profits at S&P 500 companies grew 2.5 percent, according to analysts' estimates compiled by Bloomberg. That would be the second-slowest quarterly growth since 2009, the data show.
Research In Motion Ltd. (Nasdaq: RIMM) added 10 percent to $14.95. The maker of the BlackBerry smartphone jumped amid signs that demand for rival Apple's market-leading iPhone is ebbing.
Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. (NYSE: SNI) slid 1.1 percent to $59.15. The television home of Paula Deen's mashed potatoes was cut to hold from buy at Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB) by equity analyst Douglas Mitchelson. The 12-month share-price estimate is $65.
H&R Block Inc. (NYSE: HRB) slumped 2.9 percent to $19.41. The biggest U.S. tax preparer was cut to underweight from equalweight at Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS).
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) dropped 0.9 percent to $192.62. The company was downgraded to neutral from overweight at JPMorgan by equity analyst Mark Moskowitz.
SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWR) slid 6 percent to $7.70. The solar-panel company majority-owned by Total SA fell after an announcement of higher-than-anticipated restructuring costs and a downgrade by Credit Agricole Securities.
Hewlett Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) added 4.9 percent to $16.95. While Lenovo's sales growth of 8.2 percent from a year earlier was the fastest of the top five computer makers, Hewlett Packard's dominance in professional PCs helped it retake the lead from Lenovo, market researcher Gartner said in a report Monday. Hewlett-Packard shipped 16.2 percent of PCs last quarter compared with 15.5 percent a year earlier.
Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) gained 2.4 percent to $20.97. The biggest maker of computer networking equipment was raised to outperform at both Robert W. Baird & Co. and William Blair & Co.
Sears Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: SHLD) rose 8.9 percent to $44.60 after Chairman Edward Lampert disclosed that he increased his stake in the retailer last week after being named chief executive officer.
Harry Winston Diamond Corp. (NYSE: HWD) jumped 4.3 percent to $15.08, the highest level since April. Swatch Group AG, the biggest maker of Swiss timepieces, agreed to buy the Harry Winston watch and jewelry unit for about $1 billion, adding a luxury label in its biggest acquisition.
Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) rose 10 percent to $44.08. The shares rallied to the highest price since before hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman called the nutrition company a pyramid scheme and announced he had taken a short position in the shares.
United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS) climbed 1.7 percent to $79.24. The company said it scrapped a 5.16 billion-euro ($6.9 billion) bid for TNT Express NV after European regulators moved to block the deal. Separately, the stock was raised to market perform from underperform at Avondale Partners LLC.
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Another Pisspoor story from the people
That refuse to publish stories about ACTA in case their own prejudices gets exposed.
Its fair play to the Beeb this morning as it appears to have brought the Pestogate image scandal to an end by giving El Reg a two-finger salute*: The BBC finally sticks its own photo on the piece Splendid. That's a BBC photo of a BBC building all right, and here for the record are some other photos of BBC buildings not by …
That refuse to publish stories about ACTA in case their own prejudices gets exposed.
... let's not bring the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority into this.
Who are you reffering to?
They posted this recent column about ACTA here : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8011895.stm
As a simple google would show (and a few more) - why don't you try their comments board instead of the Reg?
I was referring to el Reg not Auntie.
Other IT website have been talking about the latest criticisms of the ACTA forum by non Freetards.
Of which there hasn't been a mention of on El Reg. So its not that there hasn't been important news to talk about more El Reg doesn't want to talk about that news.
The last article el Reg posted about ACTA was titled 'Software freetard demand axing of ACTA' and was clearly biased. A point which was picked up in the many comments.
El Reg has obviously decided to stay away from controversial stories
You know, I have to agree with you. I too wish there was more ACTA coverage around here. Andrew O writes the odd article, but I hardly consider him unbiased. It would be nice to have a few different viewpoints offered about what I personally think is one of the single most important topics not only as regards intellectual property (and thus IT,) but sovereignty issues, the nature of democracy and international politics.
I'll have to join in here and moan a bit about the lack of ACTA coverage 'round these parts.
In the meantime, I would like to direct you at Dr Michael Geist's absolutely excellent blog (http://www.michaelgeist.ca/) which covers ACTA (amongst other copyright issues) in extraordinary depth.
It should be pointed out that Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/) also has fantastic ACTA coverage. With the addition of Mary Jo Foley's (http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft) excellent Microsoft Blog, you have Trevor Pott's personal list of IT related "morning newspapers."
El Reg has the best all around and overall tech coverage; they most especially fantastic offer gadget, HPC and startup coverage in a balanced, critical and sometimes cynical view that I simply can't find elsewhere on the net. Let us not also forget that bootnotes are grand; mocking stupid people can sometimes be a bit of a pick me up after a long day of dealing with users. (Does that make me a bad person?)
Ars Technica offers a more balanced view on intellectual property issues, often attacking it from all points of any debate, though they are for all intents and purposes Apple apologists. I find their technical coverage a little lacking, but they make up for it in the absolutely phenomenal science coverage. The Nobel Intent section is heads and shoulders above anything found anywhere else on the net.
Dr Geist's blog is the most in dept source of intellectual property information I have found on the net that isn't a legal website. So much so that even Ars often uses him as a source. He is fastidious about linking to his sources, and I consider him one of the premier researchers and authorities on the subject in the world.
Mary Jo Foley is just plain all out awesome, her coverage of Microsoft is something I find critical to my job, as it helps me anticipate the great beast's movements months if not years ahead of time. Since I still have a lot of Microsoft software deployed, this is great information. So good in fact that El Reg uses her for a source on a number of things.
So there you have it; while I would love to say that my beloved Vulture Central covers everything, there is no tech website I have yet found that manages to do so. Certainly there is none that manages to cover every topic from a number of different angles and viewpoints so as to offer totally well rounded coverage. (The amount of wetware that would take is probably obscene.) Overall I think El Reg is probably the best out there…
…but even this tech news multivitamin requires additional daily supplements.
Hope that helps source some additional coverage!
'nuff said.
what have the Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists ever done to you?
Slow news day?
This stopped being funny 2 stories ago.
How is that a "free image" that you "found" on the internet? It's obvious that google holds the copyright to that image. This story has been a piss poor effort from the start.
Wouldn't they have had to pay for the publication of each photograph used irrespective of how long it appeared for? So instead of sticking with the original they had to pay three more times, once to PA, again to Getty and I suppose the BBC photo library has a different cost centre so once to them but nothing for the teaboy.
No they wouldn't. As the BBC's "two-finger salute" alt text states, they don't pay per use; they have annual agreements with the agencies.
I love the fact the image on the bbc article now links back to el reg.
Not wanting to piss on your fireworks or anything, Lester, but the image flip-flopping might have more to do with the comments on Peston's blog than your excellent, timely coverage of this saga.
It does link back to The Register from that image so . . .
Hadn't spotted that. And the "two fingered salute" didn't have a footnote when I read the article.
No ???
Look at the Thursday lunchtime pic. Have the BBC REALLY got a Bush House?? If so I wanna work there.
Although I'd probably just fanny about all day while my co-workers beaver away on projects...
I bet no one has thought of that one in the 70 years the beeb have been there!
It's named after Irving T Bush of the Bush Terminal Company of New York, who opened a trade centre there in the 1920s.
My Dad worked there for a while in the 70's. They ran the Foreign Service from there (ie shortwave broadcasts aimed at Iron Curtain countries). It was a hotbed of dissident emigres at the time. I don't know what they use it for now, apart from photo-ops.
What the hell has ACTA - Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists got to do with it?
When I goto the very article on the BBC and hover my pointer over the pic does it show a link back to el reg?
This is using Chrome.
Am I missing something here, or perhaps just being thick?
Clearly, at least one of the Beeb's webmonkeys reads the Register.
This is called "webmaster humour".
"The BBC's news and current affairs programmes and news website have annual agreements with AP, PA, AFP, Allsport and Getty Images for image use. This image has been changed six times at a cost to the licence-fee payer of a few pence in terms of man-hours, which will be made up for in overtime."
So, thanks to El Reg, the teaboy has had to stay late.
All in all, this wasn't a great story, was it?
<img alt="The BBC's news and current affairs programmes and news website have annual agreements with AP, PA, AFP, Allsport and Getty Images for image use. This image has been changed six times at a cost to the licence-fee payer of a few pence in terms of man-hours, which will be made up for in overtime."
Aw shucks, can I be so immodest as to claim they did that in response to my earlier comment.
I suspected they'd have a flat fee agreement but why let that get in the way of a comment. Anyway, the teaboy still needs paying, he didn't even get a credit.
¿qué carajo
Go on, give us a paypal account to contribute to...
You have to wonder how many meetings this bit of silliness has involved, and how many cross-departmental memos.
Anon as I'm 'public sector' too and know of these things....
Google T&C's
Photographic Imagery
"......... You may not use the imagery in any commercial or business environment or for any commercial or business purposes for yourself or any third parties."
Somehow, despite not having watched any TV for the last few days, the BBC have entertained me almost every day this week. Thanks, BBC, and El Reg, for this tremendously funny saga. I have no doubt that "Pestongate: The Costume Drama" will be coming to BBC2 before the end of the year.
(I'll bet Paris has let a few teaboys take pictures...)
You found it on Google España?!?
- and no mistake
Yes, BBC have really got a Bush house, it's the home of BBC World Service.
That new bbc panorama photo seems like something they created using the 'autostitch' application on the iphone (which is actually a very clever little toy)

There is a golden principle in anything you do - EAT YOUR OWN DOGFOOD.
A journalistic organisation which is not competent enough to take a decent picture of their own building does not deserve to exist.
should ignore anything that comes their way from Reuters, on the grounds that it's not from their own reporters?
All this BBC baiting puts El Reg on the same side of the coin as all of Murdoch's outlets and The Daily Mail.
A strange Ménage à trois. I think we'd know who be the submissive in that arrangement.
With a certain Ms Bee buzzing around it certainly wouldn't be the Reg!
Eww, I've got an awful image of Murdoch in some weird fetish outfit cowering at the feet of the Moderatrix now. Anyone got any mind-bleach?
It may not be the greatest news story in the world but it is a mildly amusing tale of a BBC webmaster/editor having a bit of a larf with the Register. As far as costing tax payers money if you think a couple of pence in man-hours is wasting money (the BBC apparently has an all-you-can-eat agreement with Getty and PA so it didn't cost them anything extra for flip-flopping between images), compared to some of the absolute tosh the BBC output (and huge expense), then you are quite clearly stark raving bonkers!
Lighten up guys, its just a bit of harmless* fun, sheesh!
* Except for the tea-boy, but he's back now so its okay.
Lets not forget, this started as a flawed article slating the BBC's profligacy.
Backtracking by saying "only joking" is a cop-out.
BBC Techies 1 - Reg 0.
The last time I worked anywhere with a tea person was about 30 years ago. The last time I saw such a functionary was in a DWP office about five years ago.
If the BBC really has a teaboy it confirms all my prejudices about the public sector. If El Reg has one, I'm profoundly shocked.
I think we should be told.
I'm guessing so many Reg readers are bitter, social outcasts who long to lose their virginity that they can't laugh a light hearted story like this.
Go spend some of your salary on a haircut and some acne cream instead of Star Wars life size replica figures and cheer up.
... well done El Reg, as usual the BOOTNOTE stories do provide some good amusement.
(Thought I'd emphasis the that this is the bootnotes section as some commentards seem a little riled about the quality of these articles on the Beeb photo).
Well, if you squint your eyes and look at the shape the road makes with the wide angle lens it could look like two fingers in the shape of a V.
But we do have a collection of rather attractive - and for some reason, mostly South American[1] - young ladies who do the rounds three times a day with a trolley full of goodies.
No tea though...
But then, the BBC sold us some years ago. It's probably different over there in White City.
[1] Colombian, this week.
(AC - I'd hate to lose this privilege!)
Lock them all up! Right now! And disconnect their ISP while you're at it.
"The BBC's news and current affairs programmes and news website have annual agreements with AP, PA, AFP, Allsport and Getty Images for image use. This image has been changed six times at a cost to the licence-fee payer of a few pence in terms of man-hours, which will be made up for in overtime." - the alt. text
Excellant. Here's to the good Ship El Reg, long may she wind up the establishment!
I like the linkback, the pointless but amusing changing of images, and that even The Corporation has been shown to have a sense of humour.
So maybe it's a slow news day. Better than hearing what the Supreme Court cocks up this time, or the <yawn>ongoing saga</yawn> of the iFans loss of love for the leftie-unfriendly new iGizmo that sheep flocked to buy even before a decent independent review hit The Wired. [oops, gratuitous Apple-dig (iDig?), downvotes ahoy!]
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If you have been awarded a Chicago-Kent scholarship for
the 2001-2002 academic year, please refer to the Scholarship
Policies from the current Student Handbook for important
information concerning your award. Please direct any
questions about your scholarship to the Office
of Admissions, Suite 230.
Throughout the year, the Office of Admissions receives
notices of scholarships that are offered through external
organizations. Information about the scholarship awards
that are currently available is listed below. Award
notices are listed in the order in which they were received.
You may also find information on other outside scholarship
awards on the Internet. The following sites are useful
for finding scholarship and financial aid information:
NEW! Knights of Dabrowski
Crusade for Education Financial Aid Program
Application Deadline: May 31, 2002
Students of Polish descent in need of financial aid may
apply to the Knights of Dabrowski's Crusade for Education
program. A limited number of scholarships are available
on the basis of documented financial need, academic performance
and community involvement. To be eligible to apply, students
must be full-time graduate students enrolled at a fully
accredited university in the U.S. or full-time undergraduate
juniors or seniors enrolled in pre-professional programs;
be a U.S. citizen or documented legal alien of Polish descent;
be in good academic standing with documented financial need;
and be a Chicago metropolitan area resident for at least
four years (proof of residency is required). To request
an application, you must contact the Crusade for Education
Program, Knights of Dabrowski, 5723 N. Milwaukee Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois 60646 or call (773) 792-1800.
NEW! Serbian Bar Association
of America
Application Deadline: April 23, 2002
The Serbian Bar Association is a non-profit and national
organization based in Chicago, Illinois. It has been offering
multiple scholarships to law students annually for the last
eleven years. This year, scholarships will be awarded at
the annual scholarship gala, which is to be held on May
10, 2002 at the Union League Club in downtown Chicago. All
persons of Serbian birth or ancestry enrolled in an accredited
law school in any state of the United States or the Commonwealth
of Canada are eligible to apply. Applications are available
in the Office of Admissions, Suite 230.
DuPage County Chapter of the Justinian Society of Lawyers
Application Deadline: April 30, 2002
The DuPage County Chapter of the Justinian Society of Lawyers
will award a scholarship to a student of Italian extraction
who has completed at least one semester of law school in
Illinois. In general, one award of $1,000 is made,
but occasionally more than one applicant is chosen. The
award will be made on or about May 11, 2002. Applicants
must submit the scholarship application, a personal statement,
letter of recommendation from a law school faculty member
and a copy of their previous year's Federal income taxes.
Applications are available in the Office of Admissions,
Suite 230.
Attorney-CPA Foundation Scholarships
Application Deadline: April 30, 2002
The Attorney-CPA Foundation will award ten scholarships
in 2002 in amounts ranging from $250 to $1,000.The scholarships
are open to law students who will be entering their third
year of law school in Fall 2002 who have obtained a CPA
certificate. Applicants will be evaluated based upon
their academic performance, leadership in the school and
community and need for assistance in completing their studies.
Recipients will be selected by the Attorney-CPA Foundation
Scholarship Committee. Applications are available
in the Office of Admissions, Suite 230, or on the Foundation's
web site at http://www.attorney-cpa.com/foundation.html
or by calling the Attorney-CPA Foundation at 800-CPA-ATTY.
USA Funds "Access to Education" Scholarships
Application Deadline: April 15, 2002
USA Funds, the nation's leading student-loan guarantor,
will award renewable $1,500 scholarships to full-time graduate
students with financial need. Up to 50 percent of the scholarships
will be targeted to students who, in addition to demonstrating
financial need, are members of an ethnic-minority group
or are physically disabled. USA Funds will renew these scholarships
until students complete their degrees or until the total
amount awarded to each student reaches $6,000, whichever
comes first, as long as the student remains continuously
enrolled and maintains a 2.5 grade-point average on a 4.0
scale. Applications and additional information are available
on the USA Funds website at www.usafunds.org
or by faxing an application request with your name and mailing
address to 888-546-4107.
Polish Women's Civic Club, Inc. Scholarship
Application Deadline: June 25, 2002
The Polish Women's Civic Club, Inc. is a philanthropic
organization of American women of Polish descent interested
in discovering the richness of their Polish heritage and
sharing it with others. Realizing that education is
the main tool for deepening an appreciation of culture and
advancing a people, the Club supports educational activities
and the personal efforts of Polish American students, male
and female, through financial scholarships. To qualify
for a scholarship, applicants must (1) be a United States
citizen; (2) have at least one parent of Polish heritage;
(3) be a Chicago area resident enrolled as a full-time student
in their second year or beyond; (4) exhibit definite financial
need; and (5) have acceptable grades. Scholarship applications
are available in the Office of Admissions, Suite 230, or
by enclosing a self-addressed stamped envelope and writing
to: Polish Women's Civic Club, Attn: Therese Brzezinski,
Education Committee Chairman, P.O. Box 31967, Chicago, Illinois
For a complete list of the awards that were posted in the
2001-2002 Record, click
here. Although the application deadlines for these awards
have already passed, this information can aid you in planning
for next year by assisting you in determining the time of
year that certain awards are typically offered. You
may also access a complete list of the 2000-2001 scholarship
notices by clicking here.
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