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BEIJING – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping are locked in a diplomatic standoff, but their burgeoning rivalry contrasts with striking personal parallels between the two, analysts say.
While they have emerged through very different systems, one a democracy and the other a one-party state, they are both sons of elite politicians, have suffered serious personal or political setbacks, and spout dreamy, patriotic visions for the future.
Similarities in outlook underlie their nationalist and economic agendas, and both are seeking to rejuvenate their countries, the world's second- and third-biggest economies.
"These personality traits and similar historical background, I think they do matter because for both Xi Jinping and Abe, nationalism has been a potent force which they can exploit to consolidate their position," said Willy Lam, a politics expert at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Abe's visit to Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni Shrine, which honors several high-level officials executed for war crimes after World War II, is the latest spark between the countries after Beijing declared a defense identification zone in airspace over the Senkaku Islands, claimed by both but controlled by Tokyo.
Abe and Xi both came to power in late 2012, Xi anointed as Communist Party general secretary and Abe elected prime minister after an abortive first term five years earlier.
Xi has pushed what he calls the "Chinese Dream" and has referred to the "great renaissance of the Chinese nation," vowing to pursue a stronger military, overhaul an outmoded economic growth model and cleanse a ruling party riven with corruption.
Abe was voted in vowing to rejuvenate Japan's long moribund economy after two so-called lost decades, amend its war-renouncing Constitution and take a more positive view of Japan's past with the slogan: "Take back Japan."
Xi, 60, the "princeling" son of a revolutionary hero, grew up amid the political, economic and social turmoil that consumed Communist China for years, witnessing his father's jailing in the Cultural Revolution and being "sent down" himself to labor in the countryside.
Despite that complex past, Xi paid homage to Mao Zedong, the founder of the People's Republic and instigator of much of its anguish, on Dec. 26, the 120th anniversary of his birth — the same day as Abe's shrine visit.
Abe, 59, is also a political blue blood, son of a foreign minister and grandson of the wartime industry minister — who was jailed during the American Occupation before later serving as prime minister.
China has the world's largest military and Xi has inspected its first aircraft carrier, while overseeing a double-digit increase in its official defense budget.
In the meantime, Abe, who is looking to boost military spending for the first time in years, has donned a helmet to board a tank and sat in a trainer aircraft emblazoned with the number "731."
For Chinese, that number evokes a covert Japanese biological and chemical warfare research unit that used live Chinese captives for lethal experiments during the 1937-1945 Sino-Japanese War.
Katsuhiko Meshino, a senior writer for the Nikkei daily, highlighted how Xi's visit to Mao's mausoleum and Abe's to Yasukuni were both criticized for not accurately facing bygone times.
"Abe and Xi both ignored critical views about certain chapters of their nations' histories and asserted their own thoughts about the histories," he wrote.
Looking at their slogans, he added: "It seems that the two leaders are pursuing ghosts of the past instead of charting a new course for their countries."
So far, the two men's only encounters as leaders have been a brief meeting on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Russia in September and a handshake at October's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation gathering in Indonesia.
China says the shrine visit closed the door on dialogue. But both leaders are seeking to revitalize their economies, offering a potential fail-safe against confrontations going too far, analysts say.
They also face similar challenges, said David Zweig, a professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
"Power-wise, China is in ascendancy but morally it's in decline, and so that's why you get this effort by Xi to impose a new morality, a Maoist morality, an anti-corruption morality, a dream of greatness morality, a unification morality," he said.
"Abe is clearly trying to end the 22 years of decline. And the way you do that, he probably figures, is through enhancing nationalism, rewriting the past, giving people a more positive sense of who they are as Japanese, strengthening the military, not being so passive in international affairs."


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CES 2013: Lenovo Sets the Bar High with Its 5.5", 1080p K900 "Superphone"
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Lenovo is looking to make some waves in the smartphone market with its new K900 "superphone". Most were wowed by
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Under the screen, the K900 is powered by Intel's
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The device itself is 6.9mm thick and weighs just 5.7 ounces. The body of the phone is a mixture of polycarbonate and stainless steel that gives it a nice, business-like exterior.
"With the K900, our team has broken down the key functions of the smartphone and redesigned them from the ground up," said Liu Jun, president, Mobile Internet Digital Home, and senior vice president, Lenovo. "Rather than focus on specifications that look good on a datasheet, we've zeroed in on what consumers want and proved that for smartphone users, top performance doesn't require a thick profile. The K900 is a game-changer that looks as good as it performs."
Unfortunately, it looks as though Lenovo is targeting the K900 primarily at the Chinese market and a few other select markets. There's no word on when (or if) it will be available to a U.S. audience. At least Sony has enough confidence to market its "superphone" in the U.S.
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Petra Kvitova defeated Patricia Mayr-Archleitner 6-2, 6-3 Thursday at the Generali Ladies to reach her second quarterfinal since winning the Wimbledon title.
Ranked a career-high fourth, Kvitova had a shaky start as she dropped serve at love early in the opening set before taking control of the match.
Kvitova, who reached the semifinals in Tokyo last month, will play former champion Daniela Hantuchova or Ksenia Pervak in the quarterfinals.
Jelena Jankovic rallied to defeat Britain's Anne Keothavong 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 to advance to the quarterfinals.
The former No. 1 won just one service game in the opening set but then dominated the match. The third-seeded Serb player will take on Russian qualifier Evgeniya Rodina for a place in the semifinals.
Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia lost a 5-1 lead in the first set before defeating Italy's Sara Errani 6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-1.
In other second-round play, Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic downed Alberta Brianti 6-4, 6-2 without facing a break point. In her sixth quarterfinal of the season, Safarova will take on Sorana Cirstea of Romania.


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Seventeen-year-old Shirley (Katherine Waterston) is a good student who works as a babysitter in order to make money for college. One night Michael (John Leguizamo), a father Shirley works for, confesses he's unhappy with married life. Shirley has a crush on Michael, and seizes this moment to kiss him. Michael is so happy he presents Shirley with a big tip, which gives her an idea. Shirley plans to make extra money by setting up her teenage friends with other unhappy fathers.
Cast: John Leguizamo, Katherine Waterston, Cynthia Nixon
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Police make arrest in fatal Leetsdale hit and run
Allegheny County Police charged a Moon man in connection with a fatal hit-and-run incident Sunday morning along Route 65 in Leetsdale.
Shontelle Harvey, 41, was arrested for homicide by vehicle, driving under the influence and other charges in connection with the death of Charles Britt, 67, of Penn Hills about 3 a.m. He was awaiting arraignment at the county jail.
Leetsdale police officers responding to a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle found Britt's car stopped on the berm of the southbound lanes with four female passengers yelling for police. Britt was dead on the berm.
Witnesses described the suspect's vehicle as a white Lincoln SUV. Around that time, Sewickley police encountered Harvey driving a white Lincoln Navigator with heavy damage to its front and fender. A police affidavit said Harvey told police he had been drinking and noticed he'd struck something but didn't want to stop because he was already on probation.


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So wen did u ever at first love Jacob, Edward, or someone else etc etc when the movie Twilight have come out?
Ahhh....God. Since late, at nite I wasn't be able to sleep, bored and I received some kind of a bad messages and found that someone is replying my comments with their negative thoughts and I had a mood control problems and yadayadayadayadayada..... Sorry that was misunderstanding and so anyway...I'll decide to answer my own question. At first when I see Edward, I was like "how come he looks familiar?" then I realize he was from Harry Potter and then I was surprised. For Jacob, I was wondering myself of "how come he doesn't look familiar to me?" and so I was realizing that he was kind of cute and then until New Moon(though I was being a coward that I didn't watch it when it come out) I'm starting to realize that he was so buffed and then I was starting to like him a little more. So I guess I understand why thats the only part of where people from Team Jacob are starting to love him more. And then, at Kids Choice Awards 2009(some of you don't know that show that is from a nickelodeon channel) I've heard that Twilight have won for the Best Book and so I thought Robert Pattinson r going to show up but instead it was Taylor Lautner. I was realizing that he was so hot in there. Then at Kids Choice Awards 2010 Ive heard that he's a nominee for the best actor and then he won. I was very proud of him winning. Also his voice was sexy wen he made some speeches. Hmm but too bad Twilight didn't win for the best book or movie.
Srry that it was too long. It was a long story, huh? So... if you think this is kind of boring, I'll leave some videos down here just in case of Idk...., but I knw this is off-topic about Twilight, but I'm too sorry if this bothers u. Just don't give me a bad time, alright? Don't like it?, then at least say one positive thing about it.


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|From: Robby Findler (robby at cs.uchicago.edu)
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At Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:02:24 -0400, David Richards wrote: > Well it helps a little, thanks. But using the PLT object system makes > me feel like I'm collecting idioms like a philatelist collects stamps. > Shouldn't object systems should be designed not by piling feature on > top of feature, but by removing the weaknesses and restrictions that > make additional features appear necessary? We've tried to do that (and there will be a paper that makes this very argument about the mz class system, but I'll let Matthew tell you more about that one as he wishes), but there are some concessions to backwards compatibility (like new vs make-object vs instantiate) Do keep in mind that we've been thru 3 major revisions of this object system over more than 10 years. > On Aug 3, 2006, at 6:26 PM, Robby Findler wrote: > > > In order to make the (old style) positional arguments work with the > > (new style) by name arguments, there are some confusing interactions > > (and error messages). > > > > In this case, you have to propagate the arguments from the initializer > > to Image-Snip% to the arguments to image-snip% via super-make-object, > > which means you need to grab onto and re-send the arguments along. > > > > Maybe this example helps? > > > > (define Image-Snip% > > (class* image-snip% () > > > do i do augments and overrides here? > > > (init a b c d) > > or here? > > > (super-make-object a b c d) > > or here? You can put methods anywhere into the body, as you see fit. The ordering only matters for the expressions (and controls their evaluation). The ordering of methods and inherit declarations is entirely up to you. > > )) > > > > (define Image (make-object Image-Snip% "/Users/dr/test.jpg" 'jpeg #f > > #t)) > > > > I believe that the reason image-snip% hasn't been converted to use the > > by-name arguments is the "case-lambda"-like initialization it has > > already. In particular, the two argument case is completely different > > from the 4 argument case, and that isn't handled well by `new'. > > I wondered about that. > > http://www.fotosearch.com/comp/CRT/CRT388/15455-50dg.jpg Too bad we didn't know where the door was when we started. Robby
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Researchers Develop Algorithms to Make Sense of and Mimic the Brain
It's 3:30 p.m. on a weekday afternoon and members of the Salk's Computational Neurobiology Laboratory (CNL) are starting to migrate toward their daily meeting place.
The area has a freshwater fish tank, two long sofas arranged in an L and a round table spread with crackers, chocolate covered almonds and hot tea for everyone.
It's a place where they converge to relax and talk about what's on their minds—a conference, an interesting article, their experiments, and in some cases, their plans to turn research into products that will benefit the public.
Recently, these conversations were about SoftMax, a company acquired in December by wireless communications giant Qualcomm for its proprietary noise reduction technology. The algorithm behind the technology was developed in the CNL and is used to suppress background noise and make phone calls more intelligible.
But what does a basic biological research lab at Salk have to do with cell phones? Terry Sejnowski, professor and head of the CNL, explains.
"Our research is primarily focused on learning about the human brain and what it can do, and it's about learning how to make computers that are able to mimic these processes. It's a two-way street."
The noise-reduction algorithm that led to SoftMax is based on independent component analysis (ICA), a type of mathematical formula developed by Tony Bell, a former postdoctoral fellow in Sejnowski's lab. The algorithm solved the cocktail party problem: How to separate out a single sound source from mixtures of recorded signals.
SoftMax independently developed a version of ICA that mimics the human auditory system. It uses a pair of microphones in a cell phone headset, much like a pair of ears, to measure differences in loudness and timing to separate the source of a voice from the background.
"It identifies a speaker's voice from every other sound, and simply intensifies the voice signal while dampening the others," explains Sejnowski, who was on SoftMax's scientific board.
Alternative ICA algorithms for sound reduction exist, he notes, but the SoftMax version is more robust because it can be used with two, 10, or 100 microphones for better sound resolution.
ICA can be used with any type of signal, not just sound. One day, for example, it may help machines read electrocardiograms to reduce the time cardiologists spend with paper recordings and computers. It's already being used to understand what segments of our DNA are being transcribed, and what simply represents interfering background noise.
Philip Low is a postdoctoral fellow in the CNL who has been using electroencephalograms (EEG) to study sleep in birds and humans. With Sleep Parametric EEG Automated Recognition System (SPEARS), an algorithm he created at CNL during his doctorate studies, Low has been able to study brain activity using only two electrodes placed on the scalp, not the dozens that are normally placed all over the head and body in sleep studies.
Furthermore, using SPEARS, he has identified a new range of electrical activity, or "sleep state," that was previously masked by the low frequency waves produced during sleep. This new technology has led Drs. Low and Sejnowski to form NeuroVigil, a company that revolutionizes the way brain electrical activity is both recorded and analyzed.
Through a collaborative consortium with major academic institutions, NeuroVigil plans to perform basic research for the iBrain, an iPod for the brain which will monitor people's health in real-time.
"I've been very fortunate because the members of my lab are exceptionally talented," says Sejnowski. "We form an eclectic team, with backgrounds in mathematics, physics, electrical engineering, psychology, and even philosophy. But this is what's required to even approach solving the big problems of how the brain works."


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BREAKING: Twilight Saga's Kellan Lutz will star as Tarzan in the Constantin film that will be directed by Reinhard Klooss (Animals United). The film is fully animated CGI with motion capture. Written by by Jessica Postigo, Yoni Brenner (Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs) and Kloos. Spencer Locke is in talks to play Jane. Warner Bros has long been beating its chest about making a movie about the vine swinging he-man, but the studio will have to hurry to keep pace with Constantin.
'Twilight Saga's Kellan Lutz To Play Tarzan In Constantin Movie
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I would rather get a full back tattoo of Osama bin Laden kick flipping off of the Golden Gate Bridge into a foam pit filled with Kate Uptons than see this movie. I'm sure the world agrees with me.
Constantin is becoming the #1 boredom king. First the total artistic failure of "Three Musketeers", now another Tarzan. Those Germans have money but no taste.
I was excited about this until I read the motion capture part.
This is like hiring Brooklyn Deker to play a CGI Lady Chatterly.
"Warner Bros has long been beating its chest about making a movie about the vine swinging he-man,"
This goes to show that they plan to make a movie on the Hollywood version of Tarzan and not the Book version that Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote where Tarzand leaped from tree to tree he didnt swing on vines. I agree with the others that this film will be as correct as the last installment of The Three Muskateers.
It's a Constantin Film film so they will still find a way to hand it over to Paul W.S. Anderson, who will then cast his wife, Mila Jovovich, and together they will bjork the whole thing. Anyone who had the misfortune to watch the humorless, so well meaning it hurts, Junior League Euro-splunk that is 'Animals United' can expect a repeat overdose of Save the Planet, Respect the Environment, Vote Green, Anti-Global Warming Dan Quyale-ludes.


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Curiosities of Literature [1791–1823]
Isaac D'Israeli (1766 - 1848), was born in Enfield, Middlesex, England, in May 1766, his father being a Jewish merchant who had emigrated from Venice a dozen or so years previously. He received much of his education in Leiden and as early as his sixteenth year began his literary career with some verses to Dr. Johnson. He was the father of the British prime minister, Benjamin Disraeli.
He wrote Mejnoun and Leila, an oriental story, but his fame was assured by his best known work, Curiosities of Literature, a collection of anecdotes about historical persons and events, unusual books, and the habits of book-collectors. The work was very popular and sold widely in the 19th century, going through many editions -- it was first published in four volumes over several years but then combined into one. It is still in print. His book The Life and Reign of Charles I (1828) resulted in his being awarded the degree of D.C.L. from Oxford University
In 1841 he became blind and, though he underwent an operation, his sight was not restored. He continued writing, however, and with his daughter's assistance he produced Amenities of Literature (1841) and completed the revision of his work on Charles I. He died at age 82, at his home, Bradenham House, in Buckinghamshire on January 19, 1848, less than a year after the death of his wife, Maria Basevi D'Israeli, in the spring of 1847. They had been married for some forty years and had four children: Sarah ("Sa"), Benjamin ("Dizzy"), Raphael ("Ralph"), and Jacobus ("James").
Isaac had changed the spelling of his children's last name to make it less foreign-sounding, and he had them baptized as Christians in 1817, although he himself remained a Jew. This was what allowed his famous son Benjamin to enter Parliament, years before Jews could sit in that legislature.
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Miscellaneous writer, descended from a Jewish family which had been settled first in Spain, and afterwards at Venice. Educated at Amsterdam and Leyden, he devoted himself to literature, producing a number of interesting works of considerable value, including Curiosities of Literature, in 3 series (1791–1823), Dissertation on Anecdotes (1793), Calamities of Authors (1812), Amenities of Literature (1841); also works dealing with the lives of James I. and Charles I. He was the father of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield.
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A delicious and inexpensive side dish to go with meat or chicken and rice. Vegetable simmered in tomato-based homemade sauce. Vegetables can be anything that can be cut up and simmered, or any combination. Suggestions: potato, caulifower, eggplant, zucchini, green beans. We learned the basic cooking technique from Afghan friends and vary it to our mood.
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The sauce
- 4 large onions
- 1⁄2-1 head garlic
- 1⁄8-1⁄4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 quarts chopped fresh tomatoes or 2 quarts canned tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- salt & fresh ground pepper
- 2 cups water or 2 cups broth
- 2 -3 cups vegetables, cut into very large pieces
- lime juice (optional)
- red chili peppers or cumin or turmeric or thyme or basil
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- Put onion and garlic into food processor. process until coarsely chopped.
- Saute in olive oil until onions are tender.
- Add tomatoes. Simmer 1 hour or more, until tomatoes are cooked and juice reduces.
- Add pinch of sugar, salt and pepper to taste.
- USE 1 cup for vegetables and STORE the rest in refrigerator/freezer for other uses.
- It is important not to skimp on the onions and garlic. It will be too tomatoey otherwise.
- Add vegetables and desired seasonings to the 1 cup sauce and broth. Simmer in pot over very low heat until vegetables are tender and have absorbed the sauce flavor.
- Add vegetable that take longest to cook first and then potatoes and other quicker cooking vegetable later.
- This is one of our favorite ways to eat cauliflower. Try it.
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My hair is past my shoulder shoulders, sort of between shoulders and apl, almost apl? I posted a pic in the 3cs board but oh well, I guess I can post it again, right?
I use shampoo maybe twice a week (sometimes with sulfates), I choose by scent and then I apply regular conditioner and leave it in. That's it. No secrets here!
I use an organic conditioner, but I'm not afraid of silicones.
My hair used to never grow that much either until I started to follow this routine.
A lot of people have different routines, but it all breaks down to keeping your hair, especially your ends healthy and moisturized. I never get a trim because I don't have split ends (no it's no joke and it's not genetics). I had a bob cut in 2009. The longest layer was between chin and shoulder pulled straight, so pretty short. Don't be discouraged girls. Everyone can do it!
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do you do protective styles? I know when i first cut my permed ends after three months I was frustrated because i felt like it was growing like a snail.. I got a weave (curly one) so I could mix my natural hair and out of sight out of mind... I also had Hand-in-hair syndrome and couldnt stop touching it so that let me stop manipulating my edges etc every 10 minutes.. I have pictures in my fotki that shows going from ear length to collar bone ( where I am now) and time lines..
wow!! i didnt know people were still writing on this
all of you have grown your hair to your shoulders, you guys are my inspiration!!! D;
i just really hope i can get there too
Rainy Days: ill definatley try what you wrote
and also a question do you guys ever feel like when you use oils your hair feels and looks extra greasy? i use a little less than a dime size amount and my hair always feels greasy
i tried using tea tree oil at first but it started making my hair smell like wet dog after 2 days of using it D; so i only use it to massage my scalp and then i rinse it out
but now to seal im using olive oil.. and what is PS if you dont mind me asking?
and yeah right now im going back to twist/braid outs
i kinda like how the braid out looks alot better but yeah i know what you mean and i really hate when people say that!!
hii everyone i was just wonder if there was anyone who went from neck length hair or shorter and if they got to shoulder length. if you did could you tell me how you did it? my hair has been the same length for 3 years straight and ive recently started taking care of it for 3 months now but i feel like it grew alittle and that its not growing anymore? idk what it is but maybe im doing something wrong someone help me, pictures would be nice also ^.^
i deep condition once a week with garnier deep conditioner
i dont shampoo, i conditioner only with mane & tail or VO5
i use aussie moist as a leave in conditioner i also do the tightly curly method so i detangle when i get out of the shower and have the conditioner in my hair
at night i braid my hair in two pig tails cause its too short to braid into one braid
as for trimming i only do S&D when i see it needed & my hair type is 3c with some 4a
i think thats pretty much it
really any ideas would help me feel alittle less stressed out D:
lol All i can say is that i have wet dreams about shoulder-length curly hair. I'm 4a and with the shrinkage I get, I may not reach that goal until my stretched hair reaches APL...or longer.
Right now, I'm collar bone when stretched. I wish us both luck.
lol All i can say is that i have wet dreams about shoulder-length curly hair. I'm 4a and with the shrinkage I get, I may not reach that goal until my stretched hair reaches APL...or longer.
Right now, I'm collar bone when stretched. I wish us both luck.
Just stumbled across this post and realized how naive I was. If I stretch my hair now, I'm APL...and I'm not even close to shoulder length when curly. My thick 4a hair will need MUUUCH more length to be SL when curly.


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Katy Perry: Sheer Stylish in the City of Lights
Making a statement in the City of Lights, Katy Perry was spotted sporting a see-through dress while out and about in Paris, France today (March 1).
From under her blue coif, the "Hot N Cold" songstress peered out through her oversized sunglasses and walked to a nearby Paris Fashion Week event.
And coming up on March 13th, Katy's Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection hits stores, with the single "Part of Me" doing well on the Billboard Hot 100.
Ms. Perry told press, "It feels like the record that never ends! Obviously I'm going to close this chapter soon. ... I am ready to make a new record and maybe try another approach artistically, and I will close the book on Teenage Dream soon, but [Complete Confection] just felt really organic. I'm doing it mostly for the hard-core fans, because they always love all the extras. And also, I couldn't put more than 12 songs on the original Teenage Dream, and I had written more songs ... and I finally wanted to incorporate them."
As for writing her next album, Katy shared, "It's a very therapeutic thing for me, songwriting. I'm kind of one of those people who is a bit emotion-less on the outside, especially in public, but what I do is I store it, and I file it, so when I need to write I can just push that button. I'm going to stick my finger out there and test the waters of what the world wants, or what I need to say ... but, I'm all ears. If people want me to do another pop record, I can do another pop record ... I definitely have a lot to say right now, and in general always have. If you want an opinion, I've got one, unfortunately."
Enjoy the pictures of Katy Perry out in Paris (March 1).
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So, maybe sex is off the table for you for whatever reason — emotional, physical, or spiritual — does that mean you shouldn't have romance in your life? No, of course not. There's a place for all of us in the dating world. Created by a cervical cancer survivor, 2Date4Love.com is a dating forum for people who cannot (or do not want to) engage in sexual intercourse, but still seek love, companionship, and intimacy. After founder Laura Brashier underwent chemotherapy, she found sex to be too painful, but did not want to give up on the hope of finding love. "I didn't want to be alone. This was the reason I went online," Laura said. "My reason is to help a lot of people like me if I can." I really think this site will help people. As someone who has mixed feelings about the gimmicky slickness of many online dating sites, I find this to be a really wonderful concept. [NY Daily News] Want to contact the writer of this post? {encode="[email protected]" title="Email her"}!


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Paul Mooney won't play the game.
He's got a gig on Saturday at the Bloor Cinema, but the veteran comic and former Richard Pryor-running mate blew off an appointment for our phone interview and hasn't returned my messages. And when I finally do get him on the line when he arrives in Toronto from Oakland, he proves just as elusive in conversation.
"I've been doing this a very long time," says the 72-year-old, when asked about his particular kind of funny. "If I have to describe my brand of comedy, we've got a problem here in Canada."
Fair enough.
So allow me to explain this cat. Mr. Mooney is a social critic and race-based comedian. Among other things, he collaborated extensively with Mr. Pryor and wrote for sitcoms such as Good Times and Sanford and Son. He's thought to have invented In Living Color's Homey D. Clown character and Chappelle Show's Negrodamus. According to his autobiography, the not immodest Mr. Mooney claims to have instructed a puzzled Barack Obama on how to do the fist-bump.
As Mr. Pryor figures prominently in his bio, I ask Mr. Mooney about the late, great and troubled comic. "He was a storyteller," he says. "If Mark Twain was the greatest storyteller, then Richard was Dark Twain."
When asked if there was a modern-day version of Mr. Pryor today, Mr. Mooney dismisses the notion with a light laugh. "Man, you sound like what's his name. The one who looks like Jiminy Cricket. You sound as crazy as he does."
Turns out he's talking about Spike Lee. The acclaimed film director who directed Mr. Mooney in Bamboozled, the 2000 satire about a televised black minstrel show.
After that, Mr. Mooney opens up a bit. When asked if Hollywood would ever move on from making films about unchained slaves and unbound servants that don't involve bankable Caucasian heroes, he again chuckles. "That's Hollywood. Hollywood doesn't even have respect for itself. Hollywood lies to itself."
Other subjects awkwardly covered during our brief chat include religion – he thinks problems are caused when religion is left out of the equation; I think he's crazy – and the myth of post-racial America. "America is racial. America was founded on race. Race is America. The code name for America is race."
Got it.
Mr. Mooney has an off-kilter charisma to him. In the end, I would describe the interview with him as delightfully uneasy and pleasantly challenging. "I like when people are trapped in the joke, when there's no escape," he says, possibly owning up. "I like to lead people down the wrong path and then trap them."
And I know that feeling.
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Mahela Jayawardene became Test cricket's sixth-highest run-getter with a glorious unbeaten double-century as Sri Lanka compounded Bangladesh's misery in the first Test on Wednesday.
The veteran right-hander made 203 not out, his seventh double-century in 33 three-figure knocks, as the tourists piled up 6-730 declared on the third day at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium.
Having gained a mammoth lead of 498 runs, Sri Lanka reduced Bangladesh to 1-35 in nine overs before stumps to step closer to an overwhelming victory in the first match of the two-Test series.
Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath, brought on after three overs, struck with his third delivery when he forced Tamim Iqbal to mistime a catch to point.
Shamsur Rahman was unbeaten on nine and Marshall Ayub was on 11 at the close, with Bangladesh still trailing by 463 runs.
Jayawardene leapfrogged Allan Border (11,174 runs) and Shivnarine Chanderpaul (11,219) to move behind record-holder Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid and Brian Lara in the all-time list.
The 36-year-old former captain, who now has 11,236 runs in 142 matches, equalled teammate and close friend Kumar Sangakkara's Sri Lankan record of 33 Test centuries.
Jayawardene said he was not aware of the personal milestones, insisting the team's needs always took precedence.
"It probably feels good, but at the end of the day what matters is that we put up a decent score on the board," he said. "Along the way if you achieve those things it gives a tremendous feeling."
Jayawardene refused to take victory for granted despite his team being in such a commanding position.
"Cricket is a funny game and I have played enough to realise that nothing happens easily," he said. "We just need to be patient, create pressure and grab those opportunities that come our way.
"We have two days to go, so I hope that is enough time. We will wait and see."
Jayawardene smashed 16 boundaries and four sixes in a typically elegant innings, reaching 203 with a six over mid-wicket off Nasir Hossain.
Kithuruwan Vithanage joined the run-spree with an unbeaten 103 as Bangladesh conceded its highest ever total, surpassing the 9-648 by the West Indies in Khulna in November 2012.
Vithanage, a 22-year-old left-hander playing his third Test, hit 12 fours and two sixes in his maiden century.
Bangladesh struggled to contain the runs on the even-paced wicket after Sri Lanka resumed the day on 5-375.
Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews partnered Jayawardene in a sixth-wicket stand of 179, himself making 86 before being dismissed before tea.
Mathews missed his third century when he mistimed a drive against spinner Sohag Gazi and was caught at short mid-on by Marshall Ayub.
That turned out to be Bangladesh's lone success on the day as Vithanage helped Jayawardene add 176 for the seventh wicket, before Mathews declared.
The only time Jayawardene appeared in trouble was when he survived a loud appeal for leg-before on 119 as he attempted to reverse-sweep Sohag Gazi.
Television replays favoured the bowler, but the Decision Review System is not being used in the series.
Jayawardene and Vithanage joined opener Kaushal Silva as the three century-makers in the innings, while Sangakkara, Dimuth Karunaratne and Mathews chipped in with half-centuries.
Left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan was Bangladesh's most successful bowler with three wickets. But his 43 overs cost 159 runs.
Al-Amin Hossain had one for 118 in 32 overs, while fellow seamer Robiul conceded 109 runs in 29 wicketless overs.
The two-Test series will be followed by two Twenty20 matches and three one-day internationals.
Bangladesh (1st innings) 232
Sri Lanka (1st innings - overnight 5-375)
D KARUNARATNE c Islam b al Hasan 53
K SILVA lbw al Hasan 139
K SANGAKKARA c Nas Hossain b A Hossain 75
M JAYAWARDENE not out 203
D CHANDIMAL b al Hasan 40
S LAKMAL c Nas Hossain b Gazi 0
A MATHEWS c Ayub b Gazi 86
K VITHANAGE not out 103
Sundries (12b, 7nb, 12w) 31
Total (6 wkts - decl) 730
Fall of wickets: 118 (Karunaratne), 273 (Sangakkara), 302 (Silva), 374 (Chandimal), 375 (Lakmal), 554 (Mathews)
Bowling: R Islam 29-2-109-0 (2w 3nb), A Hossain 32-3-118-1 (1w 1nb), R Hossain 20-0-84-0 (1w 3nb), S Gazi 39-5-130-2, S al Hasan 43-6-159-3, M Haque 6-0-20-0, Nas Hossain 10.5-0-60-0, M Ayub 8-0-38-0
Bangladesh (2nd innings)
T IQBAL c Perera b Herath 11
S RAHMAN not out 9
M AYUB not out 11
Sundries (4b) 4
Total (1 wkt - close) 35
Fall of wicket: 15 (Iqbal)
Bowling: S Lakmal 3-0-8-0, S Eranga 1-0-5-0, R Herath 3-2-8-1, D Perera 2-0-10-0.


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text: Last Friday I went to a party and there was loud music playing. I didn't want to be the only one wearing ear plugs and look like a dork (and they aren't exactly discreet with their bright colors) which was, I now realize, a huge mistake. Since the party my ears have been ringing constantly (I think it might be tinnitus) and I've been having trouble hearing people even when they're talking right to me. Before this one party my hearing was exceptional. Now I'm feeling really depressed because I feel like I've pretty much ruined my hearing. I didn't expect one party to do so much damage. Lesson learned but is there any way to fix this? I feel just awful and the ringing is starting to make me go insane.


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Information is provided to help encourage you to report family violence to police and / or to seek help for yourself or others.
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What is family violence?
Family violence is against the law.
The Family Violence Protection Act 2008 defines what 'family' means and what family violence is, for the purposes of establishing whether crimes have been committed.
Broad family, past relationships and 'family-like' relationships are included in the law. Many people are surprised at what is defined as family violence these days. While family violence includes serious physical assault by a live-in partner it also includes psychological and emotional abuse, sexual assault and economic abuse among other behaviours.
Family violence is any behaviour that in any way controls or dominates a family member and causes them to feel fear for their own, or other family member's safety or well-being. It can include physical, sexual, psychological, emotional or economic abuse and any behaviour that causes a child to hear, witness, or otherwise be exposed to the effects of that behaviour.
A violent family member may use several forms of abuse and violence over time. An ongoing pattern of control, intimidation and fear is the most usual pattern of family violence that police respond to.
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First Annual Midwest Real Estate Challenge in Chicago
The following post is taken in its entirety from a press release distributed via email to Challenge participants.
Katie Hurley Wales
Executive Director
The Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation
The Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation Hosts
Its First Annual Midwest Real Estate Challenge in Chicago
Chicago, IL – April 12, 2011 – The Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation sponsored and hosted its first annual Midwest Real Estate Challenge at the Union League Club of Chicago from 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 9. Students from DePaul University, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Indiana University, and Marquette University competed against each other through a live presentation and written report containing development plans for the former Cabrini-Green public housing projects in Chicago.
"This real estate competition allows college students to receive real-world, hands-on experience creating a development plan for one of the most historic sites in Chicago," said Weston Harding, Associate Board Member of The Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation.
Three judges – Thomas A. Corfman, Assistant Managing Editor at Crain's Chicago Business, Linda Brace, Vice President of Real Estate Development at Mercy Housing Lakefront, and Laurel Lipkin, Principal of LL Consulting –reviewed all of the presentations and then awarded the team from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with the best overall plan. The winning team was comprised of students Matt Lesh, Kyle Pietila, Briana Dunne, Connor Matthews, Cheng Wang, Jenna Goebig and Taylor Douell. In addition to a trophy, the students received an invitation to the Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation's Annual Dinner, which attracts hundreds of the nation's leading real estate executives, where they will be introduced and recognized. Additionally, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign received a $4,000 scholarship, which will be distributed at their discretion.
"I learned more from this case study than I have in all my classes," said team member Taylor Douell.
"It was a great 'real world' experience. Very rewarding," added team member Jenna Goebig.
About The Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation
The Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation is dedicated to raising funds that support gastrointestinal cancer research, offering scholarship opportunities for college students, and mentoring young people by providing unique opportunities in the business world. For more information, please visit www.eisenbergfoundation.org.


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With the growing number of human tragedies happening on railway platforms, it is time for people to collectively demand installation of innovative screen doors to enhance safety standards on all Metro and railway platforms in our country
Urban transportation is gaining importance in our country, with a number of cities going for Metro Rail or Mono Rail projects, which have become a necessity with the rising population and inadequate surface transportation prevailing at present. With the growing popularity of Metro rail in Kolkata and Delhi, similar metro rail projects are in progress in cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kochi where they are expected to be operational within the next couple of years.
But the most important aspect of passenger safety appears to have not been taken fully into account by these projects, whether already operational or under implementation. This is evident from the media reports flowing every now and then about the human tragedies taking place in Metro stations, creating a feeling of insecurity in the new way of life proposed for the urban dwellers through the Metro rail system being put in place. Here are a few media reports which highlight the extent of tragedies happening both in India and abroad, as this phenomena exists not only in India but also in other parts of the world.
Mail on-line. New York: Dec. 4, 2012: "Suspect Naeem Davis, 30, admits to pushing 58-year-old Ki Suk Han onto subway tracks at 49th Street in Manhattan. Han, a father of one, killed by oncoming Q train as he tried to pull himself up from tracks"
The image appeared on the front page of the New York Post with the headline 'Doomed'. The 58-year-old can be seen looking at the train with his arms outstretched he tries to heave himself out of its path. The 30-year-old suspect, who believed to have pushed the father-of-one to his death, confessed to the crime.
The Hindu International: Dec. 29, 2012: New York: "Indian shoved to death at NYC subway, suspect in custody"
The NY Police detained a woman, who allegedly pushed a 46-year-old Indian origin man to death in front of a subway train in New York, sending shock waves among millions of commuters who use the city's expansive transit system daily. Sunando Sen was killed after the woman shoved him on to the tracks of an oncoming train in a Queens subway station. It was revealed that the man pushed to his death under NY subway by a "mumbling woman" was a hardworking business owner from India pursuing his American dream. The lady who committed the crime reportedly told the police: "I pushed a Muslim off the train tracks because I hate Hindus and Muslims ever since 2001 when they put down the Twin Towers I've been beating them up."
India Today. in: March 7, 2012: "Man jumps to death before Delhi Metro train"
A youth jumped to his death under a Delhi Metro train at the Mayur Vihar Phase 1 Extension Metro station on 7 March 2012. The police said the 22-year-old, who committed suicide, was seen loitering around the platform for a while, possibly re-considering the jump. He reportedly died on the way to the hospital.
PTI: Feb. 25, 2013.Kolkata: "Suicide attempt thwarted at Kolkata Metro"
A teenaged girl, who tried to kill herself on Monday by jumping in front of an approaching Metro train at Jatin Das Park station in the city, was saved by an alert motorman, officials said. The motorman of the train applied emergency brakes as soon as he saw the young girl on the tracks. The prompt on-duty station staff took her to the Chittaranjan Hospital, where doctors declared her to be out of danger. This was the 256th attempt at suicide in the popular underground train service since 1988, out of which 128 lives could not be saved, they said.
Ndtv. com: June 4, 2012: Delhi: Woman jumps in front of Metro train, dies.
A 31-year old woman jumped in front of a train at Delhi's Tilak Nagar Metro station. She was rushed to hospital but she succumbed to her injuries. The woman has been identified as Seema Anand. No suicide note was found in her possession.
TOI: Bangalore: March 6, 2012: "16-yr-old throws himself before Metro train, dies."
Namma Metro, just four and a half months old, saw its first suicide when a 16-year-old boy threw himself under a train at the MG Road station. S Vishnu Sharan was a first-year student of St Joseph's PU College and a resident of Jayanagar. As the train entered the station, Vishnu threw himself under it. The train ran over Vishnu before grinding to a halt.
Wikipedia.com: Mumbai Suburban Train Network: "On an average, 3,700 people die annually on the Mumbai Suburban Rail network."
It has been revealed that over the past 10 years (2002-2012), more than 36,152 lives have been lost on the tracks and 36,688 people have been injured. This is said to be the highest number of fatalities per year on any urban or suburban railway system. Most of the deaths are of those crossing the tracks on foot, instead of using the foot bridges provided for going from one platform to another, and are hit by passing trains.
How to avert these tragedies? A Singapore example
The above reports show the extent of tragedies happening all over due to three reasons, accidental fall, suicides or enmity which is growing everywhere in the world. Singapore, a small country has found a way out to totally eliminate such tragedies by installing what are called Platform Screen Doors on all stations. The Singapore Mass Rapid Transit System (SMRT) was the first rapid transit system in Asia to incorporate platform screen doors in its stations in 1987.
The SMRT system consists of over 157 km of metro rail line with 107 stations, covering the entire city of Singapore. It has one of the most sophisticated and largest underground Automatic Train Operations (ATO) with a few divers-less trains running under its Circle Line. To ensure safety of passengers, they have completed installation of full height platform screen doors on all underground stations and half-height screen doors on all elevated stations. These doors will remain closed while passengers are waiting for the trains to come, and will open only after the train arrives through the sensor system. These platform doors are synchronized with the doors of the trains, and when trains leave the platform, they close automatically, preventing access to the tracks for the waiting passengers.
In underground stations, where full-height screen doors are installed, the rail tracks are not even visible to the passengers, so much so, it is a fool-proof safety system by preventing unauthorized access to restricted areas. On elevated stations, to reduce cost, they have installed half-height screen doors, where by passengers have no access to the tracks, though tracks are visible from outside. Automatic half-height platform screen doors are chest-high sliding doors at the edge of railway platforms to prevent passengers from falling off the platform edge onto the railway tracks. Like full-height platform screen doors, these platform gates slide open or close simultaneously with the train doors.
As per the Wikipedia report, these safety doors help in reducing the risk as under:
Why Metro trains in India do not have safety doors on platforms?
It is very surprising that the planners of Metro rail systems in our country have not thought of these safety measures, even after several deaths occurring on the platform tracks, which could be easily avoided through these safety doors. The fact that installing these doors will increase the project cost is no reason for compromising on the safety of passengers, which should take precedence over everything else in the interest of saving human lives at least in new projects coming up in Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad and expansion projects planned in Delhi and Kolkata. Even in existing stations in Delhi and Kolkata, immediate steps should be taken to gradually provide these platform screen doors so that the entire network will have this safety doors within a stipulated time frame.
As per media reports, in India the platform screen doors are reportedly used only on the platforms on the Delhi Airport Metro Express, a Delhi Metro line which links the New Delhi Metro Station to Dwarka Sector 21, linking it to the Indira Gandhi International Airport. If this is so, it is all the more desirable that this should be extended to the entire Metro network in Delhi and Kolkata without any further delay.
Indian Railways should take the lead to provide safety doors Mumbai:
In Mumbai, where the suburban train network is under the Indian Railways, it is imperative that immediate steps should be taken to provide appropriate half-height platform screen doors because of the heavy crowding of passengers noticed at almost all the suburban stations throughout the day. The Indian Railways should hereafter provide enough resources to upgrade a certain number of stations every year and year after year, so that the entire network of Indian Railways is covered with safety doors at all stations within a time-frame of say five years to serve as a model for others to follow.
These safety doors also serve to prevent people running after the trains to catch them even after they have started moving, causing a number of accidents in the process, which are a common sight in the Indian Railways.
Today with a large number of people, young and not so young increasingly using hi-tech gadgets like mobile phones, iPods, iPads, tablets, etc even while on the move, which restricts their outside vision while using these gadgets, the risk of accidents has increased manifold. This necessitates installation of innovative screen doors to enhance safety standards in all Metro and railway platforms in our country.
Will our planners at least do everything possible now to ensure the safety of train passengers, whether in urban or suburban metro stations or on regular railway platforms and mitigate the risk of railway travel in our country? With the growing number of human tragedies happening on railway platforms, it is time for people to collectively demand these improvements in passenger safety standards for the good of our people, who deserve much better safety standards than exiting at present.
As Victor Hugo said "No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come."
(The author is our regular columnist and he writes for Moneylife under a pen-name 'Gurpur')
Nomura has come up with its fortnight valuation monitor and finds that forward Sensex PE is at 13.3x after a minor downgrade in EPS. Earnings for Sun Pharmaceuticals, NTPC, Power Grid Corporation, GAIL and UltraTech Cement have been upgraded
Nomura Equity Research (Nomura) has come out with its fortnightly valuation monitor and has made huge downgrades to DLF, Ranbaxy and Tata Steel while upgrading Sun Pharmaceuticals, Power Grid Corporation and Gas Authority of India (GAIL). Meanwhile, its forecast of Sensex earnings multiple has declined from 13.6 times to 13.3 times, lower than its 5-year average of 14.98.
If you look at the above chart, it will show that FY14 EPS consensus forecasts have been down-trending since February 2012, while the Sensex forward PE has more or less remained steady despite economic stress and upcoming elections next year.
The table below shows some of the biggest upgrades and downgrades:
If you notice the above chart, Tata Motors has performed quite well (price-wise) but it was severely downgraded. Apparently, sales of Tata Motors were extremely disappointing and reflect the difficult times ahead for the automobile sector. If you recall, earlier, we had written how auto ancillaries shot up when the industry was actually going through a hard time (Is the auto industry booming or stagnating?).
However, as far as the Tata Group of companies is concerned, TCS seems to have done extremely well, by utilizing its scale to score more orders while Tata Steel has been performing poorly as its business model depends on how good the global and domestic economy is faring, which is to say—not very good.
The top five stocks upgraded are: Sun Pharmaceuticals, GAIL, NTPC, Power Grid Corporation and UltraTech Cement.
The top five stocks downgraded are: DLF, Ranbaxy, Tata Steel, Ambuja Cement and Tata Motors.
Nomura screened stocks on the basis of PE, PB and EV/EBITDA multiples. Take a look at select individual forecasts charts below:
Bharti Airtel has been performing average of late. Even though it raised tariffs, the move wasn't good enough to offset declining margins in a competitive environment. If you look at the PE chart above, the market seems to be attaching a huge premium to this stock, in possible anticipation of outperformance. Yet, in the past, it hasn't performed that well in relative to Sensex. Consensus is also consistently downgraded.
Asian Paints, DLF and BPCL would also seem 'overpriced'. Nomura has seen consensus rating on DLF downgraded by over 20%, despite one positive aspect emanating from the budget on home loans. DLF also had been in the news for the wrong reasons last year, when it was linked to Robert Vadra.
Sesa Goa is on top of the EV/EBITDA valuation even though it isn't the exactly the beacon for corporate governance. With analysts expecting commodity prices expected to correct in the next few years, this stock doesn't look too good. In fact, consensus expectations on the stock are reaching new lows with each passing day.
According to the report, companies from the power & financials sector were screened based on price to book values. Cement, metals & mining, Tata Motors and Jaiprakash Associates were screened on the basis of EV/EBITDA multiple. All other stocks were screened based on P/E multiple. However, it is not known why Jaiprakash Associates and Tata Motors were singled out for EV/EBITDA valuation.
One of the few stocks that have been upgraded consistently and beating the Sensex is Sun Pharmaceuticals. This is because its subsidiary Taro Pharmaceuticals has been coming up with phenomenal performance numbers. However, some of the minority shareholders of Taro were, and still are, enraged about the price at which Sun Pharmaceuticals seems to have offered to buy out the remaining stake (which was way less than Taro's prevailing market price), that Sun Pharma has dropped its plans of acquiring the company fully. It still retains a "controlling stake", after years of legal wrangling. Taro Pharma was founded in Israel.
None of the Nifty 50 stocks, according to Nomura, are overpriced on the price-to-book basis, but NTPC, Power Grid Corporation and Punjab National Bank seem to be tantalising as far as value is concerned, but should be examined on a case-to-case basis. Coal India is undervalued on an EV/EBITDA basis.
For the April-January period of the current fiscal, the industrial production growth was at 1%, down from 3.4% in the same period of 2011-12
Industrial production, as measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), rose by 2.4% in January from 1% in the same month last year, mainly due to an uptick in manufacturing output and enhanced power generation.
For the April-January period of 2012-13 fiscal, the industrial production growth was at 1%, down from 3.4% in the same period of 2011-12, according to official data released today.
Meanwhile, the decline in industrial output for December 2012 has been revised slightly upward to 0.5% from a contraction of 0.6% as per provisional estimates released last month.
The manufacturing sector, which constitutes over 75% of the index, grew by 2.7% in January, as against 1.1% in the same month of 2012.
The growth in the output of the key sector remained low at 0.9% in April-January this fiscal, as against 3.7% growth in the same period in 2011-12.
Power generation has increased by 6.4% in January compared to 3.2% growth in January 2012.
During the April-January period, electricity generation has gone up by 4.7%, compared to a growth of 8.8% in the same period in the last fiscal.
Overall, 11 of the 22 industry groups in manufacturing sector have shown positive growth during January compared to the same month last year.
Mining output contracted by 2.9% compared to a decline of 2.1% in the same month last year.
During April-January, the production showed a decline of 1.9% against a contraction of 2.5% in the year-ago period.
Capital goods output was down 1.8% in January against a contraction of 2.7%.
During April-January, the sector's output contracted by 9.3% against a dip of 2.9% in the same period last fiscal.
However, consumer goods output saw a growth of 2.8% (2.5%). During April-January, the growth was 2.7% (5.4%).
The dip in consumer durables output stood at 0.9% in January compared to a contraction of 7.5% in the same month of 2012. During April-January, the growth in output stood at 3.2% (3.7%).
Consumer non-durables output grew 5.3% in January compared to 10.6% in the same month last year. The segment grew 2.3% in the 10-month period of this fiscal against 6.6% last fiscal.
Intermediate goods production also saw a growth of 2% in January compared to a decline in output by 2.5% in the same month last year.
During April-January, the segment recorded a growth of 1.7% compared to a contraction of 0.8% last fiscal.


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The restaurant is very good. Clean rooms that make a person feel comfortable. Breakfast is great compared to most Hotel/Motel chains with comparable rates. Restaurant hours are not long enough.
Breakfast in restaurant Bed bug stains on the sheets. Dirty exterior of building. Lots of outside noise.
The keys for the rooms didn't work twice before they changed the room
The location and price were convenient. The staff were very friendly. This hotel was perfect for one night. I wouldn't want to have an extended stay here until the hotel has completed its renovations.
It was more economical than most of the other motels in the area and those that were competitive were not rated any better than this one, Severe hole in the ceiling of the portico and rain water poured out of it. Card reader on the room door did not work and the clerk had to use a regular key to open the door. The AC/heater unit in the room did not work at all.
Location and location only The room was so small that two people could not turn around without bumping into each other. The foldup rack for luggage was where the fridge was placed. The so called breakfast was a joke. We ate at local place. Would not stay here ever again and not.
The bed We were not given a key to our room and had to be let in. Neither The carpet nor tile had been cleaned. The coffee pot had brown water. Toilet got stuck when flushed. The shower head decreased pressure.
I have nothing positive to say about my experience. Arrived 4 hrs after checkin time and room was not ready. Had to wait another 45 minutes while the room was cleaned. The room was disgusting, I reported the problems, and nothing was done to correct them. This hotel should be shut down.
Not a pleasant experience. Will not recommend. Made reservation online with cc. Upon arrival, receptionist had no idea what to do & made my family wait 45 minutes until we were given a room. The 1st room was not ready so another room was arranged. The 2nd room was freezing cold & we could not sleep.
The sheets were nice and mattress was good. The staff tried to be helpful with all of the problems but couldn't fix heat or tv or get doors to open with keys. Paid for 2 king beds but wasn't available on arrival. After heated discussion, was given 2 rooms. Heat and tv didn't work in one room. Keys wouldn't work. Switched room and staff had to go through window. Only cereal for breakfast. One towel set per room.
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Lots to do. Some room issues.
Beautiful setting, beautiful hotel with rich history, and staff that seem proud to serve the guests in this resort. A bit pricey for extras.
Great staff and great location! Facilities were very uncomfortable... heat didn't work so it was always cold everywhere in the building, no hot water on 2nd day. Building is very old and needs systems update badly.
Having been around in one form or another for almost 200 years makes The Greenbrier feel permanent (in a good way), but also let's you step back in time to gentility, southern charm, bold florals, cold war bunker, towering oaks and mountains. Dorothy Draper's froufrou florals are part and parcel of The Greenbrier, and part of stepping back in time. Service is wonderful, friendly and attentive. Rooms are large and comfortable. The Forum Italian restaurant needs to improve its cooking. Chicken piccata was thick and oily. Service from the kitchen was very slow, though our wait staff was delightful. And the Hostess had a sour attitude, as if she were doing us a favor by honoring our reservation, and selecting a table.
Easy off easy on the highway plus breakfast included very Spartan, and no one working the desk when I tried to check out at 8am.
Close to highway Grounds could be cleaned up and made a little more attractive. Room could be cleaned a little better.
I ended up not staying in this hotel. I went into the room and it was infested with bugs. I told management and they never offered another room or to rectify the situation. I checked out minutes after checking in and lost over a --- dollars. Filthy The room was filthy. It was filled with dried blood spattered bugs on the wall, spiders, webs ,stink bugs or bed bugs. There were crumbs on the chairs. It was infested with bugs, all over the walls. I ended up not staying there and losing over $----
bed comfortable and room quite adequate price -- could have stayed in Lewisburg for $20 less.
Absolutely nothing. The rat under my sink.
Not anything Location, door safety lock was broke, walls were dirty, microwave was dirty, smudge marks all over mirror and tv screen. Towel were stained badly. It said full breakfast was offered. There was not breakfast at that site at all.
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Weeds cost NSW farming hundreds of millions of dollars each year in chemicals, labour, machinery and lost production - and they have spread like wildfire since major floods earlier this year carried them across the state.
In recent weeks, alligator weed - a native of South America and considered one of the world's worst weeds - has been found for the first time in six different patches near Gunnedah in the midst of the Liverpool Plains grain-growing country.
''We've never had it in any river in the north-west,'' Gunnedah council's senior weeds officer, Lee Amidy, said. ''It's a concern because it's something that we haven't got and it's a highly invasive weed. It would destroy the fabric of our river system.''
Mr Amidy has been combing the Namoi River for any further evidence of alligator weed to eradicate it before it takes hold.
''If it's established, it could destroy the Namoi,'' he said.
Even the more common weed varieties that plague NSW farmers each summer have ''run rampant'' since the floods, according to the NSW Department of Primary Industries.
Keith Perrett, a farmer of crops like sorghum, canola and wheat, is only just getting the weeds on his properties outside of Gunnedah under control ahead of winter crop planting this week.
''There's certainly more along the water lines this year,'' he said. ''When we have flooding we can't control it all.''
Noogoora burr, Bathurst burr and fleabane were the main problems for his crops, Mr Perrett, 51, said.
And floods had carved ruts through the land, making it difficult to get machinery into some areas of the property to tackle them.
''Any weeds take away nutrients, they take away moisture and your scarier problem is contamination of crops,'' he said.
''The big thing with weeds is the economic impact … You've got to control weeds and you need either chemicals or diesel.''
The Primary Industries Department said it was also aware of the spread of the ''highly aggressive'' tropical soda apple in the Richmond River catchment in the state's north, while water weeds like water hyacinth and salvinia have also grown rapidly along the north coast.


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