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The intercollegiate chess tournament between Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Columbia will commence December 26 at the Harvard School, New York, and will last six days. Each player will play one game will commence at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Samuel Lloyd will be referee. The names of the players and substitutes are as follows:
Harvard.- Thorndike Spalding '95, and James Hewins, Jr., '96. Substitutes, Emil Goldmark '94 and W. L. Van Kleeck '95.
Yale.- R. L. Ross '96 and A. E. Skinner '95. Substitutes, H. A. Bryant '95 and J. W. Maples '94 S.
Princeton.- Boyd R. Ewing '94 and Ernest P. Roberts '94. Substitutes, Ernest P. Stewart '95, Robert L. Beecher '97, and William V. Belden '95.
Columbia.- E. Hymes '95 Law, and Edward Libaire '94 Mines. Substitutes, F. H. Bowman '94 and E. E. Mitchell '97 Mines.
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Claire Danes, Jeff Daniels and Ellen Burstyn were among the happy winners toting their trophies to the official after-party following Sunday's Emmy Awards.
A section of the Los Angeles Convention Center was transformed into an "Enchanted Forest," complete with trees sprouting from the floor, for the Governors Ball celebrants.
Hungry and thirsty guests indulged in filet mignon, short ribs and a special Emmy cocktail that tasted something like spiked lemonade. A rotating circular stage featured live bands and DJs playing dance music.
Winners had an extra incentive to hit the party: They could get their new Emmy statuettes engraved with their names at the "winners circle." They also received engraved bottles of wine.
Meanwhile, Emmy "losers" had a party of their own across town. Ten-time nominee Amy Poehler and nine-time nominee Jon Hamm hosted a private Losers Lounge at Soho House in West Hollywood.
Nominees including Jimmy Kimmel, Zooey Deschanel and Elizabeth Moss were welcomed freely, but winners such as Tina Fey (who sported a statuette for comedy writing) were asked to give to charity before joining the festivities.
Poehler and Hamm toasted the losers and recognized the winners, who raised more than $30,000, with personally engraved bottles of Johnnie Walker Scotch.
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Tax advisors and accountants have come onto the Tax Office's radar as it toughens its stance on blatant tax avoidance schemes.
Releasing a guide to good governance and promoter penalty legislation at a conference in Melbourne this morning, Tax Commissioner
Schemes concerning the Tax Office include inflated donation claims involving alleged "pharmaceuticals" being provided to needy nations and schemes that involve the transfer of losses to Australia.
"Given that promoter penalties could have serious sanctions for you, you may want to take that into account in terms of your risk management."
Advisors, including accountants, face penalties of up to $550,000 and firms face up to $2.75 million for promoting illegal schemes.
Mr D'Ascenzo said the Tax Office would now apply a risk differentiation framework – an initiative already used to target businesses according to their perceived risk level – to target firms and scheme advisors.
He said the accountants should refer to the guide "if you do want to shift from high risk or even medium risk to lower category risk profiles".
The Tax Office highlighted the guide in its compliance program for the year, noting that it would "continue to examine the actions of advisory firms such as law, accounting and investment banks to clarify the risk flowing from the services they provide to their clients".
The program further warned that accountants needed to be aware of their responsibilities and role in reducing incidences, including by reporting breaches to the Tax Office. Last year, more than $8 million in liabilities was raised by the Tax Office's activity against illegal early release schemes for superannuation funds alone.
Mr D'Ascenzo said his office often played a "catch-up game" with the constant invention of new and boutique schemes. But Australia's tough anti-avoidance provisions meant the trend had abated in recent years.
Promoter penalty schemes were triggered by the mass-marketed schemes that were rampant during the 1990s. Mr D'Ascenzo said before the introduction of promoter penalties in 2006, the only penalties available applied to participants in a scheme.
"The only real sanction was that taxpayers lost their dough."
Since the Tax Office's powers were enhanced, Mr D'Ascenzo said his office had intensified its activity in the area. About 80,000 participants had received letters and about 2500 participants had been "dealt with". Since July last year, more than 130 promoters have been subjected to intensive interviews by the ATO, three cases are due to be heard in the Federal Court and 20 further "serious actions" are under consideration.
"We've tried to use a whole lot of different processes to engage or shift the culture of those firms of advisors to the low risk or at least medium risk [category]," he said. "So we've really reserved civil action to the most blatant."
In most cases involving less serious conduct, Mr D'Ascenzo said his office aimed to help tax advisors to "self-correct" where possible.
"However, when it is appropriate to go to the Federal Court to seek a civil penalty or an injunction, it will have serious financial and reputational consequences for the entities involved," he warned.
He said 30 per cent of offending schemes had been passed on to clients by tax practitioners.
The announcement comes as the debate around a potential privilege over accountant's work documents heats up. Yesterday, Assistant Treasurer
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Jazz International is a syndicated radio show and concert promotions company. The radio show goes worldwide, but the concerts take place in Scotland. Established in 2008, it has staged over 100 concerts in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness with a wide range of superb artists such as Dame Cleo Laine, Martin Taylor, Gwylim Simcock, Stefano Bollani, Norma Winstone and Empirical - plus a special concert hosted by Sir Michael Parkinson.
In addition, in partnership with the Scottish Jazz Federation, Jazz International organises the annual Scottish Jazz Awards - a highlight in the Scottish jazz calendar.
More recently, and in the absence of any financial subsidies, the company has been focussing on occasional gigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Our aim, however, remains to present a wide variety of top quality jazz and jazz-related music in concert-style, listening venues. We extend a big THANK YOU to everyone who has supported past concerts, and look forward to welcoming you to future events.
The new radio show - Jazz International - is available via Radio Six and is already being broadcast in several countries. The playlists feature great vocal and instrumental jazz and swing recordings. This is in addition to Todd's vocal radio jazz shows on UK Jazz Radio and Adore Jazz on 1.FM.
Previous shows are available on a Listen Again feature at RadioTodd.
There are no concerts scheduled at present. Please join the mailing list (click on "mailing" at top of page) and we'll keep you informed.
Meantime, there is a brand new CD by The Royal Air Force Squadronaires big band. It features vocals by Todd Gordon and several duets with wonderful guest singers: Jacqui Dankworth, Horse, Carol Kidd, Eddi Reader, Janet Seidel, The Swingcats and Clare Teal.
Entitled Helping the Heroes, all profits from album sales will go to the charity, Help for Heroes.
It's available on Sepcific Jazz/Proper Records from retailers and online. You can buy it from Amazon now - just click here.
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Carol Kidd MBE
Julian Argüelles
Jazz in the Media
Rob Adams
Kurt Elling
Graeme Stephen - Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Jazz Ensemble
Tommy Smith
Services to Jazz
George Duncan
Emerging Artist/Rising Star
Euan Burton
Live Jazz
Martin Taylor MBE
Lifetime Recognition
Ronnie Rae
Congratulations to all the Nominees, Finalists and Winners.
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The 20 members of the 2012 Scottish Jazz Awards judging panel
The Awards' steering group
Ian Shaw, our MC for the evening
The guest Musicians (Brian Kellock, Mario Caribe, Corrie Dick and Tommy Smith, Ruaridh Pattison, Alan Benzie, Andrew Robb and Ryan Quigley)
Producer, Katie McCorkindale
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Moray Munro (Sound Engineer)
George Duncan
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Glasgow Jazz Festival Director, Jill Rodger
Graham Walkinshaw, sponsor of the Vicky Patterson Vocal Award
And to everyone who supported the ceremony on the night.
Organised by Cathie Rae, Director, The Scottish Jazz Federation & Todd Gordon, Director, Jazz International
With special thanks to Creative Scotland for their continued financial support.
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-After bottoming out in September, Pat McCrory's approval numbers continue to tick back up. 42% of voters approve of the job he's doing to 47% who disapprove, a big improvement from 35/53 three months ago. McCrory's numbers are most notably improving with independents- he's back on narrowly positive ground with them at 44/43 after having dropped all the way to 32/57 in September. He's also seeing some progress with his party base, going from 62/24 in late summer up to 68/18 now.
Voters aren't happy with the McCrory administration's policy of making people pay for any public records request that takes more than 30 minutes to process though. Just 23% say they agree with that rule to 62% who disagree with it, and even Republican voters say by a 34/48 spread that they disagree with the McCrory administration's approach on that issue.
-The state legislature remains very unpopular even while out of session. Only 20% of voters approve of the job it's doing to 53% who disapprove. There's plenty of unhappiness to go around for both parties. The Democrats in the legislature are unpopular with a 35/45 favorability rating, and the Republicans are even more unpopular at 34/51. Democrats hold a narrow 45/43 advantage on the generic legislative ballot but that's well down from what it was over the summer and may limit their opportunities to make gains next fall.
Perhaps because voters don't care for the legislature Moral Monday protesters were rallying against, only 28% think those who were arrested should be prosecuted compared to 54% who think the charges should be dropped. Democrats (72/15) overwhelmingly think charges should be dropped, a majority of independents (50/27) d0, and even a third of Republicans (32/46) do.
-Just as we found a month ago Chris Christie is the only Republican who leads Hillary Clinton at this point in North Carolina, 45/42. Clinton has modest leads over Jeb Bush (46/45) and Rand Paul (48/44) and then holds a wider lead over Ted Cruz at 49/41.
-We took the lay of the land on college football in the state and found that UNC leads the way with 26% of voters identifying themselves as Tar Heel fans to 19% for NC State, 16% for Duke, 9% for East Carolina, and 5% for Wake Forest.
Duke and East Carolina may have remained stuck in 3rd and 4th place despite having the best seasons of anyone in the state, but they're also the fan bases most happy with their coaches. Both David Cutcliffe and Ruffin McNeill sport 58/5 approval spreads with their school's fans. UNC coach Larry Fedora does decently well at 42/5, although it's clear a lot of fans are still waiting to make a judgment. The coach with the weakest numbers by far is State's Dave Doeren, who gets only a 24% approval from his school's fans with 21% disapproving.
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TWO people have been arrested after reports boats at Stourport Marina were being broken into.
Police officers were called to the scene just before 5am on Wednesday (January 15) after the sound of breaking glass was heard coming from the marina.
Four unoccupied boats, which were moored up, were found to have been broken into and two of them damaged, although it is not known yet if anything was stolen.
Suspects were seen running off and a dog handler was sent to the scene to help with a search of the area.
A 24-year-old man and a 17-year-old youth, both of whom live locally, were arrested in the Wilden Lane area of Stourport around 90 minutes later.
They were subsequently released on police bail with conditions including an 8pm to 7am curfew until March 17.
Police officers are now studying CCTV footage.
Anyone with information should call the non-emergency number 101, and quote reference 40-S-150114.


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Ulta Oil-Free Makeup Remover Reviews
NopePass on this one folks. It just doesn't get the job done. — 5 years, 6 months agoTheLacqueredLady | 751 reviews
there are better ones out thereI'm glad I only wasted a few dollars on this one. It was almost like using oily water and it definitely did not get all of my eye make up off. I had to really scrub at my eyes to get the mascara off (and I don't wear water proof mascara) which left my eyes irritated and short a few eye lashes. There are other make up removers out there that work far better than this one. I guess it's true that...read more you get what you pay for. Next time I won't try to be a bargain shopper, I will buy the good stuff and pay the extra money for it since I know it will get the job done. My advice, don't waste your money because I ended up throwing the bottle away after just a few uses. — 6 years agotaryn.romero | 43 reviews
It's Okay.It works okay, but not as good as other brands. It definitely wouldn't be my first choice. — 9 years, 8 months agomvap47 | 345 reviews
Never Again.Got this in a sample size which made it great for traveling. Somehow, even if it's closed, it still leaked and got all over my makeup bag. It also claims to gently remove makeup, but all it did was IRRITATE my skin and smear the remainder of my waterproof makeup all over my eyes. Thank goodness I didn't spend a dime on this. — 5 years, 2 months agoprettyxbroken | 16 reviews
qualitygreat stuff. light and weightless. great price. — 9 years, 2 months agochevygirlie | 1 reviews
a little dryused this product for about a week, seemed to make my inder eye area dry — 9 years, 2 months agoitssmee | 8 reviews
Makeup RemoverMy sister loves this makeup remover. Every time I come visit her she tells me to put some up (I live near an Ulta). It is great for the price. — 9 years, 7 months agoTeachMe81 | 17 reviews
Did not do welll.....I bought this thinking it would remove my eye makeup. It removes it but you have to wipe it across your eye a few times to get the eye make up off. Once you have it off your eyes feel very dry and it burns your eyes. It is not worth buying my eyes are dry enough this makes them even dryer and very painful. Nalachickiah — 9 years, 8 months agonalachickiah | 3 reviews
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- Scratch that. Tracy Morgan is. [Bossip]
- Julianne Hough has healthy bones. [Just Jared]
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THIS year's Darwen Live festival got a big boost on Thursday when the borough's full £15,000 grant to the two-day musical event was confirmed.
Leisure chief Damian Talbot told a meeting of the council's executive board that the figure was set in stone despite recently announced Whitehall finance cuts.
While he could give no promises about the level of future support, he promised that Blackburn with Darwen Council was committed to the success of the 13-year-old festival which it saw as vital to the town and the borough's cultural life.
The promise came as the organisers revealed that they are in final talks about signing a major Indie band to headline the event.
Coun Talbot was tackled on the issue by Marsh House ward councillor Tom Evans when the executive board held a meeting in Darwen town hall.
Coun Evans asked: "I recognise that the council are facing 20 per cent budget cuts and that things are difficult, but can you reassure me of continuing support for Darwen Live?"
Coun Talbot replied: "There are no plans to reduce the council's contribution to the Darwen Live event during the next financial year although the full effect of government budget cuts are sill being worked out and therefore we may need to review this in future years.
"I appreciate how important it is for the borough and town council to work together in ensuring that events which are of value to both the community and the local economy continue to receive support.
"I went last year when it was raining heavily and it was still a fantastic event. We recognise it is an important event in the life of both the town and the borough. There were lots of people there and many of them using the Darwen's pubs and cafes. It is important to the local economy and we will continue to support it. "
Darwen Town Council has again promised up to £30,000 to underwrite the festival on May 26 and 27.
Organising committee chairman and town council deputy chairman Coun Trevor Maxfield said: "This is good news. It is the third year we have run Darwen Live since taking it over from the council.
"Last year's cost £37,500.
"We will have an alternative stage in Knott Street as well as the main one in the town square. We are in the final negotiations to sign a major Indie act to headline the festival."


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In early July, Activision announced they would be releasing a first-person shooter based on the popular TV series "The Walking Dead." The game is being developed by Terminal Reality (BloodRayne, Kinect Star Wars) and will focus on Daryl and Merle Dixon during the journey to Atlanta before they meet the group.
The game finally has an official title: "The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct."
Activision says the game will be "a do-whatever-you-need-to-survive first-person action game that brings the deep, character-driven world of AMC's Emmy Award-winning TV series onto console gaming systems and the PC in a frightening, new way. The game puts players in the role of the mysterious, crossbow-wielding survivor Daryl Dixon, alongside his overbearing brother Merle, on a haunting, unforgiving quest across the Georgia countryside to reach the supposed safety of Atlanta."
With the statement "console gaming systems and the PC," it's a possibility we could see the game come to the Wii U, but neither a Wii U version or the release date for the game have been announced except for a TBA 2013 window. Rest assured, Analog Addiction will let you know as soon as we find out.
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I think I speak for most women when I say that I feel the prettiest when I feel healthy. However, finding time for exercise in anyone's typical hectic schedule is hard enough – let alone finding time when you throw in wedding planning to that already jam-packed day. I'll start off by admitting that my initial exercise plans made immediately after our engagement have not exactly happened. That said, I am still confident that I will meet my wedding goals in plenty of time for my dress fitting. Importantly, you will want to make sure not to change your body between your fitting and your wedding to keep alteration costs and stress at a minimum.
Initially, I wanted to get more into yoga. Yoga provides amazing health, stress, and flexibility benefits while getting a good toning and cardio workout (given you embrace different types of yoga sessions). My main obstacle when it comes to yoga is that I have not found a way to do it on my own time. I need to go to a class with an instructor. Fortunately my gym membership and the YMCA has some great yoga classes, I am just not always able to work them in my schedule. So, much to my dismay, I have thus far not achieved my yoga goals, but I won't give up hope!
Next, I decided that I would like to lose a few pesky pounds. I am comfortable with my body, and would not exactly advertise about wanting to lose those pounds, but I know where my body is comfortable and where it is at its best. This time last year, I ran a 10K with Freesia Dude. We trained for it and it felt great to be able to run further than I had ever imagined I could. We even made plans (though we have yet to fulfill them) to run further, a half-marathon! Anyways, we decided to start running again and build up to that 10K. We're almost there! Only about another mile and we'll reach our goal. Though I haven't dropped in numbers, I can feel my body changing and that's fantastic! In addition, I can run just about anytime I want to, and it can be free of cost! It's great to have Freesia Dude's support in exercise, I definitely run further with him. He has a few pesky pounds to lose also, which brought us to our next method of achieving wedding health…
We joined Weight Watchers! As fate would have it, right after Freesia Dude and I decided to do this, my work announced they would be subsidizing some of the cost for employees to sign up. As they would state, this is not a diet! Freesia Dude and I have a terrible habit of eating out and eating too much. Thus, we decided to enlist WW as a guide to change our eating habits and learn what foods and portions are right for our body, and how to be satisfied with this in everyday life, for the rest of our lives!
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New Models for Data Envelopment Analysis. Measuring Efficiency Outwith the VRS Frontier
Some models are presented in this paper which extend the concept of measuring superefficiency to the useful case of variable returns-to-scales (VRS), thus enabling the ranking of efficient as well as inefficient units. Two models, namely the Universal Radial Model and the Universal Additive Model, are presented that also have strong invariance properties (units and translation invariance). For both of these models a method for normalising the efficiency scores on a (0-1+) scale is presented. These models have been implemented in a software package and applied to the ranking of units in an industrial context.
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If outflows happen in cellars or different areas inside a house mold remediation must take place. While many home-owners pay attention to their top leaks, another common culprit may be overlooked by them mold develops - the basement where. When water seeps into this lower degree of a house, destruction can be created by it in the furnishings, floors, wallboards, and more. Some valuable house including photograph photos, significant paperwork, and more could be destroied, because so many of these bottom floor spaces inside a dwelling are useful for keeping items. Actually boxes of memorabilia such as antique Christmas decorations or baby clothes might be trashed. The heart-wrenching losses as well as mold distributing throughout this dank room might equate to tragedy, while these might not be worth huge bucks in alternative costs.
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- Flows from upstairs: Because cellars would be the cheapest amount in a house, any flows which occur on top levels may probably trickle downward. That means that if somebody left the bathtub of sink operating until it overflowed, this can result in also the lowest degree of your home getting wet. If plumbing conduits break open some place up-stairs, gravity may take that wet down at the same time.
- Blocked gutters: The spouts from a rainfall gutter could become clogged-up with leaves or alternative debris. When this happens, the water that would ordinarily be diverted to a safe space from your residence is landing in a unsuitable spot that's too close for comfort. Liquid might be leaking in, if it is flooding correct beside the creating.
- Broken sprinkler conduits: Sprinkler conduits or hose bibs that have break open or split might be leaking through the ground and in to building, too. The landscaping sprinkler hose bibs and pipes should be checked for leaks regularly.
- Thunderstorms that have bombarded the area: Yet another trigger of damp basements is flooding from hazardous storms. If heavy rains or snowfall melting have occurred nearby the constructing, this overflow might have seeped right through to the lower part of the construction.
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BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 22 Hertz Ford Mustang - A BIG WIN TODAY OUT THERE AND A LOT OF STATS, INCLUDING GOING FROM THE POLE TO WINNING THE RACE. "What a hell of a Saturday. I am going to need a little time to soak it in. it has been a really busy day and sometimes on these really busy days you get so caught up in the action that you really canât appreciate all that has transpired. Hearing you say all that is really cool. Thank you for sharing those things. The Cup car was fast this morning, the Nationwide car in qualifying we had a lot of adversity and fought through that and got the pole which was very rewarding today in the Nationwide race. The car was really fast at the beginning and it seemed we leveled off to Kyle the last run. I thought he might have been a little faster than we were but it was all about getting through lap traffic which was a big of a dogfight and personally that may not have looked it on TV but it was one of the most challenging races I have ever ran. Knowing you have Kyle Bush behind you and he is a tiny bit faster and you have to fight through lap cars and there was always something coming at us. We dodged a lot of bullets there today between qualifying and the end of the race and I think it is showing the strength of the 22 Team Penske Nationwide team. There is so much to be proud of there and I am obviously looking forward to tomorrow and the tremendous opportunity we have. The Cup cars are running so strong right now. We didnât get the qualifying effort we wanted form the Cup level but the performance has been there in every other category. We just need to execute and keep that going. I think we can do it. I am very optimistic and very pleased with how the weekend is going so far. I want to keep the momentum up. Like you said, on Tuesday we are having a little fun and doing some TV Land stuff with Sullivan and Son, which is a TV show I have a recurring role on I guess you would say. That should be fun on TBS. Life is good. Thank you Kristi for sharing that stuff, it is good to soak it in."
JEREMY BULLINS, crew chief, No. 22 Hertz Ford Mustang - TALK ABOUT YOUR STRATEGY TO PUT BRAD UP FRONT FOR THE POLE AND ALSO THE RACE. "Well, this race is so short just being 200 laps that track position is huge and having the first pit stall is huge. We felt like we felt the pole on the table the first run and opted to go back out and give it another shot and got it. We made a couple adjustments and make the car better for him and gave him another opportunity there and I think that paid dividends in the race. It kept us up front and able to start up there a little closer to the front. Fortunately I was happy that the first run went green as long as it did because it makes the strategy easier to put four tires on there. The biggest thing was we felt we were racing the 54 and we all pitted around lap 80. Around lap 100 they lost a couple spots on a restart which put them in a position where it made perfect sense for them to pit. When they did that, it felt like it put us on defense the rest of the day because I felt they would take two tires, which forced us to take two tires. They had better left sides than us and more speed at the end but Brad did a really nice job of getting through traffic and holding on to what we had there."
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DID YOU LEARN ANYTHING FOR TOMORROWâS RACE? "Yeah, I thought it was interesting that it looked like the modifiedâs did a little damage to the track which should be kind of a story point for the rest of the weekend. We will have to see how that plays out. Other than that, you are always learning stuff."
HOW IS YOUR HAND? "It is better but not perfect but we will get there."
IT WAS A CAT AND MOUSE GAME IN THE END BETWEEN YOU AND KYLE. HE SAID HE DIDNâT THINK HE COULD CATCH YOU. WERE YOU GETTING NERVOUS SEEING THE 54 GETTING CLOSER BEFORE THAT FINAL MISTAKE? "I didnât see if he made a mistake or not but I definitely thought he was a little faster than we were. We had track position on him which is a credit to Jeremy and the guys and how they executed. And like he said about Kyle pitting and all those other things. That is the cat and mouse game and what makes racing so much fun."
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Amazon on the brain: Kindle B&M Retail Stores?
By now its clear that a lot of people in the publishing business have a twitchy, knee-jerk fight-or-flight reaction at the sound of the name: AMAZON.
It turns out they're not alone:
The articles are two months old but quite amusing in a 50's "The Reds are coming!" way. Or maybe, "The Blob!"
I'm wondering if the folks at Amazon get off on propagating these kinds of stories to build up their mystique and keep opponents off balance.
After all, with all the fuss over their not charging local taxes (because of lack of Nexus) the idea that forcing them to charge taxes invites and faclitates a *physical* invasion by Amazon has to be at least mildly disquieting to the Anti-Amazon crew. Can't be too comforting to the B&N and BAM execs doing their oh-so-principled stands againts Amazon-published books to think of Amazon responding by setting up their own chain of B&M shops across the street.
Paranoia is a survival trait, though.
Might there be a bit of fire under all the smoke of FUD?
Well, I'm of the opinion that the future of B&M pbook retailing lies in going back to the future, to the old 70's and 80's B. Dalton model of bookstores (3000-5000 square feet) built around periodicals, "bestsellers", and genre fiction. But with 21st century in-store ordering terminals for the rest of the catalog. Add in regional depots for next-day in-store pickup of terminal-based and online orders and you have a very lean but effective distribution channel better suited to the times than the regional superstores of recent decades.
Stick them in enclosed malls everywhere--strip malls in the more affluent neighborhoods--like GAMESTOP, RADIO SHACK, and PAYLESS. Maybe even *franchise* the things. (Richard Adin got me thinking in that direction, BTW. It has its merits: less corporate investment required and it defuses the whole "Amazon is coming to kill local businesses" hysteria.).
For B&N and even BAM, getting to that lean retailing model--much better suited to fighting off dept stores and supermarkets by leveraging the online sales and distribution supply chain--will entail much disruption and pain.
For Amazon, alas, not...so...much...
So, while I think all the angst over Amazon pulling a SEARS and going from (online) catalog sales to B&M ubiquity is unlikely, I do think there is a crying need for a new B&M retail model for the internet age.
*Somebody* is going to do this. There's money to be made! (If nothing else, from the folks who proudly support local businesses.) People to be hired, too. (Hmm, there might be a Solyndra-type government loan program to tap, too.)
And, admittedly, Amazon does have all the pre-requisites:
- logistics chain? Check.
- brand visibility? Check.
- product catalog? Check.
Do they have the need to go all the way to B&M to *grow* their business? Maybe not. There are no signs that online retailing is hitting the wall just yet.
For quite awhile now Amazon has been focusing on adding customer convenience and service to their price and catalog-size retailing toolkit. Kindle. Prime. Same day delivery in select metro areas. Even the delivery lockers they've been "experimenting" with...
Those lockers are... curious...
They're definitely a local presence. A Nexus in tax police lore.
It hits at things to come but what is unclear. Ubiquitous order terminals in Mall Kindle kiosks? A merger with UPS?
For now, they've been piggybacking on partner businesses. If they expand them further, they would be naturals to be included in a chain of B&M sites. They could sit unobtrusively in the back next to the order terminal kiosks.
All the angst over Amazon over their tiny Amazon Publishing venture is, frankly, overblown. What's their catalog? 50 titles? They could grow it ten-fold and it would still be noise in an industry doing hundreds of thousands of books a year, in the US alone. And they are going to kill six giant multinationals? Yeah, right.
The focus on Amazon taking over the upstream side of the business is ludicrous. Pure FUD-mongering from a crowd that has been complacently grazing for decades, living off their now-gone gatekeeping power, and now faces the oh-so-dreadful prospect of having to actually earn their keep.
But Amazon increasing their reach downstream?
Well, now, isn't that what Kindles are all about? Each Kindle is a Storefront, after all. (The FIRE most of all.) And you can't get much more local than inside the house.
Still, I have to say that for all the merit in the lean bookstore model--and I think *somebody* is going to do it and soon--I don't think Amazon is headed that way yet. Online is still expanding and rapidly and that business is way cheaper to expand through other moves. A TV Set-Top Box comes to mind as a likely posibility. Even a cellphone line. (A dedicated Amazon store button; one click to connect, one click to buy.)
I won't dismiss the idea of Amazon stores... or better yet: Kindle Stores.
Not down the road.
But for now there isn't much need just yet.
But I gotta say, the rumor does sound like Bezos has found a nice way to rattle the cages of his enemies. Keep'em off balance, looking over the shoulder...
Give *them* a taste of FUD.
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Joseph Caramadre, who recruited dying people to help him and investors cash in on insurance death benefits, claims he is innocent and blames his lawyers and state of mind for his plea.
Last November, it looked as though federal prosecutors had closed their case against a Rhode Island man who used terminally ill people in a plan to collect money from insurance companies. After four days of a trial, attorney Joseph Caramadre pleaded guilty to wire fraud and identity theft.
But late last week, Caramadre filed new court papers maintaining his innocence and asking to withdraw his plea. A judge will decide whether to order a new trial or force Caramadre to go through with the plea agreement, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island declined to comment on the filing.
Caramadre and a former employee, Raymour Radhakrishnan, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of conspiring to steal the identities of dying people they had recruited to apply for insurance products and bonds that carried survivorship rights. Under the terms of these products, Caramadre, his family members and his investors could receive their money back and potentially much more from the policies. ProPublica wrote about Caramadre last August in "Death Takes a Policy."
Caramadre now says that he was under duress when he agreed to the plea deal. In filings with the U.S. District Court of Rhode Island, Caramadre accuses his attorneys of "deficient" representation, conflicts of interests, and prodding him to take the plea. In an affidavit, Caramadre says that despite his requests, his lawyers refused to hire an investigator to interview the government's witnesses or to cross-examine them at trial. He also alleges that there was a conflict because one of his attorneys kept a large retainer even though the trial was shorter than expected.
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Caramadre also says that on the second day of the trial his wife had an emotional breakdown. The new filings include affidavits and letters from doctors attesting to his wife's condition, which had "a profound effect on his own fragile mental state," according to Caramadre's court filing. Caramadre takes a variety of medications for depression and has received disability insurance income from three carriers for his condition since July 2011, according to an affidavit he filed with the court.
He described in his affidavit being reluctant to take the plea deal and quickly regretting his decision. "Throughout the more than three and a half years before I pled guilty, I repeatedly professed my innocence, and remain innocent to this day," the affidavit says.
The 53-year-old Caramadre, who has both legal and accounting degrees, is a self-described master at exploiting contractual loopholes. Prior to the criminal prosecution, he built a prosperous business in estate planning and gave millions to local charities. Caramadre paid the terminally ill to participate in his scheme, but some later claimed that they were not fully aware of how their personal information was being used. In a few instances, participants or their family members asserted signatures had been forged.
Radhakrishnan, 29, has not requested a change in his plea. In the event of a new trial, this could prove a problem for the prosecution. Radhakrishnan, acting on Caramadre's behalf, was the person with direct contact with the terminally ill. Last year, Caramadre's lawyers tried and failed to persuade the judge to order separate trials for the men.
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Good for him. The system has long been skewed in making sure the prosecutor wins something, anything, and too many defense attorneys quietly accept it and make it their job to convince their client to consider such tactics a victory.
I've said it before, but one of the most instructive things you can do is spend a few hours watching the theater of traffic court. Everybody is apparently guilty of something, and in almost no case is it related to anything written on the tickets.
When the courts are so willing to bend the rules on even trivial charges, it's hard to think of any other plea deal as honest. The DA needs the notch on the belt, and the defense gets paid either way.
I love it…his fragile mental state…looks more like a fragile moral and ethical state to me…the self described master of exploiting contractual loopholes is still practicing his loathsome craft.
How about we let him rescind his guilty plea if he lets us reinstate the death penalty?
Why did he have to break the law? You can outright buy these things, and get preferential tax treatment for doing it. Originally it was to help AIDS patients get a little something back on life insurance policies. A buyer would buy the policy for a cash amount deeply discounted. Then, when the person died, the policy paid out to the owner who got the full amount. Predatory, but in this stingy culture, better than nothing when you are dying.
girlcousin…some people have a compulsion to "beat the system", which overrides all other concerns. They often get caught or have their system beating schemes backfire, but they don't change their behaviors.
I've known several people like this over the years. Their friends may love them, but warily, as one loves a family member with mental illness.
Not in any way immoral, and in no way illegal. The people signing received a benefit they would not otherwise had. It in no way harmed any one but the maker of the contract .Yes the intent of the contract was to aid the sick and dying, but the insurance company wrote it to benefit themselves. He gave value where they would not.
Byard is partly right, but more to the point, it's not against the law to use a company's rules against it. They sign the contracts, so they have to abide by them.
If he stole someone's identity, then there's a problem. But the prosecution hasn't proven anything of the sort, and the system is not "innocent until the charges sound kinda scummy." And given the situation, I find it hard to believe that he couldn't find volunteers.
Ignoring that, though, when the insurance companies defraud customers—deciding not to cover certain treatments or drugs after the fact, or allowing a tiny payout that fails to cover costs or look anything like the premiums they've collected—it's "just business." After all, you signed the contract, and caveat emptor.
Yet, when someone holds the insurer to the terms of the agreement, the law comes after them with wild accusations of fraud. It's suddenly important what they meant when they drafted the agreement, rather than what the signed contract says.
And, when you consider that an insurance company has all the money in the world with no external expenses (you pay them money, they work to pay you as little money as possible), you might realize that they can do the public relations to make this sound horrifying, profiting off of death…as if they don't do exactly that, every day, without giving anything to the deceased along the way.
Fellow commenters…I've just finished reading the original PP article, which is linked in this one.
A few years ago, many of us (the populace) were quite angered and disgusted by revelations that Wal Mart, and other corporations, routinely took out life insurance policies on employees which were solely to the benefit of the corporation, which was widely decried as immoral and unethical, but also was strictly legal.
Carmadre's scheme is much like that earlier one, except that while the corporations did keep the policies secret, they did not engage in any deception or fraud or other illegal actions.
In the original article, there's a copy of one of Carmadre's ads, which is clearly deceptive. I think there is definitely more than just an ethical aspect to this case. This guy is no Robin Hood.
He donated millions to charity… how was he not like Robin Hood? Oh yeah, his merry men didn't wear tights.
Braaainz…He made the millions by deceiving and defrauding elderly and/or terminally ill ordinary people. Look at the ad in the original article…he's a Robin Hood only if Robin Hood took money from the poor or ill, then donated it to charity and took tax deductions for the donations.
As gilrcousin says, it was originally legislation drawn up to assist AIDS patients. The insurance industry lobby then wrote it such to their benefit and created a whole new market called Vitatiicles.
It had long been a staple of law that one could not have an insured interest in another's demise. Using a politically correct hot topic that was discarded and this case is only a tip of the iceberg of its misuse.
I was editor of Rhode Island Catholic when Caramadre placed his ads. I objected but was overriden by Father Healey and communications director ichael Guilfoyle.
Your first comment of the accused was critical ... then, lo and behold, after reading one of his ads, you find it deceptive.
Sorry, but you have put your judgement into question. It looks like you have an ax to grind here.
Braaainz…I'm consistent in my loathing of crooks, whether they steal with a gun or with a contract.
An axe to grind? Yes, but I'd use a dull one on this kind of guy.
Your axe seems to be a compulsion to defend him…and you're questioning my judgement? Wow!
Please explain how his actions were criminal and how he was being deceptive.
People upset because he made more money on patients than he gave them doesn't seem criminal to me.
Well B, I think the prosecution must have explained the criminality, at least well enough for him to cop a plea, and if you don't see the deception you either haven't read the articles or your vision is as compromised as his.
Also, this has become tiresome, so I'm done with you.
Hunh. You'd think that after all the other attempts to nail him in court, you know, those more than dozen times when judges sided with him over the insurance companies, that the criminality might have been a little more clear.
As to deception, I do not see any. It seems that the insurance companies are upset that someone used their contracts against them and some relatives or participants are upset that large sums of money were made off their hardship while they were given relatively paltry sums in comparison.
branz, I guess you missed the part where the victims said he forged signatures.
Why would you defend this scumbag?
Or, are you him?
If you are, shame on you, you broke the law.
Using dying people for a buck, despicable.
Nope, i'm not him. I'm defending him cause I think he is innocent.
Reading up on all the steps he did to research the loophole, I dont see him suddenly getting so sloppy.
I do see people upset at him making so much money while they and their family members got so little and I definitely see the insurance companies being upset over their losses.
He is innocent and will be found innocent. He took nothing from those dying people, the insurance were new policies, the people did not lose any life insurance rewards they already had prior to meeting this man.
He is being prosecuted because the Billion dollar insurance companies did not like paying out on their own policy's. These corporations OWN the prosecutors, the Feds, the FBI. Same with the banks.
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Symphony No. 9 (1909-10)
- 1. Andante comodo
- 2. Im Tempo eines gemächlichen Ländlers. Etwas täppisch und sehr derb
- 3. Rondo-Burleske. Allegro assai. Sehr trotzig
- 4. Adagio. Sehr langsam und noch zurückhaltend
In 1907, after more than a decade as Director of the Vienna Court Opera, Mahler accepted a post at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. For the remaining four years of his life, he spent six months in New York (October to March) and six months in Austria (April to September), where he continued to spend the summer in his beloved mountain landscapes. Das Lied von der Erde, the Eighth, Ninth and unfinished Tenth symphonies were all written in a small forest hut in the Dolomites (then part of Austria, now in Italy). The tension Mahler endured all his life, between a hectic conducting season in the city and the solitude of his summer composing retreats, must have felt even more pronounced in these last years. Returning to the idyllic peace of the Tyrol, after long transatlantic crossings and the foreignness of his American life (he spoke very little English), must have been marked by an overwhelming sense of homecoming. Such a feeling is evident in both Das Lied von der Erde and the Ninth Symphony.
Mahler's late music is often associated with the idea of farewell, specifically a farewell to life itself (he was diagnosed with a fatal heart disease in 1907). This association was first elaborated after the posthumous première of the Ninth Symphony on 26 June 1912, conducted in Vienna by Bruno Walter. The idea was repeated over and again, and continues today as a dominant reading of the symphony. 'If you want to learn to weep,' wrote one critic after the première, 'you should listen to the first movement of the Ninth, the great, magnificent song of ultimate farewell.' But one should be cautious about reading the Ninth Symphony too literally. Mahler's biographer, Henry-Louis de La Grange, underlines that the effects of Mahler's heart disease have often been exaggerated. When he wrote the Ninth, at the age of 49, he was in good health, and at the end of that summer returned not only to his post at the Metropolitan Opera, but to conduct his first season with the New York Philharmonic (some 46 concerts). The following year he drafted the majority of his Tenth Symphony and had the greatest success of his composing career with the triumphal première of the Eighth Symphony in Munich, before travelling back to New York for his fourth season there. Hardly, perhaps, the actions of a man on his deathbed.
So one might hear in the Ninth Symphony, alongside Mahler's lifelong theme of farewell, a powerful sense of return. The first movement is saturated with this double-edged sense, of both a final homecoming and of a world viewed from an increasingly great distance. The Mahler who returned from New York in 1909 to the luminous space of the Austrian mountains was not quite the same Mahler who set out as a young man in the First Symphony, some 20 years earlier. The lively gait of Mahler's 'fahrenden Gesellen', striding across the fields on a spring morning, has now become the rather halting pace of his opening, decidedly autumnal Andante. The peculiar intensity of this movement has something to do with its retrospective gaze, a quality shared with those unbelievably bright autumn days when everything seems to stand out in blinding focus. Alban Berg, present at the première, captured this sense in a letter to his wife: 'The first movement is the most glorious he ever wrote. It expresses an extraordinary love of this earth, for Nature; the longing to live on it in peace, to enjoy it completely, to the very heart of one's being, before death comes, as irresistibly it does.'
The Ninth Symphony opens tentatively and in a curiously fragmentary way: a single, faltering rhythm shared between the cello and horn, a low harp figure like the tolling of bells, a rustling in the violas and a single phrase of a distant horn call. Only as these broken elements coalesce does the music gain a downbeat and the Andante proper begin. The songlike theme in the violins seems to generate itself little by little, from a single sighing fall to an increasingly expansive melody. Its proximity to the Leb'wohl (Farewell) theme of Beethoven's Les Adieux sonata, and Mahler's scribbled annotations on the score, have always marked out this D major 'song' as one of poignant valediction. Others have suggested that the theme closely resembles a melody from Johann Strauss's waltz suite Freut Euch des Lebens (Enjoy life!), which makes sense given its tinge of sentimentality and Mahler's inclination to irony even at moments of greatest sincerity. There is also a telling overlap with the closing pages of Das Lied von der Erde. Mahler's much-discussed use of pentatonicism in that earlier work, to achieve its uniquely weightless ending, is also present at the start of the Ninth. As the violin melody falls (F sharp to E) so the counterpoint in the horn rises (A to B). The symmetry of the movement and the resulting harmonic richness, suggest a simple motion that might rock gently back and forth for ever.
But this is not the end of a work, it is the beginning. Mahler uses his poignantly lyrical Andante in D major as one element in a polarised opposition. The negative pole is a more impassioned and chromatic version in D minor. With each successive alternation between the two, the distance between these worlds seems to increase, as the music plunges from heroic striving, on the brink of some rapturous breakthrough, to moments of complete collapse into a shadowy, empty landscape (Mahler's marking is Schattenhaft - shadowy). Berg's reading, that the whole first movement 'is based on a premonition of death', captures the proximity in this music between the terror of an implacable force and the sense of cherishing every last detail of the earth. Faced with no hope of reconciling such an opposition, the end of the movement is shaped by quiet withdrawal and dream-like reminiscence. Mahler marks the final page of the score 'lingering'; in the sketches, he wrote simply 'Leb'wohl!' (Farewell!).
The second movement alternates four contrasting Austrian dances - two Ländler (of the countryside) and two waltzes (of the city). The first Ländler is marked 'somewhat clumsy and very crude', its raw quality underlined by the bad behaviour of the horns and the instruction to the violinists to play 'like fiddlers'. This is a country dance in heavy, muddy boots, done with great affection even as it gently falls apart into garrulous repetitions. The rustic cartoon is interrupted by a mad waltz that spirals out of control, changing key with a sense of drunken abandon. A second waltz, given in the low brass, sounds as though a military band has invaded the orchestra, before a second, slower Ländler wistfully recollects a quieter, more rural life. Mahler's modernity here lies not so much in his materials (bewilderingly familiar to his first listeners) but in the way that he foregrounds the lack of fit between them as the music lurches from the frivolous to the grotesque, the sentimental to the modern. At the end of the movement, he allows his orchestra to fall apart like a machine shedding its parts one by one. The music breaks into fragments, scattered around the orchestra, until the whole thing simply runs out of steam.
In the third movement, the sense of distortion and exaggeration is greatly magnified. Mahler's Rondo-Burleske presents a highly energetic and contrapuntal music, but one that struggles to contain its plural voices, all tugging in different directions at once. Just as it seems ready to implode under its own weight, this unrelentingly strict style gives way to a lightweight music that sounds like operetta (some critics heard echoes of Lehár's The Merry Widow). The recurrent interruption of one element by the other is eventually broken by an astonishingly self-conscious act of authorial intrusion. Mahler 'rips up' the music heard thus far, like a film-director suddenly intercutting a completely different scene. A series of glissandi in the harp introduces a disjointed set of musical voices - some of them grotesque and distorted (the E flat clarinet) and others earnestly expressive (the solo trumpet). This whole passage, suspended out of normal symphonic time, functions like a set of dream visions of what might yet be, before we are thrown back into the movement's opening material, gathering its ferocious force all the way to the end.
What are we to make of the tone of this movement, signalled by Mahler's pointed title of Rondo-Burleske? The musicologist Stephen Hefling calls it 'virtuosically sarcastic' and there are plenty of echoes of Berlioz's technique, in the Finale of the Symphonie fantastique, of presenting grotesquely distorted and caricatured versions of material earlier given as noble and beautiful. The studied contrapuntal texture of the movement seems to suggest Mahler's fascination and admiration, in the last decade of his life, for the music of Bach, but here this musical technique for harmonious order seems to spin off in all directions and produce the opposite result. The same is true of Mahler's use of the orchestra, which throughout this symphony breaks up musical lines into smaller, dissociated particles, just like contemporary painters were doing with colour at the same time. For the concert-goers of Vienna or Munich or Paris, the orchestra represented one of the highest achievements of European culture, a model of perfect integration and coherence, yet Mahler seems to set this well-oiled machine at odds with itself, breaking its voice from within. It is perhaps no wonder that critics reacted with such angry incomprehension.
Though Mahler had ended a symphony with a hymn-like Adagio before, in the Third Symphony, its affirmative conclusion is completely at odds with the extended withdrawal of the Adagio that concludes the Ninth. In the closing years of the 19th century there was a deliberate attempt among Austro-German composers to recover the noble solemnity associated with some of Beethoven's Adagio movements and the Adagio of Mahler's Ninth has sometimes been compared to that of Beethoven's last String Quartet (Op.135). For us, Bruckner's Ninth Symphony may provide the most obvious model, though when it was premièred posthumously in Vienna in 1903, his Te Deum was inserted in place of the Finale that Bruckner failed to complete before his death in 1896. Mahler's Adagio ending, like that to Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Symphony (of 1893), was fully intended to be the close of the work.
The Finale stands in absolute and complete contrast to the Scherzo and Rondo-Burleske. Where they delivered a succession of ironic voices, thrown around the orchestra in a mad whirl, the Adagio presents one of his most intense statements of an authentic lyrical voice. It is signalled in its solemn and hymn-like gait, but above all in the intensity of tone that he wrings from the close scoring of the strings. That the orchestra stands in for a kind of internalised singing voice is underlined by the drawn out and unaccompanied anacrusis with which the movement begins - its upward reach, turn figure and painfully accented descent are like an extremely slowed-down and exaggerated version of a singer's decoration of a cadence, before returning to the main melody of an aria. Here, and repeatedly throughout this movement, Mahler stretches his musical voice almost to breaking point. As Adorno put it: 'He charges tonality with an expression that it is no longer constituted to bear. Overstretched, its voice cracks...The forced tone itself becomes expressive.'
Once again, progress is defined by the alternation of two different types of music - the richly scored, passionate and painfully beautiful opening, and a passage of bare, two-part music, shocking for its apparent emptiness and marked to be played 'without emotion'. But the hymn-like tread of the opening music is constantly misdirected from its goal by a spiralling chord sequence first heard in the first waltz of the Scherzo. The arrival and closure for which this music seems to strive is constantly withheld. Yet in spite of everything - the emptiness of the silences, the absence of arrival, the dissolution of the voice - the music continues. If the Ninth is indeed a farewell, it does not 'go gentle into that good night'.
Nobody who feels this music intensely would be so crass as to attempt to say 'what it is' that Mahler's music sings about. What lingers long after the resonance of the last fragile notes have died away into silence, is that he did - that such a passionate singing was voiced. As all three preceding movements have done, the Finale also ends by means of a gradual process of fragmentation, but whereas the middle movements break down or fall apart, the Finale gently dissolves, its constituent lines, no longer held together, evaporate one by one. The final Adagissimo must be the longest last page in music history, as the remaining fragments of melodic lines, receding into the distance, are gradually reclaimed by an incoming tide of silence.
© Julian Johnson


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IAEA officials hold crucial talks in Tehran
Iranian officials and inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Thursday held closed-door discussions, ahead of a crucial series of probes into the Islamic republic's nuclear program.
The talks between Iran's atomic agency and a team of IAEA inspectors, who arrived in Tehran overnight Wednesday, cover the modalities for visits across Iran in the coming days and weeks aimed at determining whether the country is secretly developing nuclear weapons, The AFP reported.
On Wednesday, Iran`s Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Mohammad-Ali Abtahi, said nuclear technology has always been peaceful and transparent. Abtahi told reporters that decision on Iran`s accession to additional protocol of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is too difficult.
He added that Majlis and government had in separate sessions discussed Iran`s accession to the additional protocol. The official hoped that the visit by the IAEA officials to Iran is another proof of his country's peaceful nuclear activities.
Asked which facility the IAEA experts planned to inspect during their visit, Abtahi said that based on the NPT additional protocol there is no restriction for the IAEA experts' visit. He said the visits will take place according to earlier agreements and discussions between Iran`s Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) and the IAEA.
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Is actress Koel Mullick switching careers' Is she swapping her stilettos for the unfettered freedom of bare feet, the designer duds for elaborate Odissi finery, and the on-screen antics for the thrill of dancing before a live audience' Not at all, the twenty-something beauty reassures us about her half-hour Odissi recital at Gyan Manch recently. It was a one-off performance and I was persuaded to do it by my cousin, sitarist Indrajit Roy Chowdhury.
Fans ' and there are plenty ' of the honey-eyed actress will be relieved. Because ever since Koel became a part of the Tollywood frat pack in 2003 with the hit film, Nater Guru, the actress has been steadily climbing the local celeb charts. In 2004, she starred in Devipaksha, Shudhu Tumi, Badshah and Bandhan. While the first two swan-dived on the big screen, Badshah and Bandhan more than made up, with the latter going on to become a major money-earner.
Last year, Koel made her mark in Shubha Drishti, Manik, Juddha and Chorey Chorey Mastuto Bhai. But it was Juddha, in which she held her own against veterans Mithun Chakraborty and Debasree Roy, and Jeet, that had Tollywood junkies lining up for a look. The film recorded an unprecedented initial collection of Rs 1.2 crore in the first week itself.
No surprises then that in a short span of three years, Koel Mullick has become one of the most visible pretty faces in the Bengali film industry today. The petite stunner seems to be in all the right places, and in all the right movies (well almost, if you overlook the few duds along the way). And boy, is she pleased with the way her career is shaping up! As a child growing up, I never harboured any dreams of being an actress. Mine was a simple plan ' study hard, get married and be a good mother. But look at me now. Fate had something else in store for me and Im riding the wave as best I can, she says with an impish grin.
If most of Koels films thus far have seen her playing the teen queen or the ardent lover, her soon-to-be-released movie, MLA Phatakeshto sees her cast in a different mould altogether. In the film, which also stars Mithun Chakraborty and Debasree Roy, Koel takes on the character of a hard-nosed reporter and for a change, she will not be doing the two-step to any Tollywood tune. I play a pivotal role as I help Mithundas character ' who is essentially a loafer ' to become an MLA, she says.
A young woman of many facets, Koels childlike spontaneity reveals itself when she speaks about her favourite character thus far ' that of the bride in Shubha Drishti. Ever since a young girl, I loved copying my mother. Id watch her wear the shaka and pola and wish I could too. So since Shubha Drishti was the first film where I played a married woman, all decked up in a lal Benarasi, I enjoyed myself thoroughly, she laughs. But Koel is quick to add another favourite to her list ' the reporter she plays in MLA Phatakeshto. Its a serious film and for once, I dont have any romantic inclinations towards anyone. Its quite refreshing really, she says.
Wouldnt a go at the big, beautiful world of Bollywood be even more so' Well, if something great comes my way, Ill definitely give it a shot. But I need to get good vibes from the project, says Koel emphatically. Last year, she almost did make it to Mumbai when she was all set to star in Raj Kumar Santoshis Family with Amitabh Bachchan and Aryeman Ramsay, son of producer Keshu Ramsay. But things didnt quite work out when Koels character was dropped from the script. Any hard feelings' None whatsoever. I have nothing to feel bad about. Its not like my role was given to another actress, she declares with the wave of a well-manicured hand.
Its with this same matter-of-fact attitude that Koel discusses her most recent film, Hero, released early this year. The movie, in which she shares screen space with Jeet, hasnt really set off fireworks at the box-office, but Koel maintains that it isnt quite the bomb everyone is making it out to be. Hero hasnt really failed. The producers are making up their money and it will yet turn in a profit. True, its not going to be a runaway hit, but then again, I cant really expect every single film of mine to create a sensation, she nods sagely.
She did create a sensation of sorts with her first film Nater Guru. Director Haranath Chakraborty remembers the first few days of shooting: Of course, there were teething problems. Both Jeet and Koel were newcomers, so that initial awkwardness was only to be expected. Also, Koel couldnt put out of her head the fact that she was veteran actor Ranjit Mullicks daughter. I remember my screenwriter, Monatosh Chakraborty and I sitting down with her and explaining that she had to let go. On the sets she was no longer a Mullick but an artiste striving to get into the skin of a character. It is to her credit that Koel took everything we taught her and performed the way she did.
Nater Guru, which also starred Ranjit Mullick was a major hit and the lead pair of Koel and Jeet has since then become a romantic regular. The two have done a good six to seven films together. Could audiences ever overdose on them' I dont think so, says Koel. After doing so many films together, we enjoy a great comfort level with each other and it shows on screen. I know how hes going to react and respond in a scene and vice versa. You cant deny that we share great chemistry onscreen, she says.
But more than her co-star, what matters to Koel when it comes to signing a film is the character, the script and the director. Being conscious of over-exposure, Im rather picky when it comes to choosing a film. Now it just so happens that the ones I sign are those that have Jeet at the helm too, she says.
This year though, Jeet apart, Koel is striking up a new romantic on-screen alliance with Anubhav, an actor who has been doing pretty well in Orissa thus far. While two to three films with him are in the offing, the very first is a Sujit Guha yet-untitled project, shooting for which has just started.
With so much going for her, theres no telling where Koel could end up. While its true that others have walked down a similar path and disappeared from the spotlight all too quickly, with Koels good looks, unmistakable charm and, most importantly, her blossoming acting skills, were ready to bet the bank on her longevity.
As Chakraborty puts it, Today Koel is at a good place in her career and Im extremely proud that she started off her career with me. She is articulate, has a strong acting ability and star appeal. Clearly industry insiders have worked it out. And we have too. From being the bubbly girl next door, from being the pampered daughter of a well-known Calcutta family, Miss Mullick is definitely going places ' and all on her own steam!


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