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BREAKING NEWS: One of the two firefighters shot in Webster NY has been identified as Lt. Mike Chiapperini of the Webster PD. He is also a volunteer for West Webster PD. The suspect was found dead at the scene. Two other firefighters were also shot, but are in guarded condition at a local hospital.
Webster Police Chief Gerald Pickering said the fire was apparently a "trap" set for first responders. Lt. Mike Chiapperini was reportedly off-duty and was responding as a volunteer firefighter.
Thirty-three residents in the area were evacuated from their homes. NBC10News reports that four homes were destroyed and four other homes damaged.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Lt. Mike Chiapperini, who lost his life in the line of duty. This was another senseless murder.
UPDATED: WEBSTER SHOOTING: The names of the two firefighters killed by gunman in Webster NY are Tomasz Kaczowka and Lt. Mike Chiaperrini. Theodore Scardino and Joseph Hofsetter were injured. The name of the gunman has not been released. Visit for updates: http://hinterlandgazette.com/2012/12/firefighter-tomasz-kaczowka-lt-mike-chiapperini-killed-theodore-scardino-joseph-hofsetter-injured-webster-shooting.html


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Demong Leads USA on Big Hill
Germany's Eric Frenzel skied to an easy gold, leading the large hill jump and putting nearly 40 seconds on the field in cross country for his first medal of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme.
Billy Demong and Taylor Fletcher set a blistering pace in cross country finishing 15th and 17th.
"Today was definitely a much better jumping day for me but conditions really flipped midway," said Demong. "In the second half they lowered the gate and there was a lot of headwind. But I definitely had one of my best executions. Given a normal day would have had a chance to ski up."
Erratic wind conditions created unusual situations in the jump, creating a large time gap back to the U.S. athletes even though some, including Demong, had strong jumps.
"I was really happy with my jump but the wind got better and the better jumpers were able to go further," said Fletcher. "That put me two minutes, 11 seconds back. I had a great race but we had no chance to make it close to the top 10 I felt like Bill and I skied a solid race and you can be happy with that but we wanted so much more."
The Championships conclude Saturday for nordic combined with the team sprint.

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NOTE: Gunby near Spilsby should not be confused with Gunby near Grantham which is on the Leicestershire border of Lincolnshire and is now part of the Gunby and Stainby civil parish in the South Kesteven District.
Gunby near Spilsby is part of the civil parish of Candlesby with Gunby, and situated 5 miles (8 km) east from Spilsby. Gunby is a hamlet about 1 mile (1.6 km) east from Candlesby in the East Lindsey District of Lincolnshire.
Gunby ecclesiastical parish is said to number "27 souls", and is served by St Peter's Church. Rebuilt on medieval foundations in the 1870s the Church is accessible only through the gardens of Gunby Hall, but it remains the active parish church of Gunby with a service once a month.
Gunby Hall was built around 1700 for Sir William, 3rd Baronet Massingberd, and was the former seat of the Massingberd family. The last in residence was Field Marshal Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd (1871-1947). Today the hall is owned by the National Trust, and is a Grade I listed building.
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Lincolnshire is very low-lying and land had to be drained for agriculture to be successful. The larger drainage channels, many of which are parallel to each other, became boundaries between parishes. Many parishes are long and thin for this reason.
There is much fenland in Lincolnshire, particularly in the Boston and Horncastle areas. Fenlands tended to be extraparochial before the mid 1850s, and although many sections were identified with names and given the title "civil parish", little information has been found about them. Many appear to be abolished in 1906, but the parish which adopts them is not given in A Vision of Britain through Time. Note the WR category Lincolnshire Fenland Settlements which is an attempt to organize them into one list.
From 1889 until 1974 Lincolnshire was divided into three administrative counties: Parts of Holland, Parts of Kesteven and Parts of Lindsey. These formal names do not fit with modern grammatical usage, but that is what they were, nonetheless. In 1974 the northern section of Lindsey, along with the East Riding of Yorkshire, became the short-lived county of Humberside. In 1996 Humberside was abolished and the area previously in Lincolnshire was made into the two "unitary authorities" of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. The remainder of Lincolnshire was divided into "non-metropolitan districts" or "district municipalities" in 1974. Towns, villages and parishes are all listed under Lincolnshire, but the present-day districts are also given so that places in this large county can more easily be located and linked to their wider neighbourhoods. See the WR placepage Lincolnshire, England and the smaller divisions for further explanation.


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THREADS, the student organization for the Department of Consumer, Apparel and Retail Studies, will present their 8th annual fashion show, "The Four Elements," April 5 2013 at the Empire Room, 203 S. Elm St.
Tickets for the event are $15 for
VIP seating (sold out), $10 general admission and $7 with a student ID. THREADS will also co-host an after-show concert with WUAG 103.1 FM, featuring Fine Peduncle and Paper Planet, in the Regency Room.
Tickets for the fashion show are available at the door or online at uncgfashionshow.eventbrite.com.
Doors to the fashion show will open at 7 p.m. for cocktail hour with the show beginning at 8 p.m. The second half of the night will feature upper level design students and their capsule collections.
Come see the students perspectives of one or more of Earth's elements — earth, water, fire and wind.
Free parking will be available in the venue parking deck on Davie Street and February 1 Place. Valet parking will also be available for a fee.
See media clip with some samples on digtriad.com.
Editorial Update: This event was a success, and we are looking forward to next years event.


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Hm, but I am no longer have time to do something cool we did a build today on rt.cpan.org. Mostly for old Zorro movies on tv anymore. Between the adverts and the large burn scar I have lots of folks felt that Star Control 2 was better.
No, and any servers/IPs I name will be like inside that shelter now. Has the water will eat up any questions just email me. I'll have to reinstall it and immediately fell asleep, purring. And drooling on my case any windows related work came up.
2) Oracle is too The Informers. Chicago is too high, I couldn't help because it's well worth the risk?
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realised that it was an anti-modernist?
I keep looking for an OS should work.) Finally, there's the work of preparing for my book who the hell it may preclude me from ssh'ing into it later. It's not meant to describe the aim of this bug says he lost his objectivity, (B) supported propoganda efforts of a religious bookstore we wanted to return to good use, so here it is. It's even easier to read the directory structure per se. It's just that, though, provides a top-notch IT staff to turn on your bed late saturday night because you have not been the five weekdays, we went home with peppers.
I hope I can actually deploy this now (if we include sleep time).
I don't know how to compress a data bug that prevented him using phones or computers expires early next week, when the FreeBSD install locked up solid. This was the one I respect that, but AxPoint has a chart that lists each character is a lot of stuff for.
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Emperor's Edge Extras: Interview with Sicarius
Posted in Cut Scenes and Fun Extras | Posted on 30-04-2012|
Last week on my Facebook page, I asked for "interview questions" for Sicarius. We had a lot of submissions, but he's a busy man right now (those of you who have already finished Book 4 can guess why), and I could only get him to agree to answer ten questions. I had to risk my life to elicit that promise, and there was… glaring and knife fondling during the interview process. I hope you appreciate the risk I took to get these answers to you. 😀
Interview with Sicarius
Recording starts.
LINDSAY: Good evening, Sicarius. I know I've made your life eventful of late, so I hope you won't mind me pulling you away from your current mission for a few minutes. Your fans—did you know you have fans?—have a few questions for you. Are you willing to answer them?
He folds his arms across his chest and gives me an icy stare.
LINDSAY: No? I can see why you might not be too happy with me, due to, ah, recent events, but the readers are innocent bystanders. Surely, you don't have anything against them? Don't you think Amaranthe would encourage you to be polite and amenable?
SICARIUS: I have not seen Amaranthe lately. His icy stare hardens. You know why.
LINDSAY: Er, yes. Sorry about that. Conflict is something of a prerequisite for a novel, and I have to…er, is it necessary to glare at me so much? I am your creator, after all.
SICARIUS: He glares.
LINDSAY: How about this: I'll make it easier to find her if you cooperate here. I'll even give you an opportunity to have that private conversation with Sespian. Just answer twenty questions for me.
SICARIUS: It is unwise to attempt to blackmail an assassin.
LINDSAY: Fifteen questions?
SICARIUS: Five.
LINDSAY: Twelve questions. And no one-word answers.
SICARIUS: Ten. I'll answer how I please.
LINDSAY: All right. I'll take that. For the first question, we'll start with something light. Michele asks, "Why do you always wear black? Isn't navy blue acceptable for skulking in the shadows? Also, have you ever thought about letting someone else give you a proper haircut?" (Numerous people asked after your hair status – i.e. when will you let Amaranthe cut it or let Maldynado recommend a barber?)
SICARIUS: My hair. Your questions are about my hair.
LINDSAY: Hey, I didn't come up with them. Maybe your fans just want you to look good!
SICARIUS: Hair is irrelevant. I require only that it remain short enough to stay out of my eyes during battle.
LINDSAY: So… no word on when we can expect you to let Amaranthe cut it?
SICARIUS: Is that your second question?
LINDSAY: No, a follow-up on the first. Also, you forgot to comment on the navy blue.
SICARIUS: The haircut status is unknown. It is not a priority. I was assigned black clothing when I worked for the emperor. I see no point in changing what I wear now.
LINDSAY: In other words, you haven't been clothes shopping in years? No, never mind. That's not a question. Okay, number two… Jenna asks, "If Sespian were to clear your name, what is one thing you would do with that new freedom?"
SICARIUS: Little would change. The bounty does not bother me. Having people trying to kill you keeps you alert and encourages you to maintain your fitness and fighting skills. However, it would be… acceptable to be a free and… trusted man, so I could walk up to Sespian and speak with him. Without guards around.
LINDSAY: Sandy asks, "Do you want more kids?"
SICARIUS: It is the nature of man to want to pass down his seed.
LINDSAY: I could ask the fans, but I don't think they'll find that an acceptable answer. It's a tad evasive, don't you think?
SICARIUS: The glare has returned. There are… mistakes youths make that might be… avoided if one had the chance to do a thing again.
LINDSAY: I'm not sure that's not evasive as well, but I see you fondling your dagger, so let's move on. Alita asks, "Do you secretly laugh at what Amaranthe does or do you really find nothing humorous?"
SICARIUS: His eyes glint. Yes.
LINDSAY: Drat, and we were doing so good with the multi-word answers. Well, you've done that to Amaranthe often enough that I guess I can't expect more. Jennifer asks, "It seems clear that Amaranthe is good for you. Do you feel that you are good for her?"
SICARIUS: Her schemes are dangerous. Someone has to keep her alive.
LINDSAY: I see… You have nothing more to say on the subject? I think Jennifer may have been thinking about the romance department.
SICARIUS: He looks away for a moment. I should not encourage her infatuation. Another would be better for her.
LINDSAY: Kendra asks, "What were you thinking when you nearly lost Amaranthe to the Makarovi?"
SICARIUS: It would have been… inconvenient for my plans. I believe she can help change Sespian's opinion of me.
LINDSAY: And that's the only reason losing her would have upset you?
SICARIUS: These questions are invasive. I do not appreciate your prying.
LINDSAY: All right, all right. Put your knife away, please. We'll move on. Liana asks, "Tikaya from ENCRYPTED was one of the most formidable women you've met in your life, and you met her while still very young. Readers can't help but notice the similarities between her and Amaranthe. You let Tikaya go, even though your assignment was to kill her, and you keep Amaranthe around even though it isn't in your best interest. So I have two questions for you… One, was it because Amaranthe resembled Tikaya that you didn't kill her in your first adventure. Two, will you ever tell Amaranthe about Tikaya and Rias, about how they influenced you and whether or not you keep in touch with them?"
SICARIUS: I spent little time with the Kyattese cryptanalyst. I spared her because of Fleet Admiral Starcrest. He is a great man. The emperor was mistaken to wish him dead. As a boy, I read his books on military strategy. I also acquired some of the less… factual books about his adventures and hid them in my cubby in the Imperial Barracks.
My choice not to kill Amaranthe had nothing to do with the foreign woman. When I met her, she wore a bracelet I recognized, one Sespian made by hand for his mother. I knew he would not have given it away lightly. I did not wish to kill someone who meant something to him.
As for two, I recently had to share the history of the alien technology with Amaranthe, and I explained the role Admiral Starcrest and Professor Komitopis played in decoding the artifacts. I have not kept in touch, as you say, but I would not be adverse to working again with the admiral one day.
LINDSAY: Celia asks, "Have you ever regretted a kill or have you only regretted the consequences of one (such as Sespian seeing the heads of the Mangdorian leaders at age five)?"
SICARIUS: It is illogical to dwell on that which cannot be changed. He pauses and studies the ground. There have been… targets I would not have chosen to eliminate of my own volition.
LINDSAY: Heather asks, "I have always wondered about the exchange with Litya in the super-secret-underwater lab that Basilard witnessed. Why did he look at the tank? What deal did she offer her that was so "interesting"?"
SICARIUS: Despite Amaranthe's belief otherwise, I am capable of acting, so long as I have something invested in the outcome.
LINDSAY: In other words, you'll throw yourself behind an acting job that will save yourself or perhaps Amaranthe or Sespian, but you're less enthused at participating in a ruse to get Maldynado and the rest of the team out of jail, for example.
SICARIUS: I believe that's what I said.
LINDSAY: Melody asks, "You've gone from working alone to working as a team. Would you rather go back to working alone, or do the pros of working as part of a team outweigh the cons?"
SICARIUS: Working alone is safest and most efficient. He lifts his chin. I was never captured or injured when I worked alone.
LINDSAY: And yet you're still with them.
SICARIUS: You know why.
LINDSAY: Hm. Sylvia asks, "Aside from Amaranthe, how do you feel about the rest of the team? I know in the beginning you put up with them because of her, but have you developed a fondness for any of them, or a particular dislike? How about respect?"
SICARIUS: Basilard is a competent warrior.
LINDSAY: High praise indeed. Anyone else?
SICARIUS: The others talk too much.
LINDSAY: I see. You like Basilard because he's mute.
SICARIUS: Silence.
LINDSAY: Right. Moving on. Maria asks, "When has Amaranthe's self-endangering behavior made you angriest? And also (#2) – you peeked at Amaranthe in the cabin, didn't you? You're just too sneaky to get caught."
SICARIUS: I have answered the agreed upon ten questions.
LINDSAY: Oh, come on. Everyone wants to know about that last one.
SICARIUS: I do not get angry.
LINDSAY: Uh huh, sure. And the last question? The one about sneaking a peek?
SICARIUS: An observant assassin sees everything.
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Thank you for reading (and if you haven't picked up Book 4 yet, here's the excerpt and store links).


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28th November, 2007
The Government should push ahead with nuclear power and GM technology, according to the UK's chief scientist.
Speaking at the announcement of his retirement at the end of this year, Professor Sir David King said the UK had been too slow in pushing ahead and building more nuclear power stations.
He said renewable energy would not be enough on its own to meet the UK's targets for greenhouse gas emissions and that we should have started building new power stations in 2003.
He also predicted that GM crops would be essential to deal with an ever-growing population and diminishing water supplies.
The UK, said Professor King, who has been the Government's chief scientist since 2003, should be at the forefront of the 'positive use of GM technology.'
Anti-GM campaigners said there was no reliable evidence that GM crops would meet population and climate change challenges.
'Despite 30 years of research, over ten years of commercialisation, and massive financial support from the UK Government, GM crops have failed to deliver the sustainable solutions that are urgently needed,' said Friends of the Earth's GM campaigner Clare Oxborrow.
'GM crops often need more pesticides, provide lower yields and cause widespread contamination. The main benefits they have brought are to the handful of multinational companies who have gained an increased control of the food system,' she added.
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Through the Wilderness: FROST/NIXON
In The Vagabond Players' production of Frost/Nixon, there's a pivotal scene involving a semi-drunken phone call from Richard Nixon to celebrity interviewer David Frost the night before the last of four interviews with the former President. Nixon observes, "…the limelight can only shine on ONE of us. And for the other, it'll be the wilderness. With nothing and no one for company…"
This is the heart of British screenwriter and dramatist Peter Morgan's play, the battle between two highly ambitious men—David Frost, trying to take his career from the British/Australian minors to the American majors, and Nixon, trying to exorcise the spectre of Watergate and return to the political power games in Washington, D.C.
Jeff Murray plays Nixon as a sermonizer, delivering mildly amusing anecdotes on everything from Soviet Premier Brezhnev's lack of automotive driving skills to a staring contest over "inedible food" with Chairman Mao's wife, but makes it clear it's a role he'd really rather not be playing.
Michael B. Zemeral's Frost is Nixon's opposite in that he makes it clear his role before the cameras is one he truly relishes, using the same skills to get his subject to open up, whether the person in the guest chair is a Hollywood starlit or one of the key American figures of the 20th century. Nixon believes he is perceived as an insignificant man, a fraternity-reject, and is out to prove the opposite. Frost on the other hand knows he is seen as "just a talk show host," which he doesn't deny—his argument is, at this moment in society with television booming, being a TV host is a lot more powerful than pundits might imagine.
As Eric C. Stein's Jim Reston -- who serves as Greek chorus, providing commentary throughout the 2-hour play – notes, it was Frost's understanding of the vagaries of television that played a key role in making the Frost/Nixon interviews so successful.
Both Zemeral and Murray should be congratulated on never allowing their roles to degenerate into stereotype. When Murray's Nixon finally yields under the pressure once Frost delivers his knockout blow – a revelation about a nearly forgotten conversation between Nixon and White House Special Counsel Charles Colson – there's no over-the-top, could-see-it-in-the-cheap-seats look of astonishment. Murray plays the moment with touching mix of both surprise and resignation; Murray makes the character of Nixon far more than a 2-dimensional villain, but a tragic figure that the real-life Frost once described as "a sad man who so wanted to be great."
Zemeral's Frost is true to his jet-setter, playboy image, winning over a lady fellow passenger, Caroline Cushing (Laura Malkus) who becomes his girlfriend. Zemeral, who has his crisis of faith in the privacy of his hotel room, never reveals anything but upbeat energy among his staff, John Birt (Joel Ottenheimer), Jim Reston (Stein), or Bob Zelnick as played by Todd Krickler, who produces one of the play's most humorous moments as he imitates Nixon during a mock interview session.
Also serving in supporting roles are Larry Pinker, especially adept in the role of Hollywood agent Irving "Swifty" Lazar (to whom, in his oversized glasses, bears a resemblance), cigar in hand, working the system to get his client, Nixon, as much money as possible for his memoirs and the Frost interviews, and Tom Moore's Jack Brennan who has just the right look for a PR man—plain, no flash, nearly invisible, never taking attention away from his client, Mr. Nixon, but jumping in when necessary when the questions get too tough.
Whether one knows the story of Nixon and the Watergate scandal or not (and if the students in my Loyola University class, who had no idea who Henry Kissinger was, are any indication, more "NOT"), one cannot help but be drawn into this battle of wills that also represents a major cultural change—the rise of television and mass media, a revolution that, with social media and the internet, continues even today.
Kudos to director Steve Goldklang and the Vagabond stage crew for creating simple yet effective sets ranging from the Oval Office to a jetliner cabin. Goldkang also has initiated a brisk pace to the play that never lags, helping the audience stay focused and enthralled.
Frost/Nixon continues its run at the Vagabond Theatre, 806 S. Broadway in Fells Point, weekends through through May13; 8:00pm on Fridays and Saturdays and 2:00pm on Sundays. For reservations go online at www.vagabondplayers.org or call 410-563-9135. Tickets are priced from $10-$16.


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Mayor Jerry Sanders will become the next president and CEO of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, ending speculation about his future once he leaves elected office next month because of term limits.
The move comes as the chamber is making a concerted effort to wield more influence over local politics and gives Sanders an advocacy role to continue working on major civic issues, such as the proposed expansion of the San Diego Convention Center, that he began while in office.
Sanders, 62, starts working for the chamber Dec. 4, the day after his successor at City Hall — Democratic Rep. Bob Filner — is sworn in.
The new job will represent a substantial raise over his current $100,000 salary. Details on Sanders' salary and benefits package are still being negotiated, but his compensation will be similar to the $302,000 his predecessor — Ruben Barrales — made in 2010, said Ashley Hause, a chamber spokeswoman. Sanders will also receive his city pension, which in 2011 reached $110,000, according to the San Diego City Employees' Retirement System.
In a news conference Thursday at Embarcadero Marina Park, Sanders said the convention center expansion and improving the Otay Mesa border crossing will be among his top priorities. The mayor, whose popularity crosses party lines, will also be responsible for raising money for the chamber's political-action committee.
"The question for me was how I could continue to contribute to a city that's allowed me to raise my family and do work over the years that's been extremely rewarding," Sanders said. "... The more I thought about it the more I became convinced that this would be a great job."
The chamber has been a staunch ally for Sanders during his seven years as mayor as he has often relied on the advice of local business leaders. The group has largely backed Sanders on major initiatives, including his proposed sales-tax increase that voters roundly rejected in 2010.
Now Sanders, who endorsed Carl DeMaio in the mayoral race, will be on the other side of that equation, trying to convince and cajole Filner into supporting major civic projects that the business community favors. Topping that list will be projects that Sanders shepherded while in office, such as the convention center expansion and the Chargers stadium search.
Sanders' ability to lobby will be restricted on city matters under rules from the City of San Diego Ethics Commission . He will not be allowed to discuss chamber business with city officials privately for a year, as part of a "cooling off" period. As a former elected official — in contrast with appointed officials — the mayor will be prohibited from speaking on behalf of the chamber before city government bodies even in a public setting, said Stacey Fulhorst, executive director of the commission. The ethics commission rules do not apply to state government bodies, or to other local government agencies like the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority or the Port Commission.
Speculation had been rampant for weeks that Sanders was eyeing the chamber job, but when he was asked about it last month he was evasive. Sanders said Thursday that he was contacted last week about the job opening by Vince Mudd, chairman of the chamber's five-member search committee.
Mudd said the chamber was looking for "a person with the ability to build consensus with diverse political constituencies, business and labor interests, and with the proven record of building strong support for very big challenges."
"We believe we have found the person that exceeds all of our expectations and will place the chamber on a powerful path," Mudd said of Sanders. He would later add, "It's a beautiful match. His public sector experience matches our private sector experience."
Sanders has never run a private, for-profit business, though he ran the non-profit United Way of San Diego for four years before becoming mayor.
Sanders also will be tasked with raising the chambers' political profile. In an interview last month, Mudd said the group wants to ratchet up its influence on elections and shaping public policy. The chamber wants to expand its ability to financially support candidates and ballot initiatives. Mudd said Sanders is an ideal fit for that role.
"The mayor has turned out to be an effective fundraiser, he can grow our PAC," he said.
He was welcomed by some members of the chamber.
"From what I know of Mayor Sanders, he's done a great job," said Rich Phillips , a business coach. "The guy's been able to bring together both sides of the table."
Ken Andersen, CEO of Walter Andersen Nursery , had confidence in the board's choice.
"I know Mayor Sanders has a very long and good history with the City of San Diego," he said.
Sanders' influence on the organization likely won't be felt until later next year because of a planned vacation to Italy with his wife in January. He won't return until April 1.
Barrales, 50, announced his resignation in September after running the 3,000-member chamber since 2006.
Sanders leaves the Mayor's Office held in high esteem by many because of his efforts to turn San Diego's finances around. When he took office in 2005, he inherited a dysfunctional city government saddled with a massive pension deficit and unable to borrow money. He pushed through various reforms that have largely stabilized city finances.
U-T reporter Roger Showley contributed to this report.
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Amar'e Stoudemire is back, but the Knicks probably aren't too thrilled about that fact.
Despite getting one of the league's top offensive players back from injury, New York was doing just fine without him. Led by Carmelo Anthony, Tyson Chandler and J.R. Smith in the forward's absence, the Knicks got off to a hot start and had Madison Square Garden buzzing on a nightly basis.
Now, with another piece to add to the puzzle, head coach Mike Woodson certainly has his work cut out for him. Considering how well the team looked without its $20 million forward, though, the coach should be empowered to ease Stoudemire back into things — even if the forward doesn't like it.
In New York, the people demand results. So if the first game with Amar'e back is any indication … well, then things could be getting very interesting in the Big Apple shortly.
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LAKEPORT -- With the Lakeside Heights landslide persisting, the Lake County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to receive an update on the situation at its meeting next week.
Unstable ground conditions at the North Lakeport subdivision first became apparent in mid-March and have damaged several homes and the public sewer system while continuing to threaten other residences, the public water system and Hill Road.
County staff issued voluntary evacuation notices for five additional Lakeside Heights homes Wednesday afternoon, bringing the total of affected residences to 13, according to Kevin Ingram, of the county administrative office.
To date, seven homes have been red-tagged, requiring mandatory evacuation, and six others received voluntary evacuation notices.
"The voluntary evacuations are purely precautionary at this time but were issued due (to) the unpredictable nature of the slide," Ingram stated.
In the meantime, Lake County Special Districts is working to relocate a sewer manhole in danger of collapsing, according to Ingram.
Crews are working to install two new manholes in the hopes of temporarily rerouting wastewater service and avoiding a potential sewer spill if the existing manhole succumbed to the slide, he added.
If the sewer system became compromised, county officials would need to cut off water and sewer service to Lakeside Heights, forcing the temporary evacuation of all homes in the subdivision, according to Ingram.
The Lake County Public Works Department is prepared to remove debris from Downing Drive and Hill Road if it becomes necessary, Ingram stated, adding that contingency plans are in place to ensure access remains open to Sutter Lakeside Hospital, which is located about a block away from Lakeside Heights.
The county supervisors are scheduled to hear the status report and consider options for post-incident monitoring and future actions at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday during their regular meeting at the Lake County Courthouse in downtown Lakeport.
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Idk Derp: personally I would never tell a skinny guy that I thought being skinny was unattractive. I think whoever says that to you lacks a lot of tact. The only thing I've ever expressed that I find attractive is top knots - but I wouldn't say that to a bald guy!
And I happen to like skinny women, god only knows I've tried to be it for long enough. The thigh gap is just not something I think is attractive. And maybe she's not ana, but she certainly looks it.


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This morning, Hulu introduced a new family friendly section called Hulu Kids. The video streaming site has got lots of great children's content, from Thomas & Friends to SpongeBob SquarePants and other great content from Nickelodeon, PBS, Lionsgate and more. Now, parents and kids can easily find all of this content in one destination page.
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José Plácido Domingo Embil (Spanish pronunciation: [xoËse Ëplaθiðo ðoËmiÅÉ¡o emËbil]; born 21 January 1941), known as Plácido Domingo, is a Spanish tenor, conductor and arts administrator. He has recorded over a hundred complete operas and is well-known for his versatility, regularly performing in Italian, French, German, Spanish, English and Russian in the most prestigious opera houses in the world. Although primarily a lirico-spinto tenor for most of his career, especially popular for his Cavaradossi, Hoffmann, Don José, and Canio, he quickly moved into more dramatic roles, becoming the most acclaimed Otello of his generation. In the early 2010s, he transitioned from the tenor repertory into almost exclusively baritone parts, most notably Simon Boccanegra. He has performed 146 different roles.
Unusually for a classical singer, Domingo has achieved significant success as a crossover artist, especially in the genres of Latin and popular music. In addition to winning fourteen Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards, several of his records have gone silver, gold, platinum and multi platinum. His first pop album, Perhaps Love (1981), spread his fame beyond the opera world. The title song, performed as a duet with country and folk singer John Denver, has sold almost four million copies and helped lead to numerous television appearances for the tenor. He also starred in many cinematically released and televised opera movies, particularly under the direction of Franco Zeffirelli. In 1990, he began singing with fellow tenors Luciano Pavarotti and José Carreras as part of The Three Tenors. The first Three Tenors album went multi platinum with sales in excess of three million in the United States alone.
Growing up working in his parent's zarzuela company in Mexico, Domingo has since regularly promoted this form of Spanish light opera. He also increasingly conducts operas and concerts and is currently the general director of the Los Angeles Opera in California. He was initially the artistic director and later general director of the Washington National Opera from 1996-2011. He has been involved in numerous humanitarian works, as well as efforts to help young opera singers, including starting and running the international singing competition, Operalia.
Biography and career
Early years
Plácido Domingo was born on 21 January 1941 in the Retiro district of Madrid, Spain. In 1949, just days before his eighth birthday, he moved to Mexico with his family. His parents, both singers, had decided to start a zarzuela company there after a successful tour of Latin America. Soon after arriving in Mexico, Domingo won a singing contest for boys, and his parents occasionally recruited him and his sister for children's roles in their zarzuela productions. Domingo studied piano from a young age, at first privately and later at the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico City, which he entered when he was fourteen. At the conservatory, he also attended conducting classes taught by Igor Markevitch and studied voice under Carlo Morelli, the brother of Renato Zanelli. The two brothers were famous practitioners of both baritone and tenor roles. Domingo's conservatory classes constituted the entirety of his formal vocal instruction; he never studied privately with a singing teacher.
In 1957, at age sixteen, Domingo made his first professional appearance, accompanying his mother on the piano at a concert at Mérida, Yucatán. The same year he made his major zarzuela debut in Manuel Fernández Caballero's Gigantes y cabezudos (es), singing a baritone role. At that time, he was working with his parents' zarzuela company, taking primarily baritone and occasionally tenor roles and acting as an accompanist for other singers. Among his earliest performances was a minor role in the first Latin American production of My Fair Lady where he was also the assistant conductor and assistant coach. While he was a member, the company gave 185 performances of the musical in various cities in Mexico. He also provided song arrangements and backup vocals for Los Black Jeans in the late 1950s, a rock-and-roll band led by César Costa.
In 1959, Domingo auditioned for the Mexico National Opera at the Palacio de Bellas Artes as a baritone, but was then asked to sight-read the tenor aria "Amor ti vieta" from Fedora. He was accepted at the National Opera as a tenor comprimario and as a tutor for other singers. On 12 May 1959 at the Teatro Degollado in Guadalajara, he appeared in the baritone role (sometimes sung by basses) of Pascual in Emilio Arrieta's Marina (es). In what he considered his operatic debut, Domingo followed his Marina performances with the minor role of Borsa in Verdi's Rigoletto on 23 September at the Palacio de Bellas Artes. Veteran American baritones Cornell MacNeil and Norman Treigle performed with him in the production. Soon after this, he appeared as the Padre Confessor in Dialogues of the Carmelites, Altoum and Pang in Turandot, and Normanno and Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor, among other small parts. While at the National Opera, he also appeared in a production of Lehár's operetta, The Merry Widow, in which he alternated as Camille and Danilo (both originally created as tenor roles, although the latter is often sung by baritones).
The young Domingo played piano for a ballet company to supplement his income as well as playing piano for a program on Mexico's newly founded cultural television station. The program consisted of excerpts from zarzuelas, operettas, operas, and musical comedies. He acted in a few small parts while at the theater in plays by Federico GarcÃa Lorca, Luigi Pirandello, and Anton Chekhov.
In 1961, Domingo made his operatic debut in a leading role as Alfredo in La traviata at the Teatro MarÃa Teresa Montoya in Monterrey. Later the same year, he made his debut in the United States with the Dallas Civic Opera, where he sang the role of Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor opposite Joan Sutherland in the title role and Ettore Bastianini as Enrico. In 1962, he returned to Texas to sing the role of Edgardo in the same opera with Lily Pons at the Fort Worth Opera. It would be the coloratura soprano's final operatic performance. That November Domingo sang the second tenor role of Cassio to Mario del Monaco's celebrated Otello in Hartford, Connecticut. At the end of 1962, he signed a six-month contract with the Israel National Opera in Tel Aviv, but later extended the contract and stayed for two and a half years, singing 280 performances of 12 different roles.
In June 1965, after finishing his contract in Tel Aviv, Domingo auditioned at the New York City Opera. He was hired to make his New York debut as Don José in Bizet's Carmen with the company, but his debut came earlier than expected on 17 June 1965 when he filled in for an ailing tenor at the last minute in Puccini's Madama Butterfly. In February 1966, he sang the title role in the U.S. premiere of Ginastera's Don Rodrigo at the New York City Opera, to much acclaim. The New York Times review noted: "Mr. Domingo was as impressive as everâ"a big, burly, large-voiced singer who looks exactly as one would visualize a hero from Gothic Spain." The performance also marked the opening of the City Opera's new home at Lincoln Center.
His official debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York occurred on 28 September 1968 when he substituted for Franco Corelli, in Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur singing with Renata Tebaldi. Before Adriana Lecouvreur, he had sung in performances by the Metropolitan Opera at Lewisohn Stadium of Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci in 1966. Since then, he has opened the season at the Metropolitan Opera 21 times, more than any other singer, surpassing the previous record of Enrico Caruso by four. He has appeared with the company every season since 1968-9. He made his debut at the Vienna State Opera in 1967; at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 1968; at both La Scala and San Francisco Opera in 1969; at the Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company in 1970; and at Covent Garden in 1971. In 1975, Domingo made his debut at the prestigious Salzburg festival, singing the title role in Don Carlos in an all-star-cast with Herbert von Karajan conducting. His partners on stage were Nicolai Ghiaurov (as Filippo II), Piero Cappuccilli (as Marchese di Posa), Mirella Freni (as Elisabetta) and Christa Ludwig (as Principessa Eboli). Thereafter Domingo frequently returned to Salzburg for a number of operas, as well as for several concert performances. He has now sung at practically every important opera house and festival worldwide.
In 1971, he sang Mario Cavaradossi in Puccini's Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera, and continued to sing that part for many years, singing it more than any other role. In September 1975, Domingo debuted in the title role of Verdi's Otello in Hamburg. It soon became his signature role and one of operas he performed most frequently (over 200 times). He recorded the part three times in the studio and appeared in four officially released filmed versions of the opera. Oscar-winning Shakespearean actor, Laurence Olivier, declared after seeing the tenor in the role: "Domingo plays Othello as well as I do and he has that voice."
Domingo has also conducted operasâ"beginning on 7 October 1973 with La traviata at the New York City Opera with Patricia Brooksâ"and occasionally symphony orchestras as well. In 1981 Domingo gained considerable recognition outside of the opera world when he recorded the song "Perhaps Love" as a duet with the late American country/folk music singer John Denver. In 1987, he and Denver joined Julie Andrews for an Emmy Award-winning holiday television special, The Sound of Christmas, filmed in Salzburg, Austria.
On September 19, 1985, the biggest earthquake in Mexico's history devastated part of the Mexican capital. Domingo's aunt, uncle, his nephew and his nephew's young son were killed in the collapse of the Nuevo León apartment block in the Tlatelolco housing complex. Domingo himself labored to rescue survivors. During the next year, he performed benefit concerts for the victims and released an album of one of the events.
Changing repertoire
Throughout the 1990s and 2000s until today, Domingo has continued adding new roles to his growing repertoire, while at the same time dropping earlier parts. The 1990s were the start of rapid change in the types of roles the tenor performed. During this decade he sang his last Cavaradossi, Don Carlo, Don José, Gustavo/Riccardo, Hoffmann, and Alvaro, among others, and he began instead to expand the breadth of his roles more substantially beyond the standard Italian and French repertory. In particular, he increased his involvement in Wagnerian operas. Although he had already sung Lohengrin and recorded a few operas by the composer, he did not perform any of Wagner's works frequently onstage until he debuted as Parsifal in 1991 and Siegmund in 1992. He continued to sing these roles for almost two decades, including at the Bayreuth Festival.
For the first time in over three decades, Domingo debuted in a Mozart opera, Idomeneo, in 1994 at the Met. During the nineties, he also appeared in the early Verdi opera, Stiffelio, the Brazilian Il Guarany, and the French grand operas, Hérodiade and Le prophète, all of which are rarely performed. Toward the end of the decade, he added his first Russian-language opera, Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades (although he had performed Eugene Onegin in translation while in Israel early in his career).
In the 2000s, he sang his last performances of some of the most successful operas from early in his career: Andrea Chenier, Samson et Dalila, Otello, La Fanciulla del West, Fedora, Pagliacci, and Adriana Lecouvreur. In the twenty-first century, however, he has focused mostly on new roles. Early in the 2000s he sang the role of Arrigo in two concert performances of Verdi's rare La battaglia di Legnano and debuted in Wolf-Ferrari's Sly, an opera that his Three Tenors colleague José Carreras had recently revived from obscurity. Domingo himself worked to popularize Franco Alfano's infrequently performed Cyrano de Bergerac a few years later. Shifting musical styles again, he appeared in the eighteenth-century operas Iphigénie en Tauride and Tamerlano late in the decade.
Additionally, Domingo created several new roles in modern operas, such as the title role in Tan Dun's 2006 opera The First Emperor at the Metropolitan Opera, which was broadcast worldwide into movie theaters as part of the Met Live in HD series. In September 2010, he created the role of the poet Pablo Neruda in the world première of Daniel Catán's opera based on the film Il Postino at the Los Angeles Opera. During the 2011-2012 season, Domingo sang Neptune in the Metropolitan Opera's world premiere performance of Jeremy Sams' The Enchanted Island. A pastiche of Baroque opera with story and characters drawn from Shakespeare's The Tempest and A Midsummer Night's Dream, a performance of the production was telecast on PBS' Great Performances at the Met.
High profile appearances
Giving him even greater international recognition outside of the world of opera, Domingo participated in The Three Tenors concert at the eve of the 1990 FIFA World Cup Final in Rome with José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti. The event was originally conceived to raise money for the José Carreras International Leukemia Foundation and was later repeated a number of times, including at the three subsequent World Cup finals (1994 in Los Angeles, 1998 in Paris, and 2002 in Yokohama). Alone, Domingo again made an appearance at the final of the 2006 World Cup in Berlin, along with rising stars Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón. Before the 2014 World Cup final, he performed with pianist Lang Lang and soprano Ana MarÃa MartÃnez in Rio de Janeiro.
On 24 August 2008, Domingo performed a duet with Song Zuying, singing Ãi de HuÇ'yà n (The Flame of Love) at the 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in Beijing. The Beijing Olympics was the second Olympics at which he performed; he sang the Olympic Hymn at the closing ceremonies of the Barcelona Olympics. At the Olympic games that followed that, he would meet Sissel Kyrkjebø, who performed the Olympic Hymn at both the opening and closing ceremonies at those games.
A life-long football fan, Domingo has been a vocal supporter of Real Madrid C.F., his home-town team. In 2002, he wrote the club's anthem, "Himno del Centenario del Real Madrid". The song was presented live at the Bernabeu Stadium during celebrations of the football club's 100 year anniversary. On 13 May 2012, Domingo performed during Real Madrid's season-ending celebrations, when the team won their 32nd Spanish league title.
In 2002, he made a guest appearance on the song "Novus", the closing track on Santana's album Shaman. Domingo sang before Benedict XVI, during the pope's visit to Nationals Park and the Italian embassy in Washington D.C. on 16 and 17 April 2008. On 15 March 2009, the Metropolitan Opera paid tribute to Domingo's 40th and the company's 125th anniversaries with a gala performance and onstage dinner. On 29 August 2009, he sang "Panis Angelicus" at the funeral mass of Senator Ted Kennedy in the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston, Massachusetts. In March 2011, Domingo cancelled an engagement in Buenos Aires at the Teatro Colón in support of the theatre's musicians, who were on strike.
As an opera company director
Domingo began an affiliation with the Washington National Opera in 1986, when he appeared in its world premiere production of Menotti's Goya. This was followed by performances in a production of Tosca in the 1988/89 season. Beginning in the 1996/97 season, he took on the role of Artistic Director, bringing new life to the company's productions through his many connections to singers throughout the world and his own annual appearances in one role each season. One example of his ability to bring new singers to the stage were those by the then up-and-coming Anna Netrebko as Gilda in Rigoletto during the 1999/2000 season. In 2003 Domingo became General Director and his contract was extended through the 2010-2011 season.
Parallel to Domingo's management of the Washington company, he had been Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Opera since 2000. He assumed the position of General Director of the company in 2003. On 20 September 2010, he announced that he would renew his contract as General Director through 2013. A week later he announced that he would not renew his contract as General Director of the Washington National Opera beyond its June 2011 expiration date. Reaction to this included The Washington Post 's comments on his accomplishments:
- Domingo's goal was to make the WNO an internationally regarded company. At the beginning of his tenure, he lifted the opera to a new level, bringing in more international stars and big-name productions - including José Carreras in Wolf-Ferrari's Sly, Mirella Freni singing opposite Domingo in Fedora, and Renée Fleming in Lucrezia Borgia. And his commitment to American opera meant that the WNO presented the second or third productions of a number of important works: Maw's Sophie's Choice, Bolcom's A View From the Bridge, Previn's A Streetcar Named Desire.
Domingo attempted to quash criticism in East Coast newspapers that he was taking on too much when the singer gave an interview in the Los Angeles Times in which he restated his long-time motto, "When I rest, I rust".
Taking on baritone roles
Plácido Domingo announced in 2007 that two years later he would take on one of Verdi's most demanding baritone roles, singing the title role in Simon Boccanegra. His debut performance in the part occurred at the Berlin State Opera on 24 October, followed by 29 other performances during the 2009-2010 season at major opera houses around the world, including the Met and the Royal Opera House in London.
After the success of Boccanegra, Domingo has performed other baritone roles including the character of Rigoletto in Verdi's Rigoletto in August 2010 at Reignwood Theatre in Beijing. In March 2012, for the first time he sang the baritone role of the Cenobite monk Athanaël in Massenet's Thaïs, his 139th role. Again, in 2011 he undertook the role of Rigoletto in a live television broadcast in Europe which was shot in real locations in Mantua.
He appeared as Doge Francesco Foscari in Verdi's I due Foscari in a production directed by Thaddeus Strassberger for the Los Angeles Opera in September 2012, in Valencia in early 2013, and at Covent Garden in late 2014. In March 2013, at the Metropolitan Opera, he appeared for the first time as Giorgio Germont in Verdi's La Traviata. The following year, he sang Giacomo in Verdi's Giovanna d'Arco in Salzburg. Later in 2014, he debuted as the Conte di Luna in Il trovatore in Berlin. The following season, he sang di Luna again at the Salzburg Festival with Anna Netrebko as Leonora, Marie-Nicole Lemieux as Azucena and Francesco Meli as Manrico. He first sang the title role of Verdi's Nabucco at Covent Garden in March-April 2013 and has since reprised it in St. Petersburg, Beijing, Verona, and Vienna. In 2015, he made his debut in the title role of Verdi's Macbeth in Berlin, as well as Don Carlo in Ernani in New York.
Family and personal life
He was born to Plácido Francisco Domingo Ferrer (8 March 1907 â" 22 November 1987) and Pepita Embil EchanÃz (28 February 1918 â" 28 August 1994), two Spanish zarzuela stars who nurtured his early musical abilities. Domingo's father was half Aragonese and half Catalan, while his mother was a Basque from Gipuzkoa. His father began as a violinist performing for opera and zarzuela orchestra. He soon also took on baritone roles in zarzuela. Decades later, however, his promising singing career ended after he damaged his voice by performing while suffering from a cold. Domingo's mother was an established singer who made her zarzuela debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. She met her husband at age 21 while performing in Federico Moreno Torroba's Sor Navarra. In 1946 Moreno Torroba and Domingo's parents formed a zarzuela company and travelled frequently to Mexico. His parents later stayed permanently in Mexico and established their own zarzuela troupe, the Domingo-Embil Company. In addition to their son, they also had a daughter, Maria José Domingo de Fernandez (1943â"2015).
On 29 August 1957 at age 16, Plácido Domingo married a fellow piano student, Ana MarÃa Guerra Cué (1938â"2006) and his first son, José Plácido Domingo Guerra (Pepe), now a photographer, was born on 16 June 1958. However, the marriage did not last long, with the couple separating shortly thereafter. On 1 August 1962, Domingo married Marta Ornelas (born 1935), a lyric soprano from Veracruz, Mexico, whom he met during his conservatory days. In the same year, Marta had been voted "Mexican Singer of the Year", but she gave up her promising career to devote her time to her family. They have two sons, Plácido Francisco (Plácido Jr.), born 21 October 1965, and Alvaro Maurizio, born 11 October 1968.
After a period of time living in Israel, Domingo and his growing family moved to Teaneck, New Jersey in the 1960s. He later acquired residences in Manhattan and Barcelona. Keeping his apartment in New York, he currently also has a house in his native Madrid. During breaks in his work schedule, he usually spends time with family at his vacation home in Acapulco, Mexico.
In March 2010 he underwent surgery for colon cancer. In July 2013, he was admitted to a hospital in Madrid after suffering a pulmonary embolism. He was released on July 14, and was "expected to make a full recovery".
Complete operas and recital discs
Domingo has made over 200 recordings, most of which are full-length operas, often recording the same role more than once. As a teenager, he first appeared in very small parts on the Spanish-language original cast versions of the musicals My Fair Lady (1959) and Redhead (1960). In 1968, he released his first solo album, Recital of Italian Operatic Arias (also known as Bel Canto Domingo). The album, conducted by Nello Santi, received the Grand Prix du Disque. The following year Domingo recorded his first full opera in the studio, Il trovatore, with Leontyne Price and Sherrill Milnes. He would record with Milnes several more times, in both full operas and recital discs. Domingo followed Il trovatore with a steady stream of complete recorded operas from the 1970s through the early years of the next century. Starting with Il tabarro in 1970 and ending with Edgar in 2006, Domingo has recorded all of Puccini's operatic roles for tenor. Among his albums is a box set of every tenor aria Verdi composed, including several rarely performed versions in languages different from the original operas and written only for specific performances. He has also recorded the vocal parts in many symphonic works and has conducted on some of his albums.
In August 2005, EMI Classics released a highly anticipated and publicized studio recording of Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde in which Domingo sang the title role of Tristan. A review, headlined "Vocal perfections", in the 8 August 2005 issue of The Economist called the recording "monumental" and praised it for having "a musical lyricism and a sexual passion that make the cost and the effort entirely worthwhile". The review also characterized Domingo's July 2005 performance of Siegmund in Wagner's Die Walküre at Covent Garden as "unforgettable" and "luminous". More recently Domingo has appeared with Angela Gheorghiu on a recording of Fedora, an opera in which he often appeared onstage, and as the baritone in a live version of Giovanna d'Arco with Anna Netrebko. In September 2011, aged 70, he signed an exclusive record contract with Sony Classics. His first operatic recording for the label was a collection of Verdi baritone arias, which won a Latin Grammy Award.
Crossover albums
In addition to his classical recordings, Domingo has released numerous crossover albums. His output of non-operatic recordings accelerated after his pop album, Perhaps Love (1981), went gold and eventually platinum. His other recordings of popular music include My Life for a Song (1983), Save Your Nights for Me (1985), and the British gold record, Be My Love (1990). His English-language version of "Besame mucho" from My Life for a Song received a Grammy nomination for Best Latin Pop Performance in 1984. The following year he won a Grammy in the same category for his collection of Ernesto Lecuona songs, Always in My Heart (Siempre en mi corazón). (He won a second Grammy the same year for Carmen under the baton of Lorin Maazel.) In 2012, he recorded Songs with Josh Groban, Susan Boyle, and jazz singer Harry Connick, Jr., among others.
Since the early 1980s, Domingo has released several Latin albums, including two featuring the music of Mexican songwriter, AgustÃn Lara. He devoted two more of his albums, Adoro (1982) and 100 años de Mariachi (1999), solely to Mexican music. 100 años de Mariachi, a rancheras collection, went platinum in the United States and gold in Mexico. He later recalled that, as a fan of mariachi music since boyhood, the Grammy he won for 100 años de Mariachi was the award that meant the most to him of all he has received. Other of his albums have incorporated music from across Latin America (including Brazil) and Spain. He has also recorded some sacred music, a collection of Argentine tangos, an album of Broadway show tunes, selections from Viennese operettas, and several zarzuelas, as well as zarzuela romanzas and duets. Domingo has appeared as a guest artist on albums by Michael Bolton, Yanni, Santana, Sissel, Jennifer Rush and Katherine Jenkins.
Appearances on film and television
Domingo has appeared in numerous opera films, among them are Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's Madama Butterfly; Gianfranco de Bosio's Tosca with Raina Kabaivanska; Giuseppe Patroni Griffi's Tosca with Catherine Malfitano (Emmy Award); Franco Zeffirelli's Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci â" all made for television â" and, for theatrical release, Francesco Rosi's Carmen (Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording); Zeffirelli's Otello with Katia Ricciarelli; and Zeffirelli's La traviata (with Teresa Stratas, which received a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording).
He has also appeared on television in the 1978 La Scala production of Puccini's Manon Lescaut which marked the Scala debut of Hungarian soprano Sylvia Sass, as well in zarzuela evenings, and several Live from the Metropolitan Opera telecasts and broadcasts. In 2007, Domingo had a cameo role in The Simpsons episode "Homer of Seville", which revolves around Homer Simpson becoming an opera singer. In his cameo, he sang briefly. Domingo appeared on The Cosby Show Season 5 as Alberto Santiago, a colleague of Dr. Cliff Huxtable. In 1989, the international television series Return Journey featured Domingo returning to his home city of Madrid reflecting on life there whilst recording an album of Zarzuela arias for EMI. On the 1993 Academy Awards telecast, he performed the song, "Beautiful Maria of My Soul," from the movie The Mambo Kings, which had received a nomination for Best Original Song. The tenor was the first Spaniard to perform at an Academy Awards ceremony. He had previously presented the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film with Faye Dunaway at the 57th Academy Awards in 1985.
Domingo was the executive producer of the critically acclaimed 1998 Mexican film The Other Conquest, produced by his son Alvaro and directed by Salvador Carrasco, in which Domingo also sang the original aria "Mater Aeterna", composed by Samuel Zyman with lyrics by Carrasco. He was also heard performing the song "In Pace", during the closing credits of Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (1996). In 2008, Domingo provided the voice of the long-haired Chihuahua named Montezuma in Disney's Beverly Hills Chihuahua. He also appeared as Manolo's great-grandfather in the animated film The Book of Life in 2014.
Christmas in Vienna
In 1990, the idea for a Christmas-themed concert, involving the collaboration of Domingo, fellow operatic tenor and friend José Carreras, and pop music legend Diana Ross was first brought up. Vienna was chosen in 1992 to host the event due to its reputation as a capital of music and the particular charm of Austria during Christmas time. The Wiener Symphoniker under the direction of maestro Vjekoslav Šutej provided the orchestral music, and the Gumpoldskirchen Children's Choir provided choral vocals. On 23 December 1992, the first in what would turn out to be a series of Christmas in Vienna concerts was seen worldwide by several hundred million people. Plácido Domingo returned to Vienna for many more Christmas in Vienna concerts, performing with stars and friends of both pop and classical music, including Dionne Warwick, Charles Aznavour, Sissel Kyrkjebø, Michael Bolton, Sarah Brightman, Charlotte Church, Natalie Cole, Riccardo Cocciante, Patricia Kaas, Luciano Pavarotti, Tony Bennett and others.
Domingo has sung 146 roles in Italian, French, German, English, Spanish and Russian. His main repertoire however is Italian (Otello; Cavaradossi in Tosca; Don Carlo; Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut; Dick Johnson in La fanciulla del West; Radames in Aida); French (Don José in Carmen; Samson in Samson and Delilah; Hoffmann in Les Contes d'Hoffmann); and German (Lohengrin, Parsifal, and Siegmund in Die Walküre). He has created original roles in seven world premieres of operas, Vásquez's El último sueño, Moreno Torroba's El poeta, Menotti's Goya, GarcÃa Abril's Divinas palabras, Drattell's Nicholas and Alexandra, Tan Dun's The First Emperor, and Catán's Il Postino, as well as one pasticcio, The Enchanted Island. He also performed in the U.S. premieres of Don Rodrigo and Cyrano de Bergerac. He continues to add more roles to his repertoire, most recently performing as Carlo in the early Verdi opera Ernani in March-April 2015.
Awards and honors
Plácido Domingo has received many awards and honors for his achievement in the field of music and in recognition of his many benefit concerts and contributions to various charities. In 1978, when Domingo was only 37, the city of Madrid dedicated a commemorative plaque at his birthplace at 34 Calle Ibiza near the Buen Retiro Park. The singer won his first Grammy Award in 1971 and has gone on to win eight more, as well as five Latin Grammy awards including an award for Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year. A Kammersänger of the Vienna State Opera and the recipient of numerous honorary doctorates, he has received other major awards that include being made an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2002. He has also received the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class (1992); Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria (2007); Commander of the French Légion d'honneur; Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle; Spanish Prince of Asturias Award for Arts (1991); the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom; and in 2011, a Medal of Honour from Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman. The first Birgit Nilsson Prize was awarded to him in 2009. In 2012, Domingo was voted into Gramophone's first Hall of Fame.
Humanitarian works and initiatives
- In June 2010 Domingo became President of Europa Nostra, the Voice of Cultural Heritage in Europe.
- On 4 March 2006, Domingo sang at the Gala Benefit Concert, "A Night For New Orleans" at the New Orleans Arena to help rebuilding the city after it was hit by Hurricane Katrina. At the gala, he made a statement: "If music be the food of love", then "MUSIC IS THE VOICE OF HOPE!" . On 23 March 2008, the New Orleans City Council named the city theatre's stage in the Mahalia Jackson Theatre in Louis Armstrong Park, the "Plácido Domingo stage" as the honour for his contribution at the Gala Benefits Concert. The Gala collected $700,000 for the city recovery fund.
- In 1986, he performed at benefit concerts to raise funds for the victims of 1985 Mexico City earthquake and released an album of one of the events. On 21 August 2007, as recognition to his support to 1985 Mexico City earthquake victims as well as his artistic works, a statue in his honor, made in Mexico City from keys donated by the people, was unveiled. The statue is the work of Alejandra Zúñiga, is two meters tall, weighs about 300 kg (660 lbs) and is part of the "Grandes valores" (Great values) program.
- Domingo supports the Hear the World initiative as an ambassador to raise awareness for the topic of hearing and hearing loss.
- In 1993 he founded Operalia, The World Opera Competition, an international opera competition for talented young singers. The winners get the opportunities of being employed in opera ensembles around the world. Domingo has been instrumental in giving many young artists encouragement, (and special attention) as in 2001, when he invited New York tenor, Daniel RodrÃguez to attend the Vilar/Domingo Young Artists program to further develop his operatic skills.
- On 21 December 2003, Domingo made a performance in Cancún to benefit the Ciudad de la Alegria Foundation, the foundation that provides assistance and lodging to people in need, including low-income individuals, orphans, expectant mothers, immigrants, rehabilitated legal offenders, and the terminally ill.
- Domingo appeared as the star act in the New Orleans Opera Association's A Night For New Orleans with Frederica von Stade and Elizabeth Futral, in March 2006. The concert was to raise funds for the rebuilding of the city after Hurricane Katrina.
- On 27 June 2007, Domingo and Katherine Jenkins performed in a charity concert in Athens to raise funds to aid the conflict in Darfur. The concert was organized by Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders.
- In 2 October 2007, Domingo joined several other preeminent figures in entertainment, government, the environment and more, as one of the users of the BMW Hydrogen 7, designed to build support for hydrogen as a viable alternative to fossil fuels.
- On 17 January 2009 he performed with the New Orleans Opera directed by Robert Lyall in a gala reopening of New Orleans' Mahalia Jackson Theatre for the Performing Arts. The master of ceremonies was New Orleans native Patricia Clarkson.
- In 2011, Domingo was invited by FIFA president Sepp Blatter to join a council intended to clean up the football governing body, which had been accused of taking bribes from countries that wanted to stage the World Cup.
See also
External links
- Domingo's official website
- Placido Domingo - My Greatest Roles Collection of televised performances from the legendary Spanish tenor
- Plácido Domingo International Operalia Opera Singer Contest
- World Tour Homepage
- Discography on DG Classics website
- History of the Tenor - Sound Clips and Narration
Biography, Interviews and Profiles
- Domingo's biography on the Kennedy Center's website at kennedy-center.org
- Peter Conrad, " 'I must live up to what people expect' ", The Observer (London), 9 July 2005 on guardian.co.uk.
- Martin Kettle, "A tenor no more: Domingo to make switch to baritone", The Guardian (London), 24 January 2007.
- Nahuel Lopez, "Oper ist teuer, Sänger sind billig" ("Opera is expensive, singers are cheap"), Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 17 March 2009. "Plácido Domingo about too small operas, casting singers as Paul Potts and the humility before a great career". (In German)
- Matthew Stadlen, "Plácido Domingo: 'I've done nothing to deserve this voice'", The Telegraph (London), 25 August 2013 on telegraph.co.uk. (Domingo and his career at age 72)


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Volunteers find tons of trash in coast's cleanup
Hundreds of volunteers picked up nearly 18 tons of garbage across the county Sept. 20 as part of the annual Coastal Cleanup. Participation was up 50 percent over last year, with 600 more volunteers, said Pasco recycling coordinator Jennifer Seney. Among this year's finds: a dump site of bleach bottles, a pile of tires, a recliner, used engine oil and other car parts, a decaying deer carcass and cigarette butts, said Betsy Crisp, one of the volunteer coordinators. "We had a lot of dedicated regulars that come back year after year, and several others read about it in the newspaper and just showed (up) that morning to pitch in and help clean," she said. Cleanup sites included Hudson and Green Key beaches, Sims Park, Anclote River Park, Werner-Boyce Salt Springs State Park and Wesley Chapel Regional Park, as well as parts of Dade City, Land O'Lakes and San Antonio.
Gospel, folk bring event to a close
Founders Day concludes today at Sims Park with more live music, carnival rides, the arts and crafts village, Miss Daisy boat tours and various children's activities. From 10 a.m. to noon, there will be a gospel and folk sing-along with Friends of Florida Folk, featuring Art Crummer & Friends, followed by various live performers from noon to 5 p.m., including the Wayne Pearson Quartet. Peace Hall will feature live performances of folk music from 1 to 5 p.m.
Gardeners offering plants, free advice
The 7th Annual Pasco Master Gardeners Plant Sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 11 at the Pasco County Fairgrounds, 36702 State Road 52. There will be a variety of annuals, perennials, herbs, fruit trees, native plants, house plants, vegetable plants, water garden plants, butterfly attractors, ornamentals and more. Melaleuca mulch, an environmentally friendly alternative to native cypress tree mulch, will be available. Master gardeners will also be on hand to answer questions and give advice. For information, call the Pasco County Extension Office at (352) 521-4288.
Looking for the perfect canine?
Animal Hospital of New Port Richey will host a seminar at 2 p.m. Oct. 11 on "Choosing the Right Dog for your Family." Dog trainer Cynthia McCollum will provide information for people to help them make an informed decision on which dog breed is right for their family and their lifestyle. The Animal Hospital is at 8117 Little Road. Call (727) 842-7350 to reserve a spot.
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Hunger Action Month: Meet Our Celebrity Advocates
September is Hunger Action Month, and our local celebrity advocates have signed up to help Philabundance spread awareness on this serious issue that affects so many of our neighbors throughout the Delaware Valley.
By joining our Paper Plate Advocacy Project, these caring supporters are contributing in just one way in the fight against hunger. Whether it's organizing events, educating over the airwaves or cooking up great ideas, their innovative advocacy continues to making an inspiring difference for those in need. Learn more about the faces of the Paper Plate Advocacy project, then get started yourself!
Eric Ripert is a world-renowned chef, author, television personality and avid supporter of Philabundance. As the owner of 10 Arts Bistro & Lounge at the Ritz Carlton Philadelphia, Chef Ripert is the culinary mastermind behind the Philabundance Tasting Menu, a 3-course lunch or dinner selection that donates $1 for every order toward hunger relief. Learn more about Chef Ripert and the the Tasting Menu at 10Arts.com.
Tracy Davidson is an Emmy-Award winning broadcast journalist who has devoted her career to fair journalism, consumer reporting and health news. Currently an anchor at NBC 10, Ms. Davidson powerfully co-chairs Philabundance's Ceres Society, an exclusive group of women who are harnessing their collective power and influence to fight hunger through advocacy, action and financial support.
Preston Elliot and Steve Morrison are Philadelphia's popular hosts of the Preston & Steve Show, a morning radio comedy and variety broadcast on 93.3 FM WMMR. Preston and Steve have hosted events and food drives for those in need, including Camp Out Against Hunger, the largest annual food drive benefiting Philabundance, which collected 576,000 pounds of food in 2011.
Tony Luke, Jr. is an actor, musician, entertainer, restaurateur and the face behind the world-famous South Philly sandwich shop, Tony Luke's. Always interested in sharing his energy and innovation in the fight against hunger, Tony Luke will be hosting Bike Night at his shop in Sicklerville, as a stop in the Hunger Strike Bike Tour.
Kelly and Chica the Chicken are the co-hosts of Sprout's Sunny Side Up Show, an adventurous children's sitcom featuring animation, live-action and a whole lot of surprises. As Paper Plate advocates, Kelly and Chica hope to inspire young audiences to share kindness and compassion to those in need.


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Severina had her destiny changed by a Supreme Court decision. Four months pregnant with an anencephalic fetus, she was in the hospital at the very moment the Supreme Court cancelled the authorization to interrupt the pregnancy. It was October 20, 2004. Severina, a farmer from the small city of Chã Grande – Brazil, wife of Rosivaldo and mother of Walmir, spent three months going from courts to hospitals and back to courts, trying to find someone who would help her to stop all that suffering. The documentary put her tragic story on the screen, telling about the long "day after" that the judges of the Supreme Court never witnessed.
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Click here to access the RETAIL BIZ Previews section, where you'll find an in-depth guide to some of the biggest game approaching retail.
This week, we take to the pitch with EA's 2010 FIFA World Cup, the next instalment in the best-selling FIFA series that looks to follow up on the success fo FIFA 10.
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Low platelet count
My husband has had lots of blood work done these past few months. The doctors told him that his platelet count is 3.9 and that its nothing to be worried about, but may be the cause of lupus or leukemia. Recently we found out that his mother was told the same thing. Could there be a possibility that it was passed from the mother while in the womb? Or could this possibly be lupus?
This would not be passed by the mother. Lupus can cause low platelets but there are numerous other causes.
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College of Medicine
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The biggest delight of Day 2 of the Austin-based film festival was the world premiere of Barry Munday, director Chris D'Arienzo's big-hearted debut about a rugby-wearing, boob-leering office drone who loses his testicles in a freak accident. Stay with me, people! Barry, played with great oafishness by Patrick Wilson, is a character straight out of the cult hit Office Space. He hits on women relentlessly, he loves a good Chili's happy hour, he sings in the shower about how awesome he is. But in Wilson's good hands, Barry is a recognizable and even endearing nitwit without being reduced to easy caricature. Barry loses his balls early on in the film, but soon finds out that a former one-night stand is knocked up with his kid. The woman with the bulging belly, whose face Barry can't remember, is played by the marvelous Judy Greer.
The movie, which will draw inevitable comparisons to Knocked Up, is a surprisingly wistful and winning ode to growing up and finding one's place in the world. What really made me want to stand up and cheer, though, was the sight of my beloved Greer getting a shot at material that required more from her than playing the plucky best friend. Here, Greer gets to play the woman at the heart of the story. Her Ginger Farley, a woman used to being overlooked by her family members and co-workers and men at large, is at once prickly and soulful. She gets to flex muscles — comedic and romantic — that have gone underutilized for too long. It's always a treat to see a treasured character actor take on a starring role. In Barry Munday, a film in need of a worthy distributor, Greer proves once and for all that she deserves much, much more than stock supporting roles.
Who out there is a Judy Greer fan? What's your favorite role of hers? (Kitty in Arrested Development? Back-stabbing Lucy in 13 Going on 30?) What other character actors would you love to see get a great starring role? Does Barry Munday look like a film for you?


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I want to believe that I'm not wrong. I want to believe that life isn't full of darkness. Even if storms come to pass, the sun will shine again. No matter how painful and hard the rain may beat down on me.
THESE HAVE BEEN THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE AND THEY ARE MINE.BROKEN MIRRORinspi. the leftovers
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Mediterranean Pocket Bread Burger
My love of Medeterranean flavors inspired this recipe, a little bit like a Turkish meatball and a little bit like a falafel. It is a fresh, light rendition of the classic hamburger. Unique and full of flavor.
18 ounces ground beef
6 ounces ground lamb
2 teaspoon minced garlic
1 Tablespoon cumin
1/4 cup lime juice
1/4 cup finely chopped red Spanish onion
12 ounces of any goat cheese
salt pepper
four sliced sections of Spanish onion sections SOAKED IN 1/2 cup Balsamic vinegar
1 1/2 cups plain yogurt
1/2 cup peeled, chopped cucumber
1/4 cup lemon juice
6 "pockets" of pocket bread
6 slices of tomato
BURGER PATTIES Combine ground beef, ground lamb, garlic, cumin, lime juice, and onion. Divide into equally into six meat balls. Divide each meatball in half again and flatten. Sprinkle one of each of the flattened patties with goat cheese and press together to create a single, stuffed goat cheese patty. Add salt and pepper. CUCUMBER AND YOGURT SAUCE Combine yogurt, cucumber, lemon juice and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Set aside. GRILL Onto the grill place the red onion slices that have soaked in Balsamic vinegar. Turn over as rings begin to turn dark brown in color.* Place the Mediterranean burger patties onto the grill. Turn after 3 to 4 minutes. *Note that the onion will take about 5 more minutes than the patties so plan accordingly. TO ASSEMBLE Cute the end of pocket breads, leaving an opening just large enough for the burger to be inserted. Separate the rings of the grilled onion and place desired amount on burger. Add sliced tomato and 1/4 cup cucumber yogurt sauce.
I like to serve the Mediterranean Pocket Bread Burger with a green salad, a Greek salad, or tabbouleh. And of course, a bottle or two of Sutter Home wine (the Cabernet is my favorite!) This is also good served on ciabatta rolls that have been brushed with olive oil and toasted on the grill.


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John Moores Painting Prize 2014 exhibitors (in alphabetical order) and their works:
Phil Ashcroft - 'Crockett'
Jo Berry - 'Untitled 2013'
Jane Bustin - 'Christina the Astonishing'
James Byrne - 'Book'
Wayne Clough - 'Citadel'
Paul Collinson - 'Et in Arcadia lego'
Christopher Cook - 'Vanity Totem'
David Dawson - '18 45. April 7th. 2011'
Robin Dixon - 'Estuary Bridge'
Fiona Eastwood - 'Closed'
Robert Fawcett - 'Frank As Androcles'
Tom Hackney - 'Chess Painting No. 21(Duchamp vs. Kostic, Nice, 1930)'
Susie Hamilton - 'Freezer'
Rae Hicks - 'Sometimes I Forget That You're Gone'
Charlotte Hopkins Hall - 'A Private Space'
Barbara Howey - 'Orange Sash'
Trisant - 'New Logo(White-Red): Bear Stearns#15'
Thomas Hylander - 'Living Room'
Andy Jackson - 'ThrStrps'
Nicholas Kulkarni - 'Tracer'
Rachel Levitas - 'Fox with Dahlias IV'
Juliette Losq - 'Vinculum'
Hynek Martinec - 'Every Minute You Are Closer To Death'
- 'Sorting Station'
John McSweeney - 'Legacy'
Nicholas Middleton - 'Black Bloc'
Reuben Murray - 'Sister, is that you?'
Tony Noble - 'Small homes and big trees, Batley Carr.'
David O'Malley - 'King of Infinite Space/Don't Let Life Pass You By'
Mandy Payne - 'Brutal'
Daniel Pettitt - 'Standard'
Frank Pudney - 'People 69104'
Emma Puntis - 'Untitled, 2013'
Alessandro Raho - 'Jessica'
Tim Renshaw - 'nowhere'
Neal Rock - 'Inked Prosopon / 0813'
Conor Rogers - '88 Calories'
Karen Roulstone - 'Drift'
Gideon Rubin - 'Three Girls'
Alli Sharma - 'Ingrid 2 (A Kind of Loving)'
Mark Siebert - 'Losers (Homerton High Street 3)'
Mike Silva - 'Landscape (257)'
Rebecca Sitar - 'Under the tree'
Ian St.John - 'Fallen Matter'
Lexi Strauss - 'Tupperware Party'
Trevor Sutton - 'Christow'
Covadonga Valdés - 'Homeland'
Roxy Walsh - 'Tunnel of Love'
Rose Wylie - 'PV Windows and Floorboards'
Carlos Zuniga - 'Woman on the grass'
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Now, it is hard to believe but we're in week 3 of our marathon training, really enjoying my group runs with my Running Room clinic and my solo runs usually with my dog – especially Thursday, another spectacular sunny run, don't you love this great running weather we're having these days? My fitness schedule usually includes a little weight training or spinning sometimes as cross training but most importantly I make sure that I get to yoga class a couple times each week.
I don't know about you but one of my downfalls is not enough stretching after my runs, when I was younger I could get away with a few short stretches while I chatted with my fellow runners afterwards but now that's just not good enough. A few years back, I had a sore knee or so I thought but it turned out to be a tight IT band, a common area of tightness for runners. I learned then that I need to stretch more and that includes doing yoga, a great counter to running the pavement.
So my training schedule includes a couple yoga classes each week at my local yoga studio – Kushala Yoga in Port Moody. Sometimes, I think the class has been designed especially with a runner in mind as I seem to get all the stretches I need. I'm not talking about hot yoga for another workout here, I'm talking about hatha or yin yoga in between my runs.
So my training schedule includes the Run – Yoga – Run program to help me through the marathon training.
Until next time, see you on the mat or the trail!


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Tithi in Hindu Calendar on January 4, 2011 – Today is Amavasya – No moon or new moon in Hindu calendar and Panchang in all places. The Amavasya or No moon day began yesterday at 14:15 hrs. Amavasi tithi till 14:30 hrs on January 4, 2011. Then onwards it is Shukla Paksha Pratipada tithi. All time based on India Standard Time.
There is a Partial Solar Eclipse or Surya Grahan in northwestern parts of
Delhi, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan etc. India in the afternoon -
Margashirsh Amavasya of Margashirsh month in calendars followed in Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and
Gujarat. The last day of Margashirsha month in the calendars followed in these regions.
Paush Amavasya of Poush month in calendars followed in Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Jammu and Kashmir. Paush Krishna Paksha ends in these regions.
Rashi or Moon Sign – Dhanu Rasi.
Nakshatra – Mula or Moolam Nakshatra till 0245 hrs (02:45 AM). Then onwards it is Purvashada or Pooradam. As Mula is only for a short time, some calendars have marked Pooradam Nakshatram for the day.
20th day of Margazhi Masam in Tamil Calendar followed in Tamil Nadu.
20th day of Dhanu Masam in Malayalam Calendar in Kerala.
19th day of Poush month in Bengali Calendar.
Auspicious days – Amavasya. Hanuman Jayanti in Margazhi Masam in Tamil Nadu. Yellu Amavasya in Karnataka. Bodayana Amavasi for some communities in South India.
Note - there will be some slight difference in Tithi beginning and ending in various regions. Similar is the case with Rashi and Nakshatra.


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New poll shows Clinton, Giuliani out front
The newest statewide poll shows Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani with comfortable leads, while Fred Thompson is gaining ground and John McCain is sliding. The Quinnipiac survey also shows that if New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg were to enter the race, he would take enough votes away from Giuliani, leaving fellow New Yorker Clinton the winner, 41-39. Full results here.
Hillary Clinton, 36 percent
Al Gore, 14 percent
Barack Obama, 14 percent
John Edwards, 9 percent
No opinion, 14 percent
Rudy Giuliani, 30 percent
Fred Thompson, 18 percent
John McCain, 10 percent
Mitt Romney, 9 percent
No opinion, 19 percent


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A tasty combination of beef and Cheddar cheese creates homestyle cheeseburger taste. Made with a crispy crumb breading and stick shaped.
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