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Dear Parents, Students & Teachers
The aspirations and ambitions of man exhilarate with the dawn of a new period in history when old meets new with the inquisitiveness of a small child; when future is wrapped up in a bundle of mystery and wonder and when we stand on the threshold of a new beginning.
Every new beginning brings in its fold a new set of worries, problems which may ultimately cause stress in life. It will not be an exaggeration to call stress the synonym of life these days.
Stress is like a tightly coiled spring and affects us all irrespective of age or gender. It provokes a deeper response to life and generally signals the changes we need to make. Short term stress makes life more challenging and meaningful which directs and motivates a person to find out solutions of the problem and as a result person becomes happy and confident and starts having optimistic views in life. Confident persons develop the capabilities to fight with the problems.
Constant and continuous stress in life makes life miserable. Small problems not tackled on time create worries, tension, hypertension, stress, depression and ultimately spoil the family. Stress is a set of problems that we don't feel that we can solve or, do something effective to handle.
Parental stress is an integral part of every school-going child's parents as much as of the teachers and principals of the schools in which they study. 30 – 40 years back we never heard or saw any parents under heavy stress on account of their wards. We can't say that stress was not at all there at that time. It was there but it was shared amongst all the members of joint family. Grandparents were big source of inspiration, motivation, help and relaxation. They used to take care of their children and their grandchildren as well. In the absence of the parents, grandchildren used to share views, thoughts, problems with their grandparents and never felt the need of peer groups. These days children when go back home, they have to unlock the door, eat the cooked food on their own and then start talking to their peer group members on phone. This may not be true for all but I firmly believe that joint family system was much better as compared to today's nuclear family system. Jokes apart this will solve the problems of Government of India to spend money on old age homes.
Mothers are more prone to it and often fall a prey to depression and psychosomatic problems due to their attitude. I personally feel that we can't generalize parental stress. Parents living in rural background may be more worried about securing services for their children, about securing services of school and the problems of adjustment of their child in the atmosphere of the school. Again the opinion of the father and mother may vary about sending the child to school. Ultimately, it is the mother who has to bear the brunt of this discrepancy in views. Hence the type and level of stress is determined by the rural and urban background also. There are many households in both rural and urban India which have been torn apart in strife due to the stress caused by school going children.
In rural areas both the parents, in majority, are not highly educated and the standard of schooling is not upto the mark. In most of the village schools in India, infrastructure is not adequate; some are without building, some are without teachers; if teachers are there then they are not up-to-date and also lack in initiatives and sincerity towards the noble profession of teaching. This becomes the main cause of worries to the parents of rural areas.
In urban areas parents, comparatively, are more educated but either both are working or father is working for longer hours of duration to earn more money to match the standard of living in the society in which he lives.
In case the mother is also working, then the problem becomes acute in nature as she too is not in a position to give proper time to her kids and such students are brought up by servants or maids. Such parents do not have time for their children. We all have seen and heard in TV and newspapers about how they handle kids and such children are brought up with psychological disorders. This becomes the cause of tension to the parents.
On the other hand where the mother is not working, there she has to bear stress on two fronts. First due to the poor financial condition of the family and second is about the proper school education and proper up bringing of her ward.
1. Academic performance of the child and level of expectation from him differ.
Parents over look this psychological fact that children are born with individual differences. Potential and caliber of two children is not same. Parents don't take a realistic view of the potential and capabilities of their children e.g. pressurize the child to prepare for the IIT whereas the child struggles hard to pass even XII board examination. They forget that every person has unique problems, unique set of abilities to solve them. No two children can be mentally alike.
They impose their unfulfilled dreams on their children and make them their tools for their self-gratification. Live under the myth that their child must have inherited their intelligence if they / father / mother had been intelligent students. Wrong and imposed choice of subjects in case of senior students without taking into consideration their child's taste.
2. Comparison with other families and their children:
This kind of comparison is becoming more common these days and taking place in day to day life in all aspects be it the marks of the children, their participation in any activity, so-much so that the model of mobile or motor cycle also matter a lot. Parents relate their social status and prestige with the performance and achievements of their children.
3. Attitude of the student towards parents: (Impact of media, peer group effect)
What causes maximum stress to the parents is the behavioural pattern of their children. Some children become very aggressive and disrespectful towards their parents and tend to ignore them. Majority of students these days disobeys their parents, indulge in arguments with them on various issues. It may be due to media impact or impact of some of the members of their peer group from very rich families, and as a result are not able to focus on self studies. Educationists have found that it is not only aggressiveness but many a time the child withdraws to his own cocoon and shuns any type of interaction with them and rather feels happy outside. But no communication or less communication or dialogues will aggravate the problem.
4. Difference in economic and social status:
Society everywhere comprises people from various backgrounds. Many times children from service class or from economically weaker sections make their parents' lives hell because of their financial demands as they want to emulate the lifestyle of their friends from the well off families. The parents are overstressed by the demands of their children.
5. Non – availability of good schools:
Good schools and good schooling of their children matter in everyone's life. But if parents are not able to afford a good school for their ward, they should not take it to heart, rather try to find the other best alternative best environment at home and best students can show wonders anywhere. On teaching, psychologically, they are motivated to work hard with all sincerity.
6.Activities of the child in the peer group:
It is very often noticed that the activities of children in the school are very unnerving for the parents. They may be in the form of non-compliance with the school rules, missing the homework, bullying in the class or fighting with other children. In many cases, especially in the case of teenagers, parents get complaints against their children about the use of foul language, thefts, overspeeding and too much involvement in personal relational ships under the influence of their peers.
7. Tuition mania:
It has become more a fashion today as well as symbol of status to have tutor for children right from nursery. In my opinion, this keeps a child away from home and family. Tuition shops are mushrooming and taking advantages of parents' attitude. Believe it or not, no third person other than parents and school teachers, will be more concerned about the student. During these tuition hours, the children may have some bad exposure and impact which goes against the normal family norms and may become the cause of stress in the family.
8. Non – interactive attitude of the schools towards parents:
Not very many schools entertain interaction properly in a planned manner. This is another faceless factor responsible for parental stress. Parents are not able to talk to the teachers or Principals of so called highly prestigious schools. They are not given proper time for interaction and sharing their problem related to their wards is not entertained properly. They are told most of the time that teachers are not free; Principal is busy and hence go back with disappointment. Humiliation of parents by school teachers due to their wards' misconduct. If their ward has done something wrong in the school they are scolded and blamed badly as if the parents have told their children to indulge in unwarranted activities.
Sociologists, psychologists and educationists have been making incessant efforts to minimize the stress of parents but with changing times the parents have to do introspection too. Since, there are very few support organizations in India, so School and Parents have to make concerted efforts in this direction.
1. Guiding parents for self analysis and introspection
Parents must collect their thoughts and try to calm down. They should think:
- whether they are expecting too much from their children.
- whether they can let the children have their own way sometime.
- whether they are giving some breathing space to their children or always expecting them to behave like adults.
2. Look for support within family
- Parents should discuss the problems and support or take support from spouse.
- Parents should adopt love and affection and try to win the confidence of their children by giving up coercion.
- Parents should try to maintain the inborn sense of wonder in their children.
3. Parents should be available for their children. Jesse Jackson once said, "Your children need your presence more than your presents." This one gesture can solve fifty percent problems and reduce stress.
4. Parents should watch their own life and behaviour so that children can emulate them. C. B. Kelland writes at one place, "My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it."
5. Parents must interact with teachers as interaction with teachers, atleast on Parent-Teacher meeting days gets them the preliminary information's about the ward, class room behaviours & activities.
6. Parents must interact with peer group of children to know about their ward's weaknesses and strengths in order to bring in a change in the behaviour of their wards.
Parents and teachers must always remember a popular saying which goes – 'A stitch in time saves nine'.
(K. C. Pandey)


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Rock Plaza Central
Rock Plaza Central
Rock Plaza Central, July 2009
|Background information
|Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|Indie rock, indie folk
|Years active
|Paper Bag, Outside, Yep Roc
|Associated acts
|Quiet Revolution, By Divine Right, Selina Martin, Arrogant Worms, People from Earth
|Chris Eaton
Rob Carson
Blake Howard
Scott Maynard
Donald Murray
Fiona Stewart
John Whytock
|Past members
|Doug Tielli
John Tielli
Jack Breakfast
Rock Plaza Central is a band from Toronto, Canada. They came to international attention in 2007 with the release of Are We Not Horses, a critically acclaimed science fiction concept album about six-legged robotic horses in the midst of an existential crisis.[1] They have been on hiatus since 2010.
Novelist Chris Eaton began performing and recording under the moniker Rock Plaza Central in the late 1990s. In 1997 he released a debut album, Quantum Butterass, backed by members of Toronto band People From Earth. For the next six years, Eaton performed with a series of mostly improvised bands, often inviting other musicians to join him onstage at the last minute.
In August 2003 at a show at Sneaky Dee's in Toronto, Eaton invited old friend Don Murray to join him on mandolin and trumpet, as well as drummer Blake Howard (Guh, Slow Loris, Quadruped), accordionist and trumpeter John Whytock (Arrogant Worms), bassist Scott Maynard and multi-instrumentalist Rob Carson (both from The Quiet Revolution, but previously with By Divine Right and with Selina Martin). The line-up had such good chemistry that Eaton invited them to join the band permanently. At only their third meeting, they travelled to the House of Miracles to record The World Was Hell to Us with Andy Magoffin, with songs that were entirely unrehearsed and mostly recorded live from the floor as first takes.[2]
The following year the band invited violinist Fiona Stewart from Reflectiostack to join them. Persisting in their strategy of never rehearsing, they played a monthly residency at the Tranzac Club, where Eaton gradually introduced into the band's repertoire a series of new songs about six-legged robotic horses struggling with their identities in the aftermath of a war between humans and angels.[3] These songs would eventually become Are We Not Horses, their breakthrough album recorded with Dale Morningstar at the Gas Station in 2006. Critical reception for the record was extremely positive, with accolades coming from Pitchfork,[4] americanaUK,[5] and Magnet, who called it "2007's finest folk/rock find." In early 2007, the group also received considerable attention for their cover of the Justin Timberlake song "SexyBack".[6] They soon signed to Yep Roc and to Outside Music.
From 2007 through 2009, the band toured extensively, performing alongside acts such as The Apples in Stereo, Calexico, Stephen Malkmus, The Mountain Goats, Sloan, and The Weakerthans. During this time, Carson, Whytock, and Howard all had to step away from the band to varying degrees, with drummer Andrew Innanen often joining the four remaining members on tour. In 2009, the band released another well received album, …At the Moment of Our Most Needing.[7]
Since going on hiatus in 2010, the band's music was used extensively in the indie zombie film The Battery.
Frontman Chris Eaton is also the author of three novels, The Inactivist (2003), The Grammar Architect (2005), and Chris Eaton, a biography [8] that have been studied on several university courses across North America. Letters To Thomas Pynchon is a short fiction collection published as an eBook[9] with Joyland: A hub for short fiction.
- 1997: Quantum Butterass
- 2003: The World Was Hell to Us
- 2006: Are We Not Horses
- 2009: ...At the Moment of Our Most Needing
- 2012: Cover me with Brule.
- 2007: Live at Urban Outfitters
- 2012: Cover Me With Brule
- 2007: "Anthem for the Already Defeated" (Humble Empire)
- 2007: "My Children Be Joyful" (Humble Empire)
- 2008: "I Am An Excellent Steel Horse" (Humble Empire)
- 2010: "(Don't You Believe the Words of) Handsome Men" (Akaflk and Epstein Creative)
- ^ Deusner, Stephen M. (2006-11-16). "Are We Not Horses?". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2014-10-15.
- ^ "Artist Page: Rock Plaza Central". Yep Roc. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ Liss, Sarah (8 March 2007). "Rock Plaza Central". Now Magazine. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ Deusner, Stephen M. (2006-11-16). "Are We Not Horses?". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2014-10-15.
- ^ Cowling, David. "Rock Plaza Central: Are We Not Horses". americanaUK. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ Wheeler, Brad (30 January 2007). "Too Sexy For Their Suits". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ Deusner, Stephen. "Rock Plaza Central: ...At the Moment of Our Most Needing, or If Only They Could Turn Around, They Would Know They Weren't Alone". Pitchfork. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ "Robot Horses Waging War On Angels: A Profile Of Chris Eaton". The Rumpus.net. 2009-07-08. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
- ^ Dilworth, Dianna (2010-11-16). "Joyland eBooks To Release Second Title - eBookNewser". Mediabistro.com. Retrieved 2012-03-19.

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Singapore florist brings in a lot of floret options for you this summer to refresh and to make the day bloom. Summer season is known to be the most tiring and agitating season and if there is some occasion or grand party that has to take place, then we worry about the flower options, which retains and holds the look of the event. Flowers are the only mean by which you can mark or unmark the grand occasion and to solve the worry online florists bring in a lot of choices at this time.
Let us have a look at the flower options for this summer which will make your day memorable and special:
- Perennials: Singapore florist make the best use of this flower in decoration as they do not get faded quickly, and the party shines for long time. Florist generally decorates and makes use of these buds with wide range of different colors. This flower increases the ambience and gives an immense look to the onlookers. This is the most find flower in the summer season and before ordering you can see the variety online.
- Dahlias: These flowers are quick growing and most importantly heat loving that produces large number of blooms on their solid and durable stem. You can ask florist to check and provide you with the fresh Dahlias (without maintaining much time gap), which will remark your occasion. Dahlias are less used by the sellers in decoration, as they get dull quickly but if you want to gift someone instantly then you can easily book online for these blossoms and make the person happy.
- Pink Lilies: If you want to give the classic look to your function or party or if you want to gift to make someone feel special in this summer, pink lilies can be the best option for your occasion to look extra special. These blooms are rich in scent and with marvelous color. The lilies when combined with freesias add on essence to your grand occasion. Singapore florist keeping in mind the taste of the customer arranges special bouquet of lilies and freesias by which you surely gain appreciations.
- Gerberas and Snap Dragons: Gerberas and Snap dragons give your day the touch of elegance and purity. The look of this floral in summers, make you live happier and light. These floral add on freshness and if you are planning something for your loved one, do not forget the mix of lilies with gerberas along with snap dragons. Singapore florist arranges florets in such a way that it gives the traditional look with the touch of contemporary.
- Mixed Daisies: In this summer, you might be looking for the blossoms, which make you energized and at the same time refresh your senses. Sellers mix set of daisies, mostly focusing on white and orange colors, which is best known to replace the sadness or de-stress your mind. The best part of these blossoms is that they are available in all the seasons during the year. Sellers and online florist mix daisies of different colors, which double the beauty of the bouquet.
Florist designs and creates summer flower bouquets and arrangements from the freshest blooms, from season to season and in accordance to availability. They may substitute some of the flowers with some equal or greater quality, appearance, and value.


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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Operates all electronic television equipment used to transmit, create, edit and produce live or pre-recorded television programs, videos and multi-media presentations. Supports Home Office Auditorium and/or off-site corporate meetings through creatively deciding on timing, flow and sequence of presentations in a live setting.
Ensures client requests for video production and/or satellite broadcasts are met by meeting with pre-determined or assigned clients to discuss their needs and wants for the finished product, assessing finished product formats and means of delivery, establishing workable deadlines among client groups, evaluating client expectations and determining the means and technical expertise needed in order to complete and creating dynamic and effective videos and/or broadcasts that entertain, enlighten and educate.
Adjusts work schedule to accommodate last-minute requests for late, early, weekend or multi-day travel assignments by organizing and prioritizing assigned projects through the proper scheduling of both equipment and personnel resources in order to accomplish the task and meet the required deadline, as well as reacting with a sense of urgency to all requests and making an immediate decision as to the ability to accomplish.
Coordinates off-site production requests and delivers on Shows and Events objectives by regularly attending multi-day Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. events/meetings in a versatile capacity, video recording speakers, editing videos, building PowerPoint presentations, providing duplication services, participating in executive rehearsals and presentations, marrying the needs of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. with the needs of the contracted outside service providers hired to deliver other video needs, and performing any other duties as assigned.


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Efficacy of Electrical Micro-current Retinal Stimulation for Treatment of Dry Age-related Macular Degeneration
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01600300
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : May 17, 2012
Last Update Posted : May 17, 2012
- Study Details
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- No Results Posted
- Disclaimer
- How to Read a Study Record
|Condition or disease
|Macular Degeneration
|Device: Tesmac Device: Sham Tesmac device
|Phase 1 Phase 2
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|40 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Feasibility Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of TESMAC™ (Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation of the Macula)
|Study Start Date :
|August 2002
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|April 2004
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|April 2004
Placebo Comparator: Sham
Treatment with inactivate Tesmac device
Device: Sham Tesmac device
Treatment with inactivated Tesmac device on the same schedule as the group treated with the active Tesmac device.
Active Comparator: Tesmac
Treatment with active Tesmac device
Device: Tesmac
Subjects were treated twice daily for five consecutive days, followed by two days untreated, and then treated twice daily for five more consecutive days.
Other Name: Theramac
- Change in visual acuity [ Time Frame: Day 5, Day 12 ]Change in visual acuity as measured with ETDRS eye chart
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|50 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of Macular Degeneration, i.e., at least three, hard or soft drusen must be present there must be RPE changes (migration, clumping or atrophy) within the central 6mm of the retina.
- As a prerequisite for entry into the study, all patients will have their diagnosis of dry AMD confirmed by an ophthalmologist via a retinal exam and Fluorescein Angiography will also determine whether or not the subject is a candidate for laser surgery. Only subjects who have AMD will be admitted to the study.
- Both sexes are eligible.
- The best-corrected visual acuity can be no better than 20/40 and no worse than 20/100 in the treated eyes.
- Age greater than 50.
- Subjects must be highly motivated, alert, oriented, mentally competent and able to understand and comply with the requirements of the study, abide by the restrictions, return for all required visits, and provide voluntary informed consent.
- Both eyes of the subject must show no evidence of wet AMD. If one eye is wet and the fellow eye is dry, the subject will be excluded.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subjects with seizure disorders.
- Subjects with additional eye-related diseases that have associated ongoing retinal bleeding.
- Subjects with any implanted electrical device.
- Subjects who have smoked, on average, more than half a pack of cigarettes per day during the last 5 years.
- Subjects with known allergy to contrast dye.
- Subjects who are in poor general health, have unstable diseases, are terminally ill, have a life expectancy of less than 12 months, are non-ambulatory or bedridden, live in a geographical location which would likely prevent regular attendance at study visits or are considered not suitable for participation by the investigator.
- Subjects exposed to an investigational device or drug within the past 30 days or involved concurrently in other treatment clinical trials. Note: Subjects participating in studies investigating the natural progression of AMD may not participate in this trial.
- Subjects unwilling to adhere to visit or examination schedules as described in the study protocol.
- Subjects with a known history of alcoholism, drug abuse, psychosis, clinical evidence of depression, poor motivation, emotional or intellectual problems, or any other conditions which would likely limit validity of consent or appropriate responses to participate in the study or who are deemed unsuitable psychologically or physiologically for study participation by the investigator.
- Any subject experiencing an acute stressor that, in the opinion of the investigator, might affect the course or treatment of AMD.
- Anyone with diagnosis of malignant or poorly controlled glaucoma in the eye(s) that would be treated.
- Anyone with diabetic retinopathy.
- Anyone with a progressive corneal dystrophy in the eye(s) that would be treated.
- Anyone with any noted chorio retinal disease (other than AMD) in the eye(s) that would be treated.
- Anyone with a progressive nuclear cataract in the eye(s) that would be treated. Stable cortical cataract patients may be included. Any patient with an immature cataract, one in which scattered opacities are separated by clear zones, may be included in the study. All patients with mature, hypermature or morgagnian cataracts in the eye(s) that would be treated will be excluded. Patients with a grade 3 or grade 4 cataract in the eye(s) that would be treated will be excluded. Grade 1 and Grade 2 cataract patients may be included in this study.
- Subjects participating in an AMD natural history study.
- Subjects with one eye diagnosed with wet AMD.
- Subjects with any previous retinal bleeding, injury, or retinal surgery.
- Subjects that have previously been diagnosed with amblyopia.
- Subjects currently taking blood-thinning medication.
- Subjects cannot have previously been involved in a TESMAC™ study.
- Subjects that take two or more of the following antioxidants daily at the following doses: 500 milligrams of vitamin C; 400 international units of vitamin E; 15 milligrams of beta-carotene; 80 milligrams of zinc as zinc oxide; and two milligrams of copper as cupric oxide and have done this for more than 2 years. These subjects may be included, but their study results will be analyzed separately.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01600300
|Principal Investigator:
|Richard Beauchemin, MD
|WNC Eye Care Associates PA
|Responsible Party:
|Acuity Medical International, Inc.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01600300 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|May 17, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|May 17, 2012
|Last Verified:
|May 2012
Keywords provided by Acuity Medical International, Inc.:
Age-related macular degeneration
electrical stimulation
double blind
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Macular Degeneration
Retinal Degeneration
Retinal Diseases
Eye Diseases


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Congratulations to the 2005 Academy Award Nominees & Winners in Music-Score & Song
Congratulations to the recipients of the 77th Annual Academy Awards in the music categories, presented Sunday evening, February 27th, 2005, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California.
Congratulations to Jan A.P. Kaczmarek upon receiving the Academy Award for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures-Original Score, for his score to Finding Neverland.
Congratulations to Jorge Drexler upon receiving the Academy Award for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures-Original Song, for his song Al Otro Lado Del Río from the film Diarios de motocicleta (The Motorcycle Diaries).
The annual SCL Champagne Reception hosted by the Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) and the music branch of the Motion Picture Academy (AMPAS) to honor the Music Nominees was held Saturday, February 26th in Beverly Hills. Attending the reception were Score Nominees: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, John Williams, John Debney, James Newton Howard, and Thomas Newman. Song Nominees attending the reception included Jorge Drexler, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, Alan Silvestri, and Glen Ballard.
Congratulations to the 77th Annual Academy Award Nominees in Music (Score and Song) announced Tuesday, January 25, 2005.
The nominees for MUSIC-SCORE are:
FINDING NEVERLAND - Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN - John Williams
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS - Thomas Newman
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST - John Debney
THE VILLAGE - James Newton Howard
The nominees for MUSIC (SONG) are:
Accidentally In Love - from SHREK 2, Music by Adam Duritz, Charles Gillingham, Jim Bogios, David Immergluck, Matthew Mallery, David Bryson. Lyric by Adam Duritz and Daniel Vickrey.
Al Otro Lado Del Río - from THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES, Music and Lyric by Jorge Drexler
Believe - from THE POLAR EXPRESS, Music and Lyric by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri
Learn To Be Lonely - from THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyric by Charles Hart
Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin) - from THE CHORUS, Music by Bruno Coulais; Lyric by Christophe Barratier


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Ho ho ho!
Please note: That's not me being festive. That's me buckling over in abdominal pain because, oh man, they just, right now in front of me, repealed net neutrality. Oh man. This is not good. Not good at all. My log will have something to say about this, but before this thing turns back into an actual newsletter, we'd best get on with it. First, let's all start over and smile.
Smiling now? Great! It's the weekend and whoa! So much happening.
JEDI NIGHT: "It's not a perfect film," writes Globe film critic Ty Burr of the new installment of the "Star Wars" saga, "but it may be a great one." Awarding "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" four big bright stars, Ty praises the film for its balance of "lightness and gravitas" and for staying "forward-thinking without losing the nostalgia that remains a primary source of the series' appeal." Tip: Since it's mid-December and you have nothing but time on your hands, it's highly recommended that you watch "The Force Awakens" beforehand if you haven't already. It's also worth a bit of emotional preparation, as these final scenes of Carrie Fisher playing Princess Leia may do a real number on you. They may. (I'm not crying, you're crying!) Now screening all over the galaxy.
LEATHER TO DADDY: Elsewhere in elaborate regalia, there's "Tom of Finland," director Dome Karukoski's biopic on the titillating titular Finnish homoerotic artist (nee Touko Laaksonen, here played by Pekka Strang). Known for his gently shaded (and roughly raunchy) renditions of cruisy sailors, swarthy soldiers, and motorcycle cops virtually busting out of their breeches, Tom of Finland himself wasn't aware of his notoriety in the States until quite late in his life. Burr gives the film 2½ stars, calling it "a sweetly provocative story on its own terms — a curtain partly parted to reveal a secret history." It's also NC-17, so bring some pearls to clutch. (And hey, fellas: No cigars in the theater.) Now screening.
CASTER CHARACTERS: American Repertory Theater's presentation of "Bedlam's Sense and Sensibility" (a free-wheeling adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel) feels like a well-oiled machine — particularly because I wasn't kidding about the wheelin' part: Everything is on wheels. No, this isn't some sort of mash-up with "Starlite Express," it's director Eric Tucker's vision of actress and playwright Kate Hamill's novel adaptation, which finds all of the characters (and set pieces) whirling around one another in a blur of shifting perspectives and unsteady bearings, not unlike a dream — or the experience of reading Austen. That's at the Loeb Drama Center in Cambridge through Jan. 14. Find tickets here.
GROUP DYNAMIC: Also coming to the stage this weekend is the four-day opening salvo from the newly founded American Modern Opera Company. The "Run AMOC!" Festival is a multidisciplinary, multimedia, multivenue experiment in deep-but-fleeting collaborations. Among them, a "dialogue in music and movement" (as Zoë Madonna puts it) between violinist Keir GoGwilt and dancer Bobbi Jene Smith, a "Cage Match" of head-to-head duets, and "Were You There," a meditation on black lives and police violence. The fest runs Friday through Sunday at various locations in Harvard Square. Find tickets and more information here.
OLFACTORY OUTLET: "Borne along by a score that features a handful of good songs but no truly great ones," the 1963 Bock and Harnick musical "She Loves Me" is, to Globe theater critic Don Aucoin, "no masterpiece." But in the hands of director and choreographer Ilyse Robbins at Greater Boston Stage Company, it "remains a pretty tasty confection." A sharp wit and a soaring soprano from Jennifer Ellis makes her the "radiant center" of the show — one of two bickering clerks in a Budapest parfumerie unaware of their ongoing anonymous romantic correspondence) — but Robbins "consistently mines the musical for its small gems" (of which there are a bunch, Don!) and shines them up nicely. That's in Stoneham through Dec. 23. Find more info and tickets here.
BOB'S YOUR UNCLE: And finally on this little theater kick I'm having right now, Fosse! Fosse! Fosse! (I was doing jazz hands just then in case that wasn't clear.) Through Jan. 21, Harvard Film Archive hosts "The World of Bob Fosse" — a film series celebrating the many sides of the legendary dancer/choreographer/director — but this weekend's selection is especially good. Friday through Sunday you can catch "All That Jazz," "White Christmas," "Lenny," "Star 80," and "My Sister Eileen" (and if you want to catch one of Peter Keough's favorite film musicals of all time, "Cabaret" screens on Monday, which, you know, isn't really my turf). More info and tickets here.
FEVER PITCH: For those of you seeking a comedown from two nights of Street Dogs madness at the Sinclair (Friday and Saturday night), the same club is hosting rising roots star Samantha Fish the next night and, well, just being real here, you oughta go. Fish is a sick guitarist, a talented vocalist, and a powerhouse songwriter whose "Chills & Fever" was named by the Times as one of 2017's best albums. On Sunday she'll be joined by Dane-via-NOLA Louie Fontaine and his Starlight Searchers (a.k.a. The Most Expensive Band in the World). Grab tickets here.
OFF COURSE: Fans of programs that find contestants overcoming obstacles, confronting adversity, and falling face first into tanks of freezing water (like "American Ninja Warrior" and "Steve Austin's Broken Skull Challenge") will flip out over Netflix's Sylvester-Stallone-produced "Ultimate Beastmaster." And for those who've caught the new episodes, you've likely heard the comedic commentary of one Chris Distefano (perhaps a familiar face to you from MTV's "Guy Code.") He's also a busy stand-up comic, giving four sets on Friday and Saturday nights at Laugh Boston. Please note: Feats of strength performed at the club will not land you a spot on TV, except, depending on what you do, the news. Tickets here.
MIXED NUTS: One of my Christmas presents to you folks, because I like you, is not telling you about three-time Grammy winner Pentatonix's Christmas tour coming to the Boch Center Wang Theater on Saturday night (drat! I really screwed that one up. Tickets here.) Instead, because I like you, but also because of my allergies, I offer this trio of mixed Nutcrackers. There's a two-for at the BCA's Plaza Theatre on Friday and Saturday, with selections from Peter DiMuro's "alternative family inspired" (wait, what did you call me?) "Gumdrops & The Funny Uncle" as well as "Nut/Cracked," choreographer David Parker's tap-infused spin on the story. Then there's the ever-popular (because it's just better) Urban Nutcracker, now in its 17th year, and still bringing well over 100 performers of all ages (and a lot of Duke Ellington) into the tale. That's Friday through Dec. 28 at John Hancock Hall. Tickets here. And finally, there's the enchantingly intimate (and swiftly streamlined) approach to the dream taken by José Mateo Ballet Theatre at the Strand Theatre in Dorchester from Friday through Dec. 24. Tickets here.
OR STAY IN: On the tubes this week is the new Netflix miniseries from director Errol Morris (which is usually enough info for me). The Globe's Matthew Gilbert calls "Wormwood" "masterful": "The miniseries that Morris has built around the shadowy death of Frank Olson — a documentary with fictionalized re-creations — is so much broader and more exciting than an ordinary whodunit," he writes, "'Wormwood' isn't about solving the crime and delivering the truth to us after relentless investigation; it's about the pain-filled pursuit of the truth." Keywords: CIA, LSD, OMG. That's available Friday.
And for something a little lighter (and prone to screw-ups for us Grinches), there's the live television production of "A Christmas Story: Live," Sunday night at 7 p.m. on Fox. Those crossing their fingers for NBC-live-event levels of cringey chaos might tamp their schadenfreudey expectations, as stars Maya Rudolph, Matthew Broderick, Ana Gasteyer, and Jane Krakowski (among others) have plenty of experience with this live action stuff. Pro tip: Do not put your tongue against a cold TV screen. Trust me.
And that, fellow Weekenders, is all I've got for you. (Well, there's more, but I'm gonna lay off the second sackful of Christmas goodies until next week, when I actually accept that the holidays are happening and go shopping and cook things and ugh nooooooo.)
Until then, however you spend your weekend, make it one you'll miss come Monday! See you next time!
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Translucent damask pink with onion brown hue. The nose is restrained with notes of spice and confectionary emerging. There is a hint of residual sweetness on the palate. Flavours of spice, confectionary and ripe plum juice emerge. Moderate length. Clean acid finish with ripe plum and spice flavours lingering on the aftertaste.
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Alc/Vol: 14.0%