| The Allusionist
It is no accident that some of his best and most popular works are variations: the Op. 24 Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, for piano, or the beloved Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a, which Mahler called "an enchanted stream." But there is not always a lot of room, in these intense perforations, for air to get in. I have tended to respond to the compulsive part of Brahms, the composer who took 14 years to complete his first symphony, and wrote 20 string quartets before allowing one to see performance. To me, I think, it has communicated some of the aura of the cult of classical music: an intense self-satisfaction, an overworked, even overstuffed quality that reflects both the composer and the period in which it was written. And I am certainly not alone in finding the best Brahms performances to be those that let in some light -- like the piano concertos with Leon Fleisher and George Szell, a staple of the repertory.
Atomic Rulers of the World
It used to be places like Bell Labs did what we do," says NIST researcher Eric Cornell. "Their day is passing." Caltech physicist David Goodstein agrees: "Companies like Boeing, AT&T, and Hughes supported big facilities doing fundamental research. Today, most of those labs have shut down or been scaled back." Without NIST, Goodstein believes, the US would not be a tech leader. Where NIST comes in for criticism is around the edges of its research. And this year, with a new administration in the White House, that faultfinding has turned to action. After years of ideological quarreling in Congress over NIST's precise role, George W. Bush's budget blueprint this March called for a "reassessment" of the agency's cash grant program, initiated in the 1980s to support advance-guard research that businesses wouldn't support themselves.
IDs released on two ice-related deaths; Knox on 2-hour delay
Shockingly, they were wrong. After spending 90 minutes driving from the airport to Topside on Alcoa Hwy, I decided to get off at Topside and come up Pellissippi. Never did find out where the problem was. Once again, road crews are doing a great job keeping the roads clear. .
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The mother of one of five women found murdered in Suffolk has told a court that she barely knew her daughter. The body of Gail Adams's 25-year-old daughter, Gemma, whom she had not seen for several months, was found in a brook near Ipswich in December 2006. Earlier Ipswich Crown Court heard from fellow victim Tania Nicol's mother, Kerry, who said she was unaware her 19-year-old daughter was a prostitute. Steve Wright, 49, of Ipswich, has denied murdering the five women. Mrs Adams told the jury that contact with her daughter had mainly consisted of text messages. Earlier the court heard from Pc Janet Humphrey, of Suffolk Constabulary, who told how efforts had been made to curb prostitution in Ipswich. The court has heard that the five women - Miss Nicol, Miss Adams, Anneli Alderton, 24, Paula Clennell, 24, and Annette Nicholls, 29 - went missing during six weeks from October to December 2006 before their bodies were found.
Diabetics more prone to eye problem: Expert
"DIABETES MELLITUS is a fast growing phenomenon in India and soon every fourth diabetic in the world would be an Indian. Such persons are more prone to problems of the retina leading to partial or full blindness," according to Vitreo-Retinal surgeon Dr Milan Thakkar. Addressing a press meet here today, Dr Thakkar from Rajkot (Gujrat) who would be visiting the City every third Saturday of the month, said "problems like swelling of the eye, stroke in the eye, entry of a foreign body inside the eye etc are common and diabetic patients are more prone to such things. Ocular veins fail to function normally in such persons. This is called diabetic retinopathy (DR). There are about 50 lakh people who need DR of which nearly 5 lakh can turn blind if not treated in time," Dr Thakkar, who has done his Vitreo-Retinal Fellowship from Sankara Nethralaya (Chennai) said.
Shaq Has MRI On Ailing Hip, Out 2 Weeks
He will be treated with ice, but won't do any basketball-related activity _ with hopes that rest will cure the problem.
O'Neal will miss at least six games, barring a change in the rehabilitation schedule. The earliest he could return under the timetable released by the team is Feb. 6 at Detroit.
"His activity, the activity, is exacerbating it," said Heat coach Pat Riley, whose team has lost 14 straight games, three shy of matching the franchise record. "That's all. That's what happens. He's trying to do everything he do. He's gotten all the treatment he can get. And now it's probably going to be an inactive period of time until the thing heals."
O'Neal was not available to reporters Tuesday. He has missed an average of 20 games over the past six seasons because of an array of injuries, and still has two full seasons after this remaining on his five-year, $100 million contract with Miami.
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