| Second City presents 'Tip Of The Melting Iceberg'
Set the way-back machine a fortnight. It's rehearsal, 15 days until this week's opening of The Tip Of The Melting Iceberg -- Second City's 59th mainstage revue. And as we speak, the cast still has no climate-change sketch. "We're still putting it together, it'll be there," says Jim Annan, who is the most likely castmember to come up with it, given his interest in the topic. "I love how the environment is just now the government's hot topic," says Annan, who has just watched Federal Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn softpedalling nuclear power on CBC and clearly has his gears turning, adopting a trust-me sales pitch voice. "It's like 'We're gonna take the nuclear waste and get energy from that. I've seen the containers they put them in, it's very secure.' " In fact, the show's title came first -- on order from Second City's promotion department before Christmas.
Take full advantage the new and improved Microsoft Windows Server Update Services
The new version of Windows Server Update Services (Version 3) incorporates several improvements over previous iterations, including a new MMC interface, a new report engine, and improved group targeting. This article is also available as a TechRepublic download and a gallery. The new version of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is currently wrapping up its beta phase. The new version of this free product incorporates several improvements over previous iterations, including a new MMC interface, a new report engine, and improved group targeting. The installation of this product presents you with one of the nicest configurations wizards Microsoft has used (Figure A). During the initial configuration of WSUS Version 3 you can select whether to synchronize with Microsoft Windows Update directly, or connect to another WSUS server for updates.
Japan offers to give Bihar a facelift
PATNA: Impressed by the eagerness of Nitish Kumar government to develop Bihar, Japan has offered a grant of Rs 5600 crore to the state government. The funds would be sourced through Japan Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC). The projects covered will include construction of four-lane road along the Buddhist circuit - Patna-Gaya-Bodhgaya-Rajgir-Nalanda-Biharsharif in south central Bihar and Vaishali- Kesaria -Khajuria-Sahebganj road linking NH-28 in North Bihar. The Buddhist circuit roads will be at par with international standards, said Anjani Kumar Singh (Secretary, Tourism). The Road construction department of Bihar government has been asked to prepare the feasibility report on the roads and submit it to JBIC by February 15. The Japanese are also eager about development of pilgrimage centres in Bihar like Bodh Gaya, Rajgir, Vaishali, Areraj, Kesariya and Magalgarh besides Barabar caves located on the Patna-Gaya route.
When colour is the only weapon left
Racist outbursts in the Big Brother house have provoked an international outcry. Far more alarming, says Shyama Perera, is the deeper social malaise they reveal For two weeks now, the brave or foolhardy among us have tuned nightly to Channel 4 and watched society in microcosm, as viewed through the skewed lenses of Celebrity Big Brother. .
Customer care also means caring for data
Margaret E. "Lyn" McDermid takes her job extremely seriously. You should be thankful. As chief information officer at Dominion Resources Inc., she's in charge of putting in place a technology infrastructure, rules and policies on how customer information is managed so your personal records are protected at the state's largest utility company. "As a major corporation, we have a significant responsibility to all stakeholders to protect informa- tion about them that is within our system," she said. "We take it very seriously, as a matter of obligations, responsibility and good business." When an organization misplaces personal information on its customers or has that data hacked, the fallout is major. "I don't want to overblow it, but if you get the reputation in the industry that you don't take care of the customers' data, then other companies aren't going to want to do business with you," said Kevin Pomfret, an attorney at Cantor Arkema in Richmond who specializes in corporate law.
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