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...video, an official production of the Muppets Studio, is the puppet clan's first foray into covering music on the Web (Beaker's solo "Ode to Joy" notwithstanding). With all the buzz for its release, it's a safe bet that more videos will follow. "Bohemian Rhapsody" is a tough number to top, but who wouldn't want to see Henson's creations stretch a little with, say, a "Thriller" cover? It's a YouTube franchise in the making...
...into the scripts. And of course, then they had to find somebody to puppeteer him. Brian Muehl did it for a couple of shows, and then Richard Hunt. Richard hated it. Richard originated Statler, one of the old guys in the balcony of The Muppet Show; he did Beaker and Scooter. [Elmo] wasn't his type of character; he just thought it was too cutesy and too young...
...Police responded to a fire alarm at the Fairchild Biochemistry Building last Tuesday to find a fourth-floor biology experiment gone awry. A beaker of ethanol had turned over and ignited, the experimenters told police that night. They cleaned it up, and one was treated for minor burns at University Health Services. By the time the smoke had cleared, Cambridge Fire Department and Facilities Maintenance Operations had reported to the scene...
...however, China's leaders have decided to enter the lab and shake the beaker. This week, they are expected to announce a tweak to the Basic Law, the closest thing Hong Kong has to a constitution. Beijing says it's simply conducting an exercise in "interpretation." But the move has ignited a furious debate among Hong Kongers over its necessity, and has even sparked unrest. Last Thursday some 3,000 people held a candlelight vigil to protest what they feel is unwarranted Chinese interference, and the following day police forcibly removed 100 demonstrators besieging the main government office building...
...whereas Ventro sold laboratory chemicals in beaker quantities, ChemConnect focused on industrial chemicals sold by the railcar--a market in which there are fewer transactions but much more money involved. "I've spoken to suppliers who had a corporate edict that they were not going to participate in this type of auction because it would only drive prices down," says Michele Hincks, ChemConnect's marketing vice president. "They regretted it because they lost a market...