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...rankle consumers caught up in a cooling economy as gas prices at the pump steadily rise. Little wonder that results like these aren't trumpeted these days, but rather carefully explained. Record profit announcements from major energy firms are nothing new; those inflated oil prices have triggered a string of them in recent months. But the slowdown currently underway in the U.K., for instance, "puts a bigger onus on these companies to explain lucidly what exactly that means," says Simon Webley, research director at the Institute of Business Ethics in London, which counts both BP and Shell as supporters. Petrol...
...Music’s Preparatory Division, she had begun to take composing quite seriously. Since the beginning of her career, Lim has received numerous awards, including the Bach Society Orchestra’s yearly composition contest and the 2006 Hugh F. MacColl Prize in Music Composition for her string quartet “The Dream.” Lim was also named the 2008 Emerging Composer-in-Residence for the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra. Lim’s inspiration can come from anywhere and anyone—including herself. This includes scary experiences in the woods during summer camp that might...
...fatigue and frustration is laying a dangerous groundwork. Doug Church, union spokesman for the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, says the practitioners of this unsung profession are being hung out to dry. "We're left trying to hold the system together like MacGyver - with duct tape and scissors and string." TIME caught up with air traffic controller Melvin S. Davis, a 22-year veteran and the facility representative for Terminal Radar Approach Control for Southern California, which serves airports in Los Angeles, Burbank, Ontario, Orange County, Palm Springs and San Diego...
...gambler. That film’s narrative fell apart by trying to weave together too many loose ends; “Deal” collapses at the other extreme, failing to explore the inner lives of its characters and trudging along slowly. Bret Harrison moves from a string of TV sitcom appearances to the big screen as Alex Stillman, a recent Yale graduate who pursues his dream of becoming a professional poker player. But his easy success in online poker tournaments does not translate to the professional poker circuit until he unexpectedly meets Tommy Vinson (Burt Reynolds), a retired poker...
...supermarket, how realistic is a recipe for beet salad with farro and crumbled gorgonzola? Even growing up in New York City, my unrepresentative taste buds were apparent—I remember discovering in kindergarten, “Wait, most kids don’t crave dill pickles and garlic string beans?” To be fair, the conference did not insist on serving Moroccan tagines in cities where even vegetable burgers have trouble gaining a foothold. The “dessert-flips” (think more fruit, less cheesecake) demonstrated under the instruction of Stephen Dufree—pastry...