Joint session of parliament in first week of February

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Friday said that joint session of the parliament would be summoned in first week of February to finalise new terms of engagements with Nato and allies regarding war on terror.

Talking to the media persons outside the Parliament House, she said, the government would also bring pending legislation in the joint session as a round of consultations with allied parties has already been completed. Opposition would also be taken on-board in this regard. The minister said incomplete voter lists and legal lacunas in the formation of ECP would also be rectified in consultation with opposition so the by elections could be held as per schedule.

“Free, fair and transparent elections would be ensured by empowering the Election Commission of Pakistan,” she said. She said the supremacy of the constitution would be ensured in the country. Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has made history after appearing before the Supreme Court of Pakistan, she said.

Apple TV (2nd generation): "Netflix is currently unavailable" when accessing Netflix for the first time in the UK or Ireland

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UK  or Ireland customers attempting to access Netflix for the first time via Apple TV may encounter this alert:

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In order to successfully use Netflix in the UK or Ireland, Apple TV will need to go through a one-time restart.

To restart your Apple TV:

Press and hold Menu and Down on your Apple Remote for six seconds, then release when you see the LED light on the Apple TV flash rapidly.
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Dancing Through History With First Ladies' Gowns

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Grover Cleveland's wife, Frances, was a fashion icon during the late 1800s and was considered the Jackie Kennedy of her day. Her inaugural gown was more of a two-piece ensemble -- an elegant floral chine skirt and a peach velvet bodice crafted by House of Doucet of Paris. (Courtesy of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History)

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First Listen: Kathleen Edwards, 'Voyageur'

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Kathleen Edwards' first album in nearly four years, Voyageur, comes out Jan. 17.

Todd V. Wolfson Kathleen Edwards' first album in nearly four years, Voyageur, comes out Jan. 17.

Kathleen Edwards faces one of the toughest possible paths to popular success: She's that singer-songwriter who's so good, you can't help but wish she stood out more. Like Tift Merritt and countless others who've preceded and surrounded her, Edwards resides in a shadowy netherworld between genres, where folk and pop and country morph into a genre-less place that's ironically both accessible and hard to sell in a marketplace that requires its artists to fit into a clear niche.

Voyageur, out Jan. 17, has as good a shot of breaking through as anything Edwards has recorded. Sure, it's the sort of lovely, undemanding sleeper that tends to disappear amid strong reviews and slow sales. But it also gets a high-profile assist from heavily Grammy-nominated Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon, whose presence — both on the record and in Edwards' personal life — is bound to attract newcomers who've heard of the Canadian singer but never dug too deeply into her charming records. As a backup singer, multi-instrumentalist and co-producer (with Edwards), Vernon lends these songs only subtle shading; his presence is noticeable throughout Voyageur, but he never threatens to subsume Edwards' identity. This is her record, and she owns it.

Still, though not given to co-writing in the past, Edwards shows impeccable taste in collaborators here; she co-wrote two of these songs with The Long Winters' insufficiently celebrated John Roderick. Edwards benefits enormously from the exchange of ideas: Her songs feel as personal and lived-in as ever, but they're more inviting than usual. Take the tremendous minor-key ballad "A Soft Place to Land," which Edwards wrote with Roderick: It's a perfect mashup of Edwards' confessional balladry, Bon Iver's dramatic minor-key beauty and Roderick's gift for wryly open-hearted pop. By inviting others into her sound, Edwards has never seemed more confident in her own considerable gifts.

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Every four years in January, Washington, D.C., plays host to the country's biggest "prom." Inaugural balls bring out happy winners, administration bigwigs and a gown — on the first lady — that will become a part of history.

An exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History displays some of those gowns. NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg took her dance card to the show.

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