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That said, as Lauren Hutchison showcased Wednesday afternoon against Marriotts Ridge, it doesn't mean Hammond isn't capable of playing the power game as well.
Putting an exclamation point on a, 5-0, road victory over the Mustangs, Hutchison delivered a home run over the left-centerfield fence in the top of the seventh inning that brought the Hammond bench to its feet.
"We traditionally get most of our runs from the top half of our line-up getting on base and using their speed — we've been doing that real effectively all season — but we also have those power hitters in our second half of our line-up that I thought really came alive today," Hammond coach Brad Speierman said. "We got our last three runs today off the bottom half of our line-up, with Lauren leading that group.
"As she showed today, when she's up there looking to just make good contact, she has over-the-fence power."
Hutchison and Jill Purdy ended up driving in two runs apiece, while Keyuana Griffin bunted home the other run, to provide more than enough offense for pitcher Samantha Speierman.
Speierman allowed just two hits, striking out eight with one walk on her way to the shutout win. It certainly didn't hurt that she pitched the entire game with a cushion of two runs or larger after the Golden Bears put a couple on the board in the top of the first.
"Sam is great, she is definitely capable of carrying us, but we want to do what we can to get her a few runs to work with," said Purdy, whose RBI groundout plated Speierman for the game's first run. "She's even better with a lead."
In addition to her day in the pitching circle, Samantha Speierman also delivered three singles at the plate. Katelynn Spingola came through with a couple base hits as well.
Marriotts Ridge hurt itself in that first inning with two errors and ended up making three on the day.
"Our bugaboo this year has been giving up way too many unearned runs and you saw that again early on today," Marriotts Ridge coach Renard Parson said. "You just can't do that against a team like Hammond and expect to win. We are getting better at focusing in and cleaning things up, but we're just not where we need to be yet."
Even though she was pitching from behind all afternoon, Marriotts Ridge pitcher Katie Smith did a tremendous job of keeping her team in the game. She scattered nine hits, a couple walks and a couple hit batters, but never let Hammond score more than one run in an inning after the first.
She struck out two and came through with some big pitches in tight spots.
"She does a great job of keeping her head up and stopping the bleeding before it can get too bad and that says a lot to her character," Parson said. "Her resiliency keeps us in a lot of games."
Hammond had built itself a 4-0 advantage heading into the seventh when Hutchison came up with one out and got a pitch she could handle to give her team a little more insurance.
"I like the ball a little high and I was able to drive it," Hutchison said.
Marriotts Ridge got its pair of hits on the day from Isabella Sala and Deandra Fike.
At 5-0 now in county play and 6-0 overall, Hammond remains tied atop the league standings with Glenelg and River Hill.
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Makes 18 cupcakes
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Bread Pudding
5 cups stale bread ripped into small pieces (while any stale bread will do, I used a French bread)
½ cup butter, melted
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups eggnog (eggnog with or without alcohol added will work)
5 eggs
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½ cup sugar
1/4 cup butter
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons whiskey
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To the Wonder (2012)
Alternate title: Project B, Untitled (Terrence Malick Romantic Drama), The Burial
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25 Readers' Reviews
February 24th, 20149:37 am
I don't understand how A O Scott could have such problems with this film yet recommend a film like Frances Ha which is not even in the same league as this film, crazy.
— JMT, Brooklyn, NY
January 10th, 20149:58 pm
Never has a movie so brilliantly captured the human spirit and mystery of love. I felt emotions I have forgotten watching this that were the pure childlike joy I felt years and years ago. The wonder of the most simple things. Amazing. Immerse yourself in this movie and it will renew the soul.
— Akron is Unique, Akron, Oh
September 8th, 20137:53 pm
I rate this a two only because all 4 actors are so enjoyable to watch. Story is a snooze because it is just like looking at photos of a couple that was once in love and then were not. It fails to scratch the surface.
— CristinaY, San Francisco
May 13th, 201312:14 pm
I saw this film twice and throughly relished Malick's examination of the fleeting nature of love, whether it be romantic and carnal or agape in form. He creates two parallel storylines to examine romantic love between a couple and agape love between a priest and his god, and what it encompasses existentially for the individuals involved - the difficulties in discovering the "wonder" or the deep connection with each other or god along with the infinite challenge in finding and nurturing the emotional impetus critical to sustaining this connection and desire to love. This cinematic study is magnificently accomplished without judgement in a bare, honest fashion using visual imagery, evocative music and a Socratic screenplay replete with aphoristic questions to unveil what a traditional film with a traditional narrative could never approach. This is the gift that Malick brings to cinema that makes this film so insightful in such an artful way. While I regard "The Tree of Life" to be Malick's masterpiece to date, with his all encompassing examination of the orgin of life, development of the ontological world and the concomitant evolutionary development of living creatures and the family unit along the continuum of nature and grace to appreciate that film was to place significant demands upon our intellect and our world view. "To the Wonder" is less demanding, less ponderous, and consequently, more accessible to us, as its focus is limited to an examination of love in conjunction with nature and grace- the philosophical poles central to "Tree of Life." The romantic relationship in France was strong and filled with love. One could say that grace was the predominant force. When the couple moved to Oklahoma, their love relationship disintegrated due the nature becoming the predominant force. Similarly, the priest was mired in nature and was lacking the "grace" to find his god. Malick's cinematic form invites many such musings which I really value in his art. A must see!
— Bill Elkins, Long Beach, CA
May 2nd, 20138:23 pm
This movie is a poem to everyone who has ever been in love, and then fallen out of love. The score matches the beautiful imagery perfectly. I don't think that this movie will find wide appeal, but I can't wait to see it again.
— Charles H. Bush, Gainesville, FL
May 2nd, 20138:23 pm
Uncork a bottle of good wine ten minutes after it's birth and review it for the shortcomings, dissapointment, boredom. Uncork the same vintage 5 years later and recognize the immaturity of the bottle and the brain that so suredly condemned the contents of each.
I expect Malick upon initial release and first viewing to integrate a certain frustrated ennui; we are imprisoned in a dark room with the vision one of nature's finest pornographers. But over time we recognize the part of ourselves he managed to integrate, so that we might share in the potion down the road. This, I think, is by design, and its patient formula is afforded to the masters who are immune to the stones of the armored cranks. I look forward to a future that has To The Wonder threaded into its fabric. Amen.
— BK, Chicago, IL
May 2nd, 20138:23 pm
I'm a longtime Malick fan. Love his breathless adoration of natural images, the emotional impressionism, the lack of a linear narrative, the rapturous acquiescence to mood and feeling.
But "To the Wonder" was a disappointment. Within the first 15 minutes I found myself wondering, Do all his films feature women running and skipping in long, flowy skirts and long, flowy hair, and it just never bothered me before? Are these characters meant to be ciphers or archetypes and not flesh-and-blood people? It was all just too vague, too precious, the voiceovers too banal. None of the motives or themes were clear -- not because he didn't spell them out (he never does), but because the story, such as it was, was impenetrable. I didn't know what drove any of these people, and so I found it hard to care about them, or even to see them as representative of everyman/woman. As Tatiana says in the film, "Something is missing."
This pains me. It makes me wonder whether Malick has made so few films because he waits for inspiration or because he really has very little to say.
— JR, Providence, RI
May 2nd, 20138:23 pm
First, this is a staggeringly beautiful exegesis on the concept of love that the audience of the Symposiums would see if movies were around in ancient Greece. It's about the work it takes to build and sustain love, of both the romantic kind and of the faith kind. The film seems to be saying that to attain happiness, one falls in love, but to keep that happiness and to elevate it, one works at love. To get to the twirling and the running you have to labor for it. Impulse and intuition have to be pumped by effort. A gorgeous film that I'm sure has philosophical underpinnings you could talk about for hours or days.
But, second, I'm baffled at the readers below me and others elsewhere who love Malick, adored Tree of Life, but found this movie to be commercial or plotless. They're all filmed in the same style and just have different subjects (in Tree's case everything under the sun and infinitely around it was the subject). How can you love Malick but suddenly hate what he's done for the last four pictures now? I don't get it.
And sure, you can subjectively hate it, I mean if it didn't move you, but don't confuse that with bad filmmaking. Malick is making exactly the pictures he wants to make. For for him than anyone else, everything on screen is a choice he made. Why do we say they didn't work? We're not smarter than the author and we don't know what was in his head. Actually we do since its onscreen. This is taste, not quality, not film or any artistic criticism. In experiencing any art whether film, book, painting, music, you have to open yourself up for the artist and his work--have empathy for a point of view and experience different from what you like and understand. Only then if you do that, will the artist's riches come crashing onto you like a beautiful wave on your shore.
— Alex, Los Angeles, CA
May 2nd, 20138:23 pm
Don't get me wrong, I love sedate, thoughtful, aesthetically well-made movies, and do not care for the car chases and explosions; probably I will see only a handful of movies a year, if there were not a great, so-called art house chain in Los Angeles.
But, after sitting an hour and five minutes, I realized this movie's director could not find an artful way of getting his idea across, but tried to drive into our brain by brutally repeating himself ad nauseam.
It is a waste of time to even talk about this nonsense for a film.
— A.G., Los Angeles, CA
May 2nd, 20138:23 pm
I simply liked it. Never heard of Malick; stumbled in, somewhat shellshocked from being fired. But as a 50yo woman needing to slow down and reevaluate life? I wanted to leave after the first five minutes; it's so darn slow; she was way too beautiful. But I was crying by the end, and those questions (I rolled my eyes only once); those questions were good ones. I thought initially that Affleck looked stiff, awkward; that was the point, I think. He was; he's a mid-westerner. And damn if I didn't twirl myself once last night, with that beautiful woman in my ... head? See it. I'm going again.
— Cathy K, Watsonville, CA
May 2nd, 20138:23 pm
Terry Malick is one of the few directors who can turn something into nothing.
— marrtyy, manhattan
April 17th, 201311:50 am
I decided to have a solo movie night. I ordered "To the Wonder".....when the movie started, I thought the silence and the narratives were going to end and I was going to be laughing, crying and enjoying a beautiful romantic love story! This movie was absolutely horrible! I could not take it-I turned away from my purchase, 60 minutes into the movie. This movie did no justice to the great actors and actresses! A big FLOP!
— LT, Chicago, IL
April 16th, 20132:15 am
An existential treatise on the terrifying burden to define oneself when there are no set rules. Each character in this beautiful film is torn into jagged pieces, each one of which is screaming to be played out to exhaustion, before another emerges. Love-hate, faith-emptiness, confinement-freedom, safety-courage... A subject more easily handled in literature. To have attempted it visually took courage (or hubris); to have succeeded was brilliant.
— fs, ny
April 16th, 20132:15 am
How could anyone, who once lived in Paris, or anywhere else in Europe, be happy living in flat, culturally deprived Oklahoma? In fact, why would anyone, in their right mind, ever choose to live there???
— JVC, Paris
April 16th, 20132:15 am
A.O. Scott is very kind with this review. He uses a lot of words to get to the point of saying "but it doesn't quite work." I agree that Mr. Malick deserves a lot of respect for his unique vision -- I am in awe of Thin Red Line. But enough with the twirling already! The floaty camera moves and poetic voiceover in this movie are overdone to the point of absurdity. I had to leave before the end.
— andrewkelm, Toronto
April 15th, 20136:25 pm
"Tree of Life" is a wondrous, unforgettable meditation on the conflict between nature and grace. "To the Wonder," alas, is an unparalleled vision of the conflict between boredom and ennui.
There's a reason this movie is available via on demand one week before opening on a Chicago screen. It stinks.
— RR, Chicago
April 15th, 20136:24 pm
This so-called movie was pretty in places what with all the twirling and dramatic music. But the plot line was totally unfathomable.. I agree that it might work as a slide show or perhaps as a Facebook album of disconnected photos of recent escapades in Oklahoma and Paris. If reviewed by the Times with this directness and honesty, it might save people the snore factor of watching unsolicited travelogues from family and friends.
— DNM, Rhode Island
April 13th, 20137:31 pm
I generally detest Mr. Scott's reviews and I have only seen To the Wonder's trailer. I also, like many others, have been a committed Malick fan since and primarily for Badlands, finding things to wonder at in all his films even when I deemed them minor (all but Badlands) or major (Days of Heaven) failures of a sort. Still, I think Scott got this one right: Malick seems to have wondered perilously close to the domain of the perfume ad cliche, Texarkana version, Affleck infected.
Malick has always mined genre - Badlands goes back to Lang's You Only Live Once, if not Ray's They Live By Night, and of course Bonnie and Clyde - but in his best work, as with Altman, he has always succeeded in injecting the strange and the sublime in the timeworn. That seems unlikely here. For his next film, he should consider horror: nothing like unearthing the spiritual he so seeks amidst awe and terror.
— Follanger, Pennsylvania
April 13th, 20137:31 pm
A lover of his previous movies, including The Tree of Life, this was simply unbearable to watch. Which is a shame. But I fear Mallick may seriously have lost it.
Ben Affleck is a wooden enough actor with words. Without them, he is a selfishly brooding stick figure moved around a two dimensional space. He has exactly one emotion in this film.
Olga Kurylenko, beautiful and souldful, tries her best to bring something to this part and so does Rachel McAdams. But to illuminate that what isn't written is beyond them, as it is - in this case - beyond the visuals Mallick comes up with. See LORE or RUST AND BONE and you would understand, how the lyrical transcendence can enter film language. In contrast this is as repetitive and unimaginative as a doodle.
One major fault of the film is, that Kurylenko and McAdams are indistinguishable in many scenes, mostly the ones described as the never ending twirling.
Maybe old men should not make movies with young women...
— citizentm, NYC
April 13th, 20137:31 pm
"Mr. Affleck, for his part, squares his shoulders, extends his lower jaw slightly forward (as if expelling a faint metaphysical burp) and walks in a straight line. " Mr. Scott certainly seems to have captured the range of a Ben Affleck performance. I always liken it to watching "dead air". I have the same reaction to George Clooney although not always. When they are on screen the whole film kind of dies.
April 13th, 20137:31 pm
Malick stole three hours from my life when I viewed his pretentious Tree of Life. I prefer not to waste another two hours watching a slide show of pretty images in the dark.
— cfinde, texas
April 13th, 20137:31 pm
Mr Scott buries the best, most informative part of the review in the very last graph.
'"To the Wonder" is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). Soft-core indoor twirling."
Soft-core INDOOR twirling! Sign me up. I'm dizzy with anticipation.
— Patrick, Boston
April 13th, 20137:31 pm
One practical question. Is it Malick's or Afflect's fault that he looks like a male model undecided about having the right clothes on?
— Peter Byrne, Lecce, Italy
April 13th, 20137:31 pm
"To the Wonder" gestures toward the same kind of transcendence but falls short.
Bingo. Terrence Malick is pushing the boundaries of cinema. But the boundaries are there for a reason.
Major stylistic innovations possible with cinema are over with the first Matrix picture. There is a limit on what the medium proffers. The only way out is going back to the roots - unique story, interesting characters, thrilling drama, great performances. Malick gets a unique story. Characters are interesting. But the last two ingredients are absent.
But for masters like Mallick going back to the roots might feel like a step back.
— AK, Vagamon, India
April 13th, 20137:31 pm
I've been waiting all these years for a decent twirling movie. Guess this isn't it...
— Dual, Maine


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It was a tough loss for the Islanders to take. They held a 1-0 lead over the Rangers with just over 5:00 left in the third period and goalie Evgeni Nabokov was on top of his game. But then it all fell apart quickly. The Rangers tied it on a deflection by Rick Nash with 5:23 left in regulation and won the game in overtime on a power play goal by Marian Gaborik. The Isles came away with one point but the loss was a bitter pill to swallow.
"I don't think it was our play that decided that game," John Tavares said. "Nabby played great. It was a tough one to tie it but we got into overtime and it was an unfortunate break. We're angry now but we've got a couple of big games this weekend and we have to be ready."
The anger was over a penalty called on Michael Grabner 21 seconds into overtime that gave the Rangers their second power play of the game and led to the winning goal by Gaborik just 21 seconds later. It was the second time in four games the Islanders did not receive a single power play in the entire game.
"We didn't have a power play tonight," remarked Isles Coach Jack Capuano. "I feel bad for our guys because they worked hard and they deserved at least one or two power plays."
"It's frustrating but we move on," added forward Matt Martin. "We had a playoff-style hockey game. For most of the game, the refs put the whistle away and let us play but they got a call there late and Gaborik made a pretty nice shot. They were physical, we were physical. We played a pretty good hockey game. If we keep playing like that, we'll win a lot."
The Islanders took a 1-0 lead midway through the first period on a goal by Grabner set up by a pretty backhand pass by Colin McDonald. Andrew MacDonald earned the secondary assist on the goal which was Grabner's 10th of the year. He now has goals in three straight games.
After that, it was a goaltender battle. Nabokov played a great game, stopping the first 31 shots he faced and making 35 saves in the game. Henrik Lundqvist countered with 28 saves to earn the win for the Rangers.
The overriding emotion in the home locker room was frustration. "It was a good hockey game," Capuano added. "I thought both goalies were good. There were chances both ways. Moulson had a breakaway, Matt Martin had a breakaway. If we pump one of those in and its 2-0 and its a different game right there. We played better, we played hard. Our guys battled."
The Islanders return to action Saturday afternoon when they host the Washington Capitals. Islanders tickets for this and other games are available.
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Their once comfortable margin gone.
The Thrashers return from the All-Star break Tuesday to their final 30 games. At one point this season, they were in the middle of the Eastern Conference standings. They even held first place in the Southeast Division, albeit for a brief time.
The Thrashers limped into the five-day hiatus with just five wins in their previous 17 games. They hold the eighth and final playoff position in the East by a single point over Carolina. The Hurricanes have two games in hand so the slim margin could be gone all together.
"It's definitely time for us to get back on board and start rolling," Thrashers All-Star defenseman Dustin Byfuglien said. "We have to get ourselves back up there in the standings because it's crunch time now. Teams have to start making pushes to be in the playoffs and teams have to start now."
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STEVENS POINT, Wis (WSAU) A cleaning lady who stole jewelry from a home where she'd been working was sentenced to 6-years in prison yesterday. 34-year-old Tamara Moe stole more than $8,000 worth of jewels from a house in Plover in April, 2012 while she was working for a cleaning company. She pawned the items to get money for her gambling and drug addiction.
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I applied through college or university - interviewed at Accenture.
First interview was on the phone. Relaxing and to determine if you are who you say you are. Second round involves questions about your resume and further background information. Third interview involved situation questions and how you would handle them.
- Situation Questions can be difficult. Answer Question
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Business Analyst InterviewApplication Details
I applied online. The process took 1 week - interviewed at Accenture in January 2011.Interview Details
I applied online, but after getting the job I have learned that the majority of people who have gotten a job here were reffered internally. I first received an email letting me know that someone would contact me soon. Then there were a series of three interviews. First was a phone interview, basically just seeing if you are a normal human being. The next two interviews were on the same day at the location where I would be working. The first interview was with the Deputy Director. This is where a lot of the good hard questions were asked, on both parts. After that I waited in a conference room for the second interview. I saw that he had gone into the Managing Directors office before having me come in. So curious of what they said, but obviously it was favorable. The third interview was mainly informational. Letting me know of the compensation and benefits and how the office runs with all of the perks. This is where I felt like they were selling it to me. After a couple of days I received a phone call from HR offering the job with all of the details of start date and base pay. Very exciting!Interview Questions
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- This was my first job out of college so I had a bit easier questions. Mine were like: "Why do you think you would be a good fit here?" and "What was your favorite class in college and why?" Then I was asked questions about my previous employer and what I did there. Very general questions, but seriuos and reading in between the lines. Answer Question
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I applied online. The process took 2 months - interviewed at Accenture.Interview Details
2 interviews, pretty much same as other consulting groupsInterview Questions
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4+ weeks - interviewed at Accenture in January 2014.Interview Details
I applied through a college recruiter late last year (2013). Began the process in January of 2014 with a phone interview with a recruiter which was basically a resume/background parse in which they want to confirm everything on your resume and see if you could fit into the company.
Shortly after this interview, I was invited to do 2 back to back case and behavioral interviews on the phone with Managers/Senior Managers of Accenture. The interviewers were really laid back and nice. Didn't even feel like an interview but felt more like a conversation with a friend who happened to be looking to hire you. In regards to the case interview, spend some time reading Crack the Case. It is a very good resources. After reading this book, look up practice case books from MBA schools and use them as practice. At a point, either you understand consulting or you don't, if you are struggling throughout the practice then maybe consulting is not a good fit for you.
After this round, I was invited to final rounds at office. They directly pay for your airfare and hotel expenses and will reimburse you for other reasonable expenses. Final rounds consist of a case interview and a confirming interview with Managers/Senior Managers. I didn't do a lot of prep for this round, just two practice cases on the flight into the city. Confirming interview is mainly a conversation about yourself to see if you are the kind of person Accenture can trust to send to a client. Offer came two days later via random phone call from recruiter. I almost had to mute myself because I was so excited to get the job and be done with the job search process. The process was very well organized and all of those involved in the recruiting process were nice, even my fellow recruits were nice!
My biggest advice is to relax, be yourself, and just let the pieces fall however they may.Interview Questions
Negotiation DetailsBase salary are set by office already, no negotiation there. The salary they offer are more than nice for someone recently out of college. Relocation bonus and signing bonus are icing on the cake and I could have probably negotiate a bigger signing bonus, but if a couple thousand dollars are what is holding you back from joining Accenture, then you are probably not joining for the right reason.Accepted OfferPositive ExperienceAverage Interview
- None really, cases are something either you get it or you don't. If you don't, do not try to fake it because they will see through it. Have a good answer for "Why Accenture". You cannot apply for a job in a company and expect them to hire you if you, yourself, do not have a good reason why you want to work there. Answer Question
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks - interviewed at Accenture.Interview Details
I had two phone case interviews after getting the interview through a reference. The first one went pretty rough, I had to digest a 12 slide Powerpoint in the span of 10 mins and then answer questions/develop a solution that included technical terms I did not understand.Interview Questions
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 months - interviewed at Accenture in January 2014.Interview Details
HR Interview, Alumni Interview, 2 back to back phone case interviews, Final roundInterview Questions
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- why accenture over a straight strategy firm? Answer Question
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I applied through college or university. The process took 2+ weeks - interviewed at Accenture.Interview Details
I got an interview through my university career center.
There were 3 interviews. The first interview was a 30 minute basic screening interview, reviewing my resume and "Why Accenture". The second interview was part behavioral/past case study. The case study was straight forward and seemed to be a business problem my interviewer faced on previous client work. The last interview was almost another screening interview, as if a test to see if the Senior Managers and Managing Directors would want me as an Analyst on their projects. All interviewers were easy to talk to and made me feel at ease.
The process was straightforward and fairly seamless, but the HR Recruiter was a bit disorganized and not as responsive as I would have liked as a job applicant.Interview Questions
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- Business case was on how to improve customer experience for a resources client. Answer Question
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 weeks - interviewed at Accenture in January 2011.Interview Details
3 interviews - first one was behavioral, second was a case study, third was a 2-part interview with both a case and a behavioral interview. First two were on the phone, last one was in the office.Interview Questions
Negotiation DetailsNo negotiation. You take it or you leave it.Accepted OfferPositive ExperienceAverage Interview
- Case study which was essentially an actual consulting project the Senior Manager had worked on - he basically asked me how I would have approached the situation. View Answer
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I applied through college or university. The process took a day - interviewed at Accenture in October 2013.Interview Details
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We were working on a real-time strategy mech game at work but it got cancelled recently. The idea was really, really cool and I had a blast working on it while listening to the soundtrack of Pacific Rim.
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by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
Yesterday Ira Glass sent an email revealing that This American Life's report on Apple's manufacturing supplier in China "contained significant fabrications." Mike Daisey's story and TAL's decisions to go to air and later retract the show have sparked a lot of discussion in journalism and public radio circles.
There's a lot of praising, challenging, and questioning going on. Frankly, much of it feels like punditry and harmless posturing. But, this Saturday afternoon a stream of tweets by Marketplace's John Moe put a human face on this story and some of the underlying ethical issues at stake.
(I've kept the format in order to preserve, hopefully, the rhythm of Moe's thoughts.)
I knew Daisey for many years, although its been several years since I've talked to him. But I saw his first audition when he came to Seattle
5:22 PM - 17 Mar 12
It was the best audition I'd ever seen. A monologue about Wrath of Khan. Astounding. Completely improvised, I later learned.
5:23 PM - 17 Mar 12
I worked at a temp agency and gave him temp jobs. Mike later worked at Amazon when I did. Then he quit and made a 1-man show about Amazon.
5:25 PM - 17 Mar 12
It bugged me that Amazon paid him salary and benefits and then he turned around and ripped them. I was also jealous of his talent & success.
5:26 PM - 17 Mar 12
Then he got a book deal! So I was jealous of his talent and success in writing and theater.
5:29 PM - 17 Mar 12
In his book, he said things about my department at Amazon that weren't true or were exaggerated and/or twisted. Which angered me. So…
5:30 PM - 17 Mar 12
Over the years I haven't known how to view his success. Astoundingly talented guy, I questioned his ethics, but I was jealous/petty too.
5:32 PM - 17 Mar 12
But this China thing hits me hard. As a tech reporter, I know the Foxconn issue is huge and complex. As a journalist, ethics are critical.
5:33 PM - 17 Mar 12
The Foxconn suicides first taught me the word Foxconn. It's a big issue for me (my brother died of suicide) and I wanted more attn on it.
5:36 PM - 17 Mar 12
Then when Daisey became a leading spokesperson for Foxconn issues, I was all jumbled up. How did he get these scoops? I was jealous again.
5:37 PM - 17 Mar 12
Now all this. I don't hate Mike, I wish him well, and I just hope more truth and light and transparency somehow emerge from this mess.
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by Matthew L. Skinner and Joshua M. Z. Stanton, guest contributors
Photo by Trey Ratcliff/Flickr, cc by-nc-nd 2.0
Picture this: an Iraqi reporter becomes interested in the work of a Jewish student in Israel after reading an article about Jewish-Muslim relations in medieval Spain that the student published online. The reporter contacts the student and interviews him about future prospects for Jewish-Muslim coexistence.
As the student in this story and co-author of this article, Joshua Stanton knows first-hand how technology is reshaping the way people of different religions interact. To start with, he and the Iraqi reporter would never have connected without the Internet, which enabled them to bypass regional politics and borders.
Yet the Internet's potential can yield various outcomes. Despite our increased connectivity, people of different faith traditions remain all too likely to talk past one another. Just look at the comments section of any online news article.
The Internet also allows people to perpetuate longstanding arguments over the most central of religious identifiers: sacred texts and the figures within them. Which son was Abraham prepared to sacrifice — Isaac, a central figure in the Jewish and Christian traditions, or Ishmael, whose story is central to Muslims? Did Isaiah predict the birth of Jesus in the Hebrew Bible? And of course, who was the religious prophet of ultimate importance? Recycled ignorance and nasty disagreements over disparate prophetic texts often leave online dialoguers depleted and demoralized.
The key, it would seem, is not whitewashing the differences that exist between religions and their sacred texts but clarifying them and using them as a basis for informed discourse online.
People of faith do well to read their own sacred texts with curiosity about how these writings influence their understanding of what a life faithfully lived looks like. Yet we also become more responsible and more informed practitioners when we allow those outside our traditions to read along with us, over our shoulders. Too many people have not looked seriously at other traditions' texts. And too many interpreters do not interpret in ways that invite "outsiders" into the conversation.
For example, Muslims and Jews may know that the Torah and the Qur'an differ over which son God called Abraham to sacrifice — Isaac or Ishmael. But do they know that some rabbinic commentaries affirm the Qur'anic position that the events must have taken place in a dream? And have Christians considered how such ideas might inform their interpretations of the story that view it as foreshadowing Jesus' obedience and death? Without opportunities for more public, hospitable investigations of one another's scriptural traditions, Jews, Christians and Muslims might simply reassert old stereotypes, even as their leaders and scholars model isolationism.
Technology allows people to learn about sacred texts, their origins, their histories of interpretation and their ongoing relevance from informed leaders and scholars they would not otherwise be able to learn from.
ON Scripture, a new initiative launched by Odyssey Networks, a multi-faith media coalition, in collaboration with the major online news site, The Huffington Post, aims to create this sort of online space. It presently offers resources focused on the study of Christian scripture, but is poised to launch ON Torah in the coming months, which will focus exclusively on sacred Jewish texts. Odyssey Networks also hopes to launch ON Quran in order to highlight the rich textual traditions of Islam and thus enable all three Abrahamic traditions to have centres of text study housed on the same website, making it easier for individuals to find out information about all three faiths.
While initially operating independently, the weekly online articles from ON Scripture about the Torah and the Christian Bible offer interpretations that religious leaders put forth about their own tradition's sacred texts, guided by the traditional cycle of scriptural reading of that particular tradition.
In time, we hope to expand the conversations, perhaps having rabbis, pastors and imams in dialogue with each other in videos that broadcast respectful dialogue about scriptural texts, even in light of real differences. While the forum is currently in English, it may come to span multiple languages, bringing people of faith from across the globe into constructive dialogue aided by cutting-edge translation technology.
As people of faith open their scriptures in full public view, they open themselves to grow in mutual understanding and appreciation of how ancient scriptures continue to shape and motivate people of faith. Even in disagreement, there can be understanding.
Matthew L. Skinner is Associate Professor of the New Testament at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota and Founding Editor of ON Scripture.
Joshua M. Z. Stanton is Founding Co-Editor of the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue and of ON Torah, as well as a Schusterman Rabbinical Fellow at Hebrew Union College.
A version of this article was published by the Common Ground News Service on November 8, 2011. Copyright permission is granted for publication.Comments
A few recent newsgames do something curious: They hide basic trivia questions under a layer of moral decision-making. It is often assumed that taking a tired design and adding some nominal amount of ethical choice — usually in the form of binary story branches or good/neutral/evil alignment meters — will somehow reinvigorate and edify its players.
But there's a serious problem with this easy inclusion of moral choice: Even a simple move to branch out from the standard structure of a game results in an exponential need for more content. And in a genre where budgets are often tight, cuts will likely need to be made as a result. This means less thought goes into the causal chain between choice and consequence, undercutting the very goals that the inclusion of the simple moral system hoped to attain. A half-baked moral system can have the opposite effect on people's reasoning, and can even become confounding.
by Susan Leem, associate producer
Personal ministry by bicycle. (photo: waferboard/Flickr, cc by-nc-sa 2.0)
Respected theologian Martin Marty has a winning article highlighting a mainstream news story that has finally gotten religion reporting right. The New York Times' recent profile of a Baptist couple who spend their retirement doing disaster relief work stood out as a "too-rare" kind of reporting on religious people and topics as Martin Marty writes:
"We have to wear virtual sunglasses when we do our too-rare Sightings of positive religion news in public media, so bright are these exceptions to the down and depressing accounts. Since most religious people and those who benefit from their doings see and experience more bright sides than down sides, we ask: is there something wrong with those who report and publish or broadcast the depressing and scandalous stories?"
He argues that there is double standard for religion reporting, in that such stories get boxed into one category or another:
"(I) have come up with a formula: if religion is covered as news, the bad stuff will predominate; if it appears as features, the good side gets a chance to show."
It would be a delicate balancing act to blend news reporting with the best aspects of features reporting:
"News waits for someone to embezzle or kill or seduce another in the name of God. Features allows for creative reporters to get up close to believing and behaving people who use their imagination, faith, energy, and communal spirit to serve others."
He is praising an unusual gift for readers, the opportunity to learn the language and practices of other faith traditions in a tight news cycle. After many years of working in a daily newsroom, I know that beast of news production has an endless appetite. And with dwindling resources, those thoughtful features are getting harder and harder to cultivate in that environment.Comments


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Sunna Gunnlaugs work space, looking out onto the backyard of her Kopavogur, Iceland home.
Sunna Gunnlaugs work space, looking out onto the backyard of her Kopavogur, Iceland home.
Your song personnel: Sunna Gunnlaugs (piano), Þorgrimur Jonsson (bass), and Scott McLemore (drums).
"Things You Should Know," from the Sunna Gunnlaugs 2013 release Distilled. The particular serenity of a Gunnlaugs recording accentuates both the peaceful ambiance of the first light of morning and the liveliness and heat of the rising sun that makes the whole thing happen in the first place.
Read an album review on the main Bird is the Worm site.
Listen & Purchase at Gunnlaugs' Bandcamp site.
Two views of the Jon Crowley work space in his Lefferts Garden, Brooklyn home.
The coffee mug in the foreground of the second photo reminds me of the album cover of the Jakob Bro recording Time, which is more indicative of the level to which jazz fans geek out on album covers than it is of Crowley's choice in kitchenware.
Album track "Sadness, Suffering, Hope, Triumph," from John Crowley's 2011 release At the Edge. An album of songs that swim in the melodies. Read more about the album on the main Bird is the Worm site.
Your album personnel: Jon Crowley (trumpet, Fender Rhodes one track), Jeremy Udden (alto sax), Julian Pollack (piano, Fender Rhodes), Julian Smith (bass), and Ziv Ravitz (drums).
Listen & Purchase at Crowley's Bandcamp page.
Patrick Breiner work space in his Ditmas Park home. Not pictured, a noisy radiator, of which Breiner "likes to think of as a Jamie Aebersold for free improvisation."
"Pills/Side Effects/Remedy/Pills" from the new Patrick Breiner release Robinwood, a solo saxophone recording performed live, while on tour, at the Robinwood Concert House. Listen & Purchase at the artist's Bandcamp page.
Han-earl Park work space in his Kensington, Brooklyn apartment. According to Park, it is also where Gisel the cat performs her role as music critic.
Your album personnel: Catherine Sikora (saxophone), Ian Smith (trumpet), and Han-earl Park (guitar).
From the album Massimo's Imagined Juxtapositions. Improvised music, straight from the heart. Listen to the album and purchase on the artist's Bandcamp page, where it's set at Name Your Price. Review/Thoughts here.
Chris Schlarb work space in his Long Beach, California home. According to Chris, it's "also the room in between the kitchen and the living room, so there's a lot of foot/food traffic."
A rendition of the Brian Wilson song "'Til I Die," from the new Chris Schlarb release Psychic Temple 2. Listen & Purchase on Schlarb's Bandcamp page. Review forthcoming on the main Bird is the Worm site. Schlarb's music transcends genre by incorporating elements from so many types of music, then transforming it into something of a unique, mesmerizing identity. Music of vision.
Your song personnel: Chris Schlarb (acoustic guitar, vibes), Tabor Allen (acoustic drums), Logan Coale (double bass), Ikey Owens (Hammond organ), Andrew Pompey (acoustic drums), Raymond Raposa (vocals), Aaron Roche (acoustic guitar, pump organ), Anthony Shadduck (double bass), Sufjan Stevens (vocals), Nedelle Torrisi (vocals), and Nicholas Zork (violin).


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Threecubed said...
Clearcasting is because it'll proc off of Fire Nova AND effect the mana cost of Fire Nova, so overall it provides more mana (through spell cost reductions) than another point in Stormstrike.
The only thing I would alter is adding that the "rotation" section is really referring to an ability priority system, making sure to inform the audience that those abilities are listed in order of importance, and you shouldn't push Stormstrike if a 5xMaelstrom is available, or so on. Leaving that out could potentially hurt a starting Enhancement Shaman when they realize you lose damage if you try to play it as a "rotation".
Perhaps adding in an "ES if SS is up" comparison would be good for a more advanced play posting, because many Shaman's Stormstrike-affected Earth Shock will hit harder than a 1/1 hit/crit Stormstrike, especially since most will be working toward t9 4pc set, or will have it already.
Overall, not a bad starting place for a new Enhancement, but some clarification in parts would be wonderful.


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Do the Most Important Thing FirstOctober 2, 2013 9:13 pm | Comments
When you sit down to work in the morning, spend an hour on the most important thing on your to-do list. This is a great idea because even if you can't get the whole thing done in an hour, you'll be much more likely to go back to it once you've gotten it started.
Transportation and Storage of DNA EvidenceOctober 2, 2013 8:00 pm | Comments
The first responding officer may be called upon to transport evidence from a crime scene.They should be aware that direct sunlight and warmer conditions may degrade DNA, and avoid storing evidence in places that may get hot, such as the trunk of the police car. To best preserve DNA evidence, store in a cold environment.
Know Your ChemicalsOctober 2, 2013 8:00 pm | Comments
Chemical safety begins with a good working knowledge of the chemicals you use and their hazardous properties. When incompatible materials contact each other, the result can lead to explosion, the evolution of toxic or flammable gas, or both.
Balance Energy Efficiency with SafetySeptember 30, 2013 8:00 pm | Comments
Before considering money saving solutions for energy efficiency, the laboratory must first be designed for the safety of its occupants. Fume hoods are the major line of defense in the utilization of chemical hazards in a toxicology laboratory. By definition, fume hoods are not energy efficient, but their inefficiency serves the purpose of safety.
Casting Materials can be Used to Obtain Fingerprint EvidenceSeptember 26, 2013 8:00 pm | Comments
There are several common problems that crime scene evidence technicians and detectives encounter. One such problem is that of preserving fingerprint evidence on rough surfaces, human skin, blood prints, and curved surfaces. Hard to lift prints can be accomplished by using magnetic powder and casting silicone.
Being the Bearer of Bad NewsSeptember 25, 2013 8:50 pm | Comments
As a manager, there are many opportunities to share good news, recognize staff members for accomplishments, and to enjoy a few moments focusing on a job well-done. However, not all news is good news and, unfortunately, delivering bad news is part of the job.
Avoid Purchasing Unnecessary Quantities of ChemicalsSeptember 23, 2013 8:29 pm | Comments
You need to know what you have and where it's located. Whether you decide to do it with sheets of paper, index cards, or computers, you need to have a chemical inventory. It's pretty hard to comply with OSHA and EPA regulations without one. It's pretty hard to know what to order without one.
Book Excerpt: What the Dog Knows: The Science and Wonder of Working DogsSeptember 23, 2013 3:41 am | by Cat Warren | Comments
Working dogs' success is far from a given: It takes imagination, deep knowledge, and constant work to train and handle dogs who work with their noses for a living. These are the dog people whose lives and careers are so interwoven with working canines that it can be difficult to see where the person ends and the dog begins; they complete each other.
Assembling a Fingerprint KitSeptember 19, 2013 8:00 pm | Comments
Let's take a look at what you need for basic fingerprint kit. This kit should include different types of powders and brushes to identify prints on different surfaces. When working with any of the powders, you need disposable dust masks and nitrile or latex gloves. You also need a small hand-held magnifier to view the prints.
Screening a Candidate by PhoneSeptember 18, 2013 8:00 pm | Comments
The telephone interview or candidate screen allows the employer to determine if the candidate's qualifications, experience, workplace preferences, and salary needs are congruent with the position and organization. The telephone interview saves managerial time and eliminates unlikely candidates.
Provide Adequate Supplies of Personal Protective EquipmentSeptember 16, 2013 8:00 pm | Comments
Employers are responsible for providing personal protective equipment (PPE) such as safety glasses, goggles, face shields, gloves, lab coats, and bench top shields. Employees are responsible for using these devices. The employer has an additional responsibility. The employer needs to make sure that the PPE is used.
How to Collect Internet EvidenceSeptember 11, 2013 2:30 pm | Comments
The courts have generally accepted evidence collected from the Internet as long as its authenticity can be established. Following the current methodology and the lessons learned from the field of traditional digital forensics, a standard can be developed for the collection of Internet based evidence.
10 Ways to Handle Your MistakesSeptember 11, 2013 9:46 am | Comments
The ways in which we handle our goof-ups, guffaws, screw-ups, bad decisions, miscalculations, and blunders are critical—our reputations are at stake. And as managers, we should role model the behaviors we seek in others. Here are 10 ideas on how to react to and recover from mistakes.
Make Safety Training InterestingSeptember 9, 2013 8:00 pm | Comments
Continue reading to learn how to develop training that will keep your attendees interested and focused. These seven guidelines will walk you through the entire process from development to delivery then loop back through evaluating and improving your training programs.
DNA FirstSeptember 9, 2013 8:08 am | by Jack Ballantyne, Erin Hanson, DeEtta Mills, Beatrice Kallifatidis, Julian Mendel, Nick Dawnay, and Randy Nagy | LGC Standards | Comments
Quick screening systems can now allow us to select the most appropriate forensic samples for full DNA analysis. Eliminating evidence that will not generate a useful DNA profile early in the investigative process saves time and money. Using an effective DNA screening system allows crime laboratories to focus on evidence that will generate a useful DNA profile.


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(Editor's Note: This article was originally published June 9, 2011.)
The ACLU of Georgia is growing more and more concerned regarding Gwinnett County Public Schools' lack of contact with the organization about LGBT-related filters on district-wide computers.
On the heels of an initial demand letter on June 1, the ACLU of Georgia has written its second letter to the Gwinnett County school district today, June 9.
"Although Gwinnett County Public Schools has made several statements to the press, we have yet to receive any response to our letter," said the ACLU of Georgia in the letter to Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks.
The first letter gave the school district a week to comply. That week came and went, but Chara Jackson, legal director for ACLU of Georgia, said then that she wanted to give the district time to comply.
Another week has gone by, and as of June 8, the school district still had not resolved the issue, according to Jorge Quintana, a spokesman for Gwinnett County schools.
"The school district is reviewing the ACLU's concerns in this matter," Quintana said at 4:00 p.m., June 9.
In the second letter, ACLU of Georgia gives the school district a June 13 deadline -- Monday -- to contact it. It reads, in part:
"Please contact me no later than June 13, 2011, to indicate whether Gwinnett County Public Schools intends to remove the 'LGBT' filter in compliance with its legal obligations. If we are forced to resolve this issue through litigation, we intend to seek reimbursement for any attorney time spent after that date."
Based on statements to the media, the ACLU of Georgia said in the June 9 letter that it "appears that the school district is under the misimpression that the 'LGBT' filter is somehow required by the Children's Online Protection Act (CIPA)"
The letter also urges the school district to contact Blue Coat, the company that made the filtering software, to "dispel any confusion you have about how the 'LGBT' filter operates." Blue Coat has also been asked to contact the school district.


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Training and Event Calendar
This event calendar is provided as a service to our members and the public. An event may be cancelled at any time. Please confirm the event with the sponsor prior to making travel plans. To submit an event, please contact us.
October 2013 – September 2014
Union Parish
October 3rd- 6:30pm
Claiborne Electric Meeting Room
301 Franklin Street
Farmerville, LA 71241
Jackson Parish
October 8th- 6:00pm
Jonesboro Town Hall
128 Allen Avenue
Jonesboro, LA 71251
Bienville Parish
October 16th- 6:00pm
Arcadia City Hall
1819 Railroad Avenue
Arcadia, LA 71001
For more information contact SNAP at 337-367-7627.
Claiborne Parish
Octoboer 24th- 6:00pm
Presbyterian Church
618 North 2th Street
Homer, LA 71040
For more information contact SNAP at 337-367-7627.
Lincoln Parish
October 31st- 6:00pm
Lincoln Parish Library Community Room
910 N Trenton Street
Ruston, LA 71270
Come out for a night of fantastic music and great food.
Live and silent auctions!
Tickets are $25 per person
Reservations available for tables of eight
Your support will ensure that SNAP may continue to provide
services to domestic violence victims and their children
Tickets may be purchased by calling 337 367 7627
Tickets are also available at the Cry Gates Community Center in New Iberia City Park and Iberia Bank, South Lewis (Main Branch)
The LPOR Legal Seminar will:
- Explain how the protective order registry works.
- Explain the appropriate use of the mandatory order forms.
- Identify and discuss state and federal statutes related to court protections for those affected by domestic abuse and dating violence.
- Disseminate the updated v.7 version of the Guide to the LPOR, the standardized forms, and the related interactive software.
CLEs will be provided.
To register, visit www.lpor.org
Union Parish Domestic Violence Vigil
September 30th- 6:30pm
Claiborne Electric Meeting Room
301 Franklin Street
Farmerville, LA 71241


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According to Jason Garrison, the Bengals have spoke with USC safety T.J. McDonald at the scouting combine. Bengals Defensive Backs Coach Mark Carrier was the one to speak to T.J. at both the Senior Bowl and this weekend's combine. The Bengals are in dire need of a safety with Nate Clements and Chris Crocker hitting free agency, but they do have 2012 fifth-rounder George Iloka if they believe he can take over alongside Reggie Nelson. There's also the enigmatic Taylor Mays, who was benched last year in favor of Clements, who was later benched in favor of Crocker. As you can tell, its been a revolving door there, and the Bengals need to find some stability.
They'll at least need some depth at that position and McDonald could easily be had in the third-fourth round range. Don't expect him to come in and start right away though.
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Hog Butcher for the World,
Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,
Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler;
Stormy, husky, brawling,
City of the Big Shoulders:
They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen
your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys.
And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: Yes, it is true I
have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again.
And they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: On the faces of
women and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger.
And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this
my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them:
Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to
be alive and coarse and strong and cunning.
Flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on job, here
is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little soft cities;
Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action, cunning as a savage
pitted against the wilderness,
Building, breaking, rebuilding,
Under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with white teeth,
Under the terrible burden of destiny laughing as a young man laughs,
Laughing even as an ignorant fighter laughs who has never lost a battle,
Bragging and laughing that under his wrist is the pulse, and under his
ribs the heart of the people,
Laughing the stormy, husky, brawling laughter of Youth, half-naked,
sweating, proud to be Hog Butcher, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,
Player with Railroads and Freight Handler to the Nation.
—Carl Sandburg
I've been reading Fast Food Nation and reeling at the thought of old haunted, abandoned Chicago stockyards and thinking how much of the United States has changed in the last half-century, especially in regards to food production. And every time I think about Chicago, I think about this Carl Sandburg poem and its famous first lines: "Hog Butcher for the World, / Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, / Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler; / Stormy, husky, brawling, / City of the Big Shoulders." These lines almost roll off your tongue, don't they? No one could characterize a city like Carl Sandburg; no one could characterize Chicago and its glory like Carl Sandburg.
There's a vital pulse to the city, long after it has lost its title "Hog Butcher for the World," for nearly 100 years later (this poem was published in Poetry magazine in March 1914), Sandburg's words still characterize it: "Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to / be alive and coarse and strong and cunning." It's still a glorious city, isn't it? These are still glorious words, aren't they? I'd almost bet you money some of these words will stick in your head, too, every time you think of Chicago.


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A petty evasion of a minor chore - she sent her little brother to buy cigarettes for her dad - means a lifetime of bitter regret and the embrace of terrorism for young Colette McVeigh (Riseborough).
For on that fateful day, the little boy was fatally caught in the crossfire between Republican gunmen and the British forces patrolling the streets of 1970s Belfast.
Twenty years later she's in London to plant a bomb on the Tube...but British Intelligence are monitoring her every move. She's picked up...and presented with a stark choice - she either gets sent down for a very long time and her boy goes into care...or she works as an informer for MI5.
Clive Owen's Mac is her handler...and soon she's feeding back information that local IRA brigade leader is planning the assassination of the detective involved in the investigation of their little brother's death,
When the Provo hitman is taken out by an SAS bullet and Colette escapes, the witchhunt for the mole begins. However, when she turns to Mac for help it seems that his boss (Anderson) has an ulterior motive for Colette taking the heat.
Unfolding with a vice-like grip, this beautifully-paced thriller has echoes of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy with its first-rate evocation of a nicotine-stained era where there was little place - on both sides - for honour or doing the right thing.
Riseborough's Colette is no malleable puppet - she has nerves of steel when facing off her IRA associates who suspect she's a turncoat - but is also a devoted mother whose heart you suspect was never into hardline violence.
A softly-spoken Owen convinces as the tough-but-decent Mac and Aiden Gillen puts in a spirited performance as Colette's brother, a Provo you rather think embodies the Never Surrender slogan.
A clever, intricate thriller with a killer twist.