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"We saw Totoro! We saw Totoro!"
DVD ReviewAmerican children's films tend to be big, garish, elaborate events usually designed to function, at least in part, as self-contained marketing campaigns for toys and other merchandise. Although placed in the domain of being a children's film, My Neighbor Totoro is very much outside of that phenomenon and is a refreshing change of pace from the usual type of kids entertainment audiences have come to expect. It is a movie about fantasy that keeps itself grounded very firmly in the reality of exploring everyday life as a child. It's also yet another notch in the masterpiece sceptre of Japanese director/writer/animator Hayao Miyazaki.
Here is the story, set in the 1950s, of Mei and Satsuki: two young sisters who, along with their father, move into a small, rundown house in a rural, farming community somewhere in Japan. The move is partly because of Mei and Satsuki's mother's illness and since she must stay in the hospital, they want to be closer to her. Immediately upon moving in, the sisters let their imaginations run wild, thinking that the house is not only haunted, but also filled with strange little pixies and, of course, dust bunnies. In fact, their first quest is to find and capture a dust bunny. As is obvious from the beginning, these sisters and their father celebrate in the supernatural, the mysterious, and the fantastical things that most people don't believe in. Every dark corner or interesting flower is a treasure trove of joy for the girls, and the story greatly concerns their little explorations of the world around them.
Once they've gotten comfortable in their new house, the family starts to make a good life for themselves, but one day Mei sees a strange little rabbit-like creature roaming about the yard. She pursues the little being into the forest only to come across a gigantic, hollow tree inside which lurks...Totoro. Totoro (which is actually a purposeful mispronunciation of the Japanese term for 'troll', since Mei is so young) is a giant bunny-esque monster who doesn't speak, but yet, Mei understands perfectly who and what he is. Eventually Satsuki believes in Totoro as well, and his spirit is assumed to be the protector of the surrounding woods. While the sisters live their lives going to school, farming the land, doing their chores, and hoping for the recovery of their mother, the influence of the strange Totoro and his two little companions is heavily felt in their dreams and most heartfelt fantasies. Is he real? Of course!
'Magical' is a term almost inadequate to describe this incredible family film; one of the finest in existence. Unlike many children's movies, it really doesn't have a plot, so-to-speak. It's simply about these two charming and imaginative girls and how they see enchantment in everything from a drop of rain to a handful of acorns. Their little adventures with Totoro, while fantastical, are not the only thing in which they see the mystical. The film brilliantly resurrects the charm of being a child and having an epic adventure by simply stepping out into the woods or being far away from your house for the first time. In a clever and inspiring move, these children are not the only people effected by the magic of Totoro. Although adults seem unable to see him or any of the other strange beings around the forest, they are not isolated in the story as 'bad' or too stiff to understand the kids. Instead, Mei and Satsuki's parents are very supportive of their visions and fantasies, and encourage a respect for the spirits of the world, whoever they may be. There are no villains and no conveniently wrapped moral messages; just a sweet and subtle tale of how a family is kept strong together by their acceptance of those things which cannot be easily explained. In the end, My Neighbor Totoro is an absolutely heartwarming and endearing little film that doesn't accomplish its successes by being simple, stupid, or sappy. It's just a cute, effective tale that has a very good lesson behind it: Keep your mind and eyes open, and you just might meet a Totoro on a dark night, too.
Rating for Style: A
Rating for Substance: A
Image Transfer
Image Transfer Review: Sadly, this edition of Totoro is not properly widescreened to 1:85:1 (although the opening and closing credits are), which is disappointing. That aside, the full-frame transfer is actually pretty good for hand drawn cel work. There are no significant artifacts or pixelization, and the source print is very clean and crisp. It is a solid image, it's just too bad that 20th Century Fox decided to not include the option to view an anamorphically widescreened version.
Image Transfer Grade: B-
Audio Transfer
Audio Transfer Review: In addition to no widescreen option, the disc lacks the original Japanese dialogue option, which is pretty disappointing. However, unlike the other Miyazaki films dubbed and localized by Carl Macek productions, this one has a very good dub. The stereo audio is pretty much taken up with dialogue and a few sound effects here and there; nothing too elaborate. The musical score and occasional "heavier" moments are well rendered, but overall, the audio is serviceable and nothing more.
Audio Transfer Grade: C+
Disc ExtrasStatic menu
Scene Access with 16 cues and remote access
Packaging: Amaray
1 Disc
1-Sided disc(s)
Layers: single
Extras Review: Given the special treatment some of Miyazaki's films have gotten on Region 1 DVD, this particular disc's complete barebones treatment is a bit annoying. Bad enough it's not widescreened or in Japanese, but there's not a single supplement, unless you count some static ads for other Fox kids titles. On the upside, this particular localization of Totoro is uncut without any removed scenes or dialogue. Although some of the Japanese subtleties are lost (especially Mei's purposefully clumsy dialogue), the disc isn't too offensive in that respect.
Extras Grade: D-
Final CommentsSince Disney now controls all of Hayao Miyazaki's films in North America, Fox was likely not given access to any new materials with which to either remaster the film or add any considerable supplements. Instead, they had to make do with the original localized version they obtained the rights to in the 1990s. This bare-bones edition is certainly not going to make your DVD collection sing, but since it's the only legitimate Region 1 disc of Totoro, fans of smart, charming, and clever children's films owe it to themselves to see this absorbing and brilliant tribute to the kid inside all of us. This is a classic, by any definition.
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Srinagar: Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat said on Friday that Major Leetul Gogoi will face exemplary punishment if found involved in any unlawful activity. Speaking to the media on the sidelines of a function at Pahalgam, Gen Rawat was asked to comment on the incident in which the Major was detained for questioning along with a girl by the police.The Army chief said: "Major Gogoi will be severely punished if he is found involved in any unlawful activity."If anyone in the Indian Army, at any rank, does any wrong and it comes to our notice, then strictest action will be taken.
"If Major Gogoi has done something wrong, then I can say that he will be given due punishment and the punishment will be such that it will set an example." Major Gogoi hit the headlines in April last year when he tied a local weaver, Farooq Ahmad Dar, to the bonnet of an Army Jeep during stone pelting in Badgam district.
The officer was on Wednesday taken to a police station in Srinagar along with the girl and a man for questioning after the staff at a hotel reported that the officer had booked a room and wanted to stay there with the girl.After questioning, police handed over the Major to his unit. A special investigation team headed by a Superintendent of Police has been set up to probe the incident.
Meanwhile, the family of the girl living in Chak-e-Kawoosa village of Badgam district has left the village after the news about the incident spread in the Kashmir Valley.Reporters intending to meet the family discovered that the family had shifted to some unknown destination after the incident was reported by the media.
Pakistan must end infiltration for peace: Gen Rawat
Srinagar: Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Friday said that if Pakistan wants peace in the region, it should stop militants from infiltrating into Jammu and Kashmir. "We want peace on the borders, but as you know Pakistan continuously violates the ceasefire that causes loss of life and property. In such case, we have to retaliate. If Pakistan wants peace, we expect them to take the initiative -- which can be to stop infiltration," Gen Rawat told the media on the sidelines of a function in Pahalgam.
On halting operations against the militants during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, the Army chief said: "We suspended the operations to give people an atmosphere of peace and I believe people are happy. "If things continue in similar fashion, continuing of non-initiation of combat operations can be thought of. But if terrorist activities continue, we cannot do so."
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Procedure NL2002 - Cash Operating Fund - Nittany Lion Inn
Auxiliary and Business Services
Policy Steward facilitating procedure: Associate Vice President for Auxiliary & Business Services
Table of Contents:
- Petty Cash and Change Fund Handling
- Petty Cash Handling
- Change Fund Handling
- Payment of Travel Agency Commissions
- Entertainment Expenditures
- Purchasing Alcoholic Beverages
- Beer Purchases
- Liquor Purchases
- Refunding of Room Deposits
- Specializing and Emergency Repairs/Services
- Recordkeeping and Payment Processing of Authorized Expenditures
Due to the nature of their business operations, the Corporate Controller has authorized the establishment of a special checking account for the Nittany Lion Inn. This account, hereafter referred to as the Operating Fund, is to be used for transactions unique to the Inn's hotel operation that require payment upon receipt of merchandise and/or services, and as such, are more appropriately handled through the Operating Fund than the University accounts payable system.
The Operating Fund will be the source of funds for the following expenditures:
- Petty Cash and Change Fund requirements
- Payment of Travel Agency Commissions
- Entertainment expenditures
- Purchase of alcoholic beverages
- Room Deposit Refunds
- Specialized and/or emergency repairs and services
Except as noted in Petty Cash Handling" (an exception to Policy FN04 approved by the Corporate Controller), Operating Fund monies are not to be intermingled with other funds; likewise, the fund may not be used for services to employees, such as check cashing or making loans.
The Nittany Lion Inn General Manager is the fund custodian, with the Associate Manage being authorized to administer the fund in the Manager's absence. The fund custodian is ultimately responsible for making the necessary arrangements to adequately safeguard the fund and to insure that the fund is properly administered.
This procedure documents the authorized uses and controls necessary for proper disbursement, recordkeeping, reimbursement, and reconciliation of the fund.
Petty Cash and Change Fund Handling
Portions of the monies comprising the Operating Fund have been designated for on-going petty cash and change fund requirements. For accountability/audit trail purposes, the specific amounts established for each fund are to be recorded via completion of a Request for Cash Advance .
Petty Cash Handling
All expenditures using petty cash are to be considered as emergency in nature, as the normal purchase of goods and services is to be accomplished through University purchasing procedures. Reimbursement to employees making such purchases may be issued by the Front Desk only, as outlined in this procedure.
The Associate Manager will act as the custodian of the Petty Cash Fund, monitoring all petty cash activity on a regular basis.
When petty cash purchases are necessary, the purchases must secure a vendor's receipt, and present it to the Front Desk Cashier for reimbursement.
The Front Desk Cashier will complete a Receipt for Petty Cash Expended form, indicating the nature of the disbursement and other pertinent data, as required on the form. The purchaser will sign the form as the "employee to receive reimbursement," at which time the Front Desk Cashier will reimburse the purchaser with funds from his/her bank.
At shift end, the Front Desk Cashier will replenish his/her bank from the days receipts for the amount of petty cash expended so that their bank remains intact. All Receipts for Petty Cash Expended are placed in the Cashier's shift deposit envelope with the remaining receipts, and submitted to the General Cashier (responsible for preparing the daily bank deposit).
The General Cashier will then exchange the Receipts for Petty Cash Expended for cash from the Petty Cash Fund, so the daily deposit will be intact and may be completed. Receipts for Petty Cash Expended will be retained in the Petty Cash Fund, pending review by the Petty Cash Fund Custodian and eventual replenishment of the fund.
The Petty Cash Fund Custodian will review the Receipts for Petty Cash Expended (and corresponding receipts) for appropriateness, proper completion, etc. Upon satisfactory review, the Petty cash Fund Custodian will approve the transaction(s) via signature in the specified area of the Receipt for Petty cash Expended. The Custodian will retain both the Receipt for Petty Cash Expended (and the receipt[s]). pending replenishment of the Petty Cash Fund.
To replenish the Petty Cash Fund, the Petty Cash Fund Custodian will submit the Receipts for Petty Cash Expended (with corresponding receipts) to Accounts Payable (A/P) Clerk, who will generate a check (from the NLI's Operating Fund) payable to the Petty Cash Fund Custodian as discussed in Recordkeeping and Payment Processing .
Upon receipt of the reimbursement check, the Petty Cash Fund Custodian will cash the check and replenish the Petty Cash Fund.
Receipts for Petty Cash Expended (and support) will be retained in the Accounting Office with the non-negotiable copy of the reimbursement check (discussed in Recordkeeping and Payment Processing ).
Change Fund Handling
When small bills and change are needed, the Front Desk Cashier on duty will remove cash from the front desk cash drawer and bring it to the back office, where authorized personnel will open the safe and exchange the cash for change of an equal amount from the primary Change Fund.
NOTE: Back office personnel authorized to disburse change are the General Manager, Associate Manager, Manager on duty and the General Manger's Secretary.
Like the primary change fund above, sub-funds (issued to Bartenders, Dining Room Clerks, etc.) must also be secured in the back office safe when not in use.
Payment of Travel Agency Commissions
Travel agencies who are members of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) are eligible to receive commissions for clients they book at participating hotels/motels. Such commissions are payable only to those agencies providing a valid IATA number (as verifiable by the Inn), are payable only to the applicable agency (not the AGENT making the arrangements), and are payable only upon completion of a client's stay at the Inn. Travel agency activity is monitored periodically by the Associate Manager.
Biweekly, participating agencies will be reimbursed at the agreed upon rate for clients who have completed their stay at the Inn. The A/P Clerk will generate a "Travel Agency Payable Detail Report" ( Exhibit "A" ), which lists agencies that the Inn currently owes. Using the report, checks will be generated for each agency owed and forwarded with the Travel Agency Payable Detail Report to the General Manager for review and approval, as discussed in Recordkeeping and Payment Processing .
Entertainment Expenditures
Entertainment is provided for the enjoyment of NLI guests. The entertainers (or their booking agencies, where applicable) will submit a bill to the NLI Accounting Office after services have been rendered. Upon verification of the amount billed to the agreed upon rate, the A/P Clerk will initiate the payment process as discussed in Recordkeeping and Payment Processing .
Purchasing Alcoholic Beverages
To accommodate its guests, alcoholic beverages are sold in the dining area, cocktail lounge, and to groups who rent the Inn's banquet facilities. As a result, inventory must be replenished regularly.
Weekly, the Food Steward will check the existing inventory in the secured beverage area, compile a list of needed items, and forward the information to the Banquet Supervisor. The Banquet Supervisor will then place orders with the beer distributor and/or State Store, as applicable.
Beer Purchases
When an order is filled, the beer distributor will deliver the order to the Inn. Upon delivery, the order will be checked in/verified. Any back orders or discrepancies will be recorded by the Food Steward on the invoice when the order is unloaded. The Food Steward will initial the invoice and the driver will then take the invoice to the Accounting Office for payment. A check is prepared as discussed in Recordkeeping and Payment Processing .
Liquor Purchases
When an order is filled, the State Store will notify the A/P Clerk that the order is ready for pickup, items on back order (if any), and the amount due. The A/P Clerk will generate a check in a similar fashion as discussed in Recordkeeping and Payment Processing .
NOTE: Unlike other Operating Fund expenditures, checks for liquor purchases are submitted to the NLI General Manager for a signature prior to receiving the actual invoice. This is because the State Store requires payment before releasing merchandise to customers.
When notified, the order and its corresponding invoice will be picked up by an authorized employee (as specified on the license issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - typically, the Banquet Supervisor or the Food and Beverage Manager). The check will be given to the State Store upon verification of the order.
After the order is checked and returned to the Inn, the invoice will be forwarded to the Operating Fund Custodian for review and signature. Once reviewed, the A/P Clerk will file both the invoice and corresponding check copy as documented in Recordkeeping and Payment Processing .
Refunding of Room Deposits
The room deposit refunding process is initiated when a prospective guest notifies the Reservations Clerk to cancel the prospective guest's reservation. The applicable folio will be forwarded to the Associate Manager, who reviews the folio to determine if sufficient notification was given to Reservations to permit issuance of a refund.
If a refund is disallowed, the deposit will be retained. If, however, the prospective guest has canceled within the proper time period, the Associate Manager will mark the folio "approved for refund," thereby authorizing the issuance of a refund for any advance deposit received. The folio will be forwarded to the A/P Clerk, who prepares a Miscellaneous Charge Slip ( Exhibit "B" ) from the information on the folio. A refund check is then prepared and processed as discussed in Recordkeeping and Payment Processing .
Specializing and Emergency Repairs/Services
The Operating Fund may be used for service of both a specialized and an emergency nature which require prompt attention and immediate payment. Examples include motor rewinding, piano tuning, and draper/bedspread repair.
Upon presentation of an invoice by the vendor providing the service or merchandise, the A/P Clerk will initiate payment as discussed in Recordkeeping and Payment Processing .
Recordkeeping and Payment Processing of Authorized Expenditures
Daily, requests for payment (and their corresponding support documents) are forwarded to the A/P Clerk. The A/P Clerk will access the "Accounts Payable Menu" of the Inn's computer system, selecting the PROCESSING option. Within this option, the A/P Clerk will select the "Post Invoice/Handcheck" category to (1) record each request (expenditure) in its appropriate category, and (2) assign the next available check number. Checks are then generated in duplicate - the negotiable copy ( Exhibit "C" )and a non-negotiable copy. Checks are submitted to the Operating Fund Custodian (or designee) for review and signature, along with their corresponding support documents.
Once signed, the duplicate, non-negotiable copy (yellow) will be separated from the negotiable copy, attached to its corresponding support document(s) and retained in the appropriate vendor file for reconciliation and audit trail purposes. The negotiable copy (white) will be mailed (or given) to the vendor.
Replenishment of the Operating Fund
To replenish the Operating Fund, the A/P Clerk will first generate a Check Register Report ( Exhibit "D" ) summarizing all payments that have been issued from the Operating Fund since the last replenishment. A Special Request for Check ( SRFC ) will then be prepared for the per the Check Register Report. The Check Register Report will be attached to the Special Request for Check and forwarded to the General Manager for review/approval signature.
The Special Request for Check (with Check Register Report attached), will be submitted to the Financial Officer - Vice President for Business and Operations for final approval and processing, as appropriate per Policy IP04 .
NOTE: Documents supporting the Check Register Report will remain on file at the Inn and do not accompany the Special Report for Check, per prior arrangement with Accounting Operations.
When the replenishment check is received from Accounting Operations, the General Manager will endorse the check for deposit to the Inn's Operating Fund Account at the Inn's depository bank.
Increasing the Operating Fund
The General Manager may request that the fund be increased, either permanently or temporarily, by submitting a Special Request for Check to the Financial Officer - Vice President for Business, charged Fund 0207, Accounts Receivable Long-Term Advances for permanent increases, or Fund 0206, Accounts Receivable-Short Term Advances for temporary increases. If the request is for a permanent increase, a letter of justification must be attached and submitted to support the need for additional funds. If the request is for a temporary increase, an explanation for the increase may be entered in the space provided on the Special Request for Check. In addition, it must be clearly indicated that the need is temporary and must include a settlement date for return of the funds.
Reducing the Operating Fund
To reduce the Operating Fund permanently or to return a temporary advance, the General Manager must first write a check drawn on the fund and payable to The Pennsylvania State University. A Report of Cash Receipts ( ROCR ) will then be prepared. Specific details must include the name of the fund custodian (i.e., the General Manager) and the appropriate fund number to be credited (either 0206 or 0207). Once copy of the ROCR must be forwarded to the Financial Officer - Vice President for Business and Operations.
Each month, the A/P Clerk will reconcile the Operating Fund checking account and the Operating Fund. The checking account will be reconciled on the form provided by the bank; reconciliation of the Operating Fund will be performed using the format suggested on Exhibit "E" . All voided and/or missing check numbers will be accounted for, briefly explained, and included as part of the formal reconciliation.
Reconciliations will be forwarded to the General Manager (or designee) for his review. Such review will be evidenced by the reviewers initials and date on the Operating Fund Reconciliation form. Once reviewed, reconciliation forms shall be retained as documented in Record Retention.
Auditing Responsibilities
The Petty Cash and Change Fund portions of the Operating Fund will be monitored on a regular, surprise audit basis by Financial Officer - Vice President for Business and Operations, in accordance with the guidelines set forth in the Financial Officers Procedures Manual .
Periodically, the Operating Fund as a whole will be subject to audit, examination, and review by the University Auditing Department to verify the accuracy and appropriateness of the transactions reported, and to insure NLI adherence to this procedure and all other pertinent policies and procedures.
See Procedure CR2002 - PROCESSING RETURNED CHECKS
The Financial Officer is responsible for ensuring that procedures pertaining to the accountability and safeguarding of all cash receipts, cash funds, and other assets are established and followed in accordance with approved University policies and procedures. Regular audits relating to advances, cash, travel, equipment accountability, and other expenditures provide a means to protect University assets. The Financial Officer is responsible for working with Internal Audit when audits are being performed in the administrative area.
Record retention must be managed in accordance with Policy AD35 - University Archives and Records Management , and records schedules approved by the Records Management Advisory Committee, Office of General Counsel, and Office of the President. These retention requirements are the University's retention criteria, either derived or based upon federal, state, and local statute or regulations, industry standards, and business needs. Retention beyond recommended time periods require justifiable reasons and warrant review by the Records Management Officer or designee. All documents must be maintained in such a manner so as to provide ease of access for review, and to provide a suitable audit trail for all transactions.
Upon expiration of a stated period of time, documents must be discarded and/or destroyed, unless permission is granted by Records Management Officer or designee to retain the records. Archival records created more than 20 years prior to the current date must be reviewed before destruction. Units should also contact the University Archivist before discarding any document which may be of permanent or historical value to the University. To safeguard the privacy of individuals, documents that contain salary information, personally identifiable information (PII), or student records must also be shredded. See Policy AD53 - Privacy Policy and AD22 - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act for additional information regarding privacy and the protection of an individual's personal information. For documents that must be shredded, departments may arrange for Blue Bag service by contacting the Blue/White Shredding Program of the Office of Physical Plant. Exceptions to the practice are as follows:
- Documents subject to a Legal Hold (see AD35, Legal Hold). A legal hold will remain in effect until it is released in writing by the Office of General Counsel.
- Documents under audit or review, either internally or externally. The retention period extends until released by the Corporate Controller's Office. The Financial Officer will be notified regarding any accounts which are under audit; the Financial Officer will be responsible for contacting the department.
Additional questions may be directed to the University Archivist or the Records Management Officer.
- Exhibit A - Travel Agency Payable Detail Report
- Exhibit B - Miscellaneous Charge Slip
- Exhibit C - Operating Fund Check
- Exhibit D - Check Register Report
- Exhibit E - Operating Fund Reconciliation
For questions, additional detail, or to request changes to this procedure, please contact the Financial Officer - Auxiliary & Business Services..
- Policy AD22 - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- Policy AD35 - University Archives and Records Management
- Policy AD53 - Privacy Policy
- Policy FN04 - Petty Cash and Change Funds
- Policy IP04 - Royalty Payments for Course Materials (Formerly AD17)
- Procedure CR2002 - PROCESSING RETURNED CHECKS
- Blue/White Shredding Program
Procedure Status:
Date Approved: 10/18/1990
Most recent changes:
- 10/5/1990
Revision History (and effective dates:)
- Original - Date unknown


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I swear she must've watched some Jenna Jameson tutorials online or something because she had skills, man. I couldn't believe it was the first blowjob she'd ever given. When I came, she swallowed it all up like it was the best vanilla milkshake she'd ever had. Then she wiped her mouth with her wrist, and whispered, 'I'll be waiting in the guest room after this. Come fuck me when you're ready.' If only it were always that simple."


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For a director renowned for the wonders he puts on screen, Steven Spielberg's greatest talent lies in what he doesn't show us. Whether it's the shark in Jaws, the Mothership in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, or the brachiosaur in Jurassic Park, Spielberg delights in teasing his audience – not showing, or at least making us wait for, the spectacular, the wondrous, the evil, or the terrifying. It's why the so-called 'Spielberg Face' has become such a well-known visual trope, and why his films, regardless of subject matter and tone, find a mass audience time and time again. We love anticipating the amazing.
This sense of absence isn't just expressed aesthetically; it's a deep-rooted part of the director's thematic concerns too. Spielberg characters are rarely complete wholes. They're all bereft: looking for something, longing for something, needing something in order to be complete. Part of the joy of a Spielberg film is following them on that journey as they (and we) seek their missing part, a quest they often have to take alone or by conquering the resistance of those around them. The nerdy Jewish boy who grew up a bullied outsider in largely Gentile neighbourhoods has spent his adult life reliving and restructuring that sense of alienation.
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, of course, expresses this sense of longing and loneliness in its purest form, and it's fitting that Spielberg has re-teamed with that film's writer, the late, great Melissa Mathison, for this take on Roald Dahl's classic children's novel The BFG, another two-hander about alienation and otherness. You wouldn't think it from the effortless confidence shown here, but it's been more than 30 years since the pair last worked together (and nearly 20 since Mathison's last screenplay – for Martin Scorsese's 1997 Dalai Lama biopic Kundun) and the passing years have helped create a film even more mellow and melancholic than their 1982 masterpiece.
As the sadly mixed reviews have noted, The BFG is not an eventful film. It's a slow, patient picture that takes its time and enjoys the opportunity to breathe. Nor is it a particularly rambunctious film, in the way we've come to expect from a Dahl adaptation. The author's warmth often radiated through a mischievous grin, especially in the likes of 'The Twits', 'Matilda' and 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'. 'The BFG' has always been a gentler offering, but even the darkness he did include (such as The BFG's discussions with Sophie about the taste of human beings) is mostly blunted or removed entirely by Spielberg and Mathison. Critics are correct when they say the film misses this sense of threat – even the mean giants don't seem particularly fearsome – but that's not the story Spielberg is looking to tell.
"The secret whisperings of the world…"
Something seemed to shift in Spielberg's approach during the making of Lincoln. The listlessness seen in parts of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn disappeared, and the next phase in his film-making career seemed to snap into focus. Long-gestating sci-fi blockbuster Robopocalypse slipped off the slate and was replaced by talk of dramas such as Bridge of Spies, Montezuma, and The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara (The BFG, of course, also joined those films). Spielberg has always been fascinated by character, dialogue, and the little grace notes that make those things come alive, but Lincolnpushed them to the forefront more than ever, and ushered in a new approach to tone and pacing.
Confident, stately, relaxed, Lincoln found its sister film in last year's Bridge of Spies, which delighted in its slow-burn pace and the studied, deliberate turn of Mark Rylance as Rudolf Abel, and it again influences The BFG, in which the excellent Rylance exudes a similar silent nobility. This is very much a post-Lincoln Spielberg blockbuster, a film more concerned with words than explosions, eloquence than excitement. It's arguably the first time Spielberg has seemed truly at ease at the helm of populist entertainment since 2002's Minority Report (which he identified as "a gourmet popcorn movie", suggesting he saw it, like The BFG, as no mere slice of summer escapism), and, though time will tell, that's enabled him to craft a charming fantasy that can rival even E.T..
His ability to couch the fantastical effects and state of the art motion capture in a small story about a child gives Spielberg the confidence he's perhaps lacked on similar films in recent years. With The BFG, he delights in turning Sophie into a typically Spielbergian child hero. She's sprightly, inventive, heroic, and noble – played by Ruby Barnhill with a delightful spark and quiet vulnerability that's not been heralded enough. Outraged by The BFG's treatment at the hands of the other giants, she tries to inspire him to fight back. She concocts plans, demands rather than asks, and takes well-earned delight in describing herself as "an untrustworthy child". True to the rebellious heart of Dahl's book and their own work in depicting the necessity of childhood battles against adult conformity, Spielberg and Mathison have crafted a world where such descriptions are to be worn as badges of honour.
In some ways, Sophie is a stronger hero than her closest analogue Elliott, but she's similarly lost. Wandering through the halls of her silent orphanage at the height of the Witching Hour, she casts a lonely figure – lost and so utterly anonymous that she can sneak through by without being spotted. The BFG's entry into this world isn't just an exciting and wondrous event (though the way Spielberg captures the giant's snatching of the girl in a long held take is simple, dazzling, and beautifully nightmarish); it's an utterly transformative one. Like E.T.'s arrival in Elliott's world, The BFG offers Sophie a lifeline, an opportunity for more than just magic and mystery, but for companionship and camaraderie as well. Sophie essentially finds her soul mate.
Spielberg takes great joy in reflecting this visually. Released from the shackles of serious drama, he plays with imagery with an abandon we've not seen for a number of years. A standout moment finds The BFG and Sophie hiding on the streets of London by disguising themselves as trees, while in another The BFG's dream orbs mimic Sophie's excited jumping by bouncing up and down in their jars. Sophie describes herself as an insomniac who can't fall asleep long enough to dream, but as the film progresses, it's as if her inner life and imagination are so firmly awakened by her friendship with The BFG that she comes to have more of a connection with the dreams he catches than he himself does.
Moments such as these abound and they're often played out in silence, or with minimal dialogue. Cutting back the chat, Spielberg lets his camerawork, John Williams' playful score, Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg's organic, tangible production design, and Janusz Kaminski's radiant cinematography do the talking. One particularly impressive sequence comes when The BFG guides Sophie through his home, the camera lapping up each wonderful detail with every bit of the quiet grace we saw in Lincoln, while another comes during the Buckingham Palace sequences, where both our heroes are – perhaps for the first time – given luxurious feasts to devour for breakfast. Spielberg and editor Michael Kahn cut between The BFG and Sophie's delighted faces in a scene that's both humourous and heartening.
It's a final seal on their friendship, a visual lock of a bond built not on words, but commonality and compassion. It should be little surprise then that it's expressed not through narrative thrust but the secret whisperings of cinema: sound and visuals.
"I catch dreams…"
Of course, Spielberg's the serial storyteller, a man who as a child would summon scary stories based on the trees outside his window and cracks in his bedroom window. He couldn't make a film that forgoes storytelling altogether, and indeed he hasn't. While The BFG may take a relaxed approach to telling its story, it makes significant statements about the art of storytelling itself, and stands as one of Spielberg's most eloquent films about the topic (he's touched on it in parts of Close Encounters, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Jurassic Park, while the whole of Catch Me If You Can focuses on fiction and fabrication). Dahl wrote 'The BFG' as a bedtime story for his grand-daughter Sophie (even writing her into it as the main character), and Spielberg expands that idea by turning The BFG into one of his most eloquent and engaging storytellers. (1)
A catcher, creator, and deliverer of dreams though he may be, Spielberg's BFG cuts a sad and lonely figure. He exists in solitude, far away from humanity and is bullied by his brother giants. Yet he quietly yearns for 'human beans' and Spielberg again lets us know with subtle clues. His home is littered with artefacts from the human world – a broken plane wing, old telephone boxes, wrecked ships – and though he feels he can't come into contact with humans for fear they'd chop him up and experiment, he clearly takes great delight in connecting with them through his pendulous ears, which allow him to hear "all the secret whisperings of the world". He is both a part of and entirely separate from the world he admires, grasping towards it through the fragments of adventures past.
His role as a dreamweaver and storyteller gives him the opportunity to silently venture into the human world each night, experiencing new adventures and concocting new stories. Though Spielberg shows us fewer of The BFG's dreams than Dahl did in the book, the one we do see captures the spirit of storytelling beautifully. We find a young boy whose father receives a telephone call from the President. But the President doesn't want to speak to the man; he needs the boy, who's the only person in the world who can help him out of his predicament. The dream is short, played out in shadow on the boy's bedroom wall, and leaves the child with a small, satisfied smile on his face. Like the film as a whole and like Sophie's moments of delight with her oversized friend, it's a fleeting incident that will live on somewhere on the edge of memory and emotion.
This, the film suggests, is what stories deliver, but they can cut deep as well as soothe wounds. One Spielberg/Mathison addition to Dahl's text is the story of a boy who The BFG snatched years before taking Sophie. The pair enjoyed their time together, but it ended tragically when the child was eaten by lead nasty giant The Flushlumpeater (Jermaine Clement on delightfully villainous form). Though not macabre in the way Dahl was, it's a surprisingly dark addition, and one that paints The BFG's entire character in a new light. His desire to catch dreams and tell stories comes off not just as a charming frippery, but an absolute necessity. He does it to both remember and forget the story of the boy, to both recover from it and redeem himself for it. If indeed he can be redeemed.
The issue of redemption looms large over The BFG, with Spielberg and Mathison turning the struggle for forgiveness into the source of the ultimate nightmare. Spielberg depicts Dahl's ultimate bad dream (a Trogglehumper) as a fearsome red orb that buzzes through Dream Country like an angry hornet. But this dream contains not monsters or demons, but a simple message: "Look at what you has done. And there be no forgiveness." For the stubbornly optimistic Spielberg, who found light even in the darkness of the Holocaust, it's notable that the ultimate nightmare isn't some monstrous external force, but the absence of something from within – forgiveness, redemption, happiness, the ability to change and move on. Stories are dreams, Spielberg suggests, and in those dreams, anything can happen. But nightmares… nightmares are a lack of story, a place where transformation is impossible, and forgiveness can never arrive. Lack, loneliness, longing for something that is desperately needed but will always remain just out of reach. It's a very Spielbergian kind of horror.
The only cure for such emptiness, the film suggests, is to spread the joy of storytelling, and The BFG's role in the movie is not just to deliver dreams, but to turn others into dream-makers and storytellers. When Sophie hides in the alcove where the little boy slept, she sees drawings detailing his and the giant's time together. They embarked on numerous adventures and there's even the suggestion that it was the boy who named his friend the Big Friendly Giant, a monicker the giant seems delighted to accept. Again, the concept of storytelling as a way to control memory, ease the pain of the things we've lost in the past, while simultaneously remembering them to shape our future, emerges. By continuing to use the name, The BFG reminds himself of his lost friend and pays tribute to him at the same time.
Sophie becomes a storyteller too, turning the Big Friendly Giant into the more manageable BFG, and helping him concoct the nightmare that will form a critical part of their plan to defeat the mean giants. Having conceived of the idea, then formed the story, Sophie subsequently becomes the teller, delivering the nightmare to the Queen at Buckingham Palace. In this moment, Spielberg does something unexpected and rather brilliant by not showing how the Queen responds to the dream (beyond a few off-screen upset cries). Instead, his camera stays focused on Sophie as she delightedly watches the Royal experience the story she's created. Thus Sophie's journey from consumer to creator is complete. Her joy in seeing the dream play out, and knowledge of the positive effects it will bring, underlines how potent such stories can be, and why the film cares so passionately about them.
They are one of the few dependable things that can complete us and fill up the emptiness.
"Times'll be hard, times'll be soft. But she'll remember the good deeds…"
And yet, it's to absence that Spielberg returns as he and Mathison draw the story to a close. Two scenes stand out in the film's finale, and both, fittingly for a film of moments rather than set pieces, are small grace notes.
The first comes as Sophie and The BFG are about to put their plan to beat the mean giants into action. They sit on the side of a mountain looking out across Giant Country and their sleeping foes. Having caught a dream earlier in the film, Sophie asks The BFG what it contains. He tells her that it's her life – she grows up, finds love, finds fulfilment, and has kids of her own whose dreams she helps come true. However, he tells her, she can't live that life in Giant Country. Just as Elliott needs to let E.T. go to mature, Sophie needs to wake up from her dream, rub her eyes, and join the real world again.
So in a dramatic divergence from the book, our heroes part. Whereas for Dahl, the BFG finished the story in England, living in a gigantic castle with Sophie next door in a small cottage, Spielberg puts Sophie in the care of Mary, the Queen's maid, and suggests the beginnings of a family between her, Mary, and Rafe Spall's Mr Tibbs. The BFG, meanwhile, remains in Giant Country. The mean giants have gone and much of the land is now taken up by fields filled with fruit and vegetables, but he's still alone. It's a surprising move – sentimental Spielberg providing a sadder ending than the mischievous, often dark Dahl – but it once again underlines Spielberg's focus on longing and loneliness and what we can do to prevent them.
In the film's final shots, Sophie leans out of the window of her new home after waking up from a dream in which she saw The BFG again, and quietly wishes her friend a good morning. Spielberg cuts to Giant Country, where The BFG's huge ears twitch to pick up the sounds as he writes a book detailing his and Sophie's adventures – the dream-maker literally becoming a storyteller. He smiles a smile that captures the film in one beautiful image – wistful, melancholic, but still undoubtedly happy. Like a promise made at a graveside, it's the smile of a man who's lost something but is perhaps happy to have had something to lose, the smile of a man who will look back on his time with Sophie with joy and fondness, even though the lack of contact with her aches. It's a smile that captures Spielberg's entire career, from David Mann's alienation on those dusty roads in Duel to James Donovan's persecution as he defends Abel, and would even act as the perfect fullstop for it.
Indeed, endings seem to weigh heavy on the film. Perhaps for Spielberg, former Movie Brat now turned one of cinema's elder statesmen, and Mathison, who was ill while writing and shooting the film, The BFG, dreams, and stories are not just fantastical tales to help us escape the real world, but passages through to it (2), maybe even passages through to a form of immortality (3). Dreams remix past memories in creative ways, and stories do the same. The stories we tell keep our memories and emotions alive – bringing vivid reality to our fears, our joys, our hopes, and our longings. They're the best way to keep the past strong in our minds, and the bonds between us firm – even when the physical distance is too great to be bridged. As long as we keep dreaming, keep telling stories and by doing those things, keep memory vital, then loneliness and longing somehow seem less painful.
It's a beautiful idea. I hope it's true.
(1) Whether Quint regaling Brody and Hooper with the tale of the USS Indianapolis, Jim in Empire of the Sun basing his vision of Basie off a character in a comic book, or John Hammond looking to give audiences "something real, something they can touch" in Jurassic Park, storytellers have often appeared in Spielberg films. The theme has moved into overdrive recently though. Joey acted as a bridge between disparate narratives in War Horse, Tintin's very medium drew attention to its artificiality, Lincoln would repeatedly offer stories to help prove his points, and even Donovan became a storyteller in Bridge of Spies, offering the truth of Abel's humanity in the face of paranoid scaremongering. The BFG continues the prominence of storytelling and storytellers in Spielberg's recent fare, and it'll be interesting to see where Ready Player One, The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara, and Indiana Jones 5 take the concept.
(2) "I don't want audiences to escape from reality," Spielberg once said. "I want them to escape with reality."
(3) "Dreams are so quick," Sophie says after witnessing the boy's short dream. "Yeah, on the outside, but long on the inside," replies The BFG.


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Bioremediation manages microorganisms to reduce, eliminate, contain, or transform contaminants present in soils, sediments, water, or air. Various forms of bioremediation have been documented throughout recorded history. The composting of agricultural residues and sewage treatment are based on the use of microorganisms to catalyze chemical transformations. Composting dates back to 6000 BCE, with the modern use of bioremediation beginning over 100 years ago with the design and operation of the first biological sewage treatment plant in Sussex, England, in 1891. Over the past several decades, in situ degradation of biologically foreign chemical compounds (solvents, explosives, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, heavy metals, radionuclides, etc.) has been used as a cost-effective alternative to incineration or burial in landfills (Alexander, 1994). An advantage of bioremediation over other methods is that it transforms contaminants instead of simply moving them from one source to another as in the practice of land filling (Table 17.7). Also it is relatively low cost compared to other methods of removal. In a bioremediation process, microorganisms break down contaminants to obtain chemical energy. It involves the manipulation of microorganisms and their metabolic processes (enzymes) to degrade compounds of concern. Figure 17.3 shows the microbial degradation pathway of a pesticide, DDT (Bumpus and Aust, 1987).
Phanerochaete chrysosporium (and several other species) uses a peroxidase enzyme system that acts in concert with H2O2, produced by the fungus, to degrade many recalcitrant organics, especially those with structures similar to lignin, which naturally degrades in soil systems. Degradable contaminants include DDT, lindane, chlordane, TNT, and PCBs. Bacteria and fungi have been shown to break down practically all hydrocarbon contamination in the natural environment.
Through studying natural processes, researchers have been able to determine what conditions are necessary for degradation and what organisms are active degraders of specific pollutants and manipulate them. Examples of aerobic bacteria managed for their degradative abilities include Pseudomonas, Alcaligenes, Sphingomonas, Rhodococcus, and Mycobacterium. These bacteria have been reported to degrade pesticides and hydrocarbons, both alkane and polyaromatic compounds (PAHs). Many of these organisms are capable of using the contaminant as the sole source of C and energy. In the absence of O2, anaerobic bacteria have been used in the remediation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dechlori-nation of trichloroethylene (TCE) and chloroform. Ligninolytic fungi, such as P. chrysosporium, have the ability to degrade an extremely diverse group of persistent PAHs. Methylotrophs use the methane monooxygenase pathway to degrade a wide range of compounds including the chlorinated aliphatics, trichloroethylene,
496 Chapter 17 Management of Organisms and Their Processes in Soils TABLE 17.7 Description of Common Bioremediation Approaches
In situ bioremediation of soil The goal of aerobic in situ bioremediation is to supply oxygen and nutrients to the microorganisms in the soil and does not require excavation or removal of contaminated soils. In situ techniques can vary in the way they supply oxygen to the organisms that degrade the contaminants. Two such methods are bioventing and injection of hydrogen peroxide. Remediation can take years to reach cleanup goals.
Bioventing Bioventing systems deliver air from the atmosphere into the soil above the water table through injection wells where contamination is located. Nutrients, nitrogen, and phosphorus may be added to increase the growth rate of the microorganisms.
Injection of hydrogen peroxide This process delivers oxygen by circulating hydrogen peroxide through contaminated soils to stimulate the activity of indigenous microbial populations.
Ex situ bioremediation of soil Ex situ techniques require excavation and treatment of the contaminated soil. Ex situ techniques include slurry- and solid-phase techniques.
Liquid slurry phase Contaminated soil is combined with water and other additives in a bioreactor and mixed to keep indigenous microorganisms in contact with the contaminants. Solid-phase bioremediation treats soils in aboveground treatment areas equipped with collection systems to prevent contaminants from escaping.
Contaminated soils are excavated and spread on a pad with a system that collects leachates or contaminated liquids that seep out of the contaminated soil. The soil is periodically turned to mix air or provide nutrients.
Contaminated soil is piled to several meters over an air distribution system. Moisture and nutrient levels are incorporated to maximize microbial activity. Biodegradable contaminates are mixed with straw, hay, or other C-rich compounds to facilitate optimum levels of air and water to microbial populations. The three commonly used designs are static pile composting, mechanically agitated in-vessel composting, and windrow composting.
Solid phase
Soil biopiles
Composting and 1,2-dichloroethane. Geobacter sulfurreducens (Fig. 17.4) grows with insoluble Mn(IV) oxides as the electron acceptor.
Several factors influence the success of bioremediation and should be considered on a site-by-site basis. Factors include the existence of a microbial population capable of degrading the contaminant, availability of contaminants in the microbial populations, the type of contaminant, its concentration, and environmental factors such as soil type, temperature, pH, the presence of oxygen, or other electron
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Service Centre
There's currently that certain something in the air, isn't there? It's still a little early for spring in the northern hemisphere – so it's rather the good results reported by the airfreight segment for 2017 that have shown that the strong developments of the last few quarters are continuing. This is another reason for us to have a look around at the Air Cargo India trade fair in Mumbai from 20–22 February and see what the latest trends are. We hope to meet up with you there!
Another mood that we're keen to gauge, especially at the beginning of the year, is that of shippers. We were present at the Swiss Shippers' Council traditional meeting at the beginning of February in Interlaken, where the shipping industry took centre stage. You can get an overview of the sector's mood and prospects in our "Focus" on page 6 of this issue.
Another key area we've focused on in this issue is intermodal transport. Neither the railways' nor the inland waterways' full potential is being realised by a long chalk. Exchanging opinions with terminal operators in the hinterlands, such as France's Lyon Terminal, is particularly instructive. The river Rhône alone could immediately handle more than four times its current container throughput, for example, if the concomitant basic conditions were in place. So it is possible to decongest the roads.
Here's to your interesting read!
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We set a Sketch Challenge for our Design Teams' last challenge!!!!
but this one was with a twist, they needed to scrap with another design team members photo....
it did get their creative juices flowing and we kept the final results a secret from them!, so they are seeing what everyone has done for the first time as well..... but just before we see the challenge , I would like to take this opportunity to thank the 2009 design team , We have had a fantastic year, alot of laughs, and I am proud to say, SIA design team of the year for 2009.
We could not of achieved this without such a great bunch of talented ladies! so Melleny, Renee, Sarah, Hetty, Sonia, Tatum, Jane, and Jolene
So on with the challenge, they where given some yummy products, a sketch, and a photo and this is what they came up with!
Melleny Ams
Melleny was given Hetty's photo, My Minds Eye Life time stories collection no 2, and a touch of Prima flowers
Renee Dowling
Renee was given Sonia's daughter photo, Memento paper range -Summer, ramble, and picnic papers topped off with some prima flowers ......
Sarah Gladman
Sarah was given Renee's photo, Harmonie- Chic and Glamour range and of course a touch of prima flowers .....
Hetty Hall
Hettywas given Melleny's daughter & friend photo with My Minds Eye- Lovee me do Collection with a touch of prima flowers
Sonia Thomason
Sonia was given Tatum's daughters Photo with Rouge de garance - Marie Antoinette Collection- sonia made some lovely flowers with collection.....
Tatum Woodroffe
Tatum was given Sarah photo with My Minds Eye - Life stories Collection no 1 embellished with prima ....
Angella Peardon
I was given my mum's photo ( she is beautiful) about 20yrs of age here!
I have used Upsy daisy designs Enchanted Collection with some Harmonie gold stickers, buttons and Prima... ( but guess what, this was a class! .. I had taught and I have some excess kits left over, which are available if you are interested just email me firstname.lastname@example.com for details
The design team have done a great job, one sketch can look so different, a reminder the new design team call has been made click here for details
closing date is 28th January 2010
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Back in 2001, there was "a storm of protest over a move by the World Wide Web Consortium to bless fee-bearing patents as official web standards."
If you started using the Internet with Facebook and other social networks, this may be the first time you meet this kind of problem. However, people willing to create them still exist, and you can't afford to ignore the issue, as the result would be an Internet where "everybody will get screwed, even if they'll get screwed equally".
Please read the whole story here.


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Market Recap for Thursday, November 15, 2018
If only for a day, technology stocks (XLK, +2.51%) resumed its leadership role. And it's likely to only be one day after two ugly quarterly earnings reports in the semiconductor space ($DJUSSC, +3.22%). This industry group will almost certainly be under intense selling pressure when the opening bell rings, but I'll be most interested in what happens after the bell rings. Any chartist would recognize that NVIDIA's (NVDA) and Applied Materials' (AMAT) earnings reports were not likely to be good. Both stocks have been spiraling lower for months - NVDA has lost 1/3 of its market cap since October 1st when it was trading at an all-time high and AMAT has been nearly cut in half since hitting $62 per share in March. Everyone should have predicted poor results, but will see an exhaustive selloff at today's open? Are these both cases of "sell on rumor, buy on news"? Today's candle will tell the story.
Financials (XLF, +1.48%), energy (XLE, +1.47%), materials (XLB, +1.37%) and industrials (XLI, +1.32%) all gained more than 1% on the session. Leading financials was the group that's led throughout much of the past couple years - financial administration ($DJUSFA, +2.44%) - as Square (SQ, +5.43%) and PayPal (PYPL, +3.20) both enjoyed solid days. The DJUSFA appears to have completed a bullish inverse head & shoulders continuation pattern with yesterday's bullish engulfing candle:
Remember one thing. A bullish pattern isn't a pattern until it's confirmed with a breakout to execute the pattern. That would require a close above 486 and heavy volume to accompany the breakout would add significance to the breakout and pattern.
Banks ($DJUSBK, +1.96%) also enjoyed a very strong session as the 10 year treasury yield ($TNX) reversed to close at 3.12% after touching 3.08% intraday.
Pre-Market Action
Crude oil ($WTIC) continues to find support and buyers as it attempts to reverse the huge slide that began six weeks ago from $77 per barrel. We saw a Tuesday low just beneath $55 per barrel. This morning, crude is up more than 2% to $57.66 at last check. That should help the energy ETF (XLE), which has easily been the worst performing sector over the past month and a half.
The Fed's Richard Clarida suggested that the Fed is moving closer to "neutral", suggesting that economic data ahead will determine whether the Fed's policy will be one of loosening or tightening. Those comments have money rotating towards treasuries this morning, with the 10 year treasury yield ($TNX) falling back to 3.09%, a drop of 3 basis points to challenge yesterday's low.
Asian markets were mixed overnight, while European markets are clearly lower. That European weakness, along with a couple not-so-great earnings reports last night, has U.S. futures on the defensive. Dow Jones futures are lower by 153 points with 30 minutes left to the opening bell. On a percentage basis, NASDAQ futures look to open even lower.
Current Outlook
The near-term downtrend on the S&P 500 was ended yesterday during the afternoon buying spree, or was it? Recently, I've provided charts showing that the declining 20 hour EMA has provided overhead resistance on bounces. Well, that changed yesterday as price surged above both the 20 hour and 50 hour moving averages. Furthermore, when selling kicked in, the now-rising 20 hour EMA held as support:
But the October selloff ended with a much more predictable pattern as momentum slowed (positive divergence printed) as we neared a bottom. There was no such pattern yesterday. We filled gap support down to the October 30th close and then the buying began - all with the PPO accelerating lower. Is this just a blip to the upside within a bigger picture of selling? Today will likely provide us some clues. Futures are weak on the heels of several ugly quarterly earnings reports from high profile technology names like NVIDIA (NVDA) and Applied Materials (AMAT). Semiconductors ($DJUSSC) provided technology and the overall market a big lift on Thursday, but are likely to be under considerable pressure today given those two earnings reports.
Sector/Industry Watch
Health care providers ($DJUSHP, +0.20%) recovered yesterday after short-term gap support was tested. We've seen recent underperformance in the DJUSHP relative to the benchmark S&P 500, but the longer-term outperformance can easily be seen in the chart below:
The reversing candle suggests that a key short-term price low has been established as buyers re-emerged just below the 2060 level. I'd expect to see that level hold as support if tested overall market weakness resumes and the DJUSHP tests 2060. In the meantime, the recent selling is likely providing for entry into stocks in this space for solid short-term reward to risk opportunities.
Historical Tendencies
The small cap Russell 2000 has certainly had its issues the past couple months, significantly underperforming the S&P 500 despite a stronger U.S. Dollar ($USD). But from a seasonal perspective, the RUT is about to enter two crazy bullish periods, sandwiched around one brief bearish period. Check out the RUT's annualized returns since 1987 for the calendar periods below:
November 23rd through December 6th: +70.55%
December 7th through December 15th: -41.20%
December 16th through December 31st: +73.06%
December has easily been the best performing calendar month for the RUT over the past three decades. Given the strong dollar backdrop, I'd look for significant outperformance by small caps from now through year end.
Key Earnings Reports
(actual vs. estimate):
VIAB: .99 vs .95
Key Economic Reports
October industrial production to be released at 9:15am EST: +0.2% (estimate)
October capacity utilization to be released at 9:15am EST: 78.2% (estimate)
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The owner of energy giant British Gas has revealed residential profits of £606 million in 2012, just months after increasing its prices for customers.
This works out as a profit of nearly £50 per household and is an 11% rise in profit from the previous year.
Parent company Centrica said that the profit increase at British Gas' residential energy division was due to colder-than-usual weather last year which saw gas use rise by 12%.
British Gas remains the UK's largest energy provider, with 15.7million accounts in 2012. Read our British Gas review to find out how its energy prices have changed over time and what British Gas customers think of it.
Rising energy costs
British Gas increased its gas and electricity prices by around 6% in November 2012, adding almost £80 a year to the average bill.
Recent Which? research revealed that rising energy bills are consumers' top financial worry. 82% are concerned about gas and electricity prices while 39% say they distrust the energy sector.
Which? executive director Richard Lloyd said: 'At a time when spiralling energy bills are consumers' top financial worry, people are bound to question whether they're paying a fair price when they see a big profits announcement from the biggest of the energy giants.'
Simpler and fairer energy bills needed
He added: 'The Prime Minister promised that energy suppliers would have to put their customers on the cheapest tariffs but Ofgem's proposals last week for simpler tariffs do not go far enough to keep prices in check. The Government should take more radical action to provide not just simpler but fairer bills.
'Prices will only be kept as low as possible if there is more effective competition and switching between energy companies. For this to happen the price of every tariff should be presented in a clear, consistent and simple way, through single unit prices like those for petrol and diesel, so people can easily spot the cheapest deal — not just with their current supplier but across the market.'
We called for wide-reaching change in the market in our first energy report, 'The Imbalance of Power'. As well as the introduction of a single unit rate we're asking for changes to make it quicker and easier for consumers to switch to better energy deals.
To find out if you're on the best energy tariff – or to see if you could cut your bills – compare gas and electricity prices with Which? Switch.
- Read our five top tips to stop your energy company overcharging
- Find out how your supplier scores in our energy companies satisfaction survey
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Discover Oklahoma: Budget woes highlight state parks' vulnerability
We hear news each day of economic woes affecting Wall Street, corporate giants, major manufacturers and small businesses. Federal, state and local governments are not immune and feel pinched by the pressures of money shortages. In a recent budget committee meeting, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger suggested the closure of 220 state parks, along with numerous other program cuts, to help alleviate a $24 billion budget deficit his state is facing. According to news reports, citizens at this hearing pleaded passionately to find other ways to keep these resources available and keep the parks open. The protection of historic structures and natural resources, along with the recreational and educational opportunities parks offer, were foremost in their argument to keep the facilities operating. California is just one example. The other states also are trying to maintain a balance for taxpaying citizens who pump money into their state's economy and expect a return on their investment. On a recent trip to Arizona, I looked forward, as always, to visiting a state park to compare it to an Oklahoma state park experience. I chose Jerome State Park since I would be staying in nearby Sedona. As we made our way up the mountain, a sign pointed in the direction of the state park. To my dismay, a sign that had been placed directly below the main sign said "Closed." Not wanting to believe what I saw and hoping it was just closed for lunch, we drove as far as we could on the road only to see the gate shut and padlocked. Disappointed, we made our way to downtown Jerome and the art galleries and souvenir shops that lined the streets. In each store, I asked about the closure of the state park and was told each time it was because of budget cuts. Most of the stores had placed petitions on their counters asking for signatures to support reopening the park. The citizens of Jerome are passionate about the loss of this state park, and they have good reason. The town's economy and residents' livelihood are suffering because of the closing. As one store clerk explained, this is the busiest time of the season for them. Unfortunately, the number of people coming this year is about half of what it has been in previous years. This same clerk said she had been an employee of the park but was forced to find another way to support her family. Of course, there are two sides to every story. When I called Arizona park officials, the public information officer explained the park was closed for capital improvements. A wall had collapsed in the main building, and there was no money in the remaining budget to make immediate repairs, so the park had to be closed for the season. Besides Jerome, another Arizona park also has been closed for capital improvements, the official said. It's an eye-opening experience to see the immediate and ripple effects on the economy triggered by the closing of a state park. Although the budget situations facing Oklahoma state parks are not as dire as those in California or Arizona, we are facing budget cuts, hiring freezes and a mandate on needed repairs as our parks continue to keep gates open and operate on a daily basis. As stewards of our land, we should not take for granted what we have available to us. By continuing to respect what we have and maintaining our parks, we can ensure our future generations have these same opportunities. Keli Clark is marketing assistant for Oklahoma Parks, Resorts and Golf.
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PhD thesis by Rickard Lindqvist in Chinese
Soft cover book, 316 pages. Printed in China.
Published in Chinese 2018, first published 2015.
If you are interested in the process and background of the Atacac garments this document is central for the understanding of why we do what we do and how we do it.
Currently it is only available as a printed book in Chinese. However, you can find an English revised digital version of parts of the thesis is here and the original text is available to download as a pdf from www.academia.edu
Fashion designers are presented with a range of methods and concepts for pattern cutting are presented, the main body of these methods, both traditional and contemporary, is predominantly based on a theoretical approximation of the body that is derived from horizontal and vertical measurements of the body in an upright position: the tailoring matrix. As a consequence, there is a lack of interactive and dynamic qualities in methods connected to this paradigm of garment construction, from both expressional and functional perspectives.
The research conducted here is basic research, aiming to identify fundamental principles for garment construction. The work proposes and explores an alternative paradigm for pattern cutting that includes a new theoretical approximation of the body. Based on some key principles found in the works of Geneviève Sevin-Doering and in pre-tailoring methods for constructing garments, the proposed theory for – and method of – garment construction was developed through concrete experiments by cutting and draping fabrics on live models.


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Anytime there's a transaction involving money, cybercriminals look for ways to hack in and intercept funds. Student Loans are the latest target.
It's the Fall semester and an eager young college student is due the balance of their student loan. They've inputted their banking information into the university's system, and the money should show up any day. That is, until the student receives an email that's all-too-familiar to those of us in the security sector of tech:
It's a rather convincing-looking email sent to an unsuspecting student. The use of late fees creates a sense of urgency within the student, requiring them to log in and check their bill.
The email links to what appears to be a university student portal – where the student sees their billing, schedule, grades, and more. It's not. It's a duplicate set up by cybercriminals. Students "log on", providing their credentials. Cybercriminals are able to use those credentials to log onto the real portal and alter the banking details for the excess student loan payout to be directed to an account they control.
Some universities have already seen this scam: Florida Gulf Coast and Wellesley College have both reported schemes like these. Some universities are taking measures such as requiring two-factor authentication to gain access, making it difficult for scammers to access student accounts.
This scam demonstrates how cybercriminals are digging into business processes where money changes hands and are finding ways to insert themselves into the process in order to redirect money transfers. We covered this same type of scam impacting the mortgage industry a few months back.
Those parts of your organization's businesses processes that involve the transacting of money (accounts payable, accounts receivable, sales, an online store, etc.) requires additional levels of security to ensure users don't become victims of scams designed to give an attacker access to systems controlling any part of those transactions. Providing users with Security Awareness Training is critical in these circumstances, to educate the user on the kinds of social engineering scams they may face, how to identify them, and what to do about it should they encounter one.
We recommend EVERYONE to review the 22 social engineering red flags to watch out for in any email. It might be a good idea to print out this PDF and pass it along to family, friends, and coworkers. Remember to always think before you click!


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With three World Cups, three Euros and the 2012 London Olympics under her belt, England and Chelsea forward Eni Aluko is no stranger to big occasions in football. This was her sixth FA Cup Final and she very nearly netted her team a fourth goal with a ferocious strike, after coming on as a substitute, in their 3-1 win on Saturday. There's still a league double to play for but we spoke to her about the joy of her fourth FA Cup win, pushing for prizes in Europe and for a starting place in the team…
On trophies won so far, and breaking new ground in Europe with Chelsea this season, where being part of this team ranks in her career:
Yeah I mean I think it's safe to say my time at Chelsea has been the most successful of my career. In previous clubs I've always finished second, or just nearly got there, but when I came in 2012 I just wanted to win. I was obsessed with winning and here I am. This is now my fourth FA Cup trophy, the second with Chelsea, at Wembley, and I'm just really proud and really blessed to be adding to my trophy cabinet with a team of friends really; amazing people that I really care about. I just feel really happy.
On whether the feeling of being an integral part of this Chelsea team draws similarities with the Charlton team which she won her first FA Cup trophy with in 2005 v Everton:
It does very much so, and when I went out at Charlton and scored the winning goal, I was 18 then, and for me, that was the best day of my life. I only wanted more from then on, and here I am all these years later, still delighted to have won another trophy with Chelsea. I'm just really pleased to be part of a successful team, because I think so many teams are good teams, but not necessarily winning teams. It's that push to keep winning and winning and winning that's the most important thing.
On whether her family, particularly her brother Sone, who has also played at Wembley before, with Hull a couple of times, were at the game:
No, he wasn't unfortunately, but he would have watched the game or watched the highlights. I mean my family, we're just so blessed. My mum almost takes it for granted, coming to Wembley! She's been to Wembley a few times to watch me and Sone play, and it's just an amazing blessing to be winning here at Wembley in front of so many people.
On the difference between this talented Chelsea team and those elite European teams in the UWCL and how close they are to them:
Well it's a hard one to answer, because I think when you get to the semi-final you're close, but when you lose you're quite far away. You've just got to keep pushing, this club needs to keep pushing, keep adding pieces to the team, keep pushing the mentality, keep pushing standards, standards in training, standards on the pitch. I think this is one of the best teams I've ever been part of; we're genuine friends, we genuinely care about each other and I think that's an important thing. For me, my teammates have been a huge rock for me in good times and bad times. I think that's all the elements to a team that eventually goes on to surpass expectation. It's not going to be easy; I think the rest of Europe are strengthening as well, so we've just got to keep pushing that mentality. Those occasions like today, when you win and you get over the line, that helps as well; it builds confidence and builds that winning mentality.
On personally, how much fire is in her to win back that starting place or whether she is just letting things happen and considering the future:
I think as a footballer, you can only do so much, and at the end of the day it's a manager's decision. One of my mantras this season has been just to stay ready. Use training as a confidence booster for me, use training as something that always prepares me for any decision that the manager makes. Obviously, I'd liked to have played more this season, and I think I've got a decision to make now whether I stay at the club and continue fighting for my place, or I look for another experience. I think when you win trophies, it's easier I think to walk away, because I can't think of any better experience than a league trophy, 2015, two FA Cups now, semi-final of the Champions League – my heart is full. So, it's not a case of fighting, it's saying 'what more can I do in my career that's gonna fulfil me and when I retire, make me happy and make me believe that I've done everything I possibly can to make my family proud?'


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The Human Resource Manager will be responsible for all areas of the Human Resource function but not limited to: recruitment, benefits, leadership, compensation, diversity, employee relations, employee development, compliance, timekeeping, and leave administration. The Human Resource Manager will be responsible for visiting the facilities in Collin County and the mid-city area.
Human Resource Manager Job Responsibilities:
-Ensure progressive discipline and terminations are consistent and appropriate
-Address employee relations issues, such as harassment allegations, work complaints, or other employee concerns
-Administer, interpret and explain human resources policies, procedures, laws, standards, or regulations
-Prepare and maintain employment records related to events such as hiring, termination, leaves, transfers, or promotions, using human resources management system
-Develop and/or implement recruiting strategies to meet current or anticipated staffing needs
-Assist and oversee new employee orientations and process hiring-related paperwork
-Conduct exit interviews and ensure that necessary employment termination paperwork is completed
-Ensures timely and consistent entry of salaried and hourly payroll and payroll data
-Monitors for the consistency in application of policies and procedures and compliance with governmental regulations, IE., Department of Labor
-Manage any Texas Workforce Commission or employee related claims
-Assists in promoting training for all employees (hourly and salaried) are being met and are consistent with company needs
-Helps to provide counseling/coaching for all employees including management and supervisors regarding employee relations matters
-Manages all aspects of leave administration in conjunction with the company's policies including discussions with employees going out on leave, proper documentation, related questions or concerns, and tracking of time away
-Provides reports, analysis, action plans and documentation to corporate departments as required
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When Kacey Left
The journal format of this spare novel allows for an in-depth examination of the daily grief experienced after a friend's suicide.
When Kacey Left, an epistolary novel, traces the aftermath of teen suicide. Dawn Green's succinct story for high schoolers examines bewilderment, and displays a talent for portraying the unsettling feeling of being defined as the best friend of the girl who died. Through a series of letters that imagine conversations between the writer, Sara Stickley, and Kacey, and letters that detail Sara's return to school in the midst of curiosity and sympathy, living with absence turns both emotional and revelatory.
Sara's letters to Kacey begin as a therapeutic exercise suggested by her counselor. At first reluctant to participate in what she views as a "punishment," Sara gradually opens up to confronting pain. The choice to frame the novel as a journal allows for raw informality. Memories, text messages, Sara's take on events at school, anger, and longing all have a place, creating a realistic, fragmented journey that sometimes leaves Sara reeling and other times leaves her tentative, with questions such as "Does moving on with my life mean forgetting yours?" The approach is poignant, though by necessity, it leaves minimal room for developing secondary characters and setting (as Sara would likely omit such details, knowing that her addressee was familiar with them). Despite the layer of remove the journal creates—even as it simultaneously invites a sense of witnessing deeply personal grief—it's an effective way to show how daily pressures build.
Green wisely allows other perspectives to enter as Sara expresses frustration. The views administrators, teachers, and parents take emerge as a mixture of downplaying "the situation" and of watching Sara closely, in fear that she, too, may show signs of depression. Without seeming didactic, the novel ably depicts some of the realities of suicide, the most rending of which may be the fact that there is never an adequate explanation for why.
Intense in its accumulation of gestures, words, and impressions, When Kacey Left allows the subject of suicide to become not an event but the beginning of a larger conversation.
Reviewed by
Karen Rigby
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This basic video will help you search in the MEDLINE (EBSCO) database from the HPD Library website. By watching this video you will learn how to access the MEDLINE (EBSCO) database, correctly enter the search terms, and how to narrow the results by date, age range, or gender. Alvin Sherman library users can also access this database from the Sherman Library website by clicking on the Articles tab, Databases by Subject and selecting "M".
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Sep 16, 2018
Once upon a time, the Jacob's ladder plant was called the "charity plant", although it shouldn't be confused with the Mahonia species that also bears that common name. It's also been called "Greek valerian", although it's not a valerian. Confused yet?
You shouldn't be. Jacob's ladder gets its common name from the ladder-like or pinnate structure of its leafy foliage. And in the spring and early summer months, it shoots up slender stalks from which hang clusters of bell-like flowers.
A shade-loving variety, it has origins overseas, but is often found in the United States in garden cultivation now. It's such an easy-growing plant that it can even be considered slightly invasive if it's in the right environment! However, it can be maintained and kept to its beds as well.
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three.two Secrets Of Urine Testing
Guavas are found in the tropics, and invoke photos of vacations, summer parties and island life, but this tasty fruit is much more than a celebratory fruit is bursting with healthier vitamins and minerals and can be made use of to treat many really serious ailments. Normally the machine is fitted at your local hospital outpatients division, while some GP surgeries could have their own. They might want to see how properly your medicines are operating, to make certain they are controlling your blood pressure through the day. Alterations in the hormonal levels could also happen due to various components which includes lack of sleep, poor nutrition, anxiety and exhaustion. Considering that blood plays such an important part in each and every organ and appendage in the physique, if there is a difficulty or disease, it can often be seen by carrying out a blood test.
The new findings could lead to sufferers testing themselves at dwelling if they developed symptoms that concerned them, says Dr Nicola Winstone, study manager of Against Breast Cancer, which funded the study. All of our Blood issues, all of our spouses' Blood troubles, and all of each sets of parents' Blood troubles could effectively be passed along to our kids. The advertisers of the unapproved HIV house HIV Blood test kits claim that the presence of a visual indicator, such as a red dot, within 5 to 15 minutes of taking the test shows a good outcome for HIV infection. I am getting uric … Read More


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