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In 2016, there were more than 400 billion data records breached worldwide which is a 400% increase in just two years. Of those data breaches, 23.4% were government related.3
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3. "Data Breaches Exposed 4.2 Billion Records In 2016", Dark Reading, January 25, 2017


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Nine out of 10 technology pros think smartphones and tablets will become more important to business productivity in the next couple of years. Seventy-two percent expect to offer more bring-your-own-device options so that employees can access company data with their personal gadgets.
But IT doesn't necessarily see mobile device management software as essential to coping with this proliferation of devices in the workplace. Only 26% of respondents to the InformationWeek Mobile Device Management and Security Survey say their companies have implemented MDM software, and another 17% say they're in the process of deploying it.
Even those companies that have implemented MDM need to make sure their technology and policies really deliver the data security and management efficiency they seek. All MDM software offers the same basic capabilities, such as data wipe and device inventory, so look for additional features that fit with how you use mobile devices. For example, is it a priority for your company to build an app store, or will it need to get hundreds of new people a month on new devices? Buy MDM software optimized to deliver those outcomes.
Too many IT shops are working without this strategic view. They're merely scrambling to meet pressure from the CEO on down to offer BYOD options or increase mobile app access. "Our deployment of mobile solutions is more of a reaction to 'want,' with many of the expected issues from poor planning becoming major issues," laments one of the 307 business technology pros who responded to our survey.
What do employees want to access on their iPhones, Android phones and tablets? The four most-cited resources are email, Microsoft Office applications, VPN and company file servers.
The common trait? Employees need access to corporate data to do work while they're away from the office, and with that data access comes all kinds of security questions: who can access what data, why, when and where -- and what happens when that device goes missing? But mobile data and mobile operating systems present a different security challenge from PCs, which is why just implementing MDM software won't solve IT's BYOD and mobile management headaches. This article spotlights some of the most important factors to consider for those 39% of IT shops now evaluating MDM software -- and even those that don't think they need MDM.
Mobile Is Different
IT organizations first tried to solve the mobile security problem with the same processes they used for laptops and PCs -- tactics such as endpoint protection software, policy enforcement, password complexity and even data leak prevention software. But when your company doesn't own the device (BYOD) or has to deal with hundreds of versions of mobile operating systems, the PC approaches don't cut it.
Among respondent companies using, planning to use or evaluating MDM, only BlackBerry Enterprise Server and Microsoft ActiveSync are currently deployed or planned for use by more than 14%. Some respondents doubt if MDM even belongs in enterprise IT: Among those who say their companies aren't using MDM, 47% say they have "no need." Says one consultant and former CIO in the survey: "A big reason for BYOD is to get out of the equipment business. If you implement MDM, you are back in the equipment business."
We decided to do a hands-on assessment of MDM products.We sent invitations to more than 20 vendors, but only three agreed to take part. Most of the other vendors said they didn't want to participate until the next versions of their software were available. So when would that software be ready? Crickets.
However, the three vendors that participated -- Good Technology, Symantec and Research In Motion -- are good industry representatives, as each approaches MDM in a different way. Symantec is a security vendor with experience in detecting and mitigating threats in large enterprises. Good uses a secure container approach, replacing the corporate email, calendar and file-sharing applications with its own. Its approach requires employees to learn a different interface, but it's the same across Android and Apple devices. RIM, the newest of the three to vendor-neutral MDM, acquired Ubitexx in 2011 to try to build on its enterprise IT customer base by letting customers deploy non-BlackBerry devices using its management software. We took each vendor's product and deployed it in our lab, with access to normal support but no special engineers or on-site techs.
We tested the products for managing iPad 2, iPhone 4S, Android 2.3, Android-based Samsung Galaxy Tab 7, BlackBerry Bold phone and RIM's PlayBook tablet, where the products supported those devices. We left off Windows Mobile because most vendors don't have full support for those devices -- something to consider if you're a Windows shop. Our three reviews are on the accompanying pages; longer versions plus additional survey data are available in our free report.

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It's the time of year when the leopard sharks come to San Diego's shores. I've always wanted to go and now I have an underwater camera so I pretty much have to go. Also, I think it's good therapy fodder for when my kids are grown: "And this one summer? She made us SWIM. WITH. SHARKS."
Only the sharks didn't show up (my kids may or may not have been somewhat relieved). So instead we had to, like, just enjoy the beach or whatever. Meh.
Kidding. It was lovely. A tiny beach with clear water, a sunny day, excellent parking provided by the parking gods, and the water wasn't even as frigid as usual (it was only slightly frigid). At one point I forced the kids to sit with my purse safely away from the waves while I took a short turn swimming by myself. It was either win or child neglect. One of those.
Days like this make me remember that I don't hate the beach. Days like this even make me wish I owned a house on a beach. Days like this? Are totally weird. But wonderful.


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Sad songs dressed up as happy ones
Y'know, the kind where one verse or line at the end throws your whole perception of the song.
Or the kind where the lyrics are just downright melancholy throughout, but you don't notice for a while because the melody is so infectious.
I'll start it off with Squeeze - Up the Junction:
- badmanreturns this'd this
- johnwiddop this'd this
- Severed799, JaguarPirate, TomViolence, ThisTemporaryLife, SCROTUM, and andyvine this'd this
- JaguarPirate this'd this
- emmettcruddas this'd this
I cannot get behind this one
Paper Thin Walls would come to mind but not many more.
They have upbeat songs, but none of them (save for Float On) really comes off as happy.
- Woodchuck this'd this
- Gorkys_Forever and joeymahone this'd this
The Cure
Boys Don't Cry
Inbetween DaysJaguarPirate and Woodchuck this'd this
Super Furry Animals
Receptacle for the Respectable
I would have said Juxtaposed would be a good shout for this
Not exactly sad, but not very in love with the world for sure.
sorry Freda
came here to post this
they just played it on the radio
I love this song
and I can't help but feel happy when I hear it. it seems like she wrote the song in a bad place, recorded it in a good place
basically every Passion Pit song
I'm your friend, don't quote me
but not a friend worth knowing
yes, please don't ever know me as your friend
<3 Passion Pitwonton and JaguarPirate this'd this
Passion Pit are huge in Australia, and there's huge crowds at their festival slots
But it's like, far out, these songs are just sad. Even the instrumentation has a real melancholy to it, but plenty of people just see them as fun, good time songs. But there's almost some real nostalgia in there or something. It's a real emotional slog to get through their albums because of it.
Plus, that guy Chris Brahney who died after the Stone Roses gig... I remember looking at his facebook and his last like was Passion Pit. Made me think of them as way more of a sombre band.
Ooh, Passion Pit is a great example
I don't know how it is over there, but here in the states, I've come across a couple ads with "Take A Walk" in them, most notably a Taco Bell ad.
It's hilarious because that's a song about a dude who's trying to make a life for his family and getting fucked by everything around him.
Manners had a lot of really sad stuff going for it ("Moth's Wings" being very notable, even if it was a very hopeful song), but Gossamer is such a tragic record in a lot of places. It's full of pop energy, but every single song is about how broken he is inside, and how he tries to fill that void with drugs and drink. I think that's why I like it, because it feels like a pleasant little in-joke between me and the band. I saw them on the tour for that record, and I got the chance to tell Michael Angelakos that the record really resonated with me for all of those reasons, and he seemed to respond well. So that's something.
lovely post
Very nice.
I think Gossamer has been completely under-rated. It's my favourite record of 2012. Simply awesome.
I'll Be Alright is another instance of this. It seems to be about a dude who's living a toxic existence and telling those to move away before they're damaged, he'll be alright without them.
So very agreed. So very underrated.
I think the thing I enjoy the most about that record is that he's singing from the position of someone who is consciously aware of having a lot of problems that need worked out, but who is somewhat powerless to really fix them. He's very convincing in this, but he never comes off as someone who is pretending to be the victim.
Between Fiona Apple, Passion Pit, and Silver Linings Playbook, 2012 had mental health in art COVERED.
Loads of Motown stuff
Tears of a Clown (as posted above)
Same Old Song
This Old Heart of Mine
Ain't Too Proud to Beg
Love Child
George Michael I Want Your Sex
or Kissing A Fool. HA HA HA HA HA HAAAAAAAMlclmshw this'd this
Almost All of Hissing Fauna
by Of Montreal. Think it's the infectious disco beats.
Also, Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Stanton.ThirstyDog this'd this
Young Hearts Run Free
is a great shout.cliquester this'd this
Agree, Candi Staton perfect example
Based on the fact that I had to go back and listen to the lyrics properly for the first time just now!joeymahone and stalecloud this'd this
- ThirstyDog this'd this
Almost all of the songs by The Shins
Even James Mercer has acknowledged how funny it is to see kids singing along happily to his sad-ass songs.rainmaker this'd this
Australia almost seems like a parody of this idea
Absurdly happy music with ridiculous bleak lines
Boo Radleys - Wake Up Boo
is practically the textbook definition of this.
Not really
It's got a fairly prominent *sad* section.
kylie minogue
I should be so lucky.
The Beatles - Getting Better
"I used to be cruel to my woman
I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved
Man, I was mean but I'm changing my scene
And I'm doing the best that I can"
Book of James
by We Are Augustines
america, right?
So much so The Smiths.
It's probably got much to do with Moz being a miserable bastard and Jonny Marr being utterly fantastic at bouncy and jangly riffs.
Girlfriend in a Coma and This Charming Man spring to mind. Girlfriend in a Coma is so pleasant and joyful musically.
Catch the Sun by Doves
It might be about their studio burning down, I dunno. Either way it does not contain happy lyricism. But boy, does that song make me wanna get my pump on. Energizing stuff.
Long Winters - The Commander thinks alouf
Happiness to Heartbreak on a space shuttle.
Just brilliant.
I guess there's quite a bit of Eels that could fit here
though there's frequently a sort of optimism working with the melancholy, I think. I'm talking mainly about Electro-Shock Blues, here
Hank Williams - Settin the Woods On Fire
Last line's a killer
The entire discography of The Boy Least Likely To
Except the few songs which actually sound melancholy, and that Christmas album. But mostly their sound built around this thing.
Flaming Lips
Do You Realize?
Not something I really listen to anymore
but RCHP's Aeroplane is stupidly upbeat, while the lyrics sound decidedly depressed.
Looking in my own eyes, hey, Lord
I can't find the love I want
Someone better slap me before I start to rust
Before I start to decompose
Prayers For Rain
by The Cure. The musical arrangement is all sweetness and light.
Wilco's "She's A Jar"
...killer last line.
Not really dressed up as a happy song
But a tremendous record. Probably my favourite Wilco song.
Nathan Reich is good at this.


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Bedminster-based bank holding company Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp. announced today the appointment of Anthony Bilotta Jr. to the position of executive vice president, head of retail banking and marketing.
According to the announcement, Bilotta joins Peapack-Gladstone Bank from Oritani Bank, where he was responsible for the retail banking and marketing functions for a 25-branch bank network. He replaces Robert Buckley, former senior vice president branch administrator, who will retire in January.


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Louis Tomlinson has urged fans to buy One Direction's new charity track after it was leaked online on Tuesday.
The boyband has teamed up with Britain's Comic Relief charity to record the organisation's official Red Nose Day single, a cover of Blondie's 'One Way Or Another'.
The song is set for release later this month, but the track was leaked online on Tuesday, much to the group's dismay.
Tomlinson has taken to his Twitter.com page to call on fans to wait to officially purchase the tune in a bid to make a "real difference" to the charity.
In a series of posts on his page, he writes, "I hear the charity single has been leaked. Very sad to see. Don't forget together we are trying to raise money for comic relief. Please get behind an incredible charity and make a real difference. You can pre order now from iTunes for the official track. Thank you."
Comic Relief's Red Nose Day, which is staged to raise money for good causes, takes place on 15 March.


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UW / Trailblazers / ? – Brandon Roy
When it comes to great basketball players in the Pacific Northwest, no one comes to mind more than Brandon Roy.
He's played virtually all his basketball in our beloved region and he's working on a fantastic pro career.
Trace Brandon Roy back as far as you want and you'll find nothing but a pure Northwesterner through and through.
He was born in Seattle and played his high-school ball at Garfield High School. He was so highly touted that he was a candidate to enter the NBA Draft in 2002.
He even attended long-time Seattle Supersonic Nate McMillan's basketball camp growing up in the 1990s.
Instead of going right to the NBA, Roy chose to attend the University of Washington. He overcame a learning disability to get his degree.
In his senior year, Roy averaged 20.2 points, guiding the Huskies to a 26-7 record and Sweet Sixteen appearance and winning Pac-10 Player of the Year honors.
Roy's impact in the NBA was immediate. The Minnesota Timberwolves drafted him sixth overall in 2006 but immediately flipped him to the Portland Trail Blazers.
Roy wasn't leaving the Pacific Northwest after all. He became the Blazers' go-to guy right away, winning the NBA Rookie of the Year award in 2007.
He made the NBA All-Star team three straight times from 2008 to 2010.
2010-11 was one of the first trying basketball seasons of Roy's life. He battled two bad knees, played only 47 games and averaged 12.2 points, a far cry from his career average of 19. However, there's nowhere to go but up for Roy now.
His toughest year is behind him, the lockout is at least giving him time to rest his knees and, at 27 years old, the sky is still the limit for the dynamic shooting guard.


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Hickory's C.J. Edwards part of trade to Chicago Cubs
Hickory Crawdads right-handed pitcher C.J. Edwards, above, was traded by the Texas Rangers along with fellow minor leaguers Mike Olt (Triple-A) and Justin Grimm (Class A) to the Chicago Cubs for right-handed pitcher Matt Garza on Monday night.
Edwards, who was scheduled to start for Hickory on Monday night against Charleston, was assigned to the Cubs High-A affiliate in Daytona, Fla.
The 21-year-old Edwards was the ace of the Hickory pitching rotation this year and one of the best pitchers in the South Atlantic League.
A 2011 48th round pick, Edwards was 8-2 with a 1.82 ERA this season, while also ranking among the SAL leaders in ERA (1st), strikeouts (1st, 122), wins (2nd) and batting average against (3rd, .186).
The trade marks the first time the Crawdads have lost a player to a mid-season trade since 2009.
That year, right-handed pitcher Matt Nevarez was sent to the Houston Astros as part of a package for Ivan Rodriguez.


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The story goes like this. ReadWriteWeb published a news story February 10 about a partnership between Facebook and AOL wherein users' Facebook friends can be integrated into AOL Messenger. The story itself isn't relevant here - what is relevant is what happened to this story's comment section: it was soon flooded with people in a confused state, believing this was the new Facebook login page. They were displeased by the "new design", and wanted the old Facebook back.
What happened here is that the news story in question became the top hit for the Google query "Facebook login". It's no secret that many people treat the Google search field as if it were their browser's location field; this may seem stupid, but it's actually quite clever, since Google is far more forgiving when it comes to for example spelling mistakes than the real location field.
So, people querying Google for "Facebook login", hoping to end up on the correct page, were now redirected towards the ReadWriteWeb story, and they were displeased. The comments section soon started to fill up with people complaining that they couldn't get on Facebook, that they disliked the new login page, that they wanted the old Facebook back, and so on.
The internet soon jumped on this: "users are stupid, and they need to be protected from themselves", or "developers are not catering to these users who shouldn't have to deal with these confusing text fields", and so on, and so forth. A lot of people are also using this story as justification for the recent trend in computing to lock people out of their own computers, because they are incapable of handling them.
Many took it even further, rambling on with starry eyes about how metaphors in computing today are too complicated for "normal" people. You could fill at least twenty swimming pools with the amount of arrogance dribbling out of the corners of the collective blogosphere's mouth.
Generally weary of internet fads, I decided to perform some simple calculations. Bear in mind that these are not about the specific numbers themselves - I am forced to make a number of assumptions - but more about illustrating how this whole thing has been blown way out of proportion.
As of writing, there are 1631 comments on the ReadWriteWeb story, and Facebook has "more than" 400 million users. Even if we were to assume that each and every one of those comments represents a single Facebook user complaining about the login thing, we're only talking about 0.0004% of Facebook users. That's negligible.
Of course, you have to take into account that not everyone who ended up on the ReadWriteWeb story hoping to find Facebook will actually leave a comment, so you have to take that into account. If you take a very, very conservative estimate, i.e., only 1% of people expecting to see Facebook left a comment, then we are talking about 163100 confused users, or 0.04% of Facebook's total user base.
That's obviously a lot more than 0.04%, but it's still not a whole lot, and certainly not worth the incredible amount of attention it received - especially taking into account the rather generous assumptions made (each comment represented an individual confused user, only 1% left a comment).
The reason I'm trying to point this out is that I see a lot of people using this story as justification for the dumbing down of computers, that people are incapable of using computers. These people argue that computers need to be dumbed down, that users need to be locked out of their machines (by law if necessary) to protect them from their own stupidity.
I'm from a different mindset. I'm from the mindset that computers are not too complicated, but that geeks simply dislike seeing people use computers differently from how they do it, or from how they are "supposed to be used". Take the desktop icon thing: I've heard many a geek proclaim his disdain for users storing loads of crap on their desktops. I'm always left wondering - why do you care? If people get around in that disorganised mess, then what's it to you? It's not your computer, is it?
A good computer is a computer built to degrade gracefully, and is built to mitigate. With "degrade gracefully" I mean that both advanced and experienced users as well as novice users should be able to find their way around a system without one hindering the other. Advanced functionality should not get in the way of novice users, and provisions for novice users should not hinder advanced users. With mitigation I mean that users' actions - advanced or no - should never damage, harm, or in any other way negatively affect the system, the user, or his data.
Of course, that's hard, but hey, that's the challenge! Aren't we geeks supposed to be the smart ones?
Removing advanced functionality or dumbing systems down is not proper usability - it's a cop-out. It's the easy way out. It doesn't take an IQ of 180 to find out that removing functionality makes a system easier to use. Proper usability is about presenting functionality in such a way that people can get to the functionality they want with as little effort as possible; it's easy to present 10 functions in a usable way - at least, when compared to presenting 100 functions in a usable way.
Again - that's hard, but hey, that's the challenge! Aren't we geeks supposed to be the smart ones?
People are perfectly well capable of handling today's computers. Sure, they may not always go about it the same way we geeks do, or they might do it in ways that seem cumbersome to us - but who are we to judge? Is it up to us to tell people how they are supposed to use their computers? Are we really that full of ourselves? Just let people use computers in whatever way they damn well please, and give them some credit for once.
Those few people confused by the ReadWriteWeb page? Heck, no amount of dumbing down is going to help them. They are a very small minority, and claiming that the bulk of non-geeks are like that is arrogant, at best.
One final note: your personal anecdotes about the people you help with their computers are irrelevant. A doctor only sees sick people, but that doesn't mean everybody in the world is sick. I wish geeks would stop using these stupid anecdotes as proof that non-geeks are stupid.


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Loyola press release - October 8, 2012
Loyola University New Orleans has hired Mikel Pak as the associate director of its Office of Public Affairs and External Relations. She will assist with overall media relations for the university as well as provide public relations support to Loyola's Colleges of Humanities and Natural Sciences and Social Sciences. Pak brings more than six years of experience as a public relations professional and journalist, with expertise spanning media relations, marketing, social media, crisis and political communications.
Prior to joining Loyola, she worked as communications manager for Western Growers, an agricultural industry association based in Irvine, Calif. There she worked with regional, trade and national journalists on stories involving the fresh produce industry. Always on the lookout for a great story, she frequently shot and edited Web videos for the organization featuring the farmers who produce the nation's fresh fruits and vegetables. Pak also worked extensively to support the public policy initiatives of the organization and grassroots communication campaigns.
Prior to her work at Western Growers, Pak served in the communications and media relations department at The Council of State Governments, a trade association reaching more than 20,000 state government leaders and others in all three branches of government. As a journalist, Pak got her start in the newspaper business. She was a business newspaper reporter in North Carolina covering health care, technology, higher education and real estate, among other topics.
Pak will serve as a press contact for Loyola University New Orleans and welcomes calls from journalists and university colleagues at 504-861-5448. You can follow her on Twitter @MikelPak, or email her at email@example.com.


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Bird with the Crystal Plumage: Special Edition, The (US - DVD)
Dario Argento's first film is released in a worthy Special Edition, Gabe inspects it
Tony Musante stars as Sam Dalmas an American writer living in Rome, suffering from an apathetic case of writer's block. While wandering the streets one night he passes an art gallery and is witness to an attempted murder. Trapped between to panes of security glass he helplessly watches a stabbed woman struggle for life. The police arrive in time to save the victim, but Sam's ordeal has just begun. He begins to obsessively launch his own investigation into the discovery of the attempted killer's identity.
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (known from here on out as Bird, because I'm a lazy typist) was the world's official introduction to Italian wunderkind Dario Argento. It was also the film that made the Giallo genre a hot commodity. There had been ultra-stylized murder mysteries before it, but none had made money during a down time for Italian cinema. Bird led directly to the release of dozens upon dozens of violent and colourful thrillers with increasingly elongated names, a trend that burned itself out, in my opinion, with the epically titled Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key.
This trend, arguably, led to other genre trends like slasher and serial killer films. A fan—like myself, I'm not going to lie here—could, in turn, draw a pretty believable line from Bird all the way to Oscar winners like Silence of the Lambs, and TV's current number one series, CSI. The fact that everyone, from John Carpenter to Quentin Tarantino has sited Argento as one of their influences, lends certain credence to such fan-boy assertions.
This is not to say Bird is the end-all influence on current crime and killer flicks. Mario Bava brought the Giallo genre to films, and his Blood and Black Lace did have a raincoat and hat wearing murderer years before Argento. For the sake of brevity I'll not even begin to discuss the previous influences of Fritz Lang, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Alfred Hitchcock. And no one ever accused Argento of being the most original bloke on the block; the basic plot of Argento's debut was taken directly from a previously published novel called 'The Screaming Mimi'.
Unfortunately, history has mostly remembered Bird strictly as Argento's first film and the monetary influence on a forgotten genre. Even fans tend to dismiss the film in favour of favourites like Suspiria, Deep Red, and Phenomena. I'm here to official nominate Bird as Argento's most underrated film. That's right folks; this is a DVD review, not a film history rant, so let's get on with the reviewing already.
In keeping with most of the director's later work, Bird is a visually sumptuous film. The widescreen frame is filled with bright colours, stark contrasts, and all other manners of filmic pleasure. Unlike most of the director's work, the plot is sequential and important, making this easily one of Argento's most accessible works. Most of the major themes—an out of country, professional artist is witness to a horrible crime and takes it upon himself to solve it— became mainstays in Argento's later works. Here the motives seem more realistic, if not a bit naive, and with so much contemporary knowledge of criminal profiling, a little old fashion. It has aged decently, but Bird is would probably not play as well today.
Like George Lucas, Argento is an auteur whose sense of humour verges on the dismal, yet Bird is a surprisingly amusing film. Along his journey Dalmas meets up with a flamboyant art shop owner with a crush, a stuttering pimp, and a creepy artist who has a very special love/hate relationship with area stray cats. Also like Lucas, Argento has usually viewed his actors as tools and decorations, and both directors have micro-managed some pretty wooden performances in their careers. The performances in Bird are overall pretty good, especially considering the performance lost in the multi language dubbing, a fact most likely attributed to Argento's lack of notoriety at the time of filming.
The storyline is more coherent than Argento's later work, which also may be attributed to his inexperience at the time, as I'm sure most distributors wouldn't be too willing to supply a new director with the proper funds to make a feature film based on a series of unrelated set pieces. In fact, Argento relies on bravado set piece murder sequences only twice, and allows the plot to flow organically, if not necessarily believably. The audience is rarely given more or less information than Dalmas at any given point, insuring that only the most astute of viewers figure out the killer's identity before it's revealed to the main character. Argento plays fair, but the final twist is still a doozy.
As an Argento fanatic, I, of course, already owned this film on both an iffy VCI VHS release and an 'uncut' VCI DVD. The old DVD wasn't too much different from the old VHS. It was anamorphically enhanced and watchable, though the darkness of Argento and cinematographer Vittorio Storaro's mes-en-scenes wreaked havoc with the image. The ten or twenty seconds of previously censored footage looked especially pixelated and mangled.
Blue Underground's new special edition release is a solid step up from VCI's release, but there's still some room for improvement. The film grain is not so much an issue, as Bird is thirty-five years old, which also excuses the occasional flicker of the odd artefact. The dilemma here mostly concerns the film's vibrant colours, which have an upsetting tendency to bloom, especially warm colours. The dark light interplay, on the other hand, appear accurate, and the expected edge enhancement is low, which is important enough that it tends to diminish my qualms with the rest of the transfer.
The old VCI disc was presented in Dolby Pro-Logic, but the surround channels only worked during musical interludes, and then the sound inelegantly flopped back into the centre channel for dialogue. Blue Underground does something similar, but much more elegantly, and in DTS ES and Dolby Digital EX. Basically, this remains a mono track in its essence, which kicks into gear only when Ennio Morricone's haunting and daunting score takes centre stage. The ES and EX are both basically a waste of space. This is a minimalist effort, but at least everything is crystal clear, and actually sounds as if it were mastered for digital output.
Also included is the Italian track, which is really only for completest as most of the main actors spoke English in the first place, and is still something like 70% dubbed. Like most aged and forgotten Italian tracks, it sounds like it was mastered in a rusty shed.
The Special Edition label and the extra disc of features are both misleading. If it wasn't for the multitude of soundtracks, this might have very likely been a single disc edition. Given the steep price (in comparison to other Blue Underground releases), I had assumed this would be the last edition of Bird with the Crystal Plumage I'd ever have to by. I was wrong.
On disc one there is a commentary track from indispensable horror film writer Kim Newman, and not so indispensable Argento fanatic writer Alan Jones (no offence to Jones, who's book just happens to be the second best Argento biography). This is a film buff's commentary, as Newman and Jones cite not only Argento's inspirations and methods, but also the inspirations and methods of every filmmaker to dip a toe in the thriller genre. There wasn't much here I already hadn't read before, but there are some fun little factoids even for the (unsettlingly) hardened fan like myself. This is the best reason to buy this disc. Disc one is consummated with a few trailers and TV spots.
The semi-moot second disc features four interview segments. The first features the man himself, who waxes philosophical about his early career, his family, and luck making friends in the film industry - all stuff bitter-enders like myself have heard a million times on a million other DVD interviews. The problem here is the people willing to spend the money on the set are the ones who don't need to hear it.
Interview number two is with the man, the myth, the Godfather of Italian film scores, Ennio Morricone. Morricone reveals that his work on Bird was experimental even to him, a form of music he refers to as 'traumatic'. He honed this sound and reused it dozens of times on dozens of Italian Giallo cash-ins, just as he did for Sergio Leone after writing the score for Fistful of Dollars. Morricone is lucid, quite lucid for a man of his age. It's too bad his interview is the shortest.
The tertiary chat is with cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, who parrots some of Argento's previous musings and recalls the film, like Morricone, as a time for experimentation. He expresses a disdain for modern television's habit of aping theatrical film styles, apparently believing the two media should remain separate. Again, he is ridiculously well spoken.
The final dialogue is with actress Eva Renzi, who I can't really talk about too much because she plays such an important role in the plot that I'd be giving away too much. I will say that she is not a fan of the film, and comes across as a bit self-obsessed.
Though probably not the best place to start for the Argento illiterate, or his best work, Bird is an indispensable piece of the director's cannon. The plot is well structured, the acting unexpectedly sharp, and Argento's idiosyncratic style still shines through. It's also a great example of late '60s mod-chic, European style—something most of us need more of in our lives.
You can find this and many other Giallo titles at Xploitedcinema.com.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Tony DeFrancisco Senior Member Join Date: July 2005 Location: United States Posts: 2,652
Good review Gabe.
Our vote for "Most Underrated Argento Movie" or at least mistreated, goes to Four Flies on Grey Velvet. We were lucky to catch our first viewing of it about 12 years ago on the big screen, and proudly own an actual original of it, as opposed to the multitude of bootlegs out there.
It seems a shame that it is languishing in the vaults due to distribution/ownership disputes, as it really is an enjoyable movie, and certainly was ripped off by the critically-acclaimed Don't Look Now.
It seems a shame that it is languishing in the vaults due to distribution/ownership disputes, as it really is an enjoyable movie, and certainly was ripped off by the critically-acclaimed Don't Look Now.
Aaron Schneiderman Senior Member Join Date: September 2005 Location: United States Posts: 1,198
Well Gabe, this one has been on my wish list since it was released. I had very high hopes that the film would receive the treatment I think it deserves. But considering the price tag and the slew of new releases, I am gonna seek this one out for a rental first. Nice review.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
Thanks guys. Wilson's, I too wish I could get my God Damned hands on Four Flies. I've only had a chance to even see it once, and it was on a horribble VHS dupe. While visiting my girlfriend in the Washington area I stopped in Scarecrow Video, who had multiple copies of every Argento film, including Five Days in Milan (without subtitles, and only for rental), with the exception of Four Flies. Drives me mad. Now that MGM is owned by Sony, I don't see a R1 or 2 release anytime soon.
We wrote to Eva Renzi in the 90s, and got a reply back from her, along with a couple of personalised photographs, with one of them being a prize of our collection. Is this cool or what: scrawlled on one of them are the words "That movie for Argento was my career-killer!!!"
We are investigating burning our Greek VHS original (or master-tape) of Four Flies to DVD & using a subtitling system to translate it into English from French. It's 1.85:1, and certainly in much better shape than that 2.35:1 bootleg that has flooded the market. Can anyone recommend a free piece of software off the net that will allow us to generate such captions?
We are investigating burning our Greek VHS original (or master-tape) of Four Flies to DVD & using a subtitling system to translate it into English from French. It's 1.85:1, and certainly in much better shape than that 2.35:1 bootleg that has flooded the market. Can anyone recommend a free piece of software off the net that will allow us to generate such captions?
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
When I lived in Phoenix, AZ, I happened into a comicbook/toy shop. There was a photo album burried at the back of the store labled "Film Stills". I was drawn to it, and as I started thumbeing through it I found 5 promo stills for Suspiria, two of them autographed by Argento himself. Baought all 5 for 3 or 4 bucks a peice.
On the DVD Renzi blames Argento for her dismal career too. I find it hard to believe that such a sucessful film would be a killer. I wish I kenw of some subtitling software for you guys, but I'm not much of a tech guy. Maybe Matt knows...
On the DVD Renzi blames Argento for her dismal career too. I find it hard to believe that such a sucessful film would be a killer. I wish I kenw of some subtitling software for you guys, but I'm not much of a tech guy. Maybe Matt knows...
BTW... ...we forgot to say nice review, Gabe!
der Lohmi Member Join Date: July 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 31
Good one, Gabe!
The Eva Renzi interview was a shocker. I've never seen such a bitter actress in a DVD feature. ("They ruined my career!" Anyways, this is easily one of my favourite DVD releases this year, right up there with the King Kong SE (and all other superb Warner discs for that), the R2 Leone SEs and Danger: Diabolik. Too bad you still can't take it for granted that Euro-horror/thrillers are released in an adequate way these days. (Just had a look at the p**s-poor recent VCI rerelease of Blood and Black Lace... ugh!) Good job by the dedicated folks at Blue Underground!
The Eva Renzi interview was a shocker. I've never seen such a bitter actress in a DVD feature. ("They ruined my career!" Anyways, this is easily one of my favourite DVD releases this year, right up there with the King Kong SE (and all other superb Warner discs for that), the R2 Leone SEs and Danger: Diabolik. Too bad you still can't take it for granted that Euro-horror/thrillers are released in an adequate way these days. (Just had a look at the p**s-poor recent VCI rerelease of Blood and Black Lace... ugh!) Good job by the dedicated folks at Blue Underground!
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Release Date: 1st January 1995
Discs: 2
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: English: 6.1 DTS-ES; 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround EX; Dolby Surround 2.0; Original Mono • Italian: 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround EX; Dolby Surround 2.0; Original Mono
Subtitles: English
Extras: Out of the Shadows - Interview with Co-Writer/Director Dario Argento, Painting with Darkness - Interview with Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, The Music of Murder - Interview with Composer Ennio Morricone, Eva's Talking - Interview with Actress Eva Renzi, Audio Commentary with Journalists Alan Jones and Kim Newman, Trailers, TV Spots
Easter Egg: No
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Director: Dario Argento
Cast: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno and Eva Renzi
Genre: Thriller
Length: 96 minutes
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
In a happier place now...
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Monday, November 17, 2008
The Big Dog House
Sixteen games into this young season, and Craig MacTavish has had it up to here with Dustin Penner sleeping on his furniture and pissing on his rug. In a must-read post and thread from yesterday, Lowetide suggests that in calling out Penner, MacT has chosen his hill to die on (can we call it Hamburger Hill?). No doubt it's a bad spot for the coach — what happens next is completely up to Penner. If he manages to crawl out of the dog house with a little more offensive consistency and a lot more dedication to becoming the player the Oilers hoped he would be, than MacT has shown he still has one hand on the whip and will live another day. If Penner quits on him, though, than MacTavish's days are officially numbered. Not just speculatively. For realsies.
"When we signed Dustin we thought he'd be a top-two-line player," said MacTavish as the team prepares to face the Detroit Red Wings on Monday night.
"We thought the contract ($4.25 million average for five years) was a starting point for him, but he views it as a finish line. I can't watch it, certainly not for another 2 1/2 years," he said.
Actually, it's 3 1/2 years. — Edmonton Journal, Nov. 16, 2008.
Frankly, I'm not optimistic that Penner can pull it out. An argument has emerged as to whether Penner's terrible counting numbers this year are a result of MacT's not using him in the right situations (not enough time on the PP, too much time on defensive assignments). Like Tyler, I'm not sure this is the issue. Bottom line is for $4.25M a year, you've got to be one of the players who is driving the bus. If Penner wants out of the dog house, he has to make things happen. To be honest, I've yet to be convinced he is capable of that.
Going to be a long, cold stay outside, boy. But hey — there are worse dog houses to be stuck in, I suppose. (WARNING: Do not watch these videos until you are ready to have your mind COMPLETELY FUCKING BLOWN.)
Part 1
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Saturday, November 15, 2008
Sitting on a mountain of regret
It's never a good sign when the guy whose exact job it is to make his team "get" why they keep losing doesn't himself seem to get, you know, why his team keeps losing. I mean, sure, I understand that part of the reason you go into interviews and throw up your hands with statements like these is to shame your club into getting its shit together. But I don't know — this season, it feels like there's been more behind Craig MacTavish's post-game chidings than a predilection for tough love and motivational posturing; there's an undeniable tinge of bewilderment, a palpable sense of exasperation. These are the musings of a man who just doesn't get why his club doesn't win. As a fan who, already has trouble working up the enthusiasm to hunch in front of his computer and squint at a choppy video stream of the Oilers getting their asses handed to them by a theoretically inferior Maple Leafs club, this is a concern for me.
"It's just the mental mistakes and the stubbornness, I don't get it."— Coach Craig MacTavish, on recurring mistakes that have haunted the team all season.
Had some time on my hands on this cold and dreary afternoon in Toronto, so I went and took a look at the kind of stuff MacT is saying after each Oilers loss. (I'm missing a game or two here where I couldn't readily find a post-game MacT quote. Feel free to fill in the blanks.) No doubt about it, the Silver Fox is an thoughtful, eloquent man, probably the best coach interview in the game, and there are some fine observances made. But man, you know that point when you're just kind of getting sick of your job and all the things that the little adversities that you used to work really hard at overcoming start to seem like frustratingly insurmountable annoyances? You think you're fooling everyone into thinking that you still care, but that underlying negativity permeates everything you say about your work?
I can't help but think this is the point that MacT has reached.
Oct. 23: 3-0 loss to Chicago
"In the first period we weren't ready to play at the start again," Oilers coach Craig MacTavish said. "We've gotten away with it in at least two of the first four games. We knew it wasn't going to be long before it bit us in the rear end and it took a good chunk out of us."Oct. 26: 6-3 loss to Vancouver
"Rolie was our best player," MacTavish said. "It's unfortunate it had to be on a night like this when our team didn't play very well."
"Our penalty killing was bad. It was brutal," Oilers coach Craig MacTavish said. "When they're 4-for-6 on the power play and 4-for-4 on their special teams, you can't overcome that. You've got to be able to kill the penalties."Oct. 28: 1-0 OT loss to Boston
"I was expecting a lot more and I've seen enough not to expect it now," Oilers coach Craig MacTavish said. "Roli kept us in it and we were going to put some window dressing on it if we were able to win the game in overtime or a shootout. But it would have just masked what has been plaguing us for the last number of games, almost since the inception of the season.Oct. 31: 3-1 loss to Nashville
"We haven't, as a team, been able to dominate anybody. It's time for us to realize that," he said. "It was hidden in the record but that is over."
"[Nashville goaltender Pekka] Rinne played well, but I have seen it enough to know that we have to be more productive," MacTavish said. "A constant for us has been missed shots. We are not producing offensively. It's that simple."Nov. 5: 5-4 L to Columbus
"It's a painful, painful lesson," Edmonton coach Craig MacTavish said. "There's a right way to play this game and a wrong way to play it and we got on the wrong side of it early and it looked like we were going to get away with it. But we didn't."Nov. 14: 5-2 L to Toronto
"The thing that I said at the end of the second period was, 'Let's just go out there and have a good third period and not be sitting on a bunch of regret,"' he said. "And we're sitting on a mountain of regret right now."
"I give credit because they are a hard-working group that is structured and we lack that structure in our game right now," MacTavish said. "And that's why we got pounded."The Oilers line up against the Avalanche for second time this season tonight at 10 p.m. ET. Will this be one of those games where the MacT's Oilers "get it"? Or will we be left once again sitting on a mountain of regret?
Posted by Chris! at 12:52 PM 13 comments
Heat of the Moment
A bat-winged steed rears! Mighty space dragons thrash! Falcons swoop in for the kill as some kind of mushroom-headed dude looks on! And as if these things weren't cool enough, they're all inside a labyrinth in motherfucking OUTER SPACE! If I ever own a house, I will have no problem airbrushing the entire front façade with this exact scene. Money will be no object.
Real post coming later. I just couldn't ignore all this talk of Asia any longer.
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Two worlds collide
WUH-BOOM! Fuck yeah! Look at those world chunks fly! Well, that's space for you. Just two planets floating around, going about their own planetary business, their little planet minds preoccupied with their myriad planetary hopes and dreams and insecurities and fears until one day fucking BAM! Instant prog-rock LP cover. Only ashes and silence remain. Just another day in the cold, unknowable vastness of an uncaring universe. If you ask me, that smaller planet should have kept its head up. All part of the game.
ANY-WAYS, the team from my old town takes on the team from my new town tonight. Where oh where will my allegiance fall? On the side of the sad-sack, piece of shit, mercifully easy to ignore Maple Leafs whose defence has barfed up 23 goals against while losing four of their five with no hope in sight? Or on the side of the plucky Oilers, winners of their last two and seemingly destined to ride the sublimely skilled Hemsky, suddenly non-shitty Souray, magically delicious Deslauriers and newly-acquired human jackhammer Jesse Boulerice to an all-but-assured victory?
It's a tough call. I've yet to decide.
Rexall is going to packed to the rafters with patently obnoxious Leafers tonight. The Oilers would do well to silence them early en route to a... oh, I don't know... 7-2 win. Gonna be a blowout, kids. Keep your heads up out there!
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Brian Burke can't wait to get out of Anaheim
Now THIS is interesting. The Anaheim Ducks have called a press conference for 3:30 p.m. ET today, and apparently Brian Burke is expected to announce his resignation. From the National Post:
Brian Burke's path to Toronto might be a little clearer.We'll check back in on this after the newser, but yeah. The "consultant" thing is the right move, as everyone and their cat knows Burke has Leafs on the brain and likely checked out completely. Wonder how Ducks fans feel about their GM's abandonment?
As first reported by Fan 590 reporter Howard Berger, the Anaheim Ducks general manager is in the process of resigning from his position with the team. The Ducks have a news conference scheduled for 3:30 p.m. ET Wednesday.
According to one report, Burke is expected to remain as a consultant through the end of the season, with Ducks senior vice president Bob Murray taking over as general manager.
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
I'm staying until someone drags me out!
Huh? What? Isn't this blog dead or something? Who knows what the future holds! For now, let's just revel in the Oilers' acquisition of Jesse Boulerice, the latest AHL thug to be claimed by the Oilers this season.
With The Safe Word now on IR, Boulerice will be called upon to assume face-smashing duties until a suitable replacement can be found. He looks up to the challenge.
In the meantime, please enjoy this video of Boulerice making Ryan Kesler get sad and fall down.
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Saturday, November 8, 2008
Goodbye to all that
Considering that this blog hasn't been updated since October, it shouldn't come as a surprise that I haven't been "feeling it" as of late. I tried to re-double my efforts on the blog as the season began, but I found my mind wandering to other things like making tasteless animations, Sarah Palin and not spending a Mormon's tithe's worth of salary on NHL Centre Ice.
I still like watching Oilers hockey, but what blogging really boils down to these days is pretending to care about the team 30% more than I actually do. My favourite posts on this blog spoke to the fan's experience (especially during the Cup run, the Pronger & Smyth trades) and the perverse cultural clout that the Oilers have on my hometown, and not so much the posts pretending that I knew who would be the Oilers Number 5 centre in 2013. Simply put, I don't have the 3-4 posts a week to make it a worthwhile blog. It also makes it an easier decision to quit when so many great and utterly-prolific Oilers blogs have emerged since we started in late 2005. But hey, we were one of the first, and I'm proud of the little piece of popular Edmonton history found in the posts and comments threads of this site. The best part was meeting other bloggers and regular commentators who were kind enough to drop by.
So with that, I'm taking a break (I'm not sure if Chris is going to soldier on — but I'm done here), although if the offer still stands I will likely re-emerge Phoenix-like with an occasional post on Battle of Alberta, still my absolutely favourite hockey blog. In the meantime, here is a small sampling of my favourite images from three years of mostly feeling bad and yelling "fuck!" at the TV screen...
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
The Oilers' very bad week
While Coach MacTavish finally came out swinging in his post-game comments, Lowetide is right to point out that the Oilers are still a 4-3-1 and have started to improve overall despite the recent losses. For a finesse player that likes the middle part of the ice, Ales Hemsky couldn't be called a floater by any stretch, so it's a relief to see that he's snapped out of his inexplicable torpor in the last couple of games. And pairing him with Robert Nilsson on the first line seems like such an obvious good idea that I guess it's fitting that it never occurred to me. Nilsson has probably been the Oilers best forward early this season and he's one of the few legitimate shooting threats. I expect the Oilers forward top line to perform much better than they have (Erik Cole has been in a statistical netherworld all season) and I expect the goaltending to hold up reasonably well — Roloson's game last night gives me hope.
Those are the good things right off the top. But I'm a pessimist by nature (as well as a sensation at cocktail parties), so I'd rather focus on the many troubling aspects to pick apart about this team:
1. The defence is weird. There are lots of intriguing pieces on the back end, but none of them are very well-rounded. Aside from Sheldon Souray and the glitteringly improved Denis Grebeshkov, who both have stood up well, Steve Staios has been okay, although he isn't getting any faster. After that it sometimes feels like a sheer cliff. As impressive as a bench presser as I've seen, the 5'11 Lubomir Visnovsky still has a tough time chasing opponents in his own zone, with the faintest shades on Marc-Andre Bergeron haunting that end of the Oilers ice. Tom Gilbert has taken a big step back from last year, and the puck has had an uncanny way of squirting away from him whenever it gets the chance. Laco Smid hasn't played as much, but you always have to wonder when he's going to hit the ceiling, if he hasn't already. Jason Strudwick has been okay as the 6th or 7th guy, but he shouldn't be playing over 10 minutes a game like he has.
2. The kid line doesn't work. So far. They aren't out there to prevent goals and they also aren't scoring either, so yeah. It doesn't help that Cogliano, Gagner and Nilsson are all young, smallish forwards playing on the same line.
3. The fourth line is useless. I hate to go on about a line that traditionally plays 4-5 minutes a game, but Zack Stortini and Steve MacIntyre are right at that Mendoza Line of effectiveness. There is also too much overlap in regards to their tough guy roles. Kyle Brodziak is simply wasted there.
4. The team is living and mostly dying by the sword. A traditional MacTavish team aggressively forechecks and uses the D to chip the puck towards the net or along the boards to create offence. While this is still somewhat true, the Oilers' forwards have leaned on using their speed to generate a lot of their chances in transition. As great as that is, this "transition" that I speak of is usually a horrific scoring chance gift-wrapped for the opposition. As much as the press talks up the Oilers as a skilled team, there are at least a dozen more actually skilled teams with point-per-game players willing to trade chances with the Oilers.
5. This team has stopped hitting. I think this is what MacTavish is talking about when he criticized the team's perimeter game and lack of aggression. From what I've seen, the Oilers pursue the puck carrier pretty well, but aside from Ethan Moreau and Erik Cole, too many players don't want to bulldoze to the net with the puck or target opposing defenceman for a big check. More chaos, please.
Anyway, that's an admittedly brazen analysis for a guy that has fast-forwarded a good portion of these games in beer-buzzed disgust. But hey, it's hard to not want to scrunch your puckhat over your eyes when the Maple Leafs are looking like the better team these days.
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7 Hearty Vegan Sandwiches That Don't Mess Around
I am decidedly pro-meat and cheese. Nothing gives me more joy than thin slices of prosciutto and creamy goat cheese. But sometimes when I'm feeling a little bogged down during the week, I like eating something that will give me energy and won't throw me into a midday food coma. Step in: vegan sandwiches.
These aren't just any vegan sandwiches though — they are heartier than your average veggie delight. These things mean business.
The key to a good vegan or vegetarian sandwich, of course, is always the spread: white bean spread, olive tapenade, or an interesting hummus.
- BBQ Tempeh Sandwich - The First Mess
- Swiss Chard & White Bean Grilled Sandwich - Sunday Morning Banana Pancakes
- Tofu Banh Mi - Thrifty Veggie Mama
- Curried Tofu Salad Sandwich
- Grilled Veggie Wrap Loaded with Garam Masala & Carrot Hummus - Lana Pribic
- Mashed Chickpea Salad Sandwich - The Simple Veganista
- Mini Roasted Corn & White Bean Grilled Cheese Sandwiches with Ancho-Chili Cashew Cheese - Keepin' It Kind
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One Size Fits All: Bluehost ReviewSunday, July 17th, 2011
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The simplicity is one advantage, with no confusion over which features you get with your plan, as everyone gets the same. So while Bluehost, at $6.95 a month, may not appeal to the user looking primarily for affordability, it would be hard to find such a feature-rich package elsewhere on a lower cost plan.
Some might argue that this single plan gives less flexibility than the usual three or more packages aimed at different kinds of users, but Bluehost has been doing this since 1996 and currently hosts over a million websites. They also claim to be gaining 20,000 new customers a month and say they constantly improve their services. So perhaps they are doing something right.


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Hey I love competition as much as the next guy. To me it is the heart and soul of the free enterprise system in the U.S., trickling down to the community level, like right here in the Bluffton area.
But when it comes down to competition among hospitals, doctors, other providers and medical services, I have deep reservations and concerns for the individual patient.
You see competition among things like purchasing cars, computers, groceries, clothing and even buying insurance is quite different. You visit automobile showrooms; you bargain for the best price; you go online or to the electronics store to get the best deal; you look for sales, even if it's for a great cruise or vacation resort.
That's not the way it works in health care. You don't have a serious illness or accident and try out different hospitals to see which one is best. When you have a minor ailment, you don't check out the various urgent care centers to see which is cheapest or which has the best doctors.
And even the decision to pick your family doctor is not an easy one.
Most people, especially around here who have moved from a different part of the country, seek out their doctors by what neighbors tell them or advertisements or the "Yellow Pages," or in today's world - online. None of these tells you very much about their clinical skills, personality, office practices or billing procedures. People do not interview multiple doctors and make a decision like you would in most competitive situations. So, you read advertisements in the newspapers touting one hospital's orthopedic services or another hospital's affiliation with a renowned cancer institute or medical school. You read about doctor's credentials in the newspapers, mostly those employed by the hospitals in the region rather that in private practice. And some how, "by hook or crook," you make the important decision as to who to see.
In this fast-growing county, especially in Bluffton, I have never witnessed such obvious, pervasive competition. It's everywhere - huge expenditures by hospitals, doctors, dentists (especially dentists), medical services, etc. In one edition of a local newspaper, there were 13 advertisements on 12 separate pages, ranging in size from 3 by 5 inches to full pages, all in color; expensive stuff to say the least.
Drive down S.C. 170 and billboards extolling hospital services are everywhere. For a long time there was an electronic billboard telling you how many minutes it would take to get to a certain hospital.
I've seen all this before, to some extent, but mostly in larger communities. Hospital services, especially where there are huge conglomerates like Charlotte or Buffalo, advertise everywhere - buses, taxi cabs, grocery carts. However, I have never seen the quantity of newspaper ads re: Health and medical services, in such a relatively small geographic and populated area. But understand that in this area, there appears to be several hospitals, competing for everything, with lots of doctors coming and going, lots of services (MRI, CT scans, etc). They all want your business, even the ER's that we are not supposed to use as our doctor. You can go online and make an appointment time in the ER. Wow.
Further, we now have new sets of providers looking for your business - physician assistants, nurse practitioners, urgent care centers and so on.
Confused as to where to go, whom to see, what to pay? I certainly am. I yearn for the days when you went to your doctor, in private not hospital practice, and he or she told you which specialist to go to for your particular problem, based on his or her knowledge and experience, not from a billboard or newspaper advertisement. You trusted your doctor's opinion; now whom do you trust?
Is the amount of money being spent in this very competitive environment really proper? I guess so because everyone is doing the spending. But I wonder if some of it should be going into improving services, patient care and quality employees.
I'm not smart enough to know the answers to all this, but I am going to get the opinions of some of the health care leaders and providers in our area. By the time you read this column, I hopefully will have interviewed the CEO's of some of our leading hospitals. These hospitals are in Hilton Head, Hardeeville, Beaufort and Savannah. They need to have some answers. After all, their concerns are not only for the future of their institutions, but of our communities. They live here, they are our neighbors and they and their families get sick too. I am going to interview several physicians and other providers on a host of several controversial medical practice issues.
I am really going to ask tough questions, but the same tough questions to everyone I interview. And I'm going to let you know exactly what they said. Controversial stuff, and it's just the beginning of a long series of columns examining what is happening in medicine today, much of it questionable in my opinion.
It is interesting that Webster has multiple definitions of competition. The one most used is - "the effort of two or more parties acting independently to secure the business of a third party by offering the most favorable terms." That's kind of a nice definition used in the competitive marketplace. But Webster has another definition, not used by many - "a contest between rivals." I have a sneaky hunch the latter definition is what's going on around here.
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With the snowfall, I wasn't eager to complete the last remaining chores in the garden; a few shrubs to wrap and clay pots to empty and store. However, remaining indoors I baked up an apple crumble, gluten-free of course. It has been far too long since I have made anything sweet to share and a better activity than spending a long afternoon in the cold weather.
What I love about crumbles is their simplicity and how you can use whatever fruit is in season, or a combination of them. For this crumble I added coconut to the topping and threw some almonds in, which gave it a nice crisp texture. Also, one of my favorite herb combinations, thyme and lavender; I added these to the fruit just to flavor the crumble from the usual spices.
If you are not used to putting lavender in your recipes, it is a great flavor, but remember that a little lavender goes a long way.
Sweet crumbles we all know and love, but are there any savory crumbles out there? I have seen savory cobblers that look intriguing and delicious. As a side dish for dinner they would be a nice bit of change to the table.
Apple Coconut Crumble w/ Lavender & Thyme Recipe
1 cup g/f baking mix
1/3 cup sliced almonds, chopped
¼ cup granular sugar
¼ cup shredded coconut, unsweetened
¼ teaspoon sea salt
6 Tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled
4 large granny smith apples, peeled, cored & chopped
-tossed with 1-2 Tablespoons lemon juice
2 Tablespoons butter, unsalted
2 Tablespoons granular sugar
1 teaspoon arrow root powder
¼ teaspoon sea salt
3 Tablespoons honey
¼ teaspoon lavender buds
¼ teaspoon thyme leaves
Preheat oven to 350ºF.
preparing the crumb:
1. Combine the gluten-free mix, almonds, sugar, coconut and sea salt together.
2. Incorporate with chilled butter into the flour mix by grating the butter.
*To keep the butter from sticking, coat the butter with the flour mixture and grate a few times. Repeat until all of the butter is grated.
3. Rub the grated butter into the mixture until a coarse meal forms. Chill until ready to bake.
preparing the fruit filling:
1. Melt butter in a sauté pan and add apples, toss to coat.
2. While the apples a gently warming up, mix together granular sugar and arrowroot powder.
3. Drizzle honey and herbs over apples; fold in.
4. Add arrowroot mixture and incorporate.
baking the crumble:
1. Place apples in an 8×8 baking dish and top with crumble mixture.
2. Bake for approximately 25-45 minutes until filling is bubbling and top has browned.
*For individual dessert serving, use various oven safe baking dishes such as ramekins or single serving bowls. A nice dollop of crème fraîche is perfect for this dessert.
Serves 6-8.
*Gluten-Free Baking Mix Recipe
2 ¼ cups white rice flour
1 ¼ cups brown rice flour [Use superfine brown rice for a finer texture]
1 cup tapioca flour
2 teaspoons xanthan gum
1. Whisk together all of the ingredients well and store in sealed container.
Makes 4 ½ cups baking mix.


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On Nov. 17, 2011, after six years of marriage, celebrity couple Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher filed for divorce. The pair had made headlines when they first emerged as a couple, and very few of those headlines ran without pointing out the 16-year age difference between the two of them.
The age gap between Moore and Kutcher made their union a classic May-December romance, and the list of celebrities who have engaged in such unions is long. Almost as long, however, is the list of such couples who couldn't keep their marriages together. Divorces lawyers have full coffers thanks to the dissolution of such May-December celebrity unions, particularly when there was no pre-nuptial agreement in place.
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Posted 18 November 2011


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