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The USA Tomahawks have produced a sixteen point second half to silence the 8,019 strong crowd in Wrexham to win 24-16 and progress to the quarter finals in the World Cup.
After their shock defeat to Italy last week - over 8,000 Welsh supporters packed into the Glyndwr University Racecourse Stadium to witness their side to brush aside the USA Tomahawks and keep their quarter finals hopes alive.
They couldn't have asked for a stronger start with a left side raid with St George Illawarra second-rower and Christiaan Roets combining for the latter to open the scoring for the Welsh Dragons.
It was an immediate reply from the Tomahawks when Matt Petersen was taken out chasing a bomb. Clint Newton steaming onto a short ball to cross to level proceedings.
Another penalty provided the launching pad for America to take the shock lead but this would be a minor jolt with bigger voltage to come. Joseph Paulo threw a lovely cut-out pass to send veteran winger Matt Petersen in for the four pointer.
The halftime pie wouldn't have gone down well around the Racecourse Stadium with the visitors holding a shock 8-4 lead. They were in full voice right after the resumption though as the Welsh based themselves on the Tomahawks line without any penetration.
This defensive effort would spur on the Tomahawks though as they would produce a nine minute salvo that would extinguish the Dragons hopes.
It was bookended by tries to two current NRL representatives in Paulo and Newton but the spirit shown in the American camp after any big play was a credit to the side. They forced the Welsh into errors which allowed Paulo to cross in the 56th minute.
Tui Samoa produced a wrecking ball effort reminiscent of a Miley Cyrus video clip. The forward kept his legs pumping close to the line eventually breaking free and slamming it down. Faint USA chants were ringing around the stadium while the Welsh drums were silenced.
Newton finished the glut in the 65th minute when he linked with the halfback Craig Preistly to cross adjacent to the uprights. Newton was mobbed by team-mates as the Tomahawks shocked the world once again.
"Shock the world" was the motto of the Tomahawks camp coming into the game against the Cook Island but no one suspected a sequel. None more than the Welsh who were probing without intent as the last pass was errant in several instances.
The Dragons sent the home crowd away with a slight smile as they produced the final two tries of sloppy but engaging contest throughout. Christisaan Roets earned himself a brace from a long range effort. Larne Patrick set off a mad-cap final minute with his latching on to a grubber putting the Welsh within eight.
Much like the previous 79 minutes though - Ben Flower found the ball in his hands after a right-hand side break but was inches short. The hooter sounded and the Tomahawks had done it again - setting up a possible quarter final date with the Australian Kangaroos.
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Say you're a struggling Western freelance writer. In a quest for some dependable cash, you apply to work on trail crew for a summer with the Forest Service -- a great way to be in the mountains and make money. You call up the local USFS office and get assurance that yes, you're qualified, and they'd like to hire you, but you need to apply through the standardized application system.
You wade through a tedious online application process and wait to hear back. And wait. And wait. Summer approaches and you need work, so you get a coffee shop gig instead. A year later, you decide to apply once more for trail crew. After spending 30 minutes tracking down your password (a required eight characters with uppercase characters, a number, and a symbol), you log back in to the hiring site. Once there, you stumble upon a note attached to your old application informing you that, according to the computer system that sorts applications, you are deemed unqualified for trail crew -- even though folks on the ground were ready to hire you. You were never notified, though. Surprised and frustrated, you shrug. What can you expect? It's the government -- inefficient and nonsensical.
Except it isn't the government. The system that arbitrarily disqualified you, deeming you unsuited to remove deadfall and construct erosion barriers, belongs to a private contractor. Welcome to Avue.
These difficulties help explain why a big cheer went up late last year, ($34 million dollars later) when the agency decided not to renew its Avue Digital Services contract. "HALLELUJAH!!!!!" wrote a user on the online forum WildlandFire.com, hearing of the switch. "To be honest, if we were required to use a 1972 typewriter and mail the application on one of those Wells Fargo stagecoaches, that would be better than AVUE. Anything would be better than AVUE."
Yet the switch comes with its own set of costly hassles -- and questions about the value of government outsourcing meant to save money. While the Forest Service won't comment on the decision to switch to eRecruit, a service offered by an Australian company NGA.net, or on its dealings with Avue, employees within the agency currently aren't able to access any data from Avue, including thousands of job descriptions it needs to populate the new system. (Known as position descriptions, or PDs, these are key for matching applicants with jobs.) And not only are are Forest Service employees unable to access old data. If they have downloaded copies of position descriptions from Avue, they aren't allowed to use those either. An agency memo lays it out:
"In no event … can you use a PD (position description) from the Avue system, in whole or in part, to create a new or modified PD in the new eRecruit system." The Forest Service is also in ongoing negotiations with Avue about accessing that old data, but won't comment on that either.
Linda Rix, CEO of Avue Digital Services, says the focus on the missing position descriptions misses the point, though. She says eRecruit isn't able to do many of the complex tasks that Avue did, and that is partly why the transition has been difficult. "What eRecruit is doing for the Forest Service is about 40 percent of what we were doing for the Forest Service."
And despite the difficulties of using Avue, its complexity had a purpose, she adds. When the Forest Service contracted with Avue, says Rix, it was at pains to implement a system where "you can definitely show that you are not practicing discriminatory hiring." Avue's system does this, she says, because it "auto-calculates" matches based on specific job and legal criteria like the Fair Labor Standards Act, matching people -- regardless of race or gender -- based on the position needs and their own skill set. The new system, says Rix, lacks these capabilities.
Forest Service employees might argue that the auto-calculation was precisely what they wanted to get rid of. Avue's automated application screening process, according to a 2011 GAO report, "frequently result(ed) in situations where highly qualified candidates were wrongly eliminated from consideration or unqualified candidates were listed along with qualified candidates." Employees, particularly those in the wildfire program, complained about these baseless disqualifications as well as the overall difficulty of the application process.
Admittedly, it's not easy to be a giant federal agency, with thousands of applications for seasonal openings needing to be evaluated every year. Yet, by 2013, one would hope that the U.S. Forest Service would have figured it out. The Bureau of Land Management, NOAA and a number of other agencies use jobs giant Monster.com, but instead of joining that system, the Forest Service's jump to eRecruit is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's overall shift to a comprehensive human resources management program called "OneUSA," which aims to provide a simpler way for the whole Agriculture Department to hire qualified candidates.
We'll see. I'm just glad I'm not looking to join a trail crew this summer.
Stephanie Paige Ogburn was the online editor at High Country News. She recently moved to Washington, D.C. to work as a climate science reporter. Reach her on Twitter @spogburn.

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We are about to find out just how good that top in the DAX is. Last week I came here to tell you of great reading for the German chart. Here we are, a week later and it's still holding. It's being challenged by a surge that helped create a new high in the Dow. So let's get to brass tacks. The new high in the Dow from Friday is in the 260 week window from the 07 high and has met the minimum requirement for a cycle high as the first major chart finding a new pivot high in the time window.
Whether it holds is another story. All I can tell you is the selling came seemingly out of the blue the rest of Friday. The markets rallied on the decent jobs number but it didn't have the feel of a euphoric market. Why? Because half the country wasn't too happy about it. Sorry to say but the feeling from the political arena is spilling into financial markets. Just as the civil war in Syria is spilling over the border into places like Turkey, the feelings of turbulence have to be spilling over to the market from the Presidential race.
Hey, it works both ways. If the incumbent is going to stay in the lead because the market has been up all these weeks you can't help but think there must be an element of the trading community who actually agrees with Jack Welch's assertion the jobs number was cooked. Rick Santelli believes it. I don't think it's possible to cook the numbers and many believe the system they use already cooks them enough. But it's all relative; this is how Labor does it, has done and will continue to do it. So I didn't really feel the euphoria nevertheless we hit the time window and markets started selling on Friday.
The question is whether this is the start of something big. For now we are getting conflicting information. Unfortunately the Chinese market was closed last week and they are trying to turn up on a162 week pivot. They have a good start with short covering but they've had good starts before and seen them come to naught. The US Dollar continued to drop, breaking different levels of support. If it went this far I think it can go all the way back to the September low but that might require the patience of a saint. Tech is usually led by Apple Computer which suddenly can't catch a bid. It will be exceptionally hard for the NDX or NASDAQ to sustain this week without AAPL. Oil is trying to find a low but hasn't quite done it yet. It looked like the SOX had found a low but it left an upper tail on Friday just at the wrong place that could be a bearish polarity flip.
Nothing bad happens when banks are good, right? Even the BKX stalled out on Friday just south of a new high. We don't have a reversal yet nor do we in the HGX Housing Index but any follow through in either could tip them over. Do you see a theme emerging? With just a little more bearish activity we could tip the market away from the bulls and give control to the bears. We've had an earlier high in the NASDAQ where calculations are good enough for a high. But we didn't have readings in the NDX and here's some good news for you. The readings in the Dow high are more heavily weighted to time as opposed to price which means that after years of doing this work, even if the market tips in favor of the bears we could end up with a nasty correction given the time window odds DO NOT FAVOR a return to a real bear market based on the information we have now. Nothing is guaranteed but I do not see a perfect storm sitting in the Dow peak like I have with some other highs over the past few years. In fact, the 2011 high in terms of the information I use was more powerful than the high in the Dow right now. That doesn't mean we are in the clear, we could experience a Cat 1 or even 2 out of any potential turn in a big anniversary window but the odds that we'll get a repeat of 2007-09 are low. But that could change if we get different highs with different calculations in the next 2 weeks.
So the jobs numbers are better. Why all the commotion? Nobody is fixing the numbers. C'mon now, the people who are complaining the loudest know a lot about how the stock market's fortunes get tied to the economy. The stock market has been up since last December and since June 1 in the least. The numbers, any economic numbers had to start getting better sooner or later and I suspect GDP numbers will also be better than anticipated when they come as well if for no other reason than a sustained rally throughout most of the year.
I'm sure it has something to do with the disappointment most GOP supporters feel over the fact the challenger finally had a better week than the incumbent. However you slice it, you hear a lot of stories about how this, that or the other candidate just continues to spew misinformation, the perception is that Romney won this debate. I'm sure he did simply because he looked a lot better. I have to tell you this, I spend some time on popular social media (not as Fibonacciman) and I've found out just how misinformed many Americans are about facts of all stripes. Just the other day some guy told me he thought the US didn't enter WWII until after the Soviets already won the battle of Stalingrad. The point is a lot of people have no way of checking the facts, don't even care what the facts are and only too willing to believe what their candidate is telling them.
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A young woman was parked at the dumpster behind the mall in Hopkinsville a few days ago. She was reaching through the open doors of the bin and digging industriously. I didn't see her take anything out, but obviously she thought there was a good chance of finding something useful.
If I were ever to try dumpster diving, I guess I'd look for a dumpster like this one. I'm sure the mall stores sometimes discard salvagable items, and most of the trash would be dry so it shouldn't smell too bad.
Some people check the dumpsters at grocery stores for food. I consider that to be hard-core dumpster diving. I prefer that my food come from inside the store. On occasion, I might buy a package of marked-down beef if it still looks good. I don't really want to get any closer than that to salvaged food.
My own trash salvaging has been limited to picking up lumber piled on the curb for the garbage truck. This was very humiliating to my children. They were afraid that their friends would drive by and see their nutty mother throwing plywood scraps into the back of the truck. In deference to their sensitivities, I passed up a lot of perfectly good lumber.
Nowadays, I don't have the kids along to restrain me, but I drive a little car instead of a little truck. It doesn't work very well for hauling, so I'm still passing up lots of useful pieces of lumber. I wouldn't have time to make anything with it, anyway, but it always pains me to see it headed for the landfill.


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Nice man! Looks like that shoulder is doing well!
Attitash crag.. the next Humphreys !!! Soon it will have enough bolts to tip into the river
Nice job man. Hope to get on this line soon. Glad to see you back in the game. Cheers.
Grammy, nice pic on the NEC home page!Good route dude.D
nice work Grammy, you beat us to it
i know, i had to break the kayak out today. high rivers = lots of fun
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Peynet was born in Paris the 16th of November 1908
At 15 he is admitted to the Institute of Applied Arts
a school which, by chance is located right opposite the bistrot (café) own by his parents (my grand-parents) native of Auvergne had moved to Paris some years before.
It is at the start of his active life that he begins to really learn his trade, a drawer at Tolmer, an advertising agency In Paris, doing various tasks from sweeping the agency premises to drawing labels for perfume bottles and decorating biscuits boxes and further to the creation of various publicities.
In 1930 he married my mother named Denise and whose family name DAMOUR was most appropriate.
In order to make a better living, he starts publishing his drawings in the Parisian press very profuse at that time : Le Rire, Rire à deux, Paris magazine, The Boulevardier (paper particularly meant for the British people living in Paris),
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STOCKTON - Saturday was busy and at times bizarre for Stockton firefighters, who responded to a major water leak at a vital downtown office building, extinguished three structure fires and rescued a number of animals, officials said.
STOCKTON - Saturday was busy and at times bizarre for Stockton firefighters, who responded to a major water leak at a vital downtown office building, extinguished three structure fires and rescued a number of animals, officials said.
At 7:36 a.m., the Stockton Fire Department received a report of a fire at a multistory residential building at 16 North American Street, officials said. Firefighters arrived to find smoke coming from the sixth floor.
They quickly controlled the fire and contained it to one apartment unit. Firefighters believe the fire started in a garbage can, Battalion Chief Van Riviere said. They are trying to determine whether it was set intentionally, he said.
At 8:03 a.m., while crews were still extinguishing the blaze on North American Street, dispatchers received a report of a water leak at the Stewart-Eberhardt Building on East Weber Avenue, officials said. The leak affected all five floors of the building, which houses the Stockton Police Department's dispatch center and computer servers, Riviere said.
"We were able to protect all of the critical infrastructure in the building," Riviere said. "City crews and contract crews are on site doing restoration work."
Riviere said the leak was the result of a plumbing failure. He could not estimate how much damage was done to the building. City spokeswoman Connie Cochran said the leak originated on the third floor on the west side of the building.
The leak damaged walls, ceiling tiles and carpeting, but there was no significant damage to equipment, records or the dispatch center, Cochran said. City officials won't have an estimate of the damages until next week, she said.
At 11:55 a.m., firefighters were dispatched to a kitchen fire at the home of a hoarder on Section Avenue, officials said. The fire was easily controlled and a firefighter saved a chicken, but with litter and debris stacked waist-high, the home was deemed uninhabitable, officials said.
Fire officials contacted the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office, the American Red Cross and Adult Protective Services to assist the victim, who arranged to stay with a neighbor, Riviere said.
Then at 3:49 p.m., firefighters responded to a report of a fire at a home in the 1100 block of South American Street, officials said. Crews arrived to find "extremely heavy fire conditions" at the rear of the residence, Riviere said.
The fire reached the attic and resulted in smoke damage throughout the house, but firefighters were able to save most of the personal possessions belonging to the man and woman who lived there, Riviere said. They also saved three dogs and one bird.
No one was injured in any of the blazes, officials said.
"It was a very eventful day," Chief's Operator Jon Hellige said. "We practice for high-rise fires all the time, but not too often do we actually get a fire on the sixth floor of a residential building. There were still crews on the scene of that one when the water call came in at the Eberhardt building, and knowing how valuable and sensitive all that electronic equipment is in that building, we had to work quickly to salvage as much of the important and sensitive equipment as we could."
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BOWLING GREEN, Va. (AP) — The driver of a bus that crashed last year in Virginia, killing four passengers and injuring dozens more, was convicted Thursday of four counts of involuntary manslaughter.
Caroline County Circuit Judge Joseph Ellis told Kin Yiu Cheung on Thursday that the driver's conduct was "so gross and wanton," that the judge had no choice but to find him guilty of all four counts.
Caroline County prosecutors called 15 witnesses, including several passengers on the low-fare Sky Express bus from Greensboro, N.C., to New York.
They described erratic driving, including weaving and repeatedly speeding up and slowing down, before the bus swerved off the road, hit an embankment and overturned. The crash happened in May 2011 on Interstate 95 about 30 miles north of Richmond.
"It was like a nightmare. I remember it like it was yesterday," passenger Andrew Jennings testified. "I woke up to people screaming, the bus was flipping, it was completely dark."
A state trooper testified that Cheung nodded when asked whether he'd fallen asleep behind the wheel.
Commonwealth's Attorney Tony Spencer pointed at Cheung and said, "That man had a legal duty of care to those passengers, and that's a factor in this case."
Cheung's attorney, Taylor Stone, called the crash a "horrendous accident," and argued it "doesn't rise to the standard of criminal negligence."
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SAN FRANCISCO — As the Senate voted on a landmark immigration bill that would let Silicon Valley companies import more foreign engineers, some Americans remain locked in a deeply emotional argument over whether outsiders are taking jobs away from people like Joey Doernberg.
Mr. Doernberg worked in chip design, before that industry shrank, and then for a solar energy company, before that industry shrank, and has been unemployed since the middle of last year. By his own account, his skills are not ideal for the current job market. Nor does it help, he says, that at 53, he looks older than he is; youth is at a premium in his industry. So, too, is optimism.
"It's a question of convincing someone that with these skills, I can do this job, even though I haven't done it before," he said. "I'm very optimistic. I know I will find a job."
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source here :http://www.boston.com/business/techn...r_virus_cases/Some high-profile computer virus senders who have been caught:
1988 - Robert Tappan Morris released the so-called "Morris Worm" on Nov. 2, 1988, that crippled about 6,000 computer systems -- about a tenth of the Internet at the time, and resulted in about $15 million in damage. Morris, whose father was a computer security expert with the National Security Agency, later said it was just a stunt and that he regretted his actions. He was placed on three years' probation, given 400 hours of community service and fined $10,000. He is now an assistant professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
1991 - Joe Popp of Cleveland, Ohio, mailed about 20,000 copies of software to subscribers of a British computer magazine that included a program that damaged users' computers. He was extradited to England, but then ejected from the country after appearing in court with a box on his head and rollers in his beard. He was later sentenced to six months in jail in Italy on similar charges.
1995 - Christopher Pile, then 26, was sentenced to 18 months in custody in the United Kingdom for writing and sending two computer viruses, "Pathogen" and "Queeg," named after expressions used in the British Sci-Fi comedy "Red Dwarf." He was the first person in the United Kingdom to be convicted of writing and distributing computer viruses.
1998 - The Korean National Police Agency caught a group of university students calling themselves "CVC" who had disseminated information on how to write computer viruses. They were released after authorities concluded their actions were not illegal.
1999 - Chen Ing-hau, then 24, admitted to Taiwanese authorities that he created the "Chernobyl" virus that triggers on April 26, the anniversary of the Soviet Union's nuclear disaster. He wasn't charged initially because police said no one filed a complaint, but a year later, when the virus struck again, he was charged. A police statement said, "He did not expect the virus to cause such a great impact. He regretted his deeds and apologizes."
2000 - Onel de Guzman, then 23, a computer school dropout in the Philippines, was arrested but then released and not prosecuted after authorities realized they had no laws to charge the admitted sender of the "ILOVEYOU" virus, which struck computers around the world causing more than $7 billion in damage. Such laws have since been passed.
2001 -- Jan De Wit, then 20, of the Netherlands, was ordered to perform 150 hours of community service after telling a Dutch court he had no idea of the impact he would have when he created the "Anna Kournikova" virus that snarled e-mail traffic around the world. His collection of about 7,500 viruses was also confiscated. "I don't know what fascinated me. When I think about it now, I should never have started this collection," he told the court.
2002 - David Smith, of Aberdeen, N.J, was sentenced to 20 months in jail and fined $5,000 following plea bargains reached in December 1999 with state and federal prosecutors for creating the "Melissa" virus that snarled e-mail worldwide, causing more than $80 million in damage. Smith, who was 34 when he was sentenced, is in federal prison at Fort Dix, N.J.
2003 - Simon Vallor, 22, of North Wales, was sentenced to two years in jail in January 2003 after pleading guilty in London to writing and distributing three computer viruses, "Gokar," "Redesi" and "Admirer," which infected an estimated 27,000 PCs in 42 countries.


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President James Michael Nolan Muses on the Nature of, well, just about everything, as it relates to your experience at Southwestern College.
In addition to teaching mainstream Psychology and Art Therapy practice, this is the kind of conversation some of us get into at Southwestern College. My brothers tend to think I am not serious, that I am grandstanding, that nobody has conversations about this stuff.
Actually, we do. A bunch of us anyway. In November of 2009, our mission statement became "Transforming Consciousness through Education." That wasn't an accident….
So, on with the conversation….
Rudolf Steiner and Ken Wilber, among countless other philosophically minded thinkers throughout time, posit that human experience over the millennia goes something like this:
We started off as an Undifferentiated Unity of formless energy, a great spiritual presence, unaware of itself, just "being", the way, perhaps, an individual sleeping newborn just be's.
Over time, the more etheric energy developed into increasingly denser and denser and more differentiated entities, eventually transitioning to "Form"—trees, rocks, morning glories, water, humans, rutabagas, wire-haired fox terriers, and so on.
As we each became, to the mundane gaze, anyway, "Differentiated Form", we "forgot" that we all came from the same Unified Life Field, or energy field. Again, Wilber and Steiner might suggest that the trajectory of our experience is from Unconscious Unity to Conscious Unity. We are here to experience the differentness that I call "Jim Nolan", but to evolve back up the ladder to a profoundly felt realization that in my distinctiveness, I am also part of the Unified Whole. Conscious Unity. I am a white cap, but a white cap on, and of, the ocean.
(I know—this is a lot, covered at breakneck speed…)
It is interesting, as a friend of mine pointed out to me (because a friend of hers pointed it out to her), that one could say the history of art went from large, largely undifferentiated sculptures or obelisks or markings (kind of "unconscious unity"), toward an increasing focus on, and valuing of, detail (Byzantine art, for example), only to be broken up by Picasso into identifiable but disparate and unsettlingly abutting parts. He was on to something. Then into the further dis-integration found in Kandinsky, Mondrian, Pollock and so on—away from form, toward undifferentiated images, toward conscious unity, one could suggest. Interesting thoughts…The universe is undifferentiated stuff, and we trick our eyes and mind into seeing it in terms of discrete units, entities, beings, things. But these guys broke their own "form trances" and cultivated their capacity to see once again the undifferentiated, formlessness in the universe…Conscious unity…Hmmm…
So then we could say that music went from primal sounds and utterances toward the use of primitive instruments, to scales, to classical music, which is of course a tour de force of elegance and detail and structure. Then it found its way to American jazz, which might be called the Picasso of music, often broken up into crazy wailings with, to many ears, only a vague semblance of form holding it together, odd off-chords banging into unexpected roaming notes. Then on into ambient and space music, even more formless, consciously, intentionally, evolving into a cosmic hum of sorts…
Literature went from early cave and stone writings, toward increasingly detailed poems, to the thousand page, painstakingly detailed 19th century novels of Dickens and his ilk, then moved back toward conscious unity with Jack Kerouac's "spontaneous prose", James Joyce's "stream of consciousness" and the interior monologues found in Faulkner's "Sound and the Fury" and Virginia Woolf's "To the Lighthouse."
So detail, form, structure, rules, all brought a kind of beauty, an aesthetic of detail, and directed our attention to the thing-ness of things.
But eventually, in literature, Joyce realized that internal consciousness does not have punctuation, or even linearity—the way we write is not the way it is—and so we have Molly Bloom's thirty page soliloquy (with only two punctuation marks, and what used to be literature's longest sentence at 4,391 words), which powers us square into Molly's consciousness, where we recognize that, yes, this is more like it, yes.
And what people criticized as undisciplined, rambling, loosely associated and undifferentiated drivel was actually what Jack Kerouac felt was a closer approximation of consciousness, which he called "Spontaneous Prose." Paralleling Picasso and Mondrian, paralleling later Coltrane and Mingus.
The visible world is differentiated and yet it is not. A "mountain" is not really a mountain, but part of a complex wholeness of undifferentiated geological ramblings—like where does the mountain begin and end? It doesn't do either. Is the "sky" a thing? Probably not. We attribute form to it, but ultimately that too is a convenience which allows us to imagine we understand somehow the overarching, ineffably staggering vastness that is there when we look up. Am I completely differentiated from you? Much as this answer befuddles some, and riles others, it seems not.
So, anyway…At Southwestern College, we are aware of these multi-millennial progression paradigms. We believe the world is moving toward greater consciousness, and still has a long way to go. If the world truly "got" the Unity thing, then it would realize that the USA being at war with Iraq is like your Achilles Heel declaring war on your Trapezius. It simply would not make sense. The only way for your Achilles to declare war on your Traps would be to remain totally un-conscious of the fact that it is part of the same undifferentiated Body Entity as your Traps. "But I'm 'Lower Body' and he's 'Upper Body', and we never did see eye to eye" would be idiotic.
But "Jim" versus "The Guy Who Cut Me Off", Republicans versus Democrats, Humanity versus the Rain Forests—these are all versions of the great Achilles V. Traps War. They just are.
We are still moving forward. Ultimately, Joyce ended the Penelope chapter, Kerouac submitted a manuscript for publication, Coltrane put out a record, and Kandinsky sold his paintings. They were sensing, feeling, pointing toward the Unity, the One-ness in the universe, but knew that we were not there yet.
We bring this kind of consciousness to our fully accredited curriculum. (Perhaps not in so esoteric and wide-ranging a manner as this late night blog post, but…) We think that Integrative Mental Health and Conscious Unity are worthy paradigms, worthy goals for sentient beings to consider. We are all in this together. It is where we are heading anyway—the question is–will humanity go willingly, or kicking and squirming the whole way?
I am voting for the former, and I am pretty sure that Southwestern College has my back on this one…
You should stop by for some of these conversations….Really…We're in Santa Fe…In the process, you just might get a meaningful and sustainable career in Counseling or Art Therapy…
Jim Nolan


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More Brutally Tough Trivia For PawSox Fans
At the beginning of this week, I came up with ten tough trivia questions about former PawSox who played in the major leagues last year.
If you haven't tested your knowledge yet, here's a link.
Based on the e-mail I received, I learned two things:
1. You like trivia.
2. You agreed that the questions were tough (or as one of you wrote, "impossible").
So, here we go again.
This time I've come up with 10 questions based on PawSox history. And yes, once again they are difficult-to-impossible. Good luck!
1. Name the nine former PawSox who won major league MVP awards.
2. Name the six former PawSox who won the American League Rookie of the Year award.
3. Name the only former PawSox player who won the National League Rookie of the Year award.
4. Name the five Cy Young Award winners who have pitched for Pawtucket.
5. Name the four Hall of Famers who played for the Pawsox.
6. Name the five former PawSox who won American League batting titles.
7. Name the two former PawSox who won National League batting titles.
8. What former PawSox manager has the most wins as a major league manager?
9. What former Pawtucket player ranks highest on the all-time MLB home run list?
10. Name the five former PawSox broadcasters who are currently MLB broadcasters?
1. Dustin Pedroia, Mo Vaughn, Kevin Mitchell, Roger Clemens, Willie McGee, Fred Lynn, Jim Rice, Dennis Eckersley, and Jose Canseco.
2. Carlton Fisk, Fred Lynn, Mark Fidrych, Jose Canseco, Nomar Garciaparra, Dustin Pedroia.
3. Scott Williamson.
4. John Smoltz, Bret Saberhagen, Roger Clemens, Dennis Eckersley, and Bartolo Colon.
5. Wade Boggs, Dennis Eckersley, Carlton Fisk, Jim Rice.
6. Fred Lynn, Wade Boggs, John Olerud, Nomar Garciaparra, and Bill Mueller.
7. Willie McGee and Freddy Sanchez.
8. Darrell Johnson with 472 wins between Boston, Seattle, and Texas. Ken Macha (448 wins) should pass him this year.
9. Manny Ramirez who is 15th on the all-time list with 546 HR (and counting).
10. Gary Cohen (Mets), Don Orsillo (Red Sox), Andy Freed (Rays), Dave Flemming (Giants), and Dave Jageler (Nationals). Hopefully, Hoard and Hyder will eventually make it seven.
I'd love to hear how you did. You can let me know in the comments section or e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Inmate reported missing from Manchester halfway house
October 04. 2013 10:45PM
MANCHESTER — Authorities are searching for an inmate and registered sex offender who apparently did not return to the Calumet Transitional Housing Unit at an appointed time, according to a release from the state Department of Corrections.
Antonio Lionel Dustin, 53, of Manchester, was allowed to leave the facility at 4 a.m. Friday to go to work and was supposed to return at 6 p.m. Friday. He is serving a 1 1/2 to 4 year prison sentence after being convicted of failing to register as a sex offender, the release said.
Dustin is described as white, 5 feet, 6 inches tall and 195 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes and several tattoos on his right arm.
Anyone with information is asked to call either local law enforcement or the state prison at 271-1801.


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Kathleen C. Ahlers
Kathleen C. Ahlers, age 93, of Cold Spring, died on Friday, March 10, 2000 at the Somers Manor Nursing Home.
Born on November 2, 1906, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary Faye Sullivan. Mrs. Ahlers was the widow of the late Carl A. Ahlers; he predeceased her in 1973.
Mrs. Ahlers was a retired professional secretary for the president of Gristede's Brothers in New York, NY; a parishioner of St. Mary's Church in the Highlands, and a charter member of the New York State Secretaries Association.
Survivors include one cousin, Norma Renner of Texas, and many close friends.
Funeral services took place on Tuesday, March 14, 2000 at St. Mary's Church in the Highlands, Cold Spring, with the Rev. John G. Mills officiating. A private cremation followed at Ferncliff Crematory in Hartsdale, NY.
Interment of ashes will take place on March 23, 2000 at 1:30pm in Cold Spring Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of the Clinton Funeral Home, Cold Spring.
Hope Baldwin Lanier
Hope Baldwin Lanier, Psy.D., age 56, noted area psychologist, tennis player and mother, died at home on February 27, 2000 of pancreatic cancer.
She is survived by her husband, James A. Lanier III, Ph.D., her children Hope (Holly) Lanier Miller, David Ludwell Lanier, MD and Andrew Lee Lanier; her grandchildren Jackson David Miller and Lainey Hope Miller; and her siblings Mary Ludwell Baldwin, Ph.D. and William Ludwell Baldwin III.
The daughter of Lois Elaine Kibler and William Ludwell Baldwin Jr., she was born in Norfolk, VA and grew up in Garrison, NY. She graduated from Mary Baldwin College, received a Masters degree from William and Mary, and earned her doctorate in psychology from Rutgers University.
A founding partner of Cape Fear Psychological & Psychiatric Services, she was a respected and valued counselor. Her achievements as a psychologist follow successful careers as a college professor, English teacher and author of several books.
A lifelong avid reader, she took profound pleasure in literature and discussion. She was a devoted member of the book club that she so loved.
She will be remembered for the quality of her relationships with family and friends.
A memorial services was held at St. James Episcopal Church. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations of time or money be made to the church, the cancer society, or the hospice organization of the givers' choice.
Whitney Travis
Whitney Travis, a longtime resident of Garrison, died on March 1, 2000. He was 80 years old.
Mr. Travis, born in Peekskill, NY, was the son of E. Whitney and Helen McCutcheon Travis. He was graduated from Peekskill High School in 1938 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Hotel Administration from Cornell University in 1942. From 1943 to 1946 Mr. Travis served as an officer in the US Army Medical Corps in the European Theater of operations. Throughout his career Mr. Travis served as a private club manager for several organizations. He was the resident auditor at the Bear Mountain Inn and general manager of the Yale Club in NYC. He also served as general manager of the Stock Exchange Luncheon Club, on Wall Street in NYC, for many years before retiring in 1985.
Mr. Travis was a 32nd degree member of the Free and Accepted Masons, Cortlandt Lodge #34, and was honored as a fifty-year member in 1997. He was past president of the Ye Host Square Club.
Mr. Travis was a member of the Cornell Hotel Society, national president of the Club Managers Association of America in 1979, and a member and president of the Club Managers of the City of New York, and a member of the Metropolitan Club Managers Association.
Mr. Travis was married to Marjorie Travis on February 1, 1947 in Peekskill. He was a member of St. Philip's Episcopal Church in the Highlands, Garrison, NY.
His wife, Marjorie, sons John Whitney and Brion, and daughter, Elizabeth Travis-Grasso, all of Garrison, survive him. Two grandsons, Robert Whitney and John Alexander Travis, and a sister, Jane Travis, also survive.
The family is requesting donations in Mr. Travis' name to either the Garrison Volunteer Ambulance Corps, POB 121, or the Garrison Volunteer Fire Dept., POB 252, Garrison, NY 10524.
A private service was held at St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Garrison on Saturday, March 4th. Arrangements were by the Dorsey-Carlone Funeral Home.
Paul B. Rieckhoff
Paul B. Rieckhoff, age 88, died February 19, 2000 at his residence in Garrison.
He was born on January 6, 1912 in Hamburg, Germany. He had resided in Philipstown for the past 45 years, coming from the Bronx. He worked as a mechanic/repairman for the US Post Office in Manhattan for 29 years, retiring December 20, 1974. He was a WW II Army Veteran and a member of the VFW Post in Garrison.
On January 21, 1939, he married Catherine Galella in the Bronx. She survives at home.
He is also survived by a son, Paul of Garrison and two grandsons, Paul J. of Manhattan and Michael of Garrison.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Tuesday, February 22 at St. Columbanus Church, followed by interment at the Assumption Cemetery, under the direction of the E.O. Curry Funeral Home, Peekskill.
Carmella "Millie" Ruzich
Carmella "Millie" Ruzich, age 75, of Cold Spring, NY died on Tuesday, February 15, 2000 at Hudson Valley Hospital Center in Cortlandt Manor, NY.
Born in Croton on Hudson on May 16, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Pauline (Grasso) Ciccarelli.
Mrs. Ruzich was a homemaker and a resident of Cold Spring since she was 1 year old. She was a parishioner of Our Lady of Loretto Church.
She is survived by her husband, Frank Ruzich of the home address; three sisters, Mary Dillon of Cold Spring, Angela Miccio of Fishkill and Marie Chicarella of Cold Spring; many neices and nephews, great-neices and nephews also survive. She was predeceased by one brother and one sister.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Friday, February 18, 2000 at Our Lady of Loretto Church in Cold Spring. Interment followed at Cold Spring Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Mrs. Ruzich's name may be made to the Philipstown Volunteer Ambulance Corps.


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(AllHipHop News) Chris Rock's stand-up special "Kill The Messenger" has been removed from Delta Air Lines in-flight entertainment offerings due to the comedian's use of a gay slur.
Bosses at the airline were responding to a complaint by Jeremy Foreshew, an employee at gay dating app Grindr, who watched the special on a flight from New York to Los Angeles earlier this month.
The 2008 special includes a lengthy segment in which Chris rants about the occasions when it's acceptable to call a person a "f**got".
In a statement to the website GayTravel.com Delta bosses said, "The Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger segment should not have been uploaded on flights based on our criteria for excluding onboard programming that includes content featuring explicit language, slurs, extreme violence, and explicit scenes.
"We apologize to any customers who were offended by the content or our airing of the segment, and we are working as quickly as possible to remove it from our aircraft."
Jeremy, who previously worked selling in-flight entertainment packages to airlines told the website that knowing the stringent criteria many airlines use to determine material shown on their aircraft, he was shocked to see such offensive material available.
"I just came to a place where I couldn't believe this was something happening in 2016," he said. "When you think of the number of people who fly Delta every day and have access to that language...it just shocked me."
The removal of Chris' comedy special is the second time in recent weeks Delta has come under fire from the gay community for their in-flight entertainment choices.
Earlier this month Twitter users used the hashtag #FreeCarol to protest that the airline only offered a version of the 2015 drama Carol which censored out scenes lead actresses Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara kissing.[polldaddy poll="9505544"]


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One Direction Begins Shooting 3D Movie… in Japan! (VIDEO)
If you thought One Direction's UK and US fans were the most passionate ones out there, you need to check this out… because you could be wrong! When the boys arrived in Tokyo, Japan, where they're scheduled to play two huge concerts, they were swamped at the airport by fans — dozens? Hundreds? Thousands? — who tried to catch a glimpse of 'em. It's safe to say those fanatics are now in the running for 'Most Passionate' Directioners.
Also on the 1D agenda, the guys are beginning to film the One Direction 3D movie, which is slated for summer of this year. For the details, watch the video above, then make sure to subscribe to our friends at ClevverTV for more celeb news.


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Let there be light
As boring as it may be to report this, with so much as a modicum of good conscience, I cannot allow this subject to be cast aside unaddressed.
We are not – I repeat – we are not being forced to change the lighting systems in our homes to use those underpowered curly cue compact fluorescent bulbs that don't shed enough light to read our electric bills. Legislation was never passed banning the use of incandescent light bulbs.
"Banning" is a very strong word. It implies that big government has stepped in and made the light bulb as Thomas Edison invented it, and as we have used it for years to illuminate our homes, illegal to own. This is another shining example of media manipulation of the facts.
We can thank Stuart Varney, of Fox News no less, for starting the media frenzy that has people across the country ready to bear arms in protest. When promoting his own show, Varney called Republican Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn a hero for trying to get rid of the "ban on incandescent light bulbs."
In less than five seconds, Varney single-handedly destroyed any hint of credibility the media might have for reporting the facts correctly.
As a result of Varney's nationally televised gaffe, newspapers, television stations and Internet news organizations went into hyperdrive either supporting or opposing federal legislation that was erroneously reported.
The truth is quite simple. George W. Bush, late in his second term, signed into law the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. The following is the most important fact:
"The legislation requires light bulb manufacturers to improve the efficiency of incandescent bulbs by 25 percent. The details of the law dictate a phase-out of the manufacture of certain bulbs in their current incarnation, beginning with 100-watt bulbs in January of 2013."
The legislation does not ban the use or manufacture of all incandescent bulbs, nor does it mandate the use of compact fluorescent versions. The new law requires that companies make some of their incandescent bulbs work more effi ciently to meet a schedule of rolling deadlines between 2012 and 2014.
Additionally, the law has many exemptions. Three-way bulbs, silver-bottomed bulbs, chandelier bulbs, refrigerator bulbs, and plant lights are all exempt, as are many others.
According to reports from the industry, several manufacturers are already making new versions of incandescent bulbs that have the same lighting quality as the bulbs we have been using for generations. However, the new models us 25 to 30 percent less energy. This allegedly saves the average household an estimated $100 per year. Multiply that by the number of houses in the country, and the energy reduction is enormous.
Osram Sylvania, a popular producer of incandescent light bulbs, already has a more efficient bulb on the market called the Sylvania SuperSaver that meets the new federal requirements. A 43-watt SuperSaver bulb puts out the light of a traditional 60-watt bulb. It's not fluorescent. It is an incandescent bulb that looks and feels no different from the traditional bulbs that we have been lighting our homes with for years.
According to Anna Tinsley, a responsible journalist and friend who writes for the Fort Worth Star Telegram, misunderstanding of the federal legislation apparently inspired Texas lawmakers to pass a bill that allows Texans to skirt federal efforts to promote more efficient light bulbs.Tinsley wrote that the measure, sent to Texas Gov. Rick Perry for consideration, lets any incandescent light bulb manufactured in Texas, and sold in the state, avoid the authority of the federal government when the 2007 Energy Independence Act starts phasing out some incandescent light bulbs next year.
Not everyone agrees.
The Natural Resources Defense Council, a New York-based environmental group, is calling on Perry to veto the bill.
In our present-day politically charged environment, fanatics will grasp at any straw to support their self-serving interests. An example of this happened last week at Lightfair, an annual trade show for the lighting industry. Philips unveiled a winged LED bulb with a lifespan of 25,000 hours to sell for $40 to $50. A Fox News headline read: "As Government Bans Regular Light Bulbs, LED Replacements Will Cost $50 Each."
Glen Beck, Rush Limbaugh and conservative bloggers around the country pounced on the story. Their folly resulted in retailers reporting the stockpiling and hording of light bulbs.
Misinformation is one of the biggest reasons we continue to live in a system that we cannot and probably never will understand.


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CFP - Graduate Students - Brock University
Published on October 28, 2013
CFP - Graduate Students - Brock University
Call for Papers: ????? , δουλε?α, servitus, slavery
February 8, 2014
Slavery is common across cultures, time periods, and geographical regions. How do different systems of slavery inform each other, as well as contribute to modern understanding of slave systems more broadly?
The graduate students in the Department of Classics at Brock University, in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, are organizing a conference that seeks to explore slavery throughout history. We are interested in the institution of slavery in various societies, ancient and modern, in using a variety of disciplinary approaches (archaeological, historical, sociological) and in exploring slaves in different media, such as art and literature. We welcome papers covering a broad range of topics, although we are particularly interested in papers that use a comparative approach, particularly for the ancient context. Some topics worth considering are, but not limited to, the following
-Gender and Slavery
-The material culture of Slavery
-The Terminology of Slavery
-Slavery and the Economy
-Slavery as the result of military conflict
-Chattel slavery and, or versus, serfdom
-What does it mean to be a slave society?
-Slave revolts
-Processes of control
-Slaves and the family; education and the role within the household
-(Ancient) slavery, modern reception - slavery on film (Spartacus, Gladiator, etc.)
-Slavery and concepts of freedom
Papers should be 15-20 minutes in length.
Please submit abstracts of 250 words to firstname.lastname@example.com by December 10
For inquiries please contact firstname.lastname@example.com


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Active Essentials: Alfred Hitchcock
Scott McKenzie is the Man Who Knows Too Much about the master of suspense
With 53 directorial efforts in a career spanning six decades, each showcasing his talents and ability to write the rules of cinema as the art form itself was evolving (not to mention the obligatory cameo appearances), it's difficult to know where to start. Every fan has their favourite Hitchcock films, so here are—in my opinion and in chronological order—the five films that are not to be missed for a newcomer.
Rebecca (1939)
Based on Daphne Du Maurier's classic novel of the same name, Rebecca tells the story of an unnamed young lady (Joan Fontaine) who marries a wealthy widower, Maxim De Winter (Laurence Olivier), while on holiday. Upon their return to his mansion, Manderley, it soon becomes clear that she is playing second fiddle to Max's deceased first wife, Rebecca. She falls foul of the ruthlessly loyal house staff led by the sinister Mrs. Danvers, who tries to orchestrate her downfall.
The performances of all the characters are compelling, especially Judith Anderson as the scheming Mrs. Danvers. Hitchcock's attitude towards his female leads is apparent in Fontaine's character—he told her that everyone on set hated her to get a realistic timid and scared performance out of her.
Rebecca was Hitchcock's first film following his move to America and the first of the films he made with the notoriously difficult producer David O. Selznick. It was the only Hitchcock film to win an Oscar for Best Picture, but the gong went to Selznick and the only Oscar he received was an honorary award in 1968.
The UK region two release of Rebecca is one part of the rather odd collection of the four Hitchcock DVDs (also including Notorious, Spellbound and The Paradine Case) released by Pearson Television International in 2000. All four titles include the same features—A Conversation with Hitchcock, An Interview with Kim Newman, The Real Me – (The Thin One) featurette, Extracts from Francois Truffaut's book 'Hitchcock' and plenty of trivia tidbits, some focusing on the film itself, some on Hitchcock in general. All in all, the features on these discs are a bit half-hearted. The out-of-print Criterion edition is the most comprehensive release of Rebecca on DVD, including a commentary by Leonard J. Leff, author of 'Hitchcock and Selznick' and three hours of radio adaptations of the novel.
Rope (1948)
Immediately after his contract with David O. Selznick ended, Hitchock made Rope, the first of two experimental films he made in the '40s, using very long takes edited together to give the appearance of a whole film in one take.
The film opens with two young men (John Dall and Farley Granger) murdering one of their friends for the philosophical experience of killing someone. They hide the body in a chest and host a party in their apartment with the chest as a central piece of furniture, but among their guests is an old school teacher (James Stewart) who begins to suspect them.
Rope is essentially an 80-minute stage play captured on film, with a camera following the action, directing the audience's attention. Of all of Hitchcock's films, Rope divides opinion more than any other—is it an experimental masterpiece or a load of arty nonsense? The debate will continue forever and even though Hitchcock himself publicly regretted using the one-shot technique, there is a lot to enjoy in the way the camera moves around with the characters, threatening to reveal the body at any moment. Its inclusion in the list represents the more oddball side of Hitchcock's portfolio as it certainly rewards repeated viewings more than Under Capricorn or the comedic experiment The Trouble With Harry.
The region two and region one releases are both part of the 'Hitchcock Collection' that is re-released every few years. The main feature on most discs in this collection is a comprehensive documentary, taking in all the principal collaborators (who are still alive), and Hitchcock's daughter Pat who always adds a more personal edge to the proceedings.
Vertigo (1958)
James Stewart is a troubled private detective hired to follow the wife of a man who has suspicions that she (Kim Novak) may try to kill herself. In the process of his investigation, he falls in love with his subject and finds himself in an intriguing plot of twists and turns.
I didn't want to give too much away in my summary of Vertigo as you really have to see it to believe it. Some critics argue that this is the closest you will get to a glimpse inside the mind of the man behind the camera, addressing his personal fears and his penchant for blondes, while others claim that this is Hitchcock spoofing himself. Either way this is Hitchcock's most emotionally complex film and the usual measures of suspense and intrigue do not suffer as a result. Vertigo also serves the San Francisco tourist board well, showcasing the landmarks in beautiful Technicolor.
Even if you haven't seen Vertigo, chances are you've seen the films that have been influenced by it. You know the shot in Jaws where Brody realises there's a shark in the water and the background stretches away from the camera? That's Hitchcock's 'Dolly Shot', which was created by zooming in while pulling the camera back and it's as effective now as it was in 1958.
The DVD release of Vertigo is also part of the 'Hitchcock Collection' and is obviously the jewel in the crown as it has been given the most loving restoration work, particularly the picture quality. The picture quality on all of the discs in the collection is very high, and considering the age of the titles and the fact that they do contain scratches and artefacts, it's hard to wonder how the inevitable HD releases could provide a significant improvement. That last sentence may come back to haunt this reviewer so we'll move along quickly. Vertigo is the only release in the collection with a Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack—all of the other discs have mono tracks, even his later films—which is an improvement over the other titles even though this film is not from an era when the use of directional sound was at the forefront of a director's mind.
North by Northwest (1959)
A common theme of Hitchcock films is that of an everyman who must fight for his life in a deadly case of mistaken identity. North by Northwest is a perfect example of this, and given its light-hearted tone and linear storyline probably the best film to start with if you're new to the director.
Cary Grant is a womanizing advertising executive whose only worry in the world is his nagging mother—that is until he is mistaken for a spy and before he knows it, the bad guys are after him and he has to find out why. The 136 minute runtime flies by in a fast-paced mix of famous set pieces, from the crop duster attack to the final showdown on Mount Rushmore. Throw in Eva Marie Saint as the femme fatale and James Mason as the camp villain and you've got one of the most accomplished adventure films of all time. In every scene we are compelled to consider what we would do in a similar situation, one of the major reasons why Hitchcock's film have such an impact on so many people.
The identical region one and region two Warner releases of North by Northwest employ the same structure as the 'Hitchcock Collection' (to which this does not belong) by having a retrospective documentary as the centrepiece and the usual trailers and TV spots. There is a commentary by screenwriter Ernest Lehman which is revealing at times, but he does leave quite long gaps and has a tendency to lapse into the "look at that" school of commentary. A major highlight is the audio-only track so you can appreciate Bernard Herrmann's wonderful score in all its Dolby Digital 5.1 glory.
Psycho (1960)
Janet Leigh plays a young real estate secretary who steals $40,000 from her employer and makes a run for it. She then takes refuge in the out-of-the-way Bates Motel and the rest is movie history. In an incredible piece of misdirection, Hitchcock kills off his heroine halfway through the film. So now we focus on the trail of the $40,000 she has stolen. Don't we?
A plot device regularly used by Hitchcock is an object or person that he christened the 'McGuffin'. What does that mean? The 'McGuffin' is something that keeps the story moving along but in reality is irrelevant to the meaning of the story. In the case of Psycho, the $40,000 stolen by Janet Leigh is what makes her go on the run and end up at the Bates Motel but the film is actually a story about Norman Bates and his relationship with his mother. The briefcase in Pulp Fiction and the silver box in Ronin are modern-day examples of the 'McGuffin'.
The most famous and influential scene is undoubtedly the murder of Janet Leigh's character in the shower. This theme is echoed in countless teen slasher movies but the true work of genius is the editing. Hitchcock uses shorter and shorter cuts as the scene progresses, building the crescendo until the victim's body is lying dead in the bath with her blood trickling down the plug hole, followed by a graphical match that will be familiar to fans of The Usual Suspects.
The 'Hitchcock Collection' release was very light on extras and has been improved upon with a re-release in time for its 45th anniversary in 2005. The additional inclusion of 'The Hitchcock Legacy' rounds out the package a little better, although for the completists out there this release won't look as good on your shelf as it will clash with the colour coding on the spines of the other titles in the collection.
Further viewing
Here are another five titles that are not to be missed:
Sabotage (1936)
The Lady Vanishes (1938) is a stronger film from the early British era, but Sabotage is an important film because it is the one time where Hitchcock breaks his own rules. Without trying giving away the outcome of the big set-piece, I'll warn you that for once Hitchcock delivers what he threatens.
Strangers On A Train (1951)
A compelling and accomplished film, Strangers On A Train represents the maturation of Hitchcock with the familiar intrigue and set pieces that would become his trademark.
Rear Window (1954)
A huge set full of different characters, James Stewart sitting at his window unable to move and did that man over there just kill his wife? Text book Hitchcock.
The Birds (1963)
Probably the closest Hitchcock came to making a pure horror film. Flocks of birds attack a small coastal town without warning. Everyone has their own theory—mine is that the birds represent Jessica Tandy's emotional state, but what do I know?
Frenzy (1972)
Hitchcock returned to London towards the end of his career and intentionally pushed the violence in his films to new levels. As his only film to be rated '18' in the UK, there are many moments of black comedy. How many other directors could find opportunities for slapstick between the bad guy and the body of the woman he raped and murdered only minutes earlier?
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Former Barcelona midfielder Deco has taken the time to praise Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, but feels that Santos sensation Neymar is on the same level as the Liga stars.
The former Chelsea and Porto playmaker sees the Argentina superstar as the best player in the world, but is adamant that the Real Madrid star and the Brazilian forward are not too far off Messi.
"There is no doubt that Messi is the best player in the world, he does incredible things and keeps on breaking records," Deco told Esports COPE.
"I think Cristiano is nearly as good as Messi. They are both phenomenal footballers, but in different ways. They are far and away the best footballers in the world.
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Brendan Rodgers has warned new Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal that the competitiveness of the Premier League will be like nothing he has encountered so far in his illustrious career.
The Liverpool manager believes that, despite Van Gaal's experience of winning titles in Holland, Spain and Germany with clubs such as Ajax, Barcelona and Bayern Munich, he will be surprised when the Premier League kicks off again on August 16.
Van Gaal, who arrived in Manchester fresh from leading Holland to the semi-finals of the World Cup, has enjoyed a strong start to life at Old Trafford with his side unbeaten so far in his first pre-season campaign.
United impressed as they beat Real Madrid and Liverpool on their way to winning the International Champions Cup on Tuesday in Miami, but Rodgers has warned the 62-year-old that it will be anything but plain sailing when the domestic season gets under way.
"I think what he'll find is the competition in this league will be different to any other league that he's worked in," the Northern Irishman told several national newspapers.
"In a lot of the other leagues, there are one or two teams and those are the teams that are expected to win.
"This is a league where the top team plays the bottom team and on any given day you can lose. You don't get that a lot in the other leagues. I think the competition will probably take him by (surprise), and that's from foreign managers I have spoken to over the years."
Despite the fierce rivalry between the two clubs, Rodgers also spoke of his admiration for Van Gaal and what he has achieved.
"I've obviously an admirer of his work and his career," he added.
"He's a very experienced manager and a very good manager who has worked at some big clubs.
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Continues Investments to Increase Service Performance and Quality
Continues Investments to Increase Service Performance and Quality
CAMBRIDGE, MA--(Marketwire - Jul 12, 2011) - SMTP, Inc. (OTCBB: SMTP), a provider of internet-based email delivery services for permission-based marketing and transactional email, today announced it has opened a new state-of-the-art data center designed specifically to increase the service reliability and performance of its cloud-based email delivery services.
"The advent of email based behavioral commerce systems continues to drive massive increases in the amount of email," commented Semyon Dukach, CEO of SMTP. Deliverability and service improvements are critical and drove SMTP's decision to embark on our own state of the art data center."
SMTP is locating its new data center at the Hurricane Electric facility in Fremont, California, with alternative direct routing over the XO Communications fiber network, and relying on CISCO and Dell as the primary router and server vendors. SMTP's new data center strategy is focused on simplification through consolidation of operations while deploying leading hardware and server infrastructure that will enable it to offer greater service reliability and flexibility. For today's email delivery service market, service level quality is a critical requirement as new social networks, behavioral commerce systems, and other mission-critical applications rely upon email as the primary means for sending customer communications that include sales order receipts, shipping acknowledgments, billing statements, and registration confirmations.
Previously, SMTP employed a server infrastructure strategy that relied upon contracting managed servers at many of the leading hosting providers including Rackspace and SoftLayer. This initial strategy of distributing its server infrastructure over several hosting providers was designed to reduce service outage risk and improve availability of IP addresses, while enabling variety for deploying servers specific to customer service quality needs. However, due to significant growth in its customer base and higher service level demands, SMTP has shifted its strategy to establish its own data centers for greater volumes, flexibility, and ease of management.
Recently, SMTP was directly allocated 4,096 portable IPv4 addresses by ARIN, providing an ample supply of quality IP addresses for its customers, while guaranteeing no service disruptions due to shortages of IPv4 addresses. Those IP addresses will be deployed on servers located at the new SMTP data center.
"We are committed to continually improving the quality and reliability of our services and are demonstrating that by making a series of investments that include establishing our own data centers where we can deploy and closely manage the reputation our newly acquired IPv4 addresses," continued Semyon Dukach, CEO of SMTP.
About SMTP, Inc. (OTCBB: SMTP)
SMTP is a leading provider of cloud-based services to facilitate email deliverability, including bulk and transactional sending, reputation management, compliance auditing, abuse processing and issue resolution. Our services provide customers with the ability to increase the deliverability of email with less time, cost and complexity than handling it themselves. SMTP, Inc. is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts and on the web at www.smtp.com.
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A month ago, I had never even tried quinoa, and now here I am making another tasty quinoa recipe! This time, it's chicken stir-fry featuring some of my favorite fresh seasonal vegetables---over quinoa!
I actually found a great stir-fry recipe on the Kraft website by accident while searching for zucchini recipes. It's funny how you sometimes stumble onto recipes you didn't know you wanted to try!
I adore stir-fry and love rice, but I wanted to try substituting with quinoa for a different twist. It really tasted fantastic, and the KRAFT Lite Asian Toasted Sesame Dressing added the perfect flavor to this dish. It wasn't totally overpowering, so the stir-fry was a hit with my entire family.
I typically use a combination of soy sauce and honey in my stir-fry recipes, but honestly, I'm pretty sold on KRAFT Lite Asian Toasted Sesame Dressing for stir-fry, and it saves me some time, too.
Of course, for an even quicker version of this recipe, you could substitute the fresh seasonal vegetables for a bag of frozen stir-fry veggies!
I really love a good summer stir-fry, with tasty chicken, tender-crisp veggies, and a great sweet and tangy sauce. Combine that with some delicious quinoa and how can you go wrong?
Chicken Stir-Fry over Quinoa
2 tsp. oil
1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into strips
3 cups fresh blanched vegetables (I used snow peas, broccoli and a red pepper or can substitute
3 cups frozen stir-fry veggies)
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tbsp. soy sauce
½ cup KRAFT Lite Asian Toasted Sesame Dressing
1 8 oz. can water chestnuts
3 cups cooked quinoa
HEAT oil in large nonstick skillet on medium-high heat. Add chicken and garlic; stir-fry until chicken browned.
ADD blanched fresh vegetables (I used snow peas, broccoli, and red pepper strips); stir-fry 5 to 7 min. or until peppers and broccoli are crisp-tender and chicken is done. Add water chestnuts, dressing and soy sauce; stir-fry 3-5 min. or until heated through.
SERVE over prepared, warm quinoa.
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Simple yet delicious, this chicken stir-fry is cooked in KRAFT Lite Asian Toasted Sesame Dressing and served with quinoa.
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