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By John Zaktansky
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— There is plenty to do during the day in our Midd-West region. Cool places to visit, things to check out, great deals to find at area businesses. But what happens at night away from the glowing street lights among the rural stretches throughout Snyder County?
At a home in the country near Middleburg, a dead chicken was tossed from a coop into the woods for nature to take its course. To help illustrate the night life and see what happens, a trail camera is strategically placed on a small maple tree nearby.
Hoping for a cool picture or two of a rare night predator, I was disappointed to only find a few frames of a stray orange tabby cat lurking aroung and eventually snacking on the chicken. However, near the end of the 37 digital pictures, a wary raccoon sneaks in to check out the scene.
Raccoons aren't exactly rare. You can find them all over our region, especially at night. However, it is still neat to see one in its element and looking for an easy meal.
When it comes to sweet, practical gift ideas for the outdoors person on your shopping list, a digital trail camera is hard to beat. It gives nature lovers the one thing they enjoy the most -- more time enjoying the local outdoors, even when tucked snugly in their beds.
Do you have neat trail camera photos of wildlife in our Midd-West region that you'd like to share? Feel free to send them to email@example.com and we'll post them here at our community page.


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Originally published on Fri March 1, 2013 7:01 pm
The battle between an American capitalist and a French socialist official has prompted chuckles — and heated debate — on both sides of the Atlantic. The exchange highlights some humorous stereotypes and reveals real differences between the economic cultures of France and the United States.
A leaked letter from Maurice Taylor, CEO of the Illinois-based Titan tire company, ignited the controversy. In it, Taylor, regarded by the French as a hardcore capitalist, addressed Arnaud Montebourg, France's flamboyant, leftist industrial renewal minister.
For the first time, Kenya recently aired presidential debates, ahead of its election. But despite the wide audience, many people doubt the country can get through the election without violence. Host Michel Martin catches up with journalist and debate moderator Uduak Amimo.
South Africa is still reeling from the recent deaths of two women: Reeva Steenkamp, shot by her sports hero boyfriend, Oscar Pistorius, and Anene Booysens, who was brutally raped and murdered at 17. Host Michel Martin talks to independent researcher Lisa Vetten about what the cases may say about violence against women in South Africa.
Gun violence devastates many predominantly African-American neighborhoods in places across the country. But some faith leaders feel that legal access to guns is part of the solution, not the problem. Host Michel Martin speaks with Reverend Kenn Blanchard about why he wants his congregation to have wider access to guns.
Originally published on Thu February 28, 2013 1:02 pm
After much handwringing from GOP House members, the Democratic minority and some Republicans joined forces to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act.
The vote was 286 to 138. Eighty-seven Republicans voted in favor of the bill; no Democrats voted against it.
We're hearing this morning that Pope Benedict has left the Vatican. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli is covering the first papal retirement in 600 years, and she joins us now from Rome. And Sylvia, describe the scene for us there.
Originally published on Thu February 28, 2013 12:00 pm
I shied away from Marisa Silver's new novel because of its book jacket: a reproduction of Dorothea Lange's iconic Depression-era photograph called "Migrant Mother." You know it: the woman's strong face is worn and worried; her children lean protectively into her. Lange took the photo at a pea-pickers' camp in California in 1936; the name of the destitute mother of seven, who wasn't identified till the 1970s, is Florence Owens Thompson. The photo on Silver's book jacket is colorized.
Inconveniencing the public is part of the plan.
It may never have been intended to play out in quite this way, but the automatic spending cuts set to take effect for most federal programs Friday leave little room for preserving the most visible and popular programs.
"The law basically says the cuts have to be across-the-board by 'project, program and activity,' " says Stan Collender, a federal budget expert with the communications firm Qorvis. "That was specifically written to take away flexibility from the administration."
Originally published on Thu February 28, 2013 11:26 am
Bruce Reynolds, the brains behind the Great Train Robbery of 1963, has died at the age of 81, nearly five decades after he and his partners in crime made off with 2.6 million pounds at Ledburn, Buckinghamshire, England.
Reynolds was part of the gang that executed an elaborate scheme to swipe the cash from the Glasgow-to-Euston mail train. The clockwork nature of the crime, along with the fact that the bulk of the loot was never recovered and some of the robbers never captured, has made it a favorite subject of television and films, as well as popular music.
Originally published on Thu February 28, 2013 11:15 am
China isn't a good place to be a horse, if your goal is to avoid ending up as the Russian kabobs known as shashlik.
China exports the most horse meat to the global market, while Russia has the biggest appetite for horseflesh, according to a new infographic on the continuing European scandal over horse meat sold as beef.

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Selective Immunophenotyping for Diagnosis of B-cell Neoplasms: Immunohistochemistry and Flow Cytometry Strategies and Results
2013; 21 (2): 116-131
Determining the immunophenotype of hematologic malignancies is now an indispensable part of diagnostic classification, and can help to guide therapy, or to predict clinical outcome. Diagnostic workup should be guided by morphologic findings and evaluate clinically important markers, but ideally should avoid the use of overly broad panels of immunostains that can reveal incidental findings of uncertain significance and give rise to increased costs. Here, we outline our approach to diagnosis of B-cell neoplasms, combining histologic and clinical data with tailored panels of immunophenotyping reagents, in the context of the 2008 World Health Organization classification. We present data from cases seen at our institution from 2004 through 2008 using this approach, to provide a practical reference for findings seen in daily diagnostic practice.
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View details for Web of Science ID 000315464500004
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August 22, 2008 9:54 AM
Michele Greppi: Snaps to April for the best eviction interview of "Big Brother 10." She was smart, and quick, and soft, and oh-so-funny Valentine-ish. Yes, she said to host Julie Chen, in response to Ollie's recorded farewell, she will be his first-ever girlfriend when they are reunited.
"Duhn, duhn, duhn," she said with a knowing laugh when Ms. Chen noted that Libra, every houseguest's bete noire, awaits her. It'll be just the two of them—unless one of them lands in a hospital or jail cell—for the next week.
Whether that reunion for Aprollie will be in the sequester house, which would be bittersweet indeed, or at the live finale, when Ollie would have a 50-50 chance at winning $500,000, which would be very sweet, is still unknown.
Ollie, a good guy who fell hard for his polar opposite in a showmance turned romance, has ridden the coattails of his Type A partner since they hooked up.
Minutes after April was voted out all but unanimously, Ollie and the remaining houseguests were clinging to some violently swinging "vines" in an endurance contest to determine who would be the next Head of Household and thus take control of the game for a very crucial week.
Just how crucial the houseguests won't know until next Thursday's live show, when they learn there will be two evictions in the same hour.
I'll be staying up late enough to watch "Big Brother After Dark" at least long enough to see who wins the HOH competition. The last endurance test lasted about three hours.
April won by promising Michelle that she wouldn't put on the block either Michelle or Jessie, the lunkhead who didn't cave in to Michelle's desire for a showmance. After Michelle ended her heroic stand, April put Jessie up next to Memphis for eviction.
Jessie's not the target, April kept assuring Michelle.
But a guerrilla uprising saved Memphis and evicted Jessie.
We'll have to see if that painful memory will be enough to keep Michelle hangin' on all through the night, being pelted by water, gonged against the wall and who knows what else as the competition wears on.
Also on the vines were Keesha, who didn't dress for the elements as they can be created in the "BB" backyard; geezer Jerry, who survived Thursday's eviction vote only because April was even more disliked as a player than he; Memphis, who has yet to show his competitive skills; Dan, who has proudly (but secretly) thrown every competition until winning the Power of Veto last week (he didn't use it); and, last and, unfortunately, probably least: Ollie.
He's scared to death of birds. And there were a lot of bird noises heard when we last saw our swinging crew.
But somehow, Joe, I don't think April is banking on Ollie to win. She'd be happy just to see him hang in there.
P.S.: Didn't you just love meeting Aprollie's in-laws-to-be? And how about April's twin sister's observation that Ollie's just like her: the laid-back supporter to the dominant April.
P.P.S.: And when's the last time you saw an evicted houseguest out-dress Julie Chen? I can hardly wait to see video of Libra trying to pretend not to fume while April models the treasure trove of designer duds she won.
Josef Adalian: April and Libra's week of bonding should be priceless. I've always wondered why "Big Brother" doesn't install cameras in sequester house and put that online, too (and on Showtime). After all, what goes on in casa de sequester can be just as important as the activities in Studio City. This is where the jury of losers spends endless hours mulling who should get the money they believe they rightfully deserved.
Then again, I really don't need one more "Big" feed to watch. Last night's "BBAD" provided more than enough drama for one night. (If you haven't heard who won HOH, bail out now.)
The houseguests spent hours swinging from fake vines. And guess what? The heretofore unproven man-boy trio of Memphis, Ollie and Dan—the MOD squad, if they were ever to form an alliance—ended up as the final three swingers. After Memphis gave up, Ollie and Dan hung out for a while longer before Dan struck a deal with Ollie. I couldn't hear the details, but from post-game conversations, it looks as if Ollie not only bought safety for himself, he also got Dan to promise to keep his hands off Michelle.
No wonder Dan seemed pained while eating dinner after the competition was over. In addition to being physically exhausted, he's now found himself in a pickle: Unless he breaks his word, he has to put up at least one member of the alliance that this week ousted April. Jerry is an easy choice, but if Ollie and Michelle are off the table, Dan will need to put up either Renny, Memphis or Keesha.
I guess Renny is technically not allied with Dan (though she may beg to differ). He may be able to get away with tagging her a pawn and hoping neither of the senior set wins POV. But one way or another, Dan's gonna have to break some eggs. As he said last night on Showtime, "I made a s--tty deal."
Hopefully Dan's dilemma will lead to some new flareups of drama in the house. With April, Jessie and Libra gone—and Jerry almost acting his age—the natural sources of tension are gone. Here's hoping Renny gets her voodoo on and raises a little hell inside the house.
Another possible way Dan could stir things up: He could join forces with Ollie, Michelle and either Renny or Jerry and just declare war on would-be alpha players Keesha and Memphis. He'd lose their votes on the jury, but he might gain enough respect from the other evictees to actually land the $500,000.
Some final notes:
—I hope producers show all of the acts of compassion the houseguests displayed in the wake of the HOH competition. As the final three players fell off their vines, other houseguests would come to their aid with blankets and support. Dan, after defeating Ollie, made a point of falling back to the ground in order to give Ollie a man hug. And the sight of Renny and Jerry undressing Ollie and Dan and helping them into warm clothes? Priceless.
—Yes, I loved seeing Aprollie's respective parents. I wish producers would have asked them about the duo's very intense Internet couplings. Surely, Ollie's father has something to say about his once-pure son's passionate performances under the covers. It was refreshing, however, to see an interracial TV romance play out with nary a mention of race. Hopefully the rest of America will be as colorblind come November.
—I can't offer any insight into Julie's or April's wardrobe choices. But I can hope that Dan, now that he's HOH, finally decides to change out of those musty swim trunks and that crusty red T-shirt. (As of 10:45 Big Brother Time Thursday, Dan was wearing jeans and a black shirt. Let's see how long that lasts.)
—While Renny did just get a letter from home, I still voted for her to get a phone call from home. She gives good TV tears.
—And while it wouldn't produce as much drama, I very much am hoping this is Jerry's final week in the house—either by Dan's hand, or by whoever wins HOH next Thursday on double eviction night.
I've said my piece for the night. Ms. Yin. I'm anxious to hear your thoughts on how the HOH competition played out … and we'll talk again Monday.
Michelle Greppi: Mr. Yang, Mr. Yang, Mr. Yang. You're so drama-keen you overlook the smaller moments that will add up to reasons to cut or keep someone.
Yes, there were some heartening moments of humanity on display last night after the three guys dropped in bone-chilling, body-shaking exhaustion.
Keesha didn't have one of those moments. Her greatest gesture was to offer Ollie a Triscuit from the box she'd ripped open while in the storage room with Memphis trying to figure out what he had overheard of or pieced together about the Danollie deal.
She spent the rest of the night being all "What about me?" in whispered conversations with Renny, who doesn't know what's going on but doesn't like it, and Memphis, whom Keesha dispatched to pump Dan, to no avail.
Jerry immediately reverted to pattern by hanging around Danollie, the center of power in the house now.
Meanwhile, Michelle once again proved to be the biggest mensch in seeing to the mental and physical needs of Danollie—before she even knew she'd been guaranteed safety for the week.
After "BB" producers put the houseguests through the epic endurance test, they added insult to injury. As Memphis, still wobbling slowly on feet he could barely feel, finally made his way out to the continuing contest, we heard the "BB" voice say, "Memphis, please put on your microphone." The poor guy had to wobble back into the house to find it. It's worth noting that no houseguests offered to go get it.
Then, because the HOH competition lasted so long, the unveiling of Dan's HOH room—and the mythical Monica's picture—was delayed until after "BBAD" ended.
When last we saw Danollie, they were resting their weary heads on their arms on the dining room table.
Everybody else had headed for softer berths, including Jerry, who left his fingernail clippings all over the living room rug. Good direction, "BB," for zooming in on that example of bad manners.
This is going to be a fun week of "BB" watching.


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Tisha Nichole Stefanik and Jason Kenneth Hockey were married Aug. 6, 2011, at Moxham Lutheran Church.
Pastor Robert Wagner performed the double-ring ceremony.
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The groom is the son of Roy and Dawn Hockey of Johns-town.
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The Boom Bang, which still owns one of the metro's best band names, is all set to drop its debut album, "World War Fun," on the unsuspecting world tomorrow. The (rim)shot heard round the (music) world will fire sometime after The Conservatory's doors open at 9 p.m. Copperheads and Shitty/Awesome will be there to celebrate as well.
I believe that The Boom Bang is in the right place at the right time to take advantage of the current indie trends (as I noted here). This is their last local show before SXSW, which could very well catapult them into the skuzzy, lo-fi rock spotlight as a buzz band. They could be the next Best Coast, and make pizza the new Snacks the Cat.
For real, I'm ready for that. I mean, I love LOLcats more than the next guy, but Snacks' time in the limelight needs to give way to an actual snack/meal. And people need to hear The Boom Bang.
What does this mean for you? Only the only all-important, all-coveted phrase: "I was there."
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5.0 out of 5 stars Rebecca
A perfect example of a compelling story that stays true to the novel on which it was based. Superb acting is brought out by Hitchcock's wonderful direction. Real entertainment!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars If you want to return to Manderley, get Criterion's version
Note: Get the Criterion DVD before it is too late! (It's supposed to go out of print on the 31st of December, 2003). While Hitchcock's masterpiece is still stunning after all these years, the DVD I watched, published by Anchor Bay, is pretty weak; the Criterion Collection DVD of "Rebecca" has much more in the way of extras and special features, which is half the appeal of...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Rebecca,
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A perfect example of a compelling story that stays true to the novel on which it was based. Superb acting is brought out by Hitchcock's wonderful direction. Real entertainment!
5.0 out of 5 stars Rebecca - Hitchcocks Masterful Interpretation,
Book Lover "Vicarious Sleuth" (Crescent Beach, BC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rebecca [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
Looking forward to this digital remastering of a masterful adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's classic story. I have all available DVD adaptations of Rebecca and look forward to the BluRay sharpening of the suspenseful experience of returning to Manderley.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars If you want to return to Manderley, get Criterion's version,
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This review is from: Rebecca [Import] (DVD)
Note: Get the Criterion DVD before it is too late! (It's supposed to go out of print on the 31st of December, 2003). While Hitchcock's masterpiece is still stunning after all these years, the DVD I watched, published by Anchor Bay, is pretty weak; the Criterion Collection DVD of "Rebecca" has much more in the way of extras and special features, which is half the appeal of getting a classic on DVD.
Anchor Bay's DVD only has a chapter selection and "start" on the menu. Not even closed captioning, which makes this DVD inaccessible to older or deaf fans.
Still, even a weak DVD presentation can't take away from such a beautiful film. A TV presenter recently introduced "Rebecca", by saying that Joan Fontaine was too pretty to be believable in the role of a plain girl. Missing the point! "Rebecca" is a story from the point of view of a scared, insecure heroine who believes the worst of herself and is always waiting for the other shoe to drop. Like the heroine of "Northanger Abbey," perhaps the gothic atmosphere here is really created out of her hopes and fears - "Rashomon"-style where each person sees a different thing. The book "Venus in Spurs" has most of a chapter devoted to "Rebecca," and how much this film and book relate to women who struggle through insecurity, despite being loved. (To say more might ruin the movie for first-time viewers).
Fontaine is, of course, very good, as is Laurence Olivier, who has scarcely *ever* been more handsome and commanding. Among the strong supporting cast is George Saunders and Dame Judith Anderson. While Anderson's usually singled out in reviews and hindsight, her obsessive maid could hardly be that malevolent, if the audience didn't feel so sympathetic towards Fontaine's sweet, mild Mrs. de Winter. Really, Fontaine needed Anderson in this performance to really pull it off; and the reverse is equally true. I also think Florence Bates adds quite a bit here as the bitchy and bossy Mrs. Van Hopper, also providing a strong showing in another wonderful film, "A Letter to Three Wives," which, come to think of it, is also about wives and their suspicions of their husbands... and Bates' character sets up trouble for one of the "Letter" wives with her thoughtlessness in that picture, too.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Criterion's disappointingly out-of-sync,
Mr. Borderman (Illinois) - See all my reviews
While I am a great admirer of "Rebecca" and Criterion, I think the sound and picture for this DVD, while superbly restored in and of themselves, are out-of-sync by four or five or more frames throughout the film. Perhaps because I edit film this is more noticeable to me, but I would think that even casual viewers would sense that something is off. Look at the scene where Joan Fontaine confronts Mrs. Danvers after the disaster of the costume ball. In the two-shots, Judith Anderson's voice is ludicrously lagging behind the movements of her lips. "Rebecca" was rather famously plagued by on-set sound recording problems, and was extensively looped in post production, but the original Criterion laserdisc of this film did not suffer from this problem and it cannot be blamed on the original technicians. Having shelled out [the money] for this set, it makes it a bitter disappointment for me. While "Rebecca" the film rates ***** always, "Rebecca" the Criterion release does not.
5.0 out of 5 stars Still a WINNER!,
Sheila With "shmik" (Calgary AB, Canada) - See all my reviews
I saw this movie by accident in 1980 when I was 14 years old, and the movie was already over 40 years old!I was mesmerised and it was the beginning of my great love of Hitchcock.
I have searched for a copy now and then over the years, never with any success. So, of course when I came across it I had to buy it.
I convinced my 16 year old daughter to sit down and watch with me, who does not like old black and white movies at all. For me, it was just as wonderful as it was 30 years ago.
When I came home from work the next day... what do you think my daughter was watching?
Buy this movie - if you are a Hitchcock fan you will not regret it. If you are not a fan, this is the movie that made my daughter and I both one. 30 years apart!
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the BEST movies,
Judith A. Smider (Esterhazy, Saskatchewan Canada) - See all my reviews
Rebecca has to be one of my all-time favourites. The acting is wonderful and the movie does follow the book by Daphne Du Maurier very well. Another Hitchcock thriller filled with romance, action, drama, suspense and tragedy. It has is all! They sure knew how to make movies in those days!
5.0 out of 5 stars My Favourite Film.,
I don't know how much other people may enjoy it, but I saw it by myself as a child on tv, and I fell deeply in love with it.
It's actually a film which benefits from Hitchcock's lack of control, and you can read some of the stupid ideas he had to re-write Rebecca (on the 2nd disc), and Selznick reined him in to make this. This was the first Criterion DVD I had to own, and it's hard to find, going on eBay for hilarious amounts unsealed. I even re-authored it to cut a music video for Bauhaus' 'Shes In Parties'!
Joan Fontaine was so beautiful, you can see the use of star power in the golden age of Hollywood, the readings in the extras are interesting as well.
5.0 out of 5 stars Yummy Classic Movie,
Charles Scott Bennett "Mr. Bennett" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
I have seen all of Hitchcock's American work. If you are familiar with his movies, you probably agree that, with the exception of "Family Plot", his films are delicious brain food! Rebecca is a beautiful, mysterious and tragic piece. Olivier and Fontaine are at the peak of their talent and beauty. By the way, if you like Joan Fontaine in this film, her performance is equally good in Hitchcock's Suspicion, with Cary Grant. Why aren't most modern actors this good, hmmm? Hey Mr. Soderbergh, please don't remake this one! There's a reason why we call them 'Classic'.
5.0 out of 5 stars A classic shines.,
Ohio Media Man (Columbus, OH, USA) - See all my reviews
A stunning transfer from Criterion. "Rebecca" remains one of the finest films of the 1940's, and features Joan Fontaine as the second mistress of Manderley, forever living in the shadow of her mysterious predecessor. Lawrence Olivier is perhaps detached in his performance, but nevertheless embodies the master of Manderley as few others of his generation could. "Rebecca" also contains the paranoia, suspense, and dreamlike mood that would color much of director Alfred Hitchcock's later work. Criterion continues to put the major DVD distributors to shame with its transfers of old films, and once again proves that although higher in price, their DVD's are worth every penny.
5.0 out of 5 stars "We can never go back to Manderley again",
David M. Lovin (Willow Spring, NC United States) - See all my reviews
Joan Fontaine laments as she opens the film, obviously several years removed from her time at the lush, oversized estate, which recalls "Tara" from Gone With the Wind as a residence which is actually also a character in the movie. People remember the houses from these two films almost more than the characters. No coincidence that both films were produced by the ridiculously meticulous David O. Selznick. GWtW was of course the most popular film of all time, so Selznick figured he had the right idea about how to make a film. Details, right down to the last corner.
Alfred Hitchcock had made a career in London making films with complete autonomy. He basically called all the shots. When he got to America, he signed a four movie deal with Selznick. Rebecca is the first and best of the three. (no, not a mistake, I'll explain later) Rebecca was the only film by Hitchcock to win best picture from the Academy, although Hitch did not win best director. The film was basically a tug of war between producer and director. Selznick wanted the book followed religiously, Hitch wanted to take the basic idea of the book and add his own touches. Selznick wouldn't allow it, so Hitch was forced to make the film exactly by the book.
The film stars Fontaine as an unnamed young woman who while working as a paid companion for the unbearable Mrs. Van Hopper (Florence Bates), she meets and falls in love with the brooding Maxim de Winter (Lawrence Olivier). They marry after a quick courtship and go "home" to Manderley, Olivier's mammoth estate. Fontaine is very young and has no idea what she is getting into, especially when it dawns on her that Olivier's late first wife, Rebecca, still dominates the house. Her stationery, napkins, and rituals are still present, and Fontaine feels she has no chance against this woman.
The other problem in the house is the housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers (Judith Anderson),who creeps around the house, showing up at any time to frighten Fontaine. She is still obsessed with Rebecca, still keeps Rebecca's old room the same way, hairbrush at the correct angle on the vanity. She makes Fontaine feel she will never measure up, will never be a great lady of Manderley, something that Mrs. Van Hopper tried to tell her as well. Everyone and everything in the house revolves around this dead Rebecca, so much so that Fontaine almost can't live through it.
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Criterion has done a great job with this film, giving us a great transfer, as always, along with a superb commentary. The second disc features trailers, interviews with Fontaine and Anderson, making of featurettes, examples of Selznick's letters and his attention to detail, and how maddening it got for the master.
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i'm just curious if i'm not alone in consistently neglecting a certain body part even though i have it in my routine.
i usually tend to neglect my lower back and abs cause i get lazy at that point in the workout
i also find it very difficult to come up with a 4day a week program that covers everything
what about anyone else?
H - 185cm (6'1") W - 85 kg (188 lbs) Age - 38
Nope! I work it all
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no, but many people neglect direct calf work.
Btw, how do you have trouble neglecting your lower back? Do you do deads?
for lower back i only do the thing where your head faces down, your feet are locked in and your body is at an upward angle. then you bend down and up again. can't remember what its called.
no, i don't do dead lifts as i really don't like the feeling of it. i've tried them a few times with very little weight and am always afraid of screwing my back up. it must be a personal thing as i see lots of guys lifting really heavy at the gym.
H - 185cm (6'1") W - 85 kg (188 lbs) Age - 38
You do low back extensions instead of deads?? I do low back extenstions to warm up the lower back for deads and truthfully I feel because I do deads my back is extremely strong and durable.
to the OP, I'd have to say I neglect my chest probably the most. Now I do pushups, DB bench press, flys, and all types of stablization for my chest but I dont do BB bench press. Now with squats and deadlifts I use the BB and try and go as heavy as possible while keeping very strict form and depth. The reason I do not focus my chest workouts around BB bench press is because I need my upper body especially my front side to be less massive in comparison to the rest of my body. Helps me with skating technique and speed on the ice, I'm also a hell of alot more explosive since I began training like this.
Goal:190lbs @ 10% bf by 2011
Current Stats
Age: 24
Height: 5'11
Weight: 184
Remember that "neglect" is a relative term and depends on the person's goals. I don't do a ton of bicep work, but I'm a powerlifter, so biceps don't have a direct impact on my performance. I do enough to keep my arms and elbows healthy, so I don't see them as "neglected". If I were a competitive bodybuilder my current training would neglect my biceps.
To me a neglected bodypart is an area you should be working for your chosen endeavor, but you aren't doing enough for.
Nope, I don't neglect any body part.
If I had to choose one, I would think my biceps get the least direct attention. I have faith in the squat to keep theme on their way up.
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Age: 18
Height: 6'1
Weight: 238
All lifts are raw:
Bench: 325(max)
Squat: 510(max)
Dead lift: 500(max)
I neglect my abs and I don't do cardio.
"There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." --James Madison, speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, 1788
Yeah no direct ab work here, they get hit enough indirectly and my core is solid. I'm also naturally lean/have low body fat so they're usually there or under a little bit of fat when bulking but doesn't take too much effort to lose a few % in the bf department when I decide to cut.
My profile picture is about 5 years old, I'll get around to taking some progress pics eventually.
My shoulders do. I struggle to gain shoulder size, and have not been able to figure out anything that works. Everything else is growing fine, but my shoulders refuse to grow. I lost motivation because of it. I still train them, but it's not the same as working anything else. Big shoulders are what I see differentiate people, and it aggravates me that I cannot get them to grow. I have broad shoulders, but they are not very meaty.
In the past I have ignored at times specific grip and calf work. Now, I work everything though. In the spring and summer I do a lot more cardio too. In the winter it is hard to get motivated too in below freezing weather.
Although sometimes I'd like to think I don't have one, I neglect my heart.
I always go for the hot golden girls, but should really settle down with a nice one instead.
Full body workout here.
I just love the burning feeling of a direct calves workout <3
"There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." --James Madison, speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, 1788
I don't really neglect any body part. I don't do direct calf work or direct ab work and maybe once a month, I'll do some curls.
Give chalk a chance.
49 years old
665 squat
700 deadlift
325 bench
Nope, but then again im still doing a full body strength routine (SS)
....I do hate Benching though - give me heavy squats or deads any day, but I hate bench pressing!
*Joke answer: My Legs because I run a lot*
I neglect deltoids..just because I feel they get worked every day.
Calves. Just don't care.
interesting, gald i'm not alone and kuddos to u people who manage to do EVERYTHING, hats off!
H - 185cm (6'1") W - 85 kg (188 lbs) Age - 38
I neglect abs, but not because I dislike doing them, but because of time constraints. I need to be better about that though, because heavy squats and deadlifts leave my back and hamstrings wrecked when my abs aren't up to strength. Does anyone else notice that?


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HSLDA's Homeschooling Thru High School Newsletter
March 2009--The College Search
Dear Friends,
College--just the word conjures up many different images and questions
in parents' minds. Where in the world do you begin the search for a
college that is the right fit for your son or daughter? How do you
sift through the myriad of information mysteriously filling up your
mailbox from various schools? These are certainly legitimate
questions, so we've provided some practical tips and advice to help
you get started on this adventure.
Begin Early
If college is on your horizon, then use the years before high school
to begin discussing with your child why he wants to attend college and
what are his future goals. Even though your 13-year-old may not know
what career he wants to pursue, use his intentions to go to college to
motivate him to see that his studies do, indeed, have an end goal.
Encourage him to save monetary gifts or earnings he receives for these
future plans. College may seem far in the future, but it will be here
before you know it!
The 10th grade is not too soon to begin familiarizing your teen with
the college admission process. Attending a college fair in your area
will allow your daughter to talk with admission counselors from many
different schools all at the same time. She will be able to pick up
literature from the various schools as well as gather information
about the schools' admission requirements, required admission tests,
and financial aid. To find college fairs in your area, check out the
National Association of College Admissions Counselors website at
http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6206 .
If you will focus only on Christian colleges, visit the Council for
Christian Colleges and Universities website for a list of Christian
college fairs and also a college planning timeline
http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6207 .
List Your Parameters
Narrowing down your choices of potential schools can seem like a
daunting process. A good place to begin is to write down what is
important to you and your teen when choosing a school. Here are some
factors to consider.
Location and size: How far away from home are you comfortable having
your teen? Think about airfare or other commuting costs for visits
home. Does she feel more comfortable in large urban or small rural
settings? Each setting has advantages and disadvantages, so take time
to explore your teen's needs and desires.
Proposed major: If your teen knows what he wants to major in, then
that will naturally narrow down your selection. However, if he's not
at all sure what he wants to study, he may want to consider a larger
school offering a wider range of majors.
Cost: College is an expensive proposition. When calculating the total
bill, remember to add to the tuition and room and board those items
such as fees, books, a computer, school supplies, clothes, incidentals
and, of course, transportation.
Christian or secular: Another preference to think about is whether
your teen will apply to a Christian college, a secular school, or
Proximity to a local church: Take time to check out the churches in
the vicinity of the colleges you are exploring. Is there a nearby
church that will continue to feed and train your teen spiritually?
It's also worthwhile to take time to check if churches provide
transportation to the local colleges and universities.
Use Research Resources
The next step in choosing a college is to take the above parameters
and plug them into college search engines. Christian College Mentor,
http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6208, is a good search engine to
find Christian colleges offering majors in your teen's areas of
interest. For secular schools, the College Board,
http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6209, has a College Quickfinder and
College Matchmaker to help you narrow your search. Other search
engines include Princeton Review
http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6210, Peterson's Guides
http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6211, and College Net
http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6212 .
Once you have your list of schools in hand, visit each college's
website. Most websites today will offer a virtual tour of the campus
as well as email addresses of staff to whom to direct your questions.
They will offer you added in-depth information on the various majors
offered, admission requirements, and an application to download.
Online applications are preferred by colleges, and you may work on
various parts of the application, save the information, and then
complete the application in several sittings. The number of schools to
which to apply varies from two to three in most cases to more than
five if you are casting the net wide. Applying to at least a couple
of schools allows you to compare financial aid packages and also acts
as a safety net should your top priority school not offer admission.
Remember, too, that you will be paying an application fee for each
Plan Campus Visits
The next step is to schedule campus visits--usually during the 11th
grade. Even with virtual tours available, there is no substitute for
walking around a campus to gain a better feel for all the school has
to offer and to take in the ambiance that each school exudes.
The question is often asked, "How many schools should we visit, and
when should we plan to visit them?" The answer will depend on your
time and budget as well as your teen's interest. Some families will
use campus visits to help their teens narrow down the list of schools
to which to apply. Other families will make their visits after
applications are submitted in order to prioritize the choices while
waiting for the admission decisions. If your budget and time are
limited, you may choose to wait until acceptances are received and
then visit each of those schools in order to make a final decision.
It's usually a good idea to check with the colleges as to whether they
have special days for juniors and seniors to visit or if an
appointment is necessary. If there are special days planned and your
schedule permits, your teen will have the opportunity to hear from
many campus departments and organizations which will present helpful
information and answer questions. Also make arrangements to visit a
class or two, take a campus tour including the dorms, explore
off-campus housing (if appropriate), and eat in the cafeteria.
As you and your teen visit each college, it's helpful to make notes
during the visit about the advantages and disadvantages of each
school. Include your student's impressions, reservations, and fears as
well. These notes will keep each school distinct in your mind when you
return home and review your trip.
Last, be sure to view the college search process as an enjoyable time!
It's an opportunity to help your teen fine tune his post-high school
plans and provides the chance to dialogue about the spiritual
implications of his college decisions. Use these conversations to
encourage, edify, and equip your teen for all that this new phase of
his life will entail.
Next month, join us as we discuss preparation for teaching high school
by highlighting ideas for those who are either just starting out on
the high school adventure or those who will begin to teach high school
in a few years. Until then, we hope this quote by W. Aiken provides
Our object in life should not be so much to get through a great deal
of work, as to give perfect satisfaction to Him for whom we are the
doing the work.
You are doing a noble work in teaching your teens, and we pray the
Lord's blessings on your efforts,
Becky Cooke and Diane Kummer
HSLDA High School Coordinators
Second annual HSLDA High School Symposium:
Equipped and Encouraged to Teach High School
Join us for an all-day symposium featuring Becky and Diane and guest
speakers presenting a variety of high school seminars. Registration
deadline is March 27 or until maximum capacity is reached. For more
Patrick Henry College Summer Leadership Camps
PHC offers a wide variety of summer camps from a biblical worldview
for teens ages 14-18 years old. Check out these wonderful
opportunities for your high schooler in the areas of strategic
intelligence, constitutional law, Kuck's Camp (physics), journalism,
debate, international relations, and drama.
Quote to Encourage You
"He who begins, finishes. He who leads us on, follows behind to deal
in love with our poor attempts. He gathers up the things that we have
dropped - our fallen resolutions, our mistakes. ...He makes His
blessed pardon to flow over our sins till they are utterly washed
away. And He turns to fight the enemy who would pursue after us, to
destroy us from behind. He is first, and He is last! And we are
gathered up in between, as in great arms of eternal lovingkindess."
--Amy Carmichael, missionary to India
Becky and Diane's Upcoming Speaking Engagements
March 7, 2009 -- Central Savannah River Area Home Education
Association (CSRA HEA) (Augusta, GA),
March 27-28, 2009 -- APACHE (Peoria, IL)
April 2-4, 2009 - MACHE (Minnesota)
(Becky & Diane)
April 17, 2009 - HSLDA Second Annual High School Symposium
(Purcellville, VA)
(Becky and Diane along with other featured speakers)
May 22-23, 2009 -- CheNH (New Hampshire)
June 4-6, 2009 - LEAH (Rochester, New York)
June 18-20, 2009 - CHEC (Colorado)
July 17-18, 2009 -- AFHE (Arizona)
-> How long are you in for?
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graduating and some just reaching school age. If you're going to
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At least two people died in car accidents Wednesday as another powerful storm rocked the state, dumping several inches of snow on some towns - particularly those in the southwest part of Connecticut - and snarling afternoon commutes on many highways.
Schools in Wallingford were closed for the day on thursday as a result of the snow.
Just as CL&P was completing the last power restorations in Connecticut from Sandy, the newest storm hit Connecticut, beginning Wednesday morning. It snowed throughout the day, most heavily along the shoreline and southern interior portions of the state, and overnight.
CL&P officials on Wednesday said they were prepared to react to this latest storm and had opened the company's emergency operations center at its Berlin headquarters. As of this morning CL&P was reporting 602 customers without power.
Many across the state today awoke to a winter wonderland, school delays or school cancellations.
Two people died in separate car accidents during the day Wednesday, one in Lebanon when a car flipped over, the other on Route 20 in East Granby, according to reports from the Hartford Courant and Granby-East Granby Patch.
The eastbound lanes of Route 2 in Marlborough were shutdown for hours late Wednesday afternoon when a tractor trailer truck jackknifed between exits 13 and 16. Some Hartford commuters reported being stuck on the highway for more than an hour as police diverted traffic off Exit 12 in Marlborough or Route 13 in East Hampton. That put commuters on snow-covered secondary roads where they slipped and slid or got stuck on unplowed back roads.
The National Weather Service today issued an advisory for the Connecticut coastline, as well as Middlesex county towns, saying that temperaturs will rise and the regions wll see a mix of ran and sleet this morning before changing over all rain.
"Little additional accumulation of snow is expected before the changeover ... however, roads will reamin slick and driving conditions treacherous," the advisory said. "Motorists are advised to exercise caution and drive slowly through the morning commute."
Temperaturs are expected to climb into the 40s today, the service said.


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By Richard Gaines
Staff Writer
Citing new scientific studies showing that "catch shares have had a devastating impact on the commonwealth's groundfish fishery," Gov. Deval Patrick on Tuesday asked for a federal disaster declaration and $21 million in assistance.
"Federal regulations and management policies have caused a significant consolidation of the groundfish fleet, loss of jobs and reduced revenues — all of which have combined to create a fisheries resource disaster," the governor wrote.
The request, echoing one made a year ago that was rejected by previous Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, went to John E. Bryson, the new secretary, along with two scientific studies, as well as a reference to one from the NOAA Science Center that came out in October. Locke is now ambassador to China.
The governor's request and synthesis of the studies came wrapped with a reminder by U.S. Sen. John Kerry of a pledge he obtained from NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco in October for an expedited review.
In a prepared statement released by the governor's office, Kerry said he believes the new research makes the case "incontrovertible" for the disaster declaration.
In an appearance at a State House hearing of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee organized by Kerry last month, Lubchenco said she would put then-pending request of the governor through a quick study.
But the premise of the request — that the catch share approach she promoted while an officer at Environmental Defense Fund and made into the Obama administration's defining fisheries policy had ravaged the nation's first fishery — holds political dynamite.
EDF and its allies are engaged in a fierce struggle to protect the catch share approach against a bi-partisan coalition in Congress.
Earlier this year, opponents led by Congressman Walter Jones, a North Carolina Republican, put a soft bar on new programs for fiscal 2011 when no new rollouts were scheduled.
But now Jones and allies — including Congressmen John Tierney, Barney Frank and three dozen colleagues from the Southeast, Gulf and Deep South states — are marshalling forces to convince the House Appropriations Committee to endorse a hard prohibition in fiscal 2012 when three fisheries in the Northeast and Southeast Atlantic are set for commodification.
On Tuesday, minutes after the governor's office announced his appeal to Bryson, NOAA released to the Times a copy of a one-page letter to the congressional delegation from 109 New England fishermen, more than two dozen from Gloucester, arguing that "a few voices calling for the overturn of the entire sector system have been amplified in the media."
Sectors are the cooperatives that groundfishermen organized to access the catch share trading system instituted in May 2010 as the groundfishery was re-engineered into a commodities market.
The letter went on to say that while "we understand that our elected officials are trying to respond to their constituents' concerns ... unfortunately, this has led to a series of increasingly dangerous proposals."
Jackie Odell, executive director of the Gloucester-based Northeast Seafood Coalition, one of many groups and offices to receive a copy of the letter, said she was aware of its circulation and was certain that the fishermen's letter and the governor's request are "completely separate and have nothing to do with each other."
The letter, she said, was not related to the "catch shares debate."
Patrick's letter to Bryson noted that "NOAA's own data" a reference to the October socio-economic study by the NOAA Science Center at Woods Hole, "confirms ... the Massachusetts groundfish fleet is experiencing a significant and rapid consolidation, imperiling our historic and economically important commercial fishing industry."
The Science Center report added new methods and dimensions of analysis to a growing body of work.
Kerry honed in on evidence that 20 percent of the boats accounted for 80 percent of the revenues, up from 69 percent in 2009.
"NOAA's own data clearly shows what Massachusetts fishermen have been saying all along — they are struggling to survive under the catch share program," Sen. Scott Brown said in the same statement that contained the quotes of Kerry and members of the House delegation.
"As the economic data and analysis continues to indicate, far too many of our fishing families are struggling to sustain their livelihood because of the catch share program," added Tierney, whose 6th District includes Gloucester and all of Cape Ann.
The new disaster declaration request is built on new research — a "break-even" study conducted jointly by the School of Marine Science and Technology at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, NOAA Fisheries and the state Division of Marine Fisheries, and a case study by the Division of Marine Fisheries of Sector 10.
Sector 10 is one of the 17 business cooperatives organized by the Gloucester-based Northeast Seafood Coalition to minimize the hardships from the statutory limits on fish allocations granted during New England's first year operating under catch shares.
Made up primarily of day boat businesses, the sector — which includes fishermen from Hull to Cape Cod — has experienced "devastating" losses.
Thirty percent of the permit holders lost 80 percent of their revenues, and 52 percent lost at least half their revenues, according to the governor's summary of the report.
According to the October report from the NOAA Science Center, Gloucester also lost 21 of an estimated 96 boats during the 2010 fishing year.
"While Massachusetts fishing sectors are not homogeneous," Patrick said, "we believe the Sector 10 analysis is illustrative of similar losses across all sectors, particularly among small boat owners."
The break-even analysis was made more complex by findings that in 2010 a higher percentage of the boats had broken even than in 2009. But the findings, as expressed by NOAA fisheries scientists and those from UMass-Dartmouth and the state Division of Marine Fisheries in the Break-Even Analysis report, noted that even at the higher percentage of boats breaking even — 55 percent to 49 percent — the number of boats breaking even dropped due to the smaller number of boats fishing.
In 2009, 227 broke even, whereas last year 196 boats broke even.
All in all, the scientists reported 111 fewer vessels fished for groundfish in 2010 than in 2009.
Richard Gaines can be reached at 978-283-7000 x3464, or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Could 'Geo-engineering' halt global warming?
First, let's define what's meant by 'geo-engineering'. It refers to human attempts to impact weather and climate...such as launching mirrors in orbit (to reflect sunlight away from the earth) or injecting chemicals into the sky to 'seed' clouds and produce rain...or clear away fog. A recent study by the National Center for Atmospheric Research says 'geo-engineering' can't cure the problem...and is more an issue of 'picking your poison'...since it would likely have adverse side effects. Let me give just one example. Global rainfall is expected to increase with warming...but an attempt to counter this effect, could reduce rainfall in drought-sensitive areas.


text: Do we know that the mother doesn't take any responsibility? I didn't see the Anderson Cooper video but I did read the article. She certainly isn't quoted as being sorry or taking responsibility for her part but that doesn't mean she doesn't have those feelings or thoughts. The person doing the interviewing and writing the article may have chosen to focus on making Dr. Reker the bad guy and having Kirk and his family be the victims of his horrible game. I am just playing Devil's Advocate here, but it is possible.


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Becoming a Cycle Instructor
Whether you'd like to make delivering Bikeability your full-time job or you just want to pass on some skills at your local school or youth club, undertaking the National Standard Instructor training is the first step to getting involved with delivering Bikeability.
Bikeability training is led by qualified National Standard Instructors who are associated with a registered Bikeability scheme – either their own or their employer's.
Training at Levels 1 and 2 can be supported by National Standard Assistant Instructors who can teach Level 1 and 2 if supervised on site by a National Standard Instructor. Assistants must also belong to a registered Bikeability scheme.
The process for getting trained as a National Standard Instructor or a National Standard assistant instructor is the same – just follow the step by step guide below.
Step by Step: National Standard for Cycle Training
Step 1 – Select an Instructor Training Organisation
National Standard Instructor training is delivered by a number of recognised Instructor Training Organisations (ITOs). You can find a list of current Instructor Training Organisations here.
Step 2 – Attend the instructor training course
The National Standard Instructor course is a four day course, usually delivered over consecutive days. The cost of the course may vary slightly between ITOs, but is generally around £600.
The National Standard Assistant Instructor course is a two day course. The cost of this course may again vary slightly between ITOs, but is generally around £300.
Step 3 – Completing the training
If you pass the National Standard Instructor course you will be awarded provisional National Standard Instructor status. At this point you are able to start delivering National Standard cycle training and you can register your training scheme with Bikeability. If you fail the four day course your ITO will advise you of your options.
If you pass the National Standard Assistant Instructor course you will be awarded National Standard Assistant Instructor status. You'll be able to support delivery of Bikeability training at Levels 1 and 2 if you work within a registered Bikeability scheme and are supervised by a National Standard Instructor.
Step 4 – Full instructor status (for National Standard Instructors only)
Within six months of being awarded provisional status, you will need to ensure you receive a post-course assessment from an ITO. This is usually one or two observed sessions (usually teaching in a group), and once you have met the post-course assessment criteria you will progress to full instructor status.


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