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|Numéro PCT
|Date de publication
|3 févr. 2009
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|19 janv. 2004
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|25 avr. 2003
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|Alexander Shipp
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|Messagelabs Limited
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This application is the U.S. national phase of international application PCT/GB04/00212, filed 19 Jan. 2004, which designated the U.S. and claims priority to GB Application No. 0309462.0, filed 25 Apr. 2003. The entire contents of these applications are incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to a method of, and system for, replacing external links in electronic documents such as email with links which can be controlled. One use of this is to ensure that email that attempts to bypass email content scanners no longer succeeds. Another use is to reduce the effectiveness of web bugs.
Content scanning can be carried out at a number of places in the passage of electronic documents from one system to another. Taking email as an example, it may be carried out by software operated by the user, e.g. incorporated in or an adjunct to, his email client, and it may be carried out on a mail server to which the user connects, over a LAN or WAN, in order to retrieve email. Also, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) can carry out content scanning as a value-added service on behalf of customers who, for example, then retrieve their content-scanned email via a POP3 account or similar.
One trick which can be used to bypass email content scanners is to create an email which just contains a link (such as an HTML hyperlink) to the undesirable or "nasty" content. Such content may include viruses and other varieties of malware as well as potentially offensive material such as pornographic images and text, and other material to which the email recipient may not wish to be subjected, such as spam. The content scanner sees only the link, which is not suspicious, and the email is let through. However, when viewed in the email client, the object referred to may either be bought in automatically by the email client, or when the reader clicks on the link. Thus, the nasty object ends up on the user's desktop, without ever passing through the email content scanner.
It is possible for the content scanner to download the object by following the link itself. It can then scan the object. However, this method is not foolproof—for instance, the server delivering the object to the content scanner may be able to detect that the request is from a content scanner and not from the end user. It may then serve up a different, innocent object to be scanned. However, when the end-user requests the object, they get the nasty one.
The present invention seeks to reduce or eliminate the problems of embedded links in electronic documents and does so by having the content scanner attempt to follow a link found in an electronic document and scan the object which is the target of the link. If the object is found to be acceptable from the point of view of content-scanning criteria, it is retrieved by the scanner and stored on a local, trusted server which is under the control of the person or organisation operating the invention. The link in the electronic document is adjusted to point at the copy of the object stored on the trusted server rather than the original; the document can then be delivered to the recipient without the possibility that the version received by the recipient differs from the one originally scanned. Note that it does not matter to the principle of the invention whether the linked object is stored on the trusted server before or after it has been scanned for acceptability; if it is stored first and found unacceptable on scanning, the link to it can simply be deleted.
If the object is not found to be acceptable, one or more remedial actions may be taken: for example, the link may be replaced by a non-functional link and/or a notice that the original link has been removed and why; another possibility is that the electronic document can be quarantined and an email or alert generated and sent to the intended recipient advising him that this has been done and perhaps including a link via which he can retrieve it nevertheless or delete it. The process of following links, scanning the linked object and replacing it or not with an embedded copy and an adjusted link may be applied recursively. An upper limit may be placed on the number of recursion levels, to stop the system getting stuck in an infinite loop (e.g. because there are circular links) and to effectively limit the amount of time the processing will take.
Thus according to the present invention there is provided a content scanning system for electronic documents such as emails comprising:
a) a link analyser for identifying hyperlinks in document content;
b) means for causing a content scanner to scan objects referenced by links identified by the link analyser and to determine their acceptability according to predefined rules, the means being operative, when the link is to an object external to the document and is determined by the content analyser to be acceptable, to retrieve the external object and modify the document by replacing the link to the external object by one to a copy of the object stored on a trusted server.
The invention also provides a method of content-scanning electronic documents such as emails comprising:
a) using a link analyser for identifying hyperlinks in document content;
b) using a content scanner to scan objects referenced by links identified by the link analyser and to determine their acceptability according to predefined rules, the means being operative, when the link is to an object external to the document and is determined by the content analyser to be acceptable, to retrieve the external object and modify the document by replacing the link to the external object by one to a copy of the object stored on a trusted server.
Thus the content scanner can follow the link, and download and scan the object. If the object is judged satisfactory, a copy of it is stored on the trusted server, and the link to the external object replaced by a link to that copy.
One trick used by spammers is to embody 'web bugs' in their spam emails. These are unique or semi-unique links to web sites—so a spammer sending out 1000 emails would use 1000 different links. When the email is read, a connection is made to the web site, and by finding which link has been hit, the spammer can match it with their records to tell which person has read the spam email. This then confirms that the email address is a genuine one. The spammer can continue to send email to that address, or perhaps even sell the address on to other spammers.
By following every external link in every email that passes through the content scanner, all the web bugs the spammer sends out will be activated. Their effectiveness therefore becomes much reduced, because they can no longer be used to tell which email addresses were valid or not.
The invention will be further described by way of non-limiting example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
The part 100 of the system which is shown in
1. The email is analysed by analyser 102 to determine whether it contains external links. This determination may be made, for example, by scanning it for standard markup tags which point to external content or objects, for example the  and <IMAGE> tags in HTML. If none are found, steps 2 to 5 are omitted and the email is delivered unprocessed to output 103 via path 104.
2. The analyser 102 operates in concert with a link replacer 105 to process links to external objects. For each link, the link replacer 105 creates a new link which is stored in a link database 106. The new link is generated by a process guaranteed to generate unique links each time. A database entry is created, tying the original link and the new, replacement, one together.
3. An email rebuilder 107 rebuilds the email with each link replaced by its new counterpart stored in link database 106 and the rebuilt email is forwarded on.
4. When the email is read, the object server 300 illustrated in
5. The external objects are scanned for pornography, viruses, spam and other undesirables. If any are found, go to step 8.
6. The external objects are analysed to see whether they contain external links. If the nesting limit has been reached, go to step 8. Otherwise each external link is replaced by a new link in a manner similar to step 2, and a database entry is created, tying the old and new links together.
7. The rebuilt object is forwarded to the requester, and the process ends
8. If processing arrives here, an undesirable object has been found, or the object could not be retrieved, or the nesting limit has been reached. The system can now take some appropriate error action, such as returning an error message, alerting an operator or returning a default object.
The following email contains a link to a website.
Subject: email with link Subject: Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 16:17:01 +0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">

 This is some text

<IMAGE src="http://www.messagelabs.com/threatlist"
 This is some more text

A new link is generated: http://safelink.com/09052002161710a33071ef407.gif, the email is updated, and a database entry is generated.
Database Entry
Old link: http://www.messagelabs.com/threatlist.gif
New link: http://safelink.com/09052002161710a33071ef407.gif
Updated email
Subject: email with link
Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 16:17:01 +0600
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/html;
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

This is some text

<IMAGE src="http://safelink.com/
This is some more text

When the email is read, the email client may try and download the image referred to by the link. However, it will try and retrieve the image from http://safelink.com/09052002161710a33071ef407.gif rather than http://www.messagelabs.com/threatlist.gif
The safelink.com server will lookup http://safelink.com/09052002161710a33071ef407.gif in the database, and find that the original link is http://www.messagelabs.com/threatlist.gif. It will download the object, and scan it, perhaps for pornography or other inappropriate content.
If the scan shows the object is harmless, it can be passed back to the original requestor.
The link can be generated by processing the name of the server generating the link, the current time, the process id, a number that increments each time and random number. This will all be appended to an appropriate reference to the 'safelink' server.
Thus if the server generating the link is mail2071.messagelabs.com, the reference is for the http protocol the time is 27 Jan. 2003, 17:45:01 the process id is 1717, 27 references have already been generated and the safelink server is safelink.com, then a typical link might be:
Other improvements can be added to the system. For instance, the system does not have to wait until the object is first requested. It may proactively fetch the object ahead of time, scan it, and either cache the object or remember that the scan did not pass. This will cut down on delays when the object is requested. If all links are followed then this will activate all web bugs placed in the email, thereby much reducing their effectiveness.
The system can also cache and intelligently remember which objects have been retrieved—if five emails contain the same original link, then even though they will end up with five different new links the referred to object only needs to be retrieved once and not five times.
The system might want to ensure the same filename extension is used for the old and new links.
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Taking this over cuz Poppy quit Ready for GP checks, I'm pretty sure I didn't miss anything. [Overview]
Ho-Oh still holds its position as one of the top threats in the game. Its huge base 130 Attack, coupled with its powerful STAB options in Sacred Fire (which carries an impressive 50% burn rate) and Brave Bird, Ho-Oh can easily put serious hurt on anything that dares to stand up to it. Ho-Oh's amazing 106 base HP, 90 base Defense, and 154 base Special Defense in conjunction with reliable recovery mean that the rainbow phoenix will be very hard to take down; Regenerator only augments this survivability, allowing Ho-Oh to function as a bulky pivot. Ho-Oh also received a great new toy in the form of Flame Charge, which remedies its middling Speed and turns it from just a powerful attacker into a dangerous sweeper. Unfortunately, Stealth Rock will continue to be Ho-Oh's biggest weakness even with access to Regenerator, as the rainbow bird despises losing 50% of its HP on every switch-in. Nevertheless, Ho-Oh remains a top tier threat that can incinerate even the toughest of teams with ease.
 [SET] name: Tank move 1: Sacred Fire move 2: Brave Bird move 3: Substitute / Earthquake / Whirlwind move 4: Recover item: Leftovers ability: Regenerator / Pressure nature: Adamant evs: 248 HP / 176 Atk / 84 SpD [SET COMMENTS]
This Ho-Oh set takes advantage of its incredible defenses to take hits and dish out even more painful ones. This Ho-Oh, in particular, serves as a great defensive counter for a lot of threats, such as most Calm Mind Arceus, Darkrai, any Steel-type, Shaymin-S, Heatran, Palkia, Reshiram, Dialga, and much more.

Sacred Fire and Brave Bird are the main attacks, the former doing tremendous damage to anything that doesn't resist it and spreading burns to help make up for Ho-Oh's below-average Defense, and the latter annihilating Kyogre, Palkia, and Reshiram. Recover is chosen over Roost as Ho-Oh is not running much Speed at all with this set, and, therefore, will usually not be able to take advantage of the temporary Electric-type neutrality that Roost brings. Recover is better so Ho-Oh will always have its immunity to Ground-type attacks. However, Roost does allow Ho-Oh to stall out a burned Groudon's Stone Edge, so long as Groudon is slower than Ho-Oh. Substitute affords Ho-Oh status protection and gives it a way to strike at its checks without having to predict them switching in. Combined with Recover and Pressure, Ho-Oh can use Substitute to quite easily stall out the PP of dangerous moves such as Kyogre's Water Spout. Earthquake is an option as it rounds out the coverage superbly, 2HKOing all forms of Zekrom (and OHKOing offensive variants after taking damage from Stealth Rock and a layer of Spikes) and denting Rock Arceus nicely, as well as always OHKOing Heatran but has far more merit with a Life Orb. Whirlwind allows Ho-Oh to become a great phazer, spreading passive damage around like wildfire while easily shrugging off damage with its excellent bulk and Recover.
 [ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
The EV spread gives Ho-Oh a decent amount of power, while still retaining its high special bulk. +4 Timid Life Orb Darkrai will not OHKO this Ho-Oh, Choice Scarf Palkia only has a 3.13% to 2HKO with Thunder, 252+ Dialga's Draco Meteor will top at only 51.56%, and so long as Ho-Oh has Leftovers, it is never 2HKO'd by +1 neutral Arceus—that is, as long as Arceus does not have a super-effective STAB against Ho-Oh. A Life Orb can be used over Leftovers, trading longevity for power: the item allows important OHKOs and 2HKOs that Ho-Oh cannot achieve with Leftovers, such as almost guaranteeing the OHKO on Choice Scarf Kyogre with Brave Bird after Stealth Rock damage.

Ho-Oh's favorite teammates are Groudon and a Rapid Spinner or Magic Bouncer; the former pumps up the power of Sacred Fire, while the latter keeps Stealth Rock from crippling Ho-Oh. It's important to note, however, that a Magic Bouncer will struggle to prevent Stealth Rock from going up against an offensive team. This set also really appreciates paralysis support to make up for its low Speed. Grass Arceus can easily deter Ground-types from switching in thanks to its typing, allowing it to easily slow down a large chunk of the enemy team with Thunder Wave. Dialga, Groudon, Lugia, Zekrom, Jirachi, and Blissey can all also spread paralysis very effectively. Lots of entry hazards of any kind are also recommended if using Whirlwind. Forretress can set up all three entry hazards, and Ho-Oh can easily come in on Fire-type attacks aimed at Forretress and begin to Whirlwind away.

The choice of ability for this set defines its potential, and as such cannot be taken lightly. Regenerator is incredible for Ho-Oh, and it is far more commonly used because of its obvious utility; the boost it grants to Ho-Oh's survivability cannot be overstated, especially considering its nasty 4x Stealth Rock weakness. However, Pressure allows Ho-Oh to SubRoost stall various attacks with increased ease. This is only elevated in importance by the abundance of moves with low PP in Ubers. Generally, the preferred choice is Regenerator simply due to its ability to relieve Ho-Oh of some of the stress of its deadly Stealth Rock weakness; however, both abilities are entirely viable and the optimal one will vary depending on the team in question.

Of special mention for this set is Toxic Spikes provided by the previously mentioned Forretress. Toxic Spikes, when combined with Substitute and Recover or Roost, can allow Ho-Oh to outstall many threats simply by spamming Substitute and Recover, while the hapless foes slowly lose their life to increasingly powerful Poison. For example, Ho-Oh can come in on something that it walls but is faster, such as Choice Scarf Palkia, and set up a Substitute as Palkia faints from the Toxic Spikes poison. From there, Ho-Oh can easily net another KO or two while safely behind its baby Rhydon doll.
 [SET] name: Physical Sweeper move 1: Flame Charge / Tailwind move 2: Sacred Fire move 3: Brave Bird move 4: Roost / Earthquake item: Life Orb nature: Adamant / Jolly evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe [SET COMMENTS]
In previous generations, one of Ho-Oh's biggest problems was its middling base 90 Speed. However, in BW, Ho-Oh can rectify this problem by using Flame Charge or Tailwind to boost its Speed to sky-high levels. Throw in sun to power up Ho-Oh's STAB Sacred Fire and you'll have one deadly sweeper on your hands.

Choosing between Flame Charge and Tailwind is tough. Flame Charge's Speed boost will last until Ho-Oh switches out, and it also allows Ho-Oh to soften up the opponent's Ho-Oh check with a light smack before going on the offensive. However, Tailwind offers a significantly higher Speed boost. For example, Ho-Oh requires a Jolly Nature and 252 Speed EVs just to Speed tie with positive nature base 90 Speed Pokemon that have a Choice Scarf. However, after a single use of Tailwind, Ho-Oh can outrun Choice Scarf Terrakion while itself running a neutral Speed nature and only 172 Speed EVs. Tailwind also benefits the entire team; just in case Ho-Oh needs to switch out, a counter to your opponent's Ho-Oh check can step in and perform a mini-sweep on its own, using the boosted Speed granted by Tailwind. However, Tailwind only lasts 3 turns after being used, meaning that Ho-Oh's sweep may end prematurely.

Sacred Fire is the main attack Ho-Oh will be using, and, when backed by STAB and sunlight, outright OHKOes many Pokemon in the Uber tier such as Mewtwo, as well as at least 2HKOing anything that does not resist it. Brave Bird, Ho-Oh's other incredibly potent STAB move of choice, nails Kyogre, Reshiram, and Palkia for assured OHKOs after Stealth Rock damage. Brave Bird also provides Ho-Oh with a very strong sweeping attack outside of sun. Roost rounds out the set brilliantly to help Ho-Oh recover damage incurred from Stealth Rock and Life Orb, as well possibly allowing it to gain multiple Flame Charge boosts or to set up Tailwind repeatedly. Ho-Oh is also an excellent defensive Pokemon as well as an offensive one, and it can serve as a check to many threats such as Shaymin-S, Steel-types, Darkrai, most Calm Mind Arceus, and Reshiram. However, although Fire- and Flying-type STABs are a good combination, it will leave Ho-Oh walled by Zekrom, Heatran (it needs Toxic or Hidden Power Rock to beat Ho-Oh one on one, however), and Rock-type Pokemon. Earthquake solves this problem by OHKOing Zekrom after it takes damage from Stealth Rock and one layer of Spikes, always OHKOing Heatran, and 2HKOing at worst any Rock-type Pokemon fit for Ubers play. However, without Roost, Ho-Oh will become extremely vulnerable to Stealth Rock, so solid Rapid Spin support will be necessary.

The EVs are fairly simple. Maximum Attack is to hit as hard as possible, and the Speed EVs enable Ho-Oh to hit 418 Speed after a Flame Charge, which lets it outpace everything below Choice Scarf Heatran. If using Tailwind, it is best to run 172 Speed EVs, which will allow Ho-Oh to outspeed Choice Scarf Terrakion. Adamant is preferred because it affords Ho-Oh a large amount of much-needed power. However, Jolly allows Ho-Oh to outspeed Deoxys-A and tie with other Choice Scarf base 90 Speed Pokemon such as Dialga after a Flame Charge boost, and Jolly Max Speed Excadrill in the sand after a Tailwind.
 [ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
This set most appreciates sunlight, to boost the power of Ho-Oh's STAB Sacred Fire to astonishing levels, and Rapid Spin, to aid Ho-Oh in setting up by removing the crippling Stealth Rock from its side of the field. Groudon, with its great bulk and everlasting sunlight courtesy of Drought, fulfills Ho-Oh's sunlight needs perfectly, and can also set up Stealth Rock to help Ho-Oh nab some important OHKOs. Forretress's good defenses and many resistances allow it to fulfill the Rapid Spinning role perfectly as well, and it can even set up Spikes to facilitate Ho-Oh's sweep. One could also run a Magic Bouncer to keep hazards off the field, but Ho-Oh's lack of survivability (especially when not running Roost) is problematic when compounded by the prediction required to block Stealth Rock.

The best counter to this set is Rock Arceus, as it packs resistances to both of Ho-Oh's STAB moves, is bulky enough to take an Earthquake, and can easily destroy Ho-Oh with one Judgment. Ho-Oh also isn't a fan of Kyogre or Zekrom, as the former disposes of Ho-Oh's beloved sunlight and the latter can handle one hit from Ho-Oh and OHKO it back with Bolt Strike. Rock-types also pose a problem if Ho-Oh lacks Earthquake, as due to Ho-Oh's 4X weakness to said type, any decently powerful Rock-type attack will bring it down. Thankfully, Groudon's bulk and very powerful STAB Earthquake make it an excellent counter to Zekrom and Rock-types, including Rock Arceus. Palkia can easily come in on Kyogre's powerful Water-type strikes and defeat it with Thunder. Grass Arceus is capable of checking pretty much all of Ho-Oh's counters, either crippling them with status or setting up on them with Calm Mind.
 [SET] name: Choice Scarf move 1: Sacred Fire move 2: Brave Bird move 3: Earthquake move 4: Punishment / Sleep Talk item: Choice Scarf nature: Jolly evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe [SET COMMENTS]
Choice Scarf boosts Ho-Oh's meager Speed to a respectable 459, beating every non-scarfed Pokemon in Ubers except for Deoxys-S, allowing Ho-Oh to become a great revenge killer and late-game cleaner.

Sacred Fire, even without a Life Orb boost, is still a ridiculously powerful attack in the sunlight that will maim anything that does not resist it. Brave Bird is a very powerful secondary STAB that 2HKOes most Kyogre and Palkia. Earthquake covers things such as Zekrom, Terrakion, Heatran, and Tyranitar. However, using Earthquake is risky due to the sheer number of Flying-types and Levitators in the Uber environment, so exercise caution. Punishment is a failsafe against things such as Calm Mind Mewtwo, Calm Mind Giratina-O, and Calm Mind Arceus. As it increases in power as they gain Calm Mind boosts, Ho-Oh can easily use Punishment to save your team from utter ruin if the enemy Calm Mind user has acquired multiple boosts. Alternatively, one can use Sleep Talk to greatly increase its ability to counter Darkrai.
 [ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
Once again, any teammate from the previous sets will work well with this one. However, due to this Ho-Oh's considerably lower power, defensive Kyogre is now able to wall it and Wobbuffet can trap it with Shadow Tag and Counter it to oblivion. Choice Band Zekrom is able to stomp all over Kyogre with its powerful STAB Bolt Strike, and can also weaken Wobbuffet to the point where it can no longer trap Ho-Oh. Mixed attackers such as Palkia and Dialga can bluff a Choice Scarf by holding an item such as Lustrous Orb or Expert Belt, lure Wobbuffet in and surprise it with an attack from the opposite side. Toxic Spikes from Forretress also badly mess up Wobbuffet.

This Ho-Oh set has no recovery besides Regenerator, so Rapid Spin support from Forretress is a must. Wish support is also a good idea to keep as both an extra defense against Stealth Rock and to help Ho-Oh switch into resisted attacks. Jirachi is probably the best user of Wish in Ubers due to access to U-turn, great bulk, and numerous resistances, including a resistance to Rock-type attacks. Blissey is also notable as it can pass Wishes so enormous that they will often fully heal the rainbow phoenix.
 [Other Options]
Ho-Oh can utilize Reflect, Light Screen, and/or Toxic to become a very good staller with Pressure. A set carrying Sunny Day can also work, screwing up Kyogre switch-ins. Ho-Oh is also a good spreader of paralysis with Thunder Wave. It is very unlikely that Ground-type Pokemon such as Garchomp will switch into Ho-Oh due to the risk of getting burned by Sacred Fire. Safeguard can also be used to give Ho-Oh status protection. Finally, Ho-Oh can use Calm Mind or Choice Specs and run a decent special attacking set with its good base 110 Special Attack, but it's generally outclassed by Reshiram in that respect due to much higher Special Attack and STAB Dragon-type attacks.
 [Checks and Counters]
Ho-Oh has no true counter, as nothing can safely switch in on its devastating attacks. Only smart prediction and having the right combination of resistances will bring it down.

That said, Rock Arceus is probably the closest thing Ho-Oh has to a true counter. It resists both Sacred Fire and Brave Bird, has the bulk to take multiple hits, and can OHKO Ho-Oh with a swift Judgment. However, Rock Arceus really hates switching in on Earthquake repeatedly. Zekrom also resists both of Ho-Oh's STABs and can easily fell it with Bolt Strike. However, Zekrom loathes burn and a Life Orb Earthquake will bring it to its knees. Kyogre is an issue for Ho-Oh because of Drizzle, which cancels out Ho-Oh's beloved sunlight, and a Surf from the giant blue sea titan will easily drown the rainbow phoenix. However, Kyogre can't really take a Brave Bird at all. Palkia is in the same boat as Kyogre, and even though it possesses STAB Water-type attacks, Ho-Oh actually walls Palkia in the sunlight unless it carries Power Gem. Giratina can soak up Ho-Oh's attacks somewhat comfortably, but cannot do much in return. Rayquaza also outspeeds Ho-Oh and can Outrage it into oblivion, but Rayquaza can only really come in on Earthquake. Anything faster than Ho-Oh, such as Choice Scarf Tyranitar, Garchomp, or Terrakion, can easily revenge kill it.

The easiest way to keep Ho-Oh at bay is Stealth Rock. A Ho-Oh at 50% HP is much more palatable than one at full strength. Keeping a sturdy Ghost-type such as Giratina-O or Ghost Arceus is recommended to make sure Stealth Rock doesn't get removed by Rapid Spin as well.

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Chelsea 3-1 FC Basel (5-2 agg)
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Chelsea secured their place in the Europa League final against Benfica with an ultimately comfortable win over FC Basel at Stamford Bridge.
The Swiss side, attempting to reverse a 2-1 deficit from the first leg of their semi-final, gave Chelsea brief moments of anxiety, especially when Mohamed Salah gave them the lead on the night just before half-time.
But Fernando Torres put Chelsea back on track with his 20th goal of the season just after half-time and Victor Moses removed any remaining doubts with a second two minutes later.
David Luiz, Chelsea's match-winner in Basel, then produced the sort of spectacular 25-yard strike that is fast becoming his trademark to add gloss to an evening of celebration at Stamford Bridge.
Benitez, who claimed this trophy in its guise as the Uefa Cup with Valencia in 2004, was able to put aside the continuing speculation about the possible return of Jose Mourinho to Stamford Bridge by adding to his own reputation as a European specialist.
Chelsea's fans chanted for Mourinho's return throughout - but there was not a flicker of recognition for the man who picked up the reins towards the end of the London club's calamitous defence of the Champions League and now has the chance in Amsterdam to win European football's consolation prize.
Benitez may not have won favour from Chelsea's supporters - he is now accepted in grudging silence - but he surely deserves credit for taking them to a major final whilst also guiding them into a favourable position to finish in the Premier League's top four.
Basel, defeated 2-1 at home last week, needed to score to have any hope and should have got the early goal they so craved inside the first 50 seconds, only for Marco Streller to scuff an angled shot wide with only Petr Cech to beat.
With John Terry on the bench, Frank Lampard had taken the captain's armband - and he was almost celebrating a piece of history after only eight minutes but the post stopped him equalling the Chelsea club record of 202 goals held by Bobby Tambling.
Torres was looking lively and he almost gave Chelsea the lead when a swift exchange of passes with Eden Hazard ended with the striker bringing a low save from keeper Yann Sommer.
Basel were enterprising and Streller was only inches away from giving them the lead on the night with a flashing angled volley that flew just wide.
As both sides created opportunities, Ramires brought another save from Sommer but it was Basel who went ahead seconds before half-time.
Salah had already wasted one chance to score when he was blocked by Cech but he made no mistake when he was played in by Valentin Stocker, converting with a cool finish.
Chelsea needed to react after the interval - and they did so in such spectacular fashion that their place in Amsterdam was sealed before the hour.
Torres, a regular Europa League marksman this season, equalised in the 51st minute when he reacted first to turn in the rebound after Sommer failed to hold Lampard's shot from the edge of the area.
The Blues were well on their way to the final two minutes later when Torres's shot bounced off a Basel defender and fell invitingly for Moses, who scored at the second attempt from six yards.
If there was any lingering hope in Basel hearts, it was snuffed out by another piece of instinctive brilliance from Luiz, who took Lampard's pass before curving a wonderful left-foot finish into the top corner with Sommer motionless.
Basel still mustered the energy to attack and Fabian Frei struck the woodwork with Cech beaten as his shot took a glancing deflection off Branislav Ivanovic. Sereh Die also forced a save from the keeper but it was all in vain.
Now, despite the disappointment of their early Champions League exit, Chelsea have the opportunity to bring a European trophy to Stamford Bridge for the second successive season.
Lineup, Bookings (4) & Substitutions (6)
- 01 Cech
- 02 Ivanovic
- 04 Luiz (Ake - 81' )
- 24 Cahill
- 28 Azpilicueta Booked
- 34 Bertrand
- 07 Ramires (Oscar - 66' )
- 08 Lampard
- 13 Moses
- 17 Hazard (Mata - 75' )
- 09 Torres
- 22 Turnbull
- 19 Ferreira
- 26 Terry
- 10 Mata
- 11 Oscar
- 30 Benayoun
- 57 Ake
FC Basel
- 01 Sommer
- 15 Voser
- 16 Schar Booked
- 26 Sauro
- 27 Steinhofer Booked
- 08 Geoffroy Booked
- 14 Stocker (Degen - 62' )
- 20 F Frei (Marcelo Diaz - 75' )
- 22 Salah
- 33 El-Nenny
- 09 Streller (Jacques Zoua - 62' )
- 18 Vailati
- 03 Joo-ho Park
- 05 Ajeti
- 07 Degen
- 21 Marcelo Diaz
- 24 Cabral
- 31 Jacques Zoua
Match Stats
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Live Text Commentary
Full Time The match has reached full-time.90:00 +2:06
Serey Die produces a right-footed shot from just outside the box that goes wide right of the goal.90:00 +1:48
Fernando Torres takes a shot. Save made by Yann Sommer.90:00 +1:11
The ball is swung over by Emboaba Oscar.89:58
Gary Cahill gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Jacques Zoua. Direct free kick taken by Fabian Schar.88:11
Fernando Torres takes a shot. Save by Yann Sommer.87:39
Gary Cahill takes the free kick.87:39 Booking
Booking Serey Die receives a yellow card for unsporting behaviour.87:35
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Emboaba Oscar by Serey Die.86:15
Jacques Zoua produces a right-footed shot from just outside the box that goes wide right of the goal.84:19
The ball is swung over by Ryan Bertrand, Fabian Schar gets a block in. Juan Mata takes a shot. Save made by Yann Sommer.83:16
The ball is sent over by Markus Steinhofer, Branislav Ivanovic makes a clearance.82:26
The ball is delivered by Mohamed Salah, save made by Petr Cech.80:58 Substitution
Substitution Nathan Ake joins the action as a substitute, replacing David Luiz.79:57
Marcelo Diaz takes a shot from long range which goes wide of the right-hand post.78:15
Marcelo Diaz takes a inswinging corner.77:54
Marcelo Diaz takes a shot. Petr Cech makes a save.76:12
Serey Die takes a shot. Save by Petr Cech.75:41
David Degen takes a shot. Gary Cahill gets a block in.74:53
Emboaba Oscar sends in a cross, Fabian Schar makes a clearance.
Free kick taken by Branislav Ivanovic.73:53 Substitution
Substitution Marcelo Diaz replaces Fabian Frei.73:53 Substitution
Substitution Juan Mata joins the action as a substitute, replacing Eden Hazard.73:53
Mohamed El-Nenny concedes a free kick for a foul on Frank Lampard.73:42
The ball is swung over by Kay Voser, Gary Cahill manages to make a clearance.72:58
Effort on goal by Eden Hazard from 25 yards. Save made by Yann Sommer.72:10
Serey Die produces a right-footed shot from just outside the box that goes wide left of the goal.71:44
Emboaba Oscar takes the outswinging corner, save made by Yann Sommer.71:07
Emboaba Oscar takes the outswinging corner, David Degen makes a clearance.70:42
Jacques Zoua takes a shot. Blocked by Cesar Azpilicueta.70:15
Corner from the right by-line taken by Emboaba Oscar, Markus Steinhofer makes a clearance.69:22
Mohamed El-Nenny produces a right-footed shot from just outside the area that goes harmlessly over the bar.68:29
Branislav Ivanovic restarts play with the free kick.68:29 Booking
Booking The referee shows Markus Steinhofer a yellow card for unsporting behaviour.68:25
Eden Hazard fouled by Markus Steinhofer, the ref awards a free kick.66:24
Strike comes in from Frank Lampard from the free kick.66:24 Booking
Booking Fabian Schar goes into the book.66:15
Fabian Schar gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Fernando Torres.65:31 Substitution
Substitution (Chelsea) makes a substitution, with Emboaba Oscar coming on for Nascimento Ramires.65:17
Mohamed El-Nenny produces a cross.65:03
Corner taken short by Mohamed El-Nenny.62:56
Fabian Frei takes a shot. Shot from just outside the box by Mohamed Salah misses to the left of the goal.61:16 Substitution
Substitution Marco Streller leaves the field to be replaced by Jacques Zoua.61:16 Substitution
Substitution David Degen comes on in place of Valentin Stocker.60:58
Eden Hazard takes a shot from just inside the penalty box which clears the crossbar.58:24
Assist by Frank Lampard.58:24 Goal scored
Goal! - David Luiz - Chelsea 3 - 1 FC Basel David Luiz gets on the score sheet with a goal from long range to the top left corner of the goal. Chelsea 3 (5)-(2) 1 Basle.58:20
The ball is swung over by Eden Hazard.56:54
Gaston Sauro challenges Fernando Torres unfairly and gives away a free kick. David Luiz has an effort direct from the free kick.55:09
Free kick taken by Yann Sommer.55:09 Booking
Booking Cesar Azpilicueta is given a yellow card.55:05
Free kick awarded for a foul by Cesar Azpilicueta on Gaston Sauro.54:00
Corner from right by-line taken by Eden Hazard. The referee penalises Gary Cahill for handball. Free kick taken by Yann Sommer.53:40
The ball is swung over by Nascimento Ramires, blocked by Fabian Schar.51:25 Goal scored
Goal! - Victor Moses - Chelsea 2 - 1 FC Basel Victor Moses scores a goal from close range to the bottom right corner of the goal. Chelsea 2 (4)-(2) 1 Basle.51:23
Victor Moses takes a shot. Fabian Schar gets a block in.50:39
Fabian Frei gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Eden Hazard. Branislav Ivanovic takes the free kick.49:04
Assist on the goal came from Frank Lampard.49:04 Goal scored
Goal! - Fernando Torres - Chelsea 1 - 1 FC Basel Fernando Torres finds the back of the net with a goal from close in to the top right corner of the goal. Chelsea 1 (3)-(2) 1 Basle.49:02
Frank Lampard has an effort at goal. Save by Yann Sommer.47:48
Mohamed El-Nenny takes a shot from inside the box clearing the bar.47:33
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Markus Steinhofer by Ryan Bertrand. Markus Steinhofer takes the free kick.47:01
Unfair challenge on Kay Voser by Nascimento Ramires results in a free kick. Direct free kick taken by Kay Voser.46:26
The ball is delivered by Eden Hazard, Fabian Frei gets a block in.45:01
The game restarts for the second half.45:00 +1:12 Half time
Half Time The whistle is blown to end the first half.45:00 +0:22
The assist for the goal came from Valentin Stocker.45:00 +0:22 Goal scored
Goal! - Mohamed Salah - Chelsea 0 - 1 FC Basel A goal is scored by Mohamed Salah from deep inside the penalty area to the bottom left corner of the goal. Chelsea 0 (2)-(2) 1 Basle.44:04
Fernando Torres produces a right-footed shot from the edge of the box and misses to the right of the target.42:04
The ball is sent over by Victor Moses, Fabian Frei makes a clearance.39:49
Fabian Schar has an effort at goal from just outside the penalty box which goes wide of the left-hand post.39:29
Valentin Stocker takes a shot. Ryan Bertrand gets a block in.38:59
Mohamed Salah takes a shot. Save made by Petr Cech.38:12
Centre by Markus Steinhofer, Gary Cahill makes a clearance.36:51
Mohamed El-Nenny takes a shot. Blocked by Frank Lampard.35:53
The ball is sent over by Eden Hazard.35:22
Free kick awarded for a foul by Fernando Torres on Fabian Frei. Fabian Frei takes the direct free kick.34:38
Long range shot from Cesar Azpilicueta misses to the left of the target.33:45
A cross is delivered by Markus Steinhofer, clearance by Branislav Ivanovic.33:30
Corner taken by Mohamed El-Nenny, save by Petr Cech.31:35
Valentin Stocker takes a shot. Branislav Ivanovic gets a block in. Mohamed Salah is flagged offside by the assistant referee. Petr Cech takes the free kick.29:56
Nascimento Ramires takes a shot. Save by Yann Sommer.29:26
Mohamed El-Nenny concedes a free kick for a foul on David Luiz. David Luiz takes the direct free kick.28:06
Mohamed El-Nenny takes the inswinging corner, save by Petr Cech.27:27
Victor Moses is flagged offside by the assistant referee. Indirect free kick taken by Fabian Schar.26:50
The assistant referee signals for offside against Mohamed Salah. Free kick taken by Branislav Ivanovic.26:15
Valentin Stocker takes a shot. Petr Cech makes a comfortable save.25:29
Markus Steinhofer delivers the ball, Effort from the edge of the area by Marco Streller goes wide of the right-hand post.22:24
The ball is sent over by Frank Lampard.21:26
Markus Steinhofer crosses the ball.20:38
Inswinging corner taken from the left by-line by Frank Lampard, clearance made by Valentin Stocker.20:01
Eden Hazard takes a shot. Yann Sommer makes a comfortable save.18:05
Corner from left by-line taken by Eden Hazard.17:34
Eden Hazard takes the inswinging corner, Fabian Frei manages to make a clearance.17:20
Fernando Torres takes a shot. Yann Sommer makes a brilliant save.16:01
Serey Die gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Eden Hazard. Frank Lampard takes the free kick.15:29
Markus Steinhofer produces a cross, Petr Cech makes a save.14:42
Ryan Bertrand delivers the ball, save by Yann Sommer.13:47
The ball is delivered by Eden Hazard, Yann Sommer makes a save.13:19
Unfair challenge on Fernando Torres by Fabian Frei results in a free kick. Direct free kick taken by Eden Hazard.9:48
The ball is swung over by Markus Steinhofer, Branislav Ivanovic manages to make a clearance.9:02
Fernando Torres is caught offside. Kay Voser restarts play with the free kick.8:22
Frank Lampard takes a shot from close in that bounces off the post. Victor Moses takes a shot. Save by Yann Sommer.7:40
Fabian Frei challenges Eden Hazard unfairly and gives away a free kick. Ryan Bertrand takes the free kick.6:54
Nascimento Ramires challenges Fabian Schar unfairly and gives away a free kick. Gaston Sauro restarts play with the free kick.5:47
Foul by Serey Die on Ryan Bertrand, free kick awarded. Ryan Bertrand takes the free kick.4:46
Free kick awarded for a foul by Serey Die on Victor Moses. Eden Hazard crosses the ball from the free kick right-footed from left by-line, Fabian Schar manages to make a clearance.2:09
The ball is crossed by Victor Moses.0:54
Marco Streller has an effort at goal from the edge of the box that misses to the right of the target.0:00
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'Sanjiv Ahuja is one of the most respected names in global telecommunications, with a career of significant industry leadership, including past CEO of Orange, S.A,[1] one of the world's largest cellular operators. Sanjiv is currently Chairman and CEO of Tillman Global Holdings (TGH),[2] a US-based holding company he formed in 2013, that develops infrastructure businesses in developed and developing markets. TGH's initial focus was in telecommunications and technology infrastructure, and has now expanded to energy and environmental issues, with extensive global infrastructure ownership and operations expertise. Companies in the TGH portfolio that Sanjiv founded—and is current Chairman of—include: • Staghorn Infrastructure,[3] a new builder, operator and aggregator of US cell towers. • Apollo Towers,[4] the leading builder and operator of shared cell towers in Myanmar, with over 1100 sites on air country-wide, and thousands more under development. • JC Decaux-Link, in partnership with JC Decaux, a market-leading shared small-cell infrastructure provider, with agreements in place with over forty major global operators. • Tillman Green, building renewable green energy solutions worldwide, including a major new solar power facility in Kenya.
Previously, Sanjiv was the Chairman and CEO of LightSquared[5] with the mission of developing the world's first wholesale-only nationwide 4G LTE Long Term Evolution wireless broadband communications network. Sanjiv partnered with Harbinger Capital Partners Harbinger Capital Partners Chief Executive Officer Philip A. Falcone in creating LightSquared.[6]
Sanjiv is also founder and former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Augere,[7] a company formed in 2007 with a vision to provide broadband access for all.[8] Augere is currently providing wireless broadband internet services in Bangladesh and Pakistan under the brand name Qubee.[9] As well, Sanjiv is the founder and Chairman of Eaton Towers, which is building passive telecom infrastructure throughout Africa, with a portfolio of over 10,000 sites.[10]
Sanjiv was the Chief Executive Officer of Orange S.A -- one of the world's leading Telecom companies—for three years from March 2004 - April 2007. Prior to that he was the company's Chief Operating Officer from April 2003 to March 2004. After stepping down as CEO of Orange S.A, Sanjiv was Chairman of Orange UK until September 2008.[11]
During his leadership, Orange increased the number of countries in which it operated from 17 to 23, including 14 countries in Africa, and more than doubled its mobile customers from 48 million to over 100 million worldwide. Orange S.A also saw a significant and continuous improvement in revenue, market share and cash flow under his leadership. Sanjiv oversaw the successful extension of the Orange brand from mobile origins to embrace France Telecom's broadband, fixed line and IPTV services in its largest markets.
Sanjiv's previous industry experience includes non-executive directorships of Telenor S.A.,[12] Cadbury, Williams Sonoma, Network Appliance, SAIC, and President of Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore), the world's largest provider of operations support systems, network software and consulting and engineering services to the telecommunications industry. Prior to that, he spent fifteen years at IBM in various executive roles. Sanjiv's last area of responsibility at IBM included leading their entry into the telecommunications software industry.
Sanjiv has a degree in electrical engineering from Delhi University, India, and a master's degree from Columbia University in New York. He lives in NYC.
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DIY: Cord Organization
A little bit on organization from an unlikely place: toilet paper rolls (minus the toilet paper, of course!)
Seriously. I labeled mine, because, knowing my luck, I'll look at the cord (even in its tidy roll) and forget what it's for! I mean, just because it's called a junk drawer doesn't mean it has to look like junk!
I hope you find this useful. Oh... and good luck getting those little pieces of paper off the roll when it doesn't come off clean. I gave that job to my kids!
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Why do people hate Floyd so much?
I noticed that there is a lot of hate directed towards Floyd on this forum. Mostly dumb uneducated remarks like calling him "**********", a coward and such.
But there is also some really intense hate. Some people actually act like he did something horrible to them. They dont hate his abilities, or dislike him as a fighter- they hate him as a person. I dont understand that. No one here knows him personally. We all just see him on TV, in videos and read his words in interviews. Is that really him? He may be a loudmouth and seem like a unpleasant person, but does that constitute such hatred toward him? Ali was a loudmouth- and people hated him too back in the day. But now most see it was a publicity stunt.
Floyd grew up poor in a ****ed up family with his mother being a heroin addict, father a drug dealer, relatives dying from drug abuse. He went through some ****ed up **** in his life.
Despite all this he prevailed and became a great fighter. He faced many adversities during his career. He was robbed in a horrible way at the olympics when fighting the bulgarian guy who's name I cant recall.
So is it something bad that he made it? That he is rich and likes money? He grew up in a ****ed up environment- cant he enjoy his life now? He got all he has with his own hard work.
And can you really hate Floyd as a fighter? He has great talent and abilities. He is also entertaining to watch. People who understand and know boxing will always appreciate the abilities he brings to the ring.
My main point and question is, how can you hate Floyd so much? If you don't like him, why wont you give him respect for his abilities?
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Re: Why do people hate Floyd so much?
It's like anyone, they're a product of a) their parents b) their environment.
It would be wrong of me to propose reasons why people have a dislike of his personality, i'd guess some of it is because a great deal of boxing fans may be living on the breadline, 'Money Mayweather' doesn't hit the spot there does it?
Personally, I don't care, he's a character, you need the good guy and the bad guy in any fight, essentially what boxing is right? And his character does sell the fight, at the end of the day, it's still a job, and his job is not only to win, but also generate as much money as possible doing so.
Can't blame him for that. I doubt he could have played the good boy, imagine Hugh Grant playing Scarface instead of Pacino, wouldn't have worked would it?
As for his abilities.
Any boxing fan, and I mean any, knows how good he is, I don't really think there can be any doubt about that, and certainly, those abilities should be respected.
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Re: Why do people hate Floyd so much?
Not an easily likeable character, he isn't particularly pleasant in some interviews, or humble, the fact he even calls himself Money Mayweather, and The Money team etc, it's all cringe, I don't like that sad, negative hip-hop culture being involved with boxing.
He may be a very nice guy but the majority of the time he doesn't present himself that way.
However he is my fav boxer
Manny Pacquiao on the other hand, is a very humble, transparent guy....he's always smiling, he seems like someone you could just walk up to and talk to in the street, it's pretty difficult to hate him, and the only reason people do, is because they become so irritated by his thicko troll fanboys that they start to dislike the man himself.
As for Mayweather I do sometimes feel for him when he speaks, he has this kind of.....scared attitude, he isn't, he's just always had it for as long as I can remember, he stumbles over words, generally looks like a deer in the headlights etc..
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Re: Why do people hate Floyd so much?
He's a very skilled boxer, one of the best ever, no question about. That I admire. His character I don't. Still, there is no hate here. I don't understand the name-calling that goes on. If you don't like him, fine, but don't hate him and use derogatory words.
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Re: Why do people hate Floyd so much?
That's the nature of the web though, it's forum syndrome.
A lot of people do it just to wind-up and troll too.
**** I made a thread just mentioning lewis-Vitali and it must have gone 15 pages
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Re: Why do people hate Floyd so much?
Floyd imo acts like a ****, me personally, I don't like that. Do I hate him? ... No.
I also dislike the fact as a Boxing Fan I didn't get to see fights like Mayweather V Williams, Mayweather V Margarito, Mayweather V Cotto, Mayweather V Pacquiao, Mayweather V Martinez etc etc .......... co-incidental?
Some of his outbursts are ridiculous and racist too.
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i dont know why he garners so much hate
then again ppl love to root against great athletes who happen to be ****y and make lots of money
he also has a guy opposite of him who was not gifted but worked hard like Manny to get where he is without the physical gifts Floyd has
Manny is also more reserved
I think race has a bit to do with it too, now i dont like playing the race card but im american and i know the white community doesnt like a flamboyant out spoken black who makes more than them
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When I went to my prom, everyone else it seems rented a tux. That seemed
wasteful to me, I went in my Sunday clothes.
I know of families who spent so much on wedding receptions they were still making the payments 7 years after the event.
The smartest wedding reception I ever attended was like this. The event took place at the church. (this means they didn't pay for the location). Cake (home made by the brides mother) was provided. Drinks were provided (koolaid in paper cups). The bridesmaids and everyone else all wore their own clothes, so no one had to buy clothes for the event or rent a tux.
If I had to guess, I'd say total cost for this reception was $50. The family was a humble family, but they were intelligent enough to not spend a fortune on a one night event and get into debt for it.
We could all learn from the wisdom of this family.
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Helping people in need is great, but would Usagain still give away the dresses
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generosity happens when nobody is watching.
Usagain is controversial. Reports going back a decade suggest that the for profit company, to quote one news investigation, '... routinely pretended to be a charity so business owners wouldn't ask for rent on the bin space.'
Worse, Danish prosecutors link Usagain to an alleged cult called the Tvind Teachers Group. Leaders of this group are Interpol fugitives wanted in their native Denmark in connection with a multimillion-dollar tax-fraud and embezzlement scheme.
Perhaps the only Teachers Group members at Usagain are its officers, none of whom are wanted by Interpol. The company's workers are likely just regular folks trying to hold down a job. But the report below quotes a former Usagain branch manager who says she had been pressured to join the Teachers Group, reportedly an elite group within the broader Tvind organization.
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The MSSQL Server is set with a collation of "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS" and the data in question is being stored in a column of the type "nchar".
My PHP web pages use
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I'm pulling the data from the MSSQL database using the sqlsrv PHP extension.
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"The creation of Natural Habitat Expeditions allows us to expand our offerings to travelers seeking a more physically challenging immersion into the natural world," says Ben Bressler, founder and director of Natural Habitat Adventures.
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This provocative volume attempts to correlate psychoanalysis and current biological thinking. The original papers were read at the Interdisciplinary Research Conference sponsored by the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Wisconsin in June 1963. The participants included such illustrious names as John Benjamin, Robert Holt, George Klein, Sydney Margolin, Donald Oken, Mortimer Ostow, Karl Pribram, Benjamin Rubinstein, Frederick Snyder, and Herbert Weiner. We have contributions by workers of different backgrounds providing a rich exploration of an area that is neither psychoanalysis nor biology proper. At times one can feel a touch of excitement at the insights offered by the contributors.
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