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Bollywood Journal: Rated 'U' for Unsatisfying
By Beth Watkins
The star cast of Yash Chopra's "Chandni" — a love triangle of Sridevi, Rishi Kapoor and Vinod Khanna — finally tempted me into watching this 1989 romance. It's the type of misty, candy-floss movie that production house Yash Raj Films has become known for. What "Chandni" also delivers is one of the most frustrating endings I've ever encountered in a Hindi film.
Faced with a choice between the two men, both of whom seem totally wrong for her, Chandni (Sridevi) opts for the arrogant, sulking Rohit (Kapoor) over brooding, grieving, kindly Lalit (Khanna), a decision that enraged me—and most of my Twitter timeline, too. It's an extreme variation of the problem I have with "Jab Jab Phool Khile" (1965), "Abhinetri" (1970), "Ahista Ahista" (2006) and "Saawariya" (2007), in which heroines choose partners who seem so wildly unsuitable for them.
For a cinema that is often described as escapist, Bollywood certainly serves up some frustrating endings. Lurking at the core is the fundamentally subjective problem of expectations not being met or, worse, trampled on or disregarded. The ending has to feel right, even if it would never make sense outside a cinema hall. A final twist probably won't work if it's unbelievable even in the world the movie has established, while a sudden change of heart won't satisfy viewers if it isn't believable at the emotional level.
Sometimes dissatisfaction with the finale is a result of what some of my blogging friends call "The Curse of the Second Half," that all-too-common tendency of films to slump in quality after the interval. But there are also films that seem designed to flail and fail, establishing characters and threads that simply cannot be resolved easily within masala standards and logic. Their scripts back them into a corner with no good way out.
In the case of "Chandni," the film subjugates the heroine's maturity and common sense to the principle of first love. Granted, I'm viewing Rohit from the U.S. in 2012, but I could find nothing redeeming in him. He was the first one to love Chandni, the first to claim her, as both his gestures and words enforce, so he gets her in the end. His drunk, disruptive behavior at her wedding to Lalit is apparently all it takes for Chandni to submit to her lingering love for him, and the film ends with them driving happily through the countryside and Lalit weeping.
Maddeningly, the film refuses to present Chandni with much of an alternative, as Lalit is not a particularly more appropriate partner. While he is less despicable than Rohit simply by not behaving like a manipulative stalker, he is weary and mopes around. Chandni expresses no joy in considering his proposal. Given the mainstream nature of this film, a third option for "none of the above" isn't considered. The principal female character will have a husband, and because the film presents the primary lover's behavior as romantic and justified, he is the more desirable and deserving.
On the opposite end of the spectrum from "Chandni" are films that find a surprising way out of the narrative conflict. "Jab We Met" (2007) is a recent example of a film that, despite the odds, ends the way we all wanted. Using the same basic premise as "Ahista Ahista" and "Saawariya," writer-director Imtiaz Ali creates a world in which young adults are given second chances at their futures, even within the context of a traditional rural family.
My favorite unexpectedly satisfying ending is considerably older. In the 1969 Asha Parekh-Shashi Kapoor film "Kanyadaan," both the heroine and the hero discover after falling in love that she was married as a child, according to her father's dying wish. To make matters worse, her groom is the hero's best friend, who himself got married as an adult and had a child. It's pretty hard to see a way out of this one, isn't it? How could everyone survive the film with their proper romantic partner while also respecting the bonds of male friendship and the pairings ordained by the deceased patriarch? To my utter amazement, one of Bollywood's most vocal mouthpieces of tradition — the mother — steps forward and declares that decisions made in different contexts that bring nothing but grief needn't be maintained. Values should be used to rectify mistakes, not to reinforce them.
Not every character is so lucky to get a deus ex "Ma"-china.
Beth Watkins has been blogging for more than five years at Beth Loves Bollywood. She is an expert on Bollywood history and lore as well as contemporary movies and actors (that's her on the left, with the Shah Rukh Khan action figure). You can follow Ms. Watkins on Twitter @bethlovesbolly.
What films have you seen that need a major rewrite in their last 10 minutes? Please share your thoughts in the Comments section.


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6 Stories You May Have Missed This Weekend
How long did it take Zach Braff to raise funds for his new movie? What did Chris Brown's dad have to say about his superstar son's relationship with Rihanna? Plus, which song from The Great Gatsby soundtrack leaked?
Celebuzz has a round-up of the weekend's hottest stories.

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Geothermal Tubular Scarf by Kirsten Hipsky
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Warm, glowing colors cycle seamlessly around each other in a stunning scarf worked in the round. Using an addictive spiral knitting technique, there are no jogs between the stripes and no strands to carry up the inside of the Geothermal Tubular Scarf.
Finished Measurements: 8" wide x 60" long
Yarn: 1 cone each of Valley Yarns Colrain Lace
Color A – Chocolate
Color B – Coffee
Color C – Navajo Red
Color D – Merlot
* approx 75 yds of each color
Needles: US size 6 (4.0mm) 16" circular needles
Gauge: 5 sts = 1" in stockinette stitch
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ANAHEIM – The scouting report on Jordan Walden before the Angels' last trip: Triple-digit fastball, hard slider.
Now: Triple-digit fastball, hard slider, and — surprise! — a diving changeup he'll throw in any count.
The Angels rookie closer pulled catcher Hank Conger aside in Tampa Bay and told him he was ready to introduce his changeup into game situations. Having thrown the pitch just once in all of April, Walden threw it twice on May 1 and five times on May 4, including a 3-2 changeup to Jacoby Ellsbury with the tying run in scoring position.
Ellsbury pulled it into right field for a tying hit, giving Walden his first blown save of the season. But it was actually a good pitch, down and away, where Walden wanted it.
"I've always had the changeup, I was just waiting for the right time to show it," said Walden, who has thrown 88 percent fastballs and 20 percent sliders since the Angels promoted him to the majors. "I like to show it to lefties, because it fades away from them."
Walden, who was a starter in the minor leagues until 2010, always had a changeup. "It was almost one of my best pitches," he said. But when he was converted to relief, he concentrated on mastering the fastball/slider combo that has worked so well for hard-throwing relievers.
"Guys hadn't seen him and he didn't need it," pitching coach Mike Butcher said of the changeup.
But now that Walden feels more confident with his slider and fastball command, he's adding a weapon.
He's using the same grip he always did for the pitch, a modified "circle change" with his thumb and forefinger slightly apart. But Conger said the ball looks different coming to the plate than it did when he caught Walden in 2009.
"The way he was holding the ball, it had a little sideways rotation on it (in 2009)," Conger said. "This past week, it has been coming out with a fastball spin — looks the same (as a fastball) coming out of his hand. The spin's been coming out real tight."
The seven he has thrown this week averaged 87.6 miles per hour, 10 mph slower than his average fastball. He kept all seven down or away — the ideal location against left-handed batters. Opposing hitters, likely unprepared for the pitch, swung at all seven, including four swings and misses.
Starting pitcher Scott Kazmir, out since early April because of lower back pain, will make a start in extended spring training Monday.
"He'll try to get to 100 pitches," Manager Mike Scioscia said. "Still working on his fastball, trying to get his command, and he's making some progress. The back feels good."
Rookie Tyler Chatwood has a 2-1 record and 4.08 ERA in his place, though many of his underlying stats — just 18 strikeouts with 22 walks in 35 innings — suggest Chatwood might need more time in the minors.
Kendry Morales will fly to Colorado to get a second opinion on his broken left ankle, the Angels said Saturday night.
Angels RHP Dan Haren (4-2, 1.76) opposes Indians RHP Fausto Carmona (3-3, 3.43) at 12:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast by Fox Sports Net and KLAA/830.
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ZTE Grand S: Najtanjši svetu Quad-Core telefon, Vendar
Just when the ZTE Nubia Z5 is just starting to make its own spotlight, it was unexpected that ZTE will come up with another full HD flagship device by the name of ZTE Grand S. More info about this new and upcoming ZTE flagship phone, just keep on reading.
The ZTE Grand S stunned a lot of spectators with its 6.9 mm thickness, currently taking the crown for the world's thinnest quad-core phone as of this very moment. Kratek, the ZTE Grand S will be equipped with a 5-inch 1080P full HD screen, a 13MP high-definition camera, sporting a Qualcomm APQ8064 quad-core processor, s 2GB RAM-a on board, and running Android 4.1 JellyBean.
Other information are still unknown yet as of this moment. The ZTE Grand S is said to be officially unveiled on the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show this 2013 (CES2013).


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>Running 101>Glad to be back
I have been medically off the road for 8 of the last 12 months and had stopped reading the runninghead forums.
I just got started again at the first of Nov; bought my first shoes in over a year on Tue. It's nice to be back.
John www.wickedrunningclub.com
In the beginning, the universe was created.This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
--- Douglas Adams, in "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"
I've never met ya, so "Nice to meet you" :-)!
(I am new to RA, ever since RWOL turned south. RA is far superior, wish I had found them a long time ago :-))
The Plan '15 → /// "Run Hard, Live Easy." ∞
Princess Cancer Pants
Welcome back, John. I've done 0 since last Weds and am starting to twitch. I can't imagine the break you've had.
• Chemo
• Chemo-Radiation
• Surgery
• Return to kicking my own ass by 2018
She was not strong. She was valiant. Radiant. Brave and broken. The beauty she discovered in the aftermath was unparalleled to anything she had known before, because it had come at such a cost.
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Old , Ugly and slow
Glad to meet you 8 months is a long time.
I have been off for 3 weeks hope to come back next week.
How is Nancy?
first race sept 1977 last race sept 2007
2014goals 1300 miles , 190 pounds , deadlift 400 touch my toes
Ugh. I was out for six weeks last year and that sucked enough.
Short term goal: 17:59 5K
Mid term goal: 2:54:59 marathon
Long term goal: To say I've been a runner half my life. (I started running at age 45).
Glad to meet you 8 months is a long time.
I have been off for 3 weeks hope to come back next week.
How is Nancy?
You made me laugh.
How did you know about my wife?
Did we meet personally before? Nope not if you are in Charleston, WV.
Did I reference her in my self description? Nope not there.
Then the dime dropped. Oh yeah! Nancy does go with Sluggo. In fact I picked the Sluggo name b/c it fit with my wife's name.
My wife, Nancy, is doing well. Small things once in a while. Sometimes a headache, sometimes tired of the kids she teaches (piano) but doing well. Unfortunately, she can not run. An ankle run from decades ago squashed that. She makes do with walking about an hour each day.
I was pleasantly surprised to find I ran a Dec 2nd race 2nd at 8:23/mi. I thought I had been doing 9's.
Thanks all for the welcome back.
Hey sluggo! Nice to meet you, and am glad you're starting running again. And at 8:32 mms you're doing great!
"We do not become the people who this world needs simply by turning our backs on anyone we don't like, trust, or deem healthy enough to be in our presence. " ---- Shasta Nelson
Fear is a Liar
Well hello there sluggo! Running is awesome for clearing your head! Glad you are healed up!
I can't wait to pound the road again myself - I just started week 4 of my 5K to Couch program due to a bum left lower appendage.
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Fingerless gloves by Eleven Handmade by Linda Skuya
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Level: Easy
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LOS ANGELES, April 10 (JTA) — The much-contested musical archives of Arnold Schoenberg will soon move to Vienna, the composer's two sons announced this week. In a news conference Monday at the Austrian Consulate here, Lawrence and Ronald Schoenberg said the opening of the new Arnold Schoenberg Center is slated for spring 1998. When first reported, the move from the present Schoenberg Institute on the University of Southern California campus to Vienna was strongly denounced by some Jewish scholars and admirers of the composer's work. They objected particularly to a venue they characterized as having a long history of anti-Semitism before and during the Hitler period. Schoenberg, often dubbed the "father of modern music" for his development of atonal music and the 12-tone technique, left behind a huge collection of musical manuscripts, writings and art works, now valued at close to $60 million. These archives, together with some 200 paintings by Schoenberg, valued at $25 million, will be housed at the renovated Palais Fanto in the heart of Vienna. The composer was born a Jew but converted to Lutheranism when he was 24. In 1933, he formally returned to Judaism in a Paris ceremony, witnessed by the artist Marc Chagall. At the news conference, the question was raised whether Vienna's historical anti-Semitism, from which Schoenberg himself suffered and which led one Princeton University professor to describe the move as "a form of blasphemy," should disqualify the city as a repository of its native son's legacy. Ronald Schoenberg, a municipal judge, said, "I don't see what good it does to prevent a country from doing something good to some extent make up for what it has done before." Lawrence Schoenberg added, "The collection belongs there. Hitler was wrong when he said that people like Schoenberg don't belong there." The Austrian and Vienna governments are underwriting most of the costs of the new Schoenberg Center. It has been suggested that this subsidy represents a form of compensation or reparation for past anti-Semitic sins. "I hope it isn't just that, but that's part of it," said Ronald Schoenberg. For close to half a century, Austria was in a state of denial as to its complicity in Hitler's war on Europe and the Jews, preferring to view itself as the "first victim" of the Nazi conquests. One of the first signals of a changed attitude came in 1994, when Austrian President Thomas Klestil, addressing the Israeli Knesset, declared: "We know that much too rarely do we speak of the fact that many of the worst accomplices of the Nazi dictatorship were Austrians." Other signs of a new sense of responsibility during the past few years can be found in the opening of the Jewish Museum in Vienna, and the creation of the country's first, albeit meager, Fund for Victims of National Socialism. The new Schoenberg Center appears to be another effort by Austria toward reconciliation with the Jewish people. There is another "Jewish" footnote to Schoenberg's legacy. Shortly before his death in 1951, he wrote a letter that, according to various scholars, contained a request that his archives be transferred to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Questioned on that point, Ronald Schoenberg, and his son Randol, asserted that the letter referred only to that part of the composer's writing that he categorized as "Jewish Affairs." Included in that category were the composer's extensive correspondence with Albert Einstein, and his early proto-Zionist drama, "The Biblical Way." Nevertheless, none of the "Jewish Affairs" papers was ever sent to Jerusalem. They remain part of the general collection headed for Vienna. The original Schoenberg Institute was established at USC in 1973. During the first 20 years valuable work was done to catalog and preserve the vast collection, said Leonard Stein, director-emeritus of the institute. By contrast, the last four years have been marked by escalating legal and personal disputes between university administrators and the Schoenberg heirs, until a final break became inevitable. At that point, Berlin and The Hague also bid for the collection, but lost out to Vienna. The USC institute's veteran archivist, Wayne Shoaf, will work closely with the new Vienna team to assure a smooth transition. The Palais Fanto, the Schoenberg legacy's new home, is a 3-story, triangular building, with a baroque-style facade and an interior inlaid with marble. It was built in 1917 and restored in 1994. Despite its name, it was never a palace but has been used for business purposes. Plans for the center call for easy accessibility for scholars and the general public, close ties to the Vienna Academy for Music and the Performing Arts, and wide use of communication technology, including a Web site on the Internet. The center's 1997 budget of $3 million includes funds for renovation and startup. The annual budget thereafter is expected to be $1.5 million. Christian Meyer, a 34-year-old economist with a strong musical background, has been named director-manager of the Schoenberg Center. Nuria Nono Schoenberg, the composer's daughter, will serve as the center's president. In welcoming the new center to Vienna's cultural life, Mayor Michael Haupl said, "I am excited about this project as it will help the city's reputation to reach beyond a famous boys choir and white horses."
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"What we are talking about here is a constitutional right. This is not a privilege, the constitutional right to vote is something fundamental to who we are as Americans," Attorney General Eric Holder told NBC during a March 12, 2012 interview discussing the Justice Department's efforts in fighting voter ID laws that require photo identification in many states.
In his July 10th address to the NAACP, Holder was critical of the Texas voter ID law in particular. Criticizing the state for accepting concealed carry identification, but not student IDs under the voter ID proposal, "Now listen to this, listen to this. Under the proposed law concealed handgun licenses would be acceptable forms of photo ID, but student ID's would not. Many of those without IDs would have to travel great distances to get them and some would struggle to pay for the documents they might need to obtain them, we call those poll taxes."
Since Holder and the Justice Department want to fight proposals that may create a barrier to someone exercising their constitutional right to vote, I'm sure he would complain about a state that put up obstacles in getting a concealed carry permit as well. No one should have to show ID to exercise their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, right?
I'm sure if Eric Holder heard about the proof of ID, residence and business history, fingerprinting, photographing and $140 dollar fee needed for a concealed carry permit in Texas, he would be active in fighting those measures.
He just hasn't heard about it…right?


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Runway How-To: Five Minute Pastel Hair (That Washes Right Out in the Shower)
But backstage at Emerson by Jackie Fraser-Swan, something new took hold: a lilac color from Bumble & bumble's new Spray Chalk series that looked cool but still calm, and—much like the collection itself—witchy but still very pretty.
Related: Emerson by Jackie Fraser-Swan's Fall 2014 Collection
"Whenever you use a spray color, you're putting a little bit of weight into your hair," explained hair master Jorge Luis, the runway director for Privé Salon in New York City who created the show's coifs. "So if you have fine or thin hair, you might lose some volume."
One solution? The messy braid created by Luis and his team that showed off the temporary color while also giving the hair a strong base. "I think now that you can wash it out so quickly, color has become just another hair accessory. You like a flower in your hair? You like jewels? Now you can like color, too. It's the same as an accessory, because it comes on and off."
Related: The All Natural Beauty Trend
Luis used Bumble's temporary color on each model, but he also gave us a genius tip to DIY the look: "If you can't find color spray, go to the drugstore and buy some colored eyeshadow—the loose [powder] kind that comes in a little jar. [Editor's Note: We like Maybelline's Pure Pigments range.] Pour some of it into a spray bottle full of water, and just spritz it onto your hair until you get the amount of color you want. It's so easy to do this trend. You can have a different color every day."
(If your hair is light blonde or white, avoid staining by pre-treating hair with a coat of dry shampoo or detangling spray first!)


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The Slow Shopper: Breaking the Chains
Make juice not war
Firstly I should apologise for the fact that I haven't written a post in ages. Recently I've become distracted by an impractical yet loveable gadget- a 1960's juicer attachment for my retro Kenwood Chef. If you've never tried juicing I'd highly recommend it- you pop your fruit and veg in the top and what comes out the bottom will either be a taste sensation… or possibly a bit yuck. Many of mine have come out as the latter, but it's fun to experiment and either way you know it's going to be good for you!
I got into this juicing craze thanks to the discovery of a well-stocked Indian shop near me that has a beautiful selection of juiceable fruit and veg, and it's open until 8.30pm. Anyone else who aims to avoid supermarkets and chain shops will know that a grocery shop that's open past five in the afternoon is a treasure not to be sniffed at. I'm thrilled that, despite having solely used local independent shops for months, I'm still discovering new hidden gems in my neighborhood.
This newest discovery has inspired me to go on a bit of a rant about the perils of 'Big Business' and the multinationals that threaten to trample local shops underfoot, so here goes…
Power to the people
It's hard to miss the many television ads, billboards and leaflets that supermarkets use to rave about their huge range of products and tiny prices. However, they are less keen to tell you about the hidden costs that come with spending your weekly shopping fund at one of their mega-shops.
Independent retailers have been closing their doors left, right and centre because they simply can't compete with the huge buying power wielded by supermarkets. This can lead to a situation that I'm sure we've all seen in one small town or another- high streets lined with boarded-up shops as locals flock to the out-of-town megastore to bag a bargain. And who can blame them? It seems that everyone has been feeling the pinch recently, but by turning our backs on independent shops in favour of the lowest prices, we risk losing them forever. I for one think this would be a tragic loss, especially having shopped in nothing but independent shops for nearly five months now. It's a lot of fun and I've found some proper gems on my local Armley High Street, from Polish stores with their mysterious foreign delights to a hardware shop that stocks everything from school uniforms to drill bits. In my experience you'll never get the same personal service, friendliness and sheer quirkiness from supermarket that you'll get in your local grocery or hardware shop.
Recently there's been a lot of positive action to challenge the power of Big Business. Local traders in Llanrwst, a pretty Welsh tourist destination, feared that plans to build a new 28,000 sq. ft. Tesco on the outskirts of town would pull visitors away from the centre and destroy their local businesses. The traders took action by speaking out against the planned supermarket and displaying campaign posters in their windows all over town.
Earlier this month it was announced that Tesco had pulled out of plans for their Llanrwst store, which was seen as a huge step in the right direction for local democracy.
Campaigning organisation Totally Locally are highlighting the difference shoppers can make by spending their money in local rather than multinational shops; for example they calculate that in the West Yorkshire town of Hebden Bridge, if every adult spent just £5 per week in local businesses an extra £3.6 million per year would be channeled into the local economy. They also highlight that when you support a local shop, you're also supporting the many local suppliers and business partners of that shop. That £5 may seem insignificant, but it can have a big impact when spent in your local community!
There are a lot of books and websites out there that talk about these issues much more eloquently than I, so if you'd like to dig a bit deeper then take a look at these useful resources for the ethical shopper .
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Kate's mother gave up wealth and trappings to marry her opium-addict husband. Kate is offered her mother's old wealth on the condition that she severe ties with her father and journalist boyfriend Merton. Reluctantly she agrees, but is soon hatching a plan to have it all by befriending an American heiress in Venice.
Director lain Softley thankfully succeeds where so many predecessors have failed in finding a way to wring Henry James into celluloid form without boring his audience to death. Tapping into those trusty themes of love, loyalty, deceit and tragedy within tight, social constraints, Helena Bonham Carter plots with journo boyfriend Linus Roache to befriend dying American heiress Alison Elliott while holidaying in glamorous, sensual Venice, only for emotional consequences to boil out of control. This is a subtle, compelling affair with good performances from the lead trio, and Softley simultaneously creating a very modern texture while capturing the historic visual splendour of his locations.
This is a compelling film, well acted and beautifully shot.


text: CleanWeb Hackathon Los AngelesDate: November 17, 2012Location:Los AngelesCleanWeb Hackathon Los Angeles. The CleanWeb Hackathon will be coming to Los Angeles for the first time starting Friday Nov. 16th! CleanWeb Hackathons are weekend programming competitions taking place in major cities around the globe. Entire communities of developers: students, professionals, and hobbyists, come together over a weekend to make web, mobile, and social apps that improve the sustainability of energy, air, and water systems in their community and in the world. LA's 2012 CleanWeb Hackathon will be hosted at the USC Campus Center Forum Nov. 16-18. See http://lax.cleanweb.coMore information: http://lax.cleanweb.cosocalTECH.com Home


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Product: Netwrix Auditor (formerly Netwrix Change Reporter)
Product Homepage: click here
Back in 2010, I did a review of Netwrix's Change Reporter for WindowSecurity.com, and I came away impressed with its relative ease of use and functionality. Fast forward to today, when configuration auditing is even more important than before, and Netwrix is still very much in the game with an updated product that does more while being easier to implement. I ran into a few stumbling blocks along the way, but thanks to the excellent documentation, it was easy to figure out what the problem was and resolve it – without resorting to tech support.
In my 2010 review, I focused primarily on the features that report changes to Active Directory/Group Policy and file servers. Those feature sets are still here, along with the ability to audit change in VMWare, Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, NetApp Filer, SharePoint and EMC VNX/VNXe/Celerra devices. There are a couple of added features that I want to pay specific attention to in this new review: the improvements to auditing of Windows Server and the user session activity auditing.
Understanding the problem
We've come a long way in the last three years, and most organizations understand that the old way, in which the network "just grew that way," no longer work in an era where IT is under ever-increasing scrutiny both from stricter internal oversight and from governmental and industry regulators. Compliance issues take up more and more administrative time, now that we not only have to make sure our networks are secure, we also have to be able to prove that level of security through documentation.
Data is good, but in order to be useful, a change auditing system has to go beyond the raw data and give you a way to turn that information into action. That starts with the ability to filter the data to detect trends and patterns.
Understanding the product
If you're new to Netwrix, you may feel a little confused at first as you sort through the terminology. The product name is Netwrix Auditor and it provides configuration auditing for a variety of platforms including Active Directory, Group Policy, Exchange, and so forth. The full list of supported platforms is specified below
- Active Directory
- AD Object Restore*
- EMC VNX/VNXe/Celerra*
- File Server
- Group Policy
- Exchange
- NetApp Filer*
- SQL Server
- VWware Environments
- Event Log*
- User Activity*
- Windows Server*
- SharePoint 2007 *
- Non-owner Mailbox Access *
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In comparison to the Change Reporter that I reviewed in 2010, there are seven new audited systems on the installation screen (those that are marked with an asterisk in the list above).
When you've installed the product, you'll have a comprehensive configuration auditing solution that provides a detailed audit trail that can serve multiple purposes for compliance, security and troubleshooting functions. Netwrix Auditor follows the framework that's familiar to reporters from journalism school: It attempts to answer the questions "Who, when, what and where" – in this case, in regard to changes made to components, settings and resources.
That information is saved to a historical record that can be analyzed at any time, and the specific objects to be managed are configurable so that you won't be overwhelmed with data you don't need. You have control over the parameters for data collection and reporting.
Installing the product
As with any software product, the first step in installing Netwrix Auditor is to ensure that the system requirement prerequisites are met. That means a minimum 32 bit 2 GHz Intel or AMD processor (64 bit 3 GHz quad-core recommended) with at least 512 MB of RAM (2-4 GB is more realistic) and plenty of free drive space for the audit archive along with the software components themselves (the recommendation is two drives totaling 50 GB of free space).
You can run the console on a computer running Windows XP SP3 or above with the .NET Framework 3.5 and MMC 3.0 or above installed. For Exchange Server auditing, you need PowerShell 2.0 or above, to run Group Policy auditing, you need the GPMC (Group Policy Management Console) and if you use SQL Server to store audit data, you need IIS 5.1 or above). You can find more information on system requirements in the Quick Start Guide that's downloadable from the Netwrix web site.
You can download a trial version of the software that's good for 20 days, from the page linked above. If you want to try it out but don't have a test lab environment where you can set it up, you can instead do an online "test drive" on Netwrix's hosted servers. You will, of course, need to accept the license agreement when you install the trial version. The first obstacle you may hit is the requirement to install the .NET Framework 3.5. Note that if you're installing the management console on Windows Server, you install .NET Framework 3.5 as a feature through Server Manager.
When you install Netwrix Auditor on Windows Server 2012, you'll be able to access it through a tile on the Start screen, the All Apps menu, or a search, as shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2
Using the management console
The management console's top level screen shows the audited systems and the link to a wizard that makes it easy to create new managed objects, as shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3
A managed object is just a computer or group of computers (called a Computer Collection) that you want to monitor for changes. You can put managed objects into folders if you want to group multiple managed objects for easier navigation. To use Netwrix Auditor, you'll need to create at least one managed object, as shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4
Windows Server auditing with Netwrix Auditor
I looked first at Windows Server configuration auditing capabilities, since it was the new feature in which I was most interested. The installation process itself is simple and fast. However you have to complete some pretty complex steps when you create a managed object. These include:
- Specifying a default data processing account.
- Setting the privileges on that account to include local admin rights on the Netwrix Auditor – Windows Server computer and all the computers being monitored.
- Setting the role (database owner) for accessing the SQL database with audit data with the account.
- Configuring email settings for delivering the Change summary and reports.
- Giving the computer collection a name.
- Enable the Netwrix Auditor – Windows Server for the managed object.
As with the version I reviewed before, getting the Netwrix product configured is more challenging than actually using it. That's because of the dependencies and prerequisites. Don't expect it to be a quick process. If you don't have a SQL Server that's accessible by the Netwrix Auditor, you'll have to install and configure that. SQL Server isn't included with the product installation package. You can, however, install SQL Server Express automatically using the Reports Configuration wizard, as you can see in Figure 5.
Figure 5
You can also install SQL manually, in which case you'll probably need to consult this separate document titled Installing Microsoft SQL Server and Configuring Reporting Services.
Once you get SQL configured successfully, you're halfway home.
Figure 6
Continuing with the configuration of Windows Server auditing, you can enable Network Traffic Compression if you have a slow connection or a multi-site network, to speed performance. This runs an agent on each of the target computers. Then you can have Netwrix Auditor automatically check and adjust the audit settings (or you can do it manually). If you choose the automatic adjustment, audit permissions will be set in the registry, local audit policies will be modified and event log size and retention settings will be adjusted. One "gotcha" is that local audit policies on domain controllers must be configured manually.
Netwrix Auditor will audit the system components, registry settings and file and permission changes as shown in Figure 7. These include:
- General computer settings
- Hardware
- Add/remove programs
- Services
- Scheduled tasks
- Local users and groups
- DNS configuration
- DNS resource records
Registry settings:
- OS security
- Security settings
- Patches
- Windows Firewall
- Remote Desktop
- File sharing settings
- USB devices
- Important services
- Startup and autorun
- All other settings
Figure 7
You also need to add computers and other items to your computer collection and you may want to add other computers later, after the initial configuration. To do this at any time, you just expand the Managed Objects node in the left pane of the Netwrix console and click on the name of the computer collection, then click the Add button as shown in Figure 8.
Figure 8
In this case, we want to audit Windows servers, so this is the item type that we'll add to the collection. You can can individual computers, computers in an Active Directory container or an IP address range. You can even import a text file containing a list of computers. To add an individual computer, you can use the NETBIOS or fully qualified domain name or the IP address. You can also browse the network (see Figure 9).
Figure 9
It's also easy to modify the product settings at any time. Just expand the computer collection item in the left pane of the Netwrix Management Console and click Windows Server Change Reporter. Here you can enable/disable the module, add email recipients for the Change Summary, enable/disable network compression, select system components to monitor or generate a Change Summary for a selected server, as shown in Figure 10.
Figure 10
How it works
Now that you finally have everything configured, here's what the Netwrix Auditor actually does: It creates a snapshot of each of the computers you've added as items in your computer collection. By default, data collection happens at 3:00 a.m. every day so as not to interfere with other tasks. Then the first Change Summary is prepared and sent to the email address(es) you specified.
Here's another "gotcha": you have to be sure and configure the server(s) you're monitoring to allow auditing. If you didn't select to do this automatically, see the Installation and Configuration Guide for instructions on how to configure them manually. Also note that data collection has to run twice before you can generate a Change Summary.
To change the time the data collection time, in the left pane you need to expand the Settings node and click Data Collection, as shown in Figure 11.
Figure 11
The Change Summary provides information about what types of changes occurred, who (account name) made the changes, the time the changes were made, server on which the changes were made, object type that was changed and the path to the object.
Netwrix Auditor can generate different types of reports (based on MS SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). Predefined reports geared toward specific compliance needs are included (HIPAA, SOX, GLBA, etc.) and you can order custom templates, too.
There are many different report settings that can be configured. You can view reports in the Netwrix Management console or via a web browser. You'll find the URL in the Settings | Reports section of the Netwrix Management Console. By default, only domain admins can view the reports but you can allow other specified users to do so, as well. You can filter reports by time frame, what changed, who changed it, where it was changed or object type.
You can schedule reports to be generated and delivered automatically on a daily, weekly or monthly basis by configuring report subscriptions.
You can see the available reports by expanding the Windows Server Change Reporter node in the left pane of the Netwrix Management Console and clicking Reports, as shown in Figure 12.
Figure 12
I like the overview chart, which gives you an "at a glance" visual summary of changes to your servers that have taken place over the previous week (shown in Figure 13).
Figure 13
The Change Managementfolder is helpful in that it lets you assign status and reasons for changes so you can effectively keep notes on the changes and keep track of your investigations into the changes. This is in the Change Review History section.
Something else to be aware of is the retention period that's set for the audit data. You specify this in number of months, in the Settings | Audit Archive node, as shown in Figure 14. The default is 24 months and even if you set it to 0, data will be kept for a minimum of two days (two sessions).
Figure 14
All in all, I found the Windows Server auditing with Netwrix Auditor to be very easy once you get the product installed and configured. I rarely had to look at the documentation, since the console is logically arranged and easy to navigate. It does what it says it will do, and while it provides for a lot of flexibility and power with many different configuration options, the choices don't overwhelm you as is the case with some software of this type.
User Session Activity auditing with Netwrix Auditor
This is another new feature that particularly interested me, because it functions like a surveillance camera over the network. It records on-screen user activity so you can actually see what takes place, rather than just reading about it. You can even monitor RDP sessions and Citrix sessions. I really like that it lets you go directly to a specific activity or timestamp and view the screen capture, with the product detecting the start and stop points for activities and organizing them so they're easy to find.
You can track a specific user or application, too – so you get just want you want and don't waste disk space or search time on unnecessary video (although you can't do this with Windows 8 modern apps or command line utilities). You can also configure the video quality and the retention time for the recordings. All of this is managed through the Netwrix Management Console, as shown in Figure 15.
Figure 15
This is a great supplement to the reports that you get from Netwrix Auditor and invaluable for monitoring applications that don't produce log files. If you didn't install it as part of the initial installation of Netwrix Auditor, you can add it through the Netwrix Management Console's top node. A new database will be created for user session activity auditing and by default, an Activity Summary will be sent every hour to the email address(es) you specify, containing a list of video sessions recorded during that hour. An especially nice touch is that you can integrate the video recordings into the change reports generated for audited systems, such as the Windows Server.
I only had time to play with the user session activity auditing for a short time but I think it has fantastic potential to greatly enhance the auditing process.
When I reviewed the Netwrix Change Reporter in 2010, I vacillated between whether to ultimately give it a silver or gold award. This time, I had no such dilemma. Setup has been made easier, the interface seems more intuitive and I'm really impressed with the improvements in user friendliness and the new functionalities that have been added since then. The configuration auditing of the Windows Server is a welcome addition, but the User Session Activity auditing and its integration with the entire product is the crowning touch that got me excited about this product.
A major weakness with software products today is the lack of clear and comprehensive documentation. Netwrix Auditor doesn't suffer from that problem. There is a wealth of information in the guides and the setup and administration instructions are straight-forward. Better, they cover the special situations and problems you're likely to encounter so you can head them off at the pass or, if you didn't read them before, easily pinpoint what's going on and resolve it.
Netwrix Auditor has matured into a very comprehensive change monitoring and management solution and this time around, I have no hesitation about giving it the WindowSecurity.com Gold Award with the highest 5.0 out of 5.0 rating.
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Century junior running back Jesse Carrasco rushed his way to 253 yards and four touchdowns in a win over Bolsa Grande last Thursday, 28-19.
Carrasco carried the ball 36 times on the game, but continued to make Bolsa Grande defenders miss on tackles with quick jukes and strong stiff arms to help lead Century to a 3-0 start.
After the game, Century coach Ted Crego said that hard work over the summer is now starting to pay off late in games.
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The defense is another aspect of Century's game that Crego believes is a big improvement compared to years' past.
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Despite being down by only one at the half, Saddleback could not rally, falling to Orange Glen, 41-20, on Friday night in a nonleague game at the Santa Ana Bowl.
Saddleback (0-3) saw hard-nosed running from Isiah Franks, who carried the ball 14 times for 115 yards and two scores. However, Franks running wasn't enough to lead a thin Saddleback side to its first win.
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Second-ranked Mater Dei's defense recorded its second consecutive shutout, forcing four turnovers in a 37-0 victory in a nonleague game at Santa Monica College.
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Tyrus Douglas rushed for 129 yards and a pair of touchdowns as Bellflower defeated Santa Ana Valley, 24-7, in a nonleague game Friday night at Bellflower High.
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The Bollywood industry came to a stop when the two future legends if not legends already, Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan ended their 5-year rivalry and hugged each other at MLA Baba Siddiqui's iftar party. Bollywood's fans were elated and felt top of the world thinking of future possibilities of them both featuring in a movie together.
The media went crazy writing and posting those pictures, terming the Shahrukh and Salman as Karan-Arjun 2. The Khans never spoke about it afterwards but everything was either understood or just completely misunderstood. But Shahrukh Khan during an interview did speak about the hug and it's effects.
He says, ,"I read assumptions, Karan Arjun 2, X, Y, Z, and, with full respect I say, even for Salman, he's never spoken about it either. It was gracious, it was loving, and decent, and extremely courteous. Beyond that, I've never talked about it. People are there to talk about it. It's nice to hug people, whenever you can. There's nothing more or less to that.".
In a more poetic fashion he adds, "It's what they say – pyar ko pyaar hi rehne do, koi naam na do. Hum naam dene ki bohot jaldi mein hain – patch up, break up, meet up, Karan Arjun 2, love, thaw…! I wish him the best, he wishes me the best, our lives are different, which is why we don't see each other".


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NORTH COAST- Eureka police are searching for a man caught on surveillance footage stealing an urn from a North Coast cemetery. Also, community members gather at Humboldt State University to memorialize and honor a beloved priest. Plus, Humboldt County Board of Supervisors will discuss the counties mid-year budget review and the General Fund's $2 million budget gap.


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The county's paramedics are going to operate on less money next year, but taxpayers will be paying more for emergency medical services.
Odd? That's because while the 18 fire rescue departments have reduced costs, the county will raise the EMS tax by an average 41 percent to build reserves and help plug a budget deficit.
The EMS system is facing a $16 million shortfall in the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1 and an additional anticipated $3.1 million shortfall during the 2012-13 fiscal year, primarily because of falling property values. If nothing is done, the deficit could cripple the EMS system by 2013, Pinellas County Administrator Bob LaSala said. The complete formula for avoiding bankruptcy and establishing long-term financial health is the tax increase, plus cost cutting, plus the implementation of a proposal to change the way the EMS system is funded.
LaSala wants to increase the EMS tax rate by about $0.24 per thousand dollars of assessed, taxable value. That's about a 41 percent increase. That's a bit less than the 46 percent increase LaSala projected earlier this year.
Currently, EMS taxes on a home with an assessed, taxable property value of $150,000 and $50,000 in homestead exemptions are about $58.32 per year. If LaSala's recommendation passes, the owner of that home would pay about $24 more per year, or about $82.32.
The most recent county figures show that the 18 cities and fire districts that provide EMS will receive about $230,894 less from property tax money than they did this year. That's about a 0.6 percent drop in costs.
That's less than the 5 percent overall increase in costs projected when the cities and districts submitted their requests a few weeks ago.
The differences came in part from tighter county scrutiny of personnel and spending.
One example of the tighter oversight came with the budget for Pinellas Suncoast Fire and Rescue. When the budgets were first submitted to the county, Pinellas Suncoast asked for $784,352 for the 2011-12 fiscal year, an increase of $238,366 over the current budget.
"We've been going back and forth over those numbers," Pinellas Suncoast Chief Robert Polk said. "The question for us revolved around officers."
The county believed it should not have to pay for a paramedic lieutenant but only for a paramedic/firefighter. The county held firm, and Pinellas Suncoast will receive only a $42,980 increase for the coming year.
The county also audited the individual EMS budgets. In some cases, they found county EMS money that had not been spent, or that was being held until it accumulated enough to buy equipment. The county let the individual districts keep that money, but deducted it from the amount they will receive from property taxes next year.
That happened with the Lealman Fire District. That district had negotiated concessions from its fire union, enabling Lealman to end the year with money left over, Chief Rick Graham said.
Rather than take back the money, the county used it to offset what Lealman would have gotten from property taxes next year. The result is that Lealman looks as if it has taken a $540,367 hit in the budget. But that's just the taxpayers' savings.
Cities and districts can expect closer scrutiny of spending to get harsher.
"Each time, we're toughening this up," said Craig Hare, the county's EMS division manager.
The Sunstar ambulance system will not be affected by the tax proposal. User fees fund that part of the EMS system.
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Peter Berg
Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, Rihanna, Brooklyn Decker, Liam Neeson
(Universal Pictures)
US theatrical: 18 May 2012 (General release)
UK theatrical: 11 Apr 2011 (General release)
There's dumb, and then there's brain dead. There's a lack of entertainment sophistication, and then there's Battleship. For someone like Peter Berg, whose made complicated mainstream experiences out of subjects such as high school football (Friday Night Lights) and the War on Terror (The Kingdom), this is a significant step down. Instead of applying his skills to something equally complex, he's adopted the dopiest script since Michael Bay thought a movie about clones was a popcorn jackpot. Borrowing the worst elements from the various alien invasion/mechanical menace movies of the last two decades, this amalgamation of single IQ narrative threads want to have it jingoism and shove it down your throat as well. By the time the greatest/lamest generation arrives to save the day in Act Three, you just want this loud, obnoxious mess to be over.
The storyline borrows some basic elements from the Hasbro board game. No, no one shouts "You sunk my battleship," though such a nod to the nonsensical source of this idiocy would have showed some small amount of cheek. Instead, the Earth decides to use a super satellite antenna to contact something known as a "G" planet (for Goldilocks, or 'just right' to sustain life). They actually find someone who's listening, and the results are not good. The call brings a bunch of angry, waterlogged extraterrestrial vessels to a section of the Pacific ocean right off of Hawaii.
As luck would have it, America and some of its allies are using the same area for Naval war games. Under the auspices of Admiral Shane (Liam Neeson) and Commander Stone Hopper (Alexander Skarsgard), practice should make perfect. Unfortunately, the latter's nogoodnik rebel brother Alex (Taylor Kitsch) ends up in charge of a ship stranded within a force field created by the invaders. With the help of his chief gunner (Rihanna) and his physical therapist gal pal (Brooklyn Decker) on the outside, our unlikely officer must discover the creatures' weaknesses while trying to dismantle the communications technology that attracted the beings in the first place.
Since the aliens use "peg bombs" to attack the global fleet might of Earth, we get an allusion to the classic "call and response" aspect of game play, and there is a middle act moment when a 'water displacement' grid becomes a high tech version of the board. Heck, we even get spiffed up shouts at potential targets ("DELTA! 19!...BRAVO! 23!). Everything else, however, is borrowed and baffling. We get a Transformers takedown of Hong Kong - complete with collapsing Dark of the Moon style skyscraper - as well as callbacks to one of Bay's worst, Pearl Harbor. Independence Day is checked, as are such recent releases as Battle: Los Angeles. Then Berg takes pandering to a whole new level by injecting a dose of patriotism so strong that it just might threaten international box office receipts.
This is a movie in absolute love with the military, from its protocol and pomp to its potential life altering attribute. Kitsch's Alex is the kind of cocky, self-centered jerk-off that needs a good strong stint in the service to straighten out his "me first" personality flaw. Introduced via two incredibly trite sequences (one involves stealing a chicken burrito, the other centers on an unhealthy rivalry with a Japanese soccer team), we just know the major life lessons levied by the hostile ETs will be aimed directly at him. Similarly, when we are introduced to Ms. Decker's down to Earth therapist, we can tell that her unruly patient (actual Army vet, double amputee Gergory D. Gadson) will end up saving some part of the day. As it offers up elements - the museum like USS Missouri, a surly Japanese officer - you anticipate the eventual repurposing payoff. When it comes, you instantly realize you've been had.
A lot of Battleship feels like a gyp. It defies you to hate it, waving the flag in a veiled attempt to have you backing the worthy, winning team. It doesn't make sense - and doesn't care. Once it's discovered that the aliens are trying to use our own technology against us, calling in a backup air strike, so to speak, the questions are confounding. Why does Alex and his crew have to take it out? Are there no other military options - planes, trains, heavy duty automobiles - that can be called to action? And if our brave science geek can sneak in and steal his cellphone descrambler, why can't he go Goldblum on the invaders and infect their tech with a virus (or something similar)? It's all his invention, right? Or maybe he could just sabotage it.
And it gets worse. The last act introduction of aging veterans, ready to stand forthright and help their younger brothers (and sisters) in battle are portrayed as part of the WWII/Korean era of soldiery. Yet that would make the average age around the mid 80s (Pearl Harbor was 1941 - 70 years ago - while Korea was around 60), or the mid 70s at the least. Yet these men are so spry and skilled that you'd swear their AARP cards should be revoked. Oh yes, it's a grand gesture, a gift to those who served without a CG celebration of same. But it makes no sense. They might as well have introduced teen slackers adept at video games as a means of getting the world's butt out of sling.
Yet for all its failings, and there are dozens, Battleship bravely sallies forth. It has an unswerving belief in itself that can be infectious at times. Of course, as with any contagion, the symptoms are more telling than the toll they eventually take. We are currently living in a cinematic clime where spectacle outranks substance and bankability is measured in overseas markets. So the "USA! USA!" angle of this movie is confusing, considering it will probably piss off as many members of the international audience as it intends to embrace. This is kneejerk filmmaking, doing what's "right" instead of logical or legitimate. While jokes can be made over the tacky translation from toy to tent pole (with more on the way, sadly), this is clearly what Hollywood thinks will put people in seats. Battleship is bollocks. Oddly enough, it makes no apologies for being so stupid.
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Corn Estimated Fund Position
Trends – July Contract
Short Term:Down Net Long Futures and Options: 75437
Long Term: Down Change: -4000
Overnight Trade: N -2 @7:30 AM
The December corn continues to hold above the $4.35 level. For the most part the weather looks good for the Corn Belt, but there is a little bit of concern that Monday's stocks and acreage numbers may be friendly, which is keeping traders from pushing the market lower. Unless we see some very bullish information Monday we will probably end up seeing the support fail then and the market begin its push to $4.00.
Wheat Estimated Fund Position
Trends – July Contract
Short Term: Down Net Long Futures and Options: -50849
Long Term: Down Change: -4000
Overnight Trade: Chicago: N -3 KC: N -2 @7:30 AM
Wheat continues to weaken despite the wet weather in Kansas. The July KW hasn't made a new low for the move, but the Chicago and Minneapolis contracts have. The Paris Milling Wheat also made a new low for the move overnight, which keeps traders thinking that we are overpriced on the world market. $6.96 is still a potential downside target for the July KW.
Soybeans Estimated Fund Position
Trends – July Contract
Short Term: Down Net Long Futures and Options: 6574
Long Term: Down Change: -4000
Overnight Trade: N Unch @7:30 AM
Soybeans are much like the corn in the sense that it seems that traders are waiting for Monday's reports before making another move. The conventional wisdom says that the November beans should be falling, but they aren't because the stocks and acreage figures are still big unknowns. Plus, we still haven't got the old crop supply and demand situation sorted out and if the bears don't get their big stocks numbers the July and August contracts will post big gains.
Live Cattle
Short Term: Up
Long Term: Up
Opening Calls: 60-90 Higher
Live cattle futures closed sharply higher on Tuesday, with the spot June contract finishing limit higher for the session. The strength in the futures market actually moved June to premium to last weeks' cash trade for the first time in recent months. Open interest gained 4,663 contracts on the rally, suggesting new buyers still willing to enter this market. Strength in the beef market continues to be a catalyst to the historic rally. Asking prices in the south look solid at $152+, with northern asking prices near $242 in the beef. Profit taking is certainly possible but momentum is firmly in the bull camp.
Feeder Cattle
Short Term: Up
Long Term: Up
Opening Call: 150-200 Higher
Feeder cattle futures traded limit higher late in the session on Tuesday, settling just off of those levels. Continued weakness in the corn market and strength in the deferred live cattle remain the driving forces. The market is firming again this morning, with the lead August contract gaining well over half a limit as we write. Corn prices are dropping another 2-3 cents in overnight trade. Cash index levels rose another 1.09 on Tuesday to reach 207.63.


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A THURROCK woman has launched a non-profit organisation to help parents of children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Founder of Attention for Me, Beverley Boase, 33, of Elgar Gardens, Tilbury, was driven to start the organisation after learning to cope with son, Ethan, seven, who was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of four.
Mum of two Beverley, said: "Having a child with ADHD is very difficult to explain.
"There are days when he can be absolutely fine and there are days when it's horrendous.
"He can be argumentative, rude and destructive and the kind of child you want to put somewhere else."
Attention for Me is aimed at giving parents of children with ADHD a break from the day to day stress.
The organisation hope to provide respite for parents by taking the children on weekend and day trips.
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and attention deficit disorder (ADD) refer to a range of problem behaviours associated with poor attention span.
These may include impulsiveness, restlessness and hyperactivity, as well as inattentiveness, and often prevent children from learning and socialising well.
Beverley also hopes that a number of fundraisers planned this year will raise the £5,000 needed to get the organisation registered as a charity.
Tilbury singer songwriter Tall Dark Friend aka Jordan Gray is backing the charity and will be performing at Grays Working Men's Club in London Road, Grays, on Saturday March 28 Also on the bill is the Chavtown Band, Left for Chance and more.
The show starts at 6pm and finishes at 11.30pm. Entry is £5.
Find out more about Attention for Me at www.attentionforme.co.uk or Call Beverley on 07969442086.


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Pittsburgh Symphony concertmaster plays for Pirates' crowd
Growing up in San Francisco, Noah Bendix-Balgley shivered in the bleachers at Candlestick Park cheering for Barry Bonds, Matt Williams and the rest of the Giants. Lately, he has become Pirates fan. As a participant, he likes to run, shoot hoops and play for the company softball team, mostly at first base.
"I'm not much of a power hitter," the tall, lanky left-hander said. "I spray line drives. Try to hit doubles."
But on Monday, Bendix-Balgley walked to the plate and twice went deep at chilly PNC Park. His company is the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Instead of a maple bat, he wielded a violin made partly of maple. From that came his own renditions of "God Bless America" and "The Star-Spangled Banner," rich mixtures of sounds featuring "different voices," as he put it.
The Opening Day crowd responded with rousing ovations, which was most of the noise that emanated from the ballpark during the Pirates' 3-1 loss to the Cubs.
Not only does he lead the violin section, Bendix-Balgley is the PSO's 28-year-old concertmaster. Asked to describe his job, he used an analogy befitting the occasion. Or, he wanted to make sure that even a sportswriter could understand.
"The conductor, waving his baton, is sort of the manager," he said. "Making the overall decisions. How fast we're playing, the kind of interpretation. The concertmaster is like the team captain. I lead my own section, and I communicate with the other leaders of other sections."
Bendix-Balgley, whose great-grandfather was a PSO violinist more than a century ago, has other duties. He stands before the concert and signals for the orchestra to tune, and offers handshakes to guest performers.
Mainly, though, "I lead by example," he said. "By the way I play. It involves a lot of paying attention to a lot of things going on at the same time. What the conductor is doing, what the people next to you are doing, what the people on the other side of the stage are doing."
But before the ballgame he was out there alone, a man and his violin, which was borrowed. It was cold (41 degrees at game time), with rain and snow earlier. Because of that he chose not to use his own violin, crafted about 200 years ago and thus more sensitive to the elements. The substitute was recently made, in Pittsburgh.
Practicing inside a large interview room near the Pirates' dugout and clubhouse, Bendix-Balgley paused and smiled when a Pirates employee brought him his own jersey, black, with "Noah BB" lettered on the back above the gold No. 1.
His only concern seemed to be weather-related, how the change in temperature and humidity outdoors would affect the violin's "tension and tuning." So he made sure that he went outside, which turned out to be sunny, a few minutes early "so that the violin has a little bit of a chance to adjust," he said.
Conditions were more favorable for Bendix-Balgley and his violin before his first Pirates pregame appearance last Memorial Day. But he is no stranger to the cold. He graduated from Indiana and lived in Europe for several years. Then there were those Giants games at the 'Stick.
"The world's coldest stadium," he said. "I remember games in the middle of the summer and the fog rolls in and people would be huddled in their sleeping bags."
He brought his batting glove along but chose not to use it. All went well. "Yeah, it was fine. Pretty emotional," he said, citing a tribute to Marine Cpl. Brandon Rumbaugh, who lost his legs in an IED blast in Afghanistan.
Then, Bendix-Balgley left, hustling to the airport for a flight to New York and a scheduled recital Monday night — a much longer performance before a much smaller crowd.
Bob Cohn is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. Reach him at email@example.com or via Twitter@BCohn_Trib.


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What a great idea to let the star do the talking in Petula Clark: In My Own Words (Radio 2). Clark has one of those clear, engaging voices and a knack for storytelling that's a world away from having someone else reading a script, however well. There were minimal contributions from others, pointing out how successful she has been: Paul Gambaccini noted that Clark is the most successful British vocalist in US chart history, with 15 top-40 singles in a four-year period. "No one has even approached that," he added.
But mostly it was just Clark herself telling her remarkable story. She explained where her unusual first name comes from. "Auntie Mabel and Auntie Alice wanted me to be named after them," she said. When this became a family squabble, her father stepped in and invented the name Petula.
She recalled the oddness of being a child star, and working right through her adolescence, when everyone else wanted to keep her as young as possible while she wanted to grow up fast; boys were strictly off-limits. On holiday in Port Talbot one year, though, she renamed herself Christina and found herself a boyfriend: "He bought me an engagement ring in Woolworth's. I never saw him again, but he was cute." Everything was vividly told and sparkling, both the anecdotes with starry names ("I found myself under a piano with Sean Connery") and recollections of her childhood. Quite why Clark isn't a Dame really is a mystery after hearing this excellent, well-produced documentary.
Women, success and rewards was a theme on Group Therapy Radio (Resonance FM), where a panel of guests ponder listener "confessions". This week was about a woman with "impostor syndrome", feeling like a fake despite career success. A psychologist, comedian and executive coach spoke with presenter Jen Kerrison, noting how common the woman's feelings ("I just fumble through work, hoping for the best") are. It's a likable format for a programme: a bit more fun than Radio 4 might make it, but still insightful.


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Gold buyers forced to go on waiting list
Gold buyers are having to wait up to six weeks for their bars and coins after a price dip led to increased interest.
By Rosie Murray-West
30 Apr 2013
Investment company Physical Gold said there were waiting lists of three weeks for some coins, and four to six weeks for gold bars. "Previously all would have been available within a few days," the company said.
The company said that it had seen a 50pc increase in enquiries about purchasing gold and a 35pc increase in sales, with people buying tax-free gold coins. "We are now starting to experience physical gold shortages," said Daniel Fisher, CEO of Physical Gold.
"In particular there are waiting times on some gold bars and a real difficulty in obtaining mixed year Sovereigns. "However, many clients are willing to 'do a deal' and wait for delivery as they want to secure the current price as they feel it will be higher in the near future."
Gold prices have fallen significantly recently, which may have created some demand. Mr Fisher said his clients had been "waiting in the wings" for the current price adjustment. "Clients who have been ready to pounce have now bought as they realise they are getting good value and the environment for gold is still strong. There are still few decent alternatives to gold as a safe haven asset."
Adrian Ash, from gold trading market BullionVault, said that households had been investing heavily in gold, but that money market managers and hedge funds continued to drive the price down.
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POLICE have arrested a fourth person in connection with the death of a man who was killed in a collision with a car.
Douglas Robertson, 27, died on Saturday in North Road, Stokesley, after he was struck by a silver Range Rover.
A 20-year-old man from the Stockton-on-Tees area was arrested yesterday and a 23-year-old man arrested on Monday has been released on conditional police bail.
Meanwhile, a 15-year-old youth charged with causing death by dangerous driving, aggravated vehicle taking, driving without a licence and driving without insurance, appeared at Northallerton Magistrates' Court on Tuesday. He has been remanded in custody to appear at court again on February 1.
An 18-year-old man who was charged with aggravated vehicle taking appeared at Northallerton Magistrate's Court on Tuesday and was given court bail.


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Harvest Supper and Bake Sale at Calvary Ev. Lutheran Church
The annual Harvest Supper and Bake Sale will be held at Calvary Ev. Lutheran Church of Rush Point on Thursday, Oct. 11 from 4:30 to 7 p.m.
The bake sale will begin at 4 p.m. The supper menu features meatballs, potatoes, gravy, rolls, baked squash, vegetables, pickles, coleslaw, dessert, and beverages. Cost is $9 for adults and $4 for children ages 6-12, children ages 5 and under are free. $25 maximum charge per family.
Calvary Ev. Lutheran Church is located 5.5 miles east of Grandy on Co. Rd 6. Bake Sale proceeds will go to Calvary's women of the ELCA assistance fund for community needs.
All are invited to this event in their ground level, handicap accessible, air conditioned fellowship hall.
Join for a Hymn Sing at Elim Baptist Church
On Thursday, Oct. 11, the Live Embers senior group at Elim Baptist Church in Isanti will be hosting a Hymn Sing at 1:30 p.m. in the sanctuary. Deborah Klar, a gifted pianist, will be playing your favorite hymns. Dessert and fellowship will follow. All ages are welcome. Invite a friend and enjoy this special time together.
Elim is located at 114 Dahlin Ave. NE, Isanti. Call 763-444-9221 with questions or visit www.elimisanti.org.
Pancake Breakfast at St. Stephen's
St. Stephen's Lutheran Church will hold a Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Cost is $5. Pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage/bacon, toast, and milk, orange juice, or apple juice will be served. St. Stephen's is located at 400 SE 8th St., Braham.
Long Lake Lutheran Trunk-N-Treat
Long Lake Lutheran Church is hosting its Trunk-N-Treat celebration, Wednesday, Oct. 31, from 4 to 6:30 p.m. All ages are welcome to attend.
Hot dog supper, apple cider and coffee will be available. Bring your entire family and go trunk to trunk. The church is located on Hwy. 47, south of Co. Rd. 5. For more information call 763-444-5315 or visit www.longlakeluth.org.


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Pundit Asks: When Will Obama Go to Church?
Easter's coming up this Sunday, everybody, which has some people asking — hey, why hasn't President Obama gone to church? Questions about unemployment, Iraq, or his latest trip overseas may seem more impending, but this is America, and people want to know why Obama hasn't been praying in public on Sundays.
Writing on Fox News, commentator Bill Sammon points out that Obama promised last May to choose a new house of worship in January, since his membership at Jeremiah Wright's Trinity United didn't really work out for him. Sammon writes:
But the president made no decision in January, February or March. And now, with Easter just days away, Obama has yet to reveal what church he may have chosen or when he might attend his first Sunday services as president.
I'm sure there's a bunch going on here, like a busy schedule (which includes trips to Middle Eastern mosques), and taking time to choose which church he'd like to bestow his security detail on. That being said, other presidents have made time to hit services. Maybe Obama's reluctant to go to church simply as a PR move?
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Session spotlight: Using algae to capture carbon and nitrogen oxides
Can algae be utilized as an emission control strategy in the industrial sector? The Greenbuild 2013 session "Using Algae to Capture Carbon and Nitrogen Oxides," discusses an innovative partnership between Arizona State University and Intel to identify and discuss the key obstacles to using algae for green house gas mitigation and NOx emission control from combustion equipment.
Session speakers Taimur Burki, Global Green Building Program Manager for Intel Corporation; Tim Higgs, Environmental Engineer at Intel Corporation; Joshua Wray, Graduate Research Assistant (Phd) at Arizona State University; and Greenbuild Program Working Group Chair Lois Vitt Sale (who chose this as her favorite session at Greenbuild), Chief Sustainability Officer at Wight & Company, discuss this exciting program.
What interests or excites you most about this session?
Lois Vitt Sale: I'm excited to hear about a new fuel source that can be easily disaggregated and used to produce a source of clean energy. Greenbuild is the perfect platform from which to learn about innovations that will spur the next level of solutions for our built environment.
Why is the topic of this session important?
Tim Higgs: CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions are newly regulated at many industrial sources. Control technologies for these gases are not readily available yet, so it is important to understand which technologies may be viable either currently or in the future.
Joshua Wray: With full development and implementation of this technology, industries could better manage their greenhouse gas emissions making it easier to meet ever-tightening air quality standards while making their operations more sustainable.
Lois Vitt Sale: It is important to consider new solutions to our energy needs that are low carbon and applicable to multiple uses. Also, I think this session will address the impacts created in this industrial project and the role of this clean energy to offset those impacts. The abstract admits that this strategy is not scalable at every level but the lessons they have to share could provide some interesting insights to Greenbuild's creative audience.
What makes you an expert in this area?
Taimur Burki: Developed the experiment to analyze the impact on actual industrial emissions utilizing algae as an abatement methodology. I have 16 years of experience in environmental compliance managing all facets of an industrial sites environmental compliance programs.
Tim Higgs: The experience gained in the pilot project and set of experiments performed at Intel.
Joshua Wray: As a graduate research assistant and Phd candidate at Arizona State University, I have been involved in many bioremediation projects using microalgae to capture nutrients from waste streams and in the case of this project; carbon and nitrogen from flue gases.
How do you interface with this topic or issue in your work or home life? Have you had an experience related to this issue or topic that you would like to share?
Lois Vitt Sale: I was in Hamburg Germany earlier this summer and saw a multi-family flat that had algae panels mounted on the south and west facade. The algae produced in the panels can power 2 1/2 flats in the four flat building.
What's the most interesting experience you've had in the green building/sustainability world?
Taimur Burki: I have managed the certification of multiple wafer fabrication plants and campuses to LEED NC and LEED EBOM while driving the world's largest semiconductor company to a 90% solid waste recycling goal and improving their green building footprint via a multiplicity of efforts.
Tim Higgs: Working with agencies in developing countries such as China to help them learn from our experiences how to implement pollution control and sustainability in their home countries.
What's the most interesting non-green building related fact about yourself?
Joshua Wray: I have a diesel truck that runs on biodiesel and vegetable oil.
Lois Vitt Sale: I love reading notes on my tea bags….Today's note: "Work, but don't forget to live."
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