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By Dr. Amy Saltzman
In the spring of 2010, when I spoke at the Mindfulness in Education Conference at Lesley University, I found myself repeatedly forming circles with both hands and moving them toward one another. Over and over, I spoke of circles beginning to converge. As a mindfulness educator, I continue to see a coalescing or "coming together" of this field's previously "separate" parts, perspectives, approaches, and philosophies into a more unified and spacious whole. Below is a summary of my 2014 closing keynote for the Bridging and Minds of Youth Conference in San Diego describing of some of the many circles that are now converging as the field blossoms. For clarity and ease, the term "teachers" will refer to classroom teachers, and the term "educators" will refer to all of us involved in the shared work of bringing mindfulness into education.
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and Mindfulness:
I began sharing mindfulness with children more than 14 years ago. The Association for Mindfulness in Education hosted the first large public dialogue on Mindfulness in K-12 with Jon Kabat-Zinn, eight years ago. In the early days, I experienced a confusing, and to me, false separation between proponents of Social Emotional Learning and Mindfulness. In 2004 the Garrison Institute, with support from the Fetzer and Impact Foundations, initiated the Contemplation in Education Mapping Project. In April of 2005, Garrison hosted a gathering of pioneers in the field. Per the final Mapping Report document, the purpose of the initiative was to collect information on the current status of programs utilizing contemplative techniques with mainstream student populations in K-12 educational settings. The Mapping Project sought to identify similarities and differences in program pedagogy and methodology. The Mapping Project also explored the degree to which such programs foster love and forgiveness among students.
Even now, I struggle to convey the palpable sense of separation rooted in misperception of the "other," and the feelings of attachment and even righteousness about "our" way. We were all involved in the shared work of offering mindfulness and contemplative practices to enhance student's social, emotional, and academic skills. Yet the language of the final report reflects subtle divisions of us and them.
This framework proposes that programs using contemplative techniques in mainstream educational settings seem to fall into one of two pedagogical categories. They are either essentially "contemplative programs," or, as is the case with social and emotional learning programs, they use aspects of "contemplative techniques" but are not "contemplative programs."
- Some contemplative programs use mindfulness and other complementary techniques to emphasize training attention thereby aiming initially to foster academic success and secondarily to promote emotional balance, foster pro-social behaviors and improve school climate.
- Other contemplative programs use mindfulness and complementary techniques to emphasize developing the skills for emotional balance aiming initially to teach the concept of mindful engagement with emotion, promote pro-social behaviors and improve the school's social climate thereby creating conditions for academic success.
For me, the perception of mindfulness-based contemplative programs as emphasizing training attention, and primarily fostering academic success represented a frustrating misunderstanding of the practice of mindfulness, and a false division. Like an optical illusion once the wholeness and shared intention is has been seen, it is very difficult, if not impossible to see duality and separation.
When one reads CASEL's (the Collaborative for Social, Emotional and Academic Learning) definition of social emotional learning, the overlap with mindfulness is apparent. Perhaps you can pause here and consider your working definition of mindfulness.
When I share mindfulness with school-age children I offer the following definition: "Mindfulness is paying attention here and now, with kindness and curiosity, so that we can choose our behavior." Although mindfulness curricula vary in their format—15-minutes sessions three times a week for five weeks, half hour sessions twice a week for eight weeks, 45 minutes once a week for eight weeks – the content of the courses is fairly similar. Students learn to look inward and attend to the breath, the body, the five senses, thoughts, feelings and impulses. Additionally they are supported in looking outward and becoming aware of others' thoughts, feelings, impulses, wants and needs. They practice cultivating an attitude of friendliness or loving kindness toward themselves and others. These skills are taught in combination to support students in developing the ability to respond (rather than react) to situations in daily life. Students are encouraged to respond to their own experience, and to the experience of their classmates, family members, and people in their communities with compassion and wisdom.
CASEL defines social emotional learning (SEL) as:
"…recognizing and managing our emotions, developing caring and concern for others, establishing positive relationships, making responsible decisions, and handling challenging situations constructively and ethically."
Additionally, CASEL identifies many of the same desired outcomes that are targeted in mindfulness curricula:
"They are the skills that allow children to calm themselves when angry, make friends, resolve conflicts respectfully, and make ethical and safe choices."
Finding common ground
Over the years, I believe proponents of various SEL and mindfulness curricula have grown into a deeper appreciation of each others' strengths and our shared intentions. Those entering the dialogue through the doorway of SEL have come to understand that mindfulness provides a student with the foundational awareness of her internal and external experience, and the shared human experience. These "awarenesses" allow the child to choose to act with integrity, respect and compassion. Pamela Seigle, creator of the Open Circle SEL curricula told me that "incorporating mindfulness into my SEL curricula has greatly enhanced its effectiveness."
At the same time those entering the dialogue through the doorway of mindfulness have come to a greater appreciation for the activities, skills and years of refinement offered in many of the SEL curricula. At the end of the mapping initiative meeting I noted (somewhat pleadingly) "We are all here, now, in the same room, working together to bring these valuable skills to children and adolescents, and it doesn't matter which doorway we entered through." Now, it is beginning to feel that as a field, we are more respectful of the wisdom various perspectives bring to the table, and more appreciative of our shared intentions.
Teaching to Students and Teaching to Teachers
Most individuals and organizations involved in offering mindfulness in educational settings have a primary focus, either offering training to students or to teachers. Regardless of whether a given program emphasizes teaching to students or to teachers, most educators recognize that the greatest benefits will be realized when both students and teachers share the practice of mindfulness. Thus, many programs that teach primarily to students offer in-services, or trainings for teachers. Many programs designed to reduce teacher stress, burnout, and compassion fatigue, and enhance teacher well-being, empathy and effectiveness include basic suggestions to support the teachers in sharing mindfulness practices with their students.
As programs develop, many are expanding their curricula, or partnering with sister programs to create mutually supportive interrelated offerings for students and teachers. Most mindfulness educators agree that the ideal situation is a school-wide program that offers the skills to the teachers, administrators, students and parents! Unfortunately, due the limitations of funding, staffing, scheduling, and expertise, this ideal has not yet been frequently realized. So currently most of us find our niche and teach what is truest for us, where we are invited.
Who teaches? Mindfulness practitioners or Classroom Teachers?
Most in the mindfulness field feel strongly that only those with an established long-term mindfulness practice should share the practices with K-12 students. Others feel equally strongly that only those with significant classroom teaching experience should share the practices with students. Given that currently, the number of classroom teachers with long-term mindfulness practice is relatively low compared with the number of classrooms across the country (and throughout the world), some middle path seems optimal. Almost all educators who have been doing this work for the 15 years agree that ideally, a classroom teacher would have an established personal practice before sharing the practice with her/his students; sharing the practice with students includes offering formal practices, games, songs, interactive exercises, encouraging students to use their developing mindfulness skills to respond with creativity and kindness to circumstances throughout the day. Perhaps most importantly, sharing the practice means to the best of one's ability, being a living demonstration of how to apply mindfulness to events in daily life.
The question of how much practice is enough practice to begin offering age-adapted practices to children remains unanswered. Most would strongly recommend that at a bare minimum, a teacher will have participated in an 8-week mindfulness course and committed to daily practice, and preferably that a teacher would have a year or more of personal practice, including retreat experience. As a corollary, most mindfulness practitioners, who are not also classroom teachers, can benefit from formal instruction in "classroom management" and creating engaging learning environments.
Secular Mindfulness and Buddhism
Many of the compassionate teachers who are bringing Mindfulness practices into schools learned the practices in an overtly Buddhist context, reaped tremendous benefit, and identify as Buddhist. However, if we want to bring these practices into public school classrooms across the country it is essential that we – individually and collectively – offer the practices in ways that are completely universal, secular and accessible.
In public schools, separation of church and state requires that we teach foundational life skills independent of any religion, philosophy, or belief system. Some deeply immersed in this work occasionally forget that many people in the U.S. have tremendous fear of even basic well-proven aspects psychology and are terrified of "meditative" practices; these fears must be met with understanding, clarity, and reassurance. One frightened parent, teacher, or administrator can not only end a local program but also send a ripple of resistance through our increasingly interconnected/internet-connected field.
Yet even for those who learned mindfulness in a "secular" setting (such as an MBSR course), the lineage is often Buddhist. So how do we respond with integrity to the question "is mindfulness Buddhist?" My current answer is "mindfulness and compassion are innate human capacities; one does not need to be Buddhist to practice mindfulness and compassion any more than one needs to be Italian to enjoy pizza." This statement acknowledges both the historical linage and the universality of the practice.
Hopefully inquisitive decision makers who ask "is Mindfulness Buddhist?", will ask after we have offered a simple practice, which has allowed them to discover through their own direct experience, that they can practice just as they are, within the context of their current opinions, and beliefs – including religious, atheistic scientific, and agnostic paradigms. As the field continues to evolve, those who learned the practices in Buddhist settings are coming to understand the need to offer them in a secular accessible form. And those who learned the practices in more secular settings are discovering ways to honor the multifaceted origins of the practices with wisdom and integrity. As we move forward, it is essential that "secular" is not translated as "devoid of ethics," and that we continue to emphasize that the intention mindfulness is to cultivate wise and compassionate ways of relating to ourselves and others in our fragile imperfect humanness.
Scientific (Quantitative) and Academic (Qualitative) Research
The secularization process has been supported by recent scientific and academic research. Using rigorous scientific methods, prestigious universities – such as Stanford, UCSF, UCLA, Columbia, Emory, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Penn State, and the University of Miami – have been documenting the measurable benefits of offering these practices for students, teachers, and parents.
Teachers who have been more inclined toward observational studies are beginning to understand the value of randomized double blind controlled trials (the scientific gold standard). In such studies, similar students or classrooms of students are randomly assigned to participate in a mindfulness program, or to be on a wait-list to participate at a later date. Then the results from the students who participate in the program are compared to the students who have not yet participated using specific statistical algorithms.
The questionnaires for assessing the constructs of mindfulness and compassion are being improved and correlated with clinical data like the Attention Network Task, EEG, and functional magnetic resonance imaging fMRI. Simultaneously, research scientists are acknowledging that, because many essential qualities of mindfulness and compassion are not well quantified by purely objective measures, there is value to including qualitative, descriptive, subjective measures. Together, quantitative and qualitative research are refining the way benefits of mindfulness are measured. (See callout box in blue below for a summary of recent research.)
Mindfulness and Yoga
Because children like and need to move, most mindfulness programs incorporate movement practices in their curricula. Many of the practices come from yoga traditions; others have been borrowed from dance and improvisational theater or created spontaneously. Because children also need stillness and quietness, many yoga and physical education programs are incorporating mindfulness.
As with SEL and mindfulness, some educators enter our "shared room" through the mind-door, and others enter through the body-door. However, most in the field recognize that the mind, body, and spirit are inseparable, and educators are actively incorporating best practices from multiple disciplines.
Flowering of the Field
My description of the ongoing emergence of a unified field details how far we have come in a very short time. Yet by writing my description in what some might still view as opposing pairs, I also show the shortening distance yet to be covered to create a truly unified field that is inclusive, non-dual, secular, accessible, rigorously researched, and which supports students' and teachers' social, emotional, and academic development.
I do not mean to suggest that the desired end point is the coalescing of the various viewpoints into one homogeneous circle or blob. Rather, I recommend that we continue to strive mindfully to appreciate the distinct gifts of each perspective and remain grounded in our shared intention to bring these essential life skills to young people. We are all in the same room, blossoming together with a shared commitment to relieving suffering, enhancing compassion, and creating peace.
Mindfulness in K-12: New Research
Researchers in the newly emerging discipline of Mindfulness in K-12 education are actively investigating whether offering mindfulness to children and adolescence enhances attention, executive function, and learning, and promotes pro-social behavior and general well-being. The preliminary data are encouraging. Below are summaries of four recent studies that demonstrate the benefits of offering mindfulness across the K-12 age spectrum.
Young Children
- In a study of a twelve-week mindfulness-based cognitive therapy intervention, twenty-five clinic-referred nine- to twelve-year-olds experienced significant reductions in attention problems; those with elevated anxiety at pretest had decreased anxiety. Parents noted reductions in behavioral and anger management problems (Lee, Semple, Rosa, & Miller, 2008).
- A pilot study compared a control group of twenty-four sixth graders to twenty-eight fifth graders in public schools in Madison, Wisconsin. The fifth graders received the mindfulness-based Learning to BREATHE (L2B) program. Students in one of the fifth grade L2B classes were primarily Spanish-speaking. The L2B students' performance on a computerized task of spatial working memory showed statistically significant improvements in strategy use and reductions in error rate. The L2B students also demonstrated fewer symptoms of depression and anxiety and a greater internal locus of control after program completion.
- Qualitative reports from teachers indicated that the L2B students were more focused and better able to deal with stressful situations. The reports indicated improvements in social competence, noting that the students learned to pause, if only briefly, and "acknowledge their thoughts and feelings, something that set L2B apart from most social skills programs." Students became more aware of helpful and unhelpful thoughts and actions. The classroom environment was more relaxed and less stressful. Overall, the mindfulness lessons had a strong impact on the classroom climate and individual students stress levels (Broderick, 2011).
- A wait-list controlled study of fourth- through sixth-graders and their parents, which I conducted in collaboration with the Department of Psychology at Stanford, showed that the thirty-one children who participated in seventy-five minutes of mindfulness training for eight consecutive weeks had decreased anxiety. Further, their written narratives indicated they experienced decreased emotional reactivity, increased focus, and ability to deal with challenges (Goldin, Saltzman, & Jha, 2008).
- In a wait-list controlled study, students in six elementary classrooms received a mindfulness education training consisting of four teacher-delivered components: quieting the mind, mindful attention (mindfulness of sensation, thoughts, and feelings), managing negative emotions and thinking, and acknowledgment of self and others. Students in the ME classrooms reported increased optimism, but not improvements in self-concept or affect. Teachers reported improvements in teacher-rated behavior and social competence (Schonert-Reichl & Lawlor, 2010).
- In a randomized controlled trail with thirty-two second and third graders who engaged in Mindfulness Awareness Practices for thirty minutes twice a week for eight weeks, Lisa Flook, PhD, and her colleagues at the Mindfulness Awareness Research Center at UCLA documented that children who began the study with poor executive function had gains in behavioral regulation, metacognition, and overall global executive control. Analyses also showed significant effects for specific executive function capacities, such as attention shifting, monitoring, and initiating. These results demonstrate that Mindfulness Awareness Practice training benefits children with poor executive function (Flook, 2010).
- In a randomized controlled trial conducted by Maria Napoli, PhD, 194 first, second, and third graders who participated in a biweekly, twelve-session mindfulness and relaxation program showed significant increases in attention and social skills and decreases in test anxiety and ADHD behaviors (Napoli, 2005). (Note: decreased ADHD behaviors basically translate into increased executive function.)
- A randomized controlled trial of the Mindful Schools curriculum to 915 elementary school children in the high-crime areas of Oakland found that after four hours of mindfulness training the students demonstrated an increase in their abilities to pay attention and self-calm, and show care for others, as well as an increase in social compliance (Mindful Schools, n.d.).
- In a feasibility study, which offered mindful awareness practices and psychoeducation to a mixed group of adults and adolescents with ADHD, combined population findings included improvements in self-reported ADHD symptoms, anxiety, depressive symptoms, and working memory (Zylowska et al., 2008).
- In a study of thirty-two adolescents with learning disabilities (LD) at a private residential school, participants were led in mindfulness meditation for five to ten minutes at the beginning of each class period, five days per week, for five consecutive weeks, by two classroom teachers. Students' self-reports revealed decreased state (short-term) and trait (long-term) anxiety. Teacher ratings showed improvements of students' social skills and academics, and decreases in problem behaviors (Beauchemin, Hutchins, & Patterson, 2008).
- A study using mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) with a clinical population of fourteen adolescents, eleven to eighteen years of age, found improvements in sustained attention, self-reported behavior, personal goals, subjective happiness, and mindful awareness (Bogels, Hoogstad, van Dun, De Shutter, & Restifo, 2008).
- In a study of a nine-week MBSR program for thirty-three urban youth, age thirteen to twenty-one, 79 percent of the youth attended the majority of the MBSR sessions and were considered "program completers." Among program completers, eleven were HIV-infected, 77 percent were female, and all were African American. Quantitative data show that, following the MBSR program, participants had a significant reduction in hostility, general discomfort, and emotional discomfort. Qualitative data show perceived improvements in interpersonal relationships (including less conflict), school achievement, physical health, and reduced stress. Interview data from an HIV-infected sub-group revealed improved attitude, behavior, and self-care (including medication adherence), and decreased reactivity (Sibinga et al., 2008), with transformative experiences of variable levels described by all participants (Kerrigan et al, 2011).
- A six-session intervention, which included MBSR, insomnia treatment, and cognitive therapy for fifty-five substance abusers, thirteen to nineteen years of age, with current sleep disturbances found improvements in sleep and reduced worry and mental distress (Bootzin & Stevens, 2005).
- When compared to 30 control students, 120 senior high school girls who participated in the mindfulness curriculum, Learning to BREATHE (L2B mentioned previously) experienced reductions in negative affect, tiredness, aches and pains and increases in emotion regulation, feelings of calmness, relaxation, and self-acceptance. The students who participated in L2B were more able to recognize their emotions and more able to label them. They reported that the greatest overall advantage for them was the ability to let go of distressing thoughts and feelings. (Broderick & Metz, 2009).
- In a randomized controlled trial, 102 adolescents participated in a mindfulness course for two hours a week for eight weeks. The teens reported reductions in perceived stress; symptoms of anxiety, depression, and somatic (physical) distress and interpersonal problems; and increased self-esteem and sleep quality. Independent clinicians documented a higher percentage of diagnostic improvement and significant increases in global assessment of functioning scores in the mindfulness group (versus the control group). In layperson's terms, this means that adolescents who were initially diagnosed as clinically depressed and anxious no longer met clinical criteria for depression or anxiety (Biegel, 2009). Further analysis found that statistically significant increases in mindfulness were present and were significantly related to positive changes in mental health (Brown, 2011).
- Before a randomized controlled trial with 400 students in five middle schools in Flanders, Belgium, both the mindfulness group (21%) and the control group (24%) had a similar percentage of students reporting evidence of depression. After the eight weekly 100-minute mindfulness sessions, the number of students with symptoms of depression was significantly lower in the mindfulness group: 15% versus 27% in the control group. This difference persisted six months after the training, when 16% of the intervention group versus 31% of the control group reported evidence of depression. The results suggest that mindfulness can lead to a decrease in symptoms associated with depression and, moreover, that it protects against the later development of depression-like symptoms (Raes, Griffith, Van der Gucht, & Williams, 2013).
The results are encouraging, yet the field is young and more research is needed.


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HUNTING AND FISHING: DU's Soderquist raises big bucks for ducks
South Central region's top money generator loves job
Tim Soderquist, a Magnolia resident, has earned the title of top regional director of the year for the South Central Region of Ducks Unlimited (DU), which includes Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and New Mexico.
Soderquist is the director for the Texas Southeast Region, which includes the major areas of Houston, Beaumont, and Orange. In the 2006-07 fiscal year, the Texas Southeast Region experienced a 50 percent growth in event fundraising totals versus the previous year. It was the second highest performance of all regions in the country.
Soderquist's background includes being a full-time waterfowl guide for 22 years in the Eagle Lake, Wharton, and Garwood areas before going on staff for the Ducks Unlimited national organization. An employee of DU for eight years, his first three years were spent working on the conservation side of the national organization.
"We actually went out and did the engineering work on levies and other water control structures in Texas, impounding water to make wetlands," Soderquist said.
Some of the more notable DU conservation contributions in Texas include work done at Mad Island WMA outside of Palacios; J.D. Murphy WMA, near Port Arthur; and Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.
"A lot of our work is also done on private lands," Soderquist said. "Ninety-seven percent of Texas land is privately owned."
Richard Harrison of Texas Ducks Unlimited said Soderquist plays a key role in the success of the organization.
"Ducks Unlimited as an organization is split into two sides," Harrison said. "One is the fundraising, the other is the biology. The fellows in charge of fundraising (such as Soderquist) work with local Ducks Unlimited chapters that put on banquets, sporting clay shoots, and other events. They help the chapters find ways to increase their fundraising capabilities. The money raised then goes into habitat improvement."
Soderquist's last five years have been spent working on promotions and fundraising.
In the Southeast Texas District, Soderquist's chapters were able to raise $800,000, up over the previous year's total of $250,000.
He works with 37 chapters and estimates that there were 50 events last year.
He said it's easy to understand how much wetland is preserved with that money.
"If you want to calculate how much habitat that correlates to, on an average every $250 saves one acre of wetlands," he said. "So, if you take those dollars and divide it by $250, you will get how many acres of wetlands that we conserved."
In addition to the historic growth in the Southeast Region, Texas DU experienced a 10 percent growth of more than $350,000 in 2006-07, the highest percentage increase of any state in the country. In addition, the $3.77 million raised by Texas chapters was the highest grassroots dollar total of all 50 states.
The money used is not confined to Texas projects only.
"The No. 1 focus of our efforts goes to the Prairie Pothole region-northern U.S. and Canada," Soderquist said. "I'm so proud of all the volunteers in my region and what we were able to do for the ducks this past year. When we grow, it means even more money we can send to the breeding grounds and use right here in Texas for our important habitat conservation.
"We continue to see waterfowl hunters join DU as a way of giving back to the sport.
"That's what it's all about," he added. "Hunters working hard for the ducks."


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(Photograph of Soprano, Amy Johnson by John Fitzgerald)
Looking at the CCM calendar, one is struck by the number of recitals and concerts being given by faculty members. The College Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati has an impressive number of artists who combine their teaching with performances in and out of the school. Being married to a Voice teacher I know all too well about the rigors of a teaching schedule – not only one to one work with the student, but attending rehearsals and performances, coaching ensemble work, researching and gathering music for the student to perform…
Hats off then to the following CCM Faculty who will be performing over the next several weeks in any one of the many of the school's venues.
Sunday, January 15 at 4 pm in the Patricia Corbett Theatre. Free admission.
Soprano Patricia Linhart accompanied by pianist Julie Spangler welcome surprise guests to sing, cavort and complain about the challenges of aging and making music all at the same time in THE PAT AND JULIE SHOW (A.K.A. DIVA: RECONSTRUCTED)
Tuesday, January 17 at 8 pm in the Robert J. Werner Recital Hall. Free admission.
Soprano Amy Johnson and tenor Thomas Baresel regale us with songs and duets by Duparc, Rachmaninoff, Strauss and others, along with powerhouse pianists Kenneth Griffiths and Mark Gibson.
Sunday, January 22 at 4 pm in the Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Tenor Daniel Weeks and pianist Donna Loewy join forces in a recital of songs by Schubert, Quilter, Donizetti, Tosti and Dubois.
Monday, January 23 at 8 pm in the Patricia Corbett Theater. Free admission.
Saxophonist Craig Bailey channels Ray Charles, Art Blakey, Panama Francis and more in a musical travelogue titled From Blues to Bebop and Beyond accompanied by a seriously talented septet.
Tuesday, January 24 at 8 pm in Corbett Auditorium
CCM's String Quartet-in-Residence, the Ariel Quartet, in the company of pianist Ran Dank and bassist Rachel will play Beethoven , Schubert and Bartok quartets and quintets. Tickets $25.
Wednesday, January 25 at 8 pm in the Cohen Family Studio Theater
James Bunte, an elegant instrumentalist who comfortably navigates the worlds of jazz and concert music will play his saxophone.
And that's just the next couple of weeks.


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As part of its ongoing preparation for the launch of SuperMontage, Nasdaq is engaging in a continuing review of the system's functionality, and rules thereof, with a view towards constant improvement. As a result of this review, and in consultation with industry professionals, Nasdaq proposes to modify certain SuperMontage parameters, functionality, and rules as they relate to time in force of Directed Orders and SuperMontage's summary scan feature.
a. Directed Orders
Nasdaq proposes to provide additional flexibility for SuperMontage participants in determining the life of Directed Orders sent to the system. Directed Orders are orders that are sent to a specific market maker or electronic communications network. In SuperMontage, a firm that receives a Directed Order has the ability to choose whether it will consider those Directed Orders as a liability order or a non-liability order.
Currently, a Directed Order in SuperMontage may have a time in force from 1 to 99 minutes. Nasdaq proposes to amend the time in force provision to a 3 to 99 minute standard, and also provide the capability for SuperMontage users to designate Directed Orders as a "Day" order. As defined in proposed NASD Rule 4701 (hh), a Day order designation would indicate that the order is to remain in force until the Nasdaq market closes (currently 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) on the day the order was submitted. Under the proposal, unexecuted Day orders would be cancelled and returned by Nasdaq to the sender at market close.
Like other Directed Orders, a Directed Order with a Day designation may be entered starting at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. According to Nasdaq, since quotes are not open or considered firm at this time, a Directed Order with a Day designation entered prior to the 9:30 a.m. market open will not obligate the receiving party to execute that order. However, such orders may be accepted, countered, or otherwise may commence negotiations leading to a transaction between the parties. Directed Orders with a Day designation may not be entered or executed during Nasdaq's after-hours session (4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time),[3] nor will they participate in the pre-open unlocking and uncrossing process recently proposed by Nasdaq in File No. SR-NASD-2002-56.[4]
Nasdaq believes that the proposed amendments to the time in force parameters for Directed Orders will provide an additional degree of flexibility to market participants to manage their Directed Order flow. Nasdaq believes that the ability to set a specific time period that an order will remain in effect, including the ability to have an order remain in effect for the entire day, are long-standing industry functionalities used by many market participants that accept and retain orders. In addition, Nasdaq believes that these new SuperMontage standards are consistent with current time in force practices in Nasdaq's SelectNet service, and can be expected to reduce technological burdens on firms converting to SuperMontage and thereby assist and simplify the transition to the system.
b. Summary Scan
Nasdaq also proposes to improve the SuperMontage summary scan feature. Currently, the summary scan feature allows SuperMontage participants to query the system and see the aggregate attributed and unattributed size of quotes/orders for all price levels in a particular security, below the best five price levels in SuperMontage.[5] In response to input from market participants, Nasdaq proposes to modify the summary scan feature to combine all aggregate quote/order information, including the aggregate of the five best price levels displayed in SuperMontage. Nasdaq's proposal seeks to alleviate concerns that the separation of aggregated price level information from the remainder of aggregate interest could lead to potential confusion among users of the summary scan feature as to what constitutes the best price in Nasdaq at a particular time. According to Nasdaq, the proposed changes to the summary scan combines information, already available separately through SuperMontage, into a single integrated information source.
2. Statutory Basis
Nasdaq believes that the proposed rule change is consistent with the provisions of Section 15A of the Act,[6] in general, and Section 15A(b)(6) of the Act,[7] in particular, in that the proposal is designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to promote just and equitable principals of trade, to foster cooperation and coordination with person engaged in regulating, clearing, settling, processing information with respect to, and facilitating transactions in securities, to remove impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and a national market system, and, in general, to protect investors and the public interest.
B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition
Nasdaq does not believe that the proposed rule change will result in any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others
Nasdaq has neither solicited nor received written comments on the proposed rule change.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for Commission Action
The foregoing proposed rule change has become effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act [8] and Rule 19b-4(f)(6) thereunder [9] because the proposal: (1) Does not significantly affect the protection of investors or the public interest; (2) does not impose any significant burden on competition; and (3) does not become operative for 30 days from the date of filing, provided Start Printed Page 45164that Nasdaq has given the Commission written notice of its intent to file the proposed rule change at least five business days prior to the filing date of the proposed rule change.[10] At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed rule change, the Commission may summarily abrogate such rule change if it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule change is consistent with the Act. Persons making written submissions should file six copies thereof with the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609. Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for inspection and copying in the Commission's Public Reference Room. Copies of such filing will also be available for inspection and copying at the principal office of the NASD.
All submissions should refer to File No. SR-NASD-2002-81 and should be submitted by July 29, 2002.Start Signature
For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated authority.[11]
Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
1. 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).Back to Citation
2. 17 CFR 240.19b-4.Back to Citation
3. Nasdaq anticipates submitting a proposed rule change to extend the operation of the After Hours Pilot program to SuperMontage. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 42003 (October 13, 1999), 64 FR 56554 (October 20, 1999) (Approval of After Hours Pilot program for the Nasdaq SelectNet Service).Back to Citation
4. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 45965 (May 20, 2002), 67 FR 36659 (May 24, 2002).Back to Citation
5. Nasdaq recently expanded the aggregated price levels available through the Nasdaq Order Display Facility from three to five. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 45790 (April 19, 2002), 67 FR 21007 (April 29, 2002).Back to Citation
6. 15 U.S.C. 78 o-3.Back to Citation
7. 15 U.S.C. 78 o-3(b)(6).Back to Citation
8. 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).Back to Citation
9. 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).Back to Citation
10. As required under Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii), Nasdaq provided the Commission with written notice of its intent to file the proposed rule change at least five business days prior to the filing date.Back to Citation
11. 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).Back to Citation
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The linear procession that is my weekly plow through the latest furrow of the Penny Press couldn't have started off worse this time around - not even with a 'short' story by Alice Munro: The New Yorker featured a long piece by Jonathan Franzen that was just about as appalling an exercise in narcissism as anything I've seen from somebody who doesn't run a book-blog. Franzen, of course, is the author of Freedom, the big gaseous novel that's going to win the Nobel, Pulitzer, and Zee-Magnee Prizes for Greatest Thing Ever Created By Anybody, Including When God Created the Universe. He's also one of the ground-zero survivors of the suicide of his friend and fellow author David Foster Wallace, and I understand and accept where that confluence leads. It's probably inevitable that some writing would result from it - after all, in such circumstances, even the least literary person in the world might be moved to put pen to paper. Franzen is not the least literary person in the world - he himself has commented many times on his apparently uncontrollable urge to, as he puts it, "narratize" himself - so something like this essay was probably going to happen at some point.
But I find myself asking the same question about this piece - a clumsy half-cloning of a literary appreciation of Robinson Crusoe (for which an expedition to Selkirk Island was enacted, of course - nobody reads at home anymore, silly!) and a reminiscence of a lost and troubled friend - that I ask about so much of Franzen's work: did it have to be so bad? Did it have to show so little thought, or rather, so much completely misdirected thought? I know Franzen would probably say it's his arch and awkward impulses that make him worth our time as a writer, but there's a difference between adopting an arch and awkward kitten and working full-time at the animal shelter.
Franzen's been writing things - fiction, nonfiction, and the pure self-absorption he and Wallace perfected for a whole new generation - for years; how could he not have seen how maladroit this piece would end up being, if he insisted on keeping the mechanical framework of the Defoe device? It's maddening to watch him churn out the requisite travel-essay paragraphs (it's so windy there!), the requisite lies (tobacco addicts always, always, always claim their vacations from the busy world were also vacations from tobacco, when if that's how addiction worked, nobody would be addicted), and the requisite posturing (litt'rary authorities are startled awake and hauled on stage, as though Franzen felt compelled to say, "hey, don't forget - I'm an incredible intellectual heavyweight, in addition to being this shy and sensitive guy") - especially maddening because behind all that stuff, he's actually got something to write about this time. I would have read a Daniel Defoe essay from him with interest, but yoking it so stubbornly like this to a very, very different kind of essay - more interesting, yes, but also more shameful to actually publish - is a beginner's mistake, or else the mistake of somebody who no longer has those 'first readers' every writer needs so badly.
So our author goes to Selkirk Island to read Robinson Crusoe - but also because he has to do something in the wake of his friend's suicide. As a result, neither the trivia nor the trauma is well-served, but the trauma is at least arresting ... and interestingly conflicted. I was surprised - and I shouldn't have been - by the sharpness of the anger in Franzen's writing about what Wallace did. And of course I was fascinated, who wouldn't be, by the new personal details Franzen reveals about Wallace's final year and downward spiral, the idea Franzen has that Wallace considered his suicide to be, in drug addict terms, "one last score" and an act of vengeance against both himself and his closest friends. But just because such details are fascinating doesn't mean I should have been reading them - the personal, wounded parts of this weird piece are the best writing Franzen's ever done, but they should have remained in his journal where they belong. I wish I could get this point through the Yaddo-addled brains of all our most lionized young writers: the reading public doesn't, in fact, need you to "narratize" every aspect of your lives - exercising more restraint and more narrative control would actually make you better writers.
Fortunately, that first course didn't ruin the meal. I moved on to the new Harper's, and once there I did what I now happily always do: I turned straight to the "New Books" column and settled in to read Zadie Smith. I don't know Smith, and I have no idea what she thinks of her new gig as Harper's fiction critic, but sometimes even Irish Catholics know when not to question a good thing, so I just sit back and enjoy the show. I've rhapsodized here before about Smith as a literary critic, and here that rhapsody is put to the worst test the love of any book critic can face: what do you do when a great critic writes about a book you just don't care about?
In this case, Smith writes about Edouard Levy's Suicide and Peter Stamm's Seven Years, and I couldn't care less about either book, which made the going tough. But even so, the wonderful, winning tone, the voice Smith is creating in these columns won me over (finding the right voice being, of course, essential to the long-term business of writing anything) - won me over to her column, that is, not to the pretentious pieces of poop she reviews in it this time around. Here's hoping next month she gorges herself on murder mysteries, or else takes in Black Lamb and Gray Falcon and tells us all about it. And in the meantime, this particular issue of Harper's has one other thing that's enormously worth your attention - no, not that laughably hideous cover illustration, which struck me as a bizarre practical joke until I remembered what century I live in ... no, Nicholson Baker's scintillating essay "Why I'm a Pacifist" is the non-Smith highlight of this issue, a refreshingly meaty essay where I'd expected to find yet more Franzen-style narcissism. It was so good it almost convinced me that some of its daffiest contentions just might be true.
But, much to my surprise, the real saving grace of my Penny Press trawling this time around came from a source I'd almost completely discounted: the good old Atlantic, whose slide into just another Beltway glossy has been decried here and elsewhere. Much to my dismay, I've come to associate the Atlantic with reading disappointment, and certainly a glance at this issue seemed to confirm that: a 'genius' issue without one true genius on display, a 'culture' issue as though that were a special, distant place (Selkirk Island, perhaps?) for which we should designate an isolated visit once in a while ... and that Editor's Note! Has 2011 yet seen so vertiginous a combination of arrogance and cringing? The Editors intend, I think, to offer some kind of justification for their decision to include to short stories in their 'culture' issue even though they've long since banished fiction from their ordinary (non-culture?) issues. Airy words are aired about the special qualities shared by the two stories in question, one by Stephen King, the other by Mary Morris, but I knew better than to get my hopes up, and I was right: the stories have a lot in common, beginning with the proudly-declared triviality of their origins and ending, I suppose, in how boring and awful they both are, but when the Editors describe them as "entertaining, interesting, and gloriously open," they're adding a whole lot of sawdust to the bread.
No, it wasn't the special 'cultural' offerings on hand that made the issue for me: it was the workhorse rear-end (...) of the thing that did the trick, as always. Once all the 'geniuses' are done being interviewed about how incredible they are, the real power-hitters come out, and we get three fantastic essays in a row. Ta-Nehisi Coates writes the impossible: an essay about Malcolm X that I actually found interesting. Christopher Hitchens reassures me that his medical treatments must be going well, because he turns in a long and utterly beguiling essay on yet another subject that doesn't usually interest me at all: the poet Larkin and his various smutty doings. And best of all, towering over this week's Penny Press offerings, there's the mighty Benjamin Schwarz, writing about James M. Cain's novel Mildred Pierce - and in the process writing about yet another subject that doesn't interest me at all: Los Angeles. Only a whole lot of money could ever possibly induce me to visit Los Angeles again, and nothing on Earth could make me re-read Mildred Pierce - and yet there I was, eagerly lapping up every word Schwarz wrote about both, solely on the basis of how wonderful those words are:
Moreover, in Mildred Pierce, Cain wrote the greatest work of American fiction about small business. He made compelling the intricacies of real-estate deals and cash flow, of business planning and bank loans, and of relations with suppliers and customers ("She had a talent for quiet flirtation," as Cain explained of Mildred's technique, "but found that it didn't pay. Serving a man food, apparently, was in itself an ancient intimacy; going beyond it made him uncomfortable, and sounded a trivial note in what was essentially a solemn relationship.") He rendered the plodding method and the fundamental gamble of small-time commerce - the foundation of Los Angeles's service-oriented economy - not just absorbing but romantic.
As usual with this critic, I could go on quoting (Hitchens on Larkin is equally quotable), and reading this piece by him and that piece by Zadie Smith (and knowing that Sam Sacks is there, every week, over in the Wall Street Journal) reminded me yet again that the current state of heavyweight American book-criticism is in good hands. Even if they all occasionally write about books I wouldn't cross the street to read.


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I quit . i wanted to quit gracefully , with no drama , no emotion . just plain quit . ah well , (wo)man proposes , (ms.) god disposes . THIS is what ensued , the story of my worst ( longest , 10 days )ever break-up:
*shock* *hurt* . what happened ? we thought you were so happy ? we have to talk . you can't do this to us. We are never letting you go . tell us what we can do .
no no , it is not you guys , it is me . *guiltily* I have an opportunity I am very excited about , I want to check it out.
it is all our fault . we should have been more attentive , more communicative. we got busy with other departments , assumed all is fine with you .*sad* our fault , our fault. lets begin again . we will be better this time , way better. pls . *wistful*
no no , seriously guys , dont bash yourself . as i said it just happened , i met these people *more guiltily* and everthing just fell into place .
arre , dont believe them . they sense a little dissatisfaction and they swoop in promising the moon . *big brother like* especially with employees like you who are emotional creative people.
*a little insulted* no they didnt do anything like that . i want to go and work with them . you have to let me go.
No way! tell us : you don't like your present vertical head , no problem! Will shift your team to report directly to the MD . designation ? sure ! will make you a AGM.*hysterical* salary ? sure! will 40% raise right now and another one at the end of the year do ? *desperate*you want individual projects to handle , without the interference of nyo ? of course ! we understand artistic people need creative independence. *blabbering* you want to handle multi brands ? definitely! wait for another 6 months , we will give you an opportunity to pitch for other clients as well. *unbelievable*
OMG , I am flattered , honored . *feeling very guilty* but I still think this is best thing for me at this stage.
Fine . go if you want . but you are making the worst decision of ur life . this is family (sic!) and you are abandoning a family .*hurt* you are kicking away a bright future. you have built the process yourself . it is like your own company. How can you leave it ?*accusing*
yes, *sniff sniff* yes I have built the team , each one of them. but I still want to go .
give us your husband's number we will ask him to knock some sense into your impulsive head .
what ? *shocked* NO !!!!!!
Ok, fine *sulk* you have to complete your 2 months notice period for HODs.
Nope , my contract says 4 weeks , you have wasted one , so three weeks from now , and I am out of this place .*very professional*
*more sulk* this is what we get after valuing you so much . *panic stricken*you leave us in middle of nowhere , what will we do in 3 weeks , where will we find a replacement?????????????????????
Oh ok *feeling guilty , sorry , ashamed…. And like I am dealing at a vegetable shop*… 6 weeks then , neither yours nor mine . ok ? kapish ?
6 weeks , guys .*curt*. then I am out of here . *matter-of-factly*
Oh alright *expression of taking out the knife from their back* 6 weeks , but promise us you wont take anyone of your team for at least 8 weeks after you have left . promise ?
LOVE YOUR JOB, BUT NEVER FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR COMPANY 'COZ U NEVER KNOW WHEN THE COMPANY STOPS LOVING YOU - Narayana Murthy -
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So I did it again .
Took a really long break from blogging ……and came back again.
Got bored of what I was doing in my job………..put in papers in 2 yrs again.
Listened to a friend and followed her diet plan…………….went back to eating in flat 3 days again.
Didn't listen to N……………..got a new hair colour again.
Meddled in my sis's business……………..was told to back off again.
Sensed uncomfortable distance with a friend…………..called her to fix it, again.
Got what I wanted for a long time..............lost it again.
Faced failure..............started the pursuit again.
Fought with my mother……….again .
Worried about my grandma……..again .
Couldn't do anything about it………again .
Spoke too much…………….again.
Listened little……………..again.
Hurt loved ones………..again.
Forgave and forgot…………..again.
Loved and was loved…………….again.
Happiness found..............again .
It is good to be back …………again.
Till I leave ……………again.
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So its been crazy busy. Our little 740 square foot house is packed and I swear that when I come home from work, its bulging. Today I replaced the old lock on the garage. I was surprised how easily the bolt cutters melted through it so I bought one of those round bolt cutter resistant ones in its stead. It was wonderful to sweep the garage and put some things into it. Crystal is hurting often because her whole body is being stretched. It freaked me out when I laid my leg on her hip one night as we were falling asleep and she let out a yelp. A first I was terrified but she then assured me it was a good yelp. Apparently, the baby is helping mom release a hormone that softens the pelvic muscles in anticipation for birth. Yikes I think.
Anyway, I saw a cover to a Seattle Times paper this weekend about employers, schools and whoever using what people say on their blogs against them. To get things interesting, a couple articles to get you started. I have written about this before. I hate self censorship. I would be curious what type of things these people are looking into. And at the same time, its weird to see how people speaking their mind are so scrutinized. I suppose saying what you want comes with a risk. I think its amazing that there is such a risk and its real.
I finished my final exam for my online computer course. That's the last time I take one of those. I hate online classes. Maybe its the instructor I had. Remember Office Space? The shrink guy that flexed his hand as he was hypnotizing Peter? This guy sounds like that guy from the movie. I don't know, it was a dissapointing experience for my first online course. I am registered for next quarter. Calculus I, Introduction to C, and piano lessons. I am decided on an AAS or an AS. I need 90 credits and I am just finishing my 27th credit. 30% of the way through a 2 year degree. *sigh* Well, I jsut need to keep on truckin',
Everything is a go for this week's man shower which happens to fall on St. Patty's day and is but a mere 6 days before my 27th birthday. TWENTY SEVEN. Why does every birthday I have feel like an enormous midlife crisis?


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We asked our critics across the UK to pick their favourite production of the past 12 months
The Cherry Orchard – Sherman Theatre, Cardiff
"More success for playwright Gary Owen and director Rachel O'Riordan, this raw version of Chekhov resituates the estate to Pembrokeshire during the Thatcher years." Rosemary Waugh
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall – Octagon, Bolton
"Elizabeth Newman's evocative production brought Anne Bronte's proto-feminist story of flawed menfolk and the women left bobbing in their wake vividly to life. Thanks to some stellar design work from the creative team, the play's haunting Yorkshire moorland setting almost became a character in its own right." Chris Bartlett
Betrayal – Derby Theatre
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Red – Lyric Theatre, Belfast
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All We Ever Wanted Was Everything – Roundabout, Edinburgh
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So here is the upcycled yogurt cup "wreath" after spray painting. Next, a big plastic red bow, and hook to hang it on.
And for something fun that we finished this week - our "big leaf" collection to compare to next year. I followed the tutorial at Frugal Family Fun Blog and hung it up over the TV - so we can glance up and be reminded to go outdoors instead of turning it on.
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The shares initially paid out for 1000 days, however the ROI period was recently reduced to 600. Sravana XXX: how v will get daily income in bit club? Invest money and collect a passive ROI, otherwise known as a securities offering. United States has to go ahead and shut us down. On a logical plane the company's decision makes little sense. So what do you gotta do with life?
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March 16th the company recently announced a second virtual share mining pool. Shares in this pool are only available to Founder members and are limited to 1,000 total shares. It's not too late to become a Founder and stake your claim in the Ethereum pool! Ethereum is the name of the project behind the Ether cryptocurrency launched last year. I would like see the SCAMMERS go to jail.
1000 for an ETH mining contract. They claim to have sold out of at least one 1,000 position tranche in ETH mining, the latest crypto fad. Conley coat-tailing his rep with twitter tags. The relevant bit starts around 43. C fantasy that BCN investors are buying a physical ASIC miner, not an investment. I cover BCN on BCT here bitcointalk.
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I shot the last two pictures with my Iphone. I have an Iphone4. I prefer my Canon, but sometimes it´s a little too big to carry around. Especially when i´m just going to the gym. On thursday i´m going to try Cross Fit, i´m a little nervous. I like to workout, but i´m not really in the best shape and I´ve heard that it´s quite hard.
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Dir. Michael Bartlett / Kevin Gates 88 mins
Second Sight
UK Release: 14th October 2013
This British film takes us to deepest Bedfordshire where Clophill church lies. It's a derelict ruin that dates back to the 15th century, and in 1963 was the location of a black mass which saw tombs desecrated and animals sacrificed. Fifty years later it's about to be the subject of a 'documentary'.
It's easy to dismiss this movie as found footage, and while it does conform to some of the conventional aspects of that sub-genre, 90% of this movie is actually real. The directors Michael Bartlett and Kevin Gates (The Zombie Diaries) managed to film the majority of the movie having convinced the people taking part that is was an actual documentary. Villagers are spoken to as well as eye witnesses that have glimpsed a sight of something sinister, not to mention a parade of experts. This gives the movie a very intriguing feel with this pseudo-documentary intention, leaving the viewer unsure of what they're seeing is real or manufactured.
As well as the talking heads that punctuate the film, the narrative concerns some ghost hunters that visit Clophill over successive nights with the hope of finding some evidence to back up the many tales that they've heard. With them they take a whole cavalcade of equipment in the form of multiple cameras, EVP readers and sound equipment – not to mention a few other props that may raise a few eyebrows such as a Ouija board.
The first hour is wholly documentary footage with seemingly little room for fiction. It's an absorbing watch as these genuine people lend a really unnerving build up to proceedings as they're all so believable and honest and they bring a resolute credibility to the film. When people are interviewed on camera to recollect their experiences, they do so in chilling clarity with all their stories told with honesty and passion.
There is one specific scene in the first half of the picture where we see the use of a machine to interpret the vocalisations of ghosts. Call me naïve and gullible, but I was hooked. Things begin to get more scripted as we enter the final third, and deliberately so as the ghostly sightings become more frequent and the tension heightens to fever pitch.
The Paranormal Diaries: Clophill is unlikely to thrill those ADHD viewers among us with its slow pace, zero gore and minimal shocks. Instead though, what Bartlett and Gates have done is to lure us in with historical fact and then patiently grow the atmosphere as the film progresses, which in turn makes this film a very tense viewing experience. Much of this of course will depend on your level of cynicism towards the subject matter, and indeed the whole idea behind the film could be a stumbling block to people's enjoyment.
Either way, this falls directly into the category of 'marmite' movies. I've read a number of reviews that have been very dismissive of the concept, comparing it to Most Haunted of all things. To me that's the equivalent of comparing Robert De Niro to Danny Dyer, but each to their own taste. Personally, I think major credit should be given to the directors for taking a gamble on mixing fact with fiction. It could have backfired spectacularly, but it didn't and because of that ambition we have an eerie, atmospheric movie that hopefully will be the first of many Paranormal Diaries.
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