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While many have tried, no-one has captured the essence of Dickens so fully as in this early 50's version that to many defines once-and-for-all the characters of A Christmas Carol, and Sim's Scrooge is the centerpiece -- a man utterly without a heart, whose transformation by the spirits of Christmas is so believeable, so transparent as to be the standard by which all subsequent Scrooges must be judged. True to Dickens while flexible for the sake of film-making with a mythically pastoral England and a very good supporting cast, including The Best Marley's Ghost (my opinion) and a wonderfully entertaining Mrs. Dilber, the housekeeper, this one is the very best film version available and with the improved sound and brighter images in this anniversary edition, this is the one to have -- unless you insist on the over-the-top visuals of the "colorized" edition.

I am not a newby - before retiring a decade ago, I was the primary software consultant as well as a network specialist at a major research university. I have used a number of different backup and restore programs on Unix, Apple, and Windows servers. It is possible that I was a little rusty, but I managed to wipe out my Windows 8.1 system while attempting to clone the system to a newly purchased solid state "disk" drive. I attempted three times to clone the drive (there were only 93Mb on the C; disk to be cloned and 488Mb of space on the SSD) and each time when the clone process said that it needed to restart, the computer shut down but did not start back up after as much as 4 hours; and there was no disk activity showing on the disk activity light. Each of these three times, however, I was able to manually restart the computer - which canceled out the cloning process. Each time the C; drive was left intact and I was able to resume computing. On the fourth try, not only did the restart fail, I was unable to bring the computer up at all. I decided to use the Windows emergency disk to "refresh" the system and get it operational. Unfortunately, I had just had an asthma attack and I was feeling rather punchy and did not stop to realize that Microsoft had decided to ignore some 70+ years of computer terminology and decide that what had been known as "programs" was now termed "apps". They did warn that "apps" would be wiped out but could be repurchased from the AppStore. However, since I had not ever purchased any apps, only programs like Adobe Photoshop, I proceeded - much to my regret.

I have been under a lot of stress this year. In addition, I found out through genetic testing that I have MTHFR and that I need to take methyl forms of B-12 and folic acid. After weeks of extreme fatigue and sleeping problems, I started this a week before a big exam that I spent 4 months studying for. Immediately my sleep improved and I remember my dreams after so long of not really dreaming. I finally was feeling alert and able to get some really good studying in. I'm pretty sure this saved me and I ended up passing my exam!! I started to take another dosage in the afternoon and tolerate it well. My body must have been extremely deficient. Another great thing is that I have no mood swings, even during that time of the month. All this B-12 has calmed me down and I feel at peace on it. I would be an absolute mess if I didn't start taking this 6 weeks ago!