Victoria let lofty standards dip last summer, and the Bushrangers are adamant they will not let the downturn be prolonged. John Hastings is a part of the group in name only after shoulder surgery ruled him out for the season. Andrew McDonald, James Pattinson and Matthew Wade will be among those pushing particularly hard for Australian recognition, while the captain Cameron White is also intent on forcing his way back into the ODI team at least.I really enjoyed The Seven Sins of Memory by Harvard professor Daniel Schachter. Though the research is probably dated by now (it was published in 2002), it has fascinating and accessible anecdotes about the oddities of memory. One I remember is a plane crash that had no known video footage, but after repeated descriptions in print media of the incident, people swore they seen the crash on TV..

The screenplay has a keen grasp of language's distortions, whether in selfdramatizing dialogue or marketingspeak jargon. Characters regurgita