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Reviewer: Rhett
Review Date: September 13, 2009
Released by: Anchor Bay
Release date: 8/25/2009
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Walking the VHS rows as a kid, Id always fascinate myself with all the chapters and sequels of all those venerable horror franchises. Id daydream and hyperbolize just how good the first film in each franchise must be to spawn so many sequels. Everyone knew about the quality of the originals when it came to Psycho or Halloween or A Nightmare on Elm Street, but for every series spawned on a classic, there were a dozen or so that werent.
The Amityville Horror
, and even
today, each have spawned never ending franchises on by most accounts terrible first films. Unlike drama or action, its not the strength of the cast or crew that makes these franchises last, but instead the mere strength of the concept. A possessed house, people forced to kill themselves, a punishing farm demon, goblins that come out of the toilet. Well, okay, not even the concept works in
favor, but part of what makes horror so intriguing is the way franchises just never seem to die.
Not only does it happen with quite regularity that horror franchises reach the five film landmark, but its often the case that many of those sequels are completely different than the others. Its always the roll of the dice with franchise horror. Sometimes you get sequels that have nothing to do with their originals
Troll 2
Halloween 3
Zombi 2
, and sometimes you get sequels that by all accounts eclipse the originals
Ghoulies II
It Lives Again
Dawn of the Dead
. Becoming a horror aficionado means taking the pledge to sift through the endless sequels in search of those diamond in the rough follow ups. Its a hell of a sift for those brave enough to visit the
Children of the Corn
seven films later and its still thriving on the direct-to-video market. What about the one that started it all? Anchor Bays released it twice before on DVD and now it hits the disc a third time on Blu-ray. The 20th Anniversary DiviMax has been upgraded with new features on Blu-ray for the 25th but is this franchise father closer to
than it is
? Time to start the harvest and find out!
The Story
Welcome to Gatlin, Nebraska. A quaint, quiet little town that eats, prays and reaps together. Things went without a hitch until a state-wide corn drought turned the city into one of tense uncertainty. Then came along Isaac (
John Franklin
), a pint-sized preacher with ideas as fresh as his youthful face. His sermons started to resonate with the youth and finally one day at the local diner the kids all rose up. Every adult was ruthlessly slaughtered by knife, by scythe and by meat grinder. Nobody over the age of 19 was spared. Weve been asked by horror films past Who Can Kill A Child? but the question here is Why Would You Kill A Parent?
Gatlin has been without adults for three years now, but after a few wrong turns, a twentysomething (or in
Peter Horton
s case, soon to be
) couple lands right on their doorstep. Well, first a kid ends up landing on their car bumper, but that was bait of sorts. If Isaac is the evangelist, Malachai (
Courtney Gains
) is the enforcer, and when one of the kids tried to escape the community, Malachai made sure his fate would be road kill. When Burt (
Fade to Black
) hit the kid, he and his wife Vicky, (
Linda Fucking Hamilton
) decide to do good and call the police at the first phone in Gatlin. Little do they know its them who need the help and theres nobody in Gatlin to give it!
Once the couple arrives in the city they quickly realize its abandoned. The TV Guides are years old, every house is dirtied with dried corn husks and stocks and nobody walks the streets. Or do they? They keep seeing people sneaking around in the background, but dont really know what to make of it. Burt splits off to investigate, while Vicky gets kidnapped and hoisted up on a corn stalk cross. If he wants his lady back, Burts going to have to address the villages terrible reality and face off once and for all against the god the children refer to cryptically as He Who Walks Behind The Rows.
Its certainly not the best crop out there, but
Children of the Corn
harvest some modest scares. Although its set almost entirely in daylight, limiting the kind of experimentation with darkness that horror films thrive on, director Fritz Kiersch injects the film with a palpable visual energy. The camera is always running through the rows as if they are a kind of fate sealing fence, and every scene feels as if it is constructed with a grand visual scope in mind. The most interesting use of the camera is almost Bresson-ian in the way Kiersch uses the close-up as a distancing mechanism. The problem with killer kid movies is often that the subject, children, are just not scary. Theyre cute. Theyre Leif Garrett. To overcome that, Kiersch stages much of the murder sequences as a series of ominous close-ups. Knives being drawn, hands being pushed towards the meat grinder, blood hitting a suitcase. The children thus become crude symbols of death and fear, rather than little actors putting on their mean face. Kiersch keeps us at a distance with the close-ups, never letting us into the eyes of his children and never letting us empathize with them. Theyre cold killers, and its that calculated visual choice that still gives the film disturbing qualities a quarter of a century later.
Another plus that Kiersch brings to the film is the nuance with which he brings us into the story. Rather than shovel lines to plot, he spends much of the first act of the film instead organically building the relationship between Burt and Vicky. Hamilton is great early on in the initial motel scene goofing around with that song and dance and just generally projecting an aura of puppy love throughout. They become such a likeable family unit, which is what makes the tragedy theyre flung into all the more intriguing. The two leads are solid and their resumes after this first kick at the can prove it, but the two young antagonists are just as good, too. Franklins Isaac sinister stare and manboy voice projects a child grown up much too fast, while Gains Malachai and all his Outlander! cries suggest the foot soldier drunk with power that youd read about in social classes on the Third Reich or the KGB. Indeed, the passing references to the Russians via a quick scene in a communist fallout shelter suggest this is a story, like
Lord of the Flies
Animal Farm
, reducing politics to a microcosm.
While the flaws of blind worship are certainly stressed in the picture,
Children of the Corn
as a film certainly could have been much more. Stephen Kings original 1977 Penthouse short story (later bundled into the collection
Night Shift
) had much darker and deeper roots. The pivotal difference is in the leads, who were not the happy, empathetic unit projected here. They were bickering and on the verge of breakup (a theme hed explore again in 77 with
The Shining
and later with works like
) and their cross country trek to California to start anew was a biting Me Generation update of
The Grapes of Wrath
. Considering the way the couple has squandered life, love and responsibility, in the book its hardly even tragic that the children kill adults they had it coming. King wrote with a wonderful ambiguity, not only in how you see the main characters, but how the story is revealed to them. The nature of the killing and all the He Who Walks Behind The Rows stuff is very much a mystery for most of the short story. In the film, its established right from the start via corny, heh, child narration and an opening massacre and subsequent drawing montage. The massacre and montage are admittedly effective (the narration not so much), but in the long run they remove any of the sinister unknown that makes the final act such a show stopper in the book.
As it happens in the film, the ending is one of Spielbergian family triumph, where perseverance and good nature makes families out of the most unlikely sources. It would almost be PG if we hadnt just seen a child burned at the stake. In the book, though, the ending is far less rosy, with both Burt and Vicky slaughtered in hyperbole like their marriage. Kings story leaves a lingering question mark behind the future of family in the age of divorce, but in Kierschs film when the lights go up so does all the darkness. Its normalcy restored and the credits literally start to scroll before the new nuclear family even exit the screen. The film is so quick to let audiences off the hook that it effectively negates all the tension it worked so hard to create before it. As a result,
Children of the Corn
is nothing more than a solid populist shocker while the short story left so much potential for more.
Six sequels later, though, and it seems that indeed more has been achieved from this humble little horror flick. Unfortunately in this sense more seems more like additional ways to get kids to kill people than Kings initial goal of exploring the follies of marriage and childbearing. Still, a remake is promised, and in the extras Producer Donald P. Borchers (of both this original and the impending remake) promises that the new telling will be much truer to Kings original intent. Hopefully, at least, it wont have any of that awful negative effect optical that plague the crops of the originals finale. Whatever the future holds for
Children of the Corn
its certainly true that the past has been kind to Kings little story, this being the longest running franchise spawned from any of Kings works. The original film may be compromised, the sequels may not be any good, but this little chiller has left an indentation on the soils of horror. Like other unassuming eighties notables, its sparse modesty is its best asset.
Image Quality
Visually this is Anchor Bays third kick at the can, previously releasing the film barebones in 2001 and then DiviMax restored for the 20th anniversary in 2004. Its been 25 years now, and well, the film still has its problems. While generally the transfer has definition, there are still odd scenes that are much softer and seemingly of different source material, than the rest of the film. The transfer is largely inconsistent, both in terms of sharpness and print quality to the color timing. There are scenes where hues are overly pink and colors seem muted like some of the early driving scenes with Burt and Vicky. Other scenes, like the later ones in the crops feature vivid greens, saturated skies and strong yellow retention. Overall I suppose this progressive, anamorphic 1.85:1 HD upgrade is a good crop, but that doesnt mean there arent a few rotten specimens along the way.
Anchor Bay has been good about including the mono mixes on most of their Blu-ray upgrades, but here
Children of the Corn
features only the Dolby TrueHD 5.1 upgrade. The sound is very clear and the source elements seemed to have been preserved very well over the years. As for how the track utilizes that expanded sound space, well, the truth is not all that well. Everything is contained up front and directional effects are virtually non-existent. That said, everything sounds very sharp and effects and explosions resonate with a deepness that a mono track could not provide. As a mono restoration its quite good, but as a 5.1 remix this track is certainly lacking.
Supplemental Material
While the previous 2001 DVD was barebones, the DiviMax had a few quality extras. Those extras are preserved here, in addition to three featurettes and a trivia track new to this Blu-ray release. Lets tackle the old stuff first. There is an audio commentary with Director Fritz Kiersch, Producer Terrence Kirby and Actors John Franklin and Courtney Gains. The four are recorded together and have a good time revisiting much of the memories of the production and the legacy of the first film. They all look back fondly on the film and the experience, it being the first for the two actors and the biggest things all four of them probably ever did. Kids being kids, the two actors remember so much from the production, and Kiersch and Kirby certainly remember plenty, too. Filled with trivia and personal reflection, its a quality listen.
The other big extra ported over from the DiviMax is the robust 36-minute Harvesting Horror:
Children of the Corn
. While this one features Kiersch, Franklin and Gains from the commentary, it covers new ground by allowing Kiersch to explore his intent and the production in more depth than the experience-heavy commentary. He talks about how he approached working with the child actors, how he conceived of shooting scenes and how they patched cities and fields together to create the illusion of a single place. Its also nice to catch up with the child actors again and see how theyve aged (or in this case, havent really) and to see how they both remember the whole experience. Very worthwhile.
Now onto the new. Michael Felshers Red Shirt Pictures contribute three new featurettes to the mix, the first being Welcome to Gatlin: The Sights & Sounds of
Children of the Corn
(15:27). This one features Production Designer Craig Sterans and Composer John Elias. The score really is haunting and iconic, and its nice to finally see it get a little tribute here. Elias sadly does not talk about how he came up with that disturbing children chant, but it does still give it some talk time. Sterans is very passionate about what he does and talks about how horror films give him the ability to experiment and how in
Children of the Corn
he had to spend a lot of time spray painting corn!
Having no Linda Hamilton on the previous discs was a big oversight, and thankfully now she gets her own 14-minute tell all with It Was The Eighties!. She talks about just starting out in Hollywood and how this was her big break, and also how she really strives for the physical with each performance (who knew?). She isnt quite modest when she describes how Corn was a building block for her eventual journey to action icon but shes always laughing and having a good time remembering. Felsher does a good job editing the piece, too, even allowing a fourth wall break for a nice personal moment with Hamilton. Shes a legend, and its great to hear from her.
The last new featurette is Stephen King on a Shoestring (11:20) which features Producer Donald P. Borchers. This might be the most interesting, since Borchers sort of takes the blame for changing up the story from the original Stephen King story. He parlays talk about the changes into how hes now approaching the remake, which sounds promising should it ever reach completion. There are also some other interesting trivia bits, like how Sam Raimi was one of the directors interviewed for the position that would eventually become Fritz Kierschs. He talks about filming in Iowa and other notables from production, and like the rest of the content thus far, is totally informative.
Less informative is the new trivia track, which basically takes all the trivia shared in the commentary and puts it into text pop-ups. There is also some terrible factual errors, like one of the initial claims that Peter Horton and Linda Hamilton were actually at one point married. Nope. The disc is rounded off by some nice promotional material, from the cryptically narrated trailer to original storyboard art, a poster and still gallery and a gallery of all the girls drawings used during the title sequence of the film.
Its taken 25 years, but
Children of the Corn
finally has a special edition worth calling definitive.
Final Thoughts
Although its certainly not the kind of shocker that would demand a franchise of six sequels and counting,
Children of the Corn
is a simple and effective little bit of eighties horror yarn. The direction and performances are solid, even if the screenplay softens the spit of Stephen Kings short story social commentary. While the Blu-ray offers an adequate audio and visual upgrade, its all the extras here that really make this recommended purchase. The previous DiviMax extras were solid, and the 45-minutes worth of new interviews makes a good thing even better. I cant speak for the sequels, but 25 years later the first film still has yield, so for those who havent yet seen it reap it!
Movie - B
Image Quality -
Sound - B-
Supplements - A-
*Because of the quality of the HD format, the clarity, resolution and color depth are inherently a major leap over DVD. Since any Blu-ray will naturally have better characteristics than DVDs, the rating is therefore only in comparison with other Blu-ray titles, rather than home video in general. So while a Blu-ray film may only get a C, it will likely be much better than a DVD with an A.
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Running Time - 1 hour 32 minutes
Rated R
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Good review- I actually picked this up today- but hey man show some love for Pumpkinhead - I would not put that in the "terrible" first movies category. I love that movie! <:
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Adrian Sutil has revealed that Sauber are battling to get down to the minimum weight of car, which is hurting their lap times.
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And one team that is still struggling to do that is Sauber with reports suggesting the weight of their Ferrari engine is part of the problem.
"The weight is very hard for us to achieve at the moment," Autosport reports Sutil as having said.
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Taylor Swift was honored with the Ultimate Choice award for her "extraordinary contributions to the entertainment industry," although she's only 21 years old, she was basically taking home the "lifetime achievement" award. Donning an all-white Raphael Cennamo halter dress, she was just one gust of wind from stealing Marilyn Monroe's iconic look.
Ashton Kutcher had a very laid back look for the awards show. In a floppy fedora, sunglasses he never removed (who does he think he is? A rapper?), jeans and some flip flops, Kutcher looked ready to ride away on the surfboard he just won.
Demi Lovato took home an award for the "Acuvue Inspiration Award," and looked very cheery in a pale yellow BCBG Max Azria dress and towering yellow Louboutin heels.
Maybe she's still trying to conceal her sultry image, but Blake "I Like To Bake" Lively wore a knee length orange Gucci dress with very high neckline. She was stunning as usual, but she also kind of looked like a housewife?
Fergie wore a black and yellow Dolce and Gabbana minidress with a repeating star pattern. I'm pretty sure I had this same pattern on the sheets of my twin bed when I was 5.
Zoe Saldana looked very shiny in a strapless Lanvin dress with a highwaisted belt that was so metallic so looked like a skinny potato wrapped in foil.
Raven Symone recently dropped a ton of weight, but went conservative to the event in a black blazer, white tank and capri pants.
Joe Jonas, who came out of the womb wearing a three piece suit, looked dapper in a two button beige suit by Z Zenga with tan v-neck. Only faux pas were those sneakers he had on. Didn't he see the make-over scene in "Crazy, Stupid, Love"?
Kim Kardashian looked like a gorgeous stunt double for "Black Swan" in a Givenchy dress and pointy black Louboutin heels.
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DURHAM, N.C. – Coming off a key road win at 11th-ranked West Virginia Friday, the 21st-ranked Duke women's soccer team kept its momentum going forward with a 3-1 win over previously unbeaten UAB (2-1) Sunday evening at Koskinen Stadium in Durham, N.C.
The UAB match marked the 2014 home opener for the Blue Devils as Duke (2-2) had played its first three contests on the road. The Blue Devils registered a season-high 31 shots and season-high three first half goals.
"The kids played really hard," said Duke head coach Robbie Church. "It was a tough weekend. It was a great, great win up at West Virginia. That game ran late, we got on the bus and arrived back at 5:30 in the morning on Saturday. I thought we came out and played great. Offensively and defensively we took them out of their rhythm. We attacked with numbers and had some really nice goals."
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With the Blue Devils leading 1-0, junior Kara Wilson sent a long feed down the right to freshman Imani Dorsey. Dorsey, a product of Elkridge, Md., sent a perfect pass across the box to sophomore Toni Payne, who tapped in an easy goal to put Duke ahead, 2-0, just 11 minutes into the contest.
As Duke kept firing shots at the UAB goal, the Blue Devils were able to go ahead 3-0 at the 27:14 mark as Payne connected with Dorsey for her second collegiate goal.
At the end of the first half, Duke held a 19-1 shot advantage and led 3-0.
"I thought we let off the gas some in the second half," said Church. "I don't think it was on purpose but I think their bodies just wore down and we let up. We still have to keep working on it as we are going to have Friday and Sunday matches along with Thursday/Saturday in ACC all year long."
The Blue Devils stayed on the attack in the second stanza, but were not able to put the ball in the back of the net. In the 55th minute, UAB's Kimberly Fincher found Rachel Green for her first goal of the season to cut the Duke lead to 3-1.
Duke had its chances over the final 30 minutes as Dorsey hit the post on a shot, while Cobb and sophomore Rebecca Quinn each had excellent chances but went high. After being injured most of last season, Quinn played her first collegiate home match Sunday at Koskinen Stadium.
Church was able to play 20 players on a warm and muggy night in Durham. The Blue Devils held a 31-6 advantage in shots as 13 different Duke student-athletes attempted at least one shot. Dorsey led the way with a career-high five attempts, while Cobb and Payne each had four.
Redshirt junior Ali Kershner netted the win in goal for Duke as she played the first half allowing only one shot. Redshirt senior Meghan Thomas and freshman EJ Proctor split time in the second half.
"We definitely got better over the weekend than we were last week and that is all we want right now," commented Church.
The Blue Devils will next host the Duke Nike Classic Friday, Sept. 5 and Sunday, Sept. 7 with North Carolina, Penn State and Arkansas seeing action. The Tar Heels and Nittany Lions will kick off the classic Friday at 5:00 p.m., followed by Arkansas versus Duke at 7:30 p.m. The matches on Sunday will start at 12 p.m.
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Bask in the coastal charms of the American South on an active vacation ideal for beginning and casual cyclists. Anchored by the historic cities of Charleston and Savannah, our journey brings us along the scenic Intercoastal Waterway to the idyllic Sea Islands, where we encounter vestiges of a bygone era amidst towering oaks draped with Spanish moss. We'll also pause from pedaling to immerse ourselves in the region's fascinating Gullah culture … partake in a proper Beaufort social, where we'll dance the Virginia Reel … and luxuriate in elegant, distinctive inns that embody the South's legendary hospitality.
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- Cycle along the tranquil Intercoastal Waterway and experience the history and beauty of the Sea Islands
- Marvel at 1,500-year-old Angel Oak, one of the oldest living oak trees in America
- Tour the Charleston Tea Plantation, purveyors of America's only domestically-grown tea
- Dance the Virginia Reel while partaking in a Beaufort social, a time-honored Southern tradition
- Delve deeply in the region's fascinating Gullah culture during a visit to historic Penn Center
- Stroll through the charming streets of Beaufort with a local guide
- Enjoy a walking tour of Savannah, the celebrated "Hostess City of the South"
- Behold the haunting beauty of Wormsloe Plantation, among the South's most photographed sites
- Savor a festive Farewell Dinner at The Old Pink House, a Savannah institution since 1781
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This tour offers options for easy rides throughout the trip. Our VBT van support shuttle is always available for those who need assistance. This vacation is ideal for beginning and casual cyclists.
Average Daily Mileage: 13-28 miles
Average Cycling Time: 2-3 hours
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It was a demoralising defeat for Ana: she led 6-2, 5-2 and went on to hold a total of five match points. Undone by no fewer than 12 double faults, the 15th seed lost in two hours and 32 minutes.
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Patience Philips is a woman who can't seem to stop apologizing for her own existence. She works as a graphic designer for Hedare Beauty, a mammoth cosmetics company on the verge of releasing a revolutionary anti-aging product. When Patience inadvertently happens upon a dark secret her employer is hiding, she finds herself in the middle of a corporate conspiracy. What happens next changes Patience forever. In a mystical twist of fate, she is transformed into a woman with the strength, speed, agility and ultra-keen senses of a cat. With her newfound prowess and feline intuition, Patience becomes Catwoman, a sleek and stealthy creature balancing on the thin line between good and bad. Like any wildcat, she's dangerous, elusive and untamed. Her adventures are complicated by a burgeoning relationship with Tom Lone, a cop who has fallen for Patience but cannot shake his fascination with the mysterious Catwoman, who appears to be responsible for a string of crime sprees plaguing the city.
Cast: Sharon Stone, Lambert Wilson, Benjamin Bratt, Halle Berry, Alex Borstein
Produced by: Edward McDonnell, Denise Di Novi
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Laura purchases her beloved childhood orphanage with dreams of restoring and reopening the long abandoned facility as a place for disabled children. Once there, Laura discovers that the new environment awakens her son's imagination, but the ongoing fantasy games he plays with an invisible friend quickly turn into something more disturbing. Upon seeing her family increasingly threatened by the strange occurrences in the house, Laura looks to a group of parapsychologists for help in unraveling the mystery that has taken over the place.
Cast: Geraldine Chaplin, Belen Rueda, Mabel Rivera, Fernando Cayo, Montserrat Carulla, Belén Rueda
Produced by: Guillermo del Toro, Alvaro Augustin, Mar Targarona, Joaquín Padro
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Wednesday, April 02, 2003KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Walter Sevilla slugged a three-run home run as the Tennessee Volunteers played for the big inning and came away a 11-3 winner over the East Tennessee State Buccaneers at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. With the scored tied 1-1, the Vols (17-11) sent 12 men to the plate in the third as they plated seven runs on four hits in taking an 8-1 lead. Sevilla got the rally started with a three-run blast to left, his second in as many games. After getting two more runs on a balk and wild pitch, pinch hitter Nick Crowe capped the scoring with a two-run double. A couple of unearned runs scored on a Jimbo Watson single and an error to extend the lead to 10-1 in the fourth. Tennessee started with a run in the first on a fielders choice by Javi Herrera after loading the bases. The Bucs (9-16) then answered with one in the second on a ground out by Davis Burklin (Knoxville) that scored Blake Church (Roswell, Ga.) who doubled and took third on an error. They added two more in the eighth on a ground out and an error to cut the lead to 10-3 before Tennessee's Josh Alley tripled home Todd Martin in the bottom of the frame. Rob Fitzgerald (1-0) picked up the win after throwing a designated four innings. He gave up one unearned run and the only two ETSU hits with two strikeouts. Fitzgerald, along with relievers Brandon Crowe and Patrick Green combined to retire 17 straight hitters at one point. Freshman Jack Branston made his debut as he pitched the ninth, striking out two. Steven Calicutt (Spartanburg, S.C.) took the loss as he was roughed up for seven runs (six earned) on five hits in 2 1/3 innings to drop to 2-3 on the year. Five Buc pitchers combined for eight walks and nine strikeouts. The Bucs will be back in action this weekend in a SoCon series at Appalachian State beginning with a doubleheader on Saturday and wrapping up with a single game on Sunday.
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InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong
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- Hong Kong
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In the Heart of the City
The finest city addresses come courtesy of InterContinental hotels. Vibrant, cosmopolitan destinations offer a sanctuary of luxury, from front-row seats over Times Square, New York to stunning spa pools overlooking Hong Kong Harbour. Prestigious city addresses include Sydney Harbour, Dubai, London Park Lane, Mayfair and Paris. Find your premium location in the heart of the city.
Distance 38 KM / 23.61 MI WEST to Hotel
Taxi Charge (one way): HK$350.00 (HKD)
Time by taxi: 40 minutes
Train Charge (one way): HK$60.00 (HKD)
Time by train: 38 minutes
Ferry Charge (one way): HK$0.00 (HKD)
Head south on Sky Plaza Road, turn right onto Cheong Wong Road. Continue onto Route 8, take the exit onto Route 3. Take the exit to Lin Cheung Road, continue onto D1a(n) Road and then D1a(s) Road. Turn left onto Wui Cheung Road, turn right onto Canton Road and left onto Kowloon Park Drive. Stay slightly left on Salisbury Road, turn left onto Science Museum Road and take the 1st left to Mody Road.
Station Name: Hung Hom MTR Station
Distance 1.0 KM / 0.62 MI NORTH EAST to Hotel
Taxi Fee From Train Station: HK$22.00 (HKD)
Subway Name: East Tsimshatsui MTR Station
Distance 0.4 KM / 0.25 MI WEST to Hotel
Subway Station Shuttle Included
Taxi Fee From Subway Station: HK$20.00 (HKD)
1 minute by car to subway station
- Parking Available/15 Spaces
- Daily Self Parking Fee: HK$300.00 (HKD)
- Daily 24-hour valet parking is provided. HK$50 per hour, min. 2 hours. Patrons of The Mistral and Hoi King Heen restaurants are offered complimentary parking service - 2 hours for lunch and 4 hours for dinner. Parking space subject to hotel availability.
- Valet Parking Available: HK$300.00 (HKD)
- Valet Parking Available
- Parking Area Equipped with Lights
A hotel limousine or shuttle bus is available to take you from the airport to the hotel. The hotel limousine operates 24 hours a day and the shuttle bus from 6:30am to 11:00pm. These cost HK$700 for 4-seater limousine, HK$800 for 6-seater MPV (deluxe van) and HK$130 per person respectively and should be booked in advance with the concierge or at Exit A (A13 counter) in the arrival hall. Otherwise guests can take an airport taxi which will cost approximately HK$300.


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It's time to meet your match, people—your four-legged match! Once again the ASPCA is teaming up with dozens of animal shelters across the country for the second-annual ASPCA Mega Match-a-thon! This weekend (October 18-20), nearly 40 animal rescues across the country are joining forces to co-host some epic adoption events. We threw down more than $278,000 in grants to help make it happen.
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InterContinental Sydney
- 117 Macquarie Street
- Sydney , 2000
- Australia
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The finest city addresses come courtesy of InterContinental hotels. Vibrant, cosmopolitan destinations offer a sanctuary of luxury, from front-row seats over Times Square, New York to stunning spa pools overlooking Hong Kong Harbour. Prestigious city addresses include Sydney Harbour, Dubai, London Park Lane, Mayfair and Paris. Find your premium location in the heart of the city.
Distance 12 KM / 7.46 MI SOUTH to Hotel
Taxi Charge (one way): $50.00 (AUD)
Time by taxi: 15 to 30 minutes
Train Charge (one way): $15.80 (AUD)
Time by train: 19 to 27 minutes
Ferry Charge (one way): $0.00 (AUD)
North to Sydney along southern cross dr. drive approx 6 mi & through Eastern Distributor tunnel. Take Macquarie St/City turn off & turn right down Macquarie St. The hotels heritage listed treasury building is prominent on the corner of Bridge St.
Station Name: Circular Quay
Distance 0.5 KM / 0.31 MI NORTH to Hotel
Taxi Fee From Train Station: $0.00 (AUD)
Subway Name: There is no subway in Sydney.
Distance 0.0 KM / 0 MI Taxi Fee From Subway Station: $0.00 (AUD)
Head North to Sydney along Southern Cross Drive/Metroad 1 for approximately 6min (8km) via Eastern Distributor tunnel. Take Macquarie St Exit keeping right at fork. Turn right onto Macquarie St. Take first left onto Bridge Street then first right on to Phillip St. Hotel's entrance will be on immediate right. Enter the hotel via driveway for car to be valet parked in hotel's car park. (Note: Hotel's entrance is located on the corner of Phillip and Bridge Street). Road closures are in place during special events inlcuding Saturday, 5 October and Tuesday, 31 December.


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Torticollis affects the ability to control neck muscles from contracting. This causes the head to turn and tilt to one side, and the chin to point to the opposite side. Sometimes one shoulder is lifted. The muscle contraction may be constant or may come and go.
The causes of torticollis are not well understood. Causes may include:
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Symptoms may include:
Torticollis ranges from mild to severe. It usually progresses slowly for 1-5 years, and then stays the same. However, torticollis may last for life and can result in limited movement and deformed posture.
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Dystonia Medical Research Foundation
National Spasmodic Torticollis Association
The College of Family Physicians of Canada
Health Canada
Cervical dystonia. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at:
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Cervical dystonia (spasmodic torticollis). Dystonia Medical Research Foundation website. Available at:
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Collins A, Jankovic J. Botulinum toxin injection for congenital muscular torticollis presenting in children and adults.
Neurology. 2006;67:1083-1085.
Corrado G, Fossati C, et al. Irritable oesophagus: A new cause of Sandifer's syndrome.
Acta Paediatr. 2006;95:1509-1510.
Dystonias fact sheet. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke website. Available at:
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Herman MJ. Torticollis in infants and children: common and unusual causes.
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Preto TE, Dalvi A, et al. A prospective blinded evaluation of deep brain stimulation for the treatment of secondary dystonia and primary torticollis syndromes.
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PaulaBe on Jun 8, 2015 at 16:24:07
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FYI, this design looks GREAT on the Girly Boat Neck.
ksschwartz on Mar 24, 2013 at 02:49:35
I love the design but I got first shirt with yellow staining under arms, and they send me another to replace it but also yellow stain under arms. Bummer now they are totally out or the sizes I need, and the stain didn't come out in the wash. Please reprint!
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Sad that women's shirt cuts off the design at the collar
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If only it wasn't the whole t-shirt...
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Is there a particular reason why neck pickups on guitars are often placed exactly where an open string harmonic is found ? Years ago I suffered from 'lost harmonics' till I realised that the one directly over the neck pickup won't sound if only that pickup is on. It was trying to pick up the part of the string that was NOT vibrating !Switch another pickup on, and the same harmonic can be heard.
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The example is just that and doesn't reflect actual D55 values.
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Sent the board today, you should get it in the next couple days. The way it sounds... you will be much better off if you used the board i sent you just the way it is. But i would still put the new scrs in it so it will idle down on its own. Also since their only a couple dollars a piece i would get brand new scrs to put in it, theres a chance that the ones in the board you have could have been fried since you put em in.
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I agree, they were cheap enough I will orders few more, may try to replace the Zener diode in my fried board just for kicks. I do appreciate everything. I will keep you posted on the progress. I love the old aead, it is mounted on my service truck and has been a great unit so far.
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Update for anyone interested. Replaced the Zener diode #55 and still the same result. Still blows the inline fuse I put in. I am a pretty good parts changed but not such a good troubleshooter on electronics.
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The way into heaven is by admitting you're a bad boy and begging to be forgiven by the only One who can forgive you.
Forgiveness for what exactly? I mean, I've done some thoughtless and selfish things from time to time but nothing that really merits eternal torture. If God is so loving and forgiving, then why would he force you, under threat of torture, to ask forgiveness for paltry transgressions? It seems to me the greater transgression is his, torturing people via eternal damnation merely for lack of sufficient subservience.
8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
10 And the thing which he did displeased the Lord: wherefore he slew him also.
10 And the thing which he did displeased the Lord: wherefore he slew him also.
Well, we've got a healthy does of pride. That's one of the 7 biggies.
If there are no pictures it didn't happen.The lord did a lot of slewing in those days. I definitely would not have hung out with that guy-- sounds like he's got a little Joe Pesci in Goodfellas thing going on-- will just beat a ############ to death because he's having a bad day or doesn't like the guy's haircut.
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Button brings it home for Japanese fans... Vettel's podium clinches second title... Webber fights through to fourth... and Hamilton and Massa are at it again!
Jenson Button won the race but Sebastian Vettel won the Drivers' World Championship for the second year in a row at an enthralling Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka on Sunday.
With Ferrari's Fernando Alonso second and Vettel third, it was an all-World Champion podium as a delighted crowd greeted Button, who has a Japanese partner and a special affinity with the country, and gave a rapturous response to Vettel's achievement in becoming the sport's youngest double World Champion.
Vettel, needing just one point for the crown, had to survive an early scare when he moved across aggressively from pole position – his 12th of the year, his 27th in all – to fend off the fast-starting Button, whose McLaren shared the front row with the Red Bull star.
"Surely he'll get a penalty for that?" asked Button straight away on team radio, and the news came quickly that the incident was under investigation by the stewards, guided this weekend by Australia's 1980 World Champion Alan Jones.
But by lap six of the 53 they had decided the German had no case to answer and in the early stages it seemed the others had no answer to the Red Bull's pace as Vettel streaked away into the lead. Then, as predicted, Pirelli's tyres again began to play their part in the outcome of another action-packed race.
The top three finishers all stopped three times, starting on the yellow 'soft' option and then putting together longer stints on the white 'medium' prime tyre. In first as early as lap nine, Vettel was back in the pits after 19 laps – and this time Button was close enough to follow the Red Bull in a lap later, complete his stop and emerge as leader of the race.
Although Button relinquished first place in the third frenetic round of pit stops, allowing Michael Schumacher to lead for Mercedes, the 2009 World Champion was back in control by lap 41.
If he thought it would be a stroll to the flag, he had to think again when Alonso's Ferrari also jumped Vettel at the final round of stops.
The Spaniard came on strong in the closing stages, closing to under a second before Button responded with the fastest lap of the race on lap 52 to seal his third win of the season and his first in Japan.
"This circuit is very special to all of us, so to get a victory in front of a big Japanese crowd really does mean a lot," said a delighted Button, whose helmet carried special messages of support to the disaster-stricken nation.
"I want to thank every single person here in Japan who's supported us – hopefully we've planted a happy memory in their minds, because a lot of Japan has been through difficult times this year. We did our best and we put on a fantastic show."
"Where to start?" asked Vettel as he tried to sum up his feelings on another historic F1 occasion. "There is no secret – it's step by step. In a way the hardest thing is winning again after winning last year. It's been such a long year, and the good thing is that it's not over yet!"
Behind the top three Mark Webber came on song in the middle section of the race and brought the second Red Bull home in fourth place from sixth on the grid. The Aussie, though, now faces an uphill struggle in his bid to finish the year in second place as both Button and Alonso hold the advantage over him with just four races to go.
The simmering little feud between Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa continued on-track as the McLaren and Ferrari clashed at Turn 16 just short of half-distance. Once again the stewards had a look but once again they decided it was a racing incident and took no further action.
Hamilton went on to finish fifth, one place ahead of Michael Schumacher, having one of his strongest outings of the season for Mercedes.
With Massa seventh, Sauber's Sergio Perez again underlined his resolve by coming home seventh ahead of a fast-finishing Vitaly Petrov in the Renault and Nico Rosberg, who brought the second Mercedes through the field from the back row to claim the final World Championship point of the day.
The solitary retirement was Sebastien Buemi's Toro Rosso, which shed its right front wheel soon after its first pit stop. Australia's Daniel Ricciardo was 22nd of the 23 finishers with the satisfaction of beating his HRT teammate Tonio Liuzzi.
"I never imagined I would win one Championship and so to win this second one is amazing," Vettel concluded. "I have a lot of good memories from Formula One, from watching it when I was young, to now and I feel fortunate and blessed to experience today."
The next race is this weekend in Korea.
Q: Sebastian Vettel is the ninth driver to win back-to-back F1 titles. Can you name the other eight?
A: Alberto Ascari (1952-53), Juan Manuel Fangio (1954-55-56-57), Sir Jack Brabham (1959-60), Alain Prost (1985-86), Ayrton Senna (1990-91), Michael Schumacher (1994-95 and 2000-2004), Mika Hakkinen (1998-99) and Fernando Alonso (2005-06).
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3. Alonso 202
4. Webber 194
5. Hamilton 178
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Kim Horn�s roots in Michigan are deep, having grown up near Flint and worked in the automotive industry-rich state most of her career.
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She also has worked with people from Kaiser Permanente for the past decade or so, a factor that helped land her current position. Kaiser Permanente undertook a national search for a new president after Marilyn Kawamura, who had led the health care group for the previous 12 years, announced her retirement about a year ago. Kawamura agreed to remain as president until a successor was named.
Horn�s partnerships with Kaiser began when she led Michigan health systems and her track record put her over the top of other candidates, Bernard Tyson, Kaiser�s president and COO, said in a statement. �We�re confident Kim�s experience and proven track record — and partnership with the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group — will help strengthen the expansion of capacity and internalization efforts currently under way in the region,� he said.
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The company unveiled other new centers in Washington and McLean, Va., in the past year. Another center is slated to open in Halethorpe near Baltimore in April, and the Largo facility will be undergoing major upgrades as well. Kaiser serves more than 500,000 members in Maryland, Washington and Virginia, with some 82,000 patients in Montgomery County.
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Growing up in a small town, Horn remembers a local hospital administrator talking to her about his job as she ate with her parents in a diner when she was 12. She took a health care co-op job in high school and was hooked.
�I�ve known since I was young what I wanted to do,� Horn said.
After graduating from the University of Michigan with a bachelor�s degree in business administration, Horn held executive positions with various medical systems in that state: controller for Physicians Health Plan in Lansing, CFO and COO of Mercy Health Plan in Farmington Hills, and president and CEO of Priority Health in Grand Rapids.
In some 15 years leading Priority Health, Horn oversaw a fivefold increase in membership growth to some 600,000, with annual revenues growing from about $168 million to $2.3 billion.
She built Priority Health into one of the fastest-growing not-for-profit health plans in the nation, said Richard C. Breon, president and CEO of Spectrum Health, the parent of Priority Health.
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Probably the most important lesson she learned from one of several mentors was to develop a plan and stick with it, Horn said. One, in particular, was fond of saying, �You can't get anywhere when you don�t know where you want to go,� she said.
Along the way, Horn got involved in the lobbying group Michigan Association of Health Plans, serving as president of that organization that represented 17 health plans.
Her leaving the state is a big loss, said Rick Murdock, executive director of the Michigan Association of Health Plans.
�She is a health care visionary, focused on efficiency, innovation and quality,� Murdock said. �As president of the association, she helped drive us to bring disparate voices together toward a cohesive agenda.�
Horn knows that she will be judged on how fast she can lead membership growth at Kaiser in the local market, which is led by Aetna. She plans to work hard at marketing Kaiser�s strengths, which include doing well in industry ratings for delivery and member satisfaction.
Kaiser scored above average in 14 of 22 quality-control performance measures in a recent report by the Maryland Health Care Commission, with Cigna having the second most above-average scores with eight.
�My goal is to make health care better for our patients,� Horn said. �Health care costs too much. We want to provide people with better care at a lower cost.�
The federal health care reform law is presenting challenges for medical groups like Kaiser to fulfill the obligation of getting more people insured, she said.
�I see health care reform as a huge opportunity,� Horn said. �An increasing number of people will have the opportunity to select Kaiser Permanente.�


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JOHNSONBURG – The Johnsonburg track and field team heads into the new season with returning state qualifiers and improving younger athletes.
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Standard, Next Day, Saturday & Sunday UK delivery
We offer a FREE standard delivery service on orders over £20, as well as Next Day, Saturday & Sunday delivery options to UK addresses. Click here for more details
Click & Collect
Using our Click & Collect service your order will be delivered to a choice of over 50 Evans Cycles stores nationwide for collection. This service is FREE of charge for all orders. To check store stock and collection times, use the "Check store stock" button above. Click here for more details
International delivery (Incl BFPO, ROI, Channel Island & Isle of Man)
We offer a FREE delivery service on most International orders. Orders delivered outside the EU are exempt from VAT. To calculate the charges for your order simply add products to your basket and proceed through the checkout process, where you will need to enter your delivery details. Our website will present you with the relevant delivery options and the charges for your basket of goods. Click here for more details.
Easy Returns
Our priority is to ensure that you are highly satisfied with your purchase. In the unlikely event that you are not, please feel free to return your goods within 90 days of the purchase date for a full exchange or refund. Returns can be made in your local store or sent back to our distribution centre.


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Photo Courtesy of Raplh Wenig
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