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God's plan for our lives by way of 'the scenic route'
After writing about the subject of faith last week in my column, a dear friend sent me this quote: "Faith is the bridge between where I am and the place God is taking me."
I believe that to be true. Christians are depicted in many writings and sermons as being "on a journey." Going back as far as "Pilgrim's Progress," one of the first Christian books I ever read, the journey is mentioned often, and we meet various people and obstacles along the way in the allegory. John Bunyan (1628-1688), an English Christian writer and preacher, wrote "The Pilgrim's Progress." Bunyan was a Reformed Baptist but is also remembered by the Church of England with a Lesser Festival on Aug. 30, and on liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church (US) on Aug. 29.
"The Pilgrim's Progress" has been printed in more than 200 languages and has never been out of print since its first presentation. The allegory was first printed in February 1678 and was initially distributed in two main sections.
My dear Uncle Donald Baughcum of Atlanta, Ga., was always noted in our family for helping to ensure that all of us children saw the sights available to be seen when we were with him in the car, that we visited all of the unusual or interesting places in the area, and attended the various plays, games, presentations and events that time and finances would allow. Often, we would spend an entire afternoon walking in the woods discovering leaves, trees, sometimes small animals, or simply enjoy a flowing little creek or stream.
One of the things that nearly drove our Aunt Minnie over the edge was that when one traveled with Uncle Donald, you seldom, if ever, took the same route twice. We could be going to the grocery story and travel to and from on completely different roads. Only when we saw our street or sometimes the house itself did we know we were nearing home. He loved adventure and learning until the day he died. Many of the family members joked that traveling with Uncle Donald always meant you'd take "the scenic route." In other words, you would not necessarily know where you were, but you could bet your bottom dollar you'd have fun and see something you'd likely never seen before.
And of course, choosing the scenic route or the road less traveled often took much more gasoline, sometimes purchased food, and always time. I never remember one time his stopping to ask for directions. We would just wind around until where we got where he wanted us to be and then finally home. But the things we saw and learned are still with me today, even after Uncle Donald has gone on to heaven.
Our Christian journey often involves taking "the scenic route," too. We may not get where we are going in a direct line, from point to point or as the crow flies. God has designed this journey for each of us, and I find great delight in knowing that He often deems it necessary for us to take "the scenic route," but look at what we've seen, the people we've met, and the fun we've had along the way. I would not have it any other way, even if I could.
The secret is to realize early on that our Guide knows the way He has chosen, the paths He has perfected, and the pitfalls we will face. We are promised that He will be with us every step of the way. Some days it is easier to forget that He is in charge than others.
If we had the time and space to interview dozens of Christians who are trying to live for the Lord on a daily basis, I would surmise that the one thing we would all have in common is that we did not get to where God led us by a direct route. More often than not, God chooses to lead us by way of a scenic route. There are often detours, broken roads, and indirect diversions.
When we start out to serve the Lord in any venture, whether it is teaching a child's Sunday school class, working in an Awana program, serving as a camp counselor, or even taking on the heavy duties of filling a pulpit, we most likely experienced detours that took us off course, sent us an entirely different direction, or caused us time-consuming delays. Perhaps we fretted about each of them along the way. Only now in my life do I realize more fully that God had a plan for me the entire time. He has one for you, too, so enjoy the journey as we travel by faith to where He is leading us each day.Brenda Cannon Henley can be reached at (409) 781-8788 or at brendacannonhenley [at] yahoo [dot] com.


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When a video of dairy cows being punched and prodded with pitchforks was recently released by an animal rights group, it made the rounds on YouTube and generated the expected angry responses.
But it also raised a flurry of outrage from another corner of the Internet: Farmers fought back, blogging, tweeting, uploading their own videos and chatting on Facebook to defend their industry and explain the abuse did not represent their practices.
Growers aren't usually thought of as a wired, social-networking bunch. But frustration at being the targets of tech-wise environmental or animal rights groups has inspired them to get involved with social media and answer in kind.
Armed with smart phones that allow them to post status updates from a tractor seat and increasingly comfortable issuing pithy one-liners on the short-messaging site Twitter, they're going online to tell their own stories, connect to a public they feel doesn't understand them, exchange information and break the isolation they feel on the farm.
"There is so much negative publicity out there, and no one was getting our message out," said Ray Prock Jr., a second-generation Central California dairy farmer whose blog posts and tweets relay information on everything from emergency drills for handling manure spills to lactose intolerance.
Prock was among those who responded to the video, taking time out from his family vacation to vent his frustration.
"Every other farmer I know who cares for animals has at one time or another put those animals' well being ahead of their own or their families' time or needs," he wrote on his blog.
Prock's wife and two children live on the 240-acre farm, and his 9-year-old son has started helping his father, uncles and grandfather care for the family's 450 cows.
"This is where my family lives — I care for the air, and the water, the environment, the cows," Prock said, walking through the open, airy barns. "This is what I wish I could show people."
The dairy industry in particular has been the focus of undercover videotaping by animals rights groups. In one video released on YouTube, a cow too weak to walk to slaughter is run over by a forklift operator. In another video posted in October, workers at a Vermont slaughterhouse kicked day-old calves.
Farmers say the videos are shocking but don't represent how their animals are treated. They worry Americans won't realize this because they're several generations removed from life on the farm, don't know any farmers and have little idea how their food is produced. The only information about food and farming that most people get comes from the Internet, and exchanges were taking place on sites like YouTube or Twitter without any input from farmers.
"We weren't part of the conversation," Prock said. "And if we aren't telling our story, other people will, and they'll tell it the way they want to."
He now has nearly 11,000 followers on Twitter — many of them farmers empathizing about things like working in 100-plus degree heat. But he also answers questions from followers trying to make sense of the buzzwords they hear: What makes a cow "free range," or what exactly constitutes a "family farm"?
Prock and a handful of other farmers also have started the AgChat Foundation, which aims get more farmers on YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and other sites to explain what they do on the farm and answer questions from the public.
They're holding their first social media training in August and hope to soon have grants for farmers who are interested in social media but don't have the tools — smart phones, laptops and broadband Internet connections — that would make social networking easier.
Kelly Rivard, a 20-year-old college student in Chicago, started posting on Twitter and blogging about agriculture on her site, Midwestern Gold, in part as a way to keep in touch with farming.
The interest from farmers she met online was such that next month she'll give her first crash course in Chicago on using social media for farm advocacy.
"The idea is to slowly introduce them, even if they don't use it right away," she said.
Others are finding the interactive media are just the simplest, most direct way of sharing information.
Matthew Fidelibus, a researcher and farm adviser for the University of California, Davis, started using Twitter as a way to get important information to grape growers quickly — if the risk of powdery mildew on grapevines was high for a particular region, farmers could react in time, for example.
A tool like Facebook, which allows participants to share photos or video, takes the interaction further. Farmers can post a picture of something problematic — say, a worm they can't identify — and get advice from experts like Fidelibus or each other immediately.
Social sites are ideal for this purpose — easy, fast and free, at a time when state support for university extension programs is dwindling, he said.
National marketing groups that represent farmers have also taken action. In California's Central Valley, there have been three panels over the last three months on farm uses for social media as part of various ag related conferences.
Dairy Management Inc., a group funded by dairy producers, hired a 20-something to help their members learn to navigate social Web sites.
After three webinars and two in-person trainings, Jolene Griffin has given 1,200 farmers and others involved in agriculture her basic pitch on what social media is about and how to best use it.
"We tell them you can do this from your phone in the milking parlor," she said. "There are so many applications, but we really encourage them to just pick one, dip their toes into it, get familiar with it."
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Ray Prock Jr.: http://raylindairy.wordpress.com/
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Art history majors develop a keen aesthetic sense plus excellent research, analytical, and communication skills—launching pads for many careers. Some art history majors go on to graduate school in architecture, museum studies, or law. Others pursue gallery and arts management, teaching, or nonprofit work. The major imparts a crucial combination of aesthetic appreciation and historical knowledge.
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Our campus is your canvas: The university is set amid some of the world's premier art institutions, including the Museum of Fine Arts, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and the Institute of Contemporary Art (which is located in one of the country's oldest artist colonies, Fort Point). Boston is an architecturally rich city, home to influential buildings and monuments—from Boston City Hall to the Massachusetts State House—which will play a key role in your studies.
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Beneath a large town in Belgium there is an underground graveyard. Back in the 1800's they realised there wasnt place left to bury the dead, so they went underground.
Its been closed for many years now, because of the possibility of collapsing. They are started to renovate it by now, but there wont be any people left who actually knows any of the burried people.
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Visited this place that I found online while researching other bits and pieces for a day out in Norfolk. So thought it would be a shame not to visit... Did not have high hopes for it, but it was not to bad... 5 of us rolled into the house and being it was only a two bedroom cottage there was not a lot of room.
Over all it is in not bad condition, and has a few interesting bits and bobs left behind including a Dead bird in one of the bedrooms..
I searched online and could not find any history for the place, apart from what is listed on the estate agents websites.. All in this pukka little cottage as it stands will only set you back £250k.
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The original draining guide everyone reads was written for the Australian drainage systems and didn't cover many of the issues found in draining in the UK.
If you are thinking of heading into your first drain I would personally recommend starting with a culvert where you normally wouldn't find methane or H2S gasses.
You should also consider if you have claustrophobia or arachnophobia, some people don't think of this first but when your thigh deep in water with spiders the size of a child's fist above you it really isn't the best time to discover you don't like being in a wet, dark, enclosed space with massive spiders.
On the note of spiders, most UK spiders are not poisonous but the Faux Widow and a couple of others can give quite a nasty bite, these spiders are normally found in the south/ south west of England.
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1. Culverts/Underground Watercourses.
A culvert is a drain or pipe that allows water to flow under a road, trainline, town, or similar obstruction.
It is not uncommon for Combined Sewers (see below) in close proximity to a culvert to have an overflow within the culvert, conveniently out of the gaze of the general public. Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO) allow an amount of flow from the sewer to discharge into the culverted watercourse during times of excessive rainfall, usually via a screened overflow set-up, to avoid the sewer becoming surcharged.
The dangers in culverts are varied but include; trip hazards from debris washed in, tidal flooding, flash flooding, bad air and build-up of gasses from attached sewer outfalls.
Culverts are safer than sewer or CSO systems.
2. Storm Drains.
Storm drains by their very nature are designed to handle a large amount of water in a hurry.
Most of the time storm drains will have little water but have a large catchment area and can fill quickly.
The most common UK storm drains that get visited are;
Bunker – Warrington
Dreadnaught – Bristol
Flo-Selecta – Derby
Storm drains can have CSO systems attached as well as storm water holding tanks.
The dangers of culverts are still present in storm drains but the risk of flooding is far greater.
Always check the weather before heading into a storm drain and in the case of the system out falling onto a major river also check the local tide times.
3. Sewers and CSO systems.
A sanitary sewer (also called a foul sewer) is a separate underground carriage system specifically for transporting sewage from houses and commercial buildings to treatment or disposal. Sanitary sewers serving industrial areas also carry industrial waste water.
A combined sewer is a type of sewer system that collects sanitary sewage and storm water runoff in a single pipe system. Combined sewers can cause serious water pollution problems due to combined sewer overflows, which are caused by large variations in flow between dry and wet weather. This type of sewer design is no longer used in building new communities, but many older cities continue to operate combined sewers.
Sewer systems are the most dangerous drainage systems to explore with risks such as potentially explosive methane gas, bacterial infection, sudden flooding from rain or a penstock opening further upstream releasing a large flow of what can barely be called water and the big one hydrogen sulphide H2S is a colourless, odorless gas that at higher concentration is more dangerous than cyanide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_sulfide
Another issue is Weil's disease which is passed along in infected water from animal urine, after 3 days or so you suffer severe headaches, red eyes, muscle pains, fatigue, nausea, fever and in some cases a rash and hallucinations.
If its really bad dose symptoms include hemorrhaging from the mouth, eyes and internally. There is significant and rapid organ damage: liver and kidney failure can occur within 10 days, leading to jaundice (these are the only cases that can properly be called Weil's disease). Hospitalization, followed by antibiotics and often dialysis, will be required if the patient is to survive. Recovery can take months.
Drain exploration can be a very rewarding and here in the UK we don't have many of the risks found abroad such as animals that will kill you with a bite or intense sudden downpours of rain resulting in flash flooding.
Once you understand the risks and use a little common sense you'll be wading around underground in no time.


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On November 24, 2003, the Commission instituted administrative proceedings against Bruce Follick, Salvatore Tavolacci, Karl Donovan, Aaron Sandstrom, Derek Shapiro, and Donald Brooks.
On April 11, 2002, Follick, Tavolacci, Shapiro, and Sandstrom were permanently enjoined by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York from violating the securities registration and antifraud provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Donovan and Brooks were similarly enjoined on May 31, 2002. The complaint in the civil injunctive action alleged that, at various times from at least April 1997 through July 1999, Follick, Tavolacci, Donovan, Sandtrom, Shapiro, and Brooks directed a sales force which solicited purchases in fraudulent offerings of at least five securities. The sales force sold the stock to retail customers by means of a high pressure sales pitch that included numerous material misrepresentations and omissions.
Follick, Tavolacci, Donovan, Sandstrom, Shapiro, and Brooks all pled guilty to criminal charges arising out of the same conduct that gave rise to the civil injunctive action. Follick was convicted on August 20, 2002, and the other defendants were convicted on various dates between February and May 2001. In particular, they were convicted of securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud. They received sentences ranging from 18 to 51 months in federal prison.
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Gabe Powers would have avoided all this if he would've just ran that red light...
When their getaway car is damaged and their driver shot, a trio of criminals kidnaps a hostage carjacks an innocent bystander (or bysitter in this case, I suppose). In the car is an ill child in need of medical attention. The gang forces the driver to leave the city and avoid the police, despite his son's condition. What follows is a real time account of a very twisted day.
Towards the end of his career, now in his 60s and constantly overshadowed by younger filmmakers like Dario Argento, Mario Bava attempted to rejuvenate his filmography with Kidnapped (or Rabid Dogs, or Cani arrabbiati, Semaforo rosso, Wild Dogs, etc.), a grim and gritty thriller like no other film in his collection. The multi-nominal feature was the victim of studio aliments, producer deaths, and a general lack of funding, and was never finished or released. After several years of diligent work, lead actress Lea Lander finally secured the rights and the film was released in a rough cut form as Rabid Dogs. This version found it's way onto American DVD thanks to the efforts of Image Entertainment.
Now that the initial release has been out of print forever, Anchor Bay is releasing the recut, rescored, and partially reshot version under the title Kidnapped. Bava's son, Lamberto, a protégé of both his father and Dario Argento, who frankly never amounted to much as a filmmaker, in my opinion, has added a few additional shots his father never filmed and tightened the editing. Like most post-mortem fiddlings, this leads to a less accomplished motion picture. Most of this review will refer to the original rough cut.
The beauty of Rabid Dogs is that it's about as raw as cheese-grated flesh. Bava has always, and will always be known for his incredible polish and attention to detail. Rabid Dogs features very few bravado camera moves, its colours and lighting are real-world derived, and the framing is often disgustingly tight. The film is meant to evoke a documentary or news reel feel, much like the work filmmakers Sam Peckinpah (both The Getaway, and Straw Dogs are obvious influences) and William Friedkin ( The French Connection is another obvious influence) were pumping out at the time. The style is again common in these modern days of reality TV and post-70s film revival.
To digress, the Friedkin connection is kind of ironic considering Friedkin was obviously influenced by Bava in his later hit The Exorcist, and Bava then ended up directing Shock, which was sold as a pseudo-sequel to an Exorcist rip off called Behind the Door or Chi sei?, and retitled Behind the Door II. Anyway, the point is that Rabid Dogs is a special film that represents an ingrained and aging filmmakers successful attempt at reinvention. The tragedy is that the public never saw the film in Bava's lifetime, and his final directorial work on Shock was more or less a regression.
Rabid Dogs is dirty in a way only found in low to medium budgeted, mid-70s thrillers, a purposefully gritty style that was popular in B-pictures (and some A-pictures) all over the world. The film is grainy, the lighting unflattering, but these are all the means to a very realistic end. The actors sweat like skewed boars throughout the rapid timeline, their greasy facades making the viewer feel the uncomfortable, literally and figuratively 'hot' nature of the situation. In spite of a few off story threads and some overwrought acting, not to mention the dated look of the clothes and hairstyles, it's next to impossible not to get wrapped up in this nearly nihilistic tale of crime.
Rabid Dogs looks like the film of a young man, an angry young man. It doesn't quite manage the peaks of anger that bleed from Peckinpah's best work, but there is a palpable ferocity. The immediacy of the threat, and spiteful realism of the characters is the kind of thing that makes the film worthy of the lofty title of 'Long Lost Classic'. There are some script problems (though not any plot holes, as is the norm for Italy in the period), and I could use with even more obstacles thrown into the road, but the overall effect is pretty breathtaking.
Lamberto's recut is tighter, but the new scenes take a lot away from the film's final twist (a real doozy), and are very, very obviously directed by a less talent filmmaker in a different time period. The musical score is much slicker and less repetitive, but is all wrong for the film, especially after seeing the original cut and score. I admit that Rabid Dogs has some editing issues, but there is no way I'd call it an inferior product, despite Bava Jr.'s insistence that his father would hate the rough cut's release. The only addition to the rough cut (differing from the Image release) I noticed was the new opening titles, which I enjoyed very much.
Both versions of the film appear well worn, but not surprisingly Kidnapped is slightly cleaner overall. Both versions are anamorphically enhanced, and feature several of the same pitfalls, though they are slightly enhanced on the work print version. For a work print, Rabid Dogs is pretty stunning actually. The recently added scenes on Kidnapped stick out like big old sore thumbs because the film quality doesn't even come close to matching.
There are artefacts aplenty on both versions, including some thin track lines and chunks of dirt. Colours seem well represented, though contrast levels are very high, creating sharp edges between skin and sweat. The grain is omnipresent, but fine enough, and serves the film well. I can't say either transfer is a revelation, but unlike some of Bava's Technicolor work, not to mention his more artistically planed black and white features, I prefer this film dirty.
Kidnapped features, in addition to its new score, a new Italian dub track (most Italian films of the style and era were filmed without sound). The track features much more accurate lip-sync, and the performances are a little better. The redubed sound effect (gunshots, tires squealing, etc.) sound far too modern. The original version may sound a bit artificial, but it is a familiar artificiality to anyone who's seen more than a few '70s era Italian thrillers. The fidelity of the Kidnapped track may be more impressive than the tinny distortion of the Rabid Dogs track, but it ends up sounding like a lie.
As in the films included on the other Anchor Bay Bava release of the week, Kidnapped features a commentary from Bava expert and biographer Tim Lucas, taken from the earlier Image release (on his blog, Lucas warns that the English script he takes credit for on the track is not used on the Anchor Bay release). Lucas' track is one of those tracks that makes any historical or critical content found in my review moot. He's unsurprisingly prepared and full of important info, but he also manages to make critical notes on the film, which is uncommon for 'expert' tracks. The track isn't wall-to-wall, as Lucas takes plenty of breathers, but I can't really think of much else I'd like to hear about the film, it's director, or it's actors.
The commentary is complemented by a 16 minute documentary, entitled End of the Road, about the film's rough and tumble birth, and eventual release. The doc doesn't cover much ground not already covered by Lucas, but puts faces to the names, and allows the usual suspects to put the situation in their own words. Noticeably missing from the doc are all the actors except for Lea Lander, who I already mentioned was the person that finally secured the right to release the film. I know some of the actors are dead, but am especially curious as to what grindhouse favourite George Eastman had to say about the film.
I suppose the inclusion of Rabid Dogs is kind of an extra in itself, as this DVD could very easily have been only the inferior recut version. I'm not inclined to include this in my final score, but appreciate it. Things are finished up with a collection of Bava trailers.
It's always great when a lost gem is found, and it's even better when the gem is worth the dig. Kidnapped and Rabid Dogs are both worthy films, but only the latter deserves a spot on Bava fan's must-see lists. Those disinterested in Italian horror, but fanatical about '70s crime cinema like that of Sidney Lumet, William Friedkin, and Sam Peckinpah will also want to add it to their list. This DVD includes an invaluable commentary track from the always invaluable Tim Lucas, and more than passable A/V.
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Release Date: 3rd April 2007
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital Mono Italian
Subtitles: English
Extras: Tim Lucas Commentary, End of the Road, Mario Bava Bio
Easter Egg: No
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Director: Mario Bava
Cast: Riccardo Cucciolla, Lea Lander, Maurice Poli, George Eastman, Don Backy
Genre: Crime
Length: 96 minutes
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- Since you are interested in the teachings of Master Nan Haui Chin (I'm not familiar with him or his teachings--I had to look him up just now), have you looked into whether he has any direct disciples that also teach?
- Does he teach in a particular tradition that you are attracted to (Chan, Taoism)? If so, have you looked to see if there are teachers in the tradition that you gravitate to?
- Have you looked to see what your local area has to offer for meditation practice and instruction? I know that sometimes it can be hard to find a local resource to learn meditation. Please do take a look around and see what you can find, you may be surprised!
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Whoever knowingly and willfully files any false or fraudulent entry or claim for the payment of drawback, allowance, or refund of duties upon the exportation of merchandise, or knowingly or willfully makes or files any false affidavit, abstract, record, certificate, or other document, with a view to securing the payment to himself or others of any drawback, allowance, or refund of duties, on the exportation of merchandise, greater than that legally due thereon, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both, and such merchandise or the value thereof shall be forfeited.
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BATAVIA – The Batavia City Council on Monday rejected a recommendation from the Batavia Historic Preservation Commission to upgrade the historical classification of a building at 106 N. River St. from "contributing" to "significant."
"It is nothing more than an old frame building," said 7th Ward Alderman Dave Brown, chairman of the Community Development Committee. "It doesn't meet any of our codes."
Despite objections from Batavia Mayor Jeff Schielke, the commission last month decided to stick with its recommendation to upgrade the building's classification.
Schielke contended there was no historical significance to the building other than the signs on it.
"If it were to be demolished, the applicant would first have to apply to the city for a demolition permit," Brown said. "We could make it a stipulation that the signs be preserved."
Schielke had given commissioners a history of the building and the surrounding area, explaining how the area previously was frequented by farmers to obtain feed and farming equipment and bring milk to the nearby creamery.
He was concerned that upgrading the classification of the building could hinder potential redevelopment of the property.
"That is probably a prime site for redevelopment in the near future," Schielke had said.
Historic Preservation Commissioner Steve Vasilion told aldermen at last week's Community Development Committee meeting that the commission's biggest concern was making sure the building's signs were preserved.
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Sen Saxby Chambliss to retire
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) announced today that he will not run for re-election in 2014, becoming the second Senator to announce retirement plans for the next mid-term election.
Chambliss faced an almost certain challenge from a more conservative Republican candidate, and his decision seems certain to produce a wide-open GOP primary in Georgia.
Here is a statement released by Chambliss this morning:
"After much contemplation and reflection, I have decided not to run for re-election to the Senate in 2014.
'This is a decision Julianne and I have thought through and prayed about for many weeks. I am humbled by and grateful for the extraordinary trust of Georgians, who have allowed me to represent them for 20 years in the United States House and Senate.
"I am proud of my conservative voting record in fulfilling those duties. In 2008, I was honored to receive more votes than any other statewide elected official in the history of Georgia. Lest anyone think this decision is about a primary challenge, I have no doubt that had I decided to be a candidate, I would have won re-election. In these difficult political times, I am fortunate to have actually broadened my support around the state and the nation due to the stances I have taken.
"Instead, this is about frustration, both at a lack of leadership from the White House and at the dearth of meaningful action from Congress, especially on issues that are the foundation of our nation's economic health. The debt-ceiling debacle of 2011 and the recent fiscal-cliff vote showed Congress at its worst and, sadly, I don't see the legislative gridlock and partisan posturing improving anytime soon. For our nation to be strong, for our country to prosper, we cannot continue to play politics with the American economy.
"I never intended to come to Washington and stay for 20 years. But in that time, I have been proud to fight for the economic good of Georgia and the security of our nation. That includes work on four farm bills, 18 defense-authorization bills, chairmanship of the House Terrorism Subcommittee in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, and being chairman or ranking member of major Senate committees for 8 of the past 10 years.
"Perhaps the greatest honor has been to champion our men and women in uniform, their families, and the Georgia military bases and contractors who create private-sector jobs.
"I am truly grateful for the love, support, trust and assistance of family and friends who have helped me along the way. I am especially indebted to my staff – past and present – whose loyalty and knowledge have not only served me well, but have served the people of Georgia superbly.
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The Denver Museum of Nature & Science invites visitors to
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Sherry Infused Mushroom Pate
Additional pecans sprinkled on top.
Do you like savoury dips? Do you like pecans, olive oil, and mushrooms? Most importantly, do you love wine? This could be the dip for you. I brought it to a housewarming party this past weekend with seeded baguette for dipping, and it seemed to go over well! It was my first vegan pate-makin' experience.
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I wasn't planning on touching on each of the reasons listed specifically, but there are a few I want to add my thoughts to. The fist one that really struck me as the author not fully understanding Vista is the one about Aero being about nothing more than translucency. "Vista's signature feature was the Aero user interface, which...drum roll!... consisted mostly of making the frames of windows transparent," the author claims.
The author is missing the big point here by about 3923823 miles. Aero is not the important feature - Aero is just a theme. The feature that matters is the Desktop Window Manager, which meant that Windows finally moved beyond the tearing and jerkiness of GDI. It required a hefty video card in its day, and Microsoft and the OEMs made a big mess out of the whole thing, but equating DWM to just translucency shows a clear lack of understanding of the importance of a compositing window manager.
The article also severely overstates Apple's influence on the failure of Windows Vista, probably reflecting the American background of the author. While Apple certainly plays a major role in the desktop market in the US, that is simply not the case outside of the US; according to Apple's latest financial results, 4.53% of the world's population (the US) accounts for 56% of Apple's sales.
The author continues to overstate Apple's importance in this matter by referring to the Get a Mac campaign. This campaign is limited to the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Japan, meaning that most of the world's television viewing public has never heard or even seen any of these ads, so they couldn't have played that much of an important role in Vista's failure.
No, Vista's failure can be explained much more easily. Windows Vista was an overhaul of the entire Windows operating system, top to bottom, with every framework being overhauled or completely re-written. This introduced a whole boatload of issues that Microsoft was unable to fix, but because they had already lost precious time due to the Longhorn fiasco, they were forced to get Vista to market way too soon - resulting in an operating system that simply wasn't ready for prime time.
It is only now, with Windows 7, that we're starting to see Windows Vista grow up and become truly usable. Windows 7 pulls together and builds upon the new features and frameworks of Windows Vista, presenting them in useful ways that make using the operating system more pleasant to use. Windows 7 is what Windows Vista should've been from the start.
Windows Vista, in its state during release, should have never been promoted the way it was. Microsoft promised a well-rounded meal, but in fact only gave you the raw ingredients, and that's where it went wrong, and all of the 16 reasons in the original article more or less boil down to that.


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Scott McKenzie is starting to regret dumping formaldehyde down the drain...
When the American military dump gallons of toxic chemicals into Seoul's sewage system, it affects marine life in the Han River so much that a new type of predator is born. Without warning it attacks the people of Seoul, kidnapping Park Hyun-seo, the daughter of Gang-du, a slacker who does his best to stay awake when he's supposed to be working in the kiosk owned by his father. When the powers-that-be refuse to believe their suspicions that Hyun-seo is alive, the Park family must battle against the military and the monster itself if they've got any chance of seeing her again.
I was looking forward to watching The Host, having heard lots of good things about it, with some critics claiming it to be the best monster movie since Jaws. The approach of the filmmakers is to focus on the effect of a crisis on one family in a similar way to Signs, rather than telling the story of the government's battle with the enemy à la Independence Day. This seems like a good idea and allows for a more human aspect than a regular blockbuster. The problem I had with the story was that the various members of the family are pretty useless, bumbling their way past obstacles rather than overcoming them.
I realise that this is intentional and the comedy in the movie is based around the actions of the main characters, but I didn't buy into it. Maybe it's the Korean sense of humour I don't get, but for large parts of the movie I was left asking why they didn't say or do the most obvious and necessary things. This may seem like I'm making a mountain out of a molehill, but in a movie that has a massive killer fish thing as its main antagonist, the movie should move along quickly like a thriller and the comedy side of the story should be subservient to it, not slowing the action down while everyone goofs around.
Just as a bootleg edit of The Phantom Menace exists without the inclusion of Jar-Jar Binks, I believe there is an excellent fast-paced ninety-minute horror thriller hidden away somewhere in The Host's bloated two-hour running time. The monster first appears in a genuinely exciting and surprisingly light-hearted attack and the scenes with Hyun-seo in the sewers are among the most suspenseful. The comedy does have its place as well, with a particularly inventive gag involving a coughing fit, a puddle and a passing bus.
The performances of the main characters are rather hit-and-miss as well, with the strongest coming from Ko Ah-sung as Hyun-seo and Song Kang-ho (who has previously worked with director Bong Joon-ho in the excellent Memories of Murder) as Gang-du. The cinematography is something to be admired though, with some inventive framing choices and good use of colour. All this adds up to a movie that has a lot of positive points that make it an enjoyable watch, but for me there were just too many moments that took me out of the movie to fully recommend it.
While the original aspect ratio (according to IMDb) is 1.85:1, and that is how it is presented here. but the quality of the 1080p picture is very impressive. The movie is very colourful and I'm pleased to report that the colours are bright and strong. The only problem with this is that the picture is sometimes so bright that it clashes with the white subtitles, making them difficult to read in some scenes. The detail in the picture is also a major plus, with the smoke and water effects giving eagle-eyed viewers most enjoyment. Maybe it's because of the high definition presentation, but I thought the monster looked more out of place than I did when I watched this movie on standard definition DVD. The structure of the monster doesn't have as much detail as the viewer can find in the faces of 'real' people. While this isn't necessarily a problem with the transfer, it did significantly affect my visual enjoyment of this movie.
There are three audio options available in both dubbed English (which I steered clear of) and Korean: PCM 5.1, DTS-HD HR 5.1 and regular Dolby Digital 5.1. The Host is inventive in the composition of its soundtrack, utilising silence and classical music to both dramatic and comedic effect and I have no problems to report with the quality here. Music, dialogue and effects are all pitched at the right level and I couldn't spot any major flaws. The surround effects are most impressive, with echo and running water adding the necessary detail to the creepy scenes in the sewers.
This disc comes bundled with plenty of extras that will either prove to be exhaustive or exhausting depending on how you feel about navigating round the menus between all the featurettes, which are separated into three sections. The 'Making of' featurettes focus on the genesis of the story, which the writer/director thought of as the Loch Ness monster in the Han river via the family aspect of Signs. There is also plenty of behind the scenes footage of shooting on location in the sewers and the rough and ready work done to create some of the physical effects. The 'Creature' featurettes add up to the best part of an hour about the design, physical and digital animation of the monster. Of particular interest to me were the shots of the monster's first attack without the monster, then with the digital model in differing levels of detail. The 'Cast' featurettes include short interviews with the main players as they talk about their characters and we also get to see them training in archery and shooting.
The gag reel is also hit-and-miss, including a lot of light-hearted digital animations. There are fourteen deleted scenes but some of them are very short shots of the monster but one does involve a clip of Korean football player Park Ji-sung, who also happens to play for the best football team in the world. An audio commentary is provided by the director and his friend, who chairs the chat, prompting him with questions. This works pretty well and we get plenty of information about the real-life inspiration for the opening sequence and the themes addressed in the movie. The original Korean trailer is also included.
The Host is a slickly produced movie that is definitely worthy of your time if you're in the mood for a monster movie that's a little different. However, I found the excessive time spent on the comedy side of the story made the film a lot longer than it should have been. Minor complaints about the subtitles and the monster aside, the movie looks and sounds good and the decent array of extras will be well-received by fans of the movie.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page.
Review by Scott McKenzie
Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 19th November 2007
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: PCM 5.1 Korean, DTS-HD HR 5.1 Korean, Dolby Digital 5.1 Korean, PCM 5.1 English, DTS-HD HR 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Extras: Commentary, Making Of Featurettes, The Creature Featurettes, The Cast Featurettes, Gag Reel, Deleted Scenes, Trailer
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Joon-ho Bong
Cast: Kang-ho Song, Hie-bong Byeon, Hae-il Park, Ah-sung Ko, Du-na Bae
Genre: Action and Horror
Length: 120 minutes
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John Churchill (yes, an ancestor of THE Churchill) was born during the reign of Charles II. Rising to prominent military rank during the reign of James II, Churchill was caught up in the dilemma of James's overt Roman Catholicism. Originally on the side of the monarch, his switching of sides before the battle of Sedgemoor tipped the balance and helped lead to William of Orange acceding to the throne, jointly with his wife Mary. Churchill fell out of favour somewhat during the reign of William and Mary, such was the turbulent nature of late Stuart high society.
What really seems to have advanced Churchill's career was his wife's friendship with the next monarch, Queen Anne. Although Churchill was a gifted soldier, as always in military history some social connections go a long way in aiding a rise to the top. Churchill was eventually ennobled as the Earl and then Duke of Marlborough, after decisive victories at Blenheim, Ramillies and Oudenarde during the war of the Spanish Succession.
So what makes Marlborough Britain's Greatest General? Well, he was probably Britain's first true professional commander. Prior to Marlborough, Royals tended to take command. Cromwell might have been a commoner, but his career was driven by politics. Marlborough heralded a new age of military competence and professionalism. Military command was no longer something that the great and the good turned to when they had to. And with the existence of a standing army for the first time in British history, there was now the potential for men such as Marlborough to hone their skills. Marlborough also made a first class Allied commander – Eisenhower would have done well to read up on his Marlburian history.
But what makes Marlborough really iconic is his grasp on the simple matters of command. In particular, logistics. He lacks maybe the drive of a Napoleon, but he was always totally in command of his supply lines. Only by organising his army so well could he march so deep into Europe as he did in the Blenheim campaign. And, as Holmes states, he had a rapport with his soldiers – Wellington's redcoats, by contrast, would never have called him 'Corporal John', as they did Marlborough. But all the same, we can see the start of a clear progression, from Marlborough, to Wellington, to Montgomery.
Holmes makes the point very well. At times it feels that the story is too enmeshed with Stuart society, but that is difficult to avoid – it explains much of Marlboroughs career and his significance. This is an eminently readable book with a refreshing down to earth style.


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Here's a plain-speaking reference guide to all the command-line stuff and nonsense that makes DOS work, whether you're a native DOS user or are an occasional dabbler who needs the operating system to run all those cool games under Windows.
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St. Marys Police Chief Mark Ernst said three units from the department were involved in the pursuit, which ended at the Ohio 29/U.S. 33 interchange at 6:44 p.m. Monday night. According to a news release, the driver of the vehicle, David Allen Gullatte, 47, of Dedatur, Ala., who was driving a vehicle registered to a Dayton resident, failed to stop for officers in Celina who were responding to a suspicious activity complaint. Gullatte fled the city eastbound on Ohio 29. The driver stopped at the interchange and was arrested without incident. The Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Auglaize County Sheriff's office also assisted with the arrest.
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Gomez dyes goatee as Brewers go pink
MILWAUKEE -- No less an authority on style, Derek Jeter liked the look. But what possessed Brewers center fielder Carlos Gomez to dye his goatee pink for Mother's Day?
It was essentially on a dare from his wife, Gerandy.View Full Game Coverage
MILWAUKEE -- No less an authority on style, Derek Jeter liked the look. But what possessed Brewers center fielder Carlos Gomez to dye his goatee pink for Mother's Day?
It was essentially on a dare from his wife, Gerandy.View Full Game Coverage
"She doesn't like when I have color on my face, and I said, 'You know what? I'm going to have a pink beard.'" Gomez said after the Brewers' 6-5 win. "She said, 'No you're not.' I said, 'OK, watch.'"
Sure enough, Gomez applied the color himself on Sunday, when players from both teams swung special bats and otherwise adorned themselves in pink as part of Major League Baseball's annual tribute to moms.
What did Gerandy Gomez say when she saw the result?
"'You're crazy,'" Carlos relayed with a laugh.
He added: "I said it's for the other moms. They're going to see it as something cool, and they appreciate it. It's not for me, it's for every mom from the United States. It's not Mother's Day in the Dominican, but it means a lot for me. It's a special day because it's the day seven years ago I got called up. Every Mother's Day is special because it's when I celebrate my callup."
Jeter got a close-up look before the game, when Gomez and Ryan Braun presented Jeter with gifts from the Brewers during a ceremony honoring Jeter's impending retirement.
"He told me, 'If I had face hair, I'd do the same thing,'" Gomez said. "It's really cool."
Gomez was one of four Brewers starters who swung pink bats in the game, with Lyle Overbay, Khris Davis and Jean Segura. Overbay's mom always asks for a home run on Mother's Day, and he always dutifully tries to deliver.
"I think I hit a few before they started having the pink bats," Overbay said. "But since they debuted the pink ones, I don't know if I even have any hits."
He finished 1-for-5 on Sunday and said he likes the tradition. Overbay wore pink in part to honor his stepmother, who has fought breast cancer in the past.
"It started with the bats, and it's taken on a life of its own," he said, noting the abundance of pink batting gloves, armbands and cleats adorning players on Sunday. "I think it's great to raise awareness of breast cancer. All of this stuff is auctioned off for a great cause."
Even players who did not swing pink bats on Sunday against the Yankees got into the action. Starter Marco Estrada and third baseman Mark Reynolds were among those wearing pink cleats. Catcher Martin Maldonado may have had the most complete get-up -- catching gear accented with pink from head to toe.
On his chest protector, Maldonado inscribed his mother's initials: JVA. Janette Valdez Ayala still plays a significant role in his life, encouraging her son to begin an annual Three King's Day charitable event in Puerto Rico.
"She's been everything," Maldonado said. "She's done so much for me since I was a little kid."
The pink bats used in Sunday's game will be auctioned at MLB.com to benefit the league's breast cancer awareness initiatives.
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USA, 2011: The MechanicThe Mechanic
Genre: Action
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Jason Statham stars as a methodical assassin who reluctantly accepts his best friends son as an apprentice.
In this update of the Charles Bronson classic, director Simon West remakes the film in his own vision, modernizing the story, but toning down the themes of the 1972 version. The direction is solid, but a bit genre typical of other spy and political thrillers. In an age filled with reboots and sequels, some originality is desperately short in supply. Still, the production design is solid, and the photography is well shot and edited, for the most part. The soundtrack is rather eclectic, the music ranging from funk to jazz to classical, but all in pretty good taste. Everything comes together in a pretty hip way, but it feels like it definitely lacks the real artistic impact of the original film.
Having not seen the source material, I cant say how accurate or faithful this remake is, but it seems like West was caught trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. The story is pretty aimless for the first half of the film, and while its nice to see filmmakers spending time on character development for a change, it shouldnt come at the expense of an intriguing story. It also seems like the writers went out of their way to make sure our leads came off as the good guys, removing the moral ambiguity that comes with the territory of killing for money. That said, both Statham and Ben Foster deliver very strong performances with the material. In particular, it seems like this could be a starting point for Foster to make his name as a new action hero for the next decade, taking the reins from the old hands of Statham and the rest of the Expendables crew.
Even with the higher aspirations that West may have had for his work, this is an action film, first and foremost, and he makes sure that we never forget it. While some of the fights are typical Bourne-style fair with lots of movement and shaky camera work, the longer sequences clearly had a great deal of thought put into them. There are two particular threshold fights that are incredibly well choreographed and performed, embracing the bloody brutal aesthetic with no apologies. And while some of the blood effects look a little unbelievable in the shoot outs, these scenes are all handled and shot very well. Lastly, West wisely saves the biggest stunts for the end, going all out with massive explosions and pulse-pounding action. Its what really makes the movie worth watching, with the strong acting and characters just a bonus. While not anything particularly new or innovative, The Mechanic is a worthy addition to the genre, and even if it doesnt live up to the original, makes for a good flick for the new year.
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Matt sets up a clip, Sam and Frodo climbing on the
rocks...we've been here before...we're not alone.
E- Oooooh! (trying to make is spooky)
M- Elijah Wood, good morning
E- Good Morning!
M- Great hair!
E- Well, it's all inspired by you!
M- Yeah right, sure. You're 21, you did it for no reason. I
did it for a big reason.
E- Well...
M- You were here Last time when you were promoting the first
one of these films...
E- Right...
M- You were so excited about the premier of that movie. Did it
live up to your expectations?
E- Beyond! Incredibly beyond. I don't think we could have ever
imagined it to be as massive as it's become so....And we were
completely overwhelmed by that. I mean the success of the movie,
the Oscar nominations and all of that was a bit strange for us I
M- In terms of story line does this one pick up immediately
following the other story?
E- Immediately. You essentially pick up as Frodo and Sam
really begin there journey into the land of Mordor. And Things
get horribly worse for Frodo and Sam.
M- One of the things that's interesting from what I read about
this - and I have not seen it yet, but I will - is that Frodo and
Sam spend some times separate from the Fellowship, a little bit
on the sidelines. And a lot of the action happens with the
E- That's right (chuckles).
M- So explain that. As the lead character, how did you feel
about that?
E- Umm, well, Frodo's journey is very, sort of mental. It's a,
it's an emotional journey that he has dealing with the power of
this ring. Which is what really intrigued me about the character.
So for me, I really enjoyed my journey. It kind of, you know the
fact that it was constantly in my head and dealing with the power
of this just sort of intangible evil essentially.
M- Tell me about new characters in this. Gollum...
E- That's right...
M- Describe him for me.
E- Well, Gollum is a completely CG character. The first...
M- Computer generated
E- That's right
M- For maybe people who aren't in the movie know here...
E- (laughs) I'm sorry! (laughing more) I'm sorry! Yes, he's
computer animated. Ummm, he's an amazing character. He's been one
of my favorite characters in literature for some time. People
will have known him for one of the chapters in The Hobbit. Umm,
but he joins our cast in this film as sort of a guide for Frodo
but really he is a mirror image of what frodo could end up
M- And they develop a bond until your character, you betray
E- That's right. Sort of unintentionally betray him. That's
M- Well, because he's CG, as you put it, you're acting
opposite a tennis ball or something like that?
E- Yes, but we did have an actor on set that we did these
scenes with so it made it a lot easier.
M- Peter Jackson was here not long ago Elijah, and he
admitted, he said this one is darker, it's more violent than the
Fellowship Of The Ring. How do you think that the audience is
going to respond to that?
E- Ummm, ummm, it is darker. Ah, things get a lot darker as a
result of the power of the ring and the evil that is put on the
race of Men but at the same time I think that it's also in some
ways more hopeful. I think that darkness is necessary for the
audience to get behind the characters, to ultimately have a more
hopeful ending.
M- We should remind people that it's not like after the first
one you went back and shot the second one. You Shot them all over
an 18 month period.
E- That's right.
M- Viggo Mortensen said "I liked it, I hated it, I'll
never forget it." Talk to me about that experience. 18
months in New Zealand. What was it like for you?
E- Umm, it was one of the most profound experiences in my
life. Ah, and it encompassed all of those things. I think it was
the most difficult experience of my life and the most incredible.
Umm, being in New Zealand for that length of time and creating
the bond that I created with these people. Ya know, I'll carry
that with me for the rest of my life and I think that I see this
film very much in that way. So, it's kinda bizarre to now be
promoting it in this kinda massive text.
M- And now your, your, the first one is under your belt, can
the next to live up to the expectations of the first one?
E- I think so. I mean for me the journey continues. Umm, and I
think for anybody who love the first film it, it continues to get
better and more dramatic. I mean the evil starts to permeate
these characters until they ultimately succeed in the end. Which
does give to much away because I think most people have read the
books. (laughs)
M- No, exactly. So they know a little bit about what happens
(Elijah's STILL laughing heeheehee...cute laugh)
M- Elijah Wood, it was good to have you here. Good Luck with
the it and congratulations.
E- Thanks so much Matt.
M- And the Lord Of The Rings The Two Towers opens nation wide
on Wednesday, December 18th.
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