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Auds at Barking Mad sent me an e-mail saying "Come do this dinner party thing." Or something along those lines. She was very persuasive. What really sold me was when she wrote
"Most of you I've emailed are among women who are highly coveted wannabee invitees."
Ah. Well, it's true. I am easily confused with a woman, I suppose. I have made no apologies for calling myself a "mommy-blogger". I hang out with more women than men. I have watched "Ellen". Also, I'm very pretty: so say all of my male friends who really just need to come out of the closet already.
Speaking of coming out, although I jokingly refer to my feelings for Ryan Reynolds and Freddie Prinze Jr. as "man crushes" they might be something more. Hey, Ryan, call me dude. We can go hang out at Freddie's house and play pool. Nothing naked, man. Just some guys, bonding. In a totally manly way.
Uh...where was I?
Oh, right. So, Auds, even though she made the entirely forgivable mistake of overlooking my completely masculine facial hair, has asked me to participate in her Dinner Party: A challenge to list ten bloggers who I'd like to have dinner with.
Well, I'm feeling in need of a little male companionship after Auds' e-mail, so I think I'm going to make this a Dads-only Dinner Party. Nothing naked, guys. Just some men, bonding. In a totally manly way. We'd grill up some steaks, or maybe some goat cheese and cranberry stuffed chicken breasts, crack open some beers, and watch a hockey game at the man spa.
So, who to invite?
Well, there's Laid Off Dad. We met in the manliest of all places, the handbag section of a Macy's. He is a supremely cool guy and he just moved into a new place, so maybe he'd agree to let me throw this party at his place instead of in my tiny apartment filled with baby toys and cat vomit.
And my skeptical friend Tick Tock, who looks at all the crazy in the world and just says "Here are all the reasons you are crazy." And then he sits back and waits for the crapstorm from his wife over what he just said about Chinese medicine.
Will, from Gaming With Baby gets an invite because my cooking has not been nearly up to snuff lately and I know he'd take one look at my sorry-ass menu and just roll up his sleeves and whip up something much better. Plus, I really want to bust out my old Nintendo and see if there is anyone out there who can wail at Punch-Out like I can.
Kevin, a dad in New England who is funny as hell and isn't afraid to let the world know how much his kids hate brown people. Most brown people. Not all of them. His kids are rational like that. He'd come over and I'd help him draw Venn diagrams to give to his kids so that they could be very clear about which brown people they hate. Because if there's one thing I hate about racist kids, it's racist kids who make broad generalizations.
Jeremy Adam Smith needs to come over because there needs to be a grown-up in the group. This guy is smart, responsible, inspiring, and a hard-working feminist and dadvocate. Usually that combination of voices is absent from conversations, and I respect the hell out of what he does and the passion with which he does it. Plus, he also rocks some mad facial hair, so we could totally have a pose-off.
Chag, my cynical friend, is the best Twitter VJ I've ever seen. If there is going to be any life at this party, it will come from him. His taste in music is impeccable, even if his taste in sports is incomprehensible. Seriously, dude: Let's watch some hockey.
Graham, one of my Bay Area brothers-in-diapers, is just about as lax in care with his daughter as I am with mine. Apart from being a fantastic writer and great role model (except for the whole flipping his daughter upside down on the swings, thing) he also looks like Hugh Grant. I don't have man-crush on Hugh Grant, but it would be nice to have someone at the party who we can throw to the ladies peeking in the windows wondering what we're doing in there behind our "No Girls Allowed" sign.
Mike, another of my Bay Area brothers-in-diapers, needs to come and just put on a writing workshop. He always writes pure gold, and all of us would be better people if we could express ourselves as he does. There would be no confusion in the world, and we would all want to have daughters and show them how great raising a child in the city can be.
SciFi Dad can bring some much needed geekiness to the party. Not that I don't carry enough of that around on my own, but while Will is busy crying that I pwned him at Punch Out I'll need someone to argue with over eternal, burning questions like "Kirk vs. Jean-Luc", "Zombies vs. Vampires", and "V vs. Battlestar Galactica (the original series)". I'll say "Jean-Luc", "Zombies" and "BSG". Also, he's a huge Red Wings fan, and even though he kept jinxing them throughout the playoffs they were strong enough to overcome his very powerful jinx and win the Cup anyway, so I don't hold any grudges.
And finally, there is the always cool, always smart, always witty, Whit. I will freely admit that I spend too much energy worrying about what the hell happens in Hollywood, but I have nothing on this guy. Plus, he has time for things like, oh, parenting, and writing a screenplay, and striking poses in tuxedos.
So, there you have my Dinner Party guest list. Of course there are people who aren't on the list who should be. I thought about cheating and adding a couple of more, but, well, then I thought "How about no? How about not adding your entire freaking blogroll to the list?"
Ten it is.
Go, read some dad blogs. I'll be here eating some red meat and pissing on things. Today, for one day only, I am not a mommy-blogger. Your regularly scheduled programming will resume tomorrow.
(Editor's Note: I said originally that Kevin lives in So-Cal. That is completely wrong. It would be tough to find a place further away from So-Cal that is also still within the contiguous States that he could live. Not impossible, but tough.)


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A hammer.
That's what Tom Hilbert is looking for on the left side. Somebody who makes smart plays, has a low error total and brings velocity on every swing.
When camp started for his Colorado State volleyball team last week, that person was not on campus. That doesn't mean that by the time the Rams host Baylor on Aug. 30, Hilbert won't have that player in the starting lineup through development.
It's not like he doesn't have options to run through the spot, either.
"We don't have to get it set," Hilbert said. "I bet it ends up being a rotation of different people. Right now it would be Marlee (Reynolds) and Kaila (Thomas), but this freshman (Michelle Lawrence) is starting to figure some things out. And then with Marlee and Kaila, their issues are, once they're fatigued, it's basically just a pillow fight for them; they're not really bringing it. If I can get those guys to bring it the whole time, they'll start. If not, then it becomes Dri (Culbert) gets involved, this kid gets involved. (Cayla) Broadwater, she's pretty good."
The past two years the spot has produced third-team All-American efforts from Dana Cranston and Katelyn Steffen. Those aren't things that go unnoticed, and having the position wide open at the start of camp has a tendency to bring out a fire in players.
"It's just very, very motivating for me," said Reynolds, a junior who played in 39 sets last year and finished with 18 kills. "It makes you want to work your freaking butt off to get that spot. I think it's also a fun position to be in, because you're competing every second of practice. You're competing with Kaila or Michelle of whoever else. It just ups the intensity of our hitting in practice."
Thomas, also a junior, played 54 sets in 2012, collecting 79 kills, and both she and Reynolds hit around .250. That allows Lawrence, a true freshman, to be somewhat of a wild card in camp.
First, she's had to adapt to the college game, noting the players are bigger and stronger and the speed and height of the game are beyond what she's seen. That won't make her back down from the challenge, and she's working to make herself part of the equation.
"Every day in practice, all of us are super-competitive," she said. "We all do want to start, we all do want to play for this team, because we think we can be an excellent team this year. Every single one of us is fighting for a position, and I'm along with everyone else. I want to be playing."
Reynolds also spent the offseason working on the physical demands of the position, but she knows the right mindset has to go along with the role. Being able to put a ball down at a key moment takes a bit of attitude, which she says plays just as big of a role in her growth.
"It's definitely developed since my freshman year," she said. "We talked about having an edge and finding what your edge is, and I think I'm starting to figure it out. Once I do, I think I will bring that terminalness to the outside."
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Brown Rice Pilaf, Smoky and Sweet
By Freya Bellin
This pilaf proves that a simple grain like rice can be transformed into something pretty complex, without too much work on your part. The Spanish flavors of this dish come through strongly—especially the smoky pimentón, which is a great contrast to the overall sweetness of the dish. I personally found myself digging through the bowl for even more apricots, so you may want to chop up and toss in a few more than the recipe suggests. You could experiment with other dried fruits here as well, like golden raisins.
While most of the cook-time in this recipe is hands-off, brown rice can require some attention. I added more water a few times throughout the simmering process, as the pot was starting to dry out, but the rice was still crunchy. The couscous variation would certainly be useful if you're in a time-bind or if you want to multi-task. The wonderful thing about a recipe like this is that, thanks to the protein from almonds and chickpeas, it can be a meal in and of itself. I served it with beets to squeeze in some vegetables, but it's completely filling and satisfying on its own. Plus, any recipe that calls for ½ cup of wine leaves you with most of a bottle left for drinking, which is never a bad thing. Recipe from The Food Matters Cookbook.
Very Flavorful Vegetable Stock in 1 Hour
One-Hour Vegetable Stock
Makes: about 1 quart
Time: 1 hour, somewhat unattended
For this stock, you cut the vegetables into small pieces, which extracts greater flavor; you pan-cook them first, which browns them at least a bit and makes the flavor more complex; and you add a couple more flavorful ingredients (the mushrooms make a difference, as you'll quickly see, as does the soy sauce). If you have more time for simmering, use it.
Double the quantities here if you want to make enough stock to freeze. Recipe from How to Cook Everything Vegetarian.
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AYER -- A Shirley woman who made headlines last year when she passed out on train tracks and her pit bull pulled her to safety, losing a leg in the process, was fined $100 fine by Judge Peter Kilmartin for walking on the tracks.
In Ayer District Court on Monday, Christine Spain, 54, admitted to one count of illegally walking on railroad tracks during the May 2 incident that cost Spain's 8-year-old pitbull, Lilly, a broken pelvis and an amputated leg.
A charge of animal cruelty was dismissed earlier as a part of a motion by defense attorney Debra Dewitt who successfully argued that Spain never intended to hurt the animal. A third charge of obstruct/endanger a railroad was dropped.
Shirley police alleged that while walking home along the train tracks from her boyfriend's home, Spain collapsed on the tracks. Officials say it appears Spain was intoxicated. The conductor said as he tried to slow the train, he saw the dog pull Spain off the tracks.
Spain was unscathed but the train's wheels hit the dog, seriously injuring the animal, according to reports.
Lilly was transported to Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston, where the dog had her leg amputated and her broken pelvis treated.
Spain's son, Boston Police Officer David Lanteigne, commented in earlier reports that he rescued Lilly three years earlier thinking she would make a good therapy dog for Spain.
In published reports, Lanteigne admitted his mother relapsed just before her collapse on the train tracks. Shortly after the accident, Lanteigne said his mother and Lilly would be staying with him in Boston while both recuperated.
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Ford Motor Co.,
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Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards,
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Ford Motor Co. announced in the last week of July its intention to redesign the F-150 pickup truck, replacing its steel body with aluminum. General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC seconded that motion in the last week of August, announcing plans to replace steel with aluminum in their pickup trucks. Significantly, we have not yet heard from Toyota Motor Corp.
Hard on the heels of these two body blows came an announcement by Pittsburgh-based Alcoa Inc. that it had received an order to supply aluminum alloy drill pipe to a customer operating in the Marcellus shale. The significance of these three events cannot be overemphasized.
The auto body competition is not new. It has gone on for 30 years, and steel has always prevailed in volume applications where cost mattered. Yes, the new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards drove the automakers decisions. But should they have? In a working paper titled Overriding Consumer Preferences with Energy Regulations released by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University in Virginia, Ted Gayer of the Brookings Institution and W. Kip Viscusi of Vanderbilt Law School concluded, Environmental benefits play a largely incidental role in the impact analyses of CAFE standards for passenger cars and light trucks. When benefits are restricted to only the United States, they drop to just over 1 percent of the total claimed benefits. In other words, unelected bureaucrats at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the federal Environmental Protection Agency know whats best for the American consumer.
Steel companies in North America have a multi-front war on their hands. Their markets are under attack by imports and a new assault from aluminum. The first casualties in this new war were visible when RG Steel LLCs plants were publicly auctioned in August. Ominously, ThyssenKrupp AG has announced a review of its investment in the United States, with the sale or a joint venture of its recently completed mill in Calvert, Ala., appearing likely.
The partnership between the automotive and steel industries has been a valiant and modestly successful effort that has deferred the day of reckoning--a day which is now at hand. Steel has been playing defense; now it is time to move to offense. This is not to suggest that steel companies have been totally inactive in new product development. The standing seam pre-painted steel roof has been a resounding success. Residential steel framing is a good idea that was launched with some fanfare, but it has not been vigorously exploited. Successful market development does require some funding, but more importantly it requires leadership by committed people who see it as a unique career-enhancing opportunity.
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Alleged victim arrested, suspect charged in unusual kidnapping case
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Man flees from police, later found hiding in garage
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LONGMONT -- Longmont police on Monday afternoon investigated the death of a 6-year-old girl they say might have been due to illness.
Cmdr. Tim Lewis said the Boulder County Coroner's Office contacted police at about 9 a.m. to notify them of the death of the girl, identified later as Lluvia Espinoza Morales.
The girl's family had taken her to Longmont United Hospital, where she was pronounced dead Monday morning, Lewis said.
Because the girl was not under the care of a doctor at the time of her death, police were assisting the coroner's investigation to determine the cause and manner of death, Lewis said. The investigation is pending, but Lewis said there did not appear to be anything suspicious about the girl's death and that there was no danger to the public.
Investigators donned hazardous materials gear before entering the apartment where the girl lived at 706 Darby Court, and officers closed off the street at Longs Peak Avenue. A carbon monoxide test in the home was negative, Lewis said.
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Reducing Your Risk of Osteoporosis
Your bones grow and strengthen during childhood, but bone accumulation is not completed until you are in your twenties. The bone mass you attain before age 30 is perhaps the most important determinant of life-long skeletal health. Genetic factors exert a strong influence on your peak bone mass, but physiologic, environmental, and modifiable lifestyle factors can also play a significant role. Among these are adequate nutrition and body weight, exposure to sex hormones at puberty, and physical activity.
Maximizing bone mass early in life is the most crucial way to reduce the impact of bone loss related to aging. Childhood is also a critical time for the development of lifestyle habits conducive to maintaining good bone health throughout life. For example, exercising promotes strong bones. Cigarette smoking, which usually starts in adolescence, may negatively affect your ability to achieve peak bone mass.
Here are some tips on reducing your risk of osteoporosis:
- Eat a healthful diet.
- Exercise regularly.
- Do not smoke.
- Avoid excessive alcohol and caffeine.
- Talk to your doctor about preventive medications.
- Have a bone mineral density test.
- Talk to your doctor about your medications.
Eat a Healthful Diet
Good nutrition is essential for normal growth. A balanced diet, adequate calories, and appropriate nutrients are the foundation for development of all your tissues, including bone. Inadequate intake of calcium and vitamin D is thought to contribute to the development of osteoporosis.
Calcium is the nutrient most important for attaining peak bone mass and for preventing and treating osteoporosis. Depending on your age, recommended calcium intakes for adults fall between 1,000 and 1,200 mg per day, according to the National Academy of Sciences. A study published in Archives of Internal Medicine reported that taking 1,200 mg a day of calcium helped to increase bone mineral density in men.
You can increase your calcium intake by eating more calcium-rich foods such as low-fat milk, yogurt, cheese, sardines, soy foods, and collard greens. Many foods such as orange juice, breakfast bars, and cereals are now fortified with calcium. You can increase the calcium content of home-baked goods by adding non-fat powered dry milk to them. If you are unable to get adequate calcium in your diet, talk to your healthcare provider or a registered dietitian (RD) about a supplement.
High dietary protein, caffeine, phosphorus, and sodium can adversely affect calcium balance, but the effects may not be as important in individuals with adequate calcium intakes.
Vitamin D is required for optimal calcium absorption and thus is also important for your bone health. Your skin manufactures vitamin D in response to direct exposure to sunlight. How much sunlight you need depends on where you live, the time of day, and the color of your skin.
Older adults and people who are exposed to little sunlight may have difficulty meeting vitamin D requirements. Most infants and young children in the US have adequate vitamin D intake because of supplementation and fortification of milk. During adolescence, when consumption of dairy products decreases, vitamin D intake may be inadequate, and this may negatively affect calcium absorption.
Experts recommend a daily intake of between 600 and 1,000 international units (IU) of vitamin D.
Exercise Regularly
There is strong evidence that regular physical activity in childhood and adolescence contributes to higher peak bone mass. Exercise during later years, combined with adequate calcium and vitamin D intake, may help slow the decline in bone density associated with aging. Some evidence indicates that weight-bearing and resistance exercises are most likely to be beneficial.
To help reduce bone loss, engage in regular weight-bearing exercise. Examples include walking, running, tennis, dancing, hiking, and racquetball. Strength training can also help increase your bone density and keep your muscles strong, so that you are less likely to fall.
Do Not Smoke
Smoking puts people at higher risk for developing osteoporosis. A study reported in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopedics suggests that smoking puts you at higher risk for developing osteoporosis.
Avoid Excessive Alcohol and Caffeine
Alcohol has several negative effects on bones. Alcohol can interfere with vitamin D metabolism, which results in impaired calcium absorption. It also increases magnesium excretion. In addition, heavy drinkers tend to have diets that are lacking in many key nutrients, including calcium and vitamin D.
Heavy drinking can affect hormone production in both women and men. In premenopausal women, chronic alcohol use can result in irregular menstrual cycles. This increases the risk of osteoporosis. Testosterone production may be affected in alcoholic men. Low testosterone levels have been linked to a decrease in bone formation.
Heavy alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk of fracture. Alcohol affects your balance and gait making you more prone to stumble, trip, or run into objects.
The relationship between caffeine use and bone health is not as clear-cut. Studies on the effect of caffeine on the bones have yielded mixed results. On the basis of the studies to date, current recommendations are for moderate caffeine consumption, which equals two or less cups of coffee per day.
Talk to Your Doctor About Preventive Medications
Some medications, such as estrogens, bisphosphonates, and raloxifene have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the prevention of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. These medications slow or stop bone breakdown. If you are at high risk for osteoporosis, discuss the potential benefits of taking these medications with your doctor.
Have a Bone Mineral Density Test
Osteoporosis often has no symptoms and can go undetected for years. For that reason, early diagnosis is important. A bone mineral density test (BMD) can diagnose osteoporosis and determine your fracture risk. BMD is a painless and noninvasive test that measures the density (mass) of your bones. Talk to your healthcare provider about whether you are a candidate for a BMD test.
Talk to Your Doctor About Your Medications
Some medications that you are taking may contribute to osteoporosis. Examples of these medications include:
- Corticosteroids
- Medications to suppress the immune system
- Chemotherapy
- Gonadotropin releasing hormone
- Antidepressants
- Antiseizure medications
- Medications containing aluminum, such as some antacids
- Proton pump inhibitors
- Long-term heparin therapy
- Glitazones, medications to treat diabetes
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Database logging modes
With every DB2 UDB database there are two different databases logging mode,
Circular database mode & Archival database mode.When the database is created by default it is in circular mode & as per the business Requirement you can change the mode from circular to archival logging mode.Also with the database creation there are 3 primary and 2 secondary log files gets created.
Circular logging mode
Circular logging is a default logging mode when it is used, records stored into the
Log buffer are written to primary log files in a circular fashion. Redo log entries are written to the current "active" log file and when that log file becomes full , it is marked as "unavailable".DB2 marks next log file in the sequence as a active log file and continue writing log entries into it. And when that log file becomes full , then process
gets repeated. When the transactions are terminated the corresponding log records are released because they are no longer needed. When all the records stored in an individual log file are released, that log file is treated as being "reusable" and it becomes "active log file " for the next transactions thus its contents are overwritten by new log entries.
DB2 always tries to write the log entries into the primary log files .when logging cycle
gets back to the primary log file which is marked as "unavailable" then DB2 database manager will allocate secondary log file. Now the log entries are being written into the secondary log file. As soon as this secondary log file becomes full,
the DB2 Database Manager will check the primary log file again and if its status
is still "unavailable", another secondary log file is allocated and redo entries are being written into it. This process continues until all the secondary log files get full,
which is indicated by the parameter "logsecond" . Once all the secondary log files get full and there is no primary log file available for writing redo entries then following error message will generated :
SQL0964C The transaction log for the database is full.
Here you have to increase number of secondary log files .
Ø db2 update db cfg for db_name using logsecond 'value'
In circular logging mode as the contents of log file are overwritten you can recover the database up to the last full database backup performed. and you cannot perform the point in time recovery with circular logging mode.
Archival logging mode
Like circular logging mode, when archival logging is used the redo log entries from log buffer are written into the primary log files. However unlike circular logging these log files are never reused. when all records stored in an individual log file are released, that file is marked as being "archived" rather than as being "reusable" and it can be used again if it is needed for the roll forward recovery. When the first primary log file becomes full , next primary log file is allocated so that the desired number of primary log files "logprimary" is always available for use. All the log entries related to a single transaction must fit within the active log space available.In case of log running transaction it requires more log space other than the primary log file size thus the secondary log file may be allocated and used.
In this mode once the log file gets full another primary log file is allocated and the transaction information gets logged into that. During that period of time the first primary log file is being archived to another destination configured by the parameter "Logarchmeth1" and can be reusable for the further log information storage. Same process is repeated until the disk space is available for the archived destination.
In case of archival logging mode you can recover your database up to a current state or up to a particular state by using the point in time recovery options which are described in later section of this article. Here the archived log files are be used for the point in time recovery.
b) How to change the database logging mode:
As described earlier wherever the DB2 UDB database is created by default it is in Circular logging mode , if you want to change the mode from circular to archival mode
Perform following steps:
Step 1: change the following parameters
i) logretain=recovery or userexit=on
Ø db2 terminate
Ø db2 force application all
Ø db2 update db cfg for db_name using Logretain recovery
Ø db2 update db cfg for db_name using Userexit=on
ii) blk_log_dsk_ful=yes
Ø db2 update db cfg for db_name using blk_log_dsk_ful yes
Setting blk_log_dsk_ful to yes causes applications to hang when DB2 encounters a log disk full error, thus allowing you to resolve the error and allowing the transaction to complete. You can resolve a disk full situation by moving old log files to another file system or by enlarging the file system, so that hanging applications can complete.
Note: Once you perform step 1 (i & ii) try to connect to your database
Ø db2 connect to db_name
You will be getting following warning
SQL1116N A connection to or activation of database "db_name" cannot be made because of backup pending: sqlstate=57019
This is because we have changed the database logging mode from circular to archival so we must perform full database backup here, as the backup of circular logging mode cannot be applicable to archival logging mode and vice versa.
Ø db2 backup database db_name to d:\db_name\backup
Ø db2 connect to db_name
Step 2: Set the archival destination
To set the archival destination create a folder "archive" on a disk where you have sufficient disk space so that the log files will get archived to this location once it is filled. Keep your archive destination other than log files destination.
e.g. e:\db_name\archive.
Ø db2 update db cfg for db_name using logarchmeth1 "Disk:e:\db_name\archive"
Ø > DB2 UPDATE DB CFG FOR DB2MIG USING LORARCHMETH1 "DISK:/home/db2inst2/archivedb2mig"
c) Best practices to keep a database's data safe
Data protection against any failure is a huge challenge for the database administrator,
Databases in production or 24 X 7 environments are critical to handle where you cannot accept any data loss. So to always keep you database in a safe mode concentrate on the following points:
1) Keep your database in Archival logging mode so that in case of failure you can recover the database up to a current state or particular state by using point in time recovery options.
2) Perform database full/offline backup and Incremental backup as and when required.
3) Create a clone / standby database.
4) keep your redo log files and archived log files on different location with sufficient disk


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Just months after getting city approval to redevelop the former Daily Camera building in the heart of downtown Boulder, Los Angeles-based Karlin Real Estate has sold the two properties to a Denver developer that attempted to buy the site when it first hit the market four years ago.
Nichols Partnership Inc. announced Thursday that it purchased Karlin's Eleventh and Pearl development -- spanning the Camera's former properties at 1048 Pearl St. and 1023 Walnut St. -- for $13.5 million. Karlin paid $9 million for the properties in 2010 and has spent the last two years working on plans to build nearly 160,000 square feet of office space, retail, restaurants and movie theaters in three- to four-story buildings on the site.
"It's an absolutely terrific location," said Randy Nichols, president of the Nichols Partnership. "That's an irreplaceable asset because of its full block on Pearl Street and in downtown Boulder that's hard to come by."
Nichols appeared poised to buy the properties from the Camera in 2009, but ultimately pulled out of the bidding process.
"We were interested in it three years ago, but it was a very different world at that time, with the market still heading downwards." Nichols said. "Today the market is headed back up and we felt it was time to get back involved."
Nichols said no changes will be made to the plans submitted by Karlin, which were approved by Boulder's Planning Board and Landmarks Board in September. The Boulder City Council also voted not to call up the plans in October, but Nichols must still submit to a technical document review.
The original architect, Shears Adkins Rockmore, and engineer, JVA, also will remain on the project after the sale.
"It has been a pleasure for the design team to work with Karlin to secure approvals for this important downtown project," said Chris Shears, principal of Shears Adkins Rockmore, in a news release. "Having worked with Randy Nichols for 15 years, we believe that there is no better developer in Colorado to complete Karlin's plan as originally designed and approved."
Nichols Partnership Inc. announced that plans are to break ground on the $80 million project in the fall or winter of 2013. Nichols said he hopes to develop office space that will help keep local start-up companies in the downtown area.
"The thing that's been missing in downtown Boulder is an office location for some of the successful start-ups that Boulder incubates," Nichols said. "They start a company, they grow and become successful and they have no space to occupy in Boulder and they end up moving to Denver or Interlocken (in Broomfield).
"This is an opportunity to provide core space for Boulder-based companies that they just can't find now. There is not Class A modern office space on Pearl Street and that's where everybody wants to be, so it's a perfect opportunity to fill a niche in the market."
As for the price he paid in his second attempt to buy the properties, Nichols said he believes it will be a wise investment.
"Time will tell, but we believe the market is strong enough in Boulder to support that price," he said.
Representatives from Karlin did not return calls for comment Thursday.
Karlin also recently sold two other sites in Boulder. Properties at 5450 Western Ave. -- where the Camera moved in 2011 after the sale of its home for 120 years -- and 1780 Conestoga Ave. were sold in November to Square Six LLC, an entity registered to University of Colorado alumnus S.J. "Arch" Archuleta, according to Boulder County property records.
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The Palestinian bid: what will enhanced UN status change? (part 2)
For the Palestinians, it's recognition that's long overdue. For the Israelis, it's yet another obstacle to kick-starting direct talks. In the France 24 Debate, officials from Ramallah and Tel Aviv weigh in ahead of the UN General Assembly's vote on an upgraded UN status for Palestine.
- Sabri SAIDAM. Member, Fatah's Revolutionary Council (from Ramallah);
- Avi PAZNER. Israeli government spokesperson (from Tel Aviv);
- Renée PRANGE. Member of non-governmental group France Palestine Solidarite;
- Charles MEYER. Vice President, France-Israel Association.
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LOWELL -- Police Superintendent Kenneth Lavallee has tightened a key security measure at the booking window in response to an assault suspect who wasn't searched properly and was able to carry in his coat pocket a loaded 9 mm handgun into police headquarters Feb. 10.
The measure took effect Feb. 14, the same day The Sun published a story about the gun incident. Lavallee has directed shift commanders to oversee the booking process from the moment a prisoner steps from the transport wagon in the Police Department garage until he is locked behind bars.
"This creates an added level of security," said Lavallee in explaining his decision to The Sun. "Plus, each of these shift commanders now has a personal stake in the matter."
More than a decade ago, shift commanders did just that. However, the department drifted away from that practice as the previous superintendent, Edward Davis, made a determination such oversight wasn't needed, Lavallee said.
Shift commanders are usually captains who oversee the department's three shifts. Currently, they are Kevin Stavely, who oversees the day shift; Randall Humphrey, who works the second shift; and Thomas Meehan, on the overnight. They are all members of the union that represents superior officers and all earn more than $100,000 a year.
The shift commander on duty Feb. 10 -- when Thoeun Kang, 25, of 35 Burnside St., Lowell, allegedly carried the handgun to the booking window -- was Lt. Edward Dowling.
Dowling, Lavallee said, followed proper protocol in ensuring that Kang didn't require medical addition, before returning to his post.
Under the new protocol, Dowling would have met the transport wagon in the garage and stayed with the process until Kang was behind bars. Presumably, Dowling would have also ensured Kang was properly searched in the field by the arresting officer and the officer operating the wagon, which apparently did not happen in this case.
Kang was allegedly involved in a brawl outside the SAC Club in the Acre that also resulted in four other arrests. Kang was charged with disorderly conduct, unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, unlawful carrying of a dangerous weapon, and assault and battery, and was being held on bail.
When a Lowell police officer makes an arrest, in nearly all cases the suspect is transported to the station in the "wagon." Protocol calls for the arresting officer to frisk the suspect, as well as the officer driving the wagon. Officer Casimir Czarnionka, who arrested Kang, wrote in his report on the incident: "I had not been able to frisk Kang after handcuffing him due to the continuous and intentional interference" by the other suspects.
Police Capt. Kelly Richardson, the department's spokesman, said no doubt it was a "chaotic" scene outside the SAC Club, "but the bottom line is, a loaded weapon should not have made it into the Lowell Police Department's booking window."
Richardson said protocol does call for two searches in the field, followed by a third at the booking window, performed by the officer driving the transport wagon. The officer operating the wagon was Paul Thomas. The incident is now the subject of an internal probe. The gun was discovered during the booking process.
Superior officers met with Lavallee late Thursday afternoon. Sgt. Thomas Fleming, union president, said the union "is not opposed to a change in policy that leads to better supervision at the booking window.
"However, it creates a problem in others areas, particularly, who is going to oversee the shift?"
Fleming noted that the department made more than 5,000 arrests in 2012, and that's a lot of bookings for shift commanders to oversee.
Fleming said the union will continue discussing the issue.
Lavallee, however, said besides the shift commander, an officer is also stationed at the front desk during each shift. Furthermore, he said a lieutenant and sergeant also work each shift, and they are capable of overseeing any incident in the field or in the station.
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Peru's Rio Santa, fed by the meltwaters of the Cordillera Blanca, is the object of water conflicts pitting indigenous communities and municipalities against mining against energy companies, upstream irrigators against downstream water users, and regional governments against each other and against national government agencies. The watershed has been selected as a pilot watershed for new experiments in water governance. In this talk I will ask about how well the Peruvian government is managing water conflict, and with what implications for long-term equity and sustainability.
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A Boulder judge this morning approved a motion by alleged 'potty-peeper' Luke Chrisco to enter a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity over the objection of prosecutors who said the move was a stall tactic.
Chrisco had originally pleaded not guilty on eight counts of second-degree burglary -- all felonies -- and two misdemeanor counts of unlawful sexual contact and criminal invasion in August. But Matt Connell took over the case as Chrisco's fourth attorney in November and filed a motion to change the plea on Feb. 1.
Boulder District judge Thomas Mulvahill ruled there was good cause to amend the plea, which Connell said was the first step to getting Chrisco the help he needed.
"I don't think you need to be a doctor or a lawyer to see that he's insane," Connell said after the hearing. "He's very sick, and he needs help."
Chrisco was arrested in the summer of 2011 a few days after a woman using a portable toilet at a Boulder yoga festival noticed something moving in the tank and then saw a feces-stained man emerge from the toilet and run away.
According to police and court records, Chrisco -- who was arrested by Vail police in an unrelated incident -- told Boulder and University of Colorado police that he hid in crawl spaces and bathrooms around Boulder, including at CU, Naropa University, the Department of Motor Vehicles office and a number of businesses, in order to watch women use the toilet.
Police later found physical modifications in many of the locations that matched Chrisco's descriptions of his hiding places.
Connell told Mulvahill that Chrisco was not in the right state of mind when he went into the portable toilet.
"He was unaware of the illegality of his behavior when he immersed himself in feces and urine," Connell said.
Connell said in his discussion with Chrisco, he told him that he believed he had the power to change the weather, and that by going into women's bathrooms he was "going into their temple" and that by praying he could transform himself in to a woman. He also said Chrisco told him voices told him to put his semen in a water bottle and "pour it around town and flick it on statues."
Deputy District Attorney Catrina Weigel questioned why none of Chrisco's previous attorneys entered an insanity plea, and said the move was a stall tactic.
"It seems to me insanity isn't the issue," she told Mulvahill. "They didn't like the offer we gave them so they're trying this route."
But Connell said the plea was not a tactic, and that he felt the plea was in the best interest of Chrisco.
"I'm going to do this the right way, and this is the right defense in this case," Connell said. "We have experts who can come in and say when he stuffed himself into a latrine filled with feces and urine, he was insane."
Connell added that Chrisco was not in the right state of mind when he entered the not guilty plea. When asked by Mulvahill, Chrisco agreed with the assessment and Connell's decision to pursue the insanity plea.
"I believe I was not mentally competent at the time of the arraignment (in August)," Chrisco told Mulvahill. "Obviously I believe I also was not culpable at the time of the original offense."
Chrisco -- who was scheduled to begin trial on March 11 -- will now undergo an evaluation at the Mental Health Institute in Pueblo and is scheduled for a hearing on May 20, almost a full two years after his arrest.
While Mulvahill acknowledged the case has dragged on, he said he felt the change of plea was appropriate and made in good faith by Connell.
"I recognize that as this case gets older, the people's evidence may become unavailable or stale," he said. "But under all the circumstances I think this is the just and right thing to do."
If found not guilty by reason of insanity at a trial, Chrisco would undergo treatment at the Mental Health Institute in Pueblo.
"It's a sad case, and he needs to be viewed with compassion," Connell said. "Generally I just think that the appropriate place for him is in the state hospital, not prison.


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Exile on Main Street -- released in May 1972 -- is as close to a perfect rock album as there is. There are a couple of songs that one might regard as filler, but within the context and atmosphere of the album, they fit quite well.
One thing about Exile that I wish I didn't know is that less than half of it was written at Keith Richard's villa in the south of France. Many songs were written and initially recorded as much as three years earlier (the band played Loving Cup at Hyde Park in July 1969 two days after Brian Jones's death). Wikipedia states that all lead and backing vocals (and much more) were recorded in Los Angeles in early 1972. Sigh -- so much for the romantic notion of the band banging out the album in Villefranche-sur-Mer during the summer of 1971.
Still, it's an amazing album. But what would it have looked like if it had been merely a single record? Exile's 18 songs are divided up 5-4-5-4 on the four sides of vinyl. My choice for a single LP is also 5-4, although one could cheat and include 5 songs per side.
AThe time of that album is a mere 37:22, so let's slot Ventilator Blues after Let It Loose.
Rocks Off
Torn and Frayed
Shine A Light
Tumbling Dice
All Down The Line
Loving Cup
Let It Loose
Soul Survivor
Back in June 1992 -- for Exile's 20th anniversary -- I published the following article in Request magazine (this summer, Exile turns 35!?!):
In the summer of 1971, the Rolling Stones squeezed into the cramped, humid cellar of Keith Richards' villa in the south of France. Legend has it they hot-wired electricity from the French railway system. When they emerged, the Stones had recorded the 18 songs that make up one of rock 'n' roll's greatest albums: Exile on Main Street. Released on May 12, 1972, Exile on Main Street celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.
The Stones were at the peak of their genius in the early '70s. Their last four albums -- Beggar's Banquet, Let It Bleed, Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!, and Sticky Fingers -- and their well-publicized hedonism had made them the reigning bad boys of rock. Fleeing England as tax exiles, the Stones were the ultimate outlaws celebrities, and they had the coke spoons and press clippings to prove it.
Recording in a basement may have given producer Jimmy Miller fits, but it gave Exile on Main Street its unique sound, a chaotic mix of rough rhythms and defiance. The Stones' other albums, no matter how great, are mere collections of songs. Exile on Main Street charges forward as a whole: raw, decadent, violent. Mick Jagger, his vocals barely afloat within the murky wash of sound, explores themes of impotence, boredom, frustration, and death. In these often indecipherable lyrics, satisfaction isn't an issue.
This cornerstone of rock 'n' roll was widely panned when it was released; some writers bemoaned "the end of the Stones." Iconoclastic critic Lester Bangs referred to Exile on Main Street as "meaningless" and "emotionally sterile"; six months later, he apologized in print, apparently having seen the light.
These days, every rock band with an earthy, ramshackle sound owes a debt to Exile on Main Street. For years, lazy critics have leaned on the album as a reference point, comparing almost any band that retains a little grit in the mix -- U2, Tom Petty, the Replacements, Green on Red -- to Exile on Main Street. Of course, its unkempt raunch has also spawned one-trick ponies like the Georgia Satellites and the Black Crowes; Aerosmith and Guns N' Roses wouldn't exist without it. Back in 1986, New York's Pussy Galore, after hearing a rumor that Sonic Youth was covering the Beatles' "white album," banged out a cover version of Exile on Main Street in three days. The resulting incoherent, screeching mess can only be termed affectionate.
"When I was a junkie," Richards once said, "I learned to ski and I made Exile on Main Street." It's tough to imagine Richards on the slopes, especially when he was skeleton-thin and had black teeth. But his assorted addictions during the Stones' glory years is proof that drugs don't always hinder the creative process.
Three years ago, critics made a big fuss about the 20th anniversary of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Exile on Main Street most likely won't be getting the same treatment, which is a damn shame. It's a better album and a lot more fun to listen to. Twenty years down the road, Exile on Main Street has yet to be equaled.


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Hiroki Kuroda (1-1, 2.53) vs. Joe Blanton (4-3, 5.86).
COMMENTS: Do you believe in momentum? The Dodgers, fresh off last night's walk-off victory, will try to channel that energy into success against Blanton — who's won three straight. The Dodgers counter with Kuroda, who threw 86 pitches over five innings in his first post-rehab start.
Although yesterday was sweet, don't forget the Dodger offense is still essentially in deep-freeze. For the cynical (not us!), last night's ninth-inning rally featured as many walks and errors as hits. Although Joe Torre professes unconcern at his team's lack of hitting, it doesn't mean he isn't anticipating the return of some early-inning offense.
"We're going to hit — it's just a matter of when that stuff is going to start up again," Torre said. Hey, why not today?


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The ice at the top of the world is melting. Scientists say that within 20 years the North Pole could be largely ice free over the summer months.
The Arctic is the canary in the coal mine: a potent symbol of the damage being done to our environment. But not everyone sees the melting ice as a grave warning to humanity. Politicians and oil giants see it as an opportunity to drill for the fuels that got us into this mess in the first place. Unsustainable, industrial-scale fishing fleets are already moving in to plunder fish stocks.
Greenpeace is not going to stand by while the Arctic is destroyed. This summer, we're launching a massive international campaign to save the Arctic. We're declaring a global sanctuary in the unclaimed area around the North Pole. We want the UN to designate it a protected area for all life on Earth. We're also demanding a ban on off-shore oil drilling and unsustainable fishing in the Arctic.
We won't be able to do it on our own – so we want to enlist the help of millions of people from around the world. Everyone who signs up to the campaign at www.savethearctic.org will add their name to an Arctic Scroll. We'll place the first million names in an indestructible pod and lower them 4 km through the freezing water, planting their names at the bottom of the sea at the top of the world.


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AAR estimates capital expenditures will again top $13 billion in 2013Written by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) says the nation's major freight railroads plan to invest an estimated $24.5 billion in 2013 to build, maintain and upgrade America's rail network
to ensure freight railroads can continue to deliver for the nation's economy.
This investment includes $13 billion in projected capital expenditures, which go toward upgrading or enhancing rail network capacity in the year ahead.
"While most other transportation modes rely on government funds, America's freight railroads operate on infrastructure they own, maintain and upgrade to serve their customers and power our economy," said AAR President and CEO Edward Hamberger. "This year, freight railroads plan to continue to focus on investments that maintain and enhance our physical infrastructure and safety systems, including cutting-edge technology that ensures we are ready to deliver for the future."
With hundreds of transportation infrastructure projects underway nationwide, railroads are investing in projects, such as intermodal terminals that facilitate truck to train freight transport; new track; bridges and tunnels; modernized safety equipment; new locomotives and rail cars and other components that ensure the U.S. freight rail network remains the most reliable and efficient in the world.
In recent years, railroads have been spending roughly 17 percent of their annual revenue on capital expenditures, compared with the average U.S. manufacturer that spends roughly three percent of revenue on capital expenditures.
The freight railroads also estimate they will hire more than 11,000 employees this year, primarily in response to retirements and attrition for positions that can be found across the U.S. With approximately 22 percent of the industry's workforce eligible to retire in the next five years, railroads are dedicated to recruiting highly-skilled people interested in making railroading a career. In the first five months of the year, railroads are participating in more than 70 career fairs across the country.


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This creative-nonfiction project examines and intuits connections among the lives of three young women born in the 1920s South. Two – Elizabeth Hardwick of Kentucky and Elizabeth Spencer of Mississippi – would go on to become famous writers, while the third – Elizabeth Weldon Collier Williams – would become the protagonist in her own unique story. Pushing the limits of biography and memoir, ThreeElizabeths explores how very different Southern women can be united by the common threads of family, femininity, and home, even as their dreams carry them beyond the South to California, New York, Italy, and beyond.
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Descent, The: Special Edition (UK - DVD R2)
Gabe Powers reviews this film from the director of the cult smash Dog Soldiers
A group of thrill-seeking female friends enter a deep, dark cave in a Middle-American forest. Excitement turns to terror when their entrance is blocked, sealing them in the pitch-black abyss. Tensions run high and accusations fly as the girls crawl through the chasm in search of a way out. Vendettas and endless corridors soon become the least of their troubles when they realize they aren't alone…
The above synopsis illustrates the genius of Neil Marshall's visceral horror piece, The Descent. The plot is not so much a plot, as a formula. A deceptively and deviously simple formula. Six attractive females enter a scary space, are trapped, and attacked by monsters. There's a little more too it than that, to be sure, but at its base this is a sexy-girls-in-peril flick.
The best horror films can usually be partitioned into two categories, high-concept and formulaic. In this age of remakes and sequels, a high-concept horror film is welcome, but the intuitive reaction of well made formulaic work should not be overlooked. Some of the genre's best directors have found a nitch, a formula, and stick with it most of their careers (Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci, Mario Bava), others will flirt with innovation, only to return after relative failure (John Carpenter, George Romero, Tobe Hooper). The formulaic horror film, when done right, is similar to a folk tale, passed on and ingrained within popular culture. Halloween, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Suspiria, Cannibal Holocaust, The Thing, Alien; these are all films that work because of their simplicity.
Director Neil Marshall has, so far in his short career, embraced the formula horror film. In both his completed features – this one and 2002's Dog Soldiers – he drops a small cast in a confined space surrounded by monsters. The Descent is a marked improvement on his first film, which was a flawed, but exciting piece of indie-action cinema, and utilizes the formula better than any genre fan could want. These movies are unabashedly silly, but The Descent ends up being more accomplished through unfazed straightness, whereas Dog Soldiers had a prominent silly streak.
The danger of the formulaic horror is the risk of over-exposure. In direct contradiction to my initial statements, the worst horror films are almost always formulaic. For every Twitch of the Death Nerve there are about a thousand Fatal Frames. The key to success seems to lie somewhere between sticking to the theorem and turning it on its head. Marshall prospers because he sets up the simple foundation, then fills in the cracks lesser films may have ignored. For example, though only three of the six protagonists are set up with much back-story, none of them feel too thinly drawn or unrealistic. Sometimes wooden acting can actually make a formulaic horror film better, but in this case the realism of the performances makes the terror more intimate.
Marshall has the audacious gall to hide his monsters for more than half the film, which is both a hindrance and advantage. The non-fantastic elements are scary enough that perhaps they could have worked better on their own, and the second the monsters show up I was personally no longer afraid. However, I was very entertained by these cannibalistic humanoid underground dwellers, and the action sequences they initiated. What we have here are two great movies, one a claustrophobic thriller about the terror of spelunking, and the other a crowd-pleasing actioneer about hot chicks gorily battling creepy man-beasts. Unfortunately, when added together, the sum is somehow less than the two parts.
Our main character, Sarah, has lost her family in a car accident one year prior to the events of the cave, according to an prologue sequence that while well executed, might have well been stamped "prologue" in that it doesn't fit in with the otherwise taught, twenty-four hour tale. Come to think of it, if there had been some kind of post-modern title card stamped "prologue" preceding the scene, it may have felt more organic. As it stands, the sequence is unnecessary, seemingly belonging in a third movie about the claustrophobic sadness that follows the death of a loved one. Marshall has the right idea mixing these themes, but they never quite gel.
But I'm focusing on the negative here. The Descent is one of the most nerve-racking 'proper' horror films I've experienced in a long time. I even jumped once (something I haven't done since I first saw A Tale of Two Sisters), and one scene involving Sarah, an infrared camera, and a creature scurrying amongst her friends gave me some pretty big chills. The intensity rarely falters, even in moments of relative calm, insuring the aggravation in the audience. The events burn slowly, seeping an aura of dread into even the most jaded mind, lulling it into a creeped out sense of complacency, establishing the real scares infinitely more effectively.
The unpleasantness of cave diving is something I remember grappling (ha, pun) with since I was a child and first saw photos of the sport in National Geographic. Though I am aware that there was another creatures-in-a-deep-crevasse flick released this year, the utilization of the sport as a horrific element is quite inspired. What other sport mixes the fears of heights, small spaces, and man's impotence in the face of nature better? Personally, I couldn't image squirming through unknown caverns, just waiting for the inevitable cave in.
Gore-hounds may lose faith when there isn't but one juicy shot for the first third of the film, but can rest assured that most of the grue is pushed to the end. The squeamish may want to prepare themselves for some pretty graphic (though over-edited) moments. Marshall is an equal opportunity splattermiester, and has no qualms about slicing up his feminine heroes, nor does he make them meek lambs to the slaughter, the CHUDs get their share too. But the liberal spilling of vital fluid, again, makes the finale feel like an entirely different film, a sore point I keep coming back to in my analysis.
The Descent takes place in the darkest dark imaginable. Darkness has never been video's best friend. The possibility of a demo-worthy transfer was not in the cards for this release. That said, the sequences that feature a fair amount of light fare pretty well. Marshall and his DP favour the same contrast heavy, over-cranked film stock they used for Dog Soldiers for most of the daylight sequences, like what Spielberg used for Saving Private Ryan. When contrasted against other colours, the black levels are commendable, and edge enhancement is at a minimum. The night footage, taking place before the descent itself uses a more natural stock, and comes off a little less crisp than the day footage.
Once into the cave, the crew intended on using as little supplementary lighting as possible, meaning that most sequences are illuminated by the actresses headlamps, flashlights (or torches as you wacky Brits call them), flares, and glow sticks. The glow sticks and flares afford an excuse for eerie, monochromatic ambiance, to the point where the screen will literally turn red during the spelunker's most taxing hardships. The blackness around these lights is not often truly black. Frequently low-level noise, and illuminated film grain encompasses the frame. The filmmaker's attempts at making the action observable leads to some light edge enhancement. None of these nuisances take away from the film's overall success, and in the end I'm sure this was the best Marshall could get without utilizing digital film.
The villainous "Crawlers" of film are entirely audio dependant, and so is the tactile nature of the best horror films. A cave, as you very well know, is very prone to echoing, a fact that initiates some of the film's best surround moments. The interplay of sound and silence is instrumental in maintaining the sense of fear and dread. The DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks both emanate creepy ambiance and sound that the viewer could attribute to "just the wind". When the ground shifts and rocks fall, the LFE throbs to life, and the viewer trembles. The minimalist score is also malevolently effective in selling some of the more harrowing scares, and the actresses and Crawlers scream, this impressive soundtrack will drown out your own.
Though not the most "special" special edition I've ever seen, this two-disc set still has quite a bit to offer. Disc one features two commentary tracks, one with the director and five of the six leads, the other with the director and some crewmembers. Both tracks have a few cute anecdotes, but there's a lot of silence, mumbling, and chatting about unrelated and uninteresting topics (this from the actress track). I lost interest in both tracks pretty quickly and caught myself skipping chapters in search of something more entertaining.
Disc two begins with a sharp, but all too short making of documentary. Basically, it follows the actual filming process, leaving most of the pre and post-production to our imaginations. There are loads of one-on-one interviews with cast and crewmembers, including some more personal musings on the production from our ladies of despair. The silly question as to each actress's favourite horror film is asked early on, along with the usual early involvement stories. Director Marshall gets the most screen time, but never really goes into more than the technical aspects of the show, including his admitted dues to The Shinning, Deliverance, and Alien.
We are privy to the main actresses' crash-course in cave diving, which occurred just before shooting started, and allowed them to build comradely, which helped them establish their believable onscreen relationships. Early creature designs are divulged, and all throughout the design dialogue, everyone involved conveniently manages to not mention the Crawlers many striking similarities with Blade II's Reapers. The actors playing the Reapers, oh, excuse me, the Crawlers are revealed to be real actors, not gymnasts or dancers. This decision is attributed to Marshall's insistence on believable creatures, and it seems to have paid off. It turns out that the skin-crawling Crawler reveal I mentioned earlier in my film review, was actually the actresses' first introduction to the make-up and actors beneath it. All those screams are genuine.
The doc is followed by a selection of extended scenes. These are presented in non-anamorphic widescreen, and use mostly on-set sound (clump, clump, clump, go the wooden floors that are standing in for the heavy, and far less pliable rock). As per the norm, these were all rightfully deleted for pacing purposes, with the possible exception of a few that reveal an actual sister relationship between two of the girls. With these snippets missing from the final feature, I had no idea that any of the characters were suppose to be blood related. Curiously, the only anamorphically enhanced feature on the set is the blooper reel, which I suppose is cute, but kind of unnecessary. The second disc is rounded out with the usual still galleries (which don't feature nearly enough early creature designs), slow moving storyboard comparisons, trailers, and cast and crew info, that criminally features no pictures.
Some British magazines have slightly over-praised this film, even calling it one of the best horror films of all time. I'm going to disagree with these exaggerated analyses, but still strongly recommend the film, especially to horror genre fans. The DVD itself is nothing earth shattering, but presents some satisfying extras and a squeal-inducing soundtrack. The Descent is good, old-fashion scary filmmaking, the characters are easy to sympathize with, the motivations believable, and the setting dreadful. I only wish the film's two parts had gelled a little better.
You can purchase this title from Xploitedcinema.com.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Suitable only for persons of 18 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 7th November 2005
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: English
Extras: Commentary by Director and Cast, Commentary by Director and Production Crew, Making of Featurette, Extended Scenes, Outtakes, Scene and Storyboard Comparisons, Stills Galleries, Cast and Crew Biographies, Theatrical Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Neil Marshall
Cast: Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Jackson Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder, MyAnna Buring, Nora-Jane Noone, Molly Kayll
Genre: Horror
Length: 95 minutes
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