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How can anyone claim liberty to break the law? A comparison of liberty and license. [1]
Many of the pro-abort demonstrators in Austin are hired to protest; Craiglist ad offered up to $2,200 per month on behalf of abortion providers. [2]
2 pro-evolution public schools in Buffalo, NY have 25% graduation rates. Also, another gauntlet is thrown down to evolutionists.[3]
Liberals love coat hangers after all: [4]
Christianity is taking a huge bite out of world atheism right now and China's atheist leaders attempts to suppress Christianity is intense. [5]
Christianity's rapid growth in China is causing more Bibles to be printed in China than any other place in the world.
Liberal California loses basketball star Dwight Howard to conservative Texas, where Howard accepted a lower salary but takes more home due to the far lower taxes in Texas. [6]
An activist reminds us that one single petition could end Obamacare any time. Hint: it's the same one that stopped the amnesty bill. [7]
"Those Big Babies!" [8]
A conservative coalition of Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), Eagle Forum, Students for Life and others opposes Anti-Life U.S. Senate S.959, as floor vote approaches.[9]
Canadian teacher at a Christian school will be serving as a science editor of the Question evolution! campaign book for middle school students.[10]
Liberal claptrap is expensive: Hillary Clinton reaps more than $200,000 per speech to industry groups. [11] Several poor students could go to college on full scholarships for the cost of one liberal speech.
Best of the public triumphs again, as an Australian teenager shatters a cricket record against the "expert" English team. [12]
The Question evolution! book for middle school students, edited by a Christian apologist, gains in popularity. [13]
Did I vote for that? That's what Republicans might soon ask themselves if they vote for the latest amnesty bill. [14]
An interesting study on the histories of Moses, Nehemiah, and Christopher Columbus. [15]
Conservapedia proven right, again: nearly three months after Conservapedia observed that Tamerlan Tsarnaev likely committed a gruesome 9/11 anniversary triple-murder, the New York Times runs an expose (without, of course, criticizing the Obama Administration for withholding the truth). [16]
The world's hottest day in history was ... 100 years ago Wednesday. [17] It's more than a dozen degrees cooler there now, and that's not the crisis in global warming that liberals claimed.
Will New Jersey Governor Chris Christie do the right thing, or the wrong, on gun control in his State? An activist looks at his earlier record and has his doubts. [18]
98-49 was the landslide margin Tuesday night as the Texas House approved the landmark pro-life bill. [19]
A New Jersey activist reluctantly proposes a "third option" that would prompt many to evacuate his State. Like everything else, one must put that in context. Here are the details: [20]
Moses vs. the secular 10 commandments - Moses wins![21]
From a macroeconomic perspective, there has been no genuine economic growth in the USA since 1980, give or take a year.[22]
Setback for gun control pushers: top Dem in Colorado Senate faces recall after passing law to take away gun rights. [23]
The timing of the rapid expansion of the creationist campaign Project 200 plus is revealed. Also, a few reasons why global atheism deserves to keep on shrinking.[24]
Does the Third Amendment to the Constitution of the United States apply to the police as well as to the army? A Nevada case will test that very question. [25]
Gov. Rick Perry: 'We're going to pass' abortion restrictions in Texas. Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Sunday that state Sen. Wendy Davis' attention-getting filibuster notwithstanding, the Legislature is going to approve restrictions on abortion when it gavels in another special session this week. "We're going to pass some restrictions on abortion," he said on "Fox News Sunday." "Texas is a place where we defend life. I mean, that's the powerful message here and that's what we're focused on and politics will take care of itself." [26]
Government-controlled system that warns against poor landings, the Instrument Landing System (ILS), "was not operating at the time" of the plane crash, the FAA admits. But the liberal media downplay the failure, to prevent criticism of Obama. [27]
FAA-mandated construction, which had turned off the airport guidance system, is the prime suspect as the cause for yesterday's plane crash, observes an expert pilot. [28] But liberal denial by the media and Obama are working overtime to avoid outrage about the government's failure.
The consequences of liberalism.[29]
More biologists endorse Stephen C. Meyer's book Darwin's Doubt. [30]
One of Britain's Top Geneticists Recommends Darwin's Doubt. Leading defender of Darwinism, Jerry Coyne (an atheist), promptly dives into his intellectual bunny hole.[31]
Unemployment is as high as ever, especially when you count everybody (see Joblessness), not just those standing in the unemployment line. [32]
This baby is offensive...to a liberal. [33]
This is pathetic: Obama demands that Ireland arrest his nemesis if he happens to land at its airport, on the way to South America. [34]
John Kerry rushes from his yacht in Nantucket to address a "real" crisis -- not the bloodshed in Egypt, but the news that Venezuela has granted asylum to Obama's nemesis, Edward J. Snowden. [35] Communists protect the man who humiliated Obama, proving that God does have a sense of humor.
A heavy-metal conservative lashes out at sleight-of-hand by the Mainstream Media. [36]
Give it up, gun control pushers: Illinois becomes the 50th state (out of 50) to legalize concealed-carry of guns, and very few towns accepted the liberal offer to ban guns locally. [37]
Worst College Majors update: Students are more likely to default on loans than graduate at 514 colleges. [38] Liberal claptrap of higher education can be an albatross to future earnings.
Arrests begin in Egypt of the Obama-installed Muslim Brotherhood, which was failing to protect Christians. [39] Obama was too obsessed chasing his nemesis Snowden to prevent this.
Why merely delay part of Obamacare? Why not repeal it entirely? [40]
Did John Stossel get it wrong about basic liberty when discussing the revelations of Edward J. Snowden? A Tea Party activist says yes. [41]
Celebrate the 4th of July without violating U.S. Flag Code. As Americans celebrate the 4th of July many are likely to put up festive decorations. Unfortunately, if those decorations include one or more American flags there is a good chance that people violate the U.S. Flag Code. [42]
Diversion of Bolivian Plane Angers Latin American Leaders. Latin American leaders reacted with fury on Wednesday to the diversion of the airplane carrying President Evo Morales of Bolivia through European airspace, calling it a grave offense to all of their countries, unjustified by suspicions that the fugitive American former security contractor, Edward J. Snowden, was on board. [43]
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) reports in the Wall Street Journal:
"The Administration's action to delay enforcement of the employer mandate in PPACA until after the election of November 2014 violates both the law and the U.S. Constitution. Section 1513 clearly states that the law shall apply to months beginning after December 2013."[44]
Is God looking for a few good, that is righteous, men? [45]
Good Samaritan Tim Tebow tried in 2007 to defuse a conflict and "stop Aaron Hernandez from slugging bouncer." [46] Six years later, Hernandez allegedly committed a brutal murder.
Too many so-called conservative voices in the media are not well-grounded in the Constitution and are too quick to compromise it away. [47]
Riveting testimony tonight for pro-life Texas H.B. 2, broadcast live over the internet by the legislature, includes complaints that abortion clinics target Hispanic women.
ObamaCare fails again: Obama delays implementation for many businesses. [48]
Edward J. Snowden denounces Obama: "the President ordered his Vice President to pressure the leaders of nations from which I have requested protection to deny my asylum petitions. This kind of deception from a world leader is not justice, and neither is the extralegal penalty of exile." [49]
"Putin: Snowden can stay in Russia if he stops damaging USA." [50] Snowden has just sought asylum in Russia.
Belgium university study indicates that conservative senior citizen voters have higher confidence levels than liberals.[51]
Atheist wiki editor admits that the evolutionary paradigm is disputable. Other atheist wiki editors don't challenge his assertion. Also, atheist editor imagines that Darwinism might be evidentially solid 200 years from now. [52]
A new astronomical fix for the Great Flood. [53]
America's allies are furious that Obama was snooping and spying on them, and Obama fails to explain why he did this to our friends. [54] Instead, Obama has Joe Biden focus on preventing Obama's young nemesis from traveling to Ecuador.
America's first monument to atheism is unsightly and appears to be crooked. [55] Once again, the notion that atheists are more intelligent is dispelled and the notion that atheists are crooked is reinforced. See: Atheism and intelligence and Atheism and morality
Joe Biden personally begs Ecuador not to grant asylum to Edward J. Snowden, but Ecuador is unimpressed. [56]
The Discovery Institute charges evolutionist Nick Matzke with a suspiciously fast and sloppy review of Stephen C. Meyer's book Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design.[57]
Setback for creation-deniers: Jane Austen is favored to replace Charles Darwin on Brits' £10 note! [58]
Jane Austen was a creationist and her father served as an Anglican rector.
The economies of the U.S., Germany and France have all recovered the output lost since the 2008 economic crisis. But Britain so far hasn't bounced back.[59]
Liberal double standard: liberal media are fine with the use of rubber bullets and even a stun grenade against people who were protesting Obama. [60] Imagine the outrage if a conservative government did that.
A Tea Party Democrat warns: don't let the IRS scandal die. [61]
Another win: Court of Appeals rules for Hobby Lobby in its challenge to an ObamaCare regulation. [62]
Christians are happier than atheists on Twitter.[63]
Despite a brutal homicide, NFL owners refuse to clean up the league: the underachieving Dallas Cowboys keep a jailed player on its team who has been charged with intoxication manslaughter and failing two drug tests. [64]
Don't let talking heads entertain you out of your freedoms. [65]
Nothing in the U.S. Supreme Court rulings on homosexual "marriage" affects Christian freedoms regarding the ability to follow Scripture or clearly teach the biblical view of marriage.[66]
Theologically conservative clergy can still preach that individuals who die homosexuals will burn in hell for all eternity.
The battle of the black robes will begin: judiciary against clergy. Where do you stand? [67]
The Hollywood left: so anti-gun in public, until the director yells "ACTION!" [68]
Star player in the anti-Christian NFL is now suspected of having murdered two others a month before he received a $40 million contract extension. [69]
The Supreme Court grants cert to reconsider a pro-abortion ruling by a state court, which is the first time in more than six years that the High Court takes an abortion case. The lamestream media, obsessed with the gay marriage issue, hasn't even noticed this cert grant yet.
That Supreme Court decision on gay marriage is only one symptom of a culture run amuck. See here for a full list. [70]
NFL values: a Pro-Bowl "star" with a $41 million contract is arrested for allegedly orchestrating a murder that included shooting the victim five times at point-blank range, while accompanied by friends. [71] Perhaps the NFL should welcome Christianity rather than shunning it.
More than 2/3rds of the United States continues to reject same-sex marriage, and judicial supremacy by the Supreme Court today does not change that one bit.
Supreme Court decision on gay marriage blasted by National Organization for Marriage leader. [72] And by Bradlee Dean: [73]
The immigration bill is a big pork fest, and now is an embarrassment to its chief sponsors on that account. [74] And: a Tea Party activist has a few choice words for New Jersey's appointed Senator, and the Republican Party in general. [75]
The liberal media admit: "President Obama in the doldrums." [76] If he cannot even control his own NSA, then why would anyone believe he can control the climate?
Bradlee Dean warns again: as ye sow, so shall ye reap. And that includes what your government sows for you. [77]
Obama is more like a dictator than Vladimir Putin, as Putin observes: "Assange and Snowden consider themselves human rights activists and say they are fighting for the spread of information. Ask yourself this: should you hand these people over so they will be put in prison?" [78]
Russia to Obama and John Kerry: stop lying about Russia's role concerning Edward J. Snowden. Vladimir Putin said Russia wouldn't extradite him anyway. [79]
A former Senate candidate offers his alternative immigration reform plan. [80]
Reddit is seeing its web traffic plunge in 2013. The year 2013 is the WORST year in the history of atheism/Darwinism just like Question evolution! campaign fans predicted![81]
Salon publishes an article which declares: Christopher "Hitchens' "God Is Not Great" is an intellectually shameful book". Why are atheists so low-class and so low brow?[82]
Liberal John Kerry says that Russia should hand over Obama's nemesis to the Obama Administration. [83] And he's only one example of liberal hypocrites who now talk about "rule of law" after standing for its opposite – during a previous administration. [84]
A grassroots activist asks sobering questions about Edward J. Snowden and his motives, in light of unproven allegations about acts beyond revealing to the public that the American government spies on its own citizens. [85]
Switzerland, a beacon of European creationism, has the world's most competitive economy. The United States, a land filled with creationists, is expected to dominate the world economy for years. [86]
Christianity has great depth and sophistication. Also, 7 reasons why atheism has developed a reputation of being low-class and "low brow". [87]
Reuters: "For Obama, a world of Snowden troubles ... Leaders Obama has wooed - and met recently - were willing to snub the American president."[88]
Pew Research Center: 'Incompetent' and 'liar' are now among the top 5 most frequently used words to describe President Barack Hussein Obama. [89]
Edward J. Snowden apparently lost confidence in the Rule of Law of the amoral communist China and Hong Kong, packed his bags and headed for the increasingly Christian and conservative Russia.
The South China Morning Post reported this morning that Snowden may be en route to Iceland or Ecuador while others have said he is bound for Venezuela via Havana, Cuba. [90]
Mashable admits one of the internet's largest atheist communities, Reddit atheism, has developed a reputation of being "low brow" over the years by "some" (translation: by people who are not "low brow").[91]
Bold evangelism is seeing results in India. 75 - 100 people became Christians in an Indian village. Reports of the miraculous occurring.[92]
Atheist wiki drops in global market share while Gotquestions.org saw an increase in global market share.[93]
Liberal claptrap of the week: "Hillary Clinton wants a female president 'in my lifetime.'" [94] Translation: Hillary lacks any good reasons for seeking the presidency.
A candidate in a special Senate election may not showcase her own good works in her campaign. Why not? Blame the IRS – and the late Lyndon Baines Johnson. [95]
Mimolette Cheese, a French cheese eaten safely for hundreds of years, is suddenly deemed unsafe by the nannycrats of the Barack Hussein Obama Administration.[96]
Bradlee Dean, speaking out about an attack on one of his teams, calls on America to stop asking permission to obey God. [97]
Hillary Clinton's daughter Chelsea revealed that her much-admired maternal grandmother was the child of unwed teenage parents who "did not have access to services that are so crucial that Planned Parenthood helps provide." So Mrs. Clinton would never have been born if abortion had been available. [98]
Liberal double standard: an offensive racial joke by an Obama Cabinet official is somehow not racism, [99] yet the liberal media crucified golfer Sergio Garcia for making an offhand joke about Tiger Woods.
Announcing a new grassroots organization evoking the life of Judge Deborah: Women of Faith in Action. [100]
NY Times fact-checkers are unfamiliar with the Bible, and had to issue this correction to a David Brooks column: An earlier version of this column incorrectly identified the biblical texts in which three figures — Saul, David and Esther — appear. Their stories are told in other books of the Jewish Bible, but not in the Torah. The column also incorrectly described a passage from I Corinthians that ends with the statement, "God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong." It was written by Paul, not spoken by Jesus. [101]
Retired investigators of TWA Flight 800, downed a few months before Bill Clinton's reelection in 1996, say that the government "falsified" the findings. [102] Recall that the Clinton Administration imprisoned one reporter for trying to determine the truth.
Bradlee Dean warns Barack Hussein Obama of a Biblical truism: you reap what you sow. [103]
A congressional human rights committee in Brazil approves legislation to authorize psychologists to treat and cure homosexuality. [104] The homosexual agenda continues its decline globally.
Conservative "Rand Paul: Youth with me on NSA issue." [105] "They see [Obama] now as a hypocrite," the likely 2016 presidential candidate observes.
An ugly chapter in the Republican primary for the special Senate election in New Jersey came to a close today. An Administrative Law Judge ruled that Alieta Eck, a newcomer who dared challenge the political establishment, can stay on the ballot. [106]
"Remembering Jesus, really remembering!" by Bishop Bert: [107]
Chinese dissident claims communist China now controls U.S. academia: [108]
State Senator Elbert Guillory of Louisiana becomes another ex-Democrat after seeing that party for what it really is. [109][110] "At the heart of liberalism is the idea that only a great and powerful big government can be the benefactor of social justice for all Americans. But the left is only concerned with one thing: control. And they disguise this control as charity."
AT&T iPhone Users Forced to Receive Obama Alerts Which Can't Be Turned Off. [111] First the Verizon phone calls scandal and now this.[112]
Russia, fed up with Obama's pushing of the homosexual agenda on its own country, tells Obama to quit trying to overthrow the leadership in Syria. [113]
Edward J. Snowden continues to stand up against Obama by declaring today on a live newspaper blog, "Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped." [114] Why are liberals like Obama so opposed to the public learning the truth?
Jane M. Orient, M.D., Executive Director of Association of American Physicians and Surgeons discusses the Internal Revenue Service administering ObamaCare. [115]
Is the reason why atheists are more likely to commit suicide that so many of them have bad relationships with their earthly father and their heavenly father?[116] See: Paul Vitz and Atheism and suicide
If Barack Hussein Obama likes Father's Day so much, then why is the Obama Administration striving so hard to have lesbians get "married".[117]
"Britain's biggest climate problem is with cold winters that lead to thousands of excess deaths." [118] Yet liberal denial continues about the hoax of a global warming crisis.
The world's biggest population of atheists run by secular leftists may implode under crushing debt in about 6 months. Hard landing may be in store for China's economy. [119][120]
Expect the explosive growth of Christianity in China to continue. Biblical Christianity thrives under economic adversity.[121]
Now the Obama Administration pretends they do not know where Edward J. Snowden is, perhaps to avoid criticism if Obama tried to extradite him now. [122]
Vetoed! Conservative Texas Governor Rick Perry vetoes more than two dozen bills passed by RINOs. [123] Will Perry run for the presidency next?
The President of Equatorial Guinea has warned African leaders not to tolerate, accept or allow the issue of homosexuality to get roots in their countries. Also, 7 reasons why homosexuals have lower moral standards.[124]
News from the Left Coast: "'Less liberal' is the new conservative," as Dems find it necessary to restrain reckless spending by other Dems. [125]
In New Jersey, candidate Steve Lonegan wages an ugly fight before an Administrative Law Judge against a prospective primary opponent. [126][127] A grassroots activist today begs him to knock it off. [128]
Happy Flag Day: "A yearly contemplation of our flag strengthens and purifies the national conscience." — President Calvin Coolidge
God gives victory when His people fight, especially in His Name. [129]
Liberal policies have destroyed Detroit, and now the city defaults on its debt. [130] It may pay only pennies on the dollar to its creditors.
New Jersey grassroots activists have reason to cheer: two genuine conservatives in a Republican special primary for the United States Senate. [131]
Russians overwhelmingly reject liberal values on homosexuality. Lawmakers pass anti-homosexuality bill in a 435-0 vote. Weak gay activists are easily overpowered by police.[132]
Liberal denial continues: Joe Biden denies that George W. Bush defeated Al Gore for president in 2000, and the liberal media praises Biden for his denial! [133]
Southern Baptist Convention blasts Boy Scouts over stance on homosexuality, votes to encourage defectors. [134]
America's first atheist monument to stand outside Florida courthouse.[135]
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) deputy director Michael Morell has "decided to spend more time with his family" and resign post terror attack in Benghazi.[136]
Why moderates leave an acrid taste in a conservative's mouth. [137]
The modern civil rights movement consists of "demoralizers of the faith" – a far cry from Martin Luther King's day. [138]
The Mainstream Media always ignore this key fact about any mass murder story they cover: it happens in a gun-free zone. [139]
Pope Francis plans to purge the Vatican of the "gay lobby," and speaks candidly about the problem. [140] Why aren't Republican Party leaders as candid?
James Clapper, head of the NSA and now under-fire, said in March that he had no knowledge of the massive phone and email collecting by his agency. [141]
The socialist "paradise" of Venezuela is now on the brink of hyperinflation. [142]
Love Obamacare now? If you live in Ohio, your health insurance premiums went up 88% percent. [143]
NSA officials overheard on how to cause Edward Snowden to be "disappeared". [144]
From the IRS "Keep your religious beliefs to yourself." [145] "You cannot, you know, use your religious belief to tell other people you don't have a belief, so I don't believe you need the right to do this, start confrontation, protesting, uh, prot, uh, protest...you don't apply for tax exemption."
The bright Patriots head coach treats the liberal media with disdain in dismissing their inane hostility to Tim Tebow, on his first day of practice. [146]
Is Edward J. Snowden, who revealed the breathtaking extent of how our government monitors us, a hero, or a traitor? Judge for yourself. [147]
The world's biggest mental health research institute is abandoning the new version of psychiatry's "Bible" (DSM-5).[148]
Great Conservative Sports Star Tim Tebow is reportedly joining the New England Patriots, from where he will be able to crush twice-a-year the liberal New York team that cut him. [149] God does indeed have a sense of humor.
Why is big government a Goliath and why should you fear it? Start with watching a girl with cystic fibrosis nearly die from some arcane rule, while the government waives said rule for a big campaign donor. Then remember a little bit of history. [150]
Homeschooling surge underway: Education at home is growing seven times faster than K-12 enrollment. The homeschool option makes perfect sense, "significantly higher ACT-Composite scores as high schoolers and higher grade point averages as college students." [151]
`Britain has a debt-to-revenue ratio of 212%. Britain's external debt to GDP ratio was 390% in 2011.[152]
Promoters of marijuana are quiet about the arrest Saturday of a crane operator charged with causing the deaths of 6 people while under the alleged influence of the drug. [153] Authorities still conceal how much pot was in the system of "College Weed Dealer" Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. [154]
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I understand what you are saying, but what do you suggest as the alternative? I have had 2 dogs myself and looked after numerous others....dogs want to walk, no matter what the weather. Okay may be not in the heavy rain, both of my dogs had been known to demand to go out in the garden.....then give me a look saying "what, you expect me to out in that? No way am I going out."
Carry them? - Most dogs are too heavy to be carried far.
Or maybe you have found a gap in the market, socks/shoes for dogs (although, not sure how the dog would take to that. Have you experienced a dog in a situation where something is happening, that they do not approve of?
One of the dogs I looked after had 4 adults trying to get it into a haltie, I didn't realise that a dog had so many legs...... Nearly get it fitted then a leg comes free and you have to start again. In the end the dog won... no haltie.
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No more gasoline or diesel cars will be sold in France by 2040 — that's the ambitious goal set out Thursday by Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot as part of far-reaching efforts to wean the world's No. 6 economy from fossil fuels.
At a news conference unveiling a five-year government plan to encourage clean energy and fulfill France's commitments under the Paris climate accord, Hulot said French car manufacturers have projects that "can fulfill that promise."
His appeal comes a day after Sweden's Volvo became the first major automaker to pledge to stop making cars and SUVs powered solely by the internal combustion engine.
France is unusually dependent on diesel fuel, blamed for pollution that often chokes the French capital. The Paris mayor wants to ban diesel vehicles by 2020.
But Hulot's plan would cover the whole country and also target gasoline-powered cars, and could face resistance from both manufacturers and drivers. He proposed aid for poorer families to buy cleaner cars.
The maker of Peugeot and Citroen cars, PSA Group, said the environment minister's pledge fits with its goal of offering hybrid or electric versions of 80 percent of its cars by 2023.
But even if France eventually bans sales of diesel and petrol vehicles, PSA spokeswoman Laure de Servigny said the company will continue making such cars for foreign markets.
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My teenage son wants to learn to scuba dive. He'll take a local class to get certified. But are there any recent technologies or advances to look for in selecting an intro-level scuba gear? No need for anything premium until we see if he sticks with it. Do you just use whatever the rental companies offer? Is there a great scuba for beginners website?0
Most shops require your son to have his own mask, snorkel, and fins. Even if it's not required, he should do so for reasons of familiarity and comfort, as the mask and fins can fit very differently between models and he should have gear that fits well. If your son isn't committed yet, there's no reason to buy additional gear -- with two (and a half) possible exceptions.
First, the most important piece of life support equipment is the regulator, which runs between the tank of air and your mouth, dropping the pressure and controlling the rate of flow. You might want to own this in order to control the maintenance on this critical piece.
The Subgear regulators are relatively inexpensive and high quality, as they're made by Scubapro but without the lifetime warranty and with less expensive trim. They used to have regulators with names beginning A, B, and C, with C the highest-grade, but they've just changed their naming scheme and I'm not caught up yet. If your son plans on cold-water diving, the top grade might be worthwhile, but if he's only planning to drive tropically, that's probably overkill.
The second piece of gear you might wish to own outright is a dive computer -- if your son is a data nerd. I wish I'd had a dive computer with computer interface from the beginning, so that I had detailed data on all of my dives. To make this worthwhile, if you're not running Windows, pick your software and then pick your computer. I've got a Mac and use MacDive 2, available at http://mac-dive.com/
I own an air-integrated Suunto, which I love, but the interface may be a bit complicated for beginners, and it's not cheap. (Air-integrated means that the computer acts as your air gauge -- and can report this to your dive logging software, so you can track changes and improvements or declines in your air consumption rate, helping you to maximize your dive time.) Mares makes some relatively inexpensive dive computers with simple interfaces.
Finally, if your son is planning to shore dive -- particularly in cold-water, where he'll be wearing lots of other gear including thick gloves -- upgrade his fins with spring straps. (If your fin manufacturer doesn't make spring straps, there are almost certainly third-party spring straps designed to integrate with what fins he does buy.) It might sound silly, but as a cold-water diver I feel that these have been one of my best purchases, as they allow me to get my fins on and off reliably, without assistance or fuss.
defiately his own mask and snorkle, as faces are different and a leaking maske can dsitress new divers. A mask when pressed against the face, without the strap , should adhere to the face with one slight nose inhale. It should stay there while turning your head side to side and looking down, if it faslls off it does not fit. The same is true for swimming goggles,without the breath. Stick them to your eyes and they should stay on by vacuum. I am sure you can buy almost brand new modern fins in crigs list for less than half price. check the straps as they are the first to get rot and fail , and knock 10 bucks off the price for new ones. I have to admit having ones own regulator even A good used one is worth it. Many times the tie wrap that holds the mouthpice on is going to break underwater and your regulator will break free, causing distress, at the least. Keeping your life support equip in proper working order is only something an owner can do. The typical dive kit that was mentioned can be found on craigs list if you have time, for half the price of a lessor new one. Most likely it will be 3 years old but brand new, A new diver talked into buying gear they will never use again. however craiglist deals , you need time to wait unless your lucky and you need a knowledgable person to help you.
Escapefromyonkers, can you suggest any specific makes/models of fins/mask that you would look for if you were shopping for used stuff on craig's list?
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Blade (NL - BD)
Chris checks out the Dutch BD release of this gory comic book action feature...
Blade tells the story of a human-vampire hybrid possessed of superhuman strength, reflexes and regenerative capabilities. However, unlike his blood-sucking brethren Blade is immune to the usual devastating effects of sunlight, and together with his mentor, Whistler, he hunts down and kills vampires while trying to fight his ever-increasing blood lust-with the aid of a special serum.
Meanwhile, vampire overlord Deacon Frost is attempting to capture Blade in order to use his blood to awaken La Magra, the vampire god who will spell certain doom for the human race. Caught up in this struggle is Karen Jenson, a haematologist Blade saved from one of Frost's henchmen. Unfortunately Karen was bitten and must now find a cure for her own vampirism while simultaneously searching for a way to end Blade's dependency on his serum.
I don't think I really need to go into too much plot detail for a twelve year old film that was one of the DVD format's biggest sellers. In fact the region two release was one of the very first reviews I did for the site way back in 2001, and although I'd like to think that I've honed my reviewing skills in the intervening years I don't think there's really anything I can bring to the table with a lengthy review. Blade has always been one of my favourite comic book movies and as such it was a title I was looking to get in hi-def, but until recently I was only aware of the region-locked Canadian Alliance Atlantis release. Luckily I learned of this relatively cheap region-free Blu-ray from Dutch distributor RCV and jumped at the chance to own it.
This Blu-ray release presents Blade at its theatrical widescreen aspect ratio of 2.35:1 (1080/24p AVC). This is one of the major advantages over the Alliance disc, which has a heavily cropped 1.78:1 transfer (way to go Alliance). I was initially wary of buying a disc from an unknown (to me) Dutch distributor, but as soon as the film began all of my misgivings vanished. Now the DVD release of Blade was actually one of the better titles back in the early days of the format, but that was over ten years ago and visually this Blu-ray release is a improvement over the DVD in just about every conceivable way.
The first thing that struck me was the level of detail, which simply blows the standard-definition edition away. The upscaled version of the DVD has a distinct lack of clarity and exhibits a lot of compression artefacts, but here everything is extremely sharp and clean. The opening scenes at the makeshift 'rave' are superbly rendered, allowing you to pick out individual drops of blood, vamps' fangs, and the detailing on Blade's costume and weaponry. Facial textures are also very impressive and contrast is much improved, with scenes that appeared slightly washed out on the DVD looking much better on this release. Colour rendition is also improved, especially the reds, which is important in a vampire movie with so much blood on show. DNR is never an issue, and there's a reassuring layer of grain present throughout. There's what looks like slight edge enhancement to be found, along with some moderate posterisation, but aside from that the transfer is largely artefact-free. All things considered this is a very pleasing effort that came as something of a surprise.
The disc features a solitary DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless track that ticks all the right boxes. There's plenty of directionality, with some impressive ambient effects and a great soundtrack. Perhaps the best example of all of these elements working in unison is during the opening 'blood rave', with crowds of screaming revellers and showers of blood filling the soundstage to the thumping tune of New Order's 'Confusion'. Things get even better when Blade makes his entrance and starts slicing and dicing vamps, as gunfire ricochets off of walls and blood-suckers cry out in pain. There's also a really neat three-hundred-and-sixty degree effect when he uses his 'glaive' weapon to decapitate a group of henchmen.
The track continues to impress as the film progresses, with some wonderfully subtle touches like the fluttering of paper across dark alleys and cargo trains screeching over rusty old tracks. The aforementioned 'Confusion' isn't the only example of pounding bass either, as pretty much every action scene beats the subwoofer into submission. Mark Isham's score is another highlight, providing a moody foundation for the rest of the elements to build upon. It perhaps lacks the refinement of a modern soundtrack, but for sheer balls-to-the-wall goodness you'd be hard-pressed to find a better effort. Hey, if anything it's worth it for the chance to hear Bang Wa Cherry's 'Chin Chin' in Master Audio!
It's also worth mentioning that the disc includes removable Dutch subtitles that are activated by default, so native English speakers will have to remember to turn them off when the film starts. Thankfully the English subtitles for the vampire language are burned-in, rather than player-generated.
Well this won't take long. The disc is practically a bare-bones affair, aside from a few standard definition trailers before the film starts. The quality of the trailers is very poor, but at least you can skip them. I guess the lack of extras could be a problem for those of you who have the time to wade through such things, but I'm finding myself increasingly unconcerned with bonus material on DVD and Blu-ray so I wasn't all that bothered.
Blade is an enjoyable comic book romp from a time when Wesley Snipes still had a career, and this BD release is a satisfying and worthy upgrade over the now-ancient DVD incarnations. Sure it's a little light on bonus material, but if you're just after an audio-visual upgrade you will not be disappointed. Phew, I got all the way through that without using the Paul Ross-esque 'fang-tastic' pun. Oh...
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Chris Gould
Disc Details
Release Date: 15th August 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English
Subtitles: Dutch
Extras: N/A
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Stephen Norrington
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N'Bushe Wright, Donal Logue
Genre: Action and Horror
Length: 120 minutes
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By Wayne Roberts
Citywatch: Whether it's action or traction in the food world, cities are stepping up to the plate. The world is fast going urban, as are challenges of social, economic and environmental well-being. Citywatch is crucial to Worldwatch. Wayne Roberts, retired manager of the world-renowned Toronto Food Policy Council, has his eye out for the future of food in the city.
Move over, Bill Shakespeare. The whole world is no longer just a stage, and we merely players with our entrances and exits.
Today's world is otherwise occupied, as people in over 1000 centers around the globe play their role, take their entrances and exits around platforms, portals and places— the Three P's of 21st century movement politics—as in Occupy Wall Street. The city-based food movement is based on many similar principles, so city officials and food advocates should take a close look and wave their jazz fingers when they see an idea that can be adapted.
In the interconnected and webbed world created by the Internet, platform-providing, rather than content-promoting, organizations have come to the fore—as in Google, Yahoo and Facebook, some of the biggest, most powerful and richest businesses in the world.
As social movements catch up, community-based power will gravitate toward organizations featuring platforms, portals and places, rather than specific content—which is why the people who lament the lack of content in various occupations are out of it. Something is happening and you don't know what it is, do you Mr. Jones.
Platforms are about opening discussions, not closing them and about providing options not mutually exclusive options. Ours is a movement of ands, Vandana Shiva has said, and that abundant and-ness is what makes the platform format so foodworthy.
The world has been edging toward platform mentalities since 1991, when US president George Bush the Elder proclaimed a new world order, following the collapse of the Soviet Union. He didn't identify any rising competitors to unrivalled the global power of the US government. He certainly didn't foresee the Internet, coincidentally emerging at the same time, which offered abundant and shared information as a means to move toward parallel power as distinct from competing power.
A further coincidence: the 1990s is the period when the modern food movement, the last of the great social movements to take shape during the 20th century, took off—or rather, webbed off.
Most grassroots food organizations since 1991 have been platform-based, rather than content-specific. Rather than coalescing around specific pre-defined issues, organizations, they tended to serve as forums for open-ended discussion and hosts of initiatives and experiments. I'm thinking of organizations such as Community Food Security Coalition in the US, Sustain in the UK, and Food Secure Canada.
Food policy councils, the fastest-growing institution in local governments across North America – from three to 150 since the early 1990s—have all presented themselves as tables that make room for everyone—the metaphor and subject coincide nicely—thanks to portals for engagement around a wide range of collaborative projects. Just as the Internet made information sharable and abundant, so food councils made local initiatives sharable and abundant.
Despite this new platform-oriented trend among food organizations of the 1990s, most early activists, including myself, carried over our old mindsets from pre-platform days. This explains why so many of today's food orgs are cursed with such uninspired and non-descript names that produce no ring in the ear or mind. There's no food organization with a name that matches the energy, catchiness or welcoming platform-style invitation of Yahoo or Google. There's no Chowhound, Great Eats, Come for Dinner or Real Grub. Any effort to have a name with a ring sooner or later bounds down over the need to specify food sovereignty or security or whatever. So we can all learn to loosen up and get with the program of platform organizing.
Platforms provide what York University environmental studies professor Deb Barndt calls "space" or "space for resistance"—space which need not be located in a specific location, thanks to the Internet.
When space does coincide with location, it becomes Place, which has also enjoyed an enormous boom in usage, often in conjunction with local food enthusiasms. Local food commonly refers not just to a specific negative—fewer polluting miles travelled from California to New York, for example, Local food is a positive, a place and cultural terroir and set of relationships—in a word, platform—that local food expresses.
Catching the mood, the Toronto food strategy of 2010, which I had a hand in developing, is called "Cultivating Food Connections." It is specifically designed to ignite energy to create opportunities, rather than specific programs.
In my view, the work of the next era of new social movements will be pre-occupied (pardon the pun) with platform-construction and portal- offering rather than content-specificity.
Community food centers are the big project of Nick Saul of Toronto's Stop Community Food Centre. The developing Canada-wide movement for community food centers offers a platform for food-centered social development that each neighborhood will adapt to its specific needs and possibilities and spell out for itself.
Toronto's FoodShare, which is more a hub than a food center, opens its doors to a wide range of individuals and organizations that empower people on low incomes to partner with others to to share opportunities food generosity and abundance make possible.
Likewise, Toronto-born Local Food Plus sees its big idea as certifying and promoting local and sustainable food while building "collaborative infrastructure"—relationships that bring former opposites (city and country, food producer and consumer, for example) into an endless variety of partnering relationships.
The Internet and social media have facilitated such developments over the last 20 years, at the same time that what might be loosely called "failed states" have made them necessary.
Failed states was originally coined by US diplomats to refer to countries where the state lost its monopoly over coercion and control to the likes of terrorist or gangsterish groups. Noam Chomsky and others have successfully turned the term back on the policy establishment of wealthy nations.
To my mind, wealthy states of Europe and North America have proven themselves incapable of using their monopoly over coercion and control to assert public interest regulation over bankers and other profiteers. Nor can they use their command of legislation, wealth and power to respond to such obvious, fundamental and compelling hazards as global warming, child obesity, global hunger or youth unemployment.
Leaving aside bailouts for bankers and others among the world's "one per cent" of super-sized wealth, governments of the world subsidized the fossil fuel industry last year to the tune of $409 billion, according to the United Nations International Energy Agency. Such astonishing commitments of public money are not mere inactions in the face of global warming. They are strident actions that subsidize global warming. If such is not the behavior of failed states, what is?
The Occupy movement is just the platform needed to promote public discussion on such matters. Those with a taste for action as well as talk might think of developing local food-based platforms, portals and places where such matters can be discussed around the table over a meal.
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Q. What financial information should I include in my business plan?
A. That depends on the reason for the plan. Business plans should be written for specific audiences with specific purposes in mind. And the level of detail, particularly when it comes to financial information, should depend upon the expected reader and the plan's purpose. For example, a business plan developed for operational purposes, meant to be shared with employees and managers, should provide only enough detail necessary for these people to do their jobs or manage their particular area of the business. So, while you wouldn't include, say, owner's compensation, you would provide financial details of their part of the operation. On the other hand, you'll need to provide more detail if the plan is aimed at securing funding. Again, the information you include will differ slightly depending on whether you're addressing investors or lenders. A lender will require information covering the term of the loan and, probably, detailed information about owners' compensation and perqs. Also, lenders of a particular security -- inventory, say, or fixed assets -- will want significantly more detail about that particular asset category. Both, however, will likely require historical financial statements and even tax returns for the previous years -- perhaps as many as five years -- plus pro forma income statements and balance sheets for the next several years. Most important will be your cash flow statements, both historical and pro forma, since cash is the life-blood of the business. And, if the firm is multi-product or multi-locational, you may want (or be required) to provide financial information by product and/or location.
E. James Burton is Dean of the Jennings A. Jones College of Business at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN. He holds a Ph.D in accountancy, as well as an MBA. His books include Total Business Planning, Accounting and Finance for Your Small Business, and Sales and Operations for Your Small Business, all published by John Wiley & Sons.
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"For Some, 'Kosher' Equals Pure," New York Times, January 13, 2010.
This year, for the first time, glatt kosher food will be sold at the Super Bowl. Certainly, faith will prompt some of the fans at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., to line up at one of two carts selling grilled salami sliders and garlicky knoblewurst. But for others, the appeal of a kosher hot dog will have nothing to do with religion.


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Audrey Kotschwar, 80 - July 17, 2011
Audrey Maxine Kotschwar, 80, of Farnam passed away Sunday, July 17, 2011, at her home.
Services will be conducted at the Farnam United Methodist Church on Thursday, July 21, at 10:30 a.m. with the Rev. Neil Kloppenborg officiating. Interment will take place at the Farnam Cemetery.
A visitation will be at Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel at Gothenburg on Wednesday (today) from 1-8 p.m. with family present from 6-8 p.m.
Kotschwar was born on Nov. 13, 1930, at Moorefield, daughter of Fred R. and Pearl Faith Mosley Cross.
She resided her entire life in the Moorefield, Ingham and Farnam areas. Three sons were born to her.
Kotschwar had worked at raising cats and dogs for numerous years for A/K Kennels.
She was a very devoted mother and grandmother, according to family members, and loved keeping up on all their lives and attending all the events she could, especially their sporting events.
Kotschwar was preceded in death by: her father and mother, Fred R. Cross and Pearl Faith Cross; a sister, Delores Bunstock; brothers—Gordon Cross, Roland Cross and Theron Cross.
Survivors include: three sons—Dan (Cheryl) Kotschwar of Farnam, Gary (Jody) Kotschwar of Moorefield, and Rick (Gwen) Kotschwar of Farnam; five granddaughters—Tamara (Tim) Miles of Monument, CO, Amber (Sam) Nelson of Lincoln, Cressy Kotschwar of Kansas City, MO, Gretchin (John) Heckenlively of Gretna and Niccole Kotschwar of Martinez, CA; four grandsons—Kelly (Kristen) Kotschwar of Moorefield, Derek (Amanda) Kotschwar of Lincoln, Zachary (Kate) Kotschwar of Pearl City, HI, and Christopher (Sara) Kotschwar of Colorado Springs, CO; 10 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews and extended family members.
Memorials are suggested to the Farnam Senior Center, 214 Main St. Farnam, NE 69029.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.blase strauser.com. Arrangements have been placed in the care of Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel of Gothenburg.
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My name is Dave and I'm new here. To the point, I was laid off 1 mo. ago. I live in south central PA. I'm about 40 minutes fro B-more and 1 hour from DC and 1 hour from Harrisburg PA.
I've been installing controls ( mostly HVAC ) for the past 8 years +/- and have a strong electrical back ground. I would love to stay in the controls world as long as possible, and to learn programming. The Co. that laid me promised me for 2 years to teach me prog. I was told "as soon as it slows down we will send you with a programmer" well it slowed down and I was kicked in the "boys" and sent on my way. How's that for the loyalty and quality work I gave them. ( sorry just had to get that off my chest )
To the point, I'm not here begging for a hand out but the Co's I want to work for just don't advertise, how do I go about looking for them ie; I installed controls for large hospitals, Govt. buildings, chillers, boilers Andover controls, Automated Logic, etc.etc. any help or direction will be greatly appreciated.


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Crime Story/The Protector Double Feature (US - BD)
Gabe checks out two of Jackie Chan's unfunny features on Blu-ray disc...
Crime Story
Inspector Eddie Chan (Jackie Chan) of the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau is suffering emotional stress after shooting several men in self-defense. Chan is assigned to track down the kidnapped businessman Wong Yat-Fei (Law Kar-ying). The search takes him from Hong Kong to Taiwan, causing him to cross paths with some very powerful men in the Chinese underworld. Loosely based on a true story.
Crime Story was, for a period, known as a rare break from comedy for Chan. The first two Police Story movies are relatively serious, but none of his non-period, starring-role features were quite as gritty as this one, at least not until the unnecessarily bleak New Police Story in 2004. Crime Story is also largely forgotten by most passing fans (like myself), because it had the misfortune of being released at the height of Chan's crossover stardom between Armour of God II: Operation Condor, Police Story 3: Super Cop, and Drunken Master II. The truth is that Chan's dramatic acting is rarely in question. Even during his sillier roles, he tends to successfully exert a specially brand of stoic melodrama and putting him through the ringer physically holds basically the same threat whether the tone is serious or not. There's also the matter of the severity of the melodrama in HK crime cinema – something I've never fully adjusted to, despite being a long time fan of the genre. There's just no room for middle ground between the dizzying histrionics, something that can become unintentionally amusing in high doses. Crime Story balances reality and theatrics better than many similar films, but, without Chan's base comedic charms, the tone is a bit exhausting. Just a bit.
Director Kirk Wong (Chan himself is credited as second unit action director) worked his way through Hong Kong filmmaking as an actor and director ever since the '70s. He took a shot at Hollywood direction with the Lou Diamond Phillips and Mark Wahlberg vehicle The Big Hit, but Crime Story likely remains his most celebrated film. Where action is involved, Crime Story is a pretty potent mix of the kind of frenetic action that accompanies the Police Story films and the more poetic violence of John Woo's early HK work. Wong doesn't go in for a lot of Woo-style super-slow-mo, but his pacing (which gets away from him on occasion, making this incredibly busy plot a bit difficult to follow), his inter-cutting between events, and his consistently gliding camera all recall the likes of The Killer and especially Hard Boiled. The major element Wong brings to this table is a stylized sense of lighting during the nighttime shootouts and fisticuffs. As the film progresses, his gaudy neons and monochromatic blues are a delightful contrast to Chan's mostly undistinguished stunts, which finally step to the forefront during the explosive final act. The grim, occasionally vicious violence and (brief) frank sexuality occasionally feels just as forced as the drama, but without the benefit of expectations. It's genuinely weird to watch Chan involved with something this raw, yet not so weird as to be a must-see curiosity, like The Protector. And speaking of…
The Protector
Billy Wong (Jackie Chan) and Danny Garoni (Danny Aiello) are a pair of mismatched NYPD cops sent to Hong Kong to catch Harold Ko (Roy Chiao), a drug lord who has kidnapped the daughter of his former associate, Laura (Saun Ellis). Mayhem ensues.
Most people assume that Chan took his first major swing at the American film market with Rumble in the Bronx, which was a surprise hit when released in US markets in 1995. But the truth is that he was thrown to the Hollywood dogs as far back as 1980, when he made The Big Brawl with writer/director Robert Clouse ( Enter the Dragon, Gymkata, China O'Brien). The Big Brawl mostly flopped, but didn't deplete the star's popularity in Asia, so a second attempt was made in 1985 when Chan participated with The Protector. The Protector is not among Chan's most popular films, especially not with fans that appreciate his unique cinematic voice, but, in retrospect, it's a pretty amusing movie, mostly because it feels unlike everything else in his filmography. Throughout his career, Chan never worked with another director as ingrained in the grindhouse side of American action cinema as James Glickenhaus, the man behind such vicious, grimy, but ultimately entertaining pseudo-schlock, like The Exterminator, The Soldier and McBain. Glickenhaus' influence looms heavily over this cut of the film, much to the chagrin of Chan and his fanbase, who'd prefer we watched Chan's re-edited Hong Kong version (which is available in standard definition on this disc). The HK cut may be the 'better,' more acceptably Chan-ish movie and the negative experience reportedly spurred Chan to make Police Story later the same year. That film would go on to be a career defining mega-hit, but the US cut is the more 'special' movie, simply because, in the year 2013, there's really no need for another '80s era cop film from Chan. It's better to watch this ultimately unsuccessful attempt at 42nd Street copsploitation than revisit a lesser predecessor to Police Story.
I've only ever seen parts of The Protector when clips are included in documentaries on Chan and/or HK action cinema. These clips are almost exclusively used as examples of his specific talents being misunderstood by American filmmakers. Again, this one of a kind sample of wrong-headedness is worth seeing for all the reasons fans and critics will tell you to avoid it. Right off the bat, Glickenhaus introduces a group of gang members so flamboyant that they'd make Walter Hill's The Warriors blush. His versions of New York and Hong Kong are full-on trash-towns where daylight and darkness make no continuative sense, and fitted with familiar character actors who burst into bloody messes the second Chan opens fire on them. His compositions are ugly, his action excessive and nonsensical, and his screenplay is dripping with every ounce of cop flick cliché imaginable. In the first 20 minutes, Chan's partner is killed, he breaks the rules to violently avenge the death, is reprimanded by a screaming commissioner, and gets a slow-clap ovation from his colleagues for his efforts. The only surprise here is that he actually gets along with his new partner in the next scene. And, despite years of complaining, Chan is actually kind of good or at least entertaining in this epic miscasting. He growls an f-bomb with surprising conviction and his anti-chemistry with Danny Aiello is brilliantly off-kilter. More importantly for fans, Chan is given plenty of chance to show off his physical prowess between unlikely bouts of dialogue.
There hasn't exactly been an excess of '80s and '90s era Hong Kong classics made available in the HD format, stateside. What we've got, be it through Disney, Miramax (Dragon Dynasty), or random HD streaming transfers on Netflix, has been average at best. Disney's transfers were soft and sometimes noisy, and Miramax and Netflix's tend to be a bit flat and exhibit quite a bit of print damage artefacts. In most cases thus far, these are upgrades over previous DVD releases, but often not enough to make fans particularly happy. This is often an unavoidable issue of cheap material being cheaply treated over a long period, not necessarily a deficiency on the part of the people transferring said film to digital format. Shout Factory is kind of new to this game and certainly deserves the benefit of the doubt. Anyone that can make Luigi Cozzi's Starcrash look good is okay in my book.
Crime Story is available on a non-anamorphic, barebones Miramax release and an anamorphically enhanced, extras-packed Dragon Dynasty re-release. There is also a Hong Kong Blu-ray release available from Kam & Ronson Enterprises, but I have no real concept of its image quality. Unfortunately, this 1.85:1, 1080p transfer follows the precedent set by all of those other HD transfers I mentioned above. The image quality is generally sharper than an SD transfer would allow, though not quite as clean or crisp as we'd expect from Shout Factory's gorgeous exploitation releases. Close-up details are just fine, but things tend to get mushy in wide shots, specifically those that use wide-angle lenses. The bigger problem here is that of edge-enhancement and other over-sharpening effects. Print damage artefacts are all over the place, though their frequency varies quite a bit from shot to shot. The worst-case scenarios are flecked with short white scratches, while the bulk of the transfer is simply covered in steady film grain. Colours are hit a miss, depending largely on the available light in a given scene. Whenever natural, source lighting is involved things are a bit muddied, especially browns, blues, and greens, while brighter sequences do better with the more vibrant and warm hues. Black levels are often heavily crushed, which is probably a case of overcompensation on the part of the disc's producers. More often than not the cheaper filmstock used for these films didn't produce the best blacks. Something similar occurred on Lionsgate's semi-recent Infernal Affairs release.
The Protector is less easily available over the years on DVD. The only official US release comes from HBO/Rysher Entertainment. It is listed as featuring an anamorphic transfer. There is also a Japanese Blu-ray release that features both the US and Japanese extended versions of the film, but, like most Japanese releases, it ain't cheap. This 1.85:1, 1080p transfer once again, leaves quite a bit to be desired. The issue here isn't over-sharpening or edge enhancement, it's an overall dullness and washed out quality. There's little in terms of digital compression artefacts, but detail levels rarely look better than a decent DVD and at times are as muddied as a VHS transfer. The biggest close-ups stand apart while wide-angle shots are often smudgy. The print itself is about as dirty as the Crime Story print, but the lack of sharpness leads to a more blotchy brown grain effects. Colour quality is hit and miss, though, quite often this is the result of Glickenhaus' unattractive, dark, brown palettes. The grimy hues generally add to the vulgar look of the film, but the lack of vibrancy in the tawdry reds and '80s pastels is certainly disappointing.
Dragon Dynasty's special edition re-release DVD of Crime Story featured 5.1 Cantonese and English options, along with an original Cantonese 2.0 mono option (that HK Blu-ray reportedly features both a Cantonese Dolby TrueHD 7.1 track and a dubbed Mandarin Dolby Digital 5.1 EX track). This disc also features DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Cantonese and English dub options, along with the original 2.0 mono Cantonese. I watched the bulk of the film in 5.1 Cantonese and was mostly impressed with the generally natural stereo and surround enhancement. I use the word 'natural' pretty loosely, of course, since, even in mono, most period HK soundtracks are largely produced in post with ADR and heavy foley work. The dialogue and basic effects remain centered and clear with only minor bleeding effects during sequences with busier ambience. The directional movement is devoted mostly to car stunts and shootouts, and occasionally makes little dynamic sense (sometimes there's just car noise for the sake of car noise), but overall the immersive qualities are relatively crisp and effective. The mono track is still probably the preferred way to go, however, mostly because it's louder and sharper than the multi-channels track. The only real shortcomings here are the volume levels of Mark Lui and James Wong's musical score, which is definitely quieter on the more crowded mono track.
The Protector comes fitted with a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Mono soundtrack, both of which are largely presented in English. This is not a dub track, however – this is the American release's standard soundtrack. This time, the artificiality of the 5.1 mix gets in the way and fills the channels with odd echo and reverb effects. Even the most simple footstep sound racks back into the surround channels. At worst, it sounds like all five channels are simply blurting the same thing slightly off-sync. I very much recommend sticking to the 2.0 track in this case, which features more natural and dynamic sound ranges and none of the weird artefacts. The busyness of the single channel treatment is certainly an issue when Ken Thorne's score duels with explosive sound effects, but there aren't huge issues with garbling or warbling bass levels. For the most part everything important is clear and decently separated with only minor bits of dialogue going missing between louder musical moments.
The extras begin with Crime Story and an interview with director Kirk Wong (10:30, SD). Wong discusses pitching the story to Golden Harvest, shooting for realism, working with his actors, and shooting stunts. Next up are some deleted scenes (6:23, SD). These scenes apply almost exclusively to Chan's developing romance with his appointed psychiatrist. Extras end with two trailers.
The Protector extras begin with Chan's alternate HK cut of the film (1:28:20, SD). This version is presented in standard definition and single channel mono, dubbed Cantonese sound, but, frankly, doesn't look that much worse than the HD version. The picture quality suffers from dimmer colours, edge enhancement, combing, and minor ghosting effects, but is certainly watchable. Fans should be happy to see the film from Chan's preferred point-of-view (which includes cutting all the gratuitous nudity). Next up is From New York To Hong Kong (9:30, HD), an interview with director James Glickenhaus. Glickenhaus doesn't have a sense of humour on the subject and discusses his part in the production with a somewhat dour tone. The extras also feature then and now location comparisons (4:20, HD), a vintage behind the scenes featurette (5:00, SD), and trailers.
This first of hopefully many Jackie Chan double feature collections isn't exactly a must-own in terms of content, but Crime Story and The Protector end up complimenting each other better than expected. Crime Story often feels like a po-faced retread of the first two Police Story films, but really comes together for a raucous and violent final act. The mostly reviled The Protector deserves a second look by exploitation fans and on a double feature with something like Michael Winner's Death Wish 3 or Bill Lustig's Vigilante. Unfortunately, neither film looks particularly great here in their first North American 1080p releases. Crime Story is close to the mark, while The Protector features a definitively flat and dull DVD-style transfer. Assuming the price is right fans still might want to spring for these, especially since the extras include a standard definition copy of Chan's version of The Protector.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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leigh1975 wrote: Do Miramax region lock these BDs? This doesn't have the greatest trandsfer in the world, but I'd absolutely snap it up for both cuts of The Protector.
It is region A-locked, unfortunately. Says so on the box and I just tested it out to make sure.
It is region A-locked, unfortunately. Says so on the box and I just tested it out to make sure.
Do Miramax region lock these BDs? This doesn't have the greatest trandsfer in the world, but I'd absolutely snap it up for both cuts of The Protector.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 15th January 2013
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Cantonese and English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Catonese and English
Subtitles: English
Extras: Interview with Director Kirk Wong, Deleted Scenes, Interview with Director James Glickenhaus, Behind the Scenes EPK, Hong Kong Cut of The Protector (in SD), Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Kirk Wong, James Glickenhaus
Cast: Jackie Chan, Danny Aiello, Roy Chiao, Moon Lee, Kent Cheng, Christine Ng
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama and Thriller
Length: 198 minutes
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