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PETOSKEY — Local Northern Michigan agencies acknowledge parenting is among the most challenging jobs out there.
Thanks to the collaborating efforts of several local agencies, free lectures on parenting and teaching early childhood will be offered throughout the year. In April, the Early Childhood Behavioral Health Initiative, Great Start to Quality North West Resource Center and Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District will team up to focus on emotional coaching and parenting styles.
Initially each of these community resources began developing an early childhood educational program but decided to team up to offer the best opportunity for participants. Susan Chowen, of Great Start, said the turnouts have been much better since the groups decided to merge resources. The lectures are offered five times a year, excluding summer and skipping September and December because they are the busiest months during the school year.
"It's really a night out for families. The lectures also include childcare and a meal," Chowen said.
She added the lectures are a really great way for parents to network and learn what local nonprofits and agencies offer.
Natalie Kasiborski, coordinator of the Behavioral Health Initiative, said it just made sense to combine the educational series for parents with early childhood educators, especially since they work with children on a daily basis, as well.
Kasiborski said April's lecture will highlight the importance of children's emotions as well as how to help children develop.
"It's a great opportunity for parents to connect with other parents and to learn from — and receive support from — some of the best early childhood development specialists," Kasiborski said.
Patty Clark, of North Country Community Mental Health, will present on social and emotional skills. She will discuss how to explore and understand children's emotions, as well as guide behaviors.
In a recent release from the Health Department of Northwest Michigan, social and emotional skills are labeled "as important as academics" when it comes to help transition a child into preschool or kindergarten. Kasiborski said parenting outside of school is just as important as the formal learning inside a school setting.
"Everyday moments are opportunities to teach your children how to interact with their peers and how to identify and handle their emotions," she said.
The presentation on emotion coaching and emotional parenting styles on Wednesday, April 10, is open to parents and caregivers. Dinner begins at 6 p.m. with the speaker at 6:30 p.m., followed by networking and dessert at 7 p.m. Free child care is available.
Lectures are at the Char-Em ISD's Taylor School, 1515 Cemetery Road in Petoskey. Call Susan Chowen to register at (231) 582-8070.


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"We put the walls up, but Jesus keeps them standing.
He doesn't need us, but He lets us put our hands in.
So we can see, His love is bigger than you and me.
And we all can feel the calling,
to make the world a little smaller.
And so a girl got on a plane,
for two weeks in Africa."
-Caedmon's Call-
I'm headed to South Africa today. My long awaited journey to the continent of Africa is finally here. I'm very excited. Though my flight isn't until 8pm tonight, so in typical me fashion, my packing is strewn across my room…
My excitement is tempered with sorrow as a brother in Christ back home has gone to be with the Lord. Dear friends are grieving the loss and I am very sad to not be there with them. Now I fly even further away, an entire ocean still keeping me from crying with them, listening to them share memories of their friend.
I am hopeful being in Africa, like any new place I visit or person I meet, gives me a more complete picture of heaven and therefore joy and the wiping away of tears.
Lest you worry, this isn't one of my wander around alone trips. I'll be visiting with fellow North Carolinians, my friend Jeremiah and the Passaro family, who work with this preschool and church for God's glory in ZAF!
Photos, thoughts, etc. when I return…
everything sad is coming untrue
Everything sad is coming untrue.
I repeat this to myself often. This truth gives me great comfort today and many days. The truth is rooted in scripture, and given layer upon layer of beauty by a pastor, a fictional writer, a musician and a tree:
Literature: J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
Sam believes that Gandalph died. At the very end, Sam having slept for quite a while and then coming to consciousness, Gandalf stands before Sam, robed in white, his face glistening in the sunlight, and says:
"Well, Master Samwise, how do you feel?"
But Sam lay back, and stared with open mouth, and for a moment, between bewilderment and great joy, he could not answer. At last he gasped: "Gandalf! I thought you were dead! But then I thought I was dead myself. Is everything sad going to come untrue? What's happened to the world?"
"A great shadow has departed," said Gandalf, and then he laughed, and the sound was like music, or like water in a parched land; and as he listened the thought came to Sam that he had not heard laughter, the pure sound of merriment, for days without count. It fell upon his ears like the echo of all the joys he had ever known. But he himself burst into tears. Then as a sweet rain will pass down a wind of spring and the sun will shine out the clearer, his tears ceased, and his laughter welled up, and laughing he sprang from bed… "How do I feel?" he cried." Well, I don't know how to say it. I feel, I feel" –he waved his arms in the air– "I feel like spring after winter, and sun on the leaves; and like trumpets and harps and all the songs I have ever heard!
All the host laughed and wept, and in the midst of their merriment and tears the clear voice of the minstrel rose like silver and gold, and all men were hushed. And he sang to them, now in the Elven-tongue, now in the speech of the West, until their hearts, wounded with sweet words, overflowed, and their joy was like swords, and they passed in thought out to regions where pain and delight flow together and tears are the very wine of blessedness."
Pastor: Tim Keller, The Reason for God
"Jesus spoke of his return to earth as the palingenesis. "I tell you the truth, at the renewal of all things (Greek palingenesis), the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne." This was a radically new concept. Jesus insisted that his return will be purged of all decay and brokenness. All will be healed and all might-have-beens will be.
Just after the climax of the trilogy The Lord of the Rings, Sam Gamgee discovers that his friend Gandalf was not dead (as he thought) but alive. He cries, "I thought you were dead! But then I thought I was dead myself! Is everything sad going to come untrue?" The answer of Christianity to that question is – yes. Everything sad is going to come untrue and it will somehow be greater for having once been broken and lost.
Embracing the Christian doctrines of the incarnation and Cross brings profound consolation in the face of suffering. The doctrine of the resurrection can instill us with a powerful hope. It promises that we will get the life we most longed for, but it will be an infinitely more glorious world than if there had never been the need for bravery, endurance, sacrifice, or salvation."
Musician: Jason Gray, song "Everything Sad is Coming Untrue, Part 2"
The winter can make us wonder
If spring was ever true
But every winter breaks upon
The Easter lily's bloom
Could it be everything sad is coming untrue?
Could you believe everything sad is coming untrue?
Broken hearts are being unbroken
Bitter words are being unspoken
The curse undone, the veil is parted
The garden gate will be left unguarded
Could it be everything sad is coming untrue?
Oh I believe everything sad is coming untrue
In the hands of the One who is making all things new
When the storm leaves there's a silence
That says you don't have to fear anymore
The trees look greener, the sky's an ocean
The world is washed and starting over
[Listen to and read more about the song here (i think the best of the song starts at 2 minutes): The Rabbit Room]
The God of the universe, Revelation 21:
"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away."
5 And he who was seated on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." Also he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true." 6 And he said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. 7 The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son."
Sweatin' to the…see-saw?
This week Melissa and I tried a new little routine: I take the littlest munchkin, Kate, out for an hour in the morning so Melissa can have some quality home school time with the older kids.
Kate loves bike rides on the 'Oregon Trail' since she's been outfitted with a cherry red kid seat. So, I figured this might be a great chance to get a workout in while entertaining the (almost) three year old. I have to say, the workout was really, really fun! It went something like this:
30 minutes : Cycle loop on bike paths cutting through fields passing lots of cows and blackberries and ending up at the huge park near our house. No ipod needed as Kate sang almost the entire time: wheels on the bus, supercalifragilistic…, spoon-ful of sugar, you get the idea.
25 minutes : At the park, including:
– Kate on swing = Me sprinting around the entire set of swings between pushing her. Believe it or not, this was really entertaining for her (and, no doubt the old folks and business people walking by).
– Kate on see-saw = Me squats and jumps. This is my favorite! Squat down and jump up, ballet style 20 times. Or mix it up to short, isolated quick squats. She really liked the variety of the ride on the see-saw.
– Kate running from see-saw to slide = Me doing high knees alongside her. Her sprint is exactly the same pace as my high knees. Perfect!
– Kate on slide set = Me doing push-ups on the angled mini-climbing wall things meant for the kids to climb up on to the slide set.
– See-saw again, x20.
– Kate on wiggly springed horsey ride = Me on the other wiggly springed dinosaur holding on and then doing leg lifts. It's like one of those half-domed ball things in the gym, the instability uses core strength.
– See-saw again, x20.
5 minute: cooling down bike ride home.
I've seen magazines write about this kind of "exercise while playing with your kids" and never known if it could work. After one morning, I'll say it does and could really be a great for moms and dads who are looking for more time to time to workout and spend with their kids.
The best part is I think it was actually fun for Kate too. For kids, it seems to me, if you're moving alongside them in play, it feels like you're joining them in the experience rather than just supervising. It was super fun and I'm excited to get to do it again!
Fishing for Trout: Frances Kearney's Art
"And I can't wait to see this dream in which I'll be a child again and
feel happy again because everything will be still ahead, everything will be possible."
-Andrei Tarkovsky-
CAN09 = Contemporary Art Norwich 09 = The art festival I walked around in Norwich the failed bike adventure day. It was at multiple venues across the city so a perfect catalyst for exploring.
My favorite exhibit was photographic works by Norfolk-based artist Frances Kearney. One author describes her work in relation to film director Tarkovsky: "The notion of finding sanctuary in nature has echoes in the films of the Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky whose characters frequently escape the city to find solace in the landscape.…Kearney and Tarkovsky are asking questions about the role played by the country in relation to the city. On a more fundamental level, they are also exploring the degree to which solace is linked to time and place."
Here's how a festival brochure describes her work: "These fictitious, carefully constructed, large-scale colour photographic tableaux explore the idea of finding sanctuary in nature during childhood. The works consider how notions of fear and anxiety are often projected by the adult viewer onto the subjects, yet absent in the experience of the girls depicted."
The title of this series was inspired by Ernest Hemingway's short story The Big Two Hearted River; returning from war to find his village dstroyed, Nick seeks solace in fishing for trout. When Kearney returned in 2006 to live in her childhood home, she realised how important the landscape was to her sense of well-being.
Kearney says: "A few months after returning, I realised that it was "the edge" I had longed for: the point where the land meets the water, in this case, the sea. I have realised that living by water is immensely important to me as is the open sky, space and freedom for one's soul that this region provides.'
Yeah, I ate this up.
"Clearly the images have been created rather than captured; instead of lying in wait for the 'decisive moment'…Kearney plans and deliberates; these are not split-second responses to fleeting moments…her images occupy the present tense of paintings, in which the moment is extended into an endless continuum. Because of their beauty, clarity and intensity, her images are often compared with film, but these narratives unfold only in the imagination…as viewers, this gives us the chance, deliciously, to indulge our longing for beauty and desire for meaning." (Sarah Kent)
Kearney took the photos in her native Norfolk's broads. Ironically, the setting is where I was to have been cycling that day, so at least I got to see what I was missing. Which might have looked something like this:
"Can solace be sought, or must one lie in wait for it? As a state of mind, maybe it can be accessed anywhere and, if this is the case, perhaps the children in these complex multi-layerd photographs provide some sort of key to its attainment." (Kent)
Peak District National Park: Day 1: Eyam
A few weeks ago I went to Peak Districk National Park. The catalyst for the journey was a concert review opportunity (Ray Lamontange and Josh Ritter) in Sheffield, the major city just east of the park.
I left early in the morning and traveled by 3 trains to Sheffield, arrived at my pub/inn to eat my packed lunch then catch a bus into the park. The park is full of tiny, well preserved villages.
I decided to visit the village of Eyam because of it's interesting mark on history. During the plague, the disease was largely contained to densely populated cities (ie London). Eyam's local tailor and the couple he shared a flat with came down with the plague and died. The source was traced to a bolt of fabric he brought from London and contained a flea or two carrying the disease. The plague made it's entrance to the countryside and now all villages were in danger.
The pastor or Eyam gave the town an idea- to quarrantine themselves in an effort to contain the plauge to their village and prevent its further spread. Eyam citizens agreed to the plan – meaning no one left the village. They set up quarantine boundaries high above the village and two drop-off points were arranged where deliveries of food and supplies were left (one at a well at the top of a hill- the well had divets carved out where they left money soaked in vinegar to kill the germs). About 1/3 of the village died from the plauge. It's impossible to know the impact of the town's sacrificial decision but historians and disease specialists agree their choice prevented the plague from spreading in the English countryside.
Then it was back to Sheffield for a half pint and to see the concert. It was wonderful music. You can read the official review here on Consequence of Sound.
The Rabbit Room
I made it to Oxford. I went to The Eagle and Child Pub where the likes of C.S. Lewis and Tolkien used to sit and drink in a room called "The Rabbit Room".
I sat there, first with a group of German (maybe?) tourists. Then they left. Then I was….
In the same room Lewis and Tolkien sat in.
I sat looking out at the Oxford street. My eyes filled with tears of awe and I could hardly contain my geeky grin. I wrote a bit, and sipped my Ginger Bear Ale half pint and dedicated it to Malachi Foard Hunt, whom I knew was making his entrance to the world!
And the Oxford YHA is fantastic. Stay there if you go to Oxford.
And then I went to see Josh Ritter. Again. Really fantastic.
Cambridge beats Oxford in beautiful old buildings though, hands down.
I just returned from ten days at L'abri, which is French for 'the shelter'. L'abri Fellowship was started by Francis and Edith Schaeffer at their home in Switzerland and now there are several L'abris all over the world. I attended England L'abri in the small village of Gretham about an hour southwest of London.
It's hard to explain, and therefore comprehend, what L'abri is until you've experienced it. I will say I had high expectations and reality was both different and more than I expected.
A major theme is space. There are families who live there who make it their work to create space, shelter, saftey for people to come and be human. At L'abri, being human includes physical work (gardening, cooking a meal for 25 people, cleaning toilets, dusting baseboards), mental exercise (reading, studying, thinking, asking questions, being challenged), recreation (volleyball and cricket at daily tea breaks, going on walks), being creative (arraging flowers, playing music) and relating to other humans in community (sharing a room with 10 other girls, eating meals together, serving meals, doing dishes).
So, it's not a retreat center. You don't go to "get away" and be alone. However, you do get to get away from some things we busy ourselves with that eat up our space- both physical and mental. So, no internet (except on a shared computer and only a few times per week), no tv. It's amazing what our spirits do when left to wander…it really forces you to reckon with your emotions and thoughts and fallen natures of our hearts. No hiding from others or from God…
So, here's one day:
7:30 AM : Awake
8:00 AM: Breakfast in the dining room with everyone. Toast, jam and hard boiled eggs. Tea. Morning devotional reading by one of the workers from Dietrick Bonhoffer's "Life Together":
"The serious Christian, set down for the first time in a Christian community, is likely to bring with him a very definite idea of what Christian life together should be and to try to realize it. But God's grace speedily shatters such dreams. Just as surely as God desires to lead us to a knowledge of genuine Christian fellowship, so surely must we be overwhelmed by a great disillusionment with others, with Christians in general, and, if we are fortunate, with ourselves. By sheer grace, God will not permit us to live even for a brief period in a dream world. He does not abandon us to those rapturous experiences and lofty moods that come over us like a dream. God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth.
Only that fellowship which faces such disillusionment, with all its unhappy and ugly aspects, begins to be what it should in God's sight, begins to grasp in faith the promise that is given to it. The sooner this shock of disillusionment comes to an individual and to a community the better for both. A community which cannot bear and cannot survive such a crisis, which insists upon keeping its illusion when it should be shattered, permanently loses in that moment the promise of Christian community. Sooner or later it will collapse. Every human wish dream that is injected into the Christian community is a hindrance to genuine community and must be banished if genuine community is to survive. He who loves his dream of community more than the Christian community itself becomes a destroyer of the latter, even though his personal intentions may be ever so honest and earnest and sacrificial."
8:45 AM : Reading in the "Morning Room" (my favorite room in the house)
9:30 – 11:00 AM : Study time. Here are things I read/listened to while I was there:
The Healing Path by Dan Allender
Beyond Identity by Dick Keyes
Are Women Human? by Dorothy Sayers
Collected works of Emily Dickinson
Cash: The Autobiography by Johnny Cash
Some Hemingway short stories
Mars Hill Review (a literary journal with essays, poems, short stories, music reviews. all around goodness.)
Forgiveness: Lecture series by Dick Keyes
"Ifs" by Amy Carmichael
11:00 : Tea Break on the lawn. Tea, volleyball, cricket, frisbee tossing or chatting.
11:30 – 1:00 PM Study/reading
1:00 PM: Lunch with half of the students/workers (about 12 of us). Anyone can introduce a topic. Topics at lunches included: How do Christians live out their gender/sexual humanity appropriately?, What can we expect from God?, Is it fair to generalize about people groups, gender, age, nationalities, etc? What's helpful/hurtful about generalizing?, Considering the Levitical Jubilee law for modern society- what could we apply today? How could we treat the poor?,
3:00 – 4:30 PM: Work time. Weeding the gravel driveway or helping cook dinner.
4:30 PM: Tea break.
5:00: Back to work.
6:30 PM: Dinner with half of the group in a home. No formal topic, just conversation. My favorite meal was a butternut squash and red lentil stew with rice and fresh bread. My favorite dessert were baked apples with crushed cardamom and sweetened yogurt.
8:00 PM: Evening activity: Lecture (topics included: What is spirituality?, The gospel of Mark, The book of Job) or film followed by discussion (Babette's Feast). OR free time: going to local pub, painting/drawing/art time around a table while others played guitar/piano.
In the midst of all of this I was introduced to new places around the world: Hungary, Norway, Romania, Slovakia, Canada, Brazil, and Scotland and enjoy the familiarities being around people from my neck of the woods: South Carolina and Tennessee!
In summary, perspective was the theme of my time there. My eyes were opened to the sheer enormity and amazingness of this Earth and every thing and every one in it. Ultimately, a renewed sense of the enormity and glory of God.
I'll never be able to convey the experience to you. If there is even an inkling in your heart from reading this that you might enjoy or need time like this, you should go.

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Sam Peckinpah's Legendary Westerns Collection(Warner Home Video, 1.10.2006)
"When I hear the name Sam Peckinpah," screenwriter Alan Sharpe once observed, "I see a bullet ripping through a man's body." That's pretty much where most film writers' thoughts on Peckinpah seem to end. Cursed with nicknames like "Bloody Sam" by the entertainment media while his career was active, he nonetheless managed -- over the course of about a dozen years, from 1962's Ride the High Country through 1974's Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia -- to revitalize and deepen action filmmaking in America. Warner Home Video's 6-disc set gathers four of his movies from this period and will surprise a lot of people who may think his work is nothing more than a series of bloody shoot-outs and angry misogyny.
For starters, there was his peerless command of editing, evident not only in the frenzied cutting of the shootouts in The Wild Bunch, but in the masterful use of inserts to suggest state-of-mind in a scene in The Ballad of Cable Hogue (when Jason Robards' Cable first meets Stella Stevens' Hildy on the streets of a western town). You can also see his skill at building character through visual detail -- a trait in which this humble writer feels he was every bit the equal of Alfred Hitchcock -- such as the moment in Ride the High Country when Joel McCrea's current situation is summed up by a quick shot of his shirt cuffs. There's a lot more to Peckinpah than blood squibs and bad men and the four films in this set offer considerable proof of that.
Ride the High Country (1962)
My art teacher in junior high school once told me that I needed to fully understand a rule before I could break it, good advice for any artist and a rule that Peckinpah seemed to follow in his first major work as a director. Though he already had one feature behind him, 1960's The Deadly Companions, it was this, his second film, that revealed just how deeply he understood (and felt within him) the myths of the Old West and the peculiar code of honor that its folklore offered up.
Joel McCrea's Steve Judd is an aging lawman who has worked to uphold that code of honor all of his life with little to show for it but the clothes on his back and the horse he rides in on. Hired to protect a mining company's gold and transport it through a treacherous mountain pass, Judd hires an old cohort, Gil Westrum (played by another long-in-the-tooth icon of the genre, Randolph Scott) to help him out in the endeavor.
Westrum adds two factors to the equation: he brings along his young partner Heck Longtree for the ride and he also plans to steal the gold the first chance he gets. Westrum is not satisfied with the knowledge that he's spent the best years of his life trying to uphold the law and has ended up with no money in the bank and no woman in his bed. The company gold might be just the thing to ease that pain away.
When he realizes he isn't going to be able to talk Judd into going along with him, Westrum ends up in a quandary: betray his friend, and his own principles to get his hands on the gold, or own up to the fact that the choices he's made over the years have made his own bed. But that's not the only complication. Heck has fallen in love with a young farmer's daughter, Elsa (played by Mariette Hartley, who is radiant in her film debut), and soon their mission changes from protecting the gold to protecting the honor of the young woman who makes the mistake of marrying into the wrong family.
Ride the High Country is the most traditional of Peckinpah's films and a number of things place it at odds with the other work in his filmography. For starters, the character of Elsa is unique in Peckinpah's body-of-work in that she's neither a whore nor a helpless victim. She fights to defend herself as best she can in a scene in which she is nearly gang raped by her new in-laws. If Peckinpah made this film ten years later, she wouldn't have been so lucky.
Steve Judd is a stoic hero in the mold of the older westerns, miles removed from the moral ambiguity of Peckinpah's later protagonists like Pike Bishop in The Wild Bunch and the title characters of Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid. In an interview with Peckinpah's younger sister Fern, she points out several similarities between the character of Steve Judd and the moral fiber of her and Sam's jurist father.
But the seeds of Peckinpah's later work is there to be found. For one, his stable of regular character actors like L.Q. Jones, Warren Oates, and R.G. Armstrong are present and he mixes his cast with newcomers like Hartley and Ron Starr (who plays Heck Longtree) with old-school stars like McCrea, Scott, and Edgar Buchanan. And the moral tone of his later films is hinted at in an exchange of dialogue between McCrea and Hartley in which it's pointed out that the world view of black-and-white/good-and-evil just doesn't work in reality.
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Peckinpah's fourth film is his best known, infamous as the film that exploded the limits of screen violence -- on the commentary track it is pointed out that when the film was re-submitted for a rating in the early '90s, it received an X from the MPAA -- and oft quoted lines like "If they move...kill `em." The showdown between the forces of justice and dishonor in Ride The High Country is here replaced by a battle between the bad guys who nevertheless adhere to their own code of honor and the bad guy who broke that code, but now has the law on his side. Pike Bishop (William Holden, looking like fifty years instead of twenty had passed between this film and Sunset Boulevard) used to be friends with Deke Thornton (Robert Ryan, in perpetual squint-mode), but now Deke is in the employ of Pat Harrigan to bring Bishop back dead or alive (preferably dead).
An early hold up goes awry in a shootout that leaves a great many innocent bystanders dead, along with a couple of members of the gang (Bo Hopkins brief bit as "Crazy Lee" includes the ever quotable line "why don't you kiss my sister's black cat's ass?") and, as violent as this sequence is, it's nothing compared to the bloodshed that closes the film. Peckinpah is reputed to have said, in regard to the violence in the film, "Now you folks know what killing is all about." Released in the turbulent times in which the Vietnam War was in full swing and assassinations seemed to be occuring every other day, it was meant to reflect the culture, but the culture was not really up for such a sobering look at its excesses.
The film did end up striking a chord with counterculture audiences and its box-office success ended up being a blessing and a curse for the director. From that point on, the films he made that didn't involve buckets of bloodshed -- such as his follow-up to The Wild Bunch, 1970's The Ballad of Cable Hogue -- were ignored by audiences, while his more violent fare (like Straw Dogs and The Getaway) were big hits.
The Wild Bunch is the only film in this set that had been previously available, but the new disc has at least one major improvement over the previous release: you don't have to flip the disc over to watch the last forty-five minutes of the movie. It also includes a feature length documentary, taken from the Encore western channel about Peckinpah's life (that is nowhere near as good as the documentary Man of Iron that was available on the Criterion Collection's now out-of-print DVD of Straw Dogs), a reel of deleted scenes that is more like short ends and outtakes than any deleted sequences from the movie, and a commentary track. In addition, all four features include commentaries by four Peckinpah scholars who really know their stuff.
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
Peckinpah described this film as a comedy, but in the interview with actress Stella Stevens that is included on this DVD, she more accurately points out that the film is really a tragic love story. Often referred to by Peckinpah as his favorite among his films, it is an interesting experiment with some great moments and a touching sense of romanticism (though, this being a Peckinpah movie, it's a love story between a gristly old curmudgeon and a whore). Still, some other elements fall flat.
While Peckinpah has often been celebrated for the bravura way he uses slow motion in his action sequences, here he tries using sped-up motion for comic effect and ends up falling on his ass. He makes this mistake several times in the movie, but it's a testament to the film's power that it still comes off as really damn good, despite this flaw.
Down on his luck like many a Peckinpah protagonist, Cable Hogue's luck changes when he discovers a spring of water in an otherwise dry stretch of desert. With the help of a self-styled preacher who alternates between Godliness and bawdiness (a wonderfully oily turn by David Warner), Hogue sets up a homestead in the desert and turns it into a rest stop for folks travelling between two cities via stagecoach. When he meets Hildy on the streets of the town of Gila, he finds himself able to think of little else but her...but she's got her own plans and they don't really include Cable.
That seems to suit Cable just fine, since he's bent on getting revenge against the two former partners of his that left him to die in the desert (played by L.Q. Jones and Strother Martin, who contributes such a likeably pathetic turn that you actually hope Hogue changes his mind). But a funny thing happens to Cable and Hildy out there in the desert and they end up falling in love. A nice little change of pace for Peckinpah, this film doesn't quite reach the heights of The Wild Bunch or Ride the High Country, but it's still one heck of a piece of work.
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
This is one of those great unknowns in Peckinpah's body-of-work since the film was taken away from him by the studio and released in a series of disastrous recuts over the years that left in the gunplay and little else of the film that provides its unusual flavor. A kind of flipside of The Wild Bunch, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid shares with the earlier film several themes and plot elements: an outlaw being pursued by a former friend who is now an agent of the law, the end of the old west/beginning of the twentieth century, and the price one pays for living a life charged with violence.
As Billy, Kris Kristofferson has a disheveled charm -- even though he does seem a little old for the part -- and James Coburn lends an icy cool to his portrayal of Pat Garrett. Western fans will enjoy the presence of genre stalwarts like Jack Elam, Chill Wills, Slim Pickens, Dub Taylor, Katy Jurado, and Gene Evans in cameos throughout the film and Peckinpah himself has a brief role. In some oddball casting, Bob Dylan appears as Alias, a member of Billy's gang (he also provides the soundtrack) and Rita Coolidge, Kristofferson's wife at the time, makes an appearance as well.
This 2-disc set contains two cuts of the film: the 1988 "preview version" that was put together following the letter of Rudolph Wurlitzer's script and a 2005 recut that seeks to tighten up the 1988 version and offer a hypothetical take on what Peckinpah might have done if he were able to work on the film a little longer. A lot of reviewers seem to prefer the 2005 cut but, since I'm more used to the 1988 version, watching the recut made me feel like I was watching a movie I knew really well being cut for television.
We'll never know what Peckinpah had in mind. He didn't leave a memo to work from (like the one Walter Murch and Jonathan Rosenbaum had to work from when they recut Orson Welles' Touch of Evil) so the versions on the disc are never going to be an authentic realization of his intentions. Still, it's a tantalizing piece -- either a brilliant failure or a flawed masterpiece -- and it's the last taste of the Old West we ever got from Sam Peckinpah. -- Christopher Hyatt


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On this wintery Monday I thought it would only be appropriate to cheer you up with not one but three beers on day three! Big Rock Brewery has released the new Lumberjack Pack with a variety of tasty strong ales. Though they are strong in alcohol content, each have their own personality with one more dark than the others, one with more wild fruit notes and another with a crisp earthy spruce kick.
The Lumberjack Pack is only around for a limited time in Alberta and B.C. so be sure to pick up a couple six packs for the holiday. My favourite beer from the pack is Twisted Antler, and one that can get away with being a 'breakfast beer' for the holidays. Imagine, opening your gifts on Christmas morning, fire-side, beer-in-hand. Now that's what I call a Christmas miracle! Twisted antler is a beautiful dark ale with rich notes of cocoa and coffee. This beer is actually brewed with Colombian coffee as well as Caramel, Chocolate, Munich and Pale malts. The rich chocolate undertones blend nicely with just hints of licorice in the finish. Enjoy this with dark chocolate or a slice of coffee cake.
The next beer in the pack is the Spruce Goose, and should be sipped after cutting down your Christmas tree (for those late holiday prep folk), or next to your tree while snacking on mild cheese and crackers. This amber beer is brewed with spruce tips to create an ever so subtle and refreshing earthy flavour, mellowed out with honey and a citrus finish.
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|Chef Peter Nilsson of La Gazzetta, in Paris
Between August 17 and 20, as part of the Omnivore festival, foreign chefs like La Gazzetta's Peter Nilsson will cook dinners alongside local chefs, and will also do presentations at the Societé des Arts Technologiques. Nilsson will be the guest chef at the hip little restaurant Lawrence on August 17 alongside chef-owner Marc Cohen, and do a presentation at the Societé des Arts Technologiques (SAT) the following morning. My full post with more details is online on The Montreal Buzz, click here to read.
The dinners can be booked by contacting the restaurants themselves, while day passes to attend the presentations can be purchased online.
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Warren Buffett has an old 2006 Cadillac that will be auctioned off in order to raise money for one charity that is a favorite of his. Last year the billionaire finally upgraded and has a newer model.
The old DTS sedan owned by Warren Buffett will be put for sale online as part of an auction starting on Wednesday and the auction will last until February 19. Visit www.proxibid.com to learn more.
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Buffett last auctioned off a car in 2001 when his Lincoln sold for $73,200. The book value of the vehicle at the time was $11,200, so it's a huge win for charity.
All of the profits from this auction go to Girls Inc. of Omaha, a nonprofit organization.


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Ever heard the song "Walking On Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves? I love that song, and to me that song has a lot of meaning.
"I used to think maybe you loved me now baby I'm sure
And I just cant wait till the day when you knock on my door
Now everytime I go for the mailbox, gotta hold myself down
Cos I just wait till you write me you're coming around"
I love getting mail, no I'm not talking about E-Mail but snail mail. The feeling of opening an envelope and awaiting to read whats inside… especially when it comes from someone like my love. I remember getting the first letter (after he left) I was a mixture of smiles and tears of joy (literally) for the rest of the day. Just knowing that he thinks of me despite his extremely busy schedule makes me smile, and makes me feel that warm tingly feeling inside. Ever since then whenever I get a letter in the mail from him I kid you not I start singing the song.
"I'm walking on sunshine wooah!"
I value greatly the work that the post office does. Without them I don't know how life would be like. They are the men and women that close the gaps of miles that stand in between two lovers. They bring us close although far away, and the sight of the post by the house makes me extremely happy. Thank you great people from the post office, THANK YOU for all that you, just know you bring me smiles with every letter you bring my way, especially from my sweetheart.
Smile, walk with me on sunshine! Come on!
I rarely have music posts but then I figured, why not? I listen to music on a daily basis, music is a part of who I am. I think everyone can relate to at least one song, or have one song we like to listen to. I personally am more of a lyrics person and if the lyrics are meaningful or have in somewhat something that relates to me its a song I will more than likely listen to again and again.
"Pain throws your heart to the ground, love turns the whole thing around"
Many times we've all had those days or phases when life just seems to like pushing us around. But it has happened (to me) that although I may have bad days or phases in life when even the smallest thing turns my frowns upside down. For example, a simple smile from someone I love is sure to make me smile. The action of a hug, or a few words of kindness can make a big difference.
"No it wont all go the way it should, but I know the heart of life is good"
My favorite line in the movie, can't ring anymore truer than that. We all plan things, we make plans in our minds of what we would like our life to be. Sadly, and also thankfully (yes, thankfully) not everything turns out the way we plan it to be. Why thankfully? Think about it, would you have learned what you have from bad experiences if you hadn't experienced them? Would you be equally thankful for what you have and value the instances where your plans have come out the way you wanted them if all your plans happened the way you wanted them to? I'm not saying we need to suffer to value life, but sometimes that's really what makes us appreciate what we have.
"You know it's nothing new, bad news never had good timing"
Sometimes is that flat tire on your way to your final exam, sometimes its the pluming that needs to get fixed when you just wasted all your money. Whatever it might be, we've all gone through this at one point or another, we just have to learn to roll with the punches of life. Its not about giving up, its about getting up whenever we are pushed down by the ironies of life.
Smile, because "… the heart of life is good."
I've been asked a couple of times before if I ever come across writer's block. I surely do! Many times! Now with this August goal to write a post a day I've had writer's block more than ever. So what do I do to overcome this and continue with my challenge? Here are some of the things I do (in no specific order).
- Ask a friend! Sometimes I ask my friend what they think would be a good topic to write about.
- Listen to music. Sometimes music can inspire great words in our minds.
- Read a book or a blog. Great authors can lead us in the right path.
- Watch a movie. Ever been inspired by a cinematic scenery?
- Get up and forget about writing. Sometimes we need of thoughts and having that rest might give us new and refreshed ideas later on.
I had a teacher who told us to always carry a small book and something to write with, a pen, a pencil, a crayon or whatever it was that we wanted to write with. Many of us looked at our teacher wondering why he would say such thing. It was only later that I discovered that ideas come and go sometimes when you least expect it and if you don't capture them in the moment they can go away and never be expressed. So hold on to your ideas, express them to the world!
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State Rep. Gerald Mullery, D-Luzerne, has introduced legislation that would move the first day of antlered rifle deer season in Pennsylvania back two days, from the Monday following Thanksgiving to that Saturday.
State Rep. Gerald Mullery, D-Luzerne, has introduced legislation that would move the first day of antlered rifle deer season in Pennsylvania back two days, from the Monday following Thanksgiving to that Saturday.
Mullery is a member of the House Game and Fisheries Committee and says he was approached by several constituents requesting the change, which he has introduced in House Bill 566. One constituent provided him with a petition signed by more than 100 outdoorsmen.
According to Mullery, "For many hunters, taking a day off from work creates further financial burden during these difficult economic times."
But for many, having the opening day of deer season on the Monday following Thanksgiving is a tradition that has been in place for several family generations. What do you think?
I would appreciate hearing your input on this newly proposed legislation. E-mail your comments to email@example.com with "opening day" in the subject line or message me on Facebook.
Often legislators introduce bills such as this after being prompted by what amounts to a tiny sampling of the hunters out there, but the masses will have to adhere if it gets a foothold.
Most hunters and anglers work hard at their pursuits for the enjoyment of being outdoors, but also for the game and fish they obtain from our environment.
These folks fully understand the term "fruits of our labor" and understand the gratification of cooking up something they had a hand in procuring.
If you love to sample various wild fish and game recipes, then mark your calendar for March 6 when the Promised Land Sportsmen's Association will be holding their annual "beast feast" at the Old Ranger's Inn on Route 390 starting at 2 p.m..
It is a good time to catch up with fellow outdoor enthusiasts and enjoy homemade dishes, which may include anything from wild boar to alligator. To add a little competition to the day, prizes will be awarded for the best dish in each of four categories including; game, fish, fowl, and dessert.
Everyone is invited to make their favorite recipe and bring it along for all to try. If you are unable to attend the beast feast but might have some fish or game to donate, the club would appreciate that. If you are interested, please contact club president Scott Riesle at 570-676-9499. If you are planning to bring along a dish, please try to get to the even by 1 p.m. to allow for set up.
The recent 11th annual District 9 Northeast Pennsylvania Trappers Association Coyote Hunt saw 21 coyotes brought in with Jeff Baker taking the top prize for the heaviest animal taken at 46.20 pounds. Baker won $2,000 along with the daily prize of $250 for the heaviest coyote taken Friday.
Baker's coyote, a male, was killed in Susquehanna County with the use of dogs.
The hunt saw animals brought in from seven counties over a three-day period. Last year's hunt brought in a record 59 coyotes, while just 21 (7 males) were killed this year.
There were 724 hunters participating in the weekend hunt. Jonathan Lee took top prize of $250 on Saturday for a 38.15-pound coyote taken in Wayne County. A total of 12 coyotes were brought in that day. John Bold's 41.75-pound coyote harvested in Wayne County was the largest of four brought in on Sunday.
Many felt the low harvest was largely due to conditions, with deep snow covered by a heavy crust that made getting around difficult and noisy. This year's hunt saw generally lighter animals being brought in than in the past years, with the lightest ever animal brought in, a 19.95-pounder from Pike County.
The first annual Promised Land Sportsmen's Association coyote hunt registered 66 hunters with three coyotes hitting the scales. Bob Brown took the prize with a 38.55 pounder taken in Susquehanna County using dogs.
Besides hunters, this year's event also had some scientists on hand. East Stroudsburg University graduate student Kim Harle took organ samples in a study of tick-borne diseases, and Willy Wenner of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's wildlife services unit did blood draws and organ samples in support of several ongoing studies.
Organized hunts such as this provide a gathering place where researchers can evaluate numerous animals in a single step. Coyote populations across the Commonwealth continue to thrive but the incidence of mange seems to be on the increase.


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We people, in most recent years, were about to forget the strain of Bandas that once were imposed upon us as if as an integral part of our daily life. Relevance of such Bandas had lost the ground in the midst of wide public disapproval and rejection in later years and also because of changed political environment. Actually, none of Banadas did gather any active public support. Such Bandas were always forced upon us.
Bandas were probably the most despised thing among Nepalis. An abomination.
But, it seems, those dark days are going to make a comeback again! Bandas are being declared for coming days and we already suffered one just some days ago.
Today, so called ''Chhetri Samaj'' carried out Banda in Pokhara and all over western region. One of the organizers of Banda was claiming the success of it and was in a threatening way asking the public to obey Banda on a local television. And, you know, I was like punching on his chops, getting all his teeth detached and then strangling him to a miserable death.
I just hated that motherf**ker to the bone.
I'm right. Nepalis are motherf**kers. They will always be so. Instances of incessant Bandas can't always be attributed to volatile political situation in the country. Thing is, people are bad, morally inferior. So they're doing all these. You can't expect good from the bad, can you?
God, get me killed instead. I'll be happy to not witness all these motherf**king things.


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Last Sunday Funday of the challenge.
Had brunch for the first time at San Diego's Liberty Public Market. Great place in the West coast for foodies that like market style eateries like: Anaheim Packing District or SF Ferry Building.
Tried some Lobster Mac n Cheese with my cousins and God Children and walked around a sprinh bazaar.
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Liberals Petition Singer Adele to Redistribute Her Wealth Due to White Privilege
A petition has been launched at Change.org urging the pop singer Adele to redistribute her wealth claiming that she's only successful because she's white.
Katherine Timpf reports at National Review:
Petition Demands Adele Admit She's Successful Only Because She's White, and Insists She Give Away Her Money
A petition addressed to Adele, President Obama, and Billboard on Change.org demands that the singer admit that she has "little talent" and is succeeding mainly because of her white privilege.
"Adele sold over 3.38 million copies of her album '25′ and the media is praising her as if Adele's success has everything to do with talent," reads the petition, written by Rhianna Jones.
"Rather, it's her white privilege that has put her on top," it declares.
The petitioners also "demand that Adele donates her money to African-American causes such as #Blacklivesmatter."
It's not clear why exactly the petition is also addressed to President Obama — perhaps Ms. Jones is outraged that the leader of the free world hasn't pushed the less important issues like ISIS aside to deal with the more serious ones like a singer's being white and successful at the same time. (I mean, would an executive order requiring Adele to admit she is only successful because she is white and give away her money to people who are not white in order to stay in the country really be too much to ask?)
This is what progressives actually think.
Your success is responsible for other people's failure, so pay up.
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House bill 972 has been introduced by Representative Taylor Bennett (D-Brookhaven) to protect pregnant women from being discriminated against and also to promote the full and equal participation of women in the workplace.
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Rep Bennett said: "While the vast majority of employers in our state are good corporate citizens, some companies will change their treatment of women in the workplace only when they are presented with the consequences of discriminating against employees based on inaccurate stereotypes or personal biases."
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The Asian fishmonger called it "Fresh reef fish" and being a colourful specimen, it looked like a suitable choice for the fish project. However, on the way home in the car, an unexpectedly pungent smell became increasingly noticeable. "Fresh" is obviously a relative term, or was the fishmonger in this case referring to a "French reef fish" and not "Fresh reef fish". Language pitfalls abound!
A pencil drawing seemed a good start for the project, but after about half an hour, the odour became overpowering. As the dog had already left the "studio" in disgust, it was obviously time for the fish to be put in the cooler. However, it didn't take long before I was summoned by my muse and told in no uncertain terms to remove the offending and offensive item from the fridge.
A project was at stake, what now? As an emergency solution, I decided to use the neighbour's beer fridge as a temporary fish squat until a better home based accommodation could be negotiated. As the neighbour is away on holidays, I felt confident his slabs of beer would not mind the temporary company of a small but smelly fish.
I intend to cook the fish at the first available opportunity. Hopefully that will temper the disagreeable pong! Stay tuned.


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Saturday, April 21, 2012
"Hi sweetie," said caller.
"Hello." Have I mentioned how much I hate callers who start off already in their sexy/creepy personas? "What's your name?"
"Robbie," the caller replied with a simpering giggle. "I've been naughty," he confides. Middle age Midwestern men should never try to sound cute and creepy at the same time. It totally grosses me out and makes me want to call in a tactical airstrike on their worthless asses.
"And what have you been doing that makes you so naughty?" Please let this be something I can turn into a long call, I think with dwindling hope.
"I've been in your little daughter's room. . ." And now my hope for a long call is dead and buried. "She's in there playing with her little friend. . ."
"Oh I don't fucking think so, Robbie," I interrupted with an evil laugh.
Dead silence for a moment. "And why is that?" he asked with a much more normal sounding voice. Now, I can listen to his hope dwindle along with my own. We are not going to have a meeting of the minds when it comes to sexual fantasy.
"You're still breathing."
"You. Are. Still. Breathing," I repeat with more precise ennunciation. "If you attempted to enter my daughter's room where she is having a sleepover with her friends, she would take one look at you and start screaming her head off and, before I could even jump out of bed, one of our rottweilers would charge in and rip out your femoral artery. I would arrive just in time to watch you bleed out, Robbie."
More dead silence
"Care to try again, Robbie?"
And he hangs up.
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You see, this is why I admire you so much. Regardless of what you are 'supposed' to do, you still stick to your morals and you stick those morals right int he faces of the creepiest pervs you have to deal with. I would applaud, but I fear that the gesture would seem trite and probably more sarcastic over the internet than I intend it to be. So I won't mention it.ReplyDelete
I'm definitely on board with you for shutting that fantasy down immediately. I think that there are serious pervs out there and that these guys really do get off on paedophelia, and that they turn to PSOs with the intent of having you fulfill their fantasies. I wish that there were more women -- no more PEOPLE -- like you who are willing to shut these creeps down in an open manner like that. And the more evil side of me wishes that more people would sic their rotties on these creeps.
Good on you. And don't e'er stop. <3


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The BBC has announced that it will continue to broadcast live free-to-air coverage the AEGON International at Eastbourne until 2024.
In an extension to the existing partnership with the Lawn Tennis Association, the new deal ensures live coverage of the tournament will remain on terrestrial television for tennis fans across TV, radio and online for a further seven years.
Since Eastbourne's inception in 1974, some of the finest female players in the world gather annually in the seaside town to finely tune their grass courts skills ahead of Wimbledon.
The tournament returned to BBC screens in 2013 after a five-year hiatus and it is understood that the new contract will see the BBC continue to only cover the WTA tournament, while Eurosport will have exclusive live rights to the ATP event.
Commenting on the new deal, Barbara Slater, Director of BBC Sport, said:
"Eastbourne is an unmissable fixture on the women's tennis calendar and is one of the most cherished tennis events in the UK. It's great news that the BBC will continue to bring the tournament to audiences across all our platforms until 2024."
Oliver Scadgell, LTA Director of Major Events, added:
"We are absolutely delighted that the International Eastbourne Event will continue to be broadcast on the BBC until at least 2024.
The support of the BBC in taking our sport to a wide audience helps us to capitalise on the success we have seen in the professional game, most notably from the likes of Andy Murray and Johanna Konta, and to get more people playing tennis, more often."
Along with the Eastbourne International, the BBC also shows live coverage of the AEGON Championships at Queen's Club, Davis Cup ties, ATP World Tour Finals and Wimbledon, with the corporation marking 90 years of coverage during the 2017 tournament.


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will have a simple interface with a key in text box and a dialog box to choose among which you need to lock on. After enabling the app it will prompt you for password whenever you want to open those apps.
will have a simple interface with a key in text box and a dialog box to choose among which you need to lock on. After enabling the app it will prompt you for password whenever you want to open those apps.
It is better to have a touch screen facility in notebook. It reduces the working with mouse.. And by the use of web camera we can add additional security like Analyzing our face and then logging into that persons user(If another user is added means tat persons user should logged in). Like what we are using a thumb print logging.. Then the most important thing is stealing the notebook. Like Mobile phones if we add IMEI ...more »
Using the ubiquitous network abilities (read Wi-fi/Wi-max), it's quite possible and useful to have the Intel technologies put to use in this effect.
Home appliances and security can both be linked in to one smart handheld device which could be used to control most, if not all, appliances and electronics that we find at home today. This could well start from the entry to one's house as well.
Easy Tracker. An idea is to have personalizer,which indeed help to fetch any important related to me. This has to absolutely confidential and digitally encrypted. What data? 1)My educational Data:Scanned certificate Qualification details, Education details with all important stats and numbers. 2)My finance Details Mutual fund Credit cards, Bonds Pan Card Etc 3)My Company Experiences My medical My Payroll ...more »
As we are discussing what we can implement in cloud computing,according to me I have some simple but futuristic ideas.As they are.As we see that google working in cloud computing area,not only google but many MNC.So its clear by there point of view that future is here in cloud computing.We are waiting for new generation's technology n its CC. IDEA[1]---------TOUCH-SCREEN EVERY WHERE NO NEED OF DESKY :)--------- ...more »


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The past five years have seen fantastic gains in the shares of many American companies as the economy continues its slow but steady recovery. The S&P 500 has nearly doubled in that time, giving index investors plenty to cheer about. But anyone looking for market-beating returns would have been well served to buy shares of Cummins (NYSE:CMI), which has done more than twice as well as the S&P since late 2009:
Cummins has been a leader in diesel engines for many years, and its pole position in that industry has kept it growing as demand for diesel trucks boomed since the recession's end. Cummins is also a leader in corporate responsibility, which helped it earn the top spot on The Motley Fool's list of the 25 Best Companies in America last year. But past performance is no guarantee of future returns. Can Cummins continue to grow sales and share prices, and continue rewarding its shareholders in the years to come? Let's take a look at three reasons it could.
Truck sales are growing, but remain well off pre-recession highs
Domestic vehicle sales took a nosedive during the recession, and the commercial trucks running on Cummins engines were hit especially hard, with light truck sales falling 40% and heavy-duty truck sales collapsing nearly 60% from the start of 2006 to the end of 2009. Since then, sales of both truck styles have rebounded, but nowhere near strongly enough to return to 2006 levels:
This sales shortfall has led to the rapid aging of vehicle fleets in the United States. Last year, the average light truck was a record-high 11.3 years old, and heavy-duty Class 8 vehicles, nearly all of which use diesel engines, are now on average 11 years old. Vehicles certainly don't last forever, and this creaky fleet will find itself in ever more desperate need of replacement over the coming years. That's a huge opportunity for Cummins. Simply returning to 2006 levels would boost sales of heavy trucks by about 25% and light trucks by roughly 5%. The population and its demand for goods and services has grown since 2006, so this return to trend may not be enough to serve America's needs today.
Cummins has grown faster and is more profitable than its close competitors
Over the past decade, which has included two roaring bull markets broken up by a wrenching recession, Cummins has outpaced both equipment-and-engine giant Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) and truck-maker PACCAR (NASDAQ:PCAR) on two key metrics. First, its revenue has more than doubled since 2004, which neither of the other two companies can claim:
Second, its profit margins have remained higher than those of either competitor over recent years, and Cummins has really pulled away on margins since the recession, with near-double-digit profit margins compared to 7% for both Caterpillar and PACCAR:
Another competitor, Navistar, was not included in these charts because its revenue (up less than 10% in a decade) and profit margins (not even positive at present) skewed the charts too much to the downside to clearly display Cummins' dominance. That's how much better Cummins has been in its core market than its competitors. When it comes to heavy manufacturing, margins really matter, and Cummins has kept its margins ahead of the pack for years.
Cummins has largely grown in the right ways in recent years
Heavy-duty truck engines made up the largest part (44%) of Cummins' automotive engine sales last year, but the company wasn't always the leader in this segment. In 2008, Cummins trailed far behind Navistar's 65% share of heavy-duty diesel engines, according to Ward's Automotive Group, but by 2012, Cummins had grown its share to 42%, which was more than twice the share of any other competitor. At the same time, Cummins has also managed to grow its medium-duty engine sales substantially:
Medium-Duty Engine Revenue
Year-Over-Year Growth Rate
From 2010 to 2013, Cummins' medium-duty revenue rose by 41%, and its heavy-duty engine revenue rose by 17%, for combined growth of 27%. This was actually one of the lower growth rates out of Cummins' various operating segments -- its Components segment, which supplies add-on products for diesel engines, grew revenues by 38% from 2008 to 2013, and its Distribution segment, which handles sales to partners and end users, grew revenues by 73% over the same time frame. From 2008 to 2012 (it stopped reporting engine sales separately in 2013), Navistar's engine sales grew by a mere 4%, and its component sales grew by 4% as well.
Three good reasons?
Investors know that it's quite hard to dislodge a determined incumbent from market leadership, and Cummins is clearly committed to dominating the diesel engine market for years to come. Will that be enough to propel its shares to long-term outperformance? Investors clearly believe so, as they've piled into Cummins' stock since the end of the recession. These three reasons aren't the only reasons that Cummins has soared, but they have been among the keys to its success. Will they hold true over the long term? Only time will tell.
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