Black Sea is another underwater saga in the tradition of Das Boot, but instead of a war picture, it attempts to bring life through a periscope up to date. Times have changed. We no longer need submarines, so marine pilots are out of style, reduced to debilitating jobs working for salvage companies. After 30 years of service, a former Scottish Navy captain named Robinson (Jude Law) is sacked and drifting. His wife has already deserted him, taking his child with her, so he has nothing to lose when a shady financier offers him a chance to redeem his lost pride and prove himself in the water again on a dangerous search mission to retrieve a cache of $40 million in Nazi gold from a lost U-boat on the bottom of the Black Sea.

BLACK SEA (3/4 stars)

Written by: Dennis Kelly Directed by: Kevin Macdonald Starring:Jude Law, Scoot McNairy and Ben Mendelsohn Running time: 114min.

His assigned vessel is a broken-down Russian sub in mothballs, his nine-man crew is half-Russian, half-Britishand all killers. Since they are all promised an equal split of the profits, it doesnt take long for this briny gang of ruthless rogues to realize that the fewer men are left alive, the more shares they can keep for themselves. Let the mayhem begin.

Directed by Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland), its basically another tough genre workout that is all too familiar, with enough tension and violence to keep an audience alert if not riveted. But theres nothing fresh about tension underwater. The first part of the movie is about the searchdark, wet and life threateningas the condemned tub sinks to the seabed and the men seem doomed. The second part is about the greed, deception, mutiny and homicide among the shipmates, and the captains efforts to unite the survivors, save their lives, repair the exploding engines and reach the lifeboats without being discovered by the Russian Navy, which also wants the gold. Before the end, the decks run red.

Black Sea doesnt look like it was much fun to make. The actors are half-drowned most of the time, gasping for breath. Dennis Kellys screenplay consists of too much dialogue about pistons and drive shafts. Like most submarine movies, most of it takes place in red light, but it never reaches the classic status of Das Boot or even the old Clark Gable-Burt Lancaster thriller Run Silent, Run Deep. Jude Law, grizzled and balding, looks like a mossy old version of his former self. As the only American on board, Scoot McNairy is a terrifically spineless, whining mouthpiece for the adventurer who financed the journey, and Ben Mendelsohn is a terrifying underwater psycho. The whole thing adds up to a watery grave of claustrophobiabut that can be pretty terrifying, too.

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Fort Worth, TX (PRWEB) January 22, 2015

Steamatic, Inc., an international leader in restoration and cleaning services, is excited to announce that Bill Helton has been named Director of Franchise Development. In his role, Helton will be in charge of recruiting and securing new Steamatic franchisees. Prior to joining Steamatic, Helton spent 15 years in the franchising industry as both a franchisee and franchisor. Most recently, Bill served in a similar role for another restoration provider.

Its an exciting time of growth for Steamatic, and the addition of a new Director of Franchise Development is a vital part of our franchise expansion plan. We are very pleased to have Bill join us in this key leadership role. His insights and expertise will be invaluable, says Steve Willis, President of Steamatic, Inc.

Joining the Steamatic family as Director of Franchise Development is an exceptional opportunity to help expand the Steamatic footprint across the country. Having been in franchising about fifteen years, the last few in this same industry, I'm looking forward to presenting the Steamatic opportunity to qualified entrepreneurs looking to build their own business, says Helton on his new role.

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This week is an important one for the Greater Woods Bay Sewer District in its long-running quest to connect to Bigforks wastewater treatment facility.

Pat Smith, the districts chairman, was scheduled to testify before a legislative committee in Helena Tuesday, making a pitch for $10 million to be included in Gov. Steve Bullocks infrastructure bill. The funding would allow the Woods Bay project to be built.

It all comes down to whether the Legislature thinks its a viable project, Smith said Monday, noting how past infrastructure bills have involved a tug-of-war between different communities across the state. Eastern Montanas oil-boom communities, stressed with public infrastructure needs, have figured prominently in Bullocks infrastructure bill.

Smith and Woods Bay water and sewer district supporters believe they can make a strong case for converting properties that depend on septic systems to a municipal sewer system. Their argument starts with the ecological health of Flathead Lake.

Smith said septic systems function properly for 10 to 15 years, but he is aware of some systems in the Woods Bay area are 30 to 50 years old. Water testing of wells in the Woods Bay area has revealed that there has been a slow, but steady, increase in phosphates and nitrates, compounds that are known to degrade water quality in Flathead Lake, Smith said.

The $10 million would allow the district to build a pipeline to the Bigfork wastewater treatment facility, and install a collection system tied to 620 properties that rely on individual septic systems, Smith said.

We need this to happen, Smith said. Were just trying to figure out when and how. Its something everyone agrees we need to do.

Smith said the Woods Bay districts efforts have been underway for 11 years, and the district is now poised to proceed if the legislative funding comes through. The district has been working closely with the Flathead Lake Biological Station, the Flathead Lakers and the Flathead Basin Commission, and Smith said the project has considerable support.

He was scheduled to testify in Helena before an appropriations subcommittee on long-range planning, which is doing initial work on House Bill 5, which will provide for infrastructure development projects across the state for the next two years.

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HAMILTON COUNTY, TN (WRCB) - A local disabled veteran says he has been given the run around by county officials and has lost thousands of dollars in the process. Tom Meighan is trying to build a home to retire in. He began developing his property for a septic tank installation after he received a letter from Hamilton County's Water and Waste Water Treatment explaining his property did not have sewer availability. Meighan spent thousands of dollars even sold his home and put all of his belongings in storage only to find out months later, he must connect to a sewer line across the street. "As a disabled veteran after all these years I had in the military, it hurts a lot," said Tom Meighan. The Regional planning commission approved Tom Meighan's plans to subdivide his 5 acre property into 5 separate lots Monday January 12th. The approval letter stated his request would be approved subject to the following condition:"Connecting the property to the existing public sanitary sewer line provided by Hamilton County WWTA. However, if this sewer line connection is not feasible, as supported by HCWWTA, then approval of the site for the use of septic tanks must be granted."Meighan is trying to sell his current house and the remaining four acres, leaving him with one acre and room for a smaller house closer to Ootlewah-Ringgold Road. "I just want to build a retirement home that's all my wife wants is to build a small retirement home so we can go out to do mission work for our church," said Mieghan. Meighan says connecting to the County's existing Sewer line across the street would cost him nearly $40,000 dollars. The line would have to be ran underneath the highway. After receiving the letter from WWTA saying the property did not have sewer availability, Meighan started funding the development for a septic tank. "It was a lengthy process we had to have soil scientists, Surveyors and on top of that had to do a new sewer line of the home... and we got permission to do all of these things," said Meighan. $8-thousand dollars later Meighan says he was told he can't install a septic tank at all, instead he must connect to the sewer line that is across the street."It's not feasible or cost effective for us to do that," said Meighan. Officials say defining what is or isn't a feasible cost to connect, is tricky. "The state says if sewers are available to the property they have to connect to the sewers," says Cleveland Grimes, Executive Director of WWTA. "It's not up to me to determine what is feasible or not." Channel 3 Eyewitness News asked Grimes about Department's letter stating the property did not have sewer availability in the first place. "I tried to follow up on that letter but he obviously he didn't talk to me so you know that letter has no signature on it... so I don't know who sent that letter to him," said Grimes. Meighan says the entire ordeal has put him in the hole financially. For a septic tank to be installed, we're told Meighan would have to contact State officials to challenge the law. Officials say if he were to develop his 5 acres into 5 separate lots, he would be required by law to make sure a sewer line is ran to each lot. Meighan says running a sewer line down his property line of 5 acres would cost an estimated $160 thousand dollars. He says it would also force other neighbors currently using septic tanks, to tap in on the available sewer line.

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