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Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita announces cease-and-desist order that two out-of-state companies stop unlicensed loan broker activity
June 23, 2010
Indiana residents alerted to avoid loan broker services offered by Home Ownership Possibilities for Everyone, LLC and SEEED Consortium, LLC
Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita announced today that Home Ownership Possibilities for Everyone, LLC and SEEED Consortium, LLC have been ordered to cease-and-desist from brokering loans in Indiana without a license in violation of the Indiana Loan Broker Act. SEEED Consortium, LLC was further ordered to cease-and-desist from collecting fees that are not bona fide third party fees.
According to a complaint filed by Indiana Securities Division attorneys, both companies portrayed themselves as loan brokers and attempted to procure residential mortgage loans from a third party on behalf of at least one individual in Indiana although neither was licensed. Indiana Securities Commissioner Chris Naylor entered a cease-and-desist order against both companies on June 18, 2010.
"It is critical for us to alert Hoosiers of these unlawful business practices and inform our residents that these companies are not licensed to offer loan broker services for residential real estate transactions in Indiana," said Secretary Rokita. "These two companies have never obtained a loan broker license in Indiana so consumers should avoid them."
The last known business address for Home Ownership Possibilities for Everyone, LLC is an address in Louisville, Ky. The last known business address for SEEED Consortium, LLC is an address in Las Vegas, Nev. Both are known to have also operated in Kentucky and could have been offering services in multiple states.
The Securities Division will seek a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per violation. If the companies fail to address the complaint, they may be permanently barred from the loan broker industry and ordered to pay civil penalties along with restitution.
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25 Fun Fashion and Design Blogs For Inspiration! 21-25
Nov 5, 2012 12:15:43 PM
21. Temptalia
Based on it's mission statement that "Every person deserves to feel beautiful," Temptalia is a makeup and cosmetics blog that believes that with the proper foundation, anyone can. Founded in 2006 by Christine Mielke, it features makeup recommendations, how-to tutorials and product reviews meant to help the average woman make sense of the limitless shades of bronzer. Popular Posts Include:
- MAC & Marilyn Monroe Lipsticks Reviews, Photos, Swatches
- Urban Decay Vice Eyeshadow Palette Photos & Swatches
- Bobbi Brown Cement Sparkle Eyeshadow Review, Photos, Swatches
22. Nice Kicks
In a class all its own, Nice Kicks is the premier sneakerhead blog. Founded by Matt Halfhill in 2006 to serve as the go to resource for the latest and greatest news on kicks (i.e. sneakers), Nice Kicks features daily postings on the newest kicks as well as information on who's rocking (i.e. wearing) them. Nuff said. Popular Posts Include:
23. This Is Glamorous
Founded by Roseline Lohr, This Is Glamorous is a blog about inspirational design in all its forms, including fashion, interiors, photography and art. Self-described as "adventures in love and the daily search of beautiful things," This Is Glamorous is life as seen through the perspective of an incurable romantic with impeccable style. With it's How To's and inspiration boards, This Is Glamorous is a daily place of inspiration for thousands of visitors across the world. Popular Posts Include:
- website news | take me away : a one year anniversary
- take me away ? 39 | the magnificent castles of germany
- style inspiration : denim when the leaves are falling
24. The Impossible Cool
The Impossible Cool is an archive of all of the impossibly cool style mavens that have come and gone. Featuring such icons as Katherine Hepburn, Jon Hamm, Christopher Walken and even Martin Luther King, Jr., The Impossible Cool is short on words and long on classic photography. Cool really can't be described, so why try? Popular Posts Include:
25. the style rookie
Although numerically last on the list of Top 25, this one, a style blog for teenage girls, takes the cake. Written by 16-year old Tavi Gevinson, The Style Rookie was started in 2008 (when Gevinson was 11!) as a creative outlet. An archive of the "things I like," this blog is likely the most prosaic of any on the list. Originally featuring outfits sourced from local thrift stores, The Style Rookie has attained such a large following that fashion brands ensure Gevinson no longer has to to dig through unorganized thrift store racks (but she still does!). Popular Posts Include:
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KevinCastle15 Imperator Tuesday 05/09/2006, 18:38
I need help for buildin my elo deck it really sucks to see my cards check my other post
LazyHorse Imperator League of Extra-Horny Gentlemen Tuesday 05/09/2006, 19:21
Can you make a list of all your cards in one post? Your cards are all listed in many different posts in that other post. Also it helps if you let us know which clans you like or what kind of strategy you like.
KevinCastle15 Imperator Tuesday 05/09/2006, 19:57
Here are my cards ill make updates when i get new ones
lvl 3 chikko
lvl 5 fifty
lvl 2 mc decay
lvl 2 meroo
lvl 4 platoona
lvl 3 syd noze
Fang Pi Clang:
lvl 2 lihoi chun
lvl 5 lost hog
lvl 3 natrang
lvl 3 brutox
lvl 3 lilith
lvl 3 methane
lvl 3 meyen
lvl 3 brandon
lvl 4 crystal
lvl 3 flyer
lvl 4 perle
La Junta:
lvl 3 admiral py
lvl 3 bruce
lvl 2 diego
lvl 3 leo
lvl 5 no nam
lvl 2 wardog
lvl 5 ashigaru
lvl 4 vansaar
lvl 4 gary
lvl 3 ottavia
lvl 2 ricardo
lvl 4 candy jack
lvl 3 cell
lvl 3 dieter
lvl 3 elixir
lvl 2 k cube
lvl 3 melluzine
lvl 2 charlie
lvl 2 feelyn
lvl 4 ninja nyne
lvl 4 yayoi
lvl 3 noodile
lvl 4 ratanah
lvl 3 yookie
lvl 2 globumm
lvl 4 graksmxxt
lvl 3 oryon
lvl 4 venus
lvl 2 aurelia
lvl 3 carlos
lvl 3 william
Ulu Watu:
lvl 2 gabrielle
lvl 3 ice jim
lvl 3 nanook
lvl 4 razor
lvl 3 tafa
KevinCastle15 Imperator Tuesday 05/09/2006, 19:59
lvl 2 bob joby
lvl 3 gina glitt
lvl 4 zlatar
i really like the gheist,la junta,pussycats,roots, and ulu watu clans. can u please help me build my regular deck ill appreciate it.
KevinCastle15 Imperator Tuesday 05/09/2006, 23:08
lvl 3 robin
LazyHorse Imperator League of Extra-Horny Gentlemen Wednesday 06/09/2006, 00:27
Ok, one possible ELO deck is to have Junta and Pussycats. You would have Wardog, Bruce, Leo, and Jane Ramba for Junta, and Charlie, Yayoi, Feelyn and Gwen for pussycats. You have most of the cards for this deck, all you need to get is Gwen and Jane Ramba.
You can also have Junta Sakrohm. Bruce, Leo, Wardog and Jane Ramba for junta, and GraksmxxT, Venus, Caciope and Uranus for sakrohm. You also have most cards for this deck.
Another deck you almost have all the cards for is roots pussycats. Ratanah, Noodile, Yookie Narendra for roots, Yayoi, Feelyn, Gwen and Noon Steevens for pussycats. This is the cheapest deck for you to make since the only cards you need to buy for it are gwen and noon steevens, both reasonably cheap.
KevinCastle15 Imperator Wednesday 06/09/2006, 05:30
Ya thanks r u selling any of those cards. and do u think i can fit in ashigaru in one of those.
Wylde_Bil_AOD Legend Army of Darkness Wednesday 06/09/2006, 07:08
Ashigaru shouldn't go in any of the decks layhorse propsed for you, leaders aren't that great in elo, except maybe hugo, but still they are lvl 5 and if you noticed none of the cards in either of the 3 decks have a 5 star meaning to fit any 5 star will require you to change 2 cards and thus weaking your deck badly
Depending on your playing style, Leader cards except Hugo aren't well suited for ELO decks.
They take too many resources and give too little back.
In my opinion if you are going to use a leader card this is the order to use it and when.
Hugo - General
Ambre - If you don't have Hugo Maxed.
Morphun - If you're play style is that of a pill hog.
Bridget - If you have a defensive deck (light on Attack, heavy on damage)
Timbre - If you have an offensive deck (Heavy on Attack, light on damage)
Ashiguru - not worth it.
Vansaar - Only in EVO decks.
KevinCastle15 Imperator Wednesday 06/09/2006, 16:17
Oh thanks. i really like ashigaru in my deck and imma miss using him in elo but if its for the best then so be it thanks for the help. all i need to do is get the missing cards. by any chance r u guys selling noon steevens,gwen, and jan ramba? ill aprecciate it.


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Not Dead.April 18, 2004
I'd better leave this on here for the night so I don't wake up to a deluge of email tomorrow morning. The Zen Garden has been down all day, as has been well reported by now.
A whois comes back saying that the domain csszengarden.com expires today, April 18th 2004. Horribly bad timing, that. I renewed two weeks ago, and while the DNS doesn't appear to have updated, rest assured my credit card has been debited and it's still well within my possession.
The actual reason it's down has nothing to do with the domain: a routine upgrade went wrong, and the Linux kernel on the machine hosting it went up in a puff of smoke. The worker ants are busy bringing the Garden back online. Keep checking back, it's not going anywhere.
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maybe it's not going anywhere, but i think the css zen garden has a bigger issue than being down.
i don't think there are many good designs going into it anymore. a friend stated that for every 5 bad entries is one good entry. i don't think that's a very good ratio.
i'd love to hear dave's thoughts on this..
I dunno about that… as much as I'd like to think otherwise, Dave is still pretty selective with the process, and not just anything makes it as an official design. I mean, every time new designs come out I find myself liking the majority of them, there is only so much you can do, and the stuff that is subpar Dave typically weeds out, with the exception of some of the earlier designs before the project got bigger. I must admit he does a pretty good job with the selection process.
Basically, If you want more good designs, make your own, I don't think Dave can get out there and MAKE people produce good designs.
The Garden is down? I don't usually visit unless it's updated or I want to go back to some of the designs for inspiration.
In any case, it explains why I have low traffic today. ;)
Glad nobody had the chance to snatch the domain up, or something similarly disastrous.
i'm glad this is getting discussion..
let me go back and say that i love the garden that i have used it to persuade others to use css, and i think that dave is doing a fantastic job.
though i'm not too sure people are getting as excited as they once were. i think this is a natural truth, the excitement you have one day can easily be gone the next.
i meant to convey that from my opinion (which is very subjective, i agree), the designs just aren't as cool and exciting as much as they used to be.
so, is this a problem that should be fixed, or is this just life? i'm interested in opinions here (sorry to take over your discussion, dave.. *sheepish look*)
"i think this is a natural truth, the excitement you have one day can easily be gone the next."
Remember your first airplane trip? The excitement, the nervousness, the apprehension, the fear? Remember the sinking feeling in your stomach as the plane took off? Remember how exhilirated you were in the air, and how elated you were to walk off the plane, in another city or state or country or continent?
Given how mundane air travel is for the average person today, I'd say expectations have been substantiated. What was once solely a dream is today a common, banal reality.
Most comments above have covered any responses I would have given the original comment that kick-started this thread, but I'll chime in that I didn't delete it because this could be a valuable discussion to have. Make the most of it, I'm interested in hearing more opinions.
"Most comments above have covered any responses I would have given the original comment that kick-started this thread, but I'll chime in that I didn't delete it because this could be a valuable discussion to have. Make the most of it, I'm interested in hearing more opinions."
i do have to apologize for the blatantness my first comment displayed, i get a bit incoherent at late night. i thought this discussion could be valuable, that is why i posted it. i truly hope i didn't offend you or any others.
For those in need of their CSS design swapping content keeping goodness for the day …
A word of warning though you must be using IE 3 or later ;-)
Really, the point raised is an interesting one. Obviously, as CSS design keeps getting better and better, fewer and fewer of us are going to say "wow, you can do _that_ with CSS???"
There are two aspects to the ZG - first is CSS technique. At first, what we now see as easy and simple was revolutionary - tableless layout that isn't ugly. Then, we were blown away by dropdowns and transparency. We will will see more of this in the future but it will eventually become more common - there won't be a "wow!" response just for dropdowns. Maybe more CSS techniques will be explored in the future - CSS3 will happen someday, though I'm not holding my breath, and there might even be more we can do with CSS2.
The other criteria is graphic. Many sites that are simple in CSS are brilliant graphically, and there is still a place for that. Instead of "we can do dropdowns?!" it is now "dropdowns can look like _this_? DHTML never looked that good!"
This is a sign of the Garden, and CSS-based design maturing. It's a good thing, IMO.
Yes, there are only so many ways to lay out a webpage. Especially considering the content has been the same on all of them, I think there's quite a lot of variety, but we will have scrollbars and 4:3 screens for a while, yet.
The airplane analogy is a good one, I think. Hopefully the future submissions will be like when you get bumped to business class, and get the leather seats, TV, and gin and tonic for free, rather than just coach. Many of the recent submissions are in that category for me; some are not. Again, that's where the subjectiveness of art comes in.
hmm…i wonder if mine is one of the good ones or one of the bad ones :)
ak, as has been said, design is subjective. I don't like some of the designs; others I love. It's a gallery. When was the last time you liked everything at an art museum? It doesn't mean it's not good art, it means you don't like it. End of story.
The garden is doing its job - people are being excited and inspired. The bar will continue to be raised, as I've said before, as more and more designers discover CSS design and build their own entries. The growth this year has been tremendous, and like any work in progress, the process and history of the changes are as interesting as the designs themselves. We can't force progress to happen; we can only enable it and watch.
As some one who is still learning all the possibilities of CSS, I find the Garden inspirational– An excellent tutorial! Even in design that I don't like ascetically, I find tips and tricks I haven't encountered before.
For that reason alone, the Garden is a wonderful resource and I'm thankful for its existence.
Even if I agreed with ak, which I don't, I could say—using the Zen Garden as an example—"look, you can make a horribly ugly design into a really great, cool one, just by changing the CSS."
So, mission accomplished. Once it's back up.
I've had this happen, and it's no good. I actually lost the domain because the host didn't get it in time and someone else picked it up. I called them and they said something happened in their system and since someone else had legally registered it before them, it was his. LAME since I had that domain already.
Registrars stink.
Design is 90% subjective. The web would be pretty lame if we all followed the exact same style.
The Garden is hands down the best design reference online and without it I and many others wouldn't of learned css the way We did. I fear the day it will vanish.
I have found that the latest designs, while good designs and worthy of mentions, are rarely as 'innovative' or 'groundbreaking' as the original design. There is only so much you can do with one HTML page to make it look different than the other. Nearly everything 'has been done'. The recent layouts are beginning to look similar. Often, when I see a new design, I go to translations, select Czech, and see what English remains.
My two cents. :-/
I would beg to differ, look for example at deisgn #99 (when it is available). This is truly a unique example of the boundless possibilities of CSS design.
While I am not Dave, I'd still like to offer thoughts. Big words from your friend, ak. Let's quickly confront the tip of the design iceberg:
What constitutes "good" design? Certainly, cleanliness of code (is this really part of good design, or good code?), efficiency of space usage (a rule I am guilty of transgressing, copiously so …), the logical presentation of information, and typography are high-ranking. However, where do we define what is "good" creative thinking and "bad"? Where do we draw the lines that dictate "that design decision was poor" or "that's good design"?
We can't assign numbers to the creative process through which designers go on their journey to a finished product. We can't give a "plus 5 for the logo" or a "minus 6 for the icon set" or a "minus 10 for the color scheme, because I hate red."
It's true that we can usually see how much experience the designer has had by looking at their work with a critical eye. Regardless, Dave is faced with the tremendous responsibilty of setting a threshold of quality for creativitiy, a task I wouldn't wish on anyone.
The Garden's purpose, we most remember, is to "excite, inspire, and encourage participation … " If a certain entry does not inspire you, it may inspire someone else. The purpose is to promote CSS as a highly viable option for the graphic designers in the web world.
When I try to sell CSS and XHTML, I'm normally met by a semi-confused look, usually supplemented with a raised eyebrow.
A minute or so later, I spark up The Garden and they don't just "get it", they "want it".
It's an absolutely invaluable resource, with each and every design adding to its appeal.
As a webdesigner for 8 years now I can say that csszengarden.com is byfar on of the best web resources I had come about and it really demonstare and illustrate the power of great design through css.


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Herb Lester's East London Companion
Here's another cartographical delight from Herb Lester. This time it's a comprehensive guide to the delights of east London from Old Street to Hackney Wick. There's a lovely map on one side and 99 things to do and see listed on the other.
This is going to be so handy next time I'm down at the Newspaper Club HQ. It's available from the Herb Lester shop for £4. Their last release Where The Sidewalk Ends: How To Find Old New York is similarly wonderful.


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Is it hard to separate the roles of being coach and dad/player and daughter?
"Not really," Mike Myrick said. "The caliber player and person she is � she knows I'm going to get on to her when I need to, but it's not very often. She's good on anticipation of where the ball is going. She gets to places that other people wouldn't get to because she anticipates where it's going to go."
As her father, Mike says he probably expects a little too much some times.
"I expect her to make the shots. I expect her get the rebounds. I expect her to do that stuff. I probably don't praise her enough for what she does."
For her part Mary Kate sees the advantages and disadvantages of the relationship.
"I hear about it when we come home," she said. "If I mess up big time, I'm going to hear about it."
Her mother Patsy even gets in on the action.
"She's on the fence, but she will call me out if I mess up."
But pros readily outweigh the cons.
"I love it because I know his style and I think it's important to know a coach�s style," she said. "I know what dad expects of us and I can carry that out on the court as well. I can voice it to the other girls on the team, whereas they wouldn't understand it as much as I would."
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Dad & daughter duo on the court
Mary Kate puts in the time for the crime
By TINA HARBUCK
If stealing in basketball was a crime, Freeport's Mary Kate Myrick would be a criminal mastermind.
"I think the biggest rush is stealing, that's my favorite part," said the 17-year-old junior shooting guard and forward for the Freeport varsity Bulldogs.
And her secret to snatching 76 steals is, "You just look at their eyes," she said.
In recent weeks, Mary Kate even had her hand caught on someone's braces while trying to steal the ball.
"Dad gets a little frustrated sometimes because we try to steal a lot and we get into foul trouble," she said. "And foul trouble happens a lot."
And if dad gets frustrated, he's got reason. He's the coach.
Mike Myrick has been Mary Kate's coach pretty much all of her basketball career, which started at an early age.
"I think I started playing basketball when I came out of the womb," she said and laughed.
"She's been coming in the gym since she was old enough to walk," Mike added. "Her and Colin (her brother) would play over in the corner while I coached the other girls. She's a true gym rat."
Her Dad says she has a lot of natural ability.
"She's also smart about the game,� he said. �She plays hard all the time and she wants to win all the time."
And win is something the Bulldogs have done a lot of this year. After last week�s 60-41 win over North Bay Haven, the Bulldogs are sitting at 19-5 overall.
Mary Kate has accumulated 392 points in 24 games, pulled down 164 rebounds and has 75 assists.
"Fast breaks are fun. I love to shoot it," she said, noting that 3s are her favorite. This year alone she has knocked down 52 3s in 24 games.
"I think it was seventh grade when I got really serious about wanting to shoot it," she said, noting she would practice with her brother for hours.
As a ninth grader she made the varsity and has seen the team go through some rough seasons, 9-16 last year and 6-20 in 2011-2012.
But this year things are looking up, and the Lady Bulldogs swept the Sandestin Hilton Christmas Basketball Blowout for the first time ever.
"It's nice to be on top �" she said. �No other team has won that first game to get in the winners bracket.�
"We want to go to state," Mary Kate said. "But right now we're looking to do well in districts.�
And Chipley and Bonifay loom large.
�It's tough for us, but anything is possible with our team," she said.
And that team-spirit is why the coach�s daughter is a leader on the team.
"She's not a yeller; she doesn't get on to the other kids. She leads by example, which is the best type of leader," Mike said.


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Pictures from Renovated Crisler
Hey guys, Detroit News has a nice gallery up of some shots inside the renovated Crisler Arena, check it out:
Hey guys, Detroit News has a nice gallery up of some shots inside the renovated Crisler Arena, check it out:
September 25th, 2011 at 12:50 AM ^
Was in Crisler today, er, yesterday. Looks great. The new screen/scoreboard looks fantastic.
September 25th, 2011 at 1:27 AM ^
The Maize Rage student section and team benches are on the opposite side of the arena, replaced by wider club seats with an embroidered block 'M' on each chair.
Not sure I like the sound of this. Maize Rage always looked good on TV. Hopefully the cameras will be moved to the opposite side as well. Otherwise we're going to be subjected to looking at blue-hairs sitting on their hands for the duration of the game.
September 25th, 2011 at 2:29 AM ^
I'm pretty sure they flipped the whole thing around, so cameras will set up on the other side. Maize Rage still on tv.
September 25th, 2011 at 9:49 AM ^
the block M on the court faces away from the bleacher seats = Maize Rage on tv
September 25th, 2011 at 5:21 PM ^
is kind of funny because now its how it was for years before they were flipped in the 90's.
September 25th, 2011 at 2:31 AM ^
The Maize Rage will still be on TV. If you look at the way the block M on the court is oriented, the bleachers that the Maize Rage sit in are right behind it. The M will always be right side up on camera so the Maize Rage will be just as visible as before.
September 25th, 2011 at 5:52 AM ^
Giant screens, padded seats... it's like you're going to a movie. Does look much nicer though.
September 25th, 2011 at 6:34 AM ^
September 25th, 2011 at 10:21 AM ^
Am I the only one that thinks the scoreboard looks a little low? It seems like a full-court heave would graze the bottom of that circle thingy.
Also, THJ doesn't disappoint with a patented reaction shot:
September 25th, 2011 at 10:53 AM ^
Almost the entire remake is an A+ job, but yeah, it still seems low. The bigger problem I have with the scoreboard (and the only new thing I really don't like at all) are the images of basketballs that top it and are in the corners. That is just cheesy and hopefully it doesn't last long.
September 25th, 2011 at 11:25 AM ^
I'm guessing those basketballs were just there yesterday for the Open House bit, after all quite a few kids were there and that's the kind of graphics arenas use for Open Houses. I bet on Gameday's we'll see like a block M up there or a mini scoreboard for different league scores
September 25th, 2011 at 12:13 PM ^
Nah. Look at the pix again. Compare the height of people standing under it to the height. Unless they're short or the pic is distorted somehow, the height looks fine.
September 25th, 2011 at 7:50 PM ^
Is the Maize Rage still going to be splt off from the student section or will there be a bit more unity now?
September 26th, 2011 at 3:57 PM ^
I don't entirely understand your question because I thought the Maize Rage was the student section. Does this new Crisler seating chart help answer your question? Student seating is shown in maize.
September 26th, 2011 at 11:38 PM ^
Can't believe there aren't more students - during Webber era seems like we went from lower up into the upper section almost to the top.
That being said, I think there are big changes coming next year. While waiting in line to buy season tix, I asked a guy how I got tix in the lower bowl. He said next year there were going to be big changes and reseating. Hopefully they put more students down low.


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posted by Thom Holwerda on Sun 1st Mar 2009 17:26 UTC, submitted by kaiwai
Long-time OSNews reader Kaiwai has written down his experiences with his Acer Aspire One, Linux, and Windows. He concludes: "After a hectic few weeks trying to get Linux to work, I am back to square one again - a netbook running Windows XP SP3 as it was provided by Acer when I purchased it. I gave three different distributions a chance to prove themselves. I expected all three distributions to wipe the floor with Windows XP - after all, these are the latest and greatest distributions the Linux world have to offer. There has been at least 7 years since the release of Windows XP for Linux to catch up to Windows XP and from my experience with Linux on this said device - it has failed to step up to the plate when it was needed."


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Actor Joe Boyd on Christian Comedy Film 'A Strange Brand of Happy'
Christian filmmaker Joe Boyd has opened up about his latest exciting new comedy, "A Strange Brand of Happy."
Coming to theaters in just a few months, the film addresses serious questions about life and love that are rolled out in a message about God.
Boyd, who stars in the film, revealed to The Christian Post that he also helped create it.
In an effort to provide audiences with a meaningful message as well as quality entertainment, the actor and his longtime creative partner Brad Wise worked on the idea of "A Strange Brand of Happy" for over three years.
"We joke because less than 95 percent of the first draft made it to the screen, but the theme remained," Boyd told CP in an email. "Basically, we wanted to tell a story about an unhappy guy who loses his job and is forced to actually think about the meaning of life a little bit."
"We wanted him to discover that in pursuing that thing inside of you that gives you a strange brand of happy, you find yourself … and maybe even find God there too," the actor added.
Additionally, Boyd noted that being a Christian filmmaker in Hollywood has its benefits as well as drawbacks.
"In some ways, it's great to be a Christian filmmaker because the Hollywood system has seen that faith movies can make money," said the "Devil Girl" star.
However, Boyd went on to recount an unusual experience with a studio Vice President and atheist who once tried to lecture him on what Christians believe and which films they need to see. As a result, the evangelical seminary-trained pastor-turned-filmmaker clarified that his films are not as "sanitized and religious feeling" as the Hollywood VP wanted, and cited the widespread success of "Fireproof."
"Truth is, we'd like to make movies that someone who liked 'Fireproof' could see and enjoy alongside others who liked 'Office Space' or 'Bernie' or 'Little Miss Sunshine,'" said the actor. "It's harder than you might think to keep both sides happy."
As for "A Strange Brand of Happy," Boyd said the funny romantic comedy would provide entertainment for both people of faith and spiritual seekers without being "preachy or cheesy or heavy-handed."
"If you want to have a deep spiritual conversation after watching it, you could ... Or you could just go grab some ice cream and call it a night," the producer imparted.
Boyd noted that he was a reluctant star in the film, which also sees Rebecca St. James, Marty Ingels, and Academy Award-winner Shirley Jones.
"I tried to find a name to replace me several times, but [the director Brad Wise] wouldn't have it," admitted the ordained minister-turned-actor. "In the end, I'm very proud of my performance, but I went in kicking and screaming a bit."
Lastly, Boyd said that for him, the most important of all the messages found in the film is about finding God.
"If you seek God you eventually will find Him … and God isn't necessarily always in a big hurry to be found," he told CP.
"A Strange Brand of Happy" will hit select theaters on September 13. For more information, visit strangehappymovie.com.
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Italy v Scotland, Six Nations, March 17
Scotland out to avoid Wooden finish
ESPNscrum Staff
March 12, 2012
Scotland's Nikki Walker celebrates a try against Italy in 2011 © Getty Images
Italy host Scotland at the Stadio Olimpico on Saturday, with the Wooden Spoon again dominating the build-up to what has become a keenly-contested Six Nations rivalry.
The two sides meet for the 18th time, with both enjoying success in recent seasons. The Azzurri picked up victories in 2007, 2008 and 2010, while the Scots prevented a hat-trick of defeats with a 26-6 victory in 2009. In 2011 they returned to Murrayfield and prevailed 21-8 in the Six Nations before a 23-12 win in a Rugby World Cup warm-up match.
Scotland claimed a 29-22 victory in their first official Test clash in 1996 and lead the overall stats with 12 victories to the Italians' six, although that advantage is reduced to just two games in the history of the Championship.
Scotland hold the record for the highest score, the biggest winning margin and highest try-return of the series. They won 47-15 and scored six tries at Murrayfield when the sides met in a World Cup warm-up match in August 2003. Italy's best result is their 37-17 Six Nations win at Murrayfield in 2007, when they scored four tries.
Diego Dominguez, with 29 points for Italy in Rome in 2000, holds the series record for most points scored in a match. Brendan Laney scored 24 for Scotland, also in Rome, in 2002.
Kenny Logan set the record for most tries in a match, scoring two for Scotland when the sides first met, at Murrayfield, in 1996. Luca Martin crossed twice for Italy there in 1999.
Logan also heads the list of try scorers for the overall series, crossing four times in six appearances between 1996 and 2003. Five Italians, including the Bergamasco brothers, have scored two tries in the matches.
The other major records for the fixture include Chris Paterson's overall tally of 118 points from a record 12 appearances, compared with 94 for Italy by Diego Dominguez.
Mirco Bergamasco holds the Italian record with 13 appearances. The only player dismissed during a Scotland-Italy match was Massimo Giovanelli at Murrayfield in 1999.
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TUCSON – Real Salt Lake closed Desert Diamond Cup group play in style on Wednesday night, getting a pair of goals from FW Alvaro Saborio and a tally from DF Aaron Maund to beat USL-Premier Development League side FC Tucson 3-1 at Kino Sports Complex.
Real Salt Lake will play its final Desert Diamond Cup match on Saturday, when it will take on MLS Western Conference foe Chivas USA at 1:00 p.m. MT. Saturday's match will be streamed live on www.RealSaltLake.com and www.MLSsoccer.com.
RSL scored all three of its goals in the first half. Saborio opened the scoring in the 24th minute, slotting home a Maund cross to put the Claret-and-Cobalt on top. Maund made it 2-0 in the 44th, when he headed home a MF Luke Mulholland cross. Saborio scored RSL's third just a minute later, flicking home a Mulholland free kick to extend RSL's lead to 3-0. FC Tucson pulled one back in the second half, with FW Dan Antoniuk heading home in the 59th minute to make it 3-1.
RSL nearly went ahead in the 12th minute, but was denied by a fine double save from Tucson GK Michael D'Arrigo. Saborio had the first look, taking a DF Abdoulie Mansally cross down with his chest and rifling a 15-yard shot on frame from the left side of the box. D'Arrigo parried the blast away, and RSL MF Jordan Allen collected, hitting a 10-yard effort on goal that D'Arrigo again saved nicely.
D'Arrigo made another big stop in the 14th minute, fully extending to push RSL FW Olmes Garcia's headed effort around the post and out for a corner.
Saborio put RSL ahead in the 24th. Maund hit a low cross in from the right side following a corner kick, with DF Chris Schuler dummying the ball in the box before Saborio ran onto it and smashed a 10-yard right-footer into the bottom-right corner.
Maund doubled RSL's lead in the 44th. Mulholland whipped in a free kick from the right side, with Maund rising over the FC Tucson defense at the top of the six-yard box and heading home inside the right post.
Saborio made it 3-0 scarcely a minute later. Mulholland again assisted, driving a 35-yard free kick toward goal. Saborio – who had his back to goal – got a touch to it at the top of the box, redirecting Mulholland's effort with a marvelous flicked header that snuck past the wrong-footed D'Arrigo and inside the right post.
Real Salt Lake Head Coach Jeff Cassar made six changes in the second half, inserting DF Ryan Neil at the break and giving time to DF Kwame Watson-Siriboe, FW Benji Lopez, MF Joey Dillon, RSL-Arizona Academy DF/MF Justen Glad and guest player Dylan Mares.
FC Tucson got on the scoreboard in the 59th minute. Substitute MF Saeed Robinson created the chance, breaking down the right wing and curling a cross into the area. Antoniuk made a late run into the box, arriving at the top of the six just in time to head home inside the left post.
Both sides had a couple of good looks at goal in the final 30 minutes, with Saborio nearly completing his hat trick in the 84th, when he collected a Justen Glad pass just inside the area before hitting a shot wide of the target.
Real Salt Lake will return to action on Saturday, taking on Chivas USA at 1:00 p.m. MT in its final match of the Desert Diamond Cup and of the 2014 preseason. Saturday's game will be streamed live on www.RealSaltLake.com and www.MLSsoccer.com. RSL will return to Utah on Sunday, where the team will begin preparing for its March 8 MLS regular season opener at LA Galaxy.
Goals by Period 1 2 F
Real Salt Lake 3 0 3
FC Tucson 0 1 1
Scoring Summary:
RSL – Alvaro Saborio (Aaron Maund) – 24'
RSL – Aaron Maund (Luke Mulholland) – 44'
RSL – Alvaro Saborio (Luke Mulholland) – 45'
TUC – Dan Antoniuk (Saeed Robinson) – 59'
Misconduct Summary:
TUC – Andres Acosta (Foul) – 44'
Real Salt Lake (4-1-2-1-2): Jeff Attinella; Rich Balchan (Ryan Neil, 46'), Chris Schuler (Kwame Watson-Siriboe, 67'), Aaron Maund, Abdoulie Mansally (Justen Glad*, 81); Cole Grossman (Joey Dillon, 76'); Luke Mulholland (Dylan Mares**, 63'), John Stertzer; Jordan Allen; Olmes Garcia (Benji Lopez, 65'), Alvaro Saborio
Substitutes not used: Lalo Fernandez (GK)
*RSL-Arizona Academy Player; **Guest Player
FC Tucson (4-4-2): Michael D'Arrigo (Victor Rodriguez, 46'); Andres Acosta (Obed Rincon, 76'), Kareem Smith, Greg Carter, Peter Kelly; Edgar Reyna (Matt Farnworth, 86'), Nick Hamer (Saeed Robinson, 46'), Elijah Galbraith-Knapp (Gabe Silveira, 86'), Josh Phillips (Ryan Gracia, 46'); Jason Romero (Carlos Montes, 34'), Dan Antoniuk (Reid Schmidt, 77')
Substitutes not used: Martino Rapella, Anthony Salticcia, Zach Bolden
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
Referee's Assistants: Paul Stott, Frank Andersen
4th Official: Alejandro Mariscal


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International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 1-8
Nowhere dense sets and real-valued functions with closed graphs
Department of Mathematics, University of Alberta, Edmonton T6G 2G1, Alberta, Canada
Received 19 April 1988; Revised 10 May 1988
Copyright © 1989 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Closed and nowhere dense subsets which coincide with the points of discontinuity of real-valued functions with a closed graph on spaces which are not necessarily perfectly normal are investigated. Certain subsets of completely regular and normal spaces are characterized. It is also shown that there exists a countable connected Urysohn space X with the property that no closed and nowhere dense subset of X coincides with the points of discontinuity of a real-valued function on X with a closed graph.


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Types of Municipalities in Alberta
Alberta is governed through three general types of municipalities, urban, rural and specialized.
For detailed information and maps about particular municipalities, check the Municipal Profiles page. To find out who to contact in your municipality, check the Municipal Officials search.
Urban Municipal Governments
Alberta's urban municipalities consist of areas where there is a concentration of people and buildings. The Municipal Government Act describes the characteristics of the different types of urban municipalities, cities, towns, villages, and summer villages. To learn more about urban municipalities, visit the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association website.
There are 17 municipalities in Alberta that have been granted city status. To qualify as a city, there must be sufficient population size present with over 10,000 people. Cities may establish ward systems with the same number of councillors in each ward. Candidates, or those elected to the municipal council, are required to be residents of the wards they represent. Cities are governed by a mayor who is elected at large and an even number of councillors or aldermen. There should always be an odd number of people on council to avoid tie votes. Elections for cities and all local government units are held every four years. In respect to the size of the 174 city councils, seven have seven councillors, five have nine councillors, Edmonton has 13 and Calgary has 15. Including the mayors, who are also considered councillors, there are a total of 122 elected city officials.
A town can be formed when the population is at least 1,000 people and may exceed 10,000 people unless it requests a change to city status. Under the Municipal Government Act a town is governed by a mayor and six councillors, unless otherwise specified. The mayor and councillors are elected at large. The size of the council is set by municipal bylaw and presently ranges from five to seven councillors. Councillors are required to be residents to serve on their municipal council. There are a total of 108 towns and over 740 elected town officials.
Villages may be formed upon request by 30% of electors in a community with a population of at least 300 people. They may apply for town status when the population reaches 1,000 people. The council of a village consists of three councillors, one of whom is the mayor. There are 93 villages in Alberta.
Summer Villages
Generally, the provisions related to a village apply to a summer village except that in the latter, elections and annual meetings are required to be held in the summer. Those who own property in the summer village and others over age 18 and resident in the village on election day are entitled to vote. However, electors for school representation, if any, must be defined as resident. A summer village is the only type of municipality where a person can vote twice in municipal elections: once in the summer village and once in the municipality where their permanent residence is located. There are 51 summer villages in Alberta. Summer villages can no longer be created in Alberta.
Specialized Municipalities
Specialized municipalities are unique municipal structures that can be formed without resorting to special Acts of the Legislature. Often, specialized municipalities allow urban and rural communities to coexist in a single municipal government. There are five Specialized Municipalities in Alberta. The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo and Strathcona County are two examples.
Municipal Districts
A municipal district (M.D., also called a county) is a government form in rural areas of the province. It includes farmlands as well as unincorporated communities such as hamlets and rural residential subdivisions. The council consists of one councillor per ward, one of whom is elected by council as reeve. Presently, the number of wards varies from four to 11, with the most common being seven. As of May 2015, there were 64 Municipal Districts with approximately 440 elected municipal district officials. To learn more about municipal districts visit, the Rural Municipalities of Alberta.
The council of a municipal district or specialized municipality can designate an unincorporated community that is within its boundaries to be a hamlet. A community can be a hamlet if it consists of five or more dwellings, has a generally accepted boundary and name, and contains land that is used for non-residential purposes.
Improvement Districts
The Province, through Alberta Municipal Affairs (or Alberta Environment and Parks for Kananaskis Improvement District), is responsible for all functions of local government in the improvement districts, including the levy and collection of taxes.
Five of the eight I.D.s are located in national parks: I.D. No. 4 (Waterton), I.D. No. 9 (Banff), I.D. No. 12 (Jasper), I.D. No. 13 (Elk Island) and I.D. No. 24 (Wood Buffalo) while two are provincial parks: Kananaskis Improvement District (including Kananaskis Provincial Park) and I.D. No. 25 (Willmore Wilderness) as well as I.D. No 349. The provincial and federal governments have primary governing responsibility in these areas except for school affairs.
There are a total of 10 people elected/appointed to the advisory councils in two of the eight I.D.s. Those councils, consisting of five members each, guide the activities of the improvement district manager and staff. The formal power rests with the Minister of Municipal Affairs, but most authority and responsibility has been delegated to the councils.
Métis Settlements
There are eight Métis settlements in Alberta covering a total area of approximately 1.25 million acres (0.5 million ha). There are presently about 5,000 Metis people residing in the settlements. These are the only Métis settlement corporations established under the Métis Settlements Act.
Special Areas
Special Areas refers to a rural area in southeast Alberta administered by a board of four people appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. Technically, there are three Special Areas in southeast Alberta, but for simplicity and in accordance with the common usage these are referred to as one unit. The areas were established under the Special Areas Act in 1938 due to extreme hardship of the drought years of the 1930s. The Special Areas Act of 1938 has more or less remained intact although there were some amendments in 1966 and 1985. An advisory council of 13 is elected in accordance with the Local Authorities Election Act.
The population of the Special Areas is about 4,500 people. The land area of about 5.1 million acres (2,063,896 ha) is comprised of 2.5 million acres (1,011,714 ha) of privately held land, 1.6 million acres (647,497 ha) of Crown land and one million acres (404,686 ha) of tax recovery land.
There are a number of agreements between the Special Areas and the urban municipalities within it. These agreements cover fire protection, ambulance, library, recreation, regional waste collection, limited family and community services and the development and operation of medical centers.
First Nations Reserves
A reserve is not a part of any municipality. The British North America Act of 1867, places exclusive legislative authority on matters related to aboriginal peoples and reserves with the national parliament.
The reserves, which range in size from 1,089 acres (441 ha) to 354,667 acres (143,532 ha), have a total area of 1,622,630 acres (656,669 ha). All but two of the smallest reserves are occupied.


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Chandra S.Vikram, an OSA Fellow known widely for his distinguished contributions to optical metrology, died suddenly on August 17, 2007, in Huntsville, AL. He was 56 years old.
After receiving his Ph.D. in Physics in 1973 from the Indian Institute of Technology (ITT), Delhi, Prof. Vikram took a brief post-doctoral assignment at the institution, leaving to join Pennsylvania State University in 1977. His work at Penn State focused on ultra-low thermal expansion measurements, laser speckle metrology, particle field holography, non-destructive testing of biological objects, and water tunnel instrumentation.
In 1989 Prof. Vikram moved to the staff of the University of Alabama in Huntsville as a senior research scientist, and in 1993, he became research professor of optical science and engineering. During his tenure, he discovered critical limiting needs of two-color holography for heat and mass transfer studies. He also pioneered the use of Spacelab-III reconstructed wavefronts for multiple unconventional applications. In a parallel development, he established a new method of residual stress measurement by laser heating and speckle correlation interferometry.
In addition to advanced academic research, Prof. Vikram was also known for solving contemporary industrial problems. One of his algorithms was adopted in PhaseCam, a commercial interferometric system that is faster and less noisy.
Prof. Vikram has authored the book Particle Field Holography published by Cambridge University Press. He has also contributed six book chapters and authored or co-authored more than 140 research papers.
Honored as a Distinguished Alumnus of ITT, Delhi, Prof. Vikram received a certificate of recognition from NASA for his work done under its Advanced Technology Program. He was also awarded the Distinguished Research and Creative Achievement Award by the University of Alabama in Huntsville Foundation and the Dennis Gabor Award from SPIE. He was a Fellow of Optical Society of America and SPIE.
He is survived by his wife Bina, daughter Preeti and son Tushar.


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Artstor, the Réunion des Musées Nationaux (RMN), and Art Resource are collaborating to release approximately 14,000 images of works in the permanent collections of French national and regional museums in the Digital Library. The collection in Artstor will present high-resolution images of important works of art from antiquity to the 20th century. The majority of images will focus on works by key artists from major European schools, as well as decorative arts and furnishings from castles and royal residences throughout France. French museums with significant holdings in the arts of Asia, Africa, and Oceania will also be included. The images will be selected from the archives of the Agence photographique de la RMN, which include the collections of 28 museums in Paris and the Paris Region, such as: Musée du Louvre, Musée d'Orsay, Musée National d'Art Moderne — Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée de l'Orangerie des Tuileries, Musée des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Musée des Arts Asiatiques — Guimet, Musée du Quai Branly, Musée du Moyen Âge — Thermes de Cluny, Musée Condé, Chantilly, Musée National de la Renaissance, Ecouen, Musée du château de Fontainebleau, Musée des châteaux de Malmaison et de Bois-Préau, Musée National de Céramique, Sèvres, and Musée des Antiquités Nationales, Saint-Germain en Laye. Regional museums in the French provinces will also be represented, including: Musée Bonnat, Bayonne, Musée National Magnin, Dijon, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, and Musée des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes, among others.
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The Réunion des Musées Nationaux is a French public industrial and commercial establishment (EPIC), under the trusteeship of the French Ministry of Culture and Communication. RMN was founded in 1895 to raise and administer the funds required to acquire works for France's national collections of art. Today, RMN works with 32 museums and 2 exhibition venues (Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais and the Palais de la Porte Dorée in Paris) to acquire works of art, organize exhibitions, publish catalogs and monographs, distribute editorial and commercial products, and promote the museums' collections. The Agence photographique de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux produces the inventory of the French museums' permanent collections and conducts annual photographic campaigns on behalf of museums and other institutions. It is the leading photo agency in France and one of the top 10 in the world in the field of visual arts and museums. The RMN photo agency distributes a catalog of approximately one million images, more than 440,000 of which are available in an online archive. In addition to French museums, RMN has partnered with foreign museums (The British Museum, The National Gallery of Art, London, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) and photo agencies (Alinari Archives and Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz) to distribute their image collections worldwide.
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Students interested in labor and employment law and students in the Labor and Employment Law Certificate Program are invited to the
Welcome back pizza party!
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
4:15 to 5:30 p.m.
Room 510
We hope this will give you an informal opportunity to meet the faculty, catch up on your colleagues' news, meet new friends and chat with old ones, eat pizza and cookies, and ask questions about the Labor and Employment Law Program.
Institute for Law and the Workplace Faculty
Professor Martin H. Malin, Director
Professor Mary Rose Strubbe, Assistant Director
Assistant Dean Francine Soliunas, Executive Director
The Institute for Law and the Workplace presents a lecture by author and labor law scholar Julius G. Getman
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Noon to 1 p.m.
Governor Richard B. Ogilvie Auditorium
Free and open to all; webcast live at www.kentlaw.edu
Professor Julius G. Getman, who holds the Earl E. Sheffield Regents Chair at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law, is the author of Restoring the Power of Unions: It Takes a Movement (Yale University Press 2010). A reception and book signing will follow the lecture.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. – Playing their first home game in nearly three weeks, the King University softball team took on Queens University. The Tornado had to come from behind in game one as Hannah Smith drove in both King runs in the 2-1 victory. King had to come back again in game two, but the Royals bounced back to take the 6-3 win in eight innings.
Both teams had runners on base early in game one, but neither could push any runs across until the third inning. The first two batters of the inning reached base for Queens, and later in the inning, Whitney Britt gave the Royals the lead with a two-out run scoring single.
King had two runners reach base in each of the third and fourth innings, but Royal pitcher Ashley Rollins escaped both jams. The Tornado finally broke through in the fifth inning. Christina Melcher sparked the offense with a leadoff double to left center and advanced to third on a Cassie Ringstaff sacrifice bunt. Following a Fallon Thomas infield single, Smith ripped a double up the middle to score both runners and give King a 2-1 advantage.
Tornado pitcher Hannah Light worked around a single in the sixth, and stranded two runners in the seventh to earn her 14th win of the year. She scattered eight hits in seven innings of work while striking out seven. Smith and Thomas paced the Tornado offense with two hits apiece while Melcher and Tori McComas accounted for the other two King hits.
Queens (14-19, 5-7 CC) jumped ahead early in game two as Kaitlyn Cheek ripped a two-run home run to right field in the top of the first inning. The Royals then tacked on another run in the third to take a 3-0 lead.
In the bottom of the third inning, Ringstaff reached base with a one-out single. After an out, Smith crushed her fourth home run of the season off the left field foul pole, and the Tornado trailed 3-2. King evened the score with a two-out rally in the fourth inning. Aubree Hutt started the rally with a single, and a stolen base. Melcher followed with a double to left field to even the game at three apiece.
It looked as though King (20-24, 9-2 CC) would grab the lead in the sixth inning as they loaded the bases. However, Queens' pitcher Kaitlyn Bodine escaped the jam to keep the score tied.
The score remained that way until the eighth inning when Cheek ripped her second home run of the game to put the Royals up 5-3. Queens tacked on one more run to take a 6-3 lead into the bottom of the frame. King was unable to score as the Royals took the game 6-3.
Melcher, Smith, McComas and Hutt led the Tornado with two hits apiece while Smith drove in two runs.
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To help boost a sagging bottom line, Marion Theatre operators are considering a different approach.
To help boost a sagging bottom line, Marion Theatre operators are considering a different approach.
"We will probably change our booking system shortly," said Carmen Soto, who operates the theater with her husband, Cesar.
Soto said that blockbuster films do not seem to attract the people who enjoy going to the historic downtown theater.
"We are trying to do indie films and art films, and I think it's a little more appealing," she said. "I would like to find a niche in the type of films people are more enthusiastic about. I don't think the blockbusters do it."
She said "Jersey Boys," a film based on a Broadway musical, seemed to do well, for example, as did "The Fault in Our Stars."
The Sotos lease the cinema at 50 SE Magnolia Ave. from the city of Ocala. Their five-year contract to operate the movie theater began at the end of November 2012.
For their first full calendar year, from January to December 2013, attendance was 29,549 patrons and they showed a $14,616 profit.
This year, from January through May, they are in the red by $11,242. Attendance for that period was 8,750.
Last year, for the same five-month period, attendance was 11,707 and they reaped a $5,401 profit.
"It's not looking good," Carmen Soto said. "If you come downtown on Sunday it's a ghost town. For a theater to function in downtown, it's very, very difficult. We are trying to make the most of it. We are working very hard."
She said June numbers were a little better, but she is not certain what July will bring.
"If I can at least break even, that's my goal," she said.
Tye Chighizola, the city's growth management director, who oversees the theater, said the city is pleased with the Sotos' operation of the venue. But he is watching the numbers.
"I think they are a little concerned," he said about the losses.
He said he thinks Carmen Soto loves running the theater.
"She believes in the downtown. She believes in the theater," Chighizola said. "And she works all the time and she never pays herself. She feels obligated and responsible. It's a love for her. I think she enjoys it."
Soto, who is at the theater every day, said they are trying to create interest by bringing in events to subsidize the films. For the summer, they are featuring films for children Monday to Thursday mornings at 10:30 a.m. The cost is $2, which includes popcorn and a drink.
"We don't make money. We do it as a service," Soto said. "I can't tell you enough how satisfied I feel."
She said the children's program is doing very well, and they ask people to arrive at 9:30 a.m.
"If we're sold out, we can't do anything about it," Soto said.
They also have other promotions, like punch cards. Go to four movies and get the fifth one free. And, on Tuesdays, to show their appreciation, the Sotos offer patrons free popcorn and a drink with a ticket purchase.
Some of the challenges include the expense to air condition the large theater. The electric bill in summer is about $3,000 a month.
And, Soto said, while she heralds the downtown festivals and events, they do not help the theater.
"There are thousands of people but not at the theater," she said. "They are on the street and in the shops and restaurants, which I am glad. At least someone is making money."
While they do not receive a subsidy from the city as did the previous operator, Eastwynn, a subsidiary of Carmike Cinemas, the Sotos did get the first year's rent free to offset the start-up costs.
This year they pay $2,500 a month based on profits during the six-month reporting period. Any profits up to $15,000 go to the city. Any profits above $15,000, the city gets a 20 percent cut.
"From the city's standpoint, they have done a great job. The theater is clean. It's well-maintained," Chighizola said. "They have done a good job and they have kept their prices down."
He said the downtown merchants and the Sotos appear to have embraced each other.
Soto said the city has been a good partner.
"They are very understanding and helpful," she said. "So far, it has been a good relationship and we want to continue that way."
From April 3-6, the inaugural Silver Springs International Film Festival took place and the Marion Theatre was central to the event.
The Sotos charged a flat fee of $4,000 for the use of the theater for the festival. They kept the doors open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., which resulted in a higher electric bill. They also had to hire additional staff to keep the theater clean.
And, during the festival weekend, a big film opened, so they lost out on that opportunity.
"It was a service," Soto said.
As part of their plan to explore a different format, the Sotos plan to run the comedy film "Chef" on July 11.
And they plan on sticking it out.
"I always look at the bright side," Soto said. "I try."
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