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Tennessee based metal band Whitechapel released its fifth full length studio effort last Tuesday. That album, titled Our Endless War, has been met with mixed reviews from both fans and critics alike in the short time since its release. Those that are more experienced with will obviously be far more opinionated than those that might not be so familiar with the band's body of work. One thing that both sides should be able to agree upon with this latest record is its heaviness both musically and lyrically. The album opens with the album's absolutely searing title track that is an indictment of the country's current state. Just as blistering is the Fear Factory style song 'Worship The Digital Age.' This song delves into the world's overwhelmingly increasing obsession with things such as social media and all things digital. The band doesn't let up an inch even as it reaches the last of the album's dozen total tracks. The album's closer, 'Fall of the Hypocrites' is brutal to say the absolute least. This applies both in terms of the song's lyrics and its music. It will leave listeners breathless by the time it ends. Having experienced the album's eleven other tracks, it will leave any naysayer agreeing that this is an album that any metal purist should hear at least once.
Whitechapel makes quite the statement on its latest release. The album's opener and title track is a solid speed metal piece. There's no denying that it is more listener friendly than some of the other material on this album. But in the band's defense, there is nothing wrong with reaching out to a wider audience. The three-guitar attack of Ben Savage, Zach Householder, and Alex Wade makes for so much depth to the song. While one provides the song's primary line, the other two work in tandem with bassist Ben Harclerode and drummer Gabe Crisp for an absolutely pounding opus. Vocalist Phil Bozeman's heavy growling vocals are among the most powerful of any vocalist within the band's sub-genre as he screams, "America our wasteland/Where death is entertainment/The place where moving forward/Means you turn the other direction/A place where reality existed/And we still continue to bleed." This seething indictment of the current state of the nation continues throughout the course of the song, going after both the people and the politicians all at once. It's a full-on unrelenting piece that is certain to impress any metal purist with its mix of adrenaline-fueled music and standard socio-politically charged lyrics. It's just the start of what Whitechapel has to offer listeners on its new record, too.
Our Endless War's socio-politically charged opener is a solid reintroduction for the band on its fifth full length studio effort. Just as blistering as that piece is 'Worship The Digital Age.' This song comes across as the band's commentary concerning the world's ever-growing obsession with the 24-hour news cycle, celebrity gossip and all things linked to the digital era. Given, it's not the first song to ever tackle such topics. But it will most definitely keep listeners engaged thanks to its combination of music and lyrics. Again, each member of the band does his part to make this song one of the album's most pummeling, musically. Bozeman backs up that heavy, grinding sound with his equally grinding vocals, screaming to listeners, "I can't find it in me to resist and look away/This is where civilization falls/We have been convinced we need this to be entertained/This disease has consumed us all." If this is indeed an indictment of people's obsession with the noted topics, Bozeman couldn't be more right. It really has become a disease of sorts. We are constantly living our lives online more and more. We are becoming more and more obsessed with our favorite celebrities and political figures. It makes one believe that this is truly where civilization finds its end. Bozeman notes himself in the song's final verse, "Don't waste your time/We're already numb/Programmed for the now/And the future is none." That one line, "programmed for the now" says it all. Our obsession with staying up with all the latest trends, etc. is going to be civilization's end. Burton C. Bell and his band mates in Fear Factory would definitely be impressed by this piece.
Those that hoped for Whitechapel's signature death metal sound on this record will be happy to know that the band hasn't completely branched away from that sound this time out. The band closes its new album with the song 'Fall of the Hypocrites.' The band as a whole is razor shard throughout this final salvo. The song's final verse puts the proverbial nail in the coffin, with Bozeman screaming, "You know who you are/Everyone sees right through those hateful scars/It's a matter of time before we start to right these wrongs/We can start by using my chainsaw/The tongues come out first/to prevent venomous words/Then we'll cauterize them and hang you by your necks/Behold the 8th wonder of the world." Violent? Yes. A bit sarcastic in those final words? Yes. There' no denying the fury and certainty in Bozeman's words, either. Together with the song's equally blistering musical side, it collectively leaves a lasting mark for the band.
'Fall of the Hypocrites,' Worship the Digital Age' and 'Our Endless War' are each strong samples of what Whitechapel has to offer listeners on its new album. They aren't the only positives to this new record. Listeners will each find their own favorite songs when they purchase or order Our Endless War for themselves. It is available now in stores and online and can be ordered direct from the Metal Blade Records online store at http://whitechapel.merchnow.com/products/173521. It can also be downloaded via iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/album/id828056300.
Whitechapel is currently touring in support of its new album alongside Devildriver, Carnifex, Fit For An Autopsy, and label mates Revocation and Rivers of Nihil. It will perform today at Plaza Condesa in Mexico City, Mexico before taking a short break to recharge for the next leg of its tour, which begins next Wednesday, May 14th in St. Louis, MO. The band's tour schedule also brings it to North Carolina this Summer. The band is scheduled to perform at the Tremont Music Hall in Charlotte, North Carolina on Sunday, June 15th. The band's current tour schedule, news and more is available online at http://www.facebook.com/whitechapelmetal, http://www.whitechapelband.com, and http://twitter.com/whitechapelband. To keep up with the latest sports and entertainment reviews and news, go online to http://www.facebook.com/philspicks and "Like" it. Fans can always keep up with the latest sports and entertainment reviews and news in the Phil's Picks blog at https://philspicks.wordpress.com.


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WASHINGTON - China may be the centerpiece of the Obama administration's second-term foreign policy agenda, with U.S. strategists trying to avoid entanglement in Syria or Mali in order to stay focused on a vision of reasserting the American presence in Asia.
But getting sucked back into Middle East and North African conflicts isn't the only risk to the administration's so-called "Asia pivot": The United States still hasn't found the right tone for its dealings with China, say analysts who specialize in Asia-Pacific issues.
Analysts say the United States remains too involved in the region's territorial disputes, especially as it helps nations organize into an anti-China bloc in talks over contested islands in the South China Sea that are of little or no strategic value. Elsewhere, the American administration still has to win over nations that are reluctant to risk the economic punishment of being seen as allied with a U.S. strategy to constrain China's rise.
"If you stand still in Asia, you're going to fall behind the rise of China," said Robert S. Ross, a professor of Chinese foreign policy at Boston College. "We're not going to stand still, but we can improve our rhetoric and disentangle from these territorial disputes."
Obama, who's sometimes called the "first Pacific president" because of his childhood years in Indonesia and his upbringing in Hawaii, clearly has the political will to make Asia the focus of U.S. policy. More than half of American naval assets are deployed in the region, the administration has signed fresh defense agreements with Asian partners and there's been a marked increase in high-profile U.S. state visits to promote trade and diplomacy.
In November, Obama made a historic trip to the former pariah state of Myanmar, his fourth high-profile visit to Asia in as many years, and his secretaries of state and defense, Hillary Clinton and Leon Panetta, have been frequent visitors, as have numerous more junior diplomats and defense officials.
"There's no comparison," said Daniel Sneider, the associate director for research at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University in California, commenting on the Obama administration's approach versus that of its predecessor. "These guys have been there. They've thought about it more. They have a broad strategy."
Sneider, however, saw risk to that strategy in the pull of crises elsewhere. "It has to be backed up by devoting real resources in the end," he said of an Asia focus. "Any new engagement of U.S. forces in the Middle East will immediately undermine this policy."
Even in tightly knit Washington policymaking circles, there's confusion over how to pursue this new Asia focus, starting with what to call it.
A first suggestion, "forward-deployed diplomacy," was jettisoned as too militaristic, especially when it comes to prickly superpower China. Then came "the Asia pivot," which rankled Middle Eastern and European allies, who thought it suggested abandonment of their regions. The White House now prefers "the rebalancing," while some policymakers are starting to use the blunter "return to Asia."
The semantics matter, analysts said, when one of the most sensitive parts of the plan includes dealing with Chinese suspicions that the maneuvering is intended to blunt China's economic and military rise.
Any hope of a deeper, more complex U.S. focus on Asia, analysts who study the region say, hinges on how the second Obama administration tweaks the long-standing policy toward China that some dub "congagement," an attempt to blend containment of growing Chinese military power with engagement on trade and diplomatic issues.
Justin Logan, the director of foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute, a libertarian research center in Washington, argued in a report this month, called "China, America and the Pivot to Asia," that few are fooled that U.S. policy isn't really about containment and that the United States should step back from involving itself in "every diplomatic flare-up" so that it retains greater distance from the squabbling parties.
"If the Chinese were getting up in our face saying, 'We're putting 60 percent of our naval assets in the Caribbean and developing military alliances with Cuba and Venezuela, and none of this has anything to do with the United States,' no one would believe that," Logan said.
He suggests offloading some of the security responsibilities to allied nations such as Japan, South Korea and India, and encouraging talks among those nations without U.S. officials present, let alone in the lead. Logan said it was healthy for there to be some doubts about exactly where U.S. forces would be committed in any regional flare-up. That would encourage nations to avoid such high-stakes disputes in the first place or to look inward for defense strategies and "help minimize free riding," as he put it.
Logan's report describes two polarized camps when it comes to how the U.S. should approach China. The hawkish policy camp, nicknamed the "dragon slayers," demands a bigger U.S. military presence in Asia to restrict China's sea access and act as a barrier to any bullying of weaker nations.
At the other end of the spectrum on China policy are the analysts Logan calls "panda huggers," who are betting that a focus on trade and diplomacy over military might will force China to democratize and become a more trusted U.S. partner.
The administration's current plans call for deploying 2,000 Marines to Australia and four coastal combat ships to Singapore - hardly terrifying prospects for the Chinese, the hawks complain.
But critics of the notion that the pivot lacks military chops point out that there's already a huge U.S. military presence in the Asia Pacific, larger than during the most recent Republican administrations. There are 40,000 American troops in Japan, more than 28,000 in South Korea and 4,500 in Guam, a self-governing U.S. territory. There are six aircraft carrier strike groups and the U.S. Pacific Fleet, which conducts regular joint military exercises with Asian allies.
When the Obama administration got serious about the pivot in 2010, Boston College's Ross said, "you couldn't have asked for a more robust strategic presence than we had at the time."
Obama has made that presence even greater, at the expense of irritating the Chinese without any appreciable strategic benefit. That includes an increase in a U.S. military presence in South Korea that Obama ordered to reverse President George W. Bush's decision to reduce it by 40 percent - including a cut in joint military exercises, pulling troops out of the area between the demilitarized zone and Seoul, and announcing that in 2012 the U.S. would hand over wartime operational control to South Korean forces.
In contrast, the Obama administration increased troop levels by 10 percent, signed four new defense agreements with South Korea, increased the size and scale of joint exercises and deferred the handover of operational control of forces until 2015.
The moves, Ross said, came at a time when the presumed target of the posturing - North Korea - posed less of a threat than ever when it came to conventional warfare.
"If you're Chinese, you begin to ask yourself why this is happening, and it wouldn't be unreasonable to think that America's presence in South Korea is not directed at North Korea, but directed at China," Ross said.
Obama's picks for secretaries of state and defense, Democrat John Kerry and Republican Chuck Hagel, have records of moderate stances toward China, which analysts say portends a policy of more engagement - not just with the Chinese, but also with other Asian powers such as Japan, India, Vietnam and South Korea.
Kerry, especially, is familiar with Asia from his close involvement with the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs.
"I expect him to pursue an intense strategy of engagement with China, with hedging," Sneider said. "I expect Kerry to head down a path of trying to engage the new Chinese leadership as far as they're willing to go."
Analysts said Kerry should make it a priority to draw the U.S. back from involvement in territorial disputes over contested islands while ensuring that a more neutral stance isn't viewed as abandoning important allies.
One fight is over the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands; the Chinese call them the Diaoyu Islands. Taiwan also has staked a claim. In December, a Chinese government airplane conducted a flyover of the disputed islands, prompting the Japanese to dispatch eight F-15 jets and an early-warning aircraft in response.
The Chinese plane already was gone by then, and the situation cooled until Christmas Eve, when a Chinese coast guard Y-12 aircraft switched course to the Senkaku Islands. Again, the Japanese launched several fighter jets and the Chinese plane left the area.
"People are watching this scrambling of jets, movements of coast guard vessels around these islands," Sneider said. "On one hand, the U.S. is going to back the Japanese as our allies. On the other hand, there's a message to both Japan and China to cool it."
The other big territorial fight is over the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. They're claimed by China and several other nations: Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and Vietnam.
After a long-standing hands-off approach marked by American platitudes about "freedom of navigation" and "peaceful resolution," Ross said, the Obama administration jumped into the fray in 2010 by gathering the common claim-holders for talks - but notably excluding China.

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WASHINGTON, DC – The following statement was issued today by House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Republican Conference Chairman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA):
"Our nation's immigration system is broken – hurting families, our national security, and the economy, which is why reform is included in our plan for economic growth and job creation. While we applaud the progress made by our Senate colleagues, there are numerous ways in which the House will approach the issue differently. The House remains committed to fixing our broken immigration system, but we will not simply take up and accept the bill that is emerging in the Senate if it passes. Rather, through regular order, the House will work its will and produce its own legislation. Enacting policy as consequential and complex as immigration reform demands that both chambers of Congress engage in a robust debate and amendment process. Our nation's immigration processes, border security, and enforcement mechanisms remain dysfunctional. The House goal is enactment of legislation that actually solves these problems and restores faith in our immigration system, and we are committed to continuing the work we've begun toward that goal in the weeks and months ahead."


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Zenyatta Finds Graphite while Exploring Ontario for Nickel-Copper
By Greg Klein
On completing its December 2010 IPO of $9.9 million, Zenyatta Ventures TSXV:ZEN began 2011 with big ambitions. The company set out to explore its Albany Project in northern Ontario, which may sit on a structure related to the Mid-Continent Rift, home of a number of significant deposits around Lake Superior. Zenyatta hoped for a nickel-copper-polymetallic deposit comparable to the Norilsk Nickel mine in Siberia, Vale's Voisey's Bay operation in Labrador or Rio Tinto's Eagle deposit in Michigan. So far, that goal has proved elusive. But what the Albany Project (aka Arc of Fire) drill results do show, says President/CEO Aubrey Eveleigh, might be equally compelling—the possibility of an exceptionally large deposit containing the exceptionally unusual occurrence of vein-type graphite.
Vein (or lump) graphite is the rarest, hence most expensive, type of natural graphite. At the other end of the scale, amorphous graphite is the type most commonly found and is widely used for steelmaking, auto parts, sports equipment and other applications. Flake graphite is essential to the emerging markets that include solar panels, fuel cells, pebble-bed nuclear reactors and the lithium-ion batteries that are becoming standard for electronic devices and electric vehicles. But little is spoken of vein graphite—likely because there's so little to speak of.
Currently the world's supply depends on Sri Lanka, whose mines contain exceptionally pure graphite, often grading over 90%. The product transmits heat and electricity more efficiently than other graphite types and is easier to mould. As a result, it's in high demand for specialized uses such as the electric brushes used in motors and generators and in powder metallurgy used to manufacture parts for industries that include the automotive, aerospace, energy and medical/dental sectors.
So how did Zenyatta's aspirations turn from a Voisey's Bay to a Sri Lankan-type target? "We flew our property with an airborne survey and got a very large conductor that measures 1,400 metres by 800 metres," explains Eveleigh. "That's a whopping conductor. We thought it was copper-and-nickel massive sulphides. It's covered with swamp so we had to drill blindly. But we started to get this graphite-rich breccia zone. Basically, from top to bottom we were getting all this graphite. So it's pretty large and pretty unique because it's a hydrothermal graphite deposit unlike what anybody is promoting in North America right now. There is one in Sri Lanka that's similar to it, and that's a vein-type graphite."
Results announced January 19 from one hole show eight separate breccia zones, the first starting at 79.8 metres and the last ending at 522 metres. The following assays were released.
- 4.6% carbon over 9.9 metres
- 4.2% over 67.5 metres
- 3.3% over 7.9 metres
- 2.5% over 48.2 metres
- 3% over 26.4 metres
- 4.2% over 5.5 metres
- 2.1% over 7.5 metres
- 3% over 16 metres
A mineralogical study at Lakehead University found graphite ranging from fine (-270 mesh) to coarse (+40 mesh). The next step is bench-scale testing to better determine the deposit's purity, flake-size distribution and recoverability. Results from SGS Canada are expected within two to four months.
"This could be exceptional; it could be very valuable; and certainly the market is bullish on graphite right now," says Eveleigh.
Meanwhile, drilling will resume presently. "We need to determine the size of it. If we judge by the airborne conductor, it looks pretty big, but you still have to prove that. So we're stepping out quite a ways, like 200-metre step-outs. If it's still there, we can extrapolate in between and say this looks like a pretty big deposit. If it's as big as the conductor suggests, it will be one of the biggest graphite deposits in the world."
If it's as big as the conductor suggests, it will be one of the biggest graphite deposits in the world —Aubrey Eveleigh
About 4,000 metres of drilling is planned. And the company's still looking for that big nickel-copper find in its 121,000-hectare Albany Project. "We have 28 different claim blocks," Eveleigh points out. "We found the graphite on one block and we're advancing that, but we're also exploring the other 27 blocks."
The graphite deposit has "good access and good infrastructure," he adds. It sits four kilometres from an all-weather logging road, 30 from the Trans-Canada Highway and 70 from a rail line.
As a geologist, Eveleigh's career began with Noranda and includes a seven-year stint as a partner in a consulting firm that worked for around 50 juniors and majors. He also held a highly successful position with Wolfden Resources and is currently president of Eveleigh Geological Consulting, which has provided expertise for companies including Rio Tinto, Goldcorp TSX:G, Agnico-Eagle TSX:AEM, Diavik Diamond Mines and BHP Billiton.
Zenyatta's team includes Barry Allan, an exploration geologist turned Senior Mining Analyst for Mackie Research Capital, and Cliff Davis, who boasts over 40 years' experience in open-pit and underground mining. Brian Davey, a member of the Moose Cree First Nation, has 28 years' experience in issues mostly related to First Nations economic development. Some other management and advisory staff include Don Bubar, president of Avalon Rare Metals TSX:AVL and Roland Butler, co-founder of Altius Minerals TSX:ALS, which holds a 10% interest in a 3% Voisey's Bay net smelter royalty.
The company has an 80% earn-in option with Cliffs Natural Resources CLF, which calls for $10 million of spending over four years. Zenyatta has already earned 25% by completing its airborne survey. Cliffs holds 11.8% of Zenyatta's shares.
"Cliffs also helps with technical support, so we're moving this along together," Eveleigh says. "They obviously like these projects, and they're very supportive of us."
Insiders hold 23.5% of Zenyatta shares while another 35% is institutional. At press time Zenyatta had 39.6 million shares trading at $0.15 for a market cap of $5.9 million.
Eveleigh will make a presentation at OnPage Media's May 2 Graphite Express-Conference at Toronto's Sheraton Hotel. Click here for free registration.
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"The Hunger Games" has filled fan appetites with a $155 million opening weekend that puts it near the top of the domestic record book.
The huge haul marks the third-best debut ever in terms of revenue, behind the $169.2 million opening for last year's "Harry Potter" finale and the $158.4 million opening of 2008's "The Dark Knight."
"Harry Potter" and "Batman" were well-established franchises. "The Hunger Games" set a revenue record for a non-sequel, taking in more than twice what the first "Twilight" movie did with its $69.6 million opening weekend.
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"This is the birth of a franchise. To launch in this fashion is mindboggling," said David Spitz, head of distribution at Lionsgate, which now also owns the "Twilight" franchise after its purchase of Summit Entertainment.
It also was by far the biggest start for a film opening outside the busy summer and holiday seasons. According to Sunday studio estimates, "The Hunger Games" came in nearly $40 million ahead of the previous March record-holder, 2010's "Alice in Wonderland" at $116.1 million.
"The Hunger Games" slid into the No. 3 spot on the domestic revenue chart ahead of "Spider-Man 3," which opened with $151.1 million in 2007. Factoring in today's higher tickets prices, "The Hunger Games" sold fewer tickets over opening weekend than "Spider-Man 3," though.
Fans camped out for the first screenings of "The Hunger Games," which began just after midnight Friday. Many fans showed up dressed as favorite characters from the story.
"That type of behavior puts it on the level of the 'Star Treks' and 'Star Wars,'" Spitz said. "I was so excited to see how everyone was responding to the material and how ecstatic they were to be a part of it."
With a broader fan base than the "Twilight" franchise, "The Hunger Games" pulled in bigger crowds than the top-grossing installment of that series. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" leads that franchise with a $142.8 million opening weekend in 2009.
Women and girls have made up as much as 80 percent of the audience for the "Twilight" flicks. Though it features a female lead, "The Hunger Games" drew more balanced crowds, with girls and women accounting for 61 percent of audiences, according to distributor Lionsgate.
Despite its teen fan base, "The Hunger Games" also did well among older moviegoers. Fans 25 and older made up 56 percent of the crowds.
"The Hunger Games" stars Jennifer Lawrence as a teen who is one of 24 youths forced to compete in a televised death match in a post-apocalyptic North American society.
The film is based on the first novel in the best-selling trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Lionsgate plans to release part two, "Catching Fire," in November 2013, and hopes to do the finale, "Mockingjay," as a two-part film installment.
"The Hunger Games" gave Hollywood a huge lift during a normally quiet time at theaters, with the start of the summer movie season still a month and a half away.
Overall domestic revenues totaled $214 million, up 76 percent from the same weekend last year, when "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules" led with $23.8 million, according to box-office tracker Hollywood.com.
Business has soared this year, with domestic receipts now at $2.4 billion, 19 percent ahead of last year's. Hollywood also has a potentially record-breaking summer lineup coming that includes the superhero tales "The Avengers," ''The Amazing Spider-Man" and "The Dark Knight Rises."
"With this incredible weekend for 'The Hunger Games,' we're perhaps experiencing what could be called the perfect box-office year," said Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian. "We're just on a trajectory like I've never seen."
The previous No. 1 movie, Sony's action comedy "21 Jump Street," dropped to a distant No. 2 but held up well in its second weekend with $21.3 million. That raised its domestic total to $71.1 million.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. "The Hunger Games," $155 million.
2. "21 Jump Street," $21.3 million ($5.3 million international).
3. "Dr. Seuss' the Lorax," $13.1 million ($5.5 million international).
4. "John Carter," $5 million ($22.2 million international).
5. "Act of Valor," $2.1 million.
6. "Project X," $2 million.
7. "A Thousand Words," $1.9 million.
8. "October Baby," $1.7 million.
9. "Safe House," $1.39 million ($2.3 million international).
10. "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island," $1.37 million.


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HARTFORD -- A Connecticut Lottery official says three winning tickets worth at least $1 million each were sold in the state as part of the $579.9 million Powerball jackpot as the big prize went to winners in Arizona and Missouri.
Two tickets are $1 million winners and the third is $2 million because that ticket also correctly picked the sixth, or Powerball, number. None of the winners has stepped forward, but they have six months to pick up their prizes.
Each vendor who sold one of the winning Powerball tickets will receive a $2,000 bonus from the Connecticut Lottery.
The state also was a winner. The Connecticut Lottery earned a profit of $9.6 million on a record sale of more than $24 million in Powerball tickets in the state in the past two months.


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Owner: Joe Lang
Vehicle: 1984 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
City/State: St Paul, MN
Club: USO CC Twin Cities Chapter
Engine: The stock motor only had 70K original miles, so it was kept intact. Chrome plating by Jose from New Image in St. Paul was added, and Brian Hartman made sure every piece was finished in black.
Body/Paint: The Cutlass was stripped to bare metal and USO President Brian Hartman laid down solid black throughout the body and frame. Pinstriping was done by Joe Suski in Woodbury, MN.
Interior: The original cabin was gutted and replaced with black Cadillac pillow top seats. All trim pieces painted black. The work was done by Jeanie Bluedorn at Stitch Bitch in Lake Elmo, MN.
Sound System: Joe Suski at Geronimo Stripes in Woodbury, MN, installed a Kenwood head unit and Rockford Fosgate components.
Setup: Joe got down and dirty himself, installing a full Black Magic three-pump, three-dump hydraulic setup using 8-inch cylinders to the front and 12-inch to the rear. Eight all black batteries are controlled by a four-switch panel mounted on the dash.
Tires: 155/80R13 Mohave R/S
Wheels: 13 x7 100-spoke wire wheels powdercoated black


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The theme in 2011 is "Preventing Suicide in Multicultural Societies".
World Suicide Prevention Day is an opportunity for all sectors of the community to join with the International Association for Suicide Prevention and the WHO to focus public attention on the unacceptable burden and costs of suicidal behaviours with diverse activities to promote understanding about suicide and highlight effective prevention activities.
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The Bible is full of scriptures that, when quoted without any consideration of the immediate and remote contexts, a person can misuse in all sorts of ways. As proof that we do not have to work to provide for our family's material needs, some may quote Jesus' statement, "Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life" (John 6:27). In order to show that Jesus was a liar, the Bible critic might quote Jesus' acknowledgement: "If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not true" (John 5:31). Those who exclude baptism from God's plan of salvation often quote John 4:2: "Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples." When the Bible reader is "rightly dividing" (2 Timothy 2:15, NKJV) or "handling accurately the word of truth" (NASB), however, he will remember that "[t]he sum of thy [God's] word is truth" (Psalm 119:160, emp. added). Since the Bible teaches "if anyone will not work, neither shall he eat" (2 Thessalonians 3:10; cf. 1 Timothy 5:8), Jesus never implied that working to help feed one's family is wrong (John 6:27). "He simply was saying that spiritual food is more important than physical food, and as such, should be given a higher priority" (Butt, 2003, emp. in original). Jesus did not confess wrongdoing in John 5:31, He simply acknowledged that, in accordance with the law (cf. Deuteronomy 19:15), His testimony apart from other witnesses would be considered invalid or insufficient to establish truth (cf. John 8:13-20; see Lyons, 2004). Likewise, Jesus never taught that baptism was unnecessary for salvation. In fact, He taught the very opposite (cf. John 3:3,5; Mark 16:16; Matthew 28:18-20; see Lyons, 2003).
Consider another proof text from the Gospel of John regarding the nature of Christ. Some (e.g., Jehovah's Witnesses) contend that Jesus was not deity since, on one occasion, He prayed to the Father: "And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent" (John 17:3; cf. "Should You Believe...?," 2000). Allegedly, by calling the Father, "the only true God," Jesus excluded Himself from being deity. Such an interpretation of John 17:3, however, contradicts numerous other passages within John's gospel account. From beginning to end, John bore witness to the deity of Christ. Some of the evidence from the Gospel of John includes the following:
It was in the overall context of John's gospel account, which is filled with statements testifying of Jesus' deity, that the apostle recorded Jesus' prayer to His Father the night of His betrayal (John 17). But how can Jesus' statement about His Father being "the only true God" (17:3) be harmonized with statements by Jesus, the apostle John, John the Baptizer, Thomas, etc. affirming the deity of Christ? We believe that when a person understands that Jesus' statement was made in opposition to the world's false gods, and not Himself, the reference to the Father being "the only true God" harmonizes perfectly with the many scriptures that attest to the deity of Christ (including those outside of the book of John; cf. Matthew 1:23; Colossians 2:9; Hebrews 1:5-13). On the eve of Jesus' crucifixion, it was completely natural for Him to pray that "all flesh/people" (John 17:2, NKJV/NIV), many of whom were (and still are) pagan idolaters, would come to know "the only true God" and receive eternal life (17:3). Thus, Jesus contrasted Himself not with the Father, but "with all forms of pagan polytheism, mystic pantheism, and philosophic naturalism" (Jamieson, et al., 1997).
Furthermore, if Jesus' reference to the Father being "the only true God" somehow excludes Jesus from being deity, then (to be consistent) Jesus also must be disqualified from being man's Savior. Jehovah said: "Besides me there is no savior" (Isaiah 43:11; cf. Hosea 13:4; Jude 25). Yet, Paul and Peter referred to Jesus as our "Savior" several times in their inspired writings (Ephesians 5:23; Philippians 3:20; 2 Timothy 1:10; 2 Peter 1:1,11; 2:20; etc.). Also, if Jesus is excluded from Godhood (based on a misinterpretation of John 17:3), then, pray tell, must God the Father be excluded from being man's Lord? To the church at Ephesus, Paul wrote that there is "one Lord" (4:4, emp. added), and, according to Jude 4 (using Jehovah's Witnesses own New World Translation) "our only Owner and Lord" is "Jesus Christ" (emp. added). Yet, in addition to Jesus being called Lord throughout the New Testament, so is God the Father (Matthew 11:25; Luke 1:32; Acts 1:25) and the Holy Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:17).
Obviously, when the Bible reveals that there is only one God, one Savior, one Lord, one Creator (Isaiah 44:24; John 1:3), etc., reason and revelation demand that we understand the inspired writers to be excluding everyone and everything—other than the members of the Godhead. As former Jehovah's Witness David Reed explained: "Jesus' being called our 'only' Lord does not rule out the Lordship of the Father and the Holy Spirit, and the Father's being called the 'only' true God does not exclude the Son and the Holy Spirit from deity" (1986, p. 82).
Butt, Kyle (2003), "Wearing Gold and Braided Hair," [On-line], URL: http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/2264.
Jamieson, Robert, et al. (1997), Jamieson, Faussett, Brown Bible Commentary (Electronic Database: Biblesoft).
Lyons, Eric (2003), "The Bible's Teaching on Baptism: Contradictory or Complementary?" [On-line], URL: http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/617.
Lyons, Eric (2004), "Was Jesus Trustworthy?" [On-line], URL: http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/516.
Reed, David (1986), Jehovah's Witnesses Answered Verse by Verse (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker).
"Should You Believe in the Trinity?" (2000), Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society.


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Sunrise is the first feature film directed by F.W Murnau for Fox Film Corporation. It was released with synchronized sound-on-film using the Fox Movietone system. It was a big budget production. But the 'first talkie' The Jazz Singer (1927) from Warner Brothers which, came after a few days cut into its profits. The film fared badly at the box-office.
Also known as A Song of Two Humans is a fable portraying rural life versus urban life. The story could have been set anytime and anywhere. A rural couple's enduring love overcomes the hostile, destructive forces of the Jazz Age city. Within this we have love seduction, attempted murder, forgiveness and reconciliation the whole gamut of human emotions to qualify this as a melodrama but in its treatment and development the story acquires a lyrical quality: it is poetic work of art with roots in the German Expressionist movement (from 1914 to 1924).
Austrian Carl Mayer wrote the screenplay, adapting the story/novella A Trip to Tilsit ("Die Reise Nach Tilsit") by novelist/playwright Hermann Sudermann.
A farmer falls prey to a seductress from the city. She suggests him to do away with his wife.
Woman: Tell me. You are all mine? (He nods and kisses her again. She strokes his hair.) Sell your farm…come with me to the City.
Man: …and my wife?
Woman: (laughing and holding close to his neck) Couldn't she get drowned? [The word drowned fades into view.]
He plots to murder her during a boat trip to City of Bright Lights. During this trip, the conscience of the farmer is pricked and he relents( reminiscent of a similar situation in the George Steven's film, A Place In The Sun). In the city the couple fall in love again. On their return trip, a tempestuous storm appears to drown the wife, but she is eventually found and the family is reunited and reconciled.
Their tearful reconciliation is completed by a view of a church across the street where a wedding is taking place. It seems to bring to the farmer his own wedding and what it means to love. Overcome by emotion in a close-up, he sobs in his wife's lap and recites along with bridegroom the vows. He now understands its significance of love even as the minister asks the bridegroom: "Wilt thou LOVE her?"
The minister continues:
God is giving you, in the holy bonds of matrimony, a trust. She is young…and inexperienced. Guide her and love her…keep and protect her from all harm.
Production Values:
Charles Rosher and Karl Struss won the first Academy Award for Cinematography (the first with panchromatic stock), for their skillful use of superimposition, effective employment of imagery and symbolism, and lyrical quality. Breakthrough camera tracking movements gave the film its fluidity and it wonderful atmospherics owe to the manner the camera could move through space (the marsh, the trolley ride to town, boats, dance halls, trolley cars, and city traffic), creating an unusual illusion of depth and vastness. The moving camera was to influence future films, including John Ford's The Informer (1935) and Orson Welles' Citizen Kane (1941). All the sets (both exterior and interior) were constructed to recede slightly in the distance, to produce further illusions of depth. Other techniques included placing larger physical objects in the foreground of shots, and having midgets as figures in the city backgrounds.
The contrast between rural 'country' life and urban 'city' life are emphasized through sun-lit and studio-lit exterior and interior shots and this sets the mood and interest. The moonlight, the swampy marshes, and the surface of the lake all capture the astonishing play of the light.
Memorable Quotes:
The Man: [pleading to his wife] Don't be afraid of me!
[opening title cards]
Title Card: This song of the Man and his Wife is of no place and every place; you might hear it anywhere, at any time.
Title Card: For wherever the sun rises and sets, in the city's turmoil or under the open sky on the farm, life is much the same; sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet.
* The original negatives of the film were destroyed in a fire in 1937.
* Fox studio's first ever feature film with a recorded score.
* Was the first and only film to win the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' (AMPAS) 'Best Picture' award in the category of "Artistic Quality of Production" (or "Unique and Artistic Picture"). This was the only year that this award was ever given out.
* The scenes in the city were not filmed on location. They were filmed on a vast and expensive set, built especially for the movie.
* Many of the superimpositions throughout the film were created "in the camera". The camera would shoot one image at the side of the frame, blacking out the rest of the shot, then expose the film. They would put the exposed film back into the camera and shoot again, blocking out the area that already had an image on it.
Director F.W. Murnau wanted Camilla Horn (with whom he had worked in Germany on _Faust (1926)_) for the part of "The Wife", but she was under contract to the German studio UFA at the time and they refused to loan her out, so the part went to Janet Gaynor.
* Although well-received critically, this film did not do well at the box office, which led to the studio "reining in" F.W. Murnau creatively for his next several films.
In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #82 Greatest Movie of All Time. It was the first inclusion of this film on the list.(imdb)
* Much of the exterior shooting was done at Lake Arrowhead in California.
* Murnau makes extensive use of forced perspective throughout the film. Of special note is a shot of the City where you see normal-sized people and sets in the foreground and little people in the background along with much smaller sets. (wikipedia)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Directed by F. W. Murnau
Produced by William Fox
Written by Carl Mayer
Hermann Sudermann
Starring Janet Gaynor
George O'Brien
Margaret Livingston
Cinematography Charles Rosher
Karl Struss
musical score by Hugo Riesenfeld
Editing by Harold D. Schuster
Distributed by Fox Film Corporation
Release date(s) Sept. 23, 1927
Running time 95 minutes
Silent film
English intertitles
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Lonesome (1928, Paul Fejos)
Broken Blossoms (1919, D.W. Griffith)
A Day in the Country (1936, Jean Renoir)
Fièvre (1921, Louis Delluc)
Menilmontant (1925, Dimitri Kirsanoff)
An American Tragedy (1931, Josef von Sternberg)
East Is East (1916, Henry Edwards)
Movies with the Same Personnel
Tabu (1931, Robert Flaherty, F.W. Murnau)
The Johnstown Flood Narrated (1926, Irving Cummings)
A Star Is Born (1937, Jack Conway, William Wellman)
No Man of Her Own (1932, Wesley Ruggles)
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935, Victor Fleming)
I Loved a Woman (1933, Alfred E. Green)
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A San Francisco woman brandishing a Japanese training sword chased an alleged thief through Noe Valley Tuesday afternoon, hitting him with bear spray and performing a citizens arrest, police said.
Sonya Yu used Twitter to provide updates of the chase and arrest.
For months, someone had been stealing delivered packages off of Noe Valley porches.
Apparently, our neighborhood thief has a violent rape rap sheet. My bear spray, bokken, & I are still not intimidated.
— Sonya Yu (@sonyayu) November 27, 2012
Yu, who tweeted that she will not be talking to the press about the incident, said on Twitter that more than $1,000 worth of goods had been taken off her porch earlier this fall.
Yu, a photographer, tweeted a photo of a camera and a canister of bear spray a few hours before the citizen's arrest, stating that she was "working, shooting & protecting our home."
Bear spray is a strong nonlethal chemical irritant used to deter bears in the wild. No license is required to buy or possess bear spray.Yu bought her canister at REI.
Yu explained that after months of anxiety over the thefts, she decided to put out a "bait" package. At 2:17 p.m. — about half an hour after she tweeted about drafting her wedding vows — she "got him."
I GOT HIM WITH THE BEAR SPRAY BUT HE ESCAPED. — Sonya Yu (@sonyayu) November 27, 2012
She saw a man enter the front gate of her home and take the bait. She chased him with a bokken — a wooden Japanese training sword — and unleashed half the canister of bear spray on him.
@nettatheninja yes otherwise ok 🙂 I chased him with the spray & bokken. Cops were cracking up when they arrived to see me & my weapons.
— Sonya Yu (@sonyayu) November 27, 2012
He ran away marked with the orange spray. Yu called 911, and police were easily able to spot the orange man. She identified him as her thief.
Police held Andy Anduha, 51, on her citizen's arrest before booking him into county jail on suspicion of attempted burglary.
Anduha is scheduled to be arraigned on one count of first-degree residential burglary, said Alex Bastian, a spokesman for the district attorney's office.
He faces up to six years in state prison if convicted, and one strike against him under the state's three-strikes law.
Police spokesman Sgt. Michael Andraychak said while police do not recommend that members of the public "take the law into their own hands" for safety's sake, a citizen's arrest is perfectly legal.
"We'd rather you call us — you never know who you'll come up against," he said. "But you have the right to make a private citizen's arrest for crimes that are committed in your presence. You also have the right to protect yourself while trying to make that arrest, within reason."
Yu noted that she suffered a burning sensation from the spray, but that she was happy knowing she helped catch the "menace."
In related news, I hope none of you ever gets bear sprayed cuz even this back-spray BURNS. — Sonya Yu (@sonyayu) November 27, 2012
Tho imagining how bad he's suffering (considering I emptied half a canister of bear spray onto him) makes me feel better.
— Sonya Yu (@sonyayu) November 27, 2012
She also later tweeted that despite a hectic and crazy afternoon, she still had time to prepare a gourmet dinner of "blowtorch prime rib roast and fried brussels sprouts" for her friends.
Still managed to make my 1st blowtorch prime rib roast with homemade h… (w/ @lisey, Zack, & Tucker at TARDIS) [pic] — path.com/p/3sUNar — Sonya Yu (@sonyayu) November 28, 2012
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Broadband conference brings out new Vail cell tower project
VAIL — About 300 economic development experts, communications specialists and government officials gathered at the Vail Cascade from June 8-10 to discuss broadband infrastructure in the state.
The town of Vail's newest broadband project — one that when completed this fall will increase user capacity and add 29 "nodes," or cell towers, within the town — was one of the hot topics of the conference.
Vail IT director Ron Braden was one of the keynote speaker, talking to the crowd about how the new system will vastly improve the area's often inadequate coverage in time for the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships and improve town WiFi and phone service for all the carriers.
This distributed antennae system is the first of its kind in the country and works especially well for "geographically challenged" areas — such as the mountains, said Braden.
The project was of particular interest because it is being funded through a private-public partnership, a model that many other communities hope to replicate.
Overall, the conference addressed the broader issue of broadband connectivity — a term referring to any means used to connect to the internet.
"This infrastructure has been called the fourth utility because it's essential for working, recreation and education. It's important for us to raise the standard of these services wherever you are," said conference organizer Audrey Danner, who represented Craig and Moffat County economic development.
Finding Unique Solutions
Different Colorado communities face difference challenges when it comes to connectivity, said conference organizer Jeff Gavlin.
For some, it might be geographical, like Vail's mountains. Other communities may lack the resources and infrastructure to even provide the highest levels of service to its residents. Organizers said their goal is to start the conversation between businesses, officials, and tech experts to find out what solutions different communities need.
"There's not just one solution, and it may be different for every community," said Gavlin. "Technology that works here to deliver broadband might not be cost-effective in some of these communities. Of course money is always an issue, and we have to ask if solutions are sustainable in the long-term."
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Brown Prosecution Sends Phony Foreclosure Consultants To Jail And Recovers Stolen Funds
SANTA ANA – In a clear "warning shot" to unscrupulous loan-modification consultants, Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that two women have each been sentenced to one year in jail and ordered to repay dozens of homeowners who were charged thousands of dollars in up-front fees for non-existent foreclosure-relief services.
Marianne Curtis, 69, of Costa Mesa and Mary Alice Yraceburu, 46, of Riverdale, who operated Fresno and Orange County-based Foreclosure Freedom, pleaded guilty last month to 71 criminal counts, including grand theft, conspiracy and unlawful foreclosure consulting. Both will serve one year in Orange County jail and an additional four years of probation.
"Curtis and Yraceburu shamelessly exploited homeowners desperate to avoid foreclosure, charging up to $1,800 in up-front fees for loan modifications that were never delivered," Brown said. "Today's jail sentences send a warning shot to loan-modification consultants: If you swindle homeowners, you face serious time behind bars."
Brown's office initiated its investigation into Curtis and Yraceburu in early 2008 after receiving a complaint from the Tulare County District Attorney. Charges were filed in Orange County Superior Court on March 19, 2009, against the defendants, and both pleaded guilty on March 24, 2010.
Brown's investigation located victims in many California towns and cities: Antelope, Avenal, Bakersfield, Crows Landing, Elk Grove, Fairfield, Fresno, Galt, Hanford, Hayward, Hollister, Kingsburg, Mendota, Modesto, Petaluma, Placerville, Richmond, Ridgecrest, Rio Linda, Sacramento, Salinas, San Leandro, Simi Valley, Stockton, Taft, Vacaville, Vallejo and Ventura.
In addition to today's jail sentences, Curtis and Yraceburu were ordered to repay 36 victims a total of $32,040. If eligible victims not named in the complaint come forward, the court can order additional repayment throughout the defendants' probation term. As a condition of today's sentence, both defendants are also prohibited from any future work in the telemarketing and real estate industries.
Brown's investigation found that from April 2007 until February 2008, the two women paid for access to foreclosure listings so they could directly solicit hundreds of homeowners underwater on their mortgages with mailers promising relief.
When homeowners called the number on the mailer, they were told their mortgages could be renegotiated to a lower monthly payment. Victims, however, were required to pay up to $1,800 in up-front fees and were instructed not to contact their lenders.
Victims were assured the company had "private lenders and specialists exclusive to their company who are very experienced in the options and methods used to renegotiate home loans," yet neither of the women who operated the company had real estate licenses, legal training or any experience in the home mortgage market.
Investigators found no evidence they had negotiated any successful loan modifications, and most of the victims were either forced into bankruptcy or lost their homes to foreclosure. Bank account records revealed the defendants took over $120,000 from unsuspecting homeowners.
Both Curtis and Yraceburu pleaded guilty to all 71 criminal counts including:
– 34 counts of unlawful foreclosure consulting
– 29 counts of grand theft
– 7 counts of attempted grand theft
– 1 count of conspiracy
By law, all individuals and businesses offering mortgage-foreclosure consulting or loan-modification and foreclosure-assistance services must register with Brown's office and post a $100,000 bond. It is also illegal for loan-modification consultants to charge up-front fees for their services.
Non-profit housing counselors certified by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development provide free help to homeowners. To find a counselor in your area, call 1-800-569-4287.
If you are a homeowner who has been scammed, contact Brown's office at 1-800-952-5225 or file a complaint online at: www.ag.ca.gov/consumers/general.php.
Brown has sought court orders to shut down more than 30 fraudulent foreclosure-relief companies and has brought criminal charges and obtained lengthy prison sentences for dozens of other deceptive loan-modification consultants. Last month, Brown secured a court judgment that shut down two Orange County-based foreclosure-assistance companies, secured $1 million in restitution for victims and prohibited three individuals from ever working in the real estate industry again.
For more information on Brown's action against loan-modification fraud visit: http://ag.ca.gov/loanmod.
A copy of the amended complaint, filed in Orange County Superior Court, is attached.


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Pope is eagerly awaiting confirmation of his historic chupacabra find through DNA analysis of tissues his father sent to a lab. If history is any guide, the chupacabra - which means "goat sucker" in Spanish and is named for its reputed habit of sucking the blood out of small animals, including goats and chickens - will soon be revealed as a known member of the canid family, a group that includes dogs, coyotes and foxes. (The creature Pope shot was not seen, nor suspected of, sucking blood out of anything; it was merely walking across a field.)
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Dancing with the Stars Ranks 3rd in "Top Content Power Ratings"
Well, this may only be of interest to nerds like me, but I find it facinating; and I didn't know it existed before today. It came up because "upfronts" are next week, which have to do with new show pilots – I guess they screen them and then the networks buy them or not. I have a friend who works on these – I suppose I could ask for more info, but that really isn't the point of this post.
The Top Content Power Ratings are described in detail by Consumer Electronics Net (click to read the whole article):
NEW YORK, NY — (Marketwire) — 05/12/11 — For the fourth year in a row, American Idol has topped the Content Power Ratings report, followed by Glee, which moved into the No. 2 slot, after debuting at No. 9 on last year's rankings.
Optimedia US (www.optimedia-us.com) created the report, which is in its fourth year and based on a proprietary metrics system that goes beyond traditional audience ratings to measure a show's true commercial value and footprint. Content Power Ratings 4.0 factors in total cross-platform audience size, involvement, and advocacy — providing the industry's only TV ranking system across three screens — TV, web and mobile.
This year, Optimedia reported a greater impact and influence in the rankings from the growth of social media.
While American Idol (#1) continued to dominate the popular culture across all three screens in 2010, Glee (#2) showed an impressive gain in terms of audience involvement, advocacy and overall search volume. It also has some 13 million Facebook fans and was the show that got the most press mentions in 2010. Dancing with the Stars ranked third, meaning that the top three shows in 2010 in terms of audience delivery, involvement and advocacy across multiple platforms had musical performance as their core offering.
"Content owners and advertisers are becoming increasingly aware of the influence that social media has on television viewing behavior. Content Power Ratings 4.0 is the most comprehensive measurement system in the marketplace today for evaluating the equity of television programs," said Greg Kahn, EVP, Business Development at Optimedia US.
Maureen Bosetti, EVP, Broadcast Buying Director at Optimedia US, said, "Content Power Ratings gives dimension to the content available across multiple screens so we can more effectively place our clients' creative in the right environments. This report enables us to tap into sponsorship opportunities across multiple platforms and amplify our client's message where consumers are most engaged."
I guess they are starting to realize – or maybe they have for a while – that the Nielsen ratings aren't the end all be all of television. This is facinating, and it gives hope to shows that don't seem to make the cut on the Nielsens but which have a strong online presence. Hollywood Reporter goes into more detail on the list itself:
NEW YORK – American Idol, Glee and Dancing with the Stars are the top three TV shows in the Content Power Ratings for 2010 that media agency Optimedia U.S. unveiled Thursday and that look at TV shows' overall viewer equity based on audience delivery (across TV, Internet and mobile), involvement and advocacy, particularly in the social media realm.
South Park and Family Guy, ranked 211th and 88th in the Nielsen ratings, round out the top five, according to media agency, which announced its latest findings just ahead of upfront week.
Last year's top five shows in the ranking, which the company has done since 2008, were Idol, Lost, Dancing, Grey's Anatomy – which this year dropped to number 11 – and House – down to 14.
Two and a Half Men continues to have "real equity" and moved up from the 15th to the 10th spot last year as it performed well in all three measures, according to Optimedia.
Beyond the music-themed top shows, Boardwalk Empire was the top-ranked new show on the Optimedia list at number 21 as a rabid fan base made up for a relatively small audience. Hawaii Five-0 and The Event followed in the ranking of top new shows.
Most improved series in the overall rankings were The Big Bang Theory, which moved from the 24th into the eighth spot, Modern Family, which ranks 16th, up from spot 50, The Vampire Diaries (from 61 to 29), Cougar Town (95 to 42) and Breaking Bad (92 to 75).
South Park is the most-watched show online, and Family Guy has more Facebook friends than any other series, according to Optimedia.
Social media winners highlighted by Optimedia include Idol and Comedy Central's Tosh.0, which the firm said has grown its ratings driven by high engagement on Twitter.
Positive social media buzz also helped such shows as Chuck, which took the top spot in this category, and The Game, which ranked sixth. Both shows avoided cancellation partially due to online buzz, Kahn highlighted.
Optimedia's ranking of late-night shows put Saturday Night Live on top, followed by Conan and The Daily Show.
Idol last year showed its "unparalleled staying power," even ahead of its new panel of judges, said Kahn. He pointed out its top Nielsen ratings position and its number one position in the number of Web visits and in the comScore mobile rating.
Meanwhile, Glee is a true "powerhouse" and the top challenger to Idol's dominance thanks to such things as 13 million Facebook friends, its number one ranking in terms of press mentions and nearly all-positive online buzz, he said.


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"I hope that this decision will help launch meaningful negotiations to reach a historic peace agreement that would finally end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians," what he relentlessly pursues, spurning resolution for an equitable, just peace, wanting surrender, not conciliation on equal terms, what he'll never agree to or accept.
"....an examination of the freeze after more than seven months suggests that it amounts to something less significant, at least on the ground. In many West Bank settlements, building is proceeding apace. Dozens of construction sites with scores of Palestinian workers are active."
Why? Because "cheating has occurred (and other units were) grandfathered in" to proceed. In addition, huge approval increases preceded Netanyahu's announcement, enough to continue construction unabated, though at a slower pace.
Another promise, another lie like the bogus peace process and claims about regional threats, Israel posing the only one, what everyone knows but won't say.
Peace Now.org (PN) on Israel's Bogus Moratorium
PN "is the leading voice of Israeli public pressure for peace....with over 10,000 members from the Middle East and around the world." On August 8, it launched a anti-settlement campaign, saying:
It's Israel's moment of truth, its "choice between hope and despair; between settlements and the peace process....between international isolation and global support....choosing settlements over peace will have a destructive impact on public support...."
Eight months into the announced moratorium, PN assessed its non-enforcement, explaining:
-- construction began on 600 or more housing units in 60 separate settlements, including 223 permanent structures and 167 caravans or semi-permanent projects;
-- at least 492, announced on the eve of the pause, are in "direct violation," plus another 112 granted since December 8;
-- during an average previous eight-month period, construction on about 1,130 housing units began; and
-- currently, about 2,000 units are being built, most begun before the December 2009 announced pause.
"This means that on the ground, there is almost no freeze or even a visible slowdown, despite the fact that legal construction starts have been prohibited for eight months. It also means that....Israel is not enforcing the moratorium."
Included are small scale and much larger projects, involving dozens of units. For example, 180 have been built in Modiin Ilit, midway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and another 40 in Givat Ze'ev, northwest of Jerusalem, one of the largest settlements with an estimated 10,800 population, a virtual small town.
In addition, other projects broke ground for their infrastructure, including 62 Barkan units in the northern West Bank, about 100 in Neriya, and 60 in Shaarei Tikvah. In total, 16 settlements have large-scale violations, many others smaller ones.
In the past decade, an average 1,700 new housing units were built annually, plus others built illegally. The settlement pause (never a freeze, a word Netanyahu never used)) excluded construction begun before it began. It will expire in October. Unless maintained and enforced, it will perpetuate the peace and conciliation lie, one persisting for decades. The names and faces change. The fraud and deceit remain.
Ending the moratorium in October will amount to another "meaningless, several month delay," nothing more. Continuing construction "cast doubt from the start" on Israel's true intentions. Say one thing, do another, standard practice in its quest for regional hegemony, a Greater Israel, and Jewish only exclusively, one settlement expansion and bulldozed home at a time.
Also Palestine's historic Mamilla cemetery in Jerusalem, its previously untouched graves with roots from the 7th century, Israel's Religious Affairs Ministry (in 1948) recognizing it as "one of the most prominent Muslim cemeteries, where Muslim scholars and seventy thousand Muslim warriors" led by Saladin, the first Egyptian Ayyubid Sultan/ opposition leader against the Franks and other Levant European Crusaders, recaptured Jerusalem in the Battle of Hattin. "Israel will always protect and respect this site." Another promise, another broken.
The plan now calls for Jewish developments to destroy it along with thousands of Palestinian homes and property, Judaization to replace them. The process continues relentlessly, including the Separation Wall, closed military zones, Jewish only infrastructure, and seized Palestinian farmland - to establish "irreversible facts on the ground," putting a lie to serious peace and reconciliation efforts, ideas not in Israel's vocabulary and practically obscene for Netanyahu, a man who abhors everything not Jewish.
Peace Now stands opposed, saying a settlement moratorium is "for Israel's own best interests, regardless of what is happening, or not happening, with regards to Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. (It wants it) extended with no more game-playing....without adding any new exceptions or loopholes, (including) enforcement to stop settlers who" keep building illegally. "Otherwise, the entire debate....is little more than empty words," another Israeli specialty.
Some Final Comments
For over six decades, Israeli apartheid, worse than South Africa's, has persecuted and dispossessed Palestinians for decades. How else can you describe a system under which "Israel controls more than 85 per cent of" Palestine's water, letting settlers use "48 times more than us," where Israeli incomes are 26 times greater than Palestinians, and they're obliged to pay inflated Israeli prices "because of (policy and) an imposed tax."
"We even....pay double" for electricity and water, but don't get enough.
After 43 years of occupation, "most of our (West Bank) roads....have been confiscated (and) segregated," used exclusively for Jews, Arabs on them arrested, imprisoned for seven years or shot by trigger-happy soldier or settlers with immunity to commit murder.
The Separation Wall is stealing 12% of the West Bank, depriving Palestinians of their land and freedom, destroying their economy, health system and education.
A woman "stand(s) on the roof of her two-floor building in Bethlehem," her house "surrounded by the wall from all directions." The Israeli military prohibits her going there anymore, saying "she needs a permit" henceforth for her own property.
"I am a medical doctor....I practiced medicine for 15 years in Jerusalem. I was born in Jerusalem. But (for the past) five years, I'm forbidden, like most Palestinians, from entering Jerusalem even with a permit. (It's) horrifying." West Bank husbands and Jerusalem wives can't live in the city together, and if she stays in her husband's residence, she'll lose her Jerusalem citizenship.
"What is apartheid?" It's "when you have two different sets of laws for two different people living in the same area." Jews from Brooklyn or Siberia get immediate Israeli citizenship on arrival to live anywhere in Israel or West Bank or Jerusalem settlements. "If this is not apartheid, then what is....?
Trouble then began and never ended. Gaza is repressively besieged. West Bank Palestinians and Jerusalemites are virtually imprisoned by the Wall, checkpoints, permit restrictions, and total military control - a free and open system for Jews, an apartheid one for Palestinians denying them all rights oppressively, by wars, daily violence, home demolitions, land seizures, dispossessions, mass arrests, torture, and death.
The struggle isn't between "two equal sides, and one cannot continue to equate between the Israelis and Palestinians as if this is just a struggle between (them) that cannot find a way to talk" and deal with each other peacefully.
It's "a struggle between" an oppressor and the oppressed, "between the culture of power and the power of culture, (our) vision....values, (and) humanity."
Nonviolence doesn't mean "non-struggle. (It) means struggling for your rights. (It's) about not giving in or giving up, not giving up our dignity, even in the most difficult times....
They can imprison us...torture us...shoot us, but they can't....take away....our dignity" and determination. "We've learned how not to give up. (We know) resilience." That spirit defies oppression, occupation, injustice and always will, what Israeli might can't ever destroy. "Please don't be silent." Stand with us proudly.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at email@example.com. Also visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network Thursdays at 10AM US Central time and Saturdays and Sundays at noon. All programs are archived for easy listening.
"Another promise, another lie", Why "Promises made, then broken"??
- "All vows, oaths, promises, engagements, and swearing, which beginning this day of reconciliation til the next day of reconciliation (one year) we intend to vow, promise, swear, and bind ourselves to fulfill, we repent of beforehand; let them be illegalized, acquitted, annihilated, abolished, valueless, unimportant. Our vows shall be no vows, and our oaths no oaths at all." Schulc,han Aruch, Edit. I, 136.
(This is known as the KOL NIDRE (All Oaths) OATH. It is sung as a chant each Yom Kippur, Jewish New Year Service (Sept. 17] and absolves a Jew from any promises he makes during the year."
- "A Jew may rob a goy - that is, he may cheat him in a bill, if unlikely to be perceived by him."
- "All property of other nations belongs to the Jewish nation, which consequently is entitled to seize upon it without any scruples. An orthodox Jew is not bound to observe principles of morality towards people of other tribes. He may act contrary to morality, if profitable to himself or to Jews in general." Schulchan Aruch, Choszen Hamiszpat 348.
- "How to interpret the word 'robbery.' A goy is forbidden to steal, rob or taken women slaves, etc. from a goy or a Jew. But a Jew is NOT forbidden to do all this to a goy." Tosefta, Abada Zara VIII, 5.
- At the time of the Cholhamoed the transaction of any kind of business is forbidden. But it is permitted to cheat a goy, because cheating of a goyim at any time pleases the Lord." Schulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 539.
- "The Jews are strictly forbidden to cheat their brothers and it is considered cheating already if one-sixth of the value has been taken away from him. Whosoever has cheated his brother has to return it to him. Naturally, all that only holds towards the Jew, to cheat a goy he is permitted and he is not permitted to return to him what he has cheated him out of. Because the Bible says: "Thou shalt not cheat thy next brother, but the non-Jews are not our brethren, but as mentioned before, are worse than dogs." Aruch Choszen Hamiszpat 227.
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