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The El Dorado County, California region strikes Gold again? Investors are buying foreclosure bargains and then turning the properties into money-making rentals, which has some drawing comparisons to another "Gold Rush" of sorts.
Diane Gozza, the executive vice president of Integrated Mortgage Solutions in Houston, recently wrote in an article for National Mortgage News that investors are eyeing the properties similar to how those risk-takers did back in the 1848 California "Gold Rush," who also had dreams of striking it rich.
They have plenty to choose from: The government-sponsored enterprises, which includes Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, own more than 200,000 single-family foreclosed homes, and banks own about 600,000 more. To help accelerate the "rush," the Federal Housing Finance Administration recently launched a pilot foreclosure-to-rental program, offering up investors the chance to bid on 2,500 foreclosure properties owned by Fannie. But some housing experts have argued that such REO-rental programs aren't needed because investors are already flooding the market to buy up foreclosures and a government intervention isn't necessary. (Read "NAR: REO Rental Programs Largely Unnecessary" and "Calif. Lawmakers Oppose REO Rental Program")
"Taking into account the enormous stockpile of REO properties currently held by the GSEs, the auction and bulk investment in REO to rental properties may indeed be the next gold rush," Gozza writes. "Much in the spirit of the 1848 gold rush, there will be risks and tough lessons learned. But, this private-sector imitative has the potential to be the catalyst for housing market recovery."
Source: "Tapping into the Next 'Gold Rush,'" National Mortgage News (4/10/12)

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Marc Almond is slippery when wet. He cruises mercilessly the thin (painted) sideburn dividing cosy homo-nostalgia and the deviant undergound; camping it up with the best of them on TOTPs and then dropping down to Stevo's So Me Bizarre offices to be dragged around in chains by Gen and the PTV wolf-pack. Marc always sounds like he means it; no amount of postmodern irony can drown out the gutterheart within.
When he sang Gene Pitney it sounded like Bataille.
He played around in Coil, adding arabesque flourishes to even the bleakest songs, sidestepped with English Faggot baiting Foetus in the Berlin cabaret of Slut and hooked up with the Mambas to send out tales of terror and woe that must've confused the hell out of his record companies. As soon as anyone found him a comfortable niche he somehow manages to slide back out of it, leaving a thin trail of sparkly mucus wherever he's been:
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Cookson recycled gold has been recycled back via a traceable process into fine gold. The feed material for it comes in the form of scrap from market sectors such as the jewellery, giftware, medical and electronics industries.
When you buy recycled gold from Cookson Precious Metals you're purchasing a 100% recycled gold with none of the associated human or environmental problems that can sometimes be associated with mining. You're also buying gold whose origins will appeal to your customers - in an increasingly eco-aware marketplace.
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Get creative with our range of enamelled, coloured copper wire! Enamelled wire is ideal for a variety of projects everything from jewellery making, to wire forming, bead stringing and wire wrapping. Plus enamel wire is ideal for complementing other crafts & materials such as pottery, glass and card. The enamel coating ensures that the wire resists tarnishing, chipping and peeling, whilst retaining the softness and flexibility to bend and work the wire. The wire can be worked with pliers and standard jewellery tools, but for quick and professional results the spiral bead maker is an effective and easy to use tool. Image is a colour reference only.
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Disappointed with the colour. Although it's labelled Gunmetal, it's not gunmetal (which is widely described as a shade of grey with a bluish purplish tinge) but antique bronze.
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Sparrows are interactive birds, attached to the first floor windowpanes of residential houses. They light up in a random mix of colours when someone whistles in the vicinity, adding a ludic dimension to the neighborhood, improving the neighborhood atmosphere through an interactive poetic layer. A Sparrow houses a range of sensors, including sound, light, movement and CO2, as well as a 3G enabled SIM card.
Sparrows are part of a city game ZWERM, which aims to improve neighborhood cohesion and ultimately neighborhood participation, through a network of urban, ludic interventions. Within the game, each Sparrow whistle adds points to the neighborhoods' score in which the object was located. Players are able to consult a map with the locations and the status of the Sparrows on the ZWERM website.
ZWERM partners: iMinds, Alcatel-Lucent, City of Ghent. With collaboration of MAD-faculty and Fab Lab Genk.
The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013 under grant agreements n°270971: SmartIP.
Trees are totem-like urban interventions that are part of the neighborhood game ZWERM (Dutch for the word 'swarm'), which was played in February-March 2013 in the city of Ghent, Belgium. These interactive sculptures contain a touch-screen computer, an RFID-card reader and a 3G modem. A Tree is placed on a central square in each of the participating neighborhoods, which compete in a one-month game. Players of the game get points when scan an RFID game card at the card reader of the Tree, an action we termed 'check-in'. Players who 'check-in' alone score 10 points. When they scan their card together with someone they did not 'check-in' before, they each get 40 points. The goal is to get citizens physically together and get them to talk to each other, ultimately provoking a process of collaboration and self-organization. In the test-bed city of Ghent, a process of self-organization occurred in which people initiated events and gatherings around the tree with drinks, music and fire-pits.
The aesthetic concept of the Trees is inspired by nature (e.g. communal action of 'swarming' of birds) and 'hip' vintage computer games (e.g. low-polygon 3D models). Combined with the use of modern plywood material, a kind of 'digital nature' style was created.
ZWERM partners: iMinds, Alcatel-Lucent, City of Ghent. With collaboration of MAD-faculty and Fab Lab Genk and Firma 103. The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013 under grant agreements n°270971: SmartIP.
#Plant is an public art intervention in an military heritage site around Antwerp, Belgium. It is a cartography of a 1940 military defence line, transformed in an interactive light installation powered by solar cells. The intervention is installed inside and on top of a bunker.
Exposition: BAT10 Beeldenroute anti tank gracht. Curator: Flor Beckx. Wood work by Xavier Coenen.
Pedestrian Levitation is an artwork based on the movement of pedestrians on a public space. Some pedestrians walk only on the sidewalk and use the pedestrian crossing for crossing the street, others make free interpretations on the pedestrian infrastructure that urban designers came up with. Pedestrian Levitation visualises the real flow of people, adding a poetic layer that denies physical limitations such as gravity, in an attempt to inspire people to dream and look beyond their current situations.
The bird-eye video Pedestrian Levitation Research of was recorded on the roof of a building and analysed frame by frame with animation software. A pattern of movement of the pedestrians was extracted by reworking this recording frame by frame with video animation software: it is as if pedestrians draw lines though the space. The pattern that was obtained by the Pedestrian Levitation Research video was the basis of the installation in public space.


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You'd know if you were having a heart attack, wouldn't you?
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If you're a woman, don't be too sure.
Rather than experiencing the dramatic chest pain and collapse that we often hear about in men, typical female heart symptoms can be vastly different.
February is American Heart Month, and what better time to find out what you need to know to beat the No. 1 killer of women in the U.S. — heart disease?
Debra Brock, RN, coordinator of Orange Regional Medical Center's free Healthy Heart mobile program, will conduct an online chat from 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday, answering your questions about heart-disease risks, symptoms, causes and how free Healthy Heart screenings help both men and women in the Hudson Valley.
Brock has been a registered nurse for more than 30 years. She joined Orange Regional Medical Center as an RN 19 years ago.
Brock says she believes good health starts with good choices in food and life styles. "Throughout my career as a health-care professional, I have seen many people seeking change after cardiovascular damage has developed. Prevention is essential to maintain good health. Education is the key to changing disparities in our community," she adds.
The Healthy Heart Program is a free risk assessment that evaluates one's heart-disease risk. "During this screening, we are able to recognize your need for change and give you heart healthy goals to make that happen," Brock says.
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PA Governor Corbett Announces State Investment in 24 Rail Projects
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Nov. 9, 2012 12:53 PM
HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Twenty-four freight-rail projects across Pennsylvania will improve businesses' rail access, upgrade rail infrastructure and provide much-needed repairs with the aid of a nearly $18.6 million state investment.
"Pennsylvania has the highest number of short-rail lines in the country, which helps keep goods moving and our economy going," Governor Tom Corbett said. "When we invest in these rail projects, we help ensure a solid infrastructure is in place to support the jobs relying on these services."
Of the grants, $13.2 million will be distributed through the Capital Budget/Transportation Assistance Program, and $5.3 million will come from the state Rail Freight Assistance Program. The grants leverage $6.8 million in local investments.
Authorized by the General Assembly, the grants are administered by PennDOT's Bureau of Rail Freight, Ports and Waterways.
The grants were approved today by the State Transportation Commission, which evaluates and assesses the resources needed to maintain and expand the state's transportation system. The 15-member commission includes the Secretary of Transportation, Barry Schoch, 10 private citizens appointed by the governor, and the majority and minority chairs of the state Senate and House Transportation Committees.
Editor's Note: Following is a by-county list of rail improvement grant recipients, the amount of funding, and a brief description of the projects:
Allegheny County: Allegheny Valley Railroad Co. -- $1.6 million for the final phase of Glenwood Yard reconstruction.
Beaver County:
Berks County: East Penn Railroad LLC -- $231,000 to expand existing siding and rebuild former yard tracks along the Lancaster Northern Siding.
Bradford and Wyoming counties: Lehigh Railway LLC -- $700,000 to rehabilitate five bridges and replace worn rail and deteriorated ties.
Chester, Lehigh and Montgomery counties: East Penn Railroad LLC -- $465,500 to rehabilitate track.
Clearfield County: RES Coal, Inc. -- $505,848 to rehabilitate siding and construct new track.
Crawford and Venango counties: Oil Creek & Titusville Lines, Inc. -- $65,250 to rehabilitate a bridge.
Erie County:
Fayette County:
Indiana and Jefferson counties: Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad -- $2.1 million to rehabilitate track in the Riker Yard and to expand track in Homer City.
Lancaster County: Landisville Railroad, LLC -- $448,000 to complete track rehabilitation.
Luzerne County: Redevelopment Authority of Luzerne County -- $168,385 to rehabilitate seven railroad bridges in Avoca, Kingston and Wilkes-Barre.
Lycoming County: SEDA-COG -- $3.5 million to replace a railroad bridge over Loyalsock Creek that was destroyed as a result of flooding in 2011.
McKean County: American Refining Group, Inc. -- $1.9 million to rehabilitate 3,700 feet of track and add new loading racks for the refining facility.
Philadelphia County: Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp. -- $53,585 to rehabilitate track.
Somerset County: Johnstown Industrial Development Corp. -- $338, 723 to rehabilitate a bridge and track leading into Que Industrial Park.
Tioga County: D&I Silica -- $1.6 million to expand the company's terminal in Wellsboro.
Union County: Lewisburg & Buffalo Creek Railroad -- $87,880 to rehabilitate the railroad's Buffalo Creek Bridge and St. George Street overpass in Lewisburg Borough.
Washington County: Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway -- $1.1 million to construct a new rail siding.
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Bradley Manning apologizes for hurting US at sentencing hearing
FORT MEADE, Md. – Bradley Manning has taken the stand during his sentencing hearing for leaking classified material to WikiLeaks and has apologized for hurting the United States and others.
Manning gave an unsworn statement Wednesday, which means he cannot be cross-examined by prosecutors. He began with an apology.
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Manning says he understood what he was doing and the decisions he made. However, he says he did not believe at the time that leaking the information would cause harm.
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- As I have been mentioning from the beginning, the Notes Browser Plug-in uses NRPC protocol to talk to the Domino Server, not http. So you will need to use your Notes Client password rather than the iNotes or http password you might have setup.
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This tour, Steinberg are bringing Yamaha drums, keyboards, guitars and even an electric fiddle and will spend an action packed 90 minutes exploring new technologies featured in Cubase 6. Bring the whole band — there's something for everyone. And of course, hang around for a chat afterwards on all things Steinberg.
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With crossover SUVs making a hard charge in the marketplace thanks to their carlike driving manners and superior fuel economy, the traditional large SUV's best days are probably behind it. Many buyers have come to the realization that they simply don't need a vehicle with such ground-trembling dimensions, despite how empowering it may feel. There are, however, plenty of consumers who still have a need for a large SUV, and for those buyers there's the 2010 Ford Expedition.
The Expedition debuted a dozen years ago, with the last major redesign taking place in 2007. There are two variants: the regular Expedition and the long-wheelbase Expedition EL, which primarily provides additional luggage space. As expected for a full-size SUV, a V8 engine, a third-row seat and a big towing capacity are all part of the deal. For 2010, Ford has made a few electronic improvements on this formula. There is added functionality to the Sync voice-activation system, a programmable key that acts as an automotive chaperone for teen drivers, and trailer sway control. These baby steps forward may seem paltry, but the Expedition was already quite good overall and therefore not in need of any major changes.
Among its more civilized strengths, the Expedition counts supple ride quality, relatively confident handling and comfortable seating in all three rows. The ride and handling are no doubt largely attributable to the independent rear suspension -- a rarity in the large-SUV segment. Also notable is how easy it is to stow and raise the third-row seats. In competitors like the Chevy Tahoe, this operation is downright back-breaking. With the seats folded flat, the Expedition reveals another of its strengths -- a huge cargo hold.
The 2010 Ford Expedition is not without its faults. Some interior plastics have a cheap feel about them, the center stack is cluttered with buttons and some of the displays look dated and are hard to read. Against the competition, the Expedition doesn't dominate many categories either. The Chevrolet Tahoe has an even smoother ride, the Nissan Armada is more adept off-road, and both the Tahoe and the Toyota Sequoia have beefier V8 engine options, while the Armada is also notably quicker despite its V8's similar output numbers. As an all-around performer, though, the Expedition remains a front runner thanks to its large capacity for passengers and cargo, easy-driving demeanor and its relative bargain status. For those with the need for a large SUV, the 2010 Ford Expedition should be on your short list.
Trim levels & features
The 2010 Ford Expedition is a full-size, body-on-frame SUV offered in four trim levels: base XLT, Eddie Bauer, Limited and King Ranch. Buyers may also opt for the extended-wheelbase Expedition EL, which adds 15 inches of overall length. The well-equipped base XLT model has seating for five (eight for the third-row-equipped EL) and includes 17-inch alloy wheels, automatic headlights, a roof rack, running boards, air-conditioning (with rear controls), front captain's chairs, a power driver seat, a leather-wrapped steering wheel, cruise control, full power accessories and a six-speaker CD stereo with an auxiliary audio jack and rear audio controls.
Upgrading to the Eddie Bauer Edition adds 18-inch wheels, gold body cladding and running boards, heated outside mirrors with integrated turn signals, a power-folding third-row seat (both regular and EL), leather upholstery, dual-zone automatic climate control, an upgraded sound system (with an in-dash CD changer and satellite radio), the Sync multimedia voice control system, rear parking sensors, driver seat memory settings, power-adjustable pedals and steering-wheel-mounted audio controls.
The Limited trim level goes a few steps further with 18-inch chrome wheels, a monochromatic paint job, power-folding mirrors, a power liftgate, a back-up camera (with rearview mirror display), rain-sensing wipers, perforated leather seats (heated and ventilated up front, heated in the second row), a wood-and-leather-trimmed steering wheel and a standard heavy-duty towing package. Finally, there's the King Ranch edition (named for the largest ranch in the U.S.), which is similar to the Limited but sports 18-inch wheels with specific badging, upgraded Chaparral leather upholstery and wood trim.
Many of the extra features found on the upper trim levels can be ordered as options on the lower trims. Other major options, depending on trim, include 20-inch chrome wheels, a manually folding third-row seat for the XLT (increasing seating capacity to eight), second-row captain's chairs (reduces total passenger capacity by one), a sunroof, a rear entertainment system and a load-leveling rear air suspension. A touchscreen navigation system is available for all but XLT models and includes Sirius Travel Link, which provides information on traffic, weather, sports, movie listings and local fuel prices. Other popular add-ons include skid plates, power-retractable running boards and a heavy-duty towing package.
Performance & mpg
All Expeditions are powered by a 5.4-liter V8 that produces 310 horsepower and 365 pound-feet of torque. A standard six-speed automatic transmission channels power to the rear wheels by default, but buyers can opt for a four-wheel-drive layout with low-range gearing. The last Expedition we tested (it produced 10 hp less than the current model) accelerated from zero to 60 mph in 8.9 seconds, a below-average time for this segment. Properly equipped, the Expedition has a maximum tow rating of 9,200 pounds.
Fuel economy is about average for a full-size SUV, with the EPA estimating 14 mpg city/20 mpg highway and 16 mpg in combined driving for a 2WD Expedition.
The 2010 Ford Expedition comes standard with antilock disc brakes with brake assist, a rollover-sensing stability control system, front-seat side airbags and full-length side curtain airbags (including third-row coverage). A new addition for 2010 is Ford's programmable MyKey system, which allows parents to specify speed limits and stereo volumes for their teenage drivers. Another new feature is Trailer Sway Control, which uses the existing stability control sensors to detect trailer sway, then applies precise braking and throttle adjustments to assist in bringing both the vehicle and the trailer under control.
In government crash testing, the Ford Expedition received a five-star rating (the best possible) for frontal and side-impact protection for driver and passengers.
The 2010 Ford Expedition is an impressive vehicle in its sheer size and weight (5,500 pounds at its lightest). Even more impressive, though, is how much lighter and smaller the Expedition feels compared to the competition. The relatively precise and responsive steering helps in this area, as does a smooth and compliant ride (even smoother when loaded with cargo). On the highway, the Expedition continues to supply a pleasant ride, though overall it's not quite as compliant as some competitors. The cabin remains fairly quiet at speed.
In general, the V8 provides enough power for daily use. But acceleration (especially in the heavier Expedition EL) can be notably labored when the vehicle is weighed down by a trailer or additional passengers and/or cargo. The six-speed automatic shifts fluidly and quickly, but in some passing situations it has difficulty finding the appropriate gear.
The 2010 Ford Expedition offers a wide range of seating options, with the ability to seat five to eight passengers, depending on trim level and configuration. The standard second-row bench features a 40/20/40 split with a forward sliding center section to provide easier access to an infant. The optional second-row captain's chairs include a storage console between the seats, but seating capacity drops to seven. Further back in the Expedition's cabin, passengers will find some of the most comfortable third-row seats in this class. Adding to the appeal is the ability of these 60/40-split rear seats to easily fold flat with a simple release handle or, in higher trim levels, at the touch of a button.
With the third-row seats in position for the regular Expedition, luggage space is limited to 18.6 cubic feet. The longer wheelbase of the Expedition EL grants more room here, and consequently luggage space grows to 42.6 cubic feet. The second-row seats fold away to allow for 108 cubes in the base model, or more than 130 cubic feet for the EL.
We're fans of Ford's Sync system (standard for all models except the XLT) as it allows for convenient voice-activated operation of mobile phones, iPods and other MP3 players. For 2010, Sync adds the ability to provide driving directions, traffic conditions and other information to Bluetooth-enabled phones. This system is a welcome alternative to navigating through a confusing sea of center stack buttons. Drivers will also appreciate the overhead conversation mirror, which makes keeping tabs on rear seat occupants easy and safe.
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Arturia CS-80V just £79
In 1976, Yamaha introduced the CS-80. The price tag (£4000) put it out of reach of most musicians, and the weight (220 lbs or 100 kg) made it sometimes hard to use on stage, but the qualities of the CS-80, considered as Japans first great synthesizer, made it immediately famous in the music industry.
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LODI - A group of "influential" people is forming to reignite a push for a San Joaquin Delta College presence in Lodi, City Councilman Bob Johnson said.
LODI - A group of "influential" people is forming to reignite a push for a San Joaquin Delta College presence in Lodi, City Councilman Bob Johnson said.
Johnson said preliminary discussions have started with a group of 15 to 25 people who are pledging to form a committee and formulate a plan for getting a Lodi campus back on track. Details have not been formulated, but Lodi is very eager to bring in more opportunities for higher education, Johnson said.
"Once upon a time, voters passed a bond measure for Delta College and a chunk of that was promised to Lodi," Johnson said. "That promise has changed. Now the question is, how do we go forward and see if we can we rekindle that promise?"
The money Johnson refers to came from Measure L, a $250 million bond approved by voters in 2004. Lodi leaders were ecstatic at that time about a potential $35 million to $40 million campus on Highway 12 in Victor, just east of city limits.
After Measure L passed, college officials dedicated $15.5 million to buy land in the north county, and by 2005 a developer was on board to construct the satellite campus, with an opening date targeted for 2009.
Delta pulled the plug in 2008 amid financial struggles and after having spent $4 million on the Victor campus. The developer, Taisei Construction, sued seeking $25 million. Delta and the developer settled for $500,000 in late 2012.
In the meantime, Delta College went forward with other projects including new math and science building at its Stockton campus, and a new planetarium. A $30 million Mountain House campus also opened in 2009 as Delta officials were admonished by the San Joaquin County Grand Jury for mishandling the bond money.
Those issues all appear to be in the past. Now could be the right time to reignite the conversation, Delta College President Kathy Hart said.
Hart said she is very receptive to a proposal from Johnson and his group. She said she would encourage the group to work fast, bring college leaders into the fold early in the process, and make sure that a plan would attract a minimum of 1,000 full time students - which would trigger the state to provide about $1 million a year to operate a campus.
"We've done night classes in Lodi before, and I suppose we could do that again. But that isn't successful," Hart said. "We know (what type of campus) is adequate, and right now there's not a building in Lodi that can accommodate what we need."
The college is open to ideas, however, and with $60 million in bond money remaining, college trustees are on the verge of re-prioritizing what projects to move on, Hart said.
"There were many projects in that bond, and Lodi was one of them. I can't say that Lodi will have any kind of priority," Hart said.
Some in Lodi think the best route would be to provide a comprehensive program that would be specific to a north county campus as a carrot for both the college and prospective students.
Lodi Unified Trustee George Neely, who confirmed that he is one of the members of Johnson's grass roots group, said he'd encourage Lodi Unified to be open about the possibility of sharing facilities for a Delta College program. He suggests that a two-year program on viticulture be among Delta's top priorities for a future Lodi presence.
"I have friends in the wine industry, and a program on viticulture would be awesome and maybe (Lodi Unified) starts a high school academy that plays in to that," Neely said. "I'm talking about the ag end of it, and marketing. The wine industry is huge here and growing. We need to prepare our kids that want to go into that business."
A two-year degree from Delta could help a student get a job in the industry, or transfer to a college that offers a four-year degree in viticulture or winemaking, Neely said.
Hart said the idea is intriguing, but again, she stressed that deep research would be necessary.
Johnson said talks are just beginning but that the group is dedicated to make some noise.
"We held a preliminary meeting over a very, very deep subject. The question was 'are people committed to raise the issue again?' There were a number of people at the meeting, and everybody said 'yes' to count them in," Johnson said. "Where it goes next is anybody's guess."
Contact reporter Keith Reid at (209) 546-8257 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/lodiblog.


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Teams compete for chance to win a restaurant in local mall food courts
Food Network takes a journey with Tyler Florence as he scours the U.S. to help aspiring entrepreneurs realize their lifelong dreams of opening their own restaurant in the new series "Food Court Wars," premiering Sunday, July 7, at 10 p.m., and airing on Sundays at 8 p.m. starting July 14. Each episode features two teams competing against each other for the chance to open a restaurant, rent-free, for one year in a mall food court. But first, the two teams must create an irresistible food court concept in 48 hours and then outsell the other team in a single day of business at the mall, with the winner awarded their new food court restaurant.
"Malls have long been a hidden source in finding some of the most unique food concepts across the country," said Allison Page, senior vice president of programming for the Food Network. "The teams competing are all true restaurateurs, testing their culinary skills and business acumen. They have put everything on the line to fulfill their dream of operating their own restaurant year-round in a mall food court."
Over the course of six episodes, this fast-paced competition pits teams in a different U.S. city mall that is looking to fill a spot in a food court with a local eatery that offers a fresh and exciting menu. Not only is the team's food tested, but also its ability to run a successful business, as the teams test concepts, source produce and create a marketing campaign strong enough to pull in the crowds. In the end, the team that makes the most profit is awarded their new food court restaurant on the spot.
In the premiere episode, Florence heads to Meridian, Miss., to give one lucky team a spot in the mall food court. Retirees Mary and Thomas Jordan, a married couple of 45 years, have been selling their famous "Mississippi Delta Tamales" off a hot plate at a gas station, always imagining how successful they could be with a proper kitchen in the right location. After working in restaurants for the past 10 years, best friends Erika Lipe and Stevo McCain have dreamed of opening their own place serving authentic New Orleans-style po'boys, but, due to circumstances beyond their control, their careers were put on hold. These two teams will face-off in a battle of southern cooking with one team winning its very own food court restaurant.
This season, "Food Court Wars" travels to malls in Spartanburg, S.C.; Wausau, Wis.; Midland, Mich.; Burnsville, Minn.; and Charleston, S.C.


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Laney TI100 Tony Iommi Signature Amp
The Laney TI100 Tony Iommi Signature guitar amplifier head introduces audiences to a true tone monster. It's been four decades since Black Sabbath unleashed heavy metal onto an unsuspecting world and became a truly global musical phenomenon. Laney is extremely proud to have played a part in this sonic revolution — back in the day Tony Iommi's amp of choice was a Laney L100BL. Since this auspicious day Laney's association with Tony Iommi has gone from strength to strength resulting in the launch of his first signature model, the GH100TI,originally called the GH100S, almost 20 years ago.
Laney is extremely proud of their association with Tony Iommi and very happy to be able to announce the launch of the Tony Iommi signature amp — the amazing TI100. The Tony Iommi TI100 signature amp represents a dramatic leap forward in guitar tone. Born out of an exhaustive period of product development, carried out hand in hand with Tony, with Tony bringing unique insight, suggestions and innovations at every stage of the process, whilst continually assessing and refining the sonic character of guitar tone.
The amplifier is finished off with Tony's trademark livery and to top it all it even glows an ominous red.
There are very few chances in life to claim a first. Many people can claim to be the biggest or the fastest but only one person can claim to be the first. In the case of heavy metal: The first heavy metal guitar tone was crafted by Tony Iommi and powered by Laney.
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Friday, March 16, 2007
The Mason Has Landed
He left Northeast Ohio to take the program director's chair at sister top 40 station WHYI/100.7 "Y100" in Miami.
It seemed like the perfect match for one of America's fastest rising top 40 PDs, and one of the country's iconic stations in that format.
And it lasted, well, not very long.
Before you could say "Miami Vice", Mason was out at "Y100".
We're not very well tapped into the South Florida radio gossip mill, but whatever floated back up to Ohio gave us the impression that Mason and the station's upper management were not exactly on the same page. In fact, they didn't even appear to be reading the same book.
As we're proud of radio folks with Northeast Ohio ties, we're pleased to announce that Dan Mason has landed.
AllAccess reports that Mason has officially been named program director at Entercom top 40 KDND/107.9 Sacramento "The End".
Yes, THAT station...the one in some major hot, or maybe cold, water for a morning show water drinking contest which ended up in the death of listener Jennifer Strange, a story which gained worldwide attention.
Mason has been interim PD at "The End" since not long after former station manager Steven Weed was bounced, along with 9 other station employees with even the remotest connection to the "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" contest. Strange's family has filed a lawsuit against the station and the company.
So, it's an odd situation for the former "Kiss FM" programmer.
"The End" has been pretty successful. "The Morning Rave", the show now excised from the KDND lineup, was in the top 5 in Sacramento's morning drive race.
So Mason has to craft a way to hang onto success, at a station which has been a flashpoint of worldwide controversy - and all without a large chunk of the people who helped get that success.
The Prevaling Wisdom in radio-online-pundit land has been that KDND would scrub the top 40 format entirely, or move it to another Entercom frequency in that market under another name.
The hiring of Dan Mason signals one thing - Entercom wants to do top 40 in Sacramento in whatever form it takes. You don't hire a Dan Mason to flip to country.
Best of luck to you, Mr. Mason, former Clevelander...and a man with one of the more challenging jobs in radio right now...
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wow....two NE Ohio Masons leaving as PD and getting hosed in another market.
It's not hard to believe that someone would run screaming from Clear Channel management.
'Mason and management were not only on the same page...they weren't reading the same book.'
How does one accept a job and get hired without programming philosophies
being nailed down during the job interview process?
Radio...gotta love it.
From what I understand, Mason was given no freedom to implement the changes he would have liked to at WHYI, unlike at WAKS, which he built into what it is today.
If anyone can right the sinking ship in Sacramento, Dan is the guy.
Gang-- The CC South Florida cluster is on it's third GM in less than a year a year, it's third OM, and now it's third PD at Y100. The people who hired me were all gone within 90 days of my arrival and the new regime had a different vision for the radio station than I did. It's not the first time that has happened in radio and will not be the last. However, I cannot sit here and bash CC as a company because I had a very positive experience with them during my 6 1/2 years in Cleveland.
All that being said, I am very excited to be a part of Entercom and look forward to the many challenges that lie ahead. This is an outstanding company and the best enviornment that I've had the pleasure of being in.
If any of my old Ohio radio friends want to reach me, drop me a line at email@example.com
- Ohio Media Watch said...
Mr. Mason, assuming that is you (and it passes our "smell test"), thanks for checking in!
As we said in the item, you have a big challenge ahead of you...it's a situation that very few PDs have ever walked into.
From what you did up here with "Kiss", it would appear that if any PD is going to "right the ship" after what happened at KDND, you'd certainly be high on the list.
Best of luck to you!
--The Management
Worked the St. Patty's parade coverage today and thought of Dan. He did some streetside interviews for that gig awhile back. It's good to see that he's landed on his feet. He'll straighten those guys out in the Big Sac.
~Waving to Dan~
To the people talking about WKNR in the comments for a Dan Mason entry, there's something called a MESSAGE BOARD at radio-info.com or radioinsight.com where you can post about anything related to NEOH radio as you please.
Talking about the Saturday morning sports show on an AM station on the comments page for a posting about a CHR PD is as off-topic and irrelevant as one can possibly imagine.
Back to the topic. Congrats Dan!


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Q Gary, you stated that a carpool lane ticket was not a moving violation and didn't affect insurance premiums. I say, "Au contraire!" At least, USAA didn't go along with that. Back in the good old days, when I was commuting with "Henri," my companion dummy, I finally got nailed by a motorcycle cop. All I could say was: "Officer, desperate men do desperate things." They raised my premiums for three years!
Dan D.
A This is no joke? You aren't trying to fool me with a tongue-in-cheek story as another reader did recently?
Q No joke, Gary. It's time for "True Confessions." Henri was very realistic — good head of hair, solid hands, blow-up body in a sitting position. I dressed him for the seasons and he wore shades to conceal the fixed stare.
We commuted for years and rode the diamond lanes with impunity. No patrol car gave us a second glance.
Dan D.
A And then one day …
Q I met my undoing on Highway 85 and it cost me $300. But when I added up all of the times I used Henri, it cost me $2, which I'd pay willingly anytime.
After the Highway Patrol took Henri away, I received a postcard a couple of months later to "Come pick up your property." There was Henri all deflated in a little box. I was a bit gun-shy for a while, then Henri and I commuted once again.
Finally, Henri started losing air from various leaks. Sometimes he would sag as we approached a gendarme and I would have to stick an elbow in his ribs to prop him up until we passed the danger. Sadly, Henri became no longer viable and had to be retired.
Dan D.
A Baby-sized dolls in infants seats are also common. My favorite, though, is a guy on Highway 237 who dressed up a large dog and prompted a reader to write:
"Gary, I'm driving down 237 when I spot this car in the carpool lane. There's a woman passenger in the car with a hat on, only her long, floppy hair is really askew and I'm thinking she is having the worst hair day ever. I pull next to this car and the woman passenger isn't a woman, but a big, shaggy dog with long hair sitting in the front."
A common tactic is to dress up a baby-sized doll in a car seat. But the dog trick is my favorite. Can anyone top it?
A carpool ticket is not a moving violation and your insurance rates probably should not have risen, said Tully-the-Roadshow-Insurance-Expert. But a warning: Today that ticket would cost more than $500.
Q Regarding stories of clever carpool cheaters, I was on Highway 101 when I saw the final moments of a CHP officer who had ticketed a carpool cheater who was apparently using a full-sized mannequin in the passenger seat. The officer was walking away with the mannequin under his arm as the perp was pulling back onto the freeway. The kicker? This was a motorcycle CHP officer.
I've often wondered what he did with the mannequin — strap it on the back of the bike?
Eric Wampler
San Jose
A Now that would be quite a sight — a motorcycle cop carrying a mannequin.
Look for Gary Richards at Facebook.com/mr.roadshow, follow him at Twitter.com/mrroadshow or contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com or 408-920-5335.


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See the guy in the photo above, about to hand off the football?
See the guy in the photo above, about to hand off the football?
That's former Franklin High School quarterback Ronaiah Tuiasosopo - who, according to his lawyer, was also the telephonic girl/boy friend of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o.
So, quick, somebody call Katie Couric. We've got another of those sports weirdness-intersects-life stories, and it's her turn. Oprah already got to clean up the Lance Armstrong residue. And Tuiasosopo is bound for Dr. Phil this coming week.
Milton Grimes, attorney at law, took his turn in the wackiness with an interview Thursday in which he stated that his client, Tuiasosopo, faked the voice of a fictitious woman named Lennay Kekua to develop a relationship with Te'o.
Faked it hundreds of times over the phone. The linebacker didn't catch on.
"This wasn't a prank to make fun," Grimes told the New York Daily News. "It was establishing communication with someone. It was a person with a troubled existence trying to reach out and communicate and have a relationship."
Or, to put it another way, the whole thing is just plain stupid.
So what do we make of the lunacy? A few thoughts to consider:
� While the tie from this story to Stockton is tenuous - Tuiasosopo played one year of quarterback at Franklin High School (2006) - it does point out how things can get out of whack when so much emphasis is placed on sports.
Former Franklin Coach Tom Verner, rest his soul, created a veritable mess when the program was recruiting from many areas of the Valley and even pulling in players from American Samoa. Tuiasosopo was one of many who magically showed up during this era.
Franklin football ended up on probation and disgraced, while certain Stockton Unified administrators and school board members climbed on as if they were supporting a major college program.
� What a warped mind Tuiasosopo must have if, as his attorney said, he perpetrated this hoax.
It's pathetic, really, to try to leech yourself to a rising star in such a manner.
And to what end? He wasn't trying to get money out of Te'o. Tuiasosopo and whatever cronies were involved made an eventual Heisman Trophy runner-up look like a cad - at the cost of his own reputation and future.
� Te'o himself? Who can really tell?
He's an odd mixture of gullible and silky smooth. Is he a dupe or a liar or both?
I was at the game in East Lansing, Mich., on that September evening when Te'o led the Fighting Irish over my alma mater, Michigan State, and then pointed to the sky in tears for his supposed dead girlfriend.
His "heartfelt tragedy" was all over the Midwest media the next day.
Regardless how he emerges from this situation, you can't play games with false stories about leukemia. Too many people are actually dying from the disease.
� What about his football future? Will Te'o be able to overcome this embarrassment and play in the NFL, or is he scarred for life?
Being stupid, naive, gullible and possibly conniving isn't a death knell for a sports career.
You get away with a lot worse in this day and age. The NFL, unfortunately, is filled with players who have faced domestic assault or weapons charges. Athletes in many pro sports continue to play after getting busted for performance-enhancing drugs.
The New England Patriots coach will probably end up in the Hall of Fame despite being exposed as a video-taping cheater. The Ray Lewis Retirement Party continues unabated, with only a few glances being taken the Ravens linebacker's involvement in a murder case from 13 years ago.
The sports world has a tendency to forgive.
If Te'o comes clean and puts together a strong playing career, many fans will eventually give him a pass on being hooked like a Delta catfish.
Contact Record Editor Mike Klocke at (209) 546-8250 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Crawling claw lvl 25
Purple Puffer Lvl 10
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Set of 4 whelps ( have 2 sets) all diff lvls
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Has Queen Amidala turned to the dark side?
Natalie Portman, a paragon of virtue in the Star Wars films and an actress often typecast as the girl next door, is the talk of the town at the Venice Film Festival this week with her racy, gritty role in the ballerina thriller Black Swan.
The film is earning early Oscar buzz for Portman, 29, who "hyper-trained" for six months for the extremely physical role, and who shares a steamy lesbian love scene in the movie with actress Mila Kunis.
RELATED: Natalie Portman Reveals Her Dark Side in Black Swan
The director, Darren Aronofsky, "talked to me about this [sex] scene in our first meeting eight years ago," Portman told reporters in Venice, according to Reuters.
"He described it as: 'You're going to have a sex scene with yourself.' And I thought that was very interesting, because this movie is in so many ways an exploration of an artist's ego and that narcissistic sort of attraction to yourself and also repulsion with yourself."
In the movie, Portman plays Nina, a ballerina whose fiery passion for performing causes her to become mentally unhinged. The mental and physical preparation for the role were both grueling for the actress.
"Six months ahead of the film, I went into sort of hyper-training, where five hours a day I was doing both ballet and cross-training, with swimming," Portman tells Britain's Press Association. "A few months before was when we started getting into the choreography. It was very extreme."
Reviews have been mostly positive for the film, and glowing for Portman. The Hollywood Reporter says the actress "bravely ventured out of her comfort zone to play a character slowly losing sight of herself. It's a bravura performance."


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The CIA is protecting an Al-Qaeda linked terror group formerly headed by the alleged mastermind of 9/11 from being extradited to Iran according to an ABC News report, which also reveals that U.S. intelligence has been meeting and advising the group that has been blamed for bombings in Iran.
TVNL Comment: The CIA has to protect their own. The question is not whether or not al Qaeda is a terrorist organization; the question is "who is al Qaeda and who controls them!"


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Fender's Guitar Guide For Beginners - Let's Get Started!
Here's a little page to help get you started on the guitar. Below you'll find some tips on the basics, and then some links to lessons on the website.
And when you think you're ready, there's an easy lesson on how to play "Just a Girl" by No Doubt! There's an mp3 file that goes with it, so you can hear how it should sound.
Let's get started... Here are some guitar basics you'll need to know:
Tune up!
Before you can play a guitar, you need to make sure it's in tune! This is incredibly important. Eventually you will need to understand how the strings are tuned in relation to each other. For now, just use a guitar tuner (right). You can find a wide selection of tuners on our site. VIEW
If you don't have a tuner handy, you can use the online tuner below. When you press the button for each string, you will hear a tone. Tune each string to match the tone.
The standard tuning for guitars is (from the heavier to the lighter strings): E, A, D, G. B, E
It's important to have the strings tuned to the right notes, so the chords you play on your guitar can sound the way they should!
What's a chord? A chord is a group of notes played together. To get started on guitar, you'll only need to master a few at first. As you progress, you can add more and more to your vocabulary.
To play a chord, you place your fingers on the fretboard in the correct pattern, and then strum. Place each finger just above the correct fret. Frets are those metal strips that go across the neck.
When you play a song, you'll strum chords, switching back and forth between them. This is the part that may be hard at first! Keep at it, and you'll get better and better.
A chord progression is a series of chords. Here are some good chord progressions for you to practice (An "m" means "minor"):
- Am-C-D
- G-Am-C
- D-Em-G
To show you how to play a chord, we use chord diagrams. The diagram shows all six strings, with dots (or numbers) to show where to place your fingers.
If the diagram has numbers, it's to indicate your fingers: 1=index, 2=middle, 3=ring, 4=pinky. If there's an "O" above a string, that means play it "Open" - with no finger on it. If there's an "X," that means don't play that string.
Power chords:
Let's start with the E and A power chords in the diagrams. You'll notice that all you're playing is one open string and one string with your index finger. Now, here's something cool to learn: instead of playing that note with your index finger, play it with your ring (3rd) finger. Then slide it up a couple frets and add your index (1st) finger to form the chord shapes in the G or B power chords. You can slide this chord shape up and down the neck, and jump back and forth between strings. Try it!
The next thing you're going to want to know is, "How am I supposed to pick this?" Start off by trying a technique called downstrokes. That means you only pick down, not up. Downstroking can give you a really punk or metal sound. Click here for a lesson on downstrokes that uses the E power chord. It also shows you some other useful techniques. You may want to read this about tablature first, so you can understand the diagrams.
Tablature, or "tab," is a way of writing down music for guitar. Basically it's just a diagram of six lines that represent the six strings of a guitar. Then you write numbers that indicate which fret you play. So if it says "7" on the second lowest line, that means you play the A string on the 7th fret.
Here's an illustration of what some power chords look like in tab. The numbers stand for frets, and the staff lines stand for the guitar strings, with the low E string on the bottom.
Click here for an article on how to read tab
You gotta practice! It's going to be hard at first -- that's normal. You WILL get frustrated. Don't give up! Practicing is a fact of life for guitarists, even the greatest ones. So make it a part of your routine. Try to practice at least a little every day. Half an hour to an hour is great. It's okay to skip a day once a week. Leave your guitar out where you can just grab it and start playing. Even a few minutes of playing helps!
When you first start practicing, your hand may hurt and your fingers may get sore. This is normal. You need to build up strength in muscles you've never used like this until now, and build up callouses on your fingertips. But if it starts to really hurt, that means it's time to take a break, or you may injure your hand or wrist.
What to practice? Start off by learning to play the basic chords, and then practice switching between them until you can do it smoothly. This may take a while! Once you feel comfortable changing between chords, you can start learning some easy songs. And remember - you DON'T need to be a great guitarist to have lots of fun playing guitar! Kurt Cobain of Nirvana (who loved Fender guitars such as the Mustang and Jaguar) wasn't a skilled guitarist, and yet he became one of the most influential guitarists/ songwriters in the history of rock!
Where do you go from here?
There are a lot of other things to learn, too, which we won't have time to cover here. But you can get a book or video that will help you learn them, or you can find a guitar teacher to give you lessons. For instance, you'll really need to learn the names of the notes on the guitar neck. Depending on what style of music you want to play, and how advanced you want to get, you may want to learn scales, too. You'll also need to work on your strumming and picking -- otherwise, how are you going to play those cool chords and riffs you learn?
We have a whole range of lessons here on the Fender Players Club website, in different styles, different skill levels, and different aspects of playing. As you get better you might want to learn fingerpicking, or playing solos, or classical, or jazz. There are a lot of different ways to play a guitar!
But remember, as a beginner, you don't have to worry about that stuff yet! And some of the greatest rock music of all time was played by guitarists who only knew the basics. It's up to you how far you want to go. Do you just want to crank out punk power chords, or explore advanced music theory? The more you learn about playing guitar, the more you'll be able to answer that.
Here are some more lessons (in .pdf format) we have for beginning guitarists:
- Guitar basics
- Playing chords
- Strumming & picking
- Muting & Downstrokes
- Chords
- Beginner videos
- Scales
- Punk rhythms
- Lessons by skill
- Lessons by style
Riffs: "Just a Girl" by No Doubt Sheet music (first page) Mp3 file (intro and verse)
Let's take a look at another important aspect of playing guitar - riffs - and learn the cool riff from the song "Just a Girl" by No Doubt.
A riff is a repeated series of notes in a song. In "Just a Girl," the riff is played all through the intro and verses.
Click and take a look at the first page of the sheet music for this song: "Just a Girl". (Sorry we can't show the whole song, but it's copyrighted!) What do you see? Well, there are three parts: the musical notation, the tablature beneath it, and then the lyrics after the intro. The tablature, or "tab," shows you where to play the notes on the guitar. So you start off on the A string on the 5th fret, then the D string on the 7th fret, and so on.
We've also included an mp3 file (click here) for you to listen to (a saxophone plays the melody instead of Gwen Stefani's voice).
Try playing the riff slowly, one note at a time. If it's too difficult, try this simplified version (below), where you don't double up those notes on the E string on the 7th and 6th frets:
Keep practicing the riff over and over, slowly at first, and then getting faster as you get better at it. When you first start playing guitar riffs, you'll probably want to play all downstrokes - that is, picking in a downward motion for each note. As you get better, try what's called alternate picking: picking down, then up, then down, then up, etc. Listen to the mp3 and you'll hear the guitarist doing alternate picking on the 7-7 and 6-6 frets on the E string on this riff.
We hope this guide has helped you!


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Please extend a warm welcome to the more than 150 administrators of the world church of Seventh-day Adventists who will be visiting the Andrews University campus April 4-7 for the 2008 Spring Meeting of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, a semi-annual business meeting. The committee members include officers of the 13 worldwide divisions and administrators from the church headquarters, who together serve the 15 million members of the Adventist Church worldwide.
The business meetings will be held in the Howard Performing Arts Center on Sunday, April 6, and Monday, April 7. Those who are interested in observing the world church in action may observe from the Howard Center balcony during open sessions. Please make arrangements in advance by calling University Relations, 471-3322, before noon on Friday, April 4.
Jan Paulsen, president of the General Conference, will be interviewed by Dwight Nelson at the 11:20 a.m. church service at Pioneer Memorial Church on Saturday, April 5. Division leaders will be featured at the 10 a.m. Sabbath School program at Pioneer Memorial Church planned by International Student Services.
All are invited to serve as welcome ambassadors by participating in the Sabbath afternoon campus open house from 3-6 p.m. Plan now to make a stop at the Center for Adventist Research to see the J.N. Andrews trunk. In the Science Complex, the electron scanning microscope will be running, and there will be a viewing of part of the nature film series, "Planet Earth". The Natural History Museum will be open as well. In the School of Architecture building, student displays will highlight their mission trips to Bolivia. The Horn Archaeological Museum will have their Bedouin tent on display. The Andrews' farm and dairy will be open for visitors, or you can take a campus history walking tour. For a complete list of available opportunities, please visit www.andrews.edu/events/event/13261/.


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Life Imitating Art Imitating Lucifer in Aurora
Mass murderers are often men with a high degree of intelligence. One of those men stormed into a Colorado theater with massacre on his mind. James Holmes didn't claim that the devil made him do it....but he did identify himself to police as the "Joker."
Batman's arch-villain owes much of his appeal to the "O.G." of villains....Satan himself, who was the "original gangster." Good versus evil first presented itself in the Garden of Eden some 6000 years ago, long before Hollywood realized how much money could be made by creatively presenting this age-old confrontation through various characters and story lines.
James Holmes seemed to fashion himself after Batman's rival....while Lucifer longed to usurp the power and glory of God. Both Holmes and Lucifer fell far short of their dream. In fact, their lack of contentment with what God had given them led both of them to throw it all away....while attempting to take as many with them as possible.
It is fascinating how the Hollywood elites promote any "good vs. evil" film that can make money....except for "The Passion of the Christ." Hmm. The one movie that graphically portrays Satan's defeat and Christ's victory....that is the one movie that Hollywood couldn't stomach. What does that tell you about Hollywood's lack of spiritual discernment?
What it tells me is that the message of Christianity will never be celebrated by the elites of the world. But then again, why should it? It is a message that goes against the grain of human nature. Man doesn't want to be told what to do....not even by God.
In response and rebellion to God's commands and God's single plan of salvation, man sometimes demonstrates his potential to lash out the same way Satan did....with anger, malice, and cruelty to anyone he can hurt with his hatred. That's what James Holmes did....and in that sense, he was acting just like a demon-possessed man.
Jesus told us about the nature and motives of Satan. "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy." (John 10:10) Satan doesn't just do it....he delights in doing it. He sees is as a big joke....just like James Holmes did in that theater.
It reminds me of what the Romanian minister Richard Wurmbrand described in his book, "Tortured for Christ." He wrote, "I have seen communists torturing Christians and the faces of the torturers shone with rapturous joy. They cried out while torturing the Christians, 'We are the devil.'" (p. 37)
Wurmbrand, who was tortured himself for his faith, went on to write, "The cruelty of atheism is hard to believe. When a man has no faith in the reward of good or the punishment of evil, there is no reason to be human. There is no restraint from the depths of evil which is in a man. The communist torturers often said, 'There is no God, no hereafter, no punishment for evil. We can do what we wish.' I heard one torturer say, "I thank God, in whom I don't believe, that I have lived to this hour when I can express all the evil in my heart.' He expressed it in unbelievable brutality and torture inflicted on prisoners." (p. 38)
How can one man delight in evil and cruelty, and another man delight in good and mercy? We are all made in God's image, but we don't all surrender our desires and our goals to our Creator. Some live for self, while others live for Christ. Some people even attempt to escape the real world, as if that were possible, by living out the scenes they see acted out on the big screen. Their real world becomes deeply meshed with fantasy....and some of them snap, like James Holmes.
What happened in that movie theater in Aurora is nothing more than life imitating art imitating Lucifer.
Hollywood can create some incredible special effects, but it cannot heal the hearts of those who lost loved ones in Aurora. It cannot pick up the pieces now that someone has lived out the behavior which the "Joker" presents to us on film. Like those who live out their porn-fueled fantasies, James Holmes lived out his fantasy to be a real life Joker and killer. In the end, he was just a pawn of the "O.G." and he carried out his master's wishes.
Satan will use anyone he can get his clutches on. Some have given their minds to Satan through their allegiance to communism. Others have done so while living out their Hollywood or internet fantasies. Life imitating art imitating Lucifer will often have deadly consequences. Jesus brings healing and life....Satan loves killing and death. Good vs. evil....day after day, at least for now.
So what does Satan get as a result of his scheming and murderous ways? The endgame for him is already written and set in stone. Jesus put the final nail in Satan's coffin when he suffered and died for our sins on the cross. "And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever." (Revelation 20:10)
So why imitate the works and the ways of a being who will spend eternity in burning sulfur? That will only destroy your life and the lives of others around you.
Instead of imitating "art" such as big screen villains or pornography, go for the gold and start imitating the faith of Christians like Richard Wurmbrand. Now there is a true story of heroism, tragedy, suffering, and ultimate victory. That's real world stuff....just like Aurora. The fantasy world of Hollywood and pornography will only lead you in the wrong direction....in the direction of death.
After describing Satan as a killer, Jesus said this about Himself: "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." (John 10:10) Satan and those who embrace his philosophy provide people with the fullness of death. Jesus and His followers bring others the fullness of life. Satan produces mass murderers. Jesus produces disciples who care for the poor, the neglected, and those who need a friend.
James Holmes went with the Joker. Now you get to choose. But just remember....whichever one you follow in life....that will be the one who leads you to your eternal residence as well.


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DANVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan were under pressure Thursday to help boost their tickets out of a closely fought battle for the White House as the nation's eyes turned to the pair of scrappy vice presidential nominees meeting for their only debate.
The showdown matches up two skilled politicians with strong policy credentials and very different styles. It's 69-year-old Biden's folksy appeal and solid vice presidential portfolio vs. 42-year-old Ryan's intensity and extensive knowledge of the federal budget and economy from 14 years in Congress.
Warming up President Barack Obama's crowd at the University of Miami's basketball arena, Florida Sen. Bill Nelson predicted: "Tonight, Joe Biden will make mincemeat of Paul Ryan." Obama, himself, didn't mention Biden while encouraging the crowd to take advantage of early voting in Florida, but he did call Biden from Air Force One en route to the rally to wish him luck.
Ryan signaled he's ready for whatever Biden sends his way.
"I'm not intimidated, I'm actually excited about it," he said on CNN.
With the spotlight on the running mates, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney spent the morning in secluded practice for his next face-off with Obama on Tuesday. He then flew to North Carolina, where he visited the Rev. Billy Graham before an evening rally in Asheville with country singer Ronnie Milsap.
The vice presidential debate will help to shape the campaign narrative until Romney and Obama meet again Tuesday for the second of three debates. Obama is eager to change the vibe after his lackluster performance in the first debate and Romney's recent gains in the polls. Romney, for his part, is hoping a strong Ryan performance will help propel Republicans forward on an energetic drive through the campaign's final weeks.
"Looking forward to it," Biden said Thursday as he boarded his plane for Kentucky with his children and Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., who played Ryan in practice debate sessions. The vice president then holed up with his traveling entourage in a private home near the debate sight. His GOP challenger stayed out of the public eye all day Thursday. Aides reported that he spent time with his family, studied debate briefing books and exercised.
Democratic Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear encouraged Biden to turn in a tougher performance than Obama. Beshear said Obama "didn't do well" in the presidential debate and should have mentioned Romney's dismissive comments about the 47 percent of Americans who don't pay income taxes.
"My guess is that he was advised to be presidential and don't get into the fray and look like you are above the fray and all that," Beshear said in an interview with The Associated Press. "But there is a difference in doing that and being aggressive and making your points and pointing out the difference between your two candidates."
Obama's campaign posted a photo on Twitter of Biden and Van Hollen practicing for the debate. They sat side by side in suit jackets and no ties on a set designed to look like the debate stage at Centre College, a liberal arts school with just 1,340 students.
The brief glimpse into Biden's debate preparations, with the vice president sitting with a coffee cup in front of him, is a marked contrast from the total secrecy that surrounded the president's practice sessions. Obama's aides have refused to even discuss the most basic details of his debate preparation.
Biden kept the mood light during practice runs this week in his hometown of Wilmington, Del., aides said. He bought his team subs for lunch Monday from a local sandwich shop and kept a supply of animal crackers and M&Ms on hand. The team spent most mornings in policy discussions at a hotel near Biden's home, with mock debates in the afternoon.
Aides joked that the sparring partners spent so much time together this week that they were even starting to dress alike. Both men showed up to debate practice Wednesday in blazers and blue dress shirts.
The 90-minute debate is sure to draw a television audience of tens of millions. But it's unlikely to eclipse the 70 million who tuned in to watch Biden face off with Republican firebrand Sarah Palin four years ago.
That debate was more of a curiosity: It allowed Palin to outdo Biden in folksiness and recover from a series of painfully awkward media interviews but did little to alter the trajectory of the race.
"Joe just needs to be Joe," Obama said, when asked his advice for the vice president in an interview Wednesday with ABC News.
Thursday was a rare day when the political activities of the running mates were taking center stage and those of Obama and Romney were seen as secondary. But with just 26 days left until the election and the race still tight, neither Obama nor Romney was completely ceding the spotlight, with each holding a rally in a swing state.
Obama told the Florida rally that Romney is changing his positions after winning the Republican nomination to appeal to general election voters. "After running for more than a year in which he called himself severely conservative, Mitt Romney is trying to convince you that he was severely kidding," the president said to laughter from his supporters.
Obama also was attending a fundraiser in Miami featuring actress Eva Longoria and singer Sheila E. About 700 people were expected, with tickets costing between $500 and $10,000 per person. Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the fundraiser would be one of the final ones of the campaign for the president.
Thursday's debate, moderated by Martha Raddatz of ABC News, will cover both foreign and domestic topics. The debate is to be divided into 10 segments. At the outset of each segment, Raddatz will ask an opening question, and each candidate will have two minutes to respond.
Both Biden and Ryan head into the debate with vulnerabilities: Biden must rein in a freewheeling manner that can be endearing but also produces plenty of gaffes. Ryan hasn't been in a campaign debate for more than a decade and is light on foreign policy experience, a sharp contrast to the vice president, a former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Ryan also will need to find a way to reinforce Romney's policy positions without selling out his own, more conservative credentials.
Associated Press writers Julie Pace and Nancy Benac in Washington, Ken Thomas in Coral Gables, Fla., and Robert Ray in Wilmington, Del., contributed to this report.


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By Dan Orlowitz
Two years after the tragic events of March 11, many of the affected areas of Eastern Japan have taken great steps in the rebuilding process, while others have struggled to recover what has been lost not only physically, but emotionally as well.
Situated on Japan's eastern coast, Miyagi prefecture took a direct hit from the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and the ensuing tsunami. Thousands of lives were lost, and tens of millions were forcibly displaced or otherwise affected by the disaster in this aftermath.
But through the grief of loss came a new-found sense of community, and perhaps nowhere could that be felt as deeply as in the prefectural capital of Sendai, home to the J-League's Vegalta Sendai. It's a story that Football, Take Me Home director Doug Hurcombe wants to tell.
|What happened with the earthquake was that it pushed the community and the club closer together, and they ran with it, and they both embraced it.
-Take Me Home director Doug Hurcombe
"What happened with the earthquake was that it pushed the community and the club closer together," Hurcombe told Goal Asia on March 10, one day before the second anniversary of the disaster. "And they ran with it, and they both embraced it."
"They needed something strong and passionate, who was going to be a voice and give them a focus and the club rose to that magnificently. The fans inspired it and they drove it and they pushed it and they put out banners and yelled at them when they needed it. It was all of them working in harmony."
In the aftermath of the disasters, the club found themselves without either a training ground or a stadium; the former had been submerged in the floods while Sendai Stadium would require repairs. When the J-League resumed its season after a six-week pause, Vegalta found themselves on the road at Kawasaki Frontale. Thousands of travelling supporters made the trip, unfurling a banner reading, "Thank you for all our friends, we won't lose until we regain our home town."
Vegalta dramatically won that match with a late 2-1 result; it was the first of a miraculous 11-game unbeaten streak that greatly contributed to their fourth-place finish. They followed up in 2012 with a runners-up performance that ensured the side of their first Asian Champions League berth.
A life-long Tottenham Hotspur supporter, Hurcombe began to follow the club's story in the days following March 11 after seeing video of Vegalta supporters singing John Denver's 'Take Me Home, Country Roads.' With the cooperation of both the club and the J-League, Hurcombe and his team plan on returning to Sendai later this month to interview players, coaches, and supporters.
|"To me, making this film is a way of expressing the effort and the community spirit that's achieved things like Sendai have done"
- Doug Hurcombe
"To me, making this film is a way of expressing the effort and the community spirit that's achieved things like Sendai have done," he continues. "It's a way of showing not the plucky Japanese underdogs, but saying that this is what we can all achieve. Anyone can do this by just working together."
That sense of community is not only present in the trailer for the film, but also via a crowd-funding campaign on Kickstarter that is raising both short-term funding and long-term awareness for the project.
"One way or another we're going to make this film work, because it's a story that we're all committed to personally and financially as well as with our enthusiasm and passion and love," the director explains. "But one of the things that we wanted to do was to allow that opportunity for word to get out. And it has been very successful on this side.
"One nice thing that's spun off [from the Kickstarter campaign] is that we've got new information and new stories to look at, and some very intense stories have come out from people wanting to help.
"[Right now] we're just riding that wave of enthusiasm; whether people can afford to pay in these times, that's just life. As film-makers it's up to us to work out how to do what we want to do."
But if anything shines through as much as Hurcombe's passion for telling the story of Vegalta, it's his respect for a J-League that is celebrating its 20th anniversary this season.
"[The J-League] is a young league; it's finding its identity and finding its strength and it's incredibly strong for the age that it is," he says. "They have a 100-year program and they're on target for it, and it will be led by teams like Vegalta where the community gets behind [their club]."
Readers can contribute to the Kickstarter campaign for Football, Take Me Home here
Follow the progress of Football, Take Me Home through the film's official website and on Twitter